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136
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186
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From this reading In Prose Being a Ghost Story of Christmas By Charles Dickens ------------------------------- The Illustrations by John Leech ------------------------------- Chapman and Hall 186 Strand MDCCCXLIII /My own, and only, MS of the Book/ Charles Dickens PREFACE I have endeavoured in this Ghostly little book, to raise the Ghost of an Idea, which shall not put my readers out of humour with themselves, with each other, with the season, or with me.
38
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42
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56
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58
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70
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92
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AdeterminerUS /ə/
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
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All
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andeterminerUS /æn/
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading In Prose Being a Ghost Story of Christmas By Charles Dickens ------------------------------- The Illustrations by John Leech ------------------------------- Chapman and Hall 186 Strand MDCCCXLIII /My own, and only, MS of the Book/ Charles Dickens PREFACE I have endeavoured in this Ghostly little book, to raise the Ghost of an Idea, which shall not put my readers out of humour with themselves, with each other, with the season, or with me.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
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appeared
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beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
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Beingauxiliary verbUS /ˈbiːɪŋ/
the -ing form of “be”
From this reading In Prose Being a Ghost Story of Christmas By Charles Dickens ------------------------------- The Illustrations by John Leech ------------------------------- Chapman and Hall 186 Strand MDCCCXLIII /My own, and only, MS of the Book/ Charles Dickens PREFACE I have endeavoured in this Ghostly little book, to raise the Ghost of an Idea, which shall not put my readers out of humour with themselves, with each other, with the season, or with me.
Book
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byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
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Chapman
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From this reading In Prose Being a Ghost Story of Christmas By Charles Dickens ------------------------------- The Illustrations by John Leech ------------------------------- Chapman and Hall 186 Strand MDCCCXLIII /My own, and only, MS of the Book/ Charles Dickens PREFACE I have endeavoured in this Ghostly little book, to raise the Ghost of an Idea, which shall not put my readers out of humour with themselves, with each other, with the season, or with me.
Charles
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Christmas
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color
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cover
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Dickens
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From this reading In Prose Being a Ghost Story of Christmas By Charles Dickens ------------------------------- The Illustrations by John Leech ------------------------------- Chapman and Hall 186 Strand MDCCCXLIII /My own, and only, MS of the Book/ Charles Dickens PREFACE I have endeavoured in this Ghostly little book, to raise the Ghost of an Idea, which shall not put my readers out of humour with themselves, with each other, with the season, or with me.
eachdeterminerUS /iːtʃ/
every one of two or more people or things, taken separately
From this reading In Prose Being a Ghost Story of Christmas By Charles Dickens ------------------------------- The Illustrations by John Leech ------------------------------- Chapman and Hall 186 Strand MDCCCXLIII /My own, and only, MS of the Book/ Charles Dickens PREFACE I have endeavoured in this Ghostly little book, to raise the Ghost of an Idea, which shall not put my readers out of humour with themselves, with each other, with the season, or with me.
edition
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endeavoured
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facing
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Facsimile
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firstnounUS /first/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading _A Facsimile of the Manuscript in The Pierpont Morgan Library_ a facsimile of the manuscript in The Pierpont Morgan Library _with the illustrations of John Leech and the text from the first edition_.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading _A Facsimile of the Manuscript in The Pierpont Morgan Library_ a facsimile of the manuscript in The Pierpont Morgan Library _with the illustrations of John Leech and the text from the first edition_.
front
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full
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Ghost
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From this reading In Prose Being a Ghost Story of Christmas By Charles Dickens ------------------------------- The Illustrations by John Leech ------------------------------- Chapman and Hall 186 Strand MDCCCXLIII /My own, and only, MS of the Book/ Charles Dickens PREFACE I have endeavoured in this Ghostly little book, to raise the Ghost of an Idea, which shall not put my readers out of humour with themselves, with each other, with the season, or with me.
Ghostly
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From this reading In Prose Being a Ghost Story of Christmas By Charles Dickens ------------------------------- The Illustrations by John Leech ------------------------------- Chapman and Hall 186 Strand MDCCCXLIII /My own, and only, MS of the Book/ Charles Dickens PREFACE I have endeavoured in this Ghostly little book, to raise the Ghost of an Idea, which shall not put my readers out of humour with themselves, with each other, with the season, or with me.
Hall
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haunt
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From this reading May it haunt their houses pleasantly, and no one wish to lay it.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
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houses
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From this reading May it haunt their houses pleasantly, and no one wish to lay it.
humour
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From this reading In Prose Being a Ghost Story of Christmas By Charles Dickens ------------------------------- The Illustrations by John Leech ------------------------------- Chapman and Hall 186 Strand MDCCCXLIII /My own, and only, MS of the Book/ Charles Dickens PREFACE I have endeavoured in this Ghostly little book, to raise the Ghost of an Idea, which shall not put my readers out of humour with themselves, with each other, with the season, or with me.
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading In Prose Being a Ghost Story of Christmas By Charles Dickens ------------------------------- The Illustrations by John Leech ------------------------------- Chapman and Hall 186 Strand MDCCCXLIII /My own, and only, MS of the Book/ Charles Dickens PREFACE I have endeavoured in this Ghostly little book, to raise the Ghost of an Idea, which shall not put my readers out of humour with themselves, with each other, with the season, or with me.
Idea
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From this reading In Prose Being a Ghost Story of Christmas By Charles Dickens ------------------------------- The Illustrations by John Leech ------------------------------- Chapman and Hall 186 Strand MDCCCXLIII /My own, and only, MS of the Book/ Charles Dickens PREFACE I have endeavoured in this Ghostly little book, to raise the Ghost of an Idea, which shall not put my readers out of humour with themselves, with each other, with the season, or with me.
illustration
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illustrations
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inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading _A Facsimile of the Manuscript in The Pierpont Morgan Library_ a facsimile of the manuscript in The Pierpont Morgan Library _with the illustrations of John Leech and the text from the first edition_.
inconsistencies
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inside
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isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
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itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading May it haunt their houses pleasantly, and no one wish to lay it.
John
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lay
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From this reading May it haunt their houses pleasantly, and no one wish to lay it.
Leech
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Library
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littlenounUS /little/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading In Prose Being a Ghost Story of Christmas By Charles Dickens ------------------------------- The Illustrations by John Leech ------------------------------- Chapman and Hall 186 Strand MDCCCXLIII /My own, and only, MS of the Book/ Charles Dickens PREFACE I have endeavoured in this Ghostly little book, to raise the Ghost of an Idea, which shall not put my readers out of humour with themselves, with each other, with the season, or with me.
ManuscriptnounUS /ˈmæn.jə.skrɪpt/
A book, document, or piece of music written by hand rather than typed or printed.
From this reading _A Facsimile of the Manuscript in The Pierpont Morgan Library_ a facsimile of the manuscript in The Pierpont Morgan Library _with the illustrations of John Leech and the text from the first edition_.
Maymodal verbUS /meɪ/
used to say something is possible, or to give permission
From this reading May it haunt their houses pleasantly, and no one wish to lay it.
MDCCCXLIII
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From this reading In Prose Being a Ghost Story of Christmas By Charles Dickens ------------------------------- The Illustrations by John Leech ------------------------------- Chapman and Hall 186 Strand MDCCCXLIII /My own, and only, MS of the Book/ Charles Dickens PREFACE I have endeavoured in this Ghostly little book, to raise the Ghost of an Idea, which shall not put my readers out of humour with themselves, with each other, with the season, or with me.
mepronounUS /miː/
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading In Prose Being a Ghost Story of Christmas By Charles Dickens ------------------------------- The Illustrations by John Leech ------------------------------- Chapman and Hall 186 Strand MDCCCXLIII /My own, and only, MS of the Book/ Charles Dickens PREFACE I have endeavoured in this Ghostly little book, to raise the Ghost of an Idea, which shall not put my readers out of humour with themselves, with each other, with the season, or with me.
Morgan
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From this reading _A Facsimile of the Manuscript in The Pierpont Morgan Library_ a facsimile of the manuscript in The Pierpont Morgan Library _with the illustrations of John Leech and the text from the first edition_.
MS
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From this reading In Prose Being a Ghost Story of Christmas By Charles Dickens ------------------------------- The Illustrations by John Leech ------------------------------- Chapman and Hall 186 Strand MDCCCXLIII /My own, and only, MS of the Book/ Charles Dickens PREFACE I have endeavoured in this Ghostly little book, to raise the Ghost of an Idea, which shall not put my readers out of humour with themselves, with each other, with the season, or with me.
MydeterminerUS /maɪ/
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading In Prose Being a Ghost Story of Christmas By Charles Dickens ------------------------------- The Illustrations by John Leech ------------------------------- Chapman and Hall 186 Strand MDCCCXLIII /My own, and only, MS of the Book/ Charles Dickens PREFACE I have endeavoured in this Ghostly little book, to raise the Ghost of an Idea, which shall not put my readers out of humour with themselves, with each other, with the season, or with me.
nodeterminerUS /noʊ/
not any; not one
From this reading May it haunt their houses pleasantly, and no one wish to lay it.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading In Prose Being a Ghost Story of Christmas By Charles Dickens ------------------------------- The Illustrations by John Leech ------------------------------- Chapman and Hall 186 Strand MDCCCXLIII /My own, and only, MS of the Book/ Charles Dickens PREFACE I have endeavoured in this Ghostly little book, to raise the Ghost of an Idea, which shall not put my readers out of humour with themselves, with each other, with the season, or with me.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading _A Facsimile of the Manuscript in The Pierpont Morgan Library_ a facsimile of the manuscript in The Pierpont Morgan Library _with the illustrations of John Leech and the text from the first edition_.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
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onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading May it haunt their houses pleasantly, and no one wish to lay it.
only
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From this reading In Prose Being a Ghost Story of Christmas By Charles Dickens ------------------------------- The Illustrations by John Leech ------------------------------- Chapman and Hall 186 Strand MDCCCXLIII /My own, and only, MS of the Book/ Charles Dickens PREFACE I have endeavoured in this Ghostly little book, to raise the Ghost of an Idea, which shall not put my readers out of humour with themselves, with each other, with the season, or with me.
orconjunctionUS /ɔːr/
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading In Prose Being a Ghost Story of Christmas By Charles Dickens ------------------------------- The Illustrations by John Leech ------------------------------- Chapman and Hall 186 Strand MDCCCXLIII /My own, and only, MS of the Book/ Charles Dickens PREFACE I have endeavoured in this Ghostly little book, to raise the Ghost of an Idea, which shall not put my readers out of humour with themselves, with each other, with the season, or with me.
originally
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other
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From this reading In Prose Being a Ghost Story of Christmas By Charles Dickens ------------------------------- The Illustrations by John Leech ------------------------------- Chapman and Hall 186 Strand MDCCCXLIII /My own, and only, MS of the Book/ Charles Dickens PREFACE I have endeavoured in this Ghostly little book, to raise the Ghost of an Idea, which shall not put my readers out of humour with themselves, with each other, with the season, or with me.
out
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From this reading In Prose Being a Ghost Story of Christmas By Charles Dickens ------------------------------- The Illustrations by John Leech ------------------------------- Chapman and Hall 186 Strand MDCCCXLIII /My own, and only, MS of the Book/ Charles Dickens PREFACE I have endeavoured in this Ghostly little book, to raise the Ghost of an Idea, which shall not put my readers out of humour with themselves, with each other, with the season, or with me.
own
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From this reading In Prose Being a Ghost Story of Christmas By Charles Dickens ------------------------------- The Illustrations by John Leech ------------------------------- Chapman and Hall 186 Strand MDCCCXLIII /My own, and only, MS of the Book/ Charles Dickens PREFACE I have endeavoured in this Ghostly little book, to raise the Ghost of an Idea, which shall not put my readers out of humour with themselves, with each other, with the season, or with me.
page
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pages
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Pierpont
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From this reading _A Facsimile of the Manuscript in The Pierpont Morgan Library_ a facsimile of the manuscript in The Pierpont Morgan Library _with the illustrations of John Leech and the text from the first edition_.
pleasantly
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From this reading May it haunt their houses pleasantly, and no one wish to lay it.
portions
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PREFACE
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From this reading In Prose Being a Ghost Story of Christmas By Charles Dickens ------------------------------- The Illustrations by John Leech ------------------------------- Chapman and Hall 186 Strand MDCCCXLIII /My own, and only, MS of the Book/ Charles Dickens PREFACE I have endeavoured in this Ghostly little book, to raise the Ghost of an Idea, which shall not put my readers out of humour with themselves, with each other, with the season, or with me.
Prose
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From this reading In Prose Being a Ghost Story of Christmas By Charles Dickens ------------------------------- The Illustrations by John Leech ------------------------------- Chapman and Hall 186 Strand MDCCCXLIII /My own, and only, MS of the Book/ Charles Dickens PREFACE I have endeavoured in this Ghostly little book, to raise the Ghost of an Idea, which shall not put my readers out of humour with themselves, with each other, with the season, or with me.
Publishers
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punctuation
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put
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From this reading In Prose Being a Ghost Story of Christmas By Charles Dickens ------------------------------- The Illustrations by John Leech ------------------------------- Chapman and Hall 186 Strand MDCCCXLIII /My own, and only, MS of the Book/ Charles Dickens PREFACE I have endeavoured in this Ghostly little book, to raise the Ghost of an Idea, which shall not put my readers out of humour with themselves, with each other, with the season, or with me.
raise
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From this reading In Prose Being a Ghost Story of Christmas By Charles Dickens ------------------------------- The Illustrations by John Leech ------------------------------- Chapman and Hall 186 Strand MDCCCXLIII /My own, and only, MS of the Book/ Charles Dickens PREFACE I have endeavoured in this Ghostly little book, to raise the Ghost of an Idea, which shall not put my readers out of humour with themselves, with each other, with the season, or with me.
readers
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From this reading In Prose Being a Ghost Story of Christmas By Charles Dickens ------------------------------- The Illustrations by John Leech ------------------------------- Chapman and Hall 186 Strand MDCCCXLIII /My own, and only, MS of the Book/ Charles Dickens PREFACE I have endeavoured in this Ghostly little book, to raise the Ghost of an Idea, which shall not put my readers out of humour with themselves, with each other, with the season, or with me.
reproduced
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retained
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season
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From this reading In Prose Being a Ghost Story of Christmas By Charles Dickens ------------------------------- The Illustrations by John Leech ------------------------------- Chapman and Hall 186 Strand MDCCCXLIII /My own, and only, MS of the Book/ Charles Dickens PREFACE I have endeavoured in this Ghostly little book, to raise the Ghost of an Idea, which shall not put my readers out of humour with themselves, with each other, with the season, or with me.
shallmodal verbUS /ʃæl/
used with I and we for the future, or to offer and suggest
From this reading In Prose Being a Ghost Story of Christmas By Charles Dickens ------------------------------- The Illustrations by John Leech ------------------------------- Chapman and Hall 186 Strand MDCCCXLIII /My own, and only, MS of the Book/ Charles Dickens PREFACE I have endeavoured in this Ghostly little book, to raise the Ghost of an Idea, which shall not put my readers out of humour with themselves, with each other, with the season, or with me.
spelling
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Story
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From this reading In Prose Being a Ghost Story of Christmas By Charles Dickens ------------------------------- The Illustrations by John Leech ------------------------------- Chapman and Hall 186 Strand MDCCCXLIII /My own, and only, MS of the Book/ Charles Dickens PREFACE I have endeavoured in this Ghostly little book, to raise the Ghost of an Idea, which shall not put my readers out of humour with themselves, with each other, with the season, or with me.
Strand
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From this reading In Prose Being a Ghost Story of Christmas By Charles Dickens ------------------------------- The Illustrations by John Leech ------------------------------- Chapman and Hall 186 Strand MDCCCXLIII /My own, and only, MS of the Book/ Charles Dickens PREFACE I have endeavoured in this Ghostly little book, to raise the Ghost of an Idea, which shall not put my readers out of humour with themselves, with each other, with the season, or with me.
text
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From this reading _A Facsimile of the Manuscript in The Pierpont Morgan Library_ a facsimile of the manuscript in The Pierpont Morgan Library _with the illustrations of John Leech and the text from the first edition_.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading _A Facsimile of the Manuscript in The Pierpont Morgan Library_ a facsimile of the manuscript in The Pierpont Morgan Library _with the illustrations of John Leech and the text from the first edition_.
theirdeterminerUS /ðer/
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading May it haunt their houses pleasantly, and no one wish to lay it.
themselvespronounUS /ðemˈselvz/
used when the people doing the action are also its object
From this reading In Prose Being a Ghost Story of Christmas By Charles Dickens ------------------------------- The Illustrations by John Leech ------------------------------- Chapman and Hall 186 Strand MDCCCXLIII /My own, and only, MS of the Book/ Charles Dickens PREFACE I have endeavoured in this Ghostly little book, to raise the Ghost of an Idea, which shall not put my readers out of humour with themselves, with each other, with the season, or with me.
ThisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
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toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading In Prose Being a Ghost Story of Christmas By Charles Dickens ------------------------------- The Illustrations by John Leech ------------------------------- Chapman and Hall 186 Strand MDCCCXLIII /My own, and only, MS of the Book/ Charles Dickens PREFACE I have endeavoured in this Ghostly little book, to raise the Ghost of an Idea, which shall not put my readers out of humour with themselves, with each other, with the season, or with me.
verso
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whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading In Prose Being a Ghost Story of Christmas By Charles Dickens ------------------------------- The Illustrations by John Leech ------------------------------- Chapman and Hall 186 Strand MDCCCXLIII /My own, and only, MS of the Book/ Charles Dickens PREFACE I have endeavoured in this Ghostly little book, to raise the Ghost of an Idea, which shall not put my readers out of humour with themselves, with each other, with the season, or with me.
wish
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From this reading May it haunt their houses pleasantly, and no one wish to lay it.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading _A Facsimile of the Manuscript in The Pierpont Morgan Library_ a facsimile of the manuscript in The Pierpont Morgan Library _with the illustrations of John Leech and the text from the first edition_.
