EXAMPLES. (31)

1.  Man never is, but always to be, blest.

2.  They follow an adventurer whom they fear; we serve a monarch whom we love.  They boast, they come but to improve our state, enlarge our thoughts, and free us from the yoke of error.  Yes, they will give enlightened freedom to our minds, who are themselves the slaves of passion, avarice, and pride.  They offer us their protection:  yes, such protection as vultures give to lambs, covering and devouring them.

MONOTONE. (32)

Rule XIII.—­The use of the monotone is confined chiefly to grave and solemn subjects.  When carefully and properly employed, it gives great dignity to delivery.

EXAMPLES. (32)

1.  The unbeliever! one who can gaze upon the sun, and moon, and stars, and upon the unfading and imperishable sky, spread out so magnificently above him, and say, “All this is the work of chance!”

2.  God walketh upon the ocean.  Brilliantly
   The glassy waters mirror back his smiles;
   The surging billows, and the gamboling storms
   Come crouching to his feet.

3.  I hail thee, as in gorgeous robes,
   Blooming thou leav’st the chambers of the east,
   Crowned with a gemmed tiara thick embossed
   With studs of living light.

4.  High on a throne of royal state, which far
   Outshone the wealth of Ormus and of Ind,
   Or where the gorgeous east, with richest hand
   Showers on her kings barbaric pearl and gold,
   Satan exalted sat.

5.  His broad expanded wings
   Lay calm and motionless upon the air,
   As if he floated there without their aid,
   By the sole act of his unlorded will.

6.  In dim eclipse, disastrous twilight sheds
   On half the nations, and with fear of change
   Perplexes monarchs.

III.  ACCENT AND EMPHASIS. (33)

Accent.

That syllable in a word which is uttered more forcibly than the others, is said to be accented, and is marked thus, (’); as the italicized syllables in the following words: 

morn’ing.     pos’si-ble.
ty’rant.      re-cum’bent.
pro-cure’.    ex-or’bi-tant,
de-bate’.     com-pre-hen’sive.

Common usage alone determines upon what syllable the accent should be placed, and to the lexicographer it belongs, to ascertain and record its decision on this point.

In some few cases, we can trace the reasons for common usage in this respect.  In words which are used as different parts of speech, or which have different meanings, the distinction is sometimes denoted by changing the accent.

EXAMPLES. (33)

sub’ject sub-ject’ pres’ent pre-sent’ ab’sent ab-sent’ cem’ent ce-ment’ con’jure con-jure’

There is another case, in which we discover the reason for changing the accent, and that is, when it is required by emphasis, as in the following: