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McGuffey's Sixth Eclectic Reader by William Holmes McGuffey
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Our Caesar's vesture wounded? Look ye here,
Here is himself, marred, as you see, by traitors.

3. There was a time, my fellow-citizens, when the Lacedaemonians were
sovereign masters, both by sea and by land; while this state had not one
ship--no, NOT--ONE--WALL.

4. Shall I, the conqueror of Spain and Gaul; and not only of the Alpine
nations, but of the Alps themselves; shall I compare myself with this
HALF--YEAR--CAPTAIN?

5. You call me misbeliever--cutthroat--dog.
Hath a dog--money? Is it possible--
A cur can lend three--thousand--ducats?



EMPHATIC PAUSE. (39)

A short pause is often made before or after, and sometimes both before and
after, an emphatic word or phrase,--thus very much increasing the emphatic
expression of the thought.

EXAMPLES. (39)

1. May one be pardoned, and retain--the offense?
In the corrupted currents of this world,
Offense's gilded hand may shove by--justice;
And oft 'tis seen, the wicked prize itself
Buys out the law: but 't is not so--above:
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