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Chapter XXI
A PENNY ROLL WITH HONOR.--JENNY'S SPINNING-WHEEL. BENJAMIN became a printer again. By the influence of friends he opened in Philadelphia an office in part his own. Benjamin Franklin had no Froebel education. The great apostle of the education of the spiritual faculties had not yet appeared, and even Pestalozzi, the founder of common schools for character education, could not have been known to him.
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an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “BENJAMIN became a printer again.”
the past participle of “be”
From this reading “The great apostle of the education of the spiritual faculties had not yet appeared, and even Pestalozzi, the founder of common schools for character education, could not have been known to him.”
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading “The great apostle of the education of the spiritual faculties had not yet appeared, and even Pestalozzi, the founder of common schools for character education, could not have been known to him.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “The great apostle of the education of the spiritual faculties had not yet appeared, and even Pestalozzi, the founder of common schools for character education, could not have been known to him.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “The great apostle of the education of the spiritual faculties had not yet appeared, and even Pestalozzi, the founder of common schools for character education, could not have been known to him.”
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading “The great apostle of the education of the spiritual faculties had not yet appeared, and even Pestalozzi, the founder of common schools for character education, could not have been known to him.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “By the influence of friends he opened in Philadelphia an office in part his own.”
but in spite of that
From this reading “The great apostle of the education of the spiritual faculties had not yet appeared, and even Pestalozzi, the founder of common schools for character education, could not have been known to him.”
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used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading A PENNY ROLL WITH HONOR.--JENNY'S SPINNING-WHEEL.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading BENJAMIN became a printer again.
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading By the influence of friends he opened in Philadelphia an office in part his own.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading The great apostle of the education of the spiritual faculties had not yet appeared, and even Pestalozzi, the founder of common schools for character education, could not have been known to him.
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From this reading The great apostle of the education of the spiritual faculties had not yet appeared, and even Pestalozzi, the founder of common schools for character education, could not have been known to him.
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From this reading The great apostle of the education of the spiritual faculties had not yet appeared, and even Pestalozzi, the founder of common schools for character education, could not have been known to him.
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From this reading BENJAMIN became a printer again.
the past participle of “be”
From this reading The great apostle of the education of the spiritual faculties had not yet appeared, and even Pestalozzi, the founder of common schools for character education, could not have been known to him.
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From this reading BENJAMIN became a printer again.
showing who or what does the action
From this reading By the influence of friends he opened in Philadelphia an office in part his own.
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From this reading The great apostle of the education of the spiritual faculties had not yet appeared, and even Pestalozzi, the founder of common schools for character education, could not have been known to him.
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From this reading The great apostle of the education of the spiritual faculties had not yet appeared, and even Pestalozzi, the founder of common schools for character education, could not have been known to him.
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading The great apostle of the education of the spiritual faculties had not yet appeared, and even Pestalozzi, the founder of common schools for character education, could not have been known to him.
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From this reading Benjamin Franklin had no Froebel education.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The great apostle of the education of the spiritual faculties had not yet appeared, and even Pestalozzi, the founder of common schools for character education, could not have been known to him.
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From this reading The great apostle of the education of the spiritual faculties had not yet appeared, and even Pestalozzi, the founder of common schools for character education, could not have been known to him.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading The great apostle of the education of the spiritual faculties had not yet appeared, and even Pestalozzi, the founder of common schools for character education, could not have been known to him.
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From this reading The great apostle of the education of the spiritual faculties had not yet appeared, and even Pestalozzi, the founder of common schools for character education, could not have been known to him.
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From this reading Benjamin Franklin had no Froebel education.
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From this reading By the influence of friends he opened in Philadelphia an office in part his own.
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From this reading Benjamin Franklin had no Froebel education.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The great apostle of the education of the spiritual faculties had not yet appeared, and even Pestalozzi, the founder of common schools for character education, could not have been known to him.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Benjamin Franklin had no Froebel education.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading The great apostle of the education of the spiritual faculties had not yet appeared, and even Pestalozzi, the founder of common schools for character education, could not have been known to him.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading By the influence of friends he opened in Philadelphia an office in part his own.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading The great apostle of the education of the spiritual faculties had not yet appeared, and even Pestalozzi, the founder of common schools for character education, could not have been known to him.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading By the influence of friends he opened in Philadelphia an office in part his own.
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From this reading A PENNY ROLL WITH HONOR.--JENNY'S SPINNING-WHEEL.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading By the influence of friends he opened in Philadelphia an office in part his own.
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From this reading By the influence of friends he opened in Philadelphia an office in part his own.
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From this reading A PENNY ROLL WITH HONOR.--JENNY'S SPINNING-WHEEL.
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From this reading The great apostle of the education of the spiritual faculties had not yet appeared, and even Pestalozzi, the founder of common schools for character education, could not have been known to him.
not any; not one
From this reading Benjamin Franklin had no Froebel education.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading The great apostle of the education of the spiritual faculties had not yet appeared, and even Pestalozzi, the founder of common schools for character education, could not have been known to him.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading By the influence of friends he opened in Philadelphia an office in part his own.
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From this reading By the influence of friends he opened in Philadelphia an office in part his own.
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From this reading By the influence of friends he opened in Philadelphia an office in part his own.
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From this reading By the influence of friends he opened in Philadelphia an office in part his own.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading By the influence of friends he opened in Philadelphia an office in part his own.
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From this reading A PENNY ROLL WITH HONOR.--JENNY'S SPINNING-WHEEL.
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From this reading The great apostle of the education of the spiritual faculties had not yet appeared, and even Pestalozzi, the founder of common schools for character education, could not have been known to him.
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From this reading By the influence of friends he opened in Philadelphia an office in part his own.
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From this reading BENJAMIN became a printer again.
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From this reading A PENNY ROLL WITH HONOR.--JENNY'S SPINNING-WHEEL.
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From this reading The great apostle of the education of the spiritual faculties had not yet appeared, and even Pestalozzi, the founder of common schools for character education, could not have been known to him.
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From this reading A PENNY ROLL WITH HONOR.--JENNY'S SPINNING-WHEEL.
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From this reading The great apostle of the education of the spiritual faculties had not yet appeared, and even Pestalozzi, the founder of common schools for character education, could not have been known to him.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading By the influence of friends he opened in Philadelphia an office in part his own.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading The great apostle of the education of the spiritual faculties had not yet appeared, and even Pestalozzi, the founder of common schools for character education, could not have been known to him.
in the company of; together with
From this reading A PENNY ROLL WITH HONOR.--JENNY'S SPINNING-WHEEL.
but in spite of that
From this reading The great apostle of the education of the spiritual faculties had not yet appeared, and even Pestalozzi, the founder of common schools for character education, could not have been known to him.
