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13
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From this reading See the story in Cicero, "De Officiis," i, 13; Hor., "Carm.," iii, 5.--_W. E. B._] ON A PEN.
1724
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From this reading 1724 In youth exalted high in air, Or bathing in the waters fair, Nature to form me took delight, And clad my body all in white.
4
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From this reading [Footnote 4: Bubo, the owl.--_Dublin Edition_.]
5
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From this reading [Footnote 5: Taken prisoner by the Carthaginians in the first Punic war, and ultimately tortured to death.
AdeterminerUS /ə/
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading See the story in Cicero, "De Officiis," i, 13; Hor., "Carm.," iii, 5.--_W. E. B._] ON A PEN.
air
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From this reading 1724 In youth exalted high in air, Or bathing in the waters fair, Nature to form me took delight, And clad my body all in white.
all
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From this reading 1724 In youth exalted high in air, Or bathing in the waters fair, Nature to form me took delight, And clad my body all in white.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading [Footnote 5: Taken prisoner by the Carthaginians in the first Punic war, and ultimately tortured to death.
AtprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading My person tall, and slender waist, On either side with fringes graced; Till me that tyrant man espied, And dragg'd me from my mother's side: No wonder now I look so thin; The tyrant stript me to the skin: My skin he flay'd, my hair he cropt: At head and foot my body lopt: And then, with heart more hard than stone, He pick'd my marrow from the bone.
B
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From this reading See the story in Cicero, "De Officiis," i, 13; Hor., "Carm.," iii, 5.--_W. E. B._] ON A PEN.
bathing
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From this reading 1724 In youth exalted high in air, Or bathing in the waters fair, Nature to form me took delight, And clad my body all in white.
bodynounUS /body/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading 1724 In youth exalted high in air, Or bathing in the waters fair, Nature to form me took delight, And clad my body all in white.
bone
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From this reading My person tall, and slender waist, On either side with fringes graced; Till me that tyrant man espied, And dragg'd me from my mother's side: No wonder now I look so thin; The tyrant stript me to the skin: My skin he flay'd, my hair he cropt: At head and foot my body lopt: And then, with heart more hard than stone, He pick'd my marrow from the bone.
Bubo
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From this reading [Footnote 4: Bubo, the owl.--_Dublin Edition_.]
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading [Footnote 5: Taken prisoner by the Carthaginians in the first Punic war, and ultimately tortured to death.
Carm
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From this reading See the story in Cicero, "De Officiis," i, 13; Hor., "Carm.," iii, 5.--_W. E. B._] ON A PEN.
Carthaginians
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From this reading [Footnote 5: Taken prisoner by the Carthaginians in the first Punic war, and ultimately tortured to death.
Cicero
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From this reading See the story in Cicero, "De Officiis," i, 13; Hor., "Carm.," iii, 5.--_W. E. B._] ON A PEN.
clad
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From this reading 1724 In youth exalted high in air, Or bathing in the waters fair, Nature to form me took delight, And clad my body all in white.
cropt
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From this reading My person tall, and slender waist, On either side with fringes graced; Till me that tyrant man espied, And dragg'd me from my mother's side: No wonder now I look so thin; The tyrant stript me to the skin: My skin he flay'd, my hair he cropt: At head and foot my body lopt: And then, with heart more hard than stone, He pick'd my marrow from the bone.
De
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From this reading See the story in Cicero, "De Officiis," i, 13; Hor., "Carm.," iii, 5.--_W. E. B._] ON A PEN.
death
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From this reading [Footnote 5: Taken prisoner by the Carthaginians in the first Punic war, and ultimately tortured to death.
delight
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From this reading 1724 In youth exalted high in air, Or bathing in the waters fair, Nature to form me took delight, And clad my body all in white.
dragg'd
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From this reading My person tall, and slender waist, On either side with fringes graced; Till me that tyrant man espied, And dragg'd me from my mother's side: No wonder now I look so thin; The tyrant stript me to the skin: My skin he flay'd, my hair he cropt: At head and foot my body lopt: And then, with heart more hard than stone, He pick'd my marrow from the bone.
Dublin
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From this reading [Footnote 4: Bubo, the owl.--_Dublin Edition_.]
E
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From this reading See the story in Cicero, "De Officiis," i, 13; Hor., "Carm.," iii, 5.--_W. E. B._] ON A PEN.
Edition
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From this reading [Footnote 4: Bubo, the owl.--_Dublin Edition_.]
eitherdeterminerUS /ˈiːðər/
one or the other of two
From this reading My person tall, and slender waist, On either side with fringes graced; Till me that tyrant man espied, And dragg'd me from my mother's side: No wonder now I look so thin; The tyrant stript me to the skin: My skin he flay'd, my hair he cropt: At head and foot my body lopt: And then, with heart more hard than stone, He pick'd my marrow from the bone.
espied
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From this reading My person tall, and slender waist, On either side with fringes graced; Till me that tyrant man espied, And dragg'd me from my mother's side: No wonder now I look so thin; The tyrant stript me to the skin: My skin he flay'd, my hair he cropt: At head and foot my body lopt: And then, with heart more hard than stone, He pick'd my marrow from the bone.
exalted
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From this reading 1724 In youth exalted high in air, Or bathing in the waters fair, Nature to form me took delight, And clad my body all in white.
fairnounUS /fair/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading 1724 In youth exalted high in air, Or bathing in the waters fair, Nature to form me took delight, And clad my body all in white.
firstnounUS /first/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading [Footnote 5: Taken prisoner by the Carthaginians in the first Punic war, and ultimately tortured to death.
flay'd
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From this reading My person tall, and slender waist, On either side with fringes graced; Till me that tyrant man espied, And dragg'd me from my mother's side: No wonder now I look so thin; The tyrant stript me to the skin: My skin he flay'd, my hair he cropt: At head and foot my body lopt: And then, with heart more hard than stone, He pick'd my marrow from the bone.
footnounUS /foot/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading My person tall, and slender waist, On either side with fringes graced; Till me that tyrant man espied, And dragg'd me from my mother's side: No wonder now I look so thin; The tyrant stript me to the skin: My skin he flay'd, my hair he cropt: At head and foot my body lopt: And then, with heart more hard than stone, He pick'd my marrow from the bone.
Footnote
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From this reading [Footnote 4: Bubo, the owl.--_Dublin Edition_.]
form
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From this reading 1724 In youth exalted high in air, Or bathing in the waters fair, Nature to form me took delight, And clad my body all in white.
fringes
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From this reading My person tall, and slender waist, On either side with fringes graced; Till me that tyrant man espied, And dragg'd me from my mother's side: No wonder now I look so thin; The tyrant stript me to the skin: My skin he flay'd, my hair he cropt: At head and foot my body lopt: And then, with heart more hard than stone, He pick'd my marrow from the bone.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading My person tall, and slender waist, On either side with fringes graced; Till me that tyrant man espied, And dragg'd me from my mother's side: No wonder now I look so thin; The tyrant stript me to the skin: My skin he flay'd, my hair he cropt: At head and foot my body lopt: And then, with heart more hard than stone, He pick'd my marrow from the bone.
graced
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From this reading My person tall, and slender waist, On either side with fringes graced; Till me that tyrant man espied, And dragg'd me from my mother's side: No wonder now I look so thin; The tyrant stript me to the skin: My skin he flay'd, my hair he cropt: At head and foot my body lopt: And then, with heart more hard than stone, He pick'd my marrow from the bone.
hair
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From this reading My person tall, and slender waist, On either side with fringes graced; Till me that tyrant man espied, And dragg'd me from my mother's side: No wonder now I look so thin; The tyrant stript me to the skin: My skin he flay'd, my hair he cropt: At head and foot my body lopt: And then, with heart more hard than stone, He pick'd my marrow from the bone.
hard
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From this reading My person tall, and slender waist, On either side with fringes graced; Till me that tyrant man espied, And dragg'd me from my mother's side: No wonder now I look so thin; The tyrant stript me to the skin: My skin he flay'd, my hair he cropt: At head and foot my body lopt: And then, with heart more hard than stone, He pick'd my marrow from the bone.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading My person tall, and slender waist, On either side with fringes graced; Till me that tyrant man espied, And dragg'd me from my mother's side: No wonder now I look so thin; The tyrant stript me to the skin: My skin he flay'd, my hair he cropt: At head and foot my body lopt: And then, with heart more hard than stone, He pick'd my marrow from the bone.
head
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From this reading My person tall, and slender waist, On either side with fringes graced; Till me that tyrant man espied, And dragg'd me from my mother's side: No wonder now I look so thin; The tyrant stript me to the skin: My skin he flay'd, my hair he cropt: At head and foot my body lopt: And then, with heart more hard than stone, He pick'd my marrow from the bone.
heart
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From this reading My person tall, and slender waist, On either side with fringes graced; Till me that tyrant man espied, And dragg'd me from my mother's side: No wonder now I look so thin; The tyrant stript me to the skin: My skin he flay'd, my hair he cropt: At head and foot my body lopt: And then, with heart more hard than stone, He pick'd my marrow from the bone.
high
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From this reading 1724 In youth exalted high in air, Or bathing in the waters fair, Nature to form me took delight, And clad my body all in white.
Hor
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From this reading See the story in Cicero, "De Officiis," i, 13; Hor., "Carm.," iii, 5.--_W. E. B._] ON A PEN.
ipronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading See the story in Cicero, "De Officiis," i, 13; Hor., "Carm.," iii, 5.--_W. E. B._] ON A PEN.
iii
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From this reading See the story in Cicero, "De Officiis," i, 13; Hor., "Carm.," iii, 5.--_W. E. B._] ON A PEN.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading [Footnote 5: Taken prisoner by the Carthaginians in the first Punic war, and ultimately tortured to death.
looknounUS /look/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading My person tall, and slender waist, On either side with fringes graced; Till me that tyrant man espied, And dragg'd me from my mother's side: No wonder now I look so thin; The tyrant stript me to the skin: My skin he flay'd, my hair he cropt: At head and foot my body lopt: And then, with heart more hard than stone, He pick'd my marrow from the bone.
lopt
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From this reading My person tall, and slender waist, On either side with fringes graced; Till me that tyrant man espied, And dragg'd me from my mother's side: No wonder now I look so thin; The tyrant stript me to the skin: My skin he flay'd, my hair he cropt: At head and foot my body lopt: And then, with heart more hard than stone, He pick'd my marrow from the bone.
man
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From this reading My person tall, and slender waist, On either side with fringes graced; Till me that tyrant man espied, And dragg'd me from my mother's side: No wonder now I look so thin; The tyrant stript me to the skin: My skin he flay'd, my hair he cropt: At head and foot my body lopt: And then, with heart more hard than stone, He pick'd my marrow from the bone.
marrow
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From this reading My person tall, and slender waist, On either side with fringes graced; Till me that tyrant man espied, And dragg'd me from my mother's side: No wonder now I look so thin; The tyrant stript me to the skin: My skin he flay'd, my hair he cropt: At head and foot my body lopt: And then, with heart more hard than stone, He pick'd my marrow from the bone.
mepronounUS /miː/
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading 1724 In youth exalted high in air, Or bathing in the waters fair, Nature to form me took delight, And clad my body all in white.
more
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From this reading My person tall, and slender waist, On either side with fringes graced; Till me that tyrant man espied, And dragg'd me from my mother's side: No wonder now I look so thin; The tyrant stript me to the skin: My skin he flay'd, my hair he cropt: At head and foot my body lopt: And then, with heart more hard than stone, He pick'd my marrow from the bone.
mother's
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From this reading My person tall, and slender waist, On either side with fringes graced; Till me that tyrant man espied, And dragg'd me from my mother's side: No wonder now I look so thin; The tyrant stript me to the skin: My skin he flay'd, my hair he cropt: At head and foot my body lopt: And then, with heart more hard than stone, He pick'd my marrow from the bone.
mydeterminerUS /maɪ/
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading 1724 In youth exalted high in air, Or bathing in the waters fair, Nature to form me took delight, And clad my body all in white.
Nature
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From this reading 1724 In youth exalted high in air, Or bathing in the waters fair, Nature to form me took delight, And clad my body all in white.
NodeterminerUS /noʊ/
not any; not one
From this reading My person tall, and slender waist, On either side with fringes graced; Till me that tyrant man espied, And dragg'd me from my mother's side: No wonder now I look so thin; The tyrant stript me to the skin: My skin he flay'd, my hair he cropt: At head and foot my body lopt: And then, with heart more hard than stone, He pick'd my marrow from the bone.
now
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From this reading My person tall, and slender waist, On either side with fringes graced; Till me that tyrant man espied, And dragg'd me from my mother's side: No wonder now I look so thin; The tyrant stript me to the skin: My skin he flay'd, my hair he cropt: At head and foot my body lopt: And then, with heart more hard than stone, He pick'd my marrow from the bone.
Officiis
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From this reading See the story in Cicero, "De Officiis," i, 13; Hor., "Carm.," iii, 5.--_W. E. B._] ON A PEN.
ONprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading See the story in Cicero, "De Officiis," i, 13; Hor., "Carm.," iii, 5.--_W. E. B._] ON A PEN.
OrconjunctionUS /ɔːr/
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading 1724 In youth exalted high in air, Or bathing in the waters fair, Nature to form me took delight, And clad my body all in white.
owl
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From this reading [Footnote 4: Bubo, the owl.--_Dublin Edition_.]
PEN
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From this reading See the story in Cicero, "De Officiis," i, 13; Hor., "Carm.," iii, 5.--_W. E. B._] ON A PEN.
person
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From this reading My person tall, and slender waist, On either side with fringes graced; Till me that tyrant man espied, And dragg'd me from my mother's side: No wonder now I look so thin; The tyrant stript me to the skin: My skin he flay'd, my hair he cropt: At head and foot my body lopt: And then, with heart more hard than stone, He pick'd my marrow from the bone.
pick'd
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From this reading My person tall, and slender waist, On either side with fringes graced; Till me that tyrant man espied, And dragg'd me from my mother's side: No wonder now I look so thin; The tyrant stript me to the skin: My skin he flay'd, my hair he cropt: At head and foot my body lopt: And then, with heart more hard than stone, He pick'd my marrow from the bone.
prisoner
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From this reading [Footnote 5: Taken prisoner by the Carthaginians in the first Punic war, and ultimately tortured to death.
Punic
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From this reading [Footnote 5: Taken prisoner by the Carthaginians in the first Punic war, and ultimately tortured to death.
See
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From this reading See the story in Cicero, "De Officiis," i, 13; Hor., "Carm.," iii, 5.--_W. E. B._] ON A PEN.
side
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From this reading My person tall, and slender waist, On either side with fringes graced; Till me that tyrant man espied, And dragg'd me from my mother's side: No wonder now I look so thin; The tyrant stript me to the skin: My skin he flay'd, my hair he cropt: At head and foot my body lopt: And then, with heart more hard than stone, He pick'd my marrow from the bone.
skin
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From this reading My person tall, and slender waist, On either side with fringes graced; Till me that tyrant man espied, And dragg'd me from my mother's side: No wonder now I look so thin; The tyrant stript me to the skin: My skin he flay'd, my hair he cropt: At head and foot my body lopt: And then, with heart more hard than stone, He pick'd my marrow from the bone.
slender
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From this reading My person tall, and slender waist, On either side with fringes graced; Till me that tyrant man espied, And dragg'd me from my mother's side: No wonder now I look so thin; The tyrant stript me to the skin: My skin he flay'd, my hair he cropt: At head and foot my body lopt: And then, with heart more hard than stone, He pick'd my marrow from the bone.
soconjunctionUS /soʊ/
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading My person tall, and slender waist, On either side with fringes graced; Till me that tyrant man espied, And dragg'd me from my mother's side: No wonder now I look so thin; The tyrant stript me to the skin: My skin he flay'd, my hair he cropt: At head and foot my body lopt: And then, with heart more hard than stone, He pick'd my marrow from the bone.
stone
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From this reading My person tall, and slender waist, On either side with fringes graced; Till me that tyrant man espied, And dragg'd me from my mother's side: No wonder now I look so thin; The tyrant stript me to the skin: My skin he flay'd, my hair he cropt: At head and foot my body lopt: And then, with heart more hard than stone, He pick'd my marrow from the bone.
story
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From this reading See the story in Cicero, "De Officiis," i, 13; Hor., "Carm.," iii, 5.--_W. E. B._] ON A PEN.
stript
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From this reading My person tall, and slender waist, On either side with fringes graced; Till me that tyrant man espied, And dragg'd me from my mother's side: No wonder now I look so thin; The tyrant stript me to the skin: My skin he flay'd, my hair he cropt: At head and foot my body lopt: And then, with heart more hard than stone, He pick'd my marrow from the bone.
Taken
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From this reading [Footnote 5: Taken prisoner by the Carthaginians in the first Punic war, and ultimately tortured to death.
tall
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From this reading My person tall, and slender waist, On either side with fringes graced; Till me that tyrant man espied, And dragg'd me from my mother's side: No wonder now I look so thin; The tyrant stript me to the skin: My skin he flay'd, my hair he cropt: At head and foot my body lopt: And then, with heart more hard than stone, He pick'd my marrow from the bone.
thanconjunctionUS /ðæn/
used to introduce the second part of a comparison
From this reading My person tall, and slender waist, On either side with fringes graced; Till me that tyrant man espied, And dragg'd me from my mother's side: No wonder now I look so thin; The tyrant stript me to the skin: My skin he flay'd, my hair he cropt: At head and foot my body lopt: And then, with heart more hard than stone, He pick'd my marrow from the bone.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading My person tall, and slender waist, On either side with fringes graced; Till me that tyrant man espied, And dragg'd me from my mother's side: No wonder now I look so thin; The tyrant stript me to the skin: My skin he flay'd, my hair he cropt: At head and foot my body lopt: And then, with heart more hard than stone, He pick'd my marrow from the bone.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading [Footnote 4: Bubo, the owl.--_Dublin Edition_.]
then
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From this reading My person tall, and slender waist, On either side with fringes graced; Till me that tyrant man espied, And dragg'd me from my mother's side: No wonder now I look so thin; The tyrant stript me to the skin: My skin he flay'd, my hair he cropt: At head and foot my body lopt: And then, with heart more hard than stone, He pick'd my marrow from the bone.
thinadjectiveUS /θɪn/
Having little thickness or extent.
From this reading My person tall, and slender waist, On either side with fringes graced; Till me that tyrant man espied, And dragg'd me from my mother's side: No wonder now I look so thin; The tyrant stript me to the skin: My skin he flay'd, my hair he cropt: At head and foot my body lopt: And then, with heart more hard than stone, He pick'd my marrow from the bone.
TillprepositionUS /tɪl/
up to a particular time
From this reading My person tall, and slender waist, On either side with fringes graced; Till me that tyrant man espied, And dragg'd me from my mother's side: No wonder now I look so thin; The tyrant stript me to the skin: My skin he flay'd, my hair he cropt: At head and foot my body lopt: And then, with heart more hard than stone, He pick'd my marrow from the bone.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading [Footnote 5: Taken prisoner by the Carthaginians in the first Punic war, and ultimately tortured to death.
tooknounUS /took/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading 1724 In youth exalted high in air, Or bathing in the waters fair, Nature to form me took delight, And clad my body all in white.
tortured
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From this reading [Footnote 5: Taken prisoner by the Carthaginians in the first Punic war, and ultimately tortured to death.
tyrant
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From this reading My person tall, and slender waist, On either side with fringes graced; Till me that tyrant man espied, And dragg'd me from my mother's side: No wonder now I look so thin; The tyrant stript me to the skin: My skin he flay'd, my hair he cropt: At head and foot my body lopt: And then, with heart more hard than stone, He pick'd my marrow from the bone.
ultimately
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From this reading [Footnote 5: Taken prisoner by the Carthaginians in the first Punic war, and ultimately tortured to death.
W
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From this reading See the story in Cicero, "De Officiis," i, 13; Hor., "Carm.," iii, 5.--_W. E. B._] ON A PEN.
waist
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From this reading My person tall, and slender waist, On either side with fringes graced; Till me that tyrant man espied, And dragg'd me from my mother's side: No wonder now I look so thin; The tyrant stript me to the skin: My skin he flay'd, my hair he cropt: At head and foot my body lopt: And then, with heart more hard than stone, He pick'd my marrow from the bone.
war
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From this reading [Footnote 5: Taken prisoner by the Carthaginians in the first Punic war, and ultimately tortured to death.
waters
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From this reading 1724 In youth exalted high in air, Or bathing in the waters fair, Nature to form me took delight, And clad my body all in white.
white
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From this reading 1724 In youth exalted high in air, Or bathing in the waters fair, Nature to form me took delight, And clad my body all in white.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading My person tall, and slender waist, On either side with fringes graced; Till me that tyrant man espied, And dragg'd me from my mother's side: No wonder now I look so thin; The tyrant stript me to the skin: My skin he flay'd, my hair he cropt: At head and foot my body lopt: And then, with heart more hard than stone, He pick'd my marrow from the bone.
wonder
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From this reading My person tall, and slender waist, On either side with fringes graced; Till me that tyrant man espied, And dragg'd me from my mother's side: No wonder now I look so thin; The tyrant stript me to the skin: My skin he flay'd, my hair he cropt: At head and foot my body lopt: And then, with heart more hard than stone, He pick'd my marrow from the bone.
youth
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From this reading 1724 In youth exalted high in air, Or bathing in the waters fair, Nature to form me took delight, And clad my body all in white.
