the one was sitting in his chariot muffled up in his cloak, and his wife along with him. Which of these circumstances was not a very great incumbrance the dress, the ર chariot, or the companion How could he be worse. equipped for an engagement, when he was wrapt up in a cloak, embarrassed with a chariot, and almost fettered by his wife¿ Observe the other now, in the first place, sallying out on a sudden from his seat; for what reason ¿ ૐ —in the evening; what ùrged him ¿-làte; to what pùrpose, especially at that season -He calls at Pompey's seat; with what view¿ To see Pómpey? He knew he was at 'Alsium.-To see his house? He had been in it a thousand times-What then could be the reason of this loitering and shifting about¿ He wanted to be upon the spot when Milo came up. 5. Wherefore cèase we then ¿ Say they who counsel war, we are decreed, 5 What can we suffer wòrse¿ Is this then worst, Chain'd on the burning lake,—that sure was worse. What, if the breath, that kindled those grim fires, Awak'd, should blow them into sev'nfold rage, And plunge us in the flames ¿ or from above 15 Should intermitted vengeance arm again His red right-hand to plàgue us ¿ what if all Her stores were open'd, and this firmament Of Hell should spout her cataracts of fire, Impendent horrors, threat'ning hideous fall 20 One day upon our heads; while we perhaps, Designing or exhorting glorious war, Caught in a fiery tempest, shall be hurl'd, Each on his rock transfix'd, the sport and prey Ages of hopeless end! This would be worse. 6. But, first, whom shall we send In search of the new world whom shall we find Sufficient who shall tempt with wand'ring feet 5 And through the palpable obscure find out Over the vast abrupt, ere he arrive The happy ìsle¿ what strength, what art, can then 10 Suffice, or what evasion bear him safe Through the strict senteries and stations thick Of 'Angels watching round Here he had need All circumspection, and we now no less Choice in our suffrage; for on whom we send 15 The weight of all, and our last hope, relies. 13.] Page 57. Language of authority and of surprise commonly requires the falling inflection. Denunciation, reprehension &c. come under this head. 1. Go to the ant, thou sluggard; consider her ways, and be wise :—which having no guide, overseer, or ruler, provideth her meat in the summer, and gathereth her food in the harvest. How long wilt thou sleep, O sluggard? when wilt thou arìse out of thy sleep?Yet a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep-So shall thy poverty come as one that travelleth, and thy want as an armed man. 2. And when the king came in to see the guests, he saw there a man that had not on a wedding-garment :-And he saith unto him, friend, how camest thou in hìther, not having a wedding-garment? And he was speechless. --Then said the king to the servants, bìnd him, hand and foot, and take him away, and cast him into outer darkness there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth. 3. Then he which had received the one talent came, and said, Lord, I knew thee that thou art a hard man, reaping where thou hast not sown, and gathering where thou hast not strewed :—And I was afraid, and went and hid thy talent in the earth: lo there thou hast that is thine.-His lord answered and said unto him, thou wìcked and slothful servant,-thou knewest that I reap where I sowed not, and gather where I have not strèwed :Thou oughtest therefore to have put my money to the * This clanse uttered with a high note and the falling slide, expresses censure better with the common punctuation, than if it were marked with the interrogation. His red right-hand to plague us ¿ what if all Her stores were open'd, and this firmament Of Hell should spout her cataracts of fire, Impendent horrors, threat'ning hideous fall 20 One day upon our heads; while we perhaps, Designing or exhorting glorious war, Caught in a fiery tempest, shall be hurl❜d, Ages of hopeless end! This would be worse. 6. But, first, whom shall we send In search of the new world whom shall we find نے 5 And through the palpable obscure find out His uncouth way, or spread his airy flight, Upborne with indefatigable wings, Over the vast abrupt, ere he arrive The happy isle¿ what strength, what art, can then 10 Suffice, or what evasion bear him safe Through the strict senteries and stations thick Of 'Angels watching round Here he had need All circumspection, and we now no less Choice in our suffrage; for on whom we send 15 The weight of all, and our last hope, relies. 13.] Page 57. Language of authority and of surprise commonly requires the falling inflection. Denunciation, reprehension &c. come under this head. 1. Go to the ant, thou sluggard; consider her ways, and be wise-which having no guide, overseer, or ruler, provideth her meat in the summer, and gathereth her food in the harvest. How long wilt thou sleep, O sluggard? when wilt thou arìse out of thy sleep?Yet a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep-So shall thy poverty come as one that travelleth, and thy want as an armed man. 2. And when the king came in to see the guests, he saw there a man that had not on a wedding-garment :-And he saith unto him, friend, how camest thou in hìther, not having a wedding-garment? And he was speechless. ---Then said the king to the servants, bìnd him, hand and foot, and take him away, and cast him into outer darkness: there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth. . 3. Then he which had received the one talent came, and said, Lord, I knew thee that thou art a hard man, reaping where thou hast not sown, and gathering where thou hast not strewed :-And I was afraid, and went and hid thy talent in the earth: lo there thou hast that is thine. His lord answered and said unto him, thou wìcked and slothful servant,-thou knewest that I reap where I sowed not,* and gather where I have not strewed :Thou oughtest therefore to have put my money to the * This clanse uttered with a high note and the falling slide, expresses censure better with the common punctuation, than if it were marked with the interrogation. |