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Chapter XXXIX
HOLY ST. FRANCIS, WHAT A CHANGE IS HERE. If when in cheerless wanderings dull and cold, A sense of human kindliness hath found us, We seem to have around us An atmosphere all gold. --A. Clough. Twelve o'clock is striking in a bare room full of sunshine.
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surrounding, or on every side of, something
From this reading “If when in cheerless wanderings dull and cold, A sense of human kindliness hath found us, We seem to have around us An atmosphere all gold.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “If when in cheerless wanderings dull and cold, A sense of human kindliness hath found us, We seem to have around us An atmosphere all gold.”
an old form of “has”
From this reading “If when in cheerless wanderings dull and cold, A sense of human kindliness hath found us, We seem to have around us An atmosphere all gold.”
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading “If when in cheerless wanderings dull and cold, A sense of human kindliness hath found us, We seem to have around us An atmosphere all gold.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “FRANCIS, WHAT A CHANGE IS HERE.”
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used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading FRANCIS, WHAT A CHANGE IS HERE.
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From this reading If when in cheerless wanderings dull and cold, A sense of human kindliness hath found us, We seem to have around us An atmosphere all gold.
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading If when in cheerless wanderings dull and cold, A sense of human kindliness hath found us, We seem to have around us An atmosphere all gold.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading If when in cheerless wanderings dull and cold, A sense of human kindliness hath found us, We seem to have around us An atmosphere all gold.
surrounding, or on every side of, something
From this reading If when in cheerless wanderings dull and cold, A sense of human kindliness hath found us, We seem to have around us An atmosphere all gold.
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From this reading If when in cheerless wanderings dull and cold, A sense of human kindliness hath found us, We seem to have around us An atmosphere all gold.
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From this reading Twelve o'clock is striking in a bare room full of sunshine.
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From this reading FRANCIS, WHAT A CHANGE IS HERE.
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From this reading If when in cheerless wanderings dull and cold, A sense of human kindliness hath found us, We seem to have around us An atmosphere all gold.
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From this reading --A. Clough.
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From this reading If when in cheerless wanderings dull and cold, A sense of human kindliness hath found us, We seem to have around us An atmosphere all gold.
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From this reading If when in cheerless wanderings dull and cold, A sense of human kindliness hath found us, We seem to have around us An atmosphere all gold.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading If when in cheerless wanderings dull and cold, A sense of human kindliness hath found us, We seem to have around us An atmosphere all gold.
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From this reading FRANCIS, WHAT A CHANGE IS HERE.
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From this reading Twelve o'clock is striking in a bare room full of sunshine.
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From this reading If when in cheerless wanderings dull and cold, A sense of human kindliness hath found us, We seem to have around us An atmosphere all gold.
an old form of “has”
From this reading If when in cheerless wanderings dull and cold, A sense of human kindliness hath found us, We seem to have around us An atmosphere all gold.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading If when in cheerless wanderings dull and cold, A sense of human kindliness hath found us, We seem to have around us An atmosphere all gold.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading FRANCIS, WHAT A CHANGE IS HERE.
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From this reading HOLY ST.
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From this reading If when in cheerless wanderings dull and cold, A sense of human kindliness hath found us, We seem to have around us An atmosphere all gold.
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading If when in cheerless wanderings dull and cold, A sense of human kindliness hath found us, We seem to have around us An atmosphere all gold.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading If when in cheerless wanderings dull and cold, A sense of human kindliness hath found us, We seem to have around us An atmosphere all gold.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading FRANCIS, WHAT A CHANGE IS HERE.
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From this reading If when in cheerless wanderings dull and cold, A sense of human kindliness hath found us, We seem to have around us An atmosphere all gold.
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From this reading Twelve o'clock is striking in a bare room full of sunshine.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading If when in cheerless wanderings dull and cold, A sense of human kindliness hath found us, We seem to have around us An atmosphere all gold.
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From this reading Twelve o'clock is striking in a bare room full of sunshine.
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From this reading If when in cheerless wanderings dull and cold, A sense of human kindliness hath found us, We seem to have around us An atmosphere all gold.
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From this reading If when in cheerless wanderings dull and cold, A sense of human kindliness hath found us, We seem to have around us An atmosphere all gold.
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From this reading HOLY ST.
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From this reading Twelve o'clock is striking in a bare room full of sunshine.
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From this reading Twelve o'clock is striking in a bare room full of sunshine.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading If when in cheerless wanderings dull and cold, A sense of human kindliness hath found us, We seem to have around us An atmosphere all gold.
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From this reading Twelve o'clock is striking in a bare room full of sunshine.
the speaker and others, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading If when in cheerless wanderings dull and cold, A sense of human kindliness hath found us, We seem to have around us An atmosphere all gold.
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From this reading If when in cheerless wanderings dull and cold, A sense of human kindliness hath found us, We seem to have around us An atmosphere all gold.
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading If when in cheerless wanderings dull and cold, A sense of human kindliness hath found us, We seem to have around us An atmosphere all gold.
used to ask for information about something
From this reading FRANCIS, WHAT A CHANGE IS HERE.
at the time that
From this reading If when in cheerless wanderings dull and cold, A sense of human kindliness hath found us, We seem to have around us An atmosphere all gold.
