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The analyses of a text #2
The narrator recalls his adolescence.
He invited a despicable, he think, lawyer-to-be Uriah to have some coffee at his apartment.
Agnes is his old friend and Uriah is to become the partner of her father, the local lawyer.
Mrs. Cupp is his landlady.
Agnes is his old friend and Uriah is to become the partner of her father, a local lawyer.
'I am sorry to hear it,' said I. I could not help adding, rather pointedly, 'on all accounts.'
'Decidedly so, Mister Copperfield,' replied Uriah. 'On all accounts. Miss Agnes's above all! You don't remember your own eloquent expressions, Master Copperfield; but I remember how you said one day that everybody must admire her, and how I thanked you for it! You have forgot that, I have no doubt, Master Copperfield?'
'No,' said I, drily.
'Oh how glad I am you have not!' exclaimed Uriah. 'To think that you should be the first to kindle the sparks of ambition in my umble breast, and that you've not forgot it! Oh! - Would you excuse me asking for a cup more coffee?'
[David Copperfield by Charles Dickens]
1. I'd like to know what mean "on" in "on all accounts."
2. I'd like to know if two "how"s means "that."
3. And I'd like to know if the phrase "to think that~" modifies "glad."
Thank you in advance for your help.
He invited a despicable, he think, lawyer-to-be Uriah to have some coffee at his apartment.
Agnes is his old friend and Uriah is to become the partner of her father, the local lawyer.
Mrs. Cupp is his landlady.
Agnes is his old friend and Uriah is to become the partner of her father, a local lawyer.
'I am sorry to hear it,' said I. I could not help adding, rather pointedly, 'on all accounts.'
'Decidedly so, Mister Copperfield,' replied Uriah. 'On all accounts. Miss Agnes's above all! You don't remember your own eloquent expressions, Master Copperfield; but I remember how you said one day that everybody must admire her, and how I thanked you for it! You have forgot that, I have no doubt, Master Copperfield?'
'No,' said I, drily.
'Oh how glad I am you have not!' exclaimed Uriah. 'To think that you should be the first to kindle the sparks of ambition in my umble breast, and that you've not forgot it! Oh! - Would you excuse me asking for a cup more coffee?'
[David Copperfield by Charles Dickens]
1. I'd like to know what mean "on" in "on all accounts."
2. I'd like to know if two "how"s means "that."
3. And I'd like to know if the phrase "to think that~" modifies "glad."
Thank you in advance for your help.
Top answer
1. "on all accounts" is set expression meaning, in this case, something like "on everyone's behalf" or "for everyone's sake". The choice of "on" is idiomatic.
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- "on all accounts" is set expression meaning, in this case, something like "on everyone's behalf" or "for everyone's sake".
- The choice of "on" is idiomatic.
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1. "on all accounts" is set expression meaning, in this case, something like "on everyone's behalf" or "for everyone's sake". The choice of "on" is idiomatic.
2. The feeling of "I remember how ..." is slightly different from that of "I remember that ...". In this case it makes the events seem more intimate to the speaker perhaps.
3. No, the sentence starting "To think that" stand
2. The feeling of "I remember how ..." is slightly different from that of "I remember that ...". In this case it makes the events seem more intimate to the speaker perhaps.
3. No, the sentence starting "To think that" stand
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