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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 An Englishman named Thomas Shaw, a chaplain in Algeria, had profited by his twelve years' stay in Barbary to gather together a rich collection of natural curiosities, medals, inscriptions, and various objects of interest.
able
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From this reading Although he himself never visited the southern portion of Algeria, he availed himself of the facts he was able to obtain from well-informed travellers, who imparted to him a mass of information concerning the little known and scarcely visited country.
Abyssinia
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From this reading Shaw in Algeria and Tunis--Hornemann in Fezzan--Adamson at Senegal-- Houghton in Senegambia--Mungo Park and his two voyages to the Djoliba, or Niger--Sego--Timbuctoo--Sparmann and Lavaillant at the Cape, at Natal, and in the Interior--Lacerda in Mozambique, and at Cazembe-- Bruce in Abyssinia--Sources of the Blue Nile--Tzana Lake--Browne's journey in Darfur.
account
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From this reading It was rather the work of a learned man than the account of a traveller, and it must be admitted that the learning is occasionally ill-directed.
Adamson
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From this reading Shaw in Algeria and Tunis--Hornemann in Fezzan--Adamson at Senegal-- Houghton in Senegambia--Mungo Park and his two voyages to the Djoliba, or Niger--Sego--Timbuctoo--Sparmann and Lavaillant at the Cape, at Natal, and in the Interior--Lacerda in Mozambique, and at Cazembe-- Bruce in Abyssinia--Sources of the Blue Nile--Tzana Lake--Browne's journey in Darfur.
admitted
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From this reading It was rather the work of a learned man than the account of a traveller, and it must be admitted that the learning is occasionally ill-directed.
Algeria
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From this reading Shaw in Algeria and Tunis--Hornemann in Fezzan--Adamson at Senegal-- Houghton in Senegambia--Mungo Park and his two voyages to the Djoliba, or Niger--Sego--Timbuctoo--Sparmann and Lavaillant at the Cape, at Natal, and in the Interior--Lacerda in Mozambique, and at Cazembe-- Bruce in Abyssinia--Sources of the Blue Nile--Tzana Lake--Browne's journey in Darfur.
AlthoughnounUS /ˈalthough/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading Although he himself never visited the southern portion of Algeria, he availed himself of the facts he was able to obtain from well-informed travellers, who imparted to him a mass of information concerning the little known and scarcely visited country.
AndeterminerUS /æn/
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading An Englishman named Thomas Shaw, a chaplain in Algeria, had profited by his twelve years' stay in Barbary to gather together a rich collection of natural curiosities, medals, inscriptions, and various objects of interest.
ancientadjectiveUS /ˈeɪn.ʃənt/
Belonging to the very distant past and no longer in existence or deeply revered.
From this reading He published a book in two large quarto volumes, which embraced the whole of ancient Numidia.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Shaw in Algeria and Tunis--Hornemann in Fezzan--Adamson at Senegal-- Houghton in Senegambia--Mungo Park and his two voyages to the Djoliba, or Niger--Sego--Timbuctoo--Sparmann and Lavaillant at the Cape, at Natal, and in the Interior--Lacerda in Mozambique, and at Cazembe-- Bruce in Abyssinia--Sources of the Blue Nile--Tzana Lake--Browne's journey in Darfur.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading Shaw in Algeria and Tunis--Hornemann in Fezzan--Adamson at Senegal-- Houghton in Senegambia--Mungo Park and his two voyages to the Djoliba, or Niger--Sego--Timbuctoo--Sparmann and Lavaillant at the Cape, at Natal, and in the Interior--Lacerda in Mozambique, and at Cazembe-- Bruce in Abyssinia--Sources of the Blue Nile--Tzana Lake--Browne's journey in Darfur.
availed
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From this reading Although he himself never visited the southern portion of Algeria, he availed himself of the facts he was able to obtain from well-informed travellers, who imparted to him a mass of information concerning the little known and scarcely visited country.
Barbary
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From this reading An Englishman named Thomas Shaw, a chaplain in Algeria, had profited by his twelve years' stay in Barbary to gather together a rich collection of natural curiosities, medals, inscriptions, and various objects of interest.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading It was rather the work of a learned man than the account of a traveller, and it must be admitted that the learning is occasionally ill-directed.
Blue
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From this reading Shaw in Algeria and Tunis--Hornemann in Fezzan--Adamson at Senegal-- Houghton in Senegambia--Mungo Park and his two voyages to the Djoliba, or Niger--Sego--Timbuctoo--Sparmann and Lavaillant at the Cape, at Natal, and in the Interior--Lacerda in Mozambique, and at Cazembe-- Bruce in Abyssinia--Sources of the Blue Nile--Tzana Lake--Browne's journey in Darfur.
book
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From this reading He published a book in two large quarto volumes, which embraced the whole of ancient Numidia.
Browne's
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From this reading Shaw in Algeria and Tunis--Hornemann in Fezzan--Adamson at Senegal-- Houghton in Senegambia--Mungo Park and his two voyages to the Djoliba, or Niger--Sego--Timbuctoo--Sparmann and Lavaillant at the Cape, at Natal, and in the Interior--Lacerda in Mozambique, and at Cazembe-- Bruce in Abyssinia--Sources of the Blue Nile--Tzana Lake--Browne's journey in Darfur.
Bruce
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From this reading Shaw in Algeria and Tunis--Hornemann in Fezzan--Adamson at Senegal-- Houghton in Senegambia--Mungo Park and his two voyages to the Djoliba, or Niger--Sego--Timbuctoo--Sparmann and Lavaillant at the Cape, at Natal, and in the Interior--Lacerda in Mozambique, and at Cazembe-- Bruce in Abyssinia--Sources of the Blue Nile--Tzana Lake--Browne's journey in Darfur.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading An Englishman named Thomas Shaw, a chaplain in Algeria, had profited by his twelve years' stay in Barbary to gather together a rich collection of natural curiosities, medals, inscriptions, and various objects of interest.
Cape
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From this reading Shaw in Algeria and Tunis--Hornemann in Fezzan--Adamson at Senegal-- Houghton in Senegambia--Mungo Park and his two voyages to the Djoliba, or Niger--Sego--Timbuctoo--Sparmann and Lavaillant at the Cape, at Natal, and in the Interior--Lacerda in Mozambique, and at Cazembe-- Bruce in Abyssinia--Sources of the Blue Nile--Tzana Lake--Browne's journey in Darfur.
Cazembe
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From this reading Shaw in Algeria and Tunis--Hornemann in Fezzan--Adamson at Senegal-- Houghton in Senegambia--Mungo Park and his two voyages to the Djoliba, or Niger--Sego--Timbuctoo--Sparmann and Lavaillant at the Cape, at Natal, and in the Interior--Lacerda in Mozambique, and at Cazembe-- Bruce in Abyssinia--Sources of the Blue Nile--Tzana Lake--Browne's journey in Darfur.
chaplain
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From this reading An Englishman named Thomas Shaw, a chaplain in Algeria, had profited by his twelve years' stay in Barbary to gather together a rich collection of natural curiosities, medals, inscriptions, and various objects of interest.
collection
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From this reading An Englishman named Thomas Shaw, a chaplain in Algeria, had profited by his twelve years' stay in Barbary to gather together a rich collection of natural curiosities, medals, inscriptions, and various objects of interest.
concerning
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From this reading Although he himself never visited the southern portion of Algeria, he availed himself of the facts he was able to obtain from well-informed travellers, who imparted to him a mass of information concerning the little known and scarcely visited country.
country
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From this reading Although he himself never visited the southern portion of Algeria, he availed himself of the facts he was able to obtain from well-informed travellers, who imparted to him a mass of information concerning the little known and scarcely visited country.
curiosities
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From this reading An Englishman named Thomas Shaw, a chaplain in Algeria, had profited by his twelve years' stay in Barbary to gather together a rich collection of natural curiosities, medals, inscriptions, and various objects of interest.
Darfur
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From this reading Shaw in Algeria and Tunis--Hornemann in Fezzan--Adamson at Senegal-- Houghton in Senegambia--Mungo Park and his two voyages to the Djoliba, or Niger--Sego--Timbuctoo--Sparmann and Lavaillant at the Cape, at Natal, and in the Interior--Lacerda in Mozambique, and at Cazembe-- Bruce in Abyssinia--Sources of the Blue Nile--Tzana Lake--Browne's journey in Darfur.
Djoliba
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From this reading Shaw in Algeria and Tunis--Hornemann in Fezzan--Adamson at Senegal-- Houghton in Senegambia--Mungo Park and his two voyages to the Djoliba, or Niger--Sego--Timbuctoo--Sparmann and Lavaillant at the Cape, at Natal, and in the Interior--Lacerda in Mozambique, and at Cazembe-- Bruce in Abyssinia--Sources of the Blue Nile--Tzana Lake--Browne's journey in Darfur.
embraced
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From this reading He published a book in two large quarto volumes, which embraced the whole of ancient Numidia.
Englishman
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From this reading An Englishman named Thomas Shaw, a chaplain in Algeria, had profited by his twelve years' stay in Barbary to gather together a rich collection of natural curiosities, medals, inscriptions, and various objects of interest.
facts
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From this reading Although he himself never visited the southern portion of Algeria, he availed himself of the facts he was able to obtain from well-informed travellers, who imparted to him a mass of information concerning the little known and scarcely visited country.
Fezzan
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From this reading Shaw in Algeria and Tunis--Hornemann in Fezzan--Adamson at Senegal-- Houghton in Senegambia--Mungo Park and his two voyages to the Djoliba, or Niger--Sego--Timbuctoo--Sparmann and Lavaillant at the Cape, at Natal, and in the Interior--Lacerda in Mozambique, and at Cazembe-- Bruce in Abyssinia--Sources of the Blue Nile--Tzana Lake--Browne's journey in Darfur.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading Although he himself never visited the southern portion of Algeria, he availed himself of the facts he was able to obtain from well-informed travellers, who imparted to him a mass of information concerning the little known and scarcely visited country.
gather
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From this reading An Englishman named Thomas Shaw, a chaplain in Algeria, had profited by his twelve years' stay in Barbary to gather together a rich collection of natural curiosities, medals, inscriptions, and various objects of interest.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading An Englishman named Thomas Shaw, a chaplain in Algeria, had profited by his twelve years' stay in Barbary to gather together a rich collection of natural curiosities, medals, inscriptions, and various objects of interest.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Although he himself never visited the southern portion of Algeria, he availed himself of the facts he was able to obtain from well-informed travellers, who imparted to him a mass of information concerning the little known and scarcely visited country.
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Although he himself never visited the southern portion of Algeria, he availed himself of the facts he was able to obtain from well-informed travellers, who imparted to him a mass of information concerning the little known and scarcely visited country.
himselfpronounUS /hɪmˈself/
used when the man or boy doing the action is also its object
From this reading Although he himself never visited the southern portion of Algeria, he availed himself of the facts he was able to obtain from well-informed travellers, who imparted to him a mass of information concerning the little known and scarcely visited country.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Shaw in Algeria and Tunis--Hornemann in Fezzan--Adamson at Senegal-- Houghton in Senegambia--Mungo Park and his two voyages to the Djoliba, or Niger--Sego--Timbuctoo--Sparmann and Lavaillant at the Cape, at Natal, and in the Interior--Lacerda in Mozambique, and at Cazembe-- Bruce in Abyssinia--Sources of the Blue Nile--Tzana Lake--Browne's journey in Darfur.
Hornemann
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From this reading Shaw in Algeria and Tunis--Hornemann in Fezzan--Adamson at Senegal-- Houghton in Senegambia--Mungo Park and his two voyages to the Djoliba, or Niger--Sego--Timbuctoo--Sparmann and Lavaillant at the Cape, at Natal, and in the Interior--Lacerda in Mozambique, and at Cazembe-- Bruce in Abyssinia--Sources of the Blue Nile--Tzana Lake--Browne's journey in Darfur.
Houghton
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From this reading Shaw in Algeria and Tunis--Hornemann in Fezzan--Adamson at Senegal-- Houghton in Senegambia--Mungo Park and his two voyages to the Djoliba, or Niger--Sego--Timbuctoo--Sparmann and Lavaillant at the Cape, at Natal, and in the Interior--Lacerda in Mozambique, and at Cazembe-- Bruce in Abyssinia--Sources of the Blue Nile--Tzana Lake--Browne's journey in Darfur.
ill-directed
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From this reading It was rather the work of a learned man than the account of a traveller, and it must be admitted that the learning is occasionally ill-directed.
imparted
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From this reading Although he himself never visited the southern portion of Algeria, he availed himself of the facts he was able to obtain from well-informed travellers, who imparted to him a mass of information concerning the little known and scarcely visited country.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Shaw in Algeria and Tunis--Hornemann in Fezzan--Adamson at Senegal-- Houghton in Senegambia--Mungo Park and his two voyages to the Djoliba, or Niger--Sego--Timbuctoo--Sparmann and Lavaillant at the Cape, at Natal, and in the Interior--Lacerda in Mozambique, and at Cazembe-- Bruce in Abyssinia--Sources of the Blue Nile--Tzana Lake--Browne's journey in Darfur.
information
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From this reading Although he himself never visited the southern portion of Algeria, he availed himself of the facts he was able to obtain from well-informed travellers, who imparted to him a mass of information concerning the little known and scarcely visited country.
inscriptions
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From this reading An Englishman named Thomas Shaw, a chaplain in Algeria, had profited by his twelve years' stay in Barbary to gather together a rich collection of natural curiosities, medals, inscriptions, and various objects of interest.
interest
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From this reading An Englishman named Thomas Shaw, a chaplain in Algeria, had profited by his twelve years' stay in Barbary to gather together a rich collection of natural curiosities, medals, inscriptions, and various objects of interest.
Interior
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From this reading Shaw in Algeria and Tunis--Hornemann in Fezzan--Adamson at Senegal-- Houghton in Senegambia--Mungo Park and his two voyages to the Djoliba, or Niger--Sego--Timbuctoo--Sparmann and Lavaillant at the Cape, at Natal, and in the Interior--Lacerda in Mozambique, and at Cazembe-- Bruce in Abyssinia--Sources of the Blue Nile--Tzana Lake--Browne's journey in Darfur.
isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading It was rather the work of a learned man than the account of a traveller, and it must be admitted that the learning is occasionally ill-directed.
ItpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It was rather the work of a learned man than the account of a traveller, and it must be admitted that the learning is occasionally ill-directed.
journeynounUS /ˈjourney/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading Shaw in Algeria and Tunis--Hornemann in Fezzan--Adamson at Senegal-- Houghton in Senegambia--Mungo Park and his two voyages to the Djoliba, or Niger--Sego--Timbuctoo--Sparmann and Lavaillant at the Cape, at Natal, and in the Interior--Lacerda in Mozambique, and at Cazembe-- Bruce in Abyssinia--Sources of the Blue Nile--Tzana Lake--Browne's journey in Darfur.
known
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From this reading Although he himself never visited the southern portion of Algeria, he availed himself of the facts he was able to obtain from well-informed travellers, who imparted to him a mass of information concerning the little known and scarcely visited country.
Lacerda
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From this reading Shaw in Algeria and Tunis--Hornemann in Fezzan--Adamson at Senegal-- Houghton in Senegambia--Mungo Park and his two voyages to the Djoliba, or Niger--Sego--Timbuctoo--Sparmann and Lavaillant at the Cape, at Natal, and in the Interior--Lacerda in Mozambique, and at Cazembe-- Bruce in Abyssinia--Sources of the Blue Nile--Tzana Lake--Browne's journey in Darfur.
Lake
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From this reading Shaw in Algeria and Tunis--Hornemann in Fezzan--Adamson at Senegal-- Houghton in Senegambia--Mungo Park and his two voyages to the Djoliba, or Niger--Sego--Timbuctoo--Sparmann and Lavaillant at the Cape, at Natal, and in the Interior--Lacerda in Mozambique, and at Cazembe-- Bruce in Abyssinia--Sources of the Blue Nile--Tzana Lake--Browne's journey in Darfur.
large
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From this reading He published a book in two large quarto volumes, which embraced the whole of ancient Numidia.
Lavaillant
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From this reading Shaw in Algeria and Tunis--Hornemann in Fezzan--Adamson at Senegal-- Houghton in Senegambia--Mungo Park and his two voyages to the Djoliba, or Niger--Sego--Timbuctoo--Sparmann and Lavaillant at the Cape, at Natal, and in the Interior--Lacerda in Mozambique, and at Cazembe-- Bruce in Abyssinia--Sources of the Blue Nile--Tzana Lake--Browne's journey in Darfur.
learned
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From this reading It was rather the work of a learned man than the account of a traveller, and it must be admitted that the learning is occasionally ill-directed.
learning
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From this reading It was rather the work of a learned man than the account of a traveller, and it must be admitted that the learning is occasionally ill-directed.
littlenounUS /little/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Although he himself never visited the southern portion of Algeria, he availed himself of the facts he was able to obtain from well-informed travellers, who imparted to him a mass of information concerning the little known and scarcely visited country.
man
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From this reading It was rather the work of a learned man than the account of a traveller, and it must be admitted that the learning is occasionally ill-directed.
mass
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From this reading Although he himself never visited the southern portion of Algeria, he availed himself of the facts he was able to obtain from well-informed travellers, who imparted to him a mass of information concerning the little known and scarcely visited country.
medals
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From this reading An Englishman named Thomas Shaw, a chaplain in Algeria, had profited by his twelve years' stay in Barbary to gather together a rich collection of natural curiosities, medals, inscriptions, and various objects of interest.
Mozambique
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From this reading Shaw in Algeria and Tunis--Hornemann in Fezzan--Adamson at Senegal-- Houghton in Senegambia--Mungo Park and his two voyages to the Djoliba, or Niger--Sego--Timbuctoo--Sparmann and Lavaillant at the Cape, at Natal, and in the Interior--Lacerda in Mozambique, and at Cazembe-- Bruce in Abyssinia--Sources of the Blue Nile--Tzana Lake--Browne's journey in Darfur.
Mungo
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From this reading Shaw in Algeria and Tunis--Hornemann in Fezzan--Adamson at Senegal-- Houghton in Senegambia--Mungo Park and his two voyages to the Djoliba, or Niger--Sego--Timbuctoo--Sparmann and Lavaillant at the Cape, at Natal, and in the Interior--Lacerda in Mozambique, and at Cazembe-- Bruce in Abyssinia--Sources of the Blue Nile--Tzana Lake--Browne's journey in Darfur.
mustmodal verbUS /mʌst/
used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true
From this reading It was rather the work of a learned man than the account of a traveller, and it must be admitted that the learning is occasionally ill-directed.
named
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From this reading An Englishman named Thomas Shaw, a chaplain in Algeria, had profited by his twelve years' stay in Barbary to gather together a rich collection of natural curiosities, medals, inscriptions, and various objects of interest.
Natal
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From this reading Shaw in Algeria and Tunis--Hornemann in Fezzan--Adamson at Senegal-- Houghton in Senegambia--Mungo Park and his two voyages to the Djoliba, or Niger--Sego--Timbuctoo--Sparmann and Lavaillant at the Cape, at Natal, and in the Interior--Lacerda in Mozambique, and at Cazembe-- Bruce in Abyssinia--Sources of the Blue Nile--Tzana Lake--Browne's journey in Darfur.
natural
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From this reading An Englishman named Thomas Shaw, a chaplain in Algeria, had profited by his twelve years' stay in Barbary to gather together a rich collection of natural curiosities, medals, inscriptions, and various objects of interest.
nevernounUS /never/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Although he himself never visited the southern portion of Algeria, he availed himself of the facts he was able to obtain from well-informed travellers, who imparted to him a mass of information concerning the little known and scarcely visited country.
Niger
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From this reading Shaw in Algeria and Tunis--Hornemann in Fezzan--Adamson at Senegal-- Houghton in Senegambia--Mungo Park and his two voyages to the Djoliba, or Niger--Sego--Timbuctoo--Sparmann and Lavaillant at the Cape, at Natal, and in the Interior--Lacerda in Mozambique, and at Cazembe-- Bruce in Abyssinia--Sources of the Blue Nile--Tzana Lake--Browne's journey in Darfur.
Nile
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From this reading Shaw in Algeria and Tunis--Hornemann in Fezzan--Adamson at Senegal-- Houghton in Senegambia--Mungo Park and his two voyages to the Djoliba, or Niger--Sego--Timbuctoo--Sparmann and Lavaillant at the Cape, at Natal, and in the Interior--Lacerda in Mozambique, and at Cazembe-- Bruce in Abyssinia--Sources of the Blue Nile--Tzana Lake--Browne's journey in Darfur.
Numidia
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From this reading He published a book in two large quarto volumes, which embraced the whole of ancient Numidia.
objects
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From this reading An Englishman named Thomas Shaw, a chaplain in Algeria, had profited by his twelve years' stay in Barbary to gather together a rich collection of natural curiosities, medals, inscriptions, and various objects of interest.
obtainverbUS /əbˈteɪn/
to get something, especially through effort
From this reading Although he himself never visited the southern portion of Algeria, he availed himself of the facts he was able to obtain from well-informed travellers, who imparted to him a mass of information concerning the little known and scarcely visited country.
occasionally
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From this reading It was rather the work of a learned man than the account of a traveller, and it must be admitted that the learning is occasionally ill-directed.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Shaw in Algeria and Tunis--Hornemann in Fezzan--Adamson at Senegal-- Houghton in Senegambia--Mungo Park and his two voyages to the Djoliba, or Niger--Sego--Timbuctoo--Sparmann and Lavaillant at the Cape, at Natal, and in the Interior--Lacerda in Mozambique, and at Cazembe-- Bruce in Abyssinia--Sources of the Blue Nile--Tzana Lake--Browne's journey in Darfur.
orconjunctionUS /ɔːr/
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading Shaw in Algeria and Tunis--Hornemann in Fezzan--Adamson at Senegal-- Houghton in Senegambia--Mungo Park and his two voyages to the Djoliba, or Niger--Sego--Timbuctoo--Sparmann and Lavaillant at the Cape, at Natal, and in the Interior--Lacerda in Mozambique, and at Cazembe-- Bruce in Abyssinia--Sources of the Blue Nile--Tzana Lake--Browne's journey in Darfur.
Park
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From this reading Shaw in Algeria and Tunis--Hornemann in Fezzan--Adamson at Senegal-- Houghton in Senegambia--Mungo Park and his two voyages to the Djoliba, or Niger--Sego--Timbuctoo--Sparmann and Lavaillant at the Cape, at Natal, and in the Interior--Lacerda in Mozambique, and at Cazembe-- Bruce in Abyssinia--Sources of the Blue Nile--Tzana Lake--Browne's journey in Darfur.
portion
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From this reading Although he himself never visited the southern portion of Algeria, he availed himself of the facts he was able to obtain from well-informed travellers, who imparted to him a mass of information concerning the little known and scarcely visited country.
profited
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From this reading An Englishman named Thomas Shaw, a chaplain in Algeria, had profited by his twelve years' stay in Barbary to gather together a rich collection of natural curiosities, medals, inscriptions, and various objects of interest.
published
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From this reading He published a book in two large quarto volumes, which embraced the whole of ancient Numidia.
quarto
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From this reading He published a book in two large quarto volumes, which embraced the whole of ancient Numidia.
rather
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From this reading It was rather the work of a learned man than the account of a traveller, and it must be admitted that the learning is occasionally ill-directed.
rich
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From this reading An Englishman named Thomas Shaw, a chaplain in Algeria, had profited by his twelve years' stay in Barbary to gather together a rich collection of natural curiosities, medals, inscriptions, and various objects of interest.
scarcely
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From this reading Although he himself never visited the southern portion of Algeria, he availed himself of the facts he was able to obtain from well-informed travellers, who imparted to him a mass of information concerning the little known and scarcely visited country.
Sego
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From this reading Shaw in Algeria and Tunis--Hornemann in Fezzan--Adamson at Senegal-- Houghton in Senegambia--Mungo Park and his two voyages to the Djoliba, or Niger--Sego--Timbuctoo--Sparmann and Lavaillant at the Cape, at Natal, and in the Interior--Lacerda in Mozambique, and at Cazembe-- Bruce in Abyssinia--Sources of the Blue Nile--Tzana Lake--Browne's journey in Darfur.
Senegal
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From this reading Shaw in Algeria and Tunis--Hornemann in Fezzan--Adamson at Senegal-- Houghton in Senegambia--Mungo Park and his two voyages to the Djoliba, or Niger--Sego--Timbuctoo--Sparmann and Lavaillant at the Cape, at Natal, and in the Interior--Lacerda in Mozambique, and at Cazembe-- Bruce in Abyssinia--Sources of the Blue Nile--Tzana Lake--Browne's journey in Darfur.
Senegambia
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From this reading Shaw in Algeria and Tunis--Hornemann in Fezzan--Adamson at Senegal-- Houghton in Senegambia--Mungo Park and his two voyages to the Djoliba, or Niger--Sego--Timbuctoo--Sparmann and Lavaillant at the Cape, at Natal, and in the Interior--Lacerda in Mozambique, and at Cazembe-- Bruce in Abyssinia--Sources of the Blue Nile--Tzana Lake--Browne's journey in Darfur.
Shaw
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From this reading Shaw in Algeria and Tunis--Hornemann in Fezzan--Adamson at Senegal-- Houghton in Senegambia--Mungo Park and his two voyages to the Djoliba, or Niger--Sego--Timbuctoo--Sparmann and Lavaillant at the Cape, at Natal, and in the Interior--Lacerda in Mozambique, and at Cazembe-- Bruce in Abyssinia--Sources of the Blue Nile--Tzana Lake--Browne's journey in Darfur.
Sources
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From this reading Shaw in Algeria and Tunis--Hornemann in Fezzan--Adamson at Senegal-- Houghton in Senegambia--Mungo Park and his two voyages to the Djoliba, or Niger--Sego--Timbuctoo--Sparmann and Lavaillant at the Cape, at Natal, and in the Interior--Lacerda in Mozambique, and at Cazembe-- Bruce in Abyssinia--Sources of the Blue Nile--Tzana Lake--Browne's journey in Darfur.
southern
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From this reading Although he himself never visited the southern portion of Algeria, he availed himself of the facts he was able to obtain from well-informed travellers, who imparted to him a mass of information concerning the little known and scarcely visited country.
Sparmann
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From this reading Shaw in Algeria and Tunis--Hornemann in Fezzan--Adamson at Senegal-- Houghton in Senegambia--Mungo Park and his two voyages to the Djoliba, or Niger--Sego--Timbuctoo--Sparmann and Lavaillant at the Cape, at Natal, and in the Interior--Lacerda in Mozambique, and at Cazembe-- Bruce in Abyssinia--Sources of the Blue Nile--Tzana Lake--Browne's journey in Darfur.
stay
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From this reading An Englishman named Thomas Shaw, a chaplain in Algeria, had profited by his twelve years' stay in Barbary to gather together a rich collection of natural curiosities, medals, inscriptions, and various objects of interest.
thanconjunctionUS /ðæn/
used to introduce the second part of a comparison
From this reading It was rather the work of a learned man than the account of a traveller, and it must be admitted that the learning is occasionally ill-directed.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading It was rather the work of a learned man than the account of a traveller, and it must be admitted that the learning is occasionally ill-directed.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Shaw in Algeria and Tunis--Hornemann in Fezzan--Adamson at Senegal-- Houghton in Senegambia--Mungo Park and his two voyages to the Djoliba, or Niger--Sego--Timbuctoo--Sparmann and Lavaillant at the Cape, at Natal, and in the Interior--Lacerda in Mozambique, and at Cazembe-- Bruce in Abyssinia--Sources of the Blue Nile--Tzana Lake--Browne's journey in Darfur.
Thomas
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From this reading An Englishman named Thomas Shaw, a chaplain in Algeria, had profited by his twelve years' stay in Barbary to gather together a rich collection of natural curiosities, medals, inscriptions, and various objects of interest.
Timbuctoo
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From this reading Shaw in Algeria and Tunis--Hornemann in Fezzan--Adamson at Senegal-- Houghton in Senegambia--Mungo Park and his two voyages to the Djoliba, or Niger--Sego--Timbuctoo--Sparmann and Lavaillant at the Cape, at Natal, and in the Interior--Lacerda in Mozambique, and at Cazembe-- Bruce in Abyssinia--Sources of the Blue Nile--Tzana Lake--Browne's journey in Darfur.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Shaw in Algeria and Tunis--Hornemann in Fezzan--Adamson at Senegal-- Houghton in Senegambia--Mungo Park and his two voyages to the Djoliba, or Niger--Sego--Timbuctoo--Sparmann and Lavaillant at the Cape, at Natal, and in the Interior--Lacerda in Mozambique, and at Cazembe-- Bruce in Abyssinia--Sources of the Blue Nile--Tzana Lake--Browne's journey in Darfur.
together
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From this reading An Englishman named Thomas Shaw, a chaplain in Algeria, had profited by his twelve years' stay in Barbary to gather together a rich collection of natural curiosities, medals, inscriptions, and various objects of interest.
traveller
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From this reading It was rather the work of a learned man than the account of a traveller, and it must be admitted that the learning is occasionally ill-directed.
travellers
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From this reading Although he himself never visited the southern portion of Algeria, he availed himself of the facts he was able to obtain from well-informed travellers, who imparted to him a mass of information concerning the little known and scarcely visited country.
Tunis
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From this reading Shaw in Algeria and Tunis--Hornemann in Fezzan--Adamson at Senegal-- Houghton in Senegambia--Mungo Park and his two voyages to the Djoliba, or Niger--Sego--Timbuctoo--Sparmann and Lavaillant at the Cape, at Natal, and in the Interior--Lacerda in Mozambique, and at Cazembe-- Bruce in Abyssinia--Sources of the Blue Nile--Tzana Lake--Browne's journey in Darfur.
twelve
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From this reading An Englishman named Thomas Shaw, a chaplain in Algeria, had profited by his twelve years' stay in Barbary to gather together a rich collection of natural curiosities, medals, inscriptions, and various objects of interest.
two
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From this reading Shaw in Algeria and Tunis--Hornemann in Fezzan--Adamson at Senegal-- Houghton in Senegambia--Mungo Park and his two voyages to the Djoliba, or Niger--Sego--Timbuctoo--Sparmann and Lavaillant at the Cape, at Natal, and in the Interior--Lacerda in Mozambique, and at Cazembe-- Bruce in Abyssinia--Sources of the Blue Nile--Tzana Lake--Browne's journey in Darfur.
Tzana
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From this reading Shaw in Algeria and Tunis--Hornemann in Fezzan--Adamson at Senegal-- Houghton in Senegambia--Mungo Park and his two voyages to the Djoliba, or Niger--Sego--Timbuctoo--Sparmann and Lavaillant at the Cape, at Natal, and in the Interior--Lacerda in Mozambique, and at Cazembe-- Bruce in Abyssinia--Sources of the Blue Nile--Tzana Lake--Browne's journey in Darfur.
various
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From this reading An Englishman named Thomas Shaw, a chaplain in Algeria, had profited by his twelve years' stay in Barbary to gather together a rich collection of natural curiosities, medals, inscriptions, and various objects of interest.
visited
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From this reading Although he himself never visited the southern portion of Algeria, he availed himself of the facts he was able to obtain from well-informed travellers, who imparted to him a mass of information concerning the little known and scarcely visited country.
volumes
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From this reading He published a book in two large quarto volumes, which embraced the whole of ancient Numidia.
voyages
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From this reading Shaw in Algeria and Tunis--Hornemann in Fezzan--Adamson at Senegal-- Houghton in Senegambia--Mungo Park and his two voyages to the Djoliba, or Niger--Sego--Timbuctoo--Sparmann and Lavaillant at the Cape, at Natal, and in the Interior--Lacerda in Mozambique, and at Cazembe-- Bruce in Abyssinia--Sources of the Blue Nile--Tzana Lake--Browne's journey in Darfur.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Although he himself never visited the southern portion of Algeria, he availed himself of the facts he was able to obtain from well-informed travellers, who imparted to him a mass of information concerning the little known and scarcely visited country.
well-informed
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From this reading Although he himself never visited the southern portion of Algeria, he availed himself of the facts he was able to obtain from well-informed travellers, who imparted to him a mass of information concerning the little known and scarcely visited country.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading He published a book in two large quarto volumes, which embraced the whole of ancient Numidia.
whopronounUS /huː/
which person or people
From this reading Although he himself never visited the southern portion of Algeria, he availed himself of the facts he was able to obtain from well-informed travellers, who imparted to him a mass of information concerning the little known and scarcely visited country.
whole
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From this reading He published a book in two large quarto volumes, which embraced the whole of ancient Numidia.
work
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From this reading It was rather the work of a learned man than the account of a traveller, and it must be admitted that the learning is occasionally ill-directed.
years
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From this reading An Englishman named Thomas Shaw, a chaplain in Algeria, had profited by his twelve years' stay in Barbary to gather together a rich collection of natural curiosities, medals, inscriptions, and various objects of interest.
