the anxieties of
a man, and a member of the world.
(_c_) Pick out the direct and the indirect object in each:--
1. Not the less I owe thee justice.
2. Unhorse me, then, this imperial rider.
3. She told the first lieutenant part of the truth.
4. I promised her protection against all ghosts.
5. I gave him an address to my friend, the attorney.
6. Paint me, then, a room seventeen feet by twelve.
(_d_) Pick out the words and phrases in apposition:--
1. To suffer and to do, that was thy portion in life.
2. A river formed the boundary,--the river Meuse.
3. In one feature, Lamb resembles Sir Walter Scott; viz., in the
dramatic character of his mind and taste.
4. This view was luminously expounded by Archbishop Whately, the
present Archbishop of Dublin.
5. Yes, at length the warrior lady, the blooming cornet, this nun so
martial, this dragoon so lovely, must visit again the home of her
childhood.
(_e_) Pick out the modifiers of the predicate:--
1. It moves from one flower to another like a gleam of light, upwards,
downwards, to the right and to the left.
2. And hark! like the roar of the billows on the shore,
The cry of battle rises along their changing line.
3. Their intention was to have a gay, happy dinner, after their long
confinement to a ship, at the chief hotel.
4. That night, in little peaceful Easedale, six children sat by a peat
fire, expecting the return of their parents.
Compound Subject, Compound Predicate, etc.
[Sidenote: _Not compound sentences._]
353. Frequently in a simple sentence the writer uses two or more
predicates to the same subject, two or more subjects of the same
predicate, several modifiers, complements, etc.; but it is to be
noticed that, in all such sentences as we quote below, the writers of
them purposely combined them _in single statements_, and they are not
to be expanded into compound sentences. In a compound sentence the
object is to make two or more full statements.
Examples of compound subjects are, "By degrees Rip's _awe_ and
_apprehension_ subsided;" "The _name of the child_, _the air of the
mother_, the _tone of her voice_,--all awakened a train of
recollections in his mind."
Sentences with compound predicates are, "The company _broke up_, and
_returned_ to the more important concerns of the election;" "He
_shook_ his head, _shouldered_ the rusty firelock, and, with a heart
full of trouble and anxiety, _turned_ his steps
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