Chapter I

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From this reading =1 The Man Without a Country= By Rev. E. E. Hale =2 The Bicycle Highwaymen= By Frank M. Bicknell =3 The Railroad Cut= By W. O. Stoddard =4 J. Cole= By Emma Gellibrand =6 Miss Toosey= By Evelyn Whitaker =7 Elder Leland's Ghost= By Hezekiah Butterworth

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From this reading =9 Wonder Book Stories= By Nathaniel Hawthorne =10 The Prince of the Pin Elves= By Charles Lee Sleight =11 The Little Lame Prince= By Miss Mulock =12 One Thousand Men for a Christmas Present= By Mary B. Sheldon =13 The Little Earl= By Ouida =14 The Double Prince= By Frank M. Bicknell

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From this reading =9 Wonder Book Stories= By Nathaniel Hawthorne =10 The Prince of the Pin Elves= By Charles Lee Sleight =11 The Little Lame Prince= By Miss Mulock =12 One Thousand Men for a Christmas Present= By Mary B. Sheldon =13 The Little Earl= By Ouida =14 The Double Prince= By Frank M. Bicknell

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From this reading =9 Wonder Book Stories= By Nathaniel Hawthorne =10 The Prince of the Pin Elves= By Charles Lee Sleight =11 The Little Lame Prince= By Miss Mulock =12 One Thousand Men for a Christmas Present= By Mary B. Sheldon =13 The Little Earl= By Ouida =14 The Double Prince= By Frank M. Bicknell

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From this reading =9 Wonder Book Stories= By Nathaniel Hawthorne =10 The Prince of the Pin Elves= By Charles Lee Sleight =11 The Little Lame Prince= By Miss Mulock =12 One Thousand Men for a Christmas Present= By Mary B. Sheldon =13 The Little Earl= By Ouida =14 The Double Prince= By Frank M. Bicknell

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From this reading =9 Wonder Book Stories= By Nathaniel Hawthorne =10 The Prince of the Pin Elves= By Charles Lee Sleight =11 The Little Lame Prince= By Miss Mulock =12 One Thousand Men for a Christmas Present= By Mary B. Sheldon =13 The Little Earl= By Ouida =14 The Double Prince= By Frank M. Bicknell

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From this reading =15 The Young Archer= By Charles E. Brimblecom =16 Little Peterkin Vandike= By Charles Stuart Pratt =17 Christmas Carol= By Charles Dickens =18 A Great Emergency= By Juliana Horatia Ewing =19 The Rose and the Ring= By William M. Thackeray =20 Lazy Lawrence and other Stories= By Maria Edgeworth

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From this reading =15 The Young Archer= By Charles E. Brimblecom =16 Little Peterkin Vandike= By Charles Stuart Pratt =17 Christmas Carol= By Charles Dickens =18 A Great Emergency= By Juliana Horatia Ewing =19 The Rose and the Ring= By William M. Thackeray =20 Lazy Lawrence and other Stories= By Maria Edgeworth

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From this reading =15 The Young Archer= By Charles E. Brimblecom =16 Little Peterkin Vandike= By Charles Stuart Pratt =17 Christmas Carol= By Charles Dickens =18 A Great Emergency= By Juliana Horatia Ewing =19 The Rose and the Ring= By William M. Thackeray =20 Lazy Lawrence and other Stories= By Maria Edgeworth

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From this reading =15 The Young Archer= By Charles E. Brimblecom =16 Little Peterkin Vandike= By Charles Stuart Pratt =17 Christmas Carol= By Charles Dickens =18 A Great Emergency= By Juliana Horatia Ewing =19 The Rose and the Ring= By William M. Thackeray =20 Lazy Lawrence and other Stories= By Maria Edgeworth

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From this reading =15 The Young Archer= By Charles E. Brimblecom =16 Little Peterkin Vandike= By Charles Stuart Pratt =17 Christmas Carol= By Charles Dickens =18 A Great Emergency= By Juliana Horatia Ewing =19 The Rose and the Ring= By William M. Thackeray =20 Lazy Lawrence and other Stories= By Maria Edgeworth

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From this reading =1 The Man Without a Country= By Rev. E. E. Hale =2 The Bicycle Highwaymen= By Frank M. Bicknell =3 The Railroad Cut= By W. O. Stoddard =4 J. Cole= By Emma Gellibrand =6 Miss Toosey= By Evelyn Whitaker =7 Elder Leland's Ghost= By Hezekiah Butterworth

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From this reading =15 The Young Archer= By Charles E. Brimblecom =16 Little Peterkin Vandike= By Charles Stuart Pratt =17 Christmas Carol= By Charles Dickens =18 A Great Emergency= By Juliana Horatia Ewing =19 The Rose and the Ring= By William M. Thackeray =20 Lazy Lawrence and other Stories= By Maria Edgeworth

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From this reading =1 The Man Without a Country= By Rev. E. E. Hale =2 The Bicycle Highwaymen= By Frank M. Bicknell =3 The Railroad Cut= By W. O. Stoddard =4 J. Cole= By Emma Gellibrand =6 Miss Toosey= By Evelyn Whitaker =7 Elder Leland's Ghost= By Hezekiah Butterworth

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From this reading =1 The Man Without a Country= By Rev. E. E. Hale =2 The Bicycle Highwaymen= By Frank M. Bicknell =3 The Railroad Cut= By W. O. Stoddard =4 J. Cole= By Emma Gellibrand =6 Miss Toosey= By Evelyn Whitaker =7 Elder Leland's Ghost= By Hezekiah Butterworth

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From this reading =1 The Man Without a Country= By Rev. E. E. Hale =2 The Bicycle Highwaymen= By Frank M. Bicknell =3 The Railroad Cut= By W. O. Stoddard =4 J. Cole= By Emma Gellibrand =6 Miss Toosey= By Evelyn Whitaker =7 Elder Leland's Ghost= By Hezekiah Butterworth

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From this reading =1 The Man Without a Country= By Rev. E. E. Hale =2 The Bicycle Highwaymen= By Frank M. Bicknell =3 The Railroad Cut= By W. O. Stoddard =4 J. Cole= By Emma Gellibrand =6 Miss Toosey= By Evelyn Whitaker =7 Elder Leland's Ghost= By Hezekiah Butterworth

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From this reading =9 Wonder Book Stories= By Nathaniel Hawthorne =10 The Prince of the Pin Elves= By Charles Lee Sleight =11 The Little Lame Prince= By Miss Mulock =12 One Thousand Men for a Christmas Present= By Mary B. Sheldon =13 The Little Earl= By Ouida =14 The Double Prince= By Frank M. Bicknell

used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one

From this reading If this is borrowed by a friend Right welcome shall he be To read, to study, _not_ to _lend_ But to return to me.

used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together

From this reading =15 The Young Archer= By Charles E. Brimblecom =16 Little Peterkin Vandike= By Charles Stuart Pratt =17 Christmas Carol= By Charles Dickens =18 A Great Emergency= By Juliana Horatia Ewing =19 The Rose and the Ring= By William M. Thackeray =20 Lazy Lawrence and other Stories= By Maria Edgeworth

a person who is expert in the use of a bow and arrow

From this reading =15 The Young Archer= By Charles E. Brimblecom =16 Little Peterkin Vandike= By Charles Stuart Pratt =17 Christmas Carol= By Charles Dickens =18 A Great Emergency= By Juliana Horatia Ewing =19 The Rose and the Ring= By William M. Thackeray =20 Lazy Lawrence and other Stories= By Maria Edgeworth

aerobic rod-shaped spore-producing bacterium; often occurring in chainlike formations; found primarily in soil

From this reading =9 Wonder Book Stories= By Nathaniel Hawthorne =10 The Prince of the Pin Elves= By Charles Lee Sleight =11 The Little Lame Prince= By Miss Mulock =12 One Thousand Men for a Christmas Present= By Mary B. Sheldon =13 The Little Earl= By Ouida =14 The Double Prince= By Frank M. Bicknell

used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses

From this reading If this is borrowed by a friend Right welcome shall he be To read, to study, _not_ to _lend_ But to return to me.

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From this reading =1 The Man Without a Country= By Rev. E. E. Hale =2 The Bicycle Highwaymen= By Frank M. Bicknell =3 The Railroad Cut= By W. O. Stoddard =4 J. Cole= By Emma Gellibrand =6 Miss Toosey= By Evelyn Whitaker =7 Elder Leland's Ghost= By Hezekiah Butterworth

a wheeled vehicle that has two wheels and is moved by foot pedals

From this reading =1 The Man Without a Country= By Rev. E. E. Hale =2 The Bicycle Highwaymen= By Frank M. Bicknell =3 The Railroad Cut= By W. O. Stoddard =4 J. Cole= By Emma Gellibrand =6 Miss Toosey= By Evelyn Whitaker =7 Elder Leland's Ghost= By Hezekiah Butterworth

a written work or composition that has been published (printed on pages bound together)

From this reading =9 Wonder Book Stories= By Nathaniel Hawthorne =10 The Prince of the Pin Elves= By Charles Lee Sleight =11 The Little Lame Prince= By Miss Mulock =12 One Thousand Men for a Christmas Present= By Mary B. Sheldon =13 The Little Earl= By Ouida =14 The Double Prince= By Frank M. Bicknell

Bound written or printed works.

From this reading Not that imparted knowledge doth Diminish learning's store But books I find if often lent Return to me no more.

past form of “borrow” — get temporarily

From this reading If this is borrowed by a friend Right welcome shall he be To read, to study, _not_ to _lend_ But to return to me.

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From this reading =15 The Young Archer= By Charles E. Brimblecom =16 Little Peterkin Vandike= By Charles Stuart Pratt =17 Christmas Carol= By Charles Dickens =18 A Great Emergency= By Juliana Horatia Ewing =19 The Rose and the Ring= By William M. Thackeray =20 Lazy Lawrence and other Stories= By Maria Edgeworth

used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before

From this reading If this is borrowed by a friend Right welcome shall he be To read, to study, _not_ to _lend_ But to return to me.

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From this reading =1 The Man Without a Country= By Rev. E. E. Hale =2 The Bicycle Highwaymen= By Frank M. Bicknell =3 The Railroad Cut= By W. O. Stoddard =4 J. Cole= By Emma Gellibrand =6 Miss Toosey= By Evelyn Whitaker =7 Elder Leland's Ghost= By Hezekiah Butterworth

showing who or what does the action

From this reading If this is borrowed by a friend Right welcome shall he be To read, to study, _not_ to _lend_ But to return to me.

joyful religious song celebrating the birth of Christ

From this reading =15 The Young Archer= By Charles E. Brimblecom =16 Little Peterkin Vandike= By Charles Stuart Pratt =17 Christmas Carol= By Charles Dickens =18 A Great Emergency= By Juliana Horatia Ewing =19 The Rose and the Ring= By William M. Thackeray =20 Lazy Lawrence and other Stories= By Maria Edgeworth

King of France from 1560 to 1574 whose reign was dominated by his mother Catherine de Medicis (1550-1574)

From this reading =9 Wonder Book Stories= By Nathaniel Hawthorne =10 The Prince of the Pin Elves= By Charles Lee Sleight =11 The Little Lame Prince= By Miss Mulock =12 One Thousand Men for a Christmas Present= By Mary B. Sheldon =13 The Little Earl= By Ouida =14 The Double Prince= By Frank M. Bicknell

period extending from Dec. 24 to Jan. 6

From this reading =9 Wonder Book Stories= By Nathaniel Hawthorne =10 The Prince of the Pin Elves= By Charles Lee Sleight =11 The Little Lame Prince= By Miss Mulock =12 One Thousand Men for a Christmas Present= By Mary B. Sheldon =13 The Little Earl= By Ouida =14 The Double Prince= By Frank M. Bicknell

a hardy cabbage with coarse curly leaves that do not form a head

From this reading =1 The Man Without a Country= By Rev. E. E. Hale =2 The Bicycle Highwaymen= By Frank M. Bicknell =3 The Railroad Cut= By W. O. Stoddard =4 J. Cole= By Emma Gellibrand =6 Miss Toosey= By Evelyn Whitaker =7 Elder Leland's Ghost= By Hezekiah Butterworth

a politically organized body of people under a single government

From this reading =1 The Man Without a Country= By Rev. E. E. Hale =2 The Bicycle Highwaymen= By Frank M. Bicknell =3 The Railroad Cut= By W. O. Stoddard =4 J. Cole= By Emma Gellibrand =6 Miss Toosey= By Evelyn Whitaker =7 Elder Leland's Ghost= By Hezekiah Butterworth

separate with or as if with an instrument

From this reading =1 The Man Without a Country= By Rev. E. E. Hale =2 The Bicycle Highwaymen= By Frank M. Bicknell =3 The Railroad Cut= By W. O. Stoddard =4 J. Cole= By Emma Gellibrand =6 Miss Toosey= By Evelyn Whitaker =7 Elder Leland's Ghost= By Hezekiah Butterworth

a word used in exclamations of confusion

From this reading =15 The Young Archer= By Charles E. Brimblecom =16 Little Peterkin Vandike= By Charles Stuart Pratt =17 Christmas Carol= By Charles Dickens =18 A Great Emergency= By Juliana Horatia Ewing =19 The Rose and the Ring= By William M. Thackeray =20 Lazy Lawrence and other Stories= By Maria Edgeworth

decrease in size, extent, or range

From this reading Not that imparted knowledge doth Diminish learning's store But books I find if often lent Return to me no more.

an old form of “does”

From this reading Not that imparted knowledge doth Diminish learning's store But books I find if often lent Return to me no more.

increase twofold

From this reading =9 Wonder Book Stories= By Nathaniel Hawthorne =10 The Prince of the Pin Elves= By Charles Lee Sleight =11 The Little Lame Prince= By Miss Mulock =12 One Thousand Men for a Christmas Present= By Mary B. Sheldon =13 The Little Earl= By Ouida =14 The Double Prince= By Frank M. Bicknell

a fat-soluble vitamin that is essential for normal reproduction; an important antioxidant that neutralizes free radicals in the body

From this reading =1 The Man Without a Country= By Rev. E. E. Hale =2 The Bicycle Highwaymen= By Frank M. Bicknell =3 The Railroad Cut= By W. O. Stoddard =4 J. Cole= By Emma Gellibrand =6 Miss Toosey= By Evelyn Whitaker =7 Elder Leland's Ghost= By Hezekiah Butterworth

a British peer ranking below a marquess and above a viscount

From this reading =9 Wonder Book Stories= By Nathaniel Hawthorne =10 The Prince of the Pin Elves= By Charles Lee Sleight =11 The Little Lame Prince= By Miss Mulock =12 One Thousand Men for a Christmas Present= By Mary B. Sheldon =13 The Little Earl= By Ouida =14 The Double Prince= By Frank M. Bicknell

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From this reading =15 The Young Archer= By Charles E. Brimblecom =16 Little Peterkin Vandike= By Charles Stuart Pratt =17 Christmas Carol= By Charles Dickens =18 A Great Emergency= By Juliana Horatia Ewing =19 The Rose and the Ring= By William M. Thackeray =20 Lazy Lawrence and other Stories= By Maria Edgeworth

a person who is older than you are

From this reading =1 The Man Without a Country= By Rev. E. E. Hale =2 The Bicycle Highwaymen= By Frank M. Bicknell =3 The Railroad Cut= By W. O. Stoddard =4 J. Cole= By Emma Gellibrand =6 Miss Toosey= By Evelyn Whitaker =7 Elder Leland's Ghost= By Hezekiah Butterworth

an acronym for emissions of light and very low frequency perturbations due to electromagnetic pulse sources

From this reading =9 Wonder Book Stories= By Nathaniel Hawthorne =10 The Prince of the Pin Elves= By Charles Lee Sleight =11 The Little Lame Prince= By Miss Mulock =12 One Thousand Men for a Christmas Present= By Mary B. Sheldon =13 The Little Earl= By Ouida =14 The Double Prince= By Frank M. Bicknell

a sudden unforeseen crisis (usually involving danger) that requires immediate action

From this reading =15 The Young Archer= By Charles E. Brimblecom =16 Little Peterkin Vandike= By Charles Stuart Pratt =17 Christmas Carol= By Charles Dickens =18 A Great Emergency= By Juliana Horatia Ewing =19 The Rose and the Ring= By William M. Thackeray =20 Lazy Lawrence and other Stories= By Maria Edgeworth

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From this reading =1 The Man Without a Country= By Rev. E. E. Hale =2 The Bicycle Highwaymen= By Frank M. Bicknell =3 The Railroad Cut= By W. O. Stoddard =4 J. Cole= By Emma Gellibrand =6 Miss Toosey= By Evelyn Whitaker =7 Elder Leland's Ghost= By Hezekiah Butterworth

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From this reading =1 The Man Without a Country= By Rev. E. E. Hale =2 The Bicycle Highwaymen= By Frank M. Bicknell =3 The Railroad Cut= By W. O. Stoddard =4 J. Cole= By Emma Gellibrand =6 Miss Toosey= By Evelyn Whitaker =7 Elder Leland's Ghost= By Hezekiah Butterworth

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From this reading =15 The Young Archer= By Charles E. Brimblecom =16 Little Peterkin Vandike= By Charles Stuart Pratt =17 Christmas Carol= By Charles Dickens =18 A Great Emergency= By Juliana Horatia Ewing =19 The Rose and the Ring= By William M. Thackeray =20 Lazy Lawrence and other Stories= By Maria Edgeworth

come upon, as if by accident; meet with

From this reading Not that imparted knowledge doth Diminish learning's store But books I find if often lent Return to me no more.

intended to be given to, or used by, somebody

From this reading =9 Wonder Book Stories= By Nathaniel Hawthorne =10 The Prince of the Pin Elves= By Charles Lee Sleight =11 The Little Lame Prince= By Miss Mulock =12 One Thousand Men for a Christmas Present= By Mary B. Sheldon =13 The Little Earl= By Ouida =14 The Double Prince= By Frank M. Bicknell

characterized by directness in manner or speech; without subtlety or evasion

From this reading =1 The Man Without a Country= By Rev. E. E. Hale =2 The Bicycle Highwaymen= By Frank M. Bicknell =3 The Railroad Cut= By W. O. Stoddard =4 J. Cole= By Emma Gellibrand =6 Miss Toosey= By Evelyn Whitaker =7 Elder Leland's Ghost= By Hezekiah Butterworth

a person you know well and regard with affection and trust

From this reading If this is borrowed by a friend Right welcome shall he be To read, to study, _not_ to _lend_ But to return to me.

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From this reading =1 The Man Without a Country= By Rev. E. E. Hale =2 The Bicycle Highwaymen= By Frank M. Bicknell =3 The Railroad Cut= By W. O. Stoddard =4 J. Cole= By Emma Gellibrand =6 Miss Toosey= By Evelyn Whitaker =7 Elder Leland's Ghost= By Hezekiah Butterworth

a mental representation of some haunting experience

From this reading =1 The Man Without a Country= By Rev. E. E. Hale =2 The Bicycle Highwaymen= By Frank M. Bicknell =3 The Railroad Cut= By W. O. Stoddard =4 J. Cole= By Emma Gellibrand =6 Miss Toosey= By Evelyn Whitaker =7 Elder Leland's Ghost= By Hezekiah Butterworth

relatively large in size or number or extent; larger than others of its kind

From this reading =15 The Young Archer= By Charles E. Brimblecom =16 Little Peterkin Vandike= By Charles Stuart Pratt =17 Christmas Carol= By Charles Dickens =18 A Great Emergency= By Juliana Horatia Ewing =19 The Rose and the Ring= By William M. Thackeray =20 Lazy Lawrence and other Stories= By Maria Edgeworth

a soldier of the American Revolution who was hanged as a spy by the British; his last words were supposed to have been `I only regret that I have but one life to give for my country' (1755-1776)

From this reading =1 The Man Without a Country= By Rev. E. E. Hale =2 The Bicycle Highwaymen= By Frank M. Bicknell =3 The Railroad Cut= By W. O. Stoddard =4 J. Cole= By Emma Gellibrand =6 Miss Toosey= By Evelyn Whitaker =7 Elder Leland's Ghost= By Hezekiah Butterworth

United States writer of novels and short stories mostly on moral themes (1804-1864)

From this reading =9 Wonder Book Stories= By Nathaniel Hawthorne =10 The Prince of the Pin Elves= By Charles Lee Sleight =11 The Little Lame Prince= By Miss Mulock =12 One Thousand Men for a Christmas Present= By Mary B. Sheldon =13 The Little Earl= By Ouida =14 The Double Prince= By Frank M. Bicknell

a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject

From this reading If this is borrowed by a friend Right welcome shall he be To read, to study, _not_ to _lend_ But to return to me.

(Old Testament) king of Judah who abolished idolatry (715-687 BC)

From this reading =1 The Man Without a Country= By Rev. E. E. Hale =2 The Bicycle Highwaymen= By Frank M. Bicknell =3 The Railroad Cut= By W. O. Stoddard =4 J. Cole= By Emma Gellibrand =6 Miss Toosey= By Evelyn Whitaker =7 Elder Leland's Ghost= By Hezekiah Butterworth

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From this reading =1 The Man Without a Country= By Rev. E. E. Hale =2 The Bicycle Highwaymen= By Frank M. Bicknell =3 The Railroad Cut= By W. O. Stoddard =4 J. Cole= By Emma Gellibrand =6 Miss Toosey= By Evelyn Whitaker =7 Elder Leland's Ghost= By Hezekiah Butterworth

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From this reading =15 The Young Archer= By Charles E. Brimblecom =16 Little Peterkin Vandike= By Charles Stuart Pratt =17 Christmas Carol= By Charles Dickens =18 A Great Emergency= By Juliana Horatia Ewing =19 The Rose and the Ring= By William M. Thackeray =20 Lazy Lawrence and other Stories= By Maria Edgeworth

the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb

From this reading Not that imparted knowledge doth Diminish learning's store But books I find if often lent Return to me no more.

on condition that; in the event that

From this reading If this is borrowed by a friend Right welcome shall he be To read, to study, _not_ to _lend_ But to return to me.

past form of “impart” — transmit (knowledge or skills)

From this reading Not that imparted knowledge doth Diminish learning's store But books I find if often lent Return to me no more.

the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun

From this reading If this is borrowed by a friend Right welcome shall he be To read, to study, _not_ to _lend_ But to return to me.

a unit of electrical energy equal to the work done when a current of one ampere passes through a resistance of one ohm for one second

From this reading =1 The Man Without a Country= By Rev. E. E. Hale =2 The Bicycle Highwaymen= By Frank M. Bicknell =3 The Railroad Cut= By W. O. Stoddard =4 J. Cole= By Emma Gellibrand =6 Miss Toosey= By Evelyn Whitaker =7 Elder Leland's Ghost= By Hezekiah Butterworth

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From this reading =15 The Young Archer= By Charles E. Brimblecom =16 Little Peterkin Vandike= By Charles Stuart Pratt =17 Christmas Carol= By Charles Dickens =18 A Great Emergency= By Juliana Horatia Ewing =19 The Rose and the Ring= By William M. Thackeray =20 Lazy Lawrence and other Stories= By Maria Edgeworth

the psychological result of perception and learning and reasoning

From this reading Not that imparted knowledge doth Diminish learning's store But books I find if often lent Return to me no more.

someone who doesn't understand what is going on

From this reading =9 Wonder Book Stories= By Nathaniel Hawthorne =10 The Prince of the Pin Elves= By Charles Lee Sleight =11 The Little Lame Prince= By Miss Mulock =12 One Thousand Men for a Christmas Present= By Mary B. Sheldon =13 The Little Earl= By Ouida =14 The Double Prince= By Frank M. Bicknell

Roman martyr; supposedly Lawrence was ordered by the police to give up the church's treasure and when he responded by presenting the poor people of Rome he was roasted to death on a gridiron (died in 258)

From this reading =15 The Young Archer= By Charles E. Brimblecom =16 Little Peterkin Vandike= By Charles Stuart Pratt =17 Christmas Carol= By Charles Dickens =18 A Great Emergency= By Juliana Horatia Ewing =19 The Rose and the Ring= By William M. Thackeray =20 Lazy Lawrence and other Stories= By Maria Edgeworth

moving slowly and gently

From this reading =15 The Young Archer= By Charles E. Brimblecom =16 Little Peterkin Vandike= By Charles Stuart Pratt =17 Christmas Carol= By Charles Dickens =18 A Great Emergency= By Juliana Horatia Ewing =19 The Rose and the Ring= By William M. Thackeray =20 Lazy Lawrence and other Stories= By Maria Edgeworth

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From this reading Not that imparted knowledge doth Diminish learning's store But books I find if often lent Return to me no more.

United States filmmaker whose works explore the richness of black culture in America (born in 1957)

From this reading =9 Wonder Book Stories= By Nathaniel Hawthorne =10 The Prince of the Pin Elves= By Charles Lee Sleight =11 The Little Lame Prince= By Miss Mulock =12 One Thousand Men for a Christmas Present= By Mary B. Sheldon =13 The Little Earl= By Ouida =14 The Double Prince= By Frank M. Bicknell

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From this reading =1 The Man Without a Country= By Rev. E. E. Hale =2 The Bicycle Highwaymen= By Frank M. Bicknell =3 The Railroad Cut= By W. O. Stoddard =4 J. Cole= By Emma Gellibrand =6 Miss Toosey= By Evelyn Whitaker =7 Elder Leland's Ghost= By Hezekiah Butterworth

bestow a quality on

From this reading If this is borrowed by a friend Right welcome shall he be To read, to study, _not_ to _lend_ But to return to me.

a period of 40 weekdays from Ash Wednesday to Holy Saturday

From this reading Not that imparted knowledge doth Diminish learning's store But books I find if often lent Return to me no more.

limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent

From this reading =9 Wonder Book Stories= By Nathaniel Hawthorne =10 The Prince of the Pin Elves= By Charles Lee Sleight =11 The Little Lame Prince= By Miss Mulock =12 One Thousand Men for a Christmas Present= By Mary B. Sheldon =13 The Little Earl= By Ouida =14 The Double Prince= By Frank M. Bicknell

the basic unit of length adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites (approximately 1.094 yards)

From this reading =1 The Man Without a Country= By Rev. E. E. Hale =2 The Bicycle Highwaymen= By Frank M. Bicknell =3 The Railroad Cut= By W. O. Stoddard =4 J. Cole= By Emma Gellibrand =6 Miss Toosey= By Evelyn Whitaker =7 Elder Leland's Ghost= By Hezekiah Butterworth

an adult person who is male (as opposed to a woman)

From this reading =1 The Man Without a Country= By Rev. E. E. Hale =2 The Bicycle Highwaymen= By Frank M. Bicknell =3 The Railroad Cut= By W. O. Stoddard =4 J. Cole= By Emma Gellibrand =6 Miss Toosey= By Evelyn Whitaker =7 Elder Leland's Ghost= By Hezekiah Butterworth

a dark region of considerable extent on the surface of the moon

From this reading =15 The Young Archer= By Charles E. Brimblecom =16 Little Peterkin Vandike= By Charles Stuart Pratt =17 Christmas Carol= By Charles Dickens =18 A Great Emergency= By Juliana Horatia Ewing =19 The Rose and the Ring= By William M. Thackeray =20 Lazy Lawrence and other Stories= By Maria Edgeworth

the mother of Jesus; Christians refer to her as the Virgin Mary; she is especially honored by Roman Catholics

From this reading =9 Wonder Book Stories= By Nathaniel Hawthorne =10 The Prince of the Pin Elves= By Charles Lee Sleight =11 The Little Lame Prince= By Miss Mulock =12 One Thousand Men for a Christmas Present= By Mary B. Sheldon =13 The Little Earl= By Ouida =14 The Double Prince= By Frank M. Bicknell

the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition

From this reading If this is borrowed by a friend Right welcome shall he be To read, to study, _not_ to _lend_ But to return to me.

the force of workers available

From this reading =9 Wonder Book Stories= By Nathaniel Hawthorne =10 The Prince of the Pin Elves= By Charles Lee Sleight =11 The Little Lame Prince= By Miss Mulock =12 One Thousand Men for a Christmas Present= By Mary B. Sheldon =13 The Little Earl= By Ouida =14 The Double Prince= By Frank M. Bicknell

fail to perceive or to catch with the senses or the mind

From this reading =1 The Man Without a Country= By Rev. E. E. Hale =2 The Bicycle Highwaymen= By Frank M. Bicknell =3 The Railroad Cut= By W. O. Stoddard =4 J. Cole= By Emma Gellibrand =6 Miss Toosey= By Evelyn Whitaker =7 Elder Leland's Ghost= By Hezekiah Butterworth

(comparative of “much” used with mass nouns) a quantifier meaning greater in size or amount or extent or degree

From this reading Not that imparted knowledge doth Diminish learning's store But books I find if often lent Return to me no more.

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From this reading =9 Wonder Book Stories= By Nathaniel Hawthorne =10 The Prince of the Pin Elves= By Charles Lee Sleight =11 The Little Lame Prince= By Miss Mulock =12 One Thousand Men for a Christmas Present= By Mary B. Sheldon =13 The Little Earl= By Ouida =14 The Double Prince= By Frank M. Bicknell

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From this reading =9 Wonder Book Stories= By Nathaniel Hawthorne =10 The Prince of the Pin Elves= By Charles Lee Sleight =11 The Little Lame Prince= By Miss Mulock =12 One Thousand Men for a Christmas Present= By Mary B. Sheldon =13 The Little Earl= By Ouida =14 The Double Prince= By Frank M. Bicknell

not any; not one

From this reading Not that imparted knowledge doth Diminish learning's store But books I find if often lent Return to me no more.

used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative

From this reading If this is borrowed by a friend Right welcome shall he be To read, to study, _not_ to _lend_ But to return to me.

a nonmetallic bivalent element that is normally a colorless odorless tasteless nonflammable diatomic gas; constitutes 21 percent of the atmosphere by volume; the most abundant element in the earth's crust

From this reading =1 The Man Without a Country= By Rev. E. E. Hale =2 The Bicycle Highwaymen= By Frank M. Bicknell =3 The Railroad Cut= By W. O. Stoddard =4 J. Cole= By Emma Gellibrand =6 Miss Toosey= By Evelyn Whitaker =7 Elder Leland's Ghost= By Hezekiah Butterworth

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

From this reading =9 Wonder Book Stories= By Nathaniel Hawthorne =10 The Prince of the Pin Elves= By Charles Lee Sleight =11 The Little Lame Prince= By Miss Mulock =12 One Thousand Men for a Christmas Present= By Mary B. Sheldon =13 The Little Earl= By Ouida =14 The Double Prince= By Frank M. Bicknell

many times at short intervals

From this reading Not that imparted knowledge doth Diminish learning's store But books I find if often lent Return to me no more.

used to mean any person in general, including the speaker

From this reading =9 Wonder Book Stories= By Nathaniel Hawthorne =10 The Prince of the Pin Elves= By Charles Lee Sleight =11 The Little Lame Prince= By Miss Mulock =12 One Thousand Men for a Christmas Present= By Mary B. Sheldon =13 The Little Earl= By Ouida =14 The Double Prince= By Frank M. Bicknell

not the same one or ones already mentioned or implied

From this reading =15 The Young Archer= By Charles E. Brimblecom =16 Little Peterkin Vandike= By Charles Stuart Pratt =17 Christmas Carol= By Charles Dickens =18 A Great Emergency= By Juliana Horatia Ewing =19 The Rose and the Ring= By William M. Thackeray =20 Lazy Lawrence and other Stories= By Maria Edgeworth

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From this reading =9 Wonder Book Stories= By Nathaniel Hawthorne =10 The Prince of the Pin Elves= By Charles Lee Sleight =11 The Little Lame Prince= By Miss Mulock =12 One Thousand Men for a Christmas Present= By Mary B. Sheldon =13 The Little Earl= By Ouida =14 The Double Prince= By Frank M. Bicknell

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From this reading =15 The Young Archer= By Charles E. Brimblecom =16 Little Peterkin Vandike= By Charles Stuart Pratt =17 Christmas Carol= By Charles Dickens =18 A Great Emergency= By Juliana Horatia Ewing =19 The Rose and the Ring= By William M. Thackeray =20 Lazy Lawrence and other Stories= By Maria Edgeworth

to hold fast or prevent from moving

From this reading =9 Wonder Book Stories= By Nathaniel Hawthorne =10 The Prince of the Pin Elves= By Charles Lee Sleight =11 The Little Lame Prince= By Miss Mulock =12 One Thousand Men for a Christmas Present= By Mary B. Sheldon =13 The Little Earl= By Ouida =14 The Double Prince= By Frank M. Bicknell

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From this reading =15 The Young Archer= By Charles E. Brimblecom =16 Little Peterkin Vandike= By Charles Stuart Pratt =17 Christmas Carol= By Charles Dickens =18 A Great Emergency= By Juliana Horatia Ewing =19 The Rose and the Ring= By William M. Thackeray =20 Lazy Lawrence and other Stories= By Maria Edgeworth

give an exhibition of to an interested audience

From this reading =9 Wonder Book Stories= By Nathaniel Hawthorne =10 The Prince of the Pin Elves= By Charles Lee Sleight =11 The Little Lame Prince= By Miss Mulock =12 One Thousand Men for a Christmas Present= By Mary B. Sheldon =13 The Little Earl= By Ouida =14 The Double Prince= By Frank M. Bicknell

a male member of a royal family other than the sovereign (especially the son of a sovereign)

From this reading =9 Wonder Book Stories= By Nathaniel Hawthorne =10 The Prince of the Pin Elves= By Charles Lee Sleight =11 The Little Lame Prince= By Miss Mulock =12 One Thousand Men for a Christmas Present= By Mary B. Sheldon =13 The Little Earl= By Ouida =14 The Double Prince= By Frank M. Bicknell

line that is the commercial organization responsible for operating a system of transportation for trains that pull passengers or freight

From this reading =1 The Man Without a Country= By Rev. E. E. Hale =2 The Bicycle Highwaymen= By Frank M. Bicknell =3 The Railroad Cut= By W. O. Stoddard =4 J. Cole= By Emma Gellibrand =6 Miss Toosey= By Evelyn Whitaker =7 Elder Leland's Ghost= By Hezekiah Butterworth

interpret something that is written or printed

From this reading If this is borrowed by a friend Right welcome shall he be To read, to study, _not_ to _lend_ But to return to me.

go or come back to place, condition, or activity where one has been before

From this reading If this is borrowed by a friend Right welcome shall he be To read, to study, _not_ to _lend_ But to return to me.

increase the number of rotations per minute

From this reading =1 The Man Without a Country= By Rev. E. E. Hale =2 The Bicycle Highwaymen= By Frank M. Bicknell =3 The Railroad Cut= By W. O. Stoddard =4 J. Cole= By Emma Gellibrand =6 Miss Toosey= By Evelyn Whitaker =7 Elder Leland's Ghost= By Hezekiah Butterworth

precisely, exactly

From this reading If this is borrowed by a friend Right welcome shall he be To read, to study, _not_ to _lend_ But to return to me.

sound loudly and sonorously

From this reading =15 The Young Archer= By Charles E. Brimblecom =16 Little Peterkin Vandike= By Charles Stuart Pratt =17 Christmas Carol= By Charles Dickens =18 A Great Emergency= By Juliana Horatia Ewing =19 The Rose and the Ring= By William M. Thackeray =20 Lazy Lawrence and other Stories= By Maria Edgeworth

any of many shrubs of the genus Rosa that bear roses

From this reading =15 The Young Archer= By Charles E. Brimblecom =16 Little Peterkin Vandike= By Charles Stuart Pratt =17 Christmas Carol= By Charles Dickens =18 A Great Emergency= By Juliana Horatia Ewing =19 The Rose and the Ring= By William M. Thackeray =20 Lazy Lawrence and other Stories= By Maria Edgeworth

used with I and we for the future, or to offer and suggest

From this reading If this is borrowed by a friend Right welcome shall he be To read, to study, _not_ to _lend_ But to return to me.

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From this reading =9 Wonder Book Stories= By Nathaniel Hawthorne =10 The Prince of the Pin Elves= By Charles Lee Sleight =11 The Little Lame Prince= By Miss Mulock =12 One Thousand Men for a Christmas Present= By Mary B. Sheldon =13 The Little Earl= By Ouida =14 The Double Prince= By Frank M. Bicknell

adroitness in using the hands

From this reading =9 Wonder Book Stories= By Nathaniel Hawthorne =10 The Prince of the Pin Elves= By Charles Lee Sleight =11 The Little Lame Prince= By Miss Mulock =12 One Thousand Men for a Christmas Present= By Mary B. Sheldon =13 The Little Earl= By Ouida =14 The Double Prince= By Frank M. Bicknell

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From this reading =1 The Man Without a Country= By Rev. E. E. Hale =2 The Bicycle Highwaymen= By Frank M. Bicknell =3 The Railroad Cut= By W. O. Stoddard =4 J. Cole= By Emma Gellibrand =6 Miss Toosey= By Evelyn Whitaker =7 Elder Leland's Ghost= By Hezekiah Butterworth

a mercantile establishment for the retail sale of goods or services

From this reading Not that imparted knowledge doth Diminish learning's store But books I find if often lent Return to me no more.

plural of “story” — a message that tells the particulars of an act or occurrence or course of events; presented in writing or drama or cinema or as a radio or television program

From this reading =9 Wonder Book Stories= By Nathaniel Hawthorne =10 The Prince of the Pin Elves= By Charles Lee Sleight =11 The Little Lame Prince= By Miss Mulock =12 One Thousand Men for a Christmas Present= By Mary B. Sheldon =13 The Little Earl= By Ouida =14 The Double Prince= By Frank M. Bicknell

United States painter best known for his portraits of George Washington (1755-1828)

From this reading =15 The Young Archer= By Charles E. Brimblecom =16 Little Peterkin Vandike= By Charles Stuart Pratt =17 Christmas Carol= By Charles Dickens =18 A Great Emergency= By Juliana Horatia Ewing =19 The Rose and the Ring= By William M. Thackeray =20 Lazy Lawrence and other Stories= By Maria Edgeworth

a detailed critical inspection

From this reading If this is borrowed by a friend Right welcome shall he be To read, to study, _not_ to _lend_ But to return to me.

English writer (born in India) (1811-1863)

From this reading =15 The Young Archer= By Charles E. Brimblecom =16 Little Peterkin Vandike= By Charles Stuart Pratt =17 Christmas Carol= By Charles Dickens =18 A Great Emergency= By Juliana Horatia Ewing =19 The Rose and the Ring= By William M. Thackeray =20 Lazy Lawrence and other Stories= By Maria Edgeworth

used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt

From this reading Not that imparted knowledge doth Diminish learning's store But books I find if often lent Return to me no more.

used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind

From this reading =1 The Man Without a Country= By Rev. E. E. Hale =2 The Bicycle Highwaymen= By Frank M. Bicknell =3 The Railroad Cut= By W. O. Stoddard =4 J. Cole= By Emma Gellibrand =6 Miss Toosey= By Evelyn Whitaker =7 Elder Leland's Ghost= By Hezekiah Butterworth

used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned

From this reading If this is borrowed by a friend Right welcome shall he be To read, to study, _not_ to _lend_ But to return to me.

the cardinal number that is the product of 10 and 100

From this reading =9 Wonder Book Stories= By Nathaniel Hawthorne =10 The Prince of the Pin Elves= By Charles Lee Sleight =11 The Little Lame Prince= By Miss Mulock =12 One Thousand Men for a Christmas Present= By Mary B. Sheldon =13 The Little Earl= By Ouida =14 The Double Prince= By Frank M. Bicknell

used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive

From this reading If this is borrowed by a friend Right welcome shall he be To read, to study, _not_ to _lend_ But to return to me.

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From this reading =1 The Man Without a Country= By Rev. E. E. Hale =2 The Bicycle Highwaymen= By Frank M. Bicknell =3 The Railroad Cut= By W. O. Stoddard =4 J. Cole= By Emma Gellibrand =6 Miss Toosey= By Evelyn Whitaker =7 Elder Leland's Ghost= By Hezekiah Butterworth

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From this reading =15 The Young Archer= By Charles E. Brimblecom =16 Little Peterkin Vandike= By Charles Stuart Pratt =17 Christmas Carol= By Charles Dickens =18 A Great Emergency= By Juliana Horatia Ewing =19 The Rose and the Ring= By William M. Thackeray =20 Lazy Lawrence and other Stories= By Maria Edgeworth

a heavy grey-white metallic element; the pure form is used mainly in electrical applications; it is found in several ores including wolframite and scheelite

From this reading =1 The Man Without a Country= By Rev. E. E. Hale =2 The Bicycle Highwaymen= By Frank M. Bicknell =3 The Railroad Cut= By W. O. Stoddard =4 J. Cole= By Emma Gellibrand =6 Miss Toosey= By Evelyn Whitaker =7 Elder Leland's Ghost= By Hezekiah Butterworth

accept gladly

From this reading If this is borrowed by a friend Right welcome shall he be To read, to study, _not_ to _lend_ But to return to me.

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From this reading =1 The Man Without a Country= By Rev. E. E. Hale =2 The Bicycle Highwaymen= By Frank M. Bicknell =3 The Railroad Cut= By W. O. Stoddard =4 J. Cole= By Emma Gellibrand =6 Miss Toosey= By Evelyn Whitaker =7 Elder Leland's Ghost= By Hezekiah Butterworth

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From this reading =15 The Young Archer= By Charles E. Brimblecom =16 Little Peterkin Vandike= By Charles Stuart Pratt =17 Christmas Carol= By Charles Dickens =18 A Great Emergency= By Juliana Horatia Ewing =19 The Rose and the Ring= By William M. Thackeray =20 Lazy Lawrence and other Stories= By Maria Edgeworth

not having, not using, or not accompanied by

From this reading =1 The Man Without a Country= By Rev. E. E. Hale =2 The Bicycle Highwaymen= By Frank M. Bicknell =3 The Railroad Cut= By W. O. Stoddard =4 J. Cole= By Emma Gellibrand =6 Miss Toosey= By Evelyn Whitaker =7 Elder Leland's Ghost= By Hezekiah Butterworth

the feeling aroused by something strange and surprising

From this reading =9 Wonder Book Stories= By Nathaniel Hawthorne =10 The Prince of the Pin Elves= By Charles Lee Sleight =11 The Little Lame Prince= By Miss Mulock =12 One Thousand Men for a Christmas Present= By Mary B. Sheldon =13 The Little Earl= By Ouida =14 The Double Prince= By Frank M. Bicknell

(used of living things especially persons) in an early period of life or development or growth

From this reading =15 The Young Archer= By Charles E. Brimblecom =16 Little Peterkin Vandike= By Charles Stuart Pratt =17 Christmas Carol= By Charles Dickens =18 A Great Emergency= By Juliana Horatia Ewing =19 The Rose and the Ring= By William M. Thackeray =20 Lazy Lawrence and other Stories= By Maria Edgeworth