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Chapter IX
THE MOVING FINGER WRITES To the Queen came the guard full of zeal: Haled in bonds the Pretender: "Shall it be noose or knout, rack or wheel?" But her proud face grew tender. Down she stepped from her throne--made him free; "Love," she said, with a sigh, "What is rank? You are you, we are we, I am I!" --_The Cheating of Zenobia_.
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acting without enough restraint or discipline
From this reading “Down she stepped from her throne--made him free; "Love," she said, with a sigh, "What is rank?”
used with I and we for the future, or to offer and suggest
From this reading “THE MOVING FINGER WRITES To the Queen came the guard full of zeal: Haled in bonds the Pretender: "Shall it be noose or knout, rack or wheel?"”
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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 Down she stepped from her throne--made him free; "Love," she said, with a sigh, "What is rank?
the form of “be” used with “I”
From this reading You are you, we are we, I am I!"
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading You are you, we are we, I am I!"
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading THE MOVING FINGER WRITES To the Queen came the guard full of zeal: Haled in bonds the Pretender: "Shall it be noose or knout, rack or wheel?"
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From this reading THE MOVING FINGER WRITES To the Queen came the guard full of zeal: Haled in bonds the Pretender: "Shall it be noose or knout, rack or wheel?"
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading But her proud face grew tender.
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From this reading THE MOVING FINGER WRITES To the Queen came the guard full of zeal: Haled in bonds the Pretender: "Shall it be noose or knout, rack or wheel?"
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From this reading --_The Cheating of Zenobia_.
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From this reading Down she stepped from her throne--made him free; "Love," she said, with a sigh, "What is rank?
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From this reading But her proud face grew tender.
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From this reading THE MOVING FINGER WRITES To the Queen came the guard full of zeal: Haled in bonds the Pretender: "Shall it be noose or knout, rack or wheel?"
acting without enough restraint or discipline
From this reading Down she stepped from her throne--made him free; "Love," she said, with a sigh, "What is rank?
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading Down she stepped from her throne--made him free; "Love," she said, with a sigh, "What is rank?
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From this reading THE MOVING FINGER WRITES To the Queen came the guard full of zeal: Haled in bonds the Pretender: "Shall it be noose or knout, rack or wheel?"
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From this reading But her proud face grew tender.
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From this reading THE MOVING FINGER WRITES To the Queen came the guard full of zeal: Haled in bonds the Pretender: "Shall it be noose or knout, rack or wheel?"
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From this reading THE MOVING FINGER WRITES To the Queen came the guard full of zeal: Haled in bonds the Pretender: "Shall it be noose or knout, rack or wheel?"
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading But her proud face grew tender.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Down she stepped from her throne--made him free; "Love," she said, with a sigh, "What is rank?
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading You are you, we are we, I am I!"
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading THE MOVING FINGER WRITES To the Queen came the guard full of zeal: Haled in bonds the Pretender: "Shall it be noose or knout, rack or wheel?"
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Down she stepped from her throne--made him free; "Love," she said, with a sigh, "What is rank?
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading THE MOVING FINGER WRITES To the Queen came the guard full of zeal: Haled in bonds the Pretender: "Shall it be noose or knout, rack or wheel?"
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From this reading THE MOVING FINGER WRITES To the Queen came the guard full of zeal: Haled in bonds the Pretender: "Shall it be noose or knout, rack or wheel?"
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From this reading Down she stepped from her throne--made him free; "Love," she said, with a sigh, "What is rank?
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From this reading Down she stepped from her throne--made him free; "Love," she said, with a sigh, "What is rank?
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From this reading THE MOVING FINGER WRITES To the Queen came the guard full of zeal: Haled in bonds the Pretender: "Shall it be noose or knout, rack or wheel?"
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From this reading THE MOVING FINGER WRITES To the Queen came the guard full of zeal: Haled in bonds the Pretender: "Shall it be noose or knout, rack or wheel?"
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading THE MOVING FINGER WRITES To the Queen came the guard full of zeal: Haled in bonds the Pretender: "Shall it be noose or knout, rack or wheel?"
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading THE MOVING FINGER WRITES To the Queen came the guard full of zeal: Haled in bonds the Pretender: "Shall it be noose or knout, rack or wheel?"
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From this reading THE MOVING FINGER WRITES To the Queen came the guard full of zeal: Haled in bonds the Pretender: "Shall it be noose or knout, rack or wheel?"
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From this reading But her proud face grew tender.
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From this reading THE MOVING FINGER WRITES To the Queen came the guard full of zeal: Haled in bonds the Pretender: "Shall it be noose or knout, rack or wheel?"
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From this reading THE MOVING FINGER WRITES To the Queen came the guard full of zeal: Haled in bonds the Pretender: "Shall it be noose or knout, rack or wheel?"
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From this reading Down she stepped from her throne--made him free; "Love," she said, with a sigh, "What is rank?
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From this reading Down she stepped from her throne--made him free; "Love," she said, with a sigh, "What is rank?
used with I and we for the future, or to offer and suggest
From this reading THE MOVING FINGER WRITES To the Queen came the guard full of zeal: Haled in bonds the Pretender: "Shall it be noose or knout, rack or wheel?"
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Down she stepped from her throne--made him free; "Love," she said, with a sigh, "What is rank?
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From this reading Down she stepped from her throne--made him free; "Love," she said, with a sigh, "What is rank?
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From this reading Down she stepped from her throne--made him free; "Love," she said, with a sigh, "What is rank?
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From this reading But her proud face grew tender.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE MOVING FINGER WRITES To the Queen came the guard full of zeal: Haled in bonds the Pretender: "Shall it be noose or knout, rack or wheel?"
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From this reading Down she stepped from her throne--made him free; "Love," she said, with a sigh, "What is rank?
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading THE MOVING FINGER WRITES To the Queen came the guard full of zeal: Haled in bonds the Pretender: "Shall it be noose or knout, rack or wheel?"
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading You are you, we are we, I am I!"
used to ask for information about something
From this reading Down she stepped from her throne--made him free; "Love," she said, with a sigh, "What is rank?
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From this reading THE MOVING FINGER WRITES To the Queen came the guard full of zeal: Haled in bonds the Pretender: "Shall it be noose or knout, rack or wheel?"
in the company of; together with
From this reading Down she stepped from her throne--made him free; "Love," she said, with a sigh, "What is rank?
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From this reading THE MOVING FINGER WRITES To the Queen came the guard full of zeal: Haled in bonds the Pretender: "Shall it be noose or knout, rack or wheel?"
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading You are you, we are we, I am I!"
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From this reading THE MOVING FINGER WRITES To the Queen came the guard full of zeal: Haled in bonds the Pretender: "Shall it be noose or knout, rack or wheel?"
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From this reading --_The Cheating of Zenobia_.
