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Great travell hath the gentle Calidore And toyle endured... There on a day,--He chaunst to spy a sort of shepheard groomes, Playing on pipes and caroling apace. ...He, there besyde Saw a faire damzell. --Spenser, “Faerie Queene,” cant. ix. For a considerable period the pupil of Mejnour was now absorbed in labour dependent on the most vigilant attention, on the most minute and subtle calculation.
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From this reading “Great travell hath the gentle Calidore And toyle endured...”
an old form of “has”
From this reading “Great travell hath the gentle Calidore And toyle endured...”
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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 There on a day,--He chaunst to spy a sort of shepheard groomes, Playing on pipes and caroling apace.
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From this reading For a considerable period the pupil of Mejnour was now absorbed in labour dependent on the most vigilant attention, on the most minute and subtle calculation.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
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From this reading There on a day,--He chaunst to spy a sort of shepheard groomes, Playing on pipes and caroling apace.
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From this reading For a considerable period the pupil of Mejnour was now absorbed in labour dependent on the most vigilant attention, on the most minute and subtle calculation.
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From this reading ...He, there besyde Saw a faire damzell.
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From this reading For a considerable period the pupil of Mejnour was now absorbed in labour dependent on the most vigilant attention, on the most minute and subtle calculation.
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From this reading Great travell hath the gentle Calidore And toyle endured...
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From this reading --Spenser, “Faerie Queene,” cant. ix.
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From this reading There on a day,--He chaunst to spy a sort of shepheard groomes, Playing on pipes and caroling apace.
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From this reading There on a day,--He chaunst to spy a sort of shepheard groomes, Playing on pipes and caroling apace.
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From this reading For a considerable period the pupil of Mejnour was now absorbed in labour dependent on the most vigilant attention, on the most minute and subtle calculation.
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From this reading ...He, there besyde Saw a faire damzell.
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From this reading There on a day,--He chaunst to spy a sort of shepheard groomes, Playing on pipes and caroling apace.
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From this reading For a considerable period the pupil of Mejnour was now absorbed in labour dependent on the most vigilant attention, on the most minute and subtle calculation.
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From this reading Great travell hath the gentle Calidore And toyle endured...
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From this reading --Spenser, “Faerie Queene,” cant. ix.
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From this reading ...He, there besyde Saw a faire damzell.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading For a considerable period the pupil of Mejnour was now absorbed in labour dependent on the most vigilant attention, on the most minute and subtle calculation.
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From this reading Great travell hath the gentle Calidore And toyle endured...
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From this reading There on a day,--He chaunst to spy a sort of shepheard groomes, Playing on pipes and caroling apace.
an old form of “has”
From this reading Great travell hath the gentle Calidore And toyle endured...
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading There on a day,--He chaunst to spy a sort of shepheard groomes, Playing on pipes and caroling apace.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading For a considerable period the pupil of Mejnour was now absorbed in labour dependent on the most vigilant attention, on the most minute and subtle calculation.
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From this reading --Spenser, “Faerie Queene,” cant. ix.
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From this reading For a considerable period the pupil of Mejnour was now absorbed in labour dependent on the most vigilant attention, on the most minute and subtle calculation.
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From this reading For a considerable period the pupil of Mejnour was now absorbed in labour dependent on the most vigilant attention, on the most minute and subtle calculation.
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From this reading For a considerable period the pupil of Mejnour was now absorbed in labour dependent on the most vigilant attention, on the most minute and subtle calculation.
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From this reading For a considerable period the pupil of Mejnour was now absorbed in labour dependent on the most vigilant attention, on the most minute and subtle calculation.
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From this reading For a considerable period the pupil of Mejnour was now absorbed in labour dependent on the most vigilant attention, on the most minute and subtle calculation.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading There on a day,--He chaunst to spy a sort of shepheard groomes, Playing on pipes and caroling apace.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading There on a day,--He chaunst to spy a sort of shepheard groomes, Playing on pipes and caroling apace.
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From this reading For a considerable period the pupil of Mejnour was now absorbed in labour dependent on the most vigilant attention, on the most minute and subtle calculation.
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From this reading There on a day,--He chaunst to spy a sort of shepheard groomes, Playing on pipes and caroling apace.
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From this reading There on a day,--He chaunst to spy a sort of shepheard groomes, Playing on pipes and caroling apace.
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From this reading For a considerable period the pupil of Mejnour was now absorbed in labour dependent on the most vigilant attention, on the most minute and subtle calculation.
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From this reading --Spenser, “Faerie Queene,” cant. ix.
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From this reading ...He, there besyde Saw a faire damzell.
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From this reading There on a day,--He chaunst to spy a sort of shepheard groomes, Playing on pipes and caroling apace.
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From this reading There on a day,--He chaunst to spy a sort of shepheard groomes, Playing on pipes and caroling apace.
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From this reading --Spenser, “Faerie Queene,” cant. ix.
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From this reading There on a day,--He chaunst to spy a sort of shepheard groomes, Playing on pipes and caroling apace.
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From this reading For a considerable period the pupil of Mejnour was now absorbed in labour dependent on the most vigilant attention, on the most minute and subtle calculation.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Great travell hath the gentle Calidore And toyle endured...
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From this reading There on a day,--He chaunst to spy a sort of shepheard groomes, Playing on pipes and caroling apace.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading There on a day,--He chaunst to spy a sort of shepheard groomes, Playing on pipes and caroling apace.
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From this reading Great travell hath the gentle Calidore And toyle endured...
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From this reading Great travell hath the gentle Calidore And toyle endured...
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From this reading For a considerable period the pupil of Mejnour was now absorbed in labour dependent on the most vigilant attention, on the most minute and subtle calculation.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading For a considerable period the pupil of Mejnour was now absorbed in labour dependent on the most vigilant attention, on the most minute and subtle calculation.
