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WILLIAM CARLETON. VOLUME III. PART III. There never was a more unfounded calumny, than that which would impute to the Irish peasantry an indifference to education. I may, on the contrary, fearlessly assert that the lower orders of no country ever manifested such a positive inclination for literary acquirements, and that, too, under circumstances strongly calculated to produce carelessness and apathy on this particular subject.
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an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “I may, on the contrary, fearlessly assert that the lower orders of no country ever manifested such a positive inclination for literary acquirements, and that, too, under circumstances strongly calculated to produce carelessness and apathy on this particular subject.”
used to say something is possible, or to give permission
From this reading “I may, on the contrary, fearlessly assert that the lower orders of no country ever manifested such a positive inclination for literary acquirements, and that, too, under circumstances strongly calculated to produce carelessness and apathy on this particular subject.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “There never was a more unfounded calumny, than that which would impute to the Irish peasantry an indifference to education.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “PART III.”
below or beneath something; less than
From this reading “I may, on the contrary, fearlessly assert that the lower orders of no country ever manifested such a positive inclination for literary acquirements, and that, too, under circumstances strongly calculated to produce carelessness and apathy on this particular subject.”
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading “There never was a more unfounded calumny, than that which would impute to the Irish peasantry an indifference to education.”
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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 There never was a more unfounded calumny, than that which would impute to the Irish peasantry an indifference to education.
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From this reading I may, on the contrary, fearlessly assert that the lower orders of no country ever manifested such a positive inclination for literary acquirements, and that, too, under circumstances strongly calculated to produce carelessness and apathy on this particular subject.
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading There never was a more unfounded calumny, than that which would impute to the Irish peasantry an indifference to education.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading I may, on the contrary, fearlessly assert that the lower orders of no country ever manifested such a positive inclination for literary acquirements, and that, too, under circumstances strongly calculated to produce carelessness and apathy on this particular subject.
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From this reading I may, on the contrary, fearlessly assert that the lower orders of no country ever manifested such a positive inclination for literary acquirements, and that, too, under circumstances strongly calculated to produce carelessness and apathy on this particular subject.
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From this reading I may, on the contrary, fearlessly assert that the lower orders of no country ever manifested such a positive inclination for literary acquirements, and that, too, under circumstances strongly calculated to produce carelessness and apathy on this particular subject.
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From this reading I may, on the contrary, fearlessly assert that the lower orders of no country ever manifested such a positive inclination for literary acquirements, and that, too, under circumstances strongly calculated to produce carelessness and apathy on this particular subject.
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From this reading There never was a more unfounded calumny, than that which would impute to the Irish peasantry an indifference to education.
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From this reading I may, on the contrary, fearlessly assert that the lower orders of no country ever manifested such a positive inclination for literary acquirements, and that, too, under circumstances strongly calculated to produce carelessness and apathy on this particular subject.
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From this reading WILLIAM CARLETON.
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From this reading I may, on the contrary, fearlessly assert that the lower orders of no country ever manifested such a positive inclination for literary acquirements, and that, too, under circumstances strongly calculated to produce carelessness and apathy on this particular subject.
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From this reading I may, on the contrary, fearlessly assert that the lower orders of no country ever manifested such a positive inclination for literary acquirements, and that, too, under circumstances strongly calculated to produce carelessness and apathy on this particular subject.
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From this reading I may, on the contrary, fearlessly assert that the lower orders of no country ever manifested such a positive inclination for literary acquirements, and that, too, under circumstances strongly calculated to produce carelessness and apathy on this particular subject.
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From this reading There never was a more unfounded calumny, than that which would impute to the Irish peasantry an indifference to education.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading I may, on the contrary, fearlessly assert that the lower orders of no country ever manifested such a positive inclination for literary acquirements, and that, too, under circumstances strongly calculated to produce carelessness and apathy on this particular subject.
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From this reading I may, on the contrary, fearlessly assert that the lower orders of no country ever manifested such a positive inclination for literary acquirements, and that, too, under circumstances strongly calculated to produce carelessness and apathy on this particular subject.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading I may, on the contrary, fearlessly assert that the lower orders of no country ever manifested such a positive inclination for literary acquirements, and that, too, under circumstances strongly calculated to produce carelessness and apathy on this particular subject.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I may, on the contrary, fearlessly assert that the lower orders of no country ever manifested such a positive inclination for literary acquirements, and that, too, under circumstances strongly calculated to produce carelessness and apathy on this particular subject.
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From this reading VOLUME III.
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From this reading There never was a more unfounded calumny, than that which would impute to the Irish peasantry an indifference to education.
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From this reading I may, on the contrary, fearlessly assert that the lower orders of no country ever manifested such a positive inclination for literary acquirements, and that, too, under circumstances strongly calculated to produce carelessness and apathy on this particular subject.
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From this reading There never was a more unfounded calumny, than that which would impute to the Irish peasantry an indifference to education.
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From this reading There never was a more unfounded calumny, than that which would impute to the Irish peasantry an indifference to education.
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From this reading I may, on the contrary, fearlessly assert that the lower orders of no country ever manifested such a positive inclination for literary acquirements, and that, too, under circumstances strongly calculated to produce carelessness and apathy on this particular subject.
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From this reading I may, on the contrary, fearlessly assert that the lower orders of no country ever manifested such a positive inclination for literary acquirements, and that, too, under circumstances strongly calculated to produce carelessness and apathy on this particular subject.
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From this reading I may, on the contrary, fearlessly assert that the lower orders of no country ever manifested such a positive inclination for literary acquirements, and that, too, under circumstances strongly calculated to produce carelessness and apathy on this particular subject.
used to say something is possible, or to give permission
From this reading I may, on the contrary, fearlessly assert that the lower orders of no country ever manifested such a positive inclination for literary acquirements, and that, too, under circumstances strongly calculated to produce carelessness and apathy on this particular subject.
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From this reading There never was a more unfounded calumny, than that which would impute to the Irish peasantry an indifference to education.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading There never was a more unfounded calumny, than that which would impute to the Irish peasantry an indifference to education.
not any; not one
From this reading I may, on the contrary, fearlessly assert that the lower orders of no country ever manifested such a positive inclination for literary acquirements, and that, too, under circumstances strongly calculated to produce carelessness and apathy on this particular subject.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading I may, on the contrary, fearlessly assert that the lower orders of no country ever manifested such a positive inclination for literary acquirements, and that, too, under circumstances strongly calculated to produce carelessness and apathy on this particular subject.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading I may, on the contrary, fearlessly assert that the lower orders of no country ever manifested such a positive inclination for literary acquirements, and that, too, under circumstances strongly calculated to produce carelessness and apathy on this particular subject.
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From this reading I may, on the contrary, fearlessly assert that the lower orders of no country ever manifested such a positive inclination for literary acquirements, and that, too, under circumstances strongly calculated to produce carelessness and apathy on this particular subject.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading PART III.
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From this reading I may, on the contrary, fearlessly assert that the lower orders of no country ever manifested such a positive inclination for literary acquirements, and that, too, under circumstances strongly calculated to produce carelessness and apathy on this particular subject.
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From this reading There never was a more unfounded calumny, than that which would impute to the Irish peasantry an indifference to education.
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From this reading I may, on the contrary, fearlessly assert that the lower orders of no country ever manifested such a positive inclination for literary acquirements, and that, too, under circumstances strongly calculated to produce carelessness and apathy on this particular subject.
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From this reading I may, on the contrary, fearlessly assert that the lower orders of no country ever manifested such a positive inclination for literary acquirements, and that, too, under circumstances strongly calculated to produce carelessness and apathy on this particular subject.
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From this reading I may, on the contrary, fearlessly assert that the lower orders of no country ever manifested such a positive inclination for literary acquirements, and that, too, under circumstances strongly calculated to produce carelessness and apathy on this particular subject.
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From this reading I may, on the contrary, fearlessly assert that the lower orders of no country ever manifested such a positive inclination for literary acquirements, and that, too, under circumstances strongly calculated to produce carelessness and apathy on this particular subject.
of the kind already mentioned
From this reading I may, on the contrary, fearlessly assert that the lower orders of no country ever manifested such a positive inclination for literary acquirements, and that, too, under circumstances strongly calculated to produce carelessness and apathy on this particular subject.
used to introduce the second part of a comparison
From this reading There never was a more unfounded calumny, than that which would impute to the Irish peasantry an indifference to education.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading There never was a more unfounded calumny, than that which would impute to the Irish peasantry an indifference to education.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading There never was a more unfounded calumny, than that which would impute to the Irish peasantry an indifference to education.
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From this reading There never was a more unfounded calumny, than that which would impute to the Irish peasantry an indifference to education.
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading I may, on the contrary, fearlessly assert that the lower orders of no country ever manifested such a positive inclination for literary acquirements, and that, too, under circumstances strongly calculated to produce carelessness and apathy on this particular subject.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading There never was a more unfounded calumny, than that which would impute to the Irish peasantry an indifference to education.
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From this reading I may, on the contrary, fearlessly assert that the lower orders of no country ever manifested such a positive inclination for literary acquirements, and that, too, under circumstances strongly calculated to produce carelessness and apathy on this particular subject.
below or beneath something; less than
From this reading I may, on the contrary, fearlessly assert that the lower orders of no country ever manifested such a positive inclination for literary acquirements, and that, too, under circumstances strongly calculated to produce carelessness and apathy on this particular subject.
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From this reading There never was a more unfounded calumny, than that which would impute to the Irish peasantry an indifference to education.
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From this reading VOLUME III.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading There never was a more unfounded calumny, than that which would impute to the Irish peasantry an indifference to education.
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading There never was a more unfounded calumny, than that which would impute to the Irish peasantry an indifference to education.
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From this reading WILLIAM CARLETON.
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading There never was a more unfounded calumny, than that which would impute to the Irish peasantry an indifference to education.
