I avoided a vast artificial hole somebody had been digging on the slope, the purpose of which I found it impossible to
divine. It wasn't a quarry or a sandpit, anyhow. It was just a
hole. It might have been connected with the philanthropic
desire of giving the criminals something to do. I don't
know.

But, in a larger sense, we cannot dedicate – we cannot consecrate – we cannot hallow this ground. the brave men, living and dead, who struggled here have consecrated it, far above our poor power to add or detract. which point is lincoln trying to make? people cannot build upon the land, because it is considered sacred. it is up to the people to mark the importance of the land. because so many people died, the land cannot be considered sacred. the sacrifices of the soldiers have already made the land sacred.

It was said that my new york license plates would arouse interest and perhaps questions, since they were the only outward identifying marks i had. and so they did – perhaps twenty or thirty times in the whole trip. but such contacts followed an invariable pattern, somewhat as follows: local man: “new york, huh? ” me: "yep." local man: “i was there in nineteen thirty-eight – or was it thirty-nine? alice, was it thirty-eight or thirty-nine we went to new york? " alice: "it was thirty-six. i remember because it was the year alfred died.” local man: "anyway, i hated it. wouldn't live there if you paid me.” what is the purpose of this conversation in travels with charley? to show that most people in the united states hate new york to show that most people in the united states visit new york to show that most people do not treat the author differently because he is from new york to show that being from new york disrupts the author’s relationships with the people he meets

Dor elegante paulo leminski um homem com uma dor é muito mais elegante caminha assim de lado como se chegando atrasado chegasse mais adiante […] disponível em: . acesso em: 19 out. 2014. (fragmento) as orações subordinadas reduzidas podem, dependendo do contexto, estabelecer mais de uma relação de sentido com a oração principal. no fragmento do poema de leminski, a utilização de uma oração reduzida, “chegando atrasado”, no penúltimo verso,