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cy of,

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Page

81-170-282

Abercrombie's Lecture on Em. Correspondents, To,

126

phasis,

1 Correspondence,

Charge,

89-180 Cælebs in Search of a wife, re-

268

Lecture on Quan-

view of,

. 324

tity,

293 Chesterfield's Epistle,

Lecture on Pauses, 383 Drama, the

25_421

General,

329

Wife,

Dedication to my

Monu.

ment to,

49 Drysdale, Thomas, Biographical

Author's Evenings,

135_254

484

Notice of,

American Independence, Prophe- Dictionary, English, New, 511

337 English Language, Remarks on, 308

Arts, the Useful,
265–525 Epistolary,

434

Anacreon, Memoirs of,

519

309 Etymologies, American,

American Painters, Anecdotes of, 316 France, Travels in, 41_101-199

Apparatus, Description of, for Franklin, Dr. Letter from, 114.

Unrolling the Herculanean Friend, Prospectus of The, 104

Papyri, ,

521 Fox and Pitt, Portraits of,

431

Anecdote,

575 French Philosophers,

437

Bloomfield, Robert, original Let- Geography,

129

ter from,

60 Gertrude of Wyoming, Criticism

Bradford, William, Esq Life

on,

153

of,

177 Gates, Horatio, General, Life of,

, , '

Burke, Character of,
239

363-481
Biddle, Captain, Memoirs of, 285 Gregoire's Letter,

. 463
Beattie, Dr. original Letter from 299

Letter, Answer to, · 471
Brydone's Tour,

322 Hayti, Memoirs of, 35—103—188
Bacon, Lord, Reinarks on the

-325-414-490
Writings of,

514 Hamlet, Remarks on the Charac-

Banter,

576 ter of,

62

Cowpenfinch of N. America, 61–151 History, Natural,

. 116
Cassada Plant,

69 Hutchinson, Col. Memoirs of, 513

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80

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Page
Intelligence, Literary, . 133—556 Republic, The Literary,

9
Philosophical, 555 Readers and Correspondents, to,
Scientific and Miss

81–170--282-577
cellaneous,
557 Reflections on Ridicule,

324
King William's Ring, decsription Regnard, Biography of,

441
of,
524 Revolution, the French,

511
St. Lawrence, description of a Select Speeches, Criticism on, 20
View on the,
265 Scribbler, The, No. V,

29
Literature, Grecian,

420
, The, No. VI,

124
Letters of the Prince de Ligne, Segestes, the Wife of,

69
Criticism on the,

444 Smith, Judge, Obituary notice of, 78
Levity,

451–551 Simmons, James, Objmary no-
Literary Bill of Mortality for

tice of,
1809,

. 452 Southey's Thalaba, Defence of, 57
Literature, American,

502 Shaw, John, Obituary notice of, 582'
Monitor, The, No. II,

55 Sciota, Ruins of an ancient work
My Pocket Book, No. III, . 261 on the, .

419
331 Solomon's Creek, View of the
No. V,
527 Lower Falls of, .

443
Mortuary,

. 281

View of the
Man Constitutionally Moral, 300-391 Upper Falls of,

540
Markets of Philadelphia, some Spain, Commerce, and Freedom,
Account of,

508

an Ode, Criticism on, 497
Naturalist, The, No. II,

51 Sympathy, Remarks on,
The, No. 111, 119 Sarcasm,

554
The, No. IV, . 197 Tahopha, or the Cassada Plant, 69
The, No. V,
426 Variety, .

87-378-459
Notice, Literary,
193 Valedictory Oration,

97
Niagara, Remarks on the Falls of, 231 Ventriloquism,

313
Nuptial,

281 World, the Sententious, or Se.
Potato, Introduction of the, 117 rious, 130-244-353-429–547
Polonius, on the Character of, 247

the Literary,

241-546
Poet and Painter compared, 363

the Laughing,

. 356
Pitt and Fox, Portraits of, 431

the Classical,

. 541
Philosophers, French,

437 Woodlands, description of the, . 505

No. IV,

537

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ORIGINAL POETRY.

567

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Page
Anna's Prayer,
279 Lines to Miss

375
Burke's Garden Grave,

77 on the Glasgow Hodge
Collins's Ode on the Passions,

Podge Club,
Supplementary Stanza to, 278 Moonlight,

375
Evening Star, Hymn to the, 78 The Naiad's Complaint,

147
Epigrams,

377—573 Smedes, Anna, Tribute to the
Eliza, Lines to,
565 Memory of,

373
Foresters, The, a Poem, 70–141 Stanzas, to Miss A. F.

458
-273–367—452—561 The Tear,

279
Lines by Mrs. Ferguson, 149 The Tonsoriad,

571
on a Diop of Rain, .

150

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

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