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Chapter XVIII
"Why should my curiosity excite me To search and pry into the affairs of others, Who have to employ my thoughts so many cares And sorrows of my own?" LILLO. Jaspar Dumont sat in the library at Bellevue. It was the evening after his return from Vicksburg. Near him, engaged in examining a heap of papers, was his new overseer, Dalhousie.
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later than; following
From this reading “It was the evening after his return from Vicksburg.”
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading “"Why should my curiosity excite me To search and pry into the affairs of others, Who have to employ my thoughts so many cares And sorrows of my own?"”
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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 Near him, engaged in examining a heap of papers, was his new overseer, Dalhousie.
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From this reading "Why should my curiosity excite me To search and pry into the affairs of others, Who have to employ my thoughts so many cares And sorrows of my own?"
later than; following
From this reading It was the evening after his return from Vicksburg.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading "Why should my curiosity excite me To search and pry into the affairs of others, Who have to employ my thoughts so many cares And sorrows of my own?"
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading Jaspar Dumont sat in the library at Bellevue.
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From this reading Jaspar Dumont sat in the library at Bellevue.
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From this reading Near him, engaged in examining a heap of papers, was his new overseer, Dalhousie.
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From this reading Jaspar Dumont sat in the library at Bellevue.
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From this reading "Why should my curiosity excite me To search and pry into the affairs of others, Who have to employ my thoughts so many cares And sorrows of my own?"
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From this reading Near him, engaged in examining a heap of papers, was his new overseer, Dalhousie.
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From this reading It was the evening after his return from Vicksburg.
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From this reading Near him, engaged in examining a heap of papers, was his new overseer, Dalhousie.
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From this reading "Why should my curiosity excite me To search and pry into the affairs of others, Who have to employ my thoughts so many cares And sorrows of my own?"
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading It was the evening after his return from Vicksburg.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading "Why should my curiosity excite me To search and pry into the affairs of others, Who have to employ my thoughts so many cares And sorrows of my own?"
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From this reading Near him, engaged in examining a heap of papers, was his new overseer, Dalhousie.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Near him, engaged in examining a heap of papers, was his new overseer, Dalhousie.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading It was the evening after his return from Vicksburg.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Jaspar Dumont sat in the library at Bellevue.
moving to the inside of something
From this reading "Why should my curiosity excite me To search and pry into the affairs of others, Who have to employ my thoughts so many cares And sorrows of my own?"
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It was the evening after his return from Vicksburg.
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From this reading Jaspar Dumont sat in the library at Bellevue.
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From this reading Jaspar Dumont sat in the library at Bellevue.
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From this reading LILLO.
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From this reading "Why should my curiosity excite me To search and pry into the affairs of others, Who have to employ my thoughts so many cares And sorrows of my own?"
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading "Why should my curiosity excite me To search and pry into the affairs of others, Who have to employ my thoughts so many cares And sorrows of my own?"
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading "Why should my curiosity excite me To search and pry into the affairs of others, Who have to employ my thoughts so many cares And sorrows of my own?"
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From this reading Near him, engaged in examining a heap of papers, was his new overseer, Dalhousie.
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From this reading Near him, engaged in examining a heap of papers, was his new overseer, Dalhousie.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading "Why should my curiosity excite me To search and pry into the affairs of others, Who have to employ my thoughts so many cares And sorrows of my own?"
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From this reading "Why should my curiosity excite me To search and pry into the affairs of others, Who have to employ my thoughts so many cares And sorrows of my own?"
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From this reading Near him, engaged in examining a heap of papers, was his new overseer, Dalhousie.
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From this reading "Why should my curiosity excite me To search and pry into the affairs of others, Who have to employ my thoughts so many cares And sorrows of my own?"
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From this reading Near him, engaged in examining a heap of papers, was his new overseer, Dalhousie.
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From this reading "Why should my curiosity excite me To search and pry into the affairs of others, Who have to employ my thoughts so many cares And sorrows of my own?"
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From this reading It was the evening after his return from Vicksburg.
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From this reading Jaspar Dumont sat in the library at Bellevue.
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From this reading "Why should my curiosity excite me To search and pry into the affairs of others, Who have to employ my thoughts so many cares And sorrows of my own?"
used to say what is right, expected, or advisable
From this reading "Why should my curiosity excite me To search and pry into the affairs of others, Who have to employ my thoughts so many cares And sorrows of my own?"
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading "Why should my curiosity excite me To search and pry into the affairs of others, Who have to employ my thoughts so many cares And sorrows of my own?"
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From this reading "Why should my curiosity excite me To search and pry into the affairs of others, Who have to employ my thoughts so many cares And sorrows of my own?"
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading "Why should my curiosity excite me To search and pry into the affairs of others, Who have to employ my thoughts so many cares And sorrows of my own?"
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From this reading "Why should my curiosity excite me To search and pry into the affairs of others, Who have to employ my thoughts so many cares And sorrows of my own?"
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading "Why should my curiosity excite me To search and pry into the affairs of others, Who have to employ my thoughts so many cares And sorrows of my own?"
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From this reading It was the evening after his return from Vicksburg.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading It was the evening after his return from Vicksburg.
which person or people
From this reading "Why should my curiosity excite me To search and pry into the affairs of others, Who have to employ my thoughts so many cares And sorrows of my own?"
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From this reading "Why should my curiosity excite me To search and pry into the affairs of others, Who have to employ my thoughts so many cares And sorrows of my own?"
