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Chapter XXVIII
A SOUTHERN WINTER. “Listen how the linnets sing, Cicely dear; Watch you where the lilies spring, Cicely sweet.” * * * * * * “The lilies shall be for thy brow to wear, The linnets shall sing of the love I bear.” Ballad. NO sooner had the door closed on Cicely and her little cousin than Mrs. Crichton’s pent-up curiosity broke forth.
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an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “NO sooner had the door closed on Cicely and her little cousin than Mrs. Crichton’s pent-up curiosity broke forth.”
used with I and we for the future, or to offer and suggest
From this reading “* * * * * * “The lilies shall be for thy brow to wear, The linnets shall sing of the love I bear.””
an old word for “your”, speaking to one person
From this reading “* * * * * * “The lilies shall be for thy brow to wear, The linnets shall sing of the love I bear.””
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used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading A SOUTHERN WINTER.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading NO sooner had the door closed on Cicely and her little cousin than Mrs. Crichton’s pent-up curiosity broke forth.
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From this reading Ballad.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading * * * * * * “The lilies shall be for thy brow to wear, The linnets shall sing of the love I bear.”
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From this reading * * * * * * “The lilies shall be for thy brow to wear, The linnets shall sing of the love I bear.”
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From this reading NO sooner had the door closed on Cicely and her little cousin than Mrs. Crichton’s pent-up curiosity broke forth.
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From this reading * * * * * * “The lilies shall be for thy brow to wear, The linnets shall sing of the love I bear.”
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From this reading “Listen how the linnets sing, Cicely dear; Watch you where the lilies spring, Cicely sweet.”
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From this reading NO sooner had the door closed on Cicely and her little cousin than Mrs. Crichton’s pent-up curiosity broke forth.
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From this reading NO sooner had the door closed on Cicely and her little cousin than Mrs. Crichton’s pent-up curiosity broke forth.
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From this reading NO sooner had the door closed on Cicely and her little cousin than Mrs. Crichton’s pent-up curiosity broke forth.
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From this reading NO sooner had the door closed on Cicely and her little cousin than Mrs. Crichton’s pent-up curiosity broke forth.
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From this reading “Listen how the linnets sing, Cicely dear; Watch you where the lilies spring, Cicely sweet.”
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From this reading NO sooner had the door closed on Cicely and her little cousin than Mrs. Crichton’s pent-up curiosity broke forth.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading * * * * * * “The lilies shall be for thy brow to wear, The linnets shall sing of the love I bear.”
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From this reading NO sooner had the door closed on Cicely and her little cousin than Mrs. Crichton’s pent-up curiosity broke forth.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading NO sooner had the door closed on Cicely and her little cousin than Mrs. Crichton’s pent-up curiosity broke forth.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading NO sooner had the door closed on Cicely and her little cousin than Mrs. Crichton’s pent-up curiosity broke forth.
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From this reading “Listen how the linnets sing, Cicely dear; Watch you where the lilies spring, Cicely sweet.”
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading * * * * * * “The lilies shall be for thy brow to wear, The linnets shall sing of the love I bear.”
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From this reading “Listen how the linnets sing, Cicely dear; Watch you where the lilies spring, Cicely sweet.”
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From this reading “Listen how the linnets sing, Cicely dear; Watch you where the lilies spring, Cicely sweet.”
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading “Listen how the linnets sing, Cicely dear; Watch you where the lilies spring, Cicely sweet.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading NO sooner had the door closed on Cicely and her little cousin than Mrs. Crichton’s pent-up curiosity broke forth.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading * * * * * * “The lilies shall be for thy brow to wear, The linnets shall sing of the love I bear.”
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From this reading NO sooner had the door closed on Cicely and her little cousin than Mrs. Crichton’s pent-up curiosity broke forth.
not any; not one
From this reading NO sooner had the door closed on Cicely and her little cousin than Mrs. Crichton’s pent-up curiosity broke forth.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading * * * * * * “The lilies shall be for thy brow to wear, The linnets shall sing of the love I bear.”
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading NO sooner had the door closed on Cicely and her little cousin than Mrs. Crichton’s pent-up curiosity broke forth.
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From this reading NO sooner had the door closed on Cicely and her little cousin than Mrs. Crichton’s pent-up curiosity broke forth.
used with I and we for the future, or to offer and suggest
From this reading * * * * * * “The lilies shall be for thy brow to wear, The linnets shall sing of the love I bear.”
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From this reading “Listen how the linnets sing, Cicely dear; Watch you where the lilies spring, Cicely sweet.”
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From this reading NO sooner had the door closed on Cicely and her little cousin than Mrs. Crichton’s pent-up curiosity broke forth.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading A SOUTHERN WINTER.
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From this reading “Listen how the linnets sing, Cicely dear; Watch you where the lilies spring, Cicely sweet.”
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From this reading “Listen how the linnets sing, Cicely dear; Watch you where the lilies spring, Cicely sweet.”
used to introduce the second part of a comparison
From this reading NO sooner had the door closed on Cicely and her little cousin than Mrs. Crichton’s pent-up curiosity broke forth.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading “Listen how the linnets sing, Cicely dear; Watch you where the lilies spring, Cicely sweet.”
an old word for “your”, speaking to one person
From this reading * * * * * * “The lilies shall be for thy brow to wear, The linnets shall sing of the love I bear.”
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading * * * * * * “The lilies shall be for thy brow to wear, The linnets shall sing of the love I bear.”
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From this reading “Listen how the linnets sing, Cicely dear; Watch you where the lilies spring, Cicely sweet.”
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From this reading * * * * * * “The lilies shall be for thy brow to wear, The linnets shall sing of the love I bear.”
in or at the place that
From this reading “Listen how the linnets sing, Cicely dear; Watch you where the lilies spring, Cicely sweet.”
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From this reading A SOUTHERN WINTER.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading “Listen how the linnets sing, Cicely dear; Watch you where the lilies spring, Cicely sweet.”
