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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 There is in human nature an injustice towards those who do wrong, those who are the sinners and agents of woe in this world, which balances a good deal of the success of wickedness.
agents
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From this reading There is in human nature an injustice towards those who do wrong, those who are the sinners and agents of woe in this world, which balances a good deal of the success of wickedness.
all
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From this reading There are plenty of wicked persons who flourish like the green bay tree, and receive to all appearance no recompense for their evil ways.
allowance
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From this reading But, on the other hand, when a man fails to conduct himself as he ought to do, from cowardice, from an undue regard to prudential motives--from, as often happens, an overweening regard for the world’s opinion--that world repays him pitilessly with contempt and neglect, and makes no allowance for all the pangs which he suffers, and for all the struggles in his soul.
andeterminerUS /æn/
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading There is in human nature an injustice towards those who do wrong, those who are the sinners and agents of woe in this world, which balances a good deal of the success of wickedness.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading There is in human nature an injustice towards those who do wrong, those who are the sinners and agents of woe in this world, which balances a good deal of the success of wickedness.
appearancenounUS /ˈappearance/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading There are plenty of wicked persons who flourish like the green bay tree, and receive to all appearance no recompense for their evil ways.
areauxiliary verbUS /ɑːr/
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading There is in human nature an injustice towards those who do wrong, those who are the sinners and agents of woe in this world, which balances a good deal of the success of wickedness.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading But, on the other hand, when a man fails to conduct himself as he ought to do, from cowardice, from an undue regard to prudential motives--from, as often happens, an overweening regard for the world’s opinion--that world repays him pitilessly with contempt and neglect, and makes no allowance for all the pangs which he suffers, and for all the struggles in his soul.
balances
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From this reading There is in human nature an injustice towards those who do wrong, those who are the sinners and agents of woe in this world, which balances a good deal of the success of wickedness.
bay
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From this reading There are plenty of wicked persons who flourish like the green bay tree, and receive to all appearance no recompense for their evil ways.
ButconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading But, on the other hand, when a man fails to conduct himself as he ought to do, from cowardice, from an undue regard to prudential motives--from, as often happens, an overweening regard for the world’s opinion--that world repays him pitilessly with contempt and neglect, and makes no allowance for all the pangs which he suffers, and for all the struggles in his soul.
character
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From this reading Cosmo Douglas has had hard measure in these pages, where, as we have pretended, his character was understood.
conduct
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From this reading But, on the other hand, when a man fails to conduct himself as he ought to do, from cowardice, from an undue regard to prudential motives--from, as often happens, an overweening regard for the world’s opinion--that world repays him pitilessly with contempt and neglect, and makes no allowance for all the pangs which he suffers, and for all the struggles in his soul.
contempt
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From this reading But, on the other hand, when a man fails to conduct himself as he ought to do, from cowardice, from an undue regard to prudential motives--from, as often happens, an overweening regard for the world’s opinion--that world repays him pitilessly with contempt and neglect, and makes no allowance for all the pangs which he suffers, and for all the struggles in his soul.
Cosmo
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From this reading Cosmo Douglas has had hard measure in these pages, where, as we have pretended, his character was understood.
cowardice
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From this reading But, on the other hand, when a man fails to conduct himself as he ought to do, from cowardice, from an undue regard to prudential motives--from, as often happens, an overweening regard for the world’s opinion--that world repays him pitilessly with contempt and neglect, and makes no allowance for all the pangs which he suffers, and for all the struggles in his soul.
deal
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From this reading There is in human nature an injustice towards those who do wrong, those who are the sinners and agents of woe in this world, which balances a good deal of the success of wickedness.
doauxiliary verbUS /duː/
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading There is in human nature an injustice towards those who do wrong, those who are the sinners and agents of woe in this world, which balances a good deal of the success of wickedness.
Douglas
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From this reading Cosmo Douglas has had hard measure in these pages, where, as we have pretended, his character was understood.
evil
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From this reading There are plenty of wicked persons who flourish like the green bay tree, and receive to all appearance no recompense for their evil ways.
fails
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From this reading But, on the other hand, when a man fails to conduct himself as he ought to do, from cowardice, from an undue regard to prudential motives--from, as often happens, an overweening regard for the world’s opinion--that world repays him pitilessly with contempt and neglect, and makes no allowance for all the pangs which he suffers, and for all the struggles in his soul.
flourish
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From this reading There are plenty of wicked persons who flourish like the green bay tree, and receive to all appearance no recompense for their evil ways.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading There are plenty of wicked persons who flourish like the green bay tree, and receive to all appearance no recompense for their evil ways.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading But, on the other hand, when a man fails to conduct himself as he ought to do, from cowardice, from an undue regard to prudential motives--from, as often happens, an overweening regard for the world’s opinion--that world repays him pitilessly with contempt and neglect, and makes no allowance for all the pangs which he suffers, and for all the struggles in his soul.
goodnounUS /good/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading There is in human nature an injustice towards those who do wrong, those who are the sinners and agents of woe in this world, which balances a good deal of the success of wickedness.
green
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From this reading There are plenty of wicked persons who flourish like the green bay tree, and receive to all appearance no recompense for their evil ways.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Cosmo Douglas has had hard measure in these pages, where, as we have pretended, his character was understood.
hand
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From this reading But, on the other hand, when a man fails to conduct himself as he ought to do, from cowardice, from an undue regard to prudential motives--from, as often happens, an overweening regard for the world’s opinion--that world repays him pitilessly with contempt and neglect, and makes no allowance for all the pangs which he suffers, and for all the struggles in his soul.
happens
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From this reading But, on the other hand, when a man fails to conduct himself as he ought to do, from cowardice, from an undue regard to prudential motives--from, as often happens, an overweening regard for the world’s opinion--that world repays him pitilessly with contempt and neglect, and makes no allowance for all the pangs which he suffers, and for all the struggles in his soul.
hard
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From this reading Cosmo Douglas has had hard measure in these pages, where, as we have pretended, his character was understood.
hasauxiliary verbUS /hæz/
the form of “have” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Cosmo Douglas has had hard measure in these pages, where, as we have pretended, his character was understood.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading Cosmo Douglas has had hard measure in these pages, where, as we have pretended, his character was understood.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading But, on the other hand, when a man fails to conduct himself as he ought to do, from cowardice, from an undue regard to prudential motives--from, as often happens, an overweening regard for the world’s opinion--that world repays him pitilessly with contempt and neglect, and makes no allowance for all the pangs which he suffers, and for all the struggles in his soul.
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading But, on the other hand, when a man fails to conduct himself as he ought to do, from cowardice, from an undue regard to prudential motives--from, as often happens, an overweening regard for the world’s opinion--that world repays him pitilessly with contempt and neglect, and makes no allowance for all the pangs which he suffers, and for all the struggles in his soul.
himselfpronounUS /hɪmˈself/
used when the man or boy doing the action is also its object
From this reading But, on the other hand, when a man fails to conduct himself as he ought to do, from cowardice, from an undue regard to prudential motives--from, as often happens, an overweening regard for the world’s opinion--that world repays him pitilessly with contempt and neglect, and makes no allowance for all the pangs which he suffers, and for all the struggles in his soul.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading But, on the other hand, when a man fails to conduct himself as he ought to do, from cowardice, from an undue regard to prudential motives--from, as often happens, an overweening regard for the world’s opinion--that world repays him pitilessly with contempt and neglect, and makes no allowance for all the pangs which he suffers, and for all the struggles in his soul.
human
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From this reading There is in human nature an injustice towards those who do wrong, those who are the sinners and agents of woe in this world, which balances a good deal of the success of wickedness.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading There is in human nature an injustice towards those who do wrong, those who are the sinners and agents of woe in this world, which balances a good deal of the success of wickedness.
injustice
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From this reading There is in human nature an injustice towards those who do wrong, those who are the sinners and agents of woe in this world, which balances a good deal of the success of wickedness.
isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading There is in human nature an injustice towards those who do wrong, those who are the sinners and agents of woe in this world, which balances a good deal of the success of wickedness.
like
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From this reading There are plenty of wicked persons who flourish like the green bay tree, and receive to all appearance no recompense for their evil ways.
makes
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From this reading But, on the other hand, when a man fails to conduct himself as he ought to do, from cowardice, from an undue regard to prudential motives--from, as often happens, an overweening regard for the world’s opinion--that world repays him pitilessly with contempt and neglect, and makes no allowance for all the pangs which he suffers, and for all the struggles in his soul.
MAN
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From this reading THE MAN OF THE PERIOD.
measure
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From this reading Cosmo Douglas has had hard measure in these pages, where, as we have pretended, his character was understood.
motives
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From this reading But, on the other hand, when a man fails to conduct himself as he ought to do, from cowardice, from an undue regard to prudential motives--from, as often happens, an overweening regard for the world’s opinion--that world repays him pitilessly with contempt and neglect, and makes no allowance for all the pangs which he suffers, and for all the struggles in his soul.
nature
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From this reading There is in human nature an injustice towards those who do wrong, those who are the sinners and agents of woe in this world, which balances a good deal of the success of wickedness.
neglect
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From this reading But, on the other hand, when a man fails to conduct himself as he ought to do, from cowardice, from an undue regard to prudential motives--from, as often happens, an overweening regard for the world’s opinion--that world repays him pitilessly with contempt and neglect, and makes no allowance for all the pangs which he suffers, and for all the struggles in his soul.
nodeterminerUS /noʊ/
not any; not one
From this reading There are plenty of wicked persons who flourish like the green bay tree, and receive to all appearance no recompense for their evil ways.
OFprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading THE MAN OF THE PERIOD.
often
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From this reading But, on the other hand, when a man fails to conduct himself as he ought to do, from cowardice, from an undue regard to prudential motives--from, as often happens, an overweening regard for the world’s opinion--that world repays him pitilessly with contempt and neglect, and makes no allowance for all the pangs which he suffers, and for all the struggles in his soul.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading But, on the other hand, when a man fails to conduct himself as he ought to do, from cowardice, from an undue regard to prudential motives--from, as often happens, an overweening regard for the world’s opinion--that world repays him pitilessly with contempt and neglect, and makes no allowance for all the pangs which he suffers, and for all the struggles in his soul.
opinion
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From this reading But, on the other hand, when a man fails to conduct himself as he ought to do, from cowardice, from an undue regard to prudential motives--from, as often happens, an overweening regard for the world’s opinion--that world repays him pitilessly with contempt and neglect, and makes no allowance for all the pangs which he suffers, and for all the struggles in his soul.
other
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From this reading But, on the other hand, when a man fails to conduct himself as he ought to do, from cowardice, from an undue regard to prudential motives--from, as often happens, an overweening regard for the world’s opinion--that world repays him pitilessly with contempt and neglect, and makes no allowance for all the pangs which he suffers, and for all the struggles in his soul.
oughtmodal verbUS /ɔːt/
used with “to” to say what is right or advisable
From this reading But, on the other hand, when a man fails to conduct himself as he ought to do, from cowardice, from an undue regard to prudential motives--from, as often happens, an overweening regard for the world’s opinion--that world repays him pitilessly with contempt and neglect, and makes no allowance for all the pangs which he suffers, and for all the struggles in his soul.
overweening
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From this reading But, on the other hand, when a man fails to conduct himself as he ought to do, from cowardice, from an undue regard to prudential motives--from, as often happens, an overweening regard for the world’s opinion--that world repays him pitilessly with contempt and neglect, and makes no allowance for all the pangs which he suffers, and for all the struggles in his soul.
pages
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From this reading Cosmo Douglas has had hard measure in these pages, where, as we have pretended, his character was understood.
pangs
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From this reading But, on the other hand, when a man fails to conduct himself as he ought to do, from cowardice, from an undue regard to prudential motives--from, as often happens, an overweening regard for the world’s opinion--that world repays him pitilessly with contempt and neglect, and makes no allowance for all the pangs which he suffers, and for all the struggles in his soul.
PERIOD
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From this reading THE MAN OF THE PERIOD.
persons
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From this reading There are plenty of wicked persons who flourish like the green bay tree, and receive to all appearance no recompense for their evil ways.
pitilessly
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From this reading But, on the other hand, when a man fails to conduct himself as he ought to do, from cowardice, from an undue regard to prudential motives--from, as often happens, an overweening regard for the world’s opinion--that world repays him pitilessly with contempt and neglect, and makes no allowance for all the pangs which he suffers, and for all the struggles in his soul.
plenty
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From this reading There are plenty of wicked persons who flourish like the green bay tree, and receive to all appearance no recompense for their evil ways.
pretended
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From this reading Cosmo Douglas has had hard measure in these pages, where, as we have pretended, his character was understood.
prudential
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From this reading But, on the other hand, when a man fails to conduct himself as he ought to do, from cowardice, from an undue regard to prudential motives--from, as often happens, an overweening regard for the world’s opinion--that world repays him pitilessly with contempt and neglect, and makes no allowance for all the pangs which he suffers, and for all the struggles in his soul.
receive
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From this reading There are plenty of wicked persons who flourish like the green bay tree, and receive to all appearance no recompense for their evil ways.
recompense
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From this reading There are plenty of wicked persons who flourish like the green bay tree, and receive to all appearance no recompense for their evil ways.
regard
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From this reading But, on the other hand, when a man fails to conduct himself as he ought to do, from cowardice, from an undue regard to prudential motives--from, as often happens, an overweening regard for the world’s opinion--that world repays him pitilessly with contempt and neglect, and makes no allowance for all the pangs which he suffers, and for all the struggles in his soul.
repays
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From this reading But, on the other hand, when a man fails to conduct himself as he ought to do, from cowardice, from an undue regard to prudential motives--from, as often happens, an overweening regard for the world’s opinion--that world repays him pitilessly with contempt and neglect, and makes no allowance for all the pangs which he suffers, and for all the struggles in his soul.
sinners
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From this reading There is in human nature an injustice towards those who do wrong, those who are the sinners and agents of woe in this world, which balances a good deal of the success of wickedness.
soul
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From this reading But, on the other hand, when a man fails to conduct himself as he ought to do, from cowardice, from an undue regard to prudential motives--from, as often happens, an overweening regard for the world’s opinion--that world repays him pitilessly with contempt and neglect, and makes no allowance for all the pangs which he suffers, and for all the struggles in his soul.
struggles
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From this reading But, on the other hand, when a man fails to conduct himself as he ought to do, from cowardice, from an undue regard to prudential motives--from, as often happens, an overweening regard for the world’s opinion--that world repays him pitilessly with contempt and neglect, and makes no allowance for all the pangs which he suffers, and for all the struggles in his soul.
success
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From this reading There is in human nature an injustice towards those who do wrong, those who are the sinners and agents of woe in this world, which balances a good deal of the success of wickedness.
suffers
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From this reading But, on the other hand, when a man fails to conduct himself as he ought to do, from cowardice, from an undue regard to prudential motives--from, as often happens, an overweening regard for the world’s opinion--that world repays him pitilessly with contempt and neglect, and makes no allowance for all the pangs which he suffers, and for all the struggles in his soul.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading But, on the other hand, when a man fails to conduct himself as he ought to do, from cowardice, from an undue regard to prudential motives--from, as often happens, an overweening regard for the world’s opinion--that world repays him pitilessly with contempt and neglect, and makes no allowance for all the pangs which he suffers, and for all the struggles in his soul.
THEdeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE MAN OF THE PERIOD.
theirdeterminerUS /ðer/
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading There are plenty of wicked persons who flourish like the green bay tree, and receive to all appearance no recompense for their evil ways.
There
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From this reading There is in human nature an injustice towards those who do wrong, those who are the sinners and agents of woe in this world, which balances a good deal of the success of wickedness.
thesedeterminerUS /ðiːz/
the plural of “this”: the people or things near, or just mentioned
From this reading Cosmo Douglas has had hard measure in these pages, where, as we have pretended, his character was understood.
thisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading There is in human nature an injustice towards those who do wrong, those who are the sinners and agents of woe in this world, which balances a good deal of the success of wickedness.
thosedeterminerUS /ðoʊz/
the plural of “that”: the people or things further away, or already known
From this reading There is in human nature an injustice towards those who do wrong, those who are the sinners and agents of woe in this world, which balances a good deal of the success of wickedness.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading There are plenty of wicked persons who flourish like the green bay tree, and receive to all appearance no recompense for their evil ways.
towardsprepositionUS /təˈwɔːrdz/
in the direction of
From this reading There is in human nature an injustice towards those who do wrong, those who are the sinners and agents of woe in this world, which balances a good deal of the success of wickedness.
tree
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From this reading There are plenty of wicked persons who flourish like the green bay tree, and receive to all appearance no recompense for their evil ways.
understood
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From this reading Cosmo Douglas has had hard measure in these pages, where, as we have pretended, his character was understood.
undue
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From this reading But, on the other hand, when a man fails to conduct himself as he ought to do, from cowardice, from an undue regard to prudential motives--from, as often happens, an overweening regard for the world’s opinion--that world repays him pitilessly with contempt and neglect, and makes no allowance for all the pangs which he suffers, and for all the struggles in his soul.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Cosmo Douglas has had hard measure in these pages, where, as we have pretended, his character was understood.
ways
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From this reading There are plenty of wicked persons who flourish like the green bay tree, and receive to all appearance no recompense for their evil ways.
wepronounUS /wiː/
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading Cosmo Douglas has had hard measure in these pages, where, as we have pretended, his character was understood.
whenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading But, on the other hand, when a man fails to conduct himself as he ought to do, from cowardice, from an undue regard to prudential motives--from, as often happens, an overweening regard for the world’s opinion--that world repays him pitilessly with contempt and neglect, and makes no allowance for all the pangs which he suffers, and for all the struggles in his soul.
whereconjunctionUS /wer/
in or at the place that
From this reading Cosmo Douglas has had hard measure in these pages, where, as we have pretended, his character was understood.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading There is in human nature an injustice towards those who do wrong, those who are the sinners and agents of woe in this world, which balances a good deal of the success of wickedness.
whopronounUS /huː/
which person or people
From this reading There is in human nature an injustice towards those who do wrong, those who are the sinners and agents of woe in this world, which balances a good deal of the success of wickedness.
wicked
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From this reading There are plenty of wicked persons who flourish like the green bay tree, and receive to all appearance no recompense for their evil ways.
wickedness
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From this reading There is in human nature an injustice towards those who do wrong, those who are the sinners and agents of woe in this world, which balances a good deal of the success of wickedness.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading But, on the other hand, when a man fails to conduct himself as he ought to do, from cowardice, from an undue regard to prudential motives--from, as often happens, an overweening regard for the world’s opinion--that world repays him pitilessly with contempt and neglect, and makes no allowance for all the pangs which he suffers, and for all the struggles in his soul.
woe
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From this reading There is in human nature an injustice towards those who do wrong, those who are the sinners and agents of woe in this world, which balances a good deal of the success of wickedness.
world
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From this reading There is in human nature an injustice towards those who do wrong, those who are the sinners and agents of woe in this world, which balances a good deal of the success of wickedness.
world's
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From this reading But, on the other hand, when a man fails to conduct himself as he ought to do, from cowardice, from an undue regard to prudential motives--from, as often happens, an overweening regard for the world’s opinion--that world repays him pitilessly with contempt and neglect, and makes no allowance for all the pangs which he suffers, and for all the struggles in his soul.
wrong
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From this reading There is in human nature an injustice towards those who do wrong, those who are the sinners and agents of woe in this world, which balances a good deal of the success of wickedness.
