ress is the result. Such insistence is found
in the expression of anger, scorn, indignation, and determination:

_Burn_ the fleet and _ruin_ France?
That were _worse_ than _fifty_ Hogues!
Sirs, they _know_ I speak the truth!
Sirs, _believe_ me, _there's a way_!

In the first two lines Herve Riel wishes to make others feel his own
indignation at the thought of burning the fleet. In the last two, he
tries to impress them with his conviction that there is a way out of
the difficulty. Hence the final stress in each case.

Sometimes the speaker tries to enforce his own opinion by peevishness,
whining, or complaining, with the result that he uses the final
stress:

_Lady Teazle._ Then _why_ will you _endeavour_ to
make yourself so _disagreeable_ to me, and _thwart_ me
in _every little elegant expense_?

_Sir Peter._ Madam, I say, had you any of these
little elegant expenses when you married me?

_Lady Teazle._ _Sir Peter!_ would you have me be
_out of the fashion_?

If the mental energy or mental attitude is one of uplift or
exaltation, expressing itself in adoration of the Deity, or in
admiration and love of the beautiful, or in sympathy and tenderness
toward mankind, the median stress is used:

Bless the Lord, O my soul: and all that is within me, bless his
holy name.

_Roll on_, thou _deep_ and _dark_ blue ocean--_roll_!

Dear lost companions of my tuneful art,
Dear as the light that visits these sad eyes,
Dear as the ruddy drops that warm my heart,
Ye died amidst your dying country's cries.

Determination and settled conviction in the speaker's
mind, especially when accompanied by a marked degree of
dignity, calmness, and self-control, cause equal stress on
every part of the vowel sound. This is called _thorough stress_:

If every ducat in six thousand ducats
Were in six parts, and every part a ducat,
I would not draw them; I would have my bond.

It is the stress of quiet strength and great reserve force:

Though the water flashed around them,
_Not an eye was seen to quiver_;
Though the shot flew sharp and deadly,
_Not a man relax'd his hold_.

In a more marked degree, it is also the stress used in calling:

Then rose a warning cry behind, a joyous shout before:
"The current's strong,--the way is long,--they'll never reach
the shore!
See, see! they stagger in the midst, they waver in their line!
Fire on the madmen! break their ranks, and whelm th