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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 It was pleasant to drink tea at a little table in the garden of the inn, with the white mountain world spread before them in all its glory, flushed with the golden lights of afternoon.
ABOVEprepositionUS /əˈbʌv/
higher than, or over, something
From this reading ‘I MEANE WELL, BY GOD THAT SIT ABOVE.’
absolutely
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From this reading Edgar looked ineffably happy as he sat sipping his tea and watching Daphne eat bread and honey, which seemed her chief nutriment in this part of the world; for Swiss poultry and Swiss veal, for all the varieties of _vol-au-vent_, _fricandeau_, _ris de veau_, and _fricassée_, under which the inevitable calf disguised himself, she showed herself absolutely indifferent; but she had an infinite capacity for Swiss rolls and Swiss honey.
afternoonnounUS /ˈafternoon/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading It was pleasant to drink tea at a little table in the garden of the inn, with the white mountain world spread before them in all its glory, flushed with the golden lights of afternoon.
all
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From this reading It was pleasant to drink tea at a little table in the garden of the inn, with the white mountain world spread before them in all its glory, flushed with the golden lights of afternoon.
aloud
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From this reading While they were sitting at tea, resting before they began the downward walk, Mr. Turchill produced a letter which that morning’s post had brought him from his mother: one of those worthy commonplace letters which set one’s teeth on edge when read aloud amidst the loftiest aspects of nature.
amidstprepositionUS /əˈmɪdst/
in the middle of; surrounded by
From this reading While they were sitting at tea, resting before they began the downward walk, Mr. Turchill produced a letter which that morning’s post had brought him from his mother: one of those worthy commonplace letters which set one’s teeth on edge when read aloud amidst the loftiest aspects of nature.
andeterminerUS /æn/
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading Edgar looked ineffably happy as he sat sipping his tea and watching Daphne eat bread and honey, which seemed her chief nutriment in this part of the world; for Swiss poultry and Swiss veal, for all the varieties of _vol-au-vent_, _fricandeau_, _ris de veau_, and _fricassée_, under which the inevitable calf disguised himself, she showed herself absolutely indifferent; but she had an infinite capacity for Swiss rolls and Swiss honey.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Edgar looked ineffably happy as he sat sipping his tea and watching Daphne eat bread and honey, which seemed her chief nutriment in this part of the world; for Swiss poultry and Swiss veal, for all the varieties of _vol-au-vent_, _fricandeau_, _ris de veau_, and _fricassée_, under which the inevitable calf disguised himself, she showed herself absolutely indifferent; but she had an infinite capacity for Swiss rolls and Swiss honey.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading Edgar looked ineffably happy as he sat sipping his tea and watching Daphne eat bread and honey, which seemed her chief nutriment in this part of the world; for Swiss poultry and Swiss veal, for all the varieties of _vol-au-vent_, _fricandeau_, _ris de veau_, and _fricassée_, under which the inevitable calf disguised himself, she showed herself absolutely indifferent; but she had an infinite capacity for Swiss rolls and Swiss honey.
aspects
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From this reading While they were sitting at tea, resting before they began the downward walk, Mr. Turchill produced a letter which that morning’s post had brought him from his mother: one of those worthy commonplace letters which set one’s teeth on edge when read aloud amidst the loftiest aspects of nature.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading It was pleasant to drink tea at a little table in the garden of the inn, with the white mountain world spread before them in all its glory, flushed with the golden lights of afternoon.
beforeprepositionUS /bɪˈfɔːr/
earlier than; in front of
From this reading It was pleasant to drink tea at a little table in the garden of the inn, with the white mountain world spread before them in all its glory, flushed with the golden lights of afternoon.
begannounUS /began/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading While they were sitting at tea, resting before they began the downward walk, Mr. Turchill produced a letter which that morning’s post had brought him from his mother: one of those worthy commonplace letters which set one’s teeth on edge when read aloud amidst the loftiest aspects of nature.
betweenprepositionUS /bɪˈtwiːn/
in the space, time, or range separating two things
From this reading But Edgar saw nothing beyond the love and the kindness in his mother’s epistle, and would have read it on the summit of Caucasus, yea, on that topmost untrodden snow-peak which the Persians call the Holy Mountain, and would have perceived no discord between the letter and the scene.
beyondprepositionUS /bɪˈɑːnd/
on the far side of; further than
From this reading But Edgar saw nothing beyond the love and the kindness in his mother’s epistle, and would have read it on the summit of Caucasus, yea, on that topmost untrodden snow-peak which the Persians call the Holy Mountain, and would have perceived no discord between the letter and the scene.
bread
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From this reading Edgar looked ineffably happy as he sat sipping his tea and watching Daphne eat bread and honey, which seemed her chief nutriment in this part of the world; for Swiss poultry and Swiss veal, for all the varieties of _vol-au-vent_, _fricandeau_, _ris de veau_, and _fricassée_, under which the inevitable calf disguised himself, she showed herself absolutely indifferent; but she had an infinite capacity for Swiss rolls and Swiss honey.
broughtnounUS /ˈbrought/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading While they were sitting at tea, resting before they began the downward walk, Mr. Turchill produced a letter which that morning’s post had brought him from his mother: one of those worthy commonplace letters which set one’s teeth on edge when read aloud amidst the loftiest aspects of nature.
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading Edgar looked ineffably happy as he sat sipping his tea and watching Daphne eat bread and honey, which seemed her chief nutriment in this part of the world; for Swiss poultry and Swiss veal, for all the varieties of _vol-au-vent_, _fricandeau_, _ris de veau_, and _fricassée_, under which the inevitable calf disguised himself, she showed herself absolutely indifferent; but she had an infinite capacity for Swiss rolls and Swiss honey.
BYprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading ‘I MEANE WELL, BY GOD THAT SIT ABOVE.’
calf
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From this reading Edgar looked ineffably happy as he sat sipping his tea and watching Daphne eat bread and honey, which seemed her chief nutriment in this part of the world; for Swiss poultry and Swiss veal, for all the varieties of _vol-au-vent_, _fricandeau_, _ris de veau_, and _fricassée_, under which the inevitable calf disguised himself, she showed herself absolutely indifferent; but she had an infinite capacity for Swiss rolls and Swiss honey.
call
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From this reading But Edgar saw nothing beyond the love and the kindness in his mother’s epistle, and would have read it on the summit of Caucasus, yea, on that topmost untrodden snow-peak which the Persians call the Holy Mountain, and would have perceived no discord between the letter and the scene.
capacity
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From this reading Edgar looked ineffably happy as he sat sipping his tea and watching Daphne eat bread and honey, which seemed her chief nutriment in this part of the world; for Swiss poultry and Swiss veal, for all the varieties of _vol-au-vent_, _fricandeau_, _ris de veau_, and _fricassée_, under which the inevitable calf disguised himself, she showed herself absolutely indifferent; but she had an infinite capacity for Swiss rolls and Swiss honey.
Caucasus
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From this reading But Edgar saw nothing beyond the love and the kindness in his mother’s epistle, and would have read it on the summit of Caucasus, yea, on that topmost untrodden snow-peak which the Persians call the Holy Mountain, and would have perceived no discord between the letter and the scene.
chief
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From this reading Edgar looked ineffably happy as he sat sipping his tea and watching Daphne eat bread and honey, which seemed her chief nutriment in this part of the world; for Swiss poultry and Swiss veal, for all the varieties of _vol-au-vent_, _fricandeau_, _ris de veau_, and _fricassée_, under which the inevitable calf disguised himself, she showed herself absolutely indifferent; but she had an infinite capacity for Swiss rolls and Swiss honey.
commonplace
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From this reading While they were sitting at tea, resting before they began the downward walk, Mr. Turchill produced a letter which that morning’s post had brought him from his mother: one of those worthy commonplace letters which set one’s teeth on edge when read aloud amidst the loftiest aspects of nature.
Daphne
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From this reading Edgar looked ineffably happy as he sat sipping his tea and watching Daphne eat bread and honey, which seemed her chief nutriment in this part of the world; for Swiss poultry and Swiss veal, for all the varieties of _vol-au-vent_, _fricandeau_, _ris de veau_, and _fricassée_, under which the inevitable calf disguised himself, she showed herself absolutely indifferent; but she had an infinite capacity for Swiss rolls and Swiss honey.
de
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From this reading Edgar looked ineffably happy as he sat sipping his tea and watching Daphne eat bread and honey, which seemed her chief nutriment in this part of the world; for Swiss poultry and Swiss veal, for all the varieties of _vol-au-vent_, _fricandeau_, _ris de veau_, and _fricassée_, under which the inevitable calf disguised himself, she showed herself absolutely indifferent; but she had an infinite capacity for Swiss rolls and Swiss honey.
discord
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From this reading But Edgar saw nothing beyond the love and the kindness in his mother’s epistle, and would have read it on the summit of Caucasus, yea, on that topmost untrodden snow-peak which the Persians call the Holy Mountain, and would have perceived no discord between the letter and the scene.
disguised
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From this reading Edgar looked ineffably happy as he sat sipping his tea and watching Daphne eat bread and honey, which seemed her chief nutriment in this part of the world; for Swiss poultry and Swiss veal, for all the varieties of _vol-au-vent_, _fricandeau_, _ris de veau_, and _fricassée_, under which the inevitable calf disguised himself, she showed herself absolutely indifferent; but she had an infinite capacity for Swiss rolls and Swiss honey.
downward
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From this reading While they were sitting at tea, resting before they began the downward walk, Mr. Turchill produced a letter which that morning’s post had brought him from his mother: one of those worthy commonplace letters which set one’s teeth on edge when read aloud amidst the loftiest aspects of nature.
drink
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From this reading It was pleasant to drink tea at a little table in the garden of the inn, with the white mountain world spread before them in all its glory, flushed with the golden lights of afternoon.
eat
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From this reading Edgar looked ineffably happy as he sat sipping his tea and watching Daphne eat bread and honey, which seemed her chief nutriment in this part of the world; for Swiss poultry and Swiss veal, for all the varieties of _vol-au-vent_, _fricandeau_, _ris de veau_, and _fricassée_, under which the inevitable calf disguised himself, she showed herself absolutely indifferent; but she had an infinite capacity for Swiss rolls and Swiss honey.
Edgar
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From this reading Edgar looked ineffably happy as he sat sipping his tea and watching Daphne eat bread and honey, which seemed her chief nutriment in this part of the world; for Swiss poultry and Swiss veal, for all the varieties of _vol-au-vent_, _fricandeau_, _ris de veau_, and _fricassée_, under which the inevitable calf disguised himself, she showed herself absolutely indifferent; but she had an infinite capacity for Swiss rolls and Swiss honey.
edge
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From this reading While they were sitting at tea, resting before they began the downward walk, Mr. Turchill produced a letter which that morning’s post had brought him from his mother: one of those worthy commonplace letters which set one’s teeth on edge when read aloud amidst the loftiest aspects of nature.
epistle
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From this reading But Edgar saw nothing beyond the love and the kindness in his mother’s epistle, and would have read it on the summit of Caucasus, yea, on that topmost untrodden snow-peak which the Persians call the Holy Mountain, and would have perceived no discord between the letter and the scene.
flushed
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From this reading It was pleasant to drink tea at a little table in the garden of the inn, with the white mountain world spread before them in all its glory, flushed with the golden lights of afternoon.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading Edgar looked ineffably happy as he sat sipping his tea and watching Daphne eat bread and honey, which seemed her chief nutriment in this part of the world; for Swiss poultry and Swiss veal, for all the varieties of _vol-au-vent_, _fricandeau_, _ris de veau_, and _fricassée_, under which the inevitable calf disguised himself, she showed herself absolutely indifferent; but she had an infinite capacity for Swiss rolls and Swiss honey.
fricandeau
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From this reading Edgar looked ineffably happy as he sat sipping his tea and watching Daphne eat bread and honey, which seemed her chief nutriment in this part of the world; for Swiss poultry and Swiss veal, for all the varieties of _vol-au-vent_, _fricandeau_, _ris de veau_, and _fricassée_, under which the inevitable calf disguised himself, she showed herself absolutely indifferent; but she had an infinite capacity for Swiss rolls and Swiss honey.
fricassée
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From this reading Edgar looked ineffably happy as he sat sipping his tea and watching Daphne eat bread and honey, which seemed her chief nutriment in this part of the world; for Swiss poultry and Swiss veal, for all the varieties of _vol-au-vent_, _fricandeau_, _ris de veau_, and _fricassée_, under which the inevitable calf disguised himself, she showed herself absolutely indifferent; but she had an infinite capacity for Swiss rolls and Swiss honey.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading While they were sitting at tea, resting before they began the downward walk, Mr. Turchill produced a letter which that morning’s post had brought him from his mother: one of those worthy commonplace letters which set one’s teeth on edge when read aloud amidst the loftiest aspects of nature.
garden
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From this reading It was pleasant to drink tea at a little table in the garden of the inn, with the white mountain world spread before them in all its glory, flushed with the golden lights of afternoon.
glory
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From this reading It was pleasant to drink tea at a little table in the garden of the inn, with the white mountain world spread before them in all its glory, flushed with the golden lights of afternoon.
GOD
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From this reading ‘I MEANE WELL, BY GOD THAT SIT ABOVE.’
golden
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From this reading It was pleasant to drink tea at a little table in the garden of the inn, with the white mountain world spread before them in all its glory, flushed with the golden lights of afternoon.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Edgar looked ineffably happy as he sat sipping his tea and watching Daphne eat bread and honey, which seemed her chief nutriment in this part of the world; for Swiss poultry and Swiss veal, for all the varieties of _vol-au-vent_, _fricandeau_, _ris de veau_, and _fricassée_, under which the inevitable calf disguised himself, she showed herself absolutely indifferent; but she had an infinite capacity for Swiss rolls and Swiss honey.
happy
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From this reading Edgar looked ineffably happy as he sat sipping his tea and watching Daphne eat bread and honey, which seemed her chief nutriment in this part of the world; for Swiss poultry and Swiss veal, for all the varieties of _vol-au-vent_, _fricandeau_, _ris de veau_, and _fricassée_, under which the inevitable calf disguised himself, she showed herself absolutely indifferent; but she had an infinite capacity for Swiss rolls and Swiss honey.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading But Edgar saw nothing beyond the love and the kindness in his mother’s epistle, and would have read it on the summit of Caucasus, yea, on that topmost untrodden snow-peak which the Persians call the Holy Mountain, and would have perceived no discord between the letter and the scene.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Edgar looked ineffably happy as he sat sipping his tea and watching Daphne eat bread and honey, which seemed her chief nutriment in this part of the world; for Swiss poultry and Swiss veal, for all the varieties of _vol-au-vent_, _fricandeau_, _ris de veau_, and _fricassée_, under which the inevitable calf disguised himself, she showed herself absolutely indifferent; but she had an infinite capacity for Swiss rolls and Swiss honey.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading Edgar looked ineffably happy as he sat sipping his tea and watching Daphne eat bread and honey, which seemed her chief nutriment in this part of the world; for Swiss poultry and Swiss veal, for all the varieties of _vol-au-vent_, _fricandeau_, _ris de veau_, and _fricassée_, under which the inevitable calf disguised himself, she showed herself absolutely indifferent; but she had an infinite capacity for Swiss rolls and Swiss honey.
herselfpronounUS /hərˈself/
used when the woman or girl doing the action is also its object
From this reading Edgar looked ineffably happy as he sat sipping his tea and watching Daphne eat bread and honey, which seemed her chief nutriment in this part of the world; for Swiss poultry and Swiss veal, for all the varieties of _vol-au-vent_, _fricandeau_, _ris de veau_, and _fricassée_, under which the inevitable calf disguised himself, she showed herself absolutely indifferent; but she had an infinite capacity for Swiss rolls and Swiss honey.
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading While they were sitting at tea, resting before they began the downward walk, Mr. Turchill produced a letter which that morning’s post had brought him from his mother: one of those worthy commonplace letters which set one’s teeth on edge when read aloud amidst the loftiest aspects of nature.
himselfpronounUS /hɪmˈself/
used when the man or boy doing the action is also its object
From this reading Edgar looked ineffably happy as he sat sipping his tea and watching Daphne eat bread and honey, which seemed her chief nutriment in this part of the world; for Swiss poultry and Swiss veal, for all the varieties of _vol-au-vent_, _fricandeau_, _ris de veau_, and _fricassée_, under which the inevitable calf disguised himself, she showed herself absolutely indifferent; but she had an infinite capacity for Swiss rolls and Swiss honey.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Edgar looked ineffably happy as he sat sipping his tea and watching Daphne eat bread and honey, which seemed her chief nutriment in this part of the world; for Swiss poultry and Swiss veal, for all the varieties of _vol-au-vent_, _fricandeau_, _ris de veau_, and _fricassée_, under which the inevitable calf disguised himself, she showed herself absolutely indifferent; but she had an infinite capacity for Swiss rolls and Swiss honey.
Holy
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From this reading But Edgar saw nothing beyond the love and the kindness in his mother’s epistle, and would have read it on the summit of Caucasus, yea, on that topmost untrodden snow-peak which the Persians call the Holy Mountain, and would have perceived no discord between the letter and the scene.
honey
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From this reading Edgar looked ineffably happy as he sat sipping his tea and watching Daphne eat bread and honey, which seemed her chief nutriment in this part of the world; for Swiss poultry and Swiss veal, for all the varieties of _vol-au-vent_, _fricandeau_, _ris de veau_, and _fricassée_, under which the inevitable calf disguised himself, she showed herself absolutely indifferent; but she had an infinite capacity for Swiss rolls and Swiss honey.
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading ‘I MEANE WELL, BY GOD THAT SIT ABOVE.’
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading It was pleasant to drink tea at a little table in the garden of the inn, with the white mountain world spread before them in all its glory, flushed with the golden lights of afternoon.
indifferent
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From this reading Edgar looked ineffably happy as he sat sipping his tea and watching Daphne eat bread and honey, which seemed her chief nutriment in this part of the world; for Swiss poultry and Swiss veal, for all the varieties of _vol-au-vent_, _fricandeau_, _ris de veau_, and _fricassée_, under which the inevitable calf disguised himself, she showed herself absolutely indifferent; but she had an infinite capacity for Swiss rolls and Swiss honey.
ineffably
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From this reading Edgar looked ineffably happy as he sat sipping his tea and watching Daphne eat bread and honey, which seemed her chief nutriment in this part of the world; for Swiss poultry and Swiss veal, for all the varieties of _vol-au-vent_, _fricandeau_, _ris de veau_, and _fricassée_, under which the inevitable calf disguised himself, she showed herself absolutely indifferent; but she had an infinite capacity for Swiss rolls and Swiss honey.
inevitable
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From this reading Edgar looked ineffably happy as he sat sipping his tea and watching Daphne eat bread and honey, which seemed her chief nutriment in this part of the world; for Swiss poultry and Swiss veal, for all the varieties of _vol-au-vent_, _fricandeau_, _ris de veau_, and _fricassée_, under which the inevitable calf disguised himself, she showed herself absolutely indifferent; but she had an infinite capacity for Swiss rolls and Swiss honey.
infinite
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From this reading Edgar looked ineffably happy as he sat sipping his tea and watching Daphne eat bread and honey, which seemed her chief nutriment in this part of the world; for Swiss poultry and Swiss veal, for all the varieties of _vol-au-vent_, _fricandeau_, _ris de veau_, and _fricassée_, under which the inevitable calf disguised himself, she showed herself absolutely indifferent; but she had an infinite capacity for Swiss rolls and Swiss honey.
inn
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From this reading It was pleasant to drink tea at a little table in the garden of the inn, with the white mountain world spread before them in all its glory, flushed with the golden lights of afternoon.
ItpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It was pleasant to drink tea at a little table in the garden of the inn, with the white mountain world spread before them in all its glory, flushed with the golden lights of afternoon.
itsdeterminerUS /ɪts/
belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned
From this reading It was pleasant to drink tea at a little table in the garden of the inn, with the white mountain world spread before them in all its glory, flushed with the golden lights of afternoon.
kindness
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From this reading But Edgar saw nothing beyond the love and the kindness in his mother’s epistle, and would have read it on the summit of Caucasus, yea, on that topmost untrodden snow-peak which the Persians call the Holy Mountain, and would have perceived no discord between the letter and the scene.
letter
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From this reading While they were sitting at tea, resting before they began the downward walk, Mr. Turchill produced a letter which that morning’s post had brought him from his mother: one of those worthy commonplace letters which set one’s teeth on edge when read aloud amidst the loftiest aspects of nature.
letters
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From this reading While they were sitting at tea, resting before they began the downward walk, Mr. Turchill produced a letter which that morning’s post had brought him from his mother: one of those worthy commonplace letters which set one’s teeth on edge when read aloud amidst the loftiest aspects of nature.
lights
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From this reading It was pleasant to drink tea at a little table in the garden of the inn, with the white mountain world spread before them in all its glory, flushed with the golden lights of afternoon.
littlenounUS /little/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading It was pleasant to drink tea at a little table in the garden of the inn, with the white mountain world spread before them in all its glory, flushed with the golden lights of afternoon.
loftiest
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From this reading While they were sitting at tea, resting before they began the downward walk, Mr. Turchill produced a letter which that morning’s post had brought him from his mother: one of those worthy commonplace letters which set one’s teeth on edge when read aloud amidst the loftiest aspects of nature.
lookednounUS /looked/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Edgar looked ineffably happy as he sat sipping his tea and watching Daphne eat bread and honey, which seemed her chief nutriment in this part of the world; for Swiss poultry and Swiss veal, for all the varieties of _vol-au-vent_, _fricandeau_, _ris de veau_, and _fricassée_, under which the inevitable calf disguised himself, she showed herself absolutely indifferent; but she had an infinite capacity for Swiss rolls and Swiss honey.
love
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From this reading But Edgar saw nothing beyond the love and the kindness in his mother’s epistle, and would have read it on the summit of Caucasus, yea, on that topmost untrodden snow-peak which the Persians call the Holy Mountain, and would have perceived no discord between the letter and the scene.
MEANE
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From this reading ‘I MEANE WELL, BY GOD THAT SIT ABOVE.’
morning's
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From this reading While they were sitting at tea, resting before they began the downward walk, Mr. Turchill produced a letter which that morning’s post had brought him from his mother: one of those worthy commonplace letters which set one’s teeth on edge when read aloud amidst the loftiest aspects of nature.
mother
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From this reading While they were sitting at tea, resting before they began the downward walk, Mr. Turchill produced a letter which that morning’s post had brought him from his mother: one of those worthy commonplace letters which set one’s teeth on edge when read aloud amidst the loftiest aspects of nature.
mother's
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From this reading But Edgar saw nothing beyond the love and the kindness in his mother’s epistle, and would have read it on the summit of Caucasus, yea, on that topmost untrodden snow-peak which the Persians call the Holy Mountain, and would have perceived no discord between the letter and the scene.
mountain
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From this reading It was pleasant to drink tea at a little table in the garden of the inn, with the white mountain world spread before them in all its glory, flushed with the golden lights of afternoon.
Mr
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From this reading While they were sitting at tea, resting before they began the downward walk, Mr. Turchill produced a letter which that morning’s post had brought him from his mother: one of those worthy commonplace letters which set one’s teeth on edge when read aloud amidst the loftiest aspects of nature.
nature
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From this reading While they were sitting at tea, resting before they began the downward walk, Mr. Turchill produced a letter which that morning’s post had brought him from his mother: one of those worthy commonplace letters which set one’s teeth on edge when read aloud amidst the loftiest aspects of nature.
nodeterminerUS /noʊ/
not any; not one
From this reading But Edgar saw nothing beyond the love and the kindness in his mother’s epistle, and would have read it on the summit of Caucasus, yea, on that topmost untrodden snow-peak which the Persians call the Holy Mountain, and would have perceived no discord between the letter and the scene.
nothingpronounUS /ˈnʌθɪŋ/
not one thing; not anything
From this reading But Edgar saw nothing beyond the love and the kindness in his mother’s epistle, and would have read it on the summit of Caucasus, yea, on that topmost untrodden snow-peak which the Persians call the Holy Mountain, and would have perceived no discord between the letter and the scene.
nutriment
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From this reading Edgar looked ineffably happy as he sat sipping his tea and watching Daphne eat bread and honey, which seemed her chief nutriment in this part of the world; for Swiss poultry and Swiss veal, for all the varieties of _vol-au-vent_, _fricandeau_, _ris de veau_, and _fricassée_, under which the inevitable calf disguised himself, she showed herself absolutely indifferent; but she had an infinite capacity for Swiss rolls and Swiss honey.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading It was pleasant to drink tea at a little table in the garden of the inn, with the white mountain world spread before them in all its glory, flushed with the golden lights of afternoon.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading While they were sitting at tea, resting before they began the downward walk, Mr. Turchill produced a letter which that morning’s post had brought him from his mother: one of those worthy commonplace letters which set one’s teeth on edge when read aloud amidst the loftiest aspects of nature.
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading While they were sitting at tea, resting before they began the downward walk, Mr. Turchill produced a letter which that morning’s post had brought him from his mother: one of those worthy commonplace letters which set one’s teeth on edge when read aloud amidst the loftiest aspects of nature.
one's
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From this reading While they were sitting at tea, resting before they began the downward walk, Mr. Turchill produced a letter which that morning’s post had brought him from his mother: one of those worthy commonplace letters which set one’s teeth on edge when read aloud amidst the loftiest aspects of nature.
partnounUS /part/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Edgar looked ineffably happy as he sat sipping his tea and watching Daphne eat bread and honey, which seemed her chief nutriment in this part of the world; for Swiss poultry and Swiss veal, for all the varieties of _vol-au-vent_, _fricandeau_, _ris de veau_, and _fricassée_, under which the inevitable calf disguised himself, she showed herself absolutely indifferent; but she had an infinite capacity for Swiss rolls and Swiss honey.
perceived
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From this reading But Edgar saw nothing beyond the love and the kindness in his mother’s epistle, and would have read it on the summit of Caucasus, yea, on that topmost untrodden snow-peak which the Persians call the Holy Mountain, and would have perceived no discord between the letter and the scene.
Persians
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From this reading But Edgar saw nothing beyond the love and the kindness in his mother’s epistle, and would have read it on the summit of Caucasus, yea, on that topmost untrodden snow-peak which the Persians call the Holy Mountain, and would have perceived no discord between the letter and the scene.
pleasantnounUS /pleasant/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading It was pleasant to drink tea at a little table in the garden of the inn, with the white mountain world spread before them in all its glory, flushed with the golden lights of afternoon.
post
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From this reading While they were sitting at tea, resting before they began the downward walk, Mr. Turchill produced a letter which that morning’s post had brought him from his mother: one of those worthy commonplace letters which set one’s teeth on edge when read aloud amidst the loftiest aspects of nature.
poultry
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From this reading Edgar looked ineffably happy as he sat sipping his tea and watching Daphne eat bread and honey, which seemed her chief nutriment in this part of the world; for Swiss poultry and Swiss veal, for all the varieties of _vol-au-vent_, _fricandeau_, _ris de veau_, and _fricassée_, under which the inevitable calf disguised himself, she showed herself absolutely indifferent; but she had an infinite capacity for Swiss rolls and Swiss honey.
produced
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From this reading While they were sitting at tea, resting before they began the downward walk, Mr. Turchill produced a letter which that morning’s post had brought him from his mother: one of those worthy commonplace letters which set one’s teeth on edge when read aloud amidst the loftiest aspects of nature.
read
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From this reading While they were sitting at tea, resting before they began the downward walk, Mr. Turchill produced a letter which that morning’s post had brought him from his mother: one of those worthy commonplace letters which set one’s teeth on edge when read aloud amidst the loftiest aspects of nature.
restingnounUS /ˈresting/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading While they were sitting at tea, resting before they began the downward walk, Mr. Turchill produced a letter which that morning’s post had brought him from his mother: one of those worthy commonplace letters which set one’s teeth on edge when read aloud amidst the loftiest aspects of nature.
ris
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From this reading Edgar looked ineffably happy as he sat sipping his tea and watching Daphne eat bread and honey, which seemed her chief nutriment in this part of the world; for Swiss poultry and Swiss veal, for all the varieties of _vol-au-vent_, _fricandeau_, _ris de veau_, and _fricassée_, under which the inevitable calf disguised himself, she showed herself absolutely indifferent; but she had an infinite capacity for Swiss rolls and Swiss honey.
rolls
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From this reading Edgar looked ineffably happy as he sat sipping his tea and watching Daphne eat bread and honey, which seemed her chief nutriment in this part of the world; for Swiss poultry and Swiss veal, for all the varieties of _vol-au-vent_, _fricandeau_, _ris de veau_, and _fricassée_, under which the inevitable calf disguised himself, she showed herself absolutely indifferent; but she had an infinite capacity for Swiss rolls and Swiss honey.
sat
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From this reading Edgar looked ineffably happy as he sat sipping his tea and watching Daphne eat bread and honey, which seemed her chief nutriment in this part of the world; for Swiss poultry and Swiss veal, for all the varieties of _vol-au-vent_, _fricandeau_, _ris de veau_, and _fricassée_, under which the inevitable calf disguised himself, she showed herself absolutely indifferent; but she had an infinite capacity for Swiss rolls and Swiss honey.
saw
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From this reading But Edgar saw nothing beyond the love and the kindness in his mother’s epistle, and would have read it on the summit of Caucasus, yea, on that topmost untrodden snow-peak which the Persians call the Holy Mountain, and would have perceived no discord between the letter and the scene.
scene
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From this reading But Edgar saw nothing beyond the love and the kindness in his mother’s epistle, and would have read it on the summit of Caucasus, yea, on that topmost untrodden snow-peak which the Persians call the Holy Mountain, and would have perceived no discord between the letter and the scene.
seemednounUS /seemed/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Edgar looked ineffably happy as he sat sipping his tea and watching Daphne eat bread and honey, which seemed her chief nutriment in this part of the world; for Swiss poultry and Swiss veal, for all the varieties of _vol-au-vent_, _fricandeau_, _ris de veau_, and _fricassée_, under which the inevitable calf disguised himself, she showed herself absolutely indifferent; but she had an infinite capacity for Swiss rolls and Swiss honey.
set
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From this reading While they were sitting at tea, resting before they began the downward walk, Mr. Turchill produced a letter which that morning’s post had brought him from his mother: one of those worthy commonplace letters which set one’s teeth on edge when read aloud amidst the loftiest aspects of nature.
shepronounUS /ʃiː/
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Edgar looked ineffably happy as he sat sipping his tea and watching Daphne eat bread and honey, which seemed her chief nutriment in this part of the world; for Swiss poultry and Swiss veal, for all the varieties of _vol-au-vent_, _fricandeau_, _ris de veau_, and _fricassée_, under which the inevitable calf disguised himself, she showed herself absolutely indifferent; but she had an infinite capacity for Swiss rolls and Swiss honey.
showed
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From this reading Edgar looked ineffably happy as he sat sipping his tea and watching Daphne eat bread and honey, which seemed her chief nutriment in this part of the world; for Swiss poultry and Swiss veal, for all the varieties of _vol-au-vent_, _fricandeau_, _ris de veau_, and _fricassée_, under which the inevitable calf disguised himself, she showed herself absolutely indifferent; but she had an infinite capacity for Swiss rolls and Swiss honey.
sipping
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From this reading Edgar looked ineffably happy as he sat sipping his tea and watching Daphne eat bread and honey, which seemed her chief nutriment in this part of the world; for Swiss poultry and Swiss veal, for all the varieties of _vol-au-vent_, _fricandeau_, _ris de veau_, and _fricassée_, under which the inevitable calf disguised himself, she showed herself absolutely indifferent; but she had an infinite capacity for Swiss rolls and Swiss honey.
SIT
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From this reading ‘I MEANE WELL, BY GOD THAT SIT ABOVE.’
sitting
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From this reading While they were sitting at tea, resting before they began the downward walk, Mr. Turchill produced a letter which that morning’s post had brought him from his mother: one of those worthy commonplace letters which set one’s teeth on edge when read aloud amidst the loftiest aspects of nature.
snow-peak
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From this reading But Edgar saw nothing beyond the love and the kindness in his mother’s epistle, and would have read it on the summit of Caucasus, yea, on that topmost untrodden snow-peak which the Persians call the Holy Mountain, and would have perceived no discord between the letter and the scene.
spread
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From this reading It was pleasant to drink tea at a little table in the garden of the inn, with the white mountain world spread before them in all its glory, flushed with the golden lights of afternoon.
summit
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From this reading But Edgar saw nothing beyond the love and the kindness in his mother’s epistle, and would have read it on the summit of Caucasus, yea, on that topmost untrodden snow-peak which the Persians call the Holy Mountain, and would have perceived no discord between the letter and the scene.
Swiss
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From this reading Edgar looked ineffably happy as he sat sipping his tea and watching Daphne eat bread and honey, which seemed her chief nutriment in this part of the world; for Swiss poultry and Swiss veal, for all the varieties of _vol-au-vent_, _fricandeau_, _ris de veau_, and _fricassée_, under which the inevitable calf disguised himself, she showed herself absolutely indifferent; but she had an infinite capacity for Swiss rolls and Swiss honey.
table
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From this reading It was pleasant to drink tea at a little table in the garden of the inn, with the white mountain world spread before them in all its glory, flushed with the golden lights of afternoon.
tea
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From this reading It was pleasant to drink tea at a little table in the garden of the inn, with the white mountain world spread before them in all its glory, flushed with the golden lights of afternoon.
teeth
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From this reading While they were sitting at tea, resting before they began the downward walk, Mr. Turchill produced a letter which that morning’s post had brought him from his mother: one of those worthy commonplace letters which set one’s teeth on edge when read aloud amidst the loftiest aspects of nature.
THATconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading ‘I MEANE WELL, BY GOD THAT SIT ABOVE.’
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading It was pleasant to drink tea at a little table in the garden of the inn, with the white mountain world spread before them in all its glory, flushed with the golden lights of afternoon.
thempronounUS /ðem/
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading It was pleasant to drink tea at a little table in the garden of the inn, with the white mountain world spread before them in all its glory, flushed with the golden lights of afternoon.
theypronounUS /ðeɪ/
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading While they were sitting at tea, resting before they began the downward walk, Mr. Turchill produced a letter which that morning’s post had brought him from his mother: one of those worthy commonplace letters which set one’s teeth on edge when read aloud amidst the loftiest aspects of nature.
thisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading Edgar looked ineffably happy as he sat sipping his tea and watching Daphne eat bread and honey, which seemed her chief nutriment in this part of the world; for Swiss poultry and Swiss veal, for all the varieties of _vol-au-vent_, _fricandeau_, _ris de veau_, and _fricassée_, under which the inevitable calf disguised himself, she showed herself absolutely indifferent; but she had an infinite capacity for Swiss rolls and Swiss honey.
thosedeterminerUS /ðoʊz/
the plural of “that”: the people or things further away, or already known
From this reading While they were sitting at tea, resting before they began the downward walk, Mr. Turchill produced a letter which that morning’s post had brought him from his mother: one of those worthy commonplace letters which set one’s teeth on edge when read aloud amidst the loftiest aspects of nature.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading It was pleasant to drink tea at a little table in the garden of the inn, with the white mountain world spread before them in all its glory, flushed with the golden lights of afternoon.
topmost
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From this reading But Edgar saw nothing beyond the love and the kindness in his mother’s epistle, and would have read it on the summit of Caucasus, yea, on that topmost untrodden snow-peak which the Persians call the Holy Mountain, and would have perceived no discord between the letter and the scene.
Turchill
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From this reading While they were sitting at tea, resting before they began the downward walk, Mr. Turchill produced a letter which that morning’s post had brought him from his mother: one of those worthy commonplace letters which set one’s teeth on edge when read aloud amidst the loftiest aspects of nature.
underprepositionUS /ˈʌndər/
below or beneath something; less than
From this reading Edgar looked ineffably happy as he sat sipping his tea and watching Daphne eat bread and honey, which seemed her chief nutriment in this part of the world; for Swiss poultry and Swiss veal, for all the varieties of _vol-au-vent_, _fricandeau_, _ris de veau_, and _fricassée_, under which the inevitable calf disguised himself, she showed herself absolutely indifferent; but she had an infinite capacity for Swiss rolls and Swiss honey.
untrodden
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From this reading But Edgar saw nothing beyond the love and the kindness in his mother’s epistle, and would have read it on the summit of Caucasus, yea, on that topmost untrodden snow-peak which the Persians call the Holy Mountain, and would have perceived no discord between the letter and the scene.
varieties
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From this reading Edgar looked ineffably happy as he sat sipping his tea and watching Daphne eat bread and honey, which seemed her chief nutriment in this part of the world; for Swiss poultry and Swiss veal, for all the varieties of _vol-au-vent_, _fricandeau_, _ris de veau_, and _fricassée_, under which the inevitable calf disguised himself, she showed herself absolutely indifferent; but she had an infinite capacity for Swiss rolls and Swiss honey.
veal
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From this reading Edgar looked ineffably happy as he sat sipping his tea and watching Daphne eat bread and honey, which seemed her chief nutriment in this part of the world; for Swiss poultry and Swiss veal, for all the varieties of _vol-au-vent_, _fricandeau_, _ris de veau_, and _fricassée_, under which the inevitable calf disguised himself, she showed herself absolutely indifferent; but she had an infinite capacity for Swiss rolls and Swiss honey.
veau
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From this reading Edgar looked ineffably happy as he sat sipping his tea and watching Daphne eat bread and honey, which seemed her chief nutriment in this part of the world; for Swiss poultry and Swiss veal, for all the varieties of _vol-au-vent_, _fricandeau_, _ris de veau_, and _fricassée_, under which the inevitable calf disguised himself, she showed herself absolutely indifferent; but she had an infinite capacity for Swiss rolls and Swiss honey.
vol-au-vent
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From this reading Edgar looked ineffably happy as he sat sipping his tea and watching Daphne eat bread and honey, which seemed her chief nutriment in this part of the world; for Swiss poultry and Swiss veal, for all the varieties of _vol-au-vent_, _fricandeau_, _ris de veau_, and _fricassée_, under which the inevitable calf disguised himself, she showed herself absolutely indifferent; but she had an infinite capacity for Swiss rolls and Swiss honey.
walk
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From this reading While they were sitting at tea, resting before they began the downward walk, Mr. Turchill produced a letter which that morning’s post had brought him from his mother: one of those worthy commonplace letters which set one’s teeth on edge when read aloud amidst the loftiest aspects of nature.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading It was pleasant to drink tea at a little table in the garden of the inn, with the white mountain world spread before them in all its glory, flushed with the golden lights of afternoon.
watching
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From this reading Edgar looked ineffably happy as he sat sipping his tea and watching Daphne eat bread and honey, which seemed her chief nutriment in this part of the world; for Swiss poultry and Swiss veal, for all the varieties of _vol-au-vent_, _fricandeau_, _ris de veau_, and _fricassée_, under which the inevitable calf disguised himself, she showed herself absolutely indifferent; but she had an infinite capacity for Swiss rolls and Swiss honey.
WELL
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From this reading ‘I MEANE WELL, BY GOD THAT SIT ABOVE.’
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading While they were sitting at tea, resting before they began the downward walk, Mr. Turchill produced a letter which that morning’s post had brought him from his mother: one of those worthy commonplace letters which set one’s teeth on edge when read aloud amidst the loftiest aspects of nature.
whenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading While they were sitting at tea, resting before they began the downward walk, Mr. Turchill produced a letter which that morning’s post had brought him from his mother: one of those worthy commonplace letters which set one’s teeth on edge when read aloud amidst the loftiest aspects of nature.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading Edgar looked ineffably happy as he sat sipping his tea and watching Daphne eat bread and honey, which seemed her chief nutriment in this part of the world; for Swiss poultry and Swiss veal, for all the varieties of _vol-au-vent_, _fricandeau_, _ris de veau_, and _fricassée_, under which the inevitable calf disguised himself, she showed herself absolutely indifferent; but she had an infinite capacity for Swiss rolls and Swiss honey.
WhileconjunctionUS /waɪl/
during the time that
From this reading While they were sitting at tea, resting before they began the downward walk, Mr. Turchill produced a letter which that morning’s post had brought him from his mother: one of those worthy commonplace letters which set one’s teeth on edge when read aloud amidst the loftiest aspects of nature.
white
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From this reading It was pleasant to drink tea at a little table in the garden of the inn, with the white mountain world spread before them in all its glory, flushed with the golden lights of afternoon.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading It was pleasant to drink tea at a little table in the garden of the inn, with the white mountain world spread before them in all its glory, flushed with the golden lights of afternoon.
world
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From this reading It was pleasant to drink tea at a little table in the garden of the inn, with the white mountain world spread before them in all its glory, flushed with the golden lights of afternoon.
worthyadjectiveUS /ˈwɜːr.ði/
Having or showing the qualities or abilities that merit recognition in character or magic.
From this reading While they were sitting at tea, resting before they began the downward walk, Mr. Turchill produced a letter which that morning’s post had brought him from his mother: one of those worthy commonplace letters which set one’s teeth on edge when read aloud amidst the loftiest aspects of nature.
wouldmodal verbUS /wʊd/
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading But Edgar saw nothing beyond the love and the kindness in his mother’s epistle, and would have read it on the summit of Caucasus, yea, on that topmost untrodden snow-peak which the Persians call the Holy Mountain, and would have perceived no discord between the letter and the scene.
yeaexclamationUS /jeɪ/
an old word for “yes”
From this reading But Edgar saw nothing beyond the love and the kindness in his mother’s epistle, and would have read it on the summit of Caucasus, yea, on that topmost untrodden snow-peak which the Persians call the Holy Mountain, and would have perceived no discord between the letter and the scene.
