(2) As it is the part of justice-never to do violence'; so it is of modesty-never to commit offence.

Here again, each member consists of two parts, which are inflected as the members of a compound series; the one commencing, and the other concluding. (3) A friend cannot be known-in prosperity; and an enemy cannot be hidden-in adversity'.

The same thing takes place here.

EMPHATIC PHRASE.

Rule XI.—When we wish to give a phrase with the utmost possible force, not only every word which enters into the composition of it, becomes emphatic, but even the parts of compound words are pronounced as if they were independent.

There was a time, then, my fellow-citizens, when the Lacedæmonians were sovereign masters both by sea and land; when their troops and forts surrounded the entire circuit of Attica; when they possessed Euboea, Tanagra, the whole Boeotian district, Megara, Ægina, Cleone, and the other islands; while this state had not one ship-no, NOT-ONE-WALL.

That's truly great! what think you 'twas set up
The Greek and Roman name in such a lustre,
But doing right in stern despite of nature;
Shutting their ears 'gainst all her little cries,
When great august and godlike justice call'd!
At Aulis-one pour'd out a daughter's life,
And gain'd more glory than by all his wars!
Another slew a sister in just rage!

A third the theme of all succeeding time,
Gave to the cruel axe, a darling son !

Nay, some for virtue have entomb'd themselves,
As he of Carthage-an immortal name!

But there is ONE-STEP-LEFT-above them all!
Above their history, above their fable!

A wife bride !-mistress unenjoy'd I-Do that! And tread upon the Greek and Roman glory!

Or shall I who was born I might almost say, but certainly brought up in the tent of my father-that most excellent general!-shall 1, the conqueror of Spain and Gaul, and not only of the Alpine nations, but which is greater yet, of the Alps themselves— shall I compare myself with this-HALF-YEAR— CAPTAIN? a captain!-before whom, should one place the two armies without their ensigns, I am persuaded he would not know to which of them he is consul!

The rule for the intermediate, or elliptical member, is superfluous, as it simply refers to a word or words, depending on emphatic words, and consequently feeble.

Must we, in your person, crown' the author of the public calamities, or must we destroy' him?

RHETORICAL PUNCTUATION.

All that has been said upon this subject, is contained in the following lines.

In pausing, ever let this rule take place,
Never to separate words, in any case,
That are less separable than those you join ;
And-which imports the same-not to combine
Such words together, as do not relate

So closely as the words you separate.

I am convinced, that a nice attention to rhetorical punctuation, has an extremely mischievous tendency, and is totally inconsistent with nature. Give the sense of what you read-MIND is the thing. Pauses are essential only where their omission would obscure the sense. The orator who, in the act of delivering himself, is studious about parcelling his words, is sure to leave the best part of his work undone. He delivers words, not thoughts. Deliver thoughts, and words will take care enough of themselves. I repeat it BE IN EARNEST.

We have thus attempted to give a short abstract of the principles of elocution, so far as the inflecting of the voice is concerned. The subject, however, is yet far from

being thoroughly discussed: and will very probably be found, upon a closer examination, to admit, in various parts, of a far greater degree of precision, and also of being further simplified. And here we beg leave to correct the erroneous position, that the inflections are essential to the sense. They are no such thing-except perhaps in the single article of emphasis-and for this palpable reason-the English, Scotch, and Irish, use them differently, and yet not the smallest ambiguity follows with regard to the communication, or the production of thought. The sense is a guide to the use of the inflections-that is all. The system is nothing more nor less than an analysis—if I may use the term of the manner in which the best speakers in London modulate the voice: and, as such, is highly important-assisting us to get rid of one source of that peculiarity which constitutes provincial speecha misapplication of the inflections.

We cannot leave this subject without acknowledging the obligations which, in common with every other teacher of elocution, we owe to the researches of Mr. Walker. If we have improved upon his system--we give him still the merit of our corrections. He led us to them-Nay, it is but the economy of his system which we have attempted to improve. The system remains the same-and most probably would have remained unknown, but for the eager spirit of inquiry, and indefatigable activity of perseverance, which distinguished the labours of its eminently meritorious discoverer.

THE

ELOCUTIONIST.

On the Love of Life.

AGE, that lessens the enjoyment of life, increases our desire of living. Those dangers which, in the vigour of youth, we had learned to despise, assume new terrors as we grow old. Our caution increasing as our years increase, fear becomes at last the prevailing passion of the mind; and the small remainder of life is taken up in useless efforts to keep off our end, or provide for a continued existence.

Strange contradiction in our nature, and to which even the wise are liable! If I should judge of that part of life which lies before me by that which I have already seen, the prospect is hideous. Experience tells me, that my past enjoyments have brought no real felicity; and sensation assures me, that those I have felt are stronger than those which are yet to come. Yet experience and sensation in vain persuade; hope, more powerful than either, dresses out the distant prospect in fancied beauty; some happiness, in long perspective, still beckons me to pursue; and, like a losing gamester, every new disappointment increases my ardour to continue the game.

Whence, then, is this increased love of life, which grows upon us with our years? Whence comes it, that we thus make greater efforts to preserve our existence, at a period when it becomes scarce worth the keeping? Is it that Nature, attentive to the preservation of mankind, increases our wishes to live,

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