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Chapter XVII
ALL IS OVER. Idalia could not sleep that night. Satisfied revenge brings no sweet sleep! Frightful visions chased through her brain, in which the distorted faces of her disgraced victims haunted her. There is a maiden in a boat that the ice flood sweeps along, her cry is borne on the wind; and that man?--it is the one to whom Idalia has prayed, whom she has lost, and now she would give him over to neither man nor devil.
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following the length of something from one end toward the other
From this reading “There is a maiden in a boat that the ice flood sweeps along, her cry is borne on the wind; and that man?--it is the one to whom Idalia has prayed, whom she has lost, and now she would give him over to neither man nor devil.”
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading “Idalia could not sleep that night.”
the form of “have” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading “There is a maiden in a boat that the ice flood sweeps along, her cry is borne on the wind; and that man?--it is the one to whom Idalia has prayed, whom she has lost, and now she would give him over to neither man nor devil.”
a young woman who is not married
From this reading “There is a maiden in a boat that the ice flood sweeps along, her cry is borne on the wind; and that man?--it is the one to whom Idalia has prayed, whom she has lost, and now she would give him over to neither man nor devil.”
not one and not the other of two
From this reading “There is a maiden in a boat that the ice flood sweeps along, her cry is borne on the wind; and that man?--it is the one to whom Idalia has prayed, whom she has lost, and now she would give him over to neither man nor devil.”
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading “There is a maiden in a boat that the ice flood sweeps along, her cry is borne on the wind; and that man?--it is the one to whom Idalia has prayed, whom she has lost, and now she would give him over to neither man nor devil.”
above and across; more than
From this reading “ALL IS OVER.”
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading “Frightful visions chased through her brain, in which the distorted faces of her disgraced victims haunted her.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “There is a maiden in a boat that the ice flood sweeps along, her cry is borne on the wind; and that man?--it is the one to whom Idalia has prayed, whom she has lost, and now she would give him over to neither man nor devil.”
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading “There is a maiden in a boat that the ice flood sweeps along, her cry is borne on the wind; and that man?--it is the one to whom Idalia has prayed, whom she has lost, and now she would give him over to neither man nor devil.”
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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 There is a maiden in a boat that the ice flood sweeps along, her cry is borne on the wind; and that man?--it is the one to whom Idalia has prayed, whom she has lost, and now she would give him over to neither man nor devil.
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From this reading ALL IS OVER.
following the length of something from one end toward the other
From this reading There is a maiden in a boat that the ice flood sweeps along, her cry is borne on the wind; and that man?--it is the one to whom Idalia has prayed, whom she has lost, and now she would give him over to neither man nor devil.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading There is a maiden in a boat that the ice flood sweeps along, her cry is borne on the wind; and that man?--it is the one to whom Idalia has prayed, whom she has lost, and now she would give him over to neither man nor devil.
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From this reading There is a maiden in a boat that the ice flood sweeps along, her cry is borne on the wind; and that man?--it is the one to whom Idalia has prayed, whom she has lost, and now she would give him over to neither man nor devil.
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From this reading There is a maiden in a boat that the ice flood sweeps along, her cry is borne on the wind; and that man?--it is the one to whom Idalia has prayed, whom she has lost, and now she would give him over to neither man nor devil.
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From this reading Frightful visions chased through her brain, in which the distorted faces of her disgraced victims haunted her.
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From this reading Satisfied revenge brings no sweet sleep!
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From this reading Frightful visions chased through her brain, in which the distorted faces of her disgraced victims haunted her.
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading Idalia could not sleep that night.
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From this reading There is a maiden in a boat that the ice flood sweeps along, her cry is borne on the wind; and that man?--it is the one to whom Idalia has prayed, whom she has lost, and now she would give him over to neither man nor devil.
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From this reading There is a maiden in a boat that the ice flood sweeps along, her cry is borne on the wind; and that man?--it is the one to whom Idalia has prayed, whom she has lost, and now she would give him over to neither man nor devil.
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From this reading Frightful visions chased through her brain, in which the distorted faces of her disgraced victims haunted her.
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From this reading Frightful visions chased through her brain, in which the distorted faces of her disgraced victims haunted her.
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From this reading Frightful visions chased through her brain, in which the distorted faces of her disgraced victims haunted her.
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From this reading There is a maiden in a boat that the ice flood sweeps along, her cry is borne on the wind; and that man?--it is the one to whom Idalia has prayed, whom she has lost, and now she would give him over to neither man nor devil.
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From this reading Frightful visions chased through her brain, in which the distorted faces of her disgraced victims haunted her.
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From this reading There is a maiden in a boat that the ice flood sweeps along, her cry is borne on the wind; and that man?--it is the one to whom Idalia has prayed, whom she has lost, and now she would give him over to neither man nor devil.
the form of “have” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading There is a maiden in a boat that the ice flood sweeps along, her cry is borne on the wind; and that man?--it is the one to whom Idalia has prayed, whom she has lost, and now she would give him over to neither man nor devil.
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From this reading Frightful visions chased through her brain, in which the distorted faces of her disgraced victims haunted her.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading Frightful visions chased through her brain, in which the distorted faces of her disgraced victims haunted her.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading There is a maiden in a boat that the ice flood sweeps along, her cry is borne on the wind; and that man?--it is the one to whom Idalia has prayed, whom she has lost, and now she would give him over to neither man nor devil.
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From this reading There is a maiden in a boat that the ice flood sweeps along, her cry is borne on the wind; and that man?--it is the one to whom Idalia has prayed, whom she has lost, and now she would give him over to neither man nor devil.
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From this reading Idalia could not sleep that night.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Frightful visions chased through her brain, in which the distorted faces of her disgraced victims haunted her.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading ALL IS OVER.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading There is a maiden in a boat that the ice flood sweeps along, her cry is borne on the wind; and that man?--it is the one to whom Idalia has prayed, whom she has lost, and now she would give him over to neither man nor devil.
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From this reading There is a maiden in a boat that the ice flood sweeps along, her cry is borne on the wind; and that man?--it is the one to whom Idalia has prayed, whom she has lost, and now she would give him over to neither man nor devil.
a young woman who is not married
From this reading There is a maiden in a boat that the ice flood sweeps along, her cry is borne on the wind; and that man?--it is the one to whom Idalia has prayed, whom she has lost, and now she would give him over to neither man nor devil.
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From this reading There is a maiden in a boat that the ice flood sweeps along, her cry is borne on the wind; and that man?--it is the one to whom Idalia has prayed, whom she has lost, and now she would give him over to neither man nor devil.
not one and not the other of two
From this reading There is a maiden in a boat that the ice flood sweeps along, her cry is borne on the wind; and that man?--it is the one to whom Idalia has prayed, whom she has lost, and now she would give him over to neither man nor devil.
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From this reading Idalia could not sleep that night.
not any; not one
From this reading Satisfied revenge brings no sweet sleep!
and not; used after a negative to add a second negative
From this reading There is a maiden in a boat that the ice flood sweeps along, her cry is borne on the wind; and that man?--it is the one to whom Idalia has prayed, whom she has lost, and now she would give him over to neither man nor devil.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading Idalia could not sleep that night.
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From this reading There is a maiden in a boat that the ice flood sweeps along, her cry is borne on the wind; and that man?--it is the one to whom Idalia has prayed, whom she has lost, and now she would give him over to neither man nor devil.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Frightful visions chased through her brain, in which the distorted faces of her disgraced victims haunted her.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading There is a maiden in a boat that the ice flood sweeps along, her cry is borne on the wind; and that man?--it is the one to whom Idalia has prayed, whom she has lost, and now she would give him over to neither man nor devil.
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading There is a maiden in a boat that the ice flood sweeps along, her cry is borne on the wind; and that man?--it is the one to whom Idalia has prayed, whom she has lost, and now she would give him over to neither man nor devil.
above and across; more than
From this reading ALL IS OVER.
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From this reading There is a maiden in a boat that the ice flood sweeps along, her cry is borne on the wind; and that man?--it is the one to whom Idalia has prayed, whom she has lost, and now she would give him over to neither man nor devil.
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From this reading Satisfied revenge brings no sweet sleep!
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From this reading Satisfied revenge brings no sweet sleep!
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading There is a maiden in a boat that the ice flood sweeps along, her cry is borne on the wind; and that man?--it is the one to whom Idalia has prayed, whom she has lost, and now she would give him over to neither man nor devil.
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From this reading Idalia could not sleep that night.
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From this reading There is a maiden in a boat that the ice flood sweeps along, her cry is borne on the wind; and that man?--it is the one to whom Idalia has prayed, whom she has lost, and now she would give him over to neither man nor devil.
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From this reading Satisfied revenge brings no sweet sleep!
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Idalia could not sleep that night.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Frightful visions chased through her brain, in which the distorted faces of her disgraced victims haunted her.
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From this reading There is a maiden in a boat that the ice flood sweeps along, her cry is borne on the wind; and that man?--it is the one to whom Idalia has prayed, whom she has lost, and now she would give him over to neither man nor devil.
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading Frightful visions chased through her brain, in which the distorted faces of her disgraced victims haunted her.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading There is a maiden in a boat that the ice flood sweeps along, her cry is borne on the wind; and that man?--it is the one to whom Idalia has prayed, whom she has lost, and now she would give him over to neither man nor devil.
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From this reading Frightful visions chased through her brain, in which the distorted faces of her disgraced victims haunted her.
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From this reading Frightful visions chased through her brain, in which the distorted faces of her disgraced victims haunted her.
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading Frightful visions chased through her brain, in which the distorted faces of her disgraced victims haunted her.
the form of “who” used as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading There is a maiden in a boat that the ice flood sweeps along, her cry is borne on the wind; and that man?--it is the one to whom Idalia has prayed, whom she has lost, and now she would give him over to neither man nor devil.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading There is a maiden in a boat that the ice flood sweeps along, her cry is borne on the wind; and that man?--it is the one to whom Idalia has prayed, whom she has lost, and now she would give him over to neither man nor devil.
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading There is a maiden in a boat that the ice flood sweeps along, her cry is borne on the wind; and that man?--it is the one to whom Idalia has prayed, whom she has lost, and now she would give him over to neither man nor devil.
