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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 Of music, painting, and sculpture he has written with the intimate and minute knowledge of a specialist in each art.
Abt
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From this reading In such poems as "Abt Vogler," "Fra Lippo Lippi," "Andrea del Sarto," we are conscious not so much of music and pictures as of the secret springs of failure, the divine despairs and discontents, the aspirations, the creative ecstasies, of the men who wrought in these realms.
affect
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From this reading The process and even the completed product are in Browning's view important only in so far as they reveal or affect the artist, the musician, the sculptor, or some phase of life.
afterprepositionUS /ˈæftər/
later than; following
From this reading He is familiar with implements and materials, with the tricks of the trade, the talk of the studios; but, after all, the art as an art is of much less interest to him than is the worker.
all
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From this reading He is familiar with implements and materials, with the tricks of the trade, the talk of the studios; but, after all, the art as an art is of much less interest to him than is the worker.
andeterminerUS /æn/
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading He is familiar with implements and materials, with the tricks of the trade, the talk of the studios; but, after all, the art as an art is of much less interest to him than is the worker.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Of music, painting, and sculpture he has written with the intimate and minute knowledge of a specialist in each art.
Andrea
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From this reading In such poems as "Abt Vogler," "Fra Lippo Lippi," "Andrea del Sarto," we are conscious not so much of music and pictures as of the secret springs of failure, the divine despairs and discontents, the aspirations, the creative ecstasies, of the men who wrought in these realms.
areauxiliary verbUS /ɑːr/
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading The process and even the completed product are in Browning's view important only in so far as they reveal or affect the artist, the musician, the sculptor, or some phase of life.
artauxiliary verbUS /ɑːrt/
an old form of “are”, used with “thou”
From this reading Of music, painting, and sculpture he has written with the intimate and minute knowledge of a specialist in each art.
artist
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From this reading The process and even the completed product are in Browning's view important only in so far as they reveal or affect the artist, the musician, the sculptor, or some phase of life.
arts
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From this reading Browning's paramount interest in human nature is further illustrated by his poems on the various arts.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading He is familiar with implements and materials, with the tricks of the trade, the talk of the studios; but, after all, the art as an art is of much less interest to him than is the worker.
aspirations
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From this reading In such poems as "Abt Vogler," "Fra Lippo Lippi," "Andrea del Sarto," we are conscious not so much of music and pictures as of the secret springs of failure, the divine despairs and discontents, the aspirations, the creative ecstasies, of the men who wrought in these realms.
Browning's
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From this reading Browning's paramount interest in human nature is further illustrated by his poems on the various arts.
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading He is familiar with implements and materials, with the tricks of the trade, the talk of the studios; but, after all, the art as an art is of much less interest to him than is the worker.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading Browning's paramount interest in human nature is further illustrated by his poems on the various arts.
completed
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From this reading The process and even the completed product are in Browning's view important only in so far as they reveal or affect the artist, the musician, the sculptor, or some phase of life.
conscious
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From this reading In such poems as "Abt Vogler," "Fra Lippo Lippi," "Andrea del Sarto," we are conscious not so much of music and pictures as of the secret springs of failure, the divine despairs and discontents, the aspirations, the creative ecstasies, of the men who wrought in these realms.
creative
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From this reading In such poems as "Abt Vogler," "Fra Lippo Lippi," "Andrea del Sarto," we are conscious not so much of music and pictures as of the secret springs of failure, the divine despairs and discontents, the aspirations, the creative ecstasies, of the men who wrought in these realms.
del
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From this reading In such poems as "Abt Vogler," "Fra Lippo Lippi," "Andrea del Sarto," we are conscious not so much of music and pictures as of the secret springs of failure, the divine despairs and discontents, the aspirations, the creative ecstasies, of the men who wrought in these realms.
despairs
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From this reading In such poems as "Abt Vogler," "Fra Lippo Lippi," "Andrea del Sarto," we are conscious not so much of music and pictures as of the secret springs of failure, the divine despairs and discontents, the aspirations, the creative ecstasies, of the men who wrought in these realms.
discontents
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From this reading In such poems as "Abt Vogler," "Fra Lippo Lippi," "Andrea del Sarto," we are conscious not so much of music and pictures as of the secret springs of failure, the divine despairs and discontents, the aspirations, the creative ecstasies, of the men who wrought in these realms.
divine
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From this reading In such poems as "Abt Vogler," "Fra Lippo Lippi," "Andrea del Sarto," we are conscious not so much of music and pictures as of the secret springs of failure, the divine despairs and discontents, the aspirations, the creative ecstasies, of the men who wrought in these realms.
eachdeterminerUS /iːtʃ/
every one of two or more people or things, taken separately
From this reading Of music, painting, and sculpture he has written with the intimate and minute knowledge of a specialist in each art.
ecstasies
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From this reading In such poems as "Abt Vogler," "Fra Lippo Lippi," "Andrea del Sarto," we are conscious not so much of music and pictures as of the secret springs of failure, the divine despairs and discontents, the aspirations, the creative ecstasies, of the men who wrought in these realms.
evennounUS /even/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The process and even the completed product are in Browning's view important only in so far as they reveal or affect the artist, the musician, the sculptor, or some phase of life.
failure
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From this reading In such poems as "Abt Vogler," "Fra Lippo Lippi," "Andrea del Sarto," we are conscious not so much of music and pictures as of the secret springs of failure, the divine despairs and discontents, the aspirations, the creative ecstasies, of the men who wrought in these realms.
familiar
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From this reading He is familiar with implements and materials, with the tricks of the trade, the talk of the studios; but, after all, the art as an art is of much less interest to him than is the worker.
far
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From this reading The process and even the completed product are in Browning's view important only in so far as they reveal or affect the artist, the musician, the sculptor, or some phase of life.
Fra
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From this reading In such poems as "Abt Vogler," "Fra Lippo Lippi," "Andrea del Sarto," we are conscious not so much of music and pictures as of the secret springs of failure, the divine despairs and discontents, the aspirations, the creative ecstasies, of the men who wrought in these realms.
further
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From this reading Browning's paramount interest in human nature is further illustrated by his poems on the various arts.
hasauxiliary verbUS /hæz/
the form of “have” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Of music, painting, and sculpture he has written with the intimate and minute knowledge of a specialist in each art.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Of music, painting, and sculpture he has written with the intimate and minute knowledge of a specialist in each art.
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading He is familiar with implements and materials, with the tricks of the trade, the talk of the studios; but, after all, the art as an art is of much less interest to him than is the worker.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Browning's paramount interest in human nature is further illustrated by his poems on the various arts.
human
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From this reading Browning's paramount interest in human nature is further illustrated by his poems on the various arts.
illustrated
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From this reading Browning's paramount interest in human nature is further illustrated by his poems on the various arts.
implements
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From this reading He is familiar with implements and materials, with the tricks of the trade, the talk of the studios; but, after all, the art as an art is of much less interest to him than is the worker.
important
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From this reading The process and even the completed product are in Browning's view important only in so far as they reveal or affect the artist, the musician, the sculptor, or some phase of life.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Browning's paramount interest in human nature is further illustrated by his poems on the various arts.
interest
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From this reading Browning's paramount interest in human nature is further illustrated by his poems on the various arts.
intimate
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From this reading Of music, painting, and sculpture he has written with the intimate and minute knowledge of a specialist in each art.
isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Browning's paramount interest in human nature is further illustrated by his poems on the various arts.
knowledge
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From this reading Of music, painting, and sculpture he has written with the intimate and minute knowledge of a specialist in each art.
less
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From this reading He is familiar with implements and materials, with the tricks of the trade, the talk of the studios; but, after all, the art as an art is of much less interest to him than is the worker.
lifenounUS /life/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The process and even the completed product are in Browning's view important only in so far as they reveal or affect the artist, the musician, the sculptor, or some phase of life.
Lippi
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From this reading In such poems as "Abt Vogler," "Fra Lippo Lippi," "Andrea del Sarto," we are conscious not so much of music and pictures as of the secret springs of failure, the divine despairs and discontents, the aspirations, the creative ecstasies, of the men who wrought in these realms.
Lippo
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From this reading In such poems as "Abt Vogler," "Fra Lippo Lippi," "Andrea del Sarto," we are conscious not so much of music and pictures as of the secret springs of failure, the divine despairs and discontents, the aspirations, the creative ecstasies, of the men who wrought in these realms.
materials
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From this reading He is familiar with implements and materials, with the tricks of the trade, the talk of the studios; but, after all, the art as an art is of much less interest to him than is the worker.
men
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From this reading In such poems as "Abt Vogler," "Fra Lippo Lippi," "Andrea del Sarto," we are conscious not so much of music and pictures as of the secret springs of failure, the divine despairs and discontents, the aspirations, the creative ecstasies, of the men who wrought in these realms.
minute
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From this reading Of music, painting, and sculpture he has written with the intimate and minute knowledge of a specialist in each art.
much
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From this reading He is familiar with implements and materials, with the tricks of the trade, the talk of the studios; but, after all, the art as an art is of much less interest to him than is the worker.
music
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From this reading Of music, painting, and sculpture he has written with the intimate and minute knowledge of a specialist in each art.
musician
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From this reading The process and even the completed product are in Browning's view important only in so far as they reveal or affect the artist, the musician, the sculptor, or some phase of life.
nature
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From this reading Browning's paramount interest in human nature is further illustrated by his poems on the various arts.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading In such poems as "Abt Vogler," "Fra Lippo Lippi," "Andrea del Sarto," we are conscious not so much of music and pictures as of the secret springs of failure, the divine despairs and discontents, the aspirations, the creative ecstasies, of the men who wrought in these realms.
OfprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Of music, painting, and sculpture he has written with the intimate and minute knowledge of a specialist in each art.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading Browning's paramount interest in human nature is further illustrated by his poems on the various arts.
only
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From this reading The process and even the completed product are in Browning's view important only in so far as they reveal or affect the artist, the musician, the sculptor, or some phase of life.
orconjunctionUS /ɔːr/
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading The process and even the completed product are in Browning's view important only in so far as they reveal or affect the artist, the musician, the sculptor, or some phase of life.
painting
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From this reading Of music, painting, and sculpture he has written with the intimate and minute knowledge of a specialist in each art.
paramount
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From this reading Browning's paramount interest in human nature is further illustrated by his poems on the various arts.
phase
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From this reading The process and even the completed product are in Browning's view important only in so far as they reveal or affect the artist, the musician, the sculptor, or some phase of life.
pictures
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From this reading In such poems as "Abt Vogler," "Fra Lippo Lippi," "Andrea del Sarto," we are conscious not so much of music and pictures as of the secret springs of failure, the divine despairs and discontents, the aspirations, the creative ecstasies, of the men who wrought in these realms.
poems
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From this reading Browning's paramount interest in human nature is further illustrated by his poems on the various arts.
process
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From this reading The process and even the completed product are in Browning's view important only in so far as they reveal or affect the artist, the musician, the sculptor, or some phase of life.
product
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From this reading The process and even the completed product are in Browning's view important only in so far as they reveal or affect the artist, the musician, the sculptor, or some phase of life.
realms
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From this reading In such poems as "Abt Vogler," "Fra Lippo Lippi," "Andrea del Sarto," we are conscious not so much of music and pictures as of the secret springs of failure, the divine despairs and discontents, the aspirations, the creative ecstasies, of the men who wrought in these realms.
reveal
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From this reading The process and even the completed product are in Browning's view important only in so far as they reveal or affect the artist, the musician, the sculptor, or some phase of life.
Sarto
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From this reading In such poems as "Abt Vogler," "Fra Lippo Lippi," "Andrea del Sarto," we are conscious not so much of music and pictures as of the secret springs of failure, the divine despairs and discontents, the aspirations, the creative ecstasies, of the men who wrought in these realms.
sculptor
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From this reading The process and even the completed product are in Browning's view important only in so far as they reveal or affect the artist, the musician, the sculptor, or some phase of life.
sculpture
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From this reading Of music, painting, and sculpture he has written with the intimate and minute knowledge of a specialist in each art.
secretnounUS /ˈsiː.krət/
Something that is kept or meant to be kept unknown or unseen by others.
From this reading In such poems as "Abt Vogler," "Fra Lippo Lippi," "Andrea del Sarto," we are conscious not so much of music and pictures as of the secret springs of failure, the divine despairs and discontents, the aspirations, the creative ecstasies, of the men who wrought in these realms.
soconjunctionUS /soʊ/
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading The process and even the completed product are in Browning's view important only in so far as they reveal or affect the artist, the musician, the sculptor, or some phase of life.
some
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From this reading The process and even the completed product are in Browning's view important only in so far as they reveal or affect the artist, the musician, the sculptor, or some phase of life.
specialist
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From this reading Of music, painting, and sculpture he has written with the intimate and minute knowledge of a specialist in each art.
springs
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From this reading In such poems as "Abt Vogler," "Fra Lippo Lippi," "Andrea del Sarto," we are conscious not so much of music and pictures as of the secret springs of failure, the divine despairs and discontents, the aspirations, the creative ecstasies, of the men who wrought in these realms.
studios
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From this reading He is familiar with implements and materials, with the tricks of the trade, the talk of the studios; but, after all, the art as an art is of much less interest to him than is the worker.
suchdeterminerUS /sʌtʃ/
of the kind already mentioned
From this reading In such poems as "Abt Vogler," "Fra Lippo Lippi," "Andrea del Sarto," we are conscious not so much of music and pictures as of the secret springs of failure, the divine despairs and discontents, the aspirations, the creative ecstasies, of the men who wrought in these realms.
talk
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From this reading He is familiar with implements and materials, with the tricks of the trade, the talk of the studios; but, after all, the art as an art is of much less interest to him than is the worker.
thanconjunctionUS /ðæn/
used to introduce the second part of a comparison
From this reading He is familiar with implements and materials, with the tricks of the trade, the talk of the studios; but, after all, the art as an art is of much less interest to him than is the worker.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Browning's paramount interest in human nature is further illustrated by his poems on the various arts.
thesedeterminerUS /ðiːz/
the plural of “this”: the people or things near, or just mentioned
From this reading In such poems as "Abt Vogler," "Fra Lippo Lippi," "Andrea del Sarto," we are conscious not so much of music and pictures as of the secret springs of failure, the divine despairs and discontents, the aspirations, the creative ecstasies, of the men who wrought in these realms.
theypronounUS /ðeɪ/
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading The process and even the completed product are in Browning's view important only in so far as they reveal or affect the artist, the musician, the sculptor, or some phase of life.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading He is familiar with implements and materials, with the tricks of the trade, the talk of the studios; but, after all, the art as an art is of much less interest to him than is the worker.
trade
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From this reading He is familiar with implements and materials, with the tricks of the trade, the talk of the studios; but, after all, the art as an art is of much less interest to him than is the worker.
tricks
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From this reading He is familiar with implements and materials, with the tricks of the trade, the talk of the studios; but, after all, the art as an art is of much less interest to him than is the worker.
various
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From this reading Browning's paramount interest in human nature is further illustrated by his poems on the various arts.
view
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From this reading The process and even the completed product are in Browning's view important only in so far as they reveal or affect the artist, the musician, the sculptor, or some phase of life.
Vogler
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From this reading In such poems as "Abt Vogler," "Fra Lippo Lippi," "Andrea del Sarto," we are conscious not so much of music and pictures as of the secret springs of failure, the divine despairs and discontents, the aspirations, the creative ecstasies, of the men who wrought in these realms.
wepronounUS /wiː/
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading In such poems as "Abt Vogler," "Fra Lippo Lippi," "Andrea del Sarto," we are conscious not so much of music and pictures as of the secret springs of failure, the divine despairs and discontents, the aspirations, the creative ecstasies, of the men who wrought in these realms.
whopronounUS /huː/
which person or people
From this reading In such poems as "Abt Vogler," "Fra Lippo Lippi," "Andrea del Sarto," we are conscious not so much of music and pictures as of the secret springs of failure, the divine despairs and discontents, the aspirations, the creative ecstasies, of the men who wrought in these realms.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading Of music, painting, and sculpture he has written with the intimate and minute knowledge of a specialist in each art.
worker
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From this reading He is familiar with implements and materials, with the tricks of the trade, the talk of the studios; but, after all, the art as an art is of much less interest to him than is the worker.
written
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From this reading Of music, painting, and sculpture he has written with the intimate and minute knowledge of a specialist in each art.
wrought
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From this reading In such poems as "Abt Vogler," "Fra Lippo Lippi," "Andrea del Sarto," we are conscious not so much of music and pictures as of the secret springs of failure, the divine despairs and discontents, the aspirations, the creative ecstasies, of the men who wrought in these realms.
