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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 A DISCLOSURE.
Again
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From this reading Again the summer moon rose brightly over the secluded village of Steinkirke, and poured its cold and steady lustre on cornfields drenched in blood, and trod to gory mire by the charge of the spurred squadrons, the closer movements of the compact squares of infantry, or the artillery's track; on the pale and upturned faces of the dying, the distorted and ghastlier lineaments of the dead,--on a wide battle-field strewn with all the trophies of war and destruction,--misery and agony.
agonynounUS /ˈæɡ.ə.ni/
Extreme physical or mental suffering; intense anguish.
From this reading Again the summer moon rose brightly over the secluded village of Steinkirke, and poured its cold and steady lustre on cornfields drenched in blood, and trod to gory mire by the charge of the spurred squadrons, the closer movements of the compact squares of infantry, or the artillery's track; on the pale and upturned faces of the dying, the distorted and ghastlier lineaments of the dead,--on a wide battle-field strewn with all the trophies of war and destruction,--misery and agony.
all
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From this reading Again the summer moon rose brightly over the secluded village of Steinkirke, and poured its cold and steady lustre on cornfields drenched in blood, and trod to gory mire by the charge of the spurred squadrons, the closer movements of the compact squares of infantry, or the artillery's track; on the pale and upturned faces of the dying, the distorted and ghastlier lineaments of the dead,--on a wide battle-field strewn with all the trophies of war and destruction,--misery and agony.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading _'Tis night_;--and glittering o'er the trampled heath, Pale gleams the moonlight on the field of death; Lights up each well-known spot, where late in blood, The vanquished yielded, and the victor stood; When red in clouds the sun of battle rode, And poured on Britain's front its favoring flood.
artillery's
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From this reading Again the summer moon rose brightly over the secluded village of Steinkirke, and poured its cold and steady lustre on cornfields drenched in blood, and trod to gory mire by the charge of the spurred squadrons, the closer movements of the compact squares of infantry, or the artillery's track; on the pale and upturned faces of the dying, the distorted and ghastlier lineaments of the dead,--on a wide battle-field strewn with all the trophies of war and destruction,--misery and agony.
battle
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From this reading _'Tis night_;--and glittering o'er the trampled heath, Pale gleams the moonlight on the field of death; Lights up each well-known spot, where late in blood, The vanquished yielded, and the victor stood; When red in clouds the sun of battle rode, And poured on Britain's front its favoring flood.
battle-field
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From this reading Again the summer moon rose brightly over the secluded village of Steinkirke, and poured its cold and steady lustre on cornfields drenched in blood, and trod to gory mire by the charge of the spurred squadrons, the closer movements of the compact squares of infantry, or the artillery's track; on the pale and upturned faces of the dying, the distorted and ghastlier lineaments of the dead,--on a wide battle-field strewn with all the trophies of war and destruction,--misery and agony.
bloodnounUS /blʌd/
The red fluid that circulates in the heart and blood vessels.
From this reading _'Tis night_;--and glittering o'er the trampled heath, Pale gleams the moonlight on the field of death; Lights up each well-known spot, where late in blood, The vanquished yielded, and the victor stood; When red in clouds the sun of battle rode, And poured on Britain's front its favoring flood.
brightly
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From this reading Again the summer moon rose brightly over the secluded village of Steinkirke, and poured its cold and steady lustre on cornfields drenched in blood, and trod to gory mire by the charge of the spurred squadrons, the closer movements of the compact squares of infantry, or the artillery's track; on the pale and upturned faces of the dying, the distorted and ghastlier lineaments of the dead,--on a wide battle-field strewn with all the trophies of war and destruction,--misery and agony.
Britain's
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From this reading _'Tis night_;--and glittering o'er the trampled heath, Pale gleams the moonlight on the field of death; Lights up each well-known spot, where late in blood, The vanquished yielded, and the victor stood; When red in clouds the sun of battle rode, And poured on Britain's front its favoring flood.
British
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From this reading Save where illumined by the gleams of moonlight, by the red flashes of a few distant fire-arms, and the redder glare from a convent burned by the retreating British, the ruddy conflagration of which mingled with the last faint glow of the departed sun, the field seemed gloomy and dark.
burned
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From this reading Save where illumined by the gleams of moonlight, by the red flashes of a few distant fire-arms, and the redder glare from a convent burned by the retreating British, the ruddy conflagration of which mingled with the last faint glow of the departed sun, the field seemed gloomy and dark.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading Again the summer moon rose brightly over the secluded village of Steinkirke, and poured its cold and steady lustre on cornfields drenched in blood, and trod to gory mire by the charge of the spurred squadrons, the closer movements of the compact squares of infantry, or the artillery's track; on the pale and upturned faces of the dying, the distorted and ghastlier lineaments of the dead,--on a wide battle-field strewn with all the trophies of war and destruction,--misery and agony.
charge
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From this reading Again the summer moon rose brightly over the secluded village of Steinkirke, and poured its cold and steady lustre on cornfields drenched in blood, and trod to gory mire by the charge of the spurred squadrons, the closer movements of the compact squares of infantry, or the artillery's track; on the pale and upturned faces of the dying, the distorted and ghastlier lineaments of the dead,--on a wide battle-field strewn with all the trophies of war and destruction,--misery and agony.
closer
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From this reading Again the summer moon rose brightly over the secluded village of Steinkirke, and poured its cold and steady lustre on cornfields drenched in blood, and trod to gory mire by the charge of the spurred squadrons, the closer movements of the compact squares of infantry, or the artillery's track; on the pale and upturned faces of the dying, the distorted and ghastlier lineaments of the dead,--on a wide battle-field strewn with all the trophies of war and destruction,--misery and agony.
clouds
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From this reading _'Tis night_;--and glittering o'er the trampled heath, Pale gleams the moonlight on the field of death; Lights up each well-known spot, where late in blood, The vanquished yielded, and the victor stood; When red in clouds the sun of battle rode, And poured on Britain's front its favoring flood.
cold
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From this reading Again the summer moon rose brightly over the secluded village of Steinkirke, and poured its cold and steady lustre on cornfields drenched in blood, and trod to gory mire by the charge of the spurred squadrons, the closer movements of the compact squares of infantry, or the artillery's track; on the pale and upturned faces of the dying, the distorted and ghastlier lineaments of the dead,--on a wide battle-field strewn with all the trophies of war and destruction,--misery and agony.
compact
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From this reading Again the summer moon rose brightly over the secluded village of Steinkirke, and poured its cold and steady lustre on cornfields drenched in blood, and trod to gory mire by the charge of the spurred squadrons, the closer movements of the compact squares of infantry, or the artillery's track; on the pale and upturned faces of the dying, the distorted and ghastlier lineaments of the dead,--on a wide battle-field strewn with all the trophies of war and destruction,--misery and agony.
conflagration
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From this reading Save where illumined by the gleams of moonlight, by the red flashes of a few distant fire-arms, and the redder glare from a convent burned by the retreating British, the ruddy conflagration of which mingled with the last faint glow of the departed sun, the field seemed gloomy and dark.
convent
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From this reading Save where illumined by the gleams of moonlight, by the red flashes of a few distant fire-arms, and the redder glare from a convent burned by the retreating British, the ruddy conflagration of which mingled with the last faint glow of the departed sun, the field seemed gloomy and dark.
cornfields
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From this reading Again the summer moon rose brightly over the secluded village of Steinkirke, and poured its cold and steady lustre on cornfields drenched in blood, and trod to gory mire by the charge of the spurred squadrons, the closer movements of the compact squares of infantry, or the artillery's track; on the pale and upturned faces of the dying, the distorted and ghastlier lineaments of the dead,--on a wide battle-field strewn with all the trophies of war and destruction,--misery and agony.
dark
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From this reading Save where illumined by the gleams of moonlight, by the red flashes of a few distant fire-arms, and the redder glare from a convent burned by the retreating British, the ruddy conflagration of which mingled with the last faint glow of the departed sun, the field seemed gloomy and dark.
dead
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From this reading Again the summer moon rose brightly over the secluded village of Steinkirke, and poured its cold and steady lustre on cornfields drenched in blood, and trod to gory mire by the charge of the spurred squadrons, the closer movements of the compact squares of infantry, or the artillery's track; on the pale and upturned faces of the dying, the distorted and ghastlier lineaments of the dead,--on a wide battle-field strewn with all the trophies of war and destruction,--misery and agony.
death
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From this reading _'Tis night_;--and glittering o'er the trampled heath, Pale gleams the moonlight on the field of death; Lights up each well-known spot, where late in blood, The vanquished yielded, and the victor stood; When red in clouds the sun of battle rode, And poured on Britain's front its favoring flood.
departed
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From this reading Save where illumined by the gleams of moonlight, by the red flashes of a few distant fire-arms, and the redder glare from a convent burned by the retreating British, the ruddy conflagration of which mingled with the last faint glow of the departed sun, the field seemed gloomy and dark.
destruction
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From this reading Again the summer moon rose brightly over the secluded village of Steinkirke, and poured its cold and steady lustre on cornfields drenched in blood, and trod to gory mire by the charge of the spurred squadrons, the closer movements of the compact squares of infantry, or the artillery's track; on the pale and upturned faces of the dying, the distorted and ghastlier lineaments of the dead,--on a wide battle-field strewn with all the trophies of war and destruction,--misery and agony.
DISCLOSURE
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From this reading A DISCLOSURE.
distantadjectiveUS /ˈdɪstənt/
not friendly or close
From this reading Save where illumined by the gleams of moonlight, by the red flashes of a few distant fire-arms, and the redder glare from a convent burned by the retreating British, the ruddy conflagration of which mingled with the last faint glow of the departed sun, the field seemed gloomy and dark.
distorted
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From this reading Again the summer moon rose brightly over the secluded village of Steinkirke, and poured its cold and steady lustre on cornfields drenched in blood, and trod to gory mire by the charge of the spurred squadrons, the closer movements of the compact squares of infantry, or the artillery's track; on the pale and upturned faces of the dying, the distorted and ghastlier lineaments of the dead,--on a wide battle-field strewn with all the trophies of war and destruction,--misery and agony.
drenched
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From this reading Again the summer moon rose brightly over the secluded village of Steinkirke, and poured its cold and steady lustre on cornfields drenched in blood, and trod to gory mire by the charge of the spurred squadrons, the closer movements of the compact squares of infantry, or the artillery's track; on the pale and upturned faces of the dying, the distorted and ghastlier lineaments of the dead,--on a wide battle-field strewn with all the trophies of war and destruction,--misery and agony.
dying
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From this reading Again the summer moon rose brightly over the secluded village of Steinkirke, and poured its cold and steady lustre on cornfields drenched in blood, and trod to gory mire by the charge of the spurred squadrons, the closer movements of the compact squares of infantry, or the artillery's track; on the pale and upturned faces of the dying, the distorted and ghastlier lineaments of the dead,--on a wide battle-field strewn with all the trophies of war and destruction,--misery and agony.
eachdeterminerUS /iːtʃ/
every one of two or more people or things, taken separately
From this reading _'Tis night_;--and glittering o'er the trampled heath, Pale gleams the moonlight on the field of death; Lights up each well-known spot, where late in blood, The vanquished yielded, and the victor stood; When red in clouds the sun of battle rode, And poured on Britain's front its favoring flood.
faces
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From this reading Again the summer moon rose brightly over the secluded village of Steinkirke, and poured its cold and steady lustre on cornfields drenched in blood, and trod to gory mire by the charge of the spurred squadrons, the closer movements of the compact squares of infantry, or the artillery's track; on the pale and upturned faces of the dying, the distorted and ghastlier lineaments of the dead,--on a wide battle-field strewn with all the trophies of war and destruction,--misery and agony.
faint
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From this reading Save where illumined by the gleams of moonlight, by the red flashes of a few distant fire-arms, and the redder glare from a convent burned by the retreating British, the ruddy conflagration of which mingled with the last faint glow of the departed sun, the field seemed gloomy and dark.
favoring
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From this reading _'Tis night_;--and glittering o'er the trampled heath, Pale gleams the moonlight on the field of death; Lights up each well-known spot, where late in blood, The vanquished yielded, and the victor stood; When red in clouds the sun of battle rode, And poured on Britain's front its favoring flood.
few
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From this reading Save where illumined by the gleams of moonlight, by the red flashes of a few distant fire-arms, and the redder glare from a convent burned by the retreating British, the ruddy conflagration of which mingled with the last faint glow of the departed sun, the field seemed gloomy and dark.
field
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From this reading _'Tis night_;--and glittering o'er the trampled heath, Pale gleams the moonlight on the field of death; Lights up each well-known spot, where late in blood, The vanquished yielded, and the victor stood; When red in clouds the sun of battle rode, And poured on Britain's front its favoring flood.
fire-arms
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From this reading Save where illumined by the gleams of moonlight, by the red flashes of a few distant fire-arms, and the redder glare from a convent burned by the retreating British, the ruddy conflagration of which mingled with the last faint glow of the departed sun, the field seemed gloomy and dark.
flashes
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From this reading Save where illumined by the gleams of moonlight, by the red flashes of a few distant fire-arms, and the redder glare from a convent burned by the retreating British, the ruddy conflagration of which mingled with the last faint glow of the departed sun, the field seemed gloomy and dark.
flood
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From this reading _'Tis night_;--and glittering o'er the trampled heath, Pale gleams the moonlight on the field of death; Lights up each well-known spot, where late in blood, The vanquished yielded, and the victor stood; When red in clouds the sun of battle rode, And poured on Britain's front its favoring flood.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading Save where illumined by the gleams of moonlight, by the red flashes of a few distant fire-arms, and the redder glare from a convent burned by the retreating British, the ruddy conflagration of which mingled with the last faint glow of the departed sun, the field seemed gloomy and dark.
front
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From this reading _'Tis night_;--and glittering o'er the trampled heath, Pale gleams the moonlight on the field of death; Lights up each well-known spot, where late in blood, The vanquished yielded, and the victor stood; When red in clouds the sun of battle rode, And poured on Britain's front its favoring flood.
ghastlier
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From this reading Again the summer moon rose brightly over the secluded village of Steinkirke, and poured its cold and steady lustre on cornfields drenched in blood, and trod to gory mire by the charge of the spurred squadrons, the closer movements of the compact squares of infantry, or the artillery's track; on the pale and upturned faces of the dying, the distorted and ghastlier lineaments of the dead,--on a wide battle-field strewn with all the trophies of war and destruction,--misery and agony.
glare
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From this reading Save where illumined by the gleams of moonlight, by the red flashes of a few distant fire-arms, and the redder glare from a convent burned by the retreating British, the ruddy conflagration of which mingled with the last faint glow of the departed sun, the field seemed gloomy and dark.
gleams
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From this reading _'Tis night_;--and glittering o'er the trampled heath, Pale gleams the moonlight on the field of death; Lights up each well-known spot, where late in blood, The vanquished yielded, and the victor stood; When red in clouds the sun of battle rode, And poured on Britain's front its favoring flood.
glittering
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From this reading _'Tis night_;--and glittering o'er the trampled heath, Pale gleams the moonlight on the field of death; Lights up each well-known spot, where late in blood, The vanquished yielded, and the victor stood; When red in clouds the sun of battle rode, And poured on Britain's front its favoring flood.
gloomy
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From this reading Save where illumined by the gleams of moonlight, by the red flashes of a few distant fire-arms, and the redder glare from a convent burned by the retreating British, the ruddy conflagration of which mingled with the last faint glow of the departed sun, the field seemed gloomy and dark.
glow
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From this reading Save where illumined by the gleams of moonlight, by the red flashes of a few distant fire-arms, and the redder glare from a convent burned by the retreating British, the ruddy conflagration of which mingled with the last faint glow of the departed sun, the field seemed gloomy and dark.
gory
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From this reading Again the summer moon rose brightly over the secluded village of Steinkirke, and poured its cold and steady lustre on cornfields drenched in blood, and trod to gory mire by the charge of the spurred squadrons, the closer movements of the compact squares of infantry, or the artillery's track; on the pale and upturned faces of the dying, the distorted and ghastlier lineaments of the dead,--on a wide battle-field strewn with all the trophies of war and destruction,--misery and agony.
GRENVILLE
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From this reading LORD GRENVILLE.
heathnounUS /hiːθ/
open uncultivated land covered with low plants
From this reading _'Tis night_;--and glittering o'er the trampled heath, Pale gleams the moonlight on the field of death; Lights up each well-known spot, where late in blood, The vanquished yielded, and the victor stood; When red in clouds the sun of battle rode, And poured on Britain's front its favoring flood.
illumined
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From this reading Save where illumined by the gleams of moonlight, by the red flashes of a few distant fire-arms, and the redder glare from a convent burned by the retreating British, the ruddy conflagration of which mingled with the last faint glow of the departed sun, the field seemed gloomy and dark.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading _'Tis night_;--and glittering o'er the trampled heath, Pale gleams the moonlight on the field of death; Lights up each well-known spot, where late in blood, The vanquished yielded, and the victor stood; When red in clouds the sun of battle rode, And poured on Britain's front its favoring flood.
infantry
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From this reading Again the summer moon rose brightly over the secluded village of Steinkirke, and poured its cold and steady lustre on cornfields drenched in blood, and trod to gory mire by the charge of the spurred squadrons, the closer movements of the compact squares of infantry, or the artillery's track; on the pale and upturned faces of the dying, the distorted and ghastlier lineaments of the dead,--on a wide battle-field strewn with all the trophies of war and destruction,--misery and agony.
itsdeterminerUS /ɪts/
belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned
From this reading _'Tis night_;--and glittering o'er the trampled heath, Pale gleams the moonlight on the field of death; Lights up each well-known spot, where late in blood, The vanquished yielded, and the victor stood; When red in clouds the sun of battle rode, And poured on Britain's front its favoring flood.
last
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From this reading Save where illumined by the gleams of moonlight, by the red flashes of a few distant fire-arms, and the redder glare from a convent burned by the retreating British, the ruddy conflagration of which mingled with the last faint glow of the departed sun, the field seemed gloomy and dark.
late
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From this reading _'Tis night_;--and glittering o'er the trampled heath, Pale gleams the moonlight on the field of death; Lights up each well-known spot, where late in blood, The vanquished yielded, and the victor stood; When red in clouds the sun of battle rode, And poured on Britain's front its favoring flood.
Lights
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From this reading _'Tis night_;--and glittering o'er the trampled heath, Pale gleams the moonlight on the field of death; Lights up each well-known spot, where late in blood, The vanquished yielded, and the victor stood; When red in clouds the sun of battle rode, And poured on Britain's front its favoring flood.
lineaments
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From this reading Again the summer moon rose brightly over the secluded village of Steinkirke, and poured its cold and steady lustre on cornfields drenched in blood, and trod to gory mire by the charge of the spurred squadrons, the closer movements of the compact squares of infantry, or the artillery's track; on the pale and upturned faces of the dying, the distorted and ghastlier lineaments of the dead,--on a wide battle-field strewn with all the trophies of war and destruction,--misery and agony.
LORD
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From this reading LORD GRENVILLE.
lustre
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From this reading Again the summer moon rose brightly over the secluded village of Steinkirke, and poured its cold and steady lustre on cornfields drenched in blood, and trod to gory mire by the charge of the spurred squadrons, the closer movements of the compact squares of infantry, or the artillery's track; on the pale and upturned faces of the dying, the distorted and ghastlier lineaments of the dead,--on a wide battle-field strewn with all the trophies of war and destruction,--misery and agony.
mingled
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From this reading Save where illumined by the gleams of moonlight, by the red flashes of a few distant fire-arms, and the redder glare from a convent burned by the retreating British, the ruddy conflagration of which mingled with the last faint glow of the departed sun, the field seemed gloomy and dark.
mire
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From this reading Again the summer moon rose brightly over the secluded village of Steinkirke, and poured its cold and steady lustre on cornfields drenched in blood, and trod to gory mire by the charge of the spurred squadrons, the closer movements of the compact squares of infantry, or the artillery's track; on the pale and upturned faces of the dying, the distorted and ghastlier lineaments of the dead,--on a wide battle-field strewn with all the trophies of war and destruction,--misery and agony.
misery
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From this reading Again the summer moon rose brightly over the secluded village of Steinkirke, and poured its cold and steady lustre on cornfields drenched in blood, and trod to gory mire by the charge of the spurred squadrons, the closer movements of the compact squares of infantry, or the artillery's track; on the pale and upturned faces of the dying, the distorted and ghastlier lineaments of the dead,--on a wide battle-field strewn with all the trophies of war and destruction,--misery and agony.
moon
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From this reading Again the summer moon rose brightly over the secluded village of Steinkirke, and poured its cold and steady lustre on cornfields drenched in blood, and trod to gory mire by the charge of the spurred squadrons, the closer movements of the compact squares of infantry, or the artillery's track; on the pale and upturned faces of the dying, the distorted and ghastlier lineaments of the dead,--on a wide battle-field strewn with all the trophies of war and destruction,--misery and agony.
moonlight
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From this reading _'Tis night_;--and glittering o'er the trampled heath, Pale gleams the moonlight on the field of death; Lights up each well-known spot, where late in blood, The vanquished yielded, and the victor stood; When red in clouds the sun of battle rode, And poured on Britain's front its favoring flood.
movements
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From this reading Again the summer moon rose brightly over the secluded village of Steinkirke, and poured its cold and steady lustre on cornfields drenched in blood, and trod to gory mire by the charge of the spurred squadrons, the closer movements of the compact squares of infantry, or the artillery's track; on the pale and upturned faces of the dying, the distorted and ghastlier lineaments of the dead,--on a wide battle-field strewn with all the trophies of war and destruction,--misery and agony.
night
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From this reading _'Tis night_;--and glittering o'er the trampled heath, Pale gleams the moonlight on the field of death; Lights up each well-known spot, where late in blood, The vanquished yielded, and the victor stood; When red in clouds the sun of battle rode, And poured on Britain's front its favoring flood.
o'er
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From this reading _'Tis night_;--and glittering o'er the trampled heath, Pale gleams the moonlight on the field of death; Lights up each well-known spot, where late in blood, The vanquished yielded, and the victor stood; When red in clouds the sun of battle rode, And poured on Britain's front its favoring flood.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading _'Tis night_;--and glittering o'er the trampled heath, Pale gleams the moonlight on the field of death; Lights up each well-known spot, where late in blood, The vanquished yielded, and the victor stood; When red in clouds the sun of battle rode, And poured on Britain's front its favoring flood.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading _'Tis night_;--and glittering o'er the trampled heath, Pale gleams the moonlight on the field of death; Lights up each well-known spot, where late in blood, The vanquished yielded, and the victor stood; When red in clouds the sun of battle rode, And poured on Britain's front its favoring flood.
orconjunctionUS /ɔːr/
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading Again the summer moon rose brightly over the secluded village of Steinkirke, and poured its cold and steady lustre on cornfields drenched in blood, and trod to gory mire by the charge of the spurred squadrons, the closer movements of the compact squares of infantry, or the artillery's track; on the pale and upturned faces of the dying, the distorted and ghastlier lineaments of the dead,--on a wide battle-field strewn with all the trophies of war and destruction,--misery and agony.
overprepositionUS /ˈoʊvər/
above and across; more than
From this reading Again the summer moon rose brightly over the secluded village of Steinkirke, and poured its cold and steady lustre on cornfields drenched in blood, and trod to gory mire by the charge of the spurred squadrons, the closer movements of the compact squares of infantry, or the artillery's track; on the pale and upturned faces of the dying, the distorted and ghastlier lineaments of the dead,--on a wide battle-field strewn with all the trophies of war and destruction,--misery and agony.
Pale
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From this reading _'Tis night_;--and glittering o'er the trampled heath, Pale gleams the moonlight on the field of death; Lights up each well-known spot, where late in blood, The vanquished yielded, and the victor stood; When red in clouds the sun of battle rode, And poured on Britain's front its favoring flood.
poured
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From this reading _'Tis night_;--and glittering o'er the trampled heath, Pale gleams the moonlight on the field of death; Lights up each well-known spot, where late in blood, The vanquished yielded, and the victor stood; When red in clouds the sun of battle rode, And poured on Britain's front its favoring flood.
red
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From this reading _'Tis night_;--and glittering o'er the trampled heath, Pale gleams the moonlight on the field of death; Lights up each well-known spot, where late in blood, The vanquished yielded, and the victor stood; When red in clouds the sun of battle rode, And poured on Britain's front its favoring flood.
redder
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From this reading Save where illumined by the gleams of moonlight, by the red flashes of a few distant fire-arms, and the redder glare from a convent burned by the retreating British, the ruddy conflagration of which mingled with the last faint glow of the departed sun, the field seemed gloomy and dark.
retreating
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From this reading Save where illumined by the gleams of moonlight, by the red flashes of a few distant fire-arms, and the redder glare from a convent burned by the retreating British, the ruddy conflagration of which mingled with the last faint glow of the departed sun, the field seemed gloomy and dark.
rode
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From this reading _'Tis night_;--and glittering o'er the trampled heath, Pale gleams the moonlight on the field of death; Lights up each well-known spot, where late in blood, The vanquished yielded, and the victor stood; When red in clouds the sun of battle rode, And poured on Britain's front its favoring flood.
rose
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From this reading Again the summer moon rose brightly over the secluded village of Steinkirke, and poured its cold and steady lustre on cornfields drenched in blood, and trod to gory mire by the charge of the spurred squadrons, the closer movements of the compact squares of infantry, or the artillery's track; on the pale and upturned faces of the dying, the distorted and ghastlier lineaments of the dead,--on a wide battle-field strewn with all the trophies of war and destruction,--misery and agony.
ruddy
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From this reading Save where illumined by the gleams of moonlight, by the red flashes of a few distant fire-arms, and the redder glare from a convent burned by the retreating British, the ruddy conflagration of which mingled with the last faint glow of the departed sun, the field seemed gloomy and dark.
SaveprepositionUS /seɪv/
except for; apart from
From this reading Save where illumined by the gleams of moonlight, by the red flashes of a few distant fire-arms, and the redder glare from a convent burned by the retreating British, the ruddy conflagration of which mingled with the last faint glow of the departed sun, the field seemed gloomy and dark.
secluded
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From this reading Again the summer moon rose brightly over the secluded village of Steinkirke, and poured its cold and steady lustre on cornfields drenched in blood, and trod to gory mire by the charge of the spurred squadrons, the closer movements of the compact squares of infantry, or the artillery's track; on the pale and upturned faces of the dying, the distorted and ghastlier lineaments of the dead,--on a wide battle-field strewn with all the trophies of war and destruction,--misery and agony.
seemed
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From this reading Save where illumined by the gleams of moonlight, by the red flashes of a few distant fire-arms, and the redder glare from a convent burned by the retreating British, the ruddy conflagration of which mingled with the last faint glow of the departed sun, the field seemed gloomy and dark.
spot
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From this reading _'Tis night_;--and glittering o'er the trampled heath, Pale gleams the moonlight on the field of death; Lights up each well-known spot, where late in blood, The vanquished yielded, and the victor stood; When red in clouds the sun of battle rode, And poured on Britain's front its favoring flood.
spurred
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From this reading Again the summer moon rose brightly over the secluded village of Steinkirke, and poured its cold and steady lustre on cornfields drenched in blood, and trod to gory mire by the charge of the spurred squadrons, the closer movements of the compact squares of infantry, or the artillery's track; on the pale and upturned faces of the dying, the distorted and ghastlier lineaments of the dead,--on a wide battle-field strewn with all the trophies of war and destruction,--misery and agony.
squadrons
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From this reading Again the summer moon rose brightly over the secluded village of Steinkirke, and poured its cold and steady lustre on cornfields drenched in blood, and trod to gory mire by the charge of the spurred squadrons, the closer movements of the compact squares of infantry, or the artillery's track; on the pale and upturned faces of the dying, the distorted and ghastlier lineaments of the dead,--on a wide battle-field strewn with all the trophies of war and destruction,--misery and agony.
squares
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From this reading Again the summer moon rose brightly over the secluded village of Steinkirke, and poured its cold and steady lustre on cornfields drenched in blood, and trod to gory mire by the charge of the spurred squadrons, the closer movements of the compact squares of infantry, or the artillery's track; on the pale and upturned faces of the dying, the distorted and ghastlier lineaments of the dead,--on a wide battle-field strewn with all the trophies of war and destruction,--misery and agony.
steady
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From this reading Again the summer moon rose brightly over the secluded village of Steinkirke, and poured its cold and steady lustre on cornfields drenched in blood, and trod to gory mire by the charge of the spurred squadrons, the closer movements of the compact squares of infantry, or the artillery's track; on the pale and upturned faces of the dying, the distorted and ghastlier lineaments of the dead,--on a wide battle-field strewn with all the trophies of war and destruction,--misery and agony.
Steinkirke
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From this reading Again the summer moon rose brightly over the secluded village of Steinkirke, and poured its cold and steady lustre on cornfields drenched in blood, and trod to gory mire by the charge of the spurred squadrons, the closer movements of the compact squares of infantry, or the artillery's track; on the pale and upturned faces of the dying, the distorted and ghastlier lineaments of the dead,--on a wide battle-field strewn with all the trophies of war and destruction,--misery and agony.
stoodverbUS /stʊd/
Maintained an upright posture.
From this reading _'Tis night_;--and glittering o'er the trampled heath, Pale gleams the moonlight on the field of death; Lights up each well-known spot, where late in blood, The vanquished yielded, and the victor stood; When red in clouds the sun of battle rode, And poured on Britain's front its favoring flood.
strewn
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From this reading Again the summer moon rose brightly over the secluded village of Steinkirke, and poured its cold and steady lustre on cornfields drenched in blood, and trod to gory mire by the charge of the spurred squadrons, the closer movements of the compact squares of infantry, or the artillery's track; on the pale and upturned faces of the dying, the distorted and ghastlier lineaments of the dead,--on a wide battle-field strewn with all the trophies of war and destruction,--misery and agony.
summer
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From this reading Again the summer moon rose brightly over the secluded village of Steinkirke, and poured its cold and steady lustre on cornfields drenched in blood, and trod to gory mire by the charge of the spurred squadrons, the closer movements of the compact squares of infantry, or the artillery's track; on the pale and upturned faces of the dying, the distorted and ghastlier lineaments of the dead,--on a wide battle-field strewn with all the trophies of war and destruction,--misery and agony.
sun
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From this reading _'Tis night_;--and glittering o'er the trampled heath, Pale gleams the moonlight on the field of death; Lights up each well-known spot, where late in blood, The vanquished yielded, and the victor stood; When red in clouds the sun of battle rode, And poured on Britain's front its favoring flood.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading _'Tis night_;--and glittering o'er the trampled heath, Pale gleams the moonlight on the field of death; Lights up each well-known spot, where late in blood, The vanquished yielded, and the victor stood; When red in clouds the sun of battle rode, And poured on Britain's front its favoring flood.
Tis
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From this reading _'Tis night_;--and glittering o'er the trampled heath, Pale gleams the moonlight on the field of death; Lights up each well-known spot, where late in blood, The vanquished yielded, and the victor stood; When red in clouds the sun of battle rode, And poured on Britain's front its favoring flood.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Again the summer moon rose brightly over the secluded village of Steinkirke, and poured its cold and steady lustre on cornfields drenched in blood, and trod to gory mire by the charge of the spurred squadrons, the closer movements of the compact squares of infantry, or the artillery's track; on the pale and upturned faces of the dying, the distorted and ghastlier lineaments of the dead,--on a wide battle-field strewn with all the trophies of war and destruction,--misery and agony.
tracknounUS /træk/
a route or signs showing the way someone went
From this reading Again the summer moon rose brightly over the secluded village of Steinkirke, and poured its cold and steady lustre on cornfields drenched in blood, and trod to gory mire by the charge of the spurred squadrons, the closer movements of the compact squares of infantry, or the artillery's track; on the pale and upturned faces of the dying, the distorted and ghastlier lineaments of the dead,--on a wide battle-field strewn with all the trophies of war and destruction,--misery and agony.
trampled
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From this reading _'Tis night_;--and glittering o'er the trampled heath, Pale gleams the moonlight on the field of death; Lights up each well-known spot, where late in blood, The vanquished yielded, and the victor stood; When red in clouds the sun of battle rode, And poured on Britain's front its favoring flood.
trod
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From this reading Again the summer moon rose brightly over the secluded village of Steinkirke, and poured its cold and steady lustre on cornfields drenched in blood, and trod to gory mire by the charge of the spurred squadrons, the closer movements of the compact squares of infantry, or the artillery's track; on the pale and upturned faces of the dying, the distorted and ghastlier lineaments of the dead,--on a wide battle-field strewn with all the trophies of war and destruction,--misery and agony.
trophies
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From this reading Again the summer moon rose brightly over the secluded village of Steinkirke, and poured its cold and steady lustre on cornfields drenched in blood, and trod to gory mire by the charge of the spurred squadrons, the closer movements of the compact squares of infantry, or the artillery's track; on the pale and upturned faces of the dying, the distorted and ghastlier lineaments of the dead,--on a wide battle-field strewn with all the trophies of war and destruction,--misery and agony.
up
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From this reading _'Tis night_;--and glittering o'er the trampled heath, Pale gleams the moonlight on the field of death; Lights up each well-known spot, where late in blood, The vanquished yielded, and the victor stood; When red in clouds the sun of battle rode, And poured on Britain's front its favoring flood.
upturned
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From this reading Again the summer moon rose brightly over the secluded village of Steinkirke, and poured its cold and steady lustre on cornfields drenched in blood, and trod to gory mire by the charge of the spurred squadrons, the closer movements of the compact squares of infantry, or the artillery's track; on the pale and upturned faces of the dying, the distorted and ghastlier lineaments of the dead,--on a wide battle-field strewn with all the trophies of war and destruction,--misery and agony.
vanquished
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From this reading _'Tis night_;--and glittering o'er the trampled heath, Pale gleams the moonlight on the field of death; Lights up each well-known spot, where late in blood, The vanquished yielded, and the victor stood; When red in clouds the sun of battle rode, And poured on Britain's front its favoring flood.
victor
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From this reading _'Tis night_;--and glittering o'er the trampled heath, Pale gleams the moonlight on the field of death; Lights up each well-known spot, where late in blood, The vanquished yielded, and the victor stood; When red in clouds the sun of battle rode, And poured on Britain's front its favoring flood.
village
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From this reading Again the summer moon rose brightly over the secluded village of Steinkirke, and poured its cold and steady lustre on cornfields drenched in blood, and trod to gory mire by the charge of the spurred squadrons, the closer movements of the compact squares of infantry, or the artillery's track; on the pale and upturned faces of the dying, the distorted and ghastlier lineaments of the dead,--on a wide battle-field strewn with all the trophies of war and destruction,--misery and agony.
war
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From this reading Again the summer moon rose brightly over the secluded village of Steinkirke, and poured its cold and steady lustre on cornfields drenched in blood, and trod to gory mire by the charge of the spurred squadrons, the closer movements of the compact squares of infantry, or the artillery's track; on the pale and upturned faces of the dying, the distorted and ghastlier lineaments of the dead,--on a wide battle-field strewn with all the trophies of war and destruction,--misery and agony.
well-known
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From this reading _'Tis night_;--and glittering o'er the trampled heath, Pale gleams the moonlight on the field of death; Lights up each well-known spot, where late in blood, The vanquished yielded, and the victor stood; When red in clouds the sun of battle rode, And poured on Britain's front its favoring flood.
WhenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading _'Tis night_;--and glittering o'er the trampled heath, Pale gleams the moonlight on the field of death; Lights up each well-known spot, where late in blood, The vanquished yielded, and the victor stood; When red in clouds the sun of battle rode, And poured on Britain's front its favoring flood.
whereconjunctionUS /wer/
in or at the place that
From this reading _'Tis night_;--and glittering o'er the trampled heath, Pale gleams the moonlight on the field of death; Lights up each well-known spot, where late in blood, The vanquished yielded, and the victor stood; When red in clouds the sun of battle rode, And poured on Britain's front its favoring flood.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading Save where illumined by the gleams of moonlight, by the red flashes of a few distant fire-arms, and the redder glare from a convent burned by the retreating British, the ruddy conflagration of which mingled with the last faint glow of the departed sun, the field seemed gloomy and dark.
wide
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From this reading Again the summer moon rose brightly over the secluded village of Steinkirke, and poured its cold and steady lustre on cornfields drenched in blood, and trod to gory mire by the charge of the spurred squadrons, the closer movements of the compact squares of infantry, or the artillery's track; on the pale and upturned faces of the dying, the distorted and ghastlier lineaments of the dead,--on a wide battle-field strewn with all the trophies of war and destruction,--misery and agony.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading Again the summer moon rose brightly over the secluded village of Steinkirke, and poured its cold and steady lustre on cornfields drenched in blood, and trod to gory mire by the charge of the spurred squadrons, the closer movements of the compact squares of infantry, or the artillery's track; on the pale and upturned faces of the dying, the distorted and ghastlier lineaments of the dead,--on a wide battle-field strewn with all the trophies of war and destruction,--misery and agony.
yielded
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From this reading _'Tis night_;--and glittering o'er the trampled heath, Pale gleams the moonlight on the field of death; Lights up each well-known spot, where late in blood, The vanquished yielded, and the victor stood; When red in clouds the sun of battle rode, And poured on Britain's front its favoring flood.
