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Chapter XXXVIII
_Louisa Clifton to her brother Coke Clifton_ _Grosvenor-Street_ Where is Anna St. Ives?--Where is my friend? Where is the youth to whom you owe existence?--Man of revenge, answer me! Oh God! O God!--Is it possible?--Can it be that you, Coke Clifton, the son of my mother, the hoped for friend of my heart, the expected champion of virtue, can turn aside to such base and pitiful vice; such intolerable, such absurd, such deep hypocrisy? And why?
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Moral excellence and goodness of character; the highest human attainment in Stoic philosophy.
From this reading “O God!--Is it possible?--Can it be that you, Coke Clifton, the son of my mother, the hoped for friend of my heart, the expected champion of virtue, can turn aside to such base and pitiful vice; such intolerable, such absurd, such deep hypocrisy?”
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From this reading O God!--Is it possible?--Can it be that you, Coke Clifton, the son of my mother, the hoped for friend of my heart, the expected champion of virtue, can turn aside to such base and pitiful vice; such intolerable, such absurd, such deep hypocrisy?
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading O God!--Is it possible?--Can it be that you, Coke Clifton, the son of my mother, the hoped for friend of my heart, the expected champion of virtue, can turn aside to such base and pitiful vice; such intolerable, such absurd, such deep hypocrisy?
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From this reading _Louisa Clifton to her brother Coke Clifton_ _Grosvenor-Street_ Where is Anna St. Ives?--Where is my friend?
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From this reading Where is the youth to whom you owe existence?--Man of revenge, answer me!
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From this reading O God!--Is it possible?--Can it be that you, Coke Clifton, the son of my mother, the hoped for friend of my heart, the expected champion of virtue, can turn aside to such base and pitiful vice; such intolerable, such absurd, such deep hypocrisy?
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From this reading O God!--Is it possible?--Can it be that you, Coke Clifton, the son of my mother, the hoped for friend of my heart, the expected champion of virtue, can turn aside to such base and pitiful vice; such intolerable, such absurd, such deep hypocrisy?
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading O God!--Is it possible?--Can it be that you, Coke Clifton, the son of my mother, the hoped for friend of my heart, the expected champion of virtue, can turn aside to such base and pitiful vice; such intolerable, such absurd, such deep hypocrisy?
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From this reading _Louisa Clifton to her brother Coke Clifton_ _Grosvenor-Street_ Where is Anna St. Ives?--Where is my friend?
to be able to, or to be allowed to
From this reading O God!--Is it possible?--Can it be that you, Coke Clifton, the son of my mother, the hoped for friend of my heart, the expected champion of virtue, can turn aside to such base and pitiful vice; such intolerable, such absurd, such deep hypocrisy?
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From this reading O God!--Is it possible?--Can it be that you, Coke Clifton, the son of my mother, the hoped for friend of my heart, the expected champion of virtue, can turn aside to such base and pitiful vice; such intolerable, such absurd, such deep hypocrisy?
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From this reading _Louisa Clifton to her brother Coke Clifton_ _Grosvenor-Street_ Where is Anna St. Ives?--Where is my friend?
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From this reading _Louisa Clifton to her brother Coke Clifton_ _Grosvenor-Street_ Where is Anna St. Ives?--Where is my friend?
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From this reading O God!--Is it possible?--Can it be that you, Coke Clifton, the son of my mother, the hoped for friend of my heart, the expected champion of virtue, can turn aside to such base and pitiful vice; such intolerable, such absurd, such deep hypocrisy?
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From this reading Where is the youth to whom you owe existence?--Man of revenge, answer me!
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From this reading O God!--Is it possible?--Can it be that you, Coke Clifton, the son of my mother, the hoped for friend of my heart, the expected champion of virtue, can turn aside to such base and pitiful vice; such intolerable, such absurd, such deep hypocrisy?
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading O God!--Is it possible?--Can it be that you, Coke Clifton, the son of my mother, the hoped for friend of my heart, the expected champion of virtue, can turn aside to such base and pitiful vice; such intolerable, such absurd, such deep hypocrisy?
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From this reading _Louisa Clifton to her brother Coke Clifton_ _Grosvenor-Street_ Where is Anna St. Ives?--Where is my friend?
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From this reading Oh God!
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From this reading _Louisa Clifton to her brother Coke Clifton_ _Grosvenor-Street_ Where is Anna St. Ives?--Where is my friend?
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From this reading O God!--Is it possible?--Can it be that you, Coke Clifton, the son of my mother, the hoped for friend of my heart, the expected champion of virtue, can turn aside to such base and pitiful vice; such intolerable, such absurd, such deep hypocrisy?
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading _Louisa Clifton to her brother Coke Clifton_ _Grosvenor-Street_ Where is Anna St. Ives?--Where is my friend?
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From this reading O God!--Is it possible?--Can it be that you, Coke Clifton, the son of my mother, the hoped for friend of my heart, the expected champion of virtue, can turn aside to such base and pitiful vice; such intolerable, such absurd, such deep hypocrisy?
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From this reading O God!--Is it possible?--Can it be that you, Coke Clifton, the son of my mother, the hoped for friend of my heart, the expected champion of virtue, can turn aside to such base and pitiful vice; such intolerable, such absurd, such deep hypocrisy?
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From this reading O God!--Is it possible?--Can it be that you, Coke Clifton, the son of my mother, the hoped for friend of my heart, the expected champion of virtue, can turn aside to such base and pitiful vice; such intolerable, such absurd, such deep hypocrisy?
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading _Louisa Clifton to her brother Coke Clifton_ _Grosvenor-Street_ Where is Anna St. Ives?--Where is my friend?
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading O God!--Is it possible?--Can it be that you, Coke Clifton, the son of my mother, the hoped for friend of my heart, the expected champion of virtue, can turn aside to such base and pitiful vice; such intolerable, such absurd, such deep hypocrisy?
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From this reading _Louisa Clifton to her brother Coke Clifton_ _Grosvenor-Street_ Where is Anna St. Ives?--Where is my friend?
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From this reading _Louisa Clifton to her brother Coke Clifton_ _Grosvenor-Street_ Where is Anna St. Ives?--Where is my friend?
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From this reading Where is the youth to whom you owe existence?--Man of revenge, answer me!
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Where is the youth to whom you owe existence?--Man of revenge, answer me!
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From this reading O God!--Is it possible?--Can it be that you, Coke Clifton, the son of my mother, the hoped for friend of my heart, the expected champion of virtue, can turn aside to such base and pitiful vice; such intolerable, such absurd, such deep hypocrisy?
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading _Louisa Clifton to her brother Coke Clifton_ _Grosvenor-Street_ Where is Anna St. Ives?--Where is my friend?
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From this reading O God!--Is it possible?--Can it be that you, Coke Clifton, the son of my mother, the hoped for friend of my heart, the expected champion of virtue, can turn aside to such base and pitiful vice; such intolerable, such absurd, such deep hypocrisy?
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Where is the youth to whom you owe existence?--Man of revenge, answer me!
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From this reading Oh God!
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From this reading Where is the youth to whom you owe existence?--Man of revenge, answer me!
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From this reading O God!--Is it possible?--Can it be that you, Coke Clifton, the son of my mother, the hoped for friend of my heart, the expected champion of virtue, can turn aside to such base and pitiful vice; such intolerable, such absurd, such deep hypocrisy?
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From this reading O God!--Is it possible?--Can it be that you, Coke Clifton, the son of my mother, the hoped for friend of my heart, the expected champion of virtue, can turn aside to such base and pitiful vice; such intolerable, such absurd, such deep hypocrisy?
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From this reading Where is the youth to whom you owe existence?--Man of revenge, answer me!
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From this reading O God!--Is it possible?--Can it be that you, Coke Clifton, the son of my mother, the hoped for friend of my heart, the expected champion of virtue, can turn aside to such base and pitiful vice; such intolerable, such absurd, such deep hypocrisy?
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From this reading _Louisa Clifton to her brother Coke Clifton_ _Grosvenor-Street_ Where is Anna St. Ives?--Where is my friend?
of the kind already mentioned
From this reading O God!--Is it possible?--Can it be that you, Coke Clifton, the son of my mother, the hoped for friend of my heart, the expected champion of virtue, can turn aside to such base and pitiful vice; such intolerable, such absurd, such deep hypocrisy?
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading O God!--Is it possible?--Can it be that you, Coke Clifton, the son of my mother, the hoped for friend of my heart, the expected champion of virtue, can turn aside to such base and pitiful vice; such intolerable, such absurd, such deep hypocrisy?
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Where is the youth to whom you owe existence?--Man of revenge, answer me!
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading _Louisa Clifton to her brother Coke Clifton_ _Grosvenor-Street_ Where is Anna St. Ives?--Where is my friend?
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From this reading O God!--Is it possible?--Can it be that you, Coke Clifton, the son of my mother, the hoped for friend of my heart, the expected champion of virtue, can turn aside to such base and pitiful vice; such intolerable, such absurd, such deep hypocrisy?
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From this reading O God!--Is it possible?--Can it be that you, Coke Clifton, the son of my mother, the hoped for friend of my heart, the expected champion of virtue, can turn aside to such base and pitiful vice; such intolerable, such absurd, such deep hypocrisy?
Moral excellence and goodness of character; the highest human attainment in Stoic philosophy.
From this reading O God!--Is it possible?--Can it be that you, Coke Clifton, the son of my mother, the hoped for friend of my heart, the expected champion of virtue, can turn aside to such base and pitiful vice; such intolerable, such absurd, such deep hypocrisy?
in or at the place that
From this reading _Louisa Clifton to her brother Coke Clifton_ _Grosvenor-Street_ Where is Anna St. Ives?--Where is my friend?
the form of “who” used as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Where is the youth to whom you owe existence?--Man of revenge, answer me!
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From this reading And why?
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading Where is the youth to whom you owe existence?--Man of revenge, answer me!
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From this reading Where is the youth to whom you owe existence?--Man of revenge, answer me!
