He was all _but_ (conjunction or preposition) dead = He was
all dead, _but_ he was not dead, or He was all (anything in that line)
_except_ (the climax) dead. No man is so wicked _but_ (conjunctive adverb)
he loves virtue = No man is wicked _to that degree in which_ he loves _not_
virtue (_so_ = _to that degree_, _but_ = _in which not_). We meet _but_
(adverb = _only_) to part. Life is _but_ (adjective = _only_) a dream. All
_but_ (preposition = _except_) him had fled. The tears of love were
hopeless _but_ (preposition = _except_) for thee. I cannot _but_ remember =
I cannot do anything _but_ (preposition = _except_) remember. There is no
fireside _but_ (preposition) has one vacant chair (_except the one which_
has); or, regarding _but_ as a negative relative = _that not_, the sentence
= There is no fireside _that_ has _not_ one vacant chair.
+Direction+.--_Study the examples given above, point out the exact use of
what, that, and but in these sentences, and then analyze the sentences_:--
1. He did nothing but laugh.
2. It was once supposed that crystal is ice frozen so hard that it cannot
be thawed.
3. What love equals a mother's?
4. There is nobody here but me.
5. The fine arts were all but proscribed.
6. There's not a breeze but whispers of thy name.
Pages:
276
277
278
279
280
281
282
283
284
285
286
287
288
289
290
291
292
293
294
295
296
297
298
299
300