An English Grammar Part 107

An English Grammar Part 107

30. We were only permitted to stop for refreshment once.


31. The sight of the manner in which the meals were served were enough to turn our stomach.


32. The moody and savage state of mind of the sullen and ambitious man are admirably drawn.


33. Surely none of our readers are so unfortunate as not to know some man or woman who carry this atmosphere of peace and good-will about with them. (Sec. 411.)


34. Friday, whom he thinks would be better than a dog, and almost as good as a pony.


35. That night every man of the boats crew, save Amyas, were down with raging fever.


36. These kind of books fill up the long tapestry of history with little bits of detail which give human interest to it.


37. I never remember the heather so rich and abundant.


38. These are scattered along the coast for several hundred miles, in conditions of life that seem forbidding enough, but which are accepted without complaint by the inhabitants themselves.


39. Between each was an interval where lay a musket.


40. He had four children, and it was confidently expected that they would receive a fortune of at least $200,000 between them.


FOOTNOTES:


[Footnote 1: More for convenience than for absolute accuracy, the stages of our language have been roughly divided into three:--


(1) Old English (with Anglo-Saxon) down to the twelfth century.


(2) Middle English, from about the twelfth century to the sixteenth century.


(3) Modern English, from about 1500 to the present time.]