1. 2'. 3'. 1'. 2. 3. 4. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 1'. 2'. 3'. 4'. 5'. 6'. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 1'. 2. 3. 4. 5'. 6'. 7'. 8'. 1'. 2. 3. 4. 5'. 6.' 7'. 8'. 9'. 1′. 2′. 3′. 4'. 5'. 6'. 7'. 8'. 9'.10'. EXAMPLES. Simple Commencing Series. Series of 2 Members.-RULE 1. 2'. Youth' and beauty' are fleeting advantages. 3 Members.-RULE 1'. 2'. 3'. The lame', the blind', and the deaf', were the objects of his benevolence and bounty. 4 Members.-RULE 1. 2. 3. 4. Eating, drinking, sleeping', and idleness', engrossed that tina, which ought to have been devoted to the education of his soul. 5 Members.-RULE 1'. 2. 3. 4. 5'. Christians', Jews', Infidels', sceptics', and unbelievers', will then receive their final doom. 6 Members.-RULE 1'. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6'. Addison', Pope', Gay', Swift', Steele', and Arbuthnot', were the men of genius which composed that knot, called the wits of Queen Anne's reign, 7 Members.-RULE 1'. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7'. Hatred', shyness', discords', seditions', wars', poverty, and wretchedness', are a few of the consequences of ambition, 8 Members.-RULE 1'. 2'. 3′. 4'. 5'. 6'. 7', 8'. Metaphors', enigmas', mottos', parables', fables', dreams, visions, and burlesque', is an explication of the species of wit alluded to by Mr. Locke. 9 Members. RULE 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8. 9. Love', joy, peace', long-suffering, gentleness', goodness, faith', meekness, temperance', is the fruit of the spirit.. 10 Members.-RULE 1. 2. 3. 4'. 5'. 6'. 7'. 8'. 9'. 10'. Next then, you authors, be not you severe; Why what a swarm of scribblers have we here! One, two, three, four', five', six', seven', eight', nine', and ten', All in one row, and brothers of the pen. Simple Concluding Series Series of 2 Members.-RULE 1'. 2. The breast of the upright man is the abode of peace' and joy'. 3 Members-RULE 1. 2. 3. Industry is the law of our nature; it is the demand of nature', of reason', and of God'. 4 Members. RULE 1. 2. 3. 4, The qualities conspicuous in the life of Scipio, were, continence', piety', opportunity', and fortune'. 5 Members.-RULE 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. The characteristics of chivalry, were valour', humanity', courtesy', justice', and honour'. 6 Members.-RULE 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. The qualities so admirable in the young, are modesty', attention', courtesy', diligence', honesty', and temperance'. 7 Members.-RULE 1'. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. They passed over many a frozen, many a fiery Alp; rocks, caves, lakes, fens', bogs', dens', and shades of death'. 8 Members.-Rule 1'42. 3'. 4'. 5'. 6'. 7. 8. The island on which the party landed appeared to have been a volcanic one, but with a rich soil, producing cotton', olives', figs, the prickly pear, grapes', wild strawberries', oranges', and melons'. 9 Members.-RULE 1'. 2'. 3'. 4'. 5'. 6'. 7'. 8'. 9. O, how lovely the scene appeared from the ridge which we had ascended before breakfast; the ocean', its islands', the bays', ships, beacons', harbours', towers', fishing-boats', and sea-birds. 10 Members.-RULE 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6'. 7'. 8'. 9'. 10. To constitute a great man, you must combine in such a one the following: judgment, patience, perseverance',-fortitude', courage, generosity,-continence', piety', opportunity', and fortune. GENERAL RULE. The Falling Inflection takes place on every member but the last (1). COMPOUND CONCLUDING SERIES. GENERAL RULE. The Falling Inflection takes place on every member except the last but one (2). EXAMPLES. (1.) The beauty of a plain', the greatness of a mountain', the ornaments of a building, the expression of a picture, the composition of a discourse, the conduct of a third person', the proportions of different quantities and numbers, the various appearances which the great machine of the universe is perpetually exhibiting, the secret wheels and springs which produce them, all the general subjects of science and taste', are what we regard as having no peculiar relation to us. (2.) They through faith subdued kingdoms', wrought righteousness, obtained promises', stopped the mouth of lions, quenched the violence of fire', escaped the edge of the sword out of weakness were made strong', waxed valiant in fight, turned to flight the armies of the aliens'. CIRCUMFLEX. The union of the rising and falling inflection on the same syllable is called a circumflex. When the circumflex terminates with the rising inflection, it is called the Rising Circumflex (*); when with the falling, it is designated the Falling Circumflex (^). RISING CIRCUMFLEX. To mediate for the queen? You undertook? Most courteous tyrants :-Romans! råre patterns of humanity !* FALLING CIRCUMFLEX. So, then, you are the author of the conspiracy against me? It is to you that I am indebted for all the mischief that has befallen me. Madam, yôu have my father much offended.* MONOTONE. When the tone of the voice is not varied, it is called Monotone. In the strictest application of the word, it implies a continued sameness of sound. Such a sound may have degrees of loudness or softness, but continues exactly in the same pitch. It is chiefly used to denote something awful or sublime. Monotones, judiciously introduced and managed, have a wonderful effect in diversifying delivery. It is indicated by a horizontal line (—). EXAMPLE. Of man's first disobedience', and the fruit That shepherd, who first taught the chosen seed, In the beginning how the heav'ns' and earth' Rose out of chaos'. Monotone, at the commencement of poetic descriptions adds, greatly to the dignity and grandeur of the objects described. Thus, in the sublime description of the consultation of the fallen spirits in Tartarus, and the richness of Satan's throne : These inflections are delivered in an ironical manner, High on a throne of royal state', which far Or where the gorgeous East with richest hand HARMONIC INFLECTION. This kind of emphasis is entirely regulated by the good taste of the reader. Mr. Walker observes: "Besides that variety which necessarily arises from attention to the foregoing rules (that is, from annexing certain inflections to sentences of a particular import and structure), there is still another source of variety in those parts of a sentence where the sense is not at all concerned, and where the variety is merely to please the ear. This part of pronunciation, though of little importance to the sense, is of the utmost importance to the harmony of a sentence." This kind of emphasis is susceptible of various degrees of energy in the delivery, according to the force and animation of the sentiments; and consists in a reciprocal application of the rising and falling inflections, producing a pleasing and forcible variety; sometimes taking place at the beginning, sometimes in the middle, but most frequently near the conclusion of a sentence. EXAMPLES. I must confess, I think it below reasonable creatures to be altogether conversant in such diversions as are merely innocent, and have nothing else to recommend them but that there is no hurt in them. Whether any kind of gaming has even this much to say for itself, I shall not determine; but I think it very wonderful to see persons of the b'est s'ense p'assing away a dozen hours together in shuffling and dividing a pack of cards, with no other conversation but what is made up of a few game' phrases', and no other' ideas', but those of black and red' spots', ranged' together' in different figures. Produ'ces fraud and cruelty and stri'fe, A brave' man struggling-in the storms' of fate, REPETITION. The repeated word should be pronounced with the rising inflection, accompanied by animation and a suitable pause. EXAMPLE. Newton was a Christian! Newton'! whose mind burst forth from the fetters cast by nature on our finite conceptions.-Now C |