and the eloquence of
Cicero' are found in perfection in the Creator.

REMARK.--Some elocutionists prefer to give the falling inflection to the
last member of a commencing series.

Exception.--In a commencing series, forming a climax, the last term
usually requires the falling inflection.

EXAMPLES. (29)

1. Days', months', years', and ages', shall circle away,
And still the vast waters above thee shall roll.

2. Property', character', reputation', everything', was sacrificed.

3. Toils', sufferings', wounds', and death' was the price of our liberty.

RULE X.--All the members of a concluding series, when not at all emphatic,
usually require the falling inflection.

EXAMPLES. (29)

1. It is our duty to pity', to support', to defend', and to relieve' the
oppressed.

2. At the sacred call of country, they sacrifice property', ease',
health', applause' and even life'.

3. I protest against this measure as cruel', oppressive', tyrannous', and
vindictive'.

4. God was manifest in the flesh', justified in the Spirit', seen of
angels', preached unto the Gentiles', believed on in the world', received
up into glory'.

5. Charity vaunteth not itself', is not puffed up', doth not behave itself
unseemly', seeketh not her own', is not easily provoked', thinketh no
evil'; beareth' all things, believeth' all things, hopeth' all things,
endureth' all things.

REMARK.--Some authors give the following rule for the reading of a
concluding series: "All the particulars of a concluding series, except the
last but one, require the falling inflection." Exception l.--When the
particulars enumerated in a concluding series are not at all emphatic, all
except the last require the rising inflection.

EXAMPLES (30)

He was esteemed for his kindness', his intelligence', his self-denial',
and his active benevolence'.

Exception 2.--When all the terms of a concluding series are strongly
emphatic, they all receive the falling inflection.

EXAMPLES. (30)

1. They saw not one man', not one woman', not one child', not one
four-footed beast'.

2. His hopes', his happiness', his life', hung upon the words that fell
from those lips,

3. They fought', they bled', they died', for freedom.

PARENTHESIS. (30)

RULE XI.--A parenthesis should be read more rapidly and in a lower key
than the rest of the sentence, and should terminate with the same
inflection that next precedes it. If, however, it is complicated, or
em