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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 With fifty illustrations by TOD DWIGGINS The Author of “Helen’s Babies” dedicated that book “To the Parents of the Best Children in the World”; and his commercial hint appended thereunto was so generally taken, that he is impelled by selfishness to seek even a larger class to which to inscribe the present volume.
account
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From this reading Being an account of the further doings of these marvelously precocious children.
address
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From this reading The many indulgent men and women who liked “Helen’s Babies” so well that they wished they had written it themselves would have changed their minds could they have been compelled to read criticisms of a certain kind that were inflicted upon the author as soon as his name and mail address became known.
andeterminerUS /æn/
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading Being an account of the further doings of these marvelously precocious children.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading With fifty illustrations by TOD DWIGGINS The Author of “Helen’s Babies” dedicated that book “To the Parents of the Best Children in the World”; and his commercial hint appended thereunto was so generally taken, that he is impelled by selfishness to seek even a larger class to which to inscribe the present volume.
appended
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From this reading With fifty illustrations by TOD DWIGGINS The Author of “Helen’s Babies” dedicated that book “To the Parents of the Best Children in the World”; and his commercial hint appended thereunto was so generally taken, that he is impelled by selfishness to seek even a larger class to which to inscribe the present volume.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading The many indulgent men and women who liked “Helen’s Babies” so well that they wished they had written it themselves would have changed their minds could they have been compelled to read criticisms of a certain kind that were inflicted upon the author as soon as his name and mail address became known.
AUTHOR
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From this reading AUTHOR OF HELEN’S BABIES, etc., etc..
BABIES
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From this reading AUTHOR OF HELEN’S BABIES, etc., etc..
became
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From this reading The many indulgent men and women who liked “Helen’s Babies” so well that they wished they had written it themselves would have changed their minds could they have been compelled to read criticisms of a certain kind that were inflicted upon the author as soon as his name and mail address became known.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading The many indulgent men and women who liked “Helen’s Babies” so well that they wished they had written it themselves would have changed their minds could they have been compelled to read criticisms of a certain kind that were inflicted upon the author as soon as his name and mail address became known.
Beingauxiliary verbUS /ˈbiːɪŋ/
the -ing form of “be”
From this reading Being an account of the further doings of these marvelously precocious children.
Best
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From this reading With fifty illustrations by TOD DWIGGINS The Author of “Helen’s Babies” dedicated that book “To the Parents of the Best Children in the World”; and his commercial hint appended thereunto was so generally taken, that he is impelled by selfishness to seek even a larger class to which to inscribe the present volume.
book
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From this reading With fifty illustrations by TOD DWIGGINS The Author of “Helen’s Babies” dedicated that book “To the Parents of the Best Children in the World”; and his commercial hint appended thereunto was so generally taken, that he is impelled by selfishness to seek even a larger class to which to inscribe the present volume.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading With fifty illustrations by TOD DWIGGINS The Author of “Helen’s Babies” dedicated that book “To the Parents of the Best Children in the World”; and his commercial hint appended thereunto was so generally taken, that he is impelled by selfishness to seek even a larger class to which to inscribe the present volume.
certain
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From this reading The many indulgent men and women who liked “Helen’s Babies” so well that they wished they had written it themselves would have changed their minds could they have been compelled to read criticisms of a certain kind that were inflicted upon the author as soon as his name and mail address became known.
changed
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From this reading The many indulgent men and women who liked “Helen’s Babies” so well that they wished they had written it themselves would have changed their minds could they have been compelled to read criticisms of a certain kind that were inflicted upon the author as soon as his name and mail address became known.
children
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From this reading Being an account of the further doings of these marvelously precocious children.
class
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From this reading With fifty illustrations by TOD DWIGGINS The Author of “Helen’s Babies” dedicated that book “To the Parents of the Best Children in the World”; and his commercial hint appended thereunto was so generally taken, that he is impelled by selfishness to seek even a larger class to which to inscribe the present volume.
commercial
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From this reading With fifty illustrations by TOD DWIGGINS The Author of “Helen’s Babies” dedicated that book “To the Parents of the Best Children in the World”; and his commercial hint appended thereunto was so generally taken, that he is impelled by selfishness to seek even a larger class to which to inscribe the present volume.
compelled
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From this reading The many indulgent men and women who liked “Helen’s Babies” so well that they wished they had written it themselves would have changed their minds could they have been compelled to read criticisms of a certain kind that were inflicted upon the author as soon as his name and mail address became known.
couldmodal verbUS /kʊd/
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading The many indulgent men and women who liked “Helen’s Babies” so well that they wished they had written it themselves would have changed their minds could they have been compelled to read criticisms of a certain kind that were inflicted upon the author as soon as his name and mail address became known.
criticisms
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From this reading The many indulgent men and women who liked “Helen’s Babies” so well that they wished they had written it themselves would have changed their minds could they have been compelled to read criticisms of a certain kind that were inflicted upon the author as soon as his name and mail address became known.
dedicated
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From this reading With fifty illustrations by TOD DWIGGINS The Author of “Helen’s Babies” dedicated that book “To the Parents of the Best Children in the World”; and his commercial hint appended thereunto was so generally taken, that he is impelled by selfishness to seek even a larger class to which to inscribe the present volume.
dedicates
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From this reading He therefore dedicates it to =Those Who Know How to Manage Other People’s Children=.
doings
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From this reading Being an account of the further doings of these marvelously precocious children.
DWIGGINS
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From this reading With fifty illustrations by TOD DWIGGINS The Author of “Helen’s Babies” dedicated that book “To the Parents of the Best Children in the World”; and his commercial hint appended thereunto was so generally taken, that he is impelled by selfishness to seek even a larger class to which to inscribe the present volume.
etc
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From this reading AUTHOR OF HELEN’S BABIES, etc., etc..
evennounUS /even/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading With fifty illustrations by TOD DWIGGINS The Author of “Helen’s Babies” dedicated that book “To the Parents of the Best Children in the World”; and his commercial hint appended thereunto was so generally taken, that he is impelled by selfishness to seek even a larger class to which to inscribe the present volume.
fifty
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From this reading With fifty illustrations by TOD DWIGGINS The Author of “Helen’s Babies” dedicated that book “To the Parents of the Best Children in the World”; and his commercial hint appended thereunto was so generally taken, that he is impelled by selfishness to seek even a larger class to which to inscribe the present volume.
further
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From this reading Being an account of the further doings of these marvelously precocious children.
generally
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From this reading With fifty illustrations by TOD DWIGGINS The Author of “Helen’s Babies” dedicated that book “To the Parents of the Best Children in the World”; and his commercial hint appended thereunto was so generally taken, that he is impelled by selfishness to seek even a larger class to which to inscribe the present volume.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading The many indulgent men and women who liked “Helen’s Babies” so well that they wished they had written it themselves would have changed their minds could they have been compelled to read criticisms of a certain kind that were inflicted upon the author as soon as his name and mail address became known.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading The many indulgent men and women who liked “Helen’s Babies” so well that they wished they had written it themselves would have changed their minds could they have been compelled to read criticisms of a certain kind that were inflicted upon the author as soon as his name and mail address became known.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading With fifty illustrations by TOD DWIGGINS The Author of “Helen’s Babies” dedicated that book “To the Parents of the Best Children in the World”; and his commercial hint appended thereunto was so generally taken, that he is impelled by selfishness to seek even a larger class to which to inscribe the present volume.
HELEN'S
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From this reading AUTHOR OF HELEN’S BABIES, etc., etc..
hint
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From this reading With fifty illustrations by TOD DWIGGINS The Author of “Helen’s Babies” dedicated that book “To the Parents of the Best Children in the World”; and his commercial hint appended thereunto was so generally taken, that he is impelled by selfishness to seek even a larger class to which to inscribe the present volume.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading With fifty illustrations by TOD DWIGGINS The Author of “Helen’s Babies” dedicated that book “To the Parents of the Best Children in the World”; and his commercial hint appended thereunto was so generally taken, that he is impelled by selfishness to seek even a larger class to which to inscribe the present volume.
How
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From this reading He therefore dedicates it to =Those Who Know How to Manage Other People’s Children=.
illustrations
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From this reading With fifty illustrations by TOD DWIGGINS The Author of “Helen’s Babies” dedicated that book “To the Parents of the Best Children in the World”; and his commercial hint appended thereunto was so generally taken, that he is impelled by selfishness to seek even a larger class to which to inscribe the present volume.
impelled
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From this reading With fifty illustrations by TOD DWIGGINS The Author of “Helen’s Babies” dedicated that book “To the Parents of the Best Children in the World”; and his commercial hint appended thereunto was so generally taken, that he is impelled by selfishness to seek even a larger class to which to inscribe the present volume.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading With fifty illustrations by TOD DWIGGINS The Author of “Helen’s Babies” dedicated that book “To the Parents of the Best Children in the World”; and his commercial hint appended thereunto was so generally taken, that he is impelled by selfishness to seek even a larger class to which to inscribe the present volume.
indulgent
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From this reading The many indulgent men and women who liked “Helen’s Babies” so well that they wished they had written it themselves would have changed their minds could they have been compelled to read criticisms of a certain kind that were inflicted upon the author as soon as his name and mail address became known.
inflicted
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From this reading The many indulgent men and women who liked “Helen’s Babies” so well that they wished they had written it themselves would have changed their minds could they have been compelled to read criticisms of a certain kind that were inflicted upon the author as soon as his name and mail address became known.
inscribe
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From this reading With fifty illustrations by TOD DWIGGINS The Author of “Helen’s Babies” dedicated that book “To the Parents of the Best Children in the World”; and his commercial hint appended thereunto was so generally taken, that he is impelled by selfishness to seek even a larger class to which to inscribe the present volume.
isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading With fifty illustrations by TOD DWIGGINS The Author of “Helen’s Babies” dedicated that book “To the Parents of the Best Children in the World”; and his commercial hint appended thereunto was so generally taken, that he is impelled by selfishness to seek even a larger class to which to inscribe the present volume.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading He therefore dedicates it to =Those Who Know How to Manage Other People’s Children=.
kind
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From this reading The many indulgent men and women who liked “Helen’s Babies” so well that they wished they had written it themselves would have changed their minds could they have been compelled to read criticisms of a certain kind that were inflicted upon the author as soon as his name and mail address became known.
KnownounUS /know/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading He therefore dedicates it to =Those Who Know How to Manage Other People’s Children=.
known
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From this reading The many indulgent men and women who liked “Helen’s Babies” so well that they wished they had written it themselves would have changed their minds could they have been compelled to read criticisms of a certain kind that were inflicted upon the author as soon as his name and mail address became known.
larger
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From this reading With fifty illustrations by TOD DWIGGINS The Author of “Helen’s Babies” dedicated that book “To the Parents of the Best Children in the World”; and his commercial hint appended thereunto was so generally taken, that he is impelled by selfishness to seek even a larger class to which to inscribe the present volume.
liked
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From this reading The many indulgent men and women who liked “Helen’s Babies” so well that they wished they had written it themselves would have changed their minds could they have been compelled to read criticisms of a certain kind that were inflicted upon the author as soon as his name and mail address became known.
mail
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From this reading The many indulgent men and women who liked “Helen’s Babies” so well that they wished they had written it themselves would have changed their minds could they have been compelled to read criticisms of a certain kind that were inflicted upon the author as soon as his name and mail address became known.
Manage
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From this reading He therefore dedicates it to =Those Who Know How to Manage Other People’s Children=.
many
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From this reading The many indulgent men and women who liked “Helen’s Babies” so well that they wished they had written it themselves would have changed their minds could they have been compelled to read criticisms of a certain kind that were inflicted upon the author as soon as his name and mail address became known.
marvelously
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From this reading Being an account of the further doings of these marvelously precocious children.
men
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From this reading The many indulgent men and women who liked “Helen’s Babies” so well that they wished they had written it themselves would have changed their minds could they have been compelled to read criticisms of a certain kind that were inflicted upon the author as soon as his name and mail address became known.
minds
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From this reading The many indulgent men and women who liked “Helen’s Babies” so well that they wished they had written it themselves would have changed their minds could they have been compelled to read criticisms of a certain kind that were inflicted upon the author as soon as his name and mail address became known.
namenounUS /name/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The many indulgent men and women who liked “Helen’s Babies” so well that they wished they had written it themselves would have changed their minds could they have been compelled to read criticisms of a certain kind that were inflicted upon the author as soon as his name and mail address became known.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Being an account of the further doings of these marvelously precocious children.
Other
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From this reading He therefore dedicates it to =Those Who Know How to Manage Other People’s Children=.
Parents
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From this reading With fifty illustrations by TOD DWIGGINS The Author of “Helen’s Babies” dedicated that book “To the Parents of the Best Children in the World”; and his commercial hint appended thereunto was so generally taken, that he is impelled by selfishness to seek even a larger class to which to inscribe the present volume.
People's
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From this reading He therefore dedicates it to =Those Who Know How to Manage Other People’s Children=.
precocious
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From this reading Being an account of the further doings of these marvelously precocious children.
present
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From this reading With fifty illustrations by TOD DWIGGINS The Author of “Helen’s Babies” dedicated that book “To the Parents of the Best Children in the World”; and his commercial hint appended thereunto was so generally taken, that he is impelled by selfishness to seek even a larger class to which to inscribe the present volume.
read
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From this reading The many indulgent men and women who liked “Helen’s Babies” so well that they wished they had written it themselves would have changed their minds could they have been compelled to read criticisms of a certain kind that were inflicted upon the author as soon as his name and mail address became known.
seek
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From this reading With fifty illustrations by TOD DWIGGINS The Author of “Helen’s Babies” dedicated that book “To the Parents of the Best Children in the World”; and his commercial hint appended thereunto was so generally taken, that he is impelled by selfishness to seek even a larger class to which to inscribe the present volume.
selfishness
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From this reading With fifty illustrations by TOD DWIGGINS The Author of “Helen’s Babies” dedicated that book “To the Parents of the Best Children in the World”; and his commercial hint appended thereunto was so generally taken, that he is impelled by selfishness to seek even a larger class to which to inscribe the present volume.
soconjunctionUS /soʊ/
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading With fifty illustrations by TOD DWIGGINS The Author of “Helen’s Babies” dedicated that book “To the Parents of the Best Children in the World”; and his commercial hint appended thereunto was so generally taken, that he is impelled by selfishness to seek even a larger class to which to inscribe the present volume.
soon
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From this reading The many indulgent men and women who liked “Helen’s Babies” so well that they wished they had written it themselves would have changed their minds could they have been compelled to read criticisms of a certain kind that were inflicted upon the author as soon as his name and mail address became known.
taken
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From this reading With fifty illustrations by TOD DWIGGINS The Author of “Helen’s Babies” dedicated that book “To the Parents of the Best Children in the World”; and his commercial hint appended thereunto was so generally taken, that he is impelled by selfishness to seek even a larger class to which to inscribe the present volume.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading With fifty illustrations by TOD DWIGGINS The Author of “Helen’s Babies” dedicated that book “To the Parents of the Best Children in the World”; and his commercial hint appended thereunto was so generally taken, that he is impelled by selfishness to seek even a larger class to which to inscribe the present volume.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Being an account of the further doings of these marvelously precocious children.
theirdeterminerUS /ðer/
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading The many indulgent men and women who liked “Helen’s Babies” so well that they wished they had written it themselves would have changed their minds could they have been compelled to read criticisms of a certain kind that were inflicted upon the author as soon as his name and mail address became known.
themselvespronounUS /ðemˈselvz/
used when the people doing the action are also its object
From this reading The many indulgent men and women who liked “Helen’s Babies” so well that they wished they had written it themselves would have changed their minds could they have been compelled to read criticisms of a certain kind that were inflicted upon the author as soon as his name and mail address became known.
thereforeadverbUS /ˈðerfɔːr/
for that reason; as a result
From this reading He therefore dedicates it to =Those Who Know How to Manage Other People’s Children=.
thereunto
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From this reading With fifty illustrations by TOD DWIGGINS The Author of “Helen’s Babies” dedicated that book “To the Parents of the Best Children in the World”; and his commercial hint appended thereunto was so generally taken, that he is impelled by selfishness to seek even a larger class to which to inscribe the present volume.
thesedeterminerUS /ðiːz/
the plural of “this”: the people or things near, or just mentioned
From this reading Being an account of the further doings of these marvelously precocious children.
theypronounUS /ðeɪ/
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading The many indulgent men and women who liked “Helen’s Babies” so well that they wished they had written it themselves would have changed their minds could they have been compelled to read criticisms of a certain kind that were inflicted upon the author as soon as his name and mail address became known.
ThosedeterminerUS /ðoʊz/
the plural of “that”: the people or things further away, or already known
From this reading He therefore dedicates it to =Those Who Know How to Manage Other People’s Children=.
ToparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading With fifty illustrations by TOD DWIGGINS The Author of “Helen’s Babies” dedicated that book “To the Parents of the Best Children in the World”; and his commercial hint appended thereunto was so generally taken, that he is impelled by selfishness to seek even a larger class to which to inscribe the present volume.
TOD
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From this reading With fifty illustrations by TOD DWIGGINS The Author of “Helen’s Babies” dedicated that book “To the Parents of the Best Children in the World”; and his commercial hint appended thereunto was so generally taken, that he is impelled by selfishness to seek even a larger class to which to inscribe the present volume.
uponprepositionUS /əˈpɑːn/
a formal word for “on”
From this reading The many indulgent men and women who liked “Helen’s Babies” so well that they wished they had written it themselves would have changed their minds could they have been compelled to read criticisms of a certain kind that were inflicted upon the author as soon as his name and mail address became known.
volume
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From this reading With fifty illustrations by TOD DWIGGINS The Author of “Helen’s Babies” dedicated that book “To the Parents of the Best Children in the World”; and his commercial hint appended thereunto was so generally taken, that he is impelled by selfishness to seek even a larger class to which to inscribe the present volume.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading With fifty illustrations by TOD DWIGGINS The Author of “Helen’s Babies” dedicated that book “To the Parents of the Best Children in the World”; and his commercial hint appended thereunto was so generally taken, that he is impelled by selfishness to seek even a larger class to which to inscribe the present volume.
well
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From this reading The many indulgent men and women who liked “Helen’s Babies” so well that they wished they had written it themselves would have changed their minds could they have been compelled to read criticisms of a certain kind that were inflicted upon the author as soon as his name and mail address became known.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading The many indulgent men and women who liked “Helen’s Babies” so well that they wished they had written it themselves would have changed their minds could they have been compelled to read criticisms of a certain kind that were inflicted upon the author as soon as his name and mail address became known.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading With fifty illustrations by TOD DWIGGINS The Author of “Helen’s Babies” dedicated that book “To the Parents of the Best Children in the World”; and his commercial hint appended thereunto was so generally taken, that he is impelled by selfishness to seek even a larger class to which to inscribe the present volume.
WhopronounUS /huː/
which person or people
From this reading He therefore dedicates it to =Those Who Know How to Manage Other People’s Children=.
wished
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From this reading The many indulgent men and women who liked “Helen’s Babies” so well that they wished they had written it themselves would have changed their minds could they have been compelled to read criticisms of a certain kind that were inflicted upon the author as soon as his name and mail address became known.
WithprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading With fifty illustrations by TOD DWIGGINS The Author of “Helen’s Babies” dedicated that book “To the Parents of the Best Children in the World”; and his commercial hint appended thereunto was so generally taken, that he is impelled by selfishness to seek even a larger class to which to inscribe the present volume.
women
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From this reading The many indulgent men and women who liked “Helen’s Babies” so well that they wished they had written it themselves would have changed their minds could they have been compelled to read criticisms of a certain kind that were inflicted upon the author as soon as his name and mail address became known.
World
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From this reading With fifty illustrations by TOD DWIGGINS The Author of “Helen’s Babies” dedicated that book “To the Parents of the Best Children in the World”; and his commercial hint appended thereunto was so generally taken, that he is impelled by selfishness to seek even a larger class to which to inscribe the present volume.
wouldmodal verbUS /wʊd/
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading The many indulgent men and women who liked “Helen’s Babies” so well that they wished they had written it themselves would have changed their minds could they have been compelled to read criticisms of a certain kind that were inflicted upon the author as soon as his name and mail address became known.
written
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From this reading The many indulgent men and women who liked “Helen’s Babies” so well that they wished they had written it themselves would have changed their minds could they have been compelled to read criticisms of a certain kind that were inflicted upon the author as soon as his name and mail address became known.
