A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
Chapter VI
HIGH LIGHTS “There!” said Jane Ray, turning on one last golden electric bulb cunningly concealed. “I’ve used every device I know to make the showing tell. _Is_ it effective? _Does_ it all count, Mrs. Burns? I’ve studied it so much I don’t know any more.”
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all the members of a group, with none left out
From this reading ““I’ve used every device I know to make the showing tell.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading ““I’ve used every device I know to make the showing tell.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “HIGH LIGHTS “There!” said Jane Ray, turning on one last golden electric bulb cunningly concealed.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading ““I’ve used every device I know to make the showing tell.”
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading “HIGH LIGHTS “There!” said Jane Ray, turning on one last golden electric bulb cunningly concealed.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading ““I’ve used every device I know to make the showing tell.”
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From this reading _Does_ it all count, Mrs. Burns?
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From this reading I’ve studied it so much I don’t know any more.”
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From this reading HIGH LIGHTS “There!” said Jane Ray, turning on one last golden electric bulb cunningly concealed.
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From this reading _Does_ it all count, Mrs. Burns?
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From this reading HIGH LIGHTS “There!” said Jane Ray, turning on one last golden electric bulb cunningly concealed.
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From this reading _Does_ it all count, Mrs. Burns?
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From this reading HIGH LIGHTS “There!” said Jane Ray, turning on one last golden electric bulb cunningly concealed.
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From this reading “I’ve used every device I know to make the showing tell.
the form of “do” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading _Does_ it all count, Mrs. Burns?
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From this reading I’ve studied it so much I don’t know any more.”
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From this reading _Is_ it effective?
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From this reading HIGH LIGHTS “There!” said Jane Ray, turning on one last golden electric bulb cunningly concealed.
all the members of a group, with none left out
From this reading “I’ve used every device I know to make the showing tell.
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From this reading HIGH LIGHTS “There!” said Jane Ray, turning on one last golden electric bulb cunningly concealed.
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From this reading HIGH LIGHTS “There!” said Jane Ray, turning on one last golden electric bulb cunningly concealed.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading “I’ve used every device I know to make the showing tell.
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From this reading “I’ve used every device I know to make the showing tell.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading _Is_ it effective?
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading _Is_ it effective?
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From this reading HIGH LIGHTS “There!” said Jane Ray, turning on one last golden electric bulb cunningly concealed.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “I’ve used every device I know to make the showing tell.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading HIGH LIGHTS “There!” said Jane Ray, turning on one last golden electric bulb cunningly concealed.
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From this reading HIGH LIGHTS “There!” said Jane Ray, turning on one last golden electric bulb cunningly concealed.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “I’ve used every device I know to make the showing tell.
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From this reading I’ve studied it so much I don’t know any more.”
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From this reading _Does_ it all count, Mrs. Burns?
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From this reading I’ve studied it so much I don’t know any more.”
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading HIGH LIGHTS “There!” said Jane Ray, turning on one last golden electric bulb cunningly concealed.
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading HIGH LIGHTS “There!” said Jane Ray, turning on one last golden electric bulb cunningly concealed.
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From this reading HIGH LIGHTS “There!” said Jane Ray, turning on one last golden electric bulb cunningly concealed.
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From this reading HIGH LIGHTS “There!” said Jane Ray, turning on one last golden electric bulb cunningly concealed.
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From this reading “I’ve used every device I know to make the showing tell.
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading I’ve studied it so much I don’t know any more.”
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From this reading I’ve studied it so much I don’t know any more.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “I’ve used every device I know to make the showing tell.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading “I’ve used every device I know to make the showing tell.
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From this reading HIGH LIGHTS “There!” said Jane Ray, turning on one last golden electric bulb cunningly concealed.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading “I’ve used every device I know to make the showing tell.
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From this reading HIGH LIGHTS “There!” said Jane Ray, turning on one last golden electric bulb cunningly concealed.
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From this reading “I’ve used every device I know to make the showing tell.
