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adeterminerUS /ə/
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading The sentiment of the man about nature, or his poetic sensibility, was frequently not to be distinguished from a natural religion, and was always tinged with the devoutness of Wordsworth's verse.
aboutprepositionUS /əˈbaʊt/
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading The sentiment of the man about nature, or his poetic sensibility, was frequently not to be distinguished from a natural religion, and was always tinged with the devoutness of Wordsworth's verse.
always
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From this reading The sentiment of the man about nature, or his poetic sensibility, was frequently not to be distinguished from a natural religion, and was always tinged with the devoutness of Wordsworth's verse.
andeterminerUS /æn/
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading Climbing slowly one day up the Balcony,--he was more than usually calm and slow,--he espied an exquisite fragile flower in the crevice of a rock, in a very lonely spot.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading The sentiment of the man about nature, or his poetic sensibility, was frequently not to be distinguished from a natural religion, and was always tinged with the devoutness of Wordsworth's verse.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading “It seems as if,” he said, or rather dreamed out, “it seems as if the Creator had kept something just to look at himself.”
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading “It seems as if,” he said, or rather dreamed out, “it seems as if the Creator had kept something just to look at himself.”
Balcony
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From this reading Climbing slowly one day up the Balcony,--he was more than usually calm and slow,--he espied an exquisite fragile flower in the crevice of a rock, in a very lonely spot.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading The sentiment of the man about nature, or his poetic sensibility, was frequently not to be distinguished from a natural religion, and was always tinged with the devoutness of Wordsworth's verse.
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading To a lady whom he had taken to Chapel Pond (a retired but rather uninteresting spot), and who expressed a little disappointment at its tameness, saying, of this “Why, Mr. Phelps, the principal charm of this place seems to be its loneliness.”
calm
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From this reading Climbing slowly one day up the Balcony,--he was more than usually calm and slow,--he espied an exquisite fragile flower in the crevice of a rock, in a very lonely spot.
Chapel
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From this reading To a lady whom he had taken to Chapel Pond (a retired but rather uninteresting spot), and who expressed a little disappointment at its tameness, saying, of this “Why, Mr. Phelps, the principal charm of this place seems to be its loneliness.”
charm
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From this reading To a lady whom he had taken to Chapel Pond (a retired but rather uninteresting spot), and who expressed a little disappointment at its tameness, saying, of this “Why, Mr. Phelps, the principal charm of this place seems to be its loneliness.”
Climbing
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From this reading Climbing slowly one day up the Balcony,--he was more than usually calm and slow,--he espied an exquisite fragile flower in the crevice of a rock, in a very lonely spot.
Creator
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From this reading “It seems as if,” he said, or rather dreamed out, “it seems as if the Creator had kept something just to look at himself.”
crevice
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From this reading Climbing slowly one day up the Balcony,--he was more than usually calm and slow,--he espied an exquisite fragile flower in the crevice of a rock, in a very lonely spot.
day
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From this reading Climbing slowly one day up the Balcony,--he was more than usually calm and slow,--he espied an exquisite fragile flower in the crevice of a rock, in a very lonely spot.
devoutness
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From this reading The sentiment of the man about nature, or his poetic sensibility, was frequently not to be distinguished from a natural religion, and was always tinged with the devoutness of Wordsworth's verse.
disappointmentnounUS /ˈdisappointment/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading To a lady whom he had taken to Chapel Pond (a retired but rather uninteresting spot), and who expressed a little disappointment at its tameness, saying, of this “Why, Mr. Phelps, the principal charm of this place seems to be its loneliness.”
distinguished
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From this reading The sentiment of the man about nature, or his poetic sensibility, was frequently not to be distinguished from a natural religion, and was always tinged with the devoutness of Wordsworth's verse.
dreamed
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From this reading “It seems as if,” he said, or rather dreamed out, “it seems as if the Creator had kept something just to look at himself.”
espied
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From this reading Climbing slowly one day up the Balcony,--he was more than usually calm and slow,--he espied an exquisite fragile flower in the crevice of a rock, in a very lonely spot.
expressed
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From this reading To a lady whom he had taken to Chapel Pond (a retired but rather uninteresting spot), and who expressed a little disappointment at its tameness, saying, of this “Why, Mr. Phelps, the principal charm of this place seems to be its loneliness.”
exquisite
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From this reading Climbing slowly one day up the Balcony,--he was more than usually calm and slow,--he espied an exquisite fragile flower in the crevice of a rock, in a very lonely spot.
flower
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From this reading Climbing slowly one day up the Balcony,--he was more than usually calm and slow,--he espied an exquisite fragile flower in the crevice of a rock, in a very lonely spot.
fragile
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From this reading Climbing slowly one day up the Balcony,--he was more than usually calm and slow,--he espied an exquisite fragile flower in the crevice of a rock, in a very lonely spot.
frequently
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From this reading The sentiment of the man about nature, or his poetic sensibility, was frequently not to be distinguished from a natural religion, and was always tinged with the devoutness of Wordsworth's verse.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading The sentiment of the man about nature, or his poetic sensibility, was frequently not to be distinguished from a natural religion, and was always tinged with the devoutness of Wordsworth's verse.
gentle
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From this reading “Yes,” he replied in gentle and lingering tones, and its nativeness.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading “It seems as if,” he said, or rather dreamed out, “it seems as if the Creator had kept something just to look at himself.”
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Climbing slowly one day up the Balcony,--he was more than usually calm and slow,--he espied an exquisite fragile flower in the crevice of a rock, in a very lonely spot.
himselfpronounUS /hɪmˈself/
used when the man or boy doing the action is also its object
From this reading “It seems as if,” he said, or rather dreamed out, “it seems as if the Creator had kept something just to look at himself.”
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading The sentiment of the man about nature, or his poetic sensibility, was frequently not to be distinguished from a natural religion, and was always tinged with the devoutness of Wordsworth's verse.
ifconjunctionUS /ɪf/
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading “It seems as if,” he said, or rather dreamed out, “it seems as if the Creator had kept something just to look at himself.”
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Climbing slowly one day up the Balcony,--he was more than usually calm and slow,--he espied an exquisite fragile flower in the crevice of a rock, in a very lonely spot.
ItpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading “It seems as if,” he said, or rather dreamed out, “it seems as if the Creator had kept something just to look at himself.”
itsdeterminerUS /ɪts/
belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned
From this reading To a lady whom he had taken to Chapel Pond (a retired but rather uninteresting spot), and who expressed a little disappointment at its tameness, saying, of this “Why, Mr. Phelps, the principal charm of this place seems to be its loneliness.”
just
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From this reading “It seems as if,” he said, or rather dreamed out, “it seems as if the Creator had kept something just to look at himself.”
kept
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From this reading “It seems as if,” he said, or rather dreamed out, “it seems as if the Creator had kept something just to look at himself.”
lady
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From this reading To a lady whom he had taken to Chapel Pond (a retired but rather uninteresting spot), and who expressed a little disappointment at its tameness, saying, of this “Why, Mr. Phelps, the principal charm of this place seems to be its loneliness.”
lingering
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From this reading “Yes,” he replied in gentle and lingering tones, and its nativeness.
littlenounUS /little/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading To a lady whom he had taken to Chapel Pond (a retired but rather uninteresting spot), and who expressed a little disappointment at its tameness, saying, of this “Why, Mr. Phelps, the principal charm of this place seems to be its loneliness.”
loneliness
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From this reading To a lady whom he had taken to Chapel Pond (a retired but rather uninteresting spot), and who expressed a little disappointment at its tameness, saying, of this “Why, Mr. Phelps, the principal charm of this place seems to be its loneliness.”
lonely
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From this reading Climbing slowly one day up the Balcony,--he was more than usually calm and slow,--he espied an exquisite fragile flower in the crevice of a rock, in a very lonely spot.
looknounUS /look/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “It seems as if,” he said, or rather dreamed out, “it seems as if the Creator had kept something just to look at himself.”
man
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From this reading The sentiment of the man about nature, or his poetic sensibility, was frequently not to be distinguished from a natural religion, and was always tinged with the devoutness of Wordsworth's verse.
more
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From this reading Climbing slowly one day up the Balcony,--he was more than usually calm and slow,--he espied an exquisite fragile flower in the crevice of a rock, in a very lonely spot.
Mr
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From this reading To a lady whom he had taken to Chapel Pond (a retired but rather uninteresting spot), and who expressed a little disappointment at its tameness, saying, of this “Why, Mr. Phelps, the principal charm of this place seems to be its loneliness.”
nativeness
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From this reading “Yes,” he replied in gentle and lingering tones, and its nativeness.
natural
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From this reading The sentiment of the man about nature, or his poetic sensibility, was frequently not to be distinguished from a natural religion, and was always tinged with the devoutness of Wordsworth's verse.
nature
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From this reading The sentiment of the man about nature, or his poetic sensibility, was frequently not to be distinguished from a natural religion, and was always tinged with the devoutness of Wordsworth's verse.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading The sentiment of the man about nature, or his poetic sensibility, was frequently not to be distinguished from a natural religion, and was always tinged with the devoutness of Wordsworth's verse.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading The sentiment of the man about nature, or his poetic sensibility, was frequently not to be distinguished from a natural religion, and was always tinged with the devoutness of Wordsworth's verse.
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading Climbing slowly one day up the Balcony,--he was more than usually calm and slow,--he espied an exquisite fragile flower in the crevice of a rock, in a very lonely spot.
orconjunctionUS /ɔːr/
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading The sentiment of the man about nature, or his poetic sensibility, was frequently not to be distinguished from a natural religion, and was always tinged with the devoutness of Wordsworth's verse.
out
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From this reading “It seems as if,” he said, or rather dreamed out, “it seems as if the Creator had kept something just to look at himself.”
Phelps
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From this reading To a lady whom he had taken to Chapel Pond (a retired but rather uninteresting spot), and who expressed a little disappointment at its tameness, saying, of this “Why, Mr. Phelps, the principal charm of this place seems to be its loneliness.”
place
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From this reading To a lady whom he had taken to Chapel Pond (a retired but rather uninteresting spot), and who expressed a little disappointment at its tameness, saying, of this “Why, Mr. Phelps, the principal charm of this place seems to be its loneliness.”
poetic
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From this reading The sentiment of the man about nature, or his poetic sensibility, was frequently not to be distinguished from a natural religion, and was always tinged with the devoutness of Wordsworth's verse.
Pond
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From this reading To a lady whom he had taken to Chapel Pond (a retired but rather uninteresting spot), and who expressed a little disappointment at its tameness, saying, of this “Why, Mr. Phelps, the principal charm of this place seems to be its loneliness.”
principal
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From this reading To a lady whom he had taken to Chapel Pond (a retired but rather uninteresting spot), and who expressed a little disappointment at its tameness, saying, of this “Why, Mr. Phelps, the principal charm of this place seems to be its loneliness.”
rather
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From this reading “It seems as if,” he said, or rather dreamed out, “it seems as if the Creator had kept something just to look at himself.”
religion
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From this reading The sentiment of the man about nature, or his poetic sensibility, was frequently not to be distinguished from a natural religion, and was always tinged with the devoutness of Wordsworth's verse.
repliednounUS /replied/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Yes,” he replied in gentle and lingering tones, and its nativeness.
retiredverbUS /rɪˈtaɪərd/
went away to a private place
From this reading To a lady whom he had taken to Chapel Pond (a retired but rather uninteresting spot), and who expressed a little disappointment at its tameness, saying, of this “Why, Mr. Phelps, the principal charm of this place seems to be its loneliness.”
rock
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From this reading Climbing slowly one day up the Balcony,--he was more than usually calm and slow,--he espied an exquisite fragile flower in the crevice of a rock, in a very lonely spot.
said
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From this reading “It seems as if,” he said, or rather dreamed out, “it seems as if the Creator had kept something just to look at himself.”
saying
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From this reading To a lady whom he had taken to Chapel Pond (a retired but rather uninteresting spot), and who expressed a little disappointment at its tameness, saying, of this “Why, Mr. Phelps, the principal charm of this place seems to be its loneliness.”
seems
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From this reading “It seems as if,” he said, or rather dreamed out, “it seems as if the Creator had kept something just to look at himself.”
sensibility
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From this reading The sentiment of the man about nature, or his poetic sensibility, was frequently not to be distinguished from a natural religion, and was always tinged with the devoutness of Wordsworth's verse.
sentiment
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From this reading The sentiment of the man about nature, or his poetic sensibility, was frequently not to be distinguished from a natural religion, and was always tinged with the devoutness of Wordsworth's verse.
slow
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From this reading Climbing slowly one day up the Balcony,--he was more than usually calm and slow,--he espied an exquisite fragile flower in the crevice of a rock, in a very lonely spot.
slowly
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From this reading Climbing slowly one day up the Balcony,--he was more than usually calm and slow,--he espied an exquisite fragile flower in the crevice of a rock, in a very lonely spot.
somethingpronounUS /ˈsʌmθɪŋ/
a thing, without saying which
From this reading “It seems as if,” he said, or rather dreamed out, “it seems as if the Creator had kept something just to look at himself.”
spot
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From this reading Climbing slowly one day up the Balcony,--he was more than usually calm and slow,--he espied an exquisite fragile flower in the crevice of a rock, in a very lonely spot.
taken
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From this reading To a lady whom he had taken to Chapel Pond (a retired but rather uninteresting spot), and who expressed a little disappointment at its tameness, saying, of this “Why, Mr. Phelps, the principal charm of this place seems to be its loneliness.”
tameness
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From this reading To a lady whom he had taken to Chapel Pond (a retired but rather uninteresting spot), and who expressed a little disappointment at its tameness, saying, of this “Why, Mr. Phelps, the principal charm of this place seems to be its loneliness.”
thanconjunctionUS /ðæn/
used to introduce the second part of a comparison
From this reading Climbing slowly one day up the Balcony,--he was more than usually calm and slow,--he espied an exquisite fragile flower in the crevice of a rock, in a very lonely spot.
ThedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The sentiment of the man about nature, or his poetic sensibility, was frequently not to be distinguished from a natural religion, and was always tinged with the devoutness of Wordsworth's verse.
thisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading To a lady whom he had taken to Chapel Pond (a retired but rather uninteresting spot), and who expressed a little disappointment at its tameness, saying, of this “Why, Mr. Phelps, the principal charm of this place seems to be its loneliness.”
tinged
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From this reading The sentiment of the man about nature, or his poetic sensibility, was frequently not to be distinguished from a natural religion, and was always tinged with the devoutness of Wordsworth's verse.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading The sentiment of the man about nature, or his poetic sensibility, was frequently not to be distinguished from a natural religion, and was always tinged with the devoutness of Wordsworth's verse.
tones
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From this reading “Yes,” he replied in gentle and lingering tones, and its nativeness.
uninteresting
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From this reading To a lady whom he had taken to Chapel Pond (a retired but rather uninteresting spot), and who expressed a little disappointment at its tameness, saying, of this “Why, Mr. Phelps, the principal charm of this place seems to be its loneliness.”
up
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From this reading Climbing slowly one day up the Balcony,--he was more than usually calm and slow,--he espied an exquisite fragile flower in the crevice of a rock, in a very lonely spot.
usually
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From this reading Climbing slowly one day up the Balcony,--he was more than usually calm and slow,--he espied an exquisite fragile flower in the crevice of a rock, in a very lonely spot.
verse
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From this reading The sentiment of the man about nature, or his poetic sensibility, was frequently not to be distinguished from a natural religion, and was always tinged with the devoutness of Wordsworth's verse.
very
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From this reading Climbing slowly one day up the Balcony,--he was more than usually calm and slow,--he espied an exquisite fragile flower in the crevice of a rock, in a very lonely spot.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading The sentiment of the man about nature, or his poetic sensibility, was frequently not to be distinguished from a natural religion, and was always tinged with the devoutness of Wordsworth's verse.
whopronounUS /huː/
which person or people
From this reading To a lady whom he had taken to Chapel Pond (a retired but rather uninteresting spot), and who expressed a little disappointment at its tameness, saying, of this “Why, Mr. Phelps, the principal charm of this place seems to be its loneliness.”
whompronounUS /huːm/
the form of “who” used as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading To a lady whom he had taken to Chapel Pond (a retired but rather uninteresting spot), and who expressed a little disappointment at its tameness, saying, of this “Why, Mr. Phelps, the principal charm of this place seems to be its loneliness.”
Why
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From this reading To a lady whom he had taken to Chapel Pond (a retired but rather uninteresting spot), and who expressed a little disappointment at its tameness, saying, of this “Why, Mr. Phelps, the principal charm of this place seems to be its loneliness.”
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading The sentiment of the man about nature, or his poetic sensibility, was frequently not to be distinguished from a natural religion, and was always tinged with the devoutness of Wordsworth's verse.
Wordsworth's
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From this reading The sentiment of the man about nature, or his poetic sensibility, was frequently not to be distinguished from a natural religion, and was always tinged with the devoutness of Wordsworth's verse.
Yes
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From this reading “Yes,” he replied in gentle and lingering tones, and its nativeness.
