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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 A VARIETY SHOW The Majesty of the Law--nay, in theory at least, the Majesty of England--sat enthroned at Raylesbury.
account
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From this reading Beyond him the Chaplain, smooth-faced, ruddy, rather severe, in gown and cassock of silk so fine and stiff as to seem capable of standing up straight on its own account, even if His Reverence chanced not to be inside.
afterprepositionUS /ˈæftər/
later than; following
From this reading On his right the High Sheriff, splendid also in Deputy-Lieutenant's uniform, but bored, sleepy after a good lunch, and half-stifled by sitting indoors all day in bad air, instead of agreeably killing something under the open vault of Heaven.
agreeably
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From this reading On his right the High Sheriff, splendid also in Deputy-Lieutenant's uniform, but bored, sleepy after a good lunch, and half-stifled by sitting indoors all day in bad air, instead of agreeably killing something under the open vault of Heaven.
air
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From this reading On his right the High Sheriff, splendid also in Deputy-Lieutenant's uniform, but bored, sleepy after a good lunch, and half-stifled by sitting indoors all day in bad air, instead of agreeably killing something under the open vault of Heaven.
all
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From this reading On his right the High Sheriff, splendid also in Deputy-Lieutenant's uniform, but bored, sleepy after a good lunch, and half-stifled by sitting indoors all day in bad air, instead of agreeably killing something under the open vault of Heaven.
also
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From this reading On his right the High Sheriff, splendid also in Deputy-Lieutenant's uniform, but bored, sleepy after a good lunch, and half-stifled by sitting indoors all day in bad air, instead of agreeably killing something under the open vault of Heaven.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading In the big chair in the centre the Honourable Sir Christopher Lance, in his newly powdered wig and his scarlet robes--the "Red Judge" whose splendour solaces (so it is said) even the prisoners with a sense of their own importance.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading Beyond him the Chaplain, smooth-faced, ruddy, rather severe, in gown and cassock of silk so fine and stiff as to seem capable of standing up straight on its own account, even if His Reverence chanced not to be inside.
assistance
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From this reading At the end, the Under-Sheriff, unobtrusively ready to come to his Chief's assistance.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading A VARIETY SHOW The Majesty of the Law--nay, in theory at least, the Majesty of England--sat enthroned at Raylesbury.
bad
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From this reading On his right the High Sheriff, splendid also in Deputy-Lieutenant's uniform, but bored, sleepy after a good lunch, and half-stifled by sitting indoors all day in bad air, instead of agreeably killing something under the open vault of Heaven.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading Beyond him the Chaplain, smooth-faced, ruddy, rather severe, in gown and cassock of silk so fine and stiff as to seem capable of standing up straight on its own account, even if His Reverence chanced not to be inside.
BeyondprepositionUS /bɪˈɑːnd/
on the far side of; further than
From this reading Beyond him the Chaplain, smooth-faced, ruddy, rather severe, in gown and cassock of silk so fine and stiff as to seem capable of standing up straight on its own account, even if His Reverence chanced not to be inside.
big
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From this reading In the big chair in the centre the Honourable Sir Christopher Lance, in his newly powdered wig and his scarlet robes--the "Red Judge" whose splendour solaces (so it is said) even the prisoners with a sense of their own importance.
bored
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From this reading On his right the High Sheriff, splendid also in Deputy-Lieutenant's uniform, but bored, sleepy after a good lunch, and half-stifled by sitting indoors all day in bad air, instead of agreeably killing something under the open vault of Heaven.
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading On his right the High Sheriff, splendid also in Deputy-Lieutenant's uniform, but bored, sleepy after a good lunch, and half-stifled by sitting indoors all day in bad air, instead of agreeably killing something under the open vault of Heaven.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading On his right the High Sheriff, splendid also in Deputy-Lieutenant's uniform, but bored, sleepy after a good lunch, and half-stifled by sitting indoors all day in bad air, instead of agreeably killing something under the open vault of Heaven.
capable
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From this reading Beyond him the Chaplain, smooth-faced, ruddy, rather severe, in gown and cassock of silk so fine and stiff as to seem capable of standing up straight on its own account, even if His Reverence chanced not to be inside.
cassock
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From this reading Beyond him the Chaplain, smooth-faced, ruddy, rather severe, in gown and cassock of silk so fine and stiff as to seem capable of standing up straight on its own account, even if His Reverence chanced not to be inside.
centre
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From this reading In the big chair in the centre the Honourable Sir Christopher Lance, in his newly powdered wig and his scarlet robes--the "Red Judge" whose splendour solaces (so it is said) even the prisoners with a sense of their own importance.
chair
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From this reading In the big chair in the centre the Honourable Sir Christopher Lance, in his newly powdered wig and his scarlet robes--the "Red Judge" whose splendour solaces (so it is said) even the prisoners with a sense of their own importance.
chanced
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From this reading Beyond him the Chaplain, smooth-faced, ruddy, rather severe, in gown and cassock of silk so fine and stiff as to seem capable of standing up straight on its own account, even if His Reverence chanced not to be inside.
Chaplain
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From this reading Beyond him the Chaplain, smooth-faced, ruddy, rather severe, in gown and cassock of silk so fine and stiff as to seem capable of standing up straight on its own account, even if His Reverence chanced not to be inside.
Chief's
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From this reading At the end, the Under-Sheriff, unobtrusively ready to come to his Chief's assistance.
Christopher
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From this reading In the big chair in the centre the Honourable Sir Christopher Lance, in his newly powdered wig and his scarlet robes--the "Red Judge" whose splendour solaces (so it is said) even the prisoners with a sense of their own importance.
comenounUS /come/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading At the end, the Under-Sheriff, unobtrusively ready to come to his Chief's assistance.
day
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From this reading On his right the High Sheriff, splendid also in Deputy-Lieutenant's uniform, but bored, sleepy after a good lunch, and half-stifled by sitting indoors all day in bad air, instead of agreeably killing something under the open vault of Heaven.
Deputy-Lieutenant's
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From this reading On his right the High Sheriff, splendid also in Deputy-Lieutenant's uniform, but bored, sleepy after a good lunch, and half-stifled by sitting indoors all day in bad air, instead of agreeably killing something under the open vault of Heaven.
end
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From this reading At the end, the Under-Sheriff, unobtrusively ready to come to his Chief's assistance.
England
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From this reading A VARIETY SHOW The Majesty of the Law--nay, in theory at least, the Majesty of England--sat enthroned at Raylesbury.
enthroned
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From this reading A VARIETY SHOW The Majesty of the Law--nay, in theory at least, the Majesty of England--sat enthroned at Raylesbury.
evennounUS /even/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading In the big chair in the centre the Honourable Sir Christopher Lance, in his newly powdered wig and his scarlet robes--the "Red Judge" whose splendour solaces (so it is said) even the prisoners with a sense of their own importance.
finenounUS /fine/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Beyond him the Chaplain, smooth-faced, ruddy, rather severe, in gown and cassock of silk so fine and stiff as to seem capable of standing up straight on its own account, even if His Reverence chanced not to be inside.
goodnounUS /good/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading On his right the High Sheriff, splendid also in Deputy-Lieutenant's uniform, but bored, sleepy after a good lunch, and half-stifled by sitting indoors all day in bad air, instead of agreeably killing something under the open vault of Heaven.
gown
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From this reading Beyond him the Chaplain, smooth-faced, ruddy, rather severe, in gown and cassock of silk so fine and stiff as to seem capable of standing up straight on its own account, even if His Reverence chanced not to be inside.
half-stifled
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From this reading On his right the High Sheriff, splendid also in Deputy-Lieutenant's uniform, but bored, sleepy after a good lunch, and half-stifled by sitting indoors all day in bad air, instead of agreeably killing something under the open vault of Heaven.
Heaven
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From this reading On his right the High Sheriff, splendid also in Deputy-Lieutenant's uniform, but bored, sleepy after a good lunch, and half-stifled by sitting indoors all day in bad air, instead of agreeably killing something under the open vault of Heaven.
High
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From this reading On his right the High Sheriff, splendid also in Deputy-Lieutenant's uniform, but bored, sleepy after a good lunch, and half-stifled by sitting indoors all day in bad air, instead of agreeably killing something under the open vault of Heaven.
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Beyond him the Chaplain, smooth-faced, ruddy, rather severe, in gown and cassock of silk so fine and stiff as to seem capable of standing up straight on its own account, even if His Reverence chanced not to be inside.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading In the big chair in the centre the Honourable Sir Christopher Lance, in his newly powdered wig and his scarlet robes--the "Red Judge" whose splendour solaces (so it is said) even the prisoners with a sense of their own importance.
Honourable
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From this reading In the big chair in the centre the Honourable Sir Christopher Lance, in his newly powdered wig and his scarlet robes--the "Red Judge" whose splendour solaces (so it is said) even the prisoners with a sense of their own importance.
ifconjunctionUS /ɪf/
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading Beyond him the Chaplain, smooth-faced, ruddy, rather severe, in gown and cassock of silk so fine and stiff as to seem capable of standing up straight on its own account, even if His Reverence chanced not to be inside.
importance
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From this reading In the big chair in the centre the Honourable Sir Christopher Lance, in his newly powdered wig and his scarlet robes--the "Red Judge" whose splendour solaces (so it is said) even the prisoners with a sense of their own importance.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading A VARIETY SHOW The Majesty of the Law--nay, in theory at least, the Majesty of England--sat enthroned at Raylesbury.
indoors
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From this reading On his right the High Sheriff, splendid also in Deputy-Lieutenant's uniform, but bored, sleepy after a good lunch, and half-stifled by sitting indoors all day in bad air, instead of agreeably killing something under the open vault of Heaven.
inside
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From this reading Beyond him the Chaplain, smooth-faced, ruddy, rather severe, in gown and cassock of silk so fine and stiff as to seem capable of standing up straight on its own account, even if His Reverence chanced not to be inside.
instead
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From this reading On his right the High Sheriff, splendid also in Deputy-Lieutenant's uniform, but bored, sleepy after a good lunch, and half-stifled by sitting indoors all day in bad air, instead of agreeably killing something under the open vault of Heaven.
isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading In the big chair in the centre the Honourable Sir Christopher Lance, in his newly powdered wig and his scarlet robes--the "Red Judge" whose splendour solaces (so it is said) even the prisoners with a sense of their own importance.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading In the big chair in the centre the Honourable Sir Christopher Lance, in his newly powdered wig and his scarlet robes--the "Red Judge" whose splendour solaces (so it is said) even the prisoners with a sense of their own importance.
itsdeterminerUS /ɪts/
belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned
From this reading Beyond him the Chaplain, smooth-faced, ruddy, rather severe, in gown and cassock of silk so fine and stiff as to seem capable of standing up straight on its own account, even if His Reverence chanced not to be inside.
Judge
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From this reading In the big chair in the centre the Honourable Sir Christopher Lance, in his newly powdered wig and his scarlet robes--the "Red Judge" whose splendour solaces (so it is said) even the prisoners with a sense of their own importance.
killing
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From this reading On his right the High Sheriff, splendid also in Deputy-Lieutenant's uniform, but bored, sleepy after a good lunch, and half-stifled by sitting indoors all day in bad air, instead of agreeably killing something under the open vault of Heaven.
Lance
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From this reading In the big chair in the centre the Honourable Sir Christopher Lance, in his newly powdered wig and his scarlet robes--the "Red Judge" whose splendour solaces (so it is said) even the prisoners with a sense of their own importance.
Law
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From this reading A VARIETY SHOW The Majesty of the Law--nay, in theory at least, the Majesty of England--sat enthroned at Raylesbury.
leastnounUS /least/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading A VARIETY SHOW The Majesty of the Law--nay, in theory at least, the Majesty of England--sat enthroned at Raylesbury.
lunch
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From this reading On his right the High Sheriff, splendid also in Deputy-Lieutenant's uniform, but bored, sleepy after a good lunch, and half-stifled by sitting indoors all day in bad air, instead of agreeably killing something under the open vault of Heaven.
Majesty
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From this reading A VARIETY SHOW The Majesty of the Law--nay, in theory at least, the Majesty of England--sat enthroned at Raylesbury.
nayexclamationUS /neɪ/
an old word for “no”
From this reading A VARIETY SHOW The Majesty of the Law--nay, in theory at least, the Majesty of England--sat enthroned at Raylesbury.
newly
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From this reading In the big chair in the centre the Honourable Sir Christopher Lance, in his newly powdered wig and his scarlet robes--the "Red Judge" whose splendour solaces (so it is said) even the prisoners with a sense of their own importance.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading Beyond him the Chaplain, smooth-faced, ruddy, rather severe, in gown and cassock of silk so fine and stiff as to seem capable of standing up straight on its own account, even if His Reverence chanced not to be inside.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading A VARIETY SHOW The Majesty of the Law--nay, in theory at least, the Majesty of England--sat enthroned at Raylesbury.
OnprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading On his right the High Sheriff, splendid also in Deputy-Lieutenant's uniform, but bored, sleepy after a good lunch, and half-stifled by sitting indoors all day in bad air, instead of agreeably killing something under the open vault of Heaven.
openverbUS /ˈoʊ.pən/
To move from a closed position.
From this reading On his right the High Sheriff, splendid also in Deputy-Lieutenant's uniform, but bored, sleepy after a good lunch, and half-stifled by sitting indoors all day in bad air, instead of agreeably killing something under the open vault of Heaven.
own
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From this reading In the big chair in the centre the Honourable Sir Christopher Lance, in his newly powdered wig and his scarlet robes--the "Red Judge" whose splendour solaces (so it is said) even the prisoners with a sense of their own importance.
powdered
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From this reading In the big chair in the centre the Honourable Sir Christopher Lance, in his newly powdered wig and his scarlet robes--the "Red Judge" whose splendour solaces (so it is said) even the prisoners with a sense of their own importance.
prisoners
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From this reading In the big chair in the centre the Honourable Sir Christopher Lance, in his newly powdered wig and his scarlet robes--the "Red Judge" whose splendour solaces (so it is said) even the prisoners with a sense of their own importance.
rather
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From this reading Beyond him the Chaplain, smooth-faced, ruddy, rather severe, in gown and cassock of silk so fine and stiff as to seem capable of standing up straight on its own account, even if His Reverence chanced not to be inside.
Raylesbury
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From this reading A VARIETY SHOW The Majesty of the Law--nay, in theory at least, the Majesty of England--sat enthroned at Raylesbury.
ready
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From this reading At the end, the Under-Sheriff, unobtrusively ready to come to his Chief's assistance.
Red
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From this reading In the big chair in the centre the Honourable Sir Christopher Lance, in his newly powdered wig and his scarlet robes--the "Red Judge" whose splendour solaces (so it is said) even the prisoners with a sense of their own importance.
Reverence
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From this reading Beyond him the Chaplain, smooth-faced, ruddy, rather severe, in gown and cassock of silk so fine and stiff as to seem capable of standing up straight on its own account, even if His Reverence chanced not to be inside.
rightnounUS /right/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading On his right the High Sheriff, splendid also in Deputy-Lieutenant's uniform, but bored, sleepy after a good lunch, and half-stifled by sitting indoors all day in bad air, instead of agreeably killing something under the open vault of Heaven.
robes
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From this reading In the big chair in the centre the Honourable Sir Christopher Lance, in his newly powdered wig and his scarlet robes--the "Red Judge" whose splendour solaces (so it is said) even the prisoners with a sense of their own importance.
ruddy
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From this reading Beyond him the Chaplain, smooth-faced, ruddy, rather severe, in gown and cassock of silk so fine and stiff as to seem capable of standing up straight on its own account, even if His Reverence chanced not to be inside.
said
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From this reading In the big chair in the centre the Honourable Sir Christopher Lance, in his newly powdered wig and his scarlet robes--the "Red Judge" whose splendour solaces (so it is said) even the prisoners with a sense of their own importance.
sat
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From this reading A VARIETY SHOW The Majesty of the Law--nay, in theory at least, the Majesty of England--sat enthroned at Raylesbury.
scarlet
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From this reading In the big chair in the centre the Honourable Sir Christopher Lance, in his newly powdered wig and his scarlet robes--the "Red Judge" whose splendour solaces (so it is said) even the prisoners with a sense of their own importance.
seem
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From this reading Beyond him the Chaplain, smooth-faced, ruddy, rather severe, in gown and cassock of silk so fine and stiff as to seem capable of standing up straight on its own account, even if His Reverence chanced not to be inside.
sense
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From this reading In the big chair in the centre the Honourable Sir Christopher Lance, in his newly powdered wig and his scarlet robes--the "Red Judge" whose splendour solaces (so it is said) even the prisoners with a sense of their own importance.
severe
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From this reading Beyond him the Chaplain, smooth-faced, ruddy, rather severe, in gown and cassock of silk so fine and stiff as to seem capable of standing up straight on its own account, even if His Reverence chanced not to be inside.
Sheriff
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From this reading On his right the High Sheriff, splendid also in Deputy-Lieutenant's uniform, but bored, sleepy after a good lunch, and half-stifled by sitting indoors all day in bad air, instead of agreeably killing something under the open vault of Heaven.
SHOW
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From this reading A VARIETY SHOW The Majesty of the Law--nay, in theory at least, the Majesty of England--sat enthroned at Raylesbury.
silk
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From this reading Beyond him the Chaplain, smooth-faced, ruddy, rather severe, in gown and cassock of silk so fine and stiff as to seem capable of standing up straight on its own account, even if His Reverence chanced not to be inside.
Sir
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From this reading In the big chair in the centre the Honourable Sir Christopher Lance, in his newly powdered wig and his scarlet robes--the "Red Judge" whose splendour solaces (so it is said) even the prisoners with a sense of their own importance.
sitting
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From this reading On his right the High Sheriff, splendid also in Deputy-Lieutenant's uniform, but bored, sleepy after a good lunch, and half-stifled by sitting indoors all day in bad air, instead of agreeably killing something under the open vault of Heaven.
sleepy
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From this reading On his right the High Sheriff, splendid also in Deputy-Lieutenant's uniform, but bored, sleepy after a good lunch, and half-stifled by sitting indoors all day in bad air, instead of agreeably killing something under the open vault of Heaven.
smooth-faced
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From this reading Beyond him the Chaplain, smooth-faced, ruddy, rather severe, in gown and cassock of silk so fine and stiff as to seem capable of standing up straight on its own account, even if His Reverence chanced not to be inside.
soconjunctionUS /soʊ/
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading In the big chair in the centre the Honourable Sir Christopher Lance, in his newly powdered wig and his scarlet robes--the "Red Judge" whose splendour solaces (so it is said) even the prisoners with a sense of their own importance.
solaces
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From this reading In the big chair in the centre the Honourable Sir Christopher Lance, in his newly powdered wig and his scarlet robes--the "Red Judge" whose splendour solaces (so it is said) even the prisoners with a sense of their own importance.
somethingpronounUS /ˈsʌmθɪŋ/
a thing, without saying which
From this reading On his right the High Sheriff, splendid also in Deputy-Lieutenant's uniform, but bored, sleepy after a good lunch, and half-stifled by sitting indoors all day in bad air, instead of agreeably killing something under the open vault of Heaven.
splendid
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From this reading On his right the High Sheriff, splendid also in Deputy-Lieutenant's uniform, but bored, sleepy after a good lunch, and half-stifled by sitting indoors all day in bad air, instead of agreeably killing something under the open vault of Heaven.
splendournounUS /ˈsplendər/
magnificent and impressive appearance
From this reading In the big chair in the centre the Honourable Sir Christopher Lance, in his newly powdered wig and his scarlet robes--the "Red Judge" whose splendour solaces (so it is said) even the prisoners with a sense of their own importance.
standingnounUS /ˈstanding/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading Beyond him the Chaplain, smooth-faced, ruddy, rather severe, in gown and cassock of silk so fine and stiff as to seem capable of standing up straight on its own account, even if His Reverence chanced not to be inside.
stiff
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From this reading Beyond him the Chaplain, smooth-faced, ruddy, rather severe, in gown and cassock of silk so fine and stiff as to seem capable of standing up straight on its own account, even if His Reverence chanced not to be inside.
straight
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From this reading Beyond him the Chaplain, smooth-faced, ruddy, rather severe, in gown and cassock of silk so fine and stiff as to seem capable of standing up straight on its own account, even if His Reverence chanced not to be inside.
ThedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading A VARIETY SHOW The Majesty of the Law--nay, in theory at least, the Majesty of England--sat enthroned at Raylesbury.
theirdeterminerUS /ðer/
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading In the big chair in the centre the Honourable Sir Christopher Lance, in his newly powdered wig and his scarlet robes--the "Red Judge" whose splendour solaces (so it is said) even the prisoners with a sense of their own importance.
theory
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From this reading A VARIETY SHOW The Majesty of the Law--nay, in theory at least, the Majesty of England--sat enthroned at Raylesbury.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Beyond him the Chaplain, smooth-faced, ruddy, rather severe, in gown and cassock of silk so fine and stiff as to seem capable of standing up straight on its own account, even if His Reverence chanced not to be inside.
underprepositionUS /ˈʌndər/
below or beneath something; less than
From this reading On his right the High Sheriff, splendid also in Deputy-Lieutenant's uniform, but bored, sleepy after a good lunch, and half-stifled by sitting indoors all day in bad air, instead of agreeably killing something under the open vault of Heaven.
Under-Sheriff
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From this reading At the end, the Under-Sheriff, unobtrusively ready to come to his Chief's assistance.
uniform
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From this reading On his right the High Sheriff, splendid also in Deputy-Lieutenant's uniform, but bored, sleepy after a good lunch, and half-stifled by sitting indoors all day in bad air, instead of agreeably killing something under the open vault of Heaven.
unobtrusively
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From this reading At the end, the Under-Sheriff, unobtrusively ready to come to his Chief's assistance.
up
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From this reading Beyond him the Chaplain, smooth-faced, ruddy, rather severe, in gown and cassock of silk so fine and stiff as to seem capable of standing up straight on its own account, even if His Reverence chanced not to be inside.
VARIETY
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From this reading A VARIETY SHOW The Majesty of the Law--nay, in theory at least, the Majesty of England--sat enthroned at Raylesbury.
vaultnounUS /vɔːlt/
a stone room, often below a church, used for burial
From this reading On his right the High Sheriff, splendid also in Deputy-Lieutenant's uniform, but bored, sleepy after a good lunch, and half-stifled by sitting indoors all day in bad air, instead of agreeably killing something under the open vault of Heaven.
whosedeterminerUS /huːz/
belonging to which person
From this reading In the big chair in the centre the Honourable Sir Christopher Lance, in his newly powdered wig and his scarlet robes--the "Red Judge" whose splendour solaces (so it is said) even the prisoners with a sense of their own importance.
wig
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From this reading In the big chair in the centre the Honourable Sir Christopher Lance, in his newly powdered wig and his scarlet robes--the "Red Judge" whose splendour solaces (so it is said) even the prisoners with a sense of their own importance.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading In the big chair in the centre the Honourable Sir Christopher Lance, in his newly powdered wig and his scarlet robes--the "Red Judge" whose splendour solaces (so it is said) even the prisoners with a sense of their own importance.
