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[A heretic preacher mounts a stone. Peasants gather round him.] These are the starved unlettered hinds, forsooth, He hunted down like vermin--for a doctrine. They have their rights, their wrongs; their lawless laws, Their witless arguings, which unconscious reason Informs to just conclusions. We will hear them.
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used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading “They have their rights, their wrongs; their lawless laws, Their witless arguings, which unconscious reason Informs to just conclusions.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “We will hear them.”
the plural of “this”: the people or things near, or just mentioned
From this reading “These are the starved unlettered hinds, forsooth, He hunted down like vermin--for a doctrine.”
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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 heretic preacher mounts a stone.
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading These are the starved unlettered hinds, forsooth, He hunted down like vermin--for a doctrine.
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From this reading They have their rights, their wrongs; their lawless laws, Their witless arguings, which unconscious reason Informs to just conclusions.
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From this reading They have their rights, their wrongs; their lawless laws, Their witless arguings, which unconscious reason Informs to just conclusions.
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From this reading These are the starved unlettered hinds, forsooth, He hunted down like vermin--for a doctrine.
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From this reading These are the starved unlettered hinds, forsooth, He hunted down like vermin--for a doctrine.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading These are the starved unlettered hinds, forsooth, He hunted down like vermin--for a doctrine.
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From this reading These are the starved unlettered hinds, forsooth, He hunted down like vermin--for a doctrine.
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From this reading Peasants gather round him.]
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading They have their rights, their wrongs; their lawless laws, Their witless arguings, which unconscious reason Informs to just conclusions.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading These are the starved unlettered hinds, forsooth, He hunted down like vermin--for a doctrine.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading We will hear them.
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From this reading [A heretic preacher mounts a stone.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Peasants gather round him.]
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From this reading These are the starved unlettered hinds, forsooth, He hunted down like vermin--for a doctrine.
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From this reading These are the starved unlettered hinds, forsooth, He hunted down like vermin--for a doctrine.
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From this reading They have their rights, their wrongs; their lawless laws, Their witless arguings, which unconscious reason Informs to just conclusions.
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From this reading They have their rights, their wrongs; their lawless laws, Their witless arguings, which unconscious reason Informs to just conclusions.
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From this reading They have their rights, their wrongs; their lawless laws, Their witless arguings, which unconscious reason Informs to just conclusions.
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From this reading They have their rights, their wrongs; their lawless laws, Their witless arguings, which unconscious reason Informs to just conclusions.
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From this reading These are the starved unlettered hinds, forsooth, He hunted down like vermin--for a doctrine.
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From this reading [A heretic preacher mounts a stone.
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From this reading Peasants gather round him.]
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From this reading [A heretic preacher mounts a stone.
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From this reading They have their rights, their wrongs; their lawless laws, Their witless arguings, which unconscious reason Informs to just conclusions.
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From this reading They have their rights, their wrongs; their lawless laws, Their witless arguings, which unconscious reason Informs to just conclusions.
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From this reading Peasants gather round him.]
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From this reading These are the starved unlettered hinds, forsooth, He hunted down like vermin--for a doctrine.
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From this reading [A heretic preacher mounts a stone.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading These are the starved unlettered hinds, forsooth, He hunted down like vermin--for a doctrine.
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading They have their rights, their wrongs; their lawless laws, Their witless arguings, which unconscious reason Informs to just conclusions.
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading We will hear them.
the plural of “this”: the people or things near, or just mentioned
From this reading These are the starved unlettered hinds, forsooth, He hunted down like vermin--for a doctrine.
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading They have their rights, their wrongs; their lawless laws, Their witless arguings, which unconscious reason Informs to just conclusions.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading They have their rights, their wrongs; their lawless laws, Their witless arguings, which unconscious reason Informs to just conclusions.
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From this reading They have their rights, their wrongs; their lawless laws, Their witless arguings, which unconscious reason Informs to just conclusions.
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From this reading These are the starved unlettered hinds, forsooth, He hunted down like vermin--for a doctrine.
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From this reading These are the starved unlettered hinds, forsooth, He hunted down like vermin--for a doctrine.
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading We will hear them.
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading They have their rights, their wrongs; their lawless laws, Their witless arguings, which unconscious reason Informs to just conclusions.
used to talk about the future, or about willingness
From this reading We will hear them.
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From this reading They have their rights, their wrongs; their lawless laws, Their witless arguings, which unconscious reason Informs to just conclusions.
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From this reading They have their rights, their wrongs; their lawless laws, Their witless arguings, which unconscious reason Informs to just conclusions.
