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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 Every county has a little library of its own--guides to its towns, churches, abbeys, castles, rivers, mountains; finally, to the county as a whole.
abbeys
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From this reading Every county has a little library of its own--guides to its towns, churches, abbeys, castles, rivers, mountains; finally, to the county as a whole.
all
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From this reading Guide-books are so many that it seems probable we have more than any other country--possibly more than all the rest of the universe together.
also
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From this reading For these great works are also guide-books, containing everything we want to learn, only made on so huge a scale as to be suited to the coat pockets of Brobdingnagians rather than of little ordinary men.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading They are of all prices and all sizes, from the diminutive paper-covered booklet, worth a penny, to the stout cloth-bound octavo volume which costs eight or ten or twelve shillings, or to the gigantic folio county history, the huge repository from which the guide-book maker gets his materials.
any
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From this reading Guide-books are so many that it seems probable we have more than any other country--possibly more than all the rest of the universe together.
areauxiliary verbUS /ɑːr/
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading Guide-books are so many that it seems probable we have more than any other country--possibly more than all the rest of the universe together.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading Every county has a little library of its own--guides to its towns, churches, abbeys, castles, rivers, mountains; finally, to the county as a whole.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading For these great works are also guide-books, containing everything we want to learn, only made on so huge a scale as to be suited to the coat pockets of Brobdingnagians rather than of little ordinary men.
booklet
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From this reading They are of all prices and all sizes, from the diminutive paper-covered booklet, worth a penny, to the stout cloth-bound octavo volume which costs eight or ten or twelve shillings, or to the gigantic folio county history, the huge repository from which the guide-book maker gets his materials.
booksnounUS /bʊks/
Bound written or printed works.
From this reading The wonder of it all comes in when we find that these books, however old and comparatively worthless they may be, are practically never wholly out of date.
Brobdingnagians
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castles
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From this reading Every county has a little library of its own--guides to its towns, churches, abbeys, castles, rivers, mountains; finally, to the county as a whole.
churches
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From this reading Every county has a little library of its own--guides to its towns, churches, abbeys, castles, rivers, mountains; finally, to the county as a whole.
cloth-bound
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From this reading They are of all prices and all sizes, from the diminutive paper-covered booklet, worth a penny, to the stout cloth-bound octavo volume which costs eight or ten or twelve shillings, or to the gigantic folio county history, the huge repository from which the guide-book maker gets his materials.
coat
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comes
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comparatively
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From this reading The wonder of it all comes in when we find that these books, however old and comparatively worthless they may be, are practically never wholly out of date.
containing
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From this reading For these great works are also guide-books, containing everything we want to learn, only made on so huge a scale as to be suited to the coat pockets of Brobdingnagians rather than of little ordinary men.
costs
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From this reading They are of all prices and all sizes, from the diminutive paper-covered booklet, worth a penny, to the stout cloth-bound octavo volume which costs eight or ten or twelve shillings, or to the gigantic folio county history, the huge repository from which the guide-book maker gets his materials.
country
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county
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From this reading Every county has a little library of its own--guides to its towns, churches, abbeys, castles, rivers, mountains; finally, to the county as a whole.
date
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diminutive
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From this reading They are of all prices and all sizes, from the diminutive paper-covered booklet, worth a penny, to the stout cloth-bound octavo volume which costs eight or ten or twelve shillings, or to the gigantic folio county history, the huge repository from which the guide-book maker gets his materials.
eight
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From this reading They are of all prices and all sizes, from the diminutive paper-covered booklet, worth a penny, to the stout cloth-bound octavo volume which costs eight or ten or twelve shillings, or to the gigantic folio county history, the huge repository from which the guide-book maker gets his materials.
EverydeterminerUS /ˈevəri/
all the members of a group, with none left out
From this reading Every county has a little library of its own--guides to its towns, churches, abbeys, castles, rivers, mountains; finally, to the county as a whole.
everythingpronounUS /ˈevriθɪŋ/
all things; all of a situation
From this reading For these great works are also guide-books, containing everything we want to learn, only made on so huge a scale as to be suited to the coat pockets of Brobdingnagians rather than of little ordinary men.
finally
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From this reading Every county has a little library of its own--guides to its towns, churches, abbeys, castles, rivers, mountains; finally, to the county as a whole.
find
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From this reading The wonder of it all comes in when we find that these books, however old and comparatively worthless they may be, are practically never wholly out of date.
folio
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From this reading They are of all prices and all sizes, from the diminutive paper-covered booklet, worth a penny, to the stout cloth-bound octavo volume which costs eight or ten or twelve shillings, or to the gigantic folio county history, the huge repository from which the guide-book maker gets his materials.
ForprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading For these great works are also guide-books, containing everything we want to learn, only made on so huge a scale as to be suited to the coat pockets of Brobdingnagians rather than of little ordinary men.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading They are of all prices and all sizes, from the diminutive paper-covered booklet, worth a penny, to the stout cloth-bound octavo volume which costs eight or ten or twelve shillings, or to the gigantic folio county history, the huge repository from which the guide-book maker gets his materials.
gets
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From this reading They are of all prices and all sizes, from the diminutive paper-covered booklet, worth a penny, to the stout cloth-bound octavo volume which costs eight or ten or twelve shillings, or to the gigantic folio county history, the huge repository from which the guide-book maker gets his materials.
gigantic
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From this reading They are of all prices and all sizes, from the diminutive paper-covered booklet, worth a penny, to the stout cloth-bound octavo volume which costs eight or ten or twelve shillings, or to the gigantic folio county history, the huge repository from which the guide-book maker gets his materials.
greatnounUS /great/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading For these great works are also guide-books, containing everything we want to learn, only made on so huge a scale as to be suited to the coat pockets of Brobdingnagians rather than of little ordinary men.
guide-book
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From this reading They are of all prices and all sizes, from the diminutive paper-covered booklet, worth a penny, to the stout cloth-bound octavo volume which costs eight or ten or twelve shillings, or to the gigantic folio county history, the huge repository from which the guide-book maker gets his materials.
Guide-books
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From this reading Guide-books are so many that it seems probable we have more than any other country--possibly more than all the rest of the universe together.
guides
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From this reading Every county has a little library of its own--guides to its towns, churches, abbeys, castles, rivers, mountains; finally, to the county as a whole.
hasauxiliary verbUS /hæz/
the form of “have” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Every county has a little library of its own--guides to its towns, churches, abbeys, castles, rivers, mountains; finally, to the county as a whole.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading Guide-books are so many that it seems probable we have more than any other country--possibly more than all the rest of the universe together.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading They are of all prices and all sizes, from the diminutive paper-covered booklet, worth a penny, to the stout cloth-bound octavo volume which costs eight or ten or twelve shillings, or to the gigantic folio county history, the huge repository from which the guide-book maker gets his materials.
history
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From this reading They are of all prices and all sizes, from the diminutive paper-covered booklet, worth a penny, to the stout cloth-bound octavo volume which costs eight or ten or twelve shillings, or to the gigantic folio county history, the huge repository from which the guide-book maker gets his materials.
howeveradverbUS /ˌhaʊˈevər/
used to add a contrasting statement
From this reading The wonder of it all comes in when we find that these books, however old and comparatively worthless they may be, are practically never wholly out of date.
huge
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From this reading They are of all prices and all sizes, from the diminutive paper-covered booklet, worth a penny, to the stout cloth-bound octavo volume which costs eight or ten or twelve shillings, or to the gigantic folio county history, the huge repository from which the guide-book maker gets his materials.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading The wonder of it all comes in when we find that these books, however old and comparatively worthless they may be, are practically never wholly out of date.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading Guide-books are so many that it seems probable we have more than any other country--possibly more than all the rest of the universe together.
itsdeterminerUS /ɪts/
belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned
From this reading Every county has a little library of its own--guides to its towns, churches, abbeys, castles, rivers, mountains; finally, to the county as a whole.
learn
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library
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From this reading Every county has a little library of its own--guides to its towns, churches, abbeys, castles, rivers, mountains; finally, to the county as a whole.
littlenounUS /little/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Every county has a little library of its own--guides to its towns, churches, abbeys, castles, rivers, mountains; finally, to the county as a whole.
made
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maker
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From this reading They are of all prices and all sizes, from the diminutive paper-covered booklet, worth a penny, to the stout cloth-bound octavo volume which costs eight or ten or twelve shillings, or to the gigantic folio county history, the huge repository from which the guide-book maker gets his materials.
many
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From this reading Guide-books are so many that it seems probable we have more than any other country--possibly more than all the rest of the universe together.
materials
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From this reading They are of all prices and all sizes, from the diminutive paper-covered booklet, worth a penny, to the stout cloth-bound octavo volume which costs eight or ten or twelve shillings, or to the gigantic folio county history, the huge repository from which the guide-book maker gets his materials.
maymodal verbUS /meɪ/
used to say something is possible, or to give permission
From this reading The wonder of it all comes in when we find that these books, however old and comparatively worthless they may be, are practically never wholly out of date.
men
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From this reading For these great works are also guide-books, containing everything we want to learn, only made on so huge a scale as to be suited to the coat pockets of Brobdingnagians rather than of little ordinary men.
more
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From this reading Guide-books are so many that it seems probable we have more than any other country--possibly more than all the rest of the universe together.
mountains
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From this reading Every county has a little library of its own--guides to its towns, churches, abbeys, castles, rivers, mountains; finally, to the county as a whole.
nevernounUS /never/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The wonder of it all comes in when we find that these books, however old and comparatively worthless they may be, are practically never wholly out of date.
octavo
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ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Guide-books are so many that it seems probable we have more than any other country--possibly more than all the rest of the universe together.
old
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From this reading The wonder of it all comes in when we find that these books, however old and comparatively worthless they may be, are practically never wholly out of date.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading For these great works are also guide-books, containing everything we want to learn, only made on so huge a scale as to be suited to the coat pockets of Brobdingnagians rather than of little ordinary men.
only
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From this reading For these great works are also guide-books, containing everything we want to learn, only made on so huge a scale as to be suited to the coat pockets of Brobdingnagians rather than of little ordinary men.
orconjunctionUS /ɔːr/
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading They are of all prices and all sizes, from the diminutive paper-covered booklet, worth a penny, to the stout cloth-bound octavo volume which costs eight or ten or twelve shillings, or to the gigantic folio county history, the huge repository from which the guide-book maker gets his materials.
ordinary
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From this reading For these great works are also guide-books, containing everything we want to learn, only made on so huge a scale as to be suited to the coat pockets of Brobdingnagians rather than of little ordinary men.
other
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out
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From this reading The wonder of it all comes in when we find that these books, however old and comparatively worthless they may be, are practically never wholly out of date.
own
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From this reading Every county has a little library of its own--guides to its towns, churches, abbeys, castles, rivers, mountains; finally, to the county as a whole.
paper-covered
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penny
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pockets
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possibly
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practically
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prices
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From this reading They are of all prices and all sizes, from the diminutive paper-covered booklet, worth a penny, to the stout cloth-bound octavo volume which costs eight or ten or twelve shillings, or to the gigantic folio county history, the huge repository from which the guide-book maker gets his materials.
probable
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From this reading Guide-books are so many that it seems probable we have more than any other country--possibly more than all the rest of the universe together.
rather
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From this reading For these great works are also guide-books, containing everything we want to learn, only made on so huge a scale as to be suited to the coat pockets of Brobdingnagians rather than of little ordinary men.
repository
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From this reading They are of all prices and all sizes, from the diminutive paper-covered booklet, worth a penny, to the stout cloth-bound octavo volume which costs eight or ten or twelve shillings, or to the gigantic folio county history, the huge repository from which the guide-book maker gets his materials.
restnounUS /rest/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Guide-books are so many that it seems probable we have more than any other country--possibly more than all the rest of the universe together.
rivers
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From this reading Every county has a little library of its own--guides to its towns, churches, abbeys, castles, rivers, mountains; finally, to the county as a whole.
scale
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seems
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From this reading Guide-books are so many that it seems probable we have more than any other country--possibly more than all the rest of the universe together.
shillings
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From this reading They are of all prices and all sizes, from the diminutive paper-covered booklet, worth a penny, to the stout cloth-bound octavo volume which costs eight or ten or twelve shillings, or to the gigantic folio county history, the huge repository from which the guide-book maker gets his materials.
sizes
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From this reading They are of all prices and all sizes, from the diminutive paper-covered booklet, worth a penny, to the stout cloth-bound octavo volume which costs eight or ten or twelve shillings, or to the gigantic folio county history, the huge repository from which the guide-book maker gets his materials.
soconjunctionUS /soʊ/
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading Guide-books are so many that it seems probable we have more than any other country--possibly more than all the rest of the universe together.
stout
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From this reading They are of all prices and all sizes, from the diminutive paper-covered booklet, worth a penny, to the stout cloth-bound octavo volume which costs eight or ten or twelve shillings, or to the gigantic folio county history, the huge repository from which the guide-book maker gets his materials.
suited
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From this reading For these great works are also guide-books, containing everything we want to learn, only made on so huge a scale as to be suited to the coat pockets of Brobdingnagians rather than of little ordinary men.
ten
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From this reading They are of all prices and all sizes, from the diminutive paper-covered booklet, worth a penny, to the stout cloth-bound octavo volume which costs eight or ten or twelve shillings, or to the gigantic folio county history, the huge repository from which the guide-book maker gets his materials.
thanconjunctionUS /ðæn/
used to introduce the second part of a comparison
From this reading Guide-books are so many that it seems probable we have more than any other country--possibly more than all the rest of the universe together.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Guide-books are so many that it seems probable we have more than any other country--possibly more than all the rest of the universe together.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Guide-books are so many that it seems probable we have more than any other country--possibly more than all the rest of the universe together.
thesedeterminerUS /ðiːz/
the plural of “this”: the people or things near, or just mentioned
From this reading For these great works are also guide-books, containing everything we want to learn, only made on so huge a scale as to be suited to the coat pockets of Brobdingnagians rather than of little ordinary men.
TheypronounUS /ðeɪ/
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading They are of all prices and all sizes, from the diminutive paper-covered booklet, worth a penny, to the stout cloth-bound octavo volume which costs eight or ten or twelve shillings, or to the gigantic folio county history, the huge repository from which the guide-book maker gets his materials.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Every county has a little library of its own--guides to its towns, churches, abbeys, castles, rivers, mountains; finally, to the county as a whole.
together
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From this reading Guide-books are so many that it seems probable we have more than any other country--possibly more than all the rest of the universe together.
towns
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From this reading Every county has a little library of its own--guides to its towns, churches, abbeys, castles, rivers, mountains; finally, to the county as a whole.
twelve
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From this reading They are of all prices and all sizes, from the diminutive paper-covered booklet, worth a penny, to the stout cloth-bound octavo volume which costs eight or ten or twelve shillings, or to the gigantic folio county history, the huge repository from which the guide-book maker gets his materials.
universe
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From this reading Guide-books are so many that it seems probable we have more than any other country--possibly more than all the rest of the universe together.
volume
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From this reading They are of all prices and all sizes, from the diminutive paper-covered booklet, worth a penny, to the stout cloth-bound octavo volume which costs eight or ten or twelve shillings, or to the gigantic folio county history, the huge repository from which the guide-book maker gets his materials.
want
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From this reading For these great works are also guide-books, containing everything we want to learn, only made on so huge a scale as to be suited to the coat pockets of Brobdingnagians rather than of little ordinary men.
wepronounUS /wiː/
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading Guide-books are so many that it seems probable we have more than any other country--possibly more than all the rest of the universe together.
whenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading The wonder of it all comes in when we find that these books, however old and comparatively worthless they may be, are practically never wholly out of date.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading They are of all prices and all sizes, from the diminutive paper-covered booklet, worth a penny, to the stout cloth-bound octavo volume which costs eight or ten or twelve shillings, or to the gigantic folio county history, the huge repository from which the guide-book maker gets his materials.
whole
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From this reading Every county has a little library of its own--guides to its towns, churches, abbeys, castles, rivers, mountains; finally, to the county as a whole.
wholly
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wonder
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From this reading The wonder of it all comes in when we find that these books, however old and comparatively worthless they may be, are practically never wholly out of date.
works
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worth
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From this reading They are of all prices and all sizes, from the diminutive paper-covered booklet, worth a penny, to the stout cloth-bound octavo volume which costs eight or ten or twelve shillings, or to the gigantic folio county history, the huge repository from which the guide-book maker gets his materials.
worthless
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From this reading The wonder of it all comes in when we find that these books, however old and comparatively worthless they may be, are practically never wholly out of date.
