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From this reading --_Antony and Cleopatra._ Though Queen Elizabeth often swore at her ladies and her favorite lords, it is not to be supposed that she would ordinarily address a stranger in such terms as she used but now toward Master Marryott.[16] Nor was it the surprise of finding asleep in her garden a youth, wearing an apprentice's surcoat over a gentleman's velvet doublet,--for Hal had moved in his sleep so as to disclose part of the doublet,--and silken hose, that evoked so curt an expression.
adeterminerUS /ə/
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading --_Antony and Cleopatra._ Though Queen Elizabeth often swore at her ladies and her favorite lords, it is not to be supposed that she would ordinarily address a stranger in such terms as she used but now toward Master Marryott.[16] Nor was it the surprise of finding asleep in her garden a youth, wearing an apprentice's surcoat over a gentleman's velvet doublet,--for Hal had moved in his sleep so as to disclose part of the doublet,--and silken hose, that evoked so curt an expression.
address
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From this reading --_Antony and Cleopatra._ Though Queen Elizabeth often swore at her ladies and her favorite lords, it is not to be supposed that she would ordinarily address a stranger in such terms as she used but now toward Master Marryott.[16] Nor was it the surprise of finding asleep in her garden a youth, wearing an apprentice's surcoat over a gentleman's velvet doublet,--for Hal had moved in his sleep so as to disclose part of the doublet,--and silken hose, that evoked so curt an expression.
afterprepositionUS /ˈæftər/
later than; following
From this reading Neither was it the possibility that the intruder might be another Capt. Thomas Leigh, who had been found lurking in the palace, near the door of the privy chamber, a day or two after the Essex rising, and had been subsequently put to death.
afterward
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From this reading Had a thought of assassination taken any root in the queen's mind at sight of the slumbering youth, she would, doubtless, have behaved as on a certain occasion at the time of the Babington conspiracy; when, walking in her garden, and being suddenly approached by one of the conspirators, and finding none of her guards within sight, she held the intruder in so intrepid a look that he shrank back--and the captain of her guard did not soon forget the rating she afterward gave him for that she had been left thus exposed.
andeterminerUS /æn/
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading --_Antony and Cleopatra._ Though Queen Elizabeth often swore at her ladies and her favorite lords, it is not to be supposed that she would ordinarily address a stranger in such terms as she used but now toward Master Marryott.[16] Nor was it the surprise of finding asleep in her garden a youth, wearing an apprentice's surcoat over a gentleman's velvet doublet,--for Hal had moved in his sleep so as to disclose part of the doublet,--and silken hose, that evoked so curt an expression.
ANDconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading QUEEN AND WOMAN.
anothernounUS /ˈanother/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading Neither was it the possibility that the intruder might be another Capt. Thomas Leigh, who had been found lurking in the palace, near the door of the privy chamber, a day or two after the Essex rising, and had been subsequently put to death.
Antony
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From this reading --_Antony and Cleopatra._ Though Queen Elizabeth often swore at her ladies and her favorite lords, it is not to be supposed that she would ordinarily address a stranger in such terms as she used but now toward Master Marryott.[16] Nor was it the surprise of finding asleep in her garden a youth, wearing an apprentice's surcoat over a gentleman's velvet doublet,--for Hal had moved in his sleep so as to disclose part of the doublet,--and silken hose, that evoked so curt an expression.
any
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From this reading Had a thought of assassination taken any root in the queen's mind at sight of the slumbering youth, she would, doubtless, have behaved as on a certain occasion at the time of the Babington conspiracy; when, walking in her garden, and being suddenly approached by one of the conspirators, and finding none of her guards within sight, she held the intruder in so intrepid a look that he shrank back--and the captain of her guard did not soon forget the rating she afterward gave him for that she had been left thus exposed.
apprentice's
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From this reading --_Antony and Cleopatra._ Though Queen Elizabeth often swore at her ladies and her favorite lords, it is not to be supposed that she would ordinarily address a stranger in such terms as she used but now toward Master Marryott.[16] Nor was it the surprise of finding asleep in her garden a youth, wearing an apprentice's surcoat over a gentleman's velvet doublet,--for Hal had moved in his sleep so as to disclose part of the doublet,--and silken hose, that evoked so curt an expression.
approached
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From this reading Had a thought of assassination taken any root in the queen's mind at sight of the slumbering youth, she would, doubtless, have behaved as on a certain occasion at the time of the Babington conspiracy; when, walking in her garden, and being suddenly approached by one of the conspirators, and finding none of her guards within sight, she held the intruder in so intrepid a look that he shrank back--and the captain of her guard did not soon forget the rating she afterward gave him for that she had been left thus exposed.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading "And commanded By such poor passion as the maid that milks."
asleep
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From this reading --_Antony and Cleopatra._ Though Queen Elizabeth often swore at her ladies and her favorite lords, it is not to be supposed that she would ordinarily address a stranger in such terms as she used but now toward Master Marryott.[16] Nor was it the surprise of finding asleep in her garden a youth, wearing an apprentice's surcoat over a gentleman's velvet doublet,--for Hal had moved in his sleep so as to disclose part of the doublet,--and silken hose, that evoked so curt an expression.
assassination
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From this reading Had a thought of assassination taken any root in the queen's mind at sight of the slumbering youth, she would, doubtless, have behaved as on a certain occasion at the time of the Babington conspiracy; when, walking in her garden, and being suddenly approached by one of the conspirators, and finding none of her guards within sight, she held the intruder in so intrepid a look that he shrank back--and the captain of her guard did not soon forget the rating she afterward gave him for that she had been left thus exposed.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading --_Antony and Cleopatra._ Though Queen Elizabeth often swore at her ladies and her favorite lords, it is not to be supposed that she would ordinarily address a stranger in such terms as she used but now toward Master Marryott.[16] Nor was it the surprise of finding asleep in her garden a youth, wearing an apprentice's surcoat over a gentleman's velvet doublet,--for Hal had moved in his sleep so as to disclose part of the doublet,--and silken hose, that evoked so curt an expression.
Babington
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From this reading Had a thought of assassination taken any root in the queen's mind at sight of the slumbering youth, she would, doubtless, have behaved as on a certain occasion at the time of the Babington conspiracy; when, walking in her garden, and being suddenly approached by one of the conspirators, and finding none of her guards within sight, she held the intruder in so intrepid a look that he shrank back--and the captain of her guard did not soon forget the rating she afterward gave him for that she had been left thus exposed.
back
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From this reading Had a thought of assassination taken any root in the queen's mind at sight of the slumbering youth, she would, doubtless, have behaved as on a certain occasion at the time of the Babington conspiracy; when, walking in her garden, and being suddenly approached by one of the conspirators, and finding none of her guards within sight, she held the intruder in so intrepid a look that he shrank back--and the captain of her guard did not soon forget the rating she afterward gave him for that she had been left thus exposed.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading --_Antony and Cleopatra._ Though Queen Elizabeth often swore at her ladies and her favorite lords, it is not to be supposed that she would ordinarily address a stranger in such terms as she used but now toward Master Marryott.[16] Nor was it the surprise of finding asleep in her garden a youth, wearing an apprentice's surcoat over a gentleman's velvet doublet,--for Hal had moved in his sleep so as to disclose part of the doublet,--and silken hose, that evoked so curt an expression.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading Neither was it the possibility that the intruder might be another Capt. Thomas Leigh, who had been found lurking in the palace, near the door of the privy chamber, a day or two after the Essex rising, and had been subsequently put to death.
behaved
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From this reading Had a thought of assassination taken any root in the queen's mind at sight of the slumbering youth, she would, doubtless, have behaved as on a certain occasion at the time of the Babington conspiracy; when, walking in her garden, and being suddenly approached by one of the conspirators, and finding none of her guards within sight, she held the intruder in so intrepid a look that he shrank back--and the captain of her guard did not soon forget the rating she afterward gave him for that she had been left thus exposed.
beingauxiliary verbUS /ˈbiːɪŋ/
the -ing form of “be”
From this reading Had a thought of assassination taken any root in the queen's mind at sight of the slumbering youth, she would, doubtless, have behaved as on a certain occasion at the time of the Babington conspiracy; when, walking in her garden, and being suddenly approached by one of the conspirators, and finding none of her guards within sight, she held the intruder in so intrepid a look that he shrank back--and the captain of her guard did not soon forget the rating she afterward gave him for that she had been left thus exposed.
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading --_Antony and Cleopatra._ Though Queen Elizabeth often swore at her ladies and her favorite lords, it is not to be supposed that she would ordinarily address a stranger in such terms as she used but now toward Master Marryott.[16] Nor was it the surprise of finding asleep in her garden a youth, wearing an apprentice's surcoat over a gentleman's velvet doublet,--for Hal had moved in his sleep so as to disclose part of the doublet,--and silken hose, that evoked so curt an expression.
ByprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading "And commanded By such poor passion as the maid that milks."
Capt
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From this reading Neither was it the possibility that the intruder might be another Capt. Thomas Leigh, who had been found lurking in the palace, near the door of the privy chamber, a day or two after the Essex rising, and had been subsequently put to death.
captainnounUS /ˈcaptain/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading Had a thought of assassination taken any root in the queen's mind at sight of the slumbering youth, she would, doubtless, have behaved as on a certain occasion at the time of the Babington conspiracy; when, walking in her garden, and being suddenly approached by one of the conspirators, and finding none of her guards within sight, she held the intruder in so intrepid a look that he shrank back--and the captain of her guard did not soon forget the rating she afterward gave him for that she had been left thus exposed.
certain
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From this reading Had a thought of assassination taken any root in the queen's mind at sight of the slumbering youth, she would, doubtless, have behaved as on a certain occasion at the time of the Babington conspiracy; when, walking in her garden, and being suddenly approached by one of the conspirators, and finding none of her guards within sight, she held the intruder in so intrepid a look that he shrank back--and the captain of her guard did not soon forget the rating she afterward gave him for that she had been left thus exposed.
chamber
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From this reading Neither was it the possibility that the intruder might be another Capt. Thomas Leigh, who had been found lurking in the palace, near the door of the privy chamber, a day or two after the Essex rising, and had been subsequently put to death.
Cleopatra
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From this reading --_Antony and Cleopatra._ Though Queen Elizabeth often swore at her ladies and her favorite lords, it is not to be supposed that she would ordinarily address a stranger in such terms as she used but now toward Master Marryott.[16] Nor was it the surprise of finding asleep in her garden a youth, wearing an apprentice's surcoat over a gentleman's velvet doublet,--for Hal had moved in his sleep so as to disclose part of the doublet,--and silken hose, that evoked so curt an expression.
commanded
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From this reading "And commanded By such poor passion as the maid that milks."
conspiracy
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From this reading Had a thought of assassination taken any root in the queen's mind at sight of the slumbering youth, she would, doubtless, have behaved as on a certain occasion at the time of the Babington conspiracy; when, walking in her garden, and being suddenly approached by one of the conspirators, and finding none of her guards within sight, she held the intruder in so intrepid a look that he shrank back--and the captain of her guard did not soon forget the rating she afterward gave him for that she had been left thus exposed.
conspirators
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From this reading Had a thought of assassination taken any root in the queen's mind at sight of the slumbering youth, she would, doubtless, have behaved as on a certain occasion at the time of the Babington conspiracy; when, walking in her garden, and being suddenly approached by one of the conspirators, and finding none of her guards within sight, she held the intruder in so intrepid a look that he shrank back--and the captain of her guard did not soon forget the rating she afterward gave him for that she had been left thus exposed.
curt
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From this reading --_Antony and Cleopatra._ Though Queen Elizabeth often swore at her ladies and her favorite lords, it is not to be supposed that she would ordinarily address a stranger in such terms as she used but now toward Master Marryott.[16] Nor was it the surprise of finding asleep in her garden a youth, wearing an apprentice's surcoat over a gentleman's velvet doublet,--for Hal had moved in his sleep so as to disclose part of the doublet,--and silken hose, that evoked so curt an expression.
day
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From this reading Neither was it the possibility that the intruder might be another Capt. Thomas Leigh, who had been found lurking in the palace, near the door of the privy chamber, a day or two after the Essex rising, and had been subsequently put to death.
death
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From this reading Neither was it the possibility that the intruder might be another Capt. Thomas Leigh, who had been found lurking in the palace, near the door of the privy chamber, a day or two after the Essex rising, and had been subsequently put to death.
didauxiliary verbUS /dɪd/
the past form of “do”, used in questions and negatives
From this reading Had a thought of assassination taken any root in the queen's mind at sight of the slumbering youth, she would, doubtless, have behaved as on a certain occasion at the time of the Babington conspiracy; when, walking in her garden, and being suddenly approached by one of the conspirators, and finding none of her guards within sight, she held the intruder in so intrepid a look that he shrank back--and the captain of her guard did not soon forget the rating she afterward gave him for that she had been left thus exposed.
disclose
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From this reading --_Antony and Cleopatra._ Though Queen Elizabeth often swore at her ladies and her favorite lords, it is not to be supposed that she would ordinarily address a stranger in such terms as she used but now toward Master Marryott.[16] Nor was it the surprise of finding asleep in her garden a youth, wearing an apprentice's surcoat over a gentleman's velvet doublet,--for Hal had moved in his sleep so as to disclose part of the doublet,--and silken hose, that evoked so curt an expression.
door
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From this reading Neither was it the possibility that the intruder might be another Capt. Thomas Leigh, who had been found lurking in the palace, near the door of the privy chamber, a day or two after the Essex rising, and had been subsequently put to death.
doublet
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From this reading --_Antony and Cleopatra._ Though Queen Elizabeth often swore at her ladies and her favorite lords, it is not to be supposed that she would ordinarily address a stranger in such terms as she used but now toward Master Marryott.[16] Nor was it the surprise of finding asleep in her garden a youth, wearing an apprentice's surcoat over a gentleman's velvet doublet,--for Hal had moved in his sleep so as to disclose part of the doublet,--and silken hose, that evoked so curt an expression.
doubtless
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From this reading Had a thought of assassination taken any root in the queen's mind at sight of the slumbering youth, she would, doubtless, have behaved as on a certain occasion at the time of the Babington conspiracy; when, walking in her garden, and being suddenly approached by one of the conspirators, and finding none of her guards within sight, she held the intruder in so intrepid a look that he shrank back--and the captain of her guard did not soon forget the rating she afterward gave him for that she had been left thus exposed.
Elizabeth
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From this reading --_Antony and Cleopatra._ Though Queen Elizabeth often swore at her ladies and her favorite lords, it is not to be supposed that she would ordinarily address a stranger in such terms as she used but now toward Master Marryott.[16] Nor was it the surprise of finding asleep in her garden a youth, wearing an apprentice's surcoat over a gentleman's velvet doublet,--for Hal had moved in his sleep so as to disclose part of the doublet,--and silken hose, that evoked so curt an expression.
Essex
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From this reading Neither was it the possibility that the intruder might be another Capt. Thomas Leigh, who had been found lurking in the palace, near the door of the privy chamber, a day or two after the Essex rising, and had been subsequently put to death.
evoked
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From this reading --_Antony and Cleopatra._ Though Queen Elizabeth often swore at her ladies and her favorite lords, it is not to be supposed that she would ordinarily address a stranger in such terms as she used but now toward Master Marryott.[16] Nor was it the surprise of finding asleep in her garden a youth, wearing an apprentice's surcoat over a gentleman's velvet doublet,--for Hal had moved in his sleep so as to disclose part of the doublet,--and silken hose, that evoked so curt an expression.
exposedadjectiveUS /ɪkˈspəʊzd/
left open to danger or view left open to danger or public view
From this reading Had a thought of assassination taken any root in the queen's mind at sight of the slumbering youth, she would, doubtless, have behaved as on a certain occasion at the time of the Babington conspiracy; when, walking in her garden, and being suddenly approached by one of the conspirators, and finding none of her guards within sight, she held the intruder in so intrepid a look that he shrank back--and the captain of her guard did not soon forget the rating she afterward gave him for that she had been left thus exposed.
expression
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From this reading --_Antony and Cleopatra._ Though Queen Elizabeth often swore at her ladies and her favorite lords, it is not to be supposed that she would ordinarily address a stranger in such terms as she used but now toward Master Marryott.[16] Nor was it the surprise of finding asleep in her garden a youth, wearing an apprentice's surcoat over a gentleman's velvet doublet,--for Hal had moved in his sleep so as to disclose part of the doublet,--and silken hose, that evoked so curt an expression.
favorite
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From this reading --_Antony and Cleopatra._ Though Queen Elizabeth often swore at her ladies and her favorite lords, it is not to be supposed that she would ordinarily address a stranger in such terms as she used but now toward Master Marryott.[16] Nor was it the surprise of finding asleep in her garden a youth, wearing an apprentice's surcoat over a gentleman's velvet doublet,--for Hal had moved in his sleep so as to disclose part of the doublet,--and silken hose, that evoked so curt an expression.
finding
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From this reading --_Antony and Cleopatra._ Though Queen Elizabeth often swore at her ladies and her favorite lords, it is not to be supposed that she would ordinarily address a stranger in such terms as she used but now toward Master Marryott.[16] Nor was it the surprise of finding asleep in her garden a youth, wearing an apprentice's surcoat over a gentleman's velvet doublet,--for Hal had moved in his sleep so as to disclose part of the doublet,--and silken hose, that evoked so curt an expression.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading --_Antony and Cleopatra._ Though Queen Elizabeth often swore at her ladies and her favorite lords, it is not to be supposed that she would ordinarily address a stranger in such terms as she used but now toward Master Marryott.[16] Nor was it the surprise of finding asleep in her garden a youth, wearing an apprentice's surcoat over a gentleman's velvet doublet,--for Hal had moved in his sleep so as to disclose part of the doublet,--and silken hose, that evoked so curt an expression.
forget
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From this reading Had a thought of assassination taken any root in the queen's mind at sight of the slumbering youth, she would, doubtless, have behaved as on a certain occasion at the time of the Babington conspiracy; when, walking in her garden, and being suddenly approached by one of the conspirators, and finding none of her guards within sight, she held the intruder in so intrepid a look that he shrank back--and the captain of her guard did not soon forget the rating she afterward gave him for that she had been left thus exposed.
foundnounUS /found/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Neither was it the possibility that the intruder might be another Capt. Thomas Leigh, who had been found lurking in the palace, near the door of the privy chamber, a day or two after the Essex rising, and had been subsequently put to death.
garden
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From this reading --_Antony and Cleopatra._ Though Queen Elizabeth often swore at her ladies and her favorite lords, it is not to be supposed that she would ordinarily address a stranger in such terms as she used but now toward Master Marryott.[16] Nor was it the surprise of finding asleep in her garden a youth, wearing an apprentice's surcoat over a gentleman's velvet doublet,--for Hal had moved in his sleep so as to disclose part of the doublet,--and silken hose, that evoked so curt an expression.
gave
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From this reading Had a thought of assassination taken any root in the queen's mind at sight of the slumbering youth, she would, doubtless, have behaved as on a certain occasion at the time of the Babington conspiracy; when, walking in her garden, and being suddenly approached by one of the conspirators, and finding none of her guards within sight, she held the intruder in so intrepid a look that he shrank back--and the captain of her guard did not soon forget the rating she afterward gave him for that she had been left thus exposed.
gentleman's
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From this reading --_Antony and Cleopatra._ Though Queen Elizabeth often swore at her ladies and her favorite lords, it is not to be supposed that she would ordinarily address a stranger in such terms as she used but now toward Master Marryott.[16] Nor was it the surprise of finding asleep in her garden a youth, wearing an apprentice's surcoat over a gentleman's velvet doublet,--for Hal had moved in his sleep so as to disclose part of the doublet,--and silken hose, that evoked so curt an expression.
guard
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From this reading Had a thought of assassination taken any root in the queen's mind at sight of the slumbering youth, she would, doubtless, have behaved as on a certain occasion at the time of the Babington conspiracy; when, walking in her garden, and being suddenly approached by one of the conspirators, and finding none of her guards within sight, she held the intruder in so intrepid a look that he shrank back--and the captain of her guard did not soon forget the rating she afterward gave him for that she had been left thus exposed.
guards
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From this reading Had a thought of assassination taken any root in the queen's mind at sight of the slumbering youth, she would, doubtless, have behaved as on a certain occasion at the time of the Babington conspiracy; when, walking in her garden, and being suddenly approached by one of the conspirators, and finding none of her guards within sight, she held the intruder in so intrepid a look that he shrank back--and the captain of her guard did not soon forget the rating she afterward gave him for that she had been left thus exposed.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading --_Antony and Cleopatra._ Though Queen Elizabeth often swore at her ladies and her favorite lords, it is not to be supposed that she would ordinarily address a stranger in such terms as she used but now toward Master Marryott.[16] Nor was it the surprise of finding asleep in her garden a youth, wearing an apprentice's surcoat over a gentleman's velvet doublet,--for Hal had moved in his sleep so as to disclose part of the doublet,--and silken hose, that evoked so curt an expression.
Hal
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From this reading --_Antony and Cleopatra._ Though Queen Elizabeth often swore at her ladies and her favorite lords, it is not to be supposed that she would ordinarily address a stranger in such terms as she used but now toward Master Marryott.[16] Nor was it the surprise of finding asleep in her garden a youth, wearing an apprentice's surcoat over a gentleman's velvet doublet,--for Hal had moved in his sleep so as to disclose part of the doublet,--and silken hose, that evoked so curt an expression.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading Had a thought of assassination taken any root in the queen's mind at sight of the slumbering youth, she would, doubtless, have behaved as on a certain occasion at the time of the Babington conspiracy; when, walking in her garden, and being suddenly approached by one of the conspirators, and finding none of her guards within sight, she held the intruder in so intrepid a look that he shrank back--and the captain of her guard did not soon forget the rating she afterward gave him for that she had been left thus exposed.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Had a thought of assassination taken any root in the queen's mind at sight of the slumbering youth, she would, doubtless, have behaved as on a certain occasion at the time of the Babington conspiracy; when, walking in her garden, and being suddenly approached by one of the conspirators, and finding none of her guards within sight, she held the intruder in so intrepid a look that he shrank back--and the captain of her guard did not soon forget the rating she afterward gave him for that she had been left thus exposed.
held
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From this reading Had a thought of assassination taken any root in the queen's mind at sight of the slumbering youth, she would, doubtless, have behaved as on a certain occasion at the time of the Babington conspiracy; when, walking in her garden, and being suddenly approached by one of the conspirators, and finding none of her guards within sight, she held the intruder in so intrepid a look that he shrank back--and the captain of her guard did not soon forget the rating she afterward gave him for that she had been left thus exposed.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading --_Antony and Cleopatra._ Though Queen Elizabeth often swore at her ladies and her favorite lords, it is not to be supposed that she would ordinarily address a stranger in such terms as she used but now toward Master Marryott.[16] Nor was it the surprise of finding asleep in her garden a youth, wearing an apprentice's surcoat over a gentleman's velvet doublet,--for Hal had moved in his sleep so as to disclose part of the doublet,--and silken hose, that evoked so curt an expression.
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Had a thought of assassination taken any root in the queen's mind at sight of the slumbering youth, she would, doubtless, have behaved as on a certain occasion at the time of the Babington conspiracy; when, walking in her garden, and being suddenly approached by one of the conspirators, and finding none of her guards within sight, she held the intruder in so intrepid a look that he shrank back--and the captain of her guard did not soon forget the rating she afterward gave him for that she had been left thus exposed.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading --_Antony and Cleopatra._ Though Queen Elizabeth often swore at her ladies and her favorite lords, it is not to be supposed that she would ordinarily address a stranger in such terms as she used but now toward Master Marryott.[16] Nor was it the surprise of finding asleep in her garden a youth, wearing an apprentice's surcoat over a gentleman's velvet doublet,--for Hal had moved in his sleep so as to disclose part of the doublet,--and silken hose, that evoked so curt an expression.
hose
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From this reading --_Antony and Cleopatra._ Though Queen Elizabeth often swore at her ladies and her favorite lords, it is not to be supposed that she would ordinarily address a stranger in such terms as she used but now toward Master Marryott.[16] Nor was it the surprise of finding asleep in her garden a youth, wearing an apprentice's surcoat over a gentleman's velvet doublet,--for Hal had moved in his sleep so as to disclose part of the doublet,--and silken hose, that evoked so curt an expression.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading --_Antony and Cleopatra._ Though Queen Elizabeth often swore at her ladies and her favorite lords, it is not to be supposed that she would ordinarily address a stranger in such terms as she used but now toward Master Marryott.[16] Nor was it the surprise of finding asleep in her garden a youth, wearing an apprentice's surcoat over a gentleman's velvet doublet,--for Hal had moved in his sleep so as to disclose part of the doublet,--and silken hose, that evoked so curt an expression.
intrepid
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From this reading Had a thought of assassination taken any root in the queen's mind at sight of the slumbering youth, she would, doubtless, have behaved as on a certain occasion at the time of the Babington conspiracy; when, walking in her garden, and being suddenly approached by one of the conspirators, and finding none of her guards within sight, she held the intruder in so intrepid a look that he shrank back--and the captain of her guard did not soon forget the rating she afterward gave him for that she had been left thus exposed.
intruder
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From this reading Neither was it the possibility that the intruder might be another Capt. Thomas Leigh, who had been found lurking in the palace, near the door of the privy chamber, a day or two after the Essex rising, and had been subsequently put to death.
isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading --_Antony and Cleopatra._ Though Queen Elizabeth often swore at her ladies and her favorite lords, it is not to be supposed that she would ordinarily address a stranger in such terms as she used but now toward Master Marryott.[16] Nor was it the surprise of finding asleep in her garden a youth, wearing an apprentice's surcoat over a gentleman's velvet doublet,--for Hal had moved in his sleep so as to disclose part of the doublet,--and silken hose, that evoked so curt an expression.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading --_Antony and Cleopatra._ Though Queen Elizabeth often swore at her ladies and her favorite lords, it is not to be supposed that she would ordinarily address a stranger in such terms as she used but now toward Master Marryott.[16] Nor was it the surprise of finding asleep in her garden a youth, wearing an apprentice's surcoat over a gentleman's velvet doublet,--for Hal had moved in his sleep so as to disclose part of the doublet,--and silken hose, that evoked so curt an expression.
ladies
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From this reading --_Antony and Cleopatra._ Though Queen Elizabeth often swore at her ladies and her favorite lords, it is not to be supposed that she would ordinarily address a stranger in such terms as she used but now toward Master Marryott.[16] Nor was it the surprise of finding asleep in her garden a youth, wearing an apprentice's surcoat over a gentleman's velvet doublet,--for Hal had moved in his sleep so as to disclose part of the doublet,--and silken hose, that evoked so curt an expression.
leftnounUS /left/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Had a thought of assassination taken any root in the queen's mind at sight of the slumbering youth, she would, doubtless, have behaved as on a certain occasion at the time of the Babington conspiracy; when, walking in her garden, and being suddenly approached by one of the conspirators, and finding none of her guards within sight, she held the intruder in so intrepid a look that he shrank back--and the captain of her guard did not soon forget the rating she afterward gave him for that she had been left thus exposed.
Leigh
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From this reading Neither was it the possibility that the intruder might be another Capt. Thomas Leigh, who had been found lurking in the palace, near the door of the privy chamber, a day or two after the Essex rising, and had been subsequently put to death.
looknounUS /look/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Had a thought of assassination taken any root in the queen's mind at sight of the slumbering youth, she would, doubtless, have behaved as on a certain occasion at the time of the Babington conspiracy; when, walking in her garden, and being suddenly approached by one of the conspirators, and finding none of her guards within sight, she held the intruder in so intrepid a look that he shrank back--and the captain of her guard did not soon forget the rating she afterward gave him for that she had been left thus exposed.
lords
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From this reading --_Antony and Cleopatra._ Though Queen Elizabeth often swore at her ladies and her favorite lords, it is not to be supposed that she would ordinarily address a stranger in such terms as she used but now toward Master Marryott.[16] Nor was it the surprise of finding asleep in her garden a youth, wearing an apprentice's surcoat over a gentleman's velvet doublet,--for Hal had moved in his sleep so as to disclose part of the doublet,--and silken hose, that evoked so curt an expression.
lurking
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From this reading Neither was it the possibility that the intruder might be another Capt. Thomas Leigh, who had been found lurking in the palace, near the door of the privy chamber, a day or two after the Essex rising, and had been subsequently put to death.
maid
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From this reading "And commanded By such poor passion as the maid that milks."
Marryott
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From this reading --_Antony and Cleopatra._ Though Queen Elizabeth often swore at her ladies and her favorite lords, it is not to be supposed that she would ordinarily address a stranger in such terms as she used but now toward Master Marryott.[16] Nor was it the surprise of finding asleep in her garden a youth, wearing an apprentice's surcoat over a gentleman's velvet doublet,--for Hal had moved in his sleep so as to disclose part of the doublet,--and silken hose, that evoked so curt an expression.
Master
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From this reading --_Antony and Cleopatra._ Though Queen Elizabeth often swore at her ladies and her favorite lords, it is not to be supposed that she would ordinarily address a stranger in such terms as she used but now toward Master Marryott.[16] Nor was it the surprise of finding asleep in her garden a youth, wearing an apprentice's surcoat over a gentleman's velvet doublet,--for Hal had moved in his sleep so as to disclose part of the doublet,--and silken hose, that evoked so curt an expression.
mightmodal verbUS /maɪt/
used to say something is possible but not certain
From this reading Neither was it the possibility that the intruder might be another Capt. Thomas Leigh, who had been found lurking in the palace, near the door of the privy chamber, a day or two after the Essex rising, and had been subsequently put to death.
milks
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From this reading "And commanded By such poor passion as the maid that milks."
mindnounUS /mind/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Had a thought of assassination taken any root in the queen's mind at sight of the slumbering youth, she would, doubtless, have behaved as on a certain occasion at the time of the Babington conspiracy; when, walking in her garden, and being suddenly approached by one of the conspirators, and finding none of her guards within sight, she held the intruder in so intrepid a look that he shrank back--and the captain of her guard did not soon forget the rating she afterward gave him for that she had been left thus exposed.
moved
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From this reading --_Antony and Cleopatra._ Though Queen Elizabeth often swore at her ladies and her favorite lords, it is not to be supposed that she would ordinarily address a stranger in such terms as she used but now toward Master Marryott.[16] Nor was it the surprise of finding asleep in her garden a youth, wearing an apprentice's surcoat over a gentleman's velvet doublet,--for Hal had moved in his sleep so as to disclose part of the doublet,--and silken hose, that evoked so curt an expression.
near
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From this reading Neither was it the possibility that the intruder might be another Capt. Thomas Leigh, who had been found lurking in the palace, near the door of the privy chamber, a day or two after the Essex rising, and had been subsequently put to death.
NeitherdeterminerUS /ˈniːðər/
not one and not the other of two
From this reading Neither was it the possibility that the intruder might be another Capt. Thomas Leigh, who had been found lurking in the palace, near the door of the privy chamber, a day or two after the Essex rising, and had been subsequently put to death.
nonepronounUS /nʌn/
not one, and not any
From this reading Had a thought of assassination taken any root in the queen's mind at sight of the slumbering youth, she would, doubtless, have behaved as on a certain occasion at the time of the Babington conspiracy; when, walking in her garden, and being suddenly approached by one of the conspirators, and finding none of her guards within sight, she held the intruder in so intrepid a look that he shrank back--and the captain of her guard did not soon forget the rating she afterward gave him for that she had been left thus exposed.
NorconjunctionUS /nɔːr/
and not; used after a negative to add a second negative
From this reading --_Antony and Cleopatra._ Though Queen Elizabeth often swore at her ladies and her favorite lords, it is not to be supposed that she would ordinarily address a stranger in such terms as she used but now toward Master Marryott.[16] Nor was it the surprise of finding asleep in her garden a youth, wearing an apprentice's surcoat over a gentleman's velvet doublet,--for Hal had moved in his sleep so as to disclose part of the doublet,--and silken hose, that evoked so curt an expression.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading --_Antony and Cleopatra._ Though Queen Elizabeth often swore at her ladies and her favorite lords, it is not to be supposed that she would ordinarily address a stranger in such terms as she used but now toward Master Marryott.[16] Nor was it the surprise of finding asleep in her garden a youth, wearing an apprentice's surcoat over a gentleman's velvet doublet,--for Hal had moved in his sleep so as to disclose part of the doublet,--and silken hose, that evoked so curt an expression.
now
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From this reading --_Antony and Cleopatra._ Though Queen Elizabeth often swore at her ladies and her favorite lords, it is not to be supposed that she would ordinarily address a stranger in such terms as she used but now toward Master Marryott.[16] Nor was it the surprise of finding asleep in her garden a youth, wearing an apprentice's surcoat over a gentleman's velvet doublet,--for Hal had moved in his sleep so as to disclose part of the doublet,--and silken hose, that evoked so curt an expression.
occasion
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From this reading Had a thought of assassination taken any root in the queen's mind at sight of the slumbering youth, she would, doubtless, have behaved as on a certain occasion at the time of the Babington conspiracy; when, walking in her garden, and being suddenly approached by one of the conspirators, and finding none of her guards within sight, she held the intruder in so intrepid a look that he shrank back--and the captain of her guard did not soon forget the rating she afterward gave him for that she had been left thus exposed.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading --_Antony and Cleopatra._ Though Queen Elizabeth often swore at her ladies and her favorite lords, it is not to be supposed that she would ordinarily address a stranger in such terms as she used but now toward Master Marryott.[16] Nor was it the surprise of finding asleep in her garden a youth, wearing an apprentice's surcoat over a gentleman's velvet doublet,--for Hal had moved in his sleep so as to disclose part of the doublet,--and silken hose, that evoked so curt an expression.
often
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From this reading --_Antony and Cleopatra._ Though Queen Elizabeth often swore at her ladies and her favorite lords, it is not to be supposed that she would ordinarily address a stranger in such terms as she used but now toward Master Marryott.[16] Nor was it the surprise of finding asleep in her garden a youth, wearing an apprentice's surcoat over a gentleman's velvet doublet,--for Hal had moved in his sleep so as to disclose part of the doublet,--and silken hose, that evoked so curt an expression.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading Had a thought of assassination taken any root in the queen's mind at sight of the slumbering youth, she would, doubtless, have behaved as on a certain occasion at the time of the Babington conspiracy; when, walking in her garden, and being suddenly approached by one of the conspirators, and finding none of her guards within sight, she held the intruder in so intrepid a look that he shrank back--and the captain of her guard did not soon forget the rating she afterward gave him for that she had been left thus exposed.
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading Had a thought of assassination taken any root in the queen's mind at sight of the slumbering youth, she would, doubtless, have behaved as on a certain occasion at the time of the Babington conspiracy; when, walking in her garden, and being suddenly approached by one of the conspirators, and finding none of her guards within sight, she held the intruder in so intrepid a look that he shrank back--and the captain of her guard did not soon forget the rating she afterward gave him for that she had been left thus exposed.
orconjunctionUS /ɔːr/
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading Neither was it the possibility that the intruder might be another Capt. Thomas Leigh, who had been found lurking in the palace, near the door of the privy chamber, a day or two after the Essex rising, and had been subsequently put to death.
ordinarily
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From this reading --_Antony and Cleopatra._ Though Queen Elizabeth often swore at her ladies and her favorite lords, it is not to be supposed that she would ordinarily address a stranger in such terms as she used but now toward Master Marryott.[16] Nor was it the surprise of finding asleep in her garden a youth, wearing an apprentice's surcoat over a gentleman's velvet doublet,--for Hal had moved in his sleep so as to disclose part of the doublet,--and silken hose, that evoked so curt an expression.
overprepositionUS /ˈoʊvər/
above and across; more than
From this reading --_Antony and Cleopatra._ Though Queen Elizabeth often swore at her ladies and her favorite lords, it is not to be supposed that she would ordinarily address a stranger in such terms as she used but now toward Master Marryott.[16] Nor was it the surprise of finding asleep in her garden a youth, wearing an apprentice's surcoat over a gentleman's velvet doublet,--for Hal had moved in his sleep so as to disclose part of the doublet,--and silken hose, that evoked so curt an expression.
palace
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From this reading Neither was it the possibility that the intruder might be another Capt. Thomas Leigh, who had been found lurking in the palace, near the door of the privy chamber, a day or two after the Essex rising, and had been subsequently put to death.
partnounUS /part/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading --_Antony and Cleopatra._ Though Queen Elizabeth often swore at her ladies and her favorite lords, it is not to be supposed that she would ordinarily address a stranger in such terms as she used but now toward Master Marryott.[16] Nor was it the surprise of finding asleep in her garden a youth, wearing an apprentice's surcoat over a gentleman's velvet doublet,--for Hal had moved in his sleep so as to disclose part of the doublet,--and silken hose, that evoked so curt an expression.
passion
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From this reading "And commanded By such poor passion as the maid that milks."
poornounUS /poor/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading "And commanded By such poor passion as the maid that milks."
possibility
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From this reading Neither was it the possibility that the intruder might be another Capt. Thomas Leigh, who had been found lurking in the palace, near the door of the privy chamber, a day or two after the Essex rising, and had been subsequently put to death.
privy
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From this reading Neither was it the possibility that the intruder might be another Capt. Thomas Leigh, who had been found lurking in the palace, near the door of the privy chamber, a day or two after the Essex rising, and had been subsequently put to death.
put
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From this reading Neither was it the possibility that the intruder might be another Capt. Thomas Leigh, who had been found lurking in the palace, near the door of the privy chamber, a day or two after the Essex rising, and had been subsequently put to death.
QUEEN
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From this reading QUEEN AND WOMAN.
queen's
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From this reading Had a thought of assassination taken any root in the queen's mind at sight of the slumbering youth, she would, doubtless, have behaved as on a certain occasion at the time of the Babington conspiracy; when, walking in her garden, and being suddenly approached by one of the conspirators, and finding none of her guards within sight, she held the intruder in so intrepid a look that he shrank back--and the captain of her guard did not soon forget the rating she afterward gave him for that she had been left thus exposed.
rating
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From this reading Had a thought of assassination taken any root in the queen's mind at sight of the slumbering youth, she would, doubtless, have behaved as on a certain occasion at the time of the Babington conspiracy; when, walking in her garden, and being suddenly approached by one of the conspirators, and finding none of her guards within sight, she held the intruder in so intrepid a look that he shrank back--and the captain of her guard did not soon forget the rating she afterward gave him for that she had been left thus exposed.
rising
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From this reading Neither was it the possibility that the intruder might be another Capt. Thomas Leigh, who had been found lurking in the palace, near the door of the privy chamber, a day or two after the Essex rising, and had been subsequently put to death.
root
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From this reading Had a thought of assassination taken any root in the queen's mind at sight of the slumbering youth, she would, doubtless, have behaved as on a certain occasion at the time of the Babington conspiracy; when, walking in her garden, and being suddenly approached by one of the conspirators, and finding none of her guards within sight, she held the intruder in so intrepid a look that he shrank back--and the captain of her guard did not soon forget the rating she afterward gave him for that she had been left thus exposed.
shepronounUS /ʃiː/
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading --_Antony and Cleopatra._ Though Queen Elizabeth often swore at her ladies and her favorite lords, it is not to be supposed that she would ordinarily address a stranger in such terms as she used but now toward Master Marryott.[16] Nor was it the surprise of finding asleep in her garden a youth, wearing an apprentice's surcoat over a gentleman's velvet doublet,--for Hal had moved in his sleep so as to disclose part of the doublet,--and silken hose, that evoked so curt an expression.
shrank
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From this reading Had a thought of assassination taken any root in the queen's mind at sight of the slumbering youth, she would, doubtless, have behaved as on a certain occasion at the time of the Babington conspiracy; when, walking in her garden, and being suddenly approached by one of the conspirators, and finding none of her guards within sight, she held the intruder in so intrepid a look that he shrank back--and the captain of her guard did not soon forget the rating she afterward gave him for that she had been left thus exposed.
sight
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From this reading Had a thought of assassination taken any root in the queen's mind at sight of the slumbering youth, she would, doubtless, have behaved as on a certain occasion at the time of the Babington conspiracy; when, walking in her garden, and being suddenly approached by one of the conspirators, and finding none of her guards within sight, she held the intruder in so intrepid a look that he shrank back--and the captain of her guard did not soon forget the rating she afterward gave him for that she had been left thus exposed.
silken
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From this reading --_Antony and Cleopatra._ Though Queen Elizabeth often swore at her ladies and her favorite lords, it is not to be supposed that she would ordinarily address a stranger in such terms as she used but now toward Master Marryott.[16] Nor was it the surprise of finding asleep in her garden a youth, wearing an apprentice's surcoat over a gentleman's velvet doublet,--for Hal had moved in his sleep so as to disclose part of the doublet,--and silken hose, that evoked so curt an expression.
sleep
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From this reading --_Antony and Cleopatra._ Though Queen Elizabeth often swore at her ladies and her favorite lords, it is not to be supposed that she would ordinarily address a stranger in such terms as she used but now toward Master Marryott.[16] Nor was it the surprise of finding asleep in her garden a youth, wearing an apprentice's surcoat over a gentleman's velvet doublet,--for Hal had moved in his sleep so as to disclose part of the doublet,--and silken hose, that evoked so curt an expression.
slumbering
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From this reading Had a thought of assassination taken any root in the queen's mind at sight of the slumbering youth, she would, doubtless, have behaved as on a certain occasion at the time of the Babington conspiracy; when, walking in her garden, and being suddenly approached by one of the conspirators, and finding none of her guards within sight, she held the intruder in so intrepid a look that he shrank back--and the captain of her guard did not soon forget the rating she afterward gave him for that she had been left thus exposed.
soconjunctionUS /soʊ/
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading --_Antony and Cleopatra._ Though Queen Elizabeth often swore at her ladies and her favorite lords, it is not to be supposed that she would ordinarily address a stranger in such terms as she used but now toward Master Marryott.[16] Nor was it the surprise of finding asleep in her garden a youth, wearing an apprentice's surcoat over a gentleman's velvet doublet,--for Hal had moved in his sleep so as to disclose part of the doublet,--and silken hose, that evoked so curt an expression.
soon
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From this reading Had a thought of assassination taken any root in the queen's mind at sight of the slumbering youth, she would, doubtless, have behaved as on a certain occasion at the time of the Babington conspiracy; when, walking in her garden, and being suddenly approached by one of the conspirators, and finding none of her guards within sight, she held the intruder in so intrepid a look that he shrank back--and the captain of her guard did not soon forget the rating she afterward gave him for that she had been left thus exposed.
stranger
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From this reading --_Antony and Cleopatra._ Though Queen Elizabeth often swore at her ladies and her favorite lords, it is not to be supposed that she would ordinarily address a stranger in such terms as she used but now toward Master Marryott.[16] Nor was it the surprise of finding asleep in her garden a youth, wearing an apprentice's surcoat over a gentleman's velvet doublet,--for Hal had moved in his sleep so as to disclose part of the doublet,--and silken hose, that evoked so curt an expression.
subsequently
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From this reading Neither was it the possibility that the intruder might be another Capt. Thomas Leigh, who had been found lurking in the palace, near the door of the privy chamber, a day or two after the Essex rising, and had been subsequently put to death.
suchdeterminerUS /sʌtʃ/
of the kind already mentioned
From this reading "And commanded By such poor passion as the maid that milks."
suddenlynounUS /ˈsuddenly/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading Had a thought of assassination taken any root in the queen's mind at sight of the slumbering youth, she would, doubtless, have behaved as on a certain occasion at the time of the Babington conspiracy; when, walking in her garden, and being suddenly approached by one of the conspirators, and finding none of her guards within sight, she held the intruder in so intrepid a look that he shrank back--and the captain of her guard did not soon forget the rating she afterward gave him for that she had been left thus exposed.
supposed
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From this reading --_Antony and Cleopatra._ Though Queen Elizabeth often swore at her ladies and her favorite lords, it is not to be supposed that she would ordinarily address a stranger in such terms as she used but now toward Master Marryott.[16] Nor was it the surprise of finding asleep in her garden a youth, wearing an apprentice's surcoat over a gentleman's velvet doublet,--for Hal had moved in his sleep so as to disclose part of the doublet,--and silken hose, that evoked so curt an expression.
surcoat
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From this reading --_Antony and Cleopatra._ Though Queen Elizabeth often swore at her ladies and her favorite lords, it is not to be supposed that she would ordinarily address a stranger in such terms as she used but now toward Master Marryott.[16] Nor was it the surprise of finding asleep in her garden a youth, wearing an apprentice's surcoat over a gentleman's velvet doublet,--for Hal had moved in his sleep so as to disclose part of the doublet,--and silken hose, that evoked so curt an expression.
surprise
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From this reading --_Antony and Cleopatra._ Though Queen Elizabeth often swore at her ladies and her favorite lords, it is not to be supposed that she would ordinarily address a stranger in such terms as she used but now toward Master Marryott.[16] Nor was it the surprise of finding asleep in her garden a youth, wearing an apprentice's surcoat over a gentleman's velvet doublet,--for Hal had moved in his sleep so as to disclose part of the doublet,--and silken hose, that evoked so curt an expression.
swore
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From this reading --_Antony and Cleopatra._ Though Queen Elizabeth often swore at her ladies and her favorite lords, it is not to be supposed that she would ordinarily address a stranger in such terms as she used but now toward Master Marryott.[16] Nor was it the surprise of finding asleep in her garden a youth, wearing an apprentice's surcoat over a gentleman's velvet doublet,--for Hal had moved in his sleep so as to disclose part of the doublet,--and silken hose, that evoked so curt an expression.
taken
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From this reading Had a thought of assassination taken any root in the queen's mind at sight of the slumbering youth, she would, doubtless, have behaved as on a certain occasion at the time of the Babington conspiracy; when, walking in her garden, and being suddenly approached by one of the conspirators, and finding none of her guards within sight, she held the intruder in so intrepid a look that he shrank back--and the captain of her guard did not soon forget the rating she afterward gave him for that she had been left thus exposed.
terms
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From this reading --_Antony and Cleopatra._ Though Queen Elizabeth often swore at her ladies and her favorite lords, it is not to be supposed that she would ordinarily address a stranger in such terms as she used but now toward Master Marryott.[16] Nor was it the surprise of finding asleep in her garden a youth, wearing an apprentice's surcoat over a gentleman's velvet doublet,--for Hal had moved in his sleep so as to disclose part of the doublet,--and silken hose, that evoked so curt an expression.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading "And commanded By such poor passion as the maid that milks."
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading "And commanded By such poor passion as the maid that milks."
Thomas
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From this reading Neither was it the possibility that the intruder might be another Capt. Thomas Leigh, who had been found lurking in the palace, near the door of the privy chamber, a day or two after the Essex rising, and had been subsequently put to death.
ThoughconjunctionUS /ðoʊ/
in spite of the fact that
From this reading --_Antony and Cleopatra._ Though Queen Elizabeth often swore at her ladies and her favorite lords, it is not to be supposed that she would ordinarily address a stranger in such terms as she used but now toward Master Marryott.[16] Nor was it the surprise of finding asleep in her garden a youth, wearing an apprentice's surcoat over a gentleman's velvet doublet,--for Hal had moved in his sleep so as to disclose part of the doublet,--and silken hose, that evoked so curt an expression.
thoughtnounUS /thought/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Had a thought of assassination taken any root in the queen's mind at sight of the slumbering youth, she would, doubtless, have behaved as on a certain occasion at the time of the Babington conspiracy; when, walking in her garden, and being suddenly approached by one of the conspirators, and finding none of her guards within sight, she held the intruder in so intrepid a look that he shrank back--and the captain of her guard did not soon forget the rating she afterward gave him for that she had been left thus exposed.
thus
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From this reading Had a thought of assassination taken any root in the queen's mind at sight of the slumbering youth, she would, doubtless, have behaved as on a certain occasion at the time of the Babington conspiracy; when, walking in her garden, and being suddenly approached by one of the conspirators, and finding none of her guards within sight, she held the intruder in so intrepid a look that he shrank back--and the captain of her guard did not soon forget the rating she afterward gave him for that she had been left thus exposed.
timenounUS /time/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Had a thought of assassination taken any root in the queen's mind at sight of the slumbering youth, she would, doubtless, have behaved as on a certain occasion at the time of the Babington conspiracy; when, walking in her garden, and being suddenly approached by one of the conspirators, and finding none of her guards within sight, she held the intruder in so intrepid a look that he shrank back--and the captain of her guard did not soon forget the rating she afterward gave him for that she had been left thus exposed.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading --_Antony and Cleopatra._ Though Queen Elizabeth often swore at her ladies and her favorite lords, it is not to be supposed that she would ordinarily address a stranger in such terms as she used but now toward Master Marryott.[16] Nor was it the surprise of finding asleep in her garden a youth, wearing an apprentice's surcoat over a gentleman's velvet doublet,--for Hal had moved in his sleep so as to disclose part of the doublet,--and silken hose, that evoked so curt an expression.
towardprepositionUS /təˈwɔːrd/
in the direction of
From this reading --_Antony and Cleopatra._ Though Queen Elizabeth often swore at her ladies and her favorite lords, it is not to be supposed that she would ordinarily address a stranger in such terms as she used but now toward Master Marryott.[16] Nor was it the surprise of finding asleep in her garden a youth, wearing an apprentice's surcoat over a gentleman's velvet doublet,--for Hal had moved in his sleep so as to disclose part of the doublet,--and silken hose, that evoked so curt an expression.
two
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From this reading Neither was it the possibility that the intruder might be another Capt. Thomas Leigh, who had been found lurking in the palace, near the door of the privy chamber, a day or two after the Essex rising, and had been subsequently put to death.
used
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From this reading --_Antony and Cleopatra._ Though Queen Elizabeth often swore at her ladies and her favorite lords, it is not to be supposed that she would ordinarily address a stranger in such terms as she used but now toward Master Marryott.[16] Nor was it the surprise of finding asleep in her garden a youth, wearing an apprentice's surcoat over a gentleman's velvet doublet,--for Hal had moved in his sleep so as to disclose part of the doublet,--and silken hose, that evoked so curt an expression.
velvet
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From this reading --_Antony and Cleopatra._ Though Queen Elizabeth often swore at her ladies and her favorite lords, it is not to be supposed that she would ordinarily address a stranger in such terms as she used but now toward Master Marryott.[16] Nor was it the surprise of finding asleep in her garden a youth, wearing an apprentice's surcoat over a gentleman's velvet doublet,--for Hal had moved in his sleep so as to disclose part of the doublet,--and silken hose, that evoked so curt an expression.
walking
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From this reading Had a thought of assassination taken any root in the queen's mind at sight of the slumbering youth, she would, doubtless, have behaved as on a certain occasion at the time of the Babington conspiracy; when, walking in her garden, and being suddenly approached by one of the conspirators, and finding none of her guards within sight, she held the intruder in so intrepid a look that he shrank back--and the captain of her guard did not soon forget the rating she afterward gave him for that she had been left thus exposed.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading --_Antony and Cleopatra._ Though Queen Elizabeth often swore at her ladies and her favorite lords, it is not to be supposed that she would ordinarily address a stranger in such terms as she used but now toward Master Marryott.[16] Nor was it the surprise of finding asleep in her garden a youth, wearing an apprentice's surcoat over a gentleman's velvet doublet,--for Hal had moved in his sleep so as to disclose part of the doublet,--and silken hose, that evoked so curt an expression.
wearing
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From this reading --_Antony and Cleopatra._ Though Queen Elizabeth often swore at her ladies and her favorite lords, it is not to be supposed that she would ordinarily address a stranger in such terms as she used but now toward Master Marryott.[16] Nor was it the surprise of finding asleep in her garden a youth, wearing an apprentice's surcoat over a gentleman's velvet doublet,--for Hal had moved in his sleep so as to disclose part of the doublet,--and silken hose, that evoked so curt an expression.
whenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading Had a thought of assassination taken any root in the queen's mind at sight of the slumbering youth, she would, doubtless, have behaved as on a certain occasion at the time of the Babington conspiracy; when, walking in her garden, and being suddenly approached by one of the conspirators, and finding none of her guards within sight, she held the intruder in so intrepid a look that he shrank back--and the captain of her guard did not soon forget the rating she afterward gave him for that she had been left thus exposed.
whopronounUS /huː/
which person or people
From this reading Neither was it the possibility that the intruder might be another Capt. Thomas Leigh, who had been found lurking in the palace, near the door of the privy chamber, a day or two after the Essex rising, and had been subsequently put to death.
withinprepositionUS /wɪˈðɪn/
inside; before a period of time has passed
From this reading Had a thought of assassination taken any root in the queen's mind at sight of the slumbering youth, she would, doubtless, have behaved as on a certain occasion at the time of the Babington conspiracy; when, walking in her garden, and being suddenly approached by one of the conspirators, and finding none of her guards within sight, she held the intruder in so intrepid a look that he shrank back--and the captain of her guard did not soon forget the rating she afterward gave him for that she had been left thus exposed.
WOMAN
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From this reading QUEEN AND WOMAN.
wouldmodal verbUS /wʊd/
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading --_Antony and Cleopatra._ Though Queen Elizabeth often swore at her ladies and her favorite lords, it is not to be supposed that she would ordinarily address a stranger in such terms as she used but now toward Master Marryott.[16] Nor was it the surprise of finding asleep in her garden a youth, wearing an apprentice's surcoat over a gentleman's velvet doublet,--for Hal had moved in his sleep so as to disclose part of the doublet,--and silken hose, that evoked so curt an expression.
youth
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From this reading --_Antony and Cleopatra._ Though Queen Elizabeth often swore at her ladies and her favorite lords, it is not to be supposed that she would ordinarily address a stranger in such terms as she used but now toward Master Marryott.[16] Nor was it the surprise of finding asleep in her garden a youth, wearing an apprentice's surcoat over a gentleman's velvet doublet,--for Hal had moved in his sleep so as to disclose part of the doublet,--and silken hose, that evoked so curt an expression.
