[Footnote: "1607" may be treated as a noun, and "six hundred" as one
adjective.]
5. The breezy morning died into silent noon.
6. The Delta of the Mississippi was once at St. Louis.
7. Coal of all kinds has originated from the decay of plants.
8. Genius can breathe freely only in the atmosphere of freedom.
\in \
\ _____\below
\atmosphere \just \
\___________ \Falls
\ \______
\only \
\the
+Explanation+.----_Only_ modifies the whole phrase, and _just_ modifies the
preposition.
9. The Suspension Bridge is stretched across the Niagara river just below
the Falls.
10. In Mother Goose the cow jumps clear over the moon.
11. The first standing army was formed in the middle of the fifteenth
century.
12. The first astronomical observatory in Europe was erected at Seville by
the Saracens.
13. The tails of some comets stretch to the distance of 100,000,000 miles.
14. The body of the great Napoleon was carried back from St. Helena to
France.
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LESSON 18.
COMPOSITION-PREPOSITIONAL PHRASES.
+COMMA-RULE.--Phrases that are placed out of their usual order [Footnote:
For the usual order of words and phrases, see Lesson 51.
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