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EPISTOLARY. _From Horatio Paget to Philip Sheldon_. Royal Hotel, Ullerton, Oct. 7, 186--. My dear sir,--I arrived here last evening just in time to run against Hawkehurst on the platform, which was rather a provoking encounter at the outset.
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touching and pressing; in opposition to
From this reading “My dear sir,--I arrived here last evening just in time to run against Hawkehurst on the platform, which was rather a provoking encounter at the outset.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “My dear sir,--I arrived here last evening just in time to run against Hawkehurst on the platform, which was rather a provoking encounter at the outset.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “My dear sir,--I arrived here last evening just in time to run against Hawkehurst on the platform, which was rather a provoking encounter at the outset.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “My dear sir,--I arrived here last evening just in time to run against Hawkehurst on the platform, which was rather a provoking encounter at the outset.”
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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 My dear sir,--I arrived here last evening just in time to run against Hawkehurst on the platform, which was rather a provoking encounter at the outset.
touching and pressing; in opposition to
From this reading My dear sir,--I arrived here last evening just in time to run against Hawkehurst on the platform, which was rather a provoking encounter at the outset.
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From this reading My dear sir,--I arrived here last evening just in time to run against Hawkehurst on the platform, which was rather a provoking encounter at the outset.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading My dear sir,--I arrived here last evening just in time to run against Hawkehurst on the platform, which was rather a provoking encounter at the outset.
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From this reading My dear sir,--I arrived here last evening just in time to run against Hawkehurst on the platform, which was rather a provoking encounter at the outset.
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From this reading My dear sir,--I arrived here last evening just in time to run against Hawkehurst on the platform, which was rather a provoking encounter at the outset.
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From this reading EPISTOLARY.
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From this reading My dear sir,--I arrived here last evening just in time to run against Hawkehurst on the platform, which was rather a provoking encounter at the outset.
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading _From Horatio Paget to Philip Sheldon_.
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From this reading My dear sir,--I arrived here last evening just in time to run against Hawkehurst on the platform, which was rather a provoking encounter at the outset.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading My dear sir,--I arrived here last evening just in time to run against Hawkehurst on the platform, which was rather a provoking encounter at the outset.
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From this reading _From Horatio Paget to Philip Sheldon_.
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From this reading Royal Hotel, Ullerton, Oct.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading My dear sir,--I arrived here last evening just in time to run against Hawkehurst on the platform, which was rather a provoking encounter at the outset.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading My dear sir,--I arrived here last evening just in time to run against Hawkehurst on the platform, which was rather a provoking encounter at the outset.
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From this reading My dear sir,--I arrived here last evening just in time to run against Hawkehurst on the platform, which was rather a provoking encounter at the outset.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading My dear sir,--I arrived here last evening just in time to run against Hawkehurst on the platform, which was rather a provoking encounter at the outset.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading My dear sir,--I arrived here last evening just in time to run against Hawkehurst on the platform, which was rather a provoking encounter at the outset.
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From this reading Royal Hotel, Ullerton, Oct.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading My dear sir,--I arrived here last evening just in time to run against Hawkehurst on the platform, which was rather a provoking encounter at the outset.
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From this reading My dear sir,--I arrived here last evening just in time to run against Hawkehurst on the platform, which was rather a provoking encounter at the outset.
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From this reading _From Horatio Paget to Philip Sheldon_.
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From this reading _From Horatio Paget to Philip Sheldon_.
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From this reading My dear sir,--I arrived here last evening just in time to run against Hawkehurst on the platform, which was rather a provoking encounter at the outset.
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From this reading My dear sir,--I arrived here last evening just in time to run against Hawkehurst on the platform, which was rather a provoking encounter at the outset.
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From this reading My dear sir,--I arrived here last evening just in time to run against Hawkehurst on the platform, which was rather a provoking encounter at the outset.
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From this reading Royal Hotel, Ullerton, Oct.
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From this reading My dear sir,--I arrived here last evening just in time to run against Hawkehurst on the platform, which was rather a provoking encounter at the outset.
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From this reading _From Horatio Paget to Philip Sheldon_.
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From this reading My dear sir,--I arrived here last evening just in time to run against Hawkehurst on the platform, which was rather a provoking encounter at the outset.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading My dear sir,--I arrived here last evening just in time to run against Hawkehurst on the platform, which was rather a provoking encounter at the outset.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading My dear sir,--I arrived here last evening just in time to run against Hawkehurst on the platform, which was rather a provoking encounter at the outset.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading _From Horatio Paget to Philip Sheldon_.
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From this reading Royal Hotel, Ullerton, Oct.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading My dear sir,--I arrived here last evening just in time to run against Hawkehurst on the platform, which was rather a provoking encounter at the outset.
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading My dear sir,--I arrived here last evening just in time to run against Hawkehurst on the platform, which was rather a provoking encounter at the outset.
