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3
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From this reading THE BEGINNING OF THE PILGRIMAGE--MESSAGE FROM JENNY If every inclination of his heart had not desired it too, Theophil would have gone on living at 3 Zion Place, for old Mrs. Talbot's sake; for now he was literally all she had left in the world, and what greater joy remained for either than just to sit close by the fire and talk of Jenny?
adeterminerUS /ə/
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading 3 Zion Place was now a little chapel of memory, where a bowed ancient woman and a sad-faced young man kept up perpetual services to the holy dead.
acquainted
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From this reading A woman of her own years, also acquainted with grief, came to companion the old woman, a sort of lay sister in this little monastery of grief.
all
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From this reading THE BEGINNING OF THE PILGRIMAGE--MESSAGE FROM JENNY If every inclination of his heart had not desired it too, Theophil would have gone on living at 3 Zion Place, for old Mrs. Talbot's sake; for now he was literally all she had left in the world, and what greater joy remained for either than just to sit close by the fire and talk of Jenny?
also
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From this reading A woman of her own years, also acquainted with grief, came to companion the old woman, a sort of lay sister in this little monastery of grief.
ancientadjectiveUS /ˈeɪn.ʃənt/
Belonging to the very distant past and no longer in existence or deeply revered.
From this reading 3 Zion Place was now a little chapel of memory, where a bowed ancient woman and a sad-faced young man kept up perpetual services to the holy dead.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading THE BEGINNING OF THE PILGRIMAGE--MESSAGE FROM JENNY If every inclination of his heart had not desired it too, Theophil would have gone on living at 3 Zion Place, for old Mrs. Talbot's sake; for now he was literally all she had left in the world, and what greater joy remained for either than just to sit close by the fire and talk of Jenny?
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading Everything in that house which had taken the impress of Jenny's fingers, been Jenny's to use or handle, remained exactly as and where Jenny had placed it.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading THE BEGINNING OF THE PILGRIMAGE--MESSAGE FROM JENNY If every inclination of his heart had not desired it too, Theophil would have gone on living at 3 Zion Place, for old Mrs. Talbot's sake; for now he was literally all she had left in the world, and what greater joy remained for either than just to sit close by the fire and talk of Jenny?
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading Everything in that house which had taken the impress of Jenny's fingers, been Jenny's to use or handle, remained exactly as and where Jenny had placed it.
begannounUS /began/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading It was so piety began, and thus piety is purest and tenderest in the worship of the dead.
BEGINNINGnounUS /ˈbeginning/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading THE BEGINNING OF THE PILGRIMAGE--MESSAGE FROM JENNY If every inclination of his heart had not desired it too, Theophil would have gone on living at 3 Zion Place, for old Mrs. Talbot's sake; for now he was literally all she had left in the world, and what greater joy remained for either than just to sit close by the fire and talk of Jenny?
bowed
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From this reading 3 Zion Place was now a little chapel of memory, where a bowed ancient woman and a sad-faced young man kept up perpetual services to the holy dead.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading THE BEGINNING OF THE PILGRIMAGE--MESSAGE FROM JENNY If every inclination of his heart had not desired it too, Theophil would have gone on living at 3 Zion Place, for old Mrs. Talbot's sake; for now he was literally all she had left in the world, and what greater joy remained for either than just to sit close by the fire and talk of Jenny?
came
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From this reading A woman of her own years, also acquainted with grief, came to companion the old woman, a sort of lay sister in this little monastery of grief.
chapel
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From this reading 3 Zion Place was now a little chapel of memory, where a bowed ancient woman and a sad-faced young man kept up perpetual services to the holy dead.
close
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From this reading THE BEGINNING OF THE PILGRIMAGE--MESSAGE FROM JENNY If every inclination of his heart had not desired it too, Theophil would have gone on living at 3 Zion Place, for old Mrs. Talbot's sake; for now he was literally all she had left in the world, and what greater joy remained for either than just to sit close by the fire and talk of Jenny?
companion
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From this reading A woman of her own years, also acquainted with grief, came to companion the old woman, a sort of lay sister in this little monastery of grief.
deadnounUS /dead/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading 3 Zion Place was now a little chapel of memory, where a bowed ancient woman and a sad-faced young man kept up perpetual services to the holy dead.
desired
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From this reading THE BEGINNING OF THE PILGRIMAGE--MESSAGE FROM JENNY If every inclination of his heart had not desired it too, Theophil would have gone on living at 3 Zion Place, for old Mrs. Talbot's sake; for now he was literally all she had left in the world, and what greater joy remained for either than just to sit close by the fire and talk of Jenny?
eitherdeterminerUS /ˈiːðər/
one or the other of two
From this reading THE BEGINNING OF THE PILGRIMAGE--MESSAGE FROM JENNY If every inclination of his heart had not desired it too, Theophil would have gone on living at 3 Zion Place, for old Mrs. Talbot's sake; for now he was literally all she had left in the world, and what greater joy remained for either than just to sit close by the fire and talk of Jenny?
everydeterminerUS /ˈevəri/
all the members of a group, with none left out
From this reading THE BEGINNING OF THE PILGRIMAGE--MESSAGE FROM JENNY If every inclination of his heart had not desired it too, Theophil would have gone on living at 3 Zion Place, for old Mrs. Talbot's sake; for now he was literally all she had left in the world, and what greater joy remained for either than just to sit close by the fire and talk of Jenny?
EverythingpronounUS /ˈevriθɪŋ/
all things; all of a situation
From this reading Everything in that house which had taken the impress of Jenny's fingers, been Jenny's to use or handle, remained exactly as and where Jenny had placed it.
exactly
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From this reading Everything in that house which had taken the impress of Jenny's fingers, been Jenny's to use or handle, remained exactly as and where Jenny had placed it.
fingers
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From this reading Everything in that house which had taken the impress of Jenny's fingers, been Jenny's to use or handle, remained exactly as and where Jenny had placed it.
fire
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From this reading THE BEGINNING OF THE PILGRIMAGE--MESSAGE FROM JENNY If every inclination of his heart had not desired it too, Theophil would have gone on living at 3 Zion Place, for old Mrs. Talbot's sake; for now he was literally all she had left in the world, and what greater joy remained for either than just to sit close by the fire and talk of Jenny?
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading THE BEGINNING OF THE PILGRIMAGE--MESSAGE FROM JENNY If every inclination of his heart had not desired it too, Theophil would have gone on living at 3 Zion Place, for old Mrs. Talbot's sake; for now he was literally all she had left in the world, and what greater joy remained for either than just to sit close by the fire and talk of Jenny?
FROMprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading THE BEGINNING OF THE PILGRIMAGE--MESSAGE FROM JENNY If every inclination of his heart had not desired it too, Theophil would have gone on living at 3 Zion Place, for old Mrs. Talbot's sake; for now he was literally all she had left in the world, and what greater joy remained for either than just to sit close by the fire and talk of Jenny?
gone
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From this reading THE BEGINNING OF THE PILGRIMAGE--MESSAGE FROM JENNY If every inclination of his heart had not desired it too, Theophil would have gone on living at 3 Zion Place, for old Mrs. Talbot's sake; for now he was literally all she had left in the world, and what greater joy remained for either than just to sit close by the fire and talk of Jenny?
greater
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From this reading THE BEGINNING OF THE PILGRIMAGE--MESSAGE FROM JENNY If every inclination of his heart had not desired it too, Theophil would have gone on living at 3 Zion Place, for old Mrs. Talbot's sake; for now he was literally all she had left in the world, and what greater joy remained for either than just to sit close by the fire and talk of Jenny?
grief
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From this reading A woman of her own years, also acquainted with grief, came to companion the old woman, a sort of lay sister in this little monastery of grief.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading THE BEGINNING OF THE PILGRIMAGE--MESSAGE FROM JENNY If every inclination of his heart had not desired it too, Theophil would have gone on living at 3 Zion Place, for old Mrs. Talbot's sake; for now he was literally all she had left in the world, and what greater joy remained for either than just to sit close by the fire and talk of Jenny?
handle
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From this reading Everything in that house which had taken the impress of Jenny's fingers, been Jenny's to use or handle, remained exactly as and where Jenny had placed it.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading THE BEGINNING OF THE PILGRIMAGE--MESSAGE FROM JENNY If every inclination of his heart had not desired it too, Theophil would have gone on living at 3 Zion Place, for old Mrs. Talbot's sake; for now he was literally all she had left in the world, and what greater joy remained for either than just to sit close by the fire and talk of Jenny?
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading THE BEGINNING OF THE PILGRIMAGE--MESSAGE FROM JENNY If every inclination of his heart had not desired it too, Theophil would have gone on living at 3 Zion Place, for old Mrs. Talbot's sake; for now he was literally all she had left in the world, and what greater joy remained for either than just to sit close by the fire and talk of Jenny?
heart
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From this reading THE BEGINNING OF THE PILGRIMAGE--MESSAGE FROM JENNY If every inclination of his heart had not desired it too, Theophil would have gone on living at 3 Zion Place, for old Mrs. Talbot's sake; for now he was literally all she had left in the world, and what greater joy remained for either than just to sit close by the fire and talk of Jenny?
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading A woman of her own years, also acquainted with grief, came to companion the old woman, a sort of lay sister in this little monastery of grief.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading THE BEGINNING OF THE PILGRIMAGE--MESSAGE FROM JENNY If every inclination of his heart had not desired it too, Theophil would have gone on living at 3 Zion Place, for old Mrs. Talbot's sake; for now he was literally all she had left in the world, and what greater joy remained for either than just to sit close by the fire and talk of Jenny?
holy
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From this reading 3 Zion Place was now a little chapel of memory, where a bowed ancient woman and a sad-faced young man kept up perpetual services to the holy dead.
house
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From this reading Everything in that house which had taken the impress of Jenny's fingers, been Jenny's to use or handle, remained exactly as and where Jenny had placed it.
IfconjunctionUS /ɪf/
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading THE BEGINNING OF THE PILGRIMAGE--MESSAGE FROM JENNY If every inclination of his heart had not desired it too, Theophil would have gone on living at 3 Zion Place, for old Mrs. Talbot's sake; for now he was literally all she had left in the world, and what greater joy remained for either than just to sit close by the fire and talk of Jenny?
impress
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From this reading Everything in that house which had taken the impress of Jenny's fingers, been Jenny's to use or handle, remained exactly as and where Jenny had placed it.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading THE BEGINNING OF THE PILGRIMAGE--MESSAGE FROM JENNY If every inclination of his heart had not desired it too, Theophil would have gone on living at 3 Zion Place, for old Mrs. Talbot's sake; for now he was literally all she had left in the world, and what greater joy remained for either than just to sit close by the fire and talk of Jenny?
inclination
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From this reading THE BEGINNING OF THE PILGRIMAGE--MESSAGE FROM JENNY If every inclination of his heart had not desired it too, Theophil would have gone on living at 3 Zion Place, for old Mrs. Talbot's sake; for now he was literally all she had left in the world, and what greater joy remained for either than just to sit close by the fire and talk of Jenny?
isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading It was so piety began, and thus piety is purest and tenderest in the worship of the dead.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading THE BEGINNING OF THE PILGRIMAGE--MESSAGE FROM JENNY If every inclination of his heart had not desired it too, Theophil would have gone on living at 3 Zion Place, for old Mrs. Talbot's sake; for now he was literally all she had left in the world, and what greater joy remained for either than just to sit close by the fire and talk of Jenny?
JENNY
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From this reading THE BEGINNING OF THE PILGRIMAGE--MESSAGE FROM JENNY If every inclination of his heart had not desired it too, Theophil would have gone on living at 3 Zion Place, for old Mrs. Talbot's sake; for now he was literally all she had left in the world, and what greater joy remained for either than just to sit close by the fire and talk of Jenny?
Jenny's
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From this reading Everything in that house which had taken the impress of Jenny's fingers, been Jenny's to use or handle, remained exactly as and where Jenny had placed it.
joy
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From this reading THE BEGINNING OF THE PILGRIMAGE--MESSAGE FROM JENNY If every inclination of his heart had not desired it too, Theophil would have gone on living at 3 Zion Place, for old Mrs. Talbot's sake; for now he was literally all she had left in the world, and what greater joy remained for either than just to sit close by the fire and talk of Jenny?
just
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From this reading THE BEGINNING OF THE PILGRIMAGE--MESSAGE FROM JENNY If every inclination of his heart had not desired it too, Theophil would have gone on living at 3 Zion Place, for old Mrs. Talbot's sake; for now he was literally all she had left in the world, and what greater joy remained for either than just to sit close by the fire and talk of Jenny?
kept
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From this reading 3 Zion Place was now a little chapel of memory, where a bowed ancient woman and a sad-faced young man kept up perpetual services to the holy dead.
lay
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From this reading A woman of her own years, also acquainted with grief, came to companion the old woman, a sort of lay sister in this little monastery of grief.
leftnounUS /left/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading THE BEGINNING OF THE PILGRIMAGE--MESSAGE FROM JENNY If every inclination of his heart had not desired it too, Theophil would have gone on living at 3 Zion Place, for old Mrs. Talbot's sake; for now he was literally all she had left in the world, and what greater joy remained for either than just to sit close by the fire and talk of Jenny?
literally
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From this reading THE BEGINNING OF THE PILGRIMAGE--MESSAGE FROM JENNY If every inclination of his heart had not desired it too, Theophil would have gone on living at 3 Zion Place, for old Mrs. Talbot's sake; for now he was literally all she had left in the world, and what greater joy remained for either than just to sit close by the fire and talk of Jenny?
littlenounUS /little/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading 3 Zion Place was now a little chapel of memory, where a bowed ancient woman and a sad-faced young man kept up perpetual services to the holy dead.
living
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From this reading THE BEGINNING OF THE PILGRIMAGE--MESSAGE FROM JENNY If every inclination of his heart had not desired it too, Theophil would have gone on living at 3 Zion Place, for old Mrs. Talbot's sake; for now he was literally all she had left in the world, and what greater joy remained for either than just to sit close by the fire and talk of Jenny?
man
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From this reading 3 Zion Place was now a little chapel of memory, where a bowed ancient woman and a sad-faced young man kept up perpetual services to the holy dead.
memorynounUS /ˈmem.ər.i/
The faculty by which the mind stores and remembers information and knowledge.
From this reading 3 Zion Place was now a little chapel of memory, where a bowed ancient woman and a sad-faced young man kept up perpetual services to the holy dead.
MESSAGE
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From this reading THE BEGINNING OF THE PILGRIMAGE--MESSAGE FROM JENNY If every inclination of his heart had not desired it too, Theophil would have gone on living at 3 Zion Place, for old Mrs. Talbot's sake; for now he was literally all she had left in the world, and what greater joy remained for either than just to sit close by the fire and talk of Jenny?
monastery
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From this reading A woman of her own years, also acquainted with grief, came to companion the old woman, a sort of lay sister in this little monastery of grief.
Mrs
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From this reading THE BEGINNING OF THE PILGRIMAGE--MESSAGE FROM JENNY If every inclination of his heart had not desired it too, Theophil would have gone on living at 3 Zion Place, for old Mrs. Talbot's sake; for now he was literally all she had left in the world, and what greater joy remained for either than just to sit close by the fire and talk of Jenny?
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading THE BEGINNING OF THE PILGRIMAGE--MESSAGE FROM JENNY If every inclination of his heart had not desired it too, Theophil would have gone on living at 3 Zion Place, for old Mrs. Talbot's sake; for now he was literally all she had left in the world, and what greater joy remained for either than just to sit close by the fire and talk of Jenny?
now
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From this reading THE BEGINNING OF THE PILGRIMAGE--MESSAGE FROM JENNY If every inclination of his heart had not desired it too, Theophil would have gone on living at 3 Zion Place, for old Mrs. Talbot's sake; for now he was literally all she had left in the world, and what greater joy remained for either than just to sit close by the fire and talk of Jenny?
OFprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading THE BEGINNING OF THE PILGRIMAGE--MESSAGE FROM JENNY If every inclination of his heart had not desired it too, Theophil would have gone on living at 3 Zion Place, for old Mrs. Talbot's sake; for now he was literally all she had left in the world, and what greater joy remained for either than just to sit close by the fire and talk of Jenny?
old
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From this reading THE BEGINNING OF THE PILGRIMAGE--MESSAGE FROM JENNY If every inclination of his heart had not desired it too, Theophil would have gone on living at 3 Zion Place, for old Mrs. Talbot's sake; for now he was literally all she had left in the world, and what greater joy remained for either than just to sit close by the fire and talk of Jenny?
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading THE BEGINNING OF THE PILGRIMAGE--MESSAGE FROM JENNY If every inclination of his heart had not desired it too, Theophil would have gone on living at 3 Zion Place, for old Mrs. Talbot's sake; for now he was literally all she had left in the world, and what greater joy remained for either than just to sit close by the fire and talk of Jenny?
orconjunctionUS /ɔːr/
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading Everything in that house which had taken the impress of Jenny's fingers, been Jenny's to use or handle, remained exactly as and where Jenny had placed it.
own
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From this reading A woman of her own years, also acquainted with grief, came to companion the old woman, a sort of lay sister in this little monastery of grief.
perpetual
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From this reading 3 Zion Place was now a little chapel of memory, where a bowed ancient woman and a sad-faced young man kept up perpetual services to the holy dead.
piety
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From this reading It was so piety began, and thus piety is purest and tenderest in the worship of the dead.
PILGRIMAGE
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From this reading THE BEGINNING OF THE PILGRIMAGE--MESSAGE FROM JENNY If every inclination of his heart had not desired it too, Theophil would have gone on living at 3 Zion Place, for old Mrs. Talbot's sake; for now he was literally all she had left in the world, and what greater joy remained for either than just to sit close by the fire and talk of Jenny?
Place
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From this reading THE BEGINNING OF THE PILGRIMAGE--MESSAGE FROM JENNY If every inclination of his heart had not desired it too, Theophil would have gone on living at 3 Zion Place, for old Mrs. Talbot's sake; for now he was literally all she had left in the world, and what greater joy remained for either than just to sit close by the fire and talk of Jenny?
placed
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From this reading Everything in that house which had taken the impress of Jenny's fingers, been Jenny's to use or handle, remained exactly as and where Jenny had placed it.
purest
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From this reading It was so piety began, and thus piety is purest and tenderest in the worship of the dead.
remainednounUS /ˈremained/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading THE BEGINNING OF THE PILGRIMAGE--MESSAGE FROM JENNY If every inclination of his heart had not desired it too, Theophil would have gone on living at 3 Zion Place, for old Mrs. Talbot's sake; for now he was literally all she had left in the world, and what greater joy remained for either than just to sit close by the fire and talk of Jenny?
sad-faced
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From this reading 3 Zion Place was now a little chapel of memory, where a bowed ancient woman and a sad-faced young man kept up perpetual services to the holy dead.
sake
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From this reading THE BEGINNING OF THE PILGRIMAGE--MESSAGE FROM JENNY If every inclination of his heart had not desired it too, Theophil would have gone on living at 3 Zion Place, for old Mrs. Talbot's sake; for now he was literally all she had left in the world, and what greater joy remained for either than just to sit close by the fire and talk of Jenny?
services
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From this reading 3 Zion Place was now a little chapel of memory, where a bowed ancient woman and a sad-faced young man kept up perpetual services to the holy dead.
shepronounUS /ʃiː/
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading THE BEGINNING OF THE PILGRIMAGE--MESSAGE FROM JENNY If every inclination of his heart had not desired it too, Theophil would have gone on living at 3 Zion Place, for old Mrs. Talbot's sake; for now he was literally all she had left in the world, and what greater joy remained for either than just to sit close by the fire and talk of Jenny?
sister
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From this reading A woman of her own years, also acquainted with grief, came to companion the old woman, a sort of lay sister in this little monastery of grief.
sit
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From this reading THE BEGINNING OF THE PILGRIMAGE--MESSAGE FROM JENNY If every inclination of his heart had not desired it too, Theophil would have gone on living at 3 Zion Place, for old Mrs. Talbot's sake; for now he was literally all she had left in the world, and what greater joy remained for either than just to sit close by the fire and talk of Jenny?
soconjunctionUS /soʊ/
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading It was so piety began, and thus piety is purest and tenderest in the worship of the dead.
sort
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From this reading A woman of her own years, also acquainted with grief, came to companion the old woman, a sort of lay sister in this little monastery of grief.
taken
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From this reading Everything in that house which had taken the impress of Jenny's fingers, been Jenny's to use or handle, remained exactly as and where Jenny had placed it.
Talbot's
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From this reading THE BEGINNING OF THE PILGRIMAGE--MESSAGE FROM JENNY If every inclination of his heart had not desired it too, Theophil would have gone on living at 3 Zion Place, for old Mrs. Talbot's sake; for now he was literally all she had left in the world, and what greater joy remained for either than just to sit close by the fire and talk of Jenny?
talk
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From this reading THE BEGINNING OF THE PILGRIMAGE--MESSAGE FROM JENNY If every inclination of his heart had not desired it too, Theophil would have gone on living at 3 Zion Place, for old Mrs. Talbot's sake; for now he was literally all she had left in the world, and what greater joy remained for either than just to sit close by the fire and talk of Jenny?
tenderest
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From this reading It was so piety began, and thus piety is purest and tenderest in the worship of the dead.
thanconjunctionUS /ðæn/
used to introduce the second part of a comparison
From this reading THE BEGINNING OF THE PILGRIMAGE--MESSAGE FROM JENNY If every inclination of his heart had not desired it too, Theophil would have gone on living at 3 Zion Place, for old Mrs. Talbot's sake; for now he was literally all she had left in the world, and what greater joy remained for either than just to sit close by the fire and talk of Jenny?
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Everything in that house which had taken the impress of Jenny's fingers, been Jenny's to use or handle, remained exactly as and where Jenny had placed it.
THEdeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE BEGINNING OF THE PILGRIMAGE--MESSAGE FROM JENNY If every inclination of his heart had not desired it too, Theophil would have gone on living at 3 Zion Place, for old Mrs. Talbot's sake; for now he was literally all she had left in the world, and what greater joy remained for either than just to sit close by the fire and talk of Jenny?
Theophil
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From this reading THE BEGINNING OF THE PILGRIMAGE--MESSAGE FROM JENNY If every inclination of his heart had not desired it too, Theophil would have gone on living at 3 Zion Place, for old Mrs. Talbot's sake; for now he was literally all she had left in the world, and what greater joy remained for either than just to sit close by the fire and talk of Jenny?
thisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading A woman of her own years, also acquainted with grief, came to companion the old woman, a sort of lay sister in this little monastery of grief.
thus
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From this reading It was so piety began, and thus piety is purest and tenderest in the worship of the dead.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading THE BEGINNING OF THE PILGRIMAGE--MESSAGE FROM JENNY If every inclination of his heart had not desired it too, Theophil would have gone on living at 3 Zion Place, for old Mrs. Talbot's sake; for now he was literally all she had left in the world, and what greater joy remained for either than just to sit close by the fire and talk of Jenny?
too
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From this reading THE BEGINNING OF THE PILGRIMAGE--MESSAGE FROM JENNY If every inclination of his heart had not desired it too, Theophil would have gone on living at 3 Zion Place, for old Mrs. Talbot's sake; for now he was literally all she had left in the world, and what greater joy remained for either than just to sit close by the fire and talk of Jenny?
up
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From this reading 3 Zion Place was now a little chapel of memory, where a bowed ancient woman and a sad-faced young man kept up perpetual services to the holy dead.
use
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From this reading Everything in that house which had taken the impress of Jenny's fingers, been Jenny's to use or handle, remained exactly as and where Jenny had placed it.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading THE BEGINNING OF THE PILGRIMAGE--MESSAGE FROM JENNY If every inclination of his heart had not desired it too, Theophil would have gone on living at 3 Zion Place, for old Mrs. Talbot's sake; for now he was literally all she had left in the world, and what greater joy remained for either than just to sit close by the fire and talk of Jenny?
whatpronounUS /wʌt/
used to ask for information about something
From this reading THE BEGINNING OF THE PILGRIMAGE--MESSAGE FROM JENNY If every inclination of his heart had not desired it too, Theophil would have gone on living at 3 Zion Place, for old Mrs. Talbot's sake; for now he was literally all she had left in the world, and what greater joy remained for either than just to sit close by the fire and talk of Jenny?
whereconjunctionUS /wer/
in or at the place that
From this reading 3 Zion Place was now a little chapel of memory, where a bowed ancient woman and a sad-faced young man kept up perpetual services to the holy dead.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading Everything in that house which had taken the impress of Jenny's fingers, been Jenny's to use or handle, remained exactly as and where Jenny had placed it.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading A woman of her own years, also acquainted with grief, came to companion the old woman, a sort of lay sister in this little monastery of grief.
woman
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From this reading 3 Zion Place was now a little chapel of memory, where a bowed ancient woman and a sad-faced young man kept up perpetual services to the holy dead.
world
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From this reading THE BEGINNING OF THE PILGRIMAGE--MESSAGE FROM JENNY If every inclination of his heart had not desired it too, Theophil would have gone on living at 3 Zion Place, for old Mrs. Talbot's sake; for now he was literally all she had left in the world, and what greater joy remained for either than just to sit close by the fire and talk of Jenny?
worship
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From this reading It was so piety began, and thus piety is purest and tenderest in the worship of the dead.
wouldmodal verbUS /wʊd/
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading THE BEGINNING OF THE PILGRIMAGE--MESSAGE FROM JENNY If every inclination of his heart had not desired it too, Theophil would have gone on living at 3 Zion Place, for old Mrs. Talbot's sake; for now he was literally all she had left in the world, and what greater joy remained for either than just to sit close by the fire and talk of Jenny?
years
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From this reading A woman of her own years, also acquainted with grief, came to companion the old woman, a sort of lay sister in this little monastery of grief.
young
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From this reading 3 Zion Place was now a little chapel of memory, where a bowed ancient woman and a sad-faced young man kept up perpetual services to the holy dead.
Zion
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From this reading THE BEGINNING OF THE PILGRIMAGE--MESSAGE FROM JENNY If every inclination of his heart had not desired it too, Theophil would have gone on living at 3 Zion Place, for old Mrs. Talbot's sake; for now he was literally all she had left in the world, and what greater joy remained for either than just to sit close by the fire and talk of Jenny?
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