mandates of imprisonment or confiscation, of banishment or death' They will reply to you,' A Roman Cònsul.' 'Ques tion them, 'What haughty conqueror lead through his city, their nobles and kings in chàins; 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 yòke¿-enforced the most rigorous exàctions ¿ -inflicted the most savage pùnishments, and showed the greatest gust for blood and torture' They will exclaim to you, The Roman people.' 6 نم 4. Let us now consider the principal point, whether the place where they encountered was most favorable 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 engagement, when he was wrapt up in a clòak, 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 purpose, 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 cèase we then ¿ Say they who counsel war, we are decrèed, Chain'd on the burning lake,-that sure was worse. Caught in a fiery tempest, shall be hurl'd, Ages of hopeless end! This would be worse. 6. But, first, whom shall we send Milton. In search of the new world whom shall we find 5 And through the palpable obscure find out 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 ૐ Choice in our suffrage; for on whom we send, 15 The weight of all, and our last hòpe, relies. EXERCISE 8. Milton. Page 34. Language of authority, of surprise, and of distress, commonly requires the falling inflection. Denun ciation, 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 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 hither, not haying a wedding-garment? And he was speechless.-Then said the king to the servants, bind 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 wicked and slothful servant,-thou knewest that I reap where I sowed nòt,* and gather where I have not strèwed:-Thou oughtest therefore to have put my money to the exchangers, and then at my coming I should have received mine own with usury. Take therefore the talent from him, and give it unto him which hath ten talents. And cast ye the unprofitable servant into outer darkness: there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth. 4. Then began he to upbraid the cities wherein most of his mighty works were done, because they repented not.— Wò unto thee, Chorazin! wò unto thee Bethsaida! for if the mighty works which were done in you, had been done in Tyre and Sidon,† they would have repented long ago in sackcloth and ashes.-But I say unto you, It shall be more tolerable for Tyre and Sidon at the day of judgement than for you. And thou, Capèrnaum, which art exalted unto heaven, shall be brought down to hell: for if the mighty works which have been done in thee, had been done in *This clause uttered with a high note and the falling slide, expresses censure better with the common punctuation, than if it were marked with the interrogation. Even in Tyre and Sidon, is the paraphrase of the emphasis. Sòdom it would have remained until this day.-But I say unto you, That it shall be more tòlerable for the land of Sodom in the day of judgement, than for thee. 5. Such, sir, was once the disposition of a people, who now surround your throne with reproaches and complaints. Do justice to yourself. Banish from your mind those unworthy opinions, with which some interested persons have labored to possess you. Distrust the men who tell you that the English are naturally light and incònstant; that they complain without a caùse. Withdraw your confidence equally from all parties; from ministers, favorites, and relations; and let there be one moment in your life, in which you have consulted your own understanding. 6. You have done that, you should be sorry for. For certain sums of gòld, which you denied me,- -I had rather coin my heàrt, And drop my bloòd for drachmas, than to wring 10 From the hard hands of peasants their vile trash, By any indirection. I did send To you for gold to pay my lègions, Which you denied me: Was that done like Cassius? 15 When Marcus Brùtus grows so covetous, 7. The war, that for a space did fail, A light on Marmion's visage spread. Shakspeare. *The reader will observe, that the notation is more various, as the examples become longer, including more variety of rhetorical principles. With dying hand, above his head, He shook the fragment of his blade, Charge, Chester, Charge! òn, Stanly, on!" 8. So judge thou still, presumptuous!-till the wrath, Which thou incurr'st by flying, meet thy flight, Sev'nfold, and scourge that wisdom back to Hèll, Which taught thee yet no better, that no pain 5 Can equal anger infinite provok'd. But wherefore thou alone? wherefore with thee Milton. O name, 9. To whom the warrior Angel soon reply'd. Allegiance to th' acknowledg'd Pow'r supreme? Once fàwn'd, and crìng'd, and servilely ador'd But mark what I arreed thee now;-Avaùnt: Milton. |