it is pleasant to subdue sins, for this is victory; it is pleasant to govern our appetites, for this is empire.

16. What STRONGER breastplate than a heart untainted! THRICE is he armed that hath his quarrel JUST; and he but NAKED, though locked up in STEEL, whose conscience with INJUSTICE is corrupted.

17.

For gold the merchant plows the main,

The farmer plows the manor;

But glory is the soldier's prize;

The soldier's wealth is honor:
The brave poor soldier ne'er despise,
Nor coun him as a stranger,
Remember he's his country's stay

In day and hour of danger.

18. Speak the speech, I pray you, as I pronounce it to you: trippingly on the tongue; but if you mouth it, as many of our players do, I had as lief the town-crier spake my lines. Nor do not saw the air too much with your hand thus, but use all gently ; for in the very tŏrrent, tempest, and (as I may say) WHIRLWIND of your passion, you must acquire and begět a temperance that will give it smoothness.

19. What would you have, you curs,

That like nor peace nor war? the one affrights you,
The other makes you proud. He that trusts you,
Where he should find you lions, finds you hares;
Where foxes, geese: you are no surer, no,
Than is the coal of fire upon the ice,

Or hailstone in the sun. Your virtue is

To make him worthy whose offence subdues him,
And curse that justice did it. Who deserves greatness,
Deserves your hate: and your affections are

A sick man's appetite, who desires most that

Which would increase his evil. He that depends

Upon your favors swims with fins of lead,

And hews down oaks with rushes. Hang ye! Trust ye?

With every minute you do change a mind;

And call him noble that was now your hate-
Him vile, that was your garland.

II. INFLECTION.

I.

DEFINITIONS.

NFLECTION is the bend or slide of the voice, used in reading and speaking.

Inflection, or the slide, is properly a part of emphasis. It is the greater rise or fall of the voice that occurs on the accented or heavy syllable of an emphatic word.

2. There are three inflections or slides of the voice: the RISING INFLECTION, the FALLING INFLECTION, and the CIRCUMFLEX.

Rising
Inflection Falling
Circumflex

3. The Rising Inflection is the upward bend or slide of

the voice; as,

Do

you love

your home?

4. The Falling Inflection is the downward bend or slide of the voice; as,

When are you going

home?

The rising inflection carries the voice upward from the general pitch, and suspends it on the highest tone required; while the falling inflection commences above the general pitch, and falls down to it, as indicated in the last two examples.

5. The Circumflex is the union of the inflections on the same syllable or word, either commencing with the rising and ending with the falling, or commencing with the falling and ending with the rising, thus producing a slight wave of the voice.

6. The acute accent ['] is often used to mark the rising inflection; the grave accent [`], the falling inflection; as,

Will you réad or spèll?

7. The falling circumflex, which commences with a rising and ends with a falling slide of the voice, is marked thus; the rising circumflex, which commences with a falling and ends with a rising slide, is marked thus which the pupil will see is the same mark inverted; as, You must take me for a fool, to think I could do that.

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II.

RULES IN INFLECTION.

NFLECTION, or the slide, usually occurs on the accented or heavy syllable of an important or emphatic word; as,

I will never stay. I said an old man, not a bétter.

2. The falling inflection is usually employed for all ideas that are leading, complete, or known, or whenever something is affirmed or commanded positively; as,

He will shed tears, on his return. It is your place to obèy. Speak, I charge you!

3. The rising inflection is usually employed for all ideas that are conditional, incidental, or incomplete; for those that are doubtful, uncertain, or negative; and for those of concession, politeness, admiration, and entreaty; as,

Though he sláy me, I shall love him. On its return, they will shed tears, not of agony and distréss, but of gratitude and joy. You are ríght: he is wanting in éase and freedom.

4. Questions for information, or those that can be answered by yes or no, usually require the rising inflection: but their answers, when positive, the falling; as, Do you love Máry? Yès; I dò.

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5. Declarative Questions, or those that can not be answered by yes or no, usually require the falling inflection; as,

What means this stir in town? When are you going to Rome?

6. When words or clauses are contrasted or compared, the first part usually has the rising, and the last the falling inflection; though, when one side of the contrast is affirmed, and the other denied, generally the latter has the rising inflection, in whatever order they occur; as,

I have seen the effects of love and hatred, jóy and grief, hópe and despair. This book is not mine, but yours. I come to bùry Cæsar, not to praise him.

7. The Circumflex is used when the thoughts are not sincere or earnest, but are employed in jest, irony, or double meaning-in ridicule, sarcasm, or mockery. The falling circumflex is used in places that would otherwise require the falling inflection; the rising circumflex, in places that would otherwise require the rising inflection; as,

He intends to ride, not to walk. Ah, it was Maud that gave it! I never thought it could be you!

Students will be careful to employ the right slides in sentences that are unmarked, and tell what rule or rules are illustrated by each of the following

EXERCISES IN INFLECTION.

1. Beliève me, I said a native, not an alien.

2. The war must go on. We must fight it through.

3. The cause will raise up àrmies: the cause will create nàvies. 4. That measure will strengthen us. It will give us character. 5. Through the thick glóom of the présent, I see the brightness of the future, as the sun 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 gather grapes from thorns, or figs from thistles? 13. There is a tide in the affairs of mén, which, taken at the flóod, leads on to fòrtune.

14. O Róme! O my country! 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. What should I say to you? Should I not say, hath a dog money? is it possible, a cur can lend three thousand ducats? 19. Is this a time to be glóomy and sád

When our mother Náture láughs around;

When even the deep blue héavens look glád,

And gládness breathes from the blossoming ground?

20. As Cæsar loved me, I weep for him: as he was fortunate, I rejoice at it: as he was valiant, I honor him; but as he was ambitious, I slew him. There are tears for his love, joy for his fortune, honor for his valor, and death for his ambition.

21. I pray thee remember, I have done thée worthy sérvice; told thee no líes, made no mistakes; served without grúdge or grumbling.

22. Oh, but you regretted the robbery! Yes, regretted!-you regretted the violence, and that is àll you did.

23. Wherefore rejoice that Cæsar comes in triumph?
What glorious conquest brings he home?
What tributaries follow him to Rome,

To grace in captive bonds his chariot wheels?

You blocks, you stones, you worse than senseless things!
Oh, you hard hearts, you cruel men of Rome,
Knew you not Pompey? Many a time and oft
Have you climbed up to walls and battlements,
To towers and windows, yea, to chimney-tops,