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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 One strong thing I find here below: the just thing, the true thing.--_Thomas Carlyle._ Ever since I was a boy I have wished to write a discourse on Compensation; for it had seemed to me when very young that on this subject Life was ahead of theology and the people knew more than the preachers taught.
Additional
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againnounUS /again/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading * * * * I tell thee again there is nothing else but justice.
ahead
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From this reading One strong thing I find here below: the just thing, the true thing.--_Thomas Carlyle._ Ever since I was a boy I have wished to write a discourse on Compensation; for it had seemed to me when very young that on this subject Life was ahead of theology and the people knew more than the preachers taught.
all
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From this reading The documents, too, from which the doctrine is to be drawn, charmed my fancy by their endless variety, and lay always before me, even in sleep; for they are the tools in our hands, the bread in our basket, the transactions of the street, the farm and the dwelling-house; the greetings, the relations, the debts and credits, the influence of character, the nature and endowment of all men.
always
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From this reading The documents, too, from which the doctrine is to be drawn, charmed my fancy by their endless variety, and lay always before me, even in sleep; for they are the tools in our hands, the bread in our basket, the transactions of the street, the farm and the dwelling-house; the greetings, the relations, the debts and credits, the influence of character, the nature and endowment of all men.
andeterminerUS /æn/
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading In this God’s world, with its wild-whirling eddies and mad foam-oceans, where men and nations perish as if without law, and judgment for an unjust thing is sternly delayed, dost thou think that there is therefore no justice?
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading In this God’s world, with its wild-whirling eddies and mad foam-oceans, where men and nations perish as if without law, and judgment for an unjust thing is sternly delayed, dost thou think that there is therefore no justice?
areauxiliary verbUS /ɑːr/
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading The documents, too, from which the doctrine is to be drawn, charmed my fancy by their endless variety, and lay always before me, even in sleep; for they are the tools in our hands, the bread in our basket, the transactions of the street, the farm and the dwelling-house; the greetings, the relations, the debts and credits, the influence of character, the nature and endowment of all men.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading In this God’s world, with its wild-whirling eddies and mad foam-oceans, where men and nations perish as if without law, and judgment for an unjust thing is sternly delayed, dost thou think that there is therefore no justice?
basket
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From this reading The documents, too, from which the doctrine is to be drawn, charmed my fancy by their endless variety, and lay always before me, even in sleep; for they are the tools in our hands, the bread in our basket, the transactions of the street, the farm and the dwelling-house; the greetings, the relations, the debts and credits, the influence of character, the nature and endowment of all men.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
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beforeprepositionUS /bɪˈfɔːr/
earlier than; in front of
From this reading The documents, too, from which the doctrine is to be drawn, charmed my fancy by their endless variety, and lay always before me, even in sleep; for they are the tools in our hands, the bread in our basket, the transactions of the street, the farm and the dwelling-house; the greetings, the relations, the debts and credits, the influence of character, the nature and endowment of all men.
belowprepositionUS /bɪˈloʊ/
at or to a lower level than something
From this reading One strong thing I find here below: the just thing, the true thing.--_Thomas Carlyle._ Ever since I was a boy I have wished to write a discourse on Compensation; for it had seemed to me when very young that on this subject Life was ahead of theology and the people knew more than the preachers taught.
boy
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From this reading One strong thing I find here below: the just thing, the true thing.--_Thomas Carlyle._ Ever since I was a boy I have wished to write a discourse on Compensation; for it had seemed to me when very young that on this subject Life was ahead of theology and the people knew more than the preachers taught.
bread
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From this reading The documents, too, from which the doctrine is to be drawn, charmed my fancy by their endless variety, and lay always before me, even in sleep; for they are the tools in our hands, the bread in our basket, the transactions of the street, the farm and the dwelling-house; the greetings, the relations, the debts and credits, the influence of character, the nature and endowment of all men.
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading * * * * I tell thee again there is nothing else but justice.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading The documents, too, from which the doctrine is to be drawn, charmed my fancy by their endless variety, and lay always before me, even in sleep; for they are the tools in our hands, the bread in our basket, the transactions of the street, the farm and the dwelling-house; the greetings, the relations, the debts and credits, the influence of character, the nature and endowment of all men.
Carlyle
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From this reading One strong thing I find here below: the just thing, the true thing.--_Thomas Carlyle._ Ever since I was a boy I have wished to write a discourse on Compensation; for it had seemed to me when very young that on this subject Life was ahead of theology and the people knew more than the preachers taught.
character
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From this reading The documents, too, from which the doctrine is to be drawn, charmed my fancy by their endless variety, and lay always before me, even in sleep; for they are the tools in our hands, the bread in our basket, the transactions of the street, the farm and the dwelling-house; the greetings, the relations, the debts and credits, the influence of character, the nature and endowment of all men.
charmed
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From this reading The documents, too, from which the doctrine is to be drawn, charmed my fancy by their endless variety, and lay always before me, even in sleep; for they are the tools in our hands, the bread in our basket, the transactions of the street, the farm and the dwelling-house; the greetings, the relations, the debts and credits, the influence of character, the nature and endowment of all men.
Compensation
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From this reading One strong thing I find here below: the just thing, the true thing.--_Thomas Carlyle._ Ever since I was a boy I have wished to write a discourse on Compensation; for it had seemed to me when very young that on this subject Life was ahead of theology and the people knew more than the preachers taught.
credits
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From this reading The documents, too, from which the doctrine is to be drawn, charmed my fancy by their endless variety, and lay always before me, even in sleep; for they are the tools in our hands, the bread in our basket, the transactions of the street, the farm and the dwelling-house; the greetings, the relations, the debts and credits, the influence of character, the nature and endowment of all men.
debts
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From this reading The documents, too, from which the doctrine is to be drawn, charmed my fancy by their endless variety, and lay always before me, even in sleep; for they are the tools in our hands, the bread in our basket, the transactions of the street, the farm and the dwelling-house; the greetings, the relations, the debts and credits, the influence of character, the nature and endowment of all men.
delayed
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discourse
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From this reading One strong thing I find here below: the just thing, the true thing.--_Thomas Carlyle._ Ever since I was a boy I have wished to write a discourse on Compensation; for it had seemed to me when very young that on this subject Life was ahead of theology and the people knew more than the preachers taught.
doctrine
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From this reading The documents, too, from which the doctrine is to be drawn, charmed my fancy by their endless variety, and lay always before me, even in sleep; for they are the tools in our hands, the bread in our basket, the transactions of the street, the farm and the dwelling-house; the greetings, the relations, the debts and credits, the influence of character, the nature and endowment of all men.
documents
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From this reading The documents, too, from which the doctrine is to be drawn, charmed my fancy by their endless variety, and lay always before me, even in sleep; for they are the tools in our hands, the bread in our basket, the transactions of the street, the farm and the dwelling-house; the greetings, the relations, the debts and credits, the influence of character, the nature and endowment of all men.
dostauxiliary verbUS /dɑːst/
an old form of “do”, used with “thou”
From this reading In this God’s world, with its wild-whirling eddies and mad foam-oceans, where men and nations perish as if without law, and judgment for an unjust thing is sternly delayed, dost thou think that there is therefore no justice?
drawn
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From this reading The documents, too, from which the doctrine is to be drawn, charmed my fancy by their endless variety, and lay always before me, even in sleep; for they are the tools in our hands, the bread in our basket, the transactions of the street, the farm and the dwelling-house; the greetings, the relations, the debts and credits, the influence of character, the nature and endowment of all men.
dwelling-house
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From this reading The documents, too, from which the doctrine is to be drawn, charmed my fancy by their endless variety, and lay always before me, even in sleep; for they are the tools in our hands, the bread in our basket, the transactions of the street, the farm and the dwelling-house; the greetings, the relations, the debts and credits, the influence of character, the nature and endowment of all men.
ebook
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eddies
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else
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From this reading * * * * I tell thee again there is nothing else but justice.
end
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endless
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From this reading The documents, too, from which the doctrine is to be drawn, charmed my fancy by their endless variety, and lay always before me, even in sleep; for they are the tools in our hands, the bread in our basket, the transactions of the street, the farm and the dwelling-house; the greetings, the relations, the debts and credits, the influence of character, the nature and endowment of all men.
endowment
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From this reading The documents, too, from which the doctrine is to be drawn, charmed my fancy by their endless variety, and lay always before me, even in sleep; for they are the tools in our hands, the bread in our basket, the transactions of the street, the farm and the dwelling-house; the greetings, the relations, the debts and credits, the influence of character, the nature and endowment of all men.
evennounUS /even/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The documents, too, from which the doctrine is to be drawn, charmed my fancy by their endless variety, and lay always before me, even in sleep; for they are the tools in our hands, the bread in our basket, the transactions of the street, the farm and the dwelling-house; the greetings, the relations, the debts and credits, the influence of character, the nature and endowment of all men.
EvernounUS /ever/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading One strong thing I find here below: the just thing, the true thing.--_Thomas Carlyle._ Ever since I was a boy I have wished to write a discourse on Compensation; for it had seemed to me when very young that on this subject Life was ahead of theology and the people knew more than the preachers taught.
fancy
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From this reading The documents, too, from which the doctrine is to be drawn, charmed my fancy by their endless variety, and lay always before me, even in sleep; for they are the tools in our hands, the bread in our basket, the transactions of the street, the farm and the dwelling-house; the greetings, the relations, the debts and credits, the influence of character, the nature and endowment of all men.
farm
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From this reading The documents, too, from which the doctrine is to be drawn, charmed my fancy by their endless variety, and lay always before me, even in sleep; for they are the tools in our hands, the bread in our basket, the transactions of the street, the farm and the dwelling-house; the greetings, the relations, the debts and credits, the influence of character, the nature and endowment of all men.
find
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From this reading One strong thing I find here below: the just thing, the true thing.--_Thomas Carlyle._ Ever since I was a boy I have wished to write a discourse on Compensation; for it had seemed to me when very young that on this subject Life was ahead of theology and the people knew more than the preachers taught.
foam-oceans
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forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading In this God’s world, with its wild-whirling eddies and mad foam-oceans, where men and nations perish as if without law, and judgment for an unjust thing is sternly delayed, dost thou think that there is therefore no justice?
foundnounUS /found/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
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fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading The documents, too, from which the doctrine is to be drawn, charmed my fancy by their endless variety, and lay always before me, even in sleep; for they are the tools in our hands, the bread in our basket, the transactions of the street, the farm and the dwelling-house; the greetings, the relations, the debts and credits, the influence of character, the nature and endowment of all men.
God's
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greetings
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From this reading The documents, too, from which the doctrine is to be drawn, charmed my fancy by their endless variety, and lay always before me, even in sleep; for they are the tools in our hands, the bread in our basket, the transactions of the street, the farm and the dwelling-house; the greetings, the relations, the debts and credits, the influence of character, the nature and endowment of all men.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading One strong thing I find here below: the just thing, the true thing.--_Thomas Carlyle._ Ever since I was a boy I have wished to write a discourse on Compensation; for it had seemed to me when very young that on this subject Life was ahead of theology and the people knew more than the preachers taught.
handsplural nounUS /hændz/
members of a ship’s crew
From this reading The documents, too, from which the doctrine is to be drawn, charmed my fancy by their endless variety, and lay always before me, even in sleep; for they are the tools in our hands, the bread in our basket, the transactions of the street, the farm and the dwelling-house; the greetings, the relations, the debts and credits, the influence of character, the nature and endowment of all men.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading One strong thing I find here below: the just thing, the true thing.--_Thomas Carlyle._ Ever since I was a boy I have wished to write a discourse on Compensation; for it had seemed to me when very young that on this subject Life was ahead of theology and the people knew more than the preachers taught.
herenounUS /here/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading One strong thing I find here below: the just thing, the true thing.--_Thomas Carlyle._ Ever since I was a boy I have wished to write a discourse on Compensation; for it had seemed to me when very young that on this subject Life was ahead of theology and the people knew more than the preachers taught.
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading * * * * I tell thee again there is nothing else but justice.
ifconjunctionUS /ɪf/
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading In this God’s world, with its wild-whirling eddies and mad foam-oceans, where men and nations perish as if without law, and judgment for an unjust thing is sternly delayed, dost thou think that there is therefore no justice?
InprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading In this God’s world, with its wild-whirling eddies and mad foam-oceans, where men and nations perish as if without law, and judgment for an unjust thing is sternly delayed, dost thou think that there is therefore no justice?
influence
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From this reading The documents, too, from which the doctrine is to be drawn, charmed my fancy by their endless variety, and lay always before me, even in sleep; for they are the tools in our hands, the bread in our basket, the transactions of the street, the farm and the dwelling-house; the greetings, the relations, the debts and credits, the influence of character, the nature and endowment of all men.
isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading In this God’s world, with its wild-whirling eddies and mad foam-oceans, where men and nations perish as if without law, and judgment for an unjust thing is sternly delayed, dost thou think that there is therefore no justice?
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading One strong thing I find here below: the just thing, the true thing.--_Thomas Carlyle._ Ever since I was a boy I have wished to write a discourse on Compensation; for it had seemed to me when very young that on this subject Life was ahead of theology and the people knew more than the preachers taught.
itsdeterminerUS /ɪts/
belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned
From this reading In this God’s world, with its wild-whirling eddies and mad foam-oceans, where men and nations perish as if without law, and judgment for an unjust thing is sternly delayed, dost thou think that there is therefore no justice?
judgment
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just
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From this reading One strong thing I find here below: the just thing, the true thing.--_Thomas Carlyle._ Ever since I was a boy I have wished to write a discourse on Compensation; for it had seemed to me when very young that on this subject Life was ahead of theology and the people knew more than the preachers taught.
justice
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From this reading In this God’s world, with its wild-whirling eddies and mad foam-oceans, where men and nations perish as if without law, and judgment for an unjust thing is sternly delayed, dost thou think that there is therefore no justice?
knew
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From this reading One strong thing I find here below: the just thing, the true thing.--_Thomas Carlyle._ Ever since I was a boy I have wished to write a discourse on Compensation; for it had seemed to me when very young that on this subject Life was ahead of theology and the people knew more than the preachers taught.
law
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From this reading In this God’s world, with its wild-whirling eddies and mad foam-oceans, where men and nations perish as if without law, and judgment for an unjust thing is sternly delayed, dost thou think that there is therefore no justice?
lay
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From this reading The documents, too, from which the doctrine is to be drawn, charmed my fancy by their endless variety, and lay always before me, even in sleep; for they are the tools in our hands, the bread in our basket, the transactions of the street, the farm and the dwelling-house; the greetings, the relations, the debts and credits, the influence of character, the nature and endowment of all men.
LifenounUS /life/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading One strong thing I find here below: the just thing, the true thing.--_Thomas Carlyle._ Ever since I was a boy I have wished to write a discourse on Compensation; for it had seemed to me when very young that on this subject Life was ahead of theology and the people knew more than the preachers taught.
mad
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mepronounUS /miː/
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading One strong thing I find here below: the just thing, the true thing.--_Thomas Carlyle._ Ever since I was a boy I have wished to write a discourse on Compensation; for it had seemed to me when very young that on this subject Life was ahead of theology and the people knew more than the preachers taught.
men
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more
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From this reading One strong thing I find here below: the just thing, the true thing.--_Thomas Carlyle._ Ever since I was a boy I have wished to write a discourse on Compensation; for it had seemed to me when very young that on this subject Life was ahead of theology and the people knew more than the preachers taught.
mydeterminerUS /maɪ/
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading The documents, too, from which the doctrine is to be drawn, charmed my fancy by their endless variety, and lay always before me, even in sleep; for they are the tools in our hands, the bread in our basket, the transactions of the street, the farm and the dwelling-house; the greetings, the relations, the debts and credits, the influence of character, the nature and endowment of all men.
nations
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nature
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From this reading The documents, too, from which the doctrine is to be drawn, charmed my fancy by their endless variety, and lay always before me, even in sleep; for they are the tools in our hands, the bread in our basket, the transactions of the street, the farm and the dwelling-house; the greetings, the relations, the debts and credits, the influence of character, the nature and endowment of all men.
near
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nodeterminerUS /noʊ/
not any; not one
From this reading In this God’s world, with its wild-whirling eddies and mad foam-oceans, where men and nations perish as if without law, and judgment for an unjust thing is sternly delayed, dost thou think that there is therefore no justice?
notes
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nothingpronounUS /ˈnʌθɪŋ/
not one thing; not anything
From this reading * * * * I tell thee again there is nothing else but justice.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Additional notes will be found near the end of this ebook.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading One strong thing I find here below: the just thing, the true thing.--_Thomas Carlyle._ Ever since I was a boy I have wished to write a discourse on Compensation; for it had seemed to me when very young that on this subject Life was ahead of theology and the people knew more than the preachers taught.
OnepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading One strong thing I find here below: the just thing, the true thing.--_Thomas Carlyle._ Ever since I was a boy I have wished to write a discourse on Compensation; for it had seemed to me when very young that on this subject Life was ahead of theology and the people knew more than the preachers taught.
ourdeterminerUS /ˈaʊər/
belonging to the speaker and others
From this reading The documents, too, from which the doctrine is to be drawn, charmed my fancy by their endless variety, and lay always before me, even in sleep; for they are the tools in our hands, the bread in our basket, the transactions of the street, the farm and the dwelling-house; the greetings, the relations, the debts and credits, the influence of character, the nature and endowment of all men.
people
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From this reading One strong thing I find here below: the just thing, the true thing.--_Thomas Carlyle._ Ever since I was a boy I have wished to write a discourse on Compensation; for it had seemed to me when very young that on this subject Life was ahead of theology and the people knew more than the preachers taught.
perish
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From this reading In this God’s world, with its wild-whirling eddies and mad foam-oceans, where men and nations perish as if without law, and judgment for an unjust thing is sternly delayed, dost thou think that there is therefore no justice?
preachers
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From this reading One strong thing I find here below: the just thing, the true thing.--_Thomas Carlyle._ Ever since I was a boy I have wished to write a discourse on Compensation; for it had seemed to me when very young that on this subject Life was ahead of theology and the people knew more than the preachers taught.
relations
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From this reading The documents, too, from which the doctrine is to be drawn, charmed my fancy by their endless variety, and lay always before me, even in sleep; for they are the tools in our hands, the bread in our basket, the transactions of the street, the farm and the dwelling-house; the greetings, the relations, the debts and credits, the influence of character, the nature and endowment of all men.
seemednounUS /seemed/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading One strong thing I find here below: the just thing, the true thing.--_Thomas Carlyle._ Ever since I was a boy I have wished to write a discourse on Compensation; for it had seemed to me when very young that on this subject Life was ahead of theology and the people knew more than the preachers taught.
sinceprepositionUS /sɪns/
from a time in the past until now
From this reading One strong thing I find here below: the just thing, the true thing.--_Thomas Carlyle._ Ever since I was a boy I have wished to write a discourse on Compensation; for it had seemed to me when very young that on this subject Life was ahead of theology and the people knew more than the preachers taught.
sleep
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From this reading The documents, too, from which the doctrine is to be drawn, charmed my fancy by their endless variety, and lay always before me, even in sleep; for they are the tools in our hands, the bread in our basket, the transactions of the street, the farm and the dwelling-house; the greetings, the relations, the debts and credits, the influence of character, the nature and endowment of all men.
sternly
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From this reading In this God’s world, with its wild-whirling eddies and mad foam-oceans, where men and nations perish as if without law, and judgment for an unjust thing is sternly delayed, dost thou think that there is therefore no justice?
street
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From this reading The documents, too, from which the doctrine is to be drawn, charmed my fancy by their endless variety, and lay always before me, even in sleep; for they are the tools in our hands, the bread in our basket, the transactions of the street, the farm and the dwelling-house; the greetings, the relations, the debts and credits, the influence of character, the nature and endowment of all men.
strong
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From this reading One strong thing I find here below: the just thing, the true thing.--_Thomas Carlyle._ Ever since I was a boy I have wished to write a discourse on Compensation; for it had seemed to me when very young that on this subject Life was ahead of theology and the people knew more than the preachers taught.
subject
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From this reading One strong thing I find here below: the just thing, the true thing.--_Thomas Carlyle._ Ever since I was a boy I have wished to write a discourse on Compensation; for it had seemed to me when very young that on this subject Life was ahead of theology and the people knew more than the preachers taught.
taught
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From this reading One strong thing I find here below: the just thing, the true thing.--_Thomas Carlyle._ Ever since I was a boy I have wished to write a discourse on Compensation; for it had seemed to me when very young that on this subject Life was ahead of theology and the people knew more than the preachers taught.
tellnounUS /tell/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading * * * * I tell thee again there is nothing else but justice.
thanconjunctionUS /ðæn/
used to introduce the second part of a comparison
From this reading One strong thing I find here below: the just thing, the true thing.--_Thomas Carlyle._ Ever since I was a boy I have wished to write a discourse on Compensation; for it had seemed to me when very young that on this subject Life was ahead of theology and the people knew more than the preachers taught.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading In this God’s world, with its wild-whirling eddies and mad foam-oceans, where men and nations perish as if without law, and judgment for an unjust thing is sternly delayed, dost thou think that there is therefore no justice?
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Additional notes will be found near the end of this ebook.
theepronounUS /ðiː/
an old word for “you”, as the object, speaking to one person
From this reading * * * * I tell thee again there is nothing else but justice.
theirdeterminerUS /ðer/
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading The documents, too, from which the doctrine is to be drawn, charmed my fancy by their endless variety, and lay always before me, even in sleep; for they are the tools in our hands, the bread in our basket, the transactions of the street, the farm and the dwelling-house; the greetings, the relations, the debts and credits, the influence of character, the nature and endowment of all men.
theology
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From this reading One strong thing I find here below: the just thing, the true thing.--_Thomas Carlyle._ Ever since I was a boy I have wished to write a discourse on Compensation; for it had seemed to me when very young that on this subject Life was ahead of theology and the people knew more than the preachers taught.
there
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From this reading In this God’s world, with its wild-whirling eddies and mad foam-oceans, where men and nations perish as if without law, and judgment for an unjust thing is sternly delayed, dost thou think that there is therefore no justice?
thereforeadverbUS /ˈðerfɔːr/
for that reason; as a result
From this reading In this God’s world, with its wild-whirling eddies and mad foam-oceans, where men and nations perish as if without law, and judgment for an unjust thing is sternly delayed, dost thou think that there is therefore no justice?
theypronounUS /ðeɪ/
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading The documents, too, from which the doctrine is to be drawn, charmed my fancy by their endless variety, and lay always before me, even in sleep; for they are the tools in our hands, the bread in our basket, the transactions of the street, the farm and the dwelling-house; the greetings, the relations, the debts and credits, the influence of character, the nature and endowment of all men.
thingnounUS /thing/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading In this God’s world, with its wild-whirling eddies and mad foam-oceans, where men and nations perish as if without law, and judgment for an unjust thing is sternly delayed, dost thou think that there is therefore no justice?
thinknounUS /think/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading In this God’s world, with its wild-whirling eddies and mad foam-oceans, where men and nations perish as if without law, and judgment for an unjust thing is sternly delayed, dost thou think that there is therefore no justice?
thisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading Additional notes will be found near the end of this ebook.
Thomas
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From this reading One strong thing I find here below: the just thing, the true thing.--_Thomas Carlyle._ Ever since I was a boy I have wished to write a discourse on Compensation; for it had seemed to me when very young that on this subject Life was ahead of theology and the people knew more than the preachers taught.
thoupronounUS /ðaʊ/
an old word for “you”, as the subject, speaking to one person
From this reading In this God’s world, with its wild-whirling eddies and mad foam-oceans, where men and nations perish as if without law, and judgment for an unjust thing is sternly delayed, dost thou think that there is therefore no justice?
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading One strong thing I find here below: the just thing, the true thing.--_Thomas Carlyle._ Ever since I was a boy I have wished to write a discourse on Compensation; for it had seemed to me when very young that on this subject Life was ahead of theology and the people knew more than the preachers taught.
too
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From this reading The documents, too, from which the doctrine is to be drawn, charmed my fancy by their endless variety, and lay always before me, even in sleep; for they are the tools in our hands, the bread in our basket, the transactions of the street, the farm and the dwelling-house; the greetings, the relations, the debts and credits, the influence of character, the nature and endowment of all men.
tools
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From this reading The documents, too, from which the doctrine is to be drawn, charmed my fancy by their endless variety, and lay always before me, even in sleep; for they are the tools in our hands, the bread in our basket, the transactions of the street, the farm and the dwelling-house; the greetings, the relations, the debts and credits, the influence of character, the nature and endowment of all men.
transactions
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From this reading The documents, too, from which the doctrine is to be drawn, charmed my fancy by their endless variety, and lay always before me, even in sleep; for they are the tools in our hands, the bread in our basket, the transactions of the street, the farm and the dwelling-house; the greetings, the relations, the debts and credits, the influence of character, the nature and endowment of all men.
true
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From this reading One strong thing I find here below: the just thing, the true thing.--_Thomas Carlyle._ Ever since I was a boy I have wished to write a discourse on Compensation; for it had seemed to me when very young that on this subject Life was ahead of theology and the people knew more than the preachers taught.
unjust
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From this reading In this God’s world, with its wild-whirling eddies and mad foam-oceans, where men and nations perish as if without law, and judgment for an unjust thing is sternly delayed, dost thou think that there is therefore no justice?
variety
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From this reading The documents, too, from which the doctrine is to be drawn, charmed my fancy by their endless variety, and lay always before me, even in sleep; for they are the tools in our hands, the bread in our basket, the transactions of the street, the farm and the dwelling-house; the greetings, the relations, the debts and credits, the influence of character, the nature and endowment of all men.
very
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From this reading One strong thing I find here below: the just thing, the true thing.--_Thomas Carlyle._ Ever since I was a boy I have wished to write a discourse on Compensation; for it had seemed to me when very young that on this subject Life was ahead of theology and the people knew more than the preachers taught.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading One strong thing I find here below: the just thing, the true thing.--_Thomas Carlyle._ Ever since I was a boy I have wished to write a discourse on Compensation; for it had seemed to me when very young that on this subject Life was ahead of theology and the people knew more than the preachers taught.
whenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading One strong thing I find here below: the just thing, the true thing.--_Thomas Carlyle._ Ever since I was a boy I have wished to write a discourse on Compensation; for it had seemed to me when very young that on this subject Life was ahead of theology and the people knew more than the preachers taught.
whereconjunctionUS /wer/
in or at the place that
From this reading In this God’s world, with its wild-whirling eddies and mad foam-oceans, where men and nations perish as if without law, and judgment for an unjust thing is sternly delayed, dost thou think that there is therefore no justice?
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading The documents, too, from which the doctrine is to be drawn, charmed my fancy by their endless variety, and lay always before me, even in sleep; for they are the tools in our hands, the bread in our basket, the transactions of the street, the farm and the dwelling-house; the greetings, the relations, the debts and credits, the influence of character, the nature and endowment of all men.
wild-whirling
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From this reading In this God’s world, with its wild-whirling eddies and mad foam-oceans, where men and nations perish as if without law, and judgment for an unjust thing is sternly delayed, dost thou think that there is therefore no justice?
willmodal verbUS /wɪl/
used to talk about the future, or about willingness
From this reading Additional notes will be found near the end of this ebook.
wished
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From this reading One strong thing I find here below: the just thing, the true thing.--_Thomas Carlyle._ Ever since I was a boy I have wished to write a discourse on Compensation; for it had seemed to me when very young that on this subject Life was ahead of theology and the people knew more than the preachers taught.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading In this God’s world, with its wild-whirling eddies and mad foam-oceans, where men and nations perish as if without law, and judgment for an unjust thing is sternly delayed, dost thou think that there is therefore no justice?
withoutprepositionUS /wɪˈθaʊt/
not having, not using, or not accompanied by
From this reading In this God’s world, with its wild-whirling eddies and mad foam-oceans, where men and nations perish as if without law, and judgment for an unjust thing is sternly delayed, dost thou think that there is therefore no justice?
world
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From this reading In this God’s world, with its wild-whirling eddies and mad foam-oceans, where men and nations perish as if without law, and judgment for an unjust thing is sternly delayed, dost thou think that there is therefore no justice?
write
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From this reading One strong thing I find here below: the just thing, the true thing.--_Thomas Carlyle._ Ever since I was a boy I have wished to write a discourse on Compensation; for it had seemed to me when very young that on this subject Life was ahead of theology and the people knew more than the preachers taught.
young
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From this reading One strong thing I find here below: the just thing, the true thing.--_Thomas Carlyle._ Ever since I was a boy I have wished to write a discourse on Compensation; for it had seemed to me when very young that on this subject Life was ahead of theology and the people knew more than the preachers taught.
