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A Frog he would a-wooing go, _Heigho, says_ ROWLEY! Whether his Mother would let him or no. _With a rowley-powley, gammon and spinach_, _Heigho, says_ ANTHONY ROWLEY! So off he set with his opera-hat, _Heigho, says_ ROWLEY! And on his way he met with a Rat.
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used to make a suggestion or a command including the speaker
From this reading “Whether his Mother would let him or no.”
used to introduce two or more possibilities
From this reading “Whether his Mother would let him or no.”
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading “A Frog he would a-wooing go, _Heigho, says_ ROWLEY!”
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used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading A Frog he would a-wooing go, _Heigho, says_ ROWLEY!
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From this reading A Frog he would a-wooing go, _Heigho, says_ ROWLEY!
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading _With a rowley-powley, gammon and spinach_, _Heigho, says_ ANTHONY ROWLEY!
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From this reading _With a rowley-powley, gammon and spinach_, _Heigho, says_ ANTHONY ROWLEY!
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From this reading A Frog he would a-wooing go, _Heigho, says_ ROWLEY!
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From this reading _With a rowley-powley, gammon and spinach_, _Heigho, says_ ANTHONY ROWLEY!
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From this reading A Frog he would a-wooing go, _Heigho, says_ ROWLEY!
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading A Frog he would a-wooing go, _Heigho, says_ ROWLEY!
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From this reading A Frog he would a-wooing go, _Heigho, says_ ROWLEY!
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Whether his Mother would let him or no.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Whether his Mother would let him or no.
used to make a suggestion or a command including the speaker
From this reading Whether his Mother would let him or no.
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From this reading And on his way he met with a Rat.
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From this reading Whether his Mother would let him or no.
not any; not one
From this reading Whether his Mother would let him or no.
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From this reading So off he set with his opera-hat, _Heigho, says_ ROWLEY!
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading And on his way he met with a Rat.
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From this reading So off he set with his opera-hat, _Heigho, says_ ROWLEY!
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading Whether his Mother would let him or no.
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From this reading And on his way he met with a Rat.
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From this reading A Frog he would a-wooing go, _Heigho, says_ ROWLEY!
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From this reading _With a rowley-powley, gammon and spinach_, _Heigho, says_ ANTHONY ROWLEY!
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From this reading A Frog he would a-wooing go, _Heigho, says_ ROWLEY!
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From this reading So off he set with his opera-hat, _Heigho, says_ ROWLEY!
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading So off he set with his opera-hat, _Heigho, says_ ROWLEY!
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From this reading _With a rowley-powley, gammon and spinach_, _Heigho, says_ ANTHONY ROWLEY!
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From this reading And on his way he met with a Rat.
used to introduce two or more possibilities
From this reading Whether his Mother would let him or no.
in the company of; together with
From this reading _With a rowley-powley, gammon and spinach_, _Heigho, says_ ANTHONY ROWLEY!
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading A Frog he would a-wooing go, _Heigho, says_ ROWLEY!
