Chapter VII

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From this reading They have only weaker constitutions & stronger minds than are often met with, either separate or together.-- And our Youngest B^r--who lives with ( 59 ) them, & who is not much above 20, I am sorry to say, is almost as great an Invalid as themselves.--He is so delicate that he can engage in no Profession.

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From this reading ( 58 ) is a saucy fellow, Miss H.--And you must know, he will have it there is a good deal of Imagination in my two Sisters’ complaints--but it really is not so--or very little--They have wretched health, as you have heard us say frequently, & are subject to a variety of very serious Disorders.-- Indeed, I do not beleive they know what a day’s health is;--& at the same time, they are such excellent useful Women & have so much energy of Character that, where any Good is to be done, they force themselves on exertions which to those who do not thoroughly know them, have an extraordinary appearance.--But there is really no affectation about them.

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From this reading They have only weaker constitutions & stronger minds than are often met with, either separate or together.-- And our Youngest B^r--who lives with ( 59 ) them, & who is not much above 20, I am sorry to say, is almost as great an Invalid as themselves.--He is so delicate that he can engage in no Profession.

used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one

From this reading When they met before dinner, M^r P. was looking over Letters.--“Not a Line from Sidney!--said he.--He is an idle fellow.--I sent him an account of my accident from Willingden, & thought he would have vouchsafed me an Answer.--But perhaps it implies that he is coming himself.--I trust it may.--But here is a Letter from one of my Sisters.

on the subject of; concerning

From this reading ( 58 ) is a saucy fellow, Miss H.--And you must know, he will have it there is a good deal of Imagination in my two Sisters’ complaints--but it really is not so--or very little--They have wretched health, as you have heard us say frequently, & are subject to a variety of very serious Disorders.-- Indeed, I do not beleive they know what a day’s health is;--& at the same time, they are such excellent useful Women & have so much energy of Character that, where any Good is to be done, they force themselves on exertions which to those who do not thoroughly know them, have an extraordinary appearance.--But there is really no affectation about them.

higher than, or over, something

From this reading They have only weaker constitutions & stronger minds than are often met with, either separate or together.-- And our Youngest B^r--who lives with ( 59 ) them, & who is not much above 20, I am sorry to say, is almost as great an Invalid as themselves.--He is so delicate that he can engage in no Profession.

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From this reading When they met before dinner, M^r P. was looking over Letters.--“Not a Line from Sidney!--said he.--He is an idle fellow.--I sent him an account of my accident from Willingden, & thought he would have vouchsafed me an Answer.--But perhaps it implies that he is coming himself.--I trust it may.--But here is a Letter from one of my Sisters.

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From this reading When they met before dinner, M^r P. was looking over Letters.--“Not a Line from Sidney!--said he.--He is an idle fellow.--I sent him an account of my accident from Willingden, & thought he would have vouchsafed me an Answer.--But perhaps it implies that he is coming himself.--I trust it may.--But here is a Letter from one of my Sisters.

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From this reading ( 58 ) is a saucy fellow, Miss H.--And you must know, he will have it there is a good deal of Imagination in my two Sisters’ complaints--but it really is not so--or very little--They have wretched health, as you have heard us say frequently, & are subject to a variety of very serious Disorders.-- Indeed, I do not beleive they know what a day’s health is;--& at the same time, they are such excellent useful Women & have so much energy of Character that, where any Good is to be done, they force themselves on exertions which to those who do not thoroughly know them, have an extraordinary appearance.--But there is really no affectation about them.

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From this reading --Sidney laughs at him--but it really is no Joke--tho’ Sidney often makes me laugh at them all in spite of myself.--Now, if he were here, I know he w^d be offering odds that either Susan Diana or Arthur w^d appear by this letter to have been at the point of death within the last month.”--Having run his eye over the Letter, he shook his head & began--“No chance of seeing them at Sanditon I am sorry to say.-- A very indifferent account of them indeed.

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From this reading They have only weaker constitutions & stronger minds than are often met with, either separate or together.-- And our Youngest B^r--who lives with ( 59 ) them, & who is not much above 20, I am sorry to say, is almost as great an Invalid as themselves.--He is so delicate that he can engage in no Profession.

the form of “be” used with “I”

From this reading They have only weaker constitutions & stronger minds than are often met with, either separate or together.-- And our Youngest B^r--who lives with ( 59 ) them, & who is not much above 20, I am sorry to say, is almost as great an Invalid as themselves.--He is so delicate that he can engage in no Profession.

the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound

From this reading When they met before dinner, M^r P. was looking over Letters.--“Not a Line from Sidney!--said he.--He is an idle fellow.--I sent him an account of my accident from Willingden, & thought he would have vouchsafed me an Answer.--But perhaps it implies that he is coming himself.--I trust it may.--But here is a Letter from one of my Sisters.

used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together

From this reading ( 58 ) is a saucy fellow, Miss H.--And you must know, he will have it there is a good deal of Imagination in my two Sisters’ complaints--but it really is not so--or very little--They have wretched health, as you have heard us say frequently, & are subject to a variety of very serious Disorders.-- Indeed, I do not beleive they know what a day’s health is;--& at the same time, they are such excellent useful Women & have so much energy of Character that, where any Good is to be done, they force themselves on exertions which to those who do not thoroughly know them, have an extraordinary appearance.--But there is really no affectation about them.

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From this reading When they met before dinner, M^r P. was looking over Letters.--“Not a Line from Sidney!--said he.--He is an idle fellow.--I sent him an account of my accident from Willingden, & thought he would have vouchsafed me an Answer.--But perhaps it implies that he is coming himself.--I trust it may.--But here is a Letter from one of my Sisters.

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From this reading ( 58 ) is a saucy fellow, Miss H.--And you must know, he will have it there is a good deal of Imagination in my two Sisters’ complaints--but it really is not so--or very little--They have wretched health, as you have heard us say frequently, & are subject to a variety of very serious Disorders.-- Indeed, I do not beleive they know what a day’s health is;--& at the same time, they are such excellent useful Women & have so much energy of Character that, where any Good is to be done, they force themselves on exertions which to those who do not thoroughly know them, have an extraordinary appearance.--But there is really no affectation about them.

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From this reading --Sidney laughs at him--but it really is no Joke--tho’ Sidney often makes me laugh at them all in spite of myself.--Now, if he were here, I know he w^d be offering odds that either Susan Diana or Arthur w^d appear by this letter to have been at the point of death within the last month.”--Having run his eye over the Letter, he shook his head & began--“No chance of seeing them at Sanditon I am sorry to say.-- A very indifferent account of them indeed.

a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage

From this reading ( 58 ) is a saucy fellow, Miss H.--And you must know, he will have it there is a good deal of Imagination in my two Sisters’ complaints--but it really is not so--or very little--They have wretched health, as you have heard us say frequently, & are subject to a variety of very serious Disorders.-- Indeed, I do not beleive they know what a day’s health is;--& at the same time, they are such excellent useful Women & have so much energy of Character that, where any Good is to be done, they force themselves on exertions which to those who do not thoroughly know them, have an extraordinary appearance.--But there is really no affectation about them.

the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun

From this reading _They_ never fail me.-- Women are the only Correspondents to be depended on.--Now Mary, (smiling at his Wife)--before I open it, what shall we guess as to the state of health of those it comes from--or rather what w^d Sidney say if he were here?--Sidney

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From this reading --Sidney laughs at him--but it really is no Joke--tho’ Sidney often makes me laugh at them all in spite of myself.--Now, if he were here, I know he w^d be offering odds that either Susan Diana or Arthur w^d appear by this letter to have been at the point of death within the last month.”--Having run his eye over the Letter, he shook his head & began--“No chance of seeing them at Sanditon I am sorry to say.-- A very indifferent account of them indeed.

at the same time that; because; in the way that

From this reading _They_ never fail me.-- Women are the only Correspondents to be depended on.--Now Mary, (smiling at his Wife)--before I open it, what shall we guess as to the state of health of those it comes from--or rather what w^d Sidney say if he were here?--Sidney

in or near a particular place or position

From this reading _They_ never fail me.-- Women are the only Correspondents to be depended on.--Now Mary, (smiling at his Wife)--before I open it, what shall we guess as to the state of health of those it comes from--or rather what w^d Sidney say if he were here?--Sidney

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From this reading They have only weaker constitutions & stronger minds than are often met with, either separate or together.-- And our Youngest B^r--who lives with ( 59 ) them, & who is not much above 20, I am sorry to say, is almost as great an Invalid as themselves.--He is so delicate that he can engage in no Profession.

used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses

From this reading _They_ never fail me.-- Women are the only Correspondents to be depended on.--Now Mary, (smiling at his Wife)--before I open it, what shall we guess as to the state of health of those it comes from--or rather what w^d Sidney say if he were here?--Sidney

the past participle of “be”

From this reading --Sidney laughs at him--but it really is no Joke--tho’ Sidney often makes me laugh at them all in spite of myself.--Now, if he were here, I know he w^d be offering odds that either Susan Diana or Arthur w^d appear by this letter to have been at the point of death within the last month.”--Having run his eye over the Letter, he shook his head & began--“No chance of seeing them at Sanditon I am sorry to say.-- A very indifferent account of them indeed.

earlier than; in front of

From this reading When they met before dinner, M^r P. was looking over Letters.--“Not a Line from Sidney!--said he.--He is an idle fellow.--I sent him an account of my accident from Willingden, & thought he would have vouchsafed me an Answer.--But perhaps it implies that he is coming himself.--I trust it may.--But here is a Letter from one of my Sisters.

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From this reading --Sidney laughs at him--but it really is no Joke--tho’ Sidney often makes me laugh at them all in spite of myself.--Now, if he were here, I know he w^d be offering odds that either Susan Diana or Arthur w^d appear by this letter to have been at the point of death within the last month.”--Having run his eye over the Letter, he shook his head & began--“No chance of seeing them at Sanditon I am sorry to say.-- A very indifferent account of them indeed.

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From this reading ( 58 ) is a saucy fellow, Miss H.--And you must know, he will have it there is a good deal of Imagination in my two Sisters’ complaints--but it really is not so--or very little--They have wretched health, as you have heard us say frequently, & are subject to a variety of very serious Disorders.-- Indeed, I do not beleive they know what a day’s health is;--& at the same time, they are such excellent useful Women & have so much energy of Character that, where any Good is to be done, they force themselves on exertions which to those who do not thoroughly know them, have an extraordinary appearance.--But there is really no affectation about them.

used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before

From this reading When they met before dinner, M^r P. was looking over Letters.--“Not a Line from Sidney!--said he.--He is an idle fellow.--I sent him an account of my accident from Willingden, & thought he would have vouchsafed me an Answer.--But perhaps it implies that he is coming himself.--I trust it may.--But here is a Letter from one of my Sisters.

showing who or what does the action

From this reading --Sidney laughs at him--but it really is no Joke--tho’ Sidney often makes me laugh at them all in spite of myself.--Now, if he were here, I know he w^d be offering odds that either Susan Diana or Arthur w^d appear by this letter to have been at the point of death within the last month.”--Having run his eye over the Letter, he shook his head & began--“No chance of seeing them at Sanditon I am sorry to say.-- A very indifferent account of them indeed.

to be able to, or to be allowed to

From this reading They have only weaker constitutions & stronger minds than are often met with, either separate or together.-- And our Youngest B^r--who lives with ( 59 ) them, & who is not much above 20, I am sorry to say, is almost as great an Invalid as themselves.--He is so delicate that he can engage in no Profession.

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From this reading --Sidney laughs at him--but it really is no Joke--tho’ Sidney often makes me laugh at them all in spite of myself.--Now, if he were here, I know he w^d be offering odds that either Susan Diana or Arthur w^d appear by this letter to have been at the point of death within the last month.”--Having run his eye over the Letter, he shook his head & began--“No chance of seeing them at Sanditon I am sorry to say.-- A very indifferent account of them indeed.

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From this reading ( 58 ) is a saucy fellow, Miss H.--And you must know, he will have it there is a good deal of Imagination in my two Sisters’ complaints--but it really is not so--or very little--They have wretched health, as you have heard us say frequently, & are subject to a variety of very serious Disorders.-- Indeed, I do not beleive they know what a day’s health is;--& at the same time, they are such excellent useful Women & have so much energy of Character that, where any Good is to be done, they force themselves on exertions which to those who do not thoroughly know them, have an extraordinary appearance.--But there is really no affectation about them.

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From this reading _They_ never fail me.-- Women are the only Correspondents to be depended on.--Now Mary, (smiling at his Wife)--before I open it, what shall we guess as to the state of health of those it comes from--or rather what w^d Sidney say if he were here?--Sidney

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From this reading When they met before dinner, M^r P. was looking over Letters.--“Not a Line from Sidney!--said he.--He is an idle fellow.--I sent him an account of my accident from Willingden, & thought he would have vouchsafed me an Answer.--But perhaps it implies that he is coming himself.--I trust it may.--But here is a Letter from one of my Sisters.

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From this reading ( 58 ) is a saucy fellow, Miss H.--And you must know, he will have it there is a good deal of Imagination in my two Sisters’ complaints--but it really is not so--or very little--They have wretched health, as you have heard us say frequently, & are subject to a variety of very serious Disorders.-- Indeed, I do not beleive they know what a day’s health is;--& at the same time, they are such excellent useful Women & have so much energy of Character that, where any Good is to be done, they force themselves on exertions which to those who do not thoroughly know them, have an extraordinary appearance.--But there is really no affectation about them.

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From this reading They have only weaker constitutions & stronger minds than are often met with, either separate or together.-- And our Youngest B^r--who lives with ( 59 ) them, & who is not much above 20, I am sorry to say, is almost as great an Invalid as themselves.--He is so delicate that he can engage in no Profession.

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From this reading _They_ never fail me.-- Women are the only Correspondents to be depended on.--Now Mary, (smiling at his Wife)--before I open it, what shall we guess as to the state of health of those it comes from--or rather what w^d Sidney say if he were here?--Sidney

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From this reading _They_ never fail me.-- Women are the only Correspondents to be depended on.--Now Mary, (smiling at his Wife)--before I open it, what shall we guess as to the state of health of those it comes from--or rather what w^d Sidney say if he were here?--Sidney

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From this reading ( 58 ) is a saucy fellow, Miss H.--And you must know, he will have it there is a good deal of Imagination in my two Sisters’ complaints--but it really is not so--or very little--They have wretched health, as you have heard us say frequently, & are subject to a variety of very serious Disorders.-- Indeed, I do not beleive they know what a day’s health is;--& at the same time, they are such excellent useful Women & have so much energy of Character that, where any Good is to be done, they force themselves on exertions which to those who do not thoroughly know them, have an extraordinary appearance.--But there is really no affectation about them.

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From this reading ( 58 ) is a saucy fellow, Miss H.--And you must know, he will have it there is a good deal of Imagination in my two Sisters’ complaints--but it really is not so--or very little--They have wretched health, as you have heard us say frequently, & are subject to a variety of very serious Disorders.-- Indeed, I do not beleive they know what a day’s health is;--& at the same time, they are such excellent useful Women & have so much energy of Character that, where any Good is to be done, they force themselves on exertions which to those who do not thoroughly know them, have an extraordinary appearance.--But there is really no affectation about them.

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From this reading --Sidney laughs at him--but it really is no Joke--tho’ Sidney often makes me laugh at them all in spite of myself.--Now, if he were here, I know he w^d be offering odds that either Susan Diana or Arthur w^d appear by this letter to have been at the point of death within the last month.”--Having run his eye over the Letter, he shook his head & began--“No chance of seeing them at Sanditon I am sorry to say.-- A very indifferent account of them indeed.

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From this reading They have only weaker constitutions & stronger minds than are often met with, either separate or together.-- And our Youngest B^r--who lives with ( 59 ) them, & who is not much above 20, I am sorry to say, is almost as great an Invalid as themselves.--He is so delicate that he can engage in no Profession.

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From this reading _They_ never fail me.-- Women are the only Correspondents to be depended on.--Now Mary, (smiling at his Wife)--before I open it, what shall we guess as to the state of health of those it comes from--or rather what w^d Sidney say if he were here?--Sidney

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From this reading --Sidney laughs at him--but it really is no Joke--tho’ Sidney often makes me laugh at them all in spite of myself.--Now, if he were here, I know he w^d be offering odds that either Susan Diana or Arthur w^d appear by this letter to have been at the point of death within the last month.”--Having run his eye over the Letter, he shook his head & began--“No chance of seeing them at Sanditon I am sorry to say.-- A very indifferent account of them indeed.

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From this reading When they met before dinner, M^r P. was looking over Letters.--“Not a Line from Sidney!--said he.--He is an idle fellow.--I sent him an account of my accident from Willingden, & thought he would have vouchsafed me an Answer.--But perhaps it implies that he is coming himself.--I trust it may.--But here is a Letter from one of my Sisters.

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From this reading ( 58 ) is a saucy fellow, Miss H.--And you must know, he will have it there is a good deal of Imagination in my two Sisters’ complaints--but it really is not so--or very little--They have wretched health, as you have heard us say frequently, & are subject to a variety of very serious Disorders.-- Indeed, I do not beleive they know what a day’s health is;--& at the same time, they are such excellent useful Women & have so much energy of Character that, where any Good is to be done, they force themselves on exertions which to those who do not thoroughly know them, have an extraordinary appearance.--But there is really no affectation about them.

used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis

From this reading ( 58 ) is a saucy fellow, Miss H.--And you must know, he will have it there is a good deal of Imagination in my two Sisters’ complaints--but it really is not so--or very little--They have wretched health, as you have heard us say frequently, & are subject to a variety of very serious Disorders.-- Indeed, I do not beleive they know what a day’s health is;--& at the same time, they are such excellent useful Women & have so much energy of Character that, where any Good is to be done, they force themselves on exertions which to those who do not thoroughly know them, have an extraordinary appearance.--But there is really no affectation about them.

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading ( 58 ) is a saucy fellow, Miss H.--And you must know, he will have it there is a good deal of Imagination in my two Sisters’ complaints--but it really is not so--or very little--They have wretched health, as you have heard us say frequently, & are subject to a variety of very serious Disorders.-- Indeed, I do not beleive they know what a day’s health is;--& at the same time, they are such excellent useful Women & have so much energy of Character that, where any Good is to be done, they force themselves on exertions which to those who do not thoroughly know them, have an extraordinary appearance.--But there is really no affectation about them.

one or the other of two

From this reading They have only weaker constitutions & stronger minds than are often met with, either separate or together.-- And our Youngest B^r--who lives with ( 59 ) them, & who is not much above 20, I am sorry to say, is almost as great an Invalid as themselves.--He is so delicate that he can engage in no Profession.

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From this reading ( 58 ) is a saucy fellow, Miss H.--And you must know, he will have it there is a good deal of Imagination in my two Sisters’ complaints--but it really is not so--or very little--They have wretched health, as you have heard us say frequently, & are subject to a variety of very serious Disorders.-- Indeed, I do not beleive they know what a day’s health is;--& at the same time, they are such excellent useful Women & have so much energy of Character that, where any Good is to be done, they force themselves on exertions which to those who do not thoroughly know them, have an extraordinary appearance.--But there is really no affectation about them.

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From this reading They have only weaker constitutions & stronger minds than are often met with, either separate or together.-- And our Youngest B^r--who lives with ( 59 ) them, & who is not much above 20, I am sorry to say, is almost as great an Invalid as themselves.--He is so delicate that he can engage in no Profession.

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From this reading ( 58 ) is a saucy fellow, Miss H.--And you must know, he will have it there is a good deal of Imagination in my two Sisters’ complaints--but it really is not so--or very little--They have wretched health, as you have heard us say frequently, & are subject to a variety of very serious Disorders.-- Indeed, I do not beleive they know what a day’s health is;--& at the same time, they are such excellent useful Women & have so much energy of Character that, where any Good is to be done, they force themselves on exertions which to those who do not thoroughly know them, have an extraordinary appearance.--But there is really no affectation about them.

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From this reading ( 58 ) is a saucy fellow, Miss H.--And you must know, he will have it there is a good deal of Imagination in my two Sisters’ complaints--but it really is not so--or very little--They have wretched health, as you have heard us say frequently, & are subject to a variety of very serious Disorders.-- Indeed, I do not beleive they know what a day’s health is;--& at the same time, they are such excellent useful Women & have so much energy of Character that, where any Good is to be done, they force themselves on exertions which to those who do not thoroughly know them, have an extraordinary appearance.--But there is really no affectation about them.

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From this reading ( 58 ) is a saucy fellow, Miss H.--And you must know, he will have it there is a good deal of Imagination in my two Sisters’ complaints--but it really is not so--or very little--They have wretched health, as you have heard us say frequently, & are subject to a variety of very serious Disorders.-- Indeed, I do not beleive they know what a day’s health is;--& at the same time, they are such excellent useful Women & have so much energy of Character that, where any Good is to be done, they force themselves on exertions which to those who do not thoroughly know them, have an extraordinary appearance.--But there is really no affectation about them.

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From this reading --Sidney laughs at him--but it really is no Joke--tho’ Sidney often makes me laugh at them all in spite of myself.--Now, if he were here, I know he w^d be offering odds that either Susan Diana or Arthur w^d appear by this letter to have been at the point of death within the last month.”--Having run his eye over the Letter, he shook his head & began--“No chance of seeing them at Sanditon I am sorry to say.-- A very indifferent account of them indeed.

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From this reading _They_ never fail me.-- Women are the only Correspondents to be depended on.--Now Mary, (smiling at his Wife)--before I open it, what shall we guess as to the state of health of those it comes from--or rather what w^d Sidney say if he were here?--Sidney

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From this reading When they met before dinner, M^r P. was looking over Letters.--“Not a Line from Sidney!--said he.--He is an idle fellow.--I sent him an account of my accident from Willingden, & thought he would have vouchsafed me an Answer.--But perhaps it implies that he is coming himself.--I trust it may.--But here is a Letter from one of my Sisters.

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From this reading ( 58 ) is a saucy fellow, Miss H.--And you must know, he will have it there is a good deal of Imagination in my two Sisters’ complaints--but it really is not so--or very little--They have wretched health, as you have heard us say frequently, & are subject to a variety of very serious Disorders.-- Indeed, I do not beleive they know what a day’s health is;--& at the same time, they are such excellent useful Women & have so much energy of Character that, where any Good is to be done, they force themselves on exertions which to those who do not thoroughly know them, have an extraordinary appearance.--But there is really no affectation about them.

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From this reading ( 58 ) is a saucy fellow, Miss H.--And you must know, he will have it there is a good deal of Imagination in my two Sisters’ complaints--but it really is not so--or very little--They have wretched health, as you have heard us say frequently, & are subject to a variety of very serious Disorders.-- Indeed, I do not beleive they know what a day’s health is;--& at the same time, they are such excellent useful Women & have so much energy of Character that, where any Good is to be done, they force themselves on exertions which to those who do not thoroughly know them, have an extraordinary appearance.--But there is really no affectation about them.

showing where something starts, or who sent it

From this reading When they met before dinner, M^r P. was looking over Letters.--“Not a Line from Sidney!--said he.--He is an idle fellow.--I sent him an account of my accident from Willingden, & thought he would have vouchsafed me an Answer.--But perhaps it implies that he is coming himself.--I trust it may.--But here is a Letter from one of my Sisters.

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading ( 58 ) is a saucy fellow, Miss H.--And you must know, he will have it there is a good deal of Imagination in my two Sisters’ complaints--but it really is not so--or very little--They have wretched health, as you have heard us say frequently, & are subject to a variety of very serious Disorders.-- Indeed, I do not beleive they know what a day’s health is;--& at the same time, they are such excellent useful Women & have so much energy of Character that, where any Good is to be done, they force themselves on exertions which to those who do not thoroughly know them, have an extraordinary appearance.--But there is really no affectation about them.

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading They have only weaker constitutions & stronger minds than are often met with, either separate or together.-- And our Youngest B^r--who lives with ( 59 ) them, & who is not much above 20, I am sorry to say, is almost as great an Invalid as themselves.--He is so delicate that he can engage in no Profession.

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From this reading _They_ never fail me.-- Women are the only Correspondents to be depended on.--Now Mary, (smiling at his Wife)--before I open it, what shall we guess as to the state of health of those it comes from--or rather what w^d Sidney say if he were here?--Sidney

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From this reading ( 58 ) is a saucy fellow, Miss H.--And you must know, he will have it there is a good deal of Imagination in my two Sisters’ complaints--but it really is not so--or very little--They have wretched health, as you have heard us say frequently, & are subject to a variety of very serious Disorders.-- Indeed, I do not beleive they know what a day’s health is;--& at the same time, they are such excellent useful Women & have so much energy of Character that, where any Good is to be done, they force themselves on exertions which to those who do not thoroughly know them, have an extraordinary appearance.--But there is really no affectation about them.

used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses

From this reading When they met before dinner, M^r P. was looking over Letters.--“Not a Line from Sidney!--said he.--He is an idle fellow.--I sent him an account of my accident from Willingden, & thought he would have vouchsafed me an Answer.--But perhaps it implies that he is coming himself.--I trust it may.--But here is a Letter from one of my Sisters.

the -ing form of “have”

From this reading --Sidney laughs at him--but it really is no Joke--tho’ Sidney often makes me laugh at them all in spite of myself.--Now, if he were here, I know he w^d be offering odds that either Susan Diana or Arthur w^d appear by this letter to have been at the point of death within the last month.”--Having run his eye over the Letter, he shook his head & began--“No chance of seeing them at Sanditon I am sorry to say.-- A very indifferent account of them indeed.

a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject

From this reading When they met before dinner, M^r P. was looking over Letters.--“Not a Line from Sidney!--said he.--He is an idle fellow.--I sent him an account of my accident from Willingden, & thought he would have vouchsafed me an Answer.--But perhaps it implies that he is coming himself.--I trust it may.--But here is a Letter from one of my Sisters.

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From this reading --Sidney laughs at him--but it really is no Joke--tho’ Sidney often makes me laugh at them all in spite of myself.--Now, if he were here, I know he w^d be offering odds that either Susan Diana or Arthur w^d appear by this letter to have been at the point of death within the last month.”--Having run his eye over the Letter, he shook his head & began--“No chance of seeing them at Sanditon I am sorry to say.-- A very indifferent account of them indeed.

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From this reading _They_ never fail me.-- Women are the only Correspondents to be depended on.--Now Mary, (smiling at his Wife)--before I open it, what shall we guess as to the state of health of those it comes from--or rather what w^d Sidney say if he were here?--Sidney

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From this reading ( 58 ) is a saucy fellow, Miss H.--And you must know, he will have it there is a good deal of Imagination in my two Sisters’ complaints--but it really is not so--or very little--They have wretched health, as you have heard us say frequently, & are subject to a variety of very serious Disorders.-- Indeed, I do not beleive they know what a day’s health is;--& at the same time, they are such excellent useful Women & have so much energy of Character that, where any Good is to be done, they force themselves on exertions which to those who do not thoroughly know them, have an extraordinary appearance.--But there is really no affectation about them.

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading When they met before dinner, M^r P. was looking over Letters.--“Not a Line from Sidney!--said he.--He is an idle fellow.--I sent him an account of my accident from Willingden, & thought he would have vouchsafed me an Answer.--But perhaps it implies that he is coming himself.--I trust it may.--But here is a Letter from one of my Sisters.

the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition

From this reading When they met before dinner, M^r P. was looking over Letters.--“Not a Line from Sidney!--said he.--He is an idle fellow.--I sent him an account of my accident from Willingden, & thought he would have vouchsafed me an Answer.--But perhaps it implies that he is coming himself.--I trust it may.--But here is a Letter from one of my Sisters.

used when the man or boy doing the action is also its object

From this reading When they met before dinner, M^r P. was looking over Letters.--“Not a Line from Sidney!--said he.--He is an idle fellow.--I sent him an account of my accident from Willingden, & thought he would have vouchsafed me an Answer.--But perhaps it implies that he is coming himself.--I trust it may.--But here is a Letter from one of my Sisters.

belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned

From this reading _They_ never fail me.-- Women are the only Correspondents to be depended on.--Now Mary, (smiling at his Wife)--before I open it, what shall we guess as to the state of health of those it comes from--or rather what w^d Sidney say if he were here?--Sidney

the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb

From this reading When they met before dinner, M^r P. was looking over Letters.--“Not a Line from Sidney!--said he.--He is an idle fellow.--I sent him an account of my accident from Willingden, & thought he would have vouchsafed me an Answer.--But perhaps it implies that he is coming himself.--I trust it may.--But here is a Letter from one of my Sisters.

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From this reading When they met before dinner, M^r P. was looking over Letters.--“Not a Line from Sidney!--said he.--He is an idle fellow.--I sent him an account of my accident from Willingden, & thought he would have vouchsafed me an Answer.--But perhaps it implies that he is coming himself.--I trust it may.--But here is a Letter from one of my Sisters.

on condition that; in the event that

From this reading _They_ never fail me.-- Women are the only Correspondents to be depended on.--Now Mary, (smiling at his Wife)--before I open it, what shall we guess as to the state of health of those it comes from--or rather what w^d Sidney say if he were here?--Sidney

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From this reading ( 58 ) is a saucy fellow, Miss H.--And you must know, he will have it there is a good deal of Imagination in my two Sisters’ complaints--but it really is not so--or very little--They have wretched health, as you have heard us say frequently, & are subject to a variety of very serious Disorders.-- Indeed, I do not beleive they know what a day’s health is;--& at the same time, they are such excellent useful Women & have so much energy of Character that, where any Good is to be done, they force themselves on exertions which to those who do not thoroughly know them, have an extraordinary appearance.--But there is really no affectation about them.

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From this reading When they met before dinner, M^r P. was looking over Letters.--“Not a Line from Sidney!--said he.--He is an idle fellow.--I sent him an account of my accident from Willingden, & thought he would have vouchsafed me an Answer.--But perhaps it implies that he is coming himself.--I trust it may.--But here is a Letter from one of my Sisters.

inside something, or within a place, period, or state

From this reading ( 58 ) is a saucy fellow, Miss H.--And you must know, he will have it there is a good deal of Imagination in my two Sisters’ complaints--but it really is not so--or very little--They have wretched health, as you have heard us say frequently, & are subject to a variety of very serious Disorders.-- Indeed, I do not beleive they know what a day’s health is;--& at the same time, they are such excellent useful Women & have so much energy of Character that, where any Good is to be done, they force themselves on exertions which to those who do not thoroughly know them, have an extraordinary appearance.--But there is really no affectation about them.

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From this reading ( 58 ) is a saucy fellow, Miss H.--And you must know, he will have it there is a good deal of Imagination in my two Sisters’ complaints--but it really is not so--or very little--They have wretched health, as you have heard us say frequently, & are subject to a variety of very serious Disorders.-- Indeed, I do not beleive they know what a day’s health is;--& at the same time, they are such excellent useful Women & have so much energy of Character that, where any Good is to be done, they force themselves on exertions which to those who do not thoroughly know them, have an extraordinary appearance.--But there is really no affectation about them.

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From this reading --Sidney laughs at him--but it really is no Joke--tho’ Sidney often makes me laugh at them all in spite of myself.--Now, if he were here, I know he w^d be offering odds that either Susan Diana or Arthur w^d appear by this letter to have been at the point of death within the last month.”--Having run his eye over the Letter, he shook his head & began--“No chance of seeing them at Sanditon I am sorry to say.-- A very indifferent account of them indeed.

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From this reading They have only weaker constitutions & stronger minds than are often met with, either separate or together.-- And our Youngest B^r--who lives with ( 59 ) them, & who is not much above 20, I am sorry to say, is almost as great an Invalid as themselves.--He is so delicate that he can engage in no Profession.

the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun

From this reading When they met before dinner, M^r P. was looking over Letters.--“Not a Line from Sidney!--said he.--He is an idle fellow.--I sent him an account of my accident from Willingden, & thought he would have vouchsafed me an Answer.--But perhaps it implies that he is coming himself.--I trust it may.--But here is a Letter from one of my Sisters.

a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned

From this reading When they met before dinner, M^r P. was looking over Letters.--“Not a Line from Sidney!--said he.--He is an idle fellow.--I sent him an account of my accident from Willingden, & thought he would have vouchsafed me an Answer.--But perhaps it implies that he is coming himself.--I trust it may.--But here is a Letter from one of my Sisters.

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From this reading --Sidney laughs at him--but it really is no Joke--tho’ Sidney often makes me laugh at them all in spite of myself.--Now, if he were here, I know he w^d be offering odds that either Susan Diana or Arthur w^d appear by this letter to have been at the point of death within the last month.”--Having run his eye over the Letter, he shook his head & began--“No chance of seeing them at Sanditon I am sorry to say.-- A very indifferent account of them indeed.

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading ( 58 ) is a saucy fellow, Miss H.--And you must know, he will have it there is a good deal of Imagination in my two Sisters’ complaints--but it really is not so--or very little--They have wretched health, as you have heard us say frequently, & are subject to a variety of very serious Disorders.-- Indeed, I do not beleive they know what a day’s health is;--& at the same time, they are such excellent useful Women & have so much energy of Character that, where any Good is to be done, they force themselves on exertions which to those who do not thoroughly know them, have an extraordinary appearance.--But there is really no affectation about them.

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading --Sidney laughs at him--but it really is no Joke--tho’ Sidney often makes me laugh at them all in spite of myself.--Now, if he were here, I know he w^d be offering odds that either Susan Diana or Arthur w^d appear by this letter to have been at the point of death within the last month.”--Having run his eye over the Letter, he shook his head & began--“No chance of seeing them at Sanditon I am sorry to say.-- A very indifferent account of them indeed.

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From this reading --Sidney laughs at him--but it really is no Joke--tho’ Sidney often makes me laugh at them all in spite of myself.--Now, if he were here, I know he w^d be offering odds that either Susan Diana or Arthur w^d appear by this letter to have been at the point of death within the last month.”--Having run his eye over the Letter, he shook his head & began--“No chance of seeing them at Sanditon I am sorry to say.-- A very indifferent account of them indeed.

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From this reading --Sidney laughs at him--but it really is no Joke--tho’ Sidney often makes me laugh at them all in spite of myself.--Now, if he were here, I know he w^d be offering odds that either Susan Diana or Arthur w^d appear by this letter to have been at the point of death within the last month.”--Having run his eye over the Letter, he shook his head & began--“No chance of seeing them at Sanditon I am sorry to say.-- A very indifferent account of them indeed.

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From this reading When they met before dinner, M^r P. was looking over Letters.--“Not a Line from Sidney!--said he.--He is an idle fellow.--I sent him an account of my accident from Willingden, & thought he would have vouchsafed me an Answer.--But perhaps it implies that he is coming himself.--I trust it may.--But here is a Letter from one of my Sisters.

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From this reading When they met before dinner, M^r P. was looking over Letters.--“Not a Line from Sidney!--said he.--He is an idle fellow.--I sent him an account of my accident from Willingden, & thought he would have vouchsafed me an Answer.--But perhaps it implies that he is coming himself.--I trust it may.--But here is a Letter from one of my Sisters.

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From this reading When they met before dinner, M^r P. was looking over Letters.--“Not a Line from Sidney!--said he.--He is an idle fellow.--I sent him an account of my accident from Willingden, & thought he would have vouchsafed me an Answer.--But perhaps it implies that he is coming himself.--I trust it may.--But here is a Letter from one of my Sisters.

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading ( 58 ) is a saucy fellow, Miss H.--And you must know, he will have it there is a good deal of Imagination in my two Sisters’ complaints--but it really is not so--or very little--They have wretched health, as you have heard us say frequently, & are subject to a variety of very serious Disorders.-- Indeed, I do not beleive they know what a day’s health is;--& at the same time, they are such excellent useful Women & have so much energy of Character that, where any Good is to be done, they force themselves on exertions which to those who do not thoroughly know them, have an extraordinary appearance.--But there is really no affectation about them.

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From this reading They have only weaker constitutions & stronger minds than are often met with, either separate or together.-- And our Youngest B^r--who lives with ( 59 ) them, & who is not much above 20, I am sorry to say, is almost as great an Invalid as themselves.--He is so delicate that he can engage in no Profession.

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From this reading When they met before dinner, M^r P. was looking over Letters.--“Not a Line from Sidney!--said he.--He is an idle fellow.--I sent him an account of my accident from Willingden, & thought he would have vouchsafed me an Answer.--But perhaps it implies that he is coming himself.--I trust it may.--But here is a Letter from one of my Sisters.

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From this reading When they met before dinner, M^r P. was looking over Letters.--“Not a Line from Sidney!--said he.--He is an idle fellow.--I sent him an account of my accident from Willingden, & thought he would have vouchsafed me an Answer.--But perhaps it implies that he is coming himself.--I trust it may.--But here is a Letter from one of my Sisters.

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From this reading --Sidney laughs at him--but it really is no Joke--tho’ Sidney often makes me laugh at them all in spite of myself.--Now, if he were here, I know he w^d be offering odds that either Susan Diana or Arthur w^d appear by this letter to have been at the point of death within the last month.”--Having run his eye over the Letter, he shook his head & began--“No chance of seeing them at Sanditon I am sorry to say.-- A very indifferent account of them indeed.

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From this reading _They_ never fail me.-- Women are the only Correspondents to be depended on.--Now Mary, (smiling at his Wife)--before I open it, what shall we guess as to the state of health of those it comes from--or rather what w^d Sidney say if he were here?--Sidney

used to say something is possible, or to give permission

From this reading When they met before dinner, M^r P. was looking over Letters.--“Not a Line from Sidney!--said he.--He is an idle fellow.--I sent him an account of my accident from Willingden, & thought he would have vouchsafed me an Answer.--But perhaps it implies that he is coming himself.--I trust it may.--But here is a Letter from one of my Sisters.

the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition

From this reading When they met before dinner, M^r P. was looking over Letters.--“Not a Line from Sidney!--said he.--He is an idle fellow.--I sent him an account of my accident from Willingden, & thought he would have vouchsafed me an Answer.--But perhaps it implies that he is coming himself.--I trust it may.--But here is a Letter from one of my Sisters.

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From this reading When they met before dinner, M^r P. was looking over Letters.--“Not a Line from Sidney!--said he.--He is an idle fellow.--I sent him an account of my accident from Willingden, & thought he would have vouchsafed me an Answer.--But perhaps it implies that he is coming himself.--I trust it may.--But here is a Letter from one of my Sisters.

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From this reading They have only weaker constitutions & stronger minds than are often met with, either separate or together.-- And our Youngest B^r--who lives with ( 59 ) them, & who is not much above 20, I am sorry to say, is almost as great an Invalid as themselves.--He is so delicate that he can engage in no Profession.

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From this reading ( 58 ) is a saucy fellow, Miss H.--And you must know, he will have it there is a good deal of Imagination in my two Sisters’ complaints--but it really is not so--or very little--They have wretched health, as you have heard us say frequently, & are subject to a variety of very serious Disorders.-- Indeed, I do not beleive they know what a day’s health is;--& at the same time, they are such excellent useful Women & have so much energy of Character that, where any Good is to be done, they force themselves on exertions which to those who do not thoroughly know them, have an extraordinary appearance.--But there is really no affectation about them.

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From this reading --Sidney laughs at him--but it really is no Joke--tho’ Sidney often makes me laugh at them all in spite of myself.--Now, if he were here, I know he w^d be offering odds that either Susan Diana or Arthur w^d appear by this letter to have been at the point of death within the last month.”--Having run his eye over the Letter, he shook his head & began--“No chance of seeing them at Sanditon I am sorry to say.-- A very indifferent account of them indeed.

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From this reading ( 58 ) is a saucy fellow, Miss H.--And you must know, he will have it there is a good deal of Imagination in my two Sisters’ complaints--but it really is not so--or very little--They have wretched health, as you have heard us say frequently, & are subject to a variety of very serious Disorders.-- Indeed, I do not beleive they know what a day’s health is;--& at the same time, they are such excellent useful Women & have so much energy of Character that, where any Good is to be done, they force themselves on exertions which to those who do not thoroughly know them, have an extraordinary appearance.--But there is really no affectation about them.

used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true

From this reading ( 58 ) is a saucy fellow, Miss H.--And you must know, he will have it there is a good deal of Imagination in my two Sisters’ complaints--but it really is not so--or very little--They have wretched health, as you have heard us say frequently, & are subject to a variety of very serious Disorders.-- Indeed, I do not beleive they know what a day’s health is;--& at the same time, they are such excellent useful Women & have so much energy of Character that, where any Good is to be done, they force themselves on exertions which to those who do not thoroughly know them, have an extraordinary appearance.--But there is really no affectation about them.

belonging to the person speaking

From this reading When they met before dinner, M^r P. was looking over Letters.--“Not a Line from Sidney!--said he.--He is an idle fellow.--I sent him an account of my accident from Willingden, & thought he would have vouchsafed me an Answer.--But perhaps it implies that he is coming himself.--I trust it may.--But here is a Letter from one of my Sisters.

used when the speaker is also the object of the action

From this reading --Sidney laughs at him--but it really is no Joke--tho’ Sidney often makes me laugh at them all in spite of myself.--Now, if he were here, I know he w^d be offering odds that either Susan Diana or Arthur w^d appear by this letter to have been at the point of death within the last month.”--Having run his eye over the Letter, he shook his head & began--“No chance of seeing them at Sanditon I am sorry to say.-- A very indifferent account of them indeed.

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading _They_ never fail me.-- Women are the only Correspondents to be depended on.--Now Mary, (smiling at his Wife)--before I open it, what shall we guess as to the state of health of those it comes from--or rather what w^d Sidney say if he were here?--Sidney

not any; not one

From this reading ( 58 ) is a saucy fellow, Miss H.--And you must know, he will have it there is a good deal of Imagination in my two Sisters’ complaints--but it really is not so--or very little--They have wretched health, as you have heard us say frequently, & are subject to a variety of very serious Disorders.-- Indeed, I do not beleive they know what a day’s health is;--& at the same time, they are such excellent useful Women & have so much energy of Character that, where any Good is to be done, they force themselves on exertions which to those who do not thoroughly know them, have an extraordinary appearance.--But there is really no affectation about them.

used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative

From this reading When they met before dinner, M^r P. was looking over Letters.--“Not a Line from Sidney!--said he.--He is an idle fellow.--I sent him an account of my accident from Willingden, & thought he would have vouchsafed me an Answer.--But perhaps it implies that he is coming himself.--I trust it may.--But here is a Letter from one of my Sisters.

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From this reading _They_ never fail me.-- Women are the only Correspondents to be depended on.--Now Mary, (smiling at his Wife)--before I open it, what shall we guess as to the state of health of those it comes from--or rather what w^d Sidney say if he were here?--Sidney

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From this reading --Sidney laughs at him--but it really is no Joke--tho’ Sidney often makes me laugh at them all in spite of myself.--Now, if he were here, I know he w^d be offering odds that either Susan Diana or Arthur w^d appear by this letter to have been at the point of death within the last month.”--Having run his eye over the Letter, he shook his head & began--“No chance of seeing them at Sanditon I am sorry to say.-- A very indifferent account of them indeed.

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

From this reading When they met before dinner, M^r P. was looking over Letters.--“Not a Line from Sidney!--said he.--He is an idle fellow.--I sent him an account of my accident from Willingden, & thought he would have vouchsafed me an Answer.--But perhaps it implies that he is coming himself.--I trust it may.--But here is a Letter from one of my Sisters.

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From this reading --Sidney laughs at him--but it really is no Joke--tho’ Sidney often makes me laugh at them all in spite of myself.--Now, if he were here, I know he w^d be offering odds that either Susan Diana or Arthur w^d appear by this letter to have been at the point of death within the last month.”--Having run his eye over the Letter, he shook his head & began--“No chance of seeing them at Sanditon I am sorry to say.-- A very indifferent account of them indeed.

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From this reading They have only weaker constitutions & stronger minds than are often met with, either separate or together.-- And our Youngest B^r--who lives with ( 59 ) them, & who is not much above 20, I am sorry to say, is almost as great an Invalid as themselves.--He is so delicate that he can engage in no Profession.

touching and supported by a surface

From this reading _They_ never fail me.-- Women are the only Correspondents to be depended on.--Now Mary, (smiling at his Wife)--before I open it, what shall we guess as to the state of health of those it comes from--or rather what w^d Sidney say if he were here?--Sidney

used to mean any person in general, including the speaker

From this reading When they met before dinner, M^r P. was looking over Letters.--“Not a Line from Sidney!--said he.--He is an idle fellow.--I sent him an account of my accident from Willingden, & thought he would have vouchsafed me an Answer.--But perhaps it implies that he is coming himself.--I trust it may.--But here is a Letter from one of my Sisters.

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From this reading _They_ never fail me.-- Women are the only Correspondents to be depended on.--Now Mary, (smiling at his Wife)--before I open it, what shall we guess as to the state of health of those it comes from--or rather what w^d Sidney say if he were here?--Sidney

To move from a closed position.

From this reading _They_ never fail me.-- Women are the only Correspondents to be depended on.--Now Mary, (smiling at his Wife)--before I open it, what shall we guess as to the state of health of those it comes from--or rather what w^d Sidney say if he were here?--Sidney

used to join alternatives or possibilities

From this reading _They_ never fail me.-- Women are the only Correspondents to be depended on.--Now Mary, (smiling at his Wife)--before I open it, what shall we guess as to the state of health of those it comes from--or rather what w^d Sidney say if he were here?--Sidney

belonging to the speaker and others

From this reading They have only weaker constitutions & stronger minds than are often met with, either separate or together.-- And our Youngest B^r--who lives with ( 59 ) them, & who is not much above 20, I am sorry to say, is almost as great an Invalid as themselves.--He is so delicate that he can engage in no Profession.

above and across; more than

From this reading When they met before dinner, M^r P. was looking over Letters.--“Not a Line from Sidney!--said he.--He is an idle fellow.--I sent him an account of my accident from Willingden, & thought he would have vouchsafed me an Answer.--But perhaps it implies that he is coming himself.--I trust it may.--But here is a Letter from one of my Sisters.

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From this reading When they met before dinner, M^r P. was looking over Letters.--“Not a Line from Sidney!--said he.--He is an idle fellow.--I sent him an account of my accident from Willingden, & thought he would have vouchsafed me an Answer.--But perhaps it implies that he is coming himself.--I trust it may.--But here is a Letter from one of my Sisters.

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From this reading When they met before dinner, M^r P. was looking over Letters.--“Not a Line from Sidney!--said he.--He is an idle fellow.--I sent him an account of my accident from Willingden, & thought he would have vouchsafed me an Answer.--But perhaps it implies that he is coming himself.--I trust it may.--But here is a Letter from one of my Sisters.

the main matter or purpose being discussed

From this reading --Sidney laughs at him--but it really is no Joke--tho’ Sidney often makes me laugh at them all in spite of myself.--Now, if he were here, I know he w^d be offering odds that either Susan Diana or Arthur w^d appear by this letter to have been at the point of death within the last month.”--Having run his eye over the Letter, he shook his head & began--“No chance of seeing them at Sanditon I am sorry to say.-- A very indifferent account of them indeed.

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From this reading They have only weaker constitutions & stronger minds than are often met with, either separate or together.-- And our Youngest B^r--who lives with ( 59 ) them, & who is not much above 20, I am sorry to say, is almost as great an Invalid as themselves.--He is so delicate that he can engage in no Profession.

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From this reading When they met before dinner, M^r P. was looking over Letters.--“Not a Line from Sidney!--said he.--He is an idle fellow.--I sent him an account of my accident from Willingden, & thought he would have vouchsafed me an Answer.--But perhaps it implies that he is coming himself.--I trust it may.--But here is a Letter from one of my Sisters.

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From this reading _They_ never fail me.-- Women are the only Correspondents to be depended on.--Now Mary, (smiling at his Wife)--before I open it, what shall we guess as to the state of health of those it comes from--or rather what w^d Sidney say if he were here?--Sidney

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From this reading ( 58 ) is a saucy fellow, Miss H.--And you must know, he will have it there is a good deal of Imagination in my two Sisters’ complaints--but it really is not so--or very little--They have wretched health, as you have heard us say frequently, & are subject to a variety of very serious Disorders.-- Indeed, I do not beleive they know what a day’s health is;--& at the same time, they are such excellent useful Women & have so much energy of Character that, where any Good is to be done, they force themselves on exertions which to those who do not thoroughly know them, have an extraordinary appearance.--But there is really no affectation about them.

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From this reading --Sidney laughs at him--but it really is no Joke--tho’ Sidney often makes me laugh at them all in spite of myself.--Now, if he were here, I know he w^d be offering odds that either Susan Diana or Arthur w^d appear by this letter to have been at the point of death within the last month.”--Having run his eye over the Letter, he shook his head & began--“No chance of seeing them at Sanditon I am sorry to say.-- A very indifferent account of them indeed.

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From this reading When they met before dinner, M^r P. was looking over Letters.--“Not a Line from Sidney!--said he.--He is an idle fellow.--I sent him an account of my accident from Willingden, & thought he would have vouchsafed me an Answer.--But perhaps it implies that he is coming himself.--I trust it may.--But here is a Letter from one of my Sisters.

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From this reading ( 58 ) is a saucy fellow, Miss H.--And you must know, he will have it there is a good deal of Imagination in my two Sisters’ complaints--but it really is not so--or very little--They have wretched health, as you have heard us say frequently, & are subject to a variety of very serious Disorders.-- Indeed, I do not beleive they know what a day’s health is;--& at the same time, they are such excellent useful Women & have so much energy of Character that, where any Good is to be done, they force themselves on exertions which to those who do not thoroughly know them, have an extraordinary appearance.--But there is really no affectation about them.

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From this reading --Sidney laughs at him--but it really is no Joke--tho’ Sidney often makes me laugh at them all in spite of myself.--Now, if he were here, I know he w^d be offering odds that either Susan Diana or Arthur w^d appear by this letter to have been at the point of death within the last month.”--Having run his eye over the Letter, he shook his head & began--“No chance of seeing them at Sanditon I am sorry to say.-- A very indifferent account of them indeed.

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From this reading ( 58 ) is a saucy fellow, Miss H.--And you must know, he will have it there is a good deal of Imagination in my two Sisters’ complaints--but it really is not so--or very little--They have wretched health, as you have heard us say frequently, & are subject to a variety of very serious Disorders.-- Indeed, I do not beleive they know what a day’s health is;--& at the same time, they are such excellent useful Women & have so much energy of Character that, where any Good is to be done, they force themselves on exertions which to those who do not thoroughly know them, have an extraordinary appearance.--But there is really no affectation about them.

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From this reading _They_ never fail me.-- Women are the only Correspondents to be depended on.--Now Mary, (smiling at his Wife)--before I open it, what shall we guess as to the state of health of those it comes from--or rather what w^d Sidney say if he were here?--Sidney

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From this reading --Sidney laughs at him--but it really is no Joke--tho’ Sidney often makes me laugh at them all in spite of myself.--Now, if he were here, I know he w^d be offering odds that either Susan Diana or Arthur w^d appear by this letter to have been at the point of death within the last month.”--Having run his eye over the Letter, he shook his head & began--“No chance of seeing them at Sanditon I am sorry to say.-- A very indifferent account of them indeed.

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From this reading When they met before dinner, M^r P. was looking over Letters.--“Not a Line from Sidney!--said he.--He is an idle fellow.--I sent him an account of my accident from Willingden, & thought he would have vouchsafed me an Answer.--But perhaps it implies that he is coming himself.--I trust it may.--But here is a Letter from one of my Sisters.

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From this reading They have only weaker constitutions & stronger minds than are often met with, either separate or together.-- And our Youngest B^r--who lives with ( 59 ) them, & who is not much above 20, I am sorry to say, is almost as great an Invalid as themselves.--He is so delicate that he can engage in no Profession.

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From this reading ( 58 ) is a saucy fellow, Miss H.--And you must know, he will have it there is a good deal of Imagination in my two Sisters’ complaints--but it really is not so--or very little--They have wretched health, as you have heard us say frequently, & are subject to a variety of very serious Disorders.-- Indeed, I do not beleive they know what a day’s health is;--& at the same time, they are such excellent useful Women & have so much energy of Character that, where any Good is to be done, they force themselves on exertions which to those who do not thoroughly know them, have an extraordinary appearance.--But there is really no affectation about them.

used with I and we for the future, or to offer and suggest

From this reading _They_ never fail me.-- Women are the only Correspondents to be depended on.--Now Mary, (smiling at his Wife)--before I open it, what shall we guess as to the state of health of those it comes from--or rather what w^d Sidney say if he were here?--Sidney

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From this reading --Sidney laughs at him--but it really is no Joke--tho’ Sidney often makes me laugh at them all in spite of myself.--Now, if he were here, I know he w^d be offering odds that either Susan Diana or Arthur w^d appear by this letter to have been at the point of death within the last month.”--Having run his eye over the Letter, he shook his head & began--“No chance of seeing them at Sanditon I am sorry to say.-- A very indifferent account of them indeed.

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From this reading When they met before dinner, M^r P. was looking over Letters.--“Not a Line from Sidney!--said he.--He is an idle fellow.--I sent him an account of my accident from Willingden, & thought he would have vouchsafed me an Answer.--But perhaps it implies that he is coming himself.--I trust it may.--But here is a Letter from one of my Sisters.

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From this reading When they met before dinner, M^r P. was looking over Letters.--“Not a Line from Sidney!--said he.--He is an idle fellow.--I sent him an account of my accident from Willingden, & thought he would have vouchsafed me an Answer.--But perhaps it implies that he is coming himself.--I trust it may.--But here is a Letter from one of my Sisters.

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From this reading _They_ never fail me.-- Women are the only Correspondents to be depended on.--Now Mary, (smiling at his Wife)--before I open it, what shall we guess as to the state of health of those it comes from--or rather what w^d Sidney say if he were here?--Sidney

for that reason; with the result that

From this reading ( 58 ) is a saucy fellow, Miss H.--And you must know, he will have it there is a good deal of Imagination in my two Sisters’ complaints--but it really is not so--or very little--They have wretched health, as you have heard us say frequently, & are subject to a variety of very serious Disorders.-- Indeed, I do not beleive they know what a day’s health is;--& at the same time, they are such excellent useful Women & have so much energy of Character that, where any Good is to be done, they force themselves on exertions which to those who do not thoroughly know them, have an extraordinary appearance.--But there is really no affectation about them.

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From this reading They have only weaker constitutions & stronger minds than are often met with, either separate or together.-- And our Youngest B^r--who lives with ( 59 ) them, & who is not much above 20, I am sorry to say, is almost as great an Invalid as themselves.--He is so delicate that he can engage in no Profession.

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From this reading --Sidney laughs at him--but it really is no Joke--tho’ Sidney often makes me laugh at them all in spite of myself.--Now, if he were here, I know he w^d be offering odds that either Susan Diana or Arthur w^d appear by this letter to have been at the point of death within the last month.”--Having run his eye over the Letter, he shook his head & began--“No chance of seeing them at Sanditon I am sorry to say.-- A very indifferent account of them indeed.

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From this reading _They_ never fail me.-- Women are the only Correspondents to be depended on.--Now Mary, (smiling at his Wife)--before I open it, what shall we guess as to the state of health of those it comes from--or rather what w^d Sidney say if he were here?--Sidney

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From this reading They have only weaker constitutions & stronger minds than are often met with, either separate or together.-- And our Youngest B^r--who lives with ( 59 ) them, & who is not much above 20, I am sorry to say, is almost as great an Invalid as themselves.--He is so delicate that he can engage in no Profession.

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From this reading ( 58 ) is a saucy fellow, Miss H.--And you must know, he will have it there is a good deal of Imagination in my two Sisters’ complaints--but it really is not so--or very little--They have wretched health, as you have heard us say frequently, & are subject to a variety of very serious Disorders.-- Indeed, I do not beleive they know what a day’s health is;--& at the same time, they are such excellent useful Women & have so much energy of Character that, where any Good is to be done, they force themselves on exertions which to those who do not thoroughly know them, have an extraordinary appearance.--But there is really no affectation about them.

of the kind already mentioned

From this reading ( 58 ) is a saucy fellow, Miss H.--And you must know, he will have it there is a good deal of Imagination in my two Sisters’ complaints--but it really is not so--or very little--They have wretched health, as you have heard us say frequently, & are subject to a variety of very serious Disorders.-- Indeed, I do not beleive they know what a day’s health is;--& at the same time, they are such excellent useful Women & have so much energy of Character that, where any Good is to be done, they force themselves on exertions which to those who do not thoroughly know them, have an extraordinary appearance.--But there is really no affectation about them.

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From this reading --Sidney laughs at him--but it really is no Joke--tho’ Sidney often makes me laugh at them all in spite of myself.--Now, if he were here, I know he w^d be offering odds that either Susan Diana or Arthur w^d appear by this letter to have been at the point of death within the last month.”--Having run his eye over the Letter, he shook his head & began--“No chance of seeing them at Sanditon I am sorry to say.-- A very indifferent account of them indeed.

used to introduce the second part of a comparison

From this reading They have only weaker constitutions & stronger minds than are often met with, either separate or together.-- And our Youngest B^r--who lives with ( 59 ) them, & who is not much above 20, I am sorry to say, is almost as great an Invalid as themselves.--He is so delicate that he can engage in no Profession.

used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt

From this reading When they met before dinner, M^r P. was looking over Letters.--“Not a Line from Sidney!--said he.--He is an idle fellow.--I sent him an account of my accident from Willingden, & thought he would have vouchsafed me an Answer.--But perhaps it implies that he is coming himself.--I trust it may.--But here is a Letter from one of my Sisters.

used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind

From this reading _They_ never fail me.-- Women are the only Correspondents to be depended on.--Now Mary, (smiling at his Wife)--before I open it, what shall we guess as to the state of health of those it comes from--or rather what w^d Sidney say if he were here?--Sidney

the people or things already mentioned, as the object

From this reading ( 58 ) is a saucy fellow, Miss H.--And you must know, he will have it there is a good deal of Imagination in my two Sisters’ complaints--but it really is not so--or very little--They have wretched health, as you have heard us say frequently, & are subject to a variety of very serious Disorders.-- Indeed, I do not beleive they know what a day’s health is;--& at the same time, they are such excellent useful Women & have so much energy of Character that, where any Good is to be done, they force themselves on exertions which to those who do not thoroughly know them, have an extraordinary appearance.--But there is really no affectation about them.

used when the people doing the action are also its object

From this reading ( 58 ) is a saucy fellow, Miss H.--And you must know, he will have it there is a good deal of Imagination in my two Sisters’ complaints--but it really is not so--or very little--They have wretched health, as you have heard us say frequently, & are subject to a variety of very serious Disorders.-- Indeed, I do not beleive they know what a day’s health is;--& at the same time, they are such excellent useful Women & have so much energy of Character that, where any Good is to be done, they force themselves on exertions which to those who do not thoroughly know them, have an extraordinary appearance.--But there is really no affectation about them.

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From this reading ( 58 ) is a saucy fellow, Miss H.--And you must know, he will have it there is a good deal of Imagination in my two Sisters’ complaints--but it really is not so--or very little--They have wretched health, as you have heard us say frequently, & are subject to a variety of very serious Disorders.-- Indeed, I do not beleive they know what a day’s health is;--& at the same time, they are such excellent useful Women & have so much energy of Character that, where any Good is to be done, they force themselves on exertions which to those who do not thoroughly know them, have an extraordinary appearance.--But there is really no affectation about them.

the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject

From this reading When they met before dinner, M^r P. was looking over Letters.--“Not a Line from Sidney!--said he.--He is an idle fellow.--I sent him an account of my accident from Willingden, & thought he would have vouchsafed me an Answer.--But perhaps it implies that he is coming himself.--I trust it may.--But here is a Letter from one of my Sisters.

used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned

From this reading --Sidney laughs at him--but it really is no Joke--tho’ Sidney often makes me laugh at them all in spite of myself.--Now, if he were here, I know he w^d be offering odds that either Susan Diana or Arthur w^d appear by this letter to have been at the point of death within the last month.”--Having run his eye over the Letter, he shook his head & began--“No chance of seeing them at Sanditon I am sorry to say.-- A very indifferent account of them indeed.

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From this reading --Sidney laughs at him--but it really is no Joke--tho’ Sidney often makes me laugh at them all in spite of myself.--Now, if he were here, I know he w^d be offering odds that either Susan Diana or Arthur w^d appear by this letter to have been at the point of death within the last month.”--Having run his eye over the Letter, he shook his head & began--“No chance of seeing them at Sanditon I am sorry to say.-- A very indifferent account of them indeed.

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From this reading ( 58 ) is a saucy fellow, Miss H.--And you must know, he will have it there is a good deal of Imagination in my two Sisters’ complaints--but it really is not so--or very little--They have wretched health, as you have heard us say frequently, & are subject to a variety of very serious Disorders.-- Indeed, I do not beleive they know what a day’s health is;--& at the same time, they are such excellent useful Women & have so much energy of Character that, where any Good is to be done, they force themselves on exertions which to those who do not thoroughly know them, have an extraordinary appearance.--But there is really no affectation about them.

the plural of “that”: the people or things further away, or already known

From this reading _They_ never fail me.-- Women are the only Correspondents to be depended on.--Now Mary, (smiling at his Wife)--before I open it, what shall we guess as to the state of health of those it comes from--or rather what w^d Sidney say if he were here?--Sidney

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From this reading When they met before dinner, M^r P. was looking over Letters.--“Not a Line from Sidney!--said he.--He is an idle fellow.--I sent him an account of my accident from Willingden, & thought he would have vouchsafed me an Answer.--But perhaps it implies that he is coming himself.--I trust it may.--But here is a Letter from one of my Sisters.

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From this reading ( 58 ) is a saucy fellow, Miss H.--And you must know, he will have it there is a good deal of Imagination in my two Sisters’ complaints--but it really is not so--or very little--They have wretched health, as you have heard us say frequently, & are subject to a variety of very serious Disorders.-- Indeed, I do not beleive they know what a day’s health is;--& at the same time, they are such excellent useful Women & have so much energy of Character that, where any Good is to be done, they force themselves on exertions which to those who do not thoroughly know them, have an extraordinary appearance.--But there is really no affectation about them.

used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive

From this reading _They_ never fail me.-- Women are the only Correspondents to be depended on.--Now Mary, (smiling at his Wife)--before I open it, what shall we guess as to the state of health of those it comes from--or rather what w^d Sidney say if he were here?--Sidney

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From this reading They have only weaker constitutions & stronger minds than are often met with, either separate or together.-- And our Youngest B^r--who lives with ( 59 ) them, & who is not much above 20, I am sorry to say, is almost as great an Invalid as themselves.--He is so delicate that he can engage in no Profession.

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From this reading When they met before dinner, M^r P. was looking over Letters.--“Not a Line from Sidney!--said he.--He is an idle fellow.--I sent him an account of my accident from Willingden, & thought he would have vouchsafed me an Answer.--But perhaps it implies that he is coming himself.--I trust it may.--But here is a Letter from one of my Sisters.

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From this reading ( 58 ) is a saucy fellow, Miss H.--And you must know, he will have it there is a good deal of Imagination in my two Sisters’ complaints--but it really is not so--or very little--They have wretched health, as you have heard us say frequently, & are subject to a variety of very serious Disorders.-- Indeed, I do not beleive they know what a day’s health is;--& at the same time, they are such excellent useful Women & have so much energy of Character that, where any Good is to be done, they force themselves on exertions which to those who do not thoroughly know them, have an extraordinary appearance.--But there is really no affectation about them.

the speaker and others, as the object of a verb or preposition

From this reading ( 58 ) is a saucy fellow, Miss H.--And you must know, he will have it there is a good deal of Imagination in my two Sisters’ complaints--but it really is not so--or very little--They have wretched health, as you have heard us say frequently, & are subject to a variety of very serious Disorders.-- Indeed, I do not beleive they know what a day’s health is;--& at the same time, they are such excellent useful Women & have so much energy of Character that, where any Good is to be done, they force themselves on exertions which to those who do not thoroughly know them, have an extraordinary appearance.--But there is really no affectation about them.

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From this reading ( 58 ) is a saucy fellow, Miss H.--And you must know, he will have it there is a good deal of Imagination in my two Sisters’ complaints--but it really is not so--or very little--They have wretched health, as you have heard us say frequently, & are subject to a variety of very serious Disorders.-- Indeed, I do not beleive they know what a day’s health is;--& at the same time, they are such excellent useful Women & have so much energy of Character that, where any Good is to be done, they force themselves on exertions which to those who do not thoroughly know them, have an extraordinary appearance.--But there is really no affectation about them.

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From this reading ( 58 ) is a saucy fellow, Miss H.--And you must know, he will have it there is a good deal of Imagination in my two Sisters’ complaints--but it really is not so--or very little--They have wretched health, as you have heard us say frequently, & are subject to a variety of very serious Disorders.-- Indeed, I do not beleive they know what a day’s health is;--& at the same time, they are such excellent useful Women & have so much energy of Character that, where any Good is to be done, they force themselves on exertions which to those who do not thoroughly know them, have an extraordinary appearance.--But there is really no affectation about them.

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From this reading ( 58 ) is a saucy fellow, Miss H.--And you must know, he will have it there is a good deal of Imagination in my two Sisters’ complaints--but it really is not so--or very little--They have wretched health, as you have heard us say frequently, & are subject to a variety of very serious Disorders.-- Indeed, I do not beleive they know what a day’s health is;--& at the same time, they are such excellent useful Women & have so much energy of Character that, where any Good is to be done, they force themselves on exertions which to those who do not thoroughly know them, have an extraordinary appearance.--But there is really no affectation about them.

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From this reading When they met before dinner, M^r P. was looking over Letters.--“Not a Line from Sidney!--said he.--He is an idle fellow.--I sent him an account of my accident from Willingden, & thought he would have vouchsafed me an Answer.--But perhaps it implies that he is coming himself.--I trust it may.--But here is a Letter from one of my Sisters.

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From this reading _They_ never fail me.-- Women are the only Correspondents to be depended on.--Now Mary, (smiling at his Wife)--before I open it, what shall we guess as to the state of health of those it comes from--or rather what w^d Sidney say if he were here?--Sidney

the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun

From this reading When they met before dinner, M^r P. was looking over Letters.--“Not a Line from Sidney!--said he.--He is an idle fellow.--I sent him an account of my accident from Willingden, & thought he would have vouchsafed me an Answer.--But perhaps it implies that he is coming himself.--I trust it may.--But here is a Letter from one of my Sisters.

the speaker together with one or more other people

From this reading _They_ never fail me.-- Women are the only Correspondents to be depended on.--Now Mary, (smiling at his Wife)--before I open it, what shall we guess as to the state of health of those it comes from--or rather what w^d Sidney say if he were here?--Sidney

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From this reading They have only weaker constitutions & stronger minds than are often met with, either separate or together.-- And our Youngest B^r--who lives with ( 59 ) them, & who is not much above 20, I am sorry to say, is almost as great an Invalid as themselves.--He is so delicate that he can engage in no Profession.

the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun

From this reading _They_ never fail me.-- Women are the only Correspondents to be depended on.--Now Mary, (smiling at his Wife)--before I open it, what shall we guess as to the state of health of those it comes from--or rather what w^d Sidney say if he were here?--Sidney

used to ask for information about something

From this reading _They_ never fail me.-- Women are the only Correspondents to be depended on.--Now Mary, (smiling at his Wife)--before I open it, what shall we guess as to the state of health of those it comes from--or rather what w^d Sidney say if he were here?--Sidney

at the time that

From this reading When they met before dinner, M^r P. was looking over Letters.--“Not a Line from Sidney!--said he.--He is an idle fellow.--I sent him an account of my accident from Willingden, & thought he would have vouchsafed me an Answer.--But perhaps it implies that he is coming himself.--I trust it may.--But here is a Letter from one of my Sisters.

in or at the place that

From this reading ( 58 ) is a saucy fellow, Miss H.--And you must know, he will have it there is a good deal of Imagination in my two Sisters’ complaints--but it really is not so--or very little--They have wretched health, as you have heard us say frequently, & are subject to a variety of very serious Disorders.-- Indeed, I do not beleive they know what a day’s health is;--& at the same time, they are such excellent useful Women & have so much energy of Character that, where any Good is to be done, they force themselves on exertions which to those who do not thoroughly know them, have an extraordinary appearance.--But there is really no affectation about them.

used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned

From this reading ( 58 ) is a saucy fellow, Miss H.--And you must know, he will have it there is a good deal of Imagination in my two Sisters’ complaints--but it really is not so--or very little--They have wretched health, as you have heard us say frequently, & are subject to a variety of very serious Disorders.-- Indeed, I do not beleive they know what a day’s health is;--& at the same time, they are such excellent useful Women & have so much energy of Character that, where any Good is to be done, they force themselves on exertions which to those who do not thoroughly know them, have an extraordinary appearance.--But there is really no affectation about them.

which person or people

From this reading ( 58 ) is a saucy fellow, Miss H.--And you must know, he will have it there is a good deal of Imagination in my two Sisters’ complaints--but it really is not so--or very little--They have wretched health, as you have heard us say frequently, & are subject to a variety of very serious Disorders.-- Indeed, I do not beleive they know what a day’s health is;--& at the same time, they are such excellent useful Women & have so much energy of Character that, where any Good is to be done, they force themselves on exertions which to those who do not thoroughly know them, have an extraordinary appearance.--But there is really no affectation about them.

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From this reading _They_ never fail me.-- Women are the only Correspondents to be depended on.--Now Mary, (smiling at his Wife)--before I open it, what shall we guess as to the state of health of those it comes from--or rather what w^d Sidney say if he were here?--Sidney

used to talk about the future, or about willingness

From this reading ( 58 ) is a saucy fellow, Miss H.--And you must know, he will have it there is a good deal of Imagination in my two Sisters’ complaints--but it really is not so--or very little--They have wretched health, as you have heard us say frequently, & are subject to a variety of very serious Disorders.-- Indeed, I do not beleive they know what a day’s health is;--& at the same time, they are such excellent useful Women & have so much energy of Character that, where any Good is to be done, they force themselves on exertions which to those who do not thoroughly know them, have an extraordinary appearance.--But there is really no affectation about them.

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From this reading When they met before dinner, M^r P. was looking over Letters.--“Not a Line from Sidney!--said he.--He is an idle fellow.--I sent him an account of my accident from Willingden, & thought he would have vouchsafed me an Answer.--But perhaps it implies that he is coming himself.--I trust it may.--But here is a Letter from one of my Sisters.

in the company of; together with

From this reading They have only weaker constitutions & stronger minds than are often met with, either separate or together.-- And our Youngest B^r--who lives with ( 59 ) them, & who is not much above 20, I am sorry to say, is almost as great an Invalid as themselves.--He is so delicate that he can engage in no Profession.

inside; before a period of time has passed

From this reading --Sidney laughs at him--but it really is no Joke--tho’ Sidney often makes me laugh at them all in spite of myself.--Now, if he were here, I know he w^d be offering odds that either Susan Diana or Arthur w^d appear by this letter to have been at the point of death within the last month.”--Having run his eye over the Letter, he shook his head & began--“No chance of seeing them at Sanditon I am sorry to say.-- A very indifferent account of them indeed.

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From this reading _They_ never fail me.-- Women are the only Correspondents to be depended on.--Now Mary, (smiling at his Wife)--before I open it, what shall we guess as to the state of health of those it comes from--or rather what w^d Sidney say if he were here?--Sidney

used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past

From this reading When they met before dinner, M^r P. was looking over Letters.--“Not a Line from Sidney!--said he.--He is an idle fellow.--I sent him an account of my accident from Willingden, & thought he would have vouchsafed me an Answer.--But perhaps it implies that he is coming himself.--I trust it may.--But here is a Letter from one of my Sisters.

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From this reading ( 58 ) is a saucy fellow, Miss H.--And you must know, he will have it there is a good deal of Imagination in my two Sisters’ complaints--but it really is not so--or very little--They have wretched health, as you have heard us say frequently, & are subject to a variety of very serious Disorders.-- Indeed, I do not beleive they know what a day’s health is;--& at the same time, they are such excellent useful Women & have so much energy of Character that, where any Good is to be done, they force themselves on exertions which to those who do not thoroughly know them, have an extraordinary appearance.--But there is really no affectation about them.

the person or people being spoken to

From this reading ( 58 ) is a saucy fellow, Miss H.--And you must know, he will have it there is a good deal of Imagination in my two Sisters’ complaints--but it really is not so--or very little--They have wretched health, as you have heard us say frequently, & are subject to a variety of very serious Disorders.-- Indeed, I do not beleive they know what a day’s health is;--& at the same time, they are such excellent useful Women & have so much energy of Character that, where any Good is to be done, they force themselves on exertions which to those who do not thoroughly know them, have an extraordinary appearance.--But there is really no affectation about them.

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From this reading They have only weaker constitutions & stronger minds than are often met with, either separate or together.-- And our Youngest B^r--who lives with ( 59 ) them, & who is not much above 20, I am sorry to say, is almost as great an Invalid as themselves.--He is so delicate that he can engage in no Profession.