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McGuffey's Fifth Eclectic Reader by William Holmes McGuffey
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falling inflection.

EXAMPLES.
1. Command or urgent entreaty; as,

Begone',
Run' to your houses, fall' upon your knees,
Pray' to the Gods to intermit the plagues.

0, save' me, Hubert' save' me I My eyes are out
Even with the fierce looks of these bloody men.


2. Exclamation, especially when indicating strong emotion; as,

0, ye Gods'! ye Gods'! must I endure all this?

Hark'! Hark'! the horrid sound
Hath raised up his head.


For interrogatory exclamation, see Rule X, Remark.



SERIES OF WORDS OR MEMBERS.

3. A series of words or members, whether in the beginning or middle of a
sentence, if it does not conclude the sentence, is called a commencing
series, and usually requires the rising inflection when not emphatic.
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