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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 HOW THE PIPES PLAYED DREARILY WHILE the Lancashire farmers were watering their cattle, milking them, tending the sheep whose fleeces were the great part of their livelihood; while Lady Royd and Nance were querulous because they had a roof above their heads, and fires in the house, and food in plenty; while Rupert went doggedly about his drill of musket-practice, with a heart yearning for the battles he pictured in the doing London way, the Prince’s army came to Derby--came in the dusk of a wild November day, with wind-driven rain across their faces, and every house-roof running wet.
aboutprepositionUS /əˈbaʊt/
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading HOW THE PIPES PLAYED DREARILY WHILE the Lancashire farmers were watering their cattle, milking them, tending the sheep whose fleeces were the great part of their livelihood; while Lady Royd and Nance were querulous because they had a roof above their heads, and fires in the house, and food in plenty; while Rupert went doggedly about his drill of musket-practice, with a heart yearning for the battles he pictured in the doing London way, the Prince’s army came to Derby--came in the dusk of a wild November day, with wind-driven rain across their faces, and every house-roof running wet.
aboveprepositionUS /əˈbʌv/
higher than, or over, something
From this reading HOW THE PIPES PLAYED DREARILY WHILE the Lancashire farmers were watering their cattle, milking them, tending the sheep whose fleeces were the great part of their livelihood; while Lady Royd and Nance were querulous because they had a roof above their heads, and fires in the house, and food in plenty; while Rupert went doggedly about his drill of musket-practice, with a heart yearning for the battles he pictured in the doing London way, the Prince’s army came to Derby--came in the dusk of a wild November day, with wind-driven rain across their faces, and every house-roof running wet.
acrossprepositionUS /əˈkrɔːs/
from one side of something to the other
From this reading HOW THE PIPES PLAYED DREARILY WHILE the Lancashire farmers were watering their cattle, milking them, tending the sheep whose fleeces were the great part of their livelihood; while Lady Royd and Nance were querulous because they had a roof above their heads, and fires in the house, and food in plenty; while Rupert went doggedly about his drill of musket-practice, with a heart yearning for the battles he pictured in the doing London way, the Prince’s army came to Derby--came in the dusk of a wild November day, with wind-driven rain across their faces, and every house-roof running wet.
afterwards
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From this reading But, to those who marched into it to-day on the Stuart’s business, it stood ever afterwards for a place of tragedy--tragedy so poignant and so swift that it gathered round its mean, ill-ordered streets a glamour not its own--the glamour of the might-have-been.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading HOW THE PIPES PLAYED DREARILY WHILE the Lancashire farmers were watering their cattle, milking them, tending the sheep whose fleeces were the great part of their livelihood; while Lady Royd and Nance were querulous because they had a roof above their heads, and fires in the house, and food in plenty; while Rupert went doggedly about his drill of musket-practice, with a heart yearning for the battles he pictured in the doing London way, the Prince’s army came to Derby--came in the dusk of a wild November day, with wind-driven rain across their faces, and every house-roof running wet.
army
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From this reading HOW THE PIPES PLAYED DREARILY WHILE the Lancashire farmers were watering their cattle, milking them, tending the sheep whose fleeces were the great part of their livelihood; while Lady Royd and Nance were querulous because they had a roof above their heads, and fires in the house, and food in plenty; while Rupert went doggedly about his drill of musket-practice, with a heart yearning for the battles he pictured in the doing London way, the Prince’s army came to Derby--came in the dusk of a wild November day, with wind-driven rain across their faces, and every house-roof running wet.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading Sir Jasper Royd, neither then nor afterwards, could piece together the tumult and unrest that troubled those two days they spent at Derby.
battles
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From this reading HOW THE PIPES PLAYED DREARILY WHILE the Lancashire farmers were watering their cattle, milking them, tending the sheep whose fleeces were the great part of their livelihood; while Lady Royd and Nance were querulous because they had a roof above their heads, and fires in the house, and food in plenty; while Rupert went doggedly about his drill of musket-practice, with a heart yearning for the battles he pictured in the doing London way, the Prince’s army came to Derby--came in the dusk of a wild November day, with wind-driven rain across their faces, and every house-roof running wet.
becauseconjunctionUS /bɪˈkɔːz/
for the reason that
From this reading HOW THE PIPES PLAYED DREARILY WHILE the Lancashire farmers were watering their cattle, milking them, tending the sheep whose fleeces were the great part of their livelihood; while Lady Royd and Nance were querulous because they had a roof above their heads, and fires in the house, and food in plenty; while Rupert went doggedly about his drill of musket-practice, with a heart yearning for the battles he pictured in the doing London way, the Prince’s army came to Derby--came in the dusk of a wild November day, with wind-driven rain across their faces, and every house-roof running wet.
business
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From this reading But, to those who marched into it to-day on the Stuart’s business, it stood ever afterwards for a place of tragedy--tragedy so poignant and so swift that it gathered round its mean, ill-ordered streets a glamour not its own--the glamour of the might-have-been.
ButconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading But, to those who marched into it to-day on the Stuart’s business, it stood ever afterwards for a place of tragedy--tragedy so poignant and so swift that it gathered round its mean, ill-ordered streets a glamour not its own--the glamour of the might-have-been.
came
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From this reading HOW THE PIPES PLAYED DREARILY WHILE the Lancashire farmers were watering their cattle, milking them, tending the sheep whose fleeces were the great part of their livelihood; while Lady Royd and Nance were querulous because they had a roof above their heads, and fires in the house, and food in plenty; while Rupert went doggedly about his drill of musket-practice, with a heart yearning for the battles he pictured in the doing London way, the Prince’s army came to Derby--came in the dusk of a wild November day, with wind-driven rain across their faces, and every house-roof running wet.
cattle
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From this reading HOW THE PIPES PLAYED DREARILY WHILE the Lancashire farmers were watering their cattle, milking them, tending the sheep whose fleeces were the great part of their livelihood; while Lady Royd and Nance were querulous because they had a roof above their heads, and fires in the house, and food in plenty; while Rupert went doggedly about his drill of musket-practice, with a heart yearning for the battles he pictured in the doing London way, the Prince’s army came to Derby--came in the dusk of a wild November day, with wind-driven rain across their faces, and every house-roof running wet.
commonplace
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From this reading It was commonplace and dull, to the verge of dreariness.
couldmodal verbUS /kʊd/
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading Sir Jasper Royd, neither then nor afterwards, could piece together the tumult and unrest that troubled those two days they spent at Derby.
day
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From this reading HOW THE PIPES PLAYED DREARILY WHILE the Lancashire farmers were watering their cattle, milking them, tending the sheep whose fleeces were the great part of their livelihood; while Lady Royd and Nance were querulous because they had a roof above their heads, and fires in the house, and food in plenty; while Rupert went doggedly about his drill of musket-practice, with a heart yearning for the battles he pictured in the doing London way, the Prince’s army came to Derby--came in the dusk of a wild November day, with wind-driven rain across their faces, and every house-roof running wet.
days
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From this reading Sir Jasper Royd, neither then nor afterwards, could piece together the tumult and unrest that troubled those two days they spent at Derby.
Derby
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From this reading HOW THE PIPES PLAYED DREARILY WHILE the Lancashire farmers were watering their cattle, milking them, tending the sheep whose fleeces were the great part of their livelihood; while Lady Royd and Nance were querulous because they had a roof above their heads, and fires in the house, and food in plenty; while Rupert went doggedly about his drill of musket-practice, with a heart yearning for the battles he pictured in the doing London way, the Prince’s army came to Derby--came in the dusk of a wild November day, with wind-driven rain across their faces, and every house-roof running wet.
doggedly
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From this reading HOW THE PIPES PLAYED DREARILY WHILE the Lancashire farmers were watering their cattle, milking them, tending the sheep whose fleeces were the great part of their livelihood; while Lady Royd and Nance were querulous because they had a roof above their heads, and fires in the house, and food in plenty; while Rupert went doggedly about his drill of musket-practice, with a heart yearning for the battles he pictured in the doing London way, the Prince’s army came to Derby--came in the dusk of a wild November day, with wind-driven rain across their faces, and every house-roof running wet.
doing
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From this reading HOW THE PIPES PLAYED DREARILY WHILE the Lancashire farmers were watering their cattle, milking them, tending the sheep whose fleeces were the great part of their livelihood; while Lady Royd and Nance were querulous because they had a roof above their heads, and fires in the house, and food in plenty; while Rupert went doggedly about his drill of musket-practice, with a heart yearning for the battles he pictured in the doing London way, the Prince’s army came to Derby--came in the dusk of a wild November day, with wind-driven rain across their faces, and every house-roof running wet.
DREARILY
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From this reading HOW THE PIPES PLAYED DREARILY WHILE the Lancashire farmers were watering their cattle, milking them, tending the sheep whose fleeces were the great part of their livelihood; while Lady Royd and Nance were querulous because they had a roof above their heads, and fires in the house, and food in plenty; while Rupert went doggedly about his drill of musket-practice, with a heart yearning for the battles he pictured in the doing London way, the Prince’s army came to Derby--came in the dusk of a wild November day, with wind-driven rain across their faces, and every house-roof running wet.
dreariness
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From this reading It was commonplace and dull, to the verge of dreariness.
drill
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From this reading HOW THE PIPES PLAYED DREARILY WHILE the Lancashire farmers were watering their cattle, milking them, tending the sheep whose fleeces were the great part of their livelihood; while Lady Royd and Nance were querulous because they had a roof above their heads, and fires in the house, and food in plenty; while Rupert went doggedly about his drill of musket-practice, with a heart yearning for the battles he pictured in the doing London way, the Prince’s army came to Derby--came in the dusk of a wild November day, with wind-driven rain across their faces, and every house-roof running wet.
dull
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From this reading It was commonplace and dull, to the verge of dreariness.
dusk
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From this reading HOW THE PIPES PLAYED DREARILY WHILE the Lancashire farmers were watering their cattle, milking them, tending the sheep whose fleeces were the great part of their livelihood; while Lady Royd and Nance were querulous because they had a roof above their heads, and fires in the house, and food in plenty; while Rupert went doggedly about his drill of musket-practice, with a heart yearning for the battles he pictured in the doing London way, the Prince’s army came to Derby--came in the dusk of a wild November day, with wind-driven rain across their faces, and every house-roof running wet.
evernounUS /ever/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading But, to those who marched into it to-day on the Stuart’s business, it stood ever afterwards for a place of tragedy--tragedy so poignant and so swift that it gathered round its mean, ill-ordered streets a glamour not its own--the glamour of the might-have-been.
everydeterminerUS /ˈevəri/
all the members of a group, with none left out
From this reading HOW THE PIPES PLAYED DREARILY WHILE the Lancashire farmers were watering their cattle, milking them, tending the sheep whose fleeces were the great part of their livelihood; while Lady Royd and Nance were querulous because they had a roof above their heads, and fires in the house, and food in plenty; while Rupert went doggedly about his drill of musket-practice, with a heart yearning for the battles he pictured in the doing London way, the Prince’s army came to Derby--came in the dusk of a wild November day, with wind-driven rain across their faces, and every house-roof running wet.
faces
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From this reading HOW THE PIPES PLAYED DREARILY WHILE the Lancashire farmers were watering their cattle, milking them, tending the sheep whose fleeces were the great part of their livelihood; while Lady Royd and Nance were querulous because they had a roof above their heads, and fires in the house, and food in plenty; while Rupert went doggedly about his drill of musket-practice, with a heart yearning for the battles he pictured in the doing London way, the Prince’s army came to Derby--came in the dusk of a wild November day, with wind-driven rain across their faces, and every house-roof running wet.
farmers
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From this reading HOW THE PIPES PLAYED DREARILY WHILE the Lancashire farmers were watering their cattle, milking them, tending the sheep whose fleeces were the great part of their livelihood; while Lady Royd and Nance were querulous because they had a roof above their heads, and fires in the house, and food in plenty; while Rupert went doggedly about his drill of musket-practice, with a heart yearning for the battles he pictured in the doing London way, the Prince’s army came to Derby--came in the dusk of a wild November day, with wind-driven rain across their faces, and every house-roof running wet.
finenounUS /fine/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Derby was no fine town to see.
fires
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From this reading HOW THE PIPES PLAYED DREARILY WHILE the Lancashire farmers were watering their cattle, milking them, tending the sheep whose fleeces were the great part of their livelihood; while Lady Royd and Nance were querulous because they had a roof above their heads, and fires in the house, and food in plenty; while Rupert went doggedly about his drill of musket-practice, with a heart yearning for the battles he pictured in the doing London way, the Prince’s army came to Derby--came in the dusk of a wild November day, with wind-driven rain across their faces, and every house-roof running wet.
fleeces
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From this reading HOW THE PIPES PLAYED DREARILY WHILE the Lancashire farmers were watering their cattle, milking them, tending the sheep whose fleeces were the great part of their livelihood; while Lady Royd and Nance were querulous because they had a roof above their heads, and fires in the house, and food in plenty; while Rupert went doggedly about his drill of musket-practice, with a heart yearning for the battles he pictured in the doing London way, the Prince’s army came to Derby--came in the dusk of a wild November day, with wind-driven rain across their faces, and every house-roof running wet.
food
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From this reading HOW THE PIPES PLAYED DREARILY WHILE the Lancashire farmers were watering their cattle, milking them, tending the sheep whose fleeces were the great part of their livelihood; while Lady Royd and Nance were querulous because they had a roof above their heads, and fires in the house, and food in plenty; while Rupert went doggedly about his drill of musket-practice, with a heart yearning for the battles he pictured in the doing London way, the Prince’s army came to Derby--came in the dusk of a wild November day, with wind-driven rain across their faces, and every house-roof running wet.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading HOW THE PIPES PLAYED DREARILY WHILE the Lancashire farmers were watering their cattle, milking them, tending the sheep whose fleeces were the great part of their livelihood; while Lady Royd and Nance were querulous because they had a roof above their heads, and fires in the house, and food in plenty; while Rupert went doggedly about his drill of musket-practice, with a heart yearning for the battles he pictured in the doing London way, the Prince’s army came to Derby--came in the dusk of a wild November day, with wind-driven rain across their faces, and every house-roof running wet.
gathered
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From this reading But, to those who marched into it to-day on the Stuart’s business, it stood ever afterwards for a place of tragedy--tragedy so poignant and so swift that it gathered round its mean, ill-ordered streets a glamour not its own--the glamour of the might-have-been.
glamour
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From this reading But, to those who marched into it to-day on the Stuart’s business, it stood ever afterwards for a place of tragedy--tragedy so poignant and so swift that it gathered round its mean, ill-ordered streets a glamour not its own--the glamour of the might-have-been.
greatnounUS /great/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading HOW THE PIPES PLAYED DREARILY WHILE the Lancashire farmers were watering their cattle, milking them, tending the sheep whose fleeces were the great part of their livelihood; while Lady Royd and Nance were querulous because they had a roof above their heads, and fires in the house, and food in plenty; while Rupert went doggedly about his drill of musket-practice, with a heart yearning for the battles he pictured in the doing London way, the Prince’s army came to Derby--came in the dusk of a wild November day, with wind-driven rain across their faces, and every house-roof running wet.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading HOW THE PIPES PLAYED DREARILY WHILE the Lancashire farmers were watering their cattle, milking them, tending the sheep whose fleeces were the great part of their livelihood; while Lady Royd and Nance were querulous because they had a roof above their heads, and fires in the house, and food in plenty; while Rupert went doggedly about his drill of musket-practice, with a heart yearning for the battles he pictured in the doing London way, the Prince’s army came to Derby--came in the dusk of a wild November day, with wind-driven rain across their faces, and every house-roof running wet.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading HOW THE PIPES PLAYED DREARILY WHILE the Lancashire farmers were watering their cattle, milking them, tending the sheep whose fleeces were the great part of their livelihood; while Lady Royd and Nance were querulous because they had a roof above their heads, and fires in the house, and food in plenty; while Rupert went doggedly about his drill of musket-practice, with a heart yearning for the battles he pictured in the doing London way, the Prince’s army came to Derby--came in the dusk of a wild November day, with wind-driven rain across their faces, and every house-roof running wet.
heads
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From this reading HOW THE PIPES PLAYED DREARILY WHILE the Lancashire farmers were watering their cattle, milking them, tending the sheep whose fleeces were the great part of their livelihood; while Lady Royd and Nance were querulous because they had a roof above their heads, and fires in the house, and food in plenty; while Rupert went doggedly about his drill of musket-practice, with a heart yearning for the battles he pictured in the doing London way, the Prince’s army came to Derby--came in the dusk of a wild November day, with wind-driven rain across their faces, and every house-roof running wet.
heart
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From this reading HOW THE PIPES PLAYED DREARILY WHILE the Lancashire farmers were watering their cattle, milking them, tending the sheep whose fleeces were the great part of their livelihood; while Lady Royd and Nance were querulous because they had a roof above their heads, and fires in the house, and food in plenty; while Rupert went doggedly about his drill of musket-practice, with a heart yearning for the battles he pictured in the doing London way, the Prince’s army came to Derby--came in the dusk of a wild November day, with wind-driven rain across their faces, and every house-roof running wet.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading HOW THE PIPES PLAYED DREARILY WHILE the Lancashire farmers were watering their cattle, milking them, tending the sheep whose fleeces were the great part of their livelihood; while Lady Royd and Nance were querulous because they had a roof above their heads, and fires in the house, and food in plenty; while Rupert went doggedly about his drill of musket-practice, with a heart yearning for the battles he pictured in the doing London way, the Prince’s army came to Derby--came in the dusk of a wild November day, with wind-driven rain across their faces, and every house-roof running wet.
house
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From this reading HOW THE PIPES PLAYED DREARILY WHILE the Lancashire farmers were watering their cattle, milking them, tending the sheep whose fleeces were the great part of their livelihood; while Lady Royd and Nance were querulous because they had a roof above their heads, and fires in the house, and food in plenty; while Rupert went doggedly about his drill of musket-practice, with a heart yearning for the battles he pictured in the doing London way, the Prince’s army came to Derby--came in the dusk of a wild November day, with wind-driven rain across their faces, and every house-roof running wet.
house-roof
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From this reading HOW THE PIPES PLAYED DREARILY WHILE the Lancashire farmers were watering their cattle, milking them, tending the sheep whose fleeces were the great part of their livelihood; while Lady Royd and Nance were querulous because they had a roof above their heads, and fires in the house, and food in plenty; while Rupert went doggedly about his drill of musket-practice, with a heart yearning for the battles he pictured in the doing London way, the Prince’s army came to Derby--came in the dusk of a wild November day, with wind-driven rain across their faces, and every house-roof running wet.
HOW
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From this reading HOW THE PIPES PLAYED DREARILY WHILE the Lancashire farmers were watering their cattle, milking them, tending the sheep whose fleeces were the great part of their livelihood; while Lady Royd and Nance were querulous because they had a roof above their heads, and fires in the house, and food in plenty; while Rupert went doggedly about his drill of musket-practice, with a heart yearning for the battles he pictured in the doing London way, the Prince’s army came to Derby--came in the dusk of a wild November day, with wind-driven rain across their faces, and every house-roof running wet.
ill-ordered
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From this reading But, to those who marched into it to-day on the Stuart’s business, it stood ever afterwards for a place of tragedy--tragedy so poignant and so swift that it gathered round its mean, ill-ordered streets a glamour not its own--the glamour of the might-have-been.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading HOW THE PIPES PLAYED DREARILY WHILE the Lancashire farmers were watering their cattle, milking them, tending the sheep whose fleeces were the great part of their livelihood; while Lady Royd and Nance were querulous because they had a roof above their heads, and fires in the house, and food in plenty; while Rupert went doggedly about his drill of musket-practice, with a heart yearning for the battles he pictured in the doing London way, the Prince’s army came to Derby--came in the dusk of a wild November day, with wind-driven rain across their faces, and every house-roof running wet.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading But, to those who marched into it to-day on the Stuart’s business, it stood ever afterwards for a place of tragedy--tragedy so poignant and so swift that it gathered round its mean, ill-ordered streets a glamour not its own--the glamour of the might-have-been.
ItpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It was commonplace and dull, to the verge of dreariness.
itsdeterminerUS /ɪts/
belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned
From this reading But, to those who marched into it to-day on the Stuart’s business, it stood ever afterwards for a place of tragedy--tragedy so poignant and so swift that it gathered round its mean, ill-ordered streets a glamour not its own--the glamour of the might-have-been.
Jasper
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From this reading Sir Jasper Royd, neither then nor afterwards, could piece together the tumult and unrest that troubled those two days they spent at Derby.
Lady
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From this reading HOW THE PIPES PLAYED DREARILY WHILE the Lancashire farmers were watering their cattle, milking them, tending the sheep whose fleeces were the great part of their livelihood; while Lady Royd and Nance were querulous because they had a roof above their heads, and fires in the house, and food in plenty; while Rupert went doggedly about his drill of musket-practice, with a heart yearning for the battles he pictured in the doing London way, the Prince’s army came to Derby--came in the dusk of a wild November day, with wind-driven rain across their faces, and every house-roof running wet.
Lancashire
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From this reading HOW THE PIPES PLAYED DREARILY WHILE the Lancashire farmers were watering their cattle, milking them, tending the sheep whose fleeces were the great part of their livelihood; while Lady Royd and Nance were querulous because they had a roof above their heads, and fires in the house, and food in plenty; while Rupert went doggedly about his drill of musket-practice, with a heart yearning for the battles he pictured in the doing London way, the Prince’s army came to Derby--came in the dusk of a wild November day, with wind-driven rain across their faces, and every house-roof running wet.
livelihood
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From this reading HOW THE PIPES PLAYED DREARILY WHILE the Lancashire farmers were watering their cattle, milking them, tending the sheep whose fleeces were the great part of their livelihood; while Lady Royd and Nance were querulous because they had a roof above their heads, and fires in the house, and food in plenty; while Rupert went doggedly about his drill of musket-practice, with a heart yearning for the battles he pictured in the doing London way, the Prince’s army came to Derby--came in the dusk of a wild November day, with wind-driven rain across their faces, and every house-roof running wet.
London
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From this reading HOW THE PIPES PLAYED DREARILY WHILE the Lancashire farmers were watering their cattle, milking them, tending the sheep whose fleeces were the great part of their livelihood; while Lady Royd and Nance were querulous because they had a roof above their heads, and fires in the house, and food in plenty; while Rupert went doggedly about his drill of musket-practice, with a heart yearning for the battles he pictured in the doing London way, the Prince’s army came to Derby--came in the dusk of a wild November day, with wind-driven rain across their faces, and every house-roof running wet.
marched
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From this reading But, to those who marched into it to-day on the Stuart’s business, it stood ever afterwards for a place of tragedy--tragedy so poignant and so swift that it gathered round its mean, ill-ordered streets a glamour not its own--the glamour of the might-have-been.
mean
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From this reading But, to those who marched into it to-day on the Stuart’s business, it stood ever afterwards for a place of tragedy--tragedy so poignant and so swift that it gathered round its mean, ill-ordered streets a glamour not its own--the glamour of the might-have-been.
might-have-been
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From this reading But, to those who marched into it to-day on the Stuart’s business, it stood ever afterwards for a place of tragedy--tragedy so poignant and so swift that it gathered round its mean, ill-ordered streets a glamour not its own--the glamour of the might-have-been.
milking
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From this reading HOW THE PIPES PLAYED DREARILY WHILE the Lancashire farmers were watering their cattle, milking them, tending the sheep whose fleeces were the great part of their livelihood; while Lady Royd and Nance were querulous because they had a roof above their heads, and fires in the house, and food in plenty; while Rupert went doggedly about his drill of musket-practice, with a heart yearning for the battles he pictured in the doing London way, the Prince’s army came to Derby--came in the dusk of a wild November day, with wind-driven rain across their faces, and every house-roof running wet.
musket-practice
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From this reading HOW THE PIPES PLAYED DREARILY WHILE the Lancashire farmers were watering their cattle, milking them, tending the sheep whose fleeces were the great part of their livelihood; while Lady Royd and Nance were querulous because they had a roof above their heads, and fires in the house, and food in plenty; while Rupert went doggedly about his drill of musket-practice, with a heart yearning for the battles he pictured in the doing London way, the Prince’s army came to Derby--came in the dusk of a wild November day, with wind-driven rain across their faces, and every house-roof running wet.
Nance
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From this reading HOW THE PIPES PLAYED DREARILY WHILE the Lancashire farmers were watering their cattle, milking them, tending the sheep whose fleeces were the great part of their livelihood; while Lady Royd and Nance were querulous because they had a roof above their heads, and fires in the house, and food in plenty; while Rupert went doggedly about his drill of musket-practice, with a heart yearning for the battles he pictured in the doing London way, the Prince’s army came to Derby--came in the dusk of a wild November day, with wind-driven rain across their faces, and every house-roof running wet.
neitherdeterminerUS /ˈniːðər/
not one and not the other of two
From this reading Sir Jasper Royd, neither then nor afterwards, could piece together the tumult and unrest that troubled those two days they spent at Derby.
nodeterminerUS /noʊ/
not any; not one
From this reading Derby was no fine town to see.
norconjunctionUS /nɔːr/
and not; used after a negative to add a second negative
From this reading Sir Jasper Royd, neither then nor afterwards, could piece together the tumult and unrest that troubled those two days they spent at Derby.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading But, to those who marched into it to-day on the Stuart’s business, it stood ever afterwards for a place of tragedy--tragedy so poignant and so swift that it gathered round its mean, ill-ordered streets a glamour not its own--the glamour of the might-have-been.
November
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From this reading HOW THE PIPES PLAYED DREARILY WHILE the Lancashire farmers were watering their cattle, milking them, tending the sheep whose fleeces were the great part of their livelihood; while Lady Royd and Nance were querulous because they had a roof above their heads, and fires in the house, and food in plenty; while Rupert went doggedly about his drill of musket-practice, with a heart yearning for the battles he pictured in the doing London way, the Prince’s army came to Derby--came in the dusk of a wild November day, with wind-driven rain across their faces, and every house-roof running wet.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading HOW THE PIPES PLAYED DREARILY WHILE the Lancashire farmers were watering their cattle, milking them, tending the sheep whose fleeces were the great part of their livelihood; while Lady Royd and Nance were querulous because they had a roof above their heads, and fires in the house, and food in plenty; while Rupert went doggedly about his drill of musket-practice, with a heart yearning for the battles he pictured in the doing London way, the Prince’s army came to Derby--came in the dusk of a wild November day, with wind-driven rain across their faces, and every house-roof running wet.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading But, to those who marched into it to-day on the Stuart’s business, it stood ever afterwards for a place of tragedy--tragedy so poignant and so swift that it gathered round its mean, ill-ordered streets a glamour not its own--the glamour of the might-have-been.
own
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From this reading But, to those who marched into it to-day on the Stuart’s business, it stood ever afterwards for a place of tragedy--tragedy so poignant and so swift that it gathered round its mean, ill-ordered streets a glamour not its own--the glamour of the might-have-been.
partnounUS /part/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading HOW THE PIPES PLAYED DREARILY WHILE the Lancashire farmers were watering their cattle, milking them, tending the sheep whose fleeces were the great part of their livelihood; while Lady Royd and Nance were querulous because they had a roof above their heads, and fires in the house, and food in plenty; while Rupert went doggedly about his drill of musket-practice, with a heart yearning for the battles he pictured in the doing London way, the Prince’s army came to Derby--came in the dusk of a wild November day, with wind-driven rain across their faces, and every house-roof running wet.
pictured
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piece
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From this reading Sir Jasper Royd, neither then nor afterwards, could piece together the tumult and unrest that troubled those two days they spent at Derby.
PIPES
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place
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PLAYED
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plenty
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poignant
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From this reading But, to those who marched into it to-day on the Stuart’s business, it stood ever afterwards for a place of tragedy--tragedy so poignant and so swift that it gathered round its mean, ill-ordered streets a glamour not its own--the glamour of the might-have-been.
Prince's
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querulous
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rain
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From this reading HOW THE PIPES PLAYED DREARILY WHILE the Lancashire farmers were watering their cattle, milking them, tending the sheep whose fleeces were the great part of their livelihood; while Lady Royd and Nance were querulous because they had a roof above their heads, and fires in the house, and food in plenty; while Rupert went doggedly about his drill of musket-practice, with a heart yearning for the battles he pictured in the doing London way, the Prince’s army came to Derby--came in the dusk of a wild November day, with wind-driven rain across their faces, and every house-roof running wet.
roof
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round
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From this reading But, to those who marched into it to-day on the Stuart’s business, it stood ever afterwards for a place of tragedy--tragedy so poignant and so swift that it gathered round its mean, ill-ordered streets a glamour not its own--the glamour of the might-have-been.
Royd
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From this reading HOW THE PIPES PLAYED DREARILY WHILE the Lancashire farmers were watering their cattle, milking them, tending the sheep whose fleeces were the great part of their livelihood; while Lady Royd and Nance were querulous because they had a roof above their heads, and fires in the house, and food in plenty; while Rupert went doggedly about his drill of musket-practice, with a heart yearning for the battles he pictured in the doing London way, the Prince’s army came to Derby--came in the dusk of a wild November day, with wind-driven rain across their faces, and every house-roof running wet.
runningnounUS /ˈrunning/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading HOW THE PIPES PLAYED DREARILY WHILE the Lancashire farmers were watering their cattle, milking them, tending the sheep whose fleeces were the great part of their livelihood; while Lady Royd and Nance were querulous because they had a roof above their heads, and fires in the house, and food in plenty; while Rupert went doggedly about his drill of musket-practice, with a heart yearning for the battles he pictured in the doing London way, the Prince’s army came to Derby--came in the dusk of a wild November day, with wind-driven rain across their faces, and every house-roof running wet.
Rupert
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see
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From this reading Derby was no fine town to see.
sheep
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Sir
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From this reading Sir Jasper Royd, neither then nor afterwards, could piece together the tumult and unrest that troubled those two days they spent at Derby.
soconjunctionUS /soʊ/
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading But, to those who marched into it to-day on the Stuart’s business, it stood ever afterwards for a place of tragedy--tragedy so poignant and so swift that it gathered round its mean, ill-ordered streets a glamour not its own--the glamour of the might-have-been.
spent
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From this reading Sir Jasper Royd, neither then nor afterwards, could piece together the tumult and unrest that troubled those two days they spent at Derby.
stoodnounUS /stood/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading But, to those who marched into it to-day on the Stuart’s business, it stood ever afterwards for a place of tragedy--tragedy so poignant and so swift that it gathered round its mean, ill-ordered streets a glamour not its own--the glamour of the might-have-been.
streets
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Stuart's
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From this reading But, to those who marched into it to-day on the Stuart’s business, it stood ever afterwards for a place of tragedy--tragedy so poignant and so swift that it gathered round its mean, ill-ordered streets a glamour not its own--the glamour of the might-have-been.
swift
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From this reading But, to those who marched into it to-day on the Stuart’s business, it stood ever afterwards for a place of tragedy--tragedy so poignant and so swift that it gathered round its mean, ill-ordered streets a glamour not its own--the glamour of the might-have-been.
tending
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From this reading HOW THE PIPES PLAYED DREARILY WHILE the Lancashire farmers were watering their cattle, milking them, tending the sheep whose fleeces were the great part of their livelihood; while Lady Royd and Nance were querulous because they had a roof above their heads, and fires in the house, and food in plenty; while Rupert went doggedly about his drill of musket-practice, with a heart yearning for the battles he pictured in the doing London way, the Prince’s army came to Derby--came in the dusk of a wild November day, with wind-driven rain across their faces, and every house-roof running wet.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading But, to those who marched into it to-day on the Stuart’s business, it stood ever afterwards for a place of tragedy--tragedy so poignant and so swift that it gathered round its mean, ill-ordered streets a glamour not its own--the glamour of the might-have-been.
THEdeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading HOW THE PIPES PLAYED DREARILY WHILE the Lancashire farmers were watering their cattle, milking them, tending the sheep whose fleeces were the great part of their livelihood; while Lady Royd and Nance were querulous because they had a roof above their heads, and fires in the house, and food in plenty; while Rupert went doggedly about his drill of musket-practice, with a heart yearning for the battles he pictured in the doing London way, the Prince’s army came to Derby--came in the dusk of a wild November day, with wind-driven rain across their faces, and every house-roof running wet.
theirdeterminerUS /ðer/
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading HOW THE PIPES PLAYED DREARILY WHILE the Lancashire farmers were watering their cattle, milking them, tending the sheep whose fleeces were the great part of their livelihood; while Lady Royd and Nance were querulous because they had a roof above their heads, and fires in the house, and food in plenty; while Rupert went doggedly about his drill of musket-practice, with a heart yearning for the battles he pictured in the doing London way, the Prince’s army came to Derby--came in the dusk of a wild November day, with wind-driven rain across their faces, and every house-roof running wet.
thempronounUS /ðem/
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading HOW THE PIPES PLAYED DREARILY WHILE the Lancashire farmers were watering their cattle, milking them, tending the sheep whose fleeces were the great part of their livelihood; while Lady Royd and Nance were querulous because they had a roof above their heads, and fires in the house, and food in plenty; while Rupert went doggedly about his drill of musket-practice, with a heart yearning for the battles he pictured in the doing London way, the Prince’s army came to Derby--came in the dusk of a wild November day, with wind-driven rain across their faces, and every house-roof running wet.
then
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From this reading Sir Jasper Royd, neither then nor afterwards, could piece together the tumult and unrest that troubled those two days they spent at Derby.
theypronounUS /ðeɪ/
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading HOW THE PIPES PLAYED DREARILY WHILE the Lancashire farmers were watering their cattle, milking them, tending the sheep whose fleeces were the great part of their livelihood; while Lady Royd and Nance were querulous because they had a roof above their heads, and fires in the house, and food in plenty; while Rupert went doggedly about his drill of musket-practice, with a heart yearning for the battles he pictured in the doing London way, the Prince’s army came to Derby--came in the dusk of a wild November day, with wind-driven rain across their faces, and every house-roof running wet.
thosedeterminerUS /ðoʊz/
the plural of “that”: the people or things further away, or already known
From this reading But, to those who marched into it to-day on the Stuart’s business, it stood ever afterwards for a place of tragedy--tragedy so poignant and so swift that it gathered round its mean, ill-ordered streets a glamour not its own--the glamour of the might-have-been.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading HOW THE PIPES PLAYED DREARILY WHILE the Lancashire farmers were watering their cattle, milking them, tending the sheep whose fleeces were the great part of their livelihood; while Lady Royd and Nance were querulous because they had a roof above their heads, and fires in the house, and food in plenty; while Rupert went doggedly about his drill of musket-practice, with a heart yearning for the battles he pictured in the doing London way, the Prince’s army came to Derby--came in the dusk of a wild November day, with wind-driven rain across their faces, and every house-roof running wet.
to-day
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together
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From this reading Sir Jasper Royd, neither then nor afterwards, could piece together the tumult and unrest that troubled those two days they spent at Derby.
town
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From this reading Derby was no fine town to see.
tragedy
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From this reading But, to those who marched into it to-day on the Stuart’s business, it stood ever afterwards for a place of tragedy--tragedy so poignant and so swift that it gathered round its mean, ill-ordered streets a glamour not its own--the glamour of the might-have-been.
troubled
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From this reading Sir Jasper Royd, neither then nor afterwards, could piece together the tumult and unrest that troubled those two days they spent at Derby.
tumult
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From this reading Sir Jasper Royd, neither then nor afterwards, could piece together the tumult and unrest that troubled those two days they spent at Derby.
two
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From this reading Sir Jasper Royd, neither then nor afterwards, could piece together the tumult and unrest that troubled those two days they spent at Derby.
unrest
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From this reading Sir Jasper Royd, neither then nor afterwards, could piece together the tumult and unrest that troubled those two days they spent at Derby.
verge
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From this reading It was commonplace and dull, to the verge of dreariness.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Derby was no fine town to see.
watering
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way
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From this reading HOW THE PIPES PLAYED DREARILY WHILE the Lancashire farmers were watering their cattle, milking them, tending the sheep whose fleeces were the great part of their livelihood; while Lady Royd and Nance were querulous because they had a roof above their heads, and fires in the house, and food in plenty; while Rupert went doggedly about his drill of musket-practice, with a heart yearning for the battles he pictured in the doing London way, the Prince’s army came to Derby--came in the dusk of a wild November day, with wind-driven rain across their faces, and every house-roof running wet.
wentnounUS /went/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading HOW THE PIPES PLAYED DREARILY WHILE the Lancashire farmers were watering their cattle, milking them, tending the sheep whose fleeces were the great part of their livelihood; while Lady Royd and Nance were querulous because they had a roof above their heads, and fires in the house, and food in plenty; while Rupert went doggedly about his drill of musket-practice, with a heart yearning for the battles he pictured in the doing London way, the Prince’s army came to Derby--came in the dusk of a wild November day, with wind-driven rain across their faces, and every house-roof running wet.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading HOW THE PIPES PLAYED DREARILY WHILE the Lancashire farmers were watering their cattle, milking them, tending the sheep whose fleeces were the great part of their livelihood; while Lady Royd and Nance were querulous because they had a roof above their heads, and fires in the house, and food in plenty; while Rupert went doggedly about his drill of musket-practice, with a heart yearning for the battles he pictured in the doing London way, the Prince’s army came to Derby--came in the dusk of a wild November day, with wind-driven rain across their faces, and every house-roof running wet.
wet
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From this reading HOW THE PIPES PLAYED DREARILY WHILE the Lancashire farmers were watering their cattle, milking them, tending the sheep whose fleeces were the great part of their livelihood; while Lady Royd and Nance were querulous because they had a roof above their heads, and fires in the house, and food in plenty; while Rupert went doggedly about his drill of musket-practice, with a heart yearning for the battles he pictured in the doing London way, the Prince’s army came to Derby--came in the dusk of a wild November day, with wind-driven rain across their faces, and every house-roof running wet.
WHILEconjunctionUS /waɪl/
during the time that
From this reading HOW THE PIPES PLAYED DREARILY WHILE the Lancashire farmers were watering their cattle, milking them, tending the sheep whose fleeces were the great part of their livelihood; while Lady Royd and Nance were querulous because they had a roof above their heads, and fires in the house, and food in plenty; while Rupert went doggedly about his drill of musket-practice, with a heart yearning for the battles he pictured in the doing London way, the Prince’s army came to Derby--came in the dusk of a wild November day, with wind-driven rain across their faces, and every house-roof running wet.
whopronounUS /huː/
which person or people
From this reading But, to those who marched into it to-day on the Stuart’s business, it stood ever afterwards for a place of tragedy--tragedy so poignant and so swift that it gathered round its mean, ill-ordered streets a glamour not its own--the glamour of the might-have-been.
whosedeterminerUS /huːz/
belonging to which person
From this reading HOW THE PIPES PLAYED DREARILY WHILE the Lancashire farmers were watering their cattle, milking them, tending the sheep whose fleeces were the great part of their livelihood; while Lady Royd and Nance were querulous because they had a roof above their heads, and fires in the house, and food in plenty; while Rupert went doggedly about his drill of musket-practice, with a heart yearning for the battles he pictured in the doing London way, the Prince’s army came to Derby--came in the dusk of a wild November day, with wind-driven rain across their faces, and every house-roof running wet.
wild
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From this reading HOW THE PIPES PLAYED DREARILY WHILE the Lancashire farmers were watering their cattle, milking them, tending the sheep whose fleeces were the great part of their livelihood; while Lady Royd and Nance were querulous because they had a roof above their heads, and fires in the house, and food in plenty; while Rupert went doggedly about his drill of musket-practice, with a heart yearning for the battles he pictured in the doing London way, the Prince’s army came to Derby--came in the dusk of a wild November day, with wind-driven rain across their faces, and every house-roof running wet.
wind-driven
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From this reading HOW THE PIPES PLAYED DREARILY WHILE the Lancashire farmers were watering their cattle, milking them, tending the sheep whose fleeces were the great part of their livelihood; while Lady Royd and Nance were querulous because they had a roof above their heads, and fires in the house, and food in plenty; while Rupert went doggedly about his drill of musket-practice, with a heart yearning for the battles he pictured in the doing London way, the Prince’s army came to Derby--came in the dusk of a wild November day, with wind-driven rain across their faces, and every house-roof running wet.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading HOW THE PIPES PLAYED DREARILY WHILE the Lancashire farmers were watering their cattle, milking them, tending the sheep whose fleeces were the great part of their livelihood; while Lady Royd and Nance were querulous because they had a roof above their heads, and fires in the house, and food in plenty; while Rupert went doggedly about his drill of musket-practice, with a heart yearning for the battles he pictured in the doing London way, the Prince’s army came to Derby--came in the dusk of a wild November day, with wind-driven rain across their faces, and every house-roof running wet.
yearning
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From this reading HOW THE PIPES PLAYED DREARILY WHILE the Lancashire farmers were watering their cattle, milking them, tending the sheep whose fleeces were the great part of their livelihood; while Lady Royd and Nance were querulous because they had a roof above their heads, and fires in the house, and food in plenty; while Rupert went doggedly about his drill of musket-practice, with a heart yearning for the battles he pictured in the doing London way, the Prince’s army came to Derby--came in the dusk of a wild November day, with wind-driven rain across their faces, and every house-roof running wet.
