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Chapter III
VIII. OF THE TRUE JOURNALIST AND HIS CREED. I am very fond of journalists. I look upon them, young and old, fat and lean, masculine and feminine, as the salt of the earth wherewith to savour the marrow of the country. And I like to put them through their paces.
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an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “I look upon them, young and old, fat and lean, masculine and feminine, as the salt of the earth wherewith to savour the marrow of the country.”
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading “And I like to put them through their paces.”
a formal word for “on”
From this reading “I look upon them, young and old, fat and lean, masculine and feminine, as the salt of the earth wherewith to savour the marrow of the country.”
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the form of “be” used with “I”
From this reading I am very fond of journalists.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading OF THE TRUE JOURNALIST AND HIS CREED.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading I look upon them, young and old, fat and lean, masculine and feminine, as the salt of the earth wherewith to savour the marrow of the country.
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From this reading I look upon them, young and old, fat and lean, masculine and feminine, as the salt of the earth wherewith to savour the marrow of the country.
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From this reading OF THE TRUE JOURNALIST AND HIS CREED.
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From this reading I look upon them, young and old, fat and lean, masculine and feminine, as the salt of the earth wherewith to savour the marrow of the country.
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From this reading I look upon them, young and old, fat and lean, masculine and feminine, as the salt of the earth wherewith to savour the marrow of the country.
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From this reading I look upon them, young and old, fat and lean, masculine and feminine, as the salt of the earth wherewith to savour the marrow of the country.
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From this reading I am very fond of journalists.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading OF THE TRUE JOURNALIST AND HIS CREED.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I am very fond of journalists.
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From this reading I am very fond of journalists.
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From this reading I look upon them, young and old, fat and lean, masculine and feminine, as the salt of the earth wherewith to savour the marrow of the country.
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From this reading And I like to put them through their paces.
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From this reading I look upon them, young and old, fat and lean, masculine and feminine, as the salt of the earth wherewith to savour the marrow of the country.
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From this reading I look upon them, young and old, fat and lean, masculine and feminine, as the salt of the earth wherewith to savour the marrow of the country.
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From this reading I look upon them, young and old, fat and lean, masculine and feminine, as the salt of the earth wherewith to savour the marrow of the country.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading OF THE TRUE JOURNALIST AND HIS CREED.
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From this reading I look upon them, young and old, fat and lean, masculine and feminine, as the salt of the earth wherewith to savour the marrow of the country.
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From this reading And I like to put them through their paces.
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From this reading And I like to put them through their paces.
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From this reading I look upon them, young and old, fat and lean, masculine and feminine, as the salt of the earth wherewith to savour the marrow of the country.
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From this reading I look upon them, young and old, fat and lean, masculine and feminine, as the salt of the earth wherewith to savour the marrow of the country.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading OF THE TRUE JOURNALIST AND HIS CREED.
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading And I like to put them through their paces.
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading I look upon them, young and old, fat and lean, masculine and feminine, as the salt of the earth wherewith to savour the marrow of the country.
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading And I like to put them through their paces.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading I look upon them, young and old, fat and lean, masculine and feminine, as the salt of the earth wherewith to savour the marrow of the country.
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From this reading OF THE TRUE JOURNALIST AND HIS CREED.
a formal word for “on”
From this reading I look upon them, young and old, fat and lean, masculine and feminine, as the salt of the earth wherewith to savour the marrow of the country.
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From this reading I am very fond of journalists.
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From this reading I look upon them, young and old, fat and lean, masculine and feminine, as the salt of the earth wherewith to savour the marrow of the country.
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From this reading I look upon them, young and old, fat and lean, masculine and feminine, as the salt of the earth wherewith to savour the marrow of the country.
