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I made no attempt either to explain or to criticise this extraordinary passage. It’s enough that I yielded for the hour to the strange force of my friend’s emotion. On the whole I think my own vision was the more interesting of the two. He beheld but the transient irresponsible spectre--I beheld the human subject hot from the spectral presence. Yet I soon recovered my judgement sufficiently to be moved again to try to guard him against the results of excitement and exposure.
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an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Yet I soon recovered my judgement sufficiently to be moved again to try to guard him against the results of excitement and exposure.”
touching and pressing; in opposition to
From this reading “Yet I soon recovered my judgement sufficiently to be moved again to try to guard him against the results of excitement and exposure.”
one or the other of two
From this reading “I made no attempt either to explain or to criticise this extraordinary passage.”
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading “I made no attempt either to explain or to criticise this extraordinary passage.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Yet I soon recovered my judgement sufficiently to be moved again to try to guard him against the results of excitement and exposure.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “On the whole I think my own vision was the more interesting of the two.”
but in spite of that
From this reading “Yet I soon recovered my judgement sufficiently to be moved again to try to guard him against the results of excitement and exposure.”
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an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Yet I soon recovered my judgement sufficiently to be moved again to try to guard him against the results of excitement and exposure.
touching and pressing; in opposition to
From this reading Yet I soon recovered my judgement sufficiently to be moved again to try to guard him against the results of excitement and exposure.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Yet I soon recovered my judgement sufficiently to be moved again to try to guard him against the results of excitement and exposure.
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From this reading I made no attempt either to explain or to criticise this extraordinary passage.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading Yet I soon recovered my judgement sufficiently to be moved again to try to guard him against the results of excitement and exposure.
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From this reading He beheld but the transient irresponsible spectre--I beheld the human subject hot from the spectral presence.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading He beheld but the transient irresponsible spectre--I beheld the human subject hot from the spectral presence.
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From this reading I made no attempt either to explain or to criticise this extraordinary passage.
one or the other of two
From this reading I made no attempt either to explain or to criticise this extraordinary passage.
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From this reading It’s enough that I yielded for the hour to the strange force of my friend’s emotion.
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From this reading It’s enough that I yielded for the hour to the strange force of my friend’s emotion.
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From this reading Yet I soon recovered my judgement sufficiently to be moved again to try to guard him against the results of excitement and exposure.
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From this reading I made no attempt either to explain or to criticise this extraordinary passage.
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From this reading Yet I soon recovered my judgement sufficiently to be moved again to try to guard him against the results of excitement and exposure.
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From this reading I made no attempt either to explain or to criticise this extraordinary passage.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading It’s enough that I yielded for the hour to the strange force of my friend’s emotion.
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From this reading It’s enough that I yielded for the hour to the strange force of my friend’s emotion.
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From this reading It’s enough that I yielded for the hour to the strange force of my friend’s emotion.
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading He beheld but the transient irresponsible spectre--I beheld the human subject hot from the spectral presence.
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From this reading Yet I soon recovered my judgement sufficiently to be moved again to try to guard him against the results of excitement and exposure.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading He beheld but the transient irresponsible spectre--I beheld the human subject hot from the spectral presence.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Yet I soon recovered my judgement sufficiently to be moved again to try to guard him against the results of excitement and exposure.
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From this reading He beheld but the transient irresponsible spectre--I beheld the human subject hot from the spectral presence.
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From this reading It’s enough that I yielded for the hour to the strange force of my friend’s emotion.
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From this reading He beheld but the transient irresponsible spectre--I beheld the human subject hot from the spectral presence.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I made no attempt either to explain or to criticise this extraordinary passage.
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From this reading On the whole I think my own vision was the more interesting of the two.
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From this reading He beheld but the transient irresponsible spectre--I beheld the human subject hot from the spectral presence.
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From this reading It’s enough that I yielded for the hour to the strange force of my friend’s emotion.
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From this reading Yet I soon recovered my judgement sufficiently to be moved again to try to guard him against the results of excitement and exposure.
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From this reading I made no attempt either to explain or to criticise this extraordinary passage.
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From this reading On the whole I think my own vision was the more interesting of the two.
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From this reading Yet I soon recovered my judgement sufficiently to be moved again to try to guard him against the results of excitement and exposure.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading It’s enough that I yielded for the hour to the strange force of my friend’s emotion.
not any; not one
From this reading I made no attempt either to explain or to criticise this extraordinary passage.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading It’s enough that I yielded for the hour to the strange force of my friend’s emotion.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading On the whole I think my own vision was the more interesting of the two.
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading I made no attempt either to explain or to criticise this extraordinary passage.
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From this reading On the whole I think my own vision was the more interesting of the two.
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading I made no attempt either to explain or to criticise this extraordinary passage.
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From this reading He beheld but the transient irresponsible spectre--I beheld the human subject hot from the spectral presence.
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From this reading Yet I soon recovered my judgement sufficiently to be moved again to try to guard him against the results of excitement and exposure.
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From this reading Yet I soon recovered my judgement sufficiently to be moved again to try to guard him against the results of excitement and exposure.
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From this reading Yet I soon recovered my judgement sufficiently to be moved again to try to guard him against the results of excitement and exposure.
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From this reading He beheld but the transient irresponsible spectre--I beheld the human subject hot from the spectral presence.
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From this reading He beheld but the transient irresponsible spectre--I beheld the human subject hot from the spectral presence.
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From this reading It’s enough that I yielded for the hour to the strange force of my friend’s emotion.
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From this reading He beheld but the transient irresponsible spectre--I beheld the human subject hot from the spectral presence.
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From this reading Yet I soon recovered my judgement sufficiently to be moved again to try to guard him against the results of excitement and exposure.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading It’s enough that I yielded for the hour to the strange force of my friend’s emotion.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading It’s enough that I yielded for the hour to the strange force of my friend’s emotion.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading On the whole I think my own vision was the more interesting of the two.
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading I made no attempt either to explain or to criticise this extraordinary passage.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading I made no attempt either to explain or to criticise this extraordinary passage.
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From this reading He beheld but the transient irresponsible spectre--I beheld the human subject hot from the spectral presence.
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From this reading Yet I soon recovered my judgement sufficiently to be moved again to try to guard him against the results of excitement and exposure.
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From this reading On the whole I think my own vision was the more interesting of the two.
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From this reading On the whole I think my own vision was the more interesting of the two.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading On the whole I think my own vision was the more interesting of the two.
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From this reading On the whole I think my own vision was the more interesting of the two.
but in spite of that
From this reading Yet I soon recovered my judgement sufficiently to be moved again to try to guard him against the results of excitement and exposure.
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From this reading It’s enough that I yielded for the hour to the strange force of my friend’s emotion.
