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Chapter XXIII
Now God be good to me in this wild pilgrimage! All hope in human aid I cast behind me. Oh, who would be a woman?--who that fool, A weeping, pining, faithful, loving woman? She hath hard measure still where she hopes kindest, And all her bounties only make ingrates. LOVE'S PILGRIMAGE.
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at or toward the back of something
From this reading “All hope in human aid I cast behind me.”
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading “Oh, who would be a woman?--who that fool, A weeping, pining, faithful, loving woman?”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Oh, who would be a woman?--who that fool, A weeping, pining, faithful, loving woman?”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Now God be good to me in this wild pilgrimage!”
an old form of “has”
From this reading “She hath hard measure still where she hopes kindest, And all her bounties only make ingrates.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “She hath hard measure still where she hopes kindest, And all her bounties only make ingrates.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “She hath hard measure still where she hopes kindest, And all her bounties only make ingrates.”
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading “Oh, who would be a woman?--who that fool, A weeping, pining, faithful, loving woman?”
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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 Oh, who would be a woman?--who that fool, A weeping, pining, faithful, loving woman?
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From this reading All hope in human aid I cast behind me.
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From this reading All hope in human aid I cast behind me.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading She hath hard measure still where she hopes kindest, And all her bounties only make ingrates.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading Now God be good to me in this wild pilgrimage!
at or toward the back of something
From this reading All hope in human aid I cast behind me.
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From this reading She hath hard measure still where she hopes kindest, And all her bounties only make ingrates.
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From this reading All hope in human aid I cast behind me.
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading Oh, who would be a woman?--who that fool, A weeping, pining, faithful, loving woman?
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Oh, who would be a woman?--who that fool, A weeping, pining, faithful, loving woman?
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Now God be good to me in this wild pilgrimage!
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Now God be good to me in this wild pilgrimage!
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From this reading She hath hard measure still where she hopes kindest, And all her bounties only make ingrates.
an old form of “has”
From this reading She hath hard measure still where she hopes kindest, And all her bounties only make ingrates.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading She hath hard measure still where she hopes kindest, And all her bounties only make ingrates.
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From this reading All hope in human aid I cast behind me.
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From this reading She hath hard measure still where she hopes kindest, And all her bounties only make ingrates.
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From this reading All hope in human aid I cast behind me.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading All hope in human aid I cast behind me.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Now God be good to me in this wild pilgrimage!
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From this reading She hath hard measure still where she hopes kindest, And all her bounties only make ingrates.
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From this reading She hath hard measure still where she hopes kindest, And all her bounties only make ingrates.
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From this reading LOVE'S PILGRIMAGE.
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From this reading Oh, who would be a woman?--who that fool, A weeping, pining, faithful, loving woman?
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading She hath hard measure still where she hopes kindest, And all her bounties only make ingrates.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Now God be good to me in this wild pilgrimage!
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From this reading She hath hard measure still where she hopes kindest, And all her bounties only make ingrates.
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From this reading Now God be good to me in this wild pilgrimage!
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From this reading Oh, who would be a woman?--who that fool, A weeping, pining, faithful, loving woman?
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading She hath hard measure still where she hopes kindest, And all her bounties only make ingrates.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Now God be good to me in this wild pilgrimage!
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From this reading Oh, who would be a woman?--who that fool, A weeping, pining, faithful, loving woman?
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading She hath hard measure still where she hopes kindest, And all her bounties only make ingrates.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading She hath hard measure still where she hopes kindest, And all her bounties only make ingrates.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Oh, who would be a woman?--who that fool, A weeping, pining, faithful, loving woman?
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading Now God be good to me in this wild pilgrimage!
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Now God be good to me in this wild pilgrimage!
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From this reading Oh, who would be a woman?--who that fool, A weeping, pining, faithful, loving woman?
in or at the place that
From this reading She hath hard measure still where she hopes kindest, And all her bounties only make ingrates.
which person or people
From this reading Oh, who would be a woman?--who that fool, A weeping, pining, faithful, loving woman?
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From this reading Now God be good to me in this wild pilgrimage!
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From this reading Oh, who would be a woman?--who that fool, A weeping, pining, faithful, loving woman?
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading Oh, who would be a woman?--who that fool, A weeping, pining, faithful, loving woman?
