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acknowledge
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From this reading In certain moments of exaltation she rose to such heights of impersonal passion as to acknowledge fully, generously, the claims of youth and health--admitting that she and Marshall Haney were the offenders and not the young lovers, whose desire for happiness was but an irresistible manifestation of the mystic force which binds the generations together.
admitting
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From this reading In certain moments of exaltation she rose to such heights of impersonal passion as to acknowledge fully, generously, the claims of youth and health--admitting that she and Marshall Haney were the offenders and not the young lovers, whose desire for happiness was but an irresistible manifestation of the mystic force which binds the generations together.
ALICE
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From this reading ALICE VISITS HANEY Alice Heath was dying of something far subtler than "the White Death," to which Haney so often referred.
all
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From this reading Tortured by Ben's studied tenderness when at her side, she suffered doubly when he was away, knowing all too well that his keenest pleasure now lay in Bertha's companionship.
andeterminerUS /æn/
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading In certain moments of exaltation she rose to such heights of impersonal passion as to acknowledge fully, generously, the claims of youth and health--admitting that she and Marshall Haney were the offenders and not the young lovers, whose desire for happiness was but an irresistible manifestation of the mystic force which binds the generations together.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading In certain moments of exaltation she rose to such heights of impersonal passion as to acknowledge fully, generously, the claims of youth and health--admitting that she and Marshall Haney were the offenders and not the young lovers, whose desire for happiness was but an irresistible manifestation of the mystic force which binds the generations together.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading In certain moments of exaltation she rose to such heights of impersonal passion as to acknowledge fully, generously, the claims of youth and health--admitting that she and Marshall Haney were the offenders and not the young lovers, whose desire for happiness was but an irresistible manifestation of the mystic force which binds the generations together.
askednounUS /asked/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading "Why do we not quietly take ourselves off and make them happy?" she asked herself.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading Tortured by Ben's studied tenderness when at her side, she suffered doubly when he was away, knowing all too well that his keenest pleasure now lay in Bertha's companionship.
away
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From this reading Tortured by Ben's studied tenderness when at her side, she suffered doubly when he was away, knowing all too well that his keenest pleasure now lay in Bertha's companionship.
Ben's
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From this reading Tortured by Ben's studied tenderness when at her side, she suffered doubly when he was away, knowing all too well that his keenest pleasure now lay in Bertha's companionship.
Bertha's
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From this reading Tortured by Ben's studied tenderness when at her side, she suffered doubly when he was away, knowing all too well that his keenest pleasure now lay in Bertha's companionship.
binds
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From this reading In certain moments of exaltation she rose to such heights of impersonal passion as to acknowledge fully, generously, the claims of youth and health--admitting that she and Marshall Haney were the offenders and not the young lovers, whose desire for happiness was but an irresistible manifestation of the mystic force which binds the generations together.
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading In certain moments of exaltation she rose to such heights of impersonal passion as to acknowledge fully, generously, the claims of youth and health--admitting that she and Marshall Haney were the offenders and not the young lovers, whose desire for happiness was but an irresistible manifestation of the mystic force which binds the generations together.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading Tortured by Ben's studied tenderness when at her side, she suffered doubly when he was away, knowing all too well that his keenest pleasure now lay in Bertha's companionship.
certain
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From this reading In certain moments of exaltation she rose to such heights of impersonal passion as to acknowledge fully, generously, the claims of youth and health--admitting that she and Marshall Haney were the offenders and not the young lovers, whose desire for happiness was but an irresistible manifestation of the mystic force which binds the generations together.
claims
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From this reading In certain moments of exaltation she rose to such heights of impersonal passion as to acknowledge fully, generously, the claims of youth and health--admitting that she and Marshall Haney were the offenders and not the young lovers, whose desire for happiness was but an irresistible manifestation of the mystic force which binds the generations together.
companionship
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From this reading Tortured by Ben's studied tenderness when at her side, she suffered doubly when he was away, knowing all too well that his keenest pleasure now lay in Bertha's companionship.
darkened
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From this reading Her doubt darkened into despair.
Death
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From this reading ALICE VISITS HANEY Alice Heath was dying of something far subtler than "the White Death," to which Haney so often referred.
desire
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From this reading In certain moments of exaltation she rose to such heights of impersonal passion as to acknowledge fully, generously, the claims of youth and health--admitting that she and Marshall Haney were the offenders and not the young lovers, whose desire for happiness was but an irresistible manifestation of the mystic force which binds the generations together.
despair
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From this reading Her doubt darkened into despair.
doauxiliary verbUS /duː/
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading "Why do we not quietly take ourselves off and make them happy?" she asked herself.
doubly
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From this reading Tortured by Ben's studied tenderness when at her side, she suffered doubly when he was away, knowing all too well that his keenest pleasure now lay in Bertha's companionship.
doubt
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From this reading Her doubt darkened into despair.
dying
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From this reading ALICE VISITS HANEY Alice Heath was dying of something far subtler than "the White Death," to which Haney so often referred.
exaltation
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From this reading In certain moments of exaltation she rose to such heights of impersonal passion as to acknowledge fully, generously, the claims of youth and health--admitting that she and Marshall Haney were the offenders and not the young lovers, whose desire for happiness was but an irresistible manifestation of the mystic force which binds the generations together.
far
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From this reading ALICE VISITS HANEY Alice Heath was dying of something far subtler than "the White Death," to which Haney so often referred.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading In certain moments of exaltation she rose to such heights of impersonal passion as to acknowledge fully, generously, the claims of youth and health--admitting that she and Marshall Haney were the offenders and not the young lovers, whose desire for happiness was but an irresistible manifestation of the mystic force which binds the generations together.
force
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From this reading In certain moments of exaltation she rose to such heights of impersonal passion as to acknowledge fully, generously, the claims of youth and health--admitting that she and Marshall Haney were the offenders and not the young lovers, whose desire for happiness was but an irresistible manifestation of the mystic force which binds the generations together.
fully
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From this reading In certain moments of exaltation she rose to such heights of impersonal passion as to acknowledge fully, generously, the claims of youth and health--admitting that she and Marshall Haney were the offenders and not the young lovers, whose desire for happiness was but an irresistible manifestation of the mystic force which binds the generations together.
generations
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From this reading In certain moments of exaltation she rose to such heights of impersonal passion as to acknowledge fully, generously, the claims of youth and health--admitting that she and Marshall Haney were the offenders and not the young lovers, whose desire for happiness was but an irresistible manifestation of the mystic force which binds the generations together.
generously
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From this reading In certain moments of exaltation she rose to such heights of impersonal passion as to acknowledge fully, generously, the claims of youth and health--admitting that she and Marshall Haney were the offenders and not the young lovers, whose desire for happiness was but an irresistible manifestation of the mystic force which binds the generations together.
HANEY
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From this reading ALICE VISITS HANEY Alice Heath was dying of something far subtler than "the White Death," to which Haney so often referred.
happiness
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From this reading In certain moments of exaltation she rose to such heights of impersonal passion as to acknowledge fully, generously, the claims of youth and health--admitting that she and Marshall Haney were the offenders and not the young lovers, whose desire for happiness was but an irresistible manifestation of the mystic force which binds the generations together.
happy
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From this reading "Why do we not quietly take ourselves off and make them happy?" she asked herself.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Tortured by Ben's studied tenderness when at her side, she suffered doubly when he was away, knowing all too well that his keenest pleasure now lay in Bertha's companionship.
health
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From this reading In certain moments of exaltation she rose to such heights of impersonal passion as to acknowledge fully, generously, the claims of youth and health--admitting that she and Marshall Haney were the offenders and not the young lovers, whose desire for happiness was but an irresistible manifestation of the mystic force which binds the generations together.
HeathnounUS /hiːθ/
open uncultivated land covered with low plants
From this reading ALICE VISITS HANEY Alice Heath was dying of something far subtler than "the White Death," to which Haney so often referred.
heights
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From this reading In certain moments of exaltation she rose to such heights of impersonal passion as to acknowledge fully, generously, the claims of youth and health--admitting that she and Marshall Haney were the offenders and not the young lovers, whose desire for happiness was but an irresistible manifestation of the mystic force which binds the generations together.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading Tortured by Ben's studied tenderness when at her side, she suffered doubly when he was away, knowing all too well that his keenest pleasure now lay in Bertha's companionship.
herselfpronounUS /hərˈself/
used when the woman or girl doing the action is also its object
From this reading "Why do we not quietly take ourselves off and make them happy?" she asked herself.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Tortured by Ben's studied tenderness when at her side, she suffered doubly when he was away, knowing all too well that his keenest pleasure now lay in Bertha's companionship.
impersonal
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From this reading In certain moments of exaltation she rose to such heights of impersonal passion as to acknowledge fully, generously, the claims of youth and health--admitting that she and Marshall Haney were the offenders and not the young lovers, whose desire for happiness was but an irresistible manifestation of the mystic force which binds the generations together.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Tortured by Ben's studied tenderness when at her side, she suffered doubly when he was away, knowing all too well that his keenest pleasure now lay in Bertha's companionship.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading Her doubt darkened into despair.
irresistible
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From this reading In certain moments of exaltation she rose to such heights of impersonal passion as to acknowledge fully, generously, the claims of youth and health--admitting that she and Marshall Haney were the offenders and not the young lovers, whose desire for happiness was but an irresistible manifestation of the mystic force which binds the generations together.
keenest
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From this reading Tortured by Ben's studied tenderness when at her side, she suffered doubly when he was away, knowing all too well that his keenest pleasure now lay in Bertha's companionship.
knowing
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From this reading Tortured by Ben's studied tenderness when at her side, she suffered doubly when he was away, knowing all too well that his keenest pleasure now lay in Bertha's companionship.
lay
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From this reading Tortured by Ben's studied tenderness when at her side, she suffered doubly when he was away, knowing all too well that his keenest pleasure now lay in Bertha's companionship.
lovers
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From this reading In certain moments of exaltation she rose to such heights of impersonal passion as to acknowledge fully, generously, the claims of youth and health--admitting that she and Marshall Haney were the offenders and not the young lovers, whose desire for happiness was but an irresistible manifestation of the mystic force which binds the generations together.
makenounUS /make/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading "Why do we not quietly take ourselves off and make them happy?" she asked herself.
manifestation
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From this reading In certain moments of exaltation she rose to such heights of impersonal passion as to acknowledge fully, generously, the claims of youth and health--admitting that she and Marshall Haney were the offenders and not the young lovers, whose desire for happiness was but an irresistible manifestation of the mystic force which binds the generations together.
Marshall
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From this reading In certain moments of exaltation she rose to such heights of impersonal passion as to acknowledge fully, generously, the claims of youth and health--admitting that she and Marshall Haney were the offenders and not the young lovers, whose desire for happiness was but an irresistible manifestation of the mystic force which binds the generations together.
moments
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From this reading In certain moments of exaltation she rose to such heights of impersonal passion as to acknowledge fully, generously, the claims of youth and health--admitting that she and Marshall Haney were the offenders and not the young lovers, whose desire for happiness was but an irresistible manifestation of the mystic force which binds the generations together.
mystic
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From this reading In certain moments of exaltation she rose to such heights of impersonal passion as to acknowledge fully, generously, the claims of youth and health--admitting that she and Marshall Haney were the offenders and not the young lovers, whose desire for happiness was but an irresistible manifestation of the mystic force which binds the generations together.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading In certain moments of exaltation she rose to such heights of impersonal passion as to acknowledge fully, generously, the claims of youth and health--admitting that she and Marshall Haney were the offenders and not the young lovers, whose desire for happiness was but an irresistible manifestation of the mystic force which binds the generations together.
now
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From this reading Tortured by Ben's studied tenderness when at her side, she suffered doubly when he was away, knowing all too well that his keenest pleasure now lay in Bertha's companionship.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading ALICE VISITS HANEY Alice Heath was dying of something far subtler than "the White Death," to which Haney so often referred.
off
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From this reading "Why do we not quietly take ourselves off and make them happy?" she asked herself.
offenders
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From this reading In certain moments of exaltation she rose to such heights of impersonal passion as to acknowledge fully, generously, the claims of youth and health--admitting that she and Marshall Haney were the offenders and not the young lovers, whose desire for happiness was but an irresistible manifestation of the mystic force which binds the generations together.
often
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From this reading ALICE VISITS HANEY Alice Heath was dying of something far subtler than "the White Death," to which Haney so often referred.
ourselvespronounUS /aʊərˈselvz/
used when we are both doing the action and receiving it
From this reading "Why do we not quietly take ourselves off and make them happy?" she asked herself.
passion
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From this reading In certain moments of exaltation she rose to such heights of impersonal passion as to acknowledge fully, generously, the claims of youth and health--admitting that she and Marshall Haney were the offenders and not the young lovers, whose desire for happiness was but an irresistible manifestation of the mystic force which binds the generations together.
pleasure
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From this reading Tortured by Ben's studied tenderness when at her side, she suffered doubly when he was away, knowing all too well that his keenest pleasure now lay in Bertha's companionship.
quietly
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From this reading "Why do we not quietly take ourselves off and make them happy?" she asked herself.
referred
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From this reading ALICE VISITS HANEY Alice Heath was dying of something far subtler than "the White Death," to which Haney so often referred.
rose
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From this reading In certain moments of exaltation she rose to such heights of impersonal passion as to acknowledge fully, generously, the claims of youth and health--admitting that she and Marshall Haney were the offenders and not the young lovers, whose desire for happiness was but an irresistible manifestation of the mystic force which binds the generations together.
shepronounUS /ʃiː/
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Tortured by Ben's studied tenderness when at her side, she suffered doubly when he was away, knowing all too well that his keenest pleasure now lay in Bertha's companionship.
side
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From this reading Tortured by Ben's studied tenderness when at her side, she suffered doubly when he was away, knowing all too well that his keenest pleasure now lay in Bertha's companionship.
soconjunctionUS /soʊ/
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading ALICE VISITS HANEY Alice Heath was dying of something far subtler than "the White Death," to which Haney so often referred.
somethingpronounUS /ˈsʌmθɪŋ/
a thing, without saying which
From this reading ALICE VISITS HANEY Alice Heath was dying of something far subtler than "the White Death," to which Haney so often referred.
studied
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From this reading Tortured by Ben's studied tenderness when at her side, she suffered doubly when he was away, knowing all too well that his keenest pleasure now lay in Bertha's companionship.
subtler
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From this reading ALICE VISITS HANEY Alice Heath was dying of something far subtler than "the White Death," to which Haney so often referred.
suchdeterminerUS /sʌtʃ/
of the kind already mentioned
From this reading In certain moments of exaltation she rose to such heights of impersonal passion as to acknowledge fully, generously, the claims of youth and health--admitting that she and Marshall Haney were the offenders and not the young lovers, whose desire for happiness was but an irresistible manifestation of the mystic force which binds the generations together.
suffered
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From this reading Tortured by Ben's studied tenderness when at her side, she suffered doubly when he was away, knowing all too well that his keenest pleasure now lay in Bertha's companionship.
takenounUS /take/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading "Why do we not quietly take ourselves off and make them happy?" she asked herself.
tenderness
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From this reading Tortured by Ben's studied tenderness when at her side, she suffered doubly when he was away, knowing all too well that his keenest pleasure now lay in Bertha's companionship.
thanconjunctionUS /ðæn/
used to introduce the second part of a comparison
From this reading ALICE VISITS HANEY Alice Heath was dying of something far subtler than "the White Death," to which Haney so often referred.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Tortured by Ben's studied tenderness when at her side, she suffered doubly when he was away, knowing all too well that his keenest pleasure now lay in Bertha's companionship.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading ALICE VISITS HANEY Alice Heath was dying of something far subtler than "the White Death," to which Haney so often referred.
thempronounUS /ðem/
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading "Why do we not quietly take ourselves off and make them happy?" she asked herself.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading ALICE VISITS HANEY Alice Heath was dying of something far subtler than "the White Death," to which Haney so often referred.
together
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From this reading In certain moments of exaltation she rose to such heights of impersonal passion as to acknowledge fully, generously, the claims of youth and health--admitting that she and Marshall Haney were the offenders and not the young lovers, whose desire for happiness was but an irresistible manifestation of the mystic force which binds the generations together.
too
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From this reading Tortured by Ben's studied tenderness when at her side, she suffered doubly when he was away, knowing all too well that his keenest pleasure now lay in Bertha's companionship.
Tortured
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From this reading Tortured by Ben's studied tenderness when at her side, she suffered doubly when he was away, knowing all too well that his keenest pleasure now lay in Bertha's companionship.
VISITS
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From this reading ALICE VISITS HANEY Alice Heath was dying of something far subtler than "the White Death," to which Haney so often referred.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading ALICE VISITS HANEY Alice Heath was dying of something far subtler than "the White Death," to which Haney so often referred.
wepronounUS /wiː/
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading "Why do we not quietly take ourselves off and make them happy?" she asked herself.
well
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From this reading Tortured by Ben's studied tenderness when at her side, she suffered doubly when he was away, knowing all too well that his keenest pleasure now lay in Bertha's companionship.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading In certain moments of exaltation she rose to such heights of impersonal passion as to acknowledge fully, generously, the claims of youth and health--admitting that she and Marshall Haney were the offenders and not the young lovers, whose desire for happiness was but an irresistible manifestation of the mystic force which binds the generations together.
whenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading Tortured by Ben's studied tenderness when at her side, she suffered doubly when he was away, knowing all too well that his keenest pleasure now lay in Bertha's companionship.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading ALICE VISITS HANEY Alice Heath was dying of something far subtler than "the White Death," to which Haney so often referred.
White
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From this reading ALICE VISITS HANEY Alice Heath was dying of something far subtler than "the White Death," to which Haney so often referred.
whosedeterminerUS /huːz/
belonging to which person
From this reading In certain moments of exaltation she rose to such heights of impersonal passion as to acknowledge fully, generously, the claims of youth and health--admitting that she and Marshall Haney were the offenders and not the young lovers, whose desire for happiness was but an irresistible manifestation of the mystic force which binds the generations together.
Why
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From this reading "Why do we not quietly take ourselves off and make them happy?" she asked herself.
young
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From this reading In certain moments of exaltation she rose to such heights of impersonal passion as to acknowledge fully, generously, the claims of youth and health--admitting that she and Marshall Haney were the offenders and not the young lovers, whose desire for happiness was but an irresistible manifestation of the mystic force which binds the generations together.
youth
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From this reading In certain moments of exaltation she rose to such heights of impersonal passion as to acknowledge fully, generously, the claims of youth and health--admitting that she and Marshall Haney were the offenders and not the young lovers, whose desire for happiness was but an irresistible manifestation of the mystic force which binds the generations together.
