4th Cit. They were traitors'. Honorable men'! Cit. The will! the testament! 2d Cit. They were villains, murderers. The will-read the will! 2d Cit. 3d Cit. 4th Cit. Descend. [He comes down from the pulpit. You shall have leave. A ring; stand round. 1st Cit. Stand from the hearse, stand from the body. Cit. Stand back! room! bear back! Ant. If you have tears, prepare to shed them now. You all do know this mantle: I remember The first time ever Cæsar put it on; "Twas on a summer's evening, in his tent That day he overcame the Nervii. Look! in this place ran Cassius' dagger through; Through this, the well-beloved Brutus stabbed; If Brutus so unkindly knocked or no; For Brutus, as you know, was Cæsar's angel: Judge, oh you gods, how dearly Cæsar loved him! For, when the noble Cæsar saw him stab, Ingratitude, more strong than traitors' arms, Quite vanquished him. Then burst his mighty heart; Even at the base of Pompey's statue, Which all the while ran blood, great Cæsar fell. Oh, what a fall was there, my countrymen! Then I, and you, and all of us fell down, Kind souls, what, weep you, when you but behold 2d Cit. Oh noble Cæsar! 3d Cit. Oh woeful day! 4th Cit. Oh traitors, villains! 1st Cit. Oh most bloody sight! 2d Cit. We will be revenged: revenge; about-seek—burn, fire-kill— slay! let not a traitor live. Ant. Stay, countrymen. 1st Cit. Peace, there! hear the noble Antony. 2d Cit. We'll hear him, we'll follow him, we'll die with him. Ant. Good friends, sweet friends, let me not stir you up They that have done this deed are honorable : I come not, friends, to steal away your hearts; But, as you know me all, a plain, blunt man, Show you sweet Cæsar's wounds, poor, poor dumb mouths, And Brutus Antony, there were an Antony LESSON XXVI.-END OF THE ROMAN REPUBLIC. 1. THE effect of Antony's artful oration was such as to fill the multitude with indignation and rage; and while some, tearing up the benches of the senate-house, formed of them a funeral pile and burned the body of Cæsar, others ran through the streets with drawn weapons and flaming torches, denouncing vengeance against the conspirators. Brutus and Cassius, and their adherents, fleeing to Greece, and thus securing the eastern provinces, prepared to defend themselves by force of arms. Antony, remaining at Rome, and aided by Lep'idus, sought to place himself at the head of the state; but he found a powerful rival in the young Octavius Cæsar, and civil war for a time raged in Italy. 2. At length Antony and Octavius, having agreed to settle their differences, marched with united forces against the conspirators, whose army they defeated in the battle of Philippi, a small town in Thrace. Both Cassius and Brutus, giving way to despair, destroyed themselves. Over the dead body, Antony did justice to the character of Brutus, whom he declared to be "the noblest Roman of them all." "This was the noblest Roman of them all: Did that they did in envy of great Cæsar; And common good to all, made one of them. So mix'd in him, that Nature might stand up, 3. After the battle of Philippi, Octavius returned to Italy at the head of his legions, and Antony remained master of the eastern provinces. While Antony was in Asia Minor the celebrated Cleopatra came to visit him, and so captivated was the Roman with the charms and beauty of the Egyptian queen, that he accompanied her to Egypt, where he lived for a time in indolence, dissipation, and luxury, neglectful of the calls of interest, honor, and ambition. But his shameful conduct soon brought on a war between him and Octavius, and, being defeated in the naval battle of Actium, he fled again to Egypt, and there put an end to his own life. 4. Soon after the death of Antony, Octavius, at the request of the most eminent citizens, who were glad to seek refuge from anarchy and civil war in a military despotism, took the government into his own hands, and with this event, at the beginning of the 28th year before the Christian era, the history of the Roman republic ends. The senate then conferred upon Octavius the title of AUGUSTUS, or "the Divine." After a brief period of wars in some of the distant, provinces, peace was established throughout the vast domains of the empire. It was at this auspicious period that Jesus Christ, the promised Messiah, was born, and thus literally was his advent the herald of "peace on earth and good-will toward men." HISTORIC ASSOCIATIONS. WHATEVER withdraws us from the power of our senses, whatever makes the past, the distant, or the future predominate over the present, advances us in the dignity of thinking beings. Far from me and far from my friends be such frigid philosophy as may conduct us, indifferent and unmoved, over any ground which has been dignified by wisdom, bravery, or virtue. That man is little to be envied whose patriotism would not gain force upon the plains of Marathon, or whose piety would not grow warmer among the ruins of Iona.DR. JOHNSON. KEY TO THE SOUNDS OF THE LETTERS, AS DESIGNATED IN THE SCHOOL AND FAMILY READERS. The system of pronunciation here adopted is that of Noah Webster, as contained in the later and improved editions of his Dictionary; and the indicative marks used are the same as those found in Webster's late "Pronouncing and Defining Dictionary," edited by Prof. Goodrich. A, long, as in fame, aim, dãy, break, cāke, māke; heard also in sail, veil, gauge, inveigh. Ă, short, as in făt, ăt, cărry, tăriff; heard also in plaid, băde, răillery, etc. A, Italian, as in fär, fäther, bälm, päth; heard also in heärt, heärth, äunt, häunch. Â, as in câre, âir, shâre, pâir, beâr, fâir, pârent; heard also in where, heir. A, as in ìist, åsk, grass, dance, brånch, staff, gråft, påss, chance, chant. A, sound of broad a, as in all, call, talk, haul, swarm, awe; heard also in naught, taught. A, short sound of broad a, as in what, wash. This coincides with the o in not. E, long, as in mē, mēte, scheme; heard also in bēard, field, leisure, brief, sēize, kēy. E, short, as in mět, měrry; heard also in feather, heifer, leopard, any, friend, guess. Ê, like & in câre; as in thêre, thêir, hêir, whêre, êre, ê'er, whenê'er, etc. E, short e before r, as in term, verge, verdure, prefer, earth. E, like long a, as in prey, they, survey. I, like long ē, as in pïque, machine, mien, marine. This is the sound of the French 1. I, long, as in pine, fine, isle; heard also in height, aisle, oblige, microscope. I, short, as in pin, fín, pit; heard also in sieve, since, been (bin), etc. 1, short, verging toward u, as in bird, firm, virgin, dirt. ō, long, as in nōte, ōh, nō, dōme; heard also in course, yeōman, rōll, pōrt, dōor, etc. Ŏ, short, as in not, bond; heard also in coral, Corinth. It coincides with the a in what. Ó, like short u, as in dove, love, son, done, worm; heard also in does (duz), nône (nun). ö, like long oo, as in pröve, dö, möve, tömb, löse, whö, tö. Ọ, like short oo, as in wolf, Wolsey. This sound coincides with that of u in bull. Ū, long, as in mute, duty, cube, ünite, has the sound of yu, slightly approaching yoo when it begins a syllable; but in other cases it is difficult to distinguish the sound of the y. Ŏ, short, as in bŭt, tub, sun; heard also in dões (duz), blood (blud), etc. Û, long, nearly approaching oo when preceded by r, as rûle, rûde, rûhy. U, like oo (short oo), as in full, bull, pull, push, put (not put). E (italic) marks a letter as silent, as fallen, token. CONSONANTS. Cc soft (unmarked), like a sharp, as in cede, mercy. € e hard, like k, as in call, carry. CH ch (unmarked), like tsh, as in child, choose. CH ch soft, like sh, as in machine, chaise. CH eh hard, like k, as in chorus, epoch. G g hard (unmarked), as in go, gallant. & ġ soft, like j, as in gentle, aged. Ss soft, like z, as in has, amuse. TH th sharp (unmarked), as in thing, path. No like ng, as in longer, congress. PH like ƒ (unmarked), as in phaeton, sylph. FROM WHOM SELECTIONS ARE TAKEN, OR QUOTATIONS MADE, IN THE FIFTH READER. 79, 84, 531. Eschylus, 502. Aird, Thomas, 463. Germanicus, 29. Glover, Richard, 501. Goethe, 157. Goldsmith, Oliver, 132, 381. Gould, H. F., 431. Anonymous (the principal Ausonius, 229, Barrington, 146. Beattie, William, 290. Blair, 23, 310. Moore, Thomas, 149, 152, 165, New Monthly Magazine, 359. North American Review, 305. Oppian, 236, 238, 240, 241. Gray, Thomas, 32, 33, 38, 445. Ovid, 180. Halleck, Fitz Greene, 38. Harvey, 100. Heber, Bishop, 414. Park, Mungo, 200. Percival, J. G., 369, 397, 402. Pierpont, John, 184, 311. Bell, Sir Chas., 105, 107, 111. Hemans, Mrs., 147, 298, 308, Pope, Alexander, 22, 23, 30, Brande, 888. Browne, Miss M. A., 199. Bulwer (Sir Edward Bulwer Byrom, 48. Byron, G. G., 119, 181, 185, Campbell, T., 167, 177, 204, Carey, J., 150. Carlyle, Thomas, 492. 421, 488. 487. Henry, Patrick, 222. Howitt, Mary, 194, 205, 465. Hunt, R., 171, 417, 442, 444. Chambers, Robt., 44, 195, 214. Irving, Washington, 173, 178. Chatham, Earl of, 22. Cicero, M. T., 22, 28, 29, 40. Jameson, Mrs., 278. Johnson, Dr. Samuel, 39, 130. Johnston, Prof., 420, 427. 34, 40, 53, 434. Proctor, Bryan W., 394. Scott, Sir Walter, 33, 171, 176, Landon, Miss (L. E. Maclean), Southey, R., 71, 176, 337, 413. Kellogg, E., 527. Cowper, 168, 175, 180. Kennedy, 417. Crabbe, 140. Croly, George, 529. 169, 260, 364. Cutler, G. W., 356, 432. La Bruyère, 48. Cuvier, 262. Lacon, 222. Dale, 521. Lardner, D., 96. Darwin, 162, 204, 343, 345, 349. Le Sage, 216. Denham, 40. De Quincey, Thomas, 78, 122. Dickens, Charles, 163, 435. Downing, A. J., 293, 206, 302. Drummond, 396. Linnæus, 142. Literary World, 295. Macaulay, T. B., 513, 517. Miller, H., 463, 469, 471, 476. Spenser, 110, 223. Sprague, Charles, 135, 222, Swainson, 52, 240, 254. Taylor, Jane, 281. Thomson, Jas., 131, 145, 152, Tupper, M. F., 143, 195, 211. |