Chapter I
VERSES. VERSES. “_Be friendly, pray, to these fancies of mine._” --BETTINE BRENTANO. NEWPORT, R. I., C. E. HAMMETT, JR., 1878. Sonnets.
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VERSES.
VERSES.
“_Be
friendly,
pray,
to
these
fancies
of
mine._”
--BETTINE
BRENTANO.
NEWPORT,
R.
I.,
C.
E.
HAMMETT,
JR.,
1878.
Sonnets.
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“_Be
friendly,
pray,
to
these
fancies
of
mine._”
--BETTINE
BRENTANO.
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NEWPORT,
R.
I.,
C.
E.
HAMMETT,
JR.,
1878.
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Sonnets.
Learner Dictionary
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Mine
pronoun
US /maɪn/
the one or ones belonging to the person speaking
From this reading ““_Be friendly, pray, to these fancies of mine._” --BETTINE BRENTANO.”
These
determiner
US /ðiːz/
the plural of “this”: the people or things near, or just mentioned
From this reading ““_Be friendly, pray, to these fancies of mine._” --BETTINE BRENTANO.”
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1878
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From this reading NEWPORT, R. I., C. E. HAMMETT, JR., 1878.
Beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading “_Be friendly, pray, to these fancies of mine._” --BETTINE BRENTANO.
BETTINE
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From this reading “_Be friendly, pray, to these fancies of mine._” --BETTINE BRENTANO.
BRENTANO
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From this reading “_Be friendly, pray, to these fancies of mine._” --BETTINE BRENTANO.
C
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From this reading NEWPORT, R. I., C. E. HAMMETT, JR., 1878.
E
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From this reading NEWPORT, R. I., C. E. HAMMETT, JR., 1878.
fancies
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From this reading “_Be friendly, pray, to these fancies of mine._” --BETTINE BRENTANO.
friendly
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From this reading “_Be friendly, pray, to these fancies of mine._” --BETTINE BRENTANO.
HAMMETT
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From this reading NEWPORT, R. I., C. E. HAMMETT, JR., 1878.
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading NEWPORT, R. I., C. E. HAMMETT, JR., 1878.
JR
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From this reading NEWPORT, R. I., C. E. HAMMETT, JR., 1878.
minepronounUS /maɪn/
the one or ones belonging to the person speaking
From this reading “_Be friendly, pray, to these fancies of mine._” --BETTINE BRENTANO.
NEWPORT
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From this reading NEWPORT, R. I., C. E. HAMMETT, JR., 1878.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading “_Be friendly, pray, to these fancies of mine._” --BETTINE BRENTANO.
pray
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From this reading “_Be friendly, pray, to these fancies of mine._” --BETTINE BRENTANO.
R
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From this reading NEWPORT, R. I., C. E. HAMMETT, JR., 1878.
Sonnets
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From this reading Sonnets.
thesedeterminerUS /ðiːz/
the plural of “this”: the people or things near, or just mentioned
From this reading “_Be friendly, pray, to these fancies of mine._” --BETTINE BRENTANO.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading “_Be friendly, pray, to these fancies of mine._” --BETTINE BRENTANO.
VERSES
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From this reading VERSES.