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MADAM FIG's GALA. TWO HUMOROUS TALES. EMBELLISHED WITH SEVENTEEN BEAUTIFULLY-COLOURED ENGRAVINGS. _LONDON_: DEAN AND MUNDAY, THREADNEEDLE-STREET; AND A. K. NEWMAN & Co. LEADENHALL-STREET. _Price One-Shilling._ Deborah Dent had a Donkey so fine!
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an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “_Price One-Shilling._ Deborah Dent had a Donkey so fine!”
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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 _LONDON_: DEAN AND MUNDAY, THREADNEEDLE-STREET; AND A. K. NEWMAN & Co. LEADENHALL-STREET.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading _LONDON_: DEAN AND MUNDAY, THREADNEEDLE-STREET; AND A. K. NEWMAN & Co. LEADENHALL-STREET.
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From this reading EMBELLISHED WITH SEVENTEEN BEAUTIFULLY-COLOURED ENGRAVINGS.
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From this reading _LONDON_: DEAN AND MUNDAY, THREADNEEDLE-STREET; AND A. K. NEWMAN & Co. LEADENHALL-STREET.
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From this reading _LONDON_: DEAN AND MUNDAY, THREADNEEDLE-STREET; AND A. K. NEWMAN & Co. LEADENHALL-STREET.
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From this reading _Price One-Shilling._ Deborah Dent had a Donkey so fine!
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From this reading _Price One-Shilling._ Deborah Dent had a Donkey so fine!
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From this reading _Price One-Shilling._ Deborah Dent had a Donkey so fine!
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From this reading EMBELLISHED WITH SEVENTEEN BEAUTIFULLY-COLOURED ENGRAVINGS.
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From this reading EMBELLISHED WITH SEVENTEEN BEAUTIFULLY-COLOURED ENGRAVINGS.
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From this reading MADAM FIG's GALA.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading _Price One-Shilling._ Deborah Dent had a Donkey so fine!
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From this reading MADAM FIG's GALA.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading _Price One-Shilling._ Deborah Dent had a Donkey so fine!
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From this reading TWO HUMOROUS TALES.
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From this reading _LONDON_: DEAN AND MUNDAY, THREADNEEDLE-STREET; AND A. K. NEWMAN & Co. LEADENHALL-STREET.
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From this reading _LONDON_: DEAN AND MUNDAY, THREADNEEDLE-STREET; AND A. K. NEWMAN & Co. LEADENHALL-STREET.
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From this reading _LONDON_: DEAN AND MUNDAY, THREADNEEDLE-STREET; AND A. K. NEWMAN & Co. LEADENHALL-STREET.
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From this reading MADAM FIG's GALA.
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From this reading _LONDON_: DEAN AND MUNDAY, THREADNEEDLE-STREET; AND A. K. NEWMAN & Co. LEADENHALL-STREET.
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From this reading _LONDON_: DEAN AND MUNDAY, THREADNEEDLE-STREET; AND A. K. NEWMAN & Co. LEADENHALL-STREET.
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From this reading _Price One-Shilling._ Deborah Dent had a Donkey so fine!
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From this reading _Price One-Shilling._ Deborah Dent had a Donkey so fine!
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From this reading EMBELLISHED WITH SEVENTEEN BEAUTIFULLY-COLOURED ENGRAVINGS.
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading _Price One-Shilling._ Deborah Dent had a Donkey so fine!
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From this reading TWO HUMOROUS TALES.
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From this reading _LONDON_: DEAN AND MUNDAY, THREADNEEDLE-STREET; AND A. K. NEWMAN & Co. LEADENHALL-STREET.
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From this reading TWO HUMOROUS TALES.
in the company of; together with
From this reading EMBELLISHED WITH SEVENTEEN BEAUTIFULLY-COLOURED ENGRAVINGS.
