10. He dismisses without notice his thought, because it is his.
11. The eye was placed where one ray should fall, that it might testify of that particular ray.
12. It may be safely trusted, so it be faithfully imparted.
13. He knows how to speak to his contemporaries.
14. Goodness must have some edge to it,--else it is none.
15. I hope it is somewhat better than whim at last.
16. Now you have the whip in your hand, won't you lay on?
17. I scowl as I dip my pen into the inkstand.
18. I speak, therefore, of good novels only.
19. Let her loose in the library as you do a fawn in a field.
20. And whether consciously or not, you must be, in many a heart, enthroned.
21. It is clear, however, the whole conditions are changed.
22. I never rested until I had a copy of the book.
23. For, though there may be little resemblance otherwise, in this they agree, that both were wayward.
24. Still, she might have the family countenance; and Kate thought he looked with a suspicious scrutiny into her face as he inquired for the young don.
25. He follows his genius whithersoever it may lead him.
26. The manuscript indeed speaks of many more, whose names I omit, seeing that it behooves me to hasten.
27. God had marked this woman's sin with a scarlet letter, which had such efficacy that no human sympathy could reach her, save it were sinful like herself.
28. I rejoice to stand here no longer, to be looked at as though I had seven heads and ten horns.
29. He should neither praise nor blame nor defend his equals.
30. There was no iron to be seen, nor did they appear acquainted with its properties; for they unguardedly took a drawn sword by the edge, when it was presented to them.
305. The word _preposition_ implies _place before_: hence it would seem that a preposition is always _before_ its object. It may be so in the majority of cases, but in a considerable proportion of instances the preposition is _after_ its object.
This occurs in such cases as the following:--
[Sidenote: Preposition not before its object.]
(1) _After a relative pronoun_, a very common occurrence; thus,--
The most dismal Christmas fun _which_ these eyes ever looked _on_.--THACKERAY.
An ancient nation _which_ they know nothing _of_.--EMERSON.