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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 Yet just immediately at Fentown there is neither marsh nor dead tree; the river dashes over its ledge of rock in a foaming flood, runs shallow and rapid between green woods, and all about the town there are breezy pastures where the stumps are still standing, and arable lands well cleared.
aboutprepositionUS /əˈbaʊt/
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading Yet just immediately at Fentown there is neither marsh nor dead tree; the river dashes over its ledge of rock in a foaming flood, runs shallow and rapid between green woods, and all about the town there are breezy pastures where the stumps are still standing, and arable lands well cleared.
ago
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From this reading Both broad levels were covered with forest of ash and maple, spruce and tamarack; but long ago, some time in the thirties, impious hands built dams on the impetuous Ahwewee, and wide marshes and drowned wood-lands are the result.
Ahwewee
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From this reading To-day I am at home in the little town of the fens, where the Ahwewee River falls some thirty feet from one level of land to another.
all
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From this reading Yet just immediately at Fentown there is neither marsh nor dead tree; the river dashes over its ledge of rock in a foaming flood, runs shallow and rapid between green woods, and all about the town there are breezy pastures where the stumps are still standing, and arable lands well cleared.
amauxiliary verbUS /æm/
the form of “be” used with “I”
From this reading To-day I am at home in the little town of the fens, where the Ahwewee River falls some thirty feet from one level of land to another.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Both broad levels were covered with forest of ash and maple, spruce and tamarack; but long ago, some time in the thirties, impious hands built dams on the impetuous Ahwewee, and wide marshes and drowned wood-lands are the result.
anothernounUS /ˈanother/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading To-day I am at home in the little town of the fens, where the Ahwewee River falls some thirty feet from one level of land to another.
arable
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From this reading Yet just immediately at Fentown there is neither marsh nor dead tree; the river dashes over its ledge of rock in a foaming flood, runs shallow and rapid between green woods, and all about the town there are breezy pastures where the stumps are still standing, and arable lands well cleared.
areauxiliary verbUS /ɑːr/
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading Both broad levels were covered with forest of ash and maple, spruce and tamarack; but long ago, some time in the thirties, impious hands built dams on the impetuous Ahwewee, and wide marshes and drowned wood-lands are the result.
ash
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From this reading Both broad levels were covered with forest of ash and maple, spruce and tamarack; but long ago, some time in the thirties, impious hands built dams on the impetuous Ahwewee, and wide marshes and drowned wood-lands are the result.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading To-day I am at home in the little town of the fens, where the Ahwewee River falls some thirty feet from one level of land to another.
betweenprepositionUS /bɪˈtwiːn/
in the space, time, or range separating two things
From this reading Yet just immediately at Fentown there is neither marsh nor dead tree; the river dashes over its ledge of rock in a foaming flood, runs shallow and rapid between green woods, and all about the town there are breezy pastures where the stumps are still standing, and arable lands well cleared.
BothdeterminerUS /boʊθ/
the two together, not just one
From this reading Both broad levels were covered with forest of ash and maple, spruce and tamarack; but long ago, some time in the thirties, impious hands built dams on the impetuous Ahwewee, and wide marshes and drowned wood-lands are the result.
breezy
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From this reading Yet just immediately at Fentown there is neither marsh nor dead tree; the river dashes over its ledge of rock in a foaming flood, runs shallow and rapid between green woods, and all about the town there are breezy pastures where the stumps are still standing, and arable lands well cleared.
broad
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From this reading Both broad levels were covered with forest of ash and maple, spruce and tamarack; but long ago, some time in the thirties, impious hands built dams on the impetuous Ahwewee, and wide marshes and drowned wood-lands are the result.
built
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From this reading Both broad levels were covered with forest of ash and maple, spruce and tamarack; but long ago, some time in the thirties, impious hands built dams on the impetuous Ahwewee, and wide marshes and drowned wood-lands are the result.
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading Both broad levels were covered with forest of ash and maple, spruce and tamarack; but long ago, some time in the thirties, impious hands built dams on the impetuous Ahwewee, and wide marshes and drowned wood-lands are the result.
cleared
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From this reading Yet just immediately at Fentown there is neither marsh nor dead tree; the river dashes over its ledge of rock in a foaming flood, runs shallow and rapid between green woods, and all about the town there are breezy pastures where the stumps are still standing, and arable lands well cleared.
covered
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From this reading Both broad levels were covered with forest of ash and maple, spruce and tamarack; but long ago, some time in the thirties, impious hands built dams on the impetuous Ahwewee, and wide marshes and drowned wood-lands are the result.
dams
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From this reading Both broad levels were covered with forest of ash and maple, spruce and tamarack; but long ago, some time in the thirties, impious hands built dams on the impetuous Ahwewee, and wide marshes and drowned wood-lands are the result.
dashes
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From this reading Yet just immediately at Fentown there is neither marsh nor dead tree; the river dashes over its ledge of rock in a foaming flood, runs shallow and rapid between green woods, and all about the town there are breezy pastures where the stumps are still standing, and arable lands well cleared.
deadnounUS /dead/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Yet just immediately at Fentown there is neither marsh nor dead tree; the river dashes over its ledge of rock in a foaming flood, runs shallow and rapid between green woods, and all about the town there are breezy pastures where the stumps are still standing, and arable lands well cleared.
drowned
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From this reading Both broad levels were covered with forest of ash and maple, spruce and tamarack; but long ago, some time in the thirties, impious hands built dams on the impetuous Ahwewee, and wide marshes and drowned wood-lands are the result.
falls
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From this reading To-day I am at home in the little town of the fens, where the Ahwewee River falls some thirty feet from one level of land to another.
feet
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From this reading To-day I am at home in the little town of the fens, where the Ahwewee River falls some thirty feet from one level of land to another.
fens
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From this reading To-day I am at home in the little town of the fens, where the Ahwewee River falls some thirty feet from one level of land to another.
Fentown
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From this reading Yet just immediately at Fentown there is neither marsh nor dead tree; the river dashes over its ledge of rock in a foaming flood, runs shallow and rapid between green woods, and all about the town there are breezy pastures where the stumps are still standing, and arable lands well cleared.
flood
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From this reading Yet just immediately at Fentown there is neither marsh nor dead tree; the river dashes over its ledge of rock in a foaming flood, runs shallow and rapid between green woods, and all about the town there are breezy pastures where the stumps are still standing, and arable lands well cleared.
foaming
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From this reading Yet just immediately at Fentown there is neither marsh nor dead tree; the river dashes over its ledge of rock in a foaming flood, runs shallow and rapid between green woods, and all about the town there are breezy pastures where the stumps are still standing, and arable lands well cleared.
forest
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From this reading Both broad levels were covered with forest of ash and maple, spruce and tamarack; but long ago, some time in the thirties, impious hands built dams on the impetuous Ahwewee, and wide marshes and drowned wood-lands are the result.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading To-day I am at home in the little town of the fens, where the Ahwewee River falls some thirty feet from one level of land to another.
green
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From this reading Yet just immediately at Fentown there is neither marsh nor dead tree; the river dashes over its ledge of rock in a foaming flood, runs shallow and rapid between green woods, and all about the town there are breezy pastures where the stumps are still standing, and arable lands well cleared.
handsplural nounUS /hændz/
members of a ship’s crew
From this reading Both broad levels were covered with forest of ash and maple, spruce and tamarack; but long ago, some time in the thirties, impious hands built dams on the impetuous Ahwewee, and wide marshes and drowned wood-lands are the result.
hasauxiliary verbUS /hæz/
the form of “have” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading The little town itself has a thriving look.
home
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From this reading To-day I am at home in the little town of the fens, where the Ahwewee River falls some thirty feet from one level of land to another.
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading To-day I am at home in the little town of the fens, where the Ahwewee River falls some thirty feet from one level of land to another.
immediately
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From this reading Yet just immediately at Fentown there is neither marsh nor dead tree; the river dashes over its ledge of rock in a foaming flood, runs shallow and rapid between green woods, and all about the town there are breezy pastures where the stumps are still standing, and arable lands well cleared.
impetuous
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From this reading Both broad levels were covered with forest of ash and maple, spruce and tamarack; but long ago, some time in the thirties, impious hands built dams on the impetuous Ahwewee, and wide marshes and drowned wood-lands are the result.
impious
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From this reading Both broad levels were covered with forest of ash and maple, spruce and tamarack; but long ago, some time in the thirties, impious hands built dams on the impetuous Ahwewee, and wide marshes and drowned wood-lands are the result.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading To-day I am at home in the little town of the fens, where the Ahwewee River falls some thirty feet from one level of land to another.
isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Yet just immediately at Fentown there is neither marsh nor dead tree; the river dashes over its ledge of rock in a foaming flood, runs shallow and rapid between green woods, and all about the town there are breezy pastures where the stumps are still standing, and arable lands well cleared.
itsdeterminerUS /ɪts/
belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned
From this reading Yet just immediately at Fentown there is neither marsh nor dead tree; the river dashes over its ledge of rock in a foaming flood, runs shallow and rapid between green woods, and all about the town there are breezy pastures where the stumps are still standing, and arable lands well cleared.
itselfpronounUS /ˌɪtˈself/
used when the thing doing the action is also its object
From this reading The little town itself has a thriving look.
just
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From this reading Yet just immediately at Fentown there is neither marsh nor dead tree; the river dashes over its ledge of rock in a foaming flood, runs shallow and rapid between green woods, and all about the town there are breezy pastures where the stumps are still standing, and arable lands well cleared.
land
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From this reading To-day I am at home in the little town of the fens, where the Ahwewee River falls some thirty feet from one level of land to another.
lands
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From this reading Yet just immediately at Fentown there is neither marsh nor dead tree; the river dashes over its ledge of rock in a foaming flood, runs shallow and rapid between green woods, and all about the town there are breezy pastures where the stumps are still standing, and arable lands well cleared.
ledge
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From this reading Yet just immediately at Fentown there is neither marsh nor dead tree; the river dashes over its ledge of rock in a foaming flood, runs shallow and rapid between green woods, and all about the town there are breezy pastures where the stumps are still standing, and arable lands well cleared.
level
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From this reading To-day I am at home in the little town of the fens, where the Ahwewee River falls some thirty feet from one level of land to another.
levels
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From this reading Both broad levels were covered with forest of ash and maple, spruce and tamarack; but long ago, some time in the thirties, impious hands built dams on the impetuous Ahwewee, and wide marshes and drowned wood-lands are the result.
littlenounUS /little/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading To-day I am at home in the little town of the fens, where the Ahwewee River falls some thirty feet from one level of land to another.
longnounUS /long/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Both broad levels were covered with forest of ash and maple, spruce and tamarack; but long ago, some time in the thirties, impious hands built dams on the impetuous Ahwewee, and wide marshes and drowned wood-lands are the result.
looknounUS /look/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The little town itself has a thriving look.
maple
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From this reading Both broad levels were covered with forest of ash and maple, spruce and tamarack; but long ago, some time in the thirties, impious hands built dams on the impetuous Ahwewee, and wide marshes and drowned wood-lands are the result.
marsh
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From this reading Yet just immediately at Fentown there is neither marsh nor dead tree; the river dashes over its ledge of rock in a foaming flood, runs shallow and rapid between green woods, and all about the town there are breezy pastures where the stumps are still standing, and arable lands well cleared.
marshes
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From this reading Both broad levels were covered with forest of ash and maple, spruce and tamarack; but long ago, some time in the thirties, impious hands built dams on the impetuous Ahwewee, and wide marshes and drowned wood-lands are the result.
neitherdeterminerUS /ˈniːðər/
not one and not the other of two
From this reading Yet just immediately at Fentown there is neither marsh nor dead tree; the river dashes over its ledge of rock in a foaming flood, runs shallow and rapid between green woods, and all about the town there are breezy pastures where the stumps are still standing, and arable lands well cleared.
norconjunctionUS /nɔːr/
and not; used after a negative to add a second negative
From this reading Yet just immediately at Fentown there is neither marsh nor dead tree; the river dashes over its ledge of rock in a foaming flood, runs shallow and rapid between green woods, and all about the town there are breezy pastures where the stumps are still standing, and arable lands well cleared.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading To-day I am at home in the little town of the fens, where the Ahwewee River falls some thirty feet from one level of land to another.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading Both broad levels were covered with forest of ash and maple, spruce and tamarack; but long ago, some time in the thirties, impious hands built dams on the impetuous Ahwewee, and wide marshes and drowned wood-lands are the result.
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading To-day I am at home in the little town of the fens, where the Ahwewee River falls some thirty feet from one level of land to another.
overprepositionUS /ˈoʊvər/
above and across; more than
From this reading Yet just immediately at Fentown there is neither marsh nor dead tree; the river dashes over its ledge of rock in a foaming flood, runs shallow and rapid between green woods, and all about the town there are breezy pastures where the stumps are still standing, and arable lands well cleared.
pastures
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From this reading Yet just immediately at Fentown there is neither marsh nor dead tree; the river dashes over its ledge of rock in a foaming flood, runs shallow and rapid between green woods, and all about the town there are breezy pastures where the stumps are still standing, and arable lands well cleared.
PROLOGUE
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rapid
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From this reading Yet just immediately at Fentown there is neither marsh nor dead tree; the river dashes over its ledge of rock in a foaming flood, runs shallow and rapid between green woods, and all about the town there are breezy pastures where the stumps are still standing, and arable lands well cleared.
result
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From this reading Both broad levels were covered with forest of ash and maple, spruce and tamarack; but long ago, some time in the thirties, impious hands built dams on the impetuous Ahwewee, and wide marshes and drowned wood-lands are the result.
River
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From this reading To-day I am at home in the little town of the fens, where the Ahwewee River falls some thirty feet from one level of land to another.
rock
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From this reading Yet just immediately at Fentown there is neither marsh nor dead tree; the river dashes over its ledge of rock in a foaming flood, runs shallow and rapid between green woods, and all about the town there are breezy pastures where the stumps are still standing, and arable lands well cleared.
runs
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From this reading Yet just immediately at Fentown there is neither marsh nor dead tree; the river dashes over its ledge of rock in a foaming flood, runs shallow and rapid between green woods, and all about the town there are breezy pastures where the stumps are still standing, and arable lands well cleared.
shallow
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From this reading Yet just immediately at Fentown there is neither marsh nor dead tree; the river dashes over its ledge of rock in a foaming flood, runs shallow and rapid between green woods, and all about the town there are breezy pastures where the stumps are still standing, and arable lands well cleared.
some
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From this reading To-day I am at home in the little town of the fens, where the Ahwewee River falls some thirty feet from one level of land to another.
spruce
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From this reading Both broad levels were covered with forest of ash and maple, spruce and tamarack; but long ago, some time in the thirties, impious hands built dams on the impetuous Ahwewee, and wide marshes and drowned wood-lands are the result.
standingnounUS /ˈstanding/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading Yet just immediately at Fentown there is neither marsh nor dead tree; the river dashes over its ledge of rock in a foaming flood, runs shallow and rapid between green woods, and all about the town there are breezy pastures where the stumps are still standing, and arable lands well cleared.
stillnounUS /still/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Yet just immediately at Fentown there is neither marsh nor dead tree; the river dashes over its ledge of rock in a foaming flood, runs shallow and rapid between green woods, and all about the town there are breezy pastures where the stumps are still standing, and arable lands well cleared.
stumps
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From this reading Yet just immediately at Fentown there is neither marsh nor dead tree; the river dashes over its ledge of rock in a foaming flood, runs shallow and rapid between green woods, and all about the town there are breezy pastures where the stumps are still standing, and arable lands well cleared.
tamarack
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From this reading Both broad levels were covered with forest of ash and maple, spruce and tamarack; but long ago, some time in the thirties, impious hands built dams on the impetuous Ahwewee, and wide marshes and drowned wood-lands are the result.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading To-day I am at home in the little town of the fens, where the Ahwewee River falls some thirty feet from one level of land to another.
there
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From this reading Yet just immediately at Fentown there is neither marsh nor dead tree; the river dashes over its ledge of rock in a foaming flood, runs shallow and rapid between green woods, and all about the town there are breezy pastures where the stumps are still standing, and arable lands well cleared.
thirties
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From this reading Both broad levels were covered with forest of ash and maple, spruce and tamarack; but long ago, some time in the thirties, impious hands built dams on the impetuous Ahwewee, and wide marshes and drowned wood-lands are the result.
thirty
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From this reading To-day I am at home in the little town of the fens, where the Ahwewee River falls some thirty feet from one level of land to another.
thriving
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From this reading The little town itself has a thriving look.
timenounUS /time/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Both broad levels were covered with forest of ash and maple, spruce and tamarack; but long ago, some time in the thirties, impious hands built dams on the impetuous Ahwewee, and wide marshes and drowned wood-lands are the result.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading To-day I am at home in the little town of the fens, where the Ahwewee River falls some thirty feet from one level of land to another.
To-day
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From this reading To-day I am at home in the little town of the fens, where the Ahwewee River falls some thirty feet from one level of land to another.
town
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From this reading To-day I am at home in the little town of the fens, where the Ahwewee River falls some thirty feet from one level of land to another.
tree
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From this reading Yet just immediately at Fentown there is neither marsh nor dead tree; the river dashes over its ledge of rock in a foaming flood, runs shallow and rapid between green woods, and all about the town there are breezy pastures where the stumps are still standing, and arable lands well cleared.
well
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From this reading Yet just immediately at Fentown there is neither marsh nor dead tree; the river dashes over its ledge of rock in a foaming flood, runs shallow and rapid between green woods, and all about the town there are breezy pastures where the stumps are still standing, and arable lands well cleared.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading Both broad levels were covered with forest of ash and maple, spruce and tamarack; but long ago, some time in the thirties, impious hands built dams on the impetuous Ahwewee, and wide marshes and drowned wood-lands are the result.
whereconjunctionUS /wer/
in or at the place that
From this reading To-day I am at home in the little town of the fens, where the Ahwewee River falls some thirty feet from one level of land to another.
wide
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From this reading Both broad levels were covered with forest of ash and maple, spruce and tamarack; but long ago, some time in the thirties, impious hands built dams on the impetuous Ahwewee, and wide marshes and drowned wood-lands are the result.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading Both broad levels were covered with forest of ash and maple, spruce and tamarack; but long ago, some time in the thirties, impious hands built dams on the impetuous Ahwewee, and wide marshes and drowned wood-lands are the result.
wood-lands
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From this reading Both broad levels were covered with forest of ash and maple, spruce and tamarack; but long ago, some time in the thirties, impious hands built dams on the impetuous Ahwewee, and wide marshes and drowned wood-lands are the result.
woods
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From this reading Yet just immediately at Fentown there is neither marsh nor dead tree; the river dashes over its ledge of rock in a foaming flood, runs shallow and rapid between green woods, and all about the town there are breezy pastures where the stumps are still standing, and arable lands well cleared.
YetconjunctionUS /jet/
but in spite of that
From this reading Yet just immediately at Fentown there is neither marsh nor dead tree; the river dashes over its ledge of rock in a foaming flood, runs shallow and rapid between green woods, and all about the town there are breezy pastures where the stumps are still standing, and arable lands well cleared.
