1. The savage army was in war-paint, plumed _for_ battle.
22. He had lived in Paris _for_ the last fifty years.
23. The hill stretched _for_ an immeasurable distance.
24. The baron of Smaylho'me rose _with_ day,
He spurred his courser on,
Without stop or stay, down the rocky way
That leads _to_ Brotherstone.
25. _With_ all his learning, Carteret was far from being a pedant.
26. An immense mountain covered with a shining green turf is nothing,
in this respect, _to_ one dark and gloomy.
27. Wilt thou die _for_ very weakness?
28. The name of Free Joe strikes humorously _upon_ the ear of memory.
29. The shout I heard was _upon_ the arrival of this engine.
30. He will raise the price, not merely _by_ the amount of the tax.
WORDS THAT NEED WATCHING.
328. If the student has now learned fully that words must be studied
in grammar according to their function or use, and not according to
form, he will be able to handle some words that are used as several
parts of speech. A few are discussed below,--a summary of their
treatment in various places as studied heretofore.
THAT.
329. That may be used as follows:
(1) _As a demonstrative adjective._
_That_ night was a memorable one.--STOCKTON.
(2) _As an adjective pronoun._
_That_ was a dreadful mistake.--WEBSTER.
(3) _As a relative pronoun._
And now it is like an angel's song,
_That_ makes the heavens be mute.--COLERIDGE.
(4) _As an adverb of degree._
_That_ far I hold that the Scriptures teach.--BEECHER.
(5) _As a conjunction_: (_a_) Of purpose.
Has bounteously lengthened out your lives, _that_ you might
behold this joyous day.--WEBSTER.
(_b_) Of result.
Gates of iron so massy _that_ no man could without the help of
engines open or shut them.--JOHNSON.
(_c_) Substantive conjunction.
We wish _that_ labor may look up here, and be proud in the midst
of its toil.--WEBSTER.
WHAT.
330. (1) _Relative pronoun._
That is _what_ I understand by scientific education.--HUXLEY.
(_a_) Indefinite relative.
Those shadowy recollections,
Which be they _what_ they may,
Are yet the fountain light of all our day.--WORDSWORTH.
(2) _Interrogative pronoun_: (_a_) Direct question.
_What_ would be an English merchant's character after a few such
transactions?--THACKERAY.
(_b_) Indirect question.
I have not
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