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Chapter IV
MILITARY PREPARATIONS.--THE COMMANDER AND HIS MAN.--ARAM IS PERSUADED TO PASS THE NIGHT AT THE MANOR-HOUSE. Falstaff.--"Bid my Lieutenant Peto meet me at the town's end. I pressed me none but such toasts and butter, with hearts in their bellies no bigger than pins' heads."
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not one, and not any
From this reading “I pressed me none but such toasts and butter, with hearts in their bellies no bigger than pins' heads."”
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used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading MILITARY PREPARATIONS.--THE COMMANDER AND HIS MAN.--ARAM IS PERSUADED TO PASS THE NIGHT AT THE MANOR-HOUSE.
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From this reading MILITARY PREPARATIONS.--THE COMMANDER AND HIS MAN.--ARAM IS PERSUADED TO PASS THE NIGHT AT THE MANOR-HOUSE.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading MILITARY PREPARATIONS.--THE COMMANDER AND HIS MAN.--ARAM IS PERSUADED TO PASS THE NIGHT AT THE MANOR-HOUSE.
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From this reading I pressed me none but such toasts and butter, with hearts in their bellies no bigger than pins' heads."
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From this reading Falstaff.--"Bid my Lieutenant Peto meet me at the town's end.
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From this reading I pressed me none but such toasts and butter, with hearts in their bellies no bigger than pins' heads."
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading I pressed me none but such toasts and butter, with hearts in their bellies no bigger than pins' heads."
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From this reading I pressed me none but such toasts and butter, with hearts in their bellies no bigger than pins' heads."
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From this reading MILITARY PREPARATIONS.--THE COMMANDER AND HIS MAN.--ARAM IS PERSUADED TO PASS THE NIGHT AT THE MANOR-HOUSE.
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From this reading Falstaff.--"Bid my Lieutenant Peto meet me at the town's end.
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From this reading Falstaff.--"Bid my Lieutenant Peto meet me at the town's end.
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From this reading I pressed me none but such toasts and butter, with hearts in their bellies no bigger than pins' heads."
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From this reading I pressed me none but such toasts and butter, with hearts in their bellies no bigger than pins' heads."
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading MILITARY PREPARATIONS.--THE COMMANDER AND HIS MAN.--ARAM IS PERSUADED TO PASS THE NIGHT AT THE MANOR-HOUSE.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I pressed me none but such toasts and butter, with hearts in their bellies no bigger than pins' heads."
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading I pressed me none but such toasts and butter, with hearts in their bellies no bigger than pins' heads."
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading MILITARY PREPARATIONS.--THE COMMANDER AND HIS MAN.--ARAM IS PERSUADED TO PASS THE NIGHT AT THE MANOR-HOUSE.
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From this reading Falstaff.--"Bid my Lieutenant Peto meet me at the town's end.
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From this reading MILITARY PREPARATIONS.--THE COMMANDER AND HIS MAN.--ARAM IS PERSUADED TO PASS THE NIGHT AT THE MANOR-HOUSE.
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From this reading MILITARY PREPARATIONS.--THE COMMANDER AND HIS MAN.--ARAM IS PERSUADED TO PASS THE NIGHT AT THE MANOR-HOUSE.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Falstaff.--"Bid my Lieutenant Peto meet me at the town's end.
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From this reading Falstaff.--"Bid my Lieutenant Peto meet me at the town's end.
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From this reading MILITARY PREPARATIONS.--THE COMMANDER AND HIS MAN.--ARAM IS PERSUADED TO PASS THE NIGHT AT THE MANOR-HOUSE.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading Falstaff.--"Bid my Lieutenant Peto meet me at the town's end.
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From this reading MILITARY PREPARATIONS.--THE COMMANDER AND HIS MAN.--ARAM IS PERSUADED TO PASS THE NIGHT AT THE MANOR-HOUSE.
not any; not one
From this reading I pressed me none but such toasts and butter, with hearts in their bellies no bigger than pins' heads."
not one, and not any
From this reading I pressed me none but such toasts and butter, with hearts in their bellies no bigger than pins' heads."
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From this reading MILITARY PREPARATIONS.--THE COMMANDER AND HIS MAN.--ARAM IS PERSUADED TO PASS THE NIGHT AT THE MANOR-HOUSE.
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From this reading MILITARY PREPARATIONS.--THE COMMANDER AND HIS MAN.--ARAM IS PERSUADED TO PASS THE NIGHT AT THE MANOR-HOUSE.
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From this reading Falstaff.--"Bid my Lieutenant Peto meet me at the town's end.
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From this reading I pressed me none but such toasts and butter, with hearts in their bellies no bigger than pins' heads."
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From this reading MILITARY PREPARATIONS.--THE COMMANDER AND HIS MAN.--ARAM IS PERSUADED TO PASS THE NIGHT AT THE MANOR-HOUSE.
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From this reading I pressed me none but such toasts and butter, with hearts in their bellies no bigger than pins' heads."
of the kind already mentioned
From this reading I pressed me none but such toasts and butter, with hearts in their bellies no bigger than pins' heads."
used to introduce the second part of a comparison
From this reading I pressed me none but such toasts and butter, with hearts in their bellies no bigger than pins' heads."
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading MILITARY PREPARATIONS.--THE COMMANDER AND HIS MAN.--ARAM IS PERSUADED TO PASS THE NIGHT AT THE MANOR-HOUSE.
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading I pressed me none but such toasts and butter, with hearts in their bellies no bigger than pins' heads."
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading MILITARY PREPARATIONS.--THE COMMANDER AND HIS MAN.--ARAM IS PERSUADED TO PASS THE NIGHT AT THE MANOR-HOUSE.
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From this reading I pressed me none but such toasts and butter, with hearts in their bellies no bigger than pins' heads."
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From this reading Falstaff.--"Bid my Lieutenant Peto meet me at the town's end.
in the company of; together with
From this reading I pressed me none but such toasts and butter, with hearts in their bellies no bigger than pins' heads."
