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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 next day after, being the Saturday, our little Easter party assembled; first our neighbors the Sedgwicks, who were a party in themselves.
according
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From this reading He who now called Maurice Harley a prig, had been himself the prince of prigs--according to the estimate of the country gentlemen, his neighbors--in his day; but that day was long departed.
afterprepositionUS /ˈæftər/
later than; following
From this reading The next day after, being the Saturday, our little Easter party assembled; first our neighbors the Sedgwicks, who were a party in themselves.
amazement
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From this reading Ten years before, Hugh Sedgwick had been the finest gentleman in our neighborhood, which he filled with amazement and consternation when he chose to fall in love with and marry little Clara Harley, whom, in the most literal sense of the word, he married out of the school-room, and who was just seventeen years old.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Ten years before, Hugh Sedgwick had been the finest gentleman in our neighborhood, which he filled with amazement and consternation when he chose to fall in love with and marry little Clara Harley, whom, in the most literal sense of the word, he married out of the school-room, and who was just seventeen years old.
any
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From this reading But now that five children had followed this marriage, nobody could have supposed or believed in the existence of any such great original contrast between the husband and wife.
assembled
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From this reading The next day after, being the Saturday, our little Easter party assembled; first our neighbors the Sedgwicks, who were a party in themselves.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading Ten years before, Hugh Sedgwick had been the finest gentleman in our neighborhood, which he filled with amazement and consternation when he chose to fall in love with and marry little Clara Harley, whom, in the most literal sense of the word, he married out of the school-room, and who was just seventeen years old.
beforeprepositionUS /bɪˈfɔːr/
earlier than; in front of
From this reading Ten years before, Hugh Sedgwick had been the finest gentleman in our neighborhood, which he filled with amazement and consternation when he chose to fall in love with and marry little Clara Harley, whom, in the most literal sense of the word, he married out of the school-room, and who was just seventeen years old.
beingauxiliary verbUS /ˈbiːɪŋ/
the -ing form of “be”
From this reading The next day after, being the Saturday, our little Easter party assembled; first our neighbors the Sedgwicks, who were a party in themselves.
believed
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From this reading But now that five children had followed this marriage, nobody could have supposed or believed in the existence of any such great original contrast between the husband and wife.
betweenprepositionUS /bɪˈtwiːn/
in the space, time, or range separating two things
From this reading But now that five children had followed this marriage, nobody could have supposed or believed in the existence of any such great original contrast between the husband and wife.
ButconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading But now that five children had followed this marriage, nobody could have supposed or believed in the existence of any such great original contrast between the husband and wife.
called
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From this reading He who now called Maurice Harley a prig, had been himself the prince of prigs--according to the estimate of the country gentlemen, his neighbors--in his day; but that day was long departed.
children
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From this reading But now that five children had followed this marriage, nobody could have supposed or believed in the existence of any such great original contrast between the husband and wife.
chose
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From this reading Ten years before, Hugh Sedgwick had been the finest gentleman in our neighborhood, which he filled with amazement and consternation when he chose to fall in love with and marry little Clara Harley, whom, in the most literal sense of the word, he married out of the school-room, and who was just seventeen years old.
Clara
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From this reading Ten years before, Hugh Sedgwick had been the finest gentleman in our neighborhood, which he filled with amazement and consternation when he chose to fall in love with and marry little Clara Harley, whom, in the most literal sense of the word, he married out of the school-room, and who was just seventeen years old.
consternation
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From this reading Ten years before, Hugh Sedgwick had been the finest gentleman in our neighborhood, which he filled with amazement and consternation when he chose to fall in love with and marry little Clara Harley, whom, in the most literal sense of the word, he married out of the school-room, and who was just seventeen years old.
contrast
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From this reading But now that five children had followed this marriage, nobody could have supposed or believed in the existence of any such great original contrast between the husband and wife.
couldmodal verbUS /kʊd/
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading But now that five children had followed this marriage, nobody could have supposed or believed in the existence of any such great original contrast between the husband and wife.
country
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From this reading He who now called Maurice Harley a prig, had been himself the prince of prigs--according to the estimate of the country gentlemen, his neighbors--in his day; but that day was long departed.
day
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From this reading The next day after, being the Saturday, our little Easter party assembled; first our neighbors the Sedgwicks, who were a party in themselves.
departed
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From this reading He who now called Maurice Harley a prig, had been himself the prince of prigs--according to the estimate of the country gentlemen, his neighbors--in his day; but that day was long departed.
Easter
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From this reading The next day after, being the Saturday, our little Easter party assembled; first our neighbors the Sedgwicks, who were a party in themselves.
EitherdeterminerUS /ˈiːðər/
one or the other of two
From this reading Either Mr. Sedgwick had grown younger, or Clara older, than their years.
estimate
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From this reading He who now called Maurice Harley a prig, had been himself the prince of prigs--according to the estimate of the country gentlemen, his neighbors--in his day; but that day was long departed.
existence
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From this reading But now that five children had followed this marriage, nobody could have supposed or believed in the existence of any such great original contrast between the husband and wife.
fall
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From this reading Ten years before, Hugh Sedgwick had been the finest gentleman in our neighborhood, which he filled with amazement and consternation when he chose to fall in love with and marry little Clara Harley, whom, in the most literal sense of the word, he married out of the school-room, and who was just seventeen years old.
filled
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From this reading Ten years before, Hugh Sedgwick had been the finest gentleman in our neighborhood, which he filled with amazement and consternation when he chose to fall in love with and marry little Clara Harley, whom, in the most literal sense of the word, he married out of the school-room, and who was just seventeen years old.
finest
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From this reading Ten years before, Hugh Sedgwick had been the finest gentleman in our neighborhood, which he filled with amazement and consternation when he chose to fall in love with and marry little Clara Harley, whom, in the most literal sense of the word, he married out of the school-room, and who was just seventeen years old.
firstnounUS /first/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The next day after, being the Saturday, our little Easter party assembled; first our neighbors the Sedgwicks, who were a party in themselves.
five
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From this reading But now that five children had followed this marriage, nobody could have supposed or believed in the existence of any such great original contrast between the husband and wife.
followed
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From this reading But now that five children had followed this marriage, nobody could have supposed or believed in the existence of any such great original contrast between the husband and wife.
gentlemannounUS /ˈgentleman/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading Ten years before, Hugh Sedgwick had been the finest gentleman in our neighborhood, which he filled with amazement and consternation when he chose to fall in love with and marry little Clara Harley, whom, in the most literal sense of the word, he married out of the school-room, and who was just seventeen years old.
gentlemennounUS /gentlemen/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading He who now called Maurice Harley a prig, had been himself the prince of prigs--according to the estimate of the country gentlemen, his neighbors--in his day; but that day was long departed.
greatnounUS /great/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading But now that five children had followed this marriage, nobody could have supposed or believed in the existence of any such great original contrast between the husband and wife.
grown
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From this reading Either Mr. Sedgwick had grown younger, or Clara older, than their years.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Ten years before, Hugh Sedgwick had been the finest gentleman in our neighborhood, which he filled with amazement and consternation when he chose to fall in love with and marry little Clara Harley, whom, in the most literal sense of the word, he married out of the school-room, and who was just seventeen years old.
Harley
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From this reading Ten years before, Hugh Sedgwick had been the finest gentleman in our neighborhood, which he filled with amazement and consternation when he chose to fall in love with and marry little Clara Harley, whom, in the most literal sense of the word, he married out of the school-room, and who was just seventeen years old.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading But now that five children had followed this marriage, nobody could have supposed or believed in the existence of any such great original contrast between the husband and wife.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Ten years before, Hugh Sedgwick had been the finest gentleman in our neighborhood, which he filled with amazement and consternation when he chose to fall in love with and marry little Clara Harley, whom, in the most literal sense of the word, he married out of the school-room, and who was just seventeen years old.
himselfpronounUS /hɪmˈself/
used when the man or boy doing the action is also its object
From this reading He who now called Maurice Harley a prig, had been himself the prince of prigs--according to the estimate of the country gentlemen, his neighbors--in his day; but that day was long departed.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading He who now called Maurice Harley a prig, had been himself the prince of prigs--according to the estimate of the country gentlemen, his neighbors--in his day; but that day was long departed.
Hugh
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From this reading Ten years before, Hugh Sedgwick had been the finest gentleman in our neighborhood, which he filled with amazement and consternation when he chose to fall in love with and marry little Clara Harley, whom, in the most literal sense of the word, he married out of the school-room, and who was just seventeen years old.
husband
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From this reading But now that five children had followed this marriage, nobody could have supposed or believed in the existence of any such great original contrast between the husband and wife.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading The next day after, being the Saturday, our little Easter party assembled; first our neighbors the Sedgwicks, who were a party in themselves.
just
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From this reading Ten years before, Hugh Sedgwick had been the finest gentleman in our neighborhood, which he filled with amazement and consternation when he chose to fall in love with and marry little Clara Harley, whom, in the most literal sense of the word, he married out of the school-room, and who was just seventeen years old.
literal
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From this reading Ten years before, Hugh Sedgwick had been the finest gentleman in our neighborhood, which he filled with amazement and consternation when he chose to fall in love with and marry little Clara Harley, whom, in the most literal sense of the word, he married out of the school-room, and who was just seventeen years old.
littlenounUS /little/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The next day after, being the Saturday, our little Easter party assembled; first our neighbors the Sedgwicks, who were a party in themselves.
longnounUS /long/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading He who now called Maurice Harley a prig, had been himself the prince of prigs--according to the estimate of the country gentlemen, his neighbors--in his day; but that day was long departed.
love
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From this reading Ten years before, Hugh Sedgwick had been the finest gentleman in our neighborhood, which he filled with amazement and consternation when he chose to fall in love with and marry little Clara Harley, whom, in the most literal sense of the word, he married out of the school-room, and who was just seventeen years old.
marriage
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From this reading But now that five children had followed this marriage, nobody could have supposed or believed in the existence of any such great original contrast between the husband and wife.
married
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From this reading Ten years before, Hugh Sedgwick had been the finest gentleman in our neighborhood, which he filled with amazement and consternation when he chose to fall in love with and marry little Clara Harley, whom, in the most literal sense of the word, he married out of the school-room, and who was just seventeen years old.
marry
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From this reading Ten years before, Hugh Sedgwick had been the finest gentleman in our neighborhood, which he filled with amazement and consternation when he chose to fall in love with and marry little Clara Harley, whom, in the most literal sense of the word, he married out of the school-room, and who was just seventeen years old.
Maurice
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From this reading He who now called Maurice Harley a prig, had been himself the prince of prigs--according to the estimate of the country gentlemen, his neighbors--in his day; but that day was long departed.
most
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From this reading Ten years before, Hugh Sedgwick had been the finest gentleman in our neighborhood, which he filled with amazement and consternation when he chose to fall in love with and marry little Clara Harley, whom, in the most literal sense of the word, he married out of the school-room, and who was just seventeen years old.
Mr
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From this reading Either Mr. Sedgwick had grown younger, or Clara older, than their years.
neighborhood
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From this reading Ten years before, Hugh Sedgwick had been the finest gentleman in our neighborhood, which he filled with amazement and consternation when he chose to fall in love with and marry little Clara Harley, whom, in the most literal sense of the word, he married out of the school-room, and who was just seventeen years old.
neighbors
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From this reading The next day after, being the Saturday, our little Easter party assembled; first our neighbors the Sedgwicks, who were a party in themselves.
nextnounUS /next/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The next day after, being the Saturday, our little Easter party assembled; first our neighbors the Sedgwicks, who were a party in themselves.
nobodypronounUS /ˈnoʊbɑːdiː/
no person; not anyone
From this reading But now that five children had followed this marriage, nobody could have supposed or believed in the existence of any such great original contrast between the husband and wife.
now
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From this reading But now that five children had followed this marriage, nobody could have supposed or believed in the existence of any such great original contrast between the husband and wife.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Ten years before, Hugh Sedgwick had been the finest gentleman in our neighborhood, which he filled with amazement and consternation when he chose to fall in love with and marry little Clara Harley, whom, in the most literal sense of the word, he married out of the school-room, and who was just seventeen years old.
old
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From this reading Ten years before, Hugh Sedgwick had been the finest gentleman in our neighborhood, which he filled with amazement and consternation when he chose to fall in love with and marry little Clara Harley, whom, in the most literal sense of the word, he married out of the school-room, and who was just seventeen years old.
older
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From this reading Either Mr. Sedgwick had grown younger, or Clara older, than their years.
orconjunctionUS /ɔːr/
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading But now that five children had followed this marriage, nobody could have supposed or believed in the existence of any such great original contrast between the husband and wife.
original
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From this reading But now that five children had followed this marriage, nobody could have supposed or believed in the existence of any such great original contrast between the husband and wife.
ourdeterminerUS /ˈaʊər/
belonging to the speaker and others
From this reading The next day after, being the Saturday, our little Easter party assembled; first our neighbors the Sedgwicks, who were a party in themselves.
out
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From this reading Ten years before, Hugh Sedgwick had been the finest gentleman in our neighborhood, which he filled with amazement and consternation when he chose to fall in love with and marry little Clara Harley, whom, in the most literal sense of the word, he married out of the school-room, and who was just seventeen years old.
partynounUS /party/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The next day after, being the Saturday, our little Easter party assembled; first our neighbors the Sedgwicks, who were a party in themselves.
prig
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From this reading He who now called Maurice Harley a prig, had been himself the prince of prigs--according to the estimate of the country gentlemen, his neighbors--in his day; but that day was long departed.
prigs
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From this reading He who now called Maurice Harley a prig, had been himself the prince of prigs--according to the estimate of the country gentlemen, his neighbors--in his day; but that day was long departed.
prince
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From this reading He who now called Maurice Harley a prig, had been himself the prince of prigs--according to the estimate of the country gentlemen, his neighbors--in his day; but that day was long departed.
Saturday
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From this reading The next day after, being the Saturday, our little Easter party assembled; first our neighbors the Sedgwicks, who were a party in themselves.
school-room
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From this reading Ten years before, Hugh Sedgwick had been the finest gentleman in our neighborhood, which he filled with amazement and consternation when he chose to fall in love with and marry little Clara Harley, whom, in the most literal sense of the word, he married out of the school-room, and who was just seventeen years old.
Sedgwick
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From this reading Ten years before, Hugh Sedgwick had been the finest gentleman in our neighborhood, which he filled with amazement and consternation when he chose to fall in love with and marry little Clara Harley, whom, in the most literal sense of the word, he married out of the school-room, and who was just seventeen years old.
Sedgwicks
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From this reading The next day after, being the Saturday, our little Easter party assembled; first our neighbors the Sedgwicks, who were a party in themselves.
sense
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From this reading Ten years before, Hugh Sedgwick had been the finest gentleman in our neighborhood, which he filled with amazement and consternation when he chose to fall in love with and marry little Clara Harley, whom, in the most literal sense of the word, he married out of the school-room, and who was just seventeen years old.
seventeen
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From this reading Ten years before, Hugh Sedgwick had been the finest gentleman in our neighborhood, which he filled with amazement and consternation when he chose to fall in love with and marry little Clara Harley, whom, in the most literal sense of the word, he married out of the school-room, and who was just seventeen years old.
suchdeterminerUS /sʌtʃ/
of the kind already mentioned
From this reading But now that five children had followed this marriage, nobody could have supposed or believed in the existence of any such great original contrast between the husband and wife.
supposed
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From this reading But now that five children had followed this marriage, nobody could have supposed or believed in the existence of any such great original contrast between the husband and wife.
Ten
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From this reading Ten years before, Hugh Sedgwick had been the finest gentleman in our neighborhood, which he filled with amazement and consternation when he chose to fall in love with and marry little Clara Harley, whom, in the most literal sense of the word, he married out of the school-room, and who was just seventeen years old.
thanconjunctionUS /ðæn/
used to introduce the second part of a comparison
From this reading Either Mr. Sedgwick had grown younger, or Clara older, than their years.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading But now that five children had followed this marriage, nobody could have supposed or believed in the existence of any such great original contrast between the husband and wife.
ThedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The next day after, being the Saturday, our little Easter party assembled; first our neighbors the Sedgwicks, who were a party in themselves.
theirdeterminerUS /ðer/
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading Either Mr. Sedgwick had grown younger, or Clara older, than their years.
themselvespronounUS /ðemˈselvz/
used when the people doing the action are also its object
From this reading The next day after, being the Saturday, our little Easter party assembled; first our neighbors the Sedgwicks, who were a party in themselves.
thisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading But now that five children had followed this marriage, nobody could have supposed or believed in the existence of any such great original contrast between the husband and wife.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Ten years before, Hugh Sedgwick had been the finest gentleman in our neighborhood, which he filled with amazement and consternation when he chose to fall in love with and marry little Clara Harley, whom, in the most literal sense of the word, he married out of the school-room, and who was just seventeen years old.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Ten years before, Hugh Sedgwick had been the finest gentleman in our neighborhood, which he filled with amazement and consternation when he chose to fall in love with and marry little Clara Harley, whom, in the most literal sense of the word, he married out of the school-room, and who was just seventeen years old.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading The next day after, being the Saturday, our little Easter party assembled; first our neighbors the Sedgwicks, who were a party in themselves.
whenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading Ten years before, Hugh Sedgwick had been the finest gentleman in our neighborhood, which he filled with amazement and consternation when he chose to fall in love with and marry little Clara Harley, whom, in the most literal sense of the word, he married out of the school-room, and who was just seventeen years old.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading Ten years before, Hugh Sedgwick had been the finest gentleman in our neighborhood, which he filled with amazement and consternation when he chose to fall in love with and marry little Clara Harley, whom, in the most literal sense of the word, he married out of the school-room, and who was just seventeen years old.
whopronounUS /huː/
which person or people
From this reading The next day after, being the Saturday, our little Easter party assembled; first our neighbors the Sedgwicks, who were a party in themselves.
whompronounUS /huːm/
the form of “who” used as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Ten years before, Hugh Sedgwick had been the finest gentleman in our neighborhood, which he filled with amazement and consternation when he chose to fall in love with and marry little Clara Harley, whom, in the most literal sense of the word, he married out of the school-room, and who was just seventeen years old.
wife
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From this reading But now that five children had followed this marriage, nobody could have supposed or believed in the existence of any such great original contrast between the husband and wife.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading Ten years before, Hugh Sedgwick had been the finest gentleman in our neighborhood, which he filled with amazement and consternation when he chose to fall in love with and marry little Clara Harley, whom, in the most literal sense of the word, he married out of the school-room, and who was just seventeen years old.
word
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From this reading Ten years before, Hugh Sedgwick had been the finest gentleman in our neighborhood, which he filled with amazement and consternation when he chose to fall in love with and marry little Clara Harley, whom, in the most literal sense of the word, he married out of the school-room, and who was just seventeen years old.
years
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From this reading Ten years before, Hugh Sedgwick had been the finest gentleman in our neighborhood, which he filled with amazement and consternation when he chose to fall in love with and marry little Clara Harley, whom, in the most literal sense of the word, he married out of the school-room, and who was just seventeen years old.
younger
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From this reading Either Mr. Sedgwick had grown younger, or Clara older, than their years.
