A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
Chapter V
SOPHY'S TALE. "You remember that night, I can never forget it, when you refused to go with me to the entertainment, as I had tempted you to do? When you closed your mistress's door, and I found myself alone in the street, oh! How angry I felt, how I vowed to make you repent having dared to think of your duty instead of my pleasure and your own! I hastily joined my other companions, and we went together to the conjuror's show.
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an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “When you closed your mistress's door, and I found myself alone in the street, oh!”
a responsibility that must be carried out
From this reading “How angry I felt, how I vowed to make you repent having dared to think of your duty instead of my pleasure and your own!”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “When you closed your mistress's door, and I found myself alone in the street, oh!”
the -ing form of “have”
From this reading “How angry I felt, how I vowed to make you repent having dared to think of your duty instead of my pleasure and your own!”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “How angry I felt, how I vowed to make you repent having dared to think of your duty instead of my pleasure and your own!”
used when the speaker is also the object of the action
From this reading “When you closed your mistress's door, and I found myself alone in the street, oh!”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “"You remember that night, I can never forget it, when you refused to go with me to the entertainment, as I had tempted you to do?”
To recall to mind.
From this reading “"You remember that night, I can never forget it, when you refused to go with me to the entertainment, as I had tempted you to do?”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “How angry I felt, how I vowed to make you repent having dared to think of your duty instead of my pleasure and your own!”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “I hastily joined my other companions, and we went together to the conjuror's show.”
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an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading When you closed your mistress's door, and I found myself alone in the street, oh!
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading When you closed your mistress's door, and I found myself alone in the street, oh!
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From this reading How angry I felt, how I vowed to make you repent having dared to think of your duty instead of my pleasure and your own!
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading "You remember that night, I can never forget it, when you refused to go with me to the entertainment, as I had tempted you to do?
to be able to, or to be allowed to
From this reading "You remember that night, I can never forget it, when you refused to go with me to the entertainment, as I had tempted you to do?
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From this reading When you closed your mistress's door, and I found myself alone in the street, oh!
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From this reading I hastily joined my other companions, and we went together to the conjuror's show.
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From this reading I hastily joined my other companions, and we went together to the conjuror's show.
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From this reading How angry I felt, how I vowed to make you repent having dared to think of your duty instead of my pleasure and your own!
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading "You remember that night, I can never forget it, when you refused to go with me to the entertainment, as I had tempted you to do?
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From this reading When you closed your mistress's door, and I found myself alone in the street, oh!
a responsibility that must be carried out
From this reading How angry I felt, how I vowed to make you repent having dared to think of your duty instead of my pleasure and your own!
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From this reading "You remember that night, I can never forget it, when you refused to go with me to the entertainment, as I had tempted you to do?
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From this reading How angry I felt, how I vowed to make you repent having dared to think of your duty instead of my pleasure and your own!
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From this reading "You remember that night, I can never forget it, when you refused to go with me to the entertainment, as I had tempted you to do?
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading When you closed your mistress's door, and I found myself alone in the street, oh!
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From this reading "You remember that night, I can never forget it, when you refused to go with me to the entertainment, as I had tempted you to do?
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading "You remember that night, I can never forget it, when you refused to go with me to the entertainment, as I had tempted you to do?
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From this reading I hastily joined my other companions, and we went together to the conjuror's show.
the -ing form of “have”
From this reading How angry I felt, how I vowed to make you repent having dared to think of your duty instead of my pleasure and your own!
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From this reading How angry I felt, how I vowed to make you repent having dared to think of your duty instead of my pleasure and your own!
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading "You remember that night, I can never forget it, when you refused to go with me to the entertainment, as I had tempted you to do?
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading When you closed your mistress's door, and I found myself alone in the street, oh!
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From this reading How angry I felt, how I vowed to make you repent having dared to think of your duty instead of my pleasure and your own!
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading "You remember that night, I can never forget it, when you refused to go with me to the entertainment, as I had tempted you to do?
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From this reading I hastily joined my other companions, and we went together to the conjuror's show.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading How angry I felt, how I vowed to make you repent having dared to think of your duty instead of my pleasure and your own!
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading "You remember that night, I can never forget it, when you refused to go with me to the entertainment, as I had tempted you to do?
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From this reading When you closed your mistress's door, and I found myself alone in the street, oh!
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading How angry I felt, how I vowed to make you repent having dared to think of your duty instead of my pleasure and your own!
used when the speaker is also the object of the action
From this reading When you closed your mistress's door, and I found myself alone in the street, oh!
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading "You remember that night, I can never forget it, when you refused to go with me to the entertainment, as I had tempted you to do?
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From this reading "You remember that night, I can never forget it, when you refused to go with me to the entertainment, as I had tempted you to do?
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading How angry I felt, how I vowed to make you repent having dared to think of your duty instead of my pleasure and your own!
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From this reading When you closed your mistress's door, and I found myself alone in the street, oh!
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From this reading I hastily joined my other companions, and we went together to the conjuror's show.
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From this reading How angry I felt, how I vowed to make you repent having dared to think of your duty instead of my pleasure and your own!
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From this reading How angry I felt, how I vowed to make you repent having dared to think of your duty instead of my pleasure and your own!
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From this reading "You remember that night, I can never forget it, when you refused to go with me to the entertainment, as I had tempted you to do?
To recall to mind.
From this reading "You remember that night, I can never forget it, when you refused to go with me to the entertainment, as I had tempted you to do?
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From this reading How angry I felt, how I vowed to make you repent having dared to think of your duty instead of my pleasure and your own!
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From this reading I hastily joined my other companions, and we went together to the conjuror's show.
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From this reading SOPHY'S TALE.
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From this reading When you closed your mistress's door, and I found myself alone in the street, oh!
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From this reading SOPHY'S TALE.
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From this reading "You remember that night, I can never forget it, when you refused to go with me to the entertainment, as I had tempted you to do?
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading "You remember that night, I can never forget it, when you refused to go with me to the entertainment, as I had tempted you to do?
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading "You remember that night, I can never forget it, when you refused to go with me to the entertainment, as I had tempted you to do?
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading How angry I felt, how I vowed to make you repent having dared to think of your duty instead of my pleasure and your own!
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading "You remember that night, I can never forget it, when you refused to go with me to the entertainment, as I had tempted you to do?
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From this reading I hastily joined my other companions, and we went together to the conjuror's show.
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From this reading How angry I felt, how I vowed to make you repent having dared to think of your duty instead of my pleasure and your own!
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading I hastily joined my other companions, and we went together to the conjuror's show.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading I hastily joined my other companions, and we went together to the conjuror's show.
at the time that
From this reading "You remember that night, I can never forget it, when you refused to go with me to the entertainment, as I had tempted you to do?
in the company of; together with
From this reading "You remember that night, I can never forget it, when you refused to go with me to the entertainment, as I had tempted you to do?
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "You remember that night, I can never forget it, when you refused to go with me to the entertainment, as I had tempted you to do?
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading When you closed your mistress's door, and I found myself alone in the street, oh!
