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_That_, as you see,
modifies _froze_ and connects the clauses; it is therefore a conjunctive
adverb.
15. It was so cold as to freeze the mercury.
+Explanation+.--It was so cold as to freeze the mercury (would indicate or
require).
16. Dying for a principle is a higher degree of virtue than scolding for
it.
17. He called so loud that all the hollow deep of hell resounded.
18. To preach is easier than to practice.
19. One's breeding shows itself nowhere more than in his religion.
[Footnote: For the use of _he_ instead of the indefinite pronoun _one_
repeated, see Lesson 124.]
20. The oftener I see it, the better I like it.
I | like | it
=====|===========
| \
\----\ better
\the \
...\
` \
`
I | ` see | it
----|--`--------------
` \
`The \
`.....\oftener
\
* * * * *
LESSON 64.
ADVERB CLAUSE-CONTINUED.
+Introductory Hints+.--_He lived as the fool lives_. The adverb clause,
introduced by _as_, is a clause of +Manner+, and is equivalent to the
adverb _foolishly_ or to the phrase _in a foolish manner_.
_The ground is wet because it has rained_. The adverb clause, introduced by
_because_, assigns the +Real Cause+ of the ground's being wet.


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