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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 For to bring your case into point, somebody should have been playing on a Jew's harp for the whole of the orchestra; and the elderly German should have quoted something about 'Harp of Judah' to the Venetian behind him!
aboutprepositionUS /əˈbaʊt/
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading For to bring your case into point, somebody should have been playing on a Jew's harp for the whole of the orchestra; and the elderly German should have quoted something about 'Harp of Judah' to the Venetian behind him!
againstprepositionUS /əˈɡenst/
touching and pressing; in opposition to
From this reading And there, you would have proved your analogy!--Because you see, my dear friend, it was not the expression, but the thing expressed, I cried out against--the exaggeration in your mind.
amauxiliary verbUS /æm/
the form of “be” used with “I”
From this reading I am sorry when I write what you do not like--but I have instincts and impulses too strong for me when you say things which put me into such a miserably false position in respect to you--as for instance, when in this very last letter (oh, I _must_ tell you!) you talk of my 'correcting your verses'!
analogy
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From this reading And there, you would have proved your analogy!--Because you see, my dear friend, it was not the expression, but the thing expressed, I cried out against--the exaggeration in your mind.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading But what likeness is there between opposites; and what has 'M. l'Italien' to do with the said 'elderly German'?
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading I am sorry when I write what you do not like--but I have instincts and impulses too strong for me when you say things which put me into such a miserably false position in respect to you--as for instance, when in this very last letter (oh, I _must_ tell you!) you talk of my 'correcting your verses'!
BecauseconjunctionUS /bɪˈkɔːz/
for the reason that
From this reading And there, you would have proved your analogy!--Because you see, my dear friend, it was not the expression, but the thing expressed, I cried out against--the exaggeration in your mind.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading For to bring your case into point, somebody should have been playing on a Jew's harp for the whole of the orchestra; and the elderly German should have quoted something about 'Harp of Judah' to the Venetian behind him!
behindprepositionUS /bɪˈhaɪnd/
at or toward the back of something
From this reading For to bring your case into point, somebody should have been playing on a Jew's harp for the whole of the orchestra; and the elderly German should have quoted something about 'Harp of Judah' to the Venetian behind him!
betweenprepositionUS /bɪˈtwiːn/
in the space, time, or range separating two things
From this reading But what likeness is there between opposites; and what has 'M. l'Italien' to do with the said 'elderly German'?
bring
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From this reading For to bring your case into point, somebody should have been playing on a Jew's harp for the whole of the orchestra; and the elderly German should have quoted something about 'Harp of Judah' to the Venetian behind him!
ButconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading But what likeness is there between opposites; and what has 'M. l'Italien' to do with the said 'elderly German'?
case
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From this reading For to bring your case into point, somebody should have been playing on a Jew's harp for the whole of the orchestra; and the elderly German should have quoted something about 'Harp of Judah' to the Venetian behind him!
correcting
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From this reading I am sorry when I write what you do not like--but I have instincts and impulses too strong for me when you say things which put me into such a miserably false position in respect to you--as for instance, when in this very last letter (oh, I _must_ tell you!) you talk of my 'correcting your verses'!
criednounUS /cried/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading And there, you would have proved your analogy!--Because you see, my dear friend, it was not the expression, but the thing expressed, I cried out against--the exaggeration in your mind.
dear
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From this reading And there, you would have proved your analogy!--Because you see, my dear friend, it was not the expression, but the thing expressed, I cried out against--the exaggeration in your mind.
doauxiliary verbUS /duː/
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading But what likeness is there between opposites; and what has 'M. l'Italien' to do with the said 'elderly German'?
elderly
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From this reading But what likeness is there between opposites; and what has 'M. l'Italien' to do with the said 'elderly German'?
exaggeration
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From this reading And there, you would have proved your analogy!--Because you see, my dear friend, it was not the expression, but the thing expressed, I cried out against--the exaggeration in your mind.
expressed
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From this reading And there, you would have proved your analogy!--Because you see, my dear friend, it was not the expression, but the thing expressed, I cried out against--the exaggeration in your mind.
expression
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From this reading And there, you would have proved your analogy!--Because you see, my dear friend, it was not the expression, but the thing expressed, I cried out against--the exaggeration in your mind.
false
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From this reading I am sorry when I write what you do not like--but I have instincts and impulses too strong for me when you say things which put me into such a miserably false position in respect to you--as for instance, when in this very last letter (oh, I _must_ tell you!) you talk of my 'correcting your verses'!
ForprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading For to bring your case into point, somebody should have been playing on a Jew's harp for the whole of the orchestra; and the elderly German should have quoted something about 'Harp of Judah' to the Venetian behind him!
friend
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From this reading And there, you would have proved your analogy!--Because you see, my dear friend, it was not the expression, but the thing expressed, I cried out against--the exaggeration in your mind.
German
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From this reading But what likeness is there between opposites; and what has 'M. l'Italien' to do with the said 'elderly German'?
harp
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From this reading For to bring your case into point, somebody should have been playing on a Jew's harp for the whole of the orchestra; and the elderly German should have quoted something about 'Harp of Judah' to the Venetian behind him!
hasauxiliary verbUS /hæz/
the form of “have” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading But what likeness is there between opposites; and what has 'M. l'Italien' to do with the said 'elderly German'?
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading For to bring your case into point, somebody should have been playing on a Jew's harp for the whole of the orchestra; and the elderly German should have quoted something about 'Harp of Judah' to the Venetian behind him!
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading For to bring your case into point, somebody should have been playing on a Jew's harp for the whole of the orchestra; and the elderly German should have quoted something about 'Harp of Judah' to the Venetian behind him!
how
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From this reading See how little!
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading And there, you would have proved your analogy!--Because you see, my dear friend, it was not the expression, but the thing expressed, I cried out against--the exaggeration in your mind.
impulses
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From this reading I am sorry when I write what you do not like--but I have instincts and impulses too strong for me when you say things which put me into such a miserably false position in respect to you--as for instance, when in this very last letter (oh, I _must_ tell you!) you talk of my 'correcting your verses'!
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading And there, you would have proved your analogy!--Because you see, my dear friend, it was not the expression, but the thing expressed, I cried out against--the exaggeration in your mind.
instance
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From this reading I am sorry when I write what you do not like--but I have instincts and impulses too strong for me when you say things which put me into such a miserably false position in respect to you--as for instance, when in this very last letter (oh, I _must_ tell you!) you talk of my 'correcting your verses'!
instincts
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From this reading I am sorry when I write what you do not like--but I have instincts and impulses too strong for me when you say things which put me into such a miserably false position in respect to you--as for instance, when in this very last letter (oh, I _must_ tell you!) you talk of my 'correcting your verses'!
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading For to bring your case into point, somebody should have been playing on a Jew's harp for the whole of the orchestra; and the elderly German should have quoted something about 'Harp of Judah' to the Venetian behind him!
isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading But what likeness is there between opposites; and what has 'M. l'Italien' to do with the said 'elderly German'?
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading And there, you would have proved your analogy!--Because you see, my dear friend, it was not the expression, but the thing expressed, I cried out against--the exaggeration in your mind.
Jew's
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From this reading For to bring your case into point, somebody should have been playing on a Jew's harp for the whole of the orchestra; and the elderly German should have quoted something about 'Harp of Judah' to the Venetian behind him!
Judah
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From this reading For to bring your case into point, somebody should have been playing on a Jew's harp for the whole of the orchestra; and the elderly German should have quoted something about 'Harp of Judah' to the Venetian behind him!
l'Italien
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From this reading But what likeness is there between opposites; and what has 'M. l'Italien' to do with the said 'elderly German'?
lastnounUS /last/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading I am sorry when I write what you do not like--but I have instincts and impulses too strong for me when you say things which put me into such a miserably false position in respect to you--as for instance, when in this very last letter (oh, I _must_ tell you!) you talk of my 'correcting your verses'!
letter
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From this reading I am sorry when I write what you do not like--but I have instincts and impulses too strong for me when you say things which put me into such a miserably false position in respect to you--as for instance, when in this very last letter (oh, I _must_ tell you!) you talk of my 'correcting your verses'!
like
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From this reading I am sorry when I write what you do not like--but I have instincts and impulses too strong for me when you say things which put me into such a miserably false position in respect to you--as for instance, when in this very last letter (oh, I _must_ tell you!) you talk of my 'correcting your verses'!
likeness
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From this reading But what likeness is there between opposites; and what has 'M. l'Italien' to do with the said 'elderly German'?
littlenounUS /little/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading See how little!
M
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From this reading But what likeness is there between opposites; and what has 'M. l'Italien' to do with the said 'elderly German'?
mepronounUS /miː/
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading I am sorry when I write what you do not like--but I have instincts and impulses too strong for me when you say things which put me into such a miserably false position in respect to you--as for instance, when in this very last letter (oh, I _must_ tell you!) you talk of my 'correcting your verses'!
mindnounUS /mind/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading And there, you would have proved your analogy!--Because you see, my dear friend, it was not the expression, but the thing expressed, I cried out against--the exaggeration in your mind.
miserably
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From this reading I am sorry when I write what you do not like--but I have instincts and impulses too strong for me when you say things which put me into such a miserably false position in respect to you--as for instance, when in this very last letter (oh, I _must_ tell you!) you talk of my 'correcting your verses'!
mustmodal verbUS /mʌst/
used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true
From this reading I am sorry when I write what you do not like--but I have instincts and impulses too strong for me when you say things which put me into such a miserably false position in respect to you--as for instance, when in this very last letter (oh, I _must_ tell you!) you talk of my 'correcting your verses'!
mydeterminerUS /maɪ/
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading And there, you would have proved your analogy!--Because you see, my dear friend, it was not the expression, but the thing expressed, I cried out against--the exaggeration in your mind.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading And there, you would have proved your analogy!--Because you see, my dear friend, it was not the expression, but the thing expressed, I cried out against--the exaggeration in your mind.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading For to bring your case into point, somebody should have been playing on a Jew's harp for the whole of the orchestra; and the elderly German should have quoted something about 'Harp of Judah' to the Venetian behind him!
oh
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From this reading I am sorry when I write what you do not like--but I have instincts and impulses too strong for me when you say things which put me into such a miserably false position in respect to you--as for instance, when in this very last letter (oh, I _must_ tell you!) you talk of my 'correcting your verses'!
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading For to bring your case into point, somebody should have been playing on a Jew's harp for the whole of the orchestra; and the elderly German should have quoted something about 'Harp of Judah' to the Venetian behind him!
opposites
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From this reading But what likeness is there between opposites; and what has 'M. l'Italien' to do with the said 'elderly German'?
orchestra
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From this reading For to bring your case into point, somebody should have been playing on a Jew's harp for the whole of the orchestra; and the elderly German should have quoted something about 'Harp of Judah' to the Venetian behind him!
out
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From this reading And there, you would have proved your analogy!--Because you see, my dear friend, it was not the expression, but the thing expressed, I cried out against--the exaggeration in your mind.
playing
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From this reading For to bring your case into point, somebody should have been playing on a Jew's harp for the whole of the orchestra; and the elderly German should have quoted something about 'Harp of Judah' to the Venetian behind him!
pointnounUS /pɔɪnt/
the main matter or purpose being discussed
From this reading For to bring your case into point, somebody should have been playing on a Jew's harp for the whole of the orchestra; and the elderly German should have quoted something about 'Harp of Judah' to the Venetian behind him!
position
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From this reading I am sorry when I write what you do not like--but I have instincts and impulses too strong for me when you say things which put me into such a miserably false position in respect to you--as for instance, when in this very last letter (oh, I _must_ tell you!) you talk of my 'correcting your verses'!
proved
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From this reading And there, you would have proved your analogy!--Because you see, my dear friend, it was not the expression, but the thing expressed, I cried out against--the exaggeration in your mind.
put
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From this reading I am sorry when I write what you do not like--but I have instincts and impulses too strong for me when you say things which put me into such a miserably false position in respect to you--as for instance, when in this very last letter (oh, I _must_ tell you!) you talk of my 'correcting your verses'!
quoted
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From this reading For to bring your case into point, somebody should have been playing on a Jew's harp for the whole of the orchestra; and the elderly German should have quoted something about 'Harp of Judah' to the Venetian behind him!
respect
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From this reading I am sorry when I write what you do not like--but I have instincts and impulses too strong for me when you say things which put me into such a miserably false position in respect to you--as for instance, when in this very last letter (oh, I _must_ tell you!) you talk of my 'correcting your verses'!
said
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From this reading But what likeness is there between opposites; and what has 'M. l'Italien' to do with the said 'elderly German'?
say
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From this reading I am sorry when I write what you do not like--but I have instincts and impulses too strong for me when you say things which put me into such a miserably false position in respect to you--as for instance, when in this very last letter (oh, I _must_ tell you!) you talk of my 'correcting your verses'!
See
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From this reading See how little!
shouldmodal verbUS /ʃʊd/
used to say what is right, expected, or advisable
From this reading For to bring your case into point, somebody should have been playing on a Jew's harp for the whole of the orchestra; and the elderly German should have quoted something about 'Harp of Judah' to the Venetian behind him!
somebodypronounUS /ˈsʌmbɑːdi/
a person, without saying who
From this reading For to bring your case into point, somebody should have been playing on a Jew's harp for the whole of the orchestra; and the elderly German should have quoted something about 'Harp of Judah' to the Venetian behind him!
somethingpronounUS /ˈsʌmθɪŋ/
a thing, without saying which
From this reading For to bring your case into point, somebody should have been playing on a Jew's harp for the whole of the orchestra; and the elderly German should have quoted something about 'Harp of Judah' to the Venetian behind him!
sorry
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From this reading I am sorry when I write what you do not like--but I have instincts and impulses too strong for me when you say things which put me into such a miserably false position in respect to you--as for instance, when in this very last letter (oh, I _must_ tell you!) you talk of my 'correcting your verses'!
strong
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From this reading I am sorry when I write what you do not like--but I have instincts and impulses too strong for me when you say things which put me into such a miserably false position in respect to you--as for instance, when in this very last letter (oh, I _must_ tell you!) you talk of my 'correcting your verses'!
suchdeterminerUS /sʌtʃ/
of the kind already mentioned
From this reading I am sorry when I write what you do not like--but I have instincts and impulses too strong for me when you say things which put me into such a miserably false position in respect to you--as for instance, when in this very last letter (oh, I _must_ tell you!) you talk of my 'correcting your verses'!
talk
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From this reading I am sorry when I write what you do not like--but I have instincts and impulses too strong for me when you say things which put me into such a miserably false position in respect to you--as for instance, when in this very last letter (oh, I _must_ tell you!) you talk of my 'correcting your verses'!
tellnounUS /tell/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading I am sorry when I write what you do not like--but I have instincts and impulses too strong for me when you say things which put me into such a miserably false position in respect to you--as for instance, when in this very last letter (oh, I _must_ tell you!) you talk of my 'correcting your verses'!
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading But what likeness is there between opposites; and what has 'M. l'Italien' to do with the said 'elderly German'?
there
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From this reading But what likeness is there between opposites; and what has 'M. l'Italien' to do with the said 'elderly German'?
thingnounUS /thing/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading And there, you would have proved your analogy!--Because you see, my dear friend, it was not the expression, but the thing expressed, I cried out against--the exaggeration in your mind.
things
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From this reading I am sorry when I write what you do not like--but I have instincts and impulses too strong for me when you say things which put me into such a miserably false position in respect to you--as for instance, when in this very last letter (oh, I _must_ tell you!) you talk of my 'correcting your verses'!
thisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading I am sorry when I write what you do not like--but I have instincts and impulses too strong for me when you say things which put me into such a miserably false position in respect to you--as for instance, when in this very last letter (oh, I _must_ tell you!) you talk of my 'correcting your verses'!
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading But what likeness is there between opposites; and what has 'M. l'Italien' to do with the said 'elderly German'?
too
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From this reading I am sorry when I write what you do not like--but I have instincts and impulses too strong for me when you say things which put me into such a miserably false position in respect to you--as for instance, when in this very last letter (oh, I _must_ tell you!) you talk of my 'correcting your verses'!
Venetian
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From this reading For to bring your case into point, somebody should have been playing on a Jew's harp for the whole of the orchestra; and the elderly German should have quoted something about 'Harp of Judah' to the Venetian behind him!
verses
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From this reading I am sorry when I write what you do not like--but I have instincts and impulses too strong for me when you say things which put me into such a miserably false position in respect to you--as for instance, when in this very last letter (oh, I _must_ tell you!) you talk of my 'correcting your verses'!
very
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From this reading I am sorry when I write what you do not like--but I have instincts and impulses too strong for me when you say things which put me into such a miserably false position in respect to you--as for instance, when in this very last letter (oh, I _must_ tell you!) you talk of my 'correcting your verses'!
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading And there, you would have proved your analogy!--Because you see, my dear friend, it was not the expression, but the thing expressed, I cried out against--the exaggeration in your mind.
whatpronounUS /wʌt/
used to ask for information about something
From this reading But what likeness is there between opposites; and what has 'M. l'Italien' to do with the said 'elderly German'?
whenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading I am sorry when I write what you do not like--but I have instincts and impulses too strong for me when you say things which put me into such a miserably false position in respect to you--as for instance, when in this very last letter (oh, I _must_ tell you!) you talk of my 'correcting your verses'!
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading I am sorry when I write what you do not like--but I have instincts and impulses too strong for me when you say things which put me into such a miserably false position in respect to you--as for instance, when in this very last letter (oh, I _must_ tell you!) you talk of my 'correcting your verses'!
whole
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From this reading For to bring your case into point, somebody should have been playing on a Jew's harp for the whole of the orchestra; and the elderly German should have quoted something about 'Harp of Judah' to the Venetian behind him!
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading But what likeness is there between opposites; and what has 'M. l'Italien' to do with the said 'elderly German'?
wouldmodal verbUS /wʊd/
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading And there, you would have proved your analogy!--Because you see, my dear friend, it was not the expression, but the thing expressed, I cried out against--the exaggeration in your mind.
write
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From this reading I am sorry when I write what you do not like--but I have instincts and impulses too strong for me when you say things which put me into such a miserably false position in respect to you--as for instance, when in this very last letter (oh, I _must_ tell you!) you talk of my 'correcting your verses'!
youpronounUS /juː/
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading And there, you would have proved your analogy!--Because you see, my dear friend, it was not the expression, but the thing expressed, I cried out against--the exaggeration in your mind.
yourdeterminerUS /jɔːr/
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading For to bring your case into point, somebody should have been playing on a Jew's harp for the whole of the orchestra; and the elderly German should have quoted something about 'Harp of Judah' to the Venetian behind him!
