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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 _A perturbed spirit--The loss of a fortune--A broken bank--A study in bimetallism--Auri sacra fames--A rough diamond--A friend of the peerage--And of Dublin stout--His weaknesses--The Quarterly Review--The dilemma--An amateur hospital nurse--A terrible night--Benvenuto Cellini--A subtle jest--The disappearance of the jester--An appropriated leaderette--An appropriated anecdote--An appropriated quatrain._
actually
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From this reading ONCE I saw a sub-editor actually within easy reach of suicide.
amateur
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From this reading _A perturbed spirit--The loss of a fortune--A broken bank--A study in bimetallism--Auri sacra fames--A rough diamond--A friend of the peerage--And of Dublin stout--His weaknesses--The Quarterly Review--The dilemma--An amateur hospital nurse--A terrible night--Benvenuto Cellini--A subtle jest--The disappearance of the jester--An appropriated leaderette--An appropriated anecdote--An appropriated quatrain._
AndeterminerUS /æn/
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading _A perturbed spirit--The loss of a fortune--A broken bank--A study in bimetallism--Auri sacra fames--A rough diamond--A friend of the peerage--And of Dublin stout--His weaknesses--The Quarterly Review--The dilemma--An amateur hospital nurse--A terrible night--Benvenuto Cellini--A subtle jest--The disappearance of the jester--An appropriated leaderette--An appropriated anecdote--An appropriated quatrain._
AndconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading _A perturbed spirit--The loss of a fortune--A broken bank--A study in bimetallism--Auri sacra fames--A rough diamond--A friend of the peerage--And of Dublin stout--His weaknesses--The Quarterly Review--The dilemma--An amateur hospital nurse--A terrible night--Benvenuto Cellini--A subtle jest--The disappearance of the jester--An appropriated leaderette--An appropriated anecdote--An appropriated quatrain._
anecdote
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From this reading _A perturbed spirit--The loss of a fortune--A broken bank--A study in bimetallism--Auri sacra fames--A rough diamond--A friend of the peerage--And of Dublin stout--His weaknesses--The Quarterly Review--The dilemma--An amateur hospital nurse--A terrible night--Benvenuto Cellini--A subtle jest--The disappearance of the jester--An appropriated leaderette--An appropriated anecdote--An appropriated quatrain._
appropriated
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From this reading _A perturbed spirit--The loss of a fortune--A broken bank--A study in bimetallism--Auri sacra fames--A rough diamond--A friend of the peerage--And of Dublin stout--His weaknesses--The Quarterly Review--The dilemma--An amateur hospital nurse--A terrible night--Benvenuto Cellini--A subtle jest--The disappearance of the jester--An appropriated leaderette--An appropriated anecdote--An appropriated quatrain._
Auri
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From this reading _A perturbed spirit--The loss of a fortune--A broken bank--A study in bimetallism--Auri sacra fames--A rough diamond--A friend of the peerage--And of Dublin stout--His weaknesses--The Quarterly Review--The dilemma--An amateur hospital nurse--A terrible night--Benvenuto Cellini--A subtle jest--The disappearance of the jester--An appropriated leaderette--An appropriated anecdote--An appropriated quatrain._
bank
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From this reading _A perturbed spirit--The loss of a fortune--A broken bank--A study in bimetallism--Auri sacra fames--A rough diamond--A friend of the peerage--And of Dublin stout--His weaknesses--The Quarterly Review--The dilemma--An amateur hospital nurse--A terrible night--Benvenuto Cellini--A subtle jest--The disappearance of the jester--An appropriated leaderette--An appropriated anecdote--An appropriated quatrain._
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading It was that he had been the victim of a heartless theft.
Benvenuto
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From this reading _A perturbed spirit--The loss of a fortune--A broken bank--A study in bimetallism--Auri sacra fames--A rough diamond--A friend of the peerage--And of Dublin stout--His weaknesses--The Quarterly Review--The dilemma--An amateur hospital nurse--A terrible night--Benvenuto Cellini--A subtle jest--The disappearance of the jester--An appropriated leaderette--An appropriated anecdote--An appropriated quatrain._
bimetallism
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From this reading _A perturbed spirit--The loss of a fortune--A broken bank--A study in bimetallism--Auri sacra fames--A rough diamond--A friend of the peerage--And of Dublin stout--His weaknesses--The Quarterly Review--The dilemma--An amateur hospital nurse--A terrible night--Benvenuto Cellini--A subtle jest--The disappearance of the jester--An appropriated leaderette--An appropriated anecdote--An appropriated quatrain._
brokennounUS /broken/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading _A perturbed spirit--The loss of a fortune--A broken bank--A study in bimetallism--Auri sacra fames--A rough diamond--A friend of the peerage--And of Dublin stout--His weaknesses--The Quarterly Review--The dilemma--An amateur hospital nurse--A terrible night--Benvenuto Cellini--A subtle jest--The disappearance of the jester--An appropriated leaderette--An appropriated anecdote--An appropriated quatrain._
carried
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From this reading His savings of years had been carried off in the course of a single night.
Cellini
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From this reading _A perturbed spirit--The loss of a fortune--A broken bank--A study in bimetallism--Auri sacra fames--A rough diamond--A friend of the peerage--And of Dublin stout--His weaknesses--The Quarterly Review--The dilemma--An amateur hospital nurse--A terrible night--Benvenuto Cellini--A subtle jest--The disappearance of the jester--An appropriated leaderette--An appropriated anecdote--An appropriated quatrain._
coursenounUS /course/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading His savings of years had been carried off in the course of a single night.
diamond
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From this reading _A perturbed spirit--The loss of a fortune--A broken bank--A study in bimetallism--Auri sacra fames--A rough diamond--A friend of the peerage--And of Dublin stout--His weaknesses--The Quarterly Review--The dilemma--An amateur hospital nurse--A terrible night--Benvenuto Cellini--A subtle jest--The disappearance of the jester--An appropriated leaderette--An appropriated anecdote--An appropriated quatrain._
dilemma
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From this reading _A perturbed spirit--The loss of a fortune--A broken bank--A study in bimetallism--Auri sacra fames--A rough diamond--A friend of the peerage--And of Dublin stout--His weaknesses--The Quarterly Review--The dilemma--An amateur hospital nurse--A terrible night--Benvenuto Cellini--A subtle jest--The disappearance of the jester--An appropriated leaderette--An appropriated anecdote--An appropriated quatrain._
disappearance
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From this reading _A perturbed spirit--The loss of a fortune--A broken bank--A study in bimetallism--Auri sacra fames--A rough diamond--A friend of the peerage--And of Dublin stout--His weaknesses--The Quarterly Review--The dilemma--An amateur hospital nurse--A terrible night--Benvenuto Cellini--A subtle jest--The disappearance of the jester--An appropriated leaderette--An appropriated anecdote--An appropriated quatrain._
Dublin
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From this reading _A perturbed spirit--The loss of a fortune--A broken bank--A study in bimetallism--Auri sacra fames--A rough diamond--A friend of the peerage--And of Dublin stout--His weaknesses--The Quarterly Review--The dilemma--An amateur hospital nurse--A terrible night--Benvenuto Cellini--A subtle jest--The disappearance of the jester--An appropriated leaderette--An appropriated anecdote--An appropriated quatrain._
duplicating
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From this reading It was not the duplicating of a five-column speech in flimsy, nor was it that the foreman printer had broken his heart.
easy
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From this reading ONCE I saw a sub-editor actually within easy reach of suicide.
fames
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From this reading _A perturbed spirit--The loss of a fortune--A broken bank--A study in bimetallism--Auri sacra fames--A rough diamond--A friend of the peerage--And of Dublin stout--His weaknesses--The Quarterly Review--The dilemma--An amateur hospital nurse--A terrible night--Benvenuto Cellini--A subtle jest--The disappearance of the jester--An appropriated leaderette--An appropriated anecdote--An appropriated quatrain._
five-column
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From this reading It was not the duplicating of a five-column speech in flimsy, nor was it that the foreman printer had broken his heart.
flimsy
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From this reading It was not the duplicating of a five-column speech in flimsy, nor was it that the foreman printer had broken his heart.
foreman
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From this reading It was not the duplicating of a five-column speech in flimsy, nor was it that the foreman printer had broken his heart.
fortunenounUS /ˈfortune/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading _A perturbed spirit--The loss of a fortune--A broken bank--A study in bimetallism--Auri sacra fames--A rough diamond--A friend of the peerage--And of Dublin stout--His weaknesses--The Quarterly Review--The dilemma--An amateur hospital nurse--A terrible night--Benvenuto Cellini--A subtle jest--The disappearance of the jester--An appropriated leaderette--An appropriated anecdote--An appropriated quatrain._
friend
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From this reading _A perturbed spirit--The loss of a fortune--A broken bank--A study in bimetallism--Auri sacra fames--A rough diamond--A friend of the peerage--And of Dublin stout--His weaknesses--The Quarterly Review--The dilemma--An amateur hospital nurse--A terrible night--Benvenuto Cellini--A subtle jest--The disappearance of the jester--An appropriated leaderette--An appropriated anecdote--An appropriated quatrain._
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading It was not the duplicating of a five-column speech in flimsy, nor was it that the foreman printer had broken his heart.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading It was that he had been the victim of a heartless theft.
heart
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From this reading It was not the duplicating of a five-column speech in flimsy, nor was it that the foreman printer had broken his heart.
heartless
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From this reading It was that he had been the victim of a heartless theft.
HisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading _A perturbed spirit--The loss of a fortune--A broken bank--A study in bimetallism--Auri sacra fames--A rough diamond--A friend of the peerage--And of Dublin stout--His weaknesses--The Quarterly Review--The dilemma--An amateur hospital nurse--A terrible night--Benvenuto Cellini--A subtle jest--The disappearance of the jester--An appropriated leaderette--An appropriated anecdote--An appropriated quatrain._
hospital
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From this reading _A perturbed spirit--The loss of a fortune--A broken bank--A study in bimetallism--Auri sacra fames--A rough diamond--A friend of the peerage--And of Dublin stout--His weaknesses--The Quarterly Review--The dilemma--An amateur hospital nurse--A terrible night--Benvenuto Cellini--A subtle jest--The disappearance of the jester--An appropriated leaderette--An appropriated anecdote--An appropriated quatrain._
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading ONCE I saw a sub-editor actually within easy reach of suicide.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading _A perturbed spirit--The loss of a fortune--A broken bank--A study in bimetallism--Auri sacra fames--A rough diamond--A friend of the peerage--And of Dublin stout--His weaknesses--The Quarterly Review--The dilemma--An amateur hospital nurse--A terrible night--Benvenuto Cellini--A subtle jest--The disappearance of the jester--An appropriated leaderette--An appropriated anecdote--An appropriated quatrain._
ItpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It was not the duplicating of a five-column speech in flimsy, nor was it that the foreman printer had broken his heart.
jest
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From this reading _A perturbed spirit--The loss of a fortune--A broken bank--A study in bimetallism--Auri sacra fames--A rough diamond--A friend of the peerage--And of Dublin stout--His weaknesses--The Quarterly Review--The dilemma--An amateur hospital nurse--A terrible night--Benvenuto Cellini--A subtle jest--The disappearance of the jester--An appropriated leaderette--An appropriated anecdote--An appropriated quatrain._
jester
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From this reading _A perturbed spirit--The loss of a fortune--A broken bank--A study in bimetallism--Auri sacra fames--A rough diamond--A friend of the peerage--And of Dublin stout--His weaknesses--The Quarterly Review--The dilemma--An amateur hospital nurse--A terrible night--Benvenuto Cellini--A subtle jest--The disappearance of the jester--An appropriated leaderette--An appropriated anecdote--An appropriated quatrain._
leaderette
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From this reading _A perturbed spirit--The loss of a fortune--A broken bank--A study in bimetallism--Auri sacra fames--A rough diamond--A friend of the peerage--And of Dublin stout--His weaknesses--The Quarterly Review--The dilemma--An amateur hospital nurse--A terrible night--Benvenuto Cellini--A subtle jest--The disappearance of the jester--An appropriated leaderette--An appropriated anecdote--An appropriated quatrain._
loss
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From this reading _A perturbed spirit--The loss of a fortune--A broken bank--A study in bimetallism--Auri sacra fames--A rough diamond--A friend of the peerage--And of Dublin stout--His weaknesses--The Quarterly Review--The dilemma--An amateur hospital nurse--A terrible night--Benvenuto Cellini--A subtle jest--The disappearance of the jester--An appropriated leaderette--An appropriated anecdote--An appropriated quatrain._
night
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From this reading _A perturbed spirit--The loss of a fortune--A broken bank--A study in bimetallism--Auri sacra fames--A rough diamond--A friend of the peerage--And of Dublin stout--His weaknesses--The Quarterly Review--The dilemma--An amateur hospital nurse--A terrible night--Benvenuto Cellini--A subtle jest--The disappearance of the jester--An appropriated leaderette--An appropriated anecdote--An appropriated quatrain._
norconjunctionUS /nɔːr/
and not; used after a negative to add a second negative
From this reading It was not the duplicating of a five-column speech in flimsy, nor was it that the foreman printer had broken his heart.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading It was not the duplicating of a five-column speech in flimsy, nor was it that the foreman printer had broken his heart.
nurse
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From this reading _A perturbed spirit--The loss of a fortune--A broken bank--A study in bimetallism--Auri sacra fames--A rough diamond--A friend of the peerage--And of Dublin stout--His weaknesses--The Quarterly Review--The dilemma--An amateur hospital nurse--A terrible night--Benvenuto Cellini--A subtle jest--The disappearance of the jester--An appropriated leaderette--An appropriated anecdote--An appropriated quatrain._
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading _A perturbed spirit--The loss of a fortune--A broken bank--A study in bimetallism--Auri sacra fames--A rough diamond--A friend of the peerage--And of Dublin stout--His weaknesses--The Quarterly Review--The dilemma--An amateur hospital nurse--A terrible night--Benvenuto Cellini--A subtle jest--The disappearance of the jester--An appropriated leaderette--An appropriated anecdote--An appropriated quatrain._
off
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From this reading His savings of years had been carried off in the course of a single night.
ONCE
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From this reading ONCE I saw a sub-editor actually within easy reach of suicide.
peerage
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From this reading _A perturbed spirit--The loss of a fortune--A broken bank--A study in bimetallism--Auri sacra fames--A rough diamond--A friend of the peerage--And of Dublin stout--His weaknesses--The Quarterly Review--The dilemma--An amateur hospital nurse--A terrible night--Benvenuto Cellini--A subtle jest--The disappearance of the jester--An appropriated leaderette--An appropriated anecdote--An appropriated quatrain._
perturbed
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From this reading _A perturbed spirit--The loss of a fortune--A broken bank--A study in bimetallism--Auri sacra fames--A rough diamond--A friend of the peerage--And of Dublin stout--His weaknesses--The Quarterly Review--The dilemma--An amateur hospital nurse--A terrible night--Benvenuto Cellini--A subtle jest--The disappearance of the jester--An appropriated leaderette--An appropriated anecdote--An appropriated quatrain._
printer
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From this reading It was not the duplicating of a five-column speech in flimsy, nor was it that the foreman printer had broken his heart.
Quarterly
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From this reading _A perturbed spirit--The loss of a fortune--A broken bank--A study in bimetallism--Auri sacra fames--A rough diamond--A friend of the peerage--And of Dublin stout--His weaknesses--The Quarterly Review--The dilemma--An amateur hospital nurse--A terrible night--Benvenuto Cellini--A subtle jest--The disappearance of the jester--An appropriated leaderette--An appropriated anecdote--An appropriated quatrain._
quatrain
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From this reading _A perturbed spirit--The loss of a fortune--A broken bank--A study in bimetallism--Auri sacra fames--A rough diamond--A friend of the peerage--And of Dublin stout--His weaknesses--The Quarterly Review--The dilemma--An amateur hospital nurse--A terrible night--Benvenuto Cellini--A subtle jest--The disappearance of the jester--An appropriated leaderette--An appropriated anecdote--An appropriated quatrain._
reach
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From this reading ONCE I saw a sub-editor actually within easy reach of suicide.
Review
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From this reading _A perturbed spirit--The loss of a fortune--A broken bank--A study in bimetallism--Auri sacra fames--A rough diamond--A friend of the peerage--And of Dublin stout--His weaknesses--The Quarterly Review--The dilemma--An amateur hospital nurse--A terrible night--Benvenuto Cellini--A subtle jest--The disappearance of the jester--An appropriated leaderette--An appropriated anecdote--An appropriated quatrain._
rough
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From this reading _A perturbed spirit--The loss of a fortune--A broken bank--A study in bimetallism--Auri sacra fames--A rough diamond--A friend of the peerage--And of Dublin stout--His weaknesses--The Quarterly Review--The dilemma--An amateur hospital nurse--A terrible night--Benvenuto Cellini--A subtle jest--The disappearance of the jester--An appropriated leaderette--An appropriated anecdote--An appropriated quatrain._
sacra
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From this reading _A perturbed spirit--The loss of a fortune--A broken bank--A study in bimetallism--Auri sacra fames--A rough diamond--A friend of the peerage--And of Dublin stout--His weaknesses--The Quarterly Review--The dilemma--An amateur hospital nurse--A terrible night--Benvenuto Cellini--A subtle jest--The disappearance of the jester--An appropriated leaderette--An appropriated anecdote--An appropriated quatrain._
savings
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From this reading His savings of years had been carried off in the course of a single night.
saw
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From this reading ONCE I saw a sub-editor actually within easy reach of suicide.
single
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From this reading His savings of years had been carried off in the course of a single night.
speech
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From this reading It was not the duplicating of a five-column speech in flimsy, nor was it that the foreman printer had broken his heart.
spirit
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From this reading _A perturbed spirit--The loss of a fortune--A broken bank--A study in bimetallism--Auri sacra fames--A rough diamond--A friend of the peerage--And of Dublin stout--His weaknesses--The Quarterly Review--The dilemma--An amateur hospital nurse--A terrible night--Benvenuto Cellini--A subtle jest--The disappearance of the jester--An appropriated leaderette--An appropriated anecdote--An appropriated quatrain._
stout
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From this reading _A perturbed spirit--The loss of a fortune--A broken bank--A study in bimetallism--Auri sacra fames--A rough diamond--A friend of the peerage--And of Dublin stout--His weaknesses--The Quarterly Review--The dilemma--An amateur hospital nurse--A terrible night--Benvenuto Cellini--A subtle jest--The disappearance of the jester--An appropriated leaderette--An appropriated anecdote--An appropriated quatrain._
study
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From this reading _A perturbed spirit--The loss of a fortune--A broken bank--A study in bimetallism--Auri sacra fames--A rough diamond--A friend of the peerage--And of Dublin stout--His weaknesses--The Quarterly Review--The dilemma--An amateur hospital nurse--A terrible night--Benvenuto Cellini--A subtle jest--The disappearance of the jester--An appropriated leaderette--An appropriated anecdote--An appropriated quatrain._
sub-editor
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From this reading ONCE I saw a sub-editor actually within easy reach of suicide.
subtle
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From this reading _A perturbed spirit--The loss of a fortune--A broken bank--A study in bimetallism--Auri sacra fames--A rough diamond--A friend of the peerage--And of Dublin stout--His weaknesses--The Quarterly Review--The dilemma--An amateur hospital nurse--A terrible night--Benvenuto Cellini--A subtle jest--The disappearance of the jester--An appropriated leaderette--An appropriated anecdote--An appropriated quatrain._
suicide
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From this reading ONCE I saw a sub-editor actually within easy reach of suicide.
terriblenounUS /ˈterrible/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading _A perturbed spirit--The loss of a fortune--A broken bank--A study in bimetallism--Auri sacra fames--A rough diamond--A friend of the peerage--And of Dublin stout--His weaknesses--The Quarterly Review--The dilemma--An amateur hospital nurse--A terrible night--Benvenuto Cellini--A subtle jest--The disappearance of the jester--An appropriated leaderette--An appropriated anecdote--An appropriated quatrain._
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading It was not the duplicating of a five-column speech in flimsy, nor was it that the foreman printer had broken his heart.
ThedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading _A perturbed spirit--The loss of a fortune--A broken bank--A study in bimetallism--Auri sacra fames--A rough diamond--A friend of the peerage--And of Dublin stout--His weaknesses--The Quarterly Review--The dilemma--An amateur hospital nurse--A terrible night--Benvenuto Cellini--A subtle jest--The disappearance of the jester--An appropriated leaderette--An appropriated anecdote--An appropriated quatrain._
theft
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From this reading It was that he had been the victim of a heartless theft.
victim
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From this reading It was that he had been the victim of a heartless theft.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading It was not the duplicating of a five-column speech in flimsy, nor was it that the foreman printer had broken his heart.
weaknesses
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From this reading _A perturbed spirit--The loss of a fortune--A broken bank--A study in bimetallism--Auri sacra fames--A rough diamond--A friend of the peerage--And of Dublin stout--His weaknesses--The Quarterly Review--The dilemma--An amateur hospital nurse--A terrible night--Benvenuto Cellini--A subtle jest--The disappearance of the jester--An appropriated leaderette--An appropriated anecdote--An appropriated quatrain._
withinprepositionUS /wɪˈðɪn/
inside; before a period of time has passed
From this reading ONCE I saw a sub-editor actually within easy reach of suicide.
years
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From this reading His savings of years had been carried off in the course of a single night.
