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Chapter XIX
AT MERLE PARK. NO. 1. Sir Thomas took the real holiday of the year at Glenbogie,--where he was too far removed from Lombard Street to be drawn daily into the vortex of his millions. He would stay usually six weeks at Glenbogie,--which were by no means the happiest weeks of the year.
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From this reading “Sir Thomas took the real holiday of the year at Glenbogie,--where he was too far removed from Lombard Street to be drawn daily into the vortex of his millions.”
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading “He would stay usually six weeks at Glenbogie,--which were by no means the happiest weeks of the year.”
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in or near a particular place or position
From this reading AT MERLE PARK.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading Sir Thomas took the real holiday of the year at Glenbogie,--where he was too far removed from Lombard Street to be drawn daily into the vortex of his millions.
showing who or what does the action
From this reading He would stay usually six weeks at Glenbogie,--which were by no means the happiest weeks of the year.
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From this reading Sir Thomas took the real holiday of the year at Glenbogie,--where he was too far removed from Lombard Street to be drawn daily into the vortex of his millions.
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From this reading Sir Thomas took the real holiday of the year at Glenbogie,--where he was too far removed from Lombard Street to be drawn daily into the vortex of his millions.
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From this reading Sir Thomas took the real holiday of the year at Glenbogie,--where he was too far removed from Lombard Street to be drawn daily into the vortex of his millions.
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading Sir Thomas took the real holiday of the year at Glenbogie,--where he was too far removed from Lombard Street to be drawn daily into the vortex of his millions.
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From this reading Sir Thomas took the real holiday of the year at Glenbogie,--where he was too far removed from Lombard Street to be drawn daily into the vortex of his millions.
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From this reading He would stay usually six weeks at Glenbogie,--which were by no means the happiest weeks of the year.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Sir Thomas took the real holiday of the year at Glenbogie,--where he was too far removed from Lombard Street to be drawn daily into the vortex of his millions.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Sir Thomas took the real holiday of the year at Glenbogie,--where he was too far removed from Lombard Street to be drawn daily into the vortex of his millions.
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From this reading Sir Thomas took the real holiday of the year at Glenbogie,--where he was too far removed from Lombard Street to be drawn daily into the vortex of his millions.
moving to the inside of something
From this reading Sir Thomas took the real holiday of the year at Glenbogie,--where he was too far removed from Lombard Street to be drawn daily into the vortex of his millions.
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From this reading Sir Thomas took the real holiday of the year at Glenbogie,--where he was too far removed from Lombard Street to be drawn daily into the vortex of his millions.
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From this reading He would stay usually six weeks at Glenbogie,--which were by no means the happiest weeks of the year.
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From this reading AT MERLE PARK.
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From this reading Sir Thomas took the real holiday of the year at Glenbogie,--where he was too far removed from Lombard Street to be drawn daily into the vortex of his millions.
not any; not one
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belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Sir Thomas took the real holiday of the year at Glenbogie,--where he was too far removed from Lombard Street to be drawn daily into the vortex of his millions.
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From this reading AT MERLE PARK.
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From this reading Sir Thomas took the real holiday of the year at Glenbogie,--where he was too far removed from Lombard Street to be drawn daily into the vortex of his millions.
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From this reading Sir Thomas took the real holiday of the year at Glenbogie,--where he was too far removed from Lombard Street to be drawn daily into the vortex of his millions.
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From this reading Sir Thomas took the real holiday of the year at Glenbogie,--where he was too far removed from Lombard Street to be drawn daily into the vortex of his millions.
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From this reading He would stay usually six weeks at Glenbogie,--which were by no means the happiest weeks of the year.
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From this reading He would stay usually six weeks at Glenbogie,--which were by no means the happiest weeks of the year.
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From this reading Sir Thomas took the real holiday of the year at Glenbogie,--where he was too far removed from Lombard Street to be drawn daily into the vortex of his millions.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Sir Thomas took the real holiday of the year at Glenbogie,--where he was too far removed from Lombard Street to be drawn daily into the vortex of his millions.
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From this reading Sir Thomas took the real holiday of the year at Glenbogie,--where he was too far removed from Lombard Street to be drawn daily into the vortex of his millions.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Sir Thomas took the real holiday of the year at Glenbogie,--where he was too far removed from Lombard Street to be drawn daily into the vortex of his millions.
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From this reading Sir Thomas took the real holiday of the year at Glenbogie,--where he was too far removed from Lombard Street to be drawn daily into the vortex of his millions.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Sir Thomas took the real holiday of the year at Glenbogie,--where he was too far removed from Lombard Street to be drawn daily into the vortex of his millions.
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From this reading He would stay usually six weeks at Glenbogie,--which were by no means the happiest weeks of the year.
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From this reading Sir Thomas took the real holiday of the year at Glenbogie,--where he was too far removed from Lombard Street to be drawn daily into the vortex of his millions.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Sir Thomas took the real holiday of the year at Glenbogie,--where he was too far removed from Lombard Street to be drawn daily into the vortex of his millions.
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From this reading He would stay usually six weeks at Glenbogie,--which were by no means the happiest weeks of the year.
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading He would stay usually six weeks at Glenbogie,--which were by no means the happiest weeks of the year.
in or at the place that
From this reading Sir Thomas took the real holiday of the year at Glenbogie,--where he was too far removed from Lombard Street to be drawn daily into the vortex of his millions.
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading He would stay usually six weeks at Glenbogie,--which were by no means the happiest weeks of the year.
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading He would stay usually six weeks at Glenbogie,--which were by no means the happiest weeks of the year.
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From this reading Sir Thomas took the real holiday of the year at Glenbogie,--where he was too far removed from Lombard Street to be drawn daily into the vortex of his millions.
