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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 Ah me! despite a governed breast, Seeming the while in placid rest, What anguish soul may bear!—_Michell._ When Malcolm had been gone a week, and Eudora’s life was almost worn out by the long-drawn anguish of hope deferred, she was sitting in the morning in her cell, in danger of dropping once more into the death-like torpor of despair, when the door was opened by the governor, who announced:
Ah
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From this reading Ah me! despite a governed breast, Seeming the while in placid rest, What anguish soul may bear!—_Michell._ When Malcolm had been gone a week, and Eudora’s life was almost worn out by the long-drawn anguish of hope deferred, she was sitting in the morning in her cell, in danger of dropping once more into the death-like torpor of despair, when the door was opened by the governor, who announced:
almost
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From this reading Ah me! despite a governed breast, Seeming the while in placid rest, What anguish soul may bear!—_Michell._ When Malcolm had been gone a week, and Eudora’s life was almost worn out by the long-drawn anguish of hope deferred, she was sitting in the morning in her cell, in danger of dropping once more into the death-like torpor of despair, when the door was opened by the governor, who announced:
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Ah me! despite a governed breast, Seeming the while in placid rest, What anguish soul may bear!—_Michell._ When Malcolm had been gone a week, and Eudora’s life was almost worn out by the long-drawn anguish of hope deferred, she was sitting in the morning in her cell, in danger of dropping once more into the death-like torpor of despair, when the door was opened by the governor, who announced:
anguish
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From this reading Not starting, sighing, weeping now; The quiet anguish of her brow Was written by Despair.
announced
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From this reading Ah me! despite a governed breast, Seeming the while in placid rest, What anguish soul may bear!—_Michell._ When Malcolm had been gone a week, and Eudora’s life was almost worn out by the long-drawn anguish of hope deferred, she was sitting in the morning in her cell, in danger of dropping once more into the death-like torpor of despair, when the door was opened by the governor, who announced:
bear
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From this reading Ah me! despite a governed breast, Seeming the while in placid rest, What anguish soul may bear!—_Michell._ When Malcolm had been gone a week, and Eudora’s life was almost worn out by the long-drawn anguish of hope deferred, she was sitting in the morning in her cell, in danger of dropping once more into the death-like torpor of despair, when the door was opened by the governor, who announced:
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading Ah me! despite a governed breast, Seeming the while in placid rest, What anguish soul may bear!—_Michell._ When Malcolm had been gone a week, and Eudora’s life was almost worn out by the long-drawn anguish of hope deferred, she was sitting in the morning in her cell, in danger of dropping once more into the death-like torpor of despair, when the door was opened by the governor, who announced:
breast
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From this reading Ah me! despite a governed breast, Seeming the while in placid rest, What anguish soul may bear!—_Michell._ When Malcolm had been gone a week, and Eudora’s life was almost worn out by the long-drawn anguish of hope deferred, she was sitting in the morning in her cell, in danger of dropping once more into the death-like torpor of despair, when the door was opened by the governor, who announced:
brow
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From this reading Not starting, sighing, weeping now; The quiet anguish of her brow Was written by Despair.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading Not starting, sighing, weeping now; The quiet anguish of her brow Was written by Despair.
cellnounUS /sel/
A small stone room in a prison where an inmate is locked behind iron bars.
From this reading Ah me! despite a governed breast, Seeming the while in placid rest, What anguish soul may bear!—_Michell._ When Malcolm had been gone a week, and Eudora’s life was almost worn out by the long-drawn anguish of hope deferred, she was sitting in the morning in her cell, in danger of dropping once more into the death-like torpor of despair, when the door was opened by the governor, who announced:
danger
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From this reading Ah me! despite a governed breast, Seeming the while in placid rest, What anguish soul may bear!—_Michell._ When Malcolm had been gone a week, and Eudora’s life was almost worn out by the long-drawn anguish of hope deferred, she was sitting in the morning in her cell, in danger of dropping once more into the death-like torpor of despair, when the door was opened by the governor, who announced:
death-like
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From this reading Ah me! despite a governed breast, Seeming the while in placid rest, What anguish soul may bear!—_Michell._ When Malcolm had been gone a week, and Eudora’s life was almost worn out by the long-drawn anguish of hope deferred, she was sitting in the morning in her cell, in danger of dropping once more into the death-like torpor of despair, when the door was opened by the governor, who announced:
deferred
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From this reading Ah me! despite a governed breast, Seeming the while in placid rest, What anguish soul may bear!—_Michell._ When Malcolm had been gone a week, and Eudora’s life was almost worn out by the long-drawn anguish of hope deferred, she was sitting in the morning in her cell, in danger of dropping once more into the death-like torpor of despair, when the door was opened by the governor, who announced:
DESPAIR
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From this reading DESPAIR.
despiteprepositionUS /dɪˈspaɪt/
although something is true; in spite of
From this reading Ah me! despite a governed breast, Seeming the while in placid rest, What anguish soul may bear!—_Michell._ When Malcolm had been gone a week, and Eudora’s life was almost worn out by the long-drawn anguish of hope deferred, she was sitting in the morning in her cell, in danger of dropping once more into the death-like torpor of despair, when the door was opened by the governor, who announced:
door
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From this reading Ah me! despite a governed breast, Seeming the while in placid rest, What anguish soul may bear!—_Michell._ When Malcolm had been gone a week, and Eudora’s life was almost worn out by the long-drawn anguish of hope deferred, she was sitting in the morning in her cell, in danger of dropping once more into the death-like torpor of despair, when the door was opened by the governor, who announced:
dropping
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From this reading Ah me! despite a governed breast, Seeming the while in placid rest, What anguish soul may bear!—_Michell._ When Malcolm had been gone a week, and Eudora’s life was almost worn out by the long-drawn anguish of hope deferred, she was sitting in the morning in her cell, in danger of dropping once more into the death-like torpor of despair, when the door was opened by the governor, who announced:
Eudora's
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From this reading Ah me! despite a governed breast, Seeming the while in placid rest, What anguish soul may bear!—_Michell._ When Malcolm had been gone a week, and Eudora’s life was almost worn out by the long-drawn anguish of hope deferred, she was sitting in the morning in her cell, in danger of dropping once more into the death-like torpor of despair, when the door was opened by the governor, who announced:
friend
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From this reading “A friend to see Miss Leaton,” and retired.
gone
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From this reading Ah me! despite a governed breast, Seeming the while in placid rest, What anguish soul may bear!—_Michell._ When Malcolm had been gone a week, and Eudora’s life was almost worn out by the long-drawn anguish of hope deferred, she was sitting in the morning in her cell, in danger of dropping once more into the death-like torpor of despair, when the door was opened by the governor, who announced:
governed
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From this reading Ah me! despite a governed breast, Seeming the while in placid rest, What anguish soul may bear!—_Michell._ When Malcolm had been gone a week, and Eudora’s life was almost worn out by the long-drawn anguish of hope deferred, she was sitting in the morning in her cell, in danger of dropping once more into the death-like torpor of despair, when the door was opened by the governor, who announced:
governor
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From this reading Ah me! despite a governed breast, Seeming the while in placid rest, What anguish soul may bear!—_Michell._ When Malcolm had been gone a week, and Eudora’s life was almost worn out by the long-drawn anguish of hope deferred, she was sitting in the morning in her cell, in danger of dropping once more into the death-like torpor of despair, when the door was opened by the governor, who announced:
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Ah me! despite a governed breast, Seeming the while in placid rest, What anguish soul may bear!—_Michell._ When Malcolm had been gone a week, and Eudora’s life was almost worn out by the long-drawn anguish of hope deferred, she was sitting in the morning in her cell, in danger of dropping once more into the death-like torpor of despair, when the door was opened by the governor, who announced:
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading Not starting, sighing, weeping now; The quiet anguish of her brow Was written by Despair.
hope
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From this reading Ah me! despite a governed breast, Seeming the while in placid rest, What anguish soul may bear!—_Michell._ When Malcolm had been gone a week, and Eudora’s life was almost worn out by the long-drawn anguish of hope deferred, she was sitting in the morning in her cell, in danger of dropping once more into the death-like torpor of despair, when the door was opened by the governor, who announced:
how
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From this reading She looked how pallid there!
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Ah me! despite a governed breast, Seeming the while in placid rest, What anguish soul may bear!—_Michell._ When Malcolm had been gone a week, and Eudora’s life was almost worn out by the long-drawn anguish of hope deferred, she was sitting in the morning in her cell, in danger of dropping once more into the death-like torpor of despair, when the door was opened by the governor, who announced:
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading Ah me! despite a governed breast, Seeming the while in placid rest, What anguish soul may bear!—_Michell._ When Malcolm had been gone a week, and Eudora’s life was almost worn out by the long-drawn anguish of hope deferred, she was sitting in the morning in her cell, in danger of dropping once more into the death-like torpor of despair, when the door was opened by the governor, who announced:
Leaton
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From this reading “A friend to see Miss Leaton,” and retired.
lifenounUS /life/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Ah me! despite a governed breast, Seeming the while in placid rest, What anguish soul may bear!—_Michell._ When Malcolm had been gone a week, and Eudora’s life was almost worn out by the long-drawn anguish of hope deferred, she was sitting in the morning in her cell, in danger of dropping once more into the death-like torpor of despair, when the door was opened by the governor, who announced:
long-drawn
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From this reading Ah me! despite a governed breast, Seeming the while in placid rest, What anguish soul may bear!—_Michell._ When Malcolm had been gone a week, and Eudora’s life was almost worn out by the long-drawn anguish of hope deferred, she was sitting in the morning in her cell, in danger of dropping once more into the death-like torpor of despair, when the door was opened by the governor, who announced:
lookednounUS /looked/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading She looked how pallid there!
Malcolm
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From this reading Ah me! despite a governed breast, Seeming the while in placid rest, What anguish soul may bear!—_Michell._ When Malcolm had been gone a week, and Eudora’s life was almost worn out by the long-drawn anguish of hope deferred, she was sitting in the morning in her cell, in danger of dropping once more into the death-like torpor of despair, when the door was opened by the governor, who announced:
maymodal verbUS /meɪ/
used to say something is possible, or to give permission
From this reading Ah me! despite a governed breast, Seeming the while in placid rest, What anguish soul may bear!—_Michell._ When Malcolm had been gone a week, and Eudora’s life was almost worn out by the long-drawn anguish of hope deferred, she was sitting in the morning in her cell, in danger of dropping once more into the death-like torpor of despair, when the door was opened by the governor, who announced:
mepronounUS /miː/
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Ah me! despite a governed breast, Seeming the while in placid rest, What anguish soul may bear!—_Michell._ When Malcolm had been gone a week, and Eudora’s life was almost worn out by the long-drawn anguish of hope deferred, she was sitting in the morning in her cell, in danger of dropping once more into the death-like torpor of despair, when the door was opened by the governor, who announced:
Michell
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From this reading Ah me! despite a governed breast, Seeming the while in placid rest, What anguish soul may bear!—_Michell._ When Malcolm had been gone a week, and Eudora’s life was almost worn out by the long-drawn anguish of hope deferred, she was sitting in the morning in her cell, in danger of dropping once more into the death-like torpor of despair, when the door was opened by the governor, who announced:
Miss
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From this reading “A friend to see Miss Leaton,” and retired.
more
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From this reading Ah me! despite a governed breast, Seeming the while in placid rest, What anguish soul may bear!—_Michell._ When Malcolm had been gone a week, and Eudora’s life was almost worn out by the long-drawn anguish of hope deferred, she was sitting in the morning in her cell, in danger of dropping once more into the death-like torpor of despair, when the door was opened by the governor, who announced:
morningnounUS /morning/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Ah me! despite a governed breast, Seeming the while in placid rest, What anguish soul may bear!—_Michell._ When Malcolm had been gone a week, and Eudora’s life was almost worn out by the long-drawn anguish of hope deferred, she was sitting in the morning in her cell, in danger of dropping once more into the death-like torpor of despair, when the door was opened by the governor, who announced:
NotadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading Not starting, sighing, weeping now; The quiet anguish of her brow Was written by Despair.
now
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From this reading Not starting, sighing, weeping now; The quiet anguish of her brow Was written by Despair.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Not starting, sighing, weeping now; The quiet anguish of her brow Was written by Despair.
once
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From this reading Ah me! despite a governed breast, Seeming the while in placid rest, What anguish soul may bear!—_Michell._ When Malcolm had been gone a week, and Eudora’s life was almost worn out by the long-drawn anguish of hope deferred, she was sitting in the morning in her cell, in danger of dropping once more into the death-like torpor of despair, when the door was opened by the governor, who announced:
opened
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From this reading Ah me! despite a governed breast, Seeming the while in placid rest, What anguish soul may bear!—_Michell._ When Malcolm had been gone a week, and Eudora’s life was almost worn out by the long-drawn anguish of hope deferred, she was sitting in the morning in her cell, in danger of dropping once more into the death-like torpor of despair, when the door was opened by the governor, who announced:
out
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From this reading Ah me! despite a governed breast, Seeming the while in placid rest, What anguish soul may bear!—_Michell._ When Malcolm had been gone a week, and Eudora’s life was almost worn out by the long-drawn anguish of hope deferred, she was sitting in the morning in her cell, in danger of dropping once more into the death-like torpor of despair, when the door was opened by the governor, who announced:
pallid
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From this reading She looked how pallid there!
placid
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From this reading Ah me! despite a governed breast, Seeming the while in placid rest, What anguish soul may bear!—_Michell._ When Malcolm had been gone a week, and Eudora’s life was almost worn out by the long-drawn anguish of hope deferred, she was sitting in the morning in her cell, in danger of dropping once more into the death-like torpor of despair, when the door was opened by the governor, who announced:
quiet
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From this reading Not starting, sighing, weeping now; The quiet anguish of her brow Was written by Despair.
restnounUS /rest/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Ah me! despite a governed breast, Seeming the while in placid rest, What anguish soul may bear!—_Michell._ When Malcolm had been gone a week, and Eudora’s life was almost worn out by the long-drawn anguish of hope deferred, she was sitting in the morning in her cell, in danger of dropping once more into the death-like torpor of despair, when the door was opened by the governor, who announced:
retiredverbUS /rɪˈtaɪərd/
went away to a private place
From this reading “A friend to see Miss Leaton,” and retired.
see
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From this reading “A friend to see Miss Leaton,” and retired.
Seeming
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From this reading Ah me! despite a governed breast, Seeming the while in placid rest, What anguish soul may bear!—_Michell._ When Malcolm had been gone a week, and Eudora’s life was almost worn out by the long-drawn anguish of hope deferred, she was sitting in the morning in her cell, in danger of dropping once more into the death-like torpor of despair, when the door was opened by the governor, who announced:
ShepronounUS /ʃiː/
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading She looked how pallid there!
sighing
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From this reading Not starting, sighing, weeping now; The quiet anguish of her brow Was written by Despair.
sitting
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From this reading Ah me! despite a governed breast, Seeming the while in placid rest, What anguish soul may bear!—_Michell._ When Malcolm had been gone a week, and Eudora’s life was almost worn out by the long-drawn anguish of hope deferred, she was sitting in the morning in her cell, in danger of dropping once more into the death-like torpor of despair, when the door was opened by the governor, who announced:
soul
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From this reading Ah me! despite a governed breast, Seeming the while in placid rest, What anguish soul may bear!—_Michell._ When Malcolm had been gone a week, and Eudora’s life was almost worn out by the long-drawn anguish of hope deferred, she was sitting in the morning in her cell, in danger of dropping once more into the death-like torpor of despair, when the door was opened by the governor, who announced:
starting
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From this reading Not starting, sighing, weeping now; The quiet anguish of her brow Was written by Despair.
ThedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Not starting, sighing, weeping now; The quiet anguish of her brow Was written by Despair.
there
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From this reading She looked how pallid there!
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading “A friend to see Miss Leaton,” and retired.
torpor
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From this reading Ah me! despite a governed breast, Seeming the while in placid rest, What anguish soul may bear!—_Michell._ When Malcolm had been gone a week, and Eudora’s life was almost worn out by the long-drawn anguish of hope deferred, she was sitting in the morning in her cell, in danger of dropping once more into the death-like torpor of despair, when the door was opened by the governor, who announced:
Wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Not starting, sighing, weeping now; The quiet anguish of her brow Was written by Despair.
week
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From this reading Ah me! despite a governed breast, Seeming the while in placid rest, What anguish soul may bear!—_Michell._ When Malcolm had been gone a week, and Eudora’s life was almost worn out by the long-drawn anguish of hope deferred, she was sitting in the morning in her cell, in danger of dropping once more into the death-like torpor of despair, when the door was opened by the governor, who announced:
weeping
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From this reading Not starting, sighing, weeping now; The quiet anguish of her brow Was written by Despair.
WhatpronounUS /wʌt/
used to ask for information about something
From this reading Ah me! despite a governed breast, Seeming the while in placid rest, What anguish soul may bear!—_Michell._ When Malcolm had been gone a week, and Eudora’s life was almost worn out by the long-drawn anguish of hope deferred, she was sitting in the morning in her cell, in danger of dropping once more into the death-like torpor of despair, when the door was opened by the governor, who announced:
WhenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading Ah me! despite a governed breast, Seeming the while in placid rest, What anguish soul may bear!—_Michell._ When Malcolm had been gone a week, and Eudora’s life was almost worn out by the long-drawn anguish of hope deferred, she was sitting in the morning in her cell, in danger of dropping once more into the death-like torpor of despair, when the door was opened by the governor, who announced:
whileconjunctionUS /waɪl/
during the time that
From this reading Ah me! despite a governed breast, Seeming the while in placid rest, What anguish soul may bear!—_Michell._ When Malcolm had been gone a week, and Eudora’s life was almost worn out by the long-drawn anguish of hope deferred, she was sitting in the morning in her cell, in danger of dropping once more into the death-like torpor of despair, when the door was opened by the governor, who announced:
whopronounUS /huː/
which person or people
From this reading Ah me! despite a governed breast, Seeming the while in placid rest, What anguish soul may bear!—_Michell._ When Malcolm had been gone a week, and Eudora’s life was almost worn out by the long-drawn anguish of hope deferred, she was sitting in the morning in her cell, in danger of dropping once more into the death-like torpor of despair, when the door was opened by the governor, who announced:
wornverbUS /wɔːrn/
Damaged or thinned by continuous use.
From this reading Ah me! despite a governed breast, Seeming the while in placid rest, What anguish soul may bear!—_Michell._ When Malcolm had been gone a week, and Eudora’s life was almost worn out by the long-drawn anguish of hope deferred, she was sitting in the morning in her cell, in danger of dropping once more into the death-like torpor of despair, when the door was opened by the governor, who announced:
written
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From this reading Not starting, sighing, weeping now; The quiet anguish of her brow Was written by Despair.
