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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 For one thing there was plenty of time to think; and for another the expiatory mill had a chance to grind out a goodly grist of conclusions.
abandonment
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From this reading Now a fine scorn of obstacles was another of the lessons learned in the hard school of abandonment, and Brant set his teeth on a doughty resolution to override them in the race for retrieval, as he had overridden them in the mad gallop pitward.
altogether
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From this reading It was dull work, but not altogether profitless.
amendment
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From this reading The first of these was that there were going to be more obstacles in the way to amendment than those interposed by an uncharitable world; that apart from the sharp fight on the firing line, he was likely to have trouble with an insubordinate garrison.
andeterminerUS /æn/
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading “THE WRECK OF THE HESPERUS” HAVING set himself to expiate his fault, Brant wore out the day in the smoking compartment in comfortless solitude, doing penance by limiting himself to one cigar an hour.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading For one thing there was plenty of time to think; and for another the expiatory mill had a chance to grind out a goodly grist of conclusions.
anothernounUS /ˈanother/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading For one thing there was plenty of time to think; and for another the expiatory mill had a chance to grind out a goodly grist of conclusions.
apart
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From this reading The first of these was that there were going to be more obstacles in the way to amendment than those interposed by an uncharitable world; that apart from the sharp fight on the firing line, he was likely to have trouble with an insubordinate garrison.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading Now a fine scorn of obstacles was another of the lessons learned in the hard school of abandonment, and Brant set his teeth on a doughty resolution to override them in the race for retrieval, as he had overridden them in the mad gallop pitward.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading The first of these was that there were going to be more obstacles in the way to amendment than those interposed by an uncharitable world; that apart from the sharp fight on the firing line, he was likely to have trouble with an insubordinate garrison.
Brant
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From this reading “THE WRECK OF THE HESPERUS” HAVING set himself to expiate his fault, Brant wore out the day in the smoking compartment in comfortless solitude, doing penance by limiting himself to one cigar an hour.
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading It was dull work, but not altogether profitless.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading “THE WRECK OF THE HESPERUS” HAVING set himself to expiate his fault, Brant wore out the day in the smoking compartment in comfortless solitude, doing penance by limiting himself to one cigar an hour.
chance
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From this reading For one thing there was plenty of time to think; and for another the expiatory mill had a chance to grind out a goodly grist of conclusions.
cigar
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From this reading “THE WRECK OF THE HESPERUS” HAVING set himself to expiate his fault, Brant wore out the day in the smoking compartment in comfortless solitude, doing penance by limiting himself to one cigar an hour.
comfortless
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From this reading “THE WRECK OF THE HESPERUS” HAVING set himself to expiate his fault, Brant wore out the day in the smoking compartment in comfortless solitude, doing penance by limiting himself to one cigar an hour.
compartment
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From this reading “THE WRECK OF THE HESPERUS” HAVING set himself to expiate his fault, Brant wore out the day in the smoking compartment in comfortless solitude, doing penance by limiting himself to one cigar an hour.
conclusions
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From this reading For one thing there was plenty of time to think; and for another the expiatory mill had a chance to grind out a goodly grist of conclusions.
day
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From this reading “THE WRECK OF THE HESPERUS” HAVING set himself to expiate his fault, Brant wore out the day in the smoking compartment in comfortless solitude, doing penance by limiting himself to one cigar an hour.
doing
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From this reading “THE WRECK OF THE HESPERUS” HAVING set himself to expiate his fault, Brant wore out the day in the smoking compartment in comfortless solitude, doing penance by limiting himself to one cigar an hour.
doughty
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From this reading Now a fine scorn of obstacles was another of the lessons learned in the hard school of abandonment, and Brant set his teeth on a doughty resolution to override them in the race for retrieval, as he had overridden them in the mad gallop pitward.
dull
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From this reading It was dull work, but not altogether profitless.
expiate
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From this reading “THE WRECK OF THE HESPERUS” HAVING set himself to expiate his fault, Brant wore out the day in the smoking compartment in comfortless solitude, doing penance by limiting himself to one cigar an hour.
expiatory
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From this reading For one thing there was plenty of time to think; and for another the expiatory mill had a chance to grind out a goodly grist of conclusions.
fault
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From this reading “THE WRECK OF THE HESPERUS” HAVING set himself to expiate his fault, Brant wore out the day in the smoking compartment in comfortless solitude, doing penance by limiting himself to one cigar an hour.
fight
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From this reading The first of these was that there were going to be more obstacles in the way to amendment than those interposed by an uncharitable world; that apart from the sharp fight on the firing line, he was likely to have trouble with an insubordinate garrison.
finenounUS /fine/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Now a fine scorn of obstacles was another of the lessons learned in the hard school of abandonment, and Brant set his teeth on a doughty resolution to override them in the race for retrieval, as he had overridden them in the mad gallop pitward.
firing
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From this reading The first of these was that there were going to be more obstacles in the way to amendment than those interposed by an uncharitable world; that apart from the sharp fight on the firing line, he was likely to have trouble with an insubordinate garrison.
firstnounUS /first/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The first of these was that there were going to be more obstacles in the way to amendment than those interposed by an uncharitable world; that apart from the sharp fight on the firing line, he was likely to have trouble with an insubordinate garrison.
ForprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading For one thing there was plenty of time to think; and for another the expiatory mill had a chance to grind out a goodly grist of conclusions.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading The first of these was that there were going to be more obstacles in the way to amendment than those interposed by an uncharitable world; that apart from the sharp fight on the firing line, he was likely to have trouble with an insubordinate garrison.
gallop
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From this reading Now a fine scorn of obstacles was another of the lessons learned in the hard school of abandonment, and Brant set his teeth on a doughty resolution to override them in the race for retrieval, as he had overridden them in the mad gallop pitward.
garrisonnounUS /ˈɡærəsən/
a group stationed to defend a place
From this reading The first of these was that there were going to be more obstacles in the way to amendment than those interposed by an uncharitable world; that apart from the sharp fight on the firing line, he was likely to have trouble with an insubordinate garrison.
going
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From this reading The first of these was that there were going to be more obstacles in the way to amendment than those interposed by an uncharitable world; that apart from the sharp fight on the firing line, he was likely to have trouble with an insubordinate garrison.
goodly
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From this reading For one thing there was plenty of time to think; and for another the expiatory mill had a chance to grind out a goodly grist of conclusions.
grind
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From this reading For one thing there was plenty of time to think; and for another the expiatory mill had a chance to grind out a goodly grist of conclusions.
grist
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From this reading For one thing there was plenty of time to think; and for another the expiatory mill had a chance to grind out a goodly grist of conclusions.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading For one thing there was plenty of time to think; and for another the expiatory mill had a chance to grind out a goodly grist of conclusions.
hard
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From this reading Now a fine scorn of obstacles was another of the lessons learned in the hard school of abandonment, and Brant set his teeth on a doughty resolution to override them in the race for retrieval, as he had overridden them in the mad gallop pitward.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading The first of these was that there were going to be more obstacles in the way to amendment than those interposed by an uncharitable world; that apart from the sharp fight on the firing line, he was likely to have trouble with an insubordinate garrison.
HAVINGauxiliary verbUS /ˈhævɪŋ/
the -ing form of “have”
From this reading “THE WRECK OF THE HESPERUS” HAVING set himself to expiate his fault, Brant wore out the day in the smoking compartment in comfortless solitude, doing penance by limiting himself to one cigar an hour.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading The first of these was that there were going to be more obstacles in the way to amendment than those interposed by an uncharitable world; that apart from the sharp fight on the firing line, he was likely to have trouble with an insubordinate garrison.
HESPERUS
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From this reading “THE WRECK OF THE HESPERUS” HAVING set himself to expiate his fault, Brant wore out the day in the smoking compartment in comfortless solitude, doing penance by limiting himself to one cigar an hour.
himselfpronounUS /hɪmˈself/
used when the man or boy doing the action is also its object
From this reading “THE WRECK OF THE HESPERUS” HAVING set himself to expiate his fault, Brant wore out the day in the smoking compartment in comfortless solitude, doing penance by limiting himself to one cigar an hour.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading “THE WRECK OF THE HESPERUS” HAVING set himself to expiate his fault, Brant wore out the day in the smoking compartment in comfortless solitude, doing penance by limiting himself to one cigar an hour.
hour
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From this reading “THE WRECK OF THE HESPERUS” HAVING set himself to expiate his fault, Brant wore out the day in the smoking compartment in comfortless solitude, doing penance by limiting himself to one cigar an hour.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading “THE WRECK OF THE HESPERUS” HAVING set himself to expiate his fault, Brant wore out the day in the smoking compartment in comfortless solitude, doing penance by limiting himself to one cigar an hour.
insubordinate
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From this reading The first of these was that there were going to be more obstacles in the way to amendment than those interposed by an uncharitable world; that apart from the sharp fight on the firing line, he was likely to have trouble with an insubordinate garrison.
interposed
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From this reading The first of these was that there were going to be more obstacles in the way to amendment than those interposed by an uncharitable world; that apart from the sharp fight on the firing line, he was likely to have trouble with an insubordinate garrison.
ItpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It was dull work, but not altogether profitless.
learned
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From this reading Now a fine scorn of obstacles was another of the lessons learned in the hard school of abandonment, and Brant set his teeth on a doughty resolution to override them in the race for retrieval, as he had overridden them in the mad gallop pitward.
lessons
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From this reading Now a fine scorn of obstacles was another of the lessons learned in the hard school of abandonment, and Brant set his teeth on a doughty resolution to override them in the race for retrieval, as he had overridden them in the mad gallop pitward.
likely
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From this reading The first of these was that there were going to be more obstacles in the way to amendment than those interposed by an uncharitable world; that apart from the sharp fight on the firing line, he was likely to have trouble with an insubordinate garrison.
limiting
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From this reading “THE WRECK OF THE HESPERUS” HAVING set himself to expiate his fault, Brant wore out the day in the smoking compartment in comfortless solitude, doing penance by limiting himself to one cigar an hour.
line
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From this reading The first of these was that there were going to be more obstacles in the way to amendment than those interposed by an uncharitable world; that apart from the sharp fight on the firing line, he was likely to have trouble with an insubordinate garrison.
mad
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From this reading Now a fine scorn of obstacles was another of the lessons learned in the hard school of abandonment, and Brant set his teeth on a doughty resolution to override them in the race for retrieval, as he had overridden them in the mad gallop pitward.
mill
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From this reading For one thing there was plenty of time to think; and for another the expiatory mill had a chance to grind out a goodly grist of conclusions.
more
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From this reading The first of these was that there were going to be more obstacles in the way to amendment than those interposed by an uncharitable world; that apart from the sharp fight on the firing line, he was likely to have trouble with an insubordinate garrison.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading It was dull work, but not altogether profitless.
Now
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From this reading Now a fine scorn of obstacles was another of the lessons learned in the hard school of abandonment, and Brant set his teeth on a doughty resolution to override them in the race for retrieval, as he had overridden them in the mad gallop pitward.
obstacles
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From this reading The first of these was that there were going to be more obstacles in the way to amendment than those interposed by an uncharitable world; that apart from the sharp fight on the firing line, he was likely to have trouble with an insubordinate garrison.
OFprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading “THE WRECK OF THE HESPERUS” HAVING set himself to expiate his fault, Brant wore out the day in the smoking compartment in comfortless solitude, doing penance by limiting himself to one cigar an hour.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading The first of these was that there were going to be more obstacles in the way to amendment than those interposed by an uncharitable world; that apart from the sharp fight on the firing line, he was likely to have trouble with an insubordinate garrison.
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading “THE WRECK OF THE HESPERUS” HAVING set himself to expiate his fault, Brant wore out the day in the smoking compartment in comfortless solitude, doing penance by limiting himself to one cigar an hour.
out
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From this reading “THE WRECK OF THE HESPERUS” HAVING set himself to expiate his fault, Brant wore out the day in the smoking compartment in comfortless solitude, doing penance by limiting himself to one cigar an hour.
overridden
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From this reading Now a fine scorn of obstacles was another of the lessons learned in the hard school of abandonment, and Brant set his teeth on a doughty resolution to override them in the race for retrieval, as he had overridden them in the mad gallop pitward.
override
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From this reading Now a fine scorn of obstacles was another of the lessons learned in the hard school of abandonment, and Brant set his teeth on a doughty resolution to override them in the race for retrieval, as he had overridden them in the mad gallop pitward.
penance
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From this reading “THE WRECK OF THE HESPERUS” HAVING set himself to expiate his fault, Brant wore out the day in the smoking compartment in comfortless solitude, doing penance by limiting himself to one cigar an hour.
pitward
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From this reading Now a fine scorn of obstacles was another of the lessons learned in the hard school of abandonment, and Brant set his teeth on a doughty resolution to override them in the race for retrieval, as he had overridden them in the mad gallop pitward.
plenty
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From this reading For one thing there was plenty of time to think; and for another the expiatory mill had a chance to grind out a goodly grist of conclusions.
profitless
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From this reading It was dull work, but not altogether profitless.
race
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From this reading Now a fine scorn of obstacles was another of the lessons learned in the hard school of abandonment, and Brant set his teeth on a doughty resolution to override them in the race for retrieval, as he had overridden them in the mad gallop pitward.
resolution
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From this reading Now a fine scorn of obstacles was another of the lessons learned in the hard school of abandonment, and Brant set his teeth on a doughty resolution to override them in the race for retrieval, as he had overridden them in the mad gallop pitward.
retrieval
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From this reading Now a fine scorn of obstacles was another of the lessons learned in the hard school of abandonment, and Brant set his teeth on a doughty resolution to override them in the race for retrieval, as he had overridden them in the mad gallop pitward.
school
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From this reading Now a fine scorn of obstacles was another of the lessons learned in the hard school of abandonment, and Brant set his teeth on a doughty resolution to override them in the race for retrieval, as he had overridden them in the mad gallop pitward.
scorn
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From this reading Now a fine scorn of obstacles was another of the lessons learned in the hard school of abandonment, and Brant set his teeth on a doughty resolution to override them in the race for retrieval, as he had overridden them in the mad gallop pitward.
set
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From this reading “THE WRECK OF THE HESPERUS” HAVING set himself to expiate his fault, Brant wore out the day in the smoking compartment in comfortless solitude, doing penance by limiting himself to one cigar an hour.
sharp
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From this reading The first of these was that there were going to be more obstacles in the way to amendment than those interposed by an uncharitable world; that apart from the sharp fight on the firing line, he was likely to have trouble with an insubordinate garrison.
smokingnounUS /ˈsmoking/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading “THE WRECK OF THE HESPERUS” HAVING set himself to expiate his fault, Brant wore out the day in the smoking compartment in comfortless solitude, doing penance by limiting himself to one cigar an hour.
solitude
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From this reading “THE WRECK OF THE HESPERUS” HAVING set himself to expiate his fault, Brant wore out the day in the smoking compartment in comfortless solitude, doing penance by limiting himself to one cigar an hour.
teeth
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From this reading Now a fine scorn of obstacles was another of the lessons learned in the hard school of abandonment, and Brant set his teeth on a doughty resolution to override them in the race for retrieval, as he had overridden them in the mad gallop pitward.
thanconjunctionUS /ðæn/
used to introduce the second part of a comparison
From this reading The first of these was that there were going to be more obstacles in the way to amendment than those interposed by an uncharitable world; that apart from the sharp fight on the firing line, he was likely to have trouble with an insubordinate garrison.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading The first of these was that there were going to be more obstacles in the way to amendment than those interposed by an uncharitable world; that apart from the sharp fight on the firing line, he was likely to have trouble with an insubordinate garrison.
THEdeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading “THE WRECK OF THE HESPERUS” HAVING set himself to expiate his fault, Brant wore out the day in the smoking compartment in comfortless solitude, doing penance by limiting himself to one cigar an hour.
thempronounUS /ðem/
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading Now a fine scorn of obstacles was another of the lessons learned in the hard school of abandonment, and Brant set his teeth on a doughty resolution to override them in the race for retrieval, as he had overridden them in the mad gallop pitward.
there
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From this reading For one thing there was plenty of time to think; and for another the expiatory mill had a chance to grind out a goodly grist of conclusions.
thesedeterminerUS /ðiːz/
the plural of “this”: the people or things near, or just mentioned
From this reading The first of these was that there were going to be more obstacles in the way to amendment than those interposed by an uncharitable world; that apart from the sharp fight on the firing line, he was likely to have trouble with an insubordinate garrison.
thingnounUS /thing/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading For one thing there was plenty of time to think; and for another the expiatory mill had a chance to grind out a goodly grist of conclusions.
thinknounUS /think/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading For one thing there was plenty of time to think; and for another the expiatory mill had a chance to grind out a goodly grist of conclusions.
thosedeterminerUS /ðoʊz/
the plural of “that”: the people or things further away, or already known
From this reading The first of these was that there were going to be more obstacles in the way to amendment than those interposed by an uncharitable world; that apart from the sharp fight on the firing line, he was likely to have trouble with an insubordinate garrison.
timenounUS /time/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading For one thing there was plenty of time to think; and for another the expiatory mill had a chance to grind out a goodly grist of conclusions.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading “THE WRECK OF THE HESPERUS” HAVING set himself to expiate his fault, Brant wore out the day in the smoking compartment in comfortless solitude, doing penance by limiting himself to one cigar an hour.
trouble
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From this reading The first of these was that there were going to be more obstacles in the way to amendment than those interposed by an uncharitable world; that apart from the sharp fight on the firing line, he was likely to have trouble with an insubordinate garrison.
uncharitable
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From this reading The first of these was that there were going to be more obstacles in the way to amendment than those interposed by an uncharitable world; that apart from the sharp fight on the firing line, he was likely to have trouble with an insubordinate garrison.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading It was dull work, but not altogether profitless.
way
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From this reading The first of these was that there were going to be more obstacles in the way to amendment than those interposed by an uncharitable world; that apart from the sharp fight on the firing line, he was likely to have trouble with an insubordinate garrison.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading The first of these was that there were going to be more obstacles in the way to amendment than those interposed by an uncharitable world; that apart from the sharp fight on the firing line, he was likely to have trouble with an insubordinate garrison.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading The first of these was that there were going to be more obstacles in the way to amendment than those interposed by an uncharitable world; that apart from the sharp fight on the firing line, he was likely to have trouble with an insubordinate garrison.
wore
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From this reading “THE WRECK OF THE HESPERUS” HAVING set himself to expiate his fault, Brant wore out the day in the smoking compartment in comfortless solitude, doing penance by limiting himself to one cigar an hour.
work
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From this reading It was dull work, but not altogether profitless.
world
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From this reading The first of these was that there were going to be more obstacles in the way to amendment than those interposed by an uncharitable world; that apart from the sharp fight on the firing line, he was likely to have trouble with an insubordinate garrison.
WRECK
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From this reading “THE WRECK OF THE HESPERUS” HAVING set himself to expiate his fault, Brant wore out the day in the smoking compartment in comfortless solitude, doing penance by limiting himself to one cigar an hour.
