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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 A court is the centre of fashion; and no less so, for being the sink of luxury and vice— ——‘Of outward shew Elaborate, of inward less exact.’
accumulated
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From this reading The goods of fortune, the baits of power, the indulgences of vanity, may be accumulated without end, and the taste for them increases as it is gratified: the love of virtue, the pursuit of truth, grow stale and dull in the dissipation of a court.
aggrandisement
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From this reading Every thing tends naturally to personal aggrandisement and unrestrained self-will.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading A court is the centre of fashion; and no less so, for being the sink of luxury and vice— ——‘Of outward shew Elaborate, of inward less exact.’
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading The goods of fortune, the baits of power, the indulgences of vanity, may be accumulated without end, and the taste for them increases as it is gratified: the love of virtue, the pursuit of truth, grow stale and dull in the dissipation of a court.
baits
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From this reading The goods of fortune, the baits of power, the indulgences of vanity, may be accumulated without end, and the taste for them increases as it is gratified: the love of virtue, the pursuit of truth, grow stale and dull in the dissipation of a court.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading The goods of fortune, the baits of power, the indulgences of vanity, may be accumulated without end, and the taste for them increases as it is gratified: the love of virtue, the pursuit of truth, grow stale and dull in the dissipation of a court.
beingauxiliary verbUS /ˈbiːɪŋ/
the -ing form of “be”
From this reading A court is the centre of fashion; and no less so, for being the sink of luxury and vice— ——‘Of outward shew Elaborate, of inward less exact.’
centre
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From this reading A court is the centre of fashion; and no less so, for being the sink of luxury and vice— ——‘Of outward shew Elaborate, of inward less exact.’
court
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From this reading A court is the centre of fashion; and no less so, for being the sink of luxury and vice— ——‘Of outward shew Elaborate, of inward less exact.’
crabbed
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From this reading Virtue is thought crabbed and morose, knowledge pedantic, while every sense is pampered, and every folly tolerated.
dalliance
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From this reading It is easier for monarchs as well as other men ‘to tread the primrose path of dalliance’ than ‘to scale the steep and thorny road to heaven.’
dissipation
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From this reading The goods of fortune, the baits of power, the indulgences of vanity, may be accumulated without end, and the taste for them increases as it is gratified: the love of virtue, the pursuit of truth, grow stale and dull in the dissipation of a court.
dull
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From this reading The goods of fortune, the baits of power, the indulgences of vanity, may be accumulated without end, and the taste for them increases as it is gratified: the love of virtue, the pursuit of truth, grow stale and dull in the dissipation of a court.
easier
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From this reading It is easier for monarchs as well as other men ‘to tread the primrose path of dalliance’ than ‘to scale the steep and thorny road to heaven.’
Elaborate
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From this reading A court is the centre of fashion; and no less so, for being the sink of luxury and vice— ——‘Of outward shew Elaborate, of inward less exact.’
end
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From this reading The goods of fortune, the baits of power, the indulgences of vanity, may be accumulated without end, and the taste for them increases as it is gratified: the love of virtue, the pursuit of truth, grow stale and dull in the dissipation of a court.
everydeterminerUS /ˈevəri/
all the members of a group, with none left out
From this reading Virtue is thought crabbed and morose, knowledge pedantic, while every sense is pampered, and every folly tolerated.
exactadjectiveUS /ɪɡˈzækt/
Strictly particular and correct.
From this reading A court is the centre of fashion; and no less so, for being the sink of luxury and vice— ——‘Of outward shew Elaborate, of inward less exact.’
fashion
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From this reading A court is the centre of fashion; and no less so, for being the sink of luxury and vice— ——‘Of outward shew Elaborate, of inward less exact.’
folly
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From this reading Virtue is thought crabbed and morose, knowledge pedantic, while every sense is pampered, and every folly tolerated.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading A court is the centre of fashion; and no less so, for being the sink of luxury and vice— ——‘Of outward shew Elaborate, of inward less exact.’
fortune
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From this reading The goods of fortune, the baits of power, the indulgences of vanity, may be accumulated without end, and the taste for them increases as it is gratified: the love of virtue, the pursuit of truth, grow stale and dull in the dissipation of a court.
goods
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From this reading The goods of fortune, the baits of power, the indulgences of vanity, may be accumulated without end, and the taste for them increases as it is gratified: the love of virtue, the pursuit of truth, grow stale and dull in the dissipation of a court.
gratified
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From this reading The goods of fortune, the baits of power, the indulgences of vanity, may be accumulated without end, and the taste for them increases as it is gratified: the love of virtue, the pursuit of truth, grow stale and dull in the dissipation of a court.
grow
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From this reading The goods of fortune, the baits of power, the indulgences of vanity, may be accumulated without end, and the taste for them increases as it is gratified: the love of virtue, the pursuit of truth, grow stale and dull in the dissipation of a court.
heaven
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From this reading It is easier for monarchs as well as other men ‘to tread the primrose path of dalliance’ than ‘to scale the steep and thorny road to heaven.’
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading The goods of fortune, the baits of power, the indulgences of vanity, may be accumulated without end, and the taste for them increases as it is gratified: the love of virtue, the pursuit of truth, grow stale and dull in the dissipation of a court.
increases
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From this reading The goods of fortune, the baits of power, the indulgences of vanity, may be accumulated without end, and the taste for them increases as it is gratified: the love of virtue, the pursuit of truth, grow stale and dull in the dissipation of a court.
indulgences
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From this reading The goods of fortune, the baits of power, the indulgences of vanity, may be accumulated without end, and the taste for them increases as it is gratified: the love of virtue, the pursuit of truth, grow stale and dull in the dissipation of a court.
inward
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From this reading A court is the centre of fashion; and no less so, for being the sink of luxury and vice— ——‘Of outward shew Elaborate, of inward less exact.’
isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading A court is the centre of fashion; and no less so, for being the sink of luxury and vice— ——‘Of outward shew Elaborate, of inward less exact.’
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading The goods of fortune, the baits of power, the indulgences of vanity, may be accumulated without end, and the taste for them increases as it is gratified: the love of virtue, the pursuit of truth, grow stale and dull in the dissipation of a court.
knowledge
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From this reading Virtue is thought crabbed and morose, knowledge pedantic, while every sense is pampered, and every folly tolerated.
less
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From this reading A court is the centre of fashion; and no less so, for being the sink of luxury and vice— ——‘Of outward shew Elaborate, of inward less exact.’
love
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From this reading The goods of fortune, the baits of power, the indulgences of vanity, may be accumulated without end, and the taste for them increases as it is gratified: the love of virtue, the pursuit of truth, grow stale and dull in the dissipation of a court.
luxury
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From this reading A court is the centre of fashion; and no less so, for being the sink of luxury and vice— ——‘Of outward shew Elaborate, of inward less exact.’
maymodal verbUS /meɪ/
used to say something is possible, or to give permission
From this reading The goods of fortune, the baits of power, the indulgences of vanity, may be accumulated without end, and the taste for them increases as it is gratified: the love of virtue, the pursuit of truth, grow stale and dull in the dissipation of a court.
men
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From this reading It is easier for monarchs as well as other men ‘to tread the primrose path of dalliance’ than ‘to scale the steep and thorny road to heaven.’
monarchs
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From this reading It is easier for monarchs as well as other men ‘to tread the primrose path of dalliance’ than ‘to scale the steep and thorny road to heaven.’
morose
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From this reading Virtue is thought crabbed and morose, knowledge pedantic, while every sense is pampered, and every folly tolerated.
naturally
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From this reading Every thing tends naturally to personal aggrandisement and unrestrained self-will.
nodeterminerUS /noʊ/
not any; not one
From this reading A court is the centre of fashion; and no less so, for being the sink of luxury and vice— ——‘Of outward shew Elaborate, of inward less exact.’
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading A court is the centre of fashion; and no less so, for being the sink of luxury and vice— ——‘Of outward shew Elaborate, of inward less exact.’
other
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From this reading It is easier for monarchs as well as other men ‘to tread the primrose path of dalliance’ than ‘to scale the steep and thorny road to heaven.’
outward
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From this reading A court is the centre of fashion; and no less so, for being the sink of luxury and vice— ——‘Of outward shew Elaborate, of inward less exact.’
pampered
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From this reading Virtue is thought crabbed and morose, knowledge pedantic, while every sense is pampered, and every folly tolerated.
path
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From this reading It is easier for monarchs as well as other men ‘to tread the primrose path of dalliance’ than ‘to scale the steep and thorny road to heaven.’
pedantic
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From this reading Virtue is thought crabbed and morose, knowledge pedantic, while every sense is pampered, and every folly tolerated.
personal
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From this reading Every thing tends naturally to personal aggrandisement and unrestrained self-will.
power
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From this reading The goods of fortune, the baits of power, the indulgences of vanity, may be accumulated without end, and the taste for them increases as it is gratified: the love of virtue, the pursuit of truth, grow stale and dull in the dissipation of a court.
primrose
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From this reading It is easier for monarchs as well as other men ‘to tread the primrose path of dalliance’ than ‘to scale the steep and thorny road to heaven.’
pursuit
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From this reading The goods of fortune, the baits of power, the indulgences of vanity, may be accumulated without end, and the taste for them increases as it is gratified: the love of virtue, the pursuit of truth, grow stale and dull in the dissipation of a court.
road
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From this reading It is easier for monarchs as well as other men ‘to tread the primrose path of dalliance’ than ‘to scale the steep and thorny road to heaven.’
scale
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From this reading It is easier for monarchs as well as other men ‘to tread the primrose path of dalliance’ than ‘to scale the steep and thorny road to heaven.’
self-will
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From this reading Every thing tends naturally to personal aggrandisement and unrestrained self-will.
sense
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From this reading Virtue is thought crabbed and morose, knowledge pedantic, while every sense is pampered, and every folly tolerated.
shew
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From this reading A court is the centre of fashion; and no less so, for being the sink of luxury and vice— ——‘Of outward shew Elaborate, of inward less exact.’
sink
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From this reading A court is the centre of fashion; and no less so, for being the sink of luxury and vice— ——‘Of outward shew Elaborate, of inward less exact.’
soconjunctionUS /soʊ/
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading A court is the centre of fashion; and no less so, for being the sink of luxury and vice— ——‘Of outward shew Elaborate, of inward less exact.’
stale
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From this reading The goods of fortune, the baits of power, the indulgences of vanity, may be accumulated without end, and the taste for them increases as it is gratified: the love of virtue, the pursuit of truth, grow stale and dull in the dissipation of a court.
steep
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From this reading It is easier for monarchs as well as other men ‘to tread the primrose path of dalliance’ than ‘to scale the steep and thorny road to heaven.’
tasteverbUS /teɪst/
To perceive flavor through the mouth.
From this reading The goods of fortune, the baits of power, the indulgences of vanity, may be accumulated without end, and the taste for them increases as it is gratified: the love of virtue, the pursuit of truth, grow stale and dull in the dissipation of a court.
tends
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From this reading Every thing tends naturally to personal aggrandisement and unrestrained self-will.
thanconjunctionUS /ðæn/
used to introduce the second part of a comparison
From this reading It is easier for monarchs as well as other men ‘to tread the primrose path of dalliance’ than ‘to scale the steep and thorny road to heaven.’
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading A court is the centre of fashion; and no less so, for being the sink of luxury and vice— ——‘Of outward shew Elaborate, of inward less exact.’
thempronounUS /ðem/
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading The goods of fortune, the baits of power, the indulgences of vanity, may be accumulated without end, and the taste for them increases as it is gratified: the love of virtue, the pursuit of truth, grow stale and dull in the dissipation of a court.
thing
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From this reading Every thing tends naturally to personal aggrandisement and unrestrained self-will.
thorny
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From this reading It is easier for monarchs as well as other men ‘to tread the primrose path of dalliance’ than ‘to scale the steep and thorny road to heaven.’
thought
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From this reading Virtue is thought crabbed and morose, knowledge pedantic, while every sense is pampered, and every folly tolerated.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Every thing tends naturally to personal aggrandisement and unrestrained self-will.
tolerated
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From this reading Virtue is thought crabbed and morose, knowledge pedantic, while every sense is pampered, and every folly tolerated.
tread
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From this reading It is easier for monarchs as well as other men ‘to tread the primrose path of dalliance’ than ‘to scale the steep and thorny road to heaven.’
truth
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From this reading The goods of fortune, the baits of power, the indulgences of vanity, may be accumulated without end, and the taste for them increases as it is gratified: the love of virtue, the pursuit of truth, grow stale and dull in the dissipation of a court.
unrestrained
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From this reading Every thing tends naturally to personal aggrandisement and unrestrained self-will.
vanity
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From this reading The goods of fortune, the baits of power, the indulgences of vanity, may be accumulated without end, and the taste for them increases as it is gratified: the love of virtue, the pursuit of truth, grow stale and dull in the dissipation of a court.
vice
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From this reading A court is the centre of fashion; and no less so, for being the sink of luxury and vice— ——‘Of outward shew Elaborate, of inward less exact.’
virtuenounUS /ˈvɝː.tʃuː/
Moral excellence and goodness of character; the highest human attainment in Stoic philosophy.
From this reading The goods of fortune, the baits of power, the indulgences of vanity, may be accumulated without end, and the taste for them increases as it is gratified: the love of virtue, the pursuit of truth, grow stale and dull in the dissipation of a court.
well
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From this reading It is easier for monarchs as well as other men ‘to tread the primrose path of dalliance’ than ‘to scale the steep and thorny road to heaven.’
whileconjunctionUS /waɪl/
during the time that
From this reading Virtue is thought crabbed and morose, knowledge pedantic, while every sense is pampered, and every folly tolerated.
withoutprepositionUS /wɪˈθaʊt/
not having, not using, or not accompanied by
From this reading The goods of fortune, the baits of power, the indulgences of vanity, may be accumulated without end, and the taste for them increases as it is gratified: the love of virtue, the pursuit of truth, grow stale and dull in the dissipation of a court.
