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332. (1) _Subordinate conjunction_:
(_a_) Of time.
Rip beheld a precise counterpart of himself _as_ he went up the
mountain.--IRVING.
(_b_) Of manner.
_As_ orphans yearn on to their mothers,
He yearned to our patriot bands.--MRS BROWNING.
(_c_) Of degree.
His wan eyes
Gaze on the empty scene _as_ vacantly
_As_ ocean's moon looks on the moon in heaven.
--SHELLEY.
(_d_) Of reason.
I shall see but little of it, _as_ I could neither bear walking
nor riding in a carriage.--FRANKLIN.
(_e_) Introducing an appositive word.
Reverenced _as_ one of the patriarchs of the village.--IRVING.
Doing duty _as_ a guard.--HAWTHORNE.
(2) _Relative pronoun_, after _such_, sometimes _same_.
And was there such a resemblance _as_ the crowd had
testified?--HAWTHORNE.
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