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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 The dullest dog that ever wrote a novel (and, entre nous, reader)--but let it go no further,--we have a good many dogs among the fraternity that are not Munitos might have seen with half an eye that the parson’s discourse had produced a very genial and humanizing effect upon his audience.
afterprepositionUS /ˈæftər/
later than; following
From this reading The head might be wrong now and then,--the heart was in the right place after all.
aisle
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From this reading When all was over, and the congregation stood up to let Mr. Hazeldean and his family walk first down the aisle (for that was the custom at Hazeldean), moistened eyes glanced at the squire’s sun-burned manly face, with a kindness that bespoke revived memory of many a generous benefit and ready service.
all
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From this reading When all was over, and the congregation stood up to let Mr. Hazeldean and his family walk first down the aisle (for that was the custom at Hazeldean), moistened eyes glanced at the squire’s sun-burned manly face, with a kindness that bespoke revived memory of many a generous benefit and ready service.
amongprepositionUS /əˈmʌŋ/
surrounded by; in the middle of a group
From this reading The dullest dog that ever wrote a novel (and, entre nous, reader)--but let it go no further,--we have a good many dogs among the fraternity that are not Munitos might have seen with half an eye that the parson’s discourse had produced a very genial and humanizing effect upon his audience.
andeterminerUS /æn/
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading The dullest dog that ever wrote a novel (and, entre nous, reader)--but let it go no further,--we have a good many dogs among the fraternity that are not Munitos might have seen with half an eye that the parson’s discourse had produced a very genial and humanizing effect upon his audience.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading The dullest dog that ever wrote a novel (and, entre nous, reader)--but let it go no further,--we have a good many dogs among the fraternity that are not Munitos might have seen with half an eye that the parson’s discourse had produced a very genial and humanizing effect upon his audience.
areauxiliary verbUS /ɑːr/
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading The dullest dog that ever wrote a novel (and, entre nous, reader)--but let it go no further,--we have a good many dogs among the fraternity that are not Munitos might have seen with half an eye that the parson’s discourse had produced a very genial and humanizing effect upon his audience.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading [Munito was the name of a dog famous for his learning (a Porson of a dog) at the date of my childhood.
audience
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From this reading The dullest dog that ever wrote a novel (and, entre nous, reader)--but let it go no further,--we have a good many dogs among the fraternity that are not Munitos might have seen with half an eye that the parson’s discourse had produced a very genial and humanizing effect upon his audience.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading The head might be wrong now and then,--the heart was in the right place after all.
benefit
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From this reading When all was over, and the congregation stood up to let Mr. Hazeldean and his family walk first down the aisle (for that was the custom at Hazeldean), moistened eyes glanced at the squire’s sun-burned manly face, with a kindness that bespoke revived memory of many a generous benefit and ready service.
bespoke
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From this reading When all was over, and the congregation stood up to let Mr. Hazeldean and his family walk first down the aisle (for that was the custom at Hazeldean), moistened eyes glanced at the squire’s sun-burned manly face, with a kindness that bespoke revived memory of many a generous benefit and ready service.
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading The dullest dog that ever wrote a novel (and, entre nous, reader)--but let it go no further,--we have a good many dogs among the fraternity that are not Munitos might have seen with half an eye that the parson’s discourse had produced a very genial and humanizing effect upon his audience.
childhood
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From this reading [Munito was the name of a dog famous for his learning (a Porson of a dog) at the date of my childhood.
congregation
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From this reading When all was over, and the congregation stood up to let Mr. Hazeldean and his family walk first down the aisle (for that was the custom at Hazeldean), moistened eyes glanced at the squire’s sun-burned manly face, with a kindness that bespoke revived memory of many a generous benefit and ready service.
custom
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From this reading When all was over, and the congregation stood up to let Mr. Hazeldean and his family walk first down the aisle (for that was the custom at Hazeldean), moistened eyes glanced at the squire’s sun-burned manly face, with a kindness that bespoke revived memory of many a generous benefit and ready service.
date
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From this reading [Munito was the name of a dog famous for his learning (a Porson of a dog) at the date of my childhood.
discourse
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From this reading The dullest dog that ever wrote a novel (and, entre nous, reader)--but let it go no further,--we have a good many dogs among the fraternity that are not Munitos might have seen with half an eye that the parson’s discourse had produced a very genial and humanizing effect upon his audience.
dog
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From this reading The dullest dog that ever wrote a novel (and, entre nous, reader)--but let it go no further,--we have a good many dogs among the fraternity that are not Munitos might have seen with half an eye that the parson’s discourse had produced a very genial and humanizing effect upon his audience.
dogs
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From this reading The dullest dog that ever wrote a novel (and, entre nous, reader)--but let it go no further,--we have a good many dogs among the fraternity that are not Munitos might have seen with half an eye that the parson’s discourse had produced a very genial and humanizing effect upon his audience.
down
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From this reading When all was over, and the congregation stood up to let Mr. Hazeldean and his family walk first down the aisle (for that was the custom at Hazeldean), moistened eyes glanced at the squire’s sun-burned manly face, with a kindness that bespoke revived memory of many a generous benefit and ready service.
dullest
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From this reading The dullest dog that ever wrote a novel (and, entre nous, reader)--but let it go no further,--we have a good many dogs among the fraternity that are not Munitos might have seen with half an eye that the parson’s discourse had produced a very genial and humanizing effect upon his audience.
effect
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From this reading The dullest dog that ever wrote a novel (and, entre nous, reader)--but let it go no further,--we have a good many dogs among the fraternity that are not Munitos might have seen with half an eye that the parson’s discourse had produced a very genial and humanizing effect upon his audience.
entre
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From this reading The dullest dog that ever wrote a novel (and, entre nous, reader)--but let it go no further,--we have a good many dogs among the fraternity that are not Munitos might have seen with half an eye that the parson’s discourse had produced a very genial and humanizing effect upon his audience.
evernounUS /ever/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The dullest dog that ever wrote a novel (and, entre nous, reader)--but let it go no further,--we have a good many dogs among the fraternity that are not Munitos might have seen with half an eye that the parson’s discourse had produced a very genial and humanizing effect upon his audience.
eye
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From this reading The dullest dog that ever wrote a novel (and, entre nous, reader)--but let it go no further,--we have a good many dogs among the fraternity that are not Munitos might have seen with half an eye that the parson’s discourse had produced a very genial and humanizing effect upon his audience.
eyes
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From this reading When all was over, and the congregation stood up to let Mr. Hazeldean and his family walk first down the aisle (for that was the custom at Hazeldean), moistened eyes glanced at the squire’s sun-burned manly face, with a kindness that bespoke revived memory of many a generous benefit and ready service.
face
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From this reading When all was over, and the congregation stood up to let Mr. Hazeldean and his family walk first down the aisle (for that was the custom at Hazeldean), moistened eyes glanced at the squire’s sun-burned manly face, with a kindness that bespoke revived memory of many a generous benefit and ready service.
family
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From this reading When all was over, and the congregation stood up to let Mr. Hazeldean and his family walk first down the aisle (for that was the custom at Hazeldean), moistened eyes glanced at the squire’s sun-burned manly face, with a kindness that bespoke revived memory of many a generous benefit and ready service.
famous
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From this reading [Munito was the name of a dog famous for his learning (a Porson of a dog) at the date of my childhood.
firstnounUS /first/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading When all was over, and the congregation stood up to let Mr. Hazeldean and his family walk first down the aisle (for that was the custom at Hazeldean), moistened eyes glanced at the squire’s sun-burned manly face, with a kindness that bespoke revived memory of many a generous benefit and ready service.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading [Munito was the name of a dog famous for his learning (a Porson of a dog) at the date of my childhood.
fraternity
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From this reading The dullest dog that ever wrote a novel (and, entre nous, reader)--but let it go no further,--we have a good many dogs among the fraternity that are not Munitos might have seen with half an eye that the parson’s discourse had produced a very genial and humanizing effect upon his audience.
further
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From this reading The dullest dog that ever wrote a novel (and, entre nous, reader)--but let it go no further,--we have a good many dogs among the fraternity that are not Munitos might have seen with half an eye that the parson’s discourse had produced a very genial and humanizing effect upon his audience.
generous
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From this reading When all was over, and the congregation stood up to let Mr. Hazeldean and his family walk first down the aisle (for that was the custom at Hazeldean), moistened eyes glanced at the squire’s sun-burned manly face, with a kindness that bespoke revived memory of many a generous benefit and ready service.
genial
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From this reading The dullest dog that ever wrote a novel (and, entre nous, reader)--but let it go no further,--we have a good many dogs among the fraternity that are not Munitos might have seen with half an eye that the parson’s discourse had produced a very genial and humanizing effect upon his audience.
glanced
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From this reading When all was over, and the congregation stood up to let Mr. Hazeldean and his family walk first down the aisle (for that was the custom at Hazeldean), moistened eyes glanced at the squire’s sun-burned manly face, with a kindness that bespoke revived memory of many a generous benefit and ready service.
go
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From this reading The dullest dog that ever wrote a novel (and, entre nous, reader)--but let it go no further,--we have a good many dogs among the fraternity that are not Munitos might have seen with half an eye that the parson’s discourse had produced a very genial and humanizing effect upon his audience.
goodnounUS /good/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The dullest dog that ever wrote a novel (and, entre nous, reader)--but let it go no further,--we have a good many dogs among the fraternity that are not Munitos might have seen with half an eye that the parson’s discourse had produced a very genial and humanizing effect upon his audience.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading The dullest dog that ever wrote a novel (and, entre nous, reader)--but let it go no further,--we have a good many dogs among the fraternity that are not Munitos might have seen with half an eye that the parson’s discourse had produced a very genial and humanizing effect upon his audience.
halfnounUS /half/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The dullest dog that ever wrote a novel (and, entre nous, reader)--but let it go no further,--we have a good many dogs among the fraternity that are not Munitos might have seen with half an eye that the parson’s discourse had produced a very genial and humanizing effect upon his audience.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading The dullest dog that ever wrote a novel (and, entre nous, reader)--but let it go no further,--we have a good many dogs among the fraternity that are not Munitos might have seen with half an eye that the parson’s discourse had produced a very genial and humanizing effect upon his audience.
Hazeldean
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From this reading When all was over, and the congregation stood up to let Mr. Hazeldean and his family walk first down the aisle (for that was the custom at Hazeldean), moistened eyes glanced at the squire’s sun-burned manly face, with a kindness that bespoke revived memory of many a generous benefit and ready service.
head
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From this reading The head might be wrong now and then,--the heart was in the right place after all.
heart
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From this reading The head might be wrong now and then,--the heart was in the right place after all.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading The dullest dog that ever wrote a novel (and, entre nous, reader)--but let it go no further,--we have a good many dogs among the fraternity that are not Munitos might have seen with half an eye that the parson’s discourse had produced a very genial and humanizing effect upon his audience.
humanizing
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From this reading The dullest dog that ever wrote a novel (and, entre nous, reader)--but let it go no further,--we have a good many dogs among the fraternity that are not Munitos might have seen with half an eye that the parson’s discourse had produced a very genial and humanizing effect upon his audience.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading The head might be wrong now and then,--the heart was in the right place after all.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading The dullest dog that ever wrote a novel (and, entre nous, reader)--but let it go no further,--we have a good many dogs among the fraternity that are not Munitos might have seen with half an eye that the parson’s discourse had produced a very genial and humanizing effect upon his audience.
kindness
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From this reading When all was over, and the congregation stood up to let Mr. Hazeldean and his family walk first down the aisle (for that was the custom at Hazeldean), moistened eyes glanced at the squire’s sun-burned manly face, with a kindness that bespoke revived memory of many a generous benefit and ready service.
learning
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From this reading [Munito was the name of a dog famous for his learning (a Porson of a dog) at the date of my childhood.
letauxiliary verbUS /let/
used to make a suggestion or a command including the speaker
From this reading The dullest dog that ever wrote a novel (and, entre nous, reader)--but let it go no further,--we have a good many dogs among the fraternity that are not Munitos might have seen with half an eye that the parson’s discourse had produced a very genial and humanizing effect upon his audience.
manly
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From this reading When all was over, and the congregation stood up to let Mr. Hazeldean and his family walk first down the aisle (for that was the custom at Hazeldean), moistened eyes glanced at the squire’s sun-burned manly face, with a kindness that bespoke revived memory of many a generous benefit and ready service.
many
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From this reading The dullest dog that ever wrote a novel (and, entre nous, reader)--but let it go no further,--we have a good many dogs among the fraternity that are not Munitos might have seen with half an eye that the parson’s discourse had produced a very genial and humanizing effect upon his audience.
memorynounUS /ˈmem.ər.i/
The faculty by which the mind stores and remembers information and knowledge.
From this reading When all was over, and the congregation stood up to let Mr. Hazeldean and his family walk first down the aisle (for that was the custom at Hazeldean), moistened eyes glanced at the squire’s sun-burned manly face, with a kindness that bespoke revived memory of many a generous benefit and ready service.
mightmodal verbUS /maɪt/
used to say something is possible but not certain
From this reading The dullest dog that ever wrote a novel (and, entre nous, reader)--but let it go no further,--we have a good many dogs among the fraternity that are not Munitos might have seen with half an eye that the parson’s discourse had produced a very genial and humanizing effect upon his audience.
moistened
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From this reading When all was over, and the congregation stood up to let Mr. Hazeldean and his family walk first down the aisle (for that was the custom at Hazeldean), moistened eyes glanced at the squire’s sun-burned manly face, with a kindness that bespoke revived memory of many a generous benefit and ready service.
Mr
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From this reading When all was over, and the congregation stood up to let Mr. Hazeldean and his family walk first down the aisle (for that was the custom at Hazeldean), moistened eyes glanced at the squire’s sun-burned manly face, with a kindness that bespoke revived memory of many a generous benefit and ready service.
Munito
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From this reading [Munito was the name of a dog famous for his learning (a Porson of a dog) at the date of my childhood.
Munitos
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From this reading The dullest dog that ever wrote a novel (and, entre nous, reader)--but let it go no further,--we have a good many dogs among the fraternity that are not Munitos might have seen with half an eye that the parson’s discourse had produced a very genial and humanizing effect upon his audience.
mydeterminerUS /maɪ/
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading [Munito was the name of a dog famous for his learning (a Porson of a dog) at the date of my childhood.
namenounUS /name/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading [Munito was the name of a dog famous for his learning (a Porson of a dog) at the date of my childhood.
nodeterminerUS /noʊ/
not any; not one
From this reading The dullest dog that ever wrote a novel (and, entre nous, reader)--but let it go no further,--we have a good many dogs among the fraternity that are not Munitos might have seen with half an eye that the parson’s discourse had produced a very genial and humanizing effect upon his audience.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading The dullest dog that ever wrote a novel (and, entre nous, reader)--but let it go no further,--we have a good many dogs among the fraternity that are not Munitos might have seen with half an eye that the parson’s discourse had produced a very genial and humanizing effect upon his audience.
nous
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From this reading The dullest dog that ever wrote a novel (and, entre nous, reader)--but let it go no further,--we have a good many dogs among the fraternity that are not Munitos might have seen with half an eye that the parson’s discourse had produced a very genial and humanizing effect upon his audience.
novel
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From this reading The dullest dog that ever wrote a novel (and, entre nous, reader)--but let it go no further,--we have a good many dogs among the fraternity that are not Munitos might have seen with half an eye that the parson’s discourse had produced a very genial and humanizing effect upon his audience.
now
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From this reading The head might be wrong now and then,--the heart was in the right place after all.
nowadays
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From this reading There are no such dogs nowadays.]
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading [Munito was the name of a dog famous for his learning (a Porson of a dog) at the date of my childhood.
overprepositionUS /ˈoʊvər/
above and across; more than
From this reading When all was over, and the congregation stood up to let Mr. Hazeldean and his family walk first down the aisle (for that was the custom at Hazeldean), moistened eyes glanced at the squire’s sun-burned manly face, with a kindness that bespoke revived memory of many a generous benefit and ready service.
parson's
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From this reading The dullest dog that ever wrote a novel (and, entre nous, reader)--but let it go no further,--we have a good many dogs among the fraternity that are not Munitos might have seen with half an eye that the parson’s discourse had produced a very genial and humanizing effect upon his audience.
place
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From this reading The head might be wrong now and then,--the heart was in the right place after all.
Porson
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From this reading [Munito was the name of a dog famous for his learning (a Porson of a dog) at the date of my childhood.
produced
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From this reading The dullest dog that ever wrote a novel (and, entre nous, reader)--but let it go no further,--we have a good many dogs among the fraternity that are not Munitos might have seen with half an eye that the parson’s discourse had produced a very genial and humanizing effect upon his audience.
reader
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From this reading The dullest dog that ever wrote a novel (and, entre nous, reader)--but let it go no further,--we have a good many dogs among the fraternity that are not Munitos might have seen with half an eye that the parson’s discourse had produced a very genial and humanizing effect upon his audience.
ready
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From this reading When all was over, and the congregation stood up to let Mr. Hazeldean and his family walk first down the aisle (for that was the custom at Hazeldean), moistened eyes glanced at the squire’s sun-burned manly face, with a kindness that bespoke revived memory of many a generous benefit and ready service.
revived
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From this reading When all was over, and the congregation stood up to let Mr. Hazeldean and his family walk first down the aisle (for that was the custom at Hazeldean), moistened eyes glanced at the squire’s sun-burned manly face, with a kindness that bespoke revived memory of many a generous benefit and ready service.
rightnounUS /right/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The head might be wrong now and then,--the heart was in the right place after all.
seen
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From this reading The dullest dog that ever wrote a novel (and, entre nous, reader)--but let it go no further,--we have a good many dogs among the fraternity that are not Munitos might have seen with half an eye that the parson’s discourse had produced a very genial and humanizing effect upon his audience.
service
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From this reading When all was over, and the congregation stood up to let Mr. Hazeldean and his family walk first down the aisle (for that was the custom at Hazeldean), moistened eyes glanced at the squire’s sun-burned manly face, with a kindness that bespoke revived memory of many a generous benefit and ready service.
squire's
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From this reading When all was over, and the congregation stood up to let Mr. Hazeldean and his family walk first down the aisle (for that was the custom at Hazeldean), moistened eyes glanced at the squire’s sun-burned manly face, with a kindness that bespoke revived memory of many a generous benefit and ready service.
stoodnounUS /stood/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading When all was over, and the congregation stood up to let Mr. Hazeldean and his family walk first down the aisle (for that was the custom at Hazeldean), moistened eyes glanced at the squire’s sun-burned manly face, with a kindness that bespoke revived memory of many a generous benefit and ready service.
suchdeterminerUS /sʌtʃ/
of the kind already mentioned
From this reading There are no such dogs nowadays.]
sun-burned
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From this reading When all was over, and the congregation stood up to let Mr. Hazeldean and his family walk first down the aisle (for that was the custom at Hazeldean), moistened eyes glanced at the squire’s sun-burned manly face, with a kindness that bespoke revived memory of many a generous benefit and ready service.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading The dullest dog that ever wrote a novel (and, entre nous, reader)--but let it go no further,--we have a good many dogs among the fraternity that are not Munitos might have seen with half an eye that the parson’s discourse had produced a very genial and humanizing effect upon his audience.
ThedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The dullest dog that ever wrote a novel (and, entre nous, reader)--but let it go no further,--we have a good many dogs among the fraternity that are not Munitos might have seen with half an eye that the parson’s discourse had produced a very genial and humanizing effect upon his audience.
then
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From this reading The head might be wrong now and then,--the heart was in the right place after all.
There
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From this reading There are no such dogs nowadays.]
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading When all was over, and the congregation stood up to let Mr. Hazeldean and his family walk first down the aisle (for that was the custom at Hazeldean), moistened eyes glanced at the squire’s sun-burned manly face, with a kindness that bespoke revived memory of many a generous benefit and ready service.
up
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From this reading When all was over, and the congregation stood up to let Mr. Hazeldean and his family walk first down the aisle (for that was the custom at Hazeldean), moistened eyes glanced at the squire’s sun-burned manly face, with a kindness that bespoke revived memory of many a generous benefit and ready service.
uponprepositionUS /əˈpɑːn/
a formal word for “on”
From this reading The dullest dog that ever wrote a novel (and, entre nous, reader)--but let it go no further,--we have a good many dogs among the fraternity that are not Munitos might have seen with half an eye that the parson’s discourse had produced a very genial and humanizing effect upon his audience.
very
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From this reading The dullest dog that ever wrote a novel (and, entre nous, reader)--but let it go no further,--we have a good many dogs among the fraternity that are not Munitos might have seen with half an eye that the parson’s discourse had produced a very genial and humanizing effect upon his audience.
walk
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From this reading When all was over, and the congregation stood up to let Mr. Hazeldean and his family walk first down the aisle (for that was the custom at Hazeldean), moistened eyes glanced at the squire’s sun-burned manly face, with a kindness that bespoke revived memory of many a generous benefit and ready service.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading [Munito was the name of a dog famous for his learning (a Porson of a dog) at the date of my childhood.
wepronounUS /wiː/
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading The dullest dog that ever wrote a novel (and, entre nous, reader)--but let it go no further,--we have a good many dogs among the fraternity that are not Munitos might have seen with half an eye that the parson’s discourse had produced a very genial and humanizing effect upon his audience.
WhenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading When all was over, and the congregation stood up to let Mr. Hazeldean and his family walk first down the aisle (for that was the custom at Hazeldean), moistened eyes glanced at the squire’s sun-burned manly face, with a kindness that bespoke revived memory of many a generous benefit and ready service.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading The dullest dog that ever wrote a novel (and, entre nous, reader)--but let it go no further,--we have a good many dogs among the fraternity that are not Munitos might have seen with half an eye that the parson’s discourse had produced a very genial and humanizing effect upon his audience.
wrong
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From this reading The head might be wrong now and then,--the heart was in the right place after all.
wrote
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From this reading The dullest dog that ever wrote a novel (and, entre nous, reader)--but let it go no further,--we have a good many dogs among the fraternity that are not Munitos might have seen with half an eye that the parson’s discourse had produced a very genial and humanizing effect upon his audience.
