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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 Our readers may, ere this, have surmised that Frank Dalton's career as a soldier was neither very adventurous nor exciting, since otherwise we should scarcely have so nearly forgotten him.
adventurous
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From this reading Our readers may, ere this, have surmised that Frank Dalton's career as a soldier was neither very adventurous nor exciting, since otherwise we should scarcely have so nearly forgotten him.
affections
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From this reading When he parted with Hanserl to pursue his journey, his heart was full of warring and conflicting emotions, love of home and hope of future distinction alternately swaying him; so that while his affections drew him ever backwards, his ambitious urged him to go on.
all
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From this reading I would have asked for no higher fortune than that peaceful home we had made for ourselves by our own affections, the happy fireside, that sufficed us for all the blandishments of wealth and riches.
alternately
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From this reading When he parted with Hanserl to pursue his journey, his heart was full of warring and conflicting emotions, love of home and hope of future distinction alternately swaying him; so that while his affections drew him ever backwards, his ambitious urged him to go on.
ambitious
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From this reading When he parted with Hanserl to pursue his journey, his heart was full of warring and conflicting emotions, love of home and hope of future distinction alternately swaying him; so that while his affections drew him ever backwards, his ambitious urged him to go on.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading When he parted with Hanserl to pursue his journey, his heart was full of warring and conflicting emotions, love of home and hope of future distinction alternately swaying him; so that while his affections drew him ever backwards, his ambitious urged him to go on.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading Our readers may, ere this, have surmised that Frank Dalton's career as a soldier was neither very adventurous nor exciting, since otherwise we should scarcely have so nearly forgotten him.
askednounUS /asked/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading I would have asked for no higher fortune than that peaceful home we had made for ourselves by our own affections, the happy fireside, that sufficed us for all the blandishments of wealth and riches.
backwards
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From this reading When he parted with Hanserl to pursue his journey, his heart was full of warring and conflicting emotions, love of home and hope of future distinction alternately swaying him; so that while his affections drew him ever backwards, his ambitious urged him to go on.
become
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From this reading Still there would have been something ignoble in this humility, something that would ill become my blood as a Dalton.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading “I could have been so happy to have lived with them,” thought he, “even as a peasant lives, a life of daily toil.
blandishments
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From this reading I would have asked for no higher fortune than that peaceful home we had made for ourselves by our own affections, the happy fireside, that sufficed us for all the blandishments of wealth and riches.
bloodnounUS /blood/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Still there would have been something ignoble in this humility, something that would ill become my blood as a Dalton.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading I would have asked for no higher fortune than that peaceful home we had made for ourselves by our own affections, the happy fireside, that sufficed us for all the blandishments of wealth and riches.
career
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From this reading Our readers may, ere this, have surmised that Frank Dalton's career as a soldier was neither very adventurous nor exciting, since otherwise we should scarcely have so nearly forgotten him.
conflicting
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From this reading When he parted with Hanserl to pursue his journey, his heart was full of warring and conflicting emotions, love of home and hope of future distinction alternately swaying him; so that while his affections drew him ever backwards, his ambitious urged him to go on.
couldmodal verbUS /kʊd/
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading “I could have been so happy to have lived with them,” thought he, “even as a peasant lives, a life of daily toil.
daily
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From this reading “I could have been so happy to have lived with them,” thought he, “even as a peasant lives, a life of daily toil.
Dalton
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From this reading Still there would have been something ignoble in this humility, something that would ill become my blood as a Dalton.
Dalton's
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From this reading Our readers may, ere this, have surmised that Frank Dalton's career as a soldier was neither very adventurous nor exciting, since otherwise we should scarcely have so nearly forgotten him.
distinction
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From this reading When he parted with Hanserl to pursue his journey, his heart was full of warring and conflicting emotions, love of home and hope of future distinction alternately swaying him; so that while his affections drew him ever backwards, his ambitious urged him to go on.
drewnounUS /drew/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading When he parted with Hanserl to pursue his journey, his heart was full of warring and conflicting emotions, love of home and hope of future distinction alternately swaying him; so that while his affections drew him ever backwards, his ambitious urged him to go on.
emotions
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From this reading When he parted with Hanserl to pursue his journey, his heart was full of warring and conflicting emotions, love of home and hope of future distinction alternately swaying him; so that while his affections drew him ever backwards, his ambitious urged him to go on.
ereconjunctionUS /er/
an old word for “before”
From this reading Our readers may, ere this, have surmised that Frank Dalton's career as a soldier was neither very adventurous nor exciting, since otherwise we should scarcely have so nearly forgotten him.
evennounUS /even/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “I could have been so happy to have lived with them,” thought he, “even as a peasant lives, a life of daily toil.
evernounUS /ever/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading When he parted with Hanserl to pursue his journey, his heart was full of warring and conflicting emotions, love of home and hope of future distinction alternately swaying him; so that while his affections drew him ever backwards, his ambitious urged him to go on.
exciting
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From this reading Our readers may, ere this, have surmised that Frank Dalton's career as a soldier was neither very adventurous nor exciting, since otherwise we should scarcely have so nearly forgotten him.
fireside
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From this reading I would have asked for no higher fortune than that peaceful home we had made for ourselves by our own affections, the happy fireside, that sufficed us for all the blandishments of wealth and riches.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading I would have asked for no higher fortune than that peaceful home we had made for ourselves by our own affections, the happy fireside, that sufficed us for all the blandishments of wealth and riches.
forgottenadjectiveUS /fərˈɡɑːt.n̩/
Not remembered; lapsed from memory.
From this reading Our readers may, ere this, have surmised that Frank Dalton's career as a soldier was neither very adventurous nor exciting, since otherwise we should scarcely have so nearly forgotten him.
fortunenounUS /ˈfortune/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading I would have asked for no higher fortune than that peaceful home we had made for ourselves by our own affections, the happy fireside, that sufficed us for all the blandishments of wealth and riches.
Frank
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From this reading Our readers may, ere this, have surmised that Frank Dalton's career as a soldier was neither very adventurous nor exciting, since otherwise we should scarcely have so nearly forgotten him.
full
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From this reading When he parted with Hanserl to pursue his journey, his heart was full of warring and conflicting emotions, love of home and hope of future distinction alternately swaying him; so that while his affections drew him ever backwards, his ambitious urged him to go on.
future
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From this reading When he parted with Hanserl to pursue his journey, his heart was full of warring and conflicting emotions, love of home and hope of future distinction alternately swaying him; so that while his affections drew him ever backwards, his ambitious urged him to go on.
go
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From this reading When he parted with Hanserl to pursue his journey, his heart was full of warring and conflicting emotions, love of home and hope of future distinction alternately swaying him; so that while his affections drew him ever backwards, his ambitious urged him to go on.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading I would have asked for no higher fortune than that peaceful home we had made for ourselves by our own affections, the happy fireside, that sufficed us for all the blandishments of wealth and riches.
Hanserl
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From this reading When he parted with Hanserl to pursue his journey, his heart was full of warring and conflicting emotions, love of home and hope of future distinction alternately swaying him; so that while his affections drew him ever backwards, his ambitious urged him to go on.
happy
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From this reading “I could have been so happy to have lived with them,” thought he, “even as a peasant lives, a life of daily toil.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading Our readers may, ere this, have surmised that Frank Dalton's career as a soldier was neither very adventurous nor exciting, since otherwise we should scarcely have so nearly forgotten him.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading When he parted with Hanserl to pursue his journey, his heart was full of warring and conflicting emotions, love of home and hope of future distinction alternately swaying him; so that while his affections drew him ever backwards, his ambitious urged him to go on.
heart
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From this reading When he parted with Hanserl to pursue his journey, his heart was full of warring and conflicting emotions, love of home and hope of future distinction alternately swaying him; so that while his affections drew him ever backwards, his ambitious urged him to go on.
higher
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From this reading I would have asked for no higher fortune than that peaceful home we had made for ourselves by our own affections, the happy fireside, that sufficed us for all the blandishments of wealth and riches.
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Our readers may, ere this, have surmised that Frank Dalton's career as a soldier was neither very adventurous nor exciting, since otherwise we should scarcely have so nearly forgotten him.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading When he parted with Hanserl to pursue his journey, his heart was full of warring and conflicting emotions, love of home and hope of future distinction alternately swaying him; so that while his affections drew him ever backwards, his ambitious urged him to go on.
home
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From this reading When he parted with Hanserl to pursue his journey, his heart was full of warring and conflicting emotions, love of home and hope of future distinction alternately swaying him; so that while his affections drew him ever backwards, his ambitious urged him to go on.
hope
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From this reading When he parted with Hanserl to pursue his journey, his heart was full of warring and conflicting emotions, love of home and hope of future distinction alternately swaying him; so that while his affections drew him ever backwards, his ambitious urged him to go on.
humility
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From this reading Still there would have been something ignoble in this humility, something that would ill become my blood as a Dalton.
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading “I could have been so happy to have lived with them,” thought he, “even as a peasant lives, a life of daily toil.
ignoble
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From this reading Still there would have been something ignoble in this humility, something that would ill become my blood as a Dalton.
ill
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From this reading Still there would have been something ignoble in this humility, something that would ill become my blood as a Dalton.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Still there would have been something ignoble in this humility, something that would ill become my blood as a Dalton.
journeynounUS /ˈjourney/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading When he parted with Hanserl to pursue his journey, his heart was full of warring and conflicting emotions, love of home and hope of future distinction alternately swaying him; so that while his affections drew him ever backwards, his ambitious urged him to go on.
lifenounUS /life/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “I could have been so happy to have lived with them,” thought he, “even as a peasant lives, a life of daily toil.
lived
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From this reading “I could have been so happy to have lived with them,” thought he, “even as a peasant lives, a life of daily toil.
lives
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From this reading “I could have been so happy to have lived with them,” thought he, “even as a peasant lives, a life of daily toil.
love
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From this reading When he parted with Hanserl to pursue his journey, his heart was full of warring and conflicting emotions, love of home and hope of future distinction alternately swaying him; so that while his affections drew him ever backwards, his ambitious urged him to go on.
made
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From this reading I would have asked for no higher fortune than that peaceful home we had made for ourselves by our own affections, the happy fireside, that sufficed us for all the blandishments of wealth and riches.
maymodal verbUS /meɪ/
used to say something is possible, or to give permission
From this reading Our readers may, ere this, have surmised that Frank Dalton's career as a soldier was neither very adventurous nor exciting, since otherwise we should scarcely have so nearly forgotten him.
mydeterminerUS /maɪ/
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading Still there would have been something ignoble in this humility, something that would ill become my blood as a Dalton.
nearly
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From this reading Our readers may, ere this, have surmised that Frank Dalton's career as a soldier was neither very adventurous nor exciting, since otherwise we should scarcely have so nearly forgotten him.
neitherdeterminerUS /ˈniːðər/
not one and not the other of two
From this reading Our readers may, ere this, have surmised that Frank Dalton's career as a soldier was neither very adventurous nor exciting, since otherwise we should scarcely have so nearly forgotten him.
nodeterminerUS /noʊ/
not any; not one
From this reading I would have asked for no higher fortune than that peaceful home we had made for ourselves by our own affections, the happy fireside, that sufficed us for all the blandishments of wealth and riches.
norconjunctionUS /nɔːr/
and not; used after a negative to add a second negative
From this reading Our readers may, ere this, have surmised that Frank Dalton's career as a soldier was neither very adventurous nor exciting, since otherwise we should scarcely have so nearly forgotten him.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading When he parted with Hanserl to pursue his journey, his heart was full of warring and conflicting emotions, love of home and hope of future distinction alternately swaying him; so that while his affections drew him ever backwards, his ambitious urged him to go on.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading When he parted with Hanserl to pursue his journey, his heart was full of warring and conflicting emotions, love of home and hope of future distinction alternately swaying him; so that while his affections drew him ever backwards, his ambitious urged him to go on.
otherwise
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From this reading Our readers may, ere this, have surmised that Frank Dalton's career as a soldier was neither very adventurous nor exciting, since otherwise we should scarcely have so nearly forgotten him.
OurdeterminerUS /ˈaʊər/
belonging to the speaker and others
From this reading Our readers may, ere this, have surmised that Frank Dalton's career as a soldier was neither very adventurous nor exciting, since otherwise we should scarcely have so nearly forgotten him.
ourselvespronounUS /aʊərˈselvz/
used when we are both doing the action and receiving it
From this reading I would have asked for no higher fortune than that peaceful home we had made for ourselves by our own affections, the happy fireside, that sufficed us for all the blandishments of wealth and riches.
own
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From this reading I would have asked for no higher fortune than that peaceful home we had made for ourselves by our own affections, the happy fireside, that sufficed us for all the blandishments of wealth and riches.
parted
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From this reading When he parted with Hanserl to pursue his journey, his heart was full of warring and conflicting emotions, love of home and hope of future distinction alternately swaying him; so that while his affections drew him ever backwards, his ambitious urged him to go on.
peaceful
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From this reading I would have asked for no higher fortune than that peaceful home we had made for ourselves by our own affections, the happy fireside, that sufficed us for all the blandishments of wealth and riches.
peasant
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From this reading “I could have been so happy to have lived with them,” thought he, “even as a peasant lives, a life of daily toil.
pursue
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From this reading When he parted with Hanserl to pursue his journey, his heart was full of warring and conflicting emotions, love of home and hope of future distinction alternately swaying him; so that while his affections drew him ever backwards, his ambitious urged him to go on.
readers
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From this reading Our readers may, ere this, have surmised that Frank Dalton's career as a soldier was neither very adventurous nor exciting, since otherwise we should scarcely have so nearly forgotten him.
riches
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From this reading I would have asked for no higher fortune than that peaceful home we had made for ourselves by our own affections, the happy fireside, that sufficed us for all the blandishments of wealth and riches.
scarcely
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From this reading Our readers may, ere this, have surmised that Frank Dalton's career as a soldier was neither very adventurous nor exciting, since otherwise we should scarcely have so nearly forgotten him.
shouldmodal verbUS /ʃʊd/
used to say what is right, expected, or advisable
From this reading Our readers may, ere this, have surmised that Frank Dalton's career as a soldier was neither very adventurous nor exciting, since otherwise we should scarcely have so nearly forgotten him.
sinceprepositionUS /sɪns/
from a time in the past until now
From this reading Our readers may, ere this, have surmised that Frank Dalton's career as a soldier was neither very adventurous nor exciting, since otherwise we should scarcely have so nearly forgotten him.
soconjunctionUS /soʊ/
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading Our readers may, ere this, have surmised that Frank Dalton's career as a soldier was neither very adventurous nor exciting, since otherwise we should scarcely have so nearly forgotten him.
soldier
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From this reading Our readers may, ere this, have surmised that Frank Dalton's career as a soldier was neither very adventurous nor exciting, since otherwise we should scarcely have so nearly forgotten him.
somethingpronounUS /ˈsʌmθɪŋ/
a thing, without saying which
From this reading Still there would have been something ignoble in this humility, something that would ill become my blood as a Dalton.
StillnounUS /still/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Still there would have been something ignoble in this humility, something that would ill become my blood as a Dalton.
sufficed
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From this reading I would have asked for no higher fortune than that peaceful home we had made for ourselves by our own affections, the happy fireside, that sufficed us for all the blandishments of wealth and riches.
surmised
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From this reading Our readers may, ere this, have surmised that Frank Dalton's career as a soldier was neither very adventurous nor exciting, since otherwise we should scarcely have so nearly forgotten him.
swaying
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From this reading When he parted with Hanserl to pursue his journey, his heart was full of warring and conflicting emotions, love of home and hope of future distinction alternately swaying him; so that while his affections drew him ever backwards, his ambitious urged him to go on.
thanconjunctionUS /ðæn/
used to introduce the second part of a comparison
From this reading I would have asked for no higher fortune than that peaceful home we had made for ourselves by our own affections, the happy fireside, that sufficed us for all the blandishments of wealth and riches.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Our readers may, ere this, have surmised that Frank Dalton's career as a soldier was neither very adventurous nor exciting, since otherwise we should scarcely have so nearly forgotten him.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading I would have asked for no higher fortune than that peaceful home we had made for ourselves by our own affections, the happy fireside, that sufficed us for all the blandishments of wealth and riches.
thempronounUS /ðem/
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading “I could have been so happy to have lived with them,” thought he, “even as a peasant lives, a life of daily toil.
there
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From this reading Still there would have been something ignoble in this humility, something that would ill become my blood as a Dalton.
thisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading Our readers may, ere this, have surmised that Frank Dalton's career as a soldier was neither very adventurous nor exciting, since otherwise we should scarcely have so nearly forgotten him.
thoughtnounUS /thought/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “I could have been so happy to have lived with them,” thought he, “even as a peasant lives, a life of daily toil.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading When he parted with Hanserl to pursue his journey, his heart was full of warring and conflicting emotions, love of home and hope of future distinction alternately swaying him; so that while his affections drew him ever backwards, his ambitious urged him to go on.
toil
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From this reading “I could have been so happy to have lived with them,” thought he, “even as a peasant lives, a life of daily toil.
urged
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From this reading When he parted with Hanserl to pursue his journey, his heart was full of warring and conflicting emotions, love of home and hope of future distinction alternately swaying him; so that while his affections drew him ever backwards, his ambitious urged him to go on.
uspronounUS /ʌs/
the speaker and others, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading I would have asked for no higher fortune than that peaceful home we had made for ourselves by our own affections, the happy fireside, that sufficed us for all the blandishments of wealth and riches.
very
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From this reading Our readers may, ere this, have surmised that Frank Dalton's career as a soldier was neither very adventurous nor exciting, since otherwise we should scarcely have so nearly forgotten him.
warring
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From this reading When he parted with Hanserl to pursue his journey, his heart was full of warring and conflicting emotions, love of home and hope of future distinction alternately swaying him; so that while his affections drew him ever backwards, his ambitious urged him to go on.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Our readers may, ere this, have surmised that Frank Dalton's career as a soldier was neither very adventurous nor exciting, since otherwise we should scarcely have so nearly forgotten him.
wepronounUS /wiː/
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading Our readers may, ere this, have surmised that Frank Dalton's career as a soldier was neither very adventurous nor exciting, since otherwise we should scarcely have so nearly forgotten him.
wealth
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From this reading I would have asked for no higher fortune than that peaceful home we had made for ourselves by our own affections, the happy fireside, that sufficed us for all the blandishments of wealth and riches.
WhenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading When he parted with Hanserl to pursue his journey, his heart was full of warring and conflicting emotions, love of home and hope of future distinction alternately swaying him; so that while his affections drew him ever backwards, his ambitious urged him to go on.
whileconjunctionUS /waɪl/
during the time that
From this reading When he parted with Hanserl to pursue his journey, his heart was full of warring and conflicting emotions, love of home and hope of future distinction alternately swaying him; so that while his affections drew him ever backwards, his ambitious urged him to go on.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading When he parted with Hanserl to pursue his journey, his heart was full of warring and conflicting emotions, love of home and hope of future distinction alternately swaying him; so that while his affections drew him ever backwards, his ambitious urged him to go on.
wouldmodal verbUS /wʊd/
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading I would have asked for no higher fortune than that peaceful home we had made for ourselves by our own affections, the happy fireside, that sufficed us for all the blandishments of wealth and riches.
