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...ACQUAINTANCES. "In listening moodjshe seemed to stand, The guardian Naia'd of the strand. • • • • • A foot more light, a step more true, Ne'er from the heath-flower dashed the dew.** Scott (' The Lady of tlie Laic "). "Sic a wife as Willie had, I would na gie a button...

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...phrase may follow its noun ; as, 1. The man, innocent of the offense, boldly faced his accuser. 2. "A foot more light, a step more true, Ne'er from the heath-flower dashed the dew." 577. Two or more connected adjectives may follow the noun which they modify, and,...

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...from the Lady of the Lake: A foot more light, a step more true, Ne'er from the heath flower dashed the dew; E'en the slight harebell raised its head, Elastic from her airy tread. He paid full homage to the genius of Scott ; but in Burns, the peasant bard of Scotland, crowned of...

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...Nymph, a Naiad, or a Grace, Of finer form, or lovelier face. — Lady of the Lake, Canto i. FOOTSTEP. A foot more light, a step more true, Ne'er from the heath-flower dashed the dew. Ev'n the slight harebell raised its head, Elastic from her airy tread. — Ibid. COURAGE....