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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 _SHOWS THE FITNESS OF MY PUNISHMENT._ "But there will come another era, when it shall be light, and when man shall awaken from his lofty dreams and find _his dreams still there, and that nothing is gone save his sleep_."--Jean Paul.--_Preface to "Hesperus."_ The following paragraph is taken from a diary which I kept before my decease.
acknowledges
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From this reading I will explain later on my reason for giving the extract here:-- "It has been said that no man can realize to the full the certainty of his own dissolution; that each acknowledges the inevitability of death in regard to others and to the race, but cherishes a secret conviction that he himself will, through some strange and unforeseen circumstance, prove the solitary exception.
all
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From this reading On the contrary, there are moments when death (by which I do not mean annihilation, but the dying into life) seems the only certainty there is before me, all else being shadowy and unreal.
amauxiliary verbUS /æm/
the form of “be” used with “I”
From this reading I am a child of eternity dreaming the dream of time, and even while I dream I am half awake and know that I am but dreaming.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading _SHOWS THE FITNESS OF MY PUNISHMENT._ "But there will come another era, when it shall be light, and when man shall awaken from his lofty dreams and find _his dreams still there, and that nothing is gone save his sleep_."--Jean Paul.--_Preface to "Hesperus."_ The following paragraph is taken from a diary which I kept before my decease.
annihilation
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From this reading On the contrary, there are moments when death (by which I do not mean annihilation, but the dying into life) seems the only certainty there is before me, all else being shadowy and unreal.
anothernounUS /ˈanother/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading _SHOWS THE FITNESS OF MY PUNISHMENT._ "But there will come another era, when it shall be light, and when man shall awaken from his lofty dreams and find _his dreams still there, and that nothing is gone save his sleep_."--Jean Paul.--_Preface to "Hesperus."_ The following paragraph is taken from a diary which I kept before my decease.
areauxiliary verbUS /ɑːr/
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading On the contrary, there are moments when death (by which I do not mean annihilation, but the dying into life) seems the only certainty there is before me, all else being shadowy and unreal.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading "Of the truth of this assertion as a general rule, I cannot of course speak, but I know that I at least have never so thought.
assertion
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From this reading "Of the truth of this assertion as a general rule, I cannot of course speak, but I know that I at least have never so thought.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading "Of the truth of this assertion as a general rule, I cannot of course speak, but I know that I at least have never so thought.
awake
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From this reading I am a child of eternity dreaming the dream of time, and even while I dream I am half awake and know that I am but dreaming.
awaken
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From this reading _SHOWS THE FITNESS OF MY PUNISHMENT._ "But there will come another era, when it shall be light, and when man shall awaken from his lofty dreams and find _his dreams still there, and that nothing is gone save his sleep_."--Jean Paul.--_Preface to "Hesperus."_ The following paragraph is taken from a diary which I kept before my decease.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading _SHOWS THE FITNESS OF MY PUNISHMENT._ "But there will come another era, when it shall be light, and when man shall awaken from his lofty dreams and find _his dreams still there, and that nothing is gone save his sleep_."--Jean Paul.--_Preface to "Hesperus."_ The following paragraph is taken from a diary which I kept before my decease.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading I will explain later on my reason for giving the extract here:-- "It has been said that no man can realize to the full the certainty of his own dissolution; that each acknowledges the inevitability of death in regard to others and to the race, but cherishes a secret conviction that he himself will, through some strange and unforeseen circumstance, prove the solitary exception.
beforeprepositionUS /bɪˈfɔːr/
earlier than; in front of
From this reading _SHOWS THE FITNESS OF MY PUNISHMENT._ "But there will come another era, when it shall be light, and when man shall awaken from his lofty dreams and find _his dreams still there, and that nothing is gone save his sleep_."--Jean Paul.--_Preface to "Hesperus."_ The following paragraph is taken from a diary which I kept before my decease.
beingauxiliary verbUS /ˈbiːɪŋ/
the -ing form of “be”
From this reading On the contrary, there are moments when death (by which I do not mean annihilation, but the dying into life) seems the only certainty there is before me, all else being shadowy and unreal.
ButconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading _SHOWS THE FITNESS OF MY PUNISHMENT._ "But there will come another era, when it shall be light, and when man shall awaken from his lofty dreams and find _his dreams still there, and that nothing is gone save his sleep_."--Jean Paul.--_Preface to "Hesperus."_ The following paragraph is taken from a diary which I kept before my decease.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading On the contrary, there are moments when death (by which I do not mean annihilation, but the dying into life) seems the only certainty there is before me, all else being shadowy and unreal.
canmodal verbUS /kæn/
to be able to, or to be allowed to
From this reading I will explain later on my reason for giving the extract here:-- "It has been said that no man can realize to the full the certainty of his own dissolution; that each acknowledges the inevitability of death in regard to others and to the race, but cherishes a secret conviction that he himself will, through some strange and unforeseen circumstance, prove the solitary exception.
cannot
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From this reading "Of the truth of this assertion as a general rule, I cannot of course speak, but I know that I at least have never so thought.
certainty
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From this reading I will explain later on my reason for giving the extract here:-- "It has been said that no man can realize to the full the certainty of his own dissolution; that each acknowledges the inevitability of death in regard to others and to the race, but cherishes a secret conviction that he himself will, through some strange and unforeseen circumstance, prove the solitary exception.
cherishes
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From this reading I will explain later on my reason for giving the extract here:-- "It has been said that no man can realize to the full the certainty of his own dissolution; that each acknowledges the inevitability of death in regard to others and to the race, but cherishes a secret conviction that he himself will, through some strange and unforeseen circumstance, prove the solitary exception.
child
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From this reading I am a child of eternity dreaming the dream of time, and even while I dream I am half awake and know that I am but dreaming.
circumstance
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From this reading I will explain later on my reason for giving the extract here:-- "It has been said that no man can realize to the full the certainty of his own dissolution; that each acknowledges the inevitability of death in regard to others and to the race, but cherishes a secret conviction that he himself will, through some strange and unforeseen circumstance, prove the solitary exception.
comenounUS /come/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading _SHOWS THE FITNESS OF MY PUNISHMENT._ "But there will come another era, when it shall be light, and when man shall awaken from his lofty dreams and find _his dreams still there, and that nothing is gone save his sleep_."--Jean Paul.--_Preface to "Hesperus."_ The following paragraph is taken from a diary which I kept before my decease.
contrary
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From this reading On the contrary, there are moments when death (by which I do not mean annihilation, but the dying into life) seems the only certainty there is before me, all else being shadowy and unreal.
conviction
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From this reading I will explain later on my reason for giving the extract here:-- "It has been said that no man can realize to the full the certainty of his own dissolution; that each acknowledges the inevitability of death in regard to others and to the race, but cherishes a secret conviction that he himself will, through some strange and unforeseen circumstance, prove the solitary exception.
coursenounUS /course/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading "Of the truth of this assertion as a general rule, I cannot of course speak, but I know that I at least have never so thought.
death
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From this reading I will explain later on my reason for giving the extract here:-- "It has been said that no man can realize to the full the certainty of his own dissolution; that each acknowledges the inevitability of death in regard to others and to the race, but cherishes a secret conviction that he himself will, through some strange and unforeseen circumstance, prove the solitary exception.
decease
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From this reading _SHOWS THE FITNESS OF MY PUNISHMENT._ "But there will come another era, when it shall be light, and when man shall awaken from his lofty dreams and find _his dreams still there, and that nothing is gone save his sleep_."--Jean Paul.--_Preface to "Hesperus."_ The following paragraph is taken from a diary which I kept before my decease.
diary
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From this reading _SHOWS THE FITNESS OF MY PUNISHMENT._ "But there will come another era, when it shall be light, and when man shall awaken from his lofty dreams and find _his dreams still there, and that nothing is gone save his sleep_."--Jean Paul.--_Preface to "Hesperus."_ The following paragraph is taken from a diary which I kept before my decease.
dissolution
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From this reading I will explain later on my reason for giving the extract here:-- "It has been said that no man can realize to the full the certainty of his own dissolution; that each acknowledges the inevitability of death in regard to others and to the race, but cherishes a secret conviction that he himself will, through some strange and unforeseen circumstance, prove the solitary exception.
doauxiliary verbUS /duː/
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading On the contrary, there are moments when death (by which I do not mean annihilation, but the dying into life) seems the only certainty there is before me, all else being shadowy and unreal.
dreamnounUS /driːm/
A series of thoughts, images, or emotions during sleep.
From this reading I am a child of eternity dreaming the dream of time, and even while I dream I am half awake and know that I am but dreaming.
dreaming
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From this reading I am a child of eternity dreaming the dream of time, and even while I dream I am half awake and know that I am but dreaming.
dreams
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From this reading _SHOWS THE FITNESS OF MY PUNISHMENT._ "But there will come another era, when it shall be light, and when man shall awaken from his lofty dreams and find _his dreams still there, and that nothing is gone save his sleep_."--Jean Paul.--_Preface to "Hesperus."_ The following paragraph is taken from a diary which I kept before my decease.
dying
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From this reading On the contrary, there are moments when death (by which I do not mean annihilation, but the dying into life) seems the only certainty there is before me, all else being shadowy and unreal.
eachdeterminerUS /iːtʃ/
every one of two or more people or things, taken separately
From this reading I will explain later on my reason for giving the extract here:-- "It has been said that no man can realize to the full the certainty of his own dissolution; that each acknowledges the inevitability of death in regard to others and to the race, but cherishes a secret conviction that he himself will, through some strange and unforeseen circumstance, prove the solitary exception.
else
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From this reading On the contrary, there are moments when death (by which I do not mean annihilation, but the dying into life) seems the only certainty there is before me, all else being shadowy and unreal.
era
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From this reading _SHOWS THE FITNESS OF MY PUNISHMENT._ "But there will come another era, when it shall be light, and when man shall awaken from his lofty dreams and find _his dreams still there, and that nothing is gone save his sleep_."--Jean Paul.--_Preface to "Hesperus."_ The following paragraph is taken from a diary which I kept before my decease.
eternity
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From this reading I am a child of eternity dreaming the dream of time, and even while I dream I am half awake and know that I am but dreaming.
evennounUS /even/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading I am a child of eternity dreaming the dream of time, and even while I dream I am half awake and know that I am but dreaming.
exception
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From this reading I will explain later on my reason for giving the extract here:-- "It has been said that no man can realize to the full the certainty of his own dissolution; that each acknowledges the inevitability of death in regard to others and to the race, but cherishes a secret conviction that he himself will, through some strange and unforeseen circumstance, prove the solitary exception.
explain
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From this reading I will explain later on my reason for giving the extract here:-- "It has been said that no man can realize to the full the certainty of his own dissolution; that each acknowledges the inevitability of death in regard to others and to the race, but cherishes a secret conviction that he himself will, through some strange and unforeseen circumstance, prove the solitary exception.
extract
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From this reading I will explain later on my reason for giving the extract here:-- "It has been said that no man can realize to the full the certainty of his own dissolution; that each acknowledges the inevitability of death in regard to others and to the race, but cherishes a secret conviction that he himself will, through some strange and unforeseen circumstance, prove the solitary exception.
find
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From this reading _SHOWS THE FITNESS OF MY PUNISHMENT._ "But there will come another era, when it shall be light, and when man shall awaken from his lofty dreams and find _his dreams still there, and that nothing is gone save his sleep_."--Jean Paul.--_Preface to "Hesperus."_ The following paragraph is taken from a diary which I kept before my decease.
FITNESS
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From this reading _SHOWS THE FITNESS OF MY PUNISHMENT._ "But there will come another era, when it shall be light, and when man shall awaken from his lofty dreams and find _his dreams still there, and that nothing is gone save his sleep_."--Jean Paul.--_Preface to "Hesperus."_ The following paragraph is taken from a diary which I kept before my decease.
following
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From this reading _SHOWS THE FITNESS OF MY PUNISHMENT._ "But there will come another era, when it shall be light, and when man shall awaken from his lofty dreams and find _his dreams still there, and that nothing is gone save his sleep_."--Jean Paul.--_Preface to "Hesperus."_ The following paragraph is taken from a diary which I kept before my decease.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading I will explain later on my reason for giving the extract here:-- "It has been said that no man can realize to the full the certainty of his own dissolution; that each acknowledges the inevitability of death in regard to others and to the race, but cherishes a secret conviction that he himself will, through some strange and unforeseen circumstance, prove the solitary exception.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading _SHOWS THE FITNESS OF MY PUNISHMENT._ "But there will come another era, when it shall be light, and when man shall awaken from his lofty dreams and find _his dreams still there, and that nothing is gone save his sleep_."--Jean Paul.--_Preface to "Hesperus."_ The following paragraph is taken from a diary which I kept before my decease.
full
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From this reading I will explain later on my reason for giving the extract here:-- "It has been said that no man can realize to the full the certainty of his own dissolution; that each acknowledges the inevitability of death in regard to others and to the race, but cherishes a secret conviction that he himself will, through some strange and unforeseen circumstance, prove the solitary exception.
general
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From this reading "Of the truth of this assertion as a general rule, I cannot of course speak, but I know that I at least have never so thought.
giving
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From this reading I will explain later on my reason for giving the extract here:-- "It has been said that no man can realize to the full the certainty of his own dissolution; that each acknowledges the inevitability of death in regard to others and to the race, but cherishes a secret conviction that he himself will, through some strange and unforeseen circumstance, prove the solitary exception.
gone
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From this reading _SHOWS THE FITNESS OF MY PUNISHMENT._ "But there will come another era, when it shall be light, and when man shall awaken from his lofty dreams and find _his dreams still there, and that nothing is gone save his sleep_."--Jean Paul.--_Preface to "Hesperus."_ The following paragraph is taken from a diary which I kept before my decease.
halfnounUS /half/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading I am a child of eternity dreaming the dream of time, and even while I dream I am half awake and know that I am but dreaming.
hasauxiliary verbUS /hæz/
the form of “have” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading I will explain later on my reason for giving the extract here:-- "It has been said that no man can realize to the full the certainty of his own dissolution; that each acknowledges the inevitability of death in regard to others and to the race, but cherishes a secret conviction that he himself will, through some strange and unforeseen circumstance, prove the solitary exception.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading "Of the truth of this assertion as a general rule, I cannot of course speak, but I know that I at least have never so thought.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading I will explain later on my reason for giving the extract here:-- "It has been said that no man can realize to the full the certainty of his own dissolution; that each acknowledges the inevitability of death in regard to others and to the race, but cherishes a secret conviction that he himself will, through some strange and unforeseen circumstance, prove the solitary exception.
herenounUS /here/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading I will explain later on my reason for giving the extract here:-- "It has been said that no man can realize to the full the certainty of his own dissolution; that each acknowledges the inevitability of death in regard to others and to the race, but cherishes a secret conviction that he himself will, through some strange and unforeseen circumstance, prove the solitary exception.
Hesperus
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From this reading _SHOWS THE FITNESS OF MY PUNISHMENT._ "But there will come another era, when it shall be light, and when man shall awaken from his lofty dreams and find _his dreams still there, and that nothing is gone save his sleep_."--Jean Paul.--_Preface to "Hesperus."_ The following paragraph is taken from a diary which I kept before my decease.
himselfpronounUS /hɪmˈself/
used when the man or boy doing the action is also its object
From this reading I will explain later on my reason for giving the extract here:-- "It has been said that no man can realize to the full the certainty of his own dissolution; that each acknowledges the inevitability of death in regard to others and to the race, but cherishes a secret conviction that he himself will, through some strange and unforeseen circumstance, prove the solitary exception.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading _SHOWS THE FITNESS OF MY PUNISHMENT._ "But there will come another era, when it shall be light, and when man shall awaken from his lofty dreams and find _his dreams still there, and that nothing is gone save his sleep_."--Jean Paul.--_Preface to "Hesperus."_ The following paragraph is taken from a diary which I kept before my decease.
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading _SHOWS THE FITNESS OF MY PUNISHMENT._ "But there will come another era, when it shall be light, and when man shall awaken from his lofty dreams and find _his dreams still there, and that nothing is gone save his sleep_."--Jean Paul.--_Preface to "Hesperus."_ The following paragraph is taken from a diary which I kept before my decease.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading I will explain later on my reason for giving the extract here:-- "It has been said that no man can realize to the full the certainty of his own dissolution; that each acknowledges the inevitability of death in regard to others and to the race, but cherishes a secret conviction that he himself will, through some strange and unforeseen circumstance, prove the solitary exception.
inevitability
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From this reading I will explain later on my reason for giving the extract here:-- "It has been said that no man can realize to the full the certainty of his own dissolution; that each acknowledges the inevitability of death in regard to others and to the race, but cherishes a secret conviction that he himself will, through some strange and unforeseen circumstance, prove the solitary exception.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading On the contrary, there are moments when death (by which I do not mean annihilation, but the dying into life) seems the only certainty there is before me, all else being shadowy and unreal.
isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading _SHOWS THE FITNESS OF MY PUNISHMENT._ "But there will come another era, when it shall be light, and when man shall awaken from his lofty dreams and find _his dreams still there, and that nothing is gone save his sleep_."--Jean Paul.--_Preface to "Hesperus."_ The following paragraph is taken from a diary which I kept before my decease.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading _SHOWS THE FITNESS OF MY PUNISHMENT._ "But there will come another era, when it shall be light, and when man shall awaken from his lofty dreams and find _his dreams still there, and that nothing is gone save his sleep_."--Jean Paul.--_Preface to "Hesperus."_ The following paragraph is taken from a diary which I kept before my decease.
Jean
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From this reading _SHOWS THE FITNESS OF MY PUNISHMENT._ "But there will come another era, when it shall be light, and when man shall awaken from his lofty dreams and find _his dreams still there, and that nothing is gone save his sleep_."--Jean Paul.--_Preface to "Hesperus."_ The following paragraph is taken from a diary which I kept before my decease.
kept
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From this reading _SHOWS THE FITNESS OF MY PUNISHMENT._ "But there will come another era, when it shall be light, and when man shall awaken from his lofty dreams and find _his dreams still there, and that nothing is gone save his sleep_."--Jean Paul.--_Preface to "Hesperus."_ The following paragraph is taken from a diary which I kept before my decease.
knownounUS /know/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading "Of the truth of this assertion as a general rule, I cannot of course speak, but I know that I at least have never so thought.
later
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From this reading I will explain later on my reason for giving the extract here:-- "It has been said that no man can realize to the full the certainty of his own dissolution; that each acknowledges the inevitability of death in regard to others and to the race, but cherishes a secret conviction that he himself will, through some strange and unforeseen circumstance, prove the solitary exception.
leastnounUS /least/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading "Of the truth of this assertion as a general rule, I cannot of course speak, but I know that I at least have never so thought.
lifenounUS /life/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading On the contrary, there are moments when death (by which I do not mean annihilation, but the dying into life) seems the only certainty there is before me, all else being shadowy and unreal.
light
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From this reading _SHOWS THE FITNESS OF MY PUNISHMENT._ "But there will come another era, when it shall be light, and when man shall awaken from his lofty dreams and find _his dreams still there, and that nothing is gone save his sleep_."--Jean Paul.--_Preface to "Hesperus."_ The following paragraph is taken from a diary which I kept before my decease.
lofty
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From this reading _SHOWS THE FITNESS OF MY PUNISHMENT._ "But there will come another era, when it shall be light, and when man shall awaken from his lofty dreams and find _his dreams still there, and that nothing is gone save his sleep_."--Jean Paul.--_Preface to "Hesperus."_ The following paragraph is taken from a diary which I kept before my decease.
man
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From this reading _SHOWS THE FITNESS OF MY PUNISHMENT._ "But there will come another era, when it shall be light, and when man shall awaken from his lofty dreams and find _his dreams still there, and that nothing is gone save his sleep_."--Jean Paul.--_Preface to "Hesperus."_ The following paragraph is taken from a diary which I kept before my decease.
mepronounUS /miː/
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading On the contrary, there are moments when death (by which I do not mean annihilation, but the dying into life) seems the only certainty there is before me, all else being shadowy and unreal.
mean
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From this reading On the contrary, there are moments when death (by which I do not mean annihilation, but the dying into life) seems the only certainty there is before me, all else being shadowy and unreal.
moments
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From this reading On the contrary, there are moments when death (by which I do not mean annihilation, but the dying into life) seems the only certainty there is before me, all else being shadowy and unreal.
MYdeterminerUS /maɪ/
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading _SHOWS THE FITNESS OF MY PUNISHMENT._ "But there will come another era, when it shall be light, and when man shall awaken from his lofty dreams and find _his dreams still there, and that nothing is gone save his sleep_."--Jean Paul.--_Preface to "Hesperus."_ The following paragraph is taken from a diary which I kept before my decease.
nevernounUS /never/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading "Of the truth of this assertion as a general rule, I cannot of course speak, but I know that I at least have never so thought.
nodeterminerUS /noʊ/
not any; not one
From this reading I will explain later on my reason for giving the extract here:-- "It has been said that no man can realize to the full the certainty of his own dissolution; that each acknowledges the inevitability of death in regard to others and to the race, but cherishes a secret conviction that he himself will, through some strange and unforeseen circumstance, prove the solitary exception.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading On the contrary, there are moments when death (by which I do not mean annihilation, but the dying into life) seems the only certainty there is before me, all else being shadowy and unreal.
nothingpronounUS /ˈnʌθɪŋ/
not one thing; not anything
From this reading _SHOWS THE FITNESS OF MY PUNISHMENT._ "But there will come another era, when it shall be light, and when man shall awaken from his lofty dreams and find _his dreams still there, and that nothing is gone save his sleep_."--Jean Paul.--_Preface to "Hesperus."_ The following paragraph is taken from a diary which I kept before my decease.
OFprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading _SHOWS THE FITNESS OF MY PUNISHMENT._ "But there will come another era, when it shall be light, and when man shall awaken from his lofty dreams and find _his dreams still there, and that nothing is gone save his sleep_."--Jean Paul.--_Preface to "Hesperus."_ The following paragraph is taken from a diary which I kept before my decease.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading I will explain later on my reason for giving the extract here:-- "It has been said that no man can realize to the full the certainty of his own dissolution; that each acknowledges the inevitability of death in regard to others and to the race, but cherishes a secret conviction that he himself will, through some strange and unforeseen circumstance, prove the solitary exception.
only
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From this reading On the contrary, there are moments when death (by which I do not mean annihilation, but the dying into life) seems the only certainty there is before me, all else being shadowy and unreal.
others
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From this reading I will explain later on my reason for giving the extract here:-- "It has been said that no man can realize to the full the certainty of his own dissolution; that each acknowledges the inevitability of death in regard to others and to the race, but cherishes a secret conviction that he himself will, through some strange and unforeseen circumstance, prove the solitary exception.
own
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From this reading I will explain later on my reason for giving the extract here:-- "It has been said that no man can realize to the full the certainty of his own dissolution; that each acknowledges the inevitability of death in regard to others and to the race, but cherishes a secret conviction that he himself will, through some strange and unforeseen circumstance, prove the solitary exception.
paragraph
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From this reading _SHOWS THE FITNESS OF MY PUNISHMENT._ "But there will come another era, when it shall be light, and when man shall awaken from his lofty dreams and find _his dreams still there, and that nothing is gone save his sleep_."--Jean Paul.--_Preface to "Hesperus."_ The following paragraph is taken from a diary which I kept before my decease.
Paul
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From this reading _SHOWS THE FITNESS OF MY PUNISHMENT._ "But there will come another era, when it shall be light, and when man shall awaken from his lofty dreams and find _his dreams still there, and that nothing is gone save his sleep_."--Jean Paul.--_Preface to "Hesperus."_ The following paragraph is taken from a diary which I kept before my decease.
Preface
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From this reading _SHOWS THE FITNESS OF MY PUNISHMENT._ "But there will come another era, when it shall be light, and when man shall awaken from his lofty dreams and find _his dreams still there, and that nothing is gone save his sleep_."--Jean Paul.--_Preface to "Hesperus."_ The following paragraph is taken from a diary which I kept before my decease.
prove
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From this reading I will explain later on my reason for giving the extract here:-- "It has been said that no man can realize to the full the certainty of his own dissolution; that each acknowledges the inevitability of death in regard to others and to the race, but cherishes a secret conviction that he himself will, through some strange and unforeseen circumstance, prove the solitary exception.
PUNISHMENT
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From this reading _SHOWS THE FITNESS OF MY PUNISHMENT._ "But there will come another era, when it shall be light, and when man shall awaken from his lofty dreams and find _his dreams still there, and that nothing is gone save his sleep_."--Jean Paul.--_Preface to "Hesperus."_ The following paragraph is taken from a diary which I kept before my decease.
race
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From this reading I will explain later on my reason for giving the extract here:-- "It has been said that no man can realize to the full the certainty of his own dissolution; that each acknowledges the inevitability of death in regard to others and to the race, but cherishes a secret conviction that he himself will, through some strange and unforeseen circumstance, prove the solitary exception.
realize
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From this reading I will explain later on my reason for giving the extract here:-- "It has been said that no man can realize to the full the certainty of his own dissolution; that each acknowledges the inevitability of death in regard to others and to the race, but cherishes a secret conviction that he himself will, through some strange and unforeseen circumstance, prove the solitary exception.
reason
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From this reading I will explain later on my reason for giving the extract here:-- "It has been said that no man can realize to the full the certainty of his own dissolution; that each acknowledges the inevitability of death in regard to others and to the race, but cherishes a secret conviction that he himself will, through some strange and unforeseen circumstance, prove the solitary exception.
regard
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From this reading I will explain later on my reason for giving the extract here:-- "It has been said that no man can realize to the full the certainty of his own dissolution; that each acknowledges the inevitability of death in regard to others and to the race, but cherishes a secret conviction that he himself will, through some strange and unforeseen circumstance, prove the solitary exception.
rule
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From this reading "Of the truth of this assertion as a general rule, I cannot of course speak, but I know that I at least have never so thought.
said
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From this reading I will explain later on my reason for giving the extract here:-- "It has been said that no man can realize to the full the certainty of his own dissolution; that each acknowledges the inevitability of death in regard to others and to the race, but cherishes a secret conviction that he himself will, through some strange and unforeseen circumstance, prove the solitary exception.
saveprepositionUS /seɪv/
except for; apart from
From this reading _SHOWS THE FITNESS OF MY PUNISHMENT._ "But there will come another era, when it shall be light, and when man shall awaken from his lofty dreams and find _his dreams still there, and that nothing is gone save his sleep_."--Jean Paul.--_Preface to "Hesperus."_ The following paragraph is taken from a diary which I kept before my decease.
secretnounUS /ˈsiː.krət/
Something that is kept or meant to be kept unknown or unseen by others.
From this reading I will explain later on my reason for giving the extract here:-- "It has been said that no man can realize to the full the certainty of his own dissolution; that each acknowledges the inevitability of death in regard to others and to the race, but cherishes a secret conviction that he himself will, through some strange and unforeseen circumstance, prove the solitary exception.
seems
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From this reading On the contrary, there are moments when death (by which I do not mean annihilation, but the dying into life) seems the only certainty there is before me, all else being shadowy and unreal.
shadowy
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From this reading On the contrary, there are moments when death (by which I do not mean annihilation, but the dying into life) seems the only certainty there is before me, all else being shadowy and unreal.
shallmodal verbUS /ʃæl/
used with I and we for the future, or to offer and suggest
From this reading _SHOWS THE FITNESS OF MY PUNISHMENT._ "But there will come another era, when it shall be light, and when man shall awaken from his lofty dreams and find _his dreams still there, and that nothing is gone save his sleep_."--Jean Paul.--_Preface to "Hesperus."_ The following paragraph is taken from a diary which I kept before my decease.
SHOWS
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From this reading _SHOWS THE FITNESS OF MY PUNISHMENT._ "But there will come another era, when it shall be light, and when man shall awaken from his lofty dreams and find _his dreams still there, and that nothing is gone save his sleep_."--Jean Paul.--_Preface to "Hesperus."_ The following paragraph is taken from a diary which I kept before my decease.
sleep
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From this reading _SHOWS THE FITNESS OF MY PUNISHMENT._ "But there will come another era, when it shall be light, and when man shall awaken from his lofty dreams and find _his dreams still there, and that nothing is gone save his sleep_."--Jean Paul.--_Preface to "Hesperus."_ The following paragraph is taken from a diary which I kept before my decease.
soconjunctionUS /soʊ/
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading "Of the truth of this assertion as a general rule, I cannot of course speak, but I know that I at least have never so thought.
solitary
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From this reading I will explain later on my reason for giving the extract here:-- "It has been said that no man can realize to the full the certainty of his own dissolution; that each acknowledges the inevitability of death in regard to others and to the race, but cherishes a secret conviction that he himself will, through some strange and unforeseen circumstance, prove the solitary exception.
some
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From this reading I will explain later on my reason for giving the extract here:-- "It has been said that no man can realize to the full the certainty of his own dissolution; that each acknowledges the inevitability of death in regard to others and to the race, but cherishes a secret conviction that he himself will, through some strange and unforeseen circumstance, prove the solitary exception.
speak
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From this reading "Of the truth of this assertion as a general rule, I cannot of course speak, but I know that I at least have never so thought.
stillnounUS /still/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading _SHOWS THE FITNESS OF MY PUNISHMENT._ "But there will come another era, when it shall be light, and when man shall awaken from his lofty dreams and find _his dreams still there, and that nothing is gone save his sleep_."--Jean Paul.--_Preface to "Hesperus."_ The following paragraph is taken from a diary which I kept before my decease.
strange
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From this reading I will explain later on my reason for giving the extract here:-- "It has been said that no man can realize to the full the certainty of his own dissolution; that each acknowledges the inevitability of death in regard to others and to the race, but cherishes a secret conviction that he himself will, through some strange and unforeseen circumstance, prove the solitary exception.
taken
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From this reading _SHOWS THE FITNESS OF MY PUNISHMENT._ "But there will come another era, when it shall be light, and when man shall awaken from his lofty dreams and find _his dreams still there, and that nothing is gone save his sleep_."--Jean Paul.--_Preface to "Hesperus."_ The following paragraph is taken from a diary which I kept before my decease.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading _SHOWS THE FITNESS OF MY PUNISHMENT._ "But there will come another era, when it shall be light, and when man shall awaken from his lofty dreams and find _his dreams still there, and that nothing is gone save his sleep_."--Jean Paul.--_Preface to "Hesperus."_ The following paragraph is taken from a diary which I kept before my decease.
THEdeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading _SHOWS THE FITNESS OF MY PUNISHMENT._ "But there will come another era, when it shall be light, and when man shall awaken from his lofty dreams and find _his dreams still there, and that nothing is gone save his sleep_."--Jean Paul.--_Preface to "Hesperus."_ The following paragraph is taken from a diary which I kept before my decease.
there
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From this reading _SHOWS THE FITNESS OF MY PUNISHMENT._ "But there will come another era, when it shall be light, and when man shall awaken from his lofty dreams and find _his dreams still there, and that nothing is gone save his sleep_."--Jean Paul.--_Preface to "Hesperus."_ The following paragraph is taken from a diary which I kept before my decease.
thisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading "Of the truth of this assertion as a general rule, I cannot of course speak, but I know that I at least have never so thought.
thoughtnounUS /thought/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading "Of the truth of this assertion as a general rule, I cannot of course speak, but I know that I at least have never so thought.
throughnounUS /ˈthrough/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading I will explain later on my reason for giving the extract here:-- "It has been said that no man can realize to the full the certainty of his own dissolution; that each acknowledges the inevitability of death in regard to others and to the race, but cherishes a secret conviction that he himself will, through some strange and unforeseen circumstance, prove the solitary exception.
timenounUS /time/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading I am a child of eternity dreaming the dream of time, and even while I dream I am half awake and know that I am but dreaming.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading _SHOWS THE FITNESS OF MY PUNISHMENT._ "But there will come another era, when it shall be light, and when man shall awaken from his lofty dreams and find _his dreams still there, and that nothing is gone save his sleep_."--Jean Paul.--_Preface to "Hesperus."_ The following paragraph is taken from a diary which I kept before my decease.
truth
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From this reading "Of the truth of this assertion as a general rule, I cannot of course speak, but I know that I at least have never so thought.
unforeseen
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From this reading I will explain later on my reason for giving the extract here:-- "It has been said that no man can realize to the full the certainty of his own dissolution; that each acknowledges the inevitability of death in regard to others and to the race, but cherishes a secret conviction that he himself will, through some strange and unforeseen circumstance, prove the solitary exception.
unreal
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From this reading On the contrary, there are moments when death (by which I do not mean annihilation, but the dying into life) seems the only certainty there is before me, all else being shadowy and unreal.
whenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading _SHOWS THE FITNESS OF MY PUNISHMENT._ "But there will come another era, when it shall be light, and when man shall awaken from his lofty dreams and find _his dreams still there, and that nothing is gone save his sleep_."--Jean Paul.--_Preface to "Hesperus."_ The following paragraph is taken from a diary which I kept before my decease.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading _SHOWS THE FITNESS OF MY PUNISHMENT._ "But there will come another era, when it shall be light, and when man shall awaken from his lofty dreams and find _his dreams still there, and that nothing is gone save his sleep_."--Jean Paul.--_Preface to "Hesperus."_ The following paragraph is taken from a diary which I kept before my decease.
whileconjunctionUS /waɪl/
during the time that
From this reading I am a child of eternity dreaming the dream of time, and even while I dream I am half awake and know that I am but dreaming.
willmodal verbUS /wɪl/
used to talk about the future, or about willingness
From this reading _SHOWS THE FITNESS OF MY PUNISHMENT._ "But there will come another era, when it shall be light, and when man shall awaken from his lofty dreams and find _his dreams still there, and that nothing is gone save his sleep_."--Jean Paul.--_Preface to "Hesperus."_ The following paragraph is taken from a diary which I kept before my decease.
