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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 WHAT COMES OF PUBLISHING A BOOK It is only just to Tyre to acknowledge that it behaved quite sympathetically towards the young poet thus discovered in its midst.
acknowledge
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From this reading WHAT COMES OF PUBLISHING A BOOK It is only just to Tyre to acknowledge that it behaved quite sympathetically towards the young poet thus discovered in its midst.
also
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From this reading In many unexpected quarters also he met with recognition which, if not always intelligent, was at least gratifying.
always
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From this reading In many unexpected quarters also he met with recognition which, if not always intelligent, was at least gratifying.
anger
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From this reading He hungers to feel that his personality counts for something, though it be merely to anger his fellow-men.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading In many unexpected quarters also he met with recognition which, if not always intelligent, was at least gratifying.
baby
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From this reading Its newspapers reviewed him with marked kindness,--a kindness which in a few years' time, when he had long since grown out of his baby volume, he was obliged to set to the credit of the general goodness of human nature, rather than to the poetic quality of his own verses.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading He hungers to feel that his personality counts for something, though it be merely to anger his fellow-men.
behaved
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From this reading WHAT COMES OF PUBLISHING A BOOK It is only just to Tyre to acknowledge that it behaved quite sympathetically towards the young poet thus discovered in its midst.
BOOK
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breath
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From this reading For praise, or at least some form of notice, is breath in the nostrils of the young poet.
COMES
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From this reading WHAT COMES OF PUBLISHING A BOOK It is only just to Tyre to acknowledge that it behaved quite sympathetically towards the young poet thus discovered in its midst.
counts
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credit
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From this reading Its newspapers reviewed him with marked kindness,--a kindness which in a few years' time, when he had long since grown out of his baby volume, he was obliged to set to the credit of the general goodness of human nature, rather than to the poetic quality of his own verses.
discovered
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From this reading WHAT COMES OF PUBLISHING A BOOK It is only just to Tyre to acknowledge that it behaved quite sympathetically towards the young poet thus discovered in its midst.
feel
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From this reading He hungers to feel that his personality counts for something, though it be merely to anger his fellow-men.
fellow-men
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From this reading He hungers to feel that his personality counts for something, though it be merely to anger his fellow-men.
few
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From this reading Its newspapers reviewed him with marked kindness,--a kindness which in a few years' time, when he had long since grown out of his baby volume, he was obliged to set to the credit of the general goodness of human nature, rather than to the poetic quality of his own verses.
ForprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading For praise, or at least some form of notice, is breath in the nostrils of the young poet.
form
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From this reading For praise, or at least some form of notice, is breath in the nostrils of the young poet.
general
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From this reading Its newspapers reviewed him with marked kindness,--a kindness which in a few years' time, when he had long since grown out of his baby volume, he was obliged to set to the credit of the general goodness of human nature, rather than to the poetic quality of his own verses.
goodness
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From this reading Its newspapers reviewed him with marked kindness,--a kindness which in a few years' time, when he had long since grown out of his baby volume, he was obliged to set to the credit of the general goodness of human nature, rather than to the poetic quality of his own verses.
gratifying
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From this reading In many unexpected quarters also he met with recognition which, if not always intelligent, was at least gratifying.
grown
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From this reading Its newspapers reviewed him with marked kindness,--a kindness which in a few years' time, when he had long since grown out of his baby volume, he was obliged to set to the credit of the general goodness of human nature, rather than to the poetic quality of his own verses.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Its newspapers reviewed him with marked kindness,--a kindness which in a few years' time, when he had long since grown out of his baby volume, he was obliged to set to the credit of the general goodness of human nature, rather than to the poetic quality of his own verses.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Its newspapers reviewed him with marked kindness,--a kindness which in a few years' time, when he had long since grown out of his baby volume, he was obliged to set to the credit of the general goodness of human nature, rather than to the poetic quality of his own verses.
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Its newspapers reviewed him with marked kindness,--a kindness which in a few years' time, when he had long since grown out of his baby volume, he was obliged to set to the credit of the general goodness of human nature, rather than to the poetic quality of his own verses.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Its newspapers reviewed him with marked kindness,--a kindness which in a few years' time, when he had long since grown out of his baby volume, he was obliged to set to the credit of the general goodness of human nature, rather than to the poetic quality of his own verses.
human
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From this reading Its newspapers reviewed him with marked kindness,--a kindness which in a few years' time, when he had long since grown out of his baby volume, he was obliged to set to the credit of the general goodness of human nature, rather than to the poetic quality of his own verses.
hungers
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From this reading He hungers to feel that his personality counts for something, though it be merely to anger his fellow-men.
ifconjunctionUS /ɪf/
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading In many unexpected quarters also he met with recognition which, if not always intelligent, was at least gratifying.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading WHAT COMES OF PUBLISHING A BOOK It is only just to Tyre to acknowledge that it behaved quite sympathetically towards the young poet thus discovered in its midst.
intelligent
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From this reading In many unexpected quarters also he met with recognition which, if not always intelligent, was at least gratifying.
isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading WHAT COMES OF PUBLISHING A BOOK It is only just to Tyre to acknowledge that it behaved quite sympathetically towards the young poet thus discovered in its midst.
ItpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading WHAT COMES OF PUBLISHING A BOOK It is only just to Tyre to acknowledge that it behaved quite sympathetically towards the young poet thus discovered in its midst.
itsdeterminerUS /ɪts/
belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned
From this reading WHAT COMES OF PUBLISHING A BOOK It is only just to Tyre to acknowledge that it behaved quite sympathetically towards the young poet thus discovered in its midst.
just
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kindness
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From this reading Its newspapers reviewed him with marked kindness,--a kindness which in a few years' time, when he had long since grown out of his baby volume, he was obliged to set to the credit of the general goodness of human nature, rather than to the poetic quality of his own verses.
leastnounUS /least/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading In many unexpected quarters also he met with recognition which, if not always intelligent, was at least gratifying.
longnounUS /long/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Its newspapers reviewed him with marked kindness,--a kindness which in a few years' time, when he had long since grown out of his baby volume, he was obliged to set to the credit of the general goodness of human nature, rather than to the poetic quality of his own verses.
many
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From this reading In many unexpected quarters also he met with recognition which, if not always intelligent, was at least gratifying.
marked
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From this reading Its newspapers reviewed him with marked kindness,--a kindness which in a few years' time, when he had long since grown out of his baby volume, he was obliged to set to the credit of the general goodness of human nature, rather than to the poetic quality of his own verses.
merely
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met
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From this reading In many unexpected quarters also he met with recognition which, if not always intelligent, was at least gratifying.
midst
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nature
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From this reading Its newspapers reviewed him with marked kindness,--a kindness which in a few years' time, when he had long since grown out of his baby volume, he was obliged to set to the credit of the general goodness of human nature, rather than to the poetic quality of his own verses.
newspapers
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From this reading Its newspapers reviewed him with marked kindness,--a kindness which in a few years' time, when he had long since grown out of his baby volume, he was obliged to set to the credit of the general goodness of human nature, rather than to the poetic quality of his own verses.
nostrils
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From this reading For praise, or at least some form of notice, is breath in the nostrils of the young poet.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading In many unexpected quarters also he met with recognition which, if not always intelligent, was at least gratifying.
notice
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From this reading For praise, or at least some form of notice, is breath in the nostrils of the young poet.
obliged
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From this reading Its newspapers reviewed him with marked kindness,--a kindness which in a few years' time, when he had long since grown out of his baby volume, he was obliged to set to the credit of the general goodness of human nature, rather than to the poetic quality of his own verses.
OFprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading WHAT COMES OF PUBLISHING A BOOK It is only just to Tyre to acknowledge that it behaved quite sympathetically towards the young poet thus discovered in its midst.
only
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From this reading WHAT COMES OF PUBLISHING A BOOK It is only just to Tyre to acknowledge that it behaved quite sympathetically towards the young poet thus discovered in its midst.
orconjunctionUS /ɔːr/
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading For praise, or at least some form of notice, is breath in the nostrils of the young poet.
out
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From this reading Its newspapers reviewed him with marked kindness,--a kindness which in a few years' time, when he had long since grown out of his baby volume, he was obliged to set to the credit of the general goodness of human nature, rather than to the poetic quality of his own verses.
own
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From this reading Its newspapers reviewed him with marked kindness,--a kindness which in a few years' time, when he had long since grown out of his baby volume, he was obliged to set to the credit of the general goodness of human nature, rather than to the poetic quality of his own verses.
personality
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From this reading He hungers to feel that his personality counts for something, though it be merely to anger his fellow-men.
poet
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From this reading WHAT COMES OF PUBLISHING A BOOK It is only just to Tyre to acknowledge that it behaved quite sympathetically towards the young poet thus discovered in its midst.
poetic
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praise
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From this reading For praise, or at least some form of notice, is breath in the nostrils of the young poet.
PUBLISHING
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From this reading WHAT COMES OF PUBLISHING A BOOK It is only just to Tyre to acknowledge that it behaved quite sympathetically towards the young poet thus discovered in its midst.
quality
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From this reading Its newspapers reviewed him with marked kindness,--a kindness which in a few years' time, when he had long since grown out of his baby volume, he was obliged to set to the credit of the general goodness of human nature, rather than to the poetic quality of his own verses.
quarters
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From this reading In many unexpected quarters also he met with recognition which, if not always intelligent, was at least gratifying.
quitenounUS /quite/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading WHAT COMES OF PUBLISHING A BOOK It is only just to Tyre to acknowledge that it behaved quite sympathetically towards the young poet thus discovered in its midst.
rather
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From this reading Its newspapers reviewed him with marked kindness,--a kindness which in a few years' time, when he had long since grown out of his baby volume, he was obliged to set to the credit of the general goodness of human nature, rather than to the poetic quality of his own verses.
recognition
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From this reading In many unexpected quarters also he met with recognition which, if not always intelligent, was at least gratifying.
reviewed
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From this reading Its newspapers reviewed him with marked kindness,--a kindness which in a few years' time, when he had long since grown out of his baby volume, he was obliged to set to the credit of the general goodness of human nature, rather than to the poetic quality of his own verses.
set
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From this reading Its newspapers reviewed him with marked kindness,--a kindness which in a few years' time, when he had long since grown out of his baby volume, he was obliged to set to the credit of the general goodness of human nature, rather than to the poetic quality of his own verses.
sinceprepositionUS /sɪns/
from a time in the past until now
From this reading Its newspapers reviewed him with marked kindness,--a kindness which in a few years' time, when he had long since grown out of his baby volume, he was obliged to set to the credit of the general goodness of human nature, rather than to the poetic quality of his own verses.
some
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From this reading For praise, or at least some form of notice, is breath in the nostrils of the young poet.
somethingpronounUS /ˈsʌmθɪŋ/
a thing, without saying which
From this reading He hungers to feel that his personality counts for something, though it be merely to anger his fellow-men.
sympathetically
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From this reading WHAT COMES OF PUBLISHING A BOOK It is only just to Tyre to acknowledge that it behaved quite sympathetically towards the young poet thus discovered in its midst.
thanconjunctionUS /ðæn/
used to introduce the second part of a comparison
From this reading Its newspapers reviewed him with marked kindness,--a kindness which in a few years' time, when he had long since grown out of his baby volume, he was obliged to set to the credit of the general goodness of human nature, rather than to the poetic quality of his own verses.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading WHAT COMES OF PUBLISHING A BOOK It is only just to Tyre to acknowledge that it behaved quite sympathetically towards the young poet thus discovered in its midst.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading WHAT COMES OF PUBLISHING A BOOK It is only just to Tyre to acknowledge that it behaved quite sympathetically towards the young poet thus discovered in its midst.
thoughconjunctionUS /ðoʊ/
in spite of the fact that
From this reading He hungers to feel that his personality counts for something, though it be merely to anger his fellow-men.
thus
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From this reading WHAT COMES OF PUBLISHING A BOOK It is only just to Tyre to acknowledge that it behaved quite sympathetically towards the young poet thus discovered in its midst.
timenounUS /time/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Its newspapers reviewed him with marked kindness,--a kindness which in a few years' time, when he had long since grown out of his baby volume, he was obliged to set to the credit of the general goodness of human nature, rather than to the poetic quality of his own verses.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading WHAT COMES OF PUBLISHING A BOOK It is only just to Tyre to acknowledge that it behaved quite sympathetically towards the young poet thus discovered in its midst.
towardsprepositionUS /təˈwɔːrdz/
in the direction of
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Tyre
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unexpected
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From this reading In many unexpected quarters also he met with recognition which, if not always intelligent, was at least gratifying.
verses
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From this reading Its newspapers reviewed him with marked kindness,--a kindness which in a few years' time, when he had long since grown out of his baby volume, he was obliged to set to the credit of the general goodness of human nature, rather than to the poetic quality of his own verses.
volume
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From this reading Its newspapers reviewed him with marked kindness,--a kindness which in a few years' time, when he had long since grown out of his baby volume, he was obliged to set to the credit of the general goodness of human nature, rather than to the poetic quality of his own verses.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Its newspapers reviewed him with marked kindness,--a kindness which in a few years' time, when he had long since grown out of his baby volume, he was obliged to set to the credit of the general goodness of human nature, rather than to the poetic quality of his own verses.
WHATpronounUS /wʌt/
used to ask for information about something
From this reading WHAT COMES OF PUBLISHING A BOOK It is only just to Tyre to acknowledge that it behaved quite sympathetically towards the young poet thus discovered in its midst.
whenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading Its newspapers reviewed him with marked kindness,--a kindness which in a few years' time, when he had long since grown out of his baby volume, he was obliged to set to the credit of the general goodness of human nature, rather than to the poetic quality of his own verses.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading Its newspapers reviewed him with marked kindness,--a kindness which in a few years' time, when he had long since grown out of his baby volume, he was obliged to set to the credit of the general goodness of human nature, rather than to the poetic quality of his own verses.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading Its newspapers reviewed him with marked kindness,--a kindness which in a few years' time, when he had long since grown out of his baby volume, he was obliged to set to the credit of the general goodness of human nature, rather than to the poetic quality of his own verses.
years
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From this reading Its newspapers reviewed him with marked kindness,--a kindness which in a few years' time, when he had long since grown out of his baby volume, he was obliged to set to the credit of the general goodness of human nature, rather than to the poetic quality of his own verses.
young
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From this reading WHAT COMES OF PUBLISHING A BOOK It is only just to Tyre to acknowledge that it behaved quite sympathetically towards the young poet thus discovered in its midst.
