Chapter III · The Editor of the Past

used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one

From this reading _Proprietary rights--Proprietary wrongs--Exclusive rights--The “leaders” of a party--The fossil editor--The man and the dog and the boar--An unpublished history--The newspaper hoax--A premature obituary notice--The accommodating surgeon--A matter of business--The death of Mr. Robinson--The quid pro quo_’.

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From this reading IT is only within the past few years that the Editor has obtained public recognition as a personality; previously his personality was merged in the proprietor, and when his efforts were successful in keeping a Corporation from making fools of themselves--this is assuming an extreme case of success--or in exposing some attempted fraud that would have ruined thousands of people, he was compelled to accept his reward through the person of the proprietor.

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From this reading _Proprietary rights--Proprietary wrongs--Exclusive rights--The “leaders” of a party--The fossil editor--The man and the dog and the boar--An unpublished history--The newspaper hoax--A premature obituary notice--The accommodating surgeon--A matter of business--The death of Mr. Robinson--The quid pro quo_’.

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From this reading They have been granted the dubious honour of knighthood; and the public have discovered that the brains which have dictated a policy that has influenced the destinies of a Ministry, may be entrusted with the consideration of sewage and main drainage questions on a Town Council, or with the question of the relative degrees of culpability of a man who jumps upon his wife’s face and is fined ten shillings, and the boy who steals a raw turnip and is sent to a reformatory for five years--a period quite insufficient for the adequate digestion of that comestible, which it would appear boys are ready to sacrifice years of their liberty to obtain.

the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound

From this reading _Proprietary rights--Proprietary wrongs--Exclusive rights--The “leaders” of a party--The fossil editor--The man and the dog and the boar--An unpublished history--The newspaper hoax--A premature obituary notice--The accommodating surgeon--A matter of business--The death of Mr. Robinson--The quid pro quo_’.

used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together

From this reading _Proprietary rights--Proprietary wrongs--Exclusive rights--The “leaders” of a party--The fossil editor--The man and the dog and the boar--An unpublished history--The newspaper hoax--A premature obituary notice--The accommodating surgeon--A matter of business--The death of Mr. Robinson--The quid pro quo_’.

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From this reading They have been granted the dubious honour of knighthood; and the public have discovered that the brains which have dictated a policy that has influenced the destinies of a Ministry, may be entrusted with the consideration of sewage and main drainage questions on a Town Council, or with the question of the relative degrees of culpability of a man who jumps upon his wife’s face and is fined ten shillings, and the boy who steals a raw turnip and is sent to a reformatory for five years--a period quite insufficient for the adequate digestion of that comestible, which it would appear boys are ready to sacrifice years of their liberty to obtain.

the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun

From this reading They have been granted the dubious honour of knighthood; and the public have discovered that the brains which have dictated a policy that has influenced the destinies of a Ministry, may be entrusted with the consideration of sewage and main drainage questions on a Town Council, or with the question of the relative degrees of culpability of a man who jumps upon his wife’s face and is fined ten shillings, and the boy who steals a raw turnip and is sent to a reformatory for five years--a period quite insufficient for the adequate digestion of that comestible, which it would appear boys are ready to sacrifice years of their liberty to obtain.

at the same time that; because; in the way that

From this reading IT is only within the past few years that the Editor has obtained public recognition as a personality; previously his personality was merged in the proprietor, and when his efforts were successful in keeping a Corporation from making fools of themselves--this is assuming an extreme case of success--or in exposing some attempted fraud that would have ruined thousands of people, he was compelled to accept his reward through the person of the proprietor.

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From this reading IT is only within the past few years that the Editor has obtained public recognition as a personality; previously his personality was merged in the proprietor, and when his efforts were successful in keeping a Corporation from making fools of themselves--this is assuming an extreme case of success--or in exposing some attempted fraud that would have ruined thousands of people, he was compelled to accept his reward through the person of the proprietor.

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From this reading IT is only within the past few years that the Editor has obtained public recognition as a personality; previously his personality was merged in the proprietor, and when his efforts were successful in keeping a Corporation from making fools of themselves--this is assuming an extreme case of success--or in exposing some attempted fraud that would have ruined thousands of people, he was compelled to accept his reward through the person of the proprietor.

used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses

From this reading They have been granted the dubious honour of knighthood; and the public have discovered that the brains which have dictated a policy that has influenced the destinies of a Ministry, may be entrusted with the consideration of sewage and main drainage questions on a Town Council, or with the question of the relative degrees of culpability of a man who jumps upon his wife’s face and is fined ten shillings, and the boy who steals a raw turnip and is sent to a reformatory for five years--a period quite insufficient for the adequate digestion of that comestible, which it would appear boys are ready to sacrifice years of their liberty to obtain.

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From this reading The proprietor was made a J.P., and sometimes even became Mayor or Chairman of the Board of Guardians, when the editor succeeded in making the paper a power in the county.

the past participle of “be”

From this reading Latterly, however, the editors of some provincial journals have been obtaining recognition.

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From this reading _Proprietary rights--Proprietary wrongs--Exclusive rights--The “leaders” of a party--The fossil editor--The man and the dog and the boar--An unpublished history--The newspaper hoax--A premature obituary notice--The accommodating surgeon--A matter of business--The death of Mr. Robinson--The quid pro quo_’.

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From this reading The proprietor was made a J.P., and sometimes even became Mayor or Chairman of the Board of Guardians, when the editor succeeded in making the paper a power in the county.

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From this reading They have been granted the dubious honour of knighthood; and the public have discovered that the brains which have dictated a policy that has influenced the destinies of a Ministry, may be entrusted with the consideration of sewage and main drainage questions on a Town Council, or with the question of the relative degrees of culpability of a man who jumps upon his wife’s face and is fined ten shillings, and the boy who steals a raw turnip and is sent to a reformatory for five years--a period quite insufficient for the adequate digestion of that comestible, which it would appear boys are ready to sacrifice years of their liberty to obtain.

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From this reading They have been granted the dubious honour of knighthood; and the public have discovered that the brains which have dictated a policy that has influenced the destinies of a Ministry, may be entrusted with the consideration of sewage and main drainage questions on a Town Council, or with the question of the relative degrees of culpability of a man who jumps upon his wife’s face and is fined ten shillings, and the boy who steals a raw turnip and is sent to a reformatory for five years--a period quite insufficient for the adequate digestion of that comestible, which it would appear boys are ready to sacrifice years of their liberty to obtain.

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From this reading They have been granted the dubious honour of knighthood; and the public have discovered that the brains which have dictated a policy that has influenced the destinies of a Ministry, may be entrusted with the consideration of sewage and main drainage questions on a Town Council, or with the question of the relative degrees of culpability of a man who jumps upon his wife’s face and is fined ten shillings, and the boy who steals a raw turnip and is sent to a reformatory for five years--a period quite insufficient for the adequate digestion of that comestible, which it would appear boys are ready to sacrifice years of their liberty to obtain.

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From this reading _Proprietary rights--Proprietary wrongs--Exclusive rights--The “leaders” of a party--The fossil editor--The man and the dog and the boar--An unpublished history--The newspaper hoax--A premature obituary notice--The accommodating surgeon--A matter of business--The death of Mr. Robinson--The quid pro quo_’.

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From this reading IT is only within the past few years that the Editor has obtained public recognition as a personality; previously his personality was merged in the proprietor, and when his efforts were successful in keeping a Corporation from making fools of themselves--this is assuming an extreme case of success--or in exposing some attempted fraud that would have ruined thousands of people, he was compelled to accept his reward through the person of the proprietor.

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From this reading The proprietor was made a J.P., and sometimes even became Mayor or Chairman of the Board of Guardians, when the editor succeeded in making the paper a power in the county.

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From this reading They have been granted the dubious honour of knighthood; and the public have discovered that the brains which have dictated a policy that has influenced the destinies of a Ministry, may be entrusted with the consideration of sewage and main drainage questions on a Town Council, or with the question of the relative degrees of culpability of a man who jumps upon his wife’s face and is fined ten shillings, and the boy who steals a raw turnip and is sent to a reformatory for five years--a period quite insufficient for the adequate digestion of that comestible, which it would appear boys are ready to sacrifice years of their liberty to obtain.

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From this reading IT is only within the past few years that the Editor has obtained public recognition as a personality; previously his personality was merged in the proprietor, and when his efforts were successful in keeping a Corporation from making fools of themselves--this is assuming an extreme case of success--or in exposing some attempted fraud that would have ruined thousands of people, he was compelled to accept his reward through the person of the proprietor.

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From this reading They have been granted the dubious honour of knighthood; and the public have discovered that the brains which have dictated a policy that has influenced the destinies of a Ministry, may be entrusted with the consideration of sewage and main drainage questions on a Town Council, or with the question of the relative degrees of culpability of a man who jumps upon his wife’s face and is fined ten shillings, and the boy who steals a raw turnip and is sent to a reformatory for five years--a period quite insufficient for the adequate digestion of that comestible, which it would appear boys are ready to sacrifice years of their liberty to obtain.

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From this reading IT is only within the past few years that the Editor has obtained public recognition as a personality; previously his personality was merged in the proprietor, and when his efforts were successful in keeping a Corporation from making fools of themselves--this is assuming an extreme case of success--or in exposing some attempted fraud that would have ruined thousands of people, he was compelled to accept his reward through the person of the proprietor.

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading They have been granted the dubious honour of knighthood; and the public have discovered that the brains which have dictated a policy that has influenced the destinies of a Ministry, may be entrusted with the consideration of sewage and main drainage questions on a Town Council, or with the question of the relative degrees of culpability of a man who jumps upon his wife’s face and is fined ten shillings, and the boy who steals a raw turnip and is sent to a reformatory for five years--a period quite insufficient for the adequate digestion of that comestible, which it would appear boys are ready to sacrifice years of their liberty to obtain.

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From this reading The proprietor was made a J.P., and sometimes even became Mayor or Chairman of the Board of Guardians, when the editor succeeded in making the paper a power in the county.

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From this reading They have been granted the dubious honour of knighthood; and the public have discovered that the brains which have dictated a policy that has influenced the destinies of a Ministry, may be entrusted with the consideration of sewage and main drainage questions on a Town Council, or with the question of the relative degrees of culpability of a man who jumps upon his wife’s face and is fined ten shillings, and the boy who steals a raw turnip and is sent to a reformatory for five years--a period quite insufficient for the adequate digestion of that comestible, which it would appear boys are ready to sacrifice years of their liberty to obtain.

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From this reading _Proprietary rights--Proprietary wrongs--Exclusive rights--The “leaders” of a party--The fossil editor--The man and the dog and the boar--An unpublished history--The newspaper hoax--A premature obituary notice--The accommodating surgeon--A matter of business--The death of Mr. Robinson--The quid pro quo_’.

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From this reading They have been granted the dubious honour of knighthood; and the public have discovered that the brains which have dictated a policy that has influenced the destinies of a Ministry, may be entrusted with the consideration of sewage and main drainage questions on a Town Council, or with the question of the relative degrees of culpability of a man who jumps upon his wife’s face and is fined ten shillings, and the boy who steals a raw turnip and is sent to a reformatory for five years--a period quite insufficient for the adequate digestion of that comestible, which it would appear boys are ready to sacrifice years of their liberty to obtain.

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From this reading They have been granted the dubious honour of knighthood; and the public have discovered that the brains which have dictated a policy that has influenced the destinies of a Ministry, may be entrusted with the consideration of sewage and main drainage questions on a Town Council, or with the question of the relative degrees of culpability of a man who jumps upon his wife’s face and is fined ten shillings, and the boy who steals a raw turnip and is sent to a reformatory for five years--a period quite insufficient for the adequate digestion of that comestible, which it would appear boys are ready to sacrifice years of their liberty to obtain.

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From this reading They have been granted the dubious honour of knighthood; and the public have discovered that the brains which have dictated a policy that has influenced the destinies of a Ministry, may be entrusted with the consideration of sewage and main drainage questions on a Town Council, or with the question of the relative degrees of culpability of a man who jumps upon his wife’s face and is fined ten shillings, and the boy who steals a raw turnip and is sent to a reformatory for five years--a period quite insufficient for the adequate digestion of that comestible, which it would appear boys are ready to sacrifice years of their liberty to obtain.

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From this reading They have been granted the dubious honour of knighthood; and the public have discovered that the brains which have dictated a policy that has influenced the destinies of a Ministry, may be entrusted with the consideration of sewage and main drainage questions on a Town Council, or with the question of the relative degrees of culpability of a man who jumps upon his wife’s face and is fined ten shillings, and the boy who steals a raw turnip and is sent to a reformatory for five years--a period quite insufficient for the adequate digestion of that comestible, which it would appear boys are ready to sacrifice years of their liberty to obtain.

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From this reading They have been granted the dubious honour of knighthood; and the public have discovered that the brains which have dictated a policy that has influenced the destinies of a Ministry, may be entrusted with the consideration of sewage and main drainage questions on a Town Council, or with the question of the relative degrees of culpability of a man who jumps upon his wife’s face and is fined ten shillings, and the boy who steals a raw turnip and is sent to a reformatory for five years--a period quite insufficient for the adequate digestion of that comestible, which it would appear boys are ready to sacrifice years of their liberty to obtain.

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From this reading _Proprietary rights--Proprietary wrongs--Exclusive rights--The “leaders” of a party--The fossil editor--The man and the dog and the boar--An unpublished history--The newspaper hoax--A premature obituary notice--The accommodating surgeon--A matter of business--The death of Mr. Robinson--The quid pro quo_’.

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From this reading They have been granted the dubious honour of knighthood; and the public have discovered that the brains which have dictated a policy that has influenced the destinies of a Ministry, may be entrusted with the consideration of sewage and main drainage questions on a Town Council, or with the question of the relative degrees of culpability of a man who jumps upon his wife’s face and is fined ten shillings, and the boy who steals a raw turnip and is sent to a reformatory for five years--a period quite insufficient for the adequate digestion of that comestible, which it would appear boys are ready to sacrifice years of their liberty to obtain.

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From this reading They have been granted the dubious honour of knighthood; and the public have discovered that the brains which have dictated a policy that has influenced the destinies of a Ministry, may be entrusted with the consideration of sewage and main drainage questions on a Town Council, or with the question of the relative degrees of culpability of a man who jumps upon his wife’s face and is fined ten shillings, and the boy who steals a raw turnip and is sent to a reformatory for five years--a period quite insufficient for the adequate digestion of that comestible, which it would appear boys are ready to sacrifice years of their liberty to obtain.

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From this reading _Proprietary rights--Proprietary wrongs--Exclusive rights--The “leaders” of a party--The fossil editor--The man and the dog and the boar--An unpublished history--The newspaper hoax--A premature obituary notice--The accommodating surgeon--A matter of business--The death of Mr. Robinson--The quid pro quo_’.

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From this reading Latterly, however, the editors of some provincial journals have been obtaining recognition.

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From this reading IT is only within the past few years that the Editor has obtained public recognition as a personality; previously his personality was merged in the proprietor, and when his efforts were successful in keeping a Corporation from making fools of themselves--this is assuming an extreme case of success--or in exposing some attempted fraud that would have ruined thousands of people, he was compelled to accept his reward through the person of the proprietor.

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From this reading They have been granted the dubious honour of knighthood; and the public have discovered that the brains which have dictated a policy that has influenced the destinies of a Ministry, may be entrusted with the consideration of sewage and main drainage questions on a Town Council, or with the question of the relative degrees of culpability of a man who jumps upon his wife’s face and is fined ten shillings, and the boy who steals a raw turnip and is sent to a reformatory for five years--a period quite insufficient for the adequate digestion of that comestible, which it would appear boys are ready to sacrifice years of their liberty to obtain.

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading The proprietor was made a J.P., and sometimes even became Mayor or Chairman of the Board of Guardians, when the editor succeeded in making the paper a power in the county.

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From this reading _Proprietary rights--Proprietary wrongs--Exclusive rights--The “leaders” of a party--The fossil editor--The man and the dog and the boar--An unpublished history--The newspaper hoax--A premature obituary notice--The accommodating surgeon--A matter of business--The death of Mr. Robinson--The quid pro quo_’.

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From this reading IT is only within the past few years that the Editor has obtained public recognition as a personality; previously his personality was merged in the proprietor, and when his efforts were successful in keeping a Corporation from making fools of themselves--this is assuming an extreme case of success--or in exposing some attempted fraud that would have ruined thousands of people, he was compelled to accept his reward through the person of the proprietor.

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From this reading IT is only within the past few years that the Editor has obtained public recognition as a personality; previously his personality was merged in the proprietor, and when his efforts were successful in keeping a Corporation from making fools of themselves--this is assuming an extreme case of success--or in exposing some attempted fraud that would have ruined thousands of people, he was compelled to accept his reward through the person of the proprietor.

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From this reading They have been granted the dubious honour of knighthood; and the public have discovered that the brains which have dictated a policy that has influenced the destinies of a Ministry, may be entrusted with the consideration of sewage and main drainage questions on a Town Council, or with the question of the relative degrees of culpability of a man who jumps upon his wife’s face and is fined ten shillings, and the boy who steals a raw turnip and is sent to a reformatory for five years--a period quite insufficient for the adequate digestion of that comestible, which it would appear boys are ready to sacrifice years of their liberty to obtain.

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From this reading IT is only within the past few years that the Editor has obtained public recognition as a personality; previously his personality was merged in the proprietor, and when his efforts were successful in keeping a Corporation from making fools of themselves--this is assuming an extreme case of success--or in exposing some attempted fraud that would have ruined thousands of people, he was compelled to accept his reward through the person of the proprietor.

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From this reading They have been granted the dubious honour of knighthood; and the public have discovered that the brains which have dictated a policy that has influenced the destinies of a Ministry, may be entrusted with the consideration of sewage and main drainage questions on a Town Council, or with the question of the relative degrees of culpability of a man who jumps upon his wife’s face and is fined ten shillings, and the boy who steals a raw turnip and is sent to a reformatory for five years--a period quite insufficient for the adequate digestion of that comestible, which it would appear boys are ready to sacrifice years of their liberty to obtain.

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From this reading They have been granted the dubious honour of knighthood; and the public have discovered that the brains which have dictated a policy that has influenced the destinies of a Ministry, may be entrusted with the consideration of sewage and main drainage questions on a Town Council, or with the question of the relative degrees of culpability of a man who jumps upon his wife’s face and is fined ten shillings, and the boy who steals a raw turnip and is sent to a reformatory for five years--a period quite insufficient for the adequate digestion of that comestible, which it would appear boys are ready to sacrifice years of their liberty to obtain.

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From this reading IT is only within the past few years that the Editor has obtained public recognition as a personality; previously his personality was merged in the proprietor, and when his efforts were successful in keeping a Corporation from making fools of themselves--this is assuming an extreme case of success--or in exposing some attempted fraud that would have ruined thousands of people, he was compelled to accept his reward through the person of the proprietor.

intended to be given to, or used by, somebody

From this reading They have been granted the dubious honour of knighthood; and the public have discovered that the brains which have dictated a policy that has influenced the destinies of a Ministry, may be entrusted with the consideration of sewage and main drainage questions on a Town Council, or with the question of the relative degrees of culpability of a man who jumps upon his wife’s face and is fined ten shillings, and the boy who steals a raw turnip and is sent to a reformatory for five years--a period quite insufficient for the adequate digestion of that comestible, which it would appear boys are ready to sacrifice years of their liberty to obtain.

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From this reading _Proprietary rights--Proprietary wrongs--Exclusive rights--The “leaders” of a party--The fossil editor--The man and the dog and the boar--An unpublished history--The newspaper hoax--A premature obituary notice--The accommodating surgeon--A matter of business--The death of Mr. Robinson--The quid pro quo_’.

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From this reading IT is only within the past few years that the Editor has obtained public recognition as a personality; previously his personality was merged in the proprietor, and when his efforts were successful in keeping a Corporation from making fools of themselves--this is assuming an extreme case of success--or in exposing some attempted fraud that would have ruined thousands of people, he was compelled to accept his reward through the person of the proprietor.

showing where something starts, or who sent it

From this reading IT is only within the past few years that the Editor has obtained public recognition as a personality; previously his personality was merged in the proprietor, and when his efforts were successful in keeping a Corporation from making fools of themselves--this is assuming an extreme case of success--or in exposing some attempted fraud that would have ruined thousands of people, he was compelled to accept his reward through the person of the proprietor.

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From this reading They have been granted the dubious honour of knighthood; and the public have discovered that the brains which have dictated a policy that has influenced the destinies of a Ministry, may be entrusted with the consideration of sewage and main drainage questions on a Town Council, or with the question of the relative degrees of culpability of a man who jumps upon his wife’s face and is fined ten shillings, and the boy who steals a raw turnip and is sent to a reformatory for five years--a period quite insufficient for the adequate digestion of that comestible, which it would appear boys are ready to sacrifice years of their liberty to obtain.

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From this reading The proprietor was made a J.P., and sometimes even became Mayor or Chairman of the Board of Guardians, when the editor succeeded in making the paper a power in the county.

the form of “have” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun

From this reading IT is only within the past few years that the Editor has obtained public recognition as a personality; previously his personality was merged in the proprietor, and when his efforts were successful in keeping a Corporation from making fools of themselves--this is assuming an extreme case of success--or in exposing some attempted fraud that would have ruined thousands of people, he was compelled to accept his reward through the person of the proprietor.

used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses

From this reading IT is only within the past few years that the Editor has obtained public recognition as a personality; previously his personality was merged in the proprietor, and when his efforts were successful in keeping a Corporation from making fools of themselves--this is assuming an extreme case of success--or in exposing some attempted fraud that would have ruined thousands of people, he was compelled to accept his reward through the person of the proprietor.

a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject

From this reading IT is only within the past few years that the Editor has obtained public recognition as a personality; previously his personality was merged in the proprietor, and when his efforts were successful in keeping a Corporation from making fools of themselves--this is assuming an extreme case of success--or in exposing some attempted fraud that would have ruined thousands of people, he was compelled to accept his reward through the person of the proprietor.

belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned

From this reading IT is only within the past few years that the Editor has obtained public recognition as a personality; previously his personality was merged in the proprietor, and when his efforts were successful in keeping a Corporation from making fools of themselves--this is assuming an extreme case of success--or in exposing some attempted fraud that would have ruined thousands of people, he was compelled to accept his reward through the person of the proprietor.

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From this reading _Proprietary rights--Proprietary wrongs--Exclusive rights--The “leaders” of a party--The fossil editor--The man and the dog and the boar--An unpublished history--The newspaper hoax--A premature obituary notice--The accommodating surgeon--A matter of business--The death of Mr. Robinson--The quid pro quo_’.

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From this reading _Proprietary rights--Proprietary wrongs--Exclusive rights--The “leaders” of a party--The fossil editor--The man and the dog and the boar--An unpublished history--The newspaper hoax--A premature obituary notice--The accommodating surgeon--A matter of business--The death of Mr. Robinson--The quid pro quo_’.

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From this reading They have been granted the dubious honour of knighthood; and the public have discovered that the brains which have dictated a policy that has influenced the destinies of a Ministry, may be entrusted with the consideration of sewage and main drainage questions on a Town Council, or with the question of the relative degrees of culpability of a man who jumps upon his wife’s face and is fined ten shillings, and the boy who steals a raw turnip and is sent to a reformatory for five years--a period quite insufficient for the adequate digestion of that comestible, which it would appear boys are ready to sacrifice years of their liberty to obtain.

used to add a contrasting statement

From this reading Latterly, however, the editors of some provincial journals have been obtaining recognition.

inside something, or within a place, period, or state

From this reading IT is only within the past few years that the Editor has obtained public recognition as a personality; previously his personality was merged in the proprietor, and when his efforts were successful in keeping a Corporation from making fools of themselves--this is assuming an extreme case of success--or in exposing some attempted fraud that would have ruined thousands of people, he was compelled to accept his reward through the person of the proprietor.

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From this reading They have been granted the dubious honour of knighthood; and the public have discovered that the brains which have dictated a policy that has influenced the destinies of a Ministry, may be entrusted with the consideration of sewage and main drainage questions on a Town Council, or with the question of the relative degrees of culpability of a man who jumps upon his wife’s face and is fined ten shillings, and the boy who steals a raw turnip and is sent to a reformatory for five years--a period quite insufficient for the adequate digestion of that comestible, which it would appear boys are ready to sacrifice years of their liberty to obtain.

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From this reading They have been granted the dubious honour of knighthood; and the public have discovered that the brains which have dictated a policy that has influenced the destinies of a Ministry, may be entrusted with the consideration of sewage and main drainage questions on a Town Council, or with the question of the relative degrees of culpability of a man who jumps upon his wife’s face and is fined ten shillings, and the boy who steals a raw turnip and is sent to a reformatory for five years--a period quite insufficient for the adequate digestion of that comestible, which it would appear boys are ready to sacrifice years of their liberty to obtain.

the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun

From this reading IT is only within the past few years that the Editor has obtained public recognition as a personality; previously his personality was merged in the proprietor, and when his efforts were successful in keeping a Corporation from making fools of themselves--this is assuming an extreme case of success--or in exposing some attempted fraud that would have ruined thousands of people, he was compelled to accept his reward through the person of the proprietor.

a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned

From this reading IT is only within the past few years that the Editor has obtained public recognition as a personality; previously his personality was merged in the proprietor, and when his efforts were successful in keeping a Corporation from making fools of themselves--this is assuming an extreme case of success--or in exposing some attempted fraud that would have ruined thousands of people, he was compelled to accept his reward through the person of the proprietor.

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From this reading The proprietor was made a J.P., and sometimes even became Mayor or Chairman of the Board of Guardians, when the editor succeeded in making the paper a power in the county.

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From this reading Latterly, however, the editors of some provincial journals have been obtaining recognition.

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From this reading They have been granted the dubious honour of knighthood; and the public have discovered that the brains which have dictated a policy that has influenced the destinies of a Ministry, may be entrusted with the consideration of sewage and main drainage questions on a Town Council, or with the question of the relative degrees of culpability of a man who jumps upon his wife’s face and is fined ten shillings, and the boy who steals a raw turnip and is sent to a reformatory for five years--a period quite insufficient for the adequate digestion of that comestible, which it would appear boys are ready to sacrifice years of their liberty to obtain.

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From this reading IT is only within the past few years that the Editor has obtained public recognition as a personality; previously his personality was merged in the proprietor, and when his efforts were successful in keeping a Corporation from making fools of themselves--this is assuming an extreme case of success--or in exposing some attempted fraud that would have ruined thousands of people, he was compelled to accept his reward through the person of the proprietor.

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From this reading They have been granted the dubious honour of knighthood; and the public have discovered that the brains which have dictated a policy that has influenced the destinies of a Ministry, may be entrusted with the consideration of sewage and main drainage questions on a Town Council, or with the question of the relative degrees of culpability of a man who jumps upon his wife’s face and is fined ten shillings, and the boy who steals a raw turnip and is sent to a reformatory for five years--a period quite insufficient for the adequate digestion of that comestible, which it would appear boys are ready to sacrifice years of their liberty to obtain.

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From this reading Latterly, however, the editors of some provincial journals have been obtaining recognition.

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From this reading _Proprietary rights--Proprietary wrongs--Exclusive rights--The “leaders” of a party--The fossil editor--The man and the dog and the boar--An unpublished history--The newspaper hoax--A premature obituary notice--The accommodating surgeon--A matter of business--The death of Mr. Robinson--The quid pro quo_’.

The state of being free within society from oppressive restrictions on one's way of life.

From this reading They have been granted the dubious honour of knighthood; and the public have discovered that the brains which have dictated a policy that has influenced the destinies of a Ministry, may be entrusted with the consideration of sewage and main drainage questions on a Town Council, or with the question of the relative degrees of culpability of a man who jumps upon his wife’s face and is fined ten shillings, and the boy who steals a raw turnip and is sent to a reformatory for five years--a period quite insufficient for the adequate digestion of that comestible, which it would appear boys are ready to sacrifice years of their liberty to obtain.

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From this reading The proprietor was made a J.P., and sometimes even became Mayor or Chairman of the Board of Guardians, when the editor succeeded in making the paper a power in the county.

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From this reading They have been granted the dubious honour of knighthood; and the public have discovered that the brains which have dictated a policy that has influenced the destinies of a Ministry, may be entrusted with the consideration of sewage and main drainage questions on a Town Council, or with the question of the relative degrees of culpability of a man who jumps upon his wife’s face and is fined ten shillings, and the boy who steals a raw turnip and is sent to a reformatory for five years--a period quite insufficient for the adequate digestion of that comestible, which it would appear boys are ready to sacrifice years of their liberty to obtain.

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From this reading IT is only within the past few years that the Editor has obtained public recognition as a personality; previously his personality was merged in the proprietor, and when his efforts were successful in keeping a Corporation from making fools of themselves--this is assuming an extreme case of success--or in exposing some attempted fraud that would have ruined thousands of people, he was compelled to accept his reward through the person of the proprietor.

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From this reading _Proprietary rights--Proprietary wrongs--Exclusive rights--The “leaders” of a party--The fossil editor--The man and the dog and the boar--An unpublished history--The newspaper hoax--A premature obituary notice--The accommodating surgeon--A matter of business--The death of Mr. Robinson--The quid pro quo_’.

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From this reading _Proprietary rights--Proprietary wrongs--Exclusive rights--The “leaders” of a party--The fossil editor--The man and the dog and the boar--An unpublished history--The newspaper hoax--A premature obituary notice--The accommodating surgeon--A matter of business--The death of Mr. Robinson--The quid pro quo_’.

used to say something is possible, or to give permission

From this reading They have been granted the dubious honour of knighthood; and the public have discovered that the brains which have dictated a policy that has influenced the destinies of a Ministry, may be entrusted with the consideration of sewage and main drainage questions on a Town Council, or with the question of the relative degrees of culpability of a man who jumps upon his wife’s face and is fined ten shillings, and the boy who steals a raw turnip and is sent to a reformatory for five years--a period quite insufficient for the adequate digestion of that comestible, which it would appear boys are ready to sacrifice years of their liberty to obtain.

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From this reading The proprietor was made a J.P., and sometimes even became Mayor or Chairman of the Board of Guardians, when the editor succeeded in making the paper a power in the county.

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From this reading IT is only within the past few years that the Editor has obtained public recognition as a personality; previously his personality was merged in the proprietor, and when his efforts were successful in keeping a Corporation from making fools of themselves--this is assuming an extreme case of success--or in exposing some attempted fraud that would have ruined thousands of people, he was compelled to accept his reward through the person of the proprietor.

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From this reading They have been granted the dubious honour of knighthood; and the public have discovered that the brains which have dictated a policy that has influenced the destinies of a Ministry, may be entrusted with the consideration of sewage and main drainage questions on a Town Council, or with the question of the relative degrees of culpability of a man who jumps upon his wife’s face and is fined ten shillings, and the boy who steals a raw turnip and is sent to a reformatory for five years--a period quite insufficient for the adequate digestion of that comestible, which it would appear boys are ready to sacrifice years of their liberty to obtain.

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From this reading _Proprietary rights--Proprietary wrongs--Exclusive rights--The “leaders” of a party--The fossil editor--The man and the dog and the boar--An unpublished history--The newspaper hoax--A premature obituary notice--The accommodating surgeon--A matter of business--The death of Mr. Robinson--The quid pro quo_’.

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From this reading _Proprietary rights--Proprietary wrongs--Exclusive rights--The “leaders” of a party--The fossil editor--The man and the dog and the boar--An unpublished history--The newspaper hoax--A premature obituary notice--The accommodating surgeon--A matter of business--The death of Mr. Robinson--The quid pro quo_’.

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From this reading _Proprietary rights--Proprietary wrongs--Exclusive rights--The “leaders” of a party--The fossil editor--The man and the dog and the boar--An unpublished history--The newspaper hoax--A premature obituary notice--The accommodating surgeon--A matter of business--The death of Mr. Robinson--The quid pro quo_’.

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From this reading _Proprietary rights--Proprietary wrongs--Exclusive rights--The “leaders” of a party--The fossil editor--The man and the dog and the boar--An unpublished history--The newspaper hoax--A premature obituary notice--The accommodating surgeon--A matter of business--The death of Mr. Robinson--The quid pro quo_’.

to get something, especially through effort

From this reading They have been granted the dubious honour of knighthood; and the public have discovered that the brains which have dictated a policy that has influenced the destinies of a Ministry, may be entrusted with the consideration of sewage and main drainage questions on a Town Council, or with the question of the relative degrees of culpability of a man who jumps upon his wife’s face and is fined ten shillings, and the boy who steals a raw turnip and is sent to a reformatory for five years--a period quite insufficient for the adequate digestion of that comestible, which it would appear boys are ready to sacrifice years of their liberty to obtain.

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From this reading IT is only within the past few years that the Editor has obtained public recognition as a personality; previously his personality was merged in the proprietor, and when his efforts were successful in keeping a Corporation from making fools of themselves--this is assuming an extreme case of success--or in exposing some attempted fraud that would have ruined thousands of people, he was compelled to accept his reward through the person of the proprietor.

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From this reading Latterly, however, the editors of some provincial journals have been obtaining recognition.

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

From this reading _Proprietary rights--Proprietary wrongs--Exclusive rights--The “leaders” of a party--The fossil editor--The man and the dog and the boar--An unpublished history--The newspaper hoax--A premature obituary notice--The accommodating surgeon--A matter of business--The death of Mr. Robinson--The quid pro quo_’.

touching and supported by a surface

From this reading They have been granted the dubious honour of knighthood; and the public have discovered that the brains which have dictated a policy that has influenced the destinies of a Ministry, may be entrusted with the consideration of sewage and main drainage questions on a Town Council, or with the question of the relative degrees of culpability of a man who jumps upon his wife’s face and is fined ten shillings, and the boy who steals a raw turnip and is sent to a reformatory for five years--a period quite insufficient for the adequate digestion of that comestible, which it would appear boys are ready to sacrifice years of their liberty to obtain.

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From this reading IT is only within the past few years that the Editor has obtained public recognition as a personality; previously his personality was merged in the proprietor, and when his efforts were successful in keeping a Corporation from making fools of themselves--this is assuming an extreme case of success--or in exposing some attempted fraud that would have ruined thousands of people, he was compelled to accept his reward through the person of the proprietor.

used to join alternatives or possibilities

From this reading IT is only within the past few years that the Editor has obtained public recognition as a personality; previously his personality was merged in the proprietor, and when his efforts were successful in keeping a Corporation from making fools of themselves--this is assuming an extreme case of success--or in exposing some attempted fraud that would have ruined thousands of people, he was compelled to accept his reward through the person of the proprietor.

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From this reading The proprietor was made a J.P., and sometimes even became Mayor or Chairman of the Board of Guardians, when the editor succeeded in making the paper a power in the county.

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From this reading The proprietor was made a J.P., and sometimes even became Mayor or Chairman of the Board of Guardians, when the editor succeeded in making the paper a power in the county.

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading _Proprietary rights--Proprietary wrongs--Exclusive rights--The “leaders” of a party--The fossil editor--The man and the dog and the boar--An unpublished history--The newspaper hoax--A premature obituary notice--The accommodating surgeon--A matter of business--The death of Mr. Robinson--The quid pro quo_’.

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From this reading IT is only within the past few years that the Editor has obtained public recognition as a personality; previously his personality was merged in the proprietor, and when his efforts were successful in keeping a Corporation from making fools of themselves--this is assuming an extreme case of success--or in exposing some attempted fraud that would have ruined thousands of people, he was compelled to accept his reward through the person of the proprietor.

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From this reading IT is only within the past few years that the Editor has obtained public recognition as a personality; previously his personality was merged in the proprietor, and when his efforts were successful in keeping a Corporation from making fools of themselves--this is assuming an extreme case of success--or in exposing some attempted fraud that would have ruined thousands of people, he was compelled to accept his reward through the person of the proprietor.

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From this reading They have been granted the dubious honour of knighthood; and the public have discovered that the brains which have dictated a policy that has influenced the destinies of a Ministry, may be entrusted with the consideration of sewage and main drainage questions on a Town Council, or with the question of the relative degrees of culpability of a man who jumps upon his wife’s face and is fined ten shillings, and the boy who steals a raw turnip and is sent to a reformatory for five years--a period quite insufficient for the adequate digestion of that comestible, which it would appear boys are ready to sacrifice years of their liberty to obtain.

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From this reading IT is only within the past few years that the Editor has obtained public recognition as a personality; previously his personality was merged in the proprietor, and when his efforts were successful in keeping a Corporation from making fools of themselves--this is assuming an extreme case of success--or in exposing some attempted fraud that would have ruined thousands of people, he was compelled to accept his reward through the person of the proprietor.

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From this reading IT is only within the past few years that the Editor has obtained public recognition as a personality; previously his personality was merged in the proprietor, and when his efforts were successful in keeping a Corporation from making fools of themselves--this is assuming an extreme case of success--or in exposing some attempted fraud that would have ruined thousands of people, he was compelled to accept his reward through the person of the proprietor.

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From this reading They have been granted the dubious honour of knighthood; and the public have discovered that the brains which have dictated a policy that has influenced the destinies of a Ministry, may be entrusted with the consideration of sewage and main drainage questions on a Town Council, or with the question of the relative degrees of culpability of a man who jumps upon his wife’s face and is fined ten shillings, and the boy who steals a raw turnip and is sent to a reformatory for five years--a period quite insufficient for the adequate digestion of that comestible, which it would appear boys are ready to sacrifice years of their liberty to obtain.

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From this reading The proprietor was made a J.P., and sometimes even became Mayor or Chairman of the Board of Guardians, when the editor succeeded in making the paper a power in the county.

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From this reading _Proprietary rights--Proprietary wrongs--Exclusive rights--The “leaders” of a party--The fossil editor--The man and the dog and the boar--An unpublished history--The newspaper hoax--A premature obituary notice--The accommodating surgeon--A matter of business--The death of Mr. Robinson--The quid pro quo_’.

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From this reading IT is only within the past few years that the Editor has obtained public recognition as a personality; previously his personality was merged in the proprietor, and when his efforts were successful in keeping a Corporation from making fools of themselves--this is assuming an extreme case of success--or in exposing some attempted fraud that would have ruined thousands of people, he was compelled to accept his reward through the person of the proprietor.

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From this reading _Proprietary rights--Proprietary wrongs--Exclusive rights--The “leaders” of a party--The fossil editor--The man and the dog and the boar--An unpublished history--The newspaper hoax--A premature obituary notice--The accommodating surgeon--A matter of business--The death of Mr. Robinson--The quid pro quo_’.

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From this reading _Proprietary rights--Proprietary wrongs--Exclusive rights--The “leaders” of a party--The fossil editor--The man and the dog and the boar--An unpublished history--The newspaper hoax--A premature obituary notice--The accommodating surgeon--A matter of business--The death of Mr. Robinson--The quid pro quo_’.

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From this reading IT is only within the past few years that the Editor has obtained public recognition as a personality; previously his personality was merged in the proprietor, and when his efforts were successful in keeping a Corporation from making fools of themselves--this is assuming an extreme case of success--or in exposing some attempted fraud that would have ruined thousands of people, he was compelled to accept his reward through the person of the proprietor.

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From this reading Latterly, however, the editors of some provincial journals have been obtaining recognition.

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From this reading IT is only within the past few years that the Editor has obtained public recognition as a personality; previously his personality was merged in the proprietor, and when his efforts were successful in keeping a Corporation from making fools of themselves--this is assuming an extreme case of success--or in exposing some attempted fraud that would have ruined thousands of people, he was compelled to accept his reward through the person of the proprietor.

a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage

From this reading They have been granted the dubious honour of knighthood; and the public have discovered that the brains which have dictated a policy that has influenced the destinies of a Ministry, may be entrusted with the consideration of sewage and main drainage questions on a Town Council, or with the question of the relative degrees of culpability of a man who jumps upon his wife’s face and is fined ten shillings, and the boy who steals a raw turnip and is sent to a reformatory for five years--a period quite insufficient for the adequate digestion of that comestible, which it would appear boys are ready to sacrifice years of their liberty to obtain.

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From this reading They have been granted the dubious honour of knighthood; and the public have discovered that the brains which have dictated a policy that has influenced the destinies of a Ministry, may be entrusted with the consideration of sewage and main drainage questions on a Town Council, or with the question of the relative degrees of culpability of a man who jumps upon his wife’s face and is fined ten shillings, and the boy who steals a raw turnip and is sent to a reformatory for five years--a period quite insufficient for the adequate digestion of that comestible, which it would appear boys are ready to sacrifice years of their liberty to obtain.

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From this reading _Proprietary rights--Proprietary wrongs--Exclusive rights--The “leaders” of a party--The fossil editor--The man and the dog and the boar--An unpublished history--The newspaper hoax--A premature obituary notice--The accommodating surgeon--A matter of business--The death of Mr. Robinson--The quid pro quo_’.

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading They have been granted the dubious honour of knighthood; and the public have discovered that the brains which have dictated a policy that has influenced the destinies of a Ministry, may be entrusted with the consideration of sewage and main drainage questions on a Town Council, or with the question of the relative degrees of culpability of a man who jumps upon his wife’s face and is fined ten shillings, and the boy who steals a raw turnip and is sent to a reformatory for five years--a period quite insufficient for the adequate digestion of that comestible, which it would appear boys are ready to sacrifice years of their liberty to obtain.

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From this reading _Proprietary rights--Proprietary wrongs--Exclusive rights--The “leaders” of a party--The fossil editor--The man and the dog and the boar--An unpublished history--The newspaper hoax--A premature obituary notice--The accommodating surgeon--A matter of business--The death of Mr. Robinson--The quid pro quo_’.

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From this reading They have been granted the dubious honour of knighthood; and the public have discovered that the brains which have dictated a policy that has influenced the destinies of a Ministry, may be entrusted with the consideration of sewage and main drainage questions on a Town Council, or with the question of the relative degrees of culpability of a man who jumps upon his wife’s face and is fined ten shillings, and the boy who steals a raw turnip and is sent to a reformatory for five years--a period quite insufficient for the adequate digestion of that comestible, which it would appear boys are ready to sacrifice years of their liberty to obtain.

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From this reading They have been granted the dubious honour of knighthood; and the public have discovered that the brains which have dictated a policy that has influenced the destinies of a Ministry, may be entrusted with the consideration of sewage and main drainage questions on a Town Council, or with the question of the relative degrees of culpability of a man who jumps upon his wife’s face and is fined ten shillings, and the boy who steals a raw turnip and is sent to a reformatory for five years--a period quite insufficient for the adequate digestion of that comestible, which it would appear boys are ready to sacrifice years of their liberty to obtain.

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From this reading IT is only within the past few years that the Editor has obtained public recognition as a personality; previously his personality was merged in the proprietor, and when his efforts were successful in keeping a Corporation from making fools of themselves--this is assuming an extreme case of success--or in exposing some attempted fraud that would have ruined thousands of people, he was compelled to accept his reward through the person of the proprietor.

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From this reading They have been granted the dubious honour of knighthood; and the public have discovered that the brains which have dictated a policy that has influenced the destinies of a Ministry, may be entrusted with the consideration of sewage and main drainage questions on a Town Council, or with the question of the relative degrees of culpability of a man who jumps upon his wife’s face and is fined ten shillings, and the boy who steals a raw turnip and is sent to a reformatory for five years--a period quite insufficient for the adequate digestion of that comestible, which it would appear boys are ready to sacrifice years of their liberty to obtain.

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From this reading They have been granted the dubious honour of knighthood; and the public have discovered that the brains which have dictated a policy that has influenced the destinies of a Ministry, may be entrusted with the consideration of sewage and main drainage questions on a Town Council, or with the question of the relative degrees of culpability of a man who jumps upon his wife’s face and is fined ten shillings, and the boy who steals a raw turnip and is sent to a reformatory for five years--a period quite insufficient for the adequate digestion of that comestible, which it would appear boys are ready to sacrifice years of their liberty to obtain.

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From this reading IT is only within the past few years that the Editor has obtained public recognition as a personality; previously his personality was merged in the proprietor, and when his efforts were successful in keeping a Corporation from making fools of themselves--this is assuming an extreme case of success--or in exposing some attempted fraud that would have ruined thousands of people, he was compelled to accept his reward through the person of the proprietor.

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From this reading _Proprietary rights--Proprietary wrongs--Exclusive rights--The “leaders” of a party--The fossil editor--The man and the dog and the boar--An unpublished history--The newspaper hoax--A premature obituary notice--The accommodating surgeon--A matter of business--The death of Mr. Robinson--The quid pro quo_’.

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From this reading _Proprietary rights--Proprietary wrongs--Exclusive rights--The “leaders” of a party--The fossil editor--The man and the dog and the boar--An unpublished history--The newspaper hoax--A premature obituary notice--The accommodating surgeon--A matter of business--The death of Mr. Robinson--The quid pro quo_’.

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From this reading IT is only within the past few years that the Editor has obtained public recognition as a personality; previously his personality was merged in the proprietor, and when his efforts were successful in keeping a Corporation from making fools of themselves--this is assuming an extreme case of success--or in exposing some attempted fraud that would have ruined thousands of people, he was compelled to accept his reward through the person of the proprietor.

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From this reading They have been granted the dubious honour of knighthood; and the public have discovered that the brains which have dictated a policy that has influenced the destinies of a Ministry, may be entrusted with the consideration of sewage and main drainage questions on a Town Council, or with the question of the relative degrees of culpability of a man who jumps upon his wife’s face and is fined ten shillings, and the boy who steals a raw turnip and is sent to a reformatory for five years--a period quite insufficient for the adequate digestion of that comestible, which it would appear boys are ready to sacrifice years of their liberty to obtain.

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From this reading They have been granted the dubious honour of knighthood; and the public have discovered that the brains which have dictated a policy that has influenced the destinies of a Ministry, may be entrusted with the consideration of sewage and main drainage questions on a Town Council, or with the question of the relative degrees of culpability of a man who jumps upon his wife’s face and is fined ten shillings, and the boy who steals a raw turnip and is sent to a reformatory for five years--a period quite insufficient for the adequate digestion of that comestible, which it would appear boys are ready to sacrifice years of their liberty to obtain.

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From this reading They have been granted the dubious honour of knighthood; and the public have discovered that the brains which have dictated a policy that has influenced the destinies of a Ministry, may be entrusted with the consideration of sewage and main drainage questions on a Town Council, or with the question of the relative degrees of culpability of a man who jumps upon his wife’s face and is fined ten shillings, and the boy who steals a raw turnip and is sent to a reformatory for five years--a period quite insufficient for the adequate digestion of that comestible, which it would appear boys are ready to sacrifice years of their liberty to obtain.

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From this reading They have been granted the dubious honour of knighthood; and the public have discovered that the brains which have dictated a policy that has influenced the destinies of a Ministry, may be entrusted with the consideration of sewage and main drainage questions on a Town Council, or with the question of the relative degrees of culpability of a man who jumps upon his wife’s face and is fined ten shillings, and the boy who steals a raw turnip and is sent to a reformatory for five years--a period quite insufficient for the adequate digestion of that comestible, which it would appear boys are ready to sacrifice years of their liberty to obtain.

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From this reading IT is only within the past few years that the Editor has obtained public recognition as a personality; previously his personality was merged in the proprietor, and when his efforts were successful in keeping a Corporation from making fools of themselves--this is assuming an extreme case of success--or in exposing some attempted fraud that would have ruined thousands of people, he was compelled to accept his reward through the person of the proprietor.

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From this reading The proprietor was made a J.P., and sometimes even became Mayor or Chairman of the Board of Guardians, when the editor succeeded in making the paper a power in the county.

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From this reading They have been granted the dubious honour of knighthood; and the public have discovered that the brains which have dictated a policy that has influenced the destinies of a Ministry, may be entrusted with the consideration of sewage and main drainage questions on a Town Council, or with the question of the relative degrees of culpability of a man who jumps upon his wife’s face and is fined ten shillings, and the boy who steals a raw turnip and is sent to a reformatory for five years--a period quite insufficient for the adequate digestion of that comestible, which it would appear boys are ready to sacrifice years of their liberty to obtain.

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From this reading The proprietor was made a J.P., and sometimes even became Mayor or Chairman of the Board of Guardians, when the editor succeeded in making the paper a power in the county.

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From this reading IT is only within the past few years that the Editor has obtained public recognition as a personality; previously his personality was merged in the proprietor, and when his efforts were successful in keeping a Corporation from making fools of themselves--this is assuming an extreme case of success--or in exposing some attempted fraud that would have ruined thousands of people, he was compelled to accept his reward through the person of the proprietor.

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From this reading IT is only within the past few years that the Editor has obtained public recognition as a personality; previously his personality was merged in the proprietor, and when his efforts were successful in keeping a Corporation from making fools of themselves--this is assuming an extreme case of success--or in exposing some attempted fraud that would have ruined thousands of people, he was compelled to accept his reward through the person of the proprietor.

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From this reading _Proprietary rights--Proprietary wrongs--Exclusive rights--The “leaders” of a party--The fossil editor--The man and the dog and the boar--An unpublished history--The newspaper hoax--A premature obituary notice--The accommodating surgeon--A matter of business--The death of Mr. Robinson--The quid pro quo_’.

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From this reading They have been granted the dubious honour of knighthood; and the public have discovered that the brains which have dictated a policy that has influenced the destinies of a Ministry, may be entrusted with the consideration of sewage and main drainage questions on a Town Council, or with the question of the relative degrees of culpability of a man who jumps upon his wife’s face and is fined ten shillings, and the boy who steals a raw turnip and is sent to a reformatory for five years--a period quite insufficient for the adequate digestion of that comestible, which it would appear boys are ready to sacrifice years of their liberty to obtain.

used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt

From this reading IT is only within the past few years that the Editor has obtained public recognition as a personality; previously his personality was merged in the proprietor, and when his efforts were successful in keeping a Corporation from making fools of themselves--this is assuming an extreme case of success--or in exposing some attempted fraud that would have ruined thousands of people, he was compelled to accept his reward through the person of the proprietor.

used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind

From this reading _Proprietary rights--Proprietary wrongs--Exclusive rights--The “leaders” of a party--The fossil editor--The man and the dog and the boar--An unpublished history--The newspaper hoax--A premature obituary notice--The accommodating surgeon--A matter of business--The death of Mr. Robinson--The quid pro quo_’.

belonging to the people or things already mentioned

From this reading They have been granted the dubious honour of knighthood; and the public have discovered that the brains which have dictated a policy that has influenced the destinies of a Ministry, may be entrusted with the consideration of sewage and main drainage questions on a Town Council, or with the question of the relative degrees of culpability of a man who jumps upon his wife’s face and is fined ten shillings, and the boy who steals a raw turnip and is sent to a reformatory for five years--a period quite insufficient for the adequate digestion of that comestible, which it would appear boys are ready to sacrifice years of their liberty to obtain.

used when the people doing the action are also its object

From this reading IT is only within the past few years that the Editor has obtained public recognition as a personality; previously his personality was merged in the proprietor, and when his efforts were successful in keeping a Corporation from making fools of themselves--this is assuming an extreme case of success--or in exposing some attempted fraud that would have ruined thousands of people, he was compelled to accept his reward through the person of the proprietor.

the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject

From this reading They have been granted the dubious honour of knighthood; and the public have discovered that the brains which have dictated a policy that has influenced the destinies of a Ministry, may be entrusted with the consideration of sewage and main drainage questions on a Town Council, or with the question of the relative degrees of culpability of a man who jumps upon his wife’s face and is fined ten shillings, and the boy who steals a raw turnip and is sent to a reformatory for five years--a period quite insufficient for the adequate digestion of that comestible, which it would appear boys are ready to sacrifice years of their liberty to obtain.

used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned

From this reading IT is only within the past few years that the Editor has obtained public recognition as a personality; previously his personality was merged in the proprietor, and when his efforts were successful in keeping a Corporation from making fools of themselves--this is assuming an extreme case of success--or in exposing some attempted fraud that would have ruined thousands of people, he was compelled to accept his reward through the person of the proprietor.

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From this reading IT is only within the past few years that the Editor has obtained public recognition as a personality; previously his personality was merged in the proprietor, and when his efforts were successful in keeping a Corporation from making fools of themselves--this is assuming an extreme case of success--or in exposing some attempted fraud that would have ruined thousands of people, he was compelled to accept his reward through the person of the proprietor.

a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage

From this reading IT is only within the past few years that the Editor has obtained public recognition as a personality; previously his personality was merged in the proprietor, and when his efforts were successful in keeping a Corporation from making fools of themselves--this is assuming an extreme case of success--or in exposing some attempted fraud that would have ruined thousands of people, he was compelled to accept his reward through the person of the proprietor.

used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive

From this reading IT is only within the past few years that the Editor has obtained public recognition as a personality; previously his personality was merged in the proprietor, and when his efforts were successful in keeping a Corporation from making fools of themselves--this is assuming an extreme case of success--or in exposing some attempted fraud that would have ruined thousands of people, he was compelled to accept his reward through the person of the proprietor.

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From this reading They have been granted the dubious honour of knighthood; and the public have discovered that the brains which have dictated a policy that has influenced the destinies of a Ministry, may be entrusted with the consideration of sewage and main drainage questions on a Town Council, or with the question of the relative degrees of culpability of a man who jumps upon his wife’s face and is fined ten shillings, and the boy who steals a raw turnip and is sent to a reformatory for five years--a period quite insufficient for the adequate digestion of that comestible, which it would appear boys are ready to sacrifice years of their liberty to obtain.

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From this reading They have been granted the dubious honour of knighthood; and the public have discovered that the brains which have dictated a policy that has influenced the destinies of a Ministry, may be entrusted with the consideration of sewage and main drainage questions on a Town Council, or with the question of the relative degrees of culpability of a man who jumps upon his wife’s face and is fined ten shillings, and the boy who steals a raw turnip and is sent to a reformatory for five years--a period quite insufficient for the adequate digestion of that comestible, which it would appear boys are ready to sacrifice years of their liberty to obtain.

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From this reading _Proprietary rights--Proprietary wrongs--Exclusive rights--The “leaders” of a party--The fossil editor--The man and the dog and the boar--An unpublished history--The newspaper hoax--A premature obituary notice--The accommodating surgeon--A matter of business--The death of Mr. Robinson--The quid pro quo_’.

a formal word for “on”

From this reading They have been granted the dubious honour of knighthood; and the public have discovered that the brains which have dictated a policy that has influenced the destinies of a Ministry, may be entrusted with the consideration of sewage and main drainage questions on a Town Council, or with the question of the relative degrees of culpability of a man who jumps upon his wife’s face and is fined ten shillings, and the boy who steals a raw turnip and is sent to a reformatory for five years--a period quite insufficient for the adequate digestion of that comestible, which it would appear boys are ready to sacrifice years of their liberty to obtain.

the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun

From this reading IT is only within the past few years that the Editor has obtained public recognition as a personality; previously his personality was merged in the proprietor, and when his efforts were successful in keeping a Corporation from making fools of themselves--this is assuming an extreme case of success--or in exposing some attempted fraud that would have ruined thousands of people, he was compelled to accept his reward through the person of the proprietor.

the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun

From this reading IT is only within the past few years that the Editor has obtained public recognition as a personality; previously his personality was merged in the proprietor, and when his efforts were successful in keeping a Corporation from making fools of themselves--this is assuming an extreme case of success--or in exposing some attempted fraud that would have ruined thousands of people, he was compelled to accept his reward through the person of the proprietor.

at the time that

From this reading IT is only within the past few years that the Editor has obtained public recognition as a personality; previously his personality was merged in the proprietor, and when his efforts were successful in keeping a Corporation from making fools of themselves--this is assuming an extreme case of success--or in exposing some attempted fraud that would have ruined thousands of people, he was compelled to accept his reward through the person of the proprietor.

used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned

From this reading They have been granted the dubious honour of knighthood; and the public have discovered that the brains which have dictated a policy that has influenced the destinies of a Ministry, may be entrusted with the consideration of sewage and main drainage questions on a Town Council, or with the question of the relative degrees of culpability of a man who jumps upon his wife’s face and is fined ten shillings, and the boy who steals a raw turnip and is sent to a reformatory for five years--a period quite insufficient for the adequate digestion of that comestible, which it would appear boys are ready to sacrifice years of their liberty to obtain.

which person or people

From this reading They have been granted the dubious honour of knighthood; and the public have discovered that the brains which have dictated a policy that has influenced the destinies of a Ministry, may be entrusted with the consideration of sewage and main drainage questions on a Town Council, or with the question of the relative degrees of culpability of a man who jumps upon his wife’s face and is fined ten shillings, and the boy who steals a raw turnip and is sent to a reformatory for five years--a period quite insufficient for the adequate digestion of that comestible, which it would appear boys are ready to sacrifice years of their liberty to obtain.

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From this reading They have been granted the dubious honour of knighthood; and the public have discovered that the brains which have dictated a policy that has influenced the destinies of a Ministry, may be entrusted with the consideration of sewage and main drainage questions on a Town Council, or with the question of the relative degrees of culpability of a man who jumps upon his wife’s face and is fined ten shillings, and the boy who steals a raw turnip and is sent to a reformatory for five years--a period quite insufficient for the adequate digestion of that comestible, which it would appear boys are ready to sacrifice years of their liberty to obtain.

in the company of; together with

From this reading They have been granted the dubious honour of knighthood; and the public have discovered that the brains which have dictated a policy that has influenced the destinies of a Ministry, may be entrusted with the consideration of sewage and main drainage questions on a Town Council, or with the question of the relative degrees of culpability of a man who jumps upon his wife’s face and is fined ten shillings, and the boy who steals a raw turnip and is sent to a reformatory for five years--a period quite insufficient for the adequate digestion of that comestible, which it would appear boys are ready to sacrifice years of their liberty to obtain.

inside; before a period of time has passed

From this reading IT is only within the past few years that the Editor has obtained public recognition as a personality; previously his personality was merged in the proprietor, and when his efforts were successful in keeping a Corporation from making fools of themselves--this is assuming an extreme case of success--or in exposing some attempted fraud that would have ruined thousands of people, he was compelled to accept his reward through the person of the proprietor.

used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past

From this reading IT is only within the past few years that the Editor has obtained public recognition as a personality; previously his personality was merged in the proprietor, and when his efforts were successful in keeping a Corporation from making fools of themselves--this is assuming an extreme case of success--or in exposing some attempted fraud that would have ruined thousands of people, he was compelled to accept his reward through the person of the proprietor.

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From this reading _Proprietary rights--Proprietary wrongs--Exclusive rights--The “leaders” of a party--The fossil editor--The man and the dog and the boar--An unpublished history--The newspaper hoax--A premature obituary notice--The accommodating surgeon--A matter of business--The death of Mr. Robinson--The quid pro quo_’.

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From this reading IT is only within the past few years that the Editor has obtained public recognition as a personality; previously his personality was merged in the proprietor, and when his efforts were successful in keeping a Corporation from making fools of themselves--this is assuming an extreme case of success--or in exposing some attempted fraud that would have ruined thousands of people, he was compelled to accept his reward through the person of the proprietor.