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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 I do not know how to begin this story otherwise than by a confession that I cannot describe its very first scene.
aboutprepositionUS /əˈbaʊt/
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading Therefore I will begin where the excitement ends, and take up my story from the moment when Kate Crediton opened her eyes, without any notion where she was, with a thousand bells ringing in her ears, and awful shadows of something that had happened or was going to happen flitting about her brain--and by degrees found that she was not on her horse, as she had been when last she had any acquaintance with herself, but lying on a sofa with a sense of wetness and coolness about her head, and the strangest incapacity to move or speak or exercise any energy of her own.
accident
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From this reading I know who could do it so well that you would think you saw the accident--the plunge of the frightened horse, the sudden change in the sensations of the rider from voluntary progress on her own part to a gradual confused wild mad rush past of trees and houses and hedgerows, and all the whirling level green of the country round--the flash before her eyes--the jar--the stillness of insensibility.
acquaintance
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From this reading Therefore I will begin where the excitement ends, and take up my story from the moment when Kate Crediton opened her eyes, without any notion where she was, with a thousand bells ringing in her ears, and awful shadows of something that had happened or was going to happen flitting about her brain--and by degrees found that she was not on her horse, as she had been when last she had any acquaintance with herself, but lying on a sofa with a sense of wetness and coolness about her head, and the strangest incapacity to move or speak or exercise any energy of her own.
all
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From this reading I know who could do it so well that you would think you saw the accident--the plunge of the frightened horse, the sudden change in the sensations of the rider from voluntary progress on her own part to a gradual confused wild mad rush past of trees and houses and hedgerows, and all the whirling level green of the country round--the flash before her eyes--the jar--the stillness of insensibility.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading It was a scene such as happens very often in romance, and which a great many writers could describe to the life.
any
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From this reading Therefore I will begin where the excitement ends, and take up my story from the moment when Kate Crediton opened her eyes, without any notion where she was, with a thousand bells ringing in her ears, and awful shadows of something that had happened or was going to happen flitting about her brain--and by degrees found that she was not on her horse, as she had been when last she had any acquaintance with herself, but lying on a sofa with a sense of wetness and coolness about her head, and the strangest incapacity to move or speak or exercise any energy of her own.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading It was a scene such as happens very often in romance, and which a great many writers could describe to the life.
away
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From this reading Many writers whom I know could make a great point of it; but I never was run away with by my horse, and I do not know how it feels.
awful
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From this reading Therefore I will begin where the excitement ends, and take up my story from the moment when Kate Crediton opened her eyes, without any notion where she was, with a thousand bells ringing in her ears, and awful shadows of something that had happened or was going to happen flitting about her brain--and by degrees found that she was not on her horse, as she had been when last she had any acquaintance with herself, but lying on a sofa with a sense of wetness and coolness about her head, and the strangest incapacity to move or speak or exercise any energy of her own.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading Therefore I will begin where the excitement ends, and take up my story from the moment when Kate Crediton opened her eyes, without any notion where she was, with a thousand bells ringing in her ears, and awful shadows of something that had happened or was going to happen flitting about her brain--and by degrees found that she was not on her horse, as she had been when last she had any acquaintance with herself, but lying on a sofa with a sense of wetness and coolness about her head, and the strangest incapacity to move or speak or exercise any energy of her own.
beforeprepositionUS /bɪˈfɔːr/
earlier than; in front of
From this reading I know who could do it so well that you would think you saw the accident--the plunge of the frightened horse, the sudden change in the sensations of the rider from voluntary progress on her own part to a gradual confused wild mad rush past of trees and houses and hedgerows, and all the whirling level green of the country round--the flash before her eyes--the jar--the stillness of insensibility.
begin
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From this reading I do not know how to begin this story otherwise than by a confession that I cannot describe its very first scene.
bells
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From this reading Therefore I will begin where the excitement ends, and take up my story from the moment when Kate Crediton opened her eyes, without any notion where she was, with a thousand bells ringing in her ears, and awful shadows of something that had happened or was going to happen flitting about her brain--and by degrees found that she was not on her horse, as she had been when last she had any acquaintance with herself, but lying on a sofa with a sense of wetness and coolness about her head, and the strangest incapacity to move or speak or exercise any energy of her own.
brain
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From this reading Therefore I will begin where the excitement ends, and take up my story from the moment when Kate Crediton opened her eyes, without any notion where she was, with a thousand bells ringing in her ears, and awful shadows of something that had happened or was going to happen flitting about her brain--and by degrees found that she was not on her horse, as she had been when last she had any acquaintance with herself, but lying on a sofa with a sense of wetness and coolness about her head, and the strangest incapacity to move or speak or exercise any energy of her own.
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading Many writers whom I know could make a great point of it; but I never was run away with by my horse, and I do not know how it feels.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading I do not know how to begin this story otherwise than by a confession that I cannot describe its very first scene.
cannot
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From this reading I do not know how to begin this story otherwise than by a confession that I cannot describe its very first scene.
change
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From this reading I know who could do it so well that you would think you saw the accident--the plunge of the frightened horse, the sudden change in the sensations of the rider from voluntary progress on her own part to a gradual confused wild mad rush past of trees and houses and hedgerows, and all the whirling level green of the country round--the flash before her eyes--the jar--the stillness of insensibility.
confession
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From this reading I do not know how to begin this story otherwise than by a confession that I cannot describe its very first scene.
confused
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From this reading I know who could do it so well that you would think you saw the accident--the plunge of the frightened horse, the sudden change in the sensations of the rider from voluntary progress on her own part to a gradual confused wild mad rush past of trees and houses and hedgerows, and all the whirling level green of the country round--the flash before her eyes--the jar--the stillness of insensibility.
coolness
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From this reading Therefore I will begin where the excitement ends, and take up my story from the moment when Kate Crediton opened her eyes, without any notion where she was, with a thousand bells ringing in her ears, and awful shadows of something that had happened or was going to happen flitting about her brain--and by degrees found that she was not on her horse, as she had been when last she had any acquaintance with herself, but lying on a sofa with a sense of wetness and coolness about her head, and the strangest incapacity to move or speak or exercise any energy of her own.
couldmodal verbUS /kʊd/
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading It was a scene such as happens very often in romance, and which a great many writers could describe to the life.
country
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From this reading I know who could do it so well that you would think you saw the accident--the plunge of the frightened horse, the sudden change in the sensations of the rider from voluntary progress on her own part to a gradual confused wild mad rush past of trees and houses and hedgerows, and all the whirling level green of the country round--the flash before her eyes--the jar--the stillness of insensibility.
Crediton
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From this reading Therefore I will begin where the excitement ends, and take up my story from the moment when Kate Crediton opened her eyes, without any notion where she was, with a thousand bells ringing in her ears, and awful shadows of something that had happened or was going to happen flitting about her brain--and by degrees found that she was not on her horse, as she had been when last she had any acquaintance with herself, but lying on a sofa with a sense of wetness and coolness about her head, and the strangest incapacity to move or speak or exercise any energy of her own.
degrees
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From this reading Therefore I will begin where the excitement ends, and take up my story from the moment when Kate Crediton opened her eyes, without any notion where she was, with a thousand bells ringing in her ears, and awful shadows of something that had happened or was going to happen flitting about her brain--and by degrees found that she was not on her horse, as she had been when last she had any acquaintance with herself, but lying on a sofa with a sense of wetness and coolness about her head, and the strangest incapacity to move or speak or exercise any energy of her own.
describe
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From this reading I do not know how to begin this story otherwise than by a confession that I cannot describe its very first scene.
doauxiliary verbUS /duː/
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading I do not know how to begin this story otherwise than by a confession that I cannot describe its very first scene.
ears
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From this reading Therefore I will begin where the excitement ends, and take up my story from the moment when Kate Crediton opened her eyes, without any notion where she was, with a thousand bells ringing in her ears, and awful shadows of something that had happened or was going to happen flitting about her brain--and by degrees found that she was not on her horse, as she had been when last she had any acquaintance with herself, but lying on a sofa with a sense of wetness and coolness about her head, and the strangest incapacity to move or speak or exercise any energy of her own.
ends
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From this reading Therefore I will begin where the excitement ends, and take up my story from the moment when Kate Crediton opened her eyes, without any notion where she was, with a thousand bells ringing in her ears, and awful shadows of something that had happened or was going to happen flitting about her brain--and by degrees found that she was not on her horse, as she had been when last she had any acquaintance with herself, but lying on a sofa with a sense of wetness and coolness about her head, and the strangest incapacity to move or speak or exercise any energy of her own.
energy
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From this reading Therefore I will begin where the excitement ends, and take up my story from the moment when Kate Crediton opened her eyes, without any notion where she was, with a thousand bells ringing in her ears, and awful shadows of something that had happened or was going to happen flitting about her brain--and by degrees found that she was not on her horse, as she had been when last she had any acquaintance with herself, but lying on a sofa with a sense of wetness and coolness about her head, and the strangest incapacity to move or speak or exercise any energy of her own.
excitement
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From this reading Therefore I will begin where the excitement ends, and take up my story from the moment when Kate Crediton opened her eyes, without any notion where she was, with a thousand bells ringing in her ears, and awful shadows of something that had happened or was going to happen flitting about her brain--and by degrees found that she was not on her horse, as she had been when last she had any acquaintance with herself, but lying on a sofa with a sense of wetness and coolness about her head, and the strangest incapacity to move or speak or exercise any energy of her own.
exercise
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From this reading Therefore I will begin where the excitement ends, and take up my story from the moment when Kate Crediton opened her eyes, without any notion where she was, with a thousand bells ringing in her ears, and awful shadows of something that had happened or was going to happen flitting about her brain--and by degrees found that she was not on her horse, as she had been when last she had any acquaintance with herself, but lying on a sofa with a sense of wetness and coolness about her head, and the strangest incapacity to move or speak or exercise any energy of her own.
eyes
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From this reading I know who could do it so well that you would think you saw the accident--the plunge of the frightened horse, the sudden change in the sensations of the rider from voluntary progress on her own part to a gradual confused wild mad rush past of trees and houses and hedgerows, and all the whirling level green of the country round--the flash before her eyes--the jar--the stillness of insensibility.
feels
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From this reading Many writers whom I know could make a great point of it; but I never was run away with by my horse, and I do not know how it feels.
firstnounUS /first/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading I do not know how to begin this story otherwise than by a confession that I cannot describe its very first scene.
flash
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From this reading I know who could do it so well that you would think you saw the accident--the plunge of the frightened horse, the sudden change in the sensations of the rider from voluntary progress on her own part to a gradual confused wild mad rush past of trees and houses and hedgerows, and all the whirling level green of the country round--the flash before her eyes--the jar--the stillness of insensibility.
flitting
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From this reading Therefore I will begin where the excitement ends, and take up my story from the moment when Kate Crediton opened her eyes, without any notion where she was, with a thousand bells ringing in her ears, and awful shadows of something that had happened or was going to happen flitting about her brain--and by degrees found that she was not on her horse, as she had been when last she had any acquaintance with herself, but lying on a sofa with a sense of wetness and coolness about her head, and the strangest incapacity to move or speak or exercise any energy of her own.
foundnounUS /found/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Therefore I will begin where the excitement ends, and take up my story from the moment when Kate Crediton opened her eyes, without any notion where she was, with a thousand bells ringing in her ears, and awful shadows of something that had happened or was going to happen flitting about her brain--and by degrees found that she was not on her horse, as she had been when last she had any acquaintance with herself, but lying on a sofa with a sense of wetness and coolness about her head, and the strangest incapacity to move or speak or exercise any energy of her own.
frightened
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From this reading I know who could do it so well that you would think you saw the accident--the plunge of the frightened horse, the sudden change in the sensations of the rider from voluntary progress on her own part to a gradual confused wild mad rush past of trees and houses and hedgerows, and all the whirling level green of the country round--the flash before her eyes--the jar--the stillness of insensibility.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading I know who could do it so well that you would think you saw the accident--the plunge of the frightened horse, the sudden change in the sensations of the rider from voluntary progress on her own part to a gradual confused wild mad rush past of trees and houses and hedgerows, and all the whirling level green of the country round--the flash before her eyes--the jar--the stillness of insensibility.
going
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From this reading Therefore I will begin where the excitement ends, and take up my story from the moment when Kate Crediton opened her eyes, without any notion where she was, with a thousand bells ringing in her ears, and awful shadows of something that had happened or was going to happen flitting about her brain--and by degrees found that she was not on her horse, as she had been when last she had any acquaintance with herself, but lying on a sofa with a sense of wetness and coolness about her head, and the strangest incapacity to move or speak or exercise any energy of her own.
gradual
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From this reading I know who could do it so well that you would think you saw the accident--the plunge of the frightened horse, the sudden change in the sensations of the rider from voluntary progress on her own part to a gradual confused wild mad rush past of trees and houses and hedgerows, and all the whirling level green of the country round--the flash before her eyes--the jar--the stillness of insensibility.
greatnounUS /great/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading It was a scene such as happens very often in romance, and which a great many writers could describe to the life.
green
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From this reading I know who could do it so well that you would think you saw the accident--the plunge of the frightened horse, the sudden change in the sensations of the rider from voluntary progress on her own part to a gradual confused wild mad rush past of trees and houses and hedgerows, and all the whirling level green of the country round--the flash before her eyes--the jar--the stillness of insensibility.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Therefore I will begin where the excitement ends, and take up my story from the moment when Kate Crediton opened her eyes, without any notion where she was, with a thousand bells ringing in her ears, and awful shadows of something that had happened or was going to happen flitting about her brain--and by degrees found that she was not on her horse, as she had been when last she had any acquaintance with herself, but lying on a sofa with a sense of wetness and coolness about her head, and the strangest incapacity to move or speak or exercise any energy of her own.
happen
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From this reading Therefore I will begin where the excitement ends, and take up my story from the moment when Kate Crediton opened her eyes, without any notion where she was, with a thousand bells ringing in her ears, and awful shadows of something that had happened or was going to happen flitting about her brain--and by degrees found that she was not on her horse, as she had been when last she had any acquaintance with herself, but lying on a sofa with a sense of wetness and coolness about her head, and the strangest incapacity to move or speak or exercise any energy of her own.
happened
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From this reading Therefore I will begin where the excitement ends, and take up my story from the moment when Kate Crediton opened her eyes, without any notion where she was, with a thousand bells ringing in her ears, and awful shadows of something that had happened or was going to happen flitting about her brain--and by degrees found that she was not on her horse, as she had been when last she had any acquaintance with herself, but lying on a sofa with a sense of wetness and coolness about her head, and the strangest incapacity to move or speak or exercise any energy of her own.
happens
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From this reading It was a scene such as happens very often in romance, and which a great many writers could describe to the life.
head
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From this reading Therefore I will begin where the excitement ends, and take up my story from the moment when Kate Crediton opened her eyes, without any notion where she was, with a thousand bells ringing in her ears, and awful shadows of something that had happened or was going to happen flitting about her brain--and by degrees found that she was not on her horse, as she had been when last she had any acquaintance with herself, but lying on a sofa with a sense of wetness and coolness about her head, and the strangest incapacity to move or speak or exercise any energy of her own.
hedgerows
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From this reading I know who could do it so well that you would think you saw the accident--the plunge of the frightened horse, the sudden change in the sensations of the rider from voluntary progress on her own part to a gradual confused wild mad rush past of trees and houses and hedgerows, and all the whirling level green of the country round--the flash before her eyes--the jar--the stillness of insensibility.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading I know who could do it so well that you would think you saw the accident--the plunge of the frightened horse, the sudden change in the sensations of the rider from voluntary progress on her own part to a gradual confused wild mad rush past of trees and houses and hedgerows, and all the whirling level green of the country round--the flash before her eyes--the jar--the stillness of insensibility.
herselfpronounUS /hərˈself/
used when the woman or girl doing the action is also its object
From this reading Therefore I will begin where the excitement ends, and take up my story from the moment when Kate Crediton opened her eyes, without any notion where she was, with a thousand bells ringing in her ears, and awful shadows of something that had happened or was going to happen flitting about her brain--and by degrees found that she was not on her horse, as she had been when last she had any acquaintance with herself, but lying on a sofa with a sense of wetness and coolness about her head, and the strangest incapacity to move or speak or exercise any energy of her own.
horse
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From this reading I know who could do it so well that you would think you saw the accident--the plunge of the frightened horse, the sudden change in the sensations of the rider from voluntary progress on her own part to a gradual confused wild mad rush past of trees and houses and hedgerows, and all the whirling level green of the country round--the flash before her eyes--the jar--the stillness of insensibility.
houses
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From this reading I know who could do it so well that you would think you saw the accident--the plunge of the frightened horse, the sudden change in the sensations of the rider from voluntary progress on her own part to a gradual confused wild mad rush past of trees and houses and hedgerows, and all the whirling level green of the country round--the flash before her eyes--the jar--the stillness of insensibility.
how
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From this reading I do not know how to begin this story otherwise than by a confession that I cannot describe its very first scene.
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I do not know how to begin this story otherwise than by a confession that I cannot describe its very first scene.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading It was a scene such as happens very often in romance, and which a great many writers could describe to the life.
incapacity
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From this reading Therefore I will begin where the excitement ends, and take up my story from the moment when Kate Crediton opened her eyes, without any notion where she was, with a thousand bells ringing in her ears, and awful shadows of something that had happened or was going to happen flitting about her brain--and by degrees found that she was not on her horse, as she had been when last she had any acquaintance with herself, but lying on a sofa with a sense of wetness and coolness about her head, and the strangest incapacity to move or speak or exercise any energy of her own.
insensibility
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From this reading I know who could do it so well that you would think you saw the accident--the plunge of the frightened horse, the sudden change in the sensations of the rider from voluntary progress on her own part to a gradual confused wild mad rush past of trees and houses and hedgerows, and all the whirling level green of the country round--the flash before her eyes--the jar--the stillness of insensibility.
ItpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It was a scene such as happens very often in romance, and which a great many writers could describe to the life.
itsdeterminerUS /ɪts/
belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned
From this reading I do not know how to begin this story otherwise than by a confession that I cannot describe its very first scene.
jar
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From this reading I know who could do it so well that you would think you saw the accident--the plunge of the frightened horse, the sudden change in the sensations of the rider from voluntary progress on her own part to a gradual confused wild mad rush past of trees and houses and hedgerows, and all the whirling level green of the country round--the flash before her eyes--the jar--the stillness of insensibility.
Kate
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From this reading Therefore I will begin where the excitement ends, and take up my story from the moment when Kate Crediton opened her eyes, without any notion where she was, with a thousand bells ringing in her ears, and awful shadows of something that had happened or was going to happen flitting about her brain--and by degrees found that she was not on her horse, as she had been when last she had any acquaintance with herself, but lying on a sofa with a sense of wetness and coolness about her head, and the strangest incapacity to move or speak or exercise any energy of her own.
knownounUS /know/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading I do not know how to begin this story otherwise than by a confession that I cannot describe its very first scene.
lastnounUS /last/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Therefore I will begin where the excitement ends, and take up my story from the moment when Kate Crediton opened her eyes, without any notion where she was, with a thousand bells ringing in her ears, and awful shadows of something that had happened or was going to happen flitting about her brain--and by degrees found that she was not on her horse, as she had been when last she had any acquaintance with herself, but lying on a sofa with a sense of wetness and coolness about her head, and the strangest incapacity to move or speak or exercise any energy of her own.
level
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From this reading I know who could do it so well that you would think you saw the accident--the plunge of the frightened horse, the sudden change in the sensations of the rider from voluntary progress on her own part to a gradual confused wild mad rush past of trees and houses and hedgerows, and all the whirling level green of the country round--the flash before her eyes--the jar--the stillness of insensibility.
lifenounUS /life/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading It was a scene such as happens very often in romance, and which a great many writers could describe to the life.
lying
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From this reading Therefore I will begin where the excitement ends, and take up my story from the moment when Kate Crediton opened her eyes, without any notion where she was, with a thousand bells ringing in her ears, and awful shadows of something that had happened or was going to happen flitting about her brain--and by degrees found that she was not on her horse, as she had been when last she had any acquaintance with herself, but lying on a sofa with a sense of wetness and coolness about her head, and the strangest incapacity to move or speak or exercise any energy of her own.
mad
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From this reading I know who could do it so well that you would think you saw the accident--the plunge of the frightened horse, the sudden change in the sensations of the rider from voluntary progress on her own part to a gradual confused wild mad rush past of trees and houses and hedgerows, and all the whirling level green of the country round--the flash before her eyes--the jar--the stillness of insensibility.
makenounUS /make/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Many writers whom I know could make a great point of it; but I never was run away with by my horse, and I do not know how it feels.
many
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From this reading It was a scene such as happens very often in romance, and which a great many writers could describe to the life.
moment
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From this reading Therefore I will begin where the excitement ends, and take up my story from the moment when Kate Crediton opened her eyes, without any notion where she was, with a thousand bells ringing in her ears, and awful shadows of something that had happened or was going to happen flitting about her brain--and by degrees found that she was not on her horse, as she had been when last she had any acquaintance with herself, but lying on a sofa with a sense of wetness and coolness about her head, and the strangest incapacity to move or speak or exercise any energy of her own.
move
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From this reading Therefore I will begin where the excitement ends, and take up my story from the moment when Kate Crediton opened her eyes, without any notion where she was, with a thousand bells ringing in her ears, and awful shadows of something that had happened or was going to happen flitting about her brain--and by degrees found that she was not on her horse, as she had been when last she had any acquaintance with herself, but lying on a sofa with a sense of wetness and coolness about her head, and the strangest incapacity to move or speak or exercise any energy of her own.
mydeterminerUS /maɪ/
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading Many writers whom I know could make a great point of it; but I never was run away with by my horse, and I do not know how it feels.
nevernounUS /never/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Many writers whom I know could make a great point of it; but I never was run away with by my horse, and I do not know how it feels.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading I do not know how to begin this story otherwise than by a confession that I cannot describe its very first scene.
notion
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From this reading Therefore I will begin where the excitement ends, and take up my story from the moment when Kate Crediton opened her eyes, without any notion where she was, with a thousand bells ringing in her ears, and awful shadows of something that had happened or was going to happen flitting about her brain--and by degrees found that she was not on her horse, as she had been when last she had any acquaintance with herself, but lying on a sofa with a sense of wetness and coolness about her head, and the strangest incapacity to move or speak or exercise any energy of her own.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading I know who could do it so well that you would think you saw the accident--the plunge of the frightened horse, the sudden change in the sensations of the rider from voluntary progress on her own part to a gradual confused wild mad rush past of trees and houses and hedgerows, and all the whirling level green of the country round--the flash before her eyes--the jar--the stillness of insensibility.
often
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From this reading It was a scene such as happens very often in romance, and which a great many writers could describe to the life.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading I know who could do it so well that you would think you saw the accident--the plunge of the frightened horse, the sudden change in the sensations of the rider from voluntary progress on her own part to a gradual confused wild mad rush past of trees and houses and hedgerows, and all the whirling level green of the country round--the flash before her eyes--the jar--the stillness of insensibility.
opened
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From this reading Therefore I will begin where the excitement ends, and take up my story from the moment when Kate Crediton opened her eyes, without any notion where she was, with a thousand bells ringing in her ears, and awful shadows of something that had happened or was going to happen flitting about her brain--and by degrees found that she was not on her horse, as she had been when last she had any acquaintance with herself, but lying on a sofa with a sense of wetness and coolness about her head, and the strangest incapacity to move or speak or exercise any energy of her own.
orconjunctionUS /ɔːr/
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading Therefore I will begin where the excitement ends, and take up my story from the moment when Kate Crediton opened her eyes, without any notion where she was, with a thousand bells ringing in her ears, and awful shadows of something that had happened or was going to happen flitting about her brain--and by degrees found that she was not on her horse, as she had been when last she had any acquaintance with herself, but lying on a sofa with a sense of wetness and coolness about her head, and the strangest incapacity to move or speak or exercise any energy of her own.
otherwise
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From this reading I do not know how to begin this story otherwise than by a confession that I cannot describe its very first scene.
own
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From this reading I know who could do it so well that you would think you saw the accident--the plunge of the frightened horse, the sudden change in the sensations of the rider from voluntary progress on her own part to a gradual confused wild mad rush past of trees and houses and hedgerows, and all the whirling level green of the country round--the flash before her eyes--the jar--the stillness of insensibility.
partnounUS /part/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading I know who could do it so well that you would think you saw the accident--the plunge of the frightened horse, the sudden change in the sensations of the rider from voluntary progress on her own part to a gradual confused wild mad rush past of trees and houses and hedgerows, and all the whirling level green of the country round--the flash before her eyes--the jar--the stillness of insensibility.
past
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From this reading I know who could do it so well that you would think you saw the accident--the plunge of the frightened horse, the sudden change in the sensations of the rider from voluntary progress on her own part to a gradual confused wild mad rush past of trees and houses and hedgerows, and all the whirling level green of the country round--the flash before her eyes--the jar--the stillness of insensibility.
plunge
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From this reading I know who could do it so well that you would think you saw the accident--the plunge of the frightened horse, the sudden change in the sensations of the rider from voluntary progress on her own part to a gradual confused wild mad rush past of trees and houses and hedgerows, and all the whirling level green of the country round--the flash before her eyes--the jar--the stillness of insensibility.
pointnounUS /pɔɪnt/
the main matter or purpose being discussed
From this reading Many writers whom I know could make a great point of it; but I never was run away with by my horse, and I do not know how it feels.
progress
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From this reading I know who could do it so well that you would think you saw the accident--the plunge of the frightened horse, the sudden change in the sensations of the rider from voluntary progress on her own part to a gradual confused wild mad rush past of trees and houses and hedgerows, and all the whirling level green of the country round--the flash before her eyes--the jar--the stillness of insensibility.
rider
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From this reading I know who could do it so well that you would think you saw the accident--the plunge of the frightened horse, the sudden change in the sensations of the rider from voluntary progress on her own part to a gradual confused wild mad rush past of trees and houses and hedgerows, and all the whirling level green of the country round--the flash before her eyes--the jar--the stillness of insensibility.
ringing
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From this reading Therefore I will begin where the excitement ends, and take up my story from the moment when Kate Crediton opened her eyes, without any notion where she was, with a thousand bells ringing in her ears, and awful shadows of something that had happened or was going to happen flitting about her brain--and by degrees found that she was not on her horse, as she had been when last she had any acquaintance with herself, but lying on a sofa with a sense of wetness and coolness about her head, and the strangest incapacity to move or speak or exercise any energy of her own.
romance
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From this reading It was a scene such as happens very often in romance, and which a great many writers could describe to the life.
round
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From this reading I know who could do it so well that you would think you saw the accident--the plunge of the frightened horse, the sudden change in the sensations of the rider from voluntary progress on her own part to a gradual confused wild mad rush past of trees and houses and hedgerows, and all the whirling level green of the country round--the flash before her eyes--the jar--the stillness of insensibility.
run
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From this reading Many writers whom I know could make a great point of it; but I never was run away with by my horse, and I do not know how it feels.
rush
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From this reading I know who could do it so well that you would think you saw the accident--the plunge of the frightened horse, the sudden change in the sensations of the rider from voluntary progress on her own part to a gradual confused wild mad rush past of trees and houses and hedgerows, and all the whirling level green of the country round--the flash before her eyes--the jar--the stillness of insensibility.
saw
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From this reading I know who could do it so well that you would think you saw the accident--the plunge of the frightened horse, the sudden change in the sensations of the rider from voluntary progress on her own part to a gradual confused wild mad rush past of trees and houses and hedgerows, and all the whirling level green of the country round--the flash before her eyes--the jar--the stillness of insensibility.
scene
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From this reading I do not know how to begin this story otherwise than by a confession that I cannot describe its very first scene.
sensations
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From this reading I know who could do it so well that you would think you saw the accident--the plunge of the frightened horse, the sudden change in the sensations of the rider from voluntary progress on her own part to a gradual confused wild mad rush past of trees and houses and hedgerows, and all the whirling level green of the country round--the flash before her eyes--the jar--the stillness of insensibility.
sense
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From this reading Therefore I will begin where the excitement ends, and take up my story from the moment when Kate Crediton opened her eyes, without any notion where she was, with a thousand bells ringing in her ears, and awful shadows of something that had happened or was going to happen flitting about her brain--and by degrees found that she was not on her horse, as she had been when last she had any acquaintance with herself, but lying on a sofa with a sense of wetness and coolness about her head, and the strangest incapacity to move or speak or exercise any energy of her own.
shadows
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From this reading Therefore I will begin where the excitement ends, and take up my story from the moment when Kate Crediton opened her eyes, without any notion where she was, with a thousand bells ringing in her ears, and awful shadows of something that had happened or was going to happen flitting about her brain--and by degrees found that she was not on her horse, as she had been when last she had any acquaintance with herself, but lying on a sofa with a sense of wetness and coolness about her head, and the strangest incapacity to move or speak or exercise any energy of her own.
shepronounUS /ʃiː/
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Therefore I will begin where the excitement ends, and take up my story from the moment when Kate Crediton opened her eyes, without any notion where she was, with a thousand bells ringing in her ears, and awful shadows of something that had happened or was going to happen flitting about her brain--and by degrees found that she was not on her horse, as she had been when last she had any acquaintance with herself, but lying on a sofa with a sense of wetness and coolness about her head, and the strangest incapacity to move or speak or exercise any energy of her own.
soconjunctionUS /soʊ/
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading I know who could do it so well that you would think you saw the accident--the plunge of the frightened horse, the sudden change in the sensations of the rider from voluntary progress on her own part to a gradual confused wild mad rush past of trees and houses and hedgerows, and all the whirling level green of the country round--the flash before her eyes--the jar--the stillness of insensibility.
sofa
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From this reading Therefore I will begin where the excitement ends, and take up my story from the moment when Kate Crediton opened her eyes, without any notion where she was, with a thousand bells ringing in her ears, and awful shadows of something that had happened or was going to happen flitting about her brain--and by degrees found that she was not on her horse, as she had been when last she had any acquaintance with herself, but lying on a sofa with a sense of wetness and coolness about her head, and the strangest incapacity to move or speak or exercise any energy of her own.
somethingpronounUS /ˈsʌmθɪŋ/
a thing, without saying which
From this reading Therefore I will begin where the excitement ends, and take up my story from the moment when Kate Crediton opened her eyes, without any notion where she was, with a thousand bells ringing in her ears, and awful shadows of something that had happened or was going to happen flitting about her brain--and by degrees found that she was not on her horse, as she had been when last she had any acquaintance with herself, but lying on a sofa with a sense of wetness and coolness about her head, and the strangest incapacity to move or speak or exercise any energy of her own.
speak
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From this reading Therefore I will begin where the excitement ends, and take up my story from the moment when Kate Crediton opened her eyes, without any notion where she was, with a thousand bells ringing in her ears, and awful shadows of something that had happened or was going to happen flitting about her brain--and by degrees found that she was not on her horse, as she had been when last she had any acquaintance with herself, but lying on a sofa with a sense of wetness and coolness about her head, and the strangest incapacity to move or speak or exercise any energy of her own.
stillness
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From this reading I know who could do it so well that you would think you saw the accident--the plunge of the frightened horse, the sudden change in the sensations of the rider from voluntary progress on her own part to a gradual confused wild mad rush past of trees and houses and hedgerows, and all the whirling level green of the country round--the flash before her eyes--the jar--the stillness of insensibility.
story
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From this reading I do not know how to begin this story otherwise than by a confession that I cannot describe its very first scene.
strangest
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From this reading Therefore I will begin where the excitement ends, and take up my story from the moment when Kate Crediton opened her eyes, without any notion where she was, with a thousand bells ringing in her ears, and awful shadows of something that had happened or was going to happen flitting about her brain--and by degrees found that she was not on her horse, as she had been when last she had any acquaintance with herself, but lying on a sofa with a sense of wetness and coolness about her head, and the strangest incapacity to move or speak or exercise any energy of her own.
suchdeterminerUS /sʌtʃ/
of the kind already mentioned
From this reading It was a scene such as happens very often in romance, and which a great many writers could describe to the life.
suddennounUS /sudden/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading I know who could do it so well that you would think you saw the accident--the plunge of the frightened horse, the sudden change in the sensations of the rider from voluntary progress on her own part to a gradual confused wild mad rush past of trees and houses and hedgerows, and all the whirling level green of the country round--the flash before her eyes--the jar--the stillness of insensibility.
takenounUS /take/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Therefore I will begin where the excitement ends, and take up my story from the moment when Kate Crediton opened her eyes, without any notion where she was, with a thousand bells ringing in her ears, and awful shadows of something that had happened or was going to happen flitting about her brain--and by degrees found that she was not on her horse, as she had been when last she had any acquaintance with herself, but lying on a sofa with a sense of wetness and coolness about her head, and the strangest incapacity to move or speak or exercise any energy of her own.
thanconjunctionUS /ðæn/
used to introduce the second part of a comparison
From this reading I do not know how to begin this story otherwise than by a confession that I cannot describe its very first scene.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading I do not know how to begin this story otherwise than by a confession that I cannot describe its very first scene.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading It was a scene such as happens very often in romance, and which a great many writers could describe to the life.
ThereforeadverbUS /ˈðerfɔːr/
for that reason; as a result
From this reading Therefore I will begin where the excitement ends, and take up my story from the moment when Kate Crediton opened her eyes, without any notion where she was, with a thousand bells ringing in her ears, and awful shadows of something that had happened or was going to happen flitting about her brain--and by degrees found that she was not on her horse, as she had been when last she had any acquaintance with herself, but lying on a sofa with a sense of wetness and coolness about her head, and the strangest incapacity to move or speak or exercise any energy of her own.
thinknounUS /think/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading I know who could do it so well that you would think you saw the accident--the plunge of the frightened horse, the sudden change in the sensations of the rider from voluntary progress on her own part to a gradual confused wild mad rush past of trees and houses and hedgerows, and all the whirling level green of the country round--the flash before her eyes--the jar--the stillness of insensibility.
thisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading I do not know how to begin this story otherwise than by a confession that I cannot describe its very first scene.
thousand
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From this reading Therefore I will begin where the excitement ends, and take up my story from the moment when Kate Crediton opened her eyes, without any notion where she was, with a thousand bells ringing in her ears, and awful shadows of something that had happened or was going to happen flitting about her brain--and by degrees found that she was not on her horse, as she had been when last she had any acquaintance with herself, but lying on a sofa with a sense of wetness and coolness about her head, and the strangest incapacity to move or speak or exercise any energy of her own.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading I do not know how to begin this story otherwise than by a confession that I cannot describe its very first scene.
trees
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From this reading I know who could do it so well that you would think you saw the accident--the plunge of the frightened horse, the sudden change in the sensations of the rider from voluntary progress on her own part to a gradual confused wild mad rush past of trees and houses and hedgerows, and all the whirling level green of the country round--the flash before her eyes--the jar--the stillness of insensibility.
up
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From this reading Therefore I will begin where the excitement ends, and take up my story from the moment when Kate Crediton opened her eyes, without any notion where she was, with a thousand bells ringing in her ears, and awful shadows of something that had happened or was going to happen flitting about her brain--and by degrees found that she was not on her horse, as she had been when last she had any acquaintance with herself, but lying on a sofa with a sense of wetness and coolness about her head, and the strangest incapacity to move or speak or exercise any energy of her own.
very
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From this reading I do not know how to begin this story otherwise than by a confession that I cannot describe its very first scene.
voluntary
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From this reading I know who could do it so well that you would think you saw the accident--the plunge of the frightened horse, the sudden change in the sensations of the rider from voluntary progress on her own part to a gradual confused wild mad rush past of trees and houses and hedgerows, and all the whirling level green of the country round--the flash before her eyes--the jar--the stillness of insensibility.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading It was a scene such as happens very often in romance, and which a great many writers could describe to the life.
well
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From this reading I know who could do it so well that you would think you saw the accident--the plunge of the frightened horse, the sudden change in the sensations of the rider from voluntary progress on her own part to a gradual confused wild mad rush past of trees and houses and hedgerows, and all the whirling level green of the country round--the flash before her eyes--the jar--the stillness of insensibility.
wetness
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From this reading Therefore I will begin where the excitement ends, and take up my story from the moment when Kate Crediton opened her eyes, without any notion where she was, with a thousand bells ringing in her ears, and awful shadows of something that had happened or was going to happen flitting about her brain--and by degrees found that she was not on her horse, as she had been when last she had any acquaintance with herself, but lying on a sofa with a sense of wetness and coolness about her head, and the strangest incapacity to move or speak or exercise any energy of her own.
whenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading Therefore I will begin where the excitement ends, and take up my story from the moment when Kate Crediton opened her eyes, without any notion where she was, with a thousand bells ringing in her ears, and awful shadows of something that had happened or was going to happen flitting about her brain--and by degrees found that she was not on her horse, as she had been when last she had any acquaintance with herself, but lying on a sofa with a sense of wetness and coolness about her head, and the strangest incapacity to move or speak or exercise any energy of her own.
whereconjunctionUS /wer/
in or at the place that
From this reading Therefore I will begin where the excitement ends, and take up my story from the moment when Kate Crediton opened her eyes, without any notion where she was, with a thousand bells ringing in her ears, and awful shadows of something that had happened or was going to happen flitting about her brain--and by degrees found that she was not on her horse, as she had been when last she had any acquaintance with herself, but lying on a sofa with a sense of wetness and coolness about her head, and the strangest incapacity to move or speak or exercise any energy of her own.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading It was a scene such as happens very often in romance, and which a great many writers could describe to the life.
whirling
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From this reading I know who could do it so well that you would think you saw the accident--the plunge of the frightened horse, the sudden change in the sensations of the rider from voluntary progress on her own part to a gradual confused wild mad rush past of trees and houses and hedgerows, and all the whirling level green of the country round--the flash before her eyes--the jar--the stillness of insensibility.
whopronounUS /huː/
which person or people
From this reading I know who could do it so well that you would think you saw the accident--the plunge of the frightened horse, the sudden change in the sensations of the rider from voluntary progress on her own part to a gradual confused wild mad rush past of trees and houses and hedgerows, and all the whirling level green of the country round--the flash before her eyes--the jar--the stillness of insensibility.
whompronounUS /huːm/
the form of “who” used as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Many writers whom I know could make a great point of it; but I never was run away with by my horse, and I do not know how it feels.
wild
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From this reading I know who could do it so well that you would think you saw the accident--the plunge of the frightened horse, the sudden change in the sensations of the rider from voluntary progress on her own part to a gradual confused wild mad rush past of trees and houses and hedgerows, and all the whirling level green of the country round--the flash before her eyes--the jar--the stillness of insensibility.
willmodal verbUS /wɪl/
used to talk about the future, or about willingness
From this reading Therefore I will begin where the excitement ends, and take up my story from the moment when Kate Crediton opened her eyes, without any notion where she was, with a thousand bells ringing in her ears, and awful shadows of something that had happened or was going to happen flitting about her brain--and by degrees found that she was not on her horse, as she had been when last she had any acquaintance with herself, but lying on a sofa with a sense of wetness and coolness about her head, and the strangest incapacity to move or speak or exercise any energy of her own.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading Many writers whom I know could make a great point of it; but I never was run away with by my horse, and I do not know how it feels.
withoutprepositionUS /wɪˈθaʊt/
not having, not using, or not accompanied by
From this reading Therefore I will begin where the excitement ends, and take up my story from the moment when Kate Crediton opened her eyes, without any notion where she was, with a thousand bells ringing in her ears, and awful shadows of something that had happened or was going to happen flitting about her brain--and by degrees found that she was not on her horse, as she had been when last she had any acquaintance with herself, but lying on a sofa with a sense of wetness and coolness about her head, and the strangest incapacity to move or speak or exercise any energy of her own.
wouldmodal verbUS /wʊd/
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading I know who could do it so well that you would think you saw the accident--the plunge of the frightened horse, the sudden change in the sensations of the rider from voluntary progress on her own part to a gradual confused wild mad rush past of trees and houses and hedgerows, and all the whirling level green of the country round--the flash before her eyes--the jar--the stillness of insensibility.
writers
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From this reading It was a scene such as happens very often in romance, and which a great many writers could describe to the life.
youpronounUS /juː/
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading I know who could do it so well that you would think you saw the accident--the plunge of the frightened horse, the sudden change in the sensations of the rider from voluntary progress on her own part to a gradual confused wild mad rush past of trees and houses and hedgerows, and all the whirling level green of the country round--the flash before her eyes--the jar--the stillness of insensibility.
