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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 You are aware that this Romance was brought to a close during my last brief visit at Kingston Lisle, when the time necessary to be devoted to it deprived me of the full enjoyment of your society, and, limiting my range--no very irksome restriction,--to your own charming garden and grounds, prevented me from accompanying you in your walks to your favourite and beautiful downs.
accompanying
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From this reading You are aware that this Romance was brought to a close during my last brief visit at Kingston Lisle, when the time necessary to be devoted to it deprived me of the full enjoyment of your society, and, limiting my range--no very irksome restriction,--to your own charming garden and grounds, prevented me from accompanying you in your walks to your favourite and beautiful downs.
active
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From this reading In the hope that you may long continue to diffuse happiness round your own circle, and contribute to the instruction and delight of the many attached friends with whom you maintain so active and so interesting a correspondence; and that you may live to see your grandsons fulfil their present promise, and tread in the footsteps of their high-minded and excellent-hearted father,--and of _his_ father!
ANDconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading With Illustrations on Steel by George Cruikshank LONDON AND COUNTY PRINTING WORKS, BAZAAR BUILDINGS, LONDON, W.C.
areauxiliary verbUS /ɑːr/
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading You are aware that this Romance was brought to a close during my last brief visit at Kingston Lisle, when the time necessary to be devoted to it deprived me of the full enjoyment of your society, and, limiting my range--no very irksome restriction,--to your own charming garden and grounds, prevented me from accompanying you in your walks to your favourite and beautiful downs.
associating
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From this reading This circumstance, which will suffice to give it some interest in your eyes by associating it with your residence, furnishes me with a plea, of which I gladly avail myself, of inscribing it with your name, and of recording, at the same time, the high sense I entertain of your goodness and worth, the value I set upon your friendship,--a friendship shared in common with some of the most illustrious writers of our time,--and the gratitude I shall never cease to feel for attentions and kindnesses, little less than maternal, which I have experienced at your hands.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading You are aware that this Romance was brought to a close during my last brief visit at Kingston Lisle, when the time necessary to be devoted to it deprived me of the full enjoyment of your society, and, limiting my range--no very irksome restriction,--to your own charming garden and grounds, prevented me from accompanying you in your walks to your favourite and beautiful downs.
attached
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attentions
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From this reading This circumstance, which will suffice to give it some interest in your eyes by associating it with your residence, furnishes me with a plea, of which I gladly avail myself, of inscribing it with your name, and of recording, at the same time, the high sense I entertain of your goodness and worth, the value I set upon your friendship,--a friendship shared in common with some of the most illustrious writers of our time,--and the gratitude I shall never cease to feel for attentions and kindnesses, little less than maternal, which I have experienced at your hands.
avail
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From this reading This circumstance, which will suffice to give it some interest in your eyes by associating it with your residence, furnishes me with a plea, of which I gladly avail myself, of inscribing it with your name, and of recording, at the same time, the high sense I entertain of your goodness and worth, the value I set upon your friendship,--a friendship shared in common with some of the most illustrious writers of our time,--and the gratitude I shall never cease to feel for attentions and kindnesses, little less than maternal, which I have experienced at your hands.
aware
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From this reading You are aware that this Romance was brought to a close during my last brief visit at Kingston Lisle, when the time necessary to be devoted to it deprived me of the full enjoyment of your society, and, limiting my range--no very irksome restriction,--to your own charming garden and grounds, prevented me from accompanying you in your walks to your favourite and beautiful downs.
BAZAAR
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From this reading With Illustrations on Steel by George Cruikshank LONDON AND COUNTY PRINTING WORKS, BAZAAR BUILDINGS, LONDON, W.C.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading You are aware that this Romance was brought to a close during my last brief visit at Kingston Lisle, when the time necessary to be devoted to it deprived me of the full enjoyment of your society, and, limiting my range--no very irksome restriction,--to your own charming garden and grounds, prevented me from accompanying you in your walks to your favourite and beautiful downs.
beautiful
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From this reading You are aware that this Romance was brought to a close during my last brief visit at Kingston Lisle, when the time necessary to be devoted to it deprived me of the full enjoyment of your society, and, limiting my range--no very irksome restriction,--to your own charming garden and grounds, prevented me from accompanying you in your walks to your favourite and beautiful downs.
BERKS
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From this reading KINGSTON LISLE, BERKS.
brief
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broughtnounUS /ˈbrought/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading You are aware that this Romance was brought to a close during my last brief visit at Kingston Lisle, when the time necessary to be devoted to it deprived me of the full enjoyment of your society, and, limiting my range--no very irksome restriction,--to your own charming garden and grounds, prevented me from accompanying you in your walks to your favourite and beautiful downs.
BUILDINGS
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From this reading With Illustrations on Steel by George Cruikshank LONDON AND COUNTY PRINTING WORKS, BAZAAR BUILDINGS, LONDON, W.C.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading With Illustrations on Steel by George Cruikshank LONDON AND COUNTY PRINTING WORKS, BAZAAR BUILDINGS, LONDON, W.C.
C
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cease
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From this reading This circumstance, which will suffice to give it some interest in your eyes by associating it with your residence, furnishes me with a plea, of which I gladly avail myself, of inscribing it with your name, and of recording, at the same time, the high sense I entertain of your goodness and worth, the value I set upon your friendship,--a friendship shared in common with some of the most illustrious writers of our time,--and the gratitude I shall never cease to feel for attentions and kindnesses, little less than maternal, which I have experienced at your hands.
charming
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From this reading You are aware that this Romance was brought to a close during my last brief visit at Kingston Lisle, when the time necessary to be devoted to it deprived me of the full enjoyment of your society, and, limiting my range--no very irksome restriction,--to your own charming garden and grounds, prevented me from accompanying you in your walks to your favourite and beautiful downs.
circle
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From this reading In the hope that you may long continue to diffuse happiness round your own circle, and contribute to the instruction and delight of the many attached friends with whom you maintain so active and so interesting a correspondence; and that you may live to see your grandsons fulfil their present promise, and tread in the footsteps of their high-minded and excellent-hearted father,--and of _his_ father!
circumstance
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From this reading This circumstance, which will suffice to give it some interest in your eyes by associating it with your residence, furnishes me with a plea, of which I gladly avail myself, of inscribing it with your name, and of recording, at the same time, the high sense I entertain of your goodness and worth, the value I set upon your friendship,--a friendship shared in common with some of the most illustrious writers of our time,--and the gratitude I shall never cease to feel for attentions and kindnesses, little less than maternal, which I have experienced at your hands.
close
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From this reading You are aware that this Romance was brought to a close during my last brief visit at Kingston Lisle, when the time necessary to be devoted to it deprived me of the full enjoyment of your society, and, limiting my range--no very irksome restriction,--to your own charming garden and grounds, prevented me from accompanying you in your walks to your favourite and beautiful downs.
common
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From this reading This circumstance, which will suffice to give it some interest in your eyes by associating it with your residence, furnishes me with a plea, of which I gladly avail myself, of inscribing it with your name, and of recording, at the same time, the high sense I entertain of your goodness and worth, the value I set upon your friendship,--a friendship shared in common with some of the most illustrious writers of our time,--and the gratitude I shall never cease to feel for attentions and kindnesses, little less than maternal, which I have experienced at your hands.
continue
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contribute
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From this reading In the hope that you may long continue to diffuse happiness round your own circle, and contribute to the instruction and delight of the many attached friends with whom you maintain so active and so interesting a correspondence; and that you may live to see your grandsons fulfil their present promise, and tread in the footsteps of their high-minded and excellent-hearted father,--and of _his_ father!
correspondence
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COUNTY
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From this reading With Illustrations on Steel by George Cruikshank LONDON AND COUNTY PRINTING WORKS, BAZAAR BUILDINGS, LONDON, W.C.
Cruikshank
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From this reading With Illustrations on Steel by George Cruikshank LONDON AND COUNTY PRINTING WORKS, BAZAAR BUILDINGS, LONDON, W.C.
delight
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deprived
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devoted
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diffuse
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From this reading In the hope that you may long continue to diffuse happiness round your own circle, and contribute to the instruction and delight of the many attached friends with whom you maintain so active and so interesting a correspondence; and that you may live to see your grandsons fulfil their present promise, and tread in the footsteps of their high-minded and excellent-hearted father,--and of _his_ father!
downs
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From this reading You are aware that this Romance was brought to a close during my last brief visit at Kingston Lisle, when the time necessary to be devoted to it deprived me of the full enjoyment of your society, and, limiting my range--no very irksome restriction,--to your own charming garden and grounds, prevented me from accompanying you in your walks to your favourite and beautiful downs.
duringprepositionUS /ˈdʊrɪŋ/
all through a period, or at some point within it
From this reading You are aware that this Romance was brought to a close during my last brief visit at Kingston Lisle, when the time necessary to be devoted to it deprived me of the full enjoyment of your society, and, limiting my range--no very irksome restriction,--to your own charming garden and grounds, prevented me from accompanying you in your walks to your favourite and beautiful downs.
enjoyment
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entertain
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From this reading This circumstance, which will suffice to give it some interest in your eyes by associating it with your residence, furnishes me with a plea, of which I gladly avail myself, of inscribing it with your name, and of recording, at the same time, the high sense I entertain of your goodness and worth, the value I set upon your friendship,--a friendship shared in common with some of the most illustrious writers of our time,--and the gratitude I shall never cease to feel for attentions and kindnesses, little less than maternal, which I have experienced at your hands.
excellent-hearted
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From this reading In the hope that you may long continue to diffuse happiness round your own circle, and contribute to the instruction and delight of the many attached friends with whom you maintain so active and so interesting a correspondence; and that you may live to see your grandsons fulfil their present promise, and tread in the footsteps of their high-minded and excellent-hearted father,--and of _his_ father!
experienced
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From this reading This circumstance, which will suffice to give it some interest in your eyes by associating it with your residence, furnishes me with a plea, of which I gladly avail myself, of inscribing it with your name, and of recording, at the same time, the high sense I entertain of your goodness and worth, the value I set upon your friendship,--a friendship shared in common with some of the most illustrious writers of our time,--and the gratitude I shall never cease to feel for attentions and kindnesses, little less than maternal, which I have experienced at your hands.
eyes
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From this reading This circumstance, which will suffice to give it some interest in your eyes by associating it with your residence, furnishes me with a plea, of which I gladly avail myself, of inscribing it with your name, and of recording, at the same time, the high sense I entertain of your goodness and worth, the value I set upon your friendship,--a friendship shared in common with some of the most illustrious writers of our time,--and the gratitude I shall never cease to feel for attentions and kindnesses, little less than maternal, which I have experienced at your hands.
father
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favourite
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feel
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From this reading This circumstance, which will suffice to give it some interest in your eyes by associating it with your residence, furnishes me with a plea, of which I gladly avail myself, of inscribing it with your name, and of recording, at the same time, the high sense I entertain of your goodness and worth, the value I set upon your friendship,--a friendship shared in common with some of the most illustrious writers of our time,--and the gratitude I shall never cease to feel for attentions and kindnesses, little less than maternal, which I have experienced at your hands.
footsteps
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From this reading In the hope that you may long continue to diffuse happiness round your own circle, and contribute to the instruction and delight of the many attached friends with whom you maintain so active and so interesting a correspondence; and that you may live to see your grandsons fulfil their present promise, and tread in the footsteps of their high-minded and excellent-hearted father,--and of _his_ father!
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading This circumstance, which will suffice to give it some interest in your eyes by associating it with your residence, furnishes me with a plea, of which I gladly avail myself, of inscribing it with your name, and of recording, at the same time, the high sense I entertain of your goodness and worth, the value I set upon your friendship,--a friendship shared in common with some of the most illustrious writers of our time,--and the gratitude I shall never cease to feel for attentions and kindnesses, little less than maternal, which I have experienced at your hands.
friends
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From this reading In the hope that you may long continue to diffuse happiness round your own circle, and contribute to the instruction and delight of the many attached friends with whom you maintain so active and so interesting a correspondence; and that you may live to see your grandsons fulfil their present promise, and tread in the footsteps of their high-minded and excellent-hearted father,--and of _his_ father!
friendship
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From this reading This circumstance, which will suffice to give it some interest in your eyes by associating it with your residence, furnishes me with a plea, of which I gladly avail myself, of inscribing it with your name, and of recording, at the same time, the high sense I entertain of your goodness and worth, the value I set upon your friendship,--a friendship shared in common with some of the most illustrious writers of our time,--and the gratitude I shall never cease to feel for attentions and kindnesses, little less than maternal, which I have experienced at your hands.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading You are aware that this Romance was brought to a close during my last brief visit at Kingston Lisle, when the time necessary to be devoted to it deprived me of the full enjoyment of your society, and, limiting my range--no very irksome restriction,--to your own charming garden and grounds, prevented me from accompanying you in your walks to your favourite and beautiful downs.
fulfil
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From this reading In the hope that you may long continue to diffuse happiness round your own circle, and contribute to the instruction and delight of the many attached friends with whom you maintain so active and so interesting a correspondence; and that you may live to see your grandsons fulfil their present promise, and tread in the footsteps of their high-minded and excellent-hearted father,--and of _his_ father!
full
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From this reading You are aware that this Romance was brought to a close during my last brief visit at Kingston Lisle, when the time necessary to be devoted to it deprived me of the full enjoyment of your society, and, limiting my range--no very irksome restriction,--to your own charming garden and grounds, prevented me from accompanying you in your walks to your favourite and beautiful downs.
furnishes
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From this reading This circumstance, which will suffice to give it some interest in your eyes by associating it with your residence, furnishes me with a plea, of which I gladly avail myself, of inscribing it with your name, and of recording, at the same time, the high sense I entertain of your goodness and worth, the value I set upon your friendship,--a friendship shared in common with some of the most illustrious writers of our time,--and the gratitude I shall never cease to feel for attentions and kindnesses, little less than maternal, which I have experienced at your hands.
garden
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From this reading You are aware that this Romance was brought to a close during my last brief visit at Kingston Lisle, when the time necessary to be devoted to it deprived me of the full enjoyment of your society, and, limiting my range--no very irksome restriction,--to your own charming garden and grounds, prevented me from accompanying you in your walks to your favourite and beautiful downs.
George
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From this reading With Illustrations on Steel by George Cruikshank LONDON AND COUNTY PRINTING WORKS, BAZAAR BUILDINGS, LONDON, W.C.
give
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From this reading This circumstance, which will suffice to give it some interest in your eyes by associating it with your residence, furnishes me with a plea, of which I gladly avail myself, of inscribing it with your name, and of recording, at the same time, the high sense I entertain of your goodness and worth, the value I set upon your friendship,--a friendship shared in common with some of the most illustrious writers of our time,--and the gratitude I shall never cease to feel for attentions and kindnesses, little less than maternal, which I have experienced at your hands.
gladly
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From this reading This circumstance, which will suffice to give it some interest in your eyes by associating it with your residence, furnishes me with a plea, of which I gladly avail myself, of inscribing it with your name, and of recording, at the same time, the high sense I entertain of your goodness and worth, the value I set upon your friendship,--a friendship shared in common with some of the most illustrious writers of our time,--and the gratitude I shall never cease to feel for attentions and kindnesses, little less than maternal, which I have experienced at your hands.
goodness
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From this reading This circumstance, which will suffice to give it some interest in your eyes by associating it with your residence, furnishes me with a plea, of which I gladly avail myself, of inscribing it with your name, and of recording, at the same time, the high sense I entertain of your goodness and worth, the value I set upon your friendship,--a friendship shared in common with some of the most illustrious writers of our time,--and the gratitude I shall never cease to feel for attentions and kindnesses, little less than maternal, which I have experienced at your hands.
grandsons
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From this reading In the hope that you may long continue to diffuse happiness round your own circle, and contribute to the instruction and delight of the many attached friends with whom you maintain so active and so interesting a correspondence; and that you may live to see your grandsons fulfil their present promise, and tread in the footsteps of their high-minded and excellent-hearted father,--and of _his_ father!
gratitude
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From this reading This circumstance, which will suffice to give it some interest in your eyes by associating it with your residence, furnishes me with a plea, of which I gladly avail myself, of inscribing it with your name, and of recording, at the same time, the high sense I entertain of your goodness and worth, the value I set upon your friendship,--a friendship shared in common with some of the most illustrious writers of our time,--and the gratitude I shall never cease to feel for attentions and kindnesses, little less than maternal, which I have experienced at your hands.
grounds
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From this reading You are aware that this Romance was brought to a close during my last brief visit at Kingston Lisle, when the time necessary to be devoted to it deprived me of the full enjoyment of your society, and, limiting my range--no very irksome restriction,--to your own charming garden and grounds, prevented me from accompanying you in your walks to your favourite and beautiful downs.
handsplural nounUS /hændz/
members of a ship’s crew
From this reading This circumstance, which will suffice to give it some interest in your eyes by associating it with your residence, furnishes me with a plea, of which I gladly avail myself, of inscribing it with your name, and of recording, at the same time, the high sense I entertain of your goodness and worth, the value I set upon your friendship,--a friendship shared in common with some of the most illustrious writers of our time,--and the gratitude I shall never cease to feel for attentions and kindnesses, little less than maternal, which I have experienced at your hands.
happiness
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From this reading In the hope that you may long continue to diffuse happiness round your own circle, and contribute to the instruction and delight of the many attached friends with whom you maintain so active and so interesting a correspondence; and that you may live to see your grandsons fulfil their present promise, and tread in the footsteps of their high-minded and excellent-hearted father,--and of _his_ father!
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading This circumstance, which will suffice to give it some interest in your eyes by associating it with your residence, furnishes me with a plea, of which I gladly avail myself, of inscribing it with your name, and of recording, at the same time, the high sense I entertain of your goodness and worth, the value I set upon your friendship,--a friendship shared in common with some of the most illustrious writers of our time,--and the gratitude I shall never cease to feel for attentions and kindnesses, little less than maternal, which I have experienced at your hands.
high
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From this reading This circumstance, which will suffice to give it some interest in your eyes by associating it with your residence, furnishes me with a plea, of which I gladly avail myself, of inscribing it with your name, and of recording, at the same time, the high sense I entertain of your goodness and worth, the value I set upon your friendship,--a friendship shared in common with some of the most illustrious writers of our time,--and the gratitude I shall never cease to feel for attentions and kindnesses, little less than maternal, which I have experienced at your hands.
high-minded
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From this reading In the hope that you may long continue to diffuse happiness round your own circle, and contribute to the instruction and delight of the many attached friends with whom you maintain so active and so interesting a correspondence; and that you may live to see your grandsons fulfil their present promise, and tread in the footsteps of their high-minded and excellent-hearted father,--and of _his_ father!
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading In the hope that you may long continue to diffuse happiness round your own circle, and contribute to the instruction and delight of the many attached friends with whom you maintain so active and so interesting a correspondence; and that you may live to see your grandsons fulfil their present promise, and tread in the footsteps of their high-minded and excellent-hearted father,--and of _his_ father!
hope
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From this reading In the hope that you may long continue to diffuse happiness round your own circle, and contribute to the instruction and delight of the many attached friends with whom you maintain so active and so interesting a correspondence; and that you may live to see your grandsons fulfil their present promise, and tread in the footsteps of their high-minded and excellent-hearted father,--and of _his_ father!
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading This circumstance, which will suffice to give it some interest in your eyes by associating it with your residence, furnishes me with a plea, of which I gladly avail myself, of inscribing it with your name, and of recording, at the same time, the high sense I entertain of your goodness and worth, the value I set upon your friendship,--a friendship shared in common with some of the most illustrious writers of our time,--and the gratitude I shall never cease to feel for attentions and kindnesses, little less than maternal, which I have experienced at your hands.
Illustrations
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From this reading With Illustrations on Steel by George Cruikshank LONDON AND COUNTY PRINTING WORKS, BAZAAR BUILDINGS, LONDON, W.C.
illustrious
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From this reading This circumstance, which will suffice to give it some interest in your eyes by associating it with your residence, furnishes me with a plea, of which I gladly avail myself, of inscribing it with your name, and of recording, at the same time, the high sense I entertain of your goodness and worth, the value I set upon your friendship,--a friendship shared in common with some of the most illustrious writers of our time,--and the gratitude I shall never cease to feel for attentions and kindnesses, little less than maternal, which I have experienced at your hands.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading You are aware that this Romance was brought to a close during my last brief visit at Kingston Lisle, when the time necessary to be devoted to it deprived me of the full enjoyment of your society, and, limiting my range--no very irksome restriction,--to your own charming garden and grounds, prevented me from accompanying you in your walks to your favourite and beautiful downs.
inscribing
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From this reading This circumstance, which will suffice to give it some interest in your eyes by associating it with your residence, furnishes me with a plea, of which I gladly avail myself, of inscribing it with your name, and of recording, at the same time, the high sense I entertain of your goodness and worth, the value I set upon your friendship,--a friendship shared in common with some of the most illustrious writers of our time,--and the gratitude I shall never cease to feel for attentions and kindnesses, little less than maternal, which I have experienced at your hands.
instruction
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From this reading In the hope that you may long continue to diffuse happiness round your own circle, and contribute to the instruction and delight of the many attached friends with whom you maintain so active and so interesting a correspondence; and that you may live to see your grandsons fulfil their present promise, and tread in the footsteps of their high-minded and excellent-hearted father,--and of _his_ father!
interest
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From this reading This circumstance, which will suffice to give it some interest in your eyes by associating it with your residence, furnishes me with a plea, of which I gladly avail myself, of inscribing it with your name, and of recording, at the same time, the high sense I entertain of your goodness and worth, the value I set upon your friendship,--a friendship shared in common with some of the most illustrious writers of our time,--and the gratitude I shall never cease to feel for attentions and kindnesses, little less than maternal, which I have experienced at your hands.
interesting
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From this reading In the hope that you may long continue to diffuse happiness round your own circle, and contribute to the instruction and delight of the many attached friends with whom you maintain so active and so interesting a correspondence; and that you may live to see your grandsons fulfil their present promise, and tread in the footsteps of their high-minded and excellent-hearted father,--and of _his_ father!
irksome
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From this reading You are aware that this Romance was brought to a close during my last brief visit at Kingston Lisle, when the time necessary to be devoted to it deprived me of the full enjoyment of your society, and, limiting my range--no very irksome restriction,--to your own charming garden and grounds, prevented me from accompanying you in your walks to your favourite and beautiful downs.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading You are aware that this Romance was brought to a close during my last brief visit at Kingston Lisle, when the time necessary to be devoted to it deprived me of the full enjoyment of your society, and, limiting my range--no very irksome restriction,--to your own charming garden and grounds, prevented me from accompanying you in your walks to your favourite and beautiful downs.
kindnesses
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From this reading This circumstance, which will suffice to give it some interest in your eyes by associating it with your residence, furnishes me with a plea, of which I gladly avail myself, of inscribing it with your name, and of recording, at the same time, the high sense I entertain of your goodness and worth, the value I set upon your friendship,--a friendship shared in common with some of the most illustrious writers of our time,--and the gratitude I shall never cease to feel for attentions and kindnesses, little less than maternal, which I have experienced at your hands.
KINGSTON
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From this reading KINGSTON LISLE, BERKS.
lastnounUS /last/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading You are aware that this Romance was brought to a close during my last brief visit at Kingston Lisle, when the time necessary to be devoted to it deprived me of the full enjoyment of your society, and, limiting my range--no very irksome restriction,--to your own charming garden and grounds, prevented me from accompanying you in your walks to your favourite and beautiful downs.
less
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From this reading This circumstance, which will suffice to give it some interest in your eyes by associating it with your residence, furnishes me with a plea, of which I gladly avail myself, of inscribing it with your name, and of recording, at the same time, the high sense I entertain of your goodness and worth, the value I set upon your friendship,--a friendship shared in common with some of the most illustrious writers of our time,--and the gratitude I shall never cease to feel for attentions and kindnesses, little less than maternal, which I have experienced at your hands.
limiting
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From this reading You are aware that this Romance was brought to a close during my last brief visit at Kingston Lisle, when the time necessary to be devoted to it deprived me of the full enjoyment of your society, and, limiting my range--no very irksome restriction,--to your own charming garden and grounds, prevented me from accompanying you in your walks to your favourite and beautiful downs.
LISLE
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From this reading KINGSTON LISLE, BERKS.
littlenounUS /little/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading This circumstance, which will suffice to give it some interest in your eyes by associating it with your residence, furnishes me with a plea, of which I gladly avail myself, of inscribing it with your name, and of recording, at the same time, the high sense I entertain of your goodness and worth, the value I set upon your friendship,--a friendship shared in common with some of the most illustrious writers of our time,--and the gratitude I shall never cease to feel for attentions and kindnesses, little less than maternal, which I have experienced at your hands.
live
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From this reading In the hope that you may long continue to diffuse happiness round your own circle, and contribute to the instruction and delight of the many attached friends with whom you maintain so active and so interesting a correspondence; and that you may live to see your grandsons fulfil their present promise, and tread in the footsteps of their high-minded and excellent-hearted father,--and of _his_ father!
LONDON
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From this reading With Illustrations on Steel by George Cruikshank LONDON AND COUNTY PRINTING WORKS, BAZAAR BUILDINGS, LONDON, W.C.
longnounUS /long/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading In the hope that you may long continue to diffuse happiness round your own circle, and contribute to the instruction and delight of the many attached friends with whom you maintain so active and so interesting a correspondence; and that you may live to see your grandsons fulfil their present promise, and tread in the footsteps of their high-minded and excellent-hearted father,--and of _his_ father!
maintain
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From this reading In the hope that you may long continue to diffuse happiness round your own circle, and contribute to the instruction and delight of the many attached friends with whom you maintain so active and so interesting a correspondence; and that you may live to see your grandsons fulfil their present promise, and tread in the footsteps of their high-minded and excellent-hearted father,--and of _his_ father!
many
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From this reading In the hope that you may long continue to diffuse happiness round your own circle, and contribute to the instruction and delight of the many attached friends with whom you maintain so active and so interesting a correspondence; and that you may live to see your grandsons fulfil their present promise, and tread in the footsteps of their high-minded and excellent-hearted father,--and of _his_ father!
maternal
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From this reading This circumstance, which will suffice to give it some interest in your eyes by associating it with your residence, furnishes me with a plea, of which I gladly avail myself, of inscribing it with your name, and of recording, at the same time, the high sense I entertain of your goodness and worth, the value I set upon your friendship,--a friendship shared in common with some of the most illustrious writers of our time,--and the gratitude I shall never cease to feel for attentions and kindnesses, little less than maternal, which I have experienced at your hands.
maymodal verbUS /meɪ/
used to say something is possible, or to give permission
From this reading In the hope that you may long continue to diffuse happiness round your own circle, and contribute to the instruction and delight of the many attached friends with whom you maintain so active and so interesting a correspondence; and that you may live to see your grandsons fulfil their present promise, and tread in the footsteps of their high-minded and excellent-hearted father,--and of _his_ father!
mepronounUS /miː/
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading You are aware that this Romance was brought to a close during my last brief visit at Kingston Lisle, when the time necessary to be devoted to it deprived me of the full enjoyment of your society, and, limiting my range--no very irksome restriction,--to your own charming garden and grounds, prevented me from accompanying you in your walks to your favourite and beautiful downs.
most
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From this reading This circumstance, which will suffice to give it some interest in your eyes by associating it with your residence, furnishes me with a plea, of which I gladly avail myself, of inscribing it with your name, and of recording, at the same time, the high sense I entertain of your goodness and worth, the value I set upon your friendship,--a friendship shared in common with some of the most illustrious writers of our time,--and the gratitude I shall never cease to feel for attentions and kindnesses, little less than maternal, which I have experienced at your hands.
mydeterminerUS /maɪ/
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading You are aware that this Romance was brought to a close during my last brief visit at Kingston Lisle, when the time necessary to be devoted to it deprived me of the full enjoyment of your society, and, limiting my range--no very irksome restriction,--to your own charming garden and grounds, prevented me from accompanying you in your walks to your favourite and beautiful downs.
myselfpronounUS /ˌmaɪˈself/
used when the speaker is also the object of the action
From this reading This circumstance, which will suffice to give it some interest in your eyes by associating it with your residence, furnishes me with a plea, of which I gladly avail myself, of inscribing it with your name, and of recording, at the same time, the high sense I entertain of your goodness and worth, the value I set upon your friendship,--a friendship shared in common with some of the most illustrious writers of our time,--and the gratitude I shall never cease to feel for attentions and kindnesses, little less than maternal, which I have experienced at your hands.
namenounUS /name/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading This circumstance, which will suffice to give it some interest in your eyes by associating it with your residence, furnishes me with a plea, of which I gladly avail myself, of inscribing it with your name, and of recording, at the same time, the high sense I entertain of your goodness and worth, the value I set upon your friendship,--a friendship shared in common with some of the most illustrious writers of our time,--and the gratitude I shall never cease to feel for attentions and kindnesses, little less than maternal, which I have experienced at your hands.
necessary
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From this reading You are aware that this Romance was brought to a close during my last brief visit at Kingston Lisle, when the time necessary to be devoted to it deprived me of the full enjoyment of your society, and, limiting my range--no very irksome restriction,--to your own charming garden and grounds, prevented me from accompanying you in your walks to your favourite and beautiful downs.
nevernounUS /never/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading This circumstance, which will suffice to give it some interest in your eyes by associating it with your residence, furnishes me with a plea, of which I gladly avail myself, of inscribing it with your name, and of recording, at the same time, the high sense I entertain of your goodness and worth, the value I set upon your friendship,--a friendship shared in common with some of the most illustrious writers of our time,--and the gratitude I shall never cease to feel for attentions and kindnesses, little less than maternal, which I have experienced at your hands.
nodeterminerUS /noʊ/
not any; not one
From this reading You are aware that this Romance was brought to a close during my last brief visit at Kingston Lisle, when the time necessary to be devoted to it deprived me of the full enjoyment of your society, and, limiting my range--no very irksome restriction,--to your own charming garden and grounds, prevented me from accompanying you in your walks to your favourite and beautiful downs.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading You are aware that this Romance was brought to a close during my last brief visit at Kingston Lisle, when the time necessary to be devoted to it deprived me of the full enjoyment of your society, and, limiting my range--no very irksome restriction,--to your own charming garden and grounds, prevented me from accompanying you in your walks to your favourite and beautiful downs.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading With Illustrations on Steel by George Cruikshank LONDON AND COUNTY PRINTING WORKS, BAZAAR BUILDINGS, LONDON, W.C.
ourdeterminerUS /ˈaʊər/
belonging to the speaker and others
From this reading This circumstance, which will suffice to give it some interest in your eyes by associating it with your residence, furnishes me with a plea, of which I gladly avail myself, of inscribing it with your name, and of recording, at the same time, the high sense I entertain of your goodness and worth, the value I set upon your friendship,--a friendship shared in common with some of the most illustrious writers of our time,--and the gratitude I shall never cease to feel for attentions and kindnesses, little less than maternal, which I have experienced at your hands.
own
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From this reading You are aware that this Romance was brought to a close during my last brief visit at Kingston Lisle, when the time necessary to be devoted to it deprived me of the full enjoyment of your society, and, limiting my range--no very irksome restriction,--to your own charming garden and grounds, prevented me from accompanying you in your walks to your favourite and beautiful downs.
plea
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From this reading This circumstance, which will suffice to give it some interest in your eyes by associating it with your residence, furnishes me with a plea, of which I gladly avail myself, of inscribing it with your name, and of recording, at the same time, the high sense I entertain of your goodness and worth, the value I set upon your friendship,--a friendship shared in common with some of the most illustrious writers of our time,--and the gratitude I shall never cease to feel for attentions and kindnesses, little less than maternal, which I have experienced at your hands.
present
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From this reading In the hope that you may long continue to diffuse happiness round your own circle, and contribute to the instruction and delight of the many attached friends with whom you maintain so active and so interesting a correspondence; and that you may live to see your grandsons fulfil their present promise, and tread in the footsteps of their high-minded and excellent-hearted father,--and of _his_ father!
prevented
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From this reading You are aware that this Romance was brought to a close during my last brief visit at Kingston Lisle, when the time necessary to be devoted to it deprived me of the full enjoyment of your society, and, limiting my range--no very irksome restriction,--to your own charming garden and grounds, prevented me from accompanying you in your walks to your favourite and beautiful downs.
PRINTING
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From this reading With Illustrations on Steel by George Cruikshank LONDON AND COUNTY PRINTING WORKS, BAZAAR BUILDINGS, LONDON, W.C.
promise
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From this reading In the hope that you may long continue to diffuse happiness round your own circle, and contribute to the instruction and delight of the many attached friends with whom you maintain so active and so interesting a correspondence; and that you may live to see your grandsons fulfil their present promise, and tread in the footsteps of their high-minded and excellent-hearted father,--and of _his_ father!
range
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From this reading You are aware that this Romance was brought to a close during my last brief visit at Kingston Lisle, when the time necessary to be devoted to it deprived me of the full enjoyment of your society, and, limiting my range--no very irksome restriction,--to your own charming garden and grounds, prevented me from accompanying you in your walks to your favourite and beautiful downs.
recording
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From this reading This circumstance, which will suffice to give it some interest in your eyes by associating it with your residence, furnishes me with a plea, of which I gladly avail myself, of inscribing it with your name, and of recording, at the same time, the high sense I entertain of your goodness and worth, the value I set upon your friendship,--a friendship shared in common with some of the most illustrious writers of our time,--and the gratitude I shall never cease to feel for attentions and kindnesses, little less than maternal, which I have experienced at your hands.
residence
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From this reading This circumstance, which will suffice to give it some interest in your eyes by associating it with your residence, furnishes me with a plea, of which I gladly avail myself, of inscribing it with your name, and of recording, at the same time, the high sense I entertain of your goodness and worth, the value I set upon your friendship,--a friendship shared in common with some of the most illustrious writers of our time,--and the gratitude I shall never cease to feel for attentions and kindnesses, little less than maternal, which I have experienced at your hands.
restriction
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From this reading You are aware that this Romance was brought to a close during my last brief visit at Kingston Lisle, when the time necessary to be devoted to it deprived me of the full enjoyment of your society, and, limiting my range--no very irksome restriction,--to your own charming garden and grounds, prevented me from accompanying you in your walks to your favourite and beautiful downs.
Romance
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From this reading You are aware that this Romance was brought to a close during my last brief visit at Kingston Lisle, when the time necessary to be devoted to it deprived me of the full enjoyment of your society, and, limiting my range--no very irksome restriction,--to your own charming garden and grounds, prevented me from accompanying you in your walks to your favourite and beautiful downs.
round
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From this reading In the hope that you may long continue to diffuse happiness round your own circle, and contribute to the instruction and delight of the many attached friends with whom you maintain so active and so interesting a correspondence; and that you may live to see your grandsons fulfil their present promise, and tread in the footsteps of their high-minded and excellent-hearted father,--and of _his_ father!
samenounUS /same/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading This circumstance, which will suffice to give it some interest in your eyes by associating it with your residence, furnishes me with a plea, of which I gladly avail myself, of inscribing it with your name, and of recording, at the same time, the high sense I entertain of your goodness and worth, the value I set upon your friendship,--a friendship shared in common with some of the most illustrious writers of our time,--and the gratitude I shall never cease to feel for attentions and kindnesses, little less than maternal, which I have experienced at your hands.
see
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From this reading In the hope that you may long continue to diffuse happiness round your own circle, and contribute to the instruction and delight of the many attached friends with whom you maintain so active and so interesting a correspondence; and that you may live to see your grandsons fulfil their present promise, and tread in the footsteps of their high-minded and excellent-hearted father,--and of _his_ father!
sense
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From this reading This circumstance, which will suffice to give it some interest in your eyes by associating it with your residence, furnishes me with a plea, of which I gladly avail myself, of inscribing it with your name, and of recording, at the same time, the high sense I entertain of your goodness and worth, the value I set upon your friendship,--a friendship shared in common with some of the most illustrious writers of our time,--and the gratitude I shall never cease to feel for attentions and kindnesses, little less than maternal, which I have experienced at your hands.
set
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From this reading This circumstance, which will suffice to give it some interest in your eyes by associating it with your residence, furnishes me with a plea, of which I gladly avail myself, of inscribing it with your name, and of recording, at the same time, the high sense I entertain of your goodness and worth, the value I set upon your friendship,--a friendship shared in common with some of the most illustrious writers of our time,--and the gratitude I shall never cease to feel for attentions and kindnesses, little less than maternal, which I have experienced at your hands.
shallmodal verbUS /ʃæl/
used with I and we for the future, or to offer and suggest
From this reading This circumstance, which will suffice to give it some interest in your eyes by associating it with your residence, furnishes me with a plea, of which I gladly avail myself, of inscribing it with your name, and of recording, at the same time, the high sense I entertain of your goodness and worth, the value I set upon your friendship,--a friendship shared in common with some of the most illustrious writers of our time,--and the gratitude I shall never cease to feel for attentions and kindnesses, little less than maternal, which I have experienced at your hands.
shared
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From this reading This circumstance, which will suffice to give it some interest in your eyes by associating it with your residence, furnishes me with a plea, of which I gladly avail myself, of inscribing it with your name, and of recording, at the same time, the high sense I entertain of your goodness and worth, the value I set upon your friendship,--a friendship shared in common with some of the most illustrious writers of our time,--and the gratitude I shall never cease to feel for attentions and kindnesses, little less than maternal, which I have experienced at your hands.
soconjunctionUS /soʊ/
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading In the hope that you may long continue to diffuse happiness round your own circle, and contribute to the instruction and delight of the many attached friends with whom you maintain so active and so interesting a correspondence; and that you may live to see your grandsons fulfil their present promise, and tread in the footsteps of their high-minded and excellent-hearted father,--and of _his_ father!
society
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From this reading You are aware that this Romance was brought to a close during my last brief visit at Kingston Lisle, when the time necessary to be devoted to it deprived me of the full enjoyment of your society, and, limiting my range--no very irksome restriction,--to your own charming garden and grounds, prevented me from accompanying you in your walks to your favourite and beautiful downs.
some
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From this reading This circumstance, which will suffice to give it some interest in your eyes by associating it with your residence, furnishes me with a plea, of which I gladly avail myself, of inscribing it with your name, and of recording, at the same time, the high sense I entertain of your goodness and worth, the value I set upon your friendship,--a friendship shared in common with some of the most illustrious writers of our time,--and the gratitude I shall never cease to feel for attentions and kindnesses, little less than maternal, which I have experienced at your hands.
Steel
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From this reading With Illustrations on Steel by George Cruikshank LONDON AND COUNTY PRINTING WORKS, BAZAAR BUILDINGS, LONDON, W.C.
suffice
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From this reading This circumstance, which will suffice to give it some interest in your eyes by associating it with your residence, furnishes me with a plea, of which I gladly avail myself, of inscribing it with your name, and of recording, at the same time, the high sense I entertain of your goodness and worth, the value I set upon your friendship,--a friendship shared in common with some of the most illustrious writers of our time,--and the gratitude I shall never cease to feel for attentions and kindnesses, little less than maternal, which I have experienced at your hands.
thanconjunctionUS /ðæn/
used to introduce the second part of a comparison
From this reading This circumstance, which will suffice to give it some interest in your eyes by associating it with your residence, furnishes me with a plea, of which I gladly avail myself, of inscribing it with your name, and of recording, at the same time, the high sense I entertain of your goodness and worth, the value I set upon your friendship,--a friendship shared in common with some of the most illustrious writers of our time,--and the gratitude I shall never cease to feel for attentions and kindnesses, little less than maternal, which I have experienced at your hands.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading You are aware that this Romance was brought to a close during my last brief visit at Kingston Lisle, when the time necessary to be devoted to it deprived me of the full enjoyment of your society, and, limiting my range--no very irksome restriction,--to your own charming garden and grounds, prevented me from accompanying you in your walks to your favourite and beautiful downs.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading You are aware that this Romance was brought to a close during my last brief visit at Kingston Lisle, when the time necessary to be devoted to it deprived me of the full enjoyment of your society, and, limiting my range--no very irksome restriction,--to your own charming garden and grounds, prevented me from accompanying you in your walks to your favourite and beautiful downs.
theirdeterminerUS /ðer/
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading In the hope that you may long continue to diffuse happiness round your own circle, and contribute to the instruction and delight of the many attached friends with whom you maintain so active and so interesting a correspondence; and that you may live to see your grandsons fulfil their present promise, and tread in the footsteps of their high-minded and excellent-hearted father,--and of _his_ father!
thisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading You are aware that this Romance was brought to a close during my last brief visit at Kingston Lisle, when the time necessary to be devoted to it deprived me of the full enjoyment of your society, and, limiting my range--no very irksome restriction,--to your own charming garden and grounds, prevented me from accompanying you in your walks to your favourite and beautiful downs.
timenounUS /time/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading You are aware that this Romance was brought to a close during my last brief visit at Kingston Lisle, when the time necessary to be devoted to it deprived me of the full enjoyment of your society, and, limiting my range--no very irksome restriction,--to your own charming garden and grounds, prevented me from accompanying you in your walks to your favourite and beautiful downs.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading You are aware that this Romance was brought to a close during my last brief visit at Kingston Lisle, when the time necessary to be devoted to it deprived me of the full enjoyment of your society, and, limiting my range--no very irksome restriction,--to your own charming garden and grounds, prevented me from accompanying you in your walks to your favourite and beautiful downs.
tread
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From this reading In the hope that you may long continue to diffuse happiness round your own circle, and contribute to the instruction and delight of the many attached friends with whom you maintain so active and so interesting a correspondence; and that you may live to see your grandsons fulfil their present promise, and tread in the footsteps of their high-minded and excellent-hearted father,--and of _his_ father!
uponprepositionUS /əˈpɑːn/
a formal word for “on”
From this reading This circumstance, which will suffice to give it some interest in your eyes by associating it with your residence, furnishes me with a plea, of which I gladly avail myself, of inscribing it with your name, and of recording, at the same time, the high sense I entertain of your goodness and worth, the value I set upon your friendship,--a friendship shared in common with some of the most illustrious writers of our time,--and the gratitude I shall never cease to feel for attentions and kindnesses, little less than maternal, which I have experienced at your hands.
value
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From this reading This circumstance, which will suffice to give it some interest in your eyes by associating it with your residence, furnishes me with a plea, of which I gladly avail myself, of inscribing it with your name, and of recording, at the same time, the high sense I entertain of your goodness and worth, the value I set upon your friendship,--a friendship shared in common with some of the most illustrious writers of our time,--and the gratitude I shall never cease to feel for attentions and kindnesses, little less than maternal, which I have experienced at your hands.
very
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From this reading You are aware that this Romance was brought to a close during my last brief visit at Kingston Lisle, when the time necessary to be devoted to it deprived me of the full enjoyment of your society, and, limiting my range--no very irksome restriction,--to your own charming garden and grounds, prevented me from accompanying you in your walks to your favourite and beautiful downs.
visit
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From this reading You are aware that this Romance was brought to a close during my last brief visit at Kingston Lisle, when the time necessary to be devoted to it deprived me of the full enjoyment of your society, and, limiting my range--no very irksome restriction,--to your own charming garden and grounds, prevented me from accompanying you in your walks to your favourite and beautiful downs.
W
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From this reading With Illustrations on Steel by George Cruikshank LONDON AND COUNTY PRINTING WORKS, BAZAAR BUILDINGS, LONDON, W.C.
walks
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From this reading You are aware that this Romance was brought to a close during my last brief visit at Kingston Lisle, when the time necessary to be devoted to it deprived me of the full enjoyment of your society, and, limiting my range--no very irksome restriction,--to your own charming garden and grounds, prevented me from accompanying you in your walks to your favourite and beautiful downs.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading You are aware that this Romance was brought to a close during my last brief visit at Kingston Lisle, when the time necessary to be devoted to it deprived me of the full enjoyment of your society, and, limiting my range--no very irksome restriction,--to your own charming garden and grounds, prevented me from accompanying you in your walks to your favourite and beautiful downs.
whenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading You are aware that this Romance was brought to a close during my last brief visit at Kingston Lisle, when the time necessary to be devoted to it deprived me of the full enjoyment of your society, and, limiting my range--no very irksome restriction,--to your own charming garden and grounds, prevented me from accompanying you in your walks to your favourite and beautiful downs.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading This circumstance, which will suffice to give it some interest in your eyes by associating it with your residence, furnishes me with a plea, of which I gladly avail myself, of inscribing it with your name, and of recording, at the same time, the high sense I entertain of your goodness and worth, the value I set upon your friendship,--a friendship shared in common with some of the most illustrious writers of our time,--and the gratitude I shall never cease to feel for attentions and kindnesses, little less than maternal, which I have experienced at your hands.
whompronounUS /huːm/
the form of “who” used as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading In the hope that you may long continue to diffuse happiness round your own circle, and contribute to the instruction and delight of the many attached friends with whom you maintain so active and so interesting a correspondence; and that you may live to see your grandsons fulfil their present promise, and tread in the footsteps of their high-minded and excellent-hearted father,--and of _his_ father!
willmodal verbUS /wɪl/
used to talk about the future, or about willingness
From this reading This circumstance, which will suffice to give it some interest in your eyes by associating it with your residence, furnishes me with a plea, of which I gladly avail myself, of inscribing it with your name, and of recording, at the same time, the high sense I entertain of your goodness and worth, the value I set upon your friendship,--a friendship shared in common with some of the most illustrious writers of our time,--and the gratitude I shall never cease to feel for attentions and kindnesses, little less than maternal, which I have experienced at your hands.
WithprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading With Illustrations on Steel by George Cruikshank LONDON AND COUNTY PRINTING WORKS, BAZAAR BUILDINGS, LONDON, W.C.
WORKS
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From this reading With Illustrations on Steel by George Cruikshank LONDON AND COUNTY PRINTING WORKS, BAZAAR BUILDINGS, LONDON, W.C.
worth
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From this reading This circumstance, which will suffice to give it some interest in your eyes by associating it with your residence, furnishes me with a plea, of which I gladly avail myself, of inscribing it with your name, and of recording, at the same time, the high sense I entertain of your goodness and worth, the value I set upon your friendship,--a friendship shared in common with some of the most illustrious writers of our time,--and the gratitude I shall never cease to feel for attentions and kindnesses, little less than maternal, which I have experienced at your hands.
writers
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From this reading This circumstance, which will suffice to give it some interest in your eyes by associating it with your residence, furnishes me with a plea, of which I gladly avail myself, of inscribing it with your name, and of recording, at the same time, the high sense I entertain of your goodness and worth, the value I set upon your friendship,--a friendship shared in common with some of the most illustrious writers of our time,--and the gratitude I shall never cease to feel for attentions and kindnesses, little less than maternal, which I have experienced at your hands.
YoupronounUS /juː/
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading You are aware that this Romance was brought to a close during my last brief visit at Kingston Lisle, when the time necessary to be devoted to it deprived me of the full enjoyment of your society, and, limiting my range--no very irksome restriction,--to your own charming garden and grounds, prevented me from accompanying you in your walks to your favourite and beautiful downs.
yourdeterminerUS /jɔːr/
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading You are aware that this Romance was brought to a close during my last brief visit at Kingston Lisle, when the time necessary to be devoted to it deprived me of the full enjoyment of your society, and, limiting my range--no very irksome restriction,--to your own charming garden and grounds, prevented me from accompanying you in your walks to your favourite and beautiful downs.
