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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 There is not a more hackneyed subject for poetic enthusiasm than that sight--perhaps the loveliest in nature--a young mother with her first-born child.
aboutprepositionUS /əˈbaʊt/
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading Any poet, painter, or sculptor, would certainly have raved about Mrs. Rothesay, had he seen her in the days of convalescence, sitting at the window with her baby on her knee.
andeterminerUS /æn/
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading She furnished that rare sight--and one that is becoming rarer as the world grows older--an exquisitely beautiful woman.
AndconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading And perhaps because it is so lovely, and is ever renewed in its beauty, the world never tires of dwelling thereupon.
Any
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From this reading Any poet, painter, or sculptor, would certainly have raved about Mrs. Rothesay, had he seen her in the days of convalescence, sitting at the window with her baby on her knee.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading She furnished that rare sight--and one that is becoming rarer as the world grows older--an exquisitely beautiful woman.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading Any poet, painter, or sculptor, would certainly have raved about Mrs. Rothesay, had he seen her in the days of convalescence, sitting at the window with her baby on her knee.
baby
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From this reading Any poet, painter, or sculptor, would certainly have raved about Mrs. Rothesay, had he seen her in the days of convalescence, sitting at the window with her baby on her knee.
beautiful
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From this reading She furnished that rare sight--and one that is becoming rarer as the world grows older--an exquisitely beautiful woman.
beauty
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From this reading And perhaps because it is so lovely, and is ever renewed in its beauty, the world never tires of dwelling thereupon.
becauseconjunctionUS /bɪˈkɔːz/
for the reason that
From this reading And perhaps because it is so lovely, and is ever renewed in its beauty, the world never tires of dwelling thereupon.
becoming
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From this reading She furnished that rare sight--and one that is becoming rarer as the world grows older--an exquisitely beautiful woman.
bring
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From this reading Would there were more of such!--that the idea of physical beauty might pass into the heart through the eyes, and bring with it the ideal of the soul's perfection, which our senses can only thus receive.
canmodal verbUS /kæn/
to be able to, or to be allowed to
From this reading Would there were more of such!--that the idea of physical beauty might pass into the heart through the eyes, and bring with it the ideal of the soul's perfection, which our senses can only thus receive.
certainly
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child
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From this reading There is not a more hackneyed subject for poetic enthusiasm than that sight--perhaps the loveliest in nature--a young mother with her first-born child.
convalescence
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days
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dwelling
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From this reading And perhaps because it is so lovely, and is ever renewed in its beauty, the world never tires of dwelling thereupon.
enthusiasm
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From this reading There is not a more hackneyed subject for poetic enthusiasm than that sight--perhaps the loveliest in nature--a young mother with her first-born child.
evernounUS /ever/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading And perhaps because it is so lovely, and is ever renewed in its beauty, the world never tires of dwelling thereupon.
exquisitely
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From this reading She furnished that rare sight--and one that is becoming rarer as the world grows older--an exquisitely beautiful woman.
eyes
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From this reading Would there were more of such!--that the idea of physical beauty might pass into the heart through the eyes, and bring with it the ideal of the soul's perfection, which our senses can only thus receive.
first-born
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From this reading There is not a more hackneyed subject for poetic enthusiasm than that sight--perhaps the loveliest in nature--a young mother with her first-born child.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading There is not a more hackneyed subject for poetic enthusiasm than that sight--perhaps the loveliest in nature--a young mother with her first-born child.
furnished
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From this reading She furnished that rare sight--and one that is becoming rarer as the world grows older--an exquisitely beautiful woman.
grows
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From this reading She furnished that rare sight--and one that is becoming rarer as the world grows older--an exquisitely beautiful woman.
hackneyed
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From this reading There is not a more hackneyed subject for poetic enthusiasm than that sight--perhaps the loveliest in nature--a young mother with her first-born child.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Any poet, painter, or sculptor, would certainly have raved about Mrs. Rothesay, had he seen her in the days of convalescence, sitting at the window with her baby on her knee.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading Any poet, painter, or sculptor, would certainly have raved about Mrs. Rothesay, had he seen her in the days of convalescence, sitting at the window with her baby on her knee.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Any poet, painter, or sculptor, would certainly have raved about Mrs. Rothesay, had he seen her in the days of convalescence, sitting at the window with her baby on her knee.
heart
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From this reading Would there were more of such!--that the idea of physical beauty might pass into the heart through the eyes, and bring with it the ideal of the soul's perfection, which our senses can only thus receive.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading There is not a more hackneyed subject for poetic enthusiasm than that sight--perhaps the loveliest in nature--a young mother with her first-born child.
idea
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From this reading Would there were more of such!--that the idea of physical beauty might pass into the heart through the eyes, and bring with it the ideal of the soul's perfection, which our senses can only thus receive.
ideal
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From this reading Would there were more of such!--that the idea of physical beauty might pass into the heart through the eyes, and bring with it the ideal of the soul's perfection, which our senses can only thus receive.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading There is not a more hackneyed subject for poetic enthusiasm than that sight--perhaps the loveliest in nature--a young mother with her first-born child.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading Would there were more of such!--that the idea of physical beauty might pass into the heart through the eyes, and bring with it the ideal of the soul's perfection, which our senses can only thus receive.
isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading There is not a more hackneyed subject for poetic enthusiasm than that sight--perhaps the loveliest in nature--a young mother with her first-born child.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading And perhaps because it is so lovely, and is ever renewed in its beauty, the world never tires of dwelling thereupon.
itsdeterminerUS /ɪts/
belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned
From this reading And perhaps because it is so lovely, and is ever renewed in its beauty, the world never tires of dwelling thereupon.
knee
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From this reading Any poet, painter, or sculptor, would certainly have raved about Mrs. Rothesay, had he seen her in the days of convalescence, sitting at the window with her baby on her knee.
loveliest
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From this reading There is not a more hackneyed subject for poetic enthusiasm than that sight--perhaps the loveliest in nature--a young mother with her first-born child.
lovely
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From this reading And perhaps because it is so lovely, and is ever renewed in its beauty, the world never tires of dwelling thereupon.
mightmodal verbUS /maɪt/
used to say something is possible but not certain
From this reading Would there were more of such!--that the idea of physical beauty might pass into the heart through the eyes, and bring with it the ideal of the soul's perfection, which our senses can only thus receive.
more
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From this reading There is not a more hackneyed subject for poetic enthusiasm than that sight--perhaps the loveliest in nature--a young mother with her first-born child.
mother
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From this reading There is not a more hackneyed subject for poetic enthusiasm than that sight--perhaps the loveliest in nature--a young mother with her first-born child.
Mrs
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From this reading Any poet, painter, or sculptor, would certainly have raved about Mrs. Rothesay, had he seen her in the days of convalescence, sitting at the window with her baby on her knee.
nature
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From this reading There is not a more hackneyed subject for poetic enthusiasm than that sight--perhaps the loveliest in nature--a young mother with her first-born child.
nevernounUS /never/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading And perhaps because it is so lovely, and is ever renewed in its beauty, the world never tires of dwelling thereupon.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading There is not a more hackneyed subject for poetic enthusiasm than that sight--perhaps the loveliest in nature--a young mother with her first-born child.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading And perhaps because it is so lovely, and is ever renewed in its beauty, the world never tires of dwelling thereupon.
older
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From this reading She furnished that rare sight--and one that is becoming rarer as the world grows older--an exquisitely beautiful woman.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading Any poet, painter, or sculptor, would certainly have raved about Mrs. Rothesay, had he seen her in the days of convalescence, sitting at the window with her baby on her knee.
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading She furnished that rare sight--and one that is becoming rarer as the world grows older--an exquisitely beautiful woman.
only
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From this reading Would there were more of such!--that the idea of physical beauty might pass into the heart through the eyes, and bring with it the ideal of the soul's perfection, which our senses can only thus receive.
orconjunctionUS /ɔːr/
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading Any poet, painter, or sculptor, would certainly have raved about Mrs. Rothesay, had he seen her in the days of convalescence, sitting at the window with her baby on her knee.
ourdeterminerUS /ˈaʊər/
belonging to the speaker and others
From this reading Would there were more of such!--that the idea of physical beauty might pass into the heart through the eyes, and bring with it the ideal of the soul's perfection, which our senses can only thus receive.
painter
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From this reading Any poet, painter, or sculptor, would certainly have raved about Mrs. Rothesay, had he seen her in the days of convalescence, sitting at the window with her baby on her knee.
pass
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From this reading Would there were more of such!--that the idea of physical beauty might pass into the heart through the eyes, and bring with it the ideal of the soul's perfection, which our senses can only thus receive.
perfection
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From this reading Would there were more of such!--that the idea of physical beauty might pass into the heart through the eyes, and bring with it the ideal of the soul's perfection, which our senses can only thus receive.
perhaps
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From this reading There is not a more hackneyed subject for poetic enthusiasm than that sight--perhaps the loveliest in nature--a young mother with her first-born child.
physical
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From this reading Would there were more of such!--that the idea of physical beauty might pass into the heart through the eyes, and bring with it the ideal of the soul's perfection, which our senses can only thus receive.
poet
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poetic
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From this reading There is not a more hackneyed subject for poetic enthusiasm than that sight--perhaps the loveliest in nature--a young mother with her first-born child.
rare
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From this reading She furnished that rare sight--and one that is becoming rarer as the world grows older--an exquisitely beautiful woman.
rarer
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From this reading She furnished that rare sight--and one that is becoming rarer as the world grows older--an exquisitely beautiful woman.
raved
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From this reading Any poet, painter, or sculptor, would certainly have raved about Mrs. Rothesay, had he seen her in the days of convalescence, sitting at the window with her baby on her knee.
receive
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From this reading Would there were more of such!--that the idea of physical beauty might pass into the heart through the eyes, and bring with it the ideal of the soul's perfection, which our senses can only thus receive.
renewed
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From this reading And perhaps because it is so lovely, and is ever renewed in its beauty, the world never tires of dwelling thereupon.
Rothesay
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sculptor
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From this reading Any poet, painter, or sculptor, would certainly have raved about Mrs. Rothesay, had he seen her in the days of convalescence, sitting at the window with her baby on her knee.
seen
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From this reading Any poet, painter, or sculptor, would certainly have raved about Mrs. Rothesay, had he seen her in the days of convalescence, sitting at the window with her baby on her knee.
sensesplural nounUS /ˈsɛnsɪz/
powers of perception and awareness
From this reading Would there were more of such!--that the idea of physical beauty might pass into the heart through the eyes, and bring with it the ideal of the soul's perfection, which our senses can only thus receive.
ShepronounUS /ʃiː/
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading She furnished that rare sight--and one that is becoming rarer as the world grows older--an exquisitely beautiful woman.
sight
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From this reading There is not a more hackneyed subject for poetic enthusiasm than that sight--perhaps the loveliest in nature--a young mother with her first-born child.
sitting
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From this reading Any poet, painter, or sculptor, would certainly have raved about Mrs. Rothesay, had he seen her in the days of convalescence, sitting at the window with her baby on her knee.
soconjunctionUS /soʊ/
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading And perhaps because it is so lovely, and is ever renewed in its beauty, the world never tires of dwelling thereupon.
soul's
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From this reading Would there were more of such!--that the idea of physical beauty might pass into the heart through the eyes, and bring with it the ideal of the soul's perfection, which our senses can only thus receive.
subject
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From this reading There is not a more hackneyed subject for poetic enthusiasm than that sight--perhaps the loveliest in nature--a young mother with her first-born child.
suchdeterminerUS /sʌtʃ/
of the kind already mentioned
From this reading Would there were more of such!--that the idea of physical beauty might pass into the heart through the eyes, and bring with it the ideal of the soul's perfection, which our senses can only thus receive.
thanconjunctionUS /ðæn/
used to introduce the second part of a comparison
From this reading There is not a more hackneyed subject for poetic enthusiasm than that sight--perhaps the loveliest in nature--a young mother with her first-born child.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading There is not a more hackneyed subject for poetic enthusiasm than that sight--perhaps the loveliest in nature--a young mother with her first-born child.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading There is not a more hackneyed subject for poetic enthusiasm than that sight--perhaps the loveliest in nature--a young mother with her first-born child.
There
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From this reading There is not a more hackneyed subject for poetic enthusiasm than that sight--perhaps the loveliest in nature--a young mother with her first-born child.
thereupon
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From this reading And perhaps because it is so lovely, and is ever renewed in its beauty, the world never tires of dwelling thereupon.
throughnounUS /ˈthrough/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading Would there were more of such!--that the idea of physical beauty might pass into the heart through the eyes, and bring with it the ideal of the soul's perfection, which our senses can only thus receive.
thus
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From this reading Would there were more of such!--that the idea of physical beauty might pass into the heart through the eyes, and bring with it the ideal of the soul's perfection, which our senses can only thus receive.
tires
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From this reading And perhaps because it is so lovely, and is ever renewed in its beauty, the world never tires of dwelling thereupon.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading Would there were more of such!--that the idea of physical beauty might pass into the heart through the eyes, and bring with it the ideal of the soul's perfection, which our senses can only thus receive.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading Would there were more of such!--that the idea of physical beauty might pass into the heart through the eyes, and bring with it the ideal of the soul's perfection, which our senses can only thus receive.
window
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From this reading Any poet, painter, or sculptor, would certainly have raved about Mrs. Rothesay, had he seen her in the days of convalescence, sitting at the window with her baby on her knee.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading There is not a more hackneyed subject for poetic enthusiasm than that sight--perhaps the loveliest in nature--a young mother with her first-born child.
woman
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From this reading She furnished that rare sight--and one that is becoming rarer as the world grows older--an exquisitely beautiful woman.
world
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From this reading And perhaps because it is so lovely, and is ever renewed in its beauty, the world never tires of dwelling thereupon.
wouldmodal verbUS /wʊd/
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading Any poet, painter, or sculptor, would certainly have raved about Mrs. Rothesay, had he seen her in the days of convalescence, sitting at the window with her baby on her knee.
young
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From this reading There is not a more hackneyed subject for poetic enthusiasm than that sight--perhaps the loveliest in nature--a young mother with her first-born child.
