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Chapter XXVIII
“In mea vesanas habui dispendia vires, Et valui poenas fortis in ipse meas.” *--OVID. * I had the strength of a madman to my own cost, and employed that strength in my own punishment. “Then might my breast be read within, A thousand volumes would be written there.” EARL OF STIRLING.
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used to say something is possible but not certain
From this reading ““Then might my breast be read within, A thousand volumes would be written there.””
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading “* I had the strength of a madman to my own cost, and employed that strength in my own punishment.”
inside; before a period of time has passed
From this reading ““Then might my breast be read within, A thousand volumes would be written there.””
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading ““Then might my breast be read within, A thousand volumes would be written there.””
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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 * I had the strength of a madman to my own cost, and employed that strength in my own punishment.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading * I had the strength of a madman to my own cost, and employed that strength in my own punishment.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading “Then might my breast be read within, A thousand volumes would be written there.”
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From this reading “Then might my breast be read within, A thousand volumes would be written there.”
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From this reading * I had the strength of a madman to my own cost, and employed that strength in my own punishment.
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From this reading “In mea vesanas habui dispendia vires, Et valui poenas fortis in ipse meas.”
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From this reading EARL OF STIRLING.
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From this reading * I had the strength of a madman to my own cost, and employed that strength in my own punishment.
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From this reading “In mea vesanas habui dispendia vires, Et valui poenas fortis in ipse meas.”
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From this reading “In mea vesanas habui dispendia vires, Et valui poenas fortis in ipse meas.”
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From this reading “In mea vesanas habui dispendia vires, Et valui poenas fortis in ipse meas.”
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading * I had the strength of a madman to my own cost, and employed that strength in my own punishment.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading * I had the strength of a madman to my own cost, and employed that strength in my own punishment.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading “In mea vesanas habui dispendia vires, Et valui poenas fortis in ipse meas.”
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From this reading “In mea vesanas habui dispendia vires, Et valui poenas fortis in ipse meas.”
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From this reading * I had the strength of a madman to my own cost, and employed that strength in my own punishment.
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From this reading “In mea vesanas habui dispendia vires, Et valui poenas fortis in ipse meas.”
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From this reading “In mea vesanas habui dispendia vires, Et valui poenas fortis in ipse meas.”
used to say something is possible but not certain
From this reading “Then might my breast be read within, A thousand volumes would be written there.”
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading * I had the strength of a madman to my own cost, and employed that strength in my own punishment.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading * I had the strength of a madman to my own cost, and employed that strength in my own punishment.
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From this reading *--OVID.
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From this reading * I had the strength of a madman to my own cost, and employed that strength in my own punishment.
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From this reading “In mea vesanas habui dispendia vires, Et valui poenas fortis in ipse meas.”
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From this reading * I had the strength of a madman to my own cost, and employed that strength in my own punishment.
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From this reading “Then might my breast be read within, A thousand volumes would be written there.”
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From this reading EARL OF STIRLING.
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading * I had the strength of a madman to my own cost, and employed that strength in my own punishment.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading * I had the strength of a madman to my own cost, and employed that strength in my own punishment.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading * I had the strength of a madman to my own cost, and employed that strength in my own punishment.
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From this reading “Then might my breast be read within, A thousand volumes would be written there.”
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From this reading “Then might my breast be read within, A thousand volumes would be written there.”
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From this reading “Then might my breast be read within, A thousand volumes would be written there.”
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading * I had the strength of a madman to my own cost, and employed that strength in my own punishment.
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From this reading “In mea vesanas habui dispendia vires, Et valui poenas fortis in ipse meas.”
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From this reading “In mea vesanas habui dispendia vires, Et valui poenas fortis in ipse meas.”
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From this reading “In mea vesanas habui dispendia vires, Et valui poenas fortis in ipse meas.”
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From this reading “Then might my breast be read within, A thousand volumes would be written there.”
inside; before a period of time has passed
From this reading “Then might my breast be read within, A thousand volumes would be written there.”
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading “Then might my breast be read within, A thousand volumes would be written there.”
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From this reading “Then might my breast be read within, A thousand volumes would be written there.”
