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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 Aye, she exclaim’d, My tale hath moved thee! it might move the dead, Quicken captivity’s dead soul, and rouse This prostrate country from her mortal trance: Therefore I live to tell it; and for this Hath the Lord God Almighty given to me A spirit not mine own and strength from Heaven; Dealing with me as in the days of old With that Bethulian Matron when she saved His people from the spoiler.
Adosinda
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From this reading Awhile in silence Adosinda stood, Reading his alter’d visage and the thoughts Which thus transfigured him.
Alive
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From this reading Not veil’d and vow’d To pass my days in holiness and peace; Nor yet between sepulchral walls immured, Alive to penitence alone; my rule He hath himself prescribed, and hath infused A passion in this woman’s breast, wherein All passions and all virtues are combined; Love, hatred, joy, and anguish, and despair, And hope, and natural piety, and faith, Make up the mighty feeling.
All
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From this reading Not veil’d and vow’d To pass my days in holiness and peace; Nor yet between sepulchral walls immured, Alive to penitence alone; my rule He hath himself prescribed, and hath infused A passion in this woman’s breast, wherein All passions and all virtues are combined; Love, hatred, joy, and anguish, and despair, And hope, and natural piety, and faith, Make up the mighty feeling.
Almighty
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From this reading Aye, she exclaim’d, My tale hath moved thee! it might move the dead, Quicken captivity’s dead soul, and rouse This prostrate country from her mortal trance: Therefore I live to tell it; and for this Hath the Lord God Almighty given to me A spirit not mine own and strength from Heaven; Dealing with me as in the days of old With that Bethulian Matron when she saved His people from the spoiler.
aloneadjectiveUS /əˈloʊn/
Having no one else present.
From this reading Not veil’d and vow’d To pass my days in holiness and peace; Nor yet between sepulchral walls immured, Alive to penitence alone; my rule He hath himself prescribed, and hath infused A passion in this woman’s breast, wherein All passions and all virtues are combined; Love, hatred, joy, and anguish, and despair, And hope, and natural piety, and faith, Make up the mighty feeling.
alter'd
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From this reading Awhile in silence Adosinda stood, Reading his alter’d visage and the thoughts Which thus transfigured him.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Awhile in silence Adosinda stood, Reading his alter’d visage and the thoughts Which thus transfigured him.
anguish
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From this reading Not veil’d and vow’d To pass my days in holiness and peace; Nor yet between sepulchral walls immured, Alive to penitence alone; my rule He hath himself prescribed, and hath infused A passion in this woman’s breast, wherein All passions and all virtues are combined; Love, hatred, joy, and anguish, and despair, And hope, and natural piety, and faith, Make up the mighty feeling.
areauxiliary verbUS /ɑːr/
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading Not veil’d and vow’d To pass my days in holiness and peace; Nor yet between sepulchral walls immured, Alive to penitence alone; my rule He hath himself prescribed, and hath infused A passion in this woman’s breast, wherein All passions and all virtues are combined; Love, hatred, joy, and anguish, and despair, And hope, and natural piety, and faith, Make up the mighty feeling.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading Aye, she exclaim’d, My tale hath moved thee! it might move the dead, Quicken captivity’s dead soul, and rouse This prostrate country from her mortal trance: Therefore I live to tell it; and for this Hath the Lord God Almighty given to me A spirit not mine own and strength from Heaven; Dealing with me as in the days of old With that Bethulian Matron when she saved His people from the spoiler.
Awhile
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From this reading Awhile in silence Adosinda stood, Reading his alter’d visage and the thoughts Which thus transfigured him.
Aye
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From this reading Aye, she exclaim’d, My tale hath moved thee! it might move the dead, Quicken captivity’s dead soul, and rouse This prostrate country from her mortal trance: Therefore I live to tell it; and for this Hath the Lord God Almighty given to me A spirit not mine own and strength from Heaven; Dealing with me as in the days of old With that Bethulian Matron when she saved His people from the spoiler.
Bethulian
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From this reading Aye, she exclaim’d, My tale hath moved thee! it might move the dead, Quicken captivity’s dead soul, and rouse This prostrate country from her mortal trance: Therefore I live to tell it; and for this Hath the Lord God Almighty given to me A spirit not mine own and strength from Heaven; Dealing with me as in the days of old With that Bethulian Matron when she saved His people from the spoiler.
betweenprepositionUS /bɪˈtwiːn/
in the space, time, or range separating two things
From this reading Not veil’d and vow’d To pass my days in holiness and peace; Nor yet between sepulchral walls immured, Alive to penitence alone; my rule He hath himself prescribed, and hath infused A passion in this woman’s breast, wherein All passions and all virtues are combined; Love, hatred, joy, and anguish, and despair, And hope, and natural piety, and faith, Make up the mighty feeling.
breast
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From this reading Not veil’d and vow’d To pass my days in holiness and peace; Nor yet between sepulchral walls immured, Alive to penitence alone; my rule He hath himself prescribed, and hath infused A passion in this woman’s breast, wherein All passions and all virtues are combined; Love, hatred, joy, and anguish, and despair, And hope, and natural piety, and faith, Make up the mighty feeling.
ButconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading What remains But that the life which he hath thus preserved I consecrate to him?
Call
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From this reading Call it not Revenge! thus sanctified and thus sublimed, ’Tis duty, ’tis devotion.
captivity's
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From this reading Aye, she exclaim’d, My tale hath moved thee! it might move the dead, Quicken captivity’s dead soul, and rouse This prostrate country from her mortal trance: Therefore I live to tell it; and for this Hath the Lord God Almighty given to me A spirit not mine own and strength from Heaven; Dealing with me as in the days of old With that Bethulian Matron when she saved His people from the spoiler.
combined
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From this reading Not veil’d and vow’d To pass my days in holiness and peace; Nor yet between sepulchral walls immured, Alive to penitence alone; my rule He hath himself prescribed, and hath infused A passion in this woman’s breast, wherein All passions and all virtues are combined; Love, hatred, joy, and anguish, and despair, And hope, and natural piety, and faith, Make up the mighty feeling.
consecrate
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From this reading What remains But that the life which he hath thus preserved I consecrate to him?
country
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From this reading Aye, she exclaim’d, My tale hath moved thee! it might move the dead, Quicken captivity’s dead soul, and rouse This prostrate country from her mortal trance: Therefore I live to tell it; and for this Hath the Lord God Almighty given to me A spirit not mine own and strength from Heaven; Dealing with me as in the days of old With that Bethulian Matron when she saved His people from the spoiler.
days
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From this reading Aye, she exclaim’d, My tale hath moved thee! it might move the dead, Quicken captivity’s dead soul, and rouse This prostrate country from her mortal trance: Therefore I live to tell it; and for this Hath the Lord God Almighty given to me A spirit not mine own and strength from Heaven; Dealing with me as in the days of old With that Bethulian Matron when she saved His people from the spoiler.
dead
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From this reading Aye, she exclaim’d, My tale hath moved thee! it might move the dead, Quicken captivity’s dead soul, and rouse This prostrate country from her mortal trance: Therefore I live to tell it; and for this Hath the Lord God Almighty given to me A spirit not mine own and strength from Heaven; Dealing with me as in the days of old With that Bethulian Matron when she saved His people from the spoiler.
Dealing
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From this reading Aye, she exclaim’d, My tale hath moved thee! it might move the dead, Quicken captivity’s dead soul, and rouse This prostrate country from her mortal trance: Therefore I live to tell it; and for this Hath the Lord God Almighty given to me A spirit not mine own and strength from Heaven; Dealing with me as in the days of old With that Bethulian Matron when she saved His people from the spoiler.
despair
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From this reading Not veil’d and vow’d To pass my days in holiness and peace; Nor yet between sepulchral walls immured, Alive to penitence alone; my rule He hath himself prescribed, and hath infused A passion in this woman’s breast, wherein All passions and all virtues are combined; Love, hatred, joy, and anguish, and despair, And hope, and natural piety, and faith, Make up the mighty feeling.
devotion
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From this reading Call it not Revenge! thus sanctified and thus sublimed, ’Tis duty, ’tis devotion.
duty
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From this reading Call it not Revenge! thus sanctified and thus sublimed, ’Tis duty, ’tis devotion.
exclaim'd
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From this reading Aye, she exclaim’d, My tale hath moved thee! it might move the dead, Quicken captivity’s dead soul, and rouse This prostrate country from her mortal trance: Therefore I live to tell it; and for this Hath the Lord God Almighty given to me A spirit not mine own and strength from Heaven; Dealing with me as in the days of old With that Bethulian Matron when she saved His people from the spoiler.
faith
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From this reading Not veil’d and vow’d To pass my days in holiness and peace; Nor yet between sepulchral walls immured, Alive to penitence alone; my rule He hath himself prescribed, and hath infused A passion in this woman’s breast, wherein All passions and all virtues are combined; Love, hatred, joy, and anguish, and despair, And hope, and natural piety, and faith, Make up the mighty feeling.
feeling
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From this reading Not veil’d and vow’d To pass my days in holiness and peace; Nor yet between sepulchral walls immured, Alive to penitence alone; my rule He hath himself prescribed, and hath infused A passion in this woman’s breast, wherein All passions and all virtues are combined; Love, hatred, joy, and anguish, and despair, And hope, and natural piety, and faith, Make up the mighty feeling.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading Aye, she exclaim’d, My tale hath moved thee! it might move the dead, Quicken captivity’s dead soul, and rouse This prostrate country from her mortal trance: Therefore I live to tell it; and for this Hath the Lord God Almighty given to me A spirit not mine own and strength from Heaven; Dealing with me as in the days of old With that Bethulian Matron when she saved His people from the spoiler.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading Aye, she exclaim’d, My tale hath moved thee! it might move the dead, Quicken captivity’s dead soul, and rouse This prostrate country from her mortal trance: Therefore I live to tell it; and for this Hath the Lord God Almighty given to me A spirit not mine own and strength from Heaven; Dealing with me as in the days of old With that Bethulian Matron when she saved His people from the spoiler.
given
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From this reading Aye, she exclaim’d, My tale hath moved thee! it might move the dead, Quicken captivity’s dead soul, and rouse This prostrate country from her mortal trance: Therefore I live to tell it; and for this Hath the Lord God Almighty given to me A spirit not mine own and strength from Heaven; Dealing with me as in the days of old With that Bethulian Matron when she saved His people from the spoiler.
God
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From this reading Aye, she exclaim’d, My tale hath moved thee! it might move the dead, Quicken captivity’s dead soul, and rouse This prostrate country from her mortal trance: Therefore I live to tell it; and for this Hath the Lord God Almighty given to me A spirit not mine own and strength from Heaven; Dealing with me as in the days of old With that Bethulian Matron when she saved His people from the spoiler.
hathauxiliary verbUS /hæθ/
an old form of “has”
From this reading Aye, she exclaim’d, My tale hath moved thee! it might move the dead, Quicken captivity’s dead soul, and rouse This prostrate country from her mortal trance: Therefore I live to tell it; and for this Hath the Lord God Almighty given to me A spirit not mine own and strength from Heaven; Dealing with me as in the days of old With that Bethulian Matron when she saved His people from the spoiler.
hatred
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From this reading Not veil’d and vow’d To pass my days in holiness and peace; Nor yet between sepulchral walls immured, Alive to penitence alone; my rule He hath himself prescribed, and hath infused A passion in this woman’s breast, wherein All passions and all virtues are combined; Love, hatred, joy, and anguish, and despair, And hope, and natural piety, and faith, Make up the mighty feeling.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading What remains But that the life which he hath thus preserved I consecrate to him?
Heaven
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From this reading Aye, she exclaim’d, My tale hath moved thee! it might move the dead, Quicken captivity’s dead soul, and rouse This prostrate country from her mortal trance: Therefore I live to tell it; and for this Hath the Lord God Almighty given to me A spirit not mine own and strength from Heaven; Dealing with me as in the days of old With that Bethulian Matron when she saved His people from the spoiler.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading Aye, she exclaim’d, My tale hath moved thee! it might move the dead, Quicken captivity’s dead soul, and rouse This prostrate country from her mortal trance: Therefore I live to tell it; and for this Hath the Lord God Almighty given to me A spirit not mine own and strength from Heaven; Dealing with me as in the days of old With that Bethulian Matron when she saved His people from the spoiler.
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Awhile in silence Adosinda stood, Reading his alter’d visage and the thoughts Which thus transfigured him.
himselfpronounUS /hɪmˈself/
used when the man or boy doing the action is also its object
From this reading Not veil’d and vow’d To pass my days in holiness and peace; Nor yet between sepulchral walls immured, Alive to penitence alone; my rule He hath himself prescribed, and hath infused A passion in this woman’s breast, wherein All passions and all virtues are combined; Love, hatred, joy, and anguish, and despair, And hope, and natural piety, and faith, Make up the mighty feeling.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Awhile in silence Adosinda stood, Reading his alter’d visage and the thoughts Which thus transfigured him.
holiness
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From this reading Not veil’d and vow’d To pass my days in holiness and peace; Nor yet between sepulchral walls immured, Alive to penitence alone; my rule He hath himself prescribed, and hath infused A passion in this woman’s breast, wherein All passions and all virtues are combined; Love, hatred, joy, and anguish, and despair, And hope, and natural piety, and faith, Make up the mighty feeling.
hope
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From this reading Not veil’d and vow’d To pass my days in holiness and peace; Nor yet between sepulchral walls immured, Alive to penitence alone; my rule He hath himself prescribed, and hath infused A passion in this woman’s breast, wherein All passions and all virtues are combined; Love, hatred, joy, and anguish, and despair, And hope, and natural piety, and faith, Make up the mighty feeling.
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading Aye, she exclaim’d, My tale hath moved thee! it might move the dead, Quicken captivity’s dead soul, and rouse This prostrate country from her mortal trance: Therefore I live to tell it; and for this Hath the Lord God Almighty given to me A spirit not mine own and strength from Heaven; Dealing with me as in the days of old With that Bethulian Matron when she saved His people from the spoiler.
immured
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From this reading Not veil’d and vow’d To pass my days in holiness and peace; Nor yet between sepulchral walls immured, Alive to penitence alone; my rule He hath himself prescribed, and hath infused A passion in this woman’s breast, wherein All passions and all virtues are combined; Love, hatred, joy, and anguish, and despair, And hope, and natural piety, and faith, Make up the mighty feeling.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Awhile in silence Adosinda stood, Reading his alter’d visage and the thoughts Which thus transfigured him.
infused
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From this reading Not veil’d and vow’d To pass my days in holiness and peace; Nor yet between sepulchral walls immured, Alive to penitence alone; my rule He hath himself prescribed, and hath infused A passion in this woman’s breast, wherein All passions and all virtues are combined; Love, hatred, joy, and anguish, and despair, And hope, and natural piety, and faith, Make up the mighty feeling.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading Aye, she exclaim’d, My tale hath moved thee! it might move the dead, Quicken captivity’s dead soul, and rouse This prostrate country from her mortal trance: Therefore I live to tell it; and for this Hath the Lord God Almighty given to me A spirit not mine own and strength from Heaven; Dealing with me as in the days of old With that Bethulian Matron when she saved His people from the spoiler.
joy
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From this reading Not veil’d and vow’d To pass my days in holiness and peace; Nor yet between sepulchral walls immured, Alive to penitence alone; my rule He hath himself prescribed, and hath infused A passion in this woman’s breast, wherein All passions and all virtues are combined; Love, hatred, joy, and anguish, and despair, And hope, and natural piety, and faith, Make up the mighty feeling.
life
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From this reading What remains But that the life which he hath thus preserved I consecrate to him?
live
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From this reading Aye, she exclaim’d, My tale hath moved thee! it might move the dead, Quicken captivity’s dead soul, and rouse This prostrate country from her mortal trance: Therefore I live to tell it; and for this Hath the Lord God Almighty given to me A spirit not mine own and strength from Heaven; Dealing with me as in the days of old With that Bethulian Matron when she saved His people from the spoiler.
Lord
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From this reading Aye, she exclaim’d, My tale hath moved thee! it might move the dead, Quicken captivity’s dead soul, and rouse This prostrate country from her mortal trance: Therefore I live to tell it; and for this Hath the Lord God Almighty given to me A spirit not mine own and strength from Heaven; Dealing with me as in the days of old With that Bethulian Matron when she saved His people from the spoiler.
Love
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From this reading Not veil’d and vow’d To pass my days in holiness and peace; Nor yet between sepulchral walls immured, Alive to penitence alone; my rule He hath himself prescribed, and hath infused A passion in this woman’s breast, wherein All passions and all virtues are combined; Love, hatred, joy, and anguish, and despair, And hope, and natural piety, and faith, Make up the mighty feeling.
Make
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From this reading Not veil’d and vow’d To pass my days in holiness and peace; Nor yet between sepulchral walls immured, Alive to penitence alone; my rule He hath himself prescribed, and hath infused A passion in this woman’s breast, wherein All passions and all virtues are combined; Love, hatred, joy, and anguish, and despair, And hope, and natural piety, and faith, Make up the mighty feeling.
Matron
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From this reading Aye, she exclaim’d, My tale hath moved thee! it might move the dead, Quicken captivity’s dead soul, and rouse This prostrate country from her mortal trance: Therefore I live to tell it; and for this Hath the Lord God Almighty given to me A spirit not mine own and strength from Heaven; Dealing with me as in the days of old With that Bethulian Matron when she saved His people from the spoiler.
mepronounUS /miː/
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Aye, she exclaim’d, My tale hath moved thee! it might move the dead, Quicken captivity’s dead soul, and rouse This prostrate country from her mortal trance: Therefore I live to tell it; and for this Hath the Lord God Almighty given to me A spirit not mine own and strength from Heaven; Dealing with me as in the days of old With that Bethulian Matron when she saved His people from the spoiler.
mightmodal verbUS /maɪt/
used to say something is possible but not certain
From this reading Aye, she exclaim’d, My tale hath moved thee! it might move the dead, Quicken captivity’s dead soul, and rouse This prostrate country from her mortal trance: Therefore I live to tell it; and for this Hath the Lord God Almighty given to me A spirit not mine own and strength from Heaven; Dealing with me as in the days of old With that Bethulian Matron when she saved His people from the spoiler.
mighty
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From this reading Not veil’d and vow’d To pass my days in holiness and peace; Nor yet between sepulchral walls immured, Alive to penitence alone; my rule He hath himself prescribed, and hath infused A passion in this woman’s breast, wherein All passions and all virtues are combined; Love, hatred, joy, and anguish, and despair, And hope, and natural piety, and faith, Make up the mighty feeling.
minepronounUS /maɪn/
the one or ones belonging to the person speaking
From this reading Aye, she exclaim’d, My tale hath moved thee! it might move the dead, Quicken captivity’s dead soul, and rouse This prostrate country from her mortal trance: Therefore I live to tell it; and for this Hath the Lord God Almighty given to me A spirit not mine own and strength from Heaven; Dealing with me as in the days of old With that Bethulian Matron when she saved His people from the spoiler.
mortaladjectiveUS /ˈmɔːrtəl/
causing or relating to death
From this reading Aye, she exclaim’d, My tale hath moved thee! it might move the dead, Quicken captivity’s dead soul, and rouse This prostrate country from her mortal trance: Therefore I live to tell it; and for this Hath the Lord God Almighty given to me A spirit not mine own and strength from Heaven; Dealing with me as in the days of old With that Bethulian Matron when she saved His people from the spoiler.
move
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From this reading Aye, she exclaim’d, My tale hath moved thee! it might move the dead, Quicken captivity’s dead soul, and rouse This prostrate country from her mortal trance: Therefore I live to tell it; and for this Hath the Lord God Almighty given to me A spirit not mine own and strength from Heaven; Dealing with me as in the days of old With that Bethulian Matron when she saved His people from the spoiler.
moved
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From this reading Aye, she exclaim’d, My tale hath moved thee! it might move the dead, Quicken captivity’s dead soul, and rouse This prostrate country from her mortal trance: Therefore I live to tell it; and for this Hath the Lord God Almighty given to me A spirit not mine own and strength from Heaven; Dealing with me as in the days of old With that Bethulian Matron when she saved His people from the spoiler.
MydeterminerUS /maɪ/
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading Aye, she exclaim’d, My tale hath moved thee! it might move the dead, Quicken captivity’s dead soul, and rouse This prostrate country from her mortal trance: Therefore I live to tell it; and for this Hath the Lord God Almighty given to me A spirit not mine own and strength from Heaven; Dealing with me as in the days of old With that Bethulian Matron when she saved His people from the spoiler.
natural
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From this reading Not veil’d and vow’d To pass my days in holiness and peace; Nor yet between sepulchral walls immured, Alive to penitence alone; my rule He hath himself prescribed, and hath infused A passion in this woman’s breast, wherein All passions and all virtues are combined; Love, hatred, joy, and anguish, and despair, And hope, and natural piety, and faith, Make up the mighty feeling.
NorconjunctionUS /nɔːr/
and not; used after a negative to add a second negative
From this reading Not veil’d and vow’d To pass my days in holiness and peace; Nor yet between sepulchral walls immured, Alive to penitence alone; my rule He hath himself prescribed, and hath infused A passion in this woman’s breast, wherein All passions and all virtues are combined; Love, hatred, joy, and anguish, and despair, And hope, and natural piety, and faith, Make up the mighty feeling.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading Aye, she exclaim’d, My tale hath moved thee! it might move the dead, Quicken captivity’s dead soul, and rouse This prostrate country from her mortal trance: Therefore I live to tell it; and for this Hath the Lord God Almighty given to me A spirit not mine own and strength from Heaven; Dealing with me as in the days of old With that Bethulian Matron when she saved His people from the spoiler.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Aye, she exclaim’d, My tale hath moved thee! it might move the dead, Quicken captivity’s dead soul, and rouse This prostrate country from her mortal trance: Therefore I live to tell it; and for this Hath the Lord God Almighty given to me A spirit not mine own and strength from Heaven; Dealing with me as in the days of old With that Bethulian Matron when she saved His people from the spoiler.
old
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From this reading Aye, she exclaim’d, My tale hath moved thee! it might move the dead, Quicken captivity’s dead soul, and rouse This prostrate country from her mortal trance: Therefore I live to tell it; and for this Hath the Lord God Almighty given to me A spirit not mine own and strength from Heaven; Dealing with me as in the days of old With that Bethulian Matron when she saved His people from the spoiler.
own
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From this reading Aye, she exclaim’d, My tale hath moved thee! it might move the dead, Quicken captivity’s dead soul, and rouse This prostrate country from her mortal trance: Therefore I live to tell it; and for this Hath the Lord God Almighty given to me A spirit not mine own and strength from Heaven; Dealing with me as in the days of old With that Bethulian Matron when she saved His people from the spoiler.
pass
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From this reading Not veil’d and vow’d To pass my days in holiness and peace; Nor yet between sepulchral walls immured, Alive to penitence alone; my rule He hath himself prescribed, and hath infused A passion in this woman’s breast, wherein All passions and all virtues are combined; Love, hatred, joy, and anguish, and despair, And hope, and natural piety, and faith, Make up the mighty feeling.
passion
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From this reading Not veil’d and vow’d To pass my days in holiness and peace; Nor yet between sepulchral walls immured, Alive to penitence alone; my rule He hath himself prescribed, and hath infused A passion in this woman’s breast, wherein All passions and all virtues are combined; Love, hatred, joy, and anguish, and despair, And hope, and natural piety, and faith, Make up the mighty feeling.
passions
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From this reading Not veil’d and vow’d To pass my days in holiness and peace; Nor yet between sepulchral walls immured, Alive to penitence alone; my rule He hath himself prescribed, and hath infused A passion in this woman’s breast, wherein All passions and all virtues are combined; Love, hatred, joy, and anguish, and despair, And hope, and natural piety, and faith, Make up the mighty feeling.
peace
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From this reading Not veil’d and vow’d To pass my days in holiness and peace; Nor yet between sepulchral walls immured, Alive to penitence alone; my rule He hath himself prescribed, and hath infused A passion in this woman’s breast, wherein All passions and all virtues are combined; Love, hatred, joy, and anguish, and despair, And hope, and natural piety, and faith, Make up the mighty feeling.
penitence
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From this reading Not veil’d and vow’d To pass my days in holiness and peace; Nor yet between sepulchral walls immured, Alive to penitence alone; my rule He hath himself prescribed, and hath infused A passion in this woman’s breast, wherein All passions and all virtues are combined; Love, hatred, joy, and anguish, and despair, And hope, and natural piety, and faith, Make up the mighty feeling.
people
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From this reading Aye, she exclaim’d, My tale hath moved thee! it might move the dead, Quicken captivity’s dead soul, and rouse This prostrate country from her mortal trance: Therefore I live to tell it; and for this Hath the Lord God Almighty given to me A spirit not mine own and strength from Heaven; Dealing with me as in the days of old With that Bethulian Matron when she saved His people from the spoiler.
piety
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From this reading Not veil’d and vow’d To pass my days in holiness and peace; Nor yet between sepulchral walls immured, Alive to penitence alone; my rule He hath himself prescribed, and hath infused A passion in this woman’s breast, wherein All passions and all virtues are combined; Love, hatred, joy, and anguish, and despair, And hope, and natural piety, and faith, Make up the mighty feeling.
prescribed
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From this reading Not veil’d and vow’d To pass my days in holiness and peace; Nor yet between sepulchral walls immured, Alive to penitence alone; my rule He hath himself prescribed, and hath infused A passion in this woman’s breast, wherein All passions and all virtues are combined; Love, hatred, joy, and anguish, and despair, And hope, and natural piety, and faith, Make up the mighty feeling.
preserved
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From this reading What remains But that the life which he hath thus preserved I consecrate to him?
prostrate
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From this reading Aye, she exclaim’d, My tale hath moved thee! it might move the dead, Quicken captivity’s dead soul, and rouse This prostrate country from her mortal trance: Therefore I live to tell it; and for this Hath the Lord God Almighty given to me A spirit not mine own and strength from Heaven; Dealing with me as in the days of old With that Bethulian Matron when she saved His people from the spoiler.
Quicken
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From this reading Aye, she exclaim’d, My tale hath moved thee! it might move the dead, Quicken captivity’s dead soul, and rouse This prostrate country from her mortal trance: Therefore I live to tell it; and for this Hath the Lord God Almighty given to me A spirit not mine own and strength from Heaven; Dealing with me as in the days of old With that Bethulian Matron when she saved His people from the spoiler.
Reading
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From this reading Awhile in silence Adosinda stood, Reading his alter’d visage and the thoughts Which thus transfigured him.
remains
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From this reading What remains But that the life which he hath thus preserved I consecrate to him?
Revenge
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From this reading Call it not Revenge! thus sanctified and thus sublimed, ’Tis duty, ’tis devotion.
rouse
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From this reading Aye, she exclaim’d, My tale hath moved thee! it might move the dead, Quicken captivity’s dead soul, and rouse This prostrate country from her mortal trance: Therefore I live to tell it; and for this Hath the Lord God Almighty given to me A spirit not mine own and strength from Heaven; Dealing with me as in the days of old With that Bethulian Matron when she saved His people from the spoiler.
rule
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From this reading Not veil’d and vow’d To pass my days in holiness and peace; Nor yet between sepulchral walls immured, Alive to penitence alone; my rule He hath himself prescribed, and hath infused A passion in this woman’s breast, wherein All passions and all virtues are combined; Love, hatred, joy, and anguish, and despair, And hope, and natural piety, and faith, Make up the mighty feeling.
sanctified
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From this reading Call it not Revenge! thus sanctified and thus sublimed, ’Tis duty, ’tis devotion.
saved
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From this reading Aye, she exclaim’d, My tale hath moved thee! it might move the dead, Quicken captivity’s dead soul, and rouse This prostrate country from her mortal trance: Therefore I live to tell it; and for this Hath the Lord God Almighty given to me A spirit not mine own and strength from Heaven; Dealing with me as in the days of old With that Bethulian Matron when she saved His people from the spoiler.
sepulchral
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From this reading Not veil’d and vow’d To pass my days in holiness and peace; Nor yet between sepulchral walls immured, Alive to penitence alone; my rule He hath himself prescribed, and hath infused A passion in this woman’s breast, wherein All passions and all virtues are combined; Love, hatred, joy, and anguish, and despair, And hope, and natural piety, and faith, Make up the mighty feeling.
shepronounUS /ʃiː/
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Aye, she exclaim’d, My tale hath moved thee! it might move the dead, Quicken captivity’s dead soul, and rouse This prostrate country from her mortal trance: Therefore I live to tell it; and for this Hath the Lord God Almighty given to me A spirit not mine own and strength from Heaven; Dealing with me as in the days of old With that Bethulian Matron when she saved His people from the spoiler.
silencenounUS /ˈsaɪ.ləns/
Complete absence of sound; a state of quietness and stillness.
From this reading Awhile in silence Adosinda stood, Reading his alter’d visage and the thoughts Which thus transfigured him.
soul
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From this reading Aye, she exclaim’d, My tale hath moved thee! it might move the dead, Quicken captivity’s dead soul, and rouse This prostrate country from her mortal trance: Therefore I live to tell it; and for this Hath the Lord God Almighty given to me A spirit not mine own and strength from Heaven; Dealing with me as in the days of old With that Bethulian Matron when she saved His people from the spoiler.
spirit
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From this reading Aye, she exclaim’d, My tale hath moved thee! it might move the dead, Quicken captivity’s dead soul, and rouse This prostrate country from her mortal trance: Therefore I live to tell it; and for this Hath the Lord God Almighty given to me A spirit not mine own and strength from Heaven; Dealing with me as in the days of old With that Bethulian Matron when she saved His people from the spoiler.
spoiler
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From this reading Aye, she exclaim’d, My tale hath moved thee! it might move the dead, Quicken captivity’s dead soul, and rouse This prostrate country from her mortal trance: Therefore I live to tell it; and for this Hath the Lord God Almighty given to me A spirit not mine own and strength from Heaven; Dealing with me as in the days of old With that Bethulian Matron when she saved His people from the spoiler.
stoodverbUS /stʊd/
Maintained an upright posture.
From this reading Awhile in silence Adosinda stood, Reading his alter’d visage and the thoughts Which thus transfigured him.
strength
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From this reading Aye, she exclaim’d, My tale hath moved thee! it might move the dead, Quicken captivity’s dead soul, and rouse This prostrate country from her mortal trance: Therefore I live to tell it; and for this Hath the Lord God Almighty given to me A spirit not mine own and strength from Heaven; Dealing with me as in the days of old With that Bethulian Matron when she saved His people from the spoiler.
sublimed
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From this reading Call it not Revenge! thus sanctified and thus sublimed, ’Tis duty, ’tis devotion.
tale
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From this reading Aye, she exclaim’d, My tale hath moved thee! it might move the dead, Quicken captivity’s dead soul, and rouse This prostrate country from her mortal trance: Therefore I live to tell it; and for this Hath the Lord God Almighty given to me A spirit not mine own and strength from Heaven; Dealing with me as in the days of old With that Bethulian Matron when she saved His people from the spoiler.
tell
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From this reading Aye, she exclaim’d, My tale hath moved thee! it might move the dead, Quicken captivity’s dead soul, and rouse This prostrate country from her mortal trance: Therefore I live to tell it; and for this Hath the Lord God Almighty given to me A spirit not mine own and strength from Heaven; Dealing with me as in the days of old With that Bethulian Matron when she saved His people from the spoiler.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Aye, she exclaim’d, My tale hath moved thee! it might move the dead, Quicken captivity’s dead soul, and rouse This prostrate country from her mortal trance: Therefore I live to tell it; and for this Hath the Lord God Almighty given to me A spirit not mine own and strength from Heaven; Dealing with me as in the days of old With that Bethulian Matron when she saved His people from the spoiler.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Awhile in silence Adosinda stood, Reading his alter’d visage and the thoughts Which thus transfigured him.
theepronounUS /ðiː/
an old word for “you”, as the object, speaking to one person
From this reading Aye, she exclaim’d, My tale hath moved thee! it might move the dead, Quicken captivity’s dead soul, and rouse This prostrate country from her mortal trance: Therefore I live to tell it; and for this Hath the Lord God Almighty given to me A spirit not mine own and strength from Heaven; Dealing with me as in the days of old With that Bethulian Matron when she saved His people from the spoiler.
ThereforeadverbUS /ˈðerfɔːr/
for that reason; as a result
From this reading Aye, she exclaim’d, My tale hath moved thee! it might move the dead, Quicken captivity’s dead soul, and rouse This prostrate country from her mortal trance: Therefore I live to tell it; and for this Hath the Lord God Almighty given to me A spirit not mine own and strength from Heaven; Dealing with me as in the days of old With that Bethulian Matron when she saved His people from the spoiler.
ThisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading Aye, she exclaim’d, My tale hath moved thee! it might move the dead, Quicken captivity’s dead soul, and rouse This prostrate country from her mortal trance: Therefore I live to tell it; and for this Hath the Lord God Almighty given to me A spirit not mine own and strength from Heaven; Dealing with me as in the days of old With that Bethulian Matron when she saved His people from the spoiler.
thoughts
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From this reading Awhile in silence Adosinda stood, Reading his alter’d visage and the thoughts Which thus transfigured him.
thus
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From this reading Awhile in silence Adosinda stood, Reading his alter’d visage and the thoughts Which thus transfigured him.
Tis
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From this reading Call it not Revenge! thus sanctified and thus sublimed, ’Tis duty, ’tis devotion.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Aye, she exclaim’d, My tale hath moved thee! it might move the dead, Quicken captivity’s dead soul, and rouse This prostrate country from her mortal trance: Therefore I live to tell it; and for this Hath the Lord God Almighty given to me A spirit not mine own and strength from Heaven; Dealing with me as in the days of old With that Bethulian Matron when she saved His people from the spoiler.
trance
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From this reading Aye, she exclaim’d, My tale hath moved thee! it might move the dead, Quicken captivity’s dead soul, and rouse This prostrate country from her mortal trance: Therefore I live to tell it; and for this Hath the Lord God Almighty given to me A spirit not mine own and strength from Heaven; Dealing with me as in the days of old With that Bethulian Matron when she saved His people from the spoiler.
transfigured
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From this reading Awhile in silence Adosinda stood, Reading his alter’d visage and the thoughts Which thus transfigured him.
up
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From this reading Not veil’d and vow’d To pass my days in holiness and peace; Nor yet between sepulchral walls immured, Alive to penitence alone; my rule He hath himself prescribed, and hath infused A passion in this woman’s breast, wherein All passions and all virtues are combined; Love, hatred, joy, and anguish, and despair, And hope, and natural piety, and faith, Make up the mighty feeling.
veil'd
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From this reading Not veil’d and vow’d To pass my days in holiness and peace; Nor yet between sepulchral walls immured, Alive to penitence alone; my rule He hath himself prescribed, and hath infused A passion in this woman’s breast, wherein All passions and all virtues are combined; Love, hatred, joy, and anguish, and despair, And hope, and natural piety, and faith, Make up the mighty feeling.
virtues
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From this reading Not veil’d and vow’d To pass my days in holiness and peace; Nor yet between sepulchral walls immured, Alive to penitence alone; my rule He hath himself prescribed, and hath infused A passion in this woman’s breast, wherein All passions and all virtues are combined; Love, hatred, joy, and anguish, and despair, And hope, and natural piety, and faith, Make up the mighty feeling.
visage
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From this reading Awhile in silence Adosinda stood, Reading his alter’d visage and the thoughts Which thus transfigured him.
vow'd
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From this reading Not veil’d and vow’d To pass my days in holiness and peace; Nor yet between sepulchral walls immured, Alive to penitence alone; my rule He hath himself prescribed, and hath infused A passion in this woman’s breast, wherein All passions and all virtues are combined; Love, hatred, joy, and anguish, and despair, And hope, and natural piety, and faith, Make up the mighty feeling.
walls
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From this reading Not veil’d and vow’d To pass my days in holiness and peace; Nor yet between sepulchral walls immured, Alive to penitence alone; my rule He hath himself prescribed, and hath infused A passion in this woman’s breast, wherein All passions and all virtues are combined; Love, hatred, joy, and anguish, and despair, And hope, and natural piety, and faith, Make up the mighty feeling.
WhatpronounUS /wʌt/
used to ask for information about something
From this reading What remains But that the life which he hath thus preserved I consecrate to him?
whenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading Aye, she exclaim’d, My tale hath moved thee! it might move the dead, Quicken captivity’s dead soul, and rouse This prostrate country from her mortal trance: Therefore I live to tell it; and for this Hath the Lord God Almighty given to me A spirit not mine own and strength from Heaven; Dealing with me as in the days of old With that Bethulian Matron when she saved His people from the spoiler.
wherein
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From this reading Not veil’d and vow’d To pass my days in holiness and peace; Nor yet between sepulchral walls immured, Alive to penitence alone; my rule He hath himself prescribed, and hath infused A passion in this woman’s breast, wherein All passions and all virtues are combined; Love, hatred, joy, and anguish, and despair, And hope, and natural piety, and faith, Make up the mighty feeling.
WhichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading Awhile in silence Adosinda stood, Reading his alter’d visage and the thoughts Which thus transfigured him.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading Aye, she exclaim’d, My tale hath moved thee! it might move the dead, Quicken captivity’s dead soul, and rouse This prostrate country from her mortal trance: Therefore I live to tell it; and for this Hath the Lord God Almighty given to me A spirit not mine own and strength from Heaven; Dealing with me as in the days of old With that Bethulian Matron when she saved His people from the spoiler.
woman's
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From this reading Not veil’d and vow’d To pass my days in holiness and peace; Nor yet between sepulchral walls immured, Alive to penitence alone; my rule He hath himself prescribed, and hath infused A passion in this woman’s breast, wherein All passions and all virtues are combined; Love, hatred, joy, and anguish, and despair, And hope, and natural piety, and faith, Make up the mighty feeling.
yetconjunctionUS /jet/
but in spite of that
From this reading Not veil’d and vow’d To pass my days in holiness and peace; Nor yet between sepulchral walls immured, Alive to penitence alone; my rule He hath himself prescribed, and hath infused A passion in this woman’s breast, wherein All passions and all virtues are combined; Love, hatred, joy, and anguish, and despair, And hope, and natural piety, and faith, Make up the mighty feeling.
