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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 To dwellers in a wood almost every species of tree has its voice as well as its feature.
afforded
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From this reading All the evidences of his nature were those afforded by the spirit of his footsteps, which succeeded each other lightly and quickly, and by the liveliness of his voice as he sang in a rural cadence:
All
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From this reading All the evidences of his nature were those afforded by the spirit of his footsteps, which succeeded each other lightly and quickly, and by the liveliness of his voice as he sang in a rural cadence:
almost
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From this reading To dwellers in a wood almost every species of tree has its voice as well as its feature.
amidprepositionUS /əˈmɪd/
in the middle of; surrounded by
From this reading At the passing of the breeze the fir-trees sob and moan no less distinctly than they rock; the holly whistles as it battles with itself; the ash hisses amid its quiverings; the beech rustles while its flat boughs rise and fall.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading At the passing of the breeze the fir-trees sob and moan no less distinctly than they rock; the holly whistles as it battles with itself; the ash hisses amid its quiverings; the beech rustles while its flat boughs rise and fall.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading To dwellers in a wood almost every species of tree has its voice as well as its feature.
ash
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From this reading At the passing of the breeze the fir-trees sob and moan no less distinctly than they rock; the holly whistles as it battles with itself; the ash hisses amid its quiverings; the beech rustles while its flat boughs rise and fall.
AtprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading At the passing of the breeze the fir-trees sob and moan no less distinctly than they rock; the holly whistles as it battles with itself; the ash hisses amid its quiverings; the beech rustles while its flat boughs rise and fall.
battles
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From this reading At the passing of the breeze the fir-trees sob and moan no less distinctly than they rock; the holly whistles as it battles with itself; the ash hisses amid its quiverings; the beech rustles while its flat boughs rise and fall.
beech
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From this reading At the passing of the breeze the fir-trees sob and moan no less distinctly than they rock; the holly whistles as it battles with itself; the ash hisses amid its quiverings; the beech rustles while its flat boughs rise and fall.
boughs
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From this reading At the passing of the breeze the fir-trees sob and moan no less distinctly than they rock; the holly whistles as it battles with itself; the ash hisses amid its quiverings; the beech rustles while its flat boughs rise and fall.
breeze
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From this reading At the passing of the breeze the fir-trees sob and moan no less distinctly than they rock; the holly whistles as it battles with itself; the ash hisses amid its quiverings; the beech rustles while its flat boughs rise and fall.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading All the evidences of his nature were those afforded by the spirit of his footsteps, which succeeded each other lightly and quickly, and by the liveliness of his voice as he sang in a rural cadence:
cadence
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From this reading All the evidences of his nature were those afforded by the spirit of his footsteps, which succeeded each other lightly and quickly, and by the liveliness of his voice as he sang in a rural cadence:
Christmas-eve
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From this reading On a cold and starry Christmas-eve within living memory a man was passing up a lane towards Mellstock Cross in the darkness of a plantation that whispered thus distinctively to his intelligence.
cold
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From this reading On a cold and starry Christmas-eve within living memory a man was passing up a lane towards Mellstock Cross in the darkness of a plantation that whispered thus distinctively to his intelligence.
Cross
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From this reading On a cold and starry Christmas-eve within living memory a man was passing up a lane towards Mellstock Cross in the darkness of a plantation that whispered thus distinctively to his intelligence.
darkness
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From this reading On a cold and starry Christmas-eve within living memory a man was passing up a lane towards Mellstock Cross in the darkness of a plantation that whispered thus distinctively to his intelligence.
destroy
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From this reading And winter, which modifies the note of such trees as shed their leaves, does not destroy its individuality.
distinctively
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From this reading On a cold and starry Christmas-eve within living memory a man was passing up a lane towards Mellstock Cross in the darkness of a plantation that whispered thus distinctively to his intelligence.
distinctly
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From this reading At the passing of the breeze the fir-trees sob and moan no less distinctly than they rock; the holly whistles as it battles with itself; the ash hisses amid its quiverings; the beech rustles while its flat boughs rise and fall.
doesauxiliary verbUS /dʌz/
the form of “do” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading And winter, which modifies the note of such trees as shed their leaves, does not destroy its individuality.
dwellers
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From this reading To dwellers in a wood almost every species of tree has its voice as well as its feature.
eachdeterminerUS /iːtʃ/
every one of two or more people or things, taken separately
From this reading All the evidences of his nature were those afforded by the spirit of his footsteps, which succeeded each other lightly and quickly, and by the liveliness of his voice as he sang in a rural cadence:
everydeterminerUS /ˈevəri/
all the members of a group, with none left out
From this reading To dwellers in a wood almost every species of tree has its voice as well as its feature.
evidences
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From this reading All the evidences of his nature were those afforded by the spirit of his footsteps, which succeeded each other lightly and quickly, and by the liveliness of his voice as he sang in a rural cadence:
fall
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From this reading At the passing of the breeze the fir-trees sob and moan no less distinctly than they rock; the holly whistles as it battles with itself; the ash hisses amid its quiverings; the beech rustles while its flat boughs rise and fall.
feature
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From this reading To dwellers in a wood almost every species of tree has its voice as well as its feature.
fir-trees
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From this reading At the passing of the breeze the fir-trees sob and moan no less distinctly than they rock; the holly whistles as it battles with itself; the ash hisses amid its quiverings; the beech rustles while its flat boughs rise and fall.
flat
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From this reading At the passing of the breeze the fir-trees sob and moan no less distinctly than they rock; the holly whistles as it battles with itself; the ash hisses amid its quiverings; the beech rustles while its flat boughs rise and fall.
footsteps
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From this reading All the evidences of his nature were those afforded by the spirit of his footsteps, which succeeded each other lightly and quickly, and by the liveliness of his voice as he sang in a rural cadence:
hasauxiliary verbUS /hæz/
the form of “have” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading To dwellers in a wood almost every species of tree has its voice as well as its feature.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading All the evidences of his nature were those afforded by the spirit of his footsteps, which succeeded each other lightly and quickly, and by the liveliness of his voice as he sang in a rural cadence:
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading On a cold and starry Christmas-eve within living memory a man was passing up a lane towards Mellstock Cross in the darkness of a plantation that whispered thus distinctively to his intelligence.
hisses
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From this reading At the passing of the breeze the fir-trees sob and moan no less distinctly than they rock; the holly whistles as it battles with itself; the ash hisses amid its quiverings; the beech rustles while its flat boughs rise and fall.
holly
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From this reading At the passing of the breeze the fir-trees sob and moan no less distinctly than they rock; the holly whistles as it battles with itself; the ash hisses amid its quiverings; the beech rustles while its flat boughs rise and fall.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading To dwellers in a wood almost every species of tree has its voice as well as its feature.
individuality
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From this reading And winter, which modifies the note of such trees as shed their leaves, does not destroy its individuality.
intelligence
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From this reading On a cold and starry Christmas-eve within living memory a man was passing up a lane towards Mellstock Cross in the darkness of a plantation that whispered thus distinctively to his intelligence.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading At the passing of the breeze the fir-trees sob and moan no less distinctly than they rock; the holly whistles as it battles with itself; the ash hisses amid its quiverings; the beech rustles while its flat boughs rise and fall.
itsdeterminerUS /ɪts/
belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned
From this reading To dwellers in a wood almost every species of tree has its voice as well as its feature.
itselfpronounUS /ˌɪtˈself/
used when the thing doing the action is also its object
From this reading At the passing of the breeze the fir-trees sob and moan no less distinctly than they rock; the holly whistles as it battles with itself; the ash hisses amid its quiverings; the beech rustles while its flat boughs rise and fall.
lane
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From this reading On a cold and starry Christmas-eve within living memory a man was passing up a lane towards Mellstock Cross in the darkness of a plantation that whispered thus distinctively to his intelligence.
leaves
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From this reading And winter, which modifies the note of such trees as shed their leaves, does not destroy its individuality.
less
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From this reading At the passing of the breeze the fir-trees sob and moan no less distinctly than they rock; the holly whistles as it battles with itself; the ash hisses amid its quiverings; the beech rustles while its flat boughs rise and fall.
lightly
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From this reading All the evidences of his nature were those afforded by the spirit of his footsteps, which succeeded each other lightly and quickly, and by the liveliness of his voice as he sang in a rural cadence:
liveliness
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From this reading All the evidences of his nature were those afforded by the spirit of his footsteps, which succeeded each other lightly and quickly, and by the liveliness of his voice as he sang in a rural cadence:
living
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From this reading On a cold and starry Christmas-eve within living memory a man was passing up a lane towards Mellstock Cross in the darkness of a plantation that whispered thus distinctively to his intelligence.
man
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From this reading On a cold and starry Christmas-eve within living memory a man was passing up a lane towards Mellstock Cross in the darkness of a plantation that whispered thus distinctively to his intelligence.
Mellstock
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From this reading On a cold and starry Christmas-eve within living memory a man was passing up a lane towards Mellstock Cross in the darkness of a plantation that whispered thus distinctively to his intelligence.
memorynounUS /ˈmem.ər.i/
The faculty by which the mind stores and remembers information and knowledge.
From this reading On a cold and starry Christmas-eve within living memory a man was passing up a lane towards Mellstock Cross in the darkness of a plantation that whispered thus distinctively to his intelligence.
moan
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From this reading At the passing of the breeze the fir-trees sob and moan no less distinctly than they rock; the holly whistles as it battles with itself; the ash hisses amid its quiverings; the beech rustles while its flat boughs rise and fall.
modifies
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From this reading And winter, which modifies the note of such trees as shed their leaves, does not destroy its individuality.
nature
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From this reading All the evidences of his nature were those afforded by the spirit of his footsteps, which succeeded each other lightly and quickly, and by the liveliness of his voice as he sang in a rural cadence:
nodeterminerUS /noʊ/
not any; not one
From this reading At the passing of the breeze the fir-trees sob and moan no less distinctly than they rock; the holly whistles as it battles with itself; the ash hisses amid its quiverings; the beech rustles while its flat boughs rise and fall.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading And winter, which modifies the note of such trees as shed their leaves, does not destroy its individuality.
note
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From this reading And winter, which modifies the note of such trees as shed their leaves, does not destroy its individuality.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading To dwellers in a wood almost every species of tree has its voice as well as its feature.
OnprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading On a cold and starry Christmas-eve within living memory a man was passing up a lane towards Mellstock Cross in the darkness of a plantation that whispered thus distinctively to his intelligence.
other
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From this reading All the evidences of his nature were those afforded by the spirit of his footsteps, which succeeded each other lightly and quickly, and by the liveliness of his voice as he sang in a rural cadence:
passing
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From this reading At the passing of the breeze the fir-trees sob and moan no less distinctly than they rock; the holly whistles as it battles with itself; the ash hisses amid its quiverings; the beech rustles while its flat boughs rise and fall.
plantation
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From this reading On a cold and starry Christmas-eve within living memory a man was passing up a lane towards Mellstock Cross in the darkness of a plantation that whispered thus distinctively to his intelligence.
quickly
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From this reading All the evidences of his nature were those afforded by the spirit of his footsteps, which succeeded each other lightly and quickly, and by the liveliness of his voice as he sang in a rural cadence:
quiverings
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From this reading At the passing of the breeze the fir-trees sob and moan no less distinctly than they rock; the holly whistles as it battles with itself; the ash hisses amid its quiverings; the beech rustles while its flat boughs rise and fall.
rise
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From this reading At the passing of the breeze the fir-trees sob and moan no less distinctly than they rock; the holly whistles as it battles with itself; the ash hisses amid its quiverings; the beech rustles while its flat boughs rise and fall.
rock
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From this reading At the passing of the breeze the fir-trees sob and moan no less distinctly than they rock; the holly whistles as it battles with itself; the ash hisses amid its quiverings; the beech rustles while its flat boughs rise and fall.
rural
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From this reading All the evidences of his nature were those afforded by the spirit of his footsteps, which succeeded each other lightly and quickly, and by the liveliness of his voice as he sang in a rural cadence:
rustles
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From this reading At the passing of the breeze the fir-trees sob and moan no less distinctly than they rock; the holly whistles as it battles with itself; the ash hisses amid its quiverings; the beech rustles while its flat boughs rise and fall.
sang
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From this reading All the evidences of his nature were those afforded by the spirit of his footsteps, which succeeded each other lightly and quickly, and by the liveliness of his voice as he sang in a rural cadence:
shed
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From this reading And winter, which modifies the note of such trees as shed their leaves, does not destroy its individuality.
sobnounUS /sɒb/
a sudden deep breath caused by emotion
From this reading At the passing of the breeze the fir-trees sob and moan no less distinctly than they rock; the holly whistles as it battles with itself; the ash hisses amid its quiverings; the beech rustles while its flat boughs rise and fall.
species
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From this reading To dwellers in a wood almost every species of tree has its voice as well as its feature.
spirit
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From this reading All the evidences of his nature were those afforded by the spirit of his footsteps, which succeeded each other lightly and quickly, and by the liveliness of his voice as he sang in a rural cadence:
starry
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From this reading On a cold and starry Christmas-eve within living memory a man was passing up a lane towards Mellstock Cross in the darkness of a plantation that whispered thus distinctively to his intelligence.
succeeded
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From this reading All the evidences of his nature were those afforded by the spirit of his footsteps, which succeeded each other lightly and quickly, and by the liveliness of his voice as he sang in a rural cadence:
suchdeterminerUS /sʌtʃ/
of the kind already mentioned
From this reading And winter, which modifies the note of such trees as shed their leaves, does not destroy its individuality.
thanconjunctionUS /ðæn/
used to introduce the second part of a comparison
From this reading At the passing of the breeze the fir-trees sob and moan no less distinctly than they rock; the holly whistles as it battles with itself; the ash hisses amid its quiverings; the beech rustles while its flat boughs rise and fall.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading On a cold and starry Christmas-eve within living memory a man was passing up a lane towards Mellstock Cross in the darkness of a plantation that whispered thus distinctively to his intelligence.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading At the passing of the breeze the fir-trees sob and moan no less distinctly than they rock; the holly whistles as it battles with itself; the ash hisses amid its quiverings; the beech rustles while its flat boughs rise and fall.
theirdeterminerUS /ðer/
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading And winter, which modifies the note of such trees as shed their leaves, does not destroy its individuality.
theypronounUS /ðeɪ/
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading At the passing of the breeze the fir-trees sob and moan no less distinctly than they rock; the holly whistles as it battles with itself; the ash hisses amid its quiverings; the beech rustles while its flat boughs rise and fall.
thosedeterminerUS /ðoʊz/
the plural of “that”: the people or things further away, or already known
From this reading All the evidences of his nature were those afforded by the spirit of his footsteps, which succeeded each other lightly and quickly, and by the liveliness of his voice as he sang in a rural cadence:
thus
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From this reading On a cold and starry Christmas-eve within living memory a man was passing up a lane towards Mellstock Cross in the darkness of a plantation that whispered thus distinctively to his intelligence.
ToparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading To dwellers in a wood almost every species of tree has its voice as well as its feature.
towardsprepositionUS /təˈwɔːrdz/
in the direction of
From this reading On a cold and starry Christmas-eve within living memory a man was passing up a lane towards Mellstock Cross in the darkness of a plantation that whispered thus distinctively to his intelligence.
tree
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From this reading To dwellers in a wood almost every species of tree has its voice as well as its feature.
trees
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From this reading And winter, which modifies the note of such trees as shed their leaves, does not destroy its individuality.
up
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From this reading On a cold and starry Christmas-eve within living memory a man was passing up a lane towards Mellstock Cross in the darkness of a plantation that whispered thus distinctively to his intelligence.
voice
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From this reading To dwellers in a wood almost every species of tree has its voice as well as its feature.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading On a cold and starry Christmas-eve within living memory a man was passing up a lane towards Mellstock Cross in the darkness of a plantation that whispered thus distinctively to his intelligence.
well
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From this reading To dwellers in a wood almost every species of tree has its voice as well as its feature.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading All the evidences of his nature were those afforded by the spirit of his footsteps, which succeeded each other lightly and quickly, and by the liveliness of his voice as he sang in a rural cadence:
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading And winter, which modifies the note of such trees as shed their leaves, does not destroy its individuality.
whileconjunctionUS /waɪl/
during the time that
From this reading At the passing of the breeze the fir-trees sob and moan no less distinctly than they rock; the holly whistles as it battles with itself; the ash hisses amid its quiverings; the beech rustles while its flat boughs rise and fall.
whispered
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From this reading On a cold and starry Christmas-eve within living memory a man was passing up a lane towards Mellstock Cross in the darkness of a plantation that whispered thus distinctively to his intelligence.
whistles
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From this reading At the passing of the breeze the fir-trees sob and moan no less distinctly than they rock; the holly whistles as it battles with itself; the ash hisses amid its quiverings; the beech rustles while its flat boughs rise and fall.
winter
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From this reading And winter, which modifies the note of such trees as shed their leaves, does not destroy its individuality.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading At the passing of the breeze the fir-trees sob and moan no less distinctly than they rock; the holly whistles as it battles with itself; the ash hisses amid its quiverings; the beech rustles while its flat boughs rise and fall.
withinprepositionUS /wɪˈðɪn/
inside; before a period of time has passed
From this reading On a cold and starry Christmas-eve within living memory a man was passing up a lane towards Mellstock Cross in the darkness of a plantation that whispered thus distinctively to his intelligence.
wood
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From this reading To dwellers in a wood almost every species of tree has its voice as well as its feature.
