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10
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From this reading The bookseller's assistant was not at all eager for the proferred bargain, and in the end Guy could only manage to obtain the L30 and not, as he had hoped, another L10 towards his debts.
30
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From this reading The bookseller's assistant was not at all eager for the proferred bargain, and in the end Guy could only manage to obtain the L30 and not, as he had hoped, another L10 towards his debts.
adeterminerUS /ə/
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading At the end of his task he had stacked upon the floor five hundred volumes to be offered as a bargain to the bookseller who had bought the others.
abnegation
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From this reading In the determination that had seized him he rejoiced in his bare shelves, so much exalted by the glories of abnegation that he began to despise himself in his former attitude as a trifler among books and to say to himself, as he looked at the volumes which had survived this heartless clearance, that now he was set on the great fairway of literature without any temptation to diverge up the narrow streams of personal taste.
All
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From this reading All that was left indeed were the cheapest and most ordinary editions of poets, one or two volumes of the greatest of all like Rabelais and Cervantes, and the eternally read and most companionable like Boswell and Gilbert White and Sir Thomas Browne.
already
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From this reading When he was back at Plashers Mead, his resolution did not weaken: coldly and unsentimentally he began to eviscerate the already mutilated library.
amongprepositionUS /əˈmʌŋ/
surrounded by; in the middle of a group
From this reading In the determination that had seized him he rejoiced in his bare shelves, so much exalted by the glories of abnegation that he began to despise himself in his former attitude as a trifler among books and to say to himself, as he looked at the volumes which had survived this heartless clearance, that now he was set on the great fairway of literature without any temptation to diverge up the narrow streams of personal taste.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading When he was back at Plashers Mead, his resolution did not weaken: coldly and unsentimentally he began to eviscerate the already mutilated library.
anotherdeterminerUS /əˈnʌðər/
one more of the same kind, or a different one
From this reading The bookseller's assistant was not at all eager for the proferred bargain, and in the end Guy could only manage to obtain the L30 and not, as he had hoped, another L10 towards his debts.
any
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From this reading In the determination that had seized him he rejoiced in his bare shelves, so much exalted by the glories of abnegation that he began to despise himself in his former attitude as a trifler among books and to say to himself, as he looked at the volumes which had survived this heartless clearance, that now he was set on the great fairway of literature without any temptation to diverge up the narrow streams of personal taste.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading At the end of his task he had stacked upon the floor five hundred volumes to be offered as a bargain to the bookseller who had bought the others.
assistant
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From this reading The bookseller's assistant was not at all eager for the proferred bargain, and in the end Guy could only manage to obtain the L30 and not, as he had hoped, another L10 towards his debts.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading When he was back at Plashers Mead, his resolution did not weaken: coldly and unsentimentally he began to eviscerate the already mutilated library.
attitude
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From this reading In the determination that had seized him he rejoiced in his bare shelves, so much exalted by the glories of abnegation that he began to despise himself in his former attitude as a trifler among books and to say to himself, as he looked at the volumes which had survived this heartless clearance, that now he was set on the great fairway of literature without any temptation to diverge up the narrow streams of personal taste.
back
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From this reading When he was back at Plashers Mead, his resolution did not weaken: coldly and unsentimentally he began to eviscerate the already mutilated library.
bare
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From this reading In the determination that had seized him he rejoiced in his bare shelves, so much exalted by the glories of abnegation that he began to despise himself in his former attitude as a trifler among books and to say to himself, as he looked at the volumes which had survived this heartless clearance, that now he was set on the great fairway of literature without any temptation to diverge up the narrow streams of personal taste.
bargain
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From this reading At the end of his task he had stacked upon the floor five hundred volumes to be offered as a bargain to the bookseller who had bought the others.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading At the end of his task he had stacked upon the floor five hundred volumes to be offered as a bargain to the bookseller who had bought the others.
began
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From this reading When he was back at Plashers Mead, his resolution did not weaken: coldly and unsentimentally he began to eviscerate the already mutilated library.
booksnounUS /bʊks/
Bound written or printed works.
From this reading In the determination that had seized him he rejoiced in his bare shelves, so much exalted by the glories of abnegation that he began to despise himself in his former attitude as a trifler among books and to say to himself, as he looked at the volumes which had survived this heartless clearance, that now he was set on the great fairway of literature without any temptation to diverge up the narrow streams of personal taste.
bookseller
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From this reading At the end of his task he had stacked upon the floor five hundred volumes to be offered as a bargain to the bookseller who had bought the others.
bookseller's
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From this reading The bookseller's assistant was not at all eager for the proferred bargain, and in the end Guy could only manage to obtain the L30 and not, as he had hoped, another L10 towards his debts.
Boswell
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From this reading All that was left indeed were the cheapest and most ordinary editions of poets, one or two volumes of the greatest of all like Rabelais and Cervantes, and the eternally read and most companionable like Boswell and Gilbert White and Sir Thomas Browne.
bought
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From this reading At the end of his task he had stacked upon the floor five hundred volumes to be offered as a bargain to the bookseller who had bought the others.
Browne
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From this reading All that was left indeed were the cheapest and most ordinary editions of poets, one or two volumes of the greatest of all like Rabelais and Cervantes, and the eternally read and most companionable like Boswell and Gilbert White and Sir Thomas Browne.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading In the determination that had seized him he rejoiced in his bare shelves, so much exalted by the glories of abnegation that he began to despise himself in his former attitude as a trifler among books and to say to himself, as he looked at the volumes which had survived this heartless clearance, that now he was set on the great fairway of literature without any temptation to diverge up the narrow streams of personal taste.
Cervantes
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From this reading All that was left indeed were the cheapest and most ordinary editions of poets, one or two volumes of the greatest of all like Rabelais and Cervantes, and the eternally read and most companionable like Boswell and Gilbert White and Sir Thomas Browne.
cheapest
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From this reading All that was left indeed were the cheapest and most ordinary editions of poets, one or two volumes of the greatest of all like Rabelais and Cervantes, and the eternally read and most companionable like Boswell and Gilbert White and Sir Thomas Browne.
clearance
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From this reading In the determination that had seized him he rejoiced in his bare shelves, so much exalted by the glories of abnegation that he began to despise himself in his former attitude as a trifler among books and to say to himself, as he looked at the volumes which had survived this heartless clearance, that now he was set on the great fairway of literature without any temptation to diverge up the narrow streams of personal taste.
coldly
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From this reading When he was back at Plashers Mead, his resolution did not weaken: coldly and unsentimentally he began to eviscerate the already mutilated library.
companionable
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From this reading All that was left indeed were the cheapest and most ordinary editions of poets, one or two volumes of the greatest of all like Rabelais and Cervantes, and the eternally read and most companionable like Boswell and Gilbert White and Sir Thomas Browne.
couldmodal verbUS /kʊd/
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading The bookseller's assistant was not at all eager for the proferred bargain, and in the end Guy could only manage to obtain the L30 and not, as he had hoped, another L10 towards his debts.
debts
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From this reading The bookseller's assistant was not at all eager for the proferred bargain, and in the end Guy could only manage to obtain the L30 and not, as he had hoped, another L10 towards his debts.
despise
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From this reading In the determination that had seized him he rejoiced in his bare shelves, so much exalted by the glories of abnegation that he began to despise himself in his former attitude as a trifler among books and to say to himself, as he looked at the volumes which had survived this heartless clearance, that now he was set on the great fairway of literature without any temptation to diverge up the narrow streams of personal taste.
determination
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From this reading In the determination that had seized him he rejoiced in his bare shelves, so much exalted by the glories of abnegation that he began to despise himself in his former attitude as a trifler among books and to say to himself, as he looked at the volumes which had survived this heartless clearance, that now he was set on the great fairway of literature without any temptation to diverge up the narrow streams of personal taste.
didauxiliary verbUS /dɪd/
the past form of “do”, used in questions and negatives
From this reading When he was back at Plashers Mead, his resolution did not weaken: coldly and unsentimentally he began to eviscerate the already mutilated library.
diverge
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From this reading In the determination that had seized him he rejoiced in his bare shelves, so much exalted by the glories of abnegation that he began to despise himself in his former attitude as a trifler among books and to say to himself, as he looked at the volumes which had survived this heartless clearance, that now he was set on the great fairway of literature without any temptation to diverge up the narrow streams of personal taste.
eager
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From this reading The bookseller's assistant was not at all eager for the proferred bargain, and in the end Guy could only manage to obtain the L30 and not, as he had hoped, another L10 towards his debts.
editions
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From this reading All that was left indeed were the cheapest and most ordinary editions of poets, one or two volumes of the greatest of all like Rabelais and Cervantes, and the eternally read and most companionable like Boswell and Gilbert White and Sir Thomas Browne.
end
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From this reading At the end of his task he had stacked upon the floor five hundred volumes to be offered as a bargain to the bookseller who had bought the others.
eternally
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From this reading All that was left indeed were the cheapest and most ordinary editions of poets, one or two volumes of the greatest of all like Rabelais and Cervantes, and the eternally read and most companionable like Boswell and Gilbert White and Sir Thomas Browne.
eviscerate
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From this reading When he was back at Plashers Mead, his resolution did not weaken: coldly and unsentimentally he began to eviscerate the already mutilated library.
exalted
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From this reading In the determination that had seized him he rejoiced in his bare shelves, so much exalted by the glories of abnegation that he began to despise himself in his former attitude as a trifler among books and to say to himself, as he looked at the volumes which had survived this heartless clearance, that now he was set on the great fairway of literature without any temptation to diverge up the narrow streams of personal taste.
fairway
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From this reading In the determination that had seized him he rejoiced in his bare shelves, so much exalted by the glories of abnegation that he began to despise himself in his former attitude as a trifler among books and to say to himself, as he looked at the volumes which had survived this heartless clearance, that now he was set on the great fairway of literature without any temptation to diverge up the narrow streams of personal taste.
five
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From this reading At the end of his task he had stacked upon the floor five hundred volumes to be offered as a bargain to the bookseller who had bought the others.
floor
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From this reading At the end of his task he had stacked upon the floor five hundred volumes to be offered as a bargain to the bookseller who had bought the others.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading The bookseller's assistant was not at all eager for the proferred bargain, and in the end Guy could only manage to obtain the L30 and not, as he had hoped, another L10 towards his debts.
former
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From this reading In the determination that had seized him he rejoiced in his bare shelves, so much exalted by the glories of abnegation that he began to despise himself in his former attitude as a trifler among books and to say to himself, as he looked at the volumes which had survived this heartless clearance, that now he was set on the great fairway of literature without any temptation to diverge up the narrow streams of personal taste.
Gilbert
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From this reading All that was left indeed were the cheapest and most ordinary editions of poets, one or two volumes of the greatest of all like Rabelais and Cervantes, and the eternally read and most companionable like Boswell and Gilbert White and Sir Thomas Browne.
glories
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From this reading In the determination that had seized him he rejoiced in his bare shelves, so much exalted by the glories of abnegation that he began to despise himself in his former attitude as a trifler among books and to say to himself, as he looked at the volumes which had survived this heartless clearance, that now he was set on the great fairway of literature without any temptation to diverge up the narrow streams of personal taste.
great
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From this reading In the determination that had seized him he rejoiced in his bare shelves, so much exalted by the glories of abnegation that he began to despise himself in his former attitude as a trifler among books and to say to himself, as he looked at the volumes which had survived this heartless clearance, that now he was set on the great fairway of literature without any temptation to diverge up the narrow streams of personal taste.
greatest
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From this reading All that was left indeed were the cheapest and most ordinary editions of poets, one or two volumes of the greatest of all like Rabelais and Cervantes, and the eternally read and most companionable like Boswell and Gilbert White and Sir Thomas Browne.
Guy
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From this reading The bookseller's assistant was not at all eager for the proferred bargain, and in the end Guy could only manage to obtain the L30 and not, as he had hoped, another L10 towards his debts.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading At the end of his task he had stacked upon the floor five hundred volumes to be offered as a bargain to the bookseller who had bought the others.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading When he was back at Plashers Mead, his resolution did not weaken: coldly and unsentimentally he began to eviscerate the already mutilated library.
heartless
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From this reading In the determination that had seized him he rejoiced in his bare shelves, so much exalted by the glories of abnegation that he began to despise himself in his former attitude as a trifler among books and to say to himself, as he looked at the volumes which had survived this heartless clearance, that now he was set on the great fairway of literature without any temptation to diverge up the narrow streams of personal taste.
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading In the determination that had seized him he rejoiced in his bare shelves, so much exalted by the glories of abnegation that he began to despise himself in his former attitude as a trifler among books and to say to himself, as he looked at the volumes which had survived this heartless clearance, that now he was set on the great fairway of literature without any temptation to diverge up the narrow streams of personal taste.
himselfpronounUS /hɪmˈself/
used when the man or boy doing the action is also its object
From this reading In the determination that had seized him he rejoiced in his bare shelves, so much exalted by the glories of abnegation that he began to despise himself in his former attitude as a trifler among books and to say to himself, as he looked at the volumes which had survived this heartless clearance, that now he was set on the great fairway of literature without any temptation to diverge up the narrow streams of personal taste.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading When he was back at Plashers Mead, his resolution did not weaken: coldly and unsentimentally he began to eviscerate the already mutilated library.
hoped
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From this reading The bookseller's assistant was not at all eager for the proferred bargain, and in the end Guy could only manage to obtain the L30 and not, as he had hoped, another L10 towards his debts.
hundred
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From this reading At the end of his task he had stacked upon the floor five hundred volumes to be offered as a bargain to the bookseller who had bought the others.
InprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading In the determination that had seized him he rejoiced in his bare shelves, so much exalted by the glories of abnegation that he began to despise himself in his former attitude as a trifler among books and to say to himself, as he looked at the volumes which had survived this heartless clearance, that now he was set on the great fairway of literature without any temptation to diverge up the narrow streams of personal taste.
indeed
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From this reading All that was left indeed were the cheapest and most ordinary editions of poets, one or two volumes of the greatest of all like Rabelais and Cervantes, and the eternally read and most companionable like Boswell and Gilbert White and Sir Thomas Browne.
L
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From this reading The bookseller's assistant was not at all eager for the proferred bargain, and in the end Guy could only manage to obtain the L30 and not, as he had hoped, another L10 towards his debts.
left
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From this reading All that was left indeed were the cheapest and most ordinary editions of poets, one or two volumes of the greatest of all like Rabelais and Cervantes, and the eternally read and most companionable like Boswell and Gilbert White and Sir Thomas Browne.
library
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From this reading When he was back at Plashers Mead, his resolution did not weaken: coldly and unsentimentally he began to eviscerate the already mutilated library.
like
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From this reading All that was left indeed were the cheapest and most ordinary editions of poets, one or two volumes of the greatest of all like Rabelais and Cervantes, and the eternally read and most companionable like Boswell and Gilbert White and Sir Thomas Browne.
literature
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From this reading In the determination that had seized him he rejoiced in his bare shelves, so much exalted by the glories of abnegation that he began to despise himself in his former attitude as a trifler among books and to say to himself, as he looked at the volumes which had survived this heartless clearance, that now he was set on the great fairway of literature without any temptation to diverge up the narrow streams of personal taste.
looked
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From this reading In the determination that had seized him he rejoiced in his bare shelves, so much exalted by the glories of abnegation that he began to despise himself in his former attitude as a trifler among books and to say to himself, as he looked at the volumes which had survived this heartless clearance, that now he was set on the great fairway of literature without any temptation to diverge up the narrow streams of personal taste.
manage
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From this reading The bookseller's assistant was not at all eager for the proferred bargain, and in the end Guy could only manage to obtain the L30 and not, as he had hoped, another L10 towards his debts.
Mead
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From this reading When he was back at Plashers Mead, his resolution did not weaken: coldly and unsentimentally he began to eviscerate the already mutilated library.
most
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From this reading All that was left indeed were the cheapest and most ordinary editions of poets, one or two volumes of the greatest of all like Rabelais and Cervantes, and the eternally read and most companionable like Boswell and Gilbert White and Sir Thomas Browne.
much
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From this reading In the determination that had seized him he rejoiced in his bare shelves, so much exalted by the glories of abnegation that he began to despise himself in his former attitude as a trifler among books and to say to himself, as he looked at the volumes which had survived this heartless clearance, that now he was set on the great fairway of literature without any temptation to diverge up the narrow streams of personal taste.
mutilatedadjectiveUS /ˈmjuːtəleɪtɪd/
badly damaged or missing part of the body
From this reading When he was back at Plashers Mead, his resolution did not weaken: coldly and unsentimentally he began to eviscerate the already mutilated library.
narrow
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From this reading In the determination that had seized him he rejoiced in his bare shelves, so much exalted by the glories of abnegation that he began to despise himself in his former attitude as a trifler among books and to say to himself, as he looked at the volumes which had survived this heartless clearance, that now he was set on the great fairway of literature without any temptation to diverge up the narrow streams of personal taste.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading When he was back at Plashers Mead, his resolution did not weaken: coldly and unsentimentally he began to eviscerate the already mutilated library.
now
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From this reading In the determination that had seized him he rejoiced in his bare shelves, so much exalted by the glories of abnegation that he began to despise himself in his former attitude as a trifler among books and to say to himself, as he looked at the volumes which had survived this heartless clearance, that now he was set on the great fairway of literature without any temptation to diverge up the narrow streams of personal taste.
obtainverbUS /əbˈteɪn/
to get something, especially through effort
From this reading The bookseller's assistant was not at all eager for the proferred bargain, and in the end Guy could only manage to obtain the L30 and not, as he had hoped, another L10 towards his debts.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading At the end of his task he had stacked upon the floor five hundred volumes to be offered as a bargain to the bookseller who had bought the others.
offered
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From this reading At the end of his task he had stacked upon the floor five hundred volumes to be offered as a bargain to the bookseller who had bought the others.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading In the determination that had seized him he rejoiced in his bare shelves, so much exalted by the glories of abnegation that he began to despise himself in his former attitude as a trifler among books and to say to himself, as he looked at the volumes which had survived this heartless clearance, that now he was set on the great fairway of literature without any temptation to diverge up the narrow streams of personal taste.
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading All that was left indeed were the cheapest and most ordinary editions of poets, one or two volumes of the greatest of all like Rabelais and Cervantes, and the eternally read and most companionable like Boswell and Gilbert White and Sir Thomas Browne.
only
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From this reading The bookseller's assistant was not at all eager for the proferred bargain, and in the end Guy could only manage to obtain the L30 and not, as he had hoped, another L10 towards his debts.
orconjunctionUS /ɔːr/
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading All that was left indeed were the cheapest and most ordinary editions of poets, one or two volumes of the greatest of all like Rabelais and Cervantes, and the eternally read and most companionable like Boswell and Gilbert White and Sir Thomas Browne.
ordinary
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From this reading All that was left indeed were the cheapest and most ordinary editions of poets, one or two volumes of the greatest of all like Rabelais and Cervantes, and the eternally read and most companionable like Boswell and Gilbert White and Sir Thomas Browne.
others
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From this reading At the end of his task he had stacked upon the floor five hundred volumes to be offered as a bargain to the bookseller who had bought the others.
personal
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From this reading In the determination that had seized him he rejoiced in his bare shelves, so much exalted by the glories of abnegation that he began to despise himself in his former attitude as a trifler among books and to say to himself, as he looked at the volumes which had survived this heartless clearance, that now he was set on the great fairway of literature without any temptation to diverge up the narrow streams of personal taste.
Plashers
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From this reading When he was back at Plashers Mead, his resolution did not weaken: coldly and unsentimentally he began to eviscerate the already mutilated library.
poets
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From this reading All that was left indeed were the cheapest and most ordinary editions of poets, one or two volumes of the greatest of all like Rabelais and Cervantes, and the eternally read and most companionable like Boswell and Gilbert White and Sir Thomas Browne.
proferred
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From this reading The bookseller's assistant was not at all eager for the proferred bargain, and in the end Guy could only manage to obtain the L30 and not, as he had hoped, another L10 towards his debts.
Rabelais
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From this reading All that was left indeed were the cheapest and most ordinary editions of poets, one or two volumes of the greatest of all like Rabelais and Cervantes, and the eternally read and most companionable like Boswell and Gilbert White and Sir Thomas Browne.
read
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From this reading All that was left indeed were the cheapest and most ordinary editions of poets, one or two volumes of the greatest of all like Rabelais and Cervantes, and the eternally read and most companionable like Boswell and Gilbert White and Sir Thomas Browne.
rejoiced
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From this reading In the determination that had seized him he rejoiced in his bare shelves, so much exalted by the glories of abnegation that he began to despise himself in his former attitude as a trifler among books and to say to himself, as he looked at the volumes which had survived this heartless clearance, that now he was set on the great fairway of literature without any temptation to diverge up the narrow streams of personal taste.
resolution
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From this reading When he was back at Plashers Mead, his resolution did not weaken: coldly and unsentimentally he began to eviscerate the already mutilated library.
say
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From this reading In the determination that had seized him he rejoiced in his bare shelves, so much exalted by the glories of abnegation that he began to despise himself in his former attitude as a trifler among books and to say to himself, as he looked at the volumes which had survived this heartless clearance, that now he was set on the great fairway of literature without any temptation to diverge up the narrow streams of personal taste.
seized
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From this reading In the determination that had seized him he rejoiced in his bare shelves, so much exalted by the glories of abnegation that he began to despise himself in his former attitude as a trifler among books and to say to himself, as he looked at the volumes which had survived this heartless clearance, that now he was set on the great fairway of literature without any temptation to diverge up the narrow streams of personal taste.
set
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From this reading In the determination that had seized him he rejoiced in his bare shelves, so much exalted by the glories of abnegation that he began to despise himself in his former attitude as a trifler among books and to say to himself, as he looked at the volumes which had survived this heartless clearance, that now he was set on the great fairway of literature without any temptation to diverge up the narrow streams of personal taste.
shelvesnounUS /ʃelvz/
Plural of shelf; the vast wooden or stone structures holding archives.
From this reading In the determination that had seized him he rejoiced in his bare shelves, so much exalted by the glories of abnegation that he began to despise himself in his former attitude as a trifler among books and to say to himself, as he looked at the volumes which had survived this heartless clearance, that now he was set on the great fairway of literature without any temptation to diverge up the narrow streams of personal taste.
Sir
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From this reading All that was left indeed were the cheapest and most ordinary editions of poets, one or two volumes of the greatest of all like Rabelais and Cervantes, and the eternally read and most companionable like Boswell and Gilbert White and Sir Thomas Browne.
soconjunctionUS /soʊ/
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading In the determination that had seized him he rejoiced in his bare shelves, so much exalted by the glories of abnegation that he began to despise himself in his former attitude as a trifler among books and to say to himself, as he looked at the volumes which had survived this heartless clearance, that now he was set on the great fairway of literature without any temptation to diverge up the narrow streams of personal taste.
stacked
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From this reading At the end of his task he had stacked upon the floor five hundred volumes to be offered as a bargain to the bookseller who had bought the others.
streams
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From this reading In the determination that had seized him he rejoiced in his bare shelves, so much exalted by the glories of abnegation that he began to despise himself in his former attitude as a trifler among books and to say to himself, as he looked at the volumes which had survived this heartless clearance, that now he was set on the great fairway of literature without any temptation to diverge up the narrow streams of personal taste.
survived
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From this reading In the determination that had seized him he rejoiced in his bare shelves, so much exalted by the glories of abnegation that he began to despise himself in his former attitude as a trifler among books and to say to himself, as he looked at the volumes which had survived this heartless clearance, that now he was set on the great fairway of literature without any temptation to diverge up the narrow streams of personal taste.
task
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From this reading At the end of his task he had stacked upon the floor five hundred volumes to be offered as a bargain to the bookseller who had bought the others.
tasteverbUS /teɪst/
To perceive flavor through the mouth.
From this reading In the determination that had seized him he rejoiced in his bare shelves, so much exalted by the glories of abnegation that he began to despise himself in his former attitude as a trifler among books and to say to himself, as he looked at the volumes which had survived this heartless clearance, that now he was set on the great fairway of literature without any temptation to diverge up the narrow streams of personal taste.
temptation
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From this reading In the determination that had seized him he rejoiced in his bare shelves, so much exalted by the glories of abnegation that he began to despise himself in his former attitude as a trifler among books and to say to himself, as he looked at the volumes which had survived this heartless clearance, that now he was set on the great fairway of literature without any temptation to diverge up the narrow streams of personal taste.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading All that was left indeed were the cheapest and most ordinary editions of poets, one or two volumes of the greatest of all like Rabelais and Cervantes, and the eternally read and most companionable like Boswell and Gilbert White and Sir Thomas Browne.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading When he was back at Plashers Mead, his resolution did not weaken: coldly and unsentimentally he began to eviscerate the already mutilated library.
thisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading In the determination that had seized him he rejoiced in his bare shelves, so much exalted by the glories of abnegation that he began to despise himself in his former attitude as a trifler among books and to say to himself, as he looked at the volumes which had survived this heartless clearance, that now he was set on the great fairway of literature without any temptation to diverge up the narrow streams of personal taste.
Thomas
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From this reading All that was left indeed were the cheapest and most ordinary editions of poets, one or two volumes of the greatest of all like Rabelais and Cervantes, and the eternally read and most companionable like Boswell and Gilbert White and Sir Thomas Browne.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading When he was back at Plashers Mead, his resolution did not weaken: coldly and unsentimentally he began to eviscerate the already mutilated library.
towardsprepositionUS /təˈwɔːrdz/
in the direction of
From this reading The bookseller's assistant was not at all eager for the proferred bargain, and in the end Guy could only manage to obtain the L30 and not, as he had hoped, another L10 towards his debts.
trifler
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From this reading In the determination that had seized him he rejoiced in his bare shelves, so much exalted by the glories of abnegation that he began to despise himself in his former attitude as a trifler among books and to say to himself, as he looked at the volumes which had survived this heartless clearance, that now he was set on the great fairway of literature without any temptation to diverge up the narrow streams of personal taste.
two
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From this reading All that was left indeed were the cheapest and most ordinary editions of poets, one or two volumes of the greatest of all like Rabelais and Cervantes, and the eternally read and most companionable like Boswell and Gilbert White and Sir Thomas Browne.
unsentimentally
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From this reading When he was back at Plashers Mead, his resolution did not weaken: coldly and unsentimentally he began to eviscerate the already mutilated library.
up
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From this reading In the determination that had seized him he rejoiced in his bare shelves, so much exalted by the glories of abnegation that he began to despise himself in his former attitude as a trifler among books and to say to himself, as he looked at the volumes which had survived this heartless clearance, that now he was set on the great fairway of literature without any temptation to diverge up the narrow streams of personal taste.
uponprepositionUS /əˈpɑːn/
a formal word for “on”
From this reading At the end of his task he had stacked upon the floor five hundred volumes to be offered as a bargain to the bookseller who had bought the others.
volumes
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From this reading At the end of his task he had stacked upon the floor five hundred volumes to be offered as a bargain to the bookseller who had bought the others.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading When he was back at Plashers Mead, his resolution did not weaken: coldly and unsentimentally he began to eviscerate the already mutilated library.
weaken
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From this reading When he was back at Plashers Mead, his resolution did not weaken: coldly and unsentimentally he began to eviscerate the already mutilated library.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading All that was left indeed were the cheapest and most ordinary editions of poets, one or two volumes of the greatest of all like Rabelais and Cervantes, and the eternally read and most companionable like Boswell and Gilbert White and Sir Thomas Browne.
WhenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading When he was back at Plashers Mead, his resolution did not weaken: coldly and unsentimentally he began to eviscerate the already mutilated library.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading In the determination that had seized him he rejoiced in his bare shelves, so much exalted by the glories of abnegation that he began to despise himself in his former attitude as a trifler among books and to say to himself, as he looked at the volumes which had survived this heartless clearance, that now he was set on the great fairway of literature without any temptation to diverge up the narrow streams of personal taste.
White
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From this reading All that was left indeed were the cheapest and most ordinary editions of poets, one or two volumes of the greatest of all like Rabelais and Cervantes, and the eternally read and most companionable like Boswell and Gilbert White and Sir Thomas Browne.
whopronounUS /huː/
which person or people
From this reading At the end of his task he had stacked upon the floor five hundred volumes to be offered as a bargain to the bookseller who had bought the others.
withoutprepositionUS /wɪˈθaʊt/
not having, not using, or not accompanied by
From this reading In the determination that had seized him he rejoiced in his bare shelves, so much exalted by the glories of abnegation that he began to despise himself in his former attitude as a trifler among books and to say to himself, as he looked at the volumes which had survived this heartless clearance, that now he was set on the great fairway of literature without any temptation to diverge up the narrow streams of personal taste.
