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Chapter II
HOW GEOFFREY GOES TO IRELAND AND WHAT HE SEES THERE. It is early morn. "The first low breath of waking day stirs the wide air." On bush and tree and opening flower the dew lies heavily, like diamonds glistening in the light of the round sun. Thin clouds of pearly haze float slowly o'er the sky to meet its rays; and Envious streaks Do lace the severing clouds in yonder east.
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From this reading “"The first low breath of waking day stirs the wide air."”
Having little thickness or extent.
From this reading “Thin clouds of pearly haze float slowly o'er the sky to meet its rays; and Envious streaks Do lace the severing clouds in yonder east.”
Risen from sleep; conscious.
From this reading “"The first low breath of waking day stirs the wide air."”
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From this reading On bush and tree and opening flower the dew lies heavily, like diamonds glistening in the light of the round sun.
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From this reading Thin clouds of pearly haze float slowly o'er the sky to meet its rays; and Envious streaks Do lace the severing clouds in yonder east.
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From this reading On bush and tree and opening flower the dew lies heavily, like diamonds glistening in the light of the round sun.
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From this reading On bush and tree and opening flower the dew lies heavily, like diamonds glistening in the light of the round sun.
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading Thin clouds of pearly haze float slowly o'er the sky to meet its rays; and Envious streaks Do lace the severing clouds in yonder east.
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From this reading It is early morn.
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From this reading Thin clouds of pearly haze float slowly o'er the sky to meet its rays; and Envious streaks Do lace the severing clouds in yonder east.
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From this reading Thin clouds of pearly haze float slowly o'er the sky to meet its rays; and Envious streaks Do lace the severing clouds in yonder east.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading "The first low breath of waking day stirs the wide air."
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From this reading Thin clouds of pearly haze float slowly o'er the sky to meet its rays; and Envious streaks Do lace the severing clouds in yonder east.
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From this reading On bush and tree and opening flower the dew lies heavily, like diamonds glistening in the light of the round sun.
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From this reading HOW GEOFFREY GOES TO IRELAND AND WHAT HE SEES THERE.
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From this reading On bush and tree and opening flower the dew lies heavily, like diamonds glistening in the light of the round sun.
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From this reading HOW GEOFFREY GOES TO IRELAND AND WHAT HE SEES THERE.
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From this reading Thin clouds of pearly haze float slowly o'er the sky to meet its rays; and Envious streaks Do lace the severing clouds in yonder east.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
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From this reading On bush and tree and opening flower the dew lies heavily, like diamonds glistening in the light of the round sun.
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From this reading HOW GEOFFREY GOES TO IRELAND AND WHAT HE SEES THERE.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading On bush and tree and opening flower the dew lies heavily, like diamonds glistening in the light of the round sun.
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the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading It is early morn.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It is early morn.
belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned
From this reading Thin clouds of pearly haze float slowly o'er the sky to meet its rays; and Envious streaks Do lace the severing clouds in yonder east.
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From this reading Thin clouds of pearly haze float slowly o'er the sky to meet its rays; and Envious streaks Do lace the severing clouds in yonder east.
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From this reading On bush and tree and opening flower the dew lies heavily, like diamonds glistening in the light of the round sun.
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From this reading On bush and tree and opening flower the dew lies heavily, like diamonds glistening in the light of the round sun.
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From this reading On bush and tree and opening flower the dew lies heavily, like diamonds glistening in the light of the round sun.
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From this reading "The first low breath of waking day stirs the wide air."
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From this reading Thin clouds of pearly haze float slowly o'er the sky to meet its rays; and Envious streaks Do lace the severing clouds in yonder east.
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From this reading It is early morn.
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From this reading Thin clouds of pearly haze float slowly o'er the sky to meet its rays; and Envious streaks Do lace the severing clouds in yonder east.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading "The first low breath of waking day stirs the wide air."
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading On bush and tree and opening flower the dew lies heavily, like diamonds glistening in the light of the round sun.
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From this reading On bush and tree and opening flower the dew lies heavily, like diamonds glistening in the light of the round sun.
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From this reading Thin clouds of pearly haze float slowly o'er the sky to meet its rays; and Envious streaks Do lace the severing clouds in yonder east.
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From this reading Thin clouds of pearly haze float slowly o'er the sky to meet its rays; and Envious streaks Do lace the severing clouds in yonder east.
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From this reading On bush and tree and opening flower the dew lies heavily, like diamonds glistening in the light of the round sun.
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From this reading HOW GEOFFREY GOES TO IRELAND AND WHAT HE SEES THERE.
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From this reading Thin clouds of pearly haze float slowly o'er the sky to meet its rays; and Envious streaks Do lace the severing clouds in yonder east.
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From this reading Thin clouds of pearly haze float slowly o'er the sky to meet its rays; and Envious streaks Do lace the severing clouds in yonder east.
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From this reading Thin clouds of pearly haze float slowly o'er the sky to meet its rays; and Envious streaks Do lace the severing clouds in yonder east.
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From this reading "The first low breath of waking day stirs the wide air."
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From this reading Thin clouds of pearly haze float slowly o'er the sky to meet its rays; and Envious streaks Do lace the severing clouds in yonder east.
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From this reading On bush and tree and opening flower the dew lies heavily, like diamonds glistening in the light of the round sun.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading "The first low breath of waking day stirs the wide air."
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From this reading HOW GEOFFREY GOES TO IRELAND AND WHAT HE SEES THERE.
Having little thickness or extent.
From this reading Thin clouds of pearly haze float slowly o'er the sky to meet its rays; and Envious streaks Do lace the severing clouds in yonder east.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading HOW GEOFFREY GOES TO IRELAND AND WHAT HE SEES THERE.
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From this reading On bush and tree and opening flower the dew lies heavily, like diamonds glistening in the light of the round sun.
Risen from sleep; conscious.
From this reading "The first low breath of waking day stirs the wide air."
used to ask for information about something
From this reading HOW GEOFFREY GOES TO IRELAND AND WHAT HE SEES THERE.
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From this reading "The first low breath of waking day stirs the wide air."
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From this reading Thin clouds of pearly haze float slowly o'er the sky to meet its rays; and Envious streaks Do lace the severing clouds in yonder east.
