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Being an essay on temper in general, and a hazardous experiment on the reader's in particular. There, the window is open! how instinctively the eye rests upon the green! How the calm colour lures and soothes it! But is there to the green only a single hue? See how infinite the variety of its tints!
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the -ing form of “be”
From this reading “Being an essay on temper in general, and a hazardous experiment on the reader's in particular.”
To move from a closed position.
From this reading “There, the window is open! how instinctively the eye rests upon the green!”
a formal word for “on”
From this reading “There, the window is open! how instinctively the eye rests upon the green!”
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used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading Being an essay on temper in general, and a hazardous experiment on the reader's in particular.
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading Being an essay on temper in general, and a hazardous experiment on the reader's in particular.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Being an essay on temper in general, and a hazardous experiment on the reader's in particular.
the -ing form of “be”
From this reading Being an essay on temper in general, and a hazardous experiment on the reader's in particular.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading But is there to the green only a single hue?
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From this reading How the calm colour lures and soothes it!
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From this reading How the calm colour lures and soothes it!
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From this reading Being an essay on temper in general, and a hazardous experiment on the reader's in particular.
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From this reading Being an essay on temper in general, and a hazardous experiment on the reader's in particular.
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From this reading There, the window is open! how instinctively the eye rests upon the green!
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From this reading Being an essay on temper in general, and a hazardous experiment on the reader's in particular.
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From this reading There, the window is open! how instinctively the eye rests upon the green!
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From this reading Being an essay on temper in general, and a hazardous experiment on the reader's in particular.
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From this reading There, the window is open! how instinctively the eye rests upon the green!
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From this reading But is there to the green only a single hue?
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Being an essay on temper in general, and a hazardous experiment on the reader's in particular.
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From this reading See how infinite the variety of its tints!
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From this reading There, the window is open! how instinctively the eye rests upon the green!
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading There, the window is open! how instinctively the eye rests upon the green!
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading How the calm colour lures and soothes it!
belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned
From this reading See how infinite the variety of its tints!
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belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading See how infinite the variety of its tints!
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading Being an essay on temper in general, and a hazardous experiment on the reader's in particular.
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From this reading But is there to the green only a single hue?
To move from a closed position.
From this reading There, the window is open! how instinctively the eye rests upon the green!
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From this reading Being an essay on temper in general, and a hazardous experiment on the reader's in particular.
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From this reading Being an essay on temper in general, and a hazardous experiment on the reader's in particular.
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From this reading There, the window is open! how instinctively the eye rests upon the green!
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From this reading See how infinite the variety of its tints!
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From this reading But is there to the green only a single hue?
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From this reading How the calm colour lures and soothes it!
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From this reading Being an essay on temper in general, and a hazardous experiment on the reader's in particular.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Being an essay on temper in general, and a hazardous experiment on the reader's in particular.
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From this reading There, the window is open! how instinctively the eye rests upon the green!
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From this reading See how infinite the variety of its tints!
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading But is there to the green only a single hue?
a formal word for “on”
From this reading There, the window is open! how instinctively the eye rests upon the green!
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From this reading See how infinite the variety of its tints!
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From this reading There, the window is open! how instinctively the eye rests upon the green!
