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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 A Friend at Andover, Mass.--Hezekiah Butterworth--A Few of my Own Folks--Professor Putnam of Dartmouth--One Year at Packer Institute, Brooklyn--Beecher's Face in Prayer--The Poet Saxe as I Saw him--Offered the Use of a Rare Library--Miss Edna Dean Proctor--New Stories of Greeley--Experiences at St. Louis.
accomplish
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From this reading She invited me to her study and wanted to know what I meant to accomplish in life and urged me to write.
Ajar
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From this reading A valuable friend was found in Miss Elizabeth Stuart Phelps, who had just published her _Gates Ajar_.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Next a few months at Andover for music lessons--piano and organ.
Andover
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From this reading A Friend at Andover, Mass.--Hezekiah Butterworth--A Few of my Own Folks--Professor Putnam of Dartmouth--One Year at Packer Institute, Brooklyn--Beecher's Face in Prayer--The Poet Saxe as I Saw him--Offered the Use of a Rare Library--Miss Edna Dean Proctor--New Stories of Greeley--Experiences at St. Louis.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading A Friend at Andover, Mass.--Hezekiah Butterworth--A Few of my Own Folks--Professor Putnam of Dartmouth--One Year at Packer Institute, Brooklyn--Beecher's Face in Prayer--The Poet Saxe as I Saw him--Offered the Use of a Rare Library--Miss Edna Dean Proctor--New Stories of Greeley--Experiences at St. Louis.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading A Friend at Andover, Mass.--Hezekiah Butterworth--A Few of my Own Folks--Professor Putnam of Dartmouth--One Year at Packer Institute, Brooklyn--Beecher's Face in Prayer--The Poet Saxe as I Saw him--Offered the Use of a Rare Library--Miss Edna Dean Proctor--New Stories of Greeley--Experiences at St. Louis.
Beecher's
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From this reading A Friend at Andover, Mass.--Hezekiah Butterworth--A Few of my Own Folks--Professor Putnam of Dartmouth--One Year at Packer Institute, Brooklyn--Beecher's Face in Prayer--The Poet Saxe as I Saw him--Offered the Use of a Rare Library--Miss Edna Dean Proctor--New Stories of Greeley--Experiences at St. Louis.
Brooklyn
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From this reading A Friend at Andover, Mass.--Hezekiah Butterworth--A Few of my Own Folks--Professor Putnam of Dartmouth--One Year at Packer Institute, Brooklyn--Beecher's Face in Prayer--The Poet Saxe as I Saw him--Offered the Use of a Rare Library--Miss Edna Dean Proctor--New Stories of Greeley--Experiences at St. Louis.
Butterworth
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From this reading A Friend at Andover, Mass.--Hezekiah Butterworth--A Few of my Own Folks--Professor Putnam of Dartmouth--One Year at Packer Institute, Brooklyn--Beecher's Face in Prayer--The Poet Saxe as I Saw him--Offered the Use of a Rare Library--Miss Edna Dean Proctor--New Stories of Greeley--Experiences at St. Louis.
called
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From this reading "I have so much work called for now that I cannot keep up my contributions to _The Youth's Companion_.
cannot
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From this reading "I have so much work called for now that I cannot keep up my contributions to _The Youth's Companion_.
Companion
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From this reading "I have so much work called for now that I cannot keep up my contributions to _The Youth's Companion_.
contributions
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From this reading "I have so much work called for now that I cannot keep up my contributions to _The Youth's Companion_.
Dartmouth
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From this reading A Friend at Andover, Mass.--Hezekiah Butterworth--A Few of my Own Folks--Professor Putnam of Dartmouth--One Year at Packer Institute, Brooklyn--Beecher's Face in Prayer--The Poet Saxe as I Saw him--Offered the Use of a Rare Library--Miss Edna Dean Proctor--New Stories of Greeley--Experiences at St. Louis.
Dean
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From this reading A Friend at Andover, Mass.--Hezekiah Butterworth--A Few of my Own Folks--Professor Putnam of Dartmouth--One Year at Packer Institute, Brooklyn--Beecher's Face in Prayer--The Poet Saxe as I Saw him--Offered the Use of a Rare Library--Miss Edna Dean Proctor--New Stories of Greeley--Experiences at St. Louis.
Edna
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From this reading A Friend at Andover, Mass.--Hezekiah Butterworth--A Few of my Own Folks--Professor Putnam of Dartmouth--One Year at Packer Institute, Brooklyn--Beecher's Face in Prayer--The Poet Saxe as I Saw him--Offered the Use of a Rare Library--Miss Edna Dean Proctor--New Stories of Greeley--Experiences at St. Louis.
Elizabeth
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From this reading A valuable friend was found in Miss Elizabeth Stuart Phelps, who had just published her _Gates Ajar_.
Experiences
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From this reading A Friend at Andover, Mass.--Hezekiah Butterworth--A Few of my Own Folks--Professor Putnam of Dartmouth--One Year at Packer Institute, Brooklyn--Beecher's Face in Prayer--The Poet Saxe as I Saw him--Offered the Use of a Rare Library--Miss Edna Dean Proctor--New Stories of Greeley--Experiences at St. Louis.
Face
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From this reading A Friend at Andover, Mass.--Hezekiah Butterworth--A Few of my Own Folks--Professor Putnam of Dartmouth--One Year at Packer Institute, Brooklyn--Beecher's Face in Prayer--The Poet Saxe as I Saw him--Offered the Use of a Rare Library--Miss Edna Dean Proctor--New Stories of Greeley--Experiences at St. Louis.
Few
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From this reading A Friend at Andover, Mass.--Hezekiah Butterworth--A Few of my Own Folks--Professor Putnam of Dartmouth--One Year at Packer Institute, Brooklyn--Beecher's Face in Prayer--The Poet Saxe as I Saw him--Offered the Use of a Rare Library--Miss Edna Dean Proctor--New Stories of Greeley--Experiences at St. Louis.
Folks
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From this reading A Friend at Andover, Mass.--Hezekiah Butterworth--A Few of my Own Folks--Professor Putnam of Dartmouth--One Year at Packer Institute, Brooklyn--Beecher's Face in Prayer--The Poet Saxe as I Saw him--Offered the Use of a Rare Library--Miss Edna Dean Proctor--New Stories of Greeley--Experiences at St. Louis.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading Next a few months at Andover for music lessons--piano and organ.
foundnounUS /found/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading A valuable friend was found in Miss Elizabeth Stuart Phelps, who had just published her _Gates Ajar_.
Friend
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From this reading A Friend at Andover, Mass.--Hezekiah Butterworth--A Few of my Own Folks--Professor Putnam of Dartmouth--One Year at Packer Institute, Brooklyn--Beecher's Face in Prayer--The Poet Saxe as I Saw him--Offered the Use of a Rare Library--Miss Edna Dean Proctor--New Stories of Greeley--Experiences at St. Louis.
Gates
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From this reading A valuable friend was found in Miss Elizabeth Stuart Phelps, who had just published her _Gates Ajar_.
Greeley
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From this reading A Friend at Andover, Mass.--Hezekiah Butterworth--A Few of my Own Folks--Professor Putnam of Dartmouth--One Year at Packer Institute, Brooklyn--Beecher's Face in Prayer--The Poet Saxe as I Saw him--Offered the Use of a Rare Library--Miss Edna Dean Proctor--New Stories of Greeley--Experiences at St. Louis.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading A valuable friend was found in Miss Elizabeth Stuart Phelps, who had just published her _Gates Ajar_.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading "I have so much work called for now that I cannot keep up my contributions to _The Youth's Companion_.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading A valuable friend was found in Miss Elizabeth Stuart Phelps, who had just published her _Gates Ajar_.
Hezekiah
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From this reading A Friend at Andover, Mass.--Hezekiah Butterworth--A Few of my Own Folks--Professor Putnam of Dartmouth--One Year at Packer Institute, Brooklyn--Beecher's Face in Prayer--The Poet Saxe as I Saw him--Offered the Use of a Rare Library--Miss Edna Dean Proctor--New Stories of Greeley--Experiences at St. Louis.
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading A Friend at Andover, Mass.--Hezekiah Butterworth--A Few of my Own Folks--Professor Putnam of Dartmouth--One Year at Packer Institute, Brooklyn--Beecher's Face in Prayer--The Poet Saxe as I Saw him--Offered the Use of a Rare Library--Miss Edna Dean Proctor--New Stories of Greeley--Experiences at St. Louis.
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading A Friend at Andover, Mass.--Hezekiah Butterworth--A Few of my Own Folks--Professor Putnam of Dartmouth--One Year at Packer Institute, Brooklyn--Beecher's Face in Prayer--The Poet Saxe as I Saw him--Offered the Use of a Rare Library--Miss Edna Dean Proctor--New Stories of Greeley--Experiences at St. Louis.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading A Friend at Andover, Mass.--Hezekiah Butterworth--A Few of my Own Folks--Professor Putnam of Dartmouth--One Year at Packer Institute, Brooklyn--Beecher's Face in Prayer--The Poet Saxe as I Saw him--Offered the Use of a Rare Library--Miss Edna Dean Proctor--New Stories of Greeley--Experiences at St. Louis.
Institute
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From this reading A Friend at Andover, Mass.--Hezekiah Butterworth--A Few of my Own Folks--Professor Putnam of Dartmouth--One Year at Packer Institute, Brooklyn--Beecher's Face in Prayer--The Poet Saxe as I Saw him--Offered the Use of a Rare Library--Miss Edna Dean Proctor--New Stories of Greeley--Experiences at St. Louis.
invited
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From this reading She invited me to her study and wanted to know what I meant to accomplish in life and urged me to write.
just
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From this reading A valuable friend was found in Miss Elizabeth Stuart Phelps, who had just published her _Gates Ajar_.
keep
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From this reading "I have so much work called for now that I cannot keep up my contributions to _The Youth's Companion_.
knownounUS /know/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading She invited me to her study and wanted to know what I meant to accomplish in life and urged me to write.
lessons
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From this reading Next a few months at Andover for music lessons--piano and organ.
Library
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From this reading A Friend at Andover, Mass.--Hezekiah Butterworth--A Few of my Own Folks--Professor Putnam of Dartmouth--One Year at Packer Institute, Brooklyn--Beecher's Face in Prayer--The Poet Saxe as I Saw him--Offered the Use of a Rare Library--Miss Edna Dean Proctor--New Stories of Greeley--Experiences at St. Louis.
lifenounUS /life/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading She invited me to her study and wanted to know what I meant to accomplish in life and urged me to write.
Louis
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From this reading A Friend at Andover, Mass.--Hezekiah Butterworth--A Few of my Own Folks--Professor Putnam of Dartmouth--One Year at Packer Institute, Brooklyn--Beecher's Face in Prayer--The Poet Saxe as I Saw him--Offered the Use of a Rare Library--Miss Edna Dean Proctor--New Stories of Greeley--Experiences at St. Louis.
Mass
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From this reading A Friend at Andover, Mass.--Hezekiah Butterworth--A Few of my Own Folks--Professor Putnam of Dartmouth--One Year at Packer Institute, Brooklyn--Beecher's Face in Prayer--The Poet Saxe as I Saw him--Offered the Use of a Rare Library--Miss Edna Dean Proctor--New Stories of Greeley--Experiences at St. Louis.
mepronounUS /miː/
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading She invited me to her study and wanted to know what I meant to accomplish in life and urged me to write.
meant
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From this reading She invited me to her study and wanted to know what I meant to accomplish in life and urged me to write.
Miss
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From this reading A Friend at Andover, Mass.--Hezekiah Butterworth--A Few of my Own Folks--Professor Putnam of Dartmouth--One Year at Packer Institute, Brooklyn--Beecher's Face in Prayer--The Poet Saxe as I Saw him--Offered the Use of a Rare Library--Miss Edna Dean Proctor--New Stories of Greeley--Experiences at St. Louis.
months
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From this reading Next a few months at Andover for music lessons--piano and organ.
much
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From this reading "I have so much work called for now that I cannot keep up my contributions to _The Youth's Companion_.
music
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From this reading Next a few months at Andover for music lessons--piano and organ.
mydeterminerUS /maɪ/
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading A Friend at Andover, Mass.--Hezekiah Butterworth--A Few of my Own Folks--Professor Putnam of Dartmouth--One Year at Packer Institute, Brooklyn--Beecher's Face in Prayer--The Poet Saxe as I Saw him--Offered the Use of a Rare Library--Miss Edna Dean Proctor--New Stories of Greeley--Experiences at St. Louis.
New
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From this reading A Friend at Andover, Mass.--Hezekiah Butterworth--A Few of my Own Folks--Professor Putnam of Dartmouth--One Year at Packer Institute, Brooklyn--Beecher's Face in Prayer--The Poet Saxe as I Saw him--Offered the Use of a Rare Library--Miss Edna Dean Proctor--New Stories of Greeley--Experiences at St. Louis.
NextnounUS /next/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Next a few months at Andover for music lessons--piano and organ.
now
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From this reading "I have so much work called for now that I cannot keep up my contributions to _The Youth's Companion_.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading A Friend at Andover, Mass.--Hezekiah Butterworth--A Few of my Own Folks--Professor Putnam of Dartmouth--One Year at Packer Institute, Brooklyn--Beecher's Face in Prayer--The Poet Saxe as I Saw him--Offered the Use of a Rare Library--Miss Edna Dean Proctor--New Stories of Greeley--Experiences at St. Louis.
Offered
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From this reading A Friend at Andover, Mass.--Hezekiah Butterworth--A Few of my Own Folks--Professor Putnam of Dartmouth--One Year at Packer Institute, Brooklyn--Beecher's Face in Prayer--The Poet Saxe as I Saw him--Offered the Use of a Rare Library--Miss Edna Dean Proctor--New Stories of Greeley--Experiences at St. Louis.
OnepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading A Friend at Andover, Mass.--Hezekiah Butterworth--A Few of my Own Folks--Professor Putnam of Dartmouth--One Year at Packer Institute, Brooklyn--Beecher's Face in Prayer--The Poet Saxe as I Saw him--Offered the Use of a Rare Library--Miss Edna Dean Proctor--New Stories of Greeley--Experiences at St. Louis.
organ
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From this reading Next a few months at Andover for music lessons--piano and organ.
Own
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From this reading A Friend at Andover, Mass.--Hezekiah Butterworth--A Few of my Own Folks--Professor Putnam of Dartmouth--One Year at Packer Institute, Brooklyn--Beecher's Face in Prayer--The Poet Saxe as I Saw him--Offered the Use of a Rare Library--Miss Edna Dean Proctor--New Stories of Greeley--Experiences at St. Louis.
Packer
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From this reading A Friend at Andover, Mass.--Hezekiah Butterworth--A Few of my Own Folks--Professor Putnam of Dartmouth--One Year at Packer Institute, Brooklyn--Beecher's Face in Prayer--The Poet Saxe as I Saw him--Offered the Use of a Rare Library--Miss Edna Dean Proctor--New Stories of Greeley--Experiences at St. Louis.
Phelps
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From this reading A valuable friend was found in Miss Elizabeth Stuart Phelps, who had just published her _Gates Ajar_.
piano
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From this reading Next a few months at Andover for music lessons--piano and organ.
Poet
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From this reading A Friend at Andover, Mass.--Hezekiah Butterworth--A Few of my Own Folks--Professor Putnam of Dartmouth--One Year at Packer Institute, Brooklyn--Beecher's Face in Prayer--The Poet Saxe as I Saw him--Offered the Use of a Rare Library--Miss Edna Dean Proctor--New Stories of Greeley--Experiences at St. Louis.
Prayer
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From this reading A Friend at Andover, Mass.--Hezekiah Butterworth--A Few of my Own Folks--Professor Putnam of Dartmouth--One Year at Packer Institute, Brooklyn--Beecher's Face in Prayer--The Poet Saxe as I Saw him--Offered the Use of a Rare Library--Miss Edna Dean Proctor--New Stories of Greeley--Experiences at St. Louis.
Proctor
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From this reading A Friend at Andover, Mass.--Hezekiah Butterworth--A Few of my Own Folks--Professor Putnam of Dartmouth--One Year at Packer Institute, Brooklyn--Beecher's Face in Prayer--The Poet Saxe as I Saw him--Offered the Use of a Rare Library--Miss Edna Dean Proctor--New Stories of Greeley--Experiences at St. Louis.
Professor
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From this reading A Friend at Andover, Mass.--Hezekiah Butterworth--A Few of my Own Folks--Professor Putnam of Dartmouth--One Year at Packer Institute, Brooklyn--Beecher's Face in Prayer--The Poet Saxe as I Saw him--Offered the Use of a Rare Library--Miss Edna Dean Proctor--New Stories of Greeley--Experiences at St. Louis.
published
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From this reading A valuable friend was found in Miss Elizabeth Stuart Phelps, who had just published her _Gates Ajar_.
Putnam
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From this reading A Friend at Andover, Mass.--Hezekiah Butterworth--A Few of my Own Folks--Professor Putnam of Dartmouth--One Year at Packer Institute, Brooklyn--Beecher's Face in Prayer--The Poet Saxe as I Saw him--Offered the Use of a Rare Library--Miss Edna Dean Proctor--New Stories of Greeley--Experiences at St. Louis.
Rare
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From this reading A Friend at Andover, Mass.--Hezekiah Butterworth--A Few of my Own Folks--Professor Putnam of Dartmouth--One Year at Packer Institute, Brooklyn--Beecher's Face in Prayer--The Poet Saxe as I Saw him--Offered the Use of a Rare Library--Miss Edna Dean Proctor--New Stories of Greeley--Experiences at St. Louis.
Saw
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From this reading A Friend at Andover, Mass.--Hezekiah Butterworth--A Few of my Own Folks--Professor Putnam of Dartmouth--One Year at Packer Institute, Brooklyn--Beecher's Face in Prayer--The Poet Saxe as I Saw him--Offered the Use of a Rare Library--Miss Edna Dean Proctor--New Stories of Greeley--Experiences at St. Louis.
Saxe
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From this reading A Friend at Andover, Mass.--Hezekiah Butterworth--A Few of my Own Folks--Professor Putnam of Dartmouth--One Year at Packer Institute, Brooklyn--Beecher's Face in Prayer--The Poet Saxe as I Saw him--Offered the Use of a Rare Library--Miss Edna Dean Proctor--New Stories of Greeley--Experiences at St. Louis.
ShepronounUS /ʃiː/
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading She invited me to her study and wanted to know what I meant to accomplish in life and urged me to write.
soconjunctionUS /soʊ/
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading "I have so much work called for now that I cannot keep up my contributions to _The Youth's Companion_.
St
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From this reading A Friend at Andover, Mass.--Hezekiah Butterworth--A Few of my Own Folks--Professor Putnam of Dartmouth--One Year at Packer Institute, Brooklyn--Beecher's Face in Prayer--The Poet Saxe as I Saw him--Offered the Use of a Rare Library--Miss Edna Dean Proctor--New Stories of Greeley--Experiences at St. Louis.
Stories
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From this reading A Friend at Andover, Mass.--Hezekiah Butterworth--A Few of my Own Folks--Professor Putnam of Dartmouth--One Year at Packer Institute, Brooklyn--Beecher's Face in Prayer--The Poet Saxe as I Saw him--Offered the Use of a Rare Library--Miss Edna Dean Proctor--New Stories of Greeley--Experiences at St. Louis.
Stuart
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From this reading A valuable friend was found in Miss Elizabeth Stuart Phelps, who had just published her _Gates Ajar_.
study
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From this reading She invited me to her study and wanted to know what I meant to accomplish in life and urged me to write.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading "I have so much work called for now that I cannot keep up my contributions to _The Youth's Companion_.
ThedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading A Friend at Andover, Mass.--Hezekiah Butterworth--A Few of my Own Folks--Professor Putnam of Dartmouth--One Year at Packer Institute, Brooklyn--Beecher's Face in Prayer--The Poet Saxe as I Saw him--Offered the Use of a Rare Library--Miss Edna Dean Proctor--New Stories of Greeley--Experiences at St. Louis.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading She invited me to her study and wanted to know what I meant to accomplish in life and urged me to write.
up
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From this reading "I have so much work called for now that I cannot keep up my contributions to _The Youth's Companion_.
urged
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From this reading She invited me to her study and wanted to know what I meant to accomplish in life and urged me to write.
Use
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From this reading A Friend at Andover, Mass.--Hezekiah Butterworth--A Few of my Own Folks--Professor Putnam of Dartmouth--One Year at Packer Institute, Brooklyn--Beecher's Face in Prayer--The Poet Saxe as I Saw him--Offered the Use of a Rare Library--Miss Edna Dean Proctor--New Stories of Greeley--Experiences at St. Louis.
valuable
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From this reading A valuable friend was found in Miss Elizabeth Stuart Phelps, who had just published her _Gates Ajar_.
wanted
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From this reading She invited me to her study and wanted to know what I meant to accomplish in life and urged me to write.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading A valuable friend was found in Miss Elizabeth Stuart Phelps, who had just published her _Gates Ajar_.
whatpronounUS /wʌt/
used to ask for information about something
From this reading She invited me to her study and wanted to know what I meant to accomplish in life and urged me to write.
whopronounUS /huː/
which person or people
From this reading A valuable friend was found in Miss Elizabeth Stuart Phelps, who had just published her _Gates Ajar_.
work
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From this reading "I have so much work called for now that I cannot keep up my contributions to _The Youth's Companion_.
write
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From this reading She invited me to her study and wanted to know what I meant to accomplish in life and urged me to write.
Year
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From this reading A Friend at Andover, Mass.--Hezekiah Butterworth--A Few of my Own Folks--Professor Putnam of Dartmouth--One Year at Packer Institute, Brooklyn--Beecher's Face in Prayer--The Poet Saxe as I Saw him--Offered the Use of a Rare Library--Miss Edna Dean Proctor--New Stories of Greeley--Experiences at St. Louis.
Youth's
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From this reading "I have so much work called for now that I cannot keep up my contributions to _The Youth's Companion_.
