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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 They were frank acts of truancy in the regions of pure romance; where life, individual and social, is a spectacle to be enjoyed, not a problem of which thinkers compete in devising an explanation.
acquaintances
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From this reading My acquaintances at Vienna were few, but they included Sir Augustus and Lady Paget at the Embassy, whom I had last seen at midnight on the deck of the Dover packet when I was bound for the shores of Cyprus more than a year before.
acts
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From this reading They were frank acts of truancy in the regions of pure romance; where life, individual and social, is a spectacle to be enjoyed, not a problem of which thinkers compete in devising an explanation.
affairs
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From this reading But on returning from Hungary to England the practical affairs of the moment met me again halfway, at Vienna, where for a day or two I broke my journey.
again
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From this reading But on returning from Hungary to England the practical affairs of the moment met me again halfway, at Vienna, where for a day or two I broke my journey.
Ambassadors
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From this reading Ambassadors, if they know their business, are necessarily preoccupied with the present, and when lunching or dining with Sir Augustus it was not possible to forget it.
andeterminerUS /æn/
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading They were frank acts of truancy in the regions of pure romance; where life, individual and social, is a spectacle to be enjoyed, not a problem of which thinkers compete in devising an explanation.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading TWO WORKS ON SOCIAL POLITICS The Second Lord Lytton at Knebworth--"Ouida"--Conservative Torpor as to Social Politics--Two Books: _Labor and the Popular Welfare_ and _Aristocracy and Evolution_--Letters from Herbert Spencer My visit to Cyprus one year, and my visit to Hungary the next, were both of them retreats from the life of political and even philosophical thought.
areauxiliary verbUS /ɑːr/
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading Ambassadors, if they know their business, are necessarily preoccupied with the present, and when lunching or dining with Sir Augustus it was not possible to forget it.
Aristocracy
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From this reading TWO WORKS ON SOCIAL POLITICS The Second Lord Lytton at Knebworth--"Ouida"--Conservative Torpor as to Social Politics--Two Books: _Labor and the Popular Welfare_ and _Aristocracy and Evolution_--Letters from Herbert Spencer My visit to Cyprus one year, and my visit to Hungary the next, were both of them retreats from the life of political and even philosophical thought.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading TWO WORKS ON SOCIAL POLITICS The Second Lord Lytton at Knebworth--"Ouida"--Conservative Torpor as to Social Politics--Two Books: _Labor and the Popular Welfare_ and _Aristocracy and Evolution_--Letters from Herbert Spencer My visit to Cyprus one year, and my visit to Hungary the next, were both of them retreats from the life of political and even philosophical thought.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading TWO WORKS ON SOCIAL POLITICS The Second Lord Lytton at Knebworth--"Ouida"--Conservative Torpor as to Social Politics--Two Books: _Labor and the Popular Welfare_ and _Aristocracy and Evolution_--Letters from Herbert Spencer My visit to Cyprus one year, and my visit to Hungary the next, were both of them retreats from the life of political and even philosophical thought.
Augustus
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From this reading My acquaintances at Vienna were few, but they included Sir Augustus and Lady Paget at the Embassy, whom I had last seen at midnight on the deck of the Dover packet when I was bound for the shores of Cyprus more than a year before.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading They were frank acts of truancy in the regions of pure romance; where life, individual and social, is a spectacle to be enjoyed, not a problem of which thinkers compete in devising an explanation.
beforeprepositionUS /bɪˈfɔːr/
earlier than; in front of
From this reading My acquaintances at Vienna were few, but they included Sir Augustus and Lady Paget at the Embassy, whom I had last seen at midnight on the deck of the Dover packet when I was bound for the shores of Cyprus more than a year before.
BooksnounUS /bʊks/
Bound written or printed works.
From this reading TWO WORKS ON SOCIAL POLITICS The Second Lord Lytton at Knebworth--"Ouida"--Conservative Torpor as to Social Politics--Two Books: _Labor and the Popular Welfare_ and _Aristocracy and Evolution_--Letters from Herbert Spencer My visit to Cyprus one year, and my visit to Hungary the next, were both of them retreats from the life of political and even philosophical thought.
bothdeterminerUS /boʊθ/
the two together, not just one
From this reading TWO WORKS ON SOCIAL POLITICS The Second Lord Lytton at Knebworth--"Ouida"--Conservative Torpor as to Social Politics--Two Books: _Labor and the Popular Welfare_ and _Aristocracy and Evolution_--Letters from Herbert Spencer My visit to Cyprus one year, and my visit to Hungary the next, were both of them retreats from the life of political and even philosophical thought.
bound
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From this reading My acquaintances at Vienna were few, but they included Sir Augustus and Lady Paget at the Embassy, whom I had last seen at midnight on the deck of the Dover packet when I was bound for the shores of Cyprus more than a year before.
broke
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From this reading But on returning from Hungary to England the practical affairs of the moment met me again halfway, at Vienna, where for a day or two I broke my journey.
business
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From this reading Ambassadors, if they know their business, are necessarily preoccupied with the present, and when lunching or dining with Sir Augustus it was not possible to forget it.
ButconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading But on returning from Hungary to England the practical affairs of the moment met me again halfway, at Vienna, where for a day or two I broke my journey.
compete
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From this reading They were frank acts of truancy in the regions of pure romance; where life, individual and social, is a spectacle to be enjoyed, not a problem of which thinkers compete in devising an explanation.
Conservative
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From this reading TWO WORKS ON SOCIAL POLITICS The Second Lord Lytton at Knebworth--"Ouida"--Conservative Torpor as to Social Politics--Two Books: _Labor and the Popular Welfare_ and _Aristocracy and Evolution_--Letters from Herbert Spencer My visit to Cyprus one year, and my visit to Hungary the next, were both of them retreats from the life of political and even philosophical thought.
Cyprus
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From this reading TWO WORKS ON SOCIAL POLITICS The Second Lord Lytton at Knebworth--"Ouida"--Conservative Torpor as to Social Politics--Two Books: _Labor and the Popular Welfare_ and _Aristocracy and Evolution_--Letters from Herbert Spencer My visit to Cyprus one year, and my visit to Hungary the next, were both of them retreats from the life of political and even philosophical thought.
day
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From this reading But on returning from Hungary to England the practical affairs of the moment met me again halfway, at Vienna, where for a day or two I broke my journey.
deck
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From this reading My acquaintances at Vienna were few, but they included Sir Augustus and Lady Paget at the Embassy, whom I had last seen at midnight on the deck of the Dover packet when I was bound for the shores of Cyprus more than a year before.
devising
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From this reading They were frank acts of truancy in the regions of pure romance; where life, individual and social, is a spectacle to be enjoyed, not a problem of which thinkers compete in devising an explanation.
dining
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From this reading Ambassadors, if they know their business, are necessarily preoccupied with the present, and when lunching or dining with Sir Augustus it was not possible to forget it.
Dover
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From this reading My acquaintances at Vienna were few, but they included Sir Augustus and Lady Paget at the Embassy, whom I had last seen at midnight on the deck of the Dover packet when I was bound for the shores of Cyprus more than a year before.
Embassy
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From this reading My acquaintances at Vienna were few, but they included Sir Augustus and Lady Paget at the Embassy, whom I had last seen at midnight on the deck of the Dover packet when I was bound for the shores of Cyprus more than a year before.
England
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From this reading But on returning from Hungary to England the practical affairs of the moment met me again halfway, at Vienna, where for a day or two I broke my journey.
enjoyed
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From this reading They were frank acts of truancy in the regions of pure romance; where life, individual and social, is a spectacle to be enjoyed, not a problem of which thinkers compete in devising an explanation.
even
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From this reading TWO WORKS ON SOCIAL POLITICS The Second Lord Lytton at Knebworth--"Ouida"--Conservative Torpor as to Social Politics--Two Books: _Labor and the Popular Welfare_ and _Aristocracy and Evolution_--Letters from Herbert Spencer My visit to Cyprus one year, and my visit to Hungary the next, were both of them retreats from the life of political and even philosophical thought.
Evolution
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From this reading TWO WORKS ON SOCIAL POLITICS The Second Lord Lytton at Knebworth--"Ouida"--Conservative Torpor as to Social Politics--Two Books: _Labor and the Popular Welfare_ and _Aristocracy and Evolution_--Letters from Herbert Spencer My visit to Cyprus one year, and my visit to Hungary the next, were both of them retreats from the life of political and even philosophical thought.
explanation
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From this reading They were frank acts of truancy in the regions of pure romance; where life, individual and social, is a spectacle to be enjoyed, not a problem of which thinkers compete in devising an explanation.
few
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From this reading My acquaintances at Vienna were few, but they included Sir Augustus and Lady Paget at the Embassy, whom I had last seen at midnight on the deck of the Dover packet when I was bound for the shores of Cyprus more than a year before.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading But on returning from Hungary to England the practical affairs of the moment met me again halfway, at Vienna, where for a day or two I broke my journey.
forget
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From this reading Ambassadors, if they know their business, are necessarily preoccupied with the present, and when lunching or dining with Sir Augustus it was not possible to forget it.
frank
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From this reading They were frank acts of truancy in the regions of pure romance; where life, individual and social, is a spectacle to be enjoyed, not a problem of which thinkers compete in devising an explanation.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading TWO WORKS ON SOCIAL POLITICS The Second Lord Lytton at Knebworth--"Ouida"--Conservative Torpor as to Social Politics--Two Books: _Labor and the Popular Welfare_ and _Aristocracy and Evolution_--Letters from Herbert Spencer My visit to Cyprus one year, and my visit to Hungary the next, were both of them retreats from the life of political and even philosophical thought.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading My acquaintances at Vienna were few, but they included Sir Augustus and Lady Paget at the Embassy, whom I had last seen at midnight on the deck of the Dover packet when I was bound for the shores of Cyprus more than a year before.
halfway
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From this reading But on returning from Hungary to England the practical affairs of the moment met me again halfway, at Vienna, where for a day or two I broke my journey.
Herbert
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From this reading TWO WORKS ON SOCIAL POLITICS The Second Lord Lytton at Knebworth--"Ouida"--Conservative Torpor as to Social Politics--Two Books: _Labor and the Popular Welfare_ and _Aristocracy and Evolution_--Letters from Herbert Spencer My visit to Cyprus one year, and my visit to Hungary the next, were both of them retreats from the life of political and even philosophical thought.
Hungary
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From this reading TWO WORKS ON SOCIAL POLITICS The Second Lord Lytton at Knebworth--"Ouida"--Conservative Torpor as to Social Politics--Two Books: _Labor and the Popular Welfare_ and _Aristocracy and Evolution_--Letters from Herbert Spencer My visit to Cyprus one year, and my visit to Hungary the next, were both of them retreats from the life of political and even philosophical thought.
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading But on returning from Hungary to England the practical affairs of the moment met me again halfway, at Vienna, where for a day or two I broke my journey.
ifconjunctionUS /ɪf/
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading Ambassadors, if they know their business, are necessarily preoccupied with the present, and when lunching or dining with Sir Augustus it was not possible to forget it.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading They were frank acts of truancy in the regions of pure romance; where life, individual and social, is a spectacle to be enjoyed, not a problem of which thinkers compete in devising an explanation.
included
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From this reading My acquaintances at Vienna were few, but they included Sir Augustus and Lady Paget at the Embassy, whom I had last seen at midnight on the deck of the Dover packet when I was bound for the shores of Cyprus more than a year before.
individual
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From this reading They were frank acts of truancy in the regions of pure romance; where life, individual and social, is a spectacle to be enjoyed, not a problem of which thinkers compete in devising an explanation.
isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading They were frank acts of truancy in the regions of pure romance; where life, individual and social, is a spectacle to be enjoyed, not a problem of which thinkers compete in devising an explanation.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading Ambassadors, if they know their business, are necessarily preoccupied with the present, and when lunching or dining with Sir Augustus it was not possible to forget it.
journey
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From this reading But on returning from Hungary to England the practical affairs of the moment met me again halfway, at Vienna, where for a day or two I broke my journey.
Knebworth
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From this reading TWO WORKS ON SOCIAL POLITICS The Second Lord Lytton at Knebworth--"Ouida"--Conservative Torpor as to Social Politics--Two Books: _Labor and the Popular Welfare_ and _Aristocracy and Evolution_--Letters from Herbert Spencer My visit to Cyprus one year, and my visit to Hungary the next, were both of them retreats from the life of political and even philosophical thought.
know
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From this reading Ambassadors, if they know their business, are necessarily preoccupied with the present, and when lunching or dining with Sir Augustus it was not possible to forget it.
Labor
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From this reading TWO WORKS ON SOCIAL POLITICS The Second Lord Lytton at Knebworth--"Ouida"--Conservative Torpor as to Social Politics--Two Books: _Labor and the Popular Welfare_ and _Aristocracy and Evolution_--Letters from Herbert Spencer My visit to Cyprus one year, and my visit to Hungary the next, were both of them retreats from the life of political and even philosophical thought.
Lady
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From this reading My acquaintances at Vienna were few, but they included Sir Augustus and Lady Paget at the Embassy, whom I had last seen at midnight on the deck of the Dover packet when I was bound for the shores of Cyprus more than a year before.
last
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From this reading My acquaintances at Vienna were few, but they included Sir Augustus and Lady Paget at the Embassy, whom I had last seen at midnight on the deck of the Dover packet when I was bound for the shores of Cyprus more than a year before.
Letters
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From this reading TWO WORKS ON SOCIAL POLITICS The Second Lord Lytton at Knebworth--"Ouida"--Conservative Torpor as to Social Politics--Two Books: _Labor and the Popular Welfare_ and _Aristocracy and Evolution_--Letters from Herbert Spencer My visit to Cyprus one year, and my visit to Hungary the next, were both of them retreats from the life of political and even philosophical thought.
life
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From this reading TWO WORKS ON SOCIAL POLITICS The Second Lord Lytton at Knebworth--"Ouida"--Conservative Torpor as to Social Politics--Two Books: _Labor and the Popular Welfare_ and _Aristocracy and Evolution_--Letters from Herbert Spencer My visit to Cyprus one year, and my visit to Hungary the next, were both of them retreats from the life of political and even philosophical thought.
Lord
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From this reading TWO WORKS ON SOCIAL POLITICS The Second Lord Lytton at Knebworth--"Ouida"--Conservative Torpor as to Social Politics--Two Books: _Labor and the Popular Welfare_ and _Aristocracy and Evolution_--Letters from Herbert Spencer My visit to Cyprus one year, and my visit to Hungary the next, were both of them retreats from the life of political and even philosophical thought.
lunching
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From this reading Ambassadors, if they know their business, are necessarily preoccupied with the present, and when lunching or dining with Sir Augustus it was not possible to forget it.
Lytton
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From this reading TWO WORKS ON SOCIAL POLITICS The Second Lord Lytton at Knebworth--"Ouida"--Conservative Torpor as to Social Politics--Two Books: _Labor and the Popular Welfare_ and _Aristocracy and Evolution_--Letters from Herbert Spencer My visit to Cyprus one year, and my visit to Hungary the next, were both of them retreats from the life of political and even philosophical thought.
mepronounUS /miː/
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading But on returning from Hungary to England the practical affairs of the moment met me again halfway, at Vienna, where for a day or two I broke my journey.
met
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From this reading But on returning from Hungary to England the practical affairs of the moment met me again halfway, at Vienna, where for a day or two I broke my journey.
midnight
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From this reading My acquaintances at Vienna were few, but they included Sir Augustus and Lady Paget at the Embassy, whom I had last seen at midnight on the deck of the Dover packet when I was bound for the shores of Cyprus more than a year before.
moment
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From this reading But on returning from Hungary to England the practical affairs of the moment met me again halfway, at Vienna, where for a day or two I broke my journey.
more
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From this reading My acquaintances at Vienna were few, but they included Sir Augustus and Lady Paget at the Embassy, whom I had last seen at midnight on the deck of the Dover packet when I was bound for the shores of Cyprus more than a year before.
MydeterminerUS /maɪ/
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading TWO WORKS ON SOCIAL POLITICS The Second Lord Lytton at Knebworth--"Ouida"--Conservative Torpor as to Social Politics--Two Books: _Labor and the Popular Welfare_ and _Aristocracy and Evolution_--Letters from Herbert Spencer My visit to Cyprus one year, and my visit to Hungary the next, were both of them retreats from the life of political and even philosophical thought.
necessarily
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From this reading Ambassadors, if they know their business, are necessarily preoccupied with the present, and when lunching or dining with Sir Augustus it was not possible to forget it.
next
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From this reading TWO WORKS ON SOCIAL POLITICS The Second Lord Lytton at Knebworth--"Ouida"--Conservative Torpor as to Social Politics--Two Books: _Labor and the Popular Welfare_ and _Aristocracy and Evolution_--Letters from Herbert Spencer My visit to Cyprus one year, and my visit to Hungary the next, were both of them retreats from the life of political and even philosophical thought.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading They were frank acts of truancy in the regions of pure romance; where life, individual and social, is a spectacle to be enjoyed, not a problem of which thinkers compete in devising an explanation.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading TWO WORKS ON SOCIAL POLITICS The Second Lord Lytton at Knebworth--"Ouida"--Conservative Torpor as to Social Politics--Two Books: _Labor and the Popular Welfare_ and _Aristocracy and Evolution_--Letters from Herbert Spencer My visit to Cyprus one year, and my visit to Hungary the next, were both of them retreats from the life of political and even philosophical thought.
ONprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading TWO WORKS ON SOCIAL POLITICS The Second Lord Lytton at Knebworth--"Ouida"--Conservative Torpor as to Social Politics--Two Books: _Labor and the Popular Welfare_ and _Aristocracy and Evolution_--Letters from Herbert Spencer My visit to Cyprus one year, and my visit to Hungary the next, were both of them retreats from the life of political and even philosophical thought.
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading TWO WORKS ON SOCIAL POLITICS The Second Lord Lytton at Knebworth--"Ouida"--Conservative Torpor as to Social Politics--Two Books: _Labor and the Popular Welfare_ and _Aristocracy and Evolution_--Letters from Herbert Spencer My visit to Cyprus one year, and my visit to Hungary the next, were both of them retreats from the life of political and even philosophical thought.
orconjunctionUS /ɔːr/
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading But on returning from Hungary to England the practical affairs of the moment met me again halfway, at Vienna, where for a day or two I broke my journey.
Ouida
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From this reading TWO WORKS ON SOCIAL POLITICS The Second Lord Lytton at Knebworth--"Ouida"--Conservative Torpor as to Social Politics--Two Books: _Labor and the Popular Welfare_ and _Aristocracy and Evolution_--Letters from Herbert Spencer My visit to Cyprus one year, and my visit to Hungary the next, were both of them retreats from the life of political and even philosophical thought.
packet
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From this reading My acquaintances at Vienna were few, but they included Sir Augustus and Lady Paget at the Embassy, whom I had last seen at midnight on the deck of the Dover packet when I was bound for the shores of Cyprus more than a year before.
Paget
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From this reading My acquaintances at Vienna were few, but they included Sir Augustus and Lady Paget at the Embassy, whom I had last seen at midnight on the deck of the Dover packet when I was bound for the shores of Cyprus more than a year before.
philosophical
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From this reading TWO WORKS ON SOCIAL POLITICS The Second Lord Lytton at Knebworth--"Ouida"--Conservative Torpor as to Social Politics--Two Books: _Labor and the Popular Welfare_ and _Aristocracy and Evolution_--Letters from Herbert Spencer My visit to Cyprus one year, and my visit to Hungary the next, were both of them retreats from the life of political and even philosophical thought.
political
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From this reading TWO WORKS ON SOCIAL POLITICS The Second Lord Lytton at Knebworth--"Ouida"--Conservative Torpor as to Social Politics--Two Books: _Labor and the Popular Welfare_ and _Aristocracy and Evolution_--Letters from Herbert Spencer My visit to Cyprus one year, and my visit to Hungary the next, were both of them retreats from the life of political and even philosophical thought.
POLITICS
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Popular
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From this reading TWO WORKS ON SOCIAL POLITICS The Second Lord Lytton at Knebworth--"Ouida"--Conservative Torpor as to Social Politics--Two Books: _Labor and the Popular Welfare_ and _Aristocracy and Evolution_--Letters from Herbert Spencer My visit to Cyprus one year, and my visit to Hungary the next, were both of them retreats from the life of political and even philosophical thought.
possible
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From this reading Ambassadors, if they know their business, are necessarily preoccupied with the present, and when lunching or dining with Sir Augustus it was not possible to forget it.
practical
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From this reading But on returning from Hungary to England the practical affairs of the moment met me again halfway, at Vienna, where for a day or two I broke my journey.
preoccupied
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From this reading Ambassadors, if they know their business, are necessarily preoccupied with the present, and when lunching or dining with Sir Augustus it was not possible to forget it.
present
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From this reading Ambassadors, if they know their business, are necessarily preoccupied with the present, and when lunching or dining with Sir Augustus it was not possible to forget it.
problem
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From this reading They were frank acts of truancy in the regions of pure romance; where life, individual and social, is a spectacle to be enjoyed, not a problem of which thinkers compete in devising an explanation.
pure
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From this reading They were frank acts of truancy in the regions of pure romance; where life, individual and social, is a spectacle to be enjoyed, not a problem of which thinkers compete in devising an explanation.
regions
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From this reading They were frank acts of truancy in the regions of pure romance; where life, individual and social, is a spectacle to be enjoyed, not a problem of which thinkers compete in devising an explanation.
retreats
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From this reading TWO WORKS ON SOCIAL POLITICS The Second Lord Lytton at Knebworth--"Ouida"--Conservative Torpor as to Social Politics--Two Books: _Labor and the Popular Welfare_ and _Aristocracy and Evolution_--Letters from Herbert Spencer My visit to Cyprus one year, and my visit to Hungary the next, were both of them retreats from the life of political and even philosophical thought.
returning
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From this reading But on returning from Hungary to England the practical affairs of the moment met me again halfway, at Vienna, where for a day or two I broke my journey.
romance
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From this reading They were frank acts of truancy in the regions of pure romance; where life, individual and social, is a spectacle to be enjoyed, not a problem of which thinkers compete in devising an explanation.
Second
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From this reading TWO WORKS ON SOCIAL POLITICS The Second Lord Lytton at Knebworth--"Ouida"--Conservative Torpor as to Social Politics--Two Books: _Labor and the Popular Welfare_ and _Aristocracy and Evolution_--Letters from Herbert Spencer My visit to Cyprus one year, and my visit to Hungary the next, were both of them retreats from the life of political and even philosophical thought.
seen
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From this reading My acquaintances at Vienna were few, but they included Sir Augustus and Lady Paget at the Embassy, whom I had last seen at midnight on the deck of the Dover packet when I was bound for the shores of Cyprus more than a year before.
shores
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From this reading My acquaintances at Vienna were few, but they included Sir Augustus and Lady Paget at the Embassy, whom I had last seen at midnight on the deck of the Dover packet when I was bound for the shores of Cyprus more than a year before.
Sir
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From this reading My acquaintances at Vienna were few, but they included Sir Augustus and Lady Paget at the Embassy, whom I had last seen at midnight on the deck of the Dover packet when I was bound for the shores of Cyprus more than a year before.
SOCIAL
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From this reading TWO WORKS ON SOCIAL POLITICS The Second Lord Lytton at Knebworth--"Ouida"--Conservative Torpor as to Social Politics--Two Books: _Labor and the Popular Welfare_ and _Aristocracy and Evolution_--Letters from Herbert Spencer My visit to Cyprus one year, and my visit to Hungary the next, were both of them retreats from the life of political and even philosophical thought.
spectacle
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From this reading They were frank acts of truancy in the regions of pure romance; where life, individual and social, is a spectacle to be enjoyed, not a problem of which thinkers compete in devising an explanation.
Spencer
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From this reading TWO WORKS ON SOCIAL POLITICS The Second Lord Lytton at Knebworth--"Ouida"--Conservative Torpor as to Social Politics--Two Books: _Labor and the Popular Welfare_ and _Aristocracy and Evolution_--Letters from Herbert Spencer My visit to Cyprus one year, and my visit to Hungary the next, were both of them retreats from the life of political and even philosophical thought.
thanconjunctionUS /ðæn/
used to introduce the second part of a comparison
From this reading My acquaintances at Vienna were few, but they included Sir Augustus and Lady Paget at the Embassy, whom I had last seen at midnight on the deck of the Dover packet when I was bound for the shores of Cyprus more than a year before.
ThedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading TWO WORKS ON SOCIAL POLITICS The Second Lord Lytton at Knebworth--"Ouida"--Conservative Torpor as to Social Politics--Two Books: _Labor and the Popular Welfare_ and _Aristocracy and Evolution_--Letters from Herbert Spencer My visit to Cyprus one year, and my visit to Hungary the next, were both of them retreats from the life of political and even philosophical thought.
theirdeterminerUS /ðer/
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading Ambassadors, if they know their business, are necessarily preoccupied with the present, and when lunching or dining with Sir Augustus it was not possible to forget it.
thempronounUS /ðem/
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading TWO WORKS ON SOCIAL POLITICS The Second Lord Lytton at Knebworth--"Ouida"--Conservative Torpor as to Social Politics--Two Books: _Labor and the Popular Welfare_ and _Aristocracy and Evolution_--Letters from Herbert Spencer My visit to Cyprus one year, and my visit to Hungary the next, were both of them retreats from the life of political and even philosophical thought.
TheypronounUS /ðeɪ/
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading They were frank acts of truancy in the regions of pure romance; where life, individual and social, is a spectacle to be enjoyed, not a problem of which thinkers compete in devising an explanation.
thinkers
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From this reading They were frank acts of truancy in the regions of pure romance; where life, individual and social, is a spectacle to be enjoyed, not a problem of which thinkers compete in devising an explanation.
thought
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From this reading TWO WORKS ON SOCIAL POLITICS The Second Lord Lytton at Knebworth--"Ouida"--Conservative Torpor as to Social Politics--Two Books: _Labor and the Popular Welfare_ and _Aristocracy and Evolution_--Letters from Herbert Spencer My visit to Cyprus one year, and my visit to Hungary the next, were both of them retreats from the life of political and even philosophical thought.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading TWO WORKS ON SOCIAL POLITICS The Second Lord Lytton at Knebworth--"Ouida"--Conservative Torpor as to Social Politics--Two Books: _Labor and the Popular Welfare_ and _Aristocracy and Evolution_--Letters from Herbert Spencer My visit to Cyprus one year, and my visit to Hungary the next, were both of them retreats from the life of political and even philosophical thought.
Torpor
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From this reading TWO WORKS ON SOCIAL POLITICS The Second Lord Lytton at Knebworth--"Ouida"--Conservative Torpor as to Social Politics--Two Books: _Labor and the Popular Welfare_ and _Aristocracy and Evolution_--Letters from Herbert Spencer My visit to Cyprus one year, and my visit to Hungary the next, were both of them retreats from the life of political and even philosophical thought.
truancy
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From this reading They were frank acts of truancy in the regions of pure romance; where life, individual and social, is a spectacle to be enjoyed, not a problem of which thinkers compete in devising an explanation.
TWO
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From this reading TWO WORKS ON SOCIAL POLITICS The Second Lord Lytton at Knebworth--"Ouida"--Conservative Torpor as to Social Politics--Two Books: _Labor and the Popular Welfare_ and _Aristocracy and Evolution_--Letters from Herbert Spencer My visit to Cyprus one year, and my visit to Hungary the next, were both of them retreats from the life of political and even philosophical thought.
Vienna
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From this reading But on returning from Hungary to England the practical affairs of the moment met me again halfway, at Vienna, where for a day or two I broke my journey.
visit
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From this reading TWO WORKS ON SOCIAL POLITICS The Second Lord Lytton at Knebworth--"Ouida"--Conservative Torpor as to Social Politics--Two Books: _Labor and the Popular Welfare_ and _Aristocracy and Evolution_--Letters from Herbert Spencer My visit to Cyprus one year, and my visit to Hungary the next, were both of them retreats from the life of political and even philosophical thought.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading My acquaintances at Vienna were few, but they included Sir Augustus and Lady Paget at the Embassy, whom I had last seen at midnight on the deck of the Dover packet when I was bound for the shores of Cyprus more than a year before.
Welfare
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From this reading TWO WORKS ON SOCIAL POLITICS The Second Lord Lytton at Knebworth--"Ouida"--Conservative Torpor as to Social Politics--Two Books: _Labor and the Popular Welfare_ and _Aristocracy and Evolution_--Letters from Herbert Spencer My visit to Cyprus one year, and my visit to Hungary the next, were both of them retreats from the life of political and even philosophical thought.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading TWO WORKS ON SOCIAL POLITICS The Second Lord Lytton at Knebworth--"Ouida"--Conservative Torpor as to Social Politics--Two Books: _Labor and the Popular Welfare_ and _Aristocracy and Evolution_--Letters from Herbert Spencer My visit to Cyprus one year, and my visit to Hungary the next, were both of them retreats from the life of political and even philosophical thought.
whenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading My acquaintances at Vienna were few, but they included Sir Augustus and Lady Paget at the Embassy, whom I had last seen at midnight on the deck of the Dover packet when I was bound for the shores of Cyprus more than a year before.
whereconjunctionUS /wer/
in or at the place that
From this reading They were frank acts of truancy in the regions of pure romance; where life, individual and social, is a spectacle to be enjoyed, not a problem of which thinkers compete in devising an explanation.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading They were frank acts of truancy in the regions of pure romance; where life, individual and social, is a spectacle to be enjoyed, not a problem of which thinkers compete in devising an explanation.
whompronounUS /huːm/
the form of “who” used as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading My acquaintances at Vienna were few, but they included Sir Augustus and Lady Paget at the Embassy, whom I had last seen at midnight on the deck of the Dover packet when I was bound for the shores of Cyprus more than a year before.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading Ambassadors, if they know their business, are necessarily preoccupied with the present, and when lunching or dining with Sir Augustus it was not possible to forget it.
WORKS
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From this reading TWO WORKS ON SOCIAL POLITICS The Second Lord Lytton at Knebworth--"Ouida"--Conservative Torpor as to Social Politics--Two Books: _Labor and the Popular Welfare_ and _Aristocracy and Evolution_--Letters from Herbert Spencer My visit to Cyprus one year, and my visit to Hungary the next, were both of them retreats from the life of political and even philosophical thought.
year
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From this reading TWO WORKS ON SOCIAL POLITICS The Second Lord Lytton at Knebworth--"Ouida"--Conservative Torpor as to Social Politics--Two Books: _Labor and the Popular Welfare_ and _Aristocracy and Evolution_--Letters from Herbert Spencer My visit to Cyprus one year, and my visit to Hungary the next, were both of them retreats from the life of political and even philosophical thought.
