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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 Author of "A House-Boat on the Styx" "Coffee and Repartee" "The Idiot at Home" "The Idiot" Thanks are due to the Publishers of _Harper's Round Table_, _Harper's Weekly_, _The Delineator_, _Life_, _Brooklyn Life_, and the New York _Mail and Express_ for permission to republish these stories in collected form.
accepted
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From this reading I have cheerfully accepted the commission, desiring it to be distinctly understood, however, that I am in no sense responsible for Mr. Wilkinson's statements either of fact or of opinion.
adviser
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From this reading _On the eve of his departure for Manila, where he is shortly to begin the publication of a comic paper, my friend Mr. Horace Wilkinson, late literary adviser of Messrs. Hawkins, Wilkes & Speedway, the publishers, sent to me the following pages of manuscript with the request that I should have them published for the benefit of those whom the story may concern.
affair
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From this reading The matter was very annoying, both to my publishers and to myself at the time it happened, and while I was anxious then to make public a full and candid statement of the facts as they occurred, Messrs. Hawkins, Wilkes & Speedway deemed it the wiser course to let the affair rest for a year or two anyhow.
ago
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From this reading I am merely the medium through whom his explanation is brought to the public eye._ _J. K. B._ have been asked so often and by so many persons known and unknown to me why it was that a Christmas book that was to have been issued some years ago under my editorial supervision never appeared, although announced as ready for immediate publication, that I feel that I should make some statement in explanation of the seeming deception.
althoughnounUS /ˈalthough/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading I am merely the medium through whom his explanation is brought to the public eye._ _J. K. B._ have been asked so often and by so many persons known and unknown to me why it was that a Christmas book that was to have been issued some years ago under my editorial supervision never appeared, although announced as ready for immediate publication, that I feel that I should make some statement in explanation of the seeming deception.
amauxiliary verbUS /æm/
the form of “be” used with “I”
From this reading I have cheerfully accepted the commission, desiring it to be distinctly understood, however, that I am in no sense responsible for Mr. Wilkinson's statements either of fact or of opinion.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Author of "A House-Boat on the Styx" "Coffee and Repartee" "The Idiot at Home" "The Idiot" Thanks are due to the Publishers of _Harper's Round Table_, _Harper's Weekly_, _The Delineator_, _Life_, _Brooklyn Life_, and the New York _Mail and Express_ for permission to republish these stories in collected form.
announced
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From this reading I am merely the medium through whom his explanation is brought to the public eye._ _J. K. B._ have been asked so often and by so many persons known and unknown to me why it was that a Christmas book that was to have been issued some years ago under my editorial supervision never appeared, although announced as ready for immediate publication, that I feel that I should make some statement in explanation of the seeming deception.
annoying
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From this reading The matter was very annoying, both to my publishers and to myself at the time it happened, and while I was anxious then to make public a full and candid statement of the facts as they occurred, Messrs. Hawkins, Wilkes & Speedway deemed it the wiser course to let the affair rest for a year or two anyhow.
anxious
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From this reading The matter was very annoying, both to my publishers and to myself at the time it happened, and while I was anxious then to make public a full and candid statement of the facts as they occurred, Messrs. Hawkins, Wilkes & Speedway deemed it the wiser course to let the affair rest for a year or two anyhow.
anyhow
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From this reading The matter was very annoying, both to my publishers and to myself at the time it happened, and while I was anxious then to make public a full and candid statement of the facts as they occurred, Messrs. Hawkins, Wilkes & Speedway deemed it the wiser course to let the affair rest for a year or two anyhow.
appeared
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From this reading I am merely the medium through whom his explanation is brought to the public eye._ _J. K. B._ have been asked so often and by so many persons known and unknown to me why it was that a Christmas book that was to have been issued some years ago under my editorial supervision never appeared, although announced as ready for immediate publication, that I feel that I should make some statement in explanation of the seeming deception.
areauxiliary verbUS /ɑːr/
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading Author of "A House-Boat on the Styx" "Coffee and Repartee" "The Idiot at Home" "The Idiot" Thanks are due to the Publishers of _Harper's Round Table_, _Harper's Weekly_, _The Delineator_, _Life_, _Brooklyn Life_, and the New York _Mail and Express_ for permission to republish these stories in collected form.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading I am merely the medium through whom his explanation is brought to the public eye._ _J. K. B._ have been asked so often and by so many persons known and unknown to me why it was that a Christmas book that was to have been issued some years ago under my editorial supervision never appeared, although announced as ready for immediate publication, that I feel that I should make some statement in explanation of the seeming deception.
askednounUS /asked/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading I am merely the medium through whom his explanation is brought to the public eye._ _J. K. B._ have been asked so often and by so many persons known and unknown to me why it was that a Christmas book that was to have been issued some years ago under my editorial supervision never appeared, although announced as ready for immediate publication, that I feel that I should make some statement in explanation of the seeming deception.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading Author of "A House-Boat on the Styx" "Coffee and Repartee" "The Idiot at Home" "The Idiot" Thanks are due to the Publishers of _Harper's Round Table_, _Harper's Weekly_, _The Delineator_, _Life_, _Brooklyn Life_, and the New York _Mail and Express_ for permission to republish these stories in collected form.
Author
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From this reading Author of "A House-Boat on the Styx" "Coffee and Repartee" "The Idiot at Home" "The Idiot" Thanks are due to the Publishers of _Harper's Round Table_, _Harper's Weekly_, _The Delineator_, _Life_, _Brooklyn Life_, and the New York _Mail and Express_ for permission to republish these stories in collected form.
B
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From this reading I am merely the medium through whom his explanation is brought to the public eye._ _J. K. B._ have been asked so often and by so many persons known and unknown to me why it was that a Christmas book that was to have been issued some years ago under my editorial supervision never appeared, although announced as ready for immediate publication, that I feel that I should make some statement in explanation of the seeming deception.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading I have cheerfully accepted the commission, desiring it to be distinctly understood, however, that I am in no sense responsible for Mr. Wilkinson's statements either of fact or of opinion.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading I am merely the medium through whom his explanation is brought to the public eye._ _J. K. B._ have been asked so often and by so many persons known and unknown to me why it was that a Christmas book that was to have been issued some years ago under my editorial supervision never appeared, although announced as ready for immediate publication, that I feel that I should make some statement in explanation of the seeming deception.
begin
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From this reading _On the eve of his departure for Manila, where he is shortly to begin the publication of a comic paper, my friend Mr. Horace Wilkinson, late literary adviser of Messrs. Hawkins, Wilkes & Speedway, the publishers, sent to me the following pages of manuscript with the request that I should have them published for the benefit of those whom the story may concern.
benefit
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From this reading _On the eve of his departure for Manila, where he is shortly to begin the publication of a comic paper, my friend Mr. Horace Wilkinson, late literary adviser of Messrs. Hawkins, Wilkes & Speedway, the publishers, sent to me the following pages of manuscript with the request that I should have them published for the benefit of those whom the story may concern.
book
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From this reading I am merely the medium through whom his explanation is brought to the public eye._ _J. K. B._ have been asked so often and by so many persons known and unknown to me why it was that a Christmas book that was to have been issued some years ago under my editorial supervision never appeared, although announced as ready for immediate publication, that I feel that I should make some statement in explanation of the seeming deception.
bothdeterminerUS /boʊθ/
the two together, not just one
From this reading The matter was very annoying, both to my publishers and to myself at the time it happened, and while I was anxious then to make public a full and candid statement of the facts as they occurred, Messrs. Hawkins, Wilkes & Speedway deemed it the wiser course to let the affair rest for a year or two anyhow.
Brooklyn
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From this reading Author of "A House-Boat on the Styx" "Coffee and Repartee" "The Idiot at Home" "The Idiot" Thanks are due to the Publishers of _Harper's Round Table_, _Harper's Weekly_, _The Delineator_, _Life_, _Brooklyn Life_, and the New York _Mail and Express_ for permission to republish these stories in collected form.
broughtnounUS /ˈbrought/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading I am merely the medium through whom his explanation is brought to the public eye._ _J. K. B._ have been asked so often and by so many persons known and unknown to me why it was that a Christmas book that was to have been issued some years ago under my editorial supervision never appeared, although announced as ready for immediate publication, that I feel that I should make some statement in explanation of the seeming deception.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading I am merely the medium through whom his explanation is brought to the public eye._ _J. K. B._ have been asked so often and by so many persons known and unknown to me why it was that a Christmas book that was to have been issued some years ago under my editorial supervision never appeared, although announced as ready for immediate publication, that I feel that I should make some statement in explanation of the seeming deception.
candid
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From this reading The matter was very annoying, both to my publishers and to myself at the time it happened, and while I was anxious then to make public a full and candid statement of the facts as they occurred, Messrs. Hawkins, Wilkes & Speedway deemed it the wiser course to let the affair rest for a year or two anyhow.
cheerfully
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From this reading I have cheerfully accepted the commission, desiring it to be distinctly understood, however, that I am in no sense responsible for Mr. Wilkinson's statements either of fact or of opinion.
Christmas
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From this reading I am merely the medium through whom his explanation is brought to the public eye._ _J. K. B._ have been asked so often and by so many persons known and unknown to me why it was that a Christmas book that was to have been issued some years ago under my editorial supervision never appeared, although announced as ready for immediate publication, that I feel that I should make some statement in explanation of the seeming deception.
Coffee
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From this reading Author of "A House-Boat on the Styx" "Coffee and Repartee" "The Idiot at Home" "The Idiot" Thanks are due to the Publishers of _Harper's Round Table_, _Harper's Weekly_, _The Delineator_, _Life_, _Brooklyn Life_, and the New York _Mail and Express_ for permission to republish these stories in collected form.
collected
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From this reading Author of "A House-Boat on the Styx" "Coffee and Repartee" "The Idiot at Home" "The Idiot" Thanks are due to the Publishers of _Harper's Round Table_, _Harper's Weekly_, _The Delineator_, _Life_, _Brooklyn Life_, and the New York _Mail and Express_ for permission to republish these stories in collected form.
comic
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From this reading _On the eve of his departure for Manila, where he is shortly to begin the publication of a comic paper, my friend Mr. Horace Wilkinson, late literary adviser of Messrs. Hawkins, Wilkes & Speedway, the publishers, sent to me the following pages of manuscript with the request that I should have them published for the benefit of those whom the story may concern.
commission
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From this reading I have cheerfully accepted the commission, desiring it to be distinctly understood, however, that I am in no sense responsible for Mr. Wilkinson's statements either of fact or of opinion.
concern
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From this reading _On the eve of his departure for Manila, where he is shortly to begin the publication of a comic paper, my friend Mr. Horace Wilkinson, late literary adviser of Messrs. Hawkins, Wilkes & Speedway, the publishers, sent to me the following pages of manuscript with the request that I should have them published for the benefit of those whom the story may concern.
coursenounUS /course/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The matter was very annoying, both to my publishers and to myself at the time it happened, and while I was anxious then to make public a full and candid statement of the facts as they occurred, Messrs. Hawkins, Wilkes & Speedway deemed it the wiser course to let the affair rest for a year or two anyhow.
deception
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From this reading I am merely the medium through whom his explanation is brought to the public eye._ _J. K. B._ have been asked so often and by so many persons known and unknown to me why it was that a Christmas book that was to have been issued some years ago under my editorial supervision never appeared, although announced as ready for immediate publication, that I feel that I should make some statement in explanation of the seeming deception.
deemed
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From this reading The matter was very annoying, both to my publishers and to myself at the time it happened, and while I was anxious then to make public a full and candid statement of the facts as they occurred, Messrs. Hawkins, Wilkes & Speedway deemed it the wiser course to let the affair rest for a year or two anyhow.
Delineator
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From this reading Author of "A House-Boat on the Styx" "Coffee and Repartee" "The Idiot at Home" "The Idiot" Thanks are due to the Publishers of _Harper's Round Table_, _Harper's Weekly_, _The Delineator_, _Life_, _Brooklyn Life_, and the New York _Mail and Express_ for permission to republish these stories in collected form.
departure
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From this reading _On the eve of his departure for Manila, where he is shortly to begin the publication of a comic paper, my friend Mr. Horace Wilkinson, late literary adviser of Messrs. Hawkins, Wilkes & Speedway, the publishers, sent to me the following pages of manuscript with the request that I should have them published for the benefit of those whom the story may concern.
desiring
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From this reading I have cheerfully accepted the commission, desiring it to be distinctly understood, however, that I am in no sense responsible for Mr. Wilkinson's statements either of fact or of opinion.
distinctly
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From this reading I have cheerfully accepted the commission, desiring it to be distinctly understood, however, that I am in no sense responsible for Mr. Wilkinson's statements either of fact or of opinion.
due
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From this reading Author of "A House-Boat on the Styx" "Coffee and Repartee" "The Idiot at Home" "The Idiot" Thanks are due to the Publishers of _Harper's Round Table_, _Harper's Weekly_, _The Delineator_, _Life_, _Brooklyn Life_, and the New York _Mail and Express_ for permission to republish these stories in collected form.
editorial
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From this reading I am merely the medium through whom his explanation is brought to the public eye._ _J. K. B._ have been asked so often and by so many persons known and unknown to me why it was that a Christmas book that was to have been issued some years ago under my editorial supervision never appeared, although announced as ready for immediate publication, that I feel that I should make some statement in explanation of the seeming deception.
eitherdeterminerUS /ˈiːðər/
one or the other of two
From this reading I have cheerfully accepted the commission, desiring it to be distinctly understood, however, that I am in no sense responsible for Mr. Wilkinson's statements either of fact or of opinion.
eve
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From this reading _On the eve of his departure for Manila, where he is shortly to begin the publication of a comic paper, my friend Mr. Horace Wilkinson, late literary adviser of Messrs. Hawkins, Wilkes & Speedway, the publishers, sent to me the following pages of manuscript with the request that I should have them published for the benefit of those whom the story may concern.
explanation
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From this reading I am merely the medium through whom his explanation is brought to the public eye._ _J. K. B._ have been asked so often and by so many persons known and unknown to me why it was that a Christmas book that was to have been issued some years ago under my editorial supervision never appeared, although announced as ready for immediate publication, that I feel that I should make some statement in explanation of the seeming deception.
ExpressverbUS /ɪkˈspres/
to show or communicate a feeling or idea
From this reading Author of "A House-Boat on the Styx" "Coffee and Repartee" "The Idiot at Home" "The Idiot" Thanks are due to the Publishers of _Harper's Round Table_, _Harper's Weekly_, _The Delineator_, _Life_, _Brooklyn Life_, and the New York _Mail and Express_ for permission to republish these stories in collected form.
eye
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From this reading I am merely the medium through whom his explanation is brought to the public eye._ _J. K. B._ have been asked so often and by so many persons known and unknown to me why it was that a Christmas book that was to have been issued some years ago under my editorial supervision never appeared, although announced as ready for immediate publication, that I feel that I should make some statement in explanation of the seeming deception.
fact
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From this reading I have cheerfully accepted the commission, desiring it to be distinctly understood, however, that I am in no sense responsible for Mr. Wilkinson's statements either of fact or of opinion.
facts
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From this reading The matter was very annoying, both to my publishers and to myself at the time it happened, and while I was anxious then to make public a full and candid statement of the facts as they occurred, Messrs. Hawkins, Wilkes & Speedway deemed it the wiser course to let the affair rest for a year or two anyhow.
feel
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From this reading I am merely the medium through whom his explanation is brought to the public eye._ _J. K. B._ have been asked so often and by so many persons known and unknown to me why it was that a Christmas book that was to have been issued some years ago under my editorial supervision never appeared, although announced as ready for immediate publication, that I feel that I should make some statement in explanation of the seeming deception.
following
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From this reading _On the eve of his departure for Manila, where he is shortly to begin the publication of a comic paper, my friend Mr. Horace Wilkinson, late literary adviser of Messrs. Hawkins, Wilkes & Speedway, the publishers, sent to me the following pages of manuscript with the request that I should have them published for the benefit of those whom the story may concern.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading Author of "A House-Boat on the Styx" "Coffee and Repartee" "The Idiot at Home" "The Idiot" Thanks are due to the Publishers of _Harper's Round Table_, _Harper's Weekly_, _The Delineator_, _Life_, _Brooklyn Life_, and the New York _Mail and Express_ for permission to republish these stories in collected form.
form
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From this reading Author of "A House-Boat on the Styx" "Coffee and Repartee" "The Idiot at Home" "The Idiot" Thanks are due to the Publishers of _Harper's Round Table_, _Harper's Weekly_, _The Delineator_, _Life_, _Brooklyn Life_, and the New York _Mail and Express_ for permission to republish these stories in collected form.
friend
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From this reading _On the eve of his departure for Manila, where he is shortly to begin the publication of a comic paper, my friend Mr. Horace Wilkinson, late literary adviser of Messrs. Hawkins, Wilkes & Speedway, the publishers, sent to me the following pages of manuscript with the request that I should have them published for the benefit of those whom the story may concern.
full
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From this reading The matter was very annoying, both to my publishers and to myself at the time it happened, and while I was anxious then to make public a full and candid statement of the facts as they occurred, Messrs. Hawkins, Wilkes & Speedway deemed it the wiser course to let the affair rest for a year or two anyhow.
happened
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From this reading The matter was very annoying, both to my publishers and to myself at the time it happened, and while I was anxious then to make public a full and candid statement of the facts as they occurred, Messrs. Hawkins, Wilkes & Speedway deemed it the wiser course to let the affair rest for a year or two anyhow.
Harper's
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From this reading Author of "A House-Boat on the Styx" "Coffee and Repartee" "The Idiot at Home" "The Idiot" Thanks are due to the Publishers of _Harper's Round Table_, _Harper's Weekly_, _The Delineator_, _Life_, _Brooklyn Life_, and the New York _Mail and Express_ for permission to republish these stories in collected form.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading _On the eve of his departure for Manila, where he is shortly to begin the publication of a comic paper, my friend Mr. Horace Wilkinson, late literary adviser of Messrs. Hawkins, Wilkes & Speedway, the publishers, sent to me the following pages of manuscript with the request that I should have them published for the benefit of those whom the story may concern.
Hawkins
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From this reading _On the eve of his departure for Manila, where he is shortly to begin the publication of a comic paper, my friend Mr. Horace Wilkinson, late literary adviser of Messrs. Hawkins, Wilkes & Speedway, the publishers, sent to me the following pages of manuscript with the request that I should have them published for the benefit of those whom the story may concern.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading _On the eve of his departure for Manila, where he is shortly to begin the publication of a comic paper, my friend Mr. Horace Wilkinson, late literary adviser of Messrs. Hawkins, Wilkes & Speedway, the publishers, sent to me the following pages of manuscript with the request that I should have them published for the benefit of those whom the story may concern.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading _On the eve of his departure for Manila, where he is shortly to begin the publication of a comic paper, my friend Mr. Horace Wilkinson, late literary adviser of Messrs. Hawkins, Wilkes & Speedway, the publishers, sent to me the following pages of manuscript with the request that I should have them published for the benefit of those whom the story may concern.
Home
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From this reading Author of "A House-Boat on the Styx" "Coffee and Repartee" "The Idiot at Home" "The Idiot" Thanks are due to the Publishers of _Harper's Round Table_, _Harper's Weekly_, _The Delineator_, _Life_, _Brooklyn Life_, and the New York _Mail and Express_ for permission to republish these stories in collected form.
Horace
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From this reading _On the eve of his departure for Manila, where he is shortly to begin the publication of a comic paper, my friend Mr. Horace Wilkinson, late literary adviser of Messrs. Hawkins, Wilkes & Speedway, the publishers, sent to me the following pages of manuscript with the request that I should have them published for the benefit of those whom the story may concern.
House-Boat
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From this reading Author of "A House-Boat on the Styx" "Coffee and Repartee" "The Idiot at Home" "The Idiot" Thanks are due to the Publishers of _Harper's Round Table_, _Harper's Weekly_, _The Delineator_, _Life_, _Brooklyn Life_, and the New York _Mail and Express_ for permission to republish these stories in collected form.
howeveradverbUS /ˌhaʊˈevər/
used to add a contrasting statement
From this reading I have cheerfully accepted the commission, desiring it to be distinctly understood, however, that I am in no sense responsible for Mr. Wilkinson's statements either of fact or of opinion.
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading _On the eve of his departure for Manila, where he is shortly to begin the publication of a comic paper, my friend Mr. Horace Wilkinson, late literary adviser of Messrs. Hawkins, Wilkes & Speedway, the publishers, sent to me the following pages of manuscript with the request that I should have them published for the benefit of those whom the story may concern.
Idiot
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From this reading Author of "A House-Boat on the Styx" "Coffee and Repartee" "The Idiot at Home" "The Idiot" Thanks are due to the Publishers of _Harper's Round Table_, _Harper's Weekly_, _The Delineator_, _Life_, _Brooklyn Life_, and the New York _Mail and Express_ for permission to republish these stories in collected form.
immediate
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From this reading I am merely the medium through whom his explanation is brought to the public eye._ _J. K. B._ have been asked so often and by so many persons known and unknown to me why it was that a Christmas book that was to have been issued some years ago under my editorial supervision never appeared, although announced as ready for immediate publication, that I feel that I should make some statement in explanation of the seeming deception.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Author of "A House-Boat on the Styx" "Coffee and Repartee" "The Idiot at Home" "The Idiot" Thanks are due to the Publishers of _Harper's Round Table_, _Harper's Weekly_, _The Delineator_, _Life_, _Brooklyn Life_, and the New York _Mail and Express_ for permission to republish these stories in collected form.
isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading _On the eve of his departure for Manila, where he is shortly to begin the publication of a comic paper, my friend Mr. Horace Wilkinson, late literary adviser of Messrs. Hawkins, Wilkes & Speedway, the publishers, sent to me the following pages of manuscript with the request that I should have them published for the benefit of those whom the story may concern.
issuednounUS /issued/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading I am merely the medium through whom his explanation is brought to the public eye._ _J. K. B._ have been asked so often and by so many persons known and unknown to me why it was that a Christmas book that was to have been issued some years ago under my editorial supervision never appeared, although announced as ready for immediate publication, that I feel that I should make some statement in explanation of the seeming deception.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading I have cheerfully accepted the commission, desiring it to be distinctly understood, however, that I am in no sense responsible for Mr. Wilkinson's statements either of fact or of opinion.
J
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From this reading I am merely the medium through whom his explanation is brought to the public eye._ _J. K. B._ have been asked so often and by so many persons known and unknown to me why it was that a Christmas book that was to have been issued some years ago under my editorial supervision never appeared, although announced as ready for immediate publication, that I feel that I should make some statement in explanation of the seeming deception.
K
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From this reading I am merely the medium through whom his explanation is brought to the public eye._ _J. K. B._ have been asked so often and by so many persons known and unknown to me why it was that a Christmas book that was to have been issued some years ago under my editorial supervision never appeared, although announced as ready for immediate publication, that I feel that I should make some statement in explanation of the seeming deception.
known
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From this reading I am merely the medium through whom his explanation is brought to the public eye._ _J. K. B._ have been asked so often and by so many persons known and unknown to me why it was that a Christmas book that was to have been issued some years ago under my editorial supervision never appeared, although announced as ready for immediate publication, that I feel that I should make some statement in explanation of the seeming deception.
late
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From this reading _On the eve of his departure for Manila, where he is shortly to begin the publication of a comic paper, my friend Mr. Horace Wilkinson, late literary adviser of Messrs. Hawkins, Wilkes & Speedway, the publishers, sent to me the following pages of manuscript with the request that I should have them published for the benefit of those whom the story may concern.
letauxiliary verbUS /let/
used to make a suggestion or a command including the speaker
From this reading The matter was very annoying, both to my publishers and to myself at the time it happened, and while I was anxious then to make public a full and candid statement of the facts as they occurred, Messrs. Hawkins, Wilkes & Speedway deemed it the wiser course to let the affair rest for a year or two anyhow.
LifenounUS /life/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Author of "A House-Boat on the Styx" "Coffee and Repartee" "The Idiot at Home" "The Idiot" Thanks are due to the Publishers of _Harper's Round Table_, _Harper's Weekly_, _The Delineator_, _Life_, _Brooklyn Life_, and the New York _Mail and Express_ for permission to republish these stories in collected form.
literary
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From this reading _On the eve of his departure for Manila, where he is shortly to begin the publication of a comic paper, my friend Mr. Horace Wilkinson, late literary adviser of Messrs. Hawkins, Wilkes & Speedway, the publishers, sent to me the following pages of manuscript with the request that I should have them published for the benefit of those whom the story may concern.
Mail
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From this reading Author of "A House-Boat on the Styx" "Coffee and Repartee" "The Idiot at Home" "The Idiot" Thanks are due to the Publishers of _Harper's Round Table_, _Harper's Weekly_, _The Delineator_, _Life_, _Brooklyn Life_, and the New York _Mail and Express_ for permission to republish these stories in collected form.
makenounUS /make/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading I am merely the medium through whom his explanation is brought to the public eye._ _J. K. B._ have been asked so often and by so many persons known and unknown to me why it was that a Christmas book that was to have been issued some years ago under my editorial supervision never appeared, although announced as ready for immediate publication, that I feel that I should make some statement in explanation of the seeming deception.
Manila
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From this reading _On the eve of his departure for Manila, where he is shortly to begin the publication of a comic paper, my friend Mr. Horace Wilkinson, late literary adviser of Messrs. Hawkins, Wilkes & Speedway, the publishers, sent to me the following pages of manuscript with the request that I should have them published for the benefit of those whom the story may concern.
manuscriptnounUS /ˈmæn.jə.skrɪpt/
A book, document, or piece of music written by hand rather than typed or printed.
From this reading _On the eve of his departure for Manila, where he is shortly to begin the publication of a comic paper, my friend Mr. Horace Wilkinson, late literary adviser of Messrs. Hawkins, Wilkes & Speedway, the publishers, sent to me the following pages of manuscript with the request that I should have them published for the benefit of those whom the story may concern.
many
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From this reading I am merely the medium through whom his explanation is brought to the public eye._ _J. K. B._ have been asked so often and by so many persons known and unknown to me why it was that a Christmas book that was to have been issued some years ago under my editorial supervision never appeared, although announced as ready for immediate publication, that I feel that I should make some statement in explanation of the seeming deception.
matter
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From this reading The matter was very annoying, both to my publishers and to myself at the time it happened, and while I was anxious then to make public a full and candid statement of the facts as they occurred, Messrs. Hawkins, Wilkes & Speedway deemed it the wiser course to let the affair rest for a year or two anyhow.
maymodal verbUS /meɪ/
used to say something is possible, or to give permission
From this reading _On the eve of his departure for Manila, where he is shortly to begin the publication of a comic paper, my friend Mr. Horace Wilkinson, late literary adviser of Messrs. Hawkins, Wilkes & Speedway, the publishers, sent to me the following pages of manuscript with the request that I should have them published for the benefit of those whom the story may concern.
mepronounUS /miː/
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading _On the eve of his departure for Manila, where he is shortly to begin the publication of a comic paper, my friend Mr. Horace Wilkinson, late literary adviser of Messrs. Hawkins, Wilkes & Speedway, the publishers, sent to me the following pages of manuscript with the request that I should have them published for the benefit of those whom the story may concern.
medium
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From this reading I am merely the medium through whom his explanation is brought to the public eye._ _J. K. B._ have been asked so often and by so many persons known and unknown to me why it was that a Christmas book that was to have been issued some years ago under my editorial supervision never appeared, although announced as ready for immediate publication, that I feel that I should make some statement in explanation of the seeming deception.
merely
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From this reading I am merely the medium through whom his explanation is brought to the public eye._ _J. K. B._ have been asked so often and by so many persons known and unknown to me why it was that a Christmas book that was to have been issued some years ago under my editorial supervision never appeared, although announced as ready for immediate publication, that I feel that I should make some statement in explanation of the seeming deception.
Messrs
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From this reading _On the eve of his departure for Manila, where he is shortly to begin the publication of a comic paper, my friend Mr. Horace Wilkinson, late literary adviser of Messrs. Hawkins, Wilkes & Speedway, the publishers, sent to me the following pages of manuscript with the request that I should have them published for the benefit of those whom the story may concern.
Mr
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From this reading _On the eve of his departure for Manila, where he is shortly to begin the publication of a comic paper, my friend Mr. Horace Wilkinson, late literary adviser of Messrs. Hawkins, Wilkes & Speedway, the publishers, sent to me the following pages of manuscript with the request that I should have them published for the benefit of those whom the story may concern.
mydeterminerUS /maɪ/
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading _On the eve of his departure for Manila, where he is shortly to begin the publication of a comic paper, my friend Mr. Horace Wilkinson, late literary adviser of Messrs. Hawkins, Wilkes & Speedway, the publishers, sent to me the following pages of manuscript with the request that I should have them published for the benefit of those whom the story may concern.
myselfpronounUS /ˌmaɪˈself/
used when the speaker is also the object of the action
From this reading The matter was very annoying, both to my publishers and to myself at the time it happened, and while I was anxious then to make public a full and candid statement of the facts as they occurred, Messrs. Hawkins, Wilkes & Speedway deemed it the wiser course to let the affair rest for a year or two anyhow.
nevernounUS /never/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading I am merely the medium through whom his explanation is brought to the public eye._ _J. K. B._ have been asked so often and by so many persons known and unknown to me why it was that a Christmas book that was to have been issued some years ago under my editorial supervision never appeared, although announced as ready for immediate publication, that I feel that I should make some statement in explanation of the seeming deception.
New
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From this reading Author of "A House-Boat on the Styx" "Coffee and Repartee" "The Idiot at Home" "The Idiot" Thanks are due to the Publishers of _Harper's Round Table_, _Harper's Weekly_, _The Delineator_, _Life_, _Brooklyn Life_, and the New York _Mail and Express_ for permission to republish these stories in collected form.
nodeterminerUS /noʊ/
not any; not one
From this reading I have cheerfully accepted the commission, desiring it to be distinctly understood, however, that I am in no sense responsible for Mr. Wilkinson's statements either of fact or of opinion.
occurred
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From this reading The matter was very annoying, both to my publishers and to myself at the time it happened, and while I was anxious then to make public a full and candid statement of the facts as they occurred, Messrs. Hawkins, Wilkes & Speedway deemed it the wiser course to let the affair rest for a year or two anyhow.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Author of "A House-Boat on the Styx" "Coffee and Repartee" "The Idiot at Home" "The Idiot" Thanks are due to the Publishers of _Harper's Round Table_, _Harper's Weekly_, _The Delineator_, _Life_, _Brooklyn Life_, and the New York _Mail and Express_ for permission to republish these stories in collected form.
often
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From this reading I am merely the medium through whom his explanation is brought to the public eye._ _J. K. B._ have been asked so often and by so many persons known and unknown to me why it was that a Christmas book that was to have been issued some years ago under my editorial supervision never appeared, although announced as ready for immediate publication, that I feel that I should make some statement in explanation of the seeming deception.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading Author of "A House-Boat on the Styx" "Coffee and Repartee" "The Idiot at Home" "The Idiot" Thanks are due to the Publishers of _Harper's Round Table_, _Harper's Weekly_, _The Delineator_, _Life_, _Brooklyn Life_, and the New York _Mail and Express_ for permission to republish these stories in collected form.
opinion
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From this reading I have cheerfully accepted the commission, desiring it to be distinctly understood, however, that I am in no sense responsible for Mr. Wilkinson's statements either of fact or of opinion.
orconjunctionUS /ɔːr/
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading I have cheerfully accepted the commission, desiring it to be distinctly understood, however, that I am in no sense responsible for Mr. Wilkinson's statements either of fact or of opinion.
pages
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From this reading _On the eve of his departure for Manila, where he is shortly to begin the publication of a comic paper, my friend Mr. Horace Wilkinson, late literary adviser of Messrs. Hawkins, Wilkes & Speedway, the publishers, sent to me the following pages of manuscript with the request that I should have them published for the benefit of those whom the story may concern.
paper
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From this reading _On the eve of his departure for Manila, where he is shortly to begin the publication of a comic paper, my friend Mr. Horace Wilkinson, late literary adviser of Messrs. Hawkins, Wilkes & Speedway, the publishers, sent to me the following pages of manuscript with the request that I should have them published for the benefit of those whom the story may concern.
permission
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From this reading Author of "A House-Boat on the Styx" "Coffee and Repartee" "The Idiot at Home" "The Idiot" Thanks are due to the Publishers of _Harper's Round Table_, _Harper's Weekly_, _The Delineator_, _Life_, _Brooklyn Life_, and the New York _Mail and Express_ for permission to republish these stories in collected form.
persons
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From this reading I am merely the medium through whom his explanation is brought to the public eye._ _J. K. B._ have been asked so often and by so many persons known and unknown to me why it was that a Christmas book that was to have been issued some years ago under my editorial supervision never appeared, although announced as ready for immediate publication, that I feel that I should make some statement in explanation of the seeming deception.
public
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From this reading I am merely the medium through whom his explanation is brought to the public eye._ _J. K. B._ have been asked so often and by so many persons known and unknown to me why it was that a Christmas book that was to have been issued some years ago under my editorial supervision never appeared, although announced as ready for immediate publication, that I feel that I should make some statement in explanation of the seeming deception.
publication
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From this reading _On the eve of his departure for Manila, where he is shortly to begin the publication of a comic paper, my friend Mr. Horace Wilkinson, late literary adviser of Messrs. Hawkins, Wilkes & Speedway, the publishers, sent to me the following pages of manuscript with the request that I should have them published for the benefit of those whom the story may concern.
published
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From this reading _On the eve of his departure for Manila, where he is shortly to begin the publication of a comic paper, my friend Mr. Horace Wilkinson, late literary adviser of Messrs. Hawkins, Wilkes & Speedway, the publishers, sent to me the following pages of manuscript with the request that I should have them published for the benefit of those whom the story may concern.
Publishers
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From this reading Author of "A House-Boat on the Styx" "Coffee and Repartee" "The Idiot at Home" "The Idiot" Thanks are due to the Publishers of _Harper's Round Table_, _Harper's Weekly_, _The Delineator_, _Life_, _Brooklyn Life_, and the New York _Mail and Express_ for permission to republish these stories in collected form.
ready
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From this reading I am merely the medium through whom his explanation is brought to the public eye._ _J. K. B._ have been asked so often and by so many persons known and unknown to me why it was that a Christmas book that was to have been issued some years ago under my editorial supervision never appeared, although announced as ready for immediate publication, that I feel that I should make some statement in explanation of the seeming deception.
Repartee
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From this reading Author of "A House-Boat on the Styx" "Coffee and Repartee" "The Idiot at Home" "The Idiot" Thanks are due to the Publishers of _Harper's Round Table_, _Harper's Weekly_, _The Delineator_, _Life_, _Brooklyn Life_, and the New York _Mail and Express_ for permission to republish these stories in collected form.
republish
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From this reading Author of "A House-Boat on the Styx" "Coffee and Repartee" "The Idiot at Home" "The Idiot" Thanks are due to the Publishers of _Harper's Round Table_, _Harper's Weekly_, _The Delineator_, _Life_, _Brooklyn Life_, and the New York _Mail and Express_ for permission to republish these stories in collected form.
request
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From this reading _On the eve of his departure for Manila, where he is shortly to begin the publication of a comic paper, my friend Mr. Horace Wilkinson, late literary adviser of Messrs. Hawkins, Wilkes & Speedway, the publishers, sent to me the following pages of manuscript with the request that I should have them published for the benefit of those whom the story may concern.
responsibleadjectiveUS /rɪˈspɑnsəbəl/
having a duty to protect or manage something
From this reading I have cheerfully accepted the commission, desiring it to be distinctly understood, however, that I am in no sense responsible for Mr. Wilkinson's statements either of fact or of opinion.
restnounUS /rest/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The matter was very annoying, both to my publishers and to myself at the time it happened, and while I was anxious then to make public a full and candid statement of the facts as they occurred, Messrs. Hawkins, Wilkes & Speedway deemed it the wiser course to let the affair rest for a year or two anyhow.
Round
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From this reading Author of "A House-Boat on the Styx" "Coffee and Repartee" "The Idiot at Home" "The Idiot" Thanks are due to the Publishers of _Harper's Round Table_, _Harper's Weekly_, _The Delineator_, _Life_, _Brooklyn Life_, and the New York _Mail and Express_ for permission to republish these stories in collected form.
seeming
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From this reading I am merely the medium through whom his explanation is brought to the public eye._ _J. K. B._ have been asked so often and by so many persons known and unknown to me why it was that a Christmas book that was to have been issued some years ago under my editorial supervision never appeared, although announced as ready for immediate publication, that I feel that I should make some statement in explanation of the seeming deception.
sense
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From this reading I have cheerfully accepted the commission, desiring it to be distinctly understood, however, that I am in no sense responsible for Mr. Wilkinson's statements either of fact or of opinion.
sent
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From this reading _On the eve of his departure for Manila, where he is shortly to begin the publication of a comic paper, my friend Mr. Horace Wilkinson, late literary adviser of Messrs. Hawkins, Wilkes & Speedway, the publishers, sent to me the following pages of manuscript with the request that I should have them published for the benefit of those whom the story may concern.
shortly
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From this reading _On the eve of his departure for Manila, where he is shortly to begin the publication of a comic paper, my friend Mr. Horace Wilkinson, late literary adviser of Messrs. Hawkins, Wilkes & Speedway, the publishers, sent to me the following pages of manuscript with the request that I should have them published for the benefit of those whom the story may concern.
shouldmodal verbUS /ʃʊd/
used to say what is right, expected, or advisable
From this reading _On the eve of his departure for Manila, where he is shortly to begin the publication of a comic paper, my friend Mr. Horace Wilkinson, late literary adviser of Messrs. Hawkins, Wilkes & Speedway, the publishers, sent to me the following pages of manuscript with the request that I should have them published for the benefit of those whom the story may concern.
soconjunctionUS /soʊ/
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading I am merely the medium through whom his explanation is brought to the public eye._ _J. K. B._ have been asked so often and by so many persons known and unknown to me why it was that a Christmas book that was to have been issued some years ago under my editorial supervision never appeared, although announced as ready for immediate publication, that I feel that I should make some statement in explanation of the seeming deception.
some
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From this reading I am merely the medium through whom his explanation is brought to the public eye._ _J. K. B._ have been asked so often and by so many persons known and unknown to me why it was that a Christmas book that was to have been issued some years ago under my editorial supervision never appeared, although announced as ready for immediate publication, that I feel that I should make some statement in explanation of the seeming deception.
Speedway
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From this reading _On the eve of his departure for Manila, where he is shortly to begin the publication of a comic paper, my friend Mr. Horace Wilkinson, late literary adviser of Messrs. Hawkins, Wilkes & Speedway, the publishers, sent to me the following pages of manuscript with the request that I should have them published for the benefit of those whom the story may concern.
statement
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From this reading I am merely the medium through whom his explanation is brought to the public eye._ _J. K. B._ have been asked so often and by so many persons known and unknown to me why it was that a Christmas book that was to have been issued some years ago under my editorial supervision never appeared, although announced as ready for immediate publication, that I feel that I should make some statement in explanation of the seeming deception.
statements
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From this reading I have cheerfully accepted the commission, desiring it to be distinctly understood, however, that I am in no sense responsible for Mr. Wilkinson's statements either of fact or of opinion.
stories
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From this reading Author of "A House-Boat on the Styx" "Coffee and Repartee" "The Idiot at Home" "The Idiot" Thanks are due to the Publishers of _Harper's Round Table_, _Harper's Weekly_, _The Delineator_, _Life_, _Brooklyn Life_, and the New York _Mail and Express_ for permission to republish these stories in collected form.
story
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From this reading _On the eve of his departure for Manila, where he is shortly to begin the publication of a comic paper, my friend Mr. Horace Wilkinson, late literary adviser of Messrs. Hawkins, Wilkes & Speedway, the publishers, sent to me the following pages of manuscript with the request that I should have them published for the benefit of those whom the story may concern.
Styx
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From this reading Author of "A House-Boat on the Styx" "Coffee and Repartee" "The Idiot at Home" "The Idiot" Thanks are due to the Publishers of _Harper's Round Table_, _Harper's Weekly_, _The Delineator_, _Life_, _Brooklyn Life_, and the New York _Mail and Express_ for permission to republish these stories in collected form.
supervision
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From this reading I am merely the medium through whom his explanation is brought to the public eye._ _J. K. B._ have been asked so often and by so many persons known and unknown to me why it was that a Christmas book that was to have been issued some years ago under my editorial supervision never appeared, although announced as ready for immediate publication, that I feel that I should make some statement in explanation of the seeming deception.
Table
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From this reading Author of "A House-Boat on the Styx" "Coffee and Repartee" "The Idiot at Home" "The Idiot" Thanks are due to the Publishers of _Harper's Round Table_, _Harper's Weekly_, _The Delineator_, _Life_, _Brooklyn Life_, and the New York _Mail and Express_ for permission to republish these stories in collected form.
Thanks
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From this reading Author of "A House-Boat on the Styx" "Coffee and Repartee" "The Idiot at Home" "The Idiot" Thanks are due to the Publishers of _Harper's Round Table_, _Harper's Weekly_, _The Delineator_, _Life_, _Brooklyn Life_, and the New York _Mail and Express_ for permission to republish these stories in collected form.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading _On the eve of his departure for Manila, where he is shortly to begin the publication of a comic paper, my friend Mr. Horace Wilkinson, late literary adviser of Messrs. Hawkins, Wilkes & Speedway, the publishers, sent to me the following pages of manuscript with the request that I should have them published for the benefit of those whom the story may concern.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Author of "A House-Boat on the Styx" "Coffee and Repartee" "The Idiot at Home" "The Idiot" Thanks are due to the Publishers of _Harper's Round Table_, _Harper's Weekly_, _The Delineator_, _Life_, _Brooklyn Life_, and the New York _Mail and Express_ for permission to republish these stories in collected form.
thempronounUS /ðem/
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading _On the eve of his departure for Manila, where he is shortly to begin the publication of a comic paper, my friend Mr. Horace Wilkinson, late literary adviser of Messrs. Hawkins, Wilkes & Speedway, the publishers, sent to me the following pages of manuscript with the request that I should have them published for the benefit of those whom the story may concern.
then
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From this reading The matter was very annoying, both to my publishers and to myself at the time it happened, and while I was anxious then to make public a full and candid statement of the facts as they occurred, Messrs. Hawkins, Wilkes & Speedway deemed it the wiser course to let the affair rest for a year or two anyhow.
thesedeterminerUS /ðiːz/
the plural of “this”: the people or things near, or just mentioned
From this reading Author of "A House-Boat on the Styx" "Coffee and Repartee" "The Idiot at Home" "The Idiot" Thanks are due to the Publishers of _Harper's Round Table_, _Harper's Weekly_, _The Delineator_, _Life_, _Brooklyn Life_, and the New York _Mail and Express_ for permission to republish these stories in collected form.
theypronounUS /ðeɪ/
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading The matter was very annoying, both to my publishers and to myself at the time it happened, and while I was anxious then to make public a full and candid statement of the facts as they occurred, Messrs. Hawkins, Wilkes & Speedway deemed it the wiser course to let the affair rest for a year or two anyhow.
thosedeterminerUS /ðoʊz/
the plural of “that”: the people or things further away, or already known
From this reading _On the eve of his departure for Manila, where he is shortly to begin the publication of a comic paper, my friend Mr. Horace Wilkinson, late literary adviser of Messrs. Hawkins, Wilkes & Speedway, the publishers, sent to me the following pages of manuscript with the request that I should have them published for the benefit of those whom the story may concern.
throughnounUS /ˈthrough/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading I am merely the medium through whom his explanation is brought to the public eye._ _J. K. B._ have been asked so often and by so many persons known and unknown to me why it was that a Christmas book that was to have been issued some years ago under my editorial supervision never appeared, although announced as ready for immediate publication, that I feel that I should make some statement in explanation of the seeming deception.
timenounUS /time/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The matter was very annoying, both to my publishers and to myself at the time it happened, and while I was anxious then to make public a full and candid statement of the facts as they occurred, Messrs. Hawkins, Wilkes & Speedway deemed it the wiser course to let the affair rest for a year or two anyhow.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Author of "A House-Boat on the Styx" "Coffee and Repartee" "The Idiot at Home" "The Idiot" Thanks are due to the Publishers of _Harper's Round Table_, _Harper's Weekly_, _The Delineator_, _Life_, _Brooklyn Life_, and the New York _Mail and Express_ for permission to republish these stories in collected form.
two
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From this reading The matter was very annoying, both to my publishers and to myself at the time it happened, and while I was anxious then to make public a full and candid statement of the facts as they occurred, Messrs. Hawkins, Wilkes & Speedway deemed it the wiser course to let the affair rest for a year or two anyhow.
underprepositionUS /ˈʌndər/
below or beneath something; less than
From this reading I am merely the medium through whom his explanation is brought to the public eye._ _J. K. B._ have been asked so often and by so many persons known and unknown to me why it was that a Christmas book that was to have been issued some years ago under my editorial supervision never appeared, although announced as ready for immediate publication, that I feel that I should make some statement in explanation of the seeming deception.
understood
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From this reading I have cheerfully accepted the commission, desiring it to be distinctly understood, however, that I am in no sense responsible for Mr. Wilkinson's statements either of fact or of opinion.
unknown
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From this reading I am merely the medium through whom his explanation is brought to the public eye._ _J. K. B._ have been asked so often and by so many persons known and unknown to me why it was that a Christmas book that was to have been issued some years ago under my editorial supervision never appeared, although announced as ready for immediate publication, that I feel that I should make some statement in explanation of the seeming deception.
very
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From this reading The matter was very annoying, both to my publishers and to myself at the time it happened, and while I was anxious then to make public a full and candid statement of the facts as they occurred, Messrs. Hawkins, Wilkes & Speedway deemed it the wiser course to let the affair rest for a year or two anyhow.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading I am merely the medium through whom his explanation is brought to the public eye._ _J. K. B._ have been asked so often and by so many persons known and unknown to me why it was that a Christmas book that was to have been issued some years ago under my editorial supervision never appeared, although announced as ready for immediate publication, that I feel that I should make some statement in explanation of the seeming deception.
Weekly
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From this reading Author of "A House-Boat on the Styx" "Coffee and Repartee" "The Idiot at Home" "The Idiot" Thanks are due to the Publishers of _Harper's Round Table_, _Harper's Weekly_, _The Delineator_, _Life_, _Brooklyn Life_, and the New York _Mail and Express_ for permission to republish these stories in collected form.
whereconjunctionUS /wer/
in or at the place that
From this reading _On the eve of his departure for Manila, where he is shortly to begin the publication of a comic paper, my friend Mr. Horace Wilkinson, late literary adviser of Messrs. Hawkins, Wilkes & Speedway, the publishers, sent to me the following pages of manuscript with the request that I should have them published for the benefit of those whom the story may concern.
whileconjunctionUS /waɪl/
during the time that
From this reading The matter was very annoying, both to my publishers and to myself at the time it happened, and while I was anxious then to make public a full and candid statement of the facts as they occurred, Messrs. Hawkins, Wilkes & Speedway deemed it the wiser course to let the affair rest for a year or two anyhow.
whompronounUS /huːm/
the form of “who” used as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading _On the eve of his departure for Manila, where he is shortly to begin the publication of a comic paper, my friend Mr. Horace Wilkinson, late literary adviser of Messrs. Hawkins, Wilkes & Speedway, the publishers, sent to me the following pages of manuscript with the request that I should have them published for the benefit of those whom the story may concern.
why
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From this reading I am merely the medium through whom his explanation is brought to the public eye._ _J. K. B._ have been asked so often and by so many persons known and unknown to me why it was that a Christmas book that was to have been issued some years ago under my editorial supervision never appeared, although announced as ready for immediate publication, that I feel that I should make some statement in explanation of the seeming deception.
Wilkes
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From this reading _On the eve of his departure for Manila, where he is shortly to begin the publication of a comic paper, my friend Mr. Horace Wilkinson, late literary adviser of Messrs. Hawkins, Wilkes & Speedway, the publishers, sent to me the following pages of manuscript with the request that I should have them published for the benefit of those whom the story may concern.
Wilkinson
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From this reading _On the eve of his departure for Manila, where he is shortly to begin the publication of a comic paper, my friend Mr. Horace Wilkinson, late literary adviser of Messrs. Hawkins, Wilkes & Speedway, the publishers, sent to me the following pages of manuscript with the request that I should have them published for the benefit of those whom the story may concern.
Wilkinson's
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From this reading I have cheerfully accepted the commission, desiring it to be distinctly understood, however, that I am in no sense responsible for Mr. Wilkinson's statements either of fact or of opinion.
wiser
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From this reading The matter was very annoying, both to my publishers and to myself at the time it happened, and while I was anxious then to make public a full and candid statement of the facts as they occurred, Messrs. Hawkins, Wilkes & Speedway deemed it the wiser course to let the affair rest for a year or two anyhow.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading _On the eve of his departure for Manila, where he is shortly to begin the publication of a comic paper, my friend Mr. Horace Wilkinson, late literary adviser of Messrs. Hawkins, Wilkes & Speedway, the publishers, sent to me the following pages of manuscript with the request that I should have them published for the benefit of those whom the story may concern.
year
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From this reading The matter was very annoying, both to my publishers and to myself at the time it happened, and while I was anxious then to make public a full and candid statement of the facts as they occurred, Messrs. Hawkins, Wilkes & Speedway deemed it the wiser course to let the affair rest for a year or two anyhow.
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From this reading I am merely the medium through whom his explanation is brought to the public eye._ _J. K. B._ have been asked so often and by so many persons known and unknown to me why it was that a Christmas book that was to have been issued some years ago under my editorial supervision never appeared, although announced as ready for immediate publication, that I feel that I should make some statement in explanation of the seeming deception.
York
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From this reading Author of "A House-Boat on the Styx" "Coffee and Repartee" "The Idiot at Home" "The Idiot" Thanks are due to the Publishers of _Harper's Round Table_, _Harper's Weekly_, _The Delineator_, _Life_, _Brooklyn Life_, and the New York _Mail and Express_ for permission to republish these stories in collected form.
