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EXAMPLES.

1.

In slumbers of midnight || the sailor-boy lay,

His hammock swung loose || at the sport of the wind;

But watch-worn and weary, || his cares flew away,

And visions of happiness || danced o'er his mind.

DIMOND.

2.

There is a land, || of every land the pride,

Beloved of heaven || o'er all the world beside;

Where brighter suns || dispense serener light,

And milder moons || imparadise the night.

O, thou shalt find, || howe'er thy footsteps roam,

That land thy country, || and that spot thy home!

This pause is generally made before or after the utterance of some important word or clause on which it is especially desired to fix the attention. In such cases it is usually denoted by the use of the dash (—).

EXAMPLES.

1. God said—"Let there be light!"

2.

All dead and silent was the earth,

In deepest night it lay;

The Eternal spoke creation's word,

And called to being—Day!

No definite rule can be given with reference to the length of the rhetorical, or grammatical pause. The correct taste of the reader or speaker must determine it. For the voice should sometimes be suspended much longer at the same pause in one situation than in another; as in the two following

EXAMPLES.

LONG PAUSE.

Pause a moment. I heard a footstep. Listen now. I heard it again; but it is going from us. It sounds fainter,—still fainter. It is gone.

SHORT PAUSE.

John, be quick. Get some water. Throw the powder overboard. "It can not be reached." Jump into the boat, then. Shove off. There goes the powder. Thank Heaven. We are safe.

REMARKS TO TEACHERS.

It is of the utmost importance, in order to secure an easy and elegant style in reading, to refer the pupil often to the more important principles involved in a just elocution. To this end, it will be found very advantageous, occasionally to review the rules and directions given in the preceding pages, and thus early accustom him to apply them in the subsequent reading lessons. For a wider range of examples and illustrations, it is only necessary to refer to the numerous and various exercises which form the body of this book. They have been selected, in many cases, with a special view to this object.