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Chapter VIII
An hour of quiet shortly shall we see; Till then in patience our proceeding be. We'll put on those shall praise your excellence And set a double varnish on the fame The Frenchman gave you, bring you in fine together. I know love is begun by time.
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an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “We'll put on those shall praise your excellence And set a double varnish on the fame The Frenchman gave you, bring you in fine together.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “We'll put on those shall praise your excellence And set a double varnish on the fame The Frenchman gave you, bring you in fine together.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “I know love is begun by time.”
used with I and we for the future, or to offer and suggest
From this reading “An hour of quiet shortly shall we see;”
the plural of “that”: the people or things further away, or already known
From this reading “We'll put on those shall praise your excellence And set a double varnish on the fame The Frenchman gave you, bring you in fine together.”
up to a particular time
From this reading “Till then in patience our proceeding be.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “I know love is begun by time.”
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used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading We'll put on those shall praise your excellence And set a double varnish on the fame The Frenchman gave you, bring you in fine together.
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading An hour of quiet shortly shall we see;
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading We'll put on those shall praise your excellence And set a double varnish on the fame The Frenchman gave you, bring you in fine together.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading Till then in patience our proceeding be.
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From this reading I know love is begun by time.
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From this reading We'll put on those shall praise your excellence And set a double varnish on the fame The Frenchman gave you, bring you in fine together.
showing who or what does the action
From this reading I know love is begun by time.
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From this reading We'll put on those shall praise your excellence And set a double varnish on the fame The Frenchman gave you, bring you in fine together.
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From this reading We'll put on those shall praise your excellence And set a double varnish on the fame The Frenchman gave you, bring you in fine together.
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From this reading We'll put on those shall praise your excellence And set a double varnish on the fame The Frenchman gave you, bring you in fine together.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading We'll put on those shall praise your excellence And set a double varnish on the fame The Frenchman gave you, bring you in fine together.
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From this reading We'll put on those shall praise your excellence And set a double varnish on the fame The Frenchman gave you, bring you in fine together.
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From this reading We'll put on those shall praise your excellence And set a double varnish on the fame The Frenchman gave you, bring you in fine together.
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From this reading An hour of quiet shortly shall we see;
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I know love is begun by time.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Till then in patience our proceeding be.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading I know love is begun by time.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading I know love is begun by time.
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From this reading I know love is begun by time.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading An hour of quiet shortly shall we see;
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading We'll put on those shall praise your excellence And set a double varnish on the fame The Frenchman gave you, bring you in fine together.
belonging to the speaker and others
From this reading Till then in patience our proceeding be.
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From this reading Till then in patience our proceeding be.
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From this reading We'll put on those shall praise your excellence And set a double varnish on the fame The Frenchman gave you, bring you in fine together.
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From this reading Till then in patience our proceeding be.
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From this reading We'll put on those shall praise your excellence And set a double varnish on the fame The Frenchman gave you, bring you in fine together.
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From this reading An hour of quiet shortly shall we see;
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From this reading An hour of quiet shortly shall we see;
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From this reading We'll put on those shall praise your excellence And set a double varnish on the fame The Frenchman gave you, bring you in fine together.
used with I and we for the future, or to offer and suggest
From this reading An hour of quiet shortly shall we see;
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From this reading An hour of quiet shortly shall we see;
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading We'll put on those shall praise your excellence And set a double varnish on the fame The Frenchman gave you, bring you in fine together.
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From this reading Till then in patience our proceeding be.
the plural of “that”: the people or things further away, or already known
From this reading We'll put on those shall praise your excellence And set a double varnish on the fame The Frenchman gave you, bring you in fine together.
up to a particular time
From this reading Till then in patience our proceeding be.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading I know love is begun by time.
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From this reading We'll put on those shall praise your excellence And set a double varnish on the fame The Frenchman gave you, bring you in fine together.
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From this reading We'll put on those shall praise your excellence And set a double varnish on the fame The Frenchman gave you, bring you in fine together.
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading An hour of quiet shortly shall we see;
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From this reading We'll put on those shall praise your excellence And set a double varnish on the fame The Frenchman gave you, bring you in fine together.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading We'll put on those shall praise your excellence And set a double varnish on the fame The Frenchman gave you, bring you in fine together.
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading We'll put on those shall praise your excellence And set a double varnish on the fame The Frenchman gave you, bring you in fine together.
