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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 Cowperwood and the Governor A Public-service-commission law might, ipso facto, have been quietly passed at this session, if the arbitrary franchise-extending proviso had not been introduced, and this on the thin excuse that so novel a change in the working scheme of the state government might bring about hardship to some.
aboutprepositionUS /əˈbaʊt/
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading Cowperwood and the Governor A Public-service-commission law might, ipso facto, have been quietly passed at this session, if the arbitrary franchise-extending proviso had not been introduced, and this on the thin excuse that so novel a change in the working scheme of the state government might bring about hardship to some.
affairs
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From this reading The newspaper men--as thick as flies about the halls of the state capitol at Springfield, and essentially watchful and loyal to their papers--were quick to sense the true state of affairs.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Cowperwood and the Governor A Public-service-commission law might, ipso facto, have been quietly passed at this session, if the arbitrary franchise-extending proviso had not been introduced, and this on the thin excuse that so novel a change in the working scheme of the state government might bring about hardship to some.
another's
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From this reading These wretches (employed by sniveling, mud-snouting newspapers of the opposition) were not only in the councils of politicians, in the pay of rival corporations, in the confidence of the governor, in the secrets of the senators and local representatives, but were here and there in one another's confidence.
arbitrary
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From this reading Cowperwood and the Governor A Public-service-commission law might, ipso facto, have been quietly passed at this session, if the arbitrary franchise-extending proviso had not been introduced, and this on the thin excuse that so novel a change in the working scheme of the state government might bring about hardship to some.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading The newspaper men--as thick as flies about the halls of the state capitol at Springfield, and essentially watchful and loyal to their papers--were quick to sense the true state of affairs.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading Cowperwood and the Governor A Public-service-commission law might, ipso facto, have been quietly passed at this session, if the arbitrary franchise-extending proviso had not been introduced, and this on the thin excuse that so novel a change in the working scheme of the state government might bring about hardship to some.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading Cowperwood and the Governor A Public-service-commission law might, ipso facto, have been quietly passed at this session, if the arbitrary franchise-extending proviso had not been introduced, and this on the thin excuse that so novel a change in the working scheme of the state government might bring about hardship to some.
benefit
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From this reading This redounded too obviously to the benefit of one particular corporation.
bring
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From this reading Cowperwood and the Governor A Public-service-commission law might, ipso facto, have been quietly passed at this session, if the arbitrary franchise-extending proviso had not been introduced, and this on the thin excuse that so novel a change in the working scheme of the state government might bring about hardship to some.
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading These wretches (employed by sniveling, mud-snouting newspapers of the opposition) were not only in the councils of politicians, in the pay of rival corporations, in the confidence of the governor, in the secrets of the senators and local representatives, but were here and there in one another's confidence.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading These wretches (employed by sniveling, mud-snouting newspapers of the opposition) were not only in the councils of politicians, in the pay of rival corporations, in the confidence of the governor, in the secrets of the senators and local representatives, but were here and there in one another's confidence.
capitol
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From this reading The newspaper men--as thick as flies about the halls of the state capitol at Springfield, and essentially watchful and loyal to their papers--were quick to sense the true state of affairs.
change
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From this reading Cowperwood and the Governor A Public-service-commission law might, ipso facto, have been quietly passed at this session, if the arbitrary franchise-extending proviso had not been introduced, and this on the thin excuse that so novel a change in the working scheme of the state government might bring about hardship to some.
confidencenounUS /ˈconfidence/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading These wretches (employed by sniveling, mud-snouting newspapers of the opposition) were not only in the councils of politicians, in the pay of rival corporations, in the confidence of the governor, in the secrets of the senators and local representatives, but were here and there in one another's confidence.
corporation
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From this reading This redounded too obviously to the benefit of one particular corporation.
corporations
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From this reading These wretches (employed by sniveling, mud-snouting newspapers of the opposition) were not only in the councils of politicians, in the pay of rival corporations, in the confidence of the governor, in the secrets of the senators and local representatives, but were here and there in one another's confidence.
councils
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From this reading These wretches (employed by sniveling, mud-snouting newspapers of the opposition) were not only in the councils of politicians, in the pay of rival corporations, in the confidence of the governor, in the secrets of the senators and local representatives, but were here and there in one another's confidence.
Cowperwood
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From this reading Cowperwood and the Governor A Public-service-commission law might, ipso facto, have been quietly passed at this session, if the arbitrary franchise-extending proviso had not been introduced, and this on the thin excuse that so novel a change in the working scheme of the state government might bring about hardship to some.
employed
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From this reading These wretches (employed by sniveling, mud-snouting newspapers of the opposition) were not only in the councils of politicians, in the pay of rival corporations, in the confidence of the governor, in the secrets of the senators and local representatives, but were here and there in one another's confidence.
essentially
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From this reading The newspaper men--as thick as flies about the halls of the state capitol at Springfield, and essentially watchful and loyal to their papers--were quick to sense the true state of affairs.
excuse
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From this reading Cowperwood and the Governor A Public-service-commission law might, ipso facto, have been quietly passed at this session, if the arbitrary franchise-extending proviso had not been introduced, and this on the thin excuse that so novel a change in the working scheme of the state government might bring about hardship to some.
facto
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From this reading Cowperwood and the Governor A Public-service-commission law might, ipso facto, have been quietly passed at this session, if the arbitrary franchise-extending proviso had not been introduced, and this on the thin excuse that so novel a change in the working scheme of the state government might bring about hardship to some.
flies
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From this reading The newspaper men--as thick as flies about the halls of the state capitol at Springfield, and essentially watchful and loyal to their papers--were quick to sense the true state of affairs.
franchise-extending
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From this reading Cowperwood and the Governor A Public-service-commission law might, ipso facto, have been quietly passed at this session, if the arbitrary franchise-extending proviso had not been introduced, and this on the thin excuse that so novel a change in the working scheme of the state government might bring about hardship to some.
government
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From this reading Cowperwood and the Governor A Public-service-commission law might, ipso facto, have been quietly passed at this session, if the arbitrary franchise-extending proviso had not been introduced, and this on the thin excuse that so novel a change in the working scheme of the state government might bring about hardship to some.
Governor
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From this reading Cowperwood and the Governor A Public-service-commission law might, ipso facto, have been quietly passed at this session, if the arbitrary franchise-extending proviso had not been introduced, and this on the thin excuse that so novel a change in the working scheme of the state government might bring about hardship to some.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Cowperwood and the Governor A Public-service-commission law might, ipso facto, have been quietly passed at this session, if the arbitrary franchise-extending proviso had not been introduced, and this on the thin excuse that so novel a change in the working scheme of the state government might bring about hardship to some.
halls
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From this reading The newspaper men--as thick as flies about the halls of the state capitol at Springfield, and essentially watchful and loyal to their papers--were quick to sense the true state of affairs.
hardship
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From this reading Cowperwood and the Governor A Public-service-commission law might, ipso facto, have been quietly passed at this session, if the arbitrary franchise-extending proviso had not been introduced, and this on the thin excuse that so novel a change in the working scheme of the state government might bring about hardship to some.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading Cowperwood and the Governor A Public-service-commission law might, ipso facto, have been quietly passed at this session, if the arbitrary franchise-extending proviso had not been introduced, and this on the thin excuse that so novel a change in the working scheme of the state government might bring about hardship to some.
hawks
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From this reading Never were there such hawks as newspapermen.
herenounUS /here/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading These wretches (employed by sniveling, mud-snouting newspapers of the opposition) were not only in the councils of politicians, in the pay of rival corporations, in the confidence of the governor, in the secrets of the senators and local representatives, but were here and there in one another's confidence.
ifconjunctionUS /ɪf/
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading Cowperwood and the Governor A Public-service-commission law might, ipso facto, have been quietly passed at this session, if the arbitrary franchise-extending proviso had not been introduced, and this on the thin excuse that so novel a change in the working scheme of the state government might bring about hardship to some.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Cowperwood and the Governor A Public-service-commission law might, ipso facto, have been quietly passed at this session, if the arbitrary franchise-extending proviso had not been introduced, and this on the thin excuse that so novel a change in the working scheme of the state government might bring about hardship to some.
introduced
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From this reading Cowperwood and the Governor A Public-service-commission law might, ipso facto, have been quietly passed at this session, if the arbitrary franchise-extending proviso had not been introduced, and this on the thin excuse that so novel a change in the working scheme of the state government might bring about hardship to some.
ipso
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From this reading Cowperwood and the Governor A Public-service-commission law might, ipso facto, have been quietly passed at this session, if the arbitrary franchise-extending proviso had not been introduced, and this on the thin excuse that so novel a change in the working scheme of the state government might bring about hardship to some.
law
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From this reading Cowperwood and the Governor A Public-service-commission law might, ipso facto, have been quietly passed at this session, if the arbitrary franchise-extending proviso had not been introduced, and this on the thin excuse that so novel a change in the working scheme of the state government might bring about hardship to some.
local
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From this reading These wretches (employed by sniveling, mud-snouting newspapers of the opposition) were not only in the councils of politicians, in the pay of rival corporations, in the confidence of the governor, in the secrets of the senators and local representatives, but were here and there in one another's confidence.
loyal
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From this reading The newspaper men--as thick as flies about the halls of the state capitol at Springfield, and essentially watchful and loyal to their papers--were quick to sense the true state of affairs.
men
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From this reading The newspaper men--as thick as flies about the halls of the state capitol at Springfield, and essentially watchful and loyal to their papers--were quick to sense the true state of affairs.
mightmodal verbUS /maɪt/
used to say something is possible but not certain
From this reading Cowperwood and the Governor A Public-service-commission law might, ipso facto, have been quietly passed at this session, if the arbitrary franchise-extending proviso had not been introduced, and this on the thin excuse that so novel a change in the working scheme of the state government might bring about hardship to some.
mud-snouting
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From this reading These wretches (employed by sniveling, mud-snouting newspapers of the opposition) were not only in the councils of politicians, in the pay of rival corporations, in the confidence of the governor, in the secrets of the senators and local representatives, but were here and there in one another's confidence.
NevernounUS /never/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Never were there such hawks as newspapermen.
newspaper
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From this reading The newspaper men--as thick as flies about the halls of the state capitol at Springfield, and essentially watchful and loyal to their papers--were quick to sense the true state of affairs.
newspapermen
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From this reading Never were there such hawks as newspapermen.
newspapers
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From this reading These wretches (employed by sniveling, mud-snouting newspapers of the opposition) were not only in the councils of politicians, in the pay of rival corporations, in the confidence of the governor, in the secrets of the senators and local representatives, but were here and there in one another's confidence.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading Cowperwood and the Governor A Public-service-commission law might, ipso facto, have been quietly passed at this session, if the arbitrary franchise-extending proviso had not been introduced, and this on the thin excuse that so novel a change in the working scheme of the state government might bring about hardship to some.
novel
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From this reading Cowperwood and the Governor A Public-service-commission law might, ipso facto, have been quietly passed at this session, if the arbitrary franchise-extending proviso had not been introduced, and this on the thin excuse that so novel a change in the working scheme of the state government might bring about hardship to some.
obviously
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From this reading This redounded too obviously to the benefit of one particular corporation.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Cowperwood and the Governor A Public-service-commission law might, ipso facto, have been quietly passed at this session, if the arbitrary franchise-extending proviso had not been introduced, and this on the thin excuse that so novel a change in the working scheme of the state government might bring about hardship to some.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading Cowperwood and the Governor A Public-service-commission law might, ipso facto, have been quietly passed at this session, if the arbitrary franchise-extending proviso had not been introduced, and this on the thin excuse that so novel a change in the working scheme of the state government might bring about hardship to some.
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading This redounded too obviously to the benefit of one particular corporation.
only
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From this reading These wretches (employed by sniveling, mud-snouting newspapers of the opposition) were not only in the councils of politicians, in the pay of rival corporations, in the confidence of the governor, in the secrets of the senators and local representatives, but were here and there in one another's confidence.
opposition
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From this reading These wretches (employed by sniveling, mud-snouting newspapers of the opposition) were not only in the councils of politicians, in the pay of rival corporations, in the confidence of the governor, in the secrets of the senators and local representatives, but were here and there in one another's confidence.
papers
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From this reading The newspaper men--as thick as flies about the halls of the state capitol at Springfield, and essentially watchful and loyal to their papers--were quick to sense the true state of affairs.
particular
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From this reading This redounded too obviously to the benefit of one particular corporation.
passednounUS /passed/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Cowperwood and the Governor A Public-service-commission law might, ipso facto, have been quietly passed at this session, if the arbitrary franchise-extending proviso had not been introduced, and this on the thin excuse that so novel a change in the working scheme of the state government might bring about hardship to some.
pay
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From this reading These wretches (employed by sniveling, mud-snouting newspapers of the opposition) were not only in the councils of politicians, in the pay of rival corporations, in the confidence of the governor, in the secrets of the senators and local representatives, but were here and there in one another's confidence.
politicians
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From this reading These wretches (employed by sniveling, mud-snouting newspapers of the opposition) were not only in the councils of politicians, in the pay of rival corporations, in the confidence of the governor, in the secrets of the senators and local representatives, but were here and there in one another's confidence.
proviso
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From this reading Cowperwood and the Governor A Public-service-commission law might, ipso facto, have been quietly passed at this session, if the arbitrary franchise-extending proviso had not been introduced, and this on the thin excuse that so novel a change in the working scheme of the state government might bring about hardship to some.
Public-service-commission
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From this reading Cowperwood and the Governor A Public-service-commission law might, ipso facto, have been quietly passed at this session, if the arbitrary franchise-extending proviso had not been introduced, and this on the thin excuse that so novel a change in the working scheme of the state government might bring about hardship to some.
quick
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From this reading The newspaper men--as thick as flies about the halls of the state capitol at Springfield, and essentially watchful and loyal to their papers--were quick to sense the true state of affairs.
quietly
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From this reading Cowperwood and the Governor A Public-service-commission law might, ipso facto, have been quietly passed at this session, if the arbitrary franchise-extending proviso had not been introduced, and this on the thin excuse that so novel a change in the working scheme of the state government might bring about hardship to some.
redounded
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From this reading This redounded too obviously to the benefit of one particular corporation.
representatives
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From this reading These wretches (employed by sniveling, mud-snouting newspapers of the opposition) were not only in the councils of politicians, in the pay of rival corporations, in the confidence of the governor, in the secrets of the senators and local representatives, but were here and there in one another's confidence.
rival
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From this reading These wretches (employed by sniveling, mud-snouting newspapers of the opposition) were not only in the councils of politicians, in the pay of rival corporations, in the confidence of the governor, in the secrets of the senators and local representatives, but were here and there in one another's confidence.
scheme
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From this reading Cowperwood and the Governor A Public-service-commission law might, ipso facto, have been quietly passed at this session, if the arbitrary franchise-extending proviso had not been introduced, and this on the thin excuse that so novel a change in the working scheme of the state government might bring about hardship to some.
secrets
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From this reading These wretches (employed by sniveling, mud-snouting newspapers of the opposition) were not only in the councils of politicians, in the pay of rival corporations, in the confidence of the governor, in the secrets of the senators and local representatives, but were here and there in one another's confidence.
senators
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From this reading These wretches (employed by sniveling, mud-snouting newspapers of the opposition) were not only in the councils of politicians, in the pay of rival corporations, in the confidence of the governor, in the secrets of the senators and local representatives, but were here and there in one another's confidence.
sense
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From this reading The newspaper men--as thick as flies about the halls of the state capitol at Springfield, and essentially watchful and loyal to their papers--were quick to sense the true state of affairs.
session
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From this reading Cowperwood and the Governor A Public-service-commission law might, ipso facto, have been quietly passed at this session, if the arbitrary franchise-extending proviso had not been introduced, and this on the thin excuse that so novel a change in the working scheme of the state government might bring about hardship to some.
sniveling
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From this reading These wretches (employed by sniveling, mud-snouting newspapers of the opposition) were not only in the councils of politicians, in the pay of rival corporations, in the confidence of the governor, in the secrets of the senators and local representatives, but were here and there in one another's confidence.
soconjunctionUS /soʊ/
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading Cowperwood and the Governor A Public-service-commission law might, ipso facto, have been quietly passed at this session, if the arbitrary franchise-extending proviso had not been introduced, and this on the thin excuse that so novel a change in the working scheme of the state government might bring about hardship to some.
some
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From this reading Cowperwood and the Governor A Public-service-commission law might, ipso facto, have been quietly passed at this session, if the arbitrary franchise-extending proviso had not been introduced, and this on the thin excuse that so novel a change in the working scheme of the state government might bring about hardship to some.
Springfield
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From this reading The newspaper men--as thick as flies about the halls of the state capitol at Springfield, and essentially watchful and loyal to their papers--were quick to sense the true state of affairs.
state
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From this reading Cowperwood and the Governor A Public-service-commission law might, ipso facto, have been quietly passed at this session, if the arbitrary franchise-extending proviso had not been introduced, and this on the thin excuse that so novel a change in the working scheme of the state government might bring about hardship to some.
suchdeterminerUS /sʌtʃ/
of the kind already mentioned
From this reading Never were there such hawks as newspapermen.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Cowperwood and the Governor A Public-service-commission law might, ipso facto, have been quietly passed at this session, if the arbitrary franchise-extending proviso had not been introduced, and this on the thin excuse that so novel a change in the working scheme of the state government might bring about hardship to some.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Cowperwood and the Governor A Public-service-commission law might, ipso facto, have been quietly passed at this session, if the arbitrary franchise-extending proviso had not been introduced, and this on the thin excuse that so novel a change in the working scheme of the state government might bring about hardship to some.
theirdeterminerUS /ðer/
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading The newspaper men--as thick as flies about the halls of the state capitol at Springfield, and essentially watchful and loyal to their papers--were quick to sense the true state of affairs.
there
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From this reading Never were there such hawks as newspapermen.
ThesedeterminerUS /ðiːz/
the plural of “this”: the people or things near, or just mentioned
From this reading These wretches (employed by sniveling, mud-snouting newspapers of the opposition) were not only in the councils of politicians, in the pay of rival corporations, in the confidence of the governor, in the secrets of the senators and local representatives, but were here and there in one another's confidence.
thick
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From this reading The newspaper men--as thick as flies about the halls of the state capitol at Springfield, and essentially watchful and loyal to their papers--were quick to sense the true state of affairs.
thinadjectiveUS /θɪn/
Having little thickness or extent.
From this reading Cowperwood and the Governor A Public-service-commission law might, ipso facto, have been quietly passed at this session, if the arbitrary franchise-extending proviso had not been introduced, and this on the thin excuse that so novel a change in the working scheme of the state government might bring about hardship to some.
thisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading Cowperwood and the Governor A Public-service-commission law might, ipso facto, have been quietly passed at this session, if the arbitrary franchise-extending proviso had not been introduced, and this on the thin excuse that so novel a change in the working scheme of the state government might bring about hardship to some.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Cowperwood and the Governor A Public-service-commission law might, ipso facto, have been quietly passed at this session, if the arbitrary franchise-extending proviso had not been introduced, and this on the thin excuse that so novel a change in the working scheme of the state government might bring about hardship to some.
too
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From this reading This redounded too obviously to the benefit of one particular corporation.
true
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From this reading The newspaper men--as thick as flies about the halls of the state capitol at Springfield, and essentially watchful and loyal to their papers--were quick to sense the true state of affairs.
watchful
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From this reading The newspaper men--as thick as flies about the halls of the state capitol at Springfield, and essentially watchful and loyal to their papers--were quick to sense the true state of affairs.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading The newspaper men--as thick as flies about the halls of the state capitol at Springfield, and essentially watchful and loyal to their papers--were quick to sense the true state of affairs.
working
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From this reading Cowperwood and the Governor A Public-service-commission law might, ipso facto, have been quietly passed at this session, if the arbitrary franchise-extending proviso had not been introduced, and this on the thin excuse that so novel a change in the working scheme of the state government might bring about hardship to some.
wretches
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From this reading These wretches (employed by sniveling, mud-snouting newspapers of the opposition) were not only in the councils of politicians, in the pay of rival corporations, in the confidence of the governor, in the secrets of the senators and local representatives, but were here and there in one another's confidence.
