Nations would do well To extort their truncheons from the puny hands Of heroes. With eye askance I view the muscular proportioned limb And still, in memory's twilight bowers, With mellowing tints, portray The blossoms of life's vernal flowers REMARK 1. The word yes, with its equivalents, yea, aye, ay, and no, with its equiv alent nay, when they follow simple interrogative sentences, represent simple declarative sentences: e. g. Is your master at home? Yes. Is your brother well? Yes. You are not wounded, father fell not? No. No. But the young hero Yes and no, in these examples, represent these simple declarative sentences: "He is at home:" "My brother is well :" "I am not wounded:" "The young hero fell not." REMARK 2. Well, occurring alone, is an abbreviated simple sentence for "it is well:""you did well:" &c. &c.—e. g. Do I say well? Well. CLASS II.-SIMPLE INTERROGATIVE SENTENCES. Simple interrogative sentences are either definite, indefinite, or indirect. To enable the student to distinguish these sentences readily, as well as the double interrogative to be noticed hereafter under the head of compound sentences, I have assigned a distinct interrogative symbol to each of them: to the definite, the common interrogative point in use; to the indefinite, the common interrogative point reversed; to the indirect, the common interrogative point reversed, and the stem crossed; and to the double, a combination of the definite and indefinite, forming the figure 8. These symbols, however, are confined to the sentential portion of this work; i. e. to Part II. In Part III. the common interrogative point only is used. 1. The DEFINITE are those which begin with verbs, and may be answered by yes or no. This sentence is called definite because, it will be perceived, it requires a definite answer; yes or no. It is delivered with the upward slide. Examples. Can you read? Shall we go? Do they sing well? Have they gone into the country? Will you ride to town to-day? Will it not afflict your friends? Did not your submission ap pease the anger of your offended father? Should not merchants be punctual in paying their debts? Is not forgiveness honorable to any man? Shall we sully a character, rendered illustrious by an uninterrupted career of virtue? Should I not have devoted myself entirely to the service of my country Would you wish to ruin yourself in public opinion to gratify your resentment? Would it be proper to write to his friends, now absent from home, about this melancholy event? Are you aware of the discreditable reports in circulation about you? May not this disastrous event, my friend, have, after all, a tendency to advance the interests of those, at present, most painfully affected by it? Can you think me capable of so vile a deed? Has any one called on you, this morning, to invite you to the musical entertainment at the Odeon? Could you, with your knowledge of his character, deem him vain enough to aspire to that high degree of honor? Can the deep statesman, skilled in deep design, Can human hand a tone so fine Sweep from the string with touch profane - Pour on the gale so sweet a strain ! Has nature, in her calm, majestic march, Faltered with age at last?-Does the bright sun Examples of simple definite interrogatives followed by a circum stance. Am I my brother's keeper? said the unhappy man. Have you read my Key to the Romans? said Dr. Taylor, of Norwich, to Mr. Newton. Do you dread death in my company? he cried to the anxious sailors, when the ice on the coast of Holland had almost crushed the boat that was bearing him to the shore. Овs. The upward movement, in all such cases, is continued to the end of the circumstance. (See "Elemer ts of Reading an Oratory.") Examples of simple definite interrogatives repeated, Am. Did you see him there? Karl. Sir? Am. Did you see him there! Count. Howe'er I charge thee, As Heaven shall work in me for thine avail, To tell me truly. Hel. Count. Love you my son! Hel. Your pardon, noble mistress! Do you not love him, madam? Come, come, disclose Count. Go not about: my love hath in't a bond, Peters, fearful that his companion might overlook some of the happy hits of the different personages on the stage, soon electrified the audience by exclaiming, without turning his head, in a suppressed but emphatic voice when particularly pleased, Austin, d'ye hear that? and again after a little while, Austin, d'ye hear that! Has the gentleman done? Has he completely done! He was unparliamentary from the beginning to the end of his speech. Will you deny it? Will you deny it said he, repeating the question in a louder and more emphatic tone. OBS. When thus repeated, the repetition reverses the delivery. (See "Elements of Reading and Oratory.") Examples of a series of definite interrogatives. Do you know me, sir? Am I Dromio? Am I your man? Am I myself! Is he the God of the Jews only? Is he not also of the Gentiles! Are all apostles? Are all prophets? Are all teachers Are all workers of miracles? Have all the gifts of healing? Do all speak with tongues? Do all interpret Art thou bound to a wife? Seek not to be loosed. Art thou loosed from a wife! Seek not a wife. What would content you? Talent? No. Enterprise? No. Courage? No. Virtue No. The men whom you would select, should possess, not one, but all of these. Are they Hebrews? So am I. Are they Israelites ? So Are they the seed of Abraham? So am I. Are they am I. the ministers of Christ! I am more. I am the king; for so stands the comparison: thou the beggar; for so witnesseth thy lowliness: shall I command thy love? I may. Shall I enforce thy love? I could. Shall I entreat thy love I will. Oh how hast thou with jealousy infected The sweetness of affiance! Show men dutiful? Why so didst thou. Why so didst thou. Why so didst thou. Or seem they grave and learned? Are you ignorant of many things? The gospel offers you instruction. Have you deviated from the path of duty? The Gospel offers you forgiveness. Do temptations surround you? The Gospel offers you the aid of heaven. Are you exposed to misery? It consoles you. Are you subject to death! fers you immortality. Art thou ambitious? Why then make the worm Charm Riches! Why choose beggary in the grave, It of. OBS. The last of the series may have the delivery reversed with good effect. (See "Elements of Reading and Oratory.") 2. The INDEFINITE are such as begin with adverbs and relative pronouns, and cannot be answered by yes or no. OBS. This sentence is called indefinite, because it requires an indefinite answer; or because no one can know beforehand what that answer will be. It is delivered with the downward slide from the emphatic word. Examples. When Where ! Why ! Wherefore ! How ! Who! Which? What? Whose! Whom? Wherein ! In which! In whom? In whose In what? For which For whom ! For whose For what! Through which! By whom? In relation to what? In consequence of whose ! With respect to which! Why so! Where then ! Where am I? will you do! Who told you that! Who touched me! How can he succeed! Who then can be saved? In what can I What serve you! Whom will you consult ! To what purpose is Which of these this waste! When will he arrive there? pictures do you prefer? How long will you continue abroad! What shall be the sign of his coming! Why are all the works of nature so perfect! Why, on the contrary, are the works of man so imperfect! How then can the Scriptures be fulfilled! Which is the great commandment in the law ! Who can forgive sins but God only! Why reason ye these things in your hearts! How then will ye know all parables ! What think ye? Why doth this man thus speak blasphemies! What shall we do to inherit eternal life! Where are you going? From whence hath this man these things! Why troublest thou the master any further! Who hath warned you to flee from the wrath to come! To what shall I liken the men of this generation! Where is the promised fruit of all his toils! Whence can a man satisfy these men with bread here in the wilderness! In which way shall I extricate myself! By whom was this extraordinary work of art executed What are the riches of Mexico's mines To the riches far down in the deep waters shining § With God at my right hand But who the wonders of his hand can trace Who would choose, how grand soever, The shortest day to last forever! A dog-day noon without a night Then why to these rude scenes repair, Where, then, ah, where shall poverty reside, To 'scape the pressure of contiguous pride Why at her presence with such quickness flows REMARK. Why, when used as in the examples which follow, is an abbreviation of some such question as Why so? Why ask? &c. Why, what evil hath he done f Charles. And what may that be! Penn. Why, I depend upon themselves, &c. &c. And who, I pray, is to judge of their necessity! Why, the King. Why, yes the thing is fact, "Sir,”—and so forth.- 66 It was not two black crows, 'twas only one : The gentleman himself told me the case." 66 "Where may I find him "-" Why,-in such a place." Examples of simple indefinite interrogatives repeated. When will you finish my picture Next week. When will you finish my picture? Next week. |