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Chapter XXIX
Tristis Erinnys Praetulit infaustas sanguinolenta faces. Ovid. (Erinnys, doleful and bloody, extends the unblessed torches.) And they placed the child in the father’s arms! As silently he bent over it, tears--tears, how human!--fell from his eyes like rain!
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above and across; more than
From this reading “As silently he bent over it, tears--tears, how human!--fell from his eyes like rain!”
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used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading (Erinnys, doleful and bloody, extends the unblessed torches.)
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From this reading And they placed the child in the father’s arms!
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading As silently he bent over it, tears--tears, how human!--fell from his eyes like rain!
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From this reading As silently he bent over it, tears--tears, how human!--fell from his eyes like rain!
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From this reading (Erinnys, doleful and bloody, extends the unblessed torches.)
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From this reading And they placed the child in the father’s arms!
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From this reading Tristis Erinnys Praetulit infaustas sanguinolenta faces.
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From this reading As silently he bent over it, tears--tears, how human!--fell from his eyes like rain!
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From this reading Tristis Erinnys Praetulit infaustas sanguinolenta faces.
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From this reading And they placed the child in the father’s arms!
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From this reading As silently he bent over it, tears--tears, how human!--fell from his eyes like rain!
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading As silently he bent over it, tears--tears, how human!--fell from his eyes like rain!
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading As silently he bent over it, tears--tears, how human!--fell from his eyes like rain!
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading As silently he bent over it, tears--tears, how human!--fell from his eyes like rain!
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From this reading As silently he bent over it, tears--tears, how human!--fell from his eyes like rain!
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From this reading As silently he bent over it, tears--tears, how human!--fell from his eyes like rain!
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading And they placed the child in the father’s arms!
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From this reading Tristis Erinnys Praetulit infaustas sanguinolenta faces.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading As silently he bent over it, tears--tears, how human!--fell from his eyes like rain!
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From this reading As silently he bent over it, tears--tears, how human!--fell from his eyes like rain!
above and across; more than
From this reading As silently he bent over it, tears--tears, how human!--fell from his eyes like rain!
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From this reading And they placed the child in the father’s arms!
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From this reading Tristis Erinnys Praetulit infaustas sanguinolenta faces.
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From this reading As silently he bent over it, tears--tears, how human!--fell from his eyes like rain!
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From this reading Tristis Erinnys Praetulit infaustas sanguinolenta faces.
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From this reading As silently he bent over it, tears--tears, how human!--fell from his eyes like rain!
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From this reading As silently he bent over it, tears--tears, how human!--fell from his eyes like rain!
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading (Erinnys, doleful and bloody, extends the unblessed torches.)
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
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From this reading (Erinnys, doleful and bloody, extends the unblessed torches.)
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From this reading Tristis Erinnys Praetulit infaustas sanguinolenta faces.
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From this reading (Erinnys, doleful and bloody, extends the unblessed torches.)
