. The first [-fifth] reader of the school and family series. oses that the words were spoken withlittle or no depth of feeling; the second gives to them a considerable degree of intensefeeling and emphatic solemnity. Those who agree as to the meaning will read the pas-sage alike. It is not, therefore, the^irinciiles of elocution that are at fsxult here, but theimpossibility of knowing, in this as in thousands of other instances, what were the exactsentiments and emotions of the speaker. (See also p. 20.) 6. b. Not only has a direct question the rising slide, but a succeeding dependent circum-s
. The first [-fifth] reader of the school and family series. oses that the words were spoken withlittle or no depth of feeling; the second gives to them a considerable degree of intensefeeling and emphatic solemnity. Those who agree as to the meaning will read the pas-sage alike. It is not, therefore, the^irinciiles of elocution that are at fsxult here, but theimpossibility of knowing, in this as in thousands of other instances, what were the exactsentiments and emotions of the speaker. (See also p. 20.) 6. b. Not only has a direct question the rising slide, but a succeeding dependent circum-staiire ifikes the rising slide also. A dependent circumstance foUoAving an indirect ques-tion also takes the rising slide. The principle in both cases will be made apparent, asalready explained, by restoring the natural order of the sentences. Thus:John said, do you think he will come to-day?John said, where are you going ?For the inflection after said, see Rule 11. c This is spoken throughout in the tone of plaintive entreaty. FIEST MISCELLANEOUS DIYISIOK. LESSON I.—GREEN RIVER. When breezes are soft and skies are fair,I steal an hour from study and care,And liie me away to the woodland scene,Where wanders the stream with waters of if the briglit fringe of herbs on its brinkHad given their stain to the wave they drink ;And they, whose meadows it murmurs through,Have named the stream from its own fair hue. 44 WILLSOks FIFTU KEADER. 2. How pure its waters ! its sliallows are briglitWith colored pi^hhles and sparkles of light,And clear the depths where its eddies play,And dimples deejjcn and whirl away. Oh, loveliest there the spring days blossoms, and birds, and wild bees hum;The flowers of summer are fairest freshest the breath of the summer air;And sweetest the golden autumn dayIn silence and sunshine glides away. 3. Yet, fair as thou art, thou shunnest to stream ! by the village side; But windest away from haunts of men,To quiet
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