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Jane Seton
Jane Seton

Chapter XXXIX

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THE LAW OF THE SWORD.
"Dost thou, O traitor! thus to grace pretend, Clad as thou art in trophies of my friend?
To his sad soul, a grateful offering go!
'Tis Pallas, Pallas gives this deadly blow.
He raised his arm aloft, and, at the word, Deep in his bosom drove the shining sword.
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Archivist
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A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.

Jane Seton

Chapter XXXIX

Reading 1/17 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

Line 1
THE LAW OF THE SWORD.
Line 2
"Dost thou, O traitor! thus to grace pretend, Clad as thou art in trophies of my friend?
Line 3
To his sad soul, a grateful offering go!
Line 4
'Tis Pallas, Pallas gives this deadly blow.
Line 5
He raised his arm aloft, and, at the word, Deep in his bosom drove the shining sword.

Learner Dictionary

Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, audio, and collocations from this reading.

Art auxiliary verb US /ɑːrt/

an old form of “are”, used with “thou”

From this reading “"Dost thou, O traitor! thus to grace pretend, Clad as thou art in trophies of my friend?”

Dost auxiliary verb US /dɑːst/

an old form of “do”, used with “thou”

From this reading “"Dost thou, O traitor! thus to grace pretend, Clad as thou art in trophies of my friend?”

Thou pronoun US /ðaʊ/

an old word for “you”, as the subject, speaking to one person

From this reading “"Dost thou, O traitor! thus to grace pretend, Clad as thou art in trophies of my friend?”

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adeterminerUS /ə/

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

From this reading To his sad soul, a grateful offering go!

aloft

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From this reading He raised his arm aloft, and, at the word, Deep in his bosom drove the shining sword.

andconjunctionUS /ənd/

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

From this reading He raised his arm aloft, and, at the word, Deep in his bosom drove the shining sword.

arm

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From this reading He raised his arm aloft, and, at the word, Deep in his bosom drove the shining sword.

artauxiliary verbUS /ɑːrt/

an old form of “are”, used with “thou”

From this reading "Dost thou, O traitor! thus to grace pretend, Clad as thou art in trophies of my friend?

asconjunctionUS /æz/

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

From this reading "Dost thou, O traitor! thus to grace pretend, Clad as thou art in trophies of my friend?

atprepositionUS /æt/

in or near a particular place or position

From this reading He raised his arm aloft, and, at the word, Deep in his bosom drove the shining sword.

blow

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From this reading 'Tis Pallas, Pallas gives this deadly blow.

bosom

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From this reading He raised his arm aloft, and, at the word, Deep in his bosom drove the shining sword.

Clad

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From this reading "Dost thou, O traitor! thus to grace pretend, Clad as thou art in trophies of my friend?

deadly

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From this reading 'Tis Pallas, Pallas gives this deadly blow.

Deep

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From this reading He raised his arm aloft, and, at the word, Deep in his bosom drove the shining sword.

Dostauxiliary verbUS /dɑːst/

an old form of “do”, used with “thou”

From this reading "Dost thou, O traitor! thus to grace pretend, Clad as thou art in trophies of my friend?

drove

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From this reading He raised his arm aloft, and, at the word, Deep in his bosom drove the shining sword.

friend

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From this reading "Dost thou, O traitor! thus to grace pretend, Clad as thou art in trophies of my friend?

gives

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From this reading 'Tis Pallas, Pallas gives this deadly blow.

go

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From this reading To his sad soul, a grateful offering go!

grace

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From this reading "Dost thou, O traitor! thus to grace pretend, Clad as thou art in trophies of my friend?

grateful

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From this reading To his sad soul, a grateful offering go!

HepronounUS /hiː/

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

From this reading He raised his arm aloft, and, at the word, Deep in his bosom drove the shining sword.

hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/

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

From this reading To his sad soul, a grateful offering go!

inprepositionUS /ɪn/

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

From this reading "Dost thou, O traitor! thus to grace pretend, Clad as thou art in trophies of my friend?

LAW

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From this reading THE LAW OF THE SWORD.

mydeterminerUS /maɪ/

belonging to the person speaking

From this reading "Dost thou, O traitor! thus to grace pretend, Clad as thou art in trophies of my friend?

O

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From this reading "Dost thou, O traitor! thus to grace pretend, Clad as thou art in trophies of my friend?

OFprepositionUS /ʌv/

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

From this reading THE LAW OF THE SWORD.

offering

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From this reading To his sad soul, a grateful offering go!

Pallas

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From this reading 'Tis Pallas, Pallas gives this deadly blow.

pretend

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From this reading "Dost thou, O traitor! thus to grace pretend, Clad as thou art in trophies of my friend?

raised

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From this reading He raised his arm aloft, and, at the word, Deep in his bosom drove the shining sword.

sad

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From this reading To his sad soul, a grateful offering go!

shining

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From this reading He raised his arm aloft, and, at the word, Deep in his bosom drove the shining sword.

soul

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From this reading To his sad soul, a grateful offering go!

SWORD

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From this reading THE LAW OF THE SWORD.

THEdeterminerUS /ðə/

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

From this reading THE LAW OF THE SWORD.

thisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/

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

From this reading 'Tis Pallas, Pallas gives this deadly blow.

thoupronounUS /ðaʊ/

an old word for “you”, as the subject, speaking to one person

From this reading "Dost thou, O traitor! thus to grace pretend, Clad as thou art in trophies of my friend?

thus

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From this reading "Dost thou, O traitor! thus to grace pretend, Clad as thou art in trophies of my friend?

Tis

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From this reading 'Tis Pallas, Pallas gives this deadly blow.

toparticleUS /tuː/

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

From this reading "Dost thou, O traitor! thus to grace pretend, Clad as thou art in trophies of my friend?

traitor

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From this reading "Dost thou, O traitor! thus to grace pretend, Clad as thou art in trophies of my friend?

trophies

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From this reading "Dost thou, O traitor! thus to grace pretend, Clad as thou art in trophies of my friend?

word

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From this reading He raised his arm aloft, and, at the word, Deep in his bosom drove the shining sword.