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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 Far away from my household grief, far away from my haggard perplexities--neither a Lilian nor a Margrave there!
admitted
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From this reading As I went over what I had before written, each link in its chain of reasoning seemed so serried, that to alter one were to derange all; and the whole reasoning was so opposed to the possibility of the wonders I myself had experienced, so hostile to the subtle hypotheses of a Faber, or the childlike belief of an Amy, that I must have destroyed the entire work if I had admitted such contradictions to its design!
againnounUS /again/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading My Work, my Philosophical Work-the ambitious hope of my intellectual life--how eagerly I returned to it again!
againstprepositionUS /əˈɡenst/
touching and pressing; in opposition to
From this reading Were phantoms to be allowed as testimonies against science?
all
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From this reading As I went over what I had before written, each link in its chain of reasoning seemed so serried, that to alter one were to derange all; and the whole reasoning was so opposed to the possibility of the wonders I myself had experienced, so hostile to the subtle hypotheses of a Faber, or the childlike belief of an Amy, that I must have destroyed the entire work if I had admitted such contradictions to its design!
allowed
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From this reading Were phantoms to be allowed as testimonies against science?
alter
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From this reading As I went over what I had before written, each link in its chain of reasoning seemed so serried, that to alter one were to derange all; and the whole reasoning was so opposed to the possibility of the wonders I myself had experienced, so hostile to the subtle hypotheses of a Faber, or the childlike belief of an Amy, that I must have destroyed the entire work if I had admitted such contradictions to its design!
ambitious
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From this reading My Work, my Philosophical Work-the ambitious hope of my intellectual life--how eagerly I returned to it again!
Amy
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From this reading As I went over what I had before written, each link in its chain of reasoning seemed so serried, that to alter one were to derange all; and the whole reasoning was so opposed to the possibility of the wonders I myself had experienced, so hostile to the subtle hypotheses of a Faber, or the childlike belief of an Amy, that I must have destroyed the entire work if I had admitted such contradictions to its design!
andeterminerUS /æn/
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading As I went over what I had before written, each link in its chain of reasoning seemed so serried, that to alter one were to derange all; and the whole reasoning was so opposed to the possibility of the wonders I myself had experienced, so hostile to the subtle hypotheses of a Faber, or the childlike belief of an Amy, that I must have destroyed the entire work if I had admitted such contradictions to its design!
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading As I went over what I had before written, each link in its chain of reasoning seemed so serried, that to alter one were to derange all; and the whole reasoning was so opposed to the possibility of the wonders I myself had experienced, so hostile to the subtle hypotheses of a Faber, or the childlike belief of an Amy, that I must have destroyed the entire work if I had admitted such contradictions to its design!
AsconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading As I went over what I had before written, each link in its chain of reasoning seemed so serried, that to alter one were to derange all; and the whole reasoning was so opposed to the possibility of the wonders I myself had experienced, so hostile to the subtle hypotheses of a Faber, or the childlike belief of an Amy, that I must have destroyed the entire work if I had admitted such contradictions to its design!
away
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From this reading Far away from my household grief, far away from my haggard perplexities--neither a Lilian nor a Margrave there!
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading Were phantoms to be allowed as testimonies against science?
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading But the work was I myself!--I, in my solid, sober, healthful mind, before the brain had been perplexed by a phantom.
beforeprepositionUS /bɪˈfɔːr/
earlier than; in front of
From this reading As I went over what I had before written, each link in its chain of reasoning seemed so serried, that to alter one were to derange all; and the whole reasoning was so opposed to the possibility of the wonders I myself had experienced, so hostile to the subtle hypotheses of a Faber, or the childlike belief of an Amy, that I must have destroyed the entire work if I had admitted such contradictions to its design!
belief
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From this reading As I went over what I had before written, each link in its chain of reasoning seemed so serried, that to alter one were to derange all; and the whole reasoning was so opposed to the possibility of the wonders I myself had experienced, so hostile to the subtle hypotheses of a Faber, or the childlike belief of an Amy, that I must have destroyed the entire work if I had admitted such contradictions to its design!
brain
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From this reading But the work was I myself!--I, in my solid, sober, healthful mind, before the brain had been perplexed by a phantom.
ButconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading But the work was I myself!--I, in my solid, sober, healthful mind, before the brain had been perplexed by a phantom.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading But the work was I myself!--I, in my solid, sober, healthful mind, before the brain had been perplexed by a phantom.
chain
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From this reading As I went over what I had before written, each link in its chain of reasoning seemed so serried, that to alter one were to derange all; and the whole reasoning was so opposed to the possibility of the wonders I myself had experienced, so hostile to the subtle hypotheses of a Faber, or the childlike belief of an Amy, that I must have destroyed the entire work if I had admitted such contradictions to its design!
childlike
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From this reading As I went over what I had before written, each link in its chain of reasoning seemed so serried, that to alter one were to derange all; and the whole reasoning was so opposed to the possibility of the wonders I myself had experienced, so hostile to the subtle hypotheses of a Faber, or the childlike belief of an Amy, that I must have destroyed the entire work if I had admitted such contradictions to its design!
contradictions
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From this reading As I went over what I had before written, each link in its chain of reasoning seemed so serried, that to alter one were to derange all; and the whole reasoning was so opposed to the possibility of the wonders I myself had experienced, so hostile to the subtle hypotheses of a Faber, or the childlike belief of an Amy, that I must have destroyed the entire work if I had admitted such contradictions to its design!
derange
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From this reading As I went over what I had before written, each link in its chain of reasoning seemed so serried, that to alter one were to derange all; and the whole reasoning was so opposed to the possibility of the wonders I myself had experienced, so hostile to the subtle hypotheses of a Faber, or the childlike belief of an Amy, that I must have destroyed the entire work if I had admitted such contradictions to its design!
design
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From this reading As I went over what I had before written, each link in its chain of reasoning seemed so serried, that to alter one were to derange all; and the whole reasoning was so opposed to the possibility of the wonders I myself had experienced, so hostile to the subtle hypotheses of a Faber, or the childlike belief of an Amy, that I must have destroyed the entire work if I had admitted such contradictions to its design!
destroyed
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From this reading As I went over what I had before written, each link in its chain of reasoning seemed so serried, that to alter one were to derange all; and the whole reasoning was so opposed to the possibility of the wonders I myself had experienced, so hostile to the subtle hypotheses of a Faber, or the childlike belief of an Amy, that I must have destroyed the entire work if I had admitted such contradictions to its design!
eachdeterminerUS /iːtʃ/
every one of two or more people or things, taken separately
From this reading As I went over what I had before written, each link in its chain of reasoning seemed so serried, that to alter one were to derange all; and the whole reasoning was so opposed to the possibility of the wonders I myself had experienced, so hostile to the subtle hypotheses of a Faber, or the childlike belief of an Amy, that I must have destroyed the entire work if I had admitted such contradictions to its design!
eagerly
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From this reading My Work, my Philosophical Work-the ambitious hope of my intellectual life--how eagerly I returned to it again!
entire
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From this reading As I went over what I had before written, each link in its chain of reasoning seemed so serried, that to alter one were to derange all; and the whole reasoning was so opposed to the possibility of the wonders I myself had experienced, so hostile to the subtle hypotheses of a Faber, or the childlike belief of an Amy, that I must have destroyed the entire work if I had admitted such contradictions to its design!
experienced
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From this reading As I went over what I had before written, each link in its chain of reasoning seemed so serried, that to alter one were to derange all; and the whole reasoning was so opposed to the possibility of the wonders I myself had experienced, so hostile to the subtle hypotheses of a Faber, or the childlike belief of an Amy, that I must have destroyed the entire work if I had admitted such contradictions to its design!
Faber
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From this reading As I went over what I had before written, each link in its chain of reasoning seemed so serried, that to alter one were to derange all; and the whole reasoning was so opposed to the possibility of the wonders I myself had experienced, so hostile to the subtle hypotheses of a Faber, or the childlike belief of an Amy, that I must have destroyed the entire work if I had admitted such contradictions to its design!
Far
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From this reading Far away from my household grief, far away from my haggard perplexities--neither a Lilian nor a Margrave there!
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading Far away from my household grief, far away from my haggard perplexities--neither a Lilian nor a Margrave there!
grief
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From this reading Far away from my household grief, far away from my haggard perplexities--neither a Lilian nor a Margrave there!
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading As I went over what I had before written, each link in its chain of reasoning seemed so serried, that to alter one were to derange all; and the whole reasoning was so opposed to the possibility of the wonders I myself had experienced, so hostile to the subtle hypotheses of a Faber, or the childlike belief of an Amy, that I must have destroyed the entire work if I had admitted such contradictions to its design!
haggard
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From this reading Far away from my household grief, far away from my haggard perplexities--neither a Lilian nor a Margrave there!
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading As I went over what I had before written, each link in its chain of reasoning seemed so serried, that to alter one were to derange all; and the whole reasoning was so opposed to the possibility of the wonders I myself had experienced, so hostile to the subtle hypotheses of a Faber, or the childlike belief of an Amy, that I must have destroyed the entire work if I had admitted such contradictions to its design!
healthful
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From this reading But the work was I myself!--I, in my solid, sober, healthful mind, before the brain had been perplexed by a phantom.
hope
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From this reading My Work, my Philosophical Work-the ambitious hope of my intellectual life--how eagerly I returned to it again!
hostile
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From this reading As I went over what I had before written, each link in its chain of reasoning seemed so serried, that to alter one were to derange all; and the whole reasoning was so opposed to the possibility of the wonders I myself had experienced, so hostile to the subtle hypotheses of a Faber, or the childlike belief of an Amy, that I must have destroyed the entire work if I had admitted such contradictions to its design!
household
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From this reading Far away from my household grief, far away from my haggard perplexities--neither a Lilian nor a Margrave there!
how
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From this reading My Work, my Philosophical Work-the ambitious hope of my intellectual life--how eagerly I returned to it again!
hypotheses
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From this reading As I went over what I had before written, each link in its chain of reasoning seemed so serried, that to alter one were to derange all; and the whole reasoning was so opposed to the possibility of the wonders I myself had experienced, so hostile to the subtle hypotheses of a Faber, or the childlike belief of an Amy, that I must have destroyed the entire work if I had admitted such contradictions to its design!
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading My Work, my Philosophical Work-the ambitious hope of my intellectual life--how eagerly I returned to it again!
ifconjunctionUS /ɪf/
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading As I went over what I had before written, each link in its chain of reasoning seemed so serried, that to alter one were to derange all; and the whole reasoning was so opposed to the possibility of the wonders I myself had experienced, so hostile to the subtle hypotheses of a Faber, or the childlike belief of an Amy, that I must have destroyed the entire work if I had admitted such contradictions to its design!
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading As I went over what I had before written, each link in its chain of reasoning seemed so serried, that to alter one were to derange all; and the whole reasoning was so opposed to the possibility of the wonders I myself had experienced, so hostile to the subtle hypotheses of a Faber, or the childlike belief of an Amy, that I must have destroyed the entire work if I had admitted such contradictions to its design!
intellectual
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From this reading My Work, my Philosophical Work-the ambitious hope of my intellectual life--how eagerly I returned to it again!
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading My Work, my Philosophical Work-the ambitious hope of my intellectual life--how eagerly I returned to it again!
itsdeterminerUS /ɪts/
belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned
From this reading As I went over what I had before written, each link in its chain of reasoning seemed so serried, that to alter one were to derange all; and the whole reasoning was so opposed to the possibility of the wonders I myself had experienced, so hostile to the subtle hypotheses of a Faber, or the childlike belief of an Amy, that I must have destroyed the entire work if I had admitted such contradictions to its design!
lifenounUS /life/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading My Work, my Philosophical Work-the ambitious hope of my intellectual life--how eagerly I returned to it again!
Lilian
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From this reading Far away from my household grief, far away from my haggard perplexities--neither a Lilian nor a Margrave there!
link
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From this reading As I went over what I had before written, each link in its chain of reasoning seemed so serried, that to alter one were to derange all; and the whole reasoning was so opposed to the possibility of the wonders I myself had experienced, so hostile to the subtle hypotheses of a Faber, or the childlike belief of an Amy, that I must have destroyed the entire work if I had admitted such contradictions to its design!
Margrave
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From this reading Far away from my household grief, far away from my haggard perplexities--neither a Lilian nor a Margrave there!
mindnounUS /mind/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading But the work was I myself!--I, in my solid, sober, healthful mind, before the brain had been perplexed by a phantom.
mustmodal verbUS /mʌst/
used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true
From this reading As I went over what I had before written, each link in its chain of reasoning seemed so serried, that to alter one were to derange all; and the whole reasoning was so opposed to the possibility of the wonders I myself had experienced, so hostile to the subtle hypotheses of a Faber, or the childlike belief of an Amy, that I must have destroyed the entire work if I had admitted such contradictions to its design!
MydeterminerUS /maɪ/
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading My Work, my Philosophical Work-the ambitious hope of my intellectual life--how eagerly I returned to it again!
myselfpronounUS /ˌmaɪˈself/
used when the speaker is also the object of the action
From this reading As I went over what I had before written, each link in its chain of reasoning seemed so serried, that to alter one were to derange all; and the whole reasoning was so opposed to the possibility of the wonders I myself had experienced, so hostile to the subtle hypotheses of a Faber, or the childlike belief of an Amy, that I must have destroyed the entire work if I had admitted such contradictions to its design!
neitherdeterminerUS /ˈniːðər/
not one and not the other of two
From this reading Far away from my household grief, far away from my haggard perplexities--neither a Lilian nor a Margrave there!
norconjunctionUS /nɔːr/
and not; used after a negative to add a second negative
From this reading Far away from my household grief, far away from my haggard perplexities--neither a Lilian nor a Margrave there!
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading My Work, my Philosophical Work-the ambitious hope of my intellectual life--how eagerly I returned to it again!
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading As I went over what I had before written, each link in its chain of reasoning seemed so serried, that to alter one were to derange all; and the whole reasoning was so opposed to the possibility of the wonders I myself had experienced, so hostile to the subtle hypotheses of a Faber, or the childlike belief of an Amy, that I must have destroyed the entire work if I had admitted such contradictions to its design!
opposed
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From this reading As I went over what I had before written, each link in its chain of reasoning seemed so serried, that to alter one were to derange all; and the whole reasoning was so opposed to the possibility of the wonders I myself had experienced, so hostile to the subtle hypotheses of a Faber, or the childlike belief of an Amy, that I must have destroyed the entire work if I had admitted such contradictions to its design!
orconjunctionUS /ɔːr/
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading As I went over what I had before written, each link in its chain of reasoning seemed so serried, that to alter one were to derange all; and the whole reasoning was so opposed to the possibility of the wonders I myself had experienced, so hostile to the subtle hypotheses of a Faber, or the childlike belief of an Amy, that I must have destroyed the entire work if I had admitted such contradictions to its design!
overprepositionUS /ˈoʊvər/
above and across; more than
From this reading As I went over what I had before written, each link in its chain of reasoning seemed so serried, that to alter one were to derange all; and the whole reasoning was so opposed to the possibility of the wonders I myself had experienced, so hostile to the subtle hypotheses of a Faber, or the childlike belief of an Amy, that I must have destroyed the entire work if I had admitted such contradictions to its design!
perplexed
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From this reading But the work was I myself!--I, in my solid, sober, healthful mind, before the brain had been perplexed by a phantom.
perplexities
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From this reading Far away from my household grief, far away from my haggard perplexities--neither a Lilian nor a Margrave there!
phantomnounUS /ˈfæn.təm/
A ghost or apparition; a figment of the imagination or a hidden dweller.
From this reading But the work was I myself!--I, in my solid, sober, healthful mind, before the brain had been perplexed by a phantom.
phantoms
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From this reading Were phantoms to be allowed as testimonies against science?
Philosophical
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From this reading My Work, my Philosophical Work-the ambitious hope of my intellectual life--how eagerly I returned to it again!
possibility
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From this reading As I went over what I had before written, each link in its chain of reasoning seemed so serried, that to alter one were to derange all; and the whole reasoning was so opposed to the possibility of the wonders I myself had experienced, so hostile to the subtle hypotheses of a Faber, or the childlike belief of an Amy, that I must have destroyed the entire work if I had admitted such contradictions to its design!
reasoning
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From this reading As I went over what I had before written, each link in its chain of reasoning seemed so serried, that to alter one were to derange all; and the whole reasoning was so opposed to the possibility of the wonders I myself had experienced, so hostile to the subtle hypotheses of a Faber, or the childlike belief of an Amy, that I must have destroyed the entire work if I had admitted such contradictions to its design!
returnednounUS /ˈreturned/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading My Work, my Philosophical Work-the ambitious hope of my intellectual life--how eagerly I returned to it again!
science
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From this reading Were phantoms to be allowed as testimonies against science?
seemednounUS /seemed/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading As I went over what I had before written, each link in its chain of reasoning seemed so serried, that to alter one were to derange all; and the whole reasoning was so opposed to the possibility of the wonders I myself had experienced, so hostile to the subtle hypotheses of a Faber, or the childlike belief of an Amy, that I must have destroyed the entire work if I had admitted such contradictions to its design!
serried
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From this reading As I went over what I had before written, each link in its chain of reasoning seemed so serried, that to alter one were to derange all; and the whole reasoning was so opposed to the possibility of the wonders I myself had experienced, so hostile to the subtle hypotheses of a Faber, or the childlike belief of an Amy, that I must have destroyed the entire work if I had admitted such contradictions to its design!
soconjunctionUS /soʊ/
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading As I went over what I had before written, each link in its chain of reasoning seemed so serried, that to alter one were to derange all; and the whole reasoning was so opposed to the possibility of the wonders I myself had experienced, so hostile to the subtle hypotheses of a Faber, or the childlike belief of an Amy, that I must have destroyed the entire work if I had admitted such contradictions to its design!
soberadjectiveUS /ˈsoʊbər/
not affected by alcohol
From this reading But the work was I myself!--I, in my solid, sober, healthful mind, before the brain had been perplexed by a phantom.
solid
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From this reading But the work was I myself!--I, in my solid, sober, healthful mind, before the brain had been perplexed by a phantom.
subtle
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From this reading As I went over what I had before written, each link in its chain of reasoning seemed so serried, that to alter one were to derange all; and the whole reasoning was so opposed to the possibility of the wonders I myself had experienced, so hostile to the subtle hypotheses of a Faber, or the childlike belief of an Amy, that I must have destroyed the entire work if I had admitted such contradictions to its design!
suchdeterminerUS /sʌtʃ/
of the kind already mentioned
From this reading As I went over what I had before written, each link in its chain of reasoning seemed so serried, that to alter one were to derange all; and the whole reasoning was so opposed to the possibility of the wonders I myself had experienced, so hostile to the subtle hypotheses of a Faber, or the childlike belief of an Amy, that I must have destroyed the entire work if I had admitted such contradictions to its design!
testimonies
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From this reading Were phantoms to be allowed as testimonies against science?
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading As I went over what I had before written, each link in its chain of reasoning seemed so serried, that to alter one were to derange all; and the whole reasoning was so opposed to the possibility of the wonders I myself had experienced, so hostile to the subtle hypotheses of a Faber, or the childlike belief of an Amy, that I must have destroyed the entire work if I had admitted such contradictions to its design!
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading As I went over what I had before written, each link in its chain of reasoning seemed so serried, that to alter one were to derange all; and the whole reasoning was so opposed to the possibility of the wonders I myself had experienced, so hostile to the subtle hypotheses of a Faber, or the childlike belief of an Amy, that I must have destroyed the entire work if I had admitted such contradictions to its design!
there
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From this reading Far away from my household grief, far away from my haggard perplexities--neither a Lilian nor a Margrave there!
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading My Work, my Philosophical Work-the ambitious hope of my intellectual life--how eagerly I returned to it again!
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading As I went over what I had before written, each link in its chain of reasoning seemed so serried, that to alter one were to derange all; and the whole reasoning was so opposed to the possibility of the wonders I myself had experienced, so hostile to the subtle hypotheses of a Faber, or the childlike belief of an Amy, that I must have destroyed the entire work if I had admitted such contradictions to its design!
wentnounUS /went/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading As I went over what I had before written, each link in its chain of reasoning seemed so serried, that to alter one were to derange all; and the whole reasoning was so opposed to the possibility of the wonders I myself had experienced, so hostile to the subtle hypotheses of a Faber, or the childlike belief of an Amy, that I must have destroyed the entire work if I had admitted such contradictions to its design!
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading As I went over what I had before written, each link in its chain of reasoning seemed so serried, that to alter one were to derange all; and the whole reasoning was so opposed to the possibility of the wonders I myself had experienced, so hostile to the subtle hypotheses of a Faber, or the childlike belief of an Amy, that I must have destroyed the entire work if I had admitted such contradictions to its design!
whatpronounUS /wʌt/
used to ask for information about something
From this reading As I went over what I had before written, each link in its chain of reasoning seemed so serried, that to alter one were to derange all; and the whole reasoning was so opposed to the possibility of the wonders I myself had experienced, so hostile to the subtle hypotheses of a Faber, or the childlike belief of an Amy, that I must have destroyed the entire work if I had admitted such contradictions to its design!
whole
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From this reading As I went over what I had before written, each link in its chain of reasoning seemed so serried, that to alter one were to derange all; and the whole reasoning was so opposed to the possibility of the wonders I myself had experienced, so hostile to the subtle hypotheses of a Faber, or the childlike belief of an Amy, that I must have destroyed the entire work if I had admitted such contradictions to its design!
wonders
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From this reading As I went over what I had before written, each link in its chain of reasoning seemed so serried, that to alter one were to derange all; and the whole reasoning was so opposed to the possibility of the wonders I myself had experienced, so hostile to the subtle hypotheses of a Faber, or the childlike belief of an Amy, that I must have destroyed the entire work if I had admitted such contradictions to its design!
Work
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From this reading My Work, my Philosophical Work-the ambitious hope of my intellectual life--how eagerly I returned to it again!
Work-the
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From this reading My Work, my Philosophical Work-the ambitious hope of my intellectual life--how eagerly I returned to it again!
written
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From this reading As I went over what I had before written, each link in its chain of reasoning seemed so serried, that to alter one were to derange all; and the whole reasoning was so opposed to the possibility of the wonders I myself had experienced, so hostile to the subtle hypotheses of a Faber, or the childlike belief of an Amy, that I must have destroyed the entire work if I had admitted such contradictions to its design!
