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adeterminerUS /ə/
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading _The “casual” word--The mighty hunter--The retort discourteous--How the editor’s chair was broken--An explanation on a clove--The master of a system--A hitch in the system--The two Alhambras--A parallel--The unattached parson--Another system--A father’s legacy--The sermon--The imagination and its claims--The evening service--Saying a few words--Antique carved oak--How the chaplain’s doubts were dispersed--A literary tinker--A tinker’s triumph--The two Joneses._
againnounUS /again/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading THE “scratch” editor also may now and again be found to possess some eccentricities.
Alhambras
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From this reading _The “casual” word--The mighty hunter--The retort discourteous--How the editor’s chair was broken--An explanation on a clove--The master of a system--A hitch in the system--The two Alhambras--A parallel--The unattached parson--Another system--A father’s legacy--The sermon--The imagination and its claims--The evening service--Saying a few words--Antique carved oak--How the chaplain’s doubts were dispersed--A literary tinker--A tinker’s triumph--The two Joneses._
almost
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From this reading There is a class of journalists with whom being out of employment amounts almost to a profession in itself.
also
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From this reading THE “scratch” editor also may now and again be found to possess some eccentricities.
amounts
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From this reading There is a class of journalists with whom being out of employment amounts almost to a profession in itself.
AndeterminerUS /æn/
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading _The “casual” word--The mighty hunter--The retort discourteous--How the editor’s chair was broken--An explanation on a clove--The master of a system--A hitch in the system--The two Alhambras--A parallel--The unattached parson--Another system--A father’s legacy--The sermon--The imagination and its claims--The evening service--Saying a few words--Antique carved oak--How the chaplain’s doubts were dispersed--A literary tinker--A tinker’s triumph--The two Joneses._
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading _The “casual” word--The mighty hunter--The retort discourteous--How the editor’s chair was broken--An explanation on a clove--The master of a system--A hitch in the system--The two Alhambras--A parallel--The unattached parson--Another system--A father’s legacy--The sermon--The imagination and its claims--The evening service--Saying a few words--Antique carved oak--How the chaplain’s doubts were dispersed--A literary tinker--A tinker’s triumph--The two Joneses._
AnothernounUS /ˈanother/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading _The “casual” word--The mighty hunter--The retort discourteous--How the editor’s chair was broken--An explanation on a clove--The master of a system--A hitch in the system--The two Alhambras--A parallel--The unattached parson--Another system--A father’s legacy--The sermon--The imagination and its claims--The evening service--Saying a few words--Antique carved oak--How the chaplain’s doubts were dispersed--A literary tinker--A tinker’s triumph--The two Joneses._
Antique
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From this reading _The “casual” word--The mighty hunter--The retort discourteous--How the editor’s chair was broken--An explanation on a clove--The master of a system--A hitch in the system--The two Alhambras--A parallel--The unattached parson--Another system--A father’s legacy--The sermon--The imagination and its claims--The evening service--Saying a few words--Antique carved oak--How the chaplain’s doubts were dispersed--A literary tinker--A tinker’s triumph--The two Joneses._
appears
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From this reading But the “unattached” editor is usually no more brilliant a man than the unattached gentleman “in holy orders”--the clergyman who appears suddenly at the vestry door carrying a black bag, and probably with his nose a little red (the result of a cold railway journey), and who introduces himself to the sexton as ready to do duty for the legitimate, but temporarily incapacitated, incumbent, whose telegram he had received only the previous day.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading But the “unattached” editor is usually no more brilliant a man than the unattached gentleman “in holy orders”--the clergyman who appears suddenly at the vestry door carrying a black bag, and probably with his nose a little red (the result of a cold railway journey), and who introduces himself to the sexton as ready to do duty for the legitimate, but temporarily incapacitated, incumbent, whose telegram he had received only the previous day.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading But the “unattached” editor is usually no more brilliant a man than the unattached gentleman “in holy orders”--the clergyman who appears suddenly at the vestry door carrying a black bag, and probably with his nose a little red (the result of a cold railway journey), and who introduces himself to the sexton as ready to do duty for the legitimate, but temporarily incapacitated, incumbent, whose telegram he had received only the previous day.
bag
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From this reading But the “unattached” editor is usually no more brilliant a man than the unattached gentleman “in holy orders”--the clergyman who appears suddenly at the vestry door carrying a black bag, and probably with his nose a little red (the result of a cold railway journey), and who introduces himself to the sexton as ready to do duty for the legitimate, but temporarily incapacitated, incumbent, whose telegram he had received only the previous day.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading THE “scratch” editor also may now and again be found to possess some eccentricities.
beingauxiliary verbUS /ˈbiːɪŋ/
the -ing form of “be”
From this reading There is a class of journalists with whom being out of employment amounts almost to a profession in itself.
black
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From this reading But the “unattached” editor is usually no more brilliant a man than the unattached gentleman “in holy orders”--the clergyman who appears suddenly at the vestry door carrying a black bag, and probably with his nose a little red (the result of a cold railway journey), and who introduces himself to the sexton as ready to do duty for the legitimate, but temporarily incapacitated, incumbent, whose telegram he had received only the previous day.
brilliant
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From this reading But the “unattached” editor is usually no more brilliant a man than the unattached gentleman “in holy orders”--the clergyman who appears suddenly at the vestry door carrying a black bag, and probably with his nose a little red (the result of a cold railway journey), and who introduces himself to the sexton as ready to do duty for the legitimate, but temporarily incapacitated, incumbent, whose telegram he had received only the previous day.
brokennounUS /broken/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading _The “casual” word--The mighty hunter--The retort discourteous--How the editor’s chair was broken--An explanation on a clove--The master of a system--A hitch in the system--The two Alhambras--A parallel--The unattached parson--Another system--A father’s legacy--The sermon--The imagination and its claims--The evening service--Saying a few words--Antique carved oak--How the chaplain’s doubts were dispersed--A literary tinker--A tinker’s triumph--The two Joneses._
ButconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading But the “unattached” editor is usually no more brilliant a man than the unattached gentleman “in holy orders”--the clergyman who appears suddenly at the vestry door carrying a black bag, and probably with his nose a little red (the result of a cold railway journey), and who introduces himself to the sexton as ready to do duty for the legitimate, but temporarily incapacitated, incumbent, whose telegram he had received only the previous day.
carrying
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From this reading But the “unattached” editor is usually no more brilliant a man than the unattached gentleman “in holy orders”--the clergyman who appears suddenly at the vestry door carrying a black bag, and probably with his nose a little red (the result of a cold railway journey), and who introduces himself to the sexton as ready to do duty for the legitimate, but temporarily incapacitated, incumbent, whose telegram he had received only the previous day.
carved
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From this reading _The “casual” word--The mighty hunter--The retort discourteous--How the editor’s chair was broken--An explanation on a clove--The master of a system--A hitch in the system--The two Alhambras--A parallel--The unattached parson--Another system--A father’s legacy--The sermon--The imagination and its claims--The evening service--Saying a few words--Antique carved oak--How the chaplain’s doubts were dispersed--A literary tinker--A tinker’s triumph--The two Joneses._
casual
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From this reading _The “casual” word--The mighty hunter--The retort discourteous--How the editor’s chair was broken--An explanation on a clove--The master of a system--A hitch in the system--The two Alhambras--A parallel--The unattached parson--Another system--A father’s legacy--The sermon--The imagination and its claims--The evening service--Saying a few words--Antique carved oak--How the chaplain’s doubts were dispersed--A literary tinker--A tinker’s triumph--The two Joneses._
chair
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From this reading _The “casual” word--The mighty hunter--The retort discourteous--How the editor’s chair was broken--An explanation on a clove--The master of a system--A hitch in the system--The two Alhambras--A parallel--The unattached parson--Another system--A father’s legacy--The sermon--The imagination and its claims--The evening service--Saying a few words--Antique carved oak--How the chaplain’s doubts were dispersed--A literary tinker--A tinker’s triumph--The two Joneses._
chaplain's
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From this reading _The “casual” word--The mighty hunter--The retort discourteous--How the editor’s chair was broken--An explanation on a clove--The master of a system--A hitch in the system--The two Alhambras--A parallel--The unattached parson--Another system--A father’s legacy--The sermon--The imagination and its claims--The evening service--Saying a few words--Antique carved oak--How the chaplain’s doubts were dispersed--A literary tinker--A tinker’s triumph--The two Joneses._
claims
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From this reading _The “casual” word--The mighty hunter--The retort discourteous--How the editor’s chair was broken--An explanation on a clove--The master of a system--A hitch in the system--The two Alhambras--A parallel--The unattached parson--Another system--A father’s legacy--The sermon--The imagination and its claims--The evening service--Saying a few words--Antique carved oak--How the chaplain’s doubts were dispersed--A literary tinker--A tinker’s triumph--The two Joneses._
class
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From this reading There is a class of journalists with whom being out of employment amounts almost to a profession in itself.
clergyman
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From this reading But the “unattached” editor is usually no more brilliant a man than the unattached gentleman “in holy orders”--the clergyman who appears suddenly at the vestry door carrying a black bag, and probably with his nose a little red (the result of a cold railway journey), and who introduces himself to the sexton as ready to do duty for the legitimate, but temporarily incapacitated, incumbent, whose telegram he had received only the previous day.
clove
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From this reading _The “casual” word--The mighty hunter--The retort discourteous--How the editor’s chair was broken--An explanation on a clove--The master of a system--A hitch in the system--The two Alhambras--A parallel--The unattached parson--Another system--A father’s legacy--The sermon--The imagination and its claims--The evening service--Saying a few words--Antique carved oak--How the chaplain’s doubts were dispersed--A literary tinker--A tinker’s triumph--The two Joneses._
cold
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From this reading But the “unattached” editor is usually no more brilliant a man than the unattached gentleman “in holy orders”--the clergyman who appears suddenly at the vestry door carrying a black bag, and probably with his nose a little red (the result of a cold railway journey), and who introduces himself to the sexton as ready to do duty for the legitimate, but temporarily incapacitated, incumbent, whose telegram he had received only the previous day.
day
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From this reading But the “unattached” editor is usually no more brilliant a man than the unattached gentleman “in holy orders”--the clergyman who appears suddenly at the vestry door carrying a black bag, and probably with his nose a little red (the result of a cold railway journey), and who introduces himself to the sexton as ready to do duty for the legitimate, but temporarily incapacitated, incumbent, whose telegram he had received only the previous day.
died
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From this reading He is the man who is taken on a newspaper in an emergency to fill the place of an editor who may perhaps be suffering from a serious illness, or who may, in an unguarded moment, have died.
discourteous
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From this reading _The “casual” word--The mighty hunter--The retort discourteous--How the editor’s chair was broken--An explanation on a clove--The master of a system--A hitch in the system--The two Alhambras--A parallel--The unattached parson--Another system--A father’s legacy--The sermon--The imagination and its claims--The evening service--Saying a few words--Antique carved oak--How the chaplain’s doubts were dispersed--A literary tinker--A tinker’s triumph--The two Joneses._
dispersed
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From this reading _The “casual” word--The mighty hunter--The retort discourteous--How the editor’s chair was broken--An explanation on a clove--The master of a system--A hitch in the system--The two Alhambras--A parallel--The unattached parson--Another system--A father’s legacy--The sermon--The imagination and its claims--The evening service--Saying a few words--Antique carved oak--How the chaplain’s doubts were dispersed--A literary tinker--A tinker’s triumph--The two Joneses._
doauxiliary verbUS /duː/
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading But the “unattached” editor is usually no more brilliant a man than the unattached gentleman “in holy orders”--the clergyman who appears suddenly at the vestry door carrying a black bag, and probably with his nose a little red (the result of a cold railway journey), and who introduces himself to the sexton as ready to do duty for the legitimate, but temporarily incapacitated, incumbent, whose telegram he had received only the previous day.
door
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From this reading But the “unattached” editor is usually no more brilliant a man than the unattached gentleman “in holy orders”--the clergyman who appears suddenly at the vestry door carrying a black bag, and probably with his nose a little red (the result of a cold railway journey), and who introduces himself to the sexton as ready to do duty for the legitimate, but temporarily incapacitated, incumbent, whose telegram he had received only the previous day.
doubts
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From this reading _The “casual” word--The mighty hunter--The retort discourteous--How the editor’s chair was broken--An explanation on a clove--The master of a system--A hitch in the system--The two Alhambras--A parallel--The unattached parson--Another system--A father’s legacy--The sermon--The imagination and its claims--The evening service--Saying a few words--Antique carved oak--How the chaplain’s doubts were dispersed--A literary tinker--A tinker’s triumph--The two Joneses._
dutynounUS /ˈduːti/
a responsibility that must be carried out
From this reading But the “unattached” editor is usually no more brilliant a man than the unattached gentleman “in holy orders”--the clergyman who appears suddenly at the vestry door carrying a black bag, and probably with his nose a little red (the result of a cold railway journey), and who introduces himself to the sexton as ready to do duty for the legitimate, but temporarily incapacitated, incumbent, whose telegram he had received only the previous day.
eccentricities
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From this reading THE “scratch” editor also may now and again be found to possess some eccentricities.
editor
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From this reading THE “scratch” editor also may now and again be found to possess some eccentricities.
editor's
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From this reading _The “casual” word--The mighty hunter--The retort discourteous--How the editor’s chair was broken--An explanation on a clove--The master of a system--A hitch in the system--The two Alhambras--A parallel--The unattached parson--Another system--A father’s legacy--The sermon--The imagination and its claims--The evening service--Saying a few words--Antique carved oak--How the chaplain’s doubts were dispersed--A literary tinker--A tinker’s triumph--The two Joneses._
emergency
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From this reading He is the man who is taken on a newspaper in an emergency to fill the place of an editor who may perhaps be suffering from a serious illness, or who may, in an unguarded moment, have died.
employment
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From this reading There is a class of journalists with whom being out of employment amounts almost to a profession in itself.
evening
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From this reading _The “casual” word--The mighty hunter--The retort discourteous--How the editor’s chair was broken--An explanation on a clove--The master of a system--A hitch in the system--The two Alhambras--A parallel--The unattached parson--Another system--A father’s legacy--The sermon--The imagination and its claims--The evening service--Saying a few words--Antique carved oak--How the chaplain’s doubts were dispersed--A literary tinker--A tinker’s triumph--The two Joneses._
explanation
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From this reading _The “casual” word--The mighty hunter--The retort discourteous--How the editor’s chair was broken--An explanation on a clove--The master of a system--A hitch in the system--The two Alhambras--A parallel--The unattached parson--Another system--A father’s legacy--The sermon--The imagination and its claims--The evening service--Saying a few words--Antique carved oak--How the chaplain’s doubts were dispersed--A literary tinker--A tinker’s triumph--The two Joneses._
father's
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From this reading _The “casual” word--The mighty hunter--The retort discourteous--How the editor’s chair was broken--An explanation on a clove--The master of a system--A hitch in the system--The two Alhambras--A parallel--The unattached parson--Another system--A father’s legacy--The sermon--The imagination and its claims--The evening service--Saying a few words--Antique carved oak--How the chaplain’s doubts were dispersed--A literary tinker--A tinker’s triumph--The two Joneses._
few
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From this reading _The “casual” word--The mighty hunter--The retort discourteous--How the editor’s chair was broken--An explanation on a clove--The master of a system--A hitch in the system--The two Alhambras--A parallel--The unattached parson--Another system--A father’s legacy--The sermon--The imagination and its claims--The evening service--Saying a few words--Antique carved oak--How the chaplain’s doubts were dispersed--A literary tinker--A tinker’s triumph--The two Joneses._
fill
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From this reading He is the man who is taken on a newspaper in an emergency to fill the place of an editor who may perhaps be suffering from a serious illness, or who may, in an unguarded moment, have died.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading But the “unattached” editor is usually no more brilliant a man than the unattached gentleman “in holy orders”--the clergyman who appears suddenly at the vestry door carrying a black bag, and probably with his nose a little red (the result of a cold railway journey), and who introduces himself to the sexton as ready to do duty for the legitimate, but temporarily incapacitated, incumbent, whose telegram he had received only the previous day.
foundnounUS /found/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading THE “scratch” editor also may now and again be found to possess some eccentricities.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading He is the man who is taken on a newspaper in an emergency to fill the place of an editor who may perhaps be suffering from a serious illness, or who may, in an unguarded moment, have died.
gentlemannounUS /ˈgentleman/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading But the “unattached” editor is usually no more brilliant a man than the unattached gentleman “in holy orders”--the clergyman who appears suddenly at the vestry door carrying a black bag, and probably with his nose a little red (the result of a cold railway journey), and who introduces himself to the sexton as ready to do duty for the legitimate, but temporarily incapacitated, incumbent, whose telegram he had received only the previous day.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading But the “unattached” editor is usually no more brilliant a man than the unattached gentleman “in holy orders”--the clergyman who appears suddenly at the vestry door carrying a black bag, and probably with his nose a little red (the result of a cold railway journey), and who introduces himself to the sexton as ready to do duty for the legitimate, but temporarily incapacitated, incumbent, whose telegram he had received only the previous day.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading He is the man who is taken on a newspaper in an emergency to fill the place of an editor who may perhaps be suffering from a serious illness, or who may, in an unguarded moment, have died.
HepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading He is the man who is taken on a newspaper in an emergency to fill the place of an editor who may perhaps be suffering from a serious illness, or who may, in an unguarded moment, have died.
himselfpronounUS /hɪmˈself/
used when the man or boy doing the action is also its object
From this reading But the “unattached” editor is usually no more brilliant a man than the unattached gentleman “in holy orders”--the clergyman who appears suddenly at the vestry door carrying a black bag, and probably with his nose a little red (the result of a cold railway journey), and who introduces himself to the sexton as ready to do duty for the legitimate, but temporarily incapacitated, incumbent, whose telegram he had received only the previous day.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading But the “unattached” editor is usually no more brilliant a man than the unattached gentleman “in holy orders”--the clergyman who appears suddenly at the vestry door carrying a black bag, and probably with his nose a little red (the result of a cold railway journey), and who introduces himself to the sexton as ready to do duty for the legitimate, but temporarily incapacitated, incumbent, whose telegram he had received only the previous day.
hitch
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From this reading _The “casual” word--The mighty hunter--The retort discourteous--How the editor’s chair was broken--An explanation on a clove--The master of a system--A hitch in the system--The two Alhambras--A parallel--The unattached parson--Another system--A father’s legacy--The sermon--The imagination and its claims--The evening service--Saying a few words--Antique carved oak--How the chaplain’s doubts were dispersed--A literary tinker--A tinker’s triumph--The two Joneses._
holy
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From this reading But the “unattached” editor is usually no more brilliant a man than the unattached gentleman “in holy orders”--the clergyman who appears suddenly at the vestry door carrying a black bag, and probably with his nose a little red (the result of a cold railway journey), and who introduces himself to the sexton as ready to do duty for the legitimate, but temporarily incapacitated, incumbent, whose telegram he had received only the previous day.
How
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From this reading _The “casual” word--The mighty hunter--The retort discourteous--How the editor’s chair was broken--An explanation on a clove--The master of a system--A hitch in the system--The two Alhambras--A parallel--The unattached parson--Another system--A father’s legacy--The sermon--The imagination and its claims--The evening service--Saying a few words--Antique carved oak--How the chaplain’s doubts were dispersed--A literary tinker--A tinker’s triumph--The two Joneses._
hunter
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From this reading _The “casual” word--The mighty hunter--The retort discourteous--How the editor’s chair was broken--An explanation on a clove--The master of a system--A hitch in the system--The two Alhambras--A parallel--The unattached parson--Another system--A father’s legacy--The sermon--The imagination and its claims--The evening service--Saying a few words--Antique carved oak--How the chaplain’s doubts were dispersed--A literary tinker--A tinker’s triumph--The two Joneses._
illness
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From this reading He is the man who is taken on a newspaper in an emergency to fill the place of an editor who may perhaps be suffering from a serious illness, or who may, in an unguarded moment, have died.
imagination
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From this reading _The “casual” word--The mighty hunter--The retort discourteous--How the editor’s chair was broken--An explanation on a clove--The master of a system--A hitch in the system--The two Alhambras--A parallel--The unattached parson--Another system--A father’s legacy--The sermon--The imagination and its claims--The evening service--Saying a few words--Antique carved oak--How the chaplain’s doubts were dispersed--A literary tinker--A tinker’s triumph--The two Joneses._
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading _The “casual” word--The mighty hunter--The retort discourteous--How the editor’s chair was broken--An explanation on a clove--The master of a system--A hitch in the system--The two Alhambras--A parallel--The unattached parson--Another system--A father’s legacy--The sermon--The imagination and its claims--The evening service--Saying a few words--Antique carved oak--How the chaplain’s doubts were dispersed--A literary tinker--A tinker’s triumph--The two Joneses._
incapacitated
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From this reading But the “unattached” editor is usually no more brilliant a man than the unattached gentleman “in holy orders”--the clergyman who appears suddenly at the vestry door carrying a black bag, and probably with his nose a little red (the result of a cold railway journey), and who introduces himself to the sexton as ready to do duty for the legitimate, but temporarily incapacitated, incumbent, whose telegram he had received only the previous day.
incumbent
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From this reading But the “unattached” editor is usually no more brilliant a man than the unattached gentleman “in holy orders”--the clergyman who appears suddenly at the vestry door carrying a black bag, and probably with his nose a little red (the result of a cold railway journey), and who introduces himself to the sexton as ready to do duty for the legitimate, but temporarily incapacitated, incumbent, whose telegram he had received only the previous day.
introduces
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From this reading But the “unattached” editor is usually no more brilliant a man than the unattached gentleman “in holy orders”--the clergyman who appears suddenly at the vestry door carrying a black bag, and probably with his nose a little red (the result of a cold railway journey), and who introduces himself to the sexton as ready to do duty for the legitimate, but temporarily incapacitated, incumbent, whose telegram he had received only the previous day.
isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading He is the man who is taken on a newspaper in an emergency to fill the place of an editor who may perhaps be suffering from a serious illness, or who may, in an unguarded moment, have died.
itsdeterminerUS /ɪts/
belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned
From this reading _The “casual” word--The mighty hunter--The retort discourteous--How the editor’s chair was broken--An explanation on a clove--The master of a system--A hitch in the system--The two Alhambras--A parallel--The unattached parson--Another system--A father’s legacy--The sermon--The imagination and its claims--The evening service--Saying a few words--Antique carved oak--How the chaplain’s doubts were dispersed--A literary tinker--A tinker’s triumph--The two Joneses._
itselfpronounUS /ˌɪtˈself/
used when the thing doing the action is also its object
From this reading There is a class of journalists with whom being out of employment amounts almost to a profession in itself.
Joneses
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From this reading _The “casual” word--The mighty hunter--The retort discourteous--How the editor’s chair was broken--An explanation on a clove--The master of a system--A hitch in the system--The two Alhambras--A parallel--The unattached parson--Another system--A father’s legacy--The sermon--The imagination and its claims--The evening service--Saying a few words--Antique carved oak--How the chaplain’s doubts were dispersed--A literary tinker--A tinker’s triumph--The two Joneses._
journalists
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From this reading There is a class of journalists with whom being out of employment amounts almost to a profession in itself.
journeynounUS /ˈjourney/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading But the “unattached” editor is usually no more brilliant a man than the unattached gentleman “in holy orders”--the clergyman who appears suddenly at the vestry door carrying a black bag, and probably with his nose a little red (the result of a cold railway journey), and who introduces himself to the sexton as ready to do duty for the legitimate, but temporarily incapacitated, incumbent, whose telegram he had received only the previous day.
legacy
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From this reading _The “casual” word--The mighty hunter--The retort discourteous--How the editor’s chair was broken--An explanation on a clove--The master of a system--A hitch in the system--The two Alhambras--A parallel--The unattached parson--Another system--A father’s legacy--The sermon--The imagination and its claims--The evening service--Saying a few words--Antique carved oak--How the chaplain’s doubts were dispersed--A literary tinker--A tinker’s triumph--The two Joneses._
legitimate
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From this reading But the “unattached” editor is usually no more brilliant a man than the unattached gentleman “in holy orders”--the clergyman who appears suddenly at the vestry door carrying a black bag, and probably with his nose a little red (the result of a cold railway journey), and who introduces himself to the sexton as ready to do duty for the legitimate, but temporarily incapacitated, incumbent, whose telegram he had received only the previous day.
literary
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From this reading _The “casual” word--The mighty hunter--The retort discourteous--How the editor’s chair was broken--An explanation on a clove--The master of a system--A hitch in the system--The two Alhambras--A parallel--The unattached parson--Another system--A father’s legacy--The sermon--The imagination and its claims--The evening service--Saying a few words--Antique carved oak--How the chaplain’s doubts were dispersed--A literary tinker--A tinker’s triumph--The two Joneses._
littlenounUS /little/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading But the “unattached” editor is usually no more brilliant a man than the unattached gentleman “in holy orders”--the clergyman who appears suddenly at the vestry door carrying a black bag, and probably with his nose a little red (the result of a cold railway journey), and who introduces himself to the sexton as ready to do duty for the legitimate, but temporarily incapacitated, incumbent, whose telegram he had received only the previous day.
man
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From this reading He is the man who is taken on a newspaper in an emergency to fill the place of an editor who may perhaps be suffering from a serious illness, or who may, in an unguarded moment, have died.
master
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From this reading _The “casual” word--The mighty hunter--The retort discourteous--How the editor’s chair was broken--An explanation on a clove--The master of a system--A hitch in the system--The two Alhambras--A parallel--The unattached parson--Another system--A father’s legacy--The sermon--The imagination and its claims--The evening service--Saying a few words--Antique carved oak--How the chaplain’s doubts were dispersed--A literary tinker--A tinker’s triumph--The two Joneses._
maymodal verbUS /meɪ/
used to say something is possible, or to give permission
From this reading THE “scratch” editor also may now and again be found to possess some eccentricities.
mighty
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From this reading _The “casual” word--The mighty hunter--The retort discourteous--How the editor’s chair was broken--An explanation on a clove--The master of a system--A hitch in the system--The two Alhambras--A parallel--The unattached parson--Another system--A father’s legacy--The sermon--The imagination and its claims--The evening service--Saying a few words--Antique carved oak--How the chaplain’s doubts were dispersed--A literary tinker--A tinker’s triumph--The two Joneses._
moment
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From this reading He is the man who is taken on a newspaper in an emergency to fill the place of an editor who may perhaps be suffering from a serious illness, or who may, in an unguarded moment, have died.
more
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From this reading But the “unattached” editor is usually no more brilliant a man than the unattached gentleman “in holy orders”--the clergyman who appears suddenly at the vestry door carrying a black bag, and probably with his nose a little red (the result of a cold railway journey), and who introduces himself to the sexton as ready to do duty for the legitimate, but temporarily incapacitated, incumbent, whose telegram he had received only the previous day.
newspaper
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From this reading He is the man who is taken on a newspaper in an emergency to fill the place of an editor who may perhaps be suffering from a serious illness, or who may, in an unguarded moment, have died.
nodeterminerUS /noʊ/
not any; not one
From this reading But the “unattached” editor is usually no more brilliant a man than the unattached gentleman “in holy orders”--the clergyman who appears suddenly at the vestry door carrying a black bag, and probably with his nose a little red (the result of a cold railway journey), and who introduces himself to the sexton as ready to do duty for the legitimate, but temporarily incapacitated, incumbent, whose telegram he had received only the previous day.
nose
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From this reading But the “unattached” editor is usually no more brilliant a man than the unattached gentleman “in holy orders”--the clergyman who appears suddenly at the vestry door carrying a black bag, and probably with his nose a little red (the result of a cold railway journey), and who introduces himself to the sexton as ready to do duty for the legitimate, but temporarily incapacitated, incumbent, whose telegram he had received only the previous day.
now
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From this reading THE “scratch” editor also may now and again be found to possess some eccentricities.
oak
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From this reading _The “casual” word--The mighty hunter--The retort discourteous--How the editor’s chair was broken--An explanation on a clove--The master of a system--A hitch in the system--The two Alhambras--A parallel--The unattached parson--Another system--A father’s legacy--The sermon--The imagination and its claims--The evening service--Saying a few words--Antique carved oak--How the chaplain’s doubts were dispersed--A literary tinker--A tinker’s triumph--The two Joneses._
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading _The “casual” word--The mighty hunter--The retort discourteous--How the editor’s chair was broken--An explanation on a clove--The master of a system--A hitch in the system--The two Alhambras--A parallel--The unattached parson--Another system--A father’s legacy--The sermon--The imagination and its claims--The evening service--Saying a few words--Antique carved oak--How the chaplain’s doubts were dispersed--A literary tinker--A tinker’s triumph--The two Joneses._
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading _The “casual” word--The mighty hunter--The retort discourteous--How the editor’s chair was broken--An explanation on a clove--The master of a system--A hitch in the system--The two Alhambras--A parallel--The unattached parson--Another system--A father’s legacy--The sermon--The imagination and its claims--The evening service--Saying a few words--Antique carved oak--How the chaplain’s doubts were dispersed--A literary tinker--A tinker’s triumph--The two Joneses._
only
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From this reading But the “unattached” editor is usually no more brilliant a man than the unattached gentleman “in holy orders”--the clergyman who appears suddenly at the vestry door carrying a black bag, and probably with his nose a little red (the result of a cold railway journey), and who introduces himself to the sexton as ready to do duty for the legitimate, but temporarily incapacitated, incumbent, whose telegram he had received only the previous day.
orconjunctionUS /ɔːr/
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading He is the man who is taken on a newspaper in an emergency to fill the place of an editor who may perhaps be suffering from a serious illness, or who may, in an unguarded moment, have died.
orders
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From this reading But the “unattached” editor is usually no more brilliant a man than the unattached gentleman “in holy orders”--the clergyman who appears suddenly at the vestry door carrying a black bag, and probably with his nose a little red (the result of a cold railway journey), and who introduces himself to the sexton as ready to do duty for the legitimate, but temporarily incapacitated, incumbent, whose telegram he had received only the previous day.
out
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From this reading There is a class of journalists with whom being out of employment amounts almost to a profession in itself.
parallel
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From this reading _The “casual” word--The mighty hunter--The retort discourteous--How the editor’s chair was broken--An explanation on a clove--The master of a system--A hitch in the system--The two Alhambras--A parallel--The unattached parson--Another system--A father’s legacy--The sermon--The imagination and its claims--The evening service--Saying a few words--Antique carved oak--How the chaplain’s doubts were dispersed--A literary tinker--A tinker’s triumph--The two Joneses._
parson
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From this reading _The “casual” word--The mighty hunter--The retort discourteous--How the editor’s chair was broken--An explanation on a clove--The master of a system--A hitch in the system--The two Alhambras--A parallel--The unattached parson--Another system--A father’s legacy--The sermon--The imagination and its claims--The evening service--Saying a few words--Antique carved oak--How the chaplain’s doubts were dispersed--A literary tinker--A tinker’s triumph--The two Joneses._
perhaps
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From this reading He is the man who is taken on a newspaper in an emergency to fill the place of an editor who may perhaps be suffering from a serious illness, or who may, in an unguarded moment, have died.
place
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From this reading He is the man who is taken on a newspaper in an emergency to fill the place of an editor who may perhaps be suffering from a serious illness, or who may, in an unguarded moment, have died.
possess
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From this reading THE “scratch” editor also may now and again be found to possess some eccentricities.
previous
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From this reading But the “unattached” editor is usually no more brilliant a man than the unattached gentleman “in holy orders”--the clergyman who appears suddenly at the vestry door carrying a black bag, and probably with his nose a little red (the result of a cold railway journey), and who introduces himself to the sexton as ready to do duty for the legitimate, but temporarily incapacitated, incumbent, whose telegram he had received only the previous day.
probably
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From this reading But the “unattached” editor is usually no more brilliant a man than the unattached gentleman “in holy orders”--the clergyman who appears suddenly at the vestry door carrying a black bag, and probably with his nose a little red (the result of a cold railway journey), and who introduces himself to the sexton as ready to do duty for the legitimate, but temporarily incapacitated, incumbent, whose telegram he had received only the previous day.
profession
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From this reading There is a class of journalists with whom being out of employment amounts almost to a profession in itself.
railway
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From this reading But the “unattached” editor is usually no more brilliant a man than the unattached gentleman “in holy orders”--the clergyman who appears suddenly at the vestry door carrying a black bag, and probably with his nose a little red (the result of a cold railway journey), and who introduces himself to the sexton as ready to do duty for the legitimate, but temporarily incapacitated, incumbent, whose telegram he had received only the previous day.
ready
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From this reading But the “unattached” editor is usually no more brilliant a man than the unattached gentleman “in holy orders”--the clergyman who appears suddenly at the vestry door carrying a black bag, and probably with his nose a little red (the result of a cold railway journey), and who introduces himself to the sexton as ready to do duty for the legitimate, but temporarily incapacitated, incumbent, whose telegram he had received only the previous day.
received
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From this reading But the “unattached” editor is usually no more brilliant a man than the unattached gentleman “in holy orders”--the clergyman who appears suddenly at the vestry door carrying a black bag, and probably with his nose a little red (the result of a cold railway journey), and who introduces himself to the sexton as ready to do duty for the legitimate, but temporarily incapacitated, incumbent, whose telegram he had received only the previous day.
red
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From this reading But the “unattached” editor is usually no more brilliant a man than the unattached gentleman “in holy orders”--the clergyman who appears suddenly at the vestry door carrying a black bag, and probably with his nose a little red (the result of a cold railway journey), and who introduces himself to the sexton as ready to do duty for the legitimate, but temporarily incapacitated, incumbent, whose telegram he had received only the previous day.
result
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From this reading But the “unattached” editor is usually no more brilliant a man than the unattached gentleman “in holy orders”--the clergyman who appears suddenly at the vestry door carrying a black bag, and probably with his nose a little red (the result of a cold railway journey), and who introduces himself to the sexton as ready to do duty for the legitimate, but temporarily incapacitated, incumbent, whose telegram he had received only the previous day.
retort
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From this reading _The “casual” word--The mighty hunter--The retort discourteous--How the editor’s chair was broken--An explanation on a clove--The master of a system--A hitch in the system--The two Alhambras--A parallel--The unattached parson--Another system--A father’s legacy--The sermon--The imagination and its claims--The evening service--Saying a few words--Antique carved oak--How the chaplain’s doubts were dispersed--A literary tinker--A tinker’s triumph--The two Joneses._
Saying
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From this reading _The “casual” word--The mighty hunter--The retort discourteous--How the editor’s chair was broken--An explanation on a clove--The master of a system--A hitch in the system--The two Alhambras--A parallel--The unattached parson--Another system--A father’s legacy--The sermon--The imagination and its claims--The evening service--Saying a few words--Antique carved oak--How the chaplain’s doubts were dispersed--A literary tinker--A tinker’s triumph--The two Joneses._
scratch
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From this reading THE “scratch” editor also may now and again be found to possess some eccentricities.
serious
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From this reading He is the man who is taken on a newspaper in an emergency to fill the place of an editor who may perhaps be suffering from a serious illness, or who may, in an unguarded moment, have died.
sermon
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From this reading _The “casual” word--The mighty hunter--The retort discourteous--How the editor’s chair was broken--An explanation on a clove--The master of a system--A hitch in the system--The two Alhambras--A parallel--The unattached parson--Another system--A father’s legacy--The sermon--The imagination and its claims--The evening service--Saying a few words--Antique carved oak--How the chaplain’s doubts were dispersed--A literary tinker--A tinker’s triumph--The two Joneses._
service
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From this reading _The “casual” word--The mighty hunter--The retort discourteous--How the editor’s chair was broken--An explanation on a clove--The master of a system--A hitch in the system--The two Alhambras--A parallel--The unattached parson--Another system--A father’s legacy--The sermon--The imagination and its claims--The evening service--Saying a few words--Antique carved oak--How the chaplain’s doubts were dispersed--A literary tinker--A tinker’s triumph--The two Joneses._
sexton
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From this reading But the “unattached” editor is usually no more brilliant a man than the unattached gentleman “in holy orders”--the clergyman who appears suddenly at the vestry door carrying a black bag, and probably with his nose a little red (the result of a cold railway journey), and who introduces himself to the sexton as ready to do duty for the legitimate, but temporarily incapacitated, incumbent, whose telegram he had received only the previous day.
some
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From this reading THE “scratch” editor also may now and again be found to possess some eccentricities.
suddenlynounUS /ˈsuddenly/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading But the “unattached” editor is usually no more brilliant a man than the unattached gentleman “in holy orders”--the clergyman who appears suddenly at the vestry door carrying a black bag, and probably with his nose a little red (the result of a cold railway journey), and who introduces himself to the sexton as ready to do duty for the legitimate, but temporarily incapacitated, incumbent, whose telegram he had received only the previous day.
suffering
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From this reading He is the man who is taken on a newspaper in an emergency to fill the place of an editor who may perhaps be suffering from a serious illness, or who may, in an unguarded moment, have died.
system
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From this reading _The “casual” word--The mighty hunter--The retort discourteous--How the editor’s chair was broken--An explanation on a clove--The master of a system--A hitch in the system--The two Alhambras--A parallel--The unattached parson--Another system--A father’s legacy--The sermon--The imagination and its claims--The evening service--Saying a few words--Antique carved oak--How the chaplain’s doubts were dispersed--A literary tinker--A tinker’s triumph--The two Joneses._
taken
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From this reading He is the man who is taken on a newspaper in an emergency to fill the place of an editor who may perhaps be suffering from a serious illness, or who may, in an unguarded moment, have died.
telegram
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From this reading But the “unattached” editor is usually no more brilliant a man than the unattached gentleman “in holy orders”--the clergyman who appears suddenly at the vestry door carrying a black bag, and probably with his nose a little red (the result of a cold railway journey), and who introduces himself to the sexton as ready to do duty for the legitimate, but temporarily incapacitated, incumbent, whose telegram he had received only the previous day.
temporarily
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From this reading But the “unattached” editor is usually no more brilliant a man than the unattached gentleman “in holy orders”--the clergyman who appears suddenly at the vestry door carrying a black bag, and probably with his nose a little red (the result of a cold railway journey), and who introduces himself to the sexton as ready to do duty for the legitimate, but temporarily incapacitated, incumbent, whose telegram he had received only the previous day.
thanconjunctionUS /ðæn/
used to introduce the second part of a comparison
From this reading But the “unattached” editor is usually no more brilliant a man than the unattached gentleman “in holy orders”--the clergyman who appears suddenly at the vestry door carrying a black bag, and probably with his nose a little red (the result of a cold railway journey), and who introduces himself to the sexton as ready to do duty for the legitimate, but temporarily incapacitated, incumbent, whose telegram he had received only the previous day.
ThedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading _The “casual” word--The mighty hunter--The retort discourteous--How the editor’s chair was broken--An explanation on a clove--The master of a system--A hitch in the system--The two Alhambras--A parallel--The unattached parson--Another system--A father’s legacy--The sermon--The imagination and its claims--The evening service--Saying a few words--Antique carved oak--How the chaplain’s doubts were dispersed--A literary tinker--A tinker’s triumph--The two Joneses._
There
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From this reading There is a class of journalists with whom being out of employment amounts almost to a profession in itself.
tinker
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From this reading _The “casual” word--The mighty hunter--The retort discourteous--How the editor’s chair was broken--An explanation on a clove--The master of a system--A hitch in the system--The two Alhambras--A parallel--The unattached parson--Another system--A father’s legacy--The sermon--The imagination and its claims--The evening service--Saying a few words--Antique carved oak--How the chaplain’s doubts were dispersed--A literary tinker--A tinker’s triumph--The two Joneses._
tinker's
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From this reading _The “casual” word--The mighty hunter--The retort discourteous--How the editor’s chair was broken--An explanation on a clove--The master of a system--A hitch in the system--The two Alhambras--A parallel--The unattached parson--Another system--A father’s legacy--The sermon--The imagination and its claims--The evening service--Saying a few words--Antique carved oak--How the chaplain’s doubts were dispersed--A literary tinker--A tinker’s triumph--The two Joneses._
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading THE “scratch” editor also may now and again be found to possess some eccentricities.
triumph
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From this reading _The “casual” word--The mighty hunter--The retort discourteous--How the editor’s chair was broken--An explanation on a clove--The master of a system--A hitch in the system--The two Alhambras--A parallel--The unattached parson--Another system--A father’s legacy--The sermon--The imagination and its claims--The evening service--Saying a few words--Antique carved oak--How the chaplain’s doubts were dispersed--A literary tinker--A tinker’s triumph--The two Joneses._
two
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From this reading _The “casual” word--The mighty hunter--The retort discourteous--How the editor’s chair was broken--An explanation on a clove--The master of a system--A hitch in the system--The two Alhambras--A parallel--The unattached parson--Another system--A father’s legacy--The sermon--The imagination and its claims--The evening service--Saying a few words--Antique carved oak--How the chaplain’s doubts were dispersed--A literary tinker--A tinker’s triumph--The two Joneses._
unattached
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From this reading _The “casual” word--The mighty hunter--The retort discourteous--How the editor’s chair was broken--An explanation on a clove--The master of a system--A hitch in the system--The two Alhambras--A parallel--The unattached parson--Another system--A father’s legacy--The sermon--The imagination and its claims--The evening service--Saying a few words--Antique carved oak--How the chaplain’s doubts were dispersed--A literary tinker--A tinker’s triumph--The two Joneses._
unguarded
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From this reading He is the man who is taken on a newspaper in an emergency to fill the place of an editor who may perhaps be suffering from a serious illness, or who may, in an unguarded moment, have died.
usually
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From this reading But the “unattached” editor is usually no more brilliant a man than the unattached gentleman “in holy orders”--the clergyman who appears suddenly at the vestry door carrying a black bag, and probably with his nose a little red (the result of a cold railway journey), and who introduces himself to the sexton as ready to do duty for the legitimate, but temporarily incapacitated, incumbent, whose telegram he had received only the previous day.
vestry
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From this reading But the “unattached” editor is usually no more brilliant a man than the unattached gentleman “in holy orders”--the clergyman who appears suddenly at the vestry door carrying a black bag, and probably with his nose a little red (the result of a cold railway journey), and who introduces himself to the sexton as ready to do duty for the legitimate, but temporarily incapacitated, incumbent, whose telegram he had received only the previous day.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading _The “casual” word--The mighty hunter--The retort discourteous--How the editor’s chair was broken--An explanation on a clove--The master of a system--A hitch in the system--The two Alhambras--A parallel--The unattached parson--Another system--A father’s legacy--The sermon--The imagination and its claims--The evening service--Saying a few words--Antique carved oak--How the chaplain’s doubts were dispersed--A literary tinker--A tinker’s triumph--The two Joneses._
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading _The “casual” word--The mighty hunter--The retort discourteous--How the editor’s chair was broken--An explanation on a clove--The master of a system--A hitch in the system--The two Alhambras--A parallel--The unattached parson--Another system--A father’s legacy--The sermon--The imagination and its claims--The evening service--Saying a few words--Antique carved oak--How the chaplain’s doubts were dispersed--A literary tinker--A tinker’s triumph--The two Joneses._
whopronounUS /huː/
which person or people
From this reading He is the man who is taken on a newspaper in an emergency to fill the place of an editor who may perhaps be suffering from a serious illness, or who may, in an unguarded moment, have died.
whompronounUS /huːm/
the form of “who” used as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading There is a class of journalists with whom being out of employment amounts almost to a profession in itself.
whosedeterminerUS /huːz/
belonging to which person
From this reading But the “unattached” editor is usually no more brilliant a man than the unattached gentleman “in holy orders”--the clergyman who appears suddenly at the vestry door carrying a black bag, and probably with his nose a little red (the result of a cold railway journey), and who introduces himself to the sexton as ready to do duty for the legitimate, but temporarily incapacitated, incumbent, whose telegram he had received only the previous day.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading There is a class of journalists with whom being out of employment amounts almost to a profession in itself.
word
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From this reading _The “casual” word--The mighty hunter--The retort discourteous--How the editor’s chair was broken--An explanation on a clove--The master of a system--A hitch in the system--The two Alhambras--A parallel--The unattached parson--Another system--A father’s legacy--The sermon--The imagination and its claims--The evening service--Saying a few words--Antique carved oak--How the chaplain’s doubts were dispersed--A literary tinker--A tinker’s triumph--The two Joneses._
words
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From this reading _The “casual” word--The mighty hunter--The retort discourteous--How the editor’s chair was broken--An explanation on a clove--The master of a system--A hitch in the system--The two Alhambras--A parallel--The unattached parson--Another system--A father’s legacy--The sermon--The imagination and its claims--The evening service--Saying a few words--Antique carved oak--How the chaplain’s doubts were dispersed--A literary tinker--A tinker’s triumph--The two Joneses._
