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1780
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From this reading WILLIAM HAYLEY William Hayley, "the poet," as he delighted to call himself, enjoyed a wide reputation as the author of _The Triumphs of Temper_, which appeared in 1780 and was intended as a poetical and pleasing guide to young ladies how to behave under the provocation of testy fathers and sour aunts, with the promise of a peerless husband if their tempers were triumphant.
adeterminerUS /ə/
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading WILLIAM HAYLEY William Hayley, "the poet," as he delighted to call himself, enjoyed a wide reputation as the author of _The Triumphs of Temper_, which appeared in 1780 and was intended as a poetical and pleasing guide to young ladies how to behave under the provocation of testy fathers and sour aunts, with the promise of a peerless husband if their tempers were triumphant.
action
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From this reading In the Inferno she sees all the wicked vices in action, and in the Paradise the graces attending on their queen Sensibility.
all
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From this reading In the Inferno she sees all the wicked vices in action, and in the Paradise the graces attending on their queen Sensibility.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading WILLIAM HAYLEY William Hayley, "the poet," as he delighted to call himself, enjoyed a wide reputation as the author of _The Triumphs of Temper_, which appeared in 1780 and was intended as a poetical and pleasing guide to young ladies how to behave under the provocation of testy fathers and sour aunts, with the promise of a peerless husband if their tempers were triumphant.
appeared
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From this reading WILLIAM HAYLEY William Hayley, "the poet," as he delighted to call himself, enjoyed a wide reputation as the author of _The Triumphs of Temper_, which appeared in 1780 and was intended as a poetical and pleasing guide to young ladies how to behave under the provocation of testy fathers and sour aunts, with the promise of a peerless husband if their tempers were triumphant.
artificial
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From this reading The perfect heroine Serena, set down in the midst of artificial society by day, is transported to infernal and supernal regions by night.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading WILLIAM HAYLEY William Hayley, "the poet," as he delighted to call himself, enjoyed a wide reputation as the author of _The Triumphs of Temper_, which appeared in 1780 and was intended as a poetical and pleasing guide to young ladies how to behave under the provocation of testy fathers and sour aunts, with the promise of a peerless husband if their tempers were triumphant.
attending
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From this reading In the Inferno she sees all the wicked vices in action, and in the Paradise the graces attending on their queen Sensibility.
aunts
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From this reading WILLIAM HAYLEY William Hayley, "the poet," as he delighted to call himself, enjoyed a wide reputation as the author of _The Triumphs of Temper_, which appeared in 1780 and was intended as a poetical and pleasing guide to young ladies how to behave under the provocation of testy fathers and sour aunts, with the promise of a peerless husband if their tempers were triumphant.
author
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From this reading WILLIAM HAYLEY William Hayley, "the poet," as he delighted to call himself, enjoyed a wide reputation as the author of _The Triumphs of Temper_, which appeared in 1780 and was intended as a poetical and pleasing guide to young ladies how to behave under the provocation of testy fathers and sour aunts, with the promise of a peerless husband if their tempers were triumphant.
behave
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From this reading WILLIAM HAYLEY William Hayley, "the poet," as he delighted to call himself, enjoyed a wide reputation as the author of _The Triumphs of Temper_, which appeared in 1780 and was intended as a poetical and pleasing guide to young ladies how to behave under the provocation of testy fathers and sour aunts, with the promise of a peerless husband if their tempers were triumphant.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading The perfect heroine Serena, set down in the midst of artificial society by day, is transported to infernal and supernal regions by night.
call
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From this reading WILLIAM HAYLEY William Hayley, "the poet," as he delighted to call himself, enjoyed a wide reputation as the author of _The Triumphs of Temper_, which appeared in 1780 and was intended as a poetical and pleasing guide to young ladies how to behave under the provocation of testy fathers and sour aunts, with the promise of a peerless husband if their tempers were triumphant.
Dante's
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From this reading Hayley humbly hoped to emulate Pope's satire in treating of Serena's days, and Dante's sublimities in her nights.
day
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From this reading The perfect heroine Serena, set down in the midst of artificial society by day, is transported to infernal and supernal regions by night.
days
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From this reading Hayley humbly hoped to emulate Pope's satire in treating of Serena's days, and Dante's sublimities in her nights.
delighted
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From this reading WILLIAM HAYLEY William Hayley, "the poet," as he delighted to call himself, enjoyed a wide reputation as the author of _The Triumphs of Temper_, which appeared in 1780 and was intended as a poetical and pleasing guide to young ladies how to behave under the provocation of testy fathers and sour aunts, with the promise of a peerless husband if their tempers were triumphant.
down
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From this reading The perfect heroine Serena, set down in the midst of artificial society by day, is transported to infernal and supernal regions by night.
emulate
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From this reading Hayley humbly hoped to emulate Pope's satire in treating of Serena's days, and Dante's sublimities in her nights.
enjoyed
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From this reading WILLIAM HAYLEY William Hayley, "the poet," as he delighted to call himself, enjoyed a wide reputation as the author of _The Triumphs of Temper_, which appeared in 1780 and was intended as a poetical and pleasing guide to young ladies how to behave under the provocation of testy fathers and sour aunts, with the promise of a peerless husband if their tempers were triumphant.
fathers
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From this reading WILLIAM HAYLEY William Hayley, "the poet," as he delighted to call himself, enjoyed a wide reputation as the author of _The Triumphs of Temper_, which appeared in 1780 and was intended as a poetical and pleasing guide to young ladies how to behave under the provocation of testy fathers and sour aunts, with the promise of a peerless husband if their tempers were triumphant.
ForprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading For us the poem is pleasantly incongruous and stirs to laughter in the wrong places.
graces
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From this reading In the Inferno she sees all the wicked vices in action, and in the Paradise the graces attending on their queen Sensibility.
guide
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From this reading WILLIAM HAYLEY William Hayley, "the poet," as he delighted to call himself, enjoyed a wide reputation as the author of _The Triumphs of Temper_, which appeared in 1780 and was intended as a poetical and pleasing guide to young ladies how to behave under the provocation of testy fathers and sour aunts, with the promise of a peerless husband if their tempers were triumphant.
HAYLEY
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From this reading WILLIAM HAYLEY William Hayley, "the poet," as he delighted to call himself, enjoyed a wide reputation as the author of _The Triumphs of Temper_, which appeared in 1780 and was intended as a poetical and pleasing guide to young ladies how to behave under the provocation of testy fathers and sour aunts, with the promise of a peerless husband if their tempers were triumphant.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading WILLIAM HAYLEY William Hayley, "the poet," as he delighted to call himself, enjoyed a wide reputation as the author of _The Triumphs of Temper_, which appeared in 1780 and was intended as a poetical and pleasing guide to young ladies how to behave under the provocation of testy fathers and sour aunts, with the promise of a peerless husband if their tempers were triumphant.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading Hayley humbly hoped to emulate Pope's satire in treating of Serena's days, and Dante's sublimities in her nights.
heroine
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From this reading The perfect heroine Serena, set down in the midst of artificial society by day, is transported to infernal and supernal regions by night.
himselfpronounUS /hɪmˈself/
used when the man or boy doing the action is also its object
From this reading WILLIAM HAYLEY William Hayley, "the poet," as he delighted to call himself, enjoyed a wide reputation as the author of _The Triumphs of Temper_, which appeared in 1780 and was intended as a poetical and pleasing guide to young ladies how to behave under the provocation of testy fathers and sour aunts, with the promise of a peerless husband if their tempers were triumphant.
hoped
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From this reading Hayley humbly hoped to emulate Pope's satire in treating of Serena's days, and Dante's sublimities in her nights.
how
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From this reading WILLIAM HAYLEY William Hayley, "the poet," as he delighted to call himself, enjoyed a wide reputation as the author of _The Triumphs of Temper_, which appeared in 1780 and was intended as a poetical and pleasing guide to young ladies how to behave under the provocation of testy fathers and sour aunts, with the promise of a peerless husband if their tempers were triumphant.
humbly
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From this reading Hayley humbly hoped to emulate Pope's satire in treating of Serena's days, and Dante's sublimities in her nights.
husband
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From this reading WILLIAM HAYLEY William Hayley, "the poet," as he delighted to call himself, enjoyed a wide reputation as the author of _The Triumphs of Temper_, which appeared in 1780 and was intended as a poetical and pleasing guide to young ladies how to behave under the provocation of testy fathers and sour aunts, with the promise of a peerless husband if their tempers were triumphant.
ifconjunctionUS /ɪf/
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading WILLIAM HAYLEY William Hayley, "the poet," as he delighted to call himself, enjoyed a wide reputation as the author of _The Triumphs of Temper_, which appeared in 1780 and was intended as a poetical and pleasing guide to young ladies how to behave under the provocation of testy fathers and sour aunts, with the promise of a peerless husband if their tempers were triumphant.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading WILLIAM HAYLEY William Hayley, "the poet," as he delighted to call himself, enjoyed a wide reputation as the author of _The Triumphs of Temper_, which appeared in 1780 and was intended as a poetical and pleasing guide to young ladies how to behave under the provocation of testy fathers and sour aunts, with the promise of a peerless husband if their tempers were triumphant.
incongruous
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From this reading For us the poem is pleasantly incongruous and stirs to laughter in the wrong places.
infernaladjectiveUS /ɪnˈfɜːrnəl/
extremely troublesome or annoying
From this reading The perfect heroine Serena, set down in the midst of artificial society by day, is transported to infernal and supernal regions by night.
Inferno
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From this reading In the Inferno she sees all the wicked vices in action, and in the Paradise the graces attending on their queen Sensibility.
intended
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From this reading WILLIAM HAYLEY William Hayley, "the poet," as he delighted to call himself, enjoyed a wide reputation as the author of _The Triumphs of Temper_, which appeared in 1780 and was intended as a poetical and pleasing guide to young ladies how to behave under the provocation of testy fathers and sour aunts, with the promise of a peerless husband if their tempers were triumphant.
isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading For us the poem is pleasantly incongruous and stirs to laughter in the wrong places.
ladies
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From this reading WILLIAM HAYLEY William Hayley, "the poet," as he delighted to call himself, enjoyed a wide reputation as the author of _The Triumphs of Temper_, which appeared in 1780 and was intended as a poetical and pleasing guide to young ladies how to behave under the provocation of testy fathers and sour aunts, with the promise of a peerless husband if their tempers were triumphant.
laughter
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From this reading For us the poem is pleasantly incongruous and stirs to laughter in the wrong places.
midst
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From this reading The perfect heroine Serena, set down in the midst of artificial society by day, is transported to infernal and supernal regions by night.
night
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From this reading The perfect heroine Serena, set down in the midst of artificial society by day, is transported to infernal and supernal regions by night.
nightsnounUS /naɪts/
Periods of darkness between sunset and sunrise.
From this reading Hayley humbly hoped to emulate Pope's satire in treating of Serena's days, and Dante's sublimities in her nights.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading WILLIAM HAYLEY William Hayley, "the poet," as he delighted to call himself, enjoyed a wide reputation as the author of _The Triumphs of Temper_, which appeared in 1780 and was intended as a poetical and pleasing guide to young ladies how to behave under the provocation of testy fathers and sour aunts, with the promise of a peerless husband if their tempers were triumphant.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading In the Inferno she sees all the wicked vices in action, and in the Paradise the graces attending on their queen Sensibility.
Paradise
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From this reading In the Inferno she sees all the wicked vices in action, and in the Paradise the graces attending on their queen Sensibility.
peerless
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From this reading WILLIAM HAYLEY William Hayley, "the poet," as he delighted to call himself, enjoyed a wide reputation as the author of _The Triumphs of Temper_, which appeared in 1780 and was intended as a poetical and pleasing guide to young ladies how to behave under the provocation of testy fathers and sour aunts, with the promise of a peerless husband if their tempers were triumphant.
perfect
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From this reading The perfect heroine Serena, set down in the midst of artificial society by day, is transported to infernal and supernal regions by night.
places
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From this reading For us the poem is pleasantly incongruous and stirs to laughter in the wrong places.
pleasantly
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From this reading For us the poem is pleasantly incongruous and stirs to laughter in the wrong places.
pleasing
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From this reading WILLIAM HAYLEY William Hayley, "the poet," as he delighted to call himself, enjoyed a wide reputation as the author of _The Triumphs of Temper_, which appeared in 1780 and was intended as a poetical and pleasing guide to young ladies how to behave under the provocation of testy fathers and sour aunts, with the promise of a peerless husband if their tempers were triumphant.
poem
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From this reading For us the poem is pleasantly incongruous and stirs to laughter in the wrong places.
poet
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From this reading WILLIAM HAYLEY William Hayley, "the poet," as he delighted to call himself, enjoyed a wide reputation as the author of _The Triumphs of Temper_, which appeared in 1780 and was intended as a poetical and pleasing guide to young ladies how to behave under the provocation of testy fathers and sour aunts, with the promise of a peerless husband if their tempers were triumphant.
poetical
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From this reading WILLIAM HAYLEY William Hayley, "the poet," as he delighted to call himself, enjoyed a wide reputation as the author of _The Triumphs of Temper_, which appeared in 1780 and was intended as a poetical and pleasing guide to young ladies how to behave under the provocation of testy fathers and sour aunts, with the promise of a peerless husband if their tempers were triumphant.
Pope's
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From this reading Hayley humbly hoped to emulate Pope's satire in treating of Serena's days, and Dante's sublimities in her nights.
promise
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From this reading WILLIAM HAYLEY William Hayley, "the poet," as he delighted to call himself, enjoyed a wide reputation as the author of _The Triumphs of Temper_, which appeared in 1780 and was intended as a poetical and pleasing guide to young ladies how to behave under the provocation of testy fathers and sour aunts, with the promise of a peerless husband if their tempers were triumphant.
provocation
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From this reading WILLIAM HAYLEY William Hayley, "the poet," as he delighted to call himself, enjoyed a wide reputation as the author of _The Triumphs of Temper_, which appeared in 1780 and was intended as a poetical and pleasing guide to young ladies how to behave under the provocation of testy fathers and sour aunts, with the promise of a peerless husband if their tempers were triumphant.
queen
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From this reading In the Inferno she sees all the wicked vices in action, and in the Paradise the graces attending on their queen Sensibility.
regions
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From this reading The perfect heroine Serena, set down in the midst of artificial society by day, is transported to infernal and supernal regions by night.
reputation
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From this reading WILLIAM HAYLEY William Hayley, "the poet," as he delighted to call himself, enjoyed a wide reputation as the author of _The Triumphs of Temper_, which appeared in 1780 and was intended as a poetical and pleasing guide to young ladies how to behave under the provocation of testy fathers and sour aunts, with the promise of a peerless husband if their tempers were triumphant.
satire
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From this reading Hayley humbly hoped to emulate Pope's satire in treating of Serena's days, and Dante's sublimities in her nights.
sees
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From this reading In the Inferno she sees all the wicked vices in action, and in the Paradise the graces attending on their queen Sensibility.
Sensibility
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From this reading In the Inferno she sees all the wicked vices in action, and in the Paradise the graces attending on their queen Sensibility.
Serena
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From this reading The perfect heroine Serena, set down in the midst of artificial society by day, is transported to infernal and supernal regions by night.
Serena's
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From this reading Hayley humbly hoped to emulate Pope's satire in treating of Serena's days, and Dante's sublimities in her nights.
set
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From this reading The perfect heroine Serena, set down in the midst of artificial society by day, is transported to infernal and supernal regions by night.
shepronounUS /ʃiː/
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading In the Inferno she sees all the wicked vices in action, and in the Paradise the graces attending on their queen Sensibility.
society
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From this reading The perfect heroine Serena, set down in the midst of artificial society by day, is transported to infernal and supernal regions by night.
sour
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From this reading WILLIAM HAYLEY William Hayley, "the poet," as he delighted to call himself, enjoyed a wide reputation as the author of _The Triumphs of Temper_, which appeared in 1780 and was intended as a poetical and pleasing guide to young ladies how to behave under the provocation of testy fathers and sour aunts, with the promise of a peerless husband if their tempers were triumphant.
stirs
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From this reading For us the poem is pleasantly incongruous and stirs to laughter in the wrong places.
sublimities
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From this reading Hayley humbly hoped to emulate Pope's satire in treating of Serena's days, and Dante's sublimities in her nights.
supernal
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From this reading The perfect heroine Serena, set down in the midst of artificial society by day, is transported to infernal and supernal regions by night.
Temper
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From this reading WILLIAM HAYLEY William Hayley, "the poet," as he delighted to call himself, enjoyed a wide reputation as the author of _The Triumphs of Temper_, which appeared in 1780 and was intended as a poetical and pleasing guide to young ladies how to behave under the provocation of testy fathers and sour aunts, with the promise of a peerless husband if their tempers were triumphant.
tempers
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From this reading WILLIAM HAYLEY William Hayley, "the poet," as he delighted to call himself, enjoyed a wide reputation as the author of _The Triumphs of Temper_, which appeared in 1780 and was intended as a poetical and pleasing guide to young ladies how to behave under the provocation of testy fathers and sour aunts, with the promise of a peerless husband if their tempers were triumphant.
testy
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From this reading WILLIAM HAYLEY William Hayley, "the poet," as he delighted to call himself, enjoyed a wide reputation as the author of _The Triumphs of Temper_, which appeared in 1780 and was intended as a poetical and pleasing guide to young ladies how to behave under the provocation of testy fathers and sour aunts, with the promise of a peerless husband if their tempers were triumphant.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading WILLIAM HAYLEY William Hayley, "the poet," as he delighted to call himself, enjoyed a wide reputation as the author of _The Triumphs of Temper_, which appeared in 1780 and was intended as a poetical and pleasing guide to young ladies how to behave under the provocation of testy fathers and sour aunts, with the promise of a peerless husband if their tempers were triumphant.
theirdeterminerUS /ðer/
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading WILLIAM HAYLEY William Hayley, "the poet," as he delighted to call himself, enjoyed a wide reputation as the author of _The Triumphs of Temper_, which appeared in 1780 and was intended as a poetical and pleasing guide to young ladies how to behave under the provocation of testy fathers and sour aunts, with the promise of a peerless husband if their tempers were triumphant.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading WILLIAM HAYLEY William Hayley, "the poet," as he delighted to call himself, enjoyed a wide reputation as the author of _The Triumphs of Temper_, which appeared in 1780 and was intended as a poetical and pleasing guide to young ladies how to behave under the provocation of testy fathers and sour aunts, with the promise of a peerless husband if their tempers were triumphant.
transported
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From this reading The perfect heroine Serena, set down in the midst of artificial society by day, is transported to infernal and supernal regions by night.
treating
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From this reading Hayley humbly hoped to emulate Pope's satire in treating of Serena's days, and Dante's sublimities in her nights.
triumphant
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From this reading WILLIAM HAYLEY William Hayley, "the poet," as he delighted to call himself, enjoyed a wide reputation as the author of _The Triumphs of Temper_, which appeared in 1780 and was intended as a poetical and pleasing guide to young ladies how to behave under the provocation of testy fathers and sour aunts, with the promise of a peerless husband if their tempers were triumphant.
Triumphs
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From this reading WILLIAM HAYLEY William Hayley, "the poet," as he delighted to call himself, enjoyed a wide reputation as the author of _The Triumphs of Temper_, which appeared in 1780 and was intended as a poetical and pleasing guide to young ladies how to behave under the provocation of testy fathers and sour aunts, with the promise of a peerless husband if their tempers were triumphant.
underprepositionUS /ˈʌndər/
below or beneath something; less than
From this reading WILLIAM HAYLEY William Hayley, "the poet," as he delighted to call himself, enjoyed a wide reputation as the author of _The Triumphs of Temper_, which appeared in 1780 and was intended as a poetical and pleasing guide to young ladies how to behave under the provocation of testy fathers and sour aunts, with the promise of a peerless husband if their tempers were triumphant.
uspronounUS /ʌs/
the speaker and others, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading For us the poem is pleasantly incongruous and stirs to laughter in the wrong places.
vices
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From this reading In the Inferno she sees all the wicked vices in action, and in the Paradise the graces attending on their queen Sensibility.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading WILLIAM HAYLEY William Hayley, "the poet," as he delighted to call himself, enjoyed a wide reputation as the author of _The Triumphs of Temper_, which appeared in 1780 and was intended as a poetical and pleasing guide to young ladies how to behave under the provocation of testy fathers and sour aunts, with the promise of a peerless husband if their tempers were triumphant.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading WILLIAM HAYLEY William Hayley, "the poet," as he delighted to call himself, enjoyed a wide reputation as the author of _The Triumphs of Temper_, which appeared in 1780 and was intended as a poetical and pleasing guide to young ladies how to behave under the provocation of testy fathers and sour aunts, with the promise of a peerless husband if their tempers were triumphant.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading WILLIAM HAYLEY William Hayley, "the poet," as he delighted to call himself, enjoyed a wide reputation as the author of _The Triumphs of Temper_, which appeared in 1780 and was intended as a poetical and pleasing guide to young ladies how to behave under the provocation of testy fathers and sour aunts, with the promise of a peerless husband if their tempers were triumphant.
wicked
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From this reading In the Inferno she sees all the wicked vices in action, and in the Paradise the graces attending on their queen Sensibility.
wide
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From this reading WILLIAM HAYLEY William Hayley, "the poet," as he delighted to call himself, enjoyed a wide reputation as the author of _The Triumphs of Temper_, which appeared in 1780 and was intended as a poetical and pleasing guide to young ladies how to behave under the provocation of testy fathers and sour aunts, with the promise of a peerless husband if their tempers were triumphant.
WILLIAM
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From this reading WILLIAM HAYLEY William Hayley, "the poet," as he delighted to call himself, enjoyed a wide reputation as the author of _The Triumphs of Temper_, which appeared in 1780 and was intended as a poetical and pleasing guide to young ladies how to behave under the provocation of testy fathers and sour aunts, with the promise of a peerless husband if their tempers were triumphant.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading WILLIAM HAYLEY William Hayley, "the poet," as he delighted to call himself, enjoyed a wide reputation as the author of _The Triumphs of Temper_, which appeared in 1780 and was intended as a poetical and pleasing guide to young ladies how to behave under the provocation of testy fathers and sour aunts, with the promise of a peerless husband if their tempers were triumphant.
wrong
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From this reading For us the poem is pleasantly incongruous and stirs to laughter in the wrong places.
young
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From this reading WILLIAM HAYLEY William Hayley, "the poet," as he delighted to call himself, enjoyed a wide reputation as the author of _The Triumphs of Temper_, which appeared in 1780 and was intended as a poetical and pleasing guide to young ladies how to behave under the provocation of testy fathers and sour aunts, with the promise of a peerless husband if their tempers were triumphant.
