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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 Christopher Clutterbuck was a common individual of a common order, but little known in this busy and toiling world.
aboutprepositionUS /əˈbaʊt/
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading I cannot flatter myself that I am about to present to your notice that rara avis, a new character--yet there is something interesting, and even unhacknied, in the retired and simple class to which he belongs: and before I proceed to a darker period in my memoirs, I feel a calm and tranquillizing pleasure in the rest which a brief and imperfect delineation of my college companion, affords me.
affords
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From this reading I cannot flatter myself that I am about to present to your notice that rara avis, a new character--yet there is something interesting, and even unhacknied, in the retired and simple class to which he belongs: and before I proceed to a darker period in my memoirs, I feel a calm and tranquillizing pleasure in the rest which a brief and imperfect delineation of my college companion, affords me.
amauxiliary verbUS /æm/
the form of “be” used with “I”
From this reading I cannot flatter myself that I am about to present to your notice that rara avis, a new character--yet there is something interesting, and even unhacknied, in the retired and simple class to which he belongs: and before I proceed to a darker period in my memoirs, I feel a calm and tranquillizing pleasure in the rest which a brief and imperfect delineation of my college companion, affords me.
AndconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading And as for me, tho' that I can but lite On bookes for to read I me delight, And to hem give I faith and full credence; And in mine heart have hem in reverence, So heartily that there is game none, That fro' my bookes maketh me to gone.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading And as for me, tho' that I can but lite On bookes for to read I me delight, And to hem give I faith and full credence; And in mine heart have hem in reverence, So heartily that there is game none, That fro' my bookes maketh me to gone.
ashamedadjectiveUS /əˈʃeɪmd/
feeling guilt or embarrassment after doing something that causes embarrassment
From this reading My friend came up to the University with the learning one about to quit the world might, with credit, have boasted of possessing, and the simplicity one about to enter it would have been ashamed to confess.
avis
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From this reading I cannot flatter myself that I am about to present to your notice that rara avis, a new character--yet there is something interesting, and even unhacknied, in the retired and simple class to which he belongs: and before I proceed to a darker period in my memoirs, I feel a calm and tranquillizing pleasure in the rest which a brief and imperfect delineation of my college companion, affords me.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading My friend came up to the University with the learning one about to quit the world might, with credit, have boasted of possessing, and the simplicity one about to enter it would have been ashamed to confess.
beforeprepositionUS /bɪˈfɔːr/
earlier than; in front of
From this reading I cannot flatter myself that I am about to present to your notice that rara avis, a new character--yet there is something interesting, and even unhacknied, in the retired and simple class to which he belongs: and before I proceed to a darker period in my memoirs, I feel a calm and tranquillizing pleasure in the rest which a brief and imperfect delineation of my college companion, affords me.
belongs
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From this reading I cannot flatter myself that I am about to present to your notice that rara avis, a new character--yet there is something interesting, and even unhacknied, in the retired and simple class to which he belongs: and before I proceed to a darker period in my memoirs, I feel a calm and tranquillizing pleasure in the rest which a brief and imperfect delineation of my college companion, affords me.
boasted
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From this reading My friend came up to the University with the learning one about to quit the world might, with credit, have boasted of possessing, and the simplicity one about to enter it would have been ashamed to confess.
bookes
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From this reading And as for me, tho' that I can but lite On bookes for to read I me delight, And to hem give I faith and full credence; And in mine heart have hem in reverence, So heartily that there is game none, That fro' my bookes maketh me to gone.
brief
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From this reading I cannot flatter myself that I am about to present to your notice that rara avis, a new character--yet there is something interesting, and even unhacknied, in the retired and simple class to which he belongs: and before I proceed to a darker period in my memoirs, I feel a calm and tranquillizing pleasure in the rest which a brief and imperfect delineation of my college companion, affords me.
busy
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From this reading Christopher Clutterbuck was a common individual of a common order, but little known in this busy and toiling world.
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading And as for me, tho' that I can but lite On bookes for to read I me delight, And to hem give I faith and full credence; And in mine heart have hem in reverence, So heartily that there is game none, That fro' my bookes maketh me to gone.
calm
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From this reading I cannot flatter myself that I am about to present to your notice that rara avis, a new character--yet there is something interesting, and even unhacknied, in the retired and simple class to which he belongs: and before I proceed to a darker period in my memoirs, I feel a calm and tranquillizing pleasure in the rest which a brief and imperfect delineation of my college companion, affords me.
came
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From this reading My friend came up to the University with the learning one about to quit the world might, with credit, have boasted of possessing, and the simplicity one about to enter it would have been ashamed to confess.
canmodal verbUS /kæn/
to be able to, or to be allowed to
From this reading And as for me, tho' that I can but lite On bookes for to read I me delight, And to hem give I faith and full credence; And in mine heart have hem in reverence, So heartily that there is game none, That fro' my bookes maketh me to gone.
cannot
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From this reading I cannot flatter myself that I am about to present to your notice that rara avis, a new character--yet there is something interesting, and even unhacknied, in the retired and simple class to which he belongs: and before I proceed to a darker period in my memoirs, I feel a calm and tranquillizing pleasure in the rest which a brief and imperfect delineation of my college companion, affords me.
character
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From this reading I cannot flatter myself that I am about to present to your notice that rara avis, a new character--yet there is something interesting, and even unhacknied, in the retired and simple class to which he belongs: and before I proceed to a darker period in my memoirs, I feel a calm and tranquillizing pleasure in the rest which a brief and imperfect delineation of my college companion, affords me.
Chaucer
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From this reading --Chaucer.
Christopher
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From this reading Christopher Clutterbuck was a common individual of a common order, but little known in this busy and toiling world.
class
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From this reading I cannot flatter myself that I am about to present to your notice that rara avis, a new character--yet there is something interesting, and even unhacknied, in the retired and simple class to which he belongs: and before I proceed to a darker period in my memoirs, I feel a calm and tranquillizing pleasure in the rest which a brief and imperfect delineation of my college companion, affords me.
Clutterbuck
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From this reading Christopher Clutterbuck was a common individual of a common order, but little known in this busy and toiling world.
college
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From this reading I cannot flatter myself that I am about to present to your notice that rara avis, a new character--yet there is something interesting, and even unhacknied, in the retired and simple class to which he belongs: and before I proceed to a darker period in my memoirs, I feel a calm and tranquillizing pleasure in the rest which a brief and imperfect delineation of my college companion, affords me.
common
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From this reading Christopher Clutterbuck was a common individual of a common order, but little known in this busy and toiling world.
companion
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From this reading I cannot flatter myself that I am about to present to your notice that rara avis, a new character--yet there is something interesting, and even unhacknied, in the retired and simple class to which he belongs: and before I proceed to a darker period in my memoirs, I feel a calm and tranquillizing pleasure in the rest which a brief and imperfect delineation of my college companion, affords me.
confess
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From this reading My friend came up to the University with the learning one about to quit the world might, with credit, have boasted of possessing, and the simplicity one about to enter it would have been ashamed to confess.
credence
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From this reading And as for me, tho' that I can but lite On bookes for to read I me delight, And to hem give I faith and full credence; And in mine heart have hem in reverence, So heartily that there is game none, That fro' my bookes maketh me to gone.
credit
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From this reading My friend came up to the University with the learning one about to quit the world might, with credit, have boasted of possessing, and the simplicity one about to enter it would have been ashamed to confess.
darker
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From this reading I cannot flatter myself that I am about to present to your notice that rara avis, a new character--yet there is something interesting, and even unhacknied, in the retired and simple class to which he belongs: and before I proceed to a darker period in my memoirs, I feel a calm and tranquillizing pleasure in the rest which a brief and imperfect delineation of my college companion, affords me.
delight
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From this reading And as for me, tho' that I can but lite On bookes for to read I me delight, And to hem give I faith and full credence; And in mine heart have hem in reverence, So heartily that there is game none, That fro' my bookes maketh me to gone.
delineation
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From this reading I cannot flatter myself that I am about to present to your notice that rara avis, a new character--yet there is something interesting, and even unhacknied, in the retired and simple class to which he belongs: and before I proceed to a darker period in my memoirs, I feel a calm and tranquillizing pleasure in the rest which a brief and imperfect delineation of my college companion, affords me.
enter
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From this reading My friend came up to the University with the learning one about to quit the world might, with credit, have boasted of possessing, and the simplicity one about to enter it would have been ashamed to confess.
evennounUS /even/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading I cannot flatter myself that I am about to present to your notice that rara avis, a new character--yet there is something interesting, and even unhacknied, in the retired and simple class to which he belongs: and before I proceed to a darker period in my memoirs, I feel a calm and tranquillizing pleasure in the rest which a brief and imperfect delineation of my college companion, affords me.
faith
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From this reading And as for me, tho' that I can but lite On bookes for to read I me delight, And to hem give I faith and full credence; And in mine heart have hem in reverence, So heartily that there is game none, That fro' my bookes maketh me to gone.
feel
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From this reading I cannot flatter myself that I am about to present to your notice that rara avis, a new character--yet there is something interesting, and even unhacknied, in the retired and simple class to which he belongs: and before I proceed to a darker period in my memoirs, I feel a calm and tranquillizing pleasure in the rest which a brief and imperfect delineation of my college companion, affords me.
flatter
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From this reading I cannot flatter myself that I am about to present to your notice that rara avis, a new character--yet there is something interesting, and even unhacknied, in the retired and simple class to which he belongs: and before I proceed to a darker period in my memoirs, I feel a calm and tranquillizing pleasure in the rest which a brief and imperfect delineation of my college companion, affords me.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading And as for me, tho' that I can but lite On bookes for to read I me delight, And to hem give I faith and full credence; And in mine heart have hem in reverence, So heartily that there is game none, That fro' my bookes maketh me to gone.
friend
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From this reading My friend came up to the University with the learning one about to quit the world might, with credit, have boasted of possessing, and the simplicity one about to enter it would have been ashamed to confess.
fro
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From this reading And as for me, tho' that I can but lite On bookes for to read I me delight, And to hem give I faith and full credence; And in mine heart have hem in reverence, So heartily that there is game none, That fro' my bookes maketh me to gone.
full
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From this reading And as for me, tho' that I can but lite On bookes for to read I me delight, And to hem give I faith and full credence; And in mine heart have hem in reverence, So heartily that there is game none, That fro' my bookes maketh me to gone.
game
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From this reading And as for me, tho' that I can but lite On bookes for to read I me delight, And to hem give I faith and full credence; And in mine heart have hem in reverence, So heartily that there is game none, That fro' my bookes maketh me to gone.
give
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From this reading And as for me, tho' that I can but lite On bookes for to read I me delight, And to hem give I faith and full credence; And in mine heart have hem in reverence, So heartily that there is game none, That fro' my bookes maketh me to gone.
gone
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From this reading And as for me, tho' that I can but lite On bookes for to read I me delight, And to hem give I faith and full credence; And in mine heart have hem in reverence, So heartily that there is game none, That fro' my bookes maketh me to gone.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading And as for me, tho' that I can but lite On bookes for to read I me delight, And to hem give I faith and full credence; And in mine heart have hem in reverence, So heartily that there is game none, That fro' my bookes maketh me to gone.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading I cannot flatter myself that I am about to present to your notice that rara avis, a new character--yet there is something interesting, and even unhacknied, in the retired and simple class to which he belongs: and before I proceed to a darker period in my memoirs, I feel a calm and tranquillizing pleasure in the rest which a brief and imperfect delineation of my college companion, affords me.
heart
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From this reading And as for me, tho' that I can but lite On bookes for to read I me delight, And to hem give I faith and full credence; And in mine heart have hem in reverence, So heartily that there is game none, That fro' my bookes maketh me to gone.
heartily
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From this reading And as for me, tho' that I can but lite On bookes for to read I me delight, And to hem give I faith and full credence; And in mine heart have hem in reverence, So heartily that there is game none, That fro' my bookes maketh me to gone.
hem
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From this reading And as for me, tho' that I can but lite On bookes for to read I me delight, And to hem give I faith and full credence; And in mine heart have hem in reverence, So heartily that there is game none, That fro' my bookes maketh me to gone.
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading And as for me, tho' that I can but lite On bookes for to read I me delight, And to hem give I faith and full credence; And in mine heart have hem in reverence, So heartily that there is game none, That fro' my bookes maketh me to gone.
imperfect
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From this reading I cannot flatter myself that I am about to present to your notice that rara avis, a new character--yet there is something interesting, and even unhacknied, in the retired and simple class to which he belongs: and before I proceed to a darker period in my memoirs, I feel a calm and tranquillizing pleasure in the rest which a brief and imperfect delineation of my college companion, affords me.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading And as for me, tho' that I can but lite On bookes for to read I me delight, And to hem give I faith and full credence; And in mine heart have hem in reverence, So heartily that there is game none, That fro' my bookes maketh me to gone.
individual
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From this reading Christopher Clutterbuck was a common individual of a common order, but little known in this busy and toiling world.
interesting
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From this reading I cannot flatter myself that I am about to present to your notice that rara avis, a new character--yet there is something interesting, and even unhacknied, in the retired and simple class to which he belongs: and before I proceed to a darker period in my memoirs, I feel a calm and tranquillizing pleasure in the rest which a brief and imperfect delineation of my college companion, affords me.
isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading And as for me, tho' that I can but lite On bookes for to read I me delight, And to hem give I faith and full credence; And in mine heart have hem in reverence, So heartily that there is game none, That fro' my bookes maketh me to gone.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading My friend came up to the University with the learning one about to quit the world might, with credit, have boasted of possessing, and the simplicity one about to enter it would have been ashamed to confess.
known
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From this reading Christopher Clutterbuck was a common individual of a common order, but little known in this busy and toiling world.
learning
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From this reading My friend came up to the University with the learning one about to quit the world might, with credit, have boasted of possessing, and the simplicity one about to enter it would have been ashamed to confess.
lite
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From this reading And as for me, tho' that I can but lite On bookes for to read I me delight, And to hem give I faith and full credence; And in mine heart have hem in reverence, So heartily that there is game none, That fro' my bookes maketh me to gone.
littlenounUS /little/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Christopher Clutterbuck was a common individual of a common order, but little known in this busy and toiling world.
maketh
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From this reading And as for me, tho' that I can but lite On bookes for to read I me delight, And to hem give I faith and full credence; And in mine heart have hem in reverence, So heartily that there is game none, That fro' my bookes maketh me to gone.
mepronounUS /miː/
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading And as for me, tho' that I can but lite On bookes for to read I me delight, And to hem give I faith and full credence; And in mine heart have hem in reverence, So heartily that there is game none, That fro' my bookes maketh me to gone.
memoirs
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From this reading I cannot flatter myself that I am about to present to your notice that rara avis, a new character--yet there is something interesting, and even unhacknied, in the retired and simple class to which he belongs: and before I proceed to a darker period in my memoirs, I feel a calm and tranquillizing pleasure in the rest which a brief and imperfect delineation of my college companion, affords me.
mightmodal verbUS /maɪt/
used to say something is possible but not certain
From this reading My friend came up to the University with the learning one about to quit the world might, with credit, have boasted of possessing, and the simplicity one about to enter it would have been ashamed to confess.
minepronounUS /maɪn/
the one or ones belonging to the person speaking
From this reading And as for me, tho' that I can but lite On bookes for to read I me delight, And to hem give I faith and full credence; And in mine heart have hem in reverence, So heartily that there is game none, That fro' my bookes maketh me to gone.
mydeterminerUS /maɪ/
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading And as for me, tho' that I can but lite On bookes for to read I me delight, And to hem give I faith and full credence; And in mine heart have hem in reverence, So heartily that there is game none, That fro' my bookes maketh me to gone.
myselfpronounUS /ˌmaɪˈself/
used when the speaker is also the object of the action
From this reading I cannot flatter myself that I am about to present to your notice that rara avis, a new character--yet there is something interesting, and even unhacknied, in the retired and simple class to which he belongs: and before I proceed to a darker period in my memoirs, I feel a calm and tranquillizing pleasure in the rest which a brief and imperfect delineation of my college companion, affords me.
new
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From this reading I cannot flatter myself that I am about to present to your notice that rara avis, a new character--yet there is something interesting, and even unhacknied, in the retired and simple class to which he belongs: and before I proceed to a darker period in my memoirs, I feel a calm and tranquillizing pleasure in the rest which a brief and imperfect delineation of my college companion, affords me.
nonepronounUS /nʌn/
not one, and not any
From this reading And as for me, tho' that I can but lite On bookes for to read I me delight, And to hem give I faith and full credence; And in mine heart have hem in reverence, So heartily that there is game none, That fro' my bookes maketh me to gone.
notice
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From this reading I cannot flatter myself that I am about to present to your notice that rara avis, a new character--yet there is something interesting, and even unhacknied, in the retired and simple class to which he belongs: and before I proceed to a darker period in my memoirs, I feel a calm and tranquillizing pleasure in the rest which a brief and imperfect delineation of my college companion, affords me.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Christopher Clutterbuck was a common individual of a common order, but little known in this busy and toiling world.
OnprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading And as for me, tho' that I can but lite On bookes for to read I me delight, And to hem give I faith and full credence; And in mine heart have hem in reverence, So heartily that there is game none, That fro' my bookes maketh me to gone.
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading My friend came up to the University with the learning one about to quit the world might, with credit, have boasted of possessing, and the simplicity one about to enter it would have been ashamed to confess.
ordernounUS /order/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Christopher Clutterbuck was a common individual of a common order, but little known in this busy and toiling world.
period
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From this reading I cannot flatter myself that I am about to present to your notice that rara avis, a new character--yet there is something interesting, and even unhacknied, in the retired and simple class to which he belongs: and before I proceed to a darker period in my memoirs, I feel a calm and tranquillizing pleasure in the rest which a brief and imperfect delineation of my college companion, affords me.
pleasure
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From this reading I cannot flatter myself that I am about to present to your notice that rara avis, a new character--yet there is something interesting, and even unhacknied, in the retired and simple class to which he belongs: and before I proceed to a darker period in my memoirs, I feel a calm and tranquillizing pleasure in the rest which a brief and imperfect delineation of my college companion, affords me.
possessing
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From this reading My friend came up to the University with the learning one about to quit the world might, with credit, have boasted of possessing, and the simplicity one about to enter it would have been ashamed to confess.
present
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From this reading I cannot flatter myself that I am about to present to your notice that rara avis, a new character--yet there is something interesting, and even unhacknied, in the retired and simple class to which he belongs: and before I proceed to a darker period in my memoirs, I feel a calm and tranquillizing pleasure in the rest which a brief and imperfect delineation of my college companion, affords me.
proceed
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From this reading I cannot flatter myself that I am about to present to your notice that rara avis, a new character--yet there is something interesting, and even unhacknied, in the retired and simple class to which he belongs: and before I proceed to a darker period in my memoirs, I feel a calm and tranquillizing pleasure in the rest which a brief and imperfect delineation of my college companion, affords me.
quit
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From this reading My friend came up to the University with the learning one about to quit the world might, with credit, have boasted of possessing, and the simplicity one about to enter it would have been ashamed to confess.
rara
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From this reading I cannot flatter myself that I am about to present to your notice that rara avis, a new character--yet there is something interesting, and even unhacknied, in the retired and simple class to which he belongs: and before I proceed to a darker period in my memoirs, I feel a calm and tranquillizing pleasure in the rest which a brief and imperfect delineation of my college companion, affords me.
read
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From this reading And as for me, tho' that I can but lite On bookes for to read I me delight, And to hem give I faith and full credence; And in mine heart have hem in reverence, So heartily that there is game none, That fro' my bookes maketh me to gone.
restnounUS /rest/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading I cannot flatter myself that I am about to present to your notice that rara avis, a new character--yet there is something interesting, and even unhacknied, in the retired and simple class to which he belongs: and before I proceed to a darker period in my memoirs, I feel a calm and tranquillizing pleasure in the rest which a brief and imperfect delineation of my college companion, affords me.
retiredverbUS /rɪˈtaɪərd/
went away to a private place
From this reading I cannot flatter myself that I am about to present to your notice that rara avis, a new character--yet there is something interesting, and even unhacknied, in the retired and simple class to which he belongs: and before I proceed to a darker period in my memoirs, I feel a calm and tranquillizing pleasure in the rest which a brief and imperfect delineation of my college companion, affords me.
reverence
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From this reading And as for me, tho' that I can but lite On bookes for to read I me delight, And to hem give I faith and full credence; And in mine heart have hem in reverence, So heartily that there is game none, That fro' my bookes maketh me to gone.
simple
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From this reading I cannot flatter myself that I am about to present to your notice that rara avis, a new character--yet there is something interesting, and even unhacknied, in the retired and simple class to which he belongs: and before I proceed to a darker period in my memoirs, I feel a calm and tranquillizing pleasure in the rest which a brief and imperfect delineation of my college companion, affords me.
simplicity
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From this reading My friend came up to the University with the learning one about to quit the world might, with credit, have boasted of possessing, and the simplicity one about to enter it would have been ashamed to confess.
SoconjunctionUS /soʊ/
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading And as for me, tho' that I can but lite On bookes for to read I me delight, And to hem give I faith and full credence; And in mine heart have hem in reverence, So heartily that there is game none, That fro' my bookes maketh me to gone.
somethingpronounUS /ˈsʌmθɪŋ/
a thing, without saying which
From this reading I cannot flatter myself that I am about to present to your notice that rara avis, a new character--yet there is something interesting, and even unhacknied, in the retired and simple class to which he belongs: and before I proceed to a darker period in my memoirs, I feel a calm and tranquillizing pleasure in the rest which a brief and imperfect delineation of my college companion, affords me.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading And as for me, tho' that I can but lite On bookes for to read I me delight, And to hem give I faith and full credence; And in mine heart have hem in reverence, So heartily that there is game none, That fro' my bookes maketh me to gone.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading I cannot flatter myself that I am about to present to your notice that rara avis, a new character--yet there is something interesting, and even unhacknied, in the retired and simple class to which he belongs: and before I proceed to a darker period in my memoirs, I feel a calm and tranquillizing pleasure in the rest which a brief and imperfect delineation of my college companion, affords me.
there
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From this reading And as for me, tho' that I can but lite On bookes for to read I me delight, And to hem give I faith and full credence; And in mine heart have hem in reverence, So heartily that there is game none, That fro' my bookes maketh me to gone.
thisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading Christopher Clutterbuck was a common individual of a common order, but little known in this busy and toiling world.
tho
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From this reading And as for me, tho' that I can but lite On bookes for to read I me delight, And to hem give I faith and full credence; And in mine heart have hem in reverence, So heartily that there is game none, That fro' my bookes maketh me to gone.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading And as for me, tho' that I can but lite On bookes for to read I me delight, And to hem give I faith and full credence; And in mine heart have hem in reverence, So heartily that there is game none, That fro' my bookes maketh me to gone.
toiling
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From this reading Christopher Clutterbuck was a common individual of a common order, but little known in this busy and toiling world.
tranquillizing
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From this reading I cannot flatter myself that I am about to present to your notice that rara avis, a new character--yet there is something interesting, and even unhacknied, in the retired and simple class to which he belongs: and before I proceed to a darker period in my memoirs, I feel a calm and tranquillizing pleasure in the rest which a brief and imperfect delineation of my college companion, affords me.
unhacknied
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From this reading I cannot flatter myself that I am about to present to your notice that rara avis, a new character--yet there is something interesting, and even unhacknied, in the retired and simple class to which he belongs: and before I proceed to a darker period in my memoirs, I feel a calm and tranquillizing pleasure in the rest which a brief and imperfect delineation of my college companion, affords me.
University
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From this reading My friend came up to the University with the learning one about to quit the world might, with credit, have boasted of possessing, and the simplicity one about to enter it would have been ashamed to confess.
up
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From this reading My friend came up to the University with the learning one about to quit the world might, with credit, have boasted of possessing, and the simplicity one about to enter it would have been ashamed to confess.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Christopher Clutterbuck was a common individual of a common order, but little known in this busy and toiling world.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading I cannot flatter myself that I am about to present to your notice that rara avis, a new character--yet there is something interesting, and even unhacknied, in the retired and simple class to which he belongs: and before I proceed to a darker period in my memoirs, I feel a calm and tranquillizing pleasure in the rest which a brief and imperfect delineation of my college companion, affords me.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading My friend came up to the University with the learning one about to quit the world might, with credit, have boasted of possessing, and the simplicity one about to enter it would have been ashamed to confess.
world
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From this reading Christopher Clutterbuck was a common individual of a common order, but little known in this busy and toiling world.
wouldmodal verbUS /wʊd/
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading My friend came up to the University with the learning one about to quit the world might, with credit, have boasted of possessing, and the simplicity one about to enter it would have been ashamed to confess.
yetconjunctionUS /jet/
but in spite of that
From this reading I cannot flatter myself that I am about to present to your notice that rara avis, a new character--yet there is something interesting, and even unhacknied, in the retired and simple class to which he belongs: and before I proceed to a darker period in my memoirs, I feel a calm and tranquillizing pleasure in the rest which a brief and imperfect delineation of my college companion, affords me.
yourdeterminerUS /jɔːr/
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading I cannot flatter myself that I am about to present to your notice that rara avis, a new character--yet there is something interesting, and even unhacknied, in the retired and simple class to which he belongs: and before I proceed to a darker period in my memoirs, I feel a calm and tranquillizing pleasure in the rest which a brief and imperfect delineation of my college companion, affords me.
