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11. Weary had he grown.
12. Faithful proved he to the last.
+Direction+.--_Transpose these sentences by moving the adjective complement
and the verb_:--
1. My regrets were bitter and unavailing.
2. The anger of the righteous is weighty.
3. The air seemed deep and dark.
4. She had grown tall and queenly.
5. The peacemakers are blessed.
6. I came into the world helpless.
7. The untrodden snow lay bloodless.
8. The fall of that house was great.
9. The uproar became intolerable.
10. The secretary stood alone.
+Direction+.--_Write five transposed sentences, each with one of these
adjectives as attribute complement, and then restore the sentences to the
usual order_:--
Tempestuous, huge, glorious, lively, fierce.
* * * * *
LESSON 54.
ARRANGEMENT--TRANSPOSED ORDER.
+Direction+.--_Restore these sentences to the usual order by moving the
adverb and the verb to their customary places, and note the loss_:--
1. Then burst his mighty heart.
2. Here stands the man.
3. Crack! went the ropes.
4. Down came the masts.
5. So died the great Columbus of the skies.
6. Tictac! tictac! go the wheels of thought.
7. Away went Gilpin.
8. Off went his bonnet.
9. Well have ye judged.
10. On swept the lines.


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