the cultivation of its lands, the advancement of its manufactures, the increase of its cómmerce, the security and number of its ports and harbors, its proficiency in all the liberal arts and scíences, is surely beneath the dignity of two such great nations.

12. To acquire a thorough knowledge of our own hearts and characters, to restrain every irregular inclinátion, to subdue every rebellious passion,--to purify the motives of our conduct,--to form ourselves to that temperance which no pleasuré cap sedúce, to that meekness which no provocation can rúffle,-to that patience which no affliction can overwhelm, and that integrity which no interest can shake; this is the task which is assigned to us,—a task which cannot be performed without the utmost diligence and care.

13. The beauty of a plain, the greatness of a mountain, the ornaments of a building, the expression of a pícture, the composition of a discóurse, the conduct of a third pérson, the proportion of different quantities and númbers, the various appearances which the great machine of the universe is perpetually exhibiting, the secret wheels and springs which prodúce them, all the general subjects of science and taste, are what we and our companions regard as having no peculiar relation to either of us.

14. Should such a man, too fond to rule alone, Bear, like the Turk, no brother near the throne, View him with scornful, yet with jealous eyes, And hate for arts that caus'd himself to rise; 5 Damn with faint praise, assent with civil léer,

And without sneering teach the rést to sneer;
Willing to wound, and yet afraid to strike,

Just hint a fault, and hesitate dislike;
Alike reserv'd to blame, or to commend,
A tim'rous foe, and a suspicious friend;
Dreading even fools, by Flatterers besiég'd,
10 And so obliging, that he ne'er oblíg'd;
Like Cato, give his little senate laws,
And sit attentive to his own applause ;
While Wits and Templars every sentence ráise,
And wonder with a foolish face of praise-
15 Who but must laugh, if such a man there be?
Who would not weep, if ATTICUS were he!

15. For these reasons, the senate and people of A'thens, (with due veneration to the gods and heroes, and guardians of the Athenian city and territory, whose aid they now implóre; and with due attention to the virtue of their ancestors, to whom the general liberty of Greece was ever dearer than the particular interest of their own státe) have resolved that a fleet of two hundred vessels shall be sent to sea, the admiral to cruise within the straits of Thermopylæ.

As to my own abilities in speaking, (for I shall admit this charge, although experience hath convinced me, that what is called the power of eloquence depends for the most part upon the hearers, and that the characters of public speakers are determined by that degree of favour which you vouchsafe to each,) if long practice, I say, hath given me any proficiency in speaking, you have ever found it devoted to my country.*

*I have not thought it necessary to give examples of the cases in which emphasis requires the falling slide at the close of a paren

thesis.

Of the various exceptions which fall under the rule of suspending inflection, the only one which needs additional exemplification, is that, where emphasis requires the intensive falling slide, to express the true sense. See p. 53, bottom. In some cases of this sort, the omission of the falling slide only weakens the meaning; in others it subverts it.

1. If the population of this country were to remain stationary, a great increase of effort would be necessary to supply each family with a Bíble; how much more when this population is increasing every day.

2. The man who cherishes a strong ambition for preferment, if he does not fall into adulàtion and servìlity, is in danger of losing all manly independence.

3. For if the mighty works which have been done in thee had been done in Sodom,* it would have remained unto this day.

10.] Page 54. Tender emotion inclines the voice to the

rising slide.

1. And when Joseph came home, they brought him the present which was in their hand into the house, and bowed themselves to him to the earth. And he asked them of their welfare, and said, Is your father well, the old man of whom ye spake? Is hé yet alive?-And they answered, thy servant our father is in good health, he is yet alive and they bowed down their heads, and made obeisance.And he lifted up his eyes, and saw his brother Benjamin, his mother's son, and said, Is this your younger brother, of whom ye spake unto me! And he said, God be gracious unto thee, my son.And Joseph made haste; for his bowels did yearn upon his brother :

*Even in Sodom, is the paraphrase of this emphasis, and so in the two preceding examples.

and he sought where to weep; and he entered into his chamber, and wept there.

2. Methinks I see a fair and lovely child,
Sitting compos'd upon his mother's knée,
And reading with a low and lisping voice
Some passage from the Sabbath ;* while the tears
5 Stand in his little eyes so softly blue,

Till, quite o'ercome with pity, his white arms
He twines around her néck, and hides his sighs
Most infantine, within her gladden'd bréast,
Like a sweet lamb, half sportive, half afráid,
10 Nestling one moment 'neath its bleating dàm.
And now the happy mother kisses oft

The tender-hearted child, lays down the book,
And asks him if he doth remember still
A stranger who once gave him, long agó,
15 A parting kiss, and blest his laughing eyes!
His sobs speak fond remembrance, and he weeps
To think so kind and good a man should die.

3. Ye who have anxiously and fondly watched Beside a fading friend, unconscious still The cheek's bright crimson, lovely to the view, Like nightshade with unwholesome beauty bloomed, 5 And that the sufferer's bright dilated eye, Like mouldering wood, owes to decay alone Its wondrous lustre :-ye who still have hoped, Even in death's dread presence, but at length Have heard the súmmons, (O heart-freezing call!) 10 To pay the last duties, and to hear

Upon the silent dwelling's narrow lid

The first earth thrówn, (sound deadliest to the soul !-
For, strange delusion! then, and then alone,
Hope seems for ever fled, and the dread pang.
15 of final separation to begin)-

Ye who have felt all thís-O pay my verse
The mournful meed of sympathy, and own,
Own with a sígh, the sombre picture's just.

11.] Page 55. This requires no additional illustration; for unless emphasis forbids it, every good reader has so much regard to harmony, as to use the rising slide at the pause before the cadence.

12.] Page 56. The indirect question and its answer have the falling inflection.

The interrogative mark is here inverted, to render it significant of its office, in distinction from the direct question, which turns the voice upward. The reason of this is so obvious, that I trust it will not be regarded, in a work like this, as an affectation of singularity in trifles.

1. The governor answered and said unto them, Whether of the twain will ye that I release unto you¿ They said, Barabbas. Pilate saith unto them, What shall I do then with Jesus, which is called Christ They ¿ all say unto him, Let him be crucified. And the goverhor said, Why what evil hath he done But they cri¡ ed out the more, saying, Let him be crucified.

2. Where now is the splendid robe of the consulate ¿ Where are the brilliant torches Where are the applauses and dances, the feasts and entertainments ¿ Where are the coronets and canopies Where the huzzas of the city, the compliments of the

circus, and the