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| adown | ||
| down; along
"Some days I like to walk adown the river." |
Paragraph 150: Example | |
| borning day | ||
| birthday
"Today is the borning day of one of my friends and we celebrated it with a party." |
Paragraph 294: Example | |
| Brave Horatius | ||
| Brave Horatius was Opal’s pet German Shepherd dog. He goes with her everywhere.
Opal named him Brave Horatius after the Roman hero of the poem "Horatius at the Bridge" by Thomas Macaulay. |
Paragraph 79: Brave Horatius thinks it is home-going time
Paragraph 105: A rescue by Brave Horatius Scene 28: Brave Hortatius is lost and found again |
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| cathedral | ||
| The cathedral is a small clearing in the woods surrounded by tall trees.
Opal calls this clearing a cathedral because she uses it for religious services. The word cathedral is also often used to describe tall Old growth forests. |
Picture: Sky view
Paragraph 97: The goodness of Sadie McKibben Paragraph 350: A cream lily for the soul of Peter Paul Rubens |
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| Charlemagne | ||
| "The Most Tall Tree Of All The Trees Growing In the lane" | Paragraph 326: Last mention | |
| dwell | ||
| live
"I often visit the place where the fir trees dwell." |
Paragraph 326: Example | |
| Good King Edward I | ||
| "A Fir Tree Growing In The Lane." | Paragraph 39: First mention | |
| Hugh Capet | ||
| "A Fir Tree Growing In The Lane." | Paragraph 39: First mention | |
| Isaiah | ||
| Isaiah is another dog of Opal's. She says that he is "a plain dog".
The name "Isaiah" comes from the name of a great prophet in the Bible. The Book of Isaiah in the Old Testament is written about him. |
Paragraph mention326: Last mention | |
| lane | ||
| The lane is a narrow dirt road that Opal walks to school on.
The lane was quite long - at least a mile or more. It runs from her grandparent's house west all the way to the mill by the far woods. It was owned by the Limbergers. |
Picture: The Lane
Paragraph 38: Our lovely lane |
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| Queen Eleanor of Castile | ||
| "A Fir Tree In The Lane Growing By Edward I." | Paragraph 61: First mention | |
| sacredness | ||
| holy; important
"Everybody noticed the sacredness of the occasion." |
Paragraph 326: Example | |
| Saint Louis | ||
| "A Fir Tree Growing In The Lane." | Paragraph 39: First mention | |
| Solomon Grundy | ||
| Solomon Grundy is a pig living on the farm. His mother is "Aphrodite."
The name comes from one of the Mother Goose nursery rhymes. Solomon Grundy becomes more important to Opal after the death of another of her favorite pigs, Peter Paul Rubens. |
Scene 66: The Christening of Soloman Grundy
Scene 74: Solomon Grundy is Sick About: Peter Paul Rubens About: Aphrodite |
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| Theodore Roosevelt | ||
| "A Fir Tree In The Lane." | Paragraph 326: Only mention | |
| understanding souls | ||
| nice, understanding, sympathetic
"The man that lives next door has an understanding soul." |
Paragraph 279: Example | |
| unto | ||
| to
I walked over unto the house of Sadie McKibben." |
Paragraph 426: Example | |
| William Wordsworth | ||
| "An Oak Tree In The Lane." | Paragraph 39: First mention | |
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