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Chapter I
“What, are you stepping westward?” “Yea.” * * * * * Yet who would stop or fear to advance, Though home or shelter there was none, With such a sky to lead him on!” --WORDSWORTH. “Ah! cool night wind, tremulous stars, Ah! glimmering water, Fitful earth murmur, Dreaming woods!”
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not one, and not any
From this reading “* * * * * Yet who would stop or fear to advance, Though home or shelter there was none, With such a sky to lead him on!””
in spite of the fact that
From this reading “* * * * * Yet who would stop or fear to advance, Though home or shelter there was none, With such a sky to lead him on!””
toward the west
From this reading ““What, are you stepping westward?””
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading ““Ah! cool night wind, tremulous stars, Ah! glimmering water, Fitful earth murmur, Dreaming woods!””
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading “* * * * * Yet who would stop or fear to advance, Though home or shelter there was none, With such a sky to lead him on!””
an old word for “yes”
From this reading ““Yea.””
but in spite of that
From this reading “* * * * * Yet who would stop or fear to advance, Though home or shelter there was none, With such a sky to lead him on!””
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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 * * * * * Yet who would stop or fear to advance, Though home or shelter there was none, With such a sky to lead him on!”
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From this reading * * * * * Yet who would stop or fear to advance, Though home or shelter there was none, With such a sky to lead him on!”
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From this reading “Ah! cool night wind, tremulous stars, Ah! glimmering water, Fitful earth murmur, Dreaming woods!”
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading “What, are you stepping westward?”
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From this reading “Ah! cool night wind, tremulous stars, Ah! glimmering water, Fitful earth murmur, Dreaming woods!”
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From this reading “Ah! cool night wind, tremulous stars, Ah! glimmering water, Fitful earth murmur, Dreaming woods!”
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From this reading “Ah! cool night wind, tremulous stars, Ah! glimmering water, Fitful earth murmur, Dreaming woods!”
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From this reading * * * * * Yet who would stop or fear to advance, Though home or shelter there was none, With such a sky to lead him on!”
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From this reading “Ah! cool night wind, tremulous stars, Ah! glimmering water, Fitful earth murmur, Dreaming woods!”
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From this reading “Ah! cool night wind, tremulous stars, Ah! glimmering water, Fitful earth murmur, Dreaming woods!”
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading * * * * * Yet who would stop or fear to advance, Though home or shelter there was none, With such a sky to lead him on!”
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From this reading * * * * * Yet who would stop or fear to advance, Though home or shelter there was none, With such a sky to lead him on!”
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From this reading * * * * * Yet who would stop or fear to advance, Though home or shelter there was none, With such a sky to lead him on!”
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From this reading “Ah! cool night wind, tremulous stars, Ah! glimmering water, Fitful earth murmur, Dreaming woods!”
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From this reading “Ah! cool night wind, tremulous stars, Ah! glimmering water, Fitful earth murmur, Dreaming woods!”
not one, and not any
From this reading * * * * * Yet who would stop or fear to advance, Though home or shelter there was none, With such a sky to lead him on!”
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading * * * * * Yet who would stop or fear to advance, Though home or shelter there was none, With such a sky to lead him on!”
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading * * * * * Yet who would stop or fear to advance, Though home or shelter there was none, With such a sky to lead him on!”
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From this reading * * * * * Yet who would stop or fear to advance, Though home or shelter there was none, With such a sky to lead him on!”
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From this reading * * * * * Yet who would stop or fear to advance, Though home or shelter there was none, With such a sky to lead him on!”
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From this reading “Ah! cool night wind, tremulous stars, Ah! glimmering water, Fitful earth murmur, Dreaming woods!”
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From this reading “What, are you stepping westward?”
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From this reading * * * * * Yet who would stop or fear to advance, Though home or shelter there was none, With such a sky to lead him on!”
of the kind already mentioned
From this reading * * * * * Yet who would stop or fear to advance, Though home or shelter there was none, With such a sky to lead him on!”
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From this reading * * * * * Yet who would stop or fear to advance, Though home or shelter there was none, With such a sky to lead him on!”
in spite of the fact that
From this reading * * * * * Yet who would stop or fear to advance, Though home or shelter there was none, With such a sky to lead him on!”
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading * * * * * Yet who would stop or fear to advance, Though home or shelter there was none, With such a sky to lead him on!”
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From this reading “Ah! cool night wind, tremulous stars, Ah! glimmering water, Fitful earth murmur, Dreaming woods!”
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading * * * * * Yet who would stop or fear to advance, Though home or shelter there was none, With such a sky to lead him on!”
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From this reading “Ah! cool night wind, tremulous stars, Ah! glimmering water, Fitful earth murmur, Dreaming woods!”
toward the west
From this reading “What, are you stepping westward?”
used to ask for information about something
From this reading “What, are you stepping westward?”
which person or people
From this reading * * * * * Yet who would stop or fear to advance, Though home or shelter there was none, With such a sky to lead him on!”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Ah! cool night wind, tremulous stars, Ah! glimmering water, Fitful earth murmur, Dreaming woods!”
in the company of; together with
From this reading * * * * * Yet who would stop or fear to advance, Though home or shelter there was none, With such a sky to lead him on!”
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From this reading “Ah! cool night wind, tremulous stars, Ah! glimmering water, Fitful earth murmur, Dreaming woods!”
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From this reading --WORDSWORTH.
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading * * * * * Yet who would stop or fear to advance, Though home or shelter there was none, With such a sky to lead him on!”
an old word for “yes”
From this reading “Yea.”
but in spite of that
From this reading * * * * * Yet who would stop or fear to advance, Though home or shelter there was none, With such a sky to lead him on!”
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading “What, are you stepping westward?”
