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Chapter XI
But I hadn’t nigh done yet. The Queen’s bill was to be took to the Signet Office in Somerset House, Strand—where the stamp shop is. The Clerk of the Signet made ‘a Signet bill for the Lord Keeper of the Privy Seal.’ I paid him four pound, seven. The Clerk of the Lord Keeper of the Privy Seal made ‘a Privy-Seal bill for the Lord Chancellor.’
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an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “But I hadn’t nigh done yet.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “The Queen’s bill was to be took to the Signet Office in Somerset House, Strand—where the stamp shop is.”
but in spite of that
From this reading “But I hadn’t nigh done yet.”
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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 The Clerk of the Signet made ‘a Signet bill for the Lord Keeper of the Privy Seal.’
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading The Queen’s bill was to be took to the Signet Office in Somerset House, Strand—where the stamp shop is.
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From this reading The Queen’s bill was to be took to the Signet Office in Somerset House, Strand—where the stamp shop is.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading But I hadn’t nigh done yet.
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From this reading The Clerk of the Lord Keeper of the Privy Seal made ‘a Privy-Seal bill for the Lord Chancellor.’
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From this reading The Clerk of the Signet made ‘a Signet bill for the Lord Keeper of the Privy Seal.’
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading But I hadn’t nigh done yet.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading The Clerk of the Signet made ‘a Signet bill for the Lord Keeper of the Privy Seal.’
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From this reading I paid him four pound, seven.
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From this reading But I hadn’t nigh done yet.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading I paid him four pound, seven.
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From this reading The Queen’s bill was to be took to the Signet Office in Somerset House, Strand—where the stamp shop is.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading But I hadn’t nigh done yet.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading The Queen’s bill was to be took to the Signet Office in Somerset House, Strand—where the stamp shop is.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading The Queen’s bill was to be took to the Signet Office in Somerset House, Strand—where the stamp shop is.
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From this reading The Clerk of the Signet made ‘a Signet bill for the Lord Keeper of the Privy Seal.’
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From this reading The Clerk of the Signet made ‘a Signet bill for the Lord Keeper of the Privy Seal.’
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From this reading The Clerk of the Signet made ‘a Signet bill for the Lord Keeper of the Privy Seal.’
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From this reading But I hadn’t nigh done yet.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading The Clerk of the Signet made ‘a Signet bill for the Lord Keeper of the Privy Seal.’
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From this reading The Queen’s bill was to be took to the Signet Office in Somerset House, Strand—where the stamp shop is.
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From this reading I paid him four pound, seven.
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From this reading I paid him four pound, seven.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading The Clerk of the Signet made ‘a Signet bill for the Lord Keeper of the Privy Seal.’
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading The Clerk of the Lord Keeper of the Privy Seal made ‘a Privy-Seal bill for the Lord Chancellor.’
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading The Queen’s bill was to be took to the Signet Office in Somerset House, Strand—where the stamp shop is.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading The Clerk of the Signet made ‘a Signet bill for the Lord Keeper of the Privy Seal.’
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I paid him four pound, seven.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading The Queen’s bill was to be took to the Signet Office in Somerset House, Strand—where the stamp shop is.
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From this reading The Queen’s bill was to be took to the Signet Office in Somerset House, Strand—where the stamp shop is.
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From this reading The Queen’s bill was to be took to the Signet Office in Somerset House, Strand—where the stamp shop is.
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From this reading The Queen’s bill was to be took to the Signet Office in Somerset House, Strand—where the stamp shop is.
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From this reading The Queen’s bill was to be took to the Signet Office in Somerset House, Strand—where the stamp shop is.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The Queen’s bill was to be took to the Signet Office in Somerset House, Strand—where the stamp shop is.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading The Queen’s bill was to be took to the Signet Office in Somerset House, Strand—where the stamp shop is.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The Queen’s bill was to be took to the Signet Office in Somerset House, Strand—where the stamp shop is.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading The Queen’s bill was to be took to the Signet Office in Somerset House, Strand—where the stamp shop is.
in or at the place that
From this reading The Queen’s bill was to be took to the Signet Office in Somerset House, Strand—where the stamp shop is.
but in spite of that
From this reading But I hadn’t nigh done yet.
