Chapter I

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

From this reading It will be remembered, doubtless, that the chronicles of my very dear friend, Colonel Carter (published some years ago), make mention of but one festival of importance--a dinner given at Carter Hall, near Cartersville, Virginia; the Colonel's ancestral home.

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From this reading This dinner, as you already know, was to celebrate two important events--the sale to the English syndicate of the coal lands, the exclusive property of the Colonel's beloved aunt, Miss Nancy Carter; and the instantaneous transfer by that generous woman of all the purchase money to the Colonel's slender bank account: a transaction which, to quote his own words as he gallantly drank her health in acknowledgment of the gift, "enabled him to provide for one of the loveliest of her sex--she who graces our boa'd--and to enrich her declining days not only with all the comforts, but with many of the luxuries she was bawn to enjoy."

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From this reading This dinner, as you already know, was to celebrate two important events--the sale to the English syndicate of the coal lands, the exclusive property of the Colonel's beloved aunt, Miss Nancy Carter; and the instantaneous transfer by that generous woman of all the purchase money to the Colonel's slender bank account: a transaction which, to quote his own words as he gallantly drank her health in acknowledgment of the gift, "enabled him to provide for one of the loveliest of her sex--she who graces our boa'd--and to enrich her declining days not only with all the comforts, but with many of the luxuries she was bawn to enjoy."

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From this reading It will be remembered, doubtless, that the chronicles of my very dear friend, Colonel Carter (published some years ago), make mention of but one festival of importance--a dinner given at Carter Hall, near Cartersville, Virginia; the Colonel's ancestral home.

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From this reading This dinner, as you already know, was to celebrate two important events--the sale to the English syndicate of the coal lands, the exclusive property of the Colonel's beloved aunt, Miss Nancy Carter; and the instantaneous transfer by that generous woman of all the purchase money to the Colonel's slender bank account: a transaction which, to quote his own words as he gallantly drank her health in acknowledgment of the gift, "enabled him to provide for one of the loveliest of her sex--she who graces our boa'd--and to enrich her declining days not only with all the comforts, but with many of the luxuries she was bawn to enjoy."

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading This dinner, as you already know, was to celebrate two important events--the sale to the English syndicate of the coal lands, the exclusive property of the Colonel's beloved aunt, Miss Nancy Carter; and the instantaneous transfer by that generous woman of all the purchase money to the Colonel's slender bank account: a transaction which, to quote his own words as he gallantly drank her health in acknowledgment of the gift, "enabled him to provide for one of the loveliest of her sex--she who graces our boa'd--and to enrich her declining days not only with all the comforts, but with many of the luxuries she was bawn to enjoy."

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From this reading It will be remembered, doubtless, that the chronicles of my very dear friend, Colonel Carter (published some years ago), make mention of but one festival of importance--a dinner given at Carter Hall, near Cartersville, Virginia; the Colonel's ancestral home.

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

From this reading This dinner, as you already know, was to celebrate two important events--the sale to the English syndicate of the coal lands, the exclusive property of the Colonel's beloved aunt, Miss Nancy Carter; and the instantaneous transfer by that generous woman of all the purchase money to the Colonel's slender bank account: a transaction which, to quote his own words as he gallantly drank her health in acknowledgment of the gift, "enabled him to provide for one of the loveliest of her sex--she who graces our boa'd--and to enrich her declining days not only with all the comforts, but with many of the luxuries she was bawn to enjoy."

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

From this reading This dinner, as you already know, was to celebrate two important events--the sale to the English syndicate of the coal lands, the exclusive property of the Colonel's beloved aunt, Miss Nancy Carter; and the instantaneous transfer by that generous woman of all the purchase money to the Colonel's slender bank account: a transaction which, to quote his own words as he gallantly drank her health in acknowledgment of the gift, "enabled him to provide for one of the loveliest of her sex--she who graces our boa'd--and to enrich her declining days not only with all the comforts, but with many of the luxuries she was bawn to enjoy."

in or near a particular place or position

From this reading It will be remembered, doubtless, that the chronicles of my very dear friend, Colonel Carter (published some years ago), make mention of but one festival of importance--a dinner given at Carter Hall, near Cartersville, Virginia; the Colonel's ancestral home.

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From this reading This dinner, as you already know, was to celebrate two important events--the sale to the English syndicate of the coal lands, the exclusive property of the Colonel's beloved aunt, Miss Nancy Carter; and the instantaneous transfer by that generous woman of all the purchase money to the Colonel's slender bank account: a transaction which, to quote his own words as he gallantly drank her health in acknowledgment of the gift, "enabled him to provide for one of the loveliest of her sex--she who graces our boa'd--and to enrich her declining days not only with all the comforts, but with many of the luxuries she was bawn to enjoy."

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From this reading This house, you will recall, sat back from the street behind a larger and more modern dwelling, its only outlet to the main thoroughfare being through a narrow, grewsome tunnel, lighted during the day by a half-moon sawed out in the swinging gate which marked its street entrance and illumined at night by a rusty lantern with dingy glass sides.

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From this reading This dinner, as you already know, was to celebrate two important events--the sale to the English syndicate of the coal lands, the exclusive property of the Colonel's beloved aunt, Miss Nancy Carter; and the instantaneous transfer by that generous woman of all the purchase money to the Colonel's slender bank account: a transaction which, to quote his own words as he gallantly drank her health in acknowledgment of the gift, "enabled him to provide for one of the loveliest of her sex--she who graces our boa'd--and to enrich her declining days not only with all the comforts, but with many of the luxuries she was bawn to enjoy."

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From this reading This dinner, as you already know, was to celebrate two important events--the sale to the English syndicate of the coal lands, the exclusive property of the Colonel's beloved aunt, Miss Nancy Carter; and the instantaneous transfer by that generous woman of all the purchase money to the Colonel's slender bank account: a transaction which, to quote his own words as he gallantly drank her health in acknowledgment of the gift, "enabled him to provide for one of the loveliest of her sex--she who graces our boa'd--and to enrich her declining days not only with all the comforts, but with many of the luxuries she was bawn to enjoy."

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

From this reading It will be remembered, doubtless, that the chronicles of my very dear friend, Colonel Carter (published some years ago), make mention of but one festival of importance--a dinner given at Carter Hall, near Cartersville, Virginia; the Colonel's ancestral home.

for the reason that

From this reading All reference to one of these festivals--a particular and most important festival--was omitted, much to my regret, from my published chronicles, owing to the express commands of the Colonel himself: commands issued not only out of consideration for the feelings of one of the participants--a man who had been challenged by him to mortal duel, and therefore his enemy--but because on that joyous occasion this same offender was his guest, and so protected by his hospitality.

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From this reading Several other festivals, however, did take place: not in the days of the dear Colonel's prosperity, nor yet at Carter Hall, but in his impecunious days in New York, while he was still living in the little house on Bedford Place within a stone's throw of the tall clock-tower of Jefferson Market.

the past participle of “be”

From this reading All reference to one of these festivals--a particular and most important festival--was omitted, much to my regret, from my published chronicles, owing to the express commands of the Colonel himself: commands issued not only out of consideration for the feelings of one of the participants--a man who had been challenged by him to mortal duel, and therefore his enemy--but because on that joyous occasion this same offender was his guest, and so protected by his hospitality.

at or toward the back of something

From this reading This house, you will recall, sat back from the street behind a larger and more modern dwelling, its only outlet to the main thoroughfare being through a narrow, grewsome tunnel, lighted during the day by a half-moon sawed out in the swinging gate which marked its street entrance and illumined at night by a rusty lantern with dingy glass sides.

the -ing form of “be”

From this reading This house, you will recall, sat back from the street behind a larger and more modern dwelling, its only outlet to the main thoroughfare being through a narrow, grewsome tunnel, lighted during the day by a half-moon sawed out in the swinging gate which marked its street entrance and illumined at night by a rusty lantern with dingy glass sides.

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From this reading This dinner, as you already know, was to celebrate two important events--the sale to the English syndicate of the coal lands, the exclusive property of the Colonel's beloved aunt, Miss Nancy Carter; and the instantaneous transfer by that generous woman of all the purchase money to the Colonel's slender bank account: a transaction which, to quote his own words as he gallantly drank her health in acknowledgment of the gift, "enabled him to provide for one of the loveliest of her sex--she who graces our boa'd--and to enrich her declining days not only with all the comforts, but with many of the luxuries she was bawn to enjoy."

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From this reading This dinner, as you already know, was to celebrate two important events--the sale to the English syndicate of the coal lands, the exclusive property of the Colonel's beloved aunt, Miss Nancy Carter; and the instantaneous transfer by that generous woman of all the purchase money to the Colonel's slender bank account: a transaction which, to quote his own words as he gallantly drank her health in acknowledgment of the gift, "enabled him to provide for one of the loveliest of her sex--she who graces our boa'd--and to enrich her declining days not only with all the comforts, but with many of the luxuries she was bawn to enjoy."

used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before

From this reading It will be remembered, doubtless, that the chronicles of my very dear friend, Colonel Carter (published some years ago), make mention of but one festival of importance--a dinner given at Carter Hall, near Cartersville, Virginia; the Colonel's ancestral home.

showing who or what does the action

From this reading This dinner, as you already know, was to celebrate two important events--the sale to the English syndicate of the coal lands, the exclusive property of the Colonel's beloved aunt, Miss Nancy Carter; and the instantaneous transfer by that generous woman of all the purchase money to the Colonel's slender bank account: a transaction which, to quote his own words as he gallantly drank her health in acknowledgment of the gift, "enabled him to provide for one of the loveliest of her sex--she who graces our boa'd--and to enrich her declining days not only with all the comforts, but with many of the luxuries she was bawn to enjoy."

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From this reading It will be remembered, doubtless, that the chronicles of my very dear friend, Colonel Carter (published some years ago), make mention of but one festival of importance--a dinner given at Carter Hall, near Cartersville, Virginia; the Colonel's ancestral home.

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From this reading It will be remembered, doubtless, that the chronicles of my very dear friend, Colonel Carter (published some years ago), make mention of but one festival of importance--a dinner given at Carter Hall, near Cartersville, Virginia; the Colonel's ancestral home.

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

From this reading This dinner, as you already know, was to celebrate two important events--the sale to the English syndicate of the coal lands, the exclusive property of the Colonel's beloved aunt, Miss Nancy Carter; and the instantaneous transfer by that generous woman of all the purchase money to the Colonel's slender bank account: a transaction which, to quote his own words as he gallantly drank her health in acknowledgment of the gift, "enabled him to provide for one of the loveliest of her sex--she who graces our boa'd--and to enrich her declining days not only with all the comforts, but with many of the luxuries she was bawn to enjoy."

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From this reading All reference to one of these festivals--a particular and most important festival--was omitted, much to my regret, from my published chronicles, owing to the express commands of the Colonel himself: commands issued not only out of consideration for the feelings of one of the participants--a man who had been challenged by him to mortal duel, and therefore his enemy--but because on that joyous occasion this same offender was his guest, and so protected by his hospitality.

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From this reading It will be remembered, doubtless, that the chronicles of my very dear friend, Colonel Carter (published some years ago), make mention of but one festival of importance--a dinner given at Carter Hall, near Cartersville, Virginia; the Colonel's ancestral home.

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From this reading Several other festivals, however, did take place: not in the days of the dear Colonel's prosperity, nor yet at Carter Hall, but in his impecunious days in New York, while he was still living in the little house on Bedford Place within a stone's throw of the tall clock-tower of Jefferson Market.

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

From this reading This dinner, as you already know, was to celebrate two important events--the sale to the English syndicate of the coal lands, the exclusive property of the Colonel's beloved aunt, Miss Nancy Carter; and the instantaneous transfer by that generous woman of all the purchase money to the Colonel's slender bank account: a transaction which, to quote his own words as he gallantly drank her health in acknowledgment of the gift, "enabled him to provide for one of the loveliest of her sex--she who graces our boa'd--and to enrich her declining days not only with all the comforts, but with many of the luxuries she was bawn to enjoy."

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From this reading It will be remembered, doubtless, that the chronicles of my very dear friend, Colonel Carter (published some years ago), make mention of but one festival of importance--a dinner given at Carter Hall, near Cartersville, Virginia; the Colonel's ancestral home.

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From this reading It will be remembered, doubtless, that the chronicles of my very dear friend, Colonel Carter (published some years ago), make mention of but one festival of importance--a dinner given at Carter Hall, near Cartersville, Virginia; the Colonel's ancestral home.

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

From this reading This dinner, as you already know, was to celebrate two important events--the sale to the English syndicate of the coal lands, the exclusive property of the Colonel's beloved aunt, Miss Nancy Carter; and the instantaneous transfer by that generous woman of all the purchase money to the Colonel's slender bank account: a transaction which, to quote his own words as he gallantly drank her health in acknowledgment of the gift, "enabled him to provide for one of the loveliest of her sex--she who graces our boa'd--and to enrich her declining days not only with all the comforts, but with many of the luxuries she was bawn to enjoy."

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From this reading All reference to one of these festivals--a particular and most important festival--was omitted, much to my regret, from my published chronicles, owing to the express commands of the Colonel himself: commands issued not only out of consideration for the feelings of one of the participants--a man who had been challenged by him to mortal duel, and therefore his enemy--but because on that joyous occasion this same offender was his guest, and so protected by his hospitality.

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From this reading All reference to one of these festivals--a particular and most important festival--was omitted, much to my regret, from my published chronicles, owing to the express commands of the Colonel himself: commands issued not only out of consideration for the feelings of one of the participants--a man who had been challenged by him to mortal duel, and therefore his enemy--but because on that joyous occasion this same offender was his guest, and so protected by his hospitality.

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From this reading This house, you will recall, sat back from the street behind a larger and more modern dwelling, its only outlet to the main thoroughfare being through a narrow, grewsome tunnel, lighted during the day by a half-moon sawed out in the swinging gate which marked its street entrance and illumined at night by a rusty lantern with dingy glass sides.

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

From this reading This dinner, as you already know, was to celebrate two important events--the sale to the English syndicate of the coal lands, the exclusive property of the Colonel's beloved aunt, Miss Nancy Carter; and the instantaneous transfer by that generous woman of all the purchase money to the Colonel's slender bank account: a transaction which, to quote his own words as he gallantly drank her health in acknowledgment of the gift, "enabled him to provide for one of the loveliest of her sex--she who graces our boa'd--and to enrich her declining days not only with all the comforts, but with many of the luxuries she was bawn to enjoy."

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

From this reading It will be remembered, doubtless, that the chronicles of my very dear friend, Colonel Carter (published some years ago), make mention of but one festival of importance--a dinner given at Carter Hall, near Cartersville, Virginia; the Colonel's ancestral home.

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

From this reading This dinner, as you already know, was to celebrate two important events--the sale to the English syndicate of the coal lands, the exclusive property of the Colonel's beloved aunt, Miss Nancy Carter; and the instantaneous transfer by that generous woman of all the purchase money to the Colonel's slender bank account: a transaction which, to quote his own words as he gallantly drank her health in acknowledgment of the gift, "enabled him to provide for one of the loveliest of her sex--she who graces our boa'd--and to enrich her declining days not only with all the comforts, but with many of the luxuries she was bawn to enjoy."

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

From this reading Several other festivals, however, did take place: not in the days of the dear Colonel's prosperity, nor yet at Carter Hall, but in his impecunious days in New York, while he was still living in the little house on Bedford Place within a stone's throw of the tall clock-tower of Jefferson Market.

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

From this reading This house, you will recall, sat back from the street behind a larger and more modern dwelling, its only outlet to the main thoroughfare being through a narrow, grewsome tunnel, lighted during the day by a half-moon sawed out in the swinging gate which marked its street entrance and illumined at night by a rusty lantern with dingy glass sides.

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From this reading It will be remembered, doubtless, that the chronicles of my very dear friend, Colonel Carter (published some years ago), make mention of but one festival of importance--a dinner given at Carter Hall, near Cartersville, Virginia; the Colonel's ancestral home.

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

From this reading It will be remembered, doubtless, that the chronicles of my very dear friend, Colonel Carter (published some years ago), make mention of but one festival of importance--a dinner given at Carter Hall, near Cartersville, Virginia; the Colonel's ancestral home.

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

From this reading This dinner, as you already know, was to celebrate two important events--the sale to the English syndicate of the coal lands, the exclusive property of the Colonel's beloved aunt, Miss Nancy Carter; and the instantaneous transfer by that generous woman of all the purchase money to the Colonel's slender bank account: a transaction which, to quote his own words as he gallantly drank her health in acknowledgment of the gift, "enabled him to provide for one of the loveliest of her sex--she who graces our boa'd--and to enrich her declining days not only with all the comforts, but with many of the luxuries she was bawn to enjoy."

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

From this reading All reference to one of these festivals--a particular and most important festival--was omitted, much to my regret, from my published chronicles, owing to the express commands of the Colonel himself: commands issued not only out of consideration for the feelings of one of the participants--a man who had been challenged by him to mortal duel, and therefore his enemy--but because on that joyous occasion this same offender was his guest, and so protected by his hospitality.

all through a period, or at some point within it

From this reading This house, you will recall, sat back from the street behind a larger and more modern dwelling, its only outlet to the main thoroughfare being through a narrow, grewsome tunnel, lighted during the day by a half-moon sawed out in the swinging gate which marked its street entrance and illumined at night by a rusty lantern with dingy glass sides.

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From this reading This house, you will recall, sat back from the street behind a larger and more modern dwelling, its only outlet to the main thoroughfare being through a narrow, grewsome tunnel, lighted during the day by a half-moon sawed out in the swinging gate which marked its street entrance and illumined at night by a rusty lantern with dingy glass sides.

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From this reading This dinner, as you already know, was to celebrate two important events--the sale to the English syndicate of the coal lands, the exclusive property of the Colonel's beloved aunt, Miss Nancy Carter; and the instantaneous transfer by that generous woman of all the purchase money to the Colonel's slender bank account: a transaction which, to quote his own words as he gallantly drank her health in acknowledgment of the gift, "enabled him to provide for one of the loveliest of her sex--she who graces our boa'd--and to enrich her declining days not only with all the comforts, but with many of the luxuries she was bawn to enjoy."

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From this reading All reference to one of these festivals--a particular and most important festival--was omitted, much to my regret, from my published chronicles, owing to the express commands of the Colonel himself: commands issued not only out of consideration for the feelings of one of the participants--a man who had been challenged by him to mortal duel, and therefore his enemy--but because on that joyous occasion this same offender was his guest, and so protected by his hospitality.

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From this reading This dinner, as you already know, was to celebrate two important events--the sale to the English syndicate of the coal lands, the exclusive property of the Colonel's beloved aunt, Miss Nancy Carter; and the instantaneous transfer by that generous woman of all the purchase money to the Colonel's slender bank account: a transaction which, to quote his own words as he gallantly drank her health in acknowledgment of the gift, "enabled him to provide for one of the loveliest of her sex--she who graces our boa'd--and to enrich her declining days not only with all the comforts, but with many of the luxuries she was bawn to enjoy."

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From this reading This dinner, as you already know, was to celebrate two important events--the sale to the English syndicate of the coal lands, the exclusive property of the Colonel's beloved aunt, Miss Nancy Carter; and the instantaneous transfer by that generous woman of all the purchase money to the Colonel's slender bank account: a transaction which, to quote his own words as he gallantly drank her health in acknowledgment of the gift, "enabled him to provide for one of the loveliest of her sex--she who graces our boa'd--and to enrich her declining days not only with all the comforts, but with many of the luxuries she was bawn to enjoy."

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From this reading This dinner, as you already know, was to celebrate two important events--the sale to the English syndicate of the coal lands, the exclusive property of the Colonel's beloved aunt, Miss Nancy Carter; and the instantaneous transfer by that generous woman of all the purchase money to the Colonel's slender bank account: a transaction which, to quote his own words as he gallantly drank her health in acknowledgment of the gift, "enabled him to provide for one of the loveliest of her sex--she who graces our boa'd--and to enrich her declining days not only with all the comforts, but with many of the luxuries she was bawn to enjoy."

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From this reading This house, you will recall, sat back from the street behind a larger and more modern dwelling, its only outlet to the main thoroughfare being through a narrow, grewsome tunnel, lighted during the day by a half-moon sawed out in the swinging gate which marked its street entrance and illumined at night by a rusty lantern with dingy glass sides.

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From this reading This dinner, as you already know, was to celebrate two important events--the sale to the English syndicate of the coal lands, the exclusive property of the Colonel's beloved aunt, Miss Nancy Carter; and the instantaneous transfer by that generous woman of all the purchase money to the Colonel's slender bank account: a transaction which, to quote his own words as he gallantly drank her health in acknowledgment of the gift, "enabled him to provide for one of the loveliest of her sex--she who graces our boa'd--and to enrich her declining days not only with all the comforts, but with many of the luxuries she was bawn to enjoy."

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From this reading This dinner, as you already know, was to celebrate two important events--the sale to the English syndicate of the coal lands, the exclusive property of the Colonel's beloved aunt, Miss Nancy Carter; and the instantaneous transfer by that generous woman of all the purchase money to the Colonel's slender bank account: a transaction which, to quote his own words as he gallantly drank her health in acknowledgment of the gift, "enabled him to provide for one of the loveliest of her sex--she who graces our boa'd--and to enrich her declining days not only with all the comforts, but with many of the luxuries she was bawn to enjoy."

to show or communicate a feeling or idea

From this reading All reference to one of these festivals--a particular and most important festival--was omitted, much to my regret, from my published chronicles, owing to the express commands of the Colonel himself: commands issued not only out of consideration for the feelings of one of the participants--a man who had been challenged by him to mortal duel, and therefore his enemy--but because on that joyous occasion this same offender was his guest, and so protected by his hospitality.

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From this reading All reference to one of these festivals--a particular and most important festival--was omitted, much to my regret, from my published chronicles, owing to the express commands of the Colonel himself: commands issued not only out of consideration for the feelings of one of the participants--a man who had been challenged by him to mortal duel, and therefore his enemy--but because on that joyous occasion this same offender was his guest, and so protected by his hospitality.

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From this reading It will be remembered, doubtless, that the chronicles of my very dear friend, Colonel Carter (published some years ago), make mention of but one festival of importance--a dinner given at Carter Hall, near Cartersville, Virginia; the Colonel's ancestral home.

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From this reading Several other festivals, however, did take place: not in the days of the dear Colonel's prosperity, nor yet at Carter Hall, but in his impecunious days in New York, while he was still living in the little house on Bedford Place within a stone's throw of the tall clock-tower of Jefferson Market.

intended to be given to, or used by, somebody

From this reading This dinner, as you already know, was to celebrate two important events--the sale to the English syndicate of the coal lands, the exclusive property of the Colonel's beloved aunt, Miss Nancy Carter; and the instantaneous transfer by that generous woman of all the purchase money to the Colonel's slender bank account: a transaction which, to quote his own words as he gallantly drank her health in acknowledgment of the gift, "enabled him to provide for one of the loveliest of her sex--she who graces our boa'd--and to enrich her declining days not only with all the comforts, but with many of the luxuries she was bawn to enjoy."

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From this reading It will be remembered, doubtless, that the chronicles of my very dear friend, Colonel Carter (published some years ago), make mention of but one festival of importance--a dinner given at Carter Hall, near Cartersville, Virginia; the Colonel's ancestral home.

showing where something starts, or who sent it

From this reading This house, you will recall, sat back from the street behind a larger and more modern dwelling, its only outlet to the main thoroughfare being through a narrow, grewsome tunnel, lighted during the day by a half-moon sawed out in the swinging gate which marked its street entrance and illumined at night by a rusty lantern with dingy glass sides.

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From this reading This dinner, as you already know, was to celebrate two important events--the sale to the English syndicate of the coal lands, the exclusive property of the Colonel's beloved aunt, Miss Nancy Carter; and the instantaneous transfer by that generous woman of all the purchase money to the Colonel's slender bank account: a transaction which, to quote his own words as he gallantly drank her health in acknowledgment of the gift, "enabled him to provide for one of the loveliest of her sex--she who graces our boa'd--and to enrich her declining days not only with all the comforts, but with many of the luxuries she was bawn to enjoy."

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From this reading This house, you will recall, sat back from the street behind a larger and more modern dwelling, its only outlet to the main thoroughfare being through a narrow, grewsome tunnel, lighted during the day by a half-moon sawed out in the swinging gate which marked its street entrance and illumined at night by a rusty lantern with dingy glass sides.

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

From this reading This dinner, as you already know, was to celebrate two important events--the sale to the English syndicate of the coal lands, the exclusive property of the Colonel's beloved aunt, Miss Nancy Carter; and the instantaneous transfer by that generous woman of all the purchase money to the Colonel's slender bank account: a transaction which, to quote his own words as he gallantly drank her health in acknowledgment of the gift, "enabled him to provide for one of the loveliest of her sex--she who graces our boa'd--and to enrich her declining days not only with all the comforts, but with many of the luxuries she was bawn to enjoy."

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From this reading This dinner, as you already know, was to celebrate two important events--the sale to the English syndicate of the coal lands, the exclusive property of the Colonel's beloved aunt, Miss Nancy Carter; and the instantaneous transfer by that generous woman of all the purchase money to the Colonel's slender bank account: a transaction which, to quote his own words as he gallantly drank her health in acknowledgment of the gift, "enabled him to provide for one of the loveliest of her sex--she who graces our boa'd--and to enrich her declining days not only with all the comforts, but with many of the luxuries she was bawn to enjoy."

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

From this reading It will be remembered, doubtless, that the chronicles of my very dear friend, Colonel Carter (published some years ago), make mention of but one festival of importance--a dinner given at Carter Hall, near Cartersville, Virginia; the Colonel's ancestral home.

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From this reading This house, you will recall, sat back from the street behind a larger and more modern dwelling, its only outlet to the main thoroughfare being through a narrow, grewsome tunnel, lighted during the day by a half-moon sawed out in the swinging gate which marked its street entrance and illumined at night by a rusty lantern with dingy glass sides.

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From this reading This dinner, as you already know, was to celebrate two important events--the sale to the English syndicate of the coal lands, the exclusive property of the Colonel's beloved aunt, Miss Nancy Carter; and the instantaneous transfer by that generous woman of all the purchase money to the Colonel's slender bank account: a transaction which, to quote his own words as he gallantly drank her health in acknowledgment of the gift, "enabled him to provide for one of the loveliest of her sex--she who graces our boa'd--and to enrich her declining days not only with all the comforts, but with many of the luxuries she was bawn to enjoy."

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From this reading This house, you will recall, sat back from the street behind a larger and more modern dwelling, its only outlet to the main thoroughfare being through a narrow, grewsome tunnel, lighted during the day by a half-moon sawed out in the swinging gate which marked its street entrance and illumined at night by a rusty lantern with dingy glass sides.

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From this reading All reference to one of these festivals--a particular and most important festival--was omitted, much to my regret, from my published chronicles, owing to the express commands of the Colonel himself: commands issued not only out of consideration for the feelings of one of the participants--a man who had been challenged by him to mortal duel, and therefore his enemy--but because on that joyous occasion this same offender was his guest, and so protected by his hospitality.

the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect

From this reading All reference to one of these festivals--a particular and most important festival--was omitted, much to my regret, from my published chronicles, owing to the express commands of the Colonel himself: commands issued not only out of consideration for the feelings of one of the participants--a man who had been challenged by him to mortal duel, and therefore his enemy--but because on that joyous occasion this same offender was his guest, and so protected by his hospitality.

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From this reading This house, you will recall, sat back from the street behind a larger and more modern dwelling, its only outlet to the main thoroughfare being through a narrow, grewsome tunnel, lighted during the day by a half-moon sawed out in the swinging gate which marked its street entrance and illumined at night by a rusty lantern with dingy glass sides.

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From this reading It will be remembered, doubtless, that the chronicles of my very dear friend, Colonel Carter (published some years ago), make mention of but one festival of importance--a dinner given at Carter Hall, near Cartersville, Virginia; the Colonel's ancestral home.

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

From this reading This dinner, as you already know, was to celebrate two important events--the sale to the English syndicate of the coal lands, the exclusive property of the Colonel's beloved aunt, Miss Nancy Carter; and the instantaneous transfer by that generous woman of all the purchase money to the Colonel's slender bank account: a transaction which, to quote his own words as he gallantly drank her health in acknowledgment of the gift, "enabled him to provide for one of the loveliest of her sex--she who graces our boa'd--and to enrich her declining days not only with all the comforts, but with many of the luxuries she was bawn to enjoy."

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From this reading This dinner, as you already know, was to celebrate two important events--the sale to the English syndicate of the coal lands, the exclusive property of the Colonel's beloved aunt, Miss Nancy Carter; and the instantaneous transfer by that generous woman of all the purchase money to the Colonel's slender bank account: a transaction which, to quote his own words as he gallantly drank her health in acknowledgment of the gift, "enabled him to provide for one of the loveliest of her sex--she who graces our boa'd--and to enrich her declining days not only with all the comforts, but with many of the luxuries she was bawn to enjoy."

belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned

From this reading This dinner, as you already know, was to celebrate two important events--the sale to the English syndicate of the coal lands, the exclusive property of the Colonel's beloved aunt, Miss Nancy Carter; and the instantaneous transfer by that generous woman of all the purchase money to the Colonel's slender bank account: a transaction which, to quote his own words as he gallantly drank her health in acknowledgment of the gift, "enabled him to provide for one of the loveliest of her sex--she who graces our boa'd--and to enrich her declining days not only with all the comforts, but with many of the luxuries she was bawn to enjoy."

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

From this reading This dinner, as you already know, was to celebrate two important events--the sale to the English syndicate of the coal lands, the exclusive property of the Colonel's beloved aunt, Miss Nancy Carter; and the instantaneous transfer by that generous woman of all the purchase money to the Colonel's slender bank account: a transaction which, to quote his own words as he gallantly drank her health in acknowledgment of the gift, "enabled him to provide for one of the loveliest of her sex--she who graces our boa'd--and to enrich her declining days not only with all the comforts, but with many of the luxuries she was bawn to enjoy."

used when the man or boy doing the action is also its object

From this reading All reference to one of these festivals--a particular and most important festival--was omitted, much to my regret, from my published chronicles, owing to the express commands of the Colonel himself: commands issued not only out of consideration for the feelings of one of the participants--a man who had been challenged by him to mortal duel, and therefore his enemy--but because on that joyous occasion this same offender was his guest, and so protected by his hospitality.

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

From this reading This dinner, as you already know, was to celebrate two important events--the sale to the English syndicate of the coal lands, the exclusive property of the Colonel's beloved aunt, Miss Nancy Carter; and the instantaneous transfer by that generous woman of all the purchase money to the Colonel's slender bank account: a transaction which, to quote his own words as he gallantly drank her health in acknowledgment of the gift, "enabled him to provide for one of the loveliest of her sex--she who graces our boa'd--and to enrich her declining days not only with all the comforts, but with many of the luxuries she was bawn to enjoy."

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From this reading It will be remembered, doubtless, that the chronicles of my very dear friend, Colonel Carter (published some years ago), make mention of but one festival of importance--a dinner given at Carter Hall, near Cartersville, Virginia; the Colonel's ancestral home.

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From this reading All reference to one of these festivals--a particular and most important festival--was omitted, much to my regret, from my published chronicles, owing to the express commands of the Colonel himself: commands issued not only out of consideration for the feelings of one of the participants--a man who had been challenged by him to mortal duel, and therefore his enemy--but because on that joyous occasion this same offender was his guest, and so protected by his hospitality.

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From this reading Several other festivals, however, did take place: not in the days of the dear Colonel's prosperity, nor yet at Carter Hall, but in his impecunious days in New York, while he was still living in the little house on Bedford Place within a stone's throw of the tall clock-tower of Jefferson Market.

used to add a contrasting statement

From this reading Several other festivals, however, did take place: not in the days of the dear Colonel's prosperity, nor yet at Carter Hall, but in his impecunious days in New York, while he was still living in the little house on Bedford Place within a stone's throw of the tall clock-tower of Jefferson Market.

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From this reading This house, you will recall, sat back from the street behind a larger and more modern dwelling, its only outlet to the main thoroughfare being through a narrow, grewsome tunnel, lighted during the day by a half-moon sawed out in the swinging gate which marked its street entrance and illumined at night by a rusty lantern with dingy glass sides.

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From this reading Several other festivals, however, did take place: not in the days of the dear Colonel's prosperity, nor yet at Carter Hall, but in his impecunious days in New York, while he was still living in the little house on Bedford Place within a stone's throw of the tall clock-tower of Jefferson Market.

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From this reading It will be remembered, doubtless, that the chronicles of my very dear friend, Colonel Carter (published some years ago), make mention of but one festival of importance--a dinner given at Carter Hall, near Cartersville, Virginia; the Colonel's ancestral home.

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From this reading This dinner, as you already know, was to celebrate two important events--the sale to the English syndicate of the coal lands, the exclusive property of the Colonel's beloved aunt, Miss Nancy Carter; and the instantaneous transfer by that generous woman of all the purchase money to the Colonel's slender bank account: a transaction which, to quote his own words as he gallantly drank her health in acknowledgment of the gift, "enabled him to provide for one of the loveliest of her sex--she who graces our boa'd--and to enrich her declining days not only with all the comforts, but with many of the luxuries she was bawn to enjoy."

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

From this reading This dinner, as you already know, was to celebrate two important events--the sale to the English syndicate of the coal lands, the exclusive property of the Colonel's beloved aunt, Miss Nancy Carter; and the instantaneous transfer by that generous woman of all the purchase money to the Colonel's slender bank account: a transaction which, to quote his own words as he gallantly drank her health in acknowledgment of the gift, "enabled him to provide for one of the loveliest of her sex--she who graces our boa'd--and to enrich her declining days not only with all the comforts, but with many of the luxuries she was bawn to enjoy."

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From this reading This dinner, as you already know, was to celebrate two important events--the sale to the English syndicate of the coal lands, the exclusive property of the Colonel's beloved aunt, Miss Nancy Carter; and the instantaneous transfer by that generous woman of all the purchase money to the Colonel's slender bank account: a transaction which, to quote his own words as he gallantly drank her health in acknowledgment of the gift, "enabled him to provide for one of the loveliest of her sex--she who graces our boa'd--and to enrich her declining days not only with all the comforts, but with many of the luxuries she was bawn to enjoy."

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading All reference to one of these festivals--a particular and most important festival--was omitted, much to my regret, from my published chronicles, owing to the express commands of the Colonel himself: commands issued not only out of consideration for the feelings of one of the participants--a man who had been challenged by him to mortal duel, and therefore his enemy--but because on that joyous occasion this same offender was his guest, and so protected by his hospitality.

a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned

From this reading It will be remembered, doubtless, that the chronicles of my very dear friend, Colonel Carter (published some years ago), make mention of but one festival of importance--a dinner given at Carter Hall, near Cartersville, Virginia; the Colonel's ancestral home.

belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned

From this reading This house, you will recall, sat back from the street behind a larger and more modern dwelling, its only outlet to the main thoroughfare being through a narrow, grewsome tunnel, lighted during the day by a half-moon sawed out in the swinging gate which marked its street entrance and illumined at night by a rusty lantern with dingy glass sides.

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From this reading Several other festivals, however, did take place: not in the days of the dear Colonel's prosperity, nor yet at Carter Hall, but in his impecunious days in New York, while he was still living in the little house on Bedford Place within a stone's throw of the tall clock-tower of Jefferson Market.

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From this reading All reference to one of these festivals--a particular and most important festival--was omitted, much to my regret, from my published chronicles, owing to the express commands of the Colonel himself: commands issued not only out of consideration for the feelings of one of the participants--a man who had been challenged by him to mortal duel, and therefore his enemy--but because on that joyous occasion this same offender was his guest, and so protected by his hospitality.

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading This dinner, as you already know, was to celebrate two important events--the sale to the English syndicate of the coal lands, the exclusive property of the Colonel's beloved aunt, Miss Nancy Carter; and the instantaneous transfer by that generous woman of all the purchase money to the Colonel's slender bank account: a transaction which, to quote his own words as he gallantly drank her health in acknowledgment of the gift, "enabled him to provide for one of the loveliest of her sex--she who graces our boa'd--and to enrich her declining days not only with all the comforts, but with many of the luxuries she was bawn to enjoy."

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From this reading This dinner, as you already know, was to celebrate two important events--the sale to the English syndicate of the coal lands, the exclusive property of the Colonel's beloved aunt, Miss Nancy Carter; and the instantaneous transfer by that generous woman of all the purchase money to the Colonel's slender bank account: a transaction which, to quote his own words as he gallantly drank her health in acknowledgment of the gift, "enabled him to provide for one of the loveliest of her sex--she who graces our boa'd--and to enrich her declining days not only with all the comforts, but with many of the luxuries she was bawn to enjoy."

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From this reading This house, you will recall, sat back from the street behind a larger and more modern dwelling, its only outlet to the main thoroughfare being through a narrow, grewsome tunnel, lighted during the day by a half-moon sawed out in the swinging gate which marked its street entrance and illumined at night by a rusty lantern with dingy glass sides.

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From this reading This house, you will recall, sat back from the street behind a larger and more modern dwelling, its only outlet to the main thoroughfare being through a narrow, grewsome tunnel, lighted during the day by a half-moon sawed out in the swinging gate which marked its street entrance and illumined at night by a rusty lantern with dingy glass sides.

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From this reading This house, you will recall, sat back from the street behind a larger and more modern dwelling, its only outlet to the main thoroughfare being through a narrow, grewsome tunnel, lighted during the day by a half-moon sawed out in the swinging gate which marked its street entrance and illumined at night by a rusty lantern with dingy glass sides.

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading Several other festivals, however, did take place: not in the days of the dear Colonel's prosperity, nor yet at Carter Hall, but in his impecunious days in New York, while he was still living in the little house on Bedford Place within a stone's throw of the tall clock-tower of Jefferson Market.

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From this reading Several other festivals, however, did take place: not in the days of the dear Colonel's prosperity, nor yet at Carter Hall, but in his impecunious days in New York, while he was still living in the little house on Bedford Place within a stone's throw of the tall clock-tower of Jefferson Market.

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From this reading This dinner, as you already know, was to celebrate two important events--the sale to the English syndicate of the coal lands, the exclusive property of the Colonel's beloved aunt, Miss Nancy Carter; and the instantaneous transfer by that generous woman of all the purchase money to the Colonel's slender bank account: a transaction which, to quote his own words as he gallantly drank her health in acknowledgment of the gift, "enabled him to provide for one of the loveliest of her sex--she who graces our boa'd--and to enrich her declining days not only with all the comforts, but with many of the luxuries she was bawn to enjoy."

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From this reading This dinner, as you already know, was to celebrate two important events--the sale to the English syndicate of the coal lands, the exclusive property of the Colonel's beloved aunt, Miss Nancy Carter; and the instantaneous transfer by that generous woman of all the purchase money to the Colonel's slender bank account: a transaction which, to quote his own words as he gallantly drank her health in acknowledgment of the gift, "enabled him to provide for one of the loveliest of her sex--she who graces our boa'd--and to enrich her declining days not only with all the comforts, but with many of the luxuries she was bawn to enjoy."

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From this reading This house, you will recall, sat back from the street behind a larger and more modern dwelling, its only outlet to the main thoroughfare being through a narrow, grewsome tunnel, lighted during the day by a half-moon sawed out in the swinging gate which marked its street entrance and illumined at night by a rusty lantern with dingy glass sides.

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading It will be remembered, doubtless, that the chronicles of my very dear friend, Colonel Carter (published some years ago), make mention of but one festival of importance--a dinner given at Carter Hall, near Cartersville, Virginia; the Colonel's ancestral home.

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From this reading All reference to one of these festivals--a particular and most important festival--was omitted, much to my regret, from my published chronicles, owing to the express commands of the Colonel himself: commands issued not only out of consideration for the feelings of one of the participants--a man who had been challenged by him to mortal duel, and therefore his enemy--but because on that joyous occasion this same offender was his guest, and so protected by his hospitality.

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From this reading This dinner, as you already know, was to celebrate two important events--the sale to the English syndicate of the coal lands, the exclusive property of the Colonel's beloved aunt, Miss Nancy Carter; and the instantaneous transfer by that generous woman of all the purchase money to the Colonel's slender bank account: a transaction which, to quote his own words as he gallantly drank her health in acknowledgment of the gift, "enabled him to provide for one of the loveliest of her sex--she who graces our boa'd--and to enrich her declining days not only with all the comforts, but with many of the luxuries she was bawn to enjoy."

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From this reading This house, you will recall, sat back from the street behind a larger and more modern dwelling, its only outlet to the main thoroughfare being through a narrow, grewsome tunnel, lighted during the day by a half-moon sawed out in the swinging gate which marked its street entrance and illumined at night by a rusty lantern with dingy glass sides.

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From this reading Several other festivals, however, did take place: not in the days of the dear Colonel's prosperity, nor yet at Carter Hall, but in his impecunious days in New York, while he was still living in the little house on Bedford Place within a stone's throw of the tall clock-tower of Jefferson Market.

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From this reading It will be remembered, doubtless, that the chronicles of my very dear friend, Colonel Carter (published some years ago), make mention of but one festival of importance--a dinner given at Carter Hall, near Cartersville, Virginia; the Colonel's ancestral home.

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From this reading This dinner, as you already know, was to celebrate two important events--the sale to the English syndicate of the coal lands, the exclusive property of the Colonel's beloved aunt, Miss Nancy Carter; and the instantaneous transfer by that generous woman of all the purchase money to the Colonel's slender bank account: a transaction which, to quote his own words as he gallantly drank her health in acknowledgment of the gift, "enabled him to provide for one of the loveliest of her sex--she who graces our boa'd--and to enrich her declining days not only with all the comforts, but with many of the luxuries she was bawn to enjoy."

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From this reading This house, you will recall, sat back from the street behind a larger and more modern dwelling, its only outlet to the main thoroughfare being through a narrow, grewsome tunnel, lighted during the day by a half-moon sawed out in the swinging gate which marked its street entrance and illumined at night by a rusty lantern with dingy glass sides.

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From this reading This dinner, as you already know, was to celebrate two important events--the sale to the English syndicate of the coal lands, the exclusive property of the Colonel's beloved aunt, Miss Nancy Carter; and the instantaneous transfer by that generous woman of all the purchase money to the Colonel's slender bank account: a transaction which, to quote his own words as he gallantly drank her health in acknowledgment of the gift, "enabled him to provide for one of the loveliest of her sex--she who graces our boa'd--and to enrich her declining days not only with all the comforts, but with many of the luxuries she was bawn to enjoy."

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From this reading This house, you will recall, sat back from the street behind a larger and more modern dwelling, its only outlet to the main thoroughfare being through a narrow, grewsome tunnel, lighted during the day by a half-moon sawed out in the swinging gate which marked its street entrance and illumined at night by a rusty lantern with dingy glass sides.

causing or relating to death

From this reading All reference to one of these festivals--a particular and most important festival--was omitted, much to my regret, from my published chronicles, owing to the express commands of the Colonel himself: commands issued not only out of consideration for the feelings of one of the participants--a man who had been challenged by him to mortal duel, and therefore his enemy--but because on that joyous occasion this same offender was his guest, and so protected by his hospitality.

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From this reading All reference to one of these festivals--a particular and most important festival--was omitted, much to my regret, from my published chronicles, owing to the express commands of the Colonel himself: commands issued not only out of consideration for the feelings of one of the participants--a man who had been challenged by him to mortal duel, and therefore his enemy--but because on that joyous occasion this same offender was his guest, and so protected by his hospitality.

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From this reading All reference to one of these festivals--a particular and most important festival--was omitted, much to my regret, from my published chronicles, owing to the express commands of the Colonel himself: commands issued not only out of consideration for the feelings of one of the participants--a man who had been challenged by him to mortal duel, and therefore his enemy--but because on that joyous occasion this same offender was his guest, and so protected by his hospitality.

belonging to the person speaking

From this reading It will be remembered, doubtless, that the chronicles of my very dear friend, Colonel Carter (published some years ago), make mention of but one festival of importance--a dinner given at Carter Hall, near Cartersville, Virginia; the Colonel's ancestral home.

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From this reading This dinner, as you already know, was to celebrate two important events--the sale to the English syndicate of the coal lands, the exclusive property of the Colonel's beloved aunt, Miss Nancy Carter; and the instantaneous transfer by that generous woman of all the purchase money to the Colonel's slender bank account: a transaction which, to quote his own words as he gallantly drank her health in acknowledgment of the gift, "enabled him to provide for one of the loveliest of her sex--she who graces our boa'd--and to enrich her declining days not only with all the comforts, but with many of the luxuries she was bawn to enjoy."

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From this reading This house, you will recall, sat back from the street behind a larger and more modern dwelling, its only outlet to the main thoroughfare being through a narrow, grewsome tunnel, lighted during the day by a half-moon sawed out in the swinging gate which marked its street entrance and illumined at night by a rusty lantern with dingy glass sides.

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From this reading It will be remembered, doubtless, that the chronicles of my very dear friend, Colonel Carter (published some years ago), make mention of but one festival of importance--a dinner given at Carter Hall, near Cartersville, Virginia; the Colonel's ancestral home.

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From this reading Several other festivals, however, did take place: not in the days of the dear Colonel's prosperity, nor yet at Carter Hall, but in his impecunious days in New York, while he was still living in the little house on Bedford Place within a stone's throw of the tall clock-tower of Jefferson Market.

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From this reading This house, you will recall, sat back from the street behind a larger and more modern dwelling, its only outlet to the main thoroughfare being through a narrow, grewsome tunnel, lighted during the day by a half-moon sawed out in the swinging gate which marked its street entrance and illumined at night by a rusty lantern with dingy glass sides.

and not; used after a negative to add a second negative

From this reading Several other festivals, however, did take place: not in the days of the dear Colonel's prosperity, nor yet at Carter Hall, but in his impecunious days in New York, while he was still living in the little house on Bedford Place within a stone's throw of the tall clock-tower of Jefferson Market.

used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative

From this reading This dinner, as you already know, was to celebrate two important events--the sale to the English syndicate of the coal lands, the exclusive property of the Colonel's beloved aunt, Miss Nancy Carter; and the instantaneous transfer by that generous woman of all the purchase money to the Colonel's slender bank account: a transaction which, to quote his own words as he gallantly drank her health in acknowledgment of the gift, "enabled him to provide for one of the loveliest of her sex--she who graces our boa'd--and to enrich her declining days not only with all the comforts, but with many of the luxuries she was bawn to enjoy."

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From this reading All reference to one of these festivals--a particular and most important festival--was omitted, much to my regret, from my published chronicles, owing to the express commands of the Colonel himself: commands issued not only out of consideration for the feelings of one of the participants--a man who had been challenged by him to mortal duel, and therefore his enemy--but because on that joyous occasion this same offender was his guest, and so protected by his hospitality.

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

From this reading It will be remembered, doubtless, that the chronicles of my very dear friend, Colonel Carter (published some years ago), make mention of but one festival of importance--a dinner given at Carter Hall, near Cartersville, Virginia; the Colonel's ancestral home.

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From this reading All reference to one of these festivals--a particular and most important festival--was omitted, much to my regret, from my published chronicles, owing to the express commands of the Colonel himself: commands issued not only out of consideration for the feelings of one of the participants--a man who had been challenged by him to mortal duel, and therefore his enemy--but because on that joyous occasion this same offender was his guest, and so protected by his hospitality.

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From this reading All reference to one of these festivals--a particular and most important festival--was omitted, much to my regret, from my published chronicles, owing to the express commands of the Colonel himself: commands issued not only out of consideration for the feelings of one of the participants--a man who had been challenged by him to mortal duel, and therefore his enemy--but because on that joyous occasion this same offender was his guest, and so protected by his hospitality.

touching and supported by a surface

From this reading Several other festivals, however, did take place: not in the days of the dear Colonel's prosperity, nor yet at Carter Hall, but in his impecunious days in New York, while he was still living in the little house on Bedford Place within a stone's throw of the tall clock-tower of Jefferson Market.

used to mean any person in general, including the speaker

From this reading It will be remembered, doubtless, that the chronicles of my very dear friend, Colonel Carter (published some years ago), make mention of but one festival of importance--a dinner given at Carter Hall, near Cartersville, Virginia; the Colonel's ancestral home.

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From this reading This dinner, as you already know, was to celebrate two important events--the sale to the English syndicate of the coal lands, the exclusive property of the Colonel's beloved aunt, Miss Nancy Carter; and the instantaneous transfer by that generous woman of all the purchase money to the Colonel's slender bank account: a transaction which, to quote his own words as he gallantly drank her health in acknowledgment of the gift, "enabled him to provide for one of the loveliest of her sex--she who graces our boa'd--and to enrich her declining days not only with all the comforts, but with many of the luxuries she was bawn to enjoy."

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From this reading Several other festivals, however, did take place: not in the days of the dear Colonel's prosperity, nor yet at Carter Hall, but in his impecunious days in New York, while he was still living in the little house on Bedford Place within a stone's throw of the tall clock-tower of Jefferson Market.

belonging to the speaker and others

From this reading This dinner, as you already know, was to celebrate two important events--the sale to the English syndicate of the coal lands, the exclusive property of the Colonel's beloved aunt, Miss Nancy Carter; and the instantaneous transfer by that generous woman of all the purchase money to the Colonel's slender bank account: a transaction which, to quote his own words as he gallantly drank her health in acknowledgment of the gift, "enabled him to provide for one of the loveliest of her sex--she who graces our boa'd--and to enrich her declining days not only with all the comforts, but with many of the luxuries she was bawn to enjoy."

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From this reading This house, you will recall, sat back from the street behind a larger and more modern dwelling, its only outlet to the main thoroughfare being through a narrow, grewsome tunnel, lighted during the day by a half-moon sawed out in the swinging gate which marked its street entrance and illumined at night by a rusty lantern with dingy glass sides.

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From this reading This house, you will recall, sat back from the street behind a larger and more modern dwelling, its only outlet to the main thoroughfare being through a narrow, grewsome tunnel, lighted during the day by a half-moon sawed out in the swinging gate which marked its street entrance and illumined at night by a rusty lantern with dingy glass sides.

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From this reading All reference to one of these festivals--a particular and most important festival--was omitted, much to my regret, from my published chronicles, owing to the express commands of the Colonel himself: commands issued not only out of consideration for the feelings of one of the participants--a man who had been challenged by him to mortal duel, and therefore his enemy--but because on that joyous occasion this same offender was his guest, and so protected by his hospitality.

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From this reading This dinner, as you already know, was to celebrate two important events--the sale to the English syndicate of the coal lands, the exclusive property of the Colonel's beloved aunt, Miss Nancy Carter; and the instantaneous transfer by that generous woman of all the purchase money to the Colonel's slender bank account: a transaction which, to quote his own words as he gallantly drank her health in acknowledgment of the gift, "enabled him to provide for one of the loveliest of her sex--she who graces our boa'd--and to enrich her declining days not only with all the comforts, but with many of the luxuries she was bawn to enjoy."

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From this reading All reference to one of these festivals--a particular and most important festival--was omitted, much to my regret, from my published chronicles, owing to the express commands of the Colonel himself: commands issued not only out of consideration for the feelings of one of the participants--a man who had been challenged by him to mortal duel, and therefore his enemy--but because on that joyous occasion this same offender was his guest, and so protected by his hospitality.

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From this reading All reference to one of these festivals--a particular and most important festival--was omitted, much to my regret, from my published chronicles, owing to the express commands of the Colonel himself: commands issued not only out of consideration for the feelings of one of the participants--a man who had been challenged by him to mortal duel, and therefore his enemy--but because on that joyous occasion this same offender was his guest, and so protected by his hospitality.

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From this reading Several other festivals, however, did take place: not in the days of the dear Colonel's prosperity, nor yet at Carter Hall, but in his impecunious days in New York, while he was still living in the little house on Bedford Place within a stone's throw of the tall clock-tower of Jefferson Market.

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From this reading This dinner, as you already know, was to celebrate two important events--the sale to the English syndicate of the coal lands, the exclusive property of the Colonel's beloved aunt, Miss Nancy Carter; and the instantaneous transfer by that generous woman of all the purchase money to the Colonel's slender bank account: a transaction which, to quote his own words as he gallantly drank her health in acknowledgment of the gift, "enabled him to provide for one of the loveliest of her sex--she who graces our boa'd--and to enrich her declining days not only with all the comforts, but with many of the luxuries she was bawn to enjoy."

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From this reading Several other festivals, however, did take place: not in the days of the dear Colonel's prosperity, nor yet at Carter Hall, but in his impecunious days in New York, while he was still living in the little house on Bedford Place within a stone's throw of the tall clock-tower of Jefferson Market.

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From this reading All reference to one of these festivals--a particular and most important festival--was omitted, much to my regret, from my published chronicles, owing to the express commands of the Colonel himself: commands issued not only out of consideration for the feelings of one of the participants--a man who had been challenged by him to mortal duel, and therefore his enemy--but because on that joyous occasion this same offender was his guest, and so protected by his hospitality.

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From this reading This dinner, as you already know, was to celebrate two important events--the sale to the English syndicate of the coal lands, the exclusive property of the Colonel's beloved aunt, Miss Nancy Carter; and the instantaneous transfer by that generous woman of all the purchase money to the Colonel's slender bank account: a transaction which, to quote his own words as he gallantly drank her health in acknowledgment of the gift, "enabled him to provide for one of the loveliest of her sex--she who graces our boa'd--and to enrich her declining days not only with all the comforts, but with many of the luxuries she was bawn to enjoy."

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From this reading It will be remembered, doubtless, that the chronicles of my very dear friend, Colonel Carter (published some years ago), make mention of but one festival of importance--a dinner given at Carter Hall, near Cartersville, Virginia; the Colonel's ancestral home.

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From this reading This dinner, as you already know, was to celebrate two important events--the sale to the English syndicate of the coal lands, the exclusive property of the Colonel's beloved aunt, Miss Nancy Carter; and the instantaneous transfer by that generous woman of all the purchase money to the Colonel's slender bank account: a transaction which, to quote his own words as he gallantly drank her health in acknowledgment of the gift, "enabled him to provide for one of the loveliest of her sex--she who graces our boa'd--and to enrich her declining days not only with all the comforts, but with many of the luxuries she was bawn to enjoy."

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From this reading This dinner, as you already know, was to celebrate two important events--the sale to the English syndicate of the coal lands, the exclusive property of the Colonel's beloved aunt, Miss Nancy Carter; and the instantaneous transfer by that generous woman of all the purchase money to the Colonel's slender bank account: a transaction which, to quote his own words as he gallantly drank her health in acknowledgment of the gift, "enabled him to provide for one of the loveliest of her sex--she who graces our boa'd--and to enrich her declining days not only with all the comforts, but with many of the luxuries she was bawn to enjoy."

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From this reading This house, you will recall, sat back from the street behind a larger and more modern dwelling, its only outlet to the main thoroughfare being through a narrow, grewsome tunnel, lighted during the day by a half-moon sawed out in the swinging gate which marked its street entrance and illumined at night by a rusty lantern with dingy glass sides.

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From this reading All reference to one of these festivals--a particular and most important festival--was omitted, much to my regret, from my published chronicles, owing to the express commands of the Colonel himself: commands issued not only out of consideration for the feelings of one of the participants--a man who had been challenged by him to mortal duel, and therefore his enemy--but because on that joyous occasion this same offender was his guest, and so protected by his hospitality.

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From this reading All reference to one of these festivals--a particular and most important festival--was omitted, much to my regret, from my published chronicles, owing to the express commands of the Colonel himself: commands issued not only out of consideration for the feelings of one of the participants--a man who had been challenged by him to mortal duel, and therefore his enemy--but because on that joyous occasion this same offender was his guest, and so protected by his hospitality.

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From this reading It will be remembered, doubtless, that the chronicles of my very dear friend, Colonel Carter (published some years ago), make mention of but one festival of importance--a dinner given at Carter Hall, near Cartersville, Virginia; the Colonel's ancestral home.

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From this reading This house, you will recall, sat back from the street behind a larger and more modern dwelling, its only outlet to the main thoroughfare being through a narrow, grewsome tunnel, lighted during the day by a half-moon sawed out in the swinging gate which marked its street entrance and illumined at night by a rusty lantern with dingy glass sides.

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From this reading This dinner, as you already know, was to celebrate two important events--the sale to the English syndicate of the coal lands, the exclusive property of the Colonel's beloved aunt, Miss Nancy Carter; and the instantaneous transfer by that generous woman of all the purchase money to the Colonel's slender bank account: a transaction which, to quote his own words as he gallantly drank her health in acknowledgment of the gift, "enabled him to provide for one of the loveliest of her sex--she who graces our boa'd--and to enrich her declining days not only with all the comforts, but with many of the luxuries she was bawn to enjoy."

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading All reference to one of these festivals--a particular and most important festival--was omitted, much to my regret, from my published chronicles, owing to the express commands of the Colonel himself: commands issued not only out of consideration for the feelings of one of the participants--a man who had been challenged by him to mortal duel, and therefore his enemy--but because on that joyous occasion this same offender was his guest, and so protected by his hospitality.

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From this reading This house, you will recall, sat back from the street behind a larger and more modern dwelling, its only outlet to the main thoroughfare being through a narrow, grewsome tunnel, lighted during the day by a half-moon sawed out in the swinging gate which marked its street entrance and illumined at night by a rusty lantern with dingy glass sides.

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From this reading This house, you will recall, sat back from the street behind a larger and more modern dwelling, its only outlet to the main thoroughfare being through a narrow, grewsome tunnel, lighted during the day by a half-moon sawed out in the swinging gate which marked its street entrance and illumined at night by a rusty lantern with dingy glass sides.

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From this reading Several other festivals, however, did take place: not in the days of the dear Colonel's prosperity, nor yet at Carter Hall, but in his impecunious days in New York, while he was still living in the little house on Bedford Place within a stone's throw of the tall clock-tower of Jefferson Market.

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From this reading This dinner, as you already know, was to celebrate two important events--the sale to the English syndicate of the coal lands, the exclusive property of the Colonel's beloved aunt, Miss Nancy Carter; and the instantaneous transfer by that generous woman of all the purchase money to the Colonel's slender bank account: a transaction which, to quote his own words as he gallantly drank her health in acknowledgment of the gift, "enabled him to provide for one of the loveliest of her sex--she who graces our boa'd--and to enrich her declining days not only with all the comforts, but with many of the luxuries she was bawn to enjoy."

a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject

From this reading This dinner, as you already know, was to celebrate two important events--the sale to the English syndicate of the coal lands, the exclusive property of the Colonel's beloved aunt, Miss Nancy Carter; and the instantaneous transfer by that generous woman of all the purchase money to the Colonel's slender bank account: a transaction which, to quote his own words as he gallantly drank her health in acknowledgment of the gift, "enabled him to provide for one of the loveliest of her sex--she who graces our boa'd--and to enrich her declining days not only with all the comforts, but with many of the luxuries she was bawn to enjoy."

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From this reading This house, you will recall, sat back from the street behind a larger and more modern dwelling, its only outlet to the main thoroughfare being through a narrow, grewsome tunnel, lighted during the day by a half-moon sawed out in the swinging gate which marked its street entrance and illumined at night by a rusty lantern with dingy glass sides.

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From this reading This dinner, as you already know, was to celebrate two important events--the sale to the English syndicate of the coal lands, the exclusive property of the Colonel's beloved aunt, Miss Nancy Carter; and the instantaneous transfer by that generous woman of all the purchase money to the Colonel's slender bank account: a transaction which, to quote his own words as he gallantly drank her health in acknowledgment of the gift, "enabled him to provide for one of the loveliest of her sex--she who graces our boa'd--and to enrich her declining days not only with all the comforts, but with many of the luxuries she was bawn to enjoy."

for that reason; with the result that

From this reading All reference to one of these festivals--a particular and most important festival--was omitted, much to my regret, from my published chronicles, owing to the express commands of the Colonel himself: commands issued not only out of consideration for the feelings of one of the participants--a man who had been challenged by him to mortal duel, and therefore his enemy--but because on that joyous occasion this same offender was his guest, and so protected by his hospitality.

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From this reading It will be remembered, doubtless, that the chronicles of my very dear friend, Colonel Carter (published some years ago), make mention of but one festival of importance--a dinner given at Carter Hall, near Cartersville, Virginia; the Colonel's ancestral home.

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading Several other festivals, however, did take place: not in the days of the dear Colonel's prosperity, nor yet at Carter Hall, but in his impecunious days in New York, while he was still living in the little house on Bedford Place within a stone's throw of the tall clock-tower of Jefferson Market.

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From this reading Several other festivals, however, did take place: not in the days of the dear Colonel's prosperity, nor yet at Carter Hall, but in his impecunious days in New York, while he was still living in the little house on Bedford Place within a stone's throw of the tall clock-tower of Jefferson Market.

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From this reading This house, you will recall, sat back from the street behind a larger and more modern dwelling, its only outlet to the main thoroughfare being through a narrow, grewsome tunnel, lighted during the day by a half-moon sawed out in the swinging gate which marked its street entrance and illumined at night by a rusty lantern with dingy glass sides.

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From this reading This house, you will recall, sat back from the street behind a larger and more modern dwelling, its only outlet to the main thoroughfare being through a narrow, grewsome tunnel, lighted during the day by a half-moon sawed out in the swinging gate which marked its street entrance and illumined at night by a rusty lantern with dingy glass sides.

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From this reading This dinner, as you already know, was to celebrate two important events--the sale to the English syndicate of the coal lands, the exclusive property of the Colonel's beloved aunt, Miss Nancy Carter; and the instantaneous transfer by that generous woman of all the purchase money to the Colonel's slender bank account: a transaction which, to quote his own words as he gallantly drank her health in acknowledgment of the gift, "enabled him to provide for one of the loveliest of her sex--she who graces our boa'd--and to enrich her declining days not only with all the comforts, but with many of the luxuries she was bawn to enjoy."

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading Several other festivals, however, did take place: not in the days of the dear Colonel's prosperity, nor yet at Carter Hall, but in his impecunious days in New York, while he was still living in the little house on Bedford Place within a stone's throw of the tall clock-tower of Jefferson Market.

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From this reading Several other festivals, however, did take place: not in the days of the dear Colonel's prosperity, nor yet at Carter Hall, but in his impecunious days in New York, while he was still living in the little house on Bedford Place within a stone's throw of the tall clock-tower of Jefferson Market.

used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt

From this reading It will be remembered, doubtless, that the chronicles of my very dear friend, Colonel Carter (published some years ago), make mention of but one festival of importance--a dinner given at Carter Hall, near Cartersville, Virginia; the Colonel's ancestral home.

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

From this reading It will be remembered, doubtless, that the chronicles of my very dear friend, Colonel Carter (published some years ago), make mention of but one festival of importance--a dinner given at Carter Hall, near Cartersville, Virginia; the Colonel's ancestral home.

for that reason; as a result

From this reading All reference to one of these festivals--a particular and most important festival--was omitted, much to my regret, from my published chronicles, owing to the express commands of the Colonel himself: commands issued not only out of consideration for the feelings of one of the participants--a man who had been challenged by him to mortal duel, and therefore his enemy--but because on that joyous occasion this same offender was his guest, and so protected by his hospitality.

the plural of “this”: the people or things near, or just mentioned

From this reading All reference to one of these festivals--a particular and most important festival--was omitted, much to my regret, from my published chronicles, owing to the express commands of the Colonel himself: commands issued not only out of consideration for the feelings of one of the participants--a man who had been challenged by him to mortal duel, and therefore his enemy--but because on that joyous occasion this same offender was his guest, and so protected by his hospitality.

used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned

From this reading This dinner, as you already know, was to celebrate two important events--the sale to the English syndicate of the coal lands, the exclusive property of the Colonel's beloved aunt, Miss Nancy Carter; and the instantaneous transfer by that generous woman of all the purchase money to the Colonel's slender bank account: a transaction which, to quote his own words as he gallantly drank her health in acknowledgment of the gift, "enabled him to provide for one of the loveliest of her sex--she who graces our boa'd--and to enrich her declining days not only with all the comforts, but with many of the luxuries she was bawn to enjoy."

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From this reading This house, you will recall, sat back from the street behind a larger and more modern dwelling, its only outlet to the main thoroughfare being through a narrow, grewsome tunnel, lighted during the day by a half-moon sawed out in the swinging gate which marked its street entrance and illumined at night by a rusty lantern with dingy glass sides.

a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage

From this reading This house, you will recall, sat back from the street behind a larger and more modern dwelling, its only outlet to the main thoroughfare being through a narrow, grewsome tunnel, lighted during the day by a half-moon sawed out in the swinging gate which marked its street entrance and illumined at night by a rusty lantern with dingy glass sides.

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From this reading Several other festivals, however, did take place: not in the days of the dear Colonel's prosperity, nor yet at Carter Hall, but in his impecunious days in New York, while he was still living in the little house on Bedford Place within a stone's throw of the tall clock-tower of Jefferson Market.

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

From this reading This dinner, as you already know, was to celebrate two important events--the sale to the English syndicate of the coal lands, the exclusive property of the Colonel's beloved aunt, Miss Nancy Carter; and the instantaneous transfer by that generous woman of all the purchase money to the Colonel's slender bank account: a transaction which, to quote his own words as he gallantly drank her health in acknowledgment of the gift, "enabled him to provide for one of the loveliest of her sex--she who graces our boa'd--and to enrich her declining days not only with all the comforts, but with many of the luxuries she was bawn to enjoy."

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From this reading This dinner, as you already know, was to celebrate two important events--the sale to the English syndicate of the coal lands, the exclusive property of the Colonel's beloved aunt, Miss Nancy Carter; and the instantaneous transfer by that generous woman of all the purchase money to the Colonel's slender bank account: a transaction which, to quote his own words as he gallantly drank her health in acknowledgment of the gift, "enabled him to provide for one of the loveliest of her sex--she who graces our boa'd--and to enrich her declining days not only with all the comforts, but with many of the luxuries she was bawn to enjoy."

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From this reading This dinner, as you already know, was to celebrate two important events--the sale to the English syndicate of the coal lands, the exclusive property of the Colonel's beloved aunt, Miss Nancy Carter; and the instantaneous transfer by that generous woman of all the purchase money to the Colonel's slender bank account: a transaction which, to quote his own words as he gallantly drank her health in acknowledgment of the gift, "enabled him to provide for one of the loveliest of her sex--she who graces our boa'd--and to enrich her declining days not only with all the comforts, but with many of the luxuries she was bawn to enjoy."

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From this reading This house, you will recall, sat back from the street behind a larger and more modern dwelling, its only outlet to the main thoroughfare being through a narrow, grewsome tunnel, lighted during the day by a half-moon sawed out in the swinging gate which marked its street entrance and illumined at night by a rusty lantern with dingy glass sides.

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From this reading This dinner, as you already know, was to celebrate two important events--the sale to the English syndicate of the coal lands, the exclusive property of the Colonel's beloved aunt, Miss Nancy Carter; and the instantaneous transfer by that generous woman of all the purchase money to the Colonel's slender bank account: a transaction which, to quote his own words as he gallantly drank her health in acknowledgment of the gift, "enabled him to provide for one of the loveliest of her sex--she who graces our boa'd--and to enrich her declining days not only with all the comforts, but with many of the luxuries she was bawn to enjoy."

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From this reading It will be remembered, doubtless, that the chronicles of my very dear friend, Colonel Carter (published some years ago), make mention of but one festival of importance--a dinner given at Carter Hall, near Cartersville, Virginia; the Colonel's ancestral home.

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From this reading It will be remembered, doubtless, that the chronicles of my very dear friend, Colonel Carter (published some years ago), make mention of but one festival of importance--a dinner given at Carter Hall, near Cartersville, Virginia; the Colonel's ancestral home.

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

From this reading This dinner, as you already know, was to celebrate two important events--the sale to the English syndicate of the coal lands, the exclusive property of the Colonel's beloved aunt, Miss Nancy Carter; and the instantaneous transfer by that generous woman of all the purchase money to the Colonel's slender bank account: a transaction which, to quote his own words as he gallantly drank her health in acknowledgment of the gift, "enabled him to provide for one of the loveliest of her sex--she who graces our boa'd--and to enrich her declining days not only with all the comforts, but with many of the luxuries she was bawn to enjoy."

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

From this reading This dinner, as you already know, was to celebrate two important events--the sale to the English syndicate of the coal lands, the exclusive property of the Colonel's beloved aunt, Miss Nancy Carter; and the instantaneous transfer by that generous woman of all the purchase money to the Colonel's slender bank account: a transaction which, to quote his own words as he gallantly drank her health in acknowledgment of the gift, "enabled him to provide for one of the loveliest of her sex--she who graces our boa'd--and to enrich her declining days not only with all the comforts, but with many of the luxuries she was bawn to enjoy."

during the time that

From this reading Several other festivals, however, did take place: not in the days of the dear Colonel's prosperity, nor yet at Carter Hall, but in his impecunious days in New York, while he was still living in the little house on Bedford Place within a stone's throw of the tall clock-tower of Jefferson Market.

which person or people

From this reading This dinner, as you already know, was to celebrate two important events--the sale to the English syndicate of the coal lands, the exclusive property of the Colonel's beloved aunt, Miss Nancy Carter; and the instantaneous transfer by that generous woman of all the purchase money to the Colonel's slender bank account: a transaction which, to quote his own words as he gallantly drank her health in acknowledgment of the gift, "enabled him to provide for one of the loveliest of her sex--she who graces our boa'd--and to enrich her declining days not only with all the comforts, but with many of the luxuries she was bawn to enjoy."

used to talk about the future, or about willingness

From this reading It will be remembered, doubtless, that the chronicles of my very dear friend, Colonel Carter (published some years ago), make mention of but one festival of importance--a dinner given at Carter Hall, near Cartersville, Virginia; the Colonel's ancestral home.

in the company of; together with

From this reading This dinner, as you already know, was to celebrate two important events--the sale to the English syndicate of the coal lands, the exclusive property of the Colonel's beloved aunt, Miss Nancy Carter; and the instantaneous transfer by that generous woman of all the purchase money to the Colonel's slender bank account: a transaction which, to quote his own words as he gallantly drank her health in acknowledgment of the gift, "enabled him to provide for one of the loveliest of her sex--she who graces our boa'd--and to enrich her declining days not only with all the comforts, but with many of the luxuries she was bawn to enjoy."

inside; before a period of time has passed

From this reading Several other festivals, however, did take place: not in the days of the dear Colonel's prosperity, nor yet at Carter Hall, but in his impecunious days in New York, while he was still living in the little house on Bedford Place within a stone's throw of the tall clock-tower of Jefferson Market.

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From this reading This dinner, as you already know, was to celebrate two important events--the sale to the English syndicate of the coal lands, the exclusive property of the Colonel's beloved aunt, Miss Nancy Carter; and the instantaneous transfer by that generous woman of all the purchase money to the Colonel's slender bank account: a transaction which, to quote his own words as he gallantly drank her health in acknowledgment of the gift, "enabled him to provide for one of the loveliest of her sex--she who graces our boa'd--and to enrich her declining days not only with all the comforts, but with many of the luxuries she was bawn to enjoy."

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From this reading This dinner, as you already know, was to celebrate two important events--the sale to the English syndicate of the coal lands, the exclusive property of the Colonel's beloved aunt, Miss Nancy Carter; and the instantaneous transfer by that generous woman of all the purchase money to the Colonel's slender bank account: a transaction which, to quote his own words as he gallantly drank her health in acknowledgment of the gift, "enabled him to provide for one of the loveliest of her sex--she who graces our boa'd--and to enrich her declining days not only with all the comforts, but with many of the luxuries she was bawn to enjoy."

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From this reading It will be remembered, doubtless, that the chronicles of my very dear friend, Colonel Carter (published some years ago), make mention of but one festival of importance--a dinner given at Carter Hall, near Cartersville, Virginia; the Colonel's ancestral home.

but in spite of that

From this reading Several other festivals, however, did take place: not in the days of the dear Colonel's prosperity, nor yet at Carter Hall, but in his impecunious days in New York, while he was still living in the little house on Bedford Place within a stone's throw of the tall clock-tower of Jefferson Market.

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From this reading Several other festivals, however, did take place: not in the days of the dear Colonel's prosperity, nor yet at Carter Hall, but in his impecunious days in New York, while he was still living in the little house on Bedford Place within a stone's throw of the tall clock-tower of Jefferson Market.

the person or people being spoken to

From this reading This dinner, as you already know, was to celebrate two important events--the sale to the English syndicate of the coal lands, the exclusive property of the Colonel's beloved aunt, Miss Nancy Carter; and the instantaneous transfer by that generous woman of all the purchase money to the Colonel's slender bank account: a transaction which, to quote his own words as he gallantly drank her health in acknowledgment of the gift, "enabled him to provide for one of the loveliest of her sex--she who graces our boa'd--and to enrich her declining days not only with all the comforts, but with many of the luxuries she was bawn to enjoy."