A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
Chapter I
A Word to Donald. -- The Scotch Anecdote and its Character. -- The Scotch painted by Themselves. Ah! my dear Donald, what good stories you told me in the few months that I had the pleasure of passing with you! How you stuffed and saturated me with them!
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an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Ah! my dear Donald, what good stories you told me in the few months that I had the pleasure of passing with you!”
used when the people doing the action are also its object
From this reading “-- The Scotch painted by Themselves.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Ah! my dear Donald, what good stories you told me in the few months that I had the pleasure of passing with you!”
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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 A Word to Donald.
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From this reading Ah! my dear Donald, what good stories you told me in the few months that I had the pleasure of passing with you!
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading -- The Scotch Anecdote and its Character.
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From this reading -- The Scotch Anecdote and its Character.
showing who or what does the action
From this reading -- The Scotch painted by Themselves.
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From this reading -- The Scotch Anecdote and its Character.
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From this reading Ah! my dear Donald, what good stories you told me in the few months that I had the pleasure of passing with you!
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From this reading A Word to Donald.
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From this reading Ah! my dear Donald, what good stories you told me in the few months that I had the pleasure of passing with you!
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Ah! my dear Donald, what good stories you told me in the few months that I had the pleasure of passing with you!
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Ah! my dear Donald, what good stories you told me in the few months that I had the pleasure of passing with you!
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From this reading How you stuffed and saturated me with them!
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading Ah! my dear Donald, what good stories you told me in the few months that I had the pleasure of passing with you!
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Ah! my dear Donald, what good stories you told me in the few months that I had the pleasure of passing with you!
belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned
From this reading -- The Scotch Anecdote and its Character.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Ah! my dear Donald, what good stories you told me in the few months that I had the pleasure of passing with you!
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From this reading Ah! my dear Donald, what good stories you told me in the few months that I had the pleasure of passing with you!
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading Ah! my dear Donald, what good stories you told me in the few months that I had the pleasure of passing with you!
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Ah! my dear Donald, what good stories you told me in the few months that I had the pleasure of passing with you!
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From this reading -- The Scotch painted by Themselves.
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From this reading Ah! my dear Donald, what good stories you told me in the few months that I had the pleasure of passing with you!
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From this reading Ah! my dear Donald, what good stories you told me in the few months that I had the pleasure of passing with you!
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From this reading How you stuffed and saturated me with them!
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From this reading -- The Scotch Anecdote and its Character.
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From this reading Ah! my dear Donald, what good stories you told me in the few months that I had the pleasure of passing with you!
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From this reading How you stuffed and saturated me with them!
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Ah! my dear Donald, what good stories you told me in the few months that I had the pleasure of passing with you!
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading -- The Scotch Anecdote and its Character.
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading How you stuffed and saturated me with them!
used when the people doing the action are also its object
From this reading -- The Scotch painted by Themselves.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading A Word to Donald.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Ah! my dear Donald, what good stories you told me in the few months that I had the pleasure of passing with you!
used to ask for information about something
From this reading Ah! my dear Donald, what good stories you told me in the few months that I had the pleasure of passing with you!
in the company of; together with
From this reading Ah! my dear Donald, what good stories you told me in the few months that I had the pleasure of passing with you!
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From this reading A Word to Donald.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading Ah! my dear Donald, what good stories you told me in the few months that I had the pleasure of passing with you!
