15. I know very well that he could better himself, and earn twice what I am able to give him.—Conan Doyle.
Exercise 38
Analyze the following sentences.
1. The sight of the resting country does his spirit good.—Stevenson.
2. To go to bed was to lie awake of cold, with an added shudder of fright whenever a loose casement or a waving curtain chose to give you the goose-flesh.
3. The house had been built many generations before by a stranger in this section, and the owners never made it their permanent home.—Page.
4. One stick, pointed, makes him a spear; two sticks rubbed together make him a fire; fifty sticks tied together make him a house.—Drummond.
5. I often thought that he felt the dumb limitations which denied him the power of language.—Warner.
6. Lengths of brownish-green and yellow tapestry, none the fresher for its two centuries and more of existence, still protested against the modern heresy of wall-paper.—J. Hawthorne.
7. Centuries ago his granite crumbled and his marble became dust, but his sweet psalms and songs do still abide.—Hillis.