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1902
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From this reading _First Published 1902._ _Reissued under the title of "South American Sketches" 1909_ _Published in the Readers Library 1920_ _Printed in Great Britain by R. Folkard & Son, London_ ("_Singularisimo escritor ingles_") Who has lived with and knows (even to the marrow as they would themselves say) the horsemen of the Pampas, and who alone of European writers has rendered something of the vanishing colour of that remote life.
1909
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From this reading _First Published 1902._ _Reissued under the title of "South American Sketches" 1909_ _Published in the Readers Library 1920_ _Printed in Great Britain by R. Folkard & Son, London_ ("_Singularisimo escritor ingles_") Who has lived with and knows (even to the marrow as they would themselves say) the horsemen of the Pampas, and who alone of European writers has rendered something of the vanishing colour of that remote life.
1920
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From this reading _First Published 1902._ _Reissued under the title of "South American Sketches" 1909_ _Published in the Readers Library 1920_ _Printed in Great Britain by R. Folkard & Son, London_ ("_Singularisimo escritor ingles_") Who has lived with and knows (even to the marrow as they would themselves say) the horsemen of the Pampas, and who alone of European writers has rendered something of the vanishing colour of that remote life.
AdeterminerUS /ə/
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading +-------------------------------------------------+ | | | | +-------------------------------------------------+ El Ombú by W. H. Hudson Author of "Green Mansions," "The Purple Land," "A Crystal Age," "A Little Boy Lost" _Cada comarca en la tierra Tiene su rasgo prominente, Brazil tiene su sol ardiente, Minas de plata el Perú: Buenos Ayres--patria hermosa-- Tiene su Pampa grandiosa; La Pampa tiene el Ombú._
adventure
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From this reading The two short stories included in this volume are reprints:--the "Story of a Piebald Horse" from a book of travel and adventure in South America, long out of print; the other, "Niño Diablo," is taken, by permission, from _Macmillan's Magazine_.
Age
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From this reading +-------------------------------------------------+ | | | | +-------------------------------------------------+ El Ombú by W. H. Hudson Author of "Green Mansions," "The Purple Land," "A Crystal Age," "A Little Boy Lost" _Cada comarca en la tierra Tiene su rasgo prominente, Brazil tiene su sol ardiente, Minas de plata el Perú: Buenos Ayres--patria hermosa-- Tiene su Pampa grandiosa; La Pampa tiene el Ombú._
alonenounUS /alone/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading _First Published 1902._ _Reissued under the title of "South American Sketches" 1909_ _Published in the Readers Library 1920_ _Printed in Great Britain by R. Folkard & Son, London_ ("_Singularisimo escritor ingles_") Who has lived with and knows (even to the marrow as they would themselves say) the horsemen of the Pampas, and who alone of European writers has rendered something of the vanishing colour of that remote life.
America
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From this reading The two short stories included in this volume are reprints:--the "Story of a Piebald Horse" from a book of travel and adventure in South America, long out of print; the other, "Niño Diablo," is taken, by permission, from _Macmillan's Magazine_.
American
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From this reading _First Published 1902._ _Reissued under the title of "South American Sketches" 1909_ _Published in the Readers Library 1920_ _Printed in Great Britain by R. Folkard & Son, London_ ("_Singularisimo escritor ingles_") Who has lived with and knows (even to the marrow as they would themselves say) the horsemen of the Pampas, and who alone of European writers has rendered something of the vanishing colour of that remote life.
andeterminerUS /æn/
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading The two long stories now appear for the first time, excepting only the incidents of the English invasion told in "El Ombú," and the Appendix to the same story, which formed part of an article describing the game of El Pato in the _Badminton Magazine_.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading _First Published 1902._ _Reissued under the title of "South American Sketches" 1909_ _Published in the Readers Library 1920_ _Printed in Great Britain by R. Folkard & Son, London_ ("_Singularisimo escritor ingles_") Who has lived with and knows (even to the marrow as they would themselves say) the horsemen of the Pampas, and who alone of European writers has rendered something of the vanishing colour of that remote life.
appear
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From this reading The two long stories now appear for the first time, excepting only the incidents of the English invasion told in "El Ombú," and the Appendix to the same story, which formed part of an article describing the game of El Pato in the _Badminton Magazine_.
Appendix
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From this reading The two long stories now appear for the first time, excepting only the incidents of the English invasion told in "El Ombú," and the Appendix to the same story, which formed part of an article describing the game of El Pato in the _Badminton Magazine_.
ardiente
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From this reading +-------------------------------------------------+ | | | | +-------------------------------------------------+ El Ombú by W. H. Hudson Author of "Green Mansions," "The Purple Land," "A Crystal Age," "A Little Boy Lost" _Cada comarca en la tierra Tiene su rasgo prominente, Brazil tiene su sol ardiente, Minas de plata el Perú: Buenos Ayres--patria hermosa-- Tiene su Pampa grandiosa; La Pampa tiene el Ombú._
areauxiliary verbUS /ɑːr/
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading The two short stories included in this volume are reprints:--the "Story of a Piebald Horse" from a book of travel and adventure in South America, long out of print; the other, "Niño Diablo," is taken, by permission, from _Macmillan's Magazine_.
article
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From this reading The two long stories now appear for the first time, excepting only the incidents of the English invasion told in "El Ombú," and the Appendix to the same story, which formed part of an article describing the game of El Pato in the _Badminton Magazine_.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading _First Published 1902._ _Reissued under the title of "South American Sketches" 1909_ _Published in the Readers Library 1920_ _Printed in Great Britain by R. Folkard & Son, London_ ("_Singularisimo escritor ingles_") Who has lived with and knows (even to the marrow as they would themselves say) the horsemen of the Pampas, and who alone of European writers has rendered something of the vanishing colour of that remote life.
Author
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From this reading +-------------------------------------------------+ | | | | +-------------------------------------------------+ El Ombú by W. H. Hudson Author of "Green Mansions," "The Purple Land," "A Crystal Age," "A Little Boy Lost" _Cada comarca en la tierra Tiene su rasgo prominente, Brazil tiene su sol ardiente, Minas de plata el Perú: Buenos Ayres--patria hermosa-- Tiene su Pampa grandiosa; La Pampa tiene el Ombú._
Ayres
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From this reading +-------------------------------------------------+ | | | | +-------------------------------------------------+ El Ombú by W. H. Hudson Author of "Green Mansions," "The Purple Land," "A Crystal Age," "A Little Boy Lost" _Cada comarca en la tierra Tiene su rasgo prominente, Brazil tiene su sol ardiente, Minas de plata el Perú: Buenos Ayres--patria hermosa-- Tiene su Pampa grandiosa; La Pampa tiene el Ombú._
Badminton
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From this reading The two long stories now appear for the first time, excepting only the incidents of the English invasion told in "El Ombú," and the Appendix to the same story, which formed part of an article describing the game of El Pato in the _Badminton Magazine_.
book
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From this reading The two short stories included in this volume are reprints:--the "Story of a Piebald Horse" from a book of travel and adventure in South America, long out of print; the other, "Niño Diablo," is taken, by permission, from _Macmillan's Magazine_.
Boy
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From this reading +-------------------------------------------------+ | | | | +-------------------------------------------------+ El Ombú by W. H. Hudson Author of "Green Mansions," "The Purple Land," "A Crystal Age," "A Little Boy Lost" _Cada comarca en la tierra Tiene su rasgo prominente, Brazil tiene su sol ardiente, Minas de plata el Perú: Buenos Ayres--patria hermosa-- Tiene su Pampa grandiosa; La Pampa tiene el Ombú._
Brazil
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From this reading +-------------------------------------------------+ | | | | +-------------------------------------------------+ El Ombú by W. H. Hudson Author of "Green Mansions," "The Purple Land," "A Crystal Age," "A Little Boy Lost" _Cada comarca en la tierra Tiene su rasgo prominente, Brazil tiene su sol ardiente, Minas de plata el Perú: Buenos Ayres--patria hermosa-- Tiene su Pampa grandiosa; La Pampa tiene el Ombú._
Britain
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From this reading _First Published 1902._ _Reissued under the title of "South American Sketches" 1909_ _Published in the Readers Library 1920_ _Printed in Great Britain by R. Folkard & Son, London_ ("_Singularisimo escritor ingles_") Who has lived with and knows (even to the marrow as they would themselves say) the horsemen of the Pampas, and who alone of European writers has rendered something of the vanishing colour of that remote life.
Buenos
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From this reading +-------------------------------------------------+ | | | | +-------------------------------------------------+ El Ombú by W. H. Hudson Author of "Green Mansions," "The Purple Land," "A Crystal Age," "A Little Boy Lost" _Cada comarca en la tierra Tiene su rasgo prominente, Brazil tiene su sol ardiente, Minas de plata el Perú: Buenos Ayres--patria hermosa-- Tiene su Pampa grandiosa; La Pampa tiene el Ombú._
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading +-------------------------------------------------+ | | | | +-------------------------------------------------+ El Ombú by W. H. Hudson Author of "Green Mansions," "The Purple Land," "A Crystal Age," "A Little Boy Lost" _Cada comarca en la tierra Tiene su rasgo prominente, Brazil tiene su sol ardiente, Minas de plata el Perú: Buenos Ayres--patria hermosa-- Tiene su Pampa grandiosa; La Pampa tiene el Ombú._
Cada
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From this reading +-------------------------------------------------+ | | | | +-------------------------------------------------+ El Ombú by W. H. Hudson Author of "Green Mansions," "The Purple Land," "A Crystal Age," "A Little Boy Lost" _Cada comarca en la tierra Tiene su rasgo prominente, Brazil tiene su sol ardiente, Minas de plata el Perú: Buenos Ayres--patria hermosa-- Tiene su Pampa grandiosa; La Pampa tiene el Ombú._
colour
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From this reading _First Published 1902._ _Reissued under the title of "South American Sketches" 1909_ _Published in the Readers Library 1920_ _Printed in Great Britain by R. Folkard & Son, London_ ("_Singularisimo escritor ingles_") Who has lived with and knows (even to the marrow as they would themselves say) the horsemen of the Pampas, and who alone of European writers has rendered something of the vanishing colour of that remote life.
comarca
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From this reading +-------------------------------------------------+ | | | | +-------------------------------------------------+ El Ombú by W. H. Hudson Author of "Green Mansions," "The Purple Land," "A Crystal Age," "A Little Boy Lost" _Cada comarca en la tierra Tiene su rasgo prominente, Brazil tiene su sol ardiente, Minas de plata el Perú: Buenos Ayres--patria hermosa-- Tiene su Pampa grandiosa; La Pampa tiene el Ombú._
Crystal
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From this reading +-------------------------------------------------+ | | | | +-------------------------------------------------+ El Ombú by W. H. Hudson Author of "Green Mansions," "The Purple Land," "A Crystal Age," "A Little Boy Lost" _Cada comarca en la tierra Tiene su rasgo prominente, Brazil tiene su sol ardiente, Minas de plata el Perú: Buenos Ayres--patria hermosa-- Tiene su Pampa grandiosa; La Pampa tiene el Ombú._
de
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From this reading +-------------------------------------------------+ | | | | +-------------------------------------------------+ El Ombú by W. H. Hudson Author of "Green Mansions," "The Purple Land," "A Crystal Age," "A Little Boy Lost" _Cada comarca en la tierra Tiene su rasgo prominente, Brazil tiene su sol ardiente, Minas de plata el Perú: Buenos Ayres--patria hermosa-- Tiene su Pampa grandiosa; La Pampa tiene el Ombú._
describing
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From this reading The two long stories now appear for the first time, excepting only the incidents of the English invasion told in "El Ombú," and the Appendix to the same story, which formed part of an article describing the game of El Pato in the _Badminton Magazine_.
Diablo
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From this reading The two short stories included in this volume are reprints:--the "Story of a Piebald Horse" from a book of travel and adventure in South America, long out of print; the other, "Niño Diablo," is taken, by permission, from _Macmillan's Magazine_.
El
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From this reading +-------------------------------------------------+ | | | | +-------------------------------------------------+ El Ombú by W. H. Hudson Author of "Green Mansions," "The Purple Land," "A Crystal Age," "A Little Boy Lost" _Cada comarca en la tierra Tiene su rasgo prominente, Brazil tiene su sol ardiente, Minas de plata el Perú: Buenos Ayres--patria hermosa-- Tiene su Pampa grandiosa; La Pampa tiene el Ombú._
en
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From this reading +-------------------------------------------------+ | | | | +-------------------------------------------------+ El Ombú by W. H. Hudson Author of "Green Mansions," "The Purple Land," "A Crystal Age," "A Little Boy Lost" _Cada comarca en la tierra Tiene su rasgo prominente, Brazil tiene su sol ardiente, Minas de plata el Perú: Buenos Ayres--patria hermosa-- Tiene su Pampa grandiosa; La Pampa tiene el Ombú._
English
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From this reading The two long stories now appear for the first time, excepting only the incidents of the English invasion told in "El Ombú," and the Appendix to the same story, which formed part of an article describing the game of El Pato in the _Badminton Magazine_.
escritor
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From this reading _First Published 1902._ _Reissued under the title of "South American Sketches" 1909_ _Published in the Readers Library 1920_ _Printed in Great Britain by R. Folkard & Son, London_ ("_Singularisimo escritor ingles_") Who has lived with and knows (even to the marrow as they would themselves say) the horsemen of the Pampas, and who alone of European writers has rendered something of the vanishing colour of that remote life.
European
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From this reading _First Published 1902._ _Reissued under the title of "South American Sketches" 1909_ _Published in the Readers Library 1920_ _Printed in Great Britain by R. Folkard & Son, London_ ("_Singularisimo escritor ingles_") Who has lived with and knows (even to the marrow as they would themselves say) the horsemen of the Pampas, and who alone of European writers has rendered something of the vanishing colour of that remote life.
evennounUS /even/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading _First Published 1902._ _Reissued under the title of "South American Sketches" 1909_ _Published in the Readers Library 1920_ _Printed in Great Britain by R. Folkard & Son, London_ ("_Singularisimo escritor ingles_") Who has lived with and knows (even to the marrow as they would themselves say) the horsemen of the Pampas, and who alone of European writers has rendered something of the vanishing colour of that remote life.
excepting
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From this reading The two long stories now appear for the first time, excepting only the incidents of the English invasion told in "El Ombú," and the Appendix to the same story, which formed part of an article describing the game of El Pato in the _Badminton Magazine_.
FirstnounUS /first/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading _First Published 1902._ _Reissued under the title of "South American Sketches" 1909_ _Published in the Readers Library 1920_ _Printed in Great Britain by R. Folkard & Son, London_ ("_Singularisimo escritor ingles_") Who has lived with and knows (even to the marrow as they would themselves say) the horsemen of the Pampas, and who alone of European writers has rendered something of the vanishing colour of that remote life.
Folkard
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From this reading _First Published 1902._ _Reissued under the title of "South American Sketches" 1909_ _Published in the Readers Library 1920_ _Printed in Great Britain by R. Folkard & Son, London_ ("_Singularisimo escritor ingles_") Who has lived with and knows (even to the marrow as they would themselves say) the horsemen of the Pampas, and who alone of European writers has rendered something of the vanishing colour of that remote life.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading The two long stories now appear for the first time, excepting only the incidents of the English invasion told in "El Ombú," and the Appendix to the same story, which formed part of an article describing the game of El Pato in the _Badminton Magazine_.
formed
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From this reading The two long stories now appear for the first time, excepting only the incidents of the English invasion told in "El Ombú," and the Appendix to the same story, which formed part of an article describing the game of El Pato in the _Badminton Magazine_.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading The two short stories included in this volume are reprints:--the "Story of a Piebald Horse" from a book of travel and adventure in South America, long out of print; the other, "Niño Diablo," is taken, by permission, from _Macmillan's Magazine_.
game
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From this reading The two long stories now appear for the first time, excepting only the incidents of the English invasion told in "El Ombú," and the Appendix to the same story, which formed part of an article describing the game of El Pato in the _Badminton Magazine_.
grandiosa
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From this reading +-------------------------------------------------+ | | | | +-------------------------------------------------+ El Ombú by W. H. Hudson Author of "Green Mansions," "The Purple Land," "A Crystal Age," "A Little Boy Lost" _Cada comarca en la tierra Tiene su rasgo prominente, Brazil tiene su sol ardiente, Minas de plata el Perú: Buenos Ayres--patria hermosa-- Tiene su Pampa grandiosa; La Pampa tiene el Ombú._
GreatnounUS /great/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading _First Published 1902._ _Reissued under the title of "South American Sketches" 1909_ _Published in the Readers Library 1920_ _Printed in Great Britain by R. Folkard & Son, London_ ("_Singularisimo escritor ingles_") Who has lived with and knows (even to the marrow as they would themselves say) the horsemen of the Pampas, and who alone of European writers has rendered something of the vanishing colour of that remote life.
Green
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From this reading +-------------------------------------------------+ | | | | +-------------------------------------------------+ El Ombú by W. H. Hudson Author of "Green Mansions," "The Purple Land," "A Crystal Age," "A Little Boy Lost" _Cada comarca en la tierra Tiene su rasgo prominente, Brazil tiene su sol ardiente, Minas de plata el Perú: Buenos Ayres--patria hermosa-- Tiene su Pampa grandiosa; La Pampa tiene el Ombú._
H
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From this reading +-------------------------------------------------+ | | | | +-------------------------------------------------+ El Ombú by W. H. Hudson Author of "Green Mansions," "The Purple Land," "A Crystal Age," "A Little Boy Lost" _Cada comarca en la tierra Tiene su rasgo prominente, Brazil tiene su sol ardiente, Minas de plata el Perú: Buenos Ayres--patria hermosa-- Tiene su Pampa grandiosa; La Pampa tiene el Ombú._
hasauxiliary verbUS /hæz/
the form of “have” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading _First Published 1902._ _Reissued under the title of "South American Sketches" 1909_ _Published in the Readers Library 1920_ _Printed in Great Britain by R. Folkard & Son, London_ ("_Singularisimo escritor ingles_") Who has lived with and knows (even to the marrow as they would themselves say) the horsemen of the Pampas, and who alone of European writers has rendered something of the vanishing colour of that remote life.
hermosa
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From this reading +-------------------------------------------------+ | | | | +-------------------------------------------------+ El Ombú by W. H. Hudson Author of "Green Mansions," "The Purple Land," "A Crystal Age," "A Little Boy Lost" _Cada comarca en la tierra Tiene su rasgo prominente, Brazil tiene su sol ardiente, Minas de plata el Perú: Buenos Ayres--patria hermosa-- Tiene su Pampa grandiosa; La Pampa tiene el Ombú._
Horse
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From this reading The two short stories included in this volume are reprints:--the "Story of a Piebald Horse" from a book of travel and adventure in South America, long out of print; the other, "Niño Diablo," is taken, by permission, from _Macmillan's Magazine_.
horsemen
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From this reading _First Published 1902._ _Reissued under the title of "South American Sketches" 1909_ _Published in the Readers Library 1920_ _Printed in Great Britain by R. Folkard & Son, London_ ("_Singularisimo escritor ingles_") Who has lived with and knows (even to the marrow as they would themselves say) the horsemen of the Pampas, and who alone of European writers has rendered something of the vanishing colour of that remote life.
Hudson
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From this reading +-------------------------------------------------+ | | | | +-------------------------------------------------+ El Ombú by W. H. Hudson Author of "Green Mansions," "The Purple Land," "A Crystal Age," "A Little Boy Lost" _Cada comarca en la tierra Tiene su rasgo prominente, Brazil tiene su sol ardiente, Minas de plata el Perú: Buenos Ayres--patria hermosa-- Tiene su Pampa grandiosa; La Pampa tiene el Ombú._
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading _First Published 1902._ _Reissued under the title of "South American Sketches" 1909_ _Published in the Readers Library 1920_ _Printed in Great Britain by R. Folkard & Son, London_ ("_Singularisimo escritor ingles_") Who has lived with and knows (even to the marrow as they would themselves say) the horsemen of the Pampas, and who alone of European writers has rendered something of the vanishing colour of that remote life.
incidents
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From this reading The two long stories now appear for the first time, excepting only the incidents of the English invasion told in "El Ombú," and the Appendix to the same story, which formed part of an article describing the game of El Pato in the _Badminton Magazine_.
included
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From this reading The two short stories included in this volume are reprints:--the "Story of a Piebald Horse" from a book of travel and adventure in South America, long out of print; the other, "Niño Diablo," is taken, by permission, from _Macmillan's Magazine_.
ingles
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From this reading _First Published 1902._ _Reissued under the title of "South American Sketches" 1909_ _Published in the Readers Library 1920_ _Printed in Great Britain by R. Folkard & Son, London_ ("_Singularisimo escritor ingles_") Who has lived with and knows (even to the marrow as they would themselves say) the horsemen of the Pampas, and who alone of European writers has rendered something of the vanishing colour of that remote life.
invasion
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From this reading The two long stories now appear for the first time, excepting only the incidents of the English invasion told in "El Ombú," and the Appendix to the same story, which formed part of an article describing the game of El Pato in the _Badminton Magazine_.
isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading The two short stories included in this volume are reprints:--the "Story of a Piebald Horse" from a book of travel and adventure in South America, long out of print; the other, "Niño Diablo," is taken, by permission, from _Macmillan's Magazine_.
knows
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From this reading _First Published 1902._ _Reissued under the title of "South American Sketches" 1909_ _Published in the Readers Library 1920_ _Printed in Great Britain by R. Folkard & Son, London_ ("_Singularisimo escritor ingles_") Who has lived with and knows (even to the marrow as they would themselves say) the horsemen of the Pampas, and who alone of European writers has rendered something of the vanishing colour of that remote life.
la
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From this reading +-------------------------------------------------+ | | | | +-------------------------------------------------+ El Ombú by W. H. Hudson Author of "Green Mansions," "The Purple Land," "A Crystal Age," "A Little Boy Lost" _Cada comarca en la tierra Tiene su rasgo prominente, Brazil tiene su sol ardiente, Minas de plata el Perú: Buenos Ayres--patria hermosa-- Tiene su Pampa grandiosa; La Pampa tiene el Ombú._
Land
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From this reading +-------------------------------------------------+ | | | | +-------------------------------------------------+ El Ombú by W. H. Hudson Author of "Green Mansions," "The Purple Land," "A Crystal Age," "A Little Boy Lost" _Cada comarca en la tierra Tiene su rasgo prominente, Brazil tiene su sol ardiente, Minas de plata el Perú: Buenos Ayres--patria hermosa-- Tiene su Pampa grandiosa; La Pampa tiene el Ombú._
Library
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From this reading _First Published 1902._ _Reissued under the title of "South American Sketches" 1909_ _Published in the Readers Library 1920_ _Printed in Great Britain by R. Folkard & Son, London_ ("_Singularisimo escritor ingles_") Who has lived with and knows (even to the marrow as they would themselves say) the horsemen of the Pampas, and who alone of European writers has rendered something of the vanishing colour of that remote life.
lifenounUS /life/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading _First Published 1902._ _Reissued under the title of "South American Sketches" 1909_ _Published in the Readers Library 1920_ _Printed in Great Britain by R. Folkard & Son, London_ ("_Singularisimo escritor ingles_") Who has lived with and knows (even to the marrow as they would themselves say) the horsemen of the Pampas, and who alone of European writers has rendered something of the vanishing colour of that remote life.
LittlenounUS /little/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading +-------------------------------------------------+ | | | | +-------------------------------------------------+ El Ombú by W. H. Hudson Author of "Green Mansions," "The Purple Land," "A Crystal Age," "A Little Boy Lost" _Cada comarca en la tierra Tiene su rasgo prominente, Brazil tiene su sol ardiente, Minas de plata el Perú: Buenos Ayres--patria hermosa-- Tiene su Pampa grandiosa; La Pampa tiene el Ombú._
lived
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From this reading _First Published 1902._ _Reissued under the title of "South American Sketches" 1909_ _Published in the Readers Library 1920_ _Printed in Great Britain by R. Folkard & Son, London_ ("_Singularisimo escritor ingles_") Who has lived with and knows (even to the marrow as they would themselves say) the horsemen of the Pampas, and who alone of European writers has rendered something of the vanishing colour of that remote life.
London
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From this reading _First Published 1902._ _Reissued under the title of "South American Sketches" 1909_ _Published in the Readers Library 1920_ _Printed in Great Britain by R. Folkard & Son, London_ ("_Singularisimo escritor ingles_") Who has lived with and knows (even to the marrow as they would themselves say) the horsemen of the Pampas, and who alone of European writers has rendered something of the vanishing colour of that remote life.
longnounUS /long/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The two short stories included in this volume are reprints:--the "Story of a Piebald Horse" from a book of travel and adventure in South America, long out of print; the other, "Niño Diablo," is taken, by permission, from _Macmillan's Magazine_.
Lost
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From this reading +-------------------------------------------------+ | | | | +-------------------------------------------------+ El Ombú by W. H. Hudson Author of "Green Mansions," "The Purple Land," "A Crystal Age," "A Little Boy Lost" _Cada comarca en la tierra Tiene su rasgo prominente, Brazil tiene su sol ardiente, Minas de plata el Perú: Buenos Ayres--patria hermosa-- Tiene su Pampa grandiosa; La Pampa tiene el Ombú._
Macmillan's
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From this reading The two short stories included in this volume are reprints:--the "Story of a Piebald Horse" from a book of travel and adventure in South America, long out of print; the other, "Niño Diablo," is taken, by permission, from _Macmillan's Magazine_.
Magazine
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From this reading The two short stories included in this volume are reprints:--the "Story of a Piebald Horse" from a book of travel and adventure in South America, long out of print; the other, "Niño Diablo," is taken, by permission, from _Macmillan's Magazine_.
Mansions
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From this reading +-------------------------------------------------+ | | | | +-------------------------------------------------+ El Ombú by W. H. Hudson Author of "Green Mansions," "The Purple Land," "A Crystal Age," "A Little Boy Lost" _Cada comarca en la tierra Tiene su rasgo prominente, Brazil tiene su sol ardiente, Minas de plata el Perú: Buenos Ayres--patria hermosa-- Tiene su Pampa grandiosa; La Pampa tiene el Ombú._
marrow
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From this reading _First Published 1902._ _Reissued under the title of "South American Sketches" 1909_ _Published in the Readers Library 1920_ _Printed in Great Britain by R. Folkard & Son, London_ ("_Singularisimo escritor ingles_") Who has lived with and knows (even to the marrow as they would themselves say) the horsemen of the Pampas, and who alone of European writers has rendered something of the vanishing colour of that remote life.
Minas
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From this reading +-------------------------------------------------+ | | | | +-------------------------------------------------+ El Ombú by W. H. Hudson Author of "Green Mansions," "The Purple Land," "A Crystal Age," "A Little Boy Lost" _Cada comarca en la tierra Tiene su rasgo prominente, Brazil tiene su sol ardiente, Minas de plata el Perú: Buenos Ayres--patria hermosa-- Tiene su Pampa grandiosa; La Pampa tiene el Ombú._
Niño
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From this reading The two short stories included in this volume are reprints:--the "Story of a Piebald Horse" from a book of travel and adventure in South America, long out of print; the other, "Niño Diablo," is taken, by permission, from _Macmillan's Magazine_.
NOTE
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From this reading NOTE.
now
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From this reading The two long stories now appear for the first time, excepting only the incidents of the English invasion told in "El Ombú," and the Appendix to the same story, which formed part of an article describing the game of El Pato in the _Badminton Magazine_.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading +-------------------------------------------------+ | | | | +-------------------------------------------------+ El Ombú by W. H. Hudson Author of "Green Mansions," "The Purple Land," "A Crystal Age," "A Little Boy Lost" _Cada comarca en la tierra Tiene su rasgo prominente, Brazil tiene su sol ardiente, Minas de plata el Perú: Buenos Ayres--patria hermosa-- Tiene su Pampa grandiosa; La Pampa tiene el Ombú._
Ombú
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From this reading +-------------------------------------------------+ | | | | +-------------------------------------------------+ El Ombú by W. H. Hudson Author of "Green Mansions," "The Purple Land," "A Crystal Age," "A Little Boy Lost" _Cada comarca en la tierra Tiene su rasgo prominente, Brazil tiene su sol ardiente, Minas de plata el Perú: Buenos Ayres--patria hermosa-- Tiene su Pampa grandiosa; La Pampa tiene el Ombú._
only
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From this reading The two long stories now appear for the first time, excepting only the incidents of the English invasion told in "El Ombú," and the Appendix to the same story, which formed part of an article describing the game of El Pato in the _Badminton Magazine_.
other
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From this reading The two short stories included in this volume are reprints:--the "Story of a Piebald Horse" from a book of travel and adventure in South America, long out of print; the other, "Niño Diablo," is taken, by permission, from _Macmillan's Magazine_.
out
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From this reading The two short stories included in this volume are reprints:--the "Story of a Piebald Horse" from a book of travel and adventure in South America, long out of print; the other, "Niño Diablo," is taken, by permission, from _Macmillan's Magazine_.
Pampa
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From this reading +-------------------------------------------------+ | | | | +-------------------------------------------------+ El Ombú by W. H. Hudson Author of "Green Mansions," "The Purple Land," "A Crystal Age," "A Little Boy Lost" _Cada comarca en la tierra Tiene su rasgo prominente, Brazil tiene su sol ardiente, Minas de plata el Perú: Buenos Ayres--patria hermosa-- Tiene su Pampa grandiosa; La Pampa tiene el Ombú._
Pampas
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From this reading _First Published 1902._ _Reissued under the title of "South American Sketches" 1909_ _Published in the Readers Library 1920_ _Printed in Great Britain by R. Folkard & Son, London_ ("_Singularisimo escritor ingles_") Who has lived with and knows (even to the marrow as they would themselves say) the horsemen of the Pampas, and who alone of European writers has rendered something of the vanishing colour of that remote life.
partnounUS /part/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The two long stories now appear for the first time, excepting only the incidents of the English invasion told in "El Ombú," and the Appendix to the same story, which formed part of an article describing the game of El Pato in the _Badminton Magazine_.
Pato
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From this reading The two long stories now appear for the first time, excepting only the incidents of the English invasion told in "El Ombú," and the Appendix to the same story, which formed part of an article describing the game of El Pato in the _Badminton Magazine_.
patria
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From this reading +-------------------------------------------------+ | | | | +-------------------------------------------------+ El Ombú by W. H. Hudson Author of "Green Mansions," "The Purple Land," "A Crystal Age," "A Little Boy Lost" _Cada comarca en la tierra Tiene su rasgo prominente, Brazil tiene su sol ardiente, Minas de plata el Perú: Buenos Ayres--patria hermosa-- Tiene su Pampa grandiosa; La Pampa tiene el Ombú._
permission
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From this reading The two short stories included in this volume are reprints:--the "Story of a Piebald Horse" from a book of travel and adventure in South America, long out of print; the other, "Niño Diablo," is taken, by permission, from _Macmillan's Magazine_.
Perú
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From this reading +-------------------------------------------------+ | | | | +-------------------------------------------------+ El Ombú by W. H. Hudson Author of "Green Mansions," "The Purple Land," "A Crystal Age," "A Little Boy Lost" _Cada comarca en la tierra Tiene su rasgo prominente, Brazil tiene su sol ardiente, Minas de plata el Perú: Buenos Ayres--patria hermosa-- Tiene su Pampa grandiosa; La Pampa tiene el Ombú._
Piebald
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From this reading The two short stories included in this volume are reprints:--the "Story of a Piebald Horse" from a book of travel and adventure in South America, long out of print; the other, "Niño Diablo," is taken, by permission, from _Macmillan's Magazine_.
plata
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From this reading +-------------------------------------------------+ | | | | +-------------------------------------------------+ El Ombú by W. H. Hudson Author of "Green Mansions," "The Purple Land," "A Crystal Age," "A Little Boy Lost" _Cada comarca en la tierra Tiene su rasgo prominente, Brazil tiene su sol ardiente, Minas de plata el Perú: Buenos Ayres--patria hermosa-- Tiene su Pampa grandiosa; La Pampa tiene el Ombú._
print
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From this reading The two short stories included in this volume are reprints:--the "Story of a Piebald Horse" from a book of travel and adventure in South America, long out of print; the other, "Niño Diablo," is taken, by permission, from _Macmillan's Magazine_.
PrintednounUS /printed/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading _First Published 1902._ _Reissued under the title of "South American Sketches" 1909_ _Published in the Readers Library 1920_ _Printed in Great Britain by R. Folkard & Son, London_ ("_Singularisimo escritor ingles_") Who has lived with and knows (even to the marrow as they would themselves say) the horsemen of the Pampas, and who alone of European writers has rendered something of the vanishing colour of that remote life.
prominente
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From this reading +-------------------------------------------------+ | | | | +-------------------------------------------------+ El Ombú by W. H. Hudson Author of "Green Mansions," "The Purple Land," "A Crystal Age," "A Little Boy Lost" _Cada comarca en la tierra Tiene su rasgo prominente, Brazil tiene su sol ardiente, Minas de plata el Perú: Buenos Ayres--patria hermosa-- Tiene su Pampa grandiosa; La Pampa tiene el Ombú._
Published
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From this reading _First Published 1902._ _Reissued under the title of "South American Sketches" 1909_ _Published in the Readers Library 1920_ _Printed in Great Britain by R. Folkard & Son, London_ ("_Singularisimo escritor ingles_") Who has lived with and knows (even to the marrow as they would themselves say) the horsemen of the Pampas, and who alone of European writers has rendered something of the vanishing colour of that remote life.
Purple
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From this reading +-------------------------------------------------+ | | | | +-------------------------------------------------+ El Ombú by W. H. Hudson Author of "Green Mansions," "The Purple Land," "A Crystal Age," "A Little Boy Lost" _Cada comarca en la tierra Tiene su rasgo prominente, Brazil tiene su sol ardiente, Minas de plata el Perú: Buenos Ayres--patria hermosa-- Tiene su Pampa grandiosa; La Pampa tiene el Ombú._
R
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From this reading _First Published 1902._ _Reissued under the title of "South American Sketches" 1909_ _Published in the Readers Library 1920_ _Printed in Great Britain by R. Folkard & Son, London_ ("_Singularisimo escritor ingles_") Who has lived with and knows (even to the marrow as they would themselves say) the horsemen of the Pampas, and who alone of European writers has rendered something of the vanishing colour of that remote life.
rasgo
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From this reading +-------------------------------------------------+ | | | | +-------------------------------------------------+ El Ombú by W. H. Hudson Author of "Green Mansions," "The Purple Land," "A Crystal Age," "A Little Boy Lost" _Cada comarca en la tierra Tiene su rasgo prominente, Brazil tiene su sol ardiente, Minas de plata el Perú: Buenos Ayres--patria hermosa-- Tiene su Pampa grandiosa; La Pampa tiene el Ombú._
Readers
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From this reading _First Published 1902._ _Reissued under the title of "South American Sketches" 1909_ _Published in the Readers Library 1920_ _Printed in Great Britain by R. Folkard & Son, London_ ("_Singularisimo escritor ingles_") Who has lived with and knows (even to the marrow as they would themselves say) the horsemen of the Pampas, and who alone of European writers has rendered something of the vanishing colour of that remote life.
Reissued
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From this reading _First Published 1902._ _Reissued under the title of "South American Sketches" 1909_ _Published in the Readers Library 1920_ _Printed in Great Britain by R. Folkard & Son, London_ ("_Singularisimo escritor ingles_") Who has lived with and knows (even to the marrow as they would themselves say) the horsemen of the Pampas, and who alone of European writers has rendered something of the vanishing colour of that remote life.
remote
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From this reading _First Published 1902._ _Reissued under the title of "South American Sketches" 1909_ _Published in the Readers Library 1920_ _Printed in Great Britain by R. Folkard & Son, London_ ("_Singularisimo escritor ingles_") Who has lived with and knows (even to the marrow as they would themselves say) the horsemen of the Pampas, and who alone of European writers has rendered something of the vanishing colour of that remote life.
rendered
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From this reading _First Published 1902._ _Reissued under the title of "South American Sketches" 1909_ _Published in the Readers Library 1920_ _Printed in Great Britain by R. Folkard & Son, London_ ("_Singularisimo escritor ingles_") Who has lived with and knows (even to the marrow as they would themselves say) the horsemen of the Pampas, and who alone of European writers has rendered something of the vanishing colour of that remote life.
reprints
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From this reading The two short stories included in this volume are reprints:--the "Story of a Piebald Horse" from a book of travel and adventure in South America, long out of print; the other, "Niño Diablo," is taken, by permission, from _Macmillan's Magazine_.
samenounUS /same/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The two long stories now appear for the first time, excepting only the incidents of the English invasion told in "El Ombú," and the Appendix to the same story, which formed part of an article describing the game of El Pato in the _Badminton Magazine_.
say
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From this reading _First Published 1902._ _Reissued under the title of "South American Sketches" 1909_ _Published in the Readers Library 1920_ _Printed in Great Britain by R. Folkard & Son, London_ ("_Singularisimo escritor ingles_") Who has lived with and knows (even to the marrow as they would themselves say) the horsemen of the Pampas, and who alone of European writers has rendered something of the vanishing colour of that remote life.
shortadjectiveUS /ʃɔrt/
brief or direct in expression
From this reading The two short stories included in this volume are reprints:--the "Story of a Piebald Horse" from a book of travel and adventure in South America, long out of print; the other, "Niño Diablo," is taken, by permission, from _Macmillan's Magazine_.
Singularisimo
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From this reading _First Published 1902._ _Reissued under the title of "South American Sketches" 1909_ _Published in the Readers Library 1920_ _Printed in Great Britain by R. Folkard & Son, London_ ("_Singularisimo escritor ingles_") Who has lived with and knows (even to the marrow as they would themselves say) the horsemen of the Pampas, and who alone of European writers has rendered something of the vanishing colour of that remote life.
Sketches
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From this reading _First Published 1902._ _Reissued under the title of "South American Sketches" 1909_ _Published in the Readers Library 1920_ _Printed in Great Britain by R. Folkard & Son, London_ ("_Singularisimo escritor ingles_") Who has lived with and knows (even to the marrow as they would themselves say) the horsemen of the Pampas, and who alone of European writers has rendered something of the vanishing colour of that remote life.
sol
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From this reading +-------------------------------------------------+ | | | | +-------------------------------------------------+ El Ombú by W. H. Hudson Author of "Green Mansions," "The Purple Land," "A Crystal Age," "A Little Boy Lost" _Cada comarca en la tierra Tiene su rasgo prominente, Brazil tiene su sol ardiente, Minas de plata el Perú: Buenos Ayres--patria hermosa-- Tiene su Pampa grandiosa; La Pampa tiene el Ombú._
somethingpronounUS /ˈsʌmθɪŋ/
a thing, without saying which
From this reading _First Published 1902._ _Reissued under the title of "South American Sketches" 1909_ _Published in the Readers Library 1920_ _Printed in Great Britain by R. Folkard & Son, London_ ("_Singularisimo escritor ingles_") Who has lived with and knows (even to the marrow as they would themselves say) the horsemen of the Pampas, and who alone of European writers has rendered something of the vanishing colour of that remote life.
Son
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From this reading _First Published 1902._ _Reissued under the title of "South American Sketches" 1909_ _Published in the Readers Library 1920_ _Printed in Great Britain by R. Folkard & Son, London_ ("_Singularisimo escritor ingles_") Who has lived with and knows (even to the marrow as they would themselves say) the horsemen of the Pampas, and who alone of European writers has rendered something of the vanishing colour of that remote life.
South
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From this reading _First Published 1902._ _Reissued under the title of "South American Sketches" 1909_ _Published in the Readers Library 1920_ _Printed in Great Britain by R. Folkard & Son, London_ ("_Singularisimo escritor ingles_") Who has lived with and knows (even to the marrow as they would themselves say) the horsemen of the Pampas, and who alone of European writers has rendered something of the vanishing colour of that remote life.
stories
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From this reading The two short stories included in this volume are reprints:--the "Story of a Piebald Horse" from a book of travel and adventure in South America, long out of print; the other, "Niño Diablo," is taken, by permission, from _Macmillan's Magazine_.
Story
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From this reading The two short stories included in this volume are reprints:--the "Story of a Piebald Horse" from a book of travel and adventure in South America, long out of print; the other, "Niño Diablo," is taken, by permission, from _Macmillan's Magazine_.
su
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From this reading +-------------------------------------------------+ | | | | +-------------------------------------------------+ El Ombú by W. H. Hudson Author of "Green Mansions," "The Purple Land," "A Crystal Age," "A Little Boy Lost" _Cada comarca en la tierra Tiene su rasgo prominente, Brazil tiene su sol ardiente, Minas de plata el Perú: Buenos Ayres--patria hermosa-- Tiene su Pampa grandiosa; La Pampa tiene el Ombú._
taken
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From this reading The two short stories included in this volume are reprints:--the "Story of a Piebald Horse" from a book of travel and adventure in South America, long out of print; the other, "Niño Diablo," is taken, by permission, from _Macmillan's Magazine_.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading _First Published 1902._ _Reissued under the title of "South American Sketches" 1909_ _Published in the Readers Library 1920_ _Printed in Great Britain by R. Folkard & Son, London_ ("_Singularisimo escritor ingles_") Who has lived with and knows (even to the marrow as they would themselves say) the horsemen of the Pampas, and who alone of European writers has rendered something of the vanishing colour of that remote life.
ThedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading +-------------------------------------------------+ | | | | +-------------------------------------------------+ El Ombú by W. H. Hudson Author of "Green Mansions," "The Purple Land," "A Crystal Age," "A Little Boy Lost" _Cada comarca en la tierra Tiene su rasgo prominente, Brazil tiene su sol ardiente, Minas de plata el Perú: Buenos Ayres--patria hermosa-- Tiene su Pampa grandiosa; La Pampa tiene el Ombú._
themselvespronounUS /ðemˈselvz/
used when the people doing the action are also its object
From this reading _First Published 1902._ _Reissued under the title of "South American Sketches" 1909_ _Published in the Readers Library 1920_ _Printed in Great Britain by R. Folkard & Son, London_ ("_Singularisimo escritor ingles_") Who has lived with and knows (even to the marrow as they would themselves say) the horsemen of the Pampas, and who alone of European writers has rendered something of the vanishing colour of that remote life.
theypronounUS /ðeɪ/
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading _First Published 1902._ _Reissued under the title of "South American Sketches" 1909_ _Published in the Readers Library 1920_ _Printed in Great Britain by R. Folkard & Son, London_ ("_Singularisimo escritor ingles_") Who has lived with and knows (even to the marrow as they would themselves say) the horsemen of the Pampas, and who alone of European writers has rendered something of the vanishing colour of that remote life.
thisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading The two short stories included in this volume are reprints:--the "Story of a Piebald Horse" from a book of travel and adventure in South America, long out of print; the other, "Niño Diablo," is taken, by permission, from _Macmillan's Magazine_.
Tiene
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From this reading +-------------------------------------------------+ | | | | +-------------------------------------------------+ El Ombú by W. H. Hudson Author of "Green Mansions," "The Purple Land," "A Crystal Age," "A Little Boy Lost" _Cada comarca en la tierra Tiene su rasgo prominente, Brazil tiene su sol ardiente, Minas de plata el Perú: Buenos Ayres--patria hermosa-- Tiene su Pampa grandiosa; La Pampa tiene el Ombú._
tierra
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From this reading +-------------------------------------------------+ | | | | +-------------------------------------------------+ El Ombú by W. H. Hudson Author of "Green Mansions," "The Purple Land," "A Crystal Age," "A Little Boy Lost" _Cada comarca en la tierra Tiene su rasgo prominente, Brazil tiene su sol ardiente, Minas de plata el Perú: Buenos Ayres--patria hermosa-- Tiene su Pampa grandiosa; La Pampa tiene el Ombú._
timenounUS /time/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The two long stories now appear for the first time, excepting only the incidents of the English invasion told in "El Ombú," and the Appendix to the same story, which formed part of an article describing the game of El Pato in the _Badminton Magazine_.
title
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From this reading _First Published 1902._ _Reissued under the title of "South American Sketches" 1909_ _Published in the Readers Library 1920_ _Printed in Great Britain by R. Folkard & Son, London_ ("_Singularisimo escritor ingles_") Who has lived with and knows (even to the marrow as they would themselves say) the horsemen of the Pampas, and who alone of European writers has rendered something of the vanishing colour of that remote life.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading _First Published 1902._ _Reissued under the title of "South American Sketches" 1909_ _Published in the Readers Library 1920_ _Printed in Great Britain by R. Folkard & Son, London_ ("_Singularisimo escritor ingles_") Who has lived with and knows (even to the marrow as they would themselves say) the horsemen of the Pampas, and who alone of European writers has rendered something of the vanishing colour of that remote life.
toldnounUS /told/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The two long stories now appear for the first time, excepting only the incidents of the English invasion told in "El Ombú," and the Appendix to the same story, which formed part of an article describing the game of El Pato in the _Badminton Magazine_.
travel
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From this reading The two short stories included in this volume are reprints:--the "Story of a Piebald Horse" from a book of travel and adventure in South America, long out of print; the other, "Niño Diablo," is taken, by permission, from _Macmillan's Magazine_.
two
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From this reading The two short stories included in this volume are reprints:--the "Story of a Piebald Horse" from a book of travel and adventure in South America, long out of print; the other, "Niño Diablo," is taken, by permission, from _Macmillan's Magazine_.
underprepositionUS /ˈʌndər/
below or beneath something; less than
From this reading _First Published 1902._ _Reissued under the title of "South American Sketches" 1909_ _Published in the Readers Library 1920_ _Printed in Great Britain by R. Folkard & Son, London_ ("_Singularisimo escritor ingles_") Who has lived with and knows (even to the marrow as they would themselves say) the horsemen of the Pampas, and who alone of European writers has rendered something of the vanishing colour of that remote life.
vanishing
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From this reading _First Published 1902._ _Reissued under the title of "South American Sketches" 1909_ _Published in the Readers Library 1920_ _Printed in Great Britain by R. Folkard & Son, London_ ("_Singularisimo escritor ingles_") Who has lived with and knows (even to the marrow as they would themselves say) the horsemen of the Pampas, and who alone of European writers has rendered something of the vanishing colour of that remote life.
volume
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From this reading The two short stories included in this volume are reprints:--the "Story of a Piebald Horse" from a book of travel and adventure in South America, long out of print; the other, "Niño Diablo," is taken, by permission, from _Macmillan's Magazine_.
W
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From this reading +-------------------------------------------------+ | | | | +-------------------------------------------------+ El Ombú by W. H. Hudson Author of "Green Mansions," "The Purple Land," "A Crystal Age," "A Little Boy Lost" _Cada comarca en la tierra Tiene su rasgo prominente, Brazil tiene su sol ardiente, Minas de plata el Perú: Buenos Ayres--patria hermosa-- Tiene su Pampa grandiosa; La Pampa tiene el Ombú._
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading The two long stories now appear for the first time, excepting only the incidents of the English invasion told in "El Ombú," and the Appendix to the same story, which formed part of an article describing the game of El Pato in the _Badminton Magazine_.
WhopronounUS /huː/
which person or people
From this reading _First Published 1902._ _Reissued under the title of "South American Sketches" 1909_ _Published in the Readers Library 1920_ _Printed in Great Britain by R. Folkard & Son, London_ ("_Singularisimo escritor ingles_") Who has lived with and knows (even to the marrow as they would themselves say) the horsemen of the Pampas, and who alone of European writers has rendered something of the vanishing colour of that remote life.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading _First Published 1902._ _Reissued under the title of "South American Sketches" 1909_ _Published in the Readers Library 1920_ _Printed in Great Britain by R. Folkard & Son, London_ ("_Singularisimo escritor ingles_") Who has lived with and knows (even to the marrow as they would themselves say) the horsemen of the Pampas, and who alone of European writers has rendered something of the vanishing colour of that remote life.
wouldmodal verbUS /wʊd/
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading _First Published 1902._ _Reissued under the title of "South American Sketches" 1909_ _Published in the Readers Library 1920_ _Printed in Great Britain by R. Folkard & Son, London_ ("_Singularisimo escritor ingles_") Who has lived with and knows (even to the marrow as they would themselves say) the horsemen of the Pampas, and who alone of European writers has rendered something of the vanishing colour of that remote life.
writers
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From this reading _First Published 1902._ _Reissued under the title of "South American Sketches" 1909_ _Published in the Readers Library 1920_ _Printed in Great Britain by R. Folkard & Son, London_ ("_Singularisimo escritor ingles_") Who has lived with and knows (even to the marrow as they would themselves say) the horsemen of the Pampas, and who alone of European writers has rendered something of the vanishing colour of that remote life.
