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Chapter XIV
"WHY gathers the crowd in the market-place Ere the stars have yet left the sky?" "For a holiday show and an act of grace,-- At the sunrise a witch shall die." "What deed has she done to deserve that doom? Has she blighted the standing corn, Or rifled for philters a dead man's tomb, Or rid mothers of babes new-born?" "Her pact with the fiend was not thus revealed, She taught sinners the Word to hear; The hungry she fed, and the sick she healed, And was held as a Saint last year.
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an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Has she blighted the standing corn, Or rifled for philters a dead man's tomb, Or rid mothers of babes new-born?"”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “"What deed has she done to deserve that doom?”
an old word for “before”
From this reading “"WHY gathers the crowd in the market-place Ere the stars have yet left the sky?"”
the form of “have” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading “"What deed has she done to deserve that doom?”
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading “"WHY gathers the crowd in the market-place Ere the stars have yet left the sky?"”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “"Her pact with the fiend was not thus revealed, She taught sinners the Word to hear; The hungry she fed, and the sick she healed, And was held as a Saint last year.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “"Her pact with the fiend was not thus revealed, She taught sinners the Word to hear; The hungry she fed, and the sick she healed, And was held as a Saint last year.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “"WHY gathers the crowd in the market-place Ere the stars have yet left the sky?"”
used with I and we for the future, or to offer and suggest
From this reading “"For a holiday show and an act of grace,-- At the sunrise a witch shall die."”
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading “Has she blighted the standing corn, Or rifled for philters a dead man's tomb, Or rid mothers of babes new-born?"”
but in spite of that
From this reading “"WHY gathers the crowd in the market-place Ere the stars have yet left the sky?"”
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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 "For a holiday show and an act of grace,-- At the sunrise a witch shall die."
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From this reading "For a holiday show and an act of grace,-- At the sunrise a witch shall die."
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading "For a holiday show and an act of grace,-- At the sunrise a witch shall die."
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading "For a holiday show and an act of grace,-- At the sunrise a witch shall die."
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading "Her pact with the fiend was not thus revealed, She taught sinners the Word to hear; The hungry she fed, and the sick she healed, And was held as a Saint last year.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading "For a holiday show and an act of grace,-- At the sunrise a witch shall die."
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From this reading Has she blighted the standing corn, Or rifled for philters a dead man's tomb, Or rid mothers of babes new-born?"
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From this reading Has she blighted the standing corn, Or rifled for philters a dead man's tomb, Or rid mothers of babes new-born?"
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From this reading Has she blighted the standing corn, Or rifled for philters a dead man's tomb, Or rid mothers of babes new-born?"
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From this reading "WHY gathers the crowd in the market-place Ere the stars have yet left the sky?"
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Has she blighted the standing corn, Or rifled for philters a dead man's tomb, Or rid mothers of babes new-born?"
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "What deed has she done to deserve that doom?
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From this reading "What deed has she done to deserve that doom?
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "For a holiday show and an act of grace,-- At the sunrise a witch shall die."
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading "What deed has she done to deserve that doom?
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From this reading "What deed has she done to deserve that doom?
an old word for “before”
From this reading "WHY gathers the crowd in the market-place Ere the stars have yet left the sky?"
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From this reading "Her pact with the fiend was not thus revealed, She taught sinners the Word to hear; The hungry she fed, and the sick she healed, And was held as a Saint last year.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Her pact with the fiend was not thus revealed, She taught sinners the Word to hear; The hungry she fed, and the sick she healed, And was held as a Saint last year.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading "For a holiday show and an act of grace,-- At the sunrise a witch shall die."
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From this reading "WHY gathers the crowd in the market-place Ere the stars have yet left the sky?"
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From this reading "For a holiday show and an act of grace,-- At the sunrise a witch shall die."
the form of “have” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading "What deed has she done to deserve that doom?
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading "WHY gathers the crowd in the market-place Ere the stars have yet left the sky?"
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Her pact with the fiend was not thus revealed, She taught sinners the Word to hear; The hungry she fed, and the sick she healed, And was held as a Saint last year.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading "Her pact with the fiend was not thus revealed, She taught sinners the Word to hear; The hungry she fed, and the sick she healed, And was held as a Saint last year.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Her pact with the fiend was not thus revealed, She taught sinners the Word to hear; The hungry she fed, and the sick she healed, And was held as a Saint last year.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading "Her pact with the fiend was not thus revealed, She taught sinners the Word to hear; The hungry she fed, and the sick she healed, And was held as a Saint last year.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "For a holiday show and an act of grace,-- At the sunrise a witch shall die."
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Her pact with the fiend was not thus revealed, She taught sinners the Word to hear; The hungry she fed, and the sick she healed, And was held as a Saint last year.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading "WHY gathers the crowd in the market-place Ere the stars have yet left the sky?"
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading "Her pact with the fiend was not thus revealed, She taught sinners the Word to hear; The hungry she fed, and the sick she healed, And was held as a Saint last year.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading "WHY gathers the crowd in the market-place Ere the stars have yet left the sky?"
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Has she blighted the standing corn, Or rifled for philters a dead man's tomb, Or rid mothers of babes new-born?"
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "WHY gathers the crowd in the market-place Ere the stars have yet left the sky?"
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Has she blighted the standing corn, Or rifled for philters a dead man's tomb, Or rid mothers of babes new-born?"
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Has she blighted the standing corn, Or rifled for philters a dead man's tomb, Or rid mothers of babes new-born?"
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading "Her pact with the fiend was not thus revealed, She taught sinners the Word to hear; The hungry she fed, and the sick she healed, And was held as a Saint last year.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading "For a holiday show and an act of grace,-- At the sunrise a witch shall die."
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading Has she blighted the standing corn, Or rifled for philters a dead man's tomb, Or rid mothers of babes new-born?"
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Her pact with the fiend was not thus revealed, She taught sinners the Word to hear; The hungry she fed, and the sick she healed, And was held as a Saint last year.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Has she blighted the standing corn, Or rifled for philters a dead man's tomb, Or rid mothers of babes new-born?"
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Her pact with the fiend was not thus revealed, She taught sinners the Word to hear; The hungry she fed, and the sick she healed, And was held as a Saint last year.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Has she blighted the standing corn, Or rifled for philters a dead man's tomb, Or rid mothers of babes new-born?"
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Has she blighted the standing corn, Or rifled for philters a dead man's tomb, Or rid mothers of babes new-born?"
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Her pact with the fiend was not thus revealed, She taught sinners the Word to hear; The hungry she fed, and the sick she healed, And was held as a Saint last year.
used with I and we for the future, or to offer and suggest
From this reading "For a holiday show and an act of grace,-- At the sunrise a witch shall die."
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading "What deed has she done to deserve that doom?
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "For a holiday show and an act of grace,-- At the sunrise a witch shall die."
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Her pact with the fiend was not thus revealed, She taught sinners the Word to hear; The hungry she fed, and the sick she healed, And was held as a Saint last year.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Her pact with the fiend was not thus revealed, She taught sinners the Word to hear; The hungry she fed, and the sick she healed, And was held as a Saint last year.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "WHY gathers the crowd in the market-place Ere the stars have yet left the sky?"
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading Has she blighted the standing corn, Or rifled for philters a dead man's tomb, Or rid mothers of babes new-born?"
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "WHY gathers the crowd in the market-place Ere the stars have yet left the sky?"
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "For a holiday show and an act of grace,-- At the sunrise a witch shall die."
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Her pact with the fiend was not thus revealed, She taught sinners the Word to hear; The hungry she fed, and the sick she healed, And was held as a Saint last year.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading "What deed has she done to deserve that doom?
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading "WHY gathers the crowd in the market-place Ere the stars have yet left the sky?"
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From this reading "Her pact with the fiend was not thus revealed, She taught sinners the Word to hear; The hungry she fed, and the sick she healed, And was held as a Saint last year.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading "What deed has she done to deserve that doom?
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From this reading Has she blighted the standing corn, Or rifled for philters a dead man's tomb, Or rid mothers of babes new-born?"
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading "Her pact with the fiend was not thus revealed, She taught sinners the Word to hear; The hungry she fed, and the sick she healed, And was held as a Saint last year.
used to ask for information about something
From this reading "What deed has she done to deserve that doom?
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From this reading "WHY gathers the crowd in the market-place Ere the stars have yet left the sky?"
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From this reading "For a holiday show and an act of grace,-- At the sunrise a witch shall die."
in the company of; together with
From this reading "Her pact with the fiend was not thus revealed, She taught sinners the Word to hear; The hungry she fed, and the sick she healed, And was held as a Saint last year.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Her pact with the fiend was not thus revealed, She taught sinners the Word to hear; The hungry she fed, and the sick she healed, And was held as a Saint last year.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Her pact with the fiend was not thus revealed, She taught sinners the Word to hear; The hungry she fed, and the sick she healed, And was held as a Saint last year.
but in spite of that
From this reading "WHY gathers the crowd in the market-place Ere the stars have yet left the sky?"
