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all
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From this reading The Royal Court of King James, at Whitehall, was furnished and embellished with all the luxury which love of show and the power of the owner could command.
andeterminerUS /æn/
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading In the King's bedchamber stood an elaborately carved bedstead canopied with perfumed velvet cunningly wrought in silk and gold.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading The Royal Court of King James, at Whitehall, was furnished and embellished with all the luxury which love of show and the power of the owner could command.
arms
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From this reading Upon its front glittered the royal arms of England.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading The Royal Court of King James, at Whitehall, was furnished and embellished with all the luxury which love of show and the power of the owner could command.
bedchamber
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From this reading In the King's bedchamber stood an elaborately carved bedstead canopied with perfumed velvet cunningly wrought in silk and gold.
bedstead
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From this reading In the King's bedchamber stood an elaborately carved bedstead canopied with perfumed velvet cunningly wrought in silk and gold.
canopied
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From this reading In the King's bedchamber stood an elaborately carved bedstead canopied with perfumed velvet cunningly wrought in silk and gold.
carpets
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From this reading Choicest tapestries draped the walls, carpets of marvelous softness covered the floors.
carved
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From this reading In the King's bedchamber stood an elaborately carved bedstead canopied with perfumed velvet cunningly wrought in silk and gold.
Choicest
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CHRISTENDOM
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From this reading THE WISEST FOOL IN CHRISTENDOM.
command
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From this reading The Royal Court of King James, at Whitehall, was furnished and embellished with all the luxury which love of show and the power of the owner could command.
couldmodal verbUS /kʊd/
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading The Royal Court of King James, at Whitehall, was furnished and embellished with all the luxury which love of show and the power of the owner could command.
Court
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From this reading The Royal Court of King James, at Whitehall, was furnished and embellished with all the luxury which love of show and the power of the owner could command.
covered
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cunningly
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From this reading In the King's bedchamber stood an elaborately carved bedstead canopied with perfumed velvet cunningly wrought in silk and gold.
draped
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elaborately
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From this reading In the King's bedchamber stood an elaborately carved bedstead canopied with perfumed velvet cunningly wrought in silk and gold.
embellished
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From this reading The Royal Court of King James, at Whitehall, was furnished and embellished with all the luxury which love of show and the power of the owner could command.
England
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From this reading Upon its front glittered the royal arms of England.
floors
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FOOL
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From this reading THE WISEST FOOL IN CHRISTENDOM.
front
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From this reading Upon its front glittered the royal arms of England.
furnished
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From this reading The Royal Court of King James, at Whitehall, was furnished and embellished with all the luxury which love of show and the power of the owner could command.
glittered
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From this reading Upon its front glittered the royal arms of England.
gold
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From this reading In the King's bedchamber stood an elaborately carved bedstead canopied with perfumed velvet cunningly wrought in silk and gold.
INprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading THE WISEST FOOL IN CHRISTENDOM.
itsdeterminerUS /ɪts/
belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned
From this reading Upon its front glittered the royal arms of England.
James
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From this reading The Royal Court of King James, at Whitehall, was furnished and embellished with all the luxury which love of show and the power of the owner could command.
King
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From this reading The Royal Court of King James, at Whitehall, was furnished and embellished with all the luxury which love of show and the power of the owner could command.
King's
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From this reading In the King's bedchamber stood an elaborately carved bedstead canopied with perfumed velvet cunningly wrought in silk and gold.
love
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From this reading The Royal Court of King James, at Whitehall, was furnished and embellished with all the luxury which love of show and the power of the owner could command.
luxury
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From this reading The Royal Court of King James, at Whitehall, was furnished and embellished with all the luxury which love of show and the power of the owner could command.
marvelous
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From this reading Choicest tapestries draped the walls, carpets of marvelous softness covered the floors.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading The Royal Court of King James, at Whitehall, was furnished and embellished with all the luxury which love of show and the power of the owner could command.
owner
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From this reading The Royal Court of King James, at Whitehall, was furnished and embellished with all the luxury which love of show and the power of the owner could command.
perfumed
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From this reading In the King's bedchamber stood an elaborately carved bedstead canopied with perfumed velvet cunningly wrought in silk and gold.
power
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From this reading The Royal Court of King James, at Whitehall, was furnished and embellished with all the luxury which love of show and the power of the owner could command.
Royal
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From this reading The Royal Court of King James, at Whitehall, was furnished and embellished with all the luxury which love of show and the power of the owner could command.
show
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From this reading The Royal Court of King James, at Whitehall, was furnished and embellished with all the luxury which love of show and the power of the owner could command.
silk
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From this reading In the King's bedchamber stood an elaborately carved bedstead canopied with perfumed velvet cunningly wrought in silk and gold.
softness
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From this reading Choicest tapestries draped the walls, carpets of marvelous softness covered the floors.
stoodverbUS /stʊd/
Maintained an upright posture.
From this reading In the King's bedchamber stood an elaborately carved bedstead canopied with perfumed velvet cunningly wrought in silk and gold.
tapestries
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From this reading Choicest tapestries draped the walls, carpets of marvelous softness covered the floors.
THEdeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE WISEST FOOL IN CHRISTENDOM.
UponprepositionUS /əˈpɑːn/
a formal word for “on”
From this reading Upon its front glittered the royal arms of England.
velvet
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From this reading In the King's bedchamber stood an elaborately carved bedstead canopied with perfumed velvet cunningly wrought in silk and gold.
walls
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From this reading Choicest tapestries draped the walls, carpets of marvelous softness covered the floors.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading The Royal Court of King James, at Whitehall, was furnished and embellished with all the luxury which love of show and the power of the owner could command.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading The Royal Court of King James, at Whitehall, was furnished and embellished with all the luxury which love of show and the power of the owner could command.
Whitehall
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From this reading The Royal Court of King James, at Whitehall, was furnished and embellished with all the luxury which love of show and the power of the owner could command.
WISEST
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From this reading THE WISEST FOOL IN CHRISTENDOM.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading The Royal Court of King James, at Whitehall, was furnished and embellished with all the luxury which love of show and the power of the owner could command.
wrought
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From this reading In the King's bedchamber stood an elaborately carved bedstead canopied with perfumed velvet cunningly wrought in silk and gold.
