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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 This daughter of a race dishonoured in its extinction might well have been the glory of the house she had entered as a bride.
addressing
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From this reading "What a speaking homily," soliloquized Kenelm, addressing the picture, "against the ambition thy fair descendant would awake in me, art thou, O lovely image!
adorned
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From this reading For generations thy beauty lived in this canvas, a thing of joy, the pride of the race it adorned.
againstprepositionUS /əˈɡenst/
touching and pressing; in opposition to
From this reading "What a speaking homily," soliloquized Kenelm, addressing the picture, "against the ambition thy fair descendant would awake in me, art thou, O lovely image!
ambition
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From this reading "What a speaking homily," soliloquized Kenelm, addressing the picture, "against the ambition thy fair descendant would awake in me, art thou, O lovely image!
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading The countenance was singularly beautiful, and of a character of beauty eminently patrician; there was in its expression a gentleness and modesty not often found in the female portraits of Sir Peter Lely, and in the eyes and in the smile a wonderful aspect of innocent happiness.
artauxiliary verbUS /ɑːrt/
an old form of “are”, used with “thou”
From this reading "What a speaking homily," soliloquized Kenelm, addressing the picture, "against the ambition thy fair descendant would awake in me, art thou, O lovely image!
ASconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading AS Kenelm that night retired to his own room, he paused on the landing-place opposite to the portrait which Mr. Travers had consigned to that desolate exile.
aspect
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From this reading The countenance was singularly beautiful, and of a character of beauty eminently patrician; there was in its expression a gentleness and modesty not often found in the female portraits of Sir Peter Lely, and in the eyes and in the smile a wonderful aspect of innocent happiness.
awake
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From this reading "What a speaking homily," soliloquized Kenelm, addressing the picture, "against the ambition thy fair descendant would awake in me, art thou, O lovely image!
beautiful
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From this reading The countenance was singularly beautiful, and of a character of beauty eminently patrician; there was in its expression a gentleness and modesty not often found in the female portraits of Sir Peter Lely, and in the eyes and in the smile a wonderful aspect of innocent happiness.
beauty
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From this reading The countenance was singularly beautiful, and of a character of beauty eminently patrician; there was in its expression a gentleness and modesty not often found in the female portraits of Sir Peter Lely, and in the eyes and in the smile a wonderful aspect of innocent happiness.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading This daughter of a race dishonoured in its extinction might well have been the glory of the house she had entered as a bride.
bride
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From this reading This daughter of a race dishonoured in its extinction might well have been the glory of the house she had entered as a bride.
canvas
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From this reading For generations thy beauty lived in this canvas, a thing of joy, the pride of the race it adorned.
character
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From this reading The countenance was singularly beautiful, and of a character of beauty eminently patrician; there was in its expression a gentleness and modesty not often found in the female portraits of Sir Peter Lely, and in the eyes and in the smile a wonderful aspect of innocent happiness.
consigned
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From this reading AS Kenelm that night retired to his own room, he paused on the landing-place opposite to the portrait which Mr. Travers had consigned to that desolate exile.
countenance
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From this reading The countenance was singularly beautiful, and of a character of beauty eminently patrician; there was in its expression a gentleness and modesty not often found in the female portraits of Sir Peter Lely, and in the eyes and in the smile a wonderful aspect of innocent happiness.
daughter
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From this reading This daughter of a race dishonoured in its extinction might well have been the glory of the house she had entered as a bride.
descendant
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From this reading "What a speaking homily," soliloquized Kenelm, addressing the picture, "against the ambition thy fair descendant would awake in me, art thou, O lovely image!
desolate
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From this reading AS Kenelm that night retired to his own room, he paused on the landing-place opposite to the portrait which Mr. Travers had consigned to that desolate exile.
dishonoured
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From this reading This daughter of a race dishonoured in its extinction might well have been the glory of the house she had entered as a bride.
eminently
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From this reading The countenance was singularly beautiful, and of a character of beauty eminently patrician; there was in its expression a gentleness and modesty not often found in the female portraits of Sir Peter Lely, and in the eyes and in the smile a wonderful aspect of innocent happiness.
entered
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From this reading This daughter of a race dishonoured in its extinction might well have been the glory of the house she had entered as a bride.
exile
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From this reading AS Kenelm that night retired to his own room, he paused on the landing-place opposite to the portrait which Mr. Travers had consigned to that desolate exile.
expression
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From this reading The countenance was singularly beautiful, and of a character of beauty eminently patrician; there was in its expression a gentleness and modesty not often found in the female portraits of Sir Peter Lely, and in the eyes and in the smile a wonderful aspect of innocent happiness.
extinction
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From this reading This daughter of a race dishonoured in its extinction might well have been the glory of the house she had entered as a bride.
eyes
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From this reading The countenance was singularly beautiful, and of a character of beauty eminently patrician; there was in its expression a gentleness and modesty not often found in the female portraits of Sir Peter Lely, and in the eyes and in the smile a wonderful aspect of innocent happiness.
fairnounUS /fair/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading "What a speaking homily," soliloquized Kenelm, addressing the picture, "against the ambition thy fair descendant would awake in me, art thou, O lovely image!
female
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From this reading The countenance was singularly beautiful, and of a character of beauty eminently patrician; there was in its expression a gentleness and modesty not often found in the female portraits of Sir Peter Lely, and in the eyes and in the smile a wonderful aspect of innocent happiness.
ForprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading For generations thy beauty lived in this canvas, a thing of joy, the pride of the race it adorned.
foundnounUS /found/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The countenance was singularly beautiful, and of a character of beauty eminently patrician; there was in its expression a gentleness and modesty not often found in the female portraits of Sir Peter Lely, and in the eyes and in the smile a wonderful aspect of innocent happiness.
generations
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From this reading For generations thy beauty lived in this canvas, a thing of joy, the pride of the race it adorned.
gentleness
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From this reading The countenance was singularly beautiful, and of a character of beauty eminently patrician; there was in its expression a gentleness and modesty not often found in the female portraits of Sir Peter Lely, and in the eyes and in the smile a wonderful aspect of innocent happiness.
glory
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From this reading This daughter of a race dishonoured in its extinction might well have been the glory of the house she had entered as a bride.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading AS Kenelm that night retired to his own room, he paused on the landing-place opposite to the portrait which Mr. Travers had consigned to that desolate exile.
happiness
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From this reading The countenance was singularly beautiful, and of a character of beauty eminently patrician; there was in its expression a gentleness and modesty not often found in the female portraits of Sir Peter Lely, and in the eyes and in the smile a wonderful aspect of innocent happiness.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading This daughter of a race dishonoured in its extinction might well have been the glory of the house she had entered as a bride.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading AS Kenelm that night retired to his own room, he paused on the landing-place opposite to the portrait which Mr. Travers had consigned to that desolate exile.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading AS Kenelm that night retired to his own room, he paused on the landing-place opposite to the portrait which Mr. Travers had consigned to that desolate exile.
homily
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From this reading "What a speaking homily," soliloquized Kenelm, addressing the picture, "against the ambition thy fair descendant would awake in me, art thou, O lovely image!
house
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From this reading This daughter of a race dishonoured in its extinction might well have been the glory of the house she had entered as a bride.
image
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From this reading "What a speaking homily," soliloquized Kenelm, addressing the picture, "against the ambition thy fair descendant would awake in me, art thou, O lovely image!
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading This daughter of a race dishonoured in its extinction might well have been the glory of the house she had entered as a bride.
innocent
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From this reading The countenance was singularly beautiful, and of a character of beauty eminently patrician; there was in its expression a gentleness and modesty not often found in the female portraits of Sir Peter Lely, and in the eyes and in the smile a wonderful aspect of innocent happiness.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading For generations thy beauty lived in this canvas, a thing of joy, the pride of the race it adorned.
itsdeterminerUS /ɪts/
belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned
From this reading This daughter of a race dishonoured in its extinction might well have been the glory of the house she had entered as a bride.
joy
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From this reading For generations thy beauty lived in this canvas, a thing of joy, the pride of the race it adorned.
Kenelm
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From this reading AS Kenelm that night retired to his own room, he paused on the landing-place opposite to the portrait which Mr. Travers had consigned to that desolate exile.
landing-place
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From this reading AS Kenelm that night retired to his own room, he paused on the landing-place opposite to the portrait which Mr. Travers had consigned to that desolate exile.
Lely
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From this reading The countenance was singularly beautiful, and of a character of beauty eminently patrician; there was in its expression a gentleness and modesty not often found in the female portraits of Sir Peter Lely, and in the eyes and in the smile a wonderful aspect of innocent happiness.
lived
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From this reading For generations thy beauty lived in this canvas, a thing of joy, the pride of the race it adorned.
lovely
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From this reading "What a speaking homily," soliloquized Kenelm, addressing the picture, "against the ambition thy fair descendant would awake in me, art thou, O lovely image!
mepronounUS /miː/
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading "What a speaking homily," soliloquized Kenelm, addressing the picture, "against the ambition thy fair descendant would awake in me, art thou, O lovely image!
mightmodal verbUS /maɪt/
used to say something is possible but not certain
From this reading This daughter of a race dishonoured in its extinction might well have been the glory of the house she had entered as a bride.
modesty
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From this reading The countenance was singularly beautiful, and of a character of beauty eminently patrician; there was in its expression a gentleness and modesty not often found in the female portraits of Sir Peter Lely, and in the eyes and in the smile a wonderful aspect of innocent happiness.
Mr
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From this reading AS Kenelm that night retired to his own room, he paused on the landing-place opposite to the portrait which Mr. Travers had consigned to that desolate exile.
night
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From this reading AS Kenelm that night retired to his own room, he paused on the landing-place opposite to the portrait which Mr. Travers had consigned to that desolate exile.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading The countenance was singularly beautiful, and of a character of beauty eminently patrician; there was in its expression a gentleness and modesty not often found in the female portraits of Sir Peter Lely, and in the eyes and in the smile a wonderful aspect of innocent happiness.
O
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From this reading "What a speaking homily," soliloquized Kenelm, addressing the picture, "against the ambition thy fair descendant would awake in me, art thou, O lovely image!
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading This daughter of a race dishonoured in its extinction might well have been the glory of the house she had entered as a bride.
often
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From this reading The countenance was singularly beautiful, and of a character of beauty eminently patrician; there was in its expression a gentleness and modesty not often found in the female portraits of Sir Peter Lely, and in the eyes and in the smile a wonderful aspect of innocent happiness.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading AS Kenelm that night retired to his own room, he paused on the landing-place opposite to the portrait which Mr. Travers had consigned to that desolate exile.
opposite
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From this reading AS Kenelm that night retired to his own room, he paused on the landing-place opposite to the portrait which Mr. Travers had consigned to that desolate exile.
own
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From this reading AS Kenelm that night retired to his own room, he paused on the landing-place opposite to the portrait which Mr. Travers had consigned to that desolate exile.
patrician
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From this reading The countenance was singularly beautiful, and of a character of beauty eminently patrician; there was in its expression a gentleness and modesty not often found in the female portraits of Sir Peter Lely, and in the eyes and in the smile a wonderful aspect of innocent happiness.
paused
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From this reading AS Kenelm that night retired to his own room, he paused on the landing-place opposite to the portrait which Mr. Travers had consigned to that desolate exile.
Peter
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From this reading The countenance was singularly beautiful, and of a character of beauty eminently patrician; there was in its expression a gentleness and modesty not often found in the female portraits of Sir Peter Lely, and in the eyes and in the smile a wonderful aspect of innocent happiness.
picture
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From this reading "What a speaking homily," soliloquized Kenelm, addressing the picture, "against the ambition thy fair descendant would awake in me, art thou, O lovely image!
portrait
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From this reading AS Kenelm that night retired to his own room, he paused on the landing-place opposite to the portrait which Mr. Travers had consigned to that desolate exile.
portraits
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From this reading The countenance was singularly beautiful, and of a character of beauty eminently patrician; there was in its expression a gentleness and modesty not often found in the female portraits of Sir Peter Lely, and in the eyes and in the smile a wonderful aspect of innocent happiness.
pride
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From this reading For generations thy beauty lived in this canvas, a thing of joy, the pride of the race it adorned.
race
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From this reading This daughter of a race dishonoured in its extinction might well have been the glory of the house she had entered as a bride.
retiredverbUS /rɪˈtaɪərd/
went away to a private place
From this reading AS Kenelm that night retired to his own room, he paused on the landing-place opposite to the portrait which Mr. Travers had consigned to that desolate exile.
room
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From this reading AS Kenelm that night retired to his own room, he paused on the landing-place opposite to the portrait which Mr. Travers had consigned to that desolate exile.
shepronounUS /ʃiː/
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading This daughter of a race dishonoured in its extinction might well have been the glory of the house she had entered as a bride.
singularly
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From this reading The countenance was singularly beautiful, and of a character of beauty eminently patrician; there was in its expression a gentleness and modesty not often found in the female portraits of Sir Peter Lely, and in the eyes and in the smile a wonderful aspect of innocent happiness.
Sir
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From this reading The countenance was singularly beautiful, and of a character of beauty eminently patrician; there was in its expression a gentleness and modesty not often found in the female portraits of Sir Peter Lely, and in the eyes and in the smile a wonderful aspect of innocent happiness.
smile
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From this reading The countenance was singularly beautiful, and of a character of beauty eminently patrician; there was in its expression a gentleness and modesty not often found in the female portraits of Sir Peter Lely, and in the eyes and in the smile a wonderful aspect of innocent happiness.
soliloquized
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From this reading "What a speaking homily," soliloquized Kenelm, addressing the picture, "against the ambition thy fair descendant would awake in me, art thou, O lovely image!
speaking
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From this reading "What a speaking homily," soliloquized Kenelm, addressing the picture, "against the ambition thy fair descendant would awake in me, art thou, O lovely image!
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading AS Kenelm that night retired to his own room, he paused on the landing-place opposite to the portrait which Mr. Travers had consigned to that desolate exile.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading AS Kenelm that night retired to his own room, he paused on the landing-place opposite to the portrait which Mr. Travers had consigned to that desolate exile.
there
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From this reading The countenance was singularly beautiful, and of a character of beauty eminently patrician; there was in its expression a gentleness and modesty not often found in the female portraits of Sir Peter Lely, and in the eyes and in the smile a wonderful aspect of innocent happiness.
thingnounUS /thing/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading For generations thy beauty lived in this canvas, a thing of joy, the pride of the race it adorned.
ThisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading This daughter of a race dishonoured in its extinction might well have been the glory of the house she had entered as a bride.
thoupronounUS /ðaʊ/
an old word for “you”, as the subject, speaking to one person
From this reading "What a speaking homily," soliloquized Kenelm, addressing the picture, "against the ambition thy fair descendant would awake in me, art thou, O lovely image!
thydeterminerUS /ðaɪ/
an old word for “your”, speaking to one person
From this reading "What a speaking homily," soliloquized Kenelm, addressing the picture, "against the ambition thy fair descendant would awake in me, art thou, O lovely image!
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading AS Kenelm that night retired to his own room, he paused on the landing-place opposite to the portrait which Mr. Travers had consigned to that desolate exile.
Travers
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From this reading AS Kenelm that night retired to his own room, he paused on the landing-place opposite to the portrait which Mr. Travers had consigned to that desolate exile.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading The countenance was singularly beautiful, and of a character of beauty eminently patrician; there was in its expression a gentleness and modesty not often found in the female portraits of Sir Peter Lely, and in the eyes and in the smile a wonderful aspect of innocent happiness.
well
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From this reading This daughter of a race dishonoured in its extinction might well have been the glory of the house she had entered as a bride.
WhatpronounUS /wʌt/
used to ask for information about something
From this reading "What a speaking homily," soliloquized Kenelm, addressing the picture, "against the ambition thy fair descendant would awake in me, art thou, O lovely image!
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading AS Kenelm that night retired to his own room, he paused on the landing-place opposite to the portrait which Mr. Travers had consigned to that desolate exile.
wonderfulnounUS /ˈwonderful/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading The countenance was singularly beautiful, and of a character of beauty eminently patrician; there was in its expression a gentleness and modesty not often found in the female portraits of Sir Peter Lely, and in the eyes and in the smile a wonderful aspect of innocent happiness.
wouldmodal verbUS /wʊd/
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading "What a speaking homily," soliloquized Kenelm, addressing the picture, "against the ambition thy fair descendant would awake in me, art thou, O lovely image!
