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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 SCION OF KINGS The family at Morristown had been half an hour at table, and in the interval a man of more hasty judgment than Colonel Sullivan might have made up his mind on many points.
amongprepositionUS /əˈmʌŋ/
surrounded by; in the middle of a group
From this reading He knew that even in England a lad brought up among women was apt to develop a quarrelsome uncouthness, a bearishness, intolerable among men of the world.
andeterminerUS /æn/
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading A SCION OF KINGS The family at Morristown had been half an hour at table, and in the interval a man of more hasty judgment than Colonel Sullivan might have made up his mind on many points.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading A SCION OF KINGS The family at Morristown had been half an hour at table, and in the interval a man of more hasty judgment than Colonel Sullivan might have made up his mind on many points.
apt
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From this reading He knew that even in England a lad brought up among women was apt to develop a quarrelsome uncouthness, a bearishness, intolerable among men of the world.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading Whether the young McMurrough was offensive of set purpose, and because an unwelcome guest was present, or whether he merely showed himself as he was--an unlicked cub--such a man might have determined.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading A SCION OF KINGS The family at Morristown had been half an hour at table, and in the interval a man of more hasty judgment than Colonel Sullivan might have made up his mind on many points.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading How much more likely, he reflected, was this to be the case when the youth belonged to a proscribed race, and lived, a little chieftain among his peasants, in a district wild and remote, where for a league each way his will was law.
bearishness
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From this reading He knew that even in England a lad brought up among women was apt to develop a quarrelsome uncouthness, a bearishness, intolerable among men of the world.
becauseconjunctionUS /bɪˈkɔːz/
for the reason that
From this reading Whether the young McMurrough was offensive of set purpose, and because an unwelcome guest was present, or whether he merely showed himself as he was--an unlicked cub--such a man might have determined.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading A SCION OF KINGS The family at Morristown had been half an hour at table, and in the interval a man of more hasty judgment than Colonel Sullivan might have made up his mind on many points.
belonged
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From this reading How much more likely, he reflected, was this to be the case when the youth belonged to a proscribed race, and lived, a little chieftain among his peasants, in a district wild and remote, where for a league each way his will was law.
broughtnounUS /ˈbrought/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading He knew that even in England a lad brought up among women was apt to develop a quarrelsome uncouthness, a bearishness, intolerable among men of the world.
ButconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading But the Colonel held his judgment in suspense, though he leaned to the latter view of the case.
case
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From this reading But the Colonel held his judgment in suspense, though he leaned to the latter view of the case.
chieftain
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From this reading How much more likely, he reflected, was this to be the case when the youth belonged to a proscribed race, and lived, a little chieftain among his peasants, in a district wild and remote, where for a league each way his will was law.
Colonel
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From this reading A SCION OF KINGS The family at Morristown had been half an hour at table, and in the interval a man of more hasty judgment than Colonel Sullivan might have made up his mind on many points.
cub
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From this reading Whether the young McMurrough was offensive of set purpose, and because an unwelcome guest was present, or whether he merely showed himself as he was--an unlicked cub--such a man might have determined.
determinedadjectiveUS /dɪˈtɜrmɪnd/
having firmly decided to do something
From this reading Whether the young McMurrough was offensive of set purpose, and because an unwelcome guest was present, or whether he merely showed himself as he was--an unlicked cub--such a man might have determined.
develop
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From this reading He knew that even in England a lad brought up among women was apt to develop a quarrelsome uncouthness, a bearishness, intolerable among men of the world.
district
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From this reading How much more likely, he reflected, was this to be the case when the youth belonged to a proscribed race, and lived, a little chieftain among his peasants, in a district wild and remote, where for a league each way his will was law.
eachdeterminerUS /iːtʃ/
every one of two or more people or things, taken separately
From this reading How much more likely, he reflected, was this to be the case when the youth belonged to a proscribed race, and lived, a little chieftain among his peasants, in a district wild and remote, where for a league each way his will was law.
England
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From this reading He knew that even in England a lad brought up among women was apt to develop a quarrelsome uncouthness, a bearishness, intolerable among men of the world.
evennounUS /even/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading He knew that even in England a lad brought up among women was apt to develop a quarrelsome uncouthness, a bearishness, intolerable among men of the world.
family
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From this reading A SCION OF KINGS The family at Morristown had been half an hour at table, and in the interval a man of more hasty judgment than Colonel Sullivan might have made up his mind on many points.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading How much more likely, he reflected, was this to be the case when the youth belonged to a proscribed race, and lived, a little chieftain among his peasants, in a district wild and remote, where for a league each way his will was law.
guest
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From this reading Whether the young McMurrough was offensive of set purpose, and because an unwelcome guest was present, or whether he merely showed himself as he was--an unlicked cub--such a man might have determined.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading A SCION OF KINGS The family at Morristown had been half an hour at table, and in the interval a man of more hasty judgment than Colonel Sullivan might have made up his mind on many points.
halfnounUS /half/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading A SCION OF KINGS The family at Morristown had been half an hour at table, and in the interval a man of more hasty judgment than Colonel Sullivan might have made up his mind on many points.
hasty
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From this reading A SCION OF KINGS The family at Morristown had been half an hour at table, and in the interval a man of more hasty judgment than Colonel Sullivan might have made up his mind on many points.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading A SCION OF KINGS The family at Morristown had been half an hour at table, and in the interval a man of more hasty judgment than Colonel Sullivan might have made up his mind on many points.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Whether the young McMurrough was offensive of set purpose, and because an unwelcome guest was present, or whether he merely showed himself as he was--an unlicked cub--such a man might have determined.
held
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From this reading But the Colonel held his judgment in suspense, though he leaned to the latter view of the case.
himselfpronounUS /hɪmˈself/
used when the man or boy doing the action is also its object
From this reading Whether the young McMurrough was offensive of set purpose, and because an unwelcome guest was present, or whether he merely showed himself as he was--an unlicked cub--such a man might have determined.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading A SCION OF KINGS The family at Morristown had been half an hour at table, and in the interval a man of more hasty judgment than Colonel Sullivan might have made up his mind on many points.
hour
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From this reading A SCION OF KINGS The family at Morristown had been half an hour at table, and in the interval a man of more hasty judgment than Colonel Sullivan might have made up his mind on many points.
How
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From this reading How much more likely, he reflected, was this to be the case when the youth belonged to a proscribed race, and lived, a little chieftain among his peasants, in a district wild and remote, where for a league each way his will was law.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading A SCION OF KINGS The family at Morristown had been half an hour at table, and in the interval a man of more hasty judgment than Colonel Sullivan might have made up his mind on many points.
interval
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From this reading A SCION OF KINGS The family at Morristown had been half an hour at table, and in the interval a man of more hasty judgment than Colonel Sullivan might have made up his mind on many points.
intolerable
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From this reading He knew that even in England a lad brought up among women was apt to develop a quarrelsome uncouthness, a bearishness, intolerable among men of the world.
judgment
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From this reading A SCION OF KINGS The family at Morristown had been half an hour at table, and in the interval a man of more hasty judgment than Colonel Sullivan might have made up his mind on many points.
KINGS
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From this reading A SCION OF KINGS The family at Morristown had been half an hour at table, and in the interval a man of more hasty judgment than Colonel Sullivan might have made up his mind on many points.
knew
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From this reading He knew that even in England a lad brought up among women was apt to develop a quarrelsome uncouthness, a bearishness, intolerable among men of the world.
lad
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From this reading He knew that even in England a lad brought up among women was apt to develop a quarrelsome uncouthness, a bearishness, intolerable among men of the world.
latter
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From this reading But the Colonel held his judgment in suspense, though he leaned to the latter view of the case.
law
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From this reading How much more likely, he reflected, was this to be the case when the youth belonged to a proscribed race, and lived, a little chieftain among his peasants, in a district wild and remote, where for a league each way his will was law.
league
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From this reading How much more likely, he reflected, was this to be the case when the youth belonged to a proscribed race, and lived, a little chieftain among his peasants, in a district wild and remote, where for a league each way his will was law.
leaned
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From this reading But the Colonel held his judgment in suspense, though he leaned to the latter view of the case.
likely
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From this reading How much more likely, he reflected, was this to be the case when the youth belonged to a proscribed race, and lived, a little chieftain among his peasants, in a district wild and remote, where for a league each way his will was law.
littlenounUS /little/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading How much more likely, he reflected, was this to be the case when the youth belonged to a proscribed race, and lived, a little chieftain among his peasants, in a district wild and remote, where for a league each way his will was law.
lived
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From this reading How much more likely, he reflected, was this to be the case when the youth belonged to a proscribed race, and lived, a little chieftain among his peasants, in a district wild and remote, where for a league each way his will was law.
made
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From this reading A SCION OF KINGS The family at Morristown had been half an hour at table, and in the interval a man of more hasty judgment than Colonel Sullivan might have made up his mind on many points.
man
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From this reading A SCION OF KINGS The family at Morristown had been half an hour at table, and in the interval a man of more hasty judgment than Colonel Sullivan might have made up his mind on many points.
many
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From this reading A SCION OF KINGS The family at Morristown had been half an hour at table, and in the interval a man of more hasty judgment than Colonel Sullivan might have made up his mind on many points.
McMurrough
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From this reading Whether the young McMurrough was offensive of set purpose, and because an unwelcome guest was present, or whether he merely showed himself as he was--an unlicked cub--such a man might have determined.
men
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From this reading He knew that even in England a lad brought up among women was apt to develop a quarrelsome uncouthness, a bearishness, intolerable among men of the world.
merely
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From this reading Whether the young McMurrough was offensive of set purpose, and because an unwelcome guest was present, or whether he merely showed himself as he was--an unlicked cub--such a man might have determined.
mightmodal verbUS /maɪt/
used to say something is possible but not certain
From this reading A SCION OF KINGS The family at Morristown had been half an hour at table, and in the interval a man of more hasty judgment than Colonel Sullivan might have made up his mind on many points.
mindnounUS /mind/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading A SCION OF KINGS The family at Morristown had been half an hour at table, and in the interval a man of more hasty judgment than Colonel Sullivan might have made up his mind on many points.
more
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From this reading A SCION OF KINGS The family at Morristown had been half an hour at table, and in the interval a man of more hasty judgment than Colonel Sullivan might have made up his mind on many points.
Morristown
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From this reading A SCION OF KINGS The family at Morristown had been half an hour at table, and in the interval a man of more hasty judgment than Colonel Sullivan might have made up his mind on many points.
much
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From this reading How much more likely, he reflected, was this to be the case when the youth belonged to a proscribed race, and lived, a little chieftain among his peasants, in a district wild and remote, where for a league each way his will was law.
OFprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading A SCION OF KINGS The family at Morristown had been half an hour at table, and in the interval a man of more hasty judgment than Colonel Sullivan might have made up his mind on many points.
offensive
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From this reading Whether the young McMurrough was offensive of set purpose, and because an unwelcome guest was present, or whether he merely showed himself as he was--an unlicked cub--such a man might have determined.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading A SCION OF KINGS The family at Morristown had been half an hour at table, and in the interval a man of more hasty judgment than Colonel Sullivan might have made up his mind on many points.
orconjunctionUS /ɔːr/
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading Whether the young McMurrough was offensive of set purpose, and because an unwelcome guest was present, or whether he merely showed himself as he was--an unlicked cub--such a man might have determined.
peasants
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From this reading How much more likely, he reflected, was this to be the case when the youth belonged to a proscribed race, and lived, a little chieftain among his peasants, in a district wild and remote, where for a league each way his will was law.
points
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From this reading A SCION OF KINGS The family at Morristown had been half an hour at table, and in the interval a man of more hasty judgment than Colonel Sullivan might have made up his mind on many points.
present
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From this reading Whether the young McMurrough was offensive of set purpose, and because an unwelcome guest was present, or whether he merely showed himself as he was--an unlicked cub--such a man might have determined.
proscribed
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From this reading How much more likely, he reflected, was this to be the case when the youth belonged to a proscribed race, and lived, a little chieftain among his peasants, in a district wild and remote, where for a league each way his will was law.
purpose
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From this reading Whether the young McMurrough was offensive of set purpose, and because an unwelcome guest was present, or whether he merely showed himself as he was--an unlicked cub--such a man might have determined.
quarrelsome
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From this reading He knew that even in England a lad brought up among women was apt to develop a quarrelsome uncouthness, a bearishness, intolerable among men of the world.
race
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From this reading How much more likely, he reflected, was this to be the case when the youth belonged to a proscribed race, and lived, a little chieftain among his peasants, in a district wild and remote, where for a league each way his will was law.
reflected
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From this reading How much more likely, he reflected, was this to be the case when the youth belonged to a proscribed race, and lived, a little chieftain among his peasants, in a district wild and remote, where for a league each way his will was law.
remote
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From this reading How much more likely, he reflected, was this to be the case when the youth belonged to a proscribed race, and lived, a little chieftain among his peasants, in a district wild and remote, where for a league each way his will was law.
SCION
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From this reading A SCION OF KINGS The family at Morristown had been half an hour at table, and in the interval a man of more hasty judgment than Colonel Sullivan might have made up his mind on many points.
set
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From this reading Whether the young McMurrough was offensive of set purpose, and because an unwelcome guest was present, or whether he merely showed himself as he was--an unlicked cub--such a man might have determined.
showed
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From this reading Whether the young McMurrough was offensive of set purpose, and because an unwelcome guest was present, or whether he merely showed himself as he was--an unlicked cub--such a man might have determined.
suchdeterminerUS /sʌtʃ/
of the kind already mentioned
From this reading Whether the young McMurrough was offensive of set purpose, and because an unwelcome guest was present, or whether he merely showed himself as he was--an unlicked cub--such a man might have determined.
Sullivan
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From this reading A SCION OF KINGS The family at Morristown had been half an hour at table, and in the interval a man of more hasty judgment than Colonel Sullivan might have made up his mind on many points.
suspense
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From this reading But the Colonel held his judgment in suspense, though he leaned to the latter view of the case.
table
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From this reading A SCION OF KINGS The family at Morristown had been half an hour at table, and in the interval a man of more hasty judgment than Colonel Sullivan might have made up his mind on many points.
thanconjunctionUS /ðæn/
used to introduce the second part of a comparison
From this reading A SCION OF KINGS The family at Morristown had been half an hour at table, and in the interval a man of more hasty judgment than Colonel Sullivan might have made up his mind on many points.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading He knew that even in England a lad brought up among women was apt to develop a quarrelsome uncouthness, a bearishness, intolerable among men of the world.
ThedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading A SCION OF KINGS The family at Morristown had been half an hour at table, and in the interval a man of more hasty judgment than Colonel Sullivan might have made up his mind on many points.
thisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading How much more likely, he reflected, was this to be the case when the youth belonged to a proscribed race, and lived, a little chieftain among his peasants, in a district wild and remote, where for a league each way his will was law.
thoughconjunctionUS /ðoʊ/
in spite of the fact that
From this reading But the Colonel held his judgment in suspense, though he leaned to the latter view of the case.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading But the Colonel held his judgment in suspense, though he leaned to the latter view of the case.
uncouthness
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From this reading He knew that even in England a lad brought up among women was apt to develop a quarrelsome uncouthness, a bearishness, intolerable among men of the world.
unlicked
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From this reading Whether the young McMurrough was offensive of set purpose, and because an unwelcome guest was present, or whether he merely showed himself as he was--an unlicked cub--such a man might have determined.
unwelcome
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From this reading Whether the young McMurrough was offensive of set purpose, and because an unwelcome guest was present, or whether he merely showed himself as he was--an unlicked cub--such a man might have determined.
up
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From this reading A SCION OF KINGS The family at Morristown had been half an hour at table, and in the interval a man of more hasty judgment than Colonel Sullivan might have made up his mind on many points.
view
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From this reading But the Colonel held his judgment in suspense, though he leaned to the latter view of the case.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Whether the young McMurrough was offensive of set purpose, and because an unwelcome guest was present, or whether he merely showed himself as he was--an unlicked cub--such a man might have determined.
way
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From this reading How much more likely, he reflected, was this to be the case when the youth belonged to a proscribed race, and lived, a little chieftain among his peasants, in a district wild and remote, where for a league each way his will was law.
whenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading How much more likely, he reflected, was this to be the case when the youth belonged to a proscribed race, and lived, a little chieftain among his peasants, in a district wild and remote, where for a league each way his will was law.
whereconjunctionUS /wer/
in or at the place that
From this reading How much more likely, he reflected, was this to be the case when the youth belonged to a proscribed race, and lived, a little chieftain among his peasants, in a district wild and remote, where for a league each way his will was law.
WhetherconjunctionUS /ˈweðər/
used to introduce two or more possibilities
From this reading Whether the young McMurrough was offensive of set purpose, and because an unwelcome guest was present, or whether he merely showed himself as he was--an unlicked cub--such a man might have determined.
wild
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From this reading How much more likely, he reflected, was this to be the case when the youth belonged to a proscribed race, and lived, a little chieftain among his peasants, in a district wild and remote, where for a league each way his will was law.
willmodal verbUS /wɪl/
used to talk about the future, or about willingness
From this reading How much more likely, he reflected, was this to be the case when the youth belonged to a proscribed race, and lived, a little chieftain among his peasants, in a district wild and remote, where for a league each way his will was law.
women
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From this reading He knew that even in England a lad brought up among women was apt to develop a quarrelsome uncouthness, a bearishness, intolerable among men of the world.
world
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From this reading He knew that even in England a lad brought up among women was apt to develop a quarrelsome uncouthness, a bearishness, intolerable among men of the world.
young
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From this reading Whether the young McMurrough was offensive of set purpose, and because an unwelcome guest was present, or whether he merely showed himself as he was--an unlicked cub--such a man might have determined.
youth
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From this reading How much more likely, he reflected, was this to be the case when the youth belonged to a proscribed race, and lived, a little chieftain among his peasants, in a district wild and remote, where for a league each way his will was law.
