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Chapter XXVI
"Death is here, and death is there; Death is busy everywhere; All around, within, beneath, Above is death,--and we are death. * * * Fresh spring, and summer, and winter hoar, Move my faint heart with grief, but with delight No more, O never more." --Shelley. It is just two o'clock, and Sunday. They have all been to church.
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higher than, or over, something
From this reading “"Death is here, and death is there; Death is busy everywhere; All around, within, beneath, Above is death,--and we are death.”
surrounding, or on every side of, something
From this reading “"Death is here, and death is there; Death is busy everywhere; All around, within, beneath, Above is death,--and we are death.”
the past participle of “be”
From this reading “They have all been to church.”
Directly under; in or to a lower position than.
From this reading “"Death is here, and death is there; Death is busy everywhere; All around, within, beneath, Above is death,--and we are death.”
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading “They have all been to church.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “"Death is here, and death is there; Death is busy everywhere; All around, within, beneath, Above is death,--and we are death.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “* * * Fresh spring, and summer, and winter hoar, Move my faint heart with grief, but with delight No more, O never more."”
inside; before a period of time has passed
From this reading “"Death is here, and death is there; Death is busy everywhere; All around, within, beneath, Above is death,--and we are death.”
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higher than, or over, something
From this reading "Death is here, and death is there; Death is busy everywhere; All around, within, beneath, Above is death,--and we are death.
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From this reading "Death is here, and death is there; Death is busy everywhere; All around, within, beneath, Above is death,--and we are death.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading "Death is here, and death is there; Death is busy everywhere; All around, within, beneath, Above is death,--and we are death.
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading "Death is here, and death is there; Death is busy everywhere; All around, within, beneath, Above is death,--and we are death.
surrounding, or on every side of, something
From this reading "Death is here, and death is there; Death is busy everywhere; All around, within, beneath, Above is death,--and we are death.
the past participle of “be”
From this reading They have all been to church.
Directly under; in or to a lower position than.
From this reading "Death is here, and death is there; Death is busy everywhere; All around, within, beneath, Above is death,--and we are death.
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From this reading "Death is here, and death is there; Death is busy everywhere; All around, within, beneath, Above is death,--and we are death.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading * * * Fresh spring, and summer, and winter hoar, Move my faint heart with grief, but with delight No more, O never more."
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From this reading They have all been to church.
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From this reading "Death is here, and death is there; Death is busy everywhere; All around, within, beneath, Above is death,--and we are death.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading * * * Fresh spring, and summer, and winter hoar, Move my faint heart with grief, but with delight No more, O never more."
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Death is here, and death is there; Death is busy everywhere; All around, within, beneath, Above is death,--and we are death.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading * * * Fresh spring, and summer, and winter hoar, Move my faint heart with grief, but with delight No more, O never more."
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading * * * Fresh spring, and summer, and winter hoar, Move my faint heart with grief, but with delight No more, O never more."
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading * * * Fresh spring, and summer, and winter hoar, Move my faint heart with grief, but with delight No more, O never more."
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading They have all been to church.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading * * * Fresh spring, and summer, and winter hoar, Move my faint heart with grief, but with delight No more, O never more."
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading "Death is here, and death is there; Death is busy everywhere; All around, within, beneath, Above is death,--and we are death.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading * * * Fresh spring, and summer, and winter hoar, Move my faint heart with grief, but with delight No more, O never more."
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading "Death is here, and death is there; Death is busy everywhere; All around, within, beneath, Above is death,--and we are death.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It is just two o'clock, and Sunday.
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From this reading It is just two o'clock, and Sunday.
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From this reading * * * Fresh spring, and summer, and winter hoar, Move my faint heart with grief, but with delight No more, O never more."
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading * * * Fresh spring, and summer, and winter hoar, Move my faint heart with grief, but with delight No more, O never more."
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading * * * Fresh spring, and summer, and winter hoar, Move my faint heart with grief, but with delight No more, O never more."
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading * * * Fresh spring, and summer, and winter hoar, Move my faint heart with grief, but with delight No more, O never more."
not any; not one
From this reading * * * Fresh spring, and summer, and winter hoar, Move my faint heart with grief, but with delight No more, O never more."
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From this reading * * * Fresh spring, and summer, and winter hoar, Move my faint heart with grief, but with delight No more, O never more."
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From this reading It is just two o'clock, and Sunday.
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From this reading --Shelley.
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From this reading * * * Fresh spring, and summer, and winter hoar, Move my faint heart with grief, but with delight No more, O never more."
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading * * * Fresh spring, and summer, and winter hoar, Move my faint heart with grief, but with delight No more, O never more."
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading It is just two o'clock, and Sunday.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading "Death is here, and death is there; Death is busy everywhere; All around, within, beneath, Above is death,--and we are death.
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading They have all been to church.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading They have all been to church.
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From this reading It is just two o'clock, and Sunday.
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading "Death is here, and death is there; Death is busy everywhere; All around, within, beneath, Above is death,--and we are death.
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From this reading * * * Fresh spring, and summer, and winter hoar, Move my faint heart with grief, but with delight No more, O never more."
in the company of; together with
From this reading * * * Fresh spring, and summer, and winter hoar, Move my faint heart with grief, but with delight No more, O never more."
inside; before a period of time has passed
From this reading "Death is here, and death is there; Death is busy everywhere; All around, within, beneath, Above is death,--and we are death.
