Sentence:  The inflection, which begins upward and ends downward on the same syllable, called the circumflexed slide, is exemplified by the proper utterance of the word "they" in the succeeding instance: / Not he, but "they" are in fault. / And the inflection, which is just the reverse of this, namely, which begins downward and ends upward, called the <WSD>inverted circumflex</WSD>, may be instanced by the same word in Italic, as follows: / They tell us to be moderate; — but "they", "they" are to wallow in profusion. 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  A (dipping) (tone).