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[Frontispiece: "Joy, darling Joy," Patience said, "you have often said you had wished you had known your mother." _Page_. 167. _Little Miss Joy._ "LITTLE QUEENIE;" "BLUE BELL;" "ROBERT'S RACE;" "HURLY-BURLY;" ETC. JOHN F. SHAW (1928) & CO., LTD.
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used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
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From this reading “_Little Miss Joy._ "LITTLE QUEENIE;" "BLUE BELL;" "ROBERT'S RACE;" "HURLY-BURLY;" ETC.”
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From this reading _Little Miss Joy._ "LITTLE QUEENIE;" "BLUE BELL;" "ROBERT'S RACE;" "HURLY-BURLY;" ETC.
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From this reading _Little Miss Joy._ "LITTLE QUEENIE;" "BLUE BELL;" "ROBERT'S RACE;" "HURLY-BURLY;" ETC.
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From this reading [Frontispiece: "Joy, darling Joy," Patience said, "you have often said you had wished you had known your mother."
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From this reading _Little Miss Joy._ "LITTLE QUEENIE;" "BLUE BELL;" "ROBERT'S RACE;" "HURLY-BURLY;" ETC.
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From this reading [Frontispiece: "Joy, darling Joy," Patience said, "you have often said you had wished you had known your mother."
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading [Frontispiece: "Joy, darling Joy," Patience said, "you have often said you had wished you had known your mother."
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading [Frontispiece: "Joy, darling Joy," Patience said, "you have often said you had wished you had known your mother."
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From this reading _Little Miss Joy._ "LITTLE QUEENIE;" "BLUE BELL;" "ROBERT'S RACE;" "HURLY-BURLY;" ETC.
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From this reading JOHN F. SHAW (1928) & CO., LTD.
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From this reading [Frontispiece: "Joy, darling Joy," Patience said, "you have often said you had wished you had known your mother."
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From this reading [Frontispiece: "Joy, darling Joy," Patience said, "you have often said you had wished you had known your mother."
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading _Little Miss Joy._ "LITTLE QUEENIE;" "BLUE BELL;" "ROBERT'S RACE;" "HURLY-BURLY;" ETC.
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From this reading JOHN F. SHAW (1928) & CO., LTD.
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From this reading _Little Miss Joy._ "LITTLE QUEENIE;" "BLUE BELL;" "ROBERT'S RACE;" "HURLY-BURLY;" ETC.
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From this reading [Frontispiece: "Joy, darling Joy," Patience said, "you have often said you had wished you had known your mother."
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From this reading [Frontispiece: "Joy, darling Joy," Patience said, "you have often said you had wished you had known your mother."
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From this reading [Frontispiece: "Joy, darling Joy," Patience said, "you have often said you had wished you had known your mother."
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From this reading _Little Miss Joy._ "LITTLE QUEENIE;" "BLUE BELL;" "ROBERT'S RACE;" "HURLY-BURLY;" ETC.
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From this reading _Little Miss Joy._ "LITTLE QUEENIE;" "BLUE BELL;" "ROBERT'S RACE;" "HURLY-BURLY;" ETC.
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From this reading _Little Miss Joy._ "LITTLE QUEENIE;" "BLUE BELL;" "ROBERT'S RACE;" "HURLY-BURLY;" ETC.
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From this reading [Frontispiece: "Joy, darling Joy," Patience said, "you have often said you had wished you had known your mother."
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From this reading JOHN F. SHAW (1928) & CO., LTD.
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From this reading [Frontispiece: "Joy, darling Joy," Patience said, "you have often said you had wished you had known your mother."
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading [Frontispiece: "Joy, darling Joy," Patience said, "you have often said you had wished you had known your mother."
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading [Frontispiece: "Joy, darling Joy," Patience said, "you have often said you had wished you had known your mother."
