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.

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