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Chapter XII
PRINCESS. God and my Misery! I have seen Love at last. What shall content me after? THE PROPAGATION OF KNOWLEDGE THE BIRTHRIGHT _The miracle of our land’s speech--so known And long received, none marvel when ’tis shown!_ We have such wealth as Rome at her most pride Had not or (having) scattered not so wide; Nor with such arrant prodigality Beneath her any pagan’s foot let lie....
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later than; following
From this reading “What shall content me after?”
Directly under; in or to a lower position than.
From this reading “THE PROPAGATION OF KNOWLEDGE THE BIRTHRIGHT _The miracle of our land’s speech--so known And long received, none marvel when ’tis shown!_ We have such wealth as Rome at her most pride Had not or (having) scattered not so wide; Nor with such arrant prodigality Beneath her any pagan’s foot let lie....”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “THE PROPAGATION OF KNOWLEDGE THE BIRTHRIGHT _The miracle of our land’s speech--so known And long received, none marvel when ’tis shown!_ We have such wealth as Rome at her most pride Had not or (having) scattered not so wide; Nor with such arrant prodigality Beneath her any pagan’s foot let lie....”
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading “I have seen Love at last.”
the -ing form of “have”
From this reading “THE PROPAGATION OF KNOWLEDGE THE BIRTHRIGHT _The miracle of our land’s speech--so known And long received, none marvel when ’tis shown!_ We have such wealth as Rome at her most pride Had not or (having) scattered not so wide; Nor with such arrant prodigality Beneath her any pagan’s foot let lie....”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “I have seen Love at last.”
used to make a suggestion or a command including the speaker
From this reading “THE PROPAGATION OF KNOWLEDGE THE BIRTHRIGHT _The miracle of our land’s speech--so known And long received, none marvel when ’tis shown!_ We have such wealth as Rome at her most pride Had not or (having) scattered not so wide; Nor with such arrant prodigality Beneath her any pagan’s foot let lie....”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “THE PROPAGATION OF KNOWLEDGE THE BIRTHRIGHT _The miracle of our land’s speech--so known And long received, none marvel when ’tis shown!_ We have such wealth as Rome at her most pride Had not or (having) scattered not so wide; Nor with such arrant prodigality Beneath her any pagan’s foot let lie....”
not one, and not any
From this reading “THE PROPAGATION OF KNOWLEDGE THE BIRTHRIGHT _The miracle of our land’s speech--so known And long received, none marvel when ’tis shown!_ We have such wealth as Rome at her most pride Had not or (having) scattered not so wide; Nor with such arrant prodigality Beneath her any pagan’s foot let lie....”
The daughter of a monarch; a female member of a royal family.
From this reading “PRINCESS.”
used with I and we for the future, or to offer and suggest
From this reading “What shall content me after?”
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later than; following
From this reading What shall content me after?
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading God and my Misery!
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From this reading THE PROPAGATION OF KNOWLEDGE THE BIRTHRIGHT _The miracle of our land’s speech--so known And long received, none marvel when ’tis shown!_ We have such wealth as Rome at her most pride Had not or (having) scattered not so wide; Nor with such arrant prodigality Beneath her any pagan’s foot let lie....
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From this reading THE PROPAGATION OF KNOWLEDGE THE BIRTHRIGHT _The miracle of our land’s speech--so known And long received, none marvel when ’tis shown!_ We have such wealth as Rome at her most pride Had not or (having) scattered not so wide; Nor with such arrant prodigality Beneath her any pagan’s foot let lie....
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading THE PROPAGATION OF KNOWLEDGE THE BIRTHRIGHT _The miracle of our land’s speech--so known And long received, none marvel when ’tis shown!_ We have such wealth as Rome at her most pride Had not or (having) scattered not so wide; Nor with such arrant prodigality Beneath her any pagan’s foot let lie....
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading I have seen Love at last.
Directly under; in or to a lower position than.
From this reading THE PROPAGATION OF KNOWLEDGE THE BIRTHRIGHT _The miracle of our land’s speech--so known And long received, none marvel when ’tis shown!_ We have such wealth as Rome at her most pride Had not or (having) scattered not so wide; Nor with such arrant prodigality Beneath her any pagan’s foot let lie....
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From this reading THE PROPAGATION OF KNOWLEDGE THE BIRTHRIGHT _The miracle of our land’s speech--so known And long received, none marvel when ’tis shown!_ We have such wealth as Rome at her most pride Had not or (having) scattered not so wide; Nor with such arrant prodigality Beneath her any pagan’s foot let lie....
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From this reading What shall content me after?
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading THE PROPAGATION OF KNOWLEDGE THE BIRTHRIGHT _The miracle of our land’s speech--so known And long received, none marvel when ’tis shown!_ We have such wealth as Rome at her most pride Had not or (having) scattered not so wide; Nor with such arrant prodigality Beneath her any pagan’s foot let lie....
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From this reading God and my Misery!
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading THE PROPAGATION OF KNOWLEDGE THE BIRTHRIGHT _The miracle of our land’s speech--so known And long received, none marvel when ’tis shown!_ We have such wealth as Rome at her most pride Had not or (having) scattered not so wide; Nor with such arrant prodigality Beneath her any pagan’s foot let lie....
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading I have seen Love at last.
the -ing form of “have”
From this reading THE PROPAGATION OF KNOWLEDGE THE BIRTHRIGHT _The miracle of our land’s speech--so known And long received, none marvel when ’tis shown!_ We have such wealth as Rome at her most pride Had not or (having) scattered not so wide; Nor with such arrant prodigality Beneath her any pagan’s foot let lie....
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading THE PROPAGATION OF KNOWLEDGE THE BIRTHRIGHT _The miracle of our land’s speech--so known And long received, none marvel when ’tis shown!_ We have such wealth as Rome at her most pride Had not or (having) scattered not so wide; Nor with such arrant prodigality Beneath her any pagan’s foot let lie....
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I have seen Love at last.
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From this reading THE PROPAGATION OF KNOWLEDGE THE BIRTHRIGHT _The miracle of our land’s speech--so known And long received, none marvel when ’tis shown!_ We have such wealth as Rome at her most pride Had not or (having) scattered not so wide; Nor with such arrant prodigality Beneath her any pagan’s foot let lie....
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From this reading THE PROPAGATION OF KNOWLEDGE THE BIRTHRIGHT _The miracle of our land’s speech--so known And long received, none marvel when ’tis shown!_ We have such wealth as Rome at her most pride Had not or (having) scattered not so wide; Nor with such arrant prodigality Beneath her any pagan’s foot let lie....
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From this reading THE PROPAGATION OF KNOWLEDGE THE BIRTHRIGHT _The miracle of our land’s speech--so known And long received, none marvel when ’tis shown!_ We have such wealth as Rome at her most pride Had not or (having) scattered not so wide; Nor with such arrant prodigality Beneath her any pagan’s foot let lie....
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading I have seen Love at last.
used to make a suggestion or a command including the speaker
From this reading THE PROPAGATION OF KNOWLEDGE THE BIRTHRIGHT _The miracle of our land’s speech--so known And long received, none marvel when ’tis shown!_ We have such wealth as Rome at her most pride Had not or (having) scattered not so wide; Nor with such arrant prodigality Beneath her any pagan’s foot let lie....
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From this reading THE PROPAGATION OF KNOWLEDGE THE BIRTHRIGHT _The miracle of our land’s speech--so known And long received, none marvel when ’tis shown!_ We have such wealth as Rome at her most pride Had not or (having) scattered not so wide; Nor with such arrant prodigality Beneath her any pagan’s foot let lie....
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading THE PROPAGATION OF KNOWLEDGE THE BIRTHRIGHT _The miracle of our land’s speech--so known And long received, none marvel when ’tis shown!_ We have such wealth as Rome at her most pride Had not or (having) scattered not so wide; Nor with such arrant prodigality Beneath her any pagan’s foot let lie....
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From this reading I have seen Love at last.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading THE PROPAGATION OF KNOWLEDGE THE BIRTHRIGHT _The miracle of our land’s speech--so known And long received, none marvel when ’tis shown!_ We have such wealth as Rome at her most pride Had not or (having) scattered not so wide; Nor with such arrant prodigality Beneath her any pagan’s foot let lie....
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading What shall content me after?
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From this reading THE PROPAGATION OF KNOWLEDGE THE BIRTHRIGHT _The miracle of our land’s speech--so known And long received, none marvel when ’tis shown!_ We have such wealth as Rome at her most pride Had not or (having) scattered not so wide; Nor with such arrant prodigality Beneath her any pagan’s foot let lie....
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From this reading God and my Misery!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading THE PROPAGATION OF KNOWLEDGE THE BIRTHRIGHT _The miracle of our land’s speech--so known And long received, none marvel when ’tis shown!_ We have such wealth as Rome at her most pride Had not or (having) scattered not so wide; Nor with such arrant prodigality Beneath her any pagan’s foot let lie....
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading God and my Misery!
not one, and not any
From this reading THE PROPAGATION OF KNOWLEDGE THE BIRTHRIGHT _The miracle of our land’s speech--so known And long received, none marvel when ’tis shown!_ We have such wealth as Rome at her most pride Had not or (having) scattered not so wide; Nor with such arrant prodigality Beneath her any pagan’s foot let lie....
and not; used after a negative to add a second negative
From this reading THE PROPAGATION OF KNOWLEDGE THE BIRTHRIGHT _The miracle of our land’s speech--so known And long received, none marvel when ’tis shown!_ We have such wealth as Rome at her most pride Had not or (having) scattered not so wide; Nor with such arrant prodigality Beneath her any pagan’s foot let lie....
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading THE PROPAGATION OF KNOWLEDGE THE BIRTHRIGHT _The miracle of our land’s speech--so known And long received, none marvel when ’tis shown!_ We have such wealth as Rome at her most pride Had not or (having) scattered not so wide; Nor with such arrant prodigality Beneath her any pagan’s foot let lie....
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading THE PROPAGATION OF KNOWLEDGE THE BIRTHRIGHT _The miracle of our land’s speech--so known And long received, none marvel when ’tis shown!_ We have such wealth as Rome at her most pride Had not or (having) scattered not so wide; Nor with such arrant prodigality Beneath her any pagan’s foot let lie....
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading THE PROPAGATION OF KNOWLEDGE THE BIRTHRIGHT _The miracle of our land’s speech--so known And long received, none marvel when ’tis shown!_ We have such wealth as Rome at her most pride Had not or (having) scattered not so wide; Nor with such arrant prodigality Beneath her any pagan’s foot let lie....
belonging to the speaker and others
From this reading THE PROPAGATION OF KNOWLEDGE THE BIRTHRIGHT _The miracle of our land’s speech--so known And long received, none marvel when ’tis shown!_ We have such wealth as Rome at her most pride Had not or (having) scattered not so wide; Nor with such arrant prodigality Beneath her any pagan’s foot let lie....
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From this reading THE PROPAGATION OF KNOWLEDGE THE BIRTHRIGHT _The miracle of our land’s speech--so known And long received, none marvel when ’tis shown!_ We have such wealth as Rome at her most pride Had not or (having) scattered not so wide; Nor with such arrant prodigality Beneath her any pagan’s foot let lie....
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From this reading THE PROPAGATION OF KNOWLEDGE THE BIRTHRIGHT _The miracle of our land’s speech--so known And long received, none marvel when ’tis shown!_ We have such wealth as Rome at her most pride Had not or (having) scattered not so wide; Nor with such arrant prodigality Beneath her any pagan’s foot let lie....
The daughter of a monarch; a female member of a royal family.
From this reading PRINCESS.
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From this reading THE PROPAGATION OF KNOWLEDGE THE BIRTHRIGHT _The miracle of our land’s speech--so known And long received, none marvel when ’tis shown!_ We have such wealth as Rome at her most pride Had not or (having) scattered not so wide; Nor with such arrant prodigality Beneath her any pagan’s foot let lie....
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From this reading THE PROPAGATION OF KNOWLEDGE THE BIRTHRIGHT _The miracle of our land’s speech--so known And long received, none marvel when ’tis shown!_ We have such wealth as Rome at her most pride Had not or (having) scattered not so wide; Nor with such arrant prodigality Beneath her any pagan’s foot let lie....
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From this reading THE PROPAGATION OF KNOWLEDGE THE BIRTHRIGHT _The miracle of our land’s speech--so known And long received, none marvel when ’tis shown!_ We have such wealth as Rome at her most pride Had not or (having) scattered not so wide; Nor with such arrant prodigality Beneath her any pagan’s foot let lie....
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From this reading THE PROPAGATION OF KNOWLEDGE THE BIRTHRIGHT _The miracle of our land’s speech--so known And long received, none marvel when ’tis shown!_ We have such wealth as Rome at her most pride Had not or (having) scattered not so wide; Nor with such arrant prodigality Beneath her any pagan’s foot let lie....
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From this reading THE PROPAGATION OF KNOWLEDGE THE BIRTHRIGHT _The miracle of our land’s speech--so known And long received, none marvel when ’tis shown!_ We have such wealth as Rome at her most pride Had not or (having) scattered not so wide; Nor with such arrant prodigality Beneath her any pagan’s foot let lie....
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From this reading I have seen Love at last.
used with I and we for the future, or to offer and suggest
From this reading What shall content me after?
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From this reading THE PROPAGATION OF KNOWLEDGE THE BIRTHRIGHT _The miracle of our land’s speech--so known And long received, none marvel when ’tis shown!_ We have such wealth as Rome at her most pride Had not or (having) scattered not so wide; Nor with such arrant prodigality Beneath her any pagan’s foot let lie....
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading THE PROPAGATION OF KNOWLEDGE THE BIRTHRIGHT _The miracle of our land’s speech--so known And long received, none marvel when ’tis shown!_ We have such wealth as Rome at her most pride Had not or (having) scattered not so wide; Nor with such arrant prodigality Beneath her any pagan’s foot let lie....
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From this reading THE PROPAGATION OF KNOWLEDGE THE BIRTHRIGHT _The miracle of our land’s speech--so known And long received, none marvel when ’tis shown!_ We have such wealth as Rome at her most pride Had not or (having) scattered not so wide; Nor with such arrant prodigality Beneath her any pagan’s foot let lie....
of the kind already mentioned
From this reading THE PROPAGATION OF KNOWLEDGE THE BIRTHRIGHT _The miracle of our land’s speech--so known And long received, none marvel when ’tis shown!_ We have such wealth as Rome at her most pride Had not or (having) scattered not so wide; Nor with such arrant prodigality Beneath her any pagan’s foot let lie....
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE PROPAGATION OF KNOWLEDGE THE BIRTHRIGHT _The miracle of our land’s speech--so known And long received, none marvel when ’tis shown!_ We have such wealth as Rome at her most pride Had not or (having) scattered not so wide; Nor with such arrant prodigality Beneath her any pagan’s foot let lie....
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From this reading THE PROPAGATION OF KNOWLEDGE THE BIRTHRIGHT _The miracle of our land’s speech--so known And long received, none marvel when ’tis shown!_ We have such wealth as Rome at her most pride Had not or (having) scattered not so wide; Nor with such arrant prodigality Beneath her any pagan’s foot let lie....
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading THE PROPAGATION OF KNOWLEDGE THE BIRTHRIGHT _The miracle of our land’s speech--so known And long received, none marvel when ’tis shown!_ We have such wealth as Rome at her most pride Had not or (having) scattered not so wide; Nor with such arrant prodigality Beneath her any pagan’s foot let lie....
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From this reading THE PROPAGATION OF KNOWLEDGE THE BIRTHRIGHT _The miracle of our land’s speech--so known And long received, none marvel when ’tis shown!_ We have such wealth as Rome at her most pride Had not or (having) scattered not so wide; Nor with such arrant prodigality Beneath her any pagan’s foot let lie....
used to ask for information about something
From this reading What shall content me after?
at the time that
From this reading THE PROPAGATION OF KNOWLEDGE THE BIRTHRIGHT _The miracle of our land’s speech--so known And long received, none marvel when ’tis shown!_ We have such wealth as Rome at her most pride Had not or (having) scattered not so wide; Nor with such arrant prodigality Beneath her any pagan’s foot let lie....
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From this reading THE PROPAGATION OF KNOWLEDGE THE BIRTHRIGHT _The miracle of our land’s speech--so known And long received, none marvel when ’tis shown!_ We have such wealth as Rome at her most pride Had not or (having) scattered not so wide; Nor with such arrant prodigality Beneath her any pagan’s foot let lie....
in the company of; together with
From this reading THE PROPAGATION OF KNOWLEDGE THE BIRTHRIGHT _The miracle of our land’s speech--so known And long received, none marvel when ’tis shown!_ We have such wealth as Rome at her most pride Had not or (having) scattered not so wide; Nor with such arrant prodigality Beneath her any pagan’s foot let lie....
