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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 It was a strange thing to see a man like Glanville, with costly tastes, luxurious habits, great talents, peculiarly calculated for display, courted by the highest members of the state, admired for his beauty and genius by half the women in London, yet living in the most ascetic seclusion from his kind, and indulging in the darkest and most morbid despondency.
admiration
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From this reading No female was ever seen to win even his momentary glance of admiration.
admired
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From this reading It was a strange thing to see a man like Glanville, with costly tastes, luxurious habits, great talents, peculiarly calculated for display, courted by the highest members of the state, admired for his beauty and genius by half the women in London, yet living in the most ascetic seclusion from his kind, and indulging in the darkest and most morbid despondency.
againnounUS /again/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The times have been That when the brains were out, the man would die, And there an end--but now they rise again.
All
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From this reading All the senses seemed to have lost, for his palate, their customary allurements.
allurements
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From this reading All the senses seemed to have lost, for his palate, their customary allurements.
andeterminerUS /æn/
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading The times have been That when the brains were out, the man would die, And there an end--but now they rise again.
AndconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading The times have been That when the brains were out, the man would die, And there an end--but now they rise again.
ascetic
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From this reading It was a strange thing to see a man like Glanville, with costly tastes, luxurious habits, great talents, peculiarly calculated for display, courted by the highest members of the state, admired for his beauty and genius by half the women in London, yet living in the most ascetic seclusion from his kind, and indulging in the darkest and most morbid despondency.
beauty
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beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading The times have been That when the brains were out, the man would die, And there an end--but now they rise again.
brains
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From this reading The times have been That when the brains were out, the man would die, And there an end--but now they rise again.
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading The times have been That when the brains were out, the man would die, And there an end--but now they rise again.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading It was a strange thing to see a man like Glanville, with costly tastes, luxurious habits, great talents, peculiarly calculated for display, courted by the highest members of the state, admired for his beauty and genius by half the women in London, yet living in the most ascetic seclusion from his kind, and indulging in the darkest and most morbid despondency.
calculated
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costly
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courted
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customary
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From this reading All the senses seemed to have lost, for his palate, their customary allurements.
darkest
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From this reading It was a strange thing to see a man like Glanville, with costly tastes, luxurious habits, great talents, peculiarly calculated for display, courted by the highest members of the state, admired for his beauty and genius by half the women in London, yet living in the most ascetic seclusion from his kind, and indulging in the darkest and most morbid despondency.
despondency
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From this reading It was a strange thing to see a man like Glanville, with costly tastes, luxurious habits, great talents, peculiarly calculated for display, courted by the highest members of the state, admired for his beauty and genius by half the women in London, yet living in the most ascetic seclusion from his kind, and indulging in the darkest and most morbid despondency.
die
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From this reading The times have been That when the brains were out, the man would die, And there an end--but now they rise again.
display
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From this reading It was a strange thing to see a man like Glanville, with costly tastes, luxurious habits, great talents, peculiarly calculated for display, courted by the highest members of the state, admired for his beauty and genius by half the women in London, yet living in the most ascetic seclusion from his kind, and indulging in the darkest and most morbid despondency.
end
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From this reading The times have been That when the brains were out, the man would die, And there an end--but now they rise again.
evennounUS /even/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading No female was ever seen to win even his momentary glance of admiration.
evernounUS /ever/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading No female was ever seen to win even his momentary glance of admiration.
female
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From this reading No female was ever seen to win even his momentary glance of admiration.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading It was a strange thing to see a man like Glanville, with costly tastes, luxurious habits, great talents, peculiarly calculated for display, courted by the highest members of the state, admired for his beauty and genius by half the women in London, yet living in the most ascetic seclusion from his kind, and indulging in the darkest and most morbid despondency.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading It was a strange thing to see a man like Glanville, with costly tastes, luxurious habits, great talents, peculiarly calculated for display, courted by the highest members of the state, admired for his beauty and genius by half the women in London, yet living in the most ascetic seclusion from his kind, and indulging in the darkest and most morbid despondency.
genius
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From this reading It was a strange thing to see a man like Glanville, with costly tastes, luxurious habits, great talents, peculiarly calculated for display, courted by the highest members of the state, admired for his beauty and genius by half the women in London, yet living in the most ascetic seclusion from his kind, and indulging in the darkest and most morbid despondency.
glance
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From this reading No female was ever seen to win even his momentary glance of admiration.
Glanville
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From this reading It was a strange thing to see a man like Glanville, with costly tastes, luxurious habits, great talents, peculiarly calculated for display, courted by the highest members of the state, admired for his beauty and genius by half the women in London, yet living in the most ascetic seclusion from his kind, and indulging in the darkest and most morbid despondency.
greatnounUS /great/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading It was a strange thing to see a man like Glanville, with costly tastes, luxurious habits, great talents, peculiarly calculated for display, courted by the highest members of the state, admired for his beauty and genius by half the women in London, yet living in the most ascetic seclusion from his kind, and indulging in the darkest and most morbid despondency.
habits
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From this reading It was a strange thing to see a man like Glanville, with costly tastes, luxurious habits, great talents, peculiarly calculated for display, courted by the highest members of the state, admired for his beauty and genius by half the women in London, yet living in the most ascetic seclusion from his kind, and indulging in the darkest and most morbid despondency.
halfnounUS /half/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading It was a strange thing to see a man like Glanville, with costly tastes, luxurious habits, great talents, peculiarly calculated for display, courted by the highest members of the state, admired for his beauty and genius by half the women in London, yet living in the most ascetic seclusion from his kind, and indulging in the darkest and most morbid despondency.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading The times have been That when the brains were out, the man would die, And there an end--but now they rise again.
highest
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From this reading It was a strange thing to see a man like Glanville, with costly tastes, luxurious habits, great talents, peculiarly calculated for display, courted by the highest members of the state, admired for his beauty and genius by half the women in London, yet living in the most ascetic seclusion from his kind, and indulging in the darkest and most morbid despondency.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading It was a strange thing to see a man like Glanville, with costly tastes, luxurious habits, great talents, peculiarly calculated for display, courted by the highest members of the state, admired for his beauty and genius by half the women in London, yet living in the most ascetic seclusion from his kind, and indulging in the darkest and most morbid despondency.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading It was a strange thing to see a man like Glanville, with costly tastes, luxurious habits, great talents, peculiarly calculated for display, courted by the highest members of the state, admired for his beauty and genius by half the women in London, yet living in the most ascetic seclusion from his kind, and indulging in the darkest and most morbid despondency.
indulging
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ItpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It was a strange thing to see a man like Glanville, with costly tastes, luxurious habits, great talents, peculiarly calculated for display, courted by the highest members of the state, admired for his beauty and genius by half the women in London, yet living in the most ascetic seclusion from his kind, and indulging in the darkest and most morbid despondency.
kind
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like
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living
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London
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lost
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From this reading All the senses seemed to have lost, for his palate, their customary allurements.
luxurious
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From this reading It was a strange thing to see a man like Glanville, with costly tastes, luxurious habits, great talents, peculiarly calculated for display, courted by the highest members of the state, admired for his beauty and genius by half the women in London, yet living in the most ascetic seclusion from his kind, and indulging in the darkest and most morbid despondency.
Macbeth
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From this reading --Macbeth.
man
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From this reading The times have been That when the brains were out, the man would die, And there an end--but now they rise again.
members
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momentary
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From this reading No female was ever seen to win even his momentary glance of admiration.
morbid
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From this reading It was a strange thing to see a man like Glanville, with costly tastes, luxurious habits, great talents, peculiarly calculated for display, courted by the highest members of the state, admired for his beauty and genius by half the women in London, yet living in the most ascetic seclusion from his kind, and indulging in the darkest and most morbid despondency.
most
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From this reading It was a strange thing to see a man like Glanville, with costly tastes, luxurious habits, great talents, peculiarly calculated for display, courted by the highest members of the state, admired for his beauty and genius by half the women in London, yet living in the most ascetic seclusion from his kind, and indulging in the darkest and most morbid despondency.
NodeterminerUS /noʊ/
not any; not one
From this reading No female was ever seen to win even his momentary glance of admiration.
now
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From this reading The times have been That when the brains were out, the man would die, And there an end--but now they rise again.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading It was a strange thing to see a man like Glanville, with costly tastes, luxurious habits, great talents, peculiarly calculated for display, courted by the highest members of the state, admired for his beauty and genius by half the women in London, yet living in the most ascetic seclusion from his kind, and indulging in the darkest and most morbid despondency.
out
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From this reading The times have been That when the brains were out, the man would die, And there an end--but now they rise again.
palate
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From this reading All the senses seemed to have lost, for his palate, their customary allurements.
peculiarly
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From this reading It was a strange thing to see a man like Glanville, with costly tastes, luxurious habits, great talents, peculiarly calculated for display, courted by the highest members of the state, admired for his beauty and genius by half the women in London, yet living in the most ascetic seclusion from his kind, and indulging in the darkest and most morbid despondency.
rise
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From this reading The times have been That when the brains were out, the man would die, And there an end--but now they rise again.
seclusion
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From this reading It was a strange thing to see a man like Glanville, with costly tastes, luxurious habits, great talents, peculiarly calculated for display, courted by the highest members of the state, admired for his beauty and genius by half the women in London, yet living in the most ascetic seclusion from his kind, and indulging in the darkest and most morbid despondency.
see
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From this reading It was a strange thing to see a man like Glanville, with costly tastes, luxurious habits, great talents, peculiarly calculated for display, courted by the highest members of the state, admired for his beauty and genius by half the women in London, yet living in the most ascetic seclusion from his kind, and indulging in the darkest and most morbid despondency.
seemednounUS /seemed/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading All the senses seemed to have lost, for his palate, their customary allurements.
seen
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From this reading No female was ever seen to win even his momentary glance of admiration.
sensesplural nounUS /ˈsɛnsɪz/
powers of perception and awareness
From this reading All the senses seemed to have lost, for his palate, their customary allurements.
state
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strange
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talents
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From this reading It was a strange thing to see a man like Glanville, with costly tastes, luxurious habits, great talents, peculiarly calculated for display, courted by the highest members of the state, admired for his beauty and genius by half the women in London, yet living in the most ascetic seclusion from his kind, and indulging in the darkest and most morbid despondency.
tastes
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From this reading It was a strange thing to see a man like Glanville, with costly tastes, luxurious habits, great talents, peculiarly calculated for display, courted by the highest members of the state, admired for his beauty and genius by half the women in London, yet living in the most ascetic seclusion from his kind, and indulging in the darkest and most morbid despondency.
ThatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading The times have been That when the brains were out, the man would die, And there an end--but now they rise again.
ThedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The times have been That when the brains were out, the man would die, And there an end--but now they rise again.
theirdeterminerUS /ðer/
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading All the senses seemed to have lost, for his palate, their customary allurements.
there
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From this reading The times have been That when the brains were out, the man would die, And there an end--but now they rise again.
theypronounUS /ðeɪ/
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading The times have been That when the brains were out, the man would die, And there an end--but now they rise again.
thingnounUS /thing/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading It was a strange thing to see a man like Glanville, with costly tastes, luxurious habits, great talents, peculiarly calculated for display, courted by the highest members of the state, admired for his beauty and genius by half the women in London, yet living in the most ascetic seclusion from his kind, and indulging in the darkest and most morbid despondency.
times
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From this reading The times have been That when the brains were out, the man would die, And there an end--but now they rise again.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading It was a strange thing to see a man like Glanville, with costly tastes, luxurious habits, great talents, peculiarly calculated for display, courted by the highest members of the state, admired for his beauty and genius by half the women in London, yet living in the most ascetic seclusion from his kind, and indulging in the darkest and most morbid despondency.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading It was a strange thing to see a man like Glanville, with costly tastes, luxurious habits, great talents, peculiarly calculated for display, courted by the highest members of the state, admired for his beauty and genius by half the women in London, yet living in the most ascetic seclusion from his kind, and indulging in the darkest and most morbid despondency.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading The times have been That when the brains were out, the man would die, And there an end--but now they rise again.
whenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading The times have been That when the brains were out, the man would die, And there an end--but now they rise again.
win
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From this reading No female was ever seen to win even his momentary glance of admiration.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading It was a strange thing to see a man like Glanville, with costly tastes, luxurious habits, great talents, peculiarly calculated for display, courted by the highest members of the state, admired for his beauty and genius by half the women in London, yet living in the most ascetic seclusion from his kind, and indulging in the darkest and most morbid despondency.
women
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From this reading It was a strange thing to see a man like Glanville, with costly tastes, luxurious habits, great talents, peculiarly calculated for display, courted by the highest members of the state, admired for his beauty and genius by half the women in London, yet living in the most ascetic seclusion from his kind, and indulging in the darkest and most morbid despondency.
wouldmodal verbUS /wʊd/
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading The times have been That when the brains were out, the man would die, And there an end--but now they rise again.
yetconjunctionUS /jet/
but in spite of that
From this reading It was a strange thing to see a man like Glanville, with costly tastes, luxurious habits, great talents, peculiarly calculated for display, courted by the highest members of the state, admired for his beauty and genius by half the women in London, yet living in the most ascetic seclusion from his kind, and indulging in the darkest and most morbid despondency.
