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adeterminerUS /ə/
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
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abandoned
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acquainted
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From this reading This wandering race, sever’d from other men, Boast yet their intercourse with human arts; The seas, the woods, the deserts, which they haunt, Find them acquainted with their secret treasures: And unregarded herbs, and flowers, and blossoms, Display undreamt-of powers when gather’d by them.
all
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also
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From this reading But he had also the prejudices and scrupulous timidity of his persecuted people, and those were to be conquered.
AndconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading This wandering race, sever’d from other men, Boast yet their intercourse with human arts; The seas, the woods, the deserts, which they haunt, Find them acquainted with their secret treasures: And unregarded herbs, and flowers, and blossoms, Display undreamt-of powers when gather’d by them.
anticipated
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any
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From this reading It would not have been difficult to have persuaded Isaac to this step in any other circumstances, for his disposition was kind and grateful.
arts
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From this reading This wandering race, sever’d from other men, Boast yet their intercourse with human arts; The seas, the woods, the deserts, which they haunt, Find them acquainted with their secret treasures: And unregarded herbs, and flowers, and blossoms, Display undreamt-of powers when gather’d by them.
Ashby
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From this reading His own intelligence may indeed have easily anticipated that, when Ivanhoe sunk down, and seemed abandoned by all the world, it was the importunity of Rebecca which prevailed on her father to have the gallant young warrior transported from the lists to the house which for the time the Jews inhabited in the suburbs of Ashby.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading But he had also the prejudices and scrupulous timidity of his persecuted people, and those were to be conquered.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading It would not have been difficult to have persuaded Isaac to this step in any other circumstances, for his disposition was kind and grateful.
blossoms
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From this reading This wandering race, sever’d from other men, Boast yet their intercourse with human arts; The seas, the woods, the deserts, which they haunt, Find them acquainted with their secret treasures: And unregarded herbs, and flowers, and blossoms, Display undreamt-of powers when gather’d by them.
Boast
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From this reading This wandering race, sever’d from other men, Boast yet their intercourse with human arts; The seas, the woods, the deserts, which they haunt, Find them acquainted with their secret treasures: And unregarded herbs, and flowers, and blossoms, Display undreamt-of powers when gather’d by them.
ButconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading But he had also the prejudices and scrupulous timidity of his persecuted people, and those were to be conquered.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading This wandering race, sever’d from other men, Boast yet their intercourse with human arts; The seas, the woods, the deserts, which they haunt, Find them acquainted with their secret treasures: And unregarded herbs, and flowers, and blossoms, Display undreamt-of powers when gather’d by them.
certain
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circumstances
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From this reading It would not have been difficult to have persuaded Isaac to this step in any other circumstances, for his disposition was kind and grateful.
conquered
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From this reading But he had also the prejudices and scrupulous timidity of his persecuted people, and those were to be conquered.
deserts
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difficult
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From this reading It would not have been difficult to have persuaded Isaac to this step in any other circumstances, for his disposition was kind and grateful.
Display
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From this reading This wandering race, sever’d from other men, Boast yet their intercourse with human arts; The seas, the woods, the deserts, which they haunt, Find them acquainted with their secret treasures: And unregarded herbs, and flowers, and blossoms, Display undreamt-of powers when gather’d by them.
dispositionnounUS /ˌdɪspəˈzɪʃən/
the way something is arranged or positioned
From this reading It would not have been difficult to have persuaded Isaac to this step in any other circumstances, for his disposition was kind and grateful.
down
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easily
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father
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few
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Find
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From this reading This wandering race, sever’d from other men, Boast yet their intercourse with human arts; The seas, the woods, the deserts, which they haunt, Find them acquainted with their secret treasures: And unregarded herbs, and flowers, and blossoms, Display undreamt-of powers when gather’d by them.
flowers
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From this reading This wandering race, sever’d from other men, Boast yet their intercourse with human arts; The seas, the woods, the deserts, which they haunt, Find them acquainted with their secret treasures: And unregarded herbs, and flowers, and blossoms, Display undreamt-of powers when gather’d by them.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
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fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading This wandering race, sever’d from other men, Boast yet their intercourse with human arts; The seas, the woods, the deserts, which they haunt, Find them acquainted with their secret treasures: And unregarded herbs, and flowers, and blossoms, Display undreamt-of powers when gather’d by them.
gallant
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gather'd
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From this reading This wandering race, sever’d from other men, Boast yet their intercourse with human arts; The seas, the woods, the deserts, which they haunt, Find them acquainted with their secret treasures: And unregarded herbs, and flowers, and blossoms, Display undreamt-of powers when gather’d by them.
grateful
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From this reading It would not have been difficult to have persuaded Isaac to this step in any other circumstances, for his disposition was kind and grateful.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading But he had also the prejudices and scrupulous timidity of his persecuted people, and those were to be conquered.
haunt
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From this reading This wandering race, sever’d from other men, Boast yet their intercourse with human arts; The seas, the woods, the deserts, which they haunt, Find them acquainted with their secret treasures: And unregarded herbs, and flowers, and blossoms, Display undreamt-of powers when gather’d by them.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading His own intelligence may indeed have easily anticipated that, when Ivanhoe sunk down, and seemed abandoned by all the world, it was the importunity of Rebecca which prevailed on her father to have the gallant young warrior transported from the lists to the house which for the time the Jews inhabited in the suburbs of Ashby.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading But he had also the prejudices and scrupulous timidity of his persecuted people, and those were to be conquered.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading His own intelligence may indeed have easily anticipated that, when Ivanhoe sunk down, and seemed abandoned by all the world, it was the importunity of Rebecca which prevailed on her father to have the gallant young warrior transported from the lists to the house which for the time the Jews inhabited in the suburbs of Ashby.
herbs
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From this reading This wandering race, sever’d from other men, Boast yet their intercourse with human arts; The seas, the woods, the deserts, which they haunt, Find them acquainted with their secret treasures: And unregarded herbs, and flowers, and blossoms, Display undreamt-of powers when gather’d by them.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
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history
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house
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human
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important
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importunity
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From this reading His own intelligence may indeed have easily anticipated that, when Ivanhoe sunk down, and seemed abandoned by all the world, it was the importunity of Rebecca which prevailed on her father to have the gallant young warrior transported from the lists to the house which for the time the Jews inhabited in the suburbs of Ashby.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading His own intelligence may indeed have easily anticipated that, when Ivanhoe sunk down, and seemed abandoned by all the world, it was the importunity of Rebecca which prevailed on her father to have the gallant young warrior transported from the lists to the house which for the time the Jews inhabited in the suburbs of Ashby.
indeed
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inform
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inhabited
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intelligence
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intercourse
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From this reading This wandering race, sever’d from other men, Boast yet their intercourse with human arts; The seas, the woods, the deserts, which they haunt, Find them acquainted with their secret treasures: And unregarded herbs, and flowers, and blossoms, Display undreamt-of powers when gather’d by them.
Isaac
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From this reading It would not have been difficult to have persuaded Isaac to this step in any other circumstances, for his disposition was kind and grateful.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading His own intelligence may indeed have easily anticipated that, when Ivanhoe sunk down, and seemed abandoned by all the world, it was the importunity of Rebecca which prevailed on her father to have the gallant young warrior transported from the lists to the house which for the time the Jews inhabited in the suburbs of Ashby.
Ivanhoe
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JEW
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Jews
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kind
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From this reading It would not have been difficult to have persuaded Isaac to this step in any other circumstances, for his disposition was kind and grateful.
lists
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material
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maymodal verbUS /meɪ/
used to say something is possible, or to give permission
From this reading His own intelligence may indeed have easily anticipated that, when Ivanhoe sunk down, and seemed abandoned by all the world, it was the importunity of Rebecca which prevailed on her father to have the gallant young warrior transported from the lists to the house which for the time the Jews inhabited in the suburbs of Ashby.
men
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From this reading This wandering race, sever’d from other men, Boast yet their intercourse with human arts; The seas, the woods, the deserts, which they haunt, Find them acquainted with their secret treasures: And unregarded herbs, and flowers, and blossoms, Display undreamt-of powers when gather’d by them.
mustmodal verbUS /mʌst/
used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true
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narrative
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needs
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notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading It would not have been difficult to have persuaded Isaac to this step in any other circumstances, for his disposition was kind and grateful.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
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onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading His own intelligence may indeed have easily anticipated that, when Ivanhoe sunk down, and seemed abandoned by all the world, it was the importunity of Rebecca which prevailed on her father to have the gallant young warrior transported from the lists to the house which for the time the Jews inhabited in the suburbs of Ashby.
other
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From this reading This wandering race, sever’d from other men, Boast yet their intercourse with human arts; The seas, the woods, the deserts, which they haunt, Find them acquainted with their secret treasures: And unregarded herbs, and flowers, and blossoms, Display undreamt-of powers when gather’d by them.
OurdeterminerUS /ˈaʊər/
belonging to the speaker and others
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own
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From this reading His own intelligence may indeed have easily anticipated that, when Ivanhoe sunk down, and seemed abandoned by all the world, it was the importunity of Rebecca which prevailed on her father to have the gallant young warrior transported from the lists to the house which for the time the Jews inhabited in the suburbs of Ashby.
pages
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passages
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people
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From this reading But he had also the prejudices and scrupulous timidity of his persecuted people, and those were to be conquered.
persecuted
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From this reading But he had also the prejudices and scrupulous timidity of his persecuted people, and those were to be conquered.
persuaded
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From this reading It would not have been difficult to have persuaded Isaac to this step in any other circumstances, for his disposition was kind and grateful.
powersnounUS /powers/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading This wandering race, sever’d from other men, Boast yet their intercourse with human arts; The seas, the woods, the deserts, which they haunt, Find them acquainted with their secret treasures: And unregarded herbs, and flowers, and blossoms, Display undreamt-of powers when gather’d by them.
prejudices
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From this reading But he had also the prejudices and scrupulous timidity of his persecuted people, and those were to be conquered.
prevailed
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race
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reader
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Rebecca
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restnounUS /rest/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
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retrograde
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scrupulous
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From this reading But he had also the prejudices and scrupulous timidity of his persecuted people, and those were to be conquered.
seas
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From this reading This wandering race, sever’d from other men, Boast yet their intercourse with human arts; The seas, the woods, the deserts, which they haunt, Find them acquainted with their secret treasures: And unregarded herbs, and flowers, and blossoms, Display undreamt-of powers when gather’d by them.
secretnounUS /ˈsiː.krət/
Something that is kept or meant to be kept unknown or unseen by others.
From this reading This wandering race, sever’d from other men, Boast yet their intercourse with human arts; The seas, the woods, the deserts, which they haunt, Find them acquainted with their secret treasures: And unregarded herbs, and flowers, and blossoms, Display undreamt-of powers when gather’d by them.
seemednounUS /seemed/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading His own intelligence may indeed have easily anticipated that, when Ivanhoe sunk down, and seemed abandoned by all the world, it was the importunity of Rebecca which prevailed on her father to have the gallant young warrior transported from the lists to the house which for the time the Jews inhabited in the suburbs of Ashby.
sever'd
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From this reading This wandering race, sever’d from other men, Boast yet their intercourse with human arts; The seas, the woods, the deserts, which they haunt, Find them acquainted with their secret treasures: And unregarded herbs, and flowers, and blossoms, Display undreamt-of powers when gather’d by them.
space
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stepnounUS /step/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading It would not have been difficult to have persuaded Isaac to this step in any other circumstances, for his disposition was kind and grateful.
suburbs
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From this reading His own intelligence may indeed have easily anticipated that, when Ivanhoe sunk down, and seemed abandoned by all the world, it was the importunity of Rebecca which prevailed on her father to have the gallant young warrior transported from the lists to the house which for the time the Jews inhabited in the suburbs of Ashby.
sunk
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From this reading His own intelligence may indeed have easily anticipated that, when Ivanhoe sunk down, and seemed abandoned by all the world, it was the importunity of Rebecca which prevailed on her father to have the gallant young warrior transported from the lists to the house which for the time the Jews inhabited in the suburbs of Ashby.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading His own intelligence may indeed have easily anticipated that, when Ivanhoe sunk down, and seemed abandoned by all the world, it was the importunity of Rebecca which prevailed on her father to have the gallant young warrior transported from the lists to the house which for the time the Jews inhabited in the suburbs of Ashby.
ThedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading This wandering race, sever’d from other men, Boast yet their intercourse with human arts; The seas, the woods, the deserts, which they haunt, Find them acquainted with their secret treasures: And unregarded herbs, and flowers, and blossoms, Display undreamt-of powers when gather’d by them.
theirdeterminerUS /ðer/
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading This wandering race, sever’d from other men, Boast yet their intercourse with human arts; The seas, the woods, the deserts, which they haunt, Find them acquainted with their secret treasures: And unregarded herbs, and flowers, and blossoms, Display undreamt-of powers when gather’d by them.
thempronounUS /ðem/
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading This wandering race, sever’d from other men, Boast yet their intercourse with human arts; The seas, the woods, the deserts, which they haunt, Find them acquainted with their secret treasures: And unregarded herbs, and flowers, and blossoms, Display undreamt-of powers when gather’d by them.
theypronounUS /ðeɪ/
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading This wandering race, sever’d from other men, Boast yet their intercourse with human arts; The seas, the woods, the deserts, which they haunt, Find them acquainted with their secret treasures: And unregarded herbs, and flowers, and blossoms, Display undreamt-of powers when gather’d by them.
ThisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading This wandering race, sever’d from other men, Boast yet their intercourse with human arts; The seas, the woods, the deserts, which they haunt, Find them acquainted with their secret treasures: And unregarded herbs, and flowers, and blossoms, Display undreamt-of powers when gather’d by them.
thosedeterminerUS /ðoʊz/
the plural of “that”: the people or things further away, or already known
From this reading But he had also the prejudices and scrupulous timidity of his persecuted people, and those were to be conquered.
timenounUS /time/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading His own intelligence may indeed have easily anticipated that, when Ivanhoe sunk down, and seemed abandoned by all the world, it was the importunity of Rebecca which prevailed on her father to have the gallant young warrior transported from the lists to the house which for the time the Jews inhabited in the suburbs of Ashby.
timidity
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From this reading But he had also the prejudices and scrupulous timidity of his persecuted people, and those were to be conquered.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
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transported
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treasures
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From this reading This wandering race, sever’d from other men, Boast yet their intercourse with human arts; The seas, the woods, the deserts, which they haunt, Find them acquainted with their secret treasures: And unregarded herbs, and flowers, and blossoms, Display undreamt-of powers when gather’d by them.
understanding
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From this reading THE JEW Our history must needs retrograde for the space of a few pages, to inform the reader of certain passages material to his understanding the rest of this important narrative.
undreamt-of
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From this reading This wandering race, sever’d from other men, Boast yet their intercourse with human arts; The seas, the woods, the deserts, which they haunt, Find them acquainted with their secret treasures: And unregarded herbs, and flowers, and blossoms, Display undreamt-of powers when gather’d by them.
unregarded
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From this reading This wandering race, sever’d from other men, Boast yet their intercourse with human arts; The seas, the woods, the deserts, which they haunt, Find them acquainted with their secret treasures: And unregarded herbs, and flowers, and blossoms, Display undreamt-of powers when gather’d by them.
wandering
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From this reading This wandering race, sever’d from other men, Boast yet their intercourse with human arts; The seas, the woods, the deserts, which they haunt, Find them acquainted with their secret treasures: And unregarded herbs, and flowers, and blossoms, Display undreamt-of powers when gather’d by them.
warrior
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From this reading His own intelligence may indeed have easily anticipated that, when Ivanhoe sunk down, and seemed abandoned by all the world, it was the importunity of Rebecca which prevailed on her father to have the gallant young warrior transported from the lists to the house which for the time the Jews inhabited in the suburbs of Ashby.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading His own intelligence may indeed have easily anticipated that, when Ivanhoe sunk down, and seemed abandoned by all the world, it was the importunity of Rebecca which prevailed on her father to have the gallant young warrior transported from the lists to the house which for the time the Jews inhabited in the suburbs of Ashby.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading But he had also the prejudices and scrupulous timidity of his persecuted people, and those were to be conquered.
whenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading This wandering race, sever’d from other men, Boast yet their intercourse with human arts; The seas, the woods, the deserts, which they haunt, Find them acquainted with their secret treasures: And unregarded herbs, and flowers, and blossoms, Display undreamt-of powers when gather’d by them.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading This wandering race, sever’d from other men, Boast yet their intercourse with human arts; The seas, the woods, the deserts, which they haunt, Find them acquainted with their secret treasures: And unregarded herbs, and flowers, and blossoms, Display undreamt-of powers when gather’d by them.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading This wandering race, sever’d from other men, Boast yet their intercourse with human arts; The seas, the woods, the deserts, which they haunt, Find them acquainted with their secret treasures: And unregarded herbs, and flowers, and blossoms, Display undreamt-of powers when gather’d by them.
woods
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From this reading This wandering race, sever’d from other men, Boast yet their intercourse with human arts; The seas, the woods, the deserts, which they haunt, Find them acquainted with their secret treasures: And unregarded herbs, and flowers, and blossoms, Display undreamt-of powers when gather’d by them.
world
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From this reading His own intelligence may indeed have easily anticipated that, when Ivanhoe sunk down, and seemed abandoned by all the world, it was the importunity of Rebecca which prevailed on her father to have the gallant young warrior transported from the lists to the house which for the time the Jews inhabited in the suburbs of Ashby.
wouldmodal verbUS /wʊd/
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading It would not have been difficult to have persuaded Isaac to this step in any other circumstances, for his disposition was kind and grateful.
yetconjunctionUS /jet/
but in spite of that
From this reading This wandering race, sever’d from other men, Boast yet their intercourse with human arts; The seas, the woods, the deserts, which they haunt, Find them acquainted with their secret treasures: And unregarded herbs, and flowers, and blossoms, Display undreamt-of powers when gather’d by them.
young
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From this reading His own intelligence may indeed have easily anticipated that, when Ivanhoe sunk down, and seemed abandoned by all the world, it was the importunity of Rebecca which prevailed on her father to have the gallant young warrior transported from the lists to the house which for the time the Jews inhabited in the suburbs of Ashby.
