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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 "The pride too of her step, as light Along the unconscious earth she went, Seemed that of one born with a right To walk some heavenlier element."
afterprepositionUS /ˈæftər/
later than; following
From this reading The mouth and brow are contrasts."--/Ibid./ IT was two or three evenings after the date of the last chapter, and there was what the newspapers call "a select party" in one of the noblest mansions in London.
all
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From this reading A young lady, on whom all eyes were bent, and whose beauty might have served the painter for a model of Semiramis or Zenobia, more majestic than became her years, and so classically faultless as to have something cold and statue-like in its haughty lineaments, was moving through the crowd that murmured applauses as she passed.
AlongprepositionUS /əˈlɔːŋ/
following the length of something from one end toward the other
From this reading "The pride too of her step, as light Along the unconscious earth she went, Seemed that of one born with a right To walk some heavenlier element."
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading The mouth and brow are contrasts."--/Ibid./ IT was two or three evenings after the date of the last chapter, and there was what the newspapers call "a select party" in one of the noblest mansions in London.
Angels
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From this reading /Loves of the Angels./ "Can it be That these fine impulses, these lofty thoughts Burning with their own beauty, are but given To make me the low slave of vanity?"--/Erinna./ "Is she not too fair Even to think of maiden's sweetest care?
applauses
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From this reading A young lady, on whom all eyes were bent, and whose beauty might have served the painter for a model of Semiramis or Zenobia, more majestic than became her years, and so classically faultless as to have something cold and statue-like in its haughty lineaments, was moving through the crowd that murmured applauses as she passed.
areauxiliary verbUS /ɑːr/
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading /Loves of the Angels./ "Can it be That these fine impulses, these lofty thoughts Burning with their own beauty, are but given To make me the low slave of vanity?"--/Erinna./ "Is she not too fair Even to think of maiden's sweetest care?
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading "The pride too of her step, as light Along the unconscious earth she went, Seemed that of one born with a right To walk some heavenlier element."
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading /Loves of the Angels./ "Can it be That these fine impulses, these lofty thoughts Burning with their own beauty, are but given To make me the low slave of vanity?"--/Erinna./ "Is she not too fair Even to think of maiden's sweetest care?
beauty
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From this reading /Loves of the Angels./ "Can it be That these fine impulses, these lofty thoughts Burning with their own beauty, are but given To make me the low slave of vanity?"--/Erinna./ "Is she not too fair Even to think of maiden's sweetest care?
became
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From this reading A young lady, on whom all eyes were bent, and whose beauty might have served the painter for a model of Semiramis or Zenobia, more majestic than became her years, and so classically faultless as to have something cold and statue-like in its haughty lineaments, was moving through the crowd that murmured applauses as she passed.
bent
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From this reading A young lady, on whom all eyes were bent, and whose beauty might have served the painter for a model of Semiramis or Zenobia, more majestic than became her years, and so classically faultless as to have something cold and statue-like in its haughty lineaments, was moving through the crowd that murmured applauses as she passed.
bornnounUS /born/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading "The pride too of her step, as light Along the unconscious earth she went, Seemed that of one born with a right To walk some heavenlier element."
brow
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From this reading The mouth and brow are contrasts."--/Ibid./ IT was two or three evenings after the date of the last chapter, and there was what the newspapers call "a select party" in one of the noblest mansions in London.
Burning
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From this reading /Loves of the Angels./ "Can it be That these fine impulses, these lofty thoughts Burning with their own beauty, are but given To make me the low slave of vanity?"--/Erinna./ "Is she not too fair Even to think of maiden's sweetest care?
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading /Loves of the Angels./ "Can it be That these fine impulses, these lofty thoughts Burning with their own beauty, are but given To make me the low slave of vanity?"--/Erinna./ "Is she not too fair Even to think of maiden's sweetest care?
call
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From this reading The mouth and brow are contrasts."--/Ibid./ IT was two or three evenings after the date of the last chapter, and there was what the newspapers call "a select party" in one of the noblest mansions in London.
Canmodal verbUS /kæn/
to be able to, or to be allowed to
From this reading /Loves of the Angels./ "Can it be That these fine impulses, these lofty thoughts Burning with their own beauty, are but given To make me the low slave of vanity?"--/Erinna./ "Is she not too fair Even to think of maiden's sweetest care?
care
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From this reading /Loves of the Angels./ "Can it be That these fine impulses, these lofty thoughts Burning with their own beauty, are but given To make me the low slave of vanity?"--/Erinna./ "Is she not too fair Even to think of maiden's sweetest care?
chapter
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From this reading The mouth and brow are contrasts."--/Ibid./ IT was two or three evenings after the date of the last chapter, and there was what the newspapers call "a select party" in one of the noblest mansions in London.
classically
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From this reading A young lady, on whom all eyes were bent, and whose beauty might have served the painter for a model of Semiramis or Zenobia, more majestic than became her years, and so classically faultless as to have something cold and statue-like in its haughty lineaments, was moving through the crowd that murmured applauses as she passed.
cold
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From this reading A young lady, on whom all eyes were bent, and whose beauty might have served the painter for a model of Semiramis or Zenobia, more majestic than became her years, and so classically faultless as to have something cold and statue-like in its haughty lineaments, was moving through the crowd that murmured applauses as she passed.
contrasts
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From this reading The mouth and brow are contrasts."--/Ibid./ IT was two or three evenings after the date of the last chapter, and there was what the newspapers call "a select party" in one of the noblest mansions in London.
crowd
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From this reading A young lady, on whom all eyes were bent, and whose beauty might have served the painter for a model of Semiramis or Zenobia, more majestic than became her years, and so classically faultless as to have something cold and statue-like in its haughty lineaments, was moving through the crowd that murmured applauses as she passed.
date
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From this reading The mouth and brow are contrasts."--/Ibid./ IT was two or three evenings after the date of the last chapter, and there was what the newspapers call "a select party" in one of the noblest mansions in London.
daughter
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From this reading This lady was Florence Lascelles, the daughter of Lumley's great relation, the Earl of Saxingham, and supposed to be the richest heiress in England.
Earl
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From this reading This lady was Florence Lascelles, the daughter of Lumley's great relation, the Earl of Saxingham, and supposed to be the richest heiress in England.
earth
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From this reading "The pride too of her step, as light Along the unconscious earth she went, Seemed that of one born with a right To walk some heavenlier element."
element
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From this reading "The pride too of her step, as light Along the unconscious earth she went, Seemed that of one born with a right To walk some heavenlier element."
England
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From this reading This lady was Florence Lascelles, the daughter of Lumley's great relation, the Earl of Saxingham, and supposed to be the richest heiress in England.
Erinna
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From this reading /Loves of the Angels./ "Can it be That these fine impulses, these lofty thoughts Burning with their own beauty, are but given To make me the low slave of vanity?"--/Erinna./ "Is she not too fair Even to think of maiden's sweetest care?
EvennounUS /even/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading /Loves of the Angels./ "Can it be That these fine impulses, these lofty thoughts Burning with their own beauty, are but given To make me the low slave of vanity?"--/Erinna./ "Is she not too fair Even to think of maiden's sweetest care?
evenings
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From this reading The mouth and brow are contrasts."--/Ibid./ IT was two or three evenings after the date of the last chapter, and there was what the newspapers call "a select party" in one of the noblest mansions in London.
eyes
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From this reading A young lady, on whom all eyes were bent, and whose beauty might have served the painter for a model of Semiramis or Zenobia, more majestic than became her years, and so classically faultless as to have something cold and statue-like in its haughty lineaments, was moving through the crowd that murmured applauses as she passed.
fairnounUS /fair/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading /Loves of the Angels./ "Can it be That these fine impulses, these lofty thoughts Burning with their own beauty, are but given To make me the low slave of vanity?"--/Erinna./ "Is she not too fair Even to think of maiden's sweetest care?
faultless
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From this reading A young lady, on whom all eyes were bent, and whose beauty might have served the painter for a model of Semiramis or Zenobia, more majestic than became her years, and so classically faultless as to have something cold and statue-like in its haughty lineaments, was moving through the crowd that murmured applauses as she passed.
finenounUS /fine/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading /Loves of the Angels./ "Can it be That these fine impulses, these lofty thoughts Burning with their own beauty, are but given To make me the low slave of vanity?"--/Erinna./ "Is she not too fair Even to think of maiden's sweetest care?
Florence
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From this reading This lady was Florence Lascelles, the daughter of Lumley's great relation, the Earl of Saxingham, and supposed to be the richest heiress in England.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading A young lady, on whom all eyes were bent, and whose beauty might have served the painter for a model of Semiramis or Zenobia, more majestic than became her years, and so classically faultless as to have something cold and statue-like in its haughty lineaments, was moving through the crowd that murmured applauses as she passed.
given
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From this reading /Loves of the Angels./ "Can it be That these fine impulses, these lofty thoughts Burning with their own beauty, are but given To make me the low slave of vanity?"--/Erinna./ "Is she not too fair Even to think of maiden's sweetest care?
greatnounUS /great/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading This lady was Florence Lascelles, the daughter of Lumley's great relation, the Earl of Saxingham, and supposed to be the richest heiress in England.
haughty
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From this reading A young lady, on whom all eyes were bent, and whose beauty might have served the painter for a model of Semiramis or Zenobia, more majestic than became her years, and so classically faultless as to have something cold and statue-like in its haughty lineaments, was moving through the crowd that murmured applauses as she passed.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading A young lady, on whom all eyes were bent, and whose beauty might have served the painter for a model of Semiramis or Zenobia, more majestic than became her years, and so classically faultless as to have something cold and statue-like in its haughty lineaments, was moving through the crowd that murmured applauses as she passed.
heavenlier
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From this reading "The pride too of her step, as light Along the unconscious earth she went, Seemed that of one born with a right To walk some heavenlier element."
heiress
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From this reading This lady was Florence Lascelles, the daughter of Lumley's great relation, the Earl of Saxingham, and supposed to be the richest heiress in England.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading "The pride too of her step, as light Along the unconscious earth she went, Seemed that of one born with a right To walk some heavenlier element."
Ibid
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From this reading The mouth and brow are contrasts."--/Ibid./ IT was two or three evenings after the date of the last chapter, and there was what the newspapers call "a select party" in one of the noblest mansions in London.
impulses
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From this reading /Loves of the Angels./ "Can it be That these fine impulses, these lofty thoughts Burning with their own beauty, are but given To make me the low slave of vanity?"--/Erinna./ "Is she not too fair Even to think of maiden's sweetest care?
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading The mouth and brow are contrasts."--/Ibid./ IT was two or three evenings after the date of the last chapter, and there was what the newspapers call "a select party" in one of the noblest mansions in London.
Isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading /Loves of the Angels./ "Can it be That these fine impulses, these lofty thoughts Burning with their own beauty, are but given To make me the low slave of vanity?"--/Erinna./ "Is she not too fair Even to think of maiden's sweetest care?
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading /Loves of the Angels./ "Can it be That these fine impulses, these lofty thoughts Burning with their own beauty, are but given To make me the low slave of vanity?"--/Erinna./ "Is she not too fair Even to think of maiden's sweetest care?
itsdeterminerUS /ɪts/
belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned
From this reading A young lady, on whom all eyes were bent, and whose beauty might have served the painter for a model of Semiramis or Zenobia, more majestic than became her years, and so classically faultless as to have something cold and statue-like in its haughty lineaments, was moving through the crowd that murmured applauses as she passed.
lady
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From this reading A young lady, on whom all eyes were bent, and whose beauty might have served the painter for a model of Semiramis or Zenobia, more majestic than became her years, and so classically faultless as to have something cold and statue-like in its haughty lineaments, was moving through the crowd that murmured applauses as she passed.
Lascelles
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From this reading This lady was Florence Lascelles, the daughter of Lumley's great relation, the Earl of Saxingham, and supposed to be the richest heiress in England.
lastnounUS /last/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The mouth and brow are contrasts."--/Ibid./ IT was two or three evenings after the date of the last chapter, and there was what the newspapers call "a select party" in one of the noblest mansions in London.
light
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From this reading "The pride too of her step, as light Along the unconscious earth she went, Seemed that of one born with a right To walk some heavenlier element."
lineaments
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From this reading A young lady, on whom all eyes were bent, and whose beauty might have served the painter for a model of Semiramis or Zenobia, more majestic than became her years, and so classically faultless as to have something cold and statue-like in its haughty lineaments, was moving through the crowd that murmured applauses as she passed.
lofty
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From this reading /Loves of the Angels./ "Can it be That these fine impulses, these lofty thoughts Burning with their own beauty, are but given To make me the low slave of vanity?"--/Erinna./ "Is she not too fair Even to think of maiden's sweetest care?
London
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From this reading The mouth and brow are contrasts."--/Ibid./ IT was two or three evenings after the date of the last chapter, and there was what the newspapers call "a select party" in one of the noblest mansions in London.
Loves
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From this reading /Loves of the Angels./ "Can it be That these fine impulses, these lofty thoughts Burning with their own beauty, are but given To make me the low slave of vanity?"--/Erinna./ "Is she not too fair Even to think of maiden's sweetest care?
low
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From this reading /Loves of the Angels./ "Can it be That these fine impulses, these lofty thoughts Burning with their own beauty, are but given To make me the low slave of vanity?"--/Erinna./ "Is she not too fair Even to think of maiden's sweetest care?
Lumley's
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From this reading This lady was Florence Lascelles, the daughter of Lumley's great relation, the Earl of Saxingham, and supposed to be the richest heiress in England.
maiden's
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From this reading /Loves of the Angels./ "Can it be That these fine impulses, these lofty thoughts Burning with their own beauty, are but given To make me the low slave of vanity?"--/Erinna./ "Is she not too fair Even to think of maiden's sweetest care?
majestic
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From this reading A young lady, on whom all eyes were bent, and whose beauty might have served the painter for a model of Semiramis or Zenobia, more majestic than became her years, and so classically faultless as to have something cold and statue-like in its haughty lineaments, was moving through the crowd that murmured applauses as she passed.
makenounUS /make/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading /Loves of the Angels./ "Can it be That these fine impulses, these lofty thoughts Burning with their own beauty, are but given To make me the low slave of vanity?"--/Erinna./ "Is she not too fair Even to think of maiden's sweetest care?
mansions
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From this reading The mouth and brow are contrasts."--/Ibid./ IT was two or three evenings after the date of the last chapter, and there was what the newspapers call "a select party" in one of the noblest mansions in London.
mepronounUS /miː/
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading /Loves of the Angels./ "Can it be That these fine impulses, these lofty thoughts Burning with their own beauty, are but given To make me the low slave of vanity?"--/Erinna./ "Is she not too fair Even to think of maiden's sweetest care?
mightmodal verbUS /maɪt/
used to say something is possible but not certain
From this reading A young lady, on whom all eyes were bent, and whose beauty might have served the painter for a model of Semiramis or Zenobia, more majestic than became her years, and so classically faultless as to have something cold and statue-like in its haughty lineaments, was moving through the crowd that murmured applauses as she passed.
model
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From this reading A young lady, on whom all eyes were bent, and whose beauty might have served the painter for a model of Semiramis or Zenobia, more majestic than became her years, and so classically faultless as to have something cold and statue-like in its haughty lineaments, was moving through the crowd that murmured applauses as she passed.
more
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From this reading A young lady, on whom all eyes were bent, and whose beauty might have served the painter for a model of Semiramis or Zenobia, more majestic than became her years, and so classically faultless as to have something cold and statue-like in its haughty lineaments, was moving through the crowd that murmured applauses as she passed.
mouth
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From this reading The mouth and brow are contrasts."--/Ibid./ IT was two or three evenings after the date of the last chapter, and there was what the newspapers call "a select party" in one of the noblest mansions in London.
moving
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From this reading A young lady, on whom all eyes were bent, and whose beauty might have served the painter for a model of Semiramis or Zenobia, more majestic than became her years, and so classically faultless as to have something cold and statue-like in its haughty lineaments, was moving through the crowd that murmured applauses as she passed.
murmured
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From this reading A young lady, on whom all eyes were bent, and whose beauty might have served the painter for a model of Semiramis or Zenobia, more majestic than became her years, and so classically faultless as to have something cold and statue-like in its haughty lineaments, was moving through the crowd that murmured applauses as she passed.
newspapers
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From this reading The mouth and brow are contrasts."--/Ibid./ IT was two or three evenings after the date of the last chapter, and there was what the newspapers call "a select party" in one of the noblest mansions in London.
noblest
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From this reading The mouth and brow are contrasts."--/Ibid./ IT was two or three evenings after the date of the last chapter, and there was what the newspapers call "a select party" in one of the noblest mansions in London.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading /Loves of the Angels./ "Can it be That these fine impulses, these lofty thoughts Burning with their own beauty, are but given To make me the low slave of vanity?"--/Erinna./ "Is she not too fair Even to think of maiden's sweetest care?
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading "The pride too of her step, as light Along the unconscious earth she went, Seemed that of one born with a right To walk some heavenlier element."
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading A young lady, on whom all eyes were bent, and whose beauty might have served the painter for a model of Semiramis or Zenobia, more majestic than became her years, and so classically faultless as to have something cold and statue-like in its haughty lineaments, was moving through the crowd that murmured applauses as she passed.
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading "The pride too of her step, as light Along the unconscious earth she went, Seemed that of one born with a right To walk some heavenlier element."
orconjunctionUS /ɔːr/
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading The mouth and brow are contrasts."--/Ibid./ IT was two or three evenings after the date of the last chapter, and there was what the newspapers call "a select party" in one of the noblest mansions in London.
own
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From this reading /Loves of the Angels./ "Can it be That these fine impulses, these lofty thoughts Burning with their own beauty, are but given To make me the low slave of vanity?"--/Erinna./ "Is she not too fair Even to think of maiden's sweetest care?
painter
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From this reading A young lady, on whom all eyes were bent, and whose beauty might have served the painter for a model of Semiramis or Zenobia, more majestic than became her years, and so classically faultless as to have something cold and statue-like in its haughty lineaments, was moving through the crowd that murmured applauses as she passed.
partynounUS /party/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The mouth and brow are contrasts."--/Ibid./ IT was two or three evenings after the date of the last chapter, and there was what the newspapers call "a select party" in one of the noblest mansions in London.
passednounUS /passed/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading A young lady, on whom all eyes were bent, and whose beauty might have served the painter for a model of Semiramis or Zenobia, more majestic than became her years, and so classically faultless as to have something cold and statue-like in its haughty lineaments, was moving through the crowd that murmured applauses as she passed.
pride
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From this reading "The pride too of her step, as light Along the unconscious earth she went, Seemed that of one born with a right To walk some heavenlier element."
relation
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From this reading This lady was Florence Lascelles, the daughter of Lumley's great relation, the Earl of Saxingham, and supposed to be the richest heiress in England.
richest
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From this reading This lady was Florence Lascelles, the daughter of Lumley's great relation, the Earl of Saxingham, and supposed to be the richest heiress in England.
rightnounUS /right/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading "The pride too of her step, as light Along the unconscious earth she went, Seemed that of one born with a right To walk some heavenlier element."
Saxingham
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From this reading This lady was Florence Lascelles, the daughter of Lumley's great relation, the Earl of Saxingham, and supposed to be the richest heiress in England.
SeemednounUS /seemed/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading "The pride too of her step, as light Along the unconscious earth she went, Seemed that of one born with a right To walk some heavenlier element."
select
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From this reading The mouth and brow are contrasts."--/Ibid./ IT was two or three evenings after the date of the last chapter, and there was what the newspapers call "a select party" in one of the noblest mansions in London.
Semiramis
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From this reading A young lady, on whom all eyes were bent, and whose beauty might have served the painter for a model of Semiramis or Zenobia, more majestic than became her years, and so classically faultless as to have something cold and statue-like in its haughty lineaments, was moving through the crowd that murmured applauses as she passed.
served
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From this reading A young lady, on whom all eyes were bent, and whose beauty might have served the painter for a model of Semiramis or Zenobia, more majestic than became her years, and so classically faultless as to have something cold and statue-like in its haughty lineaments, was moving through the crowd that murmured applauses as she passed.
shepronounUS /ʃiː/
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading "The pride too of her step, as light Along the unconscious earth she went, Seemed that of one born with a right To walk some heavenlier element."
slave
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From this reading /Loves of the Angels./ "Can it be That these fine impulses, these lofty thoughts Burning with their own beauty, are but given To make me the low slave of vanity?"--/Erinna./ "Is she not too fair Even to think of maiden's sweetest care?
soconjunctionUS /soʊ/
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading A young lady, on whom all eyes were bent, and whose beauty might have served the painter for a model of Semiramis or Zenobia, more majestic than became her years, and so classically faultless as to have something cold and statue-like in its haughty lineaments, was moving through the crowd that murmured applauses as she passed.
some
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From this reading "The pride too of her step, as light Along the unconscious earth she went, Seemed that of one born with a right To walk some heavenlier element."
somethingpronounUS /ˈsʌmθɪŋ/
a thing, without saying which
From this reading A young lady, on whom all eyes were bent, and whose beauty might have served the painter for a model of Semiramis or Zenobia, more majestic than became her years, and so classically faultless as to have something cold and statue-like in its haughty lineaments, was moving through the crowd that murmured applauses as she passed.
statue-like
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From this reading A young lady, on whom all eyes were bent, and whose beauty might have served the painter for a model of Semiramis or Zenobia, more majestic than became her years, and so classically faultless as to have something cold and statue-like in its haughty lineaments, was moving through the crowd that murmured applauses as she passed.
stepnounUS /step/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading "The pride too of her step, as light Along the unconscious earth she went, Seemed that of one born with a right To walk some heavenlier element."
supposed
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From this reading This lady was Florence Lascelles, the daughter of Lumley's great relation, the Earl of Saxingham, and supposed to be the richest heiress in England.
sweetest
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From this reading /Loves of the Angels./ "Can it be That these fine impulses, these lofty thoughts Burning with their own beauty, are but given To make me the low slave of vanity?"--/Erinna./ "Is she not too fair Even to think of maiden's sweetest care?
thanconjunctionUS /ðæn/
used to introduce the second part of a comparison
From this reading A young lady, on whom all eyes were bent, and whose beauty might have served the painter for a model of Semiramis or Zenobia, more majestic than became her years, and so classically faultless as to have something cold and statue-like in its haughty lineaments, was moving through the crowd that murmured applauses as she passed.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading "The pride too of her step, as light Along the unconscious earth she went, Seemed that of one born with a right To walk some heavenlier element."
ThedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading "The pride too of her step, as light Along the unconscious earth she went, Seemed that of one born with a right To walk some heavenlier element."
theirdeterminerUS /ðer/
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading /Loves of the Angels./ "Can it be That these fine impulses, these lofty thoughts Burning with their own beauty, are but given To make me the low slave of vanity?"--/Erinna./ "Is she not too fair Even to think of maiden's sweetest care?
there
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From this reading The mouth and brow are contrasts."--/Ibid./ IT was two or three evenings after the date of the last chapter, and there was what the newspapers call "a select party" in one of the noblest mansions in London.
thesedeterminerUS /ðiːz/
the plural of “this”: the people or things near, or just mentioned
From this reading /Loves of the Angels./ "Can it be That these fine impulses, these lofty thoughts Burning with their own beauty, are but given To make me the low slave of vanity?"--/Erinna./ "Is she not too fair Even to think of maiden's sweetest care?
thinknounUS /think/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading /Loves of the Angels./ "Can it be That these fine impulses, these lofty thoughts Burning with their own beauty, are but given To make me the low slave of vanity?"--/Erinna./ "Is she not too fair Even to think of maiden's sweetest care?
ThisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading This lady was Florence Lascelles, the daughter of Lumley's great relation, the Earl of Saxingham, and supposed to be the richest heiress in England.
thoughts
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From this reading /Loves of the Angels./ "Can it be That these fine impulses, these lofty thoughts Burning with their own beauty, are but given To make me the low slave of vanity?"--/Erinna./ "Is she not too fair Even to think of maiden's sweetest care?
three
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From this reading The mouth and brow are contrasts."--/Ibid./ IT was two or three evenings after the date of the last chapter, and there was what the newspapers call "a select party" in one of the noblest mansions in London.
throughnounUS /ˈthrough/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading A young lady, on whom all eyes were bent, and whose beauty might have served the painter for a model of Semiramis or Zenobia, more majestic than became her years, and so classically faultless as to have something cold and statue-like in its haughty lineaments, was moving through the crowd that murmured applauses as she passed.
ToparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading "The pride too of her step, as light Along the unconscious earth she went, Seemed that of one born with a right To walk some heavenlier element."
too
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From this reading "The pride too of her step, as light Along the unconscious earth she went, Seemed that of one born with a right To walk some heavenlier element."
two
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From this reading The mouth and brow are contrasts."--/Ibid./ IT was two or three evenings after the date of the last chapter, and there was what the newspapers call "a select party" in one of the noblest mansions in London.
unconscious
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From this reading "The pride too of her step, as light Along the unconscious earth she went, Seemed that of one born with a right To walk some heavenlier element."
vanity
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From this reading /Loves of the Angels./ "Can it be That these fine impulses, these lofty thoughts Burning with their own beauty, are but given To make me the low slave of vanity?"--/Erinna./ "Is she not too fair Even to think of maiden's sweetest care?
walk
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From this reading "The pride too of her step, as light Along the unconscious earth she went, Seemed that of one born with a right To walk some heavenlier element."
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading The mouth and brow are contrasts."--/Ibid./ IT was two or three evenings after the date of the last chapter, and there was what the newspapers call "a select party" in one of the noblest mansions in London.
wentnounUS /went/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading "The pride too of her step, as light Along the unconscious earth she went, Seemed that of one born with a right To walk some heavenlier element."
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading A young lady, on whom all eyes were bent, and whose beauty might have served the painter for a model of Semiramis or Zenobia, more majestic than became her years, and so classically faultless as to have something cold and statue-like in its haughty lineaments, was moving through the crowd that murmured applauses as she passed.
whatpronounUS /wʌt/
used to ask for information about something
From this reading The mouth and brow are contrasts."--/Ibid./ IT was two or three evenings after the date of the last chapter, and there was what the newspapers call "a select party" in one of the noblest mansions in London.
whompronounUS /huːm/
the form of “who” used as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading A young lady, on whom all eyes were bent, and whose beauty might have served the painter for a model of Semiramis or Zenobia, more majestic than became her years, and so classically faultless as to have something cold and statue-like in its haughty lineaments, was moving through the crowd that murmured applauses as she passed.
whosedeterminerUS /huːz/
belonging to which person
From this reading A young lady, on whom all eyes were bent, and whose beauty might have served the painter for a model of Semiramis or Zenobia, more majestic than became her years, and so classically faultless as to have something cold and statue-like in its haughty lineaments, was moving through the crowd that murmured applauses as she passed.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading "The pride too of her step, as light Along the unconscious earth she went, Seemed that of one born with a right To walk some heavenlier element."
years
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From this reading A young lady, on whom all eyes were bent, and whose beauty might have served the painter for a model of Semiramis or Zenobia, more majestic than became her years, and so classically faultless as to have something cold and statue-like in its haughty lineaments, was moving through the crowd that murmured applauses as she passed.
young
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From this reading A young lady, on whom all eyes were bent, and whose beauty might have served the painter for a model of Semiramis or Zenobia, more majestic than became her years, and so classically faultless as to have something cold and statue-like in its haughty lineaments, was moving through the crowd that murmured applauses as she passed.
Zenobia
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From this reading A young lady, on whom all eyes were bent, and whose beauty might have served the painter for a model of Semiramis or Zenobia, more majestic than became her years, and so classically faultless as to have something cold and statue-like in its haughty lineaments, was moving through the crowd that murmured applauses as she passed.
