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18
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From this reading The year 18-- will be memorable for the perpetration in England and in Ireland of a series of infamously diabolical outrages.
AdeterminerUS /ə/
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading AUTHOR OF “A DEAD MAN’S DIARY,” “A BOOK OF STRANGE SINS,” “SORROW AND SONG,” “GOD AND THE ANT,” ETC.
althoughnounUS /ˈalthough/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading Who Captain Shannon was the police failed entirely to discover, although the counties in which the crimes occurred were scoured from end to end, and every person who was known to have been in the neighbourhood was subjected to the severest examination.
ANDconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading AUTHOR OF “A DEAD MAN’S DIARY,” “A BOOK OF STRANGE SINS,” “SORROW AND SONG,” “GOD AND THE ANT,” ETC.
ANT
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From this reading AUTHOR OF “A DEAD MAN’S DIARY,” “A BOOK OF STRANGE SINS,” “SORROW AND SONG,” “GOD AND THE ANT,” ETC.
AUTHOR
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From this reading AUTHOR OF “A DEAD MAN’S DIARY,” “A BOOK OF STRANGE SINS,” “SORROW AND SONG,” “GOD AND THE ANT,” ETC.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading The year 18-- will be memorable for the perpetration in England and in Ireland of a series of infamously diabolical outrages.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading Who Captain Shannon was the police failed entirely to discover, although the counties in which the crimes occurred were scoured from end to end, and every person who was known to have been in the neighbourhood was subjected to the severest examination.
bodynounUS /body/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading On the scene of each crime was found--sometimes scrawled in plain rough capitals upon a piece of paper which was pinned to the body of a victim, sometimes rudely chalked in the same lettering upon a door or wall--this inscription--“By order.--Captain Shannon.”
BOOK
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From this reading AUTHOR OF “A DEAD MAN’S DIARY,” “A BOOK OF STRANGE SINS,” “SORROW AND SONG,” “GOD AND THE ANT,” ETC.
ByprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading On the scene of each crime was found--sometimes scrawled in plain rough capitals upon a piece of paper which was pinned to the body of a victim, sometimes rudely chalked in the same lettering upon a door or wall--this inscription--“By order.--Captain Shannon.”
CAMBRIDGE
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From this reading University Press: JOHN WILSON AND SON, CAMBRIDGE, U.S.A.
capitals
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From this reading On the scene of each crime was found--sometimes scrawled in plain rough capitals upon a piece of paper which was pinned to the body of a victim, sometimes rudely chalked in the same lettering upon a door or wall--this inscription--“By order.--Captain Shannon.”
CaptainnounUS /ˈcaptain/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading On the scene of each crime was found--sometimes scrawled in plain rough capitals upon a piece of paper which was pinned to the body of a victim, sometimes rudely chalked in the same lettering upon a door or wall--this inscription--“By order.--Captain Shannon.”
chalked
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From this reading On the scene of each crime was found--sometimes scrawled in plain rough capitals upon a piece of paper which was pinned to the body of a victim, sometimes rudely chalked in the same lettering upon a door or wall--this inscription--“By order.--Captain Shannon.”
counties
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From this reading Who Captain Shannon was the police failed entirely to discover, although the counties in which the crimes occurred were scoured from end to end, and every person who was known to have been in the neighbourhood was subjected to the severest examination.
crime
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From this reading On the scene of each crime was found--sometimes scrawled in plain rough capitals upon a piece of paper which was pinned to the body of a victim, sometimes rudely chalked in the same lettering upon a door or wall--this inscription--“By order.--Captain Shannon.”
crimes
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From this reading Who Captain Shannon was the police failed entirely to discover, although the counties in which the crimes occurred were scoured from end to end, and every person who was known to have been in the neighbourhood was subjected to the severest examination.
DEADnounUS /dead/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading AUTHOR OF “A DEAD MAN’S DIARY,” “A BOOK OF STRANGE SINS,” “SORROW AND SONG,” “GOD AND THE ANT,” ETC.
diabolicaladjectiveUS /ˌdaɪəˈbɑːlɪkəl/
extremely evil or frightening
From this reading The year 18-- will be memorable for the perpetration in England and in Ireland of a series of infamously diabolical outrages.
DIARY
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From this reading AUTHOR OF “A DEAD MAN’S DIARY,” “A BOOK OF STRANGE SINS,” “SORROW AND SONG,” “GOD AND THE ANT,” ETC.
discover
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From this reading Who Captain Shannon was the police failed entirely to discover, although the counties in which the crimes occurred were scoured from end to end, and every person who was known to have been in the neighbourhood was subjected to the severest examination.
door
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From this reading On the scene of each crime was found--sometimes scrawled in plain rough capitals upon a piece of paper which was pinned to the body of a victim, sometimes rudely chalked in the same lettering upon a door or wall--this inscription--“By order.--Captain Shannon.”
eachdeterminerUS /iːtʃ/
every one of two or more people or things, taken separately
From this reading On the scene of each crime was found--sometimes scrawled in plain rough capitals upon a piece of paper which was pinned to the body of a victim, sometimes rudely chalked in the same lettering upon a door or wall--this inscription--“By order.--Captain Shannon.”
end
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From this reading Who Captain Shannon was the police failed entirely to discover, although the counties in which the crimes occurred were scoured from end to end, and every person who was known to have been in the neighbourhood was subjected to the severest examination.
England
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From this reading The year 18-- will be memorable for the perpetration in England and in Ireland of a series of infamously diabolical outrages.
entirelynounUS /ˈentirely/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading Who Captain Shannon was the police failed entirely to discover, although the counties in which the crimes occurred were scoured from end to end, and every person who was known to have been in the neighbourhood was subjected to the severest examination.
ETC
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From this reading AUTHOR OF “A DEAD MAN’S DIARY,” “A BOOK OF STRANGE SINS,” “SORROW AND SONG,” “GOD AND THE ANT,” ETC.
everydeterminerUS /ˈevəri/
all the members of a group, with none left out
From this reading Who Captain Shannon was the police failed entirely to discover, although the counties in which the crimes occurred were scoured from end to end, and every person who was known to have been in the neighbourhood was subjected to the severest examination.
examination
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From this reading Who Captain Shannon was the police failed entirely to discover, although the counties in which the crimes occurred were scoured from end to end, and every person who was known to have been in the neighbourhood was subjected to the severest examination.
failed
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From this reading Who Captain Shannon was the police failed entirely to discover, although the counties in which the crimes occurred were scoured from end to end, and every person who was known to have been in the neighbourhood was subjected to the severest examination.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading The year 18-- will be memorable for the perpetration in England and in Ireland of a series of infamously diabolical outrages.
foundnounUS /found/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading On the scene of each crime was found--sometimes scrawled in plain rough capitals upon a piece of paper which was pinned to the body of a victim, sometimes rudely chalked in the same lettering upon a door or wall--this inscription--“By order.--Captain Shannon.”
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading Who Captain Shannon was the police failed entirely to discover, although the counties in which the crimes occurred were scoured from end to end, and every person who was known to have been in the neighbourhood was subjected to the severest examination.
GOD
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From this reading AUTHOR OF “A DEAD MAN’S DIARY,” “A BOOK OF STRANGE SINS,” “SORROW AND SONG,” “GOD AND THE ANT,” ETC.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading Who Captain Shannon was the police failed entirely to discover, although the counties in which the crimes occurred were scoured from end to end, and every person who was known to have been in the neighbourhood was subjected to the severest examination.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading The year 18-- will be memorable for the perpetration in England and in Ireland of a series of infamously diabolical outrages.
infamously
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From this reading The year 18-- will be memorable for the perpetration in England and in Ireland of a series of infamously diabolical outrages.
inscription
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From this reading On the scene of each crime was found--sometimes scrawled in plain rough capitals upon a piece of paper which was pinned to the body of a victim, sometimes rudely chalked in the same lettering upon a door or wall--this inscription--“By order.--Captain Shannon.”
Ireland
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From this reading The year 18-- will be memorable for the perpetration in England and in Ireland of a series of infamously diabolical outrages.
JOHN
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From this reading University Press: JOHN WILSON AND SON, CAMBRIDGE, U.S.A.
known
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From this reading Who Captain Shannon was the police failed entirely to discover, although the counties in which the crimes occurred were scoured from end to end, and every person who was known to have been in the neighbourhood was subjected to the severest examination.
lettering
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From this reading On the scene of each crime was found--sometimes scrawled in plain rough capitals upon a piece of paper which was pinned to the body of a victim, sometimes rudely chalked in the same lettering upon a door or wall--this inscription--“By order.--Captain Shannon.”
MAN'S
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From this reading AUTHOR OF “A DEAD MAN’S DIARY,” “A BOOK OF STRANGE SINS,” “SORROW AND SONG,” “GOD AND THE ANT,” ETC.
memorable
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From this reading The year 18-- will be memorable for the perpetration in England and in Ireland of a series of infamously diabolical outrages.
neighbourhood
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From this reading Who Captain Shannon was the police failed entirely to discover, although the counties in which the crimes occurred were scoured from end to end, and every person who was known to have been in the neighbourhood was subjected to the severest examination.
occurred
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From this reading Who Captain Shannon was the police failed entirely to discover, although the counties in which the crimes occurred were scoured from end to end, and every person who was known to have been in the neighbourhood was subjected to the severest examination.
OFprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading AUTHOR OF “A DEAD MAN’S DIARY,” “A BOOK OF STRANGE SINS,” “SORROW AND SONG,” “GOD AND THE ANT,” ETC.
OnprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading On the scene of each crime was found--sometimes scrawled in plain rough capitals upon a piece of paper which was pinned to the body of a victim, sometimes rudely chalked in the same lettering upon a door or wall--this inscription--“By order.--Captain Shannon.”
orconjunctionUS /ɔːr/
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading On the scene of each crime was found--sometimes scrawled in plain rough capitals upon a piece of paper which was pinned to the body of a victim, sometimes rudely chalked in the same lettering upon a door or wall--this inscription--“By order.--Captain Shannon.”
ordernounUS /order/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading On the scene of each crime was found--sometimes scrawled in plain rough capitals upon a piece of paper which was pinned to the body of a victim, sometimes rudely chalked in the same lettering upon a door or wall--this inscription--“By order.--Captain Shannon.”
outrages
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From this reading The year 18-- will be memorable for the perpetration in England and in Ireland of a series of infamously diabolical outrages.
paper
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From this reading On the scene of each crime was found--sometimes scrawled in plain rough capitals upon a piece of paper which was pinned to the body of a victim, sometimes rudely chalked in the same lettering upon a door or wall--this inscription--“By order.--Captain Shannon.”
perpetration
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From this reading The year 18-- will be memorable for the perpetration in England and in Ireland of a series of infamously diabolical outrages.
person
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From this reading Who Captain Shannon was the police failed entirely to discover, although the counties in which the crimes occurred were scoured from end to end, and every person who was known to have been in the neighbourhood was subjected to the severest examination.
piece
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From this reading On the scene of each crime was found--sometimes scrawled in plain rough capitals upon a piece of paper which was pinned to the body of a victim, sometimes rudely chalked in the same lettering upon a door or wall--this inscription--“By order.--Captain Shannon.”
pinned
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From this reading On the scene of each crime was found--sometimes scrawled in plain rough capitals upon a piece of paper which was pinned to the body of a victim, sometimes rudely chalked in the same lettering upon a door or wall--this inscription--“By order.--Captain Shannon.”
plain
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From this reading On the scene of each crime was found--sometimes scrawled in plain rough capitals upon a piece of paper which was pinned to the body of a victim, sometimes rudely chalked in the same lettering upon a door or wall--this inscription--“By order.--Captain Shannon.”
police
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From this reading Who Captain Shannon was the police failed entirely to discover, although the counties in which the crimes occurred were scoured from end to end, and every person who was known to have been in the neighbourhood was subjected to the severest examination.
Press
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From this reading University Press: JOHN WILSON AND SON, CAMBRIDGE, U.S.A.
rough
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From this reading On the scene of each crime was found--sometimes scrawled in plain rough capitals upon a piece of paper which was pinned to the body of a victim, sometimes rudely chalked in the same lettering upon a door or wall--this inscription--“By order.--Captain Shannon.”
rudely
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From this reading On the scene of each crime was found--sometimes scrawled in plain rough capitals upon a piece of paper which was pinned to the body of a victim, sometimes rudely chalked in the same lettering upon a door or wall--this inscription--“By order.--Captain Shannon.”
S
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From this reading University Press: JOHN WILSON AND SON, CAMBRIDGE, U.S.A.
samenounUS /same/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading On the scene of each crime was found--sometimes scrawled in plain rough capitals upon a piece of paper which was pinned to the body of a victim, sometimes rudely chalked in the same lettering upon a door or wall--this inscription--“By order.--Captain Shannon.”
scene
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From this reading On the scene of each crime was found--sometimes scrawled in plain rough capitals upon a piece of paper which was pinned to the body of a victim, sometimes rudely chalked in the same lettering upon a door or wall--this inscription--“By order.--Captain Shannon.”
scoured
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From this reading Who Captain Shannon was the police failed entirely to discover, although the counties in which the crimes occurred were scoured from end to end, and every person who was known to have been in the neighbourhood was subjected to the severest examination.
scrawled
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From this reading On the scene of each crime was found--sometimes scrawled in plain rough capitals upon a piece of paper which was pinned to the body of a victim, sometimes rudely chalked in the same lettering upon a door or wall--this inscription--“By order.--Captain Shannon.”
series
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From this reading The year 18-- will be memorable for the perpetration in England and in Ireland of a series of infamously diabolical outrages.
severest
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From this reading Who Captain Shannon was the police failed entirely to discover, although the counties in which the crimes occurred were scoured from end to end, and every person who was known to have been in the neighbourhood was subjected to the severest examination.
Shannon
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From this reading On the scene of each crime was found--sometimes scrawled in plain rough capitals upon a piece of paper which was pinned to the body of a victim, sometimes rudely chalked in the same lettering upon a door or wall--this inscription--“By order.--Captain Shannon.”
SINS
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From this reading AUTHOR OF “A DEAD MAN’S DIARY,” “A BOOK OF STRANGE SINS,” “SORROW AND SONG,” “GOD AND THE ANT,” ETC.
sometimes
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From this reading On the scene of each crime was found--sometimes scrawled in plain rough capitals upon a piece of paper which was pinned to the body of a victim, sometimes rudely chalked in the same lettering upon a door or wall--this inscription--“By order.--Captain Shannon.”
SON
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From this reading University Press: JOHN WILSON AND SON, CAMBRIDGE, U.S.A.
SONG
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From this reading AUTHOR OF “A DEAD MAN’S DIARY,” “A BOOK OF STRANGE SINS,” “SORROW AND SONG,” “GOD AND THE ANT,” ETC.
SORROW
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From this reading AUTHOR OF “A DEAD MAN’S DIARY,” “A BOOK OF STRANGE SINS,” “SORROW AND SONG,” “GOD AND THE ANT,” ETC.
STRANGE
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From this reading AUTHOR OF “A DEAD MAN’S DIARY,” “A BOOK OF STRANGE SINS,” “SORROW AND SONG,” “GOD AND THE ANT,” ETC.
subjected
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From this reading Who Captain Shannon was the police failed entirely to discover, although the counties in which the crimes occurred were scoured from end to end, and every person who was known to have been in the neighbourhood was subjected to the severest examination.
THEdeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading AUTHOR OF “A DEAD MAN’S DIARY,” “A BOOK OF STRANGE SINS,” “SORROW AND SONG,” “GOD AND THE ANT,” ETC.
thisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading On the scene of each crime was found--sometimes scrawled in plain rough capitals upon a piece of paper which was pinned to the body of a victim, sometimes rudely chalked in the same lettering upon a door or wall--this inscription--“By order.--Captain Shannon.”
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading On the scene of each crime was found--sometimes scrawled in plain rough capitals upon a piece of paper which was pinned to the body of a victim, sometimes rudely chalked in the same lettering upon a door or wall--this inscription--“By order.--Captain Shannon.”
U
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From this reading University Press: JOHN WILSON AND SON, CAMBRIDGE, U.S.A.
University
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From this reading University Press: JOHN WILSON AND SON, CAMBRIDGE, U.S.A.
uponprepositionUS /əˈpɑːn/
a formal word for “on”
From this reading On the scene of each crime was found--sometimes scrawled in plain rough capitals upon a piece of paper which was pinned to the body of a victim, sometimes rudely chalked in the same lettering upon a door or wall--this inscription--“By order.--Captain Shannon.”
victim
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From this reading On the scene of each crime was found--sometimes scrawled in plain rough capitals upon a piece of paper which was pinned to the body of a victim, sometimes rudely chalked in the same lettering upon a door or wall--this inscription--“By order.--Captain Shannon.”
wall
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From this reading On the scene of each crime was found--sometimes scrawled in plain rough capitals upon a piece of paper which was pinned to the body of a victim, sometimes rudely chalked in the same lettering upon a door or wall--this inscription--“By order.--Captain Shannon.”
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading On the scene of each crime was found--sometimes scrawled in plain rough capitals upon a piece of paper which was pinned to the body of a victim, sometimes rudely chalked in the same lettering upon a door or wall--this inscription--“By order.--Captain Shannon.”
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading Who Captain Shannon was the police failed entirely to discover, although the counties in which the crimes occurred were scoured from end to end, and every person who was known to have been in the neighbourhood was subjected to the severest examination.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading On the scene of each crime was found--sometimes scrawled in plain rough capitals upon a piece of paper which was pinned to the body of a victim, sometimes rudely chalked in the same lettering upon a door or wall--this inscription--“By order.--Captain Shannon.”
WhopronounUS /huː/
which person or people
From this reading Who Captain Shannon was the police failed entirely to discover, although the counties in which the crimes occurred were scoured from end to end, and every person who was known to have been in the neighbourhood was subjected to the severest examination.
willmodal verbUS /wɪl/
used to talk about the future, or about willingness
From this reading The year 18-- will be memorable for the perpetration in England and in Ireland of a series of infamously diabolical outrages.
WILSON
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From this reading University Press: JOHN WILSON AND SON, CAMBRIDGE, U.S.A.
year
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From this reading The year 18-- will be memorable for the perpetration in England and in Ireland of a series of infamously diabolical outrages.
