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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 Be Chary of Bad Books INTRODUCTION TO CHAPTER XVIII BY ANTHONY COMSTOCK In the heart of every boy is a “Chamber of Imagery.”
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Bad books, foul pictures and criminal stories are used by the spirit of evil to decorate the walls of this Chamber of Imagery.
ANTHONY
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From this reading Be Chary of Bad Books INTRODUCTION TO CHAPTER XVIII BY ANTHONY COMSTOCK In the heart of every boy is a “Chamber of Imagery.”
areauxiliary verbUS /ɑːr/
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading Bad books, foul pictures and criminal stories are used by the spirit of evil to decorate the walls of this Chamber of Imagery.
Bad
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From this reading Be Chary of Bad Books INTRODUCTION TO CHAPTER XVIII BY ANTHONY COMSTOCK In the heart of every boy is a “Chamber of Imagery.”
Beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading Be Chary of Bad Books INTRODUCTION TO CHAPTER XVIII BY ANTHONY COMSTOCK In the heart of every boy is a “Chamber of Imagery.”
becomes
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From this reading When once there comes through the doors of this chamber (eye and ear) either one of these influences for evil, the looms of Imagination and Fancy (the reimaging and reproductive faculties of the mind) are started in motion and then the Chamber of Imagery becomes the Hall of Entertainment.
BooksnounUS /bʊks/
Bound written or printed works.
From this reading Be Chary of Bad Books INTRODUCTION TO CHAPTER XVIII BY ANTHONY COMSTOCK In the heart of every boy is a “Chamber of Imagery.”
boy
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From this reading Be Chary of Bad Books INTRODUCTION TO CHAPTER XVIII BY ANTHONY COMSTOCK In the heart of every boy is a “Chamber of Imagery.”
BYprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading Be Chary of Bad Books INTRODUCTION TO CHAPTER XVIII BY ANTHONY COMSTOCK In the heart of every boy is a “Chamber of Imagery.”
castle-builder
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From this reading Charmed by pictures created by Imagination and Fancy a boy soon becomes a day-dreamer and castle-builder.
Chamber
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From this reading Be Chary of Bad Books INTRODUCTION TO CHAPTER XVIII BY ANTHONY COMSTOCK In the heart of every boy is a “Chamber of Imagery.”
CHAPTER
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From this reading Be Chary of Bad Books INTRODUCTION TO CHAPTER XVIII BY ANTHONY COMSTOCK In the heart of every boy is a “Chamber of Imagery.”
Charmed
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From this reading Charmed by pictures created by Imagination and Fancy a boy soon becomes a day-dreamer and castle-builder.
Chary
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From this reading Be Chary of Bad Books INTRODUCTION TO CHAPTER XVIII BY ANTHONY COMSTOCK In the heart of every boy is a “Chamber of Imagery.”
comes
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From this reading When once there comes through the doors of this chamber (eye and ear) either one of these influences for evil, the looms of Imagination and Fancy (the reimaging and reproductive faculties of the mind) are started in motion and then the Chamber of Imagery becomes the Hall of Entertainment.
Commissary
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From this reading Practically speaking, this is Memory’s storehouse, the “Commissary Department of thought,” “the Hall of Entertainment.”
COMSTOCK
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From this reading Be Chary of Bad Books INTRODUCTION TO CHAPTER XVIII BY ANTHONY COMSTOCK In the heart of every boy is a “Chamber of Imagery.”
created
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From this reading Charmed by pictures created by Imagination and Fancy a boy soon becomes a day-dreamer and castle-builder.
criminal
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From this reading Bad books, foul pictures and criminal stories are used by the spirit of evil to decorate the walls of this Chamber of Imagery.
day-dreamer
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From this reading Charmed by pictures created by Imagination and Fancy a boy soon becomes a day-dreamer and castle-builder.
decorate
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From this reading Bad books, foul pictures and criminal stories are used by the spirit of evil to decorate the walls of this Chamber of Imagery.
Department
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From this reading Practically speaking, this is Memory’s storehouse, the “Commissary Department of thought,” “the Hall of Entertainment.”
doors
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From this reading When once there comes through the doors of this chamber (eye and ear) either one of these influences for evil, the looms of Imagination and Fancy (the reimaging and reproductive faculties of the mind) are started in motion and then the Chamber of Imagery becomes the Hall of Entertainment.
ear
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From this reading When once there comes through the doors of this chamber (eye and ear) either one of these influences for evil, the looms of Imagination and Fancy (the reimaging and reproductive faculties of the mind) are started in motion and then the Chamber of Imagery becomes the Hall of Entertainment.
eitherdeterminerUS /ˈiːðər/
one or the other of two
From this reading When once there comes through the doors of this chamber (eye and ear) either one of these influences for evil, the looms of Imagination and Fancy (the reimaging and reproductive faculties of the mind) are started in motion and then the Chamber of Imagery becomes the Hall of Entertainment.
Entertainment
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From this reading Practically speaking, this is Memory’s storehouse, the “Commissary Department of thought,” “the Hall of Entertainment.”
everydeterminerUS /ˈevəri/
all the members of a group, with none left out
From this reading Be Chary of Bad Books INTRODUCTION TO CHAPTER XVIII BY ANTHONY COMSTOCK In the heart of every boy is a “Chamber of Imagery.”
evil
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From this reading Bad books, foul pictures and criminal stories are used by the spirit of evil to decorate the walls of this Chamber of Imagery.
eye
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From this reading When once there comes through the doors of this chamber (eye and ear) either one of these influences for evil, the looms of Imagination and Fancy (the reimaging and reproductive faculties of the mind) are started in motion and then the Chamber of Imagery becomes the Hall of Entertainment.
faculties
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From this reading When once there comes through the doors of this chamber (eye and ear) either one of these influences for evil, the looms of Imagination and Fancy (the reimaging and reproductive faculties of the mind) are started in motion and then the Chamber of Imagery becomes the Hall of Entertainment.
Fancy
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From this reading When once there comes through the doors of this chamber (eye and ear) either one of these influences for evil, the looms of Imagination and Fancy (the reimaging and reproductive faculties of the mind) are started in motion and then the Chamber of Imagery becomes the Hall of Entertainment.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading When once there comes through the doors of this chamber (eye and ear) either one of these influences for evil, the looms of Imagination and Fancy (the reimaging and reproductive faculties of the mind) are started in motion and then the Chamber of Imagery becomes the Hall of Entertainment.
foul
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From this reading Bad books, foul pictures and criminal stories are used by the spirit of evil to decorate the walls of this Chamber of Imagery.
Hall
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From this reading Practically speaking, this is Memory’s storehouse, the “Commissary Department of thought,” “the Hall of Entertainment.”
heart
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From this reading Be Chary of Bad Books INTRODUCTION TO CHAPTER XVIII BY ANTHONY COMSTOCK In the heart of every boy is a “Chamber of Imagery.”
Imagery
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From this reading Be Chary of Bad Books INTRODUCTION TO CHAPTER XVIII BY ANTHONY COMSTOCK In the heart of every boy is a “Chamber of Imagery.”
Imagination
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From this reading When once there comes through the doors of this chamber (eye and ear) either one of these influences for evil, the looms of Imagination and Fancy (the reimaging and reproductive faculties of the mind) are started in motion and then the Chamber of Imagery becomes the Hall of Entertainment.
InprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Be Chary of Bad Books INTRODUCTION TO CHAPTER XVIII BY ANTHONY COMSTOCK In the heart of every boy is a “Chamber of Imagery.”
influences
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From this reading When once there comes through the doors of this chamber (eye and ear) either one of these influences for evil, the looms of Imagination and Fancy (the reimaging and reproductive faculties of the mind) are started in motion and then the Chamber of Imagery becomes the Hall of Entertainment.
INTRODUCTION
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From this reading Be Chary of Bad Books INTRODUCTION TO CHAPTER XVIII BY ANTHONY COMSTOCK In the heart of every boy is a “Chamber of Imagery.”
isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Be Chary of Bad Books INTRODUCTION TO CHAPTER XVIII BY ANTHONY COMSTOCK In the heart of every boy is a “Chamber of Imagery.”
looms
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From this reading When once there comes through the doors of this chamber (eye and ear) either one of these influences for evil, the looms of Imagination and Fancy (the reimaging and reproductive faculties of the mind) are started in motion and then the Chamber of Imagery becomes the Hall of Entertainment.
Memory's
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From this reading Practically speaking, this is Memory’s storehouse, the “Commissary Department of thought,” “the Hall of Entertainment.”
mindnounUS /maɪnd/
The element of a person that enables awareness and thought.
From this reading When once there comes through the doors of this chamber (eye and ear) either one of these influences for evil, the looms of Imagination and Fancy (the reimaging and reproductive faculties of the mind) are started in motion and then the Chamber of Imagery becomes the Hall of Entertainment.
motion
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From this reading When once there comes through the doors of this chamber (eye and ear) either one of these influences for evil, the looms of Imagination and Fancy (the reimaging and reproductive faculties of the mind) are started in motion and then the Chamber of Imagery becomes the Hall of Entertainment.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Be Chary of Bad Books INTRODUCTION TO CHAPTER XVIII BY ANTHONY COMSTOCK In the heart of every boy is a “Chamber of Imagery.”
once
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From this reading When once there comes through the doors of this chamber (eye and ear) either one of these influences for evil, the looms of Imagination and Fancy (the reimaging and reproductive faculties of the mind) are started in motion and then the Chamber of Imagery becomes the Hall of Entertainment.
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading When once there comes through the doors of this chamber (eye and ear) either one of these influences for evil, the looms of Imagination and Fancy (the reimaging and reproductive faculties of the mind) are started in motion and then the Chamber of Imagery becomes the Hall of Entertainment.
pictures
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From this reading Bad books, foul pictures and criminal stories are used by the spirit of evil to decorate the walls of this Chamber of Imagery.
Practically
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From this reading Practically speaking, this is Memory’s storehouse, the “Commissary Department of thought,” “the Hall of Entertainment.”
reimaging
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From this reading When once there comes through the doors of this chamber (eye and ear) either one of these influences for evil, the looms of Imagination and Fancy (the reimaging and reproductive faculties of the mind) are started in motion and then the Chamber of Imagery becomes the Hall of Entertainment.
reproductive
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From this reading When once there comes through the doors of this chamber (eye and ear) either one of these influences for evil, the looms of Imagination and Fancy (the reimaging and reproductive faculties of the mind) are started in motion and then the Chamber of Imagery becomes the Hall of Entertainment.
soon
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From this reading Charmed by pictures created by Imagination and Fancy a boy soon becomes a day-dreamer and castle-builder.
speaking
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From this reading Practically speaking, this is Memory’s storehouse, the “Commissary Department of thought,” “the Hall of Entertainment.”
spirit
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From this reading Bad books, foul pictures and criminal stories are used by the spirit of evil to decorate the walls of this Chamber of Imagery.
started
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From this reading When once there comes through the doors of this chamber (eye and ear) either one of these influences for evil, the looms of Imagination and Fancy (the reimaging and reproductive faculties of the mind) are started in motion and then the Chamber of Imagery becomes the Hall of Entertainment.
storehouse
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From this reading Practically speaking, this is Memory’s storehouse, the “Commissary Department of thought,” “the Hall of Entertainment.”
stories
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From this reading Bad books, foul pictures and criminal stories are used by the spirit of evil to decorate the walls of this Chamber of Imagery.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Be Chary of Bad Books INTRODUCTION TO CHAPTER XVIII BY ANTHONY COMSTOCK In the heart of every boy is a “Chamber of Imagery.”
then
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From this reading When once there comes through the doors of this chamber (eye and ear) either one of these influences for evil, the looms of Imagination and Fancy (the reimaging and reproductive faculties of the mind) are started in motion and then the Chamber of Imagery becomes the Hall of Entertainment.
there
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From this reading When once there comes through the doors of this chamber (eye and ear) either one of these influences for evil, the looms of Imagination and Fancy (the reimaging and reproductive faculties of the mind) are started in motion and then the Chamber of Imagery becomes the Hall of Entertainment.
thesedeterminerUS /ðiːz/
the plural of “this”: the people or things near, or just mentioned
From this reading When once there comes through the doors of this chamber (eye and ear) either one of these influences for evil, the looms of Imagination and Fancy (the reimaging and reproductive faculties of the mind) are started in motion and then the Chamber of Imagery becomes the Hall of Entertainment.
thisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading Practically speaking, this is Memory’s storehouse, the “Commissary Department of thought,” “the Hall of Entertainment.”
thought
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From this reading Practically speaking, this is Memory’s storehouse, the “Commissary Department of thought,” “the Hall of Entertainment.”
throughprepositionUS /θruː/
from one end or side of something to the other
From this reading When once there comes through the doors of this chamber (eye and ear) either one of these influences for evil, the looms of Imagination and Fancy (the reimaging and reproductive faculties of the mind) are started in motion and then the Chamber of Imagery becomes the Hall of Entertainment.
TOparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Be Chary of Bad Books INTRODUCTION TO CHAPTER XVIII BY ANTHONY COMSTOCK In the heart of every boy is a “Chamber of Imagery.”
used
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From this reading Bad books, foul pictures and criminal stories are used by the spirit of evil to decorate the walls of this Chamber of Imagery.
walls
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From this reading Bad books, foul pictures and criminal stories are used by the spirit of evil to decorate the walls of this Chamber of Imagery.
WhenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading When once there comes through the doors of this chamber (eye and ear) either one of these influences for evil, the looms of Imagination and Fancy (the reimaging and reproductive faculties of the mind) are started in motion and then the Chamber of Imagery becomes the Hall of Entertainment.
XVIII
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From this reading Be Chary of Bad Books INTRODUCTION TO CHAPTER XVIII BY ANTHONY COMSTOCK In the heart of every boy is a “Chamber of Imagery.”
