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Chapter IX
POOR DAISY LYNN. Do not ask me why I love him! Love's cause is to love unknown; Faithless as the past has proved him, Once his heart appeared mine own. LETITIA E. LANDON. Spring, summer, and autumn glided past, and still Kathleen Carew remained an inmate of the asylum.
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the form of “have” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading “Love's cause is to love unknown; Faithless as the past has proved him, Once his heart appeared mine own.”
the one or ones belonging to the person speaking
From this reading “Love's cause is to love unknown; Faithless as the past has proved him, Once his heart appeared mine own.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Love's cause is to love unknown; Faithless as the past has proved him, Once his heart appeared mine own.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “POOR DAISY LYNN.”
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading “Spring, summer, and autumn glided past, and still Kathleen Carew remained an inmate of the asylum.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Spring, summer, and autumn glided past, and still Kathleen Carew remained an inmate of the asylum.”
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the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading Spring, summer, and autumn glided past, and still Kathleen Carew remained an inmate of the asylum.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Spring, summer, and autumn glided past, and still Kathleen Carew remained an inmate of the asylum.
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From this reading Love's cause is to love unknown; Faithless as the past has proved him, Once his heart appeared mine own.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading Love's cause is to love unknown; Faithless as the past has proved him, Once his heart appeared mine own.
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From this reading Do not ask me why I love him!
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From this reading Spring, summer, and autumn glided past, and still Kathleen Carew remained an inmate of the asylum.
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From this reading Spring, summer, and autumn glided past, and still Kathleen Carew remained an inmate of the asylum.
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From this reading Spring, summer, and autumn glided past, and still Kathleen Carew remained an inmate of the asylum.
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From this reading Love's cause is to love unknown; Faithless as the past has proved him, Once his heart appeared mine own.
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From this reading POOR DAISY LYNN.
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading Do not ask me why I love him!
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From this reading LETITIA E. LANDON.
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From this reading Love's cause is to love unknown; Faithless as the past has proved him, Once his heart appeared mine own.
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From this reading Spring, summer, and autumn glided past, and still Kathleen Carew remained an inmate of the asylum.
the form of “have” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Love's cause is to love unknown; Faithless as the past has proved him, Once his heart appeared mine own.
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From this reading Love's cause is to love unknown; Faithless as the past has proved him, Once his heart appeared mine own.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Do not ask me why I love him!
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Love's cause is to love unknown; Faithless as the past has proved him, Once his heart appeared mine own.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading Do not ask me why I love him!
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From this reading Spring, summer, and autumn glided past, and still Kathleen Carew remained an inmate of the asylum.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Love's cause is to love unknown; Faithless as the past has proved him, Once his heart appeared mine own.
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From this reading Spring, summer, and autumn glided past, and still Kathleen Carew remained an inmate of the asylum.
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From this reading LETITIA E. LANDON.
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From this reading LETITIA E. LANDON.
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From this reading Do not ask me why I love him!
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From this reading Love's cause is to love unknown; Faithless as the past has proved him, Once his heart appeared mine own.
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From this reading POOR DAISY LYNN.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Do not ask me why I love him!
the one or ones belonging to the person speaking
From this reading Love's cause is to love unknown; Faithless as the past has proved him, Once his heart appeared mine own.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading Do not ask me why I love him!
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Spring, summer, and autumn glided past, and still Kathleen Carew remained an inmate of the asylum.
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From this reading Love's cause is to love unknown; Faithless as the past has proved him, Once his heart appeared mine own.
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From this reading Love's cause is to love unknown; Faithless as the past has proved him, Once his heart appeared mine own.
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From this reading Love's cause is to love unknown; Faithless as the past has proved him, Once his heart appeared mine own.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading POOR DAISY LYNN.
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From this reading Love's cause is to love unknown; Faithless as the past has proved him, Once his heart appeared mine own.
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading Spring, summer, and autumn glided past, and still Kathleen Carew remained an inmate of the asylum.
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From this reading Spring, summer, and autumn glided past, and still Kathleen Carew remained an inmate of the asylum.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Spring, summer, and autumn glided past, and still Kathleen Carew remained an inmate of the asylum.
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From this reading Spring, summer, and autumn glided past, and still Kathleen Carew remained an inmate of the asylum.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Love's cause is to love unknown; Faithless as the past has proved him, Once his heart appeared mine own.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Love's cause is to love unknown; Faithless as the past has proved him, Once his heart appeared mine own.
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From this reading Love's cause is to love unknown; Faithless as the past has proved him, Once his heart appeared mine own.
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From this reading Do not ask me why I love him!
