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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 In offering these verses to you, I beg you to treat them (as you have many a time advised a certain lord chamberlain to treat the players) not according to their desert.
accomplished
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From this reading The motif of the story embodied in the following poem was crudely outlined in a brief sketch printed in an early collection of the authors verse, and subsequently cancelled for a purpose not until now accomplished.
according
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From this reading In offering these verses to you, I beg you to treat them (as you have many a time advised a certain lord chamberlain to treat the players) not according to their desert.
advised
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From this reading In offering these verses to you, I beg you to treat them (as you have many a time advised a certain lord chamberlain to treat the players) not according to their desert.
afterprepositionUS /ˈæftər/
later than; following
From this reading “Use them after your own honor and dignity; the less they deserve, the more merit is in your bounty.”
ALDRICH
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From this reading These many years your friend and comrade, T. B. ALDRICH.
andeterminerUS /æn/
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading The motif of the story embodied in the following poem was crudely outlined in a brief sketch printed in an early collection of the authors verse, and subsequently cancelled for a purpose not until now accomplished.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading “Use them after your own honor and dignity; the less they deserve, the more merit is in your bounty.”
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading In offering these verses to you, I beg you to treat them (as you have many a time advised a certain lord chamberlain to treat the players) not according to their desert.
authors
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From this reading The motif of the story embodied in the following poem was crudely outlined in a brief sketch printed in an early collection of the authors verse, and subsequently cancelled for a purpose not until now accomplished.
B
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From this reading These many years your friend and comrade, T. B. ALDRICH.
beg
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From this reading In offering these verses to you, I beg you to treat them (as you have many a time advised a certain lord chamberlain to treat the players) not according to their desert.
BOOTH
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From this reading TO EDWIN BOOTH.
bounty
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From this reading “Use them after your own honor and dignity; the less they deserve, the more merit is in your bounty.”
brief
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From this reading The motif of the story embodied in the following poem was crudely outlined in a brief sketch printed in an early collection of the authors verse, and subsequently cancelled for a purpose not until now accomplished.
cancelled
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From this reading The motif of the story embodied in the following poem was crudely outlined in a brief sketch printed in an early collection of the authors verse, and subsequently cancelled for a purpose not until now accomplished.
certain
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From this reading In offering these verses to you, I beg you to treat them (as you have many a time advised a certain lord chamberlain to treat the players) not according to their desert.
chamberlain
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From this reading In offering these verses to you, I beg you to treat them (as you have many a time advised a certain lord chamberlain to treat the players) not according to their desert.
collection
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From this reading The motif of the story embodied in the following poem was crudely outlined in a brief sketch printed in an early collection of the authors verse, and subsequently cancelled for a purpose not until now accomplished.
comrade
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From this reading These many years your friend and comrade, T. B. ALDRICH.
crudely
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From this reading The motif of the story embodied in the following poem was crudely outlined in a brief sketch printed in an early collection of the authors verse, and subsequently cancelled for a purpose not until now accomplished.
desert
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From this reading In offering these verses to you, I beg you to treat them (as you have many a time advised a certain lord chamberlain to treat the players) not according to their desert.
deserve
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From this reading “Use them after your own honor and dignity; the less they deserve, the more merit is in your bounty.”
dignity
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From this reading “Use them after your own honor and dignity; the less they deserve, the more merit is in your bounty.”
early
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From this reading The motif of the story embodied in the following poem was crudely outlined in a brief sketch printed in an early collection of the authors verse, and subsequently cancelled for a purpose not until now accomplished.
EDWIN
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From this reading TO EDWIN BOOTH.
embodied
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From this reading The motif of the story embodied in the following poem was crudely outlined in a brief sketch printed in an early collection of the authors verse, and subsequently cancelled for a purpose not until now accomplished.
following
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From this reading The motif of the story embodied in the following poem was crudely outlined in a brief sketch printed in an early collection of the authors verse, and subsequently cancelled for a purpose not until now accomplished.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading The motif of the story embodied in the following poem was crudely outlined in a brief sketch printed in an early collection of the authors verse, and subsequently cancelled for a purpose not until now accomplished.
friend
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From this reading These many years your friend and comrade, T. B. ALDRICH.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading In offering these verses to you, I beg you to treat them (as you have many a time advised a certain lord chamberlain to treat the players) not according to their desert.
honor
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From this reading “Use them after your own honor and dignity; the less they deserve, the more merit is in your bounty.”
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading In offering these verses to you, I beg you to treat them (as you have many a time advised a certain lord chamberlain to treat the players) not according to their desert.
InprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading In offering these verses to you, I beg you to treat them (as you have many a time advised a certain lord chamberlain to treat the players) not according to their desert.
isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading “Use them after your own honor and dignity; the less they deserve, the more merit is in your bounty.”
less
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From this reading “Use them after your own honor and dignity; the less they deserve, the more merit is in your bounty.”
lord
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From this reading In offering these verses to you, I beg you to treat them (as you have many a time advised a certain lord chamberlain to treat the players) not according to their desert.
many
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From this reading In offering these verses to you, I beg you to treat them (as you have many a time advised a certain lord chamberlain to treat the players) not according to their desert.
merit
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From this reading “Use them after your own honor and dignity; the less they deserve, the more merit is in your bounty.”
more
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From this reading “Use them after your own honor and dignity; the less they deserve, the more merit is in your bounty.”
motif
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From this reading The motif of the story embodied in the following poem was crudely outlined in a brief sketch printed in an early collection of the authors verse, and subsequently cancelled for a purpose not until now accomplished.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading In offering these verses to you, I beg you to treat them (as you have many a time advised a certain lord chamberlain to treat the players) not according to their desert.
now
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From this reading The motif of the story embodied in the following poem was crudely outlined in a brief sketch printed in an early collection of the authors verse, and subsequently cancelled for a purpose not until now accomplished.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading The motif of the story embodied in the following poem was crudely outlined in a brief sketch printed in an early collection of the authors verse, and subsequently cancelled for a purpose not until now accomplished.
offering
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From this reading In offering these verses to you, I beg you to treat them (as you have many a time advised a certain lord chamberlain to treat the players) not according to their desert.
outlined
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From this reading The motif of the story embodied in the following poem was crudely outlined in a brief sketch printed in an early collection of the authors verse, and subsequently cancelled for a purpose not until now accomplished.
own
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From this reading “Use them after your own honor and dignity; the less they deserve, the more merit is in your bounty.”
players
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From this reading In offering these verses to you, I beg you to treat them (as you have many a time advised a certain lord chamberlain to treat the players) not according to their desert.
poem
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From this reading The motif of the story embodied in the following poem was crudely outlined in a brief sketch printed in an early collection of the authors verse, and subsequently cancelled for a purpose not until now accomplished.
printednounUS /printed/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The motif of the story embodied in the following poem was crudely outlined in a brief sketch printed in an early collection of the authors verse, and subsequently cancelled for a purpose not until now accomplished.
purpose
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From this reading The motif of the story embodied in the following poem was crudely outlined in a brief sketch printed in an early collection of the authors verse, and subsequently cancelled for a purpose not until now accomplished.
sketch
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From this reading The motif of the story embodied in the following poem was crudely outlined in a brief sketch printed in an early collection of the authors verse, and subsequently cancelled for a purpose not until now accomplished.
story
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From this reading The motif of the story embodied in the following poem was crudely outlined in a brief sketch printed in an early collection of the authors verse, and subsequently cancelled for a purpose not until now accomplished.
subsequently
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From this reading The motif of the story embodied in the following poem was crudely outlined in a brief sketch printed in an early collection of the authors verse, and subsequently cancelled for a purpose not until now accomplished.
T
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From this reading These many years your friend and comrade, T. B. ALDRICH.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading In offering these verses to you, I beg you to treat them (as you have many a time advised a certain lord chamberlain to treat the players) not according to their desert.
theirdeterminerUS /ðer/
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading In offering these verses to you, I beg you to treat them (as you have many a time advised a certain lord chamberlain to treat the players) not according to their desert.
thempronounUS /ðem/
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading In offering these verses to you, I beg you to treat them (as you have many a time advised a certain lord chamberlain to treat the players) not according to their desert.
thesedeterminerUS /ðiːz/
the plural of “this”: the people or things near, or just mentioned
From this reading In offering these verses to you, I beg you to treat them (as you have many a time advised a certain lord chamberlain to treat the players) not according to their desert.
theypronounUS /ðeɪ/
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading “Use them after your own honor and dignity; the less they deserve, the more merit is in your bounty.”
timenounUS /time/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading In offering these verses to you, I beg you to treat them (as you have many a time advised a certain lord chamberlain to treat the players) not according to their desert.
TOparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading TO EDWIN BOOTH.
treat
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From this reading In offering these verses to you, I beg you to treat them (as you have many a time advised a certain lord chamberlain to treat the players) not according to their desert.
untilprepositionUS /ənˈtɪl/
up to a particular time
From this reading The motif of the story embodied in the following poem was crudely outlined in a brief sketch printed in an early collection of the authors verse, and subsequently cancelled for a purpose not until now accomplished.
Use
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From this reading “Use them after your own honor and dignity; the less they deserve, the more merit is in your bounty.”
verse
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From this reading The motif of the story embodied in the following poem was crudely outlined in a brief sketch printed in an early collection of the authors verse, and subsequently cancelled for a purpose not until now accomplished.
verses
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From this reading In offering these verses to you, I beg you to treat them (as you have many a time advised a certain lord chamberlain to treat the players) not according to their desert.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading The motif of the story embodied in the following poem was crudely outlined in a brief sketch printed in an early collection of the authors verse, and subsequently cancelled for a purpose not until now accomplished.
years
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From this reading These many years your friend and comrade, T. B. ALDRICH.
youpronounUS /juː/
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading In offering these verses to you, I beg you to treat them (as you have many a time advised a certain lord chamberlain to treat the players) not according to their desert.
yourdeterminerUS /jɔːr/
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading “Use them after your own honor and dignity; the less they deserve, the more merit is in your bounty.”
