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Chapter XII
PARSON.--“You take for your motto this aphorism, ‘Knowledge is Power.’--BACON.” RICCABOCCA.--“Bacon make such an aphorism! The last man in the world to have said anything so pert and so shallow!” LEONARD (astonished).--“Do you mean to say, sir, that that aphorism is not in Lord Bacon? Why, I have seen it quoted as his in almost every newspaper, and in almost every speech in favour of popular education.”
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any thing at all
From this reading “The last man in the world to have said anything so pert and so shallow!””
very surprised
From this reading “LEONARD (astonished).--“Do you mean to say, sir, that that aphorism is not in Lord Bacon?”
all the members of a group, with none left out
From this reading “Why, I have seen it quoted as his in almost every newspaper, and in almost every speech in favour of popular education.””
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading “The last man in the world to have said anything so pert and so shallow!””
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “The last man in the world to have said anything so pert and so shallow!””
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “RICCABOCCA.--“Bacon make such an aphorism!”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “PARSON.--“You take for your motto this aphorism, ‘Knowledge is Power.’--BACON.””
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From this reading Why, I have seen it quoted as his in almost every newspaper, and in almost every speech in favour of popular education.”
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading RICCABOCCA.--“Bacon make such an aphorism!
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading The last man in the world to have said anything so pert and so shallow!”
any thing at all
From this reading The last man in the world to have said anything so pert and so shallow!”
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From this reading PARSON.--“You take for your motto this aphorism, ‘Knowledge is Power.’--BACON.”
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading Why, I have seen it quoted as his in almost every newspaper, and in almost every speech in favour of popular education.”
very surprised
From this reading LEONARD (astonished).--“Do you mean to say, sir, that that aphorism is not in Lord Bacon?
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From this reading PARSON.--“You take for your motto this aphorism, ‘Knowledge is Power.’--BACON.”
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading LEONARD (astonished).--“Do you mean to say, sir, that that aphorism is not in Lord Bacon?
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From this reading Why, I have seen it quoted as his in almost every newspaper, and in almost every speech in favour of popular education.”
all the members of a group, with none left out
From this reading Why, I have seen it quoted as his in almost every newspaper, and in almost every speech in favour of popular education.”
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From this reading Why, I have seen it quoted as his in almost every newspaper, and in almost every speech in favour of popular education.”
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading PARSON.--“You take for your motto this aphorism, ‘Knowledge is Power.’--BACON.”
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading The last man in the world to have said anything so pert and so shallow!”
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Why, I have seen it quoted as his in almost every newspaper, and in almost every speech in favour of popular education.”
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading Why, I have seen it quoted as his in almost every newspaper, and in almost every speech in favour of popular education.”
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading The last man in the world to have said anything so pert and so shallow!”
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading PARSON.--“You take for your motto this aphorism, ‘Knowledge is Power.’--BACON.”
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading Why, I have seen it quoted as his in almost every newspaper, and in almost every speech in favour of popular education.”
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From this reading PARSON.--“You take for your motto this aphorism, ‘Knowledge is Power.’--BACON.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The last man in the world to have said anything so pert and so shallow!”
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From this reading LEONARD (astonished).--“Do you mean to say, sir, that that aphorism is not in Lord Bacon?
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From this reading LEONARD (astonished).--“Do you mean to say, sir, that that aphorism is not in Lord Bacon?
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading RICCABOCCA.--“Bacon make such an aphorism!
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From this reading The last man in the world to have said anything so pert and so shallow!”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading LEONARD (astonished).--“Do you mean to say, sir, that that aphorism is not in Lord Bacon?
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From this reading PARSON.--“You take for your motto this aphorism, ‘Knowledge is Power.’--BACON.”
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From this reading Why, I have seen it quoted as his in almost every newspaper, and in almost every speech in favour of popular education.”
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading LEONARD (astonished).--“Do you mean to say, sir, that that aphorism is not in Lord Bacon?
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Why, I have seen it quoted as his in almost every newspaper, and in almost every speech in favour of popular education.”
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From this reading PARSON.--“You take for your motto this aphorism, ‘Knowledge is Power.’--BACON.”
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From this reading The last man in the world to have said anything so pert and so shallow!”
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From this reading Why, I have seen it quoted as his in almost every newspaper, and in almost every speech in favour of popular education.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading PARSON.--“You take for your motto this aphorism, ‘Knowledge is Power.’--BACON.”
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From this reading Why, I have seen it quoted as his in almost every newspaper, and in almost every speech in favour of popular education.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading RICCABOCCA.--“Bacon make such an aphorism!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading The last man in the world to have said anything so pert and so shallow!”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading LEONARD (astonished).--“Do you mean to say, sir, that that aphorism is not in Lord Bacon?
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Why, I have seen it quoted as his in almost every newspaper, and in almost every speech in favour of popular education.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading The last man in the world to have said anything so pert and so shallow!”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading LEONARD (astonished).--“Do you mean to say, sir, that that aphorism is not in Lord Bacon?
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading The last man in the world to have said anything so pert and so shallow!”
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From this reading Why, I have seen it quoted as his in almost every newspaper, and in almost every speech in favour of popular education.”
of the kind already mentioned
From this reading RICCABOCCA.--“Bacon make such an aphorism!
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading PARSON.--“You take for your motto this aphorism, ‘Knowledge is Power.’--BACON.”
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading LEONARD (astonished).--“Do you mean to say, sir, that that aphorism is not in Lord Bacon?
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The last man in the world to have said anything so pert and so shallow!”
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading PARSON.--“You take for your motto this aphorism, ‘Knowledge is Power.’--BACON.”
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading The last man in the world to have said anything so pert and so shallow!”
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From this reading Why, I have seen it quoted as his in almost every newspaper, and in almost every speech in favour of popular education.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading The last man in the world to have said anything so pert and so shallow!”
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading PARSON.--“You take for your motto this aphorism, ‘Knowledge is Power.’--BACON.”
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading PARSON.--“You take for your motto this aphorism, ‘Knowledge is Power.’--BACON.”
