The sixth reader - 1863 Author:George Stillman Hillard Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: trate, the blood of his gallant hedrt pouring out of his ghastly wound, but moving resplendent over the field of h6nor, with, the rose of heaven upon his cheek, ... more »and the fire of liberty in his eye? " But when shall we be stronger? Will it be the next week, or the next year?" This reading, with the falling slide on "year," changes the sense, as it makes one idea positive, and the answer must be "next week," or "next year." But both ideas are negative in Henry's speech ; both must have the rising slide, then, according to the principle. " Will it be the next week, or the next year? Will it be when we are totally disarmed, and when a British guard shall be stationed in every house?" " Is this a time to be gloomy and sad, When our mother Nature laughs around ; When even the deep blue heavens look glad, And gladness breathes from the blossoming ground ? " " ' Will you ride, in the carriage, or on hdrseback ?' ' I prefer to walk.'" "'Will you read to us, a piece of prose, or p'5etry?' ' Allow me to sing instead.'" " Will you study music, or French ? " All the ideas are negative in the last questions. Change the sense, and make one idea positive in each question, and we have one falling slide in each. " Will you ride in the carriage, or on h6rseback ? " " Will you read to us a piece of prose, or poetry ? " you study music, or French 1" INDIRECT QUESTIONS. " When are you going to Europe ? " The prominent idea in this, is not the real interrogative, the idea of time in "when," but the positive idea, "You are going to Europe." Hence this, and all stick questions must be read with the falling slide. But if the interrogative is made the prominent and emphatic idea, (as when, the answer not being heard, the question is repeated,) the rising slide m...« less