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Chapter IV
Whither away so fast? O God save you! Even to the hall to hear what shall become Of the great Duke of Buckingham. HENRY VIII. The assembling of the passengers of the large packet-ship is necessarily an affair of coldness and distrust, especially with those who know the world, and more particularly still when the passage is from Europe to America.
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an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Even to the hall to hear what shall become Of the great Duke of Buckingham.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Even to the hall to hear what shall become Of the great Duke of Buckingham.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Even to the hall to hear what shall become Of the great Duke of Buckingham.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “The assembling of the passengers of the large packet-ship is necessarily an affair of coldness and distrust, especially with those who know the world, and more particularly still when the passage is from Europe to America.”
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading “The assembling of the passengers of the large packet-ship is necessarily an affair of coldness and distrust, especially with those who know the world, and more particularly still when the passage is from Europe to America.”
except for; apart from
From this reading “O God save you!”
used with I and we for the future, or to offer and suggest
From this reading “Even to the hall to hear what shall become Of the great Duke of Buckingham.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “The assembling of the passengers of the large packet-ship is necessarily an affair of coldness and distrust, especially with those who know the world, and more particularly still when the passage is from Europe to America.”
the plural of “that”: the people or things further away, or already known
From this reading “The assembling of the passengers of the large packet-ship is necessarily an affair of coldness and distrust, especially with those who know the world, and more particularly still when the passage is from Europe to America.”
an old word meaning “to where”
From this reading “Whither away so fast?”
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From this reading The assembling of the passengers of the large packet-ship is necessarily an affair of coldness and distrust, especially with those who know the world, and more particularly still when the passage is from Europe to America.
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From this reading The assembling of the passengers of the large packet-ship is necessarily an affair of coldness and distrust, especially with those who know the world, and more particularly still when the passage is from Europe to America.
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading The assembling of the passengers of the large packet-ship is necessarily an affair of coldness and distrust, especially with those who know the world, and more particularly still when the passage is from Europe to America.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading The assembling of the passengers of the large packet-ship is necessarily an affair of coldness and distrust, especially with those who know the world, and more particularly still when the passage is from Europe to America.
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From this reading The assembling of the passengers of the large packet-ship is necessarily an affair of coldness and distrust, especially with those who know the world, and more particularly still when the passage is from Europe to America.
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From this reading Whither away so fast?
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From this reading Even to the hall to hear what shall become Of the great Duke of Buckingham.
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From this reading Even to the hall to hear what shall become Of the great Duke of Buckingham.
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From this reading The assembling of the passengers of the large packet-ship is necessarily an affair of coldness and distrust, especially with those who know the world, and more particularly still when the passage is from Europe to America.
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From this reading The assembling of the passengers of the large packet-ship is necessarily an affair of coldness and distrust, especially with those who know the world, and more particularly still when the passage is from Europe to America.
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From this reading Even to the hall to hear what shall become Of the great Duke of Buckingham.
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From this reading The assembling of the passengers of the large packet-ship is necessarily an affair of coldness and distrust, especially with those who know the world, and more particularly still when the passage is from Europe to America.
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From this reading The assembling of the passengers of the large packet-ship is necessarily an affair of coldness and distrust, especially with those who know the world, and more particularly still when the passage is from Europe to America.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Even to the hall to hear what shall become Of the great Duke of Buckingham.
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From this reading Whither away so fast?
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading The assembling of the passengers of the large packet-ship is necessarily an affair of coldness and distrust, especially with those who know the world, and more particularly still when the passage is from Europe to America.
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From this reading O God save you!
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Even to the hall to hear what shall become Of the great Duke of Buckingham.
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From this reading Even to the hall to hear what shall become Of the great Duke of Buckingham.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Even to the hall to hear what shall become Of the great Duke of Buckingham.
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From this reading HENRY VIII.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading The assembling of the passengers of the large packet-ship is necessarily an affair of coldness and distrust, especially with those who know the world, and more particularly still when the passage is from Europe to America.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The assembling of the passengers of the large packet-ship is necessarily an affair of coldness and distrust, especially with those who know the world, and more particularly still when the passage is from Europe to America.
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From this reading The assembling of the passengers of the large packet-ship is necessarily an affair of coldness and distrust, especially with those who know the world, and more particularly still when the passage is from Europe to America.
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From this reading The assembling of the passengers of the large packet-ship is necessarily an affair of coldness and distrust, especially with those who know the world, and more particularly still when the passage is from Europe to America.
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From this reading The assembling of the passengers of the large packet-ship is necessarily an affair of coldness and distrust, especially with those who know the world, and more particularly still when the passage is from Europe to America.
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From this reading O God save you!
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Even to the hall to hear what shall become Of the great Duke of Buckingham.
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From this reading The assembling of the passengers of the large packet-ship is necessarily an affair of coldness and distrust, especially with those who know the world, and more particularly still when the passage is from Europe to America.
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From this reading The assembling of the passengers of the large packet-ship is necessarily an affair of coldness and distrust, especially with those who know the world, and more particularly still when the passage is from Europe to America.
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading The assembling of the passengers of the large packet-ship is necessarily an affair of coldness and distrust, especially with those who know the world, and more particularly still when the passage is from Europe to America.
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From this reading The assembling of the passengers of the large packet-ship is necessarily an affair of coldness and distrust, especially with those who know the world, and more particularly still when the passage is from Europe to America.
except for; apart from
From this reading O God save you!
used with I and we for the future, or to offer and suggest
From this reading Even to the hall to hear what shall become Of the great Duke of Buckingham.
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading Whither away so fast?
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The assembling of the passengers of the large packet-ship is necessarily an affair of coldness and distrust, especially with those who know the world, and more particularly still when the passage is from Europe to America.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Even to the hall to hear what shall become Of the great Duke of Buckingham.
the plural of “that”: the people or things further away, or already known
From this reading The assembling of the passengers of the large packet-ship is necessarily an affair of coldness and distrust, especially with those who know the world, and more particularly still when the passage is from Europe to America.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Even to the hall to hear what shall become Of the great Duke of Buckingham.
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From this reading HENRY VIII.
used to ask for information about something
From this reading Even to the hall to hear what shall become Of the great Duke of Buckingham.
at the time that
From this reading The assembling of the passengers of the large packet-ship is necessarily an affair of coldness and distrust, especially with those who know the world, and more particularly still when the passage is from Europe to America.
an old word meaning “to where”
From this reading Whither away so fast?
which person or people
From this reading The assembling of the passengers of the large packet-ship is necessarily an affair of coldness and distrust, especially with those who know the world, and more particularly still when the passage is from Europe to America.
in the company of; together with
From this reading The assembling of the passengers of the large packet-ship is necessarily an affair of coldness and distrust, especially with those who know the world, and more particularly still when the passage is from Europe to America.
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From this reading The assembling of the passengers of the large packet-ship is necessarily an affair of coldness and distrust, especially with those who know the world, and more particularly still when the passage is from Europe to America.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading O God save you!
