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AdeterminerUS /ə/
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading "DEAR MADAM, "I have lately been reading your remarkable book, 'A Romance of Two Worlds,' and I feel that I must write to you about it.
able
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From this reading I hear from persons who have seen you that you are quite young, and I cannot understand how one of your sex and age seems able so easily to throw light on what to many has been, and is still, impenetrable darkness.
aboutprepositionUS /əˈbaʊt/
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading "DEAR MADAM, "I have lately been reading your remarkable book, 'A Romance of Two Worlds,' and I feel that I must write to you about it.
age
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From this reading I hear from persons who have seen you that you are quite young, and I cannot understand how one of your sex and age seems able so easily to throw light on what to many has been, and is still, impenetrable darkness.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading "DEAR MADAM, "I have lately been reading your remarkable book, 'A Romance of Two Worlds,' and I feel that I must write to you about it.
areauxiliary verbUS /ɑːr/
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading I hear from persons who have seen you that you are quite young, and I cannot understand how one of your sex and age seems able so easily to throw light on what to many has been, and is still, impenetrable darkness.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading The result has been a complete and happy change in my ideas of religion, and I feel now as if I had, like a leper of old, touched the robe of Christ and been healed of a long-standing infirmity.
ask
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From this reading Will you permit me to ask if you have evolved this new and beneficent lustre from the Gospel yourself? or whether some experienced student in mystic matters has been your instructor?
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading "DEAR MADAM, "I have lately been reading your remarkable book, 'A Romance of Two Worlds,' and I feel that I must write to you about it.
beneficent
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book
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From this reading "DEAR MADAM, "I have lately been reading your remarkable book, 'A Romance of Two Worlds,' and I feel that I must write to you about it.
broadly
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From this reading I have never viewed Christianity in the broadly transfigured light you throw upon it, and I have since been studying carefully the four Gospels and comparing them with the theories in your book.
cannot
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From this reading I hear from persons who have seen you that you are quite young, and I cannot understand how one of your sex and age seems able so easily to throw light on what to many has been, and is still, impenetrable darkness.
carefully
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From this reading I have never viewed Christianity in the broadly transfigured light you throw upon it, and I have since been studying carefully the four Gospels and comparing them with the theories in your book.
change
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From this reading The result has been a complete and happy change in my ideas of religion, and I feel now as if I had, like a leper of old, touched the robe of Christ and been healed of a long-standing infirmity.
Christ
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From this reading The result has been a complete and happy change in my ideas of religion, and I feel now as if I had, like a leper of old, touched the robe of Christ and been healed of a long-standing infirmity.
Christianity
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From this reading I have never viewed Christianity in the broadly transfigured light you throw upon it, and I have since been studying carefully the four Gospels and comparing them with the theories in your book.
comparing
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From this reading I have never viewed Christianity in the broadly transfigured light you throw upon it, and I have since been studying carefully the four Gospels and comparing them with the theories in your book.
completenounUS /complete/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The result has been a complete and happy change in my ideas of religion, and I feel now as if I had, like a leper of old, touched the robe of Christ and been healed of a long-standing infirmity.
darkness
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From this reading I hear from persons who have seen you that you are quite young, and I cannot understand how one of your sex and age seems able so easily to throw light on what to many has been, and is still, impenetrable darkness.
DEAR
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From this reading "DEAR MADAM, "I have lately been reading your remarkable book, 'A Romance of Two Worlds,' and I feel that I must write to you about it.
easily
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From this reading I hear from persons who have seen you that you are quite young, and I cannot understand how one of your sex and age seems able so easily to throw light on what to many has been, and is still, impenetrable darkness.
evolved
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experienced
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From this reading Will you permit me to ask if you have evolved this new and beneficent lustre from the Gospel yourself? or whether some experienced student in mystic matters has been your instructor?
feel
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From this reading "DEAR MADAM, "I have lately been reading your remarkable book, 'A Romance of Two Worlds,' and I feel that I must write to you about it.
four
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From this reading I have never viewed Christianity in the broadly transfigured light you throw upon it, and I have since been studying carefully the four Gospels and comparing them with the theories in your book.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading Will you permit me to ask if you have evolved this new and beneficent lustre from the Gospel yourself? or whether some experienced student in mystic matters has been your instructor?
Gospel
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From this reading Will you permit me to ask if you have evolved this new and beneficent lustre from the Gospel yourself? or whether some experienced student in mystic matters has been your instructor?
Gospels
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From this reading I have never viewed Christianity in the broadly transfigured light you throw upon it, and I have since been studying carefully the four Gospels and comparing them with the theories in your book.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading The result has been a complete and happy change in my ideas of religion, and I feel now as if I had, like a leper of old, touched the robe of Christ and been healed of a long-standing infirmity.
happy
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From this reading The result has been a complete and happy change in my ideas of religion, and I feel now as if I had, like a leper of old, touched the robe of Christ and been healed of a long-standing infirmity.
hasauxiliary verbUS /hæz/
the form of “have” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading The result has been a complete and happy change in my ideas of religion, and I feel now as if I had, like a leper of old, touched the robe of Christ and been healed of a long-standing infirmity.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading "DEAR MADAM, "I have lately been reading your remarkable book, 'A Romance of Two Worlds,' and I feel that I must write to you about it.
healed
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From this reading The result has been a complete and happy change in my ideas of religion, and I feel now as if I had, like a leper of old, touched the robe of Christ and been healed of a long-standing infirmity.
hearnounUS /hear/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading I hear from persons who have seen you that you are quite young, and I cannot understand how one of your sex and age seems able so easily to throw light on what to many has been, and is still, impenetrable darkness.
how
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From this reading I hear from persons who have seen you that you are quite young, and I cannot understand how one of your sex and age seems able so easily to throw light on what to many has been, and is still, impenetrable darkness.
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading "DEAR MADAM, "I have lately been reading your remarkable book, 'A Romance of Two Worlds,' and I feel that I must write to you about it.
ideas
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From this reading The result has been a complete and happy change in my ideas of religion, and I feel now as if I had, like a leper of old, touched the robe of Christ and been healed of a long-standing infirmity.
ifconjunctionUS /ɪf/
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading The result has been a complete and happy change in my ideas of religion, and I feel now as if I had, like a leper of old, touched the robe of Christ and been healed of a long-standing infirmity.
impenetrable
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From this reading I hear from persons who have seen you that you are quite young, and I cannot understand how one of your sex and age seems able so easily to throw light on what to many has been, and is still, impenetrable darkness.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading I have never viewed Christianity in the broadly transfigured light you throw upon it, and I have since been studying carefully the four Gospels and comparing them with the theories in your book.
infirmity
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From this reading The result has been a complete and happy change in my ideas of religion, and I feel now as if I had, like a leper of old, touched the robe of Christ and been healed of a long-standing infirmity.
instructor
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From this reading Will you permit me to ask if you have evolved this new and beneficent lustre from the Gospel yourself? or whether some experienced student in mystic matters has been your instructor?
isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading I hear from persons who have seen you that you are quite young, and I cannot understand how one of your sex and age seems able so easily to throw light on what to many has been, and is still, impenetrable darkness.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading "DEAR MADAM, "I have lately been reading your remarkable book, 'A Romance of Two Worlds,' and I feel that I must write to you about it.
lately
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From this reading "DEAR MADAM, "I have lately been reading your remarkable book, 'A Romance of Two Worlds,' and I feel that I must write to you about it.
leper
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From this reading The result has been a complete and happy change in my ideas of religion, and I feel now as if I had, like a leper of old, touched the robe of Christ and been healed of a long-standing infirmity.
light
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From this reading I have never viewed Christianity in the broadly transfigured light you throw upon it, and I have since been studying carefully the four Gospels and comparing them with the theories in your book.
like
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From this reading The result has been a complete and happy change in my ideas of religion, and I feel now as if I had, like a leper of old, touched the robe of Christ and been healed of a long-standing infirmity.
long-standing
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From this reading The result has been a complete and happy change in my ideas of religion, and I feel now as if I had, like a leper of old, touched the robe of Christ and been healed of a long-standing infirmity.
lustre
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From this reading Will you permit me to ask if you have evolved this new and beneficent lustre from the Gospel yourself? or whether some experienced student in mystic matters has been your instructor?
MADAM
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From this reading "DEAR MADAM, "I have lately been reading your remarkable book, 'A Romance of Two Worlds,' and I feel that I must write to you about it.
many
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From this reading I hear from persons who have seen you that you are quite young, and I cannot understand how one of your sex and age seems able so easily to throw light on what to many has been, and is still, impenetrable darkness.
matters
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From this reading Will you permit me to ask if you have evolved this new and beneficent lustre from the Gospel yourself? or whether some experienced student in mystic matters has been your instructor?
mepronounUS /miː/
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Will you permit me to ask if you have evolved this new and beneficent lustre from the Gospel yourself? or whether some experienced student in mystic matters has been your instructor?
mustmodal verbUS /mʌst/
used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true
From this reading "DEAR MADAM, "I have lately been reading your remarkable book, 'A Romance of Two Worlds,' and I feel that I must write to you about it.
mydeterminerUS /maɪ/
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading The result has been a complete and happy change in my ideas of religion, and I feel now as if I had, like a leper of old, touched the robe of Christ and been healed of a long-standing infirmity.
mystic
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From this reading Will you permit me to ask if you have evolved this new and beneficent lustre from the Gospel yourself? or whether some experienced student in mystic matters has been your instructor?
nevernounUS /never/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading I have never viewed Christianity in the broadly transfigured light you throw upon it, and I have since been studying carefully the four Gospels and comparing them with the theories in your book.
new
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From this reading Will you permit me to ask if you have evolved this new and beneficent lustre from the Gospel yourself? or whether some experienced student in mystic matters has been your instructor?
now
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From this reading The result has been a complete and happy change in my ideas of religion, and I feel now as if I had, like a leper of old, touched the robe of Christ and been healed of a long-standing infirmity.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading "DEAR MADAM, "I have lately been reading your remarkable book, 'A Romance of Two Worlds,' and I feel that I must write to you about it.
old
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From this reading The result has been a complete and happy change in my ideas of religion, and I feel now as if I had, like a leper of old, touched the robe of Christ and been healed of a long-standing infirmity.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading I hear from persons who have seen you that you are quite young, and I cannot understand how one of your sex and age seems able so easily to throw light on what to many has been, and is still, impenetrable darkness.
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading I hear from persons who have seen you that you are quite young, and I cannot understand how one of your sex and age seems able so easily to throw light on what to many has been, and is still, impenetrable darkness.
orconjunctionUS /ɔːr/
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading Will you permit me to ask if you have evolved this new and beneficent lustre from the Gospel yourself? or whether some experienced student in mystic matters has been your instructor?
permit
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From this reading Will you permit me to ask if you have evolved this new and beneficent lustre from the Gospel yourself? or whether some experienced student in mystic matters has been your instructor?
persons
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From this reading I hear from persons who have seen you that you are quite young, and I cannot understand how one of your sex and age seems able so easily to throw light on what to many has been, and is still, impenetrable darkness.
quitenounUS /quite/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading I hear from persons who have seen you that you are quite young, and I cannot understand how one of your sex and age seems able so easily to throw light on what to many has been, and is still, impenetrable darkness.
reading
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From this reading "DEAR MADAM, "I have lately been reading your remarkable book, 'A Romance of Two Worlds,' and I feel that I must write to you about it.
religion
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From this reading The result has been a complete and happy change in my ideas of religion, and I feel now as if I had, like a leper of old, touched the robe of Christ and been healed of a long-standing infirmity.
remarkablenounUS /ˈremarkable/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading "DEAR MADAM, "I have lately been reading your remarkable book, 'A Romance of Two Worlds,' and I feel that I must write to you about it.
result
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From this reading The result has been a complete and happy change in my ideas of religion, and I feel now as if I had, like a leper of old, touched the robe of Christ and been healed of a long-standing infirmity.
robe
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From this reading The result has been a complete and happy change in my ideas of religion, and I feel now as if I had, like a leper of old, touched the robe of Christ and been healed of a long-standing infirmity.
Romance
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From this reading "DEAR MADAM, "I have lately been reading your remarkable book, 'A Romance of Two Worlds,' and I feel that I must write to you about it.
seems
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From this reading I hear from persons who have seen you that you are quite young, and I cannot understand how one of your sex and age seems able so easily to throw light on what to many has been, and is still, impenetrable darkness.
seen
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From this reading I hear from persons who have seen you that you are quite young, and I cannot understand how one of your sex and age seems able so easily to throw light on what to many has been, and is still, impenetrable darkness.
sex
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From this reading I hear from persons who have seen you that you are quite young, and I cannot understand how one of your sex and age seems able so easily to throw light on what to many has been, and is still, impenetrable darkness.
sinceprepositionUS /sɪns/
from a time in the past until now
From this reading I have never viewed Christianity in the broadly transfigured light you throw upon it, and I have since been studying carefully the four Gospels and comparing them with the theories in your book.
soconjunctionUS /soʊ/
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading I hear from persons who have seen you that you are quite young, and I cannot understand how one of your sex and age seems able so easily to throw light on what to many has been, and is still, impenetrable darkness.
some
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From this reading Will you permit me to ask if you have evolved this new and beneficent lustre from the Gospel yourself? or whether some experienced student in mystic matters has been your instructor?
stillnounUS /still/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading I hear from persons who have seen you that you are quite young, and I cannot understand how one of your sex and age seems able so easily to throw light on what to many has been, and is still, impenetrable darkness.
student
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studying
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From this reading I have never viewed Christianity in the broadly transfigured light you throw upon it, and I have since been studying carefully the four Gospels and comparing them with the theories in your book.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading "DEAR MADAM, "I have lately been reading your remarkable book, 'A Romance of Two Worlds,' and I feel that I must write to you about it.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading I have never viewed Christianity in the broadly transfigured light you throw upon it, and I have since been studying carefully the four Gospels and comparing them with the theories in your book.
thempronounUS /ðem/
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading I have never viewed Christianity in the broadly transfigured light you throw upon it, and I have since been studying carefully the four Gospels and comparing them with the theories in your book.
theories
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From this reading I have never viewed Christianity in the broadly transfigured light you throw upon it, and I have since been studying carefully the four Gospels and comparing them with the theories in your book.
thisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading Will you permit me to ask if you have evolved this new and beneficent lustre from the Gospel yourself? or whether some experienced student in mystic matters has been your instructor?
throw
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From this reading I have never viewed Christianity in the broadly transfigured light you throw upon it, and I have since been studying carefully the four Gospels and comparing them with the theories in your book.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading "DEAR MADAM, "I have lately been reading your remarkable book, 'A Romance of Two Worlds,' and I feel that I must write to you about it.
touched
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From this reading The result has been a complete and happy change in my ideas of religion, and I feel now as if I had, like a leper of old, touched the robe of Christ and been healed of a long-standing infirmity.
transfigured
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From this reading I have never viewed Christianity in the broadly transfigured light you throw upon it, and I have since been studying carefully the four Gospels and comparing them with the theories in your book.
Two
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From this reading "DEAR MADAM, "I have lately been reading your remarkable book, 'A Romance of Two Worlds,' and I feel that I must write to you about it.
understandnounUS /understand/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading I hear from persons who have seen you that you are quite young, and I cannot understand how one of your sex and age seems able so easily to throw light on what to many has been, and is still, impenetrable darkness.
uponprepositionUS /əˈpɑːn/
a formal word for “on”
From this reading I have never viewed Christianity in the broadly transfigured light you throw upon it, and I have since been studying carefully the four Gospels and comparing them with the theories in your book.
viewed
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From this reading I have never viewed Christianity in the broadly transfigured light you throw upon it, and I have since been studying carefully the four Gospels and comparing them with the theories in your book.
whatpronounUS /wʌt/
used to ask for information about something
From this reading I hear from persons who have seen you that you are quite young, and I cannot understand how one of your sex and age seems able so easily to throw light on what to many has been, and is still, impenetrable darkness.
whetherconjunctionUS /ˈweðər/
used to introduce two or more possibilities
From this reading Will you permit me to ask if you have evolved this new and beneficent lustre from the Gospel yourself? or whether some experienced student in mystic matters has been your instructor?
whopronounUS /huː/
which person or people
From this reading I hear from persons who have seen you that you are quite young, and I cannot understand how one of your sex and age seems able so easily to throw light on what to many has been, and is still, impenetrable darkness.
Willmodal verbUS /wɪl/
used to talk about the future, or about willingness
From this reading Will you permit me to ask if you have evolved this new and beneficent lustre from the Gospel yourself? or whether some experienced student in mystic matters has been your instructor?
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading I have never viewed Christianity in the broadly transfigured light you throw upon it, and I have since been studying carefully the four Gospels and comparing them with the theories in your book.
Worlds
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From this reading "DEAR MADAM, "I have lately been reading your remarkable book, 'A Romance of Two Worlds,' and I feel that I must write to you about it.
write
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From this reading "DEAR MADAM, "I have lately been reading your remarkable book, 'A Romance of Two Worlds,' and I feel that I must write to you about it.
youpronounUS /juː/
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "DEAR MADAM, "I have lately been reading your remarkable book, 'A Romance of Two Worlds,' and I feel that I must write to you about it.
young
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From this reading I hear from persons who have seen you that you are quite young, and I cannot understand how one of your sex and age seems able so easily to throw light on what to many has been, and is still, impenetrable darkness.
yourdeterminerUS /jɔːr/
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "DEAR MADAM, "I have lately been reading your remarkable book, 'A Romance of Two Worlds,' and I feel that I must write to you about it.
yourselfpronounUS /jərˈself/
used when the person spoken to is also the object of the action
From this reading Will you permit me to ask if you have evolved this new and beneficent lustre from the Gospel yourself? or whether some experienced student in mystic matters has been your instructor?
