It seems a pity that we can only spend it once.—­EMERSON.

     We do not believe that he left any worthy man his foe who had
     ever been his friend.—­AMES.

     Let us see whether the greatest, the wisest, the purest-hearted
     of all ages are agreed in any wise on this point.—­RUSKIN.

     Who can tell if Washington be a great man or no?—­EMERSON.

300.  As will have been noticed, some words—­for example, since, while, as, that, etc.—­may belong to several classes of conjunctions, according to their meaning and connection in the sentence.

Exercises.

(a) Bring up sentences containing five examples of cooerdinate conjunctions.

(b) Bring up sentences containing three examples of correlatives.

(c) Bring up sentences containing ten subordinate conjunctions.

(d) Tell whether the italicized words in the following sentences are conjunctions or adverbs; classify them if conjunctions:—­

1. Yet these were often exhibited throughout our city.

2.  No one had yet caught his character.

3. After he was gone, the lady called her servant.

4.  And they lived happily forever after.

5.  They, however, hold a subordinate rank.

6. However ambitious a woman may be to command admiration abroad, her real merit is known at home.

7. Whence else could arise the bruises which I had received?

8.  He was brought up for the church, whence he was occasionally called the Dominie.

9.  And then recovering, she faintly pressed her hand.

10.  In what point of view, then, is war not to be regarded with horror?

11.  The moth fly, as he shot in air, Crept under the leaf, and hid her there.

12.  Besides, as the rulers of a nation are as liable as other people to be governed by passion and prejudice, there is little prospect of justice in permitting war.

13. While a faction is a minority, it will remain harmless.

14. While patriotism glowed in his heart, wisdom blended in his speech her authority with her charms.

15. Hence it is highly important that the custom of war should be abolished.

16.  The raft and the money had been thrown near her, none of the lashings having given way; only what is the use of a guinea amongst tangle and sea gulls?

17. Only let his thoughts be of equal scope, and the frame will suit the picture.

SPECIAL REMARKS.

[Sidenote:  As if.]

301. As if is often used as one conjunction of manner, but really there is an ellipsis between the two words; thus,—­