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100
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From this reading The Ballad of Justifiable Homicide 89 The Ballad of the Murdered Merchant 90 A Gotham Garden of Verses 92 Lines on Reading Frank J. Wilstach's "A Dictionary of Similes" 94 The Dictaphone Bard 95 The Comfort of Obscurity 97 Ballade of the Traffickers 98 To W. Hohenzollern, on Discontinuing The Conning Tower 100
103
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From this reading To W. Hohenzollern, on Resuming The Conning Tower 103 Thoughts on the Cosmos 105 On Environment 106 The Ballad of the Thoughtless Waiter 107 Rus Vs.
105
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From this reading To W. Hohenzollern, on Resuming The Conning Tower 103 Thoughts on the Cosmos 105 On Environment 106 The Ballad of the Thoughtless Waiter 107 Rus Vs.
106
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From this reading To W. Hohenzollern, on Resuming The Conning Tower 103 Thoughts on the Cosmos 105 On Environment 106 The Ballad of the Thoughtless Waiter 107 Rus Vs.
107
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From this reading To W. Hohenzollern, on Resuming The Conning Tower 103 Thoughts on the Cosmos 105 On Environment 106 The Ballad of the Thoughtless Waiter 107 Rus Vs.
109
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From this reading Urbs 109 "I'm Out of the Army Now" 110 "Oh Man!"
11
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From this reading 112 An Ode in Time of Inauguration 113 What the Copy Desk Might Have Done 124 Song of Synthetic Virility 133 SOMETHING ELSE AGAIN Present Imperative Horace: Book I, Ode 11 _"Tu ne quaesieris--scire nefas--quem mihi; quem tibi----"_ AD LEUCONOEN Nay, query not, Leuconoe, the finish of the fable; Eliminate the worry as to what the years may hoard!
110
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From this reading Urbs 109 "I'm Out of the Army Now" 110 "Oh Man!"
112
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From this reading 112 An Ode in Time of Inauguration 113 What the Copy Desk Might Have Done 124 Song of Synthetic Virility 133 SOMETHING ELSE AGAIN Present Imperative Horace: Book I, Ode 11 _"Tu ne quaesieris--scire nefas--quem mihi; quem tibi----"_ AD LEUCONOEN Nay, query not, Leuconoe, the finish of the fable; Eliminate the worry as to what the years may hoard!
113
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From this reading 112 An Ode in Time of Inauguration 113 What the Copy Desk Might Have Done 124 Song of Synthetic Virility 133 SOMETHING ELSE AGAIN Present Imperative Horace: Book I, Ode 11 _"Tu ne quaesieris--scire nefas--quem mihi; quem tibi----"_ AD LEUCONOEN Nay, query not, Leuconoe, the finish of the fable; Eliminate the worry as to what the years may hoard!
124
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From this reading 112 An Ode in Time of Inauguration 113 What the Copy Desk Might Have Done 124 Song of Synthetic Virility 133 SOMETHING ELSE AGAIN Present Imperative Horace: Book I, Ode 11 _"Tu ne quaesieris--scire nefas--quem mihi; quem tibi----"_ AD LEUCONOEN Nay, query not, Leuconoe, the finish of the fable; Eliminate the worry as to what the years may hoard!
133
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From this reading 112 An Ode in Time of Inauguration 113 What the Copy Desk Might Have Done 124 Song of Synthetic Virility 133 SOMETHING ELSE AGAIN Present Imperative Horace: Book I, Ode 11 _"Tu ne quaesieris--scire nefas--quem mihi; quem tibi----"_ AD LEUCONOEN Nay, query not, Leuconoe, the finish of the fable; Eliminate the worry as to what the years may hoard!
89
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From this reading The Ballad of Justifiable Homicide 89 The Ballad of the Murdered Merchant 90 A Gotham Garden of Verses 92 Lines on Reading Frank J. Wilstach's "A Dictionary of Similes" 94 The Dictaphone Bard 95 The Comfort of Obscurity 97 Ballade of the Traffickers 98 To W. Hohenzollern, on Discontinuing The Conning Tower 100
90
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From this reading The Ballad of Justifiable Homicide 89 The Ballad of the Murdered Merchant 90 A Gotham Garden of Verses 92 Lines on Reading Frank J. Wilstach's "A Dictionary of Similes" 94 The Dictaphone Bard 95 The Comfort of Obscurity 97 Ballade of the Traffickers 98 To W. Hohenzollern, on Discontinuing The Conning Tower 100
92
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From this reading The Ballad of Justifiable Homicide 89 The Ballad of the Murdered Merchant 90 A Gotham Garden of Verses 92 Lines on Reading Frank J. Wilstach's "A Dictionary of Similes" 94 The Dictaphone Bard 95 The Comfort of Obscurity 97 Ballade of the Traffickers 98 To W. Hohenzollern, on Discontinuing The Conning Tower 100
94
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From this reading The Ballad of Justifiable Homicide 89 The Ballad of the Murdered Merchant 90 A Gotham Garden of Verses 92 Lines on Reading Frank J. Wilstach's "A Dictionary of Similes" 94 The Dictaphone Bard 95 The Comfort of Obscurity 97 Ballade of the Traffickers 98 To W. Hohenzollern, on Discontinuing The Conning Tower 100
95
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From this reading The Ballad of Justifiable Homicide 89 The Ballad of the Murdered Merchant 90 A Gotham Garden of Verses 92 Lines on Reading Frank J. Wilstach's "A Dictionary of Similes" 94 The Dictaphone Bard 95 The Comfort of Obscurity 97 Ballade of the Traffickers 98 To W. Hohenzollern, on Discontinuing The Conning Tower 100
97
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From this reading The Ballad of Justifiable Homicide 89 The Ballad of the Murdered Merchant 90 A Gotham Garden of Verses 92 Lines on Reading Frank J. Wilstach's "A Dictionary of Similes" 94 The Dictaphone Bard 95 The Comfort of Obscurity 97 Ballade of the Traffickers 98 To W. Hohenzollern, on Discontinuing The Conning Tower 100
98
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From this reading The Ballad of Justifiable Homicide 89 The Ballad of the Murdered Merchant 90 A Gotham Garden of Verses 92 Lines on Reading Frank J. Wilstach's "A Dictionary of Similes" 94 The Dictaphone Bard 95 The Comfort of Obscurity 97 Ballade of the Traffickers 98 To W. Hohenzollern, on Discontinuing The Conning Tower 100
AdeterminerUS /ə/
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading The Ballad of Justifiable Homicide 89 The Ballad of the Murdered Merchant 90 A Gotham Garden of Verses 92 Lines on Reading Frank J. Wilstach's "A Dictionary of Similes" 94 The Dictaphone Bard 95 The Comfort of Obscurity 97 Ballade of the Traffickers 98 To W. Hohenzollern, on Discontinuing The Conning Tower 100
AD
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From this reading 112 An Ode in Time of Inauguration 113 What the Copy Desk Might Have Done 124 Song of Synthetic Virility 133 SOMETHING ELSE AGAIN Present Imperative Horace: Book I, Ode 11 _"Tu ne quaesieris--scire nefas--quem mihi; quem tibi----"_ AD LEUCONOEN Nay, query not, Leuconoe, the finish of the fable; Eliminate the worry as to what the years may hoard!
AGAINnounUS /again/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading 112 An Ode in Time of Inauguration 113 What the Copy Desk Might Have Done 124 Song of Synthetic Virility 133 SOMETHING ELSE AGAIN Present Imperative Horace: Book I, Ode 11 _"Tu ne quaesieris--scire nefas--quem mihi; quem tibi----"_ AD LEUCONOEN Nay, query not, Leuconoe, the finish of the fable; Eliminate the worry as to what the years may hoard!
AndeterminerUS /æn/
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading 112 An Ode in Time of Inauguration 113 What the Copy Desk Might Have Done 124 Song of Synthetic Virility 133 SOMETHING ELSE AGAIN Present Imperative Horace: Book I, Ode 11 _"Tu ne quaesieris--scire nefas--quem mihi; quem tibi----"_ AD LEUCONOEN Nay, query not, Leuconoe, the finish of the fable; Eliminate the worry as to what the years may hoard!
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading _Author of_ "_By and Large_," "_In Other Words_," "_Tobogganing on Parnassus_," "_Weights and Measures_," _Etc._ The author wishes to thank the _New York Tribune_, _Life_, _Harper's Magazine_, _Collier's Weekly_, and _The Home Sector_, for their kind permission to include in this volume material which has appeared in their pages.
appeared
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From this reading _Author of_ "_By and Large_," "_In Other Words_," "_Tobogganing on Parnassus_," "_Weights and Measures_," _Etc._ The author wishes to thank the _New York Tribune_, _Life_, _Harper's Magazine_, _Collier's Weekly_, and _The Home Sector_, for their kind permission to include in this volume material which has appeared in their pages.
Army
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From this reading Urbs 109 "I'm Out of the Army Now" 110 "Oh Man!"
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading 112 An Ode in Time of Inauguration 113 What the Copy Desk Might Have Done 124 Song of Synthetic Virility 133 SOMETHING ELSE AGAIN Present Imperative Horace: Book I, Ode 11 _"Tu ne quaesieris--scire nefas--quem mihi; quem tibi----"_ AD LEUCONOEN Nay, query not, Leuconoe, the finish of the fable; Eliminate the worry as to what the years may hoard!
Author
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From this reading _Author of_ "_By and Large_," "_In Other Words_," "_Tobogganing on Parnassus_," "_Weights and Measures_," _Etc._ The author wishes to thank the _New York Tribune_, _Life_, _Harper's Magazine_, _Collier's Weekly_, and _The Home Sector_, for their kind permission to include in this volume material which has appeared in their pages.
Ballad
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From this reading The Ballad of Justifiable Homicide 89 The Ballad of the Murdered Merchant 90 A Gotham Garden of Verses 92 Lines on Reading Frank J. Wilstach's "A Dictionary of Similes" 94 The Dictaphone Bard 95 The Comfort of Obscurity 97 Ballade of the Traffickers 98 To W. Hohenzollern, on Discontinuing The Conning Tower 100
Ballade
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From this reading The Ballad of Justifiable Homicide 89 The Ballad of the Murdered Merchant 90 A Gotham Garden of Verses 92 Lines on Reading Frank J. Wilstach's "A Dictionary of Similes" 94 The Dictaphone Bard 95 The Comfort of Obscurity 97 Ballade of the Traffickers 98 To W. Hohenzollern, on Discontinuing The Conning Tower 100
Bard
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From this reading The Ballad of Justifiable Homicide 89 The Ballad of the Murdered Merchant 90 A Gotham Garden of Verses 92 Lines on Reading Frank J. Wilstach's "A Dictionary of Similes" 94 The Dictaphone Bard 95 The Comfort of Obscurity 97 Ballade of the Traffickers 98 To W. Hohenzollern, on Discontinuing The Conning Tower 100
Book
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From this reading 112 An Ode in Time of Inauguration 113 What the Copy Desk Might Have Done 124 Song of Synthetic Virility 133 SOMETHING ELSE AGAIN Present Imperative Horace: Book I, Ode 11 _"Tu ne quaesieris--scire nefas--quem mihi; quem tibi----"_ AD LEUCONOEN Nay, query not, Leuconoe, the finish of the fable; Eliminate the worry as to what the years may hoard!
ByprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading _Author of_ "_By and Large_," "_In Other Words_," "_Tobogganing on Parnassus_," "_Weights and Measures_," _Etc._ The author wishes to thank the _New York Tribune_, _Life_, _Harper's Magazine_, _Collier's Weekly_, and _The Home Sector_, for their kind permission to include in this volume material which has appeared in their pages.
Collier's
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From this reading _Author of_ "_By and Large_," "_In Other Words_," "_Tobogganing on Parnassus_," "_Weights and Measures_," _Etc._ The author wishes to thank the _New York Tribune_, _Life_, _Harper's Magazine_, _Collier's Weekly_, and _The Home Sector_, for their kind permission to include in this volume material which has appeared in their pages.
Comfort
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From this reading The Ballad of Justifiable Homicide 89 The Ballad of the Murdered Merchant 90 A Gotham Garden of Verses 92 Lines on Reading Frank J. Wilstach's "A Dictionary of Similes" 94 The Dictaphone Bard 95 The Comfort of Obscurity 97 Ballade of the Traffickers 98 To W. Hohenzollern, on Discontinuing The Conning Tower 100
Conning
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From this reading The Ballad of Justifiable Homicide 89 The Ballad of the Murdered Merchant 90 A Gotham Garden of Verses 92 Lines on Reading Frank J. Wilstach's "A Dictionary of Similes" 94 The Dictaphone Bard 95 The Comfort of Obscurity 97 Ballade of the Traffickers 98 To W. Hohenzollern, on Discontinuing The Conning Tower 100
Copy
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From this reading 112 An Ode in Time of Inauguration 113 What the Copy Desk Might Have Done 124 Song of Synthetic Virility 133 SOMETHING ELSE AGAIN Present Imperative Horace: Book I, Ode 11 _"Tu ne quaesieris--scire nefas--quem mihi; quem tibi----"_ AD LEUCONOEN Nay, query not, Leuconoe, the finish of the fable; Eliminate the worry as to what the years may hoard!
CosmosnounUS /ˈkɑːz.moʊs/
The universe seen as a well-ordered whole governed by rational nature.
From this reading To W. Hohenzollern, on Resuming The Conning Tower 103 Thoughts on the Cosmos 105 On Environment 106 The Ballad of the Thoughtless Waiter 107 Rus Vs.
Desk
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From this reading 112 An Ode in Time of Inauguration 113 What the Copy Desk Might Have Done 124 Song of Synthetic Virility 133 SOMETHING ELSE AGAIN Present Imperative Horace: Book I, Ode 11 _"Tu ne quaesieris--scire nefas--quem mihi; quem tibi----"_ AD LEUCONOEN Nay, query not, Leuconoe, the finish of the fable; Eliminate the worry as to what the years may hoard!
Dictaphone
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From this reading The Ballad of Justifiable Homicide 89 The Ballad of the Murdered Merchant 90 A Gotham Garden of Verses 92 Lines on Reading Frank J. Wilstach's "A Dictionary of Similes" 94 The Dictaphone Bard 95 The Comfort of Obscurity 97 Ballade of the Traffickers 98 To W. Hohenzollern, on Discontinuing The Conning Tower 100
Dictionary
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From this reading The Ballad of Justifiable Homicide 89 The Ballad of the Murdered Merchant 90 A Gotham Garden of Verses 92 Lines on Reading Frank J. Wilstach's "A Dictionary of Similes" 94 The Dictaphone Bard 95 The Comfort of Obscurity 97 Ballade of the Traffickers 98 To W. Hohenzollern, on Discontinuing The Conning Tower 100
Discontinuing
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From this reading The Ballad of Justifiable Homicide 89 The Ballad of the Murdered Merchant 90 A Gotham Garden of Verses 92 Lines on Reading Frank J. Wilstach's "A Dictionary of Similes" 94 The Dictaphone Bard 95 The Comfort of Obscurity 97 Ballade of the Traffickers 98 To W. Hohenzollern, on Discontinuing The Conning Tower 100
DonenounUS /done/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading 112 An Ode in Time of Inauguration 113 What the Copy Desk Might Have Done 124 Song of Synthetic Virility 133 SOMETHING ELSE AGAIN Present Imperative Horace: Book I, Ode 11 _"Tu ne quaesieris--scire nefas--quem mihi; quem tibi----"_ AD LEUCONOEN Nay, query not, Leuconoe, the finish of the fable; Eliminate the worry as to what the years may hoard!
Eliminate
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From this reading 112 An Ode in Time of Inauguration 113 What the Copy Desk Might Have Done 124 Song of Synthetic Virility 133 SOMETHING ELSE AGAIN Present Imperative Horace: Book I, Ode 11 _"Tu ne quaesieris--scire nefas--quem mihi; quem tibi----"_ AD LEUCONOEN Nay, query not, Leuconoe, the finish of the fable; Eliminate the worry as to what the years may hoard!
ELSE
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From this reading 112 An Ode in Time of Inauguration 113 What the Copy Desk Might Have Done 124 Song of Synthetic Virility 133 SOMETHING ELSE AGAIN Present Imperative Horace: Book I, Ode 11 _"Tu ne quaesieris--scire nefas--quem mihi; quem tibi----"_ AD LEUCONOEN Nay, query not, Leuconoe, the finish of the fable; Eliminate the worry as to what the years may hoard!
Environment
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From this reading To W. Hohenzollern, on Resuming The Conning Tower 103 Thoughts on the Cosmos 105 On Environment 106 The Ballad of the Thoughtless Waiter 107 Rus Vs.
Etc
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From this reading _Author of_ "_By and Large_," "_In Other Words_," "_Tobogganing on Parnassus_," "_Weights and Measures_," _Etc._ The author wishes to thank the _New York Tribune_, _Life_, _Harper's Magazine_, _Collier's Weekly_, and _The Home Sector_, for their kind permission to include in this volume material which has appeared in their pages.
fable
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From this reading 112 An Ode in Time of Inauguration 113 What the Copy Desk Might Have Done 124 Song of Synthetic Virility 133 SOMETHING ELSE AGAIN Present Imperative Horace: Book I, Ode 11 _"Tu ne quaesieris--scire nefas--quem mihi; quem tibi----"_ AD LEUCONOEN Nay, query not, Leuconoe, the finish of the fable; Eliminate the worry as to what the years may hoard!
finish
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From this reading 112 An Ode in Time of Inauguration 113 What the Copy Desk Might Have Done 124 Song of Synthetic Virility 133 SOMETHING ELSE AGAIN Present Imperative Horace: Book I, Ode 11 _"Tu ne quaesieris--scire nefas--quem mihi; quem tibi----"_ AD LEUCONOEN Nay, query not, Leuconoe, the finish of the fable; Eliminate the worry as to what the years may hoard!
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading _Author of_ "_By and Large_," "_In Other Words_," "_Tobogganing on Parnassus_," "_Weights and Measures_," _Etc._ The author wishes to thank the _New York Tribune_, _Life_, _Harper's Magazine_, _Collier's Weekly_, and _The Home Sector_, for their kind permission to include in this volume material which has appeared in their pages.
Frank
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From this reading The Ballad of Justifiable Homicide 89 The Ballad of the Murdered Merchant 90 A Gotham Garden of Verses 92 Lines on Reading Frank J. Wilstach's "A Dictionary of Similes" 94 The Dictaphone Bard 95 The Comfort of Obscurity 97 Ballade of the Traffickers 98 To W. Hohenzollern, on Discontinuing The Conning Tower 100
Garden
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From this reading The Ballad of Justifiable Homicide 89 The Ballad of the Murdered Merchant 90 A Gotham Garden of Verses 92 Lines on Reading Frank J. Wilstach's "A Dictionary of Similes" 94 The Dictaphone Bard 95 The Comfort of Obscurity 97 Ballade of the Traffickers 98 To W. Hohenzollern, on Discontinuing The Conning Tower 100
Gotham
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From this reading The Ballad of Justifiable Homicide 89 The Ballad of the Murdered Merchant 90 A Gotham Garden of Verses 92 Lines on Reading Frank J. Wilstach's "A Dictionary of Similes" 94 The Dictaphone Bard 95 The Comfort of Obscurity 97 Ballade of the Traffickers 98 To W. Hohenzollern, on Discontinuing The Conning Tower 100
Harper's
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From this reading _Author of_ "_By and Large_," "_In Other Words_," "_Tobogganing on Parnassus_," "_Weights and Measures_," _Etc._ The author wishes to thank the _New York Tribune_, _Life_, _Harper's Magazine_, _Collier's Weekly_, and _The Home Sector_, for their kind permission to include in this volume material which has appeared in their pages.
hasauxiliary verbUS /hæz/
the form of “have” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading _Author of_ "_By and Large_," "_In Other Words_," "_Tobogganing on Parnassus_," "_Weights and Measures_," _Etc._ The author wishes to thank the _New York Tribune_, _Life_, _Harper's Magazine_, _Collier's Weekly_, and _The Home Sector_, for their kind permission to include in this volume material which has appeared in their pages.
Haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading 112 An Ode in Time of Inauguration 113 What the Copy Desk Might Have Done 124 Song of Synthetic Virility 133 SOMETHING ELSE AGAIN Present Imperative Horace: Book I, Ode 11 _"Tu ne quaesieris--scire nefas--quem mihi; quem tibi----"_ AD LEUCONOEN Nay, query not, Leuconoe, the finish of the fable; Eliminate the worry as to what the years may hoard!
hoard
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From this reading 112 An Ode in Time of Inauguration 113 What the Copy Desk Might Have Done 124 Song of Synthetic Virility 133 SOMETHING ELSE AGAIN Present Imperative Horace: Book I, Ode 11 _"Tu ne quaesieris--scire nefas--quem mihi; quem tibi----"_ AD LEUCONOEN Nay, query not, Leuconoe, the finish of the fable; Eliminate the worry as to what the years may hoard!
Hohenzollern
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From this reading The Ballad of Justifiable Homicide 89 The Ballad of the Murdered Merchant 90 A Gotham Garden of Verses 92 Lines on Reading Frank J. Wilstach's "A Dictionary of Similes" 94 The Dictaphone Bard 95 The Comfort of Obscurity 97 Ballade of the Traffickers 98 To W. Hohenzollern, on Discontinuing The Conning Tower 100
Home
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From this reading _Author of_ "_By and Large_," "_In Other Words_," "_Tobogganing on Parnassus_," "_Weights and Measures_," _Etc._ The author wishes to thank the _New York Tribune_, _Life_, _Harper's Magazine_, _Collier's Weekly_, and _The Home Sector_, for their kind permission to include in this volume material which has appeared in their pages.
Homicide
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From this reading The Ballad of Justifiable Homicide 89 The Ballad of the Murdered Merchant 90 A Gotham Garden of Verses 92 Lines on Reading Frank J. Wilstach's "A Dictionary of Similes" 94 The Dictaphone Bard 95 The Comfort of Obscurity 97 Ballade of the Traffickers 98 To W. Hohenzollern, on Discontinuing The Conning Tower 100
Horace
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From this reading 112 An Ode in Time of Inauguration 113 What the Copy Desk Might Have Done 124 Song of Synthetic Virility 133 SOMETHING ELSE AGAIN Present Imperative Horace: Book I, Ode 11 _"Tu ne quaesieris--scire nefas--quem mihi; quem tibi----"_ AD LEUCONOEN Nay, query not, Leuconoe, the finish of the fable; Eliminate the worry as to what the years may hoard!
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading 112 An Ode in Time of Inauguration 113 What the Copy Desk Might Have Done 124 Song of Synthetic Virility 133 SOMETHING ELSE AGAIN Present Imperative Horace: Book I, Ode 11 _"Tu ne quaesieris--scire nefas--quem mihi; quem tibi----"_ AD LEUCONOEN Nay, query not, Leuconoe, the finish of the fable; Eliminate the worry as to what the years may hoard!
I'm
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From this reading Urbs 109 "I'm Out of the Army Now" 110 "Oh Man!"
Imperative
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From this reading 112 An Ode in Time of Inauguration 113 What the Copy Desk Might Have Done 124 Song of Synthetic Virility 133 SOMETHING ELSE AGAIN Present Imperative Horace: Book I, Ode 11 _"Tu ne quaesieris--scire nefas--quem mihi; quem tibi----"_ AD LEUCONOEN Nay, query not, Leuconoe, the finish of the fable; Eliminate the worry as to what the years may hoard!
InprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading _Author of_ "_By and Large_," "_In Other Words_," "_Tobogganing on Parnassus_," "_Weights and Measures_," _Etc._ The author wishes to thank the _New York Tribune_, _Life_, _Harper's Magazine_, _Collier's Weekly_, and _The Home Sector_, for their kind permission to include in this volume material which has appeared in their pages.
Inauguration
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From this reading 112 An Ode in Time of Inauguration 113 What the Copy Desk Might Have Done 124 Song of Synthetic Virility 133 SOMETHING ELSE AGAIN Present Imperative Horace: Book I, Ode 11 _"Tu ne quaesieris--scire nefas--quem mihi; quem tibi----"_ AD LEUCONOEN Nay, query not, Leuconoe, the finish of the fable; Eliminate the worry as to what the years may hoard!
include
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From this reading _Author of_ "_By and Large_," "_In Other Words_," "_Tobogganing on Parnassus_," "_Weights and Measures_," _Etc._ The author wishes to thank the _New York Tribune_, _Life_, _Harper's Magazine_, _Collier's Weekly_, and _The Home Sector_, for their kind permission to include in this volume material which has appeared in their pages.
J
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From this reading The Ballad of Justifiable Homicide 89 The Ballad of the Murdered Merchant 90 A Gotham Garden of Verses 92 Lines on Reading Frank J. Wilstach's "A Dictionary of Similes" 94 The Dictaphone Bard 95 The Comfort of Obscurity 97 Ballade of the Traffickers 98 To W. Hohenzollern, on Discontinuing The Conning Tower 100
Justifiable
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From this reading The Ballad of Justifiable Homicide 89 The Ballad of the Murdered Merchant 90 A Gotham Garden of Verses 92 Lines on Reading Frank J. Wilstach's "A Dictionary of Similes" 94 The Dictaphone Bard 95 The Comfort of Obscurity 97 Ballade of the Traffickers 98 To W. Hohenzollern, on Discontinuing The Conning Tower 100
kind
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From this reading _Author of_ "_By and Large_," "_In Other Words_," "_Tobogganing on Parnassus_," "_Weights and Measures_," _Etc._ The author wishes to thank the _New York Tribune_, _Life_, _Harper's Magazine_, _Collier's Weekly_, and _The Home Sector_, for their kind permission to include in this volume material which has appeared in their pages.
Large
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From this reading _Author of_ "_By and Large_," "_In Other Words_," "_Tobogganing on Parnassus_," "_Weights and Measures_," _Etc._ The author wishes to thank the _New York Tribune_, _Life_, _Harper's Magazine_, _Collier's Weekly_, and _The Home Sector_, for their kind permission to include in this volume material which has appeared in their pages.
Leuconoe
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From this reading 112 An Ode in Time of Inauguration 113 What the Copy Desk Might Have Done 124 Song of Synthetic Virility 133 SOMETHING ELSE AGAIN Present Imperative Horace: Book I, Ode 11 _"Tu ne quaesieris--scire nefas--quem mihi; quem tibi----"_ AD LEUCONOEN Nay, query not, Leuconoe, the finish of the fable; Eliminate the worry as to what the years may hoard!
LEUCONOEN
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From this reading 112 An Ode in Time of Inauguration 113 What the Copy Desk Might Have Done 124 Song of Synthetic Virility 133 SOMETHING ELSE AGAIN Present Imperative Horace: Book I, Ode 11 _"Tu ne quaesieris--scire nefas--quem mihi; quem tibi----"_ AD LEUCONOEN Nay, query not, Leuconoe, the finish of the fable; Eliminate the worry as to what the years may hoard!
LifenounUS /life/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
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Lines
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From this reading The Ballad of Justifiable Homicide 89 The Ballad of the Murdered Merchant 90 A Gotham Garden of Verses 92 Lines on Reading Frank J. Wilstach's "A Dictionary of Similes" 94 The Dictaphone Bard 95 The Comfort of Obscurity 97 Ballade of the Traffickers 98 To W. Hohenzollern, on Discontinuing The Conning Tower 100
Magazine
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Man
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From this reading Urbs 109 "I'm Out of the Army Now" 110 "Oh Man!"
material
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maymodal verbUS /meɪ/
used to say something is possible, or to give permission
From this reading 112 An Ode in Time of Inauguration 113 What the Copy Desk Might Have Done 124 Song of Synthetic Virility 133 SOMETHING ELSE AGAIN Present Imperative Horace: Book I, Ode 11 _"Tu ne quaesieris--scire nefas--quem mihi; quem tibi----"_ AD LEUCONOEN Nay, query not, Leuconoe, the finish of the fable; Eliminate the worry as to what the years may hoard!
Measures
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MerchantnounUS /ˈmɜːr.tʃənt/
A person or company involved in wholesale trade, especially with foreign countries.
From this reading The Ballad of Justifiable Homicide 89 The Ballad of the Murdered Merchant 90 A Gotham Garden of Verses 92 Lines on Reading Frank J. Wilstach's "A Dictionary of Similes" 94 The Dictaphone Bard 95 The Comfort of Obscurity 97 Ballade of the Traffickers 98 To W. Hohenzollern, on Discontinuing The Conning Tower 100
Mightmodal verbUS /maɪt/
used to say something is possible but not certain
From this reading 112 An Ode in Time of Inauguration 113 What the Copy Desk Might Have Done 124 Song of Synthetic Virility 133 SOMETHING ELSE AGAIN Present Imperative Horace: Book I, Ode 11 _"Tu ne quaesieris--scire nefas--quem mihi; quem tibi----"_ AD LEUCONOEN Nay, query not, Leuconoe, the finish of the fable; Eliminate the worry as to what the years may hoard!
mihi
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From this reading 112 An Ode in Time of Inauguration 113 What the Copy Desk Might Have Done 124 Song of Synthetic Virility 133 SOMETHING ELSE AGAIN Present Imperative Horace: Book I, Ode 11 _"Tu ne quaesieris--scire nefas--quem mihi; quem tibi----"_ AD LEUCONOEN Nay, query not, Leuconoe, the finish of the fable; Eliminate the worry as to what the years may hoard!
Murdered
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From this reading The Ballad of Justifiable Homicide 89 The Ballad of the Murdered Merchant 90 A Gotham Garden of Verses 92 Lines on Reading Frank J. Wilstach's "A Dictionary of Similes" 94 The Dictaphone Bard 95 The Comfort of Obscurity 97 Ballade of the Traffickers 98 To W. Hohenzollern, on Discontinuing The Conning Tower 100
NayexclamationUS /neɪ/
an old word for “no”
From this reading 112 An Ode in Time of Inauguration 113 What the Copy Desk Might Have Done 124 Song of Synthetic Virility 133 SOMETHING ELSE AGAIN Present Imperative Horace: Book I, Ode 11 _"Tu ne quaesieris--scire nefas--quem mihi; quem tibi----"_ AD LEUCONOEN Nay, query not, Leuconoe, the finish of the fable; Eliminate the worry as to what the years may hoard!
ne
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From this reading 112 An Ode in Time of Inauguration 113 What the Copy Desk Might Have Done 124 Song of Synthetic Virility 133 SOMETHING ELSE AGAIN Present Imperative Horace: Book I, Ode 11 _"Tu ne quaesieris--scire nefas--quem mihi; quem tibi----"_ AD LEUCONOEN Nay, query not, Leuconoe, the finish of the fable; Eliminate the worry as to what the years may hoard!
nefas
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From this reading 112 An Ode in Time of Inauguration 113 What the Copy Desk Might Have Done 124 Song of Synthetic Virility 133 SOMETHING ELSE AGAIN Present Imperative Horace: Book I, Ode 11 _"Tu ne quaesieris--scire nefas--quem mihi; quem tibi----"_ AD LEUCONOEN Nay, query not, Leuconoe, the finish of the fable; Eliminate the worry as to what the years may hoard!
New
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notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading 112 An Ode in Time of Inauguration 113 What the Copy Desk Might Have Done 124 Song of Synthetic Virility 133 SOMETHING ELSE AGAIN Present Imperative Horace: Book I, Ode 11 _"Tu ne quaesieris--scire nefas--quem mihi; quem tibi----"_ AD LEUCONOEN Nay, query not, Leuconoe, the finish of the fable; Eliminate the worry as to what the years may hoard!
Now
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From this reading Urbs 109 "I'm Out of the Army Now" 110 "Oh Man!"
Obscurity
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From this reading The Ballad of Justifiable Homicide 89 The Ballad of the Murdered Merchant 90 A Gotham Garden of Verses 92 Lines on Reading Frank J. Wilstach's "A Dictionary of Similes" 94 The Dictaphone Bard 95 The Comfort of Obscurity 97 Ballade of the Traffickers 98 To W. Hohenzollern, on Discontinuing The Conning Tower 100
Ode
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From this reading 112 An Ode in Time of Inauguration 113 What the Copy Desk Might Have Done 124 Song of Synthetic Virility 133 SOMETHING ELSE AGAIN Present Imperative Horace: Book I, Ode 11 _"Tu ne quaesieris--scire nefas--quem mihi; quem tibi----"_ AD LEUCONOEN Nay, query not, Leuconoe, the finish of the fable; Eliminate the worry as to what the years may hoard!
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading _Author of_ "_By and Large_," "_In Other Words_," "_Tobogganing on Parnassus_," "_Weights and Measures_," _Etc._ The author wishes to thank the _New York Tribune_, _Life_, _Harper's Magazine_, _Collier's Weekly_, and _The Home Sector_, for their kind permission to include in this volume material which has appeared in their pages.
Oh
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From this reading Urbs 109 "I'm Out of the Army Now" 110 "Oh Man!"
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading _Author of_ "_By and Large_," "_In Other Words_," "_Tobogganing on Parnassus_," "_Weights and Measures_," _Etc._ The author wishes to thank the _New York Tribune_, _Life_, _Harper's Magazine_, _Collier's Weekly_, and _The Home Sector_, for their kind permission to include in this volume material which has appeared in their pages.
Other
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Out
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From this reading Urbs 109 "I'm Out of the Army Now" 110 "Oh Man!"
pages
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Parnassus
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permission
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Present
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From this reading 112 An Ode in Time of Inauguration 113 What the Copy Desk Might Have Done 124 Song of Synthetic Virility 133 SOMETHING ELSE AGAIN Present Imperative Horace: Book I, Ode 11 _"Tu ne quaesieris--scire nefas--quem mihi; quem tibi----"_ AD LEUCONOEN Nay, query not, Leuconoe, the finish of the fable; Eliminate the worry as to what the years may hoard!
quaesieris
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From this reading 112 An Ode in Time of Inauguration 113 What the Copy Desk Might Have Done 124 Song of Synthetic Virility 133 SOMETHING ELSE AGAIN Present Imperative Horace: Book I, Ode 11 _"Tu ne quaesieris--scire nefas--quem mihi; quem tibi----"_ AD LEUCONOEN Nay, query not, Leuconoe, the finish of the fable; Eliminate the worry as to what the years may hoard!
quem
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From this reading 112 An Ode in Time of Inauguration 113 What the Copy Desk Might Have Done 124 Song of Synthetic Virility 133 SOMETHING ELSE AGAIN Present Imperative Horace: Book I, Ode 11 _"Tu ne quaesieris--scire nefas--quem mihi; quem tibi----"_ AD LEUCONOEN Nay, query not, Leuconoe, the finish of the fable; Eliminate the worry as to what the years may hoard!
query
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From this reading 112 An Ode in Time of Inauguration 113 What the Copy Desk Might Have Done 124 Song of Synthetic Virility 133 SOMETHING ELSE AGAIN Present Imperative Horace: Book I, Ode 11 _"Tu ne quaesieris--scire nefas--quem mihi; quem tibi----"_ AD LEUCONOEN Nay, query not, Leuconoe, the finish of the fable; Eliminate the worry as to what the years may hoard!
Reading
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From this reading The Ballad of Justifiable Homicide 89 The Ballad of the Murdered Merchant 90 A Gotham Garden of Verses 92 Lines on Reading Frank J. Wilstach's "A Dictionary of Similes" 94 The Dictaphone Bard 95 The Comfort of Obscurity 97 Ballade of the Traffickers 98 To W. Hohenzollern, on Discontinuing The Conning Tower 100
Resuming
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From this reading To W. Hohenzollern, on Resuming The Conning Tower 103 Thoughts on the Cosmos 105 On Environment 106 The Ballad of the Thoughtless Waiter 107 Rus Vs.
Rus
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From this reading To W. Hohenzollern, on Resuming The Conning Tower 103 Thoughts on the Cosmos 105 On Environment 106 The Ballad of the Thoughtless Waiter 107 Rus Vs.
scire
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From this reading 112 An Ode in Time of Inauguration 113 What the Copy Desk Might Have Done 124 Song of Synthetic Virility 133 SOMETHING ELSE AGAIN Present Imperative Horace: Book I, Ode 11 _"Tu ne quaesieris--scire nefas--quem mihi; quem tibi----"_ AD LEUCONOEN Nay, query not, Leuconoe, the finish of the fable; Eliminate the worry as to what the years may hoard!
Sector
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Similes
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From this reading The Ballad of Justifiable Homicide 89 The Ballad of the Murdered Merchant 90 A Gotham Garden of Verses 92 Lines on Reading Frank J. Wilstach's "A Dictionary of Similes" 94 The Dictaphone Bard 95 The Comfort of Obscurity 97 Ballade of the Traffickers 98 To W. Hohenzollern, on Discontinuing The Conning Tower 100
SOMETHINGpronounUS /ˈsʌmθɪŋ/
a thing, without saying which
From this reading 112 An Ode in Time of Inauguration 113 What the Copy Desk Might Have Done 124 Song of Synthetic Virility 133 SOMETHING ELSE AGAIN Present Imperative Horace: Book I, Ode 11 _"Tu ne quaesieris--scire nefas--quem mihi; quem tibi----"_ AD LEUCONOEN Nay, query not, Leuconoe, the finish of the fable; Eliminate the worry as to what the years may hoard!
Song
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From this reading 112 An Ode in Time of Inauguration 113 What the Copy Desk Might Have Done 124 Song of Synthetic Virility 133 SOMETHING ELSE AGAIN Present Imperative Horace: Book I, Ode 11 _"Tu ne quaesieris--scire nefas--quem mihi; quem tibi----"_ AD LEUCONOEN Nay, query not, Leuconoe, the finish of the fable; Eliminate the worry as to what the years may hoard!
Synthetic
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From this reading 112 An Ode in Time of Inauguration 113 What the Copy Desk Might Have Done 124 Song of Synthetic Virility 133 SOMETHING ELSE AGAIN Present Imperative Horace: Book I, Ode 11 _"Tu ne quaesieris--scire nefas--quem mihi; quem tibi----"_ AD LEUCONOEN Nay, query not, Leuconoe, the finish of the fable; Eliminate the worry as to what the years may hoard!
thank
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ThedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading _Author of_ "_By and Large_," "_In Other Words_," "_Tobogganing on Parnassus_," "_Weights and Measures_," _Etc._ The author wishes to thank the _New York Tribune_, _Life_, _Harper's Magazine_, _Collier's Weekly_, and _The Home Sector_, for their kind permission to include in this volume material which has appeared in their pages.
theirdeterminerUS /ðer/
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading _Author of_ "_By and Large_," "_In Other Words_," "_Tobogganing on Parnassus_," "_Weights and Measures_," _Etc._ The author wishes to thank the _New York Tribune_, _Life_, _Harper's Magazine_, _Collier's Weekly_, and _The Home Sector_, for their kind permission to include in this volume material which has appeared in their pages.
thisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading _Author of_ "_By and Large_," "_In Other Words_," "_Tobogganing on Parnassus_," "_Weights and Measures_," _Etc._ The author wishes to thank the _New York Tribune_, _Life_, _Harper's Magazine_, _Collier's Weekly_, and _The Home Sector_, for their kind permission to include in this volume material which has appeared in their pages.
Thoughtless
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From this reading To W. Hohenzollern, on Resuming The Conning Tower 103 Thoughts on the Cosmos 105 On Environment 106 The Ballad of the Thoughtless Waiter 107 Rus Vs.
Thoughts
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From this reading To W. Hohenzollern, on Resuming The Conning Tower 103 Thoughts on the Cosmos 105 On Environment 106 The Ballad of the Thoughtless Waiter 107 Rus Vs.
tibi
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From this reading 112 An Ode in Time of Inauguration 113 What the Copy Desk Might Have Done 124 Song of Synthetic Virility 133 SOMETHING ELSE AGAIN Present Imperative Horace: Book I, Ode 11 _"Tu ne quaesieris--scire nefas--quem mihi; quem tibi----"_ AD LEUCONOEN Nay, query not, Leuconoe, the finish of the fable; Eliminate the worry as to what the years may hoard!
TimenounUS /time/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading 112 An Ode in Time of Inauguration 113 What the Copy Desk Might Have Done 124 Song of Synthetic Virility 133 SOMETHING ELSE AGAIN Present Imperative Horace: Book I, Ode 11 _"Tu ne quaesieris--scire nefas--quem mihi; quem tibi----"_ AD LEUCONOEN Nay, query not, Leuconoe, the finish of the fable; Eliminate the worry as to what the years may hoard!
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading _Author of_ "_By and Large_," "_In Other Words_," "_Tobogganing on Parnassus_," "_Weights and Measures_," _Etc._ The author wishes to thank the _New York Tribune_, _Life_, _Harper's Magazine_, _Collier's Weekly_, and _The Home Sector_, for their kind permission to include in this volume material which has appeared in their pages.
Tobogganing
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From this reading _Author of_ "_By and Large_," "_In Other Words_," "_Tobogganing on Parnassus_," "_Weights and Measures_," _Etc._ The author wishes to thank the _New York Tribune_, _Life_, _Harper's Magazine_, _Collier's Weekly_, and _The Home Sector_, for their kind permission to include in this volume material which has appeared in their pages.
Tower
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From this reading The Ballad of Justifiable Homicide 89 The Ballad of the Murdered Merchant 90 A Gotham Garden of Verses 92 Lines on Reading Frank J. Wilstach's "A Dictionary of Similes" 94 The Dictaphone Bard 95 The Comfort of Obscurity 97 Ballade of the Traffickers 98 To W. Hohenzollern, on Discontinuing The Conning Tower 100
Traffickers
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From this reading The Ballad of Justifiable Homicide 89 The Ballad of the Murdered Merchant 90 A Gotham Garden of Verses 92 Lines on Reading Frank J. Wilstach's "A Dictionary of Similes" 94 The Dictaphone Bard 95 The Comfort of Obscurity 97 Ballade of the Traffickers 98 To W. Hohenzollern, on Discontinuing The Conning Tower 100
Tribune
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From this reading _Author of_ "_By and Large_," "_In Other Words_," "_Tobogganing on Parnassus_," "_Weights and Measures_," _Etc._ The author wishes to thank the _New York Tribune_, _Life_, _Harper's Magazine_, _Collier's Weekly_, and _The Home Sector_, for their kind permission to include in this volume material which has appeared in their pages.
Tu
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From this reading 112 An Ode in Time of Inauguration 113 What the Copy Desk Might Have Done 124 Song of Synthetic Virility 133 SOMETHING ELSE AGAIN Present Imperative Horace: Book I, Ode 11 _"Tu ne quaesieris--scire nefas--quem mihi; quem tibi----"_ AD LEUCONOEN Nay, query not, Leuconoe, the finish of the fable; Eliminate the worry as to what the years may hoard!
Urbs
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From this reading Urbs 109 "I'm Out of the Army Now" 110 "Oh Man!"
Verses
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From this reading The Ballad of Justifiable Homicide 89 The Ballad of the Murdered Merchant 90 A Gotham Garden of Verses 92 Lines on Reading Frank J. Wilstach's "A Dictionary of Similes" 94 The Dictaphone Bard 95 The Comfort of Obscurity 97 Ballade of the Traffickers 98 To W. Hohenzollern, on Discontinuing The Conning Tower 100
Virility
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From this reading 112 An Ode in Time of Inauguration 113 What the Copy Desk Might Have Done 124 Song of Synthetic Virility 133 SOMETHING ELSE AGAIN Present Imperative Horace: Book I, Ode 11 _"Tu ne quaesieris--scire nefas--quem mihi; quem tibi----"_ AD LEUCONOEN Nay, query not, Leuconoe, the finish of the fable; Eliminate the worry as to what the years may hoard!
volume
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Vs
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From this reading To W. Hohenzollern, on Resuming The Conning Tower 103 Thoughts on the Cosmos 105 On Environment 106 The Ballad of the Thoughtless Waiter 107 Rus Vs.
W
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From this reading The Ballad of Justifiable Homicide 89 The Ballad of the Murdered Merchant 90 A Gotham Garden of Verses 92 Lines on Reading Frank J. Wilstach's "A Dictionary of Similes" 94 The Dictaphone Bard 95 The Comfort of Obscurity 97 Ballade of the Traffickers 98 To W. Hohenzollern, on Discontinuing The Conning Tower 100
Waiter
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From this reading To W. Hohenzollern, on Resuming The Conning Tower 103 Thoughts on the Cosmos 105 On Environment 106 The Ballad of the Thoughtless Waiter 107 Rus Vs.
Weekly
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Weights
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WhatpronounUS /wʌt/
used to ask for information about something
From this reading 112 An Ode in Time of Inauguration 113 What the Copy Desk Might Have Done 124 Song of Synthetic Virility 133 SOMETHING ELSE AGAIN Present Imperative Horace: Book I, Ode 11 _"Tu ne quaesieris--scire nefas--quem mihi; quem tibi----"_ AD LEUCONOEN Nay, query not, Leuconoe, the finish of the fable; Eliminate the worry as to what the years may hoard!
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading _Author of_ "_By and Large_," "_In Other Words_," "_Tobogganing on Parnassus_," "_Weights and Measures_," _Etc._ The author wishes to thank the _New York Tribune_, _Life_, _Harper's Magazine_, _Collier's Weekly_, and _The Home Sector_, for their kind permission to include in this volume material which has appeared in their pages.
Wilstach's
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From this reading The Ballad of Justifiable Homicide 89 The Ballad of the Murdered Merchant 90 A Gotham Garden of Verses 92 Lines on Reading Frank J. Wilstach's "A Dictionary of Similes" 94 The Dictaphone Bard 95 The Comfort of Obscurity 97 Ballade of the Traffickers 98 To W. Hohenzollern, on Discontinuing The Conning Tower 100
wishes
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Words
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worry
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From this reading 112 An Ode in Time of Inauguration 113 What the Copy Desk Might Have Done 124 Song of Synthetic Virility 133 SOMETHING ELSE AGAIN Present Imperative Horace: Book I, Ode 11 _"Tu ne quaesieris--scire nefas--quem mihi; quem tibi----"_ AD LEUCONOEN Nay, query not, Leuconoe, the finish of the fable; Eliminate the worry as to what the years may hoard!
years
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From this reading 112 An Ode in Time of Inauguration 113 What the Copy Desk Might Have Done 124 Song of Synthetic Virility 133 SOMETHING ELSE AGAIN Present Imperative Horace: Book I, Ode 11 _"Tu ne quaesieris--scire nefas--quem mihi; quem tibi----"_ AD LEUCONOEN Nay, query not, Leuconoe, the finish of the fable; Eliminate the worry as to what the years may hoard!
York
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From this reading _Author of_ "_By and Large_," "_In Other Words_," "_Tobogganing on Parnassus_," "_Weights and Measures_," _Etc._ The author wishes to thank the _New York Tribune_, _Life_, _Harper's Magazine_, _Collier's Weekly_, and _The Home Sector_, for their kind permission to include in this volume material which has appeared in their pages.
