Chapter XIV

used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one

From this reading Uncle James has just gone, and the group of elders in the parlour are just drawing their chairs closer together to fill up the gap which his departure has made, when they hear a hasty knock at the door; a hasty, imperative summons, as if from urgent need that would not be denied access, and a dripping messenger stands on the threshold--for the cold rain of winter falls heavily without--begging that Mr. Melville would go with him to see a dying man, a stranger who has taken up his residence for the last few weeks at a small inn in the neighbourhood, and was now, apparently, on the very brink of death, and in a dreadful state of mind.

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From this reading Uncle James has just gone, and the group of elders in the parlour are just drawing their chairs closer together to fill up the gap which his departure has made, when they hear a hasty knock at the door; a hasty, imperative summons, as if from urgent need that would not be denied access, and a dripping messenger stands on the threshold--for the cold rain of winter falls heavily without--begging that Mr. Melville would go with him to see a dying man, a stranger who has taken up his residence for the last few weeks at a small inn in the neighbourhood, and was now, apparently, on the very brink of death, and in a dreadful state of mind.

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From this reading The calls of the sick and dying were as God’s special commands to Halbert; and he rose at once to accompany the messenger, though the faces of his wife and sisters twain, darkened with care as he did so.

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From this reading Thou softener of earth’s pain, Oh Change! sweet gift of the Infinite to the weak, We hail alike thy sunshine and thy rain; Awe dwells supreme in yon eternal light, Horror in misery’s doom; But frail humanity dares breathe, when bright Thy tremulous radiance mingles with the gloom.--Y.S.P.

used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together

From this reading Thou softener of earth’s pain, Oh Change! sweet gift of the Infinite to the weak, We hail alike thy sunshine and thy rain; Awe dwells supreme in yon eternal light, Horror in misery’s doom; But frail humanity dares breathe, when bright Thy tremulous radiance mingles with the gloom.--Y.S.P.

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From this reading Uncle James has just gone, and the group of elders in the parlour are just drawing their chairs closer together to fill up the gap which his departure has made, when they hear a hasty knock at the door; a hasty, imperative summons, as if from urgent need that would not be denied access, and a dripping messenger stands on the threshold--for the cold rain of winter falls heavily without--begging that Mr. Melville would go with him to see a dying man, a stranger who has taken up his residence for the last few weeks at a small inn in the neighbourhood, and was now, apparently, on the very brink of death, and in a dreadful state of mind.

the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun

From this reading Uncle James has just gone, and the group of elders in the parlour are just drawing their chairs closer together to fill up the gap which his departure has made, when they hear a hasty knock at the door; a hasty, imperative summons, as if from urgent need that would not be denied access, and a dripping messenger stands on the threshold--for the cold rain of winter falls heavily without--begging that Mr. Melville would go with him to see a dying man, a stranger who has taken up his residence for the last few weeks at a small inn in the neighbourhood, and was now, apparently, on the very brink of death, and in a dreadful state of mind.

at the same time that; because; in the way that

From this reading * * * * * But think they as they speak?

in or near a particular place or position

From this reading Uncle James has just gone, and the group of elders in the parlour are just drawing their chairs closer together to fill up the gap which his departure has made, when they hear a hasty knock at the door; a hasty, imperative summons, as if from urgent need that would not be denied access, and a dripping messenger stands on the threshold--for the cold rain of winter falls heavily without--begging that Mr. Melville would go with him to see a dying man, a stranger who has taken up his residence for the last few weeks at a small inn in the neighbourhood, and was now, apparently, on the very brink of death, and in a dreadful state of mind.

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From this reading Thou softener of earth’s pain, Oh Change! sweet gift of the Infinite to the weak, We hail alike thy sunshine and thy rain; Awe dwells supreme in yon eternal light, Horror in misery’s doom; But frail humanity dares breathe, when bright Thy tremulous radiance mingles with the gloom.--Y.S.P.

used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses

From this reading Uncle James has just gone, and the group of elders in the parlour are just drawing their chairs closer together to fill up the gap which his departure has made, when they hear a hasty knock at the door; a hasty, imperative summons, as if from urgent need that would not be denied access, and a dripping messenger stands on the threshold--for the cold rain of winter falls heavily without--begging that Mr. Melville would go with him to see a dying man, a stranger who has taken up his residence for the last few weeks at a small inn in the neighbourhood, and was now, apparently, on the very brink of death, and in a dreadful state of mind.

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From this reading Uncle James has just gone, and the group of elders in the parlour are just drawing their chairs closer together to fill up the gap which his departure has made, when they hear a hasty knock at the door; a hasty, imperative summons, as if from urgent need that would not be denied access, and a dripping messenger stands on the threshold--for the cold rain of winter falls heavily without--begging that Mr. Melville would go with him to see a dying man, a stranger who has taken up his residence for the last few weeks at a small inn in the neighbourhood, and was now, apparently, on the very brink of death, and in a dreadful state of mind.

to speak or reveal information, especially secretly

From this reading Thou softener of earth’s pain, Oh Change! sweet gift of the Infinite to the weak, We hail alike thy sunshine and thy rain; Awe dwells supreme in yon eternal light, Horror in misery’s doom; But frail humanity dares breathe, when bright Thy tremulous radiance mingles with the gloom.--Y.S.P.

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From this reading Thou softener of earth’s pain, Oh Change! sweet gift of the Infinite to the weak, We hail alike thy sunshine and thy rain; Awe dwells supreme in yon eternal light, Horror in misery’s doom; But frail humanity dares breathe, when bright Thy tremulous radiance mingles with the gloom.--Y.S.P.

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From this reading Uncle James has just gone, and the group of elders in the parlour are just drawing their chairs closer together to fill up the gap which his departure has made, when they hear a hasty knock at the door; a hasty, imperative summons, as if from urgent need that would not be denied access, and a dripping messenger stands on the threshold--for the cold rain of winter falls heavily without--begging that Mr. Melville would go with him to see a dying man, a stranger who has taken up his residence for the last few weeks at a small inn in the neighbourhood, and was now, apparently, on the very brink of death, and in a dreadful state of mind.

used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before

From this reading * * * * * But think they as they speak?

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From this reading The calls of the sick and dying were as God’s special commands to Halbert; and he rose at once to accompany the messenger, though the faces of his wife and sisters twain, darkened with care as he did so.

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From this reading The calls of the sick and dying were as God’s special commands to Halbert; and he rose at once to accompany the messenger, though the faces of his wife and sisters twain, darkened with care as he did so.

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From this reading Uncle James has just gone, and the group of elders in the parlour are just drawing their chairs closer together to fill up the gap which his departure has made, when they hear a hasty knock at the door; a hasty, imperative summons, as if from urgent need that would not be denied access, and a dripping messenger stands on the threshold--for the cold rain of winter falls heavily without--begging that Mr. Melville would go with him to see a dying man, a stranger who has taken up his residence for the last few weeks at a small inn in the neighbourhood, and was now, apparently, on the very brink of death, and in a dreadful state of mind.

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From this reading Men rail upon the Change!

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From this reading Uncle James has just gone, and the group of elders in the parlour are just drawing their chairs closer together to fill up the gap which his departure has made, when they hear a hasty knock at the door; a hasty, imperative summons, as if from urgent need that would not be denied access, and a dripping messenger stands on the threshold--for the cold rain of winter falls heavily without--begging that Mr. Melville would go with him to see a dying man, a stranger who has taken up his residence for the last few weeks at a small inn in the neighbourhood, and was now, apparently, on the very brink of death, and in a dreadful state of mind.

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From this reading Uncle James has just gone, and the group of elders in the parlour are just drawing their chairs closer together to fill up the gap which his departure has made, when they hear a hasty knock at the door; a hasty, imperative summons, as if from urgent need that would not be denied access, and a dripping messenger stands on the threshold--for the cold rain of winter falls heavily without--begging that Mr. Melville would go with him to see a dying man, a stranger who has taken up his residence for the last few weeks at a small inn in the neighbourhood, and was now, apparently, on the very brink of death, and in a dreadful state of mind.

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From this reading The calls of the sick and dying were as God’s special commands to Halbert; and he rose at once to accompany the messenger, though the faces of his wife and sisters twain, darkened with care as he did so.

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From this reading Thou softener of earth’s pain, Oh Change! sweet gift of the Infinite to the weak, We hail alike thy sunshine and thy rain; Awe dwells supreme in yon eternal light, Horror in misery’s doom; But frail humanity dares breathe, when bright Thy tremulous radiance mingles with the gloom.--Y.S.P.

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From this reading The calls of the sick and dying were as God’s special commands to Halbert; and he rose at once to accompany the messenger, though the faces of his wife and sisters twain, darkened with care as he did so.

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From this reading Uncle James has just gone, and the group of elders in the parlour are just drawing their chairs closer together to fill up the gap which his departure has made, when they hear a hasty knock at the door; a hasty, imperative summons, as if from urgent need that would not be denied access, and a dripping messenger stands on the threshold--for the cold rain of winter falls heavily without--begging that Mr. Melville would go with him to see a dying man, a stranger who has taken up his residence for the last few weeks at a small inn in the neighbourhood, and was now, apparently, on the very brink of death, and in a dreadful state of mind.

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From this reading Uncle James has just gone, and the group of elders in the parlour are just drawing their chairs closer together to fill up the gap which his departure has made, when they hear a hasty knock at the door; a hasty, imperative summons, as if from urgent need that would not be denied access, and a dripping messenger stands on the threshold--for the cold rain of winter falls heavily without--begging that Mr. Melville would go with him to see a dying man, a stranger who has taken up his residence for the last few weeks at a small inn in the neighbourhood, and was now, apparently, on the very brink of death, and in a dreadful state of mind.

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From this reading Uncle James has just gone, and the group of elders in the parlour are just drawing their chairs closer together to fill up the gap which his departure has made, when they hear a hasty knock at the door; a hasty, imperative summons, as if from urgent need that would not be denied access, and a dripping messenger stands on the threshold--for the cold rain of winter falls heavily without--begging that Mr. Melville would go with him to see a dying man, a stranger who has taken up his residence for the last few weeks at a small inn in the neighbourhood, and was now, apparently, on the very brink of death, and in a dreadful state of mind.

the past form of “do”, used in questions and negatives

From this reading The calls of the sick and dying were as God’s special commands to Halbert; and he rose at once to accompany the messenger, though the faces of his wife and sisters twain, darkened with care as he did so.

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From this reading Thou softener of earth’s pain, Oh Change! sweet gift of the Infinite to the weak, We hail alike thy sunshine and thy rain; Awe dwells supreme in yon eternal light, Horror in misery’s doom; But frail humanity dares breathe, when bright Thy tremulous radiance mingles with the gloom.--Y.S.P.

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From this reading Uncle James has just gone, and the group of elders in the parlour are just drawing their chairs closer together to fill up the gap which his departure has made, when they hear a hasty knock at the door; a hasty, imperative summons, as if from urgent need that would not be denied access, and a dripping messenger stands on the threshold--for the cold rain of winter falls heavily without--begging that Mr. Melville would go with him to see a dying man, a stranger who has taken up his residence for the last few weeks at a small inn in the neighbourhood, and was now, apparently, on the very brink of death, and in a dreadful state of mind.

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From this reading Uncle James has just gone, and the group of elders in the parlour are just drawing their chairs closer together to fill up the gap which his departure has made, when they hear a hasty knock at the door; a hasty, imperative summons, as if from urgent need that would not be denied access, and a dripping messenger stands on the threshold--for the cold rain of winter falls heavily without--begging that Mr. Melville would go with him to see a dying man, a stranger who has taken up his residence for the last few weeks at a small inn in the neighbourhood, and was now, apparently, on the very brink of death, and in a dreadful state of mind.

extremely frightening or unpleasant

From this reading Uncle James has just gone, and the group of elders in the parlour are just drawing their chairs closer together to fill up the gap which his departure has made, when they hear a hasty knock at the door; a hasty, imperative summons, as if from urgent need that would not be denied access, and a dripping messenger stands on the threshold--for the cold rain of winter falls heavily without--begging that Mr. Melville would go with him to see a dying man, a stranger who has taken up his residence for the last few weeks at a small inn in the neighbourhood, and was now, apparently, on the very brink of death, and in a dreadful state of mind.

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From this reading Uncle James has just gone, and the group of elders in the parlour are just drawing their chairs closer together to fill up the gap which his departure has made, when they hear a hasty knock at the door; a hasty, imperative summons, as if from urgent need that would not be denied access, and a dripping messenger stands on the threshold--for the cold rain of winter falls heavily without--begging that Mr. Melville would go with him to see a dying man, a stranger who has taken up his residence for the last few weeks at a small inn in the neighbourhood, and was now, apparently, on the very brink of death, and in a dreadful state of mind.

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From this reading Thou softener of earth’s pain, Oh Change! sweet gift of the Infinite to the weak, We hail alike thy sunshine and thy rain; Awe dwells supreme in yon eternal light, Horror in misery’s doom; But frail humanity dares breathe, when bright Thy tremulous radiance mingles with the gloom.--Y.S.P.

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From this reading Uncle James has just gone, and the group of elders in the parlour are just drawing their chairs closer together to fill up the gap which his departure has made, when they hear a hasty knock at the door; a hasty, imperative summons, as if from urgent need that would not be denied access, and a dripping messenger stands on the threshold--for the cold rain of winter falls heavily without--begging that Mr. Melville would go with him to see a dying man, a stranger who has taken up his residence for the last few weeks at a small inn in the neighbourhood, and was now, apparently, on the very brink of death, and in a dreadful state of mind.

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From this reading Thou softener of earth’s pain, Oh Change! sweet gift of the Infinite to the weak, We hail alike thy sunshine and thy rain; Awe dwells supreme in yon eternal light, Horror in misery’s doom; But frail humanity dares breathe, when bright Thy tremulous radiance mingles with the gloom.--Y.S.P.

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From this reading Uncle James has just gone, and the group of elders in the parlour are just drawing their chairs closer together to fill up the gap which his departure has made, when they hear a hasty knock at the door; a hasty, imperative summons, as if from urgent need that would not be denied access, and a dripping messenger stands on the threshold--for the cold rain of winter falls heavily without--begging that Mr. Melville would go with him to see a dying man, a stranger who has taken up his residence for the last few weeks at a small inn in the neighbourhood, and was now, apparently, on the very brink of death, and in a dreadful state of mind.

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From this reading Thou softener of earth’s pain, Oh Change! sweet gift of the Infinite to the weak, We hail alike thy sunshine and thy rain; Awe dwells supreme in yon eternal light, Horror in misery’s doom; But frail humanity dares breathe, when bright Thy tremulous radiance mingles with the gloom.--Y.S.P.

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From this reading The calls of the sick and dying were as God’s special commands to Halbert; and he rose at once to accompany the messenger, though the faces of his wife and sisters twain, darkened with care as he did so.

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading Uncle James has just gone, and the group of elders in the parlour are just drawing their chairs closer together to fill up the gap which his departure has made, when they hear a hasty knock at the door; a hasty, imperative summons, as if from urgent need that would not be denied access, and a dripping messenger stands on the threshold--for the cold rain of winter falls heavily without--begging that Mr. Melville would go with him to see a dying man, a stranger who has taken up his residence for the last few weeks at a small inn in the neighbourhood, and was now, apparently, on the very brink of death, and in a dreadful state of mind.

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From this reading Uncle James has just gone, and the group of elders in the parlour are just drawing their chairs closer together to fill up the gap which his departure has made, when they hear a hasty knock at the door; a hasty, imperative summons, as if from urgent need that would not be denied access, and a dripping messenger stands on the threshold--for the cold rain of winter falls heavily without--begging that Mr. Melville would go with him to see a dying man, a stranger who has taken up his residence for the last few weeks at a small inn in the neighbourhood, and was now, apparently, on the very brink of death, and in a dreadful state of mind.

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From this reading Uncle James has just gone, and the group of elders in the parlour are just drawing their chairs closer together to fill up the gap which his departure has made, when they hear a hasty knock at the door; a hasty, imperative summons, as if from urgent need that would not be denied access, and a dripping messenger stands on the threshold--for the cold rain of winter falls heavily without--begging that Mr. Melville would go with him to see a dying man, a stranger who has taken up his residence for the last few weeks at a small inn in the neighbourhood, and was now, apparently, on the very brink of death, and in a dreadful state of mind.

intended to be given to, or used by, somebody

From this reading Uncle James has just gone, and the group of elders in the parlour are just drawing their chairs closer together to fill up the gap which his departure has made, when they hear a hasty knock at the door; a hasty, imperative summons, as if from urgent need that would not be denied access, and a dripping messenger stands on the threshold--for the cold rain of winter falls heavily without--begging that Mr. Melville would go with him to see a dying man, a stranger who has taken up his residence for the last few weeks at a small inn in the neighbourhood, and was now, apparently, on the very brink of death, and in a dreadful state of mind.

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From this reading Thou softener of earth’s pain, Oh Change! sweet gift of the Infinite to the weak, We hail alike thy sunshine and thy rain; Awe dwells supreme in yon eternal light, Horror in misery’s doom; But frail humanity dares breathe, when bright Thy tremulous radiance mingles with the gloom.--Y.S.P.

showing where something starts, or who sent it

From this reading Uncle James has just gone, and the group of elders in the parlour are just drawing their chairs closer together to fill up the gap which his departure has made, when they hear a hasty knock at the door; a hasty, imperative summons, as if from urgent need that would not be denied access, and a dripping messenger stands on the threshold--for the cold rain of winter falls heavily without--begging that Mr. Melville would go with him to see a dying man, a stranger who has taken up his residence for the last few weeks at a small inn in the neighbourhood, and was now, apparently, on the very brink of death, and in a dreadful state of mind.

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From this reading Uncle James has just gone, and the group of elders in the parlour are just drawing their chairs closer together to fill up the gap which his departure has made, when they hear a hasty knock at the door; a hasty, imperative summons, as if from urgent need that would not be denied access, and a dripping messenger stands on the threshold--for the cold rain of winter falls heavily without--begging that Mr. Melville would go with him to see a dying man, a stranger who has taken up his residence for the last few weeks at a small inn in the neighbourhood, and was now, apparently, on the very brink of death, and in a dreadful state of mind.

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From this reading Thou softener of earth’s pain, Oh Change! sweet gift of the Infinite to the weak, We hail alike thy sunshine and thy rain; Awe dwells supreme in yon eternal light, Horror in misery’s doom; But frail humanity dares breathe, when bright Thy tremulous radiance mingles with the gloom.--Y.S.P.

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From this reading Thou softener of earth’s pain, Oh Change! sweet gift of the Infinite to the weak, We hail alike thy sunshine and thy rain; Awe dwells supreme in yon eternal light, Horror in misery’s doom; But frail humanity dares breathe, when bright Thy tremulous radiance mingles with the gloom.--Y.S.P.

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From this reading Uncle James has just gone, and the group of elders in the parlour are just drawing their chairs closer together to fill up the gap which his departure has made, when they hear a hasty knock at the door; a hasty, imperative summons, as if from urgent need that would not be denied access, and a dripping messenger stands on the threshold--for the cold rain of winter falls heavily without--begging that Mr. Melville would go with him to see a dying man, a stranger who has taken up his residence for the last few weeks at a small inn in the neighbourhood, and was now, apparently, on the very brink of death, and in a dreadful state of mind.

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From this reading The calls of the sick and dying were as God’s special commands to Halbert; and he rose at once to accompany the messenger, though the faces of his wife and sisters twain, darkened with care as he did so.

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From this reading Uncle James has just gone, and the group of elders in the parlour are just drawing their chairs closer together to fill up the gap which his departure has made, when they hear a hasty knock at the door; a hasty, imperative summons, as if from urgent need that would not be denied access, and a dripping messenger stands on the threshold--for the cold rain of winter falls heavily without--begging that Mr. Melville would go with him to see a dying man, a stranger who has taken up his residence for the last few weeks at a small inn in the neighbourhood, and was now, apparently, on the very brink of death, and in a dreadful state of mind.

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From this reading Uncle James has just gone, and the group of elders in the parlour are just drawing their chairs closer together to fill up the gap which his departure has made, when they hear a hasty knock at the door; a hasty, imperative summons, as if from urgent need that would not be denied access, and a dripping messenger stands on the threshold--for the cold rain of winter falls heavily without--begging that Mr. Melville would go with him to see a dying man, a stranger who has taken up his residence for the last few weeks at a small inn in the neighbourhood, and was now, apparently, on the very brink of death, and in a dreadful state of mind.

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From this reading Thou softener of earth’s pain, Oh Change! sweet gift of the Infinite to the weak, We hail alike thy sunshine and thy rain; Awe dwells supreme in yon eternal light, Horror in misery’s doom; But frail humanity dares breathe, when bright Thy tremulous radiance mingles with the gloom.--Y.S.P.

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From this reading The calls of the sick and dying were as God’s special commands to Halbert; and he rose at once to accompany the messenger, though the faces of his wife and sisters twain, darkened with care as he did so.

the form of “have” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun

From this reading Uncle James has just gone, and the group of elders in the parlour are just drawing their chairs closer together to fill up the gap which his departure has made, when they hear a hasty knock at the door; a hasty, imperative summons, as if from urgent need that would not be denied access, and a dripping messenger stands on the threshold--for the cold rain of winter falls heavily without--begging that Mr. Melville would go with him to see a dying man, a stranger who has taken up his residence for the last few weeks at a small inn in the neighbourhood, and was now, apparently, on the very brink of death, and in a dreadful state of mind.

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From this reading Uncle James has just gone, and the group of elders in the parlour are just drawing their chairs closer together to fill up the gap which his departure has made, when they hear a hasty knock at the door; a hasty, imperative summons, as if from urgent need that would not be denied access, and a dripping messenger stands on the threshold--for the cold rain of winter falls heavily without--begging that Mr. Melville would go with him to see a dying man, a stranger who has taken up his residence for the last few weeks at a small inn in the neighbourhood, and was now, apparently, on the very brink of death, and in a dreadful state of mind.

a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject

From this reading The calls of the sick and dying were as God’s special commands to Halbert; and he rose at once to accompany the messenger, though the faces of his wife and sisters twain, darkened with care as he did so.

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading Uncle James has just gone, and the group of elders in the parlour are just drawing their chairs closer together to fill up the gap which his departure has made, when they hear a hasty knock at the door; a hasty, imperative summons, as if from urgent need that would not be denied access, and a dripping messenger stands on the threshold--for the cold rain of winter falls heavily without--begging that Mr. Melville would go with him to see a dying man, a stranger who has taken up his residence for the last few weeks at a small inn in the neighbourhood, and was now, apparently, on the very brink of death, and in a dreadful state of mind.

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From this reading Uncle James has just gone, and the group of elders in the parlour are just drawing their chairs closer together to fill up the gap which his departure has made, when they hear a hasty knock at the door; a hasty, imperative summons, as if from urgent need that would not be denied access, and a dripping messenger stands on the threshold--for the cold rain of winter falls heavily without--begging that Mr. Melville would go with him to see a dying man, a stranger who has taken up his residence for the last few weeks at a small inn in the neighbourhood, and was now, apparently, on the very brink of death, and in a dreadful state of mind.

the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition

From this reading Uncle James has just gone, and the group of elders in the parlour are just drawing their chairs closer together to fill up the gap which his departure has made, when they hear a hasty knock at the door; a hasty, imperative summons, as if from urgent need that would not be denied access, and a dripping messenger stands on the threshold--for the cold rain of winter falls heavily without--begging that Mr. Melville would go with him to see a dying man, a stranger who has taken up his residence for the last few weeks at a small inn in the neighbourhood, and was now, apparently, on the very brink of death, and in a dreadful state of mind.

belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned

From this reading Uncle James has just gone, and the group of elders in the parlour are just drawing their chairs closer together to fill up the gap which his departure has made, when they hear a hasty knock at the door; a hasty, imperative summons, as if from urgent need that would not be denied access, and a dripping messenger stands on the threshold--for the cold rain of winter falls heavily without--begging that Mr. Melville would go with him to see a dying man, a stranger who has taken up his residence for the last few weeks at a small inn in the neighbourhood, and was now, apparently, on the very brink of death, and in a dreadful state of mind.

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From this reading Thou softener of earth’s pain, Oh Change! sweet gift of the Infinite to the weak, We hail alike thy sunshine and thy rain; Awe dwells supreme in yon eternal light, Horror in misery’s doom; But frail humanity dares breathe, when bright Thy tremulous radiance mingles with the gloom.--Y.S.P.

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From this reading Thou softener of earth’s pain, Oh Change! sweet gift of the Infinite to the weak, We hail alike thy sunshine and thy rain; Awe dwells supreme in yon eternal light, Horror in misery’s doom; But frail humanity dares breathe, when bright Thy tremulous radiance mingles with the gloom.--Y.S.P.

on condition that; in the event that

From this reading Uncle James has just gone, and the group of elders in the parlour are just drawing their chairs closer together to fill up the gap which his departure has made, when they hear a hasty knock at the door; a hasty, imperative summons, as if from urgent need that would not be denied access, and a dripping messenger stands on the threshold--for the cold rain of winter falls heavily without--begging that Mr. Melville would go with him to see a dying man, a stranger who has taken up his residence for the last few weeks at a small inn in the neighbourhood, and was now, apparently, on the very brink of death, and in a dreadful state of mind.

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From this reading Uncle James has just gone, and the group of elders in the parlour are just drawing their chairs closer together to fill up the gap which his departure has made, when they hear a hasty knock at the door; a hasty, imperative summons, as if from urgent need that would not be denied access, and a dripping messenger stands on the threshold--for the cold rain of winter falls heavily without--begging that Mr. Melville would go with him to see a dying man, a stranger who has taken up his residence for the last few weeks at a small inn in the neighbourhood, and was now, apparently, on the very brink of death, and in a dreadful state of mind.

inside something, or within a place, period, or state

From this reading Thou softener of earth’s pain, Oh Change! sweet gift of the Infinite to the weak, We hail alike thy sunshine and thy rain; Awe dwells supreme in yon eternal light, Horror in misery’s doom; But frail humanity dares breathe, when bright Thy tremulous radiance mingles with the gloom.--Y.S.P.

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From this reading Thou softener of earth’s pain, Oh Change! sweet gift of the Infinite to the weak, We hail alike thy sunshine and thy rain; Awe dwells supreme in yon eternal light, Horror in misery’s doom; But frail humanity dares breathe, when bright Thy tremulous radiance mingles with the gloom.--Y.S.P.

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From this reading Uncle James has just gone, and the group of elders in the parlour are just drawing their chairs closer together to fill up the gap which his departure has made, when they hear a hasty knock at the door; a hasty, imperative summons, as if from urgent need that would not be denied access, and a dripping messenger stands on the threshold--for the cold rain of winter falls heavily without--begging that Mr. Melville would go with him to see a dying man, a stranger who has taken up his residence for the last few weeks at a small inn in the neighbourhood, and was now, apparently, on the very brink of death, and in a dreadful state of mind.

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From this reading Uncle James has just gone, and the group of elders in the parlour are just drawing their chairs closer together to fill up the gap which his departure has made, when they hear a hasty knock at the door; a hasty, imperative summons, as if from urgent need that would not be denied access, and a dripping messenger stands on the threshold--for the cold rain of winter falls heavily without--begging that Mr. Melville would go with him to see a dying man, a stranger who has taken up his residence for the last few weeks at a small inn in the neighbourhood, and was now, apparently, on the very brink of death, and in a dreadful state of mind.

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From this reading Uncle James has just gone, and the group of elders in the parlour are just drawing their chairs closer together to fill up the gap which his departure has made, when they hear a hasty knock at the door; a hasty, imperative summons, as if from urgent need that would not be denied access, and a dripping messenger stands on the threshold--for the cold rain of winter falls heavily without--begging that Mr. Melville would go with him to see a dying man, a stranger who has taken up his residence for the last few weeks at a small inn in the neighbourhood, and was now, apparently, on the very brink of death, and in a dreadful state of mind.

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From this reading Uncle James has just gone, and the group of elders in the parlour are just drawing their chairs closer together to fill up the gap which his departure has made, when they hear a hasty knock at the door; a hasty, imperative summons, as if from urgent need that would not be denied access, and a dripping messenger stands on the threshold--for the cold rain of winter falls heavily without--begging that Mr. Melville would go with him to see a dying man, a stranger who has taken up his residence for the last few weeks at a small inn in the neighbourhood, and was now, apparently, on the very brink of death, and in a dreadful state of mind.

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading Uncle James has just gone, and the group of elders in the parlour are just drawing their chairs closer together to fill up the gap which his departure has made, when they hear a hasty knock at the door; a hasty, imperative summons, as if from urgent need that would not be denied access, and a dripping messenger stands on the threshold--for the cold rain of winter falls heavily without--begging that Mr. Melville would go with him to see a dying man, a stranger who has taken up his residence for the last few weeks at a small inn in the neighbourhood, and was now, apparently, on the very brink of death, and in a dreadful state of mind.

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From this reading Thou softener of earth’s pain, Oh Change! sweet gift of the Infinite to the weak, We hail alike thy sunshine and thy rain; Awe dwells supreme in yon eternal light, Horror in misery’s doom; But frail humanity dares breathe, when bright Thy tremulous radiance mingles with the gloom.--Y.S.P.

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From this reading Uncle James has just gone, and the group of elders in the parlour are just drawing their chairs closer together to fill up the gap which his departure has made, when they hear a hasty knock at the door; a hasty, imperative summons, as if from urgent need that would not be denied access, and a dripping messenger stands on the threshold--for the cold rain of winter falls heavily without--begging that Mr. Melville would go with him to see a dying man, a stranger who has taken up his residence for the last few weeks at a small inn in the neighbourhood, and was now, apparently, on the very brink of death, and in a dreadful state of mind.

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From this reading Uncle James has just gone, and the group of elders in the parlour are just drawing their chairs closer together to fill up the gap which his departure has made, when they hear a hasty knock at the door; a hasty, imperative summons, as if from urgent need that would not be denied access, and a dripping messenger stands on the threshold--for the cold rain of winter falls heavily without--begging that Mr. Melville would go with him to see a dying man, a stranger who has taken up his residence for the last few weeks at a small inn in the neighbourhood, and was now, apparently, on the very brink of death, and in a dreadful state of mind.

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From this reading Uncle James has just gone, and the group of elders in the parlour are just drawing their chairs closer together to fill up the gap which his departure has made, when they hear a hasty knock at the door; a hasty, imperative summons, as if from urgent need that would not be denied access, and a dripping messenger stands on the threshold--for the cold rain of winter falls heavily without--begging that Mr. Melville would go with him to see a dying man, a stranger who has taken up his residence for the last few weeks at a small inn in the neighbourhood, and was now, apparently, on the very brink of death, and in a dreadful state of mind.

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From this reading Men rail upon the Change!

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From this reading Uncle James has just gone, and the group of elders in the parlour are just drawing their chairs closer together to fill up the gap which his departure has made, when they hear a hasty knock at the door; a hasty, imperative summons, as if from urgent need that would not be denied access, and a dripping messenger stands on the threshold--for the cold rain of winter falls heavily without--begging that Mr. Melville would go with him to see a dying man, a stranger who has taken up his residence for the last few weeks at a small inn in the neighbourhood, and was now, apparently, on the very brink of death, and in a dreadful state of mind.

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading Uncle James has just gone, and the group of elders in the parlour are just drawing their chairs closer together to fill up the gap which his departure has made, when they hear a hasty knock at the door; a hasty, imperative summons, as if from urgent need that would not be denied access, and a dripping messenger stands on the threshold--for the cold rain of winter falls heavily without--begging that Mr. Melville would go with him to see a dying man, a stranger who has taken up his residence for the last few weeks at a small inn in the neighbourhood, and was now, apparently, on the very brink of death, and in a dreadful state of mind.

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From this reading Thou softener of earth’s pain, Oh Change! sweet gift of the Infinite to the weak, We hail alike thy sunshine and thy rain; Awe dwells supreme in yon eternal light, Horror in misery’s doom; But frail humanity dares breathe, when bright Thy tremulous radiance mingles with the gloom.--Y.S.P.

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From this reading Thou softener of earth’s pain, Oh Change! sweet gift of the Infinite to the weak, We hail alike thy sunshine and thy rain; Awe dwells supreme in yon eternal light, Horror in misery’s doom; But frail humanity dares breathe, when bright Thy tremulous radiance mingles with the gloom.--Y.S.P.

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From this reading Uncle James has just gone, and the group of elders in the parlour are just drawing their chairs closer together to fill up the gap which his departure has made, when they hear a hasty knock at the door; a hasty, imperative summons, as if from urgent need that would not be denied access, and a dripping messenger stands on the threshold--for the cold rain of winter falls heavily without--begging that Mr. Melville would go with him to see a dying man, a stranger who has taken up his residence for the last few weeks at a small inn in the neighbourhood, and was now, apparently, on the very brink of death, and in a dreadful state of mind.

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading Uncle James has just gone, and the group of elders in the parlour are just drawing their chairs closer together to fill up the gap which his departure has made, when they hear a hasty knock at the door; a hasty, imperative summons, as if from urgent need that would not be denied access, and a dripping messenger stands on the threshold--for the cold rain of winter falls heavily without--begging that Mr. Melville would go with him to see a dying man, a stranger who has taken up his residence for the last few weeks at a small inn in the neighbourhood, and was now, apparently, on the very brink of death, and in a dreadful state of mind.

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From this reading Uncle James has just gone, and the group of elders in the parlour are just drawing their chairs closer together to fill up the gap which his departure has made, when they hear a hasty knock at the door; a hasty, imperative summons, as if from urgent need that would not be denied access, and a dripping messenger stands on the threshold--for the cold rain of winter falls heavily without--begging that Mr. Melville would go with him to see a dying man, a stranger who has taken up his residence for the last few weeks at a small inn in the neighbourhood, and was now, apparently, on the very brink of death, and in a dreadful state of mind.

used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative

From this reading Uncle James has just gone, and the group of elders in the parlour are just drawing their chairs closer together to fill up the gap which his departure has made, when they hear a hasty knock at the door; a hasty, imperative summons, as if from urgent need that would not be denied access, and a dripping messenger stands on the threshold--for the cold rain of winter falls heavily without--begging that Mr. Melville would go with him to see a dying man, a stranger who has taken up his residence for the last few weeks at a small inn in the neighbourhood, and was now, apparently, on the very brink of death, and in a dreadful state of mind.

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From this reading Uncle James has just gone, and the group of elders in the parlour are just drawing their chairs closer together to fill up the gap which his departure has made, when they hear a hasty knock at the door; a hasty, imperative summons, as if from urgent need that would not be denied access, and a dripping messenger stands on the threshold--for the cold rain of winter falls heavily without--begging that Mr. Melville would go with him to see a dying man, a stranger who has taken up his residence for the last few weeks at a small inn in the neighbourhood, and was now, apparently, on the very brink of death, and in a dreadful state of mind.

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

From this reading Thou softener of earth’s pain, Oh Change! sweet gift of the Infinite to the weak, We hail alike thy sunshine and thy rain; Awe dwells supreme in yon eternal light, Horror in misery’s doom; But frail humanity dares breathe, when bright Thy tremulous radiance mingles with the gloom.--Y.S.P.

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From this reading Thou softener of earth’s pain, Oh Change! sweet gift of the Infinite to the weak, We hail alike thy sunshine and thy rain; Awe dwells supreme in yon eternal light, Horror in misery’s doom; But frail humanity dares breathe, when bright Thy tremulous radiance mingles with the gloom.--Y.S.P.

touching and supported by a surface

From this reading Uncle James has just gone, and the group of elders in the parlour are just drawing their chairs closer together to fill up the gap which his departure has made, when they hear a hasty knock at the door; a hasty, imperative summons, as if from urgent need that would not be denied access, and a dripping messenger stands on the threshold--for the cold rain of winter falls heavily without--begging that Mr. Melville would go with him to see a dying man, a stranger who has taken up his residence for the last few weeks at a small inn in the neighbourhood, and was now, apparently, on the very brink of death, and in a dreadful state of mind.

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From this reading The calls of the sick and dying were as God’s special commands to Halbert; and he rose at once to accompany the messenger, though the faces of his wife and sisters twain, darkened with care as he did so.

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From this reading Thou softener of earth’s pain, Oh Change! sweet gift of the Infinite to the weak, We hail alike thy sunshine and thy rain; Awe dwells supreme in yon eternal light, Horror in misery’s doom; But frail humanity dares breathe, when bright Thy tremulous radiance mingles with the gloom.--Y.S.P.

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From this reading Thou softener of earth’s pain, Oh Change! sweet gift of the Infinite to the weak, We hail alike thy sunshine and thy rain; Awe dwells supreme in yon eternal light, Horror in misery’s doom; But frail humanity dares breathe, when bright Thy tremulous radiance mingles with the gloom.--Y.S.P.

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From this reading Uncle James has just gone, and the group of elders in the parlour are just drawing their chairs closer together to fill up the gap which his departure has made, when they hear a hasty knock at the door; a hasty, imperative summons, as if from urgent need that would not be denied access, and a dripping messenger stands on the threshold--for the cold rain of winter falls heavily without--begging that Mr. Melville would go with him to see a dying man, a stranger who has taken up his residence for the last few weeks at a small inn in the neighbourhood, and was now, apparently, on the very brink of death, and in a dreadful state of mind.

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From this reading Thou softener of earth’s pain, Oh Change! sweet gift of the Infinite to the weak, We hail alike thy sunshine and thy rain; Awe dwells supreme in yon eternal light, Horror in misery’s doom; But frail humanity dares breathe, when bright Thy tremulous radiance mingles with the gloom.--Y.S.P.

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From this reading Men rail upon the Change!

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From this reading Thou softener of earth’s pain, Oh Change! sweet gift of the Infinite to the weak, We hail alike thy sunshine and thy rain; Awe dwells supreme in yon eternal light, Horror in misery’s doom; But frail humanity dares breathe, when bright Thy tremulous radiance mingles with the gloom.--Y.S.P.

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From this reading Uncle James has just gone, and the group of elders in the parlour are just drawing their chairs closer together to fill up the gap which his departure has made, when they hear a hasty knock at the door; a hasty, imperative summons, as if from urgent need that would not be denied access, and a dripping messenger stands on the threshold--for the cold rain of winter falls heavily without--begging that Mr. Melville would go with him to see a dying man, a stranger who has taken up his residence for the last few weeks at a small inn in the neighbourhood, and was now, apparently, on the very brink of death, and in a dreadful state of mind.

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From this reading The calls of the sick and dying were as God’s special commands to Halbert; and he rose at once to accompany the messenger, though the faces of his wife and sisters twain, darkened with care as he did so.

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From this reading Thou softener of earth’s pain, Oh Change! sweet gift of the Infinite to the weak, We hail alike thy sunshine and thy rain; Awe dwells supreme in yon eternal light, Horror in misery’s doom; But frail humanity dares breathe, when bright Thy tremulous radiance mingles with the gloom.--Y.S.P.

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From this reading Uncle James has just gone, and the group of elders in the parlour are just drawing their chairs closer together to fill up the gap which his departure has made, when they hear a hasty knock at the door; a hasty, imperative summons, as if from urgent need that would not be denied access, and a dripping messenger stands on the threshold--for the cold rain of winter falls heavily without--begging that Mr. Melville would go with him to see a dying man, a stranger who has taken up his residence for the last few weeks at a small inn in the neighbourhood, and was now, apparently, on the very brink of death, and in a dreadful state of mind.

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From this reading The calls of the sick and dying were as God’s special commands to Halbert; and he rose at once to accompany the messenger, though the faces of his wife and sisters twain, darkened with care as he did so.

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From this reading The calls of the sick and dying were as God’s special commands to Halbert; and he rose at once to accompany the messenger, though the faces of his wife and sisters twain, darkened with care as he did so.

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From this reading Uncle James has just gone, and the group of elders in the parlour are just drawing their chairs closer together to fill up the gap which his departure has made, when they hear a hasty knock at the door; a hasty, imperative summons, as if from urgent need that would not be denied access, and a dripping messenger stands on the threshold--for the cold rain of winter falls heavily without--begging that Mr. Melville would go with him to see a dying man, a stranger who has taken up his residence for the last few weeks at a small inn in the neighbourhood, and was now, apparently, on the very brink of death, and in a dreadful state of mind.

for that reason; with the result that

From this reading The calls of the sick and dying were as God’s special commands to Halbert; and he rose at once to accompany the messenger, though the faces of his wife and sisters twain, darkened with care as he did so.

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From this reading Thou softener of earth’s pain, Oh Change! sweet gift of the Infinite to the weak, We hail alike thy sunshine and thy rain; Awe dwells supreme in yon eternal light, Horror in misery’s doom; But frail humanity dares breathe, when bright Thy tremulous radiance mingles with the gloom.--Y.S.P.

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From this reading * * * * * But think they as they speak?

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From this reading The calls of the sick and dying were as God’s special commands to Halbert; and he rose at once to accompany the messenger, though the faces of his wife and sisters twain, darkened with care as he did so.

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From this reading Uncle James has just gone, and the group of elders in the parlour are just drawing their chairs closer together to fill up the gap which his departure has made, when they hear a hasty knock at the door; a hasty, imperative summons, as if from urgent need that would not be denied access, and a dripping messenger stands on the threshold--for the cold rain of winter falls heavily without--begging that Mr. Melville would go with him to see a dying man, a stranger who has taken up his residence for the last few weeks at a small inn in the neighbourhood, and was now, apparently, on the very brink of death, and in a dreadful state of mind.

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From this reading Uncle James has just gone, and the group of elders in the parlour are just drawing their chairs closer together to fill up the gap which his departure has made, when they hear a hasty knock at the door; a hasty, imperative summons, as if from urgent need that would not be denied access, and a dripping messenger stands on the threshold--for the cold rain of winter falls heavily without--begging that Mr. Melville would go with him to see a dying man, a stranger who has taken up his residence for the last few weeks at a small inn in the neighbourhood, and was now, apparently, on the very brink of death, and in a dreadful state of mind.

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From this reading Uncle James has just gone, and the group of elders in the parlour are just drawing their chairs closer together to fill up the gap which his departure has made, when they hear a hasty knock at the door; a hasty, imperative summons, as if from urgent need that would not be denied access, and a dripping messenger stands on the threshold--for the cold rain of winter falls heavily without--begging that Mr. Melville would go with him to see a dying man, a stranger who has taken up his residence for the last few weeks at a small inn in the neighbourhood, and was now, apparently, on the very brink of death, and in a dreadful state of mind.

an official order to appear or respond

From this reading Uncle James has just gone, and the group of elders in the parlour are just drawing their chairs closer together to fill up the gap which his departure has made, when they hear a hasty knock at the door; a hasty, imperative summons, as if from urgent need that would not be denied access, and a dripping messenger stands on the threshold--for the cold rain of winter falls heavily without--begging that Mr. Melville would go with him to see a dying man, a stranger who has taken up his residence for the last few weeks at a small inn in the neighbourhood, and was now, apparently, on the very brink of death, and in a dreadful state of mind.

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From this reading Thou softener of earth’s pain, Oh Change! sweet gift of the Infinite to the weak, We hail alike thy sunshine and thy rain; Awe dwells supreme in yon eternal light, Horror in misery’s doom; But frail humanity dares breathe, when bright Thy tremulous radiance mingles with the gloom.--Y.S.P.

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From this reading Thou softener of earth’s pain, Oh Change! sweet gift of the Infinite to the weak, We hail alike thy sunshine and thy rain; Awe dwells supreme in yon eternal light, Horror in misery’s doom; But frail humanity dares breathe, when bright Thy tremulous radiance mingles with the gloom.--Y.S.P.

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From this reading Thou softener of earth’s pain, Oh Change! sweet gift of the Infinite to the weak, We hail alike thy sunshine and thy rain; Awe dwells supreme in yon eternal light, Horror in misery’s doom; But frail humanity dares breathe, when bright Thy tremulous radiance mingles with the gloom.--Y.S.P.

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From this reading Uncle James has just gone, and the group of elders in the parlour are just drawing their chairs closer together to fill up the gap which his departure has made, when they hear a hasty knock at the door; a hasty, imperative summons, as if from urgent need that would not be denied access, and a dripping messenger stands on the threshold--for the cold rain of winter falls heavily without--begging that Mr. Melville would go with him to see a dying man, a stranger who has taken up his residence for the last few weeks at a small inn in the neighbourhood, and was now, apparently, on the very brink of death, and in a dreadful state of mind.

used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt

From this reading Uncle James has just gone, and the group of elders in the parlour are just drawing their chairs closer together to fill up the gap which his departure has made, when they hear a hasty knock at the door; a hasty, imperative summons, as if from urgent need that would not be denied access, and a dripping messenger stands on the threshold--for the cold rain of winter falls heavily without--begging that Mr. Melville would go with him to see a dying man, a stranger who has taken up his residence for the last few weeks at a small inn in the neighbourhood, and was now, apparently, on the very brink of death, and in a dreadful state of mind.

used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind

From this reading Men rail upon the Change!

belonging to the people or things already mentioned

From this reading Uncle James has just gone, and the group of elders in the parlour are just drawing their chairs closer together to fill up the gap which his departure has made, when they hear a hasty knock at the door; a hasty, imperative summons, as if from urgent need that would not be denied access, and a dripping messenger stands on the threshold--for the cold rain of winter falls heavily without--begging that Mr. Melville would go with him to see a dying man, a stranger who has taken up his residence for the last few weeks at a small inn in the neighbourhood, and was now, apparently, on the very brink of death, and in a dreadful state of mind.

the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject

From this reading * * * * * But think they as they speak?

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading * * * * * But think they as they speak?

an old word for “you”, as the subject, speaking to one person

From this reading Thou softener of earth’s pain, Oh Change! sweet gift of the Infinite to the weak, We hail alike thy sunshine and thy rain; Awe dwells supreme in yon eternal light, Horror in misery’s doom; But frail humanity dares breathe, when bright Thy tremulous radiance mingles with the gloom.--Y.S.P.

in spite of the fact that

From this reading The calls of the sick and dying were as God’s special commands to Halbert; and he rose at once to accompany the messenger, though the faces of his wife and sisters twain, darkened with care as he did so.

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From this reading Uncle James has just gone, and the group of elders in the parlour are just drawing their chairs closer together to fill up the gap which his departure has made, when they hear a hasty knock at the door; a hasty, imperative summons, as if from urgent need that would not be denied access, and a dripping messenger stands on the threshold--for the cold rain of winter falls heavily without--begging that Mr. Melville would go with him to see a dying man, a stranger who has taken up his residence for the last few weeks at a small inn in the neighbourhood, and was now, apparently, on the very brink of death, and in a dreadful state of mind.

an old word for “your”, speaking to one person

From this reading Thou softener of earth’s pain, Oh Change! sweet gift of the Infinite to the weak, We hail alike thy sunshine and thy rain; Awe dwells supreme in yon eternal light, Horror in misery’s doom; But frail humanity dares breathe, when bright Thy tremulous radiance mingles with the gloom.--Y.S.P.

used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive

From this reading Thou softener of earth’s pain, Oh Change! sweet gift of the Infinite to the weak, We hail alike thy sunshine and thy rain; Awe dwells supreme in yon eternal light, Horror in misery’s doom; But frail humanity dares breathe, when bright Thy tremulous radiance mingles with the gloom.--Y.S.P.

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From this reading Uncle James has just gone, and the group of elders in the parlour are just drawing their chairs closer together to fill up the gap which his departure has made, when they hear a hasty knock at the door; a hasty, imperative summons, as if from urgent need that would not be denied access, and a dripping messenger stands on the threshold--for the cold rain of winter falls heavily without--begging that Mr. Melville would go with him to see a dying man, a stranger who has taken up his residence for the last few weeks at a small inn in the neighbourhood, and was now, apparently, on the very brink of death, and in a dreadful state of mind.

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From this reading Thou softener of earth’s pain, Oh Change! sweet gift of the Infinite to the weak, We hail alike thy sunshine and thy rain; Awe dwells supreme in yon eternal light, Horror in misery’s doom; But frail humanity dares breathe, when bright Thy tremulous radiance mingles with the gloom.--Y.S.P.

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From this reading The calls of the sick and dying were as God’s special commands to Halbert; and he rose at once to accompany the messenger, though the faces of his wife and sisters twain, darkened with care as he did so.

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From this reading Uncle James has just gone, and the group of elders in the parlour are just drawing their chairs closer together to fill up the gap which his departure has made, when they hear a hasty knock at the door; a hasty, imperative summons, as if from urgent need that would not be denied access, and a dripping messenger stands on the threshold--for the cold rain of winter falls heavily without--begging that Mr. Melville would go with him to see a dying man, a stranger who has taken up his residence for the last few weeks at a small inn in the neighbourhood, and was now, apparently, on the very brink of death, and in a dreadful state of mind.

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From this reading Uncle James has just gone, and the group of elders in the parlour are just drawing their chairs closer together to fill up the gap which his departure has made, when they hear a hasty knock at the door; a hasty, imperative summons, as if from urgent need that would not be denied access, and a dripping messenger stands on the threshold--for the cold rain of winter falls heavily without--begging that Mr. Melville would go with him to see a dying man, a stranger who has taken up his residence for the last few weeks at a small inn in the neighbourhood, and was now, apparently, on the very brink of death, and in a dreadful state of mind.

a formal word for “on”

From this reading Men rail upon the Change!

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From this reading Uncle James has just gone, and the group of elders in the parlour are just drawing their chairs closer together to fill up the gap which his departure has made, when they hear a hasty knock at the door; a hasty, imperative summons, as if from urgent need that would not be denied access, and a dripping messenger stands on the threshold--for the cold rain of winter falls heavily without--begging that Mr. Melville would go with him to see a dying man, a stranger who has taken up his residence for the last few weeks at a small inn in the neighbourhood, and was now, apparently, on the very brink of death, and in a dreadful state of mind.

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From this reading Uncle James has just gone, and the group of elders in the parlour are just drawing their chairs closer together to fill up the gap which his departure has made, when they hear a hasty knock at the door; a hasty, imperative summons, as if from urgent need that would not be denied access, and a dripping messenger stands on the threshold--for the cold rain of winter falls heavily without--begging that Mr. Melville would go with him to see a dying man, a stranger who has taken up his residence for the last few weeks at a small inn in the neighbourhood, and was now, apparently, on the very brink of death, and in a dreadful state of mind.

the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun

From this reading Uncle James has just gone, and the group of elders in the parlour are just drawing their chairs closer together to fill up the gap which his departure has made, when they hear a hasty knock at the door; a hasty, imperative summons, as if from urgent need that would not be denied access, and a dripping messenger stands on the threshold--for the cold rain of winter falls heavily without--begging that Mr. Melville would go with him to see a dying man, a stranger who has taken up his residence for the last few weeks at a small inn in the neighbourhood, and was now, apparently, on the very brink of death, and in a dreadful state of mind.

the speaker together with one or more other people

From this reading Thou softener of earth’s pain, Oh Change! sweet gift of the Infinite to the weak, We hail alike thy sunshine and thy rain; Awe dwells supreme in yon eternal light, Horror in misery’s doom; But frail humanity dares breathe, when bright Thy tremulous radiance mingles with the gloom.--Y.S.P.

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From this reading Thou softener of earth’s pain, Oh Change! sweet gift of the Infinite to the weak, We hail alike thy sunshine and thy rain; Awe dwells supreme in yon eternal light, Horror in misery’s doom; But frail humanity dares breathe, when bright Thy tremulous radiance mingles with the gloom.--Y.S.P.

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From this reading Uncle James has just gone, and the group of elders in the parlour are just drawing their chairs closer together to fill up the gap which his departure has made, when they hear a hasty knock at the door; a hasty, imperative summons, as if from urgent need that would not be denied access, and a dripping messenger stands on the threshold--for the cold rain of winter falls heavily without--begging that Mr. Melville would go with him to see a dying man, a stranger who has taken up his residence for the last few weeks at a small inn in the neighbourhood, and was now, apparently, on the very brink of death, and in a dreadful state of mind.

the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun

From this reading The calls of the sick and dying were as God’s special commands to Halbert; and he rose at once to accompany the messenger, though the faces of his wife and sisters twain, darkened with care as he did so.

at the time that

From this reading Thou softener of earth’s pain, Oh Change! sweet gift of the Infinite to the weak, We hail alike thy sunshine and thy rain; Awe dwells supreme in yon eternal light, Horror in misery’s doom; But frail humanity dares breathe, when bright Thy tremulous radiance mingles with the gloom.--Y.S.P.

used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned

From this reading Uncle James has just gone, and the group of elders in the parlour are just drawing their chairs closer together to fill up the gap which his departure has made, when they hear a hasty knock at the door; a hasty, imperative summons, as if from urgent need that would not be denied access, and a dripping messenger stands on the threshold--for the cold rain of winter falls heavily without--begging that Mr. Melville would go with him to see a dying man, a stranger who has taken up his residence for the last few weeks at a small inn in the neighbourhood, and was now, apparently, on the very brink of death, and in a dreadful state of mind.

which person or people

From this reading Uncle James has just gone, and the group of elders in the parlour are just drawing their chairs closer together to fill up the gap which his departure has made, when they hear a hasty knock at the door; a hasty, imperative summons, as if from urgent need that would not be denied access, and a dripping messenger stands on the threshold--for the cold rain of winter falls heavily without--begging that Mr. Melville would go with him to see a dying man, a stranger who has taken up his residence for the last few weeks at a small inn in the neighbourhood, and was now, apparently, on the very brink of death, and in a dreadful state of mind.

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From this reading The calls of the sick and dying were as God’s special commands to Halbert; and he rose at once to accompany the messenger, though the faces of his wife and sisters twain, darkened with care as he did so.

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From this reading Uncle James has just gone, and the group of elders in the parlour are just drawing their chairs closer together to fill up the gap which his departure has made, when they hear a hasty knock at the door; a hasty, imperative summons, as if from urgent need that would not be denied access, and a dripping messenger stands on the threshold--for the cold rain of winter falls heavily without--begging that Mr. Melville would go with him to see a dying man, a stranger who has taken up his residence for the last few weeks at a small inn in the neighbourhood, and was now, apparently, on the very brink of death, and in a dreadful state of mind.

in the company of; together with

From this reading Thou softener of earth’s pain, Oh Change! sweet gift of the Infinite to the weak, We hail alike thy sunshine and thy rain; Awe dwells supreme in yon eternal light, Horror in misery’s doom; But frail humanity dares breathe, when bright Thy tremulous radiance mingles with the gloom.--Y.S.P.

not having, not using, or not accompanied by

From this reading Uncle James has just gone, and the group of elders in the parlour are just drawing their chairs closer together to fill up the gap which his departure has made, when they hear a hasty knock at the door; a hasty, imperative summons, as if from urgent need that would not be denied access, and a dripping messenger stands on the threshold--for the cold rain of winter falls heavily without--begging that Mr. Melville would go with him to see a dying man, a stranger who has taken up his residence for the last few weeks at a small inn in the neighbourhood, and was now, apparently, on the very brink of death, and in a dreadful state of mind.

used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past

From this reading Uncle James has just gone, and the group of elders in the parlour are just drawing their chairs closer together to fill up the gap which his departure has made, when they hear a hasty knock at the door; a hasty, imperative summons, as if from urgent need that would not be denied access, and a dripping messenger stands on the threshold--for the cold rain of winter falls heavily without--begging that Mr. Melville would go with him to see a dying man, a stranger who has taken up his residence for the last few weeks at a small inn in the neighbourhood, and was now, apparently, on the very brink of death, and in a dreadful state of mind.

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading Thou softener of earth’s pain, Oh Change! sweet gift of the Infinite to the weak, We hail alike thy sunshine and thy rain; Awe dwells supreme in yon eternal light, Horror in misery’s doom; But frail humanity dares breathe, when bright Thy tremulous radiance mingles with the gloom.--Y.S.P.

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading Thou softener of earth’s pain, Oh Change! sweet gift of the Infinite to the weak, We hail alike thy sunshine and thy rain; Awe dwells supreme in yon eternal light, Horror in misery’s doom; But frail humanity dares breathe, when bright Thy tremulous radiance mingles with the gloom.--Y.S.P.