Exercises
(_a_) Parse the prepositions in these paragraphs:--
1. I remember, before the dwarf left the queen, he followed us
one day into those gardens. I must needs show my wit by a silly
illusion between him and the trees, which happens to hold in
their language as it does in ours. Whereupon, the malicious
rogue, watching his opportunity when I was walking under one of
them, shook it directly over my head, by which a dozen apples,
each of them near as large as a Bristol barrel, came tumbling
about my ears; one of them hit me on the back as I chanced to
stoop, and knocked me down flat on my face; but I received no
other hurt, and the dwarf was pardoned at my desire, because I
had given the provocation.--SWIFT
2. Be that as it will, I found myself suddenly awakened with a
violent pull upon the ring, which was fastened at the top of my
box for the conveniency of carriage. I felt my box raised very
high in the air, and then borne forward with prodigious speed.
The first jolt had like to have shaken me out of my hammock. I
called out several times, but all to no purpose. I looked towards
my windows, and could see nothing but the clouds and the sky. I
heard a noise just over my head, like the clapping of wings, and
then began to perceive the woeful condition I was in; that some
eagle had got the ring of my box in his beak, with an intent to
let it fall on a rock: for the sagacity and smell of this bird
enabled him to discover his quarry at a great distance, though
better concealed than I could be within a two-inch board.--_Id._
(_b_) Give the exact meaning of each italicized preposition in the
following sentences:--
1. The guns were cleared _of_ their lumber.
2. They then left _for_ a cruise up the Indian Ocean.
3. I speak these things _from_ a love of justice.
4. _To_ our general surprise, we met the defaulter here.
5. There was no one except a little sunbeam _of_ a sister.
6. The great gathering in the main street was _on_ Sundays, when,
after a restful morning, though unbroken _by_ the peal of church
bells, the miners gathered _from_ hills and ravines _for_ miles around
_for_ marketing.
7. The troops waited in their boats _by_ the edge of a strand.
8. His breeches were _of_ black silk, and his hat was garnished _with_
white and sable plumes.
9. A suppressed but still distinct murmur of approbation ran through
the crowd _at_ this generous proposition.
10. They were shriveled and colorless _with_ the cold.
11. On every solemn occasion he was the striking figure, even _to_ the
eclipsing of the involuntary object of the ceremony.
12. _On_ all subjects known to man, he favored the world with his
opinions.
13. Our horses ran _on_ a sandy margin of the road.
14. The hero of the poem is _of_ a strange land and a strange
parentage.
15. He locked his door _from_ mere force of habit.
16. The lady was remarkable _for_ energy and talent.
17. Roland was acknowledged _for_ the successor and heir.
18. _For_ my part, I like to see the passing, in town.
19. A half-dollar was the smallest coin that could be tendered _for_
any service.
20. The mother sank and fell, grasping _at_ the child.
21. The savage army was in war-paint, plumed _for_ battle.
22. He had lived in Paris _for_ the last fifty years.
23. The hill stretched _for_ an immeasurable distance.
24. The baron of Smaylho'me rose _with_ day,
He spurred his courser on,
Without stop or stay, down the rocky way
That leads _to_ Brotherstone.
25. _With_ all his learning, Carteret was far from being a pedant.
26. An immense mountain covered with a shining green turf is nothing,
in this respect, _to_ one dark and gloomy.
27. Wilt thou die _for_ very weakness?
28. The name of Free Joe strikes humorously _upon_ the ear of memory.
29. The shout I heard was _upon_ the arrival of this engine.
30. He will raise the price, not merely _by_ the amount of the tax.
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