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1844
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From this reading ] MANNERS [Footnote 367: The essay on _Manners_ is from the Second Series of _Essays_, published in 1844, three years after the First Series.
366
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From this reading [Footnote 366: Let them rave, etc. These lines are misquoted, being evidently given from memory, from Tennyson's _Dirge_.
367
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From this reading ] MANNERS [Footnote 367: The essay on _Manners_ is from the Second Series of _Essays_, published in 1844, three years after the First Series.
afterprepositionUS /ˈæftər/
later than; following
From this reading ] MANNERS [Footnote 367: The essay on _Manners_ is from the Second Series of _Essays_, published in 1844, three years after the First Series.
areauxiliary verbUS /ɑːr/
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading [Footnote 366: Let them rave, etc. These lines are misquoted, being evidently given from memory, from Tennyson's _Dirge_.
beingauxiliary verbUS /ˈbiːɪŋ/
the -ing form of “be”
From this reading [Footnote 366: Let them rave, etc. These lines are misquoted, being evidently given from memory, from Tennyson's _Dirge_.
Dirge
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essay
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From this reading ] MANNERS [Footnote 367: The essay on _Manners_ is from the Second Series of _Essays_, published in 1844, three years after the First Series.
Essays
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etc
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From this reading [Footnote 366: Let them rave, etc. These lines are misquoted, being evidently given from memory, from Tennyson's _Dirge_.
evidently
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From this reading [Footnote 366: Let them rave, etc. These lines are misquoted, being evidently given from memory, from Tennyson's _Dirge_.
FirstnounUS /first/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading ] MANNERS [Footnote 367: The essay on _Manners_ is from the Second Series of _Essays_, published in 1844, three years after the First Series.
folds
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From this reading Thou wilt never raise thine head From the green that folds thy grave-- Let them rave."
Footnote
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From this reading [Footnote 366: Let them rave, etc. These lines are misquoted, being evidently given from memory, from Tennyson's _Dirge_.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading [Footnote 366: Let them rave, etc. These lines are misquoted, being evidently given from memory, from Tennyson's _Dirge_.
given
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grave
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From this reading Thou wilt never raise thine head From the green that folds thy grave-- Let them rave."
green
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From this reading Thou wilt never raise thine head From the green that folds thy grave-- Let them rave."
head
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From this reading Thou wilt never raise thine head From the green that folds thy grave-- Let them rave."
InprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
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isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading ] MANNERS [Footnote 367: The essay on _Manners_ is from the Second Series of _Essays_, published in 1844, three years after the First Series.
Letauxiliary verbUS /let/
used to make a suggestion or a command including the speaker
From this reading [Footnote 366: Let them rave, etc. These lines are misquoted, being evidently given from memory, from Tennyson's _Dirge_.
lines
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From this reading [Footnote 366: Let them rave, etc. These lines are misquoted, being evidently given from memory, from Tennyson's _Dirge_.
MANNERS
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From this reading ] MANNERS [Footnote 367: The essay on _Manners_ is from the Second Series of _Essays_, published in 1844, three years after the First Series.
memorynounUS /ˈmem.ər.i/
The faculty by which the mind stores and remembers information and knowledge.
From this reading [Footnote 366: Let them rave, etc. These lines are misquoted, being evidently given from memory, from Tennyson's _Dirge_.
misquoted
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From this reading [Footnote 366: Let them rave, etc. These lines are misquoted, being evidently given from memory, from Tennyson's _Dirge_.
nevernounUS /never/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Thou wilt never raise thine head From the green that folds thy grave-- Let them rave."
occur
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ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading ] MANNERS [Footnote 367: The essay on _Manners_ is from the Second Series of _Essays_, published in 1844, three years after the First Series.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading ] MANNERS [Footnote 367: The essay on _Manners_ is from the Second Series of _Essays_, published in 1844, three years after the First Series.
poem
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published
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From this reading ] MANNERS [Footnote 367: The essay on _Manners_ is from the Second Series of _Essays_, published in 1844, three years after the First Series.
raise
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From this reading Thou wilt never raise thine head From the green that folds thy grave-- Let them rave."
rave
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From this reading [Footnote 366: Let them rave, etc. These lines are misquoted, being evidently given from memory, from Tennyson's _Dirge_.
Second
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From this reading ] MANNERS [Footnote 367: The essay on _Manners_ is from the Second Series of _Essays_, published in 1844, three years after the First Series.
Series
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From this reading ] MANNERS [Footnote 367: The essay on _Manners_ is from the Second Series of _Essays_, published in 1844, three years after the First Series.
Tennyson's
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From this reading [Footnote 366: Let them rave, etc. These lines are misquoted, being evidently given from memory, from Tennyson's _Dirge_.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Thou wilt never raise thine head From the green that folds thy grave-- Let them rave."
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading In the poem occur these lines:
thempronounUS /ðem/
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading [Footnote 366: Let them rave, etc. These lines are misquoted, being evidently given from memory, from Tennyson's _Dirge_.
ThesedeterminerUS /ðiːz/
the plural of “this”: the people or things near, or just mentioned
From this reading [Footnote 366: Let them rave, etc. These lines are misquoted, being evidently given from memory, from Tennyson's _Dirge_.
thinepronounUS /ðaɪn/
an old word for “yours”
From this reading Thou wilt never raise thine head From the green that folds thy grave-- Let them rave."
ThoupronounUS /ðaʊ/
an old word for “you”, as the subject, speaking to one person
From this reading Thou wilt never raise thine head From the green that folds thy grave-- Let them rave."
three
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From this reading ] MANNERS [Footnote 367: The essay on _Manners_ is from the Second Series of _Essays_, published in 1844, three years after the First Series.
thydeterminerUS /ðaɪ/
an old word for “your”, speaking to one person
From this reading Thou wilt never raise thine head From the green that folds thy grave-- Let them rave."
wiltmodal verbUS /wɪlt/
an old form of “will”, used with “thou”
From this reading Thou wilt never raise thine head From the green that folds thy grave-- Let them rave."
years
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From this reading ] MANNERS [Footnote 367: The essay on _Manners_ is from the Second Series of _Essays_, published in 1844, three years after the First Series.