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LONDON SMITH, ELDER, & CO., 15 WATERLOO PLACE 1908. T'is life whereof our nerves are scant, Oh! life, not death, for which we pant, More life and fuller that I want. Alfred Tennyson. _TO SOME NEW FRIENDS._ Sometimes new friends meet one along the mid-way of life, and come forward with sweet unknown faces and with looks that seem strangely familiar to greet us. To some of these new friends I must dedicate my story.
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following the length of something from one end toward the other
From this reading “_TO SOME NEW FRIENDS._ Sometimes new friends meet one along the mid-way of life, and come forward with sweet unknown faces and with looks that seem strangely familiar to greet us.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “_TO SOME NEW FRIENDS._ Sometimes new friends meet one along the mid-way of life, and come forward with sweet unknown faces and with looks that seem strangely familiar to greet us.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “_TO SOME NEW FRIENDS._ Sometimes new friends meet one along the mid-way of life, and come forward with sweet unknown faces and with looks that seem strangely familiar to greet us.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “T'is life whereof our nerves are scant, Oh! life, not death, for which we pant, More life and fuller that I want.”
used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true
From this reading “To some of these new friends I must dedicate my story.”
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading “_TO SOME NEW FRIENDS._ Sometimes new friends meet one along the mid-way of life, and come forward with sweet unknown faces and with looks that seem strangely familiar to greet us.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “_TO SOME NEW FRIENDS._ Sometimes new friends meet one along the mid-way of life, and come forward with sweet unknown faces and with looks that seem strangely familiar to greet us.”
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading “_TO SOME NEW FRIENDS._ Sometimes new friends meet one along the mid-way of life, and come forward with sweet unknown faces and with looks that seem strangely familiar to greet us.”
the plural of “this”: the people or things near, or just mentioned
From this reading “To some of these new friends I must dedicate my story.”
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From this reading LONDON SMITH, ELDER, & CO., 15 WATERLOO PLACE 1908.
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From this reading LONDON SMITH, ELDER, & CO., 15 WATERLOO PLACE 1908.
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From this reading Alfred Tennyson.
following the length of something from one end toward the other
From this reading _TO SOME NEW FRIENDS._ Sometimes new friends meet one along the mid-way of life, and come forward with sweet unknown faces and with looks that seem strangely familiar to greet us.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading T'is life whereof our nerves are scant, Oh! life, not death, for which we pant, More life and fuller that I want.
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading T'is life whereof our nerves are scant, Oh! life, not death, for which we pant, More life and fuller that I want.
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From this reading LONDON SMITH, ELDER, & CO., 15 WATERLOO PLACE 1908.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading _TO SOME NEW FRIENDS._ Sometimes new friends meet one along the mid-way of life, and come forward with sweet unknown faces and with looks that seem strangely familiar to greet us.
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From this reading T'is life whereof our nerves are scant, Oh! life, not death, for which we pant, More life and fuller that I want.
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From this reading To some of these new friends I must dedicate my story.
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From this reading LONDON SMITH, ELDER, & CO., 15 WATERLOO PLACE 1908.
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From this reading _TO SOME NEW FRIENDS._ Sometimes new friends meet one along the mid-way of life, and come forward with sweet unknown faces and with looks that seem strangely familiar to greet us.
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From this reading _TO SOME NEW FRIENDS._ Sometimes new friends meet one along the mid-way of life, and come forward with sweet unknown faces and with looks that seem strangely familiar to greet us.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading T'is life whereof our nerves are scant, Oh! life, not death, for which we pant, More life and fuller that I want.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading _TO SOME NEW FRIENDS._ Sometimes new friends meet one along the mid-way of life, and come forward with sweet unknown faces and with looks that seem strangely familiar to greet us.
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From this reading _TO SOME NEW FRIENDS._ Sometimes new friends meet one along the mid-way of life, and come forward with sweet unknown faces and with looks that seem strangely familiar to greet us.
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From this reading T'is life whereof our nerves are scant, Oh! life, not death, for which we pant, More life and fuller that I want.
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From this reading _TO SOME NEW FRIENDS._ Sometimes new friends meet one along the mid-way of life, and come forward with sweet unknown faces and with looks that seem strangely familiar to greet us.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading T'is life whereof our nerves are scant, Oh! life, not death, for which we pant, More life and fuller that I want.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading T'is life whereof our nerves are scant, Oh! life, not death, for which we pant, More life and fuller that I want.
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From this reading LONDON SMITH, ELDER, & CO., 15 WATERLOO PLACE 1908.
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From this reading _TO SOME NEW FRIENDS._ Sometimes new friends meet one along the mid-way of life, and come forward with sweet unknown faces and with looks that seem strangely familiar to greet us.
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From this reading _TO SOME NEW FRIENDS._ Sometimes new friends meet one along the mid-way of life, and come forward with sweet unknown faces and with looks that seem strangely familiar to greet us.
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From this reading _TO SOME NEW FRIENDS._ Sometimes new friends meet one along the mid-way of life, and come forward with sweet unknown faces and with looks that seem strangely familiar to greet us.
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From this reading T'is life whereof our nerves are scant, Oh! life, not death, for which we pant, More life and fuller that I want.
used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true
From this reading To some of these new friends I must dedicate my story.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading To some of these new friends I must dedicate my story.
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From this reading T'is life whereof our nerves are scant, Oh! life, not death, for which we pant, More life and fuller that I want.
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From this reading _TO SOME NEW FRIENDS._ Sometimes new friends meet one along the mid-way of life, and come forward with sweet unknown faces and with looks that seem strangely familiar to greet us.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading T'is life whereof our nerves are scant, Oh! life, not death, for which we pant, More life and fuller that I want.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading _TO SOME NEW FRIENDS._ Sometimes new friends meet one along the mid-way of life, and come forward with sweet unknown faces and with looks that seem strangely familiar to greet us.
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From this reading T'is life whereof our nerves are scant, Oh! life, not death, for which we pant, More life and fuller that I want.
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading _TO SOME NEW FRIENDS._ Sometimes new friends meet one along the mid-way of life, and come forward with sweet unknown faces and with looks that seem strangely familiar to greet us.
belonging to the speaker and others
From this reading T'is life whereof our nerves are scant, Oh! life, not death, for which we pant, More life and fuller that I want.
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From this reading T'is life whereof our nerves are scant, Oh! life, not death, for which we pant, More life and fuller that I want.
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From this reading LONDON SMITH, ELDER, & CO., 15 WATERLOO PLACE 1908.
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From this reading T'is life whereof our nerves are scant, Oh! life, not death, for which we pant, More life and fuller that I want.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading _TO SOME NEW FRIENDS._ Sometimes new friends meet one along the mid-way of life, and come forward with sweet unknown faces and with looks that seem strangely familiar to greet us.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading LONDON SMITH, ELDER, & CO., 15 WATERLOO PLACE 1908.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading _TO SOME NEW FRIENDS._ Sometimes new friends meet one along the mid-way of life, and come forward with sweet unknown faces and with looks that seem strangely familiar to greet us.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading _TO SOME NEW FRIENDS._ Sometimes new friends meet one along the mid-way of life, and come forward with sweet unknown faces and with looks that seem strangely familiar to greet us.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading To some of these new friends I must dedicate my story.
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading _TO SOME NEW FRIENDS._ Sometimes new friends meet one along the mid-way of life, and come forward with sweet unknown faces and with looks that seem strangely familiar to greet us.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading _TO SOME NEW FRIENDS._ Sometimes new friends meet one along the mid-way of life, and come forward with sweet unknown faces and with looks that seem strangely familiar to greet us.
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From this reading T'is life whereof our nerves are scant, Oh! life, not death, for which we pant, More life and fuller that I want.
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From this reading Alfred Tennyson.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading T'is life whereof our nerves are scant, Oh! life, not death, for which we pant, More life and fuller that I want.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading _TO SOME NEW FRIENDS._ Sometimes new friends meet one along the mid-way of life, and come forward with sweet unknown faces and with looks that seem strangely familiar to greet us.
the plural of “this”: the people or things near, or just mentioned
From this reading To some of these new friends I must dedicate my story.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading _TO SOME NEW FRIENDS._ Sometimes new friends meet one along the mid-way of life, and come forward with sweet unknown faces and with looks that seem strangely familiar to greet us.
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From this reading _TO SOME NEW FRIENDS._ Sometimes new friends meet one along the mid-way of life, and come forward with sweet unknown faces and with looks that seem strangely familiar to greet us.
the speaker and others, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading _TO SOME NEW FRIENDS._ Sometimes new friends meet one along the mid-way of life, and come forward with sweet unknown faces and with looks that seem strangely familiar to greet us.
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From this reading T'is life whereof our nerves are scant, Oh! life, not death, for which we pant, More life and fuller that I want.
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From this reading LONDON SMITH, ELDER, & CO., 15 WATERLOO PLACE 1908.
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading T'is life whereof our nerves are scant, Oh! life, not death, for which we pant, More life and fuller that I want.
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From this reading T'is life whereof our nerves are scant, Oh! life, not death, for which we pant, More life and fuller that I want.
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading T'is life whereof our nerves are scant, Oh! life, not death, for which we pant, More life and fuller that I want.
in the company of; together with
From this reading _TO SOME NEW FRIENDS._ Sometimes new friends meet one along the mid-way of life, and come forward with sweet unknown faces and with looks that seem strangely familiar to greet us.
