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So all was clear'd, and to the field they haste. But first from under shady arborous roof, Soon as they forth were come to open sight Of day-spring, and the sun, who, scarce uprisen, With wheels yet hovering o'er the ocean brim, Shot parallel to the earth his dewey ray, Discovering in wide landscape all the east Of Paradise and Eden's happy plains, Lowly they bow'd adoring, and began Their orisons, each morning duly paid In various style; for neither various style Nor holy rapture wanted they to praise Their Maker, in fit strains pronounc'd, or sung Unmeditated; such prompt eloquence Flow'd from their lips, in prose or numerous verse; More tuneable than needed lute or harp To add more sweetness.

LOVE.

AND said I that my limbs were old,
And said I that my blood was cold,
And that my kindly fire was filed,
And my poor withered heart was dead,

And that I might not sing of love?

How could I to the dearest theme
That ever warmed a minstrel's dream,
So foul, so false a recreant prove!
How could I name love's very name,
Nor wake my heart to notes of flame!

In peace, Love tunes the shepherd's reed;
In war, he mounts the warrior's steed;
In halls, in gay attire is seen;
In hamlet's dances on the green.
Love rules the court, the camp, the grove,
And men below, and saints above;
For love is heaven, and heaven is love.

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Remarks on reading Prose, Verse, and blank Verse,.

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Too slightly sounding the accented Vowels, .........Dwyer.
Too slightly sounding the unaccented Vowels,......... Ibid.
Wavering pronounciation of the Vowels under the secondary

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accent,

Ibid.

60

The liquid sound of K, C, or G hard, before the Vowels

A and I........

Ibid. 60

The suppressing the sound of the final consonants, ..Ibid. 61

The sounds of the letter R,

Ibid. 61

Pronouncing S, indistinctly after St,

Ibid. 62

Not sounding the H where it ought to be sounded, and

the reverse,

Ibid.

62

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Improper pronounciation of the words for, from and by,. Ibid. 63 Tribute of respect to the Memory of Noah Webster,....Ibid. Observations on the pronounciation of certain words

63

frequently mistaken in reading or speaking,

Ibid.

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When you is to be pronounced like ye, and my like me,. Ibid.
On the pronoun my,.

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When of, for, from and by, are to have a long, and when a

short sound,.

Ibid.

65

How to pronounce the possessive pronoun thy,........Ibid.
How to pronounce the adjective possessive pronoun,

66

mine,

Ibid. 66

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Improper and indistinct pronounciation of the word, not, . Ibid.

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Improper pronounciation of the terminating ing, ...... Ibid.

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On Slander,

Griffin. 146

Rolla's Address,

Sheridan. 148

Brutus' Harangue on the death of Cæsar...... Shakespeare. 149

Antony's Oration over Cæsar's Body.......

Ibid. 150

Eulogy pronounced at the city of Washington, October 19,

1826,

Wirt. 152

Description of Gen. Conway's situation on the Repeal of the

American Stamp Act,....

Burke. 170

Description of Junius,.

Lamentation for the loss of his Son,.

Character of Mr. Fox, in support of his India Bill,

Character of Lord Chatham,.......

Invective against Mr. Corry in reply to his Aspersions,. Ibid. 176

Ibid. 171

Ibid. 172

..Ibid. 173

Grattan. 175

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