A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
Chapter I
WORDS FOR THE WISE. T. S. ARTHUR. PREFACE. THE title of this book--"WORDS FOR THE WISE"--is too comprehensive to need explanation. May the lessons it teaches be "sufficient" as warnings, incentives and examples, to hundreds and thousands who read them.
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used to say something is possible, or to give permission
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an important story-specific word used in this passage
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used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
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From this reading T. S. ARTHUR.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading May the lessons it teaches be "sufficient" as warnings, incentives and examples, to hundreds and thousands who read them.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading May the lessons it teaches be "sufficient" as warnings, incentives and examples, to hundreds and thousands who read them.
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From this reading THE title of this book--"WORDS FOR THE WISE"--is too comprehensive to need explanation.
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From this reading THE title of this book--"WORDS FOR THE WISE"--is too comprehensive to need explanation.
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From this reading May the lessons it teaches be "sufficient" as warnings, incentives and examples, to hundreds and thousands who read them.
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From this reading THE title of this book--"WORDS FOR THE WISE"--is too comprehensive to need explanation.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
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From this reading May the lessons it teaches be "sufficient" as warnings, incentives and examples, to hundreds and thousands who read them.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading THE title of this book--"WORDS FOR THE WISE"--is too comprehensive to need explanation.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading May the lessons it teaches be "sufficient" as warnings, incentives and examples, to hundreds and thousands who read them.
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From this reading May the lessons it teaches be "sufficient" as warnings, incentives and examples, to hundreds and thousands who read them.
used to say something is possible, or to give permission
From this reading May the lessons it teaches be "sufficient" as warnings, incentives and examples, to hundreds and thousands who read them.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading THE title of this book--"WORDS FOR THE WISE"--is too comprehensive to need explanation.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading THE title of this book--"WORDS FOR THE WISE"--is too comprehensive to need explanation.
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From this reading PREFACE.
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From this reading T. S. ARTHUR.
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used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading WORDS FOR THE WISE.
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading May the lessons it teaches be "sufficient" as warnings, incentives and examples, to hundreds and thousands who read them.
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading THE title of this book--"WORDS FOR THE WISE"--is too comprehensive to need explanation.
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From this reading May the lessons it teaches be "sufficient" as warnings, incentives and examples, to hundreds and thousands who read them.
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From this reading THE title of this book--"WORDS FOR THE WISE"--is too comprehensive to need explanation.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading THE title of this book--"WORDS FOR THE WISE"--is too comprehensive to need explanation.
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From this reading May the lessons it teaches be "sufficient" as warnings, incentives and examples, to hundreds and thousands who read them.
which person or people
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