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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 Author _of_ "The Bushwhackers," "The Prophet of the Great Smoky Mountains," "The Amulet," "A Spectre of Power," "In the Stranger-People's Country," etc.
aboutprepositionUS /əˈbaʊt/
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading Despite his buoyant optimism Hilary Lloyd could but quail as he looked about him.
againstprepositionUS /əˈɡenst/
touching and pressing; in opposition to
From this reading The vast uninhabited heights of the encompassing Great Smoky Mountains, green, purple and bronze, seeming to his theatrical sense magnificently posed against the turquoise background of further ranges, glimpsed through clifty defiles and almost touching the differing translucent blue of the sapphire sky; the river, crag-bound, crystal-clear, with an arrowy swiftness; the forest, dense beyond any computation, gigantic of growths, redundantly rich of foliage, and gorgeous with autumnal tints--all were as revelations to his half-stunned mind.
all
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From this reading The vast uninhabited heights of the encompassing Great Smoky Mountains, green, purple and bronze, seeming to his theatrical sense magnificently posed against the turquoise background of further ranges, glimpsed through clifty defiles and almost touching the differing translucent blue of the sapphire sky; the river, crag-bound, crystal-clear, with an arrowy swiftness; the forest, dense beyond any computation, gigantic of growths, redundantly rich of foliage, and gorgeous with autumnal tints--all were as revelations to his half-stunned mind.
almost
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From this reading The vast uninhabited heights of the encompassing Great Smoky Mountains, green, purple and bronze, seeming to his theatrical sense magnificently posed against the turquoise background of further ranges, glimpsed through clifty defiles and almost touching the differing translucent blue of the sapphire sky; the river, crag-bound, crystal-clear, with an arrowy swiftness; the forest, dense beyond any computation, gigantic of growths, redundantly rich of foliage, and gorgeous with autumnal tints--all were as revelations to his half-stunned mind.
Amulet
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From this reading Author _of_ "The Bushwhackers," "The Prophet of the Great Smoky Mountains," "The Amulet," "A Spectre of Power," "In the Stranger-People's Country," etc.
andeterminerUS /æn/
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading The vast uninhabited heights of the encompassing Great Smoky Mountains, green, purple and bronze, seeming to his theatrical sense magnificently posed against the turquoise background of further ranges, glimpsed through clifty defiles and almost touching the differing translucent blue of the sapphire sky; the river, crag-bound, crystal-clear, with an arrowy swiftness; the forest, dense beyond any computation, gigantic of growths, redundantly rich of foliage, and gorgeous with autumnal tints--all were as revelations to his half-stunned mind.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading The vast uninhabited heights of the encompassing Great Smoky Mountains, green, purple and bronze, seeming to his theatrical sense magnificently posed against the turquoise background of further ranges, glimpsed through clifty defiles and almost touching the differing translucent blue of the sapphire sky; the river, crag-bound, crystal-clear, with an arrowy swiftness; the forest, dense beyond any computation, gigantic of growths, redundantly rich of foliage, and gorgeous with autumnal tints--all were as revelations to his half-stunned mind.
any
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From this reading The vast uninhabited heights of the encompassing Great Smoky Mountains, green, purple and bronze, seeming to his theatrical sense magnificently posed against the turquoise background of further ranges, glimpsed through clifty defiles and almost touching the differing translucent blue of the sapphire sky; the river, crag-bound, crystal-clear, with an arrowy swiftness; the forest, dense beyond any computation, gigantic of growths, redundantly rich of foliage, and gorgeous with autumnal tints--all were as revelations to his half-stunned mind.
arrowy
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From this reading The vast uninhabited heights of the encompassing Great Smoky Mountains, green, purple and bronze, seeming to his theatrical sense magnificently posed against the turquoise background of further ranges, glimpsed through clifty defiles and almost touching the differing translucent blue of the sapphire sky; the river, crag-bound, crystal-clear, with an arrowy swiftness; the forest, dense beyond any computation, gigantic of growths, redundantly rich of foliage, and gorgeous with autumnal tints--all were as revelations to his half-stunned mind.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading Despite his buoyant optimism Hilary Lloyd could but quail as he looked about him.
Author
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From this reading Author _of_ "The Bushwhackers," "The Prophet of the Great Smoky Mountains," "The Amulet," "A Spectre of Power," "In the Stranger-People's Country," etc.
autumnal
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From this reading The vast uninhabited heights of the encompassing Great Smoky Mountains, green, purple and bronze, seeming to his theatrical sense magnificently posed against the turquoise background of further ranges, glimpsed through clifty defiles and almost touching the differing translucent blue of the sapphire sky; the river, crag-bound, crystal-clear, with an arrowy swiftness; the forest, dense beyond any computation, gigantic of growths, redundantly rich of foliage, and gorgeous with autumnal tints--all were as revelations to his half-stunned mind.
background
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From this reading The vast uninhabited heights of the encompassing Great Smoky Mountains, green, purple and bronze, seeming to his theatrical sense magnificently posed against the turquoise background of further ranges, glimpsed through clifty defiles and almost touching the differing translucent blue of the sapphire sky; the river, crag-bound, crystal-clear, with an arrowy swiftness; the forest, dense beyond any computation, gigantic of growths, redundantly rich of foliage, and gorgeous with autumnal tints--all were as revelations to his half-stunned mind.
beyondprepositionUS /bɪˈɑːnd/
on the far side of; further than
From this reading The vast uninhabited heights of the encompassing Great Smoky Mountains, green, purple and bronze, seeming to his theatrical sense magnificently posed against the turquoise background of further ranges, glimpsed through clifty defiles and almost touching the differing translucent blue of the sapphire sky; the river, crag-bound, crystal-clear, with an arrowy swiftness; the forest, dense beyond any computation, gigantic of growths, redundantly rich of foliage, and gorgeous with autumnal tints--all were as revelations to his half-stunned mind.
blue
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From this reading The vast uninhabited heights of the encompassing Great Smoky Mountains, green, purple and bronze, seeming to his theatrical sense magnificently posed against the turquoise background of further ranges, glimpsed through clifty defiles and almost touching the differing translucent blue of the sapphire sky; the river, crag-bound, crystal-clear, with an arrowy swiftness; the forest, dense beyond any computation, gigantic of growths, redundantly rich of foliage, and gorgeous with autumnal tints--all were as revelations to his half-stunned mind.
bronze
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From this reading The vast uninhabited heights of the encompassing Great Smoky Mountains, green, purple and bronze, seeming to his theatrical sense magnificently posed against the turquoise background of further ranges, glimpsed through clifty defiles and almost touching the differing translucent blue of the sapphire sky; the river, crag-bound, crystal-clear, with an arrowy swiftness; the forest, dense beyond any computation, gigantic of growths, redundantly rich of foliage, and gorgeous with autumnal tints--all were as revelations to his half-stunned mind.
buoyantadjectiveUS /ˈbɔɪənt/
able to float or rise easily in water
From this reading Despite his buoyant optimism Hilary Lloyd could but quail as he looked about him.
Bushwhackers
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From this reading Author _of_ "The Bushwhackers," "The Prophet of the Great Smoky Mountains," "The Amulet," "A Spectre of Power," "In the Stranger-People's Country," etc.
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading Despite his buoyant optimism Hilary Lloyd could but quail as he looked about him.
clifty
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From this reading The vast uninhabited heights of the encompassing Great Smoky Mountains, green, purple and bronze, seeming to his theatrical sense magnificently posed against the turquoise background of further ranges, glimpsed through clifty defiles and almost touching the differing translucent blue of the sapphire sky; the river, crag-bound, crystal-clear, with an arrowy swiftness; the forest, dense beyond any computation, gigantic of growths, redundantly rich of foliage, and gorgeous with autumnal tints--all were as revelations to his half-stunned mind.
computation
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From this reading The vast uninhabited heights of the encompassing Great Smoky Mountains, green, purple and bronze, seeming to his theatrical sense magnificently posed against the turquoise background of further ranges, glimpsed through clifty defiles and almost touching the differing translucent blue of the sapphire sky; the river, crag-bound, crystal-clear, with an arrowy swiftness; the forest, dense beyond any computation, gigantic of growths, redundantly rich of foliage, and gorgeous with autumnal tints--all were as revelations to his half-stunned mind.
couldmodal verbUS /kʊd/
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading Despite his buoyant optimism Hilary Lloyd could but quail as he looked about him.
Country
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From this reading Author _of_ "The Bushwhackers," "The Prophet of the Great Smoky Mountains," "The Amulet," "A Spectre of Power," "In the Stranger-People's Country," etc.
crag-bound
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From this reading The vast uninhabited heights of the encompassing Great Smoky Mountains, green, purple and bronze, seeming to his theatrical sense magnificently posed against the turquoise background of further ranges, glimpsed through clifty defiles and almost touching the differing translucent blue of the sapphire sky; the river, crag-bound, crystal-clear, with an arrowy swiftness; the forest, dense beyond any computation, gigantic of growths, redundantly rich of foliage, and gorgeous with autumnal tints--all were as revelations to his half-stunned mind.
crystal-clear
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From this reading The vast uninhabited heights of the encompassing Great Smoky Mountains, green, purple and bronze, seeming to his theatrical sense magnificently posed against the turquoise background of further ranges, glimpsed through clifty defiles and almost touching the differing translucent blue of the sapphire sky; the river, crag-bound, crystal-clear, with an arrowy swiftness; the forest, dense beyond any computation, gigantic of growths, redundantly rich of foliage, and gorgeous with autumnal tints--all were as revelations to his half-stunned mind.
defiles
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From this reading The vast uninhabited heights of the encompassing Great Smoky Mountains, green, purple and bronze, seeming to his theatrical sense magnificently posed against the turquoise background of further ranges, glimpsed through clifty defiles and almost touching the differing translucent blue of the sapphire sky; the river, crag-bound, crystal-clear, with an arrowy swiftness; the forest, dense beyond any computation, gigantic of growths, redundantly rich of foliage, and gorgeous with autumnal tints--all were as revelations to his half-stunned mind.
dense
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From this reading The vast uninhabited heights of the encompassing Great Smoky Mountains, green, purple and bronze, seeming to his theatrical sense magnificently posed against the turquoise background of further ranges, glimpsed through clifty defiles and almost touching the differing translucent blue of the sapphire sky; the river, crag-bound, crystal-clear, with an arrowy swiftness; the forest, dense beyond any computation, gigantic of growths, redundantly rich of foliage, and gorgeous with autumnal tints--all were as revelations to his half-stunned mind.
DespiteprepositionUS /dɪˈspaɪt/
although something is true; in spite of
From this reading Despite his buoyant optimism Hilary Lloyd could but quail as he looked about him.
differing
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From this reading The vast uninhabited heights of the encompassing Great Smoky Mountains, green, purple and bronze, seeming to his theatrical sense magnificently posed against the turquoise background of further ranges, glimpsed through clifty defiles and almost touching the differing translucent blue of the sapphire sky; the river, crag-bound, crystal-clear, with an arrowy swiftness; the forest, dense beyond any computation, gigantic of growths, redundantly rich of foliage, and gorgeous with autumnal tints--all were as revelations to his half-stunned mind.
dreamed
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From this reading He had never dreamed of the natural wealth, the splendid extent, the picturesque values of this region.
encompassing
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From this reading The vast uninhabited heights of the encompassing Great Smoky Mountains, green, purple and bronze, seeming to his theatrical sense magnificently posed against the turquoise background of further ranges, glimpsed through clifty defiles and almost touching the differing translucent blue of the sapphire sky; the river, crag-bound, crystal-clear, with an arrowy swiftness; the forest, dense beyond any computation, gigantic of growths, redundantly rich of foliage, and gorgeous with autumnal tints--all were as revelations to his half-stunned mind.
etc
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From this reading Author _of_ "The Bushwhackers," "The Prophet of the Great Smoky Mountains," "The Amulet," "A Spectre of Power," "In the Stranger-People's Country," etc.
extent
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From this reading He had never dreamed of the natural wealth, the splendid extent, the picturesque values of this region.
failed
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From this reading His imagination flagged, failed.
flagged
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From this reading His imagination flagged, failed.
foliage
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From this reading The vast uninhabited heights of the encompassing Great Smoky Mountains, green, purple and bronze, seeming to his theatrical sense magnificently posed against the turquoise background of further ranges, glimpsed through clifty defiles and almost touching the differing translucent blue of the sapphire sky; the river, crag-bound, crystal-clear, with an arrowy swiftness; the forest, dense beyond any computation, gigantic of growths, redundantly rich of foliage, and gorgeous with autumnal tints--all were as revelations to his half-stunned mind.
forest
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From this reading The vast uninhabited heights of the encompassing Great Smoky Mountains, green, purple and bronze, seeming to his theatrical sense magnificently posed against the turquoise background of further ranges, glimpsed through clifty defiles and almost touching the differing translucent blue of the sapphire sky; the river, crag-bound, crystal-clear, with an arrowy swiftness; the forest, dense beyond any computation, gigantic of growths, redundantly rich of foliage, and gorgeous with autumnal tints--all were as revelations to his half-stunned mind.
further
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From this reading The vast uninhabited heights of the encompassing Great Smoky Mountains, green, purple and bronze, seeming to his theatrical sense magnificently posed against the turquoise background of further ranges, glimpsed through clifty defiles and almost touching the differing translucent blue of the sapphire sky; the river, crag-bound, crystal-clear, with an arrowy swiftness; the forest, dense beyond any computation, gigantic of growths, redundantly rich of foliage, and gorgeous with autumnal tints--all were as revelations to his half-stunned mind.
gigantic
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From this reading The vast uninhabited heights of the encompassing Great Smoky Mountains, green, purple and bronze, seeming to his theatrical sense magnificently posed against the turquoise background of further ranges, glimpsed through clifty defiles and almost touching the differing translucent blue of the sapphire sky; the river, crag-bound, crystal-clear, with an arrowy swiftness; the forest, dense beyond any computation, gigantic of growths, redundantly rich of foliage, and gorgeous with autumnal tints--all were as revelations to his half-stunned mind.
glimpsed
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From this reading The vast uninhabited heights of the encompassing Great Smoky Mountains, green, purple and bronze, seeming to his theatrical sense magnificently posed against the turquoise background of further ranges, glimpsed through clifty defiles and almost touching the differing translucent blue of the sapphire sky; the river, crag-bound, crystal-clear, with an arrowy swiftness; the forest, dense beyond any computation, gigantic of growths, redundantly rich of foliage, and gorgeous with autumnal tints--all were as revelations to his half-stunned mind.
gorgeous
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From this reading The vast uninhabited heights of the encompassing Great Smoky Mountains, green, purple and bronze, seeming to his theatrical sense magnificently posed against the turquoise background of further ranges, glimpsed through clifty defiles and almost touching the differing translucent blue of the sapphire sky; the river, crag-bound, crystal-clear, with an arrowy swiftness; the forest, dense beyond any computation, gigantic of growths, redundantly rich of foliage, and gorgeous with autumnal tints--all were as revelations to his half-stunned mind.
GreatnounUS /great/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Author _of_ "The Bushwhackers," "The Prophet of the Great Smoky Mountains," "The Amulet," "A Spectre of Power," "In the Stranger-People's Country," etc.
green
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From this reading The vast uninhabited heights of the encompassing Great Smoky Mountains, green, purple and bronze, seeming to his theatrical sense magnificently posed against the turquoise background of further ranges, glimpsed through clifty defiles and almost touching the differing translucent blue of the sapphire sky; the river, crag-bound, crystal-clear, with an arrowy swiftness; the forest, dense beyond any computation, gigantic of growths, redundantly rich of foliage, and gorgeous with autumnal tints--all were as revelations to his half-stunned mind.
growths
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From this reading The vast uninhabited heights of the encompassing Great Smoky Mountains, green, purple and bronze, seeming to his theatrical sense magnificently posed against the turquoise background of further ranges, glimpsed through clifty defiles and almost touching the differing translucent blue of the sapphire sky; the river, crag-bound, crystal-clear, with an arrowy swiftness; the forest, dense beyond any computation, gigantic of growths, redundantly rich of foliage, and gorgeous with autumnal tints--all were as revelations to his half-stunned mind.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading He had never dreamed of the natural wealth, the splendid extent, the picturesque values of this region.
half-stunned
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From this reading The vast uninhabited heights of the encompassing Great Smoky Mountains, green, purple and bronze, seeming to his theatrical sense magnificently posed against the turquoise background of further ranges, glimpsed through clifty defiles and almost touching the differing translucent blue of the sapphire sky; the river, crag-bound, crystal-clear, with an arrowy swiftness; the forest, dense beyond any computation, gigantic of growths, redundantly rich of foliage, and gorgeous with autumnal tints--all were as revelations to his half-stunned mind.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Despite his buoyant optimism Hilary Lloyd could but quail as he looked about him.
heights
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From this reading The vast uninhabited heights of the encompassing Great Smoky Mountains, green, purple and bronze, seeming to his theatrical sense magnificently posed against the turquoise background of further ranges, glimpsed through clifty defiles and almost touching the differing translucent blue of the sapphire sky; the river, crag-bound, crystal-clear, with an arrowy swiftness; the forest, dense beyond any computation, gigantic of growths, redundantly rich of foliage, and gorgeous with autumnal tints--all were as revelations to his half-stunned mind.
Hilary
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From this reading Despite his buoyant optimism Hilary Lloyd could but quail as he looked about him.
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Despite his buoyant optimism Hilary Lloyd could but quail as he looked about him.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Despite his buoyant optimism Hilary Lloyd could but quail as he looked about him.
imagination
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From this reading His imagination flagged, failed.
InprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Author _of_ "The Bushwhackers," "The Prophet of the Great Smoky Mountains," "The Amulet," "A Spectre of Power," "In the Stranger-People's Country," etc.
Lloyd
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From this reading Despite his buoyant optimism Hilary Lloyd could but quail as he looked about him.
lookednounUS /looked/
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From this reading Despite his buoyant optimism Hilary Lloyd could but quail as he looked about him.
magnificently
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From this reading The vast uninhabited heights of the encompassing Great Smoky Mountains, green, purple and bronze, seeming to his theatrical sense magnificently posed against the turquoise background of further ranges, glimpsed through clifty defiles and almost touching the differing translucent blue of the sapphire sky; the river, crag-bound, crystal-clear, with an arrowy swiftness; the forest, dense beyond any computation, gigantic of growths, redundantly rich of foliage, and gorgeous with autumnal tints--all were as revelations to his half-stunned mind.
mindnounUS /mind/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The vast uninhabited heights of the encompassing Great Smoky Mountains, green, purple and bronze, seeming to his theatrical sense magnificently posed against the turquoise background of further ranges, glimpsed through clifty defiles and almost touching the differing translucent blue of the sapphire sky; the river, crag-bound, crystal-clear, with an arrowy swiftness; the forest, dense beyond any computation, gigantic of growths, redundantly rich of foliage, and gorgeous with autumnal tints--all were as revelations to his half-stunned mind.
Mountains
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From this reading Author _of_ "The Bushwhackers," "The Prophet of the Great Smoky Mountains," "The Amulet," "A Spectre of Power," "In the Stranger-People's Country," etc.
natural
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From this reading He had never dreamed of the natural wealth, the splendid extent, the picturesque values of this region.
nevernounUS /never/
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From this reading He had never dreamed of the natural wealth, the splendid extent, the picturesque values of this region.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Author _of_ "The Bushwhackers," "The Prophet of the Great Smoky Mountains," "The Amulet," "A Spectre of Power," "In the Stranger-People's Country," etc.
optimism
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From this reading Despite his buoyant optimism Hilary Lloyd could but quail as he looked about him.
picturesque
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From this reading He had never dreamed of the natural wealth, the splendid extent, the picturesque values of this region.
posed
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From this reading The vast uninhabited heights of the encompassing Great Smoky Mountains, green, purple and bronze, seeming to his theatrical sense magnificently posed against the turquoise background of further ranges, glimpsed through clifty defiles and almost touching the differing translucent blue of the sapphire sky; the river, crag-bound, crystal-clear, with an arrowy swiftness; the forest, dense beyond any computation, gigantic of growths, redundantly rich of foliage, and gorgeous with autumnal tints--all were as revelations to his half-stunned mind.
Power
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From this reading Author _of_ "The Bushwhackers," "The Prophet of the Great Smoky Mountains," "The Amulet," "A Spectre of Power," "In the Stranger-People's Country," etc.
Prophet
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From this reading Author _of_ "The Bushwhackers," "The Prophet of the Great Smoky Mountains," "The Amulet," "A Spectre of Power," "In the Stranger-People's Country," etc.
purple
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From this reading The vast uninhabited heights of the encompassing Great Smoky Mountains, green, purple and bronze, seeming to his theatrical sense magnificently posed against the turquoise background of further ranges, glimpsed through clifty defiles and almost touching the differing translucent blue of the sapphire sky; the river, crag-bound, crystal-clear, with an arrowy swiftness; the forest, dense beyond any computation, gigantic of growths, redundantly rich of foliage, and gorgeous with autumnal tints--all were as revelations to his half-stunned mind.
quail
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From this reading Despite his buoyant optimism Hilary Lloyd could but quail as he looked about him.
ranges
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From this reading The vast uninhabited heights of the encompassing Great Smoky Mountains, green, purple and bronze, seeming to his theatrical sense magnificently posed against the turquoise background of further ranges, glimpsed through clifty defiles and almost touching the differing translucent blue of the sapphire sky; the river, crag-bound, crystal-clear, with an arrowy swiftness; the forest, dense beyond any computation, gigantic of growths, redundantly rich of foliage, and gorgeous with autumnal tints--all were as revelations to his half-stunned mind.
redundantly
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From this reading The vast uninhabited heights of the encompassing Great Smoky Mountains, green, purple and bronze, seeming to his theatrical sense magnificently posed against the turquoise background of further ranges, glimpsed through clifty defiles and almost touching the differing translucent blue of the sapphire sky; the river, crag-bound, crystal-clear, with an arrowy swiftness; the forest, dense beyond any computation, gigantic of growths, redundantly rich of foliage, and gorgeous with autumnal tints--all were as revelations to his half-stunned mind.
region
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From this reading He had never dreamed of the natural wealth, the splendid extent, the picturesque values of this region.
revelations
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From this reading The vast uninhabited heights of the encompassing Great Smoky Mountains, green, purple and bronze, seeming to his theatrical sense magnificently posed against the turquoise background of further ranges, glimpsed through clifty defiles and almost touching the differing translucent blue of the sapphire sky; the river, crag-bound, crystal-clear, with an arrowy swiftness; the forest, dense beyond any computation, gigantic of growths, redundantly rich of foliage, and gorgeous with autumnal tints--all were as revelations to his half-stunned mind.
rich
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From this reading The vast uninhabited heights of the encompassing Great Smoky Mountains, green, purple and bronze, seeming to his theatrical sense magnificently posed against the turquoise background of further ranges, glimpsed through clifty defiles and almost touching the differing translucent blue of the sapphire sky; the river, crag-bound, crystal-clear, with an arrowy swiftness; the forest, dense beyond any computation, gigantic of growths, redundantly rich of foliage, and gorgeous with autumnal tints--all were as revelations to his half-stunned mind.
river
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From this reading The vast uninhabited heights of the encompassing Great Smoky Mountains, green, purple and bronze, seeming to his theatrical sense magnificently posed against the turquoise background of further ranges, glimpsed through clifty defiles and almost touching the differing translucent blue of the sapphire sky; the river, crag-bound, crystal-clear, with an arrowy swiftness; the forest, dense beyond any computation, gigantic of growths, redundantly rich of foliage, and gorgeous with autumnal tints--all were as revelations to his half-stunned mind.
sapphire
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From this reading The vast uninhabited heights of the encompassing Great Smoky Mountains, green, purple and bronze, seeming to his theatrical sense magnificently posed against the turquoise background of further ranges, glimpsed through clifty defiles and almost touching the differing translucent blue of the sapphire sky; the river, crag-bound, crystal-clear, with an arrowy swiftness; the forest, dense beyond any computation, gigantic of growths, redundantly rich of foliage, and gorgeous with autumnal tints--all were as revelations to his half-stunned mind.
seeming
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From this reading The vast uninhabited heights of the encompassing Great Smoky Mountains, green, purple and bronze, seeming to his theatrical sense magnificently posed against the turquoise background of further ranges, glimpsed through clifty defiles and almost touching the differing translucent blue of the sapphire sky; the river, crag-bound, crystal-clear, with an arrowy swiftness; the forest, dense beyond any computation, gigantic of growths, redundantly rich of foliage, and gorgeous with autumnal tints--all were as revelations to his half-stunned mind.
sense
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From this reading The vast uninhabited heights of the encompassing Great Smoky Mountains, green, purple and bronze, seeming to his theatrical sense magnificently posed against the turquoise background of further ranges, glimpsed through clifty defiles and almost touching the differing translucent blue of the sapphire sky; the river, crag-bound, crystal-clear, with an arrowy swiftness; the forest, dense beyond any computation, gigantic of growths, redundantly rich of foliage, and gorgeous with autumnal tints--all were as revelations to his half-stunned mind.
sky
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From this reading The vast uninhabited heights of the encompassing Great Smoky Mountains, green, purple and bronze, seeming to his theatrical sense magnificently posed against the turquoise background of further ranges, glimpsed through clifty defiles and almost touching the differing translucent blue of the sapphire sky; the river, crag-bound, crystal-clear, with an arrowy swiftness; the forest, dense beyond any computation, gigantic of growths, redundantly rich of foliage, and gorgeous with autumnal tints--all were as revelations to his half-stunned mind.
Smoky
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From this reading Author _of_ "The Bushwhackers," "The Prophet of the Great Smoky Mountains," "The Amulet," "A Spectre of Power," "In the Stranger-People's Country," etc.
Spectre
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From this reading Author _of_ "The Bushwhackers," "The Prophet of the Great Smoky Mountains," "The Amulet," "A Spectre of Power," "In the Stranger-People's Country," etc.
splendid
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From this reading He had never dreamed of the natural wealth, the splendid extent, the picturesque values of this region.
Stranger-People's
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From this reading Author _of_ "The Bushwhackers," "The Prophet of the Great Smoky Mountains," "The Amulet," "A Spectre of Power," "In the Stranger-People's Country," etc.
swiftness
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From this reading The vast uninhabited heights of the encompassing Great Smoky Mountains, green, purple and bronze, seeming to his theatrical sense magnificently posed against the turquoise background of further ranges, glimpsed through clifty defiles and almost touching the differing translucent blue of the sapphire sky; the river, crag-bound, crystal-clear, with an arrowy swiftness; the forest, dense beyond any computation, gigantic of growths, redundantly rich of foliage, and gorgeous with autumnal tints--all were as revelations to his half-stunned mind.
ThedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Author _of_ "The Bushwhackers," "The Prophet of the Great Smoky Mountains," "The Amulet," "A Spectre of Power," "In the Stranger-People's Country," etc.
theatrical
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From this reading The vast uninhabited heights of the encompassing Great Smoky Mountains, green, purple and bronze, seeming to his theatrical sense magnificently posed against the turquoise background of further ranges, glimpsed through clifty defiles and almost touching the differing translucent blue of the sapphire sky; the river, crag-bound, crystal-clear, with an arrowy swiftness; the forest, dense beyond any computation, gigantic of growths, redundantly rich of foliage, and gorgeous with autumnal tints--all were as revelations to his half-stunned mind.
thisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading He had never dreamed of the natural wealth, the splendid extent, the picturesque values of this region.
throughnounUS /ˈthrough/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading The vast uninhabited heights of the encompassing Great Smoky Mountains, green, purple and bronze, seeming to his theatrical sense magnificently posed against the turquoise background of further ranges, glimpsed through clifty defiles and almost touching the differing translucent blue of the sapphire sky; the river, crag-bound, crystal-clear, with an arrowy swiftness; the forest, dense beyond any computation, gigantic of growths, redundantly rich of foliage, and gorgeous with autumnal tints--all were as revelations to his half-stunned mind.
tints
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From this reading The vast uninhabited heights of the encompassing Great Smoky Mountains, green, purple and bronze, seeming to his theatrical sense magnificently posed against the turquoise background of further ranges, glimpsed through clifty defiles and almost touching the differing translucent blue of the sapphire sky; the river, crag-bound, crystal-clear, with an arrowy swiftness; the forest, dense beyond any computation, gigantic of growths, redundantly rich of foliage, and gorgeous with autumnal tints--all were as revelations to his half-stunned mind.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading The vast uninhabited heights of the encompassing Great Smoky Mountains, green, purple and bronze, seeming to his theatrical sense magnificently posed against the turquoise background of further ranges, glimpsed through clifty defiles and almost touching the differing translucent blue of the sapphire sky; the river, crag-bound, crystal-clear, with an arrowy swiftness; the forest, dense beyond any computation, gigantic of growths, redundantly rich of foliage, and gorgeous with autumnal tints--all were as revelations to his half-stunned mind.
touching
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From this reading The vast uninhabited heights of the encompassing Great Smoky Mountains, green, purple and bronze, seeming to his theatrical sense magnificently posed against the turquoise background of further ranges, glimpsed through clifty defiles and almost touching the differing translucent blue of the sapphire sky; the river, crag-bound, crystal-clear, with an arrowy swiftness; the forest, dense beyond any computation, gigantic of growths, redundantly rich of foliage, and gorgeous with autumnal tints--all were as revelations to his half-stunned mind.
translucent
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From this reading The vast uninhabited heights of the encompassing Great Smoky Mountains, green, purple and bronze, seeming to his theatrical sense magnificently posed against the turquoise background of further ranges, glimpsed through clifty defiles and almost touching the differing translucent blue of the sapphire sky; the river, crag-bound, crystal-clear, with an arrowy swiftness; the forest, dense beyond any computation, gigantic of growths, redundantly rich of foliage, and gorgeous with autumnal tints--all were as revelations to his half-stunned mind.
turquoise
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From this reading The vast uninhabited heights of the encompassing Great Smoky Mountains, green, purple and bronze, seeming to his theatrical sense magnificently posed against the turquoise background of further ranges, glimpsed through clifty defiles and almost touching the differing translucent blue of the sapphire sky; the river, crag-bound, crystal-clear, with an arrowy swiftness; the forest, dense beyond any computation, gigantic of growths, redundantly rich of foliage, and gorgeous with autumnal tints--all were as revelations to his half-stunned mind.
uninhabited
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From this reading The vast uninhabited heights of the encompassing Great Smoky Mountains, green, purple and bronze, seeming to his theatrical sense magnificently posed against the turquoise background of further ranges, glimpsed through clifty defiles and almost touching the differing translucent blue of the sapphire sky; the river, crag-bound, crystal-clear, with an arrowy swiftness; the forest, dense beyond any computation, gigantic of growths, redundantly rich of foliage, and gorgeous with autumnal tints--all were as revelations to his half-stunned mind.
values
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From this reading He had never dreamed of the natural wealth, the splendid extent, the picturesque values of this region.
vast
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From this reading The vast uninhabited heights of the encompassing Great Smoky Mountains, green, purple and bronze, seeming to his theatrical sense magnificently posed against the turquoise background of further ranges, glimpsed through clifty defiles and almost touching the differing translucent blue of the sapphire sky; the river, crag-bound, crystal-clear, with an arrowy swiftness; the forest, dense beyond any computation, gigantic of growths, redundantly rich of foliage, and gorgeous with autumnal tints--all were as revelations to his half-stunned mind.
wealth
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From this reading He had never dreamed of the natural wealth, the splendid extent, the picturesque values of this region.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading The vast uninhabited heights of the encompassing Great Smoky Mountains, green, purple and bronze, seeming to his theatrical sense magnificently posed against the turquoise background of further ranges, glimpsed through clifty defiles and almost touching the differing translucent blue of the sapphire sky; the river, crag-bound, crystal-clear, with an arrowy swiftness; the forest, dense beyond any computation, gigantic of growths, redundantly rich of foliage, and gorgeous with autumnal tints--all were as revelations to his half-stunned mind.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading The vast uninhabited heights of the encompassing Great Smoky Mountains, green, purple and bronze, seeming to his theatrical sense magnificently posed against the turquoise background of further ranges, glimpsed through clifty defiles and almost touching the differing translucent blue of the sapphire sky; the river, crag-bound, crystal-clear, with an arrowy swiftness; the forest, dense beyond any computation, gigantic of growths, redundantly rich of foliage, and gorgeous with autumnal tints--all were as revelations to his half-stunned mind.
