The first earth thrówn, (sound deadliest to the soul !— Ye who have felt all thís-O pay my verse 11.] Page 55. This requires no additional illustration ; for unless emphasis forbids it, every good reader has so much regard to harmony, as to use the rising slide at the pause before the cadence. 12.] Page 56. The indirect question and its answer have the falling inflection. The interrogative mark is here inverted, to render it significant of its office, in distinction from the direct question, which turns the voice upward. The reason of this is so obvious, that I trust it will not be regarded, in a work like this, as an affectation of singularity in trifles. 1. The governor answered and said unto them, Whether of the twain will ye that I release unto you¿ They said, Baràbbas. Pilate saith unto them, What shall I do then with Jesus, which is called Christ¿ They all say unto him, Let him be crucified. And the governor said, Why; what èvil hath he done¿ But they cried out the more, saying, Let him be crucified. 2. Where now is the splendid robe of the cònsulate ¿ ૐ Where are the brilliant tòrches Where are the applauses and dances, the feasts and entertainments ¿ Where are the coronets and canopies Where the huzzas of the city, the compliments of the cìrcus, and the flattering acclamations of the spectators ¿ All these have perished. " 3. I hold it to be an unquestionable position, that they who duly appreciate the blessings of liberty, revolt as much from the idea of exercising, as from that of enduring, oppression. How far this was the case with the Romans, you may inquire of those nations that surrounded them. Ask them, 'What insolent guard paraded before their gates, and invested their strong holds ¿ They will answer, 'A Roman legionary.' Demand of them, 'What greedy extortioner fattened by their poverty, and clothed himself by their nakedness¿ They will inform you, 'A Roman Quaestor.' Inquire of them, 'What imperious stranger issued to them his mandates of imprisonment or confiscation, of banishment or death' They will reply to you, 'A Roman Consul.' Question them, 'What haughty conqueror led through his city, their nobles and kings in chains; and exhibited their countrymen, by thousands, in gladiators' shows for the amusement of his fellow citizens' They will tell you, ' A Roman Gèneral.' Require of them, 'What tyrants imposed the heaviest yoke-enforced the most rigorous exactions ¿-inflicted the most savage punishments, and showed the greatest gust for blood and torture?' They will exclaim to you, The Roman people.' 4. Let us now consider the principal point, whether the place where they encountered was most favourable to Milo, or to Clodius. Were the affair to be represented only by painting, instead of being expressed by words, it would even then clearly appear which was the traitor, and which was free from all mischievous designs; when 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 chariot, or the companion How could he be worse equipped for an engagement, when he was wrapt up in a cloak, embarrassed with a chàriot, 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 ¿ —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 Pompey? 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 cease we then ૐ Say they who counsel war, we are decreed, 5 What can we suffer worse¿ Is this then worst, Thus sitting, thus consulting, thus in arms? What! when we fled amain, pursued and struck With heav'n's afflicting thunder, and besought The deep to shelter us,-this Hell then seem'd 10 A rèfuge from those wounds: or when we lay Chain'd on the burning lake,-that sùre 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 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, 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 isle what strength, what art, can then نے 10 Suffice, or what evasion bear him safe Through the strict senteries and stations thick Of Angels watching round Here he had need ૐ All circumspection, and we now no less Choice in our suffrage; for on whom we send 15 The weight of all, and our last hòpe, 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:-Só shall thy poverty come as one that travelleth, and thy wànt 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. |