. cy of, 81-170-282 Abercrombie's Lecture on Em. Correspondents, To, 89-180 Cælebs in Search of a wife, re- Lecture on Pauses, 383 Drama, the 25_421 Monu. 49 Drysdale, Thomas, Biographical American Independence, Prophe- Dictionary, English, New, 511 337 English Language, Remarks on, 308 Arts, the Useful, 434 309 Etymologies, American, American Painters, Anecdotes of, 316 France, Travels in, 41_101-199 Apparatus, Description of, for Franklin, Dr. Letter from, 114. Unrolling the Herculanean Friend, Prospectus of The, 104 521 Fox and Pitt, Portraits of, Bloomfield, Robert, original Let- Geography, 60 Gertrude of Wyoming, Criticism 177 Gates, Horatio, General, Life of, Burke, Character of, 363-481 . 463 Letter, Answer to, · 471 322 Hayti, Memoirs of, 35—103—188 -325-414-490 514 Hamlet, Remarks on the Charac- Cowpenfinch of N. America, 61–151 History, Natural, . 116 69 Hutchinson, Col. Memoirs of, 513 . . 80 . Page Page 9 81–170--282-577 324 441 511 29 420 124 69 444 Smith, Judge, Obituary notice of, 78 451–551 Simmons, James, Objmary no- tice of, . 452 Southey's Thalaba, Defence of, 57 502 Shaw, John, Obituary notice of, 582' 55 Sciota, Ruins of an ancient work 419 443 . 281 View of the 540 508 an Ode, Criticism on, 497 51 Sympathy, Remarks on, 554 87-378-459 97 313 281 World, the Sententious, or Se. the Literary, 241-546 the Laughing, . 356 the Classical, . 541 437 Woodlands, description of the, . 505 No. IV, 537 . . ORIGINAL POETRY. 567 Page Page 375 77 on the Glasgow Hodge Podge Club, 375 147 377—573 Smedes, Anna, Tribute to the 373 458 279 571 150 On the nature and proper use of EMPHASIS, by which the truth and force of sentiment is conveyed. GENTLEMEN, THE subject to which I shall solicit your attention this evening is that important principle of correct elocution, Emphasis, by which the truth and force of sentiment is conveyed; and without the just observance of which, no reader or speaker can properly impress the minds, or engage the attention of his hearers. The word Emphasis, etymologically considered, means signification or force. It is a Greek word, and when applied to speech, imports the marking by the voice any word or words in a phrase or sentence, as more important than the rest. The purpose of Emphasis may be effected in several ways; by increase of force, by variation of tone, by extension of time in enunciation, or by any two or all of these together. In the first way, Emphasis operates by simple vociferation; in the second, by accent; in the third, by quantity: Wherever Emphasis rests it combines itself with the eminent accent of the word, commonly adding to its force, often altering its tone, never removing it from its place, and only sometimes where some opposition is to be marked within the word, holding any very striking connexion with any other syllable. Though a similarity of operation Vol. II. |