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Chapter I
Here's to stern Critics! May they some day learn The forward lookout's Better than the stern! Here's to her shadow! May it mark the hours Upon the sundial of her life--in flowers! PAGE TO STERN CRITICS 3 TO HER SHADOW 4 TO FASHION 9 TO THE TYPEWRITER 11 THE FLOOR 12 TO MUSIC 15 TO THE PUBLISHER 17 HERE'S LOOKING 19 THE DOVE OF PEACE 21 TO THE CLOCK 23 TO HOPE 25 TO LIBERTY 27 STAIRS: A TOAST 29 TO LADY NICOTINE 31 OH, EDITOR, EDITOR!
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an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “May they some day learn The forward lookout's Better than the stern!”
The state of being free within society from oppressive restrictions on one's way of life.
From this reading “PAGE TO STERN CRITICS 3 TO HER SHADOW 4 TO FASHION 9 TO THE TYPEWRITER 11 THE FLOOR 12 TO MUSIC 15 TO THE PUBLISHER 17 HERE'S LOOKING 19 THE DOVE OF PEACE 21 TO THE CLOCK 23 TO HOPE 25 TO LIBERTY 27 STAIRS: A TOAST 29 TO LADY NICOTINE 31 OH, EDITOR, EDITOR!”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “May it mark the hours Upon the sundial of her life--in flowers!”
used to say something is possible, or to give permission
From this reading “May they some day learn The forward lookout's Better than the stern!”
A dark area or shape produced by a body coming between rays of light and a surface.
From this reading “Here's to her shadow!”
a formal word for “on”
From this reading “May it mark the hours Upon the sundial of her life--in flowers!”
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From this reading PAGE TO STERN CRITICS 3 TO HER SHADOW 4 TO FASHION 9 TO THE TYPEWRITER 11 THE FLOOR 12 TO MUSIC 15 TO THE PUBLISHER 17 HERE'S LOOKING 19 THE DOVE OF PEACE 21 TO THE CLOCK 23 TO HOPE 25 TO LIBERTY 27 STAIRS: A TOAST 29 TO LADY NICOTINE 31 OH, EDITOR, EDITOR!
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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 PAGE TO STERN CRITICS 3 TO HER SHADOW 4 TO FASHION 9 TO THE TYPEWRITER 11 THE FLOOR 12 TO MUSIC 15 TO THE PUBLISHER 17 HERE'S LOOKING 19 THE DOVE OF PEACE 21 TO THE CLOCK 23 TO HOPE 25 TO LIBERTY 27 STAIRS: A TOAST 29 TO LADY NICOTINE 31 OH, EDITOR, EDITOR!
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From this reading May they some day learn The forward lookout's Better than the stern!
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From this reading Here's to stern Critics!
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From this reading May they some day learn The forward lookout's Better than the stern!
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From this reading May it mark the hours Upon the sundial of her life--in flowers!
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading May they some day learn The forward lookout's Better than the stern!
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading Here's to her shadow!
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From this reading Here's to stern Critics!
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From this reading May it mark the hours Upon the sundial of her life--in flowers!
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading May it mark the hours Upon the sundial of her life--in flowers!
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading May it mark the hours Upon the sundial of her life--in flowers!
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From this reading May they some day learn The forward lookout's Better than the stern!
The state of being free within society from oppressive restrictions on one's way of life.
From this reading PAGE TO STERN CRITICS 3 TO HER SHADOW 4 TO FASHION 9 TO THE TYPEWRITER 11 THE FLOOR 12 TO MUSIC 15 TO THE PUBLISHER 17 HERE'S LOOKING 19 THE DOVE OF PEACE 21 TO THE CLOCK 23 TO HOPE 25 TO LIBERTY 27 STAIRS: A TOAST 29 TO LADY NICOTINE 31 OH, EDITOR, EDITOR!
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading May it mark the hours Upon the sundial of her life--in flowers!
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From this reading May they some day learn The forward lookout's Better than the stern!
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From this reading May it mark the hours Upon the sundial of her life--in flowers!
used to say something is possible, or to give permission
From this reading May they some day learn The forward lookout's Better than the stern!
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belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading May it mark the hours Upon the sundial of her life--in flowers!
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A dark area or shape produced by a body coming between rays of light and a surface.
From this reading Here's to her shadow!
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From this reading May they some day learn The forward lookout's Better than the stern!
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From this reading Here's to stern Critics!
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From this reading May it mark the hours Upon the sundial of her life--in flowers!
used to introduce the second part of a comparison
From this reading May they some day learn The forward lookout's Better than the stern!
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading May they some day learn The forward lookout's Better than the stern!
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading May they some day learn The forward lookout's Better than the stern!
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Here's to stern Critics!
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a formal word for “on”
From this reading May it mark the hours Upon the sundial of her life--in flowers!
