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1811
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From this reading Since there is room in this volume for more verses than Colonel Hay’s {9}, I have added to them a few poems by Sir Walter Scott; the first written in 1811 at the time of the struggle with Napoleon in the Peninsula, the second in 1815, after Waterloo.
1815
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From this reading Since there is room in this volume for more verses than Colonel Hay’s {9}, I have added to them a few poems by Sir Walter Scott; the first written in 1811 at the time of the struggle with Napoleon in the Peninsula, the second in 1815, after Waterloo.
9
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From this reading Since there is room in this volume for more verses than Colonel Hay’s {9}, I have added to them a few poems by Sir Walter Scott; the first written in 1811 at the time of the struggle with Napoleon in the Peninsula, the second in 1815, after Waterloo.
adeterminerUS /ə/
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading Since there is room in this volume for more verses than Colonel Hay’s {9}, I have added to them a few poems by Sir Walter Scott; the first written in 1811 at the time of the struggle with Napoleon in the Peninsula, the second in 1815, after Waterloo.
addednounUS /added/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Since there is room in this volume for more verses than Colonel Hay’s {9}, I have added to them a few poems by Sir Walter Scott; the first written in 1811 at the time of the struggle with Napoleon in the Peninsula, the second in 1815, after Waterloo.
afterprepositionUS /ˈæftər/
later than; following
From this reading Since there is room in this volume for more verses than Colonel Hay’s {9}, I have added to them a few poems by Sir Walter Scott; the first written in 1811 at the time of the struggle with Napoleon in the Peninsula, the second in 1815, after Waterloo.
againnounUS /again/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The day is to come when war shall be no more, but wars have been and may again be necessary to bring on that day; and it is of such war, not untinged with the light of heaven, that we have passing shadows in this little book.
all
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From this reading Thus there is over all this volume a thin haze of battle through which we see only the finer feelings and the nobler hopes of man.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Thus there is over all this volume a thin haze of battle through which we see only the finer feelings and the nobler hopes of man.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading Since there is room in this volume for more verses than Colonel Hay’s {9}, I have added to them a few poems by Sir Walter Scott; the first written in 1811 at the time of the struggle with Napoleon in the Peninsula, the second in 1815, after Waterloo.
battle
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From this reading Thus there is over all this volume a thin haze of battle through which we see only the finer feelings and the nobler hopes of man.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading The day is to come when war shall be no more, but wars have been and may again be necessary to bring on that day; and it is of such war, not untinged with the light of heaven, that we have passing shadows in this little book.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading The day is to come when war shall be no more, but wars have been and may again be necessary to bring on that day; and it is of such war, not untinged with the light of heaven, that we have passing shadows in this little book.
book
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From this reading The day is to come when war shall be no more, but wars have been and may again be necessary to bring on that day; and it is of such war, not untinged with the light of heaven, that we have passing shadows in this little book.
bring
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From this reading The day is to come when war shall be no more, but wars have been and may again be necessary to bring on that day; and it is of such war, not untinged with the light of heaven, that we have passing shadows in this little book.
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading The day is to come when war shall be no more, but wars have been and may again be necessary to bring on that day; and it is of such war, not untinged with the light of heaven, that we have passing shadows in this little book.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading Since there is room in this volume for more verses than Colonel Hay’s {9}, I have added to them a few poems by Sir Walter Scott; the first written in 1811 at the time of the struggle with Napoleon in the Peninsula, the second in 1815, after Waterloo.
CLAUDIAN
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From this reading “_Quid dignum memorare tuis_, _Hispania_, _terris_, _Vox humana valet_!”—CLAUDIAN.
Colonel
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From this reading Since there is room in this volume for more verses than Colonel Hay’s {9}, I have added to them a few poems by Sir Walter Scott; the first written in 1811 at the time of the struggle with Napoleon in the Peninsula, the second in 1815, after Waterloo.
comenounUS /come/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The day is to come when war shall be no more, but wars have been and may again be necessary to bring on that day; and it is of such war, not untinged with the light of heaven, that we have passing shadows in this little book.
day
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From this reading The day is to come when war shall be no more, but wars have been and may again be necessary to bring on that day; and it is of such war, not untinged with the light of heaven, that we have passing shadows in this little book.
dignum
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From this reading “_Quid dignum memorare tuis_, _Hispania_, _terris_, _Vox humana valet_!”—CLAUDIAN.
feelings
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From this reading Thus there is over all this volume a thin haze of battle through which we see only the finer feelings and the nobler hopes of man.
few
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From this reading Since there is room in this volume for more verses than Colonel Hay’s {9}, I have added to them a few poems by Sir Walter Scott; the first written in 1811 at the time of the struggle with Napoleon in the Peninsula, the second in 1815, after Waterloo.
finer
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From this reading Thus there is over all this volume a thin haze of battle through which we see only the finer feelings and the nobler hopes of man.
firstnounUS /first/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Since there is room in this volume for more verses than Colonel Hay’s {9}, I have added to them a few poems by Sir Walter Scott; the first written in 1811 at the time of the struggle with Napoleon in the Peninsula, the second in 1815, after Waterloo.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading Since there is room in this volume for more verses than Colonel Hay’s {9}, I have added to them a few poems by Sir Walter Scott; the first written in 1811 at the time of the struggle with Napoleon in the Peninsula, the second in 1815, after Waterloo.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading Since there is room in this volume for more verses than Colonel Hay’s {9}, I have added to them a few poems by Sir Walter Scott; the first written in 1811 at the time of the struggle with Napoleon in the Peninsula, the second in 1815, after Waterloo.
Hay's
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From this reading Since there is room in this volume for more verses than Colonel Hay’s {9}, I have added to them a few poems by Sir Walter Scott; the first written in 1811 at the time of the struggle with Napoleon in the Peninsula, the second in 1815, after Waterloo.
haze
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From this reading Thus there is over all this volume a thin haze of battle through which we see only the finer feelings and the nobler hopes of man.
heaven
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From this reading The day is to come when war shall be no more, but wars have been and may again be necessary to bring on that day; and it is of such war, not untinged with the light of heaven, that we have passing shadows in this little book.
Hispania
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From this reading “_Quid dignum memorare tuis_, _Hispania_, _terris_, _Vox humana valet_!”—CLAUDIAN.
hopes
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From this reading Thus there is over all this volume a thin haze of battle through which we see only the finer feelings and the nobler hopes of man.
humana
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From this reading “_Quid dignum memorare tuis_, _Hispania_, _terris_, _Vox humana valet_!”—CLAUDIAN.
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading Since there is room in this volume for more verses than Colonel Hay’s {9}, I have added to them a few poems by Sir Walter Scott; the first written in 1811 at the time of the struggle with Napoleon in the Peninsula, the second in 1815, after Waterloo.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Since there is room in this volume for more verses than Colonel Hay’s {9}, I have added to them a few poems by Sir Walter Scott; the first written in 1811 at the time of the struggle with Napoleon in the Peninsula, the second in 1815, after Waterloo.
INTRODUCTION
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From this reading INTRODUCTION.
isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Since there is room in this volume for more verses than Colonel Hay’s {9}, I have added to them a few poems by Sir Walter Scott; the first written in 1811 at the time of the struggle with Napoleon in the Peninsula, the second in 1815, after Waterloo.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading The day is to come when war shall be no more, but wars have been and may again be necessary to bring on that day; and it is of such war, not untinged with the light of heaven, that we have passing shadows in this little book.
light
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From this reading The day is to come when war shall be no more, but wars have been and may again be necessary to bring on that day; and it is of such war, not untinged with the light of heaven, that we have passing shadows in this little book.
littlenounUS /little/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The day is to come when war shall be no more, but wars have been and may again be necessary to bring on that day; and it is of such war, not untinged with the light of heaven, that we have passing shadows in this little book.
man
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From this reading Thus there is over all this volume a thin haze of battle through which we see only the finer feelings and the nobler hopes of man.
maymodal verbUS /meɪ/
used to say something is possible, or to give permission
From this reading The day is to come when war shall be no more, but wars have been and may again be necessary to bring on that day; and it is of such war, not untinged with the light of heaven, that we have passing shadows in this little book.
memorare
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From this reading “_Quid dignum memorare tuis_, _Hispania_, _terris_, _Vox humana valet_!”—CLAUDIAN.
more
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From this reading Since there is room in this volume for more verses than Colonel Hay’s {9}, I have added to them a few poems by Sir Walter Scott; the first written in 1811 at the time of the struggle with Napoleon in the Peninsula, the second in 1815, after Waterloo.
Napoleon
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From this reading Since there is room in this volume for more verses than Colonel Hay’s {9}, I have added to them a few poems by Sir Walter Scott; the first written in 1811 at the time of the struggle with Napoleon in the Peninsula, the second in 1815, after Waterloo.
necessary
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From this reading The day is to come when war shall be no more, but wars have been and may again be necessary to bring on that day; and it is of such war, not untinged with the light of heaven, that we have passing shadows in this little book.
nodeterminerUS /noʊ/
not any; not one
From this reading The day is to come when war shall be no more, but wars have been and may again be necessary to bring on that day; and it is of such war, not untinged with the light of heaven, that we have passing shadows in this little book.
nobler
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From this reading Thus there is over all this volume a thin haze of battle through which we see only the finer feelings and the nobler hopes of man.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading The day is to come when war shall be no more, but wars have been and may again be necessary to bring on that day; and it is of such war, not untinged with the light of heaven, that we have passing shadows in this little book.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Since there is room in this volume for more verses than Colonel Hay’s {9}, I have added to them a few poems by Sir Walter Scott; the first written in 1811 at the time of the struggle with Napoleon in the Peninsula, the second in 1815, after Waterloo.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading The day is to come when war shall be no more, but wars have been and may again be necessary to bring on that day; and it is of such war, not untinged with the light of heaven, that we have passing shadows in this little book.
only
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From this reading Thus there is over all this volume a thin haze of battle through which we see only the finer feelings and the nobler hopes of man.
overprepositionUS /ˈoʊvər/
above and across; more than
From this reading Thus there is over all this volume a thin haze of battle through which we see only the finer feelings and the nobler hopes of man.
passing
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From this reading The day is to come when war shall be no more, but wars have been and may again be necessary to bring on that day; and it is of such war, not untinged with the light of heaven, that we have passing shadows in this little book.
Peninsula
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From this reading Since there is room in this volume for more verses than Colonel Hay’s {9}, I have added to them a few poems by Sir Walter Scott; the first written in 1811 at the time of the struggle with Napoleon in the Peninsula, the second in 1815, after Waterloo.
poems
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From this reading Since there is room in this volume for more verses than Colonel Hay’s {9}, I have added to them a few poems by Sir Walter Scott; the first written in 1811 at the time of the struggle with Napoleon in the Peninsula, the second in 1815, after Waterloo.
Quid
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From this reading “_Quid dignum memorare tuis_, _Hispania_, _terris_, _Vox humana valet_!”—CLAUDIAN.
room
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From this reading Since there is room in this volume for more verses than Colonel Hay’s {9}, I have added to them a few poems by Sir Walter Scott; the first written in 1811 at the time of the struggle with Napoleon in the Peninsula, the second in 1815, after Waterloo.
Scott
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From this reading Since there is room in this volume for more verses than Colonel Hay’s {9}, I have added to them a few poems by Sir Walter Scott; the first written in 1811 at the time of the struggle with Napoleon in the Peninsula, the second in 1815, after Waterloo.
second
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From this reading Since there is room in this volume for more verses than Colonel Hay’s {9}, I have added to them a few poems by Sir Walter Scott; the first written in 1811 at the time of the struggle with Napoleon in the Peninsula, the second in 1815, after Waterloo.
see
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From this reading Thus there is over all this volume a thin haze of battle through which we see only the finer feelings and the nobler hopes of man.
shadows
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From this reading The day is to come when war shall be no more, but wars have been and may again be necessary to bring on that day; and it is of such war, not untinged with the light of heaven, that we have passing shadows in this little book.
shallmodal verbUS /ʃæl/
used with I and we for the future, or to offer and suggest
From this reading The day is to come when war shall be no more, but wars have been and may again be necessary to bring on that day; and it is of such war, not untinged with the light of heaven, that we have passing shadows in this little book.
SinceprepositionUS /sɪns/
from a time in the past until now
From this reading Since there is room in this volume for more verses than Colonel Hay’s {9}, I have added to them a few poems by Sir Walter Scott; the first written in 1811 at the time of the struggle with Napoleon in the Peninsula, the second in 1815, after Waterloo.
Sir
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From this reading Since there is room in this volume for more verses than Colonel Hay’s {9}, I have added to them a few poems by Sir Walter Scott; the first written in 1811 at the time of the struggle with Napoleon in the Peninsula, the second in 1815, after Waterloo.
struggle
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From this reading Since there is room in this volume for more verses than Colonel Hay’s {9}, I have added to them a few poems by Sir Walter Scott; the first written in 1811 at the time of the struggle with Napoleon in the Peninsula, the second in 1815, after Waterloo.
suchdeterminerUS /sʌtʃ/
of the kind already mentioned
From this reading The day is to come when war shall be no more, but wars have been and may again be necessary to bring on that day; and it is of such war, not untinged with the light of heaven, that we have passing shadows in this little book.
terris
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From this reading “_Quid dignum memorare tuis_, _Hispania_, _terris_, _Vox humana valet_!”—CLAUDIAN.
thanconjunctionUS /ðæn/
used to introduce the second part of a comparison
From this reading Since there is room in this volume for more verses than Colonel Hay’s {9}, I have added to them a few poems by Sir Walter Scott; the first written in 1811 at the time of the struggle with Napoleon in the Peninsula, the second in 1815, after Waterloo.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading The day is to come when war shall be no more, but wars have been and may again be necessary to bring on that day; and it is of such war, not untinged with the light of heaven, that we have passing shadows in this little book.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Since there is room in this volume for more verses than Colonel Hay’s {9}, I have added to them a few poems by Sir Walter Scott; the first written in 1811 at the time of the struggle with Napoleon in the Peninsula, the second in 1815, after Waterloo.
thempronounUS /ðem/
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading Since there is room in this volume for more verses than Colonel Hay’s {9}, I have added to them a few poems by Sir Walter Scott; the first written in 1811 at the time of the struggle with Napoleon in the Peninsula, the second in 1815, after Waterloo.
there
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From this reading Since there is room in this volume for more verses than Colonel Hay’s {9}, I have added to them a few poems by Sir Walter Scott; the first written in 1811 at the time of the struggle with Napoleon in the Peninsula, the second in 1815, after Waterloo.
thinadjectiveUS /θɪn/
Having little thickness or extent.
From this reading Thus there is over all this volume a thin haze of battle through which we see only the finer feelings and the nobler hopes of man.
thisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading Since there is room in this volume for more verses than Colonel Hay’s {9}, I have added to them a few poems by Sir Walter Scott; the first written in 1811 at the time of the struggle with Napoleon in the Peninsula, the second in 1815, after Waterloo.
throughnounUS /ˈthrough/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading Thus there is over all this volume a thin haze of battle through which we see only the finer feelings and the nobler hopes of man.
Thus
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From this reading Thus there is over all this volume a thin haze of battle through which we see only the finer feelings and the nobler hopes of man.
timenounUS /time/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Since there is room in this volume for more verses than Colonel Hay’s {9}, I have added to them a few poems by Sir Walter Scott; the first written in 1811 at the time of the struggle with Napoleon in the Peninsula, the second in 1815, after Waterloo.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Since there is room in this volume for more verses than Colonel Hay’s {9}, I have added to them a few poems by Sir Walter Scott; the first written in 1811 at the time of the struggle with Napoleon in the Peninsula, the second in 1815, after Waterloo.
tuis
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From this reading “_Quid dignum memorare tuis_, _Hispania_, _terris_, _Vox humana valet_!”—CLAUDIAN.
untinged
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From this reading The day is to come when war shall be no more, but wars have been and may again be necessary to bring on that day; and it is of such war, not untinged with the light of heaven, that we have passing shadows in this little book.
valet
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From this reading “_Quid dignum memorare tuis_, _Hispania_, _terris_, _Vox humana valet_!”—CLAUDIAN.
verses
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From this reading Since there is room in this volume for more verses than Colonel Hay’s {9}, I have added to them a few poems by Sir Walter Scott; the first written in 1811 at the time of the struggle with Napoleon in the Peninsula, the second in 1815, after Waterloo.
volume
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From this reading Since there is room in this volume for more verses than Colonel Hay’s {9}, I have added to them a few poems by Sir Walter Scott; the first written in 1811 at the time of the struggle with Napoleon in the Peninsula, the second in 1815, after Waterloo.
Vox
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From this reading “_Quid dignum memorare tuis_, _Hispania_, _terris_, _Vox humana valet_!”—CLAUDIAN.
Walter
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From this reading Since there is room in this volume for more verses than Colonel Hay’s {9}, I have added to them a few poems by Sir Walter Scott; the first written in 1811 at the time of the struggle with Napoleon in the Peninsula, the second in 1815, after Waterloo.
war
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From this reading The day is to come when war shall be no more, but wars have been and may again be necessary to bring on that day; and it is of such war, not untinged with the light of heaven, that we have passing shadows in this little book.
wars
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From this reading The day is to come when war shall be no more, but wars have been and may again be necessary to bring on that day; and it is of such war, not untinged with the light of heaven, that we have passing shadows in this little book.
Waterloo
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From this reading Since there is room in this volume for more verses than Colonel Hay’s {9}, I have added to them a few poems by Sir Walter Scott; the first written in 1811 at the time of the struggle with Napoleon in the Peninsula, the second in 1815, after Waterloo.
wepronounUS /wiː/
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading Thus there is over all this volume a thin haze of battle through which we see only the finer feelings and the nobler hopes of man.
whenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading The day is to come when war shall be no more, but wars have been and may again be necessary to bring on that day; and it is of such war, not untinged with the light of heaven, that we have passing shadows in this little book.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading Thus there is over all this volume a thin haze of battle through which we see only the finer feelings and the nobler hopes of man.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading Since there is room in this volume for more verses than Colonel Hay’s {9}, I have added to them a few poems by Sir Walter Scott; the first written in 1811 at the time of the struggle with Napoleon in the Peninsula, the second in 1815, after Waterloo.
written
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From this reading Since there is room in this volume for more verses than Colonel Hay’s {9}, I have added to them a few poems by Sir Walter Scott; the first written in 1811 at the time of the struggle with Napoleon in the Peninsula, the second in 1815, after Waterloo.
