...Take a case. It is desirable to avoid so extremely indirect an arrangement as the following : — " We came to our journey's end, at last, with no small...much fatigue, through deep roads, and bad weather." Yet to transform this into an entirely direct sentence would not produce a satisfactory effect ; as...

...each. Take a case. It is desirable to avoid so extremely indirect an arrangement as the following:— " We came to our journey's end, at last, with no small...much fatigue, through deep roads, and bad weather. ' ' Yet to transform this into an entirely direct sentence would not produce a satisfactory effect;...

...cometh in the name of the Lord, is blessed. Where are your fathers ? and do the prophets live for ever ? Every one that puts on the appearance of goodness is not good. b. And Elias with Moses appeared to them. We came to our journey's end at last, with no small difficulty,...

...deep roads and bad weather, we came with no small difficulty to our journey's end." Otherwise thus, "We came to our journey's end at last, with no small difficulty, after roach faligue, through deep roads, and bad weather." The latter is in the loose, the former is in the...

...deep roads and bad weather, we came with no small difficulty to our journey's end." Otherwise thus, " We came to our journey's end at last, with no small difficulty, after much/ad^ue, through deep roads, and bad weather." The latter is in the loose, the former is in the...

...is Dr. Whately's example of a loose sentence, (" Elements of Rhetoric," Part in. C. ii. §. 12) :— We came to our journey's end, — at last, — with...fatigue, — through deep roads, and bad weather. In this sentence, as Dr. Whately observes, there are no less than five places, marked by dashes ( —...

...assistance from, yet it may often be accompanied by the advantages of fortune. We came to our jonrney's end at last, with no small difficulty, after much fatigue, through deep roads and bad weather. Better thus. A friend often exaggerates a man's virtues; aa enemy, his crimes. I went home full of...

...may be so read or delivered as to appear compact and smooth, " teres atque rotundus ;" thus, — " We came to our journey's end at last, with no small difficulty ''-after much fatigue"1 through deep roads and bad weather." I should myself very much prefer the loose sentence,...

...each. Take a case. It is desirable to avoid so extremely ^adirect an arrangement as the following : " We came to our journey's end, at last, with no small...much fatigue, through deep roads, and bad weather." Tet to transform this into an entirely indirect sentence would not produce a satisfactory effect ;...

...midway between them. An excellent example illustrative of this is given in Bain's Grammar : " We camo to our journey's end, at last, with no small difficulty,...much fatigue, through deep roads, and bad weather." This sentence reads much better thus : ' At last with no small difficulty, after much fatigue, we came,...