A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
Chapter III
Now I lay down the judgeship he lent me. Each faculty tasked To perceive him, has gained an abyss, where a dewdrop was asked. Have I knowledge? confounded it shrivels at Wisdom laid bare. Have I forethought? how purblind, how blank, to the Infinite Care! Do I task any faculty highest, to image success?
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an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Each faculty tasked To perceive him, has gained an abyss, where a dewdrop was asked.”
annoying or confusing
From this reading “Have I knowledge? confounded it shrivels at Wisdom laid bare.”
the form of “have” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading “Each faculty tasked To perceive him, has gained an abyss, where a dewdrop was asked.”
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading “Have I knowledge? confounded it shrivels at Wisdom laid bare.”
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used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading Each faculty tasked To perceive him, has gained an abyss, where a dewdrop was asked.
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From this reading Each faculty tasked To perceive him, has gained an abyss, where a dewdrop was asked.
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
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From this reading Do I task any faculty highest, to image success?
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Each faculty tasked To perceive him, has gained an abyss, where a dewdrop was asked.
in or near a particular place or position
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annoying or confusing
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From this reading Each faculty tasked To perceive him, has gained an abyss, where a dewdrop was asked.
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
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From this reading Now I lay down the judgeship he lent me.
every one of two or more people or things, taken separately
From this reading Each faculty tasked To perceive him, has gained an abyss, where a dewdrop was asked.
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From this reading Each faculty tasked To perceive him, has gained an abyss, where a dewdrop was asked.
the form of “have” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Each faculty tasked To perceive him, has gained an abyss, where a dewdrop was asked.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading Have I knowledge? confounded it shrivels at Wisdom laid bare.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
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From this reading Do I task any faculty highest, to image success?
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Each faculty tasked To perceive him, has gained an abyss, where a dewdrop was asked.
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From this reading Have I forethought? how purblind, how blank, to the Infinite Care!
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
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From this reading Do I task any faculty highest, to image success?
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From this reading Have I forethought? how purblind, how blank, to the Infinite Care!
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
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From this reading Now I lay down the judgeship he lent me.
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From this reading Now I lay down the judgeship he lent me.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
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From this reading Now I lay down the judgeship he lent me.
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From this reading Each faculty tasked To perceive him, has gained an abyss, where a dewdrop was asked.
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From this reading Have I forethought? how purblind, how blank, to the Infinite Care!
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From this reading Have I knowledge? confounded it shrivels at Wisdom laid bare.
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From this reading Do I task any faculty highest, to image success?
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From this reading Do I task any faculty highest, to image success?
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From this reading Each faculty tasked To perceive him, has gained an abyss, where a dewdrop was asked.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Now I lay down the judgeship he lent me.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Each faculty tasked To perceive him, has gained an abyss, where a dewdrop was asked.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Each faculty tasked To perceive him, has gained an abyss, where a dewdrop was asked.
in or at the place that
From this reading Each faculty tasked To perceive him, has gained an abyss, where a dewdrop was asked.
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From this reading Have I knowledge? confounded it shrivels at Wisdom laid bare.
