Chapter XXIII
Fair fall the maid whose loosened locks her cheeks do overcloud! iii. 191. Fair patience practise, for thereon still followeth content, iii. 116. Fair patience use, for ease still followeth after stress, iii.
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Chapter XXIII
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Fair
fall
the
maid
whose
loosened
locks
her
cheeks
do
overcloud!
iii.
191.
Fair
patience
practise,
for
thereon
still
followeth
content,
iii.
116.
Fair
patience
use,
for
ease
still
followeth
after
stress,
iii.
LEARNER DICTIONARY
Archivist
/ˈɑːrkɪvɪst/
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A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
Line 1
Fair
fall
the
maid
whose
loosened
locks
her
cheeks
do
overcloud!
iii.
Line 2
191.
Line 3
Fair
patience
practise,
for
thereon
still
followeth
content,
iii.
Line 4
116.
Line 5
Fair
patience
use,
for
ease
still
followeth
after
stress,
iii.
Learner Dictionary
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After
preposition
US /ˈæftər/
later than; following
From this reading “Fair patience use, for ease still followeth after stress, iii.”
Fair
noun
US /fair/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Fair fall the maid whose loosened locks her cheeks do overcloud! iii.”
Still
noun
US /still/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Fair patience practise, for thereon still followeth content, iii.”
Whose
determiner
US /huːz/
belonging to which person
From this reading “Fair fall the maid whose loosened locks her cheeks do overcloud! iii.”
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116
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From this reading 116.
191
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From this reading 191.
afterprepositionUS /ˈæftər/
later than; following
From this reading Fair patience use, for ease still followeth after stress, iii.
cheeks
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From this reading Fair fall the maid whose loosened locks her cheeks do overcloud! iii.
content
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From this reading Fair patience practise, for thereon still followeth content, iii.
doauxiliary verbUS /duː/
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading Fair fall the maid whose loosened locks her cheeks do overcloud! iii.
ease
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From this reading Fair patience use, for ease still followeth after stress, iii.
FairnounUS /fair/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Fair fall the maid whose loosened locks her cheeks do overcloud! iii.
fall
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From this reading Fair fall the maid whose loosened locks her cheeks do overcloud! iii.
followeth
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From this reading Fair patience practise, for thereon still followeth content, iii.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading Fair patience practise, for thereon still followeth content, iii.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading Fair fall the maid whose loosened locks her cheeks do overcloud! iii.
iii
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From this reading Fair fall the maid whose loosened locks her cheeks do overcloud! iii.
locks
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From this reading Fair fall the maid whose loosened locks her cheeks do overcloud! iii.
loosened
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From this reading Fair fall the maid whose loosened locks her cheeks do overcloud! iii.
maid
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From this reading Fair fall the maid whose loosened locks her cheeks do overcloud! iii.
overcloud
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From this reading Fair fall the maid whose loosened locks her cheeks do overcloud! iii.
patience
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From this reading Fair patience practise, for thereon still followeth content, iii.
practise
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From this reading Fair patience practise, for thereon still followeth content, iii.
stillnounUS /still/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Fair patience practise, for thereon still followeth content, iii.
stress
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From this reading Fair patience use, for ease still followeth after stress, iii.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Fair fall the maid whose loosened locks her cheeks do overcloud! iii.
thereon
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From this reading Fair patience practise, for thereon still followeth content, iii.
use
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From this reading Fair patience use, for ease still followeth after stress, iii.
whosedeterminerUS /huːz/
belonging to which person
From this reading Fair fall the maid whose loosened locks her cheeks do overcloud! iii.