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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 Northwards--Social colts--The horse shepherd--The tired traveller’s sweet restorer, tea--Troll-work--Snow Macadam--Otter hunting in Norway--Normaends Laagen--A vision of reindeer--The fisherman’s hut--My lodging is on the cold ground--Making a night of it--National songs--Shaking down--A slight touch of nightmare.
affording
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From this reading Leaving the angry Quenna, we struck northward up a gradual ascent of rock, polished apparently by former rains, its surface fissured at intervals by deep cracks, and dabbed with patches of yellow moss, dwarf birch, and glaucous willow, but, for the most part, fortunately affording capital walking ground.
alongprepositionUS /əˈlɔːŋ/
following the length of something from one end toward the other
From this reading A covey of grey ptarmigan, a snipe or two, and some golden plover, rose before us; but I felt so weak and ill that I had not the heart to load my fowling-piece, which the little horse bore, along with my other effects, attached to the straddle.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Leaving the angry Quenna, we struck northward up a gradual ascent of rock, polished apparently by former rains, its surface fissured at intervals by deep cracks, and dabbed with patches of yellow moss, dwarf birch, and glaucous willow, but, for the most part, fortunately affording capital walking ground.
angry
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From this reading Leaving the angry Quenna, we struck northward up a gradual ascent of rock, polished apparently by former rains, its surface fissured at intervals by deep cracks, and dabbed with patches of yellow moss, dwarf birch, and glaucous willow, but, for the most part, fortunately affording capital walking ground.
apparently
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From this reading Leaving the angry Quenna, we struck northward up a gradual ascent of rock, polished apparently by former rains, its surface fissured at intervals by deep cracks, and dabbed with patches of yellow moss, dwarf birch, and glaucous willow, but, for the most part, fortunately affording capital walking ground.
AsconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading As we journey along, a distant neigh (in Thelemarken speech “neija,” in Norwegian, “vrinske,”) reaches my ear, and I descry three colts bounding down the rocks to us.
ascent
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From this reading Leaving the angry Quenna, we struck northward up a gradual ascent of rock, polished apparently by former rains, its surface fissured at intervals by deep cracks, and dabbed with patches of yellow moss, dwarf birch, and glaucous willow, but, for the most part, fortunately affording capital walking ground.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading Leaving the angry Quenna, we struck northward up a gradual ascent of rock, polished apparently by former rains, its surface fissured at intervals by deep cracks, and dabbed with patches of yellow moss, dwarf birch, and glaucous willow, but, for the most part, fortunately affording capital walking ground.
attached
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From this reading A covey of grey ptarmigan, a snipe or two, and some golden plover, rose before us; but I felt so weak and ill that I had not the heart to load my fowling-piece, which the little horse bore, along with my other effects, attached to the straddle.
beforeprepositionUS /bɪˈfɔːr/
earlier than; in front of
From this reading A covey of grey ptarmigan, a snipe or two, and some golden plover, rose before us; but I felt so weak and ill that I had not the heart to load my fowling-piece, which the little horse bore, along with my other effects, attached to the straddle.
birch
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From this reading Leaving the angry Quenna, we struck northward up a gradual ascent of rock, polished apparently by former rains, its surface fissured at intervals by deep cracks, and dabbed with patches of yellow moss, dwarf birch, and glaucous willow, but, for the most part, fortunately affording capital walking ground.
bore
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From this reading A covey of grey ptarmigan, a snipe or two, and some golden plover, rose before us; but I felt so weak and ill that I had not the heart to load my fowling-piece, which the little horse bore, along with my other effects, attached to the straddle.
bounding
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From this reading As we journey along, a distant neigh (in Thelemarken speech “neija,” in Norwegian, “vrinske,”) reaches my ear, and I descry three colts bounding down the rocks to us.
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading Leaving the angry Quenna, we struck northward up a gradual ascent of rock, polished apparently by former rains, its surface fissured at intervals by deep cracks, and dabbed with patches of yellow moss, dwarf birch, and glaucous willow, but, for the most part, fortunately affording capital walking ground.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading Leaving the angry Quenna, we struck northward up a gradual ascent of rock, polished apparently by former rains, its surface fissured at intervals by deep cracks, and dabbed with patches of yellow moss, dwarf birch, and glaucous willow, but, for the most part, fortunately affording capital walking ground.
capital
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From this reading Leaving the angry Quenna, we struck northward up a gradual ascent of rock, polished apparently by former rains, its surface fissured at intervals by deep cracks, and dabbed with patches of yellow moss, dwarf birch, and glaucous willow, but, for the most part, fortunately affording capital walking ground.
cold
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From this reading Northwards--Social colts--The horse shepherd--The tired traveller’s sweet restorer, tea--Troll-work--Snow Macadam--Otter hunting in Norway--Normaends Laagen--A vision of reindeer--The fisherman’s hut--My lodging is on the cold ground--Making a night of it--National songs--Shaking down--A slight touch of nightmare.
colts
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From this reading Northwards--Social colts--The horse shepherd--The tired traveller’s sweet restorer, tea--Troll-work--Snow Macadam--Otter hunting in Norway--Normaends Laagen--A vision of reindeer--The fisherman’s hut--My lodging is on the cold ground--Making a night of it--National songs--Shaking down--A slight touch of nightmare.
companion
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From this reading On joining our party, seemingly tired of the loneliness of the mountain, and delighted at the idea of a new equine companion, they dance round our little nag in most frolicksome mood.
covey
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From this reading A covey of grey ptarmigan, a snipe or two, and some golden plover, rose before us; but I felt so weak and ill that I had not the heart to load my fowling-piece, which the little horse bore, along with my other effects, attached to the straddle.
cracks
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From this reading Leaving the angry Quenna, we struck northward up a gradual ascent of rock, polished apparently by former rains, its surface fissured at intervals by deep cracks, and dabbed with patches of yellow moss, dwarf birch, and glaucous willow, but, for the most part, fortunately affording capital walking ground.
dabbed
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From this reading Leaving the angry Quenna, we struck northward up a gradual ascent of rock, polished apparently by former rains, its surface fissured at intervals by deep cracks, and dabbed with patches of yellow moss, dwarf birch, and glaucous willow, but, for the most part, fortunately affording capital walking ground.
dance
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From this reading On joining our party, seemingly tired of the loneliness of the mountain, and delighted at the idea of a new equine companion, they dance round our little nag in most frolicksome mood.
deep
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From this reading Leaving the angry Quenna, we struck northward up a gradual ascent of rock, polished apparently by former rains, its surface fissured at intervals by deep cracks, and dabbed with patches of yellow moss, dwarf birch, and glaucous willow, but, for the most part, fortunately affording capital walking ground.
delighted
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From this reading On joining our party, seemingly tired of the loneliness of the mountain, and delighted at the idea of a new equine companion, they dance round our little nag in most frolicksome mood.
descry
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From this reading As we journey along, a distant neigh (in Thelemarken speech “neija,” in Norwegian, “vrinske,”) reaches my ear, and I descry three colts bounding down the rocks to us.
distant
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From this reading As we journey along, a distant neigh (in Thelemarken speech “neija,” in Norwegian, “vrinske,”) reaches my ear, and I descry three colts bounding down the rocks to us.
down
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From this reading Northwards--Social colts--The horse shepherd--The tired traveller’s sweet restorer, tea--Troll-work--Snow Macadam--Otter hunting in Norway--Normaends Laagen--A vision of reindeer--The fisherman’s hut--My lodging is on the cold ground--Making a night of it--National songs--Shaking down--A slight touch of nightmare.
dwarfnounUS /dwɔːrf/
in traditional stories, a small humanlike being with magical qualities
From this reading Leaving the angry Quenna, we struck northward up a gradual ascent of rock, polished apparently by former rains, its surface fissured at intervals by deep cracks, and dabbed with patches of yellow moss, dwarf birch, and glaucous willow, but, for the most part, fortunately affording capital walking ground.
ear
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From this reading As we journey along, a distant neigh (in Thelemarken speech “neija,” in Norwegian, “vrinske,”) reaches my ear, and I descry three colts bounding down the rocks to us.
effects
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From this reading A covey of grey ptarmigan, a snipe or two, and some golden plover, rose before us; but I felt so weak and ill that I had not the heart to load my fowling-piece, which the little horse bore, along with my other effects, attached to the straddle.
equine
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From this reading On joining our party, seemingly tired of the loneliness of the mountain, and delighted at the idea of a new equine companion, they dance round our little nag in most frolicksome mood.
felt
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From this reading A covey of grey ptarmigan, a snipe or two, and some golden plover, rose before us; but I felt so weak and ill that I had not the heart to load my fowling-piece, which the little horse bore, along with my other effects, attached to the straddle.
fisherman's
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From this reading Northwards--Social colts--The horse shepherd--The tired traveller’s sweet restorer, tea--Troll-work--Snow Macadam--Otter hunting in Norway--Normaends Laagen--A vision of reindeer--The fisherman’s hut--My lodging is on the cold ground--Making a night of it--National songs--Shaking down--A slight touch of nightmare.
fissured
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From this reading Leaving the angry Quenna, we struck northward up a gradual ascent of rock, polished apparently by former rains, its surface fissured at intervals by deep cracks, and dabbed with patches of yellow moss, dwarf birch, and glaucous willow, but, for the most part, fortunately affording capital walking ground.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading Leaving the angry Quenna, we struck northward up a gradual ascent of rock, polished apparently by former rains, its surface fissured at intervals by deep cracks, and dabbed with patches of yellow moss, dwarf birch, and glaucous willow, but, for the most part, fortunately affording capital walking ground.
former
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From this reading Leaving the angry Quenna, we struck northward up a gradual ascent of rock, polished apparently by former rains, its surface fissured at intervals by deep cracks, and dabbed with patches of yellow moss, dwarf birch, and glaucous willow, but, for the most part, fortunately affording capital walking ground.
fortunately
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From this reading Leaving the angry Quenna, we struck northward up a gradual ascent of rock, polished apparently by former rains, its surface fissured at intervals by deep cracks, and dabbed with patches of yellow moss, dwarf birch, and glaucous willow, but, for the most part, fortunately affording capital walking ground.
fowling-piece
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From this reading A covey of grey ptarmigan, a snipe or two, and some golden plover, rose before us; but I felt so weak and ill that I had not the heart to load my fowling-piece, which the little horse bore, along with my other effects, attached to the straddle.
frolicksome
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From this reading On joining our party, seemingly tired of the loneliness of the mountain, and delighted at the idea of a new equine companion, they dance round our little nag in most frolicksome mood.
glaucous
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From this reading Leaving the angry Quenna, we struck northward up a gradual ascent of rock, polished apparently by former rains, its surface fissured at intervals by deep cracks, and dabbed with patches of yellow moss, dwarf birch, and glaucous willow, but, for the most part, fortunately affording capital walking ground.
golden
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From this reading A covey of grey ptarmigan, a snipe or two, and some golden plover, rose before us; but I felt so weak and ill that I had not the heart to load my fowling-piece, which the little horse bore, along with my other effects, attached to the straddle.
gradual
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From this reading Leaving the angry Quenna, we struck northward up a gradual ascent of rock, polished apparently by former rains, its surface fissured at intervals by deep cracks, and dabbed with patches of yellow moss, dwarf birch, and glaucous willow, but, for the most part, fortunately affording capital walking ground.
grey
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From this reading A covey of grey ptarmigan, a snipe or two, and some golden plover, rose before us; but I felt so weak and ill that I had not the heart to load my fowling-piece, which the little horse bore, along with my other effects, attached to the straddle.
ground
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From this reading Northwards--Social colts--The horse shepherd--The tired traveller’s sweet restorer, tea--Troll-work--Snow Macadam--Otter hunting in Norway--Normaends Laagen--A vision of reindeer--The fisherman’s hut--My lodging is on the cold ground--Making a night of it--National songs--Shaking down--A slight touch of nightmare.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading A covey of grey ptarmigan, a snipe or two, and some golden plover, rose before us; but I felt so weak and ill that I had not the heart to load my fowling-piece, which the little horse bore, along with my other effects, attached to the straddle.
heart
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From this reading A covey of grey ptarmigan, a snipe or two, and some golden plover, rose before us; but I felt so weak and ill that I had not the heart to load my fowling-piece, which the little horse bore, along with my other effects, attached to the straddle.
horse
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From this reading Northwards--Social colts--The horse shepherd--The tired traveller’s sweet restorer, tea--Troll-work--Snow Macadam--Otter hunting in Norway--Normaends Laagen--A vision of reindeer--The fisherman’s hut--My lodging is on the cold ground--Making a night of it--National songs--Shaking down--A slight touch of nightmare.
hunting
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From this reading Northwards--Social colts--The horse shepherd--The tired traveller’s sweet restorer, tea--Troll-work--Snow Macadam--Otter hunting in Norway--Normaends Laagen--A vision of reindeer--The fisherman’s hut--My lodging is on the cold ground--Making a night of it--National songs--Shaking down--A slight touch of nightmare.
hut
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From this reading Northwards--Social colts--The horse shepherd--The tired traveller’s sweet restorer, tea--Troll-work--Snow Macadam--Otter hunting in Norway--Normaends Laagen--A vision of reindeer--The fisherman’s hut--My lodging is on the cold ground--Making a night of it--National songs--Shaking down--A slight touch of nightmare.
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading A covey of grey ptarmigan, a snipe or two, and some golden plover, rose before us; but I felt so weak and ill that I had not the heart to load my fowling-piece, which the little horse bore, along with my other effects, attached to the straddle.
idea
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From this reading On joining our party, seemingly tired of the loneliness of the mountain, and delighted at the idea of a new equine companion, they dance round our little nag in most frolicksome mood.
ill
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From this reading A covey of grey ptarmigan, a snipe or two, and some golden plover, rose before us; but I felt so weak and ill that I had not the heart to load my fowling-piece, which the little horse bore, along with my other effects, attached to the straddle.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Northwards--Social colts--The horse shepherd--The tired traveller’s sweet restorer, tea--Troll-work--Snow Macadam--Otter hunting in Norway--Normaends Laagen--A vision of reindeer--The fisherman’s hut--My lodging is on the cold ground--Making a night of it--National songs--Shaking down--A slight touch of nightmare.
intervals
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From this reading Leaving the angry Quenna, we struck northward up a gradual ascent of rock, polished apparently by former rains, its surface fissured at intervals by deep cracks, and dabbed with patches of yellow moss, dwarf birch, and glaucous willow, but, for the most part, fortunately affording capital walking ground.
isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Northwards--Social colts--The horse shepherd--The tired traveller’s sweet restorer, tea--Troll-work--Snow Macadam--Otter hunting in Norway--Normaends Laagen--A vision of reindeer--The fisherman’s hut--My lodging is on the cold ground--Making a night of it--National songs--Shaking down--A slight touch of nightmare.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading Northwards--Social colts--The horse shepherd--The tired traveller’s sweet restorer, tea--Troll-work--Snow Macadam--Otter hunting in Norway--Normaends Laagen--A vision of reindeer--The fisherman’s hut--My lodging is on the cold ground--Making a night of it--National songs--Shaking down--A slight touch of nightmare.
itsdeterminerUS /ɪts/
belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned
From this reading Leaving the angry Quenna, we struck northward up a gradual ascent of rock, polished apparently by former rains, its surface fissured at intervals by deep cracks, and dabbed with patches of yellow moss, dwarf birch, and glaucous willow, but, for the most part, fortunately affording capital walking ground.
joining
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From this reading On joining our party, seemingly tired of the loneliness of the mountain, and delighted at the idea of a new equine companion, they dance round our little nag in most frolicksome mood.
journey
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From this reading As we journey along, a distant neigh (in Thelemarken speech “neija,” in Norwegian, “vrinske,”) reaches my ear, and I descry three colts bounding down the rocks to us.
Laagen
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From this reading Northwards--Social colts--The horse shepherd--The tired traveller’s sweet restorer, tea--Troll-work--Snow Macadam--Otter hunting in Norway--Normaends Laagen--A vision of reindeer--The fisherman’s hut--My lodging is on the cold ground--Making a night of it--National songs--Shaking down--A slight touch of nightmare.
Leaving
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From this reading Leaving the angry Quenna, we struck northward up a gradual ascent of rock, polished apparently by former rains, its surface fissured at intervals by deep cracks, and dabbed with patches of yellow moss, dwarf birch, and glaucous willow, but, for the most part, fortunately affording capital walking ground.
little
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From this reading A covey of grey ptarmigan, a snipe or two, and some golden plover, rose before us; but I felt so weak and ill that I had not the heart to load my fowling-piece, which the little horse bore, along with my other effects, attached to the straddle.
load
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From this reading A covey of grey ptarmigan, a snipe or two, and some golden plover, rose before us; but I felt so weak and ill that I had not the heart to load my fowling-piece, which the little horse bore, along with my other effects, attached to the straddle.
lodging
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From this reading Northwards--Social colts--The horse shepherd--The tired traveller’s sweet restorer, tea--Troll-work--Snow Macadam--Otter hunting in Norway--Normaends Laagen--A vision of reindeer--The fisherman’s hut--My lodging is on the cold ground--Making a night of it--National songs--Shaking down--A slight touch of nightmare.
loneliness
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From this reading On joining our party, seemingly tired of the loneliness of the mountain, and delighted at the idea of a new equine companion, they dance round our little nag in most frolicksome mood.
Macadam
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From this reading Northwards--Social colts--The horse shepherd--The tired traveller’s sweet restorer, tea--Troll-work--Snow Macadam--Otter hunting in Norway--Normaends Laagen--A vision of reindeer--The fisherman’s hut--My lodging is on the cold ground--Making a night of it--National songs--Shaking down--A slight touch of nightmare.
Making
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From this reading Northwards--Social colts--The horse shepherd--The tired traveller’s sweet restorer, tea--Troll-work--Snow Macadam--Otter hunting in Norway--Normaends Laagen--A vision of reindeer--The fisherman’s hut--My lodging is on the cold ground--Making a night of it--National songs--Shaking down--A slight touch of nightmare.
mood
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From this reading On joining our party, seemingly tired of the loneliness of the mountain, and delighted at the idea of a new equine companion, they dance round our little nag in most frolicksome mood.
moss
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From this reading Leaving the angry Quenna, we struck northward up a gradual ascent of rock, polished apparently by former rains, its surface fissured at intervals by deep cracks, and dabbed with patches of yellow moss, dwarf birch, and glaucous willow, but, for the most part, fortunately affording capital walking ground.
most
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From this reading Leaving the angry Quenna, we struck northward up a gradual ascent of rock, polished apparently by former rains, its surface fissured at intervals by deep cracks, and dabbed with patches of yellow moss, dwarf birch, and glaucous willow, but, for the most part, fortunately affording capital walking ground.
mountain
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From this reading On joining our party, seemingly tired of the loneliness of the mountain, and delighted at the idea of a new equine companion, they dance round our little nag in most frolicksome mood.
MydeterminerUS /maɪ/
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading Northwards--Social colts--The horse shepherd--The tired traveller’s sweet restorer, tea--Troll-work--Snow Macadam--Otter hunting in Norway--Normaends Laagen--A vision of reindeer--The fisherman’s hut--My lodging is on the cold ground--Making a night of it--National songs--Shaking down--A slight touch of nightmare.
nag
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From this reading On joining our party, seemingly tired of the loneliness of the mountain, and delighted at the idea of a new equine companion, they dance round our little nag in most frolicksome mood.
National
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From this reading Northwards--Social colts--The horse shepherd--The tired traveller’s sweet restorer, tea--Troll-work--Snow Macadam--Otter hunting in Norway--Normaends Laagen--A vision of reindeer--The fisherman’s hut--My lodging is on the cold ground--Making a night of it--National songs--Shaking down--A slight touch of nightmare.
neigh
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From this reading As we journey along, a distant neigh (in Thelemarken speech “neija,” in Norwegian, “vrinske,”) reaches my ear, and I descry three colts bounding down the rocks to us.
neija
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From this reading As we journey along, a distant neigh (in Thelemarken speech “neija,” in Norwegian, “vrinske,”) reaches my ear, and I descry three colts bounding down the rocks to us.
new
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From this reading On joining our party, seemingly tired of the loneliness of the mountain, and delighted at the idea of a new equine companion, they dance round our little nag in most frolicksome mood.
night
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From this reading Northwards--Social colts--The horse shepherd--The tired traveller’s sweet restorer, tea--Troll-work--Snow Macadam--Otter hunting in Norway--Normaends Laagen--A vision of reindeer--The fisherman’s hut--My lodging is on the cold ground--Making a night of it--National songs--Shaking down--A slight touch of nightmare.
nightmarenounUS /ˈnaɪt.mɛr/
A terrifying or distressing dream.
From this reading Northwards--Social colts--The horse shepherd--The tired traveller’s sweet restorer, tea--Troll-work--Snow Macadam--Otter hunting in Norway--Normaends Laagen--A vision of reindeer--The fisherman’s hut--My lodging is on the cold ground--Making a night of it--National songs--Shaking down--A slight touch of nightmare.
Normaends
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From this reading Northwards--Social colts--The horse shepherd--The tired traveller’s sweet restorer, tea--Troll-work--Snow Macadam--Otter hunting in Norway--Normaends Laagen--A vision of reindeer--The fisherman’s hut--My lodging is on the cold ground--Making a night of it--National songs--Shaking down--A slight touch of nightmare.
northward
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From this reading Leaving the angry Quenna, we struck northward up a gradual ascent of rock, polished apparently by former rains, its surface fissured at intervals by deep cracks, and dabbed with patches of yellow moss, dwarf birch, and glaucous willow, but, for the most part, fortunately affording capital walking ground.
Northwards
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From this reading Northwards--Social colts--The horse shepherd--The tired traveller’s sweet restorer, tea--Troll-work--Snow Macadam--Otter hunting in Norway--Normaends Laagen--A vision of reindeer--The fisherman’s hut--My lodging is on the cold ground--Making a night of it--National songs--Shaking down--A slight touch of nightmare.
Norway
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From this reading Northwards--Social colts--The horse shepherd--The tired traveller’s sweet restorer, tea--Troll-work--Snow Macadam--Otter hunting in Norway--Normaends Laagen--A vision of reindeer--The fisherman’s hut--My lodging is on the cold ground--Making a night of it--National songs--Shaking down--A slight touch of nightmare.
Norwegian
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From this reading As we journey along, a distant neigh (in Thelemarken speech “neija,” in Norwegian, “vrinske,”) reaches my ear, and I descry three colts bounding down the rocks to us.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading A covey of grey ptarmigan, a snipe or two, and some golden plover, rose before us; but I felt so weak and ill that I had not the heart to load my fowling-piece, which the little horse bore, along with my other effects, attached to the straddle.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Northwards--Social colts--The horse shepherd--The tired traveller’s sweet restorer, tea--Troll-work--Snow Macadam--Otter hunting in Norway--Normaends Laagen--A vision of reindeer--The fisherman’s hut--My lodging is on the cold ground--Making a night of it--National songs--Shaking down--A slight touch of nightmare.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading Northwards--Social colts--The horse shepherd--The tired traveller’s sweet restorer, tea--Troll-work--Snow Macadam--Otter hunting in Norway--Normaends Laagen--A vision of reindeer--The fisherman’s hut--My lodging is on the cold ground--Making a night of it--National songs--Shaking down--A slight touch of nightmare.
orconjunctionUS /ɔːr/
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading A covey of grey ptarmigan, a snipe or two, and some golden plover, rose before us; but I felt so weak and ill that I had not the heart to load my fowling-piece, which the little horse bore, along with my other effects, attached to the straddle.
other
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From this reading A covey of grey ptarmigan, a snipe or two, and some golden plover, rose before us; but I felt so weak and ill that I had not the heart to load my fowling-piece, which the little horse bore, along with my other effects, attached to the straddle.
Otter
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From this reading Northwards--Social colts--The horse shepherd--The tired traveller’s sweet restorer, tea--Troll-work--Snow Macadam--Otter hunting in Norway--Normaends Laagen--A vision of reindeer--The fisherman’s hut--My lodging is on the cold ground--Making a night of it--National songs--Shaking down--A slight touch of nightmare.
ourdeterminerUS /ˈaʊər/
belonging to the speaker and others
From this reading On joining our party, seemingly tired of the loneliness of the mountain, and delighted at the idea of a new equine companion, they dance round our little nag in most frolicksome mood.
part
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From this reading Leaving the angry Quenna, we struck northward up a gradual ascent of rock, polished apparently by former rains, its surface fissured at intervals by deep cracks, and dabbed with patches of yellow moss, dwarf birch, and glaucous willow, but, for the most part, fortunately affording capital walking ground.
party
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From this reading On joining our party, seemingly tired of the loneliness of the mountain, and delighted at the idea of a new equine companion, they dance round our little nag in most frolicksome mood.
patches
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From this reading Leaving the angry Quenna, we struck northward up a gradual ascent of rock, polished apparently by former rains, its surface fissured at intervals by deep cracks, and dabbed with patches of yellow moss, dwarf birch, and glaucous willow, but, for the most part, fortunately affording capital walking ground.
plover
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From this reading A covey of grey ptarmigan, a snipe or two, and some golden plover, rose before us; but I felt so weak and ill that I had not the heart to load my fowling-piece, which the little horse bore, along with my other effects, attached to the straddle.
polished
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From this reading Leaving the angry Quenna, we struck northward up a gradual ascent of rock, polished apparently by former rains, its surface fissured at intervals by deep cracks, and dabbed with patches of yellow moss, dwarf birch, and glaucous willow, but, for the most part, fortunately affording capital walking ground.
ptarmigan
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From this reading A covey of grey ptarmigan, a snipe or two, and some golden plover, rose before us; but I felt so weak and ill that I had not the heart to load my fowling-piece, which the little horse bore, along with my other effects, attached to the straddle.
Quenna
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From this reading Leaving the angry Quenna, we struck northward up a gradual ascent of rock, polished apparently by former rains, its surface fissured at intervals by deep cracks, and dabbed with patches of yellow moss, dwarf birch, and glaucous willow, but, for the most part, fortunately affording capital walking ground.
rains
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From this reading Leaving the angry Quenna, we struck northward up a gradual ascent of rock, polished apparently by former rains, its surface fissured at intervals by deep cracks, and dabbed with patches of yellow moss, dwarf birch, and glaucous willow, but, for the most part, fortunately affording capital walking ground.
reaches
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From this reading As we journey along, a distant neigh (in Thelemarken speech “neija,” in Norwegian, “vrinske,”) reaches my ear, and I descry three colts bounding down the rocks to us.
reindeer
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From this reading Northwards--Social colts--The horse shepherd--The tired traveller’s sweet restorer, tea--Troll-work--Snow Macadam--Otter hunting in Norway--Normaends Laagen--A vision of reindeer--The fisherman’s hut--My lodging is on the cold ground--Making a night of it--National songs--Shaking down--A slight touch of nightmare.
restorer
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From this reading Northwards--Social colts--The horse shepherd--The tired traveller’s sweet restorer, tea--Troll-work--Snow Macadam--Otter hunting in Norway--Normaends Laagen--A vision of reindeer--The fisherman’s hut--My lodging is on the cold ground--Making a night of it--National songs--Shaking down--A slight touch of nightmare.
rock
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From this reading Leaving the angry Quenna, we struck northward up a gradual ascent of rock, polished apparently by former rains, its surface fissured at intervals by deep cracks, and dabbed with patches of yellow moss, dwarf birch, and glaucous willow, but, for the most part, fortunately affording capital walking ground.
rocks
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From this reading As we journey along, a distant neigh (in Thelemarken speech “neija,” in Norwegian, “vrinske,”) reaches my ear, and I descry three colts bounding down the rocks to us.
rose
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From this reading A covey of grey ptarmigan, a snipe or two, and some golden plover, rose before us; but I felt so weak and ill that I had not the heart to load my fowling-piece, which the little horse bore, along with my other effects, attached to the straddle.
round
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From this reading On joining our party, seemingly tired of the loneliness of the mountain, and delighted at the idea of a new equine companion, they dance round our little nag in most frolicksome mood.
seemingly
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From this reading On joining our party, seemingly tired of the loneliness of the mountain, and delighted at the idea of a new equine companion, they dance round our little nag in most frolicksome mood.
Shaking
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From this reading Northwards--Social colts--The horse shepherd--The tired traveller’s sweet restorer, tea--Troll-work--Snow Macadam--Otter hunting in Norway--Normaends Laagen--A vision of reindeer--The fisherman’s hut--My lodging is on the cold ground--Making a night of it--National songs--Shaking down--A slight touch of nightmare.
shepherd
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From this reading Northwards--Social colts--The horse shepherd--The tired traveller’s sweet restorer, tea--Troll-work--Snow Macadam--Otter hunting in Norway--Normaends Laagen--A vision of reindeer--The fisherman’s hut--My lodging is on the cold ground--Making a night of it--National songs--Shaking down--A slight touch of nightmare.
slight
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From this reading Northwards--Social colts--The horse shepherd--The tired traveller’s sweet restorer, tea--Troll-work--Snow Macadam--Otter hunting in Norway--Normaends Laagen--A vision of reindeer--The fisherman’s hut--My lodging is on the cold ground--Making a night of it--National songs--Shaking down--A slight touch of nightmare.
snipe
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From this reading A covey of grey ptarmigan, a snipe or two, and some golden plover, rose before us; but I felt so weak and ill that I had not the heart to load my fowling-piece, which the little horse bore, along with my other effects, attached to the straddle.
Snow
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From this reading Northwards--Social colts--The horse shepherd--The tired traveller’s sweet restorer, tea--Troll-work--Snow Macadam--Otter hunting in Norway--Normaends Laagen--A vision of reindeer--The fisherman’s hut--My lodging is on the cold ground--Making a night of it--National songs--Shaking down--A slight touch of nightmare.
soconjunctionUS /soʊ/
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading A covey of grey ptarmigan, a snipe or two, and some golden plover, rose before us; but I felt so weak and ill that I had not the heart to load my fowling-piece, which the little horse bore, along with my other effects, attached to the straddle.
Social
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From this reading Northwards--Social colts--The horse shepherd--The tired traveller’s sweet restorer, tea--Troll-work--Snow Macadam--Otter hunting in Norway--Normaends Laagen--A vision of reindeer--The fisherman’s hut--My lodging is on the cold ground--Making a night of it--National songs--Shaking down--A slight touch of nightmare.
some
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From this reading A covey of grey ptarmigan, a snipe or two, and some golden plover, rose before us; but I felt so weak and ill that I had not the heart to load my fowling-piece, which the little horse bore, along with my other effects, attached to the straddle.
songs
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From this reading Northwards--Social colts--The horse shepherd--The tired traveller’s sweet restorer, tea--Troll-work--Snow Macadam--Otter hunting in Norway--Normaends Laagen--A vision of reindeer--The fisherman’s hut--My lodging is on the cold ground--Making a night of it--National songs--Shaking down--A slight touch of nightmare.
speech
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From this reading As we journey along, a distant neigh (in Thelemarken speech “neija,” in Norwegian, “vrinske,”) reaches my ear, and I descry three colts bounding down the rocks to us.
straddle
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From this reading A covey of grey ptarmigan, a snipe or two, and some golden plover, rose before us; but I felt so weak and ill that I had not the heart to load my fowling-piece, which the little horse bore, along with my other effects, attached to the straddle.
struck
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From this reading Leaving the angry Quenna, we struck northward up a gradual ascent of rock, polished apparently by former rains, its surface fissured at intervals by deep cracks, and dabbed with patches of yellow moss, dwarf birch, and glaucous willow, but, for the most part, fortunately affording capital walking ground.
surface
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From this reading Leaving the angry Quenna, we struck northward up a gradual ascent of rock, polished apparently by former rains, its surface fissured at intervals by deep cracks, and dabbed with patches of yellow moss, dwarf birch, and glaucous willow, but, for the most part, fortunately affording capital walking ground.
sweet
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From this reading Northwards--Social colts--The horse shepherd--The tired traveller’s sweet restorer, tea--Troll-work--Snow Macadam--Otter hunting in Norway--Normaends Laagen--A vision of reindeer--The fisherman’s hut--My lodging is on the cold ground--Making a night of it--National songs--Shaking down--A slight touch of nightmare.
tea
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From this reading Northwards--Social colts--The horse shepherd--The tired traveller’s sweet restorer, tea--Troll-work--Snow Macadam--Otter hunting in Norway--Normaends Laagen--A vision of reindeer--The fisherman’s hut--My lodging is on the cold ground--Making a night of it--National songs--Shaking down--A slight touch of nightmare.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading A covey of grey ptarmigan, a snipe or two, and some golden plover, rose before us; but I felt so weak and ill that I had not the heart to load my fowling-piece, which the little horse bore, along with my other effects, attached to the straddle.
ThedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Northwards--Social colts--The horse shepherd--The tired traveller’s sweet restorer, tea--Troll-work--Snow Macadam--Otter hunting in Norway--Normaends Laagen--A vision of reindeer--The fisherman’s hut--My lodging is on the cold ground--Making a night of it--National songs--Shaking down--A slight touch of nightmare.
Thelemarken
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From this reading As we journey along, a distant neigh (in Thelemarken speech “neija,” in Norwegian, “vrinske,”) reaches my ear, and I descry three colts bounding down the rocks to us.
theypronounUS /ðeɪ/
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading On joining our party, seemingly tired of the loneliness of the mountain, and delighted at the idea of a new equine companion, they dance round our little nag in most frolicksome mood.
three
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From this reading As we journey along, a distant neigh (in Thelemarken speech “neija,” in Norwegian, “vrinske,”) reaches my ear, and I descry three colts bounding down the rocks to us.
tired
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From this reading Northwards--Social colts--The horse shepherd--The tired traveller’s sweet restorer, tea--Troll-work--Snow Macadam--Otter hunting in Norway--Normaends Laagen--A vision of reindeer--The fisherman’s hut--My lodging is on the cold ground--Making a night of it--National songs--Shaking down--A slight touch of nightmare.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading A covey of grey ptarmigan, a snipe or two, and some golden plover, rose before us; but I felt so weak and ill that I had not the heart to load my fowling-piece, which the little horse bore, along with my other effects, attached to the straddle.
touch
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From this reading Northwards--Social colts--The horse shepherd--The tired traveller’s sweet restorer, tea--Troll-work--Snow Macadam--Otter hunting in Norway--Normaends Laagen--A vision of reindeer--The fisherman’s hut--My lodging is on the cold ground--Making a night of it--National songs--Shaking down--A slight touch of nightmare.
traveller's
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From this reading Northwards--Social colts--The horse shepherd--The tired traveller’s sweet restorer, tea--Troll-work--Snow Macadam--Otter hunting in Norway--Normaends Laagen--A vision of reindeer--The fisherman’s hut--My lodging is on the cold ground--Making a night of it--National songs--Shaking down--A slight touch of nightmare.
Troll-work
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From this reading Northwards--Social colts--The horse shepherd--The tired traveller’s sweet restorer, tea--Troll-work--Snow Macadam--Otter hunting in Norway--Normaends Laagen--A vision of reindeer--The fisherman’s hut--My lodging is on the cold ground--Making a night of it--National songs--Shaking down--A slight touch of nightmare.
two
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From this reading A covey of grey ptarmigan, a snipe or two, and some golden plover, rose before us; but I felt so weak and ill that I had not the heart to load my fowling-piece, which the little horse bore, along with my other effects, attached to the straddle.
up
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From this reading Leaving the angry Quenna, we struck northward up a gradual ascent of rock, polished apparently by former rains, its surface fissured at intervals by deep cracks, and dabbed with patches of yellow moss, dwarf birch, and glaucous willow, but, for the most part, fortunately affording capital walking ground.
uspronounUS /ʌs/
the speaker and others, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading A covey of grey ptarmigan, a snipe or two, and some golden plover, rose before us; but I felt so weak and ill that I had not the heart to load my fowling-piece, which the little horse bore, along with my other effects, attached to the straddle.
vision
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From this reading Northwards--Social colts--The horse shepherd--The tired traveller’s sweet restorer, tea--Troll-work--Snow Macadam--Otter hunting in Norway--Normaends Laagen--A vision of reindeer--The fisherman’s hut--My lodging is on the cold ground--Making a night of it--National songs--Shaking down--A slight touch of nightmare.
vrinske
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From this reading As we journey along, a distant neigh (in Thelemarken speech “neija,” in Norwegian, “vrinske,”) reaches my ear, and I descry three colts bounding down the rocks to us.
walking
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From this reading Leaving the angry Quenna, we struck northward up a gradual ascent of rock, polished apparently by former rains, its surface fissured at intervals by deep cracks, and dabbed with patches of yellow moss, dwarf birch, and glaucous willow, but, for the most part, fortunately affording capital walking ground.
wepronounUS /wiː/
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading Leaving the angry Quenna, we struck northward up a gradual ascent of rock, polished apparently by former rains, its surface fissured at intervals by deep cracks, and dabbed with patches of yellow moss, dwarf birch, and glaucous willow, but, for the most part, fortunately affording capital walking ground.
weak
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From this reading A covey of grey ptarmigan, a snipe or two, and some golden plover, rose before us; but I felt so weak and ill that I had not the heart to load my fowling-piece, which the little horse bore, along with my other effects, attached to the straddle.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading A covey of grey ptarmigan, a snipe or two, and some golden plover, rose before us; but I felt so weak and ill that I had not the heart to load my fowling-piece, which the little horse bore, along with my other effects, attached to the straddle.
willow
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From this reading Leaving the angry Quenna, we struck northward up a gradual ascent of rock, polished apparently by former rains, its surface fissured at intervals by deep cracks, and dabbed with patches of yellow moss, dwarf birch, and glaucous willow, but, for the most part, fortunately affording capital walking ground.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading Leaving the angry Quenna, we struck northward up a gradual ascent of rock, polished apparently by former rains, its surface fissured at intervals by deep cracks, and dabbed with patches of yellow moss, dwarf birch, and glaucous willow, but, for the most part, fortunately affording capital walking ground.
yellow
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From this reading Leaving the angry Quenna, we struck northward up a gradual ascent of rock, polished apparently by former rains, its surface fissured at intervals by deep cracks, and dabbed with patches of yellow moss, dwarf birch, and glaucous willow, but, for the most part, fortunately affording capital walking ground.
