6. Had we seen this charming landscape immediately after bidding farewell to Chocorua, it would have failed to make the strong impression upon us which as a matter of fact it did produce.—Bolles.
7. Of course, genius and enthusiasm are, for both sexes, elements unforeseen and incalculable; but, as a general rule, great achievements imply great preparations and favorable conditions.—Higginson.
8. Probably the election goes by avoirdupois weight; and, if you could weigh bodily the tonnage of any hundred of the Whig and the Democratic party in a town on the Dearborn balance, as they passed the hayscales, you could predict with certainty which party would carry it.—Emerson.
9. To be inefficient or shiftless is the unpardonable sin, to the mind of a born New Englander.—J. F. Clarke.
10. With a frank cordiality charming to contemplate, they severally and collectively did their very best to make him feel that, so far from being a stranger in a strange land, he was very much at home among genuine friends.—Janvier.
Exercise 41
Analyze the following sentences. As far as possible analyze independent elements.
1. For, to repeat, the ground of a man’s joy is often hard to hit.—Stevenson.
2.
Alas! they had been friends in youth;