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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 O time, thou hast played strange tricks with us; and we bless the stars that made us a novelist, and permit us now to retaliate.
Albert
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From this reading Young, innocent, on whose sweet forehead mild The parted ringlet shone in simplest guise, An inmate in the home of Albert smiled, Or blessed his noonday walk,--she was his only child.
AndeterminerUS /æn/
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading Young, innocent, on whose sweet forehead mild The parted ringlet shone in simplest guise, An inmate in the home of Albert smiled, Or blessed his noonday walk,--she was his only child.
AndconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading And dwells in daylight truth's salubrious skies No form with which the soul may sympathize?
bless
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From this reading O time, thou hast played strange tricks with us; and we bless the stars that made us a novelist, and permit us now to retaliate.
blessed
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From this reading Young, innocent, on whose sweet forehead mild The parted ringlet shone in simplest guise, An inmate in the home of Albert smiled, Or blessed his noonday walk,--she was his only child.
boast
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From this reading I boast no song in magic wonders rife; But yet, O Nature! is there nought to prize, Familiar in thy bosom scenes of life?
bosom
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From this reading I boast no song in magic wonders rife; But yet, O Nature! is there nought to prize, Familiar in thy bosom scenes of life?
ButconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading I boast no song in magic wonders rife; But yet, O Nature! is there nought to prize, Familiar in thy bosom scenes of life?
child
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From this reading Young, innocent, on whose sweet forehead mild The parted ringlet shone in simplest guise, An inmate in the home of Albert smiled, Or blessed his noonday walk,--she was his only child.
daylight
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From this reading And dwells in daylight truth's salubrious skies No form with which the soul may sympathize?
dwells
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From this reading And dwells in daylight truth's salubrious skies No form with which the soul may sympathize?
Familiar
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From this reading I boast no song in magic wonders rife; But yet, O Nature! is there nought to prize, Familiar in thy bosom scenes of life?
forehead
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From this reading Young, innocent, on whose sweet forehead mild The parted ringlet shone in simplest guise, An inmate in the home of Albert smiled, Or blessed his noonday walk,--she was his only child.
form
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From this reading And dwells in daylight truth's salubrious skies No form with which the soul may sympathize?
Gertrude
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From this reading Gertrude of Wyoming.
guise
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From this reading Young, innocent, on whose sweet forehead mild The parted ringlet shone in simplest guise, An inmate in the home of Albert smiled, Or blessed his noonday walk,--she was his only child.
hastauxiliary verbUS /hæst/
an old form of “have”, used with “thou”
From this reading O time, thou hast played strange tricks with us; and we bless the stars that made us a novelist, and permit us now to retaliate.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Young, innocent, on whose sweet forehead mild The parted ringlet shone in simplest guise, An inmate in the home of Albert smiled, Or blessed his noonday walk,--she was his only child.
home
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From this reading Young, innocent, on whose sweet forehead mild The parted ringlet shone in simplest guise, An inmate in the home of Albert smiled, Or blessed his noonday walk,--she was his only child.
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I boast no song in magic wonders rife; But yet, O Nature! is there nought to prize, Familiar in thy bosom scenes of life?
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading I boast no song in magic wonders rife; But yet, O Nature! is there nought to prize, Familiar in thy bosom scenes of life?
inmate
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From this reading Young, innocent, on whose sweet forehead mild The parted ringlet shone in simplest guise, An inmate in the home of Albert smiled, Or blessed his noonday walk,--she was his only child.
innocent
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From this reading Young, innocent, on whose sweet forehead mild The parted ringlet shone in simplest guise, An inmate in the home of Albert smiled, Or blessed his noonday walk,--she was his only child.
isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading I boast no song in magic wonders rife; But yet, O Nature! is there nought to prize, Familiar in thy bosom scenes of life?
lifenounUS /life/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading I boast no song in magic wonders rife; But yet, O Nature! is there nought to prize, Familiar in thy bosom scenes of life?
made
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From this reading O time, thou hast played strange tricks with us; and we bless the stars that made us a novelist, and permit us now to retaliate.
magic
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From this reading I boast no song in magic wonders rife; But yet, O Nature! is there nought to prize, Familiar in thy bosom scenes of life?
maymodal verbUS /meɪ/
used to say something is possible, or to give permission
From this reading And dwells in daylight truth's salubrious skies No form with which the soul may sympathize?
mild
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From this reading Young, innocent, on whose sweet forehead mild The parted ringlet shone in simplest guise, An inmate in the home of Albert smiled, Or blessed his noonday walk,--she was his only child.
Nature
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From this reading I boast no song in magic wonders rife; But yet, O Nature! is there nought to prize, Familiar in thy bosom scenes of life?
nodeterminerUS /noʊ/
not any; not one
From this reading I boast no song in magic wonders rife; But yet, O Nature! is there nought to prize, Familiar in thy bosom scenes of life?
noonday
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From this reading Young, innocent, on whose sweet forehead mild The parted ringlet shone in simplest guise, An inmate in the home of Albert smiled, Or blessed his noonday walk,--she was his only child.
nought
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From this reading I boast no song in magic wonders rife; But yet, O Nature! is there nought to prize, Familiar in thy bosom scenes of life?
novelist
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From this reading O time, thou hast played strange tricks with us; and we bless the stars that made us a novelist, and permit us now to retaliate.
now
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From this reading O time, thou hast played strange tricks with us; and we bless the stars that made us a novelist, and permit us now to retaliate.
O
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From this reading I boast no song in magic wonders rife; But yet, O Nature! is there nought to prize, Familiar in thy bosom scenes of life?
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading I boast no song in magic wonders rife; But yet, O Nature! is there nought to prize, Familiar in thy bosom scenes of life?
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading Young, innocent, on whose sweet forehead mild The parted ringlet shone in simplest guise, An inmate in the home of Albert smiled, Or blessed his noonday walk,--she was his only child.
only
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From this reading Young, innocent, on whose sweet forehead mild The parted ringlet shone in simplest guise, An inmate in the home of Albert smiled, Or blessed his noonday walk,--she was his only child.
OrconjunctionUS /ɔːr/
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading Young, innocent, on whose sweet forehead mild The parted ringlet shone in simplest guise, An inmate in the home of Albert smiled, Or blessed his noonday walk,--she was his only child.
parted
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From this reading Young, innocent, on whose sweet forehead mild The parted ringlet shone in simplest guise, An inmate in the home of Albert smiled, Or blessed his noonday walk,--she was his only child.
permit
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From this reading O time, thou hast played strange tricks with us; and we bless the stars that made us a novelist, and permit us now to retaliate.
played
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From this reading O time, thou hast played strange tricks with us; and we bless the stars that made us a novelist, and permit us now to retaliate.
prize
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From this reading I boast no song in magic wonders rife; But yet, O Nature! is there nought to prize, Familiar in thy bosom scenes of life?
retaliate
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From this reading O time, thou hast played strange tricks with us; and we bless the stars that made us a novelist, and permit us now to retaliate.
rife
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From this reading I boast no song in magic wonders rife; But yet, O Nature! is there nought to prize, Familiar in thy bosom scenes of life?
ringlet
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From this reading Young, innocent, on whose sweet forehead mild The parted ringlet shone in simplest guise, An inmate in the home of Albert smiled, Or blessed his noonday walk,--she was his only child.
salubrious
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From this reading And dwells in daylight truth's salubrious skies No form with which the soul may sympathize?
scenes
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From this reading I boast no song in magic wonders rife; But yet, O Nature! is there nought to prize, Familiar in thy bosom scenes of life?
shepronounUS /ʃiː/
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Young, innocent, on whose sweet forehead mild The parted ringlet shone in simplest guise, An inmate in the home of Albert smiled, Or blessed his noonday walk,--she was his only child.
shone
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From this reading Young, innocent, on whose sweet forehead mild The parted ringlet shone in simplest guise, An inmate in the home of Albert smiled, Or blessed his noonday walk,--she was his only child.
simplest
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From this reading Young, innocent, on whose sweet forehead mild The parted ringlet shone in simplest guise, An inmate in the home of Albert smiled, Or blessed his noonday walk,--she was his only child.
skies
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From this reading And dwells in daylight truth's salubrious skies No form with which the soul may sympathize?
smiled
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From this reading Young, innocent, on whose sweet forehead mild The parted ringlet shone in simplest guise, An inmate in the home of Albert smiled, Or blessed his noonday walk,--she was his only child.
song
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From this reading I boast no song in magic wonders rife; But yet, O Nature! is there nought to prize, Familiar in thy bosom scenes of life?
soul
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From this reading And dwells in daylight truth's salubrious skies No form with which the soul may sympathize?
stars
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From this reading O time, thou hast played strange tricks with us; and we bless the stars that made us a novelist, and permit us now to retaliate.
strange
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From this reading O time, thou hast played strange tricks with us; and we bless the stars that made us a novelist, and permit us now to retaliate.
sweet
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From this reading Young, innocent, on whose sweet forehead mild The parted ringlet shone in simplest guise, An inmate in the home of Albert smiled, Or blessed his noonday walk,--she was his only child.
sympathize
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From this reading And dwells in daylight truth's salubrious skies No form with which the soul may sympathize?
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading O time, thou hast played strange tricks with us; and we bless the stars that made us a novelist, and permit us now to retaliate.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading And dwells in daylight truth's salubrious skies No form with which the soul may sympathize?
there
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From this reading I boast no song in magic wonders rife; But yet, O Nature! is there nought to prize, Familiar in thy bosom scenes of life?
thoupronounUS /ðaʊ/
an old word for “you”, as the subject, speaking to one person
From this reading O time, thou hast played strange tricks with us; and we bless the stars that made us a novelist, and permit us now to retaliate.
thydeterminerUS /ðaɪ/
an old word for “your”, speaking to one person
From this reading I boast no song in magic wonders rife; But yet, O Nature! is there nought to prize, Familiar in thy bosom scenes of life?
timenounUS /time/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading O time, thou hast played strange tricks with us; and we bless the stars that made us a novelist, and permit us now to retaliate.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading I boast no song in magic wonders rife; But yet, O Nature! is there nought to prize, Familiar in thy bosom scenes of life?
tricks
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From this reading O time, thou hast played strange tricks with us; and we bless the stars that made us a novelist, and permit us now to retaliate.
truth's
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From this reading And dwells in daylight truth's salubrious skies No form with which the soul may sympathize?
uspronounUS /ʌs/
the speaker and others, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading O time, thou hast played strange tricks with us; and we bless the stars that made us a novelist, and permit us now to retaliate.
walk
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From this reading Young, innocent, on whose sweet forehead mild The parted ringlet shone in simplest guise, An inmate in the home of Albert smiled, Or blessed his noonday walk,--she was his only child.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Young, innocent, on whose sweet forehead mild The parted ringlet shone in simplest guise, An inmate in the home of Albert smiled, Or blessed his noonday walk,--she was his only child.
wepronounUS /wiː/
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading O time, thou hast played strange tricks with us; and we bless the stars that made us a novelist, and permit us now to retaliate.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading And dwells in daylight truth's salubrious skies No form with which the soul may sympathize?
whosedeterminerUS /huːz/
belonging to which person
From this reading Young, innocent, on whose sweet forehead mild The parted ringlet shone in simplest guise, An inmate in the home of Albert smiled, Or blessed his noonday walk,--she was his only child.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading And dwells in daylight truth's salubrious skies No form with which the soul may sympathize?
wonders
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From this reading I boast no song in magic wonders rife; But yet, O Nature! is there nought to prize, Familiar in thy bosom scenes of life?
Wyoming
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From this reading Gertrude of Wyoming.
yetconjunctionUS /jet/
but in spite of that
From this reading I boast no song in magic wonders rife; But yet, O Nature! is there nought to prize, Familiar in thy bosom scenes of life?
Young
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From this reading Young, innocent, on whose sweet forehead mild The parted ringlet shone in simplest guise, An inmate in the home of Albert smiled, Or blessed his noonday walk,--she was his only child.
