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in memory of our friend and colleague Emmy * * * Mentor extraordinaire, and so much more * * * _REWARDED_. LONDON: PRINTED FOR DARTON, HARVEY, AND DARTON, _No. 55, Gracechurch-Street_. Printed by Darton, Harvey, and Co. Gracechurch-Street, London. JULIA _AND_ _THE PET-LAMB_. “NOW, mamma, I have finished my work: is it well done?” said little Julia, as she showed the pocket-handkerchief she had just hemmed to her mother.
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an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading ““NOW, mamma, I have finished my work: is it well done?” said little Julia, as she showed the pocket-handkerchief she had just hemmed to her mother.”
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading ““NOW, mamma, I have finished my work: is it well done?” said little Julia, as she showed the pocket-handkerchief she had just hemmed to her mother.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading ““NOW, mamma, I have finished my work: is it well done?” said little Julia, as she showed the pocket-handkerchief she had just hemmed to her mother.”
The faculty by which the mind stores and remembers information and knowledge.
From this reading “in memory of our friend and colleague Emmy * * * Mentor extraordinaire, and so much more * * * _REWARDED_.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “LONDON: PRINTED FOR DARTON, HARVEY, AND DARTON, _No. 55, Gracechurch-Street_.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading ““NOW, mamma, I have finished my work: is it well done?” said little Julia, as she showed the pocket-handkerchief she had just hemmed to her mother.”
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From this reading LONDON: PRINTED FOR DARTON, HARVEY, AND DARTON, _No. 55, Gracechurch-Street_.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading in memory of our friend and colleague Emmy * * * Mentor extraordinaire, and so much more * * * _REWARDED_.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading “NOW, mamma, I have finished my work: is it well done?” said little Julia, as she showed the pocket-handkerchief she had just hemmed to her mother.
showing who or what does the action
From this reading Printed by Darton, Harvey, and Co. Gracechurch-Street, London.
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From this reading Printed by Darton, Harvey, and Co. Gracechurch-Street, London.
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From this reading in memory of our friend and colleague Emmy * * * Mentor extraordinaire, and so much more * * * _REWARDED_.
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From this reading LONDON: PRINTED FOR DARTON, HARVEY, AND DARTON, _No. 55, Gracechurch-Street_.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “NOW, mamma, I have finished my work: is it well done?” said little Julia, as she showed the pocket-handkerchief she had just hemmed to her mother.
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From this reading in memory of our friend and colleague Emmy * * * Mentor extraordinaire, and so much more * * * _REWARDED_.
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From this reading in memory of our friend and colleague Emmy * * * Mentor extraordinaire, and so much more * * * _REWARDED_.
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From this reading “NOW, mamma, I have finished my work: is it well done?” said little Julia, as she showed the pocket-handkerchief she had just hemmed to her mother.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading LONDON: PRINTED FOR DARTON, HARVEY, AND DARTON, _No. 55, Gracechurch-Street_.
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From this reading in memory of our friend and colleague Emmy * * * Mentor extraordinaire, and so much more * * * _REWARDED_.
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From this reading LONDON: PRINTED FOR DARTON, HARVEY, AND DARTON, _No. 55, Gracechurch-Street_.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading “NOW, mamma, I have finished my work: is it well done?” said little Julia, as she showed the pocket-handkerchief she had just hemmed to her mother.
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From this reading LONDON: PRINTED FOR DARTON, HARVEY, AND DARTON, _No. 55, Gracechurch-Street_.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading “NOW, mamma, I have finished my work: is it well done?” said little Julia, as she showed the pocket-handkerchief she had just hemmed to her mother.
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From this reading “NOW, mamma, I have finished my work: is it well done?” said little Julia, as she showed the pocket-handkerchief she had just hemmed to her mother.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading “NOW, mamma, I have finished my work: is it well done?” said little Julia, as she showed the pocket-handkerchief she had just hemmed to her mother.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading “NOW, mamma, I have finished my work: is it well done?” said little Julia, as she showed the pocket-handkerchief she had just hemmed to her mother.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading in memory of our friend and colleague Emmy * * * Mentor extraordinaire, and so much more * * * _REWARDED_.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading “NOW, mamma, I have finished my work: is it well done?” said little Julia, as she showed the pocket-handkerchief she had just hemmed to her mother.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading “NOW, mamma, I have finished my work: is it well done?” said little Julia, as she showed the pocket-handkerchief she had just hemmed to her mother.
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From this reading JULIA _AND_ _THE PET-LAMB_.
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From this reading “NOW, mamma, I have finished my work: is it well done?” said little Julia, as she showed the pocket-handkerchief she had just hemmed to her mother.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “NOW, mamma, I have finished my work: is it well done?” said little Julia, as she showed the pocket-handkerchief she had just hemmed to her mother.
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From this reading LONDON: PRINTED FOR DARTON, HARVEY, AND DARTON, _No. 55, Gracechurch-Street_.
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From this reading “NOW, mamma, I have finished my work: is it well done?” said little Julia, as she showed the pocket-handkerchief she had just hemmed to her mother.
The faculty by which the mind stores and remembers information and knowledge.
From this reading in memory of our friend and colleague Emmy * * * Mentor extraordinaire, and so much more * * * _REWARDED_.
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From this reading in memory of our friend and colleague Emmy * * * Mentor extraordinaire, and so much more * * * _REWARDED_.
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From this reading in memory of our friend and colleague Emmy * * * Mentor extraordinaire, and so much more * * * _REWARDED_.
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From this reading “NOW, mamma, I have finished my work: is it well done?” said little Julia, as she showed the pocket-handkerchief she had just hemmed to her mother.
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From this reading in memory of our friend and colleague Emmy * * * Mentor extraordinaire, and so much more * * * _REWARDED_.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading “NOW, mamma, I have finished my work: is it well done?” said little Julia, as she showed the pocket-handkerchief she had just hemmed to her mother.
not any; not one
From this reading LONDON: PRINTED FOR DARTON, HARVEY, AND DARTON, _No. 55, Gracechurch-Street_.
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From this reading “NOW, mamma, I have finished my work: is it well done?” said little Julia, as she showed the pocket-handkerchief she had just hemmed to her mother.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading in memory of our friend and colleague Emmy * * * Mentor extraordinaire, and so much more * * * _REWARDED_.
belonging to the speaker and others
From this reading in memory of our friend and colleague Emmy * * * Mentor extraordinaire, and so much more * * * _REWARDED_.
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From this reading JULIA _AND_ _THE PET-LAMB_.
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From this reading “NOW, mamma, I have finished my work: is it well done?” said little Julia, as she showed the pocket-handkerchief she had just hemmed to her mother.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading LONDON: PRINTED FOR DARTON, HARVEY, AND DARTON, _No. 55, Gracechurch-Street_.
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From this reading in memory of our friend and colleague Emmy * * * Mentor extraordinaire, and so much more * * * _REWARDED_.
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From this reading “NOW, mamma, I have finished my work: is it well done?” said little Julia, as she showed the pocket-handkerchief she had just hemmed to her mother.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading “NOW, mamma, I have finished my work: is it well done?” said little Julia, as she showed the pocket-handkerchief she had just hemmed to her mother.
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From this reading “NOW, mamma, I have finished my work: is it well done?” said little Julia, as she showed the pocket-handkerchief she had just hemmed to her mother.
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading in memory of our friend and colleague Emmy * * * Mentor extraordinaire, and so much more * * * _REWARDED_.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading JULIA _AND_ _THE PET-LAMB_.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading “NOW, mamma, I have finished my work: is it well done?” said little Julia, as she showed the pocket-handkerchief she had just hemmed to her mother.
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From this reading “NOW, mamma, I have finished my work: is it well done?” said little Julia, as she showed the pocket-handkerchief she had just hemmed to her mother.
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From this reading “NOW, mamma, I have finished my work: is it well done?” said little Julia, as she showed the pocket-handkerchief she had just hemmed to her mother.
