time is fleeting. I shall be here long after you have gone. I closed the door, as it was getting late. We had no sooner turned away than he started to run, but he was soon caught. Unless you learn this you will never master the subject. He is now on his way home, while we must stay an hour longer. Judge not, that ye be not judged. Choose whether you will serve God or Mammon. I would try it, only I am afraid; besides, it is not my turn yet. You came empty-handed, so you may go away empty-handed. Take it how you please. Hear this before you go, for it is your last chance. SUGGESTIONS FOR MISCELLANEOUS WORDS "UNDERSTOOD.” 442. Before parsing a sentence it is necessary to put in all words which are omitted (or "understood "). As a rule there is no need to parse words which are understood, but unless they are inserted the construction of the sentence cannot be seen. Read again pars. 36, 234, and 441. 443. Compare the sentences in the first column with those in the second. Sentences with words understood. I will pull down my barns and build larger. This house is my uncle's. Fred is staying at his cousin's. This is St. Peter's. The boy is as old as the girl. The teacher is as clever as kind. She loves him as well as I. She loves him as well as me. I am younger than he. James is better than John. Sentences in full. I will pull down my barns and build larger [barns]. This house is my uncle's [house]. Fred is staying at his cousin's [house or home]. This is St. Peter's [church]. The boy is as old as the girl [is old]. The teacher is as clever as [he is] kind. She loves him as well as I [love him]. She loves him as well as [she loves] me. I am younger than he [is young]. James is better than John [is good]. Exercise 184. Supply the words understood. Awake, arise, or be for ever Who is the woman you Have you been at your You understand arithGive me the apple I picked out. This is the book you lost. Where Come live with me and be my love. fallen. Obey your parents. I know what to do. spoke to? This is a book I like very much. uncle's? I think he likes you better than me. metic much more thoroughly than I. You will call there, I know you will. is the house you mean? He guided her trembling feet along, Proud that his own were firm and strong. When he hoisted his standard black Before him was battle, behind him wrack [= ruin, destruction]. Its colors bright and fair. Be still a dream throughout the day, A blessing through the night. But all I hear Is the north wind drear, And all I see are the waves. All seemeth as calm as an infant's dream. Not a drum was heard, not a funeral note. ORDER. 444. Before parsing or analyzing a sentence see that the words are in the usual order. Read again par. 51, b, and in Exercise 48, b, pick out the Adjectives which are placed after Nouns. Read again pars. 180 and 181, and work again Exercise 109. Read again pars. 407-409, and work again Exercise 173. 445. Compare the sentences in the first column with those in the second. Inverted order. Great is the Lord and of great power. Cold is Cadwallo's tongue. Great is Diana of the Ephesians. In the beginning was the Word. So persecuted they the prophets. Comes a vapor from the margin blackening over heath and holt. Then burst his mighty heart. Whom ye ignorantly worship, Him declare I unto you. Mine head with oil thou didst not anoint. From peak to peak, the rattling crags among, Leaps the live thunder. Exercise 185. Arrange in the usual order the words of the following sentences. a. Great is your reward in Heaven. Justice and truth are Thy ways. To confirm his words out fly Millions of flaming swords. Great and marvelous are Thy works. Of his early life few particulars have reached us. In my Father's house are many mansions. Into the valley of death rode the six hundred. Flashed all their sabres bare. Some pious drops the closing eye requires. Down the street with laughter and shout, And the heavy night hung dark b. Wide is the gate and broad is the way. Whatever wisdom and energy could do William did. Not as the world giveth give I unto you. Me he restored unto mine office and him he hanged. For this did Servius give us laws? for this did Lucrece bleed? Of old sad Freedom on the heights Gone are all the barons bold, Gone are the knights and squires, WORDS AND PHRASES DOUBLED OR COMPOUNDED. 446. One Subject may have two or more Verbs; as, "We shouted and waved our arms." 447. One Verb may have (a) Two or more Subjects'; as, "Henry and James will go;" or (b) Two or more Objects; as, "I saw William and his sister;" or 66 (c) Two or more Attributes; as, I am neither tall nor short." 448. Two or more Subjects may have in common two or more Verbs; as, "John and Fred and I will go and see.' 449. One Preposition may have two or more Objects; as, "I walked through woods and fields." WORDS USED AS DIFFERENT PARTS OF SPEECH. 450. What may be WHAT. (1) A Relative Pronoun; as, I see what you see [the thing which]. (2) An Interrogative Pronoun; as, Or, in an indirect question, Tell me what this is. (3) An Adjective; as, Let us get what benefit [that] we can from it. (4) An Interrogative Adjective; as, Or, in an indirect question, I must learn what horse he was looking at. 1 See pars. 387 and 389. |