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A book of martyrs
A book of martyrs

Chapter I

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_Each, 16mo, gilt top, 75 cents_ IA.
A Love Story.
By Q By Cornelia Atwood Pratt _Other Volumes to be announced_ When first they mixed the Clay of Man and clothed His Spirit in the Robe of Perfect Beauty, For Forty Mornings did an evil Cloud Rain Sorrows over him from Head to Foot; And when the Forty Mornings passed to Night, There came one Morning-Shower--one Morning-Shower Of Joy--to Forty of the Rain of Sorrow!
And though the better Fortune came at last To seal the Work, yet every Wise Man knows Such Consummation never can be here!
_From the Persian of Jàmi._ A BOOK OF MARTYRS CORNELIA ATWOOD PRATT CHARLES SCRIBNER’S SONS NEW YORK, 1896 TROW DIRECTORY PRINTING AND BOOK BINDING COMPANY NEW YORK NOTE Of the stories in this volume, “Witherle’s Freedom” and “Serene’s Religious Experience” were first published in _The Century Magazine_; “A Consuming Fire,” “Hardesty’s Cowardice” and “The Honor of a Gentleman” in _Harper’s Weekly_; “At the End of the World” in _The Independent_.
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A book of martyrs

Chapter I

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_Each, 16mo, gilt top, 75 cents_ IA.
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A Love Story.
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By Q By Cornelia Atwood Pratt _Other Volumes to be announced_ When first they mixed the Clay of Man and clothed His Spirit in the Robe of Perfect Beauty, For Forty Mornings did an evil Cloud Rain Sorrows over him from Head to Foot; And when the Forty Mornings passed to Night, There came one Morning-Shower--one Morning-Shower Of Joy--to Forty of the Rain of Sorrow!
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And though the better Fortune came at last To seal the Work, yet every Wise Man knows Such Consummation never can be here!
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_From the Persian of Jàmi._ A BOOK OF MARTYRS CORNELIA ATWOOD PRATT CHARLES SCRIBNER’S SONS NEW YORK, 1896 TROW DIRECTORY PRINTING AND BOOK BINDING COMPANY NEW YORK NOTE Of the stories in this volume, “Witherle’s Freedom” and “Serene’s Religious Experience” were first published in _The Century Magazine_; “A Consuming Fire,” “Hardesty’s Cowardice” and “The Honor of a Gentleman” in _Harper’s Weekly_; “At the End of the World” in _The Independent_.

Learner Dictionary

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

Every determiner US /ˈevəri/

all the members of a group, with none left out

From this reading “And though the better Fortune came at last To seal the Work, yet every Wise Man knows Such Consummation never can be here!”

First noun US /first/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “By Q By Cornelia Atwood Pratt _Other Volumes to be announced_ When first they mixed the Clay of Man and clothed His Spirit in the Robe of Perfect Beauty, For Forty Mornings did an evil Cloud Rain Sorrows over him from Head to Foot; And when the Forty Mornings passed to Night, There came one Morning-Shower--one Morning-Shower Of Joy--to Forty of the Rain of Sorrow!”

Foot noun US /foot/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “By Q By Cornelia Atwood Pratt _Other Volumes to be announced_ When first they mixed the Clay of Man and clothed His Spirit in the Robe of Perfect Beauty, For Forty Mornings did an evil Cloud Rain Sorrows over him from Head to Foot; And when the Forty Mornings passed to Night, There came one Morning-Shower--one Morning-Shower Of Joy--to Forty of the Rain of Sorrow!”

Fortune noun US /ˈfortune/

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

From this reading “And though the better Fortune came at last To seal the Work, yet every Wise Man knows Such Consummation never can be here!”

Gentleman noun US /ˈgentleman/

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

From this reading “_From the Persian of Jàmi._ A BOOK OF MARTYRS CORNELIA ATWOOD PRATT CHARLES SCRIBNER’S SONS NEW YORK, 1896 TROW DIRECTORY PRINTING AND BOOK BINDING COMPANY NEW YORK NOTE Of the stories in this volume, “Witherle’s Freedom” and “Serene’s Religious Experience” were first published in _The Century Magazine_; “A Consuming Fire,” “Hardesty’s Cowardice” and “The Honor of a Gentleman” in _Harper’s Weekly_; “At the End of the World” in _The Independent_.”

Here noun US /here/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “And though the better Fortune came at last To seal the Work, yet every Wise Man knows Such Consummation never can be here!”

Last noun US /last/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “And though the better Fortune came at last To seal the Work, yet every Wise Man knows Such Consummation never can be here!”

Mixed verb US /mɪkst/

involved with or connected to

From this reading “By Q By Cornelia Atwood Pratt _Other Volumes to be announced_ When first they mixed the Clay of Man and clothed His Spirit in the Robe of Perfect Beauty, For Forty Mornings did an evil Cloud Rain Sorrows over him from Head to Foot; And when the Forty Mornings passed to Night, There came one Morning-Shower--one Morning-Shower Of Joy--to Forty of the Rain of Sorrow!”

Never noun US /never/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “And though the better Fortune came at last To seal the Work, yet every Wise Man knows Such Consummation never can be here!”

One pronoun US /wʌn/

used to mean any person in general, including the speaker

From this reading “By Q By Cornelia Atwood Pratt _Other Volumes to be announced_ When first they mixed the Clay of Man and clothed His Spirit in the Robe of Perfect Beauty, For Forty Mornings did an evil Cloud Rain Sorrows over him from Head to Foot; And when the Forty Mornings passed to Night, There came one Morning-Shower--one Morning-Shower Of Joy--to Forty of the Rain of Sorrow!”

Over preposition US /ˈoʊvər/

above and across; more than

From this reading “By Q By Cornelia Atwood Pratt _Other Volumes to be announced_ When first they mixed the Clay of Man and clothed His Spirit in the Robe of Perfect Beauty, For Forty Mornings did an evil Cloud Rain Sorrows over him from Head to Foot; And when the Forty Mornings passed to Night, There came one Morning-Shower--one Morning-Shower Of Joy--to Forty of the Rain of Sorrow!”

Passed noun US /passed/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “By Q By Cornelia Atwood Pratt _Other Volumes to be announced_ When first they mixed the Clay of Man and clothed His Spirit in the Robe of Perfect Beauty, For Forty Mornings did an evil Cloud Rain Sorrows over him from Head to Foot; And when the Forty Mornings passed to Night, There came one Morning-Shower--one Morning-Shower Of Joy--to Forty of the Rain of Sorrow!”

Though conjunction US /ðoʊ/

in spite of the fact that

From this reading “And though the better Fortune came at last To seal the Work, yet every Wise Man knows Such Consummation never can be here!”

Yet conjunction US /jet/

but in spite of that

From this reading “And though the better Fortune came at last To seal the Work, yet every Wise Man knows Such Consummation never can be here!”

All words in this reading · 114

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16

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From this reading _Each, 16mo, gilt top, 75 cents_ IA.

1896

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From this reading _From the Persian of Jàmi._ A BOOK OF MARTYRS CORNELIA ATWOOD PRATT CHARLES SCRIBNER’S SONS NEW YORK, 1896 TROW DIRECTORY PRINTING AND BOOK BINDING COMPANY NEW YORK NOTE Of the stories in this volume, “Witherle’s Freedom” and “Serene’s Religious Experience” were first published in _The Century Magazine_; “A Consuming Fire,” “Hardesty’s Cowardice” and “The Honor of a Gentleman” in _Harper’s Weekly_; “At the End of the World” in _The Independent_.

75

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From this reading _Each, 16mo, gilt top, 75 cents_ IA.

AdeterminerUS /ə/

used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one

From this reading A Love Story.

andeterminerUS /æn/

the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound

From this reading By Q By Cornelia Atwood Pratt _Other Volumes to be announced_ When first they mixed the Clay of Man and clothed His Spirit in the Robe of Perfect Beauty, For Forty Mornings did an evil Cloud Rain Sorrows over him from Head to Foot; And when the Forty Mornings passed to Night, There came one Morning-Shower--one Morning-Shower Of Joy--to Forty of the Rain of Sorrow!

andconjunctionUS /ənd/

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

From this reading By Q By Cornelia Atwood Pratt _Other Volumes to be announced_ When first they mixed the Clay of Man and clothed His Spirit in the Robe of Perfect Beauty, For Forty Mornings did an evil Cloud Rain Sorrows over him from Head to Foot; And when the Forty Mornings passed to Night, There came one Morning-Shower--one Morning-Shower Of Joy--to Forty of the Rain of Sorrow!

announced

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From this reading By Q By Cornelia Atwood Pratt _Other Volumes to be announced_ When first they mixed the Clay of Man and clothed His Spirit in the Robe of Perfect Beauty, For Forty Mornings did an evil Cloud Rain Sorrows over him from Head to Foot; And when the Forty Mornings passed to Night, There came one Morning-Shower--one Morning-Shower Of Joy--to Forty of the Rain of Sorrow!

atprepositionUS /æt/

in or near a particular place or position

From this reading And though the better Fortune came at last To seal the Work, yet every Wise Man knows Such Consummation never can be here!

Atwood

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From this reading By Q By Cornelia Atwood Pratt _Other Volumes to be announced_ When first they mixed the Clay of Man and clothed His Spirit in the Robe of Perfect Beauty, For Forty Mornings did an evil Cloud Rain Sorrows over him from Head to Foot; And when the Forty Mornings passed to Night, There came one Morning-Shower--one Morning-Shower Of Joy--to Forty of the Rain of Sorrow!

beauxiliary verbUS /biː/

used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses

From this reading By Q By Cornelia Atwood Pratt _Other Volumes to be announced_ When first they mixed the Clay of Man and clothed His Spirit in the Robe of Perfect Beauty, For Forty Mornings did an evil Cloud Rain Sorrows over him from Head to Foot; And when the Forty Mornings passed to Night, There came one Morning-Shower--one Morning-Shower Of Joy--to Forty of the Rain of Sorrow!

Beauty

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From this reading By Q By Cornelia Atwood Pratt _Other Volumes to be announced_ When first they mixed the Clay of Man and clothed His Spirit in the Robe of Perfect Beauty, For Forty Mornings did an evil Cloud Rain Sorrows over him from Head to Foot; And when the Forty Mornings passed to Night, There came one Morning-Shower--one Morning-Shower Of Joy--to Forty of the Rain of Sorrow!

better

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From this reading And though the better Fortune came at last To seal the Work, yet every Wise Man knows Such Consummation never can be here!

BINDING

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From this reading _From the Persian of Jàmi._ A BOOK OF MARTYRS CORNELIA ATWOOD PRATT CHARLES SCRIBNER’S SONS NEW YORK, 1896 TROW DIRECTORY PRINTING AND BOOK BINDING COMPANY NEW YORK NOTE Of the stories in this volume, “Witherle’s Freedom” and “Serene’s Religious Experience” were first published in _The Century Magazine_; “A Consuming Fire,” “Hardesty’s Cowardice” and “The Honor of a Gentleman” in _Harper’s Weekly_; “At the End of the World” in _The Independent_.

BOOK

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From this reading _From the Persian of Jàmi._ A BOOK OF MARTYRS CORNELIA ATWOOD PRATT CHARLES SCRIBNER’S SONS NEW YORK, 1896 TROW DIRECTORY PRINTING AND BOOK BINDING COMPANY NEW YORK NOTE Of the stories in this volume, “Witherle’s Freedom” and “Serene’s Religious Experience” were first published in _The Century Magazine_; “A Consuming Fire,” “Hardesty’s Cowardice” and “The Honor of a Gentleman” in _Harper’s Weekly_; “At the End of the World” in _The Independent_.

ByprepositionUS /baɪ/

showing who or what does the action

From this reading By Q By Cornelia Atwood Pratt _Other Volumes to be announced_ When first they mixed the Clay of Man and clothed His Spirit in the Robe of Perfect Beauty, For Forty Mornings did an evil Cloud Rain Sorrows over him from Head to Foot; And when the Forty Mornings passed to Night, There came one Morning-Shower--one Morning-Shower Of Joy--to Forty of the Rain of Sorrow!

came

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From this reading By Q By Cornelia Atwood Pratt _Other Volumes to be announced_ When first they mixed the Clay of Man and clothed His Spirit in the Robe of Perfect Beauty, For Forty Mornings did an evil Cloud Rain Sorrows over him from Head to Foot; And when the Forty Mornings passed to Night, There came one Morning-Shower--one Morning-Shower Of Joy--to Forty of the Rain of Sorrow!

canmodal verbUS /kæn/

to be able to, or to be allowed to

From this reading And though the better Fortune came at last To seal the Work, yet every Wise Man knows Such Consummation never can be here!

cents

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From this reading _Each, 16mo, gilt top, 75 cents_ IA.

Century

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From this reading _From the Persian of Jàmi._ A BOOK OF MARTYRS CORNELIA ATWOOD PRATT CHARLES SCRIBNER’S SONS NEW YORK, 1896 TROW DIRECTORY PRINTING AND BOOK BINDING COMPANY NEW YORK NOTE Of the stories in this volume, “Witherle’s Freedom” and “Serene’s Religious Experience” were first published in _The Century Magazine_; “A Consuming Fire,” “Hardesty’s Cowardice” and “The Honor of a Gentleman” in _Harper’s Weekly_; “At the End of the World” in _The Independent_.

CHARLES

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From this reading _From the Persian of Jàmi._ A BOOK OF MARTYRS CORNELIA ATWOOD PRATT CHARLES SCRIBNER’S SONS NEW YORK, 1896 TROW DIRECTORY PRINTING AND BOOK BINDING COMPANY NEW YORK NOTE Of the stories in this volume, “Witherle’s Freedom” and “Serene’s Religious Experience” were first published in _The Century Magazine_; “A Consuming Fire,” “Hardesty’s Cowardice” and “The Honor of a Gentleman” in _Harper’s Weekly_; “At the End of the World” in _The Independent_.

Clay

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From this reading By Q By Cornelia Atwood Pratt _Other Volumes to be announced_ When first they mixed the Clay of Man and clothed His Spirit in the Robe of Perfect Beauty, For Forty Mornings did an evil Cloud Rain Sorrows over him from Head to Foot; And when the Forty Mornings passed to Night, There came one Morning-Shower--one Morning-Shower Of Joy--to Forty of the Rain of Sorrow!

clothed

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From this reading By Q By Cornelia Atwood Pratt _Other Volumes to be announced_ When first they mixed the Clay of Man and clothed His Spirit in the Robe of Perfect Beauty, For Forty Mornings did an evil Cloud Rain Sorrows over him from Head to Foot; And when the Forty Mornings passed to Night, There came one Morning-Shower--one Morning-Shower Of Joy--to Forty of the Rain of Sorrow!

Cloud

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From this reading By Q By Cornelia Atwood Pratt _Other Volumes to be announced_ When first they mixed the Clay of Man and clothed His Spirit in the Robe of Perfect Beauty, For Forty Mornings did an evil Cloud Rain Sorrows over him from Head to Foot; And when the Forty Mornings passed to Night, There came one Morning-Shower--one Morning-Shower Of Joy--to Forty of the Rain of Sorrow!

COMPANY

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From this reading _From the Persian of Jàmi._ A BOOK OF MARTYRS CORNELIA ATWOOD PRATT CHARLES SCRIBNER’S SONS NEW YORK, 1896 TROW DIRECTORY PRINTING AND BOOK BINDING COMPANY NEW YORK NOTE Of the stories in this volume, “Witherle’s Freedom” and “Serene’s Religious Experience” were first published in _The Century Magazine_; “A Consuming Fire,” “Hardesty’s Cowardice” and “The Honor of a Gentleman” in _Harper’s Weekly_; “At the End of the World” in _The Independent_.

Consuming

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From this reading _From the Persian of Jàmi._ A BOOK OF MARTYRS CORNELIA ATWOOD PRATT CHARLES SCRIBNER’S SONS NEW YORK, 1896 TROW DIRECTORY PRINTING AND BOOK BINDING COMPANY NEW YORK NOTE Of the stories in this volume, “Witherle’s Freedom” and “Serene’s Religious Experience” were first published in _The Century Magazine_; “A Consuming Fire,” “Hardesty’s Cowardice” and “The Honor of a Gentleman” in _Harper’s Weekly_; “At the End of the World” in _The Independent_.

Consummation

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From this reading And though the better Fortune came at last To seal the Work, yet every Wise Man knows Such Consummation never can be here!

Cornelia

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From this reading By Q By Cornelia Atwood Pratt _Other Volumes to be announced_ When first they mixed the Clay of Man and clothed His Spirit in the Robe of Perfect Beauty, For Forty Mornings did an evil Cloud Rain Sorrows over him from Head to Foot; And when the Forty Mornings passed to Night, There came one Morning-Shower--one Morning-Shower Of Joy--to Forty of the Rain of Sorrow!

Cowardice

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From this reading _From the Persian of Jàmi._ A BOOK OF MARTYRS CORNELIA ATWOOD PRATT CHARLES SCRIBNER’S SONS NEW YORK, 1896 TROW DIRECTORY PRINTING AND BOOK BINDING COMPANY NEW YORK NOTE Of the stories in this volume, “Witherle’s Freedom” and “Serene’s Religious Experience” were first published in _The Century Magazine_; “A Consuming Fire,” “Hardesty’s Cowardice” and “The Honor of a Gentleman” in _Harper’s Weekly_; “At the End of the World” in _The Independent_.

didauxiliary verbUS /dɪd/

the past form of “do”, used in questions and negatives

From this reading By Q By Cornelia Atwood Pratt _Other Volumes to be announced_ When first they mixed the Clay of Man and clothed His Spirit in the Robe of Perfect Beauty, For Forty Mornings did an evil Cloud Rain Sorrows over him from Head to Foot; And when the Forty Mornings passed to Night, There came one Morning-Shower--one Morning-Shower Of Joy--to Forty of the Rain of Sorrow!

DIRECTORY

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From this reading _From the Persian of Jàmi._ A BOOK OF MARTYRS CORNELIA ATWOOD PRATT CHARLES SCRIBNER’S SONS NEW YORK, 1896 TROW DIRECTORY PRINTING AND BOOK BINDING COMPANY NEW YORK NOTE Of the stories in this volume, “Witherle’s Freedom” and “Serene’s Religious Experience” were first published in _The Century Magazine_; “A Consuming Fire,” “Hardesty’s Cowardice” and “The Honor of a Gentleman” in _Harper’s Weekly_; “At the End of the World” in _The Independent_.

EachdeterminerUS /iːtʃ/

every one of two or more people or things, taken separately

From this reading _Each, 16mo, gilt top, 75 cents_ IA.

End

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From this reading _From the Persian of Jàmi._ A BOOK OF MARTYRS CORNELIA ATWOOD PRATT CHARLES SCRIBNER’S SONS NEW YORK, 1896 TROW DIRECTORY PRINTING AND BOOK BINDING COMPANY NEW YORK NOTE Of the stories in this volume, “Witherle’s Freedom” and “Serene’s Religious Experience” were first published in _The Century Magazine_; “A Consuming Fire,” “Hardesty’s Cowardice” and “The Honor of a Gentleman” in _Harper’s Weekly_; “At the End of the World” in _The Independent_.

everydeterminerUS /ˈevəri/

all the members of a group, with none left out

From this reading And though the better Fortune came at last To seal the Work, yet every Wise Man knows Such Consummation never can be here!

evil

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From this reading By Q By Cornelia Atwood Pratt _Other Volumes to be announced_ When first they mixed the Clay of Man and clothed His Spirit in the Robe of Perfect Beauty, For Forty Mornings did an evil Cloud Rain Sorrows over him from Head to Foot; And when the Forty Mornings passed to Night, There came one Morning-Shower--one Morning-Shower Of Joy--to Forty of the Rain of Sorrow!

Experience

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From this reading _From the Persian of Jàmi._ A BOOK OF MARTYRS CORNELIA ATWOOD PRATT CHARLES SCRIBNER’S SONS NEW YORK, 1896 TROW DIRECTORY PRINTING AND BOOK BINDING COMPANY NEW YORK NOTE Of the stories in this volume, “Witherle’s Freedom” and “Serene’s Religious Experience” were first published in _The Century Magazine_; “A Consuming Fire,” “Hardesty’s Cowardice” and “The Honor of a Gentleman” in _Harper’s Weekly_; “At the End of the World” in _The Independent_.

Fire

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From this reading _From the Persian of Jàmi._ A BOOK OF MARTYRS CORNELIA ATWOOD PRATT CHARLES SCRIBNER’S SONS NEW YORK, 1896 TROW DIRECTORY PRINTING AND BOOK BINDING COMPANY NEW YORK NOTE Of the stories in this volume, “Witherle’s Freedom” and “Serene’s Religious Experience” were first published in _The Century Magazine_; “A Consuming Fire,” “Hardesty’s Cowardice” and “The Honor of a Gentleman” in _Harper’s Weekly_; “At the End of the World” in _The Independent_.

firstnounUS /first/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading By Q By Cornelia Atwood Pratt _Other Volumes to be announced_ When first they mixed the Clay of Man and clothed His Spirit in the Robe of Perfect Beauty, For Forty Mornings did an evil Cloud Rain Sorrows over him from Head to Foot; And when the Forty Mornings passed to Night, There came one Morning-Shower--one Morning-Shower Of Joy--to Forty of the Rain of Sorrow!

FootnounUS /foot/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading By Q By Cornelia Atwood Pratt _Other Volumes to be announced_ When first they mixed the Clay of Man and clothed His Spirit in the Robe of Perfect Beauty, For Forty Mornings did an evil Cloud Rain Sorrows over him from Head to Foot; And when the Forty Mornings passed to Night, There came one Morning-Shower--one Morning-Shower Of Joy--to Forty of the Rain of Sorrow!

ForprepositionUS /fɔːr/

intended to be given to, or used by, somebody

From this reading By Q By Cornelia Atwood Pratt _Other Volumes to be announced_ When first they mixed the Clay of Man and clothed His Spirit in the Robe of Perfect Beauty, For Forty Mornings did an evil Cloud Rain Sorrows over him from Head to Foot; And when the Forty Mornings passed to Night, There came one Morning-Shower--one Morning-Shower Of Joy--to Forty of the Rain of Sorrow!

FortunenounUS /ˈfortune/

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

From this reading And though the better Fortune came at last To seal the Work, yet every Wise Man knows Such Consummation never can be here!

Forty

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From this reading By Q By Cornelia Atwood Pratt _Other Volumes to be announced_ When first they mixed the Clay of Man and clothed His Spirit in the Robe of Perfect Beauty, For Forty Mornings did an evil Cloud Rain Sorrows over him from Head to Foot; And when the Forty Mornings passed to Night, There came one Morning-Shower--one Morning-Shower Of Joy--to Forty of the Rain of Sorrow!

Freedom

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From this reading _From the Persian of Jàmi._ A BOOK OF MARTYRS CORNELIA ATWOOD PRATT CHARLES SCRIBNER’S SONS NEW YORK, 1896 TROW DIRECTORY PRINTING AND BOOK BINDING COMPANY NEW YORK NOTE Of the stories in this volume, “Witherle’s Freedom” and “Serene’s Religious Experience” were first published in _The Century Magazine_; “A Consuming Fire,” “Hardesty’s Cowardice” and “The Honor of a Gentleman” in _Harper’s Weekly_; “At the End of the World” in _The Independent_.

fromprepositionUS /frʌm/

showing where something starts, or who sent it

From this reading By Q By Cornelia Atwood Pratt _Other Volumes to be announced_ When first they mixed the Clay of Man and clothed His Spirit in the Robe of Perfect Beauty, For Forty Mornings did an evil Cloud Rain Sorrows over him from Head to Foot; And when the Forty Mornings passed to Night, There came one Morning-Shower--one Morning-Shower Of Joy--to Forty of the Rain of Sorrow!

GentlemannounUS /ˈgentleman/

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

From this reading _From the Persian of Jàmi._ A BOOK OF MARTYRS CORNELIA ATWOOD PRATT CHARLES SCRIBNER’S SONS NEW YORK, 1896 TROW DIRECTORY PRINTING AND BOOK BINDING COMPANY NEW YORK NOTE Of the stories in this volume, “Witherle’s Freedom” and “Serene’s Religious Experience” were first published in _The Century Magazine_; “A Consuming Fire,” “Hardesty’s Cowardice” and “The Honor of a Gentleman” in _Harper’s Weekly_; “At the End of the World” in _The Independent_.

gilt

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From this reading _Each, 16mo, gilt top, 75 cents_ IA.

Hardesty's

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From this reading _From the Persian of Jàmi._ A BOOK OF MARTYRS CORNELIA ATWOOD PRATT CHARLES SCRIBNER’S SONS NEW YORK, 1896 TROW DIRECTORY PRINTING AND BOOK BINDING COMPANY NEW YORK NOTE Of the stories in this volume, “Witherle’s Freedom” and “Serene’s Religious Experience” were first published in _The Century Magazine_; “A Consuming Fire,” “Hardesty’s Cowardice” and “The Honor of a Gentleman” in _Harper’s Weekly_; “At the End of the World” in _The Independent_.

Harper's

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From this reading _From the Persian of Jàmi._ A BOOK OF MARTYRS CORNELIA ATWOOD PRATT CHARLES SCRIBNER’S SONS NEW YORK, 1896 TROW DIRECTORY PRINTING AND BOOK BINDING COMPANY NEW YORK NOTE Of the stories in this volume, “Witherle’s Freedom” and “Serene’s Religious Experience” were first published in _The Century Magazine_; “A Consuming Fire,” “Hardesty’s Cowardice” and “The Honor of a Gentleman” in _Harper’s Weekly_; “At the End of the World” in _The Independent_.

Head

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From this reading By Q By Cornelia Atwood Pratt _Other Volumes to be announced_ When first they mixed the Clay of Man and clothed His Spirit in the Robe of Perfect Beauty, For Forty Mornings did an evil Cloud Rain Sorrows over him from Head to Foot; And when the Forty Mornings passed to Night, There came one Morning-Shower--one Morning-Shower Of Joy--to Forty of the Rain of Sorrow!

herenounUS /here/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading And though the better Fortune came at last To seal the Work, yet every Wise Man knows Such Consummation never can be here!

himpronounUS /hɪm/

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

From this reading By Q By Cornelia Atwood Pratt _Other Volumes to be announced_ When first they mixed the Clay of Man and clothed His Spirit in the Robe of Perfect Beauty, For Forty Mornings did an evil Cloud Rain Sorrows over him from Head to Foot; And when the Forty Mornings passed to Night, There came one Morning-Shower--one Morning-Shower Of Joy--to Forty of the Rain of Sorrow!

HisdeterminerUS /hɪz/

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

From this reading By Q By Cornelia Atwood Pratt _Other Volumes to be announced_ When first they mixed the Clay of Man and clothed His Spirit in the Robe of Perfect Beauty, For Forty Mornings did an evil Cloud Rain Sorrows over him from Head to Foot; And when the Forty Mornings passed to Night, There came one Morning-Shower--one Morning-Shower Of Joy--to Forty of the Rain of Sorrow!

Honor

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From this reading _From the Persian of Jàmi._ A BOOK OF MARTYRS CORNELIA ATWOOD PRATT CHARLES SCRIBNER’S SONS NEW YORK, 1896 TROW DIRECTORY PRINTING AND BOOK BINDING COMPANY NEW YORK NOTE Of the stories in this volume, “Witherle’s Freedom” and “Serene’s Religious Experience” were first published in _The Century Magazine_; “A Consuming Fire,” “Hardesty’s Cowardice” and “The Honor of a Gentleman” in _Harper’s Weekly_; “At the End of the World” in _The Independent_.

IA

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From this reading _Each, 16mo, gilt top, 75 cents_ IA.

inprepositionUS /ɪn/

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

From this reading By Q By Cornelia Atwood Pratt _Other Volumes to be announced_ When first they mixed the Clay of Man and clothed His Spirit in the Robe of Perfect Beauty, For Forty Mornings did an evil Cloud Rain Sorrows over him from Head to Foot; And when the Forty Mornings passed to Night, There came one Morning-Shower--one Morning-Shower Of Joy--to Forty of the Rain of Sorrow!

Independent

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From this reading _From the Persian of Jàmi._ A BOOK OF MARTYRS CORNELIA ATWOOD PRATT CHARLES SCRIBNER’S SONS NEW YORK, 1896 TROW DIRECTORY PRINTING AND BOOK BINDING COMPANY NEW YORK NOTE Of the stories in this volume, “Witherle’s Freedom” and “Serene’s Religious Experience” were first published in _The Century Magazine_; “A Consuming Fire,” “Hardesty’s Cowardice” and “The Honor of a Gentleman” in _Harper’s Weekly_; “At the End of the World” in _The Independent_.

Joy

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From this reading By Q By Cornelia Atwood Pratt _Other Volumes to be announced_ When first they mixed the Clay of Man and clothed His Spirit in the Robe of Perfect Beauty, For Forty Mornings did an evil Cloud Rain Sorrows over him from Head to Foot; And when the Forty Mornings passed to Night, There came one Morning-Shower--one Morning-Shower Of Joy--to Forty of the Rain of Sorrow!

Jàmi

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From this reading _From the Persian of Jàmi._ A BOOK OF MARTYRS CORNELIA ATWOOD PRATT CHARLES SCRIBNER’S SONS NEW YORK, 1896 TROW DIRECTORY PRINTING AND BOOK BINDING COMPANY NEW YORK NOTE Of the stories in this volume, “Witherle’s Freedom” and “Serene’s Religious Experience” were first published in _The Century Magazine_; “A Consuming Fire,” “Hardesty’s Cowardice” and “The Honor of a Gentleman” in _Harper’s Weekly_; “At the End of the World” in _The Independent_.

knows

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From this reading And though the better Fortune came at last To seal the Work, yet every Wise Man knows Such Consummation never can be here!

lastnounUS /last/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading And though the better Fortune came at last To seal the Work, yet every Wise Man knows Such Consummation never can be here!

Love

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From this reading A Love Story.

Magazine

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From this reading _From the Persian of Jàmi._ A BOOK OF MARTYRS CORNELIA ATWOOD PRATT CHARLES SCRIBNER’S SONS NEW YORK, 1896 TROW DIRECTORY PRINTING AND BOOK BINDING COMPANY NEW YORK NOTE Of the stories in this volume, “Witherle’s Freedom” and “Serene’s Religious Experience” were first published in _The Century Magazine_; “A Consuming Fire,” “Hardesty’s Cowardice” and “The Honor of a Gentleman” in _Harper’s Weekly_; “At the End of the World” in _The Independent_.

Man

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From this reading By Q By Cornelia Atwood Pratt _Other Volumes to be announced_ When first they mixed the Clay of Man and clothed His Spirit in the Robe of Perfect Beauty, For Forty Mornings did an evil Cloud Rain Sorrows over him from Head to Foot; And when the Forty Mornings passed to Night, There came one Morning-Shower--one Morning-Shower Of Joy--to Forty of the Rain of Sorrow!

MARTYRS

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From this reading _From the Persian of Jàmi._ A BOOK OF MARTYRS CORNELIA ATWOOD PRATT CHARLES SCRIBNER’S SONS NEW YORK, 1896 TROW DIRECTORY PRINTING AND BOOK BINDING COMPANY NEW YORK NOTE Of the stories in this volume, “Witherle’s Freedom” and “Serene’s Religious Experience” were first published in _The Century Magazine_; “A Consuming Fire,” “Hardesty’s Cowardice” and “The Honor of a Gentleman” in _Harper’s Weekly_; “At the End of the World” in _The Independent_.

mixedverbUS /mɪkst/

involved with or connected to

From this reading By Q By Cornelia Atwood Pratt _Other Volumes to be announced_ When first they mixed the Clay of Man and clothed His Spirit in the Robe of Perfect Beauty, For Forty Mornings did an evil Cloud Rain Sorrows over him from Head to Foot; And when the Forty Mornings passed to Night, There came one Morning-Shower--one Morning-Shower Of Joy--to Forty of the Rain of Sorrow!

mo

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From this reading _Each, 16mo, gilt top, 75 cents_ IA.

Morning-Shower

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Mornings

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From this reading By Q By Cornelia Atwood Pratt _Other Volumes to be announced_ When first they mixed the Clay of Man and clothed His Spirit in the Robe of Perfect Beauty, For Forty Mornings did an evil Cloud Rain Sorrows over him from Head to Foot; And when the Forty Mornings passed to Night, There came one Morning-Shower--one Morning-Shower Of Joy--to Forty of the Rain of Sorrow!

nevernounUS /never/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading And though the better Fortune came at last To seal the Work, yet every Wise Man knows Such Consummation never can be here!

NEW

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From this reading _From the Persian of Jàmi._ A BOOK OF MARTYRS CORNELIA ATWOOD PRATT CHARLES SCRIBNER’S SONS NEW YORK, 1896 TROW DIRECTORY PRINTING AND BOOK BINDING COMPANY NEW YORK NOTE Of the stories in this volume, “Witherle’s Freedom” and “Serene’s Religious Experience” were first published in _The Century Magazine_; “A Consuming Fire,” “Hardesty’s Cowardice” and “The Honor of a Gentleman” in _Harper’s Weekly_; “At the End of the World” in _The Independent_.

Night

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From this reading By Q By Cornelia Atwood Pratt _Other Volumes to be announced_ When first they mixed the Clay of Man and clothed His Spirit in the Robe of Perfect Beauty, For Forty Mornings did an evil Cloud Rain Sorrows over him from Head to Foot; And when the Forty Mornings passed to Night, There came one Morning-Shower--one Morning-Shower Of Joy--to Forty of the Rain of Sorrow!

NOTE

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From this reading _From the Persian of Jàmi._ A BOOK OF MARTYRS CORNELIA ATWOOD PRATT CHARLES SCRIBNER’S SONS NEW YORK, 1896 TROW DIRECTORY PRINTING AND BOOK BINDING COMPANY NEW YORK NOTE Of the stories in this volume, “Witherle’s Freedom” and “Serene’s Religious Experience” were first published in _The Century Magazine_; “A Consuming Fire,” “Hardesty’s Cowardice” and “The Honor of a Gentleman” in _Harper’s Weekly_; “At the End of the World” in _The Independent_.

ofprepositionUS /ʌv/

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

From this reading By Q By Cornelia Atwood Pratt _Other Volumes to be announced_ When first they mixed the Clay of Man and clothed His Spirit in the Robe of Perfect Beauty, For Forty Mornings did an evil Cloud Rain Sorrows over him from Head to Foot; And when the Forty Mornings passed to Night, There came one Morning-Shower--one Morning-Shower Of Joy--to Forty of the Rain of Sorrow!

onepronounUS /wʌn/

used to mean any person in general, including the speaker

From this reading By Q By Cornelia Atwood Pratt _Other Volumes to be announced_ When first they mixed the Clay of Man and clothed His Spirit in the Robe of Perfect Beauty, For Forty Mornings did an evil Cloud Rain Sorrows over him from Head to Foot; And when the Forty Mornings passed to Night, There came one Morning-Shower--one Morning-Shower Of Joy--to Forty of the Rain of Sorrow!

Other

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From this reading By Q By Cornelia Atwood Pratt _Other Volumes to be announced_ When first they mixed the Clay of Man and clothed His Spirit in the Robe of Perfect Beauty, For Forty Mornings did an evil Cloud Rain Sorrows over him from Head to Foot; And when the Forty Mornings passed to Night, There came one Morning-Shower--one Morning-Shower Of Joy--to Forty of the Rain of Sorrow!

overprepositionUS /ˈoʊvər/

above and across; more than

From this reading By Q By Cornelia Atwood Pratt _Other Volumes to be announced_ When first they mixed the Clay of Man and clothed His Spirit in the Robe of Perfect Beauty, For Forty Mornings did an evil Cloud Rain Sorrows over him from Head to Foot; And when the Forty Mornings passed to Night, There came one Morning-Shower--one Morning-Shower Of Joy--to Forty of the Rain of Sorrow!

passednounUS /passed/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading By Q By Cornelia Atwood Pratt _Other Volumes to be announced_ When first they mixed the Clay of Man and clothed His Spirit in the Robe of Perfect Beauty, For Forty Mornings did an evil Cloud Rain Sorrows over him from Head to Foot; And when the Forty Mornings passed to Night, There came one Morning-Shower--one Morning-Shower Of Joy--to Forty of the Rain of Sorrow!

Perfect

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Persian

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From this reading _From the Persian of Jàmi._ A BOOK OF MARTYRS CORNELIA ATWOOD PRATT CHARLES SCRIBNER’S SONS NEW YORK, 1896 TROW DIRECTORY PRINTING AND BOOK BINDING COMPANY NEW YORK NOTE Of the stories in this volume, “Witherle’s Freedom” and “Serene’s Religious Experience” were first published in _The Century Magazine_; “A Consuming Fire,” “Hardesty’s Cowardice” and “The Honor of a Gentleman” in _Harper’s Weekly_; “At the End of the World” in _The Independent_.

Pratt

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PRINTING

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From this reading _From the Persian of Jàmi._ A BOOK OF MARTYRS CORNELIA ATWOOD PRATT CHARLES SCRIBNER’S SONS NEW YORK, 1896 TROW DIRECTORY PRINTING AND BOOK BINDING COMPANY NEW YORK NOTE Of the stories in this volume, “Witherle’s Freedom” and “Serene’s Religious Experience” were first published in _The Century Magazine_; “A Consuming Fire,” “Hardesty’s Cowardice” and “The Honor of a Gentleman” in _Harper’s Weekly_; “At the End of the World” in _The Independent_.

published

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From this reading _From the Persian of Jàmi._ A BOOK OF MARTYRS CORNELIA ATWOOD PRATT CHARLES SCRIBNER’S SONS NEW YORK, 1896 TROW DIRECTORY PRINTING AND BOOK BINDING COMPANY NEW YORK NOTE Of the stories in this volume, “Witherle’s Freedom” and “Serene’s Religious Experience” were first published in _The Century Magazine_; “A Consuming Fire,” “Hardesty’s Cowardice” and “The Honor of a Gentleman” in _Harper’s Weekly_; “At the End of the World” in _The Independent_.

Q

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From this reading By Q By Cornelia Atwood Pratt _Other Volumes to be announced_ When first they mixed the Clay of Man and clothed His Spirit in the Robe of Perfect Beauty, For Forty Mornings did an evil Cloud Rain Sorrows over him from Head to Foot; And when the Forty Mornings passed to Night, There came one Morning-Shower--one Morning-Shower Of Joy--to Forty of the Rain of Sorrow!

Rain

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From this reading By Q By Cornelia Atwood Pratt _Other Volumes to be announced_ When first they mixed the Clay of Man and clothed His Spirit in the Robe of Perfect Beauty, For Forty Mornings did an evil Cloud Rain Sorrows over him from Head to Foot; And when the Forty Mornings passed to Night, There came one Morning-Shower--one Morning-Shower Of Joy--to Forty of the Rain of Sorrow!

Religious

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From this reading _From the Persian of Jàmi._ A BOOK OF MARTYRS CORNELIA ATWOOD PRATT CHARLES SCRIBNER’S SONS NEW YORK, 1896 TROW DIRECTORY PRINTING AND BOOK BINDING COMPANY NEW YORK NOTE Of the stories in this volume, “Witherle’s Freedom” and “Serene’s Religious Experience” were first published in _The Century Magazine_; “A Consuming Fire,” “Hardesty’s Cowardice” and “The Honor of a Gentleman” in _Harper’s Weekly_; “At the End of the World” in _The Independent_.

Robe

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From this reading By Q By Cornelia Atwood Pratt _Other Volumes to be announced_ When first they mixed the Clay of Man and clothed His Spirit in the Robe of Perfect Beauty, For Forty Mornings did an evil Cloud Rain Sorrows over him from Head to Foot; And when the Forty Mornings passed to Night, There came one Morning-Shower--one Morning-Shower Of Joy--to Forty of the Rain of Sorrow!

SCRIBNER'S

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From this reading _From the Persian of Jàmi._ A BOOK OF MARTYRS CORNELIA ATWOOD PRATT CHARLES SCRIBNER’S SONS NEW YORK, 1896 TROW DIRECTORY PRINTING AND BOOK BINDING COMPANY NEW YORK NOTE Of the stories in this volume, “Witherle’s Freedom” and “Serene’s Religious Experience” were first published in _The Century Magazine_; “A Consuming Fire,” “Hardesty’s Cowardice” and “The Honor of a Gentleman” in _Harper’s Weekly_; “At the End of the World” in _The Independent_.

seal

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From this reading And though the better Fortune came at last To seal the Work, yet every Wise Man knows Such Consummation never can be here!

Serene's

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From this reading _From the Persian of Jàmi._ A BOOK OF MARTYRS CORNELIA ATWOOD PRATT CHARLES SCRIBNER’S SONS NEW YORK, 1896 TROW DIRECTORY PRINTING AND BOOK BINDING COMPANY NEW YORK NOTE Of the stories in this volume, “Witherle’s Freedom” and “Serene’s Religious Experience” were first published in _The Century Magazine_; “A Consuming Fire,” “Hardesty’s Cowardice” and “The Honor of a Gentleman” in _Harper’s Weekly_; “At the End of the World” in _The Independent_.

SONS

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From this reading _From the Persian of Jàmi._ A BOOK OF MARTYRS CORNELIA ATWOOD PRATT CHARLES SCRIBNER’S SONS NEW YORK, 1896 TROW DIRECTORY PRINTING AND BOOK BINDING COMPANY NEW YORK NOTE Of the stories in this volume, “Witherle’s Freedom” and “Serene’s Religious Experience” were first published in _The Century Magazine_; “A Consuming Fire,” “Hardesty’s Cowardice” and “The Honor of a Gentleman” in _Harper’s Weekly_; “At the End of the World” in _The Independent_.

Sorrow

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From this reading By Q By Cornelia Atwood Pratt _Other Volumes to be announced_ When first they mixed the Clay of Man and clothed His Spirit in the Robe of Perfect Beauty, For Forty Mornings did an evil Cloud Rain Sorrows over him from Head to Foot; And when the Forty Mornings passed to Night, There came one Morning-Shower--one Morning-Shower Of Joy--to Forty of the Rain of Sorrow!

Sorrows

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From this reading By Q By Cornelia Atwood Pratt _Other Volumes to be announced_ When first they mixed the Clay of Man and clothed His Spirit in the Robe of Perfect Beauty, For Forty Mornings did an evil Cloud Rain Sorrows over him from Head to Foot; And when the Forty Mornings passed to Night, There came one Morning-Shower--one Morning-Shower Of Joy--to Forty of the Rain of Sorrow!

Spirit

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From this reading By Q By Cornelia Atwood Pratt _Other Volumes to be announced_ When first they mixed the Clay of Man and clothed His Spirit in the Robe of Perfect Beauty, For Forty Mornings did an evil Cloud Rain Sorrows over him from Head to Foot; And when the Forty Mornings passed to Night, There came one Morning-Shower--one Morning-Shower Of Joy--to Forty of the Rain of Sorrow!

stories

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From this reading _From the Persian of Jàmi._ A BOOK OF MARTYRS CORNELIA ATWOOD PRATT CHARLES SCRIBNER’S SONS NEW YORK, 1896 TROW DIRECTORY PRINTING AND BOOK BINDING COMPANY NEW YORK NOTE Of the stories in this volume, “Witherle’s Freedom” and “Serene’s Religious Experience” were first published in _The Century Magazine_; “A Consuming Fire,” “Hardesty’s Cowardice” and “The Honor of a Gentleman” in _Harper’s Weekly_; “At the End of the World” in _The Independent_.

Story

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From this reading A Love Story.

SuchdeterminerUS /sʌtʃ/

of the kind already mentioned

From this reading And though the better Fortune came at last To seal the Work, yet every Wise Man knows Such Consummation never can be here!

thedeterminerUS /ðə/

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

From this reading By Q By Cornelia Atwood Pratt _Other Volumes to be announced_ When first they mixed the Clay of Man and clothed His Spirit in the Robe of Perfect Beauty, For Forty Mornings did an evil Cloud Rain Sorrows over him from Head to Foot; And when the Forty Mornings passed to Night, There came one Morning-Shower--one Morning-Shower Of Joy--to Forty of the Rain of Sorrow!

There

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From this reading By Q By Cornelia Atwood Pratt _Other Volumes to be announced_ When first they mixed the Clay of Man and clothed His Spirit in the Robe of Perfect Beauty, For Forty Mornings did an evil Cloud Rain Sorrows over him from Head to Foot; And when the Forty Mornings passed to Night, There came one Morning-Shower--one Morning-Shower Of Joy--to Forty of the Rain of Sorrow!

theypronounUS /ðeɪ/

the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject

From this reading By Q By Cornelia Atwood Pratt _Other Volumes to be announced_ When first they mixed the Clay of Man and clothed His Spirit in the Robe of Perfect Beauty, For Forty Mornings did an evil Cloud Rain Sorrows over him from Head to Foot; And when the Forty Mornings passed to Night, There came one Morning-Shower--one Morning-Shower Of Joy--to Forty of the Rain of Sorrow!

thisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/

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

From this reading _From the Persian of Jàmi._ A BOOK OF MARTYRS CORNELIA ATWOOD PRATT CHARLES SCRIBNER’S SONS NEW YORK, 1896 TROW DIRECTORY PRINTING AND BOOK BINDING COMPANY NEW YORK NOTE Of the stories in this volume, “Witherle’s Freedom” and “Serene’s Religious Experience” were first published in _The Century Magazine_; “A Consuming Fire,” “Hardesty’s Cowardice” and “The Honor of a Gentleman” in _Harper’s Weekly_; “At the End of the World” in _The Independent_.

thoughconjunctionUS /ðoʊ/

in spite of the fact that

From this reading And though the better Fortune came at last To seal the Work, yet every Wise Man knows Such Consummation never can be here!

toparticleUS /tuː/

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

From this reading By Q By Cornelia Atwood Pratt _Other Volumes to be announced_ When first they mixed the Clay of Man and clothed His Spirit in the Robe of Perfect Beauty, For Forty Mornings did an evil Cloud Rain Sorrows over him from Head to Foot; And when the Forty Mornings passed to Night, There came one Morning-Shower--one Morning-Shower Of Joy--to Forty of the Rain of Sorrow!

top

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From this reading _Each, 16mo, gilt top, 75 cents_ IA.

TROW

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From this reading _From the Persian of Jàmi._ A BOOK OF MARTYRS CORNELIA ATWOOD PRATT CHARLES SCRIBNER’S SONS NEW YORK, 1896 TROW DIRECTORY PRINTING AND BOOK BINDING COMPANY NEW YORK NOTE Of the stories in this volume, “Witherle’s Freedom” and “Serene’s Religious Experience” were first published in _The Century Magazine_; “A Consuming Fire,” “Hardesty’s Cowardice” and “The Honor of a Gentleman” in _Harper’s Weekly_; “At the End of the World” in _The Independent_.

volume

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From this reading _From the Persian of Jàmi._ A BOOK OF MARTYRS CORNELIA ATWOOD PRATT CHARLES SCRIBNER’S SONS NEW YORK, 1896 TROW DIRECTORY PRINTING AND BOOK BINDING COMPANY NEW YORK NOTE Of the stories in this volume, “Witherle’s Freedom” and “Serene’s Religious Experience” were first published in _The Century Magazine_; “A Consuming Fire,” “Hardesty’s Cowardice” and “The Honor of a Gentleman” in _Harper’s Weekly_; “At the End of the World” in _The Independent_.

Volumes

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From this reading By Q By Cornelia Atwood Pratt _Other Volumes to be announced_ When first they mixed the Clay of Man and clothed His Spirit in the Robe of Perfect Beauty, For Forty Mornings did an evil Cloud Rain Sorrows over him from Head to Foot; And when the Forty Mornings passed to Night, There came one Morning-Shower--one Morning-Shower Of Joy--to Forty of the Rain of Sorrow!

Weekly

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From this reading _From the Persian of Jàmi._ A BOOK OF MARTYRS CORNELIA ATWOOD PRATT CHARLES SCRIBNER’S SONS NEW YORK, 1896 TROW DIRECTORY PRINTING AND BOOK BINDING COMPANY NEW YORK NOTE Of the stories in this volume, “Witherle’s Freedom” and “Serene’s Religious Experience” were first published in _The Century Magazine_; “A Consuming Fire,” “Hardesty’s Cowardice” and “The Honor of a Gentleman” in _Harper’s Weekly_; “At the End of the World” in _The Independent_.

wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/

the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun

From this reading _From the Persian of Jàmi._ A BOOK OF MARTYRS CORNELIA ATWOOD PRATT CHARLES SCRIBNER’S SONS NEW YORK, 1896 TROW DIRECTORY PRINTING AND BOOK BINDING COMPANY NEW YORK NOTE Of the stories in this volume, “Witherle’s Freedom” and “Serene’s Religious Experience” were first published in _The Century Magazine_; “A Consuming Fire,” “Hardesty’s Cowardice” and “The Honor of a Gentleman” in _Harper’s Weekly_; “At the End of the World” in _The Independent_.

WhenconjunctionUS /wen/

at the time that

From this reading By Q By Cornelia Atwood Pratt _Other Volumes to be announced_ When first they mixed the Clay of Man and clothed His Spirit in the Robe of Perfect Beauty, For Forty Mornings did an evil Cloud Rain Sorrows over him from Head to Foot; And when the Forty Mornings passed to Night, There came one Morning-Shower--one Morning-Shower Of Joy--to Forty of the Rain of Sorrow!

Wise

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From this reading And though the better Fortune came at last To seal the Work, yet every Wise Man knows Such Consummation never can be here!

Witherle's

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From this reading _From the Persian of Jàmi._ A BOOK OF MARTYRS CORNELIA ATWOOD PRATT CHARLES SCRIBNER’S SONS NEW YORK, 1896 TROW DIRECTORY PRINTING AND BOOK BINDING COMPANY NEW YORK NOTE Of the stories in this volume, “Witherle’s Freedom” and “Serene’s Religious Experience” were first published in _The Century Magazine_; “A Consuming Fire,” “Hardesty’s Cowardice” and “The Honor of a Gentleman” in _Harper’s Weekly_; “At the End of the World” in _The Independent_.

Work

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From this reading And though the better Fortune came at last To seal the Work, yet every Wise Man knows Such Consummation never can be here!

World

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From this reading _From the Persian of Jàmi._ A BOOK OF MARTYRS CORNELIA ATWOOD PRATT CHARLES SCRIBNER’S SONS NEW YORK, 1896 TROW DIRECTORY PRINTING AND BOOK BINDING COMPANY NEW YORK NOTE Of the stories in this volume, “Witherle’s Freedom” and “Serene’s Religious Experience” were first published in _The Century Magazine_; “A Consuming Fire,” “Hardesty’s Cowardice” and “The Honor of a Gentleman” in _Harper’s Weekly_; “At the End of the World” in _The Independent_.

yetconjunctionUS /jet/

but in spite of that

From this reading And though the better Fortune came at last To seal the Work, yet every Wise Man knows Such Consummation never can be here!

YORK

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From this reading _From the Persian of Jàmi._ A BOOK OF MARTYRS CORNELIA ATWOOD PRATT CHARLES SCRIBNER’S SONS NEW YORK, 1896 TROW DIRECTORY PRINTING AND BOOK BINDING COMPANY NEW YORK NOTE Of the stories in this volume, “Witherle’s Freedom” and “Serene’s Religious Experience” were first published in _The Century Magazine_; “A Consuming Fire,” “Hardesty’s Cowardice” and “The Honor of a Gentleman” in _Harper’s Weekly_; “At the End of the World” in _The Independent_.