Sometimes he would get within one or two hundred yards of her, and then, in a twinkling, she would be half a mile off. STORMSHIP. iii. Sometimes Esmond would think there was hope. Then again he would be plagued with despair. HENRY ESM., III, CH. III, 329. iv. Sometimes he gained a little money as a physician; at other times their dependence was on gifts brought by the Scottish lady. DOм. STOR., A, PT. IV, 57. Whiles.. (and) whiles occurs only in poetry and is rare. Long time he pondered what were best to do; | And whiles he thought that he would send her forth | To wed some king far in the snowy north, And whiles that by great gifts of goods and gold Some lying prophet might be bought and sold. EARTHLY PAR., THE DOOM OF KING ACRIS., 62a. CHAPTER XI. I. ADVERSATIVE CO-ORDINATION. Adversative co-ordination is of four kinds: a) contrasting, i. e. when one member marks a contrast to the other; The Commons passed the bill, but the Lords threw it out. b) substitutive, i. e. when the second member contains that which is substituted for what is denied in the first; He is not my cousin, but my nephew. c) arrestive, i. e. when the second member denotes the opposite of the consequence or conclusion expected from the first; He tried hard, but he did not succeed. N. E. GR., § 317. d) alternative, i. e. when the taking or choosing of what is expressed by one member involves the rejection of what is denoted by the other(s). Our competitors lacked either the strength or the intelligence to make the most of our blunders. TIMES. Arrestive co-ordination may also be considered as a variety of causal co-ordination. (Сн. XII, 7.) In sub-ordination arrestive sentences answer partly to clauses of concession, partly to clauses of exception. 2. Contrasting adversative co-ordination is not always indicated by a conjunctive. Life is a comedy to those who think, a tragedy to those who feel. 3. In most cases, however, some conjunctive is placed between the members, namely the conjunction but, or the conjunctive adverbs and adverbial expressions conversely, in exchange, in revenge, on the contrary, contrariwise and on the other hand. But requires no comment or illustration. Conversely is especially met with in the language of demonstration, or scientific exposition. Conversely, if the two angles ABC, ADD, on both sides of the line AB, make up together two right angles, then CB and BD form one continued right line CD. HUTTON 1). In exchange is comparatively rare. We were often many months without receiving letters or seeing any civilised people but ourselves. In exchange, we had the interest of being about the last voyagers, I suppose, to whom it would be possible to meet with people who knew nothing of fire-arms. HUXL., LECT. AND Ess., AUTOB., 9a. In revenge is still to be looked on as an alien. If no name of primary importance comes into the latest volume of the Dictionary of National Biography there are, in revenge, some quaint and eccentric beings whose lives constitute delightful reading. NoT. AND QUER. Many will not even admit the illuminating power of his flashing intelligence. In revenge he has secured for himself in these last years the doubtful, but obtrusive honour of a whole school of imitators. TIMES. On the contrary, properly substitutive, is used interchangeably with on the other hand by the best writers. See also the quotations in CH. VIII, 64, c. Wales is divided into North-Wales and South-Wales. The principal mountains are in the former. In South-Wales, on the contrary, the valleys are broader, more fertile, and full of towns and villages. PARLEY (GÜNTH., LEERB.). Contrariwise is of a similar uncertain meaning. (5.) So contrariwise in a very backward spring, the flowers blow late. Thus we say "It is I who am in fault", though the sentence 1) MURRAY; 2) ib.. i. v. contrariwise, 1. On the other hand. Miss Raeburn's dress was a cheerful red, verging on crimson. Lady Winterbourne, on the other hand, was dressed in severe black. MARC., I, 163. 4. Also in the case of substitutive adversative co-ordination the two members are not seldom in juxtaposition without any linkword. It is not I who have lost the Athenians; it is the Athenians who have lost me. LEWES, HIST. PHILOS., 86. He was condemned to undergo the world's harsh judgment: not for the fault for its atonement. ORD. OF RICH. FEV., CH. I, 6. It's not the dying for a faith that's so hard it's the living up to it that is difficult. HENRY ESM., I, CH. VI, 55. 5. But in the majority of cases the members are united by the conjunction but, or the conjunctive adverbs and adverbial expressions on the contrary, contrariwise, rather, so much as. But, the commonest conjunctive, requires no comment or illustration. On the contrary. It is to be feared that this letter of the Parisian great lady did not by any means advance Mrs. Becky's interests with her admirable, her respectable relative. On the contrary, the fury of the old spinster was beyond bounds. VAN. FAIR, I, CH. XXXIV, 380. Contrariwise. Nor do we agree with those who think that, by skilful discipline, children may be made altogether what they should be. Contrariwise, we are satisfied that, though imperfections of nature may be diminished, they cannot be removed by it. SPENC., EDUC., CH. III, 71a. This request was never before made by other lords; but, contrariwise, they were humble suitors. DAVIES '). Rather becomes a kind of conjunctive, when the clause suggested by this comparative is suppressed. The old man is no coward; rather he is a man of high spirit. So much as appears as a conjunctive only from so much being separated from the word-group it modifies. (CH. XVII, 126, v.) Now it wasn't for the sake of anything he might be able to do for us, so much as for his kind way, that this was quite delightful. CHRISTM. CAR., IV, 89. 1) WEBST. (He) was a wise man as distinct from a philosopher, one who loves wisdom not for its own sake, so much as for the sake of His talk was not witty, so much as charming HENRY ESм., II, Compare these quotations with: The room gave the impression not so much of a big room as of 6. The greatest variety of adversative conjunctives is found in arrestive co-ordination. As such we find: a) the conjunction but; b) the conjunctive adverbs how beit, however, howsoever, meantime, meanwhile, nath(e)less, nathemore, nevertheless, notwithstanding, still, though, yet; c) the conjunctive adverbial expressions after all, all (just) the same, at the same time, for (with) all that (this), in the meantime (meanwhile), none the less (not the less), not the more. 7. But is the commonest of the above conjunctives. a) It is frequently found along with the other conjunctives of this group. "It would be absurd of me to attempt to compete with the great folks", said Arthur. "But for all that, sir, I should belong to a better club or two," the uncle answered. PEND., II, CH. XXIV, 263. It was not quite convenient, but nevertheless George gave him a considerable present instalment in bank-notes from his pocketbook. VAN. FAIR, I, CH. XXV, 264. You are rather earlier than I expected, but I am glad that you came early, all the same. PUNCH. b) But sometimes introduces a sentence expressing emphatically that the speaker holds a different opinion from what his interlocutor assumes. The Dutch has some such phrase as Nu, of er; or Nu, of ik, etc. HOR. -There's no offence, mylord! HAML. Yes, by St. |