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XXVII. Within a very little while, thou wilt be either ashes, or a sceletum; and a name perchance; and perchance, not so much as a name. And what is that but an empty sound, and a rebounding echo? Those things which in this life are dearest unto us, and of most account, they are in themselves but vain, putrid, contemptible. The most weighty and serious, if rightly esteemed, but as puppies, biting one another: or untoward children, now laughing and then crying.
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a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading “The most weighty and serious, if rightly esteemed, but as puppies, biting one another: or untoward children, now laughing and then crying.”
The powdery residue left after the burning of a substance.
From this reading “Within a very little while, thou wilt be either ashes, or a sceletum; and a name perchance; and perchance, not so much as a name.”
one or the other of two
From this reading “Within a very little while, thou wilt be either ashes, or a sceletum; and a name perchance; and perchance, not so much as a name.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Those things which in this life are dearest unto us, and of most account, they are in themselves but vain, putrid, contemptible.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Within a very little while, thou wilt be either ashes, or a sceletum; and a name perchance; and perchance, not so much as a name.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Within a very little while, thou wilt be either ashes, or a sceletum; and a name perchance; and perchance, not so much as a name.”
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading “The most weighty and serious, if rightly esteemed, but as puppies, biting one another: or untoward children, now laughing and then crying.”
used when the people doing the action are also its object
From this reading “Those things which in this life are dearest unto us, and of most account, they are in themselves but vain, putrid, contemptible.”
the plural of “that”: the people or things further away, or already known
From this reading “Those things which in this life are dearest unto us, and of most account, they are in themselves but vain, putrid, contemptible.”
an old word for “you”, as the subject, speaking to one person
From this reading “Within a very little while, thou wilt be either ashes, or a sceletum; and a name perchance; and perchance, not so much as a name.”
an old word for “to”
From this reading “Those things which in this life are dearest unto us, and of most account, they are in themselves but vain, putrid, contemptible.”
during the time that
From this reading “Within a very little while, thou wilt be either ashes, or a sceletum; and a name perchance; and perchance, not so much as a name.”
an old form of “will”, used with “thou”
From this reading “Within a very little while, thou wilt be either ashes, or a sceletum; and a name perchance; and perchance, not so much as a name.”
inside; before a period of time has passed
From this reading “Within a very little while, thou wilt be either ashes, or a sceletum; and a name perchance; and perchance, not so much as a name.”
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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 Within a very little while, thou wilt be either ashes, or a sceletum; and a name perchance; and perchance, not so much as a name.
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From this reading Those things which in this life are dearest unto us, and of most account, they are in themselves but vain, putrid, contemptible.
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading And what is that but an empty sound, and a rebounding echo?
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Within a very little while, thou wilt be either ashes, or a sceletum; and a name perchance; and perchance, not so much as a name.
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading The most weighty and serious, if rightly esteemed, but as puppies, biting one another: or untoward children, now laughing and then crying.
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading Those things which in this life are dearest unto us, and of most account, they are in themselves but vain, putrid, contemptible.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading Within a very little while, thou wilt be either ashes, or a sceletum; and a name perchance; and perchance, not so much as a name.
The powdery residue left after the burning of a substance.
From this reading Within a very little while, thou wilt be either ashes, or a sceletum; and a name perchance; and perchance, not so much as a name.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading Within a very little while, thou wilt be either ashes, or a sceletum; and a name perchance; and perchance, not so much as a name.
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From this reading The most weighty and serious, if rightly esteemed, but as puppies, biting one another: or untoward children, now laughing and then crying.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading And what is that but an empty sound, and a rebounding echo?
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From this reading The most weighty and serious, if rightly esteemed, but as puppies, biting one another: or untoward children, now laughing and then crying.
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From this reading Those things which in this life are dearest unto us, and of most account, they are in themselves but vain, putrid, contemptible.
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From this reading The most weighty and serious, if rightly esteemed, but as puppies, biting one another: or untoward children, now laughing and then crying.
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From this reading Those things which in this life are dearest unto us, and of most account, they are in themselves but vain, putrid, contemptible.
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From this reading And what is that but an empty sound, and a rebounding echo?
one or the other of two
From this reading Within a very little while, thou wilt be either ashes, or a sceletum; and a name perchance; and perchance, not so much as a name.
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From this reading And what is that but an empty sound, and a rebounding echo?
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From this reading The most weighty and serious, if rightly esteemed, but as puppies, biting one another: or untoward children, now laughing and then crying.
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading The most weighty and serious, if rightly esteemed, but as puppies, biting one another: or untoward children, now laughing and then crying.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Those things which in this life are dearest unto us, and of most account, they are in themselves but vain, putrid, contemptible.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading And what is that but an empty sound, and a rebounding echo?
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From this reading The most weighty and serious, if rightly esteemed, but as puppies, biting one another: or untoward children, now laughing and then crying.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Those things which in this life are dearest unto us, and of most account, they are in themselves but vain, putrid, contemptible.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Within a very little while, thou wilt be either ashes, or a sceletum; and a name perchance; and perchance, not so much as a name.
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From this reading Those things which in this life are dearest unto us, and of most account, they are in themselves but vain, putrid, contemptible.
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From this reading Within a very little while, thou wilt be either ashes, or a sceletum; and a name perchance; and perchance, not so much as a name.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Within a very little while, thou wilt be either ashes, or a sceletum; and a name perchance; and perchance, not so much as a name.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading Within a very little while, thou wilt be either ashes, or a sceletum; and a name perchance; and perchance, not so much as a name.
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From this reading The most weighty and serious, if rightly esteemed, but as puppies, biting one another: or untoward children, now laughing and then crying.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Those things which in this life are dearest unto us, and of most account, they are in themselves but vain, putrid, contemptible.
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading The most weighty and serious, if rightly esteemed, but as puppies, biting one another: or untoward children, now laughing and then crying.
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading Within a very little while, thou wilt be either ashes, or a sceletum; and a name perchance; and perchance, not so much as a name.
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From this reading Within a very little while, thou wilt be either ashes, or a sceletum; and a name perchance; and perchance, not so much as a name.
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From this reading The most weighty and serious, if rightly esteemed, but as puppies, biting one another: or untoward children, now laughing and then crying.
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From this reading Those things which in this life are dearest unto us, and of most account, they are in themselves but vain, putrid, contemptible.
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From this reading And what is that but an empty sound, and a rebounding echo?
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From this reading The most weighty and serious, if rightly esteemed, but as puppies, biting one another: or untoward children, now laughing and then crying.
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From this reading Within a very little while, thou wilt be either ashes, or a sceletum; and a name perchance; and perchance, not so much as a name.
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From this reading The most weighty and serious, if rightly esteemed, but as puppies, biting one another: or untoward children, now laughing and then crying.
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading Within a very little while, thou wilt be either ashes, or a sceletum; and a name perchance; and perchance, not so much as a name.
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From this reading And what is that but an empty sound, and a rebounding echo?
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading And what is that but an empty sound, and a rebounding echo?
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The most weighty and serious, if rightly esteemed, but as puppies, biting one another: or untoward children, now laughing and then crying.
used when the people doing the action are also its object
From this reading Those things which in this life are dearest unto us, and of most account, they are in themselves but vain, putrid, contemptible.
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From this reading The most weighty and serious, if rightly esteemed, but as puppies, biting one another: or untoward children, now laughing and then crying.
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Those things which in this life are dearest unto us, and of most account, they are in themselves but vain, putrid, contemptible.
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From this reading Those things which in this life are dearest unto us, and of most account, they are in themselves but vain, putrid, contemptible.
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading Those things which in this life are dearest unto us, and of most account, they are in themselves but vain, putrid, contemptible.
the plural of “that”: the people or things further away, or already known
From this reading Those things which in this life are dearest unto us, and of most account, they are in themselves but vain, putrid, contemptible.
an old word for “you”, as the subject, speaking to one person
From this reading Within a very little while, thou wilt be either ashes, or a sceletum; and a name perchance; and perchance, not so much as a name.
an old word for “to”
From this reading Those things which in this life are dearest unto us, and of most account, they are in themselves but vain, putrid, contemptible.
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From this reading The most weighty and serious, if rightly esteemed, but as puppies, biting one another: or untoward children, now laughing and then crying.
the speaker and others, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Those things which in this life are dearest unto us, and of most account, they are in themselves but vain, putrid, contemptible.
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From this reading Those things which in this life are dearest unto us, and of most account, they are in themselves but vain, putrid, contemptible.
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From this reading Within a very little while, thou wilt be either ashes, or a sceletum; and a name perchance; and perchance, not so much as a name.
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From this reading The most weighty and serious, if rightly esteemed, but as puppies, biting one another: or untoward children, now laughing and then crying.
used to ask for information about something
From this reading And what is that but an empty sound, and a rebounding echo?
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading Those things which in this life are dearest unto us, and of most account, they are in themselves but vain, putrid, contemptible.
during the time that
From this reading Within a very little while, thou wilt be either ashes, or a sceletum; and a name perchance; and perchance, not so much as a name.
an old form of “will”, used with “thou”
From this reading Within a very little while, thou wilt be either ashes, or a sceletum; and a name perchance; and perchance, not so much as a name.
inside; before a period of time has passed
From this reading Within a very little while, thou wilt be either ashes, or a sceletum; and a name perchance; and perchance, not so much as a name.
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From this reading XXVII.
