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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 With a Biographical Sketch, Portrait, and Illustrations Boston, New York, and Chicago Houghton, Mifflin & Company The Riverside Press, Cambridge KATE DOUGLAS WIGGIN.
actual
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From this reading Here she plans to do almost all her actual writing--the story itself is begun long before--and she resorts to the place with pent-up energy.
advantage
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From this reading It is an advantage for an author to have known many places and different sorts of people, though the most vivid impressions are commonly those received in childhood and youth.
all
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From this reading Here she plans to do almost all her actual writing--the story itself is begun long before--and she resorts to the place with pent-up energy.
almost
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From this reading Hollis is a quiet, secluded place, a picturesque but almost deserted village--if the few houses so widely scattered can be termed a village--located among the undulating hills that lie along the lower reaches of the Saco River.
alongprepositionUS /əˈlɔːŋ/
following the length of something from one end toward the other
From this reading Hollis is a quiet, secluded place, a picturesque but almost deserted village--if the few houses so widely scattered can be termed a village--located among the undulating hills that lie along the lower reaches of the Saco River.
amongprepositionUS /əˈmʌŋ/
surrounded by; in the middle of a group
From this reading Hollis is a quiet, secluded place, a picturesque but almost deserted village--if the few houses so widely scattered can be termed a village--located among the undulating hills that lie along the lower reaches of the Saco River.
andeterminerUS /æn/
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading It is an advantage for an author to have known many places and different sorts of people, though the most vivid impressions are commonly those received in childhood and youth.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading With a Biographical Sketch, Portrait, and Illustrations Boston, New York, and Chicago Houghton, Mifflin & Company The Riverside Press, Cambridge KATE DOUGLAS WIGGIN.
areauxiliary verbUS /ɑːr/
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading It is an advantage for an author to have known many places and different sorts of people, though the most vivid impressions are commonly those received in childhood and youth.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading Mrs. Wiggin, as she is known in literature, was Kate Douglas Smith; she was born in Philadelphia, and spent her young womanhood in California, but when a very young child she removed to Hollis in the State of Maine, and since her maturity has usually made her summer home there; her earliest recollections thus belong to the place, and she draws inspiration for her character and scene painting very largely from this New England neighborhood.
author
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From this reading It is an advantage for an author to have known many places and different sorts of people, though the most vivid impressions are commonly those received in childhood and youth.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading Hollis is a quiet, secluded place, a picturesque but almost deserted village--if the few houses so widely scattered can be termed a village--located among the undulating hills that lie along the lower reaches of the Saco River.
beforeprepositionUS /bɪˈfɔːr/
earlier than; in front of
From this reading Here she plans to do almost all her actual writing--the story itself is begun long before--and she resorts to the place with pent-up energy.
begun
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From this reading Here she plans to do almost all her actual writing--the story itself is begun long before--and she resorts to the place with pent-up energy.
belong
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From this reading Mrs. Wiggin, as she is known in literature, was Kate Douglas Smith; she was born in Philadelphia, and spent her young womanhood in California, but when a very young child she removed to Hollis in the State of Maine, and since her maturity has usually made her summer home there; her earliest recollections thus belong to the place, and she draws inspiration for her character and scene painting very largely from this New England neighborhood.
Biographical
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From this reading With a Biographical Sketch, Portrait, and Illustrations Boston, New York, and Chicago Houghton, Mifflin & Company The Riverside Press, Cambridge KATE DOUGLAS WIGGIN.
bornnounUS /born/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Mrs. Wiggin, as she is known in literature, was Kate Douglas Smith; she was born in Philadelphia, and spent her young womanhood in California, but when a very young child she removed to Hollis in the State of Maine, and since her maturity has usually made her summer home there; her earliest recollections thus belong to the place, and she draws inspiration for her character and scene painting very largely from this New England neighborhood.
Boston
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From this reading With a Biographical Sketch, Portrait, and Illustrations Boston, New York, and Chicago Houghton, Mifflin & Company The Riverside Press, Cambridge KATE DOUGLAS WIGGIN.
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading Mrs. Wiggin, as she is known in literature, was Kate Douglas Smith; she was born in Philadelphia, and spent her young womanhood in California, but when a very young child she removed to Hollis in the State of Maine, and since her maturity has usually made her summer home there; her earliest recollections thus belong to the place, and she draws inspiration for her character and scene painting very largely from this New England neighborhood.
California
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From this reading Mrs. Wiggin, as she is known in literature, was Kate Douglas Smith; she was born in Philadelphia, and spent her young womanhood in California, but when a very young child she removed to Hollis in the State of Maine, and since her maturity has usually made her summer home there; her earliest recollections thus belong to the place, and she draws inspiration for her character and scene painting very largely from this New England neighborhood.
Cambridge
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From this reading With a Biographical Sketch, Portrait, and Illustrations Boston, New York, and Chicago Houghton, Mifflin & Company The Riverside Press, Cambridge KATE DOUGLAS WIGGIN.
canmodal verbUS /kæn/
to be able to, or to be allowed to
From this reading Hollis is a quiet, secluded place, a picturesque but almost deserted village--if the few houses so widely scattered can be termed a village--located among the undulating hills that lie along the lower reaches of the Saco River.
character
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From this reading Mrs. Wiggin, as she is known in literature, was Kate Douglas Smith; she was born in Philadelphia, and spent her young womanhood in California, but when a very young child she removed to Hollis in the State of Maine, and since her maturity has usually made her summer home there; her earliest recollections thus belong to the place, and she draws inspiration for her character and scene painting very largely from this New England neighborhood.
Chicago
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From this reading With a Biographical Sketch, Portrait, and Illustrations Boston, New York, and Chicago Houghton, Mifflin & Company The Riverside Press, Cambridge KATE DOUGLAS WIGGIN.
child
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From this reading Mrs. Wiggin, as she is known in literature, was Kate Douglas Smith; she was born in Philadelphia, and spent her young womanhood in California, but when a very young child she removed to Hollis in the State of Maine, and since her maturity has usually made her summer home there; her earliest recollections thus belong to the place, and she draws inspiration for her character and scene painting very largely from this New England neighborhood.
childhood
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From this reading It is an advantage for an author to have known many places and different sorts of people, though the most vivid impressions are commonly those received in childhood and youth.
commonly
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From this reading It is an advantage for an author to have known many places and different sorts of people, though the most vivid impressions are commonly those received in childhood and youth.
Company
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From this reading With a Biographical Sketch, Portrait, and Illustrations Boston, New York, and Chicago Houghton, Mifflin & Company The Riverside Press, Cambridge KATE DOUGLAS WIGGIN.
desertedverbUS /dɪˈzɜːrtɪd/
left a place or vessel without intending to return
From this reading Hollis is a quiet, secluded place, a picturesque but almost deserted village--if the few houses so widely scattered can be termed a village--located among the undulating hills that lie along the lower reaches of the Saco River.
differentnounUS /ˈdifferent/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading It is an advantage for an author to have known many places and different sorts of people, though the most vivid impressions are commonly those received in childhood and youth.
doauxiliary verbUS /duː/
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading Here she plans to do almost all her actual writing--the story itself is begun long before--and she resorts to the place with pent-up energy.
DOUGLAS
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From this reading With a Biographical Sketch, Portrait, and Illustrations Boston, New York, and Chicago Houghton, Mifflin & Company The Riverside Press, Cambridge KATE DOUGLAS WIGGIN.
draws
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From this reading Mrs. Wiggin, as she is known in literature, was Kate Douglas Smith; she was born in Philadelphia, and spent her young womanhood in California, but when a very young child she removed to Hollis in the State of Maine, and since her maturity has usually made her summer home there; her earliest recollections thus belong to the place, and she draws inspiration for her character and scene painting very largely from this New England neighborhood.
earliest
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From this reading Mrs. Wiggin, as she is known in literature, was Kate Douglas Smith; she was born in Philadelphia, and spent her young womanhood in California, but when a very young child she removed to Hollis in the State of Maine, and since her maturity has usually made her summer home there; her earliest recollections thus belong to the place, and she draws inspiration for her character and scene painting very largely from this New England neighborhood.
energy
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From this reading Here she plans to do almost all her actual writing--the story itself is begun long before--and she resorts to the place with pent-up energy.
England
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From this reading Mrs. Wiggin, as she is known in literature, was Kate Douglas Smith; she was born in Philadelphia, and spent her young womanhood in California, but when a very young child she removed to Hollis in the State of Maine, and since her maturity has usually made her summer home there; her earliest recollections thus belong to the place, and she draws inspiration for her character and scene painting very largely from this New England neighborhood.
few
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From this reading Hollis is a quiet, secluded place, a picturesque but almost deserted village--if the few houses so widely scattered can be termed a village--located among the undulating hills that lie along the lower reaches of the Saco River.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading It is an advantage for an author to have known many places and different sorts of people, though the most vivid impressions are commonly those received in childhood and youth.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading Mrs. Wiggin, as she is known in literature, was Kate Douglas Smith; she was born in Philadelphia, and spent her young womanhood in California, but when a very young child she removed to Hollis in the State of Maine, and since her maturity has usually made her summer home there; her earliest recollections thus belong to the place, and she draws inspiration for her character and scene painting very largely from this New England neighborhood.
hasauxiliary verbUS /hæz/
the form of “have” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Mrs. Wiggin, as she is known in literature, was Kate Douglas Smith; she was born in Philadelphia, and spent her young womanhood in California, but when a very young child she removed to Hollis in the State of Maine, and since her maturity has usually made her summer home there; her earliest recollections thus belong to the place, and she draws inspiration for her character and scene painting very largely from this New England neighborhood.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading It is an advantage for an author to have known many places and different sorts of people, though the most vivid impressions are commonly those received in childhood and youth.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading Mrs. Wiggin, as she is known in literature, was Kate Douglas Smith; she was born in Philadelphia, and spent her young womanhood in California, but when a very young child she removed to Hollis in the State of Maine, and since her maturity has usually made her summer home there; her earliest recollections thus belong to the place, and she draws inspiration for her character and scene painting very largely from this New England neighborhood.
HerenounUS /here/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Here she plans to do almost all her actual writing--the story itself is begun long before--and she resorts to the place with pent-up energy.
hills
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From this reading Hollis is a quiet, secluded place, a picturesque but almost deserted village--if the few houses so widely scattered can be termed a village--located among the undulating hills that lie along the lower reaches of the Saco River.
Hollis
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From this reading Mrs. Wiggin, as she is known in literature, was Kate Douglas Smith; she was born in Philadelphia, and spent her young womanhood in California, but when a very young child she removed to Hollis in the State of Maine, and since her maturity has usually made her summer home there; her earliest recollections thus belong to the place, and she draws inspiration for her character and scene painting very largely from this New England neighborhood.
home
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From this reading Mrs. Wiggin, as she is known in literature, was Kate Douglas Smith; she was born in Philadelphia, and spent her young womanhood in California, but when a very young child she removed to Hollis in the State of Maine, and since her maturity has usually made her summer home there; her earliest recollections thus belong to the place, and she draws inspiration for her character and scene painting very largely from this New England neighborhood.
Houghton
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From this reading With a Biographical Sketch, Portrait, and Illustrations Boston, New York, and Chicago Houghton, Mifflin & Company The Riverside Press, Cambridge KATE DOUGLAS WIGGIN.
houses
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From this reading Hollis is a quiet, secluded place, a picturesque but almost deserted village--if the few houses so widely scattered can be termed a village--located among the undulating hills that lie along the lower reaches of the Saco River.
ifconjunctionUS /ɪf/
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading Hollis is a quiet, secluded place, a picturesque but almost deserted village--if the few houses so widely scattered can be termed a village--located among the undulating hills that lie along the lower reaches of the Saco River.
Illustrations
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From this reading With a Biographical Sketch, Portrait, and Illustrations Boston, New York, and Chicago Houghton, Mifflin & Company The Riverside Press, Cambridge KATE DOUGLAS WIGGIN.
impressions
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From this reading It is an advantage for an author to have known many places and different sorts of people, though the most vivid impressions are commonly those received in childhood and youth.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading It is an advantage for an author to have known many places and different sorts of people, though the most vivid impressions are commonly those received in childhood and youth.
inspiration
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From this reading Mrs. Wiggin, as she is known in literature, was Kate Douglas Smith; she was born in Philadelphia, and spent her young womanhood in California, but when a very young child she removed to Hollis in the State of Maine, and since her maturity has usually made her summer home there; her earliest recollections thus belong to the place, and she draws inspiration for her character and scene painting very largely from this New England neighborhood.
isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading It is an advantage for an author to have known many places and different sorts of people, though the most vivid impressions are commonly those received in childhood and youth.
ItpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It is an advantage for an author to have known many places and different sorts of people, though the most vivid impressions are commonly those received in childhood and youth.
itselfpronounUS /ˌɪtˈself/
used when the thing doing the action is also its object
From this reading Here she plans to do almost all her actual writing--the story itself is begun long before--and she resorts to the place with pent-up energy.
KATE
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From this reading With a Biographical Sketch, Portrait, and Illustrations Boston, New York, and Chicago Houghton, Mifflin & Company The Riverside Press, Cambridge KATE DOUGLAS WIGGIN.
known
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From this reading It is an advantage for an author to have known many places and different sorts of people, though the most vivid impressions are commonly those received in childhood and youth.
largely
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From this reading Mrs. Wiggin, as she is known in literature, was Kate Douglas Smith; she was born in Philadelphia, and spent her young womanhood in California, but when a very young child she removed to Hollis in the State of Maine, and since her maturity has usually made her summer home there; her earliest recollections thus belong to the place, and she draws inspiration for her character and scene painting very largely from this New England neighborhood.
lie
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From this reading Hollis is a quiet, secluded place, a picturesque but almost deserted village--if the few houses so widely scattered can be termed a village--located among the undulating hills that lie along the lower reaches of the Saco River.
literature
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From this reading Mrs. Wiggin, as she is known in literature, was Kate Douglas Smith; she was born in Philadelphia, and spent her young womanhood in California, but when a very young child she removed to Hollis in the State of Maine, and since her maturity has usually made her summer home there; her earliest recollections thus belong to the place, and she draws inspiration for her character and scene painting very largely from this New England neighborhood.
located
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From this reading Hollis is a quiet, secluded place, a picturesque but almost deserted village--if the few houses so widely scattered can be termed a village--located among the undulating hills that lie along the lower reaches of the Saco River.
longnounUS /long/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Here she plans to do almost all her actual writing--the story itself is begun long before--and she resorts to the place with pent-up energy.
lower
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From this reading Hollis is a quiet, secluded place, a picturesque but almost deserted village--if the few houses so widely scattered can be termed a village--located among the undulating hills that lie along the lower reaches of the Saco River.
made
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From this reading Mrs. Wiggin, as she is known in literature, was Kate Douglas Smith; she was born in Philadelphia, and spent her young womanhood in California, but when a very young child she removed to Hollis in the State of Maine, and since her maturity has usually made her summer home there; her earliest recollections thus belong to the place, and she draws inspiration for her character and scene painting very largely from this New England neighborhood.
Maine
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From this reading Mrs. Wiggin, as she is known in literature, was Kate Douglas Smith; she was born in Philadelphia, and spent her young womanhood in California, but when a very young child she removed to Hollis in the State of Maine, and since her maturity has usually made her summer home there; her earliest recollections thus belong to the place, and she draws inspiration for her character and scene painting very largely from this New England neighborhood.
many
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From this reading It is an advantage for an author to have known many places and different sorts of people, though the most vivid impressions are commonly those received in childhood and youth.
maturity
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From this reading Mrs. Wiggin, as she is known in literature, was Kate Douglas Smith; she was born in Philadelphia, and spent her young womanhood in California, but when a very young child she removed to Hollis in the State of Maine, and since her maturity has usually made her summer home there; her earliest recollections thus belong to the place, and she draws inspiration for her character and scene painting very largely from this New England neighborhood.
Mifflin
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From this reading With a Biographical Sketch, Portrait, and Illustrations Boston, New York, and Chicago Houghton, Mifflin & Company The Riverside Press, Cambridge KATE DOUGLAS WIGGIN.
most
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From this reading It is an advantage for an author to have known many places and different sorts of people, though the most vivid impressions are commonly those received in childhood and youth.
Mrs
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From this reading Mrs. Wiggin, as she is known in literature, was Kate Douglas Smith; she was born in Philadelphia, and spent her young womanhood in California, but when a very young child she removed to Hollis in the State of Maine, and since her maturity has usually made her summer home there; her earliest recollections thus belong to the place, and she draws inspiration for her character and scene painting very largely from this New England neighborhood.
neighborhood
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From this reading Mrs. Wiggin, as she is known in literature, was Kate Douglas Smith; she was born in Philadelphia, and spent her young womanhood in California, but when a very young child she removed to Hollis in the State of Maine, and since her maturity has usually made her summer home there; her earliest recollections thus belong to the place, and she draws inspiration for her character and scene painting very largely from this New England neighborhood.
New
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From this reading With a Biographical Sketch, Portrait, and Illustrations Boston, New York, and Chicago Houghton, Mifflin & Company The Riverside Press, Cambridge KATE DOUGLAS WIGGIN.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading It is an advantage for an author to have known many places and different sorts of people, though the most vivid impressions are commonly those received in childhood and youth.
painting
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From this reading Mrs. Wiggin, as she is known in literature, was Kate Douglas Smith; she was born in Philadelphia, and spent her young womanhood in California, but when a very young child she removed to Hollis in the State of Maine, and since her maturity has usually made her summer home there; her earliest recollections thus belong to the place, and she draws inspiration for her character and scene painting very largely from this New England neighborhood.
pent-up
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From this reading Here she plans to do almost all her actual writing--the story itself is begun long before--and she resorts to the place with pent-up energy.
people
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From this reading It is an advantage for an author to have known many places and different sorts of people, though the most vivid impressions are commonly those received in childhood and youth.
Philadelphia
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From this reading Mrs. Wiggin, as she is known in literature, was Kate Douglas Smith; she was born in Philadelphia, and spent her young womanhood in California, but when a very young child she removed to Hollis in the State of Maine, and since her maturity has usually made her summer home there; her earliest recollections thus belong to the place, and she draws inspiration for her character and scene painting very largely from this New England neighborhood.
picturesque
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From this reading Hollis is a quiet, secluded place, a picturesque but almost deserted village--if the few houses so widely scattered can be termed a village--located among the undulating hills that lie along the lower reaches of the Saco River.
place
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From this reading Mrs. Wiggin, as she is known in literature, was Kate Douglas Smith; she was born in Philadelphia, and spent her young womanhood in California, but when a very young child she removed to Hollis in the State of Maine, and since her maturity has usually made her summer home there; her earliest recollections thus belong to the place, and she draws inspiration for her character and scene painting very largely from this New England neighborhood.
places
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From this reading It is an advantage for an author to have known many places and different sorts of people, though the most vivid impressions are commonly those received in childhood and youth.
plans
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From this reading Here she plans to do almost all her actual writing--the story itself is begun long before--and she resorts to the place with pent-up energy.
Portrait
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From this reading With a Biographical Sketch, Portrait, and Illustrations Boston, New York, and Chicago Houghton, Mifflin & Company The Riverside Press, Cambridge KATE DOUGLAS WIGGIN.
Press
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From this reading With a Biographical Sketch, Portrait, and Illustrations Boston, New York, and Chicago Houghton, Mifflin & Company The Riverside Press, Cambridge KATE DOUGLAS WIGGIN.
quiet
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From this reading Hollis is a quiet, secluded place, a picturesque but almost deserted village--if the few houses so widely scattered can be termed a village--located among the undulating hills that lie along the lower reaches of the Saco River.
reaches
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From this reading Hollis is a quiet, secluded place, a picturesque but almost deserted village--if the few houses so widely scattered can be termed a village--located among the undulating hills that lie along the lower reaches of the Saco River.
received
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From this reading It is an advantage for an author to have known many places and different sorts of people, though the most vivid impressions are commonly those received in childhood and youth.
recollections
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From this reading Mrs. Wiggin, as she is known in literature, was Kate Douglas Smith; she was born in Philadelphia, and spent her young womanhood in California, but when a very young child she removed to Hollis in the State of Maine, and since her maturity has usually made her summer home there; her earliest recollections thus belong to the place, and she draws inspiration for her character and scene painting very largely from this New England neighborhood.
removed
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From this reading Mrs. Wiggin, as she is known in literature, was Kate Douglas Smith; she was born in Philadelphia, and spent her young womanhood in California, but when a very young child she removed to Hollis in the State of Maine, and since her maturity has usually made her summer home there; her earliest recollections thus belong to the place, and she draws inspiration for her character and scene painting very largely from this New England neighborhood.
resorts
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From this reading Here she plans to do almost all her actual writing--the story itself is begun long before--and she resorts to the place with pent-up energy.
River
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From this reading Hollis is a quiet, secluded place, a picturesque but almost deserted village--if the few houses so widely scattered can be termed a village--located among the undulating hills that lie along the lower reaches of the Saco River.
Riverside
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From this reading With a Biographical Sketch, Portrait, and Illustrations Boston, New York, and Chicago Houghton, Mifflin & Company The Riverside Press, Cambridge KATE DOUGLAS WIGGIN.
Saco
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From this reading Hollis is a quiet, secluded place, a picturesque but almost deserted village--if the few houses so widely scattered can be termed a village--located among the undulating hills that lie along the lower reaches of the Saco River.
scattered
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From this reading Hollis is a quiet, secluded place, a picturesque but almost deserted village--if the few houses so widely scattered can be termed a village--located among the undulating hills that lie along the lower reaches of the Saco River.
scene
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From this reading Mrs. Wiggin, as she is known in literature, was Kate Douglas Smith; she was born in Philadelphia, and spent her young womanhood in California, but when a very young child she removed to Hollis in the State of Maine, and since her maturity has usually made her summer home there; her earliest recollections thus belong to the place, and she draws inspiration for her character and scene painting very largely from this New England neighborhood.
secluded
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From this reading Hollis is a quiet, secluded place, a picturesque but almost deserted village--if the few houses so widely scattered can be termed a village--located among the undulating hills that lie along the lower reaches of the Saco River.
shepronounUS /ʃiː/
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Mrs. Wiggin, as she is known in literature, was Kate Douglas Smith; she was born in Philadelphia, and spent her young womanhood in California, but when a very young child she removed to Hollis in the State of Maine, and since her maturity has usually made her summer home there; her earliest recollections thus belong to the place, and she draws inspiration for her character and scene painting very largely from this New England neighborhood.
sinceprepositionUS /sɪns/
from a time in the past until now
From this reading Mrs. Wiggin, as she is known in literature, was Kate Douglas Smith; she was born in Philadelphia, and spent her young womanhood in California, but when a very young child she removed to Hollis in the State of Maine, and since her maturity has usually made her summer home there; her earliest recollections thus belong to the place, and she draws inspiration for her character and scene painting very largely from this New England neighborhood.
Sketch
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From this reading With a Biographical Sketch, Portrait, and Illustrations Boston, New York, and Chicago Houghton, Mifflin & Company The Riverside Press, Cambridge KATE DOUGLAS WIGGIN.
Smith
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From this reading Mrs. Wiggin, as she is known in literature, was Kate Douglas Smith; she was born in Philadelphia, and spent her young womanhood in California, but when a very young child she removed to Hollis in the State of Maine, and since her maturity has usually made her summer home there; her earliest recollections thus belong to the place, and she draws inspiration for her character and scene painting very largely from this New England neighborhood.
soconjunctionUS /soʊ/
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading Hollis is a quiet, secluded place, a picturesque but almost deserted village--if the few houses so widely scattered can be termed a village--located among the undulating hills that lie along the lower reaches of the Saco River.
sorts
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From this reading It is an advantage for an author to have known many places and different sorts of people, though the most vivid impressions are commonly those received in childhood and youth.
spent
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From this reading Mrs. Wiggin, as she is known in literature, was Kate Douglas Smith; she was born in Philadelphia, and spent her young womanhood in California, but when a very young child she removed to Hollis in the State of Maine, and since her maturity has usually made her summer home there; her earliest recollections thus belong to the place, and she draws inspiration for her character and scene painting very largely from this New England neighborhood.
State
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From this reading Mrs. Wiggin, as she is known in literature, was Kate Douglas Smith; she was born in Philadelphia, and spent her young womanhood in California, but when a very young child she removed to Hollis in the State of Maine, and since her maturity has usually made her summer home there; her earliest recollections thus belong to the place, and she draws inspiration for her character and scene painting very largely from this New England neighborhood.
story
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From this reading Here she plans to do almost all her actual writing--the story itself is begun long before--and she resorts to the place with pent-up energy.
summer
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From this reading Mrs. Wiggin, as she is known in literature, was Kate Douglas Smith; she was born in Philadelphia, and spent her young womanhood in California, but when a very young child she removed to Hollis in the State of Maine, and since her maturity has usually made her summer home there; her earliest recollections thus belong to the place, and she draws inspiration for her character and scene painting very largely from this New England neighborhood.
termed
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From this reading Hollis is a quiet, secluded place, a picturesque but almost deserted village--if the few houses so widely scattered can be termed a village--located among the undulating hills that lie along the lower reaches of the Saco River.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Hollis is a quiet, secluded place, a picturesque but almost deserted village--if the few houses so widely scattered can be termed a village--located among the undulating hills that lie along the lower reaches of the Saco River.
ThedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading With a Biographical Sketch, Portrait, and Illustrations Boston, New York, and Chicago Houghton, Mifflin & Company The Riverside Press, Cambridge KATE DOUGLAS WIGGIN.
there
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From this reading Mrs. Wiggin, as she is known in literature, was Kate Douglas Smith; she was born in Philadelphia, and spent her young womanhood in California, but when a very young child she removed to Hollis in the State of Maine, and since her maturity has usually made her summer home there; her earliest recollections thus belong to the place, and she draws inspiration for her character and scene painting very largely from this New England neighborhood.
thisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading Mrs. Wiggin, as she is known in literature, was Kate Douglas Smith; she was born in Philadelphia, and spent her young womanhood in California, but when a very young child she removed to Hollis in the State of Maine, and since her maturity has usually made her summer home there; her earliest recollections thus belong to the place, and she draws inspiration for her character and scene painting very largely from this New England neighborhood.
thosedeterminerUS /ðoʊz/
the plural of “that”: the people or things further away, or already known
From this reading It is an advantage for an author to have known many places and different sorts of people, though the most vivid impressions are commonly those received in childhood and youth.
thoughconjunctionUS /ðoʊ/
in spite of the fact that
From this reading It is an advantage for an author to have known many places and different sorts of people, though the most vivid impressions are commonly those received in childhood and youth.
thus
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From this reading Mrs. Wiggin, as she is known in literature, was Kate Douglas Smith; she was born in Philadelphia, and spent her young womanhood in California, but when a very young child she removed to Hollis in the State of Maine, and since her maturity has usually made her summer home there; her earliest recollections thus belong to the place, and she draws inspiration for her character and scene painting very largely from this New England neighborhood.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading It is an advantage for an author to have known many places and different sorts of people, though the most vivid impressions are commonly those received in childhood and youth.
undulating
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From this reading Hollis is a quiet, secluded place, a picturesque but almost deserted village--if the few houses so widely scattered can be termed a village--located among the undulating hills that lie along the lower reaches of the Saco River.
usually
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From this reading Mrs. Wiggin, as she is known in literature, was Kate Douglas Smith; she was born in Philadelphia, and spent her young womanhood in California, but when a very young child she removed to Hollis in the State of Maine, and since her maturity has usually made her summer home there; her earliest recollections thus belong to the place, and she draws inspiration for her character and scene painting very largely from this New England neighborhood.
very
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From this reading Mrs. Wiggin, as she is known in literature, was Kate Douglas Smith; she was born in Philadelphia, and spent her young womanhood in California, but when a very young child she removed to Hollis in the State of Maine, and since her maturity has usually made her summer home there; her earliest recollections thus belong to the place, and she draws inspiration for her character and scene painting very largely from this New England neighborhood.
village
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From this reading Hollis is a quiet, secluded place, a picturesque but almost deserted village--if the few houses so widely scattered can be termed a village--located among the undulating hills that lie along the lower reaches of the Saco River.
vivid
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From this reading It is an advantage for an author to have known many places and different sorts of people, though the most vivid impressions are commonly those received in childhood and youth.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Mrs. Wiggin, as she is known in literature, was Kate Douglas Smith; she was born in Philadelphia, and spent her young womanhood in California, but when a very young child she removed to Hollis in the State of Maine, and since her maturity has usually made her summer home there; her earliest recollections thus belong to the place, and she draws inspiration for her character and scene painting very largely from this New England neighborhood.
whenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading Mrs. Wiggin, as she is known in literature, was Kate Douglas Smith; she was born in Philadelphia, and spent her young womanhood in California, but when a very young child she removed to Hollis in the State of Maine, and since her maturity has usually made her summer home there; her earliest recollections thus belong to the place, and she draws inspiration for her character and scene painting very largely from this New England neighborhood.
widely
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From this reading Hollis is a quiet, secluded place, a picturesque but almost deserted village--if the few houses so widely scattered can be termed a village--located among the undulating hills that lie along the lower reaches of the Saco River.
WIGGIN
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From this reading With a Biographical Sketch, Portrait, and Illustrations Boston, New York, and Chicago Houghton, Mifflin & Company The Riverside Press, Cambridge KATE DOUGLAS WIGGIN.
WithprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading With a Biographical Sketch, Portrait, and Illustrations Boston, New York, and Chicago Houghton, Mifflin & Company The Riverside Press, Cambridge KATE DOUGLAS WIGGIN.
womanhood
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From this reading Mrs. Wiggin, as she is known in literature, was Kate Douglas Smith; she was born in Philadelphia, and spent her young womanhood in California, but when a very young child she removed to Hollis in the State of Maine, and since her maturity has usually made her summer home there; her earliest recollections thus belong to the place, and she draws inspiration for her character and scene painting very largely from this New England neighborhood.
writing
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From this reading Here she plans to do almost all her actual writing--the story itself is begun long before--and she resorts to the place with pent-up energy.
York
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From this reading With a Biographical Sketch, Portrait, and Illustrations Boston, New York, and Chicago Houghton, Mifflin & Company The Riverside Press, Cambridge KATE DOUGLAS WIGGIN.
young
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From this reading Mrs. Wiggin, as she is known in literature, was Kate Douglas Smith; she was born in Philadelphia, and spent her young womanhood in California, but when a very young child she removed to Hollis in the State of Maine, and since her maturity has usually made her summer home there; her earliest recollections thus belong to the place, and she draws inspiration for her character and scene painting very largely from this New England neighborhood.
youth
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From this reading It is an advantage for an author to have known many places and different sorts of people, though the most vivid impressions are commonly those received in childhood and youth.
