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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 About an hour after the occurrences at Newgate, the door of the small back-parlour already described at Dollis Hill was opened by Winifred, who, gliding noiselessly across the room, approached a couch, on which was extended a sleeping female, and, gazing anxiously at her pale careworn countenance, murmured,--"Heaven be praised! she still slumbers--slumbers peacefully.
AboutprepositionUS /əˈbaʊt/
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading About an hour after the occurrences at Newgate, the door of the small back-parlour already described at Dollis Hill was opened by Winifred, who, gliding noiselessly across the room, approached a couch, on which was extended a sleeping female, and, gazing anxiously at her pale careworn countenance, murmured,--"Heaven be praised! she still slumbers--slumbers peacefully.
acrossprepositionUS /əˈkrɔːs/
from one side of something to the other
From this reading About an hour after the occurrences at Newgate, the door of the small back-parlour already described at Dollis Hill was opened by Winifred, who, gliding noiselessly across the room, approached a couch, on which was extended a sleeping female, and, gazing anxiously at her pale careworn countenance, murmured,--"Heaven be praised! she still slumbers--slumbers peacefully.
afterprepositionUS /ˈæftər/
later than; following
From this reading About an hour after the occurrences at Newgate, the door of the small back-parlour already described at Dollis Hill was opened by Winifred, who, gliding noiselessly across the room, approached a couch, on which was extended a sleeping female, and, gazing anxiously at her pale careworn countenance, murmured,--"Heaven be praised! she still slumbers--slumbers peacefully.
alreadynounUS /already/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading About an hour after the occurrences at Newgate, the door of the small back-parlour already described at Dollis Hill was opened by Winifred, who, gliding noiselessly across the room, approached a couch, on which was extended a sleeping female, and, gazing anxiously at her pale careworn countenance, murmured,--"Heaven be praised! she still slumbers--slumbers peacefully.
andeterminerUS /æn/
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading About an hour after the occurrences at Newgate, the door of the small back-parlour already described at Dollis Hill was opened by Winifred, who, gliding noiselessly across the room, approached a couch, on which was extended a sleeping female, and, gazing anxiously at her pale careworn countenance, murmured,--"Heaven be praised! she still slumbers--slumbers peacefully.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading About an hour after the occurrences at Newgate, the door of the small back-parlour already described at Dollis Hill was opened by Winifred, who, gliding noiselessly across the room, approached a couch, on which was extended a sleeping female, and, gazing anxiously at her pale careworn countenance, murmured,--"Heaven be praised! she still slumbers--slumbers peacefully.
anxiously
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From this reading About an hour after the occurrences at Newgate, the door of the small back-parlour already described at Dollis Hill was opened by Winifred, who, gliding noiselessly across the room, approached a couch, on which was extended a sleeping female, and, gazing anxiously at her pale careworn countenance, murmured,--"Heaven be praised! she still slumbers--slumbers peacefully.
approached
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From this reading About an hour after the occurrences at Newgate, the door of the small back-parlour already described at Dollis Hill was opened by Winifred, who, gliding noiselessly across the room, approached a couch, on which was extended a sleeping female, and, gazing anxiously at her pale careworn countenance, murmured,--"Heaven be praised! she still slumbers--slumbers peacefully.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading About an hour after the occurrences at Newgate, the door of the small back-parlour already described at Dollis Hill was opened by Winifred, who, gliding noiselessly across the room, approached a couch, on which was extended a sleeping female, and, gazing anxiously at her pale careworn countenance, murmured,--"Heaven be praised! she still slumbers--slumbers peacefully.
back-parlour
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From this reading About an hour after the occurrences at Newgate, the door of the small back-parlour already described at Dollis Hill was opened by Winifred, who, gliding noiselessly across the room, approached a couch, on which was extended a sleeping female, and, gazing anxiously at her pale careworn countenance, murmured,--"Heaven be praised! she still slumbers--slumbers peacefully.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading About an hour after the occurrences at Newgate, the door of the small back-parlour already described at Dollis Hill was opened by Winifred, who, gliding noiselessly across the room, approached a couch, on which was extended a sleeping female, and, gazing anxiously at her pale careworn countenance, murmured,--"Heaven be praised! she still slumbers--slumbers peacefully.
beautiful
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From this reading Poor thing! how beautiful she looks! but how like death!"
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading Poor thing! how beautiful she looks! but how like death!"
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading About an hour after the occurrences at Newgate, the door of the small back-parlour already described at Dollis Hill was opened by Winifred, who, gliding noiselessly across the room, approached a couch, on which was extended a sleeping female, and, gazing anxiously at her pale careworn countenance, murmured,--"Heaven be praised! she still slumbers--slumbers peacefully.
careworn
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From this reading About an hour after the occurrences at Newgate, the door of the small back-parlour already described at Dollis Hill was opened by Winifred, who, gliding noiselessly across the room, approached a couch, on which was extended a sleeping female, and, gazing anxiously at her pale careworn countenance, murmured,--"Heaven be praised! she still slumbers--slumbers peacefully.
couch
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From this reading About an hour after the occurrences at Newgate, the door of the small back-parlour already described at Dollis Hill was opened by Winifred, who, gliding noiselessly across the room, approached a couch, on which was extended a sleeping female, and, gazing anxiously at her pale careworn countenance, murmured,--"Heaven be praised! she still slumbers--slumbers peacefully.
countenance
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From this reading About an hour after the occurrences at Newgate, the door of the small back-parlour already described at Dollis Hill was opened by Winifred, who, gliding noiselessly across the room, approached a couch, on which was extended a sleeping female, and, gazing anxiously at her pale careworn countenance, murmured,--"Heaven be praised! she still slumbers--slumbers peacefully.
death
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From this reading Poor thing! how beautiful she looks! but how like death!"
Deathlike
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From this reading Deathlike, indeed, was the repose of the sleeper,--deathlike and deep.
deep
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From this reading Deathlike, indeed, was the repose of the sleeper,--deathlike and deep.
described
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From this reading About an hour after the occurrences at Newgate, the door of the small back-parlour already described at Dollis Hill was opened by Winifred, who, gliding noiselessly across the room, approached a couch, on which was extended a sleeping female, and, gazing anxiously at her pale careworn countenance, murmured,--"Heaven be praised! she still slumbers--slumbers peacefully.
Dollis
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From this reading Dollis Hill revisited.
donenounUS /done/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The opiate has done its duty.
door
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From this reading About an hour after the occurrences at Newgate, the door of the small back-parlour already described at Dollis Hill was opened by Winifred, who, gliding noiselessly across the room, approached a couch, on which was extended a sleeping female, and, gazing anxiously at her pale careworn countenance, murmured,--"Heaven be praised! she still slumbers--slumbers peacefully.
dutynounUS /ˈduːti/
a responsibility that must be carried out
From this reading The opiate has done its duty.
extended
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From this reading About an hour after the occurrences at Newgate, the door of the small back-parlour already described at Dollis Hill was opened by Winifred, who, gliding noiselessly across the room, approached a couch, on which was extended a sleeping female, and, gazing anxiously at her pale careworn countenance, murmured,--"Heaven be praised! she still slumbers--slumbers peacefully.
female
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From this reading About an hour after the occurrences at Newgate, the door of the small back-parlour already described at Dollis Hill was opened by Winifred, who, gliding noiselessly across the room, approached a couch, on which was extended a sleeping female, and, gazing anxiously at her pale careworn countenance, murmured,--"Heaven be praised! she still slumbers--slumbers peacefully.
gazing
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From this reading About an hour after the occurrences at Newgate, the door of the small back-parlour already described at Dollis Hill was opened by Winifred, who, gliding noiselessly across the room, approached a couch, on which was extended a sleeping female, and, gazing anxiously at her pale careworn countenance, murmured,--"Heaven be praised! she still slumbers--slumbers peacefully.
gliding
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From this reading About an hour after the occurrences at Newgate, the door of the small back-parlour already described at Dollis Hill was opened by Winifred, who, gliding noiselessly across the room, approached a couch, on which was extended a sleeping female, and, gazing anxiously at her pale careworn countenance, murmured,--"Heaven be praised! she still slumbers--slumbers peacefully.
hasauxiliary verbUS /hæz/
the form of “have” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading The opiate has done its duty.
Heaven
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From this reading About an hour after the occurrences at Newgate, the door of the small back-parlour already described at Dollis Hill was opened by Winifred, who, gliding noiselessly across the room, approached a couch, on which was extended a sleeping female, and, gazing anxiously at her pale careworn countenance, murmured,--"Heaven be praised! she still slumbers--slumbers peacefully.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading About an hour after the occurrences at Newgate, the door of the small back-parlour already described at Dollis Hill was opened by Winifred, who, gliding noiselessly across the room, approached a couch, on which was extended a sleeping female, and, gazing anxiously at her pale careworn countenance, murmured,--"Heaven be praised! she still slumbers--slumbers peacefully.
Hill
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From this reading Dollis Hill revisited.
hour
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From this reading About an hour after the occurrences at Newgate, the door of the small back-parlour already described at Dollis Hill was opened by Winifred, who, gliding noiselessly across the room, approached a couch, on which was extended a sleeping female, and, gazing anxiously at her pale careworn countenance, murmured,--"Heaven be praised! she still slumbers--slumbers peacefully.
how
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From this reading Poor thing! how beautiful she looks! but how like death!"
indeed
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From this reading Deathlike, indeed, was the repose of the sleeper,--deathlike and deep.
itsdeterminerUS /ɪts/
belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned
From this reading The opiate has done its duty.
like
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From this reading Poor thing! how beautiful she looks! but how like death!"
looks
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From this reading Poor thing! how beautiful she looks! but how like death!"
murmured
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From this reading About an hour after the occurrences at Newgate, the door of the small back-parlour already described at Dollis Hill was opened by Winifred, who, gliding noiselessly across the room, approached a couch, on which was extended a sleeping female, and, gazing anxiously at her pale careworn countenance, murmured,--"Heaven be praised! she still slumbers--slumbers peacefully.
Newgate
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From this reading About an hour after the occurrences at Newgate, the door of the small back-parlour already described at Dollis Hill was opened by Winifred, who, gliding noiselessly across the room, approached a couch, on which was extended a sleeping female, and, gazing anxiously at her pale careworn countenance, murmured,--"Heaven be praised! she still slumbers--slumbers peacefully.
noiselessly
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From this reading About an hour after the occurrences at Newgate, the door of the small back-parlour already described at Dollis Hill was opened by Winifred, who, gliding noiselessly across the room, approached a couch, on which was extended a sleeping female, and, gazing anxiously at her pale careworn countenance, murmured,--"Heaven be praised! she still slumbers--slumbers peacefully.
occurrences
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From this reading About an hour after the occurrences at Newgate, the door of the small back-parlour already described at Dollis Hill was opened by Winifred, who, gliding noiselessly across the room, approached a couch, on which was extended a sleeping female, and, gazing anxiously at her pale careworn countenance, murmured,--"Heaven be praised! she still slumbers--slumbers peacefully.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading About an hour after the occurrences at Newgate, the door of the small back-parlour already described at Dollis Hill was opened by Winifred, who, gliding noiselessly across the room, approached a couch, on which was extended a sleeping female, and, gazing anxiously at her pale careworn countenance, murmured,--"Heaven be praised! she still slumbers--slumbers peacefully.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading About an hour after the occurrences at Newgate, the door of the small back-parlour already described at Dollis Hill was opened by Winifred, who, gliding noiselessly across the room, approached a couch, on which was extended a sleeping female, and, gazing anxiously at her pale careworn countenance, murmured,--"Heaven be praised! she still slumbers--slumbers peacefully.
opened
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From this reading About an hour after the occurrences at Newgate, the door of the small back-parlour already described at Dollis Hill was opened by Winifred, who, gliding noiselessly across the room, approached a couch, on which was extended a sleeping female, and, gazing anxiously at her pale careworn countenance, murmured,--"Heaven be praised! she still slumbers--slumbers peacefully.
opiate
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From this reading The opiate has done its duty.
pale
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From this reading About an hour after the occurrences at Newgate, the door of the small back-parlour already described at Dollis Hill was opened by Winifred, who, gliding noiselessly across the room, approached a couch, on which was extended a sleeping female, and, gazing anxiously at her pale careworn countenance, murmured,--"Heaven be praised! she still slumbers--slumbers peacefully.
peacefully
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From this reading About an hour after the occurrences at Newgate, the door of the small back-parlour already described at Dollis Hill was opened by Winifred, who, gliding noiselessly across the room, approached a couch, on which was extended a sleeping female, and, gazing anxiously at her pale careworn countenance, murmured,--"Heaven be praised! she still slumbers--slumbers peacefully.
PoornounUS /poor/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Poor thing! how beautiful she looks! but how like death!"
praised
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From this reading About an hour after the occurrences at Newgate, the door of the small back-parlour already described at Dollis Hill was opened by Winifred, who, gliding noiselessly across the room, approached a couch, on which was extended a sleeping female, and, gazing anxiously at her pale careworn countenance, murmured,--"Heaven be praised! she still slumbers--slumbers peacefully.
repose
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From this reading Deathlike, indeed, was the repose of the sleeper,--deathlike and deep.
revisited
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From this reading Dollis Hill revisited.
room
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From this reading About an hour after the occurrences at Newgate, the door of the small back-parlour already described at Dollis Hill was opened by Winifred, who, gliding noiselessly across the room, approached a couch, on which was extended a sleeping female, and, gazing anxiously at her pale careworn countenance, murmured,--"Heaven be praised! she still slumbers--slumbers peacefully.
shepronounUS /ʃiː/
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading About an hour after the occurrences at Newgate, the door of the small back-parlour already described at Dollis Hill was opened by Winifred, who, gliding noiselessly across the room, approached a couch, on which was extended a sleeping female, and, gazing anxiously at her pale careworn countenance, murmured,--"Heaven be praised! she still slumbers--slumbers peacefully.
sleeper
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From this reading Deathlike, indeed, was the repose of the sleeper,--deathlike and deep.
sleeping
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From this reading About an hour after the occurrences at Newgate, the door of the small back-parlour already described at Dollis Hill was opened by Winifred, who, gliding noiselessly across the room, approached a couch, on which was extended a sleeping female, and, gazing anxiously at her pale careworn countenance, murmured,--"Heaven be praised! she still slumbers--slumbers peacefully.
slumbers
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From this reading About an hour after the occurrences at Newgate, the door of the small back-parlour already described at Dollis Hill was opened by Winifred, who, gliding noiselessly across the room, approached a couch, on which was extended a sleeping female, and, gazing anxiously at her pale careworn countenance, murmured,--"Heaven be praised! she still slumbers--slumbers peacefully.
small
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From this reading About an hour after the occurrences at Newgate, the door of the small back-parlour already described at Dollis Hill was opened by Winifred, who, gliding noiselessly across the room, approached a couch, on which was extended a sleeping female, and, gazing anxiously at her pale careworn countenance, murmured,--"Heaven be praised! she still slumbers--slumbers peacefully.
stillnounUS /still/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading About an hour after the occurrences at Newgate, the door of the small back-parlour already described at Dollis Hill was opened by Winifred, who, gliding noiselessly across the room, approached a couch, on which was extended a sleeping female, and, gazing anxiously at her pale careworn countenance, murmured,--"Heaven be praised! she still slumbers--slumbers peacefully.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading About an hour after the occurrences at Newgate, the door of the small back-parlour already described at Dollis Hill was opened by Winifred, who, gliding noiselessly across the room, approached a couch, on which was extended a sleeping female, and, gazing anxiously at her pale careworn countenance, murmured,--"Heaven be praised! she still slumbers--slumbers peacefully.
thingnounUS /thing/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Poor thing! how beautiful she looks! but how like death!"
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading About an hour after the occurrences at Newgate, the door of the small back-parlour already described at Dollis Hill was opened by Winifred, who, gliding noiselessly across the room, approached a couch, on which was extended a sleeping female, and, gazing anxiously at her pale careworn countenance, murmured,--"Heaven be praised! she still slumbers--slumbers peacefully.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading About an hour after the occurrences at Newgate, the door of the small back-parlour already described at Dollis Hill was opened by Winifred, who, gliding noiselessly across the room, approached a couch, on which was extended a sleeping female, and, gazing anxiously at her pale careworn countenance, murmured,--"Heaven be praised! she still slumbers--slumbers peacefully.
whopronounUS /huː/
which person or people
From this reading About an hour after the occurrences at Newgate, the door of the small back-parlour already described at Dollis Hill was opened by Winifred, who, gliding noiselessly across the room, approached a couch, on which was extended a sleeping female, and, gazing anxiously at her pale careworn countenance, murmured,--"Heaven be praised! she still slumbers--slumbers peacefully.
Winifred
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From this reading About an hour after the occurrences at Newgate, the door of the small back-parlour already described at Dollis Hill was opened by Winifred, who, gliding noiselessly across the room, approached a couch, on which was extended a sleeping female, and, gazing anxiously at her pale careworn countenance, murmured,--"Heaven be praised! she still slumbers--slumbers peacefully.
