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Chapter II
MY APOLOGY Fortune is the strangest mistress a man ever wooed. Who courts her she shuns, who deserves her she passes over, and on him who defies her and takes no pains to secure her she lavishes her favours. I am one of those to whom she has shown herself most kind. Many years ago I vowed my life away to one purpose, and that partly an immoral one. It was a purpose which held my life.
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an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “MY APOLOGY Fortune is the strangest mistress a man ever wooed.”
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading “MY APOLOGY Fortune is the strangest mistress a man ever wooed.”
the form of “have” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading “I am one of those to whom she has shown herself most kind.”
used when the woman or girl doing the action is also its object
From this reading “I am one of those to whom she has shown herself most kind.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Many years ago I vowed my life away to one purpose, and that partly an immoral one.”
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading “I am one of those to whom she has shown herself most kind.”
above and across; more than
From this reading “Who courts her she shuns, who deserves her she passes over, and on him who defies her and takes no pains to secure her she lavishes her favours.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Many years ago I vowed my life away to one purpose, and that partly an immoral one.”
the plural of “that”: the people or things further away, or already known
From this reading “I am one of those to whom she has shown herself most kind.”
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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 MY APOLOGY Fortune is the strangest mistress a man ever wooed.
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From this reading Many years ago I vowed my life away to one purpose, and that partly an immoral one.
the form of “be” used with “I”
From this reading I am one of those to whom she has shown herself most kind.
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading Many years ago I vowed my life away to one purpose, and that partly an immoral one.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Who courts her she shuns, who deserves her she passes over, and on him who defies her and takes no pains to secure her she lavishes her favours.
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From this reading MY APOLOGY Fortune is the strangest mistress a man ever wooed.
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From this reading Many years ago I vowed my life away to one purpose, and that partly an immoral one.
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From this reading Who courts her she shuns, who deserves her she passes over, and on him who defies her and takes no pains to secure her she lavishes her favours.
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From this reading Who courts her she shuns, who deserves her she passes over, and on him who defies her and takes no pains to secure her she lavishes her favours.
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From this reading Who courts her she shuns, who deserves her she passes over, and on him who defies her and takes no pains to secure her she lavishes her favours.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading MY APOLOGY Fortune is the strangest mistress a man ever wooed.
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From this reading Who courts her she shuns, who deserves her she passes over, and on him who defies her and takes no pains to secure her she lavishes her favours.
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading MY APOLOGY Fortune is the strangest mistress a man ever wooed.
the form of “have” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading I am one of those to whom she has shown herself most kind.
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From this reading It was a purpose which held my life.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading Who courts her she shuns, who deserves her she passes over, and on him who defies her and takes no pains to secure her she lavishes her favours.
used when the woman or girl doing the action is also its object
From this reading I am one of those to whom she has shown herself most kind.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Who courts her she shuns, who deserves her she passes over, and on him who defies her and takes no pains to secure her she lavishes her favours.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I am one of those to whom she has shown herself most kind.
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From this reading Many years ago I vowed my life away to one purpose, and that partly an immoral one.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading MY APOLOGY Fortune is the strangest mistress a man ever wooed.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It was a purpose which held my life.
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From this reading I am one of those to whom she has shown herself most kind.
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From this reading Who courts her she shuns, who deserves her she passes over, and on him who defies her and takes no pains to secure her she lavishes her favours.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Many years ago I vowed my life away to one purpose, and that partly an immoral one.
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From this reading MY APOLOGY Fortune is the strangest mistress a man ever wooed.
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From this reading Many years ago I vowed my life away to one purpose, and that partly an immoral one.
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From this reading MY APOLOGY Fortune is the strangest mistress a man ever wooed.
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From this reading I am one of those to whom she has shown herself most kind.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading MY APOLOGY Fortune is the strangest mistress a man ever wooed.
not any; not one
From this reading Who courts her she shuns, who deserves her she passes over, and on him who defies her and takes no pains to secure her she lavishes her favours.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading I am one of those to whom she has shown herself most kind.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading Who courts her she shuns, who deserves her she passes over, and on him who defies her and takes no pains to secure her she lavishes her favours.
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading I am one of those to whom she has shown herself most kind.
above and across; more than
From this reading Who courts her she shuns, who deserves her she passes over, and on him who defies her and takes no pains to secure her she lavishes her favours.
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From this reading Who courts her she shuns, who deserves her she passes over, and on him who defies her and takes no pains to secure her she lavishes her favours.
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From this reading Many years ago I vowed my life away to one purpose, and that partly an immoral one.
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From this reading Who courts her she shuns, who deserves her she passes over, and on him who defies her and takes no pains to secure her she lavishes her favours.
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From this reading Many years ago I vowed my life away to one purpose, and that partly an immoral one.
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From this reading Who courts her she shuns, who deserves her she passes over, and on him who defies her and takes no pains to secure her she lavishes her favours.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Who courts her she shuns, who deserves her she passes over, and on him who defies her and takes no pains to secure her she lavishes her favours.
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From this reading I am one of those to whom she has shown herself most kind.
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From this reading Who courts her she shuns, who deserves her she passes over, and on him who defies her and takes no pains to secure her she lavishes her favours.
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From this reading MY APOLOGY Fortune is the strangest mistress a man ever wooed.
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From this reading Who courts her she shuns, who deserves her she passes over, and on him who defies her and takes no pains to secure her she lavishes her favours.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Many years ago I vowed my life away to one purpose, and that partly an immoral one.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading MY APOLOGY Fortune is the strangest mistress a man ever wooed.
the plural of “that”: the people or things further away, or already known
From this reading I am one of those to whom she has shown herself most kind.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Who courts her she shuns, who deserves her she passes over, and on him who defies her and takes no pains to secure her she lavishes her favours.
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From this reading Many years ago I vowed my life away to one purpose, and that partly an immoral one.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading It was a purpose which held my life.
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading It was a purpose which held my life.
which person or people
From this reading Who courts her she shuns, who deserves her she passes over, and on him who defies her and takes no pains to secure her she lavishes her favours.
the form of “who” used as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading I am one of those to whom she has shown herself most kind.
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From this reading MY APOLOGY Fortune is the strangest mistress a man ever wooed.
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From this reading Many years ago I vowed my life away to one purpose, and that partly an immoral one.
