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APPLICATION OF THE MARKS USED IN WRITING.

My Young Friends', never tell a falsehood'; but al 2 ways speak the truth'; this is pleasing to your Maker.

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Do you read His holy word-the Bible'? O! remem4 ber, that He has there said: "He that speaketh lies, shall

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not escape he shall perish."* Remember, too, that the

6 All-seeing God knows all that we say or do.

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Tho' wisdom's voice is seldom heard in k- -g's

8 palaces, there have been wise kings (e. g. Solomon,) who

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were lov'd and obey'd by their subjects.†

10 Here, [i. e. in the U. S.,] we can not boast of our kings, 11 princes, lords, &c. ; yet we have had a PRESIDENT, who, in true greatness, surpass'ed them all; viz., the great WASHINGTON.Washington feared and hon

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Double Dagger, and | Parallel, are also used

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for reference to the margin.

* Proverbs xix. 5 and 9.

† 1 Kings.

ELOCUTION is the art of delivering written or extemporaneous composition with force, propriety, and ease.

It deals, therefore, with words, not only as individuals, but as members of a sentence, and parts of a connected discourse: including every thing necessary to the just expression of the sense. Accordingly, it demands, in a special manner, attention to the following particulars; viz., ARTICULATION, ACCENT, EMPHASIS, INFLECTION, MODULATION, and PAUSES.

SECTION I.

ARTICULATION.

ARTICULATION is the art of uttering distinctly and justly the letters and syllables constituting a word.

It deals, therefore, with the elements of words, just as elocution deals with the elements of sentences: the one securing the true enunciation of each letter, or combination of letters, the other giving to each word, or combination of words, such a delivery as best expresses the meaning of the author. It is the basis of all good reading, and should be carefully practiced by the learner.

*Soft G is equivalent to J; Soft C to S, and hard C and Q to K. X is equivalent to K and S, as in box, or to G and Z, as in exalt.

WH is pronounced as if the H preceded W, otherwise it would be pronounced W-hen. R should be slightly trilled before a vowel. For further instructions, see Sanders and Merrill's Elementary and Elocutionary Chart.

B, D, G, H, L, M, N, P, and R, have no substitutes.

The most common faults in ARTICULATION are`

I. The suppression of a syllable; as

II. The omission of any sound properly belonging to a