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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 ON THE EVE A calm inquiry into the case rendered it inconceivable that two pillars of the Constitution should commit themselves irrevocably to a scheme of action whose true sphere was the boards of a playhouse or the pages of a lurid romance.
action
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From this reading ON THE EVE A calm inquiry into the case rendered it inconceivable that two pillars of the Constitution should commit themselves irrevocably to a scheme of action whose true sphere was the boards of a playhouse or the pages of a lurid romance.
age
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From this reading We were both past the age when such a scheme would have appealed to our high spirits as a superior sort of "rag."
andeterminerUS /æn/
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading Possibly it was right for irresponsible youth; possibly it was right for men of temperament like the heroic Fitz; but for Lieutenant-Colonel John Chalmers Coverdale, C.M.G., late of His Majesty's Carabineers, and Odo Arbuthnot, Member of Parliament for the Uppingdon Division of Middleshire, it was confessedly an egregious folly.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Possibly it was right for irresponsible youth; possibly it was right for men of temperament like the heroic Fitz; but for Lieutenant-Colonel John Chalmers Coverdale, C.M.G., late of His Majesty's Carabineers, and Odo Arbuthnot, Member of Parliament for the Uppingdon Division of Middleshire, it was confessedly an egregious folly.
appealed
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From this reading We were both past the age when such a scheme would have appealed to our high spirits as a superior sort of "rag."
Arbuthnot
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From this reading Possibly it was right for irresponsible youth; possibly it was right for men of temperament like the heroic Fitz; but for Lieutenant-Colonel John Chalmers Coverdale, C.M.G., late of His Majesty's Carabineers, and Odo Arbuthnot, Member of Parliament for the Uppingdon Division of Middleshire, it was confessedly an egregious folly.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading We were both past the age when such a scheme would have appealed to our high spirits as a superior sort of "rag."
boards
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From this reading ON THE EVE A calm inquiry into the case rendered it inconceivable that two pillars of the Constitution should commit themselves irrevocably to a scheme of action whose true sphere was the boards of a playhouse or the pages of a lurid romance.
bothdeterminerUS /boʊθ/
the two together, not just one
From this reading We were both past the age when such a scheme would have appealed to our high spirits as a superior sort of "rag."
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading Possibly it was right for irresponsible youth; possibly it was right for men of temperament like the heroic Fitz; but for Lieutenant-Colonel John Chalmers Coverdale, C.M.G., late of His Majesty's Carabineers, and Odo Arbuthnot, Member of Parliament for the Uppingdon Division of Middleshire, it was confessedly an egregious folly.
ByprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading By what lapse of the reason had they permitted themselves to drift into a position so ludicrous yet so eminently dangerous?
C
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From this reading Possibly it was right for irresponsible youth; possibly it was right for men of temperament like the heroic Fitz; but for Lieutenant-Colonel John Chalmers Coverdale, C.M.G., late of His Majesty's Carabineers, and Odo Arbuthnot, Member of Parliament for the Uppingdon Division of Middleshire, it was confessedly an egregious folly.
calm
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From this reading ON THE EVE A calm inquiry into the case rendered it inconceivable that two pillars of the Constitution should commit themselves irrevocably to a scheme of action whose true sphere was the boards of a playhouse or the pages of a lurid romance.
Carabineers
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From this reading Possibly it was right for irresponsible youth; possibly it was right for men of temperament like the heroic Fitz; but for Lieutenant-Colonel John Chalmers Coverdale, C.M.G., late of His Majesty's Carabineers, and Odo Arbuthnot, Member of Parliament for the Uppingdon Division of Middleshire, it was confessedly an egregious folly.
case
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From this reading ON THE EVE A calm inquiry into the case rendered it inconceivable that two pillars of the Constitution should commit themselves irrevocably to a scheme of action whose true sphere was the boards of a playhouse or the pages of a lurid romance.
Chalmers
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From this reading Possibly it was right for irresponsible youth; possibly it was right for men of temperament like the heroic Fitz; but for Lieutenant-Colonel John Chalmers Coverdale, C.M.G., late of His Majesty's Carabineers, and Odo Arbuthnot, Member of Parliament for the Uppingdon Division of Middleshire, it was confessedly an egregious folly.
commit
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From this reading ON THE EVE A calm inquiry into the case rendered it inconceivable that two pillars of the Constitution should commit themselves irrevocably to a scheme of action whose true sphere was the boards of a playhouse or the pages of a lurid romance.
confessedly
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From this reading Possibly it was right for irresponsible youth; possibly it was right for men of temperament like the heroic Fitz; but for Lieutenant-Colonel John Chalmers Coverdale, C.M.G., late of His Majesty's Carabineers, and Odo Arbuthnot, Member of Parliament for the Uppingdon Division of Middleshire, it was confessedly an egregious folly.
Constitution
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From this reading ON THE EVE A calm inquiry into the case rendered it inconceivable that two pillars of the Constitution should commit themselves irrevocably to a scheme of action whose true sphere was the boards of a playhouse or the pages of a lurid romance.
Coverdale
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From this reading Possibly it was right for irresponsible youth; possibly it was right for men of temperament like the heroic Fitz; but for Lieutenant-Colonel John Chalmers Coverdale, C.M.G., late of His Majesty's Carabineers, and Odo Arbuthnot, Member of Parliament for the Uppingdon Division of Middleshire, it was confessedly an egregious folly.
dangerous
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From this reading By what lapse of the reason had they permitted themselves to drift into a position so ludicrous yet so eminently dangerous?
Division
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From this reading Possibly it was right for irresponsible youth; possibly it was right for men of temperament like the heroic Fitz; but for Lieutenant-Colonel John Chalmers Coverdale, C.M.G., late of His Majesty's Carabineers, and Odo Arbuthnot, Member of Parliament for the Uppingdon Division of Middleshire, it was confessedly an egregious folly.
drift
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From this reading By what lapse of the reason had they permitted themselves to drift into a position so ludicrous yet so eminently dangerous?
egregious
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From this reading Possibly it was right for irresponsible youth; possibly it was right for men of temperament like the heroic Fitz; but for Lieutenant-Colonel John Chalmers Coverdale, C.M.G., late of His Majesty's Carabineers, and Odo Arbuthnot, Member of Parliament for the Uppingdon Division of Middleshire, it was confessedly an egregious folly.
embarked
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From this reading Once embarked upon it, who should say whither it might lead?
eminently
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From this reading By what lapse of the reason had they permitted themselves to drift into a position so ludicrous yet so eminently dangerous?
EVE
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From this reading ON THE EVE A calm inquiry into the case rendered it inconceivable that two pillars of the Constitution should commit themselves irrevocably to a scheme of action whose true sphere was the boards of a playhouse or the pages of a lurid romance.
Fitz
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From this reading Possibly it was right for irresponsible youth; possibly it was right for men of temperament like the heroic Fitz; but for Lieutenant-Colonel John Chalmers Coverdale, C.M.G., late of His Majesty's Carabineers, and Odo Arbuthnot, Member of Parliament for the Uppingdon Division of Middleshire, it was confessedly an egregious folly.
follynounUS /ˈfɑːli/
an action or decision that shows a lack of good judgment
From this reading Possibly it was right for irresponsible youth; possibly it was right for men of temperament like the heroic Fitz; but for Lieutenant-Colonel John Chalmers Coverdale, C.M.G., late of His Majesty's Carabineers, and Odo Arbuthnot, Member of Parliament for the Uppingdon Division of Middleshire, it was confessedly an egregious folly.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading Possibly it was right for irresponsible youth; possibly it was right for men of temperament like the heroic Fitz; but for Lieutenant-Colonel John Chalmers Coverdale, C.M.G., late of His Majesty's Carabineers, and Odo Arbuthnot, Member of Parliament for the Uppingdon Division of Middleshire, it was confessedly an egregious folly.
G
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From this reading Possibly it was right for irresponsible youth; possibly it was right for men of temperament like the heroic Fitz; but for Lieutenant-Colonel John Chalmers Coverdale, C.M.G., late of His Majesty's Carabineers, and Odo Arbuthnot, Member of Parliament for the Uppingdon Division of Middleshire, it was confessedly an egregious folly.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading By what lapse of the reason had they permitted themselves to drift into a position so ludicrous yet so eminently dangerous?
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading We were both past the age when such a scheme would have appealed to our high spirits as a superior sort of "rag."
heroic
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From this reading Possibly it was right for irresponsible youth; possibly it was right for men of temperament like the heroic Fitz; but for Lieutenant-Colonel John Chalmers Coverdale, C.M.G., late of His Majesty's Carabineers, and Odo Arbuthnot, Member of Parliament for the Uppingdon Division of Middleshire, it was confessedly an egregious folly.
high
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From this reading We were both past the age when such a scheme would have appealed to our high spirits as a superior sort of "rag."
HisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Possibly it was right for irresponsible youth; possibly it was right for men of temperament like the heroic Fitz; but for Lieutenant-Colonel John Chalmers Coverdale, C.M.G., late of His Majesty's Carabineers, and Odo Arbuthnot, Member of Parliament for the Uppingdon Division of Middleshire, it was confessedly an egregious folly.
inconceivable
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From this reading ON THE EVE A calm inquiry into the case rendered it inconceivable that two pillars of the Constitution should commit themselves irrevocably to a scheme of action whose true sphere was the boards of a playhouse or the pages of a lurid romance.
inquiry
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From this reading ON THE EVE A calm inquiry into the case rendered it inconceivable that two pillars of the Constitution should commit themselves irrevocably to a scheme of action whose true sphere was the boards of a playhouse or the pages of a lurid romance.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading ON THE EVE A calm inquiry into the case rendered it inconceivable that two pillars of the Constitution should commit themselves irrevocably to a scheme of action whose true sphere was the boards of a playhouse or the pages of a lurid romance.
irresponsible
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From this reading Possibly it was right for irresponsible youth; possibly it was right for men of temperament like the heroic Fitz; but for Lieutenant-Colonel John Chalmers Coverdale, C.M.G., late of His Majesty's Carabineers, and Odo Arbuthnot, Member of Parliament for the Uppingdon Division of Middleshire, it was confessedly an egregious folly.
irrevocably
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From this reading ON THE EVE A calm inquiry into the case rendered it inconceivable that two pillars of the Constitution should commit themselves irrevocably to a scheme of action whose true sphere was the boards of a playhouse or the pages of a lurid romance.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading ON THE EVE A calm inquiry into the case rendered it inconceivable that two pillars of the Constitution should commit themselves irrevocably to a scheme of action whose true sphere was the boards of a playhouse or the pages of a lurid romance.
John
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From this reading Possibly it was right for irresponsible youth; possibly it was right for men of temperament like the heroic Fitz; but for Lieutenant-Colonel John Chalmers Coverdale, C.M.G., late of His Majesty's Carabineers, and Odo Arbuthnot, Member of Parliament for the Uppingdon Division of Middleshire, it was confessedly an egregious folly.
lapse
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From this reading By what lapse of the reason had they permitted themselves to drift into a position so ludicrous yet so eminently dangerous?
late
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From this reading Possibly it was right for irresponsible youth; possibly it was right for men of temperament like the heroic Fitz; but for Lieutenant-Colonel John Chalmers Coverdale, C.M.G., late of His Majesty's Carabineers, and Odo Arbuthnot, Member of Parliament for the Uppingdon Division of Middleshire, it was confessedly an egregious folly.
lead
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From this reading Once embarked upon it, who should say whither it might lead?
Lieutenant-Colonel
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From this reading Possibly it was right for irresponsible youth; possibly it was right for men of temperament like the heroic Fitz; but for Lieutenant-Colonel John Chalmers Coverdale, C.M.G., late of His Majesty's Carabineers, and Odo Arbuthnot, Member of Parliament for the Uppingdon Division of Middleshire, it was confessedly an egregious folly.
like
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From this reading Possibly it was right for irresponsible youth; possibly it was right for men of temperament like the heroic Fitz; but for Lieutenant-Colonel John Chalmers Coverdale, C.M.G., late of His Majesty's Carabineers, and Odo Arbuthnot, Member of Parliament for the Uppingdon Division of Middleshire, it was confessedly an egregious folly.
ludicrous
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From this reading By what lapse of the reason had they permitted themselves to drift into a position so ludicrous yet so eminently dangerous?
lurid
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From this reading ON THE EVE A calm inquiry into the case rendered it inconceivable that two pillars of the Constitution should commit themselves irrevocably to a scheme of action whose true sphere was the boards of a playhouse or the pages of a lurid romance.
M
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From this reading Possibly it was right for irresponsible youth; possibly it was right for men of temperament like the heroic Fitz; but for Lieutenant-Colonel John Chalmers Coverdale, C.M.G., late of His Majesty's Carabineers, and Odo Arbuthnot, Member of Parliament for the Uppingdon Division of Middleshire, it was confessedly an egregious folly.
Majesty's
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From this reading Possibly it was right for irresponsible youth; possibly it was right for men of temperament like the heroic Fitz; but for Lieutenant-Colonel John Chalmers Coverdale, C.M.G., late of His Majesty's Carabineers, and Odo Arbuthnot, Member of Parliament for the Uppingdon Division of Middleshire, it was confessedly an egregious folly.
Member
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From this reading Possibly it was right for irresponsible youth; possibly it was right for men of temperament like the heroic Fitz; but for Lieutenant-Colonel John Chalmers Coverdale, C.M.G., late of His Majesty's Carabineers, and Odo Arbuthnot, Member of Parliament for the Uppingdon Division of Middleshire, it was confessedly an egregious folly.
men
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From this reading Possibly it was right for irresponsible youth; possibly it was right for men of temperament like the heroic Fitz; but for Lieutenant-Colonel John Chalmers Coverdale, C.M.G., late of His Majesty's Carabineers, and Odo Arbuthnot, Member of Parliament for the Uppingdon Division of Middleshire, it was confessedly an egregious folly.
Middleshire
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From this reading Possibly it was right for irresponsible youth; possibly it was right for men of temperament like the heroic Fitz; but for Lieutenant-Colonel John Chalmers Coverdale, C.M.G., late of His Majesty's Carabineers, and Odo Arbuthnot, Member of Parliament for the Uppingdon Division of Middleshire, it was confessedly an egregious folly.
mightmodal verbUS /maɪt/
used to say something is possible but not certain
From this reading Once embarked upon it, who should say whither it might lead?
Odo
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From this reading Possibly it was right for irresponsible youth; possibly it was right for men of temperament like the heroic Fitz; but for Lieutenant-Colonel John Chalmers Coverdale, C.M.G., late of His Majesty's Carabineers, and Odo Arbuthnot, Member of Parliament for the Uppingdon Division of Middleshire, it was confessedly an egregious folly.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading ON THE EVE A calm inquiry into the case rendered it inconceivable that two pillars of the Constitution should commit themselves irrevocably to a scheme of action whose true sphere was the boards of a playhouse or the pages of a lurid romance.
ONprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading ON THE EVE A calm inquiry into the case rendered it inconceivable that two pillars of the Constitution should commit themselves irrevocably to a scheme of action whose true sphere was the boards of a playhouse or the pages of a lurid romance.
Once
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From this reading Once embarked upon it, who should say whither it might lead?
orconjunctionUS /ɔːr/
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading ON THE EVE A calm inquiry into the case rendered it inconceivable that two pillars of the Constitution should commit themselves irrevocably to a scheme of action whose true sphere was the boards of a playhouse or the pages of a lurid romance.
ourdeterminerUS /ˈaʊər/
belonging to the speaker and others
From this reading We were both past the age when such a scheme would have appealed to our high spirits as a superior sort of "rag."
pages
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From this reading ON THE EVE A calm inquiry into the case rendered it inconceivable that two pillars of the Constitution should commit themselves irrevocably to a scheme of action whose true sphere was the boards of a playhouse or the pages of a lurid romance.
Parliament
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From this reading Possibly it was right for irresponsible youth; possibly it was right for men of temperament like the heroic Fitz; but for Lieutenant-Colonel John Chalmers Coverdale, C.M.G., late of His Majesty's Carabineers, and Odo Arbuthnot, Member of Parliament for the Uppingdon Division of Middleshire, it was confessedly an egregious folly.
past
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From this reading We were both past the age when such a scheme would have appealed to our high spirits as a superior sort of "rag."
permitted
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From this reading By what lapse of the reason had they permitted themselves to drift into a position so ludicrous yet so eminently dangerous?
pillars
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From this reading ON THE EVE A calm inquiry into the case rendered it inconceivable that two pillars of the Constitution should commit themselves irrevocably to a scheme of action whose true sphere was the boards of a playhouse or the pages of a lurid romance.
playhouse
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From this reading ON THE EVE A calm inquiry into the case rendered it inconceivable that two pillars of the Constitution should commit themselves irrevocably to a scheme of action whose true sphere was the boards of a playhouse or the pages of a lurid romance.
position
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Possibly
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From this reading Possibly it was right for irresponsible youth; possibly it was right for men of temperament like the heroic Fitz; but for Lieutenant-Colonel John Chalmers Coverdale, C.M.G., late of His Majesty's Carabineers, and Odo Arbuthnot, Member of Parliament for the Uppingdon Division of Middleshire, it was confessedly an egregious folly.
rag
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From this reading We were both past the age when such a scheme would have appealed to our high spirits as a superior sort of "rag."
reason
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From this reading By what lapse of the reason had they permitted themselves to drift into a position so ludicrous yet so eminently dangerous?
rendered
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From this reading ON THE EVE A calm inquiry into the case rendered it inconceivable that two pillars of the Constitution should commit themselves irrevocably to a scheme of action whose true sphere was the boards of a playhouse or the pages of a lurid romance.
rightnounUS /right/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Possibly it was right for irresponsible youth; possibly it was right for men of temperament like the heroic Fitz; but for Lieutenant-Colonel John Chalmers Coverdale, C.M.G., late of His Majesty's Carabineers, and Odo Arbuthnot, Member of Parliament for the Uppingdon Division of Middleshire, it was confessedly an egregious folly.
romance
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From this reading ON THE EVE A calm inquiry into the case rendered it inconceivable that two pillars of the Constitution should commit themselves irrevocably to a scheme of action whose true sphere was the boards of a playhouse or the pages of a lurid romance.
say
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From this reading Once embarked upon it, who should say whither it might lead?
scheme
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From this reading ON THE EVE A calm inquiry into the case rendered it inconceivable that two pillars of the Constitution should commit themselves irrevocably to a scheme of action whose true sphere was the boards of a playhouse or the pages of a lurid romance.
shouldmodal verbUS /ʃʊd/
used to say what is right, expected, or advisable
From this reading ON THE EVE A calm inquiry into the case rendered it inconceivable that two pillars of the Constitution should commit themselves irrevocably to a scheme of action whose true sphere was the boards of a playhouse or the pages of a lurid romance.
soconjunctionUS /soʊ/
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading By what lapse of the reason had they permitted themselves to drift into a position so ludicrous yet so eminently dangerous?
sort
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From this reading We were both past the age when such a scheme would have appealed to our high spirits as a superior sort of "rag."
sphere
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From this reading ON THE EVE A calm inquiry into the case rendered it inconceivable that two pillars of the Constitution should commit themselves irrevocably to a scheme of action whose true sphere was the boards of a playhouse or the pages of a lurid romance.
spirits
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From this reading We were both past the age when such a scheme would have appealed to our high spirits as a superior sort of "rag."
suchdeterminerUS /sʌtʃ/
of the kind already mentioned
From this reading We were both past the age when such a scheme would have appealed to our high spirits as a superior sort of "rag."
superior
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From this reading We were both past the age when such a scheme would have appealed to our high spirits as a superior sort of "rag."
temperament
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From this reading Possibly it was right for irresponsible youth; possibly it was right for men of temperament like the heroic Fitz; but for Lieutenant-Colonel John Chalmers Coverdale, C.M.G., late of His Majesty's Carabineers, and Odo Arbuthnot, Member of Parliament for the Uppingdon Division of Middleshire, it was confessedly an egregious folly.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading ON THE EVE A calm inquiry into the case rendered it inconceivable that two pillars of the Constitution should commit themselves irrevocably to a scheme of action whose true sphere was the boards of a playhouse or the pages of a lurid romance.
THEdeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading ON THE EVE A calm inquiry into the case rendered it inconceivable that two pillars of the Constitution should commit themselves irrevocably to a scheme of action whose true sphere was the boards of a playhouse or the pages of a lurid romance.
themselvespronounUS /ðemˈselvz/
used when the people doing the action are also its object
From this reading ON THE EVE A calm inquiry into the case rendered it inconceivable that two pillars of the Constitution should commit themselves irrevocably to a scheme of action whose true sphere was the boards of a playhouse or the pages of a lurid romance.
theypronounUS /ðeɪ/
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading By what lapse of the reason had they permitted themselves to drift into a position so ludicrous yet so eminently dangerous?
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading ON THE EVE A calm inquiry into the case rendered it inconceivable that two pillars of the Constitution should commit themselves irrevocably to a scheme of action whose true sphere was the boards of a playhouse or the pages of a lurid romance.
true
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From this reading ON THE EVE A calm inquiry into the case rendered it inconceivable that two pillars of the Constitution should commit themselves irrevocably to a scheme of action whose true sphere was the boards of a playhouse or the pages of a lurid romance.
two
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From this reading ON THE EVE A calm inquiry into the case rendered it inconceivable that two pillars of the Constitution should commit themselves irrevocably to a scheme of action whose true sphere was the boards of a playhouse or the pages of a lurid romance.
uponprepositionUS /əˈpɑːn/
a formal word for “on”
From this reading Once embarked upon it, who should say whither it might lead?
Uppingdon
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From this reading Possibly it was right for irresponsible youth; possibly it was right for men of temperament like the heroic Fitz; but for Lieutenant-Colonel John Chalmers Coverdale, C.M.G., late of His Majesty's Carabineers, and Odo Arbuthnot, Member of Parliament for the Uppingdon Division of Middleshire, it was confessedly an egregious folly.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading ON THE EVE A calm inquiry into the case rendered it inconceivable that two pillars of the Constitution should commit themselves irrevocably to a scheme of action whose true sphere was the boards of a playhouse or the pages of a lurid romance.
WepronounUS /wiː/
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading We were both past the age when such a scheme would have appealed to our high spirits as a superior sort of "rag."
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading We were both past the age when such a scheme would have appealed to our high spirits as a superior sort of "rag."
whatpronounUS /wʌt/
used to ask for information about something
From this reading By what lapse of the reason had they permitted themselves to drift into a position so ludicrous yet so eminently dangerous?
whenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading We were both past the age when such a scheme would have appealed to our high spirits as a superior sort of "rag."
whitheradverbUS /ˈwɪðər/
an old word meaning “to where”
From this reading Once embarked upon it, who should say whither it might lead?
whopronounUS /huː/
which person or people
From this reading Once embarked upon it, who should say whither it might lead?
whosedeterminerUS /huːz/
belonging to which person
From this reading ON THE EVE A calm inquiry into the case rendered it inconceivable that two pillars of the Constitution should commit themselves irrevocably to a scheme of action whose true sphere was the boards of a playhouse or the pages of a lurid romance.
wouldmodal verbUS /wʊd/
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading We were both past the age when such a scheme would have appealed to our high spirits as a superior sort of "rag."
yetconjunctionUS /jet/
but in spite of that
From this reading By what lapse of the reason had they permitted themselves to drift into a position so ludicrous yet so eminently dangerous?
youth
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From this reading Possibly it was right for irresponsible youth; possibly it was right for men of temperament like the heroic Fitz; but for Lieutenant-Colonel John Chalmers Coverdale, C.M.G., late of His Majesty's Carabineers, and Odo Arbuthnot, Member of Parliament for the Uppingdon Division of Middleshire, it was confessedly an egregious folly.
