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"Is there not rain enough in the sweet heavens
To wash it white as snow? Whereunto serves mercy,
But to confront the visage of offence!"
—Hallock's Gram., 1842, p. 118.
"Look! in this place ran Cassius's dagger through."
—Kames, El. of Cr., Vol. i, p. 74.
"----When they list their lean and flashy songs,
Harsh grate on their scrannel pipes of wretched straw."
—Jamieson's Rhet., p. 135.
"Did not great Julius bleed for justice's sake?"
—Dodd's Beauties of Shak., p. 253.
"Did not great Julius bleed for justice sake?"
—Singer's Shakspeare, Vol. ii, p. 266.
"May I, unblam'd, express thee? Since God is light."
—O. B. Peirce's Gram., p. 290.
"Or hearest thou, rather, pure ethereal stream!"
—2d Perversion, ib.
"Republics; kingdoms; empires, may decay;
Princes, heroes, sages, sink to nought."
—O. B. Peirce's Gram., p. 287.
"Thou bringest, gay creature as thou art,
A solemn image to my heart."
—E. J. Hallock's Gram., p. 197.
"Know thyself presume not God to scan;
The proper study of mankind is Man."
—O. B. Peirce's Gram., p. 285.
"Raised on a hundred pilasters of gold."
—Charlemagne, C. i, St. 40.
"Love in Adalgise's breast has fixed his sting."
—Ib., C. i, St. 30.
"Thirty days hath September,
April, June, and November,
February twenty-eight alone,
All the rest thirty and one."
Colet's Grammar, or Paul's Accidence. Lond., 1793, p. 75.
To wash it white as snow? Whereunto serves mercy,
But to confront the visage of offence!"
—Hallock's Gram., 1842, p. 118.
"Look! in this place ran Cassius's dagger through."
—Kames, El. of Cr., Vol. i, p. 74.
"----When they list their lean and flashy songs,
Harsh grate on their scrannel pipes of wretched straw."
—Jamieson's Rhet., p. 135.
"Did not great Julius bleed for justice's sake?"
—Dodd's Beauties of Shak., p. 253.
"Did not great Julius bleed for justice sake?"
—Singer's Shakspeare, Vol. ii, p. 266.
"May I, unblam'd, express thee? Since God is light."
—O. B. Peirce's Gram., p. 290.
"Or hearest thou, rather, pure ethereal stream!"
—2d Perversion, ib.
"Republics; kingdoms; empires, may decay;
Princes, heroes, sages, sink to nought."
—O. B. Peirce's Gram., p. 287.
"Thou bringest, gay creature as thou art,
A solemn image to my heart."
—E. J. Hallock's Gram., p. 197.
"Know thyself presume not God to scan;
The proper study of mankind is Man."
—O. B. Peirce's Gram., p. 285.
"Raised on a hundred pilasters of gold."
—Charlemagne, C. i, St. 40.
"Love in Adalgise's breast has fixed his sting."
—Ib., C. i, St. 30.
"Thirty days hath September,
April, June, and November,
February twenty-eight alone,
All the rest thirty and one."
Colet's Grammar, or Paul's Accidence. Lond., 1793, p. 75.
LESSON II.—RESTORE THE RHYTHM.
"'Twas not the fame of what he once had been,
Or tales in old records and annals seen."
—Rowe's Lucan, B. i, l. 274.
"And Asia now and Afric are explor'd,
For high-priced dainties, and citron board."
—Eng. Poets: ib., B. i, l. 311.
"Who knows not, how the trembling judge beheld
The peaceful court with arm'd legions fill'd?"
—Eng. Poets; ib., B. i, l. 578.
"With thee the Scythian wilds we'll wander o'er,
With thee burning Libyan sands explore."
—Eng. Poets: ib., B. i, l. 661.
"Hasty and headlong different paths they tread,
As blind impulse and wild distraction lead."
—Eng. Poets: ib., B. i, l. 858.
"But Fate reserv'd to perform its doom,
And be the minister of wrath to Rome."
—Eng. Poets: ib., B. ii, l. 136.
"Thus spoke the youth. When Cato thus exprest
The sacred counsels of his most inmost breast."
—Eng. Poets: ib., B. ii, l. 435.
"These were the strict manners of the man,
And this the stubborn course in which they ran;
The golden mean unchanging to pursue,
Constant to keep the proposed end in view."
—Eng. Poets: ib., B. ii, l. 580.
"What greater grief can a Roman seize,
Than to be forc'd to live on terms like these!"
—Eng. Poets: ib., B. ii, l. 782.
"He views the naked town with joyful eyes,
While from his rage an arm'd people flies."
—Eng. Poets: ib., B. ii, l. 880.
"For planks and beams he ravages the wood,
And the tough bottom extends across the flood."
—Eng. Poets: ib., B. ii, l. 1040.
"A narrow pass the horned mole divides,
Narrow as that where Euripus' strong tides
Beat on Euboean Chalcis' rocky sides."
—Eng. Poets: ib., B. ii, l. 1095.
"No force, no fears their hands unarm'd bear,
But looks of peace and gentleness they wear."
—Eng. Poets: ib., B. iii, l. 112.
"The ready warriors all aboard them ride,
And wait the return of the retiring tide."
—Eng. Poets: ib., B. iv, l. 716.
"He saw those troops that long had faithful stood,
Friends to his cause, and enemies to good,
Grown weary of their chief, and satiated with blood."
—Eng. Poets: ib., B. v, l. 337.
Or tales in old records and annals seen."
—Rowe's Lucan, B. i, l. 274.
"And Asia now and Afric are explor'd,
For high-priced dainties, and citron board."
—Eng. Poets: ib., B. i, l. 311.
"Who knows not, how the trembling judge beheld
The peaceful court with arm'd legions fill'd?"
—Eng. Poets; ib., B. i, l. 578.
"With thee the Scythian wilds we'll wander o'er,
With thee burning Libyan sands explore."
—Eng. Poets: ib., B. i, l. 661.
"Hasty and headlong different paths they tread,
As blind impulse and wild distraction lead."
—Eng. Poets: ib., B. i, l. 858.
"But Fate reserv'd to perform its doom,
And be the minister of wrath to Rome."
—Eng. Poets: ib., B. ii, l. 136.
"Thus spoke the youth. When Cato thus exprest
The sacred counsels of his most inmost breast."
—Eng. Poets: ib., B. ii, l. 435.
"These were the strict manners of the man,
And this the stubborn course in which they ran;
The golden mean unchanging to pursue,
Constant to keep the proposed end in view."
—Eng. Poets: ib., B. ii, l. 580.
"What greater grief can a Roman seize,
Than to be forc'd to live on terms like these!"
—Eng. Poets: ib., B. ii, l. 782.
"He views the naked town with joyful eyes,
While from his rage an arm'd people flies."
—Eng. Poets: ib., B. ii, l. 880.
"For planks and beams he ravages the wood,
And the tough bottom extends across the flood."
—Eng. Poets: ib., B. ii, l. 1040.
"A narrow pass the horned mole divides,
Narrow as that where Euripus' strong tides
Beat on Euboean Chalcis' rocky sides."
—Eng. Poets: ib., B. ii, l. 1095.
"No force, no fears their hands unarm'd bear,
But looks of peace and gentleness they wear."
—Eng. Poets: ib., B. iii, l. 112.
"The ready warriors all aboard them ride,
And wait the return of the retiring tide."
—Eng. Poets: ib., B. iv, l. 716.
"He saw those troops that long had faithful stood,
Friends to his cause, and enemies to good,
Grown weary of their chief, and satiated with blood."
—Eng. Poets: ib., B. v, l. 337.
CHAPTER V.—QUESTIONS.
ORDER OF REHEARSAL, AND METHOD OF EXAMINATION.
PART FOURTH, PROSODY.
☞[The following questions call the attention of the student to the main doctrines in the foregoing code of Prosody, and embrace or demand those facts which it is most important for him to fix in his memory; they may, therefore, serve not only to aid the teacher in the process of examining his classes, but also to direct the learner in his manner of preparation for recital.]
LESSON I.—OF PUNCTUATION.
1. Of what does Prosody treat? 2. What is Punctuation? 3. What are the principal points,
