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Chapter III
"How fares Christabel, I pray you?" "Oh, same as aforetime; never grows no better, nor no worser. It caps me. She doesn't do a bit o' credit to my physicking--not a bit. And I've dosed her with betony, and camomile, and comfrey, and bugloss, and hart's tongue, and borage, and mugwort, and dandelion--and twenty herbs beside, for aught I know.
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next to; at the side of
From this reading “And I've dosed her with betony, and camomile, and comfrey, and bugloss, and hart's tongue, and borage, and mugwort, and dandelion--and twenty herbs beside, for aught I know.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “And I've dosed her with betony, and camomile, and comfrey, and bugloss, and hart's tongue, and borage, and mugwort, and dandelion--and twenty herbs beside, for aught I know.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “"Oh, same as aforetime; never grows no better, nor no worser.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “"Oh, same as aforetime; never grows no better, nor no worser.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “And I've dosed her with betony, and camomile, and comfrey, and bugloss, and hart's tongue, and borage, and mugwort, and dandelion--and twenty herbs beside, for aught I know.”
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used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading She doesn't do a bit o' credit to my physicking--not a bit.
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From this reading "Oh, same as aforetime; never grows no better, nor no worser.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading And I've dosed her with betony, and camomile, and comfrey, and bugloss, and hart's tongue, and borage, and mugwort, and dandelion--and twenty herbs beside, for aught I know.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading "Oh, same as aforetime; never grows no better, nor no worser.
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From this reading And I've dosed her with betony, and camomile, and comfrey, and bugloss, and hart's tongue, and borage, and mugwort, and dandelion--and twenty herbs beside, for aught I know.
next to; at the side of
From this reading And I've dosed her with betony, and camomile, and comfrey, and bugloss, and hart's tongue, and borage, and mugwort, and dandelion--and twenty herbs beside, for aught I know.
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From this reading And I've dosed her with betony, and camomile, and comfrey, and bugloss, and hart's tongue, and borage, and mugwort, and dandelion--and twenty herbs beside, for aught I know.
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From this reading "Oh, same as aforetime; never grows no better, nor no worser.
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From this reading She doesn't do a bit o' credit to my physicking--not a bit.
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From this reading And I've dosed her with betony, and camomile, and comfrey, and bugloss, and hart's tongue, and borage, and mugwort, and dandelion--and twenty herbs beside, for aught I know.
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From this reading And I've dosed her with betony, and camomile, and comfrey, and bugloss, and hart's tongue, and borage, and mugwort, and dandelion--and twenty herbs beside, for aught I know.
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From this reading And I've dosed her with betony, and camomile, and comfrey, and bugloss, and hart's tongue, and borage, and mugwort, and dandelion--and twenty herbs beside, for aught I know.
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From this reading It caps me.
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From this reading "How fares Christabel, I pray you?"
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From this reading And I've dosed her with betony, and camomile, and comfrey, and bugloss, and hart's tongue, and borage, and mugwort, and dandelion--and twenty herbs beside, for aught I know.
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From this reading She doesn't do a bit o' credit to my physicking--not a bit.
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From this reading And I've dosed her with betony, and camomile, and comfrey, and bugloss, and hart's tongue, and borage, and mugwort, and dandelion--and twenty herbs beside, for aught I know.
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading She doesn't do a bit o' credit to my physicking--not a bit.
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From this reading She doesn't do a bit o' credit to my physicking--not a bit.
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From this reading And I've dosed her with betony, and camomile, and comfrey, and bugloss, and hart's tongue, and borage, and mugwort, and dandelion--and twenty herbs beside, for aught I know.
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From this reading "How fares Christabel, I pray you?"
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading And I've dosed her with betony, and camomile, and comfrey, and bugloss, and hart's tongue, and borage, and mugwort, and dandelion--and twenty herbs beside, for aught I know.
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From this reading "Oh, same as aforetime; never grows no better, nor no worser.
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From this reading And I've dosed her with betony, and camomile, and comfrey, and bugloss, and hart's tongue, and borage, and mugwort, and dandelion--and twenty herbs beside, for aught I know.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading And I've dosed her with betony, and camomile, and comfrey, and bugloss, and hart's tongue, and borage, and mugwort, and dandelion--and twenty herbs beside, for aught I know.
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From this reading And I've dosed her with betony, and camomile, and comfrey, and bugloss, and hart's tongue, and borage, and mugwort, and dandelion--and twenty herbs beside, for aught I know.
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From this reading "How fares Christabel, I pray you?"
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading "How fares Christabel, I pray you?"
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From this reading And I've dosed her with betony, and camomile, and comfrey, and bugloss, and hart's tongue, and borage, and mugwort, and dandelion--and twenty herbs beside, for aught I know.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It caps me.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading And I've dosed her with betony, and camomile, and comfrey, and bugloss, and hart's tongue, and borage, and mugwort, and dandelion--and twenty herbs beside, for aught I know.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading It caps me.
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From this reading And I've dosed her with betony, and camomile, and comfrey, and bugloss, and hart's tongue, and borage, and mugwort, and dandelion--and twenty herbs beside, for aught I know.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading She doesn't do a bit o' credit to my physicking--not a bit.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading "Oh, same as aforetime; never grows no better, nor no worser.
not any; not one
From this reading "Oh, same as aforetime; never grows no better, nor no worser.
and not; used after a negative to add a second negative
From this reading "Oh, same as aforetime; never grows no better, nor no worser.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading She doesn't do a bit o' credit to my physicking--not a bit.
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From this reading She doesn't do a bit o' credit to my physicking--not a bit.
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From this reading "Oh, same as aforetime; never grows no better, nor no worser.
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From this reading She doesn't do a bit o' credit to my physicking--not a bit.
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From this reading "How fares Christabel, I pray you?"
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading "Oh, same as aforetime; never grows no better, nor no worser.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading She doesn't do a bit o' credit to my physicking--not a bit.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading She doesn't do a bit o' credit to my physicking--not a bit.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading And I've dosed her with betony, and camomile, and comfrey, and bugloss, and hart's tongue, and borage, and mugwort, and dandelion--and twenty herbs beside, for aught I know.
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From this reading And I've dosed her with betony, and camomile, and comfrey, and bugloss, and hart's tongue, and borage, and mugwort, and dandelion--and twenty herbs beside, for aught I know.
in the company of; together with
From this reading And I've dosed her with betony, and camomile, and comfrey, and bugloss, and hart's tongue, and borage, and mugwort, and dandelion--and twenty herbs beside, for aught I know.
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From this reading "Oh, same as aforetime; never grows no better, nor no worser.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "How fares Christabel, I pray you?"
