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_ Washington 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 lashings 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.