37. If it be sin to covet honor, I am the most offending soul alive. 38. How various his employments whom the world calls idle. 39. 'Tis only noble to be good. 40. He is the freeman whom the truth makes free. 41. I wonder if I've changed in the night? Let me think. Was I the same when I got up this morning? I almost think I can remember feeling a little different. 42. I'm the most remarkable of all the five that were in the shell. 43. How can I, who am the younger, sing before our ancient host? 44. This fierce spirit of liberty is stronger in the English Colonies probably than in any other people of the earth. 45. What a piece of work is a man! 46. To be honest, to be kind-to earn a little and to spend less, to make, upon the whole, a family happier for his presence, to renounce when that shall be necessary and not be embittered, to keep a few friends but those without capitulationabove all, on the same grim condition, to keep friends with himself-here is a task for all that a man has of fortitude and delicacy. 47. Heracles was the strongest of all. But Jason himself was the best of all the archers. 48. That age is best which is the first When youth and blood are warmer; 49. Dear God! the very houses seem asleep; 50. In that hour of deep contrition. He beheld with clearer vision. 51. All men think all men mortal but themselves. 54. All seemeth as calm as an infant's dream. 55. None but the brave deserves the fair. 56. He has put down the mighty from their seats. 57. The prayers of the wicked are of no avail. 58. Poverty wants some things, luxury many things, avarice all things. 59. What light through yonder window breaks? 60. All the world's a stage, And all the men and women merely players. 61. What man is free from sin? 62. Each morning sees some task begun, Each evening sees it close. 63. How far that little candle throws his beam! 64. Ten thousand saw I at a glance. 65. While leanest beasts in pastures feed, The fattest ox the first must bleed. 66. To me the meanest flower that blows can give Thoughts that do often lie too deep for tears. 67. What freezings have I felt, what dark days seen, What old December's bareness everywhere! 68. The rose looks fair, but fairer we it deem For that sweet odor which doth in it live. 69. Of their sweet deaths are sweetest odors made. 70. What luckless apple did we taste To make us mortal and thee waste! 71. Seamen three! What men be ye? Gotham's three wise men we be. 72. Heard melodies are sweet, but those unheard Are sweeter. 73. And yet 'tis flesh and blood alone That makes her so divine! 74. He who ascends to mountain tops shall find The loftiest peaks most wrapped in clouds and snow. 75. They which govern most make least noise. 76. Her hat, with shady brim, Made her tressy forehead dim. 77. For me the Heavenly Bridegroom waits, To make me pure of sin. 78. See what a grace was seated on this brow. 79. O world, in very truth thou art too young! 80. She made the white rose-petals fall, And turned the red rose white. 81. They call you proud and hard, England, my England! 82. This is mine own, my native land. 83. You think him humble; God accounts him proud. 84. The shower has left the myrtles and the violet banks so fresh. 85. Attention held them mute. 86. Thy greatness hath made me great. 87. I never was what is popularly called superstitious. 88. I hope all will be well. 89. Talking is one of the fine arts, the noblest, the most important, and the most difficult. 90. Creditors have better memories than debtors. 91. There are few places more favorable to the study of character than an English churchyard. 92. "My very dog," sighed poor Rip, "has forgotten me." THE ADVERB. Classes. 1. Simple adjuncts of verbs, adjectives, and other adverbs expressing: Time: then, soon, early. to-day, when. etc. Place: there, where, yonder, outside, etc. Manner: how, thus, beautifully, well, etc. Degree: so, very, the, much, etc. Number: twice, thrice, etc. Cause: why, wherefore, therefore, etc. Assertion and Negation: certainly, surely, yes, no, yea, nay, ay. 2. Conjunctive-introducing dependent clauses, which they connect with other clauses, while modifying some verb, adjective, or adverb within their own clauses. The commonest conjunctive adverbs are those expressing : Time: when, whenever, as, while. Example: It was the time when lilies blow. Place: where and its compounds, whence, whither. Example: I know a bank where the wild thyme grows. Manner: as, how, however. Example: A man may see how this world goes, with no eyes. Degree: as, the. Example: The more I look, the more I prove Cause: why, wherefore. Example: I know not why I am so sad. Comparison. Adverbs are compared like adjectives, but more frequently by prefixing more, and most, than with the endings er and est. Some adverbs are compared irregularly, as: Some adverbs, like twice, quite, completely, etc., cannot be compared. Form for Parsing Adverbs. 1. Simple Adjuncts Class (if exclamatory or interrogative, state that fact, too) Comparison Degree Joined to what verb, adjective or adverb 2. Conjunctive Special class Joined to what verb, adjective or adverb Introduces what clause, and connects it with what other clause |