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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 _For ever!_ All through the wintry day they hammer at his ears--those two small words that take up such a little space on a page, and yet cover eternity.
All
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From this reading _For ever!_ All through the wintry day they hammer at his ears--those two small words that take up such a little space on a page, and yet cover eternity.
always
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From this reading _For ever!_ They must always be solemn words, even though in the slackness of our loose vocabulary they are often fitted to periods no longer than ten minutes, than an hour, than six months.
andeterminerUS /æn/
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading _For ever!_ They must always be solemn words, even though in the slackness of our loose vocabulary they are often fitted to periods no longer than ten minutes, than an hour, than six months.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading _For ever!_ All through the wintry day they hammer at his ears--those two small words that take up such a little space on a page, and yet cover eternity.
areauxiliary verbUS /ɑːr/
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading _For ever!_ They must always be solemn words, even though in the slackness of our loose vocabulary they are often fitted to periods no longer than ten minutes, than an hour, than six months.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading _For ever!_ All through the wintry day they hammer at his ears--those two small words that take up such a little space on a page, and yet cover eternity.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading _For ever!_ They must always be solemn words, even though in the slackness of our loose vocabulary they are often fitted to periods no longer than ten minutes, than an hour, than six months.
beat
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From this reading The hansom horse's four hoofs beat them out upon the iron-bound road; the locomotive snorts them at him; the dry winter wind sings them in his ears; Piccadilly's roar, and the tick of the clock on the chimney-piece of the room where he works in Downing Street, equally take their shape to him.
bei
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From this reading 'Das Herz wuchs ihm so sehnsuchtsvoll Wie bei der Lichsten Gruss.'
chimney-piece
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From this reading The hansom horse's four hoofs beat them out upon the iron-bound road; the locomotive snorts them at him; the dry winter wind sings them in his ears; Piccadilly's roar, and the tick of the clock on the chimney-piece of the room where he works in Downing Street, equally take their shape to him.
clock
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From this reading The hansom horse's four hoofs beat them out upon the iron-bound road; the locomotive snorts them at him; the dry winter wind sings them in his ears; Piccadilly's roar, and the tick of the clock on the chimney-piece of the room where he works in Downing Street, equally take their shape to him.
cover
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From this reading _For ever!_ All through the wintry day they hammer at his ears--those two small words that take up such a little space on a page, and yet cover eternity.
Das
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From this reading 'Das Herz wuchs ihm so sehnsuchtsvoll Wie bei der Lichsten Gruss.'
day
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From this reading _For ever!_ All through the wintry day they hammer at his ears--those two small words that take up such a little space on a page, and yet cover eternity.
der
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From this reading 'Das Herz wuchs ihm so sehnsuchtsvoll Wie bei der Lichsten Gruss.'
doesauxiliary verbUS /dʌz/
the form of “do” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading There is nothing that does not say them to him.
Downing
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From this reading The hansom horse's four hoofs beat them out upon the iron-bound road; the locomotive snorts them at him; the dry winter wind sings them in his ears; Piccadilly's roar, and the tick of the clock on the chimney-piece of the room where he works in Downing Street, equally take their shape to him.
dry
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From this reading The hansom horse's four hoofs beat them out upon the iron-bound road; the locomotive snorts them at him; the dry winter wind sings them in his ears; Piccadilly's roar, and the tick of the clock on the chimney-piece of the room where he works in Downing Street, equally take their shape to him.
ears
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From this reading _For ever!_ All through the wintry day they hammer at his ears--those two small words that take up such a little space on a page, and yet cover eternity.
equally
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From this reading The hansom horse's four hoofs beat them out upon the iron-bound road; the locomotive snorts them at him; the dry winter wind sings them in his ears; Piccadilly's roar, and the tick of the clock on the chimney-piece of the room where he works in Downing Street, equally take their shape to him.
eternity
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From this reading _For ever!_ All through the wintry day they hammer at his ears--those two small words that take up such a little space on a page, and yet cover eternity.
even
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From this reading _For ever!_ They must always be solemn words, even though in the slackness of our loose vocabulary they are often fitted to periods no longer than ten minutes, than an hour, than six months.
ever
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From this reading _For ever!_ All through the wintry day they hammer at his ears--those two small words that take up such a little space on a page, and yet cover eternity.
fitted
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From this reading _For ever!_ They must always be solemn words, even though in the slackness of our loose vocabulary they are often fitted to periods no longer than ten minutes, than an hour, than six months.
ForprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading _For ever!_ All through the wintry day they hammer at his ears--those two small words that take up such a little space on a page, and yet cover eternity.
four
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From this reading The hansom horse's four hoofs beat them out upon the iron-bound road; the locomotive snorts them at him; the dry winter wind sings them in his ears; Piccadilly's roar, and the tick of the clock on the chimney-piece of the room where he works in Downing Street, equally take their shape to him.
Gruss
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From this reading 'Das Herz wuchs ihm so sehnsuchtsvoll Wie bei der Lichsten Gruss.'
hammer
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From this reading _For ever!_ All through the wintry day they hammer at his ears--those two small words that take up such a little space on a page, and yet cover eternity.
hansom
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From this reading The hansom horse's four hoofs beat them out upon the iron-bound road; the locomotive snorts them at him; the dry winter wind sings them in his ears; Piccadilly's roar, and the tick of the clock on the chimney-piece of the room where he works in Downing Street, equally take their shape to him.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading The hansom horse's four hoofs beat them out upon the iron-bound road; the locomotive snorts them at him; the dry winter wind sings them in his ears; Piccadilly's roar, and the tick of the clock on the chimney-piece of the room where he works in Downing Street, equally take their shape to him.
Herz
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From this reading 'Das Herz wuchs ihm so sehnsuchtsvoll Wie bei der Lichsten Gruss.'
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading There is nothing that does not say them to him.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading _For ever!_ All through the wintry day they hammer at his ears--those two small words that take up such a little space on a page, and yet cover eternity.
hoofs
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From this reading The hansom horse's four hoofs beat them out upon the iron-bound road; the locomotive snorts them at him; the dry winter wind sings them in his ears; Piccadilly's roar, and the tick of the clock on the chimney-piece of the room where he works in Downing Street, equally take their shape to him.
horse's
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From this reading The hansom horse's four hoofs beat them out upon the iron-bound road; the locomotive snorts them at him; the dry winter wind sings them in his ears; Piccadilly's roar, and the tick of the clock on the chimney-piece of the room where he works in Downing Street, equally take their shape to him.
hour
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From this reading _For ever!_ They must always be solemn words, even though in the slackness of our loose vocabulary they are often fitted to periods no longer than ten minutes, than an hour, than six months.
ihm
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From this reading 'Das Herz wuchs ihm so sehnsuchtsvoll Wie bei der Lichsten Gruss.'
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading The hansom horse's four hoofs beat them out upon the iron-bound road; the locomotive snorts them at him; the dry winter wind sings them in his ears; Piccadilly's roar, and the tick of the clock on the chimney-piece of the room where he works in Downing Street, equally take their shape to him.
iron-bound
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From this reading The hansom horse's four hoofs beat them out upon the iron-bound road; the locomotive snorts them at him; the dry winter wind sings them in his ears; Piccadilly's roar, and the tick of the clock on the chimney-piece of the room where he works in Downing Street, equally take their shape to him.
isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading There is nothing that does not say them to him.
Lichsten
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From this reading 'Das Herz wuchs ihm so sehnsuchtsvoll Wie bei der Lichsten Gruss.'
little
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From this reading _For ever!_ All through the wintry day they hammer at his ears--those two small words that take up such a little space on a page, and yet cover eternity.
locomotive
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From this reading The hansom horse's four hoofs beat them out upon the iron-bound road; the locomotive snorts them at him; the dry winter wind sings them in his ears; Piccadilly's roar, and the tick of the clock on the chimney-piece of the room where he works in Downing Street, equally take their shape to him.
longer
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From this reading _For ever!_ They must always be solemn words, even though in the slackness of our loose vocabulary they are often fitted to periods no longer than ten minutes, than an hour, than six months.
loose
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From this reading _For ever!_ They must always be solemn words, even though in the slackness of our loose vocabulary they are often fitted to periods no longer than ten minutes, than an hour, than six months.
minutes
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From this reading _For ever!_ They must always be solemn words, even though in the slackness of our loose vocabulary they are often fitted to periods no longer than ten minutes, than an hour, than six months.
months
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From this reading _For ever!_ They must always be solemn words, even though in the slackness of our loose vocabulary they are often fitted to periods no longer than ten minutes, than an hour, than six months.
mustmodal verbUS /mʌst/
used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true
From this reading _For ever!_ They must always be solemn words, even though in the slackness of our loose vocabulary they are often fitted to periods no longer than ten minutes, than an hour, than six months.
nodeterminerUS /noʊ/
not any; not one
From this reading _For ever!_ They must always be solemn words, even though in the slackness of our loose vocabulary they are often fitted to periods no longer than ten minutes, than an hour, than six months.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading There is nothing that does not say them to him.
nothingpronounUS /ˈnʌθɪŋ/
not one thing; not anything
From this reading There is nothing that does not say them to him.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading The hansom horse's four hoofs beat them out upon the iron-bound road; the locomotive snorts them at him; the dry winter wind sings them in his ears; Piccadilly's roar, and the tick of the clock on the chimney-piece of the room where he works in Downing Street, equally take their shape to him.
often
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From this reading _For ever!_ They must always be solemn words, even though in the slackness of our loose vocabulary they are often fitted to periods no longer than ten minutes, than an hour, than six months.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading _For ever!_ All through the wintry day they hammer at his ears--those two small words that take up such a little space on a page, and yet cover eternity.
ourdeterminerUS /ˈaʊər/
belonging to the speaker and others
From this reading _For ever!_ They must always be solemn words, even though in the slackness of our loose vocabulary they are often fitted to periods no longer than ten minutes, than an hour, than six months.
out
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From this reading The hansom horse's four hoofs beat them out upon the iron-bound road; the locomotive snorts them at him; the dry winter wind sings them in his ears; Piccadilly's roar, and the tick of the clock on the chimney-piece of the room where he works in Downing Street, equally take their shape to him.
page
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From this reading _For ever!_ All through the wintry day they hammer at his ears--those two small words that take up such a little space on a page, and yet cover eternity.
periods
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From this reading _For ever!_ They must always be solemn words, even though in the slackness of our loose vocabulary they are often fitted to periods no longer than ten minutes, than an hour, than six months.
Piccadilly's
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From this reading The hansom horse's four hoofs beat them out upon the iron-bound road; the locomotive snorts them at him; the dry winter wind sings them in his ears; Piccadilly's roar, and the tick of the clock on the chimney-piece of the room where he works in Downing Street, equally take their shape to him.
road
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From this reading The hansom horse's four hoofs beat them out upon the iron-bound road; the locomotive snorts them at him; the dry winter wind sings them in his ears; Piccadilly's roar, and the tick of the clock on the chimney-piece of the room where he works in Downing Street, equally take their shape to him.
roar
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From this reading The hansom horse's four hoofs beat them out upon the iron-bound road; the locomotive snorts them at him; the dry winter wind sings them in his ears; Piccadilly's roar, and the tick of the clock on the chimney-piece of the room where he works in Downing Street, equally take their shape to him.
room
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From this reading The hansom horse's four hoofs beat them out upon the iron-bound road; the locomotive snorts them at him; the dry winter wind sings them in his ears; Piccadilly's roar, and the tick of the clock on the chimney-piece of the room where he works in Downing Street, equally take their shape to him.
say
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From this reading There is nothing that does not say them to him.
sehnsuchtsvoll
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From this reading 'Das Herz wuchs ihm so sehnsuchtsvoll Wie bei der Lichsten Gruss.'
shape
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From this reading The hansom horse's four hoofs beat them out upon the iron-bound road; the locomotive snorts them at him; the dry winter wind sings them in his ears; Piccadilly's roar, and the tick of the clock on the chimney-piece of the room where he works in Downing Street, equally take their shape to him.
sings
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From this reading The hansom horse's four hoofs beat them out upon the iron-bound road; the locomotive snorts them at him; the dry winter wind sings them in his ears; Piccadilly's roar, and the tick of the clock on the chimney-piece of the room where he works in Downing Street, equally take their shape to him.
six
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From this reading _For ever!_ They must always be solemn words, even though in the slackness of our loose vocabulary they are often fitted to periods no longer than ten minutes, than an hour, than six months.
slackness
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From this reading _For ever!_ They must always be solemn words, even though in the slackness of our loose vocabulary they are often fitted to periods no longer than ten minutes, than an hour, than six months.
small
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From this reading _For ever!_ All through the wintry day they hammer at his ears--those two small words that take up such a little space on a page, and yet cover eternity.
snorts
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From this reading The hansom horse's four hoofs beat them out upon the iron-bound road; the locomotive snorts them at him; the dry winter wind sings them in his ears; Piccadilly's roar, and the tick of the clock on the chimney-piece of the room where he works in Downing Street, equally take their shape to him.
soconjunctionUS /soʊ/
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading 'Das Herz wuchs ihm so sehnsuchtsvoll Wie bei der Lichsten Gruss.'
solemn
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From this reading _For ever!_ They must always be solemn words, even though in the slackness of our loose vocabulary they are often fitted to periods no longer than ten minutes, than an hour, than six months.
space
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From this reading _For ever!_ All through the wintry day they hammer at his ears--those two small words that take up such a little space on a page, and yet cover eternity.
Street
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From this reading The hansom horse's four hoofs beat them out upon the iron-bound road; the locomotive snorts them at him; the dry winter wind sings them in his ears; Piccadilly's roar, and the tick of the clock on the chimney-piece of the room where he works in Downing Street, equally take their shape to him.
suchdeterminerUS /sʌtʃ/
of the kind already mentioned
From this reading _For ever!_ All through the wintry day they hammer at his ears--those two small words that take up such a little space on a page, and yet cover eternity.
take
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From this reading _For ever!_ All through the wintry day they hammer at his ears--those two small words that take up such a little space on a page, and yet cover eternity.
ten
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From this reading _For ever!_ They must always be solemn words, even though in the slackness of our loose vocabulary they are often fitted to periods no longer than ten minutes, than an hour, than six months.
thanconjunctionUS /ðæn/
used to introduce the second part of a comparison
From this reading _For ever!_ They must always be solemn words, even though in the slackness of our loose vocabulary they are often fitted to periods no longer than ten minutes, than an hour, than six months.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading _For ever!_ All through the wintry day they hammer at his ears--those two small words that take up such a little space on a page, and yet cover eternity.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading _For ever!_ All through the wintry day they hammer at his ears--those two small words that take up such a little space on a page, and yet cover eternity.
theirdeterminerUS /ðer/
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading The hansom horse's four hoofs beat them out upon the iron-bound road; the locomotive snorts them at him; the dry winter wind sings them in his ears; Piccadilly's roar, and the tick of the clock on the chimney-piece of the room where he works in Downing Street, equally take their shape to him.
thempronounUS /ðem/
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading There is nothing that does not say them to him.
There
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From this reading There is nothing that does not say them to him.
theypronounUS /ðeɪ/
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading _For ever!_ All through the wintry day they hammer at his ears--those two small words that take up such a little space on a page, and yet cover eternity.
thosedeterminerUS /ðoʊz/
the plural of “that”: the people or things further away, or already known
From this reading _For ever!_ All through the wintry day they hammer at his ears--those two small words that take up such a little space on a page, and yet cover eternity.
thoughconjunctionUS /ðoʊ/
in spite of the fact that
From this reading _For ever!_ They must always be solemn words, even though in the slackness of our loose vocabulary they are often fitted to periods no longer than ten minutes, than an hour, than six months.
throughprepositionUS /θruː/
from one end or side of something to the other
From this reading _For ever!_ All through the wintry day they hammer at his ears--those two small words that take up such a little space on a page, and yet cover eternity.
tick
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From this reading The hansom horse's four hoofs beat them out upon the iron-bound road; the locomotive snorts them at him; the dry winter wind sings them in his ears; Piccadilly's roar, and the tick of the clock on the chimney-piece of the room where he works in Downing Street, equally take their shape to him.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading There is nothing that does not say them to him.
two
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From this reading _For ever!_ All through the wintry day they hammer at his ears--those two small words that take up such a little space on a page, and yet cover eternity.
up
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From this reading _For ever!_ All through the wintry day they hammer at his ears--those two small words that take up such a little space on a page, and yet cover eternity.
uponprepositionUS /əˈpɑːn/
a formal word for “on”
From this reading The hansom horse's four hoofs beat them out upon the iron-bound road; the locomotive snorts them at him; the dry winter wind sings them in his ears; Piccadilly's roar, and the tick of the clock on the chimney-piece of the room where he works in Downing Street, equally take their shape to him.
vocabulary
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From this reading _For ever!_ They must always be solemn words, even though in the slackness of our loose vocabulary they are often fitted to periods no longer than ten minutes, than an hour, than six months.
whereconjunctionUS /wer/
in or at the place that
From this reading The hansom horse's four hoofs beat them out upon the iron-bound road; the locomotive snorts them at him; the dry winter wind sings them in his ears; Piccadilly's roar, and the tick of the clock on the chimney-piece of the room where he works in Downing Street, equally take their shape to him.
Wie
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From this reading 'Das Herz wuchs ihm so sehnsuchtsvoll Wie bei der Lichsten Gruss.'
wind
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From this reading The hansom horse's four hoofs beat them out upon the iron-bound road; the locomotive snorts them at him; the dry winter wind sings them in his ears; Piccadilly's roar, and the tick of the clock on the chimney-piece of the room where he works in Downing Street, equally take their shape to him.
winter
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From this reading The hansom horse's four hoofs beat them out upon the iron-bound road; the locomotive snorts them at him; the dry winter wind sings them in his ears; Piccadilly's roar, and the tick of the clock on the chimney-piece of the room where he works in Downing Street, equally take their shape to him.
wintry
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From this reading _For ever!_ All through the wintry day they hammer at his ears--those two small words that take up such a little space on a page, and yet cover eternity.
words
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From this reading _For ever!_ All through the wintry day they hammer at his ears--those two small words that take up such a little space on a page, and yet cover eternity.
works
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From this reading The hansom horse's four hoofs beat them out upon the iron-bound road; the locomotive snorts them at him; the dry winter wind sings them in his ears; Piccadilly's roar, and the tick of the clock on the chimney-piece of the room where he works in Downing Street, equally take their shape to him.
wuchs
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From this reading 'Das Herz wuchs ihm so sehnsuchtsvoll Wie bei der Lichsten Gruss.'
yetconjunctionUS /jet/
but in spite of that
From this reading _For ever!_ All through the wintry day they hammer at his ears--those two small words that take up such a little space on a page, and yet cover eternity.
