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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 _Frank Henley to Oliver Trenchard_ _London, Grosvenor Street_ Oliver, I must fly!--There is neither peace nor safety for me if I remain--Resolution begins to faint under these repeated and oppressive struggles--Life is useless, virtue inefficient, time murdered, and I must fly!--Here I can do nothing but doubt, hope, despair, and linger in uncertainty: my body listless, my mind incoherent, my days wasted in vain reveries on absurd possibilities, and my nights haunted by the confused phantoms of a disturbed and sickly brain!--I must fly!
absurd
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From this reading _Frank Henley to Oliver Trenchard_ _London, Grosvenor Street_ Oliver, I must fly!--There is neither peace nor safety for me if I remain--Resolution begins to faint under these repeated and oppressive struggles--Life is useless, virtue inefficient, time murdered, and I must fly!--Here I can do nothing but doubt, hope, despair, and linger in uncertainty: my body listless, my mind incoherent, my days wasted in vain reveries on absurd possibilities, and my nights haunted by the confused phantoms of a disturbed and sickly brain!--I must fly!
affections
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From this reading But whither?--I know not!--If I mean to be truly master of my affections, seas must separate us!
againnounUS /again/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading It refuses to renounce her, and makes a thousand and a thousand efforts to oblige me again to urge its just claims.
amauxiliary verbUS /æm/
the form of “be” used with “I”
From this reading I am in the labyrinth of contradictions, and know not how to get out.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading _Frank Henley to Oliver Trenchard_ _London, Grosvenor Street_ Oliver, I must fly!--There is neither peace nor safety for me if I remain--Resolution begins to faint under these repeated and oppressive struggles--Life is useless, virtue inefficient, time murdered, and I must fly!--Here I can do nothing but doubt, hope, despair, and linger in uncertainty: my body listless, my mind incoherent, my days wasted in vain reveries on absurd possibilities, and my nights haunted by the confused phantoms of a disturbed and sickly brain!--I must fly!
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading Impossibility must be made more impossible!--'Tis that, Oliver, which kills me, that ignis fatuus of false hope--Were she even married, if her husband were not immortal, I feel as if my heart would still dwell and feed on the meagre May-be!
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading But whither?--I know not!--If I mean to be truly master of my affections, seas must separate us!
begins
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From this reading _Frank Henley to Oliver Trenchard_ _London, Grosvenor Street_ Oliver, I must fly!--There is neither peace nor safety for me if I remain--Resolution begins to faint under these repeated and oppressive struggles--Life is useless, virtue inefficient, time murdered, and I must fly!--Here I can do nothing but doubt, hope, despair, and linger in uncertainty: my body listless, my mind incoherent, my days wasted in vain reveries on absurd possibilities, and my nights haunted by the confused phantoms of a disturbed and sickly brain!--I must fly!
bodynounUS /body/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading _Frank Henley to Oliver Trenchard_ _London, Grosvenor Street_ Oliver, I must fly!--There is neither peace nor safety for me if I remain--Resolution begins to faint under these repeated and oppressive struggles--Life is useless, virtue inefficient, time murdered, and I must fly!--Here I can do nothing but doubt, hope, despair, and linger in uncertainty: my body listless, my mind incoherent, my days wasted in vain reveries on absurd possibilities, and my nights haunted by the confused phantoms of a disturbed and sickly brain!--I must fly!
brain
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From this reading _Frank Henley to Oliver Trenchard_ _London, Grosvenor Street_ Oliver, I must fly!--There is neither peace nor safety for me if I remain--Resolution begins to faint under these repeated and oppressive struggles--Life is useless, virtue inefficient, time murdered, and I must fly!--Here I can do nothing but doubt, hope, despair, and linger in uncertainty: my body listless, my mind incoherent, my days wasted in vain reveries on absurd possibilities, and my nights haunted by the confused phantoms of a disturbed and sickly brain!--I must fly!
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading _Frank Henley to Oliver Trenchard_ _London, Grosvenor Street_ Oliver, I must fly!--There is neither peace nor safety for me if I remain--Resolution begins to faint under these repeated and oppressive struggles--Life is useless, virtue inefficient, time murdered, and I must fly!--Here I can do nothing but doubt, hope, despair, and linger in uncertainty: my body listless, my mind incoherent, my days wasted in vain reveries on absurd possibilities, and my nights haunted by the confused phantoms of a disturbed and sickly brain!--I must fly!
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading _Frank Henley to Oliver Trenchard_ _London, Grosvenor Street_ Oliver, I must fly!--There is neither peace nor safety for me if I remain--Resolution begins to faint under these repeated and oppressive struggles--Life is useless, virtue inefficient, time murdered, and I must fly!--Here I can do nothing but doubt, hope, despair, and linger in uncertainty: my body listless, my mind incoherent, my days wasted in vain reveries on absurd possibilities, and my nights haunted by the confused phantoms of a disturbed and sickly brain!--I must fly!
canmodal verbUS /kæn/
to be able to, or to be allowed to
From this reading _Frank Henley to Oliver Trenchard_ _London, Grosvenor Street_ Oliver, I must fly!--There is neither peace nor safety for me if I remain--Resolution begins to faint under these repeated and oppressive struggles--Life is useless, virtue inefficient, time murdered, and I must fly!--Here I can do nothing but doubt, hope, despair, and linger in uncertainty: my body listless, my mind incoherent, my days wasted in vain reveries on absurd possibilities, and my nights haunted by the confused phantoms of a disturbed and sickly brain!--I must fly!
claims
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From this reading It refuses to renounce her, and makes a thousand and a thousand efforts to oblige me again to urge its just claims.
confused
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From this reading _Frank Henley to Oliver Trenchard_ _London, Grosvenor Street_ Oliver, I must fly!--There is neither peace nor safety for me if I remain--Resolution begins to faint under these repeated and oppressive struggles--Life is useless, virtue inefficient, time murdered, and I must fly!--Here I can do nothing but doubt, hope, despair, and linger in uncertainty: my body listless, my mind incoherent, my days wasted in vain reveries on absurd possibilities, and my nights haunted by the confused phantoms of a disturbed and sickly brain!--I must fly!
contradictions
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From this reading I am in the labyrinth of contradictions, and know not how to get out.
days
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From this reading _Frank Henley to Oliver Trenchard_ _London, Grosvenor Street_ Oliver, I must fly!--There is neither peace nor safety for me if I remain--Resolution begins to faint under these repeated and oppressive struggles--Life is useless, virtue inefficient, time murdered, and I must fly!--Here I can do nothing but doubt, hope, despair, and linger in uncertainty: my body listless, my mind incoherent, my days wasted in vain reveries on absurd possibilities, and my nights haunted by the confused phantoms of a disturbed and sickly brain!--I must fly!
despair
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From this reading _Frank Henley to Oliver Trenchard_ _London, Grosvenor Street_ Oliver, I must fly!--There is neither peace nor safety for me if I remain--Resolution begins to faint under these repeated and oppressive struggles--Life is useless, virtue inefficient, time murdered, and I must fly!--Here I can do nothing but doubt, hope, despair, and linger in uncertainty: my body listless, my mind incoherent, my days wasted in vain reveries on absurd possibilities, and my nights haunted by the confused phantoms of a disturbed and sickly brain!--I must fly!
disturbed
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From this reading _Frank Henley to Oliver Trenchard_ _London, Grosvenor Street_ Oliver, I must fly!--There is neither peace nor safety for me if I remain--Resolution begins to faint under these repeated and oppressive struggles--Life is useless, virtue inefficient, time murdered, and I must fly!--Here I can do nothing but doubt, hope, despair, and linger in uncertainty: my body listless, my mind incoherent, my days wasted in vain reveries on absurd possibilities, and my nights haunted by the confused phantoms of a disturbed and sickly brain!--I must fly!
doauxiliary verbUS /duː/
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading _Frank Henley to Oliver Trenchard_ _London, Grosvenor Street_ Oliver, I must fly!--There is neither peace nor safety for me if I remain--Resolution begins to faint under these repeated and oppressive struggles--Life is useless, virtue inefficient, time murdered, and I must fly!--Here I can do nothing but doubt, hope, despair, and linger in uncertainty: my body listless, my mind incoherent, my days wasted in vain reveries on absurd possibilities, and my nights haunted by the confused phantoms of a disturbed and sickly brain!--I must fly!
doubt
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From this reading _Frank Henley to Oliver Trenchard_ _London, Grosvenor Street_ Oliver, I must fly!--There is neither peace nor safety for me if I remain--Resolution begins to faint under these repeated and oppressive struggles--Life is useless, virtue inefficient, time murdered, and I must fly!--Here I can do nothing but doubt, hope, despair, and linger in uncertainty: my body listless, my mind incoherent, my days wasted in vain reveries on absurd possibilities, and my nights haunted by the confused phantoms of a disturbed and sickly brain!--I must fly!
dwell
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From this reading Impossibility must be made more impossible!--'Tis that, Oliver, which kills me, that ignis fatuus of false hope--Were she even married, if her husband were not immortal, I feel as if my heart would still dwell and feed on the meagre May-be!
efforts
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From this reading It refuses to renounce her, and makes a thousand and a thousand efforts to oblige me again to urge its just claims.
evennounUS /even/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Impossibility must be made more impossible!--'Tis that, Oliver, which kills me, that ignis fatuus of false hope--Were she even married, if her husband were not immortal, I feel as if my heart would still dwell and feed on the meagre May-be!
faint
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From this reading _Frank Henley to Oliver Trenchard_ _London, Grosvenor Street_ Oliver, I must fly!--There is neither peace nor safety for me if I remain--Resolution begins to faint under these repeated and oppressive struggles--Life is useless, virtue inefficient, time murdered, and I must fly!--Here I can do nothing but doubt, hope, despair, and linger in uncertainty: my body listless, my mind incoherent, my days wasted in vain reveries on absurd possibilities, and my nights haunted by the confused phantoms of a disturbed and sickly brain!--I must fly!
false
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From this reading Impossibility must be made more impossible!--'Tis that, Oliver, which kills me, that ignis fatuus of false hope--Were she even married, if her husband were not immortal, I feel as if my heart would still dwell and feed on the meagre May-be!
fatuus
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From this reading Impossibility must be made more impossible!--'Tis that, Oliver, which kills me, that ignis fatuus of false hope--Were she even married, if her husband were not immortal, I feel as if my heart would still dwell and feed on the meagre May-be!
feed
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From this reading Impossibility must be made more impossible!--'Tis that, Oliver, which kills me, that ignis fatuus of false hope--Were she even married, if her husband were not immortal, I feel as if my heart would still dwell and feed on the meagre May-be!
feel
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From this reading Impossibility must be made more impossible!--'Tis that, Oliver, which kills me, that ignis fatuus of false hope--Were she even married, if her husband were not immortal, I feel as if my heart would still dwell and feed on the meagre May-be!
fly
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From this reading _Frank Henley to Oliver Trenchard_ _London, Grosvenor Street_ Oliver, I must fly!--There is neither peace nor safety for me if I remain--Resolution begins to faint under these repeated and oppressive struggles--Life is useless, virtue inefficient, time murdered, and I must fly!--Here I can do nothing but doubt, hope, despair, and linger in uncertainty: my body listless, my mind incoherent, my days wasted in vain reveries on absurd possibilities, and my nights haunted by the confused phantoms of a disturbed and sickly brain!--I must fly!
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading _Frank Henley to Oliver Trenchard_ _London, Grosvenor Street_ Oliver, I must fly!--There is neither peace nor safety for me if I remain--Resolution begins to faint under these repeated and oppressive struggles--Life is useless, virtue inefficient, time murdered, and I must fly!--Here I can do nothing but doubt, hope, despair, and linger in uncertainty: my body listless, my mind incoherent, my days wasted in vain reveries on absurd possibilities, and my nights haunted by the confused phantoms of a disturbed and sickly brain!--I must fly!
Frank
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From this reading _Frank Henley to Oliver Trenchard_ _London, Grosvenor Street_ Oliver, I must fly!--There is neither peace nor safety for me if I remain--Resolution begins to faint under these repeated and oppressive struggles--Life is useless, virtue inefficient, time murdered, and I must fly!--Here I can do nothing but doubt, hope, despair, and linger in uncertainty: my body listless, my mind incoherent, my days wasted in vain reveries on absurd possibilities, and my nights haunted by the confused phantoms of a disturbed and sickly brain!--I must fly!
get
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From this reading I am in the labyrinth of contradictions, and know not how to get out.
Grosvenor
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From this reading _Frank Henley to Oliver Trenchard_ _London, Grosvenor Street_ Oliver, I must fly!--There is neither peace nor safety for me if I remain--Resolution begins to faint under these repeated and oppressive struggles--Life is useless, virtue inefficient, time murdered, and I must fly!--Here I can do nothing but doubt, hope, despair, and linger in uncertainty: my body listless, my mind incoherent, my days wasted in vain reveries on absurd possibilities, and my nights haunted by the confused phantoms of a disturbed and sickly brain!--I must fly!
haunted
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From this reading _Frank Henley to Oliver Trenchard_ _London, Grosvenor Street_ Oliver, I must fly!--There is neither peace nor safety for me if I remain--Resolution begins to faint under these repeated and oppressive struggles--Life is useless, virtue inefficient, time murdered, and I must fly!--Here I can do nothing but doubt, hope, despair, and linger in uncertainty: my body listless, my mind incoherent, my days wasted in vain reveries on absurd possibilities, and my nights haunted by the confused phantoms of a disturbed and sickly brain!--I must fly!
heart
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From this reading Impossibility must be made more impossible!--'Tis that, Oliver, which kills me, that ignis fatuus of false hope--Were she even married, if her husband were not immortal, I feel as if my heart would still dwell and feed on the meagre May-be!
Henley
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From this reading _Frank Henley to Oliver Trenchard_ _London, Grosvenor Street_ Oliver, I must fly!--There is neither peace nor safety for me if I remain--Resolution begins to faint under these repeated and oppressive struggles--Life is useless, virtue inefficient, time murdered, and I must fly!--Here I can do nothing but doubt, hope, despair, and linger in uncertainty: my body listless, my mind incoherent, my days wasted in vain reveries on absurd possibilities, and my nights haunted by the confused phantoms of a disturbed and sickly brain!--I must fly!
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading Impossibility must be made more impossible!--'Tis that, Oliver, which kills me, that ignis fatuus of false hope--Were she even married, if her husband were not immortal, I feel as if my heart would still dwell and feed on the meagre May-be!
HerenounUS /here/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading _Frank Henley to Oliver Trenchard_ _London, Grosvenor Street_ Oliver, I must fly!--There is neither peace nor safety for me if I remain--Resolution begins to faint under these repeated and oppressive struggles--Life is useless, virtue inefficient, time murdered, and I must fly!--Here I can do nothing but doubt, hope, despair, and linger in uncertainty: my body listless, my mind incoherent, my days wasted in vain reveries on absurd possibilities, and my nights haunted by the confused phantoms of a disturbed and sickly brain!--I must fly!
hope
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From this reading _Frank Henley to Oliver Trenchard_ _London, Grosvenor Street_ Oliver, I must fly!--There is neither peace nor safety for me if I remain--Resolution begins to faint under these repeated and oppressive struggles--Life is useless, virtue inefficient, time murdered, and I must fly!--Here I can do nothing but doubt, hope, despair, and linger in uncertainty: my body listless, my mind incoherent, my days wasted in vain reveries on absurd possibilities, and my nights haunted by the confused phantoms of a disturbed and sickly brain!--I must fly!
how
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From this reading I am in the labyrinth of contradictions, and know not how to get out.
husband
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From this reading Impossibility must be made more impossible!--'Tis that, Oliver, which kills me, that ignis fatuus of false hope--Were she even married, if her husband were not immortal, I feel as if my heart would still dwell and feed on the meagre May-be!
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading _Frank Henley to Oliver Trenchard_ _London, Grosvenor Street_ Oliver, I must fly!--There is neither peace nor safety for me if I remain--Resolution begins to faint under these repeated and oppressive struggles--Life is useless, virtue inefficient, time murdered, and I must fly!--Here I can do nothing but doubt, hope, despair, and linger in uncertainty: my body listless, my mind incoherent, my days wasted in vain reveries on absurd possibilities, and my nights haunted by the confused phantoms of a disturbed and sickly brain!--I must fly!
ifconjunctionUS /ɪf/
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading _Frank Henley to Oliver Trenchard_ _London, Grosvenor Street_ Oliver, I must fly!--There is neither peace nor safety for me if I remain--Resolution begins to faint under these repeated and oppressive struggles--Life is useless, virtue inefficient, time murdered, and I must fly!--Here I can do nothing but doubt, hope, despair, and linger in uncertainty: my body listless, my mind incoherent, my days wasted in vain reveries on absurd possibilities, and my nights haunted by the confused phantoms of a disturbed and sickly brain!--I must fly!
ignis
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From this reading Impossibility must be made more impossible!--'Tis that, Oliver, which kills me, that ignis fatuus of false hope--Were she even married, if her husband were not immortal, I feel as if my heart would still dwell and feed on the meagre May-be!
immortaladjUS /ɪˈmɔːr.t̬əl/
Living forever; never dying or decaying. (Bất tử, trường tồn vĩnh cửu.)
From this reading Impossibility must be made more impossible!--'Tis that, Oliver, which kills me, that ignis fatuus of false hope--Were she even married, if her husband were not immortal, I feel as if my heart would still dwell and feed on the meagre May-be!
Impossibility
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From this reading Impossibility must be made more impossible!--'Tis that, Oliver, which kills me, that ignis fatuus of false hope--Were she even married, if her husband were not immortal, I feel as if my heart would still dwell and feed on the meagre May-be!
impossible
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From this reading Impossibility must be made more impossible!--'Tis that, Oliver, which kills me, that ignis fatuus of false hope--Were she even married, if her husband were not immortal, I feel as if my heart would still dwell and feed on the meagre May-be!
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading _Frank Henley to Oliver Trenchard_ _London, Grosvenor Street_ Oliver, I must fly!--There is neither peace nor safety for me if I remain--Resolution begins to faint under these repeated and oppressive struggles--Life is useless, virtue inefficient, time murdered, and I must fly!--Here I can do nothing but doubt, hope, despair, and linger in uncertainty: my body listless, my mind incoherent, my days wasted in vain reveries on absurd possibilities, and my nights haunted by the confused phantoms of a disturbed and sickly brain!--I must fly!
incoherent
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From this reading _Frank Henley to Oliver Trenchard_ _London, Grosvenor Street_ Oliver, I must fly!--There is neither peace nor safety for me if I remain--Resolution begins to faint under these repeated and oppressive struggles--Life is useless, virtue inefficient, time murdered, and I must fly!--Here I can do nothing but doubt, hope, despair, and linger in uncertainty: my body listless, my mind incoherent, my days wasted in vain reveries on absurd possibilities, and my nights haunted by the confused phantoms of a disturbed and sickly brain!--I must fly!
inefficient
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From this reading _Frank Henley to Oliver Trenchard_ _London, Grosvenor Street_ Oliver, I must fly!--There is neither peace nor safety for me if I remain--Resolution begins to faint under these repeated and oppressive struggles--Life is useless, virtue inefficient, time murdered, and I must fly!--Here I can do nothing but doubt, hope, despair, and linger in uncertainty: my body listless, my mind incoherent, my days wasted in vain reveries on absurd possibilities, and my nights haunted by the confused phantoms of a disturbed and sickly brain!--I must fly!
isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading _Frank Henley to Oliver Trenchard_ _London, Grosvenor Street_ Oliver, I must fly!--There is neither peace nor safety for me if I remain--Resolution begins to faint under these repeated and oppressive struggles--Life is useless, virtue inefficient, time murdered, and I must fly!--Here I can do nothing but doubt, hope, despair, and linger in uncertainty: my body listless, my mind incoherent, my days wasted in vain reveries on absurd possibilities, and my nights haunted by the confused phantoms of a disturbed and sickly brain!--I must fly!
ItpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It refuses to renounce her, and makes a thousand and a thousand efforts to oblige me again to urge its just claims.
itsdeterminerUS /ɪts/
belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned
From this reading It refuses to renounce her, and makes a thousand and a thousand efforts to oblige me again to urge its just claims.
just
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From this reading It refuses to renounce her, and makes a thousand and a thousand efforts to oblige me again to urge its just claims.
kills
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From this reading Impossibility must be made more impossible!--'Tis that, Oliver, which kills me, that ignis fatuus of false hope--Were she even married, if her husband were not immortal, I feel as if my heart would still dwell and feed on the meagre May-be!
knownounUS /know/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading But whither?--I know not!--If I mean to be truly master of my affections, seas must separate us!
labyrinth
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From this reading I am in the labyrinth of contradictions, and know not how to get out.
LifenounUS /life/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading _Frank Henley to Oliver Trenchard_ _London, Grosvenor Street_ Oliver, I must fly!--There is neither peace nor safety for me if I remain--Resolution begins to faint under these repeated and oppressive struggles--Life is useless, virtue inefficient, time murdered, and I must fly!--Here I can do nothing but doubt, hope, despair, and linger in uncertainty: my body listless, my mind incoherent, my days wasted in vain reveries on absurd possibilities, and my nights haunted by the confused phantoms of a disturbed and sickly brain!--I must fly!
linger
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From this reading _Frank Henley to Oliver Trenchard_ _London, Grosvenor Street_ Oliver, I must fly!--There is neither peace nor safety for me if I remain--Resolution begins to faint under these repeated and oppressive struggles--Life is useless, virtue inefficient, time murdered, and I must fly!--Here I can do nothing but doubt, hope, despair, and linger in uncertainty: my body listless, my mind incoherent, my days wasted in vain reveries on absurd possibilities, and my nights haunted by the confused phantoms of a disturbed and sickly brain!--I must fly!
listless
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From this reading _Frank Henley to Oliver Trenchard_ _London, Grosvenor Street_ Oliver, I must fly!--There is neither peace nor safety for me if I remain--Resolution begins to faint under these repeated and oppressive struggles--Life is useless, virtue inefficient, time murdered, and I must fly!--Here I can do nothing but doubt, hope, despair, and linger in uncertainty: my body listless, my mind incoherent, my days wasted in vain reveries on absurd possibilities, and my nights haunted by the confused phantoms of a disturbed and sickly brain!--I must fly!
London
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From this reading _Frank Henley to Oliver Trenchard_ _London, Grosvenor Street_ Oliver, I must fly!--There is neither peace nor safety for me if I remain--Resolution begins to faint under these repeated and oppressive struggles--Life is useless, virtue inefficient, time murdered, and I must fly!--Here I can do nothing but doubt, hope, despair, and linger in uncertainty: my body listless, my mind incoherent, my days wasted in vain reveries on absurd possibilities, and my nights haunted by the confused phantoms of a disturbed and sickly brain!--I must fly!
made
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From this reading Impossibility must be made more impossible!--'Tis that, Oliver, which kills me, that ignis fatuus of false hope--Were she even married, if her husband were not immortal, I feel as if my heart would still dwell and feed on the meagre May-be!
makes
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From this reading It refuses to renounce her, and makes a thousand and a thousand efforts to oblige me again to urge its just claims.
married
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From this reading Impossibility must be made more impossible!--'Tis that, Oliver, which kills me, that ignis fatuus of false hope--Were she even married, if her husband were not immortal, I feel as if my heart would still dwell and feed on the meagre May-be!
master
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From this reading But whither?--I know not!--If I mean to be truly master of my affections, seas must separate us!
May-be
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From this reading Impossibility must be made more impossible!--'Tis that, Oliver, which kills me, that ignis fatuus of false hope--Were she even married, if her husband were not immortal, I feel as if my heart would still dwell and feed on the meagre May-be!
mepronounUS /miː/
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading _Frank Henley to Oliver Trenchard_ _London, Grosvenor Street_ Oliver, I must fly!--There is neither peace nor safety for me if I remain--Resolution begins to faint under these repeated and oppressive struggles--Life is useless, virtue inefficient, time murdered, and I must fly!--Here I can do nothing but doubt, hope, despair, and linger in uncertainty: my body listless, my mind incoherent, my days wasted in vain reveries on absurd possibilities, and my nights haunted by the confused phantoms of a disturbed and sickly brain!--I must fly!
meagre
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From this reading Impossibility must be made more impossible!--'Tis that, Oliver, which kills me, that ignis fatuus of false hope--Were she even married, if her husband were not immortal, I feel as if my heart would still dwell and feed on the meagre May-be!
mean
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From this reading But whither?--I know not!--If I mean to be truly master of my affections, seas must separate us!
mindnounUS /mind/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading _Frank Henley to Oliver Trenchard_ _London, Grosvenor Street_ Oliver, I must fly!--There is neither peace nor safety for me if I remain--Resolution begins to faint under these repeated and oppressive struggles--Life is useless, virtue inefficient, time murdered, and I must fly!--Here I can do nothing but doubt, hope, despair, and linger in uncertainty: my body listless, my mind incoherent, my days wasted in vain reveries on absurd possibilities, and my nights haunted by the confused phantoms of a disturbed and sickly brain!--I must fly!
more
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From this reading Impossibility must be made more impossible!--'Tis that, Oliver, which kills me, that ignis fatuus of false hope--Were she even married, if her husband were not immortal, I feel as if my heart would still dwell and feed on the meagre May-be!
murdered
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From this reading _Frank Henley to Oliver Trenchard_ _London, Grosvenor Street_ Oliver, I must fly!--There is neither peace nor safety for me if I remain--Resolution begins to faint under these repeated and oppressive struggles--Life is useless, virtue inefficient, time murdered, and I must fly!--Here I can do nothing but doubt, hope, despair, and linger in uncertainty: my body listless, my mind incoherent, my days wasted in vain reveries on absurd possibilities, and my nights haunted by the confused phantoms of a disturbed and sickly brain!--I must fly!
mustmodal verbUS /mʌst/
used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true
From this reading _Frank Henley to Oliver Trenchard_ _London, Grosvenor Street_ Oliver, I must fly!--There is neither peace nor safety for me if I remain--Resolution begins to faint under these repeated and oppressive struggles--Life is useless, virtue inefficient, time murdered, and I must fly!--Here I can do nothing but doubt, hope, despair, and linger in uncertainty: my body listless, my mind incoherent, my days wasted in vain reveries on absurd possibilities, and my nights haunted by the confused phantoms of a disturbed and sickly brain!--I must fly!
mydeterminerUS /maɪ/
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading _Frank Henley to Oliver Trenchard_ _London, Grosvenor Street_ Oliver, I must fly!--There is neither peace nor safety for me if I remain--Resolution begins to faint under these repeated and oppressive struggles--Life is useless, virtue inefficient, time murdered, and I must fly!--Here I can do nothing but doubt, hope, despair, and linger in uncertainty: my body listless, my mind incoherent, my days wasted in vain reveries on absurd possibilities, and my nights haunted by the confused phantoms of a disturbed and sickly brain!--I must fly!
neitherdeterminerUS /ˈniːðər/
not one and not the other of two
From this reading _Frank Henley to Oliver Trenchard_ _London, Grosvenor Street_ Oliver, I must fly!--There is neither peace nor safety for me if I remain--Resolution begins to faint under these repeated and oppressive struggles--Life is useless, virtue inefficient, time murdered, and I must fly!--Here I can do nothing but doubt, hope, despair, and linger in uncertainty: my body listless, my mind incoherent, my days wasted in vain reveries on absurd possibilities, and my nights haunted by the confused phantoms of a disturbed and sickly brain!--I must fly!
nightsnounUS /naɪts/
Periods of darkness between sunset and sunrise.
From this reading _Frank Henley to Oliver Trenchard_ _London, Grosvenor Street_ Oliver, I must fly!--There is neither peace nor safety for me if I remain--Resolution begins to faint under these repeated and oppressive struggles--Life is useless, virtue inefficient, time murdered, and I must fly!--Here I can do nothing but doubt, hope, despair, and linger in uncertainty: my body listless, my mind incoherent, my days wasted in vain reveries on absurd possibilities, and my nights haunted by the confused phantoms of a disturbed and sickly brain!--I must fly!
norconjunctionUS /nɔːr/
and not; used after a negative to add a second negative
From this reading _Frank Henley to Oliver Trenchard_ _London, Grosvenor Street_ Oliver, I must fly!--There is neither peace nor safety for me if I remain--Resolution begins to faint under these repeated and oppressive struggles--Life is useless, virtue inefficient, time murdered, and I must fly!--Here I can do nothing but doubt, hope, despair, and linger in uncertainty: my body listless, my mind incoherent, my days wasted in vain reveries on absurd possibilities, and my nights haunted by the confused phantoms of a disturbed and sickly brain!--I must fly!
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading But whither?--I know not!--If I mean to be truly master of my affections, seas must separate us!
nothingpronounUS /ˈnʌθɪŋ/
not one thing; not anything
From this reading _Frank Henley to Oliver Trenchard_ _London, Grosvenor Street_ Oliver, I must fly!--There is neither peace nor safety for me if I remain--Resolution begins to faint under these repeated and oppressive struggles--Life is useless, virtue inefficient, time murdered, and I must fly!--Here I can do nothing but doubt, hope, despair, and linger in uncertainty: my body listless, my mind incoherent, my days wasted in vain reveries on absurd possibilities, and my nights haunted by the confused phantoms of a disturbed and sickly brain!--I must fly!
oblige
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From this reading It refuses to renounce her, and makes a thousand and a thousand efforts to oblige me again to urge its just claims.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading _Frank Henley to Oliver Trenchard_ _London, Grosvenor Street_ Oliver, I must fly!--There is neither peace nor safety for me if I remain--Resolution begins to faint under these repeated and oppressive struggles--Life is useless, virtue inefficient, time murdered, and I must fly!--Here I can do nothing but doubt, hope, despair, and linger in uncertainty: my body listless, my mind incoherent, my days wasted in vain reveries on absurd possibilities, and my nights haunted by the confused phantoms of a disturbed and sickly brain!--I must fly!
Oliver
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From this reading _Frank Henley to Oliver Trenchard_ _London, Grosvenor Street_ Oliver, I must fly!--There is neither peace nor safety for me if I remain--Resolution begins to faint under these repeated and oppressive struggles--Life is useless, virtue inefficient, time murdered, and I must fly!--Here I can do nothing but doubt, hope, despair, and linger in uncertainty: my body listless, my mind incoherent, my days wasted in vain reveries on absurd possibilities, and my nights haunted by the confused phantoms of a disturbed and sickly brain!--I must fly!
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading _Frank Henley to Oliver Trenchard_ _London, Grosvenor Street_ Oliver, I must fly!--There is neither peace nor safety for me if I remain--Resolution begins to faint under these repeated and oppressive struggles--Life is useless, virtue inefficient, time murdered, and I must fly!--Here I can do nothing but doubt, hope, despair, and linger in uncertainty: my body listless, my mind incoherent, my days wasted in vain reveries on absurd possibilities, and my nights haunted by the confused phantoms of a disturbed and sickly brain!--I must fly!
oppressive
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From this reading _Frank Henley to Oliver Trenchard_ _London, Grosvenor Street_ Oliver, I must fly!--There is neither peace nor safety for me if I remain--Resolution begins to faint under these repeated and oppressive struggles--Life is useless, virtue inefficient, time murdered, and I must fly!--Here I can do nothing but doubt, hope, despair, and linger in uncertainty: my body listless, my mind incoherent, my days wasted in vain reveries on absurd possibilities, and my nights haunted by the confused phantoms of a disturbed and sickly brain!--I must fly!
out
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From this reading I am in the labyrinth of contradictions, and know not how to get out.
peace
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From this reading _Frank Henley to Oliver Trenchard_ _London, Grosvenor Street_ Oliver, I must fly!--There is neither peace nor safety for me if I remain--Resolution begins to faint under these repeated and oppressive struggles--Life is useless, virtue inefficient, time murdered, and I must fly!--Here I can do nothing but doubt, hope, despair, and linger in uncertainty: my body listless, my mind incoherent, my days wasted in vain reveries on absurd possibilities, and my nights haunted by the confused phantoms of a disturbed and sickly brain!--I must fly!
phantoms
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From this reading _Frank Henley to Oliver Trenchard_ _London, Grosvenor Street_ Oliver, I must fly!--There is neither peace nor safety for me if I remain--Resolution begins to faint under these repeated and oppressive struggles--Life is useless, virtue inefficient, time murdered, and I must fly!--Here I can do nothing but doubt, hope, despair, and linger in uncertainty: my body listless, my mind incoherent, my days wasted in vain reveries on absurd possibilities, and my nights haunted by the confused phantoms of a disturbed and sickly brain!--I must fly!
possibilities
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From this reading _Frank Henley to Oliver Trenchard_ _London, Grosvenor Street_ Oliver, I must fly!--There is neither peace nor safety for me if I remain--Resolution begins to faint under these repeated and oppressive struggles--Life is useless, virtue inefficient, time murdered, and I must fly!--Here I can do nothing but doubt, hope, despair, and linger in uncertainty: my body listless, my mind incoherent, my days wasted in vain reveries on absurd possibilities, and my nights haunted by the confused phantoms of a disturbed and sickly brain!--I must fly!
refuses
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From this reading It refuses to renounce her, and makes a thousand and a thousand efforts to oblige me again to urge its just claims.
remain
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From this reading _Frank Henley to Oliver Trenchard_ _London, Grosvenor Street_ Oliver, I must fly!--There is neither peace nor safety for me if I remain--Resolution begins to faint under these repeated and oppressive struggles--Life is useless, virtue inefficient, time murdered, and I must fly!--Here I can do nothing but doubt, hope, despair, and linger in uncertainty: my body listless, my mind incoherent, my days wasted in vain reveries on absurd possibilities, and my nights haunted by the confused phantoms of a disturbed and sickly brain!--I must fly!
renounce
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From this reading It refuses to renounce her, and makes a thousand and a thousand efforts to oblige me again to urge its just claims.
repeatednounUS /repeated/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading _Frank Henley to Oliver Trenchard_ _London, Grosvenor Street_ Oliver, I must fly!--There is neither peace nor safety for me if I remain--Resolution begins to faint under these repeated and oppressive struggles--Life is useless, virtue inefficient, time murdered, and I must fly!--Here I can do nothing but doubt, hope, despair, and linger in uncertainty: my body listless, my mind incoherent, my days wasted in vain reveries on absurd possibilities, and my nights haunted by the confused phantoms of a disturbed and sickly brain!--I must fly!
Resolution
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From this reading _Frank Henley to Oliver Trenchard_ _London, Grosvenor Street_ Oliver, I must fly!--There is neither peace nor safety for me if I remain--Resolution begins to faint under these repeated and oppressive struggles--Life is useless, virtue inefficient, time murdered, and I must fly!--Here I can do nothing but doubt, hope, despair, and linger in uncertainty: my body listless, my mind incoherent, my days wasted in vain reveries on absurd possibilities, and my nights haunted by the confused phantoms of a disturbed and sickly brain!--I must fly!
reveries
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From this reading _Frank Henley to Oliver Trenchard_ _London, Grosvenor Street_ Oliver, I must fly!--There is neither peace nor safety for me if I remain--Resolution begins to faint under these repeated and oppressive struggles--Life is useless, virtue inefficient, time murdered, and I must fly!--Here I can do nothing but doubt, hope, despair, and linger in uncertainty: my body listless, my mind incoherent, my days wasted in vain reveries on absurd possibilities, and my nights haunted by the confused phantoms of a disturbed and sickly brain!--I must fly!
safety
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From this reading _Frank Henley to Oliver Trenchard_ _London, Grosvenor Street_ Oliver, I must fly!--There is neither peace nor safety for me if I remain--Resolution begins to faint under these repeated and oppressive struggles--Life is useless, virtue inefficient, time murdered, and I must fly!--Here I can do nothing but doubt, hope, despair, and linger in uncertainty: my body listless, my mind incoherent, my days wasted in vain reveries on absurd possibilities, and my nights haunted by the confused phantoms of a disturbed and sickly brain!--I must fly!
seas
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From this reading But whither?--I know not!--If I mean to be truly master of my affections, seas must separate us!
separate
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From this reading But whither?--I know not!--If I mean to be truly master of my affections, seas must separate us!
shepronounUS /ʃiː/
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Impossibility must be made more impossible!--'Tis that, Oliver, which kills me, that ignis fatuus of false hope--Were she even married, if her husband were not immortal, I feel as if my heart would still dwell and feed on the meagre May-be!
sickly
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From this reading _Frank Henley to Oliver Trenchard_ _London, Grosvenor Street_ Oliver, I must fly!--There is neither peace nor safety for me if I remain--Resolution begins to faint under these repeated and oppressive struggles--Life is useless, virtue inefficient, time murdered, and I must fly!--Here I can do nothing but doubt, hope, despair, and linger in uncertainty: my body listless, my mind incoherent, my days wasted in vain reveries on absurd possibilities, and my nights haunted by the confused phantoms of a disturbed and sickly brain!--I must fly!
stillnounUS /still/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Impossibility must be made more impossible!--'Tis that, Oliver, which kills me, that ignis fatuus of false hope--Were she even married, if her husband were not immortal, I feel as if my heart would still dwell and feed on the meagre May-be!
Street
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From this reading _Frank Henley to Oliver Trenchard_ _London, Grosvenor Street_ Oliver, I must fly!--There is neither peace nor safety for me if I remain--Resolution begins to faint under these repeated and oppressive struggles--Life is useless, virtue inefficient, time murdered, and I must fly!--Here I can do nothing but doubt, hope, despair, and linger in uncertainty: my body listless, my mind incoherent, my days wasted in vain reveries on absurd possibilities, and my nights haunted by the confused phantoms of a disturbed and sickly brain!--I must fly!
struggles
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From this reading _Frank Henley to Oliver Trenchard_ _London, Grosvenor Street_ Oliver, I must fly!--There is neither peace nor safety for me if I remain--Resolution begins to faint under these repeated and oppressive struggles--Life is useless, virtue inefficient, time murdered, and I must fly!--Here I can do nothing but doubt, hope, despair, and linger in uncertainty: my body listless, my mind incoherent, my days wasted in vain reveries on absurd possibilities, and my nights haunted by the confused phantoms of a disturbed and sickly brain!--I must fly!
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Impossibility must be made more impossible!--'Tis that, Oliver, which kills me, that ignis fatuus of false hope--Were she even married, if her husband were not immortal, I feel as if my heart would still dwell and feed on the meagre May-be!
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading _Frank Henley to Oliver Trenchard_ _London, Grosvenor Street_ Oliver, I must fly!--There is neither peace nor safety for me if I remain--Resolution begins to faint under these repeated and oppressive struggles--Life is useless, virtue inefficient, time murdered, and I must fly!--Here I can do nothing but doubt, hope, despair, and linger in uncertainty: my body listless, my mind incoherent, my days wasted in vain reveries on absurd possibilities, and my nights haunted by the confused phantoms of a disturbed and sickly brain!--I must fly!
There
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From this reading _Frank Henley to Oliver Trenchard_ _London, Grosvenor Street_ Oliver, I must fly!--There is neither peace nor safety for me if I remain--Resolution begins to faint under these repeated and oppressive struggles--Life is useless, virtue inefficient, time murdered, and I must fly!--Here I can do nothing but doubt, hope, despair, and linger in uncertainty: my body listless, my mind incoherent, my days wasted in vain reveries on absurd possibilities, and my nights haunted by the confused phantoms of a disturbed and sickly brain!--I must fly!
thesedeterminerUS /ðiːz/
the plural of “this”: the people or things near, or just mentioned
From this reading _Frank Henley to Oliver Trenchard_ _London, Grosvenor Street_ Oliver, I must fly!--There is neither peace nor safety for me if I remain--Resolution begins to faint under these repeated and oppressive struggles--Life is useless, virtue inefficient, time murdered, and I must fly!--Here I can do nothing but doubt, hope, despair, and linger in uncertainty: my body listless, my mind incoherent, my days wasted in vain reveries on absurd possibilities, and my nights haunted by the confused phantoms of a disturbed and sickly brain!--I must fly!
thousand
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From this reading It refuses to renounce her, and makes a thousand and a thousand efforts to oblige me again to urge its just claims.
timenounUS /time/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading _Frank Henley to Oliver Trenchard_ _London, Grosvenor Street_ Oliver, I must fly!--There is neither peace nor safety for me if I remain--Resolution begins to faint under these repeated and oppressive struggles--Life is useless, virtue inefficient, time murdered, and I must fly!--Here I can do nothing but doubt, hope, despair, and linger in uncertainty: my body listless, my mind incoherent, my days wasted in vain reveries on absurd possibilities, and my nights haunted by the confused phantoms of a disturbed and sickly brain!--I must fly!
Tis
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From this reading Impossibility must be made more impossible!--'Tis that, Oliver, which kills me, that ignis fatuus of false hope--Were she even married, if her husband were not immortal, I feel as if my heart would still dwell and feed on the meagre May-be!
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading _Frank Henley to Oliver Trenchard_ _London, Grosvenor Street_ Oliver, I must fly!--There is neither peace nor safety for me if I remain--Resolution begins to faint under these repeated and oppressive struggles--Life is useless, virtue inefficient, time murdered, and I must fly!--Here I can do nothing but doubt, hope, despair, and linger in uncertainty: my body listless, my mind incoherent, my days wasted in vain reveries on absurd possibilities, and my nights haunted by the confused phantoms of a disturbed and sickly brain!--I must fly!
Trenchard
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From this reading _Frank Henley to Oliver Trenchard_ _London, Grosvenor Street_ Oliver, I must fly!--There is neither peace nor safety for me if I remain--Resolution begins to faint under these repeated and oppressive struggles--Life is useless, virtue inefficient, time murdered, and I must fly!--Here I can do nothing but doubt, hope, despair, and linger in uncertainty: my body listless, my mind incoherent, my days wasted in vain reveries on absurd possibilities, and my nights haunted by the confused phantoms of a disturbed and sickly brain!--I must fly!
truly
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From this reading But whither?--I know not!--If I mean to be truly master of my affections, seas must separate us!
uncertainty
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From this reading _Frank Henley to Oliver Trenchard_ _London, Grosvenor Street_ Oliver, I must fly!--There is neither peace nor safety for me if I remain--Resolution begins to faint under these repeated and oppressive struggles--Life is useless, virtue inefficient, time murdered, and I must fly!--Here I can do nothing but doubt, hope, despair, and linger in uncertainty: my body listless, my mind incoherent, my days wasted in vain reveries on absurd possibilities, and my nights haunted by the confused phantoms of a disturbed and sickly brain!--I must fly!
underprepositionUS /ˈʌndər/
below or beneath something; less than
From this reading _Frank Henley to Oliver Trenchard_ _London, Grosvenor Street_ Oliver, I must fly!--There is neither peace nor safety for me if I remain--Resolution begins to faint under these repeated and oppressive struggles--Life is useless, virtue inefficient, time murdered, and I must fly!--Here I can do nothing but doubt, hope, despair, and linger in uncertainty: my body listless, my mind incoherent, my days wasted in vain reveries on absurd possibilities, and my nights haunted by the confused phantoms of a disturbed and sickly brain!--I must fly!
urge
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From this reading It refuses to renounce her, and makes a thousand and a thousand efforts to oblige me again to urge its just claims.
uspronounUS /ʌs/
the speaker and others, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading But whither?--I know not!--If I mean to be truly master of my affections, seas must separate us!
useless
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From this reading _Frank Henley to Oliver Trenchard_ _London, Grosvenor Street_ Oliver, I must fly!--There is neither peace nor safety for me if I remain--Resolution begins to faint under these repeated and oppressive struggles--Life is useless, virtue inefficient, time murdered, and I must fly!--Here I can do nothing but doubt, hope, despair, and linger in uncertainty: my body listless, my mind incoherent, my days wasted in vain reveries on absurd possibilities, and my nights haunted by the confused phantoms of a disturbed and sickly brain!--I must fly!
vain
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From this reading _Frank Henley to Oliver Trenchard_ _London, Grosvenor Street_ Oliver, I must fly!--There is neither peace nor safety for me if I remain--Resolution begins to faint under these repeated and oppressive struggles--Life is useless, virtue inefficient, time murdered, and I must fly!--Here I can do nothing but doubt, hope, despair, and linger in uncertainty: my body listless, my mind incoherent, my days wasted in vain reveries on absurd possibilities, and my nights haunted by the confused phantoms of a disturbed and sickly brain!--I must fly!
virtuenounUS /ˈvɝː.tʃuː/
Moral excellence and goodness of character; the highest human attainment in Stoic philosophy.
From this reading _Frank Henley to Oliver Trenchard_ _London, Grosvenor Street_ Oliver, I must fly!--There is neither peace nor safety for me if I remain--Resolution begins to faint under these repeated and oppressive struggles--Life is useless, virtue inefficient, time murdered, and I must fly!--Here I can do nothing but doubt, hope, despair, and linger in uncertainty: my body listless, my mind incoherent, my days wasted in vain reveries on absurd possibilities, and my nights haunted by the confused phantoms of a disturbed and sickly brain!--I must fly!
wasted
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From this reading _Frank Henley to Oliver Trenchard_ _London, Grosvenor Street_ Oliver, I must fly!--There is neither peace nor safety for me if I remain--Resolution begins to faint under these repeated and oppressive struggles--Life is useless, virtue inefficient, time murdered, and I must fly!--Here I can do nothing but doubt, hope, despair, and linger in uncertainty: my body listless, my mind incoherent, my days wasted in vain reveries on absurd possibilities, and my nights haunted by the confused phantoms of a disturbed and sickly brain!--I must fly!
Wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading Impossibility must be made more impossible!--'Tis that, Oliver, which kills me, that ignis fatuus of false hope--Were she even married, if her husband were not immortal, I feel as if my heart would still dwell and feed on the meagre May-be!
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading Impossibility must be made more impossible!--'Tis that, Oliver, which kills me, that ignis fatuus of false hope--Were she even married, if her husband were not immortal, I feel as if my heart would still dwell and feed on the meagre May-be!
whitheradverbUS /ˈwɪðər/
an old word meaning “to where”
From this reading But whither?--I know not!--If I mean to be truly master of my affections, seas must separate us!
wouldmodal verbUS /wʊd/
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading Impossibility must be made more impossible!--'Tis that, Oliver, which kills me, that ignis fatuus of false hope--Were she even married, if her husband were not immortal, I feel as if my heart would still dwell and feed on the meagre May-be!
