126. Specimens from Thomas Moore:- There's nothing true but Heaven, 127. Trial and Execution of Charles I., 128. Passages from Campbell's "Pleasures of Hope:"- Hope Kindled by Distant Objects, Hope Lingered when all else had Fled, Hope invoked to cheer the Home of Poverty, Hope, the Mother's Inspiration, Hope soothes even the poor Maniac, . Hope gives Pledge of Progress, No Hope of Happiness without Woman, Hope the sole solace in the Dying Hour, Hope of future Happiness inspiring, Money not to minister to Pride or Avarice, A noble Anchor in the Tempest of Life, 136. Piety and Virtue Distinguished, 137. Dante and Milton compared, 138, Satan's Address to the Sun, SANDERS' RHETORICAL READER. PART FIRST. ELOCUTION. ELOCUTION is the art of delivering written or extempo raneous composition with force, propriety, and ease. It deals, therefore, with words, not only as individuals, but as members of a sentence, and parts of a connected discourse: including every thing necessary to the just expression of the sense. Accordingly, it demands, in a special manner, attention to the following particulars; viz., ARTICULATION, Accent, EMPHASIS, INFLECTION, MODULATION, and PAUses. SECTION I. ARTICULATION. ARTICULATION is the art of uttering distinctly and justly the letters and syllables constituting a word. It deals, therefore, with the elements of words, just as elocution deals with the elements of sentences: the one securing the true enunciation of each letter, or combination of letters, the other giving to each word, or combination of words, such a delivery as best expresses the meaning of the author. It is the basis of all good reading, and should be carefully practiced by the learrer. |