Chapter I
BY CHARLOTTE MARY YONGE. “_Youth and age are scholars yet but in the lower school_.” —TENNYSON. RICHARD CLAY AND SONS, LIMITED, LONDON AND BUNGAY. _First Edition_, _October_, 1900.
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Chapter I
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BY
CHARLOTTE
MARY
YONGE.
“_Youth
and
age
are
scholars
yet
but
in
the
lower
school_.”
—TENNYSON.
RICHARD
CLAY
AND
SONS,
LIMITED,
LONDON
AND
BUNGAY.
_First
Edition_,
_October_,
1900.
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Line 1
BY
CHARLOTTE
MARY
YONGE.
Line 2
“_Youth
and
age
are
scholars
yet
but
in
the
lower
school_.”
Line 3
—TENNYSON.
Line 4
RICHARD
CLAY
AND
SONS,
LIMITED,
LONDON
AND
BUNGAY.
Line 5
_First
Edition_,
_October_,
1900.
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First
noun
US /first/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
Yet
conjunction
US /jet/
but in spite of that
From this reading ““_Youth and age are scholars yet but in the lower school_.””
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1900
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age
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From this reading “_Youth and age are scholars yet but in the lower school_.”
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading “_Youth and age are scholars yet but in the lower school_.”
areauxiliary verbUS /ɑːr/
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading “_Youth and age are scholars yet but in the lower school_.”
BUNGAY
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From this reading RICHARD CLAY AND SONS, LIMITED, LONDON AND BUNGAY.
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading “_Youth and age are scholars yet but in the lower school_.”
BYprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading BY CHARLOTTE MARY YONGE.
CHARLOTTE
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From this reading BY CHARLOTTE MARY YONGE.
CLAY
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From this reading RICHARD CLAY AND SONS, LIMITED, LONDON AND BUNGAY.
Edition
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From this reading _First Edition_, _October_, 1900.
FirstnounUS /first/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading _First Edition_, _October_, 1900.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading “_Youth and age are scholars yet but in the lower school_.”
LIMITED
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From this reading RICHARD CLAY AND SONS, LIMITED, LONDON AND BUNGAY.
LONDON
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From this reading RICHARD CLAY AND SONS, LIMITED, LONDON AND BUNGAY.
lower
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From this reading “_Youth and age are scholars yet but in the lower school_.”
MARY
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From this reading BY CHARLOTTE MARY YONGE.
October
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From this reading _First Edition_, _October_, 1900.
RICHARD
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From this reading RICHARD CLAY AND SONS, LIMITED, LONDON AND BUNGAY.
scholars
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From this reading “_Youth and age are scholars yet but in the lower school_.”
school
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From this reading “_Youth and age are scholars yet but in the lower school_.”
SONS
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From this reading RICHARD CLAY AND SONS, LIMITED, LONDON AND BUNGAY.
TENNYSON
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From this reading —TENNYSON.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading “_Youth and age are scholars yet but in the lower school_.”
yetconjunctionUS /jet/
but in spite of that
From this reading “_Youth and age are scholars yet but in the lower school_.”
YONGE
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From this reading BY CHARLOTTE MARY YONGE.
Youth
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From this reading “_Youth and age are scholars yet but in the lower school_.”