Sanders' Union Fourth Reader by Charles W. Sanders
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page 58 of 544 (10%)
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1. If you seek to make one rich, study not to increase his stores' but to diminish his desires`. 2. They have mouths',--but they speak not`: Eyes have they',--but they see not`: They have ears',--but they hear not`: Noses have they',--but they smell not`: They have hands',--but they handle not`: Feet have they',--but they walk not`. BIBLE. NOTE I.--When one of the antithetic clauses is a _negative_, and the other an _affirmative_, generally the negative has the _rising_, and the affirmative the _falling_ inflection. EXAMPLES. 1. I said an elder soldier` not a better'. 2. His acts deserve punishment` rather than commiseration'. 3. This is no time for a tribunal of justice', but for showing mercy`; not for accusation', but for philanthropy`; not for trial', but for pardon`; not for sentence and execution', but for compassion and kindness`. RULE V. The Pause of Suspension, denoting that the sense is incomplete, usually has the _rising_ inflection. |
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