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Par. 340.] ADVERBIAL PJIRASES. 20

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notion of unity, and of the Plural where the notion
of plurality, is the more prominent -
(9) " There goes " (unity) " a pair that only spoil
(mutual action necessarily implying plurality)
"one another."
(10) " The stork-assembly meets " (unity) " for many
a day.
Consulting deep and various " (notion of plurality introduced) " ere t/wi, takce
Their arduous voyage through the liquid sky."
ADVERBIAL PHRASES.
I. The Uses of Nouns.
340 The Object is used (see Par. 129) to denote
extent, distance, dueration, or point of time:
(1) "A shiort distance from the towvn was a small
stream."
(2) " One summer's day I was wvalking in the
country."
(3) "I shall expect you this dayq" (point of time)
three months " (distance or interval of time.)2
(4) "1 saw himi five eiays ago."1 3
(5) le bathles sionmer and winter."
Only a few unasoal Idioms are mentioned here. Far the more
ordinary idioms, time reader is referred to Par. 127-131.
2 In Old Englishi (Layanion 1. 344), a preposlitin "1 on " or "1in"
would be insertel before ' niontls."
3In Old Eniglislh. ' (lays" was sometimes made the Subject in a
Parenthesis: "1 I saw lidni. gone is filee (lays," " ago " being for
"1agone," the Passive Participle of "go."