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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 It stood, an imposing three-storied, square structure, with a great wing extending far in the rear.
aboutprepositionUS /əˈbaʊt/
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading Here assembled the merchants of the city, members of the upper class who cared enough about the rest of the world to make an inquiry into its progress; men of leisure about town whose vocation in life was to do nothing and who had the entire day in which to do it.
absence
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From this reading Soldiers, restless from the monotony of army life and desirous of the license usually associated with leave of absence; civilians eager in the pursuit of truth or of scandal; patriots impatient with the yoke of foreign rule; Tories exasperated with the turn of the war and its accompanying privations;--all gathered together at the Old London Coffee House day after day.
accompanying
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From this reading Soldiers, restless from the monotony of army life and desirous of the license usually associated with leave of absence; civilians eager in the pursuit of truth or of scandal; patriots impatient with the yoke of foreign rule; Tories exasperated with the turn of the war and its accompanying privations;--all gathered together at the Old London Coffee House day after day.
activity
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From this reading I The Corner of Market and Front Streets was brisk with life and activity at twelve, the change hour, every day.
afterprepositionUS /ˈæftər/
later than; following
From this reading Soldiers, restless from the monotony of army life and desirous of the license usually associated with leave of absence; civilians eager in the pursuit of truth or of scandal; patriots impatient with the yoke of foreign rule; Tories exasperated with the turn of the war and its accompanying privations;--all gathered together at the Old London Coffee House day after day.
All
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From this reading All conditions, all varieties of character joined the ranks.
andeterminerUS /æn/
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading Here assembled the merchants of the city, members of the upper class who cared enough about the rest of the world to make an inquiry into its progress; men of leisure about town whose vocation in life was to do nothing and who had the entire day in which to do it.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading I The Corner of Market and Front Streets was brisk with life and activity at twelve, the change hour, every day.
army
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From this reading Soldiers, restless from the monotony of army life and desirous of the license usually associated with leave of absence; civilians eager in the pursuit of truth or of scandal; patriots impatient with the yoke of foreign rule; Tories exasperated with the turn of the war and its accompanying privations;--all gathered together at the Old London Coffee House day after day.
assembled
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From this reading Here assembled the merchants of the city, members of the upper class who cared enough about the rest of the world to make an inquiry into its progress; men of leisure about town whose vocation in life was to do nothing and who had the entire day in which to do it.
associated
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From this reading Soldiers, restless from the monotony of army life and desirous of the license usually associated with leave of absence; civilians eager in the pursuit of truth or of scandal; patriots impatient with the yoke of foreign rule; Tories exasperated with the turn of the war and its accompanying privations;--all gathered together at the Old London Coffee House day after day.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading I The Corner of Market and Front Streets was brisk with life and activity at twelve, the change hour, every day.
brisk
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From this reading I The Corner of Market and Front Streets was brisk with life and activity at twelve, the change hour, every day.
cared
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From this reading Here assembled the merchants of the city, members of the upper class who cared enough about the rest of the world to make an inquiry into its progress; men of leisure about town whose vocation in life was to do nothing and who had the entire day in which to do it.
change
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From this reading I The Corner of Market and Front Streets was brisk with life and activity at twelve, the change hour, every day.
character
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From this reading All conditions, all varieties of character joined the ranks.
city
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From this reading Here assembled the merchants of the city, members of the upper class who cared enough about the rest of the world to make an inquiry into its progress; men of leisure about town whose vocation in life was to do nothing and who had the entire day in which to do it.
civilians
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From this reading Soldiers, restless from the monotony of army life and desirous of the license usually associated with leave of absence; civilians eager in the pursuit of truth or of scandal; patriots impatient with the yoke of foreign rule; Tories exasperated with the turn of the war and its accompanying privations;--all gathered together at the Old London Coffee House day after day.
class
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From this reading Here assembled the merchants of the city, members of the upper class who cared enough about the rest of the world to make an inquiry into its progress; men of leisure about town whose vocation in life was to do nothing and who had the entire day in which to do it.
Coffee
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From this reading Soldiers, restless from the monotony of army life and desirous of the license usually associated with leave of absence; civilians eager in the pursuit of truth or of scandal; patriots impatient with the yoke of foreign rule; Tories exasperated with the turn of the war and its accompanying privations;--all gathered together at the Old London Coffee House day after day.
conditions
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From this reading All conditions, all varieties of character joined the ranks.
Corner
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From this reading I The Corner of Market and Front Streets was brisk with life and activity at twelve, the change hour, every day.
day
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From this reading I The Corner of Market and Front Streets was brisk with life and activity at twelve, the change hour, every day.
desirousadjectiveUS /dɪˈzaɪərəs/
having a strong wish to do or obtain something
From this reading Soldiers, restless from the monotony of army life and desirous of the license usually associated with leave of absence; civilians eager in the pursuit of truth or of scandal; patriots impatient with the yoke of foreign rule; Tories exasperated with the turn of the war and its accompanying privations;--all gathered together at the Old London Coffee House day after day.
doauxiliary verbUS /duː/
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading Here assembled the merchants of the city, members of the upper class who cared enough about the rest of the world to make an inquiry into its progress; men of leisure about town whose vocation in life was to do nothing and who had the entire day in which to do it.
eager
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From this reading Soldiers, restless from the monotony of army life and desirous of the license usually associated with leave of absence; civilians eager in the pursuit of truth or of scandal; patriots impatient with the yoke of foreign rule; Tories exasperated with the turn of the war and its accompanying privations;--all gathered together at the Old London Coffee House day after day.
enough
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From this reading Here assembled the merchants of the city, members of the upper class who cared enough about the rest of the world to make an inquiry into its progress; men of leisure about town whose vocation in life was to do nothing and who had the entire day in which to do it.
entire
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From this reading Here assembled the merchants of the city, members of the upper class who cared enough about the rest of the world to make an inquiry into its progress; men of leisure about town whose vocation in life was to do nothing and who had the entire day in which to do it.
everydeterminerUS /ˈevəri/
all the members of a group, with none left out
From this reading I The Corner of Market and Front Streets was brisk with life and activity at twelve, the change hour, every day.
exasperated
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From this reading Soldiers, restless from the monotony of army life and desirous of the license usually associated with leave of absence; civilians eager in the pursuit of truth or of scandal; patriots impatient with the yoke of foreign rule; Tories exasperated with the turn of the war and its accompanying privations;--all gathered together at the Old London Coffee House day after day.
extending
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From this reading It stood, an imposing three-storied, square structure, with a great wing extending far in the rear.
far
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From this reading It stood, an imposing three-storied, square structure, with a great wing extending far in the rear.
foreign
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From this reading Soldiers, restless from the monotony of army life and desirous of the license usually associated with leave of absence; civilians eager in the pursuit of truth or of scandal; patriots impatient with the yoke of foreign rule; Tories exasperated with the turn of the war and its accompanying privations;--all gathered together at the Old London Coffee House day after day.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading Soldiers, restless from the monotony of army life and desirous of the license usually associated with leave of absence; civilians eager in the pursuit of truth or of scandal; patriots impatient with the yoke of foreign rule; Tories exasperated with the turn of the war and its accompanying privations;--all gathered together at the Old London Coffee House day after day.
Front
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From this reading I The Corner of Market and Front Streets was brisk with life and activity at twelve, the change hour, every day.
gathered
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From this reading Soldiers, restless from the monotony of army life and desirous of the license usually associated with leave of absence; civilians eager in the pursuit of truth or of scandal; patriots impatient with the yoke of foreign rule; Tories exasperated with the turn of the war and its accompanying privations;--all gathered together at the Old London Coffee House day after day.
great
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From this reading It stood, an imposing three-storied, square structure, with a great wing extending far in the rear.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Here assembled the merchants of the city, members of the upper class who cared enough about the rest of the world to make an inquiry into its progress; men of leisure about town whose vocation in life was to do nothing and who had the entire day in which to do it.
Here
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From this reading Here assembled the merchants of the city, members of the upper class who cared enough about the rest of the world to make an inquiry into its progress; men of leisure about town whose vocation in life was to do nothing and who had the entire day in which to do it.
hour
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From this reading I The Corner of Market and Front Streets was brisk with life and activity at twelve, the change hour, every day.
House
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From this reading Soldiers, restless from the monotony of army life and desirous of the license usually associated with leave of absence; civilians eager in the pursuit of truth or of scandal; patriots impatient with the yoke of foreign rule; Tories exasperated with the turn of the war and its accompanying privations;--all gathered together at the Old London Coffee House day after day.
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I The Corner of Market and Front Streets was brisk with life and activity at twelve, the change hour, every day.
impatient
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From this reading Soldiers, restless from the monotony of army life and desirous of the license usually associated with leave of absence; civilians eager in the pursuit of truth or of scandal; patriots impatient with the yoke of foreign rule; Tories exasperated with the turn of the war and its accompanying privations;--all gathered together at the Old London Coffee House day after day.
imposing
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From this reading It stood, an imposing three-storied, square structure, with a great wing extending far in the rear.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Here assembled the merchants of the city, members of the upper class who cared enough about the rest of the world to make an inquiry into its progress; men of leisure about town whose vocation in life was to do nothing and who had the entire day in which to do it.
inquiry
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From this reading Here assembled the merchants of the city, members of the upper class who cared enough about the rest of the world to make an inquiry into its progress; men of leisure about town whose vocation in life was to do nothing and who had the entire day in which to do it.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading Here assembled the merchants of the city, members of the upper class who cared enough about the rest of the world to make an inquiry into its progress; men of leisure about town whose vocation in life was to do nothing and who had the entire day in which to do it.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading Here assembled the merchants of the city, members of the upper class who cared enough about the rest of the world to make an inquiry into its progress; men of leisure about town whose vocation in life was to do nothing and who had the entire day in which to do it.
itsdeterminerUS /ɪts/
belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned
From this reading Here assembled the merchants of the city, members of the upper class who cared enough about the rest of the world to make an inquiry into its progress; men of leisure about town whose vocation in life was to do nothing and who had the entire day in which to do it.
joined
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From this reading All conditions, all varieties of character joined the ranks.
leave
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From this reading Soldiers, restless from the monotony of army life and desirous of the license usually associated with leave of absence; civilians eager in the pursuit of truth or of scandal; patriots impatient with the yoke of foreign rule; Tories exasperated with the turn of the war and its accompanying privations;--all gathered together at the Old London Coffee House day after day.
leisure
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From this reading Here assembled the merchants of the city, members of the upper class who cared enough about the rest of the world to make an inquiry into its progress; men of leisure about town whose vocation in life was to do nothing and who had the entire day in which to do it.
license
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From this reading Soldiers, restless from the monotony of army life and desirous of the license usually associated with leave of absence; civilians eager in the pursuit of truth or of scandal; patriots impatient with the yoke of foreign rule; Tories exasperated with the turn of the war and its accompanying privations;--all gathered together at the Old London Coffee House day after day.
life
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From this reading I The Corner of Market and Front Streets was brisk with life and activity at twelve, the change hour, every day.
London
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From this reading Soldiers, restless from the monotony of army life and desirous of the license usually associated with leave of absence; civilians eager in the pursuit of truth or of scandal; patriots impatient with the yoke of foreign rule; Tories exasperated with the turn of the war and its accompanying privations;--all gathered together at the Old London Coffee House day after day.
make
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From this reading Here assembled the merchants of the city, members of the upper class who cared enough about the rest of the world to make an inquiry into its progress; men of leisure about town whose vocation in life was to do nothing and who had the entire day in which to do it.
Market
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From this reading I The Corner of Market and Front Streets was brisk with life and activity at twelve, the change hour, every day.
members
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From this reading Here assembled the merchants of the city, members of the upper class who cared enough about the rest of the world to make an inquiry into its progress; men of leisure about town whose vocation in life was to do nothing and who had the entire day in which to do it.
men
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From this reading Here assembled the merchants of the city, members of the upper class who cared enough about the rest of the world to make an inquiry into its progress; men of leisure about town whose vocation in life was to do nothing and who had the entire day in which to do it.
merchants
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From this reading Here assembled the merchants of the city, members of the upper class who cared enough about the rest of the world to make an inquiry into its progress; men of leisure about town whose vocation in life was to do nothing and who had the entire day in which to do it.
monotony
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From this reading Soldiers, restless from the monotony of army life and desirous of the license usually associated with leave of absence; civilians eager in the pursuit of truth or of scandal; patriots impatient with the yoke of foreign rule; Tories exasperated with the turn of the war and its accompanying privations;--all gathered together at the Old London Coffee House day after day.
nothingpronounUS /ˈnʌθɪŋ/
not one thing; not anything
From this reading Here assembled the merchants of the city, members of the upper class who cared enough about the rest of the world to make an inquiry into its progress; men of leisure about town whose vocation in life was to do nothing and who had the entire day in which to do it.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading I The Corner of Market and Front Streets was brisk with life and activity at twelve, the change hour, every day.
Old
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From this reading Soldiers, restless from the monotony of army life and desirous of the license usually associated with leave of absence; civilians eager in the pursuit of truth or of scandal; patriots impatient with the yoke of foreign rule; Tories exasperated with the turn of the war and its accompanying privations;--all gathered together at the Old London Coffee House day after day.
orconjunctionUS /ɔːr/
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading Soldiers, restless from the monotony of army life and desirous of the license usually associated with leave of absence; civilians eager in the pursuit of truth or of scandal; patriots impatient with the yoke of foreign rule; Tories exasperated with the turn of the war and its accompanying privations;--all gathered together at the Old London Coffee House day after day.
patriots
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From this reading Soldiers, restless from the monotony of army life and desirous of the license usually associated with leave of absence; civilians eager in the pursuit of truth or of scandal; patriots impatient with the yoke of foreign rule; Tories exasperated with the turn of the war and its accompanying privations;--all gathered together at the Old London Coffee House day after day.
privations
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From this reading Soldiers, restless from the monotony of army life and desirous of the license usually associated with leave of absence; civilians eager in the pursuit of truth or of scandal; patriots impatient with the yoke of foreign rule; Tories exasperated with the turn of the war and its accompanying privations;--all gathered together at the Old London Coffee House day after day.
progress
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From this reading Here assembled the merchants of the city, members of the upper class who cared enough about the rest of the world to make an inquiry into its progress; men of leisure about town whose vocation in life was to do nothing and who had the entire day in which to do it.
pursuit
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From this reading Soldiers, restless from the monotony of army life and desirous of the license usually associated with leave of absence; civilians eager in the pursuit of truth or of scandal; patriots impatient with the yoke of foreign rule; Tories exasperated with the turn of the war and its accompanying privations;--all gathered together at the Old London Coffee House day after day.
ranks
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From this reading All conditions, all varieties of character joined the ranks.
rear
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From this reading It stood, an imposing three-storied, square structure, with a great wing extending far in the rear.
rest
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From this reading Here assembled the merchants of the city, members of the upper class who cared enough about the rest of the world to make an inquiry into its progress; men of leisure about town whose vocation in life was to do nothing and who had the entire day in which to do it.
restless
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From this reading Soldiers, restless from the monotony of army life and desirous of the license usually associated with leave of absence; civilians eager in the pursuit of truth or of scandal; patriots impatient with the yoke of foreign rule; Tories exasperated with the turn of the war and its accompanying privations;--all gathered together at the Old London Coffee House day after day.
rule
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From this reading Soldiers, restless from the monotony of army life and desirous of the license usually associated with leave of absence; civilians eager in the pursuit of truth or of scandal; patriots impatient with the yoke of foreign rule; Tories exasperated with the turn of the war and its accompanying privations;--all gathered together at the Old London Coffee House day after day.
scandal
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From this reading Soldiers, restless from the monotony of army life and desirous of the license usually associated with leave of absence; civilians eager in the pursuit of truth or of scandal; patriots impatient with the yoke of foreign rule; Tories exasperated with the turn of the war and its accompanying privations;--all gathered together at the Old London Coffee House day after day.
Soldiers
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From this reading Soldiers, restless from the monotony of army life and desirous of the license usually associated with leave of absence; civilians eager in the pursuit of truth or of scandal; patriots impatient with the yoke of foreign rule; Tories exasperated with the turn of the war and its accompanying privations;--all gathered together at the Old London Coffee House day after day.
square
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From this reading It stood, an imposing three-storied, square structure, with a great wing extending far in the rear.
stoodverbUS /stʊd/
Maintained an upright posture.
From this reading It stood, an imposing three-storied, square structure, with a great wing extending far in the rear.
Streets
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From this reading I The Corner of Market and Front Streets was brisk with life and activity at twelve, the change hour, every day.
structure
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From this reading It stood, an imposing three-storied, square structure, with a great wing extending far in the rear.
ThedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading I The Corner of Market and Front Streets was brisk with life and activity at twelve, the change hour, every day.
three-storied
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From this reading It stood, an imposing three-storied, square structure, with a great wing extending far in the rear.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Here assembled the merchants of the city, members of the upper class who cared enough about the rest of the world to make an inquiry into its progress; men of leisure about town whose vocation in life was to do nothing and who had the entire day in which to do it.
together
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From this reading Soldiers, restless from the monotony of army life and desirous of the license usually associated with leave of absence; civilians eager in the pursuit of truth or of scandal; patriots impatient with the yoke of foreign rule; Tories exasperated with the turn of the war and its accompanying privations;--all gathered together at the Old London Coffee House day after day.
Tories
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From this reading Soldiers, restless from the monotony of army life and desirous of the license usually associated with leave of absence; civilians eager in the pursuit of truth or of scandal; patriots impatient with the yoke of foreign rule; Tories exasperated with the turn of the war and its accompanying privations;--all gathered together at the Old London Coffee House day after day.
town
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From this reading Here assembled the merchants of the city, members of the upper class who cared enough about the rest of the world to make an inquiry into its progress; men of leisure about town whose vocation in life was to do nothing and who had the entire day in which to do it.
truth
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From this reading Soldiers, restless from the monotony of army life and desirous of the license usually associated with leave of absence; civilians eager in the pursuit of truth or of scandal; patriots impatient with the yoke of foreign rule; Tories exasperated with the turn of the war and its accompanying privations;--all gathered together at the Old London Coffee House day after day.
turn
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From this reading Soldiers, restless from the monotony of army life and desirous of the license usually associated with leave of absence; civilians eager in the pursuit of truth or of scandal; patriots impatient with the yoke of foreign rule; Tories exasperated with the turn of the war and its accompanying privations;--all gathered together at the Old London Coffee House day after day.
twelve
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From this reading I The Corner of Market and Front Streets was brisk with life and activity at twelve, the change hour, every day.
upper
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From this reading Here assembled the merchants of the city, members of the upper class who cared enough about the rest of the world to make an inquiry into its progress; men of leisure about town whose vocation in life was to do nothing and who had the entire day in which to do it.
usually
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From this reading Soldiers, restless from the monotony of army life and desirous of the license usually associated with leave of absence; civilians eager in the pursuit of truth or of scandal; patriots impatient with the yoke of foreign rule; Tories exasperated with the turn of the war and its accompanying privations;--all gathered together at the Old London Coffee House day after day.
varieties
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From this reading All conditions, all varieties of character joined the ranks.
vocation
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From this reading Here assembled the merchants of the city, members of the upper class who cared enough about the rest of the world to make an inquiry into its progress; men of leisure about town whose vocation in life was to do nothing and who had the entire day in which to do it.
war
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From this reading Soldiers, restless from the monotony of army life and desirous of the license usually associated with leave of absence; civilians eager in the pursuit of truth or of scandal; patriots impatient with the yoke of foreign rule; Tories exasperated with the turn of the war and its accompanying privations;--all gathered together at the Old London Coffee House day after day.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading I The Corner of Market and Front Streets was brisk with life and activity at twelve, the change hour, every day.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading Here assembled the merchants of the city, members of the upper class who cared enough about the rest of the world to make an inquiry into its progress; men of leisure about town whose vocation in life was to do nothing and who had the entire day in which to do it.
whopronounUS /huː/
which person or people
From this reading Here assembled the merchants of the city, members of the upper class who cared enough about the rest of the world to make an inquiry into its progress; men of leisure about town whose vocation in life was to do nothing and who had the entire day in which to do it.
whosedeterminerUS /huːz/
belonging to which person
From this reading Here assembled the merchants of the city, members of the upper class who cared enough about the rest of the world to make an inquiry into its progress; men of leisure about town whose vocation in life was to do nothing and who had the entire day in which to do it.
wing
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From this reading It stood, an imposing three-storied, square structure, with a great wing extending far in the rear.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading I The Corner of Market and Front Streets was brisk with life and activity at twelve, the change hour, every day.
world
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From this reading Here assembled the merchants of the city, members of the upper class who cared enough about the rest of the world to make an inquiry into its progress; men of leisure about town whose vocation in life was to do nothing and who had the entire day in which to do it.
yoke
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From this reading Soldiers, restless from the monotony of army life and desirous of the license usually associated with leave of absence; civilians eager in the pursuit of truth or of scandal; patriots impatient with the yoke of foreign rule; Tories exasperated with the turn of the war and its accompanying privations;--all gathered together at the Old London Coffee House day after day.
