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listresses of all men in all countries. 



A pJmil-ir priiid])!" applies to the reading: of conccfl- 

 i.l <>f uiiriiuiil iintitliones or contrasts. In tho latter, 

 MirmluT lias tho rising, and tho preponderant 

 falling' infliction, in whatever part of a sentence they 



occur, ami even in M -purate m-nti-ncos, as: 



o may raise you to Eminence. But virtue alone can guide you 



I rather choose 



To wroncr tho <K'ad, to wrong myself and you, 

 Than I will wrong ouch honourable men. 



lion.- \\}\rn negation is emphatic or prepondorant.it 

 i ho falling inflection, as : 



II.' may yield to persuasion, but he will never submit to force. 



We are troubled on every Bide, yet not distressed ; perplexed, but 

 not in despair ; persecuted, but not forsaken ; cast elf wu, but not 

 destroyed. 



Rule 2. In question and answer, the falling inflection ends 

 as far below tho average level of the sentence, as the rising ends 

 above it. In this way, a certain exact correspondence of sound 

 to sound, in the inflections, is produced, which gives to the full 

 downward slide of the answer a decisive and satisfactory intona- 

 tion, as a reply to the rising slide of the question, as : 



Are they Hebrews ? So am 'I. Are they 'Israelites ? So am I. 

 "Wli.it would content you, in a political leader? Talent? No! 

 rise? No! Courage? No ! Reputation ? No ! "Virtue ? 

 i ha man whom you would select, should possess not one, but all 



of tip 



I! >' 1 1' 3. When a question consists of two contrasted parts, 

 connected in syntax by the conjunction or, need in a disjunctive 

 Hense, the former has the rising, and the latter the falling in- 

 flection, as : 



Does he mean ySu, or mi ? 

 Is this book ydurs, or mine ? 

 Did you see him, or his brother? 



Are the people virtuous, or vicious; intelligent, or ignorant; affluent, 

 or indigent?" 



Rote. When or is used conjunctively, the second inflection 

 does not fall, but rises higher than the first, as : 



"Would the influence of the Bible even if it were not the record of 

 a divine revelation be to render princes more tyrannical, or subjects 

 more ungovernable; the rich more insolent, or the poor more dis- 

 orderly ; would it make worse parents or children husbands or wives 

 masters or servants friends or neighbours? Ort would it not 

 make men more Virtuous.t and consequently more happy, in every 

 situation ? 



Rule on the Circumflex, or Warr. 



The circumflex, or wave, applies to all expressions used in a 

 peculiar sense, or with a double meaning, and to the tones of 

 mockery, sarcasm, and irony, as : 



You may avoid a quarrel with an if. ... Your if is the only 

 peacemaker : much virtue in an if. 



From the very first night and to say it I am bold 

 I've been so very hot, that I'm sure I'v^ caught cold ! 



Oo bang a calfskin on these recreant limbs ! 



What a beautiful piece of work you have made by yonr carelessness ! 



The weights had never been accused of light conduct. 



Tho tone* of grand and sublime description, profound ret*r. 

 ence or awe, of amt<.ini-nt and horror, are marked by the 

 monotone, or perfect level of roioe. 



ne w always on a lower pitch than the pre- 

 ceding part of a aentenoe ; and to fire the creator ftsi to it* 

 deep solemn note which resembles UM tollinf of a heavy bell 

 it sometimes destroys all comma pauses, and keeps op one 

 continuous stream of overflowing sound, as : 



form hd not yet lost 

 All her origin*! brightness, 

 I/4M than archangel mined, sad the 

 Of glory oUcured. As when the An, asw-risea, 

 I. . k , r;,r ugh UM boriBAntaJ mist/ air, 

 Shorn of his b6uns, or from behind the aaooa. 

 In dim eclipao, disastrous twilight shed* 

 On half the nations, and with fear of chance 

 Perpleies monarch*. 



And I saw a grfat whit* throne and Him that sst OB it, fro? 



face the heavens and the eurth n>d away , and there was t-oad a6 place 



for them. 



Upon my secure h'.ur thy uncle stole, 



rsed hebcnon in a vial. 

 And in the porches of mine ears did pour 

 The irperous ditllment ; whose effect 

 H6lds such an enmity with bluod of man. 

 That swift as quicksilver it courses through 

 The natural gates and alleys of the body, 

 And, with a sodden vigour, it doth pOeset 

 And curd, like fager droppings into milk, 

 The thin and wholesome blood ; so did it mine ; 

 And a most Instant totter barked about, 

 Host lazar-like, with vile and loathsome crust, 

 All my smooth body. 



Rule on " Harmonic " Inflections. 



" Harmonic" inflections or those which, in emphatic phrases. 

 are intended to prevent tho frequent occurrence of emphasis in 

 tho same phrase from becoming monotonous to the ear am 

 applied in clauses of which every word is emphatic, and are 

 marked by a distinct and separate inflection, as : 



He has been guilty of one of the most ihdmefvl acft [ that ettr dt- 

 yrdded | the N'ATURE j| or the SA'ME || of M'AK. 



Note. In such cases the inflections usually alternate, in order 

 to give the more vivid and pungent force to vehement emphasis. 



Rule on Repeated Words, Phrates, and Sentence*. 



Words, phrases, and sentences which are repeated for effect, 

 rise higher, or fall lower in inflection, besides increasing in force, 

 at every repetition. 



From these walls a spirit shall go forth, that shall survive wbn this 

 edifice shall be, " like an unsubstantial pageant, faded." It hU go 

 forth, exulting in, but not abusing, its strength. It taU go f'irth, 

 remembering, in the days of its prosperity, the pledges it gave in UM 

 time of its depression. IT SHALL GO FO'RTH, uniting a disposition to 

 correct abuses, to redress grievances. IT SHALL GO FO'BTH. uniting 

 the disposition to improve, with the resolution to maintain and defend. 

 by that spirit of unbought affection, which is the chief defence of 

 nations. 



What was it, fellow-citizens, which gave to Lafayette Us spotless 

 fame ? The love of liberty. What has consecrated his memory in the 

 hearts of good men? THB LOV* or LIBERTY. What nerved his yootb- 

 ful arm with strength, and inspired him in the morning of hi* day* 

 with sagacity and counsel? THE LIVING LOVE OF LI'BERTT. 

 To what did he sacrifice power, and rank, and country, and fieedooi 

 itself ? TO THE LOVE OF LIBERTY PROTECTED BT LA'W. 



* In successive questions, the rising inflection becomes hiirhor at 

 every stage, unless the last bos, as in the above example, the falling 

 inflection of consummating emphasis. 



t The last or is used disjunctively, and forms an example to the 

 Eulc, and not to the Note. 



LESSONS IN PENM. \Nsllir XXVI. 



WITH this lesson, which is accompanied by copy-dips headed 

 by the remaining capital letters of the writing alphabet, from 

 3 to Z, we complete our elementary aeries of Leasons r 

 manship, having enabled the self -teacher, by an easy and care- 

 fully graduated succession of steps, to advance from the formation 

 of the first elementary stroke that enters into the composition 

 of the sin:ill lottora, to writing sentences in which are to be 

 found capital letters and figures, as well as small letter- 

 have now dono as much for him as it is possible to do by verbal 

 instruction, and it remains for the learner to acquire an easy, 

 flowing style of writing, and facility and rapidity in the nse of 



