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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 ALTHOUGH the character of Maltravers was gradually becoming more hard and severe,--although as his reason grew more muscular, his imagination lost something of its early bloom, and he was already very different from the wild boy who had set the German youths in a blaze, and had changed into a Castle of Indolence the little cottage tenanted with Poetry and Alice,--he still preserved many of his old habits; he loved, at frequent intervals, to disappear from the great world--to get rid of books and friends, and luxury and wealth, and make solitary excursions, sometimes on foot, sometimes on horseback, through this fair garden of England.
Alice
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From this reading ALTHOUGH the character of Maltravers was gradually becoming more hard and severe,--although as his reason grew more muscular, his imagination lost something of its early bloom, and he was already very different from the wild boy who had set the German youths in a blaze, and had changed into a Castle of Indolence the little cottage tenanted with Poetry and Alice,--he still preserved many of his old habits; he loved, at frequent intervals, to disappear from the great world--to get rid of books and friends, and luxury and wealth, and make solitary excursions, sometimes on foot, sometimes on horseback, through this fair garden of England.
all
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From this reading His cloak and his saddle-bags comprised all his baggage, and the world was before him "where to choose his place of rest."
alreadynounUS /already/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading ALTHOUGH the character of Maltravers was gradually becoming more hard and severe,--although as his reason grew more muscular, his imagination lost something of its early bloom, and he was already very different from the wild boy who had set the German youths in a blaze, and had changed into a Castle of Indolence the little cottage tenanted with Poetry and Alice,--he still preserved many of his old habits; he loved, at frequent intervals, to disappear from the great world--to get rid of books and friends, and luxury and wealth, and make solitary excursions, sometimes on foot, sometimes on horseback, through this fair garden of England.
ALTHOUGHnounUS /ˈalthough/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading ALTHOUGH the character of Maltravers was gradually becoming more hard and severe,--although as his reason grew more muscular, his imagination lost something of its early bloom, and he was already very different from the wild boy who had set the German youths in a blaze, and had changed into a Castle of Indolence the little cottage tenanted with Poetry and Alice,--he still preserved many of his old habits; he loved, at frequent intervals, to disappear from the great world--to get rid of books and friends, and luxury and wealth, and make solitary excursions, sometimes on foot, sometimes on horseback, through this fair garden of England.
andeterminerUS /æn/
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading It was one soft May-day that he found himself on such an expedition, slowly riding through one of the green lanes of ------shire.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading ALTHOUGH the character of Maltravers was gradually becoming more hard and severe,--although as his reason grew more muscular, his imagination lost something of its early bloom, and he was already very different from the wild boy who had set the German youths in a blaze, and had changed into a Castle of Indolence the little cottage tenanted with Poetry and Alice,--he still preserved many of his old habits; he loved, at frequent intervals, to disappear from the great world--to get rid of books and friends, and luxury and wealth, and make solitary excursions, sometimes on foot, sometimes on horseback, through this fair garden of England.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading ALTHOUGH the character of Maltravers was gradually becoming more hard and severe,--although as his reason grew more muscular, his imagination lost something of its early bloom, and he was already very different from the wild boy who had set the German youths in a blaze, and had changed into a Castle of Indolence the little cottage tenanted with Poetry and Alice,--he still preserved many of his old habits; he loved, at frequent intervals, to disappear from the great world--to get rid of books and friends, and luxury and wealth, and make solitary excursions, sometimes on foot, sometimes on horseback, through this fair garden of England.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading ALTHOUGH the character of Maltravers was gradually becoming more hard and severe,--although as his reason grew more muscular, his imagination lost something of its early bloom, and he was already very different from the wild boy who had set the German youths in a blaze, and had changed into a Castle of Indolence the little cottage tenanted with Poetry and Alice,--he still preserved many of his old habits; he loved, at frequent intervals, to disappear from the great world--to get rid of books and friends, and luxury and wealth, and make solitary excursions, sometimes on foot, sometimes on horseback, through this fair garden of England.
baggage
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From this reading His cloak and his saddle-bags comprised all his baggage, and the world was before him "where to choose his place of rest."
becoming
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From this reading ALTHOUGH the character of Maltravers was gradually becoming more hard and severe,--although as his reason grew more muscular, his imagination lost something of its early bloom, and he was already very different from the wild boy who had set the German youths in a blaze, and had changed into a Castle of Indolence the little cottage tenanted with Poetry and Alice,--he still preserved many of his old habits; he loved, at frequent intervals, to disappear from the great world--to get rid of books and friends, and luxury and wealth, and make solitary excursions, sometimes on foot, sometimes on horseback, through this fair garden of England.
beforeprepositionUS /bɪˈfɔːr/
earlier than; in front of
From this reading His cloak and his saddle-bags comprised all his baggage, and the world was before him "where to choose his place of rest."
Beingauxiliary verbUS /ˈbiːɪŋ/
the -ing form of “be”
From this reading "Being got out of town, the first thing I did was to give my mule her head."--/Gil Blas/.
Blas
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From this reading "Being got out of town, the first thing I did was to give my mule her head."--/Gil Blas/.
blaze
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From this reading ALTHOUGH the character of Maltravers was gradually becoming more hard and severe,--although as his reason grew more muscular, his imagination lost something of its early bloom, and he was already very different from the wild boy who had set the German youths in a blaze, and had changed into a Castle of Indolence the little cottage tenanted with Poetry and Alice,--he still preserved many of his old habits; he loved, at frequent intervals, to disappear from the great world--to get rid of books and friends, and luxury and wealth, and make solitary excursions, sometimes on foot, sometimes on horseback, through this fair garden of England.
bloom
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From this reading ALTHOUGH the character of Maltravers was gradually becoming more hard and severe,--although as his reason grew more muscular, his imagination lost something of its early bloom, and he was already very different from the wild boy who had set the German youths in a blaze, and had changed into a Castle of Indolence the little cottage tenanted with Poetry and Alice,--he still preserved many of his old habits; he loved, at frequent intervals, to disappear from the great world--to get rid of books and friends, and luxury and wealth, and make solitary excursions, sometimes on foot, sometimes on horseback, through this fair garden of England.
booksnounUS /bʊks/
Bound written or printed works.
From this reading ALTHOUGH the character of Maltravers was gradually becoming more hard and severe,--although as his reason grew more muscular, his imagination lost something of its early bloom, and he was already very different from the wild boy who had set the German youths in a blaze, and had changed into a Castle of Indolence the little cottage tenanted with Poetry and Alice,--he still preserved many of his old habits; he loved, at frequent intervals, to disappear from the great world--to get rid of books and friends, and luxury and wealth, and make solitary excursions, sometimes on foot, sometimes on horseback, through this fair garden of England.
boy
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From this reading ALTHOUGH the character of Maltravers was gradually becoming more hard and severe,--although as his reason grew more muscular, his imagination lost something of its early bloom, and he was already very different from the wild boy who had set the German youths in a blaze, and had changed into a Castle of Indolence the little cottage tenanted with Poetry and Alice,--he still preserved many of his old habits; he loved, at frequent intervals, to disappear from the great world--to get rid of books and friends, and luxury and wealth, and make solitary excursions, sometimes on foot, sometimes on horseback, through this fair garden of England.
came
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From this reading The lane wound at length into the main road, and just as he came upon it he fell in with a gay party of equestrians.
Castle
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From this reading ALTHOUGH the character of Maltravers was gradually becoming more hard and severe,--although as his reason grew more muscular, his imagination lost something of its early bloom, and he was already very different from the wild boy who had set the German youths in a blaze, and had changed into a Castle of Indolence the little cottage tenanted with Poetry and Alice,--he still preserved many of his old habits; he loved, at frequent intervals, to disappear from the great world--to get rid of books and friends, and luxury and wealth, and make solitary excursions, sometimes on foot, sometimes on horseback, through this fair garden of England.
changed
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From this reading ALTHOUGH the character of Maltravers was gradually becoming more hard and severe,--although as his reason grew more muscular, his imagination lost something of its early bloom, and he was already very different from the wild boy who had set the German youths in a blaze, and had changed into a Castle of Indolence the little cottage tenanted with Poetry and Alice,--he still preserved many of his old habits; he loved, at frequent intervals, to disappear from the great world--to get rid of books and friends, and luxury and wealth, and make solitary excursions, sometimes on foot, sometimes on horseback, through this fair garden of England.
character
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From this reading ALTHOUGH the character of Maltravers was gradually becoming more hard and severe,--although as his reason grew more muscular, his imagination lost something of its early bloom, and he was already very different from the wild boy who had set the German youths in a blaze, and had changed into a Castle of Indolence the little cottage tenanted with Poetry and Alice,--he still preserved many of his old habits; he loved, at frequent intervals, to disappear from the great world--to get rid of books and friends, and luxury and wealth, and make solitary excursions, sometimes on foot, sometimes on horseback, through this fair garden of England.
choosenounUS /choose/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading His cloak and his saddle-bags comprised all his baggage, and the world was before him "where to choose his place of rest."
cloak
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From this reading His cloak and his saddle-bags comprised all his baggage, and the world was before him "where to choose his place of rest."
comprised
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From this reading His cloak and his saddle-bags comprised all his baggage, and the world was before him "where to choose his place of rest."
cottage
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From this reading ALTHOUGH the character of Maltravers was gradually becoming more hard and severe,--although as his reason grew more muscular, his imagination lost something of its early bloom, and he was already very different from the wild boy who had set the German youths in a blaze, and had changed into a Castle of Indolence the little cottage tenanted with Poetry and Alice,--he still preserved many of his old habits; he loved, at frequent intervals, to disappear from the great world--to get rid of books and friends, and luxury and wealth, and make solitary excursions, sometimes on foot, sometimes on horseback, through this fair garden of England.
didauxiliary verbUS /dɪd/
the past form of “do”, used in questions and negatives
From this reading "Being got out of town, the first thing I did was to give my mule her head."--/Gil Blas/.
differentnounUS /ˈdifferent/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading ALTHOUGH the character of Maltravers was gradually becoming more hard and severe,--although as his reason grew more muscular, his imagination lost something of its early bloom, and he was already very different from the wild boy who had set the German youths in a blaze, and had changed into a Castle of Indolence the little cottage tenanted with Poetry and Alice,--he still preserved many of his old habits; he loved, at frequent intervals, to disappear from the great world--to get rid of books and friends, and luxury and wealth, and make solitary excursions, sometimes on foot, sometimes on horseback, through this fair garden of England.
disappear
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From this reading ALTHOUGH the character of Maltravers was gradually becoming more hard and severe,--although as his reason grew more muscular, his imagination lost something of its early bloom, and he was already very different from the wild boy who had set the German youths in a blaze, and had changed into a Castle of Indolence the little cottage tenanted with Poetry and Alice,--he still preserved many of his old habits; he loved, at frequent intervals, to disappear from the great world--to get rid of books and friends, and luxury and wealth, and make solitary excursions, sometimes on foot, sometimes on horseback, through this fair garden of England.
early
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From this reading ALTHOUGH the character of Maltravers was gradually becoming more hard and severe,--although as his reason grew more muscular, his imagination lost something of its early bloom, and he was already very different from the wild boy who had set the German youths in a blaze, and had changed into a Castle of Indolence the little cottage tenanted with Poetry and Alice,--he still preserved many of his old habits; he loved, at frequent intervals, to disappear from the great world--to get rid of books and friends, and luxury and wealth, and make solitary excursions, sometimes on foot, sometimes on horseback, through this fair garden of England.
England
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From this reading ALTHOUGH the character of Maltravers was gradually becoming more hard and severe,--although as his reason grew more muscular, his imagination lost something of its early bloom, and he was already very different from the wild boy who had set the German youths in a blaze, and had changed into a Castle of Indolence the little cottage tenanted with Poetry and Alice,--he still preserved many of his old habits; he loved, at frequent intervals, to disappear from the great world--to get rid of books and friends, and luxury and wealth, and make solitary excursions, sometimes on foot, sometimes on horseback, through this fair garden of England.
equestrians
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From this reading The lane wound at length into the main road, and just as he came upon it he fell in with a gay party of equestrians.
excursions
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From this reading ALTHOUGH the character of Maltravers was gradually becoming more hard and severe,--although as his reason grew more muscular, his imagination lost something of its early bloom, and he was already very different from the wild boy who had set the German youths in a blaze, and had changed into a Castle of Indolence the little cottage tenanted with Poetry and Alice,--he still preserved many of his old habits; he loved, at frequent intervals, to disappear from the great world--to get rid of books and friends, and luxury and wealth, and make solitary excursions, sometimes on foot, sometimes on horseback, through this fair garden of England.
expedition
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From this reading It was one soft May-day that he found himself on such an expedition, slowly riding through one of the green lanes of ------shire.
fairnounUS /fair/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading ALTHOUGH the character of Maltravers was gradually becoming more hard and severe,--although as his reason grew more muscular, his imagination lost something of its early bloom, and he was already very different from the wild boy who had set the German youths in a blaze, and had changed into a Castle of Indolence the little cottage tenanted with Poetry and Alice,--he still preserved many of his old habits; he loved, at frequent intervals, to disappear from the great world--to get rid of books and friends, and luxury and wealth, and make solitary excursions, sometimes on foot, sometimes on horseback, through this fair garden of England.
fell
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From this reading The lane wound at length into the main road, and just as he came upon it he fell in with a gay party of equestrians.
firstnounUS /first/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading "Being got out of town, the first thing I did was to give my mule her head."--/Gil Blas/.
footnounUS /foot/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading ALTHOUGH the character of Maltravers was gradually becoming more hard and severe,--although as his reason grew more muscular, his imagination lost something of its early bloom, and he was already very different from the wild boy who had set the German youths in a blaze, and had changed into a Castle of Indolence the little cottage tenanted with Poetry and Alice,--he still preserved many of his old habits; he loved, at frequent intervals, to disappear from the great world--to get rid of books and friends, and luxury and wealth, and make solitary excursions, sometimes on foot, sometimes on horseback, through this fair garden of England.
foundnounUS /found/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading It was one soft May-day that he found himself on such an expedition, slowly riding through one of the green lanes of ------shire.
frequent
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From this reading ALTHOUGH the character of Maltravers was gradually becoming more hard and severe,--although as his reason grew more muscular, his imagination lost something of its early bloom, and he was already very different from the wild boy who had set the German youths in a blaze, and had changed into a Castle of Indolence the little cottage tenanted with Poetry and Alice,--he still preserved many of his old habits; he loved, at frequent intervals, to disappear from the great world--to get rid of books and friends, and luxury and wealth, and make solitary excursions, sometimes on foot, sometimes on horseback, through this fair garden of England.
friends
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From this reading ALTHOUGH the character of Maltravers was gradually becoming more hard and severe,--although as his reason grew more muscular, his imagination lost something of its early bloom, and he was already very different from the wild boy who had set the German youths in a blaze, and had changed into a Castle of Indolence the little cottage tenanted with Poetry and Alice,--he still preserved many of his old habits; he loved, at frequent intervals, to disappear from the great world--to get rid of books and friends, and luxury and wealth, and make solitary excursions, sometimes on foot, sometimes on horseback, through this fair garden of England.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading ALTHOUGH the character of Maltravers was gradually becoming more hard and severe,--although as his reason grew more muscular, his imagination lost something of its early bloom, and he was already very different from the wild boy who had set the German youths in a blaze, and had changed into a Castle of Indolence the little cottage tenanted with Poetry and Alice,--he still preserved many of his old habits; he loved, at frequent intervals, to disappear from the great world--to get rid of books and friends, and luxury and wealth, and make solitary excursions, sometimes on foot, sometimes on horseback, through this fair garden of England.
garden
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From this reading ALTHOUGH the character of Maltravers was gradually becoming more hard and severe,--although as his reason grew more muscular, his imagination lost something of its early bloom, and he was already very different from the wild boy who had set the German youths in a blaze, and had changed into a Castle of Indolence the little cottage tenanted with Poetry and Alice,--he still preserved many of his old habits; he loved, at frequent intervals, to disappear from the great world--to get rid of books and friends, and luxury and wealth, and make solitary excursions, sometimes on foot, sometimes on horseback, through this fair garden of England.
gay
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From this reading The lane wound at length into the main road, and just as he came upon it he fell in with a gay party of equestrians.
German
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From this reading ALTHOUGH the character of Maltravers was gradually becoming more hard and severe,--although as his reason grew more muscular, his imagination lost something of its early bloom, and he was already very different from the wild boy who had set the German youths in a blaze, and had changed into a Castle of Indolence the little cottage tenanted with Poetry and Alice,--he still preserved many of his old habits; he loved, at frequent intervals, to disappear from the great world--to get rid of books and friends, and luxury and wealth, and make solitary excursions, sometimes on foot, sometimes on horseback, through this fair garden of England.
get
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From this reading ALTHOUGH the character of Maltravers was gradually becoming more hard and severe,--although as his reason grew more muscular, his imagination lost something of its early bloom, and he was already very different from the wild boy who had set the German youths in a blaze, and had changed into a Castle of Indolence the little cottage tenanted with Poetry and Alice,--he still preserved many of his old habits; he loved, at frequent intervals, to disappear from the great world--to get rid of books and friends, and luxury and wealth, and make solitary excursions, sometimes on foot, sometimes on horseback, through this fair garden of England.
Gil
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From this reading "Being got out of town, the first thing I did was to give my mule her head."--/Gil Blas/.
give
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From this reading "Being got out of town, the first thing I did was to give my mule her head."--/Gil Blas/.
got
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From this reading "Being got out of town, the first thing I did was to give my mule her head."--/Gil Blas/.
gradually
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From this reading ALTHOUGH the character of Maltravers was gradually becoming more hard and severe,--although as his reason grew more muscular, his imagination lost something of its early bloom, and he was already very different from the wild boy who had set the German youths in a blaze, and had changed into a Castle of Indolence the little cottage tenanted with Poetry and Alice,--he still preserved many of his old habits; he loved, at frequent intervals, to disappear from the great world--to get rid of books and friends, and luxury and wealth, and make solitary excursions, sometimes on foot, sometimes on horseback, through this fair garden of England.
greatnounUS /great/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading ALTHOUGH the character of Maltravers was gradually becoming more hard and severe,--although as his reason grew more muscular, his imagination lost something of its early bloom, and he was already very different from the wild boy who had set the German youths in a blaze, and had changed into a Castle of Indolence the little cottage tenanted with Poetry and Alice,--he still preserved many of his old habits; he loved, at frequent intervals, to disappear from the great world--to get rid of books and friends, and luxury and wealth, and make solitary excursions, sometimes on foot, sometimes on horseback, through this fair garden of England.
green
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From this reading It was one soft May-day that he found himself on such an expedition, slowly riding through one of the green lanes of ------shire.
grew
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From this reading ALTHOUGH the character of Maltravers was gradually becoming more hard and severe,--although as his reason grew more muscular, his imagination lost something of its early bloom, and he was already very different from the wild boy who had set the German youths in a blaze, and had changed into a Castle of Indolence the little cottage tenanted with Poetry and Alice,--he still preserved many of his old habits; he loved, at frequent intervals, to disappear from the great world--to get rid of books and friends, and luxury and wealth, and make solitary excursions, sometimes on foot, sometimes on horseback, through this fair garden of England.
habits
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From this reading ALTHOUGH the character of Maltravers was gradually becoming more hard and severe,--although as his reason grew more muscular, his imagination lost something of its early bloom, and he was already very different from the wild boy who had set the German youths in a blaze, and had changed into a Castle of Indolence the little cottage tenanted with Poetry and Alice,--he still preserved many of his old habits; he loved, at frequent intervals, to disappear from the great world--to get rid of books and friends, and luxury and wealth, and make solitary excursions, sometimes on foot, sometimes on horseback, through this fair garden of England.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading ALTHOUGH the character of Maltravers was gradually becoming more hard and severe,--although as his reason grew more muscular, his imagination lost something of its early bloom, and he was already very different from the wild boy who had set the German youths in a blaze, and had changed into a Castle of Indolence the little cottage tenanted with Poetry and Alice,--he still preserved many of his old habits; he loved, at frequent intervals, to disappear from the great world--to get rid of books and friends, and luxury and wealth, and make solitary excursions, sometimes on foot, sometimes on horseback, through this fair garden of England.
hard
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From this reading ALTHOUGH the character of Maltravers was gradually becoming more hard and severe,--although as his reason grew more muscular, his imagination lost something of its early bloom, and he was already very different from the wild boy who had set the German youths in a blaze, and had changed into a Castle of Indolence the little cottage tenanted with Poetry and Alice,--he still preserved many of his old habits; he loved, at frequent intervals, to disappear from the great world--to get rid of books and friends, and luxury and wealth, and make solitary excursions, sometimes on foot, sometimes on horseback, through this fair garden of England.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading ALTHOUGH the character of Maltravers was gradually becoming more hard and severe,--although as his reason grew more muscular, his imagination lost something of its early bloom, and he was already very different from the wild boy who had set the German youths in a blaze, and had changed into a Castle of Indolence the little cottage tenanted with Poetry and Alice,--he still preserved many of his old habits; he loved, at frequent intervals, to disappear from the great world--to get rid of books and friends, and luxury and wealth, and make solitary excursions, sometimes on foot, sometimes on horseback, through this fair garden of England.
head
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From this reading "Being got out of town, the first thing I did was to give my mule her head."--/Gil Blas/.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading "Being got out of town, the first thing I did was to give my mule her head."--/Gil Blas/.
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading His cloak and his saddle-bags comprised all his baggage, and the world was before him "where to choose his place of rest."
himselfpronounUS /hɪmˈself/
used when the man or boy doing the action is also its object
From this reading It was one soft May-day that he found himself on such an expedition, slowly riding through one of the green lanes of ------shire.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading ALTHOUGH the character of Maltravers was gradually becoming more hard and severe,--although as his reason grew more muscular, his imagination lost something of its early bloom, and he was already very different from the wild boy who had set the German youths in a blaze, and had changed into a Castle of Indolence the little cottage tenanted with Poetry and Alice,--he still preserved many of his old habits; he loved, at frequent intervals, to disappear from the great world--to get rid of books and friends, and luxury and wealth, and make solitary excursions, sometimes on foot, sometimes on horseback, through this fair garden of England.
horseback
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From this reading ALTHOUGH the character of Maltravers was gradually becoming more hard and severe,--although as his reason grew more muscular, his imagination lost something of its early bloom, and he was already very different from the wild boy who had set the German youths in a blaze, and had changed into a Castle of Indolence the little cottage tenanted with Poetry and Alice,--he still preserved many of his old habits; he loved, at frequent intervals, to disappear from the great world--to get rid of books and friends, and luxury and wealth, and make solitary excursions, sometimes on foot, sometimes on horseback, through this fair garden of England.
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading "Being got out of town, the first thing I did was to give my mule her head."--/Gil Blas/.
imagination
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From this reading ALTHOUGH the character of Maltravers was gradually becoming more hard and severe,--although as his reason grew more muscular, his imagination lost something of its early bloom, and he was already very different from the wild boy who had set the German youths in a blaze, and had changed into a Castle of Indolence the little cottage tenanted with Poetry and Alice,--he still preserved many of his old habits; he loved, at frequent intervals, to disappear from the great world--to get rid of books and friends, and luxury and wealth, and make solitary excursions, sometimes on foot, sometimes on horseback, through this fair garden of England.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading ALTHOUGH the character of Maltravers was gradually becoming more hard and severe,--although as his reason grew more muscular, his imagination lost something of its early bloom, and he was already very different from the wild boy who had set the German youths in a blaze, and had changed into a Castle of Indolence the little cottage tenanted with Poetry and Alice,--he still preserved many of his old habits; he loved, at frequent intervals, to disappear from the great world--to get rid of books and friends, and luxury and wealth, and make solitary excursions, sometimes on foot, sometimes on horseback, through this fair garden of England.
Indolence
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From this reading ALTHOUGH the character of Maltravers was gradually becoming more hard and severe,--although as his reason grew more muscular, his imagination lost something of its early bloom, and he was already very different from the wild boy who had set the German youths in a blaze, and had changed into a Castle of Indolence the little cottage tenanted with Poetry and Alice,--he still preserved many of his old habits; he loved, at frequent intervals, to disappear from the great world--to get rid of books and friends, and luxury and wealth, and make solitary excursions, sometimes on foot, sometimes on horseback, through this fair garden of England.
intervals
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From this reading ALTHOUGH the character of Maltravers was gradually becoming more hard and severe,--although as his reason grew more muscular, his imagination lost something of its early bloom, and he was already very different from the wild boy who had set the German youths in a blaze, and had changed into a Castle of Indolence the little cottage tenanted with Poetry and Alice,--he still preserved many of his old habits; he loved, at frequent intervals, to disappear from the great world--to get rid of books and friends, and luxury and wealth, and make solitary excursions, sometimes on foot, sometimes on horseback, through this fair garden of England.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading ALTHOUGH the character of Maltravers was gradually becoming more hard and severe,--although as his reason grew more muscular, his imagination lost something of its early bloom, and he was already very different from the wild boy who had set the German youths in a blaze, and had changed into a Castle of Indolence the little cottage tenanted with Poetry and Alice,--he still preserved many of his old habits; he loved, at frequent intervals, to disappear from the great world--to get rid of books and friends, and luxury and wealth, and make solitary excursions, sometimes on foot, sometimes on horseback, through this fair garden of England.
ItpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It was one soft May-day that he found himself on such an expedition, slowly riding through one of the green lanes of ------shire.
itsdeterminerUS /ɪts/
belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned
From this reading ALTHOUGH the character of Maltravers was gradually becoming more hard and severe,--although as his reason grew more muscular, his imagination lost something of its early bloom, and he was already very different from the wild boy who had set the German youths in a blaze, and had changed into a Castle of Indolence the little cottage tenanted with Poetry and Alice,--he still preserved many of his old habits; he loved, at frequent intervals, to disappear from the great world--to get rid of books and friends, and luxury and wealth, and make solitary excursions, sometimes on foot, sometimes on horseback, through this fair garden of England.
just
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From this reading The lane wound at length into the main road, and just as he came upon it he fell in with a gay party of equestrians.
lane
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From this reading The lane wound at length into the main road, and just as he came upon it he fell in with a gay party of equestrians.
lanes
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From this reading It was one soft May-day that he found himself on such an expedition, slowly riding through one of the green lanes of ------shire.
lengthnounUS /leŋθ/
a period of time or extent
From this reading The lane wound at length into the main road, and just as he came upon it he fell in with a gay party of equestrians.
littlenounUS /little/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading ALTHOUGH the character of Maltravers was gradually becoming more hard and severe,--although as his reason grew more muscular, his imagination lost something of its early bloom, and he was already very different from the wild boy who had set the German youths in a blaze, and had changed into a Castle of Indolence the little cottage tenanted with Poetry and Alice,--he still preserved many of his old habits; he loved, at frequent intervals, to disappear from the great world--to get rid of books and friends, and luxury and wealth, and make solitary excursions, sometimes on foot, sometimes on horseback, through this fair garden of England.
lost
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From this reading ALTHOUGH the character of Maltravers was gradually becoming more hard and severe,--although as his reason grew more muscular, his imagination lost something of its early bloom, and he was already very different from the wild boy who had set the German youths in a blaze, and had changed into a Castle of Indolence the little cottage tenanted with Poetry and Alice,--he still preserved many of his old habits; he loved, at frequent intervals, to disappear from the great world--to get rid of books and friends, and luxury and wealth, and make solitary excursions, sometimes on foot, sometimes on horseback, through this fair garden of England.
loved
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From this reading ALTHOUGH the character of Maltravers was gradually becoming more hard and severe,--although as his reason grew more muscular, his imagination lost something of its early bloom, and he was already very different from the wild boy who had set the German youths in a blaze, and had changed into a Castle of Indolence the little cottage tenanted with Poetry and Alice,--he still preserved many of his old habits; he loved, at frequent intervals, to disappear from the great world--to get rid of books and friends, and luxury and wealth, and make solitary excursions, sometimes on foot, sometimes on horseback, through this fair garden of England.
luxury
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From this reading ALTHOUGH the character of Maltravers was gradually becoming more hard and severe,--although as his reason grew more muscular, his imagination lost something of its early bloom, and he was already very different from the wild boy who had set the German youths in a blaze, and had changed into a Castle of Indolence the little cottage tenanted with Poetry and Alice,--he still preserved many of his old habits; he loved, at frequent intervals, to disappear from the great world--to get rid of books and friends, and luxury and wealth, and make solitary excursions, sometimes on foot, sometimes on horseback, through this fair garden of England.
main
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From this reading The lane wound at length into the main road, and just as he came upon it he fell in with a gay party of equestrians.
makenounUS /make/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading ALTHOUGH the character of Maltravers was gradually becoming more hard and severe,--although as his reason grew more muscular, his imagination lost something of its early bloom, and he was already very different from the wild boy who had set the German youths in a blaze, and had changed into a Castle of Indolence the little cottage tenanted with Poetry and Alice,--he still preserved many of his old habits; he loved, at frequent intervals, to disappear from the great world--to get rid of books and friends, and luxury and wealth, and make solitary excursions, sometimes on foot, sometimes on horseback, through this fair garden of England.
Maltravers
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From this reading ALTHOUGH the character of Maltravers was gradually becoming more hard and severe,--although as his reason grew more muscular, his imagination lost something of its early bloom, and he was already very different from the wild boy who had set the German youths in a blaze, and had changed into a Castle of Indolence the little cottage tenanted with Poetry and Alice,--he still preserved many of his old habits; he loved, at frequent intervals, to disappear from the great world--to get rid of books and friends, and luxury and wealth, and make solitary excursions, sometimes on foot, sometimes on horseback, through this fair garden of England.
many
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From this reading ALTHOUGH the character of Maltravers was gradually becoming more hard and severe,--although as his reason grew more muscular, his imagination lost something of its early bloom, and he was already very different from the wild boy who had set the German youths in a blaze, and had changed into a Castle of Indolence the little cottage tenanted with Poetry and Alice,--he still preserved many of his old habits; he loved, at frequent intervals, to disappear from the great world--to get rid of books and friends, and luxury and wealth, and make solitary excursions, sometimes on foot, sometimes on horseback, through this fair garden of England.
May-day
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From this reading It was one soft May-day that he found himself on such an expedition, slowly riding through one of the green lanes of ------shire.
more
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From this reading ALTHOUGH the character of Maltravers was gradually becoming more hard and severe,--although as his reason grew more muscular, his imagination lost something of its early bloom, and he was already very different from the wild boy who had set the German youths in a blaze, and had changed into a Castle of Indolence the little cottage tenanted with Poetry and Alice,--he still preserved many of his old habits; he loved, at frequent intervals, to disappear from the great world--to get rid of books and friends, and luxury and wealth, and make solitary excursions, sometimes on foot, sometimes on horseback, through this fair garden of England.
mule
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From this reading "Being got out of town, the first thing I did was to give my mule her head."--/Gil Blas/.
muscular
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From this reading ALTHOUGH the character of Maltravers was gradually becoming more hard and severe,--although as his reason grew more muscular, his imagination lost something of its early bloom, and he was already very different from the wild boy who had set the German youths in a blaze, and had changed into a Castle of Indolence the little cottage tenanted with Poetry and Alice,--he still preserved many of his old habits; he loved, at frequent intervals, to disappear from the great world--to get rid of books and friends, and luxury and wealth, and make solitary excursions, sometimes on foot, sometimes on horseback, through this fair garden of England.
mydeterminerUS /maɪ/
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading "Being got out of town, the first thing I did was to give my mule her head."--/Gil Blas/.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading "Being got out of town, the first thing I did was to give my mule her head."--/Gil Blas/.
old
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From this reading ALTHOUGH the character of Maltravers was gradually becoming more hard and severe,--although as his reason grew more muscular, his imagination lost something of its early bloom, and he was already very different from the wild boy who had set the German youths in a blaze, and had changed into a Castle of Indolence the little cottage tenanted with Poetry and Alice,--he still preserved many of his old habits; he loved, at frequent intervals, to disappear from the great world--to get rid of books and friends, and luxury and wealth, and make solitary excursions, sometimes on foot, sometimes on horseback, through this fair garden of England.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading ALTHOUGH the character of Maltravers was gradually becoming more hard and severe,--although as his reason grew more muscular, his imagination lost something of its early bloom, and he was already very different from the wild boy who had set the German youths in a blaze, and had changed into a Castle of Indolence the little cottage tenanted with Poetry and Alice,--he still preserved many of his old habits; he loved, at frequent intervals, to disappear from the great world--to get rid of books and friends, and luxury and wealth, and make solitary excursions, sometimes on foot, sometimes on horseback, through this fair garden of England.
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading It was one soft May-day that he found himself on such an expedition, slowly riding through one of the green lanes of ------shire.
out
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From this reading "Being got out of town, the first thing I did was to give my mule her head."--/Gil Blas/.
partynounUS /party/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The lane wound at length into the main road, and just as he came upon it he fell in with a gay party of equestrians.
place
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From this reading His cloak and his saddle-bags comprised all his baggage, and the world was before him "where to choose his place of rest."
Poetry
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From this reading ALTHOUGH the character of Maltravers was gradually becoming more hard and severe,--although as his reason grew more muscular, his imagination lost something of its early bloom, and he was already very different from the wild boy who had set the German youths in a blaze, and had changed into a Castle of Indolence the little cottage tenanted with Poetry and Alice,--he still preserved many of his old habits; he loved, at frequent intervals, to disappear from the great world--to get rid of books and friends, and luxury and wealth, and make solitary excursions, sometimes on foot, sometimes on horseback, through this fair garden of England.
preserved
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From this reading ALTHOUGH the character of Maltravers was gradually becoming more hard and severe,--although as his reason grew more muscular, his imagination lost something of its early bloom, and he was already very different from the wild boy who had set the German youths in a blaze, and had changed into a Castle of Indolence the little cottage tenanted with Poetry and Alice,--he still preserved many of his old habits; he loved, at frequent intervals, to disappear from the great world--to get rid of books and friends, and luxury and wealth, and make solitary excursions, sometimes on foot, sometimes on horseback, through this fair garden of England.
reason
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From this reading ALTHOUGH the character of Maltravers was gradually becoming more hard and severe,--although as his reason grew more muscular, his imagination lost something of its early bloom, and he was already very different from the wild boy who had set the German youths in a blaze, and had changed into a Castle of Indolence the little cottage tenanted with Poetry and Alice,--he still preserved many of his old habits; he loved, at frequent intervals, to disappear from the great world--to get rid of books and friends, and luxury and wealth, and make solitary excursions, sometimes on foot, sometimes on horseback, through this fair garden of England.
restnounUS /rest/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading His cloak and his saddle-bags comprised all his baggage, and the world was before him "where to choose his place of rest."
rid
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From this reading ALTHOUGH the character of Maltravers was gradually becoming more hard and severe,--although as his reason grew more muscular, his imagination lost something of its early bloom, and he was already very different from the wild boy who had set the German youths in a blaze, and had changed into a Castle of Indolence the little cottage tenanted with Poetry and Alice,--he still preserved many of his old habits; he loved, at frequent intervals, to disappear from the great world--to get rid of books and friends, and luxury and wealth, and make solitary excursions, sometimes on foot, sometimes on horseback, through this fair garden of England.
riding
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From this reading It was one soft May-day that he found himself on such an expedition, slowly riding through one of the green lanes of ------shire.
road
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From this reading The lane wound at length into the main road, and just as he came upon it he fell in with a gay party of equestrians.
saddle-bags
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From this reading His cloak and his saddle-bags comprised all his baggage, and the world was before him "where to choose his place of rest."
set
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From this reading ALTHOUGH the character of Maltravers was gradually becoming more hard and severe,--although as his reason grew more muscular, his imagination lost something of its early bloom, and he was already very different from the wild boy who had set the German youths in a blaze, and had changed into a Castle of Indolence the little cottage tenanted with Poetry and Alice,--he still preserved many of his old habits; he loved, at frequent intervals, to disappear from the great world--to get rid of books and friends, and luxury and wealth, and make solitary excursions, sometimes on foot, sometimes on horseback, through this fair garden of England.
severe
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From this reading ALTHOUGH the character of Maltravers was gradually becoming more hard and severe,--although as his reason grew more muscular, his imagination lost something of its early bloom, and he was already very different from the wild boy who had set the German youths in a blaze, and had changed into a Castle of Indolence the little cottage tenanted with Poetry and Alice,--he still preserved many of his old habits; he loved, at frequent intervals, to disappear from the great world--to get rid of books and friends, and luxury and wealth, and make solitary excursions, sometimes on foot, sometimes on horseback, through this fair garden of England.
shire
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From this reading It was one soft May-day that he found himself on such an expedition, slowly riding through one of the green lanes of ------shire.
slowly
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From this reading It was one soft May-day that he found himself on such an expedition, slowly riding through one of the green lanes of ------shire.
soft
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From this reading It was one soft May-day that he found himself on such an expedition, slowly riding through one of the green lanes of ------shire.
solitary
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From this reading ALTHOUGH the character of Maltravers was gradually becoming more hard and severe,--although as his reason grew more muscular, his imagination lost something of its early bloom, and he was already very different from the wild boy who had set the German youths in a blaze, and had changed into a Castle of Indolence the little cottage tenanted with Poetry and Alice,--he still preserved many of his old habits; he loved, at frequent intervals, to disappear from the great world--to get rid of books and friends, and luxury and wealth, and make solitary excursions, sometimes on foot, sometimes on horseback, through this fair garden of England.
somethingpronounUS /ˈsʌmθɪŋ/
a thing, without saying which
From this reading ALTHOUGH the character of Maltravers was gradually becoming more hard and severe,--although as his reason grew more muscular, his imagination lost something of its early bloom, and he was already very different from the wild boy who had set the German youths in a blaze, and had changed into a Castle of Indolence the little cottage tenanted with Poetry and Alice,--he still preserved many of his old habits; he loved, at frequent intervals, to disappear from the great world--to get rid of books and friends, and luxury and wealth, and make solitary excursions, sometimes on foot, sometimes on horseback, through this fair garden of England.
sometimes
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From this reading ALTHOUGH the character of Maltravers was gradually becoming more hard and severe,--although as his reason grew more muscular, his imagination lost something of its early bloom, and he was already very different from the wild boy who had set the German youths in a blaze, and had changed into a Castle of Indolence the little cottage tenanted with Poetry and Alice,--he still preserved many of his old habits; he loved, at frequent intervals, to disappear from the great world--to get rid of books and friends, and luxury and wealth, and make solitary excursions, sometimes on foot, sometimes on horseback, through this fair garden of England.
stillnounUS /still/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading ALTHOUGH the character of Maltravers was gradually becoming more hard and severe,--although as his reason grew more muscular, his imagination lost something of its early bloom, and he was already very different from the wild boy who had set the German youths in a blaze, and had changed into a Castle of Indolence the little cottage tenanted with Poetry and Alice,--he still preserved many of his old habits; he loved, at frequent intervals, to disappear from the great world--to get rid of books and friends, and luxury and wealth, and make solitary excursions, sometimes on foot, sometimes on horseback, through this fair garden of England.
suchdeterminerUS /sʌtʃ/
of the kind already mentioned
From this reading It was one soft May-day that he found himself on such an expedition, slowly riding through one of the green lanes of ------shire.
tenanted
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From this reading ALTHOUGH the character of Maltravers was gradually becoming more hard and severe,--although as his reason grew more muscular, his imagination lost something of its early bloom, and he was already very different from the wild boy who had set the German youths in a blaze, and had changed into a Castle of Indolence the little cottage tenanted with Poetry and Alice,--he still preserved many of his old habits; he loved, at frequent intervals, to disappear from the great world--to get rid of books and friends, and luxury and wealth, and make solitary excursions, sometimes on foot, sometimes on horseback, through this fair garden of England.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading It was one soft May-day that he found himself on such an expedition, slowly riding through one of the green lanes of ------shire.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading "Being got out of town, the first thing I did was to give my mule her head."--/Gil Blas/.
thingnounUS /thing/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading "Being got out of town, the first thing I did was to give my mule her head."--/Gil Blas/.
thisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading ALTHOUGH the character of Maltravers was gradually becoming more hard and severe,--although as his reason grew more muscular, his imagination lost something of its early bloom, and he was already very different from the wild boy who had set the German youths in a blaze, and had changed into a Castle of Indolence the little cottage tenanted with Poetry and Alice,--he still preserved many of his old habits; he loved, at frequent intervals, to disappear from the great world--to get rid of books and friends, and luxury and wealth, and make solitary excursions, sometimes on foot, sometimes on horseback, through this fair garden of England.
throughnounUS /ˈthrough/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading ALTHOUGH the character of Maltravers was gradually becoming more hard and severe,--although as his reason grew more muscular, his imagination lost something of its early bloom, and he was already very different from the wild boy who had set the German youths in a blaze, and had changed into a Castle of Indolence the little cottage tenanted with Poetry and Alice,--he still preserved many of his old habits; he loved, at frequent intervals, to disappear from the great world--to get rid of books and friends, and luxury and wealth, and make solitary excursions, sometimes on foot, sometimes on horseback, through this fair garden of England.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading "Being got out of town, the first thing I did was to give my mule her head."--/Gil Blas/.
town
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From this reading "Being got out of town, the first thing I did was to give my mule her head."--/Gil Blas/.
uponprepositionUS /əˈpɑːn/
a formal word for “on”
From this reading The lane wound at length into the main road, and just as he came upon it he fell in with a gay party of equestrians.
very
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From this reading ALTHOUGH the character of Maltravers was gradually becoming more hard and severe,--although as his reason grew more muscular, his imagination lost something of its early bloom, and he was already very different from the wild boy who had set the German youths in a blaze, and had changed into a Castle of Indolence the little cottage tenanted with Poetry and Alice,--he still preserved many of his old habits; he loved, at frequent intervals, to disappear from the great world--to get rid of books and friends, and luxury and wealth, and make solitary excursions, sometimes on foot, sometimes on horseback, through this fair garden of England.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading "Being got out of town, the first thing I did was to give my mule her head."--/Gil Blas/.
wealth
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From this reading ALTHOUGH the character of Maltravers was gradually becoming more hard and severe,--although as his reason grew more muscular, his imagination lost something of its early bloom, and he was already very different from the wild boy who had set the German youths in a blaze, and had changed into a Castle of Indolence the little cottage tenanted with Poetry and Alice,--he still preserved many of his old habits; he loved, at frequent intervals, to disappear from the great world--to get rid of books and friends, and luxury and wealth, and make solitary excursions, sometimes on foot, sometimes on horseback, through this fair garden of England.
whereconjunctionUS /wer/
in or at the place that
From this reading His cloak and his saddle-bags comprised all his baggage, and the world was before him "where to choose his place of rest."
whopronounUS /huː/
which person or people
From this reading ALTHOUGH the character of Maltravers was gradually becoming more hard and severe,--although as his reason grew more muscular, his imagination lost something of its early bloom, and he was already very different from the wild boy who had set the German youths in a blaze, and had changed into a Castle of Indolence the little cottage tenanted with Poetry and Alice,--he still preserved many of his old habits; he loved, at frequent intervals, to disappear from the great world--to get rid of books and friends, and luxury and wealth, and make solitary excursions, sometimes on foot, sometimes on horseback, through this fair garden of England.
wild
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From this reading ALTHOUGH the character of Maltravers was gradually becoming more hard and severe,--although as his reason grew more muscular, his imagination lost something of its early bloom, and he was already very different from the wild boy who had set the German youths in a blaze, and had changed into a Castle of Indolence the little cottage tenanted with Poetry and Alice,--he still preserved many of his old habits; he loved, at frequent intervals, to disappear from the great world--to get rid of books and friends, and luxury and wealth, and make solitary excursions, sometimes on foot, sometimes on horseback, through this fair garden of England.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading ALTHOUGH the character of Maltravers was gradually becoming more hard and severe,--although as his reason grew more muscular, his imagination lost something of its early bloom, and he was already very different from the wild boy who had set the German youths in a blaze, and had changed into a Castle of Indolence the little cottage tenanted with Poetry and Alice,--he still preserved many of his old habits; he loved, at frequent intervals, to disappear from the great world--to get rid of books and friends, and luxury and wealth, and make solitary excursions, sometimes on foot, sometimes on horseback, through this fair garden of England.
world
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From this reading ALTHOUGH the character of Maltravers was gradually becoming more hard and severe,--although as his reason grew more muscular, his imagination lost something of its early bloom, and he was already very different from the wild boy who had set the German youths in a blaze, and had changed into a Castle of Indolence the little cottage tenanted with Poetry and Alice,--he still preserved many of his old habits; he loved, at frequent intervals, to disappear from the great world--to get rid of books and friends, and luxury and wealth, and make solitary excursions, sometimes on foot, sometimes on horseback, through this fair garden of England.
wound
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From this reading The lane wound at length into the main road, and just as he came upon it he fell in with a gay party of equestrians.
youths
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From this reading ALTHOUGH the character of Maltravers was gradually becoming more hard and severe,--although as his reason grew more muscular, his imagination lost something of its early bloom, and he was already very different from the wild boy who had set the German youths in a blaze, and had changed into a Castle of Indolence the little cottage tenanted with Poetry and Alice,--he still preserved many of his old habits; he loved, at frequent intervals, to disappear from the great world--to get rid of books and friends, and luxury and wealth, and make solitary excursions, sometimes on foot, sometimes on horseback, through this fair garden of England.
