-if the bellying clouds were torn open by the mountain tops, and complete torrents of rain came rattling down. The lightning leaped from cloud to cloud, and streamed quivering against the rocks, splitting and rending the stoutest forest trees. The thunder burst in tremendous explosions; the peals were echoed from mountain to mountain; they crashed upon Dunderburg, and then rolled up the long defile of the highlands, each headland making a new echo, until old Bull Hill seemed to bellow back the storm. Reverence and Awe O thou Eternal One! whose presence bright And what am I, then? Heaven's unnumbered host Though multiplied by myriads, and arrayed As shines the sunbeam in a drop of dew. I live, and breathe, and dwell; aspiring high, I am, O God, and surely thou must be. RULE 5. The language of scorn, contempt, or threatened revenge, requires, in most instances, a deep and guttural voice, rather slow movement, forcible utterance, and very emphatic significancy of expression. QUESTION. EXAMPLES. Scorn and Contempt. I would that now I could forget the wretch who stands before me; What is Rule Fifth, or the rule for the language of scorn? For he is like the accursed and crafty snake! Hence from my sight! Thou Satan, get behind me! And at thy music my poor soul to death Thou stand'st at length before me undisguised, Revenge. If they wrong her honor, The proudest of them shall well hear of it. Nor fortune made such havoc of my means, RULE 6. Language expressing joy, mirth, or other pleasurable emotions, should be read with a quick movement, on a key slightly elevated, and with a smooth and flowing voice. EXAMPLES. Joy. Then is Orestes blest! My griefs are fled! And darkness and doubt are now flying away; QUESTIONS. What are the subjects of the Examples under Rule Fifth? What is Rule Sixth, or the rule for language of joy, &c.? What are the subjects of the Exam ples under this rule ? So breaks on the traveler faint and astray, The bright and the balmy effulgence of morn. Gayety. I come! I come! - ye have called me long; From the streams and founts I have loosed the chain; NOTE. When excessive joy is accompanied by strong excitement, it should be read on an elevated key, and sometimes even on the shouting pitch. EXAMPLE. Excessive Joy. Ye crags and peaks, I'm with you once again! I hold to you the hands you first beheld, To show they still are free. Methinks I hear And bid your tenant welcome to his home QUESTION. What is the Note under Rule Sixth ? RULE 7. The expression of anger is lond, uigh, vehement, and rapid in movement, varying, however, according to the intensity of excitement. EXAMPLE. Must I endure all this? All this? ay, more. Fret till your proud heart break; Go, show your slaves how choleric you are, Though it do split you! for, from this day forth, RULE 8. The language of authority, reproof, affirmation, denial, and defiance, generally requires a strong, full, energetic voice, deliberate utterance, and falling inflection. EXAMPLES. Authority. Fight, gentlemen of England! fight, bold yeomen! Authority and Defiance. Whence and what art thou, execrable shape! QUESTIONS. What is Rule Seventh? What is Rule Eighth? How should the Examples under this rule be read? What are the subjects of the examples under Rule Eighth ? To whom the goblin full of wrath replied; — Who first broke peace in heaven, and faith, till then Drew after him the third part of heaven's sons, Thy ling ring, or with one stroke of this dart, Transition. TRANSITION means those sudden changes of the voice that are made in reading or speaking, prompted by the emotions which the sentiment of the language inspires. The general principles upon which transition depends may be learned by carefully studying the rules given for expression. In order to present these changes to the eye, the following characters will be used. These marks are in some instances used in combination; as, (s p) slow and plaintive. EXAMPLES. He scarce had ceased, when the superior fiend Was moving toward the shore; He called so loud that all the hollow deep *How far the influence of these characters extends is left for the reader to determine. QUESTIONS. What is Transition? How can the general principles of Transition be learned? Explain the characters used to mark the changes of voice in Transition. How shall the reader determine how far the influence of the rhetorical characters extends ? |