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Chapter VIII
The village tower--'tis joy to me!--I cry, the Lord is here! The village bells! They fill the soul with ecstasy sincere. And thus, I sing, the light hath shined to lands in darkness hurled, Their sound is now in all the earth, their words throughout the world. Coxe.
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an old form of “has”
From this reading “And thus, I sing, the light hath shined to lands in darkness hurled, Their sound is now in all the earth, their words throughout the world.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “The village tower--'tis joy to me!--I cry, the Lord is here!”
in every part of a place, or for the whole of a period
From this reading “And thus, I sing, the light hath shined to lands in darkness hurled, Their sound is now in all the earth, their words throughout the world.”
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From this reading And thus, I sing, the light hath shined to lands in darkness hurled, Their sound is now in all the earth, their words throughout the world.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading And thus, I sing, the light hath shined to lands in darkness hurled, Their sound is now in all the earth, their words throughout the world.
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From this reading The village bells!
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From this reading The village tower--'tis joy to me!--I cry, the Lord is here!
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From this reading And thus, I sing, the light hath shined to lands in darkness hurled, Their sound is now in all the earth, their words throughout the world.
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From this reading And thus, I sing, the light hath shined to lands in darkness hurled, Their sound is now in all the earth, their words throughout the world.
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From this reading They fill the soul with ecstasy sincere.
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From this reading They fill the soul with ecstasy sincere.
an old form of “has”
From this reading And thus, I sing, the light hath shined to lands in darkness hurled, Their sound is now in all the earth, their words throughout the world.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The village tower--'tis joy to me!--I cry, the Lord is here!
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From this reading And thus, I sing, the light hath shined to lands in darkness hurled, Their sound is now in all the earth, their words throughout the world.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading The village tower--'tis joy to me!--I cry, the Lord is here!
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading And thus, I sing, the light hath shined to lands in darkness hurled, Their sound is now in all the earth, their words throughout the world.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading The village tower--'tis joy to me!--I cry, the Lord is here!
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From this reading The village tower--'tis joy to me!--I cry, the Lord is here!
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From this reading And thus, I sing, the light hath shined to lands in darkness hurled, Their sound is now in all the earth, their words throughout the world.
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From this reading And thus, I sing, the light hath shined to lands in darkness hurled, Their sound is now in all the earth, their words throughout the world.
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From this reading The village tower--'tis joy to me!--I cry, the Lord is here!
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading The village tower--'tis joy to me!--I cry, the Lord is here!
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From this reading And thus, I sing, the light hath shined to lands in darkness hurled, Their sound is now in all the earth, their words throughout the world.
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From this reading And thus, I sing, the light hath shined to lands in darkness hurled, Their sound is now in all the earth, their words throughout the world.
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From this reading They fill the soul with ecstasy sincere.
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From this reading And thus, I sing, the light hath shined to lands in darkness hurled, Their sound is now in all the earth, their words throughout the world.
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From this reading They fill the soul with ecstasy sincere.
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From this reading And thus, I sing, the light hath shined to lands in darkness hurled, Their sound is now in all the earth, their words throughout the world.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The village tower--'tis joy to me!--I cry, the Lord is here!
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading And thus, I sing, the light hath shined to lands in darkness hurled, Their sound is now in all the earth, their words throughout the world.
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading They fill the soul with ecstasy sincere.
in every part of a place, or for the whole of a period
From this reading And thus, I sing, the light hath shined to lands in darkness hurled, Their sound is now in all the earth, their words throughout the world.
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From this reading And thus, I sing, the light hath shined to lands in darkness hurled, Their sound is now in all the earth, their words throughout the world.
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From this reading The village tower--'tis joy to me!--I cry, the Lord is here!
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading The village tower--'tis joy to me!--I cry, the Lord is here!
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From this reading The village tower--'tis joy to me!--I cry, the Lord is here!
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From this reading The village tower--'tis joy to me!--I cry, the Lord is here!
in the company of; together with
From this reading They fill the soul with ecstasy sincere.
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From this reading And thus, I sing, the light hath shined to lands in darkness hurled, Their sound is now in all the earth, their words throughout the world.
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From this reading And thus, I sing, the light hath shined to lands in darkness hurled, Their sound is now in all the earth, their words throughout the world.
