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Roderick Hudson

Chapter V · Chapter 5

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The brilliant Roman winter came round again, and Rowland enjoyed it, in a certain way, more deeply than before.
He grew at last to feel that sense of equal possession, of intellectual nearness, which it belongs to the peculiar magic of the ancient city to infuse into minds of a cast that she never would have produced.
He became passionately, unreasoningly fond of all Roman sights and sensations, and to breathe the Roman atmosphere began to seem a needful condition of being.
He could not have defined and explained the nature of his great love, nor have made up the sum of it by the addition of his calculable pleasures.
It was a large, vague, idle, half-profitless emotion, of which perhaps the most pertinent thing that may be said is that it enforced a sort of oppressive reconciliation to the present, the actual, the sensuous--to life on the terms that there offered themselves.
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A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.

Roderick Hudson

Chapter V · Chapter 5

Chapter 5 of Roderick Hudson is here in full — 710 sentences across 142 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

Reading 1/142 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

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The brilliant Roman winter came round again, and Rowland enjoyed it, in a certain way, more deeply than before.
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He grew at last to feel that sense of equal possession, of intellectual nearness, which it belongs to the peculiar magic of the ancient city to infuse into minds of a cast that she never would have produced.
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He became passionately, unreasoningly fond of all Roman sights and sensations, and to breathe the Roman atmosphere began to seem a needful condition of being.
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He could not have defined and explained the nature of his great love, nor have made up the sum of it by the addition of his calculable pleasures.
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It was a large, vague, idle, half-profitless emotion, of which perhaps the most pertinent thing that may be said is that it enforced a sort of oppressive reconciliation to the present, the actual, the sensuous--to life on the terms that there offered themselves.

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Ancient adjective US /ˈeɪn.ʃənt/

Belonging to the very distant past and no longer in existence or deeply revered.

From this reading “He grew at last to feel that sense of equal possession, of intellectual nearness, which it belongs to the peculiar magic of the ancient city to infuse into minds of a cast that she never would have produced.”

All words in this reading · 104

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a

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From this reading The brilliant Roman winter came round again, and Rowland enjoyed it, in a certain way, more deeply than before.

actual

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From this reading It was a large, vague, idle, half-profitless emotion, of which perhaps the most pertinent thing that may be said is that it enforced a sort of oppressive reconciliation to the present, the actual, the sensuous--to life on the terms that there offered themselves.

addition

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From this reading He could not have defined and explained the nature of his great love, nor have made up the sum of it by the addition of his calculable pleasures.

again

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From this reading The brilliant Roman winter came round again, and Rowland enjoyed it, in a certain way, more deeply than before.

all

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From this reading He became passionately, unreasoningly fond of all Roman sights and sensations, and to breathe the Roman atmosphere began to seem a needful condition of being.

ancientadjectiveUS /ˈeɪn.ʃənt/

Belonging to the very distant past and no longer in existence or deeply revered.

From this reading He grew at last to feel that sense of equal possession, of intellectual nearness, which it belongs to the peculiar magic of the ancient city to infuse into minds of a cast that she never would have produced.

and

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From this reading The brilliant Roman winter came round again, and Rowland enjoyed it, in a certain way, more deeply than before.

at

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From this reading He grew at last to feel that sense of equal possession, of intellectual nearness, which it belongs to the peculiar magic of the ancient city to infuse into minds of a cast that she never would have produced.

atmosphere

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From this reading He became passionately, unreasoningly fond of all Roman sights and sensations, and to breathe the Roman atmosphere began to seem a needful condition of being.

be

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From this reading It was a large, vague, idle, half-profitless emotion, of which perhaps the most pertinent thing that may be said is that it enforced a sort of oppressive reconciliation to the present, the actual, the sensuous--to life on the terms that there offered themselves.

became

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From this reading He became passionately, unreasoningly fond of all Roman sights and sensations, and to breathe the Roman atmosphere began to seem a needful condition of being.

before

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From this reading The brilliant Roman winter came round again, and Rowland enjoyed it, in a certain way, more deeply than before.

began

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From this reading He became passionately, unreasoningly fond of all Roman sights and sensations, and to breathe the Roman atmosphere began to seem a needful condition of being.

being

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From this reading He became passionately, unreasoningly fond of all Roman sights and sensations, and to breathe the Roman atmosphere began to seem a needful condition of being.

belongs

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From this reading He grew at last to feel that sense of equal possession, of intellectual nearness, which it belongs to the peculiar magic of the ancient city to infuse into minds of a cast that she never would have produced.

breathe

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From this reading He became passionately, unreasoningly fond of all Roman sights and sensations, and to breathe the Roman atmosphere began to seem a needful condition of being.

brilliant

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From this reading The brilliant Roman winter came round again, and Rowland enjoyed it, in a certain way, more deeply than before.

by

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From this reading He could not have defined and explained the nature of his great love, nor have made up the sum of it by the addition of his calculable pleasures.

calculable

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From this reading He could not have defined and explained the nature of his great love, nor have made up the sum of it by the addition of his calculable pleasures.

came

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From this reading The brilliant Roman winter came round again, and Rowland enjoyed it, in a certain way, more deeply than before.

cast

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From this reading He grew at last to feel that sense of equal possession, of intellectual nearness, which it belongs to the peculiar magic of the ancient city to infuse into minds of a cast that she never would have produced.

certain

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From this reading The brilliant Roman winter came round again, and Rowland enjoyed it, in a certain way, more deeply than before.

city

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From this reading He grew at last to feel that sense of equal possession, of intellectual nearness, which it belongs to the peculiar magic of the ancient city to infuse into minds of a cast that she never would have produced.

condition

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From this reading He became passionately, unreasoningly fond of all Roman sights and sensations, and to breathe the Roman atmosphere began to seem a needful condition of being.

could

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From this reading He could not have defined and explained the nature of his great love, nor have made up the sum of it by the addition of his calculable pleasures.

deeply

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From this reading The brilliant Roman winter came round again, and Rowland enjoyed it, in a certain way, more deeply than before.

defined

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From this reading He could not have defined and explained the nature of his great love, nor have made up the sum of it by the addition of his calculable pleasures.

emotion

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From this reading It was a large, vague, idle, half-profitless emotion, of which perhaps the most pertinent thing that may be said is that it enforced a sort of oppressive reconciliation to the present, the actual, the sensuous--to life on the terms that there offered themselves.

enforced

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From this reading It was a large, vague, idle, half-profitless emotion, of which perhaps the most pertinent thing that may be said is that it enforced a sort of oppressive reconciliation to the present, the actual, the sensuous--to life on the terms that there offered themselves.

enjoyed

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From this reading The brilliant Roman winter came round again, and Rowland enjoyed it, in a certain way, more deeply than before.

equal

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From this reading He grew at last to feel that sense of equal possession, of intellectual nearness, which it belongs to the peculiar magic of the ancient city to infuse into minds of a cast that she never would have produced.

explained

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From this reading He could not have defined and explained the nature of his great love, nor have made up the sum of it by the addition of his calculable pleasures.

feel

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From this reading He grew at last to feel that sense of equal possession, of intellectual nearness, which it belongs to the peculiar magic of the ancient city to infuse into minds of a cast that she never would have produced.

fond

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From this reading He became passionately, unreasoningly fond of all Roman sights and sensations, and to breathe the Roman atmosphere began to seem a needful condition of being.

great

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From this reading He could not have defined and explained the nature of his great love, nor have made up the sum of it by the addition of his calculable pleasures.

grew

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From this reading He grew at last to feel that sense of equal possession, of intellectual nearness, which it belongs to the peculiar magic of the ancient city to infuse into minds of a cast that she never would have produced.

half-profitless

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From this reading It was a large, vague, idle, half-profitless emotion, of which perhaps the most pertinent thing that may be said is that it enforced a sort of oppressive reconciliation to the present, the actual, the sensuous--to life on the terms that there offered themselves.

have

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From this reading He grew at last to feel that sense of equal possession, of intellectual nearness, which it belongs to the peculiar magic of the ancient city to infuse into minds of a cast that she never would have produced.

He

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From this reading He grew at last to feel that sense of equal possession, of intellectual nearness, which it belongs to the peculiar magic of the ancient city to infuse into minds of a cast that she never would have produced.

his

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From this reading He could not have defined and explained the nature of his great love, nor have made up the sum of it by the addition of his calculable pleasures.

idle

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From this reading It was a large, vague, idle, half-profitless emotion, of which perhaps the most pertinent thing that may be said is that it enforced a sort of oppressive reconciliation to the present, the actual, the sensuous--to life on the terms that there offered themselves.

in

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From this reading The brilliant Roman winter came round again, and Rowland enjoyed it, in a certain way, more deeply than before.

infuse

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From this reading He grew at last to feel that sense of equal possession, of intellectual nearness, which it belongs to the peculiar magic of the ancient city to infuse into minds of a cast that she never would have produced.

intellectual

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From this reading He grew at last to feel that sense of equal possession, of intellectual nearness, which it belongs to the peculiar magic of the ancient city to infuse into minds of a cast that she never would have produced.

into

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From this reading He grew at last to feel that sense of equal possession, of intellectual nearness, which it belongs to the peculiar magic of the ancient city to infuse into minds of a cast that she never would have produced.

is

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From this reading It was a large, vague, idle, half-profitless emotion, of which perhaps the most pertinent thing that may be said is that it enforced a sort of oppressive reconciliation to the present, the actual, the sensuous--to life on the terms that there offered themselves.

it

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From this reading The brilliant Roman winter came round again, and Rowland enjoyed it, in a certain way, more deeply than before.

large

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From this reading It was a large, vague, idle, half-profitless emotion, of which perhaps the most pertinent thing that may be said is that it enforced a sort of oppressive reconciliation to the present, the actual, the sensuous--to life on the terms that there offered themselves.

last

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From this reading He grew at last to feel that sense of equal possession, of intellectual nearness, which it belongs to the peculiar magic of the ancient city to infuse into minds of a cast that she never would have produced.

life

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From this reading It was a large, vague, idle, half-profitless emotion, of which perhaps the most pertinent thing that may be said is that it enforced a sort of oppressive reconciliation to the present, the actual, the sensuous--to life on the terms that there offered themselves.

love

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From this reading He could not have defined and explained the nature of his great love, nor have made up the sum of it by the addition of his calculable pleasures.

made

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From this reading He could not have defined and explained the nature of his great love, nor have made up the sum of it by the addition of his calculable pleasures.

magic

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From this reading He grew at last to feel that sense of equal possession, of intellectual nearness, which it belongs to the peculiar magic of the ancient city to infuse into minds of a cast that she never would have produced.

may

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From this reading It was a large, vague, idle, half-profitless emotion, of which perhaps the most pertinent thing that may be said is that it enforced a sort of oppressive reconciliation to the present, the actual, the sensuous--to life on the terms that there offered themselves.

minds

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From this reading He grew at last to feel that sense of equal possession, of intellectual nearness, which it belongs to the peculiar magic of the ancient city to infuse into minds of a cast that she never would have produced.

more

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From this reading The brilliant Roman winter came round again, and Rowland enjoyed it, in a certain way, more deeply than before.

most

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From this reading It was a large, vague, idle, half-profitless emotion, of which perhaps the most pertinent thing that may be said is that it enforced a sort of oppressive reconciliation to the present, the actual, the sensuous--to life on the terms that there offered themselves.

nature

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From this reading He could not have defined and explained the nature of his great love, nor have made up the sum of it by the addition of his calculable pleasures.

nearness

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From this reading He grew at last to feel that sense of equal possession, of intellectual nearness, which it belongs to the peculiar magic of the ancient city to infuse into minds of a cast that she never would have produced.

needful

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From this reading He became passionately, unreasoningly fond of all Roman sights and sensations, and to breathe the Roman atmosphere began to seem a needful condition of being.

never

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From this reading He grew at last to feel that sense of equal possession, of intellectual nearness, which it belongs to the peculiar magic of the ancient city to infuse into minds of a cast that she never would have produced.

nor

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From this reading He could not have defined and explained the nature of his great love, nor have made up the sum of it by the addition of his calculable pleasures.

not

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From this reading He could not have defined and explained the nature of his great love, nor have made up the sum of it by the addition of his calculable pleasures.

of

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From this reading He grew at last to feel that sense of equal possession, of intellectual nearness, which it belongs to the peculiar magic of the ancient city to infuse into minds of a cast that she never would have produced.

offered

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From this reading It was a large, vague, idle, half-profitless emotion, of which perhaps the most pertinent thing that may be said is that it enforced a sort of oppressive reconciliation to the present, the actual, the sensuous--to life on the terms that there offered themselves.

on

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From this reading It was a large, vague, idle, half-profitless emotion, of which perhaps the most pertinent thing that may be said is that it enforced a sort of oppressive reconciliation to the present, the actual, the sensuous--to life on the terms that there offered themselves.

oppressive

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From this reading It was a large, vague, idle, half-profitless emotion, of which perhaps the most pertinent thing that may be said is that it enforced a sort of oppressive reconciliation to the present, the actual, the sensuous--to life on the terms that there offered themselves.

passionately

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From this reading He became passionately, unreasoningly fond of all Roman sights and sensations, and to breathe the Roman atmosphere began to seem a needful condition of being.

peculiar

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From this reading He grew at last to feel that sense of equal possession, of intellectual nearness, which it belongs to the peculiar magic of the ancient city to infuse into minds of a cast that she never would have produced.

perhaps

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From this reading It was a large, vague, idle, half-profitless emotion, of which perhaps the most pertinent thing that may be said is that it enforced a sort of oppressive reconciliation to the present, the actual, the sensuous--to life on the terms that there offered themselves.

pertinent

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From this reading It was a large, vague, idle, half-profitless emotion, of which perhaps the most pertinent thing that may be said is that it enforced a sort of oppressive reconciliation to the present, the actual, the sensuous--to life on the terms that there offered themselves.

pleasures

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From this reading He could not have defined and explained the nature of his great love, nor have made up the sum of it by the addition of his calculable pleasures.

possession

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From this reading He grew at last to feel that sense of equal possession, of intellectual nearness, which it belongs to the peculiar magic of the ancient city to infuse into minds of a cast that she never would have produced.

present

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From this reading It was a large, vague, idle, half-profitless emotion, of which perhaps the most pertinent thing that may be said is that it enforced a sort of oppressive reconciliation to the present, the actual, the sensuous--to life on the terms that there offered themselves.

produced

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From this reading He grew at last to feel that sense of equal possession, of intellectual nearness, which it belongs to the peculiar magic of the ancient city to infuse into minds of a cast that she never would have produced.

reconciliation

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From this reading It was a large, vague, idle, half-profitless emotion, of which perhaps the most pertinent thing that may be said is that it enforced a sort of oppressive reconciliation to the present, the actual, the sensuous--to life on the terms that there offered themselves.

Roman

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From this reading The brilliant Roman winter came round again, and Rowland enjoyed it, in a certain way, more deeply than before.

round

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From this reading The brilliant Roman winter came round again, and Rowland enjoyed it, in a certain way, more deeply than before.

Rowland

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From this reading The brilliant Roman winter came round again, and Rowland enjoyed it, in a certain way, more deeply than before.

said

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From this reading It was a large, vague, idle, half-profitless emotion, of which perhaps the most pertinent thing that may be said is that it enforced a sort of oppressive reconciliation to the present, the actual, the sensuous--to life on the terms that there offered themselves.

seem

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From this reading He became passionately, unreasoningly fond of all Roman sights and sensations, and to breathe the Roman atmosphere began to seem a needful condition of being.

sensations

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From this reading He became passionately, unreasoningly fond of all Roman sights and sensations, and to breathe the Roman atmosphere began to seem a needful condition of being.

sense

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From this reading He grew at last to feel that sense of equal possession, of intellectual nearness, which it belongs to the peculiar magic of the ancient city to infuse into minds of a cast that she never would have produced.

sensuous

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From this reading It was a large, vague, idle, half-profitless emotion, of which perhaps the most pertinent thing that may be said is that it enforced a sort of oppressive reconciliation to the present, the actual, the sensuous--to life on the terms that there offered themselves.

she

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From this reading He grew at last to feel that sense of equal possession, of intellectual nearness, which it belongs to the peculiar magic of the ancient city to infuse into minds of a cast that she never would have produced.

sights

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From this reading He became passionately, unreasoningly fond of all Roman sights and sensations, and to breathe the Roman atmosphere began to seem a needful condition of being.

sort

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From this reading It was a large, vague, idle, half-profitless emotion, of which perhaps the most pertinent thing that may be said is that it enforced a sort of oppressive reconciliation to the present, the actual, the sensuous--to life on the terms that there offered themselves.

sum

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From this reading He could not have defined and explained the nature of his great love, nor have made up the sum of it by the addition of his calculable pleasures.

terms

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From this reading It was a large, vague, idle, half-profitless emotion, of which perhaps the most pertinent thing that may be said is that it enforced a sort of oppressive reconciliation to the present, the actual, the sensuous--to life on the terms that there offered themselves.

than

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From this reading The brilliant Roman winter came round again, and Rowland enjoyed it, in a certain way, more deeply than before.

that

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From this reading He grew at last to feel that sense of equal possession, of intellectual nearness, which it belongs to the peculiar magic of the ancient city to infuse into minds of a cast that she never would have produced.

The

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From this reading The brilliant Roman winter came round again, and Rowland enjoyed it, in a certain way, more deeply than before.

themselves

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From this reading It was a large, vague, idle, half-profitless emotion, of which perhaps the most pertinent thing that may be said is that it enforced a sort of oppressive reconciliation to the present, the actual, the sensuous--to life on the terms that there offered themselves.

there

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From this reading It was a large, vague, idle, half-profitless emotion, of which perhaps the most pertinent thing that may be said is that it enforced a sort of oppressive reconciliation to the present, the actual, the sensuous--to life on the terms that there offered themselves.

thing

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From this reading It was a large, vague, idle, half-profitless emotion, of which perhaps the most pertinent thing that may be said is that it enforced a sort of oppressive reconciliation to the present, the actual, the sensuous--to life on the terms that there offered themselves.

to

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From this reading He grew at last to feel that sense of equal possession, of intellectual nearness, which it belongs to the peculiar magic of the ancient city to infuse into minds of a cast that she never would have produced.

unreasoningly

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From this reading He became passionately, unreasoningly fond of all Roman sights and sensations, and to breathe the Roman atmosphere began to seem a needful condition of being.

up

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From this reading He could not have defined and explained the nature of his great love, nor have made up the sum of it by the addition of his calculable pleasures.

vague

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From this reading It was a large, vague, idle, half-profitless emotion, of which perhaps the most pertinent thing that may be said is that it enforced a sort of oppressive reconciliation to the present, the actual, the sensuous--to life on the terms that there offered themselves.

was

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From this reading It was a large, vague, idle, half-profitless emotion, of which perhaps the most pertinent thing that may be said is that it enforced a sort of oppressive reconciliation to the present, the actual, the sensuous--to life on the terms that there offered themselves.

way

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From this reading The brilliant Roman winter came round again, and Rowland enjoyed it, in a certain way, more deeply than before.

which

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From this reading He grew at last to feel that sense of equal possession, of intellectual nearness, which it belongs to the peculiar magic of the ancient city to infuse into minds of a cast that she never would have produced.

winter

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From this reading The brilliant Roman winter came round again, and Rowland enjoyed it, in a certain way, more deeply than before.

would

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From this reading He grew at last to feel that sense of equal possession, of intellectual nearness, which it belongs to the peculiar magic of the ancient city to infuse into minds of a cast that she never would have produced.

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Vocabulary met early in Roderick Hudson

Words and structures a reader meets early in Roderick Hudson, each tappable for pronunciation and meaning.

Mallet
A word that appears in the opening chapter of Roderick Hudson; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
Arrangements
A word that appears in the opening chapter of Roderick Hudson; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
Europe
A word that appears in the opening chapter of Roderick Hudson; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
First
A word that appears in the opening chapter of Roderick Hudson; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.