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Chapter X · In Hospital

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Sinking into a sweet slumber, and lulled by those harmonious sounds, our young patient passed a night of pleasant unconsciousness, and awoke in the morning to find a summer sun streaming in at the window, and his kind host and hostess smiling at his bed-curtains.
He was ravenously hungry, and his doctor permitted him straightway to partake of a mess of chicken, which the doctor's wife told him had been prepared by the hands of one of her daughters.
One of her daughters?
A faint image of a young person--of two young persons--with red cheeks and black waving locks, smiling round his couch, and suddenly departing thence, soon after he had come to himself, arose in the young man's mind.
Then, then, there returned the remembrance of a female--lovely, it is true, but more elderly--certainly considerably older--and with f----.
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The Virginians

Chapter X · In Hospital

Reading 1/111 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

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Sinking into a sweet slumber, and lulled by those harmonious sounds, our young patient passed a night of pleasant unconsciousness, and awoke in the morning to find a summer sun streaming in at the window, and his kind host and hostess smiling at his bed-curtains.
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He was ravenously hungry, and his doctor permitted him straightway to partake of a mess of chicken, which the doctor's wife told him had been prepared by the hands of one of her daughters.
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One of her daughters?
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A faint image of a young person--of two young persons--with red cheeks and black waving locks, smiling round his couch, and suddenly departing thence, soon after he had come to himself, arose in the young man's mind.
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Then, then, there returned the remembrance of a female--lovely, it is true, but more elderly--certainly considerably older--and with f----.

Learner Dictionary

Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, audio, and collocations from this reading.

After preposition US /ˈæftər/

later than; following

From this reading “A faint image of a young person--of two young persons--with red cheeks and black waving locks, smiling round his couch, and suddenly departing thence, soon after he had come to himself, arose in the young man's mind.”

Been auxiliary verb US /bɪn/

the past participle of “be”

From this reading “He was ravenously hungry, and his doctor permitted him straightway to partake of a mess of chicken, which the doctor's wife told him had been prepared by the hands of one of her daughters.”

Come noun US /come/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “A faint image of a young person--of two young persons--with red cheeks and black waving locks, smiling round his couch, and suddenly departing thence, soon after he had come to himself, arose in the young man's mind.”

Doctor noun US /doctor/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “He was ravenously hungry, and his doctor permitted him straightway to partake of a mess of chicken, which the doctor's wife told him had been prepared by the hands of one of her daughters.”

Hands plural noun US /hændz/

members of a ship’s crew

From this reading “He was ravenously hungry, and his doctor permitted him straightway to partake of a mess of chicken, which the doctor's wife told him had been prepared by the hands of one of her daughters.”

Himself pronoun US /hɪmˈself/

used when the man or boy doing the action is also its object

From this reading “A faint image of a young person--of two young persons--with red cheeks and black waving locks, smiling round his couch, and suddenly departing thence, soon after he had come to himself, arose in the young man's mind.”

Mind noun US /mind/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “A faint image of a young person--of two young persons--with red cheeks and black waving locks, smiling round his couch, and suddenly departing thence, soon after he had come to himself, arose in the young man's mind.”

Morning noun US /morning/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “Sinking into a sweet slumber, and lulled by those harmonious sounds, our young patient passed a night of pleasant unconsciousness, and awoke in the morning to find a summer sun streaming in at the window, and his kind host and hostess smiling at his bed-curtains.”

One pronoun US /wʌn/

used to mean any person in general, including the speaker

From this reading “He was ravenously hungry, and his doctor permitted him straightway to partake of a mess of chicken, which the doctor's wife told him had been prepared by the hands of one of her daughters.”

Passed noun US /passed/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “Sinking into a sweet slumber, and lulled by those harmonious sounds, our young patient passed a night of pleasant unconsciousness, and awoke in the morning to find a summer sun streaming in at the window, and his kind host and hostess smiling at his bed-curtains.”

Pleasant noun US /pleasant/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “Sinking into a sweet slumber, and lulled by those harmonious sounds, our young patient passed a night of pleasant unconsciousness, and awoke in the morning to find a summer sun streaming in at the window, and his kind host and hostess smiling at his bed-curtains.”

Returned noun US /ˈreturned/

a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage

From this reading “Then, then, there returned the remembrance of a female--lovely, it is true, but more elderly--certainly considerably older--and with f----.”

Soon noun US /soon/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “A faint image of a young person--of two young persons--with red cheeks and black waving locks, smiling round his couch, and suddenly departing thence, soon after he had come to himself, arose in the young man's mind.”

Suddenly noun US /ˈsuddenly/

a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage

From this reading “A faint image of a young person--of two young persons--with red cheeks and black waving locks, smiling round his couch, and suddenly departing thence, soon after he had come to himself, arose in the young man's mind.”

Thence adverb US /ðens/

from that place or that time

From this reading “A faint image of a young person--of two young persons--with red cheeks and black waving locks, smiling round his couch, and suddenly departing thence, soon after he had come to himself, arose in the young man's mind.”

Those determiner US /ðoʊz/

the plural of “that”: the people or things further away, or already known

From this reading “Sinking into a sweet slumber, and lulled by those harmonious sounds, our young patient passed a night of pleasant unconsciousness, and awoke in the morning to find a summer sun streaming in at the window, and his kind host and hostess smiling at his bed-curtains.”

Told noun US /told/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “He was ravenously hungry, and his doctor permitted him straightway to partake of a mess of chicken, which the doctor's wife told him had been prepared by the hands of one of her daughters.”

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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 Sinking into a sweet slumber, and lulled by those harmonious sounds, our young patient passed a night of pleasant unconsciousness, and awoke in the morning to find a summer sun streaming in at the window, and his kind host and hostess smiling at his bed-curtains.

afterprepositionUS /ˈæftər/

later than; following

From this reading A faint image of a young person--of two young persons--with red cheeks and black waving locks, smiling round his couch, and suddenly departing thence, soon after he had come to himself, arose in the young man's mind.

andconjunctionUS /ənd/

used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together

From this reading Sinking into a sweet slumber, and lulled by those harmonious sounds, our young patient passed a night of pleasant unconsciousness, and awoke in the morning to find a summer sun streaming in at the window, and his kind host and hostess smiling at his bed-curtains.

arose

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From this reading A faint image of a young person--of two young persons--with red cheeks and black waving locks, smiling round his couch, and suddenly departing thence, soon after he had come to himself, arose in the young man's mind.

atprepositionUS /æt/

in or near a particular place or position

From this reading Sinking into a sweet slumber, and lulled by those harmonious sounds, our young patient passed a night of pleasant unconsciousness, and awoke in the morning to find a summer sun streaming in at the window, and his kind host and hostess smiling at his bed-curtains.

awoke

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From this reading Sinking into a sweet slumber, and lulled by those harmonious sounds, our young patient passed a night of pleasant unconsciousness, and awoke in the morning to find a summer sun streaming in at the window, and his kind host and hostess smiling at his bed-curtains.

bed-curtains

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From this reading Sinking into a sweet slumber, and lulled by those harmonious sounds, our young patient passed a night of pleasant unconsciousness, and awoke in the morning to find a summer sun streaming in at the window, and his kind host and hostess smiling at his bed-curtains.

beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/

the past participle of “be”

From this reading He was ravenously hungry, and his doctor permitted him straightway to partake of a mess of chicken, which the doctor's wife told him had been prepared by the hands of one of her daughters.

black

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From this reading A faint image of a young person--of two young persons--with red cheeks and black waving locks, smiling round his couch, and suddenly departing thence, soon after he had come to himself, arose in the young man's mind.

butconjunctionUS /bʌt/

used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before

From this reading Then, then, there returned the remembrance of a female--lovely, it is true, but more elderly--certainly considerably older--and with f----.

byprepositionUS /baɪ/

showing who or what does the action

From this reading Sinking into a sweet slumber, and lulled by those harmonious sounds, our young patient passed a night of pleasant unconsciousness, and awoke in the morning to find a summer sun streaming in at the window, and his kind host and hostess smiling at his bed-curtains.

certainly

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From this reading Then, then, there returned the remembrance of a female--lovely, it is true, but more elderly--certainly considerably older--and with f----.

cheeks

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From this reading A faint image of a young person--of two young persons--with red cheeks and black waving locks, smiling round his couch, and suddenly departing thence, soon after he had come to himself, arose in the young man's mind.

chicken

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From this reading He was ravenously hungry, and his doctor permitted him straightway to partake of a mess of chicken, which the doctor's wife told him had been prepared by the hands of one of her daughters.

comenounUS /come/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading A faint image of a young person--of two young persons--with red cheeks and black waving locks, smiling round his couch, and suddenly departing thence, soon after he had come to himself, arose in the young man's mind.

considerably

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From this reading Then, then, there returned the remembrance of a female--lovely, it is true, but more elderly--certainly considerably older--and with f----.

couch

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From this reading A faint image of a young person--of two young persons--with red cheeks and black waving locks, smiling round his couch, and suddenly departing thence, soon after he had come to himself, arose in the young man's mind.

daughters

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From this reading He was ravenously hungry, and his doctor permitted him straightway to partake of a mess of chicken, which the doctor's wife told him had been prepared by the hands of one of her daughters.

departing

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From this reading A faint image of a young person--of two young persons--with red cheeks and black waving locks, smiling round his couch, and suddenly departing thence, soon after he had come to himself, arose in the young man's mind.

doctornounUS /doctor/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading He was ravenously hungry, and his doctor permitted him straightway to partake of a mess of chicken, which the doctor's wife told him had been prepared by the hands of one of her daughters.

doctor's

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From this reading He was ravenously hungry, and his doctor permitted him straightway to partake of a mess of chicken, which the doctor's wife told him had been prepared by the hands of one of her daughters.

elderly

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From this reading Then, then, there returned the remembrance of a female--lovely, it is true, but more elderly--certainly considerably older--and with f----.

f

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From this reading Then, then, there returned the remembrance of a female--lovely, it is true, but more elderly--certainly considerably older--and with f----.

faint

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From this reading A faint image of a young person--of two young persons--with red cheeks and black waving locks, smiling round his couch, and suddenly departing thence, soon after he had come to himself, arose in the young man's mind.

female

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From this reading Then, then, there returned the remembrance of a female--lovely, it is true, but more elderly--certainly considerably older--and with f----.

find

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From this reading Sinking into a sweet slumber, and lulled by those harmonious sounds, our young patient passed a night of pleasant unconsciousness, and awoke in the morning to find a summer sun streaming in at the window, and his kind host and hostess smiling at his bed-curtains.

hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/

the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect

From this reading He was ravenously hungry, and his doctor permitted him straightway to partake of a mess of chicken, which the doctor's wife told him had been prepared by the hands of one of her daughters.

handsplural nounUS /hændz/

members of a ship’s crew

From this reading He was ravenously hungry, and his doctor permitted him straightway to partake of a mess of chicken, which the doctor's wife told him had been prepared by the hands of one of her daughters.

harmonious

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From this reading Sinking into a sweet slumber, and lulled by those harmonious sounds, our young patient passed a night of pleasant unconsciousness, and awoke in the morning to find a summer sun streaming in at the window, and his kind host and hostess smiling at his bed-curtains.

HepronounUS /hiː/

a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject

From this reading He was ravenously hungry, and his doctor permitted him straightway to partake of a mess of chicken, which the doctor's wife told him had been prepared by the hands of one of her daughters.

herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/

belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned

From this reading He was ravenously hungry, and his doctor permitted him straightway to partake of a mess of chicken, which the doctor's wife told him had been prepared by the hands of one of her daughters.

himpronounUS /hɪm/

the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition

From this reading He was ravenously hungry, and his doctor permitted him straightway to partake of a mess of chicken, which the doctor's wife told him had been prepared by the hands of one of her daughters.

himselfpronounUS /hɪmˈself/

used when the man or boy doing the action is also its object

From this reading A faint image of a young person--of two young persons--with red cheeks and black waving locks, smiling round his couch, and suddenly departing thence, soon after he had come to himself, arose in the young man's mind.

hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/

belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned

From this reading Sinking into a sweet slumber, and lulled by those harmonious sounds, our young patient passed a night of pleasant unconsciousness, and awoke in the morning to find a summer sun streaming in at the window, and his kind host and hostess smiling at his bed-curtains.

host

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From this reading Sinking into a sweet slumber, and lulled by those harmonious sounds, our young patient passed a night of pleasant unconsciousness, and awoke in the morning to find a summer sun streaming in at the window, and his kind host and hostess smiling at his bed-curtains.

hostess

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From this reading Sinking into a sweet slumber, and lulled by those harmonious sounds, our young patient passed a night of pleasant unconsciousness, and awoke in the morning to find a summer sun streaming in at the window, and his kind host and hostess smiling at his bed-curtains.

hungry

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From this reading He was ravenously hungry, and his doctor permitted him straightway to partake of a mess of chicken, which the doctor's wife told him had been prepared by the hands of one of her daughters.

image

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From this reading A faint image of a young person--of two young persons--with red cheeks and black waving locks, smiling round his couch, and suddenly departing thence, soon after he had come to himself, arose in the young man's mind.

inprepositionUS /ɪn/

inside something, or within a place, period, or state

From this reading Sinking into a sweet slumber, and lulled by those harmonious sounds, our young patient passed a night of pleasant unconsciousness, and awoke in the morning to find a summer sun streaming in at the window, and his kind host and hostess smiling at his bed-curtains.

intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/

moving to the inside of something

From this reading Sinking into a sweet slumber, and lulled by those harmonious sounds, our young patient passed a night of pleasant unconsciousness, and awoke in the morning to find a summer sun streaming in at the window, and his kind host and hostess smiling at his bed-curtains.

isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/

the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun

From this reading Then, then, there returned the remembrance of a female--lovely, it is true, but more elderly--certainly considerably older--and with f----.

itpronounUS /ɪt/

a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned

From this reading Then, then, there returned the remembrance of a female--lovely, it is true, but more elderly--certainly considerably older--and with f----.

kind

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From this reading Sinking into a sweet slumber, and lulled by those harmonious sounds, our young patient passed a night of pleasant unconsciousness, and awoke in the morning to find a summer sun streaming in at the window, and his kind host and hostess smiling at his bed-curtains.

locks

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From this reading A faint image of a young person--of two young persons--with red cheeks and black waving locks, smiling round his couch, and suddenly departing thence, soon after he had come to himself, arose in the young man's mind.

lovely

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From this reading Then, then, there returned the remembrance of a female--lovely, it is true, but more elderly--certainly considerably older--and with f----.

lulled

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From this reading Sinking into a sweet slumber, and lulled by those harmonious sounds, our young patient passed a night of pleasant unconsciousness, and awoke in the morning to find a summer sun streaming in at the window, and his kind host and hostess smiling at his bed-curtains.

man's

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From this reading A faint image of a young person--of two young persons--with red cheeks and black waving locks, smiling round his couch, and suddenly departing thence, soon after he had come to himself, arose in the young man's mind.

mess

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From this reading He was ravenously hungry, and his doctor permitted him straightway to partake of a mess of chicken, which the doctor's wife told him had been prepared by the hands of one of her daughters.

mindnounUS /mind/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading A faint image of a young person--of two young persons--with red cheeks and black waving locks, smiling round his couch, and suddenly departing thence, soon after he had come to himself, arose in the young man's mind.

more

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From this reading Then, then, there returned the remembrance of a female--lovely, it is true, but more elderly--certainly considerably older--and with f----.

morningnounUS /morning/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading Sinking into a sweet slumber, and lulled by those harmonious sounds, our young patient passed a night of pleasant unconsciousness, and awoke in the morning to find a summer sun streaming in at the window, and his kind host and hostess smiling at his bed-curtains.

night

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From this reading Sinking into a sweet slumber, and lulled by those harmonious sounds, our young patient passed a night of pleasant unconsciousness, and awoke in the morning to find a summer sun streaming in at the window, and his kind host and hostess smiling at his bed-curtains.

ofprepositionUS /ʌv/

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

From this reading Sinking into a sweet slumber, and lulled by those harmonious sounds, our young patient passed a night of pleasant unconsciousness, and awoke in the morning to find a summer sun streaming in at the window, and his kind host and hostess smiling at his bed-curtains.

older

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From this reading Then, then, there returned the remembrance of a female--lovely, it is true, but more elderly--certainly considerably older--and with f----.

onepronounUS /wʌn/

used to mean any person in general, including the speaker

From this reading He was ravenously hungry, and his doctor permitted him straightway to partake of a mess of chicken, which the doctor's wife told him had been prepared by the hands of one of her daughters.

ourdeterminerUS /ˈaʊər/

belonging to the speaker and others

From this reading Sinking into a sweet slumber, and lulled by those harmonious sounds, our young patient passed a night of pleasant unconsciousness, and awoke in the morning to find a summer sun streaming in at the window, and his kind host and hostess smiling at his bed-curtains.

partake

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From this reading He was ravenously hungry, and his doctor permitted him straightway to partake of a mess of chicken, which the doctor's wife told him had been prepared by the hands of one of her daughters.

passednounUS /passed/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading Sinking into a sweet slumber, and lulled by those harmonious sounds, our young patient passed a night of pleasant unconsciousness, and awoke in the morning to find a summer sun streaming in at the window, and his kind host and hostess smiling at his bed-curtains.

patient

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From this reading Sinking into a sweet slumber, and lulled by those harmonious sounds, our young patient passed a night of pleasant unconsciousness, and awoke in the morning to find a summer sun streaming in at the window, and his kind host and hostess smiling at his bed-curtains.

permitted

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From this reading He was ravenously hungry, and his doctor permitted him straightway to partake of a mess of chicken, which the doctor's wife told him had been prepared by the hands of one of her daughters.

person

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From this reading A faint image of a young person--of two young persons--with red cheeks and black waving locks, smiling round his couch, and suddenly departing thence, soon after he had come to himself, arose in the young man's mind.

persons

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From this reading A faint image of a young person--of two young persons--with red cheeks and black waving locks, smiling round his couch, and suddenly departing thence, soon after he had come to himself, arose in the young man's mind.

pleasantnounUS /pleasant/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading Sinking into a sweet slumber, and lulled by those harmonious sounds, our young patient passed a night of pleasant unconsciousness, and awoke in the morning to find a summer sun streaming in at the window, and his kind host and hostess smiling at his bed-curtains.

prepared

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From this reading He was ravenously hungry, and his doctor permitted him straightway to partake of a mess of chicken, which the doctor's wife told him had been prepared by the hands of one of her daughters.

ravenously

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From this reading He was ravenously hungry, and his doctor permitted him straightway to partake of a mess of chicken, which the doctor's wife told him had been prepared by the hands of one of her daughters.

red

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From this reading A faint image of a young person--of two young persons--with red cheeks and black waving locks, smiling round his couch, and suddenly departing thence, soon after he had come to himself, arose in the young man's mind.

remembrance

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From this reading Then, then, there returned the remembrance of a female--lovely, it is true, but more elderly--certainly considerably older--and with f----.

returnednounUS /ˈreturned/

a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage

From this reading Then, then, there returned the remembrance of a female--lovely, it is true, but more elderly--certainly considerably older--and with f----.

round

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From this reading A faint image of a young person--of two young persons--with red cheeks and black waving locks, smiling round his couch, and suddenly departing thence, soon after he had come to himself, arose in the young man's mind.

Sinking

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From this reading Sinking into a sweet slumber, and lulled by those harmonious sounds, our young patient passed a night of pleasant unconsciousness, and awoke in the morning to find a summer sun streaming in at the window, and his kind host and hostess smiling at his bed-curtains.

slumber

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From this reading Sinking into a sweet slumber, and lulled by those harmonious sounds, our young patient passed a night of pleasant unconsciousness, and awoke in the morning to find a summer sun streaming in at the window, and his kind host and hostess smiling at his bed-curtains.

smiling

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From this reading Sinking into a sweet slumber, and lulled by those harmonious sounds, our young patient passed a night of pleasant unconsciousness, and awoke in the morning to find a summer sun streaming in at the window, and his kind host and hostess smiling at his bed-curtains.

soon

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From this reading A faint image of a young person--of two young persons--with red cheeks and black waving locks, smiling round his couch, and suddenly departing thence, soon after he had come to himself, arose in the young man's mind.

sounds

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From this reading Sinking into a sweet slumber, and lulled by those harmonious sounds, our young patient passed a night of pleasant unconsciousness, and awoke in the morning to find a summer sun streaming in at the window, and his kind host and hostess smiling at his bed-curtains.

straightway

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From this reading He was ravenously hungry, and his doctor permitted him straightway to partake of a mess of chicken, which the doctor's wife told him had been prepared by the hands of one of her daughters.

streaming

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From this reading Sinking into a sweet slumber, and lulled by those harmonious sounds, our young patient passed a night of pleasant unconsciousness, and awoke in the morning to find a summer sun streaming in at the window, and his kind host and hostess smiling at his bed-curtains.

suddenlynounUS /ˈsuddenly/

a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage

From this reading A faint image of a young person--of two young persons--with red cheeks and black waving locks, smiling round his couch, and suddenly departing thence, soon after he had come to himself, arose in the young man's mind.

summer

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From this reading Sinking into a sweet slumber, and lulled by those harmonious sounds, our young patient passed a night of pleasant unconsciousness, and awoke in the morning to find a summer sun streaming in at the window, and his kind host and hostess smiling at his bed-curtains.

sun

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From this reading Sinking into a sweet slumber, and lulled by those harmonious sounds, our young patient passed a night of pleasant unconsciousness, and awoke in the morning to find a summer sun streaming in at the window, and his kind host and hostess smiling at his bed-curtains.

sweet

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From this reading Sinking into a sweet slumber, and lulled by those harmonious sounds, our young patient passed a night of pleasant unconsciousness, and awoke in the morning to find a summer sun streaming in at the window, and his kind host and hostess smiling at his bed-curtains.

thedeterminerUS /ðə/

used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind

From this reading Sinking into a sweet slumber, and lulled by those harmonious sounds, our young patient passed a night of pleasant unconsciousness, and awoke in the morning to find a summer sun streaming in at the window, and his kind host and hostess smiling at his bed-curtains.

Then

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From this reading Then, then, there returned the remembrance of a female--lovely, it is true, but more elderly--certainly considerably older--and with f----.

thenceadverbUS /ðens/

from that place or that time

From this reading A faint image of a young person--of two young persons--with red cheeks and black waving locks, smiling round his couch, and suddenly departing thence, soon after he had come to himself, arose in the young man's mind.

there

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From this reading Then, then, there returned the remembrance of a female--lovely, it is true, but more elderly--certainly considerably older--and with f----.

thosedeterminerUS /ðoʊz/

the plural of “that”: the people or things further away, or already known

From this reading Sinking into a sweet slumber, and lulled by those harmonious sounds, our young patient passed a night of pleasant unconsciousness, and awoke in the morning to find a summer sun streaming in at the window, and his kind host and hostess smiling at his bed-curtains.

toparticleUS /tuː/

used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive

From this reading Sinking into a sweet slumber, and lulled by those harmonious sounds, our young patient passed a night of pleasant unconsciousness, and awoke in the morning to find a summer sun streaming in at the window, and his kind host and hostess smiling at his bed-curtains.

toldnounUS /told/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading He was ravenously hungry, and his doctor permitted him straightway to partake of a mess of chicken, which the doctor's wife told him had been prepared by the hands of one of her daughters.

true

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From this reading Then, then, there returned the remembrance of a female--lovely, it is true, but more elderly--certainly considerably older--and with f----.

two

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From this reading A faint image of a young person--of two young persons--with red cheeks and black waving locks, smiling round his couch, and suddenly departing thence, soon after he had come to himself, arose in the young man's mind.

unconsciousness

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From this reading Sinking into a sweet slumber, and lulled by those harmonious sounds, our young patient passed a night of pleasant unconsciousness, and awoke in the morning to find a summer sun streaming in at the window, and his kind host and hostess smiling at his bed-curtains.

wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/

the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun

From this reading He was ravenously hungry, and his doctor permitted him straightway to partake of a mess of chicken, which the doctor's wife told him had been prepared by the hands of one of her daughters.

waving

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From this reading A faint image of a young person--of two young persons--with red cheeks and black waving locks, smiling round his couch, and suddenly departing thence, soon after he had come to himself, arose in the young man's mind.

whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/

used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned

From this reading He was ravenously hungry, and his doctor permitted him straightway to partake of a mess of chicken, which the doctor's wife told him had been prepared by the hands of one of her daughters.

wife

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From this reading He was ravenously hungry, and his doctor permitted him straightway to partake of a mess of chicken, which the doctor's wife told him had been prepared by the hands of one of her daughters.

window

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From this reading Sinking into a sweet slumber, and lulled by those harmonious sounds, our young patient passed a night of pleasant unconsciousness, and awoke in the morning to find a summer sun streaming in at the window, and his kind host and hostess smiling at his bed-curtains.

withprepositionUS /wɪð/

in the company of; together with

From this reading A faint image of a young person--of two young persons--with red cheeks and black waving locks, smiling round his couch, and suddenly departing thence, soon after he had come to himself, arose in the young man's mind.

young

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From this reading Sinking into a sweet slumber, and lulled by those harmonious sounds, our young patient passed a night of pleasant unconsciousness, and awoke in the morning to find a summer sun streaming in at the window, and his kind host and hostess smiling at his bed-curtains.