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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 When I was young, and long after then, at intervals, I had the very useless, sometimes harmful, and invariably foolish habit of keeping a diary.
afterprepositionUS /ˈæftər/
later than; following
From this reading When I was young, and long after then, at intervals, I had the very useless, sometimes harmful, and invariably foolish habit of keeping a diary.
againnounUS /again/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Thus, after this first day, many days came and went before I again saw John Halifax--almost before I again thought of him.
almost
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From this reading Thus, after this first day, many days came and went before I again saw John Halifax--almost before I again thought of him.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading When I was young, and long after then, at intervals, I had the very useless, sometimes harmful, and invariably foolish habit of keeping a diary.
aroundprepositionUS /ərˈaʊnd/
surrounding, or on every side of, something
From this reading To me, at least, it has been less foolish and harmful than to most; and out of it, together with much drawn out of the stores of a memory, made preternaturally vivid by a long introverted life, which, colourless itself, had nothing to do but to reflect and retain clear images of the lives around it--out of these two sources I have compiled the present history.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading These I shall not try to fill up, but merely resume the thread of narration as recollection serves.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading When I was young, and long after then, at intervals, I had the very useless, sometimes harmful, and invariably foolish habit of keeping a diary.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading To me, at least, it has been less foolish and harmful than to most; and out of it, together with much drawn out of the stores of a memory, made preternaturally vivid by a long introverted life, which, colourless itself, had nothing to do but to reflect and retain clear images of the lives around it--out of these two sources I have compiled the present history.
beforeprepositionUS /bɪˈfɔːr/
earlier than; in front of
From this reading Thus, after this first day, many days came and went before I again saw John Halifax--almost before I again thought of him.
blank
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From this reading Therein, necessarily, many blank epochs occur.
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading To me, at least, it has been less foolish and harmful than to most; and out of it, together with much drawn out of the stores of a memory, made preternaturally vivid by a long introverted life, which, colourless itself, had nothing to do but to reflect and retain clear images of the lives around it--out of these two sources I have compiled the present history.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading To me, at least, it has been less foolish and harmful than to most; and out of it, together with much drawn out of the stores of a memory, made preternaturally vivid by a long introverted life, which, colourless itself, had nothing to do but to reflect and retain clear images of the lives around it--out of these two sources I have compiled the present history.
came
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From this reading Thus, after this first day, many days came and went before I again saw John Halifax--almost before I again thought of him.
clear
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From this reading To me, at least, it has been less foolish and harmful than to most; and out of it, together with much drawn out of the stores of a memory, made preternaturally vivid by a long introverted life, which, colourless itself, had nothing to do but to reflect and retain clear images of the lives around it--out of these two sources I have compiled the present history.
colourless
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From this reading To me, at least, it has been less foolish and harmful than to most; and out of it, together with much drawn out of the stores of a memory, made preternaturally vivid by a long introverted life, which, colourless itself, had nothing to do but to reflect and retain clear images of the lives around it--out of these two sources I have compiled the present history.
compiled
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From this reading To me, at least, it has been less foolish and harmful than to most; and out of it, together with much drawn out of the stores of a memory, made preternaturally vivid by a long introverted life, which, colourless itself, had nothing to do but to reflect and retain clear images of the lives around it--out of these two sources I have compiled the present history.
day
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From this reading Thus, after this first day, many days came and went before I again saw John Halifax--almost before I again thought of him.
days
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From this reading Thus, after this first day, many days came and went before I again saw John Halifax--almost before I again thought of him.
diary
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From this reading When I was young, and long after then, at intervals, I had the very useless, sometimes harmful, and invariably foolish habit of keeping a diary.
doauxiliary verbUS /duː/
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading To me, at least, it has been less foolish and harmful than to most; and out of it, together with much drawn out of the stores of a memory, made preternaturally vivid by a long introverted life, which, colourless itself, had nothing to do but to reflect and retain clear images of the lives around it--out of these two sources I have compiled the present history.
drawn
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From this reading To me, at least, it has been less foolish and harmful than to most; and out of it, together with much drawn out of the stores of a memory, made preternaturally vivid by a long introverted life, which, colourless itself, had nothing to do but to reflect and retain clear images of the lives around it--out of these two sources I have compiled the present history.
epochs
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From this reading Therein, necessarily, many blank epochs occur.
fill
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From this reading These I shall not try to fill up, but merely resume the thread of narration as recollection serves.
firstnounUS /first/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Thus, after this first day, many days came and went before I again saw John Halifax--almost before I again thought of him.
foolish
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From this reading When I was young, and long after then, at intervals, I had the very useless, sometimes harmful, and invariably foolish habit of keeping a diary.
habit
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From this reading When I was young, and long after then, at intervals, I had the very useless, sometimes harmful, and invariably foolish habit of keeping a diary.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading When I was young, and long after then, at intervals, I had the very useless, sometimes harmful, and invariably foolish habit of keeping a diary.
Halifax
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From this reading Thus, after this first day, many days came and went before I again saw John Halifax--almost before I again thought of him.
harmful
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From this reading When I was young, and long after then, at intervals, I had the very useless, sometimes harmful, and invariably foolish habit of keeping a diary.
hasauxiliary verbUS /hæz/
the form of “have” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading To me, at least, it has been less foolish and harmful than to most; and out of it, together with much drawn out of the stores of a memory, made preternaturally vivid by a long introverted life, which, colourless itself, had nothing to do but to reflect and retain clear images of the lives around it--out of these two sources I have compiled the present history.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading To me, at least, it has been less foolish and harmful than to most; and out of it, together with much drawn out of the stores of a memory, made preternaturally vivid by a long introverted life, which, colourless itself, had nothing to do but to reflect and retain clear images of the lives around it--out of these two sources I have compiled the present history.
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Thus, after this first day, many days came and went before I again saw John Halifax--almost before I again thought of him.
history
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From this reading To me, at least, it has been less foolish and harmful than to most; and out of it, together with much drawn out of the stores of a memory, made preternaturally vivid by a long introverted life, which, colourless itself, had nothing to do but to reflect and retain clear images of the lives around it--out of these two sources I have compiled the present history.
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading When I was young, and long after then, at intervals, I had the very useless, sometimes harmful, and invariably foolish habit of keeping a diary.
images
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From this reading To me, at least, it has been less foolish and harmful than to most; and out of it, together with much drawn out of the stores of a memory, made preternaturally vivid by a long introverted life, which, colourless itself, had nothing to do but to reflect and retain clear images of the lives around it--out of these two sources I have compiled the present history.
intervals
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From this reading When I was young, and long after then, at intervals, I had the very useless, sometimes harmful, and invariably foolish habit of keeping a diary.
introverted
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From this reading To me, at least, it has been less foolish and harmful than to most; and out of it, together with much drawn out of the stores of a memory, made preternaturally vivid by a long introverted life, which, colourless itself, had nothing to do but to reflect and retain clear images of the lives around it--out of these two sources I have compiled the present history.
invariably
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From this reading When I was young, and long after then, at intervals, I had the very useless, sometimes harmful, and invariably foolish habit of keeping a diary.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading To me, at least, it has been less foolish and harmful than to most; and out of it, together with much drawn out of the stores of a memory, made preternaturally vivid by a long introverted life, which, colourless itself, had nothing to do but to reflect and retain clear images of the lives around it--out of these two sources I have compiled the present history.
itselfpronounUS /ˌɪtˈself/
used when the thing doing the action is also its object
From this reading To me, at least, it has been less foolish and harmful than to most; and out of it, together with much drawn out of the stores of a memory, made preternaturally vivid by a long introverted life, which, colourless itself, had nothing to do but to reflect and retain clear images of the lives around it--out of these two sources I have compiled the present history.
John
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From this reading Thus, after this first day, many days came and went before I again saw John Halifax--almost before I again thought of him.
keeping
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From this reading When I was young, and long after then, at intervals, I had the very useless, sometimes harmful, and invariably foolish habit of keeping a diary.
leastnounUS /least/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading To me, at least, it has been less foolish and harmful than to most; and out of it, together with much drawn out of the stores of a memory, made preternaturally vivid by a long introverted life, which, colourless itself, had nothing to do but to reflect and retain clear images of the lives around it--out of these two sources I have compiled the present history.
less
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From this reading To me, at least, it has been less foolish and harmful than to most; and out of it, together with much drawn out of the stores of a memory, made preternaturally vivid by a long introverted life, which, colourless itself, had nothing to do but to reflect and retain clear images of the lives around it--out of these two sources I have compiled the present history.
lifenounUS /life/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading To me, at least, it has been less foolish and harmful than to most; and out of it, together with much drawn out of the stores of a memory, made preternaturally vivid by a long introverted life, which, colourless itself, had nothing to do but to reflect and retain clear images of the lives around it--out of these two sources I have compiled the present history.
lives
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From this reading To me, at least, it has been less foolish and harmful than to most; and out of it, together with much drawn out of the stores of a memory, made preternaturally vivid by a long introverted life, which, colourless itself, had nothing to do but to reflect and retain clear images of the lives around it--out of these two sources I have compiled the present history.
longnounUS /long/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading When I was young, and long after then, at intervals, I had the very useless, sometimes harmful, and invariably foolish habit of keeping a diary.
made
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From this reading To me, at least, it has been less foolish and harmful than to most; and out of it, together with much drawn out of the stores of a memory, made preternaturally vivid by a long introverted life, which, colourless itself, had nothing to do but to reflect and retain clear images of the lives around it--out of these two sources I have compiled the present history.
many
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From this reading Therein, necessarily, many blank epochs occur.
mepronounUS /miː/
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading To me, at least, it has been less foolish and harmful than to most; and out of it, together with much drawn out of the stores of a memory, made preternaturally vivid by a long introverted life, which, colourless itself, had nothing to do but to reflect and retain clear images of the lives around it--out of these two sources I have compiled the present history.
memorynounUS /ˈmem.ər.i/
The faculty by which the mind stores and remembers information and knowledge.
From this reading To me, at least, it has been less foolish and harmful than to most; and out of it, together with much drawn out of the stores of a memory, made preternaturally vivid by a long introverted life, which, colourless itself, had nothing to do but to reflect and retain clear images of the lives around it--out of these two sources I have compiled the present history.
merely
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From this reading These I shall not try to fill up, but merely resume the thread of narration as recollection serves.
most
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From this reading To me, at least, it has been less foolish and harmful than to most; and out of it, together with much drawn out of the stores of a memory, made preternaturally vivid by a long introverted life, which, colourless itself, had nothing to do but to reflect and retain clear images of the lives around it--out of these two sources I have compiled the present history.
much
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From this reading To me, at least, it has been less foolish and harmful than to most; and out of it, together with much drawn out of the stores of a memory, made preternaturally vivid by a long introverted life, which, colourless itself, had nothing to do but to reflect and retain clear images of the lives around it--out of these two sources I have compiled the present history.
narration
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From this reading These I shall not try to fill up, but merely resume the thread of narration as recollection serves.
necessarily
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From this reading Therein, necessarily, many blank epochs occur.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading These I shall not try to fill up, but merely resume the thread of narration as recollection serves.
nothingpronounUS /ˈnʌθɪŋ/
not one thing; not anything
From this reading To me, at least, it has been less foolish and harmful than to most; and out of it, together with much drawn out of the stores of a memory, made preternaturally vivid by a long introverted life, which, colourless itself, had nothing to do but to reflect and retain clear images of the lives around it--out of these two sources I have compiled the present history.
occur
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From this reading Therein, necessarily, many blank epochs occur.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading When I was young, and long after then, at intervals, I had the very useless, sometimes harmful, and invariably foolish habit of keeping a diary.
out
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From this reading To me, at least, it has been less foolish and harmful than to most; and out of it, together with much drawn out of the stores of a memory, made preternaturally vivid by a long introverted life, which, colourless itself, had nothing to do but to reflect and retain clear images of the lives around it--out of these two sources I have compiled the present history.
present
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From this reading To me, at least, it has been less foolish and harmful than to most; and out of it, together with much drawn out of the stores of a memory, made preternaturally vivid by a long introverted life, which, colourless itself, had nothing to do but to reflect and retain clear images of the lives around it--out of these two sources I have compiled the present history.
preternaturally
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From this reading To me, at least, it has been less foolish and harmful than to most; and out of it, together with much drawn out of the stores of a memory, made preternaturally vivid by a long introverted life, which, colourless itself, had nothing to do but to reflect and retain clear images of the lives around it--out of these two sources I have compiled the present history.
recollection
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From this reading These I shall not try to fill up, but merely resume the thread of narration as recollection serves.
reflect
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From this reading To me, at least, it has been less foolish and harmful than to most; and out of it, together with much drawn out of the stores of a memory, made preternaturally vivid by a long introverted life, which, colourless itself, had nothing to do but to reflect and retain clear images of the lives around it--out of these two sources I have compiled the present history.
resume
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From this reading These I shall not try to fill up, but merely resume the thread of narration as recollection serves.
retain
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From this reading To me, at least, it has been less foolish and harmful than to most; and out of it, together with much drawn out of the stores of a memory, made preternaturally vivid by a long introverted life, which, colourless itself, had nothing to do but to reflect and retain clear images of the lives around it--out of these two sources I have compiled the present history.
saw
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From this reading Thus, after this first day, many days came and went before I again saw John Halifax--almost before I again thought of him.
serves
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From this reading These I shall not try to fill up, but merely resume the thread of narration as recollection serves.
shallmodal verbUS /ʃæl/
used with I and we for the future, or to offer and suggest
From this reading These I shall not try to fill up, but merely resume the thread of narration as recollection serves.
sometimes
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From this reading When I was young, and long after then, at intervals, I had the very useless, sometimes harmful, and invariably foolish habit of keeping a diary.
sources
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From this reading To me, at least, it has been less foolish and harmful than to most; and out of it, together with much drawn out of the stores of a memory, made preternaturally vivid by a long introverted life, which, colourless itself, had nothing to do but to reflect and retain clear images of the lives around it--out of these two sources I have compiled the present history.
stores
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From this reading To me, at least, it has been less foolish and harmful than to most; and out of it, together with much drawn out of the stores of a memory, made preternaturally vivid by a long introverted life, which, colourless itself, had nothing to do but to reflect and retain clear images of the lives around it--out of these two sources I have compiled the present history.
thanconjunctionUS /ðæn/
used to introduce the second part of a comparison
From this reading To me, at least, it has been less foolish and harmful than to most; and out of it, together with much drawn out of the stores of a memory, made preternaturally vivid by a long introverted life, which, colourless itself, had nothing to do but to reflect and retain clear images of the lives around it--out of these two sources I have compiled the present history.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading When I was young, and long after then, at intervals, I had the very useless, sometimes harmful, and invariably foolish habit of keeping a diary.
then
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From this reading When I was young, and long after then, at intervals, I had the very useless, sometimes harmful, and invariably foolish habit of keeping a diary.
Therein
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From this reading Therein, necessarily, many blank epochs occur.
thesedeterminerUS /ðiːz/
the plural of “this”: the people or things near, or just mentioned
From this reading To me, at least, it has been less foolish and harmful than to most; and out of it, together with much drawn out of the stores of a memory, made preternaturally vivid by a long introverted life, which, colourless itself, had nothing to do but to reflect and retain clear images of the lives around it--out of these two sources I have compiled the present history.
thisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading Thus, after this first day, many days came and went before I again saw John Halifax--almost before I again thought of him.
thoughtnounUS /thought/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Thus, after this first day, many days came and went before I again saw John Halifax--almost before I again thought of him.
thread
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From this reading These I shall not try to fill up, but merely resume the thread of narration as recollection serves.
Thus
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From this reading Thus, after this first day, many days came and went before I again saw John Halifax--almost before I again thought of him.
ToparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading To me, at least, it has been less foolish and harmful than to most; and out of it, together with much drawn out of the stores of a memory, made preternaturally vivid by a long introverted life, which, colourless itself, had nothing to do but to reflect and retain clear images of the lives around it--out of these two sources I have compiled the present history.
together
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From this reading To me, at least, it has been less foolish and harmful than to most; and out of it, together with much drawn out of the stores of a memory, made preternaturally vivid by a long introverted life, which, colourless itself, had nothing to do but to reflect and retain clear images of the lives around it--out of these two sources I have compiled the present history.
try
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From this reading These I shall not try to fill up, but merely resume the thread of narration as recollection serves.
two
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From this reading To me, at least, it has been less foolish and harmful than to most; and out of it, together with much drawn out of the stores of a memory, made preternaturally vivid by a long introverted life, which, colourless itself, had nothing to do but to reflect and retain clear images of the lives around it--out of these two sources I have compiled the present history.
up
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From this reading These I shall not try to fill up, but merely resume the thread of narration as recollection serves.
useless
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From this reading When I was young, and long after then, at intervals, I had the very useless, sometimes harmful, and invariably foolish habit of keeping a diary.
very
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From this reading When I was young, and long after then, at intervals, I had the very useless, sometimes harmful, and invariably foolish habit of keeping a diary.
vivid
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From this reading To me, at least, it has been less foolish and harmful than to most; and out of it, together with much drawn out of the stores of a memory, made preternaturally vivid by a long introverted life, which, colourless itself, had nothing to do but to reflect and retain clear images of the lives around it--out of these two sources I have compiled the present history.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading When I was young, and long after then, at intervals, I had the very useless, sometimes harmful, and invariably foolish habit of keeping a diary.
wentnounUS /went/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Thus, after this first day, many days came and went before I again saw John Halifax--almost before I again thought of him.
WhenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading When I was young, and long after then, at intervals, I had the very useless, sometimes harmful, and invariably foolish habit of keeping a diary.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading To me, at least, it has been less foolish and harmful than to most; and out of it, together with much drawn out of the stores of a memory, made preternaturally vivid by a long introverted life, which, colourless itself, had nothing to do but to reflect and retain clear images of the lives around it--out of these two sources I have compiled the present history.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading To me, at least, it has been less foolish and harmful than to most; and out of it, together with much drawn out of the stores of a memory, made preternaturally vivid by a long introverted life, which, colourless itself, had nothing to do but to reflect and retain clear images of the lives around it--out of these two sources I have compiled the present history.
young
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From this reading When I was young, and long after then, at intervals, I had the very useless, sometimes harmful, and invariably foolish habit of keeping a diary.
