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From this reading 15, 1805] This evening there was the most perfect and the brightest halo circling the roundest and brightest moon I ever beheld.
1805
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From this reading _1805_ Alone, alone, all, all alone, Alone on a wide, wide sea!
adeterminerUS /ə/
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading _1805_ Alone, alone, all, all alone, Alone on a wide, wide sea!
agonynounUS /ˈæɡ.ə.ni/
Extreme physical or mental suffering; intense anguish.
From this reading And never a saint took pity on My soul in agony.
all
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From this reading _1805_ Alone, alone, all, all alone, Alone on a wide, wide sea!
AlonenounUS /alone/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading _1805_ Alone, alone, all, all alone, Alone on a wide, wide sea!
AndconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading And never a saint took pity on My soul in agony.
beheld
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From this reading 15, 1805] This evening there was the most perfect and the brightest halo circling the roundest and brightest moon I ever beheld.
brightest
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From this reading 15, 1805] This evening there was the most perfect and the brightest halo circling the roundest and brightest moon I ever beheld.
C
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circling
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From this reading 15, 1805] This evening there was the most perfect and the brightest halo circling the roundest and brightest moon I ever beheld.
evening
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From this reading 15, 1805] This evening there was the most perfect and the brightest halo circling the roundest and brightest moon I ever beheld.
evernounUS /ever/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading 15, 1805] This evening there was the most perfect and the brightest halo circling the roundest and brightest moon I ever beheld.
halo
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From this reading 15, 1805] This evening there was the most perfect and the brightest halo circling the roundest and brightest moon I ever beheld.
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading 15, 1805] This evening there was the most perfect and the brightest halo circling the roundest and brightest moon I ever beheld.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading And never a saint took pity on My soul in agony.
Jan
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From this reading [Sidenote: THE SENSE OF MAGNITUDE Tuesday, Jan.
MAGNITUDE
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moon
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From this reading 15, 1805] This evening there was the most perfect and the brightest halo circling the roundest and brightest moon I ever beheld.
most
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From this reading 15, 1805] This evening there was the most perfect and the brightest halo circling the roundest and brightest moon I ever beheld.
MydeterminerUS /maɪ/
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading And never a saint took pity on My soul in agony.
nevernounUS /never/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading And never a saint took pity on My soul in agony.
OFprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading [Sidenote: THE SENSE OF MAGNITUDE Tuesday, Jan.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading _1805_ Alone, alone, all, all alone, Alone on a wide, wide sea!
perfect
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From this reading 15, 1805] This evening there was the most perfect and the brightest halo circling the roundest and brightest moon I ever beheld.
pity
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From this reading And never a saint took pity on My soul in agony.
roundest
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From this reading 15, 1805] This evening there was the most perfect and the brightest halo circling the roundest and brightest moon I ever beheld.
S
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From this reading S. T. C.
saint
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sea
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From this reading _1805_ Alone, alone, all, all alone, Alone on a wide, wide sea!
SENSE
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From this reading [Sidenote: THE SENSE OF MAGNITUDE Tuesday, Jan.
Sidenote
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soul
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T
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From this reading S. T. C.
THEdeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading [Sidenote: THE SENSE OF MAGNITUDE Tuesday, Jan.
there
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From this reading 15, 1805] This evening there was the most perfect and the brightest halo circling the roundest and brightest moon I ever beheld.
ThisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading 15, 1805] This evening there was the most perfect and the brightest halo circling the roundest and brightest moon I ever beheld.
tooknounUS /took/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading And never a saint took pity on My soul in agony.
Tuesday
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wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading 15, 1805] This evening there was the most perfect and the brightest halo circling the roundest and brightest moon I ever beheld.
wide
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From this reading _1805_ Alone, alone, all, all alone, Alone on a wide, wide sea!