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The narrator recalls his adolescence.
He is an apprentice of the proctor, Mr. Spenlow.
One day, he visited Mr. Spenlow's place, and he fell for his daughter Dara at first sight.
Afterwards, he acts like a lovesick one.
Mrs. Cupp is his landlady.
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She came up to me one evening, when I was very low, to ask (she being then afflicted with the disorder I have mentioned) if I could oblige her with a little tincture of cardamums mixed with rhubarb, and flavoured with seven drops of the essence of cloves, which was the best remedy for her complaint; - or, if I had not such a thing by me, with a little brandy, which was the next best. It was not, she remarked, so palatable to her, but it was the next best. As I had never even heard of the first remedy, and always had the second in the closet, I gave Mrs. Crupp a glass of the second, which (that I might have no suspicion of its being devoted to any improper use) she began to take in my presence.
'Cheer up, sir,' said Mrs. Crupp. 'I can't abear to see you so, sir: I'm a mother myself.'
I did not quite perceive the application of this fact to myself, but I smiled on Mrs. Crupp, as benignly as was in my power.
'Come, sir,' said Mrs. Crupp. 'Excuse me. I know what it is, sir. There's a lady in the case.'
[David Copperfield by Charles Dickens]
1. I'd like to know what "take" means here.
2. I'd like to know if "so" as an adjective the objective compliment of "see."
3. I'd like to know what means "to myself" here.
4. I think a subject of "was" probably "smiling."
If so, I was wondering why a subject of "was" is omitted.
Thank you in advance for your help.
He is an apprentice of the proctor, Mr. Spenlow.
One day, he visited Mr. Spenlow's place, and he fell for his daughter Dara at first sight.
Afterwards, he acts like a lovesick one.
Mrs. Cupp is his landlady.
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She came up to me one evening, when I was very low, to ask (she being then afflicted with the disorder I have mentioned) if I could oblige her with a little tincture of cardamums mixed with rhubarb, and flavoured with seven drops of the essence of cloves, which was the best remedy for her complaint; - or, if I had not such a thing by me, with a little brandy, which was the next best. It was not, she remarked, so palatable to her, but it was the next best. As I had never even heard of the first remedy, and always had the second in the closet, I gave Mrs. Crupp a glass of the second, which (that I might have no suspicion of its being devoted to any improper use) she began to take in my presence.
'Cheer up, sir,' said Mrs. Crupp. 'I can't abear to see you so, sir: I'm a mother myself.'
I did not quite perceive the application of this fact to myself, but I smiled on Mrs. Crupp, as benignly as was in my power.
'Come, sir,' said Mrs. Crupp. 'Excuse me. I know what it is, sir. There's a lady in the case.'
[David Copperfield by Charles Dickens]
1. I'd like to know what "take" means here.
2. I'd like to know if "so" as an adjective the objective compliment of "see."
3. I'd like to know what means "to myself" here.
4. I think a subject of "was" probably "smiling."
If so, I was wondering why a subject of "was" is omitted.
Thank you in advance for your help.
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park sang joon 1. I'd like to know what "take" means here. drink park sang joon 2.
- park sang joon 1.
- I'd like to know what "take" means here.
- drink park sang joon 2.
- " I'd call it a pronoun, but yes, 'so' is the object of 'see'.
- park sang joon 3.
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park sang joon1. I'd like to know what "take" means here.drink
park sang joon2. I'd like to know if "so" as an adjective the objective compliment of "see."I'd call it a pronoun, but yes, 'so' is the object of 'see'.
park sang joon3. I'd like to know what means "to myself" here.Ju
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Thank you, Mr.Micawber, for your so very helpful answer. 
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It is not omitted; it was never there.
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park sang joonThen I was wondering how the readers can know the subject of "was in my power" isn't "I."You have to know what makes sense, Sang joon! "I was in my power" does not. Grammar alone will not help you in so many texts, as you are finding out.
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