An English Grammar Part 60

Events proceed, not _as_ they were expected or intended, but _as_ they are impelled by the irresistible laws.--AMES.

[Sidenote: _Cause, reason._]

I see no reason _why_ I should not have the same thought.--EMERSON.

Then Denmark blest our chief, _That_ he gave her wounds repose.

--CAMPBELL.

_Now_ he is dead, his martyrdom will reap Late harvests of the palms he should have had in life.

--H.H. JACKSON

Sparing neither whip nor spur, _seeing that_ he carried the vindication of his patron's fame in his saddlebags.--IRVING.

[Sidenote: _Comparison._]

As a soldier, he was more solicitous to avoid mistakes _than_ to perform exploits that are brilliant.--AMES.

All the subsequent experience of our race had gone over him with as little permanent effect _as_ [_as_ follows the semi-adverbs _as_ and _so_ in expressing comparison] the pa.s.sing breeze.--HAWTHORNE.

[Sidenote: _Purpose._]

We wish for a thousand heads, a thousand bodies, _that_ we might celebrate its immense beauty.--EMERSON.

[Sidenote: _Result._]

So many thoughts moved to and fro, _That_ vain it were her eyes to close.

--COLERIDGE.

I was again covered with water, but not so long _but_ I held it out.--DEFOE.

[Sidenote: _Condition._]

A ridicule which is of no import _unless_ the scholar heed it.--EMERSON.

There flowers or weeds at will may grow, _So_ I behold them not.

--BYRON.

[Sidenote: _Concession_.]

What _though_ the radiance which was once so bright Be now forever taken from my sight.--WORDSWORTH.

[Sidenote: _Substantive._]

It seems a pity _that_ we can only spend it once.--EMERSON.

We do not believe _that_ he left any worthy man his foe who had ever been his friend.--AMES.

Let us see _whether_ the greatest, the wisest, the purest-hearted of all ages are agreed in any wise on this point.--RUSKIN.

Who can tell _if_ Was.h.i.+ngton be a great man or no?--EMERSON.

300. As will have been noticed, some words--for example, _since_, _while_, _as_, _that_, etc.--may belong to several cla.s.ses of conjunctions, according to their meaning and connection in the sentence.

Exercises.

(_a_) Bring up sentences containing five examples of coordinate conjunctions.

(_b_) Bring up sentences containing three examples of correlatives.

(_c_) Bring up sentences containing ten subordinate conjunctions.

(_d_) Tell whether the italicized words in the following sentences are conjunctions or adverbs; cla.s.sify them if conjunctions:--

1. _Yet_ these were often exhibited throughout our city.

2. No one had _yet_ caught his character.

3. _After_ he was gone, the lady called her servant.

4. And they lived happily forever _after_.

5. They, _however_, hold a subordinate rank.

6. _However_ ambitious a woman may be to command admiration abroad, her real merit is known at home.

7. _Whence_ else could arise the bruises which I had received?

8. He was brought up for the church, _whence_ he was occasionally called the Dominie.

9. And _then_ recovering, she faintly pressed her hand.

10. In what point of view, _then_, is war not to be regarded with horror?

11. The moth fly, _as_ he shot in air, Crept under the leaf, and hid her there.

12. Besides, _as_ the rulers of a nation are _as_ liable _as_ other people to be governed by pa.s.sion and prejudice, there is little prospect of justice in permitting war.

13. _While_ a faction is a minority, it will remain harmless.

14. _While_ patriotism glowed in his heart, wisdom blended in his speech her authority with her charms.

15. _Hence_ it is highly important that the custom of war should be abolished.

16. The raft and the money had been thrown near her, none of the las.h.i.+ngs having given way; _only_ what is the use of a guinea amongst tangle and sea gulls?

17. _Only_ let his thoughts be of equal scope, and the frame will suit the picture.