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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 A folk-tale, in its primitive plainness of word and entire absence of complexity in thought, is peculiarly sensitive and susceptible to the touch of stranger hands; and he who has been able to acquaint himself with the _Norske Folkeeventyr_ of Asbjörnsen and Moe (from which these stories are selected), has an advantage over the reader of an English rendering.
able
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From this reading A folk-tale, in its primitive plainness of word and entire absence of complexity in thought, is peculiarly sensitive and susceptible to the touch of stranger hands; and he who has been able to acquaint himself with the _Norske Folkeeventyr_ of Asbjörnsen and Moe (from which these stories are selected), has an advantage over the reader of an English rendering.
absence
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From this reading A folk-tale, in its primitive plainness of word and entire absence of complexity in thought, is peculiarly sensitive and susceptible to the touch of stranger hands; and he who has been able to acquaint himself with the _Norske Folkeeventyr_ of Asbjörnsen and Moe (from which these stories are selected), has an advantage over the reader of an English rendering.
acquaint
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From this reading A folk-tale, in its primitive plainness of word and entire absence of complexity in thought, is peculiarly sensitive and susceptible to the touch of stranger hands; and he who has been able to acquaint himself with the _Norske Folkeeventyr_ of Asbjörnsen and Moe (from which these stories are selected), has an advantage over the reader of an English rendering.
actuality
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From this reading The quaintness, the tenderness, the grotesque yet realistic intermingling of actuality with supernaturalism, by which the original _Norske Folkeeventyr_ are characterised, will make an appeal to all, as represented in the pictures of Kay Nielsen.
advantage
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From this reading A folk-tale, in its primitive plainness of word and entire absence of complexity in thought, is peculiarly sensitive and susceptible to the touch of stranger hands; and he who has been able to acquaint himself with the _Norske Folkeeventyr_ of Asbjörnsen and Moe (from which these stories are selected), has an advantage over the reader of an English rendering.
all
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From this reading The quaintness, the tenderness, the grotesque yet realistic intermingling of actuality with supernaturalism, by which the original _Norske Folkeeventyr_ are characterised, will make an appeal to all, as represented in the pictures of Kay Nielsen.
andeterminerUS /æn/
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading A folk-tale, in its primitive plainness of word and entire absence of complexity in thought, is peculiarly sensitive and susceptible to the touch of stranger hands; and he who has been able to acquaint himself with the _Norske Folkeeventyr_ of Asbjörnsen and Moe (from which these stories are selected), has an advantage over the reader of an English rendering.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading A folk-tale, in its primitive plainness of word and entire absence of complexity in thought, is peculiarly sensitive and susceptible to the touch of stranger hands; and he who has been able to acquaint himself with the _Norske Folkeeventyr_ of Asbjörnsen and Moe (from which these stories are selected), has an advantage over the reader of an English rendering.
appeal
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From this reading The quaintness, the tenderness, the grotesque yet realistic intermingling of actuality with supernaturalism, by which the original _Norske Folkeeventyr_ are characterised, will make an appeal to all, as represented in the pictures of Kay Nielsen.
aptly
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From this reading Of this advantage Mr. Kay Nielsen has fully availed himself: and the exquisite _bizarrerie_ of his drawings aptly expresses the innermost significance of the old-world, old-wives' fables.
areauxiliary verbUS /ɑːr/
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading A folk-tale, in its primitive plainness of word and entire absence of complexity in thought, is peculiarly sensitive and susceptible to the touch of stranger hands; and he who has been able to acquaint himself with the _Norske Folkeeventyr_ of Asbjörnsen and Moe (from which these stories are selected), has an advantage over the reader of an English rendering.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading The quaintness, the tenderness, the grotesque yet realistic intermingling of actuality with supernaturalism, by which the original _Norske Folkeeventyr_ are characterised, will make an appeal to all, as represented in the pictures of Kay Nielsen.
Asbjörnsen
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From this reading A folk-tale, in its primitive plainness of word and entire absence of complexity in thought, is peculiarly sensitive and susceptible to the touch of stranger hands; and he who has been able to acquaint himself with the _Norske Folkeeventyr_ of Asbjörnsen and Moe (from which these stories are selected), has an advantage over the reader of an English rendering.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading They are the romances of the childhood of Nations: they are the never-failing springs of sentiment, of sensation, of heroic example, from which primeval peoples drank their fill at will.
availed
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From this reading Of this advantage Mr. Kay Nielsen has fully availed himself: and the exquisite _bizarrerie_ of his drawings aptly expresses the innermost significance of the old-world, old-wives' fables.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading For to term these legends, Nursery Tales, would be to curtail them, by nine-tenths, of their interest.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading A folk-tale, in its primitive plainness of word and entire absence of complexity in thought, is peculiarly sensitive and susceptible to the touch of stranger hands; and he who has been able to acquaint himself with the _Norske Folkeeventyr_ of Asbjörnsen and Moe (from which these stories are selected), has an advantage over the reader of an English rendering.
bizarrerie
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From this reading Of this advantage Mr. Kay Nielsen has fully availed himself: and the exquisite _bizarrerie_ of his drawings aptly expresses the innermost significance of the old-world, old-wives' fables.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading For to term these legends, Nursery Tales, would be to curtail them, by nine-tenths, of their interest.
characterised
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From this reading The quaintness, the tenderness, the grotesque yet realistic intermingling of actuality with supernaturalism, by which the original _Norske Folkeeventyr_ are characterised, will make an appeal to all, as represented in the pictures of Kay Nielsen.
childhood
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From this reading They are the romances of the childhood of Nations: they are the never-failing springs of sentiment, of sensation, of heroic example, from which primeval peoples drank their fill at will.
complexity
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From this reading A folk-tale, in its primitive plainness of word and entire absence of complexity in thought, is peculiarly sensitive and susceptible to the touch of stranger hands; and he who has been able to acquaint himself with the _Norske Folkeeventyr_ of Asbjörnsen and Moe (from which these stories are selected), has an advantage over the reader of an English rendering.
curtail
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From this reading For to term these legends, Nursery Tales, would be to curtail them, by nine-tenths, of their interest.
drank
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From this reading They are the romances of the childhood of Nations: they are the never-failing springs of sentiment, of sensation, of heroic example, from which primeval peoples drank their fill at will.
drawings
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From this reading Of this advantage Mr. Kay Nielsen has fully availed himself: and the exquisite _bizarrerie_ of his drawings aptly expresses the innermost significance of the old-world, old-wives' fables.
English
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From this reading A folk-tale, in its primitive plainness of word and entire absence of complexity in thought, is peculiarly sensitive and susceptible to the touch of stranger hands; and he who has been able to acquaint himself with the _Norske Folkeeventyr_ of Asbjörnsen and Moe (from which these stories are selected), has an advantage over the reader of an English rendering.
entire
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From this reading A folk-tale, in its primitive plainness of word and entire absence of complexity in thought, is peculiarly sensitive and susceptible to the touch of stranger hands; and he who has been able to acquaint himself with the _Norske Folkeeventyr_ of Asbjörnsen and Moe (from which these stories are selected), has an advantage over the reader of an English rendering.
example
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From this reading They are the romances of the childhood of Nations: they are the never-failing springs of sentiment, of sensation, of heroic example, from which primeval peoples drank their fill at will.
expresses
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exquisite
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fables
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fill
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From this reading They are the romances of the childhood of Nations: they are the never-failing springs of sentiment, of sensation, of heroic example, from which primeval peoples drank their fill at will.
folk-tale
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From this reading A folk-tale, in its primitive plainness of word and entire absence of complexity in thought, is peculiarly sensitive and susceptible to the touch of stranger hands; and he who has been able to acquaint himself with the _Norske Folkeeventyr_ of Asbjörnsen and Moe (from which these stories are selected), has an advantage over the reader of an English rendering.
Folkeeventyr
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From this reading A folk-tale, in its primitive plainness of word and entire absence of complexity in thought, is peculiarly sensitive and susceptible to the touch of stranger hands; and he who has been able to acquaint himself with the _Norske Folkeeventyr_ of Asbjörnsen and Moe (from which these stories are selected), has an advantage over the reader of an English rendering.
ForprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading For to term these legends, Nursery Tales, would be to curtail them, by nine-tenths, of their interest.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading A folk-tale, in its primitive plainness of word and entire absence of complexity in thought, is peculiarly sensitive and susceptible to the touch of stranger hands; and he who has been able to acquaint himself with the _Norske Folkeeventyr_ of Asbjörnsen and Moe (from which these stories are selected), has an advantage over the reader of an English rendering.
fully
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From this reading Of this advantage Mr. Kay Nielsen has fully availed himself: and the exquisite _bizarrerie_ of his drawings aptly expresses the innermost significance of the old-world, old-wives' fables.
grotesque
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From this reading The quaintness, the tenderness, the grotesque yet realistic intermingling of actuality with supernaturalism, by which the original _Norske Folkeeventyr_ are characterised, will make an appeal to all, as represented in the pictures of Kay Nielsen.
hands
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From this reading A folk-tale, in its primitive plainness of word and entire absence of complexity in thought, is peculiarly sensitive and susceptible to the touch of stranger hands; and he who has been able to acquaint himself with the _Norske Folkeeventyr_ of Asbjörnsen and Moe (from which these stories are selected), has an advantage over the reader of an English rendering.
hasauxiliary verbUS /hæz/
the form of “have” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading A folk-tale, in its primitive plainness of word and entire absence of complexity in thought, is peculiarly sensitive and susceptible to the touch of stranger hands; and he who has been able to acquaint himself with the _Norske Folkeeventyr_ of Asbjörnsen and Moe (from which these stories are selected), has an advantage over the reader of an English rendering.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading A folk-tale, in its primitive plainness of word and entire absence of complexity in thought, is peculiarly sensitive and susceptible to the touch of stranger hands; and he who has been able to acquaint himself with the _Norske Folkeeventyr_ of Asbjörnsen and Moe (from which these stories are selected), has an advantage over the reader of an English rendering.
heroic
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From this reading They are the romances of the childhood of Nations: they are the never-failing springs of sentiment, of sensation, of heroic example, from which primeval peoples drank their fill at will.
himselfpronounUS /hɪmˈself/
used when the man or boy doing the action is also its object
From this reading A folk-tale, in its primitive plainness of word and entire absence of complexity in thought, is peculiarly sensitive and susceptible to the touch of stranger hands; and he who has been able to acquaint himself with the _Norske Folkeeventyr_ of Asbjörnsen and Moe (from which these stories are selected), has an advantage over the reader of an English rendering.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Of this advantage Mr. Kay Nielsen has fully availed himself: and the exquisite _bizarrerie_ of his drawings aptly expresses the innermost significance of the old-world, old-wives' fables.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading A folk-tale, in its primitive plainness of word and entire absence of complexity in thought, is peculiarly sensitive and susceptible to the touch of stranger hands; and he who has been able to acquaint himself with the _Norske Folkeeventyr_ of Asbjörnsen and Moe (from which these stories are selected), has an advantage over the reader of an English rendering.
innermost
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From this reading Of this advantage Mr. Kay Nielsen has fully availed himself: and the exquisite _bizarrerie_ of his drawings aptly expresses the innermost significance of the old-world, old-wives' fables.
interest
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From this reading For to term these legends, Nursery Tales, would be to curtail them, by nine-tenths, of their interest.
intermingling
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From this reading The quaintness, the tenderness, the grotesque yet realistic intermingling of actuality with supernaturalism, by which the original _Norske Folkeeventyr_ are characterised, will make an appeal to all, as represented in the pictures of Kay Nielsen.
isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading A folk-tale, in its primitive plainness of word and entire absence of complexity in thought, is peculiarly sensitive and susceptible to the touch of stranger hands; and he who has been able to acquaint himself with the _Norske Folkeeventyr_ of Asbjörnsen and Moe (from which these stories are selected), has an advantage over the reader of an English rendering.
itsdeterminerUS /ɪts/
belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned
From this reading A folk-tale, in its primitive plainness of word and entire absence of complexity in thought, is peculiarly sensitive and susceptible to the touch of stranger hands; and he who has been able to acquaint himself with the _Norske Folkeeventyr_ of Asbjörnsen and Moe (from which these stories are selected), has an advantage over the reader of an English rendering.
Kay
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legends
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From this reading For to term these legends, Nursery Tales, would be to curtail them, by nine-tenths, of their interest.
make
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From this reading The quaintness, the tenderness, the grotesque yet realistic intermingling of actuality with supernaturalism, by which the original _Norske Folkeeventyr_ are characterised, will make an appeal to all, as represented in the pictures of Kay Nielsen.
Moe
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Mr
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Nations
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From this reading They are the romances of the childhood of Nations: they are the never-failing springs of sentiment, of sensation, of heroic example, from which primeval peoples drank their fill at will.
never-failing
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From this reading They are the romances of the childhood of Nations: they are the never-failing springs of sentiment, of sensation, of heroic example, from which primeval peoples drank their fill at will.
Nielsen
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nine-tenths
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From this reading For to term these legends, Nursery Tales, would be to curtail them, by nine-tenths, of their interest.
Norske
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Nursery
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From this reading For to term these legends, Nursery Tales, would be to curtail them, by nine-tenths, of their interest.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading A folk-tale, in its primitive plainness of word and entire absence of complexity in thought, is peculiarly sensitive and susceptible to the touch of stranger hands; and he who has been able to acquaint himself with the _Norske Folkeeventyr_ of Asbjörnsen and Moe (from which these stories are selected), has an advantage over the reader of an English rendering.
old-wives
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old-world
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original
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From this reading The quaintness, the tenderness, the grotesque yet realistic intermingling of actuality with supernaturalism, by which the original _Norske Folkeeventyr_ are characterised, will make an appeal to all, as represented in the pictures of Kay Nielsen.
overprepositionUS /ˈoʊvər/
above and across; more than
From this reading A folk-tale, in its primitive plainness of word and entire absence of complexity in thought, is peculiarly sensitive and susceptible to the touch of stranger hands; and he who has been able to acquaint himself with the _Norske Folkeeventyr_ of Asbjörnsen and Moe (from which these stories are selected), has an advantage over the reader of an English rendering.
peculiarly
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From this reading A folk-tale, in its primitive plainness of word and entire absence of complexity in thought, is peculiarly sensitive and susceptible to the touch of stranger hands; and he who has been able to acquaint himself with the _Norske Folkeeventyr_ of Asbjörnsen and Moe (from which these stories are selected), has an advantage over the reader of an English rendering.
peoples
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From this reading They are the romances of the childhood of Nations: they are the never-failing springs of sentiment, of sensation, of heroic example, from which primeval peoples drank their fill at will.
pictures
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From this reading The quaintness, the tenderness, the grotesque yet realistic intermingling of actuality with supernaturalism, by which the original _Norske Folkeeventyr_ are characterised, will make an appeal to all, as represented in the pictures of Kay Nielsen.
plainness
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From this reading A folk-tale, in its primitive plainness of word and entire absence of complexity in thought, is peculiarly sensitive and susceptible to the touch of stranger hands; and he who has been able to acquaint himself with the _Norske Folkeeventyr_ of Asbjörnsen and Moe (from which these stories are selected), has an advantage over the reader of an English rendering.
primeval
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From this reading They are the romances of the childhood of Nations: they are the never-failing springs of sentiment, of sensation, of heroic example, from which primeval peoples drank their fill at will.
primitive
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From this reading A folk-tale, in its primitive plainness of word and entire absence of complexity in thought, is peculiarly sensitive and susceptible to the touch of stranger hands; and he who has been able to acquaint himself with the _Norske Folkeeventyr_ of Asbjörnsen and Moe (from which these stories are selected), has an advantage over the reader of an English rendering.
quaintness
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From this reading The quaintness, the tenderness, the grotesque yet realistic intermingling of actuality with supernaturalism, by which the original _Norske Folkeeventyr_ are characterised, will make an appeal to all, as represented in the pictures of Kay Nielsen.
reader
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From this reading A folk-tale, in its primitive plainness of word and entire absence of complexity in thought, is peculiarly sensitive and susceptible to the touch of stranger hands; and he who has been able to acquaint himself with the _Norske Folkeeventyr_ of Asbjörnsen and Moe (from which these stories are selected), has an advantage over the reader of an English rendering.
realistic
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From this reading The quaintness, the tenderness, the grotesque yet realistic intermingling of actuality with supernaturalism, by which the original _Norske Folkeeventyr_ are characterised, will make an appeal to all, as represented in the pictures of Kay Nielsen.
rendering
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represented
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From this reading The quaintness, the tenderness, the grotesque yet realistic intermingling of actuality with supernaturalism, by which the original _Norske Folkeeventyr_ are characterised, will make an appeal to all, as represented in the pictures of Kay Nielsen.
romances
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From this reading They are the romances of the childhood of Nations: they are the never-failing springs of sentiment, of sensation, of heroic example, from which primeval peoples drank their fill at will.
selected
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From this reading A folk-tale, in its primitive plainness of word and entire absence of complexity in thought, is peculiarly sensitive and susceptible to the touch of stranger hands; and he who has been able to acquaint himself with the _Norske Folkeeventyr_ of Asbjörnsen and Moe (from which these stories are selected), has an advantage over the reader of an English rendering.
sensation
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From this reading They are the romances of the childhood of Nations: they are the never-failing springs of sentiment, of sensation, of heroic example, from which primeval peoples drank their fill at will.
sensitive
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From this reading A folk-tale, in its primitive plainness of word and entire absence of complexity in thought, is peculiarly sensitive and susceptible to the touch of stranger hands; and he who has been able to acquaint himself with the _Norske Folkeeventyr_ of Asbjörnsen and Moe (from which these stories are selected), has an advantage over the reader of an English rendering.
sentiment
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From this reading They are the romances of the childhood of Nations: they are the never-failing springs of sentiment, of sensation, of heroic example, from which primeval peoples drank their fill at will.
significance
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From this reading Of this advantage Mr. Kay Nielsen has fully availed himself: and the exquisite _bizarrerie_ of his drawings aptly expresses the innermost significance of the old-world, old-wives' fables.
springs
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From this reading They are the romances of the childhood of Nations: they are the never-failing springs of sentiment, of sensation, of heroic example, from which primeval peoples drank their fill at will.
stories
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From this reading A folk-tale, in its primitive plainness of word and entire absence of complexity in thought, is peculiarly sensitive and susceptible to the touch of stranger hands; and he who has been able to acquaint himself with the _Norske Folkeeventyr_ of Asbjörnsen and Moe (from which these stories are selected), has an advantage over the reader of an English rendering.
stranger
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From this reading A folk-tale, in its primitive plainness of word and entire absence of complexity in thought, is peculiarly sensitive and susceptible to the touch of stranger hands; and he who has been able to acquaint himself with the _Norske Folkeeventyr_ of Asbjörnsen and Moe (from which these stories are selected), has an advantage over the reader of an English rendering.
supernaturalism
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From this reading The quaintness, the tenderness, the grotesque yet realistic intermingling of actuality with supernaturalism, by which the original _Norske Folkeeventyr_ are characterised, will make an appeal to all, as represented in the pictures of Kay Nielsen.
susceptible
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From this reading A folk-tale, in its primitive plainness of word and entire absence of complexity in thought, is peculiarly sensitive and susceptible to the touch of stranger hands; and he who has been able to acquaint himself with the _Norske Folkeeventyr_ of Asbjörnsen and Moe (from which these stories are selected), has an advantage over the reader of an English rendering.
Tales
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From this reading For to term these legends, Nursery Tales, would be to curtail them, by nine-tenths, of their interest.
tenderness
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From this reading The quaintness, the tenderness, the grotesque yet realistic intermingling of actuality with supernaturalism, by which the original _Norske Folkeeventyr_ are characterised, will make an appeal to all, as represented in the pictures of Kay Nielsen.
term
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From this reading For to term these legends, Nursery Tales, would be to curtail them, by nine-tenths, of their interest.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading A folk-tale, in its primitive plainness of word and entire absence of complexity in thought, is peculiarly sensitive and susceptible to the touch of stranger hands; and he who has been able to acquaint himself with the _Norske Folkeeventyr_ of Asbjörnsen and Moe (from which these stories are selected), has an advantage over the reader of an English rendering.
theirdeterminerUS /ðer/
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading For to term these legends, Nursery Tales, would be to curtail them, by nine-tenths, of their interest.
thempronounUS /ðem/
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading For to term these legends, Nursery Tales, would be to curtail them, by nine-tenths, of their interest.
thesedeterminerUS /ðiːz/
the plural of “this”: the people or things near, or just mentioned
From this reading A folk-tale, in its primitive plainness of word and entire absence of complexity in thought, is peculiarly sensitive and susceptible to the touch of stranger hands; and he who has been able to acquaint himself with the _Norske Folkeeventyr_ of Asbjörnsen and Moe (from which these stories are selected), has an advantage over the reader of an English rendering.
TheypronounUS /ðeɪ/
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading They are the romances of the childhood of Nations: they are the never-failing springs of sentiment, of sensation, of heroic example, from which primeval peoples drank their fill at will.
thisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading Of this advantage Mr. Kay Nielsen has fully availed himself: and the exquisite _bizarrerie_ of his drawings aptly expresses the innermost significance of the old-world, old-wives' fables.
thought
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From this reading A folk-tale, in its primitive plainness of word and entire absence of complexity in thought, is peculiarly sensitive and susceptible to the touch of stranger hands; and he who has been able to acquaint himself with the _Norske Folkeeventyr_ of Asbjörnsen and Moe (from which these stories are selected), has an advantage over the reader of an English rendering.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading A folk-tale, in its primitive plainness of word and entire absence of complexity in thought, is peculiarly sensitive and susceptible to the touch of stranger hands; and he who has been able to acquaint himself with the _Norske Folkeeventyr_ of Asbjörnsen and Moe (from which these stories are selected), has an advantage over the reader of an English rendering.
touch
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From this reading A folk-tale, in its primitive plainness of word and entire absence of complexity in thought, is peculiarly sensitive and susceptible to the touch of stranger hands; and he who has been able to acquaint himself with the _Norske Folkeeventyr_ of Asbjörnsen and Moe (from which these stories are selected), has an advantage over the reader of an English rendering.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading A folk-tale, in its primitive plainness of word and entire absence of complexity in thought, is peculiarly sensitive and susceptible to the touch of stranger hands; and he who has been able to acquaint himself with the _Norske Folkeeventyr_ of Asbjörnsen and Moe (from which these stories are selected), has an advantage over the reader of an English rendering.
whopronounUS /huː/
which person or people
From this reading A folk-tale, in its primitive plainness of word and entire absence of complexity in thought, is peculiarly sensitive and susceptible to the touch of stranger hands; and he who has been able to acquaint himself with the _Norske Folkeeventyr_ of Asbjörnsen and Moe (from which these stories are selected), has an advantage over the reader of an English rendering.
willmodal verbUS /wɪl/
used to talk about the future, or about willingness
From this reading They are the romances of the childhood of Nations: they are the never-failing springs of sentiment, of sensation, of heroic example, from which primeval peoples drank their fill at will.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading A folk-tale, in its primitive plainness of word and entire absence of complexity in thought, is peculiarly sensitive and susceptible to the touch of stranger hands; and he who has been able to acquaint himself with the _Norske Folkeeventyr_ of Asbjörnsen and Moe (from which these stories are selected), has an advantage over the reader of an English rendering.
word
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From this reading A folk-tale, in its primitive plainness of word and entire absence of complexity in thought, is peculiarly sensitive and susceptible to the touch of stranger hands; and he who has been able to acquaint himself with the _Norske Folkeeventyr_ of Asbjörnsen and Moe (from which these stories are selected), has an advantage over the reader of an English rendering.
wouldmodal verbUS /wʊd/
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading For to term these legends, Nursery Tales, would be to curtail them, by nine-tenths, of their interest.
yetconjunctionUS /jet/
but in spite of that
From this reading The quaintness, the tenderness, the grotesque yet realistic intermingling of actuality with supernaturalism, by which the original _Norske Folkeeventyr_ are characterised, will make an appeal to all, as represented in the pictures of Kay Nielsen.
