Chapter I

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From this reading _First Published_ _September 1903_ _Second Edition_ _1903_ _Third Edition_ _1907_ _Fourth Edition_ _1908_ _Fifth and Sixth Editions_ _1909_ _Seventh Edition_ _1910_ _Eighth Edition_ _1911_ _Ninth Edition_ _1912_ _Tenth, Eleventh, Twelfth, and Thirteenth Editions_ _1913_ _Fourteenth Edition_ _1914_ _Fifteenth Edition (2 vols.)_ _1914_ PAGE At times when under cover I ’ave said, 86 Files, 17 God of our fathers, known of old, 121 ‘Here is nothing new nor aught unproven’ say the Trumpets, 1 Here, where my fresh-turned furrows run, 53 I do not love my Empire’s foes, 104 I wish my mother could see me now, with a fence-post under my arm, 64 Let us admit it fairly, as a business people should, 13 Lived a woman wonderful, 49 Me that ’ave been what I’ve been, 59 No doubt but ye are the People--your throne is above the King’s, 31 Not in the camp his victory lies, 23 Only two African kopjes, 82 Out o’ the wilderness, dusty an’ dry, 72 Peace is declared, an’ I return, 117 Smells are surer than sounds or sights, 95 Sudden the desert changes, 8 The bachelor ’e fights for one, 91 The General ’eard the firin’ on the flank, 98 There is a word you often see, pronounce it as you may, 113 There is a world outside the one you know, 110 The Word came down to Dives in Torment where he lay, 40 We’re foot--slog--slog--slog--sloggin’ over Africa!

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From this reading _First Published_ _September 1903_ _Second Edition_ _1903_ _Third Edition_ _1907_ _Fourth Edition_ _1908_ _Fifth and Sixth Editions_ _1909_ _Seventh Edition_ _1910_ _Eighth Edition_ _1911_ _Ninth Edition_ _1912_ _Tenth, Eleventh, Twelfth, and Thirteenth Editions_ _1913_ _Fourteenth Edition_ _1914_ _Fifteenth Edition (2 vols.)_ _1914_ PAGE At times when under cover I ’ave said, 86 Files, 17 God of our fathers, known of old, 121 ‘Here is nothing new nor aught unproven’ say the Trumpets, 1 Here, where my fresh-turned furrows run, 53 I do not love my Empire’s foes, 104 I wish my mother could see me now, with a fence-post under my arm, 64 Let us admit it fairly, as a business people should, 13 Lived a woman wonderful, 49 Me that ’ave been what I’ve been, 59 No doubt but ye are the People--your throne is above the King’s, 31 Not in the camp his victory lies, 23 Only two African kopjes, 82 Out o’ the wilderness, dusty an’ dry, 72 Peace is declared, an’ I return, 117 Smells are surer than sounds or sights, 95 Sudden the desert changes, 8 The bachelor ’e fights for one, 91 The General ’eard the firin’ on the flank, 98 There is a word you often see, pronounce it as you may, 113 There is a world outside the one you know, 110 The Word came down to Dives in Torment where he lay, 40 We’re foot--slog--slog--slog--sloggin’ over Africa!

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From this reading _First Published_ _September 1903_ _Second Edition_ _1903_ _Third Edition_ _1907_ _Fourth Edition_ _1908_ _Fifth and Sixth Editions_ _1909_ _Seventh Edition_ _1910_ _Eighth Edition_ _1911_ _Ninth Edition_ _1912_ _Tenth, Eleventh, Twelfth, and Thirteenth Editions_ _1913_ _Fourteenth Edition_ _1914_ _Fifteenth Edition (2 vols.)_ _1914_ PAGE At times when under cover I ’ave said, 86 Files, 17 God of our fathers, known of old, 121 ‘Here is nothing new nor aught unproven’ say the Trumpets, 1 Here, where my fresh-turned furrows run, 53 I do not love my Empire’s foes, 104 I wish my mother could see me now, with a fence-post under my arm, 64 Let us admit it fairly, as a business people should, 13 Lived a woman wonderful, 49 Me that ’ave been what I’ve been, 59 No doubt but ye are the People--your throne is above the King’s, 31 Not in the camp his victory lies, 23 Only two African kopjes, 82 Out o’ the wilderness, dusty an’ dry, 72 Peace is declared, an’ I return, 117 Smells are surer than sounds or sights, 95 Sudden the desert changes, 8 The bachelor ’e fights for one, 91 The General ’eard the firin’ on the flank, 98 There is a word you often see, pronounce it as you may, 113 There is a world outside the one you know, 110 The Word came down to Dives in Torment where he lay, 40 We’re foot--slog--slog--slog--sloggin’ over Africa!

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From this reading _First Published_ _September 1903_ _Second Edition_ _1903_ _Third Edition_ _1907_ _Fourth Edition_ _1908_ _Fifth and Sixth Editions_ _1909_ _Seventh Edition_ _1910_ _Eighth Edition_ _1911_ _Ninth Edition_ _1912_ _Tenth, Eleventh, Twelfth, and Thirteenth Editions_ _1913_ _Fourteenth Edition_ _1914_ _Fifteenth Edition (2 vols.)_ _1914_ PAGE At times when under cover I ’ave said, 86 Files, 17 God of our fathers, known of old, 121 ‘Here is nothing new nor aught unproven’ say the Trumpets, 1 Here, where my fresh-turned furrows run, 53 I do not love my Empire’s foes, 104 I wish my mother could see me now, with a fence-post under my arm, 64 Let us admit it fairly, as a business people should, 13 Lived a woman wonderful, 49 Me that ’ave been what I’ve been, 59 No doubt but ye are the People--your throne is above the King’s, 31 Not in the camp his victory lies, 23 Only two African kopjes, 82 Out o’ the wilderness, dusty an’ dry, 72 Peace is declared, an’ I return, 117 Smells are surer than sounds or sights, 95 Sudden the desert changes, 8 The bachelor ’e fights for one, 91 The General ’eard the firin’ on the flank, 98 There is a word you often see, pronounce it as you may, 113 There is a world outside the one you know, 110 The Word came down to Dives in Torment where he lay, 40 We’re foot--slog--slog--slog--sloggin’ over Africa!

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From this reading _First Published_ _September 1903_ _Second Edition_ _1903_ _Third Edition_ _1907_ _Fourth Edition_ _1908_ _Fifth and Sixth Editions_ _1909_ _Seventh Edition_ _1910_ _Eighth Edition_ _1911_ _Ninth Edition_ _1912_ _Tenth, Eleventh, Twelfth, and Thirteenth Editions_ _1913_ _Fourteenth Edition_ _1914_ _Fifteenth Edition (2 vols.)_ _1914_ PAGE At times when under cover I ’ave said, 86 Files, 17 God of our fathers, known of old, 121 ‘Here is nothing new nor aught unproven’ say the Trumpets, 1 Here, where my fresh-turned furrows run, 53 I do not love my Empire’s foes, 104 I wish my mother could see me now, with a fence-post under my arm, 64 Let us admit it fairly, as a business people should, 13 Lived a woman wonderful, 49 Me that ’ave been what I’ve been, 59 No doubt but ye are the People--your throne is above the King’s, 31 Not in the camp his victory lies, 23 Only two African kopjes, 82 Out o’ the wilderness, dusty an’ dry, 72 Peace is declared, an’ I return, 117 Smells are surer than sounds or sights, 95 Sudden the desert changes, 8 The bachelor ’e fights for one, 91 The General ’eard the firin’ on the flank, 98 There is a word you often see, pronounce it as you may, 113 There is a world outside the one you know, 110 The Word came down to Dives in Torment where he lay, 40 We’re foot--slog--slog--slog--sloggin’ over Africa!

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From this reading _First Published_ _September 1903_ _Second Edition_ _1903_ _Third Edition_ _1907_ _Fourth Edition_ _1908_ _Fifth and Sixth Editions_ _1909_ _Seventh Edition_ _1910_ _Eighth Edition_ _1911_ _Ninth Edition_ _1912_ _Tenth, Eleventh, Twelfth, and Thirteenth Editions_ _1913_ _Fourteenth Edition_ _1914_ _Fifteenth Edition (2 vols.)_ _1914_ PAGE At times when under cover I ’ave said, 86 Files, 17 God of our fathers, known of old, 121 ‘Here is nothing new nor aught unproven’ say the Trumpets, 1 Here, where my fresh-turned furrows run, 53 I do not love my Empire’s foes, 104 I wish my mother could see me now, with a fence-post under my arm, 64 Let us admit it fairly, as a business people should, 13 Lived a woman wonderful, 49 Me that ’ave been what I’ve been, 59 No doubt but ye are the People--your throne is above the King’s, 31 Not in the camp his victory lies, 23 Only two African kopjes, 82 Out o’ the wilderness, dusty an’ dry, 72 Peace is declared, an’ I return, 117 Smells are surer than sounds or sights, 95 Sudden the desert changes, 8 The bachelor ’e fights for one, 91 The General ’eard the firin’ on the flank, 98 There is a word you often see, pronounce it as you may, 113 There is a world outside the one you know, 110 The Word came down to Dives in Torment where he lay, 40 We’re foot--slog--slog--slog--sloggin’ over Africa!

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From this reading _First Published_ _September 1903_ _Second Edition_ _1903_ _Third Edition_ _1907_ _Fourth Edition_ _1908_ _Fifth and Sixth Editions_ _1909_ _Seventh Edition_ _1910_ _Eighth Edition_ _1911_ _Ninth Edition_ _1912_ _Tenth, Eleventh, Twelfth, and Thirteenth Editions_ _1913_ _Fourteenth Edition_ _1914_ _Fifteenth Edition (2 vols.)_ _1914_ PAGE At times when under cover I ’ave said, 86 Files, 17 God of our fathers, known of old, 121 ‘Here is nothing new nor aught unproven’ say the Trumpets, 1 Here, where my fresh-turned furrows run, 53 I do not love my Empire’s foes, 104 I wish my mother could see me now, with a fence-post under my arm, 64 Let us admit it fairly, as a business people should, 13 Lived a woman wonderful, 49 Me that ’ave been what I’ve been, 59 No doubt but ye are the People--your throne is above the King’s, 31 Not in the camp his victory lies, 23 Only two African kopjes, 82 Out o’ the wilderness, dusty an’ dry, 72 Peace is declared, an’ I return, 117 Smells are surer than sounds or sights, 95 Sudden the desert changes, 8 The bachelor ’e fights for one, 91 The General ’eard the firin’ on the flank, 98 There is a word you often see, pronounce it as you may, 113 There is a world outside the one you know, 110 The Word came down to Dives in Torment where he lay, 40 We’re foot--slog--slog--slog--sloggin’ over Africa!

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From this reading Bracketed page numbers, such as [Page 17], at the beginning of each Poem, were added as a Search aid by Transcriber, as the Table of Contents is in alphabetical, rather than page number sequence.

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From this reading _First Published_ _September 1903_ _Second Edition_ _1903_ _Third Edition_ _1907_ _Fourth Edition_ _1908_ _Fifth and Sixth Editions_ _1909_ _Seventh Edition_ _1910_ _Eighth Edition_ _1911_ _Ninth Edition_ _1912_ _Tenth, Eleventh, Twelfth, and Thirteenth Editions_ _1913_ _Fourteenth Edition_ _1914_ _Fifteenth Edition (2 vols.)_ _1914_ PAGE At times when under cover I ’ave said, 86 Files, 17 God of our fathers, known of old, 121 ‘Here is nothing new nor aught unproven’ say the Trumpets, 1 Here, where my fresh-turned furrows run, 53 I do not love my Empire’s foes, 104 I wish my mother could see me now, with a fence-post under my arm, 64 Let us admit it fairly, as a business people should, 13 Lived a woman wonderful, 49 Me that ’ave been what I’ve been, 59 No doubt but ye are the People--your throne is above the King’s, 31 Not in the camp his victory lies, 23 Only two African kopjes, 82 Out o’ the wilderness, dusty an’ dry, 72 Peace is declared, an’ I return, 117 Smells are surer than sounds or sights, 95 Sudden the desert changes, 8 The bachelor ’e fights for one, 91 The General ’eard the firin’ on the flank, 98 There is a word you often see, pronounce it as you may, 113 There is a world outside the one you know, 110 The Word came down to Dives in Torment where he lay, 40 We’re foot--slog--slog--slog--sloggin’ over Africa!

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From this reading _First Published_ _September 1903_ _Second Edition_ _1903_ _Third Edition_ _1907_ _Fourth Edition_ _1908_ _Fifth and Sixth Editions_ _1909_ _Seventh Edition_ _1910_ _Eighth Edition_ _1911_ _Ninth Edition_ _1912_ _Tenth, Eleventh, Twelfth, and Thirteenth Editions_ _1913_ _Fourteenth Edition_ _1914_ _Fifteenth Edition (2 vols.)_ _1914_ PAGE At times when under cover I ’ave said, 86 Files, 17 God of our fathers, known of old, 121 ‘Here is nothing new nor aught unproven’ say the Trumpets, 1 Here, where my fresh-turned furrows run, 53 I do not love my Empire’s foes, 104 I wish my mother could see me now, with a fence-post under my arm, 64 Let us admit it fairly, as a business people should, 13 Lived a woman wonderful, 49 Me that ’ave been what I’ve been, 59 No doubt but ye are the People--your throne is above the King’s, 31 Not in the camp his victory lies, 23 Only two African kopjes, 82 Out o’ the wilderness, dusty an’ dry, 72 Peace is declared, an’ I return, 117 Smells are surer than sounds or sights, 95 Sudden the desert changes, 8 The bachelor ’e fights for one, 91 The General ’eard the firin’ on the flank, 98 There is a word you often see, pronounce it as you may, 113 There is a world outside the one you know, 110 The Word came down to Dives in Torment where he lay, 40 We’re foot--slog--slog--slog--sloggin’ over Africa!

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From this reading _First Published_ _September 1903_ _Second Edition_ _1903_ _Third Edition_ _1907_ _Fourth Edition_ _1908_ _Fifth and Sixth Editions_ _1909_ _Seventh Edition_ _1910_ _Eighth Edition_ _1911_ _Ninth Edition_ _1912_ _Tenth, Eleventh, Twelfth, and Thirteenth Editions_ _1913_ _Fourteenth Edition_ _1914_ _Fifteenth Edition (2 vols.)_ _1914_ PAGE At times when under cover I ’ave said, 86 Files, 17 God of our fathers, known of old, 121 ‘Here is nothing new nor aught unproven’ say the Trumpets, 1 Here, where my fresh-turned furrows run, 53 I do not love my Empire’s foes, 104 I wish my mother could see me now, with a fence-post under my arm, 64 Let us admit it fairly, as a business people should, 13 Lived a woman wonderful, 49 Me that ’ave been what I’ve been, 59 No doubt but ye are the People--your throne is above the King’s, 31 Not in the camp his victory lies, 23 Only two African kopjes, 82 Out o’ the wilderness, dusty an’ dry, 72 Peace is declared, an’ I return, 117 Smells are surer than sounds or sights, 95 Sudden the desert changes, 8 The bachelor ’e fights for one, 91 The General ’eard the firin’ on the flank, 98 There is a word you often see, pronounce it as you may, 113 There is a world outside the one you know, 110 The Word came down to Dives in Torment where he lay, 40 We’re foot--slog--slog--slog--sloggin’ over Africa!

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From this reading _First Published_ _September 1903_ _Second Edition_ _1903_ _Third Edition_ _1907_ _Fourth Edition_ _1908_ _Fifth and Sixth Editions_ _1909_ _Seventh Edition_ _1910_ _Eighth Edition_ _1911_ _Ninth Edition_ _1912_ _Tenth, Eleventh, Twelfth, and Thirteenth Editions_ _1913_ _Fourteenth Edition_ _1914_ _Fifteenth Edition (2 vols.)_ _1914_ PAGE At times when under cover I ’ave said, 86 Files, 17 God of our fathers, known of old, 121 ‘Here is nothing new nor aught unproven’ say the Trumpets, 1 Here, where my fresh-turned furrows run, 53 I do not love my Empire’s foes, 104 I wish my mother could see me now, with a fence-post under my arm, 64 Let us admit it fairly, as a business people should, 13 Lived a woman wonderful, 49 Me that ’ave been what I’ve been, 59 No doubt but ye are the People--your throne is above the King’s, 31 Not in the camp his victory lies, 23 Only two African kopjes, 82 Out o’ the wilderness, dusty an’ dry, 72 Peace is declared, an’ I return, 117 Smells are surer than sounds or sights, 95 Sudden the desert changes, 8 The bachelor ’e fights for one, 91 The General ’eard the firin’ on the flank, 98 There is a word you often see, pronounce it as you may, 113 There is a world outside the one you know, 110 The Word came down to Dives in Torment where he lay, 40 We’re foot--slog--slog--slog--sloggin’ over Africa!

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From this reading _First Published_ _September 1903_ _Second Edition_ _1903_ _Third Edition_ _1907_ _Fourth Edition_ _1908_ _Fifth and Sixth Editions_ _1909_ _Seventh Edition_ _1910_ _Eighth Edition_ _1911_ _Ninth Edition_ _1912_ _Tenth, Eleventh, Twelfth, and Thirteenth Editions_ _1913_ _Fourteenth Edition_ _1914_ _Fifteenth Edition (2 vols.)_ _1914_ PAGE At times when under cover I ’ave said, 86 Files, 17 God of our fathers, known of old, 121 ‘Here is nothing new nor aught unproven’ say the Trumpets, 1 Here, where my fresh-turned furrows run, 53 I do not love my Empire’s foes, 104 I wish my mother could see me now, with a fence-post under my arm, 64 Let us admit it fairly, as a business people should, 13 Lived a woman wonderful, 49 Me that ’ave been what I’ve been, 59 No doubt but ye are the People--your throne is above the King’s, 31 Not in the camp his victory lies, 23 Only two African kopjes, 82 Out o’ the wilderness, dusty an’ dry, 72 Peace is declared, an’ I return, 117 Smells are surer than sounds or sights, 95 Sudden the desert changes, 8 The bachelor ’e fights for one, 91 The General ’eard the firin’ on the flank, 98 There is a word you often see, pronounce it as you may, 113 There is a world outside the one you know, 110 The Word came down to Dives in Torment where he lay, 40 We’re foot--slog--slog--slog--sloggin’ over Africa!

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From this reading _First Published_ _September 1903_ _Second Edition_ _1903_ _Third Edition_ _1907_ _Fourth Edition_ _1908_ _Fifth and Sixth Editions_ _1909_ _Seventh Edition_ _1910_ _Eighth Edition_ _1911_ _Ninth Edition_ _1912_ _Tenth, Eleventh, Twelfth, and Thirteenth Editions_ _1913_ _Fourteenth Edition_ _1914_ _Fifteenth Edition (2 vols.)_ _1914_ PAGE At times when under cover I ’ave said, 86 Files, 17 God of our fathers, known of old, 121 ‘Here is nothing new nor aught unproven’ say the Trumpets, 1 Here, where my fresh-turned furrows run, 53 I do not love my Empire’s foes, 104 I wish my mother could see me now, with a fence-post under my arm, 64 Let us admit it fairly, as a business people should, 13 Lived a woman wonderful, 49 Me that ’ave been what I’ve been, 59 No doubt but ye are the People--your throne is above the King’s, 31 Not in the camp his victory lies, 23 Only two African kopjes, 82 Out o’ the wilderness, dusty an’ dry, 72 Peace is declared, an’ I return, 117 Smells are surer than sounds or sights, 95 Sudden the desert changes, 8 The bachelor ’e fights for one, 91 The General ’eard the firin’ on the flank, 98 There is a word you often see, pronounce it as you may, 113 There is a world outside the one you know, 110 The Word came down to Dives in Torment where he lay, 40 We’re foot--slog--slog--slog--sloggin’ over Africa!

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From this reading _First Published_ _September 1903_ _Second Edition_ _1903_ _Third Edition_ _1907_ _Fourth Edition_ _1908_ _Fifth and Sixth Editions_ _1909_ _Seventh Edition_ _1910_ _Eighth Edition_ _1911_ _Ninth Edition_ _1912_ _Tenth, Eleventh, Twelfth, and Thirteenth Editions_ _1913_ _Fourteenth Edition_ _1914_ _Fifteenth Edition (2 vols.)_ _1914_ PAGE At times when under cover I ’ave said, 86 Files, 17 God of our fathers, known of old, 121 ‘Here is nothing new nor aught unproven’ say the Trumpets, 1 Here, where my fresh-turned furrows run, 53 I do not love my Empire’s foes, 104 I wish my mother could see me now, with a fence-post under my arm, 64 Let us admit it fairly, as a business people should, 13 Lived a woman wonderful, 49 Me that ’ave been what I’ve been, 59 No doubt but ye are the People--your throne is above the King’s, 31 Not in the camp his victory lies, 23 Only two African kopjes, 82 Out o’ the wilderness, dusty an’ dry, 72 Peace is declared, an’ I return, 117 Smells are surer than sounds or sights, 95 Sudden the desert changes, 8 The bachelor ’e fights for one, 91 The General ’eard the firin’ on the flank, 98 There is a word you often see, pronounce it as you may, 113 There is a world outside the one you know, 110 The Word came down to Dives in Torment where he lay, 40 We’re foot--slog--slog--slog--sloggin’ over Africa!

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From this reading _First Published_ _September 1903_ _Second Edition_ _1903_ _Third Edition_ _1907_ _Fourth Edition_ _1908_ _Fifth and Sixth Editions_ _1909_ _Seventh Edition_ _1910_ _Eighth Edition_ _1911_ _Ninth Edition_ _1912_ _Tenth, Eleventh, Twelfth, and Thirteenth Editions_ _1913_ _Fourteenth Edition_ _1914_ _Fifteenth Edition (2 vols.)_ _1914_ PAGE At times when under cover I ’ave said, 86 Files, 17 God of our fathers, known of old, 121 ‘Here is nothing new nor aught unproven’ say the Trumpets, 1 Here, where my fresh-turned furrows run, 53 I do not love my Empire’s foes, 104 I wish my mother could see me now, with a fence-post under my arm, 64 Let us admit it fairly, as a business people should, 13 Lived a woman wonderful, 49 Me that ’ave been what I’ve been, 59 No doubt but ye are the People--your throne is above the King’s, 31 Not in the camp his victory lies, 23 Only two African kopjes, 82 Out o’ the wilderness, dusty an’ dry, 72 Peace is declared, an’ I return, 117 Smells are surer than sounds or sights, 95 Sudden the desert changes, 8 The bachelor ’e fights for one, 91 The General ’eard the firin’ on the flank, 98 There is a word you often see, pronounce it as you may, 113 There is a world outside the one you know, 110 The Word came down to Dives in Torment where he lay, 40 We’re foot--slog--slog--slog--sloggin’ over Africa!

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From this reading _First Published_ _September 1903_ _Second Edition_ _1903_ _Third Edition_ _1907_ _Fourth Edition_ _1908_ _Fifth and Sixth Editions_ _1909_ _Seventh Edition_ _1910_ _Eighth Edition_ _1911_ _Ninth Edition_ _1912_ _Tenth, Eleventh, Twelfth, and Thirteenth Editions_ _1913_ _Fourteenth Edition_ _1914_ _Fifteenth Edition (2 vols.)_ _1914_ PAGE At times when under cover I ’ave said, 86 Files, 17 God of our fathers, known of old, 121 ‘Here is nothing new nor aught unproven’ say the Trumpets, 1 Here, where my fresh-turned furrows run, 53 I do not love my Empire’s foes, 104 I wish my mother could see me now, with a fence-post under my arm, 64 Let us admit it fairly, as a business people should, 13 Lived a woman wonderful, 49 Me that ’ave been what I’ve been, 59 No doubt but ye are the People--your throne is above the King’s, 31 Not in the camp his victory lies, 23 Only two African kopjes, 82 Out o’ the wilderness, dusty an’ dry, 72 Peace is declared, an’ I return, 117 Smells are surer than sounds or sights, 95 Sudden the desert changes, 8 The bachelor ’e fights for one, 91 The General ’eard the firin’ on the flank, 98 There is a word you often see, pronounce it as you may, 113 There is a world outside the one you know, 110 The Word came down to Dives in Torment where he lay, 40 We’re foot--slog--slog--slog--sloggin’ over Africa!

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From this reading _First Published_ _September 1903_ _Second Edition_ _1903_ _Third Edition_ _1907_ _Fourth Edition_ _1908_ _Fifth and Sixth Editions_ _1909_ _Seventh Edition_ _1910_ _Eighth Edition_ _1911_ _Ninth Edition_ _1912_ _Tenth, Eleventh, Twelfth, and Thirteenth Editions_ _1913_ _Fourteenth Edition_ _1914_ _Fifteenth Edition (2 vols.)_ _1914_ PAGE At times when under cover I ’ave said, 86 Files, 17 God of our fathers, known of old, 121 ‘Here is nothing new nor aught unproven’ say the Trumpets, 1 Here, where my fresh-turned furrows run, 53 I do not love my Empire’s foes, 104 I wish my mother could see me now, with a fence-post under my arm, 64 Let us admit it fairly, as a business people should, 13 Lived a woman wonderful, 49 Me that ’ave been what I’ve been, 59 No doubt but ye are the People--your throne is above the King’s, 31 Not in the camp his victory lies, 23 Only two African kopjes, 82 Out o’ the wilderness, dusty an’ dry, 72 Peace is declared, an’ I return, 117 Smells are surer than sounds or sights, 95 Sudden the desert changes, 8 The bachelor ’e fights for one, 91 The General ’eard the firin’ on the flank, 98 There is a word you often see, pronounce it as you may, 113 There is a world outside the one you know, 110 The Word came down to Dives in Torment where he lay, 40 We’re foot--slog--slog--slog--sloggin’ over Africa!

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From this reading _First Published_ _September 1903_ _Second Edition_ _1903_ _Third Edition_ _1907_ _Fourth Edition_ _1908_ _Fifth and Sixth Editions_ _1909_ _Seventh Edition_ _1910_ _Eighth Edition_ _1911_ _Ninth Edition_ _1912_ _Tenth, Eleventh, Twelfth, and Thirteenth Editions_ _1913_ _Fourteenth Edition_ _1914_ _Fifteenth Edition (2 vols.)_ _1914_ PAGE At times when under cover I ’ave said, 86 Files, 17 God of our fathers, known of old, 121 ‘Here is nothing new nor aught unproven’ say the Trumpets, 1 Here, where my fresh-turned furrows run, 53 I do not love my Empire’s foes, 104 I wish my mother could see me now, with a fence-post under my arm, 64 Let us admit it fairly, as a business people should, 13 Lived a woman wonderful, 49 Me that ’ave been what I’ve been, 59 No doubt but ye are the People--your throne is above the King’s, 31 Not in the camp his victory lies, 23 Only two African kopjes, 82 Out o’ the wilderness, dusty an’ dry, 72 Peace is declared, an’ I return, 117 Smells are surer than sounds or sights, 95 Sudden the desert changes, 8 The bachelor ’e fights for one, 91 The General ’eard the firin’ on the flank, 98 There is a word you often see, pronounce it as you may, 113 There is a world outside the one you know, 110 The Word came down to Dives in Torment where he lay, 40 We’re foot--slog--slog--slog--sloggin’ over Africa!

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From this reading _First Published_ _September 1903_ _Second Edition_ _1903_ _Third Edition_ _1907_ _Fourth Edition_ _1908_ _Fifth and Sixth Editions_ _1909_ _Seventh Edition_ _1910_ _Eighth Edition_ _1911_ _Ninth Edition_ _1912_ _Tenth, Eleventh, Twelfth, and Thirteenth Editions_ _1913_ _Fourteenth Edition_ _1914_ _Fifteenth Edition (2 vols.)_ _1914_ PAGE At times when under cover I ’ave said, 86 Files, 17 God of our fathers, known of old, 121 ‘Here is nothing new nor aught unproven’ say the Trumpets, 1 Here, where my fresh-turned furrows run, 53 I do not love my Empire’s foes, 104 I wish my mother could see me now, with a fence-post under my arm, 64 Let us admit it fairly, as a business people should, 13 Lived a woman wonderful, 49 Me that ’ave been what I’ve been, 59 No doubt but ye are the People--your throne is above the King’s, 31 Not in the camp his victory lies, 23 Only two African kopjes, 82 Out o’ the wilderness, dusty an’ dry, 72 Peace is declared, an’ I return, 117 Smells are surer than sounds or sights, 95 Sudden the desert changes, 8 The bachelor ’e fights for one, 91 The General ’eard the firin’ on the flank, 98 There is a word you often see, pronounce it as you may, 113 There is a world outside the one you know, 110 The Word came down to Dives in Torment where he lay, 40 We’re foot--slog--slog--slog--sloggin’ over Africa!

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From this reading 36 ESSEX STREET W.C.

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From this reading _First Published_ _September 1903_ _Second Edition_ _1903_ _Third Edition_ _1907_ _Fourth Edition_ _1908_ _Fifth and Sixth Editions_ _1909_ _Seventh Edition_ _1910_ _Eighth Edition_ _1911_ _Ninth Edition_ _1912_ _Tenth, Eleventh, Twelfth, and Thirteenth Editions_ _1913_ _Fourteenth Edition_ _1914_ _Fifteenth Edition (2 vols.)_ _1914_ PAGE At times when under cover I ’ave said, 86 Files, 17 God of our fathers, known of old, 121 ‘Here is nothing new nor aught unproven’ say the Trumpets, 1 Here, where my fresh-turned furrows run, 53 I do not love my Empire’s foes, 104 I wish my mother could see me now, with a fence-post under my arm, 64 Let us admit it fairly, as a business people should, 13 Lived a woman wonderful, 49 Me that ’ave been what I’ve been, 59 No doubt but ye are the People--your throne is above the King’s, 31 Not in the camp his victory lies, 23 Only two African kopjes, 82 Out o’ the wilderness, dusty an’ dry, 72 Peace is declared, an’ I return, 117 Smells are surer than sounds or sights, 95 Sudden the desert changes, 8 The bachelor ’e fights for one, 91 The General ’eard the firin’ on the flank, 98 There is a word you often see, pronounce it as you may, 113 There is a world outside the one you know, 110 The Word came down to Dives in Torment where he lay, 40 We’re foot--slog--slog--slog--sloggin’ over Africa!

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From this reading _First Published_ _September 1903_ _Second Edition_ _1903_ _Third Edition_ _1907_ _Fourth Edition_ _1908_ _Fifth and Sixth Editions_ _1909_ _Seventh Edition_ _1910_ _Eighth Edition_ _1911_ _Ninth Edition_ _1912_ _Tenth, Eleventh, Twelfth, and Thirteenth Editions_ _1913_ _Fourteenth Edition_ _1914_ _Fifteenth Edition (2 vols.)_ _1914_ PAGE At times when under cover I ’ave said, 86 Files, 17 God of our fathers, known of old, 121 ‘Here is nothing new nor aught unproven’ say the Trumpets, 1 Here, where my fresh-turned furrows run, 53 I do not love my Empire’s foes, 104 I wish my mother could see me now, with a fence-post under my arm, 64 Let us admit it fairly, as a business people should, 13 Lived a woman wonderful, 49 Me that ’ave been what I’ve been, 59 No doubt but ye are the People--your throne is above the King’s, 31 Not in the camp his victory lies, 23 Only two African kopjes, 82 Out o’ the wilderness, dusty an’ dry, 72 Peace is declared, an’ I return, 117 Smells are surer than sounds or sights, 95 Sudden the desert changes, 8 The bachelor ’e fights for one, 91 The General ’eard the firin’ on the flank, 98 There is a word you often see, pronounce it as you may, 113 There is a world outside the one you know, 110 The Word came down to Dives in Torment where he lay, 40 We’re foot--slog--slog--slog--sloggin’ over Africa!

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From this reading _First Published_ _September 1903_ _Second Edition_ _1903_ _Third Edition_ _1907_ _Fourth Edition_ _1908_ _Fifth and Sixth Editions_ _1909_ _Seventh Edition_ _1910_ _Eighth Edition_ _1911_ _Ninth Edition_ _1912_ _Tenth, Eleventh, Twelfth, and Thirteenth Editions_ _1913_ _Fourteenth Edition_ _1914_ _Fifteenth Edition (2 vols.)_ _1914_ PAGE At times when under cover I ’ave said, 86 Files, 17 God of our fathers, known of old, 121 ‘Here is nothing new nor aught unproven’ say the Trumpets, 1 Here, where my fresh-turned furrows run, 53 I do not love my Empire’s foes, 104 I wish my mother could see me now, with a fence-post under my arm, 64 Let us admit it fairly, as a business people should, 13 Lived a woman wonderful, 49 Me that ’ave been what I’ve been, 59 No doubt but ye are the People--your throne is above the King’s, 31 Not in the camp his victory lies, 23 Only two African kopjes, 82 Out o’ the wilderness, dusty an’ dry, 72 Peace is declared, an’ I return, 117 Smells are surer than sounds or sights, 95 Sudden the desert changes, 8 The bachelor ’e fights for one, 91 The General ’eard the firin’ on the flank, 98 There is a word you often see, pronounce it as you may, 113 There is a world outside the one you know, 110 The Word came down to Dives in Torment where he lay, 40 We’re foot--slog--slog--slog--sloggin’ over Africa!

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From this reading _First Published_ _September 1903_ _Second Edition_ _1903_ _Third Edition_ _1907_ _Fourth Edition_ _1908_ _Fifth and Sixth Editions_ _1909_ _Seventh Edition_ _1910_ _Eighth Edition_ _1911_ _Ninth Edition_ _1912_ _Tenth, Eleventh, Twelfth, and Thirteenth Editions_ _1913_ _Fourteenth Edition_ _1914_ _Fifteenth Edition (2 vols.)_ _1914_ PAGE At times when under cover I ’ave said, 86 Files, 17 God of our fathers, known of old, 121 ‘Here is nothing new nor aught unproven’ say the Trumpets, 1 Here, where my fresh-turned furrows run, 53 I do not love my Empire’s foes, 104 I wish my mother could see me now, with a fence-post under my arm, 64 Let us admit it fairly, as a business people should, 13 Lived a woman wonderful, 49 Me that ’ave been what I’ve been, 59 No doubt but ye are the People--your throne is above the King’s, 31 Not in the camp his victory lies, 23 Only two African kopjes, 82 Out o’ the wilderness, dusty an’ dry, 72 Peace is declared, an’ I return, 117 Smells are surer than sounds or sights, 95 Sudden the desert changes, 8 The bachelor ’e fights for one, 91 The General ’eard the firin’ on the flank, 98 There is a word you often see, pronounce it as you may, 113 There is a world outside the one you know, 110 The Word came down to Dives in Torment where he lay, 40 We’re foot--slog--slog--slog--sloggin’ over Africa!

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From this reading _First Published_ _September 1903_ _Second Edition_ _1903_ _Third Edition_ _1907_ _Fourth Edition_ _1908_ _Fifth and Sixth Editions_ _1909_ _Seventh Edition_ _1910_ _Eighth Edition_ _1911_ _Ninth Edition_ _1912_ _Tenth, Eleventh, Twelfth, and Thirteenth Editions_ _1913_ _Fourteenth Edition_ _1914_ _Fifteenth Edition (2 vols.)_ _1914_ PAGE At times when under cover I ’ave said, 86 Files, 17 God of our fathers, known of old, 121 ‘Here is nothing new nor aught unproven’ say the Trumpets, 1 Here, where my fresh-turned furrows run, 53 I do not love my Empire’s foes, 104 I wish my mother could see me now, with a fence-post under my arm, 64 Let us admit it fairly, as a business people should, 13 Lived a woman wonderful, 49 Me that ’ave been what I’ve been, 59 No doubt but ye are the People--your throne is above the King’s, 31 Not in the camp his victory lies, 23 Only two African kopjes, 82 Out o’ the wilderness, dusty an’ dry, 72 Peace is declared, an’ I return, 117 Smells are surer than sounds or sights, 95 Sudden the desert changes, 8 The bachelor ’e fights for one, 91 The General ’eard the firin’ on the flank, 98 There is a word you often see, pronounce it as you may, 113 There is a world outside the one you know, 110 The Word came down to Dives in Torment where he lay, 40 We’re foot--slog--slog--slog--sloggin’ over Africa!

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From this reading _First Published_ _September 1903_ _Second Edition_ _1903_ _Third Edition_ _1907_ _Fourth Edition_ _1908_ _Fifth and Sixth Editions_ _1909_ _Seventh Edition_ _1910_ _Eighth Edition_ _1911_ _Ninth Edition_ _1912_ _Tenth, Eleventh, Twelfth, and Thirteenth Editions_ _1913_ _Fourteenth Edition_ _1914_ _Fifteenth Edition (2 vols.)_ _1914_ PAGE At times when under cover I ’ave said, 86 Files, 17 God of our fathers, known of old, 121 ‘Here is nothing new nor aught unproven’ say the Trumpets, 1 Here, where my fresh-turned furrows run, 53 I do not love my Empire’s foes, 104 I wish my mother could see me now, with a fence-post under my arm, 64 Let us admit it fairly, as a business people should, 13 Lived a woman wonderful, 49 Me that ’ave been what I’ve been, 59 No doubt but ye are the People--your throne is above the King’s, 31 Not in the camp his victory lies, 23 Only two African kopjes, 82 Out o’ the wilderness, dusty an’ dry, 72 Peace is declared, an’ I return, 117 Smells are surer than sounds or sights, 95 Sudden the desert changes, 8 The bachelor ’e fights for one, 91 The General ’eard the firin’ on the flank, 98 There is a word you often see, pronounce it as you may, 113 There is a world outside the one you know, 110 The Word came down to Dives in Torment where he lay, 40 We’re foot--slog--slog--slog--sloggin’ over Africa!

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From this reading _First Published_ _September 1903_ _Second Edition_ _1903_ _Third Edition_ _1907_ _Fourth Edition_ _1908_ _Fifth and Sixth Editions_ _1909_ _Seventh Edition_ _1910_ _Eighth Edition_ _1911_ _Ninth Edition_ _1912_ _Tenth, Eleventh, Twelfth, and Thirteenth Editions_ _1913_ _Fourteenth Edition_ _1914_ _Fifteenth Edition (2 vols.)_ _1914_ PAGE At times when under cover I ’ave said, 86 Files, 17 God of our fathers, known of old, 121 ‘Here is nothing new nor aught unproven’ say the Trumpets, 1 Here, where my fresh-turned furrows run, 53 I do not love my Empire’s foes, 104 I wish my mother could see me now, with a fence-post under my arm, 64 Let us admit it fairly, as a business people should, 13 Lived a woman wonderful, 49 Me that ’ave been what I’ve been, 59 No doubt but ye are the People--your throne is above the King’s, 31 Not in the camp his victory lies, 23 Only two African kopjes, 82 Out o’ the wilderness, dusty an’ dry, 72 Peace is declared, an’ I return, 117 Smells are surer than sounds or sights, 95 Sudden the desert changes, 8 The bachelor ’e fights for one, 91 The General ’eard the firin’ on the flank, 98 There is a word you often see, pronounce it as you may, 113 There is a world outside the one you know, 110 The Word came down to Dives in Torment where he lay, 40 We’re foot--slog--slog--slog--sloggin’ over Africa!

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From this reading _First Published_ _September 1903_ _Second Edition_ _1903_ _Third Edition_ _1907_ _Fourth Edition_ _1908_ _Fifth and Sixth Editions_ _1909_ _Seventh Edition_ _1910_ _Eighth Edition_ _1911_ _Ninth Edition_ _1912_ _Tenth, Eleventh, Twelfth, and Thirteenth Editions_ _1913_ _Fourteenth Edition_ _1914_ _Fifteenth Edition (2 vols.)_ _1914_ PAGE At times when under cover I ’ave said, 86 Files, 17 God of our fathers, known of old, 121 ‘Here is nothing new nor aught unproven’ say the Trumpets, 1 Here, where my fresh-turned furrows run, 53 I do not love my Empire’s foes, 104 I wish my mother could see me now, with a fence-post under my arm, 64 Let us admit it fairly, as a business people should, 13 Lived a woman wonderful, 49 Me that ’ave been what I’ve been, 59 No doubt but ye are the People--your throne is above the King’s, 31 Not in the camp his victory lies, 23 Only two African kopjes, 82 Out o’ the wilderness, dusty an’ dry, 72 Peace is declared, an’ I return, 117 Smells are surer than sounds or sights, 95 Sudden the desert changes, 8 The bachelor ’e fights for one, 91 The General ’eard the firin’ on the flank, 98 There is a word you often see, pronounce it as you may, 113 There is a world outside the one you know, 110 The Word came down to Dives in Torment where he lay, 40 We’re foot--slog--slog--slog--sloggin’ over Africa!

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From this reading _First Published_ _September 1903_ _Second Edition_ _1903_ _Third Edition_ _1907_ _Fourth Edition_ _1908_ _Fifth and Sixth Editions_ _1909_ _Seventh Edition_ _1910_ _Eighth Edition_ _1911_ _Ninth Edition_ _1912_ _Tenth, Eleventh, Twelfth, and Thirteenth Editions_ _1913_ _Fourteenth Edition_ _1914_ _Fifteenth Edition (2 vols.)_ _1914_ PAGE At times when under cover I ’ave said, 86 Files, 17 God of our fathers, known of old, 121 ‘Here is nothing new nor aught unproven’ say the Trumpets, 1 Here, where my fresh-turned furrows run, 53 I do not love my Empire’s foes, 104 I wish my mother could see me now, with a fence-post under my arm, 64 Let us admit it fairly, as a business people should, 13 Lived a woman wonderful, 49 Me that ’ave been what I’ve been, 59 No doubt but ye are the People--your throne is above the King’s, 31 Not in the camp his victory lies, 23 Only two African kopjes, 82 Out o’ the wilderness, dusty an’ dry, 72 Peace is declared, an’ I return, 117 Smells are surer than sounds or sights, 95 Sudden the desert changes, 8 The bachelor ’e fights for one, 91 The General ’eard the firin’ on the flank, 98 There is a word you often see, pronounce it as you may, 113 There is a world outside the one you know, 110 The Word came down to Dives in Torment where he lay, 40 We’re foot--slog--slog--slog--sloggin’ over Africa!

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From this reading _First Published_ _September 1903_ _Second Edition_ _1903_ _Third Edition_ _1907_ _Fourth Edition_ _1908_ _Fifth and Sixth Editions_ _1909_ _Seventh Edition_ _1910_ _Eighth Edition_ _1911_ _Ninth Edition_ _1912_ _Tenth, Eleventh, Twelfth, and Thirteenth Editions_ _1913_ _Fourteenth Edition_ _1914_ _Fifteenth Edition (2 vols.)_ _1914_ PAGE At times when under cover I ’ave said, 86 Files, 17 God of our fathers, known of old, 121 ‘Here is nothing new nor aught unproven’ say the Trumpets, 1 Here, where my fresh-turned furrows run, 53 I do not love my Empire’s foes, 104 I wish my mother could see me now, with a fence-post under my arm, 64 Let us admit it fairly, as a business people should, 13 Lived a woman wonderful, 49 Me that ’ave been what I’ve been, 59 No doubt but ye are the People--your throne is above the King’s, 31 Not in the camp his victory lies, 23 Only two African kopjes, 82 Out o’ the wilderness, dusty an’ dry, 72 Peace is declared, an’ I return, 117 Smells are surer than sounds or sights, 95 Sudden the desert changes, 8 The bachelor ’e fights for one, 91 The General ’eard the firin’ on the flank, 98 There is a word you often see, pronounce it as you may, 113 There is a world outside the one you know, 110 The Word came down to Dives in Torment where he lay, 40 We’re foot--slog--slog--slog--sloggin’ over Africa!

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From this reading _First Published_ _September 1903_ _Second Edition_ _1903_ _Third Edition_ _1907_ _Fourth Edition_ _1908_ _Fifth and Sixth Editions_ _1909_ _Seventh Edition_ _1910_ _Eighth Edition_ _1911_ _Ninth Edition_ _1912_ _Tenth, Eleventh, Twelfth, and Thirteenth Editions_ _1913_ _Fourteenth Edition_ _1914_ _Fifteenth Edition (2 vols.)_ _1914_ PAGE At times when under cover I ’ave said, 86 Files, 17 God of our fathers, known of old, 121 ‘Here is nothing new nor aught unproven’ say the Trumpets, 1 Here, where my fresh-turned furrows run, 53 I do not love my Empire’s foes, 104 I wish my mother could see me now, with a fence-post under my arm, 64 Let us admit it fairly, as a business people should, 13 Lived a woman wonderful, 49 Me that ’ave been what I’ve been, 59 No doubt but ye are the People--your throne is above the King’s, 31 Not in the camp his victory lies, 23 Only two African kopjes, 82 Out o’ the wilderness, dusty an’ dry, 72 Peace is declared, an’ I return, 117 Smells are surer than sounds or sights, 95 Sudden the desert changes, 8 The bachelor ’e fights for one, 91 The General ’eard the firin’ on the flank, 98 There is a word you often see, pronounce it as you may, 113 There is a world outside the one you know, 110 The Word came down to Dives in Torment where he lay, 40 We’re foot--slog--slog--slog--sloggin’ over Africa!

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From this reading _First Published_ _September 1903_ _Second Edition_ _1903_ _Third Edition_ _1907_ _Fourth Edition_ _1908_ _Fifth and Sixth Editions_ _1909_ _Seventh Edition_ _1910_ _Eighth Edition_ _1911_ _Ninth Edition_ _1912_ _Tenth, Eleventh, Twelfth, and Thirteenth Editions_ _1913_ _Fourteenth Edition_ _1914_ _Fifteenth Edition (2 vols.)_ _1914_ PAGE At times when under cover I ’ave said, 86 Files, 17 God of our fathers, known of old, 121 ‘Here is nothing new nor aught unproven’ say the Trumpets, 1 Here, where my fresh-turned furrows run, 53 I do not love my Empire’s foes, 104 I wish my mother could see me now, with a fence-post under my arm, 64 Let us admit it fairly, as a business people should, 13 Lived a woman wonderful, 49 Me that ’ave been what I’ve been, 59 No doubt but ye are the People--your throne is above the King’s, 31 Not in the camp his victory lies, 23 Only two African kopjes, 82 Out o’ the wilderness, dusty an’ dry, 72 Peace is declared, an’ I return, 117 Smells are surer than sounds or sights, 95 Sudden the desert changes, 8 The bachelor ’e fights for one, 91 The General ’eard the firin’ on the flank, 98 There is a word you often see, pronounce it as you may, 113 There is a world outside the one you know, 110 The Word came down to Dives in Torment where he lay, 40 We’re foot--slog--slog--slog--sloggin’ over Africa!

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

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higher than, or over, something

From this reading _First Published_ _September 1903_ _Second Edition_ _1903_ _Third Edition_ _1907_ _Fourth Edition_ _1908_ _Fifth and Sixth Editions_ _1909_ _Seventh Edition_ _1910_ _Eighth Edition_ _1911_ _Ninth Edition_ _1912_ _Tenth, Eleventh, Twelfth, and Thirteenth Editions_ _1913_ _Fourteenth Edition_ _1914_ _Fifteenth Edition (2 vols.)_ _1914_ PAGE At times when under cover I ’ave said, 86 Files, 17 God of our fathers, known of old, 121 ‘Here is nothing new nor aught unproven’ say the Trumpets, 1 Here, where my fresh-turned furrows run, 53 I do not love my Empire’s foes, 104 I wish my mother could see me now, with a fence-post under my arm, 64 Let us admit it fairly, as a business people should, 13 Lived a woman wonderful, 49 Me that ’ave been what I’ve been, 59 No doubt but ye are the People--your throne is above the King’s, 31 Not in the camp his victory lies, 23 Only two African kopjes, 82 Out o’ the wilderness, dusty an’ dry, 72 Peace is declared, an’ I return, 117 Smells are surer than sounds or sights, 95 Sudden the desert changes, 8 The bachelor ’e fights for one, 91 The General ’eard the firin’ on the flank, 98 There is a word you often see, pronounce it as you may, 113 There is a world outside the one you know, 110 The Word came down to Dives in Torment where he lay, 40 We’re foot--slog--slog--slog--sloggin’ over Africa!

an important story-specific word used in this passage

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From this reading _First Published_ _September 1903_ _Second Edition_ _1903_ _Third Edition_ _1907_ _Fourth Edition_ _1908_ _Fifth and Sixth Editions_ _1909_ _Seventh Edition_ _1910_ _Eighth Edition_ _1911_ _Ninth Edition_ _1912_ _Tenth, Eleventh, Twelfth, and Thirteenth Editions_ _1913_ _Fourteenth Edition_ _1914_ _Fifteenth Edition (2 vols.)_ _1914_ PAGE At times when under cover I ’ave said, 86 Files, 17 God of our fathers, known of old, 121 ‘Here is nothing new nor aught unproven’ say the Trumpets, 1 Here, where my fresh-turned furrows run, 53 I do not love my Empire’s foes, 104 I wish my mother could see me now, with a fence-post under my arm, 64 Let us admit it fairly, as a business people should, 13 Lived a woman wonderful, 49 Me that ’ave been what I’ve been, 59 No doubt but ye are the People--your throne is above the King’s, 31 Not in the camp his victory lies, 23 Only two African kopjes, 82 Out o’ the wilderness, dusty an’ dry, 72 Peace is declared, an’ I return, 117 Smells are surer than sounds or sights, 95 Sudden the desert changes, 8 The bachelor ’e fights for one, 91 The General ’eard the firin’ on the flank, 98 There is a word you often see, pronounce it as you may, 113 There is a world outside the one you know, 110 The Word came down to Dives in Torment where he lay, 40 We’re foot--slog--slog--slog--sloggin’ over Africa!

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From this reading _First Published_ _September 1903_ _Second Edition_ _1903_ _Third Edition_ _1907_ _Fourth Edition_ _1908_ _Fifth and Sixth Editions_ _1909_ _Seventh Edition_ _1910_ _Eighth Edition_ _1911_ _Ninth Edition_ _1912_ _Tenth, Eleventh, Twelfth, and Thirteenth Editions_ _1913_ _Fourteenth Edition_ _1914_ _Fifteenth Edition (2 vols.)_ _1914_ PAGE At times when under cover I ’ave said, 86 Files, 17 God of our fathers, known of old, 121 ‘Here is nothing new nor aught unproven’ say the Trumpets, 1 Here, where my fresh-turned furrows run, 53 I do not love my Empire’s foes, 104 I wish my mother could see me now, with a fence-post under my arm, 64 Let us admit it fairly, as a business people should, 13 Lived a woman wonderful, 49 Me that ’ave been what I’ve been, 59 No doubt but ye are the People--your throne is above the King’s, 31 Not in the camp his victory lies, 23 Only two African kopjes, 82 Out o’ the wilderness, dusty an’ dry, 72 Peace is declared, an’ I return, 117 Smells are surer than sounds or sights, 95 Sudden the desert changes, 8 The bachelor ’e fights for one, 91 The General ’eard the firin’ on the flank, 98 There is a word you often see, pronounce it as you may, 113 There is a world outside the one you know, 110 The Word came down to Dives in Torment where he lay, 40 We’re foot--slog--slog--slog--sloggin’ over Africa!

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From this reading _First Published_ _September 1903_ _Second Edition_ _1903_ _Third Edition_ _1907_ _Fourth Edition_ _1908_ _Fifth and Sixth Editions_ _1909_ _Seventh Edition_ _1910_ _Eighth Edition_ _1911_ _Ninth Edition_ _1912_ _Tenth, Eleventh, Twelfth, and Thirteenth Editions_ _1913_ _Fourteenth Edition_ _1914_ _Fifteenth Edition (2 vols.)_ _1914_ PAGE At times when under cover I ’ave said, 86 Files, 17 God of our fathers, known of old, 121 ‘Here is nothing new nor aught unproven’ say the Trumpets, 1 Here, where my fresh-turned furrows run, 53 I do not love my Empire’s foes, 104 I wish my mother could see me now, with a fence-post under my arm, 64 Let us admit it fairly, as a business people should, 13 Lived a woman wonderful, 49 Me that ’ave been what I’ve been, 59 No doubt but ye are the People--your throne is above the King’s, 31 Not in the camp his victory lies, 23 Only two African kopjes, 82 Out o’ the wilderness, dusty an’ dry, 72 Peace is declared, an’ I return, 117 Smells are surer than sounds or sights, 95 Sudden the desert changes, 8 The bachelor ’e fights for one, 91 The General ’eard the firin’ on the flank, 98 There is a word you often see, pronounce it as you may, 113 There is a world outside the one you know, 110 The Word came down to Dives in Torment where he lay, 40 We’re foot--slog--slog--slog--sloggin’ over Africa!

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the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound

From this reading _First Published_ _September 1903_ _Second Edition_ _1903_ _Third Edition_ _1907_ _Fourth Edition_ _1908_ _Fifth and Sixth Editions_ _1909_ _Seventh Edition_ _1910_ _Eighth Edition_ _1911_ _Ninth Edition_ _1912_ _Tenth, Eleventh, Twelfth, and Thirteenth Editions_ _1913_ _Fourteenth Edition_ _1914_ _Fifteenth Edition (2 vols.)_ _1914_ PAGE At times when under cover I ’ave said, 86 Files, 17 God of our fathers, known of old, 121 ‘Here is nothing new nor aught unproven’ say the Trumpets, 1 Here, where my fresh-turned furrows run, 53 I do not love my Empire’s foes, 104 I wish my mother could see me now, with a fence-post under my arm, 64 Let us admit it fairly, as a business people should, 13 Lived a woman wonderful, 49 Me that ’ave been what I’ve been, 59 No doubt but ye are the People--your throne is above the King’s, 31 Not in the camp his victory lies, 23 Only two African kopjes, 82 Out o’ the wilderness, dusty an’ dry, 72 Peace is declared, an’ I return, 117 Smells are surer than sounds or sights, 95 Sudden the desert changes, 8 The bachelor ’e fights for one, 91 The General ’eard the firin’ on the flank, 98 There is a word you often see, pronounce it as you may, 113 There is a world outside the one you know, 110 The Word came down to Dives in Torment where he lay, 40 We’re foot--slog--slog--slog--sloggin’ over Africa!

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

From this reading METHUEN AND CO., LTD.

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

From this reading _First Published_ _September 1903_ _Second Edition_ _1903_ _Third Edition_ _1907_ _Fourth Edition_ _1908_ _Fifth and Sixth Editions_ _1909_ _Seventh Edition_ _1910_ _Eighth Edition_ _1911_ _Ninth Edition_ _1912_ _Tenth, Eleventh, Twelfth, and Thirteenth Editions_ _1913_ _Fourteenth Edition_ _1914_ _Fifteenth Edition (2 vols.)_ _1914_ PAGE At times when under cover I ’ave said, 86 Files, 17 God of our fathers, known of old, 121 ‘Here is nothing new nor aught unproven’ say the Trumpets, 1 Here, where my fresh-turned furrows run, 53 I do not love my Empire’s foes, 104 I wish my mother could see me now, with a fence-post under my arm, 64 Let us admit it fairly, as a business people should, 13 Lived a woman wonderful, 49 Me that ’ave been what I’ve been, 59 No doubt but ye are the People--your throne is above the King’s, 31 Not in the camp his victory lies, 23 Only two African kopjes, 82 Out o’ the wilderness, dusty an’ dry, 72 Peace is declared, an’ I return, 117 Smells are surer than sounds or sights, 95 Sudden the desert changes, 8 The bachelor ’e fights for one, 91 The General ’eard the firin’ on the flank, 98 There is a word you often see, pronounce it as you may, 113 There is a world outside the one you know, 110 The Word came down to Dives in Torment where he lay, 40 We’re foot--slog--slog--slog--sloggin’ over Africa!

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From this reading _First Published_ _September 1903_ _Second Edition_ _1903_ _Third Edition_ _1907_ _Fourth Edition_ _1908_ _Fifth and Sixth Editions_ _1909_ _Seventh Edition_ _1910_ _Eighth Edition_ _1911_ _Ninth Edition_ _1912_ _Tenth, Eleventh, Twelfth, and Thirteenth Editions_ _1913_ _Fourteenth Edition_ _1914_ _Fifteenth Edition (2 vols.)_ _1914_ PAGE At times when under cover I ’ave said, 86 Files, 17 God of our fathers, known of old, 121 ‘Here is nothing new nor aught unproven’ say the Trumpets, 1 Here, where my fresh-turned furrows run, 53 I do not love my Empire’s foes, 104 I wish my mother could see me now, with a fence-post under my arm, 64 Let us admit it fairly, as a business people should, 13 Lived a woman wonderful, 49 Me that ’ave been what I’ve been, 59 No doubt but ye are the People--your throne is above the King’s, 31 Not in the camp his victory lies, 23 Only two African kopjes, 82 Out o’ the wilderness, dusty an’ dry, 72 Peace is declared, an’ I return, 117 Smells are surer than sounds or sights, 95 Sudden the desert changes, 8 The bachelor ’e fights for one, 91 The General ’eard the firin’ on the flank, 98 There is a word you often see, pronounce it as you may, 113 There is a world outside the one you know, 110 The Word came down to Dives in Torment where he lay, 40 We’re foot--slog--slog--slog--sloggin’ over Africa!

at the same time that; because; in the way that

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in or near a particular place or position

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From this reading _First Published_ _September 1903_ _Second Edition_ _1903_ _Third Edition_ _1907_ _Fourth Edition_ _1908_ _Fifth and Sixth Editions_ _1909_ _Seventh Edition_ _1910_ _Eighth Edition_ _1911_ _Ninth Edition_ _1912_ _Tenth, Eleventh, Twelfth, and Thirteenth Editions_ _1913_ _Fourteenth Edition_ _1914_ _Fifteenth Edition (2 vols.)_ _1914_ PAGE At times when under cover I ’ave said, 86 Files, 17 God of our fathers, known of old, 121 ‘Here is nothing new nor aught unproven’ say the Trumpets, 1 Here, where my fresh-turned furrows run, 53 I do not love my Empire’s foes, 104 I wish my mother could see me now, with a fence-post under my arm, 64 Let us admit it fairly, as a business people should, 13 Lived a woman wonderful, 49 Me that ’ave been what I’ve been, 59 No doubt but ye are the People--your throne is above the King’s, 31 Not in the camp his victory lies, 23 Only two African kopjes, 82 Out o’ the wilderness, dusty an’ dry, 72 Peace is declared, an’ I return, 117 Smells are surer than sounds or sights, 95 Sudden the desert changes, 8 The bachelor ’e fights for one, 91 The General ’eard the firin’ on the flank, 98 There is a word you often see, pronounce it as you may, 113 There is a world outside the one you know, 110 The Word came down to Dives in Torment where he lay, 40 We’re foot--slog--slog--slog--sloggin’ over Africa!

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From this reading _First Published_ _September 1903_ _Second Edition_ _1903_ _Third Edition_ _1907_ _Fourth Edition_ _1908_ _Fifth and Sixth Editions_ _1909_ _Seventh Edition_ _1910_ _Eighth Edition_ _1911_ _Ninth Edition_ _1912_ _Tenth, Eleventh, Twelfth, and Thirteenth Editions_ _1913_ _Fourteenth Edition_ _1914_ _Fifteenth Edition (2 vols.)_ _1914_ PAGE At times when under cover I ’ave said, 86 Files, 17 God of our fathers, known of old, 121 ‘Here is nothing new nor aught unproven’ say the Trumpets, 1 Here, where my fresh-turned furrows run, 53 I do not love my Empire’s foes, 104 I wish my mother could see me now, with a fence-post under my arm, 64 Let us admit it fairly, as a business people should, 13 Lived a woman wonderful, 49 Me that ’ave been what I’ve been, 59 No doubt but ye are the People--your throne is above the King’s, 31 Not in the camp his victory lies, 23 Only two African kopjes, 82 Out o’ the wilderness, dusty an’ dry, 72 Peace is declared, an’ I return, 117 Smells are surer than sounds or sights, 95 Sudden the desert changes, 8 The bachelor ’e fights for one, 91 The General ’eard the firin’ on the flank, 98 There is a word you often see, pronounce it as you may, 113 There is a world outside the one you know, 110 The Word came down to Dives in Torment where he lay, 40 We’re foot--slog--slog--slog--sloggin’ over Africa!

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From this reading _First Published_ _September 1903_ _Second Edition_ _1903_ _Third Edition_ _1907_ _Fourth Edition_ _1908_ _Fifth and Sixth Editions_ _1909_ _Seventh Edition_ _1910_ _Eighth Edition_ _1911_ _Ninth Edition_ _1912_ _Tenth, Eleventh, Twelfth, and Thirteenth Editions_ _1913_ _Fourteenth Edition_ _1914_ _Fifteenth Edition (2 vols.)_ _1914_ PAGE At times when under cover I ’ave said, 86 Files, 17 God of our fathers, known of old, 121 ‘Here is nothing new nor aught unproven’ say the Trumpets, 1 Here, where my fresh-turned furrows run, 53 I do not love my Empire’s foes, 104 I wish my mother could see me now, with a fence-post under my arm, 64 Let us admit it fairly, as a business people should, 13 Lived a woman wonderful, 49 Me that ’ave been what I’ve been, 59 No doubt but ye are the People--your throne is above the King’s, 31 Not in the camp his victory lies, 23 Only two African kopjes, 82 Out o’ the wilderness, dusty an’ dry, 72 Peace is declared, an’ I return, 117 Smells are surer than sounds or sights, 95 Sudden the desert changes, 8 The bachelor ’e fights for one, 91 The General ’eard the firin’ on the flank, 98 There is a word you often see, pronounce it as you may, 113 There is a world outside the one you know, 110 The Word came down to Dives in Torment where he lay, 40 We’re foot--slog--slog--slog--sloggin’ over Africa!

the past participle of “be”

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

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From this reading _First Published_ _September 1903_ _Second Edition_ _1903_ _Third Edition_ _1907_ _Fourth Edition_ _1908_ _Fifth and Sixth Editions_ _1909_ _Seventh Edition_ _1910_ _Eighth Edition_ _1911_ _Ninth Edition_ _1912_ _Tenth, Eleventh, Twelfth, and Thirteenth Editions_ _1913_ _Fourteenth Edition_ _1914_ _Fifteenth Edition (2 vols.)_ _1914_ PAGE At times when under cover I ’ave said, 86 Files, 17 God of our fathers, known of old, 121 ‘Here is nothing new nor aught unproven’ say the Trumpets, 1 Here, where my fresh-turned furrows run, 53 I do not love my Empire’s foes, 104 I wish my mother could see me now, with a fence-post under my arm, 64 Let us admit it fairly, as a business people should, 13 Lived a woman wonderful, 49 Me that ’ave been what I’ve been, 59 No doubt but ye are the People--your throne is above the King’s, 31 Not in the camp his victory lies, 23 Only two African kopjes, 82 Out o’ the wilderness, dusty an’ dry, 72 Peace is declared, an’ I return, 117 Smells are surer than sounds or sights, 95 Sudden the desert changes, 8 The bachelor ’e fights for one, 91 The General ’eard the firin’ on the flank, 98 There is a word you often see, pronounce it as you may, 113 There is a world outside the one you know, 110 The Word came down to Dives in Torment where he lay, 40 We’re foot--slog--slog--slog--sloggin’ over Africa!

used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before

From this reading _First Published_ _September 1903_ _Second Edition_ _1903_ _Third Edition_ _1907_ _Fourth Edition_ _1908_ _Fifth and Sixth Editions_ _1909_ _Seventh Edition_ _1910_ _Eighth Edition_ _1911_ _Ninth Edition_ _1912_ _Tenth, Eleventh, Twelfth, and Thirteenth Editions_ _1913_ _Fourteenth Edition_ _1914_ _Fifteenth Edition (2 vols.)_ _1914_ PAGE At times when under cover I ’ave said, 86 Files, 17 God of our fathers, known of old, 121 ‘Here is nothing new nor aught unproven’ say the Trumpets, 1 Here, where my fresh-turned furrows run, 53 I do not love my Empire’s foes, 104 I wish my mother could see me now, with a fence-post under my arm, 64 Let us admit it fairly, as a business people should, 13 Lived a woman wonderful, 49 Me that ’ave been what I’ve been, 59 No doubt but ye are the People--your throne is above the King’s, 31 Not in the camp his victory lies, 23 Only two African kopjes, 82 Out o’ the wilderness, dusty an’ dry, 72 Peace is declared, an’ I return, 117 Smells are surer than sounds or sights, 95 Sudden the desert changes, 8 The bachelor ’e fights for one, 91 The General ’eard the firin’ on the flank, 98 There is a word you often see, pronounce it as you may, 113 There is a world outside the one you know, 110 The Word came down to Dives in Torment where he lay, 40 We’re foot--slog--slog--slog--sloggin’ over Africa!

showing who or what does the action

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From this reading 36 ESSEX STREET W.C.

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From this reading _First Published_ _September 1903_ _Second Edition_ _1903_ _Third Edition_ _1907_ _Fourth Edition_ _1908_ _Fifth and Sixth Editions_ _1909_ _Seventh Edition_ _1910_ _Eighth Edition_ _1911_ _Ninth Edition_ _1912_ _Tenth, Eleventh, Twelfth, and Thirteenth Editions_ _1913_ _Fourteenth Edition_ _1914_ _Fifteenth Edition (2 vols.)_ _1914_ PAGE At times when under cover I ’ave said, 86 Files, 17 God of our fathers, known of old, 121 ‘Here is nothing new nor aught unproven’ say the Trumpets, 1 Here, where my fresh-turned furrows run, 53 I do not love my Empire’s foes, 104 I wish my mother could see me now, with a fence-post under my arm, 64 Let us admit it fairly, as a business people should, 13 Lived a woman wonderful, 49 Me that ’ave been what I’ve been, 59 No doubt but ye are the People--your throne is above the King’s, 31 Not in the camp his victory lies, 23 Only two African kopjes, 82 Out o’ the wilderness, dusty an’ dry, 72 Peace is declared, an’ I return, 117 Smells are surer than sounds or sights, 95 Sudden the desert changes, 8 The bachelor ’e fights for one, 91 The General ’eard the firin’ on the flank, 98 There is a word you often see, pronounce it as you may, 113 There is a world outside the one you know, 110 The Word came down to Dives in Torment where he lay, 40 We’re foot--slog--slog--slog--sloggin’ over Africa!

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From this reading _First Published_ _September 1903_ _Second Edition_ _1903_ _Third Edition_ _1907_ _Fourth Edition_ _1908_ _Fifth and Sixth Editions_ _1909_ _Seventh Edition_ _1910_ _Eighth Edition_ _1911_ _Ninth Edition_ _1912_ _Tenth, Eleventh, Twelfth, and Thirteenth Editions_ _1913_ _Fourteenth Edition_ _1914_ _Fifteenth Edition (2 vols.)_ _1914_ PAGE At times when under cover I ’ave said, 86 Files, 17 God of our fathers, known of old, 121 ‘Here is nothing new nor aught unproven’ say the Trumpets, 1 Here, where my fresh-turned furrows run, 53 I do not love my Empire’s foes, 104 I wish my mother could see me now, with a fence-post under my arm, 64 Let us admit it fairly, as a business people should, 13 Lived a woman wonderful, 49 Me that ’ave been what I’ve been, 59 No doubt but ye are the People--your throne is above the King’s, 31 Not in the camp his victory lies, 23 Only two African kopjes, 82 Out o’ the wilderness, dusty an’ dry, 72 Peace is declared, an’ I return, 117 Smells are surer than sounds or sights, 95 Sudden the desert changes, 8 The bachelor ’e fights for one, 91 The General ’eard the firin’ on the flank, 98 There is a word you often see, pronounce it as you may, 113 There is a world outside the one you know, 110 The Word came down to Dives in Torment where he lay, 40 We’re foot--slog--slog--slog--sloggin’ over Africa!

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From this reading _First Published_ _September 1903_ _Second Edition_ _1903_ _Third Edition_ _1907_ _Fourth Edition_ _1908_ _Fifth and Sixth Editions_ _1909_ _Seventh Edition_ _1910_ _Eighth Edition_ _1911_ _Ninth Edition_ _1912_ _Tenth, Eleventh, Twelfth, and Thirteenth Editions_ _1913_ _Fourteenth Edition_ _1914_ _Fifteenth Edition (2 vols.)_ _1914_ PAGE At times when under cover I ’ave said, 86 Files, 17 God of our fathers, known of old, 121 ‘Here is nothing new nor aught unproven’ say the Trumpets, 1 Here, where my fresh-turned furrows run, 53 I do not love my Empire’s foes, 104 I wish my mother could see me now, with a fence-post under my arm, 64 Let us admit it fairly, as a business people should, 13 Lived a woman wonderful, 49 Me that ’ave been what I’ve been, 59 No doubt but ye are the People--your throne is above the King’s, 31 Not in the camp his victory lies, 23 Only two African kopjes, 82 Out o’ the wilderness, dusty an’ dry, 72 Peace is declared, an’ I return, 117 Smells are surer than sounds or sights, 95 Sudden the desert changes, 8 The bachelor ’e fights for one, 91 The General ’eard the firin’ on the flank, 98 There is a word you often see, pronounce it as you may, 113 There is a world outside the one you know, 110 The Word came down to Dives in Torment where he lay, 40 We’re foot--slog--slog--slog--sloggin’ over Africa!

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From this reading METHUEN AND CO., LTD.

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

From this reading _First Published_ _September 1903_ _Second Edition_ _1903_ _Third Edition_ _1907_ _Fourth Edition_ _1908_ _Fifth and Sixth Editions_ _1909_ _Seventh Edition_ _1910_ _Eighth Edition_ _1911_ _Ninth Edition_ _1912_ _Tenth, Eleventh, Twelfth, and Thirteenth Editions_ _1913_ _Fourteenth Edition_ _1914_ _Fifteenth Edition (2 vols.)_ _1914_ PAGE At times when under cover I ’ave said, 86 Files, 17 God of our fathers, known of old, 121 ‘Here is nothing new nor aught unproven’ say the Trumpets, 1 Here, where my fresh-turned furrows run, 53 I do not love my Empire’s foes, 104 I wish my mother could see me now, with a fence-post under my arm, 64 Let us admit it fairly, as a business people should, 13 Lived a woman wonderful, 49 Me that ’ave been what I’ve been, 59 No doubt but ye are the People--your throne is above the King’s, 31 Not in the camp his victory lies, 23 Only two African kopjes, 82 Out o’ the wilderness, dusty an’ dry, 72 Peace is declared, an’ I return, 117 Smells are surer than sounds or sights, 95 Sudden the desert changes, 8 The bachelor ’e fights for one, 91 The General ’eard the firin’ on the flank, 98 There is a word you often see, pronounce it as you may, 113 There is a world outside the one you know, 110 The Word came down to Dives in Torment where he lay, 40 We’re foot--slog--slog--slog--sloggin’ over Africa!

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From this reading _First Published_ _September 1903_ _Second Edition_ _1903_ _Third Edition_ _1907_ _Fourth Edition_ _1908_ _Fifth and Sixth Editions_ _1909_ _Seventh Edition_ _1910_ _Eighth Edition_ _1911_ _Ninth Edition_ _1912_ _Tenth, Eleventh, Twelfth, and Thirteenth Editions_ _1913_ _Fourteenth Edition_ _1914_ _Fifteenth Edition (2 vols.)_ _1914_ PAGE At times when under cover I ’ave said, 86 Files, 17 God of our fathers, known of old, 121 ‘Here is nothing new nor aught unproven’ say the Trumpets, 1 Here, where my fresh-turned furrows run, 53 I do not love my Empire’s foes, 104 I wish my mother could see me now, with a fence-post under my arm, 64 Let us admit it fairly, as a business people should, 13 Lived a woman wonderful, 49 Me that ’ave been what I’ve been, 59 No doubt but ye are the People--your throne is above the King’s, 31 Not in the camp his victory lies, 23 Only two African kopjes, 82 Out o’ the wilderness, dusty an’ dry, 72 Peace is declared, an’ I return, 117 Smells are surer than sounds or sights, 95 Sudden the desert changes, 8 The bachelor ’e fights for one, 91 The General ’eard the firin’ on the flank, 98 There is a word you often see, pronounce it as you may, 113 There is a world outside the one you know, 110 The Word came down to Dives in Torment where he lay, 40 We’re foot--slog--slog--slog--sloggin’ over Africa!

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From this reading _First Published_ _September 1903_ _Second Edition_ _1903_ _Third Edition_ _1907_ _Fourth Edition_ _1908_ _Fifth and Sixth Editions_ _1909_ _Seventh Edition_ _1910_ _Eighth Edition_ _1911_ _Ninth Edition_ _1912_ _Tenth, Eleventh, Twelfth, and Thirteenth Editions_ _1913_ _Fourteenth Edition_ _1914_ _Fifteenth Edition (2 vols.)_ _1914_ PAGE At times when under cover I ’ave said, 86 Files, 17 God of our fathers, known of old, 121 ‘Here is nothing new nor aught unproven’ say the Trumpets, 1 Here, where my fresh-turned furrows run, 53 I do not love my Empire’s foes, 104 I wish my mother could see me now, with a fence-post under my arm, 64 Let us admit it fairly, as a business people should, 13 Lived a woman wonderful, 49 Me that ’ave been what I’ve been, 59 No doubt but ye are the People--your throne is above the King’s, 31 Not in the camp his victory lies, 23 Only two African kopjes, 82 Out o’ the wilderness, dusty an’ dry, 72 Peace is declared, an’ I return, 117 Smells are surer than sounds or sights, 95 Sudden the desert changes, 8 The bachelor ’e fights for one, 91 The General ’eard the firin’ on the flank, 98 There is a word you often see, pronounce it as you may, 113 There is a world outside the one you know, 110 The Word came down to Dives in Torment where he lay, 40 We’re foot--slog--slog--slog--sloggin’ over Africa!

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From this reading _First Published_ _September 1903_ _Second Edition_ _1903_ _Third Edition_ _1907_ _Fourth Edition_ _1908_ _Fifth and Sixth Editions_ _1909_ _Seventh Edition_ _1910_ _Eighth Edition_ _1911_ _Ninth Edition_ _1912_ _Tenth, Eleventh, Twelfth, and Thirteenth Editions_ _1913_ _Fourteenth Edition_ _1914_ _Fifteenth Edition (2 vols.)_ _1914_ PAGE At times when under cover I ’ave said, 86 Files, 17 God of our fathers, known of old, 121 ‘Here is nothing new nor aught unproven’ say the Trumpets, 1 Here, where my fresh-turned furrows run, 53 I do not love my Empire’s foes, 104 I wish my mother could see me now, with a fence-post under my arm, 64 Let us admit it fairly, as a business people should, 13 Lived a woman wonderful, 49 Me that ’ave been what I’ve been, 59 No doubt but ye are the People--your throne is above the King’s, 31 Not in the camp his victory lies, 23 Only two African kopjes, 82 Out o’ the wilderness, dusty an’ dry, 72 Peace is declared, an’ I return, 117 Smells are surer than sounds or sights, 95 Sudden the desert changes, 8 The bachelor ’e fights for one, 91 The General ’eard the firin’ on the flank, 98 There is a word you often see, pronounce it as you may, 113 There is a world outside the one you know, 110 The Word came down to Dives in Torment where he lay, 40 We’re foot--slog--slog--slog--sloggin’ over Africa!

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From this reading _First Published_ _September 1903_ _Second Edition_ _1903_ _Third Edition_ _1907_ _Fourth Edition_ _1908_ _Fifth and Sixth Editions_ _1909_ _Seventh Edition_ _1910_ _Eighth Edition_ _1911_ _Ninth Edition_ _1912_ _Tenth, Eleventh, Twelfth, and Thirteenth Editions_ _1913_ _Fourteenth Edition_ _1914_ _Fifteenth Edition (2 vols.)_ _1914_ PAGE At times when under cover I ’ave said, 86 Files, 17 God of our fathers, known of old, 121 ‘Here is nothing new nor aught unproven’ say the Trumpets, 1 Here, where my fresh-turned furrows run, 53 I do not love my Empire’s foes, 104 I wish my mother could see me now, with a fence-post under my arm, 64 Let us admit it fairly, as a business people should, 13 Lived a woman wonderful, 49 Me that ’ave been what I’ve been, 59 No doubt but ye are the People--your throne is above the King’s, 31 Not in the camp his victory lies, 23 Only two African kopjes, 82 Out o’ the wilderness, dusty an’ dry, 72 Peace is declared, an’ I return, 117 Smells are surer than sounds or sights, 95 Sudden the desert changes, 8 The bachelor ’e fights for one, 91 The General ’eard the firin’ on the flank, 98 There is a word you often see, pronounce it as you may, 113 There is a world outside the one you know, 110 The Word came down to Dives in Torment where he lay, 40 We’re foot--slog--slog--slog--sloggin’ over Africa!

used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis

From this reading _First Published_ _September 1903_ _Second Edition_ _1903_ _Third Edition_ _1907_ _Fourth Edition_ _1908_ _Fifth and Sixth Editions_ _1909_ _Seventh Edition_ _1910_ _Eighth Edition_ _1911_ _Ninth Edition_ _1912_ _Tenth, Eleventh, Twelfth, and Thirteenth Editions_ _1913_ _Fourteenth Edition_ _1914_ _Fifteenth Edition (2 vols.)_ _1914_ PAGE At times when under cover I ’ave said, 86 Files, 17 God of our fathers, known of old, 121 ‘Here is nothing new nor aught unproven’ say the Trumpets, 1 Here, where my fresh-turned furrows run, 53 I do not love my Empire’s foes, 104 I wish my mother could see me now, with a fence-post under my arm, 64 Let us admit it fairly, as a business people should, 13 Lived a woman wonderful, 49 Me that ’ave been what I’ve been, 59 No doubt but ye are the People--your throne is above the King’s, 31 Not in the camp his victory lies, 23 Only two African kopjes, 82 Out o’ the wilderness, dusty an’ dry, 72 Peace is declared, an’ I return, 117 Smells are surer than sounds or sights, 95 Sudden the desert changes, 8 The bachelor ’e fights for one, 91 The General ’eard the firin’ on the flank, 98 There is a word you often see, pronounce it as you may, 113 There is a world outside the one you know, 110 The Word came down to Dives in Torment where he lay, 40 We’re foot--slog--slog--slog--sloggin’ over Africa!

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From this reading _First Published_ _September 1903_ _Second Edition_ _1903_ _Third Edition_ _1907_ _Fourth Edition_ _1908_ _Fifth and Sixth Editions_ _1909_ _Seventh Edition_ _1910_ _Eighth Edition_ _1911_ _Ninth Edition_ _1912_ _Tenth, Eleventh, Twelfth, and Thirteenth Editions_ _1913_ _Fourteenth Edition_ _1914_ _Fifteenth Edition (2 vols.)_ _1914_ PAGE At times when under cover I ’ave said, 86 Files, 17 God of our fathers, known of old, 121 ‘Here is nothing new nor aught unproven’ say the Trumpets, 1 Here, where my fresh-turned furrows run, 53 I do not love my Empire’s foes, 104 I wish my mother could see me now, with a fence-post under my arm, 64 Let us admit it fairly, as a business people should, 13 Lived a woman wonderful, 49 Me that ’ave been what I’ve been, 59 No doubt but ye are the People--your throne is above the King’s, 31 Not in the camp his victory lies, 23 Only two African kopjes, 82 Out o’ the wilderness, dusty an’ dry, 72 Peace is declared, an’ I return, 117 Smells are surer than sounds or sights, 95 Sudden the desert changes, 8 The bachelor ’e fights for one, 91 The General ’eard the firin’ on the flank, 98 There is a word you often see, pronounce it as you may, 113 There is a world outside the one you know, 110 The Word came down to Dives in Torment where he lay, 40 We’re foot--slog--slog--slog--sloggin’ over Africa!

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From this reading _First Published_ _September 1903_ _Second Edition_ _1903_ _Third Edition_ _1907_ _Fourth Edition_ _1908_ _Fifth and Sixth Editions_ _1909_ _Seventh Edition_ _1910_ _Eighth Edition_ _1911_ _Ninth Edition_ _1912_ _Tenth, Eleventh, Twelfth, and Thirteenth Editions_ _1913_ _Fourteenth Edition_ _1914_ _Fifteenth Edition (2 vols.)_ _1914_ PAGE At times when under cover I ’ave said, 86 Files, 17 God of our fathers, known of old, 121 ‘Here is nothing new nor aught unproven’ say the Trumpets, 1 Here, where my fresh-turned furrows run, 53 I do not love my Empire’s foes, 104 I wish my mother could see me now, with a fence-post under my arm, 64 Let us admit it fairly, as a business people should, 13 Lived a woman wonderful, 49 Me that ’ave been what I’ve been, 59 No doubt but ye are the People--your throne is above the King’s, 31 Not in the camp his victory lies, 23 Only two African kopjes, 82 Out o’ the wilderness, dusty an’ dry, 72 Peace is declared, an’ I return, 117 Smells are surer than sounds or sights, 95 Sudden the desert changes, 8 The bachelor ’e fights for one, 91 The General ’eard the firin’ on the flank, 98 There is a word you often see, pronounce it as you may, 113 There is a world outside the one you know, 110 The Word came down to Dives in Torment where he lay, 40 We’re foot--slog--slog--slog--sloggin’ over Africa!

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From this reading _First Published_ _September 1903_ _Second Edition_ _1903_ _Third Edition_ _1907_ _Fourth Edition_ _1908_ _Fifth and Sixth Editions_ _1909_ _Seventh Edition_ _1910_ _Eighth Edition_ _1911_ _Ninth Edition_ _1912_ _Tenth, Eleventh, Twelfth, and Thirteenth Editions_ _1913_ _Fourteenth Edition_ _1914_ _Fifteenth Edition (2 vols.)_ _1914_ PAGE At times when under cover I ’ave said, 86 Files, 17 God of our fathers, known of old, 121 ‘Here is nothing new nor aught unproven’ say the Trumpets, 1 Here, where my fresh-turned furrows run, 53 I do not love my Empire’s foes, 104 I wish my mother could see me now, with a fence-post under my arm, 64 Let us admit it fairly, as a business people should, 13 Lived a woman wonderful, 49 Me that ’ave been what I’ve been, 59 No doubt but ye are the People--your throne is above the King’s, 31 Not in the camp his victory lies, 23 Only two African kopjes, 82 Out o’ the wilderness, dusty an’ dry, 72 Peace is declared, an’ I return, 117 Smells are surer than sounds or sights, 95 Sudden the desert changes, 8 The bachelor ’e fights for one, 91 The General ’eard the firin’ on the flank, 98 There is a word you often see, pronounce it as you may, 113 There is a world outside the one you know, 110 The Word came down to Dives in Torment where he lay, 40 We’re foot--slog--slog--slog--sloggin’ over Africa!

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From this reading _First Published_ _September 1903_ _Second Edition_ _1903_ _Third Edition_ _1907_ _Fourth Edition_ _1908_ _Fifth and Sixth Editions_ _1909_ _Seventh Edition_ _1910_ _Eighth Edition_ _1911_ _Ninth Edition_ _1912_ _Tenth, Eleventh, Twelfth, and Thirteenth Editions_ _1913_ _Fourteenth Edition_ _1914_ _Fifteenth Edition (2 vols.)_ _1914_ PAGE At times when under cover I ’ave said, 86 Files, 17 God of our fathers, known of old, 121 ‘Here is nothing new nor aught unproven’ say the Trumpets, 1 Here, where my fresh-turned furrows run, 53 I do not love my Empire’s foes, 104 I wish my mother could see me now, with a fence-post under my arm, 64 Let us admit it fairly, as a business people should, 13 Lived a woman wonderful, 49 Me that ’ave been what I’ve been, 59 No doubt but ye are the People--your throne is above the King’s, 31 Not in the camp his victory lies, 23 Only two African kopjes, 82 Out o’ the wilderness, dusty an’ dry, 72 Peace is declared, an’ I return, 117 Smells are surer than sounds or sights, 95 Sudden the desert changes, 8 The bachelor ’e fights for one, 91 The General ’eard the firin’ on the flank, 98 There is a word you often see, pronounce it as you may, 113 There is a world outside the one you know, 110 The Word came down to Dives in Torment where he lay, 40 We’re foot--slog--slog--slog--sloggin’ over Africa!

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From this reading _First Published_ _September 1903_ _Second Edition_ _1903_ _Third Edition_ _1907_ _Fourth Edition_ _1908_ _Fifth and Sixth Editions_ _1909_ _Seventh Edition_ _1910_ _Eighth Edition_ _1911_ _Ninth Edition_ _1912_ _Tenth, Eleventh, Twelfth, and Thirteenth Editions_ _1913_ _Fourteenth Edition_ _1914_ _Fifteenth Edition (2 vols.)_ _1914_ PAGE At times when under cover I ’ave said, 86 Files, 17 God of our fathers, known of old, 121 ‘Here is nothing new nor aught unproven’ say the Trumpets, 1 Here, where my fresh-turned furrows run, 53 I do not love my Empire’s foes, 104 I wish my mother could see me now, with a fence-post under my arm, 64 Let us admit it fairly, as a business people should, 13 Lived a woman wonderful, 49 Me that ’ave been what I’ve been, 59 No doubt but ye are the People--your throne is above the King’s, 31 Not in the camp his victory lies, 23 Only two African kopjes, 82 Out o’ the wilderness, dusty an’ dry, 72 Peace is declared, an’ I return, 117 Smells are surer than sounds or sights, 95 Sudden the desert changes, 8 The bachelor ’e fights for one, 91 The General ’eard the firin’ on the flank, 98 There is a word you often see, pronounce it as you may, 113 There is a world outside the one you know, 110 The Word came down to Dives in Torment where he lay, 40 We’re foot--slog--slog--slog--sloggin’ over Africa!

every one of two or more people or things, taken separately

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From this reading _First Published_ _September 1903_ _Second Edition_ _1903_ _Third Edition_ _1907_ _Fourth Edition_ _1908_ _Fifth and Sixth Editions_ _1909_ _Seventh Edition_ _1910_ _Eighth Edition_ _1911_ _Ninth Edition_ _1912_ _Tenth, Eleventh, Twelfth, and Thirteenth Editions_ _1913_ _Fourteenth Edition_ _1914_ _Fifteenth Edition (2 vols.)_ _1914_ PAGE At times when under cover I ’ave said, 86 Files, 17 God of our fathers, known of old, 121 ‘Here is nothing new nor aught unproven’ say the Trumpets, 1 Here, where my fresh-turned furrows run, 53 I do not love my Empire’s foes, 104 I wish my mother could see me now, with a fence-post under my arm, 64 Let us admit it fairly, as a business people should, 13 Lived a woman wonderful, 49 Me that ’ave been what I’ve been, 59 No doubt but ye are the People--your throne is above the King’s, 31 Not in the camp his victory lies, 23 Only two African kopjes, 82 Out o’ the wilderness, dusty an’ dry, 72 Peace is declared, an’ I return, 117 Smells are surer than sounds or sights, 95 Sudden the desert changes, 8 The bachelor ’e fights for one, 91 The General ’eard the firin’ on the flank, 98 There is a word you often see, pronounce it as you may, 113 There is a world outside the one you know, 110 The Word came down to Dives in Torment where he lay, 40 We’re foot--slog--slog--slog--sloggin’ over Africa!

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From this reading _First Published_ _September 1903_ _Second Edition_ _1903_ _Third Edition_ _1907_ _Fourth Edition_ _1908_ _Fifth and Sixth Editions_ _1909_ _Seventh Edition_ _1910_ _Eighth Edition_ _1911_ _Ninth Edition_ _1912_ _Tenth, Eleventh, Twelfth, and Thirteenth Editions_ _1913_ _Fourteenth Edition_ _1914_ _Fifteenth Edition (2 vols.)_ _1914_ PAGE At times when under cover I ’ave said, 86 Files, 17 God of our fathers, known of old, 121 ‘Here is nothing new nor aught unproven’ say the Trumpets, 1 Here, where my fresh-turned furrows run, 53 I do not love my Empire’s foes, 104 I wish my mother could see me now, with a fence-post under my arm, 64 Let us admit it fairly, as a business people should, 13 Lived a woman wonderful, 49 Me that ’ave been what I’ve been, 59 No doubt but ye are the People--your throne is above the King’s, 31 Not in the camp his victory lies, 23 Only two African kopjes, 82 Out o’ the wilderness, dusty an’ dry, 72 Peace is declared, an’ I return, 117 Smells are surer than sounds or sights, 95 Sudden the desert changes, 8 The bachelor ’e fights for one, 91 The General ’eard the firin’ on the flank, 98 There is a word you often see, pronounce it as you may, 113 There is a world outside the one you know, 110 The Word came down to Dives in Torment where he lay, 40 We’re foot--slog--slog--slog--sloggin’ over Africa!

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From this reading _First Published_ _September 1903_ _Second Edition_ _1903_ _Third Edition_ _1907_ _Fourth Edition_ _1908_ _Fifth and Sixth Editions_ _1909_ _Seventh Edition_ _1910_ _Eighth Edition_ _1911_ _Ninth Edition_ _1912_ _Tenth, Eleventh, Twelfth, and Thirteenth Editions_ _1913_ _Fourteenth Edition_ _1914_ _Fifteenth Edition (2 vols.)_ _1914_ PAGE At times when under cover I ’ave said, 86 Files, 17 God of our fathers, known of old, 121 ‘Here is nothing new nor aught unproven’ say the Trumpets, 1 Here, where my fresh-turned furrows run, 53 I do not love my Empire’s foes, 104 I wish my mother could see me now, with a fence-post under my arm, 64 Let us admit it fairly, as a business people should, 13 Lived a woman wonderful, 49 Me that ’ave been what I’ve been, 59 No doubt but ye are the People--your throne is above the King’s, 31 Not in the camp his victory lies, 23 Only two African kopjes, 82 Out o’ the wilderness, dusty an’ dry, 72 Peace is declared, an’ I return, 117 Smells are surer than sounds or sights, 95 Sudden the desert changes, 8 The bachelor ’e fights for one, 91 The General ’eard the firin’ on the flank, 98 There is a word you often see, pronounce it as you may, 113 There is a world outside the one you know, 110 The Word came down to Dives in Torment where he lay, 40 We’re foot--slog--slog--slog--sloggin’ over Africa!

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From this reading _First Published_ _September 1903_ _Second Edition_ _1903_ _Third Edition_ _1907_ _Fourth Edition_ _1908_ _Fifth and Sixth Editions_ _1909_ _Seventh Edition_ _1910_ _Eighth Edition_ _1911_ _Ninth Edition_ _1912_ _Tenth, Eleventh, Twelfth, and Thirteenth Editions_ _1913_ _Fourteenth Edition_ _1914_ _Fifteenth Edition (2 vols.)_ _1914_ PAGE At times when under cover I ’ave said, 86 Files, 17 God of our fathers, known of old, 121 ‘Here is nothing new nor aught unproven’ say the Trumpets, 1 Here, where my fresh-turned furrows run, 53 I do not love my Empire’s foes, 104 I wish my mother could see me now, with a fence-post under my arm, 64 Let us admit it fairly, as a business people should, 13 Lived a woman wonderful, 49 Me that ’ave been what I’ve been, 59 No doubt but ye are the People--your throne is above the King’s, 31 Not in the camp his victory lies, 23 Only two African kopjes, 82 Out o’ the wilderness, dusty an’ dry, 72 Peace is declared, an’ I return, 117 Smells are surer than sounds or sights, 95 Sudden the desert changes, 8 The bachelor ’e fights for one, 91 The General ’eard the firin’ on the flank, 98 There is a word you often see, pronounce it as you may, 113 There is a world outside the one you know, 110 The Word came down to Dives in Torment where he lay, 40 We’re foot--slog--slog--slog--sloggin’ over Africa!

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From this reading _First Published_ _September 1903_ _Second Edition_ _1903_ _Third Edition_ _1907_ _Fourth Edition_ _1908_ _Fifth and Sixth Editions_ _1909_ _Seventh Edition_ _1910_ _Eighth Edition_ _1911_ _Ninth Edition_ _1912_ _Tenth, Eleventh, Twelfth, and Thirteenth Editions_ _1913_ _Fourteenth Edition_ _1914_ _Fifteenth Edition (2 vols.)_ _1914_ PAGE At times when under cover I ’ave said, 86 Files, 17 God of our fathers, known of old, 121 ‘Here is nothing new nor aught unproven’ say the Trumpets, 1 Here, where my fresh-turned furrows run, 53 I do not love my Empire’s foes, 104 I wish my mother could see me now, with a fence-post under my arm, 64 Let us admit it fairly, as a business people should, 13 Lived a woman wonderful, 49 Me that ’ave been what I’ve been, 59 No doubt but ye are the People--your throne is above the King’s, 31 Not in the camp his victory lies, 23 Only two African kopjes, 82 Out o’ the wilderness, dusty an’ dry, 72 Peace is declared, an’ I return, 117 Smells are surer than sounds or sights, 95 Sudden the desert changes, 8 The bachelor ’e fights for one, 91 The General ’eard the firin’ on the flank, 98 There is a word you often see, pronounce it as you may, 113 There is a world outside the one you know, 110 The Word came down to Dives in Torment where he lay, 40 We’re foot--slog--slog--slog--sloggin’ over Africa!

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From this reading _First Published_ _September 1903_ _Second Edition_ _1903_ _Third Edition_ _1907_ _Fourth Edition_ _1908_ _Fifth and Sixth Editions_ _1909_ _Seventh Edition_ _1910_ _Eighth Edition_ _1911_ _Ninth Edition_ _1912_ _Tenth, Eleventh, Twelfth, and Thirteenth Editions_ _1913_ _Fourteenth Edition_ _1914_ _Fifteenth Edition (2 vols.)_ _1914_ PAGE At times when under cover I ’ave said, 86 Files, 17 God of our fathers, known of old, 121 ‘Here is nothing new nor aught unproven’ say the Trumpets, 1 Here, where my fresh-turned furrows run, 53 I do not love my Empire’s foes, 104 I wish my mother could see me now, with a fence-post under my arm, 64 Let us admit it fairly, as a business people should, 13 Lived a woman wonderful, 49 Me that ’ave been what I’ve been, 59 No doubt but ye are the People--your throne is above the King’s, 31 Not in the camp his victory lies, 23 Only two African kopjes, 82 Out o’ the wilderness, dusty an’ dry, 72 Peace is declared, an’ I return, 117 Smells are surer than sounds or sights, 95 Sudden the desert changes, 8 The bachelor ’e fights for one, 91 The General ’eard the firin’ on the flank, 98 There is a word you often see, pronounce it as you may, 113 There is a world outside the one you know, 110 The Word came down to Dives in Torment where he lay, 40 We’re foot--slog--slog--slog--sloggin’ over Africa!

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From this reading 36 ESSEX STREET W.C.

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From this reading _First Published_ _September 1903_ _Second Edition_ _1903_ _Third Edition_ _1907_ _Fourth Edition_ _1908_ _Fifth and Sixth Editions_ _1909_ _Seventh Edition_ _1910_ _Eighth Edition_ _1911_ _Ninth Edition_ _1912_ _Tenth, Eleventh, Twelfth, and Thirteenth Editions_ _1913_ _Fourteenth Edition_ _1914_ _Fifteenth Edition (2 vols.)_ _1914_ PAGE At times when under cover I ’ave said, 86 Files, 17 God of our fathers, known of old, 121 ‘Here is nothing new nor aught unproven’ say the Trumpets, 1 Here, where my fresh-turned furrows run, 53 I do not love my Empire’s foes, 104 I wish my mother could see me now, with a fence-post under my arm, 64 Let us admit it fairly, as a business people should, 13 Lived a woman wonderful, 49 Me that ’ave been what I’ve been, 59 No doubt but ye are the People--your throne is above the King’s, 31 Not in the camp his victory lies, 23 Only two African kopjes, 82 Out o’ the wilderness, dusty an’ dry, 72 Peace is declared, an’ I return, 117 Smells are surer than sounds or sights, 95 Sudden the desert changes, 8 The bachelor ’e fights for one, 91 The General ’eard the firin’ on the flank, 98 There is a word you often see, pronounce it as you may, 113 There is a world outside the one you know, 110 The Word came down to Dives in Torment where he lay, 40 We’re foot--slog--slog--slog--sloggin’ over Africa!

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From this reading _First Published_ _September 1903_ _Second Edition_ _1903_ _Third Edition_ _1907_ _Fourth Edition_ _1908_ _Fifth and Sixth Editions_ _1909_ _Seventh Edition_ _1910_ _Eighth Edition_ _1911_ _Ninth Edition_ _1912_ _Tenth, Eleventh, Twelfth, and Thirteenth Editions_ _1913_ _Fourteenth Edition_ _1914_ _Fifteenth Edition (2 vols.)_ _1914_ PAGE At times when under cover I ’ave said, 86 Files, 17 God of our fathers, known of old, 121 ‘Here is nothing new nor aught unproven’ say the Trumpets, 1 Here, where my fresh-turned furrows run, 53 I do not love my Empire’s foes, 104 I wish my mother could see me now, with a fence-post under my arm, 64 Let us admit it fairly, as a business people should, 13 Lived a woman wonderful, 49 Me that ’ave been what I’ve been, 59 No doubt but ye are the People--your throne is above the King’s, 31 Not in the camp his victory lies, 23 Only two African kopjes, 82 Out o’ the wilderness, dusty an’ dry, 72 Peace is declared, an’ I return, 117 Smells are surer than sounds or sights, 95 Sudden the desert changes, 8 The bachelor ’e fights for one, 91 The General ’eard the firin’ on the flank, 98 There is a word you often see, pronounce it as you may, 113 There is a world outside the one you know, 110 The Word came down to Dives in Torment where he lay, 40 We’re foot--slog--slog--slog--sloggin’ over Africa!

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From this reading _First Published_ _September 1903_ _Second Edition_ _1903_ _Third Edition_ _1907_ _Fourth Edition_ _1908_ _Fifth and Sixth Editions_ _1909_ _Seventh Edition_ _1910_ _Eighth Edition_ _1911_ _Ninth Edition_ _1912_ _Tenth, Eleventh, Twelfth, and Thirteenth Editions_ _1913_ _Fourteenth Edition_ _1914_ _Fifteenth Edition (2 vols.)_ _1914_ PAGE At times when under cover I ’ave said, 86 Files, 17 God of our fathers, known of old, 121 ‘Here is nothing new nor aught unproven’ say the Trumpets, 1 Here, where my fresh-turned furrows run, 53 I do not love my Empire’s foes, 104 I wish my mother could see me now, with a fence-post under my arm, 64 Let us admit it fairly, as a business people should, 13 Lived a woman wonderful, 49 Me that ’ave been what I’ve been, 59 No doubt but ye are the People--your throne is above the King’s, 31 Not in the camp his victory lies, 23 Only two African kopjes, 82 Out o’ the wilderness, dusty an’ dry, 72 Peace is declared, an’ I return, 117 Smells are surer than sounds or sights, 95 Sudden the desert changes, 8 The bachelor ’e fights for one, 91 The General ’eard the firin’ on the flank, 98 There is a word you often see, pronounce it as you may, 113 There is a world outside the one you know, 110 The Word came down to Dives in Torment where he lay, 40 We’re foot--slog--slog--slog--sloggin’ over Africa!

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From this reading _First Published_ _September 1903_ _Second Edition_ _1903_ _Third Edition_ _1907_ _Fourth Edition_ _1908_ _Fifth and Sixth Editions_ _1909_ _Seventh Edition_ _1910_ _Eighth Edition_ _1911_ _Ninth Edition_ _1912_ _Tenth, Eleventh, Twelfth, and Thirteenth Editions_ _1913_ _Fourteenth Edition_ _1914_ _Fifteenth Edition (2 vols.)_ _1914_ PAGE At times when under cover I ’ave said, 86 Files, 17 God of our fathers, known of old, 121 ‘Here is nothing new nor aught unproven’ say the Trumpets, 1 Here, where my fresh-turned furrows run, 53 I do not love my Empire’s foes, 104 I wish my mother could see me now, with a fence-post under my arm, 64 Let us admit it fairly, as a business people should, 13 Lived a woman wonderful, 49 Me that ’ave been what I’ve been, 59 No doubt but ye are the People--your throne is above the King’s, 31 Not in the camp his victory lies, 23 Only two African kopjes, 82 Out o’ the wilderness, dusty an’ dry, 72 Peace is declared, an’ I return, 117 Smells are surer than sounds or sights, 95 Sudden the desert changes, 8 The bachelor ’e fights for one, 91 The General ’eard the firin’ on the flank, 98 There is a word you often see, pronounce it as you may, 113 There is a world outside the one you know, 110 The Word came down to Dives in Torment where he lay, 40 We’re foot--slog--slog--slog--sloggin’ over Africa!

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From this reading _First Published_ _September 1903_ _Second Edition_ _1903_ _Third Edition_ _1907_ _Fourth Edition_ _1908_ _Fifth and Sixth Editions_ _1909_ _Seventh Edition_ _1910_ _Eighth Edition_ _1911_ _Ninth Edition_ _1912_ _Tenth, Eleventh, Twelfth, and Thirteenth Editions_ _1913_ _Fourteenth Edition_ _1914_ _Fifteenth Edition (2 vols.)_ _1914_ PAGE At times when under cover I ’ave said, 86 Files, 17 God of our fathers, known of old, 121 ‘Here is nothing new nor aught unproven’ say the Trumpets, 1 Here, where my fresh-turned furrows run, 53 I do not love my Empire’s foes, 104 I wish my mother could see me now, with a fence-post under my arm, 64 Let us admit it fairly, as a business people should, 13 Lived a woman wonderful, 49 Me that ’ave been what I’ve been, 59 No doubt but ye are the People--your throne is above the King’s, 31 Not in the camp his victory lies, 23 Only two African kopjes, 82 Out o’ the wilderness, dusty an’ dry, 72 Peace is declared, an’ I return, 117 Smells are surer than sounds or sights, 95 Sudden the desert changes, 8 The bachelor ’e fights for one, 91 The General ’eard the firin’ on the flank, 98 There is a word you often see, pronounce it as you may, 113 There is a world outside the one you know, 110 The Word came down to Dives in Torment where he lay, 40 We’re foot--slog--slog--slog--sloggin’ over Africa!

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From this reading _First Published_ _September 1903_ _Second Edition_ _1903_ _Third Edition_ _1907_ _Fourth Edition_ _1908_ _Fifth and Sixth Editions_ _1909_ _Seventh Edition_ _1910_ _Eighth Edition_ _1911_ _Ninth Edition_ _1912_ _Tenth, Eleventh, Twelfth, and Thirteenth Editions_ _1913_ _Fourteenth Edition_ _1914_ _Fifteenth Edition (2 vols.)_ _1914_ PAGE At times when under cover I ’ave said, 86 Files, 17 God of our fathers, known of old, 121 ‘Here is nothing new nor aught unproven’ say the Trumpets, 1 Here, where my fresh-turned furrows run, 53 I do not love my Empire’s foes, 104 I wish my mother could see me now, with a fence-post under my arm, 64 Let us admit it fairly, as a business people should, 13 Lived a woman wonderful, 49 Me that ’ave been what I’ve been, 59 No doubt but ye are the People--your throne is above the King’s, 31 Not in the camp his victory lies, 23 Only two African kopjes, 82 Out o’ the wilderness, dusty an’ dry, 72 Peace is declared, an’ I return, 117 Smells are surer than sounds or sights, 95 Sudden the desert changes, 8 The bachelor ’e fights for one, 91 The General ’eard the firin’ on the flank, 98 There is a word you often see, pronounce it as you may, 113 There is a world outside the one you know, 110 The Word came down to Dives in Torment where he lay, 40 We’re foot--slog--slog--slog--sloggin’ over Africa!

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From this reading _First Published_ _September 1903_ _Second Edition_ _1903_ _Third Edition_ _1907_ _Fourth Edition_ _1908_ _Fifth and Sixth Editions_ _1909_ _Seventh Edition_ _1910_ _Eighth Edition_ _1911_ _Ninth Edition_ _1912_ _Tenth, Eleventh, Twelfth, and Thirteenth Editions_ _1913_ _Fourteenth Edition_ _1914_ _Fifteenth Edition (2 vols.)_ _1914_ PAGE At times when under cover I ’ave said, 86 Files, 17 God of our fathers, known of old, 121 ‘Here is nothing new nor aught unproven’ say the Trumpets, 1 Here, where my fresh-turned furrows run, 53 I do not love my Empire’s foes, 104 I wish my mother could see me now, with a fence-post under my arm, 64 Let us admit it fairly, as a business people should, 13 Lived a woman wonderful, 49 Me that ’ave been what I’ve been, 59 No doubt but ye are the People--your throne is above the King’s, 31 Not in the camp his victory lies, 23 Only two African kopjes, 82 Out o’ the wilderness, dusty an’ dry, 72 Peace is declared, an’ I return, 117 Smells are surer than sounds or sights, 95 Sudden the desert changes, 8 The bachelor ’e fights for one, 91 The General ’eard the firin’ on the flank, 98 There is a word you often see, pronounce it as you may, 113 There is a world outside the one you know, 110 The Word came down to Dives in Torment where he lay, 40 We’re foot--slog--slog--slog--sloggin’ over Africa!

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From this reading _First Published_ _September 1903_ _Second Edition_ _1903_ _Third Edition_ _1907_ _Fourth Edition_ _1908_ _Fifth and Sixth Editions_ _1909_ _Seventh Edition_ _1910_ _Eighth Edition_ _1911_ _Ninth Edition_ _1912_ _Tenth, Eleventh, Twelfth, and Thirteenth Editions_ _1913_ _Fourteenth Edition_ _1914_ _Fifteenth Edition (2 vols.)_ _1914_ PAGE At times when under cover I ’ave said, 86 Files, 17 God of our fathers, known of old, 121 ‘Here is nothing new nor aught unproven’ say the Trumpets, 1 Here, where my fresh-turned furrows run, 53 I do not love my Empire’s foes, 104 I wish my mother could see me now, with a fence-post under my arm, 64 Let us admit it fairly, as a business people should, 13 Lived a woman wonderful, 49 Me that ’ave been what I’ve been, 59 No doubt but ye are the People--your throne is above the King’s, 31 Not in the camp his victory lies, 23 Only two African kopjes, 82 Out o’ the wilderness, dusty an’ dry, 72 Peace is declared, an’ I return, 117 Smells are surer than sounds or sights, 95 Sudden the desert changes, 8 The bachelor ’e fights for one, 91 The General ’eard the firin’ on the flank, 98 There is a word you often see, pronounce it as you may, 113 There is a world outside the one you know, 110 The Word came down to Dives in Torment where he lay, 40 We’re foot--slog--slog--slog--sloggin’ over Africa!

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From this reading _First Published_ _September 1903_ _Second Edition_ _1903_ _Third Edition_ _1907_ _Fourth Edition_ _1908_ _Fifth and Sixth Editions_ _1909_ _Seventh Edition_ _1910_ _Eighth Edition_ _1911_ _Ninth Edition_ _1912_ _Tenth, Eleventh, Twelfth, and Thirteenth Editions_ _1913_ _Fourteenth Edition_ _1914_ _Fifteenth Edition (2 vols.)_ _1914_ PAGE At times when under cover I ’ave said, 86 Files, 17 God of our fathers, known of old, 121 ‘Here is nothing new nor aught unproven’ say the Trumpets, 1 Here, where my fresh-turned furrows run, 53 I do not love my Empire’s foes, 104 I wish my mother could see me now, with a fence-post under my arm, 64 Let us admit it fairly, as a business people should, 13 Lived a woman wonderful, 49 Me that ’ave been what I’ve been, 59 No doubt but ye are the People--your throne is above the King’s, 31 Not in the camp his victory lies, 23 Only two African kopjes, 82 Out o’ the wilderness, dusty an’ dry, 72 Peace is declared, an’ I return, 117 Smells are surer than sounds or sights, 95 Sudden the desert changes, 8 The bachelor ’e fights for one, 91 The General ’eard the firin’ on the flank, 98 There is a word you often see, pronounce it as you may, 113 There is a world outside the one you know, 110 The Word came down to Dives in Torment where he lay, 40 We’re foot--slog--slog--slog--sloggin’ over Africa!

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From this reading _First Published_ _September 1903_ _Second Edition_ _1903_ _Third Edition_ _1907_ _Fourth Edition_ _1908_ _Fifth and Sixth Editions_ _1909_ _Seventh Edition_ _1910_ _Eighth Edition_ _1911_ _Ninth Edition_ _1912_ _Tenth, Eleventh, Twelfth, and Thirteenth Editions_ _1913_ _Fourteenth Edition_ _1914_ _Fifteenth Edition (2 vols.)_ _1914_ PAGE At times when under cover I ’ave said, 86 Files, 17 God of our fathers, known of old, 121 ‘Here is nothing new nor aught unproven’ say the Trumpets, 1 Here, where my fresh-turned furrows run, 53 I do not love my Empire’s foes, 104 I wish my mother could see me now, with a fence-post under my arm, 64 Let us admit it fairly, as a business people should, 13 Lived a woman wonderful, 49 Me that ’ave been what I’ve been, 59 No doubt but ye are the People--your throne is above the King’s, 31 Not in the camp his victory lies, 23 Only two African kopjes, 82 Out o’ the wilderness, dusty an’ dry, 72 Peace is declared, an’ I return, 117 Smells are surer than sounds or sights, 95 Sudden the desert changes, 8 The bachelor ’e fights for one, 91 The General ’eard the firin’ on the flank, 98 There is a word you often see, pronounce it as you may, 113 There is a world outside the one you know, 110 The Word came down to Dives in Torment where he lay, 40 We’re foot--slog--slog--slog--sloggin’ over Africa!

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From this reading _First Published_ _September 1903_ _Second Edition_ _1903_ _Third Edition_ _1907_ _Fourth Edition_ _1908_ _Fifth and Sixth Editions_ _1909_ _Seventh Edition_ _1910_ _Eighth Edition_ _1911_ _Ninth Edition_ _1912_ _Tenth, Eleventh, Twelfth, and Thirteenth Editions_ _1913_ _Fourteenth Edition_ _1914_ _Fifteenth Edition (2 vols.)_ _1914_ PAGE At times when under cover I ’ave said, 86 Files, 17 God of our fathers, known of old, 121 ‘Here is nothing new nor aught unproven’ say the Trumpets, 1 Here, where my fresh-turned furrows run, 53 I do not love my Empire’s foes, 104 I wish my mother could see me now, with a fence-post under my arm, 64 Let us admit it fairly, as a business people should, 13 Lived a woman wonderful, 49 Me that ’ave been what I’ve been, 59 No doubt but ye are the People--your throne is above the King’s, 31 Not in the camp his victory lies, 23 Only two African kopjes, 82 Out o’ the wilderness, dusty an’ dry, 72 Peace is declared, an’ I return, 117 Smells are surer than sounds or sights, 95 Sudden the desert changes, 8 The bachelor ’e fights for one, 91 The General ’eard the firin’ on the flank, 98 There is a word you often see, pronounce it as you may, 113 There is a world outside the one you know, 110 The Word came down to Dives in Torment where he lay, 40 We’re foot--slog--slog--slog--sloggin’ over Africa!

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading _First Published_ _September 1903_ _Second Edition_ _1903_ _Third Edition_ _1907_ _Fourth Edition_ _1908_ _Fifth and Sixth Editions_ _1909_ _Seventh Edition_ _1910_ _Eighth Edition_ _1911_ _Ninth Edition_ _1912_ _Tenth, Eleventh, Twelfth, and Thirteenth Editions_ _1913_ _Fourteenth Edition_ _1914_ _Fifteenth Edition (2 vols.)_ _1914_ PAGE At times when under cover I ’ave said, 86 Files, 17 God of our fathers, known of old, 121 ‘Here is nothing new nor aught unproven’ say the Trumpets, 1 Here, where my fresh-turned furrows run, 53 I do not love my Empire’s foes, 104 I wish my mother could see me now, with a fence-post under my arm, 64 Let us admit it fairly, as a business people should, 13 Lived a woman wonderful, 49 Me that ’ave been what I’ve been, 59 No doubt but ye are the People--your throne is above the King’s, 31 Not in the camp his victory lies, 23 Only two African kopjes, 82 Out o’ the wilderness, dusty an’ dry, 72 Peace is declared, an’ I return, 117 Smells are surer than sounds or sights, 95 Sudden the desert changes, 8 The bachelor ’e fights for one, 91 The General ’eard the firin’ on the flank, 98 There is a word you often see, pronounce it as you may, 113 There is a world outside the one you know, 110 The Word came down to Dives in Torment where he lay, 40 We’re foot--slog--slog--slog--sloggin’ over Africa!

intended to be given to, or used by, somebody

From this reading _First Published_ _September 1903_ _Second Edition_ _1903_ _Third Edition_ _1907_ _Fourth Edition_ _1908_ _Fifth and Sixth Editions_ _1909_ _Seventh Edition_ _1910_ _Eighth Edition_ _1911_ _Ninth Edition_ _1912_ _Tenth, Eleventh, Twelfth, and Thirteenth Editions_ _1913_ _Fourteenth Edition_ _1914_ _Fifteenth Edition (2 vols.)_ _1914_ PAGE At times when under cover I ’ave said, 86 Files, 17 God of our fathers, known of old, 121 ‘Here is nothing new nor aught unproven’ say the Trumpets, 1 Here, where my fresh-turned furrows run, 53 I do not love my Empire’s foes, 104 I wish my mother could see me now, with a fence-post under my arm, 64 Let us admit it fairly, as a business people should, 13 Lived a woman wonderful, 49 Me that ’ave been what I’ve been, 59 No doubt but ye are the People--your throne is above the King’s, 31 Not in the camp his victory lies, 23 Only two African kopjes, 82 Out o’ the wilderness, dusty an’ dry, 72 Peace is declared, an’ I return, 117 Smells are surer than sounds or sights, 95 Sudden the desert changes, 8 The bachelor ’e fights for one, 91 The General ’eard the firin’ on the flank, 98 There is a word you often see, pronounce it as you may, 113 There is a world outside the one you know, 110 The Word came down to Dives in Torment where he lay, 40 We’re foot--slog--slog--slog--sloggin’ over Africa!

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From this reading _First Published_ _September 1903_ _Second Edition_ _1903_ _Third Edition_ _1907_ _Fourth Edition_ _1908_ _Fifth and Sixth Editions_ _1909_ _Seventh Edition_ _1910_ _Eighth Edition_ _1911_ _Ninth Edition_ _1912_ _Tenth, Eleventh, Twelfth, and Thirteenth Editions_ _1913_ _Fourteenth Edition_ _1914_ _Fifteenth Edition (2 vols.)_ _1914_ PAGE At times when under cover I ’ave said, 86 Files, 17 God of our fathers, known of old, 121 ‘Here is nothing new nor aught unproven’ say the Trumpets, 1 Here, where my fresh-turned furrows run, 53 I do not love my Empire’s foes, 104 I wish my mother could see me now, with a fence-post under my arm, 64 Let us admit it fairly, as a business people should, 13 Lived a woman wonderful, 49 Me that ’ave been what I’ve been, 59 No doubt but ye are the People--your throne is above the King’s, 31 Not in the camp his victory lies, 23 Only two African kopjes, 82 Out o’ the wilderness, dusty an’ dry, 72 Peace is declared, an’ I return, 117 Smells are surer than sounds or sights, 95 Sudden the desert changes, 8 The bachelor ’e fights for one, 91 The General ’eard the firin’ on the flank, 98 There is a word you often see, pronounce it as you may, 113 There is a world outside the one you know, 110 The Word came down to Dives in Torment where he lay, 40 We’re foot--slog--slog--slog--sloggin’ over Africa!

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading _First Published_ _September 1903_ _Second Edition_ _1903_ _Third Edition_ _1907_ _Fourth Edition_ _1908_ _Fifth and Sixth Editions_ _1909_ _Seventh Edition_ _1910_ _Eighth Edition_ _1911_ _Ninth Edition_ _1912_ _Tenth, Eleventh, Twelfth, and Thirteenth Editions_ _1913_ _Fourteenth Edition_ _1914_ _Fifteenth Edition (2 vols.)_ _1914_ PAGE At times when under cover I ’ave said, 86 Files, 17 God of our fathers, known of old, 121 ‘Here is nothing new nor aught unproven’ say the Trumpets, 1 Here, where my fresh-turned furrows run, 53 I do not love my Empire’s foes, 104 I wish my mother could see me now, with a fence-post under my arm, 64 Let us admit it fairly, as a business people should, 13 Lived a woman wonderful, 49 Me that ’ave been what I’ve been, 59 No doubt but ye are the People--your throne is above the King’s, 31 Not in the camp his victory lies, 23 Only two African kopjes, 82 Out o’ the wilderness, dusty an’ dry, 72 Peace is declared, an’ I return, 117 Smells are surer than sounds or sights, 95 Sudden the desert changes, 8 The bachelor ’e fights for one, 91 The General ’eard the firin’ on the flank, 98 There is a word you often see, pronounce it as you may, 113 There is a world outside the one you know, 110 The Word came down to Dives in Torment where he lay, 40 We’re foot--slog--slog--slog--sloggin’ over Africa!

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From this reading _First Published_ _September 1903_ _Second Edition_ _1903_ _Third Edition_ _1907_ _Fourth Edition_ _1908_ _Fifth and Sixth Editions_ _1909_ _Seventh Edition_ _1910_ _Eighth Edition_ _1911_ _Ninth Edition_ _1912_ _Tenth, Eleventh, Twelfth, and Thirteenth Editions_ _1913_ _Fourteenth Edition_ _1914_ _Fifteenth Edition (2 vols.)_ _1914_ PAGE At times when under cover I ’ave said, 86 Files, 17 God of our fathers, known of old, 121 ‘Here is nothing new nor aught unproven’ say the Trumpets, 1 Here, where my fresh-turned furrows run, 53 I do not love my Empire’s foes, 104 I wish my mother could see me now, with a fence-post under my arm, 64 Let us admit it fairly, as a business people should, 13 Lived a woman wonderful, 49 Me that ’ave been what I’ve been, 59 No doubt but ye are the People--your throne is above the King’s, 31 Not in the camp his victory lies, 23 Only two African kopjes, 82 Out o’ the wilderness, dusty an’ dry, 72 Peace is declared, an’ I return, 117 Smells are surer than sounds or sights, 95 Sudden the desert changes, 8 The bachelor ’e fights for one, 91 The General ’eard the firin’ on the flank, 98 There is a word you often see, pronounce it as you may, 113 There is a world outside the one you know, 110 The Word came down to Dives in Torment where he lay, 40 We’re foot--slog--slog--slog--sloggin’ over Africa!

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From this reading _First Published_ _September 1903_ _Second Edition_ _1903_ _Third Edition_ _1907_ _Fourth Edition_ _1908_ _Fifth and Sixth Editions_ _1909_ _Seventh Edition_ _1910_ _Eighth Edition_ _1911_ _Ninth Edition_ _1912_ _Tenth, Eleventh, Twelfth, and Thirteenth Editions_ _1913_ _Fourteenth Edition_ _1914_ _Fifteenth Edition (2 vols.)_ _1914_ PAGE At times when under cover I ’ave said, 86 Files, 17 God of our fathers, known of old, 121 ‘Here is nothing new nor aught unproven’ say the Trumpets, 1 Here, where my fresh-turned furrows run, 53 I do not love my Empire’s foes, 104 I wish my mother could see me now, with a fence-post under my arm, 64 Let us admit it fairly, as a business people should, 13 Lived a woman wonderful, 49 Me that ’ave been what I’ve been, 59 No doubt but ye are the People--your throne is above the King’s, 31 Not in the camp his victory lies, 23 Only two African kopjes, 82 Out o’ the wilderness, dusty an’ dry, 72 Peace is declared, an’ I return, 117 Smells are surer than sounds or sights, 95 Sudden the desert changes, 8 The bachelor ’e fights for one, 91 The General ’eard the firin’ on the flank, 98 There is a word you often see, pronounce it as you may, 113 There is a world outside the one you know, 110 The Word came down to Dives in Torment where he lay, 40 We’re foot--slog--slog--slog--sloggin’ over Africa!

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From this reading _First Published_ _September 1903_ _Second Edition_ _1903_ _Third Edition_ _1907_ _Fourth Edition_ _1908_ _Fifth and Sixth Editions_ _1909_ _Seventh Edition_ _1910_ _Eighth Edition_ _1911_ _Ninth Edition_ _1912_ _Tenth, Eleventh, Twelfth, and Thirteenth Editions_ _1913_ _Fourteenth Edition_ _1914_ _Fifteenth Edition (2 vols.)_ _1914_ PAGE At times when under cover I ’ave said, 86 Files, 17 God of our fathers, known of old, 121 ‘Here is nothing new nor aught unproven’ say the Trumpets, 1 Here, where my fresh-turned furrows run, 53 I do not love my Empire’s foes, 104 I wish my mother could see me now, with a fence-post under my arm, 64 Let us admit it fairly, as a business people should, 13 Lived a woman wonderful, 49 Me that ’ave been what I’ve been, 59 No doubt but ye are the People--your throne is above the King’s, 31 Not in the camp his victory lies, 23 Only two African kopjes, 82 Out o’ the wilderness, dusty an’ dry, 72 Peace is declared, an’ I return, 117 Smells are surer than sounds or sights, 95 Sudden the desert changes, 8 The bachelor ’e fights for one, 91 The General ’eard the firin’ on the flank, 98 There is a word you often see, pronounce it as you may, 113 There is a world outside the one you know, 110 The Word came down to Dives in Torment where he lay, 40 We’re foot--slog--slog--slog--sloggin’ over Africa!

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From this reading _First Published_ _September 1903_ _Second Edition_ _1903_ _Third Edition_ _1907_ _Fourth Edition_ _1908_ _Fifth and Sixth Editions_ _1909_ _Seventh Edition_ _1910_ _Eighth Edition_ _1911_ _Ninth Edition_ _1912_ _Tenth, Eleventh, Twelfth, and Thirteenth Editions_ _1913_ _Fourteenth Edition_ _1914_ _Fifteenth Edition (2 vols.)_ _1914_ PAGE At times when under cover I ’ave said, 86 Files, 17 God of our fathers, known of old, 121 ‘Here is nothing new nor aught unproven’ say the Trumpets, 1 Here, where my fresh-turned furrows run, 53 I do not love my Empire’s foes, 104 I wish my mother could see me now, with a fence-post under my arm, 64 Let us admit it fairly, as a business people should, 13 Lived a woman wonderful, 49 Me that ’ave been what I’ve been, 59 No doubt but ye are the People--your throne is above the King’s, 31 Not in the camp his victory lies, 23 Only two African kopjes, 82 Out o’ the wilderness, dusty an’ dry, 72 Peace is declared, an’ I return, 117 Smells are surer than sounds or sights, 95 Sudden the desert changes, 8 The bachelor ’e fights for one, 91 The General ’eard the firin’ on the flank, 98 There is a word you often see, pronounce it as you may, 113 There is a world outside the one you know, 110 The Word came down to Dives in Torment where he lay, 40 We’re foot--slog--slog--slog--sloggin’ over Africa!

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

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a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject

From this reading _First Published_ _September 1903_ _Second Edition_ _1903_ _Third Edition_ _1907_ _Fourth Edition_ _1908_ _Fifth and Sixth Editions_ _1909_ _Seventh Edition_ _1910_ _Eighth Edition_ _1911_ _Ninth Edition_ _1912_ _Tenth, Eleventh, Twelfth, and Thirteenth Editions_ _1913_ _Fourteenth Edition_ _1914_ _Fifteenth Edition (2 vols.)_ _1914_ PAGE At times when under cover I ’ave said, 86 Files, 17 God of our fathers, known of old, 121 ‘Here is nothing new nor aught unproven’ say the Trumpets, 1 Here, where my fresh-turned furrows run, 53 I do not love my Empire’s foes, 104 I wish my mother could see me now, with a fence-post under my arm, 64 Let us admit it fairly, as a business people should, 13 Lived a woman wonderful, 49 Me that ’ave been what I’ve been, 59 No doubt but ye are the People--your throne is above the King’s, 31 Not in the camp his victory lies, 23 Only two African kopjes, 82 Out o’ the wilderness, dusty an’ dry, 72 Peace is declared, an’ I return, 117 Smells are surer than sounds or sights, 95 Sudden the desert changes, 8 The bachelor ’e fights for one, 91 The General ’eard the firin’ on the flank, 98 There is a word you often see, pronounce it as you may, 113 There is a world outside the one you know, 110 The Word came down to Dives in Torment where he lay, 40 We’re foot--slog--slog--slog--sloggin’ over Africa!

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading _First Published_ _September 1903_ _Second Edition_ _1903_ _Third Edition_ _1907_ _Fourth Edition_ _1908_ _Fifth and Sixth Editions_ _1909_ _Seventh Edition_ _1910_ _Eighth Edition_ _1911_ _Ninth Edition_ _1912_ _Tenth, Eleventh, Twelfth, and Thirteenth Editions_ _1913_ _Fourteenth Edition_ _1914_ _Fifteenth Edition (2 vols.)_ _1914_ PAGE At times when under cover I ’ave said, 86 Files, 17 God of our fathers, known of old, 121 ‘Here is nothing new nor aught unproven’ say the Trumpets, 1 Here, where my fresh-turned furrows run, 53 I do not love my Empire’s foes, 104 I wish my mother could see me now, with a fence-post under my arm, 64 Let us admit it fairly, as a business people should, 13 Lived a woman wonderful, 49 Me that ’ave been what I’ve been, 59 No doubt but ye are the People--your throne is above the King’s, 31 Not in the camp his victory lies, 23 Only two African kopjes, 82 Out o’ the wilderness, dusty an’ dry, 72 Peace is declared, an’ I return, 117 Smells are surer than sounds or sights, 95 Sudden the desert changes, 8 The bachelor ’e fights for one, 91 The General ’eard the firin’ on the flank, 98 There is a word you often see, pronounce it as you may, 113 There is a world outside the one you know, 110 The Word came down to Dives in Torment where he lay, 40 We’re foot--slog--slog--slog--sloggin’ over Africa!

belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned

From this reading _First Published_ _September 1903_ _Second Edition_ _1903_ _Third Edition_ _1907_ _Fourth Edition_ _1908_ _Fifth and Sixth Editions_ _1909_ _Seventh Edition_ _1910_ _Eighth Edition_ _1911_ _Ninth Edition_ _1912_ _Tenth, Eleventh, Twelfth, and Thirteenth Editions_ _1913_ _Fourteenth Edition_ _1914_ _Fifteenth Edition (2 vols.)_ _1914_ PAGE At times when under cover I ’ave said, 86 Files, 17 God of our fathers, known of old, 121 ‘Here is nothing new nor aught unproven’ say the Trumpets, 1 Here, where my fresh-turned furrows run, 53 I do not love my Empire’s foes, 104 I wish my mother could see me now, with a fence-post under my arm, 64 Let us admit it fairly, as a business people should, 13 Lived a woman wonderful, 49 Me that ’ave been what I’ve been, 59 No doubt but ye are the People--your throne is above the King’s, 31 Not in the camp his victory lies, 23 Only two African kopjes, 82 Out o’ the wilderness, dusty an’ dry, 72 Peace is declared, an’ I return, 117 Smells are surer than sounds or sights, 95 Sudden the desert changes, 8 The bachelor ’e fights for one, 91 The General ’eard the firin’ on the flank, 98 There is a word you often see, pronounce it as you may, 113 There is a world outside the one you know, 110 The Word came down to Dives in Torment where he lay, 40 We’re foot--slog--slog--slog--sloggin’ over Africa!

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

From this reading _First Published_ _September 1903_ _Second Edition_ _1903_ _Third Edition_ _1907_ _Fourth Edition_ _1908_ _Fifth and Sixth Editions_ _1909_ _Seventh Edition_ _1910_ _Eighth Edition_ _1911_ _Ninth Edition_ _1912_ _Tenth, Eleventh, Twelfth, and Thirteenth Editions_ _1913_ _Fourteenth Edition_ _1914_ _Fifteenth Edition (2 vols.)_ _1914_ PAGE At times when under cover I ’ave said, 86 Files, 17 God of our fathers, known of old, 121 ‘Here is nothing new nor aught unproven’ say the Trumpets, 1 Here, where my fresh-turned furrows run, 53 I do not love my Empire’s foes, 104 I wish my mother could see me now, with a fence-post under my arm, 64 Let us admit it fairly, as a business people should, 13 Lived a woman wonderful, 49 Me that ’ave been what I’ve been, 59 No doubt but ye are the People--your throne is above the King’s, 31 Not in the camp his victory lies, 23 Only two African kopjes, 82 Out o’ the wilderness, dusty an’ dry, 72 Peace is declared, an’ I return, 117 Smells are surer than sounds or sights, 95 Sudden the desert changes, 8 The bachelor ’e fights for one, 91 The General ’eard the firin’ on the flank, 98 There is a word you often see, pronounce it as you may, 113 There is a world outside the one you know, 110 The Word came down to Dives in Torment where he lay, 40 We’re foot--slog--slog--slog--sloggin’ over Africa!

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From this reading _First Published_ _September 1903_ _Second Edition_ _1903_ _Third Edition_ _1907_ _Fourth Edition_ _1908_ _Fifth and Sixth Editions_ _1909_ _Seventh Edition_ _1910_ _Eighth Edition_ _1911_ _Ninth Edition_ _1912_ _Tenth, Eleventh, Twelfth, and Thirteenth Editions_ _1913_ _Fourteenth Edition_ _1914_ _Fifteenth Edition (2 vols.)_ _1914_ PAGE At times when under cover I ’ave said, 86 Files, 17 God of our fathers, known of old, 121 ‘Here is nothing new nor aught unproven’ say the Trumpets, 1 Here, where my fresh-turned furrows run, 53 I do not love my Empire’s foes, 104 I wish my mother could see me now, with a fence-post under my arm, 64 Let us admit it fairly, as a business people should, 13 Lived a woman wonderful, 49 Me that ’ave been what I’ve been, 59 No doubt but ye are the People--your throne is above the King’s, 31 Not in the camp his victory lies, 23 Only two African kopjes, 82 Out o’ the wilderness, dusty an’ dry, 72 Peace is declared, an’ I return, 117 Smells are surer than sounds or sights, 95 Sudden the desert changes, 8 The bachelor ’e fights for one, 91 The General ’eard the firin’ on the flank, 98 There is a word you often see, pronounce it as you may, 113 There is a world outside the one you know, 110 The Word came down to Dives in Torment where he lay, 40 We’re foot--slog--slog--slog--sloggin’ over Africa!

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

From this reading Italic text is enclosed in _underscores_; small-caps text has been changed to all-caps.

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

From this reading Italic text is enclosed in _underscores_; small-caps text has been changed to all-caps.

a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned

From this reading _First Published_ _September 1903_ _Second Edition_ _1903_ _Third Edition_ _1907_ _Fourth Edition_ _1908_ _Fifth and Sixth Editions_ _1909_ _Seventh Edition_ _1910_ _Eighth Edition_ _1911_ _Ninth Edition_ _1912_ _Tenth, Eleventh, Twelfth, and Thirteenth Editions_ _1913_ _Fourteenth Edition_ _1914_ _Fifteenth Edition (2 vols.)_ _1914_ PAGE At times when under cover I ’ave said, 86 Files, 17 God of our fathers, known of old, 121 ‘Here is nothing new nor aught unproven’ say the Trumpets, 1 Here, where my fresh-turned furrows run, 53 I do not love my Empire’s foes, 104 I wish my mother could see me now, with a fence-post under my arm, 64 Let us admit it fairly, as a business people should, 13 Lived a woman wonderful, 49 Me that ’ave been what I’ve been, 59 No doubt but ye are the People--your throne is above the King’s, 31 Not in the camp his victory lies, 23 Only two African kopjes, 82 Out o’ the wilderness, dusty an’ dry, 72 Peace is declared, an’ I return, 117 Smells are surer than sounds or sights, 95 Sudden the desert changes, 8 The bachelor ’e fights for one, 91 The General ’eard the firin’ on the flank, 98 There is a word you often see, pronounce it as you may, 113 There is a world outside the one you know, 110 The Word came down to Dives in Torment where he lay, 40 We’re foot--slog--slog--slog--sloggin’ over Africa!

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From this reading _First Published_ _September 1903_ _Second Edition_ _1903_ _Third Edition_ _1907_ _Fourth Edition_ _1908_ _Fifth and Sixth Editions_ _1909_ _Seventh Edition_ _1910_ _Eighth Edition_ _1911_ _Ninth Edition_ _1912_ _Tenth, Eleventh, Twelfth, and Thirteenth Editions_ _1913_ _Fourteenth Edition_ _1914_ _Fifteenth Edition (2 vols.)_ _1914_ PAGE At times when under cover I ’ave said, 86 Files, 17 God of our fathers, known of old, 121 ‘Here is nothing new nor aught unproven’ say the Trumpets, 1 Here, where my fresh-turned furrows run, 53 I do not love my Empire’s foes, 104 I wish my mother could see me now, with a fence-post under my arm, 64 Let us admit it fairly, as a business people should, 13 Lived a woman wonderful, 49 Me that ’ave been what I’ve been, 59 No doubt but ye are the People--your throne is above the King’s, 31 Not in the camp his victory lies, 23 Only two African kopjes, 82 Out o’ the wilderness, dusty an’ dry, 72 Peace is declared, an’ I return, 117 Smells are surer than sounds or sights, 95 Sudden the desert changes, 8 The bachelor ’e fights for one, 91 The General ’eard the firin’ on the flank, 98 There is a word you often see, pronounce it as you may, 113 There is a world outside the one you know, 110 The Word came down to Dives in Torment where he lay, 40 We’re foot--slog--slog--slog--sloggin’ over Africa!

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading _First Published_ _September 1903_ _Second Edition_ _1903_ _Third Edition_ _1907_ _Fourth Edition_ _1908_ _Fifth and Sixth Editions_ _1909_ _Seventh Edition_ _1910_ _Eighth Edition_ _1911_ _Ninth Edition_ _1912_ _Tenth, Eleventh, Twelfth, and Thirteenth Editions_ _1913_ _Fourteenth Edition_ _1914_ _Fifteenth Edition (2 vols.)_ _1914_ PAGE At times when under cover I ’ave said, 86 Files, 17 God of our fathers, known of old, 121 ‘Here is nothing new nor aught unproven’ say the Trumpets, 1 Here, where my fresh-turned furrows run, 53 I do not love my Empire’s foes, 104 I wish my mother could see me now, with a fence-post under my arm, 64 Let us admit it fairly, as a business people should, 13 Lived a woman wonderful, 49 Me that ’ave been what I’ve been, 59 No doubt but ye are the People--your throne is above the King’s, 31 Not in the camp his victory lies, 23 Only two African kopjes, 82 Out o’ the wilderness, dusty an’ dry, 72 Peace is declared, an’ I return, 117 Smells are surer than sounds or sights, 95 Sudden the desert changes, 8 The bachelor ’e fights for one, 91 The General ’eard the firin’ on the flank, 98 There is a word you often see, pronounce it as you may, 113 There is a world outside the one you know, 110 The Word came down to Dives in Torment where he lay, 40 We’re foot--slog--slog--slog--sloggin’ over Africa!

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From this reading _First Published_ _September 1903_ _Second Edition_ _1903_ _Third Edition_ _1907_ _Fourth Edition_ _1908_ _Fifth and Sixth Editions_ _1909_ _Seventh Edition_ _1910_ _Eighth Edition_ _1911_ _Ninth Edition_ _1912_ _Tenth, Eleventh, Twelfth, and Thirteenth Editions_ _1913_ _Fourteenth Edition_ _1914_ _Fifteenth Edition (2 vols.)_ _1914_ PAGE At times when under cover I ’ave said, 86 Files, 17 God of our fathers, known of old, 121 ‘Here is nothing new nor aught unproven’ say the Trumpets, 1 Here, where my fresh-turned furrows run, 53 I do not love my Empire’s foes, 104 I wish my mother could see me now, with a fence-post under my arm, 64 Let us admit it fairly, as a business people should, 13 Lived a woman wonderful, 49 Me that ’ave been what I’ve been, 59 No doubt but ye are the People--your throne is above the King’s, 31 Not in the camp his victory lies, 23 Only two African kopjes, 82 Out o’ the wilderness, dusty an’ dry, 72 Peace is declared, an’ I return, 117 Smells are surer than sounds or sights, 95 Sudden the desert changes, 8 The bachelor ’e fights for one, 91 The General ’eard the firin’ on the flank, 98 There is a word you often see, pronounce it as you may, 113 There is a world outside the one you know, 110 The Word came down to Dives in Torment where he lay, 40 We’re foot--slog--slog--slog--sloggin’ over Africa!

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From this reading _First Published_ _September 1903_ _Second Edition_ _1903_ _Third Edition_ _1907_ _Fourth Edition_ _1908_ _Fifth and Sixth Editions_ _1909_ _Seventh Edition_ _1910_ _Eighth Edition_ _1911_ _Ninth Edition_ _1912_ _Tenth, Eleventh, Twelfth, and Thirteenth Editions_ _1913_ _Fourteenth Edition_ _1914_ _Fifteenth Edition (2 vols.)_ _1914_ PAGE At times when under cover I ’ave said, 86 Files, 17 God of our fathers, known of old, 121 ‘Here is nothing new nor aught unproven’ say the Trumpets, 1 Here, where my fresh-turned furrows run, 53 I do not love my Empire’s foes, 104 I wish my mother could see me now, with a fence-post under my arm, 64 Let us admit it fairly, as a business people should, 13 Lived a woman wonderful, 49 Me that ’ave been what I’ve been, 59 No doubt but ye are the People--your throne is above the King’s, 31 Not in the camp his victory lies, 23 Only two African kopjes, 82 Out o’ the wilderness, dusty an’ dry, 72 Peace is declared, an’ I return, 117 Smells are surer than sounds or sights, 95 Sudden the desert changes, 8 The bachelor ’e fights for one, 91 The General ’eard the firin’ on the flank, 98 There is a word you often see, pronounce it as you may, 113 There is a world outside the one you know, 110 The Word came down to Dives in Torment where he lay, 40 We’re foot--slog--slog--slog--sloggin’ over Africa!

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From this reading _First Published_ _September 1903_ _Second Edition_ _1903_ _Third Edition_ _1907_ _Fourth Edition_ _1908_ _Fifth and Sixth Editions_ _1909_ _Seventh Edition_ _1910_ _Eighth Edition_ _1911_ _Ninth Edition_ _1912_ _Tenth, Eleventh, Twelfth, and Thirteenth Editions_ _1913_ _Fourteenth Edition_ _1914_ _Fifteenth Edition (2 vols.)_ _1914_ PAGE At times when under cover I ’ave said, 86 Files, 17 God of our fathers, known of old, 121 ‘Here is nothing new nor aught unproven’ say the Trumpets, 1 Here, where my fresh-turned furrows run, 53 I do not love my Empire’s foes, 104 I wish my mother could see me now, with a fence-post under my arm, 64 Let us admit it fairly, as a business people should, 13 Lived a woman wonderful, 49 Me that ’ave been what I’ve been, 59 No doubt but ye are the People--your throne is above the King’s, 31 Not in the camp his victory lies, 23 Only two African kopjes, 82 Out o’ the wilderness, dusty an’ dry, 72 Peace is declared, an’ I return, 117 Smells are surer than sounds or sights, 95 Sudden the desert changes, 8 The bachelor ’e fights for one, 91 The General ’eard the firin’ on the flank, 98 There is a word you often see, pronounce it as you may, 113 There is a world outside the one you know, 110 The Word came down to Dives in Torment where he lay, 40 We’re foot--slog--slog--slog--sloggin’ over Africa!

used to make a suggestion or a command including the speaker

From this reading _First Published_ _September 1903_ _Second Edition_ _1903_ _Third Edition_ _1907_ _Fourth Edition_ _1908_ _Fifth and Sixth Editions_ _1909_ _Seventh Edition_ _1910_ _Eighth Edition_ _1911_ _Ninth Edition_ _1912_ _Tenth, Eleventh, Twelfth, and Thirteenth Editions_ _1913_ _Fourteenth Edition_ _1914_ _Fifteenth Edition (2 vols.)_ _1914_ PAGE At times when under cover I ’ave said, 86 Files, 17 God of our fathers, known of old, 121 ‘Here is nothing new nor aught unproven’ say the Trumpets, 1 Here, where my fresh-turned furrows run, 53 I do not love my Empire’s foes, 104 I wish my mother could see me now, with a fence-post under my arm, 64 Let us admit it fairly, as a business people should, 13 Lived a woman wonderful, 49 Me that ’ave been what I’ve been, 59 No doubt but ye are the People--your throne is above the King’s, 31 Not in the camp his victory lies, 23 Only two African kopjes, 82 Out o’ the wilderness, dusty an’ dry, 72 Peace is declared, an’ I return, 117 Smells are surer than sounds or sights, 95 Sudden the desert changes, 8 The bachelor ’e fights for one, 91 The General ’eard the firin’ on the flank, 98 There is a word you often see, pronounce it as you may, 113 There is a world outside the one you know, 110 The Word came down to Dives in Torment where he lay, 40 We’re foot--slog--slog--slog--sloggin’ over Africa!

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From this reading _First Published_ _September 1903_ _Second Edition_ _1903_ _Third Edition_ _1907_ _Fourth Edition_ _1908_ _Fifth and Sixth Editions_ _1909_ _Seventh Edition_ _1910_ _Eighth Edition_ _1911_ _Ninth Edition_ _1912_ _Tenth, Eleventh, Twelfth, and Thirteenth Editions_ _1913_ _Fourteenth Edition_ _1914_ _Fifteenth Edition (2 vols.)_ _1914_ PAGE At times when under cover I ’ave said, 86 Files, 17 God of our fathers, known of old, 121 ‘Here is nothing new nor aught unproven’ say the Trumpets, 1 Here, where my fresh-turned furrows run, 53 I do not love my Empire’s foes, 104 I wish my mother could see me now, with a fence-post under my arm, 64 Let us admit it fairly, as a business people should, 13 Lived a woman wonderful, 49 Me that ’ave been what I’ve been, 59 No doubt but ye are the People--your throne is above the King’s, 31 Not in the camp his victory lies, 23 Only two African kopjes, 82 Out o’ the wilderness, dusty an’ dry, 72 Peace is declared, an’ I return, 117 Smells are surer than sounds or sights, 95 Sudden the desert changes, 8 The bachelor ’e fights for one, 91 The General ’eard the firin’ on the flank, 98 There is a word you often see, pronounce it as you may, 113 There is a world outside the one you know, 110 The Word came down to Dives in Torment where he lay, 40 We’re foot--slog--slog--slog--sloggin’ over Africa!

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From this reading _First Published_ _September 1903_ _Second Edition_ _1903_ _Third Edition_ _1907_ _Fourth Edition_ _1908_ _Fifth and Sixth Editions_ _1909_ _Seventh Edition_ _1910_ _Eighth Edition_ _1911_ _Ninth Edition_ _1912_ _Tenth, Eleventh, Twelfth, and Thirteenth Editions_ _1913_ _Fourteenth Edition_ _1914_ _Fifteenth Edition (2 vols.)_ _1914_ PAGE At times when under cover I ’ave said, 86 Files, 17 God of our fathers, known of old, 121 ‘Here is nothing new nor aught unproven’ say the Trumpets, 1 Here, where my fresh-turned furrows run, 53 I do not love my Empire’s foes, 104 I wish my mother could see me now, with a fence-post under my arm, 64 Let us admit it fairly, as a business people should, 13 Lived a woman wonderful, 49 Me that ’ave been what I’ve been, 59 No doubt but ye are the People--your throne is above the King’s, 31 Not in the camp his victory lies, 23 Only two African kopjes, 82 Out o’ the wilderness, dusty an’ dry, 72 Peace is declared, an’ I return, 117 Smells are surer than sounds or sights, 95 Sudden the desert changes, 8 The bachelor ’e fights for one, 91 The General ’eard the firin’ on the flank, 98 There is a word you often see, pronounce it as you may, 113 There is a world outside the one you know, 110 The Word came down to Dives in Torment where he lay, 40 We’re foot--slog--slog--slog--sloggin’ over Africa!

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From this reading _First Published_ _September 1903_ _Second Edition_ _1903_ _Third Edition_ _1907_ _Fourth Edition_ _1908_ _Fifth and Sixth Editions_ _1909_ _Seventh Edition_ _1910_ _Eighth Edition_ _1911_ _Ninth Edition_ _1912_ _Tenth, Eleventh, Twelfth, and Thirteenth Editions_ _1913_ _Fourteenth Edition_ _1914_ _Fifteenth Edition (2 vols.)_ _1914_ PAGE At times when under cover I ’ave said, 86 Files, 17 God of our fathers, known of old, 121 ‘Here is nothing new nor aught unproven’ say the Trumpets, 1 Here, where my fresh-turned furrows run, 53 I do not love my Empire’s foes, 104 I wish my mother could see me now, with a fence-post under my arm, 64 Let us admit it fairly, as a business people should, 13 Lived a woman wonderful, 49 Me that ’ave been what I’ve been, 59 No doubt but ye are the People--your throne is above the King’s, 31 Not in the camp his victory lies, 23 Only two African kopjes, 82 Out o’ the wilderness, dusty an’ dry, 72 Peace is declared, an’ I return, 117 Smells are surer than sounds or sights, 95 Sudden the desert changes, 8 The bachelor ’e fights for one, 91 The General ’eard the firin’ on the flank, 98 There is a word you often see, pronounce it as you may, 113 There is a world outside the one you know, 110 The Word came down to Dives in Torment where he lay, 40 We’re foot--slog--slog--slog--sloggin’ over Africa!

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From this reading METHUEN AND CO., LTD.

used to say something is possible, or to give permission

From this reading _First Published_ _September 1903_ _Second Edition_ _1903_ _Third Edition_ _1907_ _Fourth Edition_ _1908_ _Fifth and Sixth Editions_ _1909_ _Seventh Edition_ _1910_ _Eighth Edition_ _1911_ _Ninth Edition_ _1912_ _Tenth, Eleventh, Twelfth, and Thirteenth Editions_ _1913_ _Fourteenth Edition_ _1914_ _Fifteenth Edition (2 vols.)_ _1914_ PAGE At times when under cover I ’ave said, 86 Files, 17 God of our fathers, known of old, 121 ‘Here is nothing new nor aught unproven’ say the Trumpets, 1 Here, where my fresh-turned furrows run, 53 I do not love my Empire’s foes, 104 I wish my mother could see me now, with a fence-post under my arm, 64 Let us admit it fairly, as a business people should, 13 Lived a woman wonderful, 49 Me that ’ave been what I’ve been, 59 No doubt but ye are the People--your throne is above the King’s, 31 Not in the camp his victory lies, 23 Only two African kopjes, 82 Out o’ the wilderness, dusty an’ dry, 72 Peace is declared, an’ I return, 117 Smells are surer than sounds or sights, 95 Sudden the desert changes, 8 The bachelor ’e fights for one, 91 The General ’eard the firin’ on the flank, 98 There is a word you often see, pronounce it as you may, 113 There is a world outside the one you know, 110 The Word came down to Dives in Torment where he lay, 40 We’re foot--slog--slog--slog--sloggin’ over Africa!

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

From this reading _First Published_ _September 1903_ _Second Edition_ _1903_ _Third Edition_ _1907_ _Fourth Edition_ _1908_ _Fifth and Sixth Editions_ _1909_ _Seventh Edition_ _1910_ _Eighth Edition_ _1911_ _Ninth Edition_ _1912_ _Tenth, Eleventh, Twelfth, and Thirteenth Editions_ _1913_ _Fourteenth Edition_ _1914_ _Fifteenth Edition (2 vols.)_ _1914_ PAGE At times when under cover I ’ave said, 86 Files, 17 God of our fathers, known of old, 121 ‘Here is nothing new nor aught unproven’ say the Trumpets, 1 Here, where my fresh-turned furrows run, 53 I do not love my Empire’s foes, 104 I wish my mother could see me now, with a fence-post under my arm, 64 Let us admit it fairly, as a business people should, 13 Lived a woman wonderful, 49 Me that ’ave been what I’ve been, 59 No doubt but ye are the People--your throne is above the King’s, 31 Not in the camp his victory lies, 23 Only two African kopjes, 82 Out o’ the wilderness, dusty an’ dry, 72 Peace is declared, an’ I return, 117 Smells are surer than sounds or sights, 95 Sudden the desert changes, 8 The bachelor ’e fights for one, 91 The General ’eard the firin’ on the flank, 98 There is a word you often see, pronounce it as you may, 113 There is a world outside the one you know, 110 The Word came down to Dives in Torment where he lay, 40 We’re foot--slog--slog--slog--sloggin’ over Africa!

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From this reading METHUEN AND CO., LTD.

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From this reading _First Published_ _September 1903_ _Second Edition_ _1903_ _Third Edition_ _1907_ _Fourth Edition_ _1908_ _Fifth and Sixth Editions_ _1909_ _Seventh Edition_ _1910_ _Eighth Edition_ _1911_ _Ninth Edition_ _1912_ _Tenth, Eleventh, Twelfth, and Thirteenth Editions_ _1913_ _Fourteenth Edition_ _1914_ _Fifteenth Edition (2 vols.)_ _1914_ PAGE At times when under cover I ’ave said, 86 Files, 17 God of our fathers, known of old, 121 ‘Here is nothing new nor aught unproven’ say the Trumpets, 1 Here, where my fresh-turned furrows run, 53 I do not love my Empire’s foes, 104 I wish my mother could see me now, with a fence-post under my arm, 64 Let us admit it fairly, as a business people should, 13 Lived a woman wonderful, 49 Me that ’ave been what I’ve been, 59 No doubt but ye are the People--your throne is above the King’s, 31 Not in the camp his victory lies, 23 Only two African kopjes, 82 Out o’ the wilderness, dusty an’ dry, 72 Peace is declared, an’ I return, 117 Smells are surer than sounds or sights, 95 Sudden the desert changes, 8 The bachelor ’e fights for one, 91 The General ’eard the firin’ on the flank, 98 There is a word you often see, pronounce it as you may, 113 There is a world outside the one you know, 110 The Word came down to Dives in Torment where he lay, 40 We’re foot--slog--slog--slog--sloggin’ over Africa!

belonging to the person speaking

From this reading _First Published_ _September 1903_ _Second Edition_ _1903_ _Third Edition_ _1907_ _Fourth Edition_ _1908_ _Fifth and Sixth Editions_ _1909_ _Seventh Edition_ _1910_ _Eighth Edition_ _1911_ _Ninth Edition_ _1912_ _Tenth, Eleventh, Twelfth, and Thirteenth Editions_ _1913_ _Fourteenth Edition_ _1914_ _Fifteenth Edition (2 vols.)_ _1914_ PAGE At times when under cover I ’ave said, 86 Files, 17 God of our fathers, known of old, 121 ‘Here is nothing new nor aught unproven’ say the Trumpets, 1 Here, where my fresh-turned furrows run, 53 I do not love my Empire’s foes, 104 I wish my mother could see me now, with a fence-post under my arm, 64 Let us admit it fairly, as a business people should, 13 Lived a woman wonderful, 49 Me that ’ave been what I’ve been, 59 No doubt but ye are the People--your throne is above the King’s, 31 Not in the camp his victory lies, 23 Only two African kopjes, 82 Out o’ the wilderness, dusty an’ dry, 72 Peace is declared, an’ I return, 117 Smells are surer than sounds or sights, 95 Sudden the desert changes, 8 The bachelor ’e fights for one, 91 The General ’eard the firin’ on the flank, 98 There is a word you often see, pronounce it as you may, 113 There is a world outside the one you know, 110 The Word came down to Dives in Torment where he lay, 40 We’re foot--slog--slog--slog--sloggin’ over Africa!

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From this reading _First Published_ _September 1903_ _Second Edition_ _1903_ _Third Edition_ _1907_ _Fourth Edition_ _1908_ _Fifth and Sixth Editions_ _1909_ _Seventh Edition_ _1910_ _Eighth Edition_ _1911_ _Ninth Edition_ _1912_ _Tenth, Eleventh, Twelfth, and Thirteenth Editions_ _1913_ _Fourteenth Edition_ _1914_ _Fifteenth Edition (2 vols.)_ _1914_ PAGE At times when under cover I ’ave said, 86 Files, 17 God of our fathers, known of old, 121 ‘Here is nothing new nor aught unproven’ say the Trumpets, 1 Here, where my fresh-turned furrows run, 53 I do not love my Empire’s foes, 104 I wish my mother could see me now, with a fence-post under my arm, 64 Let us admit it fairly, as a business people should, 13 Lived a woman wonderful, 49 Me that ’ave been what I’ve been, 59 No doubt but ye are the People--your throne is above the King’s, 31 Not in the camp his victory lies, 23 Only two African kopjes, 82 Out o’ the wilderness, dusty an’ dry, 72 Peace is declared, an’ I return, 117 Smells are surer than sounds or sights, 95 Sudden the desert changes, 8 The bachelor ’e fights for one, 91 The General ’eard the firin’ on the flank, 98 There is a word you often see, pronounce it as you may, 113 There is a world outside the one you know, 110 The Word came down to Dives in Torment where he lay, 40 We’re foot--slog--slog--slog--sloggin’ over Africa!

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From this reading _First Published_ _September 1903_ _Second Edition_ _1903_ _Third Edition_ _1907_ _Fourth Edition_ _1908_ _Fifth and Sixth Editions_ _1909_ _Seventh Edition_ _1910_ _Eighth Edition_ _1911_ _Ninth Edition_ _1912_ _Tenth, Eleventh, Twelfth, and Thirteenth Editions_ _1913_ _Fourteenth Edition_ _1914_ _Fifteenth Edition (2 vols.)_ _1914_ PAGE At times when under cover I ’ave said, 86 Files, 17 God of our fathers, known of old, 121 ‘Here is nothing new nor aught unproven’ say the Trumpets, 1 Here, where my fresh-turned furrows run, 53 I do not love my Empire’s foes, 104 I wish my mother could see me now, with a fence-post under my arm, 64 Let us admit it fairly, as a business people should, 13 Lived a woman wonderful, 49 Me that ’ave been what I’ve been, 59 No doubt but ye are the People--your throne is above the King’s, 31 Not in the camp his victory lies, 23 Only two African kopjes, 82 Out o’ the wilderness, dusty an’ dry, 72 Peace is declared, an’ I return, 117 Smells are surer than sounds or sights, 95 Sudden the desert changes, 8 The bachelor ’e fights for one, 91 The General ’eard the firin’ on the flank, 98 There is a word you often see, pronounce it as you may, 113 There is a world outside the one you know, 110 The Word came down to Dives in Torment where he lay, 40 We’re foot--slog--slog--slog--sloggin’ over Africa!

not any; not one

From this reading _First Published_ _September 1903_ _Second Edition_ _1903_ _Third Edition_ _1907_ _Fourth Edition_ _1908_ _Fifth and Sixth Editions_ _1909_ _Seventh Edition_ _1910_ _Eighth Edition_ _1911_ _Ninth Edition_ _1912_ _Tenth, Eleventh, Twelfth, and Thirteenth Editions_ _1913_ _Fourteenth Edition_ _1914_ _Fifteenth Edition (2 vols.)_ _1914_ PAGE At times when under cover I ’ave said, 86 Files, 17 God of our fathers, known of old, 121 ‘Here is nothing new nor aught unproven’ say the Trumpets, 1 Here, where my fresh-turned furrows run, 53 I do not love my Empire’s foes, 104 I wish my mother could see me now, with a fence-post under my arm, 64 Let us admit it fairly, as a business people should, 13 Lived a woman wonderful, 49 Me that ’ave been what I’ve been, 59 No doubt but ye are the People--your throne is above the King’s, 31 Not in the camp his victory lies, 23 Only two African kopjes, 82 Out o’ the wilderness, dusty an’ dry, 72 Peace is declared, an’ I return, 117 Smells are surer than sounds or sights, 95 Sudden the desert changes, 8 The bachelor ’e fights for one, 91 The General ’eard the firin’ on the flank, 98 There is a word you often see, pronounce it as you may, 113 There is a world outside the one you know, 110 The Word came down to Dives in Torment where he lay, 40 We’re foot--slog--slog--slog--sloggin’ over Africa!

and not; used after a negative to add a second negative

From this reading _First Published_ _September 1903_ _Second Edition_ _1903_ _Third Edition_ _1907_ _Fourth Edition_ _1908_ _Fifth and Sixth Editions_ _1909_ _Seventh Edition_ _1910_ _Eighth Edition_ _1911_ _Ninth Edition_ _1912_ _Tenth, Eleventh, Twelfth, and Thirteenth Editions_ _1913_ _Fourteenth Edition_ _1914_ _Fifteenth Edition (2 vols.)_ _1914_ PAGE At times when under cover I ’ave said, 86 Files, 17 God of our fathers, known of old, 121 ‘Here is nothing new nor aught unproven’ say the Trumpets, 1 Here, where my fresh-turned furrows run, 53 I do not love my Empire’s foes, 104 I wish my mother could see me now, with a fence-post under my arm, 64 Let us admit it fairly, as a business people should, 13 Lived a woman wonderful, 49 Me that ’ave been what I’ve been, 59 No doubt but ye are the People--your throne is above the King’s, 31 Not in the camp his victory lies, 23 Only two African kopjes, 82 Out o’ the wilderness, dusty an’ dry, 72 Peace is declared, an’ I return, 117 Smells are surer than sounds or sights, 95 Sudden the desert changes, 8 The bachelor ’e fights for one, 91 The General ’eard the firin’ on the flank, 98 There is a word you often see, pronounce it as you may, 113 There is a world outside the one you know, 110 The Word came down to Dives in Torment where he lay, 40 We’re foot--slog--slog--slog--sloggin’ over Africa!

used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative

From this reading _First Published_ _September 1903_ _Second Edition_ _1903_ _Third Edition_ _1907_ _Fourth Edition_ _1908_ _Fifth and Sixth Editions_ _1909_ _Seventh Edition_ _1910_ _Eighth Edition_ _1911_ _Ninth Edition_ _1912_ _Tenth, Eleventh, Twelfth, and Thirteenth Editions_ _1913_ _Fourteenth Edition_ _1914_ _Fifteenth Edition (2 vols.)_ _1914_ PAGE At times when under cover I ’ave said, 86 Files, 17 God of our fathers, known of old, 121 ‘Here is nothing new nor aught unproven’ say the Trumpets, 1 Here, where my fresh-turned furrows run, 53 I do not love my Empire’s foes, 104 I wish my mother could see me now, with a fence-post under my arm, 64 Let us admit it fairly, as a business people should, 13 Lived a woman wonderful, 49 Me that ’ave been what I’ve been, 59 No doubt but ye are the People--your throne is above the King’s, 31 Not in the camp his victory lies, 23 Only two African kopjes, 82 Out o’ the wilderness, dusty an’ dry, 72 Peace is declared, an’ I return, 117 Smells are surer than sounds or sights, 95 Sudden the desert changes, 8 The bachelor ’e fights for one, 91 The General ’eard the firin’ on the flank, 98 There is a word you often see, pronounce it as you may, 113 There is a world outside the one you know, 110 The Word came down to Dives in Torment where he lay, 40 We’re foot--slog--slog--slog--sloggin’ over Africa!

not one thing; not anything

From this reading _First Published_ _September 1903_ _Second Edition_ _1903_ _Third Edition_ _1907_ _Fourth Edition_ _1908_ _Fifth and Sixth Editions_ _1909_ _Seventh Edition_ _1910_ _Eighth Edition_ _1911_ _Ninth Edition_ _1912_ _Tenth, Eleventh, Twelfth, and Thirteenth Editions_ _1913_ _Fourteenth Edition_ _1914_ _Fifteenth Edition (2 vols.)_ _1914_ PAGE At times when under cover I ’ave said, 86 Files, 17 God of our fathers, known of old, 121 ‘Here is nothing new nor aught unproven’ say the Trumpets, 1 Here, where my fresh-turned furrows run, 53 I do not love my Empire’s foes, 104 I wish my mother could see me now, with a fence-post under my arm, 64 Let us admit it fairly, as a business people should, 13 Lived a woman wonderful, 49 Me that ’ave been what I’ve been, 59 No doubt but ye are the People--your throne is above the King’s, 31 Not in the camp his victory lies, 23 Only two African kopjes, 82 Out o’ the wilderness, dusty an’ dry, 72 Peace is declared, an’ I return, 117 Smells are surer than sounds or sights, 95 Sudden the desert changes, 8 The bachelor ’e fights for one, 91 The General ’eard the firin’ on the flank, 98 There is a word you often see, pronounce it as you may, 113 There is a world outside the one you know, 110 The Word came down to Dives in Torment where he lay, 40 We’re foot--slog--slog--slog--sloggin’ over Africa!

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From this reading _First Published_ _September 1903_ _Second Edition_ _1903_ _Third Edition_ _1907_ _Fourth Edition_ _1908_ _Fifth and Sixth Editions_ _1909_ _Seventh Edition_ _1910_ _Eighth Edition_ _1911_ _Ninth Edition_ _1912_ _Tenth, Eleventh, Twelfth, and Thirteenth Editions_ _1913_ _Fourteenth Edition_ _1914_ _Fifteenth Edition (2 vols.)_ _1914_ PAGE At times when under cover I ’ave said, 86 Files, 17 God of our fathers, known of old, 121 ‘Here is nothing new nor aught unproven’ say the Trumpets, 1 Here, where my fresh-turned furrows run, 53 I do not love my Empire’s foes, 104 I wish my mother could see me now, with a fence-post under my arm, 64 Let us admit it fairly, as a business people should, 13 Lived a woman wonderful, 49 Me that ’ave been what I’ve been, 59 No doubt but ye are the People--your throne is above the King’s, 31 Not in the camp his victory lies, 23 Only two African kopjes, 82 Out o’ the wilderness, dusty an’ dry, 72 Peace is declared, an’ I return, 117 Smells are surer than sounds or sights, 95 Sudden the desert changes, 8 The bachelor ’e fights for one, 91 The General ’eard the firin’ on the flank, 98 There is a word you often see, pronounce it as you may, 113 There is a world outside the one you know, 110 The Word came down to Dives in Torment where he lay, 40 We’re foot--slog--slog--slog--sloggin’ over Africa!

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From this reading _First Published_ _September 1903_ _Second Edition_ _1903_ _Third Edition_ _1907_ _Fourth Edition_ _1908_ _Fifth and Sixth Editions_ _1909_ _Seventh Edition_ _1910_ _Eighth Edition_ _1911_ _Ninth Edition_ _1912_ _Tenth, Eleventh, Twelfth, and Thirteenth Editions_ _1913_ _Fourteenth Edition_ _1914_ _Fifteenth Edition (2 vols.)_ _1914_ PAGE At times when under cover I ’ave said, 86 Files, 17 God of our fathers, known of old, 121 ‘Here is nothing new nor aught unproven’ say the Trumpets, 1 Here, where my fresh-turned furrows run, 53 I do not love my Empire’s foes, 104 I wish my mother could see me now, with a fence-post under my arm, 64 Let us admit it fairly, as a business people should, 13 Lived a woman wonderful, 49 Me that ’ave been what I’ve been, 59 No doubt but ye are the People--your throne is above the King’s, 31 Not in the camp his victory lies, 23 Only two African kopjes, 82 Out o’ the wilderness, dusty an’ dry, 72 Peace is declared, an’ I return, 117 Smells are surer than sounds or sights, 95 Sudden the desert changes, 8 The bachelor ’e fights for one, 91 The General ’eard the firin’ on the flank, 98 There is a word you often see, pronounce it as you may, 113 There is a world outside the one you know, 110 The Word came down to Dives in Torment where he lay, 40 We’re foot--slog--slog--slog--sloggin’ over Africa!

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

From this reading Bracketed page numbers, such as [Page 17], at the beginning of each Poem, were added as a Search aid by Transcriber, as the Table of Contents is in alphabetical, rather than page number sequence.

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From this reading _First Published_ _September 1903_ _Second Edition_ _1903_ _Third Edition_ _1907_ _Fourth Edition_ _1908_ _Fifth and Sixth Editions_ _1909_ _Seventh Edition_ _1910_ _Eighth Edition_ _1911_ _Ninth Edition_ _1912_ _Tenth, Eleventh, Twelfth, and Thirteenth Editions_ _1913_ _Fourteenth Edition_ _1914_ _Fifteenth Edition (2 vols.)_ _1914_ PAGE At times when under cover I ’ave said, 86 Files, 17 God of our fathers, known of old, 121 ‘Here is nothing new nor aught unproven’ say the Trumpets, 1 Here, where my fresh-turned furrows run, 53 I do not love my Empire’s foes, 104 I wish my mother could see me now, with a fence-post under my arm, 64 Let us admit it fairly, as a business people should, 13 Lived a woman wonderful, 49 Me that ’ave been what I’ve been, 59 No doubt but ye are the People--your throne is above the King’s, 31 Not in the camp his victory lies, 23 Only two African kopjes, 82 Out o’ the wilderness, dusty an’ dry, 72 Peace is declared, an’ I return, 117 Smells are surer than sounds or sights, 95 Sudden the desert changes, 8 The bachelor ’e fights for one, 91 The General ’eard the firin’ on the flank, 98 There is a word you often see, pronounce it as you may, 113 There is a world outside the one you know, 110 The Word came down to Dives in Torment where he lay, 40 We’re foot--slog--slog--slog--sloggin’ over Africa!

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From this reading _First Published_ _September 1903_ _Second Edition_ _1903_ _Third Edition_ _1907_ _Fourth Edition_ _1908_ _Fifth and Sixth Editions_ _1909_ _Seventh Edition_ _1910_ _Eighth Edition_ _1911_ _Ninth Edition_ _1912_ _Tenth, Eleventh, Twelfth, and Thirteenth Editions_ _1913_ _Fourteenth Edition_ _1914_ _Fifteenth Edition (2 vols.)_ _1914_ PAGE At times when under cover I ’ave said, 86 Files, 17 God of our fathers, known of old, 121 ‘Here is nothing new nor aught unproven’ say the Trumpets, 1 Here, where my fresh-turned furrows run, 53 I do not love my Empire’s foes, 104 I wish my mother could see me now, with a fence-post under my arm, 64 Let us admit it fairly, as a business people should, 13 Lived a woman wonderful, 49 Me that ’ave been what I’ve been, 59 No doubt but ye are the People--your throne is above the King’s, 31 Not in the camp his victory lies, 23 Only two African kopjes, 82 Out o’ the wilderness, dusty an’ dry, 72 Peace is declared, an’ I return, 117 Smells are surer than sounds or sights, 95 Sudden the desert changes, 8 The bachelor ’e fights for one, 91 The General ’eard the firin’ on the flank, 98 There is a word you often see, pronounce it as you may, 113 There is a world outside the one you know, 110 The Word came down to Dives in Torment where he lay, 40 We’re foot--slog--slog--slog--sloggin’ over Africa!

touching and supported by a surface

From this reading _First Published_ _September 1903_ _Second Edition_ _1903_ _Third Edition_ _1907_ _Fourth Edition_ _1908_ _Fifth and Sixth Editions_ _1909_ _Seventh Edition_ _1910_ _Eighth Edition_ _1911_ _Ninth Edition_ _1912_ _Tenth, Eleventh, Twelfth, and Thirteenth Editions_ _1913_ _Fourteenth Edition_ _1914_ _Fifteenth Edition (2 vols.)_ _1914_ PAGE At times when under cover I ’ave said, 86 Files, 17 God of our fathers, known of old, 121 ‘Here is nothing new nor aught unproven’ say the Trumpets, 1 Here, where my fresh-turned furrows run, 53 I do not love my Empire’s foes, 104 I wish my mother could see me now, with a fence-post under my arm, 64 Let us admit it fairly, as a business people should, 13 Lived a woman wonderful, 49 Me that ’ave been what I’ve been, 59 No doubt but ye are the People--your throne is above the King’s, 31 Not in the camp his victory lies, 23 Only two African kopjes, 82 Out o’ the wilderness, dusty an’ dry, 72 Peace is declared, an’ I return, 117 Smells are surer than sounds or sights, 95 Sudden the desert changes, 8 The bachelor ’e fights for one, 91 The General ’eard the firin’ on the flank, 98 There is a word you often see, pronounce it as you may, 113 There is a world outside the one you know, 110 The Word came down to Dives in Torment where he lay, 40 We’re foot--slog--slog--slog--sloggin’ over Africa!

used to mean any person in general, including the speaker

From this reading _First Published_ _September 1903_ _Second Edition_ _1903_ _Third Edition_ _1907_ _Fourth Edition_ _1908_ _Fifth and Sixth Editions_ _1909_ _Seventh Edition_ _1910_ _Eighth Edition_ _1911_ _Ninth Edition_ _1912_ _Tenth, Eleventh, Twelfth, and Thirteenth Editions_ _1913_ _Fourteenth Edition_ _1914_ _Fifteenth Edition (2 vols.)_ _1914_ PAGE At times when under cover I ’ave said, 86 Files, 17 God of our fathers, known of old, 121 ‘Here is nothing new nor aught unproven’ say the Trumpets, 1 Here, where my fresh-turned furrows run, 53 I do not love my Empire’s foes, 104 I wish my mother could see me now, with a fence-post under my arm, 64 Let us admit it fairly, as a business people should, 13 Lived a woman wonderful, 49 Me that ’ave been what I’ve been, 59 No doubt but ye are the People--your throne is above the King’s, 31 Not in the camp his victory lies, 23 Only two African kopjes, 82 Out o’ the wilderness, dusty an’ dry, 72 Peace is declared, an’ I return, 117 Smells are surer than sounds or sights, 95 Sudden the desert changes, 8 The bachelor ’e fights for one, 91 The General ’eard the firin’ on the flank, 98 There is a word you often see, pronounce it as you may, 113 There is a world outside the one you know, 110 The Word came down to Dives in Torment where he lay, 40 We’re foot--slog--slog--slog--sloggin’ over Africa!

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From this reading _First Published_ _September 1903_ _Second Edition_ _1903_ _Third Edition_ _1907_ _Fourth Edition_ _1908_ _Fifth and Sixth Editions_ _1909_ _Seventh Edition_ _1910_ _Eighth Edition_ _1911_ _Ninth Edition_ _1912_ _Tenth, Eleventh, Twelfth, and Thirteenth Editions_ _1913_ _Fourteenth Edition_ _1914_ _Fifteenth Edition (2 vols.)_ _1914_ PAGE At times when under cover I ’ave said, 86 Files, 17 God of our fathers, known of old, 121 ‘Here is nothing new nor aught unproven’ say the Trumpets, 1 Here, where my fresh-turned furrows run, 53 I do not love my Empire’s foes, 104 I wish my mother could see me now, with a fence-post under my arm, 64 Let us admit it fairly, as a business people should, 13 Lived a woman wonderful, 49 Me that ’ave been what I’ve been, 59 No doubt but ye are the People--your throne is above the King’s, 31 Not in the camp his victory lies, 23 Only two African kopjes, 82 Out o’ the wilderness, dusty an’ dry, 72 Peace is declared, an’ I return, 117 Smells are surer than sounds or sights, 95 Sudden the desert changes, 8 The bachelor ’e fights for one, 91 The General ’eard the firin’ on the flank, 98 There is a word you often see, pronounce it as you may, 113 There is a world outside the one you know, 110 The Word came down to Dives in Torment where he lay, 40 We’re foot--slog--slog--slog--sloggin’ over Africa!

used to join alternatives or possibilities

From this reading _First Published_ _September 1903_ _Second Edition_ _1903_ _Third Edition_ _1907_ _Fourth Edition_ _1908_ _Fifth and Sixth Editions_ _1909_ _Seventh Edition_ _1910_ _Eighth Edition_ _1911_ _Ninth Edition_ _1912_ _Tenth, Eleventh, Twelfth, and Thirteenth Editions_ _1913_ _Fourteenth Edition_ _1914_ _Fifteenth Edition (2 vols.)_ _1914_ PAGE At times when under cover I ’ave said, 86 Files, 17 God of our fathers, known of old, 121 ‘Here is nothing new nor aught unproven’ say the Trumpets, 1 Here, where my fresh-turned furrows run, 53 I do not love my Empire’s foes, 104 I wish my mother could see me now, with a fence-post under my arm, 64 Let us admit it fairly, as a business people should, 13 Lived a woman wonderful, 49 Me that ’ave been what I’ve been, 59 No doubt but ye are the People--your throne is above the King’s, 31 Not in the camp his victory lies, 23 Only two African kopjes, 82 Out o’ the wilderness, dusty an’ dry, 72 Peace is declared, an’ I return, 117 Smells are surer than sounds or sights, 95 Sudden the desert changes, 8 The bachelor ’e fights for one, 91 The General ’eard the firin’ on the flank, 98 There is a word you often see, pronounce it as you may, 113 There is a world outside the one you know, 110 The Word came down to Dives in Torment where he lay, 40 We’re foot--slog--slog--slog--sloggin’ over Africa!

belonging to the speaker and others

From this reading _First Published_ _September 1903_ _Second Edition_ _1903_ _Third Edition_ _1907_ _Fourth Edition_ _1908_ _Fifth and Sixth Editions_ _1909_ _Seventh Edition_ _1910_ _Eighth Edition_ _1911_ _Ninth Edition_ _1912_ _Tenth, Eleventh, Twelfth, and Thirteenth Editions_ _1913_ _Fourteenth Edition_ _1914_ _Fifteenth Edition (2 vols.)_ _1914_ PAGE At times when under cover I ’ave said, 86 Files, 17 God of our fathers, known of old, 121 ‘Here is nothing new nor aught unproven’ say the Trumpets, 1 Here, where my fresh-turned furrows run, 53 I do not love my Empire’s foes, 104 I wish my mother could see me now, with a fence-post under my arm, 64 Let us admit it fairly, as a business people should, 13 Lived a woman wonderful, 49 Me that ’ave been what I’ve been, 59 No doubt but ye are the People--your throne is above the King’s, 31 Not in the camp his victory lies, 23 Only two African kopjes, 82 Out o’ the wilderness, dusty an’ dry, 72 Peace is declared, an’ I return, 117 Smells are surer than sounds or sights, 95 Sudden the desert changes, 8 The bachelor ’e fights for one, 91 The General ’eard the firin’ on the flank, 98 There is a word you often see, pronounce it as you may, 113 There is a world outside the one you know, 110 The Word came down to Dives in Torment where he lay, 40 We’re foot--slog--slog--slog--sloggin’ over Africa!

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From this reading _First Published_ _September 1903_ _Second Edition_ _1903_ _Third Edition_ _1907_ _Fourth Edition_ _1908_ _Fifth and Sixth Editions_ _1909_ _Seventh Edition_ _1910_ _Eighth Edition_ _1911_ _Ninth Edition_ _1912_ _Tenth, Eleventh, Twelfth, and Thirteenth Editions_ _1913_ _Fourteenth Edition_ _1914_ _Fifteenth Edition (2 vols.)_ _1914_ PAGE At times when under cover I ’ave said, 86 Files, 17 God of our fathers, known of old, 121 ‘Here is nothing new nor aught unproven’ say the Trumpets, 1 Here, where my fresh-turned furrows run, 53 I do not love my Empire’s foes, 104 I wish my mother could see me now, with a fence-post under my arm, 64 Let us admit it fairly, as a business people should, 13 Lived a woman wonderful, 49 Me that ’ave been what I’ve been, 59 No doubt but ye are the People--your throne is above the King’s, 31 Not in the camp his victory lies, 23 Only two African kopjes, 82 Out o’ the wilderness, dusty an’ dry, 72 Peace is declared, an’ I return, 117 Smells are surer than sounds or sights, 95 Sudden the desert changes, 8 The bachelor ’e fights for one, 91 The General ’eard the firin’ on the flank, 98 There is a word you often see, pronounce it as you may, 113 There is a world outside the one you know, 110 The Word came down to Dives in Torment where he lay, 40 We’re foot--slog--slog--slog--sloggin’ over Africa!

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

From this reading _First Published_ _September 1903_ _Second Edition_ _1903_ _Third Edition_ _1907_ _Fourth Edition_ _1908_ _Fifth and Sixth Editions_ _1909_ _Seventh Edition_ _1910_ _Eighth Edition_ _1911_ _Ninth Edition_ _1912_ _Tenth, Eleventh, Twelfth, and Thirteenth Editions_ _1913_ _Fourteenth Edition_ _1914_ _Fifteenth Edition (2 vols.)_ _1914_ PAGE At times when under cover I ’ave said, 86 Files, 17 God of our fathers, known of old, 121 ‘Here is nothing new nor aught unproven’ say the Trumpets, 1 Here, where my fresh-turned furrows run, 53 I do not love my Empire’s foes, 104 I wish my mother could see me now, with a fence-post under my arm, 64 Let us admit it fairly, as a business people should, 13 Lived a woman wonderful, 49 Me that ’ave been what I’ve been, 59 No doubt but ye are the People--your throne is above the King’s, 31 Not in the camp his victory lies, 23 Only two African kopjes, 82 Out o’ the wilderness, dusty an’ dry, 72 Peace is declared, an’ I return, 117 Smells are surer than sounds or sights, 95 Sudden the desert changes, 8 The bachelor ’e fights for one, 91 The General ’eard the firin’ on the flank, 98 There is a word you often see, pronounce it as you may, 113 There is a world outside the one you know, 110 The Word came down to Dives in Torment where he lay, 40 We’re foot--slog--slog--slog--sloggin’ over Africa!

above and across; more than

From this reading _First Published_ _September 1903_ _Second Edition_ _1903_ _Third Edition_ _1907_ _Fourth Edition_ _1908_ _Fifth and Sixth Editions_ _1909_ _Seventh Edition_ _1910_ _Eighth Edition_ _1911_ _Ninth Edition_ _1912_ _Tenth, Eleventh, Twelfth, and Thirteenth Editions_ _1913_ _Fourteenth Edition_ _1914_ _Fifteenth Edition (2 vols.)_ _1914_ PAGE At times when under cover I ’ave said, 86 Files, 17 God of our fathers, known of old, 121 ‘Here is nothing new nor aught unproven’ say the Trumpets, 1 Here, where my fresh-turned furrows run, 53 I do not love my Empire’s foes, 104 I wish my mother could see me now, with a fence-post under my arm, 64 Let us admit it fairly, as a business people should, 13 Lived a woman wonderful, 49 Me that ’ave been what I’ve been, 59 No doubt but ye are the People--your throne is above the King’s, 31 Not in the camp his victory lies, 23 Only two African kopjes, 82 Out o’ the wilderness, dusty an’ dry, 72 Peace is declared, an’ I return, 117 Smells are surer than sounds or sights, 95 Sudden the desert changes, 8 The bachelor ’e fights for one, 91 The General ’eard the firin’ on the flank, 98 There is a word you often see, pronounce it as you may, 113 There is a world outside the one you know, 110 The Word came down to Dives in Torment where he lay, 40 We’re foot--slog--slog--slog--sloggin’ over Africa!

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From this reading _First Published_ _September 1903_ _Second Edition_ _1903_ _Third Edition_ _1907_ _Fourth Edition_ _1908_ _Fifth and Sixth Editions_ _1909_ _Seventh Edition_ _1910_ _Eighth Edition_ _1911_ _Ninth Edition_ _1912_ _Tenth, Eleventh, Twelfth, and Thirteenth Editions_ _1913_ _Fourteenth Edition_ _1914_ _Fifteenth Edition (2 vols.)_ _1914_ PAGE At times when under cover I ’ave said, 86 Files, 17 God of our fathers, known of old, 121 ‘Here is nothing new nor aught unproven’ say the Trumpets, 1 Here, where my fresh-turned furrows run, 53 I do not love my Empire’s foes, 104 I wish my mother could see me now, with a fence-post under my arm, 64 Let us admit it fairly, as a business people should, 13 Lived a woman wonderful, 49 Me that ’ave been what I’ve been, 59 No doubt but ye are the People--your throne is above the King’s, 31 Not in the camp his victory lies, 23 Only two African kopjes, 82 Out o’ the wilderness, dusty an’ dry, 72 Peace is declared, an’ I return, 117 Smells are surer than sounds or sights, 95 Sudden the desert changes, 8 The bachelor ’e fights for one, 91 The General ’eard the firin’ on the flank, 98 There is a word you often see, pronounce it as you may, 113 There is a world outside the one you know, 110 The Word came down to Dives in Torment where he lay, 40 We’re foot--slog--slog--slog--sloggin’ over Africa!

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From this reading _First Published_ _September 1903_ _Second Edition_ _1903_ _Third Edition_ _1907_ _Fourth Edition_ _1908_ _Fifth and Sixth Editions_ _1909_ _Seventh Edition_ _1910_ _Eighth Edition_ _1911_ _Ninth Edition_ _1912_ _Tenth, Eleventh, Twelfth, and Thirteenth Editions_ _1913_ _Fourteenth Edition_ _1914_ _Fifteenth Edition (2 vols.)_ _1914_ PAGE At times when under cover I ’ave said, 86 Files, 17 God of our fathers, known of old, 121 ‘Here is nothing new nor aught unproven’ say the Trumpets, 1 Here, where my fresh-turned furrows run, 53 I do not love my Empire’s foes, 104 I wish my mother could see me now, with a fence-post under my arm, 64 Let us admit it fairly, as a business people should, 13 Lived a woman wonderful, 49 Me that ’ave been what I’ve been, 59 No doubt but ye are the People--your throne is above the King’s, 31 Not in the camp his victory lies, 23 Only two African kopjes, 82 Out o’ the wilderness, dusty an’ dry, 72 Peace is declared, an’ I return, 117 Smells are surer than sounds or sights, 95 Sudden the desert changes, 8 The bachelor ’e fights for one, 91 The General ’eard the firin’ on the flank, 98 There is a word you often see, pronounce it as you may, 113 There is a world outside the one you know, 110 The Word came down to Dives in Torment where he lay, 40 We’re foot--slog--slog--slog--sloggin’ over Africa!

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From this reading _First Published_ _September 1903_ _Second Edition_ _1903_ _Third Edition_ _1907_ _Fourth Edition_ _1908_ _Fifth and Sixth Editions_ _1909_ _Seventh Edition_ _1910_ _Eighth Edition_ _1911_ _Ninth Edition_ _1912_ _Tenth, Eleventh, Twelfth, and Thirteenth Editions_ _1913_ _Fourteenth Edition_ _1914_ _Fifteenth Edition (2 vols.)_ _1914_ PAGE At times when under cover I ’ave said, 86 Files, 17 God of our fathers, known of old, 121 ‘Here is nothing new nor aught unproven’ say the Trumpets, 1 Here, where my fresh-turned furrows run, 53 I do not love my Empire’s foes, 104 I wish my mother could see me now, with a fence-post under my arm, 64 Let us admit it fairly, as a business people should, 13 Lived a woman wonderful, 49 Me that ’ave been what I’ve been, 59 No doubt but ye are the People--your throne is above the King’s, 31 Not in the camp his victory lies, 23 Only two African kopjes, 82 Out o’ the wilderness, dusty an’ dry, 72 Peace is declared, an’ I return, 117 Smells are surer than sounds or sights, 95 Sudden the desert changes, 8 The bachelor ’e fights for one, 91 The General ’eard the firin’ on the flank, 98 There is a word you often see, pronounce it as you may, 113 There is a world outside the one you know, 110 The Word came down to Dives in Torment where he lay, 40 We’re foot--slog--slog--slog--sloggin’ over Africa!

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From this reading _First Published_ _September 1903_ _Second Edition_ _1903_ _Third Edition_ _1907_ _Fourth Edition_ _1908_ _Fifth and Sixth Editions_ _1909_ _Seventh Edition_ _1910_ _Eighth Edition_ _1911_ _Ninth Edition_ _1912_ _Tenth, Eleventh, Twelfth, and Thirteenth Editions_ _1913_ _Fourteenth Edition_ _1914_ _Fifteenth Edition (2 vols.)_ _1914_ PAGE At times when under cover I ’ave said, 86 Files, 17 God of our fathers, known of old, 121 ‘Here is nothing new nor aught unproven’ say the Trumpets, 1 Here, where my fresh-turned furrows run, 53 I do not love my Empire’s foes, 104 I wish my mother could see me now, with a fence-post under my arm, 64 Let us admit it fairly, as a business people should, 13 Lived a woman wonderful, 49 Me that ’ave been what I’ve been, 59 No doubt but ye are the People--your throne is above the King’s, 31 Not in the camp his victory lies, 23 Only two African kopjes, 82 Out o’ the wilderness, dusty an’ dry, 72 Peace is declared, an’ I return, 117 Smells are surer than sounds or sights, 95 Sudden the desert changes, 8 The bachelor ’e fights for one, 91 The General ’eard the firin’ on the flank, 98 There is a word you often see, pronounce it as you may, 113 There is a world outside the one you know, 110 The Word came down to Dives in Torment where he lay, 40 We’re foot--slog--slog--slog--sloggin’ over Africa!

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From this reading _First Published_ _September 1903_ _Second Edition_ _1903_ _Third Edition_ _1907_ _Fourth Edition_ _1908_ _Fifth and Sixth Editions_ _1909_ _Seventh Edition_ _1910_ _Eighth Edition_ _1911_ _Ninth Edition_ _1912_ _Tenth, Eleventh, Twelfth, and Thirteenth Editions_ _1913_ _Fourteenth Edition_ _1914_ _Fifteenth Edition (2 vols.)_ _1914_ PAGE At times when under cover I ’ave said, 86 Files, 17 God of our fathers, known of old, 121 ‘Here is nothing new nor aught unproven’ say the Trumpets, 1 Here, where my fresh-turned furrows run, 53 I do not love my Empire’s foes, 104 I wish my mother could see me now, with a fence-post under my arm, 64 Let us admit it fairly, as a business people should, 13 Lived a woman wonderful, 49 Me that ’ave been what I’ve been, 59 No doubt but ye are the People--your throne is above the King’s, 31 Not in the camp his victory lies, 23 Only two African kopjes, 82 Out o’ the wilderness, dusty an’ dry, 72 Peace is declared, an’ I return, 117 Smells are surer than sounds or sights, 95 Sudden the desert changes, 8 The bachelor ’e fights for one, 91 The General ’eard the firin’ on the flank, 98 There is a word you often see, pronounce it as you may, 113 There is a world outside the one you know, 110 The Word came down to Dives in Torment where he lay, 40 We’re foot--slog--slog--slog--sloggin’ over Africa!

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From this reading _First Published_ _September 1903_ _Second Edition_ _1903_ _Third Edition_ _1907_ _Fourth Edition_ _1908_ _Fifth and Sixth Editions_ _1909_ _Seventh Edition_ _1910_ _Eighth Edition_ _1911_ _Ninth Edition_ _1912_ _Tenth, Eleventh, Twelfth, and Thirteenth Editions_ _1913_ _Fourteenth Edition_ _1914_ _Fifteenth Edition (2 vols.)_ _1914_ PAGE At times when under cover I ’ave said, 86 Files, 17 God of our fathers, known of old, 121 ‘Here is nothing new nor aught unproven’ say the Trumpets, 1 Here, where my fresh-turned furrows run, 53 I do not love my Empire’s foes, 104 I wish my mother could see me now, with a fence-post under my arm, 64 Let us admit it fairly, as a business people should, 13 Lived a woman wonderful, 49 Me that ’ave been what I’ve been, 59 No doubt but ye are the People--your throne is above the King’s, 31 Not in the camp his victory lies, 23 Only two African kopjes, 82 Out o’ the wilderness, dusty an’ dry, 72 Peace is declared, an’ I return, 117 Smells are surer than sounds or sights, 95 Sudden the desert changes, 8 The bachelor ’e fights for one, 91 The General ’eard the firin’ on the flank, 98 There is a word you often see, pronounce it as you may, 113 There is a world outside the one you know, 110 The Word came down to Dives in Torment where he lay, 40 We’re foot--slog--slog--slog--sloggin’ over Africa!

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From this reading _First Published_ _September 1903_ _Second Edition_ _1903_ _Third Edition_ _1907_ _Fourth Edition_ _1908_ _Fifth and Sixth Editions_ _1909_ _Seventh Edition_ _1910_ _Eighth Edition_ _1911_ _Ninth Edition_ _1912_ _Tenth, Eleventh, Twelfth, and Thirteenth Editions_ _1913_ _Fourteenth Edition_ _1914_ _Fifteenth Edition (2 vols.)_ _1914_ PAGE At times when under cover I ’ave said, 86 Files, 17 God of our fathers, known of old, 121 ‘Here is nothing new nor aught unproven’ say the Trumpets, 1 Here, where my fresh-turned furrows run, 53 I do not love my Empire’s foes, 104 I wish my mother could see me now, with a fence-post under my arm, 64 Let us admit it fairly, as a business people should, 13 Lived a woman wonderful, 49 Me that ’ave been what I’ve been, 59 No doubt but ye are the People--your throne is above the King’s, 31 Not in the camp his victory lies, 23 Only two African kopjes, 82 Out o’ the wilderness, dusty an’ dry, 72 Peace is declared, an’ I return, 117 Smells are surer than sounds or sights, 95 Sudden the desert changes, 8 The bachelor ’e fights for one, 91 The General ’eard the firin’ on the flank, 98 There is a word you often see, pronounce it as you may, 113 There is a world outside the one you know, 110 The Word came down to Dives in Torment where he lay, 40 We’re foot--slog--slog--slog--sloggin’ over Africa!

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From this reading _First Published_ _September 1903_ _Second Edition_ _1903_ _Third Edition_ _1907_ _Fourth Edition_ _1908_ _Fifth and Sixth Editions_ _1909_ _Seventh Edition_ _1910_ _Eighth Edition_ _1911_ _Ninth Edition_ _1912_ _Tenth, Eleventh, Twelfth, and Thirteenth Editions_ _1913_ _Fourteenth Edition_ _1914_ _Fifteenth Edition (2 vols.)_ _1914_ PAGE At times when under cover I ’ave said, 86 Files, 17 God of our fathers, known of old, 121 ‘Here is nothing new nor aught unproven’ say the Trumpets, 1 Here, where my fresh-turned furrows run, 53 I do not love my Empire’s foes, 104 I wish my mother could see me now, with a fence-post under my arm, 64 Let us admit it fairly, as a business people should, 13 Lived a woman wonderful, 49 Me that ’ave been what I’ve been, 59 No doubt but ye are the People--your throne is above the King’s, 31 Not in the camp his victory lies, 23 Only two African kopjes, 82 Out o’ the wilderness, dusty an’ dry, 72 Peace is declared, an’ I return, 117 Smells are surer than sounds or sights, 95 Sudden the desert changes, 8 The bachelor ’e fights for one, 91 The General ’eard the firin’ on the flank, 98 There is a word you often see, pronounce it as you may, 113 There is a world outside the one you know, 110 The Word came down to Dives in Torment where he lay, 40 We’re foot--slog--slog--slog--sloggin’ over Africa!

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From this reading _First Published_ _September 1903_ _Second Edition_ _1903_ _Third Edition_ _1907_ _Fourth Edition_ _1908_ _Fifth and Sixth Editions_ _1909_ _Seventh Edition_ _1910_ _Eighth Edition_ _1911_ _Ninth Edition_ _1912_ _Tenth, Eleventh, Twelfth, and Thirteenth Editions_ _1913_ _Fourteenth Edition_ _1914_ _Fifteenth Edition (2 vols.)_ _1914_ PAGE At times when under cover I ’ave said, 86 Files, 17 God of our fathers, known of old, 121 ‘Here is nothing new nor aught unproven’ say the Trumpets, 1 Here, where my fresh-turned furrows run, 53 I do not love my Empire’s foes, 104 I wish my mother could see me now, with a fence-post under my arm, 64 Let us admit it fairly, as a business people should, 13 Lived a woman wonderful, 49 Me that ’ave been what I’ve been, 59 No doubt but ye are the People--your throne is above the King’s, 31 Not in the camp his victory lies, 23 Only two African kopjes, 82 Out o’ the wilderness, dusty an’ dry, 72 Peace is declared, an’ I return, 117 Smells are surer than sounds or sights, 95 Sudden the desert changes, 8 The bachelor ’e fights for one, 91 The General ’eard the firin’ on the flank, 98 There is a word you often see, pronounce it as you may, 113 There is a world outside the one you know, 110 The Word came down to Dives in Torment where he lay, 40 We’re foot--slog--slog--slog--sloggin’ over Africa!

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From this reading _First Published_ _September 1903_ _Second Edition_ _1903_ _Third Edition_ _1907_ _Fourth Edition_ _1908_ _Fifth and Sixth Editions_ _1909_ _Seventh Edition_ _1910_ _Eighth Edition_ _1911_ _Ninth Edition_ _1912_ _Tenth, Eleventh, Twelfth, and Thirteenth Editions_ _1913_ _Fourteenth Edition_ _1914_ _Fifteenth Edition (2 vols.)_ _1914_ PAGE At times when under cover I ’ave said, 86 Files, 17 God of our fathers, known of old, 121 ‘Here is nothing new nor aught unproven’ say the Trumpets, 1 Here, where my fresh-turned furrows run, 53 I do not love my Empire’s foes, 104 I wish my mother could see me now, with a fence-post under my arm, 64 Let us admit it fairly, as a business people should, 13 Lived a woman wonderful, 49 Me that ’ave been what I’ve been, 59 No doubt but ye are the People--your throne is above the King’s, 31 Not in the camp his victory lies, 23 Only two African kopjes, 82 Out o’ the wilderness, dusty an’ dry, 72 Peace is declared, an’ I return, 117 Smells are surer than sounds or sights, 95 Sudden the desert changes, 8 The bachelor ’e fights for one, 91 The General ’eard the firin’ on the flank, 98 There is a word you often see, pronounce it as you may, 113 There is a world outside the one you know, 110 The Word came down to Dives in Torment where he lay, 40 We’re foot--slog--slog--slog--sloggin’ over Africa!

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From this reading _First Published_ _September 1903_ _Second Edition_ _1903_ _Third Edition_ _1907_ _Fourth Edition_ _1908_ _Fifth and Sixth Editions_ _1909_ _Seventh Edition_ _1910_ _Eighth Edition_ _1911_ _Ninth Edition_ _1912_ _Tenth, Eleventh, Twelfth, and Thirteenth Editions_ _1913_ _Fourteenth Edition_ _1914_ _Fifteenth Edition (2 vols.)_ _1914_ PAGE At times when under cover I ’ave said, 86 Files, 17 God of our fathers, known of old, 121 ‘Here is nothing new nor aught unproven’ say the Trumpets, 1 Here, where my fresh-turned furrows run, 53 I do not love my Empire’s foes, 104 I wish my mother could see me now, with a fence-post under my arm, 64 Let us admit it fairly, as a business people should, 13 Lived a woman wonderful, 49 Me that ’ave been what I’ve been, 59 No doubt but ye are the People--your throne is above the King’s, 31 Not in the camp his victory lies, 23 Only two African kopjes, 82 Out o’ the wilderness, dusty an’ dry, 72 Peace is declared, an’ I return, 117 Smells are surer than sounds or sights, 95 Sudden the desert changes, 8 The bachelor ’e fights for one, 91 The General ’eard the firin’ on the flank, 98 There is a word you often see, pronounce it as you may, 113 There is a world outside the one you know, 110 The Word came down to Dives in Torment where he lay, 40 We’re foot--slog--slog--slog--sloggin’ over Africa!

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From this reading _First Published_ _September 1903_ _Second Edition_ _1903_ _Third Edition_ _1907_ _Fourth Edition_ _1908_ _Fifth and Sixth Editions_ _1909_ _Seventh Edition_ _1910_ _Eighth Edition_ _1911_ _Ninth Edition_ _1912_ _Tenth, Eleventh, Twelfth, and Thirteenth Editions_ _1913_ _Fourteenth Edition_ _1914_ _Fifteenth Edition (2 vols.)_ _1914_ PAGE At times when under cover I ’ave said, 86 Files, 17 God of our fathers, known of old, 121 ‘Here is nothing new nor aught unproven’ say the Trumpets, 1 Here, where my fresh-turned furrows run, 53 I do not love my Empire’s foes, 104 I wish my mother could see me now, with a fence-post under my arm, 64 Let us admit it fairly, as a business people should, 13 Lived a woman wonderful, 49 Me that ’ave been what I’ve been, 59 No doubt but ye are the People--your throne is above the King’s, 31 Not in the camp his victory lies, 23 Only two African kopjes, 82 Out o’ the wilderness, dusty an’ dry, 72 Peace is declared, an’ I return, 117 Smells are surer than sounds or sights, 95 Sudden the desert changes, 8 The bachelor ’e fights for one, 91 The General ’eard the firin’ on the flank, 98 There is a word you often see, pronounce it as you may, 113 There is a world outside the one you know, 110 The Word came down to Dives in Torment where he lay, 40 We’re foot--slog--slog--slog--sloggin’ over Africa!

used to say what is right, expected, or advisable

From this reading _First Published_ _September 1903_ _Second Edition_ _1903_ _Third Edition_ _1907_ _Fourth Edition_ _1908_ _Fifth and Sixth Editions_ _1909_ _Seventh Edition_ _1910_ _Eighth Edition_ _1911_ _Ninth Edition_ _1912_ _Tenth, Eleventh, Twelfth, and Thirteenth Editions_ _1913_ _Fourteenth Edition_ _1914_ _Fifteenth Edition (2 vols.)_ _1914_ PAGE At times when under cover I ’ave said, 86 Files, 17 God of our fathers, known of old, 121 ‘Here is nothing new nor aught unproven’ say the Trumpets, 1 Here, where my fresh-turned furrows run, 53 I do not love my Empire’s foes, 104 I wish my mother could see me now, with a fence-post under my arm, 64 Let us admit it fairly, as a business people should, 13 Lived a woman wonderful, 49 Me that ’ave been what I’ve been, 59 No doubt but ye are the People--your throne is above the King’s, 31 Not in the camp his victory lies, 23 Only two African kopjes, 82 Out o’ the wilderness, dusty an’ dry, 72 Peace is declared, an’ I return, 117 Smells are surer than sounds or sights, 95 Sudden the desert changes, 8 The bachelor ’e fights for one, 91 The General ’eard the firin’ on the flank, 98 There is a word you often see, pronounce it as you may, 113 There is a world outside the one you know, 110 The Word came down to Dives in Torment where he lay, 40 We’re foot--slog--slog--slog--sloggin’ over Africa!

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From this reading _First Published_ _September 1903_ _Second Edition_ _1903_ _Third Edition_ _1907_ _Fourth Edition_ _1908_ _Fifth and Sixth Editions_ _1909_ _Seventh Edition_ _1910_ _Eighth Edition_ _1911_ _Ninth Edition_ _1912_ _Tenth, Eleventh, Twelfth, and Thirteenth Editions_ _1913_ _Fourteenth Edition_ _1914_ _Fifteenth Edition (2 vols.)_ _1914_ PAGE At times when under cover I ’ave said, 86 Files, 17 God of our fathers, known of old, 121 ‘Here is nothing new nor aught unproven’ say the Trumpets, 1 Here, where my fresh-turned furrows run, 53 I do not love my Empire’s foes, 104 I wish my mother could see me now, with a fence-post under my arm, 64 Let us admit it fairly, as a business people should, 13 Lived a woman wonderful, 49 Me that ’ave been what I’ve been, 59 No doubt but ye are the People--your throne is above the King’s, 31 Not in the camp his victory lies, 23 Only two African kopjes, 82 Out o’ the wilderness, dusty an’ dry, 72 Peace is declared, an’ I return, 117 Smells are surer than sounds or sights, 95 Sudden the desert changes, 8 The bachelor ’e fights for one, 91 The General ’eard the firin’ on the flank, 98 There is a word you often see, pronounce it as you may, 113 There is a world outside the one you know, 110 The Word came down to Dives in Torment where he lay, 40 We’re foot--slog--slog--slog--sloggin’ over Africa!

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading _First Published_ _September 1903_ _Second Edition_ _1903_ _Third Edition_ _1907_ _Fourth Edition_ _1908_ _Fifth and Sixth Editions_ _1909_ _Seventh Edition_ _1910_ _Eighth Edition_ _1911_ _Ninth Edition_ _1912_ _Tenth, Eleventh, Twelfth, and Thirteenth Editions_ _1913_ _Fourteenth Edition_ _1914_ _Fifteenth Edition (2 vols.)_ _1914_ PAGE At times when under cover I ’ave said, 86 Files, 17 God of our fathers, known of old, 121 ‘Here is nothing new nor aught unproven’ say the Trumpets, 1 Here, where my fresh-turned furrows run, 53 I do not love my Empire’s foes, 104 I wish my mother could see me now, with a fence-post under my arm, 64 Let us admit it fairly, as a business people should, 13 Lived a woman wonderful, 49 Me that ’ave been what I’ve been, 59 No doubt but ye are the People--your throne is above the King’s, 31 Not in the camp his victory lies, 23 Only two African kopjes, 82 Out o’ the wilderness, dusty an’ dry, 72 Peace is declared, an’ I return, 117 Smells are surer than sounds or sights, 95 Sudden the desert changes, 8 The bachelor ’e fights for one, 91 The General ’eard the firin’ on the flank, 98 There is a word you often see, pronounce it as you may, 113 There is a world outside the one you know, 110 The Word came down to Dives in Torment where he lay, 40 We’re foot--slog--slog--slog--sloggin’ over Africa!

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From this reading _First Published_ _September 1903_ _Second Edition_ _1903_ _Third Edition_ _1907_ _Fourth Edition_ _1908_ _Fifth and Sixth Editions_ _1909_ _Seventh Edition_ _1910_ _Eighth Edition_ _1911_ _Ninth Edition_ _1912_ _Tenth, Eleventh, Twelfth, and Thirteenth Editions_ _1913_ _Fourteenth Edition_ _1914_ _Fifteenth Edition (2 vols.)_ _1914_ PAGE At times when under cover I ’ave said, 86 Files, 17 God of our fathers, known of old, 121 ‘Here is nothing new nor aught unproven’ say the Trumpets, 1 Here, where my fresh-turned furrows run, 53 I do not love my Empire’s foes, 104 I wish my mother could see me now, with a fence-post under my arm, 64 Let us admit it fairly, as a business people should, 13 Lived a woman wonderful, 49 Me that ’ave been what I’ve been, 59 No doubt but ye are the People--your throne is above the King’s, 31 Not in the camp his victory lies, 23 Only two African kopjes, 82 Out o’ the wilderness, dusty an’ dry, 72 Peace is declared, an’ I return, 117 Smells are surer than sounds or sights, 95 Sudden the desert changes, 8 The bachelor ’e fights for one, 91 The General ’eard the firin’ on the flank, 98 There is a word you often see, pronounce it as you may, 113 There is a world outside the one you know, 110 The Word came down to Dives in Torment where he lay, 40 We’re foot--slog--slog--slog--sloggin’ over Africa!

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From this reading _First Published_ _September 1903_ _Second Edition_ _1903_ _Third Edition_ _1907_ _Fourth Edition_ _1908_ _Fifth and Sixth Editions_ _1909_ _Seventh Edition_ _1910_ _Eighth Edition_ _1911_ _Ninth Edition_ _1912_ _Tenth, Eleventh, Twelfth, and Thirteenth Editions_ _1913_ _Fourteenth Edition_ _1914_ _Fifteenth Edition (2 vols.)_ _1914_ PAGE At times when under cover I ’ave said, 86 Files, 17 God of our fathers, known of old, 121 ‘Here is nothing new nor aught unproven’ say the Trumpets, 1 Here, where my fresh-turned furrows run, 53 I do not love my Empire’s foes, 104 I wish my mother could see me now, with a fence-post under my arm, 64 Let us admit it fairly, as a business people should, 13 Lived a woman wonderful, 49 Me that ’ave been what I’ve been, 59 No doubt but ye are the People--your throne is above the King’s, 31 Not in the camp his victory lies, 23 Only two African kopjes, 82 Out o’ the wilderness, dusty an’ dry, 72 Peace is declared, an’ I return, 117 Smells are surer than sounds or sights, 95 Sudden the desert changes, 8 The bachelor ’e fights for one, 91 The General ’eard the firin’ on the flank, 98 There is a word you often see, pronounce it as you may, 113 There is a world outside the one you know, 110 The Word came down to Dives in Torment where he lay, 40 We’re foot--slog--slog--slog--sloggin’ over Africa!

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From this reading _First Published_ _September 1903_ _Second Edition_ _1903_ _Third Edition_ _1907_ _Fourth Edition_ _1908_ _Fifth and Sixth Editions_ _1909_ _Seventh Edition_ _1910_ _Eighth Edition_ _1911_ _Ninth Edition_ _1912_ _Tenth, Eleventh, Twelfth, and Thirteenth Editions_ _1913_ _Fourteenth Edition_ _1914_ _Fifteenth Edition (2 vols.)_ _1914_ PAGE At times when under cover I ’ave said, 86 Files, 17 God of our fathers, known of old, 121 ‘Here is nothing new nor aught unproven’ say the Trumpets, 1 Here, where my fresh-turned furrows run, 53 I do not love my Empire’s foes, 104 I wish my mother could see me now, with a fence-post under my arm, 64 Let us admit it fairly, as a business people should, 13 Lived a woman wonderful, 49 Me that ’ave been what I’ve been, 59 No doubt but ye are the People--your throne is above the King’s, 31 Not in the camp his victory lies, 23 Only two African kopjes, 82 Out o’ the wilderness, dusty an’ dry, 72 Peace is declared, an’ I return, 117 Smells are surer than sounds or sights, 95 Sudden the desert changes, 8 The bachelor ’e fights for one, 91 The General ’eard the firin’ on the flank, 98 There is a word you often see, pronounce it as you may, 113 There is a world outside the one you know, 110 The Word came down to Dives in Torment where he lay, 40 We’re foot--slog--slog--slog--sloggin’ over Africa!

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From this reading _First Published_ _September 1903_ _Second Edition_ _1903_ _Third Edition_ _1907_ _Fourth Edition_ _1908_ _Fifth and Sixth Editions_ _1909_ _Seventh Edition_ _1910_ _Eighth Edition_ _1911_ _Ninth Edition_ _1912_ _Tenth, Eleventh, Twelfth, and Thirteenth Editions_ _1913_ _Fourteenth Edition_ _1914_ _Fifteenth Edition (2 vols.)_ _1914_ PAGE At times when under cover I ’ave said, 86 Files, 17 God of our fathers, known of old, 121 ‘Here is nothing new nor aught unproven’ say the Trumpets, 1 Here, where my fresh-turned furrows run, 53 I do not love my Empire’s foes, 104 I wish my mother could see me now, with a fence-post under my arm, 64 Let us admit it fairly, as a business people should, 13 Lived a woman wonderful, 49 Me that ’ave been what I’ve been, 59 No doubt but ye are the People--your throne is above the King’s, 31 Not in the camp his victory lies, 23 Only two African kopjes, 82 Out o’ the wilderness, dusty an’ dry, 72 Peace is declared, an’ I return, 117 Smells are surer than sounds or sights, 95 Sudden the desert changes, 8 The bachelor ’e fights for one, 91 The General ’eard the firin’ on the flank, 98 There is a word you often see, pronounce it as you may, 113 There is a world outside the one you know, 110 The Word came down to Dives in Torment where he lay, 40 We’re foot--slog--slog--slog--sloggin’ over Africa!

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From this reading 36 ESSEX STREET W.C.

of the kind already mentioned

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an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading _First Published_ _September 1903_ _Second Edition_ _1903_ _Third Edition_ _1907_ _Fourth Edition_ _1908_ _Fifth and Sixth Editions_ _1909_ _Seventh Edition_ _1910_ _Eighth Edition_ _1911_ _Ninth Edition_ _1912_ _Tenth, Eleventh, Twelfth, and Thirteenth Editions_ _1913_ _Fourteenth Edition_ _1914_ _Fifteenth Edition (2 vols.)_ _1914_ PAGE At times when under cover I ’ave said, 86 Files, 17 God of our fathers, known of old, 121 ‘Here is nothing new nor aught unproven’ say the Trumpets, 1 Here, where my fresh-turned furrows run, 53 I do not love my Empire’s foes, 104 I wish my mother could see me now, with a fence-post under my arm, 64 Let us admit it fairly, as a business people should, 13 Lived a woman wonderful, 49 Me that ’ave been what I’ve been, 59 No doubt but ye are the People--your throne is above the King’s, 31 Not in the camp his victory lies, 23 Only two African kopjes, 82 Out o’ the wilderness, dusty an’ dry, 72 Peace is declared, an’ I return, 117 Smells are surer than sounds or sights, 95 Sudden the desert changes, 8 The bachelor ’e fights for one, 91 The General ’eard the firin’ on the flank, 98 There is a word you often see, pronounce it as you may, 113 There is a world outside the one you know, 110 The Word came down to Dives in Torment where he lay, 40 We’re foot--slog--slog--slog--sloggin’ over Africa!

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From this reading _First Published_ _September 1903_ _Second Edition_ _1903_ _Third Edition_ _1907_ _Fourth Edition_ _1908_ _Fifth and Sixth Editions_ _1909_ _Seventh Edition_ _1910_ _Eighth Edition_ _1911_ _Ninth Edition_ _1912_ _Tenth, Eleventh, Twelfth, and Thirteenth Editions_ _1913_ _Fourteenth Edition_ _1914_ _Fifteenth Edition (2 vols.)_ _1914_ PAGE At times when under cover I ’ave said, 86 Files, 17 God of our fathers, known of old, 121 ‘Here is nothing new nor aught unproven’ say the Trumpets, 1 Here, where my fresh-turned furrows run, 53 I do not love my Empire’s foes, 104 I wish my mother could see me now, with a fence-post under my arm, 64 Let us admit it fairly, as a business people should, 13 Lived a woman wonderful, 49 Me that ’ave been what I’ve been, 59 No doubt but ye are the People--your throne is above the King’s, 31 Not in the camp his victory lies, 23 Only two African kopjes, 82 Out o’ the wilderness, dusty an’ dry, 72 Peace is declared, an’ I return, 117 Smells are surer than sounds or sights, 95 Sudden the desert changes, 8 The bachelor ’e fights for one, 91 The General ’eard the firin’ on the flank, 98 There is a word you often see, pronounce it as you may, 113 There is a world outside the one you know, 110 The Word came down to Dives in Torment where he lay, 40 We’re foot--slog--slog--slog--sloggin’ over Africa!

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From this reading _First Published_ _September 1903_ _Second Edition_ _1903_ _Third Edition_ _1907_ _Fourth Edition_ _1908_ _Fifth and Sixth Editions_ _1909_ _Seventh Edition_ _1910_ _Eighth Edition_ _1911_ _Ninth Edition_ _1912_ _Tenth, Eleventh, Twelfth, and Thirteenth Editions_ _1913_ _Fourteenth Edition_ _1914_ _Fifteenth Edition (2 vols.)_ _1914_ PAGE At times when under cover I ’ave said, 86 Files, 17 God of our fathers, known of old, 121 ‘Here is nothing new nor aught unproven’ say the Trumpets, 1 Here, where my fresh-turned furrows run, 53 I do not love my Empire’s foes, 104 I wish my mother could see me now, with a fence-post under my arm, 64 Let us admit it fairly, as a business people should, 13 Lived a woman wonderful, 49 Me that ’ave been what I’ve been, 59 No doubt but ye are the People--your throne is above the King’s, 31 Not in the camp his victory lies, 23 Only two African kopjes, 82 Out o’ the wilderness, dusty an’ dry, 72 Peace is declared, an’ I return, 117 Smells are surer than sounds or sights, 95 Sudden the desert changes, 8 The bachelor ’e fights for one, 91 The General ’eard the firin’ on the flank, 98 There is a word you often see, pronounce it as you may, 113 There is a world outside the one you know, 110 The Word came down to Dives in Torment where he lay, 40 We’re foot--slog--slog--slog--sloggin’ over Africa!

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used to introduce the second part of a comparison

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used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt

From this reading _First Published_ _September 1903_ _Second Edition_ _1903_ _Third Edition_ _1907_ _Fourth Edition_ _1908_ _Fifth and Sixth Editions_ _1909_ _Seventh Edition_ _1910_ _Eighth Edition_ _1911_ _Ninth Edition_ _1912_ _Tenth, Eleventh, Twelfth, and Thirteenth Editions_ _1913_ _Fourteenth Edition_ _1914_ _Fifteenth Edition (2 vols.)_ _1914_ PAGE At times when under cover I ’ave said, 86 Files, 17 God of our fathers, known of old, 121 ‘Here is nothing new nor aught unproven’ say the Trumpets, 1 Here, where my fresh-turned furrows run, 53 I do not love my Empire’s foes, 104 I wish my mother could see me now, with a fence-post under my arm, 64 Let us admit it fairly, as a business people should, 13 Lived a woman wonderful, 49 Me that ’ave been what I’ve been, 59 No doubt but ye are the People--your throne is above the King’s, 31 Not in the camp his victory lies, 23 Only two African kopjes, 82 Out o’ the wilderness, dusty an’ dry, 72 Peace is declared, an’ I return, 117 Smells are surer than sounds or sights, 95 Sudden the desert changes, 8 The bachelor ’e fights for one, 91 The General ’eard the firin’ on the flank, 98 There is a word you often see, pronounce it as you may, 113 There is a world outside the one you know, 110 The Word came down to Dives in Torment where he lay, 40 We’re foot--slog--slog--slog--sloggin’ over Africa!

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

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From this reading _First Published_ _September 1903_ _Second Edition_ _1903_ _Third Edition_ _1907_ _Fourth Edition_ _1908_ _Fifth and Sixth Editions_ _1909_ _Seventh Edition_ _1910_ _Eighth Edition_ _1911_ _Ninth Edition_ _1912_ _Tenth, Eleventh, Twelfth, and Thirteenth Editions_ _1913_ _Fourteenth Edition_ _1914_ _Fifteenth Edition (2 vols.)_ _1914_ PAGE At times when under cover I ’ave said, 86 Files, 17 God of our fathers, known of old, 121 ‘Here is nothing new nor aught unproven’ say the Trumpets, 1 Here, where my fresh-turned furrows run, 53 I do not love my Empire’s foes, 104 I wish my mother could see me now, with a fence-post under my arm, 64 Let us admit it fairly, as a business people should, 13 Lived a woman wonderful, 49 Me that ’ave been what I’ve been, 59 No doubt but ye are the People--your throne is above the King’s, 31 Not in the camp his victory lies, 23 Only two African kopjes, 82 Out o’ the wilderness, dusty an’ dry, 72 Peace is declared, an’ I return, 117 Smells are surer than sounds or sights, 95 Sudden the desert changes, 8 The bachelor ’e fights for one, 91 The General ’eard the firin’ on the flank, 98 There is a word you often see, pronounce it as you may, 113 There is a world outside the one you know, 110 The Word came down to Dives in Torment where he lay, 40 We’re foot--slog--slog--slog--sloggin’ over Africa!

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading _First Published_ _September 1903_ _Second Edition_ _1903_ _Third Edition_ _1907_ _Fourth Edition_ _1908_ _Fifth and Sixth Editions_ _1909_ _Seventh Edition_ _1910_ _Eighth Edition_ _1911_ _Ninth Edition_ _1912_ _Tenth, Eleventh, Twelfth, and Thirteenth Editions_ _1913_ _Fourteenth Edition_ _1914_ _Fifteenth Edition (2 vols.)_ _1914_ PAGE At times when under cover I ’ave said, 86 Files, 17 God of our fathers, known of old, 121 ‘Here is nothing new nor aught unproven’ say the Trumpets, 1 Here, where my fresh-turned furrows run, 53 I do not love my Empire’s foes, 104 I wish my mother could see me now, with a fence-post under my arm, 64 Let us admit it fairly, as a business people should, 13 Lived a woman wonderful, 49 Me that ’ave been what I’ve been, 59 No doubt but ye are the People--your throne is above the King’s, 31 Not in the camp his victory lies, 23 Only two African kopjes, 82 Out o’ the wilderness, dusty an’ dry, 72 Peace is declared, an’ I return, 117 Smells are surer than sounds or sights, 95 Sudden the desert changes, 8 The bachelor ’e fights for one, 91 The General ’eard the firin’ on the flank, 98 There is a word you often see, pronounce it as you may, 113 There is a world outside the one you know, 110 The Word came down to Dives in Torment where he lay, 40 We’re foot--slog--slog--slog--sloggin’ over Africa!

Constituting number thirteen in a sequence.

From this reading _First Published_ _September 1903_ _Second Edition_ _1903_ _Third Edition_ _1907_ _Fourth Edition_ _1908_ _Fifth and Sixth Editions_ _1909_ _Seventh Edition_ _1910_ _Eighth Edition_ _1911_ _Ninth Edition_ _1912_ _Tenth, Eleventh, Twelfth, and Thirteenth Editions_ _1913_ _Fourteenth Edition_ _1914_ _Fifteenth Edition (2 vols.)_ _1914_ PAGE At times when under cover I ’ave said, 86 Files, 17 God of our fathers, known of old, 121 ‘Here is nothing new nor aught unproven’ say the Trumpets, 1 Here, where my fresh-turned furrows run, 53 I do not love my Empire’s foes, 104 I wish my mother could see me now, with a fence-post under my arm, 64 Let us admit it fairly, as a business people should, 13 Lived a woman wonderful, 49 Me that ’ave been what I’ve been, 59 No doubt but ye are the People--your throne is above the King’s, 31 Not in the camp his victory lies, 23 Only two African kopjes, 82 Out o’ the wilderness, dusty an’ dry, 72 Peace is declared, an’ I return, 117 Smells are surer than sounds or sights, 95 Sudden the desert changes, 8 The bachelor ’e fights for one, 91 The General ’eard the firin’ on the flank, 98 There is a word you often see, pronounce it as you may, 113 There is a world outside the one you know, 110 The Word came down to Dives in Torment where he lay, 40 We’re foot--slog--slog--slog--sloggin’ over Africa!

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From this reading _First Published_ _September 1903_ _Second Edition_ _1903_ _Third Edition_ _1907_ _Fourth Edition_ _1908_ _Fifth and Sixth Editions_ _1909_ _Seventh Edition_ _1910_ _Eighth Edition_ _1911_ _Ninth Edition_ _1912_ _Tenth, Eleventh, Twelfth, and Thirteenth Editions_ _1913_ _Fourteenth Edition_ _1914_ _Fifteenth Edition (2 vols.)_ _1914_ PAGE At times when under cover I ’ave said, 86 Files, 17 God of our fathers, known of old, 121 ‘Here is nothing new nor aught unproven’ say the Trumpets, 1 Here, where my fresh-turned furrows run, 53 I do not love my Empire’s foes, 104 I wish my mother could see me now, with a fence-post under my arm, 64 Let us admit it fairly, as a business people should, 13 Lived a woman wonderful, 49 Me that ’ave been what I’ve been, 59 No doubt but ye are the People--your throne is above the King’s, 31 Not in the camp his victory lies, 23 Only two African kopjes, 82 Out o’ the wilderness, dusty an’ dry, 72 Peace is declared, an’ I return, 117 Smells are surer than sounds or sights, 95 Sudden the desert changes, 8 The bachelor ’e fights for one, 91 The General ’eard the firin’ on the flank, 98 There is a word you often see, pronounce it as you may, 113 There is a world outside the one you know, 110 The Word came down to Dives in Torment where he lay, 40 We’re foot--slog--slog--slog--sloggin’ over Africa!

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From this reading _First Published_ _September 1903_ _Second Edition_ _1903_ _Third Edition_ _1907_ _Fourth Edition_ _1908_ _Fifth and Sixth Editions_ _1909_ _Seventh Edition_ _1910_ _Eighth Edition_ _1911_ _Ninth Edition_ _1912_ _Tenth, Eleventh, Twelfth, and Thirteenth Editions_ _1913_ _Fourteenth Edition_ _1914_ _Fifteenth Edition (2 vols.)_ _1914_ PAGE At times when under cover I ’ave said, 86 Files, 17 God of our fathers, known of old, 121 ‘Here is nothing new nor aught unproven’ say the Trumpets, 1 Here, where my fresh-turned furrows run, 53 I do not love my Empire’s foes, 104 I wish my mother could see me now, with a fence-post under my arm, 64 Let us admit it fairly, as a business people should, 13 Lived a woman wonderful, 49 Me that ’ave been what I’ve been, 59 No doubt but ye are the People--your throne is above the King’s, 31 Not in the camp his victory lies, 23 Only two African kopjes, 82 Out o’ the wilderness, dusty an’ dry, 72 Peace is declared, an’ I return, 117 Smells are surer than sounds or sights, 95 Sudden the desert changes, 8 The bachelor ’e fights for one, 91 The General ’eard the firin’ on the flank, 98 There is a word you often see, pronounce it as you may, 113 There is a world outside the one you know, 110 The Word came down to Dives in Torment where he lay, 40 We’re foot--slog--slog--slog--sloggin’ over Africa!

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

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From this reading _First Published_ _September 1903_ _Second Edition_ _1903_ _Third Edition_ _1907_ _Fourth Edition_ _1908_ _Fifth and Sixth Editions_ _1909_ _Seventh Edition_ _1910_ _Eighth Edition_ _1911_ _Ninth Edition_ _1912_ _Tenth, Eleventh, Twelfth, and Thirteenth Editions_ _1913_ _Fourteenth Edition_ _1914_ _Fifteenth Edition (2 vols.)_ _1914_ PAGE At times when under cover I ’ave said, 86 Files, 17 God of our fathers, known of old, 121 ‘Here is nothing new nor aught unproven’ say the Trumpets, 1 Here, where my fresh-turned furrows run, 53 I do not love my Empire’s foes, 104 I wish my mother could see me now, with a fence-post under my arm, 64 Let us admit it fairly, as a business people should, 13 Lived a woman wonderful, 49 Me that ’ave been what I’ve been, 59 No doubt but ye are the People--your throne is above the King’s, 31 Not in the camp his victory lies, 23 Only two African kopjes, 82 Out o’ the wilderness, dusty an’ dry, 72 Peace is declared, an’ I return, 117 Smells are surer than sounds or sights, 95 Sudden the desert changes, 8 The bachelor ’e fights for one, 91 The General ’eard the firin’ on the flank, 98 There is a word you often see, pronounce it as you may, 113 There is a world outside the one you know, 110 The Word came down to Dives in Torment where he lay, 40 We’re foot--slog--slog--slog--sloggin’ over Africa!

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From this reading _First Published_ _September 1903_ _Second Edition_ _1903_ _Third Edition_ _1907_ _Fourth Edition_ _1908_ _Fifth and Sixth Editions_ _1909_ _Seventh Edition_ _1910_ _Eighth Edition_ _1911_ _Ninth Edition_ _1912_ _Tenth, Eleventh, Twelfth, and Thirteenth Editions_ _1913_ _Fourteenth Edition_ _1914_ _Fifteenth Edition (2 vols.)_ _1914_ PAGE At times when under cover I ’ave said, 86 Files, 17 God of our fathers, known of old, 121 ‘Here is nothing new nor aught unproven’ say the Trumpets, 1 Here, where my fresh-turned furrows run, 53 I do not love my Empire’s foes, 104 I wish my mother could see me now, with a fence-post under my arm, 64 Let us admit it fairly, as a business people should, 13 Lived a woman wonderful, 49 Me that ’ave been what I’ve been, 59 No doubt but ye are the People--your throne is above the King’s, 31 Not in the camp his victory lies, 23 Only two African kopjes, 82 Out o’ the wilderness, dusty an’ dry, 72 Peace is declared, an’ I return, 117 Smells are surer than sounds or sights, 95 Sudden the desert changes, 8 The bachelor ’e fights for one, 91 The General ’eard the firin’ on the flank, 98 There is a word you often see, pronounce it as you may, 113 There is a world outside the one you know, 110 The Word came down to Dives in Torment where he lay, 40 We’re foot--slog--slog--slog--sloggin’ over Africa!

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From this reading _First Published_ _September 1903_ _Second Edition_ _1903_ _Third Edition_ _1907_ _Fourth Edition_ _1908_ _Fifth and Sixth Editions_ _1909_ _Seventh Edition_ _1910_ _Eighth Edition_ _1911_ _Ninth Edition_ _1912_ _Tenth, Eleventh, Twelfth, and Thirteenth Editions_ _1913_ _Fourteenth Edition_ _1914_ _Fifteenth Edition (2 vols.)_ _1914_ PAGE At times when under cover I ’ave said, 86 Files, 17 God of our fathers, known of old, 121 ‘Here is nothing new nor aught unproven’ say the Trumpets, 1 Here, where my fresh-turned furrows run, 53 I do not love my Empire’s foes, 104 I wish my mother could see me now, with a fence-post under my arm, 64 Let us admit it fairly, as a business people should, 13 Lived a woman wonderful, 49 Me that ’ave been what I’ve been, 59 No doubt but ye are the People--your throne is above the King’s, 31 Not in the camp his victory lies, 23 Only two African kopjes, 82 Out o’ the wilderness, dusty an’ dry, 72 Peace is declared, an’ I return, 117 Smells are surer than sounds or sights, 95 Sudden the desert changes, 8 The bachelor ’e fights for one, 91 The General ’eard the firin’ on the flank, 98 There is a word you often see, pronounce it as you may, 113 There is a world outside the one you know, 110 The Word came down to Dives in Torment where he lay, 40 We’re foot--slog--slog--slog--sloggin’ over Africa!

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From this reading _First Published_ _September 1903_ _Second Edition_ _1903_ _Third Edition_ _1907_ _Fourth Edition_ _1908_ _Fifth and Sixth Editions_ _1909_ _Seventh Edition_ _1910_ _Eighth Edition_ _1911_ _Ninth Edition_ _1912_ _Tenth, Eleventh, Twelfth, and Thirteenth Editions_ _1913_ _Fourteenth Edition_ _1914_ _Fifteenth Edition (2 vols.)_ _1914_ PAGE At times when under cover I ’ave said, 86 Files, 17 God of our fathers, known of old, 121 ‘Here is nothing new nor aught unproven’ say the Trumpets, 1 Here, where my fresh-turned furrows run, 53 I do not love my Empire’s foes, 104 I wish my mother could see me now, with a fence-post under my arm, 64 Let us admit it fairly, as a business people should, 13 Lived a woman wonderful, 49 Me that ’ave been what I’ve been, 59 No doubt but ye are the People--your throne is above the King’s, 31 Not in the camp his victory lies, 23 Only two African kopjes, 82 Out o’ the wilderness, dusty an’ dry, 72 Peace is declared, an’ I return, 117 Smells are surer than sounds or sights, 95 Sudden the desert changes, 8 The bachelor ’e fights for one, 91 The General ’eard the firin’ on the flank, 98 There is a word you often see, pronounce it as you may, 113 There is a world outside the one you know, 110 The Word came down to Dives in Torment where he lay, 40 We’re foot--slog--slog--slog--sloggin’ over Africa!

below or beneath something; less than

From this reading _First Published_ _September 1903_ _Second Edition_ _1903_ _Third Edition_ _1907_ _Fourth Edition_ _1908_ _Fifth and Sixth Editions_ _1909_ _Seventh Edition_ _1910_ _Eighth Edition_ _1911_ _Ninth Edition_ _1912_ _Tenth, Eleventh, Twelfth, and Thirteenth Editions_ _1913_ _Fourteenth Edition_ _1914_ _Fifteenth Edition (2 vols.)_ _1914_ PAGE At times when under cover I ’ave said, 86 Files, 17 God of our fathers, known of old, 121 ‘Here is nothing new nor aught unproven’ say the Trumpets, 1 Here, where my fresh-turned furrows run, 53 I do not love my Empire’s foes, 104 I wish my mother could see me now, with a fence-post under my arm, 64 Let us admit it fairly, as a business people should, 13 Lived a woman wonderful, 49 Me that ’ave been what I’ve been, 59 No doubt but ye are the People--your throne is above the King’s, 31 Not in the camp his victory lies, 23 Only two African kopjes, 82 Out o’ the wilderness, dusty an’ dry, 72 Peace is declared, an’ I return, 117 Smells are surer than sounds or sights, 95 Sudden the desert changes, 8 The bachelor ’e fights for one, 91 The General ’eard the firin’ on the flank, 98 There is a word you often see, pronounce it as you may, 113 There is a world outside the one you know, 110 The Word came down to Dives in Torment where he lay, 40 We’re foot--slog--slog--slog--sloggin’ over Africa!

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From this reading _First Published_ _September 1903_ _Second Edition_ _1903_ _Third Edition_ _1907_ _Fourth Edition_ _1908_ _Fifth and Sixth Editions_ _1909_ _Seventh Edition_ _1910_ _Eighth Edition_ _1911_ _Ninth Edition_ _1912_ _Tenth, Eleventh, Twelfth, and Thirteenth Editions_ _1913_ _Fourteenth Edition_ _1914_ _Fifteenth Edition (2 vols.)_ _1914_ PAGE At times when under cover I ’ave said, 86 Files, 17 God of our fathers, known of old, 121 ‘Here is nothing new nor aught unproven’ say the Trumpets, 1 Here, where my fresh-turned furrows run, 53 I do not love my Empire’s foes, 104 I wish my mother could see me now, with a fence-post under my arm, 64 Let us admit it fairly, as a business people should, 13 Lived a woman wonderful, 49 Me that ’ave been what I’ve been, 59 No doubt but ye are the People--your throne is above the King’s, 31 Not in the camp his victory lies, 23 Only two African kopjes, 82 Out o’ the wilderness, dusty an’ dry, 72 Peace is declared, an’ I return, 117 Smells are surer than sounds or sights, 95 Sudden the desert changes, 8 The bachelor ’e fights for one, 91 The General ’eard the firin’ on the flank, 98 There is a word you often see, pronounce it as you may, 113 There is a world outside the one you know, 110 The Word came down to Dives in Torment where he lay, 40 We’re foot--slog--slog--slog--sloggin’ over Africa!

the speaker and others, as the object of a verb or preposition

From this reading _First Published_ _September 1903_ _Second Edition_ _1903_ _Third Edition_ _1907_ _Fourth Edition_ _1908_ _Fifth and Sixth Editions_ _1909_ _Seventh Edition_ _1910_ _Eighth Edition_ _1911_ _Ninth Edition_ _1912_ _Tenth, Eleventh, Twelfth, and Thirteenth Editions_ _1913_ _Fourteenth Edition_ _1914_ _Fifteenth Edition (2 vols.)_ _1914_ PAGE At times when under cover I ’ave said, 86 Files, 17 God of our fathers, known of old, 121 ‘Here is nothing new nor aught unproven’ say the Trumpets, 1 Here, where my fresh-turned furrows run, 53 I do not love my Empire’s foes, 104 I wish my mother could see me now, with a fence-post under my arm, 64 Let us admit it fairly, as a business people should, 13 Lived a woman wonderful, 49 Me that ’ave been what I’ve been, 59 No doubt but ye are the People--your throne is above the King’s, 31 Not in the camp his victory lies, 23 Only two African kopjes, 82 Out o’ the wilderness, dusty an’ dry, 72 Peace is declared, an’ I return, 117 Smells are surer than sounds or sights, 95 Sudden the desert changes, 8 The bachelor ’e fights for one, 91 The General ’eard the firin’ on the flank, 98 There is a word you often see, pronounce it as you may, 113 There is a world outside the one you know, 110 The Word came down to Dives in Torment where he lay, 40 We’re foot--slog--slog--slog--sloggin’ over Africa!

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From this reading _First Published_ _September 1903_ _Second Edition_ _1903_ _Third Edition_ _1907_ _Fourth Edition_ _1908_ _Fifth and Sixth Editions_ _1909_ _Seventh Edition_ _1910_ _Eighth Edition_ _1911_ _Ninth Edition_ _1912_ _Tenth, Eleventh, Twelfth, and Thirteenth Editions_ _1913_ _Fourteenth Edition_ _1914_ _Fifteenth Edition (2 vols.)_ _1914_ PAGE At times when under cover I ’ave said, 86 Files, 17 God of our fathers, known of old, 121 ‘Here is nothing new nor aught unproven’ say the Trumpets, 1 Here, where my fresh-turned furrows run, 53 I do not love my Empire’s foes, 104 I wish my mother could see me now, with a fence-post under my arm, 64 Let us admit it fairly, as a business people should, 13 Lived a woman wonderful, 49 Me that ’ave been what I’ve been, 59 No doubt but ye are the People--your throne is above the King’s, 31 Not in the camp his victory lies, 23 Only two African kopjes, 82 Out o’ the wilderness, dusty an’ dry, 72 Peace is declared, an’ I return, 117 Smells are surer than sounds or sights, 95 Sudden the desert changes, 8 The bachelor ’e fights for one, 91 The General ’eard the firin’ on the flank, 98 There is a word you often see, pronounce it as you may, 113 There is a world outside the one you know, 110 The Word came down to Dives in Torment where he lay, 40 We’re foot--slog--slog--slog--sloggin’ over Africa!

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From this reading _First Published_ _September 1903_ _Second Edition_ _1903_ _Third Edition_ _1907_ _Fourth Edition_ _1908_ _Fifth and Sixth Editions_ _1909_ _Seventh Edition_ _1910_ _Eighth Edition_ _1911_ _Ninth Edition_ _1912_ _Tenth, Eleventh, Twelfth, and Thirteenth Editions_ _1913_ _Fourteenth Edition_ _1914_ _Fifteenth Edition (2 vols.)_ _1914_ PAGE At times when under cover I ’ave said, 86 Files, 17 God of our fathers, known of old, 121 ‘Here is nothing new nor aught unproven’ say the Trumpets, 1 Here, where my fresh-turned furrows run, 53 I do not love my Empire’s foes, 104 I wish my mother could see me now, with a fence-post under my arm, 64 Let us admit it fairly, as a business people should, 13 Lived a woman wonderful, 49 Me that ’ave been what I’ve been, 59 No doubt but ye are the People--your throne is above the King’s, 31 Not in the camp his victory lies, 23 Only two African kopjes, 82 Out o’ the wilderness, dusty an’ dry, 72 Peace is declared, an’ I return, 117 Smells are surer than sounds or sights, 95 Sudden the desert changes, 8 The bachelor ’e fights for one, 91 The General ’eard the firin’ on the flank, 98 There is a word you often see, pronounce it as you may, 113 There is a world outside the one you know, 110 The Word came down to Dives in Torment where he lay, 40 We’re foot--slog--slog--slog--sloggin’ over Africa!

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From this reading 36 ESSEX STREET W.C.

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From this reading _First Published_ _September 1903_ _Second Edition_ _1903_ _Third Edition_ _1907_ _Fourth Edition_ _1908_ _Fifth and Sixth Editions_ _1909_ _Seventh Edition_ _1910_ _Eighth Edition_ _1911_ _Ninth Edition_ _1912_ _Tenth, Eleventh, Twelfth, and Thirteenth Editions_ _1913_ _Fourteenth Edition_ _1914_ _Fifteenth Edition (2 vols.)_ _1914_ PAGE At times when under cover I ’ave said, 86 Files, 17 God of our fathers, known of old, 121 ‘Here is nothing new nor aught unproven’ say the Trumpets, 1 Here, where my fresh-turned furrows run, 53 I do not love my Empire’s foes, 104 I wish my mother could see me now, with a fence-post under my arm, 64 Let us admit it fairly, as a business people should, 13 Lived a woman wonderful, 49 Me that ’ave been what I’ve been, 59 No doubt but ye are the People--your throne is above the King’s, 31 Not in the camp his victory lies, 23 Only two African kopjes, 82 Out o’ the wilderness, dusty an’ dry, 72 Peace is declared, an’ I return, 117 Smells are surer than sounds or sights, 95 Sudden the desert changes, 8 The bachelor ’e fights for one, 91 The General ’eard the firin’ on the flank, 98 There is a word you often see, pronounce it as you may, 113 There is a world outside the one you know, 110 The Word came down to Dives in Torment where he lay, 40 We’re foot--slog--slog--slog--sloggin’ over Africa!

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

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used to ask for information about something

From this reading _First Published_ _September 1903_ _Second Edition_ _1903_ _Third Edition_ _1907_ _Fourth Edition_ _1908_ _Fifth and Sixth Editions_ _1909_ _Seventh Edition_ _1910_ _Eighth Edition_ _1911_ _Ninth Edition_ _1912_ _Tenth, Eleventh, Twelfth, and Thirteenth Editions_ _1913_ _Fourteenth Edition_ _1914_ _Fifteenth Edition (2 vols.)_ _1914_ PAGE At times when under cover I ’ave said, 86 Files, 17 God of our fathers, known of old, 121 ‘Here is nothing new nor aught unproven’ say the Trumpets, 1 Here, where my fresh-turned furrows run, 53 I do not love my Empire’s foes, 104 I wish my mother could see me now, with a fence-post under my arm, 64 Let us admit it fairly, as a business people should, 13 Lived a woman wonderful, 49 Me that ’ave been what I’ve been, 59 No doubt but ye are the People--your throne is above the King’s, 31 Not in the camp his victory lies, 23 Only two African kopjes, 82 Out o’ the wilderness, dusty an’ dry, 72 Peace is declared, an’ I return, 117 Smells are surer than sounds or sights, 95 Sudden the desert changes, 8 The bachelor ’e fights for one, 91 The General ’eard the firin’ on the flank, 98 There is a word you often see, pronounce it as you may, 113 There is a world outside the one you know, 110 The Word came down to Dives in Torment where he lay, 40 We’re foot--slog--slog--slog--sloggin’ over Africa!

at the time that

From this reading _First Published_ _September 1903_ _Second Edition_ _1903_ _Third Edition_ _1907_ _Fourth Edition_ _1908_ _Fifth and Sixth Editions_ _1909_ _Seventh Edition_ _1910_ _Eighth Edition_ _1911_ _Ninth Edition_ _1912_ _Tenth, Eleventh, Twelfth, and Thirteenth Editions_ _1913_ _Fourteenth Edition_ _1914_ _Fifteenth Edition (2 vols.)_ _1914_ PAGE At times when under cover I ’ave said, 86 Files, 17 God of our fathers, known of old, 121 ‘Here is nothing new nor aught unproven’ say the Trumpets, 1 Here, where my fresh-turned furrows run, 53 I do not love my Empire’s foes, 104 I wish my mother could see me now, with a fence-post under my arm, 64 Let us admit it fairly, as a business people should, 13 Lived a woman wonderful, 49 Me that ’ave been what I’ve been, 59 No doubt but ye are the People--your throne is above the King’s, 31 Not in the camp his victory lies, 23 Only two African kopjes, 82 Out o’ the wilderness, dusty an’ dry, 72 Peace is declared, an’ I return, 117 Smells are surer than sounds or sights, 95 Sudden the desert changes, 8 The bachelor ’e fights for one, 91 The General ’eard the firin’ on the flank, 98 There is a word you often see, pronounce it as you may, 113 There is a world outside the one you know, 110 The Word came down to Dives in Torment where he lay, 40 We’re foot--slog--slog--slog--sloggin’ over Africa!

in or at the place that

From this reading _First Published_ _September 1903_ _Second Edition_ _1903_ _Third Edition_ _1907_ _Fourth Edition_ _1908_ _Fifth and Sixth Editions_ _1909_ _Seventh Edition_ _1910_ _Eighth Edition_ _1911_ _Ninth Edition_ _1912_ _Tenth, Eleventh, Twelfth, and Thirteenth Editions_ _1913_ _Fourteenth Edition_ _1914_ _Fifteenth Edition (2 vols.)_ _1914_ PAGE At times when under cover I ’ave said, 86 Files, 17 God of our fathers, known of old, 121 ‘Here is nothing new nor aught unproven’ say the Trumpets, 1 Here, where my fresh-turned furrows run, 53 I do not love my Empire’s foes, 104 I wish my mother could see me now, with a fence-post under my arm, 64 Let us admit it fairly, as a business people should, 13 Lived a woman wonderful, 49 Me that ’ave been what I’ve been, 59 No doubt but ye are the People--your throne is above the King’s, 31 Not in the camp his victory lies, 23 Only two African kopjes, 82 Out o’ the wilderness, dusty an’ dry, 72 Peace is declared, an’ I return, 117 Smells are surer than sounds or sights, 95 Sudden the desert changes, 8 The bachelor ’e fights for one, 91 The General ’eard the firin’ on the flank, 98 There is a word you often see, pronounce it as you may, 113 There is a world outside the one you know, 110 The Word came down to Dives in Torment where he lay, 40 We’re foot--slog--slog--slog--sloggin’ over Africa!

a wild area where few people live

From this reading _First Published_ _September 1903_ _Second Edition_ _1903_ _Third Edition_ _1907_ _Fourth Edition_ _1908_ _Fifth and Sixth Editions_ _1909_ _Seventh Edition_ _1910_ _Eighth Edition_ _1911_ _Ninth Edition_ _1912_ _Tenth, Eleventh, Twelfth, and Thirteenth Editions_ _1913_ _Fourteenth Edition_ _1914_ _Fifteenth Edition (2 vols.)_ _1914_ PAGE At times when under cover I ’ave said, 86 Files, 17 God of our fathers, known of old, 121 ‘Here is nothing new nor aught unproven’ say the Trumpets, 1 Here, where my fresh-turned furrows run, 53 I do not love my Empire’s foes, 104 I wish my mother could see me now, with a fence-post under my arm, 64 Let us admit it fairly, as a business people should, 13 Lived a woman wonderful, 49 Me that ’ave been what I’ve been, 59 No doubt but ye are the People--your throne is above the King’s, 31 Not in the camp his victory lies, 23 Only two African kopjes, 82 Out o’ the wilderness, dusty an’ dry, 72 Peace is declared, an’ I return, 117 Smells are surer than sounds or sights, 95 Sudden the desert changes, 8 The bachelor ’e fights for one, 91 The General ’eard the firin’ on the flank, 98 There is a word you often see, pronounce it as you may, 113 There is a world outside the one you know, 110 The Word came down to Dives in Torment where he lay, 40 We’re foot--slog--slog--slog--sloggin’ over Africa!

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From this reading _First Published_ _September 1903_ _Second Edition_ _1903_ _Third Edition_ _1907_ _Fourth Edition_ _1908_ _Fifth and Sixth Editions_ _1909_ _Seventh Edition_ _1910_ _Eighth Edition_ _1911_ _Ninth Edition_ _1912_ _Tenth, Eleventh, Twelfth, and Thirteenth Editions_ _1913_ _Fourteenth Edition_ _1914_ _Fifteenth Edition (2 vols.)_ _1914_ PAGE At times when under cover I ’ave said, 86 Files, 17 God of our fathers, known of old, 121 ‘Here is nothing new nor aught unproven’ say the Trumpets, 1 Here, where my fresh-turned furrows run, 53 I do not love my Empire’s foes, 104 I wish my mother could see me now, with a fence-post under my arm, 64 Let us admit it fairly, as a business people should, 13 Lived a woman wonderful, 49 Me that ’ave been what I’ve been, 59 No doubt but ye are the People--your throne is above the King’s, 31 Not in the camp his victory lies, 23 Only two African kopjes, 82 Out o’ the wilderness, dusty an’ dry, 72 Peace is declared, an’ I return, 117 Smells are surer than sounds or sights, 95 Sudden the desert changes, 8 The bachelor ’e fights for one, 91 The General ’eard the firin’ on the flank, 98 There is a word you often see, pronounce it as you may, 113 There is a world outside the one you know, 110 The Word came down to Dives in Torment where he lay, 40 We’re foot--slog--slog--slog--sloggin’ over Africa!

in the company of; together with

From this reading _First Published_ _September 1903_ _Second Edition_ _1903_ _Third Edition_ _1907_ _Fourth Edition_ _1908_ _Fifth and Sixth Editions_ _1909_ _Seventh Edition_ _1910_ _Eighth Edition_ _1911_ _Ninth Edition_ _1912_ _Tenth, Eleventh, Twelfth, and Thirteenth Editions_ _1913_ _Fourteenth Edition_ _1914_ _Fifteenth Edition (2 vols.)_ _1914_ PAGE At times when under cover I ’ave said, 86 Files, 17 God of our fathers, known of old, 121 ‘Here is nothing new nor aught unproven’ say the Trumpets, 1 Here, where my fresh-turned furrows run, 53 I do not love my Empire’s foes, 104 I wish my mother could see me now, with a fence-post under my arm, 64 Let us admit it fairly, as a business people should, 13 Lived a woman wonderful, 49 Me that ’ave been what I’ve been, 59 No doubt but ye are the People--your throne is above the King’s, 31 Not in the camp his victory lies, 23 Only two African kopjes, 82 Out o’ the wilderness, dusty an’ dry, 72 Peace is declared, an’ I return, 117 Smells are surer than sounds or sights, 95 Sudden the desert changes, 8 The bachelor ’e fights for one, 91 The General ’eard the firin’ on the flank, 98 There is a word you often see, pronounce it as you may, 113 There is a world outside the one you know, 110 The Word came down to Dives in Torment where he lay, 40 We’re foot--slog--slog--slog--sloggin’ over Africa!

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From this reading _First Published_ _September 1903_ _Second Edition_ _1903_ _Third Edition_ _1907_ _Fourth Edition_ _1908_ _Fifth and Sixth Editions_ _1909_ _Seventh Edition_ _1910_ _Eighth Edition_ _1911_ _Ninth Edition_ _1912_ _Tenth, Eleventh, Twelfth, and Thirteenth Editions_ _1913_ _Fourteenth Edition_ _1914_ _Fifteenth Edition (2 vols.)_ _1914_ PAGE At times when under cover I ’ave said, 86 Files, 17 God of our fathers, known of old, 121 ‘Here is nothing new nor aught unproven’ say the Trumpets, 1 Here, where my fresh-turned furrows run, 53 I do not love my Empire’s foes, 104 I wish my mother could see me now, with a fence-post under my arm, 64 Let us admit it fairly, as a business people should, 13 Lived a woman wonderful, 49 Me that ’ave been what I’ve been, 59 No doubt but ye are the People--your throne is above the King’s, 31 Not in the camp his victory lies, 23 Only two African kopjes, 82 Out o’ the wilderness, dusty an’ dry, 72 Peace is declared, an’ I return, 117 Smells are surer than sounds or sights, 95 Sudden the desert changes, 8 The bachelor ’e fights for one, 91 The General ’eard the firin’ on the flank, 98 There is a word you often see, pronounce it as you may, 113 There is a world outside the one you know, 110 The Word came down to Dives in Torment where he lay, 40 We’re foot--slog--slog--slog--sloggin’ over Africa!

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

From this reading _First Published_ _September 1903_ _Second Edition_ _1903_ _Third Edition_ _1907_ _Fourth Edition_ _1908_ _Fifth and Sixth Editions_ _1909_ _Seventh Edition_ _1910_ _Eighth Edition_ _1911_ _Ninth Edition_ _1912_ _Tenth, Eleventh, Twelfth, and Thirteenth Editions_ _1913_ _Fourteenth Edition_ _1914_ _Fifteenth Edition (2 vols.)_ _1914_ PAGE At times when under cover I ’ave said, 86 Files, 17 God of our fathers, known of old, 121 ‘Here is nothing new nor aught unproven’ say the Trumpets, 1 Here, where my fresh-turned furrows run, 53 I do not love my Empire’s foes, 104 I wish my mother could see me now, with a fence-post under my arm, 64 Let us admit it fairly, as a business people should, 13 Lived a woman wonderful, 49 Me that ’ave been what I’ve been, 59 No doubt but ye are the People--your throne is above the King’s, 31 Not in the camp his victory lies, 23 Only two African kopjes, 82 Out o’ the wilderness, dusty an’ dry, 72 Peace is declared, an’ I return, 117 Smells are surer than sounds or sights, 95 Sudden the desert changes, 8 The bachelor ’e fights for one, 91 The General ’eard the firin’ on the flank, 98 There is a word you often see, pronounce it as you may, 113 There is a world outside the one you know, 110 The Word came down to Dives in Torment where he lay, 40 We’re foot--slog--slog--slog--sloggin’ over Africa!

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From this reading _First Published_ _September 1903_ _Second Edition_ _1903_ _Third Edition_ _1907_ _Fourth Edition_ _1908_ _Fifth and Sixth Editions_ _1909_ _Seventh Edition_ _1910_ _Eighth Edition_ _1911_ _Ninth Edition_ _1912_ _Tenth, Eleventh, Twelfth, and Thirteenth Editions_ _1913_ _Fourteenth Edition_ _1914_ _Fifteenth Edition (2 vols.)_ _1914_ PAGE At times when under cover I ’ave said, 86 Files, 17 God of our fathers, known of old, 121 ‘Here is nothing new nor aught unproven’ say the Trumpets, 1 Here, where my fresh-turned furrows run, 53 I do not love my Empire’s foes, 104 I wish my mother could see me now, with a fence-post under my arm, 64 Let us admit it fairly, as a business people should, 13 Lived a woman wonderful, 49 Me that ’ave been what I’ve been, 59 No doubt but ye are the People--your throne is above the King’s, 31 Not in the camp his victory lies, 23 Only two African kopjes, 82 Out o’ the wilderness, dusty an’ dry, 72 Peace is declared, an’ I return, 117 Smells are surer than sounds or sights, 95 Sudden the desert changes, 8 The bachelor ’e fights for one, 91 The General ’eard the firin’ on the flank, 98 There is a word you often see, pronounce it as you may, 113 There is a world outside the one you know, 110 The Word came down to Dives in Torment where he lay, 40 We’re foot--slog--slog--slog--sloggin’ over Africa!

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading _First Published_ _September 1903_ _Second Edition_ _1903_ _Third Edition_ _1907_ _Fourth Edition_ _1908_ _Fifth and Sixth Editions_ _1909_ _Seventh Edition_ _1910_ _Eighth Edition_ _1911_ _Ninth Edition_ _1912_ _Tenth, Eleventh, Twelfth, and Thirteenth Editions_ _1913_ _Fourteenth Edition_ _1914_ _Fifteenth Edition (2 vols.)_ _1914_ PAGE At times when under cover I ’ave said, 86 Files, 17 God of our fathers, known of old, 121 ‘Here is nothing new nor aught unproven’ say the Trumpets, 1 Here, where my fresh-turned furrows run, 53 I do not love my Empire’s foes, 104 I wish my mother could see me now, with a fence-post under my arm, 64 Let us admit it fairly, as a business people should, 13 Lived a woman wonderful, 49 Me that ’ave been what I’ve been, 59 No doubt but ye are the People--your throne is above the King’s, 31 Not in the camp his victory lies, 23 Only two African kopjes, 82 Out o’ the wilderness, dusty an’ dry, 72 Peace is declared, an’ I return, 117 Smells are surer than sounds or sights, 95 Sudden the desert changes, 8 The bachelor ’e fights for one, 91 The General ’eard the firin’ on the flank, 98 There is a word you often see, pronounce it as you may, 113 There is a world outside the one you know, 110 The Word came down to Dives in Torment where he lay, 40 We’re foot--slog--slog--slog--sloggin’ over Africa!

an old word for “you”, speaking to more than one person

From this reading _First Published_ _September 1903_ _Second Edition_ _1903_ _Third Edition_ _1907_ _Fourth Edition_ _1908_ _Fifth and Sixth Editions_ _1909_ _Seventh Edition_ _1910_ _Eighth Edition_ _1911_ _Ninth Edition_ _1912_ _Tenth, Eleventh, Twelfth, and Thirteenth Editions_ _1913_ _Fourteenth Edition_ _1914_ _Fifteenth Edition (2 vols.)_ _1914_ PAGE At times when under cover I ’ave said, 86 Files, 17 God of our fathers, known of old, 121 ‘Here is nothing new nor aught unproven’ say the Trumpets, 1 Here, where my fresh-turned furrows run, 53 I do not love my Empire’s foes, 104 I wish my mother could see me now, with a fence-post under my arm, 64 Let us admit it fairly, as a business people should, 13 Lived a woman wonderful, 49 Me that ’ave been what I’ve been, 59 No doubt but ye are the People--your throne is above the King’s, 31 Not in the camp his victory lies, 23 Only two African kopjes, 82 Out o’ the wilderness, dusty an’ dry, 72 Peace is declared, an’ I return, 117 Smells are surer than sounds or sights, 95 Sudden the desert changes, 8 The bachelor ’e fights for one, 91 The General ’eard the firin’ on the flank, 98 There is a word you often see, pronounce it as you may, 113 There is a world outside the one you know, 110 The Word came down to Dives in Torment where he lay, 40 We’re foot--slog--slog--slog--sloggin’ over Africa!

the person or people being spoken to

From this reading _First Published_ _September 1903_ _Second Edition_ _1903_ _Third Edition_ _1907_ _Fourth Edition_ _1908_ _Fifth and Sixth Editions_ _1909_ _Seventh Edition_ _1910_ _Eighth Edition_ _1911_ _Ninth Edition_ _1912_ _Tenth, Eleventh, Twelfth, and Thirteenth Editions_ _1913_ _Fourteenth Edition_ _1914_ _Fifteenth Edition (2 vols.)_ _1914_ PAGE At times when under cover I ’ave said, 86 Files, 17 God of our fathers, known of old, 121 ‘Here is nothing new nor aught unproven’ say the Trumpets, 1 Here, where my fresh-turned furrows run, 53 I do not love my Empire’s foes, 104 I wish my mother could see me now, with a fence-post under my arm, 64 Let us admit it fairly, as a business people should, 13 Lived a woman wonderful, 49 Me that ’ave been what I’ve been, 59 No doubt but ye are the People--your throne is above the King’s, 31 Not in the camp his victory lies, 23 Only two African kopjes, 82 Out o’ the wilderness, dusty an’ dry, 72 Peace is declared, an’ I return, 117 Smells are surer than sounds or sights, 95 Sudden the desert changes, 8 The bachelor ’e fights for one, 91 The General ’eard the firin’ on the flank, 98 There is a word you often see, pronounce it as you may, 113 There is a world outside the one you know, 110 The Word came down to Dives in Torment where he lay, 40 We’re foot--slog--slog--slog--sloggin’ over Africa!

belonging to the person or people being spoken to

From this reading _First Published_ _September 1903_ _Second Edition_ _1903_ _Third Edition_ _1907_ _Fourth Edition_ _1908_ _Fifth and Sixth Editions_ _1909_ _Seventh Edition_ _1910_ _Eighth Edition_ _1911_ _Ninth Edition_ _1912_ _Tenth, Eleventh, Twelfth, and Thirteenth Editions_ _1913_ _Fourteenth Edition_ _1914_ _Fifteenth Edition (2 vols.)_ _1914_ PAGE At times when under cover I ’ave said, 86 Files, 17 God of our fathers, known of old, 121 ‘Here is nothing new nor aught unproven’ say the Trumpets, 1 Here, where my fresh-turned furrows run, 53 I do not love my Empire’s foes, 104 I wish my mother could see me now, with a fence-post under my arm, 64 Let us admit it fairly, as a business people should, 13 Lived a woman wonderful, 49 Me that ’ave been what I’ve been, 59 No doubt but ye are the People--your throne is above the King’s, 31 Not in the camp his victory lies, 23 Only two African kopjes, 82 Out o’ the wilderness, dusty an’ dry, 72 Peace is declared, an’ I return, 117 Smells are surer than sounds or sights, 95 Sudden the desert changes, 8 The bachelor ’e fights for one, 91 The General ’eard the firin’ on the flank, 98 There is a word you often see, pronounce it as you may, 113 There is a world outside the one you know, 110 The Word came down to Dives in Torment where he lay, 40 We’re foot--slog--slog--slog--sloggin’ over Africa!