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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 ETON AND AFTER Eton days.--Windsor Fair.--My Dame.--Fights and Fun.-- Boveney Court.--Mr. Hall Say.--Boveney.--Professor and Mrs. Attwell.--I win a useful prize.--Alban Doran.--My father's frescoes.--Battle Abbey.--Gainsborough's Tomb.--Knole.--Our burglar.--Claude Calthrop.--Clayton Calthrop.--The Gardener as Critic.--The Gipsy with an eye for colour.--I attempt sculpture.--The Terry family.--Private theatricals.--Sir John Hare.--Miss Marion Terry.--Miss Ellen Terry.--Miss Kate Terry.--Miss Bateman.--Miss Florence St. John.--Constable.-- Sir Howard Vincent.--I dance with Patti.--Lancaster Gate and Meringues.--Prayers and Pantries.
Abbey
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From this reading ETON AND AFTER Eton days.--Windsor Fair.--My Dame.--Fights and Fun.-- Boveney Court.--Mr. Hall Say.--Boveney.--Professor and Mrs. Attwell.--I win a useful prize.--Alban Doran.--My father's frescoes.--Battle Abbey.--Gainsborough's Tomb.--Knole.--Our burglar.--Claude Calthrop.--Clayton Calthrop.--The Gardener as Critic.--The Gipsy with an eye for colour.--I attempt sculpture.--The Terry family.--Private theatricals.--Sir John Hare.--Miss Marion Terry.--Miss Ellen Terry.--Miss Kate Terry.--Miss Bateman.--Miss Florence St. John.--Constable.-- Sir Howard Vincent.--I dance with Patti.--Lancaster Gate and Meringues.--Prayers and Pantries.
accompanied
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From this reading I have the liveliest recollection of my first day at Eton, when I was accompanied by my mother, who wished to see me safely installed.
advice
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From this reading These were very soon replaced, on the advice of Tuck, my fag-master (and wicket-keeper in the eleven), by racehorses and bulldogs by Herring.
AFTERprepositionUS /ˈæftər/
later than; following
From this reading ETON AND AFTER Eton days.--Windsor Fair.--My Dame.--Fights and Fun.-- Boveney Court.--Mr. Hall Say.--Boveney.--Professor and Mrs. Attwell.--I win a useful prize.--Alban Doran.--My father's frescoes.--Battle Abbey.--Gainsborough's Tomb.--Knole.--Our burglar.--Claude Calthrop.--Clayton Calthrop.--The Gardener as Critic.--The Gipsy with an eye for colour.--I attempt sculpture.--The Terry family.--Private theatricals.--Sir John Hare.--Miss Marion Terry.--Miss Ellen Terry.--Miss Kate Terry.--Miss Bateman.--Miss Florence St. John.--Constable.-- Sir Howard Vincent.--I dance with Patti.--Lancaster Gate and Meringues.--Prayers and Pantries.
afterwards
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From this reading In her anxiety to make my room comfortable (it was afterwards, by the way, Lord Randolph Churchill's room), she bought small framed and coloured prints of sacred subjects to hang upon the walls, to give it, as she thought, a more homely aspect.
againstprepositionUS /əˈɡenst/
touching and pressing; in opposition to
From this reading Next I remember my youthful digestion being put to test by a big boy who "stood me," against my will, "bumpers" of shandy-gaff; and for my first smoke a cheroot of no choice blend, the inevitable results succeeding.
Alban
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From this reading ETON AND AFTER Eton days.--Windsor Fair.--My Dame.--Fights and Fun.-- Boveney Court.--Mr. Hall Say.--Boveney.--Professor and Mrs. Attwell.--I win a useful prize.--Alban Doran.--My father's frescoes.--Battle Abbey.--Gainsborough's Tomb.--Knole.--Our burglar.--Claude Calthrop.--Clayton Calthrop.--The Gardener as Critic.--The Gipsy with an eye for colour.--I attempt sculpture.--The Terry family.--Private theatricals.--Sir John Hare.--Miss Marion Terry.--Miss Ellen Terry.--Miss Kate Terry.--Miss Bateman.--Miss Florence St. John.--Constable.-- Sir Howard Vincent.--I dance with Patti.--Lancaster Gate and Meringues.--Prayers and Pantries.
andeterminerUS /æn/
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading ETON AND AFTER Eton days.--Windsor Fair.--My Dame.--Fights and Fun.-- Boveney Court.--Mr. Hall Say.--Boveney.--Professor and Mrs. Attwell.--I win a useful prize.--Alban Doran.--My father's frescoes.--Battle Abbey.--Gainsborough's Tomb.--Knole.--Our burglar.--Claude Calthrop.--Clayton Calthrop.--The Gardener as Critic.--The Gipsy with an eye for colour.--I attempt sculpture.--The Terry family.--Private theatricals.--Sir John Hare.--Miss Marion Terry.--Miss Ellen Terry.--Miss Kate Terry.--Miss Bateman.--Miss Florence St. John.--Constable.-- Sir Howard Vincent.--I dance with Patti.--Lancaster Gate and Meringues.--Prayers and Pantries.
ANDconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading ETON AND AFTER Eton days.--Windsor Fair.--My Dame.--Fights and Fun.-- Boveney Court.--Mr. Hall Say.--Boveney.--Professor and Mrs. Attwell.--I win a useful prize.--Alban Doran.--My father's frescoes.--Battle Abbey.--Gainsborough's Tomb.--Knole.--Our burglar.--Claude Calthrop.--Clayton Calthrop.--The Gardener as Critic.--The Gipsy with an eye for colour.--I attempt sculpture.--The Terry family.--Private theatricals.--Sir John Hare.--Miss Marion Terry.--Miss Ellen Terry.--Miss Kate Terry.--Miss Bateman.--Miss Florence St. John.--Constable.-- Sir Howard Vincent.--I dance with Patti.--Lancaster Gate and Meringues.--Prayers and Pantries.
anxiety
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From this reading In her anxiety to make my room comfortable (it was afterwards, by the way, Lord Randolph Churchill's room), she bought small framed and coloured prints of sacred subjects to hang upon the walls, to give it, as she thought, a more homely aspect.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading ETON AND AFTER Eton days.--Windsor Fair.--My Dame.--Fights and Fun.-- Boveney Court.--Mr. Hall Say.--Boveney.--Professor and Mrs. Attwell.--I win a useful prize.--Alban Doran.--My father's frescoes.--Battle Abbey.--Gainsborough's Tomb.--Knole.--Our burglar.--Claude Calthrop.--Clayton Calthrop.--The Gardener as Critic.--The Gipsy with an eye for colour.--I attempt sculpture.--The Terry family.--Private theatricals.--Sir John Hare.--Miss Marion Terry.--Miss Ellen Terry.--Miss Kate Terry.--Miss Bateman.--Miss Florence St. John.--Constable.-- Sir Howard Vincent.--I dance with Patti.--Lancaster Gate and Meringues.--Prayers and Pantries.
aspect
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From this reading In her anxiety to make my room comfortable (it was afterwards, by the way, Lord Randolph Churchill's room), she bought small framed and coloured prints of sacred subjects to hang upon the walls, to give it, as she thought, a more homely aspect.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading I have the liveliest recollection of my first day at Eton, when I was accompanied by my mother, who wished to see me safely installed.
attempt
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From this reading ETON AND AFTER Eton days.--Windsor Fair.--My Dame.--Fights and Fun.-- Boveney Court.--Mr. Hall Say.--Boveney.--Professor and Mrs. Attwell.--I win a useful prize.--Alban Doran.--My father's frescoes.--Battle Abbey.--Gainsborough's Tomb.--Knole.--Our burglar.--Claude Calthrop.--Clayton Calthrop.--The Gardener as Critic.--The Gipsy with an eye for colour.--I attempt sculpture.--The Terry family.--Private theatricals.--Sir John Hare.--Miss Marion Terry.--Miss Ellen Terry.--Miss Kate Terry.--Miss Bateman.--Miss Florence St. John.--Constable.-- Sir Howard Vincent.--I dance with Patti.--Lancaster Gate and Meringues.--Prayers and Pantries.
Attwell
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From this reading ETON AND AFTER Eton days.--Windsor Fair.--My Dame.--Fights and Fun.-- Boveney Court.--Mr. Hall Say.--Boveney.--Professor and Mrs. Attwell.--I win a useful prize.--Alban Doran.--My father's frescoes.--Battle Abbey.--Gainsborough's Tomb.--Knole.--Our burglar.--Claude Calthrop.--Clayton Calthrop.--The Gardener as Critic.--The Gipsy with an eye for colour.--I attempt sculpture.--The Terry family.--Private theatricals.--Sir John Hare.--Miss Marion Terry.--Miss Ellen Terry.--Miss Kate Terry.--Miss Bateman.--Miss Florence St. John.--Constable.-- Sir Howard Vincent.--I dance with Patti.--Lancaster Gate and Meringues.--Prayers and Pantries.
Bateman
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From this reading ETON AND AFTER Eton days.--Windsor Fair.--My Dame.--Fights and Fun.-- Boveney Court.--Mr. Hall Say.--Boveney.--Professor and Mrs. Attwell.--I win a useful prize.--Alban Doran.--My father's frescoes.--Battle Abbey.--Gainsborough's Tomb.--Knole.--Our burglar.--Claude Calthrop.--Clayton Calthrop.--The Gardener as Critic.--The Gipsy with an eye for colour.--I attempt sculpture.--The Terry family.--Private theatricals.--Sir John Hare.--Miss Marion Terry.--Miss Ellen Terry.--Miss Kate Terry.--Miss Bateman.--Miss Florence St. John.--Constable.-- Sir Howard Vincent.--I dance with Patti.--Lancaster Gate and Meringues.--Prayers and Pantries.
Battle
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From this reading ETON AND AFTER Eton days.--Windsor Fair.--My Dame.--Fights and Fun.-- Boveney Court.--Mr. Hall Say.--Boveney.--Professor and Mrs. Attwell.--I win a useful prize.--Alban Doran.--My father's frescoes.--Battle Abbey.--Gainsborough's Tomb.--Knole.--Our burglar.--Claude Calthrop.--Clayton Calthrop.--The Gardener as Critic.--The Gipsy with an eye for colour.--I attempt sculpture.--The Terry family.--Private theatricals.--Sir John Hare.--Miss Marion Terry.--Miss Ellen Terry.--Miss Kate Terry.--Miss Bateman.--Miss Florence St. John.--Constable.-- Sir Howard Vincent.--I dance with Patti.--Lancaster Gate and Meringues.--Prayers and Pantries.
beingauxiliary verbUS /ˈbiːɪŋ/
the -ing form of “be”
From this reading Next I remember my youthful digestion being put to test by a big boy who "stood me," against my will, "bumpers" of shandy-gaff; and for my first smoke a cheroot of no choice blend, the inevitable results succeeding.
big
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From this reading Next I remember my youthful digestion being put to test by a big boy who "stood me," against my will, "bumpers" of shandy-gaff; and for my first smoke a cheroot of no choice blend, the inevitable results succeeding.
blend
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From this reading Next I remember my youthful digestion being put to test by a big boy who "stood me," against my will, "bumpers" of shandy-gaff; and for my first smoke a cheroot of no choice blend, the inevitable results succeeding.
bought
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From this reading In her anxiety to make my room comfortable (it was afterwards, by the way, Lord Randolph Churchill's room), she bought small framed and coloured prints of sacred subjects to hang upon the walls, to give it, as she thought, a more homely aspect.
Boveney
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From this reading ETON AND AFTER Eton days.--Windsor Fair.--My Dame.--Fights and Fun.-- Boveney Court.--Mr. Hall Say.--Boveney.--Professor and Mrs. Attwell.--I win a useful prize.--Alban Doran.--My father's frescoes.--Battle Abbey.--Gainsborough's Tomb.--Knole.--Our burglar.--Claude Calthrop.--Clayton Calthrop.--The Gardener as Critic.--The Gipsy with an eye for colour.--I attempt sculpture.--The Terry family.--Private theatricals.--Sir John Hare.--Miss Marion Terry.--Miss Ellen Terry.--Miss Kate Terry.--Miss Bateman.--Miss Florence St. John.--Constable.-- Sir Howard Vincent.--I dance with Patti.--Lancaster Gate and Meringues.--Prayers and Pantries.
boy
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From this reading Next I remember my youthful digestion being put to test by a big boy who "stood me," against my will, "bumpers" of shandy-gaff; and for my first smoke a cheroot of no choice blend, the inevitable results succeeding.
bulldogs
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From this reading These were very soon replaced, on the advice of Tuck, my fag-master (and wicket-keeper in the eleven), by racehorses and bulldogs by Herring.
bumpers
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From this reading Next I remember my youthful digestion being put to test by a big boy who "stood me," against my will, "bumpers" of shandy-gaff; and for my first smoke a cheroot of no choice blend, the inevitable results succeeding.
burglarnounUS /ˈbɝː.ɡlɚ/
A person who commits illegal entry into a building with intent to steal valuable treasures.
From this reading ETON AND AFTER Eton days.--Windsor Fair.--My Dame.--Fights and Fun.-- Boveney Court.--Mr. Hall Say.--Boveney.--Professor and Mrs. Attwell.--I win a useful prize.--Alban Doran.--My father's frescoes.--Battle Abbey.--Gainsborough's Tomb.--Knole.--Our burglar.--Claude Calthrop.--Clayton Calthrop.--The Gardener as Critic.--The Gipsy with an eye for colour.--I attempt sculpture.--The Terry family.--Private theatricals.--Sir John Hare.--Miss Marion Terry.--Miss Ellen Terry.--Miss Kate Terry.--Miss Bateman.--Miss Florence St. John.--Constable.-- Sir Howard Vincent.--I dance with Patti.--Lancaster Gate and Meringues.--Prayers and Pantries.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading I have the liveliest recollection of my first day at Eton, when I was accompanied by my mother, who wished to see me safely installed.
Calthrop
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From this reading ETON AND AFTER Eton days.--Windsor Fair.--My Dame.--Fights and Fun.-- Boveney Court.--Mr. Hall Say.--Boveney.--Professor and Mrs. Attwell.--I win a useful prize.--Alban Doran.--My father's frescoes.--Battle Abbey.--Gainsborough's Tomb.--Knole.--Our burglar.--Claude Calthrop.--Clayton Calthrop.--The Gardener as Critic.--The Gipsy with an eye for colour.--I attempt sculpture.--The Terry family.--Private theatricals.--Sir John Hare.--Miss Marion Terry.--Miss Ellen Terry.--Miss Kate Terry.--Miss Bateman.--Miss Florence St. John.--Constable.-- Sir Howard Vincent.--I dance with Patti.--Lancaster Gate and Meringues.--Prayers and Pantries.
cheroot
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From this reading Next I remember my youthful digestion being put to test by a big boy who "stood me," against my will, "bumpers" of shandy-gaff; and for my first smoke a cheroot of no choice blend, the inevitable results succeeding.
choice
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From this reading Next I remember my youthful digestion being put to test by a big boy who "stood me," against my will, "bumpers" of shandy-gaff; and for my first smoke a cheroot of no choice blend, the inevitable results succeeding.
Churchill's
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From this reading In her anxiety to make my room comfortable (it was afterwards, by the way, Lord Randolph Churchill's room), she bought small framed and coloured prints of sacred subjects to hang upon the walls, to give it, as she thought, a more homely aspect.
Claude
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From this reading ETON AND AFTER Eton days.--Windsor Fair.--My Dame.--Fights and Fun.-- Boveney Court.--Mr. Hall Say.--Boveney.--Professor and Mrs. Attwell.--I win a useful prize.--Alban Doran.--My father's frescoes.--Battle Abbey.--Gainsborough's Tomb.--Knole.--Our burglar.--Claude Calthrop.--Clayton Calthrop.--The Gardener as Critic.--The Gipsy with an eye for colour.--I attempt sculpture.--The Terry family.--Private theatricals.--Sir John Hare.--Miss Marion Terry.--Miss Ellen Terry.--Miss Kate Terry.--Miss Bateman.--Miss Florence St. John.--Constable.-- Sir Howard Vincent.--I dance with Patti.--Lancaster Gate and Meringues.--Prayers and Pantries.
Clayton
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From this reading ETON AND AFTER Eton days.--Windsor Fair.--My Dame.--Fights and Fun.-- Boveney Court.--Mr. Hall Say.--Boveney.--Professor and Mrs. Attwell.--I win a useful prize.--Alban Doran.--My father's frescoes.--Battle Abbey.--Gainsborough's Tomb.--Knole.--Our burglar.--Claude Calthrop.--Clayton Calthrop.--The Gardener as Critic.--The Gipsy with an eye for colour.--I attempt sculpture.--The Terry family.--Private theatricals.--Sir John Hare.--Miss Marion Terry.--Miss Ellen Terry.--Miss Kate Terry.--Miss Bateman.--Miss Florence St. John.--Constable.-- Sir Howard Vincent.--I dance with Patti.--Lancaster Gate and Meringues.--Prayers and Pantries.
colour
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From this reading ETON AND AFTER Eton days.--Windsor Fair.--My Dame.--Fights and Fun.-- Boveney Court.--Mr. Hall Say.--Boveney.--Professor and Mrs. Attwell.--I win a useful prize.--Alban Doran.--My father's frescoes.--Battle Abbey.--Gainsborough's Tomb.--Knole.--Our burglar.--Claude Calthrop.--Clayton Calthrop.--The Gardener as Critic.--The Gipsy with an eye for colour.--I attempt sculpture.--The Terry family.--Private theatricals.--Sir John Hare.--Miss Marion Terry.--Miss Ellen Terry.--Miss Kate Terry.--Miss Bateman.--Miss Florence St. John.--Constable.-- Sir Howard Vincent.--I dance with Patti.--Lancaster Gate and Meringues.--Prayers and Pantries.
coloured
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From this reading In her anxiety to make my room comfortable (it was afterwards, by the way, Lord Randolph Churchill's room), she bought small framed and coloured prints of sacred subjects to hang upon the walls, to give it, as she thought, a more homely aspect.
comfortable
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From this reading In her anxiety to make my room comfortable (it was afterwards, by the way, Lord Randolph Churchill's room), she bought small framed and coloured prints of sacred subjects to hang upon the walls, to give it, as she thought, a more homely aspect.
Constable
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From this reading ETON AND AFTER Eton days.--Windsor Fair.--My Dame.--Fights and Fun.-- Boveney Court.--Mr. Hall Say.--Boveney.--Professor and Mrs. Attwell.--I win a useful prize.--Alban Doran.--My father's frescoes.--Battle Abbey.--Gainsborough's Tomb.--Knole.--Our burglar.--Claude Calthrop.--Clayton Calthrop.--The Gardener as Critic.--The Gipsy with an eye for colour.--I attempt sculpture.--The Terry family.--Private theatricals.--Sir John Hare.--Miss Marion Terry.--Miss Ellen Terry.--Miss Kate Terry.--Miss Bateman.--Miss Florence St. John.--Constable.-- Sir Howard Vincent.--I dance with Patti.--Lancaster Gate and Meringues.--Prayers and Pantries.
Court
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From this reading ETON AND AFTER Eton days.--Windsor Fair.--My Dame.--Fights and Fun.-- Boveney Court.--Mr. Hall Say.--Boveney.--Professor and Mrs. Attwell.--I win a useful prize.--Alban Doran.--My father's frescoes.--Battle Abbey.--Gainsborough's Tomb.--Knole.--Our burglar.--Claude Calthrop.--Clayton Calthrop.--The Gardener as Critic.--The Gipsy with an eye for colour.--I attempt sculpture.--The Terry family.--Private theatricals.--Sir John Hare.--Miss Marion Terry.--Miss Ellen Terry.--Miss Kate Terry.--Miss Bateman.--Miss Florence St. John.--Constable.-- Sir Howard Vincent.--I dance with Patti.--Lancaster Gate and Meringues.--Prayers and Pantries.
Critic
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From this reading ETON AND AFTER Eton days.--Windsor Fair.--My Dame.--Fights and Fun.-- Boveney Court.--Mr. Hall Say.--Boveney.--Professor and Mrs. Attwell.--I win a useful prize.--Alban Doran.--My father's frescoes.--Battle Abbey.--Gainsborough's Tomb.--Knole.--Our burglar.--Claude Calthrop.--Clayton Calthrop.--The Gardener as Critic.--The Gipsy with an eye for colour.--I attempt sculpture.--The Terry family.--Private theatricals.--Sir John Hare.--Miss Marion Terry.--Miss Ellen Terry.--Miss Kate Terry.--Miss Bateman.--Miss Florence St. John.--Constable.-- Sir Howard Vincent.--I dance with Patti.--Lancaster Gate and Meringues.--Prayers and Pantries.
Dame
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From this reading ETON AND AFTER Eton days.--Windsor Fair.--My Dame.--Fights and Fun.-- Boveney Court.--Mr. Hall Say.--Boveney.--Professor and Mrs. Attwell.--I win a useful prize.--Alban Doran.--My father's frescoes.--Battle Abbey.--Gainsborough's Tomb.--Knole.--Our burglar.--Claude Calthrop.--Clayton Calthrop.--The Gardener as Critic.--The Gipsy with an eye for colour.--I attempt sculpture.--The Terry family.--Private theatricals.--Sir John Hare.--Miss Marion Terry.--Miss Ellen Terry.--Miss Kate Terry.--Miss Bateman.--Miss Florence St. John.--Constable.-- Sir Howard Vincent.--I dance with Patti.--Lancaster Gate and Meringues.--Prayers and Pantries.
dance
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From this reading ETON AND AFTER Eton days.--Windsor Fair.--My Dame.--Fights and Fun.-- Boveney Court.--Mr. Hall Say.--Boveney.--Professor and Mrs. Attwell.--I win a useful prize.--Alban Doran.--My father's frescoes.--Battle Abbey.--Gainsborough's Tomb.--Knole.--Our burglar.--Claude Calthrop.--Clayton Calthrop.--The Gardener as Critic.--The Gipsy with an eye for colour.--I attempt sculpture.--The Terry family.--Private theatricals.--Sir John Hare.--Miss Marion Terry.--Miss Ellen Terry.--Miss Kate Terry.--Miss Bateman.--Miss Florence St. John.--Constable.-- Sir Howard Vincent.--I dance with Patti.--Lancaster Gate and Meringues.--Prayers and Pantries.
day
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From this reading I have the liveliest recollection of my first day at Eton, when I was accompanied by my mother, who wished to see me safely installed.
days
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From this reading ETON AND AFTER Eton days.--Windsor Fair.--My Dame.--Fights and Fun.-- Boveney Court.--Mr. Hall Say.--Boveney.--Professor and Mrs. Attwell.--I win a useful prize.--Alban Doran.--My father's frescoes.--Battle Abbey.--Gainsborough's Tomb.--Knole.--Our burglar.--Claude Calthrop.--Clayton Calthrop.--The Gardener as Critic.--The Gipsy with an eye for colour.--I attempt sculpture.--The Terry family.--Private theatricals.--Sir John Hare.--Miss Marion Terry.--Miss Ellen Terry.--Miss Kate Terry.--Miss Bateman.--Miss Florence St. John.--Constable.-- Sir Howard Vincent.--I dance with Patti.--Lancaster Gate and Meringues.--Prayers and Pantries.
digestion
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From this reading Next I remember my youthful digestion being put to test by a big boy who "stood me," against my will, "bumpers" of shandy-gaff; and for my first smoke a cheroot of no choice blend, the inevitable results succeeding.
Doran
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From this reading ETON AND AFTER Eton days.--Windsor Fair.--My Dame.--Fights and Fun.-- Boveney Court.--Mr. Hall Say.--Boveney.--Professor and Mrs. Attwell.--I win a useful prize.--Alban Doran.--My father's frescoes.--Battle Abbey.--Gainsborough's Tomb.--Knole.--Our burglar.--Claude Calthrop.--Clayton Calthrop.--The Gardener as Critic.--The Gipsy with an eye for colour.--I attempt sculpture.--The Terry family.--Private theatricals.--Sir John Hare.--Miss Marion Terry.--Miss Ellen Terry.--Miss Kate Terry.--Miss Bateman.--Miss Florence St. John.--Constable.-- Sir Howard Vincent.--I dance with Patti.--Lancaster Gate and Meringues.--Prayers and Pantries.
eleven
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From this reading These were very soon replaced, on the advice of Tuck, my fag-master (and wicket-keeper in the eleven), by racehorses and bulldogs by Herring.
Ellen
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From this reading ETON AND AFTER Eton days.--Windsor Fair.--My Dame.--Fights and Fun.-- Boveney Court.--Mr. Hall Say.--Boveney.--Professor and Mrs. Attwell.--I win a useful prize.--Alban Doran.--My father's frescoes.--Battle Abbey.--Gainsborough's Tomb.--Knole.--Our burglar.--Claude Calthrop.--Clayton Calthrop.--The Gardener as Critic.--The Gipsy with an eye for colour.--I attempt sculpture.--The Terry family.--Private theatricals.--Sir John Hare.--Miss Marion Terry.--Miss Ellen Terry.--Miss Kate Terry.--Miss Bateman.--Miss Florence St. John.--Constable.-- Sir Howard Vincent.--I dance with Patti.--Lancaster Gate and Meringues.--Prayers and Pantries.
ETON
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From this reading ETON AND AFTER Eton days.--Windsor Fair.--My Dame.--Fights and Fun.-- Boveney Court.--Mr. Hall Say.--Boveney.--Professor and Mrs. Attwell.--I win a useful prize.--Alban Doran.--My father's frescoes.--Battle Abbey.--Gainsborough's Tomb.--Knole.--Our burglar.--Claude Calthrop.--Clayton Calthrop.--The Gardener as Critic.--The Gipsy with an eye for colour.--I attempt sculpture.--The Terry family.--Private theatricals.--Sir John Hare.--Miss Marion Terry.--Miss Ellen Terry.--Miss Kate Terry.--Miss Bateman.--Miss Florence St. John.--Constable.-- Sir Howard Vincent.--I dance with Patti.--Lancaster Gate and Meringues.--Prayers and Pantries.
eye
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From this reading ETON AND AFTER Eton days.--Windsor Fair.--My Dame.--Fights and Fun.-- Boveney Court.--Mr. Hall Say.--Boveney.--Professor and Mrs. Attwell.--I win a useful prize.--Alban Doran.--My father's frescoes.--Battle Abbey.--Gainsborough's Tomb.--Knole.--Our burglar.--Claude Calthrop.--Clayton Calthrop.--The Gardener as Critic.--The Gipsy with an eye for colour.--I attempt sculpture.--The Terry family.--Private theatricals.--Sir John Hare.--Miss Marion Terry.--Miss Ellen Terry.--Miss Kate Terry.--Miss Bateman.--Miss Florence St. John.--Constable.-- Sir Howard Vincent.--I dance with Patti.--Lancaster Gate and Meringues.--Prayers and Pantries.
fag-master
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From this reading These were very soon replaced, on the advice of Tuck, my fag-master (and wicket-keeper in the eleven), by racehorses and bulldogs by Herring.
Fair
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From this reading ETON AND AFTER Eton days.--Windsor Fair.--My Dame.--Fights and Fun.-- Boveney Court.--Mr. Hall Say.--Boveney.--Professor and Mrs. Attwell.--I win a useful prize.--Alban Doran.--My father's frescoes.--Battle Abbey.--Gainsborough's Tomb.--Knole.--Our burglar.--Claude Calthrop.--Clayton Calthrop.--The Gardener as Critic.--The Gipsy with an eye for colour.--I attempt sculpture.--The Terry family.--Private theatricals.--Sir John Hare.--Miss Marion Terry.--Miss Ellen Terry.--Miss Kate Terry.--Miss Bateman.--Miss Florence St. John.--Constable.-- Sir Howard Vincent.--I dance with Patti.--Lancaster Gate and Meringues.--Prayers and Pantries.
family
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From this reading ETON AND AFTER Eton days.--Windsor Fair.--My Dame.--Fights and Fun.-- Boveney Court.--Mr. Hall Say.--Boveney.--Professor and Mrs. Attwell.--I win a useful prize.--Alban Doran.--My father's frescoes.--Battle Abbey.--Gainsborough's Tomb.--Knole.--Our burglar.--Claude Calthrop.--Clayton Calthrop.--The Gardener as Critic.--The Gipsy with an eye for colour.--I attempt sculpture.--The Terry family.--Private theatricals.--Sir John Hare.--Miss Marion Terry.--Miss Ellen Terry.--Miss Kate Terry.--Miss Bateman.--Miss Florence St. John.--Constable.-- Sir Howard Vincent.--I dance with Patti.--Lancaster Gate and Meringues.--Prayers and Pantries.
father's
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From this reading ETON AND AFTER Eton days.--Windsor Fair.--My Dame.--Fights and Fun.-- Boveney Court.--Mr. Hall Say.--Boveney.--Professor and Mrs. Attwell.--I win a useful prize.--Alban Doran.--My father's frescoes.--Battle Abbey.--Gainsborough's Tomb.--Knole.--Our burglar.--Claude Calthrop.--Clayton Calthrop.--The Gardener as Critic.--The Gipsy with an eye for colour.--I attempt sculpture.--The Terry family.--Private theatricals.--Sir John Hare.--Miss Marion Terry.--Miss Ellen Terry.--Miss Kate Terry.--Miss Bateman.--Miss Florence St. John.--Constable.-- Sir Howard Vincent.--I dance with Patti.--Lancaster Gate and Meringues.--Prayers and Pantries.
Fights
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From this reading ETON AND AFTER Eton days.--Windsor Fair.--My Dame.--Fights and Fun.-- Boveney Court.--Mr. Hall Say.--Boveney.--Professor and Mrs. Attwell.--I win a useful prize.--Alban Doran.--My father's frescoes.--Battle Abbey.--Gainsborough's Tomb.--Knole.--Our burglar.--Claude Calthrop.--Clayton Calthrop.--The Gardener as Critic.--The Gipsy with an eye for colour.--I attempt sculpture.--The Terry family.--Private theatricals.--Sir John Hare.--Miss Marion Terry.--Miss Ellen Terry.--Miss Kate Terry.--Miss Bateman.--Miss Florence St. John.--Constable.-- Sir Howard Vincent.--I dance with Patti.--Lancaster Gate and Meringues.--Prayers and Pantries.
first
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From this reading I have the liveliest recollection of my first day at Eton, when I was accompanied by my mother, who wished to see me safely installed.
Florence
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From this reading ETON AND AFTER Eton days.--Windsor Fair.--My Dame.--Fights and Fun.-- Boveney Court.--Mr. Hall Say.--Boveney.--Professor and Mrs. Attwell.--I win a useful prize.--Alban Doran.--My father's frescoes.--Battle Abbey.--Gainsborough's Tomb.--Knole.--Our burglar.--Claude Calthrop.--Clayton Calthrop.--The Gardener as Critic.--The Gipsy with an eye for colour.--I attempt sculpture.--The Terry family.--Private theatricals.--Sir John Hare.--Miss Marion Terry.--Miss Ellen Terry.--Miss Kate Terry.--Miss Bateman.--Miss Florence St. John.--Constable.-- Sir Howard Vincent.--I dance with Patti.--Lancaster Gate and Meringues.--Prayers and Pantries.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading ETON AND AFTER Eton days.--Windsor Fair.--My Dame.--Fights and Fun.-- Boveney Court.--Mr. Hall Say.--Boveney.--Professor and Mrs. Attwell.--I win a useful prize.--Alban Doran.--My father's frescoes.--Battle Abbey.--Gainsborough's Tomb.--Knole.--Our burglar.--Claude Calthrop.--Clayton Calthrop.--The Gardener as Critic.--The Gipsy with an eye for colour.--I attempt sculpture.--The Terry family.--Private theatricals.--Sir John Hare.--Miss Marion Terry.--Miss Ellen Terry.--Miss Kate Terry.--Miss Bateman.--Miss Florence St. John.--Constable.-- Sir Howard Vincent.--I dance with Patti.--Lancaster Gate and Meringues.--Prayers and Pantries.
framed
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From this reading In her anxiety to make my room comfortable (it was afterwards, by the way, Lord Randolph Churchill's room), she bought small framed and coloured prints of sacred subjects to hang upon the walls, to give it, as she thought, a more homely aspect.
frescoes
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From this reading ETON AND AFTER Eton days.--Windsor Fair.--My Dame.--Fights and Fun.-- Boveney Court.--Mr. Hall Say.--Boveney.--Professor and Mrs. Attwell.--I win a useful prize.--Alban Doran.--My father's frescoes.--Battle Abbey.--Gainsborough's Tomb.--Knole.--Our burglar.--Claude Calthrop.--Clayton Calthrop.--The Gardener as Critic.--The Gipsy with an eye for colour.--I attempt sculpture.--The Terry family.--Private theatricals.--Sir John Hare.--Miss Marion Terry.--Miss Ellen Terry.--Miss Kate Terry.--Miss Bateman.--Miss Florence St. John.--Constable.-- Sir Howard Vincent.--I dance with Patti.--Lancaster Gate and Meringues.--Prayers and Pantries.
Fun
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From this reading ETON AND AFTER Eton days.--Windsor Fair.--My Dame.--Fights and Fun.-- Boveney Court.--Mr. Hall Say.--Boveney.--Professor and Mrs. Attwell.--I win a useful prize.--Alban Doran.--My father's frescoes.--Battle Abbey.--Gainsborough's Tomb.--Knole.--Our burglar.--Claude Calthrop.--Clayton Calthrop.--The Gardener as Critic.--The Gipsy with an eye for colour.--I attempt sculpture.--The Terry family.--Private theatricals.--Sir John Hare.--Miss Marion Terry.--Miss Ellen Terry.--Miss Kate Terry.--Miss Bateman.--Miss Florence St. John.--Constable.-- Sir Howard Vincent.--I dance with Patti.--Lancaster Gate and Meringues.--Prayers and Pantries.
Gainsborough's
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Gardener
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From this reading ETON AND AFTER Eton days.--Windsor Fair.--My Dame.--Fights and Fun.-- Boveney Court.--Mr. Hall Say.--Boveney.--Professor and Mrs. Attwell.--I win a useful prize.--Alban Doran.--My father's frescoes.--Battle Abbey.--Gainsborough's Tomb.--Knole.--Our burglar.--Claude Calthrop.--Clayton Calthrop.--The Gardener as Critic.--The Gipsy with an eye for colour.--I attempt sculpture.--The Terry family.--Private theatricals.--Sir John Hare.--Miss Marion Terry.--Miss Ellen Terry.--Miss Kate Terry.--Miss Bateman.--Miss Florence St. John.--Constable.-- Sir Howard Vincent.--I dance with Patti.--Lancaster Gate and Meringues.--Prayers and Pantries.
Gate
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From this reading ETON AND AFTER Eton days.--Windsor Fair.--My Dame.--Fights and Fun.-- Boveney Court.--Mr. Hall Say.--Boveney.--Professor and Mrs. Attwell.--I win a useful prize.--Alban Doran.--My father's frescoes.--Battle Abbey.--Gainsborough's Tomb.--Knole.--Our burglar.--Claude Calthrop.--Clayton Calthrop.--The Gardener as Critic.--The Gipsy with an eye for colour.--I attempt sculpture.--The Terry family.--Private theatricals.--Sir John Hare.--Miss Marion Terry.--Miss Ellen Terry.--Miss Kate Terry.--Miss Bateman.--Miss Florence St. John.--Constable.-- Sir Howard Vincent.--I dance with Patti.--Lancaster Gate and Meringues.--Prayers and Pantries.
Gipsy
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From this reading ETON AND AFTER Eton days.--Windsor Fair.--My Dame.--Fights and Fun.-- Boveney Court.--Mr. Hall Say.--Boveney.--Professor and Mrs. Attwell.--I win a useful prize.--Alban Doran.--My father's frescoes.--Battle Abbey.--Gainsborough's Tomb.--Knole.--Our burglar.--Claude Calthrop.--Clayton Calthrop.--The Gardener as Critic.--The Gipsy with an eye for colour.--I attempt sculpture.--The Terry family.--Private theatricals.--Sir John Hare.--Miss Marion Terry.--Miss Ellen Terry.--Miss Kate Terry.--Miss Bateman.--Miss Florence St. John.--Constable.-- Sir Howard Vincent.--I dance with Patti.--Lancaster Gate and Meringues.--Prayers and Pantries.
give
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From this reading In her anxiety to make my room comfortable (it was afterwards, by the way, Lord Randolph Churchill's room), she bought small framed and coloured prints of sacred subjects to hang upon the walls, to give it, as she thought, a more homely aspect.
Hall
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From this reading ETON AND AFTER Eton days.--Windsor Fair.--My Dame.--Fights and Fun.-- Boveney Court.--Mr. Hall Say.--Boveney.--Professor and Mrs. Attwell.--I win a useful prize.--Alban Doran.--My father's frescoes.--Battle Abbey.--Gainsborough's Tomb.--Knole.--Our burglar.--Claude Calthrop.--Clayton Calthrop.--The Gardener as Critic.--The Gipsy with an eye for colour.--I attempt sculpture.--The Terry family.--Private theatricals.--Sir John Hare.--Miss Marion Terry.--Miss Ellen Terry.--Miss Kate Terry.--Miss Bateman.--Miss Florence St. John.--Constable.-- Sir Howard Vincent.--I dance with Patti.--Lancaster Gate and Meringues.--Prayers and Pantries.
hang
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From this reading In her anxiety to make my room comfortable (it was afterwards, by the way, Lord Randolph Churchill's room), she bought small framed and coloured prints of sacred subjects to hang upon the walls, to give it, as she thought, a more homely aspect.
Hare
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From this reading ETON AND AFTER Eton days.--Windsor Fair.--My Dame.--Fights and Fun.-- Boveney Court.--Mr. Hall Say.--Boveney.--Professor and Mrs. Attwell.--I win a useful prize.--Alban Doran.--My father's frescoes.--Battle Abbey.--Gainsborough's Tomb.--Knole.--Our burglar.--Claude Calthrop.--Clayton Calthrop.--The Gardener as Critic.--The Gipsy with an eye for colour.--I attempt sculpture.--The Terry family.--Private theatricals.--Sir John Hare.--Miss Marion Terry.--Miss Ellen Terry.--Miss Kate Terry.--Miss Bateman.--Miss Florence St. John.--Constable.-- Sir Howard Vincent.--I dance with Patti.--Lancaster Gate and Meringues.--Prayers and Pantries.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading I have the liveliest recollection of my first day at Eton, when I was accompanied by my mother, who wished to see me safely installed.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading In her anxiety to make my room comfortable (it was afterwards, by the way, Lord Randolph Churchill's room), she bought small framed and coloured prints of sacred subjects to hang upon the walls, to give it, as she thought, a more homely aspect.
Herring
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From this reading These were very soon replaced, on the advice of Tuck, my fag-master (and wicket-keeper in the eleven), by racehorses and bulldogs by Herring.
homely
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From this reading In her anxiety to make my room comfortable (it was afterwards, by the way, Lord Randolph Churchill's room), she bought small framed and coloured prints of sacred subjects to hang upon the walls, to give it, as she thought, a more homely aspect.
Howard
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From this reading ETON AND AFTER Eton days.--Windsor Fair.--My Dame.--Fights and Fun.-- Boveney Court.--Mr. Hall Say.--Boveney.--Professor and Mrs. Attwell.--I win a useful prize.--Alban Doran.--My father's frescoes.--Battle Abbey.--Gainsborough's Tomb.--Knole.--Our burglar.--Claude Calthrop.--Clayton Calthrop.--The Gardener as Critic.--The Gipsy with an eye for colour.--I attempt sculpture.--The Terry family.--Private theatricals.--Sir John Hare.--Miss Marion Terry.--Miss Ellen Terry.--Miss Kate Terry.--Miss Bateman.--Miss Florence St. John.--Constable.-- Sir Howard Vincent.--I dance with Patti.--Lancaster Gate and Meringues.--Prayers and Pantries.
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading ETON AND AFTER Eton days.--Windsor Fair.--My Dame.--Fights and Fun.-- Boveney Court.--Mr. Hall Say.--Boveney.--Professor and Mrs. Attwell.--I win a useful prize.--Alban Doran.--My father's frescoes.--Battle Abbey.--Gainsborough's Tomb.--Knole.--Our burglar.--Claude Calthrop.--Clayton Calthrop.--The Gardener as Critic.--The Gipsy with an eye for colour.--I attempt sculpture.--The Terry family.--Private theatricals.--Sir John Hare.--Miss Marion Terry.--Miss Ellen Terry.--Miss Kate Terry.--Miss Bateman.--Miss Florence St. John.--Constable.-- Sir Howard Vincent.--I dance with Patti.--Lancaster Gate and Meringues.--Prayers and Pantries.
InprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading In her anxiety to make my room comfortable (it was afterwards, by the way, Lord Randolph Churchill's room), she bought small framed and coloured prints of sacred subjects to hang upon the walls, to give it, as she thought, a more homely aspect.
inevitable
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From this reading Next I remember my youthful digestion being put to test by a big boy who "stood me," against my will, "bumpers" of shandy-gaff; and for my first smoke a cheroot of no choice blend, the inevitable results succeeding.
installed
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From this reading I have the liveliest recollection of my first day at Eton, when I was accompanied by my mother, who wished to see me safely installed.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading In her anxiety to make my room comfortable (it was afterwards, by the way, Lord Randolph Churchill's room), she bought small framed and coloured prints of sacred subjects to hang upon the walls, to give it, as she thought, a more homely aspect.
John
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From this reading ETON AND AFTER Eton days.--Windsor Fair.--My Dame.--Fights and Fun.-- Boveney Court.--Mr. Hall Say.--Boveney.--Professor and Mrs. Attwell.--I win a useful prize.--Alban Doran.--My father's frescoes.--Battle Abbey.--Gainsborough's Tomb.--Knole.--Our burglar.--Claude Calthrop.--Clayton Calthrop.--The Gardener as Critic.--The Gipsy with an eye for colour.--I attempt sculpture.--The Terry family.--Private theatricals.--Sir John Hare.--Miss Marion Terry.--Miss Ellen Terry.--Miss Kate Terry.--Miss Bateman.--Miss Florence St. John.--Constable.-- Sir Howard Vincent.--I dance with Patti.--Lancaster Gate and Meringues.--Prayers and Pantries.
Kate
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From this reading ETON AND AFTER Eton days.--Windsor Fair.--My Dame.--Fights and Fun.-- Boveney Court.--Mr. Hall Say.--Boveney.--Professor and Mrs. Attwell.--I win a useful prize.--Alban Doran.--My father's frescoes.--Battle Abbey.--Gainsborough's Tomb.--Knole.--Our burglar.--Claude Calthrop.--Clayton Calthrop.--The Gardener as Critic.--The Gipsy with an eye for colour.--I attempt sculpture.--The Terry family.--Private theatricals.--Sir John Hare.--Miss Marion Terry.--Miss Ellen Terry.--Miss Kate Terry.--Miss Bateman.--Miss Florence St. John.--Constable.-- Sir Howard Vincent.--I dance with Patti.--Lancaster Gate and Meringues.--Prayers and Pantries.
Knole
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From this reading ETON AND AFTER Eton days.--Windsor Fair.--My Dame.--Fights and Fun.-- Boveney Court.--Mr. Hall Say.--Boveney.--Professor and Mrs. Attwell.--I win a useful prize.--Alban Doran.--My father's frescoes.--Battle Abbey.--Gainsborough's Tomb.--Knole.--Our burglar.--Claude Calthrop.--Clayton Calthrop.--The Gardener as Critic.--The Gipsy with an eye for colour.--I attempt sculpture.--The Terry family.--Private theatricals.--Sir John Hare.--Miss Marion Terry.--Miss Ellen Terry.--Miss Kate Terry.--Miss Bateman.--Miss Florence St. John.--Constable.-- Sir Howard Vincent.--I dance with Patti.--Lancaster Gate and Meringues.--Prayers and Pantries.
Lancaster
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From this reading ETON AND AFTER Eton days.--Windsor Fair.--My Dame.--Fights and Fun.-- Boveney Court.--Mr. Hall Say.--Boveney.--Professor and Mrs. Attwell.--I win a useful prize.--Alban Doran.--My father's frescoes.--Battle Abbey.--Gainsborough's Tomb.--Knole.--Our burglar.--Claude Calthrop.--Clayton Calthrop.--The Gardener as Critic.--The Gipsy with an eye for colour.--I attempt sculpture.--The Terry family.--Private theatricals.--Sir John Hare.--Miss Marion Terry.--Miss Ellen Terry.--Miss Kate Terry.--Miss Bateman.--Miss Florence St. John.--Constable.-- Sir Howard Vincent.--I dance with Patti.--Lancaster Gate and Meringues.--Prayers and Pantries.
liveliest
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From this reading I have the liveliest recollection of my first day at Eton, when I was accompanied by my mother, who wished to see me safely installed.
Lord
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From this reading In her anxiety to make my room comfortable (it was afterwards, by the way, Lord Randolph Churchill's room), she bought small framed and coloured prints of sacred subjects to hang upon the walls, to give it, as she thought, a more homely aspect.
make
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From this reading In her anxiety to make my room comfortable (it was afterwards, by the way, Lord Randolph Churchill's room), she bought small framed and coloured prints of sacred subjects to hang upon the walls, to give it, as she thought, a more homely aspect.
Marion
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From this reading ETON AND AFTER Eton days.--Windsor Fair.--My Dame.--Fights and Fun.-- Boveney Court.--Mr. Hall Say.--Boveney.--Professor and Mrs. Attwell.--I win a useful prize.--Alban Doran.--My father's frescoes.--Battle Abbey.--Gainsborough's Tomb.--Knole.--Our burglar.--Claude Calthrop.--Clayton Calthrop.--The Gardener as Critic.--The Gipsy with an eye for colour.--I attempt sculpture.--The Terry family.--Private theatricals.--Sir John Hare.--Miss Marion Terry.--Miss Ellen Terry.--Miss Kate Terry.--Miss Bateman.--Miss Florence St. John.--Constable.-- Sir Howard Vincent.--I dance with Patti.--Lancaster Gate and Meringues.--Prayers and Pantries.
mepronounUS /miː/
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading I have the liveliest recollection of my first day at Eton, when I was accompanied by my mother, who wished to see me safely installed.
Meringues
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From this reading ETON AND AFTER Eton days.--Windsor Fair.--My Dame.--Fights and Fun.-- Boveney Court.--Mr. Hall Say.--Boveney.--Professor and Mrs. Attwell.--I win a useful prize.--Alban Doran.--My father's frescoes.--Battle Abbey.--Gainsborough's Tomb.--Knole.--Our burglar.--Claude Calthrop.--Clayton Calthrop.--The Gardener as Critic.--The Gipsy with an eye for colour.--I attempt sculpture.--The Terry family.--Private theatricals.--Sir John Hare.--Miss Marion Terry.--Miss Ellen Terry.--Miss Kate Terry.--Miss Bateman.--Miss Florence St. John.--Constable.-- Sir Howard Vincent.--I dance with Patti.--Lancaster Gate and Meringues.--Prayers and Pantries.
Miss
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From this reading ETON AND AFTER Eton days.--Windsor Fair.--My Dame.--Fights and Fun.-- Boveney Court.--Mr. Hall Say.--Boveney.--Professor and Mrs. Attwell.--I win a useful prize.--Alban Doran.--My father's frescoes.--Battle Abbey.--Gainsborough's Tomb.--Knole.--Our burglar.--Claude Calthrop.--Clayton Calthrop.--The Gardener as Critic.--The Gipsy with an eye for colour.--I attempt sculpture.--The Terry family.--Private theatricals.--Sir John Hare.--Miss Marion Terry.--Miss Ellen Terry.--Miss Kate Terry.--Miss Bateman.--Miss Florence St. John.--Constable.-- Sir Howard Vincent.--I dance with Patti.--Lancaster Gate and Meringues.--Prayers and Pantries.
more
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From this reading In her anxiety to make my room comfortable (it was afterwards, by the way, Lord Randolph Churchill's room), she bought small framed and coloured prints of sacred subjects to hang upon the walls, to give it, as she thought, a more homely aspect.
mother
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From this reading I have the liveliest recollection of my first day at Eton, when I was accompanied by my mother, who wished to see me safely installed.
Mr
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From this reading ETON AND AFTER Eton days.--Windsor Fair.--My Dame.--Fights and Fun.-- Boveney Court.--Mr. Hall Say.--Boveney.--Professor and Mrs. Attwell.--I win a useful prize.--Alban Doran.--My father's frescoes.--Battle Abbey.--Gainsborough's Tomb.--Knole.--Our burglar.--Claude Calthrop.--Clayton Calthrop.--The Gardener as Critic.--The Gipsy with an eye for colour.--I attempt sculpture.--The Terry family.--Private theatricals.--Sir John Hare.--Miss Marion Terry.--Miss Ellen Terry.--Miss Kate Terry.--Miss Bateman.--Miss Florence St. John.--Constable.-- Sir Howard Vincent.--I dance with Patti.--Lancaster Gate and Meringues.--Prayers and Pantries.
Mrs
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From this reading ETON AND AFTER Eton days.--Windsor Fair.--My Dame.--Fights and Fun.-- Boveney Court.--Mr. Hall Say.--Boveney.--Professor and Mrs. Attwell.--I win a useful prize.--Alban Doran.--My father's frescoes.--Battle Abbey.--Gainsborough's Tomb.--Knole.--Our burglar.--Claude Calthrop.--Clayton Calthrop.--The Gardener as Critic.--The Gipsy with an eye for colour.--I attempt sculpture.--The Terry family.--Private theatricals.--Sir John Hare.--Miss Marion Terry.--Miss Ellen Terry.--Miss Kate Terry.--Miss Bateman.--Miss Florence St. John.--Constable.-- Sir Howard Vincent.--I dance with Patti.--Lancaster Gate and Meringues.--Prayers and Pantries.
MydeterminerUS /maɪ/
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading ETON AND AFTER Eton days.--Windsor Fair.--My Dame.--Fights and Fun.-- Boveney Court.--Mr. Hall Say.--Boveney.--Professor and Mrs. Attwell.--I win a useful prize.--Alban Doran.--My father's frescoes.--Battle Abbey.--Gainsborough's Tomb.--Knole.--Our burglar.--Claude Calthrop.--Clayton Calthrop.--The Gardener as Critic.--The Gipsy with an eye for colour.--I attempt sculpture.--The Terry family.--Private theatricals.--Sir John Hare.--Miss Marion Terry.--Miss Ellen Terry.--Miss Kate Terry.--Miss Bateman.--Miss Florence St. John.--Constable.-- Sir Howard Vincent.--I dance with Patti.--Lancaster Gate and Meringues.--Prayers and Pantries.
Next
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From this reading Next I remember my youthful digestion being put to test by a big boy who "stood me," against my will, "bumpers" of shandy-gaff; and for my first smoke a cheroot of no choice blend, the inevitable results succeeding.
nodeterminerUS /noʊ/
not any; not one
From this reading Next I remember my youthful digestion being put to test by a big boy who "stood me," against my will, "bumpers" of shandy-gaff; and for my first smoke a cheroot of no choice blend, the inevitable results succeeding.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading I have the liveliest recollection of my first day at Eton, when I was accompanied by my mother, who wished to see me safely installed.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading These were very soon replaced, on the advice of Tuck, my fag-master (and wicket-keeper in the eleven), by racehorses and bulldogs by Herring.
OurdeterminerUS /ˈaʊər/
belonging to the speaker and others
From this reading ETON AND AFTER Eton days.--Windsor Fair.--My Dame.--Fights and Fun.-- Boveney Court.--Mr. Hall Say.--Boveney.--Professor and Mrs. Attwell.--I win a useful prize.--Alban Doran.--My father's frescoes.--Battle Abbey.--Gainsborough's Tomb.--Knole.--Our burglar.--Claude Calthrop.--Clayton Calthrop.--The Gardener as Critic.--The Gipsy with an eye for colour.--I attempt sculpture.--The Terry family.--Private theatricals.--Sir John Hare.--Miss Marion Terry.--Miss Ellen Terry.--Miss Kate Terry.--Miss Bateman.--Miss Florence St. John.--Constable.-- Sir Howard Vincent.--I dance with Patti.--Lancaster Gate and Meringues.--Prayers and Pantries.
Pantries
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From this reading ETON AND AFTER Eton days.--Windsor Fair.--My Dame.--Fights and Fun.-- Boveney Court.--Mr. Hall Say.--Boveney.--Professor and Mrs. Attwell.--I win a useful prize.--Alban Doran.--My father's frescoes.--Battle Abbey.--Gainsborough's Tomb.--Knole.--Our burglar.--Claude Calthrop.--Clayton Calthrop.--The Gardener as Critic.--The Gipsy with an eye for colour.--I attempt sculpture.--The Terry family.--Private theatricals.--Sir John Hare.--Miss Marion Terry.--Miss Ellen Terry.--Miss Kate Terry.--Miss Bateman.--Miss Florence St. John.--Constable.-- Sir Howard Vincent.--I dance with Patti.--Lancaster Gate and Meringues.--Prayers and Pantries.
Patti
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From this reading ETON AND AFTER Eton days.--Windsor Fair.--My Dame.--Fights and Fun.-- Boveney Court.--Mr. Hall Say.--Boveney.--Professor and Mrs. Attwell.--I win a useful prize.--Alban Doran.--My father's frescoes.--Battle Abbey.--Gainsborough's Tomb.--Knole.--Our burglar.--Claude Calthrop.--Clayton Calthrop.--The Gardener as Critic.--The Gipsy with an eye for colour.--I attempt sculpture.--The Terry family.--Private theatricals.--Sir John Hare.--Miss Marion Terry.--Miss Ellen Terry.--Miss Kate Terry.--Miss Bateman.--Miss Florence St. John.--Constable.-- Sir Howard Vincent.--I dance with Patti.--Lancaster Gate and Meringues.--Prayers and Pantries.
Prayers
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From this reading ETON AND AFTER Eton days.--Windsor Fair.--My Dame.--Fights and Fun.-- Boveney Court.--Mr. Hall Say.--Boveney.--Professor and Mrs. Attwell.--I win a useful prize.--Alban Doran.--My father's frescoes.--Battle Abbey.--Gainsborough's Tomb.--Knole.--Our burglar.--Claude Calthrop.--Clayton Calthrop.--The Gardener as Critic.--The Gipsy with an eye for colour.--I attempt sculpture.--The Terry family.--Private theatricals.--Sir John Hare.--Miss Marion Terry.--Miss Ellen Terry.--Miss Kate Terry.--Miss Bateman.--Miss Florence St. John.--Constable.-- Sir Howard Vincent.--I dance with Patti.--Lancaster Gate and Meringues.--Prayers and Pantries.
prints
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From this reading In her anxiety to make my room comfortable (it was afterwards, by the way, Lord Randolph Churchill's room), she bought small framed and coloured prints of sacred subjects to hang upon the walls, to give it, as she thought, a more homely aspect.
Private
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From this reading ETON AND AFTER Eton days.--Windsor Fair.--My Dame.--Fights and Fun.-- Boveney Court.--Mr. Hall Say.--Boveney.--Professor and Mrs. Attwell.--I win a useful prize.--Alban Doran.--My father's frescoes.--Battle Abbey.--Gainsborough's Tomb.--Knole.--Our burglar.--Claude Calthrop.--Clayton Calthrop.--The Gardener as Critic.--The Gipsy with an eye for colour.--I attempt sculpture.--The Terry family.--Private theatricals.--Sir John Hare.--Miss Marion Terry.--Miss Ellen Terry.--Miss Kate Terry.--Miss Bateman.--Miss Florence St. John.--Constable.-- Sir Howard Vincent.--I dance with Patti.--Lancaster Gate and Meringues.--Prayers and Pantries.
prize
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From this reading ETON AND AFTER Eton days.--Windsor Fair.--My Dame.--Fights and Fun.-- Boveney Court.--Mr. Hall Say.--Boveney.--Professor and Mrs. Attwell.--I win a useful prize.--Alban Doran.--My father's frescoes.--Battle Abbey.--Gainsborough's Tomb.--Knole.--Our burglar.--Claude Calthrop.--Clayton Calthrop.--The Gardener as Critic.--The Gipsy with an eye for colour.--I attempt sculpture.--The Terry family.--Private theatricals.--Sir John Hare.--Miss Marion Terry.--Miss Ellen Terry.--Miss Kate Terry.--Miss Bateman.--Miss Florence St. John.--Constable.-- Sir Howard Vincent.--I dance with Patti.--Lancaster Gate and Meringues.--Prayers and Pantries.
Professor
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From this reading ETON AND AFTER Eton days.--Windsor Fair.--My Dame.--Fights and Fun.-- Boveney Court.--Mr. Hall Say.--Boveney.--Professor and Mrs. Attwell.--I win a useful prize.--Alban Doran.--My father's frescoes.--Battle Abbey.--Gainsborough's Tomb.--Knole.--Our burglar.--Claude Calthrop.--Clayton Calthrop.--The Gardener as Critic.--The Gipsy with an eye for colour.--I attempt sculpture.--The Terry family.--Private theatricals.--Sir John Hare.--Miss Marion Terry.--Miss Ellen Terry.--Miss Kate Terry.--Miss Bateman.--Miss Florence St. John.--Constable.-- Sir Howard Vincent.--I dance with Patti.--Lancaster Gate and Meringues.--Prayers and Pantries.
put
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From this reading Next I remember my youthful digestion being put to test by a big boy who "stood me," against my will, "bumpers" of shandy-gaff; and for my first smoke a cheroot of no choice blend, the inevitable results succeeding.
racehorses
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From this reading These were very soon replaced, on the advice of Tuck, my fag-master (and wicket-keeper in the eleven), by racehorses and bulldogs by Herring.
Randolph
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From this reading In her anxiety to make my room comfortable (it was afterwards, by the way, Lord Randolph Churchill's room), she bought small framed and coloured prints of sacred subjects to hang upon the walls, to give it, as she thought, a more homely aspect.
recollection
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From this reading I have the liveliest recollection of my first day at Eton, when I was accompanied by my mother, who wished to see me safely installed.
rememberverbUS /rɪˈmɛm.bər/
To recall to mind.
From this reading Next I remember my youthful digestion being put to test by a big boy who "stood me," against my will, "bumpers" of shandy-gaff; and for my first smoke a cheroot of no choice blend, the inevitable results succeeding.
replaced
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From this reading These were very soon replaced, on the advice of Tuck, my fag-master (and wicket-keeper in the eleven), by racehorses and bulldogs by Herring.
results
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From this reading Next I remember my youthful digestion being put to test by a big boy who "stood me," against my will, "bumpers" of shandy-gaff; and for my first smoke a cheroot of no choice blend, the inevitable results succeeding.
room
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From this reading In her anxiety to make my room comfortable (it was afterwards, by the way, Lord Randolph Churchill's room), she bought small framed and coloured prints of sacred subjects to hang upon the walls, to give it, as she thought, a more homely aspect.
sacred
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From this reading In her anxiety to make my room comfortable (it was afterwards, by the way, Lord Randolph Churchill's room), she bought small framed and coloured prints of sacred subjects to hang upon the walls, to give it, as she thought, a more homely aspect.
safely
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From this reading I have the liveliest recollection of my first day at Eton, when I was accompanied by my mother, who wished to see me safely installed.
Say
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From this reading ETON AND AFTER Eton days.--Windsor Fair.--My Dame.--Fights and Fun.-- Boveney Court.--Mr. Hall Say.--Boveney.--Professor and Mrs. Attwell.--I win a useful prize.--Alban Doran.--My father's frescoes.--Battle Abbey.--Gainsborough's Tomb.--Knole.--Our burglar.--Claude Calthrop.--Clayton Calthrop.--The Gardener as Critic.--The Gipsy with an eye for colour.--I attempt sculpture.--The Terry family.--Private theatricals.--Sir John Hare.--Miss Marion Terry.--Miss Ellen Terry.--Miss Kate Terry.--Miss Bateman.--Miss Florence St. John.--Constable.-- Sir Howard Vincent.--I dance with Patti.--Lancaster Gate and Meringues.--Prayers and Pantries.
sculpture
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From this reading ETON AND AFTER Eton days.--Windsor Fair.--My Dame.--Fights and Fun.-- Boveney Court.--Mr. Hall Say.--Boveney.--Professor and Mrs. Attwell.--I win a useful prize.--Alban Doran.--My father's frescoes.--Battle Abbey.--Gainsborough's Tomb.--Knole.--Our burglar.--Claude Calthrop.--Clayton Calthrop.--The Gardener as Critic.--The Gipsy with an eye for colour.--I attempt sculpture.--The Terry family.--Private theatricals.--Sir John Hare.--Miss Marion Terry.--Miss Ellen Terry.--Miss Kate Terry.--Miss Bateman.--Miss Florence St. John.--Constable.-- Sir Howard Vincent.--I dance with Patti.--Lancaster Gate and Meringues.--Prayers and Pantries.
see
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From this reading I have the liveliest recollection of my first day at Eton, when I was accompanied by my mother, who wished to see me safely installed.
shandy-gaff
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From this reading Next I remember my youthful digestion being put to test by a big boy who "stood me," against my will, "bumpers" of shandy-gaff; and for my first smoke a cheroot of no choice blend, the inevitable results succeeding.
shepronounUS /ʃiː/
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading In her anxiety to make my room comfortable (it was afterwards, by the way, Lord Randolph Churchill's room), she bought small framed and coloured prints of sacred subjects to hang upon the walls, to give it, as she thought, a more homely aspect.
Sir
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From this reading ETON AND AFTER Eton days.--Windsor Fair.--My Dame.--Fights and Fun.-- Boveney Court.--Mr. Hall Say.--Boveney.--Professor and Mrs. Attwell.--I win a useful prize.--Alban Doran.--My father's frescoes.--Battle Abbey.--Gainsborough's Tomb.--Knole.--Our burglar.--Claude Calthrop.--Clayton Calthrop.--The Gardener as Critic.--The Gipsy with an eye for colour.--I attempt sculpture.--The Terry family.--Private theatricals.--Sir John Hare.--Miss Marion Terry.--Miss Ellen Terry.--Miss Kate Terry.--Miss Bateman.--Miss Florence St. John.--Constable.-- Sir Howard Vincent.--I dance with Patti.--Lancaster Gate and Meringues.--Prayers and Pantries.
small
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From this reading In her anxiety to make my room comfortable (it was afterwards, by the way, Lord Randolph Churchill's room), she bought small framed and coloured prints of sacred subjects to hang upon the walls, to give it, as she thought, a more homely aspect.
smoke
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From this reading Next I remember my youthful digestion being put to test by a big boy who "stood me," against my will, "bumpers" of shandy-gaff; and for my first smoke a cheroot of no choice blend, the inevitable results succeeding.
soon
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From this reading These were very soon replaced, on the advice of Tuck, my fag-master (and wicket-keeper in the eleven), by racehorses and bulldogs by Herring.
St
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From this reading ETON AND AFTER Eton days.--Windsor Fair.--My Dame.--Fights and Fun.-- Boveney Court.--Mr. Hall Say.--Boveney.--Professor and Mrs. Attwell.--I win a useful prize.--Alban Doran.--My father's frescoes.--Battle Abbey.--Gainsborough's Tomb.--Knole.--Our burglar.--Claude Calthrop.--Clayton Calthrop.--The Gardener as Critic.--The Gipsy with an eye for colour.--I attempt sculpture.--The Terry family.--Private theatricals.--Sir John Hare.--Miss Marion Terry.--Miss Ellen Terry.--Miss Kate Terry.--Miss Bateman.--Miss Florence St. John.--Constable.-- Sir Howard Vincent.--I dance with Patti.--Lancaster Gate and Meringues.--Prayers and Pantries.
stoodverbUS /stʊd/
Maintained an upright posture.
From this reading Next I remember my youthful digestion being put to test by a big boy who "stood me," against my will, "bumpers" of shandy-gaff; and for my first smoke a cheroot of no choice blend, the inevitable results succeeding.
subjects
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From this reading In her anxiety to make my room comfortable (it was afterwards, by the way, Lord Randolph Churchill's room), she bought small framed and coloured prints of sacred subjects to hang upon the walls, to give it, as she thought, a more homely aspect.
succeeding
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From this reading Next I remember my youthful digestion being put to test by a big boy who "stood me," against my will, "bumpers" of shandy-gaff; and for my first smoke a cheroot of no choice blend, the inevitable results succeeding.
Terry
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From this reading ETON AND AFTER Eton days.--Windsor Fair.--My Dame.--Fights and Fun.-- Boveney Court.--Mr. Hall Say.--Boveney.--Professor and Mrs. Attwell.--I win a useful prize.--Alban Doran.--My father's frescoes.--Battle Abbey.--Gainsborough's Tomb.--Knole.--Our burglar.--Claude Calthrop.--Clayton Calthrop.--The Gardener as Critic.--The Gipsy with an eye for colour.--I attempt sculpture.--The Terry family.--Private theatricals.--Sir John Hare.--Miss Marion Terry.--Miss Ellen Terry.--Miss Kate Terry.--Miss Bateman.--Miss Florence St. John.--Constable.-- Sir Howard Vincent.--I dance with Patti.--Lancaster Gate and Meringues.--Prayers and Pantries.
test
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From this reading Next I remember my youthful digestion being put to test by a big boy who "stood me," against my will, "bumpers" of shandy-gaff; and for my first smoke a cheroot of no choice blend, the inevitable results succeeding.
ThedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading ETON AND AFTER Eton days.--Windsor Fair.--My Dame.--Fights and Fun.-- Boveney Court.--Mr. Hall Say.--Boveney.--Professor and Mrs. Attwell.--I win a useful prize.--Alban Doran.--My father's frescoes.--Battle Abbey.--Gainsborough's Tomb.--Knole.--Our burglar.--Claude Calthrop.--Clayton Calthrop.--The Gardener as Critic.--The Gipsy with an eye for colour.--I attempt sculpture.--The Terry family.--Private theatricals.--Sir John Hare.--Miss Marion Terry.--Miss Ellen Terry.--Miss Kate Terry.--Miss Bateman.--Miss Florence St. John.--Constable.-- Sir Howard Vincent.--I dance with Patti.--Lancaster Gate and Meringues.--Prayers and Pantries.
theatricals
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From this reading ETON AND AFTER Eton days.--Windsor Fair.--My Dame.--Fights and Fun.-- Boveney Court.--Mr. Hall Say.--Boveney.--Professor and Mrs. Attwell.--I win a useful prize.--Alban Doran.--My father's frescoes.--Battle Abbey.--Gainsborough's Tomb.--Knole.--Our burglar.--Claude Calthrop.--Clayton Calthrop.--The Gardener as Critic.--The Gipsy with an eye for colour.--I attempt sculpture.--The Terry family.--Private theatricals.--Sir John Hare.--Miss Marion Terry.--Miss Ellen Terry.--Miss Kate Terry.--Miss Bateman.--Miss Florence St. John.--Constable.-- Sir Howard Vincent.--I dance with Patti.--Lancaster Gate and Meringues.--Prayers and Pantries.
ThesedeterminerUS /ðiːz/
the plural of “this”: the people or things near, or just mentioned
From this reading These were very soon replaced, on the advice of Tuck, my fag-master (and wicket-keeper in the eleven), by racehorses and bulldogs by Herring.
thought
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From this reading In her anxiety to make my room comfortable (it was afterwards, by the way, Lord Randolph Churchill's room), she bought small framed and coloured prints of sacred subjects to hang upon the walls, to give it, as she thought, a more homely aspect.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading I have the liveliest recollection of my first day at Eton, when I was accompanied by my mother, who wished to see me safely installed.
Tomb
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From this reading ETON AND AFTER Eton days.--Windsor Fair.--My Dame.--Fights and Fun.-- Boveney Court.--Mr. Hall Say.--Boveney.--Professor and Mrs. Attwell.--I win a useful prize.--Alban Doran.--My father's frescoes.--Battle Abbey.--Gainsborough's Tomb.--Knole.--Our burglar.--Claude Calthrop.--Clayton Calthrop.--The Gardener as Critic.--The Gipsy with an eye for colour.--I attempt sculpture.--The Terry family.--Private theatricals.--Sir John Hare.--Miss Marion Terry.--Miss Ellen Terry.--Miss Kate Terry.--Miss Bateman.--Miss Florence St. John.--Constable.-- Sir Howard Vincent.--I dance with Patti.--Lancaster Gate and Meringues.--Prayers and Pantries.
Tuck
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From this reading These were very soon replaced, on the advice of Tuck, my fag-master (and wicket-keeper in the eleven), by racehorses and bulldogs by Herring.
uponprepositionUS /əˈpɑːn/
a formal word for “on”
From this reading In her anxiety to make my room comfortable (it was afterwards, by the way, Lord Randolph Churchill's room), she bought small framed and coloured prints of sacred subjects to hang upon the walls, to give it, as she thought, a more homely aspect.
useful
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From this reading ETON AND AFTER Eton days.--Windsor Fair.--My Dame.--Fights and Fun.-- Boveney Court.--Mr. Hall Say.--Boveney.--Professor and Mrs. Attwell.--I win a useful prize.--Alban Doran.--My father's frescoes.--Battle Abbey.--Gainsborough's Tomb.--Knole.--Our burglar.--Claude Calthrop.--Clayton Calthrop.--The Gardener as Critic.--The Gipsy with an eye for colour.--I attempt sculpture.--The Terry family.--Private theatricals.--Sir John Hare.--Miss Marion Terry.--Miss Ellen Terry.--Miss Kate Terry.--Miss Bateman.--Miss Florence St. John.--Constable.-- Sir Howard Vincent.--I dance with Patti.--Lancaster Gate and Meringues.--Prayers and Pantries.
very
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From this reading These were very soon replaced, on the advice of Tuck, my fag-master (and wicket-keeper in the eleven), by racehorses and bulldogs by Herring.
Vincent
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From this reading ETON AND AFTER Eton days.--Windsor Fair.--My Dame.--Fights and Fun.-- Boveney Court.--Mr. Hall Say.--Boveney.--Professor and Mrs. Attwell.--I win a useful prize.--Alban Doran.--My father's frescoes.--Battle Abbey.--Gainsborough's Tomb.--Knole.--Our burglar.--Claude Calthrop.--Clayton Calthrop.--The Gardener as Critic.--The Gipsy with an eye for colour.--I attempt sculpture.--The Terry family.--Private theatricals.--Sir John Hare.--Miss Marion Terry.--Miss Ellen Terry.--Miss Kate Terry.--Miss Bateman.--Miss Florence St. John.--Constable.-- Sir Howard Vincent.--I dance with Patti.--Lancaster Gate and Meringues.--Prayers and Pantries.
walls
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From this reading In her anxiety to make my room comfortable (it was afterwards, by the way, Lord Randolph Churchill's room), she bought small framed and coloured prints of sacred subjects to hang upon the walls, to give it, as she thought, a more homely aspect.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading I have the liveliest recollection of my first day at Eton, when I was accompanied by my mother, who wished to see me safely installed.
way
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From this reading In her anxiety to make my room comfortable (it was afterwards, by the way, Lord Randolph Churchill's room), she bought small framed and coloured prints of sacred subjects to hang upon the walls, to give it, as she thought, a more homely aspect.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading These were very soon replaced, on the advice of Tuck, my fag-master (and wicket-keeper in the eleven), by racehorses and bulldogs by Herring.
whenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading I have the liveliest recollection of my first day at Eton, when I was accompanied by my mother, who wished to see me safely installed.
whopronounUS /huː/
which person or people
From this reading I have the liveliest recollection of my first day at Eton, when I was accompanied by my mother, who wished to see me safely installed.
wicket-keeper
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From this reading These were very soon replaced, on the advice of Tuck, my fag-master (and wicket-keeper in the eleven), by racehorses and bulldogs by Herring.
willmodal verbUS /wɪl/
used to talk about the future, or about willingness
From this reading Next I remember my youthful digestion being put to test by a big boy who "stood me," against my will, "bumpers" of shandy-gaff; and for my first smoke a cheroot of no choice blend, the inevitable results succeeding.
win
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From this reading ETON AND AFTER Eton days.--Windsor Fair.--My Dame.--Fights and Fun.-- Boveney Court.--Mr. Hall Say.--Boveney.--Professor and Mrs. Attwell.--I win a useful prize.--Alban Doran.--My father's frescoes.--Battle Abbey.--Gainsborough's Tomb.--Knole.--Our burglar.--Claude Calthrop.--Clayton Calthrop.--The Gardener as Critic.--The Gipsy with an eye for colour.--I attempt sculpture.--The Terry family.--Private theatricals.--Sir John Hare.--Miss Marion Terry.--Miss Ellen Terry.--Miss Kate Terry.--Miss Bateman.--Miss Florence St. John.--Constable.-- Sir Howard Vincent.--I dance with Patti.--Lancaster Gate and Meringues.--Prayers and Pantries.
Windsor
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From this reading ETON AND AFTER Eton days.--Windsor Fair.--My Dame.--Fights and Fun.-- Boveney Court.--Mr. Hall Say.--Boveney.--Professor and Mrs. Attwell.--I win a useful prize.--Alban Doran.--My father's frescoes.--Battle Abbey.--Gainsborough's Tomb.--Knole.--Our burglar.--Claude Calthrop.--Clayton Calthrop.--The Gardener as Critic.--The Gipsy with an eye for colour.--I attempt sculpture.--The Terry family.--Private theatricals.--Sir John Hare.--Miss Marion Terry.--Miss Ellen Terry.--Miss Kate Terry.--Miss Bateman.--Miss Florence St. John.--Constable.-- Sir Howard Vincent.--I dance with Patti.--Lancaster Gate and Meringues.--Prayers and Pantries.
wished
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From this reading I have the liveliest recollection of my first day at Eton, when I was accompanied by my mother, who wished to see me safely installed.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading ETON AND AFTER Eton days.--Windsor Fair.--My Dame.--Fights and Fun.-- Boveney Court.--Mr. Hall Say.--Boveney.--Professor and Mrs. Attwell.--I win a useful prize.--Alban Doran.--My father's frescoes.--Battle Abbey.--Gainsborough's Tomb.--Knole.--Our burglar.--Claude Calthrop.--Clayton Calthrop.--The Gardener as Critic.--The Gipsy with an eye for colour.--I attempt sculpture.--The Terry family.--Private theatricals.--Sir John Hare.--Miss Marion Terry.--Miss Ellen Terry.--Miss Kate Terry.--Miss Bateman.--Miss Florence St. John.--Constable.-- Sir Howard Vincent.--I dance with Patti.--Lancaster Gate and Meringues.--Prayers and Pantries.
youthful
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From this reading Next I remember my youthful digestion being put to test by a big boy who "stood me," against my will, "bumpers" of shandy-gaff; and for my first smoke a cheroot of no choice blend, the inevitable results succeeding.
