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Rose Bowl Posted 16 years ago
Grammar
Is this a personification?
All these things, and a thousand like them, came to pass in
and close upon the dear old year one thousand seven hundred
and seventy-five.
I think came to pass in means came to happen in the year... but what is perplexing is the bolded part, it seems to be a personification, which is weird since the beginning of the sentence is normal and it is cut off by the bolded part creating a discontinuity in the sentence.
and close upon the dear old year one thousand seven hundred
and seventy-five.
I think came to pass in means came to happen in the year... but what is perplexing is the bolded part, it seems to be a personification, which is weird since the beginning of the sentence is normal and it is cut off by the bolded part creating a discontinuity in the sentence.
Top answer
"came to pass" means what you say. I read "close upon" ("close" to rhyme with "dose") as meaning "near to". So, he's talking about the things that happened in and around that year.
- "came to pass" means what you say.
- I read "close upon" ("close" to rhyme with "dose") as meaning "near to".
- So, he's talking about the things that happened in and around that year.
- "dear old" means that the author is remembering the year with affection -- or it could possibly be ironic.
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"came to pass" means what you say. I read "close upon" ("close" to rhyme with "dose") as meaning "near to". So, he's talking about the things that happened in and around that year.
"dear old" means that the author is remembering the year with affection -- or it could possibly be ironic.
"dear old" means that the author is remembering the year with affection -- or it could possibly be ironic.
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