son at a distance. It is used in expressing elevated and joyous feelings and strong emotion; as, 1. Go ring the bells, and fire the guns, Shout "Freedom!" till your lisping ones 2. Ye crags and peaks, I'm with you once again! 3. To show they still are free. Methinks I hear And bid your tenant welcome to his home First came renowned Warwick, 3. MODERATE PITCH is that which is heard in common conversation and description, and in moral reflection, or calm reasoning; as, 1. The morning itself, few people, inhabitants of cities, know any thing about. Among all our good people, not one in a thousand sees the sun rise once in a year. They know nothing of the morning. Their idea of it is, that it is that part of the day that comes along after a cup of coffee and a beef-steak, or a piece of toast. 2. The mountains look on Marathon, I thought that Greece might still be free; I could not deem myself a slave. 4. LOW PITCH is that which is heard when the voice falls below the common speaking key. It is used in expressing reverence, awe, sublimity, and tender emotions; as, 1. 'Tis midnight's holy hour, and silence now Is brooding, like a gentle spirit, o'er The still and pulseless world. Hark! on the winds FORCE Let her leave thee with no strife, She hath had her bud and blossom; Now she pales and sinks away, Earth, into thy gentle bosom! II. FORCE. ORCE1 is the volume or loudness of voice, used on the same key or pitch, when reading or speaking. Though the degrees of force are numerous, varying from a soft 1 Exercise on Force.-For a general exercise on force, select a sentence, and deliver it on a given key, with voice just sufficient to be heard; then gradually increase the quantity, until the whole power of the voice is brought into play. Reverse the process, without change of key, ending with a whisper. This exercise can not be too frequently repeated. whisper to a shout, yet they may be considered as three: LOUD, MODERATE, and GENTLE. 2. LOUD FORCE is used in strong, but suppressed passions, and in emotions of sorrow, grief, respect, veneration, dignity, apathy, and contrition; as, 1. How like a fawning publican he looks! I hate him, for that he is a Christian. If I but catch him once upon the hip, I will feed fat the ancient grudge I bear him. 2. VIRTUE takes place of all things. It is the nobility of ANGELS! It is the MAJESTY of GOD! 3. Roll on, thou deep and dark-blue ocean-roll! Warring in heaven against heaven's matchless King. 3. MODERATE FORCE, or a medium degree of loudness, is used in ordinary assertion, narration, and description; as, 1. Remember this saying, "The good paymaster is lord of another man's purse." He that is known to pay punctually, and exactly at the time he promises, may, at any time, and on any occasion, raise all the money his friends can spare. 2. What is the blooming tincture of the skin, 3. Of inland ground, applying to his ear Is to the ear of Faith. 4. GENTLE FORCE, or a slight degree of loudness, is used to express caution, fear, secrecy, and tender emotions; as, 1. Heard ye the whisper of the breeze, Q As softly it murmured by, Amid the shadowy forest trees? It tells, with meaning sigh, Of the bowers of bliss on that viewless shōre, Other hopes have all forsaken ; One remains that slumber deep: III. QUALITY. UALITY has reference to the kinds of tone used in reading and speaking. They are the PURE TONE, the OROTUND, the ASPIRATED, the GUTTURAL, and the TREMBLING. 2. THE PURE TONE is a clear, smooth, round, flowing sound, accompanied with moderate pitch; and is used to express peace, cheerfulness, joy, and love; as, 1. Methinks I love all common things The common air, the common flower; The dear, kind, common thought, that springs From hearts that have no other dower, 2. It is the hour, when from the boughs Seem sweet in every whispered word; And on the leaf a browner hue, As twilight melts beneath the moon away. 3. THE OROTUND is the pure tone deepened, enlarged, and intensified. It is used in all energetic and vehement forms of expression, and in giving utterance to grand and sublime emotions; as, 1. Strike-till the last armed foe expires; 2. "FORWARD, THE LIGHT BRIGADE! CHARGE FOR THE GUNS!" he said : Into the valley of Death rode the six hundred. 3. The sky is changed! and such a change! O Night, |