McGuffey's Sixth Eclectic Reader by William Holmes McGuffey
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5. Let us retract while we can', not when we must'.
REMARK 3.--The more emphatic member generally receives the falling inflection. EXAMPLES. (27) 1. A countenance more in sorrow', than anger'. 2. A countenance less in anger', than sorrow'. 3. You should show your courage by deeds', rather than by words. 4. If we can not remove' pain, we may alleviate' it. OF SERIES. (28) A series is a number of particulars immediately following one another in the same grammatical construction. A commencing series is one which commences a sentence or clause. EXAMPLE. (28) Faith, hope, love, joy, are the fruits of the spirit. |
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