25. There is one marked difference between shiners and trout; these have
scales, and those have not.
26. They know little of men, who reason thus.
27. Help thyself, and Heaven will help you.
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LESSON 89.
CLASSES OF ADJECTIVES.
+Introductory Hints+.--You learned in Lesson 12 that, in the sentences
_Ripe apples are healthful, Unripe apples are hurtful_, the adjectives
_ripe_ and _unripe_ limit, or narrow, the application of _apples_ by
describing, or by expressing certain qualities of the fruit. You learned
also that _the_, _this_, _an_, _no_, _some_, and _many_ limit, or narrow,
the application of any noun which they modify, as _apple_ or _apples_, by
pointing out the particular fruit, by numbering it, or by denoting the
quantity of it.
Adjectives which limit by expressing quality are called +Descriptive
Adjectives+; and those which limit by pointing out, numbering, or denoting
quantity are called +Definitive Adjectives+.
Adjectives modifying a noun do not limit, or narrow, its application (1)
when they denote qualities that always belong to the thing named; as,
_yellow_ gold, the _good_ God, the _blue_ sky; or (2) when they are
attribute complements, denoting qualities asserted by the verb; as, The
fields were _green_; The ground was _dry_ and _hard_.
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