4. Not to speak of that eye which
pierces through all disguises and beholds everything as in the splendor of
noon, such secrets of guilt are never safe from detection even by men. 5.
True it is, generally speaking, that "Murder will out." 6. True it is that
Providence hath so ordained, and doth so govern things, that those who
break the great law of heaven by shedding man's blood seldom succeed in
avoiding discovery.
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+The Uses of Words and Groups of Words+.--Do the phrases in 1, paragraph
1, stand in their usual order, or are they transposed? In what different
places may they stand? Does either phrase need to be transposed for
emphasis or for clearness? Explain the punctuation. Begin 2 with _the
lonely hall_, and notice that the sentence is thrown out of harmony with
the other sentences, and that the assassin is for the moment lost sight of.
Can you tell why? Notice that in the latter part of 2 the door is
mentioned, and that 3 begins with _of this_, referring to the door. Can you
find any other arrangement by which 3 will follow 2 so naturally? Can you
change 3 so as to make the reference of _it_ clearer? What is the office of
the _till_ clause? Does the clause following the semicolon modify anything?
Would you call such a clause _dependent_, or would you call it
_independent_? Explain the punctuation of 3.
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