There  is  one  error,  against  which  it  is  necessary  particularly  to
caution  the  learner,  namely,  that  of  too  great  a  multiplication  of  em-
phatical  words.  It  is  only  by  a  judicious  use  of  them  that  we  can
give  them  any  weight.  If  they  recur  too  often  ;  if  a  reader  or  speaker
appears  desirous,  by  a  multitude  of  strong  emphases,  to  render  every
thing  wThich  he  expresses  particularly  important,  we  soon  learn  to  pay
little  regard  to  them.  To  crowd  every  sentence  with  emphatical
words,  is  like  crowding  all  the  pages  of  a  book  with  Italic  characters,
which,  as  to  the  effect,  is  just  the  same  as  to  use  no  such  distinctions
at  all.
4.  Pauses,  or  rests,  are  cessations  of  the  voice,
in  order  to  enable  the  reader  or  speaker  to  take
breath  ;  and  to  give  the  hearer  a  distinct  perception
of  the  meaning,  not  only  of  each  sentence,  but  of  the
whole  discourse.
Pauses  are  of  two  kinds ;  first,  emphatical  pauses  ;  and  next,  such
as  serve  to  distinguish  the  sense.
Emphatical  pauses  are  used  after  something  has  been  said  which  is
of  importance,  and  on  which  we  wish  to  fix  the  hearer's  attention.
Sometimes  they  are  made  to  introduce  an  emphatical  sentence;  but
then  the  matter  must  be  really  important,  otherwise  the  expectation
is  disappointed.  These  pauses,  like  emphases,  ought  not  to  be  used
too  frequently.
166  ENGLISH    GRAMMAR.  §  92.
