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Chapter I
"The Dark Star," "The Girl Philippa," "Who Goes There," Etc. "Daughter of Light, the bestial wrath Of Barbary besets thy path! The Hun is beating his painted drum; His war horns blare! The Hun is come!" "Father, I feel his fœtid breath: The thick air reeks with the stench of death; My will is Thine.
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an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “The Hun is come!"”
an old word for “yours”
From this reading “"Father, I feel his fœtid breath: The thick air reeks with the stench of death; My will is Thine.”
an old word for “your”, speaking to one person
From this reading “"Daughter of Light, the bestial wrath Of Barbary besets thy path!”
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From this reading "Father, I feel his fœtid breath: The thick air reeks with the stench of death; My will is Thine.
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From this reading "Daughter of Light, the bestial wrath Of Barbary besets thy path!
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From this reading The Hun is beating his painted drum; His war horns blare!
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From this reading "Daughter of Light, the bestial wrath Of Barbary besets thy path!
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From this reading "Daughter of Light, the bestial wrath Of Barbary besets thy path!
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From this reading The Hun is beating his painted drum; His war horns blare!
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From this reading "Father, I feel his fœtid breath: The thick air reeks with the stench of death; My will is Thine.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The Hun is come!"
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From this reading "The Dark Star," "The Girl Philippa," "Who Goes There," Etc.
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From this reading "Daughter of Light, the bestial wrath Of Barbary besets thy path!
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From this reading "Father, I feel his fœtid breath: The thick air reeks with the stench of death; My will is Thine.
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From this reading The Hun is beating his painted drum; His war horns blare!
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From this reading "The Dark Star," "The Girl Philippa," "Who Goes There," Etc.
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From this reading "Father, I feel his fœtid breath: The thick air reeks with the stench of death; My will is Thine.
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From this reading "Father, I feel his fœtid breath: The thick air reeks with the stench of death; My will is Thine.
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From this reading "Father, I feel his fœtid breath: The thick air reeks with the stench of death; My will is Thine.
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From this reading "The Dark Star," "The Girl Philippa," "Who Goes There," Etc.
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From this reading "The Dark Star," "The Girl Philippa," "Who Goes There," Etc.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading The Hun is beating his painted drum; His war horns blare!
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From this reading The Hun is beating his painted drum; His war horns blare!
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From this reading The Hun is beating his painted drum; His war horns blare!
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading "Father, I feel his fœtid breath: The thick air reeks with the stench of death; My will is Thine.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading The Hun is beating his painted drum; His war horns blare!
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From this reading "Daughter of Light, the bestial wrath Of Barbary besets thy path!
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading "Father, I feel his fœtid breath: The thick air reeks with the stench of death; My will is Thine.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading "Daughter of Light, the bestial wrath Of Barbary besets thy path!
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From this reading The Hun is beating his painted drum; His war horns blare!
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From this reading "Daughter of Light, the bestial wrath Of Barbary besets thy path!
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From this reading "The Dark Star," "The Girl Philippa," "Who Goes There," Etc.
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From this reading "Father, I feel his fœtid breath: The thick air reeks with the stench of death; My will is Thine.
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From this reading "The Dark Star," "The Girl Philippa," "Who Goes There," Etc.
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From this reading "Father, I feel his fœtid breath: The thick air reeks with the stench of death; My will is Thine.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading "The Dark Star," "The Girl Philippa," "Who Goes There," Etc.
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From this reading "The Dark Star," "The Girl Philippa," "Who Goes There," Etc.
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From this reading "Father, I feel his fœtid breath: The thick air reeks with the stench of death; My will is Thine.
an old word for “yours”
From this reading "Father, I feel his fœtid breath: The thick air reeks with the stench of death; My will is Thine.
an old word for “your”, speaking to one person
From this reading "Daughter of Light, the bestial wrath Of Barbary besets thy path!
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From this reading The Hun is beating his painted drum; His war horns blare!
which person or people
From this reading "The Dark Star," "The Girl Philippa," "Who Goes There," Etc.
used to talk about the future, or about willingness
From this reading "Father, I feel his fœtid breath: The thick air reeks with the stench of death; My will is Thine.
in the company of; together with
From this reading "Father, I feel his fœtid breath: The thick air reeks with the stench of death; My will is Thine.
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From this reading "Daughter of Light, the bestial wrath Of Barbary besets thy path!
