Rensselaer Republican, Volume 19, Number 25, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 24 February 1887 — Value of Emphasis. [ARTICLE]

Value of Emphasis.

O’Keefe relates that he heard Thomas Sheridan recite on Smock Alley stage and show by illustration that in a line of eight syllables the sense might be changed five times by removing the accent from one syllable to another, thus: ** None but the brave deserve thefair. Nonetiutthe braveUeser vet he fair. None but the brai’e'deserve the fair.. None but the bravo deserve the fair. None but the brave deserve the fair.