Chapter XXI

used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one

From this reading “When your wretched, abominable roads, my dear, dry up so that a body can walk without sinking up to their neck in mud--” ran Miss Felicia's letter in answer to Ruth's invitation,--“I'll come down for the night,” and she did, bringing Ruth half of her laces, now that she was determined to throw herself away on “that good-for nothing--Yes, Jack, I mean you and nobody else, and you needn't stand there laughing at me, for every word of it's true; for what in the world you two babes in the wood are going to live on no mortal man knows;” Ruth answering with her arm tight around the dear lady's neck,--a liberty nobody,--not even Peter, ever dared take--and a whisper in her ear that Jack was the blessedest ever, and that she loved him so sometimes she was well-nigh distracted--a statement which the old lady remarked was literally true.

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From this reading “When your wretched, abominable roads, my dear, dry up so that a body can walk without sinking up to their neck in mud--” ran Miss Felicia's letter in answer to Ruth's invitation,--“I'll come down for the night,” and she did, bringing Ruth half of her laces, now that she was determined to throw herself away on “that good-for nothing--Yes, Jack, I mean you and nobody else, and you needn't stand there laughing at me, for every word of it's true; for what in the world you two babes in the wood are going to live on no mortal man knows;” Ruth answering with her arm tight around the dear lady's neck,--a liberty nobody,--not even Peter, ever dared take--and a whisper in her ear that Jack was the blessedest ever, and that she loved him so sometimes she was well-nigh distracted--a statement which the old lady remarked was literally true.

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading The roads are dry again; the slopes of the “fill” once more are true; all the arches in the mouth of the tunnel are finished; the tracks have been laid and the first train has crawled out on the newly tracked road where it haggled, snorted and stopped, only to crawl back and be swallowed by The Beast.

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From this reading The roads are dry again; the slopes of the “fill” once more are true; all the arches in the mouth of the tunnel are finished; the tracks have been laid and the first train has crawled out on the newly tracked road where it haggled, snorted and stopped, only to crawl back and be swallowed by The Beast.

following the length of something from one end toward the other

From this reading Summer has come: along the banks of the repentant stream the willows are in full leaf; stretches of grass, braving the coal smoke and dust hide the ugly red earth.

used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together

From this reading Summer has come: along the banks of the repentant stream the willows are in full leaf; stretches of grass, braving the coal smoke and dust hide the ugly red earth.

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From this reading “When your wretched, abominable roads, my dear, dry up so that a body can walk without sinking up to their neck in mud--” ran Miss Felicia's letter in answer to Ruth's invitation,--“I'll come down for the night,” and she did, bringing Ruth half of her laces, now that she was determined to throw herself away on “that good-for nothing--Yes, Jack, I mean you and nobody else, and you needn't stand there laughing at me, for every word of it's true; for what in the world you two babes in the wood are going to live on no mortal man knows;” Ruth answering with her arm tight around the dear lady's neck,--a liberty nobody,--not even Peter, ever dared take--and a whisper in her ear that Jack was the blessedest ever, and that she loved him so sometimes she was well-nigh distracted--a statement which the old lady remarked was literally true.

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From this reading “When your wretched, abominable roads, my dear, dry up so that a body can walk without sinking up to their neck in mud--” ran Miss Felicia's letter in answer to Ruth's invitation,--“I'll come down for the night,” and she did, bringing Ruth half of her laces, now that she was determined to throw herself away on “that good-for nothing--Yes, Jack, I mean you and nobody else, and you needn't stand there laughing at me, for every word of it's true; for what in the world you two babes in the wood are going to live on no mortal man knows;” Ruth answering with her arm tight around the dear lady's neck,--a liberty nobody,--not even Peter, ever dared take--and a whisper in her ear that Jack was the blessedest ever, and that she loved him so sometimes she was well-nigh distracted--a statement which the old lady remarked was literally true.

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From this reading The roads are dry again; the slopes of the “fill” once more are true; all the arches in the mouth of the tunnel are finished; the tracks have been laid and the first train has crawled out on the newly tracked road where it haggled, snorted and stopped, only to crawl back and be swallowed by The Beast.

the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun

From this reading Summer has come: along the banks of the repentant stream the willows are in full leaf; stretches of grass, braving the coal smoke and dust hide the ugly red earth.

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From this reading “When your wretched, abominable roads, my dear, dry up so that a body can walk without sinking up to their neck in mud--” ran Miss Felicia's letter in answer to Ruth's invitation,--“I'll come down for the night,” and she did, bringing Ruth half of her laces, now that she was determined to throw herself away on “that good-for nothing--Yes, Jack, I mean you and nobody else, and you needn't stand there laughing at me, for every word of it's true; for what in the world you two babes in the wood are going to live on no mortal man knows;” Ruth answering with her arm tight around the dear lady's neck,--a liberty nobody,--not even Peter, ever dared take--and a whisper in her ear that Jack was the blessedest ever, and that she loved him so sometimes she was well-nigh distracted--a statement which the old lady remarked was literally true.

surrounding, or on every side of, something

From this reading “When your wretched, abominable roads, my dear, dry up so that a body can walk without sinking up to their neck in mud--” ran Miss Felicia's letter in answer to Ruth's invitation,--“I'll come down for the night,” and she did, bringing Ruth half of her laces, now that she was determined to throw herself away on “that good-for nothing--Yes, Jack, I mean you and nobody else, and you needn't stand there laughing at me, for every word of it's true; for what in the world you two babes in the wood are going to live on no mortal man knows;” Ruth answering with her arm tight around the dear lady's neck,--a liberty nobody,--not even Peter, ever dared take--and a whisper in her ear that Jack was the blessedest ever, and that she loved him so sometimes she was well-nigh distracted--a statement which the old lady remarked was literally true.

in or near a particular place or position

From this reading “When your wretched, abominable roads, my dear, dry up so that a body can walk without sinking up to their neck in mud--” ran Miss Felicia's letter in answer to Ruth's invitation,--“I'll come down for the night,” and she did, bringing Ruth half of her laces, now that she was determined to throw herself away on “that good-for nothing--Yes, Jack, I mean you and nobody else, and you needn't stand there laughing at me, for every word of it's true; for what in the world you two babes in the wood are going to live on no mortal man knows;” Ruth answering with her arm tight around the dear lady's neck,--a liberty nobody,--not even Peter, ever dared take--and a whisper in her ear that Jack was the blessedest ever, and that she loved him so sometimes she was well-nigh distracted--a statement which the old lady remarked was literally true.

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From this reading “When your wretched, abominable roads, my dear, dry up so that a body can walk without sinking up to their neck in mud--” ran Miss Felicia's letter in answer to Ruth's invitation,--“I'll come down for the night,” and she did, bringing Ruth half of her laces, now that she was determined to throw herself away on “that good-for nothing--Yes, Jack, I mean you and nobody else, and you needn't stand there laughing at me, for every word of it's true; for what in the world you two babes in the wood are going to live on no mortal man knows;” Ruth answering with her arm tight around the dear lady's neck,--a liberty nobody,--not even Peter, ever dared take--and a whisper in her ear that Jack was the blessedest ever, and that she loved him so sometimes she was well-nigh distracted--a statement which the old lady remarked was literally true.

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From this reading “When your wretched, abominable roads, my dear, dry up so that a body can walk without sinking up to their neck in mud--” ran Miss Felicia's letter in answer to Ruth's invitation,--“I'll come down for the night,” and she did, bringing Ruth half of her laces, now that she was determined to throw herself away on “that good-for nothing--Yes, Jack, I mean you and nobody else, and you needn't stand there laughing at me, for every word of it's true; for what in the world you two babes in the wood are going to live on no mortal man knows;” Ruth answering with her arm tight around the dear lady's neck,--a liberty nobody,--not even Peter, ever dared take--and a whisper in her ear that Jack was the blessedest ever, and that she loved him so sometimes she was well-nigh distracted--a statement which the old lady remarked was literally true.

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From this reading The roads are dry again; the slopes of the “fill” once more are true; all the arches in the mouth of the tunnel are finished; the tracks have been laid and the first train has crawled out on the newly tracked road where it haggled, snorted and stopped, only to crawl back and be swallowed by The Beast.

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From this reading Summer has come: along the banks of the repentant stream the willows are in full leaf; stretches of grass, braving the coal smoke and dust hide the ugly red earth.

used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses

From this reading The roads are dry again; the slopes of the “fill” once more are true; all the arches in the mouth of the tunnel are finished; the tracks have been laid and the first train has crawled out on the newly tracked road where it haggled, snorted and stopped, only to crawl back and be swallowed by The Beast.

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From this reading The roads are dry again; the slopes of the “fill” once more are true; all the arches in the mouth of the tunnel are finished; the tracks have been laid and the first train has crawled out on the newly tracked road where it haggled, snorted and stopped, only to crawl back and be swallowed by The Beast.

the past participle of “be”

From this reading The roads are dry again; the slopes of the “fill” once more are true; all the arches in the mouth of the tunnel are finished; the tracks have been laid and the first train has crawled out on the newly tracked road where it haggled, snorted and stopped, only to crawl back and be swallowed by The Beast.

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From this reading “When your wretched, abominable roads, my dear, dry up so that a body can walk without sinking up to their neck in mud--” ran Miss Felicia's letter in answer to Ruth's invitation,--“I'll come down for the night,” and she did, bringing Ruth half of her laces, now that she was determined to throw herself away on “that good-for nothing--Yes, Jack, I mean you and nobody else, and you needn't stand there laughing at me, for every word of it's true; for what in the world you two babes in the wood are going to live on no mortal man knows;” Ruth answering with her arm tight around the dear lady's neck,--a liberty nobody,--not even Peter, ever dared take--and a whisper in her ear that Jack was the blessedest ever, and that she loved him so sometimes she was well-nigh distracted--a statement which the old lady remarked was literally true.

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “When your wretched, abominable roads, my dear, dry up so that a body can walk without sinking up to their neck in mud--” ran Miss Felicia's letter in answer to Ruth's invitation,--“I'll come down for the night,” and she did, bringing Ruth half of her laces, now that she was determined to throw herself away on “that good-for nothing--Yes, Jack, I mean you and nobody else, and you needn't stand there laughing at me, for every word of it's true; for what in the world you two babes in the wood are going to live on no mortal man knows;” Ruth answering with her arm tight around the dear lady's neck,--a liberty nobody,--not even Peter, ever dared take--and a whisper in her ear that Jack was the blessedest ever, and that she loved him so sometimes she was well-nigh distracted--a statement which the old lady remarked was literally true.

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From this reading Summer has come: along the banks of the repentant stream the willows are in full leaf; stretches of grass, braving the coal smoke and dust hide the ugly red earth.

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From this reading “When your wretched, abominable roads, my dear, dry up so that a body can walk without sinking up to their neck in mud--” ran Miss Felicia's letter in answer to Ruth's invitation,--“I'll come down for the night,” and she did, bringing Ruth half of her laces, now that she was determined to throw herself away on “that good-for nothing--Yes, Jack, I mean you and nobody else, and you needn't stand there laughing at me, for every word of it's true; for what in the world you two babes in the wood are going to live on no mortal man knows;” Ruth answering with her arm tight around the dear lady's neck,--a liberty nobody,--not even Peter, ever dared take--and a whisper in her ear that Jack was the blessedest ever, and that she loved him so sometimes she was well-nigh distracted--a statement which the old lady remarked was literally true.

showing who or what does the action

From this reading The roads are dry again; the slopes of the “fill” once more are true; all the arches in the mouth of the tunnel are finished; the tracks have been laid and the first train has crawled out on the newly tracked road where it haggled, snorted and stopped, only to crawl back and be swallowed by The Beast.

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From this reading And with the first warm day came Miss Felicia.

to be able to, or to be allowed to

From this reading “When your wretched, abominable roads, my dear, dry up so that a body can walk without sinking up to their neck in mud--” ran Miss Felicia's letter in answer to Ruth's invitation,--“I'll come down for the night,” and she did, bringing Ruth half of her laces, now that she was determined to throw herself away on “that good-for nothing--Yes, Jack, I mean you and nobody else, and you needn't stand there laughing at me, for every word of it's true; for what in the world you two babes in the wood are going to live on no mortal man knows;” Ruth answering with her arm tight around the dear lady's neck,--a liberty nobody,--not even Peter, ever dared take--and a whisper in her ear that Jack was the blessedest ever, and that she loved him so sometimes she was well-nigh distracted--a statement which the old lady remarked was literally true.

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From this reading Summer has come: along the banks of the repentant stream the willows are in full leaf; stretches of grass, braving the coal smoke and dust hide the ugly red earth.

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading Summer has come: along the banks of the repentant stream the willows are in full leaf; stretches of grass, braving the coal smoke and dust hide the ugly red earth.

the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests

From this reading And we may be sure that Peter came too--and we may be equally positive that no impassable roads could have held him back.

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From this reading The roads are dry again; the slopes of the “fill” once more are true; all the arches in the mouth of the tunnel are finished; the tracks have been laid and the first train has crawled out on the newly tracked road where it haggled, snorted and stopped, only to crawl back and be swallowed by The Beast.

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From this reading The roads are dry again; the slopes of the “fill” once more are true; all the arches in the mouth of the tunnel are finished; the tracks have been laid and the first train has crawled out on the newly tracked road where it haggled, snorted and stopped, only to crawl back and be swallowed by The Beast.

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From this reading “When your wretched, abominable roads, my dear, dry up so that a body can walk without sinking up to their neck in mud--” ran Miss Felicia's letter in answer to Ruth's invitation,--“I'll come down for the night,” and she did, bringing Ruth half of her laces, now that she was determined to throw herself away on “that good-for nothing--Yes, Jack, I mean you and nobody else, and you needn't stand there laughing at me, for every word of it's true; for what in the world you two babes in the wood are going to live on no mortal man knows;” Ruth answering with her arm tight around the dear lady's neck,--a liberty nobody,--not even Peter, ever dared take--and a whisper in her ear that Jack was the blessedest ever, and that she loved him so sometimes she was well-nigh distracted--a statement which the old lady remarked was literally true.

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From this reading And with the first warm day came Miss Felicia.

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From this reading “When your wretched, abominable roads, my dear, dry up so that a body can walk without sinking up to their neck in mud--” ran Miss Felicia's letter in answer to Ruth's invitation,--“I'll come down for the night,” and she did, bringing Ruth half of her laces, now that she was determined to throw herself away on “that good-for nothing--Yes, Jack, I mean you and nobody else, and you needn't stand there laughing at me, for every word of it's true; for what in the world you two babes in the wood are going to live on no mortal man knows;” Ruth answering with her arm tight around the dear lady's neck,--a liberty nobody,--not even Peter, ever dared take--and a whisper in her ear that Jack was the blessedest ever, and that she loved him so sometimes she was well-nigh distracted--a statement which the old lady remarked was literally true.

having firmly decided to do something

From this reading “When your wretched, abominable roads, my dear, dry up so that a body can walk without sinking up to their neck in mud--” ran Miss Felicia's letter in answer to Ruth's invitation,--“I'll come down for the night,” and she did, bringing Ruth half of her laces, now that she was determined to throw herself away on “that good-for nothing--Yes, Jack, I mean you and nobody else, and you needn't stand there laughing at me, for every word of it's true; for what in the world you two babes in the wood are going to live on no mortal man knows;” Ruth answering with her arm tight around the dear lady's neck,--a liberty nobody,--not even Peter, ever dared take--and a whisper in her ear that Jack was the blessedest ever, and that she loved him so sometimes she was well-nigh distracted--a statement which the old lady remarked was literally true.

the past form of “do”, used in questions and negatives

From this reading “When your wretched, abominable roads, my dear, dry up so that a body can walk without sinking up to their neck in mud--” ran Miss Felicia's letter in answer to Ruth's invitation,--“I'll come down for the night,” and she did, bringing Ruth half of her laces, now that she was determined to throw herself away on “that good-for nothing--Yes, Jack, I mean you and nobody else, and you needn't stand there laughing at me, for every word of it's true; for what in the world you two babes in the wood are going to live on no mortal man knows;” Ruth answering with her arm tight around the dear lady's neck,--a liberty nobody,--not even Peter, ever dared take--and a whisper in her ear that Jack was the blessedest ever, and that she loved him so sometimes she was well-nigh distracted--a statement which the old lady remarked was literally true.

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From this reading “When your wretched, abominable roads, my dear, dry up so that a body can walk without sinking up to their neck in mud--” ran Miss Felicia's letter in answer to Ruth's invitation,--“I'll come down for the night,” and she did, bringing Ruth half of her laces, now that she was determined to throw herself away on “that good-for nothing--Yes, Jack, I mean you and nobody else, and you needn't stand there laughing at me, for every word of it's true; for what in the world you two babes in the wood are going to live on no mortal man knows;” Ruth answering with her arm tight around the dear lady's neck,--a liberty nobody,--not even Peter, ever dared take--and a whisper in her ear that Jack was the blessedest ever, and that she loved him so sometimes she was well-nigh distracted--a statement which the old lady remarked was literally true.

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From this reading “When your wretched, abominable roads, my dear, dry up so that a body can walk without sinking up to their neck in mud--” ran Miss Felicia's letter in answer to Ruth's invitation,--“I'll come down for the night,” and she did, bringing Ruth half of her laces, now that she was determined to throw herself away on “that good-for nothing--Yes, Jack, I mean you and nobody else, and you needn't stand there laughing at me, for every word of it's true; for what in the world you two babes in the wood are going to live on no mortal man knows;” Ruth answering with her arm tight around the dear lady's neck,--a liberty nobody,--not even Peter, ever dared take--and a whisper in her ear that Jack was the blessedest ever, and that she loved him so sometimes she was well-nigh distracted--a statement which the old lady remarked was literally true.

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From this reading The roads are dry again; the slopes of the “fill” once more are true; all the arches in the mouth of the tunnel are finished; the tracks have been laid and the first train has crawled out on the newly tracked road where it haggled, snorted and stopped, only to crawl back and be swallowed by The Beast.

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From this reading Summer has come: along the banks of the repentant stream the willows are in full leaf; stretches of grass, braving the coal smoke and dust hide the ugly red earth.

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From this reading “When your wretched, abominable roads, my dear, dry up so that a body can walk without sinking up to their neck in mud--” ran Miss Felicia's letter in answer to Ruth's invitation,--“I'll come down for the night,” and she did, bringing Ruth half of her laces, now that she was determined to throw herself away on “that good-for nothing--Yes, Jack, I mean you and nobody else, and you needn't stand there laughing at me, for every word of it's true; for what in the world you two babes in the wood are going to live on no mortal man knows;” Ruth answering with her arm tight around the dear lady's neck,--a liberty nobody,--not even Peter, ever dared take--and a whisper in her ear that Jack was the blessedest ever, and that she loved him so sometimes she was well-nigh distracted--a statement which the old lady remarked was literally true.

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From this reading Summer has come: along the banks of the repentant stream the willows are in full leaf; stretches of grass, braving the coal smoke and dust hide the ugly red earth.

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From this reading “When your wretched, abominable roads, my dear, dry up so that a body can walk without sinking up to their neck in mud--” ran Miss Felicia's letter in answer to Ruth's invitation,--“I'll come down for the night,” and she did, bringing Ruth half of her laces, now that she was determined to throw herself away on “that good-for nothing--Yes, Jack, I mean you and nobody else, and you needn't stand there laughing at me, for every word of it's true; for what in the world you two babes in the wood are going to live on no mortal man knows;” Ruth answering with her arm tight around the dear lady's neck,--a liberty nobody,--not even Peter, ever dared take--and a whisper in her ear that Jack was the blessedest ever, and that she loved him so sometimes she was well-nigh distracted--a statement which the old lady remarked was literally true.

a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage

From this reading And we may be sure that Peter came too--and we may be equally positive that no impassable roads could have held him back.

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “When your wretched, abominable roads, my dear, dry up so that a body can walk without sinking up to their neck in mud--” ran Miss Felicia's letter in answer to Ruth's invitation,--“I'll come down for the night,” and she did, bringing Ruth half of her laces, now that she was determined to throw herself away on “that good-for nothing--Yes, Jack, I mean you and nobody else, and you needn't stand there laughing at me, for every word of it's true; for what in the world you two babes in the wood are going to live on no mortal man knows;” Ruth answering with her arm tight around the dear lady's neck,--a liberty nobody,--not even Peter, ever dared take--and a whisper in her ear that Jack was the blessedest ever, and that she loved him so sometimes she was well-nigh distracted--a statement which the old lady remarked was literally true.

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “When your wretched, abominable roads, my dear, dry up so that a body can walk without sinking up to their neck in mud--” ran Miss Felicia's letter in answer to Ruth's invitation,--“I'll come down for the night,” and she did, bringing Ruth half of her laces, now that she was determined to throw herself away on “that good-for nothing--Yes, Jack, I mean you and nobody else, and you needn't stand there laughing at me, for every word of it's true; for what in the world you two babes in the wood are going to live on no mortal man knows;” Ruth answering with her arm tight around the dear lady's neck,--a liberty nobody,--not even Peter, ever dared take--and a whisper in her ear that Jack was the blessedest ever, and that she loved him so sometimes she was well-nigh distracted--a statement which the old lady remarked was literally true.

all the members of a group, with none left out

From this reading “When your wretched, abominable roads, my dear, dry up so that a body can walk without sinking up to their neck in mud--” ran Miss Felicia's letter in answer to Ruth's invitation,--“I'll come down for the night,” and she did, bringing Ruth half of her laces, now that she was determined to throw herself away on “that good-for nothing--Yes, Jack, I mean you and nobody else, and you needn't stand there laughing at me, for every word of it's true; for what in the world you two babes in the wood are going to live on no mortal man knows;” Ruth answering with her arm tight around the dear lady's neck,--a liberty nobody,--not even Peter, ever dared take--and a whisper in her ear that Jack was the blessedest ever, and that she loved him so sometimes she was well-nigh distracted--a statement which the old lady remarked was literally true.

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From this reading And with the first warm day came Miss Felicia.

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From this reading “When your wretched, abominable roads, my dear, dry up so that a body can walk without sinking up to their neck in mud--” ran Miss Felicia's letter in answer to Ruth's invitation,--“I'll come down for the night,” and she did, bringing Ruth half of her laces, now that she was determined to throw herself away on “that good-for nothing--Yes, Jack, I mean you and nobody else, and you needn't stand there laughing at me, for every word of it's true; for what in the world you two babes in the wood are going to live on no mortal man knows;” Ruth answering with her arm tight around the dear lady's neck,--a liberty nobody,--not even Peter, ever dared take--and a whisper in her ear that Jack was the blessedest ever, and that she loved him so sometimes she was well-nigh distracted--a statement which the old lady remarked was literally true.

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From this reading The roads are dry again; the slopes of the “fill” once more are true; all the arches in the mouth of the tunnel are finished; the tracks have been laid and the first train has crawled out on the newly tracked road where it haggled, snorted and stopped, only to crawl back and be swallowed by The Beast.

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From this reading The roads are dry again; the slopes of the “fill” once more are true; all the arches in the mouth of the tunnel are finished; the tracks have been laid and the first train has crawled out on the newly tracked road where it haggled, snorted and stopped, only to crawl back and be swallowed by The Beast.

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading The roads are dry again; the slopes of the “fill” once more are true; all the arches in the mouth of the tunnel are finished; the tracks have been laid and the first train has crawled out on the newly tracked road where it haggled, snorted and stopped, only to crawl back and be swallowed by The Beast.

intended to be given to, or used by, somebody

From this reading “When your wretched, abominable roads, my dear, dry up so that a body can walk without sinking up to their neck in mud--” ran Miss Felicia's letter in answer to Ruth's invitation,--“I'll come down for the night,” and she did, bringing Ruth half of her laces, now that she was determined to throw herself away on “that good-for nothing--Yes, Jack, I mean you and nobody else, and you needn't stand there laughing at me, for every word of it's true; for what in the world you two babes in the wood are going to live on no mortal man knows;” Ruth answering with her arm tight around the dear lady's neck,--a liberty nobody,--not even Peter, ever dared take--and a whisper in her ear that Jack was the blessedest ever, and that she loved him so sometimes she was well-nigh distracted--a statement which the old lady remarked was literally true.

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From this reading Summer has come: along the banks of the repentant stream the willows are in full leaf; stretches of grass, braving the coal smoke and dust hide the ugly red earth.

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From this reading “When your wretched, abominable roads, my dear, dry up so that a body can walk without sinking up to their neck in mud--” ran Miss Felicia's letter in answer to Ruth's invitation,--“I'll come down for the night,” and she did, bringing Ruth half of her laces, now that she was determined to throw herself away on “that good-for nothing--Yes, Jack, I mean you and nobody else, and you needn't stand there laughing at me, for every word of it's true; for what in the world you two babes in the wood are going to live on no mortal man knows;” Ruth answering with her arm tight around the dear lady's neck,--a liberty nobody,--not even Peter, ever dared take--and a whisper in her ear that Jack was the blessedest ever, and that she loved him so sometimes she was well-nigh distracted--a statement which the old lady remarked was literally true.

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From this reading “When your wretched, abominable roads, my dear, dry up so that a body can walk without sinking up to their neck in mud--” ran Miss Felicia's letter in answer to Ruth's invitation,--“I'll come down for the night,” and she did, bringing Ruth half of her laces, now that she was determined to throw herself away on “that good-for nothing--Yes, Jack, I mean you and nobody else, and you needn't stand there laughing at me, for every word of it's true; for what in the world you two babes in the wood are going to live on no mortal man knows;” Ruth answering with her arm tight around the dear lady's neck,--a liberty nobody,--not even Peter, ever dared take--and a whisper in her ear that Jack was the blessedest ever, and that she loved him so sometimes she was well-nigh distracted--a statement which the old lady remarked was literally true.

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From this reading Summer has come: along the banks of the repentant stream the willows are in full leaf; stretches of grass, braving the coal smoke and dust hide the ugly red earth.

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From this reading The roads are dry again; the slopes of the “fill” once more are true; all the arches in the mouth of the tunnel are finished; the tracks have been laid and the first train has crawled out on the newly tracked road where it haggled, snorted and stopped, only to crawl back and be swallowed by The Beast.

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “When your wretched, abominable roads, my dear, dry up so that a body can walk without sinking up to their neck in mud--” ran Miss Felicia's letter in answer to Ruth's invitation,--“I'll come down for the night,” and she did, bringing Ruth half of her laces, now that she was determined to throw herself away on “that good-for nothing--Yes, Jack, I mean you and nobody else, and you needn't stand there laughing at me, for every word of it's true; for what in the world you two babes in the wood are going to live on no mortal man knows;” Ruth answering with her arm tight around the dear lady's neck,--a liberty nobody,--not even Peter, ever dared take--and a whisper in her ear that Jack was the blessedest ever, and that she loved him so sometimes she was well-nigh distracted--a statement which the old lady remarked was literally true.

the form of “have” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun

From this reading Summer has come: along the banks of the repentant stream the willows are in full leaf; stretches of grass, braving the coal smoke and dust hide the ugly red earth.

used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses

From this reading The roads are dry again; the slopes of the “fill” once more are true; all the arches in the mouth of the tunnel are finished; the tracks have been laid and the first train has crawled out on the newly tracked road where it haggled, snorted and stopped, only to crawl back and be swallowed by The Beast.

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From this reading And we may be sure that Peter came too--and we may be equally positive that no impassable roads could have held him back.

belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned

From this reading “When your wretched, abominable roads, my dear, dry up so that a body can walk without sinking up to their neck in mud--” ran Miss Felicia's letter in answer to Ruth's invitation,--“I'll come down for the night,” and she did, bringing Ruth half of her laces, now that she was determined to throw herself away on “that good-for nothing--Yes, Jack, I mean you and nobody else, and you needn't stand there laughing at me, for every word of it's true; for what in the world you two babes in the wood are going to live on no mortal man knows;” Ruth answering with her arm tight around the dear lady's neck,--a liberty nobody,--not even Peter, ever dared take--and a whisper in her ear that Jack was the blessedest ever, and that she loved him so sometimes she was well-nigh distracted--a statement which the old lady remarked was literally true.

used when the woman or girl doing the action is also its object

From this reading “When your wretched, abominable roads, my dear, dry up so that a body can walk without sinking up to their neck in mud--” ran Miss Felicia's letter in answer to Ruth's invitation,--“I'll come down for the night,” and she did, bringing Ruth half of her laces, now that she was determined to throw herself away on “that good-for nothing--Yes, Jack, I mean you and nobody else, and you needn't stand there laughing at me, for every word of it's true; for what in the world you two babes in the wood are going to live on no mortal man knows;” Ruth answering with her arm tight around the dear lady's neck,--a liberty nobody,--not even Peter, ever dared take--and a whisper in her ear that Jack was the blessedest ever, and that she loved him so sometimes she was well-nigh distracted--a statement which the old lady remarked was literally true.

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From this reading Summer has come: along the banks of the repentant stream the willows are in full leaf; stretches of grass, braving the coal smoke and dust hide the ugly red earth.

the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition

From this reading “When your wretched, abominable roads, my dear, dry up so that a body can walk without sinking up to their neck in mud--” ran Miss Felicia's letter in answer to Ruth's invitation,--“I'll come down for the night,” and she did, bringing Ruth half of her laces, now that she was determined to throw herself away on “that good-for nothing--Yes, Jack, I mean you and nobody else, and you needn't stand there laughing at me, for every word of it's true; for what in the world you two babes in the wood are going to live on no mortal man knows;” Ruth answering with her arm tight around the dear lady's neck,--a liberty nobody,--not even Peter, ever dared take--and a whisper in her ear that Jack was the blessedest ever, and that she loved him so sometimes she was well-nigh distracted--a statement which the old lady remarked was literally true.

the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb

From this reading “When your wretched, abominable roads, my dear, dry up so that a body can walk without sinking up to their neck in mud--” ran Miss Felicia's letter in answer to Ruth's invitation,--“I'll come down for the night,” and she did, bringing Ruth half of her laces, now that she was determined to throw herself away on “that good-for nothing--Yes, Jack, I mean you and nobody else, and you needn't stand there laughing at me, for every word of it's true; for what in the world you two babes in the wood are going to live on no mortal man knows;” Ruth answering with her arm tight around the dear lady's neck,--a liberty nobody,--not even Peter, ever dared take--and a whisper in her ear that Jack was the blessedest ever, and that she loved him so sometimes she was well-nigh distracted--a statement which the old lady remarked was literally true.

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From this reading “When your wretched, abominable roads, my dear, dry up so that a body can walk without sinking up to their neck in mud--” ran Miss Felicia's letter in answer to Ruth's invitation,--“I'll come down for the night,” and she did, bringing Ruth half of her laces, now that she was determined to throw herself away on “that good-for nothing--Yes, Jack, I mean you and nobody else, and you needn't stand there laughing at me, for every word of it's true; for what in the world you two babes in the wood are going to live on no mortal man knows;” Ruth answering with her arm tight around the dear lady's neck,--a liberty nobody,--not even Peter, ever dared take--and a whisper in her ear that Jack was the blessedest ever, and that she loved him so sometimes she was well-nigh distracted--a statement which the old lady remarked was literally true.

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From this reading And we may be sure that Peter came too--and we may be equally positive that no impassable roads could have held him back.

inside something, or within a place, period, or state

From this reading Summer has come: along the banks of the repentant stream the willows are in full leaf; stretches of grass, braving the coal smoke and dust hide the ugly red earth.

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From this reading “When your wretched, abominable roads, my dear, dry up so that a body can walk without sinking up to their neck in mud--” ran Miss Felicia's letter in answer to Ruth's invitation,--“I'll come down for the night,” and she did, bringing Ruth half of her laces, now that she was determined to throw herself away on “that good-for nothing--Yes, Jack, I mean you and nobody else, and you needn't stand there laughing at me, for every word of it's true; for what in the world you two babes in the wood are going to live on no mortal man knows;” Ruth answering with her arm tight around the dear lady's neck,--a liberty nobody,--not even Peter, ever dared take--and a whisper in her ear that Jack was the blessedest ever, and that she loved him so sometimes she was well-nigh distracted--a statement which the old lady remarked was literally true.

a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned

From this reading The roads are dry again; the slopes of the “fill” once more are true; all the arches in the mouth of the tunnel are finished; the tracks have been laid and the first train has crawled out on the newly tracked road where it haggled, snorted and stopped, only to crawl back and be swallowed by The Beast.

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From this reading “When your wretched, abominable roads, my dear, dry up so that a body can walk without sinking up to their neck in mud--” ran Miss Felicia's letter in answer to Ruth's invitation,--“I'll come down for the night,” and she did, bringing Ruth half of her laces, now that she was determined to throw herself away on “that good-for nothing--Yes, Jack, I mean you and nobody else, and you needn't stand there laughing at me, for every word of it's true; for what in the world you two babes in the wood are going to live on no mortal man knows;” Ruth answering with her arm tight around the dear lady's neck,--a liberty nobody,--not even Peter, ever dared take--and a whisper in her ear that Jack was the blessedest ever, and that she loved him so sometimes she was well-nigh distracted--a statement which the old lady remarked was literally true.

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From this reading “When your wretched, abominable roads, my dear, dry up so that a body can walk without sinking up to their neck in mud--” ran Miss Felicia's letter in answer to Ruth's invitation,--“I'll come down for the night,” and she did, bringing Ruth half of her laces, now that she was determined to throw herself away on “that good-for nothing--Yes, Jack, I mean you and nobody else, and you needn't stand there laughing at me, for every word of it's true; for what in the world you two babes in the wood are going to live on no mortal man knows;” Ruth answering with her arm tight around the dear lady's neck,--a liberty nobody,--not even Peter, ever dared take--and a whisper in her ear that Jack was the blessedest ever, and that she loved him so sometimes she was well-nigh distracted--a statement which the old lady remarked was literally true.

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From this reading “When your wretched, abominable roads, my dear, dry up so that a body can walk without sinking up to their neck in mud--” ran Miss Felicia's letter in answer to Ruth's invitation,--“I'll come down for the night,” and she did, bringing Ruth half of her laces, now that she was determined to throw herself away on “that good-for nothing--Yes, Jack, I mean you and nobody else, and you needn't stand there laughing at me, for every word of it's true; for what in the world you two babes in the wood are going to live on no mortal man knows;” Ruth answering with her arm tight around the dear lady's neck,--a liberty nobody,--not even Peter, ever dared take--and a whisper in her ear that Jack was the blessedest ever, and that she loved him so sometimes she was well-nigh distracted--a statement which the old lady remarked was literally true.

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From this reading “When your wretched, abominable roads, my dear, dry up so that a body can walk without sinking up to their neck in mud--” ran Miss Felicia's letter in answer to Ruth's invitation,--“I'll come down for the night,” and she did, bringing Ruth half of her laces, now that she was determined to throw herself away on “that good-for nothing--Yes, Jack, I mean you and nobody else, and you needn't stand there laughing at me, for every word of it's true; for what in the world you two babes in the wood are going to live on no mortal man knows;” Ruth answering with her arm tight around the dear lady's neck,--a liberty nobody,--not even Peter, ever dared take--and a whisper in her ear that Jack was the blessedest ever, and that she loved him so sometimes she was well-nigh distracted--a statement which the old lady remarked was literally true.

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From this reading “When your wretched, abominable roads, my dear, dry up so that a body can walk without sinking up to their neck in mud--” ran Miss Felicia's letter in answer to Ruth's invitation,--“I'll come down for the night,” and she did, bringing Ruth half of her laces, now that she was determined to throw herself away on “that good-for nothing--Yes, Jack, I mean you and nobody else, and you needn't stand there laughing at me, for every word of it's true; for what in the world you two babes in the wood are going to live on no mortal man knows;” Ruth answering with her arm tight around the dear lady's neck,--a liberty nobody,--not even Peter, ever dared take--and a whisper in her ear that Jack was the blessedest ever, and that she loved him so sometimes she was well-nigh distracted--a statement which the old lady remarked was literally true.

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From this reading “When your wretched, abominable roads, my dear, dry up so that a body can walk without sinking up to their neck in mud--” ran Miss Felicia's letter in answer to Ruth's invitation,--“I'll come down for the night,” and she did, bringing Ruth half of her laces, now that she was determined to throw herself away on “that good-for nothing--Yes, Jack, I mean you and nobody else, and you needn't stand there laughing at me, for every word of it's true; for what in the world you two babes in the wood are going to live on no mortal man knows;” Ruth answering with her arm tight around the dear lady's neck,--a liberty nobody,--not even Peter, ever dared take--and a whisper in her ear that Jack was the blessedest ever, and that she loved him so sometimes she was well-nigh distracted--a statement which the old lady remarked was literally true.

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From this reading The roads are dry again; the slopes of the “fill” once more are true; all the arches in the mouth of the tunnel are finished; the tracks have been laid and the first train has crawled out on the newly tracked road where it haggled, snorted and stopped, only to crawl back and be swallowed by The Beast.

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From this reading “When your wretched, abominable roads, my dear, dry up so that a body can walk without sinking up to their neck in mud--” ran Miss Felicia's letter in answer to Ruth's invitation,--“I'll come down for the night,” and she did, bringing Ruth half of her laces, now that she was determined to throw herself away on “that good-for nothing--Yes, Jack, I mean you and nobody else, and you needn't stand there laughing at me, for every word of it's true; for what in the world you two babes in the wood are going to live on no mortal man knows;” Ruth answering with her arm tight around the dear lady's neck,--a liberty nobody,--not even Peter, ever dared take--and a whisper in her ear that Jack was the blessedest ever, and that she loved him so sometimes she was well-nigh distracted--a statement which the old lady remarked was literally true.

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From this reading Summer has come: along the banks of the repentant stream the willows are in full leaf; stretches of grass, braving the coal smoke and dust hide the ugly red earth.

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From this reading “When your wretched, abominable roads, my dear, dry up so that a body can walk without sinking up to their neck in mud--” ran Miss Felicia's letter in answer to Ruth's invitation,--“I'll come down for the night,” and she did, bringing Ruth half of her laces, now that she was determined to throw herself away on “that good-for nothing--Yes, Jack, I mean you and nobody else, and you needn't stand there laughing at me, for every word of it's true; for what in the world you two babes in the wood are going to live on no mortal man knows;” Ruth answering with her arm tight around the dear lady's neck,--a liberty nobody,--not even Peter, ever dared take--and a whisper in her ear that Jack was the blessedest ever, and that she loved him so sometimes she was well-nigh distracted--a statement which the old lady remarked was literally true.

The state of being free within society from oppressive restrictions on one's way of life.

From this reading “When your wretched, abominable roads, my dear, dry up so that a body can walk without sinking up to their neck in mud--” ran Miss Felicia's letter in answer to Ruth's invitation,--“I'll come down for the night,” and she did, bringing Ruth half of her laces, now that she was determined to throw herself away on “that good-for nothing--Yes, Jack, I mean you and nobody else, and you needn't stand there laughing at me, for every word of it's true; for what in the world you two babes in the wood are going to live on no mortal man knows;” Ruth answering with her arm tight around the dear lady's neck,--a liberty nobody,--not even Peter, ever dared take--and a whisper in her ear that Jack was the blessedest ever, and that she loved him so sometimes she was well-nigh distracted--a statement which the old lady remarked was literally true.

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From this reading “When your wretched, abominable roads, my dear, dry up so that a body can walk without sinking up to their neck in mud--” ran Miss Felicia's letter in answer to Ruth's invitation,--“I'll come down for the night,” and she did, bringing Ruth half of her laces, now that she was determined to throw herself away on “that good-for nothing--Yes, Jack, I mean you and nobody else, and you needn't stand there laughing at me, for every word of it's true; for what in the world you two babes in the wood are going to live on no mortal man knows;” Ruth answering with her arm tight around the dear lady's neck,--a liberty nobody,--not even Peter, ever dared take--and a whisper in her ear that Jack was the blessedest ever, and that she loved him so sometimes she was well-nigh distracted--a statement which the old lady remarked was literally true.

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From this reading “When your wretched, abominable roads, my dear, dry up so that a body can walk without sinking up to their neck in mud--” ran Miss Felicia's letter in answer to Ruth's invitation,--“I'll come down for the night,” and she did, bringing Ruth half of her laces, now that she was determined to throw herself away on “that good-for nothing--Yes, Jack, I mean you and nobody else, and you needn't stand there laughing at me, for every word of it's true; for what in the world you two babes in the wood are going to live on no mortal man knows;” Ruth answering with her arm tight around the dear lady's neck,--a liberty nobody,--not even Peter, ever dared take--and a whisper in her ear that Jack was the blessedest ever, and that she loved him so sometimes she was well-nigh distracted--a statement which the old lady remarked was literally true.

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From this reading “When your wretched, abominable roads, my dear, dry up so that a body can walk without sinking up to their neck in mud--” ran Miss Felicia's letter in answer to Ruth's invitation,--“I'll come down for the night,” and she did, bringing Ruth half of her laces, now that she was determined to throw herself away on “that good-for nothing--Yes, Jack, I mean you and nobody else, and you needn't stand there laughing at me, for every word of it's true; for what in the world you two babes in the wood are going to live on no mortal man knows;” Ruth answering with her arm tight around the dear lady's neck,--a liberty nobody,--not even Peter, ever dared take--and a whisper in her ear that Jack was the blessedest ever, and that she loved him so sometimes she was well-nigh distracted--a statement which the old lady remarked was literally true.

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From this reading “When your wretched, abominable roads, my dear, dry up so that a body can walk without sinking up to their neck in mud--” ran Miss Felicia's letter in answer to Ruth's invitation,--“I'll come down for the night,” and she did, bringing Ruth half of her laces, now that she was determined to throw herself away on “that good-for nothing--Yes, Jack, I mean you and nobody else, and you needn't stand there laughing at me, for every word of it's true; for what in the world you two babes in the wood are going to live on no mortal man knows;” Ruth answering with her arm tight around the dear lady's neck,--a liberty nobody,--not even Peter, ever dared take--and a whisper in her ear that Jack was the blessedest ever, and that she loved him so sometimes she was well-nigh distracted--a statement which the old lady remarked was literally true.

used to say something is possible, or to give permission

From this reading And we may be sure that Peter came too--and we may be equally positive that no impassable roads could have held him back.

the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition

From this reading “When your wretched, abominable roads, my dear, dry up so that a body can walk without sinking up to their neck in mud--” ran Miss Felicia's letter in answer to Ruth's invitation,--“I'll come down for the night,” and she did, bringing Ruth half of her laces, now that she was determined to throw herself away on “that good-for nothing--Yes, Jack, I mean you and nobody else, and you needn't stand there laughing at me, for every word of it's true; for what in the world you two babes in the wood are going to live on no mortal man knows;” Ruth answering with her arm tight around the dear lady's neck,--a liberty nobody,--not even Peter, ever dared take--and a whisper in her ear that Jack was the blessedest ever, and that she loved him so sometimes she was well-nigh distracted--a statement which the old lady remarked was literally true.

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From this reading “When your wretched, abominable roads, my dear, dry up so that a body can walk without sinking up to their neck in mud--” ran Miss Felicia's letter in answer to Ruth's invitation,--“I'll come down for the night,” and she did, bringing Ruth half of her laces, now that she was determined to throw herself away on “that good-for nothing--Yes, Jack, I mean you and nobody else, and you needn't stand there laughing at me, for every word of it's true; for what in the world you two babes in the wood are going to live on no mortal man knows;” Ruth answering with her arm tight around the dear lady's neck,--a liberty nobody,--not even Peter, ever dared take--and a whisper in her ear that Jack was the blessedest ever, and that she loved him so sometimes she was well-nigh distracted--a statement which the old lady remarked was literally true.

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From this reading And with the first warm day came Miss Felicia.

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From this reading The roads are dry again; the slopes of the “fill” once more are true; all the arches in the mouth of the tunnel are finished; the tracks have been laid and the first train has crawled out on the newly tracked road where it haggled, snorted and stopped, only to crawl back and be swallowed by The Beast.

causing or relating to death

From this reading “When your wretched, abominable roads, my dear, dry up so that a body can walk without sinking up to their neck in mud--” ran Miss Felicia's letter in answer to Ruth's invitation,--“I'll come down for the night,” and she did, bringing Ruth half of her laces, now that she was determined to throw herself away on “that good-for nothing--Yes, Jack, I mean you and nobody else, and you needn't stand there laughing at me, for every word of it's true; for what in the world you two babes in the wood are going to live on no mortal man knows;” Ruth answering with her arm tight around the dear lady's neck,--a liberty nobody,--not even Peter, ever dared take--and a whisper in her ear that Jack was the blessedest ever, and that she loved him so sometimes she was well-nigh distracted--a statement which the old lady remarked was literally true.

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From this reading The roads are dry again; the slopes of the “fill” once more are true; all the arches in the mouth of the tunnel are finished; the tracks have been laid and the first train has crawled out on the newly tracked road where it haggled, snorted and stopped, only to crawl back and be swallowed by The Beast.

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From this reading “When your wretched, abominable roads, my dear, dry up so that a body can walk without sinking up to their neck in mud--” ran Miss Felicia's letter in answer to Ruth's invitation,--“I'll come down for the night,” and she did, bringing Ruth half of her laces, now that she was determined to throw herself away on “that good-for nothing--Yes, Jack, I mean you and nobody else, and you needn't stand there laughing at me, for every word of it's true; for what in the world you two babes in the wood are going to live on no mortal man knows;” Ruth answering with her arm tight around the dear lady's neck,--a liberty nobody,--not even Peter, ever dared take--and a whisper in her ear that Jack was the blessedest ever, and that she loved him so sometimes she was well-nigh distracted--a statement which the old lady remarked was literally true.

belonging to the person speaking

From this reading “When your wretched, abominable roads, my dear, dry up so that a body can walk without sinking up to their neck in mud--” ran Miss Felicia's letter in answer to Ruth's invitation,--“I'll come down for the night,” and she did, bringing Ruth half of her laces, now that she was determined to throw herself away on “that good-for nothing--Yes, Jack, I mean you and nobody else, and you needn't stand there laughing at me, for every word of it's true; for what in the world you two babes in the wood are going to live on no mortal man knows;” Ruth answering with her arm tight around the dear lady's neck,--a liberty nobody,--not even Peter, ever dared take--and a whisper in her ear that Jack was the blessedest ever, and that she loved him so sometimes she was well-nigh distracted--a statement which the old lady remarked was literally true.

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From this reading “When your wretched, abominable roads, my dear, dry up so that a body can walk without sinking up to their neck in mud--” ran Miss Felicia's letter in answer to Ruth's invitation,--“I'll come down for the night,” and she did, bringing Ruth half of her laces, now that she was determined to throw herself away on “that good-for nothing--Yes, Jack, I mean you and nobody else, and you needn't stand there laughing at me, for every word of it's true; for what in the world you two babes in the wood are going to live on no mortal man knows;” Ruth answering with her arm tight around the dear lady's neck,--a liberty nobody,--not even Peter, ever dared take--and a whisper in her ear that Jack was the blessedest ever, and that she loved him so sometimes she was well-nigh distracted--a statement which the old lady remarked was literally true.

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From this reading “When your wretched, abominable roads, my dear, dry up so that a body can walk without sinking up to their neck in mud--” ran Miss Felicia's letter in answer to Ruth's invitation,--“I'll come down for the night,” and she did, bringing Ruth half of her laces, now that she was determined to throw herself away on “that good-for nothing--Yes, Jack, I mean you and nobody else, and you needn't stand there laughing at me, for every word of it's true; for what in the world you two babes in the wood are going to live on no mortal man knows;” Ruth answering with her arm tight around the dear lady's neck,--a liberty nobody,--not even Peter, ever dared take--and a whisper in her ear that Jack was the blessedest ever, and that she loved him so sometimes she was well-nigh distracted--a statement which the old lady remarked was literally true.

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From this reading The roads are dry again; the slopes of the “fill” once more are true; all the arches in the mouth of the tunnel are finished; the tracks have been laid and the first train has crawled out on the newly tracked road where it haggled, snorted and stopped, only to crawl back and be swallowed by The Beast.

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From this reading “When your wretched, abominable roads, my dear, dry up so that a body can walk without sinking up to their neck in mud--” ran Miss Felicia's letter in answer to Ruth's invitation,--“I'll come down for the night,” and she did, bringing Ruth half of her laces, now that she was determined to throw herself away on “that good-for nothing--Yes, Jack, I mean you and nobody else, and you needn't stand there laughing at me, for every word of it's true; for what in the world you two babes in the wood are going to live on no mortal man knows;” Ruth answering with her arm tight around the dear lady's neck,--a liberty nobody,--not even Peter, ever dared take--and a whisper in her ear that Jack was the blessedest ever, and that she loved him so sometimes she was well-nigh distracted--a statement which the old lady remarked was literally true.

not any; not one

From this reading “When your wretched, abominable roads, my dear, dry up so that a body can walk without sinking up to their neck in mud--” ran Miss Felicia's letter in answer to Ruth's invitation,--“I'll come down for the night,” and she did, bringing Ruth half of her laces, now that she was determined to throw herself away on “that good-for nothing--Yes, Jack, I mean you and nobody else, and you needn't stand there laughing at me, for every word of it's true; for what in the world you two babes in the wood are going to live on no mortal man knows;” Ruth answering with her arm tight around the dear lady's neck,--a liberty nobody,--not even Peter, ever dared take--and a whisper in her ear that Jack was the blessedest ever, and that she loved him so sometimes she was well-nigh distracted--a statement which the old lady remarked was literally true.

no person; not anyone

From this reading “When your wretched, abominable roads, my dear, dry up so that a body can walk without sinking up to their neck in mud--” ran Miss Felicia's letter in answer to Ruth's invitation,--“I'll come down for the night,” and she did, bringing Ruth half of her laces, now that she was determined to throw herself away on “that good-for nothing--Yes, Jack, I mean you and nobody else, and you needn't stand there laughing at me, for every word of it's true; for what in the world you two babes in the wood are going to live on no mortal man knows;” Ruth answering with her arm tight around the dear lady's neck,--a liberty nobody,--not even Peter, ever dared take--and a whisper in her ear that Jack was the blessedest ever, and that she loved him so sometimes she was well-nigh distracted--a statement which the old lady remarked was literally true.

used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative

From this reading “When your wretched, abominable roads, my dear, dry up so that a body can walk without sinking up to their neck in mud--” ran Miss Felicia's letter in answer to Ruth's invitation,--“I'll come down for the night,” and she did, bringing Ruth half of her laces, now that she was determined to throw herself away on “that good-for nothing--Yes, Jack, I mean you and nobody else, and you needn't stand there laughing at me, for every word of it's true; for what in the world you two babes in the wood are going to live on no mortal man knows;” Ruth answering with her arm tight around the dear lady's neck,--a liberty nobody,--not even Peter, ever dared take--and a whisper in her ear that Jack was the blessedest ever, and that she loved him so sometimes she was well-nigh distracted--a statement which the old lady remarked was literally true.

not one thing; not anything

From this reading “When your wretched, abominable roads, my dear, dry up so that a body can walk without sinking up to their neck in mud--” ran Miss Felicia's letter in answer to Ruth's invitation,--“I'll come down for the night,” and she did, bringing Ruth half of her laces, now that she was determined to throw herself away on “that good-for nothing--Yes, Jack, I mean you and nobody else, and you needn't stand there laughing at me, for every word of it's true; for what in the world you two babes in the wood are going to live on no mortal man knows;” Ruth answering with her arm tight around the dear lady's neck,--a liberty nobody,--not even Peter, ever dared take--and a whisper in her ear that Jack was the blessedest ever, and that she loved him so sometimes she was well-nigh distracted--a statement which the old lady remarked was literally true.

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From this reading “When your wretched, abominable roads, my dear, dry up so that a body can walk without sinking up to their neck in mud--” ran Miss Felicia's letter in answer to Ruth's invitation,--“I'll come down for the night,” and she did, bringing Ruth half of her laces, now that she was determined to throw herself away on “that good-for nothing--Yes, Jack, I mean you and nobody else, and you needn't stand there laughing at me, for every word of it's true; for what in the world you two babes in the wood are going to live on no mortal man knows;” Ruth answering with her arm tight around the dear lady's neck,--a liberty nobody,--not even Peter, ever dared take--and a whisper in her ear that Jack was the blessedest ever, and that she loved him so sometimes she was well-nigh distracted--a statement which the old lady remarked was literally true.

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

From this reading Summer has come: along the banks of the repentant stream the willows are in full leaf; stretches of grass, braving the coal smoke and dust hide the ugly red earth.

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From this reading “When your wretched, abominable roads, my dear, dry up so that a body can walk without sinking up to their neck in mud--” ran Miss Felicia's letter in answer to Ruth's invitation,--“I'll come down for the night,” and she did, bringing Ruth half of her laces, now that she was determined to throw herself away on “that good-for nothing--Yes, Jack, I mean you and nobody else, and you needn't stand there laughing at me, for every word of it's true; for what in the world you two babes in the wood are going to live on no mortal man knows;” Ruth answering with her arm tight around the dear lady's neck,--a liberty nobody,--not even Peter, ever dared take--and a whisper in her ear that Jack was the blessedest ever, and that she loved him so sometimes she was well-nigh distracted--a statement which the old lady remarked was literally true.

touching and supported by a surface

From this reading The roads are dry again; the slopes of the “fill” once more are true; all the arches in the mouth of the tunnel are finished; the tracks have been laid and the first train has crawled out on the newly tracked road where it haggled, snorted and stopped, only to crawl back and be swallowed by The Beast.

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From this reading The roads are dry again; the slopes of the “fill” once more are true; all the arches in the mouth of the tunnel are finished; the tracks have been laid and the first train has crawled out on the newly tracked road where it haggled, snorted and stopped, only to crawl back and be swallowed by The Beast.

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From this reading The roads are dry again; the slopes of the “fill” once more are true; all the arches in the mouth of the tunnel are finished; the tracks have been laid and the first train has crawled out on the newly tracked road where it haggled, snorted and stopped, only to crawl back and be swallowed by The Beast.

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From this reading The roads are dry again; the slopes of the “fill” once more are true; all the arches in the mouth of the tunnel are finished; the tracks have been laid and the first train has crawled out on the newly tracked road where it haggled, snorted and stopped, only to crawl back and be swallowed by The Beast.

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From this reading “When your wretched, abominable roads, my dear, dry up so that a body can walk without sinking up to their neck in mud--” ran Miss Felicia's letter in answer to Ruth's invitation,--“I'll come down for the night,” and she did, bringing Ruth half of her laces, now that she was determined to throw herself away on “that good-for nothing--Yes, Jack, I mean you and nobody else, and you needn't stand there laughing at me, for every word of it's true; for what in the world you two babes in the wood are going to live on no mortal man knows;” Ruth answering with her arm tight around the dear lady's neck,--a liberty nobody,--not even Peter, ever dared take--and a whisper in her ear that Jack was the blessedest ever, and that she loved him so sometimes she was well-nigh distracted--a statement which the old lady remarked was literally true.

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From this reading And we may be sure that Peter came too--and we may be equally positive that no impassable roads could have held him back.

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From this reading “When your wretched, abominable roads, my dear, dry up so that a body can walk without sinking up to their neck in mud--” ran Miss Felicia's letter in answer to Ruth's invitation,--“I'll come down for the night,” and she did, bringing Ruth half of her laces, now that she was determined to throw herself away on “that good-for nothing--Yes, Jack, I mean you and nobody else, and you needn't stand there laughing at me, for every word of it's true; for what in the world you two babes in the wood are going to live on no mortal man knows;” Ruth answering with her arm tight around the dear lady's neck,--a liberty nobody,--not even Peter, ever dared take--and a whisper in her ear that Jack was the blessedest ever, and that she loved him so sometimes she was well-nigh distracted--a statement which the old lady remarked was literally true.

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From this reading Summer has come: along the banks of the repentant stream the willows are in full leaf; stretches of grass, braving the coal smoke and dust hide the ugly red earth.

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From this reading “When your wretched, abominable roads, my dear, dry up so that a body can walk without sinking up to their neck in mud--” ran Miss Felicia's letter in answer to Ruth's invitation,--“I'll come down for the night,” and she did, bringing Ruth half of her laces, now that she was determined to throw herself away on “that good-for nothing--Yes, Jack, I mean you and nobody else, and you needn't stand there laughing at me, for every word of it's true; for what in the world you two babes in the wood are going to live on no mortal man knows;” Ruth answering with her arm tight around the dear lady's neck,--a liberty nobody,--not even Peter, ever dared take--and a whisper in her ear that Jack was the blessedest ever, and that she loved him so sometimes she was well-nigh distracted--a statement which the old lady remarked was literally true.

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From this reading Summer has come: along the banks of the repentant stream the willows are in full leaf; stretches of grass, braving the coal smoke and dust hide the ugly red earth.

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From this reading The roads are dry again; the slopes of the “fill” once more are true; all the arches in the mouth of the tunnel are finished; the tracks have been laid and the first train has crawled out on the newly tracked road where it haggled, snorted and stopped, only to crawl back and be swallowed by The Beast.

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From this reading The roads are dry again; the slopes of the “fill” once more are true; all the arches in the mouth of the tunnel are finished; the tracks have been laid and the first train has crawled out on the newly tracked road where it haggled, snorted and stopped, only to crawl back and be swallowed by The Beast.

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From this reading “When your wretched, abominable roads, my dear, dry up so that a body can walk without sinking up to their neck in mud--” ran Miss Felicia's letter in answer to Ruth's invitation,--“I'll come down for the night,” and she did, bringing Ruth half of her laces, now that she was determined to throw herself away on “that good-for nothing--Yes, Jack, I mean you and nobody else, and you needn't stand there laughing at me, for every word of it's true; for what in the world you two babes in the wood are going to live on no mortal man knows;” Ruth answering with her arm tight around the dear lady's neck,--a liberty nobody,--not even Peter, ever dared take--and a whisper in her ear that Jack was the blessedest ever, and that she loved him so sometimes she was well-nigh distracted--a statement which the old lady remarked was literally true.

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From this reading “When your wretched, abominable roads, my dear, dry up so that a body can walk without sinking up to their neck in mud--” ran Miss Felicia's letter in answer to Ruth's invitation,--“I'll come down for the night,” and she did, bringing Ruth half of her laces, now that she was determined to throw herself away on “that good-for nothing--Yes, Jack, I mean you and nobody else, and you needn't stand there laughing at me, for every word of it's true; for what in the world you two babes in the wood are going to live on no mortal man knows;” Ruth answering with her arm tight around the dear lady's neck,--a liberty nobody,--not even Peter, ever dared take--and a whisper in her ear that Jack was the blessedest ever, and that she loved him so sometimes she was well-nigh distracted--a statement which the old lady remarked was literally true.

a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject

From this reading “When your wretched, abominable roads, my dear, dry up so that a body can walk without sinking up to their neck in mud--” ran Miss Felicia's letter in answer to Ruth's invitation,--“I'll come down for the night,” and she did, bringing Ruth half of her laces, now that she was determined to throw herself away on “that good-for nothing--Yes, Jack, I mean you and nobody else, and you needn't stand there laughing at me, for every word of it's true; for what in the world you two babes in the wood are going to live on no mortal man knows;” Ruth answering with her arm tight around the dear lady's neck,--a liberty nobody,--not even Peter, ever dared take--and a whisper in her ear that Jack was the blessedest ever, and that she loved him so sometimes she was well-nigh distracted--a statement which the old lady remarked was literally true.

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From this reading “When your wretched, abominable roads, my dear, dry up so that a body can walk without sinking up to their neck in mud--” ran Miss Felicia's letter in answer to Ruth's invitation,--“I'll come down for the night,” and she did, bringing Ruth half of her laces, now that she was determined to throw herself away on “that good-for nothing--Yes, Jack, I mean you and nobody else, and you needn't stand there laughing at me, for every word of it's true; for what in the world you two babes in the wood are going to live on no mortal man knows;” Ruth answering with her arm tight around the dear lady's neck,--a liberty nobody,--not even Peter, ever dared take--and a whisper in her ear that Jack was the blessedest ever, and that she loved him so sometimes she was well-nigh distracted--a statement which the old lady remarked was literally true.

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From this reading The roads are dry again; the slopes of the “fill” once more are true; all the arches in the mouth of the tunnel are finished; the tracks have been laid and the first train has crawled out on the newly tracked road where it haggled, snorted and stopped, only to crawl back and be swallowed by The Beast.

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From this reading Summer has come: along the banks of the repentant stream the willows are in full leaf; stretches of grass, braving the coal smoke and dust hide the ugly red earth.

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From this reading The roads are dry again; the slopes of the “fill” once more are true; all the arches in the mouth of the tunnel are finished; the tracks have been laid and the first train has crawled out on the newly tracked road where it haggled, snorted and stopped, only to crawl back and be swallowed by The Beast.

for that reason; with the result that

From this reading “When your wretched, abominable roads, my dear, dry up so that a body can walk without sinking up to their neck in mud--” ran Miss Felicia's letter in answer to Ruth's invitation,--“I'll come down for the night,” and she did, bringing Ruth half of her laces, now that she was determined to throw herself away on “that good-for nothing--Yes, Jack, I mean you and nobody else, and you needn't stand there laughing at me, for every word of it's true; for what in the world you two babes in the wood are going to live on no mortal man knows;” Ruth answering with her arm tight around the dear lady's neck,--a liberty nobody,--not even Peter, ever dared take--and a whisper in her ear that Jack was the blessedest ever, and that she loved him so sometimes she was well-nigh distracted--a statement which the old lady remarked was literally true.

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From this reading “When your wretched, abominable roads, my dear, dry up so that a body can walk without sinking up to their neck in mud--” ran Miss Felicia's letter in answer to Ruth's invitation,--“I'll come down for the night,” and she did, bringing Ruth half of her laces, now that she was determined to throw herself away on “that good-for nothing--Yes, Jack, I mean you and nobody else, and you needn't stand there laughing at me, for every word of it's true; for what in the world you two babes in the wood are going to live on no mortal man knows;” Ruth answering with her arm tight around the dear lady's neck,--a liberty nobody,--not even Peter, ever dared take--and a whisper in her ear that Jack was the blessedest ever, and that she loved him so sometimes she was well-nigh distracted--a statement which the old lady remarked was literally true.

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From this reading “When your wretched, abominable roads, my dear, dry up so that a body can walk without sinking up to their neck in mud--” ran Miss Felicia's letter in answer to Ruth's invitation,--“I'll come down for the night,” and she did, bringing Ruth half of her laces, now that she was determined to throw herself away on “that good-for nothing--Yes, Jack, I mean you and nobody else, and you needn't stand there laughing at me, for every word of it's true; for what in the world you two babes in the wood are going to live on no mortal man knows;” Ruth answering with her arm tight around the dear lady's neck,--a liberty nobody,--not even Peter, ever dared take--and a whisper in her ear that Jack was the blessedest ever, and that she loved him so sometimes she was well-nigh distracted--a statement which the old lady remarked was literally true.

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From this reading “When your wretched, abominable roads, my dear, dry up so that a body can walk without sinking up to their neck in mud--” ran Miss Felicia's letter in answer to Ruth's invitation,--“I'll come down for the night,” and she did, bringing Ruth half of her laces, now that she was determined to throw herself away on “that good-for nothing--Yes, Jack, I mean you and nobody else, and you needn't stand there laughing at me, for every word of it's true; for what in the world you two babes in the wood are going to live on no mortal man knows;” Ruth answering with her arm tight around the dear lady's neck,--a liberty nobody,--not even Peter, ever dared take--and a whisper in her ear that Jack was the blessedest ever, and that she loved him so sometimes she was well-nigh distracted--a statement which the old lady remarked was literally true.

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading The roads are dry again; the slopes of the “fill” once more are true; all the arches in the mouth of the tunnel are finished; the tracks have been laid and the first train has crawled out on the newly tracked road where it haggled, snorted and stopped, only to crawl back and be swallowed by The Beast.

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From this reading Summer has come: along the banks of the repentant stream the willows are in full leaf; stretches of grass, braving the coal smoke and dust hide the ugly red earth.

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From this reading Summer has come: along the banks of the repentant stream the willows are in full leaf; stretches of grass, braving the coal smoke and dust hide the ugly red earth.

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From this reading Summer has come: along the banks of the repentant stream the willows are in full leaf; stretches of grass, braving the coal smoke and dust hide the ugly red earth.

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading And we may be sure that Peter came too--and we may be equally positive that no impassable roads could have held him back.

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From this reading The roads are dry again; the slopes of the “fill” once more are true; all the arches in the mouth of the tunnel are finished; the tracks have been laid and the first train has crawled out on the newly tracked road where it haggled, snorted and stopped, only to crawl back and be swallowed by The Beast.

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “When your wretched, abominable roads, my dear, dry up so that a body can walk without sinking up to their neck in mud--” ran Miss Felicia's letter in answer to Ruth's invitation,--“I'll come down for the night,” and she did, bringing Ruth half of her laces, now that she was determined to throw herself away on “that good-for nothing--Yes, Jack, I mean you and nobody else, and you needn't stand there laughing at me, for every word of it's true; for what in the world you two babes in the wood are going to live on no mortal man knows;” Ruth answering with her arm tight around the dear lady's neck,--a liberty nobody,--not even Peter, ever dared take--and a whisper in her ear that Jack was the blessedest ever, and that she loved him so sometimes she was well-nigh distracted--a statement which the old lady remarked was literally true.

used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt

From this reading “When your wretched, abominable roads, my dear, dry up so that a body can walk without sinking up to their neck in mud--” ran Miss Felicia's letter in answer to Ruth's invitation,--“I'll come down for the night,” and she did, bringing Ruth half of her laces, now that she was determined to throw herself away on “that good-for nothing--Yes, Jack, I mean you and nobody else, and you needn't stand there laughing at me, for every word of it's true; for what in the world you two babes in the wood are going to live on no mortal man knows;” Ruth answering with her arm tight around the dear lady's neck,--a liberty nobody,--not even Peter, ever dared take--and a whisper in her ear that Jack was the blessedest ever, and that she loved him so sometimes she was well-nigh distracted--a statement which the old lady remarked was literally true.

used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind

From this reading Summer has come: along the banks of the repentant stream the willows are in full leaf; stretches of grass, braving the coal smoke and dust hide the ugly red earth.

belonging to the people or things already mentioned

From this reading “When your wretched, abominable roads, my dear, dry up so that a body can walk without sinking up to their neck in mud--” ran Miss Felicia's letter in answer to Ruth's invitation,--“I'll come down for the night,” and she did, bringing Ruth half of her laces, now that she was determined to throw herself away on “that good-for nothing--Yes, Jack, I mean you and nobody else, and you needn't stand there laughing at me, for every word of it's true; for what in the world you two babes in the wood are going to live on no mortal man knows;” Ruth answering with her arm tight around the dear lady's neck,--a liberty nobody,--not even Peter, ever dared take--and a whisper in her ear that Jack was the blessedest ever, and that she loved him so sometimes she was well-nigh distracted--a statement which the old lady remarked was literally true.

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From this reading “When your wretched, abominable roads, my dear, dry up so that a body can walk without sinking up to their neck in mud--” ran Miss Felicia's letter in answer to Ruth's invitation,--“I'll come down for the night,” and she did, bringing Ruth half of her laces, now that she was determined to throw herself away on “that good-for nothing--Yes, Jack, I mean you and nobody else, and you needn't stand there laughing at me, for every word of it's true; for what in the world you two babes in the wood are going to live on no mortal man knows;” Ruth answering with her arm tight around the dear lady's neck,--a liberty nobody,--not even Peter, ever dared take--and a whisper in her ear that Jack was the blessedest ever, and that she loved him so sometimes she was well-nigh distracted--a statement which the old lady remarked was literally true.

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From this reading “When your wretched, abominable roads, my dear, dry up so that a body can walk without sinking up to their neck in mud--” ran Miss Felicia's letter in answer to Ruth's invitation,--“I'll come down for the night,” and she did, bringing Ruth half of her laces, now that she was determined to throw herself away on “that good-for nothing--Yes, Jack, I mean you and nobody else, and you needn't stand there laughing at me, for every word of it's true; for what in the world you two babes in the wood are going to live on no mortal man knows;” Ruth answering with her arm tight around the dear lady's neck,--a liberty nobody,--not even Peter, ever dared take--and a whisper in her ear that Jack was the blessedest ever, and that she loved him so sometimes she was well-nigh distracted--a statement which the old lady remarked was literally true.

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From this reading “When your wretched, abominable roads, my dear, dry up so that a body can walk without sinking up to their neck in mud--” ran Miss Felicia's letter in answer to Ruth's invitation,--“I'll come down for the night,” and she did, bringing Ruth half of her laces, now that she was determined to throw herself away on “that good-for nothing--Yes, Jack, I mean you and nobody else, and you needn't stand there laughing at me, for every word of it's true; for what in the world you two babes in the wood are going to live on no mortal man knows;” Ruth answering with her arm tight around the dear lady's neck,--a liberty nobody,--not even Peter, ever dared take--and a whisper in her ear that Jack was the blessedest ever, and that she loved him so sometimes she was well-nigh distracted--a statement which the old lady remarked was literally true.

used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive

From this reading The roads are dry again; the slopes of the “fill” once more are true; all the arches in the mouth of the tunnel are finished; the tracks have been laid and the first train has crawled out on the newly tracked road where it haggled, snorted and stopped, only to crawl back and be swallowed by The Beast.

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From this reading And we may be sure that Peter came too--and we may be equally positive that no impassable roads could have held him back.

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From this reading The roads are dry again; the slopes of the “fill” once more are true; all the arches in the mouth of the tunnel are finished; the tracks have been laid and the first train has crawled out on the newly tracked road where it haggled, snorted and stopped, only to crawl back and be swallowed by The Beast.

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From this reading The roads are dry again; the slopes of the “fill” once more are true; all the arches in the mouth of the tunnel are finished; the tracks have been laid and the first train has crawled out on the newly tracked road where it haggled, snorted and stopped, only to crawl back and be swallowed by The Beast.

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From this reading The roads are dry again; the slopes of the “fill” once more are true; all the arches in the mouth of the tunnel are finished; the tracks have been laid and the first train has crawled out on the newly tracked road where it haggled, snorted and stopped, only to crawl back and be swallowed by The Beast.

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From this reading The roads are dry again; the slopes of the “fill” once more are true; all the arches in the mouth of the tunnel are finished; the tracks have been laid and the first train has crawled out on the newly tracked road where it haggled, snorted and stopped, only to crawl back and be swallowed by The Beast.

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From this reading The roads are dry again; the slopes of the “fill” once more are true; all the arches in the mouth of the tunnel are finished; the tracks have been laid and the first train has crawled out on the newly tracked road where it haggled, snorted and stopped, only to crawl back and be swallowed by The Beast.

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From this reading “When your wretched, abominable roads, my dear, dry up so that a body can walk without sinking up to their neck in mud--” ran Miss Felicia's letter in answer to Ruth's invitation,--“I'll come down for the night,” and she did, bringing Ruth half of her laces, now that she was determined to throw herself away on “that good-for nothing--Yes, Jack, I mean you and nobody else, and you needn't stand there laughing at me, for every word of it's true; for what in the world you two babes in the wood are going to live on no mortal man knows;” Ruth answering with her arm tight around the dear lady's neck,--a liberty nobody,--not even Peter, ever dared take--and a whisper in her ear that Jack was the blessedest ever, and that she loved him so sometimes she was well-nigh distracted--a statement which the old lady remarked was literally true.

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From this reading Summer has come: along the banks of the repentant stream the willows are in full leaf; stretches of grass, braving the coal smoke and dust hide the ugly red earth.

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From this reading “When your wretched, abominable roads, my dear, dry up so that a body can walk without sinking up to their neck in mud--” ran Miss Felicia's letter in answer to Ruth's invitation,--“I'll come down for the night,” and she did, bringing Ruth half of her laces, now that she was determined to throw herself away on “that good-for nothing--Yes, Jack, I mean you and nobody else, and you needn't stand there laughing at me, for every word of it's true; for what in the world you two babes in the wood are going to live on no mortal man knows;” Ruth answering with her arm tight around the dear lady's neck,--a liberty nobody,--not even Peter, ever dared take--and a whisper in her ear that Jack was the blessedest ever, and that she loved him so sometimes she was well-nigh distracted--a statement which the old lady remarked was literally true.

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From this reading “When your wretched, abominable roads, my dear, dry up so that a body can walk without sinking up to their neck in mud--” ran Miss Felicia's letter in answer to Ruth's invitation,--“I'll come down for the night,” and she did, bringing Ruth half of her laces, now that she was determined to throw herself away on “that good-for nothing--Yes, Jack, I mean you and nobody else, and you needn't stand there laughing at me, for every word of it's true; for what in the world you two babes in the wood are going to live on no mortal man knows;” Ruth answering with her arm tight around the dear lady's neck,--a liberty nobody,--not even Peter, ever dared take--and a whisper in her ear that Jack was the blessedest ever, and that she loved him so sometimes she was well-nigh distracted--a statement which the old lady remarked was literally true.

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From this reading And with the first warm day came Miss Felicia.

the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun

From this reading “When your wretched, abominable roads, my dear, dry up so that a body can walk without sinking up to their neck in mud--” ran Miss Felicia's letter in answer to Ruth's invitation,--“I'll come down for the night,” and she did, bringing Ruth half of her laces, now that she was determined to throw herself away on “that good-for nothing--Yes, Jack, I mean you and nobody else, and you needn't stand there laughing at me, for every word of it's true; for what in the world you two babes in the wood are going to live on no mortal man knows;” Ruth answering with her arm tight around the dear lady's neck,--a liberty nobody,--not even Peter, ever dared take--and a whisper in her ear that Jack was the blessedest ever, and that she loved him so sometimes she was well-nigh distracted--a statement which the old lady remarked was literally true.

the speaker together with one or more other people

From this reading And we may be sure that Peter came too--and we may be equally positive that no impassable roads could have held him back.

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From this reading “When your wretched, abominable roads, my dear, dry up so that a body can walk without sinking up to their neck in mud--” ran Miss Felicia's letter in answer to Ruth's invitation,--“I'll come down for the night,” and she did, bringing Ruth half of her laces, now that she was determined to throw herself away on “that good-for nothing--Yes, Jack, I mean you and nobody else, and you needn't stand there laughing at me, for every word of it's true; for what in the world you two babes in the wood are going to live on no mortal man knows;” Ruth answering with her arm tight around the dear lady's neck,--a liberty nobody,--not even Peter, ever dared take--and a whisper in her ear that Jack was the blessedest ever, and that she loved him so sometimes she was well-nigh distracted--a statement which the old lady remarked was literally true.

used to ask for information about something

From this reading “When your wretched, abominable roads, my dear, dry up so that a body can walk without sinking up to their neck in mud--” ran Miss Felicia's letter in answer to Ruth's invitation,--“I'll come down for the night,” and she did, bringing Ruth half of her laces, now that she was determined to throw herself away on “that good-for nothing--Yes, Jack, I mean you and nobody else, and you needn't stand there laughing at me, for every word of it's true; for what in the world you two babes in the wood are going to live on no mortal man knows;” Ruth answering with her arm tight around the dear lady's neck,--a liberty nobody,--not even Peter, ever dared take--and a whisper in her ear that Jack was the blessedest ever, and that she loved him so sometimes she was well-nigh distracted--a statement which the old lady remarked was literally true.

at the time that

From this reading “When your wretched, abominable roads, my dear, dry up so that a body can walk without sinking up to their neck in mud--” ran Miss Felicia's letter in answer to Ruth's invitation,--“I'll come down for the night,” and she did, bringing Ruth half of her laces, now that she was determined to throw herself away on “that good-for nothing--Yes, Jack, I mean you and nobody else, and you needn't stand there laughing at me, for every word of it's true; for what in the world you two babes in the wood are going to live on no mortal man knows;” Ruth answering with her arm tight around the dear lady's neck,--a liberty nobody,--not even Peter, ever dared take--and a whisper in her ear that Jack was the blessedest ever, and that she loved him so sometimes she was well-nigh distracted--a statement which the old lady remarked was literally true.

in or at the place that

From this reading The roads are dry again; the slopes of the “fill” once more are true; all the arches in the mouth of the tunnel are finished; the tracks have been laid and the first train has crawled out on the newly tracked road where it haggled, snorted and stopped, only to crawl back and be swallowed by The Beast.

used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned

From this reading “When your wretched, abominable roads, my dear, dry up so that a body can walk without sinking up to their neck in mud--” ran Miss Felicia's letter in answer to Ruth's invitation,--“I'll come down for the night,” and she did, bringing Ruth half of her laces, now that she was determined to throw herself away on “that good-for nothing--Yes, Jack, I mean you and nobody else, and you needn't stand there laughing at me, for every word of it's true; for what in the world you two babes in the wood are going to live on no mortal man knows;” Ruth answering with her arm tight around the dear lady's neck,--a liberty nobody,--not even Peter, ever dared take--and a whisper in her ear that Jack was the blessedest ever, and that she loved him so sometimes she was well-nigh distracted--a statement which the old lady remarked was literally true.

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From this reading “When your wretched, abominable roads, my dear, dry up so that a body can walk without sinking up to their neck in mud--” ran Miss Felicia's letter in answer to Ruth's invitation,--“I'll come down for the night,” and she did, bringing Ruth half of her laces, now that she was determined to throw herself away on “that good-for nothing--Yes, Jack, I mean you and nobody else, and you needn't stand there laughing at me, for every word of it's true; for what in the world you two babes in the wood are going to live on no mortal man knows;” Ruth answering with her arm tight around the dear lady's neck,--a liberty nobody,--not even Peter, ever dared take--and a whisper in her ear that Jack was the blessedest ever, and that she loved him so sometimes she was well-nigh distracted--a statement which the old lady remarked was literally true.

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From this reading Summer has come: along the banks of the repentant stream the willows are in full leaf; stretches of grass, braving the coal smoke and dust hide the ugly red earth.

in the company of; together with

From this reading And with the first warm day came Miss Felicia.

not having, not using, or not accompanied by

From this reading “When your wretched, abominable roads, my dear, dry up so that a body can walk without sinking up to their neck in mud--” ran Miss Felicia's letter in answer to Ruth's invitation,--“I'll come down for the night,” and she did, bringing Ruth half of her laces, now that she was determined to throw herself away on “that good-for nothing--Yes, Jack, I mean you and nobody else, and you needn't stand there laughing at me, for every word of it's true; for what in the world you two babes in the wood are going to live on no mortal man knows;” Ruth answering with her arm tight around the dear lady's neck,--a liberty nobody,--not even Peter, ever dared take--and a whisper in her ear that Jack was the blessedest ever, and that she loved him so sometimes she was well-nigh distracted--a statement which the old lady remarked was literally true.

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From this reading “When your wretched, abominable roads, my dear, dry up so that a body can walk without sinking up to their neck in mud--” ran Miss Felicia's letter in answer to Ruth's invitation,--“I'll come down for the night,” and she did, bringing Ruth half of her laces, now that she was determined to throw herself away on “that good-for nothing--Yes, Jack, I mean you and nobody else, and you needn't stand there laughing at me, for every word of it's true; for what in the world you two babes in the wood are going to live on no mortal man knows;” Ruth answering with her arm tight around the dear lady's neck,--a liberty nobody,--not even Peter, ever dared take--and a whisper in her ear that Jack was the blessedest ever, and that she loved him so sometimes she was well-nigh distracted--a statement which the old lady remarked was literally true.

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From this reading “When your wretched, abominable roads, my dear, dry up so that a body can walk without sinking up to their neck in mud--” ran Miss Felicia's letter in answer to Ruth's invitation,--“I'll come down for the night,” and she did, bringing Ruth half of her laces, now that she was determined to throw herself away on “that good-for nothing--Yes, Jack, I mean you and nobody else, and you needn't stand there laughing at me, for every word of it's true; for what in the world you two babes in the wood are going to live on no mortal man knows;” Ruth answering with her arm tight around the dear lady's neck,--a liberty nobody,--not even Peter, ever dared take--and a whisper in her ear that Jack was the blessedest ever, and that she loved him so sometimes she was well-nigh distracted--a statement which the old lady remarked was literally true.

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From this reading “When your wretched, abominable roads, my dear, dry up so that a body can walk without sinking up to their neck in mud--” ran Miss Felicia's letter in answer to Ruth's invitation,--“I'll come down for the night,” and she did, bringing Ruth half of her laces, now that she was determined to throw herself away on “that good-for nothing--Yes, Jack, I mean you and nobody else, and you needn't stand there laughing at me, for every word of it's true; for what in the world you two babes in the wood are going to live on no mortal man knows;” Ruth answering with her arm tight around the dear lady's neck,--a liberty nobody,--not even Peter, ever dared take--and a whisper in her ear that Jack was the blessedest ever, and that she loved him so sometimes she was well-nigh distracted--a statement which the old lady remarked was literally true.

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From this reading “When your wretched, abominable roads, my dear, dry up so that a body can walk without sinking up to their neck in mud--” ran Miss Felicia's letter in answer to Ruth's invitation,--“I'll come down for the night,” and she did, bringing Ruth half of her laces, now that she was determined to throw herself away on “that good-for nothing--Yes, Jack, I mean you and nobody else, and you needn't stand there laughing at me, for every word of it's true; for what in the world you two babes in the wood are going to live on no mortal man knows;” Ruth answering with her arm tight around the dear lady's neck,--a liberty nobody,--not even Peter, ever dared take--and a whisper in her ear that Jack was the blessedest ever, and that she loved him so sometimes she was well-nigh distracted--a statement which the old lady remarked was literally true.

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From this reading “When your wretched, abominable roads, my dear, dry up so that a body can walk without sinking up to their neck in mud--” ran Miss Felicia's letter in answer to Ruth's invitation,--“I'll come down for the night,” and she did, bringing Ruth half of her laces, now that she was determined to throw herself away on “that good-for nothing--Yes, Jack, I mean you and nobody else, and you needn't stand there laughing at me, for every word of it's true; for what in the world you two babes in the wood are going to live on no mortal man knows;” Ruth answering with her arm tight around the dear lady's neck,--a liberty nobody,--not even Peter, ever dared take--and a whisper in her ear that Jack was the blessedest ever, and that she loved him so sometimes she was well-nigh distracted--a statement which the old lady remarked was literally true.

the person or people being spoken to

From this reading “When your wretched, abominable roads, my dear, dry up so that a body can walk without sinking up to their neck in mud--” ran Miss Felicia's letter in answer to Ruth's invitation,--“I'll come down for the night,” and she did, bringing Ruth half of her laces, now that she was determined to throw herself away on “that good-for nothing--Yes, Jack, I mean you and nobody else, and you needn't stand there laughing at me, for every word of it's true; for what in the world you two babes in the wood are going to live on no mortal man knows;” Ruth answering with her arm tight around the dear lady's neck,--a liberty nobody,--not even Peter, ever dared take--and a whisper in her ear that Jack was the blessedest ever, and that she loved him so sometimes she was well-nigh distracted--a statement which the old lady remarked was literally true.

belonging to the person or people being spoken to

From this reading “When your wretched, abominable roads, my dear, dry up so that a body can walk without sinking up to their neck in mud--” ran Miss Felicia's letter in answer to Ruth's invitation,--“I'll come down for the night,” and she did, bringing Ruth half of her laces, now that she was determined to throw herself away on “that good-for nothing--Yes, Jack, I mean you and nobody else, and you needn't stand there laughing at me, for every word of it's true; for what in the world you two babes in the wood are going to live on no mortal man knows;” Ruth answering with her arm tight around the dear lady's neck,--a liberty nobody,--not even Peter, ever dared take--and a whisper in her ear that Jack was the blessedest ever, and that she loved him so sometimes she was well-nigh distracted--a statement which the old lady remarked was literally true.