241. Thus, seamed with many scars, My soul ascended! 242. At this moment, the valour and genius of an obscure English youth suddenly turned the tide of fortune. 243. An attempt made by the government of Madras to relieve the place had failed. 244. On its banks and on those of its tributary waters are the wealthiest marts, the most splendid capitals, and the most sacred shrines of India. 245. There never perhaps existed a people so thoroughly fitted by nature and by habit for a foreign yoke. 246. How oft the sight of means to do ill deeds Makes deeds ill done! 247. As good to die and go as die and stay. 248. Small time, but in that small most greatly lived This star of England. 249. A far more glorious star thy soul shall make Than Julius Cæsar's orb. 250. Rescued is Orleans from the English wolves. 251. Faster than spring-time showers comes thought on thought. 252. Far be the thought of this from Henry's heart, To make a shambles of the parliament-house. 253. The smallest worm will turn, being trodden on. 254. There, victor of his health, his fortune, friends, And fame, this lord of useless thousands ends. 255. The service past, around the pious man, 256. 257. At church, with meek and unaffected grace, His looks adorned the venerable place. 258. From the post of favourite he soon rose to that of minister. 259. There will never be wanting some pretence for deciding in the king's favour. 260. From the golden dream of a new age, wrought peaceably and purely by the slow progress of intelligence, the growth of letters, the development of human virtue, the Reformer of Wittenburg turned away with horror. 261. And oft, beneath the odorous shade Of Chili's boundless forest laid, She deigns to hear the savage youth repeat, Their feather-cinctured chiefs, and dusky loves. 262. Neither during the one period, nor during the other, did much depend upon the event of battles or sieges. 263. About him exercised heroic games, The unarmed youth of heaven. 264. It is not our intention to attempt anything like a complete examination of the poetry of Milton. 265. There is scarcely an instance in history of so sudden a rise to so dizzy an eminence. 266. (But) in the absent giant's hold COMPOUND SENTENCE SUBSTANTIVAL AND ADJECTIVAL CLAUSES. 1. 2. 3. (See 56-64.) No flocks that range the valley free Now all whom varied toil and care From home and love divide, In the calm sunset may repair Each to the loved one's side. The sea, that roared at Thy command, 4. I know not by what fate it comes that he is always against me. 5. Taught by that Power that pities me, I learn to pity them. 6. We cannot tell how America was first inhabited. 7. 8. Wisdom and worth were all he had. Alas! the joys that fortune brings Are trifling, and decay. 9. I strongly warned him that disaster would follow such perversity. 10. It chanced that holy Gregory Was walking up and down. 11. The complaint that the landlords are enclosing the lands that have hitherto been common is being raised in these parts. 12. What cannot be cured must be endured. 13. It was not to be expected that this sweeping change would be at once accepted. 14. It is a remarkable proof of the confidence which Xenophon's conduct had gradually inspired, that Timasion and other generals, who had before been jealous of him, now said that nothing would induce them to serve without him. 15. What is one man's food is another man's poison. Few and short were the prayers we said. 16. 17. 18. 19. His horse, who never in that sort Had handled been before, But those for whom I pour the lay, For who forgives without a further strife, 20. The maxim that governments ought to train the people in the way in which they should go, sounds well. 21. Lightly they'll talk of the spirit that's gone. 22. It was perfectly known to him that many of his opponents had dealings with the Pretender. 23. He jests at scars that never felt a wound. 24. Whom the gods love die young. 25. Thus it happened that the hundred years' war, which Edward III. had begun so gloriously, ended in shame and disgrace for the English. 26. So Joan's courage gave the French the courage they wanted. 27. They were angry at the thought that, after all the glory they had won, they had been driven out of France. 28. It was never known whether Richard II. was murdered, or whether he died from illness. 29. He must not walk in the sun That hath a head of wax. 30. All's well that ends well. 31. 32. Of all the wonders that I yet have heard, It seems to me most strange that men should fear. The frantic blow that laid thee low This heart should ever rue. 33. The king, on his part, studied how he might supply by address and stratagem what he wanted in numbers and strength. 34. He fears not evil that not hopes for good. The air he chose was wild and sad. 35. 36. He is well paid that is well satisfied. 37. The true old times are dead, 38. 39. When every morning brought a noble chance. For those that fly may fight again, Which he can never do that's slain. Rich and rare were the gems she wore. 40. It was the custom of the Roman triumphs that a slave should be placed behind the chariot, to remind the conqueror of the instability of fortune. 41. It is impossible to say of a minister who acted thus, that the love of peace was the one grand principle to which all his conduct is to be referred. 42. He gave to Misery all he had, a tear. 43. The beasts that roam over the plain My form with indifference see. 44. 'Tis ours to tell to all who ask The wonders of earth and sky. 45. He smiled the lie his tongue disdained to speak. 46. Is it not strange to hear a poet say He comes to ask you how you like the play? 47. Whose house is of glass must not throw stones at another. |