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Chapter XIX
“How happy by my mother’s side When some dear friend became a bride! To shine beyond the rest I was In gay embroidery drest. Vain of my drapery’s rich brocade, I held my flowing locks to braid.” ANSTICE (_from the Greek_). “EPIDEMICS of marriage set in from time to time,” said Jane Mohun.
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on the far side of; further than
From this reading “To shine beyond the rest I was In gay embroidery drest.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “To shine beyond the rest I was In gay embroidery drest.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading ““EPIDEMICS of marriage set in from time to time,” said Jane Mohun.”
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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 “How happy by my mother’s side When some dear friend became a bride!
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From this reading ANSTICE (_from the Greek_).
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From this reading “How happy by my mother’s side When some dear friend became a bride!
on the far side of; further than
From this reading To shine beyond the rest I was In gay embroidery drest.
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From this reading Vain of my drapery’s rich brocade, I held my flowing locks to braid.”
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From this reading “How happy by my mother’s side When some dear friend became a bride!
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From this reading Vain of my drapery’s rich brocade, I held my flowing locks to braid.”
showing who or what does the action
From this reading “How happy by my mother’s side When some dear friend became a bride!
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From this reading “How happy by my mother’s side When some dear friend became a bride!
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From this reading Vain of my drapery’s rich brocade, I held my flowing locks to braid.”
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From this reading To shine beyond the rest I was In gay embroidery drest.
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From this reading To shine beyond the rest I was In gay embroidery drest.
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From this reading “EPIDEMICS of marriage set in from time to time,” said Jane Mohun.
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From this reading Vain of my drapery’s rich brocade, I held my flowing locks to braid.”
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From this reading “How happy by my mother’s side When some dear friend became a bride!
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading ANSTICE (_from the Greek_).
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From this reading To shine beyond the rest I was In gay embroidery drest.
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From this reading ANSTICE (_from the Greek_).
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From this reading “How happy by my mother’s side When some dear friend became a bride!
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From this reading Vain of my drapery’s rich brocade, I held my flowing locks to braid.”
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From this reading “How happy by my mother’s side When some dear friend became a bride!
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading To shine beyond the rest I was In gay embroidery drest.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading To shine beyond the rest I was In gay embroidery drest.
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From this reading “EPIDEMICS of marriage set in from time to time,” said Jane Mohun.
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From this reading Vain of my drapery’s rich brocade, I held my flowing locks to braid.”
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From this reading “EPIDEMICS of marriage set in from time to time,” said Jane Mohun.
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From this reading “EPIDEMICS of marriage set in from time to time,” said Jane Mohun.
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From this reading “How happy by my mother’s side When some dear friend became a bride!
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading “How happy by my mother’s side When some dear friend became a bride!
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Vain of my drapery’s rich brocade, I held my flowing locks to braid.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading To shine beyond the rest I was In gay embroidery drest.
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From this reading Vain of my drapery’s rich brocade, I held my flowing locks to braid.”
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From this reading “EPIDEMICS of marriage set in from time to time,” said Jane Mohun.
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From this reading “EPIDEMICS of marriage set in from time to time,” said Jane Mohun.
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From this reading To shine beyond the rest I was In gay embroidery drest.
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From this reading “How happy by my mother’s side When some dear friend became a bride!
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From this reading “How happy by my mother’s side When some dear friend became a bride!
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading To shine beyond the rest I was In gay embroidery drest.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “EPIDEMICS of marriage set in from time to time,” said Jane Mohun.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading To shine beyond the rest I was In gay embroidery drest.
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From this reading Vain of my drapery’s rich brocade, I held my flowing locks to braid.”
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading To shine beyond the rest I was In gay embroidery drest.
at the time that
From this reading “How happy by my mother’s side When some dear friend became a bride!
