197. Accent-is made, secondly, by | Proverbs. 1. Men of limited attainments QUANTITY; or prolongation of sound, with expulsive force, on long accented vowels; which may be represented either by this engraving indicative of a continuous equal movement of the voice; or, by this one, which shows the swell, continuous and diminish in combination; or, the unequal continuous. Exs. 1. The a-gent, with ar-dent aw-ful e-go tism, i-dol-i-zed the o-di-ous oo-zy -ni-form, which was fruit-ful in oi-li-ness, from the ou-ter-mosts. 2. The base-ment of the ar-mo-ry, awk-ward-ly e-qual to the i-rony of the o-li-o, was, to the moon-shine of the u-ni-verse, as an un-ob-tru-sive moi-e-ty of a Doun-cet-box. generally condemn every thing they cannot comprehend. 2. it--should flow spontaneously; it cannot be produced by study. 3. Buoyancy of spirit-greatly diminishes the pressure of misfortune. 4. The surest method of being deceived is -to consider ourselves -more cunning than others. 5. Envious persons-always view, with an evil eye, the prosperity of others. 6. It is a proof of mediocrity of intellect--to be addicted to story-telling. 7. When we give way to passion, disguise, nor does she want embellishment. 9. A we do every thing amiss. 8. Truth-needs no mind diseased-cannot bear any thing harsh. 10. Never utter what is false, nor hesitate to speak what is true. 11. Trifles-often discover a character-more than actions of importance. 12. The Bible-is a perfect body of divinity. Body and Mind. The science of hu 198. Prolongation of Sound. Let the pupil take a lesson of the ferryman. A travel-man nature-is valuable, as an introduction er arrives at the brink of a wide river, which he wishes to cross; one ferry-man is on the other side, and, by chance, one is on this side: the traveler halloos, in the common speaking voice, using principally the chest of course his voice soon becomes dissipated. He is informed that his call cannot be heard: listen to me, says this son of nature; "0- -ver, C-ver, 0ver:" making each accented vowel two seconds long: try it and see; extending your eye and mind at a distance; which will aid the prolongation. 199. In exercising on accent, for a time at least, go to extremes, and make the accented vowels as prominent to the ear, as the following ones are to the eye; a-bAsement, im-pE-ri-ous, I-dol-ize, O-ver-throw, bea U-ti-ful, OIl-mill, OU-ter-most. Ex. 1. The lu-na-tic a-bode at the ca-the-dral, till the an-nun-ci-a-tion, that the an-te-dilu-vi-ans-had con-vey'd the hy dro-pho-bia to Di-a-na of the E-phe-sians. 2. The patri-ots and ma-trons of the rev-o-lu-tion. by their har-mo-ni-ous co-op-e-ra-tion, dethron'd the ty-rants that were ru-ling our peo-ple with an un-ho-ly rod of i-ron. to the science of the Divine nature; for man-was made " in the image, and after the likeness." of his Maker: a knowledge of the former-facilitates that of the latter; and to know, revere, and humbly adore, is the first duty of man. To obtain just and impartial views of human nature, we must consider the mind, body, and actions, each not disconnect the object of our study, and may be contemplated under two different by itself, but the whole man together; which aspects.—of spirit and of matter; on the body-shines the sun of nature, and on the MINDthat better light, which is the true light: here, is a real man, having essence, form, and use. which is clad in the habili ments of beauty, and majesty; meeting us now, and which will meet us hereafter, as a. purely spiritual being, in every possible stage of his future existence. Varieties. an enemy-at the same time? 2. Every one 1. Can we be a friend, and should be considered innocent, till he is proved guilty. 3. It is not sufficient that you are heard, you must be heard with pleasure. 4. There is a great difference between poetry and rhymetry; the former grows, the latter -is made. 5. If your money your God. Anecdote. Raising Rent. "Sir. I in- it will plague you like the Devil. 6. Order tend to raise your rent," said a land-holder-is one, in revelation, man, creation, and -to one of his tenants: to which he replied. the universe; each-respects the other, and "I am very much obliged to you, for I is a resemblance of it. cannot raise it myself." Notes. 1. As vowels are either long or short, different de grees of length do not affect any one of the long ones, so far as the quality of the sound is concerned; the e in de-vise, and the o, ia do-main-are the same as to length, (not force,) as they are in de-cent, do-tard; thus we have long ac-cented vowels, and long un-accented ones. 2. We make accent by quantity, when the accented vowels are long, and by st. ss when they are short. 3. The short vowels are of the same length, but not so the long ones. "Blessed is the man, Who hears the voice of nature; who, retired . That scents Aralia's wild." Man-is dear to man; the poorest poor Such pleasure-is to one kind being known, Sits by her fire, and builds her hopes is heaven 200. Accent. The intentions of the mind--are manifested by the accent of the voice, as are those of a tailor, when he makes • gentleman's coat; or of a mantaamaker, when she makes a lady's gown; there is a meaning, an end, in all. The three great categories of knowledge are end, cause and effect; reflection and experience will convince those who would be wise, that the end or purpose, is the first thing, the cause or medium, the secon 1, and the effect, or ultimation of the co-operation of end and cause, the third thing. Now the feeling, or affection, is the first thing; the thought-is the second thing: and the action-the third thing: the affection and the vowel sound are connected, the thought and the consonant, and all become manifest, when the word is properly made, by the application of accent, and enuncia tion. Anecdote. When Lieutenant O Brien was blown up, in the Edgar, and thrown on board the Admiral, all black and wet, he said to the commander, with pleasantry. **I hope sir, you will excuse my dirty appearance; for I left the ship in so great a hurry, that I had not time to change my dress." Proverbs. 1. Every thing great-is composed of minute particles. 2. Nothing-bears a stronger resemblance to a mad-man than a drunkard. 3. Pleasure, purchased by pain, is always injurious. 4. The act is to be judged of, by the intention of the person, who does it. 5. Theory, without practice, however plausible, seldom tends to a successful issue. 6. Reflect well, bofore you say yes, or no. 7. Be cautious-in gioing advice, and consider-before you follow it. 8. A man, fond of disputing, will, in time, have few friends to dispute with. 9. Young people are apt to think themselves wise enough; as drunkards-think themselves sober enough. Injustice-cannot exist without agents. 11. No great loss, but some small gain. 12. No smoke, without some fire. 10. 201. Now, as the affectuous part of the mind operates, especially, on those lower nerves and muscles, that are combined to Reading Discourses. As the reading produce the rowe! sounds, and the intellectual of written discourses is so common, it is very part of the mind co-operates with the lungs, desirable, that the speaker should unite the to form the consonant sounds, and the two advantages of written, or printed composi unite-to make the word, by the use of the tion, with extemporaneous speaking; which accent, through the agency of which, feelings can be done by mastering the principles of and thoughts are conveyed,-it will be per- this system; then, though the essay be a ceived, that whenever there is a change of the month, or a year old, the orator may give it seat of accent, there may be a corresponding all the appearance and freshness of oral dis change of the meaning of the word: or Many public men have injured rather, a change of feeling produces a change their health by slavishly reading their disof thought, and the two produce a correspon-courses, instead of speaking them; there ding change in the seat of accent: as-au- being such an inseparable connection between thinking and breathing, that the effort gust, au-gust; prod-uce, pro-duce; gul to read, especially from a manuscript, tends to the use of the thorax, or lungs. If we were taught to read by car, ins'end of by sight, there would be no difficulty in this exercise: there must be a revolution-in regard to teaching and learning this important art, or sad will continue to be the con. sequences. Jant, gal-lunt. course. 202. Change of the seat of accent according to sense. They bom-bard the town, with bom-bards, and ce-ment their cannon with cem-ent, and call upon their colleagues to col-league together, col-lect their soldiers, and offer up their col-lects. He com-ments upon their com-ments, while they com-merce about Varieties. 1. Were the Texians right, the com-merce, and com-mon-place their com- in rebelling against Mexico? 2. If woman mon-place business. The com-pact was en-taught the philosophy of love, who would tered into in a com-pact manner, while the soldiers com-plot together in a com-plot, and Com-port themselves with a becoming comport. The farmer com-posts his fields with excellent com-post, and out of the com-pound he com-pounds a fruitful soil; which, when com-press'd, makes a very fine com-press for the grain. My birthday! what a different sound not learn? 3. Do not yield to misfortunes; but resist them, with unceasing firmness. 4. Procrastination-is the thief of time. 5. No one is qualified to command, who has not learned to obey. 6. A laugh-costs too much, if purchased at the expense of pro priety. 7. Words. fully spoken from a life of love, are exceedingly sweet, and profitable to all. Beware, ye slaves of rice and infamy, Proverbs. 1. Beware of reading, without thinking of the subject. 2. A man rarely deceives another but once. 3. A good paymaster is lord of another man's purse. 4. He is most secure froi danger, who, even when conscious of safety, is on his guard. 5. The pitcher may go often to the well, and be broken at last. 6. A good companier, makes good company. 7. Let every one choose, according to his own fancy. 8. A comparison—is no reason. 9. Your looking-glass-will tell you what none of your friends will. 10. The human 203. The subject of accent, being of pri-1 mary importance, should be dwelt upon, till its principles, and their application, are perfectly familiar. Remember, it is the principal external means, of making words-out of letters and syllables: comparatively, it is the thread with which we make the garments for our thoughts, and thus manifest the objects which the mind has in view in clothing them in different ways, and making them alive with feeling. The mental power of ac-heart wants something to be kind to. 11. Many cent, is in the will, or voluntary principle, hands make light work. 12. Ask your purse --and the physical force is from the combined what you shall buy. action of the lower muscles, in connection with the diaphragm; hence, it may be perceived, that in simply expelling vowel sounds, as always insisted upon, we at the same time, acquire the power of making the accent; for expulsion-is accent, radical, or stress. you do not master accent, you cannot succeed in becoming an elocutionist. If Anecdote. Blundering on the Truth. An ignorant fellow, who was about to be married, resolved to make himself perfect in the responses of the marriage service; but, by mistake, he committed the office of bap tism for those of riper years: so, when the clergyman asked him, in the church, "Wilt thou have this woman to thy wedded wife?" The bridegroom answered, in a very solemn tone; “I renounce them all." The astonished minister said- I think you are a fool to which he replied, " All this I steadfastly believe." 204. Change of the seat of accent. On her en-trance, she was en-tranced at being es-cort-ed by a grand es-cort: I es-say to make an es-say to ex-ile the ex-iles: ex-port the ex-ports, with-out ex-tract-ing the ex- Analogies. As, in the succession of the tracts for the ex-tract-ors: the ab-ject fel-lows seasons, each, by the invariable laws of naabject the gifts, and the ab-sent minded ab-ture, affects the productions of what is next sent themselves from the party: he ab-stracts in course; so, in human life, every period the abstracts and at-frib-utes the at-tri-butes of our age,-according as it is well or ill to others: I lay the ac-cent on the ac-cent-ed spent, influences the happiness of that which vowel, and af-fix the of-fix to the final sylla-is to follow. Virtuous youth generally ble, and make aug-ment in the right place and aug-ment the word in Au-gust, and thus make the idea au-gust. er-tho-e-py, ar-is-toe-ra-cy, ac-cept-a-ble, Ar-e-op-a-gus, ac•ces-so cent-el. Notes. 1. Be careful in placing the accent on the right syllable: al-ver-tise-ment, al-lics, com-pea-sate, in-qui-ry, de-co-rus, ry, up-right-ly: for if you place the accent on the wrong vowel, you partially pervert the meaning, or render it ridiculus: as, saw an au-gust spectacle in August. 2. In singing, accent isalways made by stress: and the first note of each full measure ac Lacontes. Labor is honorable in all, from the king on the throne to the mendicant in the street; and let him or her, who is ashamed to toil for themselves, or the benefit of their race, be more ashamed to consume the industry and labor of others, for which they do not render an equivalent. The rare had been washed, just washed in a shower, The cup was all filled, and the leaves were all wet, To wsp for the buds-it had left with regret, Thastily seizeit, unfit as it was For a nosegay, so dripping and drowned Rezar lless of wringing-and breaking a heart, This elegant rose, had I shaken it less, Might have bloomed with its owner awhile: And the ear, that is wiped, with a little address, manhood; and such manhood passes off If Varieties. 1. Is there any such thing as time and space, in the world of mind? 2. Any book that is worth reading once, is worth reading twice. 3. Most misfortunes -may be turned into blessings, by watching the tide of affairs. 4. When the wicked are in power, innocence and integrity are sure to be persecuted. 5. Give people proper books, and teach them how to read them. and they will educate themselves. 6. Unlimited powers-should not be trusted in the hands of any one, who is not endowed with perfection. more than human. 7. The truths of the Bible are the seeds of order; and as is the reception, such will be the produce. Faults-in the life, breed errors in the brain, 6. A little stone can 205. To accomplish the objects in view, Proverbs. 1. Instead of saying "I can't," say the development and perfection of the voice "I will." 2. Acquire knowledge that may be for reading, speaking and singing, a great useful. 3. If possible, remove your own difficulvariety of exercises and examples, are intro- ties. 4. Husband your time, and waste neither duced, containing sense and nonsense; and that, nor your money. 5. Try to exert a good attention can be given to both kinds, accord- influence, wherever you are. ing to their uses. Let it be remembered, that make a great bruise. 7. Unwearied diligence the forty-four sounds of the language are the the point will gain. 8. Cultivate good domestic habits. 9. Some rather reflect truth than practice fountains, from which are to flow every stream it. 10. Man is a mi-cro-cosm, or little world. of elocution and music: and these are continually before us. No one can succeed in silently reading, or thinking over the subjects: practice is the great thing; therefore, frequently repeat the sounds, read by vowels, spell by sounds, and exercise in accent and emphasis, with all the other modifications. 206. They con-cert a plan to get up a concert, and as they con-cord the con-cords of the notes, they con-crete the con-crete tones with such admirable con-duct, as to conduct the whole to the satisfaction of the audience. He con-fects the sugar with delicious con-fects, although he con-fines his efforts to the confines of the room; and without con-flic-ting in any serious con-flict, he con-serves the conserves in such a way as to con-sort with his con-sort without con-test-ing with any serious con-test. I will con-text the con-text, so as to con-tract the con-tract-ing in a strong con-tract, the con-vent, so as to con-vent its inmates, while they con-verse in familiar con verse. 11. Winter finds what Summer conceals. 12. Two of a trade seldom agree. self the connecting link, or medium, between Important. Let the orator consider himthe mental and natural world: i. e. that the spiritual world is progressing down into the material world; and that all his muscles and vocal powers are the proper organs, thro' which it is to flow. Hence, the necessity of developing and training, perfectly, those mediums of communication, that every thing in the matter, may tell, effectually, in the manner. Much, very much depends upon. the state of his own mind; for, according to hat will be the influence shed abroad on the minds of others. Conceive yourself the rep resentative of a vast concourse of associated minds, and be the true representative of your constituents. to Varieties. 1. Are fictitious writings bene ficial? 2. E-go-tism (or self-commendation,) is always disgusting, and should be carefully 207. Among the more difficult acquisi- avoidel. 3. A man cannot call a better phytions, is the ability to prolong sounds in sician than himself, if he will take all the strongly marked accented and emphatic good advice he gives to others. 4. Why is the words, involving the kindlier feelings of our human mind like a garden? because you can nature; to succeed in which, practice single sow what seeds you please in it. 5. Good long vowel sounds in separate words, and al- and bad fortune are necessary, prepare us so in short and long phrases; as ale; to meet the contingencies of life. 6. Be not are; all; eel; ile; o too much afraid of offending others, by telling ld; ooze; mute; pu--ss; oithe truth: nor stoop to futtery nor mean-1; our; also, old armed chair; wheel to the ness, to gain their favor. 7. The whole outright; roll the flames and join the muse; ward creation, with its every particular and glowing hope; praise the lofty dome. movement, is but a theatre and scene of effects, brought forth into existence, and moved by interior spiritual causes, proper to tha spiritual world. Notes. 1. The attempt is not made any where, to give a perfect notation of the manner in which one is to read; and me words are more or less emphatic, that are printed in common type; while certain words, which are not very important as to meaning, are printed in italics. 2. Never mind the rough appear. ence of the examples; but make them smooth in your delivery. Anecdote. Self-love. The first consideration of a knave is-how to help himself; and the second, how to do it with an appearance of helping others. Dionysius, the ty rant, stripped the statue of Jupiter Olympus, of a robe of massy gold, and substituted a cloak of wool, saying- Gold is too cold in winter, and too heavy in the summer-it behooves us to take care of Jupiter." When was public virtue to be found, Can he love the whole, Who loves no part? He-be a nation's friend, Who, ir truth, is the friend of no man there? To the curious eye But, silent and alone, puts on her suit, 208. The question is often asked—which || Proverbs. 1. Show me a liar, and I will receives the accent, the vowel or the conso-show you a thief. 2. The best mode of instrucnent? The reply is, sometimes one, and at tion is-to practice what we teach. 3. Vain gloothers, both, when they are connected. In a-ry blossoms, but never bears. 4. Well to judge, ble, the accent is all on a; in no-ble, then depends on well to hear. 5. He who is wicked and o receive the accent, but principally the in the country, will be wicked in the town. 6. o; in pre-sume, the accent is mostly on u; He who preaches war, is the devil's chaplain. and is imparted to s and m, terminating on 7. You will never have a friend, if you must the m. Although this fact is perfectly obvious, yet one book that purports to have passed through seven editions, insists that rowels are never accented. I would ask that author, what letter receives the accent of the proper name A-i in the Bible, since it has two syilables, and yet there are no consonants. Let us beware of wrong guides as well as blinding-room and liary, to which he was not a ones. have one without failings. 8. A bad man in of fice, is a public calamity. 9. That war only is just, which is necessary. 10. The worst of law is, that one suit breeds twenty. 11. Be not ruined by your neglect. 12. Ignorance is a misfortuna Ꭺ Anecdote. An Unwelcome Visitor. person, who often intruded himself in a real subscriber, had his pet dog turned out by the crusty old sexton; who gave him a kick, saying-"you are not a subscribe at any rate." The intruder took the hint; and never appeared again in the establishment, till he becaine a patron. 209. Half accented vowel sounds. There is an inferior, or half accent, on certain words of three or more syllables, which should be observed; and, although given distinctly, must be kept within the vanish of the accent. ed ones. The dem-o-CRAT-ic con-ver-SA-tion HORACE, a celebrated Roman poet, relates, re-spect-ing the ti-a-ra was het-e-ro-GE-ne-us that a countryman, who wanted to pass a to a dem-on-STRA-tion; a met-a-PH18-i-cal river, stood loitering on the banks of it, in the hyp-o-chov-dria is rec-om-MEN-da-to-ry of su- foolish expectation, that a current 80 rapid per-a-Bux-dant prol-i-GAL-i-ty: the in-com- would soon discharge its waters. But the pre-EN-si-ble plen-i-po-TEN-ti-a-ry is an am- stream still flowed, (increased perhaps by pli-fi-ca-tion of hy-dro-puo-bi-a; the per-pen- fresh torrents from the mountains,) and it dic-u-LAR-i-ty of the gen-er-al-is-si-mo, and must forever flow; because the source from the mag-na-NIM-i-ty of the phil-an-THROP-i- | which it is derived, is inexhaustible. Thus, cal re-ca-pit-u-LA-tion was chur-ac-ter-is-tic the ille and irresolute youth, trifles over his of the in-cor-rup-ti-IL-i-ty of his in-conSID-er-a-ble-ness. books, or squanders, in childish pursuits, his precious moments, deferring the business of improvement, (which at first might be rendered easy and agreeable, but which, by delay, becomes more and more difficult,) until the golden sands of opportunity have all run, and he is called to action, without possessing the requisite ability. 3. 210. The mere mention of Oratory, reminds us of the early times of Egipt, Greece, and Rome; when there flourished a LEVITE, who was an important instrument in delivering an ancient people from captivity; one of whose qualifications for his high office, was, that he could "speak well;"-a Demosthenes, the Varieties. 1. Has the invention of gunpow magic, music, and witch ry of whose ele- der been beneficial to the world! The mind, quence, it is impossible to translate or de-like the soil, rises in value, according to the scribe;—a Cicero, whose oratory was copious, | nature and degree-of its cultivation. correct, ornate, and magnificent ;—-cach of Labor and prudence, relieve us from three whom was pre-minent in his own style and great evils,—vice, want, and indolence. 4. manner,—the Grecian-carrying the citadel | A wise man reflects, before he speaks; a by storm, and the Ronan taking it after a regular and most beautifully conducted siege; of a Per, and Paul, pleading in the cause of Heaven, and holding vast multitudes in breathless silence, making even Judges tremble in their high places;—of more modrn times, whose history presents us the name be conjoined to a persuasion of fulsity, flowof a Chatham, a Burke, and a Fox, in the as-ing from evil. sembly; and those of a Bourdaloue, Mussi!ton, Brilane, and Whitfield, in the pulpit; also the orators of our own time and land; some of whom, in many respects, will not suiler by a comparison with any of their illustrious pre lecessors. Praising-what is lost, Makes the 1 emembrance-dear. foolish one speaks, and then reflects on what he has said. 5. Our happiness does not consist in being without passions, but in having command of them. 6. Goo-is never more effectually accomplished, than when produced by slow degrees. 7. True charity-cannot There's quact-in the deep:- And earth-born whirlwinds-wake the wave; |