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What does "Maybe it's a Big Horse I'm Morporkian" mean?

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Why is the Star of the County Down referred to as Colleen?

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Meaning of "He deserted me for others" in "The Veiled Lodger"

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What does “An' hoo says hoo can tell when hoo's hurt” mean in this context?

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What does cuatro cantos refer to?

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What is the meaning of "Both wry with the laboured ease of loss." and "And of this circumstance.... Its silence silences." in 'A Photograph'?

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What does this paragraph mean in Dickens' American Notes?

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What is a "red lead firm"?

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Why does the fact that it was expected to be a "good year" mean that the Hermit would no longer need to chew nettle leaves?

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What does "These were not words they were used to saying. " mean in the context?

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Is there any example of a hero saluting his fallen adversary and regretting the need to vanquish him?

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Are the names J. Alfred Prufrock and Hugh Selwyn Mauberley completely arbitrary?

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What is "the Dennington Velasquez" in "The Just Men of Cordova"?

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What does this quote in Don Juan by Lord Byron mean? "Sweet is a legacy, and passing sweet The unexpected death of some old lady"

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Some Problem about Whitman's Language

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An undecipherable part of 'Goldfish' by Raymond Chandler

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Meaning of some phrases in The Grapes of Wrath

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Old Eagle Novel - Was Northbrook Boarding or Day School?

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Identify a poem entitled Mock Song, written in middle English in the 13th-15th centuries

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What does Wordsworth mean by "A pagan suckled in a creed outworn"?

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What does "Maybe it's a Big Horse I'm Morporkian" mean?

Why is the Star of the County Down referred to as Colleen?

Meaning of "He deserted me for others" in "The Veiled Lodger"

What does “An' hoo says hoo can tell when hoo's hurt” mean in this context?

What does cuatro cantos refer to?

What is the meaning of "Both wry with the laboured ease of loss." and "And of this circumstance.... Its silence silences." in 'A Photograph'?

What does this paragraph mean in Dickens' American Notes?

What is a "red lead firm"?

Why does the fact that it was expected to be a "good year" mean that the Hermit would no longer need to chew nettle leaves?

What does "These were not words they were used to saying. " mean in the context?

Is there any example of a hero saluting his fallen adversary and regretting the need to vanquish him?

Are the names J. Alfred Prufrock and Hugh Selwyn Mauberley completely arbitrary?

What is "the Dennington Velasquez" in "The Just Men of Cordova"?

What does this quote in Don Juan by Lord Byron mean? "Sweet is a legacy, and passing sweet The unexpected death of some old lady"

Some Problem about Whitman's Language

An undecipherable part of 'Goldfish' by Raymond Chandler

Meaning of some phrases in The Grapes of Wrath

Old Eagle Novel - Was Northbrook Boarding or Day School?

Identify a poem entitled Mock Song, written in middle English in the 13th-15th centuries

What does Wordsworth mean by "A pagan suckled in a creed outworn"?