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adeterminerUS /ə/
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading There was yet a long time upon my hands before five o'clock; and the thought of Ellen left me in no doubt how it should be passed.
aboutprepositionUS /əˈbaʊt/
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading With all my love of enterprise and adventure, I cannot say that I should have particularly chosen the project before me for my evening's amusement, had I been left solely to my own will; but Glanville's situation forbade me to think of self, and so far from shrinking at the danger to which I was about to be exposed, I looked forward with the utmost impatience to the hour of rejoining Jonson.
adventure
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From this reading With all my love of enterprise and adventure, I cannot say that I should have particularly chosen the project before me for my evening's amusement, had I been left solely to my own will; but Glanville's situation forbade me to think of self, and so far from shrinking at the danger to which I was about to be exposed, I looked forward with the utmost impatience to the hour of rejoining Jonson.
all
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From this reading With all my love of enterprise and adventure, I cannot say that I should have particularly chosen the project before me for my evening's amusement, had I been left solely to my own will; but Glanville's situation forbade me to think of self, and so far from shrinking at the danger to which I was about to be exposed, I looked forward with the utmost impatience to the hour of rejoining Jonson.
amicis
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From this reading Pectus praeceptis format amicis.--Horace.
amusement
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From this reading With all my love of enterprise and adventure, I cannot say that I should have particularly chosen the project before me for my evening's amusement, had I been left solely to my own will; but Glanville's situation forbade me to think of self, and so far from shrinking at the danger to which I was about to be exposed, I looked forward with the utmost impatience to the hour of rejoining Jonson.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading With all my love of enterprise and adventure, I cannot say that I should have particularly chosen the project before me for my evening's amusement, had I been left solely to my own will; but Glanville's situation forbade me to think of self, and so far from shrinking at the danger to which I was about to be exposed, I looked forward with the utmost impatience to the hour of rejoining Jonson.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading With all my love of enterprise and adventure, I cannot say that I should have particularly chosen the project before me for my evening's amusement, had I been left solely to my own will; but Glanville's situation forbade me to think of self, and so far from shrinking at the danger to which I was about to be exposed, I looked forward with the utmost impatience to the hour of rejoining Jonson.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading With all my love of enterprise and adventure, I cannot say that I should have particularly chosen the project before me for my evening's amusement, had I been left solely to my own will; but Glanville's situation forbade me to think of self, and so far from shrinking at the danger to which I was about to be exposed, I looked forward with the utmost impatience to the hour of rejoining Jonson.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading With all my love of enterprise and adventure, I cannot say that I should have particularly chosen the project before me for my evening's amusement, had I been left solely to my own will; but Glanville's situation forbade me to think of self, and so far from shrinking at the danger to which I was about to be exposed, I looked forward with the utmost impatience to the hour of rejoining Jonson.
beforeprepositionUS /bɪˈfɔːr/
earlier than; in front of
From this reading With all my love of enterprise and adventure, I cannot say that I should have particularly chosen the project before me for my evening's amusement, had I been left solely to my own will; but Glanville's situation forbade me to think of self, and so far from shrinking at the danger to which I was about to be exposed, I looked forward with the utmost impatience to the hour of rejoining Jonson.
Berkeley-square
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From this reading I went to Berkeley-square; Lady Glanville rose eagerly when I entered the drawing-room.
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading With all my love of enterprise and adventure, I cannot say that I should have particularly chosen the project before me for my evening's amusement, had I been left solely to my own will; but Glanville's situation forbade me to think of self, and so far from shrinking at the danger to which I was about to be exposed, I looked forward with the utmost impatience to the hour of rejoining Jonson.
cannot
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From this reading With all my love of enterprise and adventure, I cannot say that I should have particularly chosen the project before me for my evening's amusement, had I been left solely to my own will; but Glanville's situation forbade me to think of self, and so far from shrinking at the danger to which I was about to be exposed, I looked forward with the utmost impatience to the hour of rejoining Jonson.
chosen
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From this reading With all my love of enterprise and adventure, I cannot say that I should have particularly chosen the project before me for my evening's amusement, had I been left solely to my own will; but Glanville's situation forbade me to think of self, and so far from shrinking at the danger to which I was about to be exposed, I looked forward with the utmost impatience to the hour of rejoining Jonson.
danger
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From this reading With all my love of enterprise and adventure, I cannot say that I should have particularly chosen the project before me for my evening's amusement, had I been left solely to my own will; but Glanville's situation forbade me to think of self, and so far from shrinking at the danger to which I was about to be exposed, I looked forward with the utmost impatience to the hour of rejoining Jonson.
datur
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From this reading Est quodam prodire tenus, si non datur ultra.--Horace.
doubt
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From this reading There was yet a long time upon my hands before five o'clock; and the thought of Ellen left me in no doubt how it should be passed.
drawing-room
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From this reading I went to Berkeley-square; Lady Glanville rose eagerly when I entered the drawing-room.
eagerly
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From this reading I went to Berkeley-square; Lady Glanville rose eagerly when I entered the drawing-room.
Ellen
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From this reading There was yet a long time upon my hands before five o'clock; and the thought of Ellen left me in no doubt how it should be passed.
entered
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From this reading I went to Berkeley-square; Lady Glanville rose eagerly when I entered the drawing-room.
enterprise
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From this reading With all my love of enterprise and adventure, I cannot say that I should have particularly chosen the project before me for my evening's amusement, had I been left solely to my own will; but Glanville's situation forbade me to think of self, and so far from shrinking at the danger to which I was about to be exposed, I looked forward with the utmost impatience to the hour of rejoining Jonson.
Est
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From this reading Est quodam prodire tenus, si non datur ultra.--Horace.
evening's
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From this reading With all my love of enterprise and adventure, I cannot say that I should have particularly chosen the project before me for my evening's amusement, had I been left solely to my own will; but Glanville's situation forbade me to think of self, and so far from shrinking at the danger to which I was about to be exposed, I looked forward with the utmost impatience to the hour of rejoining Jonson.
exposedadjectiveUS /ɪkˈspəʊzd/
left open to danger or view left open to danger or public view
From this reading With all my love of enterprise and adventure, I cannot say that I should have particularly chosen the project before me for my evening's amusement, had I been left solely to my own will; but Glanville's situation forbade me to think of self, and so far from shrinking at the danger to which I was about to be exposed, I looked forward with the utmost impatience to the hour of rejoining Jonson.
far
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From this reading With all my love of enterprise and adventure, I cannot say that I should have particularly chosen the project before me for my evening's amusement, had I been left solely to my own will; but Glanville's situation forbade me to think of self, and so far from shrinking at the danger to which I was about to be exposed, I looked forward with the utmost impatience to the hour of rejoining Jonson.
five
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From this reading There was yet a long time upon my hands before five o'clock; and the thought of Ellen left me in no doubt how it should be passed.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading With all my love of enterprise and adventure, I cannot say that I should have particularly chosen the project before me for my evening's amusement, had I been left solely to my own will; but Glanville's situation forbade me to think of self, and so far from shrinking at the danger to which I was about to be exposed, I looked forward with the utmost impatience to the hour of rejoining Jonson.
forbade
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From this reading With all my love of enterprise and adventure, I cannot say that I should have particularly chosen the project before me for my evening's amusement, had I been left solely to my own will; but Glanville's situation forbade me to think of self, and so far from shrinking at the danger to which I was about to be exposed, I looked forward with the utmost impatience to the hour of rejoining Jonson.
format
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From this reading Pectus praeceptis format amicis.--Horace.
forwardnounUS /forward/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading With all my love of enterprise and adventure, I cannot say that I should have particularly chosen the project before me for my evening's amusement, had I been left solely to my own will; but Glanville's situation forbade me to think of self, and so far from shrinking at the danger to which I was about to be exposed, I looked forward with the utmost impatience to the hour of rejoining Jonson.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading With all my love of enterprise and adventure, I cannot say that I should have particularly chosen the project before me for my evening's amusement, had I been left solely to my own will; but Glanville's situation forbade me to think of self, and so far from shrinking at the danger to which I was about to be exposed, I looked forward with the utmost impatience to the hour of rejoining Jonson.
Glanville
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From this reading I went to Berkeley-square; Lady Glanville rose eagerly when I entered the drawing-room.
Glanville's
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From this reading With all my love of enterprise and adventure, I cannot say that I should have particularly chosen the project before me for my evening's amusement, had I been left solely to my own will; but Glanville's situation forbade me to think of self, and so far from shrinking at the danger to which I was about to be exposed, I looked forward with the utmost impatience to the hour of rejoining Jonson.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading With all my love of enterprise and adventure, I cannot say that I should have particularly chosen the project before me for my evening's amusement, had I been left solely to my own will; but Glanville's situation forbade me to think of self, and so far from shrinking at the danger to which I was about to be exposed, I looked forward with the utmost impatience to the hour of rejoining Jonson.
handsplural nounUS /hændz/
members of a ship’s crew
From this reading There was yet a long time upon my hands before five o'clock; and the thought of Ellen left me in no doubt how it should be passed.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading With all my love of enterprise and adventure, I cannot say that I should have particularly chosen the project before me for my evening's amusement, had I been left solely to my own will; but Glanville's situation forbade me to think of self, and so far from shrinking at the danger to which I was about to be exposed, I looked forward with the utmost impatience to the hour of rejoining Jonson.
Horace
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From this reading Pectus praeceptis format amicis.--Horace.
hour
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From this reading With all my love of enterprise and adventure, I cannot say that I should have particularly chosen the project before me for my evening's amusement, had I been left solely to my own will; but Glanville's situation forbade me to think of self, and so far from shrinking at the danger to which I was about to be exposed, I looked forward with the utmost impatience to the hour of rejoining Jonson.
how
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From this reading There was yet a long time upon my hands before five o'clock; and the thought of Ellen left me in no doubt how it should be passed.
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading With all my love of enterprise and adventure, I cannot say that I should have particularly chosen the project before me for my evening's amusement, had I been left solely to my own will; but Glanville's situation forbade me to think of self, and so far from shrinking at the danger to which I was about to be exposed, I looked forward with the utmost impatience to the hour of rejoining Jonson.
impatience
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From this reading With all my love of enterprise and adventure, I cannot say that I should have particularly chosen the project before me for my evening's amusement, had I been left solely to my own will; but Glanville's situation forbade me to think of self, and so far from shrinking at the danger to which I was about to be exposed, I looked forward with the utmost impatience to the hour of rejoining Jonson.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading There was yet a long time upon my hands before five o'clock; and the thought of Ellen left me in no doubt how it should be passed.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading There was yet a long time upon my hands before five o'clock; and the thought of Ellen left me in no doubt how it should be passed.
Jonson
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From this reading With all my love of enterprise and adventure, I cannot say that I should have particularly chosen the project before me for my evening's amusement, had I been left solely to my own will; but Glanville's situation forbade me to think of self, and so far from shrinking at the danger to which I was about to be exposed, I looked forward with the utmost impatience to the hour of rejoining Jonson.
Lady
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From this reading I went to Berkeley-square; Lady Glanville rose eagerly when I entered the drawing-room.
leftnounUS /left/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading With all my love of enterprise and adventure, I cannot say that I should have particularly chosen the project before me for my evening's amusement, had I been left solely to my own will; but Glanville's situation forbade me to think of self, and so far from shrinking at the danger to which I was about to be exposed, I looked forward with the utmost impatience to the hour of rejoining Jonson.
longnounUS /long/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading There was yet a long time upon my hands before five o'clock; and the thought of Ellen left me in no doubt how it should be passed.
lookednounUS /looked/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading With all my love of enterprise and adventure, I cannot say that I should have particularly chosen the project before me for my evening's amusement, had I been left solely to my own will; but Glanville's situation forbade me to think of self, and so far from shrinking at the danger to which I was about to be exposed, I looked forward with the utmost impatience to the hour of rejoining Jonson.
love
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From this reading With all my love of enterprise and adventure, I cannot say that I should have particularly chosen the project before me for my evening's amusement, had I been left solely to my own will; but Glanville's situation forbade me to think of self, and so far from shrinking at the danger to which I was about to be exposed, I looked forward with the utmost impatience to the hour of rejoining Jonson.
mepronounUS /miː/
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading With all my love of enterprise and adventure, I cannot say that I should have particularly chosen the project before me for my evening's amusement, had I been left solely to my own will; but Glanville's situation forbade me to think of self, and so far from shrinking at the danger to which I was about to be exposed, I looked forward with the utmost impatience to the hour of rejoining Jonson.
mydeterminerUS /maɪ/
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading With all my love of enterprise and adventure, I cannot say that I should have particularly chosen the project before me for my evening's amusement, had I been left solely to my own will; but Glanville's situation forbade me to think of self, and so far from shrinking at the danger to which I was about to be exposed, I looked forward with the utmost impatience to the hour of rejoining Jonson.
nodeterminerUS /noʊ/
not any; not one
From this reading There was yet a long time upon my hands before five o'clock; and the thought of Ellen left me in no doubt how it should be passed.
non
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From this reading Est quodam prodire tenus, si non datur ultra.--Horace.
o'clock
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From this reading There was yet a long time upon my hands before five o'clock; and the thought of Ellen left me in no doubt how it should be passed.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading With all my love of enterprise and adventure, I cannot say that I should have particularly chosen the project before me for my evening's amusement, had I been left solely to my own will; but Glanville's situation forbade me to think of self, and so far from shrinking at the danger to which I was about to be exposed, I looked forward with the utmost impatience to the hour of rejoining Jonson.
own
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From this reading With all my love of enterprise and adventure, I cannot say that I should have particularly chosen the project before me for my evening's amusement, had I been left solely to my own will; but Glanville's situation forbade me to think of self, and so far from shrinking at the danger to which I was about to be exposed, I looked forward with the utmost impatience to the hour of rejoining Jonson.
particularly
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From this reading With all my love of enterprise and adventure, I cannot say that I should have particularly chosen the project before me for my evening's amusement, had I been left solely to my own will; but Glanville's situation forbade me to think of self, and so far from shrinking at the danger to which I was about to be exposed, I looked forward with the utmost impatience to the hour of rejoining Jonson.
passednounUS /passed/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading There was yet a long time upon my hands before five o'clock; and the thought of Ellen left me in no doubt how it should be passed.
Pectus
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From this reading Pectus praeceptis format amicis.--Horace.
praeceptis
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From this reading Pectus praeceptis format amicis.--Horace.
prodire
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From this reading Est quodam prodire tenus, si non datur ultra.--Horace.
project
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From this reading With all my love of enterprise and adventure, I cannot say that I should have particularly chosen the project before me for my evening's amusement, had I been left solely to my own will; but Glanville's situation forbade me to think of self, and so far from shrinking at the danger to which I was about to be exposed, I looked forward with the utmost impatience to the hour of rejoining Jonson.
quodam
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From this reading Est quodam prodire tenus, si non datur ultra.--Horace.
rejoining
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From this reading With all my love of enterprise and adventure, I cannot say that I should have particularly chosen the project before me for my evening's amusement, had I been left solely to my own will; but Glanville's situation forbade me to think of self, and so far from shrinking at the danger to which I was about to be exposed, I looked forward with the utmost impatience to the hour of rejoining Jonson.
rose
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From this reading I went to Berkeley-square; Lady Glanville rose eagerly when I entered the drawing-room.
say
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From this reading With all my love of enterprise and adventure, I cannot say that I should have particularly chosen the project before me for my evening's amusement, had I been left solely to my own will; but Glanville's situation forbade me to think of self, and so far from shrinking at the danger to which I was about to be exposed, I looked forward with the utmost impatience to the hour of rejoining Jonson.
self
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From this reading With all my love of enterprise and adventure, I cannot say that I should have particularly chosen the project before me for my evening's amusement, had I been left solely to my own will; but Glanville's situation forbade me to think of self, and so far from shrinking at the danger to which I was about to be exposed, I looked forward with the utmost impatience to the hour of rejoining Jonson.
shouldmodal verbUS /ʃʊd/
used to say what is right, expected, or advisable
From this reading With all my love of enterprise and adventure, I cannot say that I should have particularly chosen the project before me for my evening's amusement, had I been left solely to my own will; but Glanville's situation forbade me to think of self, and so far from shrinking at the danger to which I was about to be exposed, I looked forward with the utmost impatience to the hour of rejoining Jonson.
shrinking
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From this reading With all my love of enterprise and adventure, I cannot say that I should have particularly chosen the project before me for my evening's amusement, had I been left solely to my own will; but Glanville's situation forbade me to think of self, and so far from shrinking at the danger to which I was about to be exposed, I looked forward with the utmost impatience to the hour of rejoining Jonson.
si
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From this reading Est quodam prodire tenus, si non datur ultra.--Horace.
situation
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From this reading With all my love of enterprise and adventure, I cannot say that I should have particularly chosen the project before me for my evening's amusement, had I been left solely to my own will; but Glanville's situation forbade me to think of self, and so far from shrinking at the danger to which I was about to be exposed, I looked forward with the utmost impatience to the hour of rejoining Jonson.
soconjunctionUS /soʊ/
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading With all my love of enterprise and adventure, I cannot say that I should have particularly chosen the project before me for my evening's amusement, had I been left solely to my own will; but Glanville's situation forbade me to think of self, and so far from shrinking at the danger to which I was about to be exposed, I looked forward with the utmost impatience to the hour of rejoining Jonson.
solely
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From this reading With all my love of enterprise and adventure, I cannot say that I should have particularly chosen the project before me for my evening's amusement, had I been left solely to my own will; but Glanville's situation forbade me to think of self, and so far from shrinking at the danger to which I was about to be exposed, I looked forward with the utmost impatience to the hour of rejoining Jonson.
tenus
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From this reading Est quodam prodire tenus, si non datur ultra.--Horace.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading With all my love of enterprise and adventure, I cannot say that I should have particularly chosen the project before me for my evening's amusement, had I been left solely to my own will; but Glanville's situation forbade me to think of self, and so far from shrinking at the danger to which I was about to be exposed, I looked forward with the utmost impatience to the hour of rejoining Jonson.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading With all my love of enterprise and adventure, I cannot say that I should have particularly chosen the project before me for my evening's amusement, had I been left solely to my own will; but Glanville's situation forbade me to think of self, and so far from shrinking at the danger to which I was about to be exposed, I looked forward with the utmost impatience to the hour of rejoining Jonson.
There
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From this reading There was yet a long time upon my hands before five o'clock; and the thought of Ellen left me in no doubt how it should be passed.
thinknounUS /think/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading With all my love of enterprise and adventure, I cannot say that I should have particularly chosen the project before me for my evening's amusement, had I been left solely to my own will; but Glanville's situation forbade me to think of self, and so far from shrinking at the danger to which I was about to be exposed, I looked forward with the utmost impatience to the hour of rejoining Jonson.
thoughtnounUS /thought/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading There was yet a long time upon my hands before five o'clock; and the thought of Ellen left me in no doubt how it should be passed.
timenounUS /time/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading There was yet a long time upon my hands before five o'clock; and the thought of Ellen left me in no doubt how it should be passed.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading With all my love of enterprise and adventure, I cannot say that I should have particularly chosen the project before me for my evening's amusement, had I been left solely to my own will; but Glanville's situation forbade me to think of self, and so far from shrinking at the danger to which I was about to be exposed, I looked forward with the utmost impatience to the hour of rejoining Jonson.
ultra
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From this reading Est quodam prodire tenus, si non datur ultra.--Horace.
uponprepositionUS /əˈpɑːn/
a formal word for “on”
From this reading There was yet a long time upon my hands before five o'clock; and the thought of Ellen left me in no doubt how it should be passed.
utmost
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From this reading With all my love of enterprise and adventure, I cannot say that I should have particularly chosen the project before me for my evening's amusement, had I been left solely to my own will; but Glanville's situation forbade me to think of self, and so far from shrinking at the danger to which I was about to be exposed, I looked forward with the utmost impatience to the hour of rejoining Jonson.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading With all my love of enterprise and adventure, I cannot say that I should have particularly chosen the project before me for my evening's amusement, had I been left solely to my own will; but Glanville's situation forbade me to think of self, and so far from shrinking at the danger to which I was about to be exposed, I looked forward with the utmost impatience to the hour of rejoining Jonson.
wentnounUS /went/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading I went to Berkeley-square; Lady Glanville rose eagerly when I entered the drawing-room.
whenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading I went to Berkeley-square; Lady Glanville rose eagerly when I entered the drawing-room.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading With all my love of enterprise and adventure, I cannot say that I should have particularly chosen the project before me for my evening's amusement, had I been left solely to my own will; but Glanville's situation forbade me to think of self, and so far from shrinking at the danger to which I was about to be exposed, I looked forward with the utmost impatience to the hour of rejoining Jonson.
willmodal verbUS /wɪl/
used to talk about the future, or about willingness
From this reading With all my love of enterprise and adventure, I cannot say that I should have particularly chosen the project before me for my evening's amusement, had I been left solely to my own will; but Glanville's situation forbade me to think of self, and so far from shrinking at the danger to which I was about to be exposed, I looked forward with the utmost impatience to the hour of rejoining Jonson.
WithprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading With all my love of enterprise and adventure, I cannot say that I should have particularly chosen the project before me for my evening's amusement, had I been left solely to my own will; but Glanville's situation forbade me to think of self, and so far from shrinking at the danger to which I was about to be exposed, I looked forward with the utmost impatience to the hour of rejoining Jonson.
yetconjunctionUS /jet/
but in spite of that
From this reading There was yet a long time upon my hands before five o'clock; and the thought of Ellen left me in no doubt how it should be passed.
