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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 They thicken on our path, These silent witness years; A solemn tenantry, that still land hath Wherein were spent our bygone smiles and tears; Graven on their secret tablets silently, Stand deed, and thought, and word, Beyond the touch of change or soft decay, ’Stablished perpetually before the Lord!
againnounUS /again/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Ten years have passed away, and again it is a fireside scene that we have to depict, and a fireside conversation we have to chronicle.
age
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From this reading The room we now stand in is large and pleasant, and bright with the radiance of merry faces--faces of every age and size, but all marvellously alike in features, as in happiness, from the grave seniors down to the crowing baby, through all the gradations of stature and sobriety that crowd around that well-spread table.
alike
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From this reading The room we now stand in is large and pleasant, and bright with the radiance of merry faces--faces of every age and size, but all marvellously alike in features, as in happiness, from the grave seniors down to the crowing baby, through all the gradations of stature and sobriety that crowd around that well-spread table.
all
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From this reading The room we now stand in is large and pleasant, and bright with the radiance of merry faces--faces of every age and size, but all marvellously alike in features, as in happiness, from the grave seniors down to the crowing baby, through all the gradations of stature and sobriety that crowd around that well-spread table.
allow
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From this reading The assembly is too large, and the children too near each other in age to allow you to think them all members of one household; and two fathers half checked, half encouraged the merry crowd, and two mothers took sweet counsel together, praising each other’s little ones, and exchanging domestic experiences with each other.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading They thicken on our path, These silent witness years; A solemn tenantry, that still land hath Wherein were spent our bygone smiles and tears; Graven on their secret tablets silently, Stand deed, and thought, and word, Beyond the touch of change or soft decay, ’Stablished perpetually before the Lord!
aroundprepositionUS /ərˈaʊnd/
surrounding, or on every side of, something
From this reading The room we now stand in is large and pleasant, and bright with the radiance of merry faces--faces of every age and size, but all marvellously alike in features, as in happiness, from the grave seniors down to the crowing baby, through all the gradations of stature and sobriety that crowd around that well-spread table.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading The room we now stand in is large and pleasant, and bright with the radiance of merry faces--faces of every age and size, but all marvellously alike in features, as in happiness, from the grave seniors down to the crowing baby, through all the gradations of stature and sobriety that crowd around that well-spread table.
assembly
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From this reading The assembly is too large, and the children too near each other in age to allow you to think them all members of one household; and two fathers half checked, half encouraged the merry crowd, and two mothers took sweet counsel together, praising each other’s little ones, and exchanging domestic experiences with each other.
away
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From this reading Ten years have passed away, and again it is a fireside scene that we have to depict, and a fireside conversation we have to chronicle.
baby
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From this reading The room we now stand in is large and pleasant, and bright with the radiance of merry faces--faces of every age and size, but all marvellously alike in features, as in happiness, from the grave seniors down to the crowing baby, through all the gradations of stature and sobriety that crowd around that well-spread table.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading * * * * * Season of labour, time of hope and fear, Kind to our households let thy varyings be; With thee we give a sigh to the Old year, And do rejoice us in the New with thee.--Y.S.P.
beforeprepositionUS /bɪˈfɔːr/
earlier than; in front of
From this reading They thicken on our path, These silent witness years; A solemn tenantry, that still land hath Wherein were spent our bygone smiles and tears; Graven on their secret tablets silently, Stand deed, and thought, and word, Beyond the touch of change or soft decay, ’Stablished perpetually before the Lord!
BeyondprepositionUS /bɪˈɑːnd/
on the far side of; further than
From this reading They thicken on our path, These silent witness years; A solemn tenantry, that still land hath Wherein were spent our bygone smiles and tears; Graven on their secret tablets silently, Stand deed, and thought, and word, Beyond the touch of change or soft decay, ’Stablished perpetually before the Lord!
bright
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From this reading The room we now stand in is large and pleasant, and bright with the radiance of merry faces--faces of every age and size, but all marvellously alike in features, as in happiness, from the grave seniors down to the crowing baby, through all the gradations of stature and sobriety that crowd around that well-spread table.
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading The room we now stand in is large and pleasant, and bright with the radiance of merry faces--faces of every age and size, but all marvellously alike in features, as in happiness, from the grave seniors down to the crowing baby, through all the gradations of stature and sobriety that crowd around that well-spread table.
bygone
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From this reading They thicken on our path, These silent witness years; A solemn tenantry, that still land hath Wherein were spent our bygone smiles and tears; Graven on their secret tablets silently, Stand deed, and thought, and word, Beyond the touch of change or soft decay, ’Stablished perpetually before the Lord!
change
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From this reading They thicken on our path, These silent witness years; A solemn tenantry, that still land hath Wherein were spent our bygone smiles and tears; Graven on their secret tablets silently, Stand deed, and thought, and word, Beyond the touch of change or soft decay, ’Stablished perpetually before the Lord!
checked
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From this reading The assembly is too large, and the children too near each other in age to allow you to think them all members of one household; and two fathers half checked, half encouraged the merry crowd, and two mothers took sweet counsel together, praising each other’s little ones, and exchanging domestic experiences with each other.
children
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From this reading The assembly is too large, and the children too near each other in age to allow you to think them all members of one household; and two fathers half checked, half encouraged the merry crowd, and two mothers took sweet counsel together, praising each other’s little ones, and exchanging domestic experiences with each other.
chroniclenounUS /ˈkrɑː.nɪ.kəl/
A detailed written record of historical events in order. (Sử ký, biên niên sử lịch sử.)
From this reading Ten years have passed away, and again it is a fireside scene that we have to depict, and a fireside conversation we have to chronicle.
conversation
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From this reading Ten years have passed away, and again it is a fireside scene that we have to depict, and a fireside conversation we have to chronicle.
counsel
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From this reading The assembly is too large, and the children too near each other in age to allow you to think them all members of one household; and two fathers half checked, half encouraged the merry crowd, and two mothers took sweet counsel together, praising each other’s little ones, and exchanging domestic experiences with each other.
crowd
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From this reading The room we now stand in is large and pleasant, and bright with the radiance of merry faces--faces of every age and size, but all marvellously alike in features, as in happiness, from the grave seniors down to the crowing baby, through all the gradations of stature and sobriety that crowd around that well-spread table.
crowing
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From this reading The room we now stand in is large and pleasant, and bright with the radiance of merry faces--faces of every age and size, but all marvellously alike in features, as in happiness, from the grave seniors down to the crowing baby, through all the gradations of stature and sobriety that crowd around that well-spread table.
decay
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From this reading They thicken on our path, These silent witness years; A solemn tenantry, that still land hath Wherein were spent our bygone smiles and tears; Graven on their secret tablets silently, Stand deed, and thought, and word, Beyond the touch of change or soft decay, ’Stablished perpetually before the Lord!
deed
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From this reading They thicken on our path, These silent witness years; A solemn tenantry, that still land hath Wherein were spent our bygone smiles and tears; Graven on their secret tablets silently, Stand deed, and thought, and word, Beyond the touch of change or soft decay, ’Stablished perpetually before the Lord!
depict
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From this reading Ten years have passed away, and again it is a fireside scene that we have to depict, and a fireside conversation we have to chronicle.
doauxiliary verbUS /duː/
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading * * * * * Season of labour, time of hope and fear, Kind to our households let thy varyings be; With thee we give a sigh to the Old year, And do rejoice us in the New with thee.--Y.S.P.
domestic
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From this reading The assembly is too large, and the children too near each other in age to allow you to think them all members of one household; and two fathers half checked, half encouraged the merry crowd, and two mothers took sweet counsel together, praising each other’s little ones, and exchanging domestic experiences with each other.
down
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From this reading The room we now stand in is large and pleasant, and bright with the radiance of merry faces--faces of every age and size, but all marvellously alike in features, as in happiness, from the grave seniors down to the crowing baby, through all the gradations of stature and sobriety that crowd around that well-spread table.
eachdeterminerUS /iːtʃ/
every one of two or more people or things, taken separately
From this reading The assembly is too large, and the children too near each other in age to allow you to think them all members of one household; and two fathers half checked, half encouraged the merry crowd, and two mothers took sweet counsel together, praising each other’s little ones, and exchanging domestic experiences with each other.
encouraged
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From this reading The assembly is too large, and the children too near each other in age to allow you to think them all members of one household; and two fathers half checked, half encouraged the merry crowd, and two mothers took sweet counsel together, praising each other’s little ones, and exchanging domestic experiences with each other.
everydeterminerUS /ˈevəri/
all the members of a group, with none left out
From this reading The room we now stand in is large and pleasant, and bright with the radiance of merry faces--faces of every age and size, but all marvellously alike in features, as in happiness, from the grave seniors down to the crowing baby, through all the gradations of stature and sobriety that crowd around that well-spread table.
exchanging
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From this reading The assembly is too large, and the children too near each other in age to allow you to think them all members of one household; and two fathers half checked, half encouraged the merry crowd, and two mothers took sweet counsel together, praising each other’s little ones, and exchanging domestic experiences with each other.
experiences
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From this reading The assembly is too large, and the children too near each other in age to allow you to think them all members of one household; and two fathers half checked, half encouraged the merry crowd, and two mothers took sweet counsel together, praising each other’s little ones, and exchanging domestic experiences with each other.
faces
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From this reading The room we now stand in is large and pleasant, and bright with the radiance of merry faces--faces of every age and size, but all marvellously alike in features, as in happiness, from the grave seniors down to the crowing baby, through all the gradations of stature and sobriety that crowd around that well-spread table.
fathers
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From this reading The assembly is too large, and the children too near each other in age to allow you to think them all members of one household; and two fathers half checked, half encouraged the merry crowd, and two mothers took sweet counsel together, praising each other’s little ones, and exchanging domestic experiences with each other.
fear
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From this reading * * * * * Season of labour, time of hope and fear, Kind to our households let thy varyings be; With thee we give a sigh to the Old year, And do rejoice us in the New with thee.--Y.S.P.
features
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From this reading The room we now stand in is large and pleasant, and bright with the radiance of merry faces--faces of every age and size, but all marvellously alike in features, as in happiness, from the grave seniors down to the crowing baby, through all the gradations of stature and sobriety that crowd around that well-spread table.
fireside
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From this reading Ten years have passed away, and again it is a fireside scene that we have to depict, and a fireside conversation we have to chronicle.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading The room we now stand in is large and pleasant, and bright with the radiance of merry faces--faces of every age and size, but all marvellously alike in features, as in happiness, from the grave seniors down to the crowing baby, through all the gradations of stature and sobriety that crowd around that well-spread table.
give
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From this reading * * * * * Season of labour, time of hope and fear, Kind to our households let thy varyings be; With thee we give a sigh to the Old year, And do rejoice us in the New with thee.--Y.S.P.
gradations
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From this reading The room we now stand in is large and pleasant, and bright with the radiance of merry faces--faces of every age and size, but all marvellously alike in features, as in happiness, from the grave seniors down to the crowing baby, through all the gradations of stature and sobriety that crowd around that well-spread table.
grave
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From this reading The room we now stand in is large and pleasant, and bright with the radiance of merry faces--faces of every age and size, but all marvellously alike in features, as in happiness, from the grave seniors down to the crowing baby, through all the gradations of stature and sobriety that crowd around that well-spread table.
Graven
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From this reading They thicken on our path, These silent witness years; A solemn tenantry, that still land hath Wherein were spent our bygone smiles and tears; Graven on their secret tablets silently, Stand deed, and thought, and word, Beyond the touch of change or soft decay, ’Stablished perpetually before the Lord!
halfnounUS /half/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The assembly is too large, and the children too near each other in age to allow you to think them all members of one household; and two fathers half checked, half encouraged the merry crowd, and two mothers took sweet counsel together, praising each other’s little ones, and exchanging domestic experiences with each other.
happiness
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From this reading The room we now stand in is large and pleasant, and bright with the radiance of merry faces--faces of every age and size, but all marvellously alike in features, as in happiness, from the grave seniors down to the crowing baby, through all the gradations of stature and sobriety that crowd around that well-spread table.
hathauxiliary verbUS /hæθ/
an old form of “has”
From this reading They thicken on our path, These silent witness years; A solemn tenantry, that still land hath Wherein were spent our bygone smiles and tears; Graven on their secret tablets silently, Stand deed, and thought, and word, Beyond the touch of change or soft decay, ’Stablished perpetually before the Lord!
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading Ten years have passed away, and again it is a fireside scene that we have to depict, and a fireside conversation we have to chronicle.
hope
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From this reading * * * * * Season of labour, time of hope and fear, Kind to our households let thy varyings be; With thee we give a sigh to the Old year, And do rejoice us in the New with thee.--Y.S.P.
household
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From this reading The assembly is too large, and the children too near each other in age to allow you to think them all members of one household; and two fathers half checked, half encouraged the merry crowd, and two mothers took sweet counsel together, praising each other’s little ones, and exchanging domestic experiences with each other.
households
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From this reading * * * * * Season of labour, time of hope and fear, Kind to our households let thy varyings be; With thee we give a sigh to the Old year, And do rejoice us in the New with thee.--Y.S.P.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading * * * * * Season of labour, time of hope and fear, Kind to our households let thy varyings be; With thee we give a sigh to the Old year, And do rejoice us in the New with thee.--Y.S.P.
isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Ten years have passed away, and again it is a fireside scene that we have to depict, and a fireside conversation we have to chronicle.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading Ten years have passed away, and again it is a fireside scene that we have to depict, and a fireside conversation we have to chronicle.
Kind
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From this reading * * * * * Season of labour, time of hope and fear, Kind to our households let thy varyings be; With thee we give a sigh to the Old year, And do rejoice us in the New with thee.--Y.S.P.
labour
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From this reading * * * * * Season of labour, time of hope and fear, Kind to our households let thy varyings be; With thee we give a sigh to the Old year, And do rejoice us in the New with thee.--Y.S.P.
land
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From this reading They thicken on our path, These silent witness years; A solemn tenantry, that still land hath Wherein were spent our bygone smiles and tears; Graven on their secret tablets silently, Stand deed, and thought, and word, Beyond the touch of change or soft decay, ’Stablished perpetually before the Lord!
large
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From this reading The room we now stand in is large and pleasant, and bright with the radiance of merry faces--faces of every age and size, but all marvellously alike in features, as in happiness, from the grave seniors down to the crowing baby, through all the gradations of stature and sobriety that crowd around that well-spread table.
letauxiliary verbUS /let/
used to make a suggestion or a command including the speaker
From this reading * * * * * Season of labour, time of hope and fear, Kind to our households let thy varyings be; With thee we give a sigh to the Old year, And do rejoice us in the New with thee.--Y.S.P.
littlenounUS /little/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The assembly is too large, and the children too near each other in age to allow you to think them all members of one household; and two fathers half checked, half encouraged the merry crowd, and two mothers took sweet counsel together, praising each other’s little ones, and exchanging domestic experiences with each other.
Lord
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From this reading They thicken on our path, These silent witness years; A solemn tenantry, that still land hath Wherein were spent our bygone smiles and tears; Graven on their secret tablets silently, Stand deed, and thought, and word, Beyond the touch of change or soft decay, ’Stablished perpetually before the Lord!
marvellously
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From this reading The room we now stand in is large and pleasant, and bright with the radiance of merry faces--faces of every age and size, but all marvellously alike in features, as in happiness, from the grave seniors down to the crowing baby, through all the gradations of stature and sobriety that crowd around that well-spread table.
members
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From this reading The assembly is too large, and the children too near each other in age to allow you to think them all members of one household; and two fathers half checked, half encouraged the merry crowd, and two mothers took sweet counsel together, praising each other’s little ones, and exchanging domestic experiences with each other.
merry
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From this reading The room we now stand in is large and pleasant, and bright with the radiance of merry faces--faces of every age and size, but all marvellously alike in features, as in happiness, from the grave seniors down to the crowing baby, through all the gradations of stature and sobriety that crowd around that well-spread table.
mothers
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From this reading The assembly is too large, and the children too near each other in age to allow you to think them all members of one household; and two fathers half checked, half encouraged the merry crowd, and two mothers took sweet counsel together, praising each other’s little ones, and exchanging domestic experiences with each other.
near
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From this reading The assembly is too large, and the children too near each other in age to allow you to think them all members of one household; and two fathers half checked, half encouraged the merry crowd, and two mothers took sweet counsel together, praising each other’s little ones, and exchanging domestic experiences with each other.
New
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From this reading * * * * * Season of labour, time of hope and fear, Kind to our households let thy varyings be; With thee we give a sigh to the Old year, And do rejoice us in the New with thee.--Y.S.P.
now
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From this reading The room we now stand in is large and pleasant, and bright with the radiance of merry faces--faces of every age and size, but all marvellously alike in features, as in happiness, from the grave seniors down to the crowing baby, through all the gradations of stature and sobriety that crowd around that well-spread table.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading They thicken on our path, These silent witness years; A solemn tenantry, that still land hath Wherein were spent our bygone smiles and tears; Graven on their secret tablets silently, Stand deed, and thought, and word, Beyond the touch of change or soft decay, ’Stablished perpetually before the Lord!
Old
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From this reading * * * * * Season of labour, time of hope and fear, Kind to our households let thy varyings be; With thee we give a sigh to the Old year, And do rejoice us in the New with thee.--Y.S.P.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading They thicken on our path, These silent witness years; A solemn tenantry, that still land hath Wherein were spent our bygone smiles and tears; Graven on their secret tablets silently, Stand deed, and thought, and word, Beyond the touch of change or soft decay, ’Stablished perpetually before the Lord!
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading The assembly is too large, and the children too near each other in age to allow you to think them all members of one household; and two fathers half checked, half encouraged the merry crowd, and two mothers took sweet counsel together, praising each other’s little ones, and exchanging domestic experiences with each other.
ones
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From this reading The assembly is too large, and the children too near each other in age to allow you to think them all members of one household; and two fathers half checked, half encouraged the merry crowd, and two mothers took sweet counsel together, praising each other’s little ones, and exchanging domestic experiences with each other.
orconjunctionUS /ɔːr/
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading They thicken on our path, These silent witness years; A solemn tenantry, that still land hath Wherein were spent our bygone smiles and tears; Graven on their secret tablets silently, Stand deed, and thought, and word, Beyond the touch of change or soft decay, ’Stablished perpetually before the Lord!
other
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From this reading The assembly is too large, and the children too near each other in age to allow you to think them all members of one household; and two fathers half checked, half encouraged the merry crowd, and two mothers took sweet counsel together, praising each other’s little ones, and exchanging domestic experiences with each other.
other's
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From this reading The assembly is too large, and the children too near each other in age to allow you to think them all members of one household; and two fathers half checked, half encouraged the merry crowd, and two mothers took sweet counsel together, praising each other’s little ones, and exchanging domestic experiences with each other.
ourdeterminerUS /ˈaʊər/
belonging to the speaker and others
From this reading They thicken on our path, These silent witness years; A solemn tenantry, that still land hath Wherein were spent our bygone smiles and tears; Graven on their secret tablets silently, Stand deed, and thought, and word, Beyond the touch of change or soft decay, ’Stablished perpetually before the Lord!
P
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From this reading * * * * * Season of labour, time of hope and fear, Kind to our households let thy varyings be; With thee we give a sigh to the Old year, And do rejoice us in the New with thee.--Y.S.P.
passednounUS /passed/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Ten years have passed away, and again it is a fireside scene that we have to depict, and a fireside conversation we have to chronicle.
path
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From this reading They thicken on our path, These silent witness years; A solemn tenantry, that still land hath Wherein were spent our bygone smiles and tears; Graven on their secret tablets silently, Stand deed, and thought, and word, Beyond the touch of change or soft decay, ’Stablished perpetually before the Lord!
perpetually
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From this reading They thicken on our path, These silent witness years; A solemn tenantry, that still land hath Wherein were spent our bygone smiles and tears; Graven on their secret tablets silently, Stand deed, and thought, and word, Beyond the touch of change or soft decay, ’Stablished perpetually before the Lord!
pleasantnounUS /pleasant/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The room we now stand in is large and pleasant, and bright with the radiance of merry faces--faces of every age and size, but all marvellously alike in features, as in happiness, from the grave seniors down to the crowing baby, through all the gradations of stature and sobriety that crowd around that well-spread table.
praising
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From this reading The assembly is too large, and the children too near each other in age to allow you to think them all members of one household; and two fathers half checked, half encouraged the merry crowd, and two mothers took sweet counsel together, praising each other’s little ones, and exchanging domestic experiences with each other.
radiance
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From this reading The room we now stand in is large and pleasant, and bright with the radiance of merry faces--faces of every age and size, but all marvellously alike in features, as in happiness, from the grave seniors down to the crowing baby, through all the gradations of stature and sobriety that crowd around that well-spread table.
rejoicenounUS /ˈrejoice/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading * * * * * Season of labour, time of hope and fear, Kind to our households let thy varyings be; With thee we give a sigh to the Old year, And do rejoice us in the New with thee.--Y.S.P.
room
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From this reading The room we now stand in is large and pleasant, and bright with the radiance of merry faces--faces of every age and size, but all marvellously alike in features, as in happiness, from the grave seniors down to the crowing baby, through all the gradations of stature and sobriety that crowd around that well-spread table.
S
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From this reading * * * * * Season of labour, time of hope and fear, Kind to our households let thy varyings be; With thee we give a sigh to the Old year, And do rejoice us in the New with thee.--Y.S.P.
scene
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From this reading Ten years have passed away, and again it is a fireside scene that we have to depict, and a fireside conversation we have to chronicle.
Season
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From this reading * * * * * Season of labour, time of hope and fear, Kind to our households let thy varyings be; With thee we give a sigh to the Old year, And do rejoice us in the New with thee.--Y.S.P.
secretnounUS /ˈsiː.krət/
Something that is kept or meant to be kept unknown or unseen by others.
From this reading They thicken on our path, These silent witness years; A solemn tenantry, that still land hath Wherein were spent our bygone smiles and tears; Graven on their secret tablets silently, Stand deed, and thought, and word, Beyond the touch of change or soft decay, ’Stablished perpetually before the Lord!
seniors
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From this reading The room we now stand in is large and pleasant, and bright with the radiance of merry faces--faces of every age and size, but all marvellously alike in features, as in happiness, from the grave seniors down to the crowing baby, through all the gradations of stature and sobriety that crowd around that well-spread table.
sigh
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From this reading * * * * * Season of labour, time of hope and fear, Kind to our households let thy varyings be; With thee we give a sigh to the Old year, And do rejoice us in the New with thee.--Y.S.P.
silent
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From this reading They thicken on our path, These silent witness years; A solemn tenantry, that still land hath Wherein were spent our bygone smiles and tears; Graven on their secret tablets silently, Stand deed, and thought, and word, Beyond the touch of change or soft decay, ’Stablished perpetually before the Lord!
silently
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From this reading They thicken on our path, These silent witness years; A solemn tenantry, that still land hath Wherein were spent our bygone smiles and tears; Graven on their secret tablets silently, Stand deed, and thought, and word, Beyond the touch of change or soft decay, ’Stablished perpetually before the Lord!
size
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From this reading The room we now stand in is large and pleasant, and bright with the radiance of merry faces--faces of every age and size, but all marvellously alike in features, as in happiness, from the grave seniors down to the crowing baby, through all the gradations of stature and sobriety that crowd around that well-spread table.
smiles
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From this reading They thicken on our path, These silent witness years; A solemn tenantry, that still land hath Wherein were spent our bygone smiles and tears; Graven on their secret tablets silently, Stand deed, and thought, and word, Beyond the touch of change or soft decay, ’Stablished perpetually before the Lord!
sobriety
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From this reading The room we now stand in is large and pleasant, and bright with the radiance of merry faces--faces of every age and size, but all marvellously alike in features, as in happiness, from the grave seniors down to the crowing baby, through all the gradations of stature and sobriety that crowd around that well-spread table.
soft
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From this reading They thicken on our path, These silent witness years; A solemn tenantry, that still land hath Wherein were spent our bygone smiles and tears; Graven on their secret tablets silently, Stand deed, and thought, and word, Beyond the touch of change or soft decay, ’Stablished perpetually before the Lord!
solemn
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From this reading They thicken on our path, These silent witness years; A solemn tenantry, that still land hath Wherein were spent our bygone smiles and tears; Graven on their secret tablets silently, Stand deed, and thought, and word, Beyond the touch of change or soft decay, ’Stablished perpetually before the Lord!
spent
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From this reading They thicken on our path, These silent witness years; A solemn tenantry, that still land hath Wherein were spent our bygone smiles and tears; Graven on their secret tablets silently, Stand deed, and thought, and word, Beyond the touch of change or soft decay, ’Stablished perpetually before the Lord!
Stablished
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From this reading They thicken on our path, These silent witness years; A solemn tenantry, that still land hath Wherein were spent our bygone smiles and tears; Graven on their secret tablets silently, Stand deed, and thought, and word, Beyond the touch of change or soft decay, ’Stablished perpetually before the Lord!
Stand
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From this reading They thicken on our path, These silent witness years; A solemn tenantry, that still land hath Wherein were spent our bygone smiles and tears; Graven on their secret tablets silently, Stand deed, and thought, and word, Beyond the touch of change or soft decay, ’Stablished perpetually before the Lord!
stature
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From this reading The room we now stand in is large and pleasant, and bright with the radiance of merry faces--faces of every age and size, but all marvellously alike in features, as in happiness, from the grave seniors down to the crowing baby, through all the gradations of stature and sobriety that crowd around that well-spread table.
stillnounUS /still/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading They thicken on our path, These silent witness years; A solemn tenantry, that still land hath Wherein were spent our bygone smiles and tears; Graven on their secret tablets silently, Stand deed, and thought, and word, Beyond the touch of change or soft decay, ’Stablished perpetually before the Lord!
sweet
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From this reading The assembly is too large, and the children too near each other in age to allow you to think them all members of one household; and two fathers half checked, half encouraged the merry crowd, and two mothers took sweet counsel together, praising each other’s little ones, and exchanging domestic experiences with each other.
table
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From this reading The room we now stand in is large and pleasant, and bright with the radiance of merry faces--faces of every age and size, but all marvellously alike in features, as in happiness, from the grave seniors down to the crowing baby, through all the gradations of stature and sobriety that crowd around that well-spread table.
tablets
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From this reading They thicken on our path, These silent witness years; A solemn tenantry, that still land hath Wherein were spent our bygone smiles and tears; Graven on their secret tablets silently, Stand deed, and thought, and word, Beyond the touch of change or soft decay, ’Stablished perpetually before the Lord!
tears
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From this reading They thicken on our path, These silent witness years; A solemn tenantry, that still land hath Wherein were spent our bygone smiles and tears; Graven on their secret tablets silently, Stand deed, and thought, and word, Beyond the touch of change or soft decay, ’Stablished perpetually before the Lord!
Ten
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From this reading Ten years have passed away, and again it is a fireside scene that we have to depict, and a fireside conversation we have to chronicle.
tenantry
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From this reading They thicken on our path, These silent witness years; A solemn tenantry, that still land hath Wherein were spent our bygone smiles and tears; Graven on their secret tablets silently, Stand deed, and thought, and word, Beyond the touch of change or soft decay, ’Stablished perpetually before the Lord!
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading They thicken on our path, These silent witness years; A solemn tenantry, that still land hath Wherein were spent our bygone smiles and tears; Graven on their secret tablets silently, Stand deed, and thought, and word, Beyond the touch of change or soft decay, ’Stablished perpetually before the Lord!
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading They thicken on our path, These silent witness years; A solemn tenantry, that still land hath Wherein were spent our bygone smiles and tears; Graven on their secret tablets silently, Stand deed, and thought, and word, Beyond the touch of change or soft decay, ’Stablished perpetually before the Lord!
theepronounUS /ðiː/
an old word for “you”, as the object, speaking to one person
From this reading * * * * * Season of labour, time of hope and fear, Kind to our households let thy varyings be; With thee we give a sigh to the Old year, And do rejoice us in the New with thee.--Y.S.P.
theirdeterminerUS /ðer/
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading They thicken on our path, These silent witness years; A solemn tenantry, that still land hath Wherein were spent our bygone smiles and tears; Graven on their secret tablets silently, Stand deed, and thought, and word, Beyond the touch of change or soft decay, ’Stablished perpetually before the Lord!
thempronounUS /ðem/
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading The assembly is too large, and the children too near each other in age to allow you to think them all members of one household; and two fathers half checked, half encouraged the merry crowd, and two mothers took sweet counsel together, praising each other’s little ones, and exchanging domestic experiences with each other.
ThesedeterminerUS /ðiːz/
the plural of “this”: the people or things near, or just mentioned
From this reading They thicken on our path, These silent witness years; A solemn tenantry, that still land hath Wherein were spent our bygone smiles and tears; Graven on their secret tablets silently, Stand deed, and thought, and word, Beyond the touch of change or soft decay, ’Stablished perpetually before the Lord!
TheypronounUS /ðeɪ/
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading They thicken on our path, These silent witness years; A solemn tenantry, that still land hath Wherein were spent our bygone smiles and tears; Graven on their secret tablets silently, Stand deed, and thought, and word, Beyond the touch of change or soft decay, ’Stablished perpetually before the Lord!
thicken
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From this reading They thicken on our path, These silent witness years; A solemn tenantry, that still land hath Wherein were spent our bygone smiles and tears; Graven on their secret tablets silently, Stand deed, and thought, and word, Beyond the touch of change or soft decay, ’Stablished perpetually before the Lord!
thinknounUS /think/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The assembly is too large, and the children too near each other in age to allow you to think them all members of one household; and two fathers half checked, half encouraged the merry crowd, and two mothers took sweet counsel together, praising each other’s little ones, and exchanging domestic experiences with each other.
thoughtnounUS /thought/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading They thicken on our path, These silent witness years; A solemn tenantry, that still land hath Wherein were spent our bygone smiles and tears; Graven on their secret tablets silently, Stand deed, and thought, and word, Beyond the touch of change or soft decay, ’Stablished perpetually before the Lord!
throughnounUS /ˈthrough/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading The room we now stand in is large and pleasant, and bright with the radiance of merry faces--faces of every age and size, but all marvellously alike in features, as in happiness, from the grave seniors down to the crowing baby, through all the gradations of stature and sobriety that crowd around that well-spread table.
thydeterminerUS /ðaɪ/
an old word for “your”, speaking to one person
From this reading * * * * * Season of labour, time of hope and fear, Kind to our households let thy varyings be; With thee we give a sigh to the Old year, And do rejoice us in the New with thee.--Y.S.P.
timenounUS /time/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading * * * * * Season of labour, time of hope and fear, Kind to our households let thy varyings be; With thee we give a sigh to the Old year, And do rejoice us in the New with thee.--Y.S.P.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading * * * * * Season of labour, time of hope and fear, Kind to our households let thy varyings be; With thee we give a sigh to the Old year, And do rejoice us in the New with thee.--Y.S.P.
together
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From this reading The assembly is too large, and the children too near each other in age to allow you to think them all members of one household; and two fathers half checked, half encouraged the merry crowd, and two mothers took sweet counsel together, praising each other’s little ones, and exchanging domestic experiences with each other.
too
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From this reading The assembly is too large, and the children too near each other in age to allow you to think them all members of one household; and two fathers half checked, half encouraged the merry crowd, and two mothers took sweet counsel together, praising each other’s little ones, and exchanging domestic experiences with each other.
tooknounUS /took/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The assembly is too large, and the children too near each other in age to allow you to think them all members of one household; and two fathers half checked, half encouraged the merry crowd, and two mothers took sweet counsel together, praising each other’s little ones, and exchanging domestic experiences with each other.
touch
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From this reading They thicken on our path, These silent witness years; A solemn tenantry, that still land hath Wherein were spent our bygone smiles and tears; Graven on their secret tablets silently, Stand deed, and thought, and word, Beyond the touch of change or soft decay, ’Stablished perpetually before the Lord!
two
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From this reading The assembly is too large, and the children too near each other in age to allow you to think them all members of one household; and two fathers half checked, half encouraged the merry crowd, and two mothers took sweet counsel together, praising each other’s little ones, and exchanging domestic experiences with each other.
uspronounUS /ʌs/
the speaker and others, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading * * * * * Season of labour, time of hope and fear, Kind to our households let thy varyings be; With thee we give a sigh to the Old year, And do rejoice us in the New with thee.--Y.S.P.
varyings
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From this reading * * * * * Season of labour, time of hope and fear, Kind to our households let thy varyings be; With thee we give a sigh to the Old year, And do rejoice us in the New with thee.--Y.S.P.
wepronounUS /wiː/
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading * * * * * Season of labour, time of hope and fear, Kind to our households let thy varyings be; With thee we give a sigh to the Old year, And do rejoice us in the New with thee.--Y.S.P.
well-spread
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From this reading The room we now stand in is large and pleasant, and bright with the radiance of merry faces--faces of every age and size, but all marvellously alike in features, as in happiness, from the grave seniors down to the crowing baby, through all the gradations of stature and sobriety that crowd around that well-spread table.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading They thicken on our path, These silent witness years; A solemn tenantry, that still land hath Wherein were spent our bygone smiles and tears; Graven on their secret tablets silently, Stand deed, and thought, and word, Beyond the touch of change or soft decay, ’Stablished perpetually before the Lord!
Wherein
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From this reading They thicken on our path, These silent witness years; A solemn tenantry, that still land hath Wherein were spent our bygone smiles and tears; Graven on their secret tablets silently, Stand deed, and thought, and word, Beyond the touch of change or soft decay, ’Stablished perpetually before the Lord!
WithprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading * * * * * Season of labour, time of hope and fear, Kind to our households let thy varyings be; With thee we give a sigh to the Old year, And do rejoice us in the New with thee.--Y.S.P.
witness
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From this reading They thicken on our path, These silent witness years; A solemn tenantry, that still land hath Wherein were spent our bygone smiles and tears; Graven on their secret tablets silently, Stand deed, and thought, and word, Beyond the touch of change or soft decay, ’Stablished perpetually before the Lord!
word
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From this reading They thicken on our path, These silent witness years; A solemn tenantry, that still land hath Wherein were spent our bygone smiles and tears; Graven on their secret tablets silently, Stand deed, and thought, and word, Beyond the touch of change or soft decay, ’Stablished perpetually before the Lord!
Y
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From this reading * * * * * Season of labour, time of hope and fear, Kind to our households let thy varyings be; With thee we give a sigh to the Old year, And do rejoice us in the New with thee.--Y.S.P.
year
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From this reading * * * * * Season of labour, time of hope and fear, Kind to our households let thy varyings be; With thee we give a sigh to the Old year, And do rejoice us in the New with thee.--Y.S.P.
years
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From this reading They thicken on our path, These silent witness years; A solemn tenantry, that still land hath Wherein were spent our bygone smiles and tears; Graven on their secret tablets silently, Stand deed, and thought, and word, Beyond the touch of change or soft decay, ’Stablished perpetually before the Lord!
youpronounUS /juː/
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading The assembly is too large, and the children too near each other in age to allow you to think them all members of one household; and two fathers half checked, half encouraged the merry crowd, and two mothers took sweet counsel together, praising each other’s little ones, and exchanging domestic experiences with each other.
