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Chapter VII
Unto whose use the pregnant suns are poised With idiot moons and stars retracing stars? Creep thou betweene—thy coming’s all unnoised. Heaven hath her high, as Earth her baser, wars. Heir to these tumults, this affright, that fraye (By Adam’s, fathers’, own, sin bound alway); Peer up, draw out thy horoscope and say Which planet mends thy threadbare fate or mars! Sir John Christie.
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an old form of “has”
From this reading “Heaven hath her high, as Earth her baser, wars.”
A person legally or magically entitled to the property or rank of another on that person's death.
From this reading “Heir to these tumults, this affright, that fraye (By Adam’s, fathers’, own, sin bound alway); Peer up, draw out thy horoscope and say Which planet mends thy threadbare fate or mars!”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Sir John Christie.”
the plural of “this”: the people or things near, or just mentioned
From this reading “Heir to these tumults, this affright, that fraye (By Adam’s, fathers’, own, sin bound alway); Peer up, draw out thy horoscope and say Which planet mends thy threadbare fate or mars!”
an old word for “you”, as the subject, speaking to one person
From this reading “Creep thou betweene—thy coming’s all unnoised.”
an old word for “your”, speaking to one person
From this reading “Creep thou betweene—thy coming’s all unnoised.”
an old word for “to”
From this reading “Unto whose use the pregnant suns are poised With idiot moons and stars retracing stars?”
belonging to which person
From this reading “Unto whose use the pregnant suns are poised With idiot moons and stars retracing stars?”
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From this reading Heir to these tumults, this affright, that fraye (By Adam’s, fathers’, own, sin bound alway); Peer up, draw out thy horoscope and say Which planet mends thy threadbare fate or mars!
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From this reading Heir to these tumults, this affright, that fraye (By Adam’s, fathers’, own, sin bound alway); Peer up, draw out thy horoscope and say Which planet mends thy threadbare fate or mars!
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From this reading Creep thou betweene—thy coming’s all unnoised.
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From this reading Heir to these tumults, this affright, that fraye (By Adam’s, fathers’, own, sin bound alway); Peer up, draw out thy horoscope and say Which planet mends thy threadbare fate or mars!
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Unto whose use the pregnant suns are poised With idiot moons and stars retracing stars?
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading Unto whose use the pregnant suns are poised With idiot moons and stars retracing stars?
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading Heaven hath her high, as Earth her baser, wars.
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From this reading Heaven hath her high, as Earth her baser, wars.
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From this reading Creep thou betweene—thy coming’s all unnoised.
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From this reading Heir to these tumults, this affright, that fraye (By Adam’s, fathers’, own, sin bound alway); Peer up, draw out thy horoscope and say Which planet mends thy threadbare fate or mars!
showing who or what does the action
From this reading Heir to these tumults, this affright, that fraye (By Adam’s, fathers’, own, sin bound alway); Peer up, draw out thy horoscope and say Which planet mends thy threadbare fate or mars!
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From this reading Sir John Christie.
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From this reading Creep thou betweene—thy coming’s all unnoised.
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From this reading Creep thou betweene—thy coming’s all unnoised.
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From this reading Heir to these tumults, this affright, that fraye (By Adam’s, fathers’, own, sin bound alway); Peer up, draw out thy horoscope and say Which planet mends thy threadbare fate or mars!
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From this reading Heaven hath her high, as Earth her baser, wars.
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From this reading Heir to these tumults, this affright, that fraye (By Adam’s, fathers’, own, sin bound alway); Peer up, draw out thy horoscope and say Which planet mends thy threadbare fate or mars!
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From this reading Heir to these tumults, this affright, that fraye (By Adam’s, fathers’, own, sin bound alway); Peer up, draw out thy horoscope and say Which planet mends thy threadbare fate or mars!
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From this reading Heir to these tumults, this affright, that fraye (By Adam’s, fathers’, own, sin bound alway); Peer up, draw out thy horoscope and say Which planet mends thy threadbare fate or mars!
an old form of “has”
From this reading Heaven hath her high, as Earth her baser, wars.
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From this reading Heaven hath her high, as Earth her baser, wars.
A person legally or magically entitled to the property or rank of another on that person's death.
From this reading Heir to these tumults, this affright, that fraye (By Adam’s, fathers’, own, sin bound alway); Peer up, draw out thy horoscope and say Which planet mends thy threadbare fate or mars!
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading Heaven hath her high, as Earth her baser, wars.
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From this reading Heaven hath her high, as Earth her baser, wars.
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From this reading Heir to these tumults, this affright, that fraye (By Adam’s, fathers’, own, sin bound alway); Peer up, draw out thy horoscope and say Which planet mends thy threadbare fate or mars!
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From this reading Unto whose use the pregnant suns are poised With idiot moons and stars retracing stars?
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From this reading Sir John Christie.
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From this reading Heir to these tumults, this affright, that fraye (By Adam’s, fathers’, own, sin bound alway); Peer up, draw out thy horoscope and say Which planet mends thy threadbare fate or mars!
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From this reading Heir to these tumults, this affright, that fraye (By Adam’s, fathers’, own, sin bound alway); Peer up, draw out thy horoscope and say Which planet mends thy threadbare fate or mars!
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From this reading Unto whose use the pregnant suns are poised With idiot moons and stars retracing stars?
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading Heir to these tumults, this affright, that fraye (By Adam’s, fathers’, own, sin bound alway); Peer up, draw out thy horoscope and say Which planet mends thy threadbare fate or mars!
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From this reading Heir to these tumults, this affright, that fraye (By Adam’s, fathers’, own, sin bound alway); Peer up, draw out thy horoscope and say Which planet mends thy threadbare fate or mars!
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From this reading Heir to these tumults, this affright, that fraye (By Adam’s, fathers’, own, sin bound alway); Peer up, draw out thy horoscope and say Which planet mends thy threadbare fate or mars!
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From this reading Heir to these tumults, this affright, that fraye (By Adam’s, fathers’, own, sin bound alway); Peer up, draw out thy horoscope and say Which planet mends thy threadbare fate or mars!
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From this reading Heir to these tumults, this affright, that fraye (By Adam’s, fathers’, own, sin bound alway); Peer up, draw out thy horoscope and say Which planet mends thy threadbare fate or mars!
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From this reading Unto whose use the pregnant suns are poised With idiot moons and stars retracing stars?
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From this reading Unto whose use the pregnant suns are poised With idiot moons and stars retracing stars?
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From this reading Unto whose use the pregnant suns are poised With idiot moons and stars retracing stars?
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From this reading Heir to these tumults, this affright, that fraye (By Adam’s, fathers’, own, sin bound alway); Peer up, draw out thy horoscope and say Which planet mends thy threadbare fate or mars!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Heir to these tumults, this affright, that fraye (By Adam’s, fathers’, own, sin bound alway); Peer up, draw out thy horoscope and say Which planet mends thy threadbare fate or mars!
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From this reading Sir John Christie.
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From this reading Unto whose use the pregnant suns are poised With idiot moons and stars retracing stars?
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From this reading Unto whose use the pregnant suns are poised With idiot moons and stars retracing stars?
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Heir to these tumults, this affright, that fraye (By Adam’s, fathers’, own, sin bound alway); Peer up, draw out thy horoscope and say Which planet mends thy threadbare fate or mars!
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Unto whose use the pregnant suns are poised With idiot moons and stars retracing stars?
the plural of “this”: the people or things near, or just mentioned
From this reading Heir to these tumults, this affright, that fraye (By Adam’s, fathers’, own, sin bound alway); Peer up, draw out thy horoscope and say Which planet mends thy threadbare fate or mars!
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading Heir to these tumults, this affright, that fraye (By Adam’s, fathers’, own, sin bound alway); Peer up, draw out thy horoscope and say Which planet mends thy threadbare fate or mars!
an old word for “you”, as the subject, speaking to one person
From this reading Creep thou betweene—thy coming’s all unnoised.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Heir to these tumults, this affright, that fraye (By Adam’s, fathers’, own, sin bound alway); Peer up, draw out thy horoscope and say Which planet mends thy threadbare fate or mars!
an old word for “your”, speaking to one person
From this reading Creep thou betweene—thy coming’s all unnoised.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Heir to these tumults, this affright, that fraye (By Adam’s, fathers’, own, sin bound alway); Peer up, draw out thy horoscope and say Which planet mends thy threadbare fate or mars!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Heir to these tumults, this affright, that fraye (By Adam’s, fathers’, own, sin bound alway); Peer up, draw out thy horoscope and say Which planet mends thy threadbare fate or mars!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Creep thou betweene—thy coming’s all unnoised.
an old word for “to”
From this reading Unto whose use the pregnant suns are poised With idiot moons and stars retracing stars?
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Heir to these tumults, this affright, that fraye (By Adam’s, fathers’, own, sin bound alway); Peer up, draw out thy horoscope and say Which planet mends thy threadbare fate or mars!
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Unto whose use the pregnant suns are poised With idiot moons and stars retracing stars?
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Heaven hath her high, as Earth her baser, wars.
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading Heir to these tumults, this affright, that fraye (By Adam’s, fathers’, own, sin bound alway); Peer up, draw out thy horoscope and say Which planet mends thy threadbare fate or mars!
belonging to which person
From this reading Unto whose use the pregnant suns are poised With idiot moons and stars retracing stars?
in the company of; together with
From this reading Unto whose use the pregnant suns are poised With idiot moons and stars retracing stars?
