AS.
332. (1) Subordinate conjunction: (a) Of time.
Rip beheld a precise counterpart of himself as he went up the mountain.—Irving.
(b) Of manner.
As orphans yearn on to their mothers,
He yearned to our patriot bands.
—Mrs Browning.
(c) Of degree.
His wan eyes
Gaze on the empty scene as vacantly
As ocean's moon looks on the moon in heaven.
—Shelley.
I shall see but little of it, as I could neither bear walking nor riding in a carriage.—Franklin.
(e) Introducing an appositive word.
Reverenced as one of the patriarchs of the village.—Irving.
Doing duty as a guard.—Hawthorne.
(2) Relative pronoun, after such, sometimes same.
And was there such a resemblance as the crowd had testified?—Hawthorne.