. The comic English grammar; a new and facetious introduction to the English tongue . e pine-apple rum? Do you like pine-apple rum? means, Is itpossible that instead of disliking, you are fond ofpine-apple rum ? Do you like pine-apple rum ? is an enquiry asto whether you like that kind of rum in particular. And lastly, Do you like pine-apple rum > isequivalent to asking if you think that the flavourof the pine-apple improves that especial form ofalcohol. A well-known instance of an emphasis impro-j)erly placed was furnished by a certain Parson,who read a passage in the Old Testament in thef
. The comic English grammar; a new and facetious introduction to the English tongue . e pine-apple rum? Do you like pine-apple rum? means, Is itpossible that instead of disliking, you are fond ofpine-apple rum ? Do you like pine-apple rum ? is an enquiry asto whether you like that kind of rum in particular. And lastly, Do you like pine-apple rum > isequivalent to asking if you think that the flavourof the pine-apple improves that especial form ofalcohol. A well-known instance of an emphasis impro-j)erly placed was furnished by a certain Parson,who read a passage in the Old Testament in thefollowing unlucky manner: And he said unto hissons, Saddle me the ass; and they saddled ///w. Young ladies are usually very emphatic in ordi-nary discourse. What a little dear I Oh ! howsweetly pretty ! Well! 1 never did^ I declare ! Sonice, and so innocent, and .so good-tempered, and soaffectionate, and sucli a colour ! And oh! suchlovely eyes! and such hair ! He was a little duck !he teas, he ivas, he was. Tzig a tzig, tzig, tzig,tzig, tzig ! &c. &c. &,c. PROSODY. 183. This emphatic way of speaking is indicative oftwo very amiable feelings implanted by nature inthe female occiput, and called by the Phreno-logists Adhesiveness and who attempt to imitate it will be conscious, 184 THE COMIC ENGLISH GRAMMAR. while forcing out their words, of a peculiar men-tal emotion, which we cannot explain otherwisethan by saying, that it is analogous to that whichattends the act of pressing or squeezing; aswhen, with the thumb of the right hand, weknead one lump of putty to another, in the palmof the left. Perhaps we might also instance, suck-ing an orange. In all these cases, the organ ofWeight, according to Phrenology, is also active;and this, perhaps, is one of the faculties which in-duce young ladies to lay a stress upon their , we fear that a damsel would hardlybe pleased by being told that her weight was con-siderable, though it would, at the
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