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Chapter XXXV
DR. MOSGRAVE'S ADVICE. My lady slept. Through that long winter night she slept soundly. Criminals have often so slept their last sleep upon earth; and have been found in the gray morning slumbering peacefully, by the jailer who came to wake them.
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the past participle of “be”
From this reading “Criminals have often so slept their last sleep upon earth; and have been found in the gray morning slumbering peacefully, by the jailer who came to wake them.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Criminals have often so slept their last sleep upon earth; and have been found in the gray morning slumbering peacefully, by the jailer who came to wake them.”
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading “Criminals have often so slept their last sleep upon earth; and have been found in the gray morning slumbering peacefully, by the jailer who came to wake them.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Criminals have often so slept their last sleep upon earth; and have been found in the gray morning slumbering peacefully, by the jailer who came to wake them.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Through that long winter night she slept soundly.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Criminals have often so slept their last sleep upon earth; and have been found in the gray morning slumbering peacefully, by the jailer who came to wake them.”
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading “Through that long winter night she slept soundly.”
a formal word for “on”
From this reading “Criminals have often so slept their last sleep upon earth; and have been found in the gray morning slumbering peacefully, by the jailer who came to wake them.”
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From this reading MOSGRAVE'S ADVICE.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Criminals have often so slept their last sleep upon earth; and have been found in the gray morning slumbering peacefully, by the jailer who came to wake them.
the past participle of “be”
From this reading Criminals have often so slept their last sleep upon earth; and have been found in the gray morning slumbering peacefully, by the jailer who came to wake them.
showing who or what does the action
From this reading Criminals have often so slept their last sleep upon earth; and have been found in the gray morning slumbering peacefully, by the jailer who came to wake them.
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From this reading Criminals have often so slept their last sleep upon earth; and have been found in the gray morning slumbering peacefully, by the jailer who came to wake them.
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From this reading Criminals have often so slept their last sleep upon earth; and have been found in the gray morning slumbering peacefully, by the jailer who came to wake them.
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From this reading Criminals have often so slept their last sleep upon earth; and have been found in the gray morning slumbering peacefully, by the jailer who came to wake them.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Criminals have often so slept their last sleep upon earth; and have been found in the gray morning slumbering peacefully, by the jailer who came to wake them.
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From this reading Criminals have often so slept their last sleep upon earth; and have been found in the gray morning slumbering peacefully, by the jailer who came to wake them.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading Criminals have often so slept their last sleep upon earth; and have been found in the gray morning slumbering peacefully, by the jailer who came to wake them.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Criminals have often so slept their last sleep upon earth; and have been found in the gray morning slumbering peacefully, by the jailer who came to wake them.
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From this reading Criminals have often so slept their last sleep upon earth; and have been found in the gray morning slumbering peacefully, by the jailer who came to wake them.
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From this reading My lady slept.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Criminals have often so slept their last sleep upon earth; and have been found in the gray morning slumbering peacefully, by the jailer who came to wake them.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Through that long winter night she slept soundly.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Criminals have often so slept their last sleep upon earth; and have been found in the gray morning slumbering peacefully, by the jailer who came to wake them.
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From this reading MOSGRAVE'S ADVICE.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading My lady slept.
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From this reading Through that long winter night she slept soundly.
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From this reading Criminals have often so slept their last sleep upon earth; and have been found in the gray morning slumbering peacefully, by the jailer who came to wake them.
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From this reading Criminals have often so slept their last sleep upon earth; and have been found in the gray morning slumbering peacefully, by the jailer who came to wake them.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Through that long winter night she slept soundly.
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From this reading Criminals have often so slept their last sleep upon earth; and have been found in the gray morning slumbering peacefully, by the jailer who came to wake them.
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From this reading My lady slept.
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From this reading Criminals have often so slept their last sleep upon earth; and have been found in the gray morning slumbering peacefully, by the jailer who came to wake them.
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading Criminals have often so slept their last sleep upon earth; and have been found in the gray morning slumbering peacefully, by the jailer who came to wake them.
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From this reading Through that long winter night she slept soundly.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Through that long winter night she slept soundly.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Criminals have often so slept their last sleep upon earth; and have been found in the gray morning slumbering peacefully, by the jailer who came to wake them.
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading Criminals have often so slept their last sleep upon earth; and have been found in the gray morning slumbering peacefully, by the jailer who came to wake them.
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading Criminals have often so slept their last sleep upon earth; and have been found in the gray morning slumbering peacefully, by the jailer who came to wake them.
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading Through that long winter night she slept soundly.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Criminals have often so slept their last sleep upon earth; and have been found in the gray morning slumbering peacefully, by the jailer who came to wake them.
a formal word for “on”
From this reading Criminals have often so slept their last sleep upon earth; and have been found in the gray morning slumbering peacefully, by the jailer who came to wake them.
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From this reading Criminals have often so slept their last sleep upon earth; and have been found in the gray morning slumbering peacefully, by the jailer who came to wake them.
which person or people
From this reading Criminals have often so slept their last sleep upon earth; and have been found in the gray morning slumbering peacefully, by the jailer who came to wake them.
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From this reading Through that long winter night she slept soundly.
