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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 London: Walter Scott, Ltd. Paternoster Square Edinburgh: T. and A. Constable, Printers to Her Majesty I hope it will not seem presumptuous to ask my critics to treat this new edition of _Vain Fortune_ as a new book: for it is a new book.
afterprepositionUS /ˈæftər/
later than; following
From this reading Some months after I received a letter from Madam Couperus, offering to translate the English edition into Dutch.
allowed
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From this reading The first edition was kindly noticed, but it attracted little attention, and very rightly, for the story as told therein was thin and insipid; and when Messrs. Scribner proposed to print the book in America, I stipulated that I should be allowed to rewrite it.
America
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From this reading The first edition was kindly noticed, but it attracted little attention, and very rightly, for the story as told therein was thin and insipid; and when Messrs. Scribner proposed to print the book in America, I stipulated that I should be allowed to rewrite it.
American
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From this reading I sent her the American edition, and asked her which she would prefer to translate from.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading London: Walter Scott, Ltd. Paternoster Square Edinburgh: T. and A. Constable, Printers to Her Majesty I hope it will not seem presumptuous to ask my critics to treat this new edition of _Vain Fortune_ as a new book: for it is a new book.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading London: Walter Scott, Ltd. Paternoster Square Edinburgh: T. and A. Constable, Printers to Her Majesty I hope it will not seem presumptuous to ask my critics to treat this new edition of _Vain Fortune_ as a new book: for it is a new book.
ask
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From this reading London: Walter Scott, Ltd. Paternoster Square Edinburgh: T. and A. Constable, Printers to Her Majesty I hope it will not seem presumptuous to ask my critics to treat this new edition of _Vain Fortune_ as a new book: for it is a new book.
askednounUS /asked/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading I sent her the American edition, and asked her which she would prefer to translate from.
attention
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From this reading The first edition was kindly noticed, but it attracted little attention, and very rightly, for the story as told therein was thin and insipid; and when Messrs. Scribner proposed to print the book in America, I stipulated that I should be allowed to rewrite it.
attracted
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From this reading The first edition was kindly noticed, but it attracted little attention, and very rightly, for the story as told therein was thin and insipid; and when Messrs. Scribner proposed to print the book in America, I stipulated that I should be allowed to rewrite it.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading The first edition was kindly noticed, but it attracted little attention, and very rightly, for the story as told therein was thin and insipid; and when Messrs. Scribner proposed to print the book in America, I stipulated that I should be allowed to rewrite it.
begannounUS /began/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading They consented, and I began the story with Emily Watson, making her the principal character instead of Hubert Price.
book
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From this reading London: Walter Scott, Ltd. Paternoster Square Edinburgh: T. and A. Constable, Printers to Her Majesty I hope it will not seem presumptuous to ask my critics to treat this new edition of _Vain Fortune_ as a new book: for it is a new book.
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading The first edition was kindly noticed, but it attracted little attention, and very rightly, for the story as told therein was thin and insipid; and when Messrs. Scribner proposed to print the book in America, I stipulated that I should be allowed to rewrite it.
character
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From this reading They consented, and I began the story with Emily Watson, making her the principal character instead of Hubert Price.
consented
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From this reading They consented, and I began the story with Emily Watson, making her the principal character instead of Hubert Price.
Constable
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From this reading London: Walter Scott, Ltd. Paternoster Square Edinburgh: T. and A. Constable, Printers to Her Majesty I hope it will not seem presumptuous to ask my critics to treat this new edition of _Vain Fortune_ as a new book: for it is a new book.
Couperus
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From this reading Some months after I received a letter from Madam Couperus, offering to translate the English edition into Dutch.
critics
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From this reading London: Walter Scott, Ltd. Paternoster Square Edinburgh: T. and A. Constable, Printers to Her Majesty I hope it will not seem presumptuous to ask my critics to treat this new edition of _Vain Fortune_ as a new book: for it is a new book.
Dutch
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From this reading Some months after I received a letter from Madam Couperus, offering to translate the English edition into Dutch.
Edinburgh
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From this reading London: Walter Scott, Ltd. Paternoster Square Edinburgh: T. and A. Constable, Printers to Her Majesty I hope it will not seem presumptuous to ask my critics to treat this new edition of _Vain Fortune_ as a new book: for it is a new book.
edition
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From this reading London: Walter Scott, Ltd. Paternoster Square Edinburgh: T. and A. Constable, Printers to Her Majesty I hope it will not seem presumptuous to ask my critics to treat this new edition of _Vain Fortune_ as a new book: for it is a new book.
Emily
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From this reading They consented, and I began the story with Emily Watson, making her the principal character instead of Hubert Price.
English
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From this reading Some months after I received a letter from Madam Couperus, offering to translate the English edition into Dutch.
firstnounUS /first/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The first edition was kindly noticed, but it attracted little attention, and very rightly, for the story as told therein was thin and insipid; and when Messrs. Scribner proposed to print the book in America, I stipulated that I should be allowed to rewrite it.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading London: Walter Scott, Ltd. Paternoster Square Edinburgh: T. and A. Constable, Printers to Her Majesty I hope it will not seem presumptuous to ask my critics to treat this new edition of _Vain Fortune_ as a new book: for it is a new book.
FortunenounUS /ˈfortune/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading London: Walter Scott, Ltd. Paternoster Square Edinburgh: T. and A. Constable, Printers to Her Majesty I hope it will not seem presumptuous to ask my critics to treat this new edition of _Vain Fortune_ as a new book: for it is a new book.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading Some months after I received a letter from Madam Couperus, offering to translate the English edition into Dutch.
HerdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading London: Walter Scott, Ltd. Paternoster Square Edinburgh: T. and A. Constable, Printers to Her Majesty I hope it will not seem presumptuous to ask my critics to treat this new edition of _Vain Fortune_ as a new book: for it is a new book.
hope
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From this reading London: Walter Scott, Ltd. Paternoster Square Edinburgh: T. and A. Constable, Printers to Her Majesty I hope it will not seem presumptuous to ask my critics to treat this new edition of _Vain Fortune_ as a new book: for it is a new book.
Hubert
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From this reading They consented, and I began the story with Emily Watson, making her the principal character instead of Hubert Price.
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading London: Walter Scott, Ltd. Paternoster Square Edinburgh: T. and A. Constable, Printers to Her Majesty I hope it will not seem presumptuous to ask my critics to treat this new edition of _Vain Fortune_ as a new book: for it is a new book.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading The first edition was kindly noticed, but it attracted little attention, and very rightly, for the story as told therein was thin and insipid; and when Messrs. Scribner proposed to print the book in America, I stipulated that I should be allowed to rewrite it.
insipid
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From this reading The first edition was kindly noticed, but it attracted little attention, and very rightly, for the story as told therein was thin and insipid; and when Messrs. Scribner proposed to print the book in America, I stipulated that I should be allowed to rewrite it.
instead
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From this reading They consented, and I began the story with Emily Watson, making her the principal character instead of Hubert Price.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading Some months after I received a letter from Madam Couperus, offering to translate the English edition into Dutch.
isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading London: Walter Scott, Ltd. Paternoster Square Edinburgh: T. and A. Constable, Printers to Her Majesty I hope it will not seem presumptuous to ask my critics to treat this new edition of _Vain Fortune_ as a new book: for it is a new book.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading London: Walter Scott, Ltd. Paternoster Square Edinburgh: T. and A. Constable, Printers to Her Majesty I hope it will not seem presumptuous to ask my critics to treat this new edition of _Vain Fortune_ as a new book: for it is a new book.
kindly
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From this reading The first edition was kindly noticed, but it attracted little attention, and very rightly, for the story as told therein was thin and insipid; and when Messrs. Scribner proposed to print the book in America, I stipulated that I should be allowed to rewrite it.
letter
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From this reading Some months after I received a letter from Madam Couperus, offering to translate the English edition into Dutch.
littlenounUS /little/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The first edition was kindly noticed, but it attracted little attention, and very rightly, for the story as told therein was thin and insipid; and when Messrs. Scribner proposed to print the book in America, I stipulated that I should be allowed to rewrite it.
London
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From this reading London: Walter Scott, Ltd. Paternoster Square Edinburgh: T. and A. Constable, Printers to Her Majesty I hope it will not seem presumptuous to ask my critics to treat this new edition of _Vain Fortune_ as a new book: for it is a new book.
Ltd
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From this reading London: Walter Scott, Ltd. Paternoster Square Edinburgh: T. and A. Constable, Printers to Her Majesty I hope it will not seem presumptuous to ask my critics to treat this new edition of _Vain Fortune_ as a new book: for it is a new book.
Madam
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From this reading Some months after I received a letter from Madam Couperus, offering to translate the English edition into Dutch.
Majesty
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From this reading London: Walter Scott, Ltd. Paternoster Square Edinburgh: T. and A. Constable, Printers to Her Majesty I hope it will not seem presumptuous to ask my critics to treat this new edition of _Vain Fortune_ as a new book: for it is a new book.
making
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From this reading They consented, and I began the story with Emily Watson, making her the principal character instead of Hubert Price.
Messrs
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From this reading The first edition was kindly noticed, but it attracted little attention, and very rightly, for the story as told therein was thin and insipid; and when Messrs. Scribner proposed to print the book in America, I stipulated that I should be allowed to rewrite it.
months
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From this reading Some months after I received a letter from Madam Couperus, offering to translate the English edition into Dutch.
mydeterminerUS /maɪ/
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading London: Walter Scott, Ltd. Paternoster Square Edinburgh: T. and A. Constable, Printers to Her Majesty I hope it will not seem presumptuous to ask my critics to treat this new edition of _Vain Fortune_ as a new book: for it is a new book.
new
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From this reading London: Walter Scott, Ltd. Paternoster Square Edinburgh: T. and A. Constable, Printers to Her Majesty I hope it will not seem presumptuous to ask my critics to treat this new edition of _Vain Fortune_ as a new book: for it is a new book.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading London: Walter Scott, Ltd. Paternoster Square Edinburgh: T. and A. Constable, Printers to Her Majesty I hope it will not seem presumptuous to ask my critics to treat this new edition of _Vain Fortune_ as a new book: for it is a new book.
noticed
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From this reading The first edition was kindly noticed, but it attracted little attention, and very rightly, for the story as told therein was thin and insipid; and when Messrs. Scribner proposed to print the book in America, I stipulated that I should be allowed to rewrite it.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading London: Walter Scott, Ltd. Paternoster Square Edinburgh: T. and A. Constable, Printers to Her Majesty I hope it will not seem presumptuous to ask my critics to treat this new edition of _Vain Fortune_ as a new book: for it is a new book.
offering
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From this reading Some months after I received a letter from Madam Couperus, offering to translate the English edition into Dutch.
Paternoster
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From this reading London: Walter Scott, Ltd. Paternoster Square Edinburgh: T. and A. Constable, Printers to Her Majesty I hope it will not seem presumptuous to ask my critics to treat this new edition of _Vain Fortune_ as a new book: for it is a new book.
prefer
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From this reading I sent her the American edition, and asked her which she would prefer to translate from.
presumptuous
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From this reading London: Walter Scott, Ltd. Paternoster Square Edinburgh: T. and A. Constable, Printers to Her Majesty I hope it will not seem presumptuous to ask my critics to treat this new edition of _Vain Fortune_ as a new book: for it is a new book.
Price
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From this reading They consented, and I began the story with Emily Watson, making her the principal character instead of Hubert Price.
principal
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From this reading They consented, and I began the story with Emily Watson, making her the principal character instead of Hubert Price.
print
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From this reading The first edition was kindly noticed, but it attracted little attention, and very rightly, for the story as told therein was thin and insipid; and when Messrs. Scribner proposed to print the book in America, I stipulated that I should be allowed to rewrite it.
Printers
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From this reading London: Walter Scott, Ltd. Paternoster Square Edinburgh: T. and A. Constable, Printers to Her Majesty I hope it will not seem presumptuous to ask my critics to treat this new edition of _Vain Fortune_ as a new book: for it is a new book.
proposed
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From this reading The first edition was kindly noticed, but it attracted little attention, and very rightly, for the story as told therein was thin and insipid; and when Messrs. Scribner proposed to print the book in America, I stipulated that I should be allowed to rewrite it.
received
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From this reading Some months after I received a letter from Madam Couperus, offering to translate the English edition into Dutch.
rewrite
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From this reading The first edition was kindly noticed, but it attracted little attention, and very rightly, for the story as told therein was thin and insipid; and when Messrs. Scribner proposed to print the book in America, I stipulated that I should be allowed to rewrite it.
rightly
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From this reading The first edition was kindly noticed, but it attracted little attention, and very rightly, for the story as told therein was thin and insipid; and when Messrs. Scribner proposed to print the book in America, I stipulated that I should be allowed to rewrite it.
Scott
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From this reading London: Walter Scott, Ltd. Paternoster Square Edinburgh: T. and A. Constable, Printers to Her Majesty I hope it will not seem presumptuous to ask my critics to treat this new edition of _Vain Fortune_ as a new book: for it is a new book.
Scribner
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From this reading The first edition was kindly noticed, but it attracted little attention, and very rightly, for the story as told therein was thin and insipid; and when Messrs. Scribner proposed to print the book in America, I stipulated that I should be allowed to rewrite it.
seem
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From this reading London: Walter Scott, Ltd. Paternoster Square Edinburgh: T. and A. Constable, Printers to Her Majesty I hope it will not seem presumptuous to ask my critics to treat this new edition of _Vain Fortune_ as a new book: for it is a new book.
sent
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From this reading I sent her the American edition, and asked her which she would prefer to translate from.
shepronounUS /ʃiː/
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading I sent her the American edition, and asked her which she would prefer to translate from.
shouldmodal verbUS /ʃʊd/
used to say what is right, expected, or advisable
From this reading The first edition was kindly noticed, but it attracted little attention, and very rightly, for the story as told therein was thin and insipid; and when Messrs. Scribner proposed to print the book in America, I stipulated that I should be allowed to rewrite it.
Some
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From this reading Some months after I received a letter from Madam Couperus, offering to translate the English edition into Dutch.
Square
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From this reading London: Walter Scott, Ltd. Paternoster Square Edinburgh: T. and A. Constable, Printers to Her Majesty I hope it will not seem presumptuous to ask my critics to treat this new edition of _Vain Fortune_ as a new book: for it is a new book.
stipulated
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From this reading The first edition was kindly noticed, but it attracted little attention, and very rightly, for the story as told therein was thin and insipid; and when Messrs. Scribner proposed to print the book in America, I stipulated that I should be allowed to rewrite it.
story
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From this reading The first edition was kindly noticed, but it attracted little attention, and very rightly, for the story as told therein was thin and insipid; and when Messrs. Scribner proposed to print the book in America, I stipulated that I should be allowed to rewrite it.
T
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From this reading London: Walter Scott, Ltd. Paternoster Square Edinburgh: T. and A. Constable, Printers to Her Majesty I hope it will not seem presumptuous to ask my critics to treat this new edition of _Vain Fortune_ as a new book: for it is a new book.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading The first edition was kindly noticed, but it attracted little attention, and very rightly, for the story as told therein was thin and insipid; and when Messrs. Scribner proposed to print the book in America, I stipulated that I should be allowed to rewrite it.
ThedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The first edition was kindly noticed, but it attracted little attention, and very rightly, for the story as told therein was thin and insipid; and when Messrs. Scribner proposed to print the book in America, I stipulated that I should be allowed to rewrite it.
therein
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From this reading The first edition was kindly noticed, but it attracted little attention, and very rightly, for the story as told therein was thin and insipid; and when Messrs. Scribner proposed to print the book in America, I stipulated that I should be allowed to rewrite it.
TheypronounUS /ðeɪ/
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading They consented, and I began the story with Emily Watson, making her the principal character instead of Hubert Price.
thinadjectiveUS /θɪn/
Having little thickness or extent.
From this reading The first edition was kindly noticed, but it attracted little attention, and very rightly, for the story as told therein was thin and insipid; and when Messrs. Scribner proposed to print the book in America, I stipulated that I should be allowed to rewrite it.
thisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading London: Walter Scott, Ltd. Paternoster Square Edinburgh: T. and A. Constable, Printers to Her Majesty I hope it will not seem presumptuous to ask my critics to treat this new edition of _Vain Fortune_ as a new book: for it is a new book.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading London: Walter Scott, Ltd. Paternoster Square Edinburgh: T. and A. Constable, Printers to Her Majesty I hope it will not seem presumptuous to ask my critics to treat this new edition of _Vain Fortune_ as a new book: for it is a new book.
toldnounUS /told/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The first edition was kindly noticed, but it attracted little attention, and very rightly, for the story as told therein was thin and insipid; and when Messrs. Scribner proposed to print the book in America, I stipulated that I should be allowed to rewrite it.
translate
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From this reading Some months after I received a letter from Madam Couperus, offering to translate the English edition into Dutch.
treat
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From this reading London: Walter Scott, Ltd. Paternoster Square Edinburgh: T. and A. Constable, Printers to Her Majesty I hope it will not seem presumptuous to ask my critics to treat this new edition of _Vain Fortune_ as a new book: for it is a new book.
Vain
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From this reading London: Walter Scott, Ltd. Paternoster Square Edinburgh: T. and A. Constable, Printers to Her Majesty I hope it will not seem presumptuous to ask my critics to treat this new edition of _Vain Fortune_ as a new book: for it is a new book.
very
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From this reading The first edition was kindly noticed, but it attracted little attention, and very rightly, for the story as told therein was thin and insipid; and when Messrs. Scribner proposed to print the book in America, I stipulated that I should be allowed to rewrite it.
Walter
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From this reading London: Walter Scott, Ltd. Paternoster Square Edinburgh: T. and A. Constable, Printers to Her Majesty I hope it will not seem presumptuous to ask my critics to treat this new edition of _Vain Fortune_ as a new book: for it is a new book.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading The first edition was kindly noticed, but it attracted little attention, and very rightly, for the story as told therein was thin and insipid; and when Messrs. Scribner proposed to print the book in America, I stipulated that I should be allowed to rewrite it.
Watson
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From this reading They consented, and I began the story with Emily Watson, making her the principal character instead of Hubert Price.
whenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading The first edition was kindly noticed, but it attracted little attention, and very rightly, for the story as told therein was thin and insipid; and when Messrs. Scribner proposed to print the book in America, I stipulated that I should be allowed to rewrite it.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading I sent her the American edition, and asked her which she would prefer to translate from.
willmodal verbUS /wɪl/
used to talk about the future, or about willingness
From this reading London: Walter Scott, Ltd. Paternoster Square Edinburgh: T. and A. Constable, Printers to Her Majesty I hope it will not seem presumptuous to ask my critics to treat this new edition of _Vain Fortune_ as a new book: for it is a new book.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading They consented, and I began the story with Emily Watson, making her the principal character instead of Hubert Price.
wouldmodal verbUS /wʊd/
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading I sent her the American edition, and asked her which she would prefer to translate from.
