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Her, by the by, in _after_ years I vainly endeavored to trace.--DE QUINCEY. The upper and the _under_ side of the medal of Jove.--EMERSON. Have you ever considered what a deep _under_ meaning there lies in our custom of strewing flowers?--RUSKIN. Perhaps he rose out of some _nether_ region.--HAWTHORNE. _Over_ is rarely used separately as an adjective. CAUTION FOR ANALYZING OR PARSING. [Sidenote: _Think what each adjective belongs to._] 168. Some care must be taken to decide what word is modified by an adjective. In a series of adjectives in the same sentence, all may belong to the same noun, or each may modify a different word or group of words. For example, in this sentence, "The young pastor's voice was tremulously sweet, rich, deep, and broken," it is clear that all four adjectives after _was_ modify the noun _voice_. But in this sentence, "She showed her usual prudence and her usual incomparable decision," _decision_ is modified by the adjective _incomparable_; _usual_ modifies _incomparable decision_, not _decision_ alone; and the pronoun _her_ limits _usual incomparable decision_. Adjectives modifying the same noun are said to be of the _same rank_; those modifying different words or word groups are said to be adjectives of _different rank_. This distinction is valuable in a study of punctuation. Exercise. In the following quotations, tell what each adjective modifies:-- 1. Whenever that look appeared in her wild, bright, deeply black eyes, it invested them with a strange remoteness and intangibility.--HAWTHORNE. 2. It may still be argued, that in the present divided state of Christendom a college which is positively Christian must be controlled by some religious denomination.--NOAH PORTER. 3. Every quaking leaf and fluttering shadow sent the blood backward to her heart.--MRS. STOWE. 4. This, our new government, is the first in the history of the world based upon this great physical, philosophical, and moral truth.--A.H. STEPHENS 5. May we not, therefore, look with confidence to the ultimate universal acknowledgment of the truths upon which our system rests?--_Id._ 6. A few improper jests and a volley of good, round, solid, satisfactory, and heaven-defying oaths.--HAWTHORNE. 7. It is well known that the announcement at any private rural entertainment t
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