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From this reading OF THE GREAT CONFUSION PRODUCED BY A BALLAD AND A DRUNKEN CROW From this time until Saturday, May 19, the world seemed to go very well for those concerned in the Bishop of Rochester's plot, which was a waiting plot; and in the other scheme, the scheme for an immediate rising, which was a hurrying scheme, and not at all known to the good Bishop.
AdeterminerUS /ə/
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading OF THE GREAT CONFUSION PRODUCED BY A BALLAD AND A DRUNKEN CROW From this time until Saturday, May 19, the world seemed to go very well for those concerned in the Bishop of Rochester's plot, which was a waiting plot; and in the other scheme, the scheme for an immediate rising, which was a hurrying scheme, and not at all known to the good Bishop.
aboutprepositionUS /əˈbaʊt/
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading Mr. Wogan took his old name of Hilton, and went about his business, paying a visit now and again to the Cocoa Tree, where amongst other gossip he heard that Lady Oxford was still on the worst of friendly terms with Lady Mary Wortley Montagu, and the best of loving terms with Colonel Montague.
abroad
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From this reading There was a comforting air of discontent abroad; the losses from the South Sea made minds heavy and purses light.
acrossprepositionUS /əˈkrɔːs/
from one side of something to the other
From this reading Mr. Wogan from Paris travelled to Havre-de-Grace, whence James Roche, an Irishman, settled in that port, and a noted smuggler upon the English coast, set him across the Channel, and put him ashore at the Three Sheds and Torbay near Elephant Stairs in Rotherhithe.
againnounUS /again/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Mr. Wogan took his old name of Hilton, and went about his business, paying a visit now and again to the Cocoa Tree, where amongst other gossip he heard that Lady Oxford was still on the worst of friendly terms with Lady Mary Wortley Montagu, and the best of loving terms with Colonel Montague.
air
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From this reading There was a comforting air of discontent abroad; the losses from the South Sea made minds heavy and purses light.
all
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From this reading OF THE GREAT CONFUSION PRODUCED BY A BALLAD AND A DRUNKEN CROW From this time until Saturday, May 19, the world seemed to go very well for those concerned in the Bishop of Rochester's plot, which was a waiting plot; and in the other scheme, the scheme for an immediate rising, which was a hurrying scheme, and not at all known to the good Bishop.
amongstprepositionUS /əˈmʌŋst/
surrounded by; in the company of
From this reading Mr. Wogan took his old name of Hilton, and went about his business, paying a visit now and again to the Cocoa Tree, where amongst other gossip he heard that Lady Oxford was still on the worst of friendly terms with Lady Mary Wortley Montagu, and the best of loving terms with Colonel Montague.
andeterminerUS /æn/
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading OF THE GREAT CONFUSION PRODUCED BY A BALLAD AND A DRUNKEN CROW From this time until Saturday, May 19, the world seemed to go very well for those concerned in the Bishop of Rochester's plot, which was a waiting plot; and in the other scheme, the scheme for an immediate rising, which was a hurrying scheme, and not at all known to the good Bishop.
ANDconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading OF THE GREAT CONFUSION PRODUCED BY A BALLAD AND A DRUNKEN CROW From this time until Saturday, May 19, the world seemed to go very well for those concerned in the Bishop of Rochester's plot, which was a waiting plot; and in the other scheme, the scheme for an immediate rising, which was a hurrying scheme, and not at all known to the good Bishop.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading Mr. Walpole had smoked nothing of what was forward, so far as a man could see; and within a month the country was to rise.
ashore
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From this reading Mr. Wogan from Paris travelled to Havre-de-Grace, whence James Roche, an Irishman, settled in that port, and a noted smuggler upon the English coast, set him across the Channel, and put him ashore at the Three Sheds and Torbay near Elephant Stairs in Rotherhithe.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading OF THE GREAT CONFUSION PRODUCED BY A BALLAD AND A DRUNKEN CROW From this time until Saturday, May 19, the world seemed to go very well for those concerned in the Bishop of Rochester's plot, which was a waiting plot; and in the other scheme, the scheme for an immediate rising, which was a hurrying scheme, and not at all known to the good Bishop.
BALLAD
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From this reading OF THE GREAT CONFUSION PRODUCED BY A BALLAD AND A DRUNKEN CROW From this time until Saturday, May 19, the world seemed to go very well for those concerned in the Bishop of Rochester's plot, which was a waiting plot; and in the other scheme, the scheme for an immediate rising, which was a hurrying scheme, and not at all known to the good Bishop.
best
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From this reading Mr. Wogan took his old name of Hilton, and went about his business, paying a visit now and again to the Cocoa Tree, where amongst other gossip he heard that Lady Oxford was still on the worst of friendly terms with Lady Mary Wortley Montagu, and the best of loving terms with Colonel Montague.
Bishop
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From this reading OF THE GREAT CONFUSION PRODUCED BY A BALLAD AND A DRUNKEN CROW From this time until Saturday, May 19, the world seemed to go very well for those concerned in the Bishop of Rochester's plot, which was a waiting plot; and in the other scheme, the scheme for an immediate rising, which was a hurrying scheme, and not at all known to the good Bishop.
business
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From this reading Mr. Wogan took his old name of Hilton, and went about his business, paying a visit now and again to the Cocoa Tree, where amongst other gossip he heard that Lady Oxford was still on the worst of friendly terms with Lady Mary Wortley Montagu, and the best of loving terms with Colonel Montague.
BYprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading OF THE GREAT CONFUSION PRODUCED BY A BALLAD AND A DRUNKEN CROW From this time until Saturday, May 19, the world seemed to go very well for those concerned in the Bishop of Rochester's plot, which was a waiting plot; and in the other scheme, the scheme for an immediate rising, which was a hurrying scheme, and not at all known to the good Bishop.
Channel
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From this reading Mr. Wogan from Paris travelled to Havre-de-Grace, whence James Roche, an Irishman, settled in that port, and a noted smuggler upon the English coast, set him across the Channel, and put him ashore at the Three Sheds and Torbay near Elephant Stairs in Rotherhithe.
coast
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From this reading Mr. Wogan from Paris travelled to Havre-de-Grace, whence James Roche, an Irishman, settled in that port, and a noted smuggler upon the English coast, set him across the Channel, and put him ashore at the Three Sheds and Torbay near Elephant Stairs in Rotherhithe.
Cocoa
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From this reading Mr. Wogan took his old name of Hilton, and went about his business, paying a visit now and again to the Cocoa Tree, where amongst other gossip he heard that Lady Oxford was still on the worst of friendly terms with Lady Mary Wortley Montagu, and the best of loving terms with Colonel Montague.
Colonel
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From this reading Mr. Wogan took his old name of Hilton, and went about his business, paying a visit now and again to the Cocoa Tree, where amongst other gossip he heard that Lady Oxford was still on the worst of friendly terms with Lady Mary Wortley Montagu, and the best of loving terms with Colonel Montague.
comforting
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From this reading There was a comforting air of discontent abroad; the losses from the South Sea made minds heavy and purses light.
concerned
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From this reading OF THE GREAT CONFUSION PRODUCED BY A BALLAD AND A DRUNKEN CROW From this time until Saturday, May 19, the world seemed to go very well for those concerned in the Bishop of Rochester's plot, which was a waiting plot; and in the other scheme, the scheme for an immediate rising, which was a hurrying scheme, and not at all known to the good Bishop.
CONFUSION
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From this reading OF THE GREAT CONFUSION PRODUCED BY A BALLAD AND A DRUNKEN CROW From this time until Saturday, May 19, the world seemed to go very well for those concerned in the Bishop of Rochester's plot, which was a waiting plot; and in the other scheme, the scheme for an immediate rising, which was a hurrying scheme, and not at all known to the good Bishop.
couldmodal verbUS /kʊd/
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading Mr. Walpole had smoked nothing of what was forward, so far as a man could see; and within a month the country was to rise.
country
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From this reading Mr. Walpole had smoked nothing of what was forward, so far as a man could see; and within a month the country was to rise.
CROW
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From this reading OF THE GREAT CONFUSION PRODUCED BY A BALLAD AND A DRUNKEN CROW From this time until Saturday, May 19, the world seemed to go very well for those concerned in the Bishop of Rochester's plot, which was a waiting plot; and in the other scheme, the scheme for an immediate rising, which was a hurrying scheme, and not at all known to the good Bishop.
discontent
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From this reading There was a comforting air of discontent abroad; the losses from the South Sea made minds heavy and purses light.
DRUNKEN
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From this reading OF THE GREAT CONFUSION PRODUCED BY A BALLAD AND A DRUNKEN CROW From this time until Saturday, May 19, the world seemed to go very well for those concerned in the Bishop of Rochester's plot, which was a waiting plot; and in the other scheme, the scheme for an immediate rising, which was a hurrying scheme, and not at all known to the good Bishop.
Elephant
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From this reading Mr. Wogan from Paris travelled to Havre-de-Grace, whence James Roche, an Irishman, settled in that port, and a noted smuggler upon the English coast, set him across the Channel, and put him ashore at the Three Sheds and Torbay near Elephant Stairs in Rotherhithe.
English
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From this reading Mr. Wogan from Paris travelled to Havre-de-Grace, whence James Roche, an Irishman, settled in that port, and a noted smuggler upon the English coast, set him across the Channel, and put him ashore at the Three Sheds and Torbay near Elephant Stairs in Rotherhithe.
far
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From this reading Mr. Walpole had smoked nothing of what was forward, so far as a man could see; and within a month the country was to rise.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading OF THE GREAT CONFUSION PRODUCED BY A BALLAD AND A DRUNKEN CROW From this time until Saturday, May 19, the world seemed to go very well for those concerned in the Bishop of Rochester's plot, which was a waiting plot; and in the other scheme, the scheme for an immediate rising, which was a hurrying scheme, and not at all known to the good Bishop.
forwardnounUS /forward/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Mr. Walpole had smoked nothing of what was forward, so far as a man could see; and within a month the country was to rise.
friendly
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From this reading Mr. Wogan took his old name of Hilton, and went about his business, paying a visit now and again to the Cocoa Tree, where amongst other gossip he heard that Lady Oxford was still on the worst of friendly terms with Lady Mary Wortley Montagu, and the best of loving terms with Colonel Montague.
FromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading OF THE GREAT CONFUSION PRODUCED BY A BALLAD AND A DRUNKEN CROW From this time until Saturday, May 19, the world seemed to go very well for those concerned in the Bishop of Rochester's plot, which was a waiting plot; and in the other scheme, the scheme for an immediate rising, which was a hurrying scheme, and not at all known to the good Bishop.
go
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From this reading OF THE GREAT CONFUSION PRODUCED BY A BALLAD AND A DRUNKEN CROW From this time until Saturday, May 19, the world seemed to go very well for those concerned in the Bishop of Rochester's plot, which was a waiting plot; and in the other scheme, the scheme for an immediate rising, which was a hurrying scheme, and not at all known to the good Bishop.
goodnounUS /good/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading OF THE GREAT CONFUSION PRODUCED BY A BALLAD AND A DRUNKEN CROW From this time until Saturday, May 19, the world seemed to go very well for those concerned in the Bishop of Rochester's plot, which was a waiting plot; and in the other scheme, the scheme for an immediate rising, which was a hurrying scheme, and not at all known to the good Bishop.
gossip
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From this reading Mr. Wogan took his old name of Hilton, and went about his business, paying a visit now and again to the Cocoa Tree, where amongst other gossip he heard that Lady Oxford was still on the worst of friendly terms with Lady Mary Wortley Montagu, and the best of loving terms with Colonel Montague.
GREATnounUS /great/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading OF THE GREAT CONFUSION PRODUCED BY A BALLAD AND A DRUNKEN CROW From this time until Saturday, May 19, the world seemed to go very well for those concerned in the Bishop of Rochester's plot, which was a waiting plot; and in the other scheme, the scheme for an immediate rising, which was a hurrying scheme, and not at all known to the good Bishop.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Mr. Walpole had smoked nothing of what was forward, so far as a man could see; and within a month the country was to rise.
Havre-de-Grace
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From this reading Mr. Wogan from Paris travelled to Havre-de-Grace, whence James Roche, an Irishman, settled in that port, and a noted smuggler upon the English coast, set him across the Channel, and put him ashore at the Three Sheds and Torbay near Elephant Stairs in Rotherhithe.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Mr. Wogan took his old name of Hilton, and went about his business, paying a visit now and again to the Cocoa Tree, where amongst other gossip he heard that Lady Oxford was still on the worst of friendly terms with Lady Mary Wortley Montagu, and the best of loving terms with Colonel Montague.
heard
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From this reading Mr. Wogan took his old name of Hilton, and went about his business, paying a visit now and again to the Cocoa Tree, where amongst other gossip he heard that Lady Oxford was still on the worst of friendly terms with Lady Mary Wortley Montagu, and the best of loving terms with Colonel Montague.
heavy
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From this reading There was a comforting air of discontent abroad; the losses from the South Sea made minds heavy and purses light.
Hilton
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From this reading Mr. Wogan took his old name of Hilton, and went about his business, paying a visit now and again to the Cocoa Tree, where amongst other gossip he heard that Lady Oxford was still on the worst of friendly terms with Lady Mary Wortley Montagu, and the best of loving terms with Colonel Montague.
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Mr. Wogan from Paris travelled to Havre-de-Grace, whence James Roche, an Irishman, settled in that port, and a noted smuggler upon the English coast, set him across the Channel, and put him ashore at the Three Sheds and Torbay near Elephant Stairs in Rotherhithe.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Mr. Wogan took his old name of Hilton, and went about his business, paying a visit now and again to the Cocoa Tree, where amongst other gossip he heard that Lady Oxford was still on the worst of friendly terms with Lady Mary Wortley Montagu, and the best of loving terms with Colonel Montague.
hurrying
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From this reading OF THE GREAT CONFUSION PRODUCED BY A BALLAD AND A DRUNKEN CROW From this time until Saturday, May 19, the world seemed to go very well for those concerned in the Bishop of Rochester's plot, which was a waiting plot; and in the other scheme, the scheme for an immediate rising, which was a hurrying scheme, and not at all known to the good Bishop.
immediate
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From this reading OF THE GREAT CONFUSION PRODUCED BY A BALLAD AND A DRUNKEN CROW From this time until Saturday, May 19, the world seemed to go very well for those concerned in the Bishop of Rochester's plot, which was a waiting plot; and in the other scheme, the scheme for an immediate rising, which was a hurrying scheme, and not at all known to the good Bishop.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading OF THE GREAT CONFUSION PRODUCED BY A BALLAD AND A DRUNKEN CROW From this time until Saturday, May 19, the world seemed to go very well for those concerned in the Bishop of Rochester's plot, which was a waiting plot; and in the other scheme, the scheme for an immediate rising, which was a hurrying scheme, and not at all known to the good Bishop.
Irishman
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From this reading Mr. Wogan from Paris travelled to Havre-de-Grace, whence James Roche, an Irishman, settled in that port, and a noted smuggler upon the English coast, set him across the Channel, and put him ashore at the Three Sheds and Torbay near Elephant Stairs in Rotherhithe.
James
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From this reading Mr. Wogan from Paris travelled to Havre-de-Grace, whence James Roche, an Irishman, settled in that port, and a noted smuggler upon the English coast, set him across the Channel, and put him ashore at the Three Sheds and Torbay near Elephant Stairs in Rotherhithe.
known
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From this reading OF THE GREAT CONFUSION PRODUCED BY A BALLAD AND A DRUNKEN CROW From this time until Saturday, May 19, the world seemed to go very well for those concerned in the Bishop of Rochester's plot, which was a waiting plot; and in the other scheme, the scheme for an immediate rising, which was a hurrying scheme, and not at all known to the good Bishop.
Lady
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From this reading Mr. Wogan took his old name of Hilton, and went about his business, paying a visit now and again to the Cocoa Tree, where amongst other gossip he heard that Lady Oxford was still on the worst of friendly terms with Lady Mary Wortley Montagu, and the best of loving terms with Colonel Montague.
light
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From this reading There was a comforting air of discontent abroad; the losses from the South Sea made minds heavy and purses light.
losses
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From this reading There was a comforting air of discontent abroad; the losses from the South Sea made minds heavy and purses light.
loving
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From this reading Mr. Wogan took his old name of Hilton, and went about his business, paying a visit now and again to the Cocoa Tree, where amongst other gossip he heard that Lady Oxford was still on the worst of friendly terms with Lady Mary Wortley Montagu, and the best of loving terms with Colonel Montague.
made
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From this reading There was a comforting air of discontent abroad; the losses from the South Sea made minds heavy and purses light.
man
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From this reading Mr. Walpole had smoked nothing of what was forward, so far as a man could see; and within a month the country was to rise.
Mary
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From this reading Mr. Wogan took his old name of Hilton, and went about his business, paying a visit now and again to the Cocoa Tree, where amongst other gossip he heard that Lady Oxford was still on the worst of friendly terms with Lady Mary Wortley Montagu, and the best of loving terms with Colonel Montague.
Maymodal verbUS /meɪ/
used to say something is possible, or to give permission
From this reading OF THE GREAT CONFUSION PRODUCED BY A BALLAD AND A DRUNKEN CROW From this time until Saturday, May 19, the world seemed to go very well for those concerned in the Bishop of Rochester's plot, which was a waiting plot; and in the other scheme, the scheme for an immediate rising, which was a hurrying scheme, and not at all known to the good Bishop.
minds
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From this reading There was a comforting air of discontent abroad; the losses from the South Sea made minds heavy and purses light.
Montagu
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From this reading Mr. Wogan took his old name of Hilton, and went about his business, paying a visit now and again to the Cocoa Tree, where amongst other gossip he heard that Lady Oxford was still on the worst of friendly terms with Lady Mary Wortley Montagu, and the best of loving terms with Colonel Montague.
Montague
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From this reading Mr. Wogan took his old name of Hilton, and went about his business, paying a visit now and again to the Cocoa Tree, where amongst other gossip he heard that Lady Oxford was still on the worst of friendly terms with Lady Mary Wortley Montagu, and the best of loving terms with Colonel Montague.
month
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From this reading Mr. Walpole had smoked nothing of what was forward, so far as a man could see; and within a month the country was to rise.
Mr
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From this reading Mr. Walpole had smoked nothing of what was forward, so far as a man could see; and within a month the country was to rise.
namenounUS /name/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Mr. Wogan took his old name of Hilton, and went about his business, paying a visit now and again to the Cocoa Tree, where amongst other gossip he heard that Lady Oxford was still on the worst of friendly terms with Lady Mary Wortley Montagu, and the best of loving terms with Colonel Montague.
near
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From this reading Mr. Wogan from Paris travelled to Havre-de-Grace, whence James Roche, an Irishman, settled in that port, and a noted smuggler upon the English coast, set him across the Channel, and put him ashore at the Three Sheds and Torbay near Elephant Stairs in Rotherhithe.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading OF THE GREAT CONFUSION PRODUCED BY A BALLAD AND A DRUNKEN CROW From this time until Saturday, May 19, the world seemed to go very well for those concerned in the Bishop of Rochester's plot, which was a waiting plot; and in the other scheme, the scheme for an immediate rising, which was a hurrying scheme, and not at all known to the good Bishop.
noted
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From this reading Mr. Wogan from Paris travelled to Havre-de-Grace, whence James Roche, an Irishman, settled in that port, and a noted smuggler upon the English coast, set him across the Channel, and put him ashore at the Three Sheds and Torbay near Elephant Stairs in Rotherhithe.
nothingpronounUS /ˈnʌθɪŋ/
not one thing; not anything
From this reading Mr. Walpole had smoked nothing of what was forward, so far as a man could see; and within a month the country was to rise.
now
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From this reading Mr. Wogan took his old name of Hilton, and went about his business, paying a visit now and again to the Cocoa Tree, where amongst other gossip he heard that Lady Oxford was still on the worst of friendly terms with Lady Mary Wortley Montagu, and the best of loving terms with Colonel Montague.
OFprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading OF THE GREAT CONFUSION PRODUCED BY A BALLAD AND A DRUNKEN CROW From this time until Saturday, May 19, the world seemed to go very well for those concerned in the Bishop of Rochester's plot, which was a waiting plot; and in the other scheme, the scheme for an immediate rising, which was a hurrying scheme, and not at all known to the good Bishop.
old
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From this reading Mr. Wogan took his old name of Hilton, and went about his business, paying a visit now and again to the Cocoa Tree, where amongst other gossip he heard that Lady Oxford was still on the worst of friendly terms with Lady Mary Wortley Montagu, and the best of loving terms with Colonel Montague.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading Mr. Wogan took his old name of Hilton, and went about his business, paying a visit now and again to the Cocoa Tree, where amongst other gossip he heard that Lady Oxford was still on the worst of friendly terms with Lady Mary Wortley Montagu, and the best of loving terms with Colonel Montague.
other
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From this reading OF THE GREAT CONFUSION PRODUCED BY A BALLAD AND A DRUNKEN CROW From this time until Saturday, May 19, the world seemed to go very well for those concerned in the Bishop of Rochester's plot, which was a waiting plot; and in the other scheme, the scheme for an immediate rising, which was a hurrying scheme, and not at all known to the good Bishop.
Oxford
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From this reading Mr. Wogan took his old name of Hilton, and went about his business, paying a visit now and again to the Cocoa Tree, where amongst other gossip he heard that Lady Oxford was still on the worst of friendly terms with Lady Mary Wortley Montagu, and the best of loving terms with Colonel Montague.
Paris
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From this reading Mr. Wogan from Paris travelled to Havre-de-Grace, whence James Roche, an Irishman, settled in that port, and a noted smuggler upon the English coast, set him across the Channel, and put him ashore at the Three Sheds and Torbay near Elephant Stairs in Rotherhithe.
paying
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From this reading Mr. Wogan took his old name of Hilton, and went about his business, paying a visit now and again to the Cocoa Tree, where amongst other gossip he heard that Lady Oxford was still on the worst of friendly terms with Lady Mary Wortley Montagu, and the best of loving terms with Colonel Montague.
plot
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From this reading OF THE GREAT CONFUSION PRODUCED BY A BALLAD AND A DRUNKEN CROW From this time until Saturday, May 19, the world seemed to go very well for those concerned in the Bishop of Rochester's plot, which was a waiting plot; and in the other scheme, the scheme for an immediate rising, which was a hurrying scheme, and not at all known to the good Bishop.
port
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From this reading Mr. Wogan from Paris travelled to Havre-de-Grace, whence James Roche, an Irishman, settled in that port, and a noted smuggler upon the English coast, set him across the Channel, and put him ashore at the Three Sheds and Torbay near Elephant Stairs in Rotherhithe.
PRODUCED
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From this reading OF THE GREAT CONFUSION PRODUCED BY A BALLAD AND A DRUNKEN CROW From this time until Saturday, May 19, the world seemed to go very well for those concerned in the Bishop of Rochester's plot, which was a waiting plot; and in the other scheme, the scheme for an immediate rising, which was a hurrying scheme, and not at all known to the good Bishop.
purses
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From this reading There was a comforting air of discontent abroad; the losses from the South Sea made minds heavy and purses light.
put
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From this reading Mr. Wogan from Paris travelled to Havre-de-Grace, whence James Roche, an Irishman, settled in that port, and a noted smuggler upon the English coast, set him across the Channel, and put him ashore at the Three Sheds and Torbay near Elephant Stairs in Rotherhithe.
rise
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From this reading Mr. Walpole had smoked nothing of what was forward, so far as a man could see; and within a month the country was to rise.
rising
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From this reading OF THE GREAT CONFUSION PRODUCED BY A BALLAD AND A DRUNKEN CROW From this time until Saturday, May 19, the world seemed to go very well for those concerned in the Bishop of Rochester's plot, which was a waiting plot; and in the other scheme, the scheme for an immediate rising, which was a hurrying scheme, and not at all known to the good Bishop.
Roche
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From this reading Mr. Wogan from Paris travelled to Havre-de-Grace, whence James Roche, an Irishman, settled in that port, and a noted smuggler upon the English coast, set him across the Channel, and put him ashore at the Three Sheds and Torbay near Elephant Stairs in Rotherhithe.
Rochester's
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From this reading OF THE GREAT CONFUSION PRODUCED BY A BALLAD AND A DRUNKEN CROW From this time until Saturday, May 19, the world seemed to go very well for those concerned in the Bishop of Rochester's plot, which was a waiting plot; and in the other scheme, the scheme for an immediate rising, which was a hurrying scheme, and not at all known to the good Bishop.
Rotherhithe
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From this reading Mr. Wogan from Paris travelled to Havre-de-Grace, whence James Roche, an Irishman, settled in that port, and a noted smuggler upon the English coast, set him across the Channel, and put him ashore at the Three Sheds and Torbay near Elephant Stairs in Rotherhithe.
Saturday
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From this reading OF THE GREAT CONFUSION PRODUCED BY A BALLAD AND A DRUNKEN CROW From this time until Saturday, May 19, the world seemed to go very well for those concerned in the Bishop of Rochester's plot, which was a waiting plot; and in the other scheme, the scheme for an immediate rising, which was a hurrying scheme, and not at all known to the good Bishop.
scheme
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From this reading OF THE GREAT CONFUSION PRODUCED BY A BALLAD AND A DRUNKEN CROW From this time until Saturday, May 19, the world seemed to go very well for those concerned in the Bishop of Rochester's plot, which was a waiting plot; and in the other scheme, the scheme for an immediate rising, which was a hurrying scheme, and not at all known to the good Bishop.
Sea
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From this reading There was a comforting air of discontent abroad; the losses from the South Sea made minds heavy and purses light.
see
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From this reading Mr. Walpole had smoked nothing of what was forward, so far as a man could see; and within a month the country was to rise.
seemednounUS /seemed/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading OF THE GREAT CONFUSION PRODUCED BY A BALLAD AND A DRUNKEN CROW From this time until Saturday, May 19, the world seemed to go very well for those concerned in the Bishop of Rochester's plot, which was a waiting plot; and in the other scheme, the scheme for an immediate rising, which was a hurrying scheme, and not at all known to the good Bishop.
set
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From this reading Mr. Wogan from Paris travelled to Havre-de-Grace, whence James Roche, an Irishman, settled in that port, and a noted smuggler upon the English coast, set him across the Channel, and put him ashore at the Three Sheds and Torbay near Elephant Stairs in Rotherhithe.
settled
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From this reading Mr. Wogan from Paris travelled to Havre-de-Grace, whence James Roche, an Irishman, settled in that port, and a noted smuggler upon the English coast, set him across the Channel, and put him ashore at the Three Sheds and Torbay near Elephant Stairs in Rotherhithe.
Sheds
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From this reading Mr. Wogan from Paris travelled to Havre-de-Grace, whence James Roche, an Irishman, settled in that port, and a noted smuggler upon the English coast, set him across the Channel, and put him ashore at the Three Sheds and Torbay near Elephant Stairs in Rotherhithe.
smoked
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From this reading Mr. Walpole had smoked nothing of what was forward, so far as a man could see; and within a month the country was to rise.
smuggler
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From this reading Mr. Wogan from Paris travelled to Havre-de-Grace, whence James Roche, an Irishman, settled in that port, and a noted smuggler upon the English coast, set him across the Channel, and put him ashore at the Three Sheds and Torbay near Elephant Stairs in Rotherhithe.
soconjunctionUS /soʊ/
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading Mr. Walpole had smoked nothing of what was forward, so far as a man could see; and within a month the country was to rise.
South
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From this reading There was a comforting air of discontent abroad; the losses from the South Sea made minds heavy and purses light.
Stairs
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From this reading Mr. Wogan from Paris travelled to Havre-de-Grace, whence James Roche, an Irishman, settled in that port, and a noted smuggler upon the English coast, set him across the Channel, and put him ashore at the Three Sheds and Torbay near Elephant Stairs in Rotherhithe.
stillnounUS /still/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Mr. Wogan took his old name of Hilton, and went about his business, paying a visit now and again to the Cocoa Tree, where amongst other gossip he heard that Lady Oxford was still on the worst of friendly terms with Lady Mary Wortley Montagu, and the best of loving terms with Colonel Montague.
terms
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From this reading Mr. Wogan took his old name of Hilton, and went about his business, paying a visit now and again to the Cocoa Tree, where amongst other gossip he heard that Lady Oxford was still on the worst of friendly terms with Lady Mary Wortley Montagu, and the best of loving terms with Colonel Montague.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Mr. Wogan from Paris travelled to Havre-de-Grace, whence James Roche, an Irishman, settled in that port, and a noted smuggler upon the English coast, set him across the Channel, and put him ashore at the Three Sheds and Torbay near Elephant Stairs in Rotherhithe.
THEdeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading OF THE GREAT CONFUSION PRODUCED BY A BALLAD AND A DRUNKEN CROW From this time until Saturday, May 19, the world seemed to go very well for those concerned in the Bishop of Rochester's plot, which was a waiting plot; and in the other scheme, the scheme for an immediate rising, which was a hurrying scheme, and not at all known to the good Bishop.
There
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From this reading There was a comforting air of discontent abroad; the losses from the South Sea made minds heavy and purses light.
thisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading OF THE GREAT CONFUSION PRODUCED BY A BALLAD AND A DRUNKEN CROW From this time until Saturday, May 19, the world seemed to go very well for those concerned in the Bishop of Rochester's plot, which was a waiting plot; and in the other scheme, the scheme for an immediate rising, which was a hurrying scheme, and not at all known to the good Bishop.
thosedeterminerUS /ðoʊz/
the plural of “that”: the people or things further away, or already known
From this reading OF THE GREAT CONFUSION PRODUCED BY A BALLAD AND A DRUNKEN CROW From this time until Saturday, May 19, the world seemed to go very well for those concerned in the Bishop of Rochester's plot, which was a waiting plot; and in the other scheme, the scheme for an immediate rising, which was a hurrying scheme, and not at all known to the good Bishop.
Three
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From this reading Mr. Wogan from Paris travelled to Havre-de-Grace, whence James Roche, an Irishman, settled in that port, and a noted smuggler upon the English coast, set him across the Channel, and put him ashore at the Three Sheds and Torbay near Elephant Stairs in Rotherhithe.
timenounUS /time/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading OF THE GREAT CONFUSION PRODUCED BY A BALLAD AND A DRUNKEN CROW From this time until Saturday, May 19, the world seemed to go very well for those concerned in the Bishop of Rochester's plot, which was a waiting plot; and in the other scheme, the scheme for an immediate rising, which was a hurrying scheme, and not at all known to the good Bishop.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading OF THE GREAT CONFUSION PRODUCED BY A BALLAD AND A DRUNKEN CROW From this time until Saturday, May 19, the world seemed to go very well for those concerned in the Bishop of Rochester's plot, which was a waiting plot; and in the other scheme, the scheme for an immediate rising, which was a hurrying scheme, and not at all known to the good Bishop.
tooknounUS /took/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Mr. Wogan took his old name of Hilton, and went about his business, paying a visit now and again to the Cocoa Tree, where amongst other gossip he heard that Lady Oxford was still on the worst of friendly terms with Lady Mary Wortley Montagu, and the best of loving terms with Colonel Montague.
Torbay
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From this reading Mr. Wogan from Paris travelled to Havre-de-Grace, whence James Roche, an Irishman, settled in that port, and a noted smuggler upon the English coast, set him across the Channel, and put him ashore at the Three Sheds and Torbay near Elephant Stairs in Rotherhithe.
travelled
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From this reading Mr. Wogan from Paris travelled to Havre-de-Grace, whence James Roche, an Irishman, settled in that port, and a noted smuggler upon the English coast, set him across the Channel, and put him ashore at the Three Sheds and Torbay near Elephant Stairs in Rotherhithe.
Tree
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From this reading Mr. Wogan took his old name of Hilton, and went about his business, paying a visit now and again to the Cocoa Tree, where amongst other gossip he heard that Lady Oxford was still on the worst of friendly terms with Lady Mary Wortley Montagu, and the best of loving terms with Colonel Montague.
untilprepositionUS /ənˈtɪl/
up to a particular time
From this reading OF THE GREAT CONFUSION PRODUCED BY A BALLAD AND A DRUNKEN CROW From this time until Saturday, May 19, the world seemed to go very well for those concerned in the Bishop of Rochester's plot, which was a waiting plot; and in the other scheme, the scheme for an immediate rising, which was a hurrying scheme, and not at all known to the good Bishop.
uponprepositionUS /əˈpɑːn/
a formal word for “on”
From this reading Mr. Wogan from Paris travelled to Havre-de-Grace, whence James Roche, an Irishman, settled in that port, and a noted smuggler upon the English coast, set him across the Channel, and put him ashore at the Three Sheds and Torbay near Elephant Stairs in Rotherhithe.
very
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From this reading OF THE GREAT CONFUSION PRODUCED BY A BALLAD AND A DRUNKEN CROW From this time until Saturday, May 19, the world seemed to go very well for those concerned in the Bishop of Rochester's plot, which was a waiting plot; and in the other scheme, the scheme for an immediate rising, which was a hurrying scheme, and not at all known to the good Bishop.
visit
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From this reading Mr. Wogan took his old name of Hilton, and went about his business, paying a visit now and again to the Cocoa Tree, where amongst other gossip he heard that Lady Oxford was still on the worst of friendly terms with Lady Mary Wortley Montagu, and the best of loving terms with Colonel Montague.
waiting
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From this reading OF THE GREAT CONFUSION PRODUCED BY A BALLAD AND A DRUNKEN CROW From this time until Saturday, May 19, the world seemed to go very well for those concerned in the Bishop of Rochester's plot, which was a waiting plot; and in the other scheme, the scheme for an immediate rising, which was a hurrying scheme, and not at all known to the good Bishop.
Walpole
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From this reading Mr. Walpole had smoked nothing of what was forward, so far as a man could see; and within a month the country was to rise.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading OF THE GREAT CONFUSION PRODUCED BY A BALLAD AND A DRUNKEN CROW From this time until Saturday, May 19, the world seemed to go very well for those concerned in the Bishop of Rochester's plot, which was a waiting plot; and in the other scheme, the scheme for an immediate rising, which was a hurrying scheme, and not at all known to the good Bishop.
well
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From this reading OF THE GREAT CONFUSION PRODUCED BY A BALLAD AND A DRUNKEN CROW From this time until Saturday, May 19, the world seemed to go very well for those concerned in the Bishop of Rochester's plot, which was a waiting plot; and in the other scheme, the scheme for an immediate rising, which was a hurrying scheme, and not at all known to the good Bishop.
wentnounUS /went/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Mr. Wogan took his old name of Hilton, and went about his business, paying a visit now and again to the Cocoa Tree, where amongst other gossip he heard that Lady Oxford was still on the worst of friendly terms with Lady Mary Wortley Montagu, and the best of loving terms with Colonel Montague.
whatpronounUS /wʌt/
used to ask for information about something
From this reading Mr. Walpole had smoked nothing of what was forward, so far as a man could see; and within a month the country was to rise.
whenceadverbUS /wens/
an old word meaning “from where”
From this reading Mr. Wogan from Paris travelled to Havre-de-Grace, whence James Roche, an Irishman, settled in that port, and a noted smuggler upon the English coast, set him across the Channel, and put him ashore at the Three Sheds and Torbay near Elephant Stairs in Rotherhithe.
whereconjunctionUS /wer/
in or at the place that
From this reading Mr. Wogan took his old name of Hilton, and went about his business, paying a visit now and again to the Cocoa Tree, where amongst other gossip he heard that Lady Oxford was still on the worst of friendly terms with Lady Mary Wortley Montagu, and the best of loving terms with Colonel Montague.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading OF THE GREAT CONFUSION PRODUCED BY A BALLAD AND A DRUNKEN CROW From this time until Saturday, May 19, the world seemed to go very well for those concerned in the Bishop of Rochester's plot, which was a waiting plot; and in the other scheme, the scheme for an immediate rising, which was a hurrying scheme, and not at all known to the good Bishop.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading Mr. Wogan took his old name of Hilton, and went about his business, paying a visit now and again to the Cocoa Tree, where amongst other gossip he heard that Lady Oxford was still on the worst of friendly terms with Lady Mary Wortley Montagu, and the best of loving terms with Colonel Montague.
withinprepositionUS /wɪˈðɪn/
inside; before a period of time has passed
From this reading Mr. Walpole had smoked nothing of what was forward, so far as a man could see; and within a month the country was to rise.
Wogan
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From this reading Mr. Wogan from Paris travelled to Havre-de-Grace, whence James Roche, an Irishman, settled in that port, and a noted smuggler upon the English coast, set him across the Channel, and put him ashore at the Three Sheds and Torbay near Elephant Stairs in Rotherhithe.
world
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From this reading OF THE GREAT CONFUSION PRODUCED BY A BALLAD AND A DRUNKEN CROW From this time until Saturday, May 19, the world seemed to go very well for those concerned in the Bishop of Rochester's plot, which was a waiting plot; and in the other scheme, the scheme for an immediate rising, which was a hurrying scheme, and not at all known to the good Bishop.
worst
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From this reading Mr. Wogan took his old name of Hilton, and went about his business, paying a visit now and again to the Cocoa Tree, where amongst other gossip he heard that Lady Oxford was still on the worst of friendly terms with Lady Mary Wortley Montagu, and the best of loving terms with Colonel Montague.
Wortley
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From this reading Mr. Wogan took his old name of Hilton, and went about his business, paying a visit now and again to the Cocoa Tree, where amongst other gossip he heard that Lady Oxford was still on the worst of friendly terms with Lady Mary Wortley Montagu, and the best of loving terms with Colonel Montague.
