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OF OUR COMING TO THE DUKE OF MONTESINA AND HIS HOUSE UPON THE HILL “OH, look, Sir Englishman!” I cried, in the immodesty of my soul. “Do you not see those tall white walls that crown yonder precipice? Look at the beams of the morning on each spire and turret. Do they not smile and beckon?
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an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “I cried, in the immodesty of my soul.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “OF OUR COMING TO THE DUKE OF MONTESINA AND HIS HOUSE UPON THE HILL “OH, look, Sir Englishman!””
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Look at the beams of the morning on each spire and turret.”
the plural of “that”: the people or things further away, or already known
From this reading ““Do you not see those tall white walls that crown yonder precipice?”
a formal word for “on”
From this reading “OF OUR COMING TO THE DUKE OF MONTESINA AND HIS HOUSE UPON THE HILL “OH, look, Sir Englishman!””
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used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading OF OUR COMING TO THE DUKE OF MONTESINA AND HIS HOUSE UPON THE HILL “OH, look, Sir Englishman!”
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading Look at the beams of the morning on each spire and turret.
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From this reading Look at the beams of the morning on each spire and turret.
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From this reading Do they not smile and beckon?
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From this reading OF OUR COMING TO THE DUKE OF MONTESINA AND HIS HOUSE UPON THE HILL “OH, look, Sir Englishman!”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading I cried, in the immodesty of my soul.
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From this reading “Do you not see those tall white walls that crown yonder precipice?
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading “Do you not see those tall white walls that crown yonder precipice?
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From this reading OF OUR COMING TO THE DUKE OF MONTESINA AND HIS HOUSE UPON THE HILL “OH, look, Sir Englishman!”
every one of two or more people or things, taken separately
From this reading Look at the beams of the morning on each spire and turret.
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From this reading OF OUR COMING TO THE DUKE OF MONTESINA AND HIS HOUSE UPON THE HILL “OH, look, Sir Englishman!”
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From this reading OF OUR COMING TO THE DUKE OF MONTESINA AND HIS HOUSE UPON THE HILL “OH, look, Sir Englishman!”
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading OF OUR COMING TO THE DUKE OF MONTESINA AND HIS HOUSE UPON THE HILL “OH, look, Sir Englishman!”
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From this reading OF OUR COMING TO THE DUKE OF MONTESINA AND HIS HOUSE UPON THE HILL “OH, look, Sir Englishman!”
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I cried, in the immodesty of my soul.
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From this reading I cried, in the immodesty of my soul.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading I cried, in the immodesty of my soul.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading OF OUR COMING TO THE DUKE OF MONTESINA AND HIS HOUSE UPON THE HILL “OH, look, Sir Englishman!”
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From this reading OF OUR COMING TO THE DUKE OF MONTESINA AND HIS HOUSE UPON THE HILL “OH, look, Sir Englishman!”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Look at the beams of the morning on each spire and turret.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading I cried, in the immodesty of my soul.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading “Do you not see those tall white walls that crown yonder precipice?
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading OF OUR COMING TO THE DUKE OF MONTESINA AND HIS HOUSE UPON THE HILL “OH, look, Sir Englishman!”
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From this reading OF OUR COMING TO THE DUKE OF MONTESINA AND HIS HOUSE UPON THE HILL “OH, look, Sir Englishman!”
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading Look at the beams of the morning on each spire and turret.
belonging to the speaker and others
From this reading OF OUR COMING TO THE DUKE OF MONTESINA AND HIS HOUSE UPON THE HILL “OH, look, Sir Englishman!”
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From this reading “Do you not see those tall white walls that crown yonder precipice?
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From this reading “Do you not see those tall white walls that crown yonder precipice?
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From this reading OF OUR COMING TO THE DUKE OF MONTESINA AND HIS HOUSE UPON THE HILL “OH, look, Sir Englishman!”
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From this reading Do they not smile and beckon?
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From this reading I cried, in the immodesty of my soul.
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From this reading Look at the beams of the morning on each spire and turret.
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From this reading “Do you not see those tall white walls that crown yonder precipice?
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading “Do you not see those tall white walls that crown yonder precipice?
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading OF OUR COMING TO THE DUKE OF MONTESINA AND HIS HOUSE UPON THE HILL “OH, look, Sir Englishman!”
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Do they not smile and beckon?
the plural of “that”: the people or things further away, or already known
From this reading “Do you not see those tall white walls that crown yonder precipice?
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading OF OUR COMING TO THE DUKE OF MONTESINA AND HIS HOUSE UPON THE HILL “OH, look, Sir Englishman!”
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From this reading Look at the beams of the morning on each spire and turret.
a formal word for “on”
From this reading OF OUR COMING TO THE DUKE OF MONTESINA AND HIS HOUSE UPON THE HILL “OH, look, Sir Englishman!”
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From this reading “Do you not see those tall white walls that crown yonder precipice?
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From this reading “Do you not see those tall white walls that crown yonder precipice?
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From this reading “Do you not see those tall white walls that crown yonder precipice?
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading “Do you not see those tall white walls that crown yonder precipice?
