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1885
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From this reading From his bed-room window in the Palazzo Giustiniani Recanati, every morning in 1885, Robert Browning watched the sunrise.
adeterminerUS /ə/
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading "The Palazzo Giustiniani Recanati was a place of historical association and fifteenth-century traditions....
all
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From this reading "My window commands a perfect view," he wrote, "the still, grey lagoon, the few seagulls flying, the islet of San Giorgio in deep shadow, and the clouds in a long purple rack, from behind which a sort of spirit of rose burns up, till presently all the rims are on fire with gold....
always
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From this reading At three o'clock regularly, a friend's gondola, which was always at hand to convey him, came and carried him, usually, to the Lido,--his favourite spot."
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading "The Palazzo Giustiniani Recanati was a place of historical association and fifteenth-century traditions....
areauxiliary verbUS /ɑːr/
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading "My window commands a perfect view," he wrote, "the still, grey lagoon, the few seagulls flying, the islet of San Giorgio in deep shadow, and the clouds in a long purple rack, from behind which a sort of spirit of rose burns up, till presently all the rims are on fire with gold....
association
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From this reading "The Palazzo Giustiniani Recanati was a place of historical association and fifteenth-century traditions....
AtprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading At three o'clock regularly, a friend's gondola, which was always at hand to convey him, came and carried him, usually, to the Lido,--his favourite spot."
bed-room
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From this reading From his bed-room window in the Palazzo Giustiniani Recanati, every morning in 1885, Robert Browning watched the sunrise.
behindprepositionUS /bɪˈhaɪnd/
at or toward the back of something
From this reading "My window commands a perfect view," he wrote, "the still, grey lagoon, the few seagulls flying, the islet of San Giorgio in deep shadow, and the clouds in a long purple rack, from behind which a sort of spirit of rose burns up, till presently all the rims are on fire with gold....
BROWNING
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Burns
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Byron
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came
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From this reading At three o'clock regularly, a friend's gondola, which was always at hand to convey him, came and carried him, usually, to the Lido,--his favourite spot."
carried
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From this reading At three o'clock regularly, a friend's gondola, which was always at hand to convey him, came and carried him, usually, to the Lido,--his favourite spot."
clouds
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From this reading "My window commands a perfect view," he wrote, "the still, grey lagoon, the few seagulls flying, the islet of San Giorgio in deep shadow, and the clouds in a long purple rack, from behind which a sort of spirit of rose burns up, till presently all the rims are on fire with gold....
commands
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From this reading "My window commands a perfect view," he wrote, "the still, grey lagoon, the few seagulls flying, the islet of San Giorgio in deep shadow, and the clouds in a long purple rack, from behind which a sort of spirit of rose burns up, till presently all the rims are on fire with gold....
convey
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From this reading At three o'clock regularly, a friend's gondola, which was always at hand to convey him, came and carried him, usually, to the Lido,--his favourite spot."
DAY
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deep
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From this reading "My window commands a perfect view," he wrote, "the still, grey lagoon, the few seagulls flying, the islet of San Giorgio in deep shadow, and the clouds in a long purple rack, from behind which a sort of spirit of rose burns up, till presently all the rims are on fire with gold....
everydeterminerUS /ˈevəri/
all the members of a group, with none left out
From this reading From his bed-room window in the Palazzo Giustiniani Recanati, every morning in 1885, Robert Browning watched the sunrise.
favourite
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From this reading At three o'clock regularly, a friend's gondola, which was always at hand to convey him, came and carried him, usually, to the Lido,--his favourite spot."
few
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From this reading "My window commands a perfect view," he wrote, "the still, grey lagoon, the few seagulls flying, the islet of San Giorgio in deep shadow, and the clouds in a long purple rack, from behind which a sort of spirit of rose burns up, till presently all the rims are on fire with gold....
fifteenth-century
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From this reading "The Palazzo Giustiniani Recanati was a place of historical association and fifteenth-century traditions....
fire
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From this reading "My window commands a perfect view," he wrote, "the still, grey lagoon, the few seagulls flying, the islet of San Giorgio in deep shadow, and the clouds in a long purple rack, from behind which a sort of spirit of rose burns up, till presently all the rims are on fire with gold....
flying
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From this reading "My window commands a perfect view," he wrote, "the still, grey lagoon, the few seagulls flying, the islet of San Giorgio in deep shadow, and the clouds in a long purple rack, from behind which a sort of spirit of rose burns up, till presently all the rims are on fire with gold....
friend's
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From this reading At three o'clock regularly, a friend's gondola, which was always at hand to convey him, came and carried him, usually, to the Lido,--his favourite spot."
FromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading From his bed-room window in the Palazzo Giustiniani Recanati, every morning in 1885, Robert Browning watched the sunrise.
Giorgio
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From this reading "My window commands a perfect view," he wrote, "the still, grey lagoon, the few seagulls flying, the islet of San Giorgio in deep shadow, and the clouds in a long purple rack, from behind which a sort of spirit of rose burns up, till presently all the rims are on fire with gold....
Giustiniani
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From this reading "The Palazzo Giustiniani Recanati was a place of historical association and fifteenth-century traditions....
gold
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From this reading "My window commands a perfect view," he wrote, "the still, grey lagoon, the few seagulls flying, the islet of San Giorgio in deep shadow, and the clouds in a long purple rack, from behind which a sort of spirit of rose burns up, till presently all the rims are on fire with gold....
gondola
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From this reading At three o'clock regularly, a friend's gondola, which was always at hand to convey him, came and carried him, usually, to the Lido,--his favourite spot."
grey
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From this reading "My window commands a perfect view," he wrote, "the still, grey lagoon, the few seagulls flying, the islet of San Giorgio in deep shadow, and the clouds in a long purple rack, from behind which a sort of spirit of rose burns up, till presently all the rims are on fire with gold....
hand
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From this reading At three o'clock regularly, a friend's gondola, which was always at hand to convey him, came and carried him, usually, to the Lido,--his favourite spot."
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading "My window commands a perfect view," he wrote, "the still, grey lagoon, the few seagulls flying, the islet of San Giorgio in deep shadow, and the clouds in a long purple rack, from behind which a sort of spirit of rose burns up, till presently all the rims are on fire with gold....
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading At three o'clock regularly, a friend's gondola, which was always at hand to convey him, came and carried him, usually, to the Lido,--his favourite spot."
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading At three o'clock regularly, a friend's gondola, which was always at hand to convey him, came and carried him, usually, to the Lido,--his favourite spot."
historical
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From this reading "The Palazzo Giustiniani Recanati was a place of historical association and fifteenth-century traditions....
InprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading _In the same Series._ _Longfellow._ _Tennyson._ _Keats._ _Wordsworth._ _Burns._ _Scott._ _Byron._ _Shelley._ A DAY WITH BROWNING.
islet
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From this reading "My window commands a perfect view," he wrote, "the still, grey lagoon, the few seagulls flying, the islet of San Giorgio in deep shadow, and the clouds in a long purple rack, from behind which a sort of spirit of rose burns up, till presently all the rims are on fire with gold....
Keats
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From this reading _In the same Series._ _Longfellow._ _Tennyson._ _Keats._ _Wordsworth._ _Burns._ _Scott._ _Byron._ _Shelley._ A DAY WITH BROWNING.
lagoon
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From this reading "My window commands a perfect view," he wrote, "the still, grey lagoon, the few seagulls flying, the islet of San Giorgio in deep shadow, and the clouds in a long purple rack, from behind which a sort of spirit of rose burns up, till presently all the rims are on fire with gold....
Lido
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From this reading At three o'clock regularly, a friend's gondola, which was always at hand to convey him, came and carried him, usually, to the Lido,--his favourite spot."
longnounUS /long/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading "My window commands a perfect view," he wrote, "the still, grey lagoon, the few seagulls flying, the islet of San Giorgio in deep shadow, and the clouds in a long purple rack, from behind which a sort of spirit of rose burns up, till presently all the rims are on fire with gold....
Longfellow
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From this reading _In the same Series._ _Longfellow._ _Tennyson._ _Keats._ _Wordsworth._ _Burns._ _Scott._ _Byron._ _Shelley._ A DAY WITH BROWNING.
morningnounUS /morning/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading From his bed-room window in the Palazzo Giustiniani Recanati, every morning in 1885, Robert Browning watched the sunrise.
MydeterminerUS /maɪ/
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading "My window commands a perfect view," he wrote, "the still, grey lagoon, the few seagulls flying, the islet of San Giorgio in deep shadow, and the clouds in a long purple rack, from behind which a sort of spirit of rose burns up, till presently all the rims are on fire with gold....
o'clock
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From this reading At three o'clock regularly, a friend's gondola, which was always at hand to convey him, came and carried him, usually, to the Lido,--his favourite spot."
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading "The Palazzo Giustiniani Recanati was a place of historical association and fifteenth-century traditions....
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading "My window commands a perfect view," he wrote, "the still, grey lagoon, the few seagulls flying, the islet of San Giorgio in deep shadow, and the clouds in a long purple rack, from behind which a sort of spirit of rose burns up, till presently all the rims are on fire with gold....
Palazzo
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From this reading "The Palazzo Giustiniani Recanati was a place of historical association and fifteenth-century traditions....
perfect
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From this reading "My window commands a perfect view," he wrote, "the still, grey lagoon, the few seagulls flying, the islet of San Giorgio in deep shadow, and the clouds in a long purple rack, from behind which a sort of spirit of rose burns up, till presently all the rims are on fire with gold....
place
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From this reading "The Palazzo Giustiniani Recanati was a place of historical association and fifteenth-century traditions....
presently
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From this reading "My window commands a perfect view," he wrote, "the still, grey lagoon, the few seagulls flying, the islet of San Giorgio in deep shadow, and the clouds in a long purple rack, from behind which a sort of spirit of rose burns up, till presently all the rims are on fire with gold....
purple
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From this reading "My window commands a perfect view," he wrote, "the still, grey lagoon, the few seagulls flying, the islet of San Giorgio in deep shadow, and the clouds in a long purple rack, from behind which a sort of spirit of rose burns up, till presently all the rims are on fire with gold....
rack
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From this reading "My window commands a perfect view," he wrote, "the still, grey lagoon, the few seagulls flying, the islet of San Giorgio in deep shadow, and the clouds in a long purple rack, from behind which a sort of spirit of rose burns up, till presently all the rims are on fire with gold....
Recanati
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From this reading "The Palazzo Giustiniani Recanati was a place of historical association and fifteenth-century traditions....
regularly
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From this reading At three o'clock regularly, a friend's gondola, which was always at hand to convey him, came and carried him, usually, to the Lido,--his favourite spot."
rims
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From this reading "My window commands a perfect view," he wrote, "the still, grey lagoon, the few seagulls flying, the islet of San Giorgio in deep shadow, and the clouds in a long purple rack, from behind which a sort of spirit of rose burns up, till presently all the rims are on fire with gold....
Robert
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From this reading From his bed-room window in the Palazzo Giustiniani Recanati, every morning in 1885, Robert Browning watched the sunrise.
rose
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From this reading "My window commands a perfect view," he wrote, "the still, grey lagoon, the few seagulls flying, the islet of San Giorgio in deep shadow, and the clouds in a long purple rack, from behind which a sort of spirit of rose burns up, till presently all the rims are on fire with gold....
samenounUS /same/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading _In the same Series._ _Longfellow._ _Tennyson._ _Keats._ _Wordsworth._ _Burns._ _Scott._ _Byron._ _Shelley._ A DAY WITH BROWNING.
San
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From this reading "My window commands a perfect view," he wrote, "the still, grey lagoon, the few seagulls flying, the islet of San Giorgio in deep shadow, and the clouds in a long purple rack, from behind which a sort of spirit of rose burns up, till presently all the rims are on fire with gold....
Scott
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From this reading _In the same Series._ _Longfellow._ _Tennyson._ _Keats._ _Wordsworth._ _Burns._ _Scott._ _Byron._ _Shelley._ A DAY WITH BROWNING.
seagulls
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From this reading "My window commands a perfect view," he wrote, "the still, grey lagoon, the few seagulls flying, the islet of San Giorgio in deep shadow, and the clouds in a long purple rack, from behind which a sort of spirit of rose burns up, till presently all the rims are on fire with gold....
Series
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From this reading _In the same Series._ _Longfellow._ _Tennyson._ _Keats._ _Wordsworth._ _Burns._ _Scott._ _Byron._ _Shelley._ A DAY WITH BROWNING.
shadownounUS /ˈʃæd.oʊ/
A dark area or shape produced by a body coming between rays of light and a surface.
From this reading "My window commands a perfect view," he wrote, "the still, grey lagoon, the few seagulls flying, the islet of San Giorgio in deep shadow, and the clouds in a long purple rack, from behind which a sort of spirit of rose burns up, till presently all the rims are on fire with gold....
Shelley
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From this reading _In the same Series._ _Longfellow._ _Tennyson._ _Keats._ _Wordsworth._ _Burns._ _Scott._ _Byron._ _Shelley._ A DAY WITH BROWNING.
sort
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From this reading "My window commands a perfect view," he wrote, "the still, grey lagoon, the few seagulls flying, the islet of San Giorgio in deep shadow, and the clouds in a long purple rack, from behind which a sort of spirit of rose burns up, till presently all the rims are on fire with gold....
spirit
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From this reading "My window commands a perfect view," he wrote, "the still, grey lagoon, the few seagulls flying, the islet of San Giorgio in deep shadow, and the clouds in a long purple rack, from behind which a sort of spirit of rose burns up, till presently all the rims are on fire with gold....
spot
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From this reading At three o'clock regularly, a friend's gondola, which was always at hand to convey him, came and carried him, usually, to the Lido,--his favourite spot."
stillnounUS /still/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading "My window commands a perfect view," he wrote, "the still, grey lagoon, the few seagulls flying, the islet of San Giorgio in deep shadow, and the clouds in a long purple rack, from behind which a sort of spirit of rose burns up, till presently all the rims are on fire with gold....
sunrise
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From this reading From his bed-room window in the Palazzo Giustiniani Recanati, every morning in 1885, Robert Browning watched the sunrise.
Tennyson
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From this reading _In the same Series._ _Longfellow._ _Tennyson._ _Keats._ _Wordsworth._ _Burns._ _Scott._ _Byron._ _Shelley._ A DAY WITH BROWNING.
ThedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading "The Palazzo Giustiniani Recanati was a place of historical association and fifteenth-century traditions....
three
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From this reading At three o'clock regularly, a friend's gondola, which was always at hand to convey him, came and carried him, usually, to the Lido,--his favourite spot."
tillprepositionUS /tɪl/
up to a particular time
From this reading "My window commands a perfect view," he wrote, "the still, grey lagoon, the few seagulls flying, the islet of San Giorgio in deep shadow, and the clouds in a long purple rack, from behind which a sort of spirit of rose burns up, till presently all the rims are on fire with gold....
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading At three o'clock regularly, a friend's gondola, which was always at hand to convey him, came and carried him, usually, to the Lido,--his favourite spot."
traditions
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up
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From this reading "My window commands a perfect view," he wrote, "the still, grey lagoon, the few seagulls flying, the islet of San Giorgio in deep shadow, and the clouds in a long purple rack, from behind which a sort of spirit of rose burns up, till presently all the rims are on fire with gold....
usually
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From this reading At three o'clock regularly, a friend's gondola, which was always at hand to convey him, came and carried him, usually, to the Lido,--his favourite spot."
view
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From this reading "My window commands a perfect view," he wrote, "the still, grey lagoon, the few seagulls flying, the islet of San Giorgio in deep shadow, and the clouds in a long purple rack, from behind which a sort of spirit of rose burns up, till presently all the rims are on fire with gold....
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading "The Palazzo Giustiniani Recanati was a place of historical association and fifteenth-century traditions....
watched
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From this reading From his bed-room window in the Palazzo Giustiniani Recanati, every morning in 1885, Robert Browning watched the sunrise.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading At three o'clock regularly, a friend's gondola, which was always at hand to convey him, came and carried him, usually, to the Lido,--his favourite spot."
window
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From this reading From his bed-room window in the Palazzo Giustiniani Recanati, every morning in 1885, Robert Browning watched the sunrise.
WITHprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading _In the same Series._ _Longfellow._ _Tennyson._ _Keats._ _Wordsworth._ _Burns._ _Scott._ _Byron._ _Shelley._ A DAY WITH BROWNING.
Wordsworth
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wrote
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From this reading "My window commands a perfect view," he wrote, "the still, grey lagoon, the few seagulls flying, the islet of San Giorgio in deep shadow, and the clouds in a long purple rack, from behind which a sort of spirit of rose burns up, till presently all the rims are on fire with gold....
