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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 'In all his life he never engaged in a law suit.
abides
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From this reading Thus concludes the epitaph of Doctor Unonius, upon a modest stone in the churchyard of Polpeor, in Cornwall, of which parish he was, during his life, the general friend, as his scientific reputation now abides its boast.
acts
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From this reading To those who knew him in life there is a gentle irony in the thought that while, during life, his scientific attainments earned him nothing but neglect, their recognition grows now proportionately as the man himself, his face and habit, the spruce black suit he wore, and the thousand small acts of kindness he did, fade out of memory.
all
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From this reading 'In all his life he never engaged in a law suit.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Reader, try if you can go so far and be so good a man.'
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading Thus concludes the epitaph of Doctor Unonius, upon a modest stone in the churchyard of Polpeor, in Cornwall, of which parish he was, during his life, the general friend, as his scientific reputation now abides its boast.
attainments
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From this reading To those who knew him in life there is a gentle irony in the thought that while, during life, his scientific attainments earned him nothing but neglect, their recognition grows now proportionately as the man himself, his face and habit, the spruce black suit he wore, and the thousand small acts of kindness he did, fade out of memory.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading Reader, try if you can go so far and be so good a man.'
beforeprepositionUS /bɪˈfɔːr/
earlier than; in front of
From this reading 'Your late eminent fellow-parishioner, now these forty years with God,'--so the Bishop of the Diocese spoke the other day before unveiling a stained-glass window to that memory in Polpeor Church.
Bishop
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From this reading 'Your late eminent fellow-parishioner, now these forty years with God,'--so the Bishop of the Diocese spoke the other day before unveiling a stained-glass window to that memory in Polpeor Church.
black
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From this reading To those who knew him in life there is a gentle irony in the thought that while, during life, his scientific attainments earned him nothing but neglect, their recognition grows now proportionately as the man himself, his face and habit, the spruce black suit he wore, and the thousand small acts of kindness he did, fade out of memory.
boast
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From this reading Thus concludes the epitaph of Doctor Unonius, upon a modest stone in the churchyard of Polpeor, in Cornwall, of which parish he was, during his life, the general friend, as his scientific reputation now abides its boast.
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading To those who knew him in life there is a gentle irony in the thought that while, during life, his scientific attainments earned him nothing but neglect, their recognition grows now proportionately as the man himself, his face and habit, the spruce black suit he wore, and the thousand small acts of kindness he did, fade out of memory.
canmodal verbUS /kæn/
to be able to, or to be allowed to
From this reading Reader, try if you can go so far and be so good a man.'
Church
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From this reading 'Your late eminent fellow-parishioner, now these forty years with God,'--so the Bishop of the Diocese spoke the other day before unveiling a stained-glass window to that memory in Polpeor Church.
churchyard
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From this reading Thus concludes the epitaph of Doctor Unonius, upon a modest stone in the churchyard of Polpeor, in Cornwall, of which parish he was, during his life, the general friend, as his scientific reputation now abides its boast.
concludes
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From this reading Thus concludes the epitaph of Doctor Unonius, upon a modest stone in the churchyard of Polpeor, in Cornwall, of which parish he was, during his life, the general friend, as his scientific reputation now abides its boast.
Cornwall
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From this reading Thus concludes the epitaph of Doctor Unonius, upon a modest stone in the churchyard of Polpeor, in Cornwall, of which parish he was, during his life, the general friend, as his scientific reputation now abides its boast.
day
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From this reading 'Your late eminent fellow-parishioner, now these forty years with God,'--so the Bishop of the Diocese spoke the other day before unveiling a stained-glass window to that memory in Polpeor Church.
didauxiliary verbUS /dɪd/
the past form of “do”, used in questions and negatives
From this reading To those who knew him in life there is a gentle irony in the thought that while, during life, his scientific attainments earned him nothing but neglect, their recognition grows now proportionately as the man himself, his face and habit, the spruce black suit he wore, and the thousand small acts of kindness he did, fade out of memory.
Diocese
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From this reading 'Your late eminent fellow-parishioner, now these forty years with God,'--so the Bishop of the Diocese spoke the other day before unveiling a stained-glass window to that memory in Polpeor Church.
DoctornounUS /doctor/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Thus concludes the epitaph of Doctor Unonius, upon a modest stone in the churchyard of Polpeor, in Cornwall, of which parish he was, during his life, the general friend, as his scientific reputation now abides its boast.
duringprepositionUS /ˈdʊrɪŋ/
all through a period, or at some point within it
From this reading Thus concludes the epitaph of Doctor Unonius, upon a modest stone in the churchyard of Polpeor, in Cornwall, of which parish he was, during his life, the general friend, as his scientific reputation now abides its boast.
earned
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From this reading To those who knew him in life there is a gentle irony in the thought that while, during life, his scientific attainments earned him nothing but neglect, their recognition grows now proportionately as the man himself, his face and habit, the spruce black suit he wore, and the thousand small acts of kindness he did, fade out of memory.
eminent
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From this reading 'Your late eminent fellow-parishioner, now these forty years with God,'--so the Bishop of the Diocese spoke the other day before unveiling a stained-glass window to that memory in Polpeor Church.
engaged
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From this reading 'In all his life he never engaged in a law suit.
epitaph
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From this reading Thus concludes the epitaph of Doctor Unonius, upon a modest stone in the churchyard of Polpeor, in Cornwall, of which parish he was, during his life, the general friend, as his scientific reputation now abides its boast.
face
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From this reading To those who knew him in life there is a gentle irony in the thought that while, during life, his scientific attainments earned him nothing but neglect, their recognition grows now proportionately as the man himself, his face and habit, the spruce black suit he wore, and the thousand small acts of kindness he did, fade out of memory.
fade
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From this reading To those who knew him in life there is a gentle irony in the thought that while, during life, his scientific attainments earned him nothing but neglect, their recognition grows now proportionately as the man himself, his face and habit, the spruce black suit he wore, and the thousand small acts of kindness he did, fade out of memory.
far
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From this reading Reader, try if you can go so far and be so good a man.'
fellow-parishioner
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From this reading 'Your late eminent fellow-parishioner, now these forty years with God,'--so the Bishop of the Diocese spoke the other day before unveiling a stained-glass window to that memory in Polpeor Church.
forty
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From this reading 'Your late eminent fellow-parishioner, now these forty years with God,'--so the Bishop of the Diocese spoke the other day before unveiling a stained-glass window to that memory in Polpeor Church.
friend
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From this reading Thus concludes the epitaph of Doctor Unonius, upon a modest stone in the churchyard of Polpeor, in Cornwall, of which parish he was, during his life, the general friend, as his scientific reputation now abides its boast.
general
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From this reading Thus concludes the epitaph of Doctor Unonius, upon a modest stone in the churchyard of Polpeor, in Cornwall, of which parish he was, during his life, the general friend, as his scientific reputation now abides its boast.
gentle
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From this reading To those who knew him in life there is a gentle irony in the thought that while, during life, his scientific attainments earned him nothing but neglect, their recognition grows now proportionately as the man himself, his face and habit, the spruce black suit he wore, and the thousand small acts of kindness he did, fade out of memory.
go
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From this reading Reader, try if you can go so far and be so good a man.'
God
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From this reading 'Your late eminent fellow-parishioner, now these forty years with God,'--so the Bishop of the Diocese spoke the other day before unveiling a stained-glass window to that memory in Polpeor Church.
goodnounUS /good/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Reader, try if you can go so far and be so good a man.'
grows
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From this reading To those who knew him in life there is a gentle irony in the thought that while, during life, his scientific attainments earned him nothing but neglect, their recognition grows now proportionately as the man himself, his face and habit, the spruce black suit he wore, and the thousand small acts of kindness he did, fade out of memory.
habit
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From this reading To those who knew him in life there is a gentle irony in the thought that while, during life, his scientific attainments earned him nothing but neglect, their recognition grows now proportionately as the man himself, his face and habit, the spruce black suit he wore, and the thousand small acts of kindness he did, fade out of memory.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading 'In all his life he never engaged in a law suit.
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading To those who knew him in life there is a gentle irony in the thought that while, during life, his scientific attainments earned him nothing but neglect, their recognition grows now proportionately as the man himself, his face and habit, the spruce black suit he wore, and the thousand small acts of kindness he did, fade out of memory.
himselfpronounUS /hɪmˈself/
used when the man or boy doing the action is also its object
From this reading To those who knew him in life there is a gentle irony in the thought that while, during life, his scientific attainments earned him nothing but neglect, their recognition grows now proportionately as the man himself, his face and habit, the spruce black suit he wore, and the thousand small acts of kindness he did, fade out of memory.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading 'In all his life he never engaged in a law suit.
ifconjunctionUS /ɪf/
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading Reader, try if you can go so far and be so good a man.'
InprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading 'In all his life he never engaged in a law suit.
irony
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From this reading To those who knew him in life there is a gentle irony in the thought that while, during life, his scientific attainments earned him nothing but neglect, their recognition grows now proportionately as the man himself, his face and habit, the spruce black suit he wore, and the thousand small acts of kindness he did, fade out of memory.
isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading To those who knew him in life there is a gentle irony in the thought that while, during life, his scientific attainments earned him nothing but neglect, their recognition grows now proportionately as the man himself, his face and habit, the spruce black suit he wore, and the thousand small acts of kindness he did, fade out of memory.
itsdeterminerUS /ɪts/
belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned
From this reading Thus concludes the epitaph of Doctor Unonius, upon a modest stone in the churchyard of Polpeor, in Cornwall, of which parish he was, during his life, the general friend, as his scientific reputation now abides its boast.
kindness
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From this reading To those who knew him in life there is a gentle irony in the thought that while, during life, his scientific attainments earned him nothing but neglect, their recognition grows now proportionately as the man himself, his face and habit, the spruce black suit he wore, and the thousand small acts of kindness he did, fade out of memory.
knew
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From this reading To those who knew him in life there is a gentle irony in the thought that while, during life, his scientific attainments earned him nothing but neglect, their recognition grows now proportionately as the man himself, his face and habit, the spruce black suit he wore, and the thousand small acts of kindness he did, fade out of memory.
late
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From this reading 'Your late eminent fellow-parishioner, now these forty years with God,'--so the Bishop of the Diocese spoke the other day before unveiling a stained-glass window to that memory in Polpeor Church.
law
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From this reading 'In all his life he never engaged in a law suit.
lifenounUS /life/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading 'In all his life he never engaged in a law suit.
man
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From this reading Reader, try if you can go so far and be so good a man.'
memorynounUS /ˈmem.ər.i/
The faculty by which the mind stores and remembers information and knowledge.
From this reading To those who knew him in life there is a gentle irony in the thought that while, during life, his scientific attainments earned him nothing but neglect, their recognition grows now proportionately as the man himself, his face and habit, the spruce black suit he wore, and the thousand small acts of kindness he did, fade out of memory.
modest
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From this reading Thus concludes the epitaph of Doctor Unonius, upon a modest stone in the churchyard of Polpeor, in Cornwall, of which parish he was, during his life, the general friend, as his scientific reputation now abides its boast.
neglect
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From this reading To those who knew him in life there is a gentle irony in the thought that while, during life, his scientific attainments earned him nothing but neglect, their recognition grows now proportionately as the man himself, his face and habit, the spruce black suit he wore, and the thousand small acts of kindness he did, fade out of memory.
nevernounUS /never/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading 'In all his life he never engaged in a law suit.
nothingpronounUS /ˈnʌθɪŋ/
not one thing; not anything
From this reading To those who knew him in life there is a gentle irony in the thought that while, during life, his scientific attainments earned him nothing but neglect, their recognition grows now proportionately as the man himself, his face and habit, the spruce black suit he wore, and the thousand small acts of kindness he did, fade out of memory.
now
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From this reading Thus concludes the epitaph of Doctor Unonius, upon a modest stone in the churchyard of Polpeor, in Cornwall, of which parish he was, during his life, the general friend, as his scientific reputation now abides its boast.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Thus concludes the epitaph of Doctor Unonius, upon a modest stone in the churchyard of Polpeor, in Cornwall, of which parish he was, during his life, the general friend, as his scientific reputation now abides its boast.
other
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From this reading 'Your late eminent fellow-parishioner, now these forty years with God,'--so the Bishop of the Diocese spoke the other day before unveiling a stained-glass window to that memory in Polpeor Church.
out
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From this reading To those who knew him in life there is a gentle irony in the thought that while, during life, his scientific attainments earned him nothing but neglect, their recognition grows now proportionately as the man himself, his face and habit, the spruce black suit he wore, and the thousand small acts of kindness he did, fade out of memory.
parish
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From this reading Thus concludes the epitaph of Doctor Unonius, upon a modest stone in the churchyard of Polpeor, in Cornwall, of which parish he was, during his life, the general friend, as his scientific reputation now abides its boast.
Polpeor
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From this reading Thus concludes the epitaph of Doctor Unonius, upon a modest stone in the churchyard of Polpeor, in Cornwall, of which parish he was, during his life, the general friend, as his scientific reputation now abides its boast.
proportionately
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From this reading To those who knew him in life there is a gentle irony in the thought that while, during life, his scientific attainments earned him nothing but neglect, their recognition grows now proportionately as the man himself, his face and habit, the spruce black suit he wore, and the thousand small acts of kindness he did, fade out of memory.
Reader
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From this reading Reader, try if you can go so far and be so good a man.'
recognition
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From this reading To those who knew him in life there is a gentle irony in the thought that while, during life, his scientific attainments earned him nothing but neglect, their recognition grows now proportionately as the man himself, his face and habit, the spruce black suit he wore, and the thousand small acts of kindness he did, fade out of memory.
reputation
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From this reading Thus concludes the epitaph of Doctor Unonius, upon a modest stone in the churchyard of Polpeor, in Cornwall, of which parish he was, during his life, the general friend, as his scientific reputation now abides its boast.
scientific
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From this reading Thus concludes the epitaph of Doctor Unonius, upon a modest stone in the churchyard of Polpeor, in Cornwall, of which parish he was, during his life, the general friend, as his scientific reputation now abides its boast.
small
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From this reading To those who knew him in life there is a gentle irony in the thought that while, during life, his scientific attainments earned him nothing but neglect, their recognition grows now proportionately as the man himself, his face and habit, the spruce black suit he wore, and the thousand small acts of kindness he did, fade out of memory.
soconjunctionUS /soʊ/
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading Reader, try if you can go so far and be so good a man.'
spoke
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From this reading 'Your late eminent fellow-parishioner, now these forty years with God,'--so the Bishop of the Diocese spoke the other day before unveiling a stained-glass window to that memory in Polpeor Church.
spruce
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From this reading To those who knew him in life there is a gentle irony in the thought that while, during life, his scientific attainments earned him nothing but neglect, their recognition grows now proportionately as the man himself, his face and habit, the spruce black suit he wore, and the thousand small acts of kindness he did, fade out of memory.
stained-glass
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From this reading 'Your late eminent fellow-parishioner, now these forty years with God,'--so the Bishop of the Diocese spoke the other day before unveiling a stained-glass window to that memory in Polpeor Church.
stone
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From this reading Thus concludes the epitaph of Doctor Unonius, upon a modest stone in the churchyard of Polpeor, in Cornwall, of which parish he was, during his life, the general friend, as his scientific reputation now abides its boast.
suit
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From this reading 'In all his life he never engaged in a law suit.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading To those who knew him in life there is a gentle irony in the thought that while, during life, his scientific attainments earned him nothing but neglect, their recognition grows now proportionately as the man himself, his face and habit, the spruce black suit he wore, and the thousand small acts of kindness he did, fade out of memory.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Thus concludes the epitaph of Doctor Unonius, upon a modest stone in the churchyard of Polpeor, in Cornwall, of which parish he was, during his life, the general friend, as his scientific reputation now abides its boast.
theirdeterminerUS /ðer/
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading To those who knew him in life there is a gentle irony in the thought that while, during life, his scientific attainments earned him nothing but neglect, their recognition grows now proportionately as the man himself, his face and habit, the spruce black suit he wore, and the thousand small acts of kindness he did, fade out of memory.
there
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From this reading To those who knew him in life there is a gentle irony in the thought that while, during life, his scientific attainments earned him nothing but neglect, their recognition grows now proportionately as the man himself, his face and habit, the spruce black suit he wore, and the thousand small acts of kindness he did, fade out of memory.
thesedeterminerUS /ðiːz/
the plural of “this”: the people or things near, or just mentioned
From this reading 'Your late eminent fellow-parishioner, now these forty years with God,'--so the Bishop of the Diocese spoke the other day before unveiling a stained-glass window to that memory in Polpeor Church.
thosedeterminerUS /ðoʊz/
the plural of “that”: the people or things further away, or already known
From this reading To those who knew him in life there is a gentle irony in the thought that while, during life, his scientific attainments earned him nothing but neglect, their recognition grows now proportionately as the man himself, his face and habit, the spruce black suit he wore, and the thousand small acts of kindness he did, fade out of memory.
thoughtnounUS /thought/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading To those who knew him in life there is a gentle irony in the thought that while, during life, his scientific attainments earned him nothing but neglect, their recognition grows now proportionately as the man himself, his face and habit, the spruce black suit he wore, and the thousand small acts of kindness he did, fade out of memory.
thousand
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From this reading To those who knew him in life there is a gentle irony in the thought that while, during life, his scientific attainments earned him nothing but neglect, their recognition grows now proportionately as the man himself, his face and habit, the spruce black suit he wore, and the thousand small acts of kindness he did, fade out of memory.
Thus
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From this reading Thus concludes the epitaph of Doctor Unonius, upon a modest stone in the churchyard of Polpeor, in Cornwall, of which parish he was, during his life, the general friend, as his scientific reputation now abides its boast.
ToparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading To those who knew him in life there is a gentle irony in the thought that while, during life, his scientific attainments earned him nothing but neglect, their recognition grows now proportionately as the man himself, his face and habit, the spruce black suit he wore, and the thousand small acts of kindness he did, fade out of memory.
try
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From this reading Reader, try if you can go so far and be so good a man.'
Unonius
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From this reading Thus concludes the epitaph of Doctor Unonius, upon a modest stone in the churchyard of Polpeor, in Cornwall, of which parish he was, during his life, the general friend, as his scientific reputation now abides its boast.
unveiling
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From this reading 'Your late eminent fellow-parishioner, now these forty years with God,'--so the Bishop of the Diocese spoke the other day before unveiling a stained-glass window to that memory in Polpeor Church.
uponprepositionUS /əˈpɑːn/
a formal word for “on”
From this reading Thus concludes the epitaph of Doctor Unonius, upon a modest stone in the churchyard of Polpeor, in Cornwall, of which parish he was, during his life, the general friend, as his scientific reputation now abides its boast.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Thus concludes the epitaph of Doctor Unonius, upon a modest stone in the churchyard of Polpeor, in Cornwall, of which parish he was, during his life, the general friend, as his scientific reputation now abides its boast.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading Thus concludes the epitaph of Doctor Unonius, upon a modest stone in the churchyard of Polpeor, in Cornwall, of which parish he was, during his life, the general friend, as his scientific reputation now abides its boast.
whileconjunctionUS /waɪl/
during the time that
From this reading To those who knew him in life there is a gentle irony in the thought that while, during life, his scientific attainments earned him nothing but neglect, their recognition grows now proportionately as the man himself, his face and habit, the spruce black suit he wore, and the thousand small acts of kindness he did, fade out of memory.
whopronounUS /huː/
which person or people
From this reading To those who knew him in life there is a gentle irony in the thought that while, during life, his scientific attainments earned him nothing but neglect, their recognition grows now proportionately as the man himself, his face and habit, the spruce black suit he wore, and the thousand small acts of kindness he did, fade out of memory.
window
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From this reading 'Your late eminent fellow-parishioner, now these forty years with God,'--so the Bishop of the Diocese spoke the other day before unveiling a stained-glass window to that memory in Polpeor Church.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading 'Your late eminent fellow-parishioner, now these forty years with God,'--so the Bishop of the Diocese spoke the other day before unveiling a stained-glass window to that memory in Polpeor Church.
wore
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From this reading To those who knew him in life there is a gentle irony in the thought that while, during life, his scientific attainments earned him nothing but neglect, their recognition grows now proportionately as the man himself, his face and habit, the spruce black suit he wore, and the thousand small acts of kindness he did, fade out of memory.
years
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From this reading 'Your late eminent fellow-parishioner, now these forty years with God,'--so the Bishop of the Diocese spoke the other day before unveiling a stained-glass window to that memory in Polpeor Church.
youpronounUS /juː/
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading Reader, try if you can go so far and be so good a man.'
YourdeterminerUS /jɔːr/
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading 'Your late eminent fellow-parishioner, now these forty years with God,'--so the Bishop of the Diocese spoke the other day before unveiling a stained-glass window to that memory in Polpeor Church.
