A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
Chapter XXXI
A MOMENT OF ARROGANCE. Henry wandered through the old familiar streets. How vividly came back the years, the dreary long ago! Here, on a door-step, he had passed many a nodding hour, kept in half-consciousness by the clank of the printing-press, waiting for the dawn and his bundle of newspapers. No change had come to soften the truth of the picture that a by-gone wretchedness threw upon his memory.
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a group of things tied or wrapped together
From this reading “Here, on a door-step, he had passed many a nodding hour, kept in half-consciousness by the clank of the printing-press, waiting for the dawn and his bundle of newspapers.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “No change had come to soften the truth of the picture that a by-gone wretchedness threw upon his memory.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Here, on a door-step, he had passed many a nodding hour, kept in half-consciousness by the clank of the printing-press, waiting for the dawn and his bundle of newspapers.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “How vividly came back the years, the dreary long ago!”
The faculty by which the mind stores and remembers information and knowledge.
From this reading “No change had come to soften the truth of the picture that a by-gone wretchedness threw upon his memory.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Here, on a door-step, he had passed many a nodding hour, kept in half-consciousness by the clank of the printing-press, waiting for the dawn and his bundle of newspapers.”
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading “Henry wandered through the old familiar streets.”
a formal word for “on”
From this reading “No change had come to soften the truth of the picture that a by-gone wretchedness threw upon his memory.”
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading “Here, on a door-step, he had passed many a nodding hour, kept in half-consciousness by the clank of the printing-press, waiting for the dawn and his bundle of newspapers.”
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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 MOMENT OF ARROGANCE.
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From this reading How vividly came back the years, the dreary long ago!
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Here, on a door-step, he had passed many a nodding hour, kept in half-consciousness by the clank of the printing-press, waiting for the dawn and his bundle of newspapers.
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From this reading A MOMENT OF ARROGANCE.
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From this reading How vividly came back the years, the dreary long ago!
a group of things tied or wrapped together
From this reading Here, on a door-step, he had passed many a nodding hour, kept in half-consciousness by the clank of the printing-press, waiting for the dawn and his bundle of newspapers.
showing who or what does the action
From this reading Here, on a door-step, he had passed many a nodding hour, kept in half-consciousness by the clank of the printing-press, waiting for the dawn and his bundle of newspapers.
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From this reading No change had come to soften the truth of the picture that a by-gone wretchedness threw upon his memory.
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From this reading How vividly came back the years, the dreary long ago!
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From this reading No change had come to soften the truth of the picture that a by-gone wretchedness threw upon his memory.
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From this reading Here, on a door-step, he had passed many a nodding hour, kept in half-consciousness by the clank of the printing-press, waiting for the dawn and his bundle of newspapers.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading No change had come to soften the truth of the picture that a by-gone wretchedness threw upon his memory.
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From this reading Here, on a door-step, he had passed many a nodding hour, kept in half-consciousness by the clank of the printing-press, waiting for the dawn and his bundle of newspapers.
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From this reading Here, on a door-step, he had passed many a nodding hour, kept in half-consciousness by the clank of the printing-press, waiting for the dawn and his bundle of newspapers.
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From this reading How vividly came back the years, the dreary long ago!
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From this reading Henry wandered through the old familiar streets.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading Here, on a door-step, he had passed many a nodding hour, kept in half-consciousness by the clank of the printing-press, waiting for the dawn and his bundle of newspapers.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Here, on a door-step, he had passed many a nodding hour, kept in half-consciousness by the clank of the printing-press, waiting for the dawn and his bundle of newspapers.
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From this reading Here, on a door-step, he had passed many a nodding hour, kept in half-consciousness by the clank of the printing-press, waiting for the dawn and his bundle of newspapers.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Here, on a door-step, he had passed many a nodding hour, kept in half-consciousness by the clank of the printing-press, waiting for the dawn and his bundle of newspapers.
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From this reading Henry wandered through the old familiar streets.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Here, on a door-step, he had passed many a nodding hour, kept in half-consciousness by the clank of the printing-press, waiting for the dawn and his bundle of newspapers.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Here, on a door-step, he had passed many a nodding hour, kept in half-consciousness by the clank of the printing-press, waiting for the dawn and his bundle of newspapers.
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From this reading Here, on a door-step, he had passed many a nodding hour, kept in half-consciousness by the clank of the printing-press, waiting for the dawn and his bundle of newspapers.
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From this reading How vividly came back the years, the dreary long ago!
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Here, on a door-step, he had passed many a nodding hour, kept in half-consciousness by the clank of the printing-press, waiting for the dawn and his bundle of newspapers.
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From this reading Here, on a door-step, he had passed many a nodding hour, kept in half-consciousness by the clank of the printing-press, waiting for the dawn and his bundle of newspapers.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading How vividly came back the years, the dreary long ago!
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From this reading Here, on a door-step, he had passed many a nodding hour, kept in half-consciousness by the clank of the printing-press, waiting for the dawn and his bundle of newspapers.
The faculty by which the mind stores and remembers information and knowledge.
From this reading No change had come to soften the truth of the picture that a by-gone wretchedness threw upon his memory.
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From this reading A MOMENT OF ARROGANCE.
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From this reading Here, on a door-step, he had passed many a nodding hour, kept in half-consciousness by the clank of the printing-press, waiting for the dawn and his bundle of newspapers.
not any; not one
From this reading No change had come to soften the truth of the picture that a by-gone wretchedness threw upon his memory.
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From this reading Here, on a door-step, he had passed many a nodding hour, kept in half-consciousness by the clank of the printing-press, waiting for the dawn and his bundle of newspapers.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading A MOMENT OF ARROGANCE.
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From this reading Henry wandered through the old familiar streets.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading Here, on a door-step, he had passed many a nodding hour, kept in half-consciousness by the clank of the printing-press, waiting for the dawn and his bundle of newspapers.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Here, on a door-step, he had passed many a nodding hour, kept in half-consciousness by the clank of the printing-press, waiting for the dawn and his bundle of newspapers.
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From this reading No change had come to soften the truth of the picture that a by-gone wretchedness threw upon his memory.
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From this reading Here, on a door-step, he had passed many a nodding hour, kept in half-consciousness by the clank of the printing-press, waiting for the dawn and his bundle of newspapers.
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From this reading No change had come to soften the truth of the picture that a by-gone wretchedness threw upon his memory.
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From this reading Henry wandered through the old familiar streets.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading No change had come to soften the truth of the picture that a by-gone wretchedness threw upon his memory.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Henry wandered through the old familiar streets.
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From this reading No change had come to soften the truth of the picture that a by-gone wretchedness threw upon his memory.
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading Henry wandered through the old familiar streets.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading No change had come to soften the truth of the picture that a by-gone wretchedness threw upon his memory.
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From this reading No change had come to soften the truth of the picture that a by-gone wretchedness threw upon his memory.
a formal word for “on”
From this reading No change had come to soften the truth of the picture that a by-gone wretchedness threw upon his memory.
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From this reading How vividly came back the years, the dreary long ago!
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From this reading Here, on a door-step, he had passed many a nodding hour, kept in half-consciousness by the clank of the printing-press, waiting for the dawn and his bundle of newspapers.
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From this reading Henry wandered through the old familiar streets.
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From this reading No change had come to soften the truth of the picture that a by-gone wretchedness threw upon his memory.
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From this reading How vividly came back the years, the dreary long ago!
