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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 I warrant ye now thar gang are bent To tek fwonk in by jugglin’; Some cut purse dow-for-nought, nae doubt, That deevilments hev skill in, An’ some’at com’ weel leaden out May gang widout a shillin’.”
addition
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From this reading _Rosley Fair, by J. Stagg._ THE intimate friend and bosom companion of M. le Comte de Sanschemise was ADOLPHE SHEEK, _Peinteur et Philosophe_, and a recent addition to the small French colony that had located itself in the best bed-room of Parthenon House.
admiration
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From this reading His hairy nosegays, he boasted, were the admiration of all who had seen them; and his flaxen roses and raven lilies he prided himself upon being the perfection of imitative art.
ADOLPHE
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From this reading _Rosley Fair, by J. Stagg._ THE intimate friend and bosom companion of M. le Comte de Sanschemise was ADOLPHE SHEEK, _Peinteur et Philosophe_, and a recent addition to the small French colony that had located itself in the best bed-room of Parthenon House.
all
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From this reading His hairy nosegays, he boasted, were the admiration of all who had seen them; and his flaxen roses and raven lilies he prided himself upon being the perfection of imitative art.
AndeterminerUS /æn/
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading I warrant ye now thar gang are bent To tek fwonk in by jugglin’; Some cut purse dow-for-nought, nae doubt, That deevilments hev skill in, An’ some’at com’ weel leaden out May gang widout a shillin’.”
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading _Rosley Fair, by J. Stagg._ THE intimate friend and bosom companion of M. le Comte de Sanschemise was ADOLPHE SHEEK, _Peinteur et Philosophe_, and a recent addition to the small French colony that had located itself in the best bed-room of Parthenon House.
any
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From this reading Adolphe was, by profession, an artist in hair—ingeniously forming weeping willows out of auburn tresses, and baskets of flowers out of chesnut, or, indeed, any other kind of locks.
areauxiliary verbUS /ɑːr/
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading “Luok, whar i’ th’ nuok o’ yonder tent Yon crew are slyly smugglin’.
artauxiliary verbUS /ɑːrt/
an old form of “are”, used with “thou”
From this reading His hairy nosegays, he boasted, were the admiration of all who had seen them; and his flaxen roses and raven lilies he prided himself upon being the perfection of imitative art.
artist
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From this reading Adolphe was, by profession, an artist in hair—ingeniously forming weeping willows out of auburn tresses, and baskets of flowers out of chesnut, or, indeed, any other kind of locks.
auburn
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From this reading Adolphe was, by profession, an artist in hair—ingeniously forming weeping willows out of auburn tresses, and baskets of flowers out of chesnut, or, indeed, any other kind of locks.
baskets
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From this reading Adolphe was, by profession, an artist in hair—ingeniously forming weeping willows out of auburn tresses, and baskets of flowers out of chesnut, or, indeed, any other kind of locks.
bed-room
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From this reading _Rosley Fair, by J. Stagg._ THE intimate friend and bosom companion of M. le Comte de Sanschemise was ADOLPHE SHEEK, _Peinteur et Philosophe_, and a recent addition to the small French colony that had located itself in the best bed-room of Parthenon House.
beingauxiliary verbUS /ˈbiːɪŋ/
the -ing form of “be”
From this reading His hairy nosegays, he boasted, were the admiration of all who had seen them; and his flaxen roses and raven lilies he prided himself upon being the perfection of imitative art.
bent
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From this reading I warrant ye now thar gang are bent To tek fwonk in by jugglin’; Some cut purse dow-for-nought, nae doubt, That deevilments hev skill in, An’ some’at com’ weel leaden out May gang widout a shillin’.”
best
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From this reading _Rosley Fair, by J. Stagg._ THE intimate friend and bosom companion of M. le Comte de Sanschemise was ADOLPHE SHEEK, _Peinteur et Philosophe_, and a recent addition to the small French colony that had located itself in the best bed-room of Parthenon House.
boasted
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From this reading His hairy nosegays, he boasted, were the admiration of all who had seen them; and his flaxen roses and raven lilies he prided himself upon being the perfection of imitative art.
bosom
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From this reading _Rosley Fair, by J. Stagg._ THE intimate friend and bosom companion of M. le Comte de Sanschemise was ADOLPHE SHEEK, _Peinteur et Philosophe_, and a recent addition to the small French colony that had located itself in the best bed-room of Parthenon House.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading I warrant ye now thar gang are bent To tek fwonk in by jugglin’; Some cut purse dow-for-nought, nae doubt, That deevilments hev skill in, An’ some’at com’ weel leaden out May gang widout a shillin’.”
chesnut
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From this reading Adolphe was, by profession, an artist in hair—ingeniously forming weeping willows out of auburn tresses, and baskets of flowers out of chesnut, or, indeed, any other kind of locks.
colony
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From this reading _Rosley Fair, by J. Stagg._ THE intimate friend and bosom companion of M. le Comte de Sanschemise was ADOLPHE SHEEK, _Peinteur et Philosophe_, and a recent addition to the small French colony that had located itself in the best bed-room of Parthenon House.
com
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From this reading I warrant ye now thar gang are bent To tek fwonk in by jugglin’; Some cut purse dow-for-nought, nae doubt, That deevilments hev skill in, An’ some’at com’ weel leaden out May gang widout a shillin’.”
companion
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From this reading _Rosley Fair, by J. Stagg._ THE intimate friend and bosom companion of M. le Comte de Sanschemise was ADOLPHE SHEEK, _Peinteur et Philosophe_, and a recent addition to the small French colony that had located itself in the best bed-room of Parthenon House.
Comte
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From this reading _Rosley Fair, by J. Stagg._ THE intimate friend and bosom companion of M. le Comte de Sanschemise was ADOLPHE SHEEK, _Peinteur et Philosophe_, and a recent addition to the small French colony that had located itself in the best bed-room of Parthenon House.
crewnounUS /crew/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Luok, whar i’ th’ nuok o’ yonder tent Yon crew are slyly smugglin’.
cut
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From this reading I warrant ye now thar gang are bent To tek fwonk in by jugglin’; Some cut purse dow-for-nought, nae doubt, That deevilments hev skill in, An’ some’at com’ weel leaden out May gang widout a shillin’.”
de
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From this reading _Rosley Fair, by J. Stagg._ THE intimate friend and bosom companion of M. le Comte de Sanschemise was ADOLPHE SHEEK, _Peinteur et Philosophe_, and a recent addition to the small French colony that had located itself in the best bed-room of Parthenon House.
deevilments
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From this reading I warrant ye now thar gang are bent To tek fwonk in by jugglin’; Some cut purse dow-for-nought, nae doubt, That deevilments hev skill in, An’ some’at com’ weel leaden out May gang widout a shillin’.”
doubt
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From this reading I warrant ye now thar gang are bent To tek fwonk in by jugglin’; Some cut purse dow-for-nought, nae doubt, That deevilments hev skill in, An’ some’at com’ weel leaden out May gang widout a shillin’.”
dow-for-nought
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From this reading I warrant ye now thar gang are bent To tek fwonk in by jugglin’; Some cut purse dow-for-nought, nae doubt, That deevilments hev skill in, An’ some’at com’ weel leaden out May gang widout a shillin’.”
et
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From this reading _Rosley Fair, by J. Stagg._ THE intimate friend and bosom companion of M. le Comte de Sanschemise was ADOLPHE SHEEK, _Peinteur et Philosophe_, and a recent addition to the small French colony that had located itself in the best bed-room of Parthenon House.
FairnounUS /fair/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading _Rosley Fair, by J. Stagg._ THE intimate friend and bosom companion of M. le Comte de Sanschemise was ADOLPHE SHEEK, _Peinteur et Philosophe_, and a recent addition to the small French colony that had located itself in the best bed-room of Parthenon House.
flaxen
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From this reading His hairy nosegays, he boasted, were the admiration of all who had seen them; and his flaxen roses and raven lilies he prided himself upon being the perfection of imitative art.
flowers
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From this reading Adolphe was, by profession, an artist in hair—ingeniously forming weeping willows out of auburn tresses, and baskets of flowers out of chesnut, or, indeed, any other kind of locks.
forming
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From this reading Adolphe was, by profession, an artist in hair—ingeniously forming weeping willows out of auburn tresses, and baskets of flowers out of chesnut, or, indeed, any other kind of locks.
French
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From this reading _Rosley Fair, by J. Stagg._ THE intimate friend and bosom companion of M. le Comte de Sanschemise was ADOLPHE SHEEK, _Peinteur et Philosophe_, and a recent addition to the small French colony that had located itself in the best bed-room of Parthenon House.
friend
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From this reading _Rosley Fair, by J. Stagg._ THE intimate friend and bosom companion of M. le Comte de Sanschemise was ADOLPHE SHEEK, _Peinteur et Philosophe_, and a recent addition to the small French colony that had located itself in the best bed-room of Parthenon House.
fwonk
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From this reading I warrant ye now thar gang are bent To tek fwonk in by jugglin’; Some cut purse dow-for-nought, nae doubt, That deevilments hev skill in, An’ some’at com’ weel leaden out May gang widout a shillin’.”
gang
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From this reading I warrant ye now thar gang are bent To tek fwonk in by jugglin’; Some cut purse dow-for-nought, nae doubt, That deevilments hev skill in, An’ some’at com’ weel leaden out May gang widout a shillin’.”
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading _Rosley Fair, by J. Stagg._ THE intimate friend and bosom companion of M. le Comte de Sanschemise was ADOLPHE SHEEK, _Peinteur et Philosophe_, and a recent addition to the small French colony that had located itself in the best bed-room of Parthenon House.
hair
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From this reading Adolphe was, by profession, an artist in hair—ingeniously forming weeping willows out of auburn tresses, and baskets of flowers out of chesnut, or, indeed, any other kind of locks.
hairy
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From this reading His hairy nosegays, he boasted, were the admiration of all who had seen them; and his flaxen roses and raven lilies he prided himself upon being the perfection of imitative art.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading His hairy nosegays, he boasted, were the admiration of all who had seen them; and his flaxen roses and raven lilies he prided himself upon being the perfection of imitative art.
hev
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From this reading I warrant ye now thar gang are bent To tek fwonk in by jugglin’; Some cut purse dow-for-nought, nae doubt, That deevilments hev skill in, An’ some’at com’ weel leaden out May gang widout a shillin’.”
himselfpronounUS /hɪmˈself/
used when the man or boy doing the action is also its object
From this reading His hairy nosegays, he boasted, were the admiration of all who had seen them; and his flaxen roses and raven lilies he prided himself upon being the perfection of imitative art.
HisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading His hairy nosegays, he boasted, were the admiration of all who had seen them; and his flaxen roses and raven lilies he prided himself upon being the perfection of imitative art.
House
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From this reading _Rosley Fair, by J. Stagg._ THE intimate friend and bosom companion of M. le Comte de Sanschemise was ADOLPHE SHEEK, _Peinteur et Philosophe_, and a recent addition to the small French colony that had located itself in the best bed-room of Parthenon House.
ipronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading “Luok, whar i’ th’ nuok o’ yonder tent Yon crew are slyly smugglin’.
imitative
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From this reading His hairy nosegays, he boasted, were the admiration of all who had seen them; and his flaxen roses and raven lilies he prided himself upon being the perfection of imitative art.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading I warrant ye now thar gang are bent To tek fwonk in by jugglin’; Some cut purse dow-for-nought, nae doubt, That deevilments hev skill in, An’ some’at com’ weel leaden out May gang widout a shillin’.”
indeed
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From this reading Adolphe was, by profession, an artist in hair—ingeniously forming weeping willows out of auburn tresses, and baskets of flowers out of chesnut, or, indeed, any other kind of locks.
ingeniously
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From this reading Adolphe was, by profession, an artist in hair—ingeniously forming weeping willows out of auburn tresses, and baskets of flowers out of chesnut, or, indeed, any other kind of locks.
intimate
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From this reading _Rosley Fair, by J. Stagg._ THE intimate friend and bosom companion of M. le Comte de Sanschemise was ADOLPHE SHEEK, _Peinteur et Philosophe_, and a recent addition to the small French colony that had located itself in the best bed-room of Parthenon House.
itselfpronounUS /ˌɪtˈself/
used when the thing doing the action is also its object
From this reading _Rosley Fair, by J. Stagg._ THE intimate friend and bosom companion of M. le Comte de Sanschemise was ADOLPHE SHEEK, _Peinteur et Philosophe_, and a recent addition to the small French colony that had located itself in the best bed-room of Parthenon House.
J
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From this reading _Rosley Fair, by J. Stagg._ THE intimate friend and bosom companion of M. le Comte de Sanschemise was ADOLPHE SHEEK, _Peinteur et Philosophe_, and a recent addition to the small French colony that had located itself in the best bed-room of Parthenon House.
jugglin
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From this reading I warrant ye now thar gang are bent To tek fwonk in by jugglin’; Some cut purse dow-for-nought, nae doubt, That deevilments hev skill in, An’ some’at com’ weel leaden out May gang widout a shillin’.”
kind
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From this reading Adolphe was, by profession, an artist in hair—ingeniously forming weeping willows out of auburn tresses, and baskets of flowers out of chesnut, or, indeed, any other kind of locks.
le
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From this reading _Rosley Fair, by J. Stagg._ THE intimate friend and bosom companion of M. le Comte de Sanschemise was ADOLPHE SHEEK, _Peinteur et Philosophe_, and a recent addition to the small French colony that had located itself in the best bed-room of Parthenon House.
leadenadjectiveUS /ˈlɛdən/
heavy, dull, or grey in appearance or movement
From this reading I warrant ye now thar gang are bent To tek fwonk in by jugglin’; Some cut purse dow-for-nought, nae doubt, That deevilments hev skill in, An’ some’at com’ weel leaden out May gang widout a shillin’.”
lilies
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From this reading His hairy nosegays, he boasted, were the admiration of all who had seen them; and his flaxen roses and raven lilies he prided himself upon being the perfection of imitative art.
located
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From this reading _Rosley Fair, by J. Stagg._ THE intimate friend and bosom companion of M. le Comte de Sanschemise was ADOLPHE SHEEK, _Peinteur et Philosophe_, and a recent addition to the small French colony that had located itself in the best bed-room of Parthenon House.
locks
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From this reading Adolphe was, by profession, an artist in hair—ingeniously forming weeping willows out of auburn tresses, and baskets of flowers out of chesnut, or, indeed, any other kind of locks.
Luok
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From this reading “Luok, whar i’ th’ nuok o’ yonder tent Yon crew are slyly smugglin’.
M
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From this reading _Rosley Fair, by J. Stagg._ THE intimate friend and bosom companion of M. le Comte de Sanschemise was ADOLPHE SHEEK, _Peinteur et Philosophe_, and a recent addition to the small French colony that had located itself in the best bed-room of Parthenon House.
Maymodal verbUS /meɪ/
used to say something is possible, or to give permission
From this reading I warrant ye now thar gang are bent To tek fwonk in by jugglin’; Some cut purse dow-for-nought, nae doubt, That deevilments hev skill in, An’ some’at com’ weel leaden out May gang widout a shillin’.”
nae
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From this reading I warrant ye now thar gang are bent To tek fwonk in by jugglin’; Some cut purse dow-for-nought, nae doubt, That deevilments hev skill in, An’ some’at com’ weel leaden out May gang widout a shillin’.”
nosegays
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From this reading His hairy nosegays, he boasted, were the admiration of all who had seen them; and his flaxen roses and raven lilies he prided himself upon being the perfection of imitative art.
now
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From this reading I warrant ye now thar gang are bent To tek fwonk in by jugglin’; Some cut purse dow-for-nought, nae doubt, That deevilments hev skill in, An’ some’at com’ weel leaden out May gang widout a shillin’.”
nuok
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From this reading “Luok, whar i’ th’ nuok o’ yonder tent Yon crew are slyly smugglin’.
o
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From this reading “Luok, whar i’ th’ nuok o’ yonder tent Yon crew are slyly smugglin’.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading _Rosley Fair, by J. Stagg._ THE intimate friend and bosom companion of M. le Comte de Sanschemise was ADOLPHE SHEEK, _Peinteur et Philosophe_, and a recent addition to the small French colony that had located itself in the best bed-room of Parthenon House.
orconjunctionUS /ɔːr/
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading Adolphe was, by profession, an artist in hair—ingeniously forming weeping willows out of auburn tresses, and baskets of flowers out of chesnut, or, indeed, any other kind of locks.
other
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From this reading Adolphe was, by profession, an artist in hair—ingeniously forming weeping willows out of auburn tresses, and baskets of flowers out of chesnut, or, indeed, any other kind of locks.
out
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From this reading I warrant ye now thar gang are bent To tek fwonk in by jugglin’; Some cut purse dow-for-nought, nae doubt, That deevilments hev skill in, An’ some’at com’ weel leaden out May gang widout a shillin’.”
Parthenon
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From this reading _Rosley Fair, by J. Stagg._ THE intimate friend and bosom companion of M. le Comte de Sanschemise was ADOLPHE SHEEK, _Peinteur et Philosophe_, and a recent addition to the small French colony that had located itself in the best bed-room of Parthenon House.
Peinteur
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From this reading _Rosley Fair, by J. Stagg._ THE intimate friend and bosom companion of M. le Comte de Sanschemise was ADOLPHE SHEEK, _Peinteur et Philosophe_, and a recent addition to the small French colony that had located itself in the best bed-room of Parthenon House.
perfection
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From this reading His hairy nosegays, he boasted, were the admiration of all who had seen them; and his flaxen roses and raven lilies he prided himself upon being the perfection of imitative art.
Philosophe
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From this reading _Rosley Fair, by J. Stagg._ THE intimate friend and bosom companion of M. le Comte de Sanschemise was ADOLPHE SHEEK, _Peinteur et Philosophe_, and a recent addition to the small French colony that had located itself in the best bed-room of Parthenon House.
prided
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From this reading His hairy nosegays, he boasted, were the admiration of all who had seen them; and his flaxen roses and raven lilies he prided himself upon being the perfection of imitative art.
profession
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From this reading Adolphe was, by profession, an artist in hair—ingeniously forming weeping willows out of auburn tresses, and baskets of flowers out of chesnut, or, indeed, any other kind of locks.
purse
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From this reading I warrant ye now thar gang are bent To tek fwonk in by jugglin’; Some cut purse dow-for-nought, nae doubt, That deevilments hev skill in, An’ some’at com’ weel leaden out May gang widout a shillin’.”
raven
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From this reading His hairy nosegays, he boasted, were the admiration of all who had seen them; and his flaxen roses and raven lilies he prided himself upon being the perfection of imitative art.
recent
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From this reading _Rosley Fair, by J. Stagg._ THE intimate friend and bosom companion of M. le Comte de Sanschemise was ADOLPHE SHEEK, _Peinteur et Philosophe_, and a recent addition to the small French colony that had located itself in the best bed-room of Parthenon House.
roses
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From this reading His hairy nosegays, he boasted, were the admiration of all who had seen them; and his flaxen roses and raven lilies he prided himself upon being the perfection of imitative art.
Rosley
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From this reading _Rosley Fair, by J. Stagg._ THE intimate friend and bosom companion of M. le Comte de Sanschemise was ADOLPHE SHEEK, _Peinteur et Philosophe_, and a recent addition to the small French colony that had located itself in the best bed-room of Parthenon House.
Sanschemise
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From this reading _Rosley Fair, by J. Stagg._ THE intimate friend and bosom companion of M. le Comte de Sanschemise was ADOLPHE SHEEK, _Peinteur et Philosophe_, and a recent addition to the small French colony that had located itself in the best bed-room of Parthenon House.
seen
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From this reading His hairy nosegays, he boasted, were the admiration of all who had seen them; and his flaxen roses and raven lilies he prided himself upon being the perfection of imitative art.
SHEEK
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From this reading _Rosley Fair, by J. Stagg._ THE intimate friend and bosom companion of M. le Comte de Sanschemise was ADOLPHE SHEEK, _Peinteur et Philosophe_, and a recent addition to the small French colony that had located itself in the best bed-room of Parthenon House.
shillin
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From this reading I warrant ye now thar gang are bent To tek fwonk in by jugglin’; Some cut purse dow-for-nought, nae doubt, That deevilments hev skill in, An’ some’at com’ weel leaden out May gang widout a shillin’.”
skill
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From this reading I warrant ye now thar gang are bent To tek fwonk in by jugglin’; Some cut purse dow-for-nought, nae doubt, That deevilments hev skill in, An’ some’at com’ weel leaden out May gang widout a shillin’.”
slyly
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From this reading “Luok, whar i’ th’ nuok o’ yonder tent Yon crew are slyly smugglin’.
small
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From this reading _Rosley Fair, by J. Stagg._ THE intimate friend and bosom companion of M. le Comte de Sanschemise was ADOLPHE SHEEK, _Peinteur et Philosophe_, and a recent addition to the small French colony that had located itself in the best bed-room of Parthenon House.
smugglin
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From this reading “Luok, whar i’ th’ nuok o’ yonder tent Yon crew are slyly smugglin’.
Some
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From this reading I warrant ye now thar gang are bent To tek fwonk in by jugglin’; Some cut purse dow-for-nought, nae doubt, That deevilments hev skill in, An’ some’at com’ weel leaden out May gang widout a shillin’.”
some'at
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From this reading I warrant ye now thar gang are bent To tek fwonk in by jugglin’; Some cut purse dow-for-nought, nae doubt, That deevilments hev skill in, An’ some’at com’ weel leaden out May gang widout a shillin’.”
Stagg
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From this reading _Rosley Fair, by J. Stagg._ THE intimate friend and bosom companion of M. le Comte de Sanschemise was ADOLPHE SHEEK, _Peinteur et Philosophe_, and a recent addition to the small French colony that had located itself in the best bed-room of Parthenon House.
tek
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From this reading I warrant ye now thar gang are bent To tek fwonk in by jugglin’; Some cut purse dow-for-nought, nae doubt, That deevilments hev skill in, An’ some’at com’ weel leaden out May gang widout a shillin’.”
tent
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From this reading “Luok, whar i’ th’ nuok o’ yonder tent Yon crew are slyly smugglin’.
th
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From this reading “Luok, whar i’ th’ nuok o’ yonder tent Yon crew are slyly smugglin’.
thar
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From this reading I warrant ye now thar gang are bent To tek fwonk in by jugglin’; Some cut purse dow-for-nought, nae doubt, That deevilments hev skill in, An’ some’at com’ weel leaden out May gang widout a shillin’.”
ThatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading I warrant ye now thar gang are bent To tek fwonk in by jugglin’; Some cut purse dow-for-nought, nae doubt, That deevilments hev skill in, An’ some’at com’ weel leaden out May gang widout a shillin’.”
THEdeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading _Rosley Fair, by J. Stagg._ THE intimate friend and bosom companion of M. le Comte de Sanschemise was ADOLPHE SHEEK, _Peinteur et Philosophe_, and a recent addition to the small French colony that had located itself in the best bed-room of Parthenon House.
thempronounUS /ðem/
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading His hairy nosegays, he boasted, were the admiration of all who had seen them; and his flaxen roses and raven lilies he prided himself upon being the perfection of imitative art.
ToparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading I warrant ye now thar gang are bent To tek fwonk in by jugglin’; Some cut purse dow-for-nought, nae doubt, That deevilments hev skill in, An’ some’at com’ weel leaden out May gang widout a shillin’.”
tresses
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From this reading Adolphe was, by profession, an artist in hair—ingeniously forming weeping willows out of auburn tresses, and baskets of flowers out of chesnut, or, indeed, any other kind of locks.
uponprepositionUS /əˈpɑːn/
a formal word for “on”
From this reading His hairy nosegays, he boasted, were the admiration of all who had seen them; and his flaxen roses and raven lilies he prided himself upon being the perfection of imitative art.
warrant
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From this reading I warrant ye now thar gang are bent To tek fwonk in by jugglin’; Some cut purse dow-for-nought, nae doubt, That deevilments hev skill in, An’ some’at com’ weel leaden out May gang widout a shillin’.”
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading _Rosley Fair, by J. Stagg._ THE intimate friend and bosom companion of M. le Comte de Sanschemise was ADOLPHE SHEEK, _Peinteur et Philosophe_, and a recent addition to the small French colony that had located itself in the best bed-room of Parthenon House.
weel
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From this reading I warrant ye now thar gang are bent To tek fwonk in by jugglin’; Some cut purse dow-for-nought, nae doubt, That deevilments hev skill in, An’ some’at com’ weel leaden out May gang widout a shillin’.”
weeping
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From this reading Adolphe was, by profession, an artist in hair—ingeniously forming weeping willows out of auburn tresses, and baskets of flowers out of chesnut, or, indeed, any other kind of locks.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading His hairy nosegays, he boasted, were the admiration of all who had seen them; and his flaxen roses and raven lilies he prided himself upon being the perfection of imitative art.
whar
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From this reading “Luok, whar i’ th’ nuok o’ yonder tent Yon crew are slyly smugglin’.
whopronounUS /huː/
which person or people
From this reading His hairy nosegays, he boasted, were the admiration of all who had seen them; and his flaxen roses and raven lilies he prided himself upon being the perfection of imitative art.
widout
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From this reading I warrant ye now thar gang are bent To tek fwonk in by jugglin’; Some cut purse dow-for-nought, nae doubt, That deevilments hev skill in, An’ some’at com’ weel leaden out May gang widout a shillin’.”
willows
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From this reading Adolphe was, by profession, an artist in hair—ingeniously forming weeping willows out of auburn tresses, and baskets of flowers out of chesnut, or, indeed, any other kind of locks.
yepronounUS /jiː/
an old word for “you”, speaking to more than one person
From this reading I warrant ye now thar gang are bent To tek fwonk in by jugglin’; Some cut purse dow-for-nought, nae doubt, That deevilments hev skill in, An’ some’at com’ weel leaden out May gang widout a shillin’.”
Yon
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From this reading “Luok, whar i’ th’ nuok o’ yonder tent Yon crew are slyly smugglin’.
yonder
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From this reading “Luok, whar i’ th’ nuok o’ yonder tent Yon crew are slyly smugglin’.
