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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 wonderful flush of burning orange light cut the sky asunder, spreading gradually upward and paling into fairest rose.
acrossprepositionUS /əˈkrɔːs/
from one side of something to the other
From this reading The storm raged till sunset; and then exhausted by its own stress of fury, began to roll away in angry sobs across the sea.
air
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From this reading As the evening came on the weather steadily cleared;--and presently a pure, calm, dark-blue expanse of ether stretched balmily across the whole width of the waves, with the evening star--the Star of Love--glimmering faintly aloft like a delicate jewel hanging on the very heart of the air.
aloft
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From this reading As the evening came on the weather steadily cleared;--and presently a pure, calm, dark-blue expanse of ether stretched balmily across the whole width of the waves, with the evening star--the Star of Love--glimmering faintly aloft like a delicate jewel hanging on the very heart of the air.
Alpine
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From this reading The sullen clouds caught brightness at their summits, and took upon themselves the semblance of Alpine heights touched by the mystic glory of the dawn, and a clear silver radiance flashed across the ocean for a second and then vanished, as though a flaming torch had just flared up to show the troublous heaving of the waters, and had then been instantly quenched.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading The storm raged till sunset; and then exhausted by its own stress of fury, began to roll away in angry sobs across the sea.
angry
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From this reading The storm raged till sunset; and then exhausted by its own stress of fury, began to roll away in angry sobs across the sea.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading The wind sank suddenly; the rain as suddenly ceased.
asunder
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From this reading A wonderful flush of burning orange light cut the sky asunder, spreading gradually upward and paling into fairest rose.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading The sullen clouds caught brightness at their summits, and took upon themselves the semblance of Alpine heights touched by the mystic glory of the dawn, and a clear silver radiance flashed across the ocean for a second and then vanished, as though a flaming torch had just flared up to show the troublous heaving of the waters, and had then been instantly quenched.
away
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From this reading The storm raged till sunset; and then exhausted by its own stress of fury, began to roll away in angry sobs across the sea.
balmily
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From this reading As the evening came on the weather steadily cleared;--and presently a pure, calm, dark-blue expanse of ether stretched balmily across the whole width of the waves, with the evening star--the Star of Love--glimmering faintly aloft like a delicate jewel hanging on the very heart of the air.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading The sullen clouds caught brightness at their summits, and took upon themselves the semblance of Alpine heights touched by the mystic glory of the dawn, and a clear silver radiance flashed across the ocean for a second and then vanished, as though a flaming torch had just flared up to show the troublous heaving of the waters, and had then been instantly quenched.
begannounUS /began/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The storm raged till sunset; and then exhausted by its own stress of fury, began to roll away in angry sobs across the sea.
brightness
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From this reading The sullen clouds caught brightness at their summits, and took upon themselves the semblance of Alpine heights touched by the mystic glory of the dawn, and a clear silver radiance flashed across the ocean for a second and then vanished, as though a flaming torch had just flared up to show the troublous heaving of the waters, and had then been instantly quenched.
burning
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From this reading A wonderful flush of burning orange light cut the sky asunder, spreading gradually upward and paling into fairest rose.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading The storm raged till sunset; and then exhausted by its own stress of fury, began to roll away in angry sobs across the sea.
calm
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From this reading As the evening came on the weather steadily cleared;--and presently a pure, calm, dark-blue expanse of ether stretched balmily across the whole width of the waves, with the evening star--the Star of Love--glimmering faintly aloft like a delicate jewel hanging on the very heart of the air.
came
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From this reading As the evening came on the weather steadily cleared;--and presently a pure, calm, dark-blue expanse of ether stretched balmily across the whole width of the waves, with the evening star--the Star of Love--glimmering faintly aloft like a delicate jewel hanging on the very heart of the air.
caught
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From this reading The sullen clouds caught brightness at their summits, and took upon themselves the semblance of Alpine heights touched by the mystic glory of the dawn, and a clear silver radiance flashed across the ocean for a second and then vanished, as though a flaming torch had just flared up to show the troublous heaving of the waters, and had then been instantly quenched.
ceased
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From this reading The wind sank suddenly; the rain as suddenly ceased.
clear
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From this reading The sullen clouds caught brightness at their summits, and took upon themselves the semblance of Alpine heights touched by the mystic glory of the dawn, and a clear silver radiance flashed across the ocean for a second and then vanished, as though a flaming torch had just flared up to show the troublous heaving of the waters, and had then been instantly quenched.
cleared
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From this reading As the evening came on the weather steadily cleared;--and presently a pure, calm, dark-blue expanse of ether stretched balmily across the whole width of the waves, with the evening star--the Star of Love--glimmering faintly aloft like a delicate jewel hanging on the very heart of the air.
clouds
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From this reading The sullen clouds caught brightness at their summits, and took upon themselves the semblance of Alpine heights touched by the mystic glory of the dawn, and a clear silver radiance flashed across the ocean for a second and then vanished, as though a flaming torch had just flared up to show the troublous heaving of the waters, and had then been instantly quenched.
cut
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From this reading A wonderful flush of burning orange light cut the sky asunder, spreading gradually upward and paling into fairest rose.
dark-blue
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From this reading As the evening came on the weather steadily cleared;--and presently a pure, calm, dark-blue expanse of ether stretched balmily across the whole width of the waves, with the evening star--the Star of Love--glimmering faintly aloft like a delicate jewel hanging on the very heart of the air.
dawn
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From this reading The sullen clouds caught brightness at their summits, and took upon themselves the semblance of Alpine heights touched by the mystic glory of the dawn, and a clear silver radiance flashed across the ocean for a second and then vanished, as though a flaming torch had just flared up to show the troublous heaving of the waters, and had then been instantly quenched.
delicate
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From this reading As the evening came on the weather steadily cleared;--and presently a pure, calm, dark-blue expanse of ether stretched balmily across the whole width of the waves, with the evening star--the Star of Love--glimmering faintly aloft like a delicate jewel hanging on the very heart of the air.
ether
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From this reading As the evening came on the weather steadily cleared;--and presently a pure, calm, dark-blue expanse of ether stretched balmily across the whole width of the waves, with the evening star--the Star of Love--glimmering faintly aloft like a delicate jewel hanging on the very heart of the air.
evening
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From this reading As the evening came on the weather steadily cleared;--and presently a pure, calm, dark-blue expanse of ether stretched balmily across the whole width of the waves, with the evening star--the Star of Love--glimmering faintly aloft like a delicate jewel hanging on the very heart of the air.
exhausted
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From this reading The storm raged till sunset; and then exhausted by its own stress of fury, began to roll away in angry sobs across the sea.
expanse
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From this reading As the evening came on the weather steadily cleared;--and presently a pure, calm, dark-blue expanse of ether stretched balmily across the whole width of the waves, with the evening star--the Star of Love--glimmering faintly aloft like a delicate jewel hanging on the very heart of the air.
faintly
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From this reading As the evening came on the weather steadily cleared;--and presently a pure, calm, dark-blue expanse of ether stretched balmily across the whole width of the waves, with the evening star--the Star of Love--glimmering faintly aloft like a delicate jewel hanging on the very heart of the air.
fairest
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From this reading A wonderful flush of burning orange light cut the sky asunder, spreading gradually upward and paling into fairest rose.
flaming
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From this reading The sullen clouds caught brightness at their summits, and took upon themselves the semblance of Alpine heights touched by the mystic glory of the dawn, and a clear silver radiance flashed across the ocean for a second and then vanished, as though a flaming torch had just flared up to show the troublous heaving of the waters, and had then been instantly quenched.
flared
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From this reading The sullen clouds caught brightness at their summits, and took upon themselves the semblance of Alpine heights touched by the mystic glory of the dawn, and a clear silver radiance flashed across the ocean for a second and then vanished, as though a flaming torch had just flared up to show the troublous heaving of the waters, and had then been instantly quenched.
flashed
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From this reading The sullen clouds caught brightness at their summits, and took upon themselves the semblance of Alpine heights touched by the mystic glory of the dawn, and a clear silver radiance flashed across the ocean for a second and then vanished, as though a flaming torch had just flared up to show the troublous heaving of the waters, and had then been instantly quenched.
flush
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From this reading A wonderful flush of burning orange light cut the sky asunder, spreading gradually upward and paling into fairest rose.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading The sullen clouds caught brightness at their summits, and took upon themselves the semblance of Alpine heights touched by the mystic glory of the dawn, and a clear silver radiance flashed across the ocean for a second and then vanished, as though a flaming torch had just flared up to show the troublous heaving of the waters, and had then been instantly quenched.
fury
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From this reading The storm raged till sunset; and then exhausted by its own stress of fury, began to roll away in angry sobs across the sea.
glimmering
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From this reading As the evening came on the weather steadily cleared;--and presently a pure, calm, dark-blue expanse of ether stretched balmily across the whole width of the waves, with the evening star--the Star of Love--glimmering faintly aloft like a delicate jewel hanging on the very heart of the air.
glory
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From this reading The sullen clouds caught brightness at their summits, and took upon themselves the semblance of Alpine heights touched by the mystic glory of the dawn, and a clear silver radiance flashed across the ocean for a second and then vanished, as though a flaming torch had just flared up to show the troublous heaving of the waters, and had then been instantly quenched.
gradually
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From this reading A wonderful flush of burning orange light cut the sky asunder, spreading gradually upward and paling into fairest rose.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading The sullen clouds caught brightness at their summits, and took upon themselves the semblance of Alpine heights touched by the mystic glory of the dawn, and a clear silver radiance flashed across the ocean for a second and then vanished, as though a flaming torch had just flared up to show the troublous heaving of the waters, and had then been instantly quenched.
hanging
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From this reading As the evening came on the weather steadily cleared;--and presently a pure, calm, dark-blue expanse of ether stretched balmily across the whole width of the waves, with the evening star--the Star of Love--glimmering faintly aloft like a delicate jewel hanging on the very heart of the air.
heart
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From this reading As the evening came on the weather steadily cleared;--and presently a pure, calm, dark-blue expanse of ether stretched balmily across the whole width of the waves, with the evening star--the Star of Love--glimmering faintly aloft like a delicate jewel hanging on the very heart of the air.
heaving
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From this reading The sullen clouds caught brightness at their summits, and took upon themselves the semblance of Alpine heights touched by the mystic glory of the dawn, and a clear silver radiance flashed across the ocean for a second and then vanished, as though a flaming torch had just flared up to show the troublous heaving of the waters, and had then been instantly quenched.
heights
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From this reading The sullen clouds caught brightness at their summits, and took upon themselves the semblance of Alpine heights touched by the mystic glory of the dawn, and a clear silver radiance flashed across the ocean for a second and then vanished, as though a flaming torch had just flared up to show the troublous heaving of the waters, and had then been instantly quenched.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading The storm raged till sunset; and then exhausted by its own stress of fury, began to roll away in angry sobs across the sea.
instantly
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From this reading The sullen clouds caught brightness at their summits, and took upon themselves the semblance of Alpine heights touched by the mystic glory of the dawn, and a clear silver radiance flashed across the ocean for a second and then vanished, as though a flaming torch had just flared up to show the troublous heaving of the waters, and had then been instantly quenched.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading A wonderful flush of burning orange light cut the sky asunder, spreading gradually upward and paling into fairest rose.
itsdeterminerUS /ɪts/
belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned
From this reading The storm raged till sunset; and then exhausted by its own stress of fury, began to roll away in angry sobs across the sea.
jewel
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From this reading As the evening came on the weather steadily cleared;--and presently a pure, calm, dark-blue expanse of ether stretched balmily across the whole width of the waves, with the evening star--the Star of Love--glimmering faintly aloft like a delicate jewel hanging on the very heart of the air.
just
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From this reading The sullen clouds caught brightness at their summits, and took upon themselves the semblance of Alpine heights touched by the mystic glory of the dawn, and a clear silver radiance flashed across the ocean for a second and then vanished, as though a flaming torch had just flared up to show the troublous heaving of the waters, and had then been instantly quenched.
light
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From this reading A wonderful flush of burning orange light cut the sky asunder, spreading gradually upward and paling into fairest rose.
like
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From this reading As the evening came on the weather steadily cleared;--and presently a pure, calm, dark-blue expanse of ether stretched balmily across the whole width of the waves, with the evening star--the Star of Love--glimmering faintly aloft like a delicate jewel hanging on the very heart of the air.
Love
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From this reading As the evening came on the weather steadily cleared;--and presently a pure, calm, dark-blue expanse of ether stretched balmily across the whole width of the waves, with the evening star--the Star of Love--glimmering faintly aloft like a delicate jewel hanging on the very heart of the air.
mystic
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From this reading The sullen clouds caught brightness at their summits, and took upon themselves the semblance of Alpine heights touched by the mystic glory of the dawn, and a clear silver radiance flashed across the ocean for a second and then vanished, as though a flaming torch had just flared up to show the troublous heaving of the waters, and had then been instantly quenched.
ocean
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From this reading The sullen clouds caught brightness at their summits, and took upon themselves the semblance of Alpine heights touched by the mystic glory of the dawn, and a clear silver radiance flashed across the ocean for a second and then vanished, as though a flaming torch had just flared up to show the troublous heaving of the waters, and had then been instantly quenched.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading The storm raged till sunset; and then exhausted by its own stress of fury, began to roll away in angry sobs across the sea.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading As the evening came on the weather steadily cleared;--and presently a pure, calm, dark-blue expanse of ether stretched balmily across the whole width of the waves, with the evening star--the Star of Love--glimmering faintly aloft like a delicate jewel hanging on the very heart of the air.
orange
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From this reading A wonderful flush of burning orange light cut the sky asunder, spreading gradually upward and paling into fairest rose.
own
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From this reading The storm raged till sunset; and then exhausted by its own stress of fury, began to roll away in angry sobs across the sea.
paling
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From this reading A wonderful flush of burning orange light cut the sky asunder, spreading gradually upward and paling into fairest rose.
presently
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From this reading As the evening came on the weather steadily cleared;--and presently a pure, calm, dark-blue expanse of ether stretched balmily across the whole width of the waves, with the evening star--the Star of Love--glimmering faintly aloft like a delicate jewel hanging on the very heart of the air.
pure
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From this reading As the evening came on the weather steadily cleared;--and presently a pure, calm, dark-blue expanse of ether stretched balmily across the whole width of the waves, with the evening star--the Star of Love--glimmering faintly aloft like a delicate jewel hanging on the very heart of the air.
quenched
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From this reading The sullen clouds caught brightness at their summits, and took upon themselves the semblance of Alpine heights touched by the mystic glory of the dawn, and a clear silver radiance flashed across the ocean for a second and then vanished, as though a flaming torch had just flared up to show the troublous heaving of the waters, and had then been instantly quenched.
radiance
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From this reading The sullen clouds caught brightness at their summits, and took upon themselves the semblance of Alpine heights touched by the mystic glory of the dawn, and a clear silver radiance flashed across the ocean for a second and then vanished, as though a flaming torch had just flared up to show the troublous heaving of the waters, and had then been instantly quenched.
raged
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From this reading The storm raged till sunset; and then exhausted by its own stress of fury, began to roll away in angry sobs across the sea.
rain
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From this reading The wind sank suddenly; the rain as suddenly ceased.
roll
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From this reading The storm raged till sunset; and then exhausted by its own stress of fury, began to roll away in angry sobs across the sea.
rose
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From this reading A wonderful flush of burning orange light cut the sky asunder, spreading gradually upward and paling into fairest rose.
sank
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From this reading The wind sank suddenly; the rain as suddenly ceased.
sea
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second
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From this reading The sullen clouds caught brightness at their summits, and took upon themselves the semblance of Alpine heights touched by the mystic glory of the dawn, and a clear silver radiance flashed across the ocean for a second and then vanished, as though a flaming torch had just flared up to show the troublous heaving of the waters, and had then been instantly quenched.
semblance
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From this reading The sullen clouds caught brightness at their summits, and took upon themselves the semblance of Alpine heights touched by the mystic glory of the dawn, and a clear silver radiance flashed across the ocean for a second and then vanished, as though a flaming torch had just flared up to show the troublous heaving of the waters, and had then been instantly quenched.
show
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From this reading The sullen clouds caught brightness at their summits, and took upon themselves the semblance of Alpine heights touched by the mystic glory of the dawn, and a clear silver radiance flashed across the ocean for a second and then vanished, as though a flaming torch had just flared up to show the troublous heaving of the waters, and had then been instantly quenched.
silver
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From this reading The sullen clouds caught brightness at their summits, and took upon themselves the semblance of Alpine heights touched by the mystic glory of the dawn, and a clear silver radiance flashed across the ocean for a second and then vanished, as though a flaming torch had just flared up to show the troublous heaving of the waters, and had then been instantly quenched.
sky
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From this reading A wonderful flush of burning orange light cut the sky asunder, spreading gradually upward and paling into fairest rose.
sobs
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From this reading The storm raged till sunset; and then exhausted by its own stress of fury, began to roll away in angry sobs across the sea.
spreading
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From this reading A wonderful flush of burning orange light cut the sky asunder, spreading gradually upward and paling into fairest rose.
star
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From this reading As the evening came on the weather steadily cleared;--and presently a pure, calm, dark-blue expanse of ether stretched balmily across the whole width of the waves, with the evening star--the Star of Love--glimmering faintly aloft like a delicate jewel hanging on the very heart of the air.
steadily
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From this reading As the evening came on the weather steadily cleared;--and presently a pure, calm, dark-blue expanse of ether stretched balmily across the whole width of the waves, with the evening star--the Star of Love--glimmering faintly aloft like a delicate jewel hanging on the very heart of the air.
storm
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From this reading The storm raged till sunset; and then exhausted by its own stress of fury, began to roll away in angry sobs across the sea.
stress
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From this reading The storm raged till sunset; and then exhausted by its own stress of fury, began to roll away in angry sobs across the sea.
stretched
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From this reading As the evening came on the weather steadily cleared;--and presently a pure, calm, dark-blue expanse of ether stretched balmily across the whole width of the waves, with the evening star--the Star of Love--glimmering faintly aloft like a delicate jewel hanging on the very heart of the air.
suddenlynounUS /ˈsuddenly/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading The wind sank suddenly; the rain as suddenly ceased.
sullen
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From this reading The sullen clouds caught brightness at their summits, and took upon themselves the semblance of Alpine heights touched by the mystic glory of the dawn, and a clear silver radiance flashed across the ocean for a second and then vanished, as though a flaming torch had just flared up to show the troublous heaving of the waters, and had then been instantly quenched.
summits
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From this reading The sullen clouds caught brightness at their summits, and took upon themselves the semblance of Alpine heights touched by the mystic glory of the dawn, and a clear silver radiance flashed across the ocean for a second and then vanished, as though a flaming torch had just flared up to show the troublous heaving of the waters, and had then been instantly quenched.
sunset
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From this reading The storm raged till sunset; and then exhausted by its own stress of fury, began to roll away in angry sobs across the sea.
ThedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The storm raged till sunset; and then exhausted by its own stress of fury, began to roll away in angry sobs across the sea.
theirdeterminerUS /ðer/
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading The sullen clouds caught brightness at their summits, and took upon themselves the semblance of Alpine heights touched by the mystic glory of the dawn, and a clear silver radiance flashed across the ocean for a second and then vanished, as though a flaming torch had just flared up to show the troublous heaving of the waters, and had then been instantly quenched.
themselvespronounUS /ðemˈselvz/
used when the people doing the action are also its object
From this reading The sullen clouds caught brightness at their summits, and took upon themselves the semblance of Alpine heights touched by the mystic glory of the dawn, and a clear silver radiance flashed across the ocean for a second and then vanished, as though a flaming torch had just flared up to show the troublous heaving of the waters, and had then been instantly quenched.
then
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From this reading The storm raged till sunset; and then exhausted by its own stress of fury, began to roll away in angry sobs across the sea.
thoughconjunctionUS /ðoʊ/
in spite of the fact that
From this reading The sullen clouds caught brightness at their summits, and took upon themselves the semblance of Alpine heights touched by the mystic glory of the dawn, and a clear silver radiance flashed across the ocean for a second and then vanished, as though a flaming torch had just flared up to show the troublous heaving of the waters, and had then been instantly quenched.
tillprepositionUS /tɪl/
up to a particular time
From this reading The storm raged till sunset; and then exhausted by its own stress of fury, began to roll away in angry sobs across the sea.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading The storm raged till sunset; and then exhausted by its own stress of fury, began to roll away in angry sobs across the sea.
tooknounUS /took/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The sullen clouds caught brightness at their summits, and took upon themselves the semblance of Alpine heights touched by the mystic glory of the dawn, and a clear silver radiance flashed across the ocean for a second and then vanished, as though a flaming torch had just flared up to show the troublous heaving of the waters, and had then been instantly quenched.
torch
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From this reading The sullen clouds caught brightness at their summits, and took upon themselves the semblance of Alpine heights touched by the mystic glory of the dawn, and a clear silver radiance flashed across the ocean for a second and then vanished, as though a flaming torch had just flared up to show the troublous heaving of the waters, and had then been instantly quenched.
touched
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From this reading The sullen clouds caught brightness at their summits, and took upon themselves the semblance of Alpine heights touched by the mystic glory of the dawn, and a clear silver radiance flashed across the ocean for a second and then vanished, as though a flaming torch had just flared up to show the troublous heaving of the waters, and had then been instantly quenched.
troublous
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From this reading The sullen clouds caught brightness at their summits, and took upon themselves the semblance of Alpine heights touched by the mystic glory of the dawn, and a clear silver radiance flashed across the ocean for a second and then vanished, as though a flaming torch had just flared up to show the troublous heaving of the waters, and had then been instantly quenched.
up
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From this reading The sullen clouds caught brightness at their summits, and took upon themselves the semblance of Alpine heights touched by the mystic glory of the dawn, and a clear silver radiance flashed across the ocean for a second and then vanished, as though a flaming torch had just flared up to show the troublous heaving of the waters, and had then been instantly quenched.
uponprepositionUS /əˈpɑːn/
a formal word for “on”
From this reading The sullen clouds caught brightness at their summits, and took upon themselves the semblance of Alpine heights touched by the mystic glory of the dawn, and a clear silver radiance flashed across the ocean for a second and then vanished, as though a flaming torch had just flared up to show the troublous heaving of the waters, and had then been instantly quenched.
upward
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From this reading A wonderful flush of burning orange light cut the sky asunder, spreading gradually upward and paling into fairest rose.
vanished
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From this reading The sullen clouds caught brightness at their summits, and took upon themselves the semblance of Alpine heights touched by the mystic glory of the dawn, and a clear silver radiance flashed across the ocean for a second and then vanished, as though a flaming torch had just flared up to show the troublous heaving of the waters, and had then been instantly quenched.
very
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From this reading As the evening came on the weather steadily cleared;--and presently a pure, calm, dark-blue expanse of ether stretched balmily across the whole width of the waves, with the evening star--the Star of Love--glimmering faintly aloft like a delicate jewel hanging on the very heart of the air.
waters
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From this reading The sullen clouds caught brightness at their summits, and took upon themselves the semblance of Alpine heights touched by the mystic glory of the dawn, and a clear silver radiance flashed across the ocean for a second and then vanished, as though a flaming torch had just flared up to show the troublous heaving of the waters, and had then been instantly quenched.
waves
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From this reading As the evening came on the weather steadily cleared;--and presently a pure, calm, dark-blue expanse of ether stretched balmily across the whole width of the waves, with the evening star--the Star of Love--glimmering faintly aloft like a delicate jewel hanging on the very heart of the air.
weather
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From this reading As the evening came on the weather steadily cleared;--and presently a pure, calm, dark-blue expanse of ether stretched balmily across the whole width of the waves, with the evening star--the Star of Love--glimmering faintly aloft like a delicate jewel hanging on the very heart of the air.
whole
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From this reading As the evening came on the weather steadily cleared;--and presently a pure, calm, dark-blue expanse of ether stretched balmily across the whole width of the waves, with the evening star--the Star of Love--glimmering faintly aloft like a delicate jewel hanging on the very heart of the air.
width
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From this reading As the evening came on the weather steadily cleared;--and presently a pure, calm, dark-blue expanse of ether stretched balmily across the whole width of the waves, with the evening star--the Star of Love--glimmering faintly aloft like a delicate jewel hanging on the very heart of the air.
windnounUS /wind/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The wind sank suddenly; the rain as suddenly ceased.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading As the evening came on the weather steadily cleared;--and presently a pure, calm, dark-blue expanse of ether stretched balmily across the whole width of the waves, with the evening star--the Star of Love--glimmering faintly aloft like a delicate jewel hanging on the very heart of the air.
wonderfulnounUS /ˈwonderful/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading A wonderful flush of burning orange light cut the sky asunder, spreading gradually upward and paling into fairest rose.
