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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 Milton's Paradise Lost would have perished without a sound had it appeared in the "Beehive."
andeterminerUS /æn/
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading At the end of a week they were dead and forgotten,--never read by one man of education and taste; taken simultaneously and indifferently with shallow politics and wretched essays, yet selling, perhaps, twenty or thirty thousand copies,--an immense sale; and nothing got out of them but bread and brandy!
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading At the end of a week they were dead and forgotten,--never read by one man of education and taste; taken simultaneously and indifferently with shallow politics and wretched essays, yet selling, perhaps, twenty or thirty thousand copies,--an immense sale; and nothing got out of them but bread and brandy!
appeared
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From this reading Milton's Paradise Lost would have perished without a sound had it appeared in the "Beehive."
AtprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading At the end of a week they were dead and forgotten,--never read by one man of education and taste; taken simultaneously and indifferently with shallow politics and wretched essays, yet selling, perhaps, twenty or thirty thousand copies,--an immense sale; and nothing got out of them but bread and brandy!
Beehive
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From this reading The villanous "Beehive"!
brandynounUS /ˈbrændi/
a strong alcoholic drink distilled from wine
From this reading At the end of a week they were dead and forgotten,--never read by one man of education and taste; taken simultaneously and indifferently with shallow politics and wretched essays, yet selling, perhaps, twenty or thirty thousand copies,--an immense sale; and nothing got out of them but bread and brandy!
Bread
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From this reading Bread was worked out of it, certainly; but fame, but hope for the future,--certainly not.
Burley
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From this reading Fine things were there in a fragmentary crude state, composed by Burley himself.
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading Bread was worked out of it, certainly; but fame, but hope for the future,--certainly not.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading Fine things were there in a fragmentary crude state, composed by Burley himself.
certainly
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From this reading Bread was worked out of it, certainly; but fame, but hope for the future,--certainly not.
composed
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From this reading Fine things were there in a fragmentary crude state, composed by Burley himself.
copies
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From this reading At the end of a week they were dead and forgotten,--never read by one man of education and taste; taken simultaneously and indifferently with shallow politics and wretched essays, yet selling, perhaps, twenty or thirty thousand copies,--an immense sale; and nothing got out of them but bread and brandy!
crude
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From this reading Fine things were there in a fragmentary crude state, composed by Burley himself.
deadnounUS /dead/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading At the end of a week they were dead and forgotten,--never read by one man of education and taste; taken simultaneously and indifferently with shallow politics and wretched essays, yet selling, perhaps, twenty or thirty thousand copies,--an immense sale; and nothing got out of them but bread and brandy!
education
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From this reading At the end of a week they were dead and forgotten,--never read by one man of education and taste; taken simultaneously and indifferently with shallow politics and wretched essays, yet selling, perhaps, twenty or thirty thousand copies,--an immense sale; and nothing got out of them but bread and brandy!
end
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From this reading At the end of a week they were dead and forgotten,--never read by one man of education and taste; taken simultaneously and indifferently with shallow politics and wretched essays, yet selling, perhaps, twenty or thirty thousand copies,--an immense sale; and nothing got out of them but bread and brandy!
essays
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From this reading At the end of a week they were dead and forgotten,--never read by one man of education and taste; taken simultaneously and indifferently with shallow politics and wretched essays, yet selling, perhaps, twenty or thirty thousand copies,--an immense sale; and nothing got out of them but bread and brandy!
fame
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From this reading Bread was worked out of it, certainly; but fame, but hope for the future,--certainly not.
FinenounUS /fine/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Fine things were there in a fragmentary crude state, composed by Burley himself.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading Bread was worked out of it, certainly; but fame, but hope for the future,--certainly not.
forgottenadjectiveUS /fərˈɡɑːt.n̩/
Not remembered; lapsed from memory.
From this reading At the end of a week they were dead and forgotten,--never read by one man of education and taste; taken simultaneously and indifferently with shallow politics and wretched essays, yet selling, perhaps, twenty or thirty thousand copies,--an immense sale; and nothing got out of them but bread and brandy!
fragmentary
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From this reading Fine things were there in a fragmentary crude state, composed by Burley himself.
future
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From this reading Bread was worked out of it, certainly; but fame, but hope for the future,--certainly not.
got
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From this reading At the end of a week they were dead and forgotten,--never read by one man of education and taste; taken simultaneously and indifferently with shallow politics and wretched essays, yet selling, perhaps, twenty or thirty thousand copies,--an immense sale; and nothing got out of them but bread and brandy!
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Milton's Paradise Lost would have perished without a sound had it appeared in the "Beehive."
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading Milton's Paradise Lost would have perished without a sound had it appeared in the "Beehive."
himselfpronounUS /hɪmˈself/
used when the man or boy doing the action is also its object
From this reading Fine things were there in a fragmentary crude state, composed by Burley himself.
hope
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From this reading Bread was worked out of it, certainly; but fame, but hope for the future,--certainly not.
immense
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From this reading At the end of a week they were dead and forgotten,--never read by one man of education and taste; taken simultaneously and indifferently with shallow politics and wretched essays, yet selling, perhaps, twenty or thirty thousand copies,--an immense sale; and nothing got out of them but bread and brandy!
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Milton's Paradise Lost would have perished without a sound had it appeared in the "Beehive."
indifferently
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From this reading At the end of a week they were dead and forgotten,--never read by one man of education and taste; taken simultaneously and indifferently with shallow politics and wretched essays, yet selling, perhaps, twenty or thirty thousand copies,--an immense sale; and nothing got out of them but bread and brandy!
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading Bread was worked out of it, certainly; but fame, but hope for the future,--certainly not.
Lost
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From this reading Milton's Paradise Lost would have perished without a sound had it appeared in the "Beehive."
man
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From this reading At the end of a week they were dead and forgotten,--never read by one man of education and taste; taken simultaneously and indifferently with shallow politics and wretched essays, yet selling, perhaps, twenty or thirty thousand copies,--an immense sale; and nothing got out of them but bread and brandy!
Milton's
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From this reading Milton's Paradise Lost would have perished without a sound had it appeared in the "Beehive."
nevernounUS /never/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading At the end of a week they were dead and forgotten,--never read by one man of education and taste; taken simultaneously and indifferently with shallow politics and wretched essays, yet selling, perhaps, twenty or thirty thousand copies,--an immense sale; and nothing got out of them but bread and brandy!
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading Bread was worked out of it, certainly; but fame, but hope for the future,--certainly not.
nothingpronounUS /ˈnʌθɪŋ/
not one thing; not anything
From this reading At the end of a week they were dead and forgotten,--never read by one man of education and taste; taken simultaneously and indifferently with shallow politics and wretched essays, yet selling, perhaps, twenty or thirty thousand copies,--an immense sale; and nothing got out of them but bread and brandy!
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Bread was worked out of it, certainly; but fame, but hope for the future,--certainly not.
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading At the end of a week they were dead and forgotten,--never read by one man of education and taste; taken simultaneously and indifferently with shallow politics and wretched essays, yet selling, perhaps, twenty or thirty thousand copies,--an immense sale; and nothing got out of them but bread and brandy!
orconjunctionUS /ɔːr/
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading At the end of a week they were dead and forgotten,--never read by one man of education and taste; taken simultaneously and indifferently with shallow politics and wretched essays, yet selling, perhaps, twenty or thirty thousand copies,--an immense sale; and nothing got out of them but bread and brandy!
out
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From this reading Bread was worked out of it, certainly; but fame, but hope for the future,--certainly not.
Paradise
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From this reading Milton's Paradise Lost would have perished without a sound had it appeared in the "Beehive."
perhaps
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From this reading At the end of a week they were dead and forgotten,--never read by one man of education and taste; taken simultaneously and indifferently with shallow politics and wretched essays, yet selling, perhaps, twenty or thirty thousand copies,--an immense sale; and nothing got out of them but bread and brandy!
perished
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From this reading Milton's Paradise Lost would have perished without a sound had it appeared in the "Beehive."
politics
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From this reading At the end of a week they were dead and forgotten,--never read by one man of education and taste; taken simultaneously and indifferently with shallow politics and wretched essays, yet selling, perhaps, twenty or thirty thousand copies,--an immense sale; and nothing got out of them but bread and brandy!
read
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From this reading At the end of a week they were dead and forgotten,--never read by one man of education and taste; taken simultaneously and indifferently with shallow politics and wretched essays, yet selling, perhaps, twenty or thirty thousand copies,--an immense sale; and nothing got out of them but bread and brandy!
sale
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From this reading At the end of a week they were dead and forgotten,--never read by one man of education and taste; taken simultaneously and indifferently with shallow politics and wretched essays, yet selling, perhaps, twenty or thirty thousand copies,--an immense sale; and nothing got out of them but bread and brandy!
selling
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From this reading At the end of a week they were dead and forgotten,--never read by one man of education and taste; taken simultaneously and indifferently with shallow politics and wretched essays, yet selling, perhaps, twenty or thirty thousand copies,--an immense sale; and nothing got out of them but bread and brandy!
shallow
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From this reading At the end of a week they were dead and forgotten,--never read by one man of education and taste; taken simultaneously and indifferently with shallow politics and wretched essays, yet selling, perhaps, twenty or thirty thousand copies,--an immense sale; and nothing got out of them but bread and brandy!
simultaneously
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From this reading At the end of a week they were dead and forgotten,--never read by one man of education and taste; taken simultaneously and indifferently with shallow politics and wretched essays, yet selling, perhaps, twenty or thirty thousand copies,--an immense sale; and nothing got out of them but bread and brandy!
sound
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From this reading Milton's Paradise Lost would have perished without a sound had it appeared in the "Beehive."
state
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From this reading Fine things were there in a fragmentary crude state, composed by Burley himself.
taken
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From this reading At the end of a week they were dead and forgotten,--never read by one man of education and taste; taken simultaneously and indifferently with shallow politics and wretched essays, yet selling, perhaps, twenty or thirty thousand copies,--an immense sale; and nothing got out of them but bread and brandy!
tasteverbUS /teɪst/
To perceive flavor through the mouth.
From this reading At the end of a week they were dead and forgotten,--never read by one man of education and taste; taken simultaneously and indifferently with shallow politics and wretched essays, yet selling, perhaps, twenty or thirty thousand copies,--an immense sale; and nothing got out of them but bread and brandy!
ThedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The villanous "Beehive"!
thempronounUS /ðem/
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading At the end of a week they were dead and forgotten,--never read by one man of education and taste; taken simultaneously and indifferently with shallow politics and wretched essays, yet selling, perhaps, twenty or thirty thousand copies,--an immense sale; and nothing got out of them but bread and brandy!
there
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From this reading Fine things were there in a fragmentary crude state, composed by Burley himself.
theypronounUS /ðeɪ/
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading At the end of a week they were dead and forgotten,--never read by one man of education and taste; taken simultaneously and indifferently with shallow politics and wretched essays, yet selling, perhaps, twenty or thirty thousand copies,--an immense sale; and nothing got out of them but bread and brandy!
things
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From this reading Fine things were there in a fragmentary crude state, composed by Burley himself.
thirty
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From this reading At the end of a week they were dead and forgotten,--never read by one man of education and taste; taken simultaneously and indifferently with shallow politics and wretched essays, yet selling, perhaps, twenty or thirty thousand copies,--an immense sale; and nothing got out of them but bread and brandy!
thousand
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From this reading At the end of a week they were dead and forgotten,--never read by one man of education and taste; taken simultaneously and indifferently with shallow politics and wretched essays, yet selling, perhaps, twenty or thirty thousand copies,--an immense sale; and nothing got out of them but bread and brandy!
twenty
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From this reading At the end of a week they were dead and forgotten,--never read by one man of education and taste; taken simultaneously and indifferently with shallow politics and wretched essays, yet selling, perhaps, twenty or thirty thousand copies,--an immense sale; and nothing got out of them but bread and brandy!
villanous
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From this reading The villanous "Beehive"!
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Bread was worked out of it, certainly; but fame, but hope for the future,--certainly not.
week
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From this reading At the end of a week they were dead and forgotten,--never read by one man of education and taste; taken simultaneously and indifferently with shallow politics and wretched essays, yet selling, perhaps, twenty or thirty thousand copies,--an immense sale; and nothing got out of them but bread and brandy!
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading Fine things were there in a fragmentary crude state, composed by Burley himself.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading At the end of a week they were dead and forgotten,--never read by one man of education and taste; taken simultaneously and indifferently with shallow politics and wretched essays, yet selling, perhaps, twenty or thirty thousand copies,--an immense sale; and nothing got out of them but bread and brandy!
withoutprepositionUS /wɪˈθaʊt/
not having, not using, or not accompanied by
From this reading Milton's Paradise Lost would have perished without a sound had it appeared in the "Beehive."
worked
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From this reading Bread was worked out of it, certainly; but fame, but hope for the future,--certainly not.
wouldmodal verbUS /wʊd/
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading Milton's Paradise Lost would have perished without a sound had it appeared in the "Beehive."
wretched
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From this reading At the end of a week they were dead and forgotten,--never read by one man of education and taste; taken simultaneously and indifferently with shallow politics and wretched essays, yet selling, perhaps, twenty or thirty thousand copies,--an immense sale; and nothing got out of them but bread and brandy!
yetconjunctionUS /jet/
but in spite of that
From this reading At the end of a week they were dead and forgotten,--never read by one man of education and taste; taken simultaneously and indifferently with shallow politics and wretched essays, yet selling, perhaps, twenty or thirty thousand copies,--an immense sale; and nothing got out of them but bread and brandy!
