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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 The stiff figure of Mrs. Marston, the old housekeeper, pale and austere, in rustling black silk (she was accounted a miser, and estimated to have saved I dare not say how much money in the Wylder family--kind to me with the bread-and-jam and Naples-biscuit-kindness of her species, in old times)--stood in fancy at the doorway.
accounted
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From this reading The stiff figure of Mrs. Marston, the old housekeeper, pale and austere, in rustling black silk (she was accounted a miser, and estimated to have saved I dare not say how much money in the Wylder family--kind to me with the bread-and-jam and Naples-biscuit-kindness of her species, in old times)--stood in fancy at the doorway.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading The stiff figure of Mrs. Marston, the old housekeeper, pale and austere, in rustling black silk (she was accounted a miser, and estimated to have saved I dare not say how much money in the Wylder family--kind to me with the bread-and-jam and Naples-biscuit-kindness of her species, in old times)--stood in fancy at the doorway.
Anglaise
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From this reading And that other dream, to which she often led me, with the large hazel eyes, and clear delicate tints--so sweet, so _riante_, yet so sad; poor Lady Mary Brandon, dying there--so unhappily mated--a young mother, and her baby sleeping in long 'Broderie Anglaise' attire upon the pillow on the sofa, and whom she used to show me with a peeping mystery, and her finger to her smiling lip, and a gaiety and fondness in her pretty face.
approaching
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From this reading I was now approaching Brandon Hall; less than ten minutes more would set me down at its door-steps.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading I was now approaching Brandon Hall; less than ten minutes more would set me down at its door-steps.
attire
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From this reading And that other dream, to which she often led me, with the large hazel eyes, and clear delicate tints--so sweet, so _riante_, yet so sad; poor Lady Mary Brandon, dying there--so unhappily mated--a young mother, and her baby sleeping in long 'Broderie Anglaise' attire upon the pillow on the sofa, and whom she used to show me with a peeping mystery, and her finger to her smiling lip, and a gaiety and fondness in her pretty face.
austere
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From this reading The stiff figure of Mrs. Marston, the old housekeeper, pale and austere, in rustling black silk (she was accounted a miser, and estimated to have saved I dare not say how much money in the Wylder family--kind to me with the bread-and-jam and Naples-biscuit-kindness of her species, in old times)--stood in fancy at the doorway.
baby
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From this reading And that other dream, to which she often led me, with the large hazel eyes, and clear delicate tints--so sweet, so _riante_, yet so sad; poor Lady Mary Brandon, dying there--so unhappily mated--a young mother, and her baby sleeping in long 'Broderie Anglaise' attire upon the pillow on the sofa, and whom she used to show me with a peeping mystery, and her finger to her smiling lip, and a gaiety and fondness in her pretty face.
black
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From this reading The stiff figure of Mrs. Marston, the old housekeeper, pale and austere, in rustling black silk (she was accounted a miser, and estimated to have saved I dare not say how much money in the Wylder family--kind to me with the bread-and-jam and Naples-biscuit-kindness of her species, in old times)--stood in fancy at the doorway.
Brandon
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From this reading I was now approaching Brandon Hall; less than ten minutes more would set me down at its door-steps.
bread-and-jam
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From this reading The stiff figure of Mrs. Marston, the old housekeeper, pale and austere, in rustling black silk (she was accounted a miser, and estimated to have saved I dare not say how much money in the Wylder family--kind to me with the bread-and-jam and Naples-biscuit-kindness of her species, in old times)--stood in fancy at the doorway.
Broderie
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From this reading And that other dream, to which she often led me, with the large hazel eyes, and clear delicate tints--so sweet, so _riante_, yet so sad; poor Lady Mary Brandon, dying there--so unhappily mated--a young mother, and her baby sleeping in long 'Broderie Anglaise' attire upon the pillow on the sofa, and whom she used to show me with a peeping mystery, and her finger to her smiling lip, and a gaiety and fondness in her pretty face.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading She, too, was a dream, and, I dare say, her money spent by this time.
clear
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From this reading And that other dream, to which she often led me, with the large hazel eyes, and clear delicate tints--so sweet, so _riante_, yet so sad; poor Lady Mary Brandon, dying there--so unhappily mated--a young mother, and her baby sleeping in long 'Broderie Anglaise' attire upon the pillow on the sofa, and whom she used to show me with a peeping mystery, and her finger to her smiling lip, and a gaiety and fondness in her pretty face.
dare
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From this reading The stiff figure of Mrs. Marston, the old housekeeper, pale and austere, in rustling black silk (she was accounted a miser, and estimated to have saved I dare not say how much money in the Wylder family--kind to me with the bread-and-jam and Naples-biscuit-kindness of her species, in old times)--stood in fancy at the doorway.
delicate
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From this reading And that other dream, to which she often led me, with the large hazel eyes, and clear delicate tints--so sweet, so _riante_, yet so sad; poor Lady Mary Brandon, dying there--so unhappily mated--a young mother, and her baby sleeping in long 'Broderie Anglaise' attire upon the pillow on the sofa, and whom she used to show me with a peeping mystery, and her finger to her smiling lip, and a gaiety and fondness in her pretty face.
door-steps
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From this reading I was now approaching Brandon Hall; less than ten minutes more would set me down at its door-steps.
doorway
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From this reading The stiff figure of Mrs. Marston, the old housekeeper, pale and austere, in rustling black silk (she was accounted a miser, and estimated to have saved I dare not say how much money in the Wylder family--kind to me with the bread-and-jam and Naples-biscuit-kindness of her species, in old times)--stood in fancy at the doorway.
down
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From this reading I was now approaching Brandon Hall; less than ten minutes more would set me down at its door-steps.
DRAWING-ROOM
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From this reading IN WHICH I ENTER THE DRAWING-ROOM.
dreamnounUS /driːm/
A series of thoughts, images, or emotions during sleep.
From this reading She, too, was a dream, and, I dare say, her money spent by this time.
dying
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From this reading And that other dream, to which she often led me, with the large hazel eyes, and clear delicate tints--so sweet, so _riante_, yet so sad; poor Lady Mary Brandon, dying there--so unhappily mated--a young mother, and her baby sleeping in long 'Broderie Anglaise' attire upon the pillow on the sofa, and whom she used to show me with a peeping mystery, and her finger to her smiling lip, and a gaiety and fondness in her pretty face.
ENTER
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From this reading IN WHICH I ENTER THE DRAWING-ROOM.
estimated
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From this reading The stiff figure of Mrs. Marston, the old housekeeper, pale and austere, in rustling black silk (she was accounted a miser, and estimated to have saved I dare not say how much money in the Wylder family--kind to me with the bread-and-jam and Naples-biscuit-kindness of her species, in old times)--stood in fancy at the doorway.
eyes
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From this reading And that other dream, to which she often led me, with the large hazel eyes, and clear delicate tints--so sweet, so _riante_, yet so sad; poor Lady Mary Brandon, dying there--so unhappily mated--a young mother, and her baby sleeping in long 'Broderie Anglaise' attire upon the pillow on the sofa, and whom she used to show me with a peeping mystery, and her finger to her smiling lip, and a gaiety and fondness in her pretty face.
face
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From this reading And that other dream, to which she often led me, with the large hazel eyes, and clear delicate tints--so sweet, so _riante_, yet so sad; poor Lady Mary Brandon, dying there--so unhappily mated--a young mother, and her baby sleeping in long 'Broderie Anglaise' attire upon the pillow on the sofa, and whom she used to show me with a peeping mystery, and her finger to her smiling lip, and a gaiety and fondness in her pretty face.
family
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From this reading The stiff figure of Mrs. Marston, the old housekeeper, pale and austere, in rustling black silk (she was accounted a miser, and estimated to have saved I dare not say how much money in the Wylder family--kind to me with the bread-and-jam and Naples-biscuit-kindness of her species, in old times)--stood in fancy at the doorway.
fancy
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From this reading The stiff figure of Mrs. Marston, the old housekeeper, pale and austere, in rustling black silk (she was accounted a miser, and estimated to have saved I dare not say how much money in the Wylder family--kind to me with the bread-and-jam and Naples-biscuit-kindness of her species, in old times)--stood in fancy at the doorway.
figure
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From this reading The stiff figure of Mrs. Marston, the old housekeeper, pale and austere, in rustling black silk (she was accounted a miser, and estimated to have saved I dare not say how much money in the Wylder family--kind to me with the bread-and-jam and Naples-biscuit-kindness of her species, in old times)--stood in fancy at the doorway.
finger
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From this reading And that other dream, to which she often led me, with the large hazel eyes, and clear delicate tints--so sweet, so _riante_, yet so sad; poor Lady Mary Brandon, dying there--so unhappily mated--a young mother, and her baby sleeping in long 'Broderie Anglaise' attire upon the pillow on the sofa, and whom she used to show me with a peeping mystery, and her finger to her smiling lip, and a gaiety and fondness in her pretty face.
fondness
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From this reading And that other dream, to which she often led me, with the large hazel eyes, and clear delicate tints--so sweet, so _riante_, yet so sad; poor Lady Mary Brandon, dying there--so unhappily mated--a young mother, and her baby sleeping in long 'Broderie Anglaise' attire upon the pillow on the sofa, and whom she used to show me with a peeping mystery, and her finger to her smiling lip, and a gaiety and fondness in her pretty face.
gaiety
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From this reading And that other dream, to which she often led me, with the large hazel eyes, and clear delicate tints--so sweet, so _riante_, yet so sad; poor Lady Mary Brandon, dying there--so unhappily mated--a young mother, and her baby sleeping in long 'Broderie Anglaise' attire upon the pillow on the sofa, and whom she used to show me with a peeping mystery, and her finger to her smiling lip, and a gaiety and fondness in her pretty face.
Hall
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From this reading I was now approaching Brandon Hall; less than ten minutes more would set me down at its door-steps.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading The stiff figure of Mrs. Marston, the old housekeeper, pale and austere, in rustling black silk (she was accounted a miser, and estimated to have saved I dare not say how much money in the Wylder family--kind to me with the bread-and-jam and Naples-biscuit-kindness of her species, in old times)--stood in fancy at the doorway.
hazel
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From this reading And that other dream, to which she often led me, with the large hazel eyes, and clear delicate tints--so sweet, so _riante_, yet so sad; poor Lady Mary Brandon, dying there--so unhappily mated--a young mother, and her baby sleeping in long 'Broderie Anglaise' attire upon the pillow on the sofa, and whom she used to show me with a peeping mystery, and her finger to her smiling lip, and a gaiety and fondness in her pretty face.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading The stiff figure of Mrs. Marston, the old housekeeper, pale and austere, in rustling black silk (she was accounted a miser, and estimated to have saved I dare not say how much money in the Wylder family--kind to me with the bread-and-jam and Naples-biscuit-kindness of her species, in old times)--stood in fancy at the doorway.
housekeeper
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From this reading The stiff figure of Mrs. Marston, the old housekeeper, pale and austere, in rustling black silk (she was accounted a miser, and estimated to have saved I dare not say how much money in the Wylder family--kind to me with the bread-and-jam and Naples-biscuit-kindness of her species, in old times)--stood in fancy at the doorway.
how
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From this reading The stiff figure of Mrs. Marston, the old housekeeper, pale and austere, in rustling black silk (she was accounted a miser, and estimated to have saved I dare not say how much money in the Wylder family--kind to me with the bread-and-jam and Naples-biscuit-kindness of her species, in old times)--stood in fancy at the doorway.
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading IN WHICH I ENTER THE DRAWING-ROOM.
INprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading IN WHICH I ENTER THE DRAWING-ROOM.
itsdeterminerUS /ɪts/
belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned
From this reading I was now approaching Brandon Hall; less than ten minutes more would set me down at its door-steps.
kind
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From this reading The stiff figure of Mrs. Marston, the old housekeeper, pale and austere, in rustling black silk (she was accounted a miser, and estimated to have saved I dare not say how much money in the Wylder family--kind to me with the bread-and-jam and Naples-biscuit-kindness of her species, in old times)--stood in fancy at the doorway.
Lady
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From this reading And that other dream, to which she often led me, with the large hazel eyes, and clear delicate tints--so sweet, so _riante_, yet so sad; poor Lady Mary Brandon, dying there--so unhappily mated--a young mother, and her baby sleeping in long 'Broderie Anglaise' attire upon the pillow on the sofa, and whom she used to show me with a peeping mystery, and her finger to her smiling lip, and a gaiety and fondness in her pretty face.
large
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From this reading And that other dream, to which she often led me, with the large hazel eyes, and clear delicate tints--so sweet, so _riante_, yet so sad; poor Lady Mary Brandon, dying there--so unhappily mated--a young mother, and her baby sleeping in long 'Broderie Anglaise' attire upon the pillow on the sofa, and whom she used to show me with a peeping mystery, and her finger to her smiling lip, and a gaiety and fondness in her pretty face.
led
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From this reading And that other dream, to which she often led me, with the large hazel eyes, and clear delicate tints--so sweet, so _riante_, yet so sad; poor Lady Mary Brandon, dying there--so unhappily mated--a young mother, and her baby sleeping in long 'Broderie Anglaise' attire upon the pillow on the sofa, and whom she used to show me with a peeping mystery, and her finger to her smiling lip, and a gaiety and fondness in her pretty face.
less
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From this reading I was now approaching Brandon Hall; less than ten minutes more would set me down at its door-steps.
lip
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From this reading And that other dream, to which she often led me, with the large hazel eyes, and clear delicate tints--so sweet, so _riante_, yet so sad; poor Lady Mary Brandon, dying there--so unhappily mated--a young mother, and her baby sleeping in long 'Broderie Anglaise' attire upon the pillow on the sofa, and whom she used to show me with a peeping mystery, and her finger to her smiling lip, and a gaiety and fondness in her pretty face.
longnounUS /long/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading And that other dream, to which she often led me, with the large hazel eyes, and clear delicate tints--so sweet, so _riante_, yet so sad; poor Lady Mary Brandon, dying there--so unhappily mated--a young mother, and her baby sleeping in long 'Broderie Anglaise' attire upon the pillow on the sofa, and whom she used to show me with a peeping mystery, and her finger to her smiling lip, and a gaiety and fondness in her pretty face.
Marston
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From this reading The stiff figure of Mrs. Marston, the old housekeeper, pale and austere, in rustling black silk (she was accounted a miser, and estimated to have saved I dare not say how much money in the Wylder family--kind to me with the bread-and-jam and Naples-biscuit-kindness of her species, in old times)--stood in fancy at the doorway.
Mary
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From this reading And that other dream, to which she often led me, with the large hazel eyes, and clear delicate tints--so sweet, so _riante_, yet so sad; poor Lady Mary Brandon, dying there--so unhappily mated--a young mother, and her baby sleeping in long 'Broderie Anglaise' attire upon the pillow on the sofa, and whom she used to show me with a peeping mystery, and her finger to her smiling lip, and a gaiety and fondness in her pretty face.
mated
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From this reading And that other dream, to which she often led me, with the large hazel eyes, and clear delicate tints--so sweet, so _riante_, yet so sad; poor Lady Mary Brandon, dying there--so unhappily mated--a young mother, and her baby sleeping in long 'Broderie Anglaise' attire upon the pillow on the sofa, and whom she used to show me with a peeping mystery, and her finger to her smiling lip, and a gaiety and fondness in her pretty face.
mepronounUS /miː/
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading I was now approaching Brandon Hall; less than ten minutes more would set me down at its door-steps.
minutes
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From this reading I was now approaching Brandon Hall; less than ten minutes more would set me down at its door-steps.
miser
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From this reading The stiff figure of Mrs. Marston, the old housekeeper, pale and austere, in rustling black silk (she was accounted a miser, and estimated to have saved I dare not say how much money in the Wylder family--kind to me with the bread-and-jam and Naples-biscuit-kindness of her species, in old times)--stood in fancy at the doorway.
money
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From this reading The stiff figure of Mrs. Marston, the old housekeeper, pale and austere, in rustling black silk (she was accounted a miser, and estimated to have saved I dare not say how much money in the Wylder family--kind to me with the bread-and-jam and Naples-biscuit-kindness of her species, in old times)--stood in fancy at the doorway.
more
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From this reading I was now approaching Brandon Hall; less than ten minutes more would set me down at its door-steps.
mother
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From this reading And that other dream, to which she often led me, with the large hazel eyes, and clear delicate tints--so sweet, so _riante_, yet so sad; poor Lady Mary Brandon, dying there--so unhappily mated--a young mother, and her baby sleeping in long 'Broderie Anglaise' attire upon the pillow on the sofa, and whom she used to show me with a peeping mystery, and her finger to her smiling lip, and a gaiety and fondness in her pretty face.
Mrs
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From this reading The stiff figure of Mrs. Marston, the old housekeeper, pale and austere, in rustling black silk (she was accounted a miser, and estimated to have saved I dare not say how much money in the Wylder family--kind to me with the bread-and-jam and Naples-biscuit-kindness of her species, in old times)--stood in fancy at the doorway.
much
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From this reading The stiff figure of Mrs. Marston, the old housekeeper, pale and austere, in rustling black silk (she was accounted a miser, and estimated to have saved I dare not say how much money in the Wylder family--kind to me with the bread-and-jam and Naples-biscuit-kindness of her species, in old times)--stood in fancy at the doorway.
mystery
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From this reading And that other dream, to which she often led me, with the large hazel eyes, and clear delicate tints--so sweet, so _riante_, yet so sad; poor Lady Mary Brandon, dying there--so unhappily mated--a young mother, and her baby sleeping in long 'Broderie Anglaise' attire upon the pillow on the sofa, and whom she used to show me with a peeping mystery, and her finger to her smiling lip, and a gaiety and fondness in her pretty face.
Naples-biscuit-kindness
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From this reading The stiff figure of Mrs. Marston, the old housekeeper, pale and austere, in rustling black silk (she was accounted a miser, and estimated to have saved I dare not say how much money in the Wylder family--kind to me with the bread-and-jam and Naples-biscuit-kindness of her species, in old times)--stood in fancy at the doorway.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading The stiff figure of Mrs. Marston, the old housekeeper, pale and austere, in rustling black silk (she was accounted a miser, and estimated to have saved I dare not say how much money in the Wylder family--kind to me with the bread-and-jam and Naples-biscuit-kindness of her species, in old times)--stood in fancy at the doorway.
now
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From this reading I was now approaching Brandon Hall; less than ten minutes more would set me down at its door-steps.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading The stiff figure of Mrs. Marston, the old housekeeper, pale and austere, in rustling black silk (she was accounted a miser, and estimated to have saved I dare not say how much money in the Wylder family--kind to me with the bread-and-jam and Naples-biscuit-kindness of her species, in old times)--stood in fancy at the doorway.
often
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From this reading And that other dream, to which she often led me, with the large hazel eyes, and clear delicate tints--so sweet, so _riante_, yet so sad; poor Lady Mary Brandon, dying there--so unhappily mated--a young mother, and her baby sleeping in long 'Broderie Anglaise' attire upon the pillow on the sofa, and whom she used to show me with a peeping mystery, and her finger to her smiling lip, and a gaiety and fondness in her pretty face.
old
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From this reading The stiff figure of Mrs. Marston, the old housekeeper, pale and austere, in rustling black silk (she was accounted a miser, and estimated to have saved I dare not say how much money in the Wylder family--kind to me with the bread-and-jam and Naples-biscuit-kindness of her species, in old times)--stood in fancy at the doorway.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading And that other dream, to which she often led me, with the large hazel eyes, and clear delicate tints--so sweet, so _riante_, yet so sad; poor Lady Mary Brandon, dying there--so unhappily mated--a young mother, and her baby sleeping in long 'Broderie Anglaise' attire upon the pillow on the sofa, and whom she used to show me with a peeping mystery, and her finger to her smiling lip, and a gaiety and fondness in her pretty face.
other
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From this reading And that other dream, to which she often led me, with the large hazel eyes, and clear delicate tints--so sweet, so _riante_, yet so sad; poor Lady Mary Brandon, dying there--so unhappily mated--a young mother, and her baby sleeping in long 'Broderie Anglaise' attire upon the pillow on the sofa, and whom she used to show me with a peeping mystery, and her finger to her smiling lip, and a gaiety and fondness in her pretty face.
pale
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From this reading The stiff figure of Mrs. Marston, the old housekeeper, pale and austere, in rustling black silk (she was accounted a miser, and estimated to have saved I dare not say how much money in the Wylder family--kind to me with the bread-and-jam and Naples-biscuit-kindness of her species, in old times)--stood in fancy at the doorway.
peeping
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From this reading And that other dream, to which she often led me, with the large hazel eyes, and clear delicate tints--so sweet, so _riante_, yet so sad; poor Lady Mary Brandon, dying there--so unhappily mated--a young mother, and her baby sleeping in long 'Broderie Anglaise' attire upon the pillow on the sofa, and whom she used to show me with a peeping mystery, and her finger to her smiling lip, and a gaiety and fondness in her pretty face.
pillow
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From this reading And that other dream, to which she often led me, with the large hazel eyes, and clear delicate tints--so sweet, so _riante_, yet so sad; poor Lady Mary Brandon, dying there--so unhappily mated--a young mother, and her baby sleeping in long 'Broderie Anglaise' attire upon the pillow on the sofa, and whom she used to show me with a peeping mystery, and her finger to her smiling lip, and a gaiety and fondness in her pretty face.
poornounUS /poor/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading And that other dream, to which she often led me, with the large hazel eyes, and clear delicate tints--so sweet, so _riante_, yet so sad; poor Lady Mary Brandon, dying there--so unhappily mated--a young mother, and her baby sleeping in long 'Broderie Anglaise' attire upon the pillow on the sofa, and whom she used to show me with a peeping mystery, and her finger to her smiling lip, and a gaiety and fondness in her pretty face.
pretty
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From this reading And that other dream, to which she often led me, with the large hazel eyes, and clear delicate tints--so sweet, so _riante_, yet so sad; poor Lady Mary Brandon, dying there--so unhappily mated--a young mother, and her baby sleeping in long 'Broderie Anglaise' attire upon the pillow on the sofa, and whom she used to show me with a peeping mystery, and her finger to her smiling lip, and a gaiety and fondness in her pretty face.
riante
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From this reading And that other dream, to which she often led me, with the large hazel eyes, and clear delicate tints--so sweet, so _riante_, yet so sad; poor Lady Mary Brandon, dying there--so unhappily mated--a young mother, and her baby sleeping in long 'Broderie Anglaise' attire upon the pillow on the sofa, and whom she used to show me with a peeping mystery, and her finger to her smiling lip, and a gaiety and fondness in her pretty face.
rustling
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From this reading The stiff figure of Mrs. Marston, the old housekeeper, pale and austere, in rustling black silk (she was accounted a miser, and estimated to have saved I dare not say how much money in the Wylder family--kind to me with the bread-and-jam and Naples-biscuit-kindness of her species, in old times)--stood in fancy at the doorway.
sad
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From this reading And that other dream, to which she often led me, with the large hazel eyes, and clear delicate tints--so sweet, so _riante_, yet so sad; poor Lady Mary Brandon, dying there--so unhappily mated--a young mother, and her baby sleeping in long 'Broderie Anglaise' attire upon the pillow on the sofa, and whom she used to show me with a peeping mystery, and her finger to her smiling lip, and a gaiety and fondness in her pretty face.
savednounUS /saved/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The stiff figure of Mrs. Marston, the old housekeeper, pale and austere, in rustling black silk (she was accounted a miser, and estimated to have saved I dare not say how much money in the Wylder family--kind to me with the bread-and-jam and Naples-biscuit-kindness of her species, in old times)--stood in fancy at the doorway.
say
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From this reading The stiff figure of Mrs. Marston, the old housekeeper, pale and austere, in rustling black silk (she was accounted a miser, and estimated to have saved I dare not say how much money in the Wylder family--kind to me with the bread-and-jam and Naples-biscuit-kindness of her species, in old times)--stood in fancy at the doorway.
set
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From this reading I was now approaching Brandon Hall; less than ten minutes more would set me down at its door-steps.
shepronounUS /ʃiː/
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading The stiff figure of Mrs. Marston, the old housekeeper, pale and austere, in rustling black silk (she was accounted a miser, and estimated to have saved I dare not say how much money in the Wylder family--kind to me with the bread-and-jam and Naples-biscuit-kindness of her species, in old times)--stood in fancy at the doorway.
show
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From this reading And that other dream, to which she often led me, with the large hazel eyes, and clear delicate tints--so sweet, so _riante_, yet so sad; poor Lady Mary Brandon, dying there--so unhappily mated--a young mother, and her baby sleeping in long 'Broderie Anglaise' attire upon the pillow on the sofa, and whom she used to show me with a peeping mystery, and her finger to her smiling lip, and a gaiety and fondness in her pretty face.
silk
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From this reading The stiff figure of Mrs. Marston, the old housekeeper, pale and austere, in rustling black silk (she was accounted a miser, and estimated to have saved I dare not say how much money in the Wylder family--kind to me with the bread-and-jam and Naples-biscuit-kindness of her species, in old times)--stood in fancy at the doorway.
sleeping
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From this reading And that other dream, to which she often led me, with the large hazel eyes, and clear delicate tints--so sweet, so _riante_, yet so sad; poor Lady Mary Brandon, dying there--so unhappily mated--a young mother, and her baby sleeping in long 'Broderie Anglaise' attire upon the pillow on the sofa, and whom she used to show me with a peeping mystery, and her finger to her smiling lip, and a gaiety and fondness in her pretty face.
smiling
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From this reading And that other dream, to which she often led me, with the large hazel eyes, and clear delicate tints--so sweet, so _riante_, yet so sad; poor Lady Mary Brandon, dying there--so unhappily mated--a young mother, and her baby sleeping in long 'Broderie Anglaise' attire upon the pillow on the sofa, and whom she used to show me with a peeping mystery, and her finger to her smiling lip, and a gaiety and fondness in her pretty face.
soconjunctionUS /soʊ/
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading And that other dream, to which she often led me, with the large hazel eyes, and clear delicate tints--so sweet, so _riante_, yet so sad; poor Lady Mary Brandon, dying there--so unhappily mated--a young mother, and her baby sleeping in long 'Broderie Anglaise' attire upon the pillow on the sofa, and whom she used to show me with a peeping mystery, and her finger to her smiling lip, and a gaiety and fondness in her pretty face.
sofa
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From this reading And that other dream, to which she often led me, with the large hazel eyes, and clear delicate tints--so sweet, so _riante_, yet so sad; poor Lady Mary Brandon, dying there--so unhappily mated--a young mother, and her baby sleeping in long 'Broderie Anglaise' attire upon the pillow on the sofa, and whom she used to show me with a peeping mystery, and her finger to her smiling lip, and a gaiety and fondness in her pretty face.
species
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From this reading The stiff figure of Mrs. Marston, the old housekeeper, pale and austere, in rustling black silk (she was accounted a miser, and estimated to have saved I dare not say how much money in the Wylder family--kind to me with the bread-and-jam and Naples-biscuit-kindness of her species, in old times)--stood in fancy at the doorway.
spent
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From this reading She, too, was a dream, and, I dare say, her money spent by this time.
stiff
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From this reading The stiff figure of Mrs. Marston, the old housekeeper, pale and austere, in rustling black silk (she was accounted a miser, and estimated to have saved I dare not say how much money in the Wylder family--kind to me with the bread-and-jam and Naples-biscuit-kindness of her species, in old times)--stood in fancy at the doorway.
stoodnounUS /stood/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The stiff figure of Mrs. Marston, the old housekeeper, pale and austere, in rustling black silk (she was accounted a miser, and estimated to have saved I dare not say how much money in the Wylder family--kind to me with the bread-and-jam and Naples-biscuit-kindness of her species, in old times)--stood in fancy at the doorway.
sweet
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From this reading And that other dream, to which she often led me, with the large hazel eyes, and clear delicate tints--so sweet, so _riante_, yet so sad; poor Lady Mary Brandon, dying there--so unhappily mated--a young mother, and her baby sleeping in long 'Broderie Anglaise' attire upon the pillow on the sofa, and whom she used to show me with a peeping mystery, and her finger to her smiling lip, and a gaiety and fondness in her pretty face.
ten
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From this reading I was now approaching Brandon Hall; less than ten minutes more would set me down at its door-steps.
thanconjunctionUS /ðæn/
used to introduce the second part of a comparison
From this reading I was now approaching Brandon Hall; less than ten minutes more would set me down at its door-steps.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading And that other dream, to which she often led me, with the large hazel eyes, and clear delicate tints--so sweet, so _riante_, yet so sad; poor Lady Mary Brandon, dying there--so unhappily mated--a young mother, and her baby sleeping in long 'Broderie Anglaise' attire upon the pillow on the sofa, and whom she used to show me with a peeping mystery, and her finger to her smiling lip, and a gaiety and fondness in her pretty face.
THEdeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading IN WHICH I ENTER THE DRAWING-ROOM.
there
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From this reading And that other dream, to which she often led me, with the large hazel eyes, and clear delicate tints--so sweet, so _riante_, yet so sad; poor Lady Mary Brandon, dying there--so unhappily mated--a young mother, and her baby sleeping in long 'Broderie Anglaise' attire upon the pillow on the sofa, and whom she used to show me with a peeping mystery, and her finger to her smiling lip, and a gaiety and fondness in her pretty face.
thisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading She, too, was a dream, and, I dare say, her money spent by this time.
timenounUS /time/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading She, too, was a dream, and, I dare say, her money spent by this time.
times
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From this reading The stiff figure of Mrs. Marston, the old housekeeper, pale and austere, in rustling black silk (she was accounted a miser, and estimated to have saved I dare not say how much money in the Wylder family--kind to me with the bread-and-jam and Naples-biscuit-kindness of her species, in old times)--stood in fancy at the doorway.
tints
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From this reading And that other dream, to which she often led me, with the large hazel eyes, and clear delicate tints--so sweet, so _riante_, yet so sad; poor Lady Mary Brandon, dying there--so unhappily mated--a young mother, and her baby sleeping in long 'Broderie Anglaise' attire upon the pillow on the sofa, and whom she used to show me with a peeping mystery, and her finger to her smiling lip, and a gaiety and fondness in her pretty face.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading The stiff figure of Mrs. Marston, the old housekeeper, pale and austere, in rustling black silk (she was accounted a miser, and estimated to have saved I dare not say how much money in the Wylder family--kind to me with the bread-and-jam and Naples-biscuit-kindness of her species, in old times)--stood in fancy at the doorway.
too
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From this reading She, too, was a dream, and, I dare say, her money spent by this time.
unhappily
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From this reading And that other dream, to which she often led me, with the large hazel eyes, and clear delicate tints--so sweet, so _riante_, yet so sad; poor Lady Mary Brandon, dying there--so unhappily mated--a young mother, and her baby sleeping in long 'Broderie Anglaise' attire upon the pillow on the sofa, and whom she used to show me with a peeping mystery, and her finger to her smiling lip, and a gaiety and fondness in her pretty face.
uponprepositionUS /əˈpɑːn/
a formal word for “on”
From this reading And that other dream, to which she often led me, with the large hazel eyes, and clear delicate tints--so sweet, so _riante_, yet so sad; poor Lady Mary Brandon, dying there--so unhappily mated--a young mother, and her baby sleeping in long 'Broderie Anglaise' attire upon the pillow on the sofa, and whom she used to show me with a peeping mystery, and her finger to her smiling lip, and a gaiety and fondness in her pretty face.
used
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From this reading And that other dream, to which she often led me, with the large hazel eyes, and clear delicate tints--so sweet, so _riante_, yet so sad; poor Lady Mary Brandon, dying there--so unhappily mated--a young mother, and her baby sleeping in long 'Broderie Anglaise' attire upon the pillow on the sofa, and whom she used to show me with a peeping mystery, and her finger to her smiling lip, and a gaiety and fondness in her pretty face.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading I was now approaching Brandon Hall; less than ten minutes more would set me down at its door-steps.
WHICHpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading IN WHICH I ENTER THE DRAWING-ROOM.
whompronounUS /huːm/
the form of “who” used as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading And that other dream, to which she often led me, with the large hazel eyes, and clear delicate tints--so sweet, so _riante_, yet so sad; poor Lady Mary Brandon, dying there--so unhappily mated--a young mother, and her baby sleeping in long 'Broderie Anglaise' attire upon the pillow on the sofa, and whom she used to show me with a peeping mystery, and her finger to her smiling lip, and a gaiety and fondness in her pretty face.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading The stiff figure of Mrs. Marston, the old housekeeper, pale and austere, in rustling black silk (she was accounted a miser, and estimated to have saved I dare not say how much money in the Wylder family--kind to me with the bread-and-jam and Naples-biscuit-kindness of her species, in old times)--stood in fancy at the doorway.
wouldmodal verbUS /wʊd/
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading I was now approaching Brandon Hall; less than ten minutes more would set me down at its door-steps.
Wylder
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From this reading The stiff figure of Mrs. Marston, the old housekeeper, pale and austere, in rustling black silk (she was accounted a miser, and estimated to have saved I dare not say how much money in the Wylder family--kind to me with the bread-and-jam and Naples-biscuit-kindness of her species, in old times)--stood in fancy at the doorway.
yetconjunctionUS /jet/
but in spite of that
From this reading And that other dream, to which she often led me, with the large hazel eyes, and clear delicate tints--so sweet, so _riante_, yet so sad; poor Lady Mary Brandon, dying there--so unhappily mated--a young mother, and her baby sleeping in long 'Broderie Anglaise' attire upon the pillow on the sofa, and whom she used to show me with a peeping mystery, and her finger to her smiling lip, and a gaiety and fondness in her pretty face.
young
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From this reading And that other dream, to which she often led me, with the large hazel eyes, and clear delicate tints--so sweet, so _riante_, yet so sad; poor Lady Mary Brandon, dying there--so unhappily mated--a young mother, and her baby sleeping in long 'Broderie Anglaise' attire upon the pillow on the sofa, and whom she used to show me with a peeping mystery, and her finger to her smiling lip, and a gaiety and fondness in her pretty face.
