A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
Chapter XXVIII
A LESSON. “Whom the gods mean to destroy, they blind.” Mrs. Vansittart had passed the age of blind love. She had not the incentive of a healthy competition. She had not that more dangerous incentive of middle-aged vanity, which draws the finger of derision so often in the direction of widows.
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an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Mrs. Vansittart had passed the age of blind love.”
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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 LESSON.
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From this reading Mrs. Vansittart had passed the age of blind love.
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From this reading “Whom the gods mean to destroy, they blind.”
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From this reading She had not the incentive of a healthy competition.
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From this reading She had not that more dangerous incentive of middle-aged vanity, which draws the finger of derision so often in the direction of widows.
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From this reading She had not that more dangerous incentive of middle-aged vanity, which draws the finger of derision so often in the direction of widows.
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From this reading “Whom the gods mean to destroy, they blind.”
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From this reading She had not that more dangerous incentive of middle-aged vanity, which draws the finger of derision so often in the direction of widows.
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From this reading She had not that more dangerous incentive of middle-aged vanity, which draws the finger of derision so often in the direction of widows.
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From this reading She had not that more dangerous incentive of middle-aged vanity, which draws the finger of derision so often in the direction of widows.
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From this reading “Whom the gods mean to destroy, they blind.”
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Mrs. Vansittart had passed the age of blind love.
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From this reading She had not the incentive of a healthy competition.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading She had not that more dangerous incentive of middle-aged vanity, which draws the finger of derision so often in the direction of widows.
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From this reading She had not the incentive of a healthy competition.
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From this reading A LESSON.
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From this reading Mrs. Vansittart had passed the age of blind love.
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From this reading “Whom the gods mean to destroy, they blind.”
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From this reading She had not that more dangerous incentive of middle-aged vanity, which draws the finger of derision so often in the direction of widows.
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From this reading She had not that more dangerous incentive of middle-aged vanity, which draws the finger of derision so often in the direction of widows.
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From this reading Mrs. Vansittart had passed the age of blind love.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading She had not the incentive of a healthy competition.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Mrs. Vansittart had passed the age of blind love.
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From this reading She had not that more dangerous incentive of middle-aged vanity, which draws the finger of derision so often in the direction of widows.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Mrs. Vansittart had passed the age of blind love.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading She had not the incentive of a healthy competition.
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading She had not that more dangerous incentive of middle-aged vanity, which draws the finger of derision so often in the direction of widows.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading She had not that more dangerous incentive of middle-aged vanity, which draws the finger of derision so often in the direction of widows.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading “Whom the gods mean to destroy, they blind.”
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading “Whom the gods mean to destroy, they blind.”
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading “Whom the gods mean to destroy, they blind.”
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From this reading She had not that more dangerous incentive of middle-aged vanity, which draws the finger of derision so often in the direction of widows.
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From this reading Mrs. Vansittart had passed the age of blind love.
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading She had not that more dangerous incentive of middle-aged vanity, which draws the finger of derision so often in the direction of widows.
the form of “who” used as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading “Whom the gods mean to destroy, they blind.”
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From this reading She had not that more dangerous incentive of middle-aged vanity, which draws the finger of derision so often in the direction of widows.
