ABSOLUTE EMPHASIS.

Sometimes a word is emphasized simply to indicate the importance of the
idea. This is called absolute emphasis.

EXAMPLES.

To arms! they come! the Greek! the Greek!
Woe unto you, PHARISEES! HYPOCRITES!
Days, months, years, and ages shall circle away.

REMARK.--In instances like the last, it is sometimes called the emphasis
of specification.



RELATIVE EMPHASIS.

Words are often emphasized in order to exhibit the idea they express as
compared or contrasted with some other idea. This is called relative
emphasis.

EXAMPLES.

A friend can not be known in prosperity; an enemy can not be hidden in
adversity.

It is much better to be injured than to injure.