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1850
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From this reading EIGHTH LETTER From the SAME to the SAME M---- VILLAGE, _September 8, 1850_.
8
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From this reading EIGHTH LETTER From the SAME to the SAME M---- VILLAGE, _September 8, 1850_.
adeterminerUS /ə/
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading I cannot read over this letter; it has been wrung from me involuntarily, like a groan.
add
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From this reading I can add nothing, tell you nothing.… Give me time; I will come to myself, and possess my soul again; I will talk to you like a man, but now I am longing to lay my head on your breast and---- Oh Mephistopheles! you too are no help to me!
againnounUS /again/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading I can add nothing, tell you nothing.… Give me time; I will come to myself, and possess my soul again; I will talk to you like a man, but now I am longing to lay my head on your breast and---- Oh Mephistopheles! you too are no help to me!
amauxiliary verbUS /æm/
the form of “be” used with “I”
From this reading I can add nothing, tell you nothing.… Give me time; I will come to myself, and possess my soul again; I will talk to you like a man, but now I am longing to lay my head on your breast and---- Oh Mephistopheles! you too are no help to me!
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading I can add nothing, tell you nothing.… Give me time; I will come to myself, and possess my soul again; I will talk to you like a man, but now I am longing to lay my head on your breast and---- Oh Mephistopheles! you too are no help to me!
areauxiliary verbUS /ɑːr/
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading I can add nothing, tell you nothing.… Give me time; I will come to myself, and possess my soul again; I will talk to you like a man, but now I am longing to lay my head on your breast and---- Oh Mephistopheles! you too are no help to me!
B
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From this reading I stopped short of set purpose, of set purpose I called up what irony is in me, I told myself how ludicrous and mawkish these laments, these outbursts will seem to me in a year, in half a year.… No, Mephistopheles is powerless, his tooth has lost its edge.… Farewell.--Yours, P. B.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading I cannot read over this letter; it has been wrung from me involuntarily, like a groan.
breast
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From this reading I can add nothing, tell you nothing.… Give me time; I will come to myself, and possess my soul again; I will talk to you like a man, but now I am longing to lay my head on your breast and---- Oh Mephistopheles! you too are no help to me!
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading I can add nothing, tell you nothing.… Give me time; I will come to myself, and possess my soul again; I will talk to you like a man, but now I am longing to lay my head on your breast and---- Oh Mephistopheles! you too are no help to me!
called
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From this reading I stopped short of set purpose, of set purpose I called up what irony is in me, I told myself how ludicrous and mawkish these laments, these outbursts will seem to me in a year, in half a year.… No, Mephistopheles is powerless, his tooth has lost its edge.… Farewell.--Yours, P. B.
canmodal verbUS /kæn/
to be able to, or to be allowed to
From this reading I can add nothing, tell you nothing.… Give me time; I will come to myself, and possess my soul again; I will talk to you like a man, but now I am longing to lay my head on your breast and---- Oh Mephistopheles! you too are no help to me!
cannot
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From this reading I cannot read over this letter; it has been wrung from me involuntarily, like a groan.
comenounUS /come/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading I can add nothing, tell you nothing.… Give me time; I will come to myself, and possess my soul again; I will talk to you like a man, but now I am longing to lay my head on your breast and---- Oh Mephistopheles! you too are no help to me!
dear
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From this reading My dear Semyon Nikolaitch,--You have taken my last letter too much to heart.
edge
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From this reading I stopped short of set purpose, of set purpose I called up what irony is in me, I told myself how ludicrous and mawkish these laments, these outbursts will seem to me in a year, in half a year.… No, Mephistopheles is powerless, his tooth has lost its edge.… Farewell.--Yours, P. B.
EIGHTH
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From this reading EIGHTH LETTER From the SAME to the SAME M---- VILLAGE, _September 8, 1850_.
Farewell
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From this reading I stopped short of set purpose, of set purpose I called up what irony is in me, I told myself how ludicrous and mawkish these laments, these outbursts will seem to me in a year, in half a year.… No, Mephistopheles is powerless, his tooth has lost its edge.… Farewell.--Yours, P. B.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading I cannot read over this letter; it has been wrung from me involuntarily, like a groan.
Give
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From this reading I can add nothing, tell you nothing.… Give me time; I will come to myself, and possess my soul again; I will talk to you like a man, but now I am longing to lay my head on your breast and---- Oh Mephistopheles! you too are no help to me!
groan
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From this reading I cannot read over this letter; it has been wrung from me involuntarily, like a groan.
halfnounUS /half/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading I stopped short of set purpose, of set purpose I called up what irony is in me, I told myself how ludicrous and mawkish these laments, these outbursts will seem to me in a year, in half a year.… No, Mephistopheles is powerless, his tooth has lost its edge.… Farewell.--Yours, P. B.
hasauxiliary verbUS /hæz/
the form of “have” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading I cannot read over this letter; it has been wrung from me involuntarily, like a groan.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading My dear Semyon Nikolaitch,--You have taken my last letter too much to heart.
head
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From this reading I can add nothing, tell you nothing.… Give me time; I will come to myself, and possess my soul again; I will talk to you like a man, but now I am longing to lay my head on your breast and---- Oh Mephistopheles! you too are no help to me!
heart
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From this reading My dear Semyon Nikolaitch,--You have taken my last letter too much to heart.
helpnounUS /help/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading I can add nothing, tell you nothing.… Give me time; I will come to myself, and possess my soul again; I will talk to you like a man, but now I am longing to lay my head on your breast and---- Oh Mephistopheles! you too are no help to me!
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading I stopped short of set purpose, of set purpose I called up what irony is in me, I told myself how ludicrous and mawkish these laments, these outbursts will seem to me in a year, in half a year.… No, Mephistopheles is powerless, his tooth has lost its edge.… Farewell.--Yours, P. B.
how
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From this reading I stopped short of set purpose, of set purpose I called up what irony is in me, I told myself how ludicrous and mawkish these laments, these outbursts will seem to me in a year, in half a year.… No, Mephistopheles is powerless, his tooth has lost its edge.… Farewell.--Yours, P. B.
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I cannot read over this letter; it has been wrung from me involuntarily, like a groan.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading I stopped short of set purpose, of set purpose I called up what irony is in me, I told myself how ludicrous and mawkish these laments, these outbursts will seem to me in a year, in half a year.… No, Mephistopheles is powerless, his tooth has lost its edge.… Farewell.--Yours, P. B.
involuntarily
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From this reading I cannot read over this letter; it has been wrung from me involuntarily, like a groan.
irony
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From this reading I stopped short of set purpose, of set purpose I called up what irony is in me, I told myself how ludicrous and mawkish these laments, these outbursts will seem to me in a year, in half a year.… No, Mephistopheles is powerless, his tooth has lost its edge.… Farewell.--Yours, P. B.
isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading I stopped short of set purpose, of set purpose I called up what irony is in me, I told myself how ludicrous and mawkish these laments, these outbursts will seem to me in a year, in half a year.… No, Mephistopheles is powerless, his tooth has lost its edge.… Farewell.--Yours, P. B.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading I cannot read over this letter; it has been wrung from me involuntarily, like a groan.
itsdeterminerUS /ɪts/
belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned
From this reading I stopped short of set purpose, of set purpose I called up what irony is in me, I told myself how ludicrous and mawkish these laments, these outbursts will seem to me in a year, in half a year.… No, Mephistopheles is powerless, his tooth has lost its edge.… Farewell.--Yours, P. B.
laments
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From this reading I stopped short of set purpose, of set purpose I called up what irony is in me, I told myself how ludicrous and mawkish these laments, these outbursts will seem to me in a year, in half a year.… No, Mephistopheles is powerless, his tooth has lost its edge.… Farewell.--Yours, P. B.
lastnounUS /last/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading My dear Semyon Nikolaitch,--You have taken my last letter too much to heart.
lay
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From this reading I can add nothing, tell you nothing.… Give me time; I will come to myself, and possess my soul again; I will talk to you like a man, but now I am longing to lay my head on your breast and---- Oh Mephistopheles! you too are no help to me!
letter
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From this reading I cannot read over this letter; it has been wrung from me involuntarily, like a groan.
like
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From this reading I cannot read over this letter; it has been wrung from me involuntarily, like a groan.
longing
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From this reading I can add nothing, tell you nothing.… Give me time; I will come to myself, and possess my soul again; I will talk to you like a man, but now I am longing to lay my head on your breast and---- Oh Mephistopheles! you too are no help to me!
lost
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From this reading I stopped short of set purpose, of set purpose I called up what irony is in me, I told myself how ludicrous and mawkish these laments, these outbursts will seem to me in a year, in half a year.… No, Mephistopheles is powerless, his tooth has lost its edge.… Farewell.--Yours, P. B.
ludicrous
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From this reading I stopped short of set purpose, of set purpose I called up what irony is in me, I told myself how ludicrous and mawkish these laments, these outbursts will seem to me in a year, in half a year.… No, Mephistopheles is powerless, his tooth has lost its edge.… Farewell.--Yours, P. B.
M
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From this reading EIGHTH LETTER From the SAME to the SAME M---- VILLAGE, _September 8, 1850_.
man
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From this reading I can add nothing, tell you nothing.… Give me time; I will come to myself, and possess my soul again; I will talk to you like a man, but now I am longing to lay my head on your breast and---- Oh Mephistopheles! you too are no help to me!
mawkish
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From this reading I stopped short of set purpose, of set purpose I called up what irony is in me, I told myself how ludicrous and mawkish these laments, these outbursts will seem to me in a year, in half a year.… No, Mephistopheles is powerless, his tooth has lost its edge.… Farewell.--Yours, P. B.
mepronounUS /miː/
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading I cannot read over this letter; it has been wrung from me involuntarily, like a groan.
Mephistopheles
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From this reading I can add nothing, tell you nothing.… Give me time; I will come to myself, and possess my soul again; I will talk to you like a man, but now I am longing to lay my head on your breast and---- Oh Mephistopheles! you too are no help to me!
much
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From this reading My dear Semyon Nikolaitch,--You have taken my last letter too much to heart.
mydeterminerUS /maɪ/
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading I can add nothing, tell you nothing.… Give me time; I will come to myself, and possess my soul again; I will talk to you like a man, but now I am longing to lay my head on your breast and---- Oh Mephistopheles! you too are no help to me!
myselfpronounUS /ˌmaɪˈself/
used when the speaker is also the object of the action
From this reading I can add nothing, tell you nothing.… Give me time; I will come to myself, and possess my soul again; I will talk to you like a man, but now I am longing to lay my head on your breast and---- Oh Mephistopheles! you too are no help to me!
Nikolaitch
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From this reading My dear Semyon Nikolaitch,--You have taken my last letter too much to heart.
nodeterminerUS /noʊ/
not any; not one
From this reading I can add nothing, tell you nothing.… Give me time; I will come to myself, and possess my soul again; I will talk to you like a man, but now I am longing to lay my head on your breast and---- Oh Mephistopheles! you too are no help to me!
nothingpronounUS /ˈnʌθɪŋ/
not one thing; not anything
From this reading I can add nothing, tell you nothing.… Give me time; I will come to myself, and possess my soul again; I will talk to you like a man, but now I am longing to lay my head on your breast and---- Oh Mephistopheles! you too are no help to me!
now
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From this reading I can add nothing, tell you nothing.… Give me time; I will come to myself, and possess my soul again; I will talk to you like a man, but now I am longing to lay my head on your breast and---- Oh Mephistopheles! you too are no help to me!
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading I stopped short of set purpose, of set purpose I called up what irony is in me, I told myself how ludicrous and mawkish these laments, these outbursts will seem to me in a year, in half a year.… No, Mephistopheles is powerless, his tooth has lost its edge.… Farewell.--Yours, P. B.
Oh
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From this reading I can add nothing, tell you nothing.… Give me time; I will come to myself, and possess my soul again; I will talk to you like a man, but now I am longing to lay my head on your breast and---- Oh Mephistopheles! you too are no help to me!
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading I can add nothing, tell you nothing.… Give me time; I will come to myself, and possess my soul again; I will talk to you like a man, but now I am longing to lay my head on your breast and---- Oh Mephistopheles! you too are no help to me!
outbursts
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From this reading I stopped short of set purpose, of set purpose I called up what irony is in me, I told myself how ludicrous and mawkish these laments, these outbursts will seem to me in a year, in half a year.… No, Mephistopheles is powerless, his tooth has lost its edge.… Farewell.--Yours, P. B.
overprepositionUS /ˈoʊvər/
above and across; more than
From this reading I cannot read over this letter; it has been wrung from me involuntarily, like a groan.
P
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From this reading I stopped short of set purpose, of set purpose I called up what irony is in me, I told myself how ludicrous and mawkish these laments, these outbursts will seem to me in a year, in half a year.… No, Mephistopheles is powerless, his tooth has lost its edge.… Farewell.--Yours, P. B.
possess
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From this reading I can add nothing, tell you nothing.… Give me time; I will come to myself, and possess my soul again; I will talk to you like a man, but now I am longing to lay my head on your breast and---- Oh Mephistopheles! you too are no help to me!
powerless
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From this reading I stopped short of set purpose, of set purpose I called up what irony is in me, I told myself how ludicrous and mawkish these laments, these outbursts will seem to me in a year, in half a year.… No, Mephistopheles is powerless, his tooth has lost its edge.… Farewell.--Yours, P. B.
purpose
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From this reading I stopped short of set purpose, of set purpose I called up what irony is in me, I told myself how ludicrous and mawkish these laments, these outbursts will seem to me in a year, in half a year.… No, Mephistopheles is powerless, his tooth has lost its edge.… Farewell.--Yours, P. B.
read
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From this reading I cannot read over this letter; it has been wrung from me involuntarily, like a groan.
SAMEnounUS /same/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading EIGHTH LETTER From the SAME to the SAME M---- VILLAGE, _September 8, 1850_.
seem
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From this reading I stopped short of set purpose, of set purpose I called up what irony is in me, I told myself how ludicrous and mawkish these laments, these outbursts will seem to me in a year, in half a year.… No, Mephistopheles is powerless, his tooth has lost its edge.… Farewell.--Yours, P. B.
Semyon
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From this reading My dear Semyon Nikolaitch,--You have taken my last letter too much to heart.
September
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From this reading EIGHTH LETTER From the SAME to the SAME M---- VILLAGE, _September 8, 1850_.
set
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From this reading I stopped short of set purpose, of set purpose I called up what irony is in me, I told myself how ludicrous and mawkish these laments, these outbursts will seem to me in a year, in half a year.… No, Mephistopheles is powerless, his tooth has lost its edge.… Farewell.--Yours, P. B.
shortadjectiveUS /ʃɔrt/
brief or direct in expression
From this reading I stopped short of set purpose, of set purpose I called up what irony is in me, I told myself how ludicrous and mawkish these laments, these outbursts will seem to me in a year, in half a year.… No, Mephistopheles is powerless, his tooth has lost its edge.… Farewell.--Yours, P. B.
soul
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From this reading I can add nothing, tell you nothing.… Give me time; I will come to myself, and possess my soul again; I will talk to you like a man, but now I am longing to lay my head on your breast and---- Oh Mephistopheles! you too are no help to me!
stoppednounUS /stopped/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading I stopped short of set purpose, of set purpose I called up what irony is in me, I told myself how ludicrous and mawkish these laments, these outbursts will seem to me in a year, in half a year.… No, Mephistopheles is powerless, his tooth has lost its edge.… Farewell.--Yours, P. B.
taken
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From this reading My dear Semyon Nikolaitch,--You have taken my last letter too much to heart.
talk
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From this reading I can add nothing, tell you nothing.… Give me time; I will come to myself, and possess my soul again; I will talk to you like a man, but now I am longing to lay my head on your breast and---- Oh Mephistopheles! you too are no help to me!
tellnounUS /tell/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading I can add nothing, tell you nothing.… Give me time; I will come to myself, and possess my soul again; I will talk to you like a man, but now I am longing to lay my head on your breast and---- Oh Mephistopheles! you too are no help to me!
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading EIGHTH LETTER From the SAME to the SAME M---- VILLAGE, _September 8, 1850_.
thesedeterminerUS /ðiːz/
the plural of “this”: the people or things near, or just mentioned
From this reading I stopped short of set purpose, of set purpose I called up what irony is in me, I told myself how ludicrous and mawkish these laments, these outbursts will seem to me in a year, in half a year.… No, Mephistopheles is powerless, his tooth has lost its edge.… Farewell.--Yours, P. B.
thisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading I cannot read over this letter; it has been wrung from me involuntarily, like a groan.
timenounUS /time/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading I can add nothing, tell you nothing.… Give me time; I will come to myself, and possess my soul again; I will talk to you like a man, but now I am longing to lay my head on your breast and---- Oh Mephistopheles! you too are no help to me!
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading I can add nothing, tell you nothing.… Give me time; I will come to myself, and possess my soul again; I will talk to you like a man, but now I am longing to lay my head on your breast and---- Oh Mephistopheles! you too are no help to me!
toldnounUS /told/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading I stopped short of set purpose, of set purpose I called up what irony is in me, I told myself how ludicrous and mawkish these laments, these outbursts will seem to me in a year, in half a year.… No, Mephistopheles is powerless, his tooth has lost its edge.… Farewell.--Yours, P. B.
too
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From this reading I can add nothing, tell you nothing.… Give me time; I will come to myself, and possess my soul again; I will talk to you like a man, but now I am longing to lay my head on your breast and---- Oh Mephistopheles! you too are no help to me!
tooth
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From this reading I stopped short of set purpose, of set purpose I called up what irony is in me, I told myself how ludicrous and mawkish these laments, these outbursts will seem to me in a year, in half a year.… No, Mephistopheles is powerless, his tooth has lost its edge.… Farewell.--Yours, P. B.
up
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From this reading I stopped short of set purpose, of set purpose I called up what irony is in me, I told myself how ludicrous and mawkish these laments, these outbursts will seem to me in a year, in half a year.… No, Mephistopheles is powerless, his tooth has lost its edge.… Farewell.--Yours, P. B.
VILLAGE
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From this reading EIGHTH LETTER From the SAME to the SAME M---- VILLAGE, _September 8, 1850_.
whatpronounUS /wʌt/
used to ask for information about something
From this reading I stopped short of set purpose, of set purpose I called up what irony is in me, I told myself how ludicrous and mawkish these laments, these outbursts will seem to me in a year, in half a year.… No, Mephistopheles is powerless, his tooth has lost its edge.… Farewell.--Yours, P. B.
willmodal verbUS /wɪl/
used to talk about the future, or about willingness
From this reading I can add nothing, tell you nothing.… Give me time; I will come to myself, and possess my soul again; I will talk to you like a man, but now I am longing to lay my head on your breast and---- Oh Mephistopheles! you too are no help to me!
wrung
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From this reading I cannot read over this letter; it has been wrung from me involuntarily, like a groan.
year
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From this reading I stopped short of set purpose, of set purpose I called up what irony is in me, I told myself how ludicrous and mawkish these laments, these outbursts will seem to me in a year, in half a year.… No, Mephistopheles is powerless, his tooth has lost its edge.… Farewell.--Yours, P. B.
youpronounUS /juː/
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading I can add nothing, tell you nothing.… Give me time; I will come to myself, and possess my soul again; I will talk to you like a man, but now I am longing to lay my head on your breast and---- Oh Mephistopheles! you too are no help to me!
yourdeterminerUS /jɔːr/
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading I can add nothing, tell you nothing.… Give me time; I will come to myself, and possess my soul again; I will talk to you like a man, but now I am longing to lay my head on your breast and---- Oh Mephistopheles! you too are no help to me!
YourspronounUS /jʊrz/
the one or ones belonging to the person spoken to
From this reading I stopped short of set purpose, of set purpose I called up what irony is in me, I told myself how ludicrous and mawkish these laments, these outbursts will seem to me in a year, in half a year.… No, Mephistopheles is powerless, his tooth has lost its edge.… Farewell.--Yours, P. B.
