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1873
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From this reading New York: 1873.
action
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From this reading “Count that day lost whose low descending sun Views from thy hand no worthy action done.”
American
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From this reading They are cast in the American language, and liberally enriched with unintelligibility.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading They are cast in the American language, and liberally enriched with unintelligibility.
areauxiliary verbUS /ɑːr/
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading The atrocities constituting this “cold collation” of diabolisms are taken mainly from various Californian journals.
atrocities
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From this reading The atrocities constituting this “cold collation” of diabolisms are taken mainly from various Californian journals.
AUTHOR
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From this reading THE AUTHOR.
Californian
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From this reading The atrocities constituting this “cold collation” of diabolisms are taken mainly from various Californian journals.
cast
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From this reading They are cast in the American language, and liberally enriched with unintelligibility.
cold
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From this reading The atrocities constituting this “cold collation” of diabolisms are taken mainly from various Californian journals.
collation
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From this reading The atrocities constituting this “cold collation” of diabolisms are taken mainly from various Californian journals.
constituting
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From this reading The atrocities constituting this “cold collation” of diabolisms are taken mainly from various Californian journals.
Count
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From this reading “Count that day lost whose low descending sun Views from thy hand no worthy action done.”
day
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From this reading “Count that day lost whose low descending sun Views from thy hand no worthy action done.”
descending
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From this reading “Count that day lost whose low descending sun Views from thy hand no worthy action done.”
diabolisms
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From this reading The atrocities constituting this “cold collation” of diabolisms are taken mainly from various Californian journals.
donenounUS /done/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Count that day lost whose low descending sun Views from thy hand no worthy action done.”
enriched
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From this reading They are cast in the American language, and liberally enriched with unintelligibility.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading “Count that day lost whose low descending sun Views from thy hand no worthy action done.”
hand
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From this reading “Count that day lost whose low descending sun Views from thy hand no worthy action done.”
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading They are cast in the American language, and liberally enriched with unintelligibility.
journals
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From this reading The atrocities constituting this “cold collation” of diabolisms are taken mainly from various Californian journals.
language
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From this reading They are cast in the American language, and liberally enriched with unintelligibility.
liberally
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From this reading They are cast in the American language, and liberally enriched with unintelligibility.
lost
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From this reading “Count that day lost whose low descending sun Views from thy hand no worthy action done.”
low
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From this reading “Count that day lost whose low descending sun Views from thy hand no worthy action done.”
mainly
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From this reading The atrocities constituting this “cold collation” of diabolisms are taken mainly from various Californian journals.
New
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From this reading New York: 1873.
nodeterminerUS /noʊ/
not any; not one
From this reading “Count that day lost whose low descending sun Views from thy hand no worthy action done.”
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading The atrocities constituting this “cold collation” of diabolisms are taken mainly from various Californian journals.
sun
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From this reading “Count that day lost whose low descending sun Views from thy hand no worthy action done.”
taken
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From this reading The atrocities constituting this “cold collation” of diabolisms are taken mainly from various Californian journals.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading “Count that day lost whose low descending sun Views from thy hand no worthy action done.”
THEdeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE AUTHOR.
TheypronounUS /ðeɪ/
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading They are cast in the American language, and liberally enriched with unintelligibility.
thisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading The atrocities constituting this “cold collation” of diabolisms are taken mainly from various Californian journals.
thydeterminerUS /ðaɪ/
an old word for “your”, speaking to one person
From this reading “Count that day lost whose low descending sun Views from thy hand no worthy action done.”
unintelligibility
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From this reading They are cast in the American language, and liberally enriched with unintelligibility.
various
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From this reading The atrocities constituting this “cold collation” of diabolisms are taken mainly from various Californian journals.
Views
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From this reading “Count that day lost whose low descending sun Views from thy hand no worthy action done.”
whosedeterminerUS /huːz/
belonging to which person
From this reading “Count that day lost whose low descending sun Views from thy hand no worthy action done.”
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading They are cast in the American language, and liberally enriched with unintelligibility.
worthyadjectiveUS /ˈwɜːr.ði/
Having or showing the qualities or abilities that merit recognition in character or magic.
From this reading “Count that day lost whose low descending sun Views from thy hand no worthy action done.”
York
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From this reading New York: 1873.