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AdeterminerUS /ə/
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading We hold our greyhound in our hand, Our falcon on our glove; But where shall we find leash or band For dame that loves to rove?--SCOTT A June evening shed a slanting light over the greensward of Hiltonbury Holt, and made the western windows glisten like diamonds, as Honora Charlecote slowly walked homewards to her solitary evening meal, alone, except for the nearly blind old pointer who laid his grizzled muzzle upon her knees, gazing wistfully into her face, as seating herself upon the step of the sun-dial, she fondled his smooth, depressed black head.
all
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From this reading Our young ones are all gone.'
alonenounUS /alone/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading We hold our greyhound in our hand, Our falcon on our glove; But where shall we find leash or band For dame that loves to rove?--SCOTT A June evening shed a slanting light over the greensward of Hiltonbury Holt, and made the western windows glisten like diamonds, as Honora Charlecote slowly walked homewards to her solitary evening meal, alone, except for the nearly blind old pointer who laid his grizzled muzzle upon her knees, gazing wistfully into her face, as seating herself upon the step of the sun-dial, she fondled his smooth, depressed black head.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading We hold our greyhound in our hand, Our falcon on our glove; But where shall we find leash or band For dame that loves to rove?--SCOTT A June evening shed a slanting light over the greensward of Hiltonbury Holt, and made the western windows glisten like diamonds, as Honora Charlecote slowly walked homewards to her solitary evening meal, alone, except for the nearly blind old pointer who laid his grizzled muzzle upon her knees, gazing wistfully into her face, as seating herself upon the step of the sun-dial, she fondled his smooth, depressed black head.
areauxiliary verbUS /ɑːr/
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading 'Poor Ponto!' she said, 'we are grown old together.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading We hold our greyhound in our hand, Our falcon on our glove; But where shall we find leash or band For dame that loves to rove?--SCOTT A June evening shed a slanting light over the greensward of Hiltonbury Holt, and made the western windows glisten like diamonds, as Honora Charlecote slowly walked homewards to her solitary evening meal, alone, except for the nearly blind old pointer who laid his grizzled muzzle upon her knees, gazing wistfully into her face, as seating herself upon the step of the sun-dial, she fondled his smooth, depressed black head.
band
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From this reading We hold our greyhound in our hand, Our falcon on our glove; But where shall we find leash or band For dame that loves to rove?--SCOTT A June evening shed a slanting light over the greensward of Hiltonbury Holt, and made the western windows glisten like diamonds, as Honora Charlecote slowly walked homewards to her solitary evening meal, alone, except for the nearly blind old pointer who laid his grizzled muzzle upon her knees, gazing wistfully into her face, as seating herself upon the step of the sun-dial, she fondled his smooth, depressed black head.
black
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From this reading We hold our greyhound in our hand, Our falcon on our glove; But where shall we find leash or band For dame that loves to rove?--SCOTT A June evening shed a slanting light over the greensward of Hiltonbury Holt, and made the western windows glisten like diamonds, as Honora Charlecote slowly walked homewards to her solitary evening meal, alone, except for the nearly blind old pointer who laid his grizzled muzzle upon her knees, gazing wistfully into her face, as seating herself upon the step of the sun-dial, she fondled his smooth, depressed black head.
blind
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From this reading We hold our greyhound in our hand, Our falcon on our glove; But where shall we find leash or band For dame that loves to rove?--SCOTT A June evening shed a slanting light over the greensward of Hiltonbury Holt, and made the western windows glisten like diamonds, as Honora Charlecote slowly walked homewards to her solitary evening meal, alone, except for the nearly blind old pointer who laid his grizzled muzzle upon her knees, gazing wistfully into her face, as seating herself upon the step of the sun-dial, she fondled his smooth, depressed black head.
bodynounUS /body/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Less old in proportion than Ponto--still in full vigour of mind and body, but old in disenchantment, and not without the traces of her forty-seven years.
ButconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading We hold our greyhound in our hand, Our falcon on our glove; But where shall we find leash or band For dame that loves to rove?--SCOTT A June evening shed a slanting light over the greensward of Hiltonbury Holt, and made the western windows glisten like diamonds, as Honora Charlecote slowly walked homewards to her solitary evening meal, alone, except for the nearly blind old pointer who laid his grizzled muzzle upon her knees, gazing wistfully into her face, as seating herself upon the step of the sun-dial, she fondled his smooth, depressed black head.
Charlecote
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From this reading We hold our greyhound in our hand, Our falcon on our glove; But where shall we find leash or band For dame that loves to rove?--SCOTT A June evening shed a slanting light over the greensward of Hiltonbury Holt, and made the western windows glisten like diamonds, as Honora Charlecote slowly walked homewards to her solitary evening meal, alone, except for the nearly blind old pointer who laid his grizzled muzzle upon her knees, gazing wistfully into her face, as seating herself upon the step of the sun-dial, she fondled his smooth, depressed black head.
dame
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From this reading We hold our greyhound in our hand, Our falcon on our glove; But where shall we find leash or band For dame that loves to rove?--SCOTT A June evening shed a slanting light over the greensward of Hiltonbury Holt, and made the western windows glisten like diamonds, as Honora Charlecote slowly walked homewards to her solitary evening meal, alone, except for the nearly blind old pointer who laid his grizzled muzzle upon her knees, gazing wistfully into her face, as seating herself upon the step of the sun-dial, she fondled his smooth, depressed black head.
depressed
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From this reading We hold our greyhound in our hand, Our falcon on our glove; But where shall we find leash or band For dame that loves to rove?--SCOTT A June evening shed a slanting light over the greensward of Hiltonbury Holt, and made the western windows glisten like diamonds, as Honora Charlecote slowly walked homewards to her solitary evening meal, alone, except for the nearly blind old pointer who laid his grizzled muzzle upon her knees, gazing wistfully into her face, as seating herself upon the step of the sun-dial, she fondled his smooth, depressed black head.
diamonds
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From this reading We hold our greyhound in our hand, Our falcon on our glove; But where shall we find leash or band For dame that loves to rove?--SCOTT A June evening shed a slanting light over the greensward of Hiltonbury Holt, and made the western windows glisten like diamonds, as Honora Charlecote slowly walked homewards to her solitary evening meal, alone, except for the nearly blind old pointer who laid his grizzled muzzle upon her knees, gazing wistfully into her face, as seating herself upon the step of the sun-dial, she fondled his smooth, depressed black head.
disenchantment
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From this reading Less old in proportion than Ponto--still in full vigour of mind and body, but old in disenchantment, and not without the traces of her forty-seven years.
evening
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From this reading We hold our greyhound in our hand, Our falcon on our glove; But where shall we find leash or band For dame that loves to rove?--SCOTT A June evening shed a slanting light over the greensward of Hiltonbury Holt, and made the western windows glisten like diamonds, as Honora Charlecote slowly walked homewards to her solitary evening meal, alone, except for the nearly blind old pointer who laid his grizzled muzzle upon her knees, gazing wistfully into her face, as seating herself upon the step of the sun-dial, she fondled his smooth, depressed black head.
exceptprepositionUS /ɪkˈsept/
apart from; not including
From this reading We hold our greyhound in our hand, Our falcon on our glove; But where shall we find leash or band For dame that loves to rove?--SCOTT A June evening shed a slanting light over the greensward of Hiltonbury Holt, and made the western windows glisten like diamonds, as Honora Charlecote slowly walked homewards to her solitary evening meal, alone, except for the nearly blind old pointer who laid his grizzled muzzle upon her knees, gazing wistfully into her face, as seating herself upon the step of the sun-dial, she fondled his smooth, depressed black head.
face
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From this reading We hold our greyhound in our hand, Our falcon on our glove; But where shall we find leash or band For dame that loves to rove?--SCOTT A June evening shed a slanting light over the greensward of Hiltonbury Holt, and made the western windows glisten like diamonds, as Honora Charlecote slowly walked homewards to her solitary evening meal, alone, except for the nearly blind old pointer who laid his grizzled muzzle upon her knees, gazing wistfully into her face, as seating herself upon the step of the sun-dial, she fondled his smooth, depressed black head.
falcon
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From this reading We hold our greyhound in our hand, Our falcon on our glove; But where shall we find leash or band For dame that loves to rove?--SCOTT A June evening shed a slanting light over the greensward of Hiltonbury Holt, and made the western windows glisten like diamonds, as Honora Charlecote slowly walked homewards to her solitary evening meal, alone, except for the nearly blind old pointer who laid his grizzled muzzle upon her knees, gazing wistfully into her face, as seating herself upon the step of the sun-dial, she fondled his smooth, depressed black head.
find
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From this reading We hold our greyhound in our hand, Our falcon on our glove; But where shall we find leash or band For dame that loves to rove?--SCOTT A June evening shed a slanting light over the greensward of Hiltonbury Holt, and made the western windows glisten like diamonds, as Honora Charlecote slowly walked homewards to her solitary evening meal, alone, except for the nearly blind old pointer who laid his grizzled muzzle upon her knees, gazing wistfully into her face, as seating herself upon the step of the sun-dial, she fondled his smooth, depressed black head.
fondled
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From this reading We hold our greyhound in our hand, Our falcon on our glove; But where shall we find leash or band For dame that loves to rove?--SCOTT A June evening shed a slanting light over the greensward of Hiltonbury Holt, and made the western windows glisten like diamonds, as Honora Charlecote slowly walked homewards to her solitary evening meal, alone, except for the nearly blind old pointer who laid his grizzled muzzle upon her knees, gazing wistfully into her face, as seating herself upon the step of the sun-dial, she fondled his smooth, depressed black head.
ForprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading We hold our greyhound in our hand, Our falcon on our glove; But where shall we find leash or band For dame that loves to rove?--SCOTT A June evening shed a slanting light over the greensward of Hiltonbury Holt, and made the western windows glisten like diamonds, as Honora Charlecote slowly walked homewards to her solitary evening meal, alone, except for the nearly blind old pointer who laid his grizzled muzzle upon her knees, gazing wistfully into her face, as seating herself upon the step of the sun-dial, she fondled his smooth, depressed black head.
forty-seven
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From this reading Less old in proportion than Ponto--still in full vigour of mind and body, but old in disenchantment, and not without the traces of her forty-seven years.
full
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From this reading Less old in proportion than Ponto--still in full vigour of mind and body, but old in disenchantment, and not without the traces of her forty-seven years.
gazing
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From this reading We hold our greyhound in our hand, Our falcon on our glove; But where shall we find leash or band For dame that loves to rove?--SCOTT A June evening shed a slanting light over the greensward of Hiltonbury Holt, and made the western windows glisten like diamonds, as Honora Charlecote slowly walked homewards to her solitary evening meal, alone, except for the nearly blind old pointer who laid his grizzled muzzle upon her knees, gazing wistfully into her face, as seating herself upon the step of the sun-dial, she fondled his smooth, depressed black head.
glisten
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From this reading We hold our greyhound in our hand, Our falcon on our glove; But where shall we find leash or band For dame that loves to rove?--SCOTT A June evening shed a slanting light over the greensward of Hiltonbury Holt, and made the western windows glisten like diamonds, as Honora Charlecote slowly walked homewards to her solitary evening meal, alone, except for the nearly blind old pointer who laid his grizzled muzzle upon her knees, gazing wistfully into her face, as seating herself upon the step of the sun-dial, she fondled his smooth, depressed black head.
glove
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From this reading We hold our greyhound in our hand, Our falcon on our glove; But where shall we find leash or band For dame that loves to rove?--SCOTT A June evening shed a slanting light over the greensward of Hiltonbury Holt, and made the western windows glisten like diamonds, as Honora Charlecote slowly walked homewards to her solitary evening meal, alone, except for the nearly blind old pointer who laid his grizzled muzzle upon her knees, gazing wistfully into her face, as seating herself upon the step of the sun-dial, she fondled his smooth, depressed black head.
gone
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From this reading Our young ones are all gone.'
greensward
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From this reading We hold our greyhound in our hand, Our falcon on our glove; But where shall we find leash or band For dame that loves to rove?--SCOTT A June evening shed a slanting light over the greensward of Hiltonbury Holt, and made the western windows glisten like diamonds, as Honora Charlecote slowly walked homewards to her solitary evening meal, alone, except for the nearly blind old pointer who laid his grizzled muzzle upon her knees, gazing wistfully into her face, as seating herself upon the step of the sun-dial, she fondled his smooth, depressed black head.
greyhound
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From this reading We hold our greyhound in our hand, Our falcon on our glove; But where shall we find leash or band For dame that loves to rove?--SCOTT A June evening shed a slanting light over the greensward of Hiltonbury Holt, and made the western windows glisten like diamonds, as Honora Charlecote slowly walked homewards to her solitary evening meal, alone, except for the nearly blind old pointer who laid his grizzled muzzle upon her knees, gazing wistfully into her face, as seating herself upon the step of the sun-dial, she fondled his smooth, depressed black head.
grizzled
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From this reading We hold our greyhound in our hand, Our falcon on our glove; But where shall we find leash or band For dame that loves to rove?--SCOTT A June evening shed a slanting light over the greensward of Hiltonbury Holt, and made the western windows glisten like diamonds, as Honora Charlecote slowly walked homewards to her solitary evening meal, alone, except for the nearly blind old pointer who laid his grizzled muzzle upon her knees, gazing wistfully into her face, as seating herself upon the step of the sun-dial, she fondled his smooth, depressed black head.
grown
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From this reading 'Poor Ponto!' she said, 'we are grown old together.
hand
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From this reading We hold our greyhound in our hand, Our falcon on our glove; But where shall we find leash or band For dame that loves to rove?--SCOTT A June evening shed a slanting light over the greensward of Hiltonbury Holt, and made the western windows glisten like diamonds, as Honora Charlecote slowly walked homewards to her solitary evening meal, alone, except for the nearly blind old pointer who laid his grizzled muzzle upon her knees, gazing wistfully into her face, as seating herself upon the step of the sun-dial, she fondled his smooth, depressed black head.
head
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From this reading We hold our greyhound in our hand, Our falcon on our glove; But where shall we find leash or band For dame that loves to rove?--SCOTT A June evening shed a slanting light over the greensward of Hiltonbury Holt, and made the western windows glisten like diamonds, as Honora Charlecote slowly walked homewards to her solitary evening meal, alone, except for the nearly blind old pointer who laid his grizzled muzzle upon her knees, gazing wistfully into her face, as seating herself upon the step of the sun-dial, she fondled his smooth, depressed black head.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading We hold our greyhound in our hand, Our falcon on our glove; But where shall we find leash or band For dame that loves to rove?--SCOTT A June evening shed a slanting light over the greensward of Hiltonbury Holt, and made the western windows glisten like diamonds, as Honora Charlecote slowly walked homewards to her solitary evening meal, alone, except for the nearly blind old pointer who laid his grizzled muzzle upon her knees, gazing wistfully into her face, as seating herself upon the step of the sun-dial, she fondled his smooth, depressed black head.
herselfpronounUS /hərˈself/
used when the woman or girl doing the action is also its object
From this reading We hold our greyhound in our hand, Our falcon on our glove; But where shall we find leash or band For dame that loves to rove?--SCOTT A June evening shed a slanting light over the greensward of Hiltonbury Holt, and made the western windows glisten like diamonds, as Honora Charlecote slowly walked homewards to her solitary evening meal, alone, except for the nearly blind old pointer who laid his grizzled muzzle upon her knees, gazing wistfully into her face, as seating herself upon the step of the sun-dial, she fondled his smooth, depressed black head.
Hiltonbury
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From this reading We hold our greyhound in our hand, Our falcon on our glove; But where shall we find leash or band For dame that loves to rove?--SCOTT A June evening shed a slanting light over the greensward of Hiltonbury Holt, and made the western windows glisten like diamonds, as Honora Charlecote slowly walked homewards to her solitary evening meal, alone, except for the nearly blind old pointer who laid his grizzled muzzle upon her knees, gazing wistfully into her face, as seating herself upon the step of the sun-dial, she fondled his smooth, depressed black head.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading We hold our greyhound in our hand, Our falcon on our glove; But where shall we find leash or band For dame that loves to rove?--SCOTT A June evening shed a slanting light over the greensward of Hiltonbury Holt, and made the western windows glisten like diamonds, as Honora Charlecote slowly walked homewards to her solitary evening meal, alone, except for the nearly blind old pointer who laid his grizzled muzzle upon her knees, gazing wistfully into her face, as seating herself upon the step of the sun-dial, she fondled his smooth, depressed black head.
hold
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From this reading We hold our greyhound in our hand, Our falcon on our glove; But where shall we find leash or band For dame that loves to rove?--SCOTT A June evening shed a slanting light over the greensward of Hiltonbury Holt, and made the western windows glisten like diamonds, as Honora Charlecote slowly walked homewards to her solitary evening meal, alone, except for the nearly blind old pointer who laid his grizzled muzzle upon her knees, gazing wistfully into her face, as seating herself upon the step of the sun-dial, she fondled his smooth, depressed black head.
Holt
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From this reading We hold our greyhound in our hand, Our falcon on our glove; But where shall we find leash or band For dame that loves to rove?--SCOTT A June evening shed a slanting light over the greensward of Hiltonbury Holt, and made the western windows glisten like diamonds, as Honora Charlecote slowly walked homewards to her solitary evening meal, alone, except for the nearly blind old pointer who laid his grizzled muzzle upon her knees, gazing wistfully into her face, as seating herself upon the step of the sun-dial, she fondled his smooth, depressed black head.
homewards
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From this reading We hold our greyhound in our hand, Our falcon on our glove; But where shall we find leash or band For dame that loves to rove?--SCOTT A June evening shed a slanting light over the greensward of Hiltonbury Holt, and made the western windows glisten like diamonds, as Honora Charlecote slowly walked homewards to her solitary evening meal, alone, except for the nearly blind old pointer who laid his grizzled muzzle upon her knees, gazing wistfully into her face, as seating herself upon the step of the sun-dial, she fondled his smooth, depressed black head.
Honora
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From this reading We hold our greyhound in our hand, Our falcon on our glove; But where shall we find leash or band For dame that loves to rove?--SCOTT A June evening shed a slanting light over the greensward of Hiltonbury Holt, and made the western windows glisten like diamonds, as Honora Charlecote slowly walked homewards to her solitary evening meal, alone, except for the nearly blind old pointer who laid his grizzled muzzle upon her knees, gazing wistfully into her face, as seating herself upon the step of the sun-dial, she fondled his smooth, depressed black head.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading We hold our greyhound in our hand, Our falcon on our glove; But where shall we find leash or band For dame that loves to rove?--SCOTT A June evening shed a slanting light over the greensward of Hiltonbury Holt, and made the western windows glisten like diamonds, as Honora Charlecote slowly walked homewards to her solitary evening meal, alone, except for the nearly blind old pointer who laid his grizzled muzzle upon her knees, gazing wistfully into her face, as seating herself upon the step of the sun-dial, she fondled his smooth, depressed black head.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading We hold our greyhound in our hand, Our falcon on our glove; But where shall we find leash or band For dame that loves to rove?--SCOTT A June evening shed a slanting light over the greensward of Hiltonbury Holt, and made the western windows glisten like diamonds, as Honora Charlecote slowly walked homewards to her solitary evening meal, alone, except for the nearly blind old pointer who laid his grizzled muzzle upon her knees, gazing wistfully into her face, as seating herself upon the step of the sun-dial, she fondled his smooth, depressed black head.
June
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From this reading We hold our greyhound in our hand, Our falcon on our glove; But where shall we find leash or band For dame that loves to rove?--SCOTT A June evening shed a slanting light over the greensward of Hiltonbury Holt, and made the western windows glisten like diamonds, as Honora Charlecote slowly walked homewards to her solitary evening meal, alone, except for the nearly blind old pointer who laid his grizzled muzzle upon her knees, gazing wistfully into her face, as seating herself upon the step of the sun-dial, she fondled his smooth, depressed black head.
knees
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From this reading We hold our greyhound in our hand, Our falcon on our glove; But where shall we find leash or band For dame that loves to rove?--SCOTT A June evening shed a slanting light over the greensward of Hiltonbury Holt, and made the western windows glisten like diamonds, as Honora Charlecote slowly walked homewards to her solitary evening meal, alone, except for the nearly blind old pointer who laid his grizzled muzzle upon her knees, gazing wistfully into her face, as seating herself upon the step of the sun-dial, she fondled his smooth, depressed black head.
laid
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From this reading We hold our greyhound in our hand, Our falcon on our glove; But where shall we find leash or band For dame that loves to rove?--SCOTT A June evening shed a slanting light over the greensward of Hiltonbury Holt, and made the western windows glisten like diamonds, as Honora Charlecote slowly walked homewards to her solitary evening meal, alone, except for the nearly blind old pointer who laid his grizzled muzzle upon her knees, gazing wistfully into her face, as seating herself upon the step of the sun-dial, she fondled his smooth, depressed black head.
leash
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From this reading We hold our greyhound in our hand, Our falcon on our glove; But where shall we find leash or band For dame that loves to rove?--SCOTT A June evening shed a slanting light over the greensward of Hiltonbury Holt, and made the western windows glisten like diamonds, as Honora Charlecote slowly walked homewards to her solitary evening meal, alone, except for the nearly blind old pointer who laid his grizzled muzzle upon her knees, gazing wistfully into her face, as seating herself upon the step of the sun-dial, she fondled his smooth, depressed black head.
Less
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From this reading Less old in proportion than Ponto--still in full vigour of mind and body, but old in disenchantment, and not without the traces of her forty-seven years.
light
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From this reading We hold our greyhound in our hand, Our falcon on our glove; But where shall we find leash or band For dame that loves to rove?--SCOTT A June evening shed a slanting light over the greensward of Hiltonbury Holt, and made the western windows glisten like diamonds, as Honora Charlecote slowly walked homewards to her solitary evening meal, alone, except for the nearly blind old pointer who laid his grizzled muzzle upon her knees, gazing wistfully into her face, as seating herself upon the step of the sun-dial, she fondled his smooth, depressed black head.
like
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From this reading We hold our greyhound in our hand, Our falcon on our glove; But where shall we find leash or band For dame that loves to rove?--SCOTT A June evening shed a slanting light over the greensward of Hiltonbury Holt, and made the western windows glisten like diamonds, as Honora Charlecote slowly walked homewards to her solitary evening meal, alone, except for the nearly blind old pointer who laid his grizzled muzzle upon her knees, gazing wistfully into her face, as seating herself upon the step of the sun-dial, she fondled his smooth, depressed black head.
loves
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From this reading We hold our greyhound in our hand, Our falcon on our glove; But where shall we find leash or band For dame that loves to rove?--SCOTT A June evening shed a slanting light over the greensward of Hiltonbury Holt, and made the western windows glisten like diamonds, as Honora Charlecote slowly walked homewards to her solitary evening meal, alone, except for the nearly blind old pointer who laid his grizzled muzzle upon her knees, gazing wistfully into her face, as seating herself upon the step of the sun-dial, she fondled his smooth, depressed black head.
made
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From this reading We hold our greyhound in our hand, Our falcon on our glove; But where shall we find leash or band For dame that loves to rove?--SCOTT A June evening shed a slanting light over the greensward of Hiltonbury Holt, and made the western windows glisten like diamonds, as Honora Charlecote slowly walked homewards to her solitary evening meal, alone, except for the nearly blind old pointer who laid his grizzled muzzle upon her knees, gazing wistfully into her face, as seating herself upon the step of the sun-dial, she fondled his smooth, depressed black head.
meal
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From this reading We hold our greyhound in our hand, Our falcon on our glove; But where shall we find leash or band For dame that loves to rove?--SCOTT A June evening shed a slanting light over the greensward of Hiltonbury Holt, and made the western windows glisten like diamonds, as Honora Charlecote slowly walked homewards to her solitary evening meal, alone, except for the nearly blind old pointer who laid his grizzled muzzle upon her knees, gazing wistfully into her face, as seating herself upon the step of the sun-dial, she fondled his smooth, depressed black head.
mindnounUS /mind/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Less old in proportion than Ponto--still in full vigour of mind and body, but old in disenchantment, and not without the traces of her forty-seven years.
muzzle
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From this reading We hold our greyhound in our hand, Our falcon on our glove; But where shall we find leash or band For dame that loves to rove?--SCOTT A June evening shed a slanting light over the greensward of Hiltonbury Holt, and made the western windows glisten like diamonds, as Honora Charlecote slowly walked homewards to her solitary evening meal, alone, except for the nearly blind old pointer who laid his grizzled muzzle upon her knees, gazing wistfully into her face, as seating herself upon the step of the sun-dial, she fondled his smooth, depressed black head.
nearly
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From this reading We hold our greyhound in our hand, Our falcon on our glove; But where shall we find leash or band For dame that loves to rove?--SCOTT A June evening shed a slanting light over the greensward of Hiltonbury Holt, and made the western windows glisten like diamonds, as Honora Charlecote slowly walked homewards to her solitary evening meal, alone, except for the nearly blind old pointer who laid his grizzled muzzle upon her knees, gazing wistfully into her face, as seating herself upon the step of the sun-dial, she fondled his smooth, depressed black head.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading Less old in proportion than Ponto--still in full vigour of mind and body, but old in disenchantment, and not without the traces of her forty-seven years.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading We hold our greyhound in our hand, Our falcon on our glove; But where shall we find leash or band For dame that loves to rove?--SCOTT A June evening shed a slanting light over the greensward of Hiltonbury Holt, and made the western windows glisten like diamonds, as Honora Charlecote slowly walked homewards to her solitary evening meal, alone, except for the nearly blind old pointer who laid his grizzled muzzle upon her knees, gazing wistfully into her face, as seating herself upon the step of the sun-dial, she fondled his smooth, depressed black head.
old
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From this reading We hold our greyhound in our hand, Our falcon on our glove; But where shall we find leash or band For dame that loves to rove?--SCOTT A June evening shed a slanting light over the greensward of Hiltonbury Holt, and made the western windows glisten like diamonds, as Honora Charlecote slowly walked homewards to her solitary evening meal, alone, except for the nearly blind old pointer who laid his grizzled muzzle upon her knees, gazing wistfully into her face, as seating herself upon the step of the sun-dial, she fondled his smooth, depressed black head.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading We hold our greyhound in our hand, Our falcon on our glove; But where shall we find leash or band For dame that loves to rove?--SCOTT A June evening shed a slanting light over the greensward of Hiltonbury Holt, and made the western windows glisten like diamonds, as Honora Charlecote slowly walked homewards to her solitary evening meal, alone, except for the nearly blind old pointer who laid his grizzled muzzle upon her knees, gazing wistfully into her face, as seating herself upon the step of the sun-dial, she fondled his smooth, depressed black head.
ones
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From this reading Our young ones are all gone.'
orconjunctionUS /ɔːr/
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading We hold our greyhound in our hand, Our falcon on our glove; But where shall we find leash or band For dame that loves to rove?--SCOTT A June evening shed a slanting light over the greensward of Hiltonbury Holt, and made the western windows glisten like diamonds, as Honora Charlecote slowly walked homewards to her solitary evening meal, alone, except for the nearly blind old pointer who laid his grizzled muzzle upon her knees, gazing wistfully into her face, as seating herself upon the step of the sun-dial, she fondled his smooth, depressed black head.
ourdeterminerUS /ˈaʊər/
belonging to the speaker and others
From this reading We hold our greyhound in our hand, Our falcon on our glove; But where shall we find leash or band For dame that loves to rove?--SCOTT A June evening shed a slanting light over the greensward of Hiltonbury Holt, and made the western windows glisten like diamonds, as Honora Charlecote slowly walked homewards to her solitary evening meal, alone, except for the nearly blind old pointer who laid his grizzled muzzle upon her knees, gazing wistfully into her face, as seating herself upon the step of the sun-dial, she fondled his smooth, depressed black head.
overprepositionUS /ˈoʊvər/
above and across; more than
From this reading We hold our greyhound in our hand, Our falcon on our glove; But where shall we find leash or band For dame that loves to rove?--SCOTT A June evening shed a slanting light over the greensward of Hiltonbury Holt, and made the western windows glisten like diamonds, as Honora Charlecote slowly walked homewards to her solitary evening meal, alone, except for the nearly blind old pointer who laid his grizzled muzzle upon her knees, gazing wistfully into her face, as seating herself upon the step of the sun-dial, she fondled his smooth, depressed black head.
pointer
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From this reading We hold our greyhound in our hand, Our falcon on our glove; But where shall we find leash or band For dame that loves to rove?--SCOTT A June evening shed a slanting light over the greensward of Hiltonbury Holt, and made the western windows glisten like diamonds, as Honora Charlecote slowly walked homewards to her solitary evening meal, alone, except for the nearly blind old pointer who laid his grizzled muzzle upon her knees, gazing wistfully into her face, as seating herself upon the step of the sun-dial, she fondled his smooth, depressed black head.
Ponto
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From this reading 'Poor Ponto!' she said, 'we are grown old together.
PoornounUS /poor/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading 'Poor Ponto!' she said, 'we are grown old together.
proportion
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From this reading Less old in proportion than Ponto--still in full vigour of mind and body, but old in disenchantment, and not without the traces of her forty-seven years.
rove
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From this reading We hold our greyhound in our hand, Our falcon on our glove; But where shall we find leash or band For dame that loves to rove?--SCOTT A June evening shed a slanting light over the greensward of Hiltonbury Holt, and made the western windows glisten like diamonds, as Honora Charlecote slowly walked homewards to her solitary evening meal, alone, except for the nearly blind old pointer who laid his grizzled muzzle upon her knees, gazing wistfully into her face, as seating herself upon the step of the sun-dial, she fondled his smooth, depressed black head.
said
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From this reading 'Poor Ponto!' she said, 'we are grown old together.
SCOTT
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From this reading We hold our greyhound in our hand, Our falcon on our glove; But where shall we find leash or band For dame that loves to rove?--SCOTT A June evening shed a slanting light over the greensward of Hiltonbury Holt, and made the western windows glisten like diamonds, as Honora Charlecote slowly walked homewards to her solitary evening meal, alone, except for the nearly blind old pointer who laid his grizzled muzzle upon her knees, gazing wistfully into her face, as seating herself upon the step of the sun-dial, she fondled his smooth, depressed black head.
seating
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From this reading We hold our greyhound in our hand, Our falcon on our glove; But where shall we find leash or band For dame that loves to rove?--SCOTT A June evening shed a slanting light over the greensward of Hiltonbury Holt, and made the western windows glisten like diamonds, as Honora Charlecote slowly walked homewards to her solitary evening meal, alone, except for the nearly blind old pointer who laid his grizzled muzzle upon her knees, gazing wistfully into her face, as seating herself upon the step of the sun-dial, she fondled his smooth, depressed black head.
shallmodal verbUS /ʃæl/
used with I and we for the future, or to offer and suggest
From this reading We hold our greyhound in our hand, Our falcon on our glove; But where shall we find leash or band For dame that loves to rove?--SCOTT A June evening shed a slanting light over the greensward of Hiltonbury Holt, and made the western windows glisten like diamonds, as Honora Charlecote slowly walked homewards to her solitary evening meal, alone, except for the nearly blind old pointer who laid his grizzled muzzle upon her knees, gazing wistfully into her face, as seating herself upon the step of the sun-dial, she fondled his smooth, depressed black head.
shepronounUS /ʃiː/
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading We hold our greyhound in our hand, Our falcon on our glove; But where shall we find leash or band For dame that loves to rove?--SCOTT A June evening shed a slanting light over the greensward of Hiltonbury Holt, and made the western windows glisten like diamonds, as Honora Charlecote slowly walked homewards to her solitary evening meal, alone, except for the nearly blind old pointer who laid his grizzled muzzle upon her knees, gazing wistfully into her face, as seating herself upon the step of the sun-dial, she fondled his smooth, depressed black head.
shed
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From this reading We hold our greyhound in our hand, Our falcon on our glove; But where shall we find leash or band For dame that loves to rove?--SCOTT A June evening shed a slanting light over the greensward of Hiltonbury Holt, and made the western windows glisten like diamonds, as Honora Charlecote slowly walked homewards to her solitary evening meal, alone, except for the nearly blind old pointer who laid his grizzled muzzle upon her knees, gazing wistfully into her face, as seating herself upon the step of the sun-dial, she fondled his smooth, depressed black head.
slanting
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From this reading We hold our greyhound in our hand, Our falcon on our glove; But where shall we find leash or band For dame that loves to rove?--SCOTT A June evening shed a slanting light over the greensward of Hiltonbury Holt, and made the western windows glisten like diamonds, as Honora Charlecote slowly walked homewards to her solitary evening meal, alone, except for the nearly blind old pointer who laid his grizzled muzzle upon her knees, gazing wistfully into her face, as seating herself upon the step of the sun-dial, she fondled his smooth, depressed black head.
slowly
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From this reading We hold our greyhound in our hand, Our falcon on our glove; But where shall we find leash or band For dame that loves to rove?--SCOTT A June evening shed a slanting light over the greensward of Hiltonbury Holt, and made the western windows glisten like diamonds, as Honora Charlecote slowly walked homewards to her solitary evening meal, alone, except for the nearly blind old pointer who laid his grizzled muzzle upon her knees, gazing wistfully into her face, as seating herself upon the step of the sun-dial, she fondled his smooth, depressed black head.
smooth
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From this reading We hold our greyhound in our hand, Our falcon on our glove; But where shall we find leash or band For dame that loves to rove?--SCOTT A June evening shed a slanting light over the greensward of Hiltonbury Holt, and made the western windows glisten like diamonds, as Honora Charlecote slowly walked homewards to her solitary evening meal, alone, except for the nearly blind old pointer who laid his grizzled muzzle upon her knees, gazing wistfully into her face, as seating herself upon the step of the sun-dial, she fondled his smooth, depressed black head.
solitary
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From this reading We hold our greyhound in our hand, Our falcon on our glove; But where shall we find leash or band For dame that loves to rove?--SCOTT A June evening shed a slanting light over the greensward of Hiltonbury Holt, and made the western windows glisten like diamonds, as Honora Charlecote slowly walked homewards to her solitary evening meal, alone, except for the nearly blind old pointer who laid his grizzled muzzle upon her knees, gazing wistfully into her face, as seating herself upon the step of the sun-dial, she fondled his smooth, depressed black head.
stepnounUS /step/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading We hold our greyhound in our hand, Our falcon on our glove; But where shall we find leash or band For dame that loves to rove?--SCOTT A June evening shed a slanting light over the greensward of Hiltonbury Holt, and made the western windows glisten like diamonds, as Honora Charlecote slowly walked homewards to her solitary evening meal, alone, except for the nearly blind old pointer who laid his grizzled muzzle upon her knees, gazing wistfully into her face, as seating herself upon the step of the sun-dial, she fondled his smooth, depressed black head.
stillnounUS /still/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Less old in proportion than Ponto--still in full vigour of mind and body, but old in disenchantment, and not without the traces of her forty-seven years.
sun-dial
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From this reading We hold our greyhound in our hand, Our falcon on our glove; But where shall we find leash or band For dame that loves to rove?--SCOTT A June evening shed a slanting light over the greensward of Hiltonbury Holt, and made the western windows glisten like diamonds, as Honora Charlecote slowly walked homewards to her solitary evening meal, alone, except for the nearly blind old pointer who laid his grizzled muzzle upon her knees, gazing wistfully into her face, as seating herself upon the step of the sun-dial, she fondled his smooth, depressed black head.
thanconjunctionUS /ðæn/
used to introduce the second part of a comparison
From this reading Less old in proportion than Ponto--still in full vigour of mind and body, but old in disenchantment, and not without the traces of her forty-seven years.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading We hold our greyhound in our hand, Our falcon on our glove; But where shall we find leash or band For dame that loves to rove?--SCOTT A June evening shed a slanting light over the greensward of Hiltonbury Holt, and made the western windows glisten like diamonds, as Honora Charlecote slowly walked homewards to her solitary evening meal, alone, except for the nearly blind old pointer who laid his grizzled muzzle upon her knees, gazing wistfully into her face, as seating herself upon the step of the sun-dial, she fondled his smooth, depressed black head.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading We hold our greyhound in our hand, Our falcon on our glove; But where shall we find leash or band For dame that loves to rove?--SCOTT A June evening shed a slanting light over the greensward of Hiltonbury Holt, and made the western windows glisten like diamonds, as Honora Charlecote slowly walked homewards to her solitary evening meal, alone, except for the nearly blind old pointer who laid his grizzled muzzle upon her knees, gazing wistfully into her face, as seating herself upon the step of the sun-dial, she fondled his smooth, depressed black head.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading We hold our greyhound in our hand, Our falcon on our glove; But where shall we find leash or band For dame that loves to rove?--SCOTT A June evening shed a slanting light over the greensward of Hiltonbury Holt, and made the western windows glisten like diamonds, as Honora Charlecote slowly walked homewards to her solitary evening meal, alone, except for the nearly blind old pointer who laid his grizzled muzzle upon her knees, gazing wistfully into her face, as seating herself upon the step of the sun-dial, she fondled his smooth, depressed black head.
together
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From this reading 'Poor Ponto!' she said, 'we are grown old together.
traces
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From this reading Less old in proportion than Ponto--still in full vigour of mind and body, but old in disenchantment, and not without the traces of her forty-seven years.
uponprepositionUS /əˈpɑːn/
a formal word for “on”
From this reading We hold our greyhound in our hand, Our falcon on our glove; But where shall we find leash or band For dame that loves to rove?--SCOTT A June evening shed a slanting light over the greensward of Hiltonbury Holt, and made the western windows glisten like diamonds, as Honora Charlecote slowly walked homewards to her solitary evening meal, alone, except for the nearly blind old pointer who laid his grizzled muzzle upon her knees, gazing wistfully into her face, as seating herself upon the step of the sun-dial, she fondled his smooth, depressed black head.
vigour
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From this reading Less old in proportion than Ponto--still in full vigour of mind and body, but old in disenchantment, and not without the traces of her forty-seven years.
walked
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From this reading We hold our greyhound in our hand, Our falcon on our glove; But where shall we find leash or band For dame that loves to rove?--SCOTT A June evening shed a slanting light over the greensward of Hiltonbury Holt, and made the western windows glisten like diamonds, as Honora Charlecote slowly walked homewards to her solitary evening meal, alone, except for the nearly blind old pointer who laid his grizzled muzzle upon her knees, gazing wistfully into her face, as seating herself upon the step of the sun-dial, she fondled his smooth, depressed black head.
WepronounUS /wiː/
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading We hold our greyhound in our hand, Our falcon on our glove; But where shall we find leash or band For dame that loves to rove?--SCOTT A June evening shed a slanting light over the greensward of Hiltonbury Holt, and made the western windows glisten like diamonds, as Honora Charlecote slowly walked homewards to her solitary evening meal, alone, except for the nearly blind old pointer who laid his grizzled muzzle upon her knees, gazing wistfully into her face, as seating herself upon the step of the sun-dial, she fondled his smooth, depressed black head.
western
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From this reading We hold our greyhound in our hand, Our falcon on our glove; But where shall we find leash or band For dame that loves to rove?--SCOTT A June evening shed a slanting light over the greensward of Hiltonbury Holt, and made the western windows glisten like diamonds, as Honora Charlecote slowly walked homewards to her solitary evening meal, alone, except for the nearly blind old pointer who laid his grizzled muzzle upon her knees, gazing wistfully into her face, as seating herself upon the step of the sun-dial, she fondled his smooth, depressed black head.
whereconjunctionUS /wer/
in or at the place that
From this reading We hold our greyhound in our hand, Our falcon on our glove; But where shall we find leash or band For dame that loves to rove?--SCOTT A June evening shed a slanting light over the greensward of Hiltonbury Holt, and made the western windows glisten like diamonds, as Honora Charlecote slowly walked homewards to her solitary evening meal, alone, except for the nearly blind old pointer who laid his grizzled muzzle upon her knees, gazing wistfully into her face, as seating herself upon the step of the sun-dial, she fondled his smooth, depressed black head.
whopronounUS /huː/
which person or people
From this reading We hold our greyhound in our hand, Our falcon on our glove; But where shall we find leash or band For dame that loves to rove?--SCOTT A June evening shed a slanting light over the greensward of Hiltonbury Holt, and made the western windows glisten like diamonds, as Honora Charlecote slowly walked homewards to her solitary evening meal, alone, except for the nearly blind old pointer who laid his grizzled muzzle upon her knees, gazing wistfully into her face, as seating herself upon the step of the sun-dial, she fondled his smooth, depressed black head.
windows
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From this reading We hold our greyhound in our hand, Our falcon on our glove; But where shall we find leash or band For dame that loves to rove?--SCOTT A June evening shed a slanting light over the greensward of Hiltonbury Holt, and made the western windows glisten like diamonds, as Honora Charlecote slowly walked homewards to her solitary evening meal, alone, except for the nearly blind old pointer who laid his grizzled muzzle upon her knees, gazing wistfully into her face, as seating herself upon the step of the sun-dial, she fondled his smooth, depressed black head.
wistfully
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From this reading We hold our greyhound in our hand, Our falcon on our glove; But where shall we find leash or band For dame that loves to rove?--SCOTT A June evening shed a slanting light over the greensward of Hiltonbury Holt, and made the western windows glisten like diamonds, as Honora Charlecote slowly walked homewards to her solitary evening meal, alone, except for the nearly blind old pointer who laid his grizzled muzzle upon her knees, gazing wistfully into her face, as seating herself upon the step of the sun-dial, she fondled his smooth, depressed black head.
withoutprepositionUS /wɪˈθaʊt/
not having, not using, or not accompanied by
From this reading Less old in proportion than Ponto--still in full vigour of mind and body, but old in disenchantment, and not without the traces of her forty-seven years.
years
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From this reading Less old in proportion than Ponto--still in full vigour of mind and body, but old in disenchantment, and not without the traces of her forty-seven years.
young
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From this reading Our young ones are all gone.'
