a
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From this reading Among the promises which Mrs. Ambrose had made her niece should she stay was a room cut off from the rest of the house, large, private—a room in which she could play, read, think, defy the world, a fortress as well as a sanctuary.
after
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From this reading Some days after the vision of the hotel by night she was sitting alone, sunk in an arm-chair, reading a brightly-covered red volume lettered on the back _Works of Henrik Ibsen_.
age
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From this reading Rooms, she knew, became more like worlds than rooms at the age of twenty-four.
aloneadjectiveUS /əˈloʊn/
Having no one else present.
From this reading Some days after the vision of the hotel by night she was sitting alone, sunk in an arm-chair, reading a brightly-covered red volume lettered on the back _Works of Henrik Ibsen_.
Ambrose
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Among
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an
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From this reading Her judgment was correct, and when she shut the door Rachel entered an enchanted place, where the poets sang and things fell into their right proportions.
and
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From this reading Her judgment was correct, and when she shut the door Rachel entered an enchanted place, where the poets sang and things fell into their right proportions.
arm-chair
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From this reading Some days after the vision of the hotel by night she was sitting alone, sunk in an arm-chair, reading a brightly-covered red volume lettered on the back _Works of Henrik Ibsen_.
as
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From this reading Among the promises which Mrs. Ambrose had made her niece should she stay was a room cut off from the rest of the house, large, private—a room in which she could play, read, think, defy the world, a fortress as well as a sanctuary.
at
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From this reading Rooms, she knew, became more like worlds than rooms at the age of twenty-four.
back
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From this reading Some days after the vision of the hotel by night she was sitting alone, sunk in an arm-chair, reading a brightly-covered red volume lettered on the back _Works of Henrik Ibsen_.
became
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booksnounUS /bʊks/
Bound written or printed works.
From this reading Music was open on the piano, and books of music rose in two jagged pillars on the floor; but for the moment music was deserted.
brightly-covered
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From this reading Some days after the vision of the hotel by night she was sitting alone, sunk in an arm-chair, reading a brightly-covered red volume lettered on the back _Works of Henrik Ibsen_.
but
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From this reading Music was open on the piano, and books of music rose in two jagged pillars on the floor; but for the moment music was deserted.
by
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From this reading Some days after the vision of the hotel by night she was sitting alone, sunk in an arm-chair, reading a brightly-covered red volume lettered on the back _Works of Henrik Ibsen_.
correct
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could
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From this reading Among the promises which Mrs. Ambrose had made her niece should she stay was a room cut off from the rest of the house, large, private—a room in which she could play, read, think, defy the world, a fortress as well as a sanctuary.
cut
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days
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From this reading Some days after the vision of the hotel by night she was sitting alone, sunk in an arm-chair, reading a brightly-covered red volume lettered on the back _Works of Henrik Ibsen_.
defy
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deserted
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From this reading Music was open on the piano, and books of music rose in two jagged pillars on the floor; but for the moment music was deserted.
door
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From this reading Her judgment was correct, and when she shut the door Rachel entered an enchanted place, where the poets sang and things fell into their right proportions.
enchantedadjectiveUS /ɪnˈtʃæn.tɪd/
Filled with or placed under the influence of magical power or charm.
From this reading Her judgment was correct, and when she shut the door Rachel entered an enchanted place, where the poets sang and things fell into their right proportions.
entered
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From this reading Her judgment was correct, and when she shut the door Rachel entered an enchanted place, where the poets sang and things fell into their right proportions.
fell
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From this reading Her judgment was correct, and when she shut the door Rachel entered an enchanted place, where the poets sang and things fell into their right proportions.
floor
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From this reading Music was open on the piano, and books of music rose in two jagged pillars on the floor; but for the moment music was deserted.
for
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From this reading Music was open on the piano, and books of music rose in two jagged pillars on the floor; but for the moment music was deserted.
fortress
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From this reading Among the promises which Mrs. Ambrose had made her niece should she stay was a room cut off from the rest of the house, large, private—a room in which she could play, read, think, defy the world, a fortress as well as a sanctuary.
from
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From this reading Among the promises which Mrs. Ambrose had made her niece should she stay was a room cut off from the rest of the house, large, private—a room in which she could play, read, think, defy the world, a fortress as well as a sanctuary.
had
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From this reading Among the promises which Mrs. Ambrose had made her niece should she stay was a room cut off from the rest of the house, large, private—a room in which she could play, read, think, defy the world, a fortress as well as a sanctuary.
Henrik
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From this reading Some days after the vision of the hotel by night she was sitting alone, sunk in an arm-chair, reading a brightly-covered red volume lettered on the back _Works of Henrik Ibsen_.
her
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From this reading Among the promises which Mrs. Ambrose had made her niece should she stay was a room cut off from the rest of the house, large, private—a room in which she could play, read, think, defy the world, a fortress as well as a sanctuary.
hotel
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From this reading Some days after the vision of the hotel by night she was sitting alone, sunk in an arm-chair, reading a brightly-covered red volume lettered on the back _Works of Henrik Ibsen_.
house
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From this reading Among the promises which Mrs. Ambrose had made her niece should she stay was a room cut off from the rest of the house, large, private—a room in which she could play, read, think, defy the world, a fortress as well as a sanctuary.
Ibsen
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From this reading Some days after the vision of the hotel by night she was sitting alone, sunk in an arm-chair, reading a brightly-covered red volume lettered on the back _Works of Henrik Ibsen_.
in
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From this reading Among the promises which Mrs. Ambrose had made her niece should she stay was a room cut off from the rest of the house, large, private—a room in which she could play, read, think, defy the world, a fortress as well as a sanctuary.
into
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From this reading Her judgment was correct, and when she shut the door Rachel entered an enchanted place, where the poets sang and things fell into their right proportions.
jagged
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From this reading Music was open on the piano, and books of music rose in two jagged pillars on the floor; but for the moment music was deserted.
judgment
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From this reading Her judgment was correct, and when she shut the door Rachel entered an enchanted place, where the poets sang and things fell into their right proportions.
knew
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From this reading Rooms, she knew, became more like worlds than rooms at the age of twenty-four.
large
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From this reading Among the promises which Mrs. Ambrose had made her niece should she stay was a room cut off from the rest of the house, large, private—a room in which she could play, read, think, defy the world, a fortress as well as a sanctuary.
lettered
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From this reading Some days after the vision of the hotel by night she was sitting alone, sunk in an arm-chair, reading a brightly-covered red volume lettered on the back _Works of Henrik Ibsen_.
like
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From this reading Rooms, she knew, became more like worlds than rooms at the age of twenty-four.
made
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From this reading Among the promises which Mrs. Ambrose had made her niece should she stay was a room cut off from the rest of the house, large, private—a room in which she could play, read, think, defy the world, a fortress as well as a sanctuary.
moment
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From this reading Music was open on the piano, and books of music rose in two jagged pillars on the floor; but for the moment music was deserted.
more
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From this reading Rooms, she knew, became more like worlds than rooms at the age of twenty-four.
Mrs
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From this reading Among the promises which Mrs. Ambrose had made her niece should she stay was a room cut off from the rest of the house, large, private—a room in which she could play, read, think, defy the world, a fortress as well as a sanctuary.
Music
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From this reading Music was open on the piano, and books of music rose in two jagged pillars on the floor; but for the moment music was deserted.
niece
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From this reading Among the promises which Mrs. Ambrose had made her niece should she stay was a room cut off from the rest of the house, large, private—a room in which she could play, read, think, defy the world, a fortress as well as a sanctuary.
night
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From this reading Some days after the vision of the hotel by night she was sitting alone, sunk in an arm-chair, reading a brightly-covered red volume lettered on the back _Works of Henrik Ibsen_.
of
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From this reading Among the promises which Mrs. Ambrose had made her niece should she stay was a room cut off from the rest of the house, large, private—a room in which she could play, read, think, defy the world, a fortress as well as a sanctuary.
off
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on
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From this reading Some days after the vision of the hotel by night she was sitting alone, sunk in an arm-chair, reading a brightly-covered red volume lettered on the back _Works of Henrik Ibsen_.
openverbUS /ˈoʊ.pən/
To move from a closed position.
From this reading Music was open on the piano, and books of music rose in two jagged pillars on the floor; but for the moment music was deserted.
piano
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From this reading Music was open on the piano, and books of music rose in two jagged pillars on the floor; but for the moment music was deserted.
pillars
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From this reading Music was open on the piano, and books of music rose in two jagged pillars on the floor; but for the moment music was deserted.
place
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From this reading Her judgment was correct, and when she shut the door Rachel entered an enchanted place, where the poets sang and things fell into their right proportions.
play
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From this reading Among the promises which Mrs. Ambrose had made her niece should she stay was a room cut off from the rest of the house, large, private—a room in which she could play, read, think, defy the world, a fortress as well as a sanctuary.
poets
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From this reading Her judgment was correct, and when she shut the door Rachel entered an enchanted place, where the poets sang and things fell into their right proportions.
private
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From this reading Among the promises which Mrs. Ambrose had made her niece should she stay was a room cut off from the rest of the house, large, private—a room in which she could play, read, think, defy the world, a fortress as well as a sanctuary.
promises
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From this reading Among the promises which Mrs. Ambrose had made her niece should she stay was a room cut off from the rest of the house, large, private—a room in which she could play, read, think, defy the world, a fortress as well as a sanctuary.
proportions
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From this reading Her judgment was correct, and when she shut the door Rachel entered an enchanted place, where the poets sang and things fell into their right proportions.
Rachel
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From this reading Her judgment was correct, and when she shut the door Rachel entered an enchanted place, where the poets sang and things fell into their right proportions.
read
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From this reading Among the promises which Mrs. Ambrose had made her niece should she stay was a room cut off from the rest of the house, large, private—a room in which she could play, read, think, defy the world, a fortress as well as a sanctuary.
reading
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From this reading Some days after the vision of the hotel by night she was sitting alone, sunk in an arm-chair, reading a brightly-covered red volume lettered on the back _Works of Henrik Ibsen_.
red
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From this reading Some days after the vision of the hotel by night she was sitting alone, sunk in an arm-chair, reading a brightly-covered red volume lettered on the back _Works of Henrik Ibsen_.
rest
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From this reading Among the promises which Mrs. Ambrose had made her niece should she stay was a room cut off from the rest of the house, large, private—a room in which she could play, read, think, defy the world, a fortress as well as a sanctuary.
right
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From this reading Her judgment was correct, and when she shut the door Rachel entered an enchanted place, where the poets sang and things fell into their right proportions.
room
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From this reading Among the promises which Mrs. Ambrose had made her niece should she stay was a room cut off from the rest of the house, large, private—a room in which she could play, read, think, defy the world, a fortress as well as a sanctuary.
Rooms
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From this reading Rooms, she knew, became more like worlds than rooms at the age of twenty-four.
rose
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From this reading Music was open on the piano, and books of music rose in two jagged pillars on the floor; but for the moment music was deserted.
sanctuarynounUS /ˈsæŋk.tʃu.er.i/
A place of safety, refuge, or holy retreat within the academy.
From this reading Among the promises which Mrs. Ambrose had made her niece should she stay was a room cut off from the rest of the house, large, private—a room in which she could play, read, think, defy the world, a fortress as well as a sanctuary.
sang
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From this reading Her judgment was correct, and when she shut the door Rachel entered an enchanted place, where the poets sang and things fell into their right proportions.
she
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From this reading Among the promises which Mrs. Ambrose had made her niece should she stay was a room cut off from the rest of the house, large, private—a room in which she could play, read, think, defy the world, a fortress as well as a sanctuary.
should
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From this reading Among the promises which Mrs. Ambrose had made her niece should she stay was a room cut off from the rest of the house, large, private—a room in which she could play, read, think, defy the world, a fortress as well as a sanctuary.
shut
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From this reading Her judgment was correct, and when she shut the door Rachel entered an enchanted place, where the poets sang and things fell into their right proportions.
sitting
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From this reading Some days after the vision of the hotel by night she was sitting alone, sunk in an arm-chair, reading a brightly-covered red volume lettered on the back _Works of Henrik Ibsen_.
Some
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From this reading Some days after the vision of the hotel by night she was sitting alone, sunk in an arm-chair, reading a brightly-covered red volume lettered on the back _Works of Henrik Ibsen_.
stay
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From this reading Among the promises which Mrs. Ambrose had made her niece should she stay was a room cut off from the rest of the house, large, private—a room in which she could play, read, think, defy the world, a fortress as well as a sanctuary.
sunk
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From this reading Some days after the vision of the hotel by night she was sitting alone, sunk in an arm-chair, reading a brightly-covered red volume lettered on the back _Works of Henrik Ibsen_.
than
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From this reading Rooms, she knew, became more like worlds than rooms at the age of twenty-four.
the
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From this reading Among the promises which Mrs. Ambrose had made her niece should she stay was a room cut off from the rest of the house, large, private—a room in which she could play, read, think, defy the world, a fortress as well as a sanctuary.
their
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From this reading Her judgment was correct, and when she shut the door Rachel entered an enchanted place, where the poets sang and things fell into their right proportions.
things
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From this reading Her judgment was correct, and when she shut the door Rachel entered an enchanted place, where the poets sang and things fell into their right proportions.
think
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From this reading Among the promises which Mrs. Ambrose had made her niece should she stay was a room cut off from the rest of the house, large, private—a room in which she could play, read, think, defy the world, a fortress as well as a sanctuary.
twenty-four
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From this reading Rooms, she knew, became more like worlds than rooms at the age of twenty-four.
two
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From this reading Music was open on the piano, and books of music rose in two jagged pillars on the floor; but for the moment music was deserted.
vision
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From this reading Some days after the vision of the hotel by night she was sitting alone, sunk in an arm-chair, reading a brightly-covered red volume lettered on the back _Works of Henrik Ibsen_.
volume
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From this reading Some days after the vision of the hotel by night she was sitting alone, sunk in an arm-chair, reading a brightly-covered red volume lettered on the back _Works of Henrik Ibsen_.
was
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From this reading Among the promises which Mrs. Ambrose had made her niece should she stay was a room cut off from the rest of the house, large, private—a room in which she could play, read, think, defy the world, a fortress as well as a sanctuary.
well
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From this reading Among the promises which Mrs. Ambrose had made her niece should she stay was a room cut off from the rest of the house, large, private—a room in which she could play, read, think, defy the world, a fortress as well as a sanctuary.
when
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From this reading Her judgment was correct, and when she shut the door Rachel entered an enchanted place, where the poets sang and things fell into their right proportions.
where
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From this reading Her judgment was correct, and when she shut the door Rachel entered an enchanted place, where the poets sang and things fell into their right proportions.
which
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From this reading Among the promises which Mrs. Ambrose had made her niece should she stay was a room cut off from the rest of the house, large, private—a room in which she could play, read, think, defy the world, a fortress as well as a sanctuary.
Works
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From this reading Some days after the vision of the hotel by night she was sitting alone, sunk in an arm-chair, reading a brightly-covered red volume lettered on the back _Works of Henrik Ibsen_.
world
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From this reading Among the promises which Mrs. Ambrose had made her niece should she stay was a room cut off from the rest of the house, large, private—a room in which she could play, read, think, defy the world, a fortress as well as a sanctuary.
worlds
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From this reading Rooms, she knew, became more like worlds than rooms at the age of twenty-four.
