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492. Our zeal should be according to knowledge.

According to knowledge is the complement, or, more strictly, an enlargement of the complement zeal (understood).

493. Thou, having more than much, yet seekest more= thou having more than much [is much], yet (= still) seekest more.

Than introduces an adv. sent. of manner (comparison).

494. You shall not repent you of requiting the good deed received of the stranger knight.

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Subject.
Predicate.
Indirect object.

of requiting the good deed received of the stranger knight

you (to yourself)

not

Indirect object.
Extension.

Received of the stranger knight is an enlargement of deed.

495. 'Tis distance lends enchantment to the view = it is distance [which] lends enchantment to the view.

Which introduces an adj. sent. to it: to the view is indirect object to lends.

496. How cruel of you to keep us up so late this morning.

To keep us up so late this morning

[Is] how cruel of you

497. Alas for the rarity

Of Christian charity

Under the sun!

Subject.
Predicate.

The subject and predicate are understood, viz. [I mourn].

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498. All honour to those who try all honour [be given] to those [persons] who try; or, [you give] all honour to those [persons] who try.

499. Against chained prisoners what need defence be sought?

Subj.
Pred.

Extens.

500. One of us two shall die.

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The subject is person (understood); one and of us are enlargements of the subject. This is called the partitive construction.

501. I had better go.

In analysing this, we may change had to would, the predicate then

being would go, and better being an extension: or, we may regard had better go as a compound predicate. Similar phrases are I had rather, I had as lief, I had as soon. See Manual of Parsing, p. 130.

502. None but the brave deserve the fair.

(1) But the brave may be treated as an enlargement of the subject none (no men). (2) But may be treated as a conjunction introducing an advers. co-ord. sent., None deserve the fair but the brave [deserve the fair].

503. Sweet father, leave to weep.

To weep (weeping) is the direct object of the predicate leave.

504. Where'er her soul be, thou (her body) shalt stay with me. The sentence in italics is an adv. sent. of cause (concession).

505. As for the diamond, it shall be yours.

As for is elliptical for as [the case stands] for.
adv. sent. of manner.

As introduces an

506. If it were done when 'tis done, then it were well it

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507. O that we might as well return as go we might as well return as [we] go.

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That introduces a noun sent. ; as well is an extension of manner to might return; as introduces an adv. sent. of manner (comparison).

508. I must speak him fair.

(1) Fair may be treated as an adj. qualifying things understood; it is then an enlargement of the direct object. (2) Fair may be treated as equivalent to fairly, and put as an extension of Him, in either case, is the indirect object.

manner.

509. Our lots are cast, I fear me I fear [to] me (i.e., myself) [that] our lots are cast.

510. I must not speak otherwise than truly speak otherwise than [I must speak] truly.

511. Downward they move, a melancholy band.

= I must not

The phrase in italics is in apposition with they, and thus forms an enlargement of the subject.

512. The words went into his heart till that he knew where

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513. I never sleep soundly but when I am at sermon or prayers.

But when is elliptical for (1) but [I sleep soundly] when, or, (2) but (= except) [it be] when. In the former case, but introduces an advers. co-ord. sent.; in the latter case, but introduces an adv. sent. of cause (concession). When introduces an adv. sent. of time.

514. He walked straight his own wild road, whither it led him.

The phrase in italics is an extension (place) of the predicate walked: [along] his own wild road. Some make road the cognate objective and so put it as the object. Whither introduces an adv. sent. of place.

515. A dungeon horrible on all sides round As one great furnace flamed = a dungeon horrible on all sides round flamed as one great furnace [flames].

516. Up they rose as vigorous as the sun = they rose up as vigorous as the sun [is vigorous].

517. War and the chase engross the savage whole.

Whole (wholly) is an extension (degree) of the predicate engross.

518. On three legs upborne they stood.

Upborne may be treated as (1) an extension of manner, or (2) the complement of stood, the predicate in the latter case, being stood upborne.

519. So spake the apostate angel, though in pain tato angel spake so, though [he was] in pain.

520. To do aught good never will be our task,
But ever to do ill our sole delight,

As being the contrary to his high will
Whom we resist.

the apos

The ellipsis in the third line may be supplied as follows: (1) As

[an act] being the contrary to his high will [would be our sole delight]; or, (2) As [it is an act] being contrary to his high will. In the former case, as introduces an adv. sent. of manner (comparison); in the latter case, as introduces an adv. sent. of cause (reason). Whom we resist is an adj. sent. to his (= of him).

521. Thou knowest my praise of nature most sincere knowest my praise of nature [to be] most sincere [praise].

To be most sincere praise is the indirect object.

522. The rosy-footed May steals blushing on.

Blushing on is the extension.

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thou

523. Thither let us tend from off the tossing of these fiery

waves.

(1) From may be made to govern position understood: from off... waves, is then an enlargement of the indirect object [to] tend. (2) From off may be taken as an inversion of off from; off then modifies [to] tend, and from the tossing of these fiery waves also modifies [to] tend.

524. Sound needed none, nor any voice of joy.

Needed is intransitive, being equivalent to was necessary; none is an enlargement of the subject sound (no sound was necessary).

525. His triangles-they were the stars of heaven, the silent stars.

They is redundant in analysing, it may be treated as an enlargement of the subject triangles, with which it is in apposition.

526. Him should he meet, the bellowing war begins.

The sentence in italics is an adv. sent. of cause (condition), if being understood.

527.

And the plain ox,

That harmless, honest, guileless animal,

In what has he offended?

In what is an extension (manner) of the predicate has offended.

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528. That proud honour claimed Azazel as his right claimed that proud honour as [he would claim] his right

529. His calling laid aside, he lived at ease.

Azazel

The phrase in italics is an extension, calling being in the nominative absolute.

530. It seemed she loved him.

The sent. in italics is a noun sent. in apposition with it, the subject of seemed.

531. We parted nothing willingly.

Nothing (by no means) modifies the extension willingly.

532. Gradual sinks the breeze into a perfect calm.

Gradual (= gradually) is an extension (manner) of the predicate sinks.

533.

Plain his garb;

Such as might suit a rustic Sire, prepared

For sabbath duties.

This is equivalent to: His garb [was] plain; [his garb was] such [a garb] as [the garb is which] might suit a rustic Sire, prepared for sabbath duties.

534.

But who can paint

Like Nature? Can imagination boast,
Amid its gay creation, hues like hers?

Like Nature is an extension (manner) of the predicate can paint: like hers is an enlargement of the object hues.

535. It was not fit to let such a project as this be quite lost it, viz., to let such a project as this [project was] be quite lost, was not fit.

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536. What recks it them? =

[in] what [degree].

Recks is used impersonally.

it recks (i.e., matters to) them

537. Speaking generally, the ship was manned by foreign sailors.

This may be expanded into: [If we were] speaking generally, [we would say that] the ship was manned by foreign sailors: or, speaking generally may be treated as a kind of extension.

538. Out of my doors, base slave != [O] base slave, [thou go] out of my doors.

539. Out upon him, what a suitor have I got! upon him, [for] I have got what a suitor.

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[I cry] out

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