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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 I was not less pleased with the higher ornamental architecture,--the old churches and cathedrals,--which appealed to me in a way architecture had never before done.
aboutprepositionUS /əˈbaʊt/
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading The plants and weeds growing in the niches and hollows of the walls, the rooks and martins and jackdaws inhabiting the towers and breeding about the eaves, are but types of the feelings and emotions of the human heart that flit and hover over these old piles, and find affectionate lodgment in them.
affectionate
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From this reading The plants and weeds growing in the niches and hollows of the walls, the rooks and martins and jackdaws inhabiting the towers and breeding about the eaves, are but types of the feelings and emotions of the human heart that flit and hover over these old piles, and find affectionate lodgment in them.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading I was not less pleased with the higher ornamental architecture,--the old churches and cathedrals,--which appealed to me in a way architecture had never before done.
appealed
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From this reading I was not less pleased with the higher ornamental architecture,--the old churches and cathedrals,--which appealed to me in a way architecture had never before done.
architecture
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From this reading I was not less pleased with the higher ornamental architecture,--the old churches and cathedrals,--which appealed to me in a way architecture had never before done.
areauxiliary verbUS /ɑːr/
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading The plants and weeds growing in the niches and hollows of the walls, the rooks and martins and jackdaws inhabiting the towers and breeding about the eaves, are but types of the feelings and emotions of the human heart that flit and hover over these old piles, and find affectionate lodgment in them.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading In fact, I found that I had never seen architecture before,--a building with genius and power in it, and that one could look at with the eye of the imagination.
beforeprepositionUS /bɪˈfɔːr/
earlier than; in front of
From this reading I was not less pleased with the higher ornamental architecture,--the old churches and cathedrals,--which appealed to me in a way architecture had never before done.
breeding
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From this reading The plants and weeds growing in the niches and hollows of the walls, the rooks and martins and jackdaws inhabiting the towers and breeding about the eaves, are but types of the feelings and emotions of the human heart that flit and hover over these old piles, and find affectionate lodgment in them.
building
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From this reading In fact, I found that I had never seen architecture before,--a building with genius and power in it, and that one could look at with the eye of the imagination.
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading Not mechanics merely, but poets, had wrought and planned here, and the granite was tender with human qualities.
cathedrals
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From this reading I was not less pleased with the higher ornamental architecture,--the old churches and cathedrals,--which appealed to me in a way architecture had never before done.
churches
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From this reading I was not less pleased with the higher ornamental architecture,--the old churches and cathedrals,--which appealed to me in a way architecture had never before done.
couldmodal verbUS /kʊd/
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading In fact, I found that I had never seen architecture before,--a building with genius and power in it, and that one could look at with the eye of the imagination.
coursenounUS /course/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Time, of course, has done a great deal for this old architecture.
deal
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From this reading Time, of course, has done a great deal for this old architecture.
donenounUS /done/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading I was not less pleased with the higher ornamental architecture,--the old churches and cathedrals,--which appealed to me in a way architecture had never before done.
eaves
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From this reading The plants and weeds growing in the niches and hollows of the walls, the rooks and martins and jackdaws inhabiting the towers and breeding about the eaves, are but types of the feelings and emotions of the human heart that flit and hover over these old piles, and find affectionate lodgment in them.
emotions
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From this reading The plants and weeds growing in the niches and hollows of the walls, the rooks and martins and jackdaws inhabiting the towers and breeding about the eaves, are but types of the feelings and emotions of the human heart that flit and hover over these old piles, and find affectionate lodgment in them.
eye
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From this reading In fact, I found that I had never seen architecture before,--a building with genius and power in it, and that one could look at with the eye of the imagination.
fact
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From this reading In fact, I found that I had never seen architecture before,--a building with genius and power in it, and that one could look at with the eye of the imagination.
feelings
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From this reading The plants and weeds growing in the niches and hollows of the walls, the rooks and martins and jackdaws inhabiting the towers and breeding about the eaves, are but types of the feelings and emotions of the human heart that flit and hover over these old piles, and find affectionate lodgment in them.
find
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From this reading The plants and weeds growing in the niches and hollows of the walls, the rooks and martins and jackdaws inhabiting the towers and breeding about the eaves, are but types of the feelings and emotions of the human heart that flit and hover over these old piles, and find affectionate lodgment in them.
flit
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From this reading The plants and weeds growing in the niches and hollows of the walls, the rooks and martins and jackdaws inhabiting the towers and breeding about the eaves, are but types of the feelings and emotions of the human heart that flit and hover over these old piles, and find affectionate lodgment in them.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading Time, of course, has done a great deal for this old architecture.
foundnounUS /found/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading In fact, I found that I had never seen architecture before,--a building with genius and power in it, and that one could look at with the eye of the imagination.
genius
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From this reading In fact, I found that I had never seen architecture before,--a building with genius and power in it, and that one could look at with the eye of the imagination.
granite
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From this reading Not mechanics merely, but poets, had wrought and planned here, and the granite was tender with human qualities.
greatnounUS /great/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Time, of course, has done a great deal for this old architecture.
growing
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From this reading The plants and weeds growing in the niches and hollows of the walls, the rooks and martins and jackdaws inhabiting the towers and breeding about the eaves, are but types of the feelings and emotions of the human heart that flit and hover over these old piles, and find affectionate lodgment in them.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading I was not less pleased with the higher ornamental architecture,--the old churches and cathedrals,--which appealed to me in a way architecture had never before done.
hasauxiliary verbUS /hæz/
the form of “have” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Time, of course, has done a great deal for this old architecture.
heart
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From this reading The plants and weeds growing in the niches and hollows of the walls, the rooks and martins and jackdaws inhabiting the towers and breeding about the eaves, are but types of the feelings and emotions of the human heart that flit and hover over these old piles, and find affectionate lodgment in them.
herenounUS /here/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Not mechanics merely, but poets, had wrought and planned here, and the granite was tender with human qualities.
higher
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From this reading I was not less pleased with the higher ornamental architecture,--the old churches and cathedrals,--which appealed to me in a way architecture had never before done.
hollows
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From this reading The plants and weeds growing in the niches and hollows of the walls, the rooks and martins and jackdaws inhabiting the towers and breeding about the eaves, are but types of the feelings and emotions of the human heart that flit and hover over these old piles, and find affectionate lodgment in them.
hover
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From this reading The plants and weeds growing in the niches and hollows of the walls, the rooks and martins and jackdaws inhabiting the towers and breeding about the eaves, are but types of the feelings and emotions of the human heart that flit and hover over these old piles, and find affectionate lodgment in them.
human
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From this reading Not mechanics merely, but poets, had wrought and planned here, and the granite was tender with human qualities.
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I was not less pleased with the higher ornamental architecture,--the old churches and cathedrals,--which appealed to me in a way architecture had never before done.
imagination
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From this reading In fact, I found that I had never seen architecture before,--a building with genius and power in it, and that one could look at with the eye of the imagination.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading I was not less pleased with the higher ornamental architecture,--the old churches and cathedrals,--which appealed to me in a way architecture had never before done.
inhabiting
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From this reading The plants and weeds growing in the niches and hollows of the walls, the rooks and martins and jackdaws inhabiting the towers and breeding about the eaves, are but types of the feelings and emotions of the human heart that flit and hover over these old piles, and find affectionate lodgment in them.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading In fact, I found that I had never seen architecture before,--a building with genius and power in it, and that one could look at with the eye of the imagination.
jackdaws
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From this reading The plants and weeds growing in the niches and hollows of the walls, the rooks and martins and jackdaws inhabiting the towers and breeding about the eaves, are but types of the feelings and emotions of the human heart that flit and hover over these old piles, and find affectionate lodgment in them.
less
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From this reading I was not less pleased with the higher ornamental architecture,--the old churches and cathedrals,--which appealed to me in a way architecture had never before done.
lodgment
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From this reading The plants and weeds growing in the niches and hollows of the walls, the rooks and martins and jackdaws inhabiting the towers and breeding about the eaves, are but types of the feelings and emotions of the human heart that flit and hover over these old piles, and find affectionate lodgment in them.
looknounUS /look/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading In fact, I found that I had never seen architecture before,--a building with genius and power in it, and that one could look at with the eye of the imagination.
martins
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From this reading The plants and weeds growing in the niches and hollows of the walls, the rooks and martins and jackdaws inhabiting the towers and breeding about the eaves, are but types of the feelings and emotions of the human heart that flit and hover over these old piles, and find affectionate lodgment in them.
mepronounUS /miː/
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading I was not less pleased with the higher ornamental architecture,--the old churches and cathedrals,--which appealed to me in a way architecture had never before done.
mechanics
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From this reading Not mechanics merely, but poets, had wrought and planned here, and the granite was tender with human qualities.
merely
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From this reading Not mechanics merely, but poets, had wrought and planned here, and the granite was tender with human qualities.
nevernounUS /never/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading I was not less pleased with the higher ornamental architecture,--the old churches and cathedrals,--which appealed to me in a way architecture had never before done.
niches
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From this reading The plants and weeds growing in the niches and hollows of the walls, the rooks and martins and jackdaws inhabiting the towers and breeding about the eaves, are but types of the feelings and emotions of the human heart that flit and hover over these old piles, and find affectionate lodgment in them.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading I was not less pleased with the higher ornamental architecture,--the old churches and cathedrals,--which appealed to me in a way architecture had never before done.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading In fact, I found that I had never seen architecture before,--a building with genius and power in it, and that one could look at with the eye of the imagination.
old
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From this reading I was not less pleased with the higher ornamental architecture,--the old churches and cathedrals,--which appealed to me in a way architecture had never before done.
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading In fact, I found that I had never seen architecture before,--a building with genius and power in it, and that one could look at with the eye of the imagination.
ornamental
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From this reading I was not less pleased with the higher ornamental architecture,--the old churches and cathedrals,--which appealed to me in a way architecture had never before done.
overprepositionUS /ˈoʊvər/
above and across; more than
From this reading The plants and weeds growing in the niches and hollows of the walls, the rooks and martins and jackdaws inhabiting the towers and breeding about the eaves, are but types of the feelings and emotions of the human heart that flit and hover over these old piles, and find affectionate lodgment in them.
piles
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From this reading The plants and weeds growing in the niches and hollows of the walls, the rooks and martins and jackdaws inhabiting the towers and breeding about the eaves, are but types of the feelings and emotions of the human heart that flit and hover over these old piles, and find affectionate lodgment in them.
planned
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From this reading Not mechanics merely, but poets, had wrought and planned here, and the granite was tender with human qualities.
plants
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From this reading The plants and weeds growing in the niches and hollows of the walls, the rooks and martins and jackdaws inhabiting the towers and breeding about the eaves, are but types of the feelings and emotions of the human heart that flit and hover over these old piles, and find affectionate lodgment in them.
pleasednounUS /ˈpleased/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading I was not less pleased with the higher ornamental architecture,--the old churches and cathedrals,--which appealed to me in a way architecture had never before done.
poets
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From this reading Not mechanics merely, but poets, had wrought and planned here, and the granite was tender with human qualities.
power
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From this reading In fact, I found that I had never seen architecture before,--a building with genius and power in it, and that one could look at with the eye of the imagination.
qualities
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From this reading Not mechanics merely, but poets, had wrought and planned here, and the granite was tender with human qualities.
rooks
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From this reading The plants and weeds growing in the niches and hollows of the walls, the rooks and martins and jackdaws inhabiting the towers and breeding about the eaves, are but types of the feelings and emotions of the human heart that flit and hover over these old piles, and find affectionate lodgment in them.
seen
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From this reading In fact, I found that I had never seen architecture before,--a building with genius and power in it, and that one could look at with the eye of the imagination.
tender
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From this reading Not mechanics merely, but poets, had wrought and planned here, and the granite was tender with human qualities.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading In fact, I found that I had never seen architecture before,--a building with genius and power in it, and that one could look at with the eye of the imagination.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading I was not less pleased with the higher ornamental architecture,--the old churches and cathedrals,--which appealed to me in a way architecture had never before done.
thempronounUS /ðem/
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading The plants and weeds growing in the niches and hollows of the walls, the rooks and martins and jackdaws inhabiting the towers and breeding about the eaves, are but types of the feelings and emotions of the human heart that flit and hover over these old piles, and find affectionate lodgment in them.
thesedeterminerUS /ðiːz/
the plural of “this”: the people or things near, or just mentioned
From this reading The plants and weeds growing in the niches and hollows of the walls, the rooks and martins and jackdaws inhabiting the towers and breeding about the eaves, are but types of the feelings and emotions of the human heart that flit and hover over these old piles, and find affectionate lodgment in them.
thisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading Time, of course, has done a great deal for this old architecture.
TimenounUS /time/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Time, of course, has done a great deal for this old architecture.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading I was not less pleased with the higher ornamental architecture,--the old churches and cathedrals,--which appealed to me in a way architecture had never before done.
towers
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From this reading The plants and weeds growing in the niches and hollows of the walls, the rooks and martins and jackdaws inhabiting the towers and breeding about the eaves, are but types of the feelings and emotions of the human heart that flit and hover over these old piles, and find affectionate lodgment in them.
types
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From this reading The plants and weeds growing in the niches and hollows of the walls, the rooks and martins and jackdaws inhabiting the towers and breeding about the eaves, are but types of the feelings and emotions of the human heart that flit and hover over these old piles, and find affectionate lodgment in them.
walls
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From this reading The plants and weeds growing in the niches and hollows of the walls, the rooks and martins and jackdaws inhabiting the towers and breeding about the eaves, are but types of the feelings and emotions of the human heart that flit and hover over these old piles, and find affectionate lodgment in them.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading I was not less pleased with the higher ornamental architecture,--the old churches and cathedrals,--which appealed to me in a way architecture had never before done.
way
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From this reading I was not less pleased with the higher ornamental architecture,--the old churches and cathedrals,--which appealed to me in a way architecture had never before done.
weeds
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From this reading The plants and weeds growing in the niches and hollows of the walls, the rooks and martins and jackdaws inhabiting the towers and breeding about the eaves, are but types of the feelings and emotions of the human heart that flit and hover over these old piles, and find affectionate lodgment in them.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading I was not less pleased with the higher ornamental architecture,--the old churches and cathedrals,--which appealed to me in a way architecture had never before done.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading I was not less pleased with the higher ornamental architecture,--the old churches and cathedrals,--which appealed to me in a way architecture had never before done.
wrought
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From this reading Not mechanics merely, but poets, had wrought and planned here, and the granite was tender with human qualities.
