4. That measure will strengthen us. It will give us character. 5. Through the thick glóom of the présent, I see the brìghtness of the future, as the sùn in heaven. 6. We shall make this a glorious, an immortal day. When we are in our graves, our children will honor it. 7. Do you see that bright stár? Yès: it is splèndid. 8. Does that beautiful lady deserve práise, or blame? 9. Will you ride in the carriage, or on horseback? Neither. 10. Is a candle to be put under a búshel, or under a béd? 11. Hunting mèn, not béasts, shall be his game. 12. Do men gåther grapes of thorns, or figs of thistles? 13. Thêre is a tide in the affairs of mén, which, taken at the flóod, leads on to fòrtune. 14. O Róme! O my coúntry! how art thou fàllen ! 15. Thanks to the gods! my boy has done his duty. 16. Sínk or swim, líve or die, survíve or pèrish, I give my hand and heart to this vote. 17. If Caudle says so, then all must believe it, of course. 18. Is this a time to be gloomy and sád When our mother Náture laughs around; When even the deep blue héavens look glád, And gládness breathes from the blossoming ground? 19. Ŏh, but you regretted the robbery! Yes, regretted!— you regretted the violence, and that is all you did. 20. Are fleets and armies necessary to a work of love and reconciliation? Have we shown ourselves so unwilling to be reconciled, that force must be called in to win back our love? SLU III. SLUR. LUR is that smooth, gliding, subdued movement of the voice, by which those parts of a sentence of less comparative importance are rendered less impressive to the ear, and emphatic words and phrases set in stronger relief. 2. Emphatic Words, or the words that express the leading thoughts, are usually pronounced with a louder and mōre fōrcible effōrt of the voice, and are often prolonged. But words that are slurred must generally be read in a lower and less forcible tone of voice, more rapidly, and all pronounced nearly alike. 3. Slur must be Employed in cases of parenthesis, contrast, repetition or explanation, where the phrase or sentence is of small comparative importance; and often when qualification of time, place, or manner is made. 4. The Parts which are to be Slurred in a portion of the exercises are printed in Italic letters. Students will first read the parts of the sentence that appear in Roman, and then the whole sentence, påssing lightly and quickly over what was first omitted. They will also read the examples that are unmarked in like manner. EXERCISES IN SLUR. 1. Dismiss, as soon as may be, all angry thoughts. 2. I am sure, if you provide for your young brothers and sisters, that God will bless you. 3. The general, with his head drooping, and his hands leaning on his horse's neck, moved feebly out of the battle. 4. The rivulet sends fōrth glad sounds, and, tripping o'er its bed of pebbly sands, or leaping down the rocks, seems with continuous laughter to rejoice in its own being. 5. The sick man from his chamber looks at the twisted brooks; and, feeling the cool breath of each little pool, breathes a blessing on the summer rain. 6. Children are wading, with cheerful cries, In the shoals of the sparkling brook; 7. The cälm shade shall bring a kindred cälm, and the sweet breeze, that makes the green leaves dance, shall wåft a bälm to thy sick heart. 8. Ingenious boys, who are idle, think, with the hare in the fable, that, running with SNAILS (so they count the rest of their school-fellows), they shall come soon enough to the pōst; though sleeping a good while before their starting. 9. Young eyes, that låst year smiled in ours, Now point the rifle's barrel; And hands, then stained with fruits and flowers, Bêar redder stains of quarrel. 10. No! DEAR AS FREEDOM is, and in my heart's just estimation prized above all price, I would much rather be MYSELF the SLAVE, and WEAR the BONDS, than fåsten them on HIM. 11. The moon is at her full, and, riding high, Floods the cälm fields with light. The âirs that hover in the summer sky Are all asleep to-night. 12. If there's a Power above us-and that there is, all Nature cries aloud through all her works-He must delight in virtue; and that which He delights in must be happy. 13. Here we have butter, pure as virgin gold; And milk from cows that can a tail unfold With bovine pride; and new-laid eggs, whose praise 14. Ye glittering towns, with wealth and splendor crowned; Where first our marriage vows were given, And point with taper spire to heaven. 16. I said, "Though I should die, I know And men, through novel spheres of thought Still moving after truth long sought, Will learn new things when I am not." M IV. MODULATION. ODULATION is the act of varying the voice in reading and speaking. Its divisions are PITCH, FORCE, QUALITY and RATE. Pitch Moodulation I. Force PITCH. ITCH1 refers to the key-note of the voice-its general degree of elevation or depression, in reading and speaking. We mark three general distinctions of Pitch: HIGH, MODERATE, and Low. High Дагш 2. High Pitch is that which is heard in calling to a person at a distance. It is used in expressing elevated and joyous feelings and strong emotion; as, 1. Go ring the bells, and fire the guns, 1Exercise on Pitch.-Deliver a sentence in as low a key as possible; then repeat it, gradually elevating the pitch, until the top of the voice shall have been reached, when the exercise may be reversed. 3. Moderate Pitch is that which is heard in common conversation and description, and in moral reflection, or cälm reasoning; as, 1. The morning itself, few people, inhabitants of çities, know any thing about. For them it is that part of the day that comes along after a cup of coffee and a beef-steak, or a piece of toast. 4. Low Pitch is heard when the voice falls below the common speaking key. It is used in expressing reverence, awe, sublimity, and tender emotions; as, 1. 'Tis midnight's holy hour, and silence now Is brooding, like a gentle spirit, ō'er The still and pulseless world. Hark! on the winds II. ORCE1 is the volume or loudness of voice, used on the same key or pitch. There are three general degrees: LOUD, MODERATE, and GENTLE. Loud Force Moderate 2. Loud Force is used in strong, but suppressed passions, and in emotions of sorrow, grief, respect, veneration, dignity, apathy, and contrition; as, 1. How like a fawning publican he looks! I hate him, for that he is a Christian. 1 Exercise on Force.- For a general exercise on force, select a sentence, and deliver it on a given key, with voice just sufficient to be heard, then gradually increase the quantity until the whole power of the voice is brought into play. Reverse the process, without change of key, ending with a whisper. This exercise can not be too frequently repeated. |