1809, Literature, American, Letters of the Prince de Ligne, My Pocket Book, No. III,, No. IV, Levity, Page 133-556 Republic, The Literary, 555 557 Nuptial, Potato, Introduction of the, 444 Lines by Mrs. Ferguson, on a Drop of Rain, . · Mortuary, • Naturalist, The, No. II, The, No. 1II, The, No. IV, Southey's Thalaba, Defence of, 261 419 331 . 527 Solomon's Creek, View of the 443 281 › 540 Upper Falls of, 4.97 537 Sarcasm, 554 197 Tahopha, or the Cassada Plant, 69 Notice, Literary, 193 Niagara, Remarks on the Falls of, 231 281 117 247 363 Collins's Ode on the Passions, 524 Eliza, Lines to, Foresters, The, a Poem, 70-141 265 420 ORIGINAL POETRY. 452 502 278 565 508 51 Page 77 Lines to Miss -273-367-452-561 The Tear, Moonlight, Valedictory Oration, World, the Sententious, or Se- • the Laughing, • the Classical, 149 The Tonsoriad, 150 241-546. 431 ? 437 Woodlands, description of the,. 505 on the Glasgow Hodge The Naiad's Complaint, Smedes, Anna, Tribute to the Stanzas, to Miss A. F. 324 441 511 20 29 97 313 Page 375 567 375 147 373 279 571 LECTURE III. On the nature and proper use of EMPHASIS, by which the truth and force of sentiment is conveyed. GENTLEMEN, THE subject to which I shall solicit your attention this evening is that important principle of correct elocution, Emphasis, by which the truth and force of sentiment is conveyed; and without the just observance of which, no reader or speaker can properly impress the minds, or engage the attention of his hearers. The word Emphasis, etymologically considered, means signification or force. It is a Greek word, and when applied to speech, imports the marking by the voice any word or words in a phrase or sentence, as more important than the rest. The purpose of Emphasis may be effected in several ways; by increase of force, by variation of tone, by extension of time in enunciation, or by any two or all of these together. In the first way, Emphasis operates by simple vociferation; in the second, by accent; in the third, by quantity. Wherever Emphasis rests it combines itself with the eminent accent of the word, commonly adding to its force, often altering its tone, never removing it from its place, and only sometimes where some opposition is to be marked within the word, holding any very striking connexion with any other syllable. Though a similarity of operation VOL. II. A |