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as they touched the bank. But the brave Horatius, his
wound retarding him (for he had been wounded in the
last contest) could not run back in time, and so was left
alone, the enemy pressing on him in front, and the river
- which was fully fifty yards broad - surging and foaming behind. One moment he paused, and offered up a
prayer; then leaped into the stream. Romans and Tuscan, all alike, eagerly watched the brave swimmer,
swimming a strong stroke, wounded though he was: and
Porsena cried aloud that he was worth twelve ordinary
lives, and prayed that he might live and fight many
another battle. One minute he seemed to be sinking, but
the next lie rose, and at last, weary and faint, he reached
the shore. From that time all the Romans paid HIoratius
due respect, and bestowed gifts upon him, and set up his
statue in the market-place, an honor rarely bestowed on
any Roman citizen.
EXERCISE XXV.
Parse the italicized words in145 A great battle was raging between the birds and the
beasts: it had lasted all dna/, and was not yet decided.
Not a bird or beast but* had taken one side or other in
the battle - all 1 but the bat. She alone, the cowardly
creature, would take no part with either side. In vain
the eagle, the general of the birds, being hard pressed
by his enemies the beasts, sent her his commands by the
swallow to join the army of the birds. " How can you
give me the name of bird?" she replied; " what bird
has teeth as I have? " Soon afterwards the lion, the
king of tile beasts, finding the battle going against him,
1 "All" is in apposition with a Subject understood. It is as
though the sentence had run, " the birds and beasts had all taken
sides in the battle, all but the bat; " andt "all " is an Adjective used
as a Noun, and in apposition with "birds and beasts," implied from
the preceding sentence.