3. Minutes', hours', days', weeks', months', and years', will bring these white hairs into a quiet grave`. 4. Blind counsel', rash ambition`, womanish fears', won upon the great statesman and warrior of Rome'. 5. The warbling of birds', the murmuring of streams', the enamel of meadows', the coolness of woods', the fragrance of flowers', and the sweet smell of plants', contribute greatly to the pleasures of the mind and the health of the body`. EXCEPTION.-If very emphatic, all the members may receive the falling inflection. EXAMPLES. 1. My heart, my soul', my sword`, are thine forever! 2. Shriek, and shout, and battle-cry, are maddening in their rear`. 3. Your thought`, your counsel`, and, if necessary, your blood`, must be given to your country`. RULE XII.-If the members of a concluding series are not emphatic, they all take the rising inflection except the last, which takes the falling inflection; but if emphatic, they all take the falling inflection except the last but one, which takes the rising inflection. EXAMPLES. 1. The dew is dried up', the star is shot', the flight is past', the man forgot`. 2. He tried each art', reproved each dull delay', allured to brighter worlds', and led the way`. 3. She winks', and giggles', and simpers', and simpers', and giggles', and winks`. 4. They will celebrate it with thanksgiving`, with festivity`, with bonfires', and illuminations`. 5. You bring with you marks of honor from Trenton and Monmouth, from Yorktown', Camden, Bennington', and Saratoga`. 6. My doctrine shall drop as the rain, my speech shall distil as the dew, as the small rain upon the tender herb', and as the showers upon the grass`. 7. These through faith subdued kingdoms, wrought righteousness', obtained promises`, stopped the mouths 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 army of the aliens'. EXCEPTION.—If very emphatic, all the members may receive the falling inflection. EXAMPLES. 1. It is higher', purer`, nobler`. 2. We may die; die colonists; die slaves'. 3. Thou art a robber`, a law-breaker`, a villain`. 4. Look to see them live`, torn from your arms, distain'd`, dishonor'd'. RULE XIII.-Language of scorn, irony, sarcasm, and contrast, is uttered with the CIRCUMFLEX. EXAMPLES. 1. What you, you insignificant prevaricator! 2. But to-morrow some Roman Adonis, breathing sweet odors from his curling locks, shall come, and, with his lily fingers, pat your red brawn, and bet his sesterces upon your blood. 3. Hail, King of the Jews! 4. Hêar him, my lord; he's wondrous condescending! Mark the humility of the shepherd Nôrval. 5. They are not fighting; they are pâusing. 6. Yet this is Rôme, that sat on her seven hills and from her throne of beauty ruled the world! Yet we are Romans! Why, in that elder day to be a Roman was greater than a king. RULE XIV.-Grave, solemn, and sublime language requires the use of the MONOTONE. EXAMPLES. 1. Pāle-sheeted ghōsts, with gōry lōcks, upstārting frōm their tombs. 2. Alōft in awful stāte, the gōdlike hērō sāte on his imperial throne. 3. The past, at least, is secure. There is Boston, and Concord, and Lexington, and Bunker-hill; and there they will remain fōrever. 4. Dēēpēst hōrrōr chill'd his blōōd, that burned befōre; cōld, clammy sweats came ō'er him. 5. Thus saith the high and lōfty One that inhābīteth eternity, I dwell in the high and hōly place 6. High on a thrōne of rōyal state, which fär Or where the gōrgēōus East, with richest hand, RULE XV. The parenthesis must be read quicker and in a lower tone than the principal sentence, and must generally end with the same inflection that terminates the clause immediately preceding it. EXAMPLES. 1. If there's a Power above us', (And that there is, all Nature cries aloud Through all her works',) he must delight in virtue. 2. Know ye not, brethren', (for I speak to them that know the law',) how that the law hath dominion over a man as long as he liveth? 3. What conjuration, and what mighty magic', I won his daughter with. NOTE. To that part of this rule which has reference to inflection there are exceptions, as will be seen by the following EXAMPLES. 1. For I know that in me' (that is, in my flesh`) dwelleth no good thing. 2. Thou little tricksy Puck! With antic toys so funnily bestuck, Light as the singing bird that wings the air', (The door! the door! he'll tumble down the stair`!) Thou darling of thy sire'! (Why, Jane, he'll set his pinafore afire`!) Thou imp of mirth and joy! In love's dear chain so bright a link, Thou idol of thy parents'; (Hang the boy`! PITCH. Pitch may be defined that tone which prevails in speaking or reading any sentence, paragraph, or discourse. In every voice there are many pitches; but, for present purposes, it will only be necessary to notice five, which are as follows:-very low pitch, low pitch, medium pitch, high pitch, very high pitch. Very low pitch is the lowest key on which pure tones can be produced; and is the appropriate pitch for language expressive of deep solemnity and awe. Low pitch is about half-way between the very low and the medium pitch; and is used for expressing solemn and sublime thoughts. Medium pitch is that used in ordinary conversation; and is a suitable pitch for calm reasoning, and simple narration and description. High pitch is about half-way between medium and very high pitch; and may be correctly used in spirited declamation, and in expressing lively and joyous emotions. Very high pitch is the highest key used in speaking and reading; and is the pitch which is employed in calling, in giving commands, and in expressing strong emotions. Very High Pitch. • PITCH Medium Pitch. Low Pitch. Very Low Pitch. For the sake of convenience we will let (p1) designate very low pitch; (p2), low pitch; (p3), medium pitch; (p1), high pitch; and (p3), very high pitch. DIRECTIONS FOR EXERCISE ON PITCH. Select a line and utter it successively on each pitch, beginning at the lowest and proceeding to the highest, and then begin at |