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Chapter XXII
BURGOMASTERS AND GREAT ONE-EYERS. When full upon his ardent soul The champion feels the influence roll, He swims the lake, he leaps the wall, Heeds not the depth, nor plumbs the fall. Unshielded, mailless, on he goes, Singly against a host of foes! Harold the Dauntless. 'Jem!
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touching and pressing; in opposition to
From this reading “Unshielded, mailless, on he goes, Singly against a host of foes!”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “BURGOMASTERS AND GREAT ONE-EYERS.”
a formal word for “on”
From this reading “When full upon his ardent soul The champion feels the influence roll, He swims the lake, he leaps the wall, Heeds not the depth, nor plumbs the fall.”
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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 Unshielded, mailless, on he goes, Singly against a host of foes!
touching and pressing; in opposition to
From this reading Unshielded, mailless, on he goes, Singly against a host of foes!
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading BURGOMASTERS AND GREAT ONE-EYERS.
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From this reading When full upon his ardent soul The champion feels the influence roll, He swims the lake, he leaps the wall, Heeds not the depth, nor plumbs the fall.
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From this reading BURGOMASTERS AND GREAT ONE-EYERS.
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From this reading When full upon his ardent soul The champion feels the influence roll, He swims the lake, he leaps the wall, Heeds not the depth, nor plumbs the fall.
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From this reading Harold the Dauntless.
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From this reading When full upon his ardent soul The champion feels the influence roll, He swims the lake, he leaps the wall, Heeds not the depth, nor plumbs the fall.
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From this reading When full upon his ardent soul The champion feels the influence roll, He swims the lake, he leaps the wall, Heeds not the depth, nor plumbs the fall.
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From this reading When full upon his ardent soul The champion feels the influence roll, He swims the lake, he leaps the wall, Heeds not the depth, nor plumbs the fall.
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From this reading Unshielded, mailless, on he goes, Singly against a host of foes!
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From this reading When full upon his ardent soul The champion feels the influence roll, He swims the lake, he leaps the wall, Heeds not the depth, nor plumbs the fall.
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From this reading Unshielded, mailless, on he goes, Singly against a host of foes!
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading BURGOMASTERS AND GREAT ONE-EYERS.
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From this reading Harold the Dauntless.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading When full upon his ardent soul The champion feels the influence roll, He swims the lake, he leaps the wall, Heeds not the depth, nor plumbs the fall.
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From this reading When full upon his ardent soul The champion feels the influence roll, He swims the lake, he leaps the wall, Heeds not the depth, nor plumbs the fall.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading When full upon his ardent soul The champion feels the influence roll, He swims the lake, he leaps the wall, Heeds not the depth, nor plumbs the fall.
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From this reading Unshielded, mailless, on he goes, Singly against a host of foes!
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From this reading When full upon his ardent soul The champion feels the influence roll, He swims the lake, he leaps the wall, Heeds not the depth, nor plumbs the fall.
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From this reading 'Jem!
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From this reading When full upon his ardent soul The champion feels the influence roll, He swims the lake, he leaps the wall, Heeds not the depth, nor plumbs the fall.
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From this reading When full upon his ardent soul The champion feels the influence roll, He swims the lake, he leaps the wall, Heeds not the depth, nor plumbs the fall.
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From this reading Unshielded, mailless, on he goes, Singly against a host of foes!
and not; used after a negative to add a second negative
From this reading When full upon his ardent soul The champion feels the influence roll, He swims the lake, he leaps the wall, Heeds not the depth, nor plumbs the fall.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading When full upon his ardent soul The champion feels the influence roll, He swims the lake, he leaps the wall, Heeds not the depth, nor plumbs the fall.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Unshielded, mailless, on he goes, Singly against a host of foes!
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading Unshielded, mailless, on he goes, Singly against a host of foes!
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From this reading BURGOMASTERS AND GREAT ONE-EYERS.
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From this reading When full upon his ardent soul The champion feels the influence roll, He swims the lake, he leaps the wall, Heeds not the depth, nor plumbs the fall.
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From this reading When full upon his ardent soul The champion feels the influence roll, He swims the lake, he leaps the wall, Heeds not the depth, nor plumbs the fall.
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From this reading Unshielded, mailless, on he goes, Singly against a host of foes!
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From this reading When full upon his ardent soul The champion feels the influence roll, He swims the lake, he leaps the wall, Heeds not the depth, nor plumbs the fall.
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From this reading When full upon his ardent soul The champion feels the influence roll, He swims the lake, he leaps the wall, Heeds not the depth, nor plumbs the fall.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading When full upon his ardent soul The champion feels the influence roll, He swims the lake, he leaps the wall, Heeds not the depth, nor plumbs the fall.
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From this reading Unshielded, mailless, on he goes, Singly against a host of foes!
a formal word for “on”
From this reading When full upon his ardent soul The champion feels the influence roll, He swims the lake, he leaps the wall, Heeds not the depth, nor plumbs the fall.
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From this reading When full upon his ardent soul The champion feels the influence roll, He swims the lake, he leaps the wall, Heeds not the depth, nor plumbs the fall.
at the time that
From this reading When full upon his ardent soul The champion feels the influence roll, He swims the lake, he leaps the wall, Heeds not the depth, nor plumbs the fall.
