1. EXAMPLES. Those two together long had lived Where neither tree nor house could bar And nigh an ancient obelisk Was raised by him, found out by Fisk, The strangest long-winged hawk that flies, Or herald's martlet, has no legs, Nor hatches young ones, nor lays eggs; A comet, and without a beard! Or star that ne'er before appeared? I'm certain 'tis not in the scrowl Of all those beasts, and fish, and fowl It must be supernatural, Unless it be that cannon-ball That, shot i' th' air point-blank upright, Hangs, like the body of Mahomet: That by the earth's round bulk is made, 2. My poem's epic, and is meant to be Divided in twelve books; each book containing, With love, and war, a heavy gale at sea, A list of ships and captains, and kings reigning, A panorama view of hell's in training, All these things will be specified in time, Which makes so many poets, and some fools; And very handsome supernatural scenery. 3. "Twas the night before Christmas, when all thro' the house Not a creature was stirring, not even a mouse: The stockings were hung by the chimney with care, When out on the lawn there arose such a clatter, Tore open the shutters and threw up the sash. More rapid than eagles his coursers they came, And he whistled, and shouted, and called them by name: 4. Law is law-law is law; and as in such and so forth and hereby, and aforesaid, provided always, nevertheless, notwithstanding. Law is like a country dance, people are led up and down in it till they are tired. Law is like a book of surgery, there are a great many desperate cases in it. It is also like physic, they that take least of it are best off. Law is like a homely gentlewoman, very well to follow. Law is also like a scolding wife, very bad when it follows us. Law is like a new fashion, people are bewitched to get into it: it is also like bad weather, most people are glad when they get out of it. 5. Come, dance, elfins, dance! for my harp is in tune, And sleeps on the waters transparently bright, And the notes ye have heard with such rapture before, 6. Oh! water for me! bright water for me, And wine for the tremulous debauchee! It cooleth the brow, it cooleth the brain, It comes o'er the sense like a breeze from the sea, Oh! water, bright water for me, for me! Fill to the brim! fill, fill to the brim, When over the hills like a gladsome bride As he freshens his wing in the cold gray cloud. But when evening has quitted her sheltering yew, Her dusky meshes o'er land and sea, How gently, O sleep, fall thy poppies on me! And my dreams are of Heaven, the live-long night; POSITIVENESS, CONFIDENCE, AUTHORITY, &c. All expressions of full and settled Conviction or Confidence on the part of the speaker, have their appropriate symbols; and the same elements which express Certainty are very naturally employed to express Authoritative Command. They will be found to be the same; and the elements for denoting these sentiments are the Downward Slides, and the Radical Stress; and, in energetic expression, these are generally combined with Force. These characteristics of speech belong also to Denying, Reproving, Refusing and Forbidding, to Reprehension and Denunciation, and to Defiance and Adjuration, as well as to strong Affirmation; and even to warm Argument, when employed in defence of one's own rights. Also in their moderate degrees, these elements are suited to Instruction and Precept.-It is not perhaps surprising, that the confidence even of Despair and Resignation should express itself by the Downward movements of the voice. Vaunting Authority, and a degree of positiveness which implies Self-Admiration, require a Harsh Voice, and the Vanishing Stress; and admit the Equal Direct Wave, combined with the Median Stress on syllables which are emphatic and admit of long quantity. 1. EXAMPLES. Your grace shall pardon me, I will not back; |