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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 The villa occupied by the Countess van Renslaer stood a little distance from the Hague, on the Ryswick road, amid a large pleasure-garden in the old Dutch style, a marvel of prettiness, with its meandering walks, fantastically-cut parterres, box borders, pyramids of flower-pots, and tiny fish-pond where the carp and perch were often fed by the white hands of Dolores.
adapted
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From this reading It had more than one rose-bowered _zomerhuis_ hidden among the shrubbery, and admirably adapted for contemplation or flirtation.
admirably
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From this reading It had more than one rose-bowered _zomerhuis_ hidden among the shrubbery, and admirably adapted for contemplation or flirtation.
all
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From this reading It was the month of May now, when the tulips and hyacinths, potted in _jardinières_ full of light sand, were in all their beauty--flowers for which, in the days of the _tulip-mania_, a hundred florins had been paid for a single bulb.
aloneadjectiveUS /əˈloʊn/
Having no one else present.
From this reading Around, the country was intersected in every direction by canals and trees in long straight avenues, the level surface dotted with farms and summer-houses; an occasional steeple, the old castle where the famous Treaty of Ryswick was signed, and the sails of many windmills whirling slowly in the evening breeze, alone broke the flat monotony of the Dutch horizon.
amidprepositionUS /əˈmɪd/
in the middle of; surrounded by
From this reading The villa occupied by the Countess van Renslaer stood a little distance from the Hague, on the Ryswick road, amid a large pleasure-garden in the old Dutch style, a marvel of prettiness, with its meandering walks, fantastically-cut parterres, box borders, pyramids of flower-pots, and tiny fish-pond where the carp and perch were often fed by the white hands of Dolores.
amongprepositionUS /əˈmʌŋ/
surrounded by; in the middle of a group
From this reading It had more than one rose-bowered _zomerhuis_ hidden among the shrubbery, and admirably adapted for contemplation or flirtation.
andeterminerUS /æn/
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading Around, the country was intersected in every direction by canals and trees in long straight avenues, the level surface dotted with farms and summer-houses; an occasional steeple, the old castle where the famous Treaty of Ryswick was signed, and the sails of many windmills whirling slowly in the evening breeze, alone broke the flat monotony of the Dutch horizon.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading The villa occupied by the Countess van Renslaer stood a little distance from the Hague, on the Ryswick road, amid a large pleasure-garden in the old Dutch style, a marvel of prettiness, with its meandering walks, fantastically-cut parterres, box borders, pyramids of flower-pots, and tiny fish-pond where the carp and perch were often fed by the white hands of Dolores.
AroundprepositionUS /ərˈaʊnd/
surrounding, or on every side of, something
From this reading Around, the country was intersected in every direction by canals and trees in long straight avenues, the level surface dotted with farms and summer-houses; an occasional steeple, the old castle where the famous Treaty of Ryswick was signed, and the sails of many windmills whirling slowly in the evening breeze, alone broke the flat monotony of the Dutch horizon.
avenues
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From this reading Around, the country was intersected in every direction by canals and trees in long straight avenues, the level surface dotted with farms and summer-houses; an occasional steeple, the old castle where the famous Treaty of Ryswick was signed, and the sails of many windmills whirling slowly in the evening breeze, alone broke the flat monotony of the Dutch horizon.
beauty
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From this reading It was the month of May now, when the tulips and hyacinths, potted in _jardinières_ full of light sand, were in all their beauty--flowers for which, in the days of the _tulip-mania_, a hundred florins had been paid for a single bulb.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading It was the month of May now, when the tulips and hyacinths, potted in _jardinières_ full of light sand, were in all their beauty--flowers for which, in the days of the _tulip-mania_, a hundred florins had been paid for a single bulb.
borders
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From this reading The villa occupied by the Countess van Renslaer stood a little distance from the Hague, on the Ryswick road, amid a large pleasure-garden in the old Dutch style, a marvel of prettiness, with its meandering walks, fantastically-cut parterres, box borders, pyramids of flower-pots, and tiny fish-pond where the carp and perch were often fed by the white hands of Dolores.
box
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From this reading The villa occupied by the Countess van Renslaer stood a little distance from the Hague, on the Ryswick road, amid a large pleasure-garden in the old Dutch style, a marvel of prettiness, with its meandering walks, fantastically-cut parterres, box borders, pyramids of flower-pots, and tiny fish-pond where the carp and perch were often fed by the white hands of Dolores.
breeze
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From this reading Around, the country was intersected in every direction by canals and trees in long straight avenues, the level surface dotted with farms and summer-houses; an occasional steeple, the old castle where the famous Treaty of Ryswick was signed, and the sails of many windmills whirling slowly in the evening breeze, alone broke the flat monotony of the Dutch horizon.
broke
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From this reading Around, the country was intersected in every direction by canals and trees in long straight avenues, the level surface dotted with farms and summer-houses; an occasional steeple, the old castle where the famous Treaty of Ryswick was signed, and the sails of many windmills whirling slowly in the evening breeze, alone broke the flat monotony of the Dutch horizon.
bulb
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From this reading It was the month of May now, when the tulips and hyacinths, potted in _jardinières_ full of light sand, were in all their beauty--flowers for which, in the days of the _tulip-mania_, a hundred florins had been paid for a single bulb.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading The villa occupied by the Countess van Renslaer stood a little distance from the Hague, on the Ryswick road, amid a large pleasure-garden in the old Dutch style, a marvel of prettiness, with its meandering walks, fantastically-cut parterres, box borders, pyramids of flower-pots, and tiny fish-pond where the carp and perch were often fed by the white hands of Dolores.
canals
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From this reading Around, the country was intersected in every direction by canals and trees in long straight avenues, the level surface dotted with farms and summer-houses; an occasional steeple, the old castle where the famous Treaty of Ryswick was signed, and the sails of many windmills whirling slowly in the evening breeze, alone broke the flat monotony of the Dutch horizon.
carp
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From this reading The villa occupied by the Countess van Renslaer stood a little distance from the Hague, on the Ryswick road, amid a large pleasure-garden in the old Dutch style, a marvel of prettiness, with its meandering walks, fantastically-cut parterres, box borders, pyramids of flower-pots, and tiny fish-pond where the carp and perch were often fed by the white hands of Dolores.
castle
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From this reading Around, the country was intersected in every direction by canals and trees in long straight avenues, the level surface dotted with farms and summer-houses; an occasional steeple, the old castle where the famous Treaty of Ryswick was signed, and the sails of many windmills whirling slowly in the evening breeze, alone broke the flat monotony of the Dutch horizon.
contemplation
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From this reading It had more than one rose-bowered _zomerhuis_ hidden among the shrubbery, and admirably adapted for contemplation or flirtation.
Countess
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From this reading The villa occupied by the Countess van Renslaer stood a little distance from the Hague, on the Ryswick road, amid a large pleasure-garden in the old Dutch style, a marvel of prettiness, with its meandering walks, fantastically-cut parterres, box borders, pyramids of flower-pots, and tiny fish-pond where the carp and perch were often fed by the white hands of Dolores.
country
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From this reading Around, the country was intersected in every direction by canals and trees in long straight avenues, the level surface dotted with farms and summer-houses; an occasional steeple, the old castle where the famous Treaty of Ryswick was signed, and the sails of many windmills whirling slowly in the evening breeze, alone broke the flat monotony of the Dutch horizon.
days
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From this reading It was the month of May now, when the tulips and hyacinths, potted in _jardinières_ full of light sand, were in all their beauty--flowers for which, in the days of the _tulip-mania_, a hundred florins had been paid for a single bulb.
direction
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From this reading Around, the country was intersected in every direction by canals and trees in long straight avenues, the level surface dotted with farms and summer-houses; an occasional steeple, the old castle where the famous Treaty of Ryswick was signed, and the sails of many windmills whirling slowly in the evening breeze, alone broke the flat monotony of the Dutch horizon.
distance
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From this reading The villa occupied by the Countess van Renslaer stood a little distance from the Hague, on the Ryswick road, amid a large pleasure-garden in the old Dutch style, a marvel of prettiness, with its meandering walks, fantastically-cut parterres, box borders, pyramids of flower-pots, and tiny fish-pond where the carp and perch were often fed by the white hands of Dolores.
DOLORES
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From this reading DOLORES.
dotted
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From this reading Around, the country was intersected in every direction by canals and trees in long straight avenues, the level surface dotted with farms and summer-houses; an occasional steeple, the old castle where the famous Treaty of Ryswick was signed, and the sails of many windmills whirling slowly in the evening breeze, alone broke the flat monotony of the Dutch horizon.
Dutch
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From this reading The villa occupied by the Countess van Renslaer stood a little distance from the Hague, on the Ryswick road, amid a large pleasure-garden in the old Dutch style, a marvel of prettiness, with its meandering walks, fantastically-cut parterres, box borders, pyramids of flower-pots, and tiny fish-pond where the carp and perch were often fed by the white hands of Dolores.
evening
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From this reading Around, the country was intersected in every direction by canals and trees in long straight avenues, the level surface dotted with farms and summer-houses; an occasional steeple, the old castle where the famous Treaty of Ryswick was signed, and the sails of many windmills whirling slowly in the evening breeze, alone broke the flat monotony of the Dutch horizon.
everydeterminerUS /ˈevəri/
all the members of a group, with none left out
From this reading Around, the country was intersected in every direction by canals and trees in long straight avenues, the level surface dotted with farms and summer-houses; an occasional steeple, the old castle where the famous Treaty of Ryswick was signed, and the sails of many windmills whirling slowly in the evening breeze, alone broke the flat monotony of the Dutch horizon.
famous
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From this reading Around, the country was intersected in every direction by canals and trees in long straight avenues, the level surface dotted with farms and summer-houses; an occasional steeple, the old castle where the famous Treaty of Ryswick was signed, and the sails of many windmills whirling slowly in the evening breeze, alone broke the flat monotony of the Dutch horizon.
fantastically-cut
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From this reading The villa occupied by the Countess van Renslaer stood a little distance from the Hague, on the Ryswick road, amid a large pleasure-garden in the old Dutch style, a marvel of prettiness, with its meandering walks, fantastically-cut parterres, box borders, pyramids of flower-pots, and tiny fish-pond where the carp and perch were often fed by the white hands of Dolores.
farms
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From this reading Around, the country was intersected in every direction by canals and trees in long straight avenues, the level surface dotted with farms and summer-houses; an occasional steeple, the old castle where the famous Treaty of Ryswick was signed, and the sails of many windmills whirling slowly in the evening breeze, alone broke the flat monotony of the Dutch horizon.
fed
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From this reading The villa occupied by the Countess van Renslaer stood a little distance from the Hague, on the Ryswick road, amid a large pleasure-garden in the old Dutch style, a marvel of prettiness, with its meandering walks, fantastically-cut parterres, box borders, pyramids of flower-pots, and tiny fish-pond where the carp and perch were often fed by the white hands of Dolores.
fish-pond
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From this reading The villa occupied by the Countess van Renslaer stood a little distance from the Hague, on the Ryswick road, amid a large pleasure-garden in the old Dutch style, a marvel of prettiness, with its meandering walks, fantastically-cut parterres, box borders, pyramids of flower-pots, and tiny fish-pond where the carp and perch were often fed by the white hands of Dolores.
flat
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From this reading Around, the country was intersected in every direction by canals and trees in long straight avenues, the level surface dotted with farms and summer-houses; an occasional steeple, the old castle where the famous Treaty of Ryswick was signed, and the sails of many windmills whirling slowly in the evening breeze, alone broke the flat monotony of the Dutch horizon.
flirtation
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From this reading It had more than one rose-bowered _zomerhuis_ hidden among the shrubbery, and admirably adapted for contemplation or flirtation.
florins
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From this reading It was the month of May now, when the tulips and hyacinths, potted in _jardinières_ full of light sand, were in all their beauty--flowers for which, in the days of the _tulip-mania_, a hundred florins had been paid for a single bulb.
flower-pots
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From this reading The villa occupied by the Countess van Renslaer stood a little distance from the Hague, on the Ryswick road, amid a large pleasure-garden in the old Dutch style, a marvel of prettiness, with its meandering walks, fantastically-cut parterres, box borders, pyramids of flower-pots, and tiny fish-pond where the carp and perch were often fed by the white hands of Dolores.
flowers
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From this reading It was the month of May now, when the tulips and hyacinths, potted in _jardinières_ full of light sand, were in all their beauty--flowers for which, in the days of the _tulip-mania_, a hundred florins had been paid for a single bulb.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading It had more than one rose-bowered _zomerhuis_ hidden among the shrubbery, and admirably adapted for contemplation or flirtation.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading The villa occupied by the Countess van Renslaer stood a little distance from the Hague, on the Ryswick road, amid a large pleasure-garden in the old Dutch style, a marvel of prettiness, with its meandering walks, fantastically-cut parterres, box borders, pyramids of flower-pots, and tiny fish-pond where the carp and perch were often fed by the white hands of Dolores.
full
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From this reading It was the month of May now, when the tulips and hyacinths, potted in _jardinières_ full of light sand, were in all their beauty--flowers for which, in the days of the _tulip-mania_, a hundred florins had been paid for a single bulb.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading It had more than one rose-bowered _zomerhuis_ hidden among the shrubbery, and admirably adapted for contemplation or flirtation.
Hague
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From this reading The villa occupied by the Countess van Renslaer stood a little distance from the Hague, on the Ryswick road, amid a large pleasure-garden in the old Dutch style, a marvel of prettiness, with its meandering walks, fantastically-cut parterres, box borders, pyramids of flower-pots, and tiny fish-pond where the carp and perch were often fed by the white hands of Dolores.
hands
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From this reading The villa occupied by the Countess van Renslaer stood a little distance from the Hague, on the Ryswick road, amid a large pleasure-garden in the old Dutch style, a marvel of prettiness, with its meandering walks, fantastically-cut parterres, box borders, pyramids of flower-pots, and tiny fish-pond where the carp and perch were often fed by the white hands of Dolores.
hidden
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From this reading It had more than one rose-bowered _zomerhuis_ hidden among the shrubbery, and admirably adapted for contemplation or flirtation.
horizon
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From this reading Around, the country was intersected in every direction by canals and trees in long straight avenues, the level surface dotted with farms and summer-houses; an occasional steeple, the old castle where the famous Treaty of Ryswick was signed, and the sails of many windmills whirling slowly in the evening breeze, alone broke the flat monotony of the Dutch horizon.
hundred
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From this reading It was the month of May now, when the tulips and hyacinths, potted in _jardinières_ full of light sand, were in all their beauty--flowers for which, in the days of the _tulip-mania_, a hundred florins had been paid for a single bulb.
hyacinths
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From this reading It was the month of May now, when the tulips and hyacinths, potted in _jardinières_ full of light sand, were in all their beauty--flowers for which, in the days of the _tulip-mania_, a hundred florins had been paid for a single bulb.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading The villa occupied by the Countess van Renslaer stood a little distance from the Hague, on the Ryswick road, amid a large pleasure-garden in the old Dutch style, a marvel of prettiness, with its meandering walks, fantastically-cut parterres, box borders, pyramids of flower-pots, and tiny fish-pond where the carp and perch were often fed by the white hands of Dolores.
intersected
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From this reading Around, the country was intersected in every direction by canals and trees in long straight avenues, the level surface dotted with farms and summer-houses; an occasional steeple, the old castle where the famous Treaty of Ryswick was signed, and the sails of many windmills whirling slowly in the evening breeze, alone broke the flat monotony of the Dutch horizon.
ItpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It had more than one rose-bowered _zomerhuis_ hidden among the shrubbery, and admirably adapted for contemplation or flirtation.
itsdeterminerUS /ɪts/
belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned
From this reading The villa occupied by the Countess van Renslaer stood a little distance from the Hague, on the Ryswick road, amid a large pleasure-garden in the old Dutch style, a marvel of prettiness, with its meandering walks, fantastically-cut parterres, box borders, pyramids of flower-pots, and tiny fish-pond where the carp and perch were often fed by the white hands of Dolores.
jardinières
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From this reading It was the month of May now, when the tulips and hyacinths, potted in _jardinières_ full of light sand, were in all their beauty--flowers for which, in the days of the _tulip-mania_, a hundred florins had been paid for a single bulb.
large
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From this reading The villa occupied by the Countess van Renslaer stood a little distance from the Hague, on the Ryswick road, amid a large pleasure-garden in the old Dutch style, a marvel of prettiness, with its meandering walks, fantastically-cut parterres, box borders, pyramids of flower-pots, and tiny fish-pond where the carp and perch were often fed by the white hands of Dolores.
level
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From this reading Around, the country was intersected in every direction by canals and trees in long straight avenues, the level surface dotted with farms and summer-houses; an occasional steeple, the old castle where the famous Treaty of Ryswick was signed, and the sails of many windmills whirling slowly in the evening breeze, alone broke the flat monotony of the Dutch horizon.
light
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From this reading It was the month of May now, when the tulips and hyacinths, potted in _jardinières_ full of light sand, were in all their beauty--flowers for which, in the days of the _tulip-mania_, a hundred florins had been paid for a single bulb.
little
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From this reading The villa occupied by the Countess van Renslaer stood a little distance from the Hague, on the Ryswick road, amid a large pleasure-garden in the old Dutch style, a marvel of prettiness, with its meandering walks, fantastically-cut parterres, box borders, pyramids of flower-pots, and tiny fish-pond where the carp and perch were often fed by the white hands of Dolores.
long
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From this reading Around, the country was intersected in every direction by canals and trees in long straight avenues, the level surface dotted with farms and summer-houses; an occasional steeple, the old castle where the famous Treaty of Ryswick was signed, and the sails of many windmills whirling slowly in the evening breeze, alone broke the flat monotony of the Dutch horizon.
many
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From this reading Around, the country was intersected in every direction by canals and trees in long straight avenues, the level surface dotted with farms and summer-houses; an occasional steeple, the old castle where the famous Treaty of Ryswick was signed, and the sails of many windmills whirling slowly in the evening breeze, alone broke the flat monotony of the Dutch horizon.
marvel
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From this reading The villa occupied by the Countess van Renslaer stood a little distance from the Hague, on the Ryswick road, amid a large pleasure-garden in the old Dutch style, a marvel of prettiness, with its meandering walks, fantastically-cut parterres, box borders, pyramids of flower-pots, and tiny fish-pond where the carp and perch were often fed by the white hands of Dolores.
Maymodal verbUS /meɪ/
used to say something is possible, or to give permission
From this reading It was the month of May now, when the tulips and hyacinths, potted in _jardinières_ full of light sand, were in all their beauty--flowers for which, in the days of the _tulip-mania_, a hundred florins had been paid for a single bulb.
meandering
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From this reading The villa occupied by the Countess van Renslaer stood a little distance from the Hague, on the Ryswick road, amid a large pleasure-garden in the old Dutch style, a marvel of prettiness, with its meandering walks, fantastically-cut parterres, box borders, pyramids of flower-pots, and tiny fish-pond where the carp and perch were often fed by the white hands of Dolores.
monotony
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From this reading Around, the country was intersected in every direction by canals and trees in long straight avenues, the level surface dotted with farms and summer-houses; an occasional steeple, the old castle where the famous Treaty of Ryswick was signed, and the sails of many windmills whirling slowly in the evening breeze, alone broke the flat monotony of the Dutch horizon.
month
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From this reading It was the month of May now, when the tulips and hyacinths, potted in _jardinières_ full of light sand, were in all their beauty--flowers for which, in the days of the _tulip-mania_, a hundred florins had been paid for a single bulb.
more
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From this reading It had more than one rose-bowered _zomerhuis_ hidden among the shrubbery, and admirably adapted for contemplation or flirtation.
now
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From this reading It was the month of May now, when the tulips and hyacinths, potted in _jardinières_ full of light sand, were in all their beauty--flowers for which, in the days of the _tulip-mania_, a hundred florins had been paid for a single bulb.
occasional
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From this reading Around, the country was intersected in every direction by canals and trees in long straight avenues, the level surface dotted with farms and summer-houses; an occasional steeple, the old castle where the famous Treaty of Ryswick was signed, and the sails of many windmills whirling slowly in the evening breeze, alone broke the flat monotony of the Dutch horizon.
occupied
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From this reading The villa occupied by the Countess van Renslaer stood a little distance from the Hague, on the Ryswick road, amid a large pleasure-garden in the old Dutch style, a marvel of prettiness, with its meandering walks, fantastically-cut parterres, box borders, pyramids of flower-pots, and tiny fish-pond where the carp and perch were often fed by the white hands of Dolores.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading The villa occupied by the Countess van Renslaer stood a little distance from the Hague, on the Ryswick road, amid a large pleasure-garden in the old Dutch style, a marvel of prettiness, with its meandering walks, fantastically-cut parterres, box borders, pyramids of flower-pots, and tiny fish-pond where the carp and perch were often fed by the white hands of Dolores.
often
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From this reading The villa occupied by the Countess van Renslaer stood a little distance from the Hague, on the Ryswick road, amid a large pleasure-garden in the old Dutch style, a marvel of prettiness, with its meandering walks, fantastically-cut parterres, box borders, pyramids of flower-pots, and tiny fish-pond where the carp and perch were often fed by the white hands of Dolores.
old
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From this reading The villa occupied by the Countess van Renslaer stood a little distance from the Hague, on the Ryswick road, amid a large pleasure-garden in the old Dutch style, a marvel of prettiness, with its meandering walks, fantastically-cut parterres, box borders, pyramids of flower-pots, and tiny fish-pond where the carp and perch were often fed by the white hands of Dolores.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading The villa occupied by the Countess van Renslaer stood a little distance from the Hague, on the Ryswick road, amid a large pleasure-garden in the old Dutch style, a marvel of prettiness, with its meandering walks, fantastically-cut parterres, box borders, pyramids of flower-pots, and tiny fish-pond where the carp and perch were often fed by the white hands of Dolores.
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading It had more than one rose-bowered _zomerhuis_ hidden among the shrubbery, and admirably adapted for contemplation or flirtation.
orconjunctionUS /ɔːr/
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading It had more than one rose-bowered _zomerhuis_ hidden among the shrubbery, and admirably adapted for contemplation or flirtation.
paid
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From this reading It was the month of May now, when the tulips and hyacinths, potted in _jardinières_ full of light sand, were in all their beauty--flowers for which, in the days of the _tulip-mania_, a hundred florins had been paid for a single bulb.
parterres
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From this reading The villa occupied by the Countess van Renslaer stood a little distance from the Hague, on the Ryswick road, amid a large pleasure-garden in the old Dutch style, a marvel of prettiness, with its meandering walks, fantastically-cut parterres, box borders, pyramids of flower-pots, and tiny fish-pond where the carp and perch were often fed by the white hands of Dolores.
perch
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From this reading The villa occupied by the Countess van Renslaer stood a little distance from the Hague, on the Ryswick road, amid a large pleasure-garden in the old Dutch style, a marvel of prettiness, with its meandering walks, fantastically-cut parterres, box borders, pyramids of flower-pots, and tiny fish-pond where the carp and perch were often fed by the white hands of Dolores.
pleasure-garden
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From this reading The villa occupied by the Countess van Renslaer stood a little distance from the Hague, on the Ryswick road, amid a large pleasure-garden in the old Dutch style, a marvel of prettiness, with its meandering walks, fantastically-cut parterres, box borders, pyramids of flower-pots, and tiny fish-pond where the carp and perch were often fed by the white hands of Dolores.
potted
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From this reading It was the month of May now, when the tulips and hyacinths, potted in _jardinières_ full of light sand, were in all their beauty--flowers for which, in the days of the _tulip-mania_, a hundred florins had been paid for a single bulb.
prettiness
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From this reading The villa occupied by the Countess van Renslaer stood a little distance from the Hague, on the Ryswick road, amid a large pleasure-garden in the old Dutch style, a marvel of prettiness, with its meandering walks, fantastically-cut parterres, box borders, pyramids of flower-pots, and tiny fish-pond where the carp and perch were often fed by the white hands of Dolores.
pyramids
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From this reading The villa occupied by the Countess van Renslaer stood a little distance from the Hague, on the Ryswick road, amid a large pleasure-garden in the old Dutch style, a marvel of prettiness, with its meandering walks, fantastically-cut parterres, box borders, pyramids of flower-pots, and tiny fish-pond where the carp and perch were often fed by the white hands of Dolores.
Renslaer
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From this reading The villa occupied by the Countess van Renslaer stood a little distance from the Hague, on the Ryswick road, amid a large pleasure-garden in the old Dutch style, a marvel of prettiness, with its meandering walks, fantastically-cut parterres, box borders, pyramids of flower-pots, and tiny fish-pond where the carp and perch were often fed by the white hands of Dolores.
road
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From this reading The villa occupied by the Countess van Renslaer stood a little distance from the Hague, on the Ryswick road, amid a large pleasure-garden in the old Dutch style, a marvel of prettiness, with its meandering walks, fantastically-cut parterres, box borders, pyramids of flower-pots, and tiny fish-pond where the carp and perch were often fed by the white hands of Dolores.
rose-bowered
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From this reading It had more than one rose-bowered _zomerhuis_ hidden among the shrubbery, and admirably adapted for contemplation or flirtation.
Ryswick
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From this reading The villa occupied by the Countess van Renslaer stood a little distance from the Hague, on the Ryswick road, amid a large pleasure-garden in the old Dutch style, a marvel of prettiness, with its meandering walks, fantastically-cut parterres, box borders, pyramids of flower-pots, and tiny fish-pond where the carp and perch were often fed by the white hands of Dolores.
sails
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From this reading Around, the country was intersected in every direction by canals and trees in long straight avenues, the level surface dotted with farms and summer-houses; an occasional steeple, the old castle where the famous Treaty of Ryswick was signed, and the sails of many windmills whirling slowly in the evening breeze, alone broke the flat monotony of the Dutch horizon.
sand
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From this reading It was the month of May now, when the tulips and hyacinths, potted in _jardinières_ full of light sand, were in all their beauty--flowers for which, in the days of the _tulip-mania_, a hundred florins had been paid for a single bulb.
shrubbery
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From this reading It had more than one rose-bowered _zomerhuis_ hidden among the shrubbery, and admirably adapted for contemplation or flirtation.
signed
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From this reading Around, the country was intersected in every direction by canals and trees in long straight avenues, the level surface dotted with farms and summer-houses; an occasional steeple, the old castle where the famous Treaty of Ryswick was signed, and the sails of many windmills whirling slowly in the evening breeze, alone broke the flat monotony of the Dutch horizon.
single
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From this reading It was the month of May now, when the tulips and hyacinths, potted in _jardinières_ full of light sand, were in all their beauty--flowers for which, in the days of the _tulip-mania_, a hundred florins had been paid for a single bulb.
slowly
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From this reading Around, the country was intersected in every direction by canals and trees in long straight avenues, the level surface dotted with farms and summer-houses; an occasional steeple, the old castle where the famous Treaty of Ryswick was signed, and the sails of many windmills whirling slowly in the evening breeze, alone broke the flat monotony of the Dutch horizon.
steeple
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From this reading Around, the country was intersected in every direction by canals and trees in long straight avenues, the level surface dotted with farms and summer-houses; an occasional steeple, the old castle where the famous Treaty of Ryswick was signed, and the sails of many windmills whirling slowly in the evening breeze, alone broke the flat monotony of the Dutch horizon.
stoodverbUS /stʊd/
Maintained an upright posture.
From this reading The villa occupied by the Countess van Renslaer stood a little distance from the Hague, on the Ryswick road, amid a large pleasure-garden in the old Dutch style, a marvel of prettiness, with its meandering walks, fantastically-cut parterres, box borders, pyramids of flower-pots, and tiny fish-pond where the carp and perch were often fed by the white hands of Dolores.
straight
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From this reading Around, the country was intersected in every direction by canals and trees in long straight avenues, the level surface dotted with farms and summer-houses; an occasional steeple, the old castle where the famous Treaty of Ryswick was signed, and the sails of many windmills whirling slowly in the evening breeze, alone broke the flat monotony of the Dutch horizon.
style
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From this reading The villa occupied by the Countess van Renslaer stood a little distance from the Hague, on the Ryswick road, amid a large pleasure-garden in the old Dutch style, a marvel of prettiness, with its meandering walks, fantastically-cut parterres, box borders, pyramids of flower-pots, and tiny fish-pond where the carp and perch were often fed by the white hands of Dolores.
summer-houses
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From this reading Around, the country was intersected in every direction by canals and trees in long straight avenues, the level surface dotted with farms and summer-houses; an occasional steeple, the old castle where the famous Treaty of Ryswick was signed, and the sails of many windmills whirling slowly in the evening breeze, alone broke the flat monotony of the Dutch horizon.
surface
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From this reading Around, the country was intersected in every direction by canals and trees in long straight avenues, the level surface dotted with farms and summer-houses; an occasional steeple, the old castle where the famous Treaty of Ryswick was signed, and the sails of many windmills whirling slowly in the evening breeze, alone broke the flat monotony of the Dutch horizon.
thanconjunctionUS /ðæn/
used to introduce the second part of a comparison
From this reading It had more than one rose-bowered _zomerhuis_ hidden among the shrubbery, and admirably adapted for contemplation or flirtation.
ThedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The villa occupied by the Countess van Renslaer stood a little distance from the Hague, on the Ryswick road, amid a large pleasure-garden in the old Dutch style, a marvel of prettiness, with its meandering walks, fantastically-cut parterres, box borders, pyramids of flower-pots, and tiny fish-pond where the carp and perch were often fed by the white hands of Dolores.
theirdeterminerUS /ðer/
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading It was the month of May now, when the tulips and hyacinths, potted in _jardinières_ full of light sand, were in all their beauty--flowers for which, in the days of the _tulip-mania_, a hundred florins had been paid for a single bulb.
tiny
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From this reading The villa occupied by the Countess van Renslaer stood a little distance from the Hague, on the Ryswick road, amid a large pleasure-garden in the old Dutch style, a marvel of prettiness, with its meandering walks, fantastically-cut parterres, box borders, pyramids of flower-pots, and tiny fish-pond where the carp and perch were often fed by the white hands of Dolores.
Treaty
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From this reading Around, the country was intersected in every direction by canals and trees in long straight avenues, the level surface dotted with farms and summer-houses; an occasional steeple, the old castle where the famous Treaty of Ryswick was signed, and the sails of many windmills whirling slowly in the evening breeze, alone broke the flat monotony of the Dutch horizon.
trees
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From this reading Around, the country was intersected in every direction by canals and trees in long straight avenues, the level surface dotted with farms and summer-houses; an occasional steeple, the old castle where the famous Treaty of Ryswick was signed, and the sails of many windmills whirling slowly in the evening breeze, alone broke the flat monotony of the Dutch horizon.
tulip-mania
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From this reading It was the month of May now, when the tulips and hyacinths, potted in _jardinières_ full of light sand, were in all their beauty--flowers for which, in the days of the _tulip-mania_, a hundred florins had been paid for a single bulb.
tulips
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From this reading It was the month of May now, when the tulips and hyacinths, potted in _jardinières_ full of light sand, were in all their beauty--flowers for which, in the days of the _tulip-mania_, a hundred florins had been paid for a single bulb.
van
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From this reading The villa occupied by the Countess van Renslaer stood a little distance from the Hague, on the Ryswick road, amid a large pleasure-garden in the old Dutch style, a marvel of prettiness, with its meandering walks, fantastically-cut parterres, box borders, pyramids of flower-pots, and tiny fish-pond where the carp and perch were often fed by the white hands of Dolores.
villa
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From this reading The villa occupied by the Countess van Renslaer stood a little distance from the Hague, on the Ryswick road, amid a large pleasure-garden in the old Dutch style, a marvel of prettiness, with its meandering walks, fantastically-cut parterres, box borders, pyramids of flower-pots, and tiny fish-pond where the carp and perch were often fed by the white hands of Dolores.
walks
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From this reading The villa occupied by the Countess van Renslaer stood a little distance from the Hague, on the Ryswick road, amid a large pleasure-garden in the old Dutch style, a marvel of prettiness, with its meandering walks, fantastically-cut parterres, box borders, pyramids of flower-pots, and tiny fish-pond where the carp and perch were often fed by the white hands of Dolores.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading It was the month of May now, when the tulips and hyacinths, potted in _jardinières_ full of light sand, were in all their beauty--flowers for which, in the days of the _tulip-mania_, a hundred florins had been paid for a single bulb.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading The villa occupied by the Countess van Renslaer stood a little distance from the Hague, on the Ryswick road, amid a large pleasure-garden in the old Dutch style, a marvel of prettiness, with its meandering walks, fantastically-cut parterres, box borders, pyramids of flower-pots, and tiny fish-pond where the carp and perch were often fed by the white hands of Dolores.
whenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading It was the month of May now, when the tulips and hyacinths, potted in _jardinières_ full of light sand, were in all their beauty--flowers for which, in the days of the _tulip-mania_, a hundred florins had been paid for a single bulb.
whereconjunctionUS /wer/
in or at the place that
From this reading The villa occupied by the Countess van Renslaer stood a little distance from the Hague, on the Ryswick road, amid a large pleasure-garden in the old Dutch style, a marvel of prettiness, with its meandering walks, fantastically-cut parterres, box borders, pyramids of flower-pots, and tiny fish-pond where the carp and perch were often fed by the white hands of Dolores.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading It was the month of May now, when the tulips and hyacinths, potted in _jardinières_ full of light sand, were in all their beauty--flowers for which, in the days of the _tulip-mania_, a hundred florins had been paid for a single bulb.
whirling
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From this reading Around, the country was intersected in every direction by canals and trees in long straight avenues, the level surface dotted with farms and summer-houses; an occasional steeple, the old castle where the famous Treaty of Ryswick was signed, and the sails of many windmills whirling slowly in the evening breeze, alone broke the flat monotony of the Dutch horizon.
white
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From this reading The villa occupied by the Countess van Renslaer stood a little distance from the Hague, on the Ryswick road, amid a large pleasure-garden in the old Dutch style, a marvel of prettiness, with its meandering walks, fantastically-cut parterres, box borders, pyramids of flower-pots, and tiny fish-pond where the carp and perch were often fed by the white hands of Dolores.
windmills
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From this reading Around, the country was intersected in every direction by canals and trees in long straight avenues, the level surface dotted with farms and summer-houses; an occasional steeple, the old castle where the famous Treaty of Ryswick was signed, and the sails of many windmills whirling slowly in the evening breeze, alone broke the flat monotony of the Dutch horizon.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading The villa occupied by the Countess van Renslaer stood a little distance from the Hague, on the Ryswick road, amid a large pleasure-garden in the old Dutch style, a marvel of prettiness, with its meandering walks, fantastically-cut parterres, box borders, pyramids of flower-pots, and tiny fish-pond where the carp and perch were often fed by the white hands of Dolores.
zomerhuis
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From this reading It had more than one rose-bowered _zomerhuis_ hidden among the shrubbery, and admirably adapted for contemplation or flirtation.
