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Chapter XL
LONDON, _May_ 16 [1713]. I HAD yours, No. 40, yesterday. Your new Bishop acts very ungratefully. I cannot say so bad of it as he deserved. I begged at the same post his warrant and mine went over, that he would leave those livings to my disposal.
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used to say something is possible, or to give permission
the one or ones belonging to the person speaking
From this reading “I begged at the same post his warrant and mine went over, that he would leave those livings to my disposal.”
above and across; more than
From this reading “I begged at the same post his warrant and mine went over, that he would leave those livings to my disposal.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “I begged at the same post his warrant and mine went over, that he would leave those livings to my disposal.”
the plural of “that”: the people or things further away, or already known
From this reading “I begged at the same post his warrant and mine went over, that he would leave those livings to my disposal.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “I begged at the same post his warrant and mine went over, that he would leave those livings to my disposal.”
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading “I begged at the same post his warrant and mine went over, that he would leave those livings to my disposal.”
the one or ones belonging to the person spoken to
From this reading “I HAD yours, No. 40, yesterday.”
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From this reading Your new Bishop acts very ungratefully.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading I begged at the same post his warrant and mine went over, that he would leave those livings to my disposal.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading I cannot say so bad of it as he deserved.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading I begged at the same post his warrant and mine went over, that he would leave those livings to my disposal.
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From this reading I cannot say so bad of it as he deserved.
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From this reading I begged at the same post his warrant and mine went over, that he would leave those livings to my disposal.
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From this reading Your new Bishop acts very ungratefully.
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From this reading I cannot say so bad of it as he deserved.
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From this reading I begged at the same post his warrant and mine went over, that he would leave those livings to my disposal.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading I HAD yours, No. 40, yesterday.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading I cannot say so bad of it as he deserved.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading I begged at the same post his warrant and mine went over, that he would leave those livings to my disposal.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I HAD yours, No. 40, yesterday.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading I cannot say so bad of it as he deserved.
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From this reading I begged at the same post his warrant and mine went over, that he would leave those livings to my disposal.
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From this reading I begged at the same post his warrant and mine went over, that he would leave those livings to my disposal.
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From this reading LONDON, _May_ 16 [1713].
used to say something is possible, or to give permission
From this reading LONDON, _May_ 16 [1713].
the one or ones belonging to the person speaking
From this reading I begged at the same post his warrant and mine went over, that he would leave those livings to my disposal.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading I begged at the same post his warrant and mine went over, that he would leave those livings to my disposal.
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From this reading Your new Bishop acts very ungratefully.
not any; not one
From this reading I HAD yours, No. 40, yesterday.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading I cannot say so bad of it as he deserved.
above and across; more than
From this reading I begged at the same post his warrant and mine went over, that he would leave those livings to my disposal.
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From this reading I begged at the same post his warrant and mine went over, that he would leave those livings to my disposal.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading I begged at the same post his warrant and mine went over, that he would leave those livings to my disposal.
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From this reading I cannot say so bad of it as he deserved.
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading I cannot say so bad of it as he deserved.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading I begged at the same post his warrant and mine went over, that he would leave those livings to my disposal.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading I begged at the same post his warrant and mine went over, that he would leave those livings to my disposal.
the plural of “that”: the people or things further away, or already known
From this reading I begged at the same post his warrant and mine went over, that he would leave those livings to my disposal.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading I begged at the same post his warrant and mine went over, that he would leave those livings to my disposal.
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From this reading Your new Bishop acts very ungratefully.
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From this reading Your new Bishop acts very ungratefully.
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From this reading I begged at the same post his warrant and mine went over, that he would leave those livings to my disposal.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading I begged at the same post his warrant and mine went over, that he would leave those livings to my disposal.
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading I begged at the same post his warrant and mine went over, that he would leave those livings to my disposal.
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From this reading I HAD yours, No. 40, yesterday.
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading Your new Bishop acts very ungratefully.
the one or ones belonging to the person spoken to
From this reading I HAD yours, No. 40, yesterday.
