LESSON 67. SENTENCE-BUILDING.

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Build one sentence out of each group of the sentences which follow.

+Model+.—An able man was chosen.
A prudent man was chosen.
An honorable man was chosen.
An able, prudent, and honorable man was chosen.

Pure water is destitute of color.
Pure water is destitute of taste.
Pure water is destitute of smell.

Cicero was the greatest orator of his age.
Demosthenes was the greatest orator of his age.

Daisies peeped up here.
Daisies peeped up there.
Daisies peeped up everywhere.

Expand each of the following sentences into three.

The English language is spoken in England, Canada, and the United States.
The Missouri, Ohio, and Arkansas rivers are branches of the Mississippi.

Out of the four following sentences, build one sentence having three explanatory modifiers.

+Model+.—Elizabeth was the daughter of Henry VIII.
Elizabeth was sister of Queen Mary.
Elizabeth was the patron of literature.
Elizabeth defeated the Armada.
Elizabeth, the daughter of Henry VIII., sister of Queen Mary, and the
patron of literature
, defeated the Armada.

Boston is the capital of Massachusetts.
Boston is the Athens of America.
Boston is the "Hub of the Universe."
Boston has crooked streets.

Expand the following sentence into four sentences.

Daniel Webster, the great jurist, the expounder of the Constitution, and the chief of the "American Triumvirate," died with the words, "I still live," on his lips.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           

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