Chapter I

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From this reading My Captain!” by Walt Whitman; to Charles Scribner’s Sons for “On a Florida River” by Sidney Lanier, from _The Lanier Book_, copyright 1904; and to Frederick A. Stokes Company for “Kilmeny—A Song of the Trawlers” by Alfred Noyes from _The New Morning_, copyright 1919.

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From this reading My Captain!” by Walt Whitman; to Charles Scribner’s Sons for “On a Florida River” by Sidney Lanier, from _The Lanier Book_, copyright 1904; and to Frederick A. Stokes Company for “Kilmeny—A Song of the Trawlers” by Alfred Noyes from _The New Morning_, copyright 1919.

used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one

From this reading My Captain!” by Walt Whitman; to Charles Scribner’s Sons for “On a Florida River” by Sidney Lanier, from _The Lanier Book_, copyright 1904; and to Frederick A. Stokes Company for “Kilmeny—A Song of the Trawlers” by Alfred Noyes from _The New Morning_, copyright 1919.

the state or quality of being recognized or acknowledged

From this reading For permission to use copyrighted material grateful acknowledgment is made to _The London Times_ for “The Guards Came Through” by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle; to Thomas Hardy for “Men Who March Away” from _The London Times_; to John Galsworthy for “England to Free Men” from _The Westminster Gazette_; to John Masefield for “Spanish Waters”; to Hamlin Garland for “The Great Blizzard” from _Boy Life on the Prairie_; to Doubleday Page & Co. for “The Gift of the Magi” by O. Henry; to G. P. Putnam’s Sons for “Old Ephraim, the Grizzly Bear,” from _The Wilderness Hunter_ by Theodore Roosevelt; to the George H. Doran Company for “Trees” from _Trees and Other Poems_ by Joyce Kilmer; to Mr. R. W. Lillard for “America’s Answer” from _The New York Evening Post_; to Horace Traubel for “Pioneers!

king of Wessex; defeated the Vikings and encouraged writing in English (849-899)

From this reading My Captain!” by Walt Whitman; to Charles Scribner’s Sons for “On a Florida River” by Sidney Lanier, from _The Lanier Book_, copyright 1904; and to Frederick A. Stokes Company for “Kilmeny—A Song of the Trawlers” by Alfred Noyes from _The New Morning_, copyright 1919.

North American republic containing 50 states - 48 conterminous states in North America plus Alaska in northwest North America and the Hawaiian Islands in the Pacific Ocean; achieved independence in 1776

From this reading O Pioneers!”, “I Hear America Singing”, “O Captain!

possessive form of “america” — North American republic containing 50 states - 48 conterminous states in North America plus Alaska in northwest North America and the Hawaiian Islands in the Pacific Ocean; achieved independence in 1776

From this reading For permission to use copyrighted material grateful acknowledgment is made to _The London Times_ for “The Guards Came Through” by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle; to Thomas Hardy for “Men Who March Away” from _The London Times_; to John Galsworthy for “England to Free Men” from _The Westminster Gazette_; to John Masefield for “Spanish Waters”; to Hamlin Garland for “The Great Blizzard” from _Boy Life on the Prairie_; to Doubleday Page & Co. for “The Gift of the Magi” by O. Henry; to G. P. Putnam’s Sons for “Old Ephraim, the Grizzly Bear,” from _The Wilderness Hunter_ by Theodore Roosevelt; to the George H. Doran Company for “Trees” from _Trees and Other Poems_ by Joyce Kilmer; to Mr. R. W. Lillard for “America’s Answer” from _The New York Evening Post_; to Horace Traubel for “Pioneers!

used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together

From this reading For permission to use copyrighted material grateful acknowledgment is made to _The London Times_ for “The Guards Came Through” by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle; to Thomas Hardy for “Men Who March Away” from _The London Times_; to John Galsworthy for “England to Free Men” from _The Westminster Gazette_; to John Masefield for “Spanish Waters”; to Hamlin Garland for “The Great Blizzard” from _Boy Life on the Prairie_; to Doubleday Page & Co. for “The Gift of the Magi” by O. Henry; to G. P. Putnam’s Sons for “Old Ephraim, the Grizzly Bear,” from _The Wilderness Hunter_ by Theodore Roosevelt; to the George H. Doran Company for “Trees” from _Trees and Other Poems_ by Joyce Kilmer; to Mr. R. W. Lillard for “America’s Answer” from _The New York Evening Post_; to Horace Traubel for “Pioneers!

react verbally

From this reading For permission to use copyrighted material grateful acknowledgment is made to _The London Times_ for “The Guards Came Through” by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle; to Thomas Hardy for “Men Who March Away” from _The London Times_; to John Galsworthy for “England to Free Men” from _The Westminster Gazette_; to John Masefield for “Spanish Waters”; to Hamlin Garland for “The Great Blizzard” from _Boy Life on the Prairie_; to Doubleday Page & Co. for “The Gift of the Magi” by O. Henry; to G. P. Putnam’s Sons for “Old Ephraim, the Grizzly Bear,” from _The Wilderness Hunter_ by Theodore Roosevelt; to the George H. Doran Company for “Trees” from _Trees and Other Poems_ by Joyce Kilmer; to Mr. R. W. Lillard for “America’s Answer” from _The New York Evening Post_; to Horace Traubel for “Pioneers!

elected vice president and became 21st President of the United States when Garfield was assassinated (1830-1886)

From this reading For permission to use copyrighted material grateful acknowledgment is made to _The London Times_ for “The Guards Came Through” by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle; to Thomas Hardy for “Men Who March Away” from _The London Times_; to John Galsworthy for “England to Free Men” from _The Westminster Gazette_; to John Masefield for “Spanish Waters”; to Hamlin Garland for “The Great Blizzard” from _Boy Life on the Prairie_; to Doubleday Page & Co. for “The Gift of the Magi” by O. Henry; to G. P. Putnam’s Sons for “Old Ephraim, the Grizzly Bear,” from _The Wilderness Hunter_ by Theodore Roosevelt; to the George H. Doran Company for “Trees” from _Trees and Other Poems_ by Joyce Kilmer; to Mr. R. W. Lillard for “America’s Answer” from _The New York Evening Post_; to Horace Traubel for “Pioneers!

from a particular thing or place or position (“forth” is obsolete)

From this reading For permission to use copyrighted material grateful acknowledgment is made to _The London Times_ for “The Guards Came Through” by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle; to Thomas Hardy for “Men Who March Away” from _The London Times_; to John Galsworthy for “England to Free Men” from _The Westminster Gazette_; to John Masefield for “Spanish Waters”; to Hamlin Garland for “The Great Blizzard” from _Boy Life on the Prairie_; to Doubleday Page & Co. for “The Gift of the Magi” by O. Henry; to G. P. Putnam’s Sons for “Old Ephraim, the Grizzly Bear,” from _The Wilderness Hunter_ by Theodore Roosevelt; to the George H. Doran Company for “Trees” from _Trees and Other Poems_ by Joyce Kilmer; to Mr. R. W. Lillard for “America’s Answer” from _The New York Evening Post_; to Horace Traubel for “Pioneers!

have

From this reading For permission to use copyrighted material grateful acknowledgment is made to _The London Times_ for “The Guards Came Through” by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle; to Thomas Hardy for “Men Who March Away” from _The London Times_; to John Galsworthy for “England to Free Men” from _The Westminster Gazette_; to John Masefield for “Spanish Waters”; to Hamlin Garland for “The Great Blizzard” from _Boy Life on the Prairie_; to Doubleday Page & Co. for “The Gift of the Magi” by O. Henry; to G. P. Putnam’s Sons for “Old Ephraim, the Grizzly Bear,” from _The Wilderness Hunter_ by Theodore Roosevelt; to the George H. Doran Company for “Trees” from _Trees and Other Poems_ by Joyce Kilmer; to Mr. R. W. Lillard for “America’s Answer” from _The New York Evening Post_; to Horace Traubel for “Pioneers!

a storm with widespread snowfall accompanied by strong winds

From this reading For permission to use copyrighted material grateful acknowledgment is made to _The London Times_ for “The Guards Came Through” by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle; to Thomas Hardy for “Men Who March Away” from _The London Times_; to John Galsworthy for “England to Free Men” from _The Westminster Gazette_; to John Masefield for “Spanish Waters”; to Hamlin Garland for “The Great Blizzard” from _Boy Life on the Prairie_; to Doubleday Page & Co. for “The Gift of the Magi” by O. Henry; to G. P. Putnam’s Sons for “Old Ephraim, the Grizzly Bear,” from _The Wilderness Hunter_ by Theodore Roosevelt; to the George H. Doran Company for “Trees” from _Trees and Other Poems_ by Joyce Kilmer; to Mr. R. W. Lillard for “America’s Answer” from _The New York Evening Post_; to Horace Traubel for “Pioneers!

a written work or composition that has been published (printed on pages bound together)

From this reading My Captain!” by Walt Whitman; to Charles Scribner’s Sons for “On a Florida River” by Sidney Lanier, from _The Lanier Book_, copyright 1904; and to Frederick A. Stokes Company for “Kilmeny—A Song of the Trawlers” by Alfred Noyes from _The New Morning_, copyright 1919.

a youthful male person

From this reading For permission to use copyrighted material grateful acknowledgment is made to _The London Times_ for “The Guards Came Through” by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle; to Thomas Hardy for “Men Who March Away” from _The London Times_; to John Galsworthy for “England to Free Men” from _The Westminster Gazette_; to John Masefield for “Spanish Waters”; to Hamlin Garland for “The Great Blizzard” from _Boy Life on the Prairie_; to Doubleday Page & Co. for “The Gift of the Magi” by O. Henry; to G. P. Putnam’s Sons for “Old Ephraim, the Grizzly Bear,” from _The Wilderness Hunter_ by Theodore Roosevelt; to the George H. Doran Company for “Trees” from _Trees and Other Poems_ by Joyce Kilmer; to Mr. R. W. Lillard for “America’s Answer” from _The New York Evening Post_; to Horace Traubel for “Pioneers!

showing who or what does the action

From this reading For permission to use copyrighted material grateful acknowledgment is made to _The London Times_ for “The Guards Came Through” by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle; to Thomas Hardy for “Men Who March Away” from _The London Times_; to John Galsworthy for “England to Free Men” from _The Westminster Gazette_; to John Masefield for “Spanish Waters”; to Hamlin Garland for “The Great Blizzard” from _Boy Life on the Prairie_; to Doubleday Page & Co. for “The Gift of the Magi” by O. Henry; to G. P. Putnam’s Sons for “Old Ephraim, the Grizzly Bear,” from _The Wilderness Hunter_ by Theodore Roosevelt; to the George H. Doran Company for “Trees” from _Trees and Other Poems_ by Joyce Kilmer; to Mr. R. W. Lillard for “America’s Answer” from _The New York Evening Post_; to Horace Traubel for “Pioneers!

inflected form of “come” — move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody

From this reading For permission to use copyrighted material grateful acknowledgment is made to _The London Times_ for “The Guards Came Through” by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle; to Thomas Hardy for “Men Who March Away” from _The London Times_; to John Galsworthy for “England to Free Men” from _The Westminster Gazette_; to John Masefield for “Spanish Waters”; to Hamlin Garland for “The Great Blizzard” from _Boy Life on the Prairie_; to Doubleday Page & Co. for “The Gift of the Magi” by O. Henry; to G. P. Putnam’s Sons for “Old Ephraim, the Grizzly Bear,” from _The Wilderness Hunter_ by Theodore Roosevelt; to the George H. Doran Company for “Trees” from _Trees and Other Poems_ by Joyce Kilmer; to Mr. R. W. Lillard for “America’s Answer” from _The New York Evening Post_; to Horace Traubel for “Pioneers!

an officer holding a rank below a major but above a lieutenant

From this reading O Pioneers!”, “I Hear America Singing”, “O Captain!

King of France from 1560 to 1574 whose reign was dominated by his mother Catherine de Medicis (1550-1574)

From this reading My Captain!” by Walt Whitman; to Charles Scribner’s Sons for “On a Florida River” by Sidney Lanier, from _The Lanier Book_, copyright 1904; and to Frederick A. Stokes Company for “Kilmeny—A Song of the Trawlers” by Alfred Noyes from _The New Morning_, copyright 1919.

largest city in Illinois; a bustling Great Lakes port that extends 26 miles along the southwestern shoreline of Lake Michigan

From this reading ROBERT O. LAW COMPANY EDITION BOOK MANUFACTURERS CHICAGO, U. S. A.

an odorless very poisonous gas that is a product of incomplete combustion of carbon

From this reading For permission to use copyrighted material grateful acknowledgment is made to _The London Times_ for “The Guards Came Through” by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle; to Thomas Hardy for “Men Who March Away” from _The London Times_; to John Galsworthy for “England to Free Men” from _The Westminster Gazette_; to John Masefield for “Spanish Waters”; to Hamlin Garland for “The Great Blizzard” from _Boy Life on the Prairie_; to Doubleday Page & Co. for “The Gift of the Magi” by O. Henry; to G. P. Putnam’s Sons for “Old Ephraim, the Grizzly Bear,” from _The Wilderness Hunter_ by Theodore Roosevelt; to the George H. Doran Company for “Trees” from _Trees and Other Poems_ by Joyce Kilmer; to Mr. R. W. Lillard for “America’s Answer” from _The New York Evening Post_; to Horace Traubel for “Pioneers!

an institution created to conduct business

From this reading For permission to use copyrighted material grateful acknowledgment is made to _The London Times_ for “The Guards Came Through” by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle; to Thomas Hardy for “Men Who March Away” from _The London Times_; to John Galsworthy for “England to Free Men” from _The Westminster Gazette_; to John Masefield for “Spanish Waters”; to Hamlin Garland for “The Great Blizzard” from _Boy Life on the Prairie_; to Doubleday Page & Co. for “The Gift of the Magi” by O. Henry; to G. P. Putnam’s Sons for “Old Ephraim, the Grizzly Bear,” from _The Wilderness Hunter_ by Theodore Roosevelt; to the George H. Doran Company for “Trees” from _Trees and Other Poems_ by Joyce Kilmer; to Mr. R. W. Lillard for “America’s Answer” from _The New York Evening Post_; to Horace Traubel for “Pioneers!

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From this reading For permission to use copyrighted material grateful acknowledgment is made to _The London Times_ for “The Guards Came Through” by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle; to Thomas Hardy for “Men Who March Away” from _The London Times_; to John Galsworthy for “England to Free Men” from _The Westminster Gazette_; to John Masefield for “Spanish Waters”; to Hamlin Garland for “The Great Blizzard” from _Boy Life on the Prairie_; to Doubleday Page & Co. for “The Gift of the Magi” by O. Henry; to G. P. Putnam’s Sons for “Old Ephraim, the Grizzly Bear,” from _The Wilderness Hunter_ by Theodore Roosevelt; to the George H. Doran Company for “Trees” from _Trees and Other Poems_ by Joyce Kilmer; to Mr. R. W. Lillard for “America’s Answer” from _The New York Evening Post_; to Horace Traubel for “Pioneers!

a document granting exclusive right to publish and sell literary or musical or artistic work

From this reading My Captain!” by Walt Whitman; to Charles Scribner’s Sons for “On a Florida River” by Sidney Lanier, from _The Lanier Book_, copyright 1904; and to Frederick A. Stokes Company for “Kilmeny—A Song of the Trawlers” by Alfred Noyes from _The New Morning_, copyright 1919.

(of literary or musical or dramatic or artistic work) protected by copyright

From this reading For permission to use copyrighted material grateful acknowledgment is made to _The London Times_ for “The Guards Came Through” by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle; to Thomas Hardy for “Men Who March Away” from _The London Times_; to John Galsworthy for “England to Free Men” from _The Westminster Gazette_; to John Masefield for “Spanish Waters”; to Hamlin Garland for “The Great Blizzard” from _Boy Life on the Prairie_; to Doubleday Page & Co. for “The Gift of the Magi” by O. Henry; to G. P. Putnam’s Sons for “Old Ephraim, the Grizzly Bear,” from _The Wilderness Hunter_ by Theodore Roosevelt; to the George H. Doran Company for “Trees” from _Trees and Other Poems_ by Joyce Kilmer; to Mr. R. W. Lillard for “America’s Answer” from _The New York Evening Post_; to Horace Traubel for “Pioneers!

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading For permission to use copyrighted material grateful acknowledgment is made to _The London Times_ for “The Guards Came Through” by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle; to Thomas Hardy for “Men Who March Away” from _The London Times_; to John Galsworthy for “England to Free Men” from _The Westminster Gazette_; to John Masefield for “Spanish Waters”; to Hamlin Garland for “The Great Blizzard” from _Boy Life on the Prairie_; to Doubleday Page & Co. for “The Gift of the Magi” by O. Henry; to G. P. Putnam’s Sons for “Old Ephraim, the Grizzly Bear,” from _The Wilderness Hunter_ by Theodore Roosevelt; to the George H. Doran Company for “Trees” from _Trees and Other Poems_ by Joyce Kilmer; to Mr. R. W. Lillard for “America’s Answer” from _The New York Evening Post_; to Horace Traubel for “Pioneers!

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading For permission to use copyrighted material grateful acknowledgment is made to _The London Times_ for “The Guards Came Through” by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle; to Thomas Hardy for “Men Who March Away” from _The London Times_; to John Galsworthy for “England to Free Men” from _The Westminster Gazette_; to John Masefield for “Spanish Waters”; to Hamlin Garland for “The Great Blizzard” from _Boy Life on the Prairie_; to Doubleday Page & Co. for “The Gift of the Magi” by O. Henry; to G. P. Putnam’s Sons for “Old Ephraim, the Grizzly Bear,” from _The Wilderness Hunter_ by Theodore Roosevelt; to the George H. Doran Company for “Trees” from _Trees and Other Poems_ by Joyce Kilmer; to Mr. R. W. Lillard for “America’s Answer” from _The New York Evening Post_; to Horace Traubel for “Pioneers!

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading For permission to use copyrighted material grateful acknowledgment is made to _The London Times_ for “The Guards Came Through” by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle; to Thomas Hardy for “Men Who March Away” from _The London Times_; to John Galsworthy for “England to Free Men” from _The Westminster Gazette_; to John Masefield for “Spanish Waters”; to Hamlin Garland for “The Great Blizzard” from _Boy Life on the Prairie_; to Doubleday Page & Co. for “The Gift of the Magi” by O. Henry; to G. P. Putnam’s Sons for “Old Ephraim, the Grizzly Bear,” from _The Wilderness Hunter_ by Theodore Roosevelt; to the George H. Doran Company for “Trees” from _Trees and Other Poems_ by Joyce Kilmer; to Mr. R. W. Lillard for “America’s Answer” from _The New York Evening Post_; to Horace Traubel for “Pioneers!

the form in which a text (especially a printed book) is published

From this reading ROBERT O. LAW COMPANY EDITION BOOK MANUFACTURERS CHICAGO, U. S. A.

a division of the United Kingdom

From this reading For permission to use copyrighted material grateful acknowledgment is made to _The London Times_ for “The Guards Came Through” by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle; to Thomas Hardy for “Men Who March Away” from _The London Times_; to John Galsworthy for “England to Free Men” from _The Westminster Gazette_; to John Masefield for “Spanish Waters”; to Hamlin Garland for “The Great Blizzard” from _Boy Life on the Prairie_; to Doubleday Page & Co. for “The Gift of the Magi” by O. Henry; to G. P. Putnam’s Sons for “Old Ephraim, the Grizzly Bear,” from _The Wilderness Hunter_ by Theodore Roosevelt; to the George H. Doran Company for “Trees” from _Trees and Other Poems_ by Joyce Kilmer; to Mr. R. W. Lillard for “America’s Answer” from _The New York Evening Post_; to Horace Traubel for “Pioneers!

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading For permission to use copyrighted material grateful acknowledgment is made to _The London Times_ for “The Guards Came Through” by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle; to Thomas Hardy for “Men Who March Away” from _The London Times_; to John Galsworthy for “England to Free Men” from _The Westminster Gazette_; to John Masefield for “Spanish Waters”; to Hamlin Garland for “The Great Blizzard” from _Boy Life on the Prairie_; to Doubleday Page & Co. for “The Gift of the Magi” by O. Henry; to G. P. Putnam’s Sons for “Old Ephraim, the Grizzly Bear,” from _The Wilderness Hunter_ by Theodore Roosevelt; to the George H. Doran Company for “Trees” from _Trees and Other Poems_ by Joyce Kilmer; to Mr. R. W. Lillard for “America’s Answer” from _The New York Evening Post_; to Horace Traubel for “Pioneers!

the latter part of the day (the period of decreasing daylight from late afternoon until nightfall)

From this reading For permission to use copyrighted material grateful acknowledgment is made to _The London Times_ for “The Guards Came Through” by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle; to Thomas Hardy for “Men Who March Away” from _The London Times_; to John Galsworthy for “England to Free Men” from _The Westminster Gazette_; to John Masefield for “Spanish Waters”; to Hamlin Garland for “The Great Blizzard” from _Boy Life on the Prairie_; to Doubleday Page & Co. for “The Gift of the Magi” by O. Henry; to G. P. Putnam’s Sons for “Old Ephraim, the Grizzly Bear,” from _The Wilderness Hunter_ by Theodore Roosevelt; to the George H. Doran Company for “Trees” from _Trees and Other Poems_ by Joyce Kilmer; to Mr. R. W. Lillard for “America’s Answer” from _The New York Evening Post_; to Horace Traubel for “Pioneers!

far beyond what is usual in magnitude or degree

From this reading The Junior High School offers exceptional opportunity for relating literature to life.

a state in southeastern United States between the Atlantic and the Gulf of Mexico; one of the Confederate states during the American Civil War

From this reading My Captain!” by Walt Whitman; to Charles Scribner’s Sons for “On a Florida River” by Sidney Lanier, from _The Lanier Book_, copyright 1904; and to Frederick A. Stokes Company for “Kilmeny—A Song of the Trawlers” by Alfred Noyes from _The New Morning_, copyright 1919.

intended to be given to, or used by, somebody

From this reading For permission to use copyrighted material grateful acknowledgment is made to _The London Times_ for “The Guards Came Through” by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle; to Thomas Hardy for “Men Who March Away” from _The London Times_; to John Galsworthy for “England to Free Men” from _The Westminster Gazette_; to John Masefield for “Spanish Waters”; to Hamlin Garland for “The Great Blizzard” from _Boy Life on the Prairie_; to Doubleday Page & Co. for “The Gift of the Magi” by O. Henry; to G. P. Putnam’s Sons for “Old Ephraim, the Grizzly Bear,” from _The Wilderness Hunter_ by Theodore Roosevelt; to the George H. Doran Company for “Trees” from _Trees and Other Poems_ by Joyce Kilmer; to Mr. R. W. Lillard for “America’s Answer” from _The New York Evening Post_; to Horace Traubel for “Pioneers!

a town in northern Maryland to the west of Baltimore

From this reading My Captain!” by Walt Whitman; to Charles Scribner’s Sons for “On a Florida River” by Sidney Lanier, from _The Lanier Book_, copyright 1904; and to Frederick A. Stokes Company for “Kilmeny—A Song of the Trawlers” by Alfred Noyes from _The New Morning_, copyright 1919.

grant freedom to; free from confinement

From this reading For permission to use copyrighted material grateful acknowledgment is made to _The London Times_ for “The Guards Came Through” by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle; to Thomas Hardy for “Men Who March Away” from _The London Times_; to John Galsworthy for “England to Free Men” from _The Westminster Gazette_; to John Masefield for “Spanish Waters”; to Hamlin Garland for “The Great Blizzard” from _Boy Life on the Prairie_; to Doubleday Page & Co. for “The Gift of the Magi” by O. Henry; to G. P. Putnam’s Sons for “Old Ephraim, the Grizzly Bear,” from _The Wilderness Hunter_ by Theodore Roosevelt; to the George H. Doran Company for “Trees” from _Trees and Other Poems_ by Joyce Kilmer; to Mr. R. W. Lillard for “America’s Answer” from _The New York Evening Post_; to Horace Traubel for “Pioneers!

showing where something starts, or who sent it

From this reading For permission to use copyrighted material grateful acknowledgment is made to _The London Times_ for “The Guards Came Through” by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle; to Thomas Hardy for “Men Who March Away” from _The London Times_; to John Galsworthy for “England to Free Men” from _The Westminster Gazette_; to John Masefield for “Spanish Waters”; to Hamlin Garland for “The Great Blizzard” from _Boy Life on the Prairie_; to Doubleday Page & Co. for “The Gift of the Magi” by O. Henry; to G. P. Putnam’s Sons for “Old Ephraim, the Grizzly Bear,” from _The Wilderness Hunter_ by Theodore Roosevelt; to the George H. Doran Company for “Trees” from _Trees and Other Poems_ by Joyce Kilmer; to Mr. R. W. Lillard for “America’s Answer” from _The New York Evening Post_; to Horace Traubel for “Pioneers!

a metric unit of weight equal to one thousandth of a kilogram

From this reading For permission to use copyrighted material grateful acknowledgment is made to _The London Times_ for “The Guards Came Through” by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle; to Thomas Hardy for “Men Who March Away” from _The London Times_; to John Galsworthy for “England to Free Men” from _The Westminster Gazette_; to John Masefield for “Spanish Waters”; to Hamlin Garland for “The Great Blizzard” from _Boy Life on the Prairie_; to Doubleday Page & Co. for “The Gift of the Magi” by O. Henry; to G. P. Putnam’s Sons for “Old Ephraim, the Grizzly Bear,” from _The Wilderness Hunter_ by Theodore Roosevelt; to the George H. Doran Company for “Trees” from _Trees and Other Poems_ by Joyce Kilmer; to Mr. R. W. Lillard for “America’s Answer” from _The New York Evening Post_; to Horace Traubel for “Pioneers!

English novelist (1867-1933)

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adorn with bands of flowers or leaves

From this reading For permission to use copyrighted material grateful acknowledgment is made to _The London Times_ for “The Guards Came Through” by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle; to Thomas Hardy for “Men Who March Away” from _The London Times_; to John Galsworthy for “England to Free Men” from _The Westminster Gazette_; to John Masefield for “Spanish Waters”; to Hamlin Garland for “The Great Blizzard” from _Boy Life on the Prairie_; to Doubleday Page & Co. for “The Gift of the Magi” by O. Henry; to G. P. Putnam’s Sons for “Old Ephraim, the Grizzly Bear,” from _The Wilderness Hunter_ by Theodore Roosevelt; to the George H. Doran Company for “Trees” from _Trees and Other Poems_ by Joyce Kilmer; to Mr. R. W. Lillard for “America’s Answer” from _The New York Evening Post_; to Horace Traubel for “Pioneers!

a newspaper or official journal

From this reading For permission to use copyrighted material grateful acknowledgment is made to _The London Times_ for “The Guards Came Through” by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle; to Thomas Hardy for “Men Who March Away” from _The London Times_; to John Galsworthy for “England to Free Men” from _The Westminster Gazette_; to John Masefield for “Spanish Waters”; to Hamlin Garland for “The Great Blizzard” from _Boy Life on the Prairie_; to Doubleday Page & Co. for “The Gift of the Magi” by O. Henry; to G. P. Putnam’s Sons for “Old Ephraim, the Grizzly Bear,” from _The Wilderness Hunter_ by Theodore Roosevelt; to the George H. Doran Company for “Trees” from _Trees and Other Poems_ by Joyce Kilmer; to Mr. R. W. Lillard for “America’s Answer” from _The New York Evening Post_; to Horace Traubel for “Pioneers!

Christian martyr; patron saint of England; hero of the legend of Saint George and the Dragon in which he slew a dragon and saved a princess (?-303)

From this reading For permission to use copyrighted material grateful acknowledgment is made to _The London Times_ for “The Guards Came Through” by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle; to Thomas Hardy for “Men Who March Away” from _The London Times_; to John Galsworthy for “England to Free Men” from _The Westminster Gazette_; to John Masefield for “Spanish Waters”; to Hamlin Garland for “The Great Blizzard” from _Boy Life on the Prairie_; to Doubleday Page & Co. for “The Gift of the Magi” by O. Henry; to G. P. Putnam’s Sons for “Old Ephraim, the Grizzly Bear,” from _The Wilderness Hunter_ by Theodore Roosevelt; to the George H. Doran Company for “Trees” from _Trees and Other Poems_ by Joyce Kilmer; to Mr. R. W. Lillard for “America’s Answer” from _The New York Evening Post_; to Horace Traubel for “Pioneers!

something acquired without compensation

From this reading For permission to use copyrighted material grateful acknowledgment is made to _The London Times_ for “The Guards Came Through” by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle; to Thomas Hardy for “Men Who March Away” from _The London Times_; to John Galsworthy for “England to Free Men” from _The Westminster Gazette_; to John Masefield for “Spanish Waters”; to Hamlin Garland for “The Great Blizzard” from _Boy Life on the Prairie_; to Doubleday Page & Co. for “The Gift of the Magi” by O. Henry; to G. P. Putnam’s Sons for “Old Ephraim, the Grizzly Bear,” from _The Wilderness Hunter_ by Theodore Roosevelt; to the George H. Doran Company for “Trees” from _Trees and Other Poems_ by Joyce Kilmer; to Mr. R. W. Lillard for “America’s Answer” from _The New York Evening Post_; to Horace Traubel for “Pioneers!

feeling or showing gratitude

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relatively large in size or number or extent; larger than others of its kind

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powerful brownish-yellow bear of the uplands of western North America

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plural of “guard” — a person who keeps watch over something or someone

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a nonmetallic univalent element that is normally a colorless and odorless highly flammable diatomic gas; the simplest and lightest and most abundant element in the universe

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having rugged physical strength; inured to fatigue or hardships

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perceive (sound) via the auditory sense

From this reading O Pioneers!”, “I Hear America Singing”, “O Captain!

a unit of inductance in which an induced electromotive force of one volt is produced when the current is varied at the rate of one ampere per second

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greater than normal in degree or intensity or amount

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Roman lyric poet said to have influenced English poetry (65-8 BC)

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someone who hunts game

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the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb

From this reading O Pioneers!”, “I Hear America Singing”, “O Captain!

the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun

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a room or building equipped with one or more toilets

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influential Irish writer noted for his many innovations (such as stream of consciousness writing) (1882-1941)

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term of address for a disrespectful and annoying male

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From this reading My Captain!” by Walt Whitman; to Charles Scribner’s Sons for “On a Florida River” by Sidney Lanier, from _The Lanier Book_, copyright 1904; and to Frederick A. Stokes Company for “Kilmeny—A Song of the Trawlers” by Alfred Noyes from _The New Morning_, copyright 1919.

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From this reading My Captain!” by Walt Whitman; to Charles Scribner’s Sons for “On a Florida River” by Sidney Lanier, from _The Lanier Book_, copyright 1904; and to Frederick A. Stokes Company for “Kilmeny—A Song of the Trawlers” by Alfred Noyes from _The New Morning_, copyright 1919.

the collection of rules imposed by authority

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a characteristic state or mode of living

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creative writing of recognized artistic value

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the capital and largest city of England; located on the Thames in southeastern England; financial and industrial and cultural center

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produced by a manufacturing process

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(New Testament) the sages who visited Jesus and Mary and Joseph shortly after Jesus was born

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plural of “manufacturer” — a business engaged in manufacturing some product

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march in a procession

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English poet (1878-1967)

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concerned with worldly rather than spiritual interests

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the force of workers available

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the time period between dawn and noon

From this reading My Captain!” by Walt Whitman; to Charles Scribner’s Sons for “On a Florida River” by Sidney Lanier, from _The Lanier Book_, copyright 1904; and to Frederick A. Stokes Company for “Kilmeny—A Song of the Trawlers” by Alfred Noyes from _The New Morning_, copyright 1919.

a form of address for a man

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belonging to the person speaking

From this reading My Captain!” by Walt Whitman; to Charles Scribner’s Sons for “On a Florida River” by Sidney Lanier, from _The Lanier Book_, copyright 1904; and to Frederick A. Stokes Company for “Kilmeny—A Song of the Trawlers” by Alfred Noyes from _The New Morning_, copyright 1919.

not of long duration; having just (or relatively recently) come into being or been made or acquired or discovered

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English poet (1880-1958)

From this reading My Captain!” by Walt Whitman; to Charles Scribner’s Sons for “On a Florida River” by Sidney Lanier, from _The Lanier Book_, copyright 1904; and to Frederick A. Stokes Company for “Kilmeny—A Song of the Trawlers” by Alfred Noyes from _The New Morning_, copyright 1919.

a nonmetallic bivalent element that is normally a colorless odorless tasteless nonflammable diatomic gas; constitutes 21 percent of the atmosphere by volume; the most abundant element in the earth's crust

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belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

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plural of “offer” — the verbal act of offering

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(used especially of persons) having lived for a relatively long time or attained a specific age

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touching and supported by a surface

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a possibility due to a favorable combination of circumstances

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not the same one or ones already mentioned or implied

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a multivalent nonmetallic element of the nitrogen family that occurs commonly in inorganic phosphate rocks and as organic phosphates in all living cells; is highly reactive and occurs in several allotropic forms

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one side of one leaf (of a book or magazine or newspaper or letter etc.) or the written or pictorial matter it contains

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approval to do something

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plural of “pioneer” — someone who helps to open up a new line of research or technology or art

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plural of “poem” — a composition written in metrical feet forming rhythmical lines

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affix in a public place or for public notice

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a treeless grassy plain

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a unit of radiation exposure; the dose of ionizing radiation that will produce 1 electrostatic unit of electricity in 1 cc of dry air

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-ing form of “relate” — make a logical or causal connection

From this reading The Junior High School offers exceptional opportunity for relating literature to life.

a large natural stream of water (larger than a creek)

From this reading My Captain!” by Walt Whitman; to Charles Scribner’s Sons for “On a Florida River” by Sidney Lanier, from _The Lanier Book_, copyright 1904; and to Frederick A. Stokes Company for “Kilmeny—A Song of the Trawlers” by Alfred Noyes from _The New Morning_, copyright 1919.

United States parliamentary authority and author (in 1876) of Robert's Rules of Order (1837-1923)

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32nd President of the United States; elected four times; instituted New Deal to counter the Great Depression and led country during World War II (1882-1945)

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1/60 of a minute; the basic unit of time adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites

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an educational institution

From this reading The Junior High School offers exceptional opportunity for relating literature to life.

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From this reading My Captain!” by Walt Whitman; to Charles Scribner’s Sons for “On a Florida River” by Sidney Lanier, from _The Lanier Book_, copyright 1904; and to Frederick A. Stokes Company for “Kilmeny—A Song of the Trawlers” by Alfred Noyes from _The New Morning_, copyright 1919.

English poet (1554-1586)

From this reading My Captain!” by Walt Whitman; to Charles Scribner’s Sons for “On a Florida River” by Sidney Lanier, from _The Lanier Book_, copyright 1904; and to Frederick A. Stokes Company for “Kilmeny—A Song of the Trawlers” by Alfred Noyes from _The New Morning_, copyright 1919.

the act of singing vocal music

From this reading O Pioneers!”, “I Hear America Singing”, “O Captain!

term of address for a man

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a short musical composition with words

From this reading My Captain!” by Walt Whitman; to Charles Scribner’s Sons for “On a Florida River” by Sidney Lanier, from _The Lanier Book_, copyright 1904; and to Frederick A. Stokes Company for “Kilmeny—A Song of the Trawlers” by Alfred Noyes from _The New Morning_, copyright 1919.

plural of “son” — a male human offspring

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the Romance language spoken in most of Spain and the countries colonized by Spain

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third-person singular of “stoke” — stir up or tend; of a fire

From this reading My Captain!” by Walt Whitman; to Charles Scribner’s Sons for “On a Florida River” by Sidney Lanier, from _The Lanier Book_, copyright 1904; and to Frederick A. Stokes Company for “Kilmeny—A Song of the Trawlers” by Alfred Noyes from _The New Morning_, copyright 1919.

used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind

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United States clockmaker who introduced mass production (1785-1859)

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from one end or side of something to the other

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a more or less definite period of time now or previously present

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used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive

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United States operatic soprano (1903-1972)

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plural of “trawler” — a fisherman who use a trawl net

From this reading My Captain!” by Walt Whitman; to Charles Scribner’s Sons for “On a Florida River” by Sidney Lanier, from _The Lanier Book_, copyright 1904; and to Frederick A. Stokes Company for “Kilmeny—A Song of the Trawlers” by Alfred Noyes from _The New Morning_, copyright 1919.

plural of “tree” — a tall perennial woody plant having a main trunk and branches forming a distinct elevated crown; includes both gymnosperms and angiosperms

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a base containing nitrogen that is found in RNA (but not in DNA) and derived from pyrimidine; pairs with adenine

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the act of using

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a heavy grey-white metallic element; the pure form is used mainly in electrical applications; it is found in several ores including wolframite and scheelite

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From this reading My Captain!” by Walt Whitman; to Charles Scribner’s Sons for “On a Florida River” by Sidney Lanier, from _The Lanier Book_, copyright 1904; and to Frederick A. Stokes Company for “Kilmeny—A Song of the Trawlers” by Alfred Noyes from _The New Morning_, copyright 1919.

United States actress and singer (1896-1977)

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a borough of Greater London on the Thames; contains Buckingham Palace and the Houses of Parliament and Westminster Abbey

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United States poet who celebrated the greatness of America (1819-1892)

From this reading My Captain!” by Walt Whitman; to Charles Scribner’s Sons for “On a Florida River” by Sidney Lanier, from _The Lanier Book_, copyright 1904; and to Frederick A. Stokes Company for “Kilmeny—A Song of the Trawlers” by Alfred Noyes from _The New Morning_, copyright 1919.

which person or people

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(politics) a state of disfavor

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the English royal house (a branch of the Plantagenet line) that reigned from 1461 to 1485; its emblem was a white rose

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