EXERCISE.

Decide whether in the following sentences the words and phrases printed in italics are adverbs (giving your reasons), and state their classes and the word or words (with their parts of speech) from which they are derived:

1. It is excessive wrong.

2. This was all excellent good.

3. Egenhart, who was secretary to Charles I., became exceeding popular.

4. Right against the eastern gate, Where the sun begins his state. 5. I hear the far-off curfew-bell.

6. For the falling and rising again of many in Israel, &c.

7. Not but that it is healthy, only I do not like it. 8. Whether he be a sinner or no, whether his love be natural or not, I cannot tell.

9. Be it ever so homely there's no place like home. 10. The sublime Longinus in somewhat a later period, &c.

II. He had suffered the woodman only to use his discretion in the distant woods.

12. They two went hand-in-hand the long dark way. 13. She stood silent, as the heralds pressed her hand.

14. A tear at least is due to the unhappy.

15. Napoleon, lately Emperor of the French, retired to Chiswick.

16. Ha! that blow hit him home! 17. Smack went the whip.

18. He let it go bang at the window.

19. Peradventure there shall be twenty found there. 20. He was welcomed by almost everybody.

21. Follies that are only to be lulled by a constant and assiduous culture.

22. The honour and dignity of Her Majesty reluctantly compel her to withdraw from the arbitration. 23. Unfortunately the old lines of the streets had been to a great extent preserved.

24. Perhaps, cried he, there may be such monsters as you describe.

25. I, even I, only am left.

26. Even a fool, when he holdeth his peace, is counted wise.

27. He looked thoughtfully towards the glimmering

sea-line.

28. He called so loud that all the hollow deep of hell resounded.

29. Old John of Gaunt is grievous sick, my lord. 30. There was a man of our town,

And he was wondrous wise.

31. What need we any spur for our cause?
32. I don't care a straw which way it goes.
33. They cry day and night unto him.
34. They wandered north and south.

35. He must needs die.

36. Longtime I waited by the accustomed tree. 37. They burst their bonds asunder.

38. I say unto you verily it is not so.

39. You that are noble born should pity him.

40. You that are princely born should shake him off. 41. Behold an army comes incontinent.

42. Will all great Neptune's ocean wash his blood clean from my hand?

43. Be not lost so poorly in your thoughts.

44. Over them the sea-wind sang shrill.

45. (He) strode back slow to the wounded king. 46. (His lustrous curls were) clotted into points and hanging loose.

47.

Which must glow,

Through time and change, unquenchably the

same.

48. But wherefore let we then our faithful friends Lie thus astonished on the oblivious pool.

49.

The torrid clime

Smote on him sore besides.

50. So thick bestrewn, abject, and lost lay these. 51. Bright the lamps shone o'er fair women and brave men.

52. (And there were) cheeks all pale.

53. And wild and high the "Cameron's gathering"

rose.

54. Yet am I inland bred.

55. Doubt, of whatever kind, can be ended by action

alone.

56. They serve equally the first capacities and the lowest.

57. A stream went voiceless by, still deadened more By reason of his fallen divinity

Spreading a shade.

58. Her face was large as that of Memphian sphinx Pedestaled haply in a palace court.

59. (Thy thunder) rumbles reluctant o'er our fallen house.

60. Thoughts that do often lie too deep for tears.
61. Nowadays men wander about anights and seldom
arise betimes in the morn.

62. He lies lurking for you unawares.
63. They tore him to death piecemeal.
64. The owl for all his feathers was a-cold.
65. There she lay asleep.

66. Perchance his soul has gone aloft.

67. The house stood something from the river. 68. 'Tis somewhat hard.

69. Ah Johnnie! He was a good man to be sure, and mayhap we shall have none other like

him.

70. She stood petrified, as it were, and dazed with

horror.

71. 'Tis marvellous good wine, abbot ; though a trifle

strong.

72. "He is a right down shrewd fellow," answered Tom, "and, in all conscience, good enough for them."

73. 'Twas linked sweetness, long drawn out.

74. As the sun rose higher and higher, a stillness fell upon the forest.

75. All tricks, they say, are fair in love and war.

PREPOSITIONS.

PREPOSITIONS are connecting words, by means of which we express the relation of one thing to another, or of a thing to an action or attribute. They connect a noun or pronoun to some other word in the sentence, so as to mark clearly or describe that word, as in “a man of sense," "he talked long enough for his purpose,” "this was done by him," "he is very fond of her." They are also in some cases so united to verbs as to form new compounds, as in "Do as you would be done by."* Prepositions express a great variety of relations, the most common of which are place, time, manner, cause; and the variety is so great that it is advisable not to attempt classification, but simply to state in each case the relation expressed by the preposition.

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The teacher would do well to point out to his elder pupils that prepositions used in this last way were originally adverbial in their character, and to call attention to such pairs of forms as to look over" and "to overlook," "to stand under" and "to understand," &c. Notice should also be called to the fact that many verbs now intransitive are made transitive by the help of a preposition, as in "The steamer ran into the vessel and sunk it."