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Chapter XXXIV
"Words fail me, Colonel Carlyle, when I try to express my burning sense of your injustice in this high-handed outrage! What, in this enlightened age, in this nineteenth century, do men turn palaces into prisons, and debar weak women of their liberties? Am I a slave that you have turned your keys upon me, and set hirelings and slaves to watch me? Am I a criminal? If so, where is my crime?"
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to show or communicate a feeling or idea
From this reading “"Words fail me, Colonel Carlyle, when I try to express my burning sense of your injustice in this high-handed outrage!”
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading “Am I a slave that you have turned your keys upon me, and set hirelings and slaves to watch me?”
a formal word for “on”
From this reading “Am I a slave that you have turned your keys upon me, and set hirelings and slaves to watch me?”
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used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
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the form of “be” used with “I”
From this reading Am I a slave that you have turned your keys upon me, and set hirelings and slaves to watch me?
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
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used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
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From this reading What, in this enlightened age, in this nineteenth century, do men turn palaces into prisons, and debar weak women of their liberties?
to show or communicate a feeling or idea
From this reading "Words fail me, Colonel Carlyle, when I try to express my burning sense of your injustice in this high-handed outrage!
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From this reading "Words fail me, Colonel Carlyle, when I try to express my burning sense of your injustice in this high-handed outrage!
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading Am I a slave that you have turned your keys upon me, and set hirelings and slaves to watch me?
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From this reading Am I a slave that you have turned your keys upon me, and set hirelings and slaves to watch me?
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading "Words fail me, Colonel Carlyle, when I try to express my burning sense of your injustice in this high-handed outrage!
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading If so, where is my crime?"
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading "Words fail me, Colonel Carlyle, when I try to express my burning sense of your injustice in this high-handed outrage!
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From this reading "Words fail me, Colonel Carlyle, when I try to express my burning sense of your injustice in this high-handed outrage!
moving to the inside of something
From this reading What, in this enlightened age, in this nineteenth century, do men turn palaces into prisons, and debar weak women of their liberties?
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading If so, where is my crime?"
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From this reading Am I a slave that you have turned your keys upon me, and set hirelings and slaves to watch me?
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From this reading What, in this enlightened age, in this nineteenth century, do men turn palaces into prisons, and debar weak women of their liberties?
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
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belonging to the person speaking
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From this reading What, in this enlightened age, in this nineteenth century, do men turn palaces into prisons, and debar weak women of their liberties?
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading "Words fail me, Colonel Carlyle, when I try to express my burning sense of your injustice in this high-handed outrage!
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From this reading What, in this enlightened age, in this nineteenth century, do men turn palaces into prisons, and debar weak women of their liberties?
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From this reading What, in this enlightened age, in this nineteenth century, do men turn palaces into prisons, and debar weak women of their liberties?
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From this reading "Words fail me, Colonel Carlyle, when I try to express my burning sense of your injustice in this high-handed outrage!
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From this reading Am I a slave that you have turned your keys upon me, and set hirelings and slaves to watch me?
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From this reading Am I a slave that you have turned your keys upon me, and set hirelings and slaves to watch me?
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From this reading Am I a slave that you have turned your keys upon me, and set hirelings and slaves to watch me?
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading If so, where is my crime?"
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Am I a slave that you have turned your keys upon me, and set hirelings and slaves to watch me?
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading What, in this enlightened age, in this nineteenth century, do men turn palaces into prisons, and debar weak women of their liberties?
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading "Words fail me, Colonel Carlyle, when I try to express my burning sense of your injustice in this high-handed outrage!
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading "Words fail me, Colonel Carlyle, when I try to express my burning sense of your injustice in this high-handed outrage!
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From this reading "Words fail me, Colonel Carlyle, when I try to express my burning sense of your injustice in this high-handed outrage!
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From this reading What, in this enlightened age, in this nineteenth century, do men turn palaces into prisons, and debar weak women of their liberties?
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From this reading Am I a slave that you have turned your keys upon me, and set hirelings and slaves to watch me?
a formal word for “on”
From this reading Am I a slave that you have turned your keys upon me, and set hirelings and slaves to watch me?
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From this reading Am I a slave that you have turned your keys upon me, and set hirelings and slaves to watch me?
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From this reading What, in this enlightened age, in this nineteenth century, do men turn palaces into prisons, and debar weak women of their liberties?
used to ask for information about something
From this reading What, in this enlightened age, in this nineteenth century, do men turn palaces into prisons, and debar weak women of their liberties?
at the time that
From this reading "Words fail me, Colonel Carlyle, when I try to express my burning sense of your injustice in this high-handed outrage!
in or at the place that
From this reading If so, where is my crime?"
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From this reading What, in this enlightened age, in this nineteenth century, do men turn palaces into prisons, and debar weak women of their liberties?
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From this reading "Words fail me, Colonel Carlyle, when I try to express my burning sense of your injustice in this high-handed outrage!
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading Am I a slave that you have turned your keys upon me, and set hirelings and slaves to watch me?
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "Words fail me, Colonel Carlyle, when I try to express my burning sense of your injustice in this high-handed outrage!
