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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