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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 It is a sufficiently bad offence, if not an actual iniquity, to bring well-to-do people into public derision through an act of flagrant thoughtlessness and unparalleled social barbarity.
abstract
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From this reading And one need not go to crime or even to sin to find offences which no amount of abstract angelicalness could readily forgive or ever forget.
act
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From this reading It is a sufficiently bad offence, if not an actual iniquity, to bring well-to-do people into public derision through an act of flagrant thoughtlessness and unparalleled social barbarity.
actual
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From this reading It is a sufficiently bad offence, if not an actual iniquity, to bring well-to-do people into public derision through an act of flagrant thoughtlessness and unparalleled social barbarity.
amountverbUS /əˈmaʊnt/
to reach or total a particular quantity or value
From this reading And one need not go to crime or even to sin to find offences which no amount of abstract angelicalness could readily forgive or ever forget.
andeterminerUS /æn/
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading It is a sufficiently bad offence, if not an actual iniquity, to bring well-to-do people into public derision through an act of flagrant thoughtlessness and unparalleled social barbarity.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading PAST PARDON Patience and sweetness of disposition may not only be driven beyond endurance; they may be knocked outside in, knocked into their own antitheses.
angelicalness
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From this reading And one need not go to crime or even to sin to find offences which no amount of abstract angelicalness could readily forgive or ever forget.
antitheses
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From this reading PAST PARDON Patience and sweetness of disposition may not only be driven beyond endurance; they may be knocked outside in, knocked into their own antitheses.
apart
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From this reading Sincerity apart, they would be more than mortal if they so much as pretended to forgive you out of hand, and little less than divine if they did not tell you at once what they thought of you, and thereafter ignore you until time healed their wounds.
areauxiliary verbUS /ɑːr/
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading But if the people are not only well-to-do, but well and honourably known, and relatives by your marriage, who have been more than kind to you, you could scarcely expect a facile pardon.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading Sincerity apart, they would be more than mortal if they so much as pretended to forgive you out of hand, and little less than divine if they did not tell you at once what they thought of you, and thereafter ignore you until time healed their wounds.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading Sincerity apart, they would be more than mortal if they so much as pretended to forgive you out of hand, and little less than divine if they did not tell you at once what they thought of you, and thereafter ignore you until time healed their wounds.
bad
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From this reading It is a sufficiently bad offence, if not an actual iniquity, to bring well-to-do people into public derision through an act of flagrant thoughtlessness and unparalleled social barbarity.
barbarity
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From this reading It is a sufficiently bad offence, if not an actual iniquity, to bring well-to-do people into public derision through an act of flagrant thoughtlessness and unparalleled social barbarity.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading PAST PARDON Patience and sweetness of disposition may not only be driven beyond endurance; they may be knocked outside in, knocked into their own antitheses.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading But if the people are not only well-to-do, but well and honourably known, and relatives by your marriage, who have been more than kind to you, you could scarcely expect a facile pardon.
beyondprepositionUS /bɪˈɑːnd/
on the far side of; further than
From this reading PAST PARDON Patience and sweetness of disposition may not only be driven beyond endurance; they may be knocked outside in, knocked into their own antitheses.
bring
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From this reading It is a sufficiently bad offence, if not an actual iniquity, to bring well-to-do people into public derision through an act of flagrant thoughtlessness and unparalleled social barbarity.
ButconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading But if the people are not only well-to-do, but well and honourably known, and relatives by your marriage, who have been more than kind to you, you could scarcely expect a facile pardon.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading But if the people are not only well-to-do, but well and honourably known, and relatives by your marriage, who have been more than kind to you, you could scarcely expect a facile pardon.
couldmodal verbUS /kʊd/
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading And one need not go to crime or even to sin to find offences which no amount of abstract angelicalness could readily forgive or ever forget.
crime
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From this reading And one need not go to crime or even to sin to find offences which no amount of abstract angelicalness could readily forgive or ever forget.
derision
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From this reading It is a sufficiently bad offence, if not an actual iniquity, to bring well-to-do people into public derision through an act of flagrant thoughtlessness and unparalleled social barbarity.
didauxiliary verbUS /dɪd/
the past form of “do”, used in questions and negatives
From this reading Sincerity apart, they would be more than mortal if they so much as pretended to forgive you out of hand, and little less than divine if they did not tell you at once what they thought of you, and thereafter ignore you until time healed their wounds.
dispositionnounUS /ˌdɪspəˈzɪʃən/
the way something is arranged or positioned
From this reading PAST PARDON Patience and sweetness of disposition may not only be driven beyond endurance; they may be knocked outside in, knocked into their own antitheses.
divine
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From this reading Sincerity apart, they would be more than mortal if they so much as pretended to forgive you out of hand, and little less than divine if they did not tell you at once what they thought of you, and thereafter ignore you until time healed their wounds.
driven
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From this reading PAST PARDON Patience and sweetness of disposition may not only be driven beyond endurance; they may be knocked outside in, knocked into their own antitheses.
endurance
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From this reading PAST PARDON Patience and sweetness of disposition may not only be driven beyond endurance; they may be knocked outside in, knocked into their own antitheses.
evennounUS /even/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading And one need not go to crime or even to sin to find offences which no amount of abstract angelicalness could readily forgive or ever forget.
evernounUS /ever/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading And one need not go to crime or even to sin to find offences which no amount of abstract angelicalness could readily forgive or ever forget.
expectverbUS /ɪkˈspekt/
to think that something will happen
From this reading But if the people are not only well-to-do, but well and honourably known, and relatives by your marriage, who have been more than kind to you, you could scarcely expect a facile pardon.
facile
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From this reading But if the people are not only well-to-do, but well and honourably known, and relatives by your marriage, who have been more than kind to you, you could scarcely expect a facile pardon.
find
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From this reading And one need not go to crime or even to sin to find offences which no amount of abstract angelicalness could readily forgive or ever forget.
flagrant
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From this reading It is a sufficiently bad offence, if not an actual iniquity, to bring well-to-do people into public derision through an act of flagrant thoughtlessness and unparalleled social barbarity.
forget
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From this reading And one need not go to crime or even to sin to find offences which no amount of abstract angelicalness could readily forgive or ever forget.
forgive
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From this reading And one need not go to crime or even to sin to find offences which no amount of abstract angelicalness could readily forgive or ever forget.
go
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From this reading And one need not go to crime or even to sin to find offences which no amount of abstract angelicalness could readily forgive or ever forget.
hand
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From this reading Sincerity apart, they would be more than mortal if they so much as pretended to forgive you out of hand, and little less than divine if they did not tell you at once what they thought of you, and thereafter ignore you until time healed their wounds.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading But if the people are not only well-to-do, but well and honourably known, and relatives by your marriage, who have been more than kind to you, you could scarcely expect a facile pardon.
healed
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From this reading Sincerity apart, they would be more than mortal if they so much as pretended to forgive you out of hand, and little less than divine if they did not tell you at once what they thought of you, and thereafter ignore you until time healed their wounds.
honourably
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From this reading But if the people are not only well-to-do, but well and honourably known, and relatives by your marriage, who have been more than kind to you, you could scarcely expect a facile pardon.
ifconjunctionUS /ɪf/
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading It is a sufficiently bad offence, if not an actual iniquity, to bring well-to-do people into public derision through an act of flagrant thoughtlessness and unparalleled social barbarity.
ignore
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From this reading Sincerity apart, they would be more than mortal if they so much as pretended to forgive you out of hand, and little less than divine if they did not tell you at once what they thought of you, and thereafter ignore you until time healed their wounds.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading PAST PARDON Patience and sweetness of disposition may not only be driven beyond endurance; they may be knocked outside in, knocked into their own antitheses.
iniquity
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From this reading It is a sufficiently bad offence, if not an actual iniquity, to bring well-to-do people into public derision through an act of flagrant thoughtlessness and unparalleled social barbarity.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading PAST PARDON Patience and sweetness of disposition may not only be driven beyond endurance; they may be knocked outside in, knocked into their own antitheses.
isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading It is a sufficiently bad offence, if not an actual iniquity, to bring well-to-do people into public derision through an act of flagrant thoughtlessness and unparalleled social barbarity.
ItpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It is a sufficiently bad offence, if not an actual iniquity, to bring well-to-do people into public derision through an act of flagrant thoughtlessness and unparalleled social barbarity.
kind
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From this reading But if the people are not only well-to-do, but well and honourably known, and relatives by your marriage, who have been more than kind to you, you could scarcely expect a facile pardon.
knocked
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From this reading PAST PARDON Patience and sweetness of disposition may not only be driven beyond endurance; they may be knocked outside in, knocked into their own antitheses.
known
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From this reading But if the people are not only well-to-do, but well and honourably known, and relatives by your marriage, who have been more than kind to you, you could scarcely expect a facile pardon.
less
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From this reading Sincerity apart, they would be more than mortal if they so much as pretended to forgive you out of hand, and little less than divine if they did not tell you at once what they thought of you, and thereafter ignore you until time healed their wounds.
littlenounUS /little/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Sincerity apart, they would be more than mortal if they so much as pretended to forgive you out of hand, and little less than divine if they did not tell you at once what they thought of you, and thereafter ignore you until time healed their wounds.
marriage
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From this reading But if the people are not only well-to-do, but well and honourably known, and relatives by your marriage, who have been more than kind to you, you could scarcely expect a facile pardon.
maymodal verbUS /meɪ/
used to say something is possible, or to give permission
From this reading PAST PARDON Patience and sweetness of disposition may not only be driven beyond endurance; they may be knocked outside in, knocked into their own antitheses.
more
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From this reading But if the people are not only well-to-do, but well and honourably known, and relatives by your marriage, who have been more than kind to you, you could scarcely expect a facile pardon.
mortaladjectiveUS /ˈmɔːrtəl/
causing or relating to death
From this reading Sincerity apart, they would be more than mortal if they so much as pretended to forgive you out of hand, and little less than divine if they did not tell you at once what they thought of you, and thereafter ignore you until time healed their wounds.
much
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From this reading Sincerity apart, they would be more than mortal if they so much as pretended to forgive you out of hand, and little less than divine if they did not tell you at once what they thought of you, and thereafter ignore you until time healed their wounds.
neednounUS /need/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading And one need not go to crime or even to sin to find offences which no amount of abstract angelicalness could readily forgive or ever forget.
nodeterminerUS /noʊ/
not any; not one
From this reading And one need not go to crime or even to sin to find offences which no amount of abstract angelicalness could readily forgive or ever forget.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading PAST PARDON Patience and sweetness of disposition may not only be driven beyond endurance; they may be knocked outside in, knocked into their own antitheses.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading PAST PARDON Patience and sweetness of disposition may not only be driven beyond endurance; they may be knocked outside in, knocked into their own antitheses.
offence
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From this reading It is a sufficiently bad offence, if not an actual iniquity, to bring well-to-do people into public derision through an act of flagrant thoughtlessness and unparalleled social barbarity.
offences
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From this reading And one need not go to crime or even to sin to find offences which no amount of abstract angelicalness could readily forgive or ever forget.
once
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From this reading Sincerity apart, they would be more than mortal if they so much as pretended to forgive you out of hand, and little less than divine if they did not tell you at once what they thought of you, and thereafter ignore you until time healed their wounds.
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading And one need not go to crime or even to sin to find offences which no amount of abstract angelicalness could readily forgive or ever forget.
only
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From this reading PAST PARDON Patience and sweetness of disposition may not only be driven beyond endurance; they may be knocked outside in, knocked into their own antitheses.
orconjunctionUS /ɔːr/
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading And one need not go to crime or even to sin to find offences which no amount of abstract angelicalness could readily forgive or ever forget.
out
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From this reading Sincerity apart, they would be more than mortal if they so much as pretended to forgive you out of hand, and little less than divine if they did not tell you at once what they thought of you, and thereafter ignore you until time healed their wounds.
outsidenounUS /ˈoutside/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading PAST PARDON Patience and sweetness of disposition may not only be driven beyond endurance; they may be knocked outside in, knocked into their own antitheses.
own
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From this reading PAST PARDON Patience and sweetness of disposition may not only be driven beyond endurance; they may be knocked outside in, knocked into their own antitheses.
PARDON
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From this reading PAST PARDON Patience and sweetness of disposition may not only be driven beyond endurance; they may be knocked outside in, knocked into their own antitheses.
PAST
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From this reading PAST PARDON Patience and sweetness of disposition may not only be driven beyond endurance; they may be knocked outside in, knocked into their own antitheses.
Patience
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From this reading PAST PARDON Patience and sweetness of disposition may not only be driven beyond endurance; they may be knocked outside in, knocked into their own antitheses.
people
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From this reading It is a sufficiently bad offence, if not an actual iniquity, to bring well-to-do people into public derision through an act of flagrant thoughtlessness and unparalleled social barbarity.
pretended
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From this reading Sincerity apart, they would be more than mortal if they so much as pretended to forgive you out of hand, and little less than divine if they did not tell you at once what they thought of you, and thereafter ignore you until time healed their wounds.
public
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From this reading It is a sufficiently bad offence, if not an actual iniquity, to bring well-to-do people into public derision through an act of flagrant thoughtlessness and unparalleled social barbarity.
readilynounUS /readily/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading And one need not go to crime or even to sin to find offences which no amount of abstract angelicalness could readily forgive or ever forget.
relatives
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From this reading But if the people are not only well-to-do, but well and honourably known, and relatives by your marriage, who have been more than kind to you, you could scarcely expect a facile pardon.
scarcely
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From this reading But if the people are not only well-to-do, but well and honourably known, and relatives by your marriage, who have been more than kind to you, you could scarcely expect a facile pardon.
sin
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From this reading And one need not go to crime or even to sin to find offences which no amount of abstract angelicalness could readily forgive or ever forget.
Sincerity
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From this reading Sincerity apart, they would be more than mortal if they so much as pretended to forgive you out of hand, and little less than divine if they did not tell you at once what they thought of you, and thereafter ignore you until time healed their wounds.
soconjunctionUS /soʊ/
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading Sincerity apart, they would be more than mortal if they so much as pretended to forgive you out of hand, and little less than divine if they did not tell you at once what they thought of you, and thereafter ignore you until time healed their wounds.
social
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From this reading It is a sufficiently bad offence, if not an actual iniquity, to bring well-to-do people into public derision through an act of flagrant thoughtlessness and unparalleled social barbarity.
sufficiently
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From this reading It is a sufficiently bad offence, if not an actual iniquity, to bring well-to-do people into public derision through an act of flagrant thoughtlessness and unparalleled social barbarity.
sweetness
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From this reading PAST PARDON Patience and sweetness of disposition may not only be driven beyond endurance; they may be knocked outside in, knocked into their own antitheses.
tellnounUS /tell/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Sincerity apart, they would be more than mortal if they so much as pretended to forgive you out of hand, and little less than divine if they did not tell you at once what they thought of you, and thereafter ignore you until time healed their wounds.
thanconjunctionUS /ðæn/
used to introduce the second part of a comparison
From this reading But if the people are not only well-to-do, but well and honourably known, and relatives by your marriage, who have been more than kind to you, you could scarcely expect a facile pardon.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading But if the people are not only well-to-do, but well and honourably known, and relatives by your marriage, who have been more than kind to you, you could scarcely expect a facile pardon.
theirdeterminerUS /ðer/
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading PAST PARDON Patience and sweetness of disposition may not only be driven beyond endurance; they may be knocked outside in, knocked into their own antitheses.
thereafter
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From this reading Sincerity apart, they would be more than mortal if they so much as pretended to forgive you out of hand, and little less than divine if they did not tell you at once what they thought of you, and thereafter ignore you until time healed their wounds.
theypronounUS /ðeɪ/
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading PAST PARDON Patience and sweetness of disposition may not only be driven beyond endurance; they may be knocked outside in, knocked into their own antitheses.
thoughtnounUS /thought/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Sincerity apart, they would be more than mortal if they so much as pretended to forgive you out of hand, and little less than divine if they did not tell you at once what they thought of you, and thereafter ignore you until time healed their wounds.
thoughtlessness
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From this reading It is a sufficiently bad offence, if not an actual iniquity, to bring well-to-do people into public derision through an act of flagrant thoughtlessness and unparalleled social barbarity.
throughnounUS /ˈthrough/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading It is a sufficiently bad offence, if not an actual iniquity, to bring well-to-do people into public derision through an act of flagrant thoughtlessness and unparalleled social barbarity.
timenounUS /time/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Sincerity apart, they would be more than mortal if they so much as pretended to forgive you out of hand, and little less than divine if they did not tell you at once what they thought of you, and thereafter ignore you until time healed their wounds.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading And one need not go to crime or even to sin to find offences which no amount of abstract angelicalness could readily forgive or ever forget.
unparalleled
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From this reading It is a sufficiently bad offence, if not an actual iniquity, to bring well-to-do people into public derision through an act of flagrant thoughtlessness and unparalleled social barbarity.
untilprepositionUS /ənˈtɪl/
up to a particular time
From this reading Sincerity apart, they would be more than mortal if they so much as pretended to forgive you out of hand, and little less than divine if they did not tell you at once what they thought of you, and thereafter ignore you until time healed their wounds.
well
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From this reading But if the people are not only well-to-do, but well and honourably known, and relatives by your marriage, who have been more than kind to you, you could scarcely expect a facile pardon.
well-to-do
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From this reading It is a sufficiently bad offence, if not an actual iniquity, to bring well-to-do people into public derision through an act of flagrant thoughtlessness and unparalleled social barbarity.
whatpronounUS /wʌt/
used to ask for information about something
From this reading Sincerity apart, they would be more than mortal if they so much as pretended to forgive you out of hand, and little less than divine if they did not tell you at once what they thought of you, and thereafter ignore you until time healed their wounds.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading And one need not go to crime or even to sin to find offences which no amount of abstract angelicalness could readily forgive or ever forget.
whopronounUS /huː/
which person or people
From this reading But if the people are not only well-to-do, but well and honourably known, and relatives by your marriage, who have been more than kind to you, you could scarcely expect a facile pardon.
wouldmodal verbUS /wʊd/
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading Sincerity apart, they would be more than mortal if they so much as pretended to forgive you out of hand, and little less than divine if they did not tell you at once what they thought of you, and thereafter ignore you until time healed their wounds.
wounds
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From this reading Sincerity apart, they would be more than mortal if they so much as pretended to forgive you out of hand, and little less than divine if they did not tell you at once what they thought of you, and thereafter ignore you until time healed their wounds.
youpronounUS /juː/
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading But if the people are not only well-to-do, but well and honourably known, and relatives by your marriage, who have been more than kind to you, you could scarcely expect a facile pardon.
yourdeterminerUS /jɔːr/
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading But if the people are not only well-to-do, but well and honourably known, and relatives by your marriage, who have been more than kind to you, you could scarcely expect a facile pardon.
