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1692
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From this reading THE 20TH OF SEPTEMBER, 1692.
20
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From this reading THE 20TH OF SEPTEMBER, 1692.
adeterminerUS /ə/
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading But the far mind was absent in pursuit Of him, her love, in fields where foes contested The bloody harvest, and a crown the fruit, Dread fruit, with cares and dangerous joys invested!
abroad
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From this reading "Whither awa', Clermistonlee, ye mad buckie?" exclaimed Lord Mersington, as his friend jostled past him under the great pillars or arcade near the cross, one forenoon, when all the city were abroad _enjoying_ the sunshine; "whatna way is that to gliff folk? is a dun or the deil after ye?"
absent
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From this reading But the far mind was absent in pursuit Of him, her love, in fields where foes contested The bloody harvest, and a crown the fruit, Dread fruit, with cares and dangerous joys invested!
afterprepositionUS /ˈæftər/
later than; following
From this reading "Whither awa', Clermistonlee, ye mad buckie?" exclaimed Lord Mersington, as his friend jostled past him under the great pillars or arcade near the cross, one forenoon, when all the city were abroad _enjoying_ the sunshine; "whatna way is that to gliff folk? is a dun or the deil after ye?"
all
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From this reading "Whither awa', Clermistonlee, ye mad buckie?" exclaimed Lord Mersington, as his friend jostled past him under the great pillars or arcade near the cross, one forenoon, when all the city were abroad _enjoying_ the sunshine; "whatna way is that to gliff folk? is a dun or the deil after ye?"
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading But the far mind was absent in pursuit Of him, her love, in fields where foes contested The bloody harvest, and a crown the fruit, Dread fruit, with cares and dangerous joys invested!
arcade
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From this reading "Whither awa', Clermistonlee, ye mad buckie?" exclaimed Lord Mersington, as his friend jostled past him under the great pillars or arcade near the cross, one forenoon, when all the city were abroad _enjoying_ the sunshine; "whatna way is that to gliff folk? is a dun or the deil after ye?"
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading "Whither awa', Clermistonlee, ye mad buckie?" exclaimed Lord Mersington, as his friend jostled past him under the great pillars or arcade near the cross, one forenoon, when all the city were abroad _enjoying_ the sunshine; "whatna way is that to gliff folk? is a dun or the deil after ye?"
awa
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From this reading "Whither awa', Clermistonlee, ye mad buckie?" exclaimed Lord Mersington, as his friend jostled past him under the great pillars or arcade near the cross, one forenoon, when all the city were abroad _enjoying_ the sunshine; "whatna way is that to gliff folk? is a dun or the deil after ye?"
bloody
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From this reading But the far mind was absent in pursuit Of him, her love, in fields where foes contested The bloody harvest, and a crown the fruit, Dread fruit, with cares and dangerous joys invested!
buckie
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From this reading "Whither awa', Clermistonlee, ye mad buckie?" exclaimed Lord Mersington, as his friend jostled past him under the great pillars or arcade near the cross, one forenoon, when all the city were abroad _enjoying_ the sunshine; "whatna way is that to gliff folk? is a dun or the deil after ye?"
ButconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading But the far mind was absent in pursuit Of him, her love, in fields where foes contested The bloody harvest, and a crown the fruit, Dread fruit, with cares and dangerous joys invested!
cares
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From this reading But the far mind was absent in pursuit Of him, her love, in fields where foes contested The bloody harvest, and a crown the fruit, Dread fruit, with cares and dangerous joys invested!
CASTILE
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From this reading PEDRO OF CASTILE.
city
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From this reading "Whither awa', Clermistonlee, ye mad buckie?" exclaimed Lord Mersington, as his friend jostled past him under the great pillars or arcade near the cross, one forenoon, when all the city were abroad _enjoying_ the sunshine; "whatna way is that to gliff folk? is a dun or the deil after ye?"
Clermistonlee
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From this reading "Whither awa', Clermistonlee, ye mad buckie?" exclaimed Lord Mersington, as his friend jostled past him under the great pillars or arcade near the cross, one forenoon, when all the city were abroad _enjoying_ the sunshine; "whatna way is that to gliff folk? is a dun or the deil after ye?"
contested
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From this reading But the far mind was absent in pursuit Of him, her love, in fields where foes contested The bloody harvest, and a crown the fruit, Dread fruit, with cares and dangerous joys invested!
cross
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From this reading "Whither awa', Clermistonlee, ye mad buckie?" exclaimed Lord Mersington, as his friend jostled past him under the great pillars or arcade near the cross, one forenoon, when all the city were abroad _enjoying_ the sunshine; "whatna way is that to gliff folk? is a dun or the deil after ye?"
crown
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From this reading But the far mind was absent in pursuit Of him, her love, in fields where foes contested The bloody harvest, and a crown the fruit, Dread fruit, with cares and dangerous joys invested!
dangerous
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From this reading But the far mind was absent in pursuit Of him, her love, in fields where foes contested The bloody harvest, and a crown the fruit, Dread fruit, with cares and dangerous joys invested!
deil
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From this reading "Whither awa', Clermistonlee, ye mad buckie?" exclaimed Lord Mersington, as his friend jostled past him under the great pillars or arcade near the cross, one forenoon, when all the city were abroad _enjoying_ the sunshine; "whatna way is that to gliff folk? is a dun or the deil after ye?"
distant
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From this reading Her mind was absent in the distant war.
Dread
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From this reading But the far mind was absent in pursuit Of him, her love, in fields where foes contested The bloody harvest, and a crown the fruit, Dread fruit, with cares and dangerous joys invested!
dun
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From this reading "Whither awa', Clermistonlee, ye mad buckie?" exclaimed Lord Mersington, as his friend jostled past him under the great pillars or arcade near the cross, one forenoon, when all the city were abroad _enjoying_ the sunshine; "whatna way is that to gliff folk? is a dun or the deil after ye?"
enjoying
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From this reading "Whither awa', Clermistonlee, ye mad buckie?" exclaimed Lord Mersington, as his friend jostled past him under the great pillars or arcade near the cross, one forenoon, when all the city were abroad _enjoying_ the sunshine; "whatna way is that to gliff folk? is a dun or the deil after ye?"
exclaimed
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From this reading "Whither awa', Clermistonlee, ye mad buckie?" exclaimed Lord Mersington, as his friend jostled past him under the great pillars or arcade near the cross, one forenoon, when all the city were abroad _enjoying_ the sunshine; "whatna way is that to gliff folk? is a dun or the deil after ye?"
far
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From this reading But the far mind was absent in pursuit Of him, her love, in fields where foes contested The bloody harvest, and a crown the fruit, Dread fruit, with cares and dangerous joys invested!
fields
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From this reading But the far mind was absent in pursuit Of him, her love, in fields where foes contested The bloody harvest, and a crown the fruit, Dread fruit, with cares and dangerous joys invested!
foes
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From this reading But the far mind was absent in pursuit Of him, her love, in fields where foes contested The bloody harvest, and a crown the fruit, Dread fruit, with cares and dangerous joys invested!
folk
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From this reading "Whither awa', Clermistonlee, ye mad buckie?" exclaimed Lord Mersington, as his friend jostled past him under the great pillars or arcade near the cross, one forenoon, when all the city were abroad _enjoying_ the sunshine; "whatna way is that to gliff folk? is a dun or the deil after ye?"
forenoon
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From this reading "Whither awa', Clermistonlee, ye mad buckie?" exclaimed Lord Mersington, as his friend jostled past him under the great pillars or arcade near the cross, one forenoon, when all the city were abroad _enjoying_ the sunshine; "whatna way is that to gliff folk? is a dun or the deil after ye?"
friend
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From this reading "Whither awa', Clermistonlee, ye mad buckie?" exclaimed Lord Mersington, as his friend jostled past him under the great pillars or arcade near the cross, one forenoon, when all the city were abroad _enjoying_ the sunshine; "whatna way is that to gliff folk? is a dun or the deil after ye?"
fruit
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From this reading But the far mind was absent in pursuit Of him, her love, in fields where foes contested The bloody harvest, and a crown the fruit, Dread fruit, with cares and dangerous joys invested!
gliff
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From this reading "Whither awa', Clermistonlee, ye mad buckie?" exclaimed Lord Mersington, as his friend jostled past him under the great pillars or arcade near the cross, one forenoon, when all the city were abroad _enjoying_ the sunshine; "whatna way is that to gliff folk? is a dun or the deil after ye?"
great
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From this reading "Whither awa', Clermistonlee, ye mad buckie?" exclaimed Lord Mersington, as his friend jostled past him under the great pillars or arcade near the cross, one forenoon, when all the city were abroad _enjoying_ the sunshine; "whatna way is that to gliff folk? is a dun or the deil after ye?"
harvest
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From this reading But the far mind was absent in pursuit Of him, her love, in fields where foes contested The bloody harvest, and a crown the fruit, Dread fruit, with cares and dangerous joys invested!
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading But the far mind was absent in pursuit Of him, her love, in fields where foes contested The bloody harvest, and a crown the fruit, Dread fruit, with cares and dangerous joys invested!
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading But the far mind was absent in pursuit Of him, her love, in fields where foes contested The bloody harvest, and a crown the fruit, Dread fruit, with cares and dangerous joys invested!
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading "Whither awa', Clermistonlee, ye mad buckie?" exclaimed Lord Mersington, as his friend jostled past him under the great pillars or arcade near the cross, one forenoon, when all the city were abroad _enjoying_ the sunshine; "whatna way is that to gliff folk? is a dun or the deil after ye?"
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading But the far mind was absent in pursuit Of him, her love, in fields where foes contested The bloody harvest, and a crown the fruit, Dread fruit, with cares and dangerous joys invested!
invested
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From this reading But the far mind was absent in pursuit Of him, her love, in fields where foes contested The bloody harvest, and a crown the fruit, Dread fruit, with cares and dangerous joys invested!
isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading "Whither awa', Clermistonlee, ye mad buckie?" exclaimed Lord Mersington, as his friend jostled past him under the great pillars or arcade near the cross, one forenoon, when all the city were abroad _enjoying_ the sunshine; "whatna way is that to gliff folk? is a dun or the deil after ye?"
jostled
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From this reading "Whither awa', Clermistonlee, ye mad buckie?" exclaimed Lord Mersington, as his friend jostled past him under the great pillars or arcade near the cross, one forenoon, when all the city were abroad _enjoying_ the sunshine; "whatna way is that to gliff folk? is a dun or the deil after ye?"
joys
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From this reading But the far mind was absent in pursuit Of him, her love, in fields where foes contested The bloody harvest, and a crown the fruit, Dread fruit, with cares and dangerous joys invested!
Lord
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From this reading "Whither awa', Clermistonlee, ye mad buckie?" exclaimed Lord Mersington, as his friend jostled past him under the great pillars or arcade near the cross, one forenoon, when all the city were abroad _enjoying_ the sunshine; "whatna way is that to gliff folk? is a dun or the deil after ye?"
love
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From this reading But the far mind was absent in pursuit Of him, her love, in fields where foes contested The bloody harvest, and a crown the fruit, Dread fruit, with cares and dangerous joys invested!
mad
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From this reading "Whither awa', Clermistonlee, ye mad buckie?" exclaimed Lord Mersington, as his friend jostled past him under the great pillars or arcade near the cross, one forenoon, when all the city were abroad _enjoying_ the sunshine; "whatna way is that to gliff folk? is a dun or the deil after ye?"
Mersington
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From this reading "Whither awa', Clermistonlee, ye mad buckie?" exclaimed Lord Mersington, as his friend jostled past him under the great pillars or arcade near the cross, one forenoon, when all the city were abroad _enjoying_ the sunshine; "whatna way is that to gliff folk? is a dun or the deil after ye?"
mindnounUS /maɪnd/
The element of a person that enables awareness and thought.
From this reading But the far mind was absent in pursuit Of him, her love, in fields where foes contested The bloody harvest, and a crown the fruit, Dread fruit, with cares and dangerous joys invested!
near
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From this reading "Whither awa', Clermistonlee, ye mad buckie?" exclaimed Lord Mersington, as his friend jostled past him under the great pillars or arcade near the cross, one forenoon, when all the city were abroad _enjoying_ the sunshine; "whatna way is that to gliff folk? is a dun or the deil after ye?"
OFprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading THE 20TH OF SEPTEMBER, 1692.
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading "Whither awa', Clermistonlee, ye mad buckie?" exclaimed Lord Mersington, as his friend jostled past him under the great pillars or arcade near the cross, one forenoon, when all the city were abroad _enjoying_ the sunshine; "whatna way is that to gliff folk? is a dun or the deil after ye?"
orconjunctionUS /ɔːr/
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading "Whither awa', Clermistonlee, ye mad buckie?" exclaimed Lord Mersington, as his friend jostled past him under the great pillars or arcade near the cross, one forenoon, when all the city were abroad _enjoying_ the sunshine; "whatna way is that to gliff folk? is a dun or the deil after ye?"
past
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From this reading "Whither awa', Clermistonlee, ye mad buckie?" exclaimed Lord Mersington, as his friend jostled past him under the great pillars or arcade near the cross, one forenoon, when all the city were abroad _enjoying_ the sunshine; "whatna way is that to gliff folk? is a dun or the deil after ye?"
PEDRO
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From this reading PEDRO OF CASTILE.
pillars
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From this reading "Whither awa', Clermistonlee, ye mad buckie?" exclaimed Lord Mersington, as his friend jostled past him under the great pillars or arcade near the cross, one forenoon, when all the city were abroad _enjoying_ the sunshine; "whatna way is that to gliff folk? is a dun or the deil after ye?"
pursuit
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From this reading But the far mind was absent in pursuit Of him, her love, in fields where foes contested The bloody harvest, and a crown the fruit, Dread fruit, with cares and dangerous joys invested!
SEPTEMBER
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From this reading THE 20TH OF SEPTEMBER, 1692.
sunshine
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From this reading "Whither awa', Clermistonlee, ye mad buckie?" exclaimed Lord Mersington, as his friend jostled past him under the great pillars or arcade near the cross, one forenoon, when all the city were abroad _enjoying_ the sunshine; "whatna way is that to gliff folk? is a dun or the deil after ye?"
TH
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From this reading THE 20TH OF SEPTEMBER, 1692.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading "Whither awa', Clermistonlee, ye mad buckie?" exclaimed Lord Mersington, as his friend jostled past him under the great pillars or arcade near the cross, one forenoon, when all the city were abroad _enjoying_ the sunshine; "whatna way is that to gliff folk? is a dun or the deil after ye?"
THEdeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE 20TH OF SEPTEMBER, 1692.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading "Whither awa', Clermistonlee, ye mad buckie?" exclaimed Lord Mersington, as his friend jostled past him under the great pillars or arcade near the cross, one forenoon, when all the city were abroad _enjoying_ the sunshine; "whatna way is that to gliff folk? is a dun or the deil after ye?"
underprepositionUS /ˈʌndər/
below or beneath something; less than
From this reading "Whither awa', Clermistonlee, ye mad buckie?" exclaimed Lord Mersington, as his friend jostled past him under the great pillars or arcade near the cross, one forenoon, when all the city were abroad _enjoying_ the sunshine; "whatna way is that to gliff folk? is a dun or the deil after ye?"
war
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From this reading Her mind was absent in the distant war.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading But the far mind was absent in pursuit Of him, her love, in fields where foes contested The bloody harvest, and a crown the fruit, Dread fruit, with cares and dangerous joys invested!
way
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From this reading "Whither awa', Clermistonlee, ye mad buckie?" exclaimed Lord Mersington, as his friend jostled past him under the great pillars or arcade near the cross, one forenoon, when all the city were abroad _enjoying_ the sunshine; "whatna way is that to gliff folk? is a dun or the deil after ye?"
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading "Whither awa', Clermistonlee, ye mad buckie?" exclaimed Lord Mersington, as his friend jostled past him under the great pillars or arcade near the cross, one forenoon, when all the city were abroad _enjoying_ the sunshine; "whatna way is that to gliff folk? is a dun or the deil after ye?"
whatna
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From this reading "Whither awa', Clermistonlee, ye mad buckie?" exclaimed Lord Mersington, as his friend jostled past him under the great pillars or arcade near the cross, one forenoon, when all the city were abroad _enjoying_ the sunshine; "whatna way is that to gliff folk? is a dun or the deil after ye?"
whenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading "Whither awa', Clermistonlee, ye mad buckie?" exclaimed Lord Mersington, as his friend jostled past him under the great pillars or arcade near the cross, one forenoon, when all the city were abroad _enjoying_ the sunshine; "whatna way is that to gliff folk? is a dun or the deil after ye?"
whereconjunctionUS /wer/
in or at the place that
From this reading But the far mind was absent in pursuit Of him, her love, in fields where foes contested The bloody harvest, and a crown the fruit, Dread fruit, with cares and dangerous joys invested!
WhitheradverbUS /ˈwɪðər/
an old word meaning “to where”
From this reading "Whither awa', Clermistonlee, ye mad buckie?" exclaimed Lord Mersington, as his friend jostled past him under the great pillars or arcade near the cross, one forenoon, when all the city were abroad _enjoying_ the sunshine; "whatna way is that to gliff folk? is a dun or the deil after ye?"
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading But the far mind was absent in pursuit Of him, her love, in fields where foes contested The bloody harvest, and a crown the fruit, Dread fruit, with cares and dangerous joys invested!
yepronounUS /jiː/
an old word for “you”, speaking to more than one person
From this reading "Whither awa', Clermistonlee, ye mad buckie?" exclaimed Lord Mersington, as his friend jostled past him under the great pillars or arcade near the cross, one forenoon, when all the city were abroad _enjoying_ the sunshine; "whatna way is that to gliff folk? is a dun or the deil after ye?"
