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multitude of tyrants; to the loiterer, who makes appointments he never keeps to the consulter, who asks advice he never takes-to the bòaster, who blusters only to be praised to the complàiner, who whines only to be pitied -to the projèctor, whose happiness is only to entertain his friends with expectations, which all but himself know to be vàin-to the economist, who tells of bargains and sèttlements to the politician, who predicts the fate of battles and breach of alliances-to the ùsurer, who compares the different fúnds-and to the tálker, who talks only because he loves talking.

6. That a man, to whom he was in great measure, beholden for his crown, and even for his life! a man to whom, by every honor and favor, he had endeavored to express his gratitude; whose brother, the earl of Derby, was his own father-in-law; to whom he had even committed the trust of his person, by creating him lord chamberlain; that a man enjoying his full confidence and affèction; not actuated by any motive of discontent or apprehension; that this man should engage in a conspiracy against hím, he deemed absolutely false and incredible.

7. I would fain ask one of those bigoted infidels, suppos ing all the great points of àtheism, as the casual or eternal formation of the world, the materiality of a thinking sùbstance, the mortality of the sòul, the fortuitous organization of the body, the motion and gravitation of matter, with the like particulars, were laid together, and formed into a kind of creed, according to the opinions of the most celebrated átheists; I say supposing such a creed as this were formed and imposed upon any one people in the world, whether it would not require an infinitely greater measure of faíth, than any set of articles which they so violently oppose.

EXERCISE 10.

Page 36. Emphatic repetition requires the falling inflection; though the principle of the suspending slide, or of the

interrogative, may form an exception.

1. And Abraham stretched forth his hand, and took the knife to slay his son.-And the angel of the LORD called unto him out of heaven, and said, Ábraham, ÀBRAHAM.And he said, Here am I.

2. And the king was much moved, and went up to the chamber over the gate, and wèpt: and as he went, thus he said, O my son Absalóm!-my són, my son Absalom!would God I had died for thee, O Absalom, my son, my son!

3. O Jerusalem, Jerusalem!—thou that killest the prophets, and stonest them which are sent unto thee!-how often would I have gathered thy children together, even as a hen gathereth her chickens under her wings, and ye would not!

4. But the subject is too awful for irony. I will speak plainly and directly. Newton was a Christian! Newton, whose mind burst forth from the fetters cast by nature upon our firite conceptions.-Newton, whose science was truth, and the foundation of whose knowledge of it was philosophy: not those visionary and arrogant presumptions, which too often usurp its name, but philosophy resting upon the basis of mathematics, which, like figures, cannot lie-Newton, who carried the line and rule to the utmost barriers of creation, and explored the principles by which, no doubt, all created matter is held together and exists.

5. To die, they say, is noble-as a sòldier-
But with such guides, to point th' unerring road,
Such able guides, such arms and discipline
As I have had, my soul would sorely feel

5 The dreadful pang which keen reflections give,
Should she in death's dark porch, while life was ebbing
Receive the judgement, and this vile reproach:-
"Long hast thou wander'd in a stranger's land,
A stranger to thyself and to thy God;

10 The heavenly hills were oft within thy view,
And oft the shepherd call'd thee to his flock,
And call'd in vain.-A thousand monitors
Bade thee return, and walk in wisdom's ways.
The seasons, as they roll'd, bade thee retùrn;
15 The glorious sun, in his diurnal round,

Beheld thy wandering, and bade thee return;
The night, an emblem of the night of death,
Bade thee return; the rising mounds,
Which told the traveller where the dead repose
20 In tenements of clay, bade thee return;
And at thy father's grave, the filial tear,

Which dear remembrance gave, bade thee retùrn,
And dwell in Virtue's tents, on Zion's hill!

-Here thy career be stay'd rebellious man!
25 Long hast thou liv'd a cumberer of the ground.
Millions are shipwreck'd on life's stormy coast,
With all their charts on board, and powerful aid,
Because their lofty pride disdained to learn
Th' instructions of a pilot, and a God.”

On Cadence, Circumflex, and Accent, no additional illustrations seem to be required in the Exercises

EXERCISES ON EMPHASIS.

The

It was necessary in the rules to examine and exemplify the difference between emphatic stress, and emphatic inflection, and also between absolute and relative stress. examples, however, illustrating these distinctions, must generally be taken from single sentences and clauses. But as I wish here to introduce such passages as have considerable length, I have concluded to arrange them all under the general head of EMPHASIS, leaving the reader to class particular instances of stress, and inflection, according to the principles laid down page 39 to 47.

EXERCISE 11.

1. He that planted the ear, shall he not hear? he that formed the eye, shall he not sée? he that chastiseth the heathen, shall not he correct? he that teacheth man knowledge, shall not he knów?

2. The queen of the south shall rise up in the judgement with the men of this generation, and condemn them: for she came from the utmost parts of the earth, to hear the wisdom of Solomon; and behold, a greater than Solomon is here. The men of Nineveh shall rise up in the judgement with this generation, and shall condemn it; for they repented at the preaching of Jonas; and behold, a greater than Jonas is here.

3. But when the Pharisees heard it, they said, This fellow doth not cast out devils, but by Beelzebub the prince of the devils. 2 And Jesus knew their thoughts, and said unto them, Every kingdom divided against itself, is brought to desolation; and every city or house divided against itself

shall not stand. 3 And if Sàtan cast out Sátan, he is divided against himself; how shall then his kingdom stand? And if I by Beelzebub cast out devils, by whom do your children cast them out? therefore they shall be your judges. But if I cast out devils by the Spirit of God, then the kingdom of God is come unto you. 4 Or else how can one enter into a strong man's house, and spoil his goods, except he first bind the strong man? and then he will spoil his house.

4. And behold, a certain lawyer stood up, and tempted him, saying, Master, what shall I do to inherit eternal life? 2 He said unto him, What is written in the law? how readest thou? 3 And he answering said, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy strength, and with all thy mind; and thy neighbour as thyself. 4 And he said unto him, Thou hast answered rìght: this do, and thou shalt live.—But he, willing to justify himself, said unto Jesus, And who is my neighbour? 5 And Jesus answering, said, A certain man went down from Jerusalem to Jerico, and fell among thieves, which stripped him of his raiment, and wounded him, and departed, leaving him half dead. 6 And by chance there came down a certain priest that way; and when he saw him, he passed by on the other side. And likewise a Lèvite, when he was at the place, came and looked on him, and passed by on the other side. 7 But a certain Samăritan, as he journeyed, came where he wás; and when he saw him, he had compàssion on him,—and went to him, and bound up his wounds, pouring in oil and wine, and set him on his own béast, and brought him to an ínn, and took care of him. 8 And on the morrow, when he departed, he took out two pence, and gave them to the host, and said unto him, Take care of him: and whatsoever thou spendest móre, when I come again, I will repay thee. 9 Which now of these three, thinkest thou, was neighbour unto him that fell among the thieves?-And he said, He that shewed mercy on him. Then said Jesus unto him, Go, and do thou likewise.

5. For if you now pronounce, that, as my public conduct hath not been right, Ctesiphon must stand condemned, it must be thought that yourselves have acted wrong, not that you owe your present state to the caprice of fortune. But it cannot bè. No, my countrymen! It cannot be you have acted wrong, in encountering danger bravely, for the

liberty and safety of all Gréece. No! By those generous souls of ancient times, who were exposed at Marathon! By those who stood arrayed at Platea! By those who encountered the Persian fleet at Salamis! who fought at Artemisium! By all those illustrious sons of Athens, whose remains lie deposited in the public mònuments! All of whom received the same honorable interment from their country: Not those only who prevailed, not those only who were victórious. And with reason. What was the part of gallant men they all performed; their success was such as the Supreme Director of the world dispensed to each.

EXERCISE 12.

Like other tyrants, death delights to smite,
What, smitten, most proclaims the pride of pow'r,
And arbitrary nod. His joy supreme,

To bid the wretch survive the fortunate;

5 The feeble wrap the athlètic in his shroud;

And weeping fathers build their children's tomb:
Me, thine, NARCISSA!-What though short thy date?
Virtue, not rolling súns, the mind matures.

That life is long, which answers life's great end.
10 The tree that bears no fruit, deserves no nàme;
The man of wisdom, is the man of years.
NARCISSA'S youth has lectur'd me thus far.
And can her gaiety give counsel too?
That, like the Jew's fam'd oracle of gems,
15 Sparkles instruction; such as throws new light,
And opens more the character of death;

Ill known to thee, LORENZO: This thy vaunt;
"Give death his due, the wretched, and the òld;
"Let him not violate kind nature's laws,

20 "But own man born to live as well as die."

Wretched and old thou givest him; young and gay
He takes; and plunder is a tyrant's joy.

*Fortune, with youth and gaiety, conspir'd

To weave a triple wreath of happiness,

25 (If happiness on earth,) to crown her brow,

And could death charge through such a shíning shield?
That shining shield invites the tyrant's spear;

As if to damp our elevated aims,

*In this place, and in many others, the connexion of the author is broken in the selections, without notice.

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