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Chapter IV
Being a chapter that links the past to the future by the gradual elucidation of antecedents. O wayside inns and pedestrian rambles! O summer nights, under honeysuckle arbours, on the banks of starry waves! O Youth, Youth! Vance ladled out the toddy and lighted his cigar; then, leaning his head on his hand and his elbow on the table, he looked with an artist's eye along the glancing river.
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following the length of something from one end toward the other
From this reading “Vance ladled out the toddy and lighted his cigar; then, leaning his head on his hand and his elbow on the table, he looked with an artist's eye along the glancing river.”
the -ing form of “be”
From this reading “Being a chapter that links the past to the future by the gradual elucidation of antecedents.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Vance ladled out the toddy and lighted his cigar; then, leaning his head on his hand and his elbow on the table, he looked with an artist's eye along the glancing river.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Vance ladled out the toddy and lighted his cigar; then, leaning his head on his hand and his elbow on the table, he looked with an artist's eye along the glancing river.”
Periods of darkness between sunset and sunrise.
From this reading “O summer nights, under honeysuckle arbours, on the banks of starry waves!”
below or beneath something; less than
From this reading “O summer nights, under honeysuckle arbours, on the banks of starry waves!”
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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 Being a chapter that links the past to the future by the gradual elucidation of antecedents.
following the length of something from one end toward the other
From this reading Vance ladled out the toddy and lighted his cigar; then, leaning his head on his hand and his elbow on the table, he looked with an artist's eye along the glancing river.
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading Vance ladled out the toddy and lighted his cigar; then, leaning his head on his hand and his elbow on the table, he looked with an artist's eye along the glancing river.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading O wayside inns and pedestrian rambles!
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From this reading Being a chapter that links the past to the future by the gradual elucidation of antecedents.
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From this reading O summer nights, under honeysuckle arbours, on the banks of starry waves!
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From this reading Vance ladled out the toddy and lighted his cigar; then, leaning his head on his hand and his elbow on the table, he looked with an artist's eye along the glancing river.
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From this reading O summer nights, under honeysuckle arbours, on the banks of starry waves!
the -ing form of “be”
From this reading Being a chapter that links the past to the future by the gradual elucidation of antecedents.
showing who or what does the action
From this reading Being a chapter that links the past to the future by the gradual elucidation of antecedents.
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From this reading Being a chapter that links the past to the future by the gradual elucidation of antecedents.
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From this reading Vance ladled out the toddy and lighted his cigar; then, leaning his head on his hand and his elbow on the table, he looked with an artist's eye along the glancing river.
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From this reading Vance ladled out the toddy and lighted his cigar; then, leaning his head on his hand and his elbow on the table, he looked with an artist's eye along the glancing river.
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From this reading Being a chapter that links the past to the future by the gradual elucidation of antecedents.
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From this reading Vance ladled out the toddy and lighted his cigar; then, leaning his head on his hand and his elbow on the table, he looked with an artist's eye along the glancing river.
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From this reading Being a chapter that links the past to the future by the gradual elucidation of antecedents.
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From this reading Vance ladled out the toddy and lighted his cigar; then, leaning his head on his hand and his elbow on the table, he looked with an artist's eye along the glancing river.
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From this reading Being a chapter that links the past to the future by the gradual elucidation of antecedents.
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From this reading Vance ladled out the toddy and lighted his cigar; then, leaning his head on his hand and his elbow on the table, he looked with an artist's eye along the glancing river.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Vance ladled out the toddy and lighted his cigar; then, leaning his head on his hand and his elbow on the table, he looked with an artist's eye along the glancing river.
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From this reading Vance ladled out the toddy and lighted his cigar; then, leaning his head on his hand and his elbow on the table, he looked with an artist's eye along the glancing river.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Vance ladled out the toddy and lighted his cigar; then, leaning his head on his hand and his elbow on the table, he looked with an artist's eye along the glancing river.
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From this reading O summer nights, under honeysuckle arbours, on the banks of starry waves!
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From this reading O wayside inns and pedestrian rambles!
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From this reading Vance ladled out the toddy and lighted his cigar; then, leaning his head on his hand and his elbow on the table, he looked with an artist's eye along the glancing river.
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From this reading Vance ladled out the toddy and lighted his cigar; then, leaning his head on his hand and his elbow on the table, he looked with an artist's eye along the glancing river.
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From this reading Vance ladled out the toddy and lighted his cigar; then, leaning his head on his hand and his elbow on the table, he looked with an artist's eye along the glancing river.
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From this reading Being a chapter that links the past to the future by the gradual elucidation of antecedents.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Vance ladled out the toddy and lighted his cigar; then, leaning his head on his hand and his elbow on the table, he looked with an artist's eye along the glancing river.
Periods of darkness between sunset and sunrise.
From this reading O summer nights, under honeysuckle arbours, on the banks of starry waves!
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From this reading O wayside inns and pedestrian rambles!
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Being a chapter that links the past to the future by the gradual elucidation of antecedents.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading O summer nights, under honeysuckle arbours, on the banks of starry waves!
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From this reading Vance ladled out the toddy and lighted his cigar; then, leaning his head on his hand and his elbow on the table, he looked with an artist's eye along the glancing river.
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From this reading Being a chapter that links the past to the future by the gradual elucidation of antecedents.
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From this reading O wayside inns and pedestrian rambles!
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From this reading O wayside inns and pedestrian rambles!
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From this reading Vance ladled out the toddy and lighted his cigar; then, leaning his head on his hand and his elbow on the table, he looked with an artist's eye along the glancing river.
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From this reading O summer nights, under honeysuckle arbours, on the banks of starry waves!
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From this reading O summer nights, under honeysuckle arbours, on the banks of starry waves!
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From this reading Vance ladled out the toddy and lighted his cigar; then, leaning his head on his hand and his elbow on the table, he looked with an artist's eye along the glancing river.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Being a chapter that links the past to the future by the gradual elucidation of antecedents.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Being a chapter that links the past to the future by the gradual elucidation of antecedents.
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From this reading Vance ladled out the toddy and lighted his cigar; then, leaning his head on his hand and his elbow on the table, he looked with an artist's eye along the glancing river.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Being a chapter that links the past to the future by the gradual elucidation of antecedents.
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From this reading Vance ladled out the toddy and lighted his cigar; then, leaning his head on his hand and his elbow on the table, he looked with an artist's eye along the glancing river.
below or beneath something; less than
From this reading O summer nights, under honeysuckle arbours, on the banks of starry waves!
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From this reading Vance ladled out the toddy and lighted his cigar; then, leaning his head on his hand and his elbow on the table, he looked with an artist's eye along the glancing river.
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From this reading O summer nights, under honeysuckle arbours, on the banks of starry waves!
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From this reading O wayside inns and pedestrian rambles!
in the company of; together with
From this reading Vance ladled out the toddy and lighted his cigar; then, leaning his head on his hand and his elbow on the table, he looked with an artist's eye along the glancing river.
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From this reading O Youth, Youth!
