Out, out, with the sword and the rifle, Nor shame the proud name of your sires! Then like a pearl unto the rock Cling fast with all thy might. 8. Remember the adage,-Don't trifle with fire; Do you wish to crush out the burning desire? 9. He that by the plow would thrive Must either hold the plow or drive. 10. Idleness is a fruitful cause of vice and crime. Element No. 18. 1. The soil of Illinois is very productive. In longing and sighing for what we have not, 3. Want of enjoyment is want of employment. The soul's calm sunshine and its heartfelt joy, 5. If we suffer the mind and body to be unemployed, our enjoyments, as well as our labors, will be terminated. 6. Coin is metallic currency. 7. Let us the present hour employ, And deem each dream of future joy 8. The skill that conquers space and time, Than that which makes a realm its spoil. 9. Have ye vices that seek a destroyer? Have you passions that need your control? And your body submit to your soul. Element No. 19. 1. The owl is called the bird of Minerva. This rebel Chieftain and his band. Were written on his brow, How many would our pity share Who share our envy now. 5. And Nathan said unto David, " Thou art the man." 7. No pent-up Utica confines our powers, But the whole boundless universe is ours. 8. Now's the day and now's the hour. Element No. 20. 1. Sweet are the uses of adversity; which, like the toad, ugly and venomous, wears yet a precious jewel in its head. 2. Swift as the scream of the curlew, A frown can tear his heart asunder, 4. Our sensibilities are so acute, 5. The fear of being silent makes us mute. And still the wonder grew, How one small head contained the whole he knew. The orchard, the meadow, the deep-tangled wild-wood, 7. Yet still Lord Marmion's falcon flew With wavering flight, while fiercer grew The true sound of any element is expressed more perfectly at the end than at the commencement of a word or a syllable. Take great care to give the subvocals correctly, and to give the sound when it ends the word in a prolonged, pure, and distinct tone. Give each passage as if talking your own thoughts. CORRELATIVE SUBVOCALS. Element No. 21. 1. Time is the web of life. 2. O woman, though only a part of man's rib, 4. Cob! Cob! why, this to Cob was only sport; Element No. 22. 1. Lives there a man with soul so dead, Who never to himself hath said This is my own, my native land? 2. Snatch from his hand the balance and the rod: Rejudge his justice be the God of god. 3. Teach me to live that I may dread The grave as little as my bed. Element No. 23. 1. Hath a dog money? Is it possible a cur can lend three thousand ducats? 2. His right hand grasped a traveling trunk, his left hand held a bag, And by the twinkling of his eye you recognized a wag. 3. Half a league, half a league, half a league onward, Element No. 24. 1. But see him on the edge of life Then age and want, O ill-matched pair; 2. Judge not, that ye be not judged. 3. Revenge! Revenge! the Saxons cried. 4. If it will feed nothing else it will feed my revenge. Element No. 25. 1. Wave, Munich, all thy banners wave. 2. Let us not deceive ourselves, sir. 3. Do you believe that he said so? 4. Just as I am thou wilt receive, Element No. 26. 1. Few, few shall part; when many meet Shall be a soldier's sepulcher. 2. It was so sultry we could hardly breathe. 3. Sheath your sword. Element No. 27. 1. Are we disposed to be of the number of those who, having eyes see not, and having ears, hear not the things which so nearly concern their temporal salvation? 2. Boisterous in speech, in action prompt and bold, He buys, he sells, he steals, he kills for gold. 3. Blaze with your serried columns! 4. Days, weeks, years and ages shall circle away, Element No. 28. 1. It is just as you say, neighbor Green, NASALS. The subvocals which admit of the richest musical cadence, and that have most to do with melodious utterance, are the Liquids and Nasals. When they terminate emphatic words, give them with great fullness and quantity. Element No. 29. 1. He who happiness would win Must share it happiness was born a twin. 2. Be we men and suffer such dishonor? men, and wash not the stain away in blood? 3. 'Tis morn, but scarce yon level sun Can pierce the war-clouds rolling dun, Or into what new follies run? Element No. 30. 1. Some place the bliss in action, Some in ease. 2. Home, home; sweet, sweet home. 3. Shame, shame upon you! 4. We'll quell the savage mountaineer They come as fleet as mountain deer, Element No. 31. 1. No pleasure but what has a sting. 2. I would not trust the word, nor look, nor smile, Of an associate of a thing so vile. 3. Condition-circumstance—is not the thing: |