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Young Mr. Barter's Repentance
Young Mr. Barter's Repentance

Chapter II

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Yet Philip, with the girl’s eyes worshipping him, and her sweet voice cooing hope and praise, and her hands knitted on his shoulder, and her warm breath fanning his cheek, gave himself up to the vision, and felt his heart warm with a world’s welcome as yet far away from him.
The prose of life will assert itself, even to visionary eight-and-twenty and sweet eighteen in love with one another.
On this occasion it came as a summons to supper.
The summoner was a stout and jovial elderly gentleman, about whose somewhat commonplace British exterior there was, to Philip’s mind, a reflection of the nimbus which glorified Patty to his mind, for he was Patty’s father.
He had been called Old Brown at school when he was young--he had been called Old Brown in the country, and the prefix had found him out in town without the need for anybody to breathe a whisper of it.
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Young Mr. Barter's Repentance

Chapter II

Reading 1/94 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

Line 1
Yet Philip, with the girl’s eyes worshipping him, and her sweet voice cooing hope and praise, and her hands knitted on his shoulder, and her warm breath fanning his cheek, gave himself up to the vision, and felt his heart warm with a world’s welcome as yet far away from him.
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The prose of life will assert itself, even to visionary eight-and-twenty and sweet eighteen in love with one another.
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On this occasion it came as a summons to supper.
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The summoner was a stout and jovial elderly gentleman, about whose somewhat commonplace British exterior there was, to Philip’s mind, a reflection of the nimbus which glorified Patty to his mind, for he was Patty’s father.
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He had been called Old Brown at school when he was young--he had been called Old Brown in the country, and the prefix had found him out in town without the need for anybody to breathe a whisper of it.

Learner Dictionary

Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, audio, and collocations from this reading.

About preposition US /əˈbaʊt/

on the subject of; concerning

From this reading “The summoner was a stout and jovial elderly gentleman, about whose somewhat commonplace British exterior there was, to Philip’s mind, a reflection of the nimbus which glorified Patty to his mind, for he was Patty’s father.”

Another noun US /ˈanother/

a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage

From this reading “The prose of life will assert itself, even to visionary eight-and-twenty and sweet eighteen in love with one another.”

Anybody pronoun US /ˈenibədi/

any person at all

From this reading “He had been called Old Brown at school when he was young--he had been called Old Brown in the country, and the prefix had found him out in town without the need for anybody to breathe a whisper of it.”

Been auxiliary verb US /bɪn/

the past participle of “be”

From this reading “He had been called Old Brown at school when he was young--he had been called Old Brown in the country, and the prefix had found him out in town without the need for anybody to breathe a whisper of it.”

Breathe verb US /briːð/

to speak or reveal information, especially secretly

From this reading “He had been called Old Brown at school when he was young--he had been called Old Brown in the country, and the prefix had found him out in town without the need for anybody to breathe a whisper of it.”

Even noun US /even/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “The prose of life will assert itself, even to visionary eight-and-twenty and sweet eighteen in love with one another.”

Found noun US /found/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “He had been called Old Brown at school when he was young--he had been called Old Brown in the country, and the prefix had found him out in town without the need for anybody to breathe a whisper of it.”

Gentleman noun US /ˈgentleman/

a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage

From this reading “The summoner was a stout and jovial elderly gentleman, about whose somewhat commonplace British exterior there was, to Philip’s mind, a reflection of the nimbus which glorified Patty to his mind, for he was Patty’s father.”

Hands plural noun US /hændz/

members of a ship’s crew

From this reading “Yet Philip, with the girl’s eyes worshipping him, and her sweet voice cooing hope and praise, and her hands knitted on his shoulder, and her warm breath fanning his cheek, gave himself up to the vision, and felt his heart warm with a world’s welcome as yet far away from him.”

Himself pronoun US /hɪmˈself/

used when the man or boy doing the action is also its object

From this reading “Yet Philip, with the girl’s eyes worshipping him, and her sweet voice cooing hope and praise, and her hands knitted on his shoulder, and her warm breath fanning his cheek, gave himself up to the vision, and felt his heart warm with a world’s welcome as yet far away from him.”

Itself pronoun US /ˌɪtˈself/

used when the thing doing the action is also its object

From this reading “The prose of life will assert itself, even to visionary eight-and-twenty and sweet eighteen in love with one another.”

Life noun US /life/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “The prose of life will assert itself, even to visionary eight-and-twenty and sweet eighteen in love with one another.”

Mind noun US /mind/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “The summoner was a stout and jovial elderly gentleman, about whose somewhat commonplace British exterior there was, to Philip’s mind, a reflection of the nimbus which glorified Patty to his mind, for he was Patty’s father.”

Need noun US /need/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “He had been called Old Brown at school when he was young--he had been called Old Brown in the country, and the prefix had found him out in town without the need for anybody to breathe a whisper of it.”

One pronoun US /wʌn/

used to mean any person in general, including the speaker

From this reading “The prose of life will assert itself, even to visionary eight-and-twenty and sweet eighteen in love with one another.”

Summons noun US /ˈsʌmənz/

an official order to appear or respond

From this reading “On this occasion it came as a summons to supper.”

Whose determiner US /huːz/

belonging to which person

From this reading “The summoner was a stout and jovial elderly gentleman, about whose somewhat commonplace British exterior there was, to Philip’s mind, a reflection of the nimbus which glorified Patty to his mind, for he was Patty’s father.”

Without preposition US /wɪˈθaʊt/

not having, not using, or not accompanied by

From this reading “He had been called Old Brown at school when he was young--he had been called Old Brown in the country, and the prefix had found him out in town without the need for anybody to breathe a whisper of it.”

Yet conjunction US /jet/

but in spite of that

From this reading “Yet Philip, with the girl’s eyes worshipping him, and her sweet voice cooing hope and praise, and her hands knitted on his shoulder, and her warm breath fanning his cheek, gave himself up to the vision, and felt his heart warm with a world’s welcome as yet far away from him.”

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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 Yet Philip, with the girl’s eyes worshipping him, and her sweet voice cooing hope and praise, and her hands knitted on his shoulder, and her warm breath fanning his cheek, gave himself up to the vision, and felt his heart warm with a world’s welcome as yet far away from him.

aboutprepositionUS /əˈbaʊt/

on the subject of; concerning

From this reading The summoner was a stout and jovial elderly gentleman, about whose somewhat commonplace British exterior there was, to Philip’s mind, a reflection of the nimbus which glorified Patty to his mind, for he was Patty’s father.

andconjunctionUS /ənd/

used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together

From this reading Yet Philip, with the girl’s eyes worshipping him, and her sweet voice cooing hope and praise, and her hands knitted on his shoulder, and her warm breath fanning his cheek, gave himself up to the vision, and felt his heart warm with a world’s welcome as yet far away from him.

anothernounUS /ˈanother/

a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage

From this reading The prose of life will assert itself, even to visionary eight-and-twenty and sweet eighteen in love with one another.

anybodypronounUS /ˈenibədi/

any person at all

From this reading He had been called Old Brown at school when he was young--he had been called Old Brown in the country, and the prefix had found him out in town without the need for anybody to breathe a whisper of it.

asconjunctionUS /æz/

at the same time that; because; in the way that

From this reading Yet Philip, with the girl’s eyes worshipping him, and her sweet voice cooing hope and praise, and her hands knitted on his shoulder, and her warm breath fanning his cheek, gave himself up to the vision, and felt his heart warm with a world’s welcome as yet far away from him.

assert

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From this reading The prose of life will assert itself, even to visionary eight-and-twenty and sweet eighteen in love with one another.

atprepositionUS /æt/

in or near a particular place or position

From this reading He had been called Old Brown at school when he was young--he had been called Old Brown in the country, and the prefix had found him out in town without the need for anybody to breathe a whisper of it.

away

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From this reading Yet Philip, with the girl’s eyes worshipping him, and her sweet voice cooing hope and praise, and her hands knitted on his shoulder, and her warm breath fanning his cheek, gave himself up to the vision, and felt his heart warm with a world’s welcome as yet far away from him.

beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/

the past participle of “be”

From this reading He had been called Old Brown at school when he was young--he had been called Old Brown in the country, and the prefix had found him out in town without the need for anybody to breathe a whisper of it.

breath

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From this reading Yet Philip, with the girl’s eyes worshipping him, and her sweet voice cooing hope and praise, and her hands knitted on his shoulder, and her warm breath fanning his cheek, gave himself up to the vision, and felt his heart warm with a world’s welcome as yet far away from him.

breatheverbUS /briːð/

to speak or reveal information, especially secretly

From this reading He had been called Old Brown at school when he was young--he had been called Old Brown in the country, and the prefix had found him out in town without the need for anybody to breathe a whisper of it.

British

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From this reading The summoner was a stout and jovial elderly gentleman, about whose somewhat commonplace British exterior there was, to Philip’s mind, a reflection of the nimbus which glorified Patty to his mind, for he was Patty’s father.

Brown

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From this reading He had been called Old Brown at school when he was young--he had been called Old Brown in the country, and the prefix had found him out in town without the need for anybody to breathe a whisper of it.

called

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From this reading He had been called Old Brown at school when he was young--he had been called Old Brown in the country, and the prefix had found him out in town without the need for anybody to breathe a whisper of it.

came

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From this reading On this occasion it came as a summons to supper.

cheek

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From this reading Yet Philip, with the girl’s eyes worshipping him, and her sweet voice cooing hope and praise, and her hands knitted on his shoulder, and her warm breath fanning his cheek, gave himself up to the vision, and felt his heart warm with a world’s welcome as yet far away from him.

commonplace

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From this reading The summoner was a stout and jovial elderly gentleman, about whose somewhat commonplace British exterior there was, to Philip’s mind, a reflection of the nimbus which glorified Patty to his mind, for he was Patty’s father.

cooing

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From this reading Yet Philip, with the girl’s eyes worshipping him, and her sweet voice cooing hope and praise, and her hands knitted on his shoulder, and her warm breath fanning his cheek, gave himself up to the vision, and felt his heart warm with a world’s welcome as yet far away from him.

country

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From this reading He had been called Old Brown at school when he was young--he had been called Old Brown in the country, and the prefix had found him out in town without the need for anybody to breathe a whisper of it.

eight-and-twenty

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From this reading The prose of life will assert itself, even to visionary eight-and-twenty and sweet eighteen in love with one another.

eighteen

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From this reading The prose of life will assert itself, even to visionary eight-and-twenty and sweet eighteen in love with one another.

elderly

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From this reading The summoner was a stout and jovial elderly gentleman, about whose somewhat commonplace British exterior there was, to Philip’s mind, a reflection of the nimbus which glorified Patty to his mind, for he was Patty’s father.

evennounUS /even/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading The prose of life will assert itself, even to visionary eight-and-twenty and sweet eighteen in love with one another.

exterior

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From this reading The summoner was a stout and jovial elderly gentleman, about whose somewhat commonplace British exterior there was, to Philip’s mind, a reflection of the nimbus which glorified Patty to his mind, for he was Patty’s father.

eyes

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From this reading Yet Philip, with the girl’s eyes worshipping him, and her sweet voice cooing hope and praise, and her hands knitted on his shoulder, and her warm breath fanning his cheek, gave himself up to the vision, and felt his heart warm with a world’s welcome as yet far away from him.

fanning

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From this reading Yet Philip, with the girl’s eyes worshipping him, and her sweet voice cooing hope and praise, and her hands knitted on his shoulder, and her warm breath fanning his cheek, gave himself up to the vision, and felt his heart warm with a world’s welcome as yet far away from him.

far

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From this reading Yet Philip, with the girl’s eyes worshipping him, and her sweet voice cooing hope and praise, and her hands knitted on his shoulder, and her warm breath fanning his cheek, gave himself up to the vision, and felt his heart warm with a world’s welcome as yet far away from him.

father

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From this reading The summoner was a stout and jovial elderly gentleman, about whose somewhat commonplace British exterior there was, to Philip’s mind, a reflection of the nimbus which glorified Patty to his mind, for he was Patty’s father.

felt

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From this reading Yet Philip, with the girl’s eyes worshipping him, and her sweet voice cooing hope and praise, and her hands knitted on his shoulder, and her warm breath fanning his cheek, gave himself up to the vision, and felt his heart warm with a world’s welcome as yet far away from him.

forprepositionUS /fɔːr/

intended to be given to, or used by, somebody

From this reading The summoner was a stout and jovial elderly gentleman, about whose somewhat commonplace British exterior there was, to Philip’s mind, a reflection of the nimbus which glorified Patty to his mind, for he was Patty’s father.

foundnounUS /found/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading He had been called Old Brown at school when he was young--he had been called Old Brown in the country, and the prefix had found him out in town without the need for anybody to breathe a whisper of it.

fromprepositionUS /frʌm/

showing where something starts, or who sent it

From this reading Yet Philip, with the girl’s eyes worshipping him, and her sweet voice cooing hope and praise, and her hands knitted on his shoulder, and her warm breath fanning his cheek, gave himself up to the vision, and felt his heart warm with a world’s welcome as yet far away from him.

gave

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From this reading Yet Philip, with the girl’s eyes worshipping him, and her sweet voice cooing hope and praise, and her hands knitted on his shoulder, and her warm breath fanning his cheek, gave himself up to the vision, and felt his heart warm with a world’s welcome as yet far away from him.

gentlemannounUS /ˈgentleman/

a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage

From this reading The summoner was a stout and jovial elderly gentleman, about whose somewhat commonplace British exterior there was, to Philip’s mind, a reflection of the nimbus which glorified Patty to his mind, for he was Patty’s father.

girl's

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From this reading Yet Philip, with the girl’s eyes worshipping him, and her sweet voice cooing hope and praise, and her hands knitted on his shoulder, and her warm breath fanning his cheek, gave himself up to the vision, and felt his heart warm with a world’s welcome as yet far away from him.

glorified

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From this reading The summoner was a stout and jovial elderly gentleman, about whose somewhat commonplace British exterior there was, to Philip’s mind, a reflection of the nimbus which glorified Patty to his mind, for he was Patty’s father.

hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/

the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect

From this reading He had been called Old Brown at school when he was young--he had been called Old Brown in the country, and the prefix had found him out in town without the need for anybody to breathe a whisper of it.

handsplural nounUS /hændz/

members of a ship’s crew

From this reading Yet Philip, with the girl’s eyes worshipping him, and her sweet voice cooing hope and praise, and her hands knitted on his shoulder, and her warm breath fanning his cheek, gave himself up to the vision, and felt his heart warm with a world’s welcome as yet far away from him.

hepronounUS /hiː/

a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject

From this reading The summoner was a stout and jovial elderly gentleman, about whose somewhat commonplace British exterior there was, to Philip’s mind, a reflection of the nimbus which glorified Patty to his mind, for he was Patty’s father.

heart

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From this reading Yet Philip, with the girl’s eyes worshipping him, and her sweet voice cooing hope and praise, and her hands knitted on his shoulder, and her warm breath fanning his cheek, gave himself up to the vision, and felt his heart warm with a world’s welcome as yet far away from him.

herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/

belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned

From this reading Yet Philip, with the girl’s eyes worshipping him, and her sweet voice cooing hope and praise, and her hands knitted on his shoulder, and her warm breath fanning his cheek, gave himself up to the vision, and felt his heart warm with a world’s welcome as yet far away from him.

himpronounUS /hɪm/

the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition

From this reading Yet Philip, with the girl’s eyes worshipping him, and her sweet voice cooing hope and praise, and her hands knitted on his shoulder, and her warm breath fanning his cheek, gave himself up to the vision, and felt his heart warm with a world’s welcome as yet far away from him.

himselfpronounUS /hɪmˈself/

used when the man or boy doing the action is also its object

From this reading Yet Philip, with the girl’s eyes worshipping him, and her sweet voice cooing hope and praise, and her hands knitted on his shoulder, and her warm breath fanning his cheek, gave himself up to the vision, and felt his heart warm with a world’s welcome as yet far away from him.

hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/

belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned

From this reading Yet Philip, with the girl’s eyes worshipping him, and her sweet voice cooing hope and praise, and her hands knitted on his shoulder, and her warm breath fanning his cheek, gave himself up to the vision, and felt his heart warm with a world’s welcome as yet far away from him.

hope

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From this reading Yet Philip, with the girl’s eyes worshipping him, and her sweet voice cooing hope and praise, and her hands knitted on his shoulder, and her warm breath fanning his cheek, gave himself up to the vision, and felt his heart warm with a world’s welcome as yet far away from him.

inprepositionUS /ɪn/

inside something, or within a place, period, or state

From this reading The prose of life will assert itself, even to visionary eight-and-twenty and sweet eighteen in love with one another.

itpronounUS /ɪt/

a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned

From this reading On this occasion it came as a summons to supper.

itselfpronounUS /ˌɪtˈself/

used when the thing doing the action is also its object

From this reading The prose of life will assert itself, even to visionary eight-and-twenty and sweet eighteen in love with one another.

jovial

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From this reading The summoner was a stout and jovial elderly gentleman, about whose somewhat commonplace British exterior there was, to Philip’s mind, a reflection of the nimbus which glorified Patty to his mind, for he was Patty’s father.

knitted

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From this reading Yet Philip, with the girl’s eyes worshipping him, and her sweet voice cooing hope and praise, and her hands knitted on his shoulder, and her warm breath fanning his cheek, gave himself up to the vision, and felt his heart warm with a world’s welcome as yet far away from him.

lifenounUS /life/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading The prose of life will assert itself, even to visionary eight-and-twenty and sweet eighteen in love with one another.

love

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From this reading The prose of life will assert itself, even to visionary eight-and-twenty and sweet eighteen in love with one another.

mindnounUS /mind/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading The summoner was a stout and jovial elderly gentleman, about whose somewhat commonplace British exterior there was, to Philip’s mind, a reflection of the nimbus which glorified Patty to his mind, for he was Patty’s father.

neednounUS /need/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading He had been called Old Brown at school when he was young--he had been called Old Brown in the country, and the prefix had found him out in town without the need for anybody to breathe a whisper of it.

nimbus

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From this reading The summoner was a stout and jovial elderly gentleman, about whose somewhat commonplace British exterior there was, to Philip’s mind, a reflection of the nimbus which glorified Patty to his mind, for he was Patty’s father.

occasion

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From this reading On this occasion it came as a summons to supper.

ofprepositionUS /ʌv/

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

From this reading The prose of life will assert itself, even to visionary eight-and-twenty and sweet eighteen in love with one another.

Old

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From this reading He had been called Old Brown at school when he was young--he had been called Old Brown in the country, and the prefix had found him out in town without the need for anybody to breathe a whisper of it.

onprepositionUS /ɑːn/

touching and supported by a surface

From this reading Yet Philip, with the girl’s eyes worshipping him, and her sweet voice cooing hope and praise, and her hands knitted on his shoulder, and her warm breath fanning his cheek, gave himself up to the vision, and felt his heart warm with a world’s welcome as yet far away from him.

onepronounUS /wʌn/

used to mean any person in general, including the speaker

From this reading The prose of life will assert itself, even to visionary eight-and-twenty and sweet eighteen in love with one another.

out

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From this reading He had been called Old Brown at school when he was young--he had been called Old Brown in the country, and the prefix had found him out in town without the need for anybody to breathe a whisper of it.

Patty

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From this reading The summoner was a stout and jovial elderly gentleman, about whose somewhat commonplace British exterior there was, to Philip’s mind, a reflection of the nimbus which glorified Patty to his mind, for he was Patty’s father.

Patty's

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From this reading The summoner was a stout and jovial elderly gentleman, about whose somewhat commonplace British exterior there was, to Philip’s mind, a reflection of the nimbus which glorified Patty to his mind, for he was Patty’s father.

Philip

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From this reading Yet Philip, with the girl’s eyes worshipping him, and her sweet voice cooing hope and praise, and her hands knitted on his shoulder, and her warm breath fanning his cheek, gave himself up to the vision, and felt his heart warm with a world’s welcome as yet far away from him.

Philip's

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From this reading The summoner was a stout and jovial elderly gentleman, about whose somewhat commonplace British exterior there was, to Philip’s mind, a reflection of the nimbus which glorified Patty to his mind, for he was Patty’s father.

praise

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From this reading Yet Philip, with the girl’s eyes worshipping him, and her sweet voice cooing hope and praise, and her hands knitted on his shoulder, and her warm breath fanning his cheek, gave himself up to the vision, and felt his heart warm with a world’s welcome as yet far away from him.

prefix

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From this reading He had been called Old Brown at school when he was young--he had been called Old Brown in the country, and the prefix had found him out in town without the need for anybody to breathe a whisper of it.

prose

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From this reading The prose of life will assert itself, even to visionary eight-and-twenty and sweet eighteen in love with one another.

reflection

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From this reading The summoner was a stout and jovial elderly gentleman, about whose somewhat commonplace British exterior there was, to Philip’s mind, a reflection of the nimbus which glorified Patty to his mind, for he was Patty’s father.

school

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From this reading He had been called Old Brown at school when he was young--he had been called Old Brown in the country, and the prefix had found him out in town without the need for anybody to breathe a whisper of it.

shoulder

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From this reading Yet Philip, with the girl’s eyes worshipping him, and her sweet voice cooing hope and praise, and her hands knitted on his shoulder, and her warm breath fanning his cheek, gave himself up to the vision, and felt his heart warm with a world’s welcome as yet far away from him.

somewhat

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From this reading The summoner was a stout and jovial elderly gentleman, about whose somewhat commonplace British exterior there was, to Philip’s mind, a reflection of the nimbus which glorified Patty to his mind, for he was Patty’s father.

stout

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From this reading The summoner was a stout and jovial elderly gentleman, about whose somewhat commonplace British exterior there was, to Philip’s mind, a reflection of the nimbus which glorified Patty to his mind, for he was Patty’s father.

summoner

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From this reading The summoner was a stout and jovial elderly gentleman, about whose somewhat commonplace British exterior there was, to Philip’s mind, a reflection of the nimbus which glorified Patty to his mind, for he was Patty’s father.

summonsnounUS /ˈsʌmənz/

an official order to appear or respond

From this reading On this occasion it came as a summons to supper.

supper

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From this reading On this occasion it came as a summons to supper.

sweet

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From this reading Yet Philip, with the girl’s eyes worshipping him, and her sweet voice cooing hope and praise, and her hands knitted on his shoulder, and her warm breath fanning his cheek, gave himself up to the vision, and felt his heart warm with a world’s welcome as yet far away from him.

thedeterminerUS /ðə/

used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind

From this reading Yet Philip, with the girl’s eyes worshipping him, and her sweet voice cooing hope and praise, and her hands knitted on his shoulder, and her warm breath fanning his cheek, gave himself up to the vision, and felt his heart warm with a world’s welcome as yet far away from him.

there

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From this reading The summoner was a stout and jovial elderly gentleman, about whose somewhat commonplace British exterior there was, to Philip’s mind, a reflection of the nimbus which glorified Patty to his mind, for he was Patty’s father.

thisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/

used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned

From this reading On this occasion it came as a summons to supper.

toparticleUS /tuː/

used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive

From this reading Yet Philip, with the girl’s eyes worshipping him, and her sweet voice cooing hope and praise, and her hands knitted on his shoulder, and her warm breath fanning his cheek, gave himself up to the vision, and felt his heart warm with a world’s welcome as yet far away from him.

town

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From this reading He had been called Old Brown at school when he was young--he had been called Old Brown in the country, and the prefix had found him out in town without the need for anybody to breathe a whisper of it.

up

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From this reading Yet Philip, with the girl’s eyes worshipping him, and her sweet voice cooing hope and praise, and her hands knitted on his shoulder, and her warm breath fanning his cheek, gave himself up to the vision, and felt his heart warm with a world’s welcome as yet far away from him.

vision

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From this reading Yet Philip, with the girl’s eyes worshipping him, and her sweet voice cooing hope and praise, and her hands knitted on his shoulder, and her warm breath fanning his cheek, gave himself up to the vision, and felt his heart warm with a world’s welcome as yet far away from him.

visionary

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From this reading The prose of life will assert itself, even to visionary eight-and-twenty and sweet eighteen in love with one another.

voice

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From this reading Yet Philip, with the girl’s eyes worshipping him, and her sweet voice cooing hope and praise, and her hands knitted on his shoulder, and her warm breath fanning his cheek, gave himself up to the vision, and felt his heart warm with a world’s welcome as yet far away from him.

warm

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From this reading Yet Philip, with the girl’s eyes worshipping him, and her sweet voice cooing hope and praise, and her hands knitted on his shoulder, and her warm breath fanning his cheek, gave himself up to the vision, and felt his heart warm with a world’s welcome as yet far away from him.

wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/

the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun

From this reading The summoner was a stout and jovial elderly gentleman, about whose somewhat commonplace British exterior there was, to Philip’s mind, a reflection of the nimbus which glorified Patty to his mind, for he was Patty’s father.

welcome

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From this reading Yet Philip, with the girl’s eyes worshipping him, and her sweet voice cooing hope and praise, and her hands knitted on his shoulder, and her warm breath fanning his cheek, gave himself up to the vision, and felt his heart warm with a world’s welcome as yet far away from him.

whenconjunctionUS /wen/

at the time that

From this reading He had been called Old Brown at school when he was young--he had been called Old Brown in the country, and the prefix had found him out in town without the need for anybody to breathe a whisper of it.

whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/

used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned

From this reading The summoner was a stout and jovial elderly gentleman, about whose somewhat commonplace British exterior there was, to Philip’s mind, a reflection of the nimbus which glorified Patty to his mind, for he was Patty’s father.

whisper

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From this reading He had been called Old Brown at school when he was young--he had been called Old Brown in the country, and the prefix had found him out in town without the need for anybody to breathe a whisper of it.

whosedeterminerUS /huːz/

belonging to which person

From this reading The summoner was a stout and jovial elderly gentleman, about whose somewhat commonplace British exterior there was, to Philip’s mind, a reflection of the nimbus which glorified Patty to his mind, for he was Patty’s father.

willmodal verbUS /wɪl/

used to talk about the future, or about willingness

From this reading The prose of life will assert itself, even to visionary eight-and-twenty and sweet eighteen in love with one another.

withprepositionUS /wɪð/

in the company of; together with

From this reading Yet Philip, with the girl’s eyes worshipping him, and her sweet voice cooing hope and praise, and her hands knitted on his shoulder, and her warm breath fanning his cheek, gave himself up to the vision, and felt his heart warm with a world’s welcome as yet far away from him.

withoutprepositionUS /wɪˈθaʊt/

not having, not using, or not accompanied by

From this reading He had been called Old Brown at school when he was young--he had been called Old Brown in the country, and the prefix had found him out in town without the need for anybody to breathe a whisper of it.

world's

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From this reading Yet Philip, with the girl’s eyes worshipping him, and her sweet voice cooing hope and praise, and her hands knitted on his shoulder, and her warm breath fanning his cheek, gave himself up to the vision, and felt his heart warm with a world’s welcome as yet far away from him.

worshipping

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From this reading Yet Philip, with the girl’s eyes worshipping him, and her sweet voice cooing hope and praise, and her hands knitted on his shoulder, and her warm breath fanning his cheek, gave himself up to the vision, and felt his heart warm with a world’s welcome as yet far away from him.

YetconjunctionUS /jet/

but in spite of that

From this reading Yet Philip, with the girl’s eyes worshipping him, and her sweet voice cooing hope and praise, and her hands knitted on his shoulder, and her warm breath fanning his cheek, gave himself up to the vision, and felt his heart warm with a world’s welcome as yet far away from him.

young

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From this reading He had been called Old Brown at school when he was young--he had been called Old Brown in the country, and the prefix had found him out in town without the need for anybody to breathe a whisper of it.