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7.45
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From this reading _The late Emperor of Brazil--An incredulous hotel manager--The surprised A.R.A.--The Emperor as an early riser--The habits of the English actor--A new reputation--Signor Ciro Pinsuti--The Prince of Bohemia--Treatment au prince--The bill--An Oriental prince--An ideal costume for a Scotch winter--Its subsequent modification--The royal sleeping-place--Trains and Irish humour--The courteous station-master--The sarcasm of the travellers--“Punctually seven minutes late”--Not originally an Irishman--The time of departure of the 7.45 train--Brahke, brake, brake--The card-players--Possibility of their deterioration--The dissatisfied passenger--Being in a hurry he threatens to walk--He didn’t--He wishes he had._
AdeterminerUS /ə/
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading _The late Emperor of Brazil--An incredulous hotel manager--The surprised A.R.A.--The Emperor as an early riser--The habits of the English actor--A new reputation--Signor Ciro Pinsuti--The Prince of Bohemia--Treatment au prince--The bill--An Oriental prince--An ideal costume for a Scotch winter--Its subsequent modification--The royal sleeping-place--Trains and Irish humour--The courteous station-master--The sarcasm of the travellers--“Punctually seven minutes late”--Not originally an Irishman--The time of departure of the 7.45 train--Brahke, brake, brake--The card-players--Possibility of their deterioration--The dissatisfied passenger--Being in a hurry he threatens to walk--He didn’t--He wishes he had._
aboard
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From this reading I had had the privilege of taking tiffin with His Majesty aboard a man-of-war at Rio Janeiro some years previously, and on calling upon him in London upon the occasion of his visit to England, I found to my surprise that he remembered the incident.
actor
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From this reading _The late Emperor of Brazil--An incredulous hotel manager--The surprised A.R.A.--The Emperor as an early riser--The habits of the English actor--A new reputation--Signor Ciro Pinsuti--The Prince of Bohemia--Treatment au prince--The bill--An Oriental prince--An ideal costume for a Scotch winter--Its subsequent modification--The royal sleeping-place--Trains and Irish humour--The courteous station-master--The sarcasm of the travellers--“Punctually seven minutes late”--Not originally an Irishman--The time of departure of the 7.45 train--Brahke, brake, brake--The card-players--Possibility of their deterioration--The dissatisfied passenger--Being in a hurry he threatens to walk--He didn’t--He wishes he had._
all
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From this reading ONCE I was treated very uncivilly at an hotel in the North of Ireland, and as the occasion was one upon which I was, I believed, entitled to be dealt with on terms of exceptional courtesy, I felt the slight all the more deeply.
AndeterminerUS /æn/
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading _The late Emperor of Brazil--An incredulous hotel manager--The surprised A.R.A.--The Emperor as an early riser--The habits of the English actor--A new reputation--Signor Ciro Pinsuti--The Prince of Bohemia--Treatment au prince--The bill--An Oriental prince--An ideal costume for a Scotch winter--Its subsequent modification--The royal sleeping-place--Trains and Irish humour--The courteous station-master--The sarcasm of the travellers--“Punctually seven minutes late”--Not originally an Irishman--The time of departure of the 7.45 train--Brahke, brake, brake--The card-players--Possibility of their deterioration--The dissatisfied passenger--Being in a hurry he threatens to walk--He didn’t--He wishes he had._
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading _The late Emperor of Brazil--An incredulous hotel manager--The surprised A.R.A.--The Emperor as an early riser--The habits of the English actor--A new reputation--Signor Ciro Pinsuti--The Prince of Bohemia--Treatment au prince--The bill--An Oriental prince--An ideal costume for a Scotch winter--Its subsequent modification--The royal sleeping-place--Trains and Irish humour--The courteous station-master--The sarcasm of the travellers--“Punctually seven minutes late”--Not originally an Irishman--The time of departure of the 7.45 train--Brahke, brake, brake--The card-players--Possibility of their deterioration--The dissatisfied passenger--Being in a hurry he threatens to walk--He didn’t--He wishes he had._
appeared
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From this reading The late Emperor of Brazil, in yielding to his desire to see everything in the world that was worth seeing, had appeared suddenly in Ireland.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading _The late Emperor of Brazil--An incredulous hotel manager--The surprised A.R.A.--The Emperor as an early riser--The habits of the English actor--A new reputation--Signor Ciro Pinsuti--The Prince of Bohemia--Treatment au prince--The bill--An Oriental prince--An ideal costume for a Scotch winter--Its subsequent modification--The royal sleeping-place--Trains and Irish humour--The courteous station-master--The sarcasm of the travellers--“Punctually seven minutes late”--Not originally an Irishman--The time of departure of the 7.45 train--Brahke, brake, brake--The card-players--Possibility of their deterioration--The dissatisfied passenger--Being in a hurry he threatens to walk--He didn’t--He wishes he had._
askednounUS /asked/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading He asked me to go with him to the Giant’s Causeway, and I promised to do so if he did not insist on starting before sunrise,--he was the earliest riser I ever met.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading ONCE I was treated very uncivilly at an hotel in the North of Ireland, and as the occasion was one upon which I was, I believed, entitled to be dealt with on terms of exceptional courtesy, I felt the slight all the more deeply.
au
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From this reading _The late Emperor of Brazil--An incredulous hotel manager--The surprised A.R.A.--The Emperor as an early riser--The habits of the English actor--A new reputation--Signor Ciro Pinsuti--The Prince of Bohemia--Treatment au prince--The bill--An Oriental prince--An ideal costume for a Scotch winter--Its subsequent modification--The royal sleeping-place--Trains and Irish humour--The courteous station-master--The sarcasm of the travellers--“Punctually seven minutes late”--Not originally an Irishman--The time of departure of the 7.45 train--Brahke, brake, brake--The card-players--Possibility of their deterioration--The dissatisfied passenger--Being in a hurry he threatens to walk--He didn’t--He wishes he had._
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading ONCE I was treated very uncivilly at an hotel in the North of Ireland, and as the occasion was one upon which I was, I believed, entitled to be dealt with on terms of exceptional courtesy, I felt the slight all the more deeply.
beforeprepositionUS /bɪˈfɔːr/
earlier than; in front of
From this reading He asked me to go with him to the Giant’s Causeway, and I promised to do so if he did not insist on starting before sunrise,--he was the earliest riser I ever met.
Beingauxiliary verbUS /ˈbiːɪŋ/
the -ing form of “be”
From this reading _The late Emperor of Brazil--An incredulous hotel manager--The surprised A.R.A.--The Emperor as an early riser--The habits of the English actor--A new reputation--Signor Ciro Pinsuti--The Prince of Bohemia--Treatment au prince--The bill--An Oriental prince--An ideal costume for a Scotch winter--Its subsequent modification--The royal sleeping-place--Trains and Irish humour--The courteous station-master--The sarcasm of the travellers--“Punctually seven minutes late”--Not originally an Irishman--The time of departure of the 7.45 train--Brahke, brake, brake--The card-players--Possibility of their deterioration--The dissatisfied passenger--Being in a hurry he threatens to walk--He didn’t--He wishes he had._
believed
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From this reading ONCE I was treated very uncivilly at an hotel in the North of Ireland, and as the occasion was one upon which I was, I believed, entitled to be dealt with on terms of exceptional courtesy, I felt the slight all the more deeply.
bill
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From this reading _The late Emperor of Brazil--An incredulous hotel manager--The surprised A.R.A.--The Emperor as an early riser--The habits of the English actor--A new reputation--Signor Ciro Pinsuti--The Prince of Bohemia--Treatment au prince--The bill--An Oriental prince--An ideal costume for a Scotch winter--Its subsequent modification--The royal sleeping-place--Trains and Irish humour--The courteous station-master--The sarcasm of the travellers--“Punctually seven minutes late”--Not originally an Irishman--The time of departure of the 7.45 train--Brahke, brake, brake--The card-players--Possibility of their deterioration--The dissatisfied passenger--Being in a hurry he threatens to walk--He didn’t--He wishes he had._
Bohemia
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From this reading _The late Emperor of Brazil--An incredulous hotel manager--The surprised A.R.A.--The Emperor as an early riser--The habits of the English actor--A new reputation--Signor Ciro Pinsuti--The Prince of Bohemia--Treatment au prince--The bill--An Oriental prince--An ideal costume for a Scotch winter--Its subsequent modification--The royal sleeping-place--Trains and Irish humour--The courteous station-master--The sarcasm of the travellers--“Punctually seven minutes late”--Not originally an Irishman--The time of departure of the 7.45 train--Brahke, brake, brake--The card-players--Possibility of their deterioration--The dissatisfied passenger--Being in a hurry he threatens to walk--He didn’t--He wishes he had._
Brahke
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From this reading _The late Emperor of Brazil--An incredulous hotel manager--The surprised A.R.A.--The Emperor as an early riser--The habits of the English actor--A new reputation--Signor Ciro Pinsuti--The Prince of Bohemia--Treatment au prince--The bill--An Oriental prince--An ideal costume for a Scotch winter--Its subsequent modification--The royal sleeping-place--Trains and Irish humour--The courteous station-master--The sarcasm of the travellers--“Punctually seven minutes late”--Not originally an Irishman--The time of departure of the 7.45 train--Brahke, brake, brake--The card-players--Possibility of their deterioration--The dissatisfied passenger--Being in a hurry he threatens to walk--He didn’t--He wishes he had._
brake
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From this reading _The late Emperor of Brazil--An incredulous hotel manager--The surprised A.R.A.--The Emperor as an early riser--The habits of the English actor--A new reputation--Signor Ciro Pinsuti--The Prince of Bohemia--Treatment au prince--The bill--An Oriental prince--An ideal costume for a Scotch winter--Its subsequent modification--The royal sleeping-place--Trains and Irish humour--The courteous station-master--The sarcasm of the travellers--“Punctually seven minutes late”--Not originally an Irishman--The time of departure of the 7.45 train--Brahke, brake, brake--The card-players--Possibility of their deterioration--The dissatisfied passenger--Being in a hurry he threatens to walk--He didn’t--He wishes he had._
Brazil
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From this reading _The late Emperor of Brazil--An incredulous hotel manager--The surprised A.R.A.--The Emperor as an early riser--The habits of the English actor--A new reputation--Signor Ciro Pinsuti--The Prince of Bohemia--Treatment au prince--The bill--An Oriental prince--An ideal costume for a Scotch winter--Its subsequent modification--The royal sleeping-place--Trains and Irish humour--The courteous station-master--The sarcasm of the travellers--“Punctually seven minutes late”--Not originally an Irishman--The time of departure of the 7.45 train--Brahke, brake, brake--The card-players--Possibility of their deterioration--The dissatisfied passenger--Being in a hurry he threatens to walk--He didn’t--He wishes he had._
calling
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From this reading I had had the privilege of taking tiffin with His Majesty aboard a man-of-war at Rio Janeiro some years previously, and on calling upon him in London upon the occasion of his visit to England, I found to my surprise that he remembered the incident.
card-players
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From this reading _The late Emperor of Brazil--An incredulous hotel manager--The surprised A.R.A.--The Emperor as an early riser--The habits of the English actor--A new reputation--Signor Ciro Pinsuti--The Prince of Bohemia--Treatment au prince--The bill--An Oriental prince--An ideal costume for a Scotch winter--Its subsequent modification--The royal sleeping-place--Trains and Irish humour--The courteous station-master--The sarcasm of the travellers--“Punctually seven minutes late”--Not originally an Irishman--The time of departure of the 7.45 train--Brahke, brake, brake--The card-players--Possibility of their deterioration--The dissatisfied passenger--Being in a hurry he threatens to walk--He didn’t--He wishes he had._
Causeway
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From this reading He asked me to go with him to the Giant’s Causeway, and I promised to do so if he did not insist on starting before sunrise,--he was the earliest riser I ever met.
Ciro
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From this reading _The late Emperor of Brazil--An incredulous hotel manager--The surprised A.R.A.--The Emperor as an early riser--The habits of the English actor--A new reputation--Signor Ciro Pinsuti--The Prince of Bohemia--Treatment au prince--The bill--An Oriental prince--An ideal costume for a Scotch winter--Its subsequent modification--The royal sleeping-place--Trains and Irish humour--The courteous station-master--The sarcasm of the travellers--“Punctually seven minutes late”--Not originally an Irishman--The time of departure of the 7.45 train--Brahke, brake, brake--The card-players--Possibility of their deterioration--The dissatisfied passenger--Being in a hurry he threatens to walk--He didn’t--He wishes he had._
costume
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From this reading _The late Emperor of Brazil--An incredulous hotel manager--The surprised A.R.A.--The Emperor as an early riser--The habits of the English actor--A new reputation--Signor Ciro Pinsuti--The Prince of Bohemia--Treatment au prince--The bill--An Oriental prince--An ideal costume for a Scotch winter--Its subsequent modification--The royal sleeping-place--Trains and Irish humour--The courteous station-master--The sarcasm of the travellers--“Punctually seven minutes late”--Not originally an Irishman--The time of departure of the 7.45 train--Brahke, brake, brake--The card-players--Possibility of their deterioration--The dissatisfied passenger--Being in a hurry he threatens to walk--He didn’t--He wishes he had._
courteous
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From this reading _The late Emperor of Brazil--An incredulous hotel manager--The surprised A.R.A.--The Emperor as an early riser--The habits of the English actor--A new reputation--Signor Ciro Pinsuti--The Prince of Bohemia--Treatment au prince--The bill--An Oriental prince--An ideal costume for a Scotch winter--Its subsequent modification--The royal sleeping-place--Trains and Irish humour--The courteous station-master--The sarcasm of the travellers--“Punctually seven minutes late”--Not originally an Irishman--The time of departure of the 7.45 train--Brahke, brake, brake--The card-players--Possibility of their deterioration--The dissatisfied passenger--Being in a hurry he threatens to walk--He didn’t--He wishes he had._
courtesy
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From this reading ONCE I was treated very uncivilly at an hotel in the North of Ireland, and as the occasion was one upon which I was, I believed, entitled to be dealt with on terms of exceptional courtesy, I felt the slight all the more deeply.
dealt
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From this reading ONCE I was treated very uncivilly at an hotel in the North of Ireland, and as the occasion was one upon which I was, I believed, entitled to be dealt with on terms of exceptional courtesy, I felt the slight all the more deeply.
deeply
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From this reading ONCE I was treated very uncivilly at an hotel in the North of Ireland, and as the occasion was one upon which I was, I believed, entitled to be dealt with on terms of exceptional courtesy, I felt the slight all the more deeply.
departure
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From this reading _The late Emperor of Brazil--An incredulous hotel manager--The surprised A.R.A.--The Emperor as an early riser--The habits of the English actor--A new reputation--Signor Ciro Pinsuti--The Prince of Bohemia--Treatment au prince--The bill--An Oriental prince--An ideal costume for a Scotch winter--Its subsequent modification--The royal sleeping-place--Trains and Irish humour--The courteous station-master--The sarcasm of the travellers--“Punctually seven minutes late”--Not originally an Irishman--The time of departure of the 7.45 train--Brahke, brake, brake--The card-players--Possibility of their deterioration--The dissatisfied passenger--Being in a hurry he threatens to walk--He didn’t--He wishes he had._
desire
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From this reading The late Emperor of Brazil, in yielding to his desire to see everything in the world that was worth seeing, had appeared suddenly in Ireland.
deterioration
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From this reading _The late Emperor of Brazil--An incredulous hotel manager--The surprised A.R.A.--The Emperor as an early riser--The habits of the English actor--A new reputation--Signor Ciro Pinsuti--The Prince of Bohemia--Treatment au prince--The bill--An Oriental prince--An ideal costume for a Scotch winter--Its subsequent modification--The royal sleeping-place--Trains and Irish humour--The courteous station-master--The sarcasm of the travellers--“Punctually seven minutes late”--Not originally an Irishman--The time of departure of the 7.45 train--Brahke, brake, brake--The card-players--Possibility of their deterioration--The dissatisfied passenger--Being in a hurry he threatens to walk--He didn’t--He wishes he had._
didauxiliary verbUS /dɪd/
the past form of “do”, used in questions and negatives
From this reading He asked me to go with him to the Giant’s Causeway, and I promised to do so if he did not insist on starting before sunrise,--he was the earliest riser I ever met.
didn't
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From this reading _The late Emperor of Brazil--An incredulous hotel manager--The surprised A.R.A.--The Emperor as an early riser--The habits of the English actor--A new reputation--Signor Ciro Pinsuti--The Prince of Bohemia--Treatment au prince--The bill--An Oriental prince--An ideal costume for a Scotch winter--Its subsequent modification--The royal sleeping-place--Trains and Irish humour--The courteous station-master--The sarcasm of the travellers--“Punctually seven minutes late”--Not originally an Irishman--The time of departure of the 7.45 train--Brahke, brake, brake--The card-players--Possibility of their deterioration--The dissatisfied passenger--Being in a hurry he threatens to walk--He didn’t--He wishes he had._
dissatisfied
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From this reading _The late Emperor of Brazil--An incredulous hotel manager--The surprised A.R.A.--The Emperor as an early riser--The habits of the English actor--A new reputation--Signor Ciro Pinsuti--The Prince of Bohemia--Treatment au prince--The bill--An Oriental prince--An ideal costume for a Scotch winter--Its subsequent modification--The royal sleeping-place--Trains and Irish humour--The courteous station-master--The sarcasm of the travellers--“Punctually seven minutes late”--Not originally an Irishman--The time of departure of the 7.45 train--Brahke, brake, brake--The card-players--Possibility of their deterioration--The dissatisfied passenger--Being in a hurry he threatens to walk--He didn’t--He wishes he had._
doauxiliary verbUS /duː/
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading He asked me to go with him to the Giant’s Causeway, and I promised to do so if he did not insist on starting before sunrise,--he was the earliest riser I ever met.
earliest
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From this reading He asked me to go with him to the Giant’s Causeway, and I promised to do so if he did not insist on starting before sunrise,--he was the earliest riser I ever met.
early
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From this reading _The late Emperor of Brazil--An incredulous hotel manager--The surprised A.R.A.--The Emperor as an early riser--The habits of the English actor--A new reputation--Signor Ciro Pinsuti--The Prince of Bohemia--Treatment au prince--The bill--An Oriental prince--An ideal costume for a Scotch winter--Its subsequent modification--The royal sleeping-place--Trains and Irish humour--The courteous station-master--The sarcasm of the travellers--“Punctually seven minutes late”--Not originally an Irishman--The time of departure of the 7.45 train--Brahke, brake, brake--The card-players--Possibility of their deterioration--The dissatisfied passenger--Being in a hurry he threatens to walk--He didn’t--He wishes he had._
Emperor
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From this reading _The late Emperor of Brazil--An incredulous hotel manager--The surprised A.R.A.--The Emperor as an early riser--The habits of the English actor--A new reputation--Signor Ciro Pinsuti--The Prince of Bohemia--Treatment au prince--The bill--An Oriental prince--An ideal costume for a Scotch winter--Its subsequent modification--The royal sleeping-place--Trains and Irish humour--The courteous station-master--The sarcasm of the travellers--“Punctually seven minutes late”--Not originally an Irishman--The time of departure of the 7.45 train--Brahke, brake, brake--The card-players--Possibility of their deterioration--The dissatisfied passenger--Being in a hurry he threatens to walk--He didn’t--He wishes he had._
England
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From this reading I had had the privilege of taking tiffin with His Majesty aboard a man-of-war at Rio Janeiro some years previously, and on calling upon him in London upon the occasion of his visit to England, I found to my surprise that he remembered the incident.
English
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From this reading _The late Emperor of Brazil--An incredulous hotel manager--The surprised A.R.A.--The Emperor as an early riser--The habits of the English actor--A new reputation--Signor Ciro Pinsuti--The Prince of Bohemia--Treatment au prince--The bill--An Oriental prince--An ideal costume for a Scotch winter--Its subsequent modification--The royal sleeping-place--Trains and Irish humour--The courteous station-master--The sarcasm of the travellers--“Punctually seven minutes late”--Not originally an Irishman--The time of departure of the 7.45 train--Brahke, brake, brake--The card-players--Possibility of their deterioration--The dissatisfied passenger--Being in a hurry he threatens to walk--He didn’t--He wishes he had._
entitled
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From this reading ONCE I was treated very uncivilly at an hotel in the North of Ireland, and as the occasion was one upon which I was, I believed, entitled to be dealt with on terms of exceptional courtesy, I felt the slight all the more deeply.
evernounUS /ever/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading He asked me to go with him to the Giant’s Causeway, and I promised to do so if he did not insist on starting before sunrise,--he was the earliest riser I ever met.
everythingpronounUS /ˈevriθɪŋ/
all things; all of a situation
From this reading The late Emperor of Brazil, in yielding to his desire to see everything in the world that was worth seeing, had appeared suddenly in Ireland.
exceptional
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From this reading ONCE I was treated very uncivilly at an hotel in the North of Ireland, and as the occasion was one upon which I was, I believed, entitled to be dealt with on terms of exceptional courtesy, I felt the slight all the more deeply.
felt
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From this reading ONCE I was treated very uncivilly at an hotel in the North of Ireland, and as the occasion was one upon which I was, I believed, entitled to be dealt with on terms of exceptional courtesy, I felt the slight all the more deeply.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading _The late Emperor of Brazil--An incredulous hotel manager--The surprised A.R.A.--The Emperor as an early riser--The habits of the English actor--A new reputation--Signor Ciro Pinsuti--The Prince of Bohemia--Treatment au prince--The bill--An Oriental prince--An ideal costume for a Scotch winter--Its subsequent modification--The royal sleeping-place--Trains and Irish humour--The courteous station-master--The sarcasm of the travellers--“Punctually seven minutes late”--Not originally an Irishman--The time of departure of the 7.45 train--Brahke, brake, brake--The card-players--Possibility of their deterioration--The dissatisfied passenger--Being in a hurry he threatens to walk--He didn’t--He wishes he had._
foundnounUS /found/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading I had had the privilege of taking tiffin with His Majesty aboard a man-of-war at Rio Janeiro some years previously, and on calling upon him in London upon the occasion of his visit to England, I found to my surprise that he remembered the incident.
Giant's
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From this reading He asked me to go with him to the Giant’s Causeway, and I promised to do so if he did not insist on starting before sunrise,--he was the earliest riser I ever met.
go
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From this reading He asked me to go with him to the Giant’s Causeway, and I promised to do so if he did not insist on starting before sunrise,--he was the earliest riser I ever met.
habits
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From this reading _The late Emperor of Brazil--An incredulous hotel manager--The surprised A.R.A.--The Emperor as an early riser--The habits of the English actor--A new reputation--Signor Ciro Pinsuti--The Prince of Bohemia--Treatment au prince--The bill--An Oriental prince--An ideal costume for a Scotch winter--Its subsequent modification--The royal sleeping-place--Trains and Irish humour--The courteous station-master--The sarcasm of the travellers--“Punctually seven minutes late”--Not originally an Irishman--The time of departure of the 7.45 train--Brahke, brake, brake--The card-players--Possibility of their deterioration--The dissatisfied passenger--Being in a hurry he threatens to walk--He didn’t--He wishes he had._
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading _The late Emperor of Brazil--An incredulous hotel manager--The surprised A.R.A.--The Emperor as an early riser--The habits of the English actor--A new reputation--Signor Ciro Pinsuti--The Prince of Bohemia--Treatment au prince--The bill--An Oriental prince--An ideal costume for a Scotch winter--Its subsequent modification--The royal sleeping-place--Trains and Irish humour--The courteous station-master--The sarcasm of the travellers--“Punctually seven minutes late”--Not originally an Irishman--The time of departure of the 7.45 train--Brahke, brake, brake--The card-players--Possibility of their deterioration--The dissatisfied passenger--Being in a hurry he threatens to walk--He didn’t--He wishes he had._
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading _The late Emperor of Brazil--An incredulous hotel manager--The surprised A.R.A.--The Emperor as an early riser--The habits of the English actor--A new reputation--Signor Ciro Pinsuti--The Prince of Bohemia--Treatment au prince--The bill--An Oriental prince--An ideal costume for a Scotch winter--Its subsequent modification--The royal sleeping-place--Trains and Irish humour--The courteous station-master--The sarcasm of the travellers--“Punctually seven minutes late”--Not originally an Irishman--The time of departure of the 7.45 train--Brahke, brake, brake--The card-players--Possibility of their deterioration--The dissatisfied passenger--Being in a hurry he threatens to walk--He didn’t--He wishes he had._
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading I had had the privilege of taking tiffin with His Majesty aboard a man-of-war at Rio Janeiro some years previously, and on calling upon him in London upon the occasion of his visit to England, I found to my surprise that he remembered the incident.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading The late Emperor of Brazil, in yielding to his desire to see everything in the world that was worth seeing, had appeared suddenly in Ireland.
hotel
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From this reading _The late Emperor of Brazil--An incredulous hotel manager--The surprised A.R.A.--The Emperor as an early riser--The habits of the English actor--A new reputation--Signor Ciro Pinsuti--The Prince of Bohemia--Treatment au prince--The bill--An Oriental prince--An ideal costume for a Scotch winter--Its subsequent modification--The royal sleeping-place--Trains and Irish humour--The courteous station-master--The sarcasm of the travellers--“Punctually seven minutes late”--Not originally an Irishman--The time of departure of the 7.45 train--Brahke, brake, brake--The card-players--Possibility of their deterioration--The dissatisfied passenger--Being in a hurry he threatens to walk--He didn’t--He wishes he had._
humour
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From this reading _The late Emperor of Brazil--An incredulous hotel manager--The surprised A.R.A.--The Emperor as an early riser--The habits of the English actor--A new reputation--Signor Ciro Pinsuti--The Prince of Bohemia--Treatment au prince--The bill--An Oriental prince--An ideal costume for a Scotch winter--Its subsequent modification--The royal sleeping-place--Trains and Irish humour--The courteous station-master--The sarcasm of the travellers--“Punctually seven minutes late”--Not originally an Irishman--The time of departure of the 7.45 train--Brahke, brake, brake--The card-players--Possibility of their deterioration--The dissatisfied passenger--Being in a hurry he threatens to walk--He didn’t--He wishes he had._
hurry
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From this reading _The late Emperor of Brazil--An incredulous hotel manager--The surprised A.R.A.--The Emperor as an early riser--The habits of the English actor--A new reputation--Signor Ciro Pinsuti--The Prince of Bohemia--Treatment au prince--The bill--An Oriental prince--An ideal costume for a Scotch winter--Its subsequent modification--The royal sleeping-place--Trains and Irish humour--The courteous station-master--The sarcasm of the travellers--“Punctually seven minutes late”--Not originally an Irishman--The time of departure of the 7.45 train--Brahke, brake, brake--The card-players--Possibility of their deterioration--The dissatisfied passenger--Being in a hurry he threatens to walk--He didn’t--He wishes he had._
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading ONCE I was treated very uncivilly at an hotel in the North of Ireland, and as the occasion was one upon which I was, I believed, entitled to be dealt with on terms of exceptional courtesy, I felt the slight all the more deeply.
ideal
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From this reading _The late Emperor of Brazil--An incredulous hotel manager--The surprised A.R.A.--The Emperor as an early riser--The habits of the English actor--A new reputation--Signor Ciro Pinsuti--The Prince of Bohemia--Treatment au prince--The bill--An Oriental prince--An ideal costume for a Scotch winter--Its subsequent modification--The royal sleeping-place--Trains and Irish humour--The courteous station-master--The sarcasm of the travellers--“Punctually seven minutes late”--Not originally an Irishman--The time of departure of the 7.45 train--Brahke, brake, brake--The card-players--Possibility of their deterioration--The dissatisfied passenger--Being in a hurry he threatens to walk--He didn’t--He wishes he had._
ifconjunctionUS /ɪf/
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading He asked me to go with him to the Giant’s Causeway, and I promised to do so if he did not insist on starting before sunrise,--he was the earliest riser I ever met.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading _The late Emperor of Brazil--An incredulous hotel manager--The surprised A.R.A.--The Emperor as an early riser--The habits of the English actor--A new reputation--Signor Ciro Pinsuti--The Prince of Bohemia--Treatment au prince--The bill--An Oriental prince--An ideal costume for a Scotch winter--Its subsequent modification--The royal sleeping-place--Trains and Irish humour--The courteous station-master--The sarcasm of the travellers--“Punctually seven minutes late”--Not originally an Irishman--The time of departure of the 7.45 train--Brahke, brake, brake--The card-players--Possibility of their deterioration--The dissatisfied passenger--Being in a hurry he threatens to walk--He didn’t--He wishes he had._
incident
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From this reading I had had the privilege of taking tiffin with His Majesty aboard a man-of-war at Rio Janeiro some years previously, and on calling upon him in London upon the occasion of his visit to England, I found to my surprise that he remembered the incident.
incredulous
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From this reading _The late Emperor of Brazil--An incredulous hotel manager--The surprised A.R.A.--The Emperor as an early riser--The habits of the English actor--A new reputation--Signor Ciro Pinsuti--The Prince of Bohemia--Treatment au prince--The bill--An Oriental prince--An ideal costume for a Scotch winter--Its subsequent modification--The royal sleeping-place--Trains and Irish humour--The courteous station-master--The sarcasm of the travellers--“Punctually seven minutes late”--Not originally an Irishman--The time of departure of the 7.45 train--Brahke, brake, brake--The card-players--Possibility of their deterioration--The dissatisfied passenger--Being in a hurry he threatens to walk--He didn’t--He wishes he had._
insist
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From this reading He asked me to go with him to the Giant’s Causeway, and I promised to do so if he did not insist on starting before sunrise,--he was the earliest riser I ever met.
Ireland
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From this reading ONCE I was treated very uncivilly at an hotel in the North of Ireland, and as the occasion was one upon which I was, I believed, entitled to be dealt with on terms of exceptional courtesy, I felt the slight all the more deeply.
Irish
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From this reading _The late Emperor of Brazil--An incredulous hotel manager--The surprised A.R.A.--The Emperor as an early riser--The habits of the English actor--A new reputation--Signor Ciro Pinsuti--The Prince of Bohemia--Treatment au prince--The bill--An Oriental prince--An ideal costume for a Scotch winter--Its subsequent modification--The royal sleeping-place--Trains and Irish humour--The courteous station-master--The sarcasm of the travellers--“Punctually seven minutes late”--Not originally an Irishman--The time of departure of the 7.45 train--Brahke, brake, brake--The card-players--Possibility of their deterioration--The dissatisfied passenger--Being in a hurry he threatens to walk--He didn’t--He wishes he had._
Irishman
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From this reading _The late Emperor of Brazil--An incredulous hotel manager--The surprised A.R.A.--The Emperor as an early riser--The habits of the English actor--A new reputation--Signor Ciro Pinsuti--The Prince of Bohemia--Treatment au prince--The bill--An Oriental prince--An ideal costume for a Scotch winter--Its subsequent modification--The royal sleeping-place--Trains and Irish humour--The courteous station-master--The sarcasm of the travellers--“Punctually seven minutes late”--Not originally an Irishman--The time of departure of the 7.45 train--Brahke, brake, brake--The card-players--Possibility of their deterioration--The dissatisfied passenger--Being in a hurry he threatens to walk--He didn’t--He wishes he had._
ItsdeterminerUS /ɪts/
belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned
From this reading _The late Emperor of Brazil--An incredulous hotel manager--The surprised A.R.A.--The Emperor as an early riser--The habits of the English actor--A new reputation--Signor Ciro Pinsuti--The Prince of Bohemia--Treatment au prince--The bill--An Oriental prince--An ideal costume for a Scotch winter--Its subsequent modification--The royal sleeping-place--Trains and Irish humour--The courteous station-master--The sarcasm of the travellers--“Punctually seven minutes late”--Not originally an Irishman--The time of departure of the 7.45 train--Brahke, brake, brake--The card-players--Possibility of their deterioration--The dissatisfied passenger--Being in a hurry he threatens to walk--He didn’t--He wishes he had._
Janeiro
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From this reading I had had the privilege of taking tiffin with His Majesty aboard a man-of-war at Rio Janeiro some years previously, and on calling upon him in London upon the occasion of his visit to England, I found to my surprise that he remembered the incident.
late
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From this reading _The late Emperor of Brazil--An incredulous hotel manager--The surprised A.R.A.--The Emperor as an early riser--The habits of the English actor--A new reputation--Signor Ciro Pinsuti--The Prince of Bohemia--Treatment au prince--The bill--An Oriental prince--An ideal costume for a Scotch winter--Its subsequent modification--The royal sleeping-place--Trains and Irish humour--The courteous station-master--The sarcasm of the travellers--“Punctually seven minutes late”--Not originally an Irishman--The time of departure of the 7.45 train--Brahke, brake, brake--The card-players--Possibility of their deterioration--The dissatisfied passenger--Being in a hurry he threatens to walk--He didn’t--He wishes he had._
London
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From this reading I had had the privilege of taking tiffin with His Majesty aboard a man-of-war at Rio Janeiro some years previously, and on calling upon him in London upon the occasion of his visit to England, I found to my surprise that he remembered the incident.
Majesty
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From this reading I had had the privilege of taking tiffin with His Majesty aboard a man-of-war at Rio Janeiro some years previously, and on calling upon him in London upon the occasion of his visit to England, I found to my surprise that he remembered the incident.
man-of-war
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From this reading I had had the privilege of taking tiffin with His Majesty aboard a man-of-war at Rio Janeiro some years previously, and on calling upon him in London upon the occasion of his visit to England, I found to my surprise that he remembered the incident.
manager
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From this reading _The late Emperor of Brazil--An incredulous hotel manager--The surprised A.R.A.--The Emperor as an early riser--The habits of the English actor--A new reputation--Signor Ciro Pinsuti--The Prince of Bohemia--Treatment au prince--The bill--An Oriental prince--An ideal costume for a Scotch winter--Its subsequent modification--The royal sleeping-place--Trains and Irish humour--The courteous station-master--The sarcasm of the travellers--“Punctually seven minutes late”--Not originally an Irishman--The time of departure of the 7.45 train--Brahke, brake, brake--The card-players--Possibility of their deterioration--The dissatisfied passenger--Being in a hurry he threatens to walk--He didn’t--He wishes he had._
mepronounUS /miː/
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading He asked me to go with him to the Giant’s Causeway, and I promised to do so if he did not insist on starting before sunrise,--he was the earliest riser I ever met.
met
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From this reading He asked me to go with him to the Giant’s Causeway, and I promised to do so if he did not insist on starting before sunrise,--he was the earliest riser I ever met.
minutes
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From this reading _The late Emperor of Brazil--An incredulous hotel manager--The surprised A.R.A.--The Emperor as an early riser--The habits of the English actor--A new reputation--Signor Ciro Pinsuti--The Prince of Bohemia--Treatment au prince--The bill--An Oriental prince--An ideal costume for a Scotch winter--Its subsequent modification--The royal sleeping-place--Trains and Irish humour--The courteous station-master--The sarcasm of the travellers--“Punctually seven minutes late”--Not originally an Irishman--The time of departure of the 7.45 train--Brahke, brake, brake--The card-players--Possibility of their deterioration--The dissatisfied passenger--Being in a hurry he threatens to walk--He didn’t--He wishes he had._
modification
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From this reading _The late Emperor of Brazil--An incredulous hotel manager--The surprised A.R.A.--The Emperor as an early riser--The habits of the English actor--A new reputation--Signor Ciro Pinsuti--The Prince of Bohemia--Treatment au prince--The bill--An Oriental prince--An ideal costume for a Scotch winter--Its subsequent modification--The royal sleeping-place--Trains and Irish humour--The courteous station-master--The sarcasm of the travellers--“Punctually seven minutes late”--Not originally an Irishman--The time of departure of the 7.45 train--Brahke, brake, brake--The card-players--Possibility of their deterioration--The dissatisfied passenger--Being in a hurry he threatens to walk--He didn’t--He wishes he had._
more
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From this reading ONCE I was treated very uncivilly at an hotel in the North of Ireland, and as the occasion was one upon which I was, I believed, entitled to be dealt with on terms of exceptional courtesy, I felt the slight all the more deeply.
mydeterminerUS /maɪ/
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading I had had the privilege of taking tiffin with His Majesty aboard a man-of-war at Rio Janeiro some years previously, and on calling upon him in London upon the occasion of his visit to England, I found to my surprise that he remembered the incident.
new
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From this reading _The late Emperor of Brazil--An incredulous hotel manager--The surprised A.R.A.--The Emperor as an early riser--The habits of the English actor--A new reputation--Signor Ciro Pinsuti--The Prince of Bohemia--Treatment au prince--The bill--An Oriental prince--An ideal costume for a Scotch winter--Its subsequent modification--The royal sleeping-place--Trains and Irish humour--The courteous station-master--The sarcasm of the travellers--“Punctually seven minutes late”--Not originally an Irishman--The time of departure of the 7.45 train--Brahke, brake, brake--The card-players--Possibility of their deterioration--The dissatisfied passenger--Being in a hurry he threatens to walk--He didn’t--He wishes he had._
North
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From this reading ONCE I was treated very uncivilly at an hotel in the North of Ireland, and as the occasion was one upon which I was, I believed, entitled to be dealt with on terms of exceptional courtesy, I felt the slight all the more deeply.
NotadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading _The late Emperor of Brazil--An incredulous hotel manager--The surprised A.R.A.--The Emperor as an early riser--The habits of the English actor--A new reputation--Signor Ciro Pinsuti--The Prince of Bohemia--Treatment au prince--The bill--An Oriental prince--An ideal costume for a Scotch winter--Its subsequent modification--The royal sleeping-place--Trains and Irish humour--The courteous station-master--The sarcasm of the travellers--“Punctually seven minutes late”--Not originally an Irishman--The time of departure of the 7.45 train--Brahke, brake, brake--The card-players--Possibility of their deterioration--The dissatisfied passenger--Being in a hurry he threatens to walk--He didn’t--He wishes he had._
occasion
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From this reading ONCE I was treated very uncivilly at an hotel in the North of Ireland, and as the occasion was one upon which I was, I believed, entitled to be dealt with on terms of exceptional courtesy, I felt the slight all the more deeply.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading _The late Emperor of Brazil--An incredulous hotel manager--The surprised A.R.A.--The Emperor as an early riser--The habits of the English actor--A new reputation--Signor Ciro Pinsuti--The Prince of Bohemia--Treatment au prince--The bill--An Oriental prince--An ideal costume for a Scotch winter--Its subsequent modification--The royal sleeping-place--Trains and Irish humour--The courteous station-master--The sarcasm of the travellers--“Punctually seven minutes late”--Not originally an Irishman--The time of departure of the 7.45 train--Brahke, brake, brake--The card-players--Possibility of their deterioration--The dissatisfied passenger--Being in a hurry he threatens to walk--He didn’t--He wishes he had._
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading ONCE I was treated very uncivilly at an hotel in the North of Ireland, and as the occasion was one upon which I was, I believed, entitled to be dealt with on terms of exceptional courtesy, I felt the slight all the more deeply.
ONCE
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From this reading ONCE I was treated very uncivilly at an hotel in the North of Ireland, and as the occasion was one upon which I was, I believed, entitled to be dealt with on terms of exceptional courtesy, I felt the slight all the more deeply.
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading ONCE I was treated very uncivilly at an hotel in the North of Ireland, and as the occasion was one upon which I was, I believed, entitled to be dealt with on terms of exceptional courtesy, I felt the slight all the more deeply.
Oriental
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From this reading _The late Emperor of Brazil--An incredulous hotel manager--The surprised A.R.A.--The Emperor as an early riser--The habits of the English actor--A new reputation--Signor Ciro Pinsuti--The Prince of Bohemia--Treatment au prince--The bill--An Oriental prince--An ideal costume for a Scotch winter--Its subsequent modification--The royal sleeping-place--Trains and Irish humour--The courteous station-master--The sarcasm of the travellers--“Punctually seven minutes late”--Not originally an Irishman--The time of departure of the 7.45 train--Brahke, brake, brake--The card-players--Possibility of their deterioration--The dissatisfied passenger--Being in a hurry he threatens to walk--He didn’t--He wishes he had._
originally
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From this reading _The late Emperor of Brazil--An incredulous hotel manager--The surprised A.R.A.--The Emperor as an early riser--The habits of the English actor--A new reputation--Signor Ciro Pinsuti--The Prince of Bohemia--Treatment au prince--The bill--An Oriental prince--An ideal costume for a Scotch winter--Its subsequent modification--The royal sleeping-place--Trains and Irish humour--The courteous station-master--The sarcasm of the travellers--“Punctually seven minutes late”--Not originally an Irishman--The time of departure of the 7.45 train--Brahke, brake, brake--The card-players--Possibility of their deterioration--The dissatisfied passenger--Being in a hurry he threatens to walk--He didn’t--He wishes he had._
passenger
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From this reading _The late Emperor of Brazil--An incredulous hotel manager--The surprised A.R.A.--The Emperor as an early riser--The habits of the English actor--A new reputation--Signor Ciro Pinsuti--The Prince of Bohemia--Treatment au prince--The bill--An Oriental prince--An ideal costume for a Scotch winter--Its subsequent modification--The royal sleeping-place--Trains and Irish humour--The courteous station-master--The sarcasm of the travellers--“Punctually seven minutes late”--Not originally an Irishman--The time of departure of the 7.45 train--Brahke, brake, brake--The card-players--Possibility of their deterioration--The dissatisfied passenger--Being in a hurry he threatens to walk--He didn’t--He wishes he had._
Pinsuti
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From this reading _The late Emperor of Brazil--An incredulous hotel manager--The surprised A.R.A.--The Emperor as an early riser--The habits of the English actor--A new reputation--Signor Ciro Pinsuti--The Prince of Bohemia--Treatment au prince--The bill--An Oriental prince--An ideal costume for a Scotch winter--Its subsequent modification--The royal sleeping-place--Trains and Irish humour--The courteous station-master--The sarcasm of the travellers--“Punctually seven minutes late”--Not originally an Irishman--The time of departure of the 7.45 train--Brahke, brake, brake--The card-players--Possibility of their deterioration--The dissatisfied passenger--Being in a hurry he threatens to walk--He didn’t--He wishes he had._
Possibility
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From this reading _The late Emperor of Brazil--An incredulous hotel manager--The surprised A.R.A.--The Emperor as an early riser--The habits of the English actor--A new reputation--Signor Ciro Pinsuti--The Prince of Bohemia--Treatment au prince--The bill--An Oriental prince--An ideal costume for a Scotch winter--Its subsequent modification--The royal sleeping-place--Trains and Irish humour--The courteous station-master--The sarcasm of the travellers--“Punctually seven minutes late”--Not originally an Irishman--The time of departure of the 7.45 train--Brahke, brake, brake--The card-players--Possibility of their deterioration--The dissatisfied passenger--Being in a hurry he threatens to walk--He didn’t--He wishes he had._
previously
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From this reading I had had the privilege of taking tiffin with His Majesty aboard a man-of-war at Rio Janeiro some years previously, and on calling upon him in London upon the occasion of his visit to England, I found to my surprise that he remembered the incident.
Prince
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From this reading _The late Emperor of Brazil--An incredulous hotel manager--The surprised A.R.A.--The Emperor as an early riser--The habits of the English actor--A new reputation--Signor Ciro Pinsuti--The Prince of Bohemia--Treatment au prince--The bill--An Oriental prince--An ideal costume for a Scotch winter--Its subsequent modification--The royal sleeping-place--Trains and Irish humour--The courteous station-master--The sarcasm of the travellers--“Punctually seven minutes late”--Not originally an Irishman--The time of departure of the 7.45 train--Brahke, brake, brake--The card-players--Possibility of their deterioration--The dissatisfied passenger--Being in a hurry he threatens to walk--He didn’t--He wishes he had._
privilege
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From this reading I had had the privilege of taking tiffin with His Majesty aboard a man-of-war at Rio Janeiro some years previously, and on calling upon him in London upon the occasion of his visit to England, I found to my surprise that he remembered the incident.
promised
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From this reading He asked me to go with him to the Giant’s Causeway, and I promised to do so if he did not insist on starting before sunrise,--he was the earliest riser I ever met.
Punctually
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From this reading _The late Emperor of Brazil--An incredulous hotel manager--The surprised A.R.A.--The Emperor as an early riser--The habits of the English actor--A new reputation--Signor Ciro Pinsuti--The Prince of Bohemia--Treatment au prince--The bill--An Oriental prince--An ideal costume for a Scotch winter--Its subsequent modification--The royal sleeping-place--Trains and Irish humour--The courteous station-master--The sarcasm of the travellers--“Punctually seven minutes late”--Not originally an Irishman--The time of departure of the 7.45 train--Brahke, brake, brake--The card-players--Possibility of their deterioration--The dissatisfied passenger--Being in a hurry he threatens to walk--He didn’t--He wishes he had._
R
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From this reading _The late Emperor of Brazil--An incredulous hotel manager--The surprised A.R.A.--The Emperor as an early riser--The habits of the English actor--A new reputation--Signor Ciro Pinsuti--The Prince of Bohemia--Treatment au prince--The bill--An Oriental prince--An ideal costume for a Scotch winter--Its subsequent modification--The royal sleeping-place--Trains and Irish humour--The courteous station-master--The sarcasm of the travellers--“Punctually seven minutes late”--Not originally an Irishman--The time of departure of the 7.45 train--Brahke, brake, brake--The card-players--Possibility of their deterioration--The dissatisfied passenger--Being in a hurry he threatens to walk--He didn’t--He wishes he had._
remembered
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From this reading I had had the privilege of taking tiffin with His Majesty aboard a man-of-war at Rio Janeiro some years previously, and on calling upon him in London upon the occasion of his visit to England, I found to my surprise that he remembered the incident.
reputation
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From this reading _The late Emperor of Brazil--An incredulous hotel manager--The surprised A.R.A.--The Emperor as an early riser--The habits of the English actor--A new reputation--Signor Ciro Pinsuti--The Prince of Bohemia--Treatment au prince--The bill--An Oriental prince--An ideal costume for a Scotch winter--Its subsequent modification--The royal sleeping-place--Trains and Irish humour--The courteous station-master--The sarcasm of the travellers--“Punctually seven minutes late”--Not originally an Irishman--The time of departure of the 7.45 train--Brahke, brake, brake--The card-players--Possibility of their deterioration--The dissatisfied passenger--Being in a hurry he threatens to walk--He didn’t--He wishes he had._
Rio
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From this reading I had had the privilege of taking tiffin with His Majesty aboard a man-of-war at Rio Janeiro some years previously, and on calling upon him in London upon the occasion of his visit to England, I found to my surprise that he remembered the incident.
riser
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From this reading _The late Emperor of Brazil--An incredulous hotel manager--The surprised A.R.A.--The Emperor as an early riser--The habits of the English actor--A new reputation--Signor Ciro Pinsuti--The Prince of Bohemia--Treatment au prince--The bill--An Oriental prince--An ideal costume for a Scotch winter--Its subsequent modification--The royal sleeping-place--Trains and Irish humour--The courteous station-master--The sarcasm of the travellers--“Punctually seven minutes late”--Not originally an Irishman--The time of departure of the 7.45 train--Brahke, brake, brake--The card-players--Possibility of their deterioration--The dissatisfied passenger--Being in a hurry he threatens to walk--He didn’t--He wishes he had._
royal
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From this reading _The late Emperor of Brazil--An incredulous hotel manager--The surprised A.R.A.--The Emperor as an early riser--The habits of the English actor--A new reputation--Signor Ciro Pinsuti--The Prince of Bohemia--Treatment au prince--The bill--An Oriental prince--An ideal costume for a Scotch winter--Its subsequent modification--The royal sleeping-place--Trains and Irish humour--The courteous station-master--The sarcasm of the travellers--“Punctually seven minutes late”--Not originally an Irishman--The time of departure of the 7.45 train--Brahke, brake, brake--The card-players--Possibility of their deterioration--The dissatisfied passenger--Being in a hurry he threatens to walk--He didn’t--He wishes he had._
sarcasm
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From this reading _The late Emperor of Brazil--An incredulous hotel manager--The surprised A.R.A.--The Emperor as an early riser--The habits of the English actor--A new reputation--Signor Ciro Pinsuti--The Prince of Bohemia--Treatment au prince--The bill--An Oriental prince--An ideal costume for a Scotch winter--Its subsequent modification--The royal sleeping-place--Trains and Irish humour--The courteous station-master--The sarcasm of the travellers--“Punctually seven minutes late”--Not originally an Irishman--The time of departure of the 7.45 train--Brahke, brake, brake--The card-players--Possibility of their deterioration--The dissatisfied passenger--Being in a hurry he threatens to walk--He didn’t--He wishes he had._
Scotch
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From this reading _The late Emperor of Brazil--An incredulous hotel manager--The surprised A.R.A.--The Emperor as an early riser--The habits of the English actor--A new reputation--Signor Ciro Pinsuti--The Prince of Bohemia--Treatment au prince--The bill--An Oriental prince--An ideal costume for a Scotch winter--Its subsequent modification--The royal sleeping-place--Trains and Irish humour--The courteous station-master--The sarcasm of the travellers--“Punctually seven minutes late”--Not originally an Irishman--The time of departure of the 7.45 train--Brahke, brake, brake--The card-players--Possibility of their deterioration--The dissatisfied passenger--Being in a hurry he threatens to walk--He didn’t--He wishes he had._
see
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From this reading The late Emperor of Brazil, in yielding to his desire to see everything in the world that was worth seeing, had appeared suddenly in Ireland.
seeing
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From this reading The late Emperor of Brazil, in yielding to his desire to see everything in the world that was worth seeing, had appeared suddenly in Ireland.
seven
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From this reading _The late Emperor of Brazil--An incredulous hotel manager--The surprised A.R.A.--The Emperor as an early riser--The habits of the English actor--A new reputation--Signor Ciro Pinsuti--The Prince of Bohemia--Treatment au prince--The bill--An Oriental prince--An ideal costume for a Scotch winter--Its subsequent modification--The royal sleeping-place--Trains and Irish humour--The courteous station-master--The sarcasm of the travellers--“Punctually seven minutes late”--Not originally an Irishman--The time of departure of the 7.45 train--Brahke, brake, brake--The card-players--Possibility of their deterioration--The dissatisfied passenger--Being in a hurry he threatens to walk--He didn’t--He wishes he had._
Signor
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From this reading _The late Emperor of Brazil--An incredulous hotel manager--The surprised A.R.A.--The Emperor as an early riser--The habits of the English actor--A new reputation--Signor Ciro Pinsuti--The Prince of Bohemia--Treatment au prince--The bill--An Oriental prince--An ideal costume for a Scotch winter--Its subsequent modification--The royal sleeping-place--Trains and Irish humour--The courteous station-master--The sarcasm of the travellers--“Punctually seven minutes late”--Not originally an Irishman--The time of departure of the 7.45 train--Brahke, brake, brake--The card-players--Possibility of their deterioration--The dissatisfied passenger--Being in a hurry he threatens to walk--He didn’t--He wishes he had._
sleeping-place
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From this reading _The late Emperor of Brazil--An incredulous hotel manager--The surprised A.R.A.--The Emperor as an early riser--The habits of the English actor--A new reputation--Signor Ciro Pinsuti--The Prince of Bohemia--Treatment au prince--The bill--An Oriental prince--An ideal costume for a Scotch winter--Its subsequent modification--The royal sleeping-place--Trains and Irish humour--The courteous station-master--The sarcasm of the travellers--“Punctually seven minutes late”--Not originally an Irishman--The time of departure of the 7.45 train--Brahke, brake, brake--The card-players--Possibility of their deterioration--The dissatisfied passenger--Being in a hurry he threatens to walk--He didn’t--He wishes he had._
slight
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From this reading ONCE I was treated very uncivilly at an hotel in the North of Ireland, and as the occasion was one upon which I was, I believed, entitled to be dealt with on terms of exceptional courtesy, I felt the slight all the more deeply.
soconjunctionUS /soʊ/
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading He asked me to go with him to the Giant’s Causeway, and I promised to do so if he did not insist on starting before sunrise,--he was the earliest riser I ever met.
some
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From this reading I had had the privilege of taking tiffin with His Majesty aboard a man-of-war at Rio Janeiro some years previously, and on calling upon him in London upon the occasion of his visit to England, I found to my surprise that he remembered the incident.
starting
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From this reading He asked me to go with him to the Giant’s Causeway, and I promised to do so if he did not insist on starting before sunrise,--he was the earliest riser I ever met.
station-master
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From this reading _The late Emperor of Brazil--An incredulous hotel manager--The surprised A.R.A.--The Emperor as an early riser--The habits of the English actor--A new reputation--Signor Ciro Pinsuti--The Prince of Bohemia--Treatment au prince--The bill--An Oriental prince--An ideal costume for a Scotch winter--Its subsequent modification--The royal sleeping-place--Trains and Irish humour--The courteous station-master--The sarcasm of the travellers--“Punctually seven minutes late”--Not originally an Irishman--The time of departure of the 7.45 train--Brahke, brake, brake--The card-players--Possibility of their deterioration--The dissatisfied passenger--Being in a hurry he threatens to walk--He didn’t--He wishes he had._
subsequent
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From this reading _The late Emperor of Brazil--An incredulous hotel manager--The surprised A.R.A.--The Emperor as an early riser--The habits of the English actor--A new reputation--Signor Ciro Pinsuti--The Prince of Bohemia--Treatment au prince--The bill--An Oriental prince--An ideal costume for a Scotch winter--Its subsequent modification--The royal sleeping-place--Trains and Irish humour--The courteous station-master--The sarcasm of the travellers--“Punctually seven minutes late”--Not originally an Irishman--The time of departure of the 7.45 train--Brahke, brake, brake--The card-players--Possibility of their deterioration--The dissatisfied passenger--Being in a hurry he threatens to walk--He didn’t--He wishes he had._
suddenlynounUS /ˈsuddenly/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading The late Emperor of Brazil, in yielding to his desire to see everything in the world that was worth seeing, had appeared suddenly in Ireland.
sunrise
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From this reading He asked me to go with him to the Giant’s Causeway, and I promised to do so if he did not insist on starting before sunrise,--he was the earliest riser I ever met.
surprise
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From this reading I had had the privilege of taking tiffin with His Majesty aboard a man-of-war at Rio Janeiro some years previously, and on calling upon him in London upon the occasion of his visit to England, I found to my surprise that he remembered the incident.
surprisednounUS /surprised/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading _The late Emperor of Brazil--An incredulous hotel manager--The surprised A.R.A.--The Emperor as an early riser--The habits of the English actor--A new reputation--Signor Ciro Pinsuti--The Prince of Bohemia--Treatment au prince--The bill--An Oriental prince--An ideal costume for a Scotch winter--Its subsequent modification--The royal sleeping-place--Trains and Irish humour--The courteous station-master--The sarcasm of the travellers--“Punctually seven minutes late”--Not originally an Irishman--The time of departure of the 7.45 train--Brahke, brake, brake--The card-players--Possibility of their deterioration--The dissatisfied passenger--Being in a hurry he threatens to walk--He didn’t--He wishes he had._
taking
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From this reading I had had the privilege of taking tiffin with His Majesty aboard a man-of-war at Rio Janeiro some years previously, and on calling upon him in London upon the occasion of his visit to England, I found to my surprise that he remembered the incident.
terms
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From this reading ONCE I was treated very uncivilly at an hotel in the North of Ireland, and as the occasion was one upon which I was, I believed, entitled to be dealt with on terms of exceptional courtesy, I felt the slight all the more deeply.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading The late Emperor of Brazil, in yielding to his desire to see everything in the world that was worth seeing, had appeared suddenly in Ireland.
ThedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading _The late Emperor of Brazil--An incredulous hotel manager--The surprised A.R.A.--The Emperor as an early riser--The habits of the English actor--A new reputation--Signor Ciro Pinsuti--The Prince of Bohemia--Treatment au prince--The bill--An Oriental prince--An ideal costume for a Scotch winter--Its subsequent modification--The royal sleeping-place--Trains and Irish humour--The courteous station-master--The sarcasm of the travellers--“Punctually seven minutes late”--Not originally an Irishman--The time of departure of the 7.45 train--Brahke, brake, brake--The card-players--Possibility of their deterioration--The dissatisfied passenger--Being in a hurry he threatens to walk--He didn’t--He wishes he had._
theirdeterminerUS /ðer/
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading _The late Emperor of Brazil--An incredulous hotel manager--The surprised A.R.A.--The Emperor as an early riser--The habits of the English actor--A new reputation--Signor Ciro Pinsuti--The Prince of Bohemia--Treatment au prince--The bill--An Oriental prince--An ideal costume for a Scotch winter--Its subsequent modification--The royal sleeping-place--Trains and Irish humour--The courteous station-master--The sarcasm of the travellers--“Punctually seven minutes late”--Not originally an Irishman--The time of departure of the 7.45 train--Brahke, brake, brake--The card-players--Possibility of their deterioration--The dissatisfied passenger--Being in a hurry he threatens to walk--He didn’t--He wishes he had._
threatens
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From this reading _The late Emperor of Brazil--An incredulous hotel manager--The surprised A.R.A.--The Emperor as an early riser--The habits of the English actor--A new reputation--Signor Ciro Pinsuti--The Prince of Bohemia--Treatment au prince--The bill--An Oriental prince--An ideal costume for a Scotch winter--Its subsequent modification--The royal sleeping-place--Trains and Irish humour--The courteous station-master--The sarcasm of the travellers--“Punctually seven minutes late”--Not originally an Irishman--The time of departure of the 7.45 train--Brahke, brake, brake--The card-players--Possibility of their deterioration--The dissatisfied passenger--Being in a hurry he threatens to walk--He didn’t--He wishes he had._
tiffin
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From this reading I had had the privilege of taking tiffin with His Majesty aboard a man-of-war at Rio Janeiro some years previously, and on calling upon him in London upon the occasion of his visit to England, I found to my surprise that he remembered the incident.
timenounUS /time/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading _The late Emperor of Brazil--An incredulous hotel manager--The surprised A.R.A.--The Emperor as an early riser--The habits of the English actor--A new reputation--Signor Ciro Pinsuti--The Prince of Bohemia--Treatment au prince--The bill--An Oriental prince--An ideal costume for a Scotch winter--Its subsequent modification--The royal sleeping-place--Trains and Irish humour--The courteous station-master--The sarcasm of the travellers--“Punctually seven minutes late”--Not originally an Irishman--The time of departure of the 7.45 train--Brahke, brake, brake--The card-players--Possibility of their deterioration--The dissatisfied passenger--Being in a hurry he threatens to walk--He didn’t--He wishes he had._
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading _The late Emperor of Brazil--An incredulous hotel manager--The surprised A.R.A.--The Emperor as an early riser--The habits of the English actor--A new reputation--Signor Ciro Pinsuti--The Prince of Bohemia--Treatment au prince--The bill--An Oriental prince--An ideal costume for a Scotch winter--Its subsequent modification--The royal sleeping-place--Trains and Irish humour--The courteous station-master--The sarcasm of the travellers--“Punctually seven minutes late”--Not originally an Irishman--The time of departure of the 7.45 train--Brahke, brake, brake--The card-players--Possibility of their deterioration--The dissatisfied passenger--Being in a hurry he threatens to walk--He didn’t--He wishes he had._
train
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From this reading _The late Emperor of Brazil--An incredulous hotel manager--The surprised A.R.A.--The Emperor as an early riser--The habits of the English actor--A new reputation--Signor Ciro Pinsuti--The Prince of Bohemia--Treatment au prince--The bill--An Oriental prince--An ideal costume for a Scotch winter--Its subsequent modification--The royal sleeping-place--Trains and Irish humour--The courteous station-master--The sarcasm of the travellers--“Punctually seven minutes late”--Not originally an Irishman--The time of departure of the 7.45 train--Brahke, brake, brake--The card-players--Possibility of their deterioration--The dissatisfied passenger--Being in a hurry he threatens to walk--He didn’t--He wishes he had._
Trains
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From this reading _The late Emperor of Brazil--An incredulous hotel manager--The surprised A.R.A.--The Emperor as an early riser--The habits of the English actor--A new reputation--Signor Ciro Pinsuti--The Prince of Bohemia--Treatment au prince--The bill--An Oriental prince--An ideal costume for a Scotch winter--Its subsequent modification--The royal sleeping-place--Trains and Irish humour--The courteous station-master--The sarcasm of the travellers--“Punctually seven minutes late”--Not originally an Irishman--The time of departure of the 7.45 train--Brahke, brake, brake--The card-players--Possibility of their deterioration--The dissatisfied passenger--Being in a hurry he threatens to walk--He didn’t--He wishes he had._
travellers
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From this reading _The late Emperor of Brazil--An incredulous hotel manager--The surprised A.R.A.--The Emperor as an early riser--The habits of the English actor--A new reputation--Signor Ciro Pinsuti--The Prince of Bohemia--Treatment au prince--The bill--An Oriental prince--An ideal costume for a Scotch winter--Its subsequent modification--The royal sleeping-place--Trains and Irish humour--The courteous station-master--The sarcasm of the travellers--“Punctually seven minutes late”--Not originally an Irishman--The time of departure of the 7.45 train--Brahke, brake, brake--The card-players--Possibility of their deterioration--The dissatisfied passenger--Being in a hurry he threatens to walk--He didn’t--He wishes he had._
treated
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From this reading ONCE I was treated very uncivilly at an hotel in the North of Ireland, and as the occasion was one upon which I was, I believed, entitled to be dealt with on terms of exceptional courtesy, I felt the slight all the more deeply.
Treatment
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From this reading _The late Emperor of Brazil--An incredulous hotel manager--The surprised A.R.A.--The Emperor as an early riser--The habits of the English actor--A new reputation--Signor Ciro Pinsuti--The Prince of Bohemia--Treatment au prince--The bill--An Oriental prince--An ideal costume for a Scotch winter--Its subsequent modification--The royal sleeping-place--Trains and Irish humour--The courteous station-master--The sarcasm of the travellers--“Punctually seven minutes late”--Not originally an Irishman--The time of departure of the 7.45 train--Brahke, brake, brake--The card-players--Possibility of their deterioration--The dissatisfied passenger--Being in a hurry he threatens to walk--He didn’t--He wishes he had._
uncivilly
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From this reading ONCE I was treated very uncivilly at an hotel in the North of Ireland, and as the occasion was one upon which I was, I believed, entitled to be dealt with on terms of exceptional courtesy, I felt the slight all the more deeply.
uponprepositionUS /əˈpɑːn/
a formal word for “on”
From this reading ONCE I was treated very uncivilly at an hotel in the North of Ireland, and as the occasion was one upon which I was, I believed, entitled to be dealt with on terms of exceptional courtesy, I felt the slight all the more deeply.
very
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From this reading ONCE I was treated very uncivilly at an hotel in the North of Ireland, and as the occasion was one upon which I was, I believed, entitled to be dealt with on terms of exceptional courtesy, I felt the slight all the more deeply.
visit
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From this reading I had had the privilege of taking tiffin with His Majesty aboard a man-of-war at Rio Janeiro some years previously, and on calling upon him in London upon the occasion of his visit to England, I found to my surprise that he remembered the incident.
walk
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From this reading _The late Emperor of Brazil--An incredulous hotel manager--The surprised A.R.A.--The Emperor as an early riser--The habits of the English actor--A new reputation--Signor Ciro Pinsuti--The Prince of Bohemia--Treatment au prince--The bill--An Oriental prince--An ideal costume for a Scotch winter--Its subsequent modification--The royal sleeping-place--Trains and Irish humour--The courteous station-master--The sarcasm of the travellers--“Punctually seven minutes late”--Not originally an Irishman--The time of departure of the 7.45 train--Brahke, brake, brake--The card-players--Possibility of their deterioration--The dissatisfied passenger--Being in a hurry he threatens to walk--He didn’t--He wishes he had._
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading ONCE I was treated very uncivilly at an hotel in the North of Ireland, and as the occasion was one upon which I was, I believed, entitled to be dealt with on terms of exceptional courtesy, I felt the slight all the more deeply.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading ONCE I was treated very uncivilly at an hotel in the North of Ireland, and as the occasion was one upon which I was, I believed, entitled to be dealt with on terms of exceptional courtesy, I felt the slight all the more deeply.
winter
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From this reading _The late Emperor of Brazil--An incredulous hotel manager--The surprised A.R.A.--The Emperor as an early riser--The habits of the English actor--A new reputation--Signor Ciro Pinsuti--The Prince of Bohemia--Treatment au prince--The bill--An Oriental prince--An ideal costume for a Scotch winter--Its subsequent modification--The royal sleeping-place--Trains and Irish humour--The courteous station-master--The sarcasm of the travellers--“Punctually seven minutes late”--Not originally an Irishman--The time of departure of the 7.45 train--Brahke, brake, brake--The card-players--Possibility of their deterioration--The dissatisfied passenger--Being in a hurry he threatens to walk--He didn’t--He wishes he had._
wishes
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From this reading _The late Emperor of Brazil--An incredulous hotel manager--The surprised A.R.A.--The Emperor as an early riser--The habits of the English actor--A new reputation--Signor Ciro Pinsuti--The Prince of Bohemia--Treatment au prince--The bill--An Oriental prince--An ideal costume for a Scotch winter--Its subsequent modification--The royal sleeping-place--Trains and Irish humour--The courteous station-master--The sarcasm of the travellers--“Punctually seven minutes late”--Not originally an Irishman--The time of departure of the 7.45 train--Brahke, brake, brake--The card-players--Possibility of their deterioration--The dissatisfied passenger--Being in a hurry he threatens to walk--He didn’t--He wishes he had._
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading ONCE I was treated very uncivilly at an hotel in the North of Ireland, and as the occasion was one upon which I was, I believed, entitled to be dealt with on terms of exceptional courtesy, I felt the slight all the more deeply.
world
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From this reading The late Emperor of Brazil, in yielding to his desire to see everything in the world that was worth seeing, had appeared suddenly in Ireland.
worth
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From this reading The late Emperor of Brazil, in yielding to his desire to see everything in the world that was worth seeing, had appeared suddenly in Ireland.
years
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From this reading I had had the privilege of taking tiffin with His Majesty aboard a man-of-war at Rio Janeiro some years previously, and on calling upon him in London upon the occasion of his visit to England, I found to my surprise that he remembered the incident.
yielding
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From this reading The late Emperor of Brazil, in yielding to his desire to see everything in the world that was worth seeing, had appeared suddenly in Ireland.
