fo what Extent, and how most readily attainable?” 167 
usage, thaé passage which I have already given may be quoted 
in its original form ; thus *, . 
== = — be 2 Ss 
: res 8 —*§ ee arin asl Yl BEI Kool Jo aa 
a nt -—-— << + 
May the monarchs of England ever cultivate the happiness of man. 
and that, agreeably to the usage of the Greek and Roman lan- 
guages, the accentual rules of which are known to every gram- 
marianf, this same passage were designated in the following 
manner, as if in those languages, for recital 
“9— 9 _.B__5be_9_2-s-—_ 9 [ is ae an 
S52 a= z 
} “ar ae opp ep 
“May thé ménarchs Of England éver ciltivate tht h4ppiness of man 
—must we not instantly discern in these different forms (though 
all sufficiently good English) the respective genius of each indi- 
vidual country? and that, notwithstanding the theoretical jargon 
of our modern eavillers, the principles of delivery as well as of 
composition were thoronghly understood and cultivated by the 
orators of Greece and Rome? 
Let us not therefore, in the petulance of self-conceit, decry 
those admirable masters whom posterity must everlastingly re- 
vere ; but let us rather, in the consciousness of our own deficiency, 
search out their innumerable beauties, and adopt them as the 
models for our imitation. 
* The reader should recollect all the previously suggested requisites for 
execution, and should beware, too, of the over-extension of the final con- 
sonant 7 in the word “ man.” ‘The upward slide with which I have ter- 
minated this passage in the second example, must need the powers and the 
judgement of a master, ordinary execution being inadmissible; nay, ludi- 
crous. This slide, though marked like a slur, is continuous: two distinct 
intervals must not be struck. 
+ From minutest inquiry and repeated trials, 1 am strongly of opinion 
that the emphatic syllable was at all times in the Roman language the 
* acute.” [I consider the circumflex equivalent.] Not so with the Grecian ; 
its variety, in this respect, was almost infinite. Hence the Roman lan- 
guage was more lofty and strong—the Greck more musical. 
{To be continued. | 
{That alterations, from time to time, had taken place in the accentual 
system both of the Greeks and Romans, is very probable. In the foregoing 
Greek imitation I followed the instructions of Dionysius of Halicarnassus, 
taking it for granted (though perhaps incorrectly) that the last syllable of 
every 
