ce. His
biographer (_accordingly_) insists on our confessing, that, if the
young cornet had remained in the service, he would have been one of
the ablest commanders that ever lived. (_But_) this is not all. Pitt
(, _it seems_,) was not merely a great poet _in esse_ and a great
general _in posse_, but a finished example of moral excellence....
(_The truth is, that_) there scarcely ever lived a person who had so
little claim to this sort of praise as Pitt. He was (_undoubtedly_) a
great man. (_But_) his was not a complete and well-proportioned
greatness. The public life of Hampden or of Somers resembles a regular
drama which can be criticised as a whole, and every scene of which is
to be viewed in connection with the main action. The public life of
Pitt (, _on the other hand_,) is," &c.

The following are some of the most common connecting adverbs, or
connecting phrases: (1) expressing consequence, similarity,
repetition, or resumption of a subject--_accordingly_, _therefore_,
_then_, _naturally_, _so that_, _thus_, _in this way_, _again_, _once
more_, _to resume_, _to continue_, _to sum up_, _in fact_, _upon
this_; (2) expressing opposition--_nevertheless_, _in spite of this_,
_yet_, _still_, _however_, _but_, _on the contrary_, _on the other
hand_; (3) expressing suspension--_undoubtedly ... but_; _indeed ...
yet_; _on the one hand ... on the other_; _partly ... partly_; _some
... others_.

Avoid a style like that of Bishop Burnet, which strings together a
number of sentences with "and" or "so," or with no conjunction at all:

"Blake with the fleet happened to be at Malaga, before he made war
upon Spain; _and_ some of his seamen went ashore, _and_ met the Host
carried about; _and_ not only paid no respect to it, but laughed at
those who did." Write "_When_ Blake &c."

*45. The connection between two long sentences sometimes requires a
short intervening sentence, showing the transition of thought.*

"Without force or opposition, it (chivalry) subdued the fierceness of
pride and power; it obliged sovereigns to submit to the soft
collar[16] of social esteem, compelled stern authority to submit to
elegance, and gave a dominating vanquisher of laws to be subdued by
manners. But now (_all is to be changed_:) all the pleasing illusions
which made power gentle and obedience liberal, which harmonized the
different shades of life, and which, by a bland assimilation,
incorporated into politics the sentiments that beautify