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Chapter XIX
Ah, happy hills! ah, pleasing shades! Ah, fields beloved in vain! Where once my careless childhood strayed, A stranger yet to pain. Ode on a Distant Prospect of Eton College. It is not by corporal wants and infirmities only that men of the most distinguished talents are levelled, during their lifetime, with the common mass of mankind.
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From this reading “Ode on a Distant Prospect of Eton College.”
all through a period, or at some point within it
From this reading “It is not by corporal wants and infirmities only that men of the most distinguished talents are levelled, during their lifetime, with the common mass of mankind.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Where once my careless childhood strayed, A stranger yet to pain.”
but in spite of that
From this reading “Where once my careless childhood strayed, A stranger yet to pain.”
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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 Where once my careless childhood strayed, A stranger yet to pain.
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From this reading Ah, happy hills! ah, pleasing shades!
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading It is not by corporal wants and infirmities only that men of the most distinguished talents are levelled, during their lifetime, with the common mass of mankind.
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading It is not by corporal wants and infirmities only that men of the most distinguished talents are levelled, during their lifetime, with the common mass of mankind.
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From this reading Ah, fields beloved in vain!
showing who or what does the action
From this reading It is not by corporal wants and infirmities only that men of the most distinguished talents are levelled, during their lifetime, with the common mass of mankind.
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From this reading Where once my careless childhood strayed, A stranger yet to pain.
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From this reading Where once my careless childhood strayed, A stranger yet to pain.
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From this reading Ode on a Distant Prospect of Eton College.
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From this reading It is not by corporal wants and infirmities only that men of the most distinguished talents are levelled, during their lifetime, with the common mass of mankind.
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From this reading It is not by corporal wants and infirmities only that men of the most distinguished talents are levelled, during their lifetime, with the common mass of mankind.
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From this reading Ode on a Distant Prospect of Eton College.
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From this reading It is not by corporal wants and infirmities only that men of the most distinguished talents are levelled, during their lifetime, with the common mass of mankind.
all through a period, or at some point within it
From this reading It is not by corporal wants and infirmities only that men of the most distinguished talents are levelled, during their lifetime, with the common mass of mankind.
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From this reading Ode on a Distant Prospect of Eton College.
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From this reading Ah, fields beloved in vain!
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From this reading Ah, happy hills! ah, pleasing shades!
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inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Ah, fields beloved in vain!
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From this reading It is not by corporal wants and infirmities only that men of the most distinguished talents are levelled, during their lifetime, with the common mass of mankind.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading It is not by corporal wants and infirmities only that men of the most distinguished talents are levelled, during their lifetime, with the common mass of mankind.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It is not by corporal wants and infirmities only that men of the most distinguished talents are levelled, during their lifetime, with the common mass of mankind.
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From this reading It is not by corporal wants and infirmities only that men of the most distinguished talents are levelled, during their lifetime, with the common mass of mankind.
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From this reading It is not by corporal wants and infirmities only that men of the most distinguished talents are levelled, during their lifetime, with the common mass of mankind.
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From this reading It is not by corporal wants and infirmities only that men of the most distinguished talents are levelled, during their lifetime, with the common mass of mankind.
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From this reading It is not by corporal wants and infirmities only that men of the most distinguished talents are levelled, during their lifetime, with the common mass of mankind.
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From this reading It is not by corporal wants and infirmities only that men of the most distinguished talents are levelled, during their lifetime, with the common mass of mankind.
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From this reading It is not by corporal wants and infirmities only that men of the most distinguished talents are levelled, during their lifetime, with the common mass of mankind.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading Where once my careless childhood strayed, A stranger yet to pain.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading It is not by corporal wants and infirmities only that men of the most distinguished talents are levelled, during their lifetime, with the common mass of mankind.
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From this reading Ode on a Distant Prospect of Eton College.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Ode on a Distant Prospect of Eton College.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading Ode on a Distant Prospect of Eton College.
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From this reading Where once my careless childhood strayed, A stranger yet to pain.
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From this reading It is not by corporal wants and infirmities only that men of the most distinguished talents are levelled, during their lifetime, with the common mass of mankind.
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From this reading Where once my careless childhood strayed, A stranger yet to pain.
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From this reading Ah, happy hills! ah, pleasing shades!
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From this reading Ode on a Distant Prospect of Eton College.
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From this reading Ah, happy hills! ah, pleasing shades!
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From this reading Where once my careless childhood strayed, A stranger yet to pain.
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From this reading Where once my careless childhood strayed, A stranger yet to pain.
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From this reading It is not by corporal wants and infirmities only that men of the most distinguished talents are levelled, during their lifetime, with the common mass of mankind.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading It is not by corporal wants and infirmities only that men of the most distinguished talents are levelled, during their lifetime, with the common mass of mankind.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading It is not by corporal wants and infirmities only that men of the most distinguished talents are levelled, during their lifetime, with the common mass of mankind.
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading It is not by corporal wants and infirmities only that men of the most distinguished talents are levelled, during their lifetime, with the common mass of mankind.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Where once my careless childhood strayed, A stranger yet to pain.
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From this reading Ah, fields beloved in vain!
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From this reading It is not by corporal wants and infirmities only that men of the most distinguished talents are levelled, during their lifetime, with the common mass of mankind.
in or at the place that
From this reading Where once my careless childhood strayed, A stranger yet to pain.
in the company of; together with
From this reading It is not by corporal wants and infirmities only that men of the most distinguished talents are levelled, during their lifetime, with the common mass of mankind.
but in spite of that
From this reading Where once my careless childhood strayed, A stranger yet to pain.
