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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 In the Days of the Comet “The World’s Great Age begins anew, The Golden Years return, The Earth doth like a Snake renew Her Winter Skin outworn: Heaven smiles, and Faiths and Empires gleam Like Wrecks of a Dissolving Dream.”
Age
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From this reading In the Days of the Comet “The World’s Great Age begins anew, The Golden Years return, The Earth doth like a Snake renew Her Winter Skin outworn: Heaven smiles, and Faiths and Empires gleam Like Wrecks of a Dissolving Dream.”
All
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From this reading All the appointments of this room were orderly and beautiful, and in some subtle quality, in this small difference and that, new to me and strange.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading In the Days of the Comet “The World’s Great Age begins anew, The Golden Years return, The Earth doth like a Snake renew Her Winter Skin outworn: Heaven smiles, and Faiths and Empires gleam Like Wrecks of a Dissolving Dream.”
anew
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From this reading In the Days of the Comet “The World’s Great Age begins anew, The Golden Years return, The Earth doth like a Snake renew Her Winter Skin outworn: Heaven smiles, and Faiths and Empires gleam Like Wrecks of a Dissolving Dream.”
appointments
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From this reading All the appointments of this room were orderly and beautiful, and in some subtle quality, in this small difference and that, new to me and strange.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading I saw a gray-haired man, a figure of hale age, sitting at a desk and writing.
away
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From this reading He seemed to be in a room in a tower, very high, so that through the tall window on his left one perceived only distances, a remote horizon of sea, a headland and that vague haze and glitter in the sunset that many miles away marks a city.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading He seemed to be in a room in a tower, very high, so that through the tall window on his left one perceived only distances, a remote horizon of sea, a headland and that vague haze and glitter in the sunset that many miles away marks a city.
beautiful
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From this reading All the appointments of this room were orderly and beautiful, and in some subtle quality, in this small difference and that, new to me and strange.
begins
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From this reading In the Days of the Comet “The World’s Great Age begins anew, The Golden Years return, The Earth doth like a Snake renew Her Winter Skin outworn: Heaven smiles, and Faiths and Empires gleam Like Wrecks of a Dissolving Dream.”
city
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From this reading He seemed to be in a room in a tower, very high, so that through the tall window on his left one perceived only distances, a remote horizon of sea, a headland and that vague haze and glitter in the sunset that many miles away marks a city.
Comet
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From this reading In the Days of the Comet “The World’s Great Age begins anew, The Golden Years return, The Earth doth like a Snake renew Her Winter Skin outworn: Heaven smiles, and Faiths and Empires gleam Like Wrecks of a Dissolving Dream.”
costume
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From this reading They were in no fashion I could name, and the simple costume the man wore suggested neither period nor country.
couldmodal verbUS /kʊd/
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading They were in no fashion I could name, and the simple costume the man wore suggested neither period nor country.
country
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From this reading They were in no fashion I could name, and the simple costume the man wore suggested neither period nor country.
Days
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From this reading In the Days of the Comet “The World’s Great Age begins anew, The Golden Years return, The Earth doth like a Snake renew Her Winter Skin outworn: Heaven smiles, and Faiths and Empires gleam Like Wrecks of a Dissolving Dream.”
desk
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From this reading I saw a gray-haired man, a figure of hale age, sitting at a desk and writing.
difference
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From this reading All the appointments of this room were orderly and beautiful, and in some subtle quality, in this small difference and that, new to me and strange.
Dissolving
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From this reading In the Days of the Comet “The World’s Great Age begins anew, The Golden Years return, The Earth doth like a Snake renew Her Winter Skin outworn: Heaven smiles, and Faiths and Empires gleam Like Wrecks of a Dissolving Dream.”
distances
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From this reading He seemed to be in a room in a tower, very high, so that through the tall window on his left one perceived only distances, a remote horizon of sea, a headland and that vague haze and glitter in the sunset that many miles away marks a city.
dothauxiliary verbUS /dɔːθ/
an old form of “does”
From this reading In the Days of the Comet “The World’s Great Age begins anew, The Golden Years return, The Earth doth like a Snake renew Her Winter Skin outworn: Heaven smiles, and Faiths and Empires gleam Like Wrecks of a Dissolving Dream.”
DreamnounUS /driːm/
A series of thoughts, images, or emotions during sleep.
From this reading In the Days of the Comet “The World’s Great Age begins anew, The Golden Years return, The Earth doth like a Snake renew Her Winter Skin outworn: Heaven smiles, and Faiths and Empires gleam Like Wrecks of a Dissolving Dream.”
Earth
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From this reading In the Days of the Comet “The World’s Great Age begins anew, The Golden Years return, The Earth doth like a Snake renew Her Winter Skin outworn: Heaven smiles, and Faiths and Empires gleam Like Wrecks of a Dissolving Dream.”
Empires
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Faiths
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From this reading In the Days of the Comet “The World’s Great Age begins anew, The Golden Years return, The Earth doth like a Snake renew Her Winter Skin outworn: Heaven smiles, and Faiths and Empires gleam Like Wrecks of a Dissolving Dream.”
fashion
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From this reading They were in no fashion I could name, and the simple costume the man wore suggested neither period nor country.
figure
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From this reading I saw a gray-haired man, a figure of hale age, sitting at a desk and writing.
gleam
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From this reading In the Days of the Comet “The World’s Great Age begins anew, The Golden Years return, The Earth doth like a Snake renew Her Winter Skin outworn: Heaven smiles, and Faiths and Empires gleam Like Wrecks of a Dissolving Dream.”
glitter
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From this reading He seemed to be in a room in a tower, very high, so that through the tall window on his left one perceived only distances, a remote horizon of sea, a headland and that vague haze and glitter in the sunset that many miles away marks a city.
Golden
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From this reading In the Days of the Comet “The World’s Great Age begins anew, The Golden Years return, The Earth doth like a Snake renew Her Winter Skin outworn: Heaven smiles, and Faiths and Empires gleam Like Wrecks of a Dissolving Dream.”
gray-haired
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From this reading I saw a gray-haired man, a figure of hale age, sitting at a desk and writing.
GreatnounUS /great/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading In the Days of the Comet “The World’s Great Age begins anew, The Golden Years return, The Earth doth like a Snake renew Her Winter Skin outworn: Heaven smiles, and Faiths and Empires gleam Like Wrecks of a Dissolving Dream.”
hale
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From this reading I saw a gray-haired man, a figure of hale age, sitting at a desk and writing.
haze
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From this reading He seemed to be in a room in a tower, very high, so that through the tall window on his left one perceived only distances, a remote horizon of sea, a headland and that vague haze and glitter in the sunset that many miles away marks a city.
HepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading He seemed to be in a room in a tower, very high, so that through the tall window on his left one perceived only distances, a remote horizon of sea, a headland and that vague haze and glitter in the sunset that many miles away marks a city.
headland
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From this reading He seemed to be in a room in a tower, very high, so that through the tall window on his left one perceived only distances, a remote horizon of sea, a headland and that vague haze and glitter in the sunset that many miles away marks a city.
Heaven
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From this reading In the Days of the Comet “The World’s Great Age begins anew, The Golden Years return, The Earth doth like a Snake renew Her Winter Skin outworn: Heaven smiles, and Faiths and Empires gleam Like Wrecks of a Dissolving Dream.”
HerdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading In the Days of the Comet “The World’s Great Age begins anew, The Golden Years return, The Earth doth like a Snake renew Her Winter Skin outworn: Heaven smiles, and Faiths and Empires gleam Like Wrecks of a Dissolving Dream.”
high
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From this reading He seemed to be in a room in a tower, very high, so that through the tall window on his left one perceived only distances, a remote horizon of sea, a headland and that vague haze and glitter in the sunset that many miles away marks a city.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading He seemed to be in a room in a tower, very high, so that through the tall window on his left one perceived only distances, a remote horizon of sea, a headland and that vague haze and glitter in the sunset that many miles away marks a city.
horizon
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From this reading He seemed to be in a room in a tower, very high, so that through the tall window on his left one perceived only distances, a remote horizon of sea, a headland and that vague haze and glitter in the sunset that many miles away marks a city.
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I saw a gray-haired man, a figure of hale age, sitting at a desk and writing.
InprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading In the Days of the Comet “The World’s Great Age begins anew, The Golden Years return, The Earth doth like a Snake renew Her Winter Skin outworn: Heaven smiles, and Faiths and Empires gleam Like Wrecks of a Dissolving Dream.”
leftnounUS /left/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading He seemed to be in a room in a tower, very high, so that through the tall window on his left one perceived only distances, a remote horizon of sea, a headland and that vague haze and glitter in the sunset that many miles away marks a city.
like
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From this reading In the Days of the Comet “The World’s Great Age begins anew, The Golden Years return, The Earth doth like a Snake renew Her Winter Skin outworn: Heaven smiles, and Faiths and Empires gleam Like Wrecks of a Dissolving Dream.”
man
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From this reading I saw a gray-haired man, a figure of hale age, sitting at a desk and writing.
many
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From this reading He seemed to be in a room in a tower, very high, so that through the tall window on his left one perceived only distances, a remote horizon of sea, a headland and that vague haze and glitter in the sunset that many miles away marks a city.
marks
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From this reading He seemed to be in a room in a tower, very high, so that through the tall window on his left one perceived only distances, a remote horizon of sea, a headland and that vague haze and glitter in the sunset that many miles away marks a city.
mepronounUS /miː/
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading All the appointments of this room were orderly and beautiful, and in some subtle quality, in this small difference and that, new to me and strange.
miles
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From this reading He seemed to be in a room in a tower, very high, so that through the tall window on his left one perceived only distances, a remote horizon of sea, a headland and that vague haze and glitter in the sunset that many miles away marks a city.
namenounUS /name/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading They were in no fashion I could name, and the simple costume the man wore suggested neither period nor country.
neitherdeterminerUS /ˈniːðər/
not one and not the other of two
From this reading They were in no fashion I could name, and the simple costume the man wore suggested neither period nor country.
new
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From this reading All the appointments of this room were orderly and beautiful, and in some subtle quality, in this small difference and that, new to me and strange.
nodeterminerUS /noʊ/
not any; not one
From this reading They were in no fashion I could name, and the simple costume the man wore suggested neither period nor country.
norconjunctionUS /nɔːr/
and not; used after a negative to add a second negative
From this reading They were in no fashion I could name, and the simple costume the man wore suggested neither period nor country.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading In the Days of the Comet “The World’s Great Age begins anew, The Golden Years return, The Earth doth like a Snake renew Her Winter Skin outworn: Heaven smiles, and Faiths and Empires gleam Like Wrecks of a Dissolving Dream.”
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading He seemed to be in a room in a tower, very high, so that through the tall window on his left one perceived only distances, a remote horizon of sea, a headland and that vague haze and glitter in the sunset that many miles away marks a city.
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading He seemed to be in a room in a tower, very high, so that through the tall window on his left one perceived only distances, a remote horizon of sea, a headland and that vague haze and glitter in the sunset that many miles away marks a city.
only
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From this reading He seemed to be in a room in a tower, very high, so that through the tall window on his left one perceived only distances, a remote horizon of sea, a headland and that vague haze and glitter in the sunset that many miles away marks a city.
orderly
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From this reading All the appointments of this room were orderly and beautiful, and in some subtle quality, in this small difference and that, new to me and strange.
outworn
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From this reading In the Days of the Comet “The World’s Great Age begins anew, The Golden Years return, The Earth doth like a Snake renew Her Winter Skin outworn: Heaven smiles, and Faiths and Empires gleam Like Wrecks of a Dissolving Dream.”
perceived
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From this reading He seemed to be in a room in a tower, very high, so that through the tall window on his left one perceived only distances, a remote horizon of sea, a headland and that vague haze and glitter in the sunset that many miles away marks a city.
period
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From this reading They were in no fashion I could name, and the simple costume the man wore suggested neither period nor country.
quality
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From this reading All the appointments of this room were orderly and beautiful, and in some subtle quality, in this small difference and that, new to me and strange.
remote
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From this reading He seemed to be in a room in a tower, very high, so that through the tall window on his left one perceived only distances, a remote horizon of sea, a headland and that vague haze and glitter in the sunset that many miles away marks a city.
renew
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From this reading In the Days of the Comet “The World’s Great Age begins anew, The Golden Years return, The Earth doth like a Snake renew Her Winter Skin outworn: Heaven smiles, and Faiths and Empires gleam Like Wrecks of a Dissolving Dream.”
return
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From this reading In the Days of the Comet “The World’s Great Age begins anew, The Golden Years return, The Earth doth like a Snake renew Her Winter Skin outworn: Heaven smiles, and Faiths and Empires gleam Like Wrecks of a Dissolving Dream.”
room
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From this reading He seemed to be in a room in a tower, very high, so that through the tall window on his left one perceived only distances, a remote horizon of sea, a headland and that vague haze and glitter in the sunset that many miles away marks a city.
saw
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From this reading I saw a gray-haired man, a figure of hale age, sitting at a desk and writing.
sea
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From this reading He seemed to be in a room in a tower, very high, so that through the tall window on his left one perceived only distances, a remote horizon of sea, a headland and that vague haze and glitter in the sunset that many miles away marks a city.
seemednounUS /seemed/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading He seemed to be in a room in a tower, very high, so that through the tall window on his left one perceived only distances, a remote horizon of sea, a headland and that vague haze and glitter in the sunset that many miles away marks a city.
simple
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From this reading They were in no fashion I could name, and the simple costume the man wore suggested neither period nor country.
sitting
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From this reading I saw a gray-haired man, a figure of hale age, sitting at a desk and writing.
Skin
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From this reading In the Days of the Comet “The World’s Great Age begins anew, The Golden Years return, The Earth doth like a Snake renew Her Winter Skin outworn: Heaven smiles, and Faiths and Empires gleam Like Wrecks of a Dissolving Dream.”
small
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From this reading All the appointments of this room were orderly and beautiful, and in some subtle quality, in this small difference and that, new to me and strange.
smiles
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From this reading In the Days of the Comet “The World’s Great Age begins anew, The Golden Years return, The Earth doth like a Snake renew Her Winter Skin outworn: Heaven smiles, and Faiths and Empires gleam Like Wrecks of a Dissolving Dream.”
Snake
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From this reading In the Days of the Comet “The World’s Great Age begins anew, The Golden Years return, The Earth doth like a Snake renew Her Winter Skin outworn: Heaven smiles, and Faiths and Empires gleam Like Wrecks of a Dissolving Dream.”
soconjunctionUS /soʊ/
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading He seemed to be in a room in a tower, very high, so that through the tall window on his left one perceived only distances, a remote horizon of sea, a headland and that vague haze and glitter in the sunset that many miles away marks a city.
some
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From this reading All the appointments of this room were orderly and beautiful, and in some subtle quality, in this small difference and that, new to me and strange.
strange
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From this reading All the appointments of this room were orderly and beautiful, and in some subtle quality, in this small difference and that, new to me and strange.
subtle
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From this reading All the appointments of this room were orderly and beautiful, and in some subtle quality, in this small difference and that, new to me and strange.
suggested
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From this reading They were in no fashion I could name, and the simple costume the man wore suggested neither period nor country.
sunset
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From this reading He seemed to be in a room in a tower, very high, so that through the tall window on his left one perceived only distances, a remote horizon of sea, a headland and that vague haze and glitter in the sunset that many miles away marks a city.
tall
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From this reading He seemed to be in a room in a tower, very high, so that through the tall window on his left one perceived only distances, a remote horizon of sea, a headland and that vague haze and glitter in the sunset that many miles away marks a city.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading He seemed to be in a room in a tower, very high, so that through the tall window on his left one perceived only distances, a remote horizon of sea, a headland and that vague haze and glitter in the sunset that many miles away marks a city.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading In the Days of the Comet “The World’s Great Age begins anew, The Golden Years return, The Earth doth like a Snake renew Her Winter Skin outworn: Heaven smiles, and Faiths and Empires gleam Like Wrecks of a Dissolving Dream.”
TheypronounUS /ðeɪ/
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading They were in no fashion I could name, and the simple costume the man wore suggested neither period nor country.
thisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading All the appointments of this room were orderly and beautiful, and in some subtle quality, in this small difference and that, new to me and strange.
throughnounUS /ˈthrough/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading He seemed to be in a room in a tower, very high, so that through the tall window on his left one perceived only distances, a remote horizon of sea, a headland and that vague haze and glitter in the sunset that many miles away marks a city.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading He seemed to be in a room in a tower, very high, so that through the tall window on his left one perceived only distances, a remote horizon of sea, a headland and that vague haze and glitter in the sunset that many miles away marks a city.
tower
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From this reading He seemed to be in a room in a tower, very high, so that through the tall window on his left one perceived only distances, a remote horizon of sea, a headland and that vague haze and glitter in the sunset that many miles away marks a city.
vague
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From this reading He seemed to be in a room in a tower, very high, so that through the tall window on his left one perceived only distances, a remote horizon of sea, a headland and that vague haze and glitter in the sunset that many miles away marks a city.
very
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From this reading He seemed to be in a room in a tower, very high, so that through the tall window on his left one perceived only distances, a remote horizon of sea, a headland and that vague haze and glitter in the sunset that many miles away marks a city.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading All the appointments of this room were orderly and beautiful, and in some subtle quality, in this small difference and that, new to me and strange.
window
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From this reading He seemed to be in a room in a tower, very high, so that through the tall window on his left one perceived only distances, a remote horizon of sea, a headland and that vague haze and glitter in the sunset that many miles away marks a city.
Winter
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From this reading In the Days of the Comet “The World’s Great Age begins anew, The Golden Years return, The Earth doth like a Snake renew Her Winter Skin outworn: Heaven smiles, and Faiths and Empires gleam Like Wrecks of a Dissolving Dream.”
wore
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From this reading They were in no fashion I could name, and the simple costume the man wore suggested neither period nor country.
World's
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From this reading In the Days of the Comet “The World’s Great Age begins anew, The Golden Years return, The Earth doth like a Snake renew Her Winter Skin outworn: Heaven smiles, and Faiths and Empires gleam Like Wrecks of a Dissolving Dream.”
Wrecks
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From this reading In the Days of the Comet “The World’s Great Age begins anew, The Golden Years return, The Earth doth like a Snake renew Her Winter Skin outworn: Heaven smiles, and Faiths and Empires gleam Like Wrecks of a Dissolving Dream.”
writing
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From this reading I saw a gray-haired man, a figure of hale age, sitting at a desk and writing.
Years
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From this reading In the Days of the Comet “The World’s Great Age begins anew, The Golden Years return, The Earth doth like a Snake renew Her Winter Skin outworn: Heaven smiles, and Faiths and Empires gleam Like Wrecks of a Dissolving Dream.”
