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Chapter XI
MRS. MCDERMOTT WANTS HER MONEY Squire Culpepper, was laid up with an attack of his old enemy the gout. Thereby his temper was by no means improved. But to the ordinary pains which attend podagra was superadded another source of irritation and alarm. The shares of the Alcazar Silver Mining Company, in which promising speculation the Squire had invested the whole of his savings, had of late been going down slowly but steadily in the market.
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From this reading “But to the ordinary pains which attend podagra was superadded another source of irritation and alarm.”
the past participle of “be”
From this reading “The shares of the Alcazar Silver Mining Company, in which promising speculation the Squire had invested the whole of his savings, had of late been going down slowly but steadily in the market.”
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From this reading “The shares of the Alcazar Silver Mining Company, in which promising speculation the Squire had invested the whole of his savings, had of late been going down slowly but steadily in the market.”
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From this reading But to the ordinary pains which attend podagra was superadded another source of irritation and alarm.
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From this reading The shares of the Alcazar Silver Mining Company, in which promising speculation the Squire had invested the whole of his savings, had of late been going down slowly but steadily in the market.
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading MCDERMOTT WANTS HER MONEY Squire Culpepper, was laid up with an attack of his old enemy the gout.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading But to the ordinary pains which attend podagra was superadded another source of irritation and alarm.
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From this reading But to the ordinary pains which attend podagra was superadded another source of irritation and alarm.
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From this reading MCDERMOTT WANTS HER MONEY Squire Culpepper, was laid up with an attack of his old enemy the gout.
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From this reading But to the ordinary pains which attend podagra was superadded another source of irritation and alarm.
the past participle of “be”
From this reading The shares of the Alcazar Silver Mining Company, in which promising speculation the Squire had invested the whole of his savings, had of late been going down slowly but steadily in the market.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading But to the ordinary pains which attend podagra was superadded another source of irritation and alarm.
showing who or what does the action
From this reading Thereby his temper was by no means improved.
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From this reading The shares of the Alcazar Silver Mining Company, in which promising speculation the Squire had invested the whole of his savings, had of late been going down slowly but steadily in the market.
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From this reading MCDERMOTT WANTS HER MONEY Squire Culpepper, was laid up with an attack of his old enemy the gout.
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From this reading The shares of the Alcazar Silver Mining Company, in which promising speculation the Squire had invested the whole of his savings, had of late been going down slowly but steadily in the market.
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From this reading MCDERMOTT WANTS HER MONEY Squire Culpepper, was laid up with an attack of his old enemy the gout.
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From this reading The shares of the Alcazar Silver Mining Company, in which promising speculation the Squire had invested the whole of his savings, had of late been going down slowly but steadily in the market.
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From this reading MCDERMOTT WANTS HER MONEY Squire Culpepper, was laid up with an attack of his old enemy the gout.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading The shares of the Alcazar Silver Mining Company, in which promising speculation the Squire had invested the whole of his savings, had of late been going down slowly but steadily in the market.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading MCDERMOTT WANTS HER MONEY Squire Culpepper, was laid up with an attack of his old enemy the gout.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading MCDERMOTT WANTS HER MONEY Squire Culpepper, was laid up with an attack of his old enemy the gout.
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From this reading Thereby his temper was by no means improved.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading The shares of the Alcazar Silver Mining Company, in which promising speculation the Squire had invested the whole of his savings, had of late been going down slowly but steadily in the market.
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From this reading The shares of the Alcazar Silver Mining Company, in which promising speculation the Squire had invested the whole of his savings, had of late been going down slowly but steadily in the market.
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From this reading But to the ordinary pains which attend podagra was superadded another source of irritation and alarm.
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From this reading MCDERMOTT WANTS HER MONEY Squire Culpepper, was laid up with an attack of his old enemy the gout.
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From this reading The shares of the Alcazar Silver Mining Company, in which promising speculation the Squire had invested the whole of his savings, had of late been going down slowly but steadily in the market.
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From this reading The shares of the Alcazar Silver Mining Company, in which promising speculation the Squire had invested the whole of his savings, had of late been going down slowly but steadily in the market.
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From this reading MCDERMOTT WANTS HER MONEY Squire Culpepper, was laid up with an attack of his old enemy the gout.
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From this reading Thereby his temper was by no means improved.
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From this reading The shares of the Alcazar Silver Mining Company, in which promising speculation the Squire had invested the whole of his savings, had of late been going down slowly but steadily in the market.
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From this reading MCDERMOTT WANTS HER MONEY Squire Culpepper, was laid up with an attack of his old enemy the gout.
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not any; not one
From this reading Thereby his temper was by no means improved.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading MCDERMOTT WANTS HER MONEY Squire Culpepper, was laid up with an attack of his old enemy the gout.
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From this reading MCDERMOTT WANTS HER MONEY Squire Culpepper, was laid up with an attack of his old enemy the gout.
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From this reading But to the ordinary pains which attend podagra was superadded another source of irritation and alarm.
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From this reading But to the ordinary pains which attend podagra was superadded another source of irritation and alarm.
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From this reading But to the ordinary pains which attend podagra was superadded another source of irritation and alarm.
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From this reading The shares of the Alcazar Silver Mining Company, in which promising speculation the Squire had invested the whole of his savings, had of late been going down slowly but steadily in the market.
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From this reading The shares of the Alcazar Silver Mining Company, in which promising speculation the Squire had invested the whole of his savings, had of late been going down slowly but steadily in the market.
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From this reading The shares of the Alcazar Silver Mining Company, in which promising speculation the Squire had invested the whole of his savings, had of late been going down slowly but steadily in the market.
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From this reading The shares of the Alcazar Silver Mining Company, in which promising speculation the Squire had invested the whole of his savings, had of late been going down slowly but steadily in the market.
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From this reading The shares of the Alcazar Silver Mining Company, in which promising speculation the Squire had invested the whole of his savings, had of late been going down slowly but steadily in the market.
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From this reading But to the ordinary pains which attend podagra was superadded another source of irritation and alarm.
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From this reading The shares of the Alcazar Silver Mining Company, in which promising speculation the Squire had invested the whole of his savings, had of late been going down slowly but steadily in the market.
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From this reading MCDERMOTT WANTS HER MONEY Squire Culpepper, was laid up with an attack of his old enemy the gout.
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From this reading The shares of the Alcazar Silver Mining Company, in which promising speculation the Squire had invested the whole of his savings, had of late been going down slowly but steadily in the market.
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From this reading But to the ordinary pains which attend podagra was superadded another source of irritation and alarm.
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From this reading Thereby his temper was by no means improved.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading MCDERMOTT WANTS HER MONEY Squire Culpepper, was laid up with an attack of his old enemy the gout.
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From this reading Thereby his temper was by no means improved.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading But to the ordinary pains which attend podagra was superadded another source of irritation and alarm.
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From this reading MCDERMOTT WANTS HER MONEY Squire Culpepper, was laid up with an attack of his old enemy the gout.
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From this reading MCDERMOTT WANTS HER MONEY Squire Culpepper, was laid up with an attack of his old enemy the gout.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading MCDERMOTT WANTS HER MONEY Squire Culpepper, was laid up with an attack of his old enemy the gout.
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading But to the ordinary pains which attend podagra was superadded another source of irritation and alarm.
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From this reading The shares of the Alcazar Silver Mining Company, in which promising speculation the Squire had invested the whole of his savings, had of late been going down slowly but steadily in the market.
in the company of; together with
From this reading MCDERMOTT WANTS HER MONEY Squire Culpepper, was laid up with an attack of his old enemy the gout.
