In the following sentences the adjectives are printed in _italics_.
Study them carefully and determine which are qualifying and which are
limiting adjectives. Note that the possessive nouns and possessive
pronouns are _not_ adjectives. _Its_ in the phrases _its cruel fangs_
and _its savage claws_, is a possessive pronoun, third person singular.
In the last sentence _beggar's_, _miser's_, and _Ingersoll's_, are nouns
in the possessive form.
_This terrible_ war in Europe is slaughtering _the_ working-class.
_Gaunt_ famine follows war.
A _docile_, _meek_, _humble_, working-class makes war _possible_.
_The shrieking_ shell snarls like a _living_ thing; like _some wild_
beast in _ferocious_ glee it thrusts its _cruel_ fangs in earth and
rock and rends _living_ flesh with its _savage_ claws.
Its _fetid_ breath of _poison_ powder scorches in _the autumn_ winds.
_Shattered_ bones, _torn_ flesh and _flowing_ blood were mingled on
_the_ battlefield with _broken_ swords and _split_ rifles.
_The best modern_ rifles will force _a_ bullet through _five human_
bodies at _a_ range of _twelve hundred_ feet.
_The pitiful_ dead, _slain_ in war, sleep under _the solemn_ pines,
_the sad_ hemlock, _the tearful_ willow and _the embracing_ vines.
A world without _the_ beggar's _outstretched_ palm, _the_ miser's
_heartless_ _stony_ stare, _the piteous_ wail of want, _the livid_
lips of lies, _the cruel_ eyes of scorn, was Ingersoll's vision of
_the_ future.