Chapter XIV
_Biron._ All hid, all hid, an old infant play. Like a demigod here sit I in the sky, 75 And wretched fools’ secrets heedfully o’er-eye. More sacks to the mill! O heavens, I have my wish! _Enter_ DUMAIN _with a paper_.
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Chapter XIV
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_Biron._
All
hid,
all
hid,
an
old
infant
play.
Like
a
demigod
here
sit
I
in
the
sky,
75
And
wretched
fools’
secrets
heedfully
o’er-eye.
More
sacks
to
the
mill!
O
heavens,
I
have
my
wish!
_Enter_
DUMAIN
_with
a
paper_.
LEARNER DICTIONARY
Archivist
/ˈɑːrkɪvɪst/
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A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
Line 1
_Biron._
All
hid,
all
hid,
an
old
infant
play.
Line 2
Like
a
demigod
here
sit
I
in
the
sky,
75
And
wretched
fools’
secrets
heedfully
o’er-eye.
Line 3
More
sacks
to
the
mill!
Line 4
O
heavens,
I
have
my
wish!
Line 5
_Enter_
DUMAIN
_with
a
paper_.
Learner Dictionary
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Have
auxiliary verb
US /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading “O heavens, I have my wish!”
Here
noun
US /here/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Like a demigod here sit I in the sky, 75 And wretched fools’ secrets heedfully o’er-eye.”
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75
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From this reading Like a demigod here sit I in the sky, 75 And wretched fools’ secrets heedfully o’er-eye.
adeterminerUS /ə/
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading Like a demigod here sit I in the sky, 75 And wretched fools’ secrets heedfully o’er-eye.
All
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From this reading _Biron._ All hid, all hid, an old infant play.
andeterminerUS /æn/
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading _Biron._ All hid, all hid, an old infant play.
AndconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Like a demigod here sit I in the sky, 75 And wretched fools’ secrets heedfully o’er-eye.
Biron
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From this reading _Biron._ All hid, all hid, an old infant play.
demigod
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DUMAIN
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From this reading _Enter_ DUMAIN _with a paper_.
Enter
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From this reading _Enter_ DUMAIN _with a paper_.
fools
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From this reading Like a demigod here sit I in the sky, 75 And wretched fools’ secrets heedfully o’er-eye.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading O heavens, I have my wish!
heavens
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From this reading O heavens, I have my wish!
heedfully
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From this reading Like a demigod here sit I in the sky, 75 And wretched fools’ secrets heedfully o’er-eye.
herenounUS /here/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Like a demigod here sit I in the sky, 75 And wretched fools’ secrets heedfully o’er-eye.
hid
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From this reading _Biron._ All hid, all hid, an old infant play.
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading Like a demigod here sit I in the sky, 75 And wretched fools’ secrets heedfully o’er-eye.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Like a demigod here sit I in the sky, 75 And wretched fools’ secrets heedfully o’er-eye.
infant
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From this reading _Biron._ All hid, all hid, an old infant play.
Like
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From this reading Like a demigod here sit I in the sky, 75 And wretched fools’ secrets heedfully o’er-eye.
mill
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From this reading More sacks to the mill!
More
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From this reading More sacks to the mill!
mydeterminerUS /maɪ/
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading O heavens, I have my wish!
O
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From this reading O heavens, I have my wish!
o'er-eye
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From this reading Like a demigod here sit I in the sky, 75 And wretched fools’ secrets heedfully o’er-eye.
old
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From this reading _Biron._ All hid, all hid, an old infant play.
paper
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From this reading _Enter_ DUMAIN _with a paper_.
play
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From this reading _Biron._ All hid, all hid, an old infant play.
sacks
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From this reading More sacks to the mill!
secrets
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From this reading Like a demigod here sit I in the sky, 75 And wretched fools’ secrets heedfully o’er-eye.
sit
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From this reading Like a demigod here sit I in the sky, 75 And wretched fools’ secrets heedfully o’er-eye.
sky
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From this reading Like a demigod here sit I in the sky, 75 And wretched fools’ secrets heedfully o’er-eye.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Like a demigod here sit I in the sky, 75 And wretched fools’ secrets heedfully o’er-eye.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading More sacks to the mill!
wish
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From this reading O heavens, I have my wish!
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading _Enter_ DUMAIN _with a paper_.
wretched
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From this reading Like a demigod here sit I in the sky, 75 And wretched fools’ secrets heedfully o’er-eye.