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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 The Bluff Hill penitentiary was called “a model prison.”
afoot
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From this reading Better that _they_ should suffer, year in and year out, than that a flaw should be publicly picked in any scheme set afoot by the “modern Howard.”
amidprepositionUS /əˈmɪd/
in the middle of; surrounded by
From this reading The officers elected to preside over Bluff Hill prison, were as stony as its walls, and showed curious visitors round the work-shops, amid its rows of pallid faces, pointing out here a disgraced clergyman, there a ruined lawyer, yonder a wrecked merchant, with as much nonchalance as a brutal keeper would stir up the caged beasts in a menagerie, for the amusement of the crowd; with as little thought that these fallen beings were _men_ and brothers, as if the Omniscient eye noted no dark stain of sin, hidden from human sight, on _their_ souls.
amusement
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From this reading The officers elected to preside over Bluff Hill prison, were as stony as its walls, and showed curious visitors round the work-shops, amid its rows of pallid faces, pointing out here a disgraced clergyman, there a ruined lawyer, yonder a wrecked merchant, with as much nonchalance as a brutal keeper would stir up the caged beasts in a menagerie, for the amusement of the crowd; with as little thought that these fallen beings were _men_ and brothers, as if the Omniscient eye noted no dark stain of sin, hidden from human sight, on _their_ souls.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading A “modern Howard” was said to have planned it, and passed his oracular judgment, ratified by the authorities of the State in which it was located, upon its cells, prison-yards, work-shops, chapel, eating-rooms, and ingenious instruments of torture.
any
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From this reading Better that _they_ should suffer, year in and year out, than that a flaw should be publicly picked in any scheme set afoot by the “modern Howard.”
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading The officers elected to preside over Bluff Hill prison, were as stony as its walls, and showed curious visitors round the work-shops, amid its rows of pallid faces, pointing out here a disgraced clergyman, there a ruined lawyer, yonder a wrecked merchant, with as much nonchalance as a brutal keeper would stir up the caged beasts in a menagerie, for the amusement of the crowd; with as little thought that these fallen beings were _men_ and brothers, as if the Omniscient eye noted no dark stain of sin, hidden from human sight, on _their_ souls.
authorities
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From this reading A “modern Howard” was said to have planned it, and passed his oracular judgment, ratified by the authorities of the State in which it was located, upon its cells, prison-yards, work-shops, chapel, eating-rooms, and ingenious instruments of torture.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading Better that _they_ should suffer, year in and year out, than that a flaw should be publicly picked in any scheme set afoot by the “modern Howard.”
beasts
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From this reading The officers elected to preside over Bluff Hill prison, were as stony as its walls, and showed curious visitors round the work-shops, amid its rows of pallid faces, pointing out here a disgraced clergyman, there a ruined lawyer, yonder a wrecked merchant, with as much nonchalance as a brutal keeper would stir up the caged beasts in a menagerie, for the amusement of the crowd; with as little thought that these fallen beings were _men_ and brothers, as if the Omniscient eye noted no dark stain of sin, hidden from human sight, on _their_ souls.
beings
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From this reading The officers elected to preside over Bluff Hill prison, were as stony as its walls, and showed curious visitors round the work-shops, amid its rows of pallid faces, pointing out here a disgraced clergyman, there a ruined lawyer, yonder a wrecked merchant, with as much nonchalance as a brutal keeper would stir up the caged beasts in a menagerie, for the amusement of the crowd; with as little thought that these fallen beings were _men_ and brothers, as if the Omniscient eye noted no dark stain of sin, hidden from human sight, on _their_ souls.
Better
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From this reading Better that _they_ should suffer, year in and year out, than that a flaw should be publicly picked in any scheme set afoot by the “modern Howard.”
BluffadjectiveUS /blʌf/
direct and plain-spoken in manner, sometimes seeming rough
From this reading The Bluff Hill penitentiary was called “a model prison.”
brothers
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From this reading The officers elected to preside over Bluff Hill prison, were as stony as its walls, and showed curious visitors round the work-shops, amid its rows of pallid faces, pointing out here a disgraced clergyman, there a ruined lawyer, yonder a wrecked merchant, with as much nonchalance as a brutal keeper would stir up the caged beasts in a menagerie, for the amusement of the crowd; with as little thought that these fallen beings were _men_ and brothers, as if the Omniscient eye noted no dark stain of sin, hidden from human sight, on _their_ souls.
brutal
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From this reading The officers elected to preside over Bluff Hill prison, were as stony as its walls, and showed curious visitors round the work-shops, amid its rows of pallid faces, pointing out here a disgraced clergyman, there a ruined lawyer, yonder a wrecked merchant, with as much nonchalance as a brutal keeper would stir up the caged beasts in a menagerie, for the amusement of the crowd; with as little thought that these fallen beings were _men_ and brothers, as if the Omniscient eye noted no dark stain of sin, hidden from human sight, on _their_ souls.
business
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From this reading That the furnaces failed to keep the prisoners from freezing in winter, or that there was no proper ventilation in summer, was, therefore, nobody’s meddling business.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading A “modern Howard” was said to have planned it, and passed his oracular judgment, ratified by the authorities of the State in which it was located, upon its cells, prison-yards, work-shops, chapel, eating-rooms, and ingenious instruments of torture.
caged
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From this reading The officers elected to preside over Bluff Hill prison, were as stony as its walls, and showed curious visitors round the work-shops, amid its rows of pallid faces, pointing out here a disgraced clergyman, there a ruined lawyer, yonder a wrecked merchant, with as much nonchalance as a brutal keeper would stir up the caged beasts in a menagerie, for the amusement of the crowd; with as little thought that these fallen beings were _men_ and brothers, as if the Omniscient eye noted no dark stain of sin, hidden from human sight, on _their_ souls.
called
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From this reading The Bluff Hill penitentiary was called “a model prison.”
cells
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From this reading A “modern Howard” was said to have planned it, and passed his oracular judgment, ratified by the authorities of the State in which it was located, upon its cells, prison-yards, work-shops, chapel, eating-rooms, and ingenious instruments of torture.
chapel
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From this reading A “modern Howard” was said to have planned it, and passed his oracular judgment, ratified by the authorities of the State in which it was located, upon its cells, prison-yards, work-shops, chapel, eating-rooms, and ingenious instruments of torture.
clergyman
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From this reading The officers elected to preside over Bluff Hill prison, were as stony as its walls, and showed curious visitors round the work-shops, amid its rows of pallid faces, pointing out here a disgraced clergyman, there a ruined lawyer, yonder a wrecked merchant, with as much nonchalance as a brutal keeper would stir up the caged beasts in a menagerie, for the amusement of the crowd; with as little thought that these fallen beings were _men_ and brothers, as if the Omniscient eye noted no dark stain of sin, hidden from human sight, on _their_ souls.
crowd
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From this reading The officers elected to preside over Bluff Hill prison, were as stony as its walls, and showed curious visitors round the work-shops, amid its rows of pallid faces, pointing out here a disgraced clergyman, there a ruined lawyer, yonder a wrecked merchant, with as much nonchalance as a brutal keeper would stir up the caged beasts in a menagerie, for the amusement of the crowd; with as little thought that these fallen beings were _men_ and brothers, as if the Omniscient eye noted no dark stain of sin, hidden from human sight, on _their_ souls.
curious
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From this reading The officers elected to preside over Bluff Hill prison, were as stony as its walls, and showed curious visitors round the work-shops, amid its rows of pallid faces, pointing out here a disgraced clergyman, there a ruined lawyer, yonder a wrecked merchant, with as much nonchalance as a brutal keeper would stir up the caged beasts in a menagerie, for the amusement of the crowd; with as little thought that these fallen beings were _men_ and brothers, as if the Omniscient eye noted no dark stain of sin, hidden from human sight, on _their_ souls.
dark
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From this reading The officers elected to preside over Bluff Hill prison, were as stony as its walls, and showed curious visitors round the work-shops, amid its rows of pallid faces, pointing out here a disgraced clergyman, there a ruined lawyer, yonder a wrecked merchant, with as much nonchalance as a brutal keeper would stir up the caged beasts in a menagerie, for the amusement of the crowd; with as little thought that these fallen beings were _men_ and brothers, as if the Omniscient eye noted no dark stain of sin, hidden from human sight, on _their_ souls.
disgraced
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From this reading The officers elected to preside over Bluff Hill prison, were as stony as its walls, and showed curious visitors round the work-shops, amid its rows of pallid faces, pointing out here a disgraced clergyman, there a ruined lawyer, yonder a wrecked merchant, with as much nonchalance as a brutal keeper would stir up the caged beasts in a menagerie, for the amusement of the crowd; with as little thought that these fallen beings were _men_ and brothers, as if the Omniscient eye noted no dark stain of sin, hidden from human sight, on _their_ souls.
eating-rooms
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From this reading A “modern Howard” was said to have planned it, and passed his oracular judgment, ratified by the authorities of the State in which it was located, upon its cells, prison-yards, work-shops, chapel, eating-rooms, and ingenious instruments of torture.
elected
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From this reading The officers elected to preside over Bluff Hill prison, were as stony as its walls, and showed curious visitors round the work-shops, amid its rows of pallid faces, pointing out here a disgraced clergyman, there a ruined lawyer, yonder a wrecked merchant, with as much nonchalance as a brutal keeper would stir up the caged beasts in a menagerie, for the amusement of the crowd; with as little thought that these fallen beings were _men_ and brothers, as if the Omniscient eye noted no dark stain of sin, hidden from human sight, on _their_ souls.
eye
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From this reading The officers elected to preside over Bluff Hill prison, were as stony as its walls, and showed curious visitors round the work-shops, amid its rows of pallid faces, pointing out here a disgraced clergyman, there a ruined lawyer, yonder a wrecked merchant, with as much nonchalance as a brutal keeper would stir up the caged beasts in a menagerie, for the amusement of the crowd; with as little thought that these fallen beings were _men_ and brothers, as if the Omniscient eye noted no dark stain of sin, hidden from human sight, on _their_ souls.
faces
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From this reading The officers elected to preside over Bluff Hill prison, were as stony as its walls, and showed curious visitors round the work-shops, amid its rows of pallid faces, pointing out here a disgraced clergyman, there a ruined lawyer, yonder a wrecked merchant, with as much nonchalance as a brutal keeper would stir up the caged beasts in a menagerie, for the amusement of the crowd; with as little thought that these fallen beings were _men_ and brothers, as if the Omniscient eye noted no dark stain of sin, hidden from human sight, on _their_ souls.
failed
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From this reading That the furnaces failed to keep the prisoners from freezing in winter, or that there was no proper ventilation in summer, was, therefore, nobody’s meddling business.
fallen
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From this reading The officers elected to preside over Bluff Hill prison, were as stony as its walls, and showed curious visitors round the work-shops, amid its rows of pallid faces, pointing out here a disgraced clergyman, there a ruined lawyer, yonder a wrecked merchant, with as much nonchalance as a brutal keeper would stir up the caged beasts in a menagerie, for the amusement of the crowd; with as little thought that these fallen beings were _men_ and brothers, as if the Omniscient eye noted no dark stain of sin, hidden from human sight, on _their_ souls.
flaw
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From this reading Better that _they_ should suffer, year in and year out, than that a flaw should be publicly picked in any scheme set afoot by the “modern Howard.”
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading The officers elected to preside over Bluff Hill prison, were as stony as its walls, and showed curious visitors round the work-shops, amid its rows of pallid faces, pointing out here a disgraced clergyman, there a ruined lawyer, yonder a wrecked merchant, with as much nonchalance as a brutal keeper would stir up the caged beasts in a menagerie, for the amusement of the crowd; with as little thought that these fallen beings were _men_ and brothers, as if the Omniscient eye noted no dark stain of sin, hidden from human sight, on _their_ souls.
freezing
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From this reading That the furnaces failed to keep the prisoners from freezing in winter, or that there was no proper ventilation in summer, was, therefore, nobody’s meddling business.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading That the furnaces failed to keep the prisoners from freezing in winter, or that there was no proper ventilation in summer, was, therefore, nobody’s meddling business.
furnaces
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From this reading That the furnaces failed to keep the prisoners from freezing in winter, or that there was no proper ventilation in summer, was, therefore, nobody’s meddling business.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading A “modern Howard” was said to have planned it, and passed his oracular judgment, ratified by the authorities of the State in which it was located, upon its cells, prison-yards, work-shops, chapel, eating-rooms, and ingenious instruments of torture.
herenounUS /here/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The officers elected to preside over Bluff Hill prison, were as stony as its walls, and showed curious visitors round the work-shops, amid its rows of pallid faces, pointing out here a disgraced clergyman, there a ruined lawyer, yonder a wrecked merchant, with as much nonchalance as a brutal keeper would stir up the caged beasts in a menagerie, for the amusement of the crowd; with as little thought that these fallen beings were _men_ and brothers, as if the Omniscient eye noted no dark stain of sin, hidden from human sight, on _their_ souls.
hidden
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From this reading The officers elected to preside over Bluff Hill prison, were as stony as its walls, and showed curious visitors round the work-shops, amid its rows of pallid faces, pointing out here a disgraced clergyman, there a ruined lawyer, yonder a wrecked merchant, with as much nonchalance as a brutal keeper would stir up the caged beasts in a menagerie, for the amusement of the crowd; with as little thought that these fallen beings were _men_ and brothers, as if the Omniscient eye noted no dark stain of sin, hidden from human sight, on _their_ souls.
Hill
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From this reading The Bluff Hill penitentiary was called “a model prison.”
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading A “modern Howard” was said to have planned it, and passed his oracular judgment, ratified by the authorities of the State in which it was located, upon its cells, prison-yards, work-shops, chapel, eating-rooms, and ingenious instruments of torture.
Howard
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From this reading A “modern Howard” was said to have planned it, and passed his oracular judgment, ratified by the authorities of the State in which it was located, upon its cells, prison-yards, work-shops, chapel, eating-rooms, and ingenious instruments of torture.
human
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From this reading The officers elected to preside over Bluff Hill prison, were as stony as its walls, and showed curious visitors round the work-shops, amid its rows of pallid faces, pointing out here a disgraced clergyman, there a ruined lawyer, yonder a wrecked merchant, with as much nonchalance as a brutal keeper would stir up the caged beasts in a menagerie, for the amusement of the crowd; with as little thought that these fallen beings were _men_ and brothers, as if the Omniscient eye noted no dark stain of sin, hidden from human sight, on _their_ souls.
ifconjunctionUS /ɪf/
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading The officers elected to preside over Bluff Hill prison, were as stony as its walls, and showed curious visitors round the work-shops, amid its rows of pallid faces, pointing out here a disgraced clergyman, there a ruined lawyer, yonder a wrecked merchant, with as much nonchalance as a brutal keeper would stir up the caged beasts in a menagerie, for the amusement of the crowd; with as little thought that these fallen beings were _men_ and brothers, as if the Omniscient eye noted no dark stain of sin, hidden from human sight, on _their_ souls.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading A “modern Howard” was said to have planned it, and passed his oracular judgment, ratified by the authorities of the State in which it was located, upon its cells, prison-yards, work-shops, chapel, eating-rooms, and ingenious instruments of torture.
ingeniousadjectiveUS /ɪnˈdʒiː.ni.əs/
Clever, original, and remarkably inventive in design and execution.
From this reading A “modern Howard” was said to have planned it, and passed his oracular judgment, ratified by the authorities of the State in which it was located, upon its cells, prison-yards, work-shops, chapel, eating-rooms, and ingenious instruments of torture.
instruments
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From this reading A “modern Howard” was said to have planned it, and passed his oracular judgment, ratified by the authorities of the State in which it was located, upon its cells, prison-yards, work-shops, chapel, eating-rooms, and ingenious instruments of torture.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading A “modern Howard” was said to have planned it, and passed his oracular judgment, ratified by the authorities of the State in which it was located, upon its cells, prison-yards, work-shops, chapel, eating-rooms, and ingenious instruments of torture.
itsdeterminerUS /ɪts/
belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned
From this reading A “modern Howard” was said to have planned it, and passed his oracular judgment, ratified by the authorities of the State in which it was located, upon its cells, prison-yards, work-shops, chapel, eating-rooms, and ingenious instruments of torture.
judgment
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From this reading A “modern Howard” was said to have planned it, and passed his oracular judgment, ratified by the authorities of the State in which it was located, upon its cells, prison-yards, work-shops, chapel, eating-rooms, and ingenious instruments of torture.
keep
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From this reading That the furnaces failed to keep the prisoners from freezing in winter, or that there was no proper ventilation in summer, was, therefore, nobody’s meddling business.
keeper
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From this reading The officers elected to preside over Bluff Hill prison, were as stony as its walls, and showed curious visitors round the work-shops, amid its rows of pallid faces, pointing out here a disgraced clergyman, there a ruined lawyer, yonder a wrecked merchant, with as much nonchalance as a brutal keeper would stir up the caged beasts in a menagerie, for the amusement of the crowd; with as little thought that these fallen beings were _men_ and brothers, as if the Omniscient eye noted no dark stain of sin, hidden from human sight, on _their_ souls.
lawyer
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From this reading The officers elected to preside over Bluff Hill prison, were as stony as its walls, and showed curious visitors round the work-shops, amid its rows of pallid faces, pointing out here a disgraced clergyman, there a ruined lawyer, yonder a wrecked merchant, with as much nonchalance as a brutal keeper would stir up the caged beasts in a menagerie, for the amusement of the crowd; with as little thought that these fallen beings were _men_ and brothers, as if the Omniscient eye noted no dark stain of sin, hidden from human sight, on _their_ souls.
littlenounUS /little/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The officers elected to preside over Bluff Hill prison, were as stony as its walls, and showed curious visitors round the work-shops, amid its rows of pallid faces, pointing out here a disgraced clergyman, there a ruined lawyer, yonder a wrecked merchant, with as much nonchalance as a brutal keeper would stir up the caged beasts in a menagerie, for the amusement of the crowd; with as little thought that these fallen beings were _men_ and brothers, as if the Omniscient eye noted no dark stain of sin, hidden from human sight, on _their_ souls.
located
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From this reading A “modern Howard” was said to have planned it, and passed his oracular judgment, ratified by the authorities of the State in which it was located, upon its cells, prison-yards, work-shops, chapel, eating-rooms, and ingenious instruments of torture.
meddling
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From this reading That the furnaces failed to keep the prisoners from freezing in winter, or that there was no proper ventilation in summer, was, therefore, nobody’s meddling business.
men
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From this reading The officers elected to preside over Bluff Hill prison, were as stony as its walls, and showed curious visitors round the work-shops, amid its rows of pallid faces, pointing out here a disgraced clergyman, there a ruined lawyer, yonder a wrecked merchant, with as much nonchalance as a brutal keeper would stir up the caged beasts in a menagerie, for the amusement of the crowd; with as little thought that these fallen beings were _men_ and brothers, as if the Omniscient eye noted no dark stain of sin, hidden from human sight, on _their_ souls.
menagerie
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From this reading The officers elected to preside over Bluff Hill prison, were as stony as its walls, and showed curious visitors round the work-shops, amid its rows of pallid faces, pointing out here a disgraced clergyman, there a ruined lawyer, yonder a wrecked merchant, with as much nonchalance as a brutal keeper would stir up the caged beasts in a menagerie, for the amusement of the crowd; with as little thought that these fallen beings were _men_ and brothers, as if the Omniscient eye noted no dark stain of sin, hidden from human sight, on _their_ souls.
merchantnounUS /ˈmɜːr.tʃənt/
A person or company involved in wholesale trade, especially with foreign countries.
From this reading The officers elected to preside over Bluff Hill prison, were as stony as its walls, and showed curious visitors round the work-shops, amid its rows of pallid faces, pointing out here a disgraced clergyman, there a ruined lawyer, yonder a wrecked merchant, with as much nonchalance as a brutal keeper would stir up the caged beasts in a menagerie, for the amusement of the crowd; with as little thought that these fallen beings were _men_ and brothers, as if the Omniscient eye noted no dark stain of sin, hidden from human sight, on _their_ souls.
model
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From this reading The Bluff Hill penitentiary was called “a model prison.”
modern
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From this reading A “modern Howard” was said to have planned it, and passed his oracular judgment, ratified by the authorities of the State in which it was located, upon its cells, prison-yards, work-shops, chapel, eating-rooms, and ingenious instruments of torture.
much
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From this reading The officers elected to preside over Bluff Hill prison, were as stony as its walls, and showed curious visitors round the work-shops, amid its rows of pallid faces, pointing out here a disgraced clergyman, there a ruined lawyer, yonder a wrecked merchant, with as much nonchalance as a brutal keeper would stir up the caged beasts in a menagerie, for the amusement of the crowd; with as little thought that these fallen beings were _men_ and brothers, as if the Omniscient eye noted no dark stain of sin, hidden from human sight, on _their_ souls.
nodeterminerUS /noʊ/
not any; not one
From this reading That the furnaces failed to keep the prisoners from freezing in winter, or that there was no proper ventilation in summer, was, therefore, nobody’s meddling business.
nobody's
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From this reading That the furnaces failed to keep the prisoners from freezing in winter, or that there was no proper ventilation in summer, was, therefore, nobody’s meddling business.
nonchalance
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From this reading The officers elected to preside over Bluff Hill prison, were as stony as its walls, and showed curious visitors round the work-shops, amid its rows of pallid faces, pointing out here a disgraced clergyman, there a ruined lawyer, yonder a wrecked merchant, with as much nonchalance as a brutal keeper would stir up the caged beasts in a menagerie, for the amusement of the crowd; with as little thought that these fallen beings were _men_ and brothers, as if the Omniscient eye noted no dark stain of sin, hidden from human sight, on _their_ souls.
noted
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From this reading The officers elected to preside over Bluff Hill prison, were as stony as its walls, and showed curious visitors round the work-shops, amid its rows of pallid faces, pointing out here a disgraced clergyman, there a ruined lawyer, yonder a wrecked merchant, with as much nonchalance as a brutal keeper would stir up the caged beasts in a menagerie, for the amusement of the crowd; with as little thought that these fallen beings were _men_ and brothers, as if the Omniscient eye noted no dark stain of sin, hidden from human sight, on _their_ souls.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading A “modern Howard” was said to have planned it, and passed his oracular judgment, ratified by the authorities of the State in which it was located, upon its cells, prison-yards, work-shops, chapel, eating-rooms, and ingenious instruments of torture.
officers
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From this reading The officers elected to preside over Bluff Hill prison, were as stony as its walls, and showed curious visitors round the work-shops, amid its rows of pallid faces, pointing out here a disgraced clergyman, there a ruined lawyer, yonder a wrecked merchant, with as much nonchalance as a brutal keeper would stir up the caged beasts in a menagerie, for the amusement of the crowd; with as little thought that these fallen beings were _men_ and brothers, as if the Omniscient eye noted no dark stain of sin, hidden from human sight, on _their_ souls.
Omniscient
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From this reading The officers elected to preside over Bluff Hill prison, were as stony as its walls, and showed curious visitors round the work-shops, amid its rows of pallid faces, pointing out here a disgraced clergyman, there a ruined lawyer, yonder a wrecked merchant, with as much nonchalance as a brutal keeper would stir up the caged beasts in a menagerie, for the amusement of the crowd; with as little thought that these fallen beings were _men_ and brothers, as if the Omniscient eye noted no dark stain of sin, hidden from human sight, on _their_ souls.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading The officers elected to preside over Bluff Hill prison, were as stony as its walls, and showed curious visitors round the work-shops, amid its rows of pallid faces, pointing out here a disgraced clergyman, there a ruined lawyer, yonder a wrecked merchant, with as much nonchalance as a brutal keeper would stir up the caged beasts in a menagerie, for the amusement of the crowd; with as little thought that these fallen beings were _men_ and brothers, as if the Omniscient eye noted no dark stain of sin, hidden from human sight, on _their_ souls.
orconjunctionUS /ɔːr/
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading That the furnaces failed to keep the prisoners from freezing in winter, or that there was no proper ventilation in summer, was, therefore, nobody’s meddling business.
oracular
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From this reading A “modern Howard” was said to have planned it, and passed his oracular judgment, ratified by the authorities of the State in which it was located, upon its cells, prison-yards, work-shops, chapel, eating-rooms, and ingenious instruments of torture.
out
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From this reading Better that _they_ should suffer, year in and year out, than that a flaw should be publicly picked in any scheme set afoot by the “modern Howard.”
overprepositionUS /ˈoʊvər/
above and across; more than
From this reading The officers elected to preside over Bluff Hill prison, were as stony as its walls, and showed curious visitors round the work-shops, amid its rows of pallid faces, pointing out here a disgraced clergyman, there a ruined lawyer, yonder a wrecked merchant, with as much nonchalance as a brutal keeper would stir up the caged beasts in a menagerie, for the amusement of the crowd; with as little thought that these fallen beings were _men_ and brothers, as if the Omniscient eye noted no dark stain of sin, hidden from human sight, on _their_ souls.
pallid
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From this reading The officers elected to preside over Bluff Hill prison, were as stony as its walls, and showed curious visitors round the work-shops, amid its rows of pallid faces, pointing out here a disgraced clergyman, there a ruined lawyer, yonder a wrecked merchant, with as much nonchalance as a brutal keeper would stir up the caged beasts in a menagerie, for the amusement of the crowd; with as little thought that these fallen beings were _men_ and brothers, as if the Omniscient eye noted no dark stain of sin, hidden from human sight, on _their_ souls.
passednounUS /passed/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading A “modern Howard” was said to have planned it, and passed his oracular judgment, ratified by the authorities of the State in which it was located, upon its cells, prison-yards, work-shops, chapel, eating-rooms, and ingenious instruments of torture.
penitentiary
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From this reading The Bluff Hill penitentiary was called “a model prison.”
picked
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From this reading Better that _they_ should suffer, year in and year out, than that a flaw should be publicly picked in any scheme set afoot by the “modern Howard.”
planned
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From this reading A “modern Howard” was said to have planned it, and passed his oracular judgment, ratified by the authorities of the State in which it was located, upon its cells, prison-yards, work-shops, chapel, eating-rooms, and ingenious instruments of torture.
pointing
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From this reading The officers elected to preside over Bluff Hill prison, were as stony as its walls, and showed curious visitors round the work-shops, amid its rows of pallid faces, pointing out here a disgraced clergyman, there a ruined lawyer, yonder a wrecked merchant, with as much nonchalance as a brutal keeper would stir up the caged beasts in a menagerie, for the amusement of the crowd; with as little thought that these fallen beings were _men_ and brothers, as if the Omniscient eye noted no dark stain of sin, hidden from human sight, on _their_ souls.
preside
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From this reading The officers elected to preside over Bluff Hill prison, were as stony as its walls, and showed curious visitors round the work-shops, amid its rows of pallid faces, pointing out here a disgraced clergyman, there a ruined lawyer, yonder a wrecked merchant, with as much nonchalance as a brutal keeper would stir up the caged beasts in a menagerie, for the amusement of the crowd; with as little thought that these fallen beings were _men_ and brothers, as if the Omniscient eye noted no dark stain of sin, hidden from human sight, on _their_ souls.
prison
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From this reading The Bluff Hill penitentiary was called “a model prison.”
prison-yards
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From this reading A “modern Howard” was said to have planned it, and passed his oracular judgment, ratified by the authorities of the State in which it was located, upon its cells, prison-yards, work-shops, chapel, eating-rooms, and ingenious instruments of torture.
prisoners
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From this reading That the furnaces failed to keep the prisoners from freezing in winter, or that there was no proper ventilation in summer, was, therefore, nobody’s meddling business.
proper
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From this reading That the furnaces failed to keep the prisoners from freezing in winter, or that there was no proper ventilation in summer, was, therefore, nobody’s meddling business.
publicly
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From this reading Better that _they_ should suffer, year in and year out, than that a flaw should be publicly picked in any scheme set afoot by the “modern Howard.”
ratified
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From this reading A “modern Howard” was said to have planned it, and passed his oracular judgment, ratified by the authorities of the State in which it was located, upon its cells, prison-yards, work-shops, chapel, eating-rooms, and ingenious instruments of torture.
round
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From this reading The officers elected to preside over Bluff Hill prison, were as stony as its walls, and showed curious visitors round the work-shops, amid its rows of pallid faces, pointing out here a disgraced clergyman, there a ruined lawyer, yonder a wrecked merchant, with as much nonchalance as a brutal keeper would stir up the caged beasts in a menagerie, for the amusement of the crowd; with as little thought that these fallen beings were _men_ and brothers, as if the Omniscient eye noted no dark stain of sin, hidden from human sight, on _their_ souls.
rows
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From this reading The officers elected to preside over Bluff Hill prison, were as stony as its walls, and showed curious visitors round the work-shops, amid its rows of pallid faces, pointing out here a disgraced clergyman, there a ruined lawyer, yonder a wrecked merchant, with as much nonchalance as a brutal keeper would stir up the caged beasts in a menagerie, for the amusement of the crowd; with as little thought that these fallen beings were _men_ and brothers, as if the Omniscient eye noted no dark stain of sin, hidden from human sight, on _their_ souls.
ruined
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From this reading The officers elected to preside over Bluff Hill prison, were as stony as its walls, and showed curious visitors round the work-shops, amid its rows of pallid faces, pointing out here a disgraced clergyman, there a ruined lawyer, yonder a wrecked merchant, with as much nonchalance as a brutal keeper would stir up the caged beasts in a menagerie, for the amusement of the crowd; with as little thought that these fallen beings were _men_ and brothers, as if the Omniscient eye noted no dark stain of sin, hidden from human sight, on _their_ souls.
said
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From this reading A “modern Howard” was said to have planned it, and passed his oracular judgment, ratified by the authorities of the State in which it was located, upon its cells, prison-yards, work-shops, chapel, eating-rooms, and ingenious instruments of torture.
scheme
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From this reading Better that _they_ should suffer, year in and year out, than that a flaw should be publicly picked in any scheme set afoot by the “modern Howard.”
set
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From this reading Better that _they_ should suffer, year in and year out, than that a flaw should be publicly picked in any scheme set afoot by the “modern Howard.”
shouldmodal verbUS /ʃʊd/
used to say what is right, expected, or advisable
From this reading Better that _they_ should suffer, year in and year out, than that a flaw should be publicly picked in any scheme set afoot by the “modern Howard.”
showed
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From this reading The officers elected to preside over Bluff Hill prison, were as stony as its walls, and showed curious visitors round the work-shops, amid its rows of pallid faces, pointing out here a disgraced clergyman, there a ruined lawyer, yonder a wrecked merchant, with as much nonchalance as a brutal keeper would stir up the caged beasts in a menagerie, for the amusement of the crowd; with as little thought that these fallen beings were _men_ and brothers, as if the Omniscient eye noted no dark stain of sin, hidden from human sight, on _their_ souls.
sight
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From this reading The officers elected to preside over Bluff Hill prison, were as stony as its walls, and showed curious visitors round the work-shops, amid its rows of pallid faces, pointing out here a disgraced clergyman, there a ruined lawyer, yonder a wrecked merchant, with as much nonchalance as a brutal keeper would stir up the caged beasts in a menagerie, for the amusement of the crowd; with as little thought that these fallen beings were _men_ and brothers, as if the Omniscient eye noted no dark stain of sin, hidden from human sight, on _their_ souls.
sin
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From this reading The officers elected to preside over Bluff Hill prison, were as stony as its walls, and showed curious visitors round the work-shops, amid its rows of pallid faces, pointing out here a disgraced clergyman, there a ruined lawyer, yonder a wrecked merchant, with as much nonchalance as a brutal keeper would stir up the caged beasts in a menagerie, for the amusement of the crowd; with as little thought that these fallen beings were _men_ and brothers, as if the Omniscient eye noted no dark stain of sin, hidden from human sight, on _their_ souls.
souls
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From this reading The officers elected to preside over Bluff Hill prison, were as stony as its walls, and showed curious visitors round the work-shops, amid its rows of pallid faces, pointing out here a disgraced clergyman, there a ruined lawyer, yonder a wrecked merchant, with as much nonchalance as a brutal keeper would stir up the caged beasts in a menagerie, for the amusement of the crowd; with as little thought that these fallen beings were _men_ and brothers, as if the Omniscient eye noted no dark stain of sin, hidden from human sight, on _their_ souls.
stain
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From this reading The officers elected to preside over Bluff Hill prison, were as stony as its walls, and showed curious visitors round the work-shops, amid its rows of pallid faces, pointing out here a disgraced clergyman, there a ruined lawyer, yonder a wrecked merchant, with as much nonchalance as a brutal keeper would stir up the caged beasts in a menagerie, for the amusement of the crowd; with as little thought that these fallen beings were _men_ and brothers, as if the Omniscient eye noted no dark stain of sin, hidden from human sight, on _their_ souls.
State
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From this reading A “modern Howard” was said to have planned it, and passed his oracular judgment, ratified by the authorities of the State in which it was located, upon its cells, prison-yards, work-shops, chapel, eating-rooms, and ingenious instruments of torture.
stir
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From this reading The officers elected to preside over Bluff Hill prison, were as stony as its walls, and showed curious visitors round the work-shops, amid its rows of pallid faces, pointing out here a disgraced clergyman, there a ruined lawyer, yonder a wrecked merchant, with as much nonchalance as a brutal keeper would stir up the caged beasts in a menagerie, for the amusement of the crowd; with as little thought that these fallen beings were _men_ and brothers, as if the Omniscient eye noted no dark stain of sin, hidden from human sight, on _their_ souls.
stony
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From this reading The officers elected to preside over Bluff Hill prison, were as stony as its walls, and showed curious visitors round the work-shops, amid its rows of pallid faces, pointing out here a disgraced clergyman, there a ruined lawyer, yonder a wrecked merchant, with as much nonchalance as a brutal keeper would stir up the caged beasts in a menagerie, for the amusement of the crowd; with as little thought that these fallen beings were _men_ and brothers, as if the Omniscient eye noted no dark stain of sin, hidden from human sight, on _their_ souls.
suffer
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From this reading Better that _they_ should suffer, year in and year out, than that a flaw should be publicly picked in any scheme set afoot by the “modern Howard.”
summer
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From this reading That the furnaces failed to keep the prisoners from freezing in winter, or that there was no proper ventilation in summer, was, therefore, nobody’s meddling business.
thanconjunctionUS /ðæn/
used to introduce the second part of a comparison
From this reading Better that _they_ should suffer, year in and year out, than that a flaw should be publicly picked in any scheme set afoot by the “modern Howard.”
ThatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading That the furnaces failed to keep the prisoners from freezing in winter, or that there was no proper ventilation in summer, was, therefore, nobody’s meddling business.
ThedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The Bluff Hill penitentiary was called “a model prison.”
theirdeterminerUS /ðer/
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading The officers elected to preside over Bluff Hill prison, were as stony as its walls, and showed curious visitors round the work-shops, amid its rows of pallid faces, pointing out here a disgraced clergyman, there a ruined lawyer, yonder a wrecked merchant, with as much nonchalance as a brutal keeper would stir up the caged beasts in a menagerie, for the amusement of the crowd; with as little thought that these fallen beings were _men_ and brothers, as if the Omniscient eye noted no dark stain of sin, hidden from human sight, on _their_ souls.
there
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From this reading That the furnaces failed to keep the prisoners from freezing in winter, or that there was no proper ventilation in summer, was, therefore, nobody’s meddling business.
thereforeadverbUS /ˈðerfɔːr/
for that reason; as a result
From this reading That the furnaces failed to keep the prisoners from freezing in winter, or that there was no proper ventilation in summer, was, therefore, nobody’s meddling business.
thesedeterminerUS /ðiːz/
the plural of “this”: the people or things near, or just mentioned
From this reading The officers elected to preside over Bluff Hill prison, were as stony as its walls, and showed curious visitors round the work-shops, amid its rows of pallid faces, pointing out here a disgraced clergyman, there a ruined lawyer, yonder a wrecked merchant, with as much nonchalance as a brutal keeper would stir up the caged beasts in a menagerie, for the amusement of the crowd; with as little thought that these fallen beings were _men_ and brothers, as if the Omniscient eye noted no dark stain of sin, hidden from human sight, on _their_ souls.
theypronounUS /ðeɪ/
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Better that _they_ should suffer, year in and year out, than that a flaw should be publicly picked in any scheme set afoot by the “modern Howard.”
thoughtnounUS /thought/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The officers elected to preside over Bluff Hill prison, were as stony as its walls, and showed curious visitors round the work-shops, amid its rows of pallid faces, pointing out here a disgraced clergyman, there a ruined lawyer, yonder a wrecked merchant, with as much nonchalance as a brutal keeper would stir up the caged beasts in a menagerie, for the amusement of the crowd; with as little thought that these fallen beings were _men_ and brothers, as if the Omniscient eye noted no dark stain of sin, hidden from human sight, on _their_ souls.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading A “modern Howard” was said to have planned it, and passed his oracular judgment, ratified by the authorities of the State in which it was located, upon its cells, prison-yards, work-shops, chapel, eating-rooms, and ingenious instruments of torture.
torture
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From this reading A “modern Howard” was said to have planned it, and passed his oracular judgment, ratified by the authorities of the State in which it was located, upon its cells, prison-yards, work-shops, chapel, eating-rooms, and ingenious instruments of torture.
up
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From this reading The officers elected to preside over Bluff Hill prison, were as stony as its walls, and showed curious visitors round the work-shops, amid its rows of pallid faces, pointing out here a disgraced clergyman, there a ruined lawyer, yonder a wrecked merchant, with as much nonchalance as a brutal keeper would stir up the caged beasts in a menagerie, for the amusement of the crowd; with as little thought that these fallen beings were _men_ and brothers, as if the Omniscient eye noted no dark stain of sin, hidden from human sight, on _their_ souls.
uponprepositionUS /əˈpɑːn/
a formal word for “on”
From this reading A “modern Howard” was said to have planned it, and passed his oracular judgment, ratified by the authorities of the State in which it was located, upon its cells, prison-yards, work-shops, chapel, eating-rooms, and ingenious instruments of torture.
ventilation
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From this reading That the furnaces failed to keep the prisoners from freezing in winter, or that there was no proper ventilation in summer, was, therefore, nobody’s meddling business.
visitors
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From this reading The officers elected to preside over Bluff Hill prison, were as stony as its walls, and showed curious visitors round the work-shops, amid its rows of pallid faces, pointing out here a disgraced clergyman, there a ruined lawyer, yonder a wrecked merchant, with as much nonchalance as a brutal keeper would stir up the caged beasts in a menagerie, for the amusement of the crowd; with as little thought that these fallen beings were _men_ and brothers, as if the Omniscient eye noted no dark stain of sin, hidden from human sight, on _their_ souls.
walls
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From this reading The officers elected to preside over Bluff Hill prison, were as stony as its walls, and showed curious visitors round the work-shops, amid its rows of pallid faces, pointing out here a disgraced clergyman, there a ruined lawyer, yonder a wrecked merchant, with as much nonchalance as a brutal keeper would stir up the caged beasts in a menagerie, for the amusement of the crowd; with as little thought that these fallen beings were _men_ and brothers, as if the Omniscient eye noted no dark stain of sin, hidden from human sight, on _their_ souls.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading The Bluff Hill penitentiary was called “a model prison.”
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading The officers elected to preside over Bluff Hill prison, were as stony as its walls, and showed curious visitors round the work-shops, amid its rows of pallid faces, pointing out here a disgraced clergyman, there a ruined lawyer, yonder a wrecked merchant, with as much nonchalance as a brutal keeper would stir up the caged beasts in a menagerie, for the amusement of the crowd; with as little thought that these fallen beings were _men_ and brothers, as if the Omniscient eye noted no dark stain of sin, hidden from human sight, on _their_ souls.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading A “modern Howard” was said to have planned it, and passed his oracular judgment, ratified by the authorities of the State in which it was located, upon its cells, prison-yards, work-shops, chapel, eating-rooms, and ingenious instruments of torture.
winter
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From this reading That the furnaces failed to keep the prisoners from freezing in winter, or that there was no proper ventilation in summer, was, therefore, nobody’s meddling business.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading The officers elected to preside over Bluff Hill prison, were as stony as its walls, and showed curious visitors round the work-shops, amid its rows of pallid faces, pointing out here a disgraced clergyman, there a ruined lawyer, yonder a wrecked merchant, with as much nonchalance as a brutal keeper would stir up the caged beasts in a menagerie, for the amusement of the crowd; with as little thought that these fallen beings were _men_ and brothers, as if the Omniscient eye noted no dark stain of sin, hidden from human sight, on _their_ souls.
work-shops
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From this reading A “modern Howard” was said to have planned it, and passed his oracular judgment, ratified by the authorities of the State in which it was located, upon its cells, prison-yards, work-shops, chapel, eating-rooms, and ingenious instruments of torture.
wouldmodal verbUS /wʊd/
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading The officers elected to preside over Bluff Hill prison, were as stony as its walls, and showed curious visitors round the work-shops, amid its rows of pallid faces, pointing out here a disgraced clergyman, there a ruined lawyer, yonder a wrecked merchant, with as much nonchalance as a brutal keeper would stir up the caged beasts in a menagerie, for the amusement of the crowd; with as little thought that these fallen beings were _men_ and brothers, as if the Omniscient eye noted no dark stain of sin, hidden from human sight, on _their_ souls.
wreckedadjectiveUS /rɛkt/
destroyed or damaged by shipwreck
From this reading The officers elected to preside over Bluff Hill prison, were as stony as its walls, and showed curious visitors round the work-shops, amid its rows of pallid faces, pointing out here a disgraced clergyman, there a ruined lawyer, yonder a wrecked merchant, with as much nonchalance as a brutal keeper would stir up the caged beasts in a menagerie, for the amusement of the crowd; with as little thought that these fallen beings were _men_ and brothers, as if the Omniscient eye noted no dark stain of sin, hidden from human sight, on _their_ souls.
year
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From this reading Better that _they_ should suffer, year in and year out, than that a flaw should be publicly picked in any scheme set afoot by the “modern Howard.”
yonder
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From this reading The officers elected to preside over Bluff Hill prison, were as stony as its walls, and showed curious visitors round the work-shops, amid its rows of pallid faces, pointing out here a disgraced clergyman, there a ruined lawyer, yonder a wrecked merchant, with as much nonchalance as a brutal keeper would stir up the caged beasts in a menagerie, for the amusement of the crowd; with as little thought that these fallen beings were _men_ and brothers, as if the Omniscient eye noted no dark stain of sin, hidden from human sight, on _their_ souls.
