Chapter XI · A Centre of Life

used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one

From this reading That the young, gay, foolish--nay, absurd--house on the hill inhabited by Algernon Merridew and his wife should become to all of this important family the chief place, not only in Redborough, but for a time, in the world, was the most curious fact imaginable; but yet it was so.

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From this reading To Edward it was the one place in the world where he was, as he hoped, free from observation and able to do as he pleased; which meant--where he was entirely free from Catherine, and need have no fear of any interruption from her to his amusement, or his pleasure, or, if you like it better, his love: to Hester it was the place where she had been recognised as part possessor in her own person, like the others, of the honours due to her family, and where the homage, to which a young woman sufficiently endowed has a right, was first given to her; if it had a more close attraction still as the place where she met Edward, that was a dream as yet unacknowledged to her own heart.

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From this reading That the young, gay, foolish--nay, absurd--house on the hill inhabited by Algernon Merridew and his wife should become to all of this important family the chief place, not only in Redborough, but for a time, in the world, was the most curious fact imaginable; but yet it was so.

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From this reading That the young, gay, foolish--nay, absurd--house on the hill inhabited by Algernon Merridew and his wife should become to all of this important family the chief place, not only in Redborough, but for a time, in the world, was the most curious fact imaginable; but yet it was so.

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From this reading There are periods in life, and especially in the early part of it, when all existence gets, as it were, out of focus, and instead of some great and worthy centre, takes to circling round some point of outwardly frivolous meaning, some little axis of society entirely unfit to be the turning-point of even the smallest world of human concerns.

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From this reading To Edward it was the one place in the world where he was, as he hoped, free from observation and able to do as he pleased; which meant--where he was entirely free from Catherine, and need have no fear of any interruption from her to his amusement, or his pleasure, or, if you like it better, his love: to Hester it was the place where she had been recognised as part possessor in her own person, like the others, of the honours due to her family, and where the homage, to which a young woman sufficiently endowed has a right, was first given to her; if it had a more close attraction still as the place where she met Edward, that was a dream as yet unacknowledged to her own heart.

used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together

From this reading There are periods in life, and especially in the early part of it, when all existence gets, as it were, out of focus, and instead of some great and worthy centre, takes to circling round some point of outwardly frivolous meaning, some little axis of society entirely unfit to be the turning-point of even the smallest world of human concerns.

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From this reading To Edward it was the one place in the world where he was, as he hoped, free from observation and able to do as he pleased; which meant--where he was entirely free from Catherine, and need have no fear of any interruption from her to his amusement, or his pleasure, or, if you like it better, his love: to Hester it was the place where she had been recognised as part possessor in her own person, like the others, of the honours due to her family, and where the homage, to which a young woman sufficiently endowed has a right, was first given to her; if it had a more close attraction still as the place where she met Edward, that was a dream as yet unacknowledged to her own heart.

the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun

From this reading There are periods in life, and especially in the early part of it, when all existence gets, as it were, out of focus, and instead of some great and worthy centre, takes to circling round some point of outwardly frivolous meaning, some little axis of society entirely unfit to be the turning-point of even the smallest world of human concerns.

at the same time that; because; in the way that

From this reading There are periods in life, and especially in the early part of it, when all existence gets, as it were, out of focus, and instead of some great and worthy centre, takes to circling round some point of outwardly frivolous meaning, some little axis of society entirely unfit to be the turning-point of even the smallest world of human concerns.

in or near a particular place or position

From this reading Harry, on the other hand, had a double interest--neither of them of a very cheerful kind--one of which was the necessity of standing by his sister, who his good sense told him was embarked in a very perilous way, and whose husband was quite incapable of controlling or guiding her erratic course; and the other was the painful fascination of watching Edward and Hester through all the vicissitudes of their quarrellings and makings up--the hours they would spend together, followed by other hours in which they would mutually scowl at each other and did not speak.

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From this reading To Edward it was the one place in the world where he was, as he hoped, free from observation and able to do as he pleased; which meant--where he was entirely free from Catherine, and need have no fear of any interruption from her to his amusement, or his pleasure, or, if you like it better, his love: to Hester it was the place where she had been recognised as part possessor in her own person, like the others, of the honours due to her family, and where the homage, to which a young woman sufficiently endowed has a right, was first given to her; if it had a more close attraction still as the place where she met Edward, that was a dream as yet unacknowledged to her own heart.

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From this reading There are periods in life, and especially in the early part of it, when all existence gets, as it were, out of focus, and instead of some great and worthy centre, takes to circling round some point of outwardly frivolous meaning, some little axis of society entirely unfit to be the turning-point of even the smallest world of human concerns.

used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses

From this reading There are periods in life, and especially in the early part of it, when all existence gets, as it were, out of focus, and instead of some great and worthy centre, takes to circling round some point of outwardly frivolous meaning, some little axis of society entirely unfit to be the turning-point of even the smallest world of human concerns.

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From this reading That the young, gay, foolish--nay, absurd--house on the hill inhabited by Algernon Merridew and his wife should become to all of this important family the chief place, not only in Redborough, but for a time, in the world, was the most curious fact imaginable; but yet it was so.

the past participle of “be”

From this reading To Edward it was the one place in the world where he was, as he hoped, free from observation and able to do as he pleased; which meant--where he was entirely free from Catherine, and need have no fear of any interruption from her to his amusement, or his pleasure, or, if you like it better, his love: to Hester it was the place where she had been recognised as part possessor in her own person, like the others, of the honours due to her family, and where the homage, to which a young woman sufficiently endowed has a right, was first given to her; if it had a more close attraction still as the place where she met Edward, that was a dream as yet unacknowledged to her own heart.

earlier than; in front of

From this reading This had come to be the case with the Vernons in those lingering weeks of winter just before Christmas.

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From this reading To Edward it was the one place in the world where he was, as he hoped, free from observation and able to do as he pleased; which meant--where he was entirely free from Catherine, and need have no fear of any interruption from her to his amusement, or his pleasure, or, if you like it better, his love: to Hester it was the place where she had been recognised as part possessor in her own person, like the others, of the honours due to her family, and where the homage, to which a young woman sufficiently endowed has a right, was first given to her; if it had a more close attraction still as the place where she met Edward, that was a dream as yet unacknowledged to her own heart.

used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before

From this reading That the young, gay, foolish--nay, absurd--house on the hill inhabited by Algernon Merridew and his wife should become to all of this important family the chief place, not only in Redborough, but for a time, in the world, was the most curious fact imaginable; but yet it was so.

showing who or what does the action

From this reading That the young, gay, foolish--nay, absurd--house on the hill inhabited by Algernon Merridew and his wife should become to all of this important family the chief place, not only in Redborough, but for a time, in the world, was the most curious fact imaginable; but yet it was so.

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From this reading This had come to be the case with the Vernons in those lingering weeks of winter just before Christmas.

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From this reading To Edward it was the one place in the world where he was, as he hoped, free from observation and able to do as he pleased; which meant--where he was entirely free from Catherine, and need have no fear of any interruption from her to his amusement, or his pleasure, or, if you like it better, his love: to Hester it was the place where she had been recognised as part possessor in her own person, like the others, of the honours due to her family, and where the homage, to which a young woman sufficiently endowed has a right, was first given to her; if it had a more close attraction still as the place where she met Edward, that was a dream as yet unacknowledged to her own heart.

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From this reading There are periods in life, and especially in the early part of it, when all existence gets, as it were, out of focus, and instead of some great and worthy centre, takes to circling round some point of outwardly frivolous meaning, some little axis of society entirely unfit to be the turning-point of even the smallest world of human concerns.

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From this reading Harry, on the other hand, had a double interest--neither of them of a very cheerful kind--one of which was the necessity of standing by his sister, who his good sense told him was embarked in a very perilous way, and whose husband was quite incapable of controlling or guiding her erratic course; and the other was the painful fascination of watching Edward and Hester through all the vicissitudes of their quarrellings and makings up--the hours they would spend together, followed by other hours in which they would mutually scowl at each other and did not speak.

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From this reading That the young, gay, foolish--nay, absurd--house on the hill inhabited by Algernon Merridew and his wife should become to all of this important family the chief place, not only in Redborough, but for a time, in the world, was the most curious fact imaginable; but yet it was so.

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From this reading This had come to be the case with the Vernons in those lingering weeks of winter just before Christmas.

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From this reading There are periods in life, and especially in the early part of it, when all existence gets, as it were, out of focus, and instead of some great and worthy centre, takes to circling round some point of outwardly frivolous meaning, some little axis of society entirely unfit to be the turning-point of even the smallest world of human concerns.

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From this reading To Edward it was the one place in the world where he was, as he hoped, free from observation and able to do as he pleased; which meant--where he was entirely free from Catherine, and need have no fear of any interruption from her to his amusement, or his pleasure, or, if you like it better, his love: to Hester it was the place where she had been recognised as part possessor in her own person, like the others, of the honours due to her family, and where the homage, to which a young woman sufficiently endowed has a right, was first given to her; if it had a more close attraction still as the place where she met Edward, that was a dream as yet unacknowledged to her own heart.

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading This had come to be the case with the Vernons in those lingering weeks of winter just before Christmas.

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From this reading There are periods in life, and especially in the early part of it, when all existence gets, as it were, out of focus, and instead of some great and worthy centre, takes to circling round some point of outwardly frivolous meaning, some little axis of society entirely unfit to be the turning-point of even the smallest world of human concerns.

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From this reading Harry, on the other hand, had a double interest--neither of them of a very cheerful kind--one of which was the necessity of standing by his sister, who his good sense told him was embarked in a very perilous way, and whose husband was quite incapable of controlling or guiding her erratic course; and the other was the painful fascination of watching Edward and Hester through all the vicissitudes of their quarrellings and makings up--the hours they would spend together, followed by other hours in which they would mutually scowl at each other and did not speak.

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading Harry, on the other hand, had a double interest--neither of them of a very cheerful kind--one of which was the necessity of standing by his sister, who his good sense told him was embarked in a very perilous way, and whose husband was quite incapable of controlling or guiding her erratic course; and the other was the painful fascination of watching Edward and Hester through all the vicissitudes of their quarrellings and makings up--the hours they would spend together, followed by other hours in which they would mutually scowl at each other and did not speak.

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From this reading That the young, gay, foolish--nay, absurd--house on the hill inhabited by Algernon Merridew and his wife should become to all of this important family the chief place, not only in Redborough, but for a time, in the world, was the most curious fact imaginable; but yet it was so.

the past form of “do”, used in questions and negatives

From this reading Harry, on the other hand, had a double interest--neither of them of a very cheerful kind--one of which was the necessity of standing by his sister, who his good sense told him was embarked in a very perilous way, and whose husband was quite incapable of controlling or guiding her erratic course; and the other was the painful fascination of watching Edward and Hester through all the vicissitudes of their quarrellings and makings up--the hours they would spend together, followed by other hours in which they would mutually scowl at each other and did not speak.

used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis

From this reading To Edward it was the one place in the world where he was, as he hoped, free from observation and able to do as he pleased; which meant--where he was entirely free from Catherine, and need have no fear of any interruption from her to his amusement, or his pleasure, or, if you like it better, his love: to Hester it was the place where she had been recognised as part possessor in her own person, like the others, of the honours due to her family, and where the homage, to which a young woman sufficiently endowed has a right, was first given to her; if it had a more close attraction still as the place where she met Edward, that was a dream as yet unacknowledged to her own heart.

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From this reading Harry, on the other hand, had a double interest--neither of them of a very cheerful kind--one of which was the necessity of standing by his sister, who his good sense told him was embarked in a very perilous way, and whose husband was quite incapable of controlling or guiding her erratic course; and the other was the painful fascination of watching Edward and Hester through all the vicissitudes of their quarrellings and makings up--the hours they would spend together, followed by other hours in which they would mutually scowl at each other and did not speak.

A series of thoughts, images, or emotions during sleep.

From this reading To Edward it was the one place in the world where he was, as he hoped, free from observation and able to do as he pleased; which meant--where he was entirely free from Catherine, and need have no fear of any interruption from her to his amusement, or his pleasure, or, if you like it better, his love: to Hester it was the place where she had been recognised as part possessor in her own person, like the others, of the honours due to her family, and where the homage, to which a young woman sufficiently endowed has a right, was first given to her; if it had a more close attraction still as the place where she met Edward, that was a dream as yet unacknowledged to her own heart.

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From this reading To Edward it was the one place in the world where he was, as he hoped, free from observation and able to do as he pleased; which meant--where he was entirely free from Catherine, and need have no fear of any interruption from her to his amusement, or his pleasure, or, if you like it better, his love: to Hester it was the place where she had been recognised as part possessor in her own person, like the others, of the honours due to her family, and where the homage, to which a young woman sufficiently endowed has a right, was first given to her; if it had a more close attraction still as the place where she met Edward, that was a dream as yet unacknowledged to her own heart.

every one of two or more people or things, taken separately

From this reading Harry, on the other hand, had a double interest--neither of them of a very cheerful kind--one of which was the necessity of standing by his sister, who his good sense told him was embarked in a very perilous way, and whose husband was quite incapable of controlling or guiding her erratic course; and the other was the painful fascination of watching Edward and Hester through all the vicissitudes of their quarrellings and makings up--the hours they would spend together, followed by other hours in which they would mutually scowl at each other and did not speak.

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From this reading There are periods in life, and especially in the early part of it, when all existence gets, as it were, out of focus, and instead of some great and worthy centre, takes to circling round some point of outwardly frivolous meaning, some little axis of society entirely unfit to be the turning-point of even the smallest world of human concerns.

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From this reading To Edward it was the one place in the world where he was, as he hoped, free from observation and able to do as he pleased; which meant--where he was entirely free from Catherine, and need have no fear of any interruption from her to his amusement, or his pleasure, or, if you like it better, his love: to Hester it was the place where she had been recognised as part possessor in her own person, like the others, of the honours due to her family, and where the homage, to which a young woman sufficiently endowed has a right, was first given to her; if it had a more close attraction still as the place where she met Edward, that was a dream as yet unacknowledged to her own heart.

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From this reading Harry, on the other hand, had a double interest--neither of them of a very cheerful kind--one of which was the necessity of standing by his sister, who his good sense told him was embarked in a very perilous way, and whose husband was quite incapable of controlling or guiding her erratic course; and the other was the painful fascination of watching Edward and Hester through all the vicissitudes of their quarrellings and makings up--the hours they would spend together, followed by other hours in which they would mutually scowl at each other and did not speak.

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From this reading To Edward it was the one place in the world where he was, as he hoped, free from observation and able to do as he pleased; which meant--where he was entirely free from Catherine, and need have no fear of any interruption from her to his amusement, or his pleasure, or, if you like it better, his love: to Hester it was the place where she had been recognised as part possessor in her own person, like the others, of the honours due to her family, and where the homage, to which a young woman sufficiently endowed has a right, was first given to her; if it had a more close attraction still as the place where she met Edward, that was a dream as yet unacknowledged to her own heart.

a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage

From this reading There are periods in life, and especially in the early part of it, when all existence gets, as it were, out of focus, and instead of some great and worthy centre, takes to circling round some point of outwardly frivolous meaning, some little axis of society entirely unfit to be the turning-point of even the smallest world of human concerns.

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From this reading Harry, on the other hand, had a double interest--neither of them of a very cheerful kind--one of which was the necessity of standing by his sister, who his good sense told him was embarked in a very perilous way, and whose husband was quite incapable of controlling or guiding her erratic course; and the other was the painful fascination of watching Edward and Hester through all the vicissitudes of their quarrellings and makings up--the hours they would spend together, followed by other hours in which they would mutually scowl at each other and did not speak.

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From this reading There are periods in life, and especially in the early part of it, when all existence gets, as it were, out of focus, and instead of some great and worthy centre, takes to circling round some point of outwardly frivolous meaning, some little axis of society entirely unfit to be the turning-point of even the smallest world of human concerns.

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading There are periods in life, and especially in the early part of it, when all existence gets, as it were, out of focus, and instead of some great and worthy centre, takes to circling round some point of outwardly frivolous meaning, some little axis of society entirely unfit to be the turning-point of even the smallest world of human concerns.

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From this reading There are periods in life, and especially in the early part of it, when all existence gets, as it were, out of focus, and instead of some great and worthy centre, takes to circling round some point of outwardly frivolous meaning, some little axis of society entirely unfit to be the turning-point of even the smallest world of human concerns.

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From this reading That the young, gay, foolish--nay, absurd--house on the hill inhabited by Algernon Merridew and his wife should become to all of this important family the chief place, not only in Redborough, but for a time, in the world, was the most curious fact imaginable; but yet it was so.

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From this reading That the young, gay, foolish--nay, absurd--house on the hill inhabited by Algernon Merridew and his wife should become to all of this important family the chief place, not only in Redborough, but for a time, in the world, was the most curious fact imaginable; but yet it was so.

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From this reading Harry, on the other hand, had a double interest--neither of them of a very cheerful kind--one of which was the necessity of standing by his sister, who his good sense told him was embarked in a very perilous way, and whose husband was quite incapable of controlling or guiding her erratic course; and the other was the painful fascination of watching Edward and Hester through all the vicissitudes of their quarrellings and makings up--the hours they would spend together, followed by other hours in which they would mutually scowl at each other and did not speak.

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From this reading To Edward it was the one place in the world where he was, as he hoped, free from observation and able to do as he pleased; which meant--where he was entirely free from Catherine, and need have no fear of any interruption from her to his amusement, or his pleasure, or, if you like it better, his love: to Hester it was the place where she had been recognised as part possessor in her own person, like the others, of the honours due to her family, and where the homage, to which a young woman sufficiently endowed has a right, was first given to her; if it had a more close attraction still as the place where she met Edward, that was a dream as yet unacknowledged to her own heart.

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading To Edward it was the one place in the world where he was, as he hoped, free from observation and able to do as he pleased; which meant--where he was entirely free from Catherine, and need have no fear of any interruption from her to his amusement, or his pleasure, or, if you like it better, his love: to Hester it was the place where she had been recognised as part possessor in her own person, like the others, of the honours due to her family, and where the homage, to which a young woman sufficiently endowed has a right, was first given to her; if it had a more close attraction still as the place where she met Edward, that was a dream as yet unacknowledged to her own heart.

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From this reading There are periods in life, and especially in the early part of it, when all existence gets, as it were, out of focus, and instead of some great and worthy centre, takes to circling round some point of outwardly frivolous meaning, some little axis of society entirely unfit to be the turning-point of even the smallest world of human concerns.

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From this reading Harry, on the other hand, had a double interest--neither of them of a very cheerful kind--one of which was the necessity of standing by his sister, who his good sense told him was embarked in a very perilous way, and whose husband was quite incapable of controlling or guiding her erratic course; and the other was the painful fascination of watching Edward and Hester through all the vicissitudes of their quarrellings and makings up--the hours they would spend together, followed by other hours in which they would mutually scowl at each other and did not speak.

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From this reading That the young, gay, foolish--nay, absurd--house on the hill inhabited by Algernon Merridew and his wife should become to all of this important family the chief place, not only in Redborough, but for a time, in the world, was the most curious fact imaginable; but yet it was so.

intended to be given to, or used by, somebody

From this reading That the young, gay, foolish--nay, absurd--house on the hill inhabited by Algernon Merridew and his wife should become to all of this important family the chief place, not only in Redborough, but for a time, in the world, was the most curious fact imaginable; but yet it was so.

acting without enough restraint or discipline

From this reading To Edward it was the one place in the world where he was, as he hoped, free from observation and able to do as he pleased; which meant--where he was entirely free from Catherine, and need have no fear of any interruption from her to his amusement, or his pleasure, or, if you like it better, his love: to Hester it was the place where she had been recognised as part possessor in her own person, like the others, of the honours due to her family, and where the homage, to which a young woman sufficiently endowed has a right, was first given to her; if it had a more close attraction still as the place where she met Edward, that was a dream as yet unacknowledged to her own heart.

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From this reading There are periods in life, and especially in the early part of it, when all existence gets, as it were, out of focus, and instead of some great and worthy centre, takes to circling round some point of outwardly frivolous meaning, some little axis of society entirely unfit to be the turning-point of even the smallest world of human concerns.

showing where something starts, or who sent it

From this reading To Edward it was the one place in the world where he was, as he hoped, free from observation and able to do as he pleased; which meant--where he was entirely free from Catherine, and need have no fear of any interruption from her to his amusement, or his pleasure, or, if you like it better, his love: to Hester it was the place where she had been recognised as part possessor in her own person, like the others, of the honours due to her family, and where the homage, to which a young woman sufficiently endowed has a right, was first given to her; if it had a more close attraction still as the place where she met Edward, that was a dream as yet unacknowledged to her own heart.

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From this reading That the young, gay, foolish--nay, absurd--house on the hill inhabited by Algernon Merridew and his wife should become to all of this important family the chief place, not only in Redborough, but for a time, in the world, was the most curious fact imaginable; but yet it was so.

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From this reading There are periods in life, and especially in the early part of it, when all existence gets, as it were, out of focus, and instead of some great and worthy centre, takes to circling round some point of outwardly frivolous meaning, some little axis of society entirely unfit to be the turning-point of even the smallest world of human concerns.

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From this reading To Edward it was the one place in the world where he was, as he hoped, free from observation and able to do as he pleased; which meant--where he was entirely free from Catherine, and need have no fear of any interruption from her to his amusement, or his pleasure, or, if you like it better, his love: to Hester it was the place where she had been recognised as part possessor in her own person, like the others, of the honours due to her family, and where the homage, to which a young woman sufficiently endowed has a right, was first given to her; if it had a more close attraction still as the place where she met Edward, that was a dream as yet unacknowledged to her own heart.

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading Harry, on the other hand, had a double interest--neither of them of a very cheerful kind--one of which was the necessity of standing by his sister, who his good sense told him was embarked in a very perilous way, and whose husband was quite incapable of controlling or guiding her erratic course; and the other was the painful fascination of watching Edward and Hester through all the vicissitudes of their quarrellings and makings up--the hours they would spend together, followed by other hours in which they would mutually scowl at each other and did not speak.

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading There are periods in life, and especially in the early part of it, when all existence gets, as it were, out of focus, and instead of some great and worthy centre, takes to circling round some point of outwardly frivolous meaning, some little axis of society entirely unfit to be the turning-point of even the smallest world of human concerns.

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From this reading Harry, on the other hand, had a double interest--neither of them of a very cheerful kind--one of which was the necessity of standing by his sister, who his good sense told him was embarked in a very perilous way, and whose husband was quite incapable of controlling or guiding her erratic course; and the other was the painful fascination of watching Edward and Hester through all the vicissitudes of their quarrellings and makings up--the hours they would spend together, followed by other hours in which they would mutually scowl at each other and did not speak.

the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect

From this reading This had come to be the case with the Vernons in those lingering weeks of winter just before Christmas.

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From this reading Harry, on the other hand, had a double interest--neither of them of a very cheerful kind--one of which was the necessity of standing by his sister, who his good sense told him was embarked in a very perilous way, and whose husband was quite incapable of controlling or guiding her erratic course; and the other was the painful fascination of watching Edward and Hester through all the vicissitudes of their quarrellings and makings up--the hours they would spend together, followed by other hours in which they would mutually scowl at each other and did not speak.

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From this reading Harry, on the other hand, had a double interest--neither of them of a very cheerful kind--one of which was the necessity of standing by his sister, who his good sense told him was embarked in a very perilous way, and whose husband was quite incapable of controlling or guiding her erratic course; and the other was the painful fascination of watching Edward and Hester through all the vicissitudes of their quarrellings and makings up--the hours they would spend together, followed by other hours in which they would mutually scowl at each other and did not speak.

the form of “have” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun

From this reading To Edward it was the one place in the world where he was, as he hoped, free from observation and able to do as he pleased; which meant--where he was entirely free from Catherine, and need have no fear of any interruption from her to his amusement, or his pleasure, or, if you like it better, his love: to Hester it was the place where she had been recognised as part possessor in her own person, like the others, of the honours due to her family, and where the homage, to which a young woman sufficiently endowed has a right, was first given to her; if it had a more close attraction still as the place where she met Edward, that was a dream as yet unacknowledged to her own heart.

used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses

From this reading To Edward it was the one place in the world where he was, as he hoped, free from observation and able to do as he pleased; which meant--where he was entirely free from Catherine, and need have no fear of any interruption from her to his amusement, or his pleasure, or, if you like it better, his love: to Hester it was the place where she had been recognised as part possessor in her own person, like the others, of the honours due to her family, and where the homage, to which a young woman sufficiently endowed has a right, was first given to her; if it had a more close attraction still as the place where she met Edward, that was a dream as yet unacknowledged to her own heart.

a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject

From this reading To Edward it was the one place in the world where he was, as he hoped, free from observation and able to do as he pleased; which meant--where he was entirely free from Catherine, and need have no fear of any interruption from her to his amusement, or his pleasure, or, if you like it better, his love: to Hester it was the place where she had been recognised as part possessor in her own person, like the others, of the honours due to her family, and where the homage, to which a young woman sufficiently endowed has a right, was first given to her; if it had a more close attraction still as the place where she met Edward, that was a dream as yet unacknowledged to her own heart.

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From this reading To Edward it was the one place in the world where he was, as he hoped, free from observation and able to do as he pleased; which meant--where he was entirely free from Catherine, and need have no fear of any interruption from her to his amusement, or his pleasure, or, if you like it better, his love: to Hester it was the place where she had been recognised as part possessor in her own person, like the others, of the honours due to her family, and where the homage, to which a young woman sufficiently endowed has a right, was first given to her; if it had a more close attraction still as the place where she met Edward, that was a dream as yet unacknowledged to her own heart.

belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned

From this reading To Edward it was the one place in the world where he was, as he hoped, free from observation and able to do as he pleased; which meant--where he was entirely free from Catherine, and need have no fear of any interruption from her to his amusement, or his pleasure, or, if you like it better, his love: to Hester it was the place where she had been recognised as part possessor in her own person, like the others, of the honours due to her family, and where the homage, to which a young woman sufficiently endowed has a right, was first given to her; if it had a more close attraction still as the place where she met Edward, that was a dream as yet unacknowledged to her own heart.

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From this reading To Edward it was the one place in the world where he was, as he hoped, free from observation and able to do as he pleased; which meant--where he was entirely free from Catherine, and need have no fear of any interruption from her to his amusement, or his pleasure, or, if you like it better, his love: to Hester it was the place where she had been recognised as part possessor in her own person, like the others, of the honours due to her family, and where the homage, to which a young woman sufficiently endowed has a right, was first given to her; if it had a more close attraction still as the place where she met Edward, that was a dream as yet unacknowledged to her own heart.

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From this reading That the young, gay, foolish--nay, absurd--house on the hill inhabited by Algernon Merridew and his wife should become to all of this important family the chief place, not only in Redborough, but for a time, in the world, was the most curious fact imaginable; but yet it was so.

the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition

From this reading Harry, on the other hand, had a double interest--neither of them of a very cheerful kind--one of which was the necessity of standing by his sister, who his good sense told him was embarked in a very perilous way, and whose husband was quite incapable of controlling or guiding her erratic course; and the other was the painful fascination of watching Edward and Hester through all the vicissitudes of their quarrellings and makings up--the hours they would spend together, followed by other hours in which they would mutually scowl at each other and did not speak.

belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned

From this reading That the young, gay, foolish--nay, absurd--house on the hill inhabited by Algernon Merridew and his wife should become to all of this important family the chief place, not only in Redborough, but for a time, in the world, was the most curious fact imaginable; but yet it was so.

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From this reading To Edward it was the one place in the world where he was, as he hoped, free from observation and able to do as he pleased; which meant--where he was entirely free from Catherine, and need have no fear of any interruption from her to his amusement, or his pleasure, or, if you like it better, his love: to Hester it was the place where she had been recognised as part possessor in her own person, like the others, of the honours due to her family, and where the homage, to which a young woman sufficiently endowed has a right, was first given to her; if it had a more close attraction still as the place where she met Edward, that was a dream as yet unacknowledged to her own heart.

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From this reading To Edward it was the one place in the world where he was, as he hoped, free from observation and able to do as he pleased; which meant--where he was entirely free from Catherine, and need have no fear of any interruption from her to his amusement, or his pleasure, or, if you like it better, his love: to Hester it was the place where she had been recognised as part possessor in her own person, like the others, of the honours due to her family, and where the homage, to which a young woman sufficiently endowed has a right, was first given to her; if it had a more close attraction still as the place where she met Edward, that was a dream as yet unacknowledged to her own heart.

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From this reading To Edward it was the one place in the world where he was, as he hoped, free from observation and able to do as he pleased; which meant--where he was entirely free from Catherine, and need have no fear of any interruption from her to his amusement, or his pleasure, or, if you like it better, his love: to Hester it was the place where she had been recognised as part possessor in her own person, like the others, of the honours due to her family, and where the homage, to which a young woman sufficiently endowed has a right, was first given to her; if it had a more close attraction still as the place where she met Edward, that was a dream as yet unacknowledged to her own heart.

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From this reading Harry, on the other hand, had a double interest--neither of them of a very cheerful kind--one of which was the necessity of standing by his sister, who his good sense told him was embarked in a very perilous way, and whose husband was quite incapable of controlling or guiding her erratic course; and the other was the painful fascination of watching Edward and Hester through all the vicissitudes of their quarrellings and makings up--the hours they would spend together, followed by other hours in which they would mutually scowl at each other and did not speak.

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From this reading That the young, gay, foolish--nay, absurd--house on the hill inhabited by Algernon Merridew and his wife should become to all of this important family the chief place, not only in Redborough, but for a time, in the world, was the most curious fact imaginable; but yet it was so.

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From this reading There are periods in life, and especially in the early part of it, when all existence gets, as it were, out of focus, and instead of some great and worthy centre, takes to circling round some point of outwardly frivolous meaning, some little axis of society entirely unfit to be the turning-point of even the smallest world of human concerns.

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From this reading Harry, on the other hand, had a double interest--neither of them of a very cheerful kind--one of which was the necessity of standing by his sister, who his good sense told him was embarked in a very perilous way, and whose husband was quite incapable of controlling or guiding her erratic course; and the other was the painful fascination of watching Edward and Hester through all the vicissitudes of their quarrellings and makings up--the hours they would spend together, followed by other hours in which they would mutually scowl at each other and did not speak.

on condition that; in the event that

From this reading To Edward it was the one place in the world where he was, as he hoped, free from observation and able to do as he pleased; which meant--where he was entirely free from Catherine, and need have no fear of any interruption from her to his amusement, or his pleasure, or, if you like it better, his love: to Hester it was the place where she had been recognised as part possessor in her own person, like the others, of the honours due to her family, and where the homage, to which a young woman sufficiently endowed has a right, was first given to her; if it had a more close attraction still as the place where she met Edward, that was a dream as yet unacknowledged to her own heart.

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From this reading That the young, gay, foolish--nay, absurd--house on the hill inhabited by Algernon Merridew and his wife should become to all of this important family the chief place, not only in Redborough, but for a time, in the world, was the most curious fact imaginable; but yet it was so.

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From this reading That the young, gay, foolish--nay, absurd--house on the hill inhabited by Algernon Merridew and his wife should become to all of this important family the chief place, not only in Redborough, but for a time, in the world, was the most curious fact imaginable; but yet it was so.

inside something, or within a place, period, or state

From this reading There are periods in life, and especially in the early part of it, when all existence gets, as it were, out of focus, and instead of some great and worthy centre, takes to circling round some point of outwardly frivolous meaning, some little axis of society entirely unfit to be the turning-point of even the smallest world of human concerns.

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From this reading Harry, on the other hand, had a double interest--neither of them of a very cheerful kind--one of which was the necessity of standing by his sister, who his good sense told him was embarked in a very perilous way, and whose husband was quite incapable of controlling or guiding her erratic course; and the other was the painful fascination of watching Edward and Hester through all the vicissitudes of their quarrellings and makings up--the hours they would spend together, followed by other hours in which they would mutually scowl at each other and did not speak.

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From this reading That the young, gay, foolish--nay, absurd--house on the hill inhabited by Algernon Merridew and his wife should become to all of this important family the chief place, not only in Redborough, but for a time, in the world, was the most curious fact imaginable; but yet it was so.

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From this reading There are periods in life, and especially in the early part of it, when all existence gets, as it were, out of focus, and instead of some great and worthy centre, takes to circling round some point of outwardly frivolous meaning, some little axis of society entirely unfit to be the turning-point of even the smallest world of human concerns.

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From this reading Harry, on the other hand, had a double interest--neither of them of a very cheerful kind--one of which was the necessity of standing by his sister, who his good sense told him was embarked in a very perilous way, and whose husband was quite incapable of controlling or guiding her erratic course; and the other was the painful fascination of watching Edward and Hester through all the vicissitudes of their quarrellings and makings up--the hours they would spend together, followed by other hours in which they would mutually scowl at each other and did not speak.

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From this reading To Edward it was the one place in the world where he was, as he hoped, free from observation and able to do as he pleased; which meant--where he was entirely free from Catherine, and need have no fear of any interruption from her to his amusement, or his pleasure, or, if you like it better, his love: to Hester it was the place where she had been recognised as part possessor in her own person, like the others, of the honours due to her family, and where the homage, to which a young woman sufficiently endowed has a right, was first given to her; if it had a more close attraction still as the place where she met Edward, that was a dream as yet unacknowledged to her own heart.

a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned

From this reading There are periods in life, and especially in the early part of it, when all existence gets, as it were, out of focus, and instead of some great and worthy centre, takes to circling round some point of outwardly frivolous meaning, some little axis of society entirely unfit to be the turning-point of even the smallest world of human concerns.

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From this reading This had come to be the case with the Vernons in those lingering weeks of winter just before Christmas.

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From this reading Harry, on the other hand, had a double interest--neither of them of a very cheerful kind--one of which was the necessity of standing by his sister, who his good sense told him was embarked in a very perilous way, and whose husband was quite incapable of controlling or guiding her erratic course; and the other was the painful fascination of watching Edward and Hester through all the vicissitudes of their quarrellings and makings up--the hours they would spend together, followed by other hours in which they would mutually scowl at each other and did not speak.

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading There are periods in life, and especially in the early part of it, when all existence gets, as it were, out of focus, and instead of some great and worthy centre, takes to circling round some point of outwardly frivolous meaning, some little axis of society entirely unfit to be the turning-point of even the smallest world of human concerns.

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From this reading To Edward it was the one place in the world where he was, as he hoped, free from observation and able to do as he pleased; which meant--where he was entirely free from Catherine, and need have no fear of any interruption from her to his amusement, or his pleasure, or, if you like it better, his love: to Hester it was the place where she had been recognised as part possessor in her own person, like the others, of the honours due to her family, and where the homage, to which a young woman sufficiently endowed has a right, was first given to her; if it had a more close attraction still as the place where she met Edward, that was a dream as yet unacknowledged to her own heart.

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From this reading This had come to be the case with the Vernons in those lingering weeks of winter just before Christmas.

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading There are periods in life, and especially in the early part of it, when all existence gets, as it were, out of focus, and instead of some great and worthy centre, takes to circling round some point of outwardly frivolous meaning, some little axis of society entirely unfit to be the turning-point of even the smallest world of human concerns.

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From this reading To Edward it was the one place in the world where he was, as he hoped, free from observation and able to do as he pleased; which meant--where he was entirely free from Catherine, and need have no fear of any interruption from her to his amusement, or his pleasure, or, if you like it better, his love: to Hester it was the place where she had been recognised as part possessor in her own person, like the others, of the honours due to her family, and where the homage, to which a young woman sufficiently endowed has a right, was first given to her; if it had a more close attraction still as the place where she met Edward, that was a dream as yet unacknowledged to her own heart.

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From this reading Harry, on the other hand, had a double interest--neither of them of a very cheerful kind--one of which was the necessity of standing by his sister, who his good sense told him was embarked in a very perilous way, and whose husband was quite incapable of controlling or guiding her erratic course; and the other was the painful fascination of watching Edward and Hester through all the vicissitudes of their quarrellings and makings up--the hours they would spend together, followed by other hours in which they would mutually scowl at each other and did not speak.

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From this reading There are periods in life, and especially in the early part of it, when all existence gets, as it were, out of focus, and instead of some great and worthy centre, takes to circling round some point of outwardly frivolous meaning, some little axis of society entirely unfit to be the turning-point of even the smallest world of human concerns.

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From this reading To Edward it was the one place in the world where he was, as he hoped, free from observation and able to do as he pleased; which meant--where he was entirely free from Catherine, and need have no fear of any interruption from her to his amusement, or his pleasure, or, if you like it better, his love: to Hester it was the place where she had been recognised as part possessor in her own person, like the others, of the honours due to her family, and where the homage, to which a young woman sufficiently endowed has a right, was first given to her; if it had a more close attraction still as the place where she met Edward, that was a dream as yet unacknowledged to her own heart.

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From this reading That the young, gay, foolish--nay, absurd--house on the hill inhabited by Algernon Merridew and his wife should become to all of this important family the chief place, not only in Redborough, but for a time, in the world, was the most curious fact imaginable; but yet it was so.

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From this reading To Edward it was the one place in the world where he was, as he hoped, free from observation and able to do as he pleased; which meant--where he was entirely free from Catherine, and need have no fear of any interruption from her to his amusement, or his pleasure, or, if you like it better, his love: to Hester it was the place where she had been recognised as part possessor in her own person, like the others, of the honours due to her family, and where the homage, to which a young woman sufficiently endowed has a right, was first given to her; if it had a more close attraction still as the place where she met Edward, that was a dream as yet unacknowledged to her own heart.

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From this reading To Edward it was the one place in the world where he was, as he hoped, free from observation and able to do as he pleased; which meant--where he was entirely free from Catherine, and need have no fear of any interruption from her to his amusement, or his pleasure, or, if you like it better, his love: to Hester it was the place where she had been recognised as part possessor in her own person, like the others, of the honours due to her family, and where the homage, to which a young woman sufficiently endowed has a right, was first given to her; if it had a more close attraction still as the place where she met Edward, that was a dream as yet unacknowledged to her own heart.

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From this reading That the young, gay, foolish--nay, absurd--house on the hill inhabited by Algernon Merridew and his wife should become to all of this important family the chief place, not only in Redborough, but for a time, in the world, was the most curious fact imaginable; but yet it was so.

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From this reading Harry, on the other hand, had a double interest--neither of them of a very cheerful kind--one of which was the necessity of standing by his sister, who his good sense told him was embarked in a very perilous way, and whose husband was quite incapable of controlling or guiding her erratic course; and the other was the painful fascination of watching Edward and Hester through all the vicissitudes of their quarrellings and makings up--the hours they would spend together, followed by other hours in which they would mutually scowl at each other and did not speak.

an old word for “no”

From this reading That the young, gay, foolish--nay, absurd--house on the hill inhabited by Algernon Merridew and his wife should become to all of this important family the chief place, not only in Redborough, but for a time, in the world, was the most curious fact imaginable; but yet it was so.

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From this reading Harry, on the other hand, had a double interest--neither of them of a very cheerful kind--one of which was the necessity of standing by his sister, who his good sense told him was embarked in a very perilous way, and whose husband was quite incapable of controlling or guiding her erratic course; and the other was the painful fascination of watching Edward and Hester through all the vicissitudes of their quarrellings and makings up--the hours they would spend together, followed by other hours in which they would mutually scowl at each other and did not speak.

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading To Edward it was the one place in the world where he was, as he hoped, free from observation and able to do as he pleased; which meant--where he was entirely free from Catherine, and need have no fear of any interruption from her to his amusement, or his pleasure, or, if you like it better, his love: to Hester it was the place where she had been recognised as part possessor in her own person, like the others, of the honours due to her family, and where the homage, to which a young woman sufficiently endowed has a right, was first given to her; if it had a more close attraction still as the place where she met Edward, that was a dream as yet unacknowledged to her own heart.

not one and not the other of two

From this reading Harry, on the other hand, had a double interest--neither of them of a very cheerful kind--one of which was the necessity of standing by his sister, who his good sense told him was embarked in a very perilous way, and whose husband was quite incapable of controlling or guiding her erratic course; and the other was the painful fascination of watching Edward and Hester through all the vicissitudes of their quarrellings and makings up--the hours they would spend together, followed by other hours in which they would mutually scowl at each other and did not speak.

not any; not one

From this reading To Edward it was the one place in the world where he was, as he hoped, free from observation and able to do as he pleased; which meant--where he was entirely free from Catherine, and need have no fear of any interruption from her to his amusement, or his pleasure, or, if you like it better, his love: to Hester it was the place where she had been recognised as part possessor in her own person, like the others, of the honours due to her family, and where the homage, to which a young woman sufficiently endowed has a right, was first given to her; if it had a more close attraction still as the place where she met Edward, that was a dream as yet unacknowledged to her own heart.

used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative

From this reading That the young, gay, foolish--nay, absurd--house on the hill inhabited by Algernon Merridew and his wife should become to all of this important family the chief place, not only in Redborough, but for a time, in the world, was the most curious fact imaginable; but yet it was so.

a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage

From this reading To Edward it was the one place in the world where he was, as he hoped, free from observation and able to do as he pleased; which meant--where he was entirely free from Catherine, and need have no fear of any interruption from her to his amusement, or his pleasure, or, if you like it better, his love: to Hester it was the place where she had been recognised as part possessor in her own person, like the others, of the honours due to her family, and where the homage, to which a young woman sufficiently endowed has a right, was first given to her; if it had a more close attraction still as the place where she met Edward, that was a dream as yet unacknowledged to her own heart.

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

From this reading There are periods in life, and especially in the early part of it, when all existence gets, as it were, out of focus, and instead of some great and worthy centre, takes to circling round some point of outwardly frivolous meaning, some little axis of society entirely unfit to be the turning-point of even the smallest world of human concerns.

touching and supported by a surface

From this reading That the young, gay, foolish--nay, absurd--house on the hill inhabited by Algernon Merridew and his wife should become to all of this important family the chief place, not only in Redborough, but for a time, in the world, was the most curious fact imaginable; but yet it was so.

used to mean any person in general, including the speaker

From this reading To Edward it was the one place in the world where he was, as he hoped, free from observation and able to do as he pleased; which meant--where he was entirely free from Catherine, and need have no fear of any interruption from her to his amusement, or his pleasure, or, if you like it better, his love: to Hester it was the place where she had been recognised as part possessor in her own person, like the others, of the honours due to her family, and where the homage, to which a young woman sufficiently endowed has a right, was first given to her; if it had a more close attraction still as the place where she met Edward, that was a dream as yet unacknowledged to her own heart.

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From this reading That the young, gay, foolish--nay, absurd--house on the hill inhabited by Algernon Merridew and his wife should become to all of this important family the chief place, not only in Redborough, but for a time, in the world, was the most curious fact imaginable; but yet it was so.

used to join alternatives or possibilities

From this reading To Edward it was the one place in the world where he was, as he hoped, free from observation and able to do as he pleased; which meant--where he was entirely free from Catherine, and need have no fear of any interruption from her to his amusement, or his pleasure, or, if you like it better, his love: to Hester it was the place where she had been recognised as part possessor in her own person, like the others, of the honours due to her family, and where the homage, to which a young woman sufficiently endowed has a right, was first given to her; if it had a more close attraction still as the place where she met Edward, that was a dream as yet unacknowledged to her own heart.

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From this reading Harry, on the other hand, had a double interest--neither of them of a very cheerful kind--one of which was the necessity of standing by his sister, who his good sense told him was embarked in a very perilous way, and whose husband was quite incapable of controlling or guiding her erratic course; and the other was the painful fascination of watching Edward and Hester through all the vicissitudes of their quarrellings and makings up--the hours they would spend together, followed by other hours in which they would mutually scowl at each other and did not speak.

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From this reading To Edward it was the one place in the world where he was, as he hoped, free from observation and able to do as he pleased; which meant--where he was entirely free from Catherine, and need have no fear of any interruption from her to his amusement, or his pleasure, or, if you like it better, his love: to Hester it was the place where she had been recognised as part possessor in her own person, like the others, of the honours due to her family, and where the homage, to which a young woman sufficiently endowed has a right, was first given to her; if it had a more close attraction still as the place where she met Edward, that was a dream as yet unacknowledged to her own heart.

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From this reading There are periods in life, and especially in the early part of it, when all existence gets, as it were, out of focus, and instead of some great and worthy centre, takes to circling round some point of outwardly frivolous meaning, some little axis of society entirely unfit to be the turning-point of even the smallest world of human concerns.

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From this reading There are periods in life, and especially in the early part of it, when all existence gets, as it were, out of focus, and instead of some great and worthy centre, takes to circling round some point of outwardly frivolous meaning, some little axis of society entirely unfit to be the turning-point of even the smallest world of human concerns.

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From this reading To Edward it was the one place in the world where he was, as he hoped, free from observation and able to do as he pleased; which meant--where he was entirely free from Catherine, and need have no fear of any interruption from her to his amusement, or his pleasure, or, if you like it better, his love: to Hester it was the place where she had been recognised as part possessor in her own person, like the others, of the honours due to her family, and where the homage, to which a young woman sufficiently endowed has a right, was first given to her; if it had a more close attraction still as the place where she met Edward, that was a dream as yet unacknowledged to her own heart.

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From this reading Harry, on the other hand, had a double interest--neither of them of a very cheerful kind--one of which was the necessity of standing by his sister, who his good sense told him was embarked in a very perilous way, and whose husband was quite incapable of controlling or guiding her erratic course; and the other was the painful fascination of watching Edward and Hester through all the vicissitudes of their quarrellings and makings up--the hours they would spend together, followed by other hours in which they would mutually scowl at each other and did not speak.

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading There are periods in life, and especially in the early part of it, when all existence gets, as it were, out of focus, and instead of some great and worthy centre, takes to circling round some point of outwardly frivolous meaning, some little axis of society entirely unfit to be the turning-point of even the smallest world of human concerns.

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From this reading Harry, on the other hand, had a double interest--neither of them of a very cheerful kind--one of which was the necessity of standing by his sister, who his good sense told him was embarked in a very perilous way, and whose husband was quite incapable of controlling or guiding her erratic course; and the other was the painful fascination of watching Edward and Hester through all the vicissitudes of their quarrellings and makings up--the hours they would spend together, followed by other hours in which they would mutually scowl at each other and did not speak.

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From this reading There are periods in life, and especially in the early part of it, when all existence gets, as it were, out of focus, and instead of some great and worthy centre, takes to circling round some point of outwardly frivolous meaning, some little axis of society entirely unfit to be the turning-point of even the smallest world of human concerns.

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From this reading To Edward it was the one place in the world where he was, as he hoped, free from observation and able to do as he pleased; which meant--where he was entirely free from Catherine, and need have no fear of any interruption from her to his amusement, or his pleasure, or, if you like it better, his love: to Hester it was the place where she had been recognised as part possessor in her own person, like the others, of the honours due to her family, and where the homage, to which a young woman sufficiently endowed has a right, was first given to her; if it had a more close attraction still as the place where she met Edward, that was a dream as yet unacknowledged to her own heart.

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From this reading That the young, gay, foolish--nay, absurd--house on the hill inhabited by Algernon Merridew and his wife should become to all of this important family the chief place, not only in Redborough, but for a time, in the world, was the most curious fact imaginable; but yet it was so.

a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage

From this reading To Edward it was the one place in the world where he was, as he hoped, free from observation and able to do as he pleased; which meant--where he was entirely free from Catherine, and need have no fear of any interruption from her to his amusement, or his pleasure, or, if you like it better, his love: to Hester it was the place where she had been recognised as part possessor in her own person, like the others, of the honours due to her family, and where the homage, to which a young woman sufficiently endowed has a right, was first given to her; if it had a more close attraction still as the place where she met Edward, that was a dream as yet unacknowledged to her own heart.

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From this reading To Edward it was the one place in the world where he was, as he hoped, free from observation and able to do as he pleased; which meant--where he was entirely free from Catherine, and need have no fear of any interruption from her to his amusement, or his pleasure, or, if you like it better, his love: to Hester it was the place where she had been recognised as part possessor in her own person, like the others, of the honours due to her family, and where the homage, to which a young woman sufficiently endowed has a right, was first given to her; if it had a more close attraction still as the place where she met Edward, that was a dream as yet unacknowledged to her own heart.

the main matter or purpose being discussed

From this reading There are periods in life, and especially in the early part of it, when all existence gets, as it were, out of focus, and instead of some great and worthy centre, takes to circling round some point of outwardly frivolous meaning, some little axis of society entirely unfit to be the turning-point of even the smallest world of human concerns.

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From this reading To Edward it was the one place in the world where he was, as he hoped, free from observation and able to do as he pleased; which meant--where he was entirely free from Catherine, and need have no fear of any interruption from her to his amusement, or his pleasure, or, if you like it better, his love: to Hester it was the place where she had been recognised as part possessor in her own person, like the others, of the honours due to her family, and where the homage, to which a young woman sufficiently endowed has a right, was first given to her; if it had a more close attraction still as the place where she met Edward, that was a dream as yet unacknowledged to her own heart.

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From this reading Harry, on the other hand, had a double interest--neither of them of a very cheerful kind--one of which was the necessity of standing by his sister, who his good sense told him was embarked in a very perilous way, and whose husband was quite incapable of controlling or guiding her erratic course; and the other was the painful fascination of watching Edward and Hester through all the vicissitudes of their quarrellings and makings up--the hours they would spend together, followed by other hours in which they would mutually scowl at each other and did not speak.

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading Harry, on the other hand, had a double interest--neither of them of a very cheerful kind--one of which was the necessity of standing by his sister, who his good sense told him was embarked in a very perilous way, and whose husband was quite incapable of controlling or guiding her erratic course; and the other was the painful fascination of watching Edward and Hester through all the vicissitudes of their quarrellings and makings up--the hours they would spend together, followed by other hours in which they would mutually scowl at each other and did not speak.

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From this reading To Edward it was the one place in the world where he was, as he hoped, free from observation and able to do as he pleased; which meant--where he was entirely free from Catherine, and need have no fear of any interruption from her to his amusement, or his pleasure, or, if you like it better, his love: to Hester it was the place where she had been recognised as part possessor in her own person, like the others, of the honours due to her family, and where the homage, to which a young woman sufficiently endowed has a right, was first given to her; if it had a more close attraction still as the place where she met Edward, that was a dream as yet unacknowledged to her own heart.

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From this reading That the young, gay, foolish--nay, absurd--house on the hill inhabited by Algernon Merridew and his wife should become to all of this important family the chief place, not only in Redborough, but for a time, in the world, was the most curious fact imaginable; but yet it was so.

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading To Edward it was the one place in the world where he was, as he hoped, free from observation and able to do as he pleased; which meant--where he was entirely free from Catherine, and need have no fear of any interruption from her to his amusement, or his pleasure, or, if you like it better, his love: to Hester it was the place where she had been recognised as part possessor in her own person, like the others, of the honours due to her family, and where the homage, to which a young woman sufficiently endowed has a right, was first given to her; if it had a more close attraction still as the place where she met Edward, that was a dream as yet unacknowledged to her own heart.

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From this reading There are periods in life, and especially in the early part of it, when all existence gets, as it were, out of focus, and instead of some great and worthy centre, takes to circling round some point of outwardly frivolous meaning, some little axis of society entirely unfit to be the turning-point of even the smallest world of human concerns.

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From this reading Harry, on the other hand, had a double interest--neither of them of a very cheerful kind--one of which was the necessity of standing by his sister, who his good sense told him was embarked in a very perilous way, and whose husband was quite incapable of controlling or guiding her erratic course; and the other was the painful fascination of watching Edward and Hester through all the vicissitudes of their quarrellings and makings up--the hours they would spend together, followed by other hours in which they would mutually scowl at each other and did not speak.

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From this reading Harry, on the other hand, had a double interest--neither of them of a very cheerful kind--one of which was the necessity of standing by his sister, who his good sense told him was embarked in a very perilous way, and whose husband was quite incapable of controlling or guiding her erratic course; and the other was the painful fascination of watching Edward and Hester through all the vicissitudes of their quarrellings and makings up--the hours they would spend together, followed by other hours in which they would mutually scowl at each other and did not speak.

a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject

From this reading To Edward it was the one place in the world where he was, as he hoped, free from observation and able to do as he pleased; which meant--where he was entirely free from Catherine, and need have no fear of any interruption from her to his amusement, or his pleasure, or, if you like it better, his love: to Hester it was the place where she had been recognised as part possessor in her own person, like the others, of the honours due to her family, and where the homage, to which a young woman sufficiently endowed has a right, was first given to her; if it had a more close attraction still as the place where she met Edward, that was a dream as yet unacknowledged to her own heart.

used to say what is right, expected, or advisable

From this reading That the young, gay, foolish--nay, absurd--house on the hill inhabited by Algernon Merridew and his wife should become to all of this important family the chief place, not only in Redborough, but for a time, in the world, was the most curious fact imaginable; but yet it was so.

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From this reading Harry, on the other hand, had a double interest--neither of them of a very cheerful kind--one of which was the necessity of standing by his sister, who his good sense told him was embarked in a very perilous way, and whose husband was quite incapable of controlling or guiding her erratic course; and the other was the painful fascination of watching Edward and Hester through all the vicissitudes of their quarrellings and makings up--the hours they would spend together, followed by other hours in which they would mutually scowl at each other and did not speak.

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From this reading There are periods in life, and especially in the early part of it, when all existence gets, as it were, out of focus, and instead of some great and worthy centre, takes to circling round some point of outwardly frivolous meaning, some little axis of society entirely unfit to be the turning-point of even the smallest world of human concerns.

for that reason; with the result that

From this reading That the young, gay, foolish--nay, absurd--house on the hill inhabited by Algernon Merridew and his wife should become to all of this important family the chief place, not only in Redborough, but for a time, in the world, was the most curious fact imaginable; but yet it was so.

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From this reading There are periods in life, and especially in the early part of it, when all existence gets, as it were, out of focus, and instead of some great and worthy centre, takes to circling round some point of outwardly frivolous meaning, some little axis of society entirely unfit to be the turning-point of even the smallest world of human concerns.

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From this reading There are periods in life, and especially in the early part of it, when all existence gets, as it were, out of focus, and instead of some great and worthy centre, takes to circling round some point of outwardly frivolous meaning, some little axis of society entirely unfit to be the turning-point of even the smallest world of human concerns.

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From this reading Harry, on the other hand, had a double interest--neither of them of a very cheerful kind--one of which was the necessity of standing by his sister, who his good sense told him was embarked in a very perilous way, and whose husband was quite incapable of controlling or guiding her erratic course; and the other was the painful fascination of watching Edward and Hester through all the vicissitudes of their quarrellings and makings up--the hours they would spend together, followed by other hours in which they would mutually scowl at each other and did not speak.

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From this reading Harry, on the other hand, had a double interest--neither of them of a very cheerful kind--one of which was the necessity of standing by his sister, who his good sense told him was embarked in a very perilous way, and whose husband was quite incapable of controlling or guiding her erratic course; and the other was the painful fascination of watching Edward and Hester through all the vicissitudes of their quarrellings and makings up--the hours they would spend together, followed by other hours in which they would mutually scowl at each other and did not speak.

a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage

From this reading Harry, on the other hand, had a double interest--neither of them of a very cheerful kind--one of which was the necessity of standing by his sister, who his good sense told him was embarked in a very perilous way, and whose husband was quite incapable of controlling or guiding her erratic course; and the other was the painful fascination of watching Edward and Hester through all the vicissitudes of their quarrellings and makings up--the hours they would spend together, followed by other hours in which they would mutually scowl at each other and did not speak.

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading To Edward it was the one place in the world where he was, as he hoped, free from observation and able to do as he pleased; which meant--where he was entirely free from Catherine, and need have no fear of any interruption from her to his amusement, or his pleasure, or, if you like it better, his love: to Hester it was the place where she had been recognised as part possessor in her own person, like the others, of the honours due to her family, and where the homage, to which a young woman sufficiently endowed has a right, was first given to her; if it had a more close attraction still as the place where she met Edward, that was a dream as yet unacknowledged to her own heart.

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From this reading To Edward it was the one place in the world where he was, as he hoped, free from observation and able to do as he pleased; which meant--where he was entirely free from Catherine, and need have no fear of any interruption from her to his amusement, or his pleasure, or, if you like it better, his love: to Hester it was the place where she had been recognised as part possessor in her own person, like the others, of the honours due to her family, and where the homage, to which a young woman sufficiently endowed has a right, was first given to her; if it had a more close attraction still as the place where she met Edward, that was a dream as yet unacknowledged to her own heart.

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From this reading There are periods in life, and especially in the early part of it, when all existence gets, as it were, out of focus, and instead of some great and worthy centre, takes to circling round some point of outwardly frivolous meaning, some little axis of society entirely unfit to be the turning-point of even the smallest world of human concerns.

used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt

From this reading That the young, gay, foolish--nay, absurd--house on the hill inhabited by Algernon Merridew and his wife should become to all of this important family the chief place, not only in Redborough, but for a time, in the world, was the most curious fact imaginable; but yet it was so.

used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind

From this reading There are periods in life, and especially in the early part of it, when all existence gets, as it were, out of focus, and instead of some great and worthy centre, takes to circling round some point of outwardly frivolous meaning, some little axis of society entirely unfit to be the turning-point of even the smallest world of human concerns.

belonging to the people or things already mentioned

From this reading Harry, on the other hand, had a double interest--neither of them of a very cheerful kind--one of which was the necessity of standing by his sister, who his good sense told him was embarked in a very perilous way, and whose husband was quite incapable of controlling or guiding her erratic course; and the other was the painful fascination of watching Edward and Hester through all the vicissitudes of their quarrellings and makings up--the hours they would spend together, followed by other hours in which they would mutually scowl at each other and did not speak.

the people or things already mentioned, as the object

From this reading Harry, on the other hand, had a double interest--neither of them of a very cheerful kind--one of which was the necessity of standing by his sister, who his good sense told him was embarked in a very perilous way, and whose husband was quite incapable of controlling or guiding her erratic course; and the other was the painful fascination of watching Edward and Hester through all the vicissitudes of their quarrellings and makings up--the hours they would spend together, followed by other hours in which they would mutually scowl at each other and did not speak.

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From this reading There are periods in life, and especially in the early part of it, when all existence gets, as it were, out of focus, and instead of some great and worthy centre, takes to circling round some point of outwardly frivolous meaning, some little axis of society entirely unfit to be the turning-point of even the smallest world of human concerns.

the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject

From this reading Harry, on the other hand, had a double interest--neither of them of a very cheerful kind--one of which was the necessity of standing by his sister, who his good sense told him was embarked in a very perilous way, and whose husband was quite incapable of controlling or guiding her erratic course; and the other was the painful fascination of watching Edward and Hester through all the vicissitudes of their quarrellings and makings up--the hours they would spend together, followed by other hours in which they would mutually scowl at each other and did not speak.

used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned

From this reading This had come to be the case with the Vernons in those lingering weeks of winter just before Christmas.

the plural of “that”: the people or things further away, or already known

From this reading This had come to be the case with the Vernons in those lingering weeks of winter just before Christmas.

a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage

From this reading Harry, on the other hand, had a double interest--neither of them of a very cheerful kind--one of which was the necessity of standing by his sister, who his good sense told him was embarked in a very perilous way, and whose husband was quite incapable of controlling or guiding her erratic course; and the other was the painful fascination of watching Edward and Hester through all the vicissitudes of their quarrellings and makings up--the hours they would spend together, followed by other hours in which they would mutually scowl at each other and did not speak.

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading That the young, gay, foolish--nay, absurd--house on the hill inhabited by Algernon Merridew and his wife should become to all of this important family the chief place, not only in Redborough, but for a time, in the world, was the most curious fact imaginable; but yet it was so.

used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive

From this reading There are periods in life, and especially in the early part of it, when all existence gets, as it were, out of focus, and instead of some great and worthy centre, takes to circling round some point of outwardly frivolous meaning, some little axis of society entirely unfit to be the turning-point of even the smallest world of human concerns.

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From this reading Harry, on the other hand, had a double interest--neither of them of a very cheerful kind--one of which was the necessity of standing by his sister, who his good sense told him was embarked in a very perilous way, and whose husband was quite incapable of controlling or guiding her erratic course; and the other was the painful fascination of watching Edward and Hester through all the vicissitudes of their quarrellings and makings up--the hours they would spend together, followed by other hours in which they would mutually scowl at each other and did not speak.

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading Harry, on the other hand, had a double interest--neither of them of a very cheerful kind--one of which was the necessity of standing by his sister, who his good sense told him was embarked in a very perilous way, and whose husband was quite incapable of controlling or guiding her erratic course; and the other was the painful fascination of watching Edward and Hester through all the vicissitudes of their quarrellings and makings up--the hours they would spend together, followed by other hours in which they would mutually scowl at each other and did not speak.

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From this reading There are periods in life, and especially in the early part of it, when all existence gets, as it were, out of focus, and instead of some great and worthy centre, takes to circling round some point of outwardly frivolous meaning, some little axis of society entirely unfit to be the turning-point of even the smallest world of human concerns.

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From this reading To Edward it was the one place in the world where he was, as he hoped, free from observation and able to do as he pleased; which meant--where he was entirely free from Catherine, and need have no fear of any interruption from her to his amusement, or his pleasure, or, if you like it better, his love: to Hester it was the place where she had been recognised as part possessor in her own person, like the others, of the honours due to her family, and where the homage, to which a young woman sufficiently endowed has a right, was first given to her; if it had a more close attraction still as the place where she met Edward, that was a dream as yet unacknowledged to her own heart.

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From this reading There are periods in life, and especially in the early part of it, when all existence gets, as it were, out of focus, and instead of some great and worthy centre, takes to circling round some point of outwardly frivolous meaning, some little axis of society entirely unfit to be the turning-point of even the smallest world of human concerns.

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From this reading Harry, on the other hand, had a double interest--neither of them of a very cheerful kind--one of which was the necessity of standing by his sister, who his good sense told him was embarked in a very perilous way, and whose husband was quite incapable of controlling or guiding her erratic course; and the other was the painful fascination of watching Edward and Hester through all the vicissitudes of their quarrellings and makings up--the hours they would spend together, followed by other hours in which they would mutually scowl at each other and did not speak.

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From this reading This had come to be the case with the Vernons in those lingering weeks of winter just before Christmas.

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From this reading Harry, on the other hand, had a double interest--neither of them of a very cheerful kind--one of which was the necessity of standing by his sister, who his good sense told him was embarked in a very perilous way, and whose husband was quite incapable of controlling or guiding her erratic course; and the other was the painful fascination of watching Edward and Hester through all the vicissitudes of their quarrellings and makings up--the hours they would spend together, followed by other hours in which they would mutually scowl at each other and did not speak.

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From this reading Harry, on the other hand, had a double interest--neither of them of a very cheerful kind--one of which was the necessity of standing by his sister, who his good sense told him was embarked in a very perilous way, and whose husband was quite incapable of controlling or guiding her erratic course; and the other was the painful fascination of watching Edward and Hester through all the vicissitudes of their quarrellings and makings up--the hours they would spend together, followed by other hours in which they would mutually scowl at each other and did not speak.

the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun

From this reading That the young, gay, foolish--nay, absurd--house on the hill inhabited by Algernon Merridew and his wife should become to all of this important family the chief place, not only in Redborough, but for a time, in the world, was the most curious fact imaginable; but yet it was so.

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From this reading Harry, on the other hand, had a double interest--neither of them of a very cheerful kind--one of which was the necessity of standing by his sister, who his good sense told him was embarked in a very perilous way, and whose husband was quite incapable of controlling or guiding her erratic course; and the other was the painful fascination of watching Edward and Hester through all the vicissitudes of their quarrellings and makings up--the hours they would spend together, followed by other hours in which they would mutually scowl at each other and did not speak.

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From this reading Harry, on the other hand, had a double interest--neither of them of a very cheerful kind--one of which was the necessity of standing by his sister, who his good sense told him was embarked in a very perilous way, and whose husband was quite incapable of controlling or guiding her erratic course; and the other was the painful fascination of watching Edward and Hester through all the vicissitudes of their quarrellings and makings up--the hours they would spend together, followed by other hours in which they would mutually scowl at each other and did not speak.

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From this reading This had come to be the case with the Vernons in those lingering weeks of winter just before Christmas.

the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun

From this reading There are periods in life, and especially in the early part of it, when all existence gets, as it were, out of focus, and instead of some great and worthy centre, takes to circling round some point of outwardly frivolous meaning, some little axis of society entirely unfit to be the turning-point of even the smallest world of human concerns.

at the time that

From this reading There are periods in life, and especially in the early part of it, when all existence gets, as it were, out of focus, and instead of some great and worthy centre, takes to circling round some point of outwardly frivolous meaning, some little axis of society entirely unfit to be the turning-point of even the smallest world of human concerns.

in or at the place that

From this reading To Edward it was the one place in the world where he was, as he hoped, free from observation and able to do as he pleased; which meant--where he was entirely free from Catherine, and need have no fear of any interruption from her to his amusement, or his pleasure, or, if you like it better, his love: to Hester it was the place where she had been recognised as part possessor in her own person, like the others, of the honours due to her family, and where the homage, to which a young woman sufficiently endowed has a right, was first given to her; if it had a more close attraction still as the place where she met Edward, that was a dream as yet unacknowledged to her own heart.

used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned

From this reading To Edward it was the one place in the world where he was, as he hoped, free from observation and able to do as he pleased; which meant--where he was entirely free from Catherine, and need have no fear of any interruption from her to his amusement, or his pleasure, or, if you like it better, his love: to Hester it was the place where she had been recognised as part possessor in her own person, like the others, of the honours due to her family, and where the homage, to which a young woman sufficiently endowed has a right, was first given to her; if it had a more close attraction still as the place where she met Edward, that was a dream as yet unacknowledged to her own heart.

which person or people

From this reading Harry, on the other hand, had a double interest--neither of them of a very cheerful kind--one of which was the necessity of standing by his sister, who his good sense told him was embarked in a very perilous way, and whose husband was quite incapable of controlling or guiding her erratic course; and the other was the painful fascination of watching Edward and Hester through all the vicissitudes of their quarrellings and makings up--the hours they would spend together, followed by other hours in which they would mutually scowl at each other and did not speak.

belonging to which person

From this reading Harry, on the other hand, had a double interest--neither of them of a very cheerful kind--one of which was the necessity of standing by his sister, who his good sense told him was embarked in a very perilous way, and whose husband was quite incapable of controlling or guiding her erratic course; and the other was the painful fascination of watching Edward and Hester through all the vicissitudes of their quarrellings and makings up--the hours they would spend together, followed by other hours in which they would mutually scowl at each other and did not speak.

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From this reading That the young, gay, foolish--nay, absurd--house on the hill inhabited by Algernon Merridew and his wife should become to all of this important family the chief place, not only in Redborough, but for a time, in the world, was the most curious fact imaginable; but yet it was so.

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From this reading This had come to be the case with the Vernons in those lingering weeks of winter just before Christmas.

in the company of; together with

From this reading This had come to be the case with the Vernons in those lingering weeks of winter just before Christmas.

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From this reading To Edward it was the one place in the world where he was, as he hoped, free from observation and able to do as he pleased; which meant--where he was entirely free from Catherine, and need have no fear of any interruption from her to his amusement, or his pleasure, or, if you like it better, his love: to Hester it was the place where she had been recognised as part possessor in her own person, like the others, of the honours due to her family, and where the homage, to which a young woman sufficiently endowed has a right, was first given to her; if it had a more close attraction still as the place where she met Edward, that was a dream as yet unacknowledged to her own heart.

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From this reading There are periods in life, and especially in the early part of it, when all existence gets, as it were, out of focus, and instead of some great and worthy centre, takes to circling round some point of outwardly frivolous meaning, some little axis of society entirely unfit to be the turning-point of even the smallest world of human concerns.

Having or showing the qualities or abilities that merit recognition in character or magic.

From this reading There are periods in life, and especially in the early part of it, when all existence gets, as it were, out of focus, and instead of some great and worthy centre, takes to circling round some point of outwardly frivolous meaning, some little axis of society entirely unfit to be the turning-point of even the smallest world of human concerns.

used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past

From this reading Harry, on the other hand, had a double interest--neither of them of a very cheerful kind--one of which was the necessity of standing by his sister, who his good sense told him was embarked in a very perilous way, and whose husband was quite incapable of controlling or guiding her erratic course; and the other was the painful fascination of watching Edward and Hester through all the vicissitudes of their quarrellings and makings up--the hours they would spend together, followed by other hours in which they would mutually scowl at each other and did not speak.

but in spite of that

From this reading That the young, gay, foolish--nay, absurd--house on the hill inhabited by Algernon Merridew and his wife should become to all of this important family the chief place, not only in Redborough, but for a time, in the world, was the most curious fact imaginable; but yet it was so.

the person or people being spoken to

From this reading To Edward it was the one place in the world where he was, as he hoped, free from observation and able to do as he pleased; which meant--where he was entirely free from Catherine, and need have no fear of any interruption from her to his amusement, or his pleasure, or, if you like it better, his love: to Hester it was the place where she had been recognised as part possessor in her own person, like the others, of the honours due to her family, and where the homage, to which a young woman sufficiently endowed has a right, was first given to her; if it had a more close attraction still as the place where she met Edward, that was a dream as yet unacknowledged to her own heart.

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From this reading That the young, gay, foolish--nay, absurd--house on the hill inhabited by Algernon Merridew and his wife should become to all of this important family the chief place, not only in Redborough, but for a time, in the world, was the most curious fact imaginable; but yet it was so.