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3. Millions of soldiers sleep--_place_.
4. The Bunker Hill Monument stands--_place_.
5. Every spire of grass was so edged and tipped with dew--_degree_.
6. Vesuvius threw its lava so far--_degree_.
7. The tree is inclined--_manner_.
8. The lion springs upon his prey--_manner_.
9. Many persons died in the Black Hole of Calcutta--_cause_.
10. Dew does not form in a cloudy night--_cause_.
11. That thunderbolt fell a mile away--_evidence_.
12. We dream in our sleep--_evidence_.
13. Peter the Great worked in Holland in disguise--_purpose_.
14. We put salt into butter and upon meat--_purpose_.
15. Iron bends and molds easily--_condition_.
16. Apples would not fall to the ground--_condition_.
17. Europe conquered Napoleon at last--_concession_.
18. Punishment follows every violation of nature's laws--_concession_.
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LESSON 67.
+COMPOSITION-ADVERB CLASSES+.
ARRANGEMENT.
The adverb clause may stand before the independent clause, between the
parts of it, or after it.
+Direction+.---_Think, if you can, of another adverb clause to follow each
independent clause in the preceding Lesson, and by means of a caret (^)
indicate where this adverb clause may properly stand in the sentence. Note
its force in its several positions, and attend to the punctuation.


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