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Chapter XVII
RESIGNATION OF PROFESSORSHIP--TO DEATH OF MRS. LONGFELLOW On the last day of 1853, Longfellow wrote in his diary, "How barren of all poetic production and even prose production this last year has been! For 1853 I have absolutely nothing to show. Really there has been nothing but the college work. The family absorbs half the time, and letters and visits take out a huge cantle."
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the past participle of “be”
From this reading “LONGFELLOW On the last day of 1853, Longfellow wrote in his diary, "How barren of all poetic production and even prose production this last year has been!”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “LONGFELLOW On the last day of 1853, Longfellow wrote in his diary, "How barren of all poetic production and even prose production this last year has been!”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “The family absorbs half the time, and letters and visits take out a huge cantle."”
the form of “have” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading “LONGFELLOW On the last day of 1853, Longfellow wrote in his diary, "How barren of all poetic production and even prose production this last year has been!”
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading “For 1853 I have absolutely nothing to show.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “LONGFELLOW On the last day of 1853, Longfellow wrote in his diary, "How barren of all poetic production and even prose production this last year has been!”
not one thing; not anything
From this reading “For 1853 I have absolutely nothing to show.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “The family absorbs half the time, and letters and visits take out a huge cantle."”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “The family absorbs half the time, and letters and visits take out a huge cantle."”
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From this reading LONGFELLOW On the last day of 1853, Longfellow wrote in his diary, "How barren of all poetic production and even prose production this last year has been!
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading The family absorbs half the time, and letters and visits take out a huge cantle."
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From this reading For 1853 I have absolutely nothing to show.
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From this reading The family absorbs half the time, and letters and visits take out a huge cantle."
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From this reading LONGFELLOW On the last day of 1853, Longfellow wrote in his diary, "How barren of all poetic production and even prose production this last year has been!
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading LONGFELLOW On the last day of 1853, Longfellow wrote in his diary, "How barren of all poetic production and even prose production this last year has been!
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From this reading LONGFELLOW On the last day of 1853, Longfellow wrote in his diary, "How barren of all poetic production and even prose production this last year has been!
the past participle of “be”
From this reading LONGFELLOW On the last day of 1853, Longfellow wrote in his diary, "How barren of all poetic production and even prose production this last year has been!
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading Really there has been nothing but the college work.
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From this reading The family absorbs half the time, and letters and visits take out a huge cantle."
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From this reading Really there has been nothing but the college work.
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From this reading LONGFELLOW On the last day of 1853, Longfellow wrote in his diary, "How barren of all poetic production and even prose production this last year has been!
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From this reading RESIGNATION OF PROFESSORSHIP--TO DEATH OF MRS.
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From this reading LONGFELLOW On the last day of 1853, Longfellow wrote in his diary, "How barren of all poetic production and even prose production this last year has been!
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading LONGFELLOW On the last day of 1853, Longfellow wrote in his diary, "How barren of all poetic production and even prose production this last year has been!
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From this reading The family absorbs half the time, and letters and visits take out a huge cantle."
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading For 1853 I have absolutely nothing to show.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The family absorbs half the time, and letters and visits take out a huge cantle."
the form of “have” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading LONGFELLOW On the last day of 1853, Longfellow wrote in his diary, "How barren of all poetic production and even prose production this last year has been!
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading For 1853 I have absolutely nothing to show.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading LONGFELLOW On the last day of 1853, Longfellow wrote in his diary, "How barren of all poetic production and even prose production this last year has been!
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From this reading LONGFELLOW On the last day of 1853, Longfellow wrote in his diary, "How barren of all poetic production and even prose production this last year has been!
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From this reading The family absorbs half the time, and letters and visits take out a huge cantle."
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading For 1853 I have absolutely nothing to show.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading LONGFELLOW On the last day of 1853, Longfellow wrote in his diary, "How barren of all poetic production and even prose production this last year has been!
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading LONGFELLOW On the last day of 1853, Longfellow wrote in his diary, "How barren of all poetic production and even prose production this last year has been!
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From this reading The family absorbs half the time, and letters and visits take out a huge cantle."
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From this reading LONGFELLOW On the last day of 1853, Longfellow wrote in his diary, "How barren of all poetic production and even prose production this last year has been!
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From this reading RESIGNATION OF PROFESSORSHIP--TO DEATH OF MRS.
not one thing; not anything
From this reading For 1853 I have absolutely nothing to show.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading RESIGNATION OF PROFESSORSHIP--TO DEATH OF MRS.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading LONGFELLOW On the last day of 1853, Longfellow wrote in his diary, "How barren of all poetic production and even prose production this last year has been!
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From this reading The family absorbs half the time, and letters and visits take out a huge cantle."
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From this reading LONGFELLOW On the last day of 1853, Longfellow wrote in his diary, "How barren of all poetic production and even prose production this last year has been!
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From this reading LONGFELLOW On the last day of 1853, Longfellow wrote in his diary, "How barren of all poetic production and even prose production this last year has been!
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From this reading RESIGNATION OF PROFESSORSHIP--TO DEATH OF MRS.
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From this reading LONGFELLOW On the last day of 1853, Longfellow wrote in his diary, "How barren of all poetic production and even prose production this last year has been!
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From this reading Really there has been nothing but the college work.
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From this reading RESIGNATION OF PROFESSORSHIP--TO DEATH OF MRS.
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From this reading For 1853 I have absolutely nothing to show.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The family absorbs half the time, and letters and visits take out a huge cantle."
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading LONGFELLOW On the last day of 1853, Longfellow wrote in his diary, "How barren of all poetic production and even prose production this last year has been!
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From this reading Really there has been nothing but the college work.
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading LONGFELLOW On the last day of 1853, Longfellow wrote in his diary, "How barren of all poetic production and even prose production this last year has been!
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The family absorbs half the time, and letters and visits take out a huge cantle."
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading RESIGNATION OF PROFESSORSHIP--TO DEATH OF MRS.
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From this reading The family absorbs half the time, and letters and visits take out a huge cantle."
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From this reading Really there has been nothing but the college work.
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From this reading LONGFELLOW On the last day of 1853, Longfellow wrote in his diary, "How barren of all poetic production and even prose production this last year has been!
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From this reading LONGFELLOW On the last day of 1853, Longfellow wrote in his diary, "How barren of all poetic production and even prose production this last year has been!
