A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
Chapter XXVIII
_Note 1. Author’s note_.--“Make the old grave-digger a _laudator temporis acti_,--especially as to burial customs.” _Note 2._ Instead of “written,” as in the text, the author probably meant to write “read.” _Note 3._ The MS. has “delight,” but “a light” is evidently intended. _Note 4.
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the form of “have” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading “_Note 3._ The MS. has “delight,” but “a light” is evidently intended.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Author’s note_.--“Make the old grave-digger a _laudator temporis acti_,--especially as to burial customs.””
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From this reading _Note 1.
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From this reading _Note 2._ Instead of “written,” as in the text, the author probably meant to write “read.”
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From this reading _Note 3._ The MS. has “delight,” but “a light” is evidently intended.
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From this reading _Note 4.
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading Author’s note_.--“Make the old grave-digger a _laudator temporis acti_,--especially as to burial customs.”
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From this reading Author’s note_.--“Make the old grave-digger a _laudator temporis acti_,--especially as to burial customs.”
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading Author’s note_.--“Make the old grave-digger a _laudator temporis acti_,--especially as to burial customs.”
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From this reading _Note 2._ Instead of “written,” as in the text, the author probably meant to write “read.”
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From this reading Author’s note_.--“Make the old grave-digger a _laudator temporis acti_,--especially as to burial customs.”
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From this reading Author’s note_.--“Make the old grave-digger a _laudator temporis acti_,--especially as to burial customs.”
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading _Note 3._ The MS. has “delight,” but “a light” is evidently intended.
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From this reading Author’s note_.--“Make the old grave-digger a _laudator temporis acti_,--especially as to burial customs.”
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From this reading _Note 3._ The MS. has “delight,” but “a light” is evidently intended.
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From this reading Author’s note_.--“Make the old grave-digger a _laudator temporis acti_,--especially as to burial customs.”
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From this reading _Note 3._ The MS. has “delight,” but “a light” is evidently intended.
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From this reading Author’s note_.--“Make the old grave-digger a _laudator temporis acti_,--especially as to burial customs.”
the form of “have” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading _Note 3._ The MS. has “delight,” but “a light” is evidently intended.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading _Note 2._ Instead of “written,” as in the text, the author probably meant to write “read.”
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From this reading _Note 2._ Instead of “written,” as in the text, the author probably meant to write “read.”
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From this reading _Note 3._ The MS. has “delight,” but “a light” is evidently intended.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading _Note 3._ The MS. has “delight,” but “a light” is evidently intended.
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From this reading Author’s note_.--“Make the old grave-digger a _laudator temporis acti_,--especially as to burial customs.”
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From this reading _Note 3._ The MS. has “delight,” but “a light” is evidently intended.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Author’s note_.--“Make the old grave-digger a _laudator temporis acti_,--especially as to burial customs.”
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From this reading _Note 2._ Instead of “written,” as in the text, the author probably meant to write “read.”
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From this reading _Note 3._ The MS. has “delight,” but “a light” is evidently intended.
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From this reading _Note 1.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading _Note 2._ Instead of “written,” as in the text, the author probably meant to write “read.”
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From this reading Author’s note_.--“Make the old grave-digger a _laudator temporis acti_,--especially as to burial customs.”
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From this reading _Note 2._ Instead of “written,” as in the text, the author probably meant to write “read.”
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From this reading _Note 2._ Instead of “written,” as in the text, the author probably meant to write “read.”
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From this reading Author’s note_.--“Make the old grave-digger a _laudator temporis acti_,--especially as to burial customs.”
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From this reading _Note 2._ Instead of “written,” as in the text, the author probably meant to write “read.”
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Author’s note_.--“Make the old grave-digger a _laudator temporis acti_,--especially as to burial customs.”
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Author’s note_.--“Make the old grave-digger a _laudator temporis acti_,--especially as to burial customs.”
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From this reading _Note 2._ Instead of “written,” as in the text, the author probably meant to write “read.”
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From this reading _Note 2._ Instead of “written,” as in the text, the author probably meant to write “read.”
