father procured
for you! that beautiful top, those polished marbles, that excellent
ball, and that beautiful painted kite,--oh, how can you destroy them,
and expect that he will buy you new ones!

O, how canst thou renounce the boundless store of charms that Nature to
her votary yields! the warbling woodland, the resounding shore, the pomp
of groves, the garniture of fields, all that the genial ray of morning
gilds, and all that echoes to the song of even, all that the mountain's
sheltering bosom shields, and all the dread magnificence of heaven, oh,
how canst thou renounce, and hope to be forgiven!

[Sometimes the comma, and other marks, are to be read
without any pause or inflection of the voice.]

You see, boys, what a fine school-room we have, in which you can pursue
your studies.

You see, my son, this wide and large firmament over our heads, where the
sun and moon, and all the stars, appear in their turns.

Therefore, my child, fear, and worship, and love God.

He that can read as well as you can, James, need not be ashamed to read
aloud.

He that can make the multitude laugh and weep as you can, Mr.
Shakspeare, need not fear scholars.

[Sometimes the pause of a comma must be made where
there is no pause in your book. Spaces are left, in the
following sentences, where the pause is proper.]

James was very much delighted with
the picture which he saw.

The Europeans were hardly less amazed
at the scene now before them.

The inhabitants were entirely naked.
Their black hair, long and curled, floated
upon their shoulders, or was bound in tresses
around their head.

Persons of reflection and sensibility
contemplate with interest the scenes of
nature.

The succession and contrast of the seasons
give scope to that care and foresight,
diligence and industry, which are
essential to the dignity and enjoyment
of human beings.

[The pupil may read the following sentences; but before
reading them, he may tell after what word the pause
should be made. The pause is not printed in the
sentences, but it must be made when reading them. And
here it may be observed, that the comma is more
frequently used to point out the grammatical divisions
of a sentence than to indicate a rest or cessation of
the voice. Good reading depends much upon skill and