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1
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From this reading {1a} My father was a Cornish man, the youngest, as I have heard him say, of seven brothers.
18
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From this reading On an evening of July, in the year 18--, at East D---, a beautiful little town in a certain district of East Anglia, I first saw the light.
2
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From this reading I mention these particulars that the reader may see at once that I am not altogether of low and plebeian origin; the present age is highly aristocratic, and I am convinced that the public will read my pages with more zest from being told that I am a gentillatre by birth with Cornish blood {2} in my veins, of a family who lived on their own property at a place bearing a Celtic name signifying the house on the hill, or more strictly the house on the _hillock_.
AdeterminerUS /ə/
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading Birth--My Father--Tamerlane--Ben Brain--French Protestants--East Anglia--Sorrow and Troubles--True Peace--A Beautiful Child--Foreign Grave--Mirrors--Alpine Country--Emblems--Slow of Speech--The Jew--Strange Gestures.
acres
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From this reading {1b} He sprang from a family of gentlemen, or, as some people would call them, gentillatres, for they were not very wealthy; they had a coat of arms, however, and lived on their own property at a place called Tredinnock, {1c} which being interpreted means _the house on the hill_, which house and the neighbouring acres had been from time immemorial in their possession.
age
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From this reading I mention these particulars that the reader may see at once that I am not altogether of low and plebeian origin; the present age is highly aristocratic, and I am convinced that the public will read my pages with more zest from being told that I am a gentillatre by birth with Cornish blood {2} in my veins, of a family who lived on their own property at a place bearing a Celtic name signifying the house on the hill, or more strictly the house on the _hillock_.
Alpine
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From this reading Birth--My Father--Tamerlane--Ben Brain--French Protestants--East Anglia--Sorrow and Troubles--True Peace--A Beautiful Child--Foreign Grave--Mirrors--Alpine Country--Emblems--Slow of Speech--The Jew--Strange Gestures.
altogether
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From this reading I mention these particulars that the reader may see at once that I am not altogether of low and plebeian origin; the present age is highly aristocratic, and I am convinced that the public will read my pages with more zest from being told that I am a gentillatre by birth with Cornish blood {2} in my veins, of a family who lived on their own property at a place bearing a Celtic name signifying the house on the hill, or more strictly the house on the _hillock_.
amauxiliary verbUS /æm/
the form of “be” used with “I”
From this reading I mention these particulars that the reader may see at once that I am not altogether of low and plebeian origin; the present age is highly aristocratic, and I am convinced that the public will read my pages with more zest from being told that I am a gentillatre by birth with Cornish blood {2} in my veins, of a family who lived on their own property at a place bearing a Celtic name signifying the house on the hill, or more strictly the house on the _hillock_.
andeterminerUS /æn/
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading On an evening of July, in the year 18--, at East D---, a beautiful little town in a certain district of East Anglia, I first saw the light.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Birth--My Father--Tamerlane--Ben Brain--French Protestants--East Anglia--Sorrow and Troubles--True Peace--A Beautiful Child--Foreign Grave--Mirrors--Alpine Country--Emblems--Slow of Speech--The Jew--Strange Gestures.
Anglia
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From this reading Birth--My Father--Tamerlane--Ben Brain--French Protestants--East Anglia--Sorrow and Troubles--True Peace--A Beautiful Child--Foreign Grave--Mirrors--Alpine Country--Emblems--Slow of Speech--The Jew--Strange Gestures.
aristocratic
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From this reading I mention these particulars that the reader may see at once that I am not altogether of low and plebeian origin; the present age is highly aristocratic, and I am convinced that the public will read my pages with more zest from being told that I am a gentillatre by birth with Cornish blood {2} in my veins, of a family who lived on their own property at a place bearing a Celtic name signifying the house on the hill, or more strictly the house on the _hillock_.
arms
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From this reading {1b} He sprang from a family of gentlemen, or, as some people would call them, gentillatres, for they were not very wealthy; they had a coat of arms, however, and lived on their own property at a place called Tredinnock, {1c} which being interpreted means _the house on the hill_, which house and the neighbouring acres had been from time immemorial in their possession.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading {1a} My father was a Cornish man, the youngest, as I have heard him say, of seven brothers.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading On an evening of July, in the year 18--, at East D---, a beautiful little town in a certain district of East Anglia, I first saw the light.
b
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From this reading {1b} He sprang from a family of gentlemen, or, as some people would call them, gentillatres, for they were not very wealthy; they had a coat of arms, however, and lived on their own property at a place called Tredinnock, {1c} which being interpreted means _the house on the hill_, which house and the neighbouring acres had been from time immemorial in their possession.
bearing
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From this reading I mention these particulars that the reader may see at once that I am not altogether of low and plebeian origin; the present age is highly aristocratic, and I am convinced that the public will read my pages with more zest from being told that I am a gentillatre by birth with Cornish blood {2} in my veins, of a family who lived on their own property at a place bearing a Celtic name signifying the house on the hill, or more strictly the house on the _hillock_.
Beautiful
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From this reading Birth--My Father--Tamerlane--Ben Brain--French Protestants--East Anglia--Sorrow and Troubles--True Peace--A Beautiful Child--Foreign Grave--Mirrors--Alpine Country--Emblems--Slow of Speech--The Jew--Strange Gestures.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading {1b} He sprang from a family of gentlemen, or, as some people would call them, gentillatres, for they were not very wealthy; they had a coat of arms, however, and lived on their own property at a place called Tredinnock, {1c} which being interpreted means _the house on the hill_, which house and the neighbouring acres had been from time immemorial in their possession.
beingauxiliary verbUS /ˈbiːɪŋ/
the -ing form of “be”
From this reading {1b} He sprang from a family of gentlemen, or, as some people would call them, gentillatres, for they were not very wealthy; they had a coat of arms, however, and lived on their own property at a place called Tredinnock, {1c} which being interpreted means _the house on the hill_, which house and the neighbouring acres had been from time immemorial in their possession.
Ben
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From this reading Birth--My Father--Tamerlane--Ben Brain--French Protestants--East Anglia--Sorrow and Troubles--True Peace--A Beautiful Child--Foreign Grave--Mirrors--Alpine Country--Emblems--Slow of Speech--The Jew--Strange Gestures.
Birth
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From this reading Birth--My Father--Tamerlane--Ben Brain--French Protestants--East Anglia--Sorrow and Troubles--True Peace--A Beautiful Child--Foreign Grave--Mirrors--Alpine Country--Emblems--Slow of Speech--The Jew--Strange Gestures.
bloodnounUS /blood/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading I mention these particulars that the reader may see at once that I am not altogether of low and plebeian origin; the present age is highly aristocratic, and I am convinced that the public will read my pages with more zest from being told that I am a gentillatre by birth with Cornish blood {2} in my veins, of a family who lived on their own property at a place bearing a Celtic name signifying the house on the hill, or more strictly the house on the _hillock_.
Brain
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From this reading Birth--My Father--Tamerlane--Ben Brain--French Protestants--East Anglia--Sorrow and Troubles--True Peace--A Beautiful Child--Foreign Grave--Mirrors--Alpine Country--Emblems--Slow of Speech--The Jew--Strange Gestures.
brothers
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From this reading {1a} My father was a Cornish man, the youngest, as I have heard him say, of seven brothers.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading I mention these particulars that the reader may see at once that I am not altogether of low and plebeian origin; the present age is highly aristocratic, and I am convinced that the public will read my pages with more zest from being told that I am a gentillatre by birth with Cornish blood {2} in my veins, of a family who lived on their own property at a place bearing a Celtic name signifying the house on the hill, or more strictly the house on the _hillock_.
c
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From this reading {1b} He sprang from a family of gentlemen, or, as some people would call them, gentillatres, for they were not very wealthy; they had a coat of arms, however, and lived on their own property at a place called Tredinnock, {1c} which being interpreted means _the house on the hill_, which house and the neighbouring acres had been from time immemorial in their possession.
call
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From this reading {1b} He sprang from a family of gentlemen, or, as some people would call them, gentillatres, for they were not very wealthy; they had a coat of arms, however, and lived on their own property at a place called Tredinnock, {1c} which being interpreted means _the house on the hill_, which house and the neighbouring acres had been from time immemorial in their possession.
called
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From this reading {1b} He sprang from a family of gentlemen, or, as some people would call them, gentillatres, for they were not very wealthy; they had a coat of arms, however, and lived on their own property at a place called Tredinnock, {1c} which being interpreted means _the house on the hill_, which house and the neighbouring acres had been from time immemorial in their possession.
Celtic
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From this reading I mention these particulars that the reader may see at once that I am not altogether of low and plebeian origin; the present age is highly aristocratic, and I am convinced that the public will read my pages with more zest from being told that I am a gentillatre by birth with Cornish blood {2} in my veins, of a family who lived on their own property at a place bearing a Celtic name signifying the house on the hill, or more strictly the house on the _hillock_.
certain
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From this reading On an evening of July, in the year 18--, at East D---, a beautiful little town in a certain district of East Anglia, I first saw the light.
Child
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From this reading Birth--My Father--Tamerlane--Ben Brain--French Protestants--East Anglia--Sorrow and Troubles--True Peace--A Beautiful Child--Foreign Grave--Mirrors--Alpine Country--Emblems--Slow of Speech--The Jew--Strange Gestures.
coat
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From this reading {1b} He sprang from a family of gentlemen, or, as some people would call them, gentillatres, for they were not very wealthy; they had a coat of arms, however, and lived on their own property at a place called Tredinnock, {1c} which being interpreted means _the house on the hill_, which house and the neighbouring acres had been from time immemorial in their possession.
convinced
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From this reading I mention these particulars that the reader may see at once that I am not altogether of low and plebeian origin; the present age is highly aristocratic, and I am convinced that the public will read my pages with more zest from being told that I am a gentillatre by birth with Cornish blood {2} in my veins, of a family who lived on their own property at a place bearing a Celtic name signifying the house on the hill, or more strictly the house on the _hillock_.
Cornish
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From this reading {1a} My father was a Cornish man, the youngest, as I have heard him say, of seven brothers.
Country
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From this reading Birth--My Father--Tamerlane--Ben Brain--French Protestants--East Anglia--Sorrow and Troubles--True Peace--A Beautiful Child--Foreign Grave--Mirrors--Alpine Country--Emblems--Slow of Speech--The Jew--Strange Gestures.
D
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From this reading On an evening of July, in the year 18--, at East D---, a beautiful little town in a certain district of East Anglia, I first saw the light.
district
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From this reading On an evening of July, in the year 18--, at East D---, a beautiful little town in a certain district of East Anglia, I first saw the light.
East
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From this reading Birth--My Father--Tamerlane--Ben Brain--French Protestants--East Anglia--Sorrow and Troubles--True Peace--A Beautiful Child--Foreign Grave--Mirrors--Alpine Country--Emblems--Slow of Speech--The Jew--Strange Gestures.
Emblems
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From this reading Birth--My Father--Tamerlane--Ben Brain--French Protestants--East Anglia--Sorrow and Troubles--True Peace--A Beautiful Child--Foreign Grave--Mirrors--Alpine Country--Emblems--Slow of Speech--The Jew--Strange Gestures.
evening
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From this reading On an evening of July, in the year 18--, at East D---, a beautiful little town in a certain district of East Anglia, I first saw the light.
family
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From this reading {1b} He sprang from a family of gentlemen, or, as some people would call them, gentillatres, for they were not very wealthy; they had a coat of arms, however, and lived on their own property at a place called Tredinnock, {1c} which being interpreted means _the house on the hill_, which house and the neighbouring acres had been from time immemorial in their possession.
Father
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From this reading Birth--My Father--Tamerlane--Ben Brain--French Protestants--East Anglia--Sorrow and Troubles--True Peace--A Beautiful Child--Foreign Grave--Mirrors--Alpine Country--Emblems--Slow of Speech--The Jew--Strange Gestures.
firstnounUS /first/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading On an evening of July, in the year 18--, at East D---, a beautiful little town in a certain district of East Anglia, I first saw the light.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading {1b} He sprang from a family of gentlemen, or, as some people would call them, gentillatres, for they were not very wealthy; they had a coat of arms, however, and lived on their own property at a place called Tredinnock, {1c} which being interpreted means _the house on the hill_, which house and the neighbouring acres had been from time immemorial in their possession.
Foreign
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From this reading Birth--My Father--Tamerlane--Ben Brain--French Protestants--East Anglia--Sorrow and Troubles--True Peace--A Beautiful Child--Foreign Grave--Mirrors--Alpine Country--Emblems--Slow of Speech--The Jew--Strange Gestures.
French
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From this reading Birth--My Father--Tamerlane--Ben Brain--French Protestants--East Anglia--Sorrow and Troubles--True Peace--A Beautiful Child--Foreign Grave--Mirrors--Alpine Country--Emblems--Slow of Speech--The Jew--Strange Gestures.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading {1b} He sprang from a family of gentlemen, or, as some people would call them, gentillatres, for they were not very wealthy; they had a coat of arms, however, and lived on their own property at a place called Tredinnock, {1c} which being interpreted means _the house on the hill_, which house and the neighbouring acres had been from time immemorial in their possession.
gentillatre
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From this reading I mention these particulars that the reader may see at once that I am not altogether of low and plebeian origin; the present age is highly aristocratic, and I am convinced that the public will read my pages with more zest from being told that I am a gentillatre by birth with Cornish blood {2} in my veins, of a family who lived on their own property at a place bearing a Celtic name signifying the house on the hill, or more strictly the house on the _hillock_.
gentillatres
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From this reading {1b} He sprang from a family of gentlemen, or, as some people would call them, gentillatres, for they were not very wealthy; they had a coat of arms, however, and lived on their own property at a place called Tredinnock, {1c} which being interpreted means _the house on the hill_, which house and the neighbouring acres had been from time immemorial in their possession.
gentlemennounUS /gentlemen/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading {1b} He sprang from a family of gentlemen, or, as some people would call them, gentillatres, for they were not very wealthy; they had a coat of arms, however, and lived on their own property at a place called Tredinnock, {1c} which being interpreted means _the house on the hill_, which house and the neighbouring acres had been from time immemorial in their possession.
Gestures
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From this reading Birth--My Father--Tamerlane--Ben Brain--French Protestants--East Anglia--Sorrow and Troubles--True Peace--A Beautiful Child--Foreign Grave--Mirrors--Alpine Country--Emblems--Slow of Speech--The Jew--Strange Gestures.
Grave
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From this reading Birth--My Father--Tamerlane--Ben Brain--French Protestants--East Anglia--Sorrow and Troubles--True Peace--A Beautiful Child--Foreign Grave--Mirrors--Alpine Country--Emblems--Slow of Speech--The Jew--Strange Gestures.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading {1b} He sprang from a family of gentlemen, or, as some people would call them, gentillatres, for they were not very wealthy; they had a coat of arms, however, and lived on their own property at a place called Tredinnock, {1c} which being interpreted means _the house on the hill_, which house and the neighbouring acres had been from time immemorial in their possession.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading {1a} My father was a Cornish man, the youngest, as I have heard him say, of seven brothers.
HepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading {1b} He sprang from a family of gentlemen, or, as some people would call them, gentillatres, for they were not very wealthy; they had a coat of arms, however, and lived on their own property at a place called Tredinnock, {1c} which being interpreted means _the house on the hill_, which house and the neighbouring acres had been from time immemorial in their possession.
heard
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From this reading {1a} My father was a Cornish man, the youngest, as I have heard him say, of seven brothers.
highly
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From this reading I mention these particulars that the reader may see at once that I am not altogether of low and plebeian origin; the present age is highly aristocratic, and I am convinced that the public will read my pages with more zest from being told that I am a gentillatre by birth with Cornish blood {2} in my veins, of a family who lived on their own property at a place bearing a Celtic name signifying the house on the hill, or more strictly the house on the _hillock_.
hill
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From this reading {1b} He sprang from a family of gentlemen, or, as some people would call them, gentillatres, for they were not very wealthy; they had a coat of arms, however, and lived on their own property at a place called Tredinnock, {1c} which being interpreted means _the house on the hill_, which house and the neighbouring acres had been from time immemorial in their possession.
hillock
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From this reading I mention these particulars that the reader may see at once that I am not altogether of low and plebeian origin; the present age is highly aristocratic, and I am convinced that the public will read my pages with more zest from being told that I am a gentillatre by birth with Cornish blood {2} in my veins, of a family who lived on their own property at a place bearing a Celtic name signifying the house on the hill, or more strictly the house on the _hillock_.
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading {1a} My father was a Cornish man, the youngest, as I have heard him say, of seven brothers.
house
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From this reading {1b} He sprang from a family of gentlemen, or, as some people would call them, gentillatres, for they were not very wealthy; they had a coat of arms, however, and lived on their own property at a place called Tredinnock, {1c} which being interpreted means _the house on the hill_, which house and the neighbouring acres had been from time immemorial in their possession.
howeveradverbUS /ˌhaʊˈevər/
used to add a contrasting statement
From this reading {1b} He sprang from a family of gentlemen, or, as some people would call them, gentillatres, for they were not very wealthy; they had a coat of arms, however, and lived on their own property at a place called Tredinnock, {1c} which being interpreted means _the house on the hill_, which house and the neighbouring acres had been from time immemorial in their possession.
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading On an evening of July, in the year 18--, at East D---, a beautiful little town in a certain district of East Anglia, I first saw the light.
immemorial
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From this reading {1b} He sprang from a family of gentlemen, or, as some people would call them, gentillatres, for they were not very wealthy; they had a coat of arms, however, and lived on their own property at a place called Tredinnock, {1c} which being interpreted means _the house on the hill_, which house and the neighbouring acres had been from time immemorial in their possession.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading On an evening of July, in the year 18--, at East D---, a beautiful little town in a certain district of East Anglia, I first saw the light.
interpreted
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From this reading {1b} He sprang from a family of gentlemen, or, as some people would call them, gentillatres, for they were not very wealthy; they had a coat of arms, however, and lived on their own property at a place called Tredinnock, {1c} which being interpreted means _the house on the hill_, which house and the neighbouring acres had been from time immemorial in their possession.
isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading I mention these particulars that the reader may see at once that I am not altogether of low and plebeian origin; the present age is highly aristocratic, and I am convinced that the public will read my pages with more zest from being told that I am a gentillatre by birth with Cornish blood {2} in my veins, of a family who lived on their own property at a place bearing a Celtic name signifying the house on the hill, or more strictly the house on the _hillock_.
Jew
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From this reading Birth--My Father--Tamerlane--Ben Brain--French Protestants--East Anglia--Sorrow and Troubles--True Peace--A Beautiful Child--Foreign Grave--Mirrors--Alpine Country--Emblems--Slow of Speech--The Jew--Strange Gestures.
July
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From this reading On an evening of July, in the year 18--, at East D---, a beautiful little town in a certain district of East Anglia, I first saw the light.
light
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From this reading On an evening of July, in the year 18--, at East D---, a beautiful little town in a certain district of East Anglia, I first saw the light.
littlenounUS /little/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading On an evening of July, in the year 18--, at East D---, a beautiful little town in a certain district of East Anglia, I first saw the light.
lived
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From this reading {1b} He sprang from a family of gentlemen, or, as some people would call them, gentillatres, for they were not very wealthy; they had a coat of arms, however, and lived on their own property at a place called Tredinnock, {1c} which being interpreted means _the house on the hill_, which house and the neighbouring acres had been from time immemorial in their possession.
low
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From this reading I mention these particulars that the reader may see at once that I am not altogether of low and plebeian origin; the present age is highly aristocratic, and I am convinced that the public will read my pages with more zest from being told that I am a gentillatre by birth with Cornish blood {2} in my veins, of a family who lived on their own property at a place bearing a Celtic name signifying the house on the hill, or more strictly the house on the _hillock_.
man
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From this reading {1a} My father was a Cornish man, the youngest, as I have heard him say, of seven brothers.
maymodal verbUS /meɪ/
used to say something is possible, or to give permission
From this reading I mention these particulars that the reader may see at once that I am not altogether of low and plebeian origin; the present age is highly aristocratic, and I am convinced that the public will read my pages with more zest from being told that I am a gentillatre by birth with Cornish blood {2} in my veins, of a family who lived on their own property at a place bearing a Celtic name signifying the house on the hill, or more strictly the house on the _hillock_.
means
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From this reading {1b} He sprang from a family of gentlemen, or, as some people would call them, gentillatres, for they were not very wealthy; they had a coat of arms, however, and lived on their own property at a place called Tredinnock, {1c} which being interpreted means _the house on the hill_, which house and the neighbouring acres had been from time immemorial in their possession.
mention
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From this reading I mention these particulars that the reader may see at once that I am not altogether of low and plebeian origin; the present age is highly aristocratic, and I am convinced that the public will read my pages with more zest from being told that I am a gentillatre by birth with Cornish blood {2} in my veins, of a family who lived on their own property at a place bearing a Celtic name signifying the house on the hill, or more strictly the house on the _hillock_.
Mirrors
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From this reading Birth--My Father--Tamerlane--Ben Brain--French Protestants--East Anglia--Sorrow and Troubles--True Peace--A Beautiful Child--Foreign Grave--Mirrors--Alpine Country--Emblems--Slow of Speech--The Jew--Strange Gestures.
more
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From this reading I mention these particulars that the reader may see at once that I am not altogether of low and plebeian origin; the present age is highly aristocratic, and I am convinced that the public will read my pages with more zest from being told that I am a gentillatre by birth with Cornish blood {2} in my veins, of a family who lived on their own property at a place bearing a Celtic name signifying the house on the hill, or more strictly the house on the _hillock_.
MydeterminerUS /maɪ/
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading Birth--My Father--Tamerlane--Ben Brain--French Protestants--East Anglia--Sorrow and Troubles--True Peace--A Beautiful Child--Foreign Grave--Mirrors--Alpine Country--Emblems--Slow of Speech--The Jew--Strange Gestures.
namenounUS /name/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading I mention these particulars that the reader may see at once that I am not altogether of low and plebeian origin; the present age is highly aristocratic, and I am convinced that the public will read my pages with more zest from being told that I am a gentillatre by birth with Cornish blood {2} in my veins, of a family who lived on their own property at a place bearing a Celtic name signifying the house on the hill, or more strictly the house on the _hillock_.
neighbouring
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From this reading {1b} He sprang from a family of gentlemen, or, as some people would call them, gentillatres, for they were not very wealthy; they had a coat of arms, however, and lived on their own property at a place called Tredinnock, {1c} which being interpreted means _the house on the hill_, which house and the neighbouring acres had been from time immemorial in their possession.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading {1b} He sprang from a family of gentlemen, or, as some people would call them, gentillatres, for they were not very wealthy; they had a coat of arms, however, and lived on their own property at a place called Tredinnock, {1c} which being interpreted means _the house on the hill_, which house and the neighbouring acres had been from time immemorial in their possession.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Birth--My Father--Tamerlane--Ben Brain--French Protestants--East Anglia--Sorrow and Troubles--True Peace--A Beautiful Child--Foreign Grave--Mirrors--Alpine Country--Emblems--Slow of Speech--The Jew--Strange Gestures.
OnprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading On an evening of July, in the year 18--, at East D---, a beautiful little town in a certain district of East Anglia, I first saw the light.
once
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From this reading I mention these particulars that the reader may see at once that I am not altogether of low and plebeian origin; the present age is highly aristocratic, and I am convinced that the public will read my pages with more zest from being told that I am a gentillatre by birth with Cornish blood {2} in my veins, of a family who lived on their own property at a place bearing a Celtic name signifying the house on the hill, or more strictly the house on the _hillock_.
orconjunctionUS /ɔːr/
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading {1b} He sprang from a family of gentlemen, or, as some people would call them, gentillatres, for they were not very wealthy; they had a coat of arms, however, and lived on their own property at a place called Tredinnock, {1c} which being interpreted means _the house on the hill_, which house and the neighbouring acres had been from time immemorial in their possession.
origin
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From this reading I mention these particulars that the reader may see at once that I am not altogether of low and plebeian origin; the present age is highly aristocratic, and I am convinced that the public will read my pages with more zest from being told that I am a gentillatre by birth with Cornish blood {2} in my veins, of a family who lived on their own property at a place bearing a Celtic name signifying the house on the hill, or more strictly the house on the _hillock_.
own
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From this reading {1b} He sprang from a family of gentlemen, or, as some people would call them, gentillatres, for they were not very wealthy; they had a coat of arms, however, and lived on their own property at a place called Tredinnock, {1c} which being interpreted means _the house on the hill_, which house and the neighbouring acres had been from time immemorial in their possession.
pages
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From this reading I mention these particulars that the reader may see at once that I am not altogether of low and plebeian origin; the present age is highly aristocratic, and I am convinced that the public will read my pages with more zest from being told that I am a gentillatre by birth with Cornish blood {2} in my veins, of a family who lived on their own property at a place bearing a Celtic name signifying the house on the hill, or more strictly the house on the _hillock_.
particulars
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From this reading I mention these particulars that the reader may see at once that I am not altogether of low and plebeian origin; the present age is highly aristocratic, and I am convinced that the public will read my pages with more zest from being told that I am a gentillatre by birth with Cornish blood {2} in my veins, of a family who lived on their own property at a place bearing a Celtic name signifying the house on the hill, or more strictly the house on the _hillock_.
Peace
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From this reading Birth--My Father--Tamerlane--Ben Brain--French Protestants--East Anglia--Sorrow and Troubles--True Peace--A Beautiful Child--Foreign Grave--Mirrors--Alpine Country--Emblems--Slow of Speech--The Jew--Strange Gestures.
people
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From this reading {1b} He sprang from a family of gentlemen, or, as some people would call them, gentillatres, for they were not very wealthy; they had a coat of arms, however, and lived on their own property at a place called Tredinnock, {1c} which being interpreted means _the house on the hill_, which house and the neighbouring acres had been from time immemorial in their possession.
place
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From this reading {1b} He sprang from a family of gentlemen, or, as some people would call them, gentillatres, for they were not very wealthy; they had a coat of arms, however, and lived on their own property at a place called Tredinnock, {1c} which being interpreted means _the house on the hill_, which house and the neighbouring acres had been from time immemorial in their possession.
plebeian
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From this reading I mention these particulars that the reader may see at once that I am not altogether of low and plebeian origin; the present age is highly aristocratic, and I am convinced that the public will read my pages with more zest from being told that I am a gentillatre by birth with Cornish blood {2} in my veins, of a family who lived on their own property at a place bearing a Celtic name signifying the house on the hill, or more strictly the house on the _hillock_.
possession
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From this reading {1b} He sprang from a family of gentlemen, or, as some people would call them, gentillatres, for they were not very wealthy; they had a coat of arms, however, and lived on their own property at a place called Tredinnock, {1c} which being interpreted means _the house on the hill_, which house and the neighbouring acres had been from time immemorial in their possession.
present
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From this reading I mention these particulars that the reader may see at once that I am not altogether of low and plebeian origin; the present age is highly aristocratic, and I am convinced that the public will read my pages with more zest from being told that I am a gentillatre by birth with Cornish blood {2} in my veins, of a family who lived on their own property at a place bearing a Celtic name signifying the house on the hill, or more strictly the house on the _hillock_.
property
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From this reading {1b} He sprang from a family of gentlemen, or, as some people would call them, gentillatres, for they were not very wealthy; they had a coat of arms, however, and lived on their own property at a place called Tredinnock, {1c} which being interpreted means _the house on the hill_, which house and the neighbouring acres had been from time immemorial in their possession.
Protestants
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From this reading Birth--My Father--Tamerlane--Ben Brain--French Protestants--East Anglia--Sorrow and Troubles--True Peace--A Beautiful Child--Foreign Grave--Mirrors--Alpine Country--Emblems--Slow of Speech--The Jew--Strange Gestures.
public
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From this reading I mention these particulars that the reader may see at once that I am not altogether of low and plebeian origin; the present age is highly aristocratic, and I am convinced that the public will read my pages with more zest from being told that I am a gentillatre by birth with Cornish blood {2} in my veins, of a family who lived on their own property at a place bearing a Celtic name signifying the house on the hill, or more strictly the house on the _hillock_.
read
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From this reading I mention these particulars that the reader may see at once that I am not altogether of low and plebeian origin; the present age is highly aristocratic, and I am convinced that the public will read my pages with more zest from being told that I am a gentillatre by birth with Cornish blood {2} in my veins, of a family who lived on their own property at a place bearing a Celtic name signifying the house on the hill, or more strictly the house on the _hillock_.
reader
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From this reading I mention these particulars that the reader may see at once that I am not altogether of low and plebeian origin; the present age is highly aristocratic, and I am convinced that the public will read my pages with more zest from being told that I am a gentillatre by birth with Cornish blood {2} in my veins, of a family who lived on their own property at a place bearing a Celtic name signifying the house on the hill, or more strictly the house on the _hillock_.
saw
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From this reading On an evening of July, in the year 18--, at East D---, a beautiful little town in a certain district of East Anglia, I first saw the light.
say
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From this reading {1a} My father was a Cornish man, the youngest, as I have heard him say, of seven brothers.
see
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From this reading I mention these particulars that the reader may see at once that I am not altogether of low and plebeian origin; the present age is highly aristocratic, and I am convinced that the public will read my pages with more zest from being told that I am a gentillatre by birth with Cornish blood {2} in my veins, of a family who lived on their own property at a place bearing a Celtic name signifying the house on the hill, or more strictly the house on the _hillock_.
seven
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From this reading {1a} My father was a Cornish man, the youngest, as I have heard him say, of seven brothers.
signifying
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From this reading I mention these particulars that the reader may see at once that I am not altogether of low and plebeian origin; the present age is highly aristocratic, and I am convinced that the public will read my pages with more zest from being told that I am a gentillatre by birth with Cornish blood {2} in my veins, of a family who lived on their own property at a place bearing a Celtic name signifying the house on the hill, or more strictly the house on the _hillock_.
Slow
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From this reading Birth--My Father--Tamerlane--Ben Brain--French Protestants--East Anglia--Sorrow and Troubles--True Peace--A Beautiful Child--Foreign Grave--Mirrors--Alpine Country--Emblems--Slow of Speech--The Jew--Strange Gestures.
some
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From this reading {1b} He sprang from a family of gentlemen, or, as some people would call them, gentillatres, for they were not very wealthy; they had a coat of arms, however, and lived on their own property at a place called Tredinnock, {1c} which being interpreted means _the house on the hill_, which house and the neighbouring acres had been from time immemorial in their possession.
Sorrow
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From this reading Birth--My Father--Tamerlane--Ben Brain--French Protestants--East Anglia--Sorrow and Troubles--True Peace--A Beautiful Child--Foreign Grave--Mirrors--Alpine Country--Emblems--Slow of Speech--The Jew--Strange Gestures.
Speech
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From this reading Birth--My Father--Tamerlane--Ben Brain--French Protestants--East Anglia--Sorrow and Troubles--True Peace--A Beautiful Child--Foreign Grave--Mirrors--Alpine Country--Emblems--Slow of Speech--The Jew--Strange Gestures.
sprang
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From this reading {1b} He sprang from a family of gentlemen, or, as some people would call them, gentillatres, for they were not very wealthy; they had a coat of arms, however, and lived on their own property at a place called Tredinnock, {1c} which being interpreted means _the house on the hill_, which house and the neighbouring acres had been from time immemorial in their possession.
Strange
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From this reading Birth--My Father--Tamerlane--Ben Brain--French Protestants--East Anglia--Sorrow and Troubles--True Peace--A Beautiful Child--Foreign Grave--Mirrors--Alpine Country--Emblems--Slow of Speech--The Jew--Strange Gestures.
strictly
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From this reading I mention these particulars that the reader may see at once that I am not altogether of low and plebeian origin; the present age is highly aristocratic, and I am convinced that the public will read my pages with more zest from being told that I am a gentillatre by birth with Cornish blood {2} in my veins, of a family who lived on their own property at a place bearing a Celtic name signifying the house on the hill, or more strictly the house on the _hillock_.
Tamerlane
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From this reading Birth--My Father--Tamerlane--Ben Brain--French Protestants--East Anglia--Sorrow and Troubles--True Peace--A Beautiful Child--Foreign Grave--Mirrors--Alpine Country--Emblems--Slow of Speech--The Jew--Strange Gestures.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading I mention these particulars that the reader may see at once that I am not altogether of low and plebeian origin; the present age is highly aristocratic, and I am convinced that the public will read my pages with more zest from being told that I am a gentillatre by birth with Cornish blood {2} in my veins, of a family who lived on their own property at a place bearing a Celtic name signifying the house on the hill, or more strictly the house on the _hillock_.
ThedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Birth--My Father--Tamerlane--Ben Brain--French Protestants--East Anglia--Sorrow and Troubles--True Peace--A Beautiful Child--Foreign Grave--Mirrors--Alpine Country--Emblems--Slow of Speech--The Jew--Strange Gestures.
theirdeterminerUS /ðer/
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading {1b} He sprang from a family of gentlemen, or, as some people would call them, gentillatres, for they were not very wealthy; they had a coat of arms, however, and lived on their own property at a place called Tredinnock, {1c} which being interpreted means _the house on the hill_, which house and the neighbouring acres had been from time immemorial in their possession.
thempronounUS /ðem/
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading {1b} He sprang from a family of gentlemen, or, as some people would call them, gentillatres, for they were not very wealthy; they had a coat of arms, however, and lived on their own property at a place called Tredinnock, {1c} which being interpreted means _the house on the hill_, which house and the neighbouring acres had been from time immemorial in their possession.
thesedeterminerUS /ðiːz/
the plural of “this”: the people or things near, or just mentioned
From this reading I mention these particulars that the reader may see at once that I am not altogether of low and plebeian origin; the present age is highly aristocratic, and I am convinced that the public will read my pages with more zest from being told that I am a gentillatre by birth with Cornish blood {2} in my veins, of a family who lived on their own property at a place bearing a Celtic name signifying the house on the hill, or more strictly the house on the _hillock_.
theypronounUS /ðeɪ/
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading {1b} He sprang from a family of gentlemen, or, as some people would call them, gentillatres, for they were not very wealthy; they had a coat of arms, however, and lived on their own property at a place called Tredinnock, {1c} which being interpreted means _the house on the hill_, which house and the neighbouring acres had been from time immemorial in their possession.
timenounUS /time/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading {1b} He sprang from a family of gentlemen, or, as some people would call them, gentillatres, for they were not very wealthy; they had a coat of arms, however, and lived on their own property at a place called Tredinnock, {1c} which being interpreted means _the house on the hill_, which house and the neighbouring acres had been from time immemorial in their possession.
toldnounUS /told/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading I mention these particulars that the reader may see at once that I am not altogether of low and plebeian origin; the present age is highly aristocratic, and I am convinced that the public will read my pages with more zest from being told that I am a gentillatre by birth with Cornish blood {2} in my veins, of a family who lived on their own property at a place bearing a Celtic name signifying the house on the hill, or more strictly the house on the _hillock_.
town
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From this reading On an evening of July, in the year 18--, at East D---, a beautiful little town in a certain district of East Anglia, I first saw the light.
Tredinnock
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From this reading {1b} He sprang from a family of gentlemen, or, as some people would call them, gentillatres, for they were not very wealthy; they had a coat of arms, however, and lived on their own property at a place called Tredinnock, {1c} which being interpreted means _the house on the hill_, which house and the neighbouring acres had been from time immemorial in their possession.
Troubles
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From this reading Birth--My Father--Tamerlane--Ben Brain--French Protestants--East Anglia--Sorrow and Troubles--True Peace--A Beautiful Child--Foreign Grave--Mirrors--Alpine Country--Emblems--Slow of Speech--The Jew--Strange Gestures.
True
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From this reading Birth--My Father--Tamerlane--Ben Brain--French Protestants--East Anglia--Sorrow and Troubles--True Peace--A Beautiful Child--Foreign Grave--Mirrors--Alpine Country--Emblems--Slow of Speech--The Jew--Strange Gestures.
veins
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From this reading I mention these particulars that the reader may see at once that I am not altogether of low and plebeian origin; the present age is highly aristocratic, and I am convinced that the public will read my pages with more zest from being told that I am a gentillatre by birth with Cornish blood {2} in my veins, of a family who lived on their own property at a place bearing a Celtic name signifying the house on the hill, or more strictly the house on the _hillock_.
very
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From this reading {1b} He sprang from a family of gentlemen, or, as some people would call them, gentillatres, for they were not very wealthy; they had a coat of arms, however, and lived on their own property at a place called Tredinnock, {1c} which being interpreted means _the house on the hill_, which house and the neighbouring acres had been from time immemorial in their possession.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading {1a} My father was a Cornish man, the youngest, as I have heard him say, of seven brothers.
wealthy
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From this reading {1b} He sprang from a family of gentlemen, or, as some people would call them, gentillatres, for they were not very wealthy; they had a coat of arms, however, and lived on their own property at a place called Tredinnock, {1c} which being interpreted means _the house on the hill_, which house and the neighbouring acres had been from time immemorial in their possession.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading {1b} He sprang from a family of gentlemen, or, as some people would call them, gentillatres, for they were not very wealthy; they had a coat of arms, however, and lived on their own property at a place called Tredinnock, {1c} which being interpreted means _the house on the hill_, which house and the neighbouring acres had been from time immemorial in their possession.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading {1b} He sprang from a family of gentlemen, or, as some people would call them, gentillatres, for they were not very wealthy; they had a coat of arms, however, and lived on their own property at a place called Tredinnock, {1c} which being interpreted means _the house on the hill_, which house and the neighbouring acres had been from time immemorial in their possession.
whopronounUS /huː/
which person or people
From this reading I mention these particulars that the reader may see at once that I am not altogether of low and plebeian origin; the present age is highly aristocratic, and I am convinced that the public will read my pages with more zest from being told that I am a gentillatre by birth with Cornish blood {2} in my veins, of a family who lived on their own property at a place bearing a Celtic name signifying the house on the hill, or more strictly the house on the _hillock_.
willmodal verbUS /wɪl/
used to talk about the future, or about willingness
From this reading I mention these particulars that the reader may see at once that I am not altogether of low and plebeian origin; the present age is highly aristocratic, and I am convinced that the public will read my pages with more zest from being told that I am a gentillatre by birth with Cornish blood {2} in my veins, of a family who lived on their own property at a place bearing a Celtic name signifying the house on the hill, or more strictly the house on the _hillock_.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading I mention these particulars that the reader may see at once that I am not altogether of low and plebeian origin; the present age is highly aristocratic, and I am convinced that the public will read my pages with more zest from being told that I am a gentillatre by birth with Cornish blood {2} in my veins, of a family who lived on their own property at a place bearing a Celtic name signifying the house on the hill, or more strictly the house on the _hillock_.
wouldmodal verbUS /wʊd/
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading {1b} He sprang from a family of gentlemen, or, as some people would call them, gentillatres, for they were not very wealthy; they had a coat of arms, however, and lived on their own property at a place called Tredinnock, {1c} which being interpreted means _the house on the hill_, which house and the neighbouring acres had been from time immemorial in their possession.
year
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From this reading On an evening of July, in the year 18--, at East D---, a beautiful little town in a certain district of East Anglia, I first saw the light.
youngest
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From this reading {1a} My father was a Cornish man, the youngest, as I have heard him say, of seven brothers.
zest
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From this reading I mention these particulars that the reader may see at once that I am not altogether of low and plebeian origin; the present age is highly aristocratic, and I am convinced that the public will read my pages with more zest from being told that I am a gentillatre by birth with Cornish blood {2} in my veins, of a family who lived on their own property at a place bearing a Celtic name signifying the house on the hill, or more strictly the house on the _hillock_.
