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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 Primitive character of the country in certain districts of Great Britain.--Connection between the features of surrounding scenery and the mental and moral inclinations of man, after the fashion of all sound ethnological historians.--A charioteer, to whom an experience of British laws suggests an ingenious mode of arresting the progress of Roman Papacy, carries Lionel Haughton and his fortunes to a place which allows of description and invites repose.
afterprepositionUS /ˈæftər/
later than; following
From this reading Primitive character of the country in certain districts of Great Britain.--Connection between the features of surrounding scenery and the mental and moral inclinations of man, after the fashion of all sound ethnological historians.--A charioteer, to whom an experience of British laws suggests an ingenious mode of arresting the progress of Roman Papacy, carries Lionel Haughton and his fortunes to a place which allows of description and invites repose.
all
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From this reading Primitive character of the country in certain districts of Great Britain.--Connection between the features of surrounding scenery and the mental and moral inclinations of man, after the fashion of all sound ethnological historians.--A charioteer, to whom an experience of British laws suggests an ingenious mode of arresting the progress of Roman Papacy, carries Lionel Haughton and his fortunes to a place which allows of description and invites repose.
allows
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From this reading Primitive character of the country in certain districts of Great Britain.--Connection between the features of surrounding scenery and the mental and moral inclinations of man, after the fashion of all sound ethnological historians.--A charioteer, to whom an experience of British laws suggests an ingenious mode of arresting the progress of Roman Papacy, carries Lionel Haughton and his fortunes to a place which allows of description and invites repose.
alongprepositionUS /əˈlɔːŋ/
following the length of something from one end toward the other
From this reading He ordered a fly, and was soon wheeled briskly along a rough parish road, through a country strongly contrasting the gay river scenery he had so lately quitted,--quite as English, but rather the England of a former race than that which spreads round our own generation like one vast suburb of garden-ground and villas.
andeterminerUS /æn/
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading Primitive character of the country in certain districts of Great Britain.--Connection between the features of surrounding scenery and the mental and moral inclinations of man, after the fashion of all sound ethnological historians.--A charioteer, to whom an experience of British laws suggests an ingenious mode of arresting the progress of Roman Papacy, carries Lionel Haughton and his fortunes to a place which allows of description and invites repose.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Primitive character of the country in certain districts of Great Britain.--Connection between the features of surrounding scenery and the mental and moral inclinations of man, after the fashion of all sound ethnological historians.--A charioteer, to whom an experience of British laws suggests an ingenious mode of arresting the progress of Roman Papacy, carries Lionel Haughton and his fortunes to a place which allows of description and invites repose.
arresting
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From this reading Primitive character of the country in certain districts of Great Britain.--Connection between the features of surrounding scenery and the mental and moral inclinations of man, after the fashion of all sound ethnological historians.--A charioteer, to whom an experience of British laws suggests an ingenious mode of arresting the progress of Roman Papacy, carries Lionel Haughton and his fortunes to a place which allows of description and invites repose.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading He ordered a fly, and was soon wheeled briskly along a rough parish road, through a country strongly contrasting the gay river scenery he had so lately quitted,--quite as English, but rather the England of a former race than that which spreads round our own generation like one vast suburb of garden-ground and villas.
betweenprepositionUS /bɪˈtwiːn/
in the space, time, or range separating two things
From this reading Primitive character of the country in certain districts of Great Britain.--Connection between the features of surrounding scenery and the mental and moral inclinations of man, after the fashion of all sound ethnological historians.--A charioteer, to whom an experience of British laws suggests an ingenious mode of arresting the progress of Roman Papacy, carries Lionel Haughton and his fortunes to a place which allows of description and invites repose.
bound
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From this reading In safety, but with naught else rare enough, in a railway train, to deserve commemoration, Lionel reached the station to which he was bound.
briskly
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From this reading He ordered a fly, and was soon wheeled briskly along a rough parish road, through a country strongly contrasting the gay river scenery he had so lately quitted,--quite as English, but rather the England of a former race than that which spreads round our own generation like one vast suburb of garden-ground and villas.
Britain
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From this reading Primitive character of the country in certain districts of Great Britain.--Connection between the features of surrounding scenery and the mental and moral inclinations of man, after the fashion of all sound ethnological historians.--A charioteer, to whom an experience of British laws suggests an ingenious mode of arresting the progress of Roman Papacy, carries Lionel Haughton and his fortunes to a place which allows of description and invites repose.
British
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From this reading Primitive character of the country in certain districts of Great Britain.--Connection between the features of surrounding scenery and the mental and moral inclinations of man, after the fashion of all sound ethnological historians.--A charioteer, to whom an experience of British laws suggests an ingenious mode of arresting the progress of Roman Papacy, carries Lionel Haughton and his fortunes to a place which allows of description and invites repose.
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading In safety, but with naught else rare enough, in a railway train, to deserve commemoration, Lionel reached the station to which he was bound.
came
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From this reading Here, nor village nor spire, nor porter's lodge came in sight.
carries
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From this reading Primitive character of the country in certain districts of Great Britain.--Connection between the features of surrounding scenery and the mental and moral inclinations of man, after the fashion of all sound ethnological historians.--A charioteer, to whom an experience of British laws suggests an ingenious mode of arresting the progress of Roman Papacy, carries Lionel Haughton and his fortunes to a place which allows of description and invites repose.
certain
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From this reading Primitive character of the country in certain districts of Great Britain.--Connection between the features of surrounding scenery and the mental and moral inclinations of man, after the fashion of all sound ethnological historians.--A charioteer, to whom an experience of British laws suggests an ingenious mode of arresting the progress of Roman Papacy, carries Lionel Haughton and his fortunes to a place which allows of description and invites repose.
character
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From this reading Primitive character of the country in certain districts of Great Britain.--Connection between the features of surrounding scenery and the mental and moral inclinations of man, after the fashion of all sound ethnological historians.--A charioteer, to whom an experience of British laws suggests an ingenious mode of arresting the progress of Roman Papacy, carries Lionel Haughton and his fortunes to a place which allows of description and invites repose.
charioteer
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From this reading Primitive character of the country in certain districts of Great Britain.--Connection between the features of surrounding scenery and the mental and moral inclinations of man, after the fashion of all sound ethnological historians.--A charioteer, to whom an experience of British laws suggests an ingenious mode of arresting the progress of Roman Papacy, carries Lionel Haughton and his fortunes to a place which allows of description and invites repose.
commemoration
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From this reading In safety, but with naught else rare enough, in a railway train, to deserve commemoration, Lionel reached the station to which he was bound.
Connection
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From this reading Primitive character of the country in certain districts of Great Britain.--Connection between the features of surrounding scenery and the mental and moral inclinations of man, after the fashion of all sound ethnological historians.--A charioteer, to whom an experience of British laws suggests an ingenious mode of arresting the progress of Roman Papacy, carries Lionel Haughton and his fortunes to a place which allows of description and invites repose.
contrasting
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From this reading He ordered a fly, and was soon wheeled briskly along a rough parish road, through a country strongly contrasting the gay river scenery he had so lately quitted,--quite as English, but rather the England of a former race than that which spreads round our own generation like one vast suburb of garden-ground and villas.
country
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From this reading Primitive character of the country in certain districts of Great Britain.--Connection between the features of surrounding scenery and the mental and moral inclinations of man, after the fashion of all sound ethnological historians.--A charioteer, to whom an experience of British laws suggests an ingenious mode of arresting the progress of Roman Papacy, carries Lionel Haughton and his fortunes to a place which allows of description and invites repose.
description
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From this reading Primitive character of the country in certain districts of Great Britain.--Connection between the features of surrounding scenery and the mental and moral inclinations of man, after the fashion of all sound ethnological historians.--A charioteer, to whom an experience of British laws suggests an ingenious mode of arresting the progress of Roman Papacy, carries Lionel Haughton and his fortunes to a place which allows of description and invites repose.
deserve
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From this reading In safety, but with naught else rare enough, in a railway train, to deserve commemoration, Lionel reached the station to which he was bound.
distance
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From this reading He there inquired the distance to Fawley Manor House; it was five miles.
districts
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From this reading Primitive character of the country in certain districts of Great Britain.--Connection between the features of surrounding scenery and the mental and moral inclinations of man, after the fashion of all sound ethnological historians.--A charioteer, to whom an experience of British laws suggests an ingenious mode of arresting the progress of Roman Papacy, carries Lionel Haughton and his fortunes to a place which allows of description and invites repose.
else
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From this reading In safety, but with naught else rare enough, in a railway train, to deserve commemoration, Lionel reached the station to which he was bound.
England
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From this reading He ordered a fly, and was soon wheeled briskly along a rough parish road, through a country strongly contrasting the gay river scenery he had so lately quitted,--quite as English, but rather the England of a former race than that which spreads round our own generation like one vast suburb of garden-ground and villas.
English
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enough
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From this reading In safety, but with naught else rare enough, in a railway train, to deserve commemoration, Lionel reached the station to which he was bound.
ethnological
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From this reading Primitive character of the country in certain districts of Great Britain.--Connection between the features of surrounding scenery and the mental and moral inclinations of man, after the fashion of all sound ethnological historians.--A charioteer, to whom an experience of British laws suggests an ingenious mode of arresting the progress of Roman Papacy, carries Lionel Haughton and his fortunes to a place which allows of description and invites repose.
experience
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From this reading Primitive character of the country in certain districts of Great Britain.--Connection between the features of surrounding scenery and the mental and moral inclinations of man, after the fashion of all sound ethnological historians.--A charioteer, to whom an experience of British laws suggests an ingenious mode of arresting the progress of Roman Papacy, carries Lionel Haughton and his fortunes to a place which allows of description and invites repose.
fashion
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From this reading Primitive character of the country in certain districts of Great Britain.--Connection between the features of surrounding scenery and the mental and moral inclinations of man, after the fashion of all sound ethnological historians.--A charioteer, to whom an experience of British laws suggests an ingenious mode of arresting the progress of Roman Papacy, carries Lionel Haughton and his fortunes to a place which allows of description and invites repose.
Fawley
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From this reading He there inquired the distance to Fawley Manor House; it was five miles.
features
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From this reading Primitive character of the country in certain districts of Great Britain.--Connection between the features of surrounding scenery and the mental and moral inclinations of man, after the fashion of all sound ethnological historians.--A charioteer, to whom an experience of British laws suggests an ingenious mode of arresting the progress of Roman Papacy, carries Lionel Haughton and his fortunes to a place which allows of description and invites repose.
five
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From this reading He there inquired the distance to Fawley Manor House; it was five miles.
fly
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From this reading He ordered a fly, and was soon wheeled briskly along a rough parish road, through a country strongly contrasting the gay river scenery he had so lately quitted,--quite as English, but rather the England of a former race than that which spreads round our own generation like one vast suburb of garden-ground and villas.
former
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fortunes
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From this reading Primitive character of the country in certain districts of Great Britain.--Connection between the features of surrounding scenery and the mental and moral inclinations of man, after the fashion of all sound ethnological historians.--A charioteer, to whom an experience of British laws suggests an ingenious mode of arresting the progress of Roman Papacy, carries Lionel Haughton and his fortunes to a place which allows of description and invites repose.
garden-ground
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gay
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From this reading He ordered a fly, and was soon wheeled briskly along a rough parish road, through a country strongly contrasting the gay river scenery he had so lately quitted,--quite as English, but rather the England of a former race than that which spreads round our own generation like one vast suburb of garden-ground and villas.
generation
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From this reading He ordered a fly, and was soon wheeled briskly along a rough parish road, through a country strongly contrasting the gay river scenery he had so lately quitted,--quite as English, but rather the England of a former race than that which spreads round our own generation like one vast suburb of garden-ground and villas.
GreatnounUS /great/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Primitive character of the country in certain districts of Great Britain.--Connection between the features of surrounding scenery and the mental and moral inclinations of man, after the fashion of all sound ethnological historians.--A charioteer, to whom an experience of British laws suggests an ingenious mode of arresting the progress of Roman Papacy, carries Lionel Haughton and his fortunes to a place which allows of description and invites repose.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading He ordered a fly, and was soon wheeled briskly along a rough parish road, through a country strongly contrasting the gay river scenery he had so lately quitted,--quite as English, but rather the England of a former race than that which spreads round our own generation like one vast suburb of garden-ground and villas.
Haughton
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From this reading Primitive character of the country in certain districts of Great Britain.--Connection between the features of surrounding scenery and the mental and moral inclinations of man, after the fashion of all sound ethnological historians.--A charioteer, to whom an experience of British laws suggests an ingenious mode of arresting the progress of Roman Papacy, carries Lionel Haughton and his fortunes to a place which allows of description and invites repose.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading In safety, but with naught else rare enough, in a railway train, to deserve commemoration, Lionel reached the station to which he was bound.
HerenounUS /here/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Here, nor village nor spire, nor porter's lodge came in sight.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Primitive character of the country in certain districts of Great Britain.--Connection between the features of surrounding scenery and the mental and moral inclinations of man, after the fashion of all sound ethnological historians.--A charioteer, to whom an experience of British laws suggests an ingenious mode of arresting the progress of Roman Papacy, carries Lionel Haughton and his fortunes to a place which allows of description and invites repose.
historians
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From this reading Primitive character of the country in certain districts of Great Britain.--Connection between the features of surrounding scenery and the mental and moral inclinations of man, after the fashion of all sound ethnological historians.--A charioteer, to whom an experience of British laws suggests an ingenious mode of arresting the progress of Roman Papacy, carries Lionel Haughton and his fortunes to a place which allows of description and invites repose.
House
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From this reading He there inquired the distance to Fawley Manor House; it was five miles.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Primitive character of the country in certain districts of Great Britain.--Connection between the features of surrounding scenery and the mental and moral inclinations of man, after the fashion of all sound ethnological historians.--A charioteer, to whom an experience of British laws suggests an ingenious mode of arresting the progress of Roman Papacy, carries Lionel Haughton and his fortunes to a place which allows of description and invites repose.
inclinations
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From this reading Primitive character of the country in certain districts of Great Britain.--Connection between the features of surrounding scenery and the mental and moral inclinations of man, after the fashion of all sound ethnological historians.--A charioteer, to whom an experience of British laws suggests an ingenious mode of arresting the progress of Roman Papacy, carries Lionel Haughton and his fortunes to a place which allows of description and invites repose.
ingeniousadjectiveUS /ɪnˈdʒiː.ni.əs/
Clever, original, and remarkably inventive in design and execution.
From this reading Primitive character of the country in certain districts of Great Britain.--Connection between the features of surrounding scenery and the mental and moral inclinations of man, after the fashion of all sound ethnological historians.--A charioteer, to whom an experience of British laws suggests an ingenious mode of arresting the progress of Roman Papacy, carries Lionel Haughton and his fortunes to a place which allows of description and invites repose.
inquirednounUS /ˈinquired/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading He there inquired the distance to Fawley Manor House; it was five miles.
invites
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From this reading Primitive character of the country in certain districts of Great Britain.--Connection between the features of surrounding scenery and the mental and moral inclinations of man, after the fashion of all sound ethnological historians.--A charioteer, to whom an experience of British laws suggests an ingenious mode of arresting the progress of Roman Papacy, carries Lionel Haughton and his fortunes to a place which allows of description and invites repose.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading He there inquired the distance to Fawley Manor House; it was five miles.
lately
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From this reading He ordered a fly, and was soon wheeled briskly along a rough parish road, through a country strongly contrasting the gay river scenery he had so lately quitted,--quite as English, but rather the England of a former race than that which spreads round our own generation like one vast suburb of garden-ground and villas.
laws
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From this reading Primitive character of the country in certain districts of Great Britain.--Connection between the features of surrounding scenery and the mental and moral inclinations of man, after the fashion of all sound ethnological historians.--A charioteer, to whom an experience of British laws suggests an ingenious mode of arresting the progress of Roman Papacy, carries Lionel Haughton and his fortunes to a place which allows of description and invites repose.
like
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From this reading He ordered a fly, and was soon wheeled briskly along a rough parish road, through a country strongly contrasting the gay river scenery he had so lately quitted,--quite as English, but rather the England of a former race than that which spreads round our own generation like one vast suburb of garden-ground and villas.
Lionel
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From this reading Primitive character of the country in certain districts of Great Britain.--Connection between the features of surrounding scenery and the mental and moral inclinations of man, after the fashion of all sound ethnological historians.--A charioteer, to whom an experience of British laws suggests an ingenious mode of arresting the progress of Roman Papacy, carries Lionel Haughton and his fortunes to a place which allows of description and invites repose.
lodge
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From this reading Here, nor village nor spire, nor porter's lodge came in sight.
man
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From this reading Primitive character of the country in certain districts of Great Britain.--Connection between the features of surrounding scenery and the mental and moral inclinations of man, after the fashion of all sound ethnological historians.--A charioteer, to whom an experience of British laws suggests an ingenious mode of arresting the progress of Roman Papacy, carries Lionel Haughton and his fortunes to a place which allows of description and invites repose.
Manor
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From this reading He there inquired the distance to Fawley Manor House; it was five miles.
mental
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From this reading Primitive character of the country in certain districts of Great Britain.--Connection between the features of surrounding scenery and the mental and moral inclinations of man, after the fashion of all sound ethnological historians.--A charioteer, to whom an experience of British laws suggests an ingenious mode of arresting the progress of Roman Papacy, carries Lionel Haughton and his fortunes to a place which allows of description and invites repose.
miles
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From this reading He there inquired the distance to Fawley Manor House; it was five miles.
mode
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From this reading Primitive character of the country in certain districts of Great Britain.--Connection between the features of surrounding scenery and the mental and moral inclinations of man, after the fashion of all sound ethnological historians.--A charioteer, to whom an experience of British laws suggests an ingenious mode of arresting the progress of Roman Papacy, carries Lionel Haughton and his fortunes to a place which allows of description and invites repose.
moral
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From this reading Primitive character of the country in certain districts of Great Britain.--Connection between the features of surrounding scenery and the mental and moral inclinations of man, after the fashion of all sound ethnological historians.--A charioteer, to whom an experience of British laws suggests an ingenious mode of arresting the progress of Roman Papacy, carries Lionel Haughton and his fortunes to a place which allows of description and invites repose.
naught
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From this reading In safety, but with naught else rare enough, in a railway train, to deserve commemoration, Lionel reached the station to which he was bound.
norconjunctionUS /nɔːr/
and not; used after a negative to add a second negative
From this reading Here, nor village nor spire, nor porter's lodge came in sight.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Primitive character of the country in certain districts of Great Britain.--Connection between the features of surrounding scenery and the mental and moral inclinations of man, after the fashion of all sound ethnological historians.--A charioteer, to whom an experience of British laws suggests an ingenious mode of arresting the progress of Roman Papacy, carries Lionel Haughton and his fortunes to a place which allows of description and invites repose.
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading He ordered a fly, and was soon wheeled briskly along a rough parish road, through a country strongly contrasting the gay river scenery he had so lately quitted,--quite as English, but rather the England of a former race than that which spreads round our own generation like one vast suburb of garden-ground and villas.
ordered
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From this reading He ordered a fly, and was soon wheeled briskly along a rough parish road, through a country strongly contrasting the gay river scenery he had so lately quitted,--quite as English, but rather the England of a former race than that which spreads round our own generation like one vast suburb of garden-ground and villas.
ourdeterminerUS /ˈaʊər/
belonging to the speaker and others
From this reading He ordered a fly, and was soon wheeled briskly along a rough parish road, through a country strongly contrasting the gay river scenery he had so lately quitted,--quite as English, but rather the England of a former race than that which spreads round our own generation like one vast suburb of garden-ground and villas.
own
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From this reading He ordered a fly, and was soon wheeled briskly along a rough parish road, through a country strongly contrasting the gay river scenery he had so lately quitted,--quite as English, but rather the England of a former race than that which spreads round our own generation like one vast suburb of garden-ground and villas.
Papacy
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From this reading Primitive character of the country in certain districts of Great Britain.--Connection between the features of surrounding scenery and the mental and moral inclinations of man, after the fashion of all sound ethnological historians.--A charioteer, to whom an experience of British laws suggests an ingenious mode of arresting the progress of Roman Papacy, carries Lionel Haughton and his fortunes to a place which allows of description and invites repose.
parish
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From this reading He ordered a fly, and was soon wheeled briskly along a rough parish road, through a country strongly contrasting the gay river scenery he had so lately quitted,--quite as English, but rather the England of a former race than that which spreads round our own generation like one vast suburb of garden-ground and villas.
place
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From this reading Primitive character of the country in certain districts of Great Britain.--Connection between the features of surrounding scenery and the mental and moral inclinations of man, after the fashion of all sound ethnological historians.--A charioteer, to whom an experience of British laws suggests an ingenious mode of arresting the progress of Roman Papacy, carries Lionel Haughton and his fortunes to a place which allows of description and invites repose.
porter's
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From this reading Here, nor village nor spire, nor porter's lodge came in sight.
Primitive
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From this reading Primitive character of the country in certain districts of Great Britain.--Connection between the features of surrounding scenery and the mental and moral inclinations of man, after the fashion of all sound ethnological historians.--A charioteer, to whom an experience of British laws suggests an ingenious mode of arresting the progress of Roman Papacy, carries Lionel Haughton and his fortunes to a place which allows of description and invites repose.
progress
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From this reading Primitive character of the country in certain districts of Great Britain.--Connection between the features of surrounding scenery and the mental and moral inclinations of man, after the fashion of all sound ethnological historians.--A charioteer, to whom an experience of British laws suggests an ingenious mode of arresting the progress of Roman Papacy, carries Lionel Haughton and his fortunes to a place which allows of description and invites repose.
quitenounUS /quite/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading He ordered a fly, and was soon wheeled briskly along a rough parish road, through a country strongly contrasting the gay river scenery he had so lately quitted,--quite as English, but rather the England of a former race than that which spreads round our own generation like one vast suburb of garden-ground and villas.
quitted
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From this reading He ordered a fly, and was soon wheeled briskly along a rough parish road, through a country strongly contrasting the gay river scenery he had so lately quitted,--quite as English, but rather the England of a former race than that which spreads round our own generation like one vast suburb of garden-ground and villas.
race
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From this reading He ordered a fly, and was soon wheeled briskly along a rough parish road, through a country strongly contrasting the gay river scenery he had so lately quitted,--quite as English, but rather the England of a former race than that which spreads round our own generation like one vast suburb of garden-ground and villas.
railway
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From this reading In safety, but with naught else rare enough, in a railway train, to deserve commemoration, Lionel reached the station to which he was bound.
rare
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From this reading In safety, but with naught else rare enough, in a railway train, to deserve commemoration, Lionel reached the station to which he was bound.
rather
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From this reading He ordered a fly, and was soon wheeled briskly along a rough parish road, through a country strongly contrasting the gay river scenery he had so lately quitted,--quite as English, but rather the England of a former race than that which spreads round our own generation like one vast suburb of garden-ground and villas.
reached
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From this reading In safety, but with naught else rare enough, in a railway train, to deserve commemoration, Lionel reached the station to which he was bound.
repose
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From this reading Primitive character of the country in certain districts of Great Britain.--Connection between the features of surrounding scenery and the mental and moral inclinations of man, after the fashion of all sound ethnological historians.--A charioteer, to whom an experience of British laws suggests an ingenious mode of arresting the progress of Roman Papacy, carries Lionel Haughton and his fortunes to a place which allows of description and invites repose.
river
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From this reading He ordered a fly, and was soon wheeled briskly along a rough parish road, through a country strongly contrasting the gay river scenery he had so lately quitted,--quite as English, but rather the England of a former race than that which spreads round our own generation like one vast suburb of garden-ground and villas.
road
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From this reading He ordered a fly, and was soon wheeled briskly along a rough parish road, through a country strongly contrasting the gay river scenery he had so lately quitted,--quite as English, but rather the England of a former race than that which spreads round our own generation like one vast suburb of garden-ground and villas.
Roman
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From this reading Primitive character of the country in certain districts of Great Britain.--Connection between the features of surrounding scenery and the mental and moral inclinations of man, after the fashion of all sound ethnological historians.--A charioteer, to whom an experience of British laws suggests an ingenious mode of arresting the progress of Roman Papacy, carries Lionel Haughton and his fortunes to a place which allows of description and invites repose.
rough
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From this reading He ordered a fly, and was soon wheeled briskly along a rough parish road, through a country strongly contrasting the gay river scenery he had so lately quitted,--quite as English, but rather the England of a former race than that which spreads round our own generation like one vast suburb of garden-ground and villas.
round
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From this reading He ordered a fly, and was soon wheeled briskly along a rough parish road, through a country strongly contrasting the gay river scenery he had so lately quitted,--quite as English, but rather the England of a former race than that which spreads round our own generation like one vast suburb of garden-ground and villas.
safety
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From this reading In safety, but with naught else rare enough, in a railway train, to deserve commemoration, Lionel reached the station to which he was bound.
scenery
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From this reading Primitive character of the country in certain districts of Great Britain.--Connection between the features of surrounding scenery and the mental and moral inclinations of man, after the fashion of all sound ethnological historians.--A charioteer, to whom an experience of British laws suggests an ingenious mode of arresting the progress of Roman Papacy, carries Lionel Haughton and his fortunes to a place which allows of description and invites repose.
sight
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From this reading Here, nor village nor spire, nor porter's lodge came in sight.
soconjunctionUS /soʊ/
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading He ordered a fly, and was soon wheeled briskly along a rough parish road, through a country strongly contrasting the gay river scenery he had so lately quitted,--quite as English, but rather the England of a former race than that which spreads round our own generation like one vast suburb of garden-ground and villas.
soon
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From this reading He ordered a fly, and was soon wheeled briskly along a rough parish road, through a country strongly contrasting the gay river scenery he had so lately quitted,--quite as English, but rather the England of a former race than that which spreads round our own generation like one vast suburb of garden-ground and villas.
sound
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From this reading Primitive character of the country in certain districts of Great Britain.--Connection between the features of surrounding scenery and the mental and moral inclinations of man, after the fashion of all sound ethnological historians.--A charioteer, to whom an experience of British laws suggests an ingenious mode of arresting the progress of Roman Papacy, carries Lionel Haughton and his fortunes to a place which allows of description and invites repose.
spire
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From this reading Here, nor village nor spire, nor porter's lodge came in sight.
spreads
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From this reading He ordered a fly, and was soon wheeled briskly along a rough parish road, through a country strongly contrasting the gay river scenery he had so lately quitted,--quite as English, but rather the England of a former race than that which spreads round our own generation like one vast suburb of garden-ground and villas.
station
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From this reading In safety, but with naught else rare enough, in a railway train, to deserve commemoration, Lionel reached the station to which he was bound.
strongly
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From this reading He ordered a fly, and was soon wheeled briskly along a rough parish road, through a country strongly contrasting the gay river scenery he had so lately quitted,--quite as English, but rather the England of a former race than that which spreads round our own generation like one vast suburb of garden-ground and villas.
suburb
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From this reading He ordered a fly, and was soon wheeled briskly along a rough parish road, through a country strongly contrasting the gay river scenery he had so lately quitted,--quite as English, but rather the England of a former race than that which spreads round our own generation like one vast suburb of garden-ground and villas.
suggests
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From this reading Primitive character of the country in certain districts of Great Britain.--Connection between the features of surrounding scenery and the mental and moral inclinations of man, after the fashion of all sound ethnological historians.--A charioteer, to whom an experience of British laws suggests an ingenious mode of arresting the progress of Roman Papacy, carries Lionel Haughton and his fortunes to a place which allows of description and invites repose.
surrounding
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From this reading Primitive character of the country in certain districts of Great Britain.--Connection between the features of surrounding scenery and the mental and moral inclinations of man, after the fashion of all sound ethnological historians.--A charioteer, to whom an experience of British laws suggests an ingenious mode of arresting the progress of Roman Papacy, carries Lionel Haughton and his fortunes to a place which allows of description and invites repose.
thanconjunctionUS /ðæn/
used to introduce the second part of a comparison
From this reading He ordered a fly, and was soon wheeled briskly along a rough parish road, through a country strongly contrasting the gay river scenery he had so lately quitted,--quite as English, but rather the England of a former race than that which spreads round our own generation like one vast suburb of garden-ground and villas.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading He ordered a fly, and was soon wheeled briskly along a rough parish road, through a country strongly contrasting the gay river scenery he had so lately quitted,--quite as English, but rather the England of a former race than that which spreads round our own generation like one vast suburb of garden-ground and villas.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Primitive character of the country in certain districts of Great Britain.--Connection between the features of surrounding scenery and the mental and moral inclinations of man, after the fashion of all sound ethnological historians.--A charioteer, to whom an experience of British laws suggests an ingenious mode of arresting the progress of Roman Papacy, carries Lionel Haughton and his fortunes to a place which allows of description and invites repose.
there
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From this reading He there inquired the distance to Fawley Manor House; it was five miles.
throughnounUS /ˈthrough/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading He ordered a fly, and was soon wheeled briskly along a rough parish road, through a country strongly contrasting the gay river scenery he had so lately quitted,--quite as English, but rather the England of a former race than that which spreads round our own generation like one vast suburb of garden-ground and villas.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Primitive character of the country in certain districts of Great Britain.--Connection between the features of surrounding scenery and the mental and moral inclinations of man, after the fashion of all sound ethnological historians.--A charioteer, to whom an experience of British laws suggests an ingenious mode of arresting the progress of Roman Papacy, carries Lionel Haughton and his fortunes to a place which allows of description and invites repose.
train
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From this reading In safety, but with naught else rare enough, in a railway train, to deserve commemoration, Lionel reached the station to which he was bound.
vast
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From this reading He ordered a fly, and was soon wheeled briskly along a rough parish road, through a country strongly contrasting the gay river scenery he had so lately quitted,--quite as English, but rather the England of a former race than that which spreads round our own generation like one vast suburb of garden-ground and villas.
village
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From this reading Here, nor village nor spire, nor porter's lodge came in sight.
villas
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From this reading He ordered a fly, and was soon wheeled briskly along a rough parish road, through a country strongly contrasting the gay river scenery he had so lately quitted,--quite as English, but rather the England of a former race than that which spreads round our own generation like one vast suburb of garden-ground and villas.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading In safety, but with naught else rare enough, in a railway train, to deserve commemoration, Lionel reached the station to which he was bound.
wheeled
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From this reading He ordered a fly, and was soon wheeled briskly along a rough parish road, through a country strongly contrasting the gay river scenery he had so lately quitted,--quite as English, but rather the England of a former race than that which spreads round our own generation like one vast suburb of garden-ground and villas.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading Primitive character of the country in certain districts of Great Britain.--Connection between the features of surrounding scenery and the mental and moral inclinations of man, after the fashion of all sound ethnological historians.--A charioteer, to whom an experience of British laws suggests an ingenious mode of arresting the progress of Roman Papacy, carries Lionel Haughton and his fortunes to a place which allows of description and invites repose.
whompronounUS /huːm/
the form of “who” used as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Primitive character of the country in certain districts of Great Britain.--Connection between the features of surrounding scenery and the mental and moral inclinations of man, after the fashion of all sound ethnological historians.--A charioteer, to whom an experience of British laws suggests an ingenious mode of arresting the progress of Roman Papacy, carries Lionel Haughton and his fortunes to a place which allows of description and invites repose.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading In safety, but with naught else rare enough, in a railway train, to deserve commemoration, Lionel reached the station to which he was bound.
