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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 It will be a hard case if, among so many councillors, she hits upon the worst--a most truly hazardous course of proceeding; but then it is a fault of the young to mistake daring for ability, and to fancy that that course of proceeding which involves the most personal risk is necessarily the most likely to be successful.
ability
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From this reading It will be a hard case if, among so many councillors, she hits upon the worst--a most truly hazardous course of proceeding; but then it is a fault of the young to mistake daring for ability, and to fancy that that course of proceeding which involves the most personal risk is necessarily the most likely to be successful.
advise
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From this reading Colonel Jeffery was, of all Johanna Oakley's advisers, the one who was most likely to advise her well, but unfortunately he had told her that he loved her, and from that time, with an instinctive delicacy of feeling which no one could have to greater perfection than Johanna, she had shunned him.
advisers
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From this reading Colonel Jeffery was, of all Johanna Oakley's advisers, the one who was most likely to advise her well, but unfortunately he had told her that he loved her, and from that time, with an instinctive delicacy of feeling which no one could have to greater perfection than Johanna, she had shunned him.
all
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From this reading Her father--Colonel Jeffery--Big Ben--and Arabella Wilmot, all knew "The sad story of her love."
amongprepositionUS /əˈmʌŋ/
surrounded by; in the middle of a group
From this reading It will be a hard case if, among so many councillors, she hits upon the worst--a most truly hazardous course of proceeding; but then it is a fault of the young to mistake daring for ability, and to fancy that that course of proceeding which involves the most personal risk is necessarily the most likely to be successful.
andeterminerUS /æn/
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading Colonel Jeffery was, of all Johanna Oakley's advisers, the one who was most likely to advise her well, but unfortunately he had told her that he loved her, and from that time, with an instinctive delicacy of feeling which no one could have to greater perfection than Johanna, she had shunned him.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Her father--Colonel Jeffery--Big Ben--and Arabella Wilmot, all knew "The sad story of her love."
Arabella
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From this reading Her father--Colonel Jeffery--Big Ben--and Arabella Wilmot, all knew "The sad story of her love."
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading It will be a hard case if, among so many councillors, she hits upon the worst--a most truly hazardous course of proceeding; but then it is a fault of the young to mistake daring for ability, and to fancy that that course of proceeding which involves the most personal risk is necessarily the most likely to be successful.
Ben
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From this reading Her father--Colonel Jeffery--Big Ben--and Arabella Wilmot, all knew "The sad story of her love."
Big
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From this reading Her father--Colonel Jeffery--Big Ben--and Arabella Wilmot, all knew "The sad story of her love."
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading It will be a hard case if, among so many councillors, she hits upon the worst--a most truly hazardous course of proceeding; but then it is a fault of the young to mistake daring for ability, and to fancy that that course of proceeding which involves the most personal risk is necessarily the most likely to be successful.
case
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From this reading It will be a hard case if, among so many councillors, she hits upon the worst--a most truly hazardous course of proceeding; but then it is a fault of the young to mistake daring for ability, and to fancy that that course of proceeding which involves the most personal risk is necessarily the most likely to be successful.
Colonel
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From this reading Her father--Colonel Jeffery--Big Ben--and Arabella Wilmot, all knew "The sad story of her love."
confidants
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From this reading Johanna had enough confidants now.
couldmodal verbUS /kʊd/
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading Colonel Jeffery was, of all Johanna Oakley's advisers, the one who was most likely to advise her well, but unfortunately he had told her that he loved her, and from that time, with an instinctive delicacy of feeling which no one could have to greater perfection than Johanna, she had shunned him.
councillors
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From this reading It will be a hard case if, among so many councillors, she hits upon the worst--a most truly hazardous course of proceeding; but then it is a fault of the young to mistake daring for ability, and to fancy that that course of proceeding which involves the most personal risk is necessarily the most likely to be successful.
coursenounUS /course/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading It will be a hard case if, among so many councillors, she hits upon the worst--a most truly hazardous course of proceeding; but then it is a fault of the young to mistake daring for ability, and to fancy that that course of proceeding which involves the most personal risk is necessarily the most likely to be successful.
daring
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From this reading It will be a hard case if, among so many councillors, she hits upon the worst--a most truly hazardous course of proceeding; but then it is a fault of the young to mistake daring for ability, and to fancy that that course of proceeding which involves the most personal risk is necessarily the most likely to be successful.
delicacy
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From this reading Colonel Jeffery was, of all Johanna Oakley's advisers, the one who was most likely to advise her well, but unfortunately he had told her that he loved her, and from that time, with an instinctive delicacy of feeling which no one could have to greater perfection than Johanna, she had shunned him.
DESTINY
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From this reading JOHANNA RUSHES TO HER DESTINY.
enough
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From this reading Johanna had enough confidants now.
fancy
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From this reading It will be a hard case if, among so many councillors, she hits upon the worst--a most truly hazardous course of proceeding; but then it is a fault of the young to mistake daring for ability, and to fancy that that course of proceeding which involves the most personal risk is necessarily the most likely to be successful.
father
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From this reading Her father--Colonel Jeffery--Big Ben--and Arabella Wilmot, all knew "The sad story of her love."
fault
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From this reading It will be a hard case if, among so many councillors, she hits upon the worst--a most truly hazardous course of proceeding; but then it is a fault of the young to mistake daring for ability, and to fancy that that course of proceeding which involves the most personal risk is necessarily the most likely to be successful.
feelingnounUS /ˈfeeling/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading Colonel Jeffery was, of all Johanna Oakley's advisers, the one who was most likely to advise her well, but unfortunately he had told her that he loved her, and from that time, with an instinctive delicacy of feeling which no one could have to greater perfection than Johanna, she had shunned him.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading It will be a hard case if, among so many councillors, she hits upon the worst--a most truly hazardous course of proceeding; but then it is a fault of the young to mistake daring for ability, and to fancy that that course of proceeding which involves the most personal risk is necessarily the most likely to be successful.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading Colonel Jeffery was, of all Johanna Oakley's advisers, the one who was most likely to advise her well, but unfortunately he had told her that he loved her, and from that time, with an instinctive delicacy of feeling which no one could have to greater perfection than Johanna, she had shunned him.
greater
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From this reading Colonel Jeffery was, of all Johanna Oakley's advisers, the one who was most likely to advise her well, but unfortunately he had told her that he loved her, and from that time, with an instinctive delicacy of feeling which no one could have to greater perfection than Johanna, she had shunned him.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Johanna had enough confidants now.
hard
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From this reading It will be a hard case if, among so many councillors, she hits upon the worst--a most truly hazardous course of proceeding; but then it is a fault of the young to mistake daring for ability, and to fancy that that course of proceeding which involves the most personal risk is necessarily the most likely to be successful.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading Colonel Jeffery was, of all Johanna Oakley's advisers, the one who was most likely to advise her well, but unfortunately he had told her that he loved her, and from that time, with an instinctive delicacy of feeling which no one could have to greater perfection than Johanna, she had shunned him.
hazardous
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From this reading It will be a hard case if, among so many councillors, she hits upon the worst--a most truly hazardous course of proceeding; but then it is a fault of the young to mistake daring for ability, and to fancy that that course of proceeding which involves the most personal risk is necessarily the most likely to be successful.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Colonel Jeffery was, of all Johanna Oakley's advisers, the one who was most likely to advise her well, but unfortunately he had told her that he loved her, and from that time, with an instinctive delicacy of feeling which no one could have to greater perfection than Johanna, she had shunned him.
HERdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading JOHANNA RUSHES TO HER DESTINY.
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Colonel Jeffery was, of all Johanna Oakley's advisers, the one who was most likely to advise her well, but unfortunately he had told her that he loved her, and from that time, with an instinctive delicacy of feeling which no one could have to greater perfection than Johanna, she had shunned him.
hits
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From this reading It will be a hard case if, among so many councillors, she hits upon the worst--a most truly hazardous course of proceeding; but then it is a fault of the young to mistake daring for ability, and to fancy that that course of proceeding which involves the most personal risk is necessarily the most likely to be successful.
ifconjunctionUS /ɪf/
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading It will be a hard case if, among so many councillors, she hits upon the worst--a most truly hazardous course of proceeding; but then it is a fault of the young to mistake daring for ability, and to fancy that that course of proceeding which involves the most personal risk is necessarily the most likely to be successful.
instinctive
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From this reading Colonel Jeffery was, of all Johanna Oakley's advisers, the one who was most likely to advise her well, but unfortunately he had told her that he loved her, and from that time, with an instinctive delicacy of feeling which no one could have to greater perfection than Johanna, she had shunned him.
involves
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From this reading It will be a hard case if, among so many councillors, she hits upon the worst--a most truly hazardous course of proceeding; but then it is a fault of the young to mistake daring for ability, and to fancy that that course of proceeding which involves the most personal risk is necessarily the most likely to be successful.
isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading It will be a hard case if, among so many councillors, she hits upon the worst--a most truly hazardous course of proceeding; but then it is a fault of the young to mistake daring for ability, and to fancy that that course of proceeding which involves the most personal risk is necessarily the most likely to be successful.
ItpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It will be a hard case if, among so many councillors, she hits upon the worst--a most truly hazardous course of proceeding; but then it is a fault of the young to mistake daring for ability, and to fancy that that course of proceeding which involves the most personal risk is necessarily the most likely to be successful.
Jeffery
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From this reading Her father--Colonel Jeffery--Big Ben--and Arabella Wilmot, all knew "The sad story of her love."
JOHANNA
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From this reading JOHANNA RUSHES TO HER DESTINY.
knew
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From this reading Her father--Colonel Jeffery--Big Ben--and Arabella Wilmot, all knew "The sad story of her love."
likely
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From this reading It will be a hard case if, among so many councillors, she hits upon the worst--a most truly hazardous course of proceeding; but then it is a fault of the young to mistake daring for ability, and to fancy that that course of proceeding which involves the most personal risk is necessarily the most likely to be successful.
love
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From this reading Her father--Colonel Jeffery--Big Ben--and Arabella Wilmot, all knew "The sad story of her love."
loved
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From this reading Colonel Jeffery was, of all Johanna Oakley's advisers, the one who was most likely to advise her well, but unfortunately he had told her that he loved her, and from that time, with an instinctive delicacy of feeling which no one could have to greater perfection than Johanna, she had shunned him.
many
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From this reading It will be a hard case if, among so many councillors, she hits upon the worst--a most truly hazardous course of proceeding; but then it is a fault of the young to mistake daring for ability, and to fancy that that course of proceeding which involves the most personal risk is necessarily the most likely to be successful.
mistake
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From this reading It will be a hard case if, among so many councillors, she hits upon the worst--a most truly hazardous course of proceeding; but then it is a fault of the young to mistake daring for ability, and to fancy that that course of proceeding which involves the most personal risk is necessarily the most likely to be successful.
most
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From this reading It will be a hard case if, among so many councillors, she hits upon the worst--a most truly hazardous course of proceeding; but then it is a fault of the young to mistake daring for ability, and to fancy that that course of proceeding which involves the most personal risk is necessarily the most likely to be successful.
necessarily
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From this reading It will be a hard case if, among so many councillors, she hits upon the worst--a most truly hazardous course of proceeding; but then it is a fault of the young to mistake daring for ability, and to fancy that that course of proceeding which involves the most personal risk is necessarily the most likely to be successful.
nodeterminerUS /noʊ/
not any; not one
From this reading Colonel Jeffery was, of all Johanna Oakley's advisers, the one who was most likely to advise her well, but unfortunately he had told her that he loved her, and from that time, with an instinctive delicacy of feeling which no one could have to greater perfection than Johanna, she had shunned him.
now
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From this reading Johanna had enough confidants now.
Oakley's
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From this reading Colonel Jeffery was, of all Johanna Oakley's advisers, the one who was most likely to advise her well, but unfortunately he had told her that he loved her, and from that time, with an instinctive delicacy of feeling which no one could have to greater perfection than Johanna, she had shunned him.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Her father--Colonel Jeffery--Big Ben--and Arabella Wilmot, all knew "The sad story of her love."
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading Colonel Jeffery was, of all Johanna Oakley's advisers, the one who was most likely to advise her well, but unfortunately he had told her that he loved her, and from that time, with an instinctive delicacy of feeling which no one could have to greater perfection than Johanna, she had shunned him.
perfection
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From this reading Colonel Jeffery was, of all Johanna Oakley's advisers, the one who was most likely to advise her well, but unfortunately he had told her that he loved her, and from that time, with an instinctive delicacy of feeling which no one could have to greater perfection than Johanna, she had shunned him.
personal
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From this reading It will be a hard case if, among so many councillors, she hits upon the worst--a most truly hazardous course of proceeding; but then it is a fault of the young to mistake daring for ability, and to fancy that that course of proceeding which involves the most personal risk is necessarily the most likely to be successful.
proceeding
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From this reading It will be a hard case if, among so many councillors, she hits upon the worst--a most truly hazardous course of proceeding; but then it is a fault of the young to mistake daring for ability, and to fancy that that course of proceeding which involves the most personal risk is necessarily the most likely to be successful.
risk
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From this reading It will be a hard case if, among so many councillors, she hits upon the worst--a most truly hazardous course of proceeding; but then it is a fault of the young to mistake daring for ability, and to fancy that that course of proceeding which involves the most personal risk is necessarily the most likely to be successful.
RUSHES
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From this reading JOHANNA RUSHES TO HER DESTINY.
sad
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From this reading Her father--Colonel Jeffery--Big Ben--and Arabella Wilmot, all knew "The sad story of her love."
shepronounUS /ʃiː/
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading It will be a hard case if, among so many councillors, she hits upon the worst--a most truly hazardous course of proceeding; but then it is a fault of the young to mistake daring for ability, and to fancy that that course of proceeding which involves the most personal risk is necessarily the most likely to be successful.
shunned
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From this reading Colonel Jeffery was, of all Johanna Oakley's advisers, the one who was most likely to advise her well, but unfortunately he had told her that he loved her, and from that time, with an instinctive delicacy of feeling which no one could have to greater perfection than Johanna, she had shunned him.
soconjunctionUS /soʊ/
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading It will be a hard case if, among so many councillors, she hits upon the worst--a most truly hazardous course of proceeding; but then it is a fault of the young to mistake daring for ability, and to fancy that that course of proceeding which involves the most personal risk is necessarily the most likely to be successful.
story
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From this reading Her father--Colonel Jeffery--Big Ben--and Arabella Wilmot, all knew "The sad story of her love."
successful
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From this reading It will be a hard case if, among so many councillors, she hits upon the worst--a most truly hazardous course of proceeding; but then it is a fault of the young to mistake daring for ability, and to fancy that that course of proceeding which involves the most personal risk is necessarily the most likely to be successful.
thanconjunctionUS /ðæn/
used to introduce the second part of a comparison
From this reading Colonel Jeffery was, of all Johanna Oakley's advisers, the one who was most likely to advise her well, but unfortunately he had told her that he loved her, and from that time, with an instinctive delicacy of feeling which no one could have to greater perfection than Johanna, she had shunned him.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading It will be a hard case if, among so many councillors, she hits upon the worst--a most truly hazardous course of proceeding; but then it is a fault of the young to mistake daring for ability, and to fancy that that course of proceeding which involves the most personal risk is necessarily the most likely to be successful.
ThedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Her father--Colonel Jeffery--Big Ben--and Arabella Wilmot, all knew "The sad story of her love."
then
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From this reading It will be a hard case if, among so many councillors, she hits upon the worst--a most truly hazardous course of proceeding; but then it is a fault of the young to mistake daring for ability, and to fancy that that course of proceeding which involves the most personal risk is necessarily the most likely to be successful.
timenounUS /time/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Colonel Jeffery was, of all Johanna Oakley's advisers, the one who was most likely to advise her well, but unfortunately he had told her that he loved her, and from that time, with an instinctive delicacy of feeling which no one could have to greater perfection than Johanna, she had shunned him.
TOparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading JOHANNA RUSHES TO HER DESTINY.
toldnounUS /told/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Colonel Jeffery was, of all Johanna Oakley's advisers, the one who was most likely to advise her well, but unfortunately he had told her that he loved her, and from that time, with an instinctive delicacy of feeling which no one could have to greater perfection than Johanna, she had shunned him.
truly
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From this reading It will be a hard case if, among so many councillors, she hits upon the worst--a most truly hazardous course of proceeding; but then it is a fault of the young to mistake daring for ability, and to fancy that that course of proceeding which involves the most personal risk is necessarily the most likely to be successful.
unfortunately
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From this reading Colonel Jeffery was, of all Johanna Oakley's advisers, the one who was most likely to advise her well, but unfortunately he had told her that he loved her, and from that time, with an instinctive delicacy of feeling which no one could have to greater perfection than Johanna, she had shunned him.
uponprepositionUS /əˈpɑːn/
a formal word for “on”
From this reading It will be a hard case if, among so many councillors, she hits upon the worst--a most truly hazardous course of proceeding; but then it is a fault of the young to mistake daring for ability, and to fancy that that course of proceeding which involves the most personal risk is necessarily the most likely to be successful.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Colonel Jeffery was, of all Johanna Oakley's advisers, the one who was most likely to advise her well, but unfortunately he had told her that he loved her, and from that time, with an instinctive delicacy of feeling which no one could have to greater perfection than Johanna, she had shunned him.
well
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From this reading Colonel Jeffery was, of all Johanna Oakley's advisers, the one who was most likely to advise her well, but unfortunately he had told her that he loved her, and from that time, with an instinctive delicacy of feeling which no one could have to greater perfection than Johanna, she had shunned him.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading It will be a hard case if, among so many councillors, she hits upon the worst--a most truly hazardous course of proceeding; but then it is a fault of the young to mistake daring for ability, and to fancy that that course of proceeding which involves the most personal risk is necessarily the most likely to be successful.
whopronounUS /huː/
which person or people
From this reading Colonel Jeffery was, of all Johanna Oakley's advisers, the one who was most likely to advise her well, but unfortunately he had told her that he loved her, and from that time, with an instinctive delicacy of feeling which no one could have to greater perfection than Johanna, she had shunned him.
willmodal verbUS /wɪl/
used to talk about the future, or about willingness
From this reading It will be a hard case if, among so many councillors, she hits upon the worst--a most truly hazardous course of proceeding; but then it is a fault of the young to mistake daring for ability, and to fancy that that course of proceeding which involves the most personal risk is necessarily the most likely to be successful.
Wilmot
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From this reading Her father--Colonel Jeffery--Big Ben--and Arabella Wilmot, all knew "The sad story of her love."
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading Colonel Jeffery was, of all Johanna Oakley's advisers, the one who was most likely to advise her well, but unfortunately he had told her that he loved her, and from that time, with an instinctive delicacy of feeling which no one could have to greater perfection than Johanna, she had shunned him.
worst
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From this reading It will be a hard case if, among so many councillors, she hits upon the worst--a most truly hazardous course of proceeding; but then it is a fault of the young to mistake daring for ability, and to fancy that that course of proceeding which involves the most personal risk is necessarily the most likely to be successful.
young
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From this reading It will be a hard case if, among so many councillors, she hits upon the worst--a most truly hazardous course of proceeding; but then it is a fault of the young to mistake daring for ability, and to fancy that that course of proceeding which involves the most personal risk is necessarily the most likely to be successful.
