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- a convert to a religion everywhere spoken against; threw another into a fit of trembling - as he sat upon his judgmentseat; made a defence - before the learned court- of Areopagus, - which gained him - for a convert - a member of the court itself; struck - a whole people with such admiration - that - they took him for the God of Eloquence ; - and - gained him - a place - in Longinus' list of famous orators. Would the cold-served-up monotony of our English sermon-readers - have produced - such effects as these ? The apostles might very well - spare human accomplishments, having what was worth them all, the Divine gift of working - miracles; which - if - our preachers - had, - I should not have - much - to say - about their qualifying themselves in elocution. But, as it is, - public instruction is the preacher's weapon - with which - he is to combat - infidelity - and vice. And what avails without skill - to wield it?

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to live after the world's opinion;

- it is easy in solitude - to live

man is he - who, in the midst

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fect sweetness the independence of solitude.

The material cause,—the trumpet - sounds - because - 'tis made of metal. The formal cause,-the trumpet - sounds - because 'tis long and hollow.

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The efficient cause, the trumpet

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The final cause,—the

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Those things which are first to Nature are not first to Nature - begins - from causes, - and - thence - descends - to

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thence, by slow degrees, - ascend - to causes.

Like to the falling of a star,

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IX. Unimportant Conjunctions-those chiefly which couple words, or simple clauses, and not leading sentences, and which are not followed by ellipsis,—may now be included in the same rhythmical group with the word or clause which they precede; as "Whoev'er - is' in a hurry - shows' - that' the thing" - he is' about"- is too' big"- for him; haste' - and hurʼry - are ver'y different things'."

When a parenthesis or an emphatic adverb follows the conjunction, it must be kept apart; as" I' shall call"'- and', - if' possible, - as' certain" - how' - mat'ters - are' progres"sing,"

To this stage may be added, clauses connected by conjunctions or prepositions, which are expressive of alternation; as-" Now and then ;” “One by one;""Backward and forward;" "Up and down," &c. which may be taken into one group. Example." It was the village favourite - who was crowned - with flowers, - and - blushing and smiling - in all the beautiful confusion of girlish diffidence and delight."

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"From hill to hill - the rushing host - pursued."

"From tent to tent - the impatient warrior - flies."

Words or simple phrases united by conjunctions, when so closely connected in the sense that they are not intended separately to have any force in the sentence, may also be taken into the group; as,

"Mount - thy good steed - and - thou and I - will meet him - on his way." In all cases where the conjunction does not demand a separate accent, it will be unaccented or only of secondary force.

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EXAMPLES OF THE NINTH STAGE.

Far

Innumerable instances - could be adduced to prove the vast importance which belongs to an effective enunciation. greater numbers of our preachers - fail - for want of this - than - from any other cause; a fact so notorious as to need - no

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proof - beyond common observation, and so important as to demand the attention, not only of the Professors, - but of the Committees of all our Colleges. It is too generally - the case, - that no adequate culture is bestowed upon the speaking powers of our students from the beginning to the end of There is great assiduity - manifested

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a fulness of matter, but far too little in producing - an impressiveness of manner. Every assistance - is granted - to make them - scholars, - philosophers, - and divines; but, as to good speaking, for the acquisition - of this - they are left pretty much to themselves. A complete system - of ministerial education - must of necessity - include some attention-to elocution, - and - which should commence as soon - as a student enters - college; so that by the time he is put upon the

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some aptitude - for the management - of his voice, - and not have - his thoughts - diverted then - from his matter - and his object - to his manner.

He should

- by that time - have acquired - a habit - of good speaking, - so as to be able - to practise it - with facility - and without study, The great objection - to lectures - on Elocution-is, - that they are apt to produce - a pompous, - stiff, - and affected manner ; butthis - is an abuse - of the art, - the object - of which - should the vices - of a bad, - and to supply - the wants - of

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an easy, - natural, - and

be - to cure
a defective enunciation, and
impressive delivery.-Rev. J. A. James.

Every evil - to which - we do not succumb - is a benefactor. As the Sandwich Islander

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- of the enemy - he kills - passes - into himself, - so strength - of the temptation - we resist.

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the rising moon - break-out of the clouds - at midnight, - has been present - like an archangel - at the creation - of light - and of the world.

The sun - hath - almost - reached - his journey's close,
The ray - he sheds - is gentle, - softly bright,

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Pure as the pensive light - from woman's eyes -
When - kindled up - by retrospective thoughts,
Wandering - to former scenes - of love - and joy.
But yet there is a melancholy tinge -

In that rich radiance : - and - a passing thought -
Of things departed, - and of days gone by. -
At such an hour - insensibly - will weave
Itself - into the texture - of the scene.
Nothing - departs - alone : - the dying day -
Bears - with it - many - to the last repose.
The setting sun, - so gorgeously - arrayed -

In beams - of light, - and - curtained - round about -
With clouds - steeped in the rainbow's richest dyes, -
So fair, - so full - of light - and living glory,

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That with the ancient Persian, - one might deem
Him - God - of all - he looks upon- below
His setting - ushers in - a night - to some -
Which - morning - shall not break.—Alex. Bethune.

X. Unemphatic adverbs of time, place, interrogation, manner, &c., and generally unemphatic adverbs qualifying verbs, and also simple adverbial phrases, may

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be grouped with the word or clause before or after them, or with both, according to the degree of correlation, to form the next stage of clausing. "He who walk'eth up''rightly - walk'eth su"'rely." "Some" peo'ple - will nev'er learn" an'ything, - for this' reason, - because' - they un'derstand" ev'erything too' soon""." "It often happens, - that those' - are' the best" peo'ple - whose' characters - have been most' in"jured - by slan'der ; as', - we u'sually find' that" - to be′ the swee'test fruit" which' the birds' have been peck"ing at." "I

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afterwards - learned' - the whole' story of' the deceased"."

"Stretched' - on' the ground" awhile' - entranced' he lay'.”

"I' and my friends" - af'terwards discovered - that' we had been' deceived"." "Spark' - of that' flame" perchance of heavenly birth',

Which' gleams", - but' warms" no mor'e - its cher'ished earth."."

Evil, be thou"" my' good"! by thee', - at least'

Divided Em'pire, - with Heav'en's King" - I hold'.

The adverb may frequently have the primary accent; though, here, as in the cases before noticed, the qualifying word is only accented when some special reference to the qualifying circumstance renders it emphatic.

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EXAMPLES OF THE TENTH STAGE.

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True eloquence - does not wait for cool approbation. irresistible beauty, - it transports, - it ravishes, it commands the admiration of all who are within its reach. If it allows time to criticise, it is not genuine. It ought to hurry us-out of ourselves, to engage, and swallow up our whole attention; to drive everything out of our minds, - besides the subject - it would hold forth, and the point it wants to carry. The hearer finds himself as unable to resist it as to blow out - a

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The orator has taken

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- or to stop - the

His passions - are no longer possession of them; and

conflagration with the breath of his mouth, stream of a river - with his hand. his own. with superior power - works them to whatever he pleases. There is no earthly object - capable - of making - such various and such forcible impressions upon the human mind - as a consummate speaker. In the artificial creations, which flow from

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the pencil- of a Raphael, - the critical eye - is indeed delighted to a high pitch; - but the ear remains wholly unengaged - and unentertained. In the raptures of Corelli, Geminiani, and Handel, the flood of pleasure - which pours - upon the ear is almost too much for human nature; but here the eye has

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not - its gratification. For the opera, - in which action - is joined - with music, in order to entertain the eye - at the same time - with the ear, I must beg leave, - with all due submission - to the taste of the great, to consider it - a forced conjunction - of

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heroes - fighting, commanding, threatening, lamenting, - and making love - in the warblings- of an Italian song. It is only the elegant speaker - who can at once - regale - the eye - with the view of its most amiable object, - the human form - in all its glory; - the ear - with the original - of all music, - the understanding - with its proper - and natural food, - the knowledge - of important truths; - and the imagination with all that - in nature or in art is beautiful, sublime, - or wonderful. For the orator's field - is the universe, and his subjects - are - all that is known of God, - and his works; - of superior natures - good - and evil, - and their works; and - of terrestials, - and theirs. Whoever is proof - against such a display, - must have - neither eye, - nor ear, nor passion, - nor imagination, nor taste, nor understanding.

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Friend, -thou must trust in Him - who trod before -
The desolate path - of life : -

Must bear in meekness, as He meekly bore

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Yet tarried out - for thee, - the appointed woe.
Think of his weariness - in places dim, -

Where no man - comforted, - or cared for Him. -
Think of the blood-like sweat -

With which his brow - was wet,

Yet how He prayed, - unaided - and alone, -
In that great agony-" Thy will - be done!"
Friend! - do not thou despair, -

Christ from his heaven - of heavens will hear - thy prayer.

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XI. The word or simple clause constituting the object of an active or transitive verb, as-" To love virtue,"—" to esteem an honourable man ;" and the word or clause forming the complement of an intransitive verb; as-" To lie interred,―to go home,-to grow disproportioned,—to become near-sighted," &c., may generally be united to the verb in the same oratorical word.

In these cases, the verb usually takes the secondary accent; as in the sentence-" To instruct' the ignorant,-relieve' the nee''dy,—and com'fort the afflicted, are duties that fall in our way every day of our lives." But if this arrangement were altered, and the object or complemental word or clause made

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