No. 7.] OM NOGLE VERBALFORMER I ENGELSK. > 
levende og fremkalde tanken på en virksomhed, medens de uom- 
skrevne tider mere fremmaner et størknet billede, så at si gir 
et stykke .stillleben". — Således ved beskrivelser af malerier 
og billedhuggerverker eller gjengivelser af gangen i bøger, som 
i følgende eks. fra Shelley under beskrivelsen af nogle græske 
relieffer : 
The lady is lying on a couch, supported by å 
young woman, and looking extremely exhausted; 
her dishevelled hair is floating about her shoul- 
der (Ess. 143). — To the left of the couch å 
nurse is sitting on the ground (ib. 144). — An 
old man is standing beside him (ib. 145). 
Derimod i den samme beskrivelse: 
At the side of the couch sus å Woman as in 
grief (ib. 144). — Ligeså: The shades darken 
and gather as the catastrophe approaches (ib. 
360, om indholdet af en roman). 
Undertiden forenes begge udtryksmåder, f. eks.: 
One represents Agave ...; å second has å 
spear . . .; another dances with mad voluptuous- 
ness; the fourth is beating å kind of tambourine 
(ib. 142). 
Det samme findes også ved fremstillingen af andre situa- 
tioner, hvor ligeledes begge udtryksmåder findes forenede, f. eks.: 
The moon halts opposite to the window at which 
I sit (Bulw. K. Chillingly IV, 80; Tauchn.). — 
Reuben Grieve sat at the door of the farmhouse, 
his pipe in his hand, a ,good book* on his knee. 
Beyond the wall which bounded the farmyard 
he could hear occasional voices. The children 
were sitting there he supposed. (Humphrey Ward, 
David Grieve, I, 46; Tauchn). 
I dette sidste eksempel er den forskjellige udtryksmåde an- 
vendt med megen kunst. Reuben sidder der ubevægelig, uden 
