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Chapter VIII
He went home to his amiable spouse and his sanctum sanctorum of a study. Nathaniel! But the _Blithedale Romance._ It has a beautiful, wintry-evening farm-kitchen sort of opening. _Dramatis Personæ_: 1. _I._--The narrator: whom we will call Nathaniel.
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the form of “have” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading “But the _Blithedale Romance._ It has a beautiful, wintry-evening farm-kitchen sort of opening.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “He went home to his amiable spouse and his sanctum sanctorum of a study.”
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From this reading _Dramatis Personæ_: 1.
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading He went home to his amiable spouse and his sanctum sanctorum of a study.
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From this reading He went home to his amiable spouse and his sanctum sanctorum of a study.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading He went home to his amiable spouse and his sanctum sanctorum of a study.
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From this reading But the _Blithedale Romance._ It has a beautiful, wintry-evening farm-kitchen sort of opening.
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From this reading But the _Blithedale Romance._ It has a beautiful, wintry-evening farm-kitchen sort of opening.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading But the _Blithedale Romance._ It has a beautiful, wintry-evening farm-kitchen sort of opening.
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From this reading _I._--The narrator: whom we will call Nathaniel.
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From this reading _Dramatis Personæ_: 1.
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From this reading But the _Blithedale Romance._ It has a beautiful, wintry-evening farm-kitchen sort of opening.
the form of “have” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading But the _Blithedale Romance._ It has a beautiful, wintry-evening farm-kitchen sort of opening.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading He went home to his amiable spouse and his sanctum sanctorum of a study.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading He went home to his amiable spouse and his sanctum sanctorum of a study.
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From this reading He went home to his amiable spouse and his sanctum sanctorum of a study.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading _I._--The narrator: whom we will call Nathaniel.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading But the _Blithedale Romance._ It has a beautiful, wintry-evening farm-kitchen sort of opening.
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From this reading _I._--The narrator: whom we will call Nathaniel.
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From this reading Nathaniel!
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading He went home to his amiable spouse and his sanctum sanctorum of a study.
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From this reading But the _Blithedale Romance._ It has a beautiful, wintry-evening farm-kitchen sort of opening.
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From this reading _Dramatis Personæ_: 1.
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From this reading But the _Blithedale Romance._ It has a beautiful, wintry-evening farm-kitchen sort of opening.
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From this reading He went home to his amiable spouse and his sanctum sanctorum of a study.
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From this reading He went home to his amiable spouse and his sanctum sanctorum of a study.
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From this reading But the _Blithedale Romance._ It has a beautiful, wintry-evening farm-kitchen sort of opening.
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From this reading He went home to his amiable spouse and his sanctum sanctorum of a study.
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From this reading He went home to his amiable spouse and his sanctum sanctorum of a study.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading But the _Blithedale Romance._ It has a beautiful, wintry-evening farm-kitchen sort of opening.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading He went home to his amiable spouse and his sanctum sanctorum of a study.
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading _I._--The narrator: whom we will call Nathaniel.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading He went home to his amiable spouse and his sanctum sanctorum of a study.
the form of “who” used as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading _I._--The narrator: whom we will call Nathaniel.
used to talk about the future, or about willingness
From this reading _I._--The narrator: whom we will call Nathaniel.
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From this reading But the _Blithedale Romance._ It has a beautiful, wintry-evening farm-kitchen sort of opening.
