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1869
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From this reading _First published in_ 1869.
adeterminerUS /ə/
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading Inscribed to a dear Child: in memory of golden summer hours and whispers of a summer sea.
all
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From this reading Rude scoffer of the seething outer strife, Unmeet to read her pure and simple spright, Deem, if thou wilt, such hours a waste of life, Empty of all delight!
ANDconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading RICHARD CLAY AND SONS, LIMITED BRUNSWICK STREET, STAMFORD STREET, S.E., AND BUNGAY, SUFFOLK.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading Girt with a boyish garb for boyish task, Eager she wields her spade: yet loves as well Rest on the friendly knee, intent to ask The tale one loves to tell.
ask
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From this reading Girt with a boyish garb for boyish task, Eager she wields her spade: yet loves as well Rest on the friendly knee, intent to ask The tale one loves to tell.
boyish
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From this reading Girt with a boyish garb for boyish task, Eager she wields her spade: yet loves as well Rest on the friendly knee, intent to ask The tale one loves to tell.
BRUNSWICK
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From this reading RICHARD CLAY AND SONS, LIMITED BRUNSWICK STREET, STAMFORD STREET, S.E., AND BUNGAY, SUFFOLK.
BUNGAY
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From this reading RICHARD CLAY AND SONS, LIMITED BRUNSWICK STREET, STAMFORD STREET, S.E., AND BUNGAY, SUFFOLK.
Child
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From this reading Inscribed to a dear Child: in memory of golden summer hours and whispers of a summer sea.
CLAY
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From this reading RICHARD CLAY AND SONS, LIMITED BRUNSWICK STREET, STAMFORD STREET, S.E., AND BUNGAY, SUFFOLK.
dear
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From this reading Inscribed to a dear Child: in memory of golden summer hours and whispers of a summer sea.
Deem
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From this reading Rude scoffer of the seething outer strife, Unmeet to read her pure and simple spright, Deem, if thou wilt, such hours a waste of life, Empty of all delight!
delight
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From this reading Rude scoffer of the seething outer strife, Unmeet to read her pure and simple spright, Deem, if thou wilt, such hours a waste of life, Empty of all delight!
E
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From this reading RICHARD CLAY AND SONS, LIMITED BRUNSWICK STREET, STAMFORD STREET, S.E., AND BUNGAY, SUFFOLK.
Eager
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From this reading Girt with a boyish garb for boyish task, Eager she wields her spade: yet loves as well Rest on the friendly knee, intent to ask The tale one loves to tell.
Empty
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From this reading Rude scoffer of the seething outer strife, Unmeet to read her pure and simple spright, Deem, if thou wilt, such hours a waste of life, Empty of all delight!
FirstnounUS /first/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading _First published in_ 1869.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading Girt with a boyish garb for boyish task, Eager she wields her spade: yet loves as well Rest on the friendly knee, intent to ask The tale one loves to tell.
friendly
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From this reading Girt with a boyish garb for boyish task, Eager she wields her spade: yet loves as well Rest on the friendly knee, intent to ask The tale one loves to tell.
garb
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From this reading Girt with a boyish garb for boyish task, Eager she wields her spade: yet loves as well Rest on the friendly knee, intent to ask The tale one loves to tell.
Girt
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From this reading Girt with a boyish garb for boyish task, Eager she wields her spade: yet loves as well Rest on the friendly knee, intent to ask The tale one loves to tell.
golden
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From this reading Inscribed to a dear Child: in memory of golden summer hours and whispers of a summer sea.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading Girt with a boyish garb for boyish task, Eager she wields her spade: yet loves as well Rest on the friendly knee, intent to ask The tale one loves to tell.
hours
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From this reading Inscribed to a dear Child: in memory of golden summer hours and whispers of a summer sea.
ifconjunctionUS /ɪf/
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading Rude scoffer of the seething outer strife, Unmeet to read her pure and simple spright, Deem, if thou wilt, such hours a waste of life, Empty of all delight!
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading _First published in_ 1869.
Inscribed
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From this reading Inscribed to a dear Child: in memory of golden summer hours and whispers of a summer sea.
intent
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From this reading Girt with a boyish garb for boyish task, Eager she wields her spade: yet loves as well Rest on the friendly knee, intent to ask The tale one loves to tell.
knee
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From this reading Girt with a boyish garb for boyish task, Eager she wields her spade: yet loves as well Rest on the friendly knee, intent to ask The tale one loves to tell.
lifenounUS /life/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Rude scoffer of the seething outer strife, Unmeet to read her pure and simple spright, Deem, if thou wilt, such hours a waste of life, Empty of all delight!
LIMITED
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From this reading RICHARD CLAY AND SONS, LIMITED BRUNSWICK STREET, STAMFORD STREET, S.E., AND BUNGAY, SUFFOLK.
loves
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From this reading Girt with a boyish garb for boyish task, Eager she wields her spade: yet loves as well Rest on the friendly knee, intent to ask The tale one loves to tell.
memorynounUS /ˈmem.ər.i/
The faculty by which the mind stores and remembers information and knowledge.
From this reading Inscribed to a dear Child: in memory of golden summer hours and whispers of a summer sea.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Inscribed to a dear Child: in memory of golden summer hours and whispers of a summer sea.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading Girt with a boyish garb for boyish task, Eager she wields her spade: yet loves as well Rest on the friendly knee, intent to ask The tale one loves to tell.
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading Girt with a boyish garb for boyish task, Eager she wields her spade: yet loves as well Rest on the friendly knee, intent to ask The tale one loves to tell.
outer
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From this reading Rude scoffer of the seething outer strife, Unmeet to read her pure and simple spright, Deem, if thou wilt, such hours a waste of life, Empty of all delight!
published
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From this reading _First published in_ 1869.
pure
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From this reading Rude scoffer of the seething outer strife, Unmeet to read her pure and simple spright, Deem, if thou wilt, such hours a waste of life, Empty of all delight!
read
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From this reading Rude scoffer of the seething outer strife, Unmeet to read her pure and simple spright, Deem, if thou wilt, such hours a waste of life, Empty of all delight!
RestnounUS /rest/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Girt with a boyish garb for boyish task, Eager she wields her spade: yet loves as well Rest on the friendly knee, intent to ask The tale one loves to tell.
RICHARD
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From this reading RICHARD CLAY AND SONS, LIMITED BRUNSWICK STREET, STAMFORD STREET, S.E., AND BUNGAY, SUFFOLK.
Rude
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From this reading Rude scoffer of the seething outer strife, Unmeet to read her pure and simple spright, Deem, if thou wilt, such hours a waste of life, Empty of all delight!
S
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From this reading RICHARD CLAY AND SONS, LIMITED BRUNSWICK STREET, STAMFORD STREET, S.E., AND BUNGAY, SUFFOLK.
scoffer
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From this reading Rude scoffer of the seething outer strife, Unmeet to read her pure and simple spright, Deem, if thou wilt, such hours a waste of life, Empty of all delight!
sea
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From this reading Inscribed to a dear Child: in memory of golden summer hours and whispers of a summer sea.
seething
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From this reading Rude scoffer of the seething outer strife, Unmeet to read her pure and simple spright, Deem, if thou wilt, such hours a waste of life, Empty of all delight!
shepronounUS /ʃiː/
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Girt with a boyish garb for boyish task, Eager she wields her spade: yet loves as well Rest on the friendly knee, intent to ask The tale one loves to tell.
simple
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From this reading Rude scoffer of the seething outer strife, Unmeet to read her pure and simple spright, Deem, if thou wilt, such hours a waste of life, Empty of all delight!
SONS
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From this reading RICHARD CLAY AND SONS, LIMITED BRUNSWICK STREET, STAMFORD STREET, S.E., AND BUNGAY, SUFFOLK.
spade
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From this reading Girt with a boyish garb for boyish task, Eager she wields her spade: yet loves as well Rest on the friendly knee, intent to ask The tale one loves to tell.
spright
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From this reading Rude scoffer of the seething outer strife, Unmeet to read her pure and simple spright, Deem, if thou wilt, such hours a waste of life, Empty of all delight!
STAMFORD
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From this reading RICHARD CLAY AND SONS, LIMITED BRUNSWICK STREET, STAMFORD STREET, S.E., AND BUNGAY, SUFFOLK.
STREET
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From this reading RICHARD CLAY AND SONS, LIMITED BRUNSWICK STREET, STAMFORD STREET, S.E., AND BUNGAY, SUFFOLK.
strife
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From this reading Rude scoffer of the seething outer strife, Unmeet to read her pure and simple spright, Deem, if thou wilt, such hours a waste of life, Empty of all delight!
suchdeterminerUS /sʌtʃ/
of the kind already mentioned
From this reading Rude scoffer of the seething outer strife, Unmeet to read her pure and simple spright, Deem, if thou wilt, such hours a waste of life, Empty of all delight!
SUFFOLK
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From this reading RICHARD CLAY AND SONS, LIMITED BRUNSWICK STREET, STAMFORD STREET, S.E., AND BUNGAY, SUFFOLK.
summer
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From this reading Inscribed to a dear Child: in memory of golden summer hours and whispers of a summer sea.
tale
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From this reading Girt with a boyish garb for boyish task, Eager she wields her spade: yet loves as well Rest on the friendly knee, intent to ask The tale one loves to tell.
task
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From this reading Girt with a boyish garb for boyish task, Eager she wields her spade: yet loves as well Rest on the friendly knee, intent to ask The tale one loves to tell.
tellnounUS /tell/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Girt with a boyish garb for boyish task, Eager she wields her spade: yet loves as well Rest on the friendly knee, intent to ask The tale one loves to tell.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Girt with a boyish garb for boyish task, Eager she wields her spade: yet loves as well Rest on the friendly knee, intent to ask The tale one loves to tell.
thoupronounUS /ðaʊ/
an old word for “you”, as the subject, speaking to one person
From this reading Rude scoffer of the seething outer strife, Unmeet to read her pure and simple spright, Deem, if thou wilt, such hours a waste of life, Empty of all delight!
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Inscribed to a dear Child: in memory of golden summer hours and whispers of a summer sea.
Unmeet
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From this reading Rude scoffer of the seething outer strife, Unmeet to read her pure and simple spright, Deem, if thou wilt, such hours a waste of life, Empty of all delight!
wastenounUS /weɪst/
an empty, uncultivated area of land
From this reading Rude scoffer of the seething outer strife, Unmeet to read her pure and simple spright, Deem, if thou wilt, such hours a waste of life, Empty of all delight!
well
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From this reading Girt with a boyish garb for boyish task, Eager she wields her spade: yet loves as well Rest on the friendly knee, intent to ask The tale one loves to tell.
whispers
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From this reading Inscribed to a dear Child: in memory of golden summer hours and whispers of a summer sea.
wields
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From this reading Girt with a boyish garb for boyish task, Eager she wields her spade: yet loves as well Rest on the friendly knee, intent to ask The tale one loves to tell.
wiltmodal verbUS /wɪlt/
an old form of “will”, used with “thou”
From this reading Rude scoffer of the seething outer strife, Unmeet to read her pure and simple spright, Deem, if thou wilt, such hours a waste of life, Empty of all delight!
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading Girt with a boyish garb for boyish task, Eager she wields her spade: yet loves as well Rest on the friendly knee, intent to ask The tale one loves to tell.
yetconjunctionUS /jet/
but in spite of that
From this reading Girt with a boyish garb for boyish task, Eager she wields her spade: yet loves as well Rest on the friendly knee, intent to ask The tale one loves to tell.
