8. But since he was denied speech, he scorned the inarticulate mouthings of the lower animals.—Warner.
9. Paul, seeing a servant in the yard, ordered the boy something to eat.—R. H. Dana, Sr.
10. In Venetian streets they give the fallen snow no rest—Howells.
11. There is the large wooden reel which the blear-eyed old Deacon sent the minister’s lady.—Holmes.
12. We are shown the power of our country growing and expanding.—Froude.
13. It costs a beautiful person no exertion to paint her image on our eyes, yet how splendid is that benefit.—Emerson.
CHAPTER XXIX
THE ADVERBIAL NOUN
Function.—Questions like how long? how far? when? where? are often answered by adverbs, phrases, or clauses; but they may be answered by nouns, as in the following sentences,—“A while she paused; no answer came.”—Scott. “We are transported a hundred and fifty years back.”—Macaulay. “Every moment they came nearer. Next door lives a carpenter.”—Miss Mitford.
It is clear that the italicized expressions are used adverbially, modifying respectively the verb paused, the adverb back, the verb came, and the verb lives.