Here be four of us have taken Prince H. What's the matter ! Fal. Dr. W. be sure. Dr. W. ladyship! T. O'K. Where is it? Hark you, fellow; whom do you live with f And pray, sir, how long have you lived with her How long? Ever since the day she hired me. Bowl. Well, then, away goes old Jack to the hospital. Capt. What's that you say? &c. &c. Douglass. Percy: knowest thou that name? What is he ! What? Touchpaper, to be sure. Why did I do that? Why? Because of wrongs, OBS. When thus repeated, the delivery is reversed. (See "Elements of Reading and Oratory.") 3. The INDIRECT are interrogative sentences in a declarative form: they are of three kinds. The first and most common is answered by yes or no, like the definite: the second is distinguished by being employed in supplication: the third occurs where a proposition is expressed with such confidence in its truth, as precludes contradiction, and commands assent. The name of this question is derived from its nature, or the form in which it is put; i. e. indirectly. It is delivered with the waving slide. 1. Examples of the first kind. Ours So she overcame All were He f She It! We You They His Theirs Yours! Both He went? They fell came The flock rose on the wing then You him in the struggle Hoped for it Met them ! carried off Without notice all this was done! He did not deny his share in the unhappy transaction To strike your toe with a tight shoe on, then, rather disturbs your equanimity, my good friend ? It was expected of him on that occasion last year! He never recovered, notwithstanding the most skilful medical assistance, from the effects of that fall from his horse last winter! Orlando. I pray you, mar no more of my verses with ading them ill-favoredly. Jaq. Rosalind is your love's name f Orl. Yes, just. Capt. Give it here, my honest fellow. Bowl. You will take it ! Capt. To be sure I will. Bowl. And will smoke it! Capt. That I will. (Feeling in his pocket.) Bowl. And will not think of giving me any thing in return f Capt. (Withdrawing his hand from his pocket.) No: no: you are right. And. You live here, sir ? Mark. Yes, sir. And. You know Mr. Brown, living the other side of the way! Mark. I do, sir. And. He is at home now! Mark. No; he left yesterday for Bath. And. He did not take Emily with him Mark. No. And. She is at home, then Mark. Before I answer any more of your questions, sir, ▲ should like to know who you are. My dear, you have some pretty beads there? Yes, papa. And you seem to be vastly pleased with them? Yes, papa. Dr. You are not a glutton, sir ? Pat. God forbid! sir: I'm one of the plainest men living in the west. Dr. Then, perhaps, you are a drunkard ! Dr. You take a little pudding, then Pat. Yes. Dr. And afterwards some cheese? Pat. Yes. Dr. You west-country people generally take a glass of Highland whiskey after dinner Pat. Yes, we do. OBS. The last dialogue is intended to show that the delivery of indirect interrogatives is sometimes reversed. 2. Examples of the second kind. Dear Queen, give me that hand of yours to kiss Grant me permission to go there this once Mother, let me stay with you at home to-day Forgive me for trespassing upon you f Jesus, Master, have mercy on Tell me the way to the city This kind of indirect, as well as that which follows, is very unusual in books; though the latter is more frequently found than the former; but both occur; and the few examples given will enable the student to understand their nature. In conversation, they occur perhaps as often as any other. 3. Examples of the third kind Surely you are mistaken in that supposition? Surely the Lord is in this place They will surely reverence my son Certainly he, at least, complained of such conduct He undoubtedly entered a protest against their measures! You surely cannot be ignorant of the consequences Unquestionably it was a hard case Truly this was the Son of God! Surely thou wilt slay the wicked! The third kind always, or almost always, includes some words like sure, surely, truly, certainly, &c., by which it may be distinguished. Miscellaneous examples of simple interrogative sentences. What What shall I do with my doublet ! What did he ! makes he here! Did he ask for me? How parted he with thee ! When shalt thou see him again ! To Who came ! The king. Why did he come To see. Why did he see ! To overcome. To whom came he! the beggar. What saw he ! The beggar. Who overcame The beggar. The conclusion is victory. The king's. The captive is enriched. he On whose On whose side! side! The beggar's. The catastrophe is a nuptial. On whose side! The king's?-Shall I command thy love? I may. Shall I enforce thy love? I could. Shall I entreat thy love? I will. What shalt thou exchange for rags Robes. What sayest thou! What? Is she pleased ?-You saw my master wink upon you! Stands Scotland in its place? Who comes there! Do you mark that? Who would have thought that of the old man! Shall I doubt his disposition to approve of the enterprise? Shall he for such deliverance wrought, No pleasure? Are domestic comforts dead? No pleasure? Has some sickly eastern waste Are sweet philosophy's enjoyments run Quite to the lees?—And has religion none ? Then you never knew the history of the young man ? What have you to advance against this charge ! Will you deny it? By what name shall I call you! Shall I call you soldiers? What did the British lion do! Did he whet his tusks? Did he bristle up? Did he shake his mane? Did he roar? What power shall blanch the sullied snow of character! Can there be an injury more deadly? Can there be a crime more cruel? He did, ay Did what! Who leads the British senate ! A Protestant Irishman. Who guides the British arms A Protestant Irishman. Why, then, is Catholic Ireland, with her quintuple population, stationary Have physical causes neutralized its energies? Has the religion of Christ stupefied its intellect? Has the God of mankind become the partisan of monopoly? Has he put an interdict on its advancement ? No. No. Or an arm? No. A word. What Air. Who How then! Can honor set a leg? Or take away the grief of a wound? skill in surgery, then No. What is honor! is in that word, honor! What is that honor hath it! He that died on Wednesday. Doth he feel it? No. Doth he hear it? No. Is it insensible, then? Yes, to the dead. But will it not live with the living? No. Why? Detraction will not suffer it. Can this man have been a prince in Africa? said I to myself. But is this absolutely necessary? But is this absolutely necessary? said he, repeating the question. Sisters and brothers, little maid, How many may you be ! How many? [seven in all, she said, And wondering looked at me.] Whence this magic of thy mind — Why thrills thy music on the springs of thought §— Why, at thy pencil's touch refined, Starts into life the glowing draught ! Are we in life through one great error led ? Is each man perjured?—Is each nymph betrayed ?— Am I of mine the most completely curst? He would not receive you? He gave you no intimation of good will Is not this the son of Joseph? What went ye out in the wilderness to see! A reed shaken by the wind? But what went ye out to see! A man clothed in soft raiment ? But what went ye out to see ! A prophet? By what authority doest thou these things! Who gave thee this authority to do these things! Hearest thou? Why then did ye not believe on him? For what purpose did the infinite Creator give existence to this majestic monument of his almighty power! Was it not to communicate happiness? Is he not infinitely good? Is any among you afflicted? Let him pray. Is any merry? Let him sing psalms. Is any sick among you? Let him send for the elders of the church. What eye could look upon thy shrine Why throw away a needful day [O terror!] What hath she perceived! [O joy!] What could he do, Thus daily thirsting, in that lonesome life, With blind endeavors! May I name Without offence, that fair-faced cottage-boy? Are they not mainly outward ministers What could she perform To shake the burden off! Can the mother thrive By the destruction of her innocent sons? CLASS III.-SIMPLE EXCLAMATORY SENTENCES. Simple exclamatory sentences are declarative, interrogative, compellative, and spontaneous. 1. DECLARATIVE. These are so called, because they are declarative sentences employed as exclamations. In other words, they are declarative sentences which, besides expressing a thought, express it with emotion. Live! Die! Begone! Retire! Pursue them! Forget not your fathers! Examples. Away! Strike! Make haste! May he live! Scorn to be slaves! Forbid it! 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