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Chapter II
In so marvellous a treasure of precious things as the volumes of 1842, perhaps none is more splendid, perfect, and perdurable than the _Morte d’Arthur_. It had been written seven years earlier, and pronounced by the poet “not bad.” Tennyson was never, perhaps, a very deep Arthurian student. A little cheap copy of Malory was his companion. {39} He does not appear to have gone deeply into the French and German “literature of the subject.”
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the past participle of “be”
From this reading “It had been written seven years earlier, and pronounced by the poet “not bad.””
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading “{39} He does not appear to have gone deeply into the French and German “literature of the subject.””
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “A little cheap copy of Malory was his companion.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Tennyson was never, perhaps, a very deep Arthurian student.”
not one, and not any
From this reading “In so marvellous a treasure of precious things as the volumes of 1842, perhaps none is more splendid, perfect, and perdurable than the _Morte d’Arthur_.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “In so marvellous a treasure of precious things as the volumes of 1842, perhaps none is more splendid, perfect, and perdurable than the _Morte d’Arthur_.”
rare and worth a great deal
From this reading “In so marvellous a treasure of precious things as the volumes of 1842, perhaps none is more splendid, perfect, and perdurable than the _Morte d’Arthur_.”
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From this reading In so marvellous a treasure of precious things as the volumes of 1842, perhaps none is more splendid, perfect, and perdurable than the _Morte d’Arthur_.
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From this reading {39} He does not appear to have gone deeply into the French and German “literature of the subject.”
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading In so marvellous a treasure of precious things as the volumes of 1842, perhaps none is more splendid, perfect, and perdurable than the _Morte d’Arthur_.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading In so marvellous a treasure of precious things as the volumes of 1842, perhaps none is more splendid, perfect, and perdurable than the _Morte d’Arthur_.
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From this reading {39} He does not appear to have gone deeply into the French and German “literature of the subject.”
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From this reading Tennyson was never, perhaps, a very deep Arthurian student.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading In so marvellous a treasure of precious things as the volumes of 1842, perhaps none is more splendid, perfect, and perdurable than the _Morte d’Arthur_.
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From this reading It had been written seven years earlier, and pronounced by the poet “not bad.”
the past participle of “be”
From this reading It had been written seven years earlier, and pronounced by the poet “not bad.”
showing who or what does the action
From this reading It had been written seven years earlier, and pronounced by the poet “not bad.”
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From this reading A little cheap copy of Malory was his companion.
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From this reading A little cheap copy of Malory was his companion.
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From this reading A little cheap copy of Malory was his companion.
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From this reading In so marvellous a treasure of precious things as the volumes of 1842, perhaps none is more splendid, perfect, and perdurable than the _Morte d’Arthur_.
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From this reading Tennyson was never, perhaps, a very deep Arthurian student.
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From this reading {39} He does not appear to have gone deeply into the French and German “literature of the subject.”
the form of “do” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading {39} He does not appear to have gone deeply into the French and German “literature of the subject.”
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From this reading It had been written seven years earlier, and pronounced by the poet “not bad.”
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From this reading {39} He does not appear to have gone deeply into the French and German “literature of the subject.”
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From this reading {39} He does not appear to have gone deeply into the French and German “literature of the subject.”
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From this reading {39} He does not appear to have gone deeply into the French and German “literature of the subject.”
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading It had been written seven years earlier, and pronounced by the poet “not bad.”
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading {39} He does not appear to have gone deeply into the French and German “literature of the subject.”
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading {39} He does not appear to have gone deeply into the French and German “literature of the subject.”
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading A little cheap copy of Malory was his companion.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading In so marvellous a treasure of precious things as the volumes of 1842, perhaps none is more splendid, perfect, and perdurable than the _Morte d’Arthur_.
moving to the inside of something
From this reading {39} He does not appear to have gone deeply into the French and German “literature of the subject.”
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading In so marvellous a treasure of precious things as the volumes of 1842, perhaps none is more splendid, perfect, and perdurable than the _Morte d’Arthur_.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It had been written seven years earlier, and pronounced by the poet “not bad.”
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From this reading {39} He does not appear to have gone deeply into the French and German “literature of the subject.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading A little cheap copy of Malory was his companion.
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From this reading A little cheap copy of Malory was his companion.
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From this reading In so marvellous a treasure of precious things as the volumes of 1842, perhaps none is more splendid, perfect, and perdurable than the _Morte d’Arthur_.
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From this reading In so marvellous a treasure of precious things as the volumes of 1842, perhaps none is more splendid, perfect, and perdurable than the _Morte d’Arthur_.
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From this reading In so marvellous a treasure of precious things as the volumes of 1842, perhaps none is more splendid, perfect, and perdurable than the _Morte d’Arthur_.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Tennyson was never, perhaps, a very deep Arthurian student.
not one, and not any
From this reading In so marvellous a treasure of precious things as the volumes of 1842, perhaps none is more splendid, perfect, and perdurable than the _Morte d’Arthur_.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading It had been written seven years earlier, and pronounced by the poet “not bad.”
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading In so marvellous a treasure of precious things as the volumes of 1842, perhaps none is more splendid, perfect, and perdurable than the _Morte d’Arthur_.
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From this reading In so marvellous a treasure of precious things as the volumes of 1842, perhaps none is more splendid, perfect, and perdurable than the _Morte d’Arthur_.
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From this reading In so marvellous a treasure of precious things as the volumes of 1842, perhaps none is more splendid, perfect, and perdurable than the _Morte d’Arthur_.
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From this reading In so marvellous a treasure of precious things as the volumes of 1842, perhaps none is more splendid, perfect, and perdurable than the _Morte d’Arthur_.
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From this reading It had been written seven years earlier, and pronounced by the poet “not bad.”
rare and worth a great deal
From this reading In so marvellous a treasure of precious things as the volumes of 1842, perhaps none is more splendid, perfect, and perdurable than the _Morte d’Arthur_.
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From this reading It had been written seven years earlier, and pronounced by the poet “not bad.”
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From this reading It had been written seven years earlier, and pronounced by the poet “not bad.”
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading In so marvellous a treasure of precious things as the volumes of 1842, perhaps none is more splendid, perfect, and perdurable than the _Morte d’Arthur_.
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From this reading In so marvellous a treasure of precious things as the volumes of 1842, perhaps none is more splendid, perfect, and perdurable than the _Morte d’Arthur_.
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From this reading Tennyson was never, perhaps, a very deep Arthurian student.
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From this reading {39} He does not appear to have gone deeply into the French and German “literature of the subject.”
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From this reading Tennyson was never, perhaps, a very deep Arthurian student.
used to introduce the second part of a comparison
From this reading In so marvellous a treasure of precious things as the volumes of 1842, perhaps none is more splendid, perfect, and perdurable than the _Morte d’Arthur_.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading In so marvellous a treasure of precious things as the volumes of 1842, perhaps none is more splendid, perfect, and perdurable than the _Morte d’Arthur_.
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From this reading In so marvellous a treasure of precious things as the volumes of 1842, perhaps none is more splendid, perfect, and perdurable than the _Morte d’Arthur_.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading {39} He does not appear to have gone deeply into the French and German “literature of the subject.”
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From this reading In so marvellous a treasure of precious things as the volumes of 1842, perhaps none is more splendid, perfect, and perdurable than the _Morte d’Arthur_.
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From this reading Tennyson was never, perhaps, a very deep Arthurian student.
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From this reading In so marvellous a treasure of precious things as the volumes of 1842, perhaps none is more splendid, perfect, and perdurable than the _Morte d’Arthur_.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Tennyson was never, perhaps, a very deep Arthurian student.
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From this reading It had been written seven years earlier, and pronounced by the poet “not bad.”
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From this reading It had been written seven years earlier, and pronounced by the poet “not bad.”
