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1840
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From this reading There is, however, among these notes the following interesting paragraph, written in 1840 and clearly foreshadowing The Great Stone Face:
adeterminerUS /ə/
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading The passages from Sketches from Memory show that Hawthorne had visited the mountains in one of his occasional rambles from home, but there are no entries in his Note Books which give accounts of such a visit.
accountsnounUS /ˈaccounts/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading The passages from Sketches from Memory show that Hawthorne had visited the mountains in one of his occasional rambles from home, but there are no entries in his Note Books which give accounts of such a visit.
Ambitious
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From this reading Introduction The Great Stone Face The Ambitious Guest The Great Carbuncle Sketches From Memory THE first three numbers in this collection are tales of the White Hills in New Hampshire.
amongprepositionUS /əˈmʌŋ/
surrounded by; in the middle of a group
From this reading There is, however, among these notes the following interesting paragraph, written in 1840 and clearly foreshadowing The Great Stone Face:
andeterminerUS /æn/
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading The face is an object of curiosity for years or centuries, and by and by a boy is born whose features gradually assume the aspect of that portrait.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading There is, however, among these notes the following interesting paragraph, written in 1840 and clearly foreshadowing The Great Stone Face:
areauxiliary verbUS /ɑːr/
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading Introduction The Great Stone Face The Ambitious Guest The Great Carbuncle Sketches From Memory THE first three numbers in this collection are tales of the White Hills in New Hampshire.
aspect
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From this reading The face is an object of curiosity for years or centuries, and by and by a boy is born whose features gradually assume the aspect of that portrait.
assume
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From this reading The face is an object of curiosity for years or centuries, and by and by a boy is born whose features gradually assume the aspect of that portrait.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading ‘The semblance of a human face to be formed on the side of a mountain, or in the fracture of a small stone, by a lusus naturae [freak of nature].
BooksnounUS /bʊks/
Bound written or printed works.
From this reading The passages from Sketches from Memory show that Hawthorne had visited the mountains in one of his occasional rambles from home, but there are no entries in his Note Books which give accounts of such a visit.
bornnounUS /born/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The face is an object of curiosity for years or centuries, and by and by a boy is born whose features gradually assume the aspect of that portrait.
boy
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From this reading The face is an object of curiosity for years or centuries, and by and by a boy is born whose features gradually assume the aspect of that portrait.
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading The passages from Sketches from Memory show that Hawthorne had visited the mountains in one of his occasional rambles from home, but there are no entries in his Note Books which give accounts of such a visit.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading ‘The semblance of a human face to be formed on the side of a mountain, or in the fracture of a small stone, by a lusus naturae [freak of nature].
Carbuncle
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From this reading Introduction The Great Stone Face The Ambitious Guest The Great Carbuncle Sketches From Memory THE first three numbers in this collection are tales of the White Hills in New Hampshire.
centuries
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From this reading The face is an object of curiosity for years or centuries, and by and by a boy is born whose features gradually assume the aspect of that portrait.
clearly
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From this reading There is, however, among these notes the following interesting paragraph, written in 1840 and clearly foreshadowing The Great Stone Face:
collection
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From this reading Introduction The Great Stone Face The Ambitious Guest The Great Carbuncle Sketches From Memory THE first three numbers in this collection are tales of the White Hills in New Hampshire.
curiosity
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From this reading The face is an object of curiosity for years or centuries, and by and by a boy is born whose features gradually assume the aspect of that portrait.
entries
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From this reading The passages from Sketches from Memory show that Hawthorne had visited the mountains in one of his occasional rambles from home, but there are no entries in his Note Books which give accounts of such a visit.
Face
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From this reading Introduction The Great Stone Face The Ambitious Guest The Great Carbuncle Sketches From Memory THE first three numbers in this collection are tales of the White Hills in New Hampshire.
features
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From this reading The face is an object of curiosity for years or centuries, and by and by a boy is born whose features gradually assume the aspect of that portrait.
firstnounUS /first/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Introduction The Great Stone Face The Ambitious Guest The Great Carbuncle Sketches From Memory THE first three numbers in this collection are tales of the White Hills in New Hampshire.
following
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From this reading There is, however, among these notes the following interesting paragraph, written in 1840 and clearly foreshadowing The Great Stone Face:
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading The face is an object of curiosity for years or centuries, and by and by a boy is born whose features gradually assume the aspect of that portrait.
foreshadowing
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From this reading There is, however, among these notes the following interesting paragraph, written in 1840 and clearly foreshadowing The Great Stone Face:
formed
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From this reading ‘The semblance of a human face to be formed on the side of a mountain, or in the fracture of a small stone, by a lusus naturae [freak of nature].
fracture
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From this reading ‘The semblance of a human face to be formed on the side of a mountain, or in the fracture of a small stone, by a lusus naturae [freak of nature].
freak
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From this reading ‘The semblance of a human face to be formed on the side of a mountain, or in the fracture of a small stone, by a lusus naturae [freak of nature].
FromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading Introduction The Great Stone Face The Ambitious Guest The Great Carbuncle Sketches From Memory THE first three numbers in this collection are tales of the White Hills in New Hampshire.
give
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From this reading The passages from Sketches from Memory show that Hawthorne had visited the mountains in one of his occasional rambles from home, but there are no entries in his Note Books which give accounts of such a visit.
gradually
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From this reading The face is an object of curiosity for years or centuries, and by and by a boy is born whose features gradually assume the aspect of that portrait.
GreatnounUS /great/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Introduction The Great Stone Face The Ambitious Guest The Great Carbuncle Sketches From Memory THE first three numbers in this collection are tales of the White Hills in New Hampshire.
Guest
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From this reading Introduction The Great Stone Face The Ambitious Guest The Great Carbuncle Sketches From Memory THE first three numbers in this collection are tales of the White Hills in New Hampshire.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading The passages from Sketches from Memory show that Hawthorne had visited the mountains in one of his occasional rambles from home, but there are no entries in his Note Books which give accounts of such a visit.
Hampshire
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From this reading Introduction The Great Stone Face The Ambitious Guest The Great Carbuncle Sketches From Memory THE first three numbers in this collection are tales of the White Hills in New Hampshire.
Hawthorne
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Hills
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From this reading Introduction The Great Stone Face The Ambitious Guest The Great Carbuncle Sketches From Memory THE first three numbers in this collection are tales of the White Hills in New Hampshire.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading The passages from Sketches from Memory show that Hawthorne had visited the mountains in one of his occasional rambles from home, but there are no entries in his Note Books which give accounts of such a visit.
home
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From this reading The passages from Sketches from Memory show that Hawthorne had visited the mountains in one of his occasional rambles from home, but there are no entries in his Note Books which give accounts of such a visit.
howeveradverbUS /ˌhaʊˈevər/
used to add a contrasting statement
From this reading There is, however, among these notes the following interesting paragraph, written in 1840 and clearly foreshadowing The Great Stone Face:
human
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From this reading ‘The semblance of a human face to be formed on the side of a mountain, or in the fracture of a small stone, by a lusus naturae [freak of nature].
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Introduction The Great Stone Face The Ambitious Guest The Great Carbuncle Sketches From Memory THE first three numbers in this collection are tales of the White Hills in New Hampshire.
interesting
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From this reading There is, however, among these notes the following interesting paragraph, written in 1840 and clearly foreshadowing The Great Stone Face:
Introduction
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From this reading Introduction The Great Stone Face The Ambitious Guest The Great Carbuncle Sketches From Memory THE first three numbers in this collection are tales of the White Hills in New Hampshire.
isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading There is, however, among these notes the following interesting paragraph, written in 1840 and clearly foreshadowing The Great Stone Face:
lusus
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From this reading ‘The semblance of a human face to be formed on the side of a mountain, or in the fracture of a small stone, by a lusus naturae [freak of nature].
MemorynounUS /ˈmem.ər.i/
The faculty by which the mind stores and remembers information and knowledge.
From this reading Introduction The Great Stone Face The Ambitious Guest The Great Carbuncle Sketches From Memory THE first three numbers in this collection are tales of the White Hills in New Hampshire.
mountain
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From this reading ‘The semblance of a human face to be formed on the side of a mountain, or in the fracture of a small stone, by a lusus naturae [freak of nature].
mountains
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From this reading The passages from Sketches from Memory show that Hawthorne had visited the mountains in one of his occasional rambles from home, but there are no entries in his Note Books which give accounts of such a visit.
naturae
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From this reading ‘The semblance of a human face to be formed on the side of a mountain, or in the fracture of a small stone, by a lusus naturae [freak of nature].
nature
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From this reading ‘The semblance of a human face to be formed on the side of a mountain, or in the fracture of a small stone, by a lusus naturae [freak of nature].
New
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From this reading Introduction The Great Stone Face The Ambitious Guest The Great Carbuncle Sketches From Memory THE first three numbers in this collection are tales of the White Hills in New Hampshire.
nodeterminerUS /noʊ/
not any; not one
From this reading The passages from Sketches from Memory show that Hawthorne had visited the mountains in one of his occasional rambles from home, but there are no entries in his Note Books which give accounts of such a visit.
Note
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From this reading The passages from Sketches from Memory show that Hawthorne had visited the mountains in one of his occasional rambles from home, but there are no entries in his Note Books which give accounts of such a visit.
notes
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From this reading There is, however, among these notes the following interesting paragraph, written in 1840 and clearly foreshadowing The Great Stone Face:
numbers
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From this reading Introduction The Great Stone Face The Ambitious Guest The Great Carbuncle Sketches From Memory THE first three numbers in this collection are tales of the White Hills in New Hampshire.
object
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From this reading The face is an object of curiosity for years or centuries, and by and by a boy is born whose features gradually assume the aspect of that portrait.
occasional
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From this reading The passages from Sketches from Memory show that Hawthorne had visited the mountains in one of his occasional rambles from home, but there are no entries in his Note Books which give accounts of such a visit.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Introduction The Great Stone Face The Ambitious Guest The Great Carbuncle Sketches From Memory THE first three numbers in this collection are tales of the White Hills in New Hampshire.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading ‘The semblance of a human face to be formed on the side of a mountain, or in the fracture of a small stone, by a lusus naturae [freak of nature].
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading The passages from Sketches from Memory show that Hawthorne had visited the mountains in one of his occasional rambles from home, but there are no entries in his Note Books which give accounts of such a visit.
orconjunctionUS /ɔːr/
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading ‘The semblance of a human face to be formed on the side of a mountain, or in the fracture of a small stone, by a lusus naturae [freak of nature].
paragraph
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From this reading There is, however, among these notes the following interesting paragraph, written in 1840 and clearly foreshadowing The Great Stone Face:
passages
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From this reading The passages from Sketches from Memory show that Hawthorne had visited the mountains in one of his occasional rambles from home, but there are no entries in his Note Books which give accounts of such a visit.
portrait
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From this reading The face is an object of curiosity for years or centuries, and by and by a boy is born whose features gradually assume the aspect of that portrait.
rambles
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From this reading The passages from Sketches from Memory show that Hawthorne had visited the mountains in one of his occasional rambles from home, but there are no entries in his Note Books which give accounts of such a visit.
semblance
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From this reading ‘The semblance of a human face to be formed on the side of a mountain, or in the fracture of a small stone, by a lusus naturae [freak of nature].
show
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From this reading The passages from Sketches from Memory show that Hawthorne had visited the mountains in one of his occasional rambles from home, but there are no entries in his Note Books which give accounts of such a visit.
side
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From this reading ‘The semblance of a human face to be formed on the side of a mountain, or in the fracture of a small stone, by a lusus naturae [freak of nature].
Sketches
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From this reading Introduction The Great Stone Face The Ambitious Guest The Great Carbuncle Sketches From Memory THE first three numbers in this collection are tales of the White Hills in New Hampshire.
small
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From this reading ‘The semblance of a human face to be formed on the side of a mountain, or in the fracture of a small stone, by a lusus naturae [freak of nature].
Stone
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From this reading Introduction The Great Stone Face The Ambitious Guest The Great Carbuncle Sketches From Memory THE first three numbers in this collection are tales of the White Hills in New Hampshire.
suchdeterminerUS /sʌtʃ/
of the kind already mentioned
From this reading The passages from Sketches from Memory show that Hawthorne had visited the mountains in one of his occasional rambles from home, but there are no entries in his Note Books which give accounts of such a visit.
tales
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From this reading Introduction The Great Stone Face The Ambitious Guest The Great Carbuncle Sketches From Memory THE first three numbers in this collection are tales of the White Hills in New Hampshire.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading The passages from Sketches from Memory show that Hawthorne had visited the mountains in one of his occasional rambles from home, but there are no entries in his Note Books which give accounts of such a visit.
ThedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Introduction The Great Stone Face The Ambitious Guest The Great Carbuncle Sketches From Memory THE first three numbers in this collection are tales of the White Hills in New Hampshire.
there
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From this reading The passages from Sketches from Memory show that Hawthorne had visited the mountains in one of his occasional rambles from home, but there are no entries in his Note Books which give accounts of such a visit.
thesedeterminerUS /ðiːz/
the plural of “this”: the people or things near, or just mentioned
From this reading There is, however, among these notes the following interesting paragraph, written in 1840 and clearly foreshadowing The Great Stone Face:
thisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading Introduction The Great Stone Face The Ambitious Guest The Great Carbuncle Sketches From Memory THE first three numbers in this collection are tales of the White Hills in New Hampshire.
three
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From this reading Introduction The Great Stone Face The Ambitious Guest The Great Carbuncle Sketches From Memory THE first three numbers in this collection are tales of the White Hills in New Hampshire.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading ‘The semblance of a human face to be formed on the side of a mountain, or in the fracture of a small stone, by a lusus naturae [freak of nature].
visit
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From this reading The passages from Sketches from Memory show that Hawthorne had visited the mountains in one of his occasional rambles from home, but there are no entries in his Note Books which give accounts of such a visit.
visited
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From this reading The passages from Sketches from Memory show that Hawthorne had visited the mountains in one of his occasional rambles from home, but there are no entries in his Note Books which give accounts of such a visit.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading The passages from Sketches from Memory show that Hawthorne had visited the mountains in one of his occasional rambles from home, but there are no entries in his Note Books which give accounts of such a visit.
White
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From this reading Introduction The Great Stone Face The Ambitious Guest The Great Carbuncle Sketches From Memory THE first three numbers in this collection are tales of the White Hills in New Hampshire.
whosedeterminerUS /huːz/
belonging to which person
From this reading The face is an object of curiosity for years or centuries, and by and by a boy is born whose features gradually assume the aspect of that portrait.
written
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From this reading There is, however, among these notes the following interesting paragraph, written in 1840 and clearly foreshadowing The Great Stone Face:
years
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From this reading The face is an object of curiosity for years or centuries, and by and by a boy is born whose features gradually assume the aspect of that portrait.
