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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 Edinburgh: T. and A. CONSTABLE, Printers to His Majesty EDEN PLACE was a short street running at right angles with Eden Square, a most unattractive and infertile triangle of ground in a most unattractive but respectable quarter of a large city.
air
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From this reading As to its being called ‘Eden,’ the origin of that qualifying word is enveloped in mystery; but it is likely that the enthusiastic persons who projected it saw visions and dreamed dreams of green benches under umbrageous trees, of a green wire fence, ever green, and of plots of blossoming flowers filling the grateful air with unaccustomed fragrance.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Edinburgh: T. and A. CONSTABLE, Printers to His Majesty EDEN PLACE was a short street running at right angles with Eden Square, a most unattractive and infertile triangle of ground in a most unattractive but respectable quarter of a large city.
angles
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From this reading Edinburgh: T. and A. CONSTABLE, Printers to His Majesty EDEN PLACE was a short street running at right angles with Eden Square, a most unattractive and infertile triangle of ground in a most unattractive but respectable quarter of a large city.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading It was called a square, not so much, probably, because it was triangular in shape, as because it was hardly large enough to be designated as a park.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading Edinburgh: T. and A. CONSTABLE, Printers to His Majesty EDEN PLACE was a short street running at right angles with Eden Square, a most unattractive and infertile triangle of ground in a most unattractive but respectable quarter of a large city.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading It was called a square, not so much, probably, because it was triangular in shape, as because it was hardly large enough to be designated as a park.
becauseconjunctionUS /bɪˈkɔːz/
for the reason that
From this reading It was called a square, not so much, probably, because it was triangular in shape, as because it was hardly large enough to be designated as a park.
beingauxiliary verbUS /ˈbiːɪŋ/
the -ing form of “be”
From this reading As to its being called ‘Eden,’ the origin of that qualifying word is enveloped in mystery; but it is likely that the enthusiastic persons who projected it saw visions and dreamed dreams of green benches under umbrageous trees, of a green wire fence, ever green, and of plots of blossoming flowers filling the grateful air with unaccustomed fragrance.
benches
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From this reading As to its being called ‘Eden,’ the origin of that qualifying word is enveloped in mystery; but it is likely that the enthusiastic persons who projected it saw visions and dreamed dreams of green benches under umbrageous trees, of a green wire fence, ever green, and of plots of blossoming flowers filling the grateful air with unaccustomed fragrance.
blossoming
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From this reading As to its being called ‘Eden,’ the origin of that qualifying word is enveloped in mystery; but it is likely that the enthusiastic persons who projected it saw visions and dreamed dreams of green benches under umbrageous trees, of a green wire fence, ever green, and of plots of blossoming flowers filling the grateful air with unaccustomed fragrance.
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading Edinburgh: T. and A. CONSTABLE, Printers to His Majesty EDEN PLACE was a short street running at right angles with Eden Square, a most unattractive and infertile triangle of ground in a most unattractive but respectable quarter of a large city.
called
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From this reading It was called a square, not so much, probably, because it was triangular in shape, as because it was hardly large enough to be designated as a park.
city
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From this reading Edinburgh: T. and A. CONSTABLE, Printers to His Majesty EDEN PLACE was a short street running at right angles with Eden Square, a most unattractive and infertile triangle of ground in a most unattractive but respectable quarter of a large city.
CONSTABLE
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From this reading Edinburgh: T. and A. CONSTABLE, Printers to His Majesty EDEN PLACE was a short street running at right angles with Eden Square, a most unattractive and infertile triangle of ground in a most unattractive but respectable quarter of a large city.
designated
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From this reading It was called a square, not so much, probably, because it was triangular in shape, as because it was hardly large enough to be designated as a park.
dreamed
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From this reading As to its being called ‘Eden,’ the origin of that qualifying word is enveloped in mystery; but it is likely that the enthusiastic persons who projected it saw visions and dreamed dreams of green benches under umbrageous trees, of a green wire fence, ever green, and of plots of blossoming flowers filling the grateful air with unaccustomed fragrance.
dreams
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From this reading As to its being called ‘Eden,’ the origin of that qualifying word is enveloped in mystery; but it is likely that the enthusiastic persons who projected it saw visions and dreamed dreams of green benches under umbrageous trees, of a green wire fence, ever green, and of plots of blossoming flowers filling the grateful air with unaccustomed fragrance.
EDEN
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From this reading Edinburgh: T. and A. CONSTABLE, Printers to His Majesty EDEN PLACE was a short street running at right angles with Eden Square, a most unattractive and infertile triangle of ground in a most unattractive but respectable quarter of a large city.
Edinburgh
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From this reading Edinburgh: T. and A. CONSTABLE, Printers to His Majesty EDEN PLACE was a short street running at right angles with Eden Square, a most unattractive and infertile triangle of ground in a most unattractive but respectable quarter of a large city.
enough
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From this reading It was called a square, not so much, probably, because it was triangular in shape, as because it was hardly large enough to be designated as a park.
enthusiastic
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From this reading As to its being called ‘Eden,’ the origin of that qualifying word is enveloped in mystery; but it is likely that the enthusiastic persons who projected it saw visions and dreamed dreams of green benches under umbrageous trees, of a green wire fence, ever green, and of plots of blossoming flowers filling the grateful air with unaccustomed fragrance.
enveloped
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From this reading As to its being called ‘Eden,’ the origin of that qualifying word is enveloped in mystery; but it is likely that the enthusiastic persons who projected it saw visions and dreamed dreams of green benches under umbrageous trees, of a green wire fence, ever green, and of plots of blossoming flowers filling the grateful air with unaccustomed fragrance.
eternal-womanly
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From this reading The eternal-womanly Ever leadeth us on.
EvernounUS /ever/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The eternal-womanly Ever leadeth us on.
Faust
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From this reading GOETHE’S _Faust_.
fence
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From this reading As to its being called ‘Eden,’ the origin of that qualifying word is enveloped in mystery; but it is likely that the enthusiastic persons who projected it saw visions and dreamed dreams of green benches under umbrageous trees, of a green wire fence, ever green, and of plots of blossoming flowers filling the grateful air with unaccustomed fragrance.
filling
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From this reading As to its being called ‘Eden,’ the origin of that qualifying word is enveloped in mystery; but it is likely that the enthusiastic persons who projected it saw visions and dreamed dreams of green benches under umbrageous trees, of a green wire fence, ever green, and of plots of blossoming flowers filling the grateful air with unaccustomed fragrance.
flowers
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From this reading As to its being called ‘Eden,’ the origin of that qualifying word is enveloped in mystery; but it is likely that the enthusiastic persons who projected it saw visions and dreamed dreams of green benches under umbrageous trees, of a green wire fence, ever green, and of plots of blossoming flowers filling the grateful air with unaccustomed fragrance.
fragrance
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From this reading As to its being called ‘Eden,’ the origin of that qualifying word is enveloped in mystery; but it is likely that the enthusiastic persons who projected it saw visions and dreamed dreams of green benches under umbrageous trees, of a green wire fence, ever green, and of plots of blossoming flowers filling the grateful air with unaccustomed fragrance.
GOETHE'S
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From this reading GOETHE’S _Faust_.
grateful
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From this reading As to its being called ‘Eden,’ the origin of that qualifying word is enveloped in mystery; but it is likely that the enthusiastic persons who projected it saw visions and dreamed dreams of green benches under umbrageous trees, of a green wire fence, ever green, and of plots of blossoming flowers filling the grateful air with unaccustomed fragrance.
green
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From this reading As to its being called ‘Eden,’ the origin of that qualifying word is enveloped in mystery; but it is likely that the enthusiastic persons who projected it saw visions and dreamed dreams of green benches under umbrageous trees, of a green wire fence, ever green, and of plots of blossoming flowers filling the grateful air with unaccustomed fragrance.
ground
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From this reading Edinburgh: T. and A. CONSTABLE, Printers to His Majesty EDEN PLACE was a short street running at right angles with Eden Square, a most unattractive and infertile triangle of ground in a most unattractive but respectable quarter of a large city.
hardly
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From this reading It was called a square, not so much, probably, because it was triangular in shape, as because it was hardly large enough to be designated as a park.
HisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Edinburgh: T. and A. CONSTABLE, Printers to His Majesty EDEN PLACE was a short street running at right angles with Eden Square, a most unattractive and infertile triangle of ground in a most unattractive but respectable quarter of a large city.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Edinburgh: T. and A. CONSTABLE, Printers to His Majesty EDEN PLACE was a short street running at right angles with Eden Square, a most unattractive and infertile triangle of ground in a most unattractive but respectable quarter of a large city.
infertile
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From this reading Edinburgh: T. and A. CONSTABLE, Printers to His Majesty EDEN PLACE was a short street running at right angles with Eden Square, a most unattractive and infertile triangle of ground in a most unattractive but respectable quarter of a large city.
isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading As to its being called ‘Eden,’ the origin of that qualifying word is enveloped in mystery; but it is likely that the enthusiastic persons who projected it saw visions and dreamed dreams of green benches under umbrageous trees, of a green wire fence, ever green, and of plots of blossoming flowers filling the grateful air with unaccustomed fragrance.
ItpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It was called a square, not so much, probably, because it was triangular in shape, as because it was hardly large enough to be designated as a park.
itsdeterminerUS /ɪts/
belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned
From this reading As to its being called ‘Eden,’ the origin of that qualifying word is enveloped in mystery; but it is likely that the enthusiastic persons who projected it saw visions and dreamed dreams of green benches under umbrageous trees, of a green wire fence, ever green, and of plots of blossoming flowers filling the grateful air with unaccustomed fragrance.
large
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From this reading Edinburgh: T. and A. CONSTABLE, Printers to His Majesty EDEN PLACE was a short street running at right angles with Eden Square, a most unattractive and infertile triangle of ground in a most unattractive but respectable quarter of a large city.
leadeth
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From this reading The eternal-womanly Ever leadeth us on.
likely
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From this reading As to its being called ‘Eden,’ the origin of that qualifying word is enveloped in mystery; but it is likely that the enthusiastic persons who projected it saw visions and dreamed dreams of green benches under umbrageous trees, of a green wire fence, ever green, and of plots of blossoming flowers filling the grateful air with unaccustomed fragrance.
Majesty
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From this reading Edinburgh: T. and A. CONSTABLE, Printers to His Majesty EDEN PLACE was a short street running at right angles with Eden Square, a most unattractive and infertile triangle of ground in a most unattractive but respectable quarter of a large city.
most
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From this reading Edinburgh: T. and A. CONSTABLE, Printers to His Majesty EDEN PLACE was a short street running at right angles with Eden Square, a most unattractive and infertile triangle of ground in a most unattractive but respectable quarter of a large city.
much
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From this reading It was called a square, not so much, probably, because it was triangular in shape, as because it was hardly large enough to be designated as a park.
mystery
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From this reading As to its being called ‘Eden,’ the origin of that qualifying word is enveloped in mystery; but it is likely that the enthusiastic persons who projected it saw visions and dreamed dreams of green benches under umbrageous trees, of a green wire fence, ever green, and of plots of blossoming flowers filling the grateful air with unaccustomed fragrance.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading It was called a square, not so much, probably, because it was triangular in shape, as because it was hardly large enough to be designated as a park.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Edinburgh: T. and A. CONSTABLE, Printers to His Majesty EDEN PLACE was a short street running at right angles with Eden Square, a most unattractive and infertile triangle of ground in a most unattractive but respectable quarter of a large city.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading The eternal-womanly Ever leadeth us on.
origin
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From this reading As to its being called ‘Eden,’ the origin of that qualifying word is enveloped in mystery; but it is likely that the enthusiastic persons who projected it saw visions and dreamed dreams of green benches under umbrageous trees, of a green wire fence, ever green, and of plots of blossoming flowers filling the grateful air with unaccustomed fragrance.
park
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From this reading It was called a square, not so much, probably, because it was triangular in shape, as because it was hardly large enough to be designated as a park.
persons
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From this reading As to its being called ‘Eden,’ the origin of that qualifying word is enveloped in mystery; but it is likely that the enthusiastic persons who projected it saw visions and dreamed dreams of green benches under umbrageous trees, of a green wire fence, ever green, and of plots of blossoming flowers filling the grateful air with unaccustomed fragrance.
PLACE
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From this reading Edinburgh: T. and A. CONSTABLE, Printers to His Majesty EDEN PLACE was a short street running at right angles with Eden Square, a most unattractive and infertile triangle of ground in a most unattractive but respectable quarter of a large city.
plots
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From this reading As to its being called ‘Eden,’ the origin of that qualifying word is enveloped in mystery; but it is likely that the enthusiastic persons who projected it saw visions and dreamed dreams of green benches under umbrageous trees, of a green wire fence, ever green, and of plots of blossoming flowers filling the grateful air with unaccustomed fragrance.
Printers
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From this reading Edinburgh: T. and A. CONSTABLE, Printers to His Majesty EDEN PLACE was a short street running at right angles with Eden Square, a most unattractive and infertile triangle of ground in a most unattractive but respectable quarter of a large city.
probably
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From this reading It was called a square, not so much, probably, because it was triangular in shape, as because it was hardly large enough to be designated as a park.
projected
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From this reading As to its being called ‘Eden,’ the origin of that qualifying word is enveloped in mystery; but it is likely that the enthusiastic persons who projected it saw visions and dreamed dreams of green benches under umbrageous trees, of a green wire fence, ever green, and of plots of blossoming flowers filling the grateful air with unaccustomed fragrance.
qualifying
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From this reading As to its being called ‘Eden,’ the origin of that qualifying word is enveloped in mystery; but it is likely that the enthusiastic persons who projected it saw visions and dreamed dreams of green benches under umbrageous trees, of a green wire fence, ever green, and of plots of blossoming flowers filling the grateful air with unaccustomed fragrance.
quarter
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From this reading Edinburgh: T. and A. CONSTABLE, Printers to His Majesty EDEN PLACE was a short street running at right angles with Eden Square, a most unattractive and infertile triangle of ground in a most unattractive but respectable quarter of a large city.
respectable
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From this reading Edinburgh: T. and A. CONSTABLE, Printers to His Majesty EDEN PLACE was a short street running at right angles with Eden Square, a most unattractive and infertile triangle of ground in a most unattractive but respectable quarter of a large city.
rightnounUS /right/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Edinburgh: T. and A. CONSTABLE, Printers to His Majesty EDEN PLACE was a short street running at right angles with Eden Square, a most unattractive and infertile triangle of ground in a most unattractive but respectable quarter of a large city.
runningnounUS /ˈrunning/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading Edinburgh: T. and A. CONSTABLE, Printers to His Majesty EDEN PLACE was a short street running at right angles with Eden Square, a most unattractive and infertile triangle of ground in a most unattractive but respectable quarter of a large city.
saw
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From this reading As to its being called ‘Eden,’ the origin of that qualifying word is enveloped in mystery; but it is likely that the enthusiastic persons who projected it saw visions and dreamed dreams of green benches under umbrageous trees, of a green wire fence, ever green, and of plots of blossoming flowers filling the grateful air with unaccustomed fragrance.
shape
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From this reading It was called a square, not so much, probably, because it was triangular in shape, as because it was hardly large enough to be designated as a park.
shortadjectiveUS /ʃɔrt/
brief or direct in expression
From this reading Edinburgh: T. and A. CONSTABLE, Printers to His Majesty EDEN PLACE was a short street running at right angles with Eden Square, a most unattractive and infertile triangle of ground in a most unattractive but respectable quarter of a large city.
soconjunctionUS /soʊ/
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading It was called a square, not so much, probably, because it was triangular in shape, as because it was hardly large enough to be designated as a park.
Square
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From this reading Edinburgh: T. and A. CONSTABLE, Printers to His Majesty EDEN PLACE was a short street running at right angles with Eden Square, a most unattractive and infertile triangle of ground in a most unattractive but respectable quarter of a large city.
street
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From this reading Edinburgh: T. and A. CONSTABLE, Printers to His Majesty EDEN PLACE was a short street running at right angles with Eden Square, a most unattractive and infertile triangle of ground in a most unattractive but respectable quarter of a large city.
T
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From this reading Edinburgh: T. and A. CONSTABLE, Printers to His Majesty EDEN PLACE was a short street running at right angles with Eden Square, a most unattractive and infertile triangle of ground in a most unattractive but respectable quarter of a large city.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading As to its being called ‘Eden,’ the origin of that qualifying word is enveloped in mystery; but it is likely that the enthusiastic persons who projected it saw visions and dreamed dreams of green benches under umbrageous trees, of a green wire fence, ever green, and of plots of blossoming flowers filling the grateful air with unaccustomed fragrance.
ThedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The eternal-womanly Ever leadeth us on.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Edinburgh: T. and A. CONSTABLE, Printers to His Majesty EDEN PLACE was a short street running at right angles with Eden Square, a most unattractive and infertile triangle of ground in a most unattractive but respectable quarter of a large city.
trees
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From this reading As to its being called ‘Eden,’ the origin of that qualifying word is enveloped in mystery; but it is likely that the enthusiastic persons who projected it saw visions and dreamed dreams of green benches under umbrageous trees, of a green wire fence, ever green, and of plots of blossoming flowers filling the grateful air with unaccustomed fragrance.
triangle
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From this reading Edinburgh: T. and A. CONSTABLE, Printers to His Majesty EDEN PLACE was a short street running at right angles with Eden Square, a most unattractive and infertile triangle of ground in a most unattractive but respectable quarter of a large city.
triangular
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From this reading It was called a square, not so much, probably, because it was triangular in shape, as because it was hardly large enough to be designated as a park.
umbrageous
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From this reading As to its being called ‘Eden,’ the origin of that qualifying word is enveloped in mystery; but it is likely that the enthusiastic persons who projected it saw visions and dreamed dreams of green benches under umbrageous trees, of a green wire fence, ever green, and of plots of blossoming flowers filling the grateful air with unaccustomed fragrance.
unaccustomed
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From this reading As to its being called ‘Eden,’ the origin of that qualifying word is enveloped in mystery; but it is likely that the enthusiastic persons who projected it saw visions and dreamed dreams of green benches under umbrageous trees, of a green wire fence, ever green, and of plots of blossoming flowers filling the grateful air with unaccustomed fragrance.
unattractive
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From this reading Edinburgh: T. and A. CONSTABLE, Printers to His Majesty EDEN PLACE was a short street running at right angles with Eden Square, a most unattractive and infertile triangle of ground in a most unattractive but respectable quarter of a large city.
underprepositionUS /ˈʌndər/
below or beneath something; less than
From this reading As to its being called ‘Eden,’ the origin of that qualifying word is enveloped in mystery; but it is likely that the enthusiastic persons who projected it saw visions and dreamed dreams of green benches under umbrageous trees, of a green wire fence, ever green, and of plots of blossoming flowers filling the grateful air with unaccustomed fragrance.
uspronounUS /ʌs/
the speaker and others, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading The eternal-womanly Ever leadeth us on.
visions
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From this reading As to its being called ‘Eden,’ the origin of that qualifying word is enveloped in mystery; but it is likely that the enthusiastic persons who projected it saw visions and dreamed dreams of green benches under umbrageous trees, of a green wire fence, ever green, and of plots of blossoming flowers filling the grateful air with unaccustomed fragrance.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Edinburgh: T. and A. CONSTABLE, Printers to His Majesty EDEN PLACE was a short street running at right angles with Eden Square, a most unattractive and infertile triangle of ground in a most unattractive but respectable quarter of a large city.
whopronounUS /huː/
which person or people
From this reading As to its being called ‘Eden,’ the origin of that qualifying word is enveloped in mystery; but it is likely that the enthusiastic persons who projected it saw visions and dreamed dreams of green benches under umbrageous trees, of a green wire fence, ever green, and of plots of blossoming flowers filling the grateful air with unaccustomed fragrance.
wire
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From this reading As to its being called ‘Eden,’ the origin of that qualifying word is enveloped in mystery; but it is likely that the enthusiastic persons who projected it saw visions and dreamed dreams of green benches under umbrageous trees, of a green wire fence, ever green, and of plots of blossoming flowers filling the grateful air with unaccustomed fragrance.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading Edinburgh: T. and A. CONSTABLE, Printers to His Majesty EDEN PLACE was a short street running at right angles with Eden Square, a most unattractive and infertile triangle of ground in a most unattractive but respectable quarter of a large city.
word
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From this reading As to its being called ‘Eden,’ the origin of that qualifying word is enveloped in mystery; but it is likely that the enthusiastic persons who projected it saw visions and dreamed dreams of green benches under umbrageous trees, of a green wire fence, ever green, and of plots of blossoming flowers filling the grateful air with unaccustomed fragrance.
