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Chapter I
UNCLE ETHAN'S SPECULATION IN PATENT MEDICINES. A certain guileless trust in human kind Too often leads them into nets Spread by some wandering trader, Smooth, and deft, and sure. UNCLE ETHAN RIPLEY. Uncle Ethan had a theory that a man's character could be told by the way he sat in a wagon seat. "A mean man sets right plumb in the _middle_ o' the seat, as much as to say, 'Walk, gol darn yeh, who cares?'
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the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading “Uncle Ethan had a theory that a man's character could be told by the way he sat in a wagon seat.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “"A mean man sets right plumb in the _middle_ o' the seat, as much as to say, 'Walk, gol darn yeh, who cares?'”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “A certain guileless trust in human kind Too often leads them into nets Spread by some wandering trader, Smooth, and deft, and sure.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Uncle Ethan had a theory that a man's character could be told by the way he sat in a wagon seat.”
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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 A certain guileless trust in human kind Too often leads them into nets Spread by some wandering trader, Smooth, and deft, and sure.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading A certain guileless trust in human kind Too often leads them into nets Spread by some wandering trader, Smooth, and deft, and sure.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading "A mean man sets right plumb in the _middle_ o' the seat, as much as to say, 'Walk, gol darn yeh, who cares?'
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading Uncle Ethan had a theory that a man's character could be told by the way he sat in a wagon seat.
showing who or what does the action
From this reading A certain guileless trust in human kind Too often leads them into nets Spread by some wandering trader, Smooth, and deft, and sure.
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From this reading "A mean man sets right plumb in the _middle_ o' the seat, as much as to say, 'Walk, gol darn yeh, who cares?'
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From this reading A certain guileless trust in human kind Too often leads them into nets Spread by some wandering trader, Smooth, and deft, and sure.
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From this reading Uncle Ethan had a theory that a man's character could be told by the way he sat in a wagon seat.
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading Uncle Ethan had a theory that a man's character could be told by the way he sat in a wagon seat.
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From this reading "A mean man sets right plumb in the _middle_ o' the seat, as much as to say, 'Walk, gol darn yeh, who cares?'
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From this reading A certain guileless trust in human kind Too often leads them into nets Spread by some wandering trader, Smooth, and deft, and sure.
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From this reading UNCLE ETHAN RIPLEY.
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From this reading UNCLE ETHAN'S SPECULATION IN PATENT MEDICINES.
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From this reading "A mean man sets right plumb in the _middle_ o' the seat, as much as to say, 'Walk, gol darn yeh, who cares?'
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From this reading A certain guileless trust in human kind Too often leads them into nets Spread by some wandering trader, Smooth, and deft, and sure.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Uncle Ethan had a theory that a man's character could be told by the way he sat in a wagon seat.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Uncle Ethan had a theory that a man's character could be told by the way he sat in a wagon seat.
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From this reading A certain guileless trust in human kind Too often leads them into nets Spread by some wandering trader, Smooth, and deft, and sure.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading UNCLE ETHAN'S SPECULATION IN PATENT MEDICINES.
moving to the inside of something
From this reading A certain guileless trust in human kind Too often leads them into nets Spread by some wandering trader, Smooth, and deft, and sure.
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From this reading A certain guileless trust in human kind Too often leads them into nets Spread by some wandering trader, Smooth, and deft, and sure.
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From this reading A certain guileless trust in human kind Too often leads them into nets Spread by some wandering trader, Smooth, and deft, and sure.
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From this reading "A mean man sets right plumb in the _middle_ o' the seat, as much as to say, 'Walk, gol darn yeh, who cares?'
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From this reading Uncle Ethan had a theory that a man's character could be told by the way he sat in a wagon seat.
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From this reading "A mean man sets right plumb in the _middle_ o' the seat, as much as to say, 'Walk, gol darn yeh, who cares?'
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From this reading UNCLE ETHAN'S SPECULATION IN PATENT MEDICINES.
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From this reading "A mean man sets right plumb in the _middle_ o' the seat, as much as to say, 'Walk, gol darn yeh, who cares?'
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From this reading "A mean man sets right plumb in the _middle_ o' the seat, as much as to say, 'Walk, gol darn yeh, who cares?'
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From this reading A certain guileless trust in human kind Too often leads them into nets Spread by some wandering trader, Smooth, and deft, and sure.
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From this reading "A mean man sets right plumb in the _middle_ o' the seat, as much as to say, 'Walk, gol darn yeh, who cares?'
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From this reading A certain guileless trust in human kind Too often leads them into nets Spread by some wandering trader, Smooth, and deft, and sure.
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From this reading UNCLE ETHAN'S SPECULATION IN PATENT MEDICINES.
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From this reading "A mean man sets right plumb in the _middle_ o' the seat, as much as to say, 'Walk, gol darn yeh, who cares?'
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading "A mean man sets right plumb in the _middle_ o' the seat, as much as to say, 'Walk, gol darn yeh, who cares?'
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From this reading UNCLE ETHAN RIPLEY.
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From this reading Uncle Ethan had a theory that a man's character could be told by the way he sat in a wagon seat.
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From this reading "A mean man sets right plumb in the _middle_ o' the seat, as much as to say, 'Walk, gol darn yeh, who cares?'
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From this reading Uncle Ethan had a theory that a man's character could be told by the way he sat in a wagon seat.
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From this reading "A mean man sets right plumb in the _middle_ o' the seat, as much as to say, 'Walk, gol darn yeh, who cares?'
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From this reading A certain guileless trust in human kind Too often leads them into nets Spread by some wandering trader, Smooth, and deft, and sure.
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From this reading A certain guileless trust in human kind Too often leads them into nets Spread by some wandering trader, Smooth, and deft, and sure.
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From this reading UNCLE ETHAN'S SPECULATION IN PATENT MEDICINES.
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From this reading A certain guileless trust in human kind Too often leads them into nets Spread by some wandering trader, Smooth, and deft, and sure.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading A certain guileless trust in human kind Too often leads them into nets Spread by some wandering trader, Smooth, and deft, and sure.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Uncle Ethan had a theory that a man's character could be told by the way he sat in a wagon seat.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Uncle Ethan had a theory that a man's character could be told by the way he sat in a wagon seat.
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading A certain guileless trust in human kind Too often leads them into nets Spread by some wandering trader, Smooth, and deft, and sure.
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From this reading Uncle Ethan had a theory that a man's character could be told by the way he sat in a wagon seat.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading "A mean man sets right plumb in the _middle_ o' the seat, as much as to say, 'Walk, gol darn yeh, who cares?'
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Uncle Ethan had a theory that a man's character could be told by the way he sat in a wagon seat.
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From this reading A certain guileless trust in human kind Too often leads them into nets Spread by some wandering trader, Smooth, and deft, and sure.
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From this reading A certain guileless trust in human kind Too often leads them into nets Spread by some wandering trader, Smooth, and deft, and sure.
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From this reading A certain guileless trust in human kind Too often leads them into nets Spread by some wandering trader, Smooth, and deft, and sure.
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From this reading UNCLE ETHAN'S SPECULATION IN PATENT MEDICINES.
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From this reading Uncle Ethan had a theory that a man's character could be told by the way he sat in a wagon seat.
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From this reading "A mean man sets right plumb in the _middle_ o' the seat, as much as to say, 'Walk, gol darn yeh, who cares?'
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From this reading A certain guileless trust in human kind Too often leads them into nets Spread by some wandering trader, Smooth, and deft, and sure.
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From this reading Uncle Ethan had a theory that a man's character could be told by the way he sat in a wagon seat.
which person or people
From this reading "A mean man sets right plumb in the _middle_ o' the seat, as much as to say, 'Walk, gol darn yeh, who cares?'
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From this reading "A mean man sets right plumb in the _middle_ o' the seat, as much as to say, 'Walk, gol darn yeh, who cares?'
