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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 New York is a mart and not a capital, in literature as well as in other things, and doubtless he increasingly felt this.
all
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From this reading I know that there came a time when he no longer thought the West must be exile for a literary man; and his latest visits to its summer schools as a lecturer impressed him with the genuineness of the interest felt there in culture of all kinds.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading New York is a mart and not a capital, in literature as well as in other things, and doubtless he increasingly felt this.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading New York is a mart and not a capital, in literature as well as in other things, and doubtless he increasingly felt this.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading He kept for Norway the fondness which the man sitting at his own hearth feels for the home of his boyhood.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading I know that there came a time when he no longer thought the West must be exile for a literary man; and his latest visits to its summer schools as a lecturer impressed him with the genuineness of the interest felt there in culture of all kinds.
boyhood
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From this reading He kept for Norway the fondness which the man sitting at his own hearth feels for the home of his boyhood.
came
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From this reading I know that there came a time when he no longer thought the West must be exile for a literary man; and his latest visits to its summer schools as a lecturer impressed him with the genuineness of the interest felt there in culture of all kinds.
capital
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From this reading New York is a mart and not a capital, in literature as well as in other things, and doubtless he increasingly felt this.
ceased
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From this reading I do not wish to imply that he forgot his native land, or ceased to love it proudly and tenderly.
citizenship
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From this reading He spoke of this, with a due sense of what was pathetic as well as what was grotesque in some of its manifestations; and I think that in reconciling himself to our popular crudeness for the sake of our popular earnestness, he completed his naturalization, in the only sense in which our citizenship is worth having.
completed
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From this reading He spoke of this, with a due sense of what was pathetic as well as what was grotesque in some of its manifestations; and I think that in reconciling himself to our popular crudeness for the sake of our popular earnestness, he completed his naturalization, in the only sense in which our citizenship is worth having.
crudeness
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From this reading He spoke of this, with a due sense of what was pathetic as well as what was grotesque in some of its manifestations; and I think that in reconciling himself to our popular crudeness for the sake of our popular earnestness, he completed his naturalization, in the only sense in which our citizenship is worth having.
culture
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From this reading I know that there came a time when he no longer thought the West must be exile for a literary man; and his latest visits to its summer schools as a lecturer impressed him with the genuineness of the interest felt there in culture of all kinds.
doauxiliary verbUS /duː/
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading I do not wish to imply that he forgot his native land, or ceased to love it proudly and tenderly.
doubtless
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From this reading New York is a mart and not a capital, in literature as well as in other things, and doubtless he increasingly felt this.
due
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From this reading He spoke of this, with a due sense of what was pathetic as well as what was grotesque in some of its manifestations; and I think that in reconciling himself to our popular crudeness for the sake of our popular earnestness, he completed his naturalization, in the only sense in which our citizenship is worth having.
earnestness
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From this reading He spoke of this, with a due sense of what was pathetic as well as what was grotesque in some of its manifestations; and I think that in reconciling himself to our popular crudeness for the sake of our popular earnestness, he completed his naturalization, in the only sense in which our citizenship is worth having.
exile
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From this reading I know that there came a time when he no longer thought the West must be exile for a literary man; and his latest visits to its summer schools as a lecturer impressed him with the genuineness of the interest felt there in culture of all kinds.
feels
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From this reading He kept for Norway the fondness which the man sitting at his own hearth feels for the home of his boyhood.
felt
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From this reading New York is a mart and not a capital, in literature as well as in other things, and doubtless he increasingly felt this.
fondness
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From this reading He kept for Norway the fondness which the man sitting at his own hearth feels for the home of his boyhood.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading I know that there came a time when he no longer thought the West must be exile for a literary man; and his latest visits to its summer schools as a lecturer impressed him with the genuineness of the interest felt there in culture of all kinds.
forgot
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From this reading I do not wish to imply that he forgot his native land, or ceased to love it proudly and tenderly.
genuineness
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From this reading I know that there came a time when he no longer thought the West must be exile for a literary man; and his latest visits to its summer schools as a lecturer impressed him with the genuineness of the interest felt there in culture of all kinds.
grotesque
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From this reading He spoke of this, with a due sense of what was pathetic as well as what was grotesque in some of its manifestations; and I think that in reconciling himself to our popular crudeness for the sake of our popular earnestness, he completed his naturalization, in the only sense in which our citizenship is worth having.
havingauxiliary verbUS /ˈhævɪŋ/
the -ing form of “have”
From this reading He spoke of this, with a due sense of what was pathetic as well as what was grotesque in some of its manifestations; and I think that in reconciling himself to our popular crudeness for the sake of our popular earnestness, he completed his naturalization, in the only sense in which our citizenship is worth having.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading New York is a mart and not a capital, in literature as well as in other things, and doubtless he increasingly felt this.
hearth
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From this reading He kept for Norway the fondness which the man sitting at his own hearth feels for the home of his boyhood.
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading I know that there came a time when he no longer thought the West must be exile for a literary man; and his latest visits to its summer schools as a lecturer impressed him with the genuineness of the interest felt there in culture of all kinds.
himselfpronounUS /hɪmˈself/
used when the man or boy doing the action is also its object
From this reading He spoke of this, with a due sense of what was pathetic as well as what was grotesque in some of its manifestations; and I think that in reconciling himself to our popular crudeness for the sake of our popular earnestness, he completed his naturalization, in the only sense in which our citizenship is worth having.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading I know that there came a time when he no longer thought the West must be exile for a literary man; and his latest visits to its summer schools as a lecturer impressed him with the genuineness of the interest felt there in culture of all kinds.
home
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From this reading He kept for Norway the fondness which the man sitting at his own hearth feels for the home of his boyhood.
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I know that there came a time when he no longer thought the West must be exile for a literary man; and his latest visits to its summer schools as a lecturer impressed him with the genuineness of the interest felt there in culture of all kinds.
imply
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From this reading I do not wish to imply that he forgot his native land, or ceased to love it proudly and tenderly.
impressed
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From this reading I know that there came a time when he no longer thought the West must be exile for a literary man; and his latest visits to its summer schools as a lecturer impressed him with the genuineness of the interest felt there in culture of all kinds.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading New York is a mart and not a capital, in literature as well as in other things, and doubtless he increasingly felt this.
increasingly
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From this reading New York is a mart and not a capital, in literature as well as in other things, and doubtless he increasingly felt this.
interest
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From this reading I know that there came a time when he no longer thought the West must be exile for a literary man; and his latest visits to its summer schools as a lecturer impressed him with the genuineness of the interest felt there in culture of all kinds.
isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading New York is a mart and not a capital, in literature as well as in other things, and doubtless he increasingly felt this.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading I do not wish to imply that he forgot his native land, or ceased to love it proudly and tenderly.
itsdeterminerUS /ɪts/
belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned
From this reading I know that there came a time when he no longer thought the West must be exile for a literary man; and his latest visits to its summer schools as a lecturer impressed him with the genuineness of the interest felt there in culture of all kinds.
kept
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From this reading He kept for Norway the fondness which the man sitting at his own hearth feels for the home of his boyhood.
kinds
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From this reading I know that there came a time when he no longer thought the West must be exile for a literary man; and his latest visits to its summer schools as a lecturer impressed him with the genuineness of the interest felt there in culture of all kinds.
knownounUS /know/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading I know that there came a time when he no longer thought the West must be exile for a literary man; and his latest visits to its summer schools as a lecturer impressed him with the genuineness of the interest felt there in culture of all kinds.
land
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From this reading I do not wish to imply that he forgot his native land, or ceased to love it proudly and tenderly.
latest
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From this reading I know that there came a time when he no longer thought the West must be exile for a literary man; and his latest visits to its summer schools as a lecturer impressed him with the genuineness of the interest felt there in culture of all kinds.
lecturer
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From this reading I know that there came a time when he no longer thought the West must be exile for a literary man; and his latest visits to its summer schools as a lecturer impressed him with the genuineness of the interest felt there in culture of all kinds.
literary
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From this reading I know that there came a time when he no longer thought the West must be exile for a literary man; and his latest visits to its summer schools as a lecturer impressed him with the genuineness of the interest felt there in culture of all kinds.
literature
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From this reading New York is a mart and not a capital, in literature as well as in other things, and doubtless he increasingly felt this.
longer
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From this reading I know that there came a time when he no longer thought the West must be exile for a literary man; and his latest visits to its summer schools as a lecturer impressed him with the genuineness of the interest felt there in culture of all kinds.
love
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From this reading I do not wish to imply that he forgot his native land, or ceased to love it proudly and tenderly.
man
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From this reading I know that there came a time when he no longer thought the West must be exile for a literary man; and his latest visits to its summer schools as a lecturer impressed him with the genuineness of the interest felt there in culture of all kinds.
manifestations
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From this reading He spoke of this, with a due sense of what was pathetic as well as what was grotesque in some of its manifestations; and I think that in reconciling himself to our popular crudeness for the sake of our popular earnestness, he completed his naturalization, in the only sense in which our citizenship is worth having.
mart
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From this reading New York is a mart and not a capital, in literature as well as in other things, and doubtless he increasingly felt this.
mustmodal verbUS /mʌst/
used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true
From this reading I know that there came a time when he no longer thought the West must be exile for a literary man; and his latest visits to its summer schools as a lecturer impressed him with the genuineness of the interest felt there in culture of all kinds.
native
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From this reading I do not wish to imply that he forgot his native land, or ceased to love it proudly and tenderly.
naturalization
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From this reading He spoke of this, with a due sense of what was pathetic as well as what was grotesque in some of its manifestations; and I think that in reconciling himself to our popular crudeness for the sake of our popular earnestness, he completed his naturalization, in the only sense in which our citizenship is worth having.
New
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From this reading New York is a mart and not a capital, in literature as well as in other things, and doubtless he increasingly felt this.
nodeterminerUS /noʊ/
not any; not one
From this reading I know that there came a time when he no longer thought the West must be exile for a literary man; and his latest visits to its summer schools as a lecturer impressed him with the genuineness of the interest felt there in culture of all kinds.
Norway
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From this reading He kept for Norway the fondness which the man sitting at his own hearth feels for the home of his boyhood.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading New York is a mart and not a capital, in literature as well as in other things, and doubtless he increasingly felt this.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading I know that there came a time when he no longer thought the West must be exile for a literary man; and his latest visits to its summer schools as a lecturer impressed him with the genuineness of the interest felt there in culture of all kinds.
only
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From this reading He spoke of this, with a due sense of what was pathetic as well as what was grotesque in some of its manifestations; and I think that in reconciling himself to our popular crudeness for the sake of our popular earnestness, he completed his naturalization, in the only sense in which our citizenship is worth having.
orconjunctionUS /ɔːr/
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading I do not wish to imply that he forgot his native land, or ceased to love it proudly and tenderly.
other
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From this reading New York is a mart and not a capital, in literature as well as in other things, and doubtless he increasingly felt this.
ourdeterminerUS /ˈaʊər/
belonging to the speaker and others
From this reading He spoke of this, with a due sense of what was pathetic as well as what was grotesque in some of its manifestations; and I think that in reconciling himself to our popular crudeness for the sake of our popular earnestness, he completed his naturalization, in the only sense in which our citizenship is worth having.
own
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From this reading He kept for Norway the fondness which the man sitting at his own hearth feels for the home of his boyhood.
pathetic
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From this reading He spoke of this, with a due sense of what was pathetic as well as what was grotesque in some of its manifestations; and I think that in reconciling himself to our popular crudeness for the sake of our popular earnestness, he completed his naturalization, in the only sense in which our citizenship is worth having.
popular
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From this reading He spoke of this, with a due sense of what was pathetic as well as what was grotesque in some of its manifestations; and I think that in reconciling himself to our popular crudeness for the sake of our popular earnestness, he completed his naturalization, in the only sense in which our citizenship is worth having.
proudly
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From this reading I do not wish to imply that he forgot his native land, or ceased to love it proudly and tenderly.
reconciling
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From this reading He spoke of this, with a due sense of what was pathetic as well as what was grotesque in some of its manifestations; and I think that in reconciling himself to our popular crudeness for the sake of our popular earnestness, he completed his naturalization, in the only sense in which our citizenship is worth having.
sake
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From this reading He spoke of this, with a due sense of what was pathetic as well as what was grotesque in some of its manifestations; and I think that in reconciling himself to our popular crudeness for the sake of our popular earnestness, he completed his naturalization, in the only sense in which our citizenship is worth having.
schools
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From this reading I know that there came a time when he no longer thought the West must be exile for a literary man; and his latest visits to its summer schools as a lecturer impressed him with the genuineness of the interest felt there in culture of all kinds.
sense
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From this reading He spoke of this, with a due sense of what was pathetic as well as what was grotesque in some of its manifestations; and I think that in reconciling himself to our popular crudeness for the sake of our popular earnestness, he completed his naturalization, in the only sense in which our citizenship is worth having.
sitting
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From this reading He kept for Norway the fondness which the man sitting at his own hearth feels for the home of his boyhood.
some
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From this reading He spoke of this, with a due sense of what was pathetic as well as what was grotesque in some of its manifestations; and I think that in reconciling himself to our popular crudeness for the sake of our popular earnestness, he completed his naturalization, in the only sense in which our citizenship is worth having.
spoke
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From this reading He spoke of this, with a due sense of what was pathetic as well as what was grotesque in some of its manifestations; and I think that in reconciling himself to our popular crudeness for the sake of our popular earnestness, he completed his naturalization, in the only sense in which our citizenship is worth having.
summer
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From this reading I know that there came a time when he no longer thought the West must be exile for a literary man; and his latest visits to its summer schools as a lecturer impressed him with the genuineness of the interest felt there in culture of all kinds.
tenderly
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From this reading I do not wish to imply that he forgot his native land, or ceased to love it proudly and tenderly.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading I know that there came a time when he no longer thought the West must be exile for a literary man; and his latest visits to its summer schools as a lecturer impressed him with the genuineness of the interest felt there in culture of all kinds.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading I know that there came a time when he no longer thought the West must be exile for a literary man; and his latest visits to its summer schools as a lecturer impressed him with the genuineness of the interest felt there in culture of all kinds.
there
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From this reading I know that there came a time when he no longer thought the West must be exile for a literary man; and his latest visits to its summer schools as a lecturer impressed him with the genuineness of the interest felt there in culture of all kinds.
things
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From this reading New York is a mart and not a capital, in literature as well as in other things, and doubtless he increasingly felt this.
thinknounUS /think/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading He spoke of this, with a due sense of what was pathetic as well as what was grotesque in some of its manifestations; and I think that in reconciling himself to our popular crudeness for the sake of our popular earnestness, he completed his naturalization, in the only sense in which our citizenship is worth having.
thisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading New York is a mart and not a capital, in literature as well as in other things, and doubtless he increasingly felt this.
thoughtnounUS /thought/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading I know that there came a time when he no longer thought the West must be exile for a literary man; and his latest visits to its summer schools as a lecturer impressed him with the genuineness of the interest felt there in culture of all kinds.
timenounUS /time/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading I know that there came a time when he no longer thought the West must be exile for a literary man; and his latest visits to its summer schools as a lecturer impressed him with the genuineness of the interest felt there in culture of all kinds.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading I know that there came a time when he no longer thought the West must be exile for a literary man; and his latest visits to its summer schools as a lecturer impressed him with the genuineness of the interest felt there in culture of all kinds.
visits
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From this reading I know that there came a time when he no longer thought the West must be exile for a literary man; and his latest visits to its summer schools as a lecturer impressed him with the genuineness of the interest felt there in culture of all kinds.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading He spoke of this, with a due sense of what was pathetic as well as what was grotesque in some of its manifestations; and I think that in reconciling himself to our popular crudeness for the sake of our popular earnestness, he completed his naturalization, in the only sense in which our citizenship is worth having.
well
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From this reading New York is a mart and not a capital, in literature as well as in other things, and doubtless he increasingly felt this.
West
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From this reading I know that there came a time when he no longer thought the West must be exile for a literary man; and his latest visits to its summer schools as a lecturer impressed him with the genuineness of the interest felt there in culture of all kinds.
whatpronounUS /wʌt/
used to ask for information about something
From this reading He spoke of this, with a due sense of what was pathetic as well as what was grotesque in some of its manifestations; and I think that in reconciling himself to our popular crudeness for the sake of our popular earnestness, he completed his naturalization, in the only sense in which our citizenship is worth having.
whenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading I know that there came a time when he no longer thought the West must be exile for a literary man; and his latest visits to its summer schools as a lecturer impressed him with the genuineness of the interest felt there in culture of all kinds.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading He spoke of this, with a due sense of what was pathetic as well as what was grotesque in some of its manifestations; and I think that in reconciling himself to our popular crudeness for the sake of our popular earnestness, he completed his naturalization, in the only sense in which our citizenship is worth having.
wish
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From this reading I do not wish to imply that he forgot his native land, or ceased to love it proudly and tenderly.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading I know that there came a time when he no longer thought the West must be exile for a literary man; and his latest visits to its summer schools as a lecturer impressed him with the genuineness of the interest felt there in culture of all kinds.
worth
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From this reading He spoke of this, with a due sense of what was pathetic as well as what was grotesque in some of its manifestations; and I think that in reconciling himself to our popular crudeness for the sake of our popular earnestness, he completed his naturalization, in the only sense in which our citizenship is worth having.
York
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From this reading New York is a mart and not a capital, in literature as well as in other things, and doubtless he increasingly felt this.
