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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 By this time the short July night was drawing to a close, and there were signs of the coming dawn in the east.
admiration
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From this reading But for his strong admiration of the pretty Maggie Brainerd not one of the little party of fugitives would have survived capture for fifteen minutes.
All
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From this reading All through the solemn darkness the massacre had continued, and scenes were enacted on both sides of the Susquehanna which the pen has never placed on paper, and which to-day come down to us only in the shuddering legends of those who looked upon and survived to tell of them.
AmongprepositionUS /əˈmʌŋ/
surrounded by; in the middle of a group
From this reading Among the miscreants none was more inhuman than Jake Golcher, the Tory.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading By this time the short July night was drawing to a close, and there were signs of the coming dawn in the east.
aroundprepositionUS /ərˈaʊnd/
surrounding, or on every side of, something
From this reading He was not the first, as he shall not be the last, bad man who has been restrained from evil by the sweet beauty of some maiden who, unconsciously to herself, has woven her subtle web around him.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading He was not the first, as he shall not be the last, bad man who has been restrained from evil by the sweet beauty of some maiden who, unconsciously to herself, has woven her subtle web around him.
bad
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From this reading He was not the first, as he shall not be the last, bad man who has been restrained from evil by the sweet beauty of some maiden who, unconsciously to herself, has woven her subtle web around him.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading He was not the first, as he shall not be the last, bad man who has been restrained from evil by the sweet beauty of some maiden who, unconsciously to herself, has woven her subtle web around him.
beauty
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From this reading He was not the first, as he shall not be the last, bad man who has been restrained from evil by the sweet beauty of some maiden who, unconsciously to herself, has woven her subtle web around him.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading He was not the first, as he shall not be the last, bad man who has been restrained from evil by the sweet beauty of some maiden who, unconsciously to herself, has woven her subtle web around him.
bothdeterminerUS /boʊθ/
the two together, not just one
From this reading All through the solemn darkness the massacre had continued, and scenes were enacted on both sides of the Susquehanna which the pen has never placed on paper, and which to-day come down to us only in the shuddering legends of those who looked upon and survived to tell of them.
Brainerd
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From this reading But for his strong admiration of the pretty Maggie Brainerd not one of the little party of fugitives would have survived capture for fifteen minutes.
ButconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading But for his strong admiration of the pretty Maggie Brainerd not one of the little party of fugitives would have survived capture for fifteen minutes.
ByprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading By this time the short July night was drawing to a close, and there were signs of the coming dawn in the east.
capture
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From this reading But for his strong admiration of the pretty Maggie Brainerd not one of the little party of fugitives would have survived capture for fifteen minutes.
close
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From this reading By this time the short July night was drawing to a close, and there were signs of the coming dawn in the east.
comenounUS /come/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading All through the solemn darkness the massacre had continued, and scenes were enacted on both sides of the Susquehanna which the pen has never placed on paper, and which to-day come down to us only in the shuddering legends of those who looked upon and survived to tell of them.
coming
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From this reading By this time the short July night was drawing to a close, and there were signs of the coming dawn in the east.
continuednounUS /ˈcontinued/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading All through the solemn darkness the massacre had continued, and scenes were enacted on both sides of the Susquehanna which the pen has never placed on paper, and which to-day come down to us only in the shuddering legends of those who looked upon and survived to tell of them.
darkness
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From this reading All through the solemn darkness the massacre had continued, and scenes were enacted on both sides of the Susquehanna which the pen has never placed on paper, and which to-day come down to us only in the shuddering legends of those who looked upon and survived to tell of them.
dawn
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From this reading By this time the short July night was drawing to a close, and there were signs of the coming dawn in the east.
down
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From this reading All through the solemn darkness the massacre had continued, and scenes were enacted on both sides of the Susquehanna which the pen has never placed on paper, and which to-day come down to us only in the shuddering legends of those who looked upon and survived to tell of them.
drawing
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From this reading By this time the short July night was drawing to a close, and there were signs of the coming dawn in the east.
east
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From this reading By this time the short July night was drawing to a close, and there were signs of the coming dawn in the east.
enacted
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From this reading All through the solemn darkness the massacre had continued, and scenes were enacted on both sides of the Susquehanna which the pen has never placed on paper, and which to-day come down to us only in the shuddering legends of those who looked upon and survived to tell of them.
evil
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From this reading He was not the first, as he shall not be the last, bad man who has been restrained from evil by the sweet beauty of some maiden who, unconsciously to herself, has woven her subtle web around him.
fifteen
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From this reading But for his strong admiration of the pretty Maggie Brainerd not one of the little party of fugitives would have survived capture for fifteen minutes.
firstnounUS /first/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading He was not the first, as he shall not be the last, bad man who has been restrained from evil by the sweet beauty of some maiden who, unconsciously to herself, has woven her subtle web around him.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading But for his strong admiration of the pretty Maggie Brainerd not one of the little party of fugitives would have survived capture for fifteen minutes.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading He was not the first, as he shall not be the last, bad man who has been restrained from evil by the sweet beauty of some maiden who, unconsciously to herself, has woven her subtle web around him.
fugitives
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From this reading But for his strong admiration of the pretty Maggie Brainerd not one of the little party of fugitives would have survived capture for fifteen minutes.
Golcher
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From this reading Among the miscreants none was more inhuman than Jake Golcher, the Tory.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading All through the solemn darkness the massacre had continued, and scenes were enacted on both sides of the Susquehanna which the pen has never placed on paper, and which to-day come down to us only in the shuddering legends of those who looked upon and survived to tell of them.
hasauxiliary verbUS /hæz/
the form of “have” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading All through the solemn darkness the massacre had continued, and scenes were enacted on both sides of the Susquehanna which the pen has never placed on paper, and which to-day come down to us only in the shuddering legends of those who looked upon and survived to tell of them.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading But for his strong admiration of the pretty Maggie Brainerd not one of the little party of fugitives would have survived capture for fifteen minutes.
HepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading He was not the first, as he shall not be the last, bad man who has been restrained from evil by the sweet beauty of some maiden who, unconsciously to herself, has woven her subtle web around him.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading He was not the first, as he shall not be the last, bad man who has been restrained from evil by the sweet beauty of some maiden who, unconsciously to herself, has woven her subtle web around him.
herselfpronounUS /hərˈself/
used when the woman or girl doing the action is also its object
From this reading He was not the first, as he shall not be the last, bad man who has been restrained from evil by the sweet beauty of some maiden who, unconsciously to herself, has woven her subtle web around him.
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading He was not the first, as he shall not be the last, bad man who has been restrained from evil by the sweet beauty of some maiden who, unconsciously to herself, has woven her subtle web around him.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading But for his strong admiration of the pretty Maggie Brainerd not one of the little party of fugitives would have survived capture for fifteen minutes.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading By this time the short July night was drawing to a close, and there were signs of the coming dawn in the east.
inhuman
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From this reading Among the miscreants none was more inhuman than Jake Golcher, the Tory.
Jake
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From this reading Among the miscreants none was more inhuman than Jake Golcher, the Tory.
July
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From this reading By this time the short July night was drawing to a close, and there were signs of the coming dawn in the east.
lastnounUS /last/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading He was not the first, as he shall not be the last, bad man who has been restrained from evil by the sweet beauty of some maiden who, unconsciously to herself, has woven her subtle web around him.
legends
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From this reading All through the solemn darkness the massacre had continued, and scenes were enacted on both sides of the Susquehanna which the pen has never placed on paper, and which to-day come down to us only in the shuddering legends of those who looked upon and survived to tell of them.
littlenounUS /little/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading But for his strong admiration of the pretty Maggie Brainerd not one of the little party of fugitives would have survived capture for fifteen minutes.
lookednounUS /looked/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading All through the solemn darkness the massacre had continued, and scenes were enacted on both sides of the Susquehanna which the pen has never placed on paper, and which to-day come down to us only in the shuddering legends of those who looked upon and survived to tell of them.
Maggie
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From this reading But for his strong admiration of the pretty Maggie Brainerd not one of the little party of fugitives would have survived capture for fifteen minutes.
maidennoun, literaryUS /ˈmeɪdən/
a young woman who is not married
From this reading He was not the first, as he shall not be the last, bad man who has been restrained from evil by the sweet beauty of some maiden who, unconsciously to herself, has woven her subtle web around him.
man
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From this reading He was not the first, as he shall not be the last, bad man who has been restrained from evil by the sweet beauty of some maiden who, unconsciously to herself, has woven her subtle web around him.
massacre
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From this reading All through the solemn darkness the massacre had continued, and scenes were enacted on both sides of the Susquehanna which the pen has never placed on paper, and which to-day come down to us only in the shuddering legends of those who looked upon and survived to tell of them.
minutes
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From this reading But for his strong admiration of the pretty Maggie Brainerd not one of the little party of fugitives would have survived capture for fifteen minutes.
miscreants
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From this reading Among the miscreants none was more inhuman than Jake Golcher, the Tory.
more
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From this reading Among the miscreants none was more inhuman than Jake Golcher, the Tory.
nevernounUS /never/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading All through the solemn darkness the massacre had continued, and scenes were enacted on both sides of the Susquehanna which the pen has never placed on paper, and which to-day come down to us only in the shuddering legends of those who looked upon and survived to tell of them.
night
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From this reading By this time the short July night was drawing to a close, and there were signs of the coming dawn in the east.
nonepronounUS /nʌn/
not one, and not any
From this reading Among the miscreants none was more inhuman than Jake Golcher, the Tory.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading But for his strong admiration of the pretty Maggie Brainerd not one of the little party of fugitives would have survived capture for fifteen minutes.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading By this time the short July night was drawing to a close, and there were signs of the coming dawn in the east.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading All through the solemn darkness the massacre had continued, and scenes were enacted on both sides of the Susquehanna which the pen has never placed on paper, and which to-day come down to us only in the shuddering legends of those who looked upon and survived to tell of them.
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading But for his strong admiration of the pretty Maggie Brainerd not one of the little party of fugitives would have survived capture for fifteen minutes.
only
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From this reading All through the solemn darkness the massacre had continued, and scenes were enacted on both sides of the Susquehanna which the pen has never placed on paper, and which to-day come down to us only in the shuddering legends of those who looked upon and survived to tell of them.
paper
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From this reading All through the solemn darkness the massacre had continued, and scenes were enacted on both sides of the Susquehanna which the pen has never placed on paper, and which to-day come down to us only in the shuddering legends of those who looked upon and survived to tell of them.
partynounUS /party/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading But for his strong admiration of the pretty Maggie Brainerd not one of the little party of fugitives would have survived capture for fifteen minutes.
pen
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From this reading All through the solemn darkness the massacre had continued, and scenes were enacted on both sides of the Susquehanna which the pen has never placed on paper, and which to-day come down to us only in the shuddering legends of those who looked upon and survived to tell of them.
placed
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From this reading All through the solemn darkness the massacre had continued, and scenes were enacted on both sides of the Susquehanna which the pen has never placed on paper, and which to-day come down to us only in the shuddering legends of those who looked upon and survived to tell of them.
pretty
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From this reading But for his strong admiration of the pretty Maggie Brainerd not one of the little party of fugitives would have survived capture for fifteen minutes.
restrained
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From this reading He was not the first, as he shall not be the last, bad man who has been restrained from evil by the sweet beauty of some maiden who, unconsciously to herself, has woven her subtle web around him.
scenes
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From this reading All through the solemn darkness the massacre had continued, and scenes were enacted on both sides of the Susquehanna which the pen has never placed on paper, and which to-day come down to us only in the shuddering legends of those who looked upon and survived to tell of them.
shallmodal verbUS /ʃæl/
used with I and we for the future, or to offer and suggest
From this reading He was not the first, as he shall not be the last, bad man who has been restrained from evil by the sweet beauty of some maiden who, unconsciously to herself, has woven her subtle web around him.
shortadjectiveUS /ʃɔrt/
brief or direct in expression
From this reading By this time the short July night was drawing to a close, and there were signs of the coming dawn in the east.
shuddering
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From this reading All through the solemn darkness the massacre had continued, and scenes were enacted on both sides of the Susquehanna which the pen has never placed on paper, and which to-day come down to us only in the shuddering legends of those who looked upon and survived to tell of them.
sides
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From this reading All through the solemn darkness the massacre had continued, and scenes were enacted on both sides of the Susquehanna which the pen has never placed on paper, and which to-day come down to us only in the shuddering legends of those who looked upon and survived to tell of them.
signs
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From this reading By this time the short July night was drawing to a close, and there were signs of the coming dawn in the east.
solemn
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From this reading All through the solemn darkness the massacre had continued, and scenes were enacted on both sides of the Susquehanna which the pen has never placed on paper, and which to-day come down to us only in the shuddering legends of those who looked upon and survived to tell of them.
some
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From this reading He was not the first, as he shall not be the last, bad man who has been restrained from evil by the sweet beauty of some maiden who, unconsciously to herself, has woven her subtle web around him.
strong
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From this reading But for his strong admiration of the pretty Maggie Brainerd not one of the little party of fugitives would have survived capture for fifteen minutes.
subtle
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From this reading He was not the first, as he shall not be the last, bad man who has been restrained from evil by the sweet beauty of some maiden who, unconsciously to herself, has woven her subtle web around him.
survived
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From this reading All through the solemn darkness the massacre had continued, and scenes were enacted on both sides of the Susquehanna which the pen has never placed on paper, and which to-day come down to us only in the shuddering legends of those who looked upon and survived to tell of them.
Susquehanna
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From this reading All through the solemn darkness the massacre had continued, and scenes were enacted on both sides of the Susquehanna which the pen has never placed on paper, and which to-day come down to us only in the shuddering legends of those who looked upon and survived to tell of them.
sweet
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From this reading He was not the first, as he shall not be the last, bad man who has been restrained from evil by the sweet beauty of some maiden who, unconsciously to herself, has woven her subtle web around him.
tellnounUS /tell/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading All through the solemn darkness the massacre had continued, and scenes were enacted on both sides of the Susquehanna which the pen has never placed on paper, and which to-day come down to us only in the shuddering legends of those who looked upon and survived to tell of them.
thanconjunctionUS /ðæn/
used to introduce the second part of a comparison
From this reading Among the miscreants none was more inhuman than Jake Golcher, the Tory.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading By this time the short July night was drawing to a close, and there were signs of the coming dawn in the east.
thempronounUS /ðem/
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading All through the solemn darkness the massacre had continued, and scenes were enacted on both sides of the Susquehanna which the pen has never placed on paper, and which to-day come down to us only in the shuddering legends of those who looked upon and survived to tell of them.
there
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From this reading By this time the short July night was drawing to a close, and there were signs of the coming dawn in the east.
thisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading By this time the short July night was drawing to a close, and there were signs of the coming dawn in the east.
thosedeterminerUS /ðoʊz/
the plural of “that”: the people or things further away, or already known
From this reading All through the solemn darkness the massacre had continued, and scenes were enacted on both sides of the Susquehanna which the pen has never placed on paper, and which to-day come down to us only in the shuddering legends of those who looked upon and survived to tell of them.
throughnounUS /ˈthrough/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading All through the solemn darkness the massacre had continued, and scenes were enacted on both sides of the Susquehanna which the pen has never placed on paper, and which to-day come down to us only in the shuddering legends of those who looked upon and survived to tell of them.
timenounUS /time/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading By this time the short July night was drawing to a close, and there were signs of the coming dawn in the east.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading By this time the short July night was drawing to a close, and there were signs of the coming dawn in the east.
to-day
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From this reading All through the solemn darkness the massacre had continued, and scenes were enacted on both sides of the Susquehanna which the pen has never placed on paper, and which to-day come down to us only in the shuddering legends of those who looked upon and survived to tell of them.
Tory
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From this reading Among the miscreants none was more inhuman than Jake Golcher, the Tory.
unconsciously
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From this reading He was not the first, as he shall not be the last, bad man who has been restrained from evil by the sweet beauty of some maiden who, unconsciously to herself, has woven her subtle web around him.
uponprepositionUS /əˈpɑːn/
a formal word for “on”
From this reading All through the solemn darkness the massacre had continued, and scenes were enacted on both sides of the Susquehanna which the pen has never placed on paper, and which to-day come down to us only in the shuddering legends of those who looked upon and survived to tell of them.
uspronounUS /ʌs/
the speaker and others, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading All through the solemn darkness the massacre had continued, and scenes were enacted on both sides of the Susquehanna which the pen has never placed on paper, and which to-day come down to us only in the shuddering legends of those who looked upon and survived to tell of them.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading By this time the short July night was drawing to a close, and there were signs of the coming dawn in the east.
web
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From this reading He was not the first, as he shall not be the last, bad man who has been restrained from evil by the sweet beauty of some maiden who, unconsciously to herself, has woven her subtle web around him.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading By this time the short July night was drawing to a close, and there were signs of the coming dawn in the east.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading All through the solemn darkness the massacre had continued, and scenes were enacted on both sides of the Susquehanna which the pen has never placed on paper, and which to-day come down to us only in the shuddering legends of those who looked upon and survived to tell of them.
whopronounUS /huː/
which person or people
From this reading All through the solemn darkness the massacre had continued, and scenes were enacted on both sides of the Susquehanna which the pen has never placed on paper, and which to-day come down to us only in the shuddering legends of those who looked upon and survived to tell of them.
wouldmodal verbUS /wʊd/
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading But for his strong admiration of the pretty Maggie Brainerd not one of the little party of fugitives would have survived capture for fifteen minutes.
woven
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From this reading He was not the first, as he shall not be the last, bad man who has been restrained from evil by the sweet beauty of some maiden who, unconsciously to herself, has woven her subtle web around him.
