A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
Chapter I
THE MACMILLAN CO. OF CANADA, LTD. 155 Sloane Street, S.W. _May 8, 1911._ Once upon a time--a fairly long ago time--there lived in a neat little cottage two young girls who were sisters. If you had gone to see them on a bright warm summer's day, I daresay you would have envied them and their life and their lot.
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used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading “If you had gone to see them on a bright warm summer's day, I daresay you would have envied them and their life and their lot.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “If you had gone to see them on a bright warm summer's day, I daresay you would have envied them and their life and their lot.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “_May 8, 1911._ Once upon a time--a fairly long ago time--there lived in a neat little cottage two young girls who were sisters.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “_May 8, 1911._ Once upon a time--a fairly long ago time--there lived in a neat little cottage two young girls who were sisters.”
used to say something is possible, or to give permission
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “_May 8, 1911._ Once upon a time--a fairly long ago time--there lived in a neat little cottage two young girls who were sisters.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “_May 8, 1911._ Once upon a time--a fairly long ago time--there lived in a neat little cottage two young girls who were sisters.”
a formal word for “on”
From this reading “_May 8, 1911._ Once upon a time--a fairly long ago time--there lived in a neat little cottage two young girls who were sisters.”
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading “If you had gone to see them on a bright warm summer's day, I daresay you would have envied them and their life and their lot.”
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From this reading 155 Sloane Street, S.W.
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From this reading _May 8, 1911._ Once upon a time--a fairly long ago time--there lived in a neat little cottage two young girls who were sisters.
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From this reading _May 8, 1911._ Once upon a time--a fairly long ago time--there lived in a neat little cottage two young girls who were sisters.
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading _May 8, 1911._ Once upon a time--a fairly long ago time--there lived in a neat little cottage two young girls who were sisters.
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From this reading _May 8, 1911._ Once upon a time--a fairly long ago time--there lived in a neat little cottage two young girls who were sisters.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading If you had gone to see them on a bright warm summer's day, I daresay you would have envied them and their life and their lot.
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From this reading If you had gone to see them on a bright warm summer's day, I daresay you would have envied them and their life and their lot.
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From this reading OF CANADA, LTD.
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From this reading THE MACMILLAN CO.
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From this reading _May 8, 1911._ Once upon a time--a fairly long ago time--there lived in a neat little cottage two young girls who were sisters.
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From this reading If you had gone to see them on a bright warm summer's day, I daresay you would have envied them and their life and their lot.
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From this reading If you had gone to see them on a bright warm summer's day, I daresay you would have envied them and their life and their lot.
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From this reading If you had gone to see them on a bright warm summer's day, I daresay you would have envied them and their life and their lot.
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From this reading _May 8, 1911._ Once upon a time--a fairly long ago time--there lived in a neat little cottage two young girls who were sisters.
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From this reading _May 8, 1911._ Once upon a time--a fairly long ago time--there lived in a neat little cottage two young girls who were sisters.
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From this reading If you had gone to see them on a bright warm summer's day, I daresay you would have envied them and their life and their lot.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading If you had gone to see them on a bright warm summer's day, I daresay you would have envied them and their life and their lot.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading If you had gone to see them on a bright warm summer's day, I daresay you would have envied them and their life and their lot.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading If you had gone to see them on a bright warm summer's day, I daresay you would have envied them and their life and their lot.
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading If you had gone to see them on a bright warm summer's day, I daresay you would have envied them and their life and their lot.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading _May 8, 1911._ Once upon a time--a fairly long ago time--there lived in a neat little cottage two young girls who were sisters.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading If you had gone to see them on a bright warm summer's day, I daresay you would have envied them and their life and their lot.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading _May 8, 1911._ Once upon a time--a fairly long ago time--there lived in a neat little cottage two young girls who were sisters.
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From this reading _May 8, 1911._ Once upon a time--a fairly long ago time--there lived in a neat little cottage two young girls who were sisters.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading _May 8, 1911._ Once upon a time--a fairly long ago time--there lived in a neat little cottage two young girls who were sisters.
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From this reading If you had gone to see them on a bright warm summer's day, I daresay you would have envied them and their life and their lot.
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From this reading OF CANADA, LTD.
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From this reading THE MACMILLAN CO.
used to say something is possible, or to give permission
From this reading _May 8, 1911._ Once upon a time--a fairly long ago time--there lived in a neat little cottage two young girls who were sisters.
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From this reading _May 8, 1911._ Once upon a time--a fairly long ago time--there lived in a neat little cottage two young girls who were sisters.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading OF CANADA, LTD.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading If you had gone to see them on a bright warm summer's day, I daresay you would have envied them and their life and their lot.
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From this reading _May 8, 1911._ Once upon a time--a fairly long ago time--there lived in a neat little cottage two young girls who were sisters.
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From this reading 155 Sloane Street, S.W.
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From this reading If you had gone to see them on a bright warm summer's day, I daresay you would have envied them and their life and their lot.
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From this reading _May 8, 1911._ Once upon a time--a fairly long ago time--there lived in a neat little cottage two young girls who were sisters.
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From this reading 155 Sloane Street, S.W.
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From this reading 155 Sloane Street, S.W.
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From this reading If you had gone to see them on a bright warm summer's day, I daresay you would have envied them and their life and their lot.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE MACMILLAN CO.
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading If you had gone to see them on a bright warm summer's day, I daresay you would have envied them and their life and their lot.
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading If you had gone to see them on a bright warm summer's day, I daresay you would have envied them and their life and their lot.
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From this reading _May 8, 1911._ Once upon a time--a fairly long ago time--there lived in a neat little cottage two young girls who were sisters.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading _May 8, 1911._ Once upon a time--a fairly long ago time--there lived in a neat little cottage two young girls who were sisters.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading If you had gone to see them on a bright warm summer's day, I daresay you would have envied them and their life and their lot.
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From this reading _May 8, 1911._ Once upon a time--a fairly long ago time--there lived in a neat little cottage two young girls who were sisters.
a formal word for “on”
From this reading _May 8, 1911._ Once upon a time--a fairly long ago time--there lived in a neat little cottage two young girls who were sisters.
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From this reading 155 Sloane Street, S.W.
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From this reading If you had gone to see them on a bright warm summer's day, I daresay you would have envied them and their life and their lot.
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading _May 8, 1911._ Once upon a time--a fairly long ago time--there lived in a neat little cottage two young girls who were sisters.
which person or people
From this reading _May 8, 1911._ Once upon a time--a fairly long ago time--there lived in a neat little cottage two young girls who were sisters.
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading If you had gone to see them on a bright warm summer's day, I daresay you would have envied them and their life and their lot.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading If you had gone to see them on a bright warm summer's day, I daresay you would have envied them and their life and their lot.
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From this reading _May 8, 1911._ Once upon a time--a fairly long ago time--there lived in a neat little cottage two young girls who were sisters.
