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From this reading Corn grows in the night.[250] Will this bustling era detain the future reader longer?
accustomed
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From this reading We are accustomed to exaggerate the immobility and stagnation of those eras, as of the waters which levelled the steppes; but those slow revolving "years of the gods" were as rapid to all the needs of virtue as these bustling and hasty seasons.
all
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From this reading We are accustomed to exaggerate the immobility and stagnation of those eras, as of the waters which levelled the steppes; but those slow revolving "years of the gods" were as rapid to all the needs of virtue as these bustling and hasty seasons.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading We are accustomed to exaggerate the immobility and stagnation of those eras, as of the waters which levelled the steppes; but those slow revolving "years of the gods" were as rapid to all the needs of virtue as these bustling and hasty seasons.
areauxiliary verbUS /ɑːr/
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading We are accustomed to exaggerate the immobility and stagnation of those eras, as of the waters which levelled the steppes; but those slow revolving "years of the gods" were as rapid to all the needs of virtue as these bustling and hasty seasons.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading We are accustomed to exaggerate the immobility and stagnation of those eras, as of the waters which levelled the steppes; but those slow revolving "years of the gods" were as rapid to all the needs of virtue as these bustling and hasty seasons.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading Methinks history will have to be tried by new tests to show what centuries were rapid and what slow.
bustling
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From this reading We are accustomed to exaggerate the immobility and stagnation of those eras, as of the waters which levelled the steppes; but those slow revolving "years of the gods" were as rapid to all the needs of virtue as these bustling and hasty seasons.
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading We are accustomed to exaggerate the immobility and stagnation of those eras, as of the waters which levelled the steppes; but those slow revolving "years of the gods" were as rapid to all the needs of virtue as these bustling and hasty seasons.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading Methinks history will have to be tried by new tests to show what centuries were rapid and what slow.
centuries
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From this reading Methinks history will have to be tried by new tests to show what centuries were rapid and what slow.
conversed
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From this reading Will the earth seem to have conversed more with the heavens during these times?
Corn
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From this reading Corn grows in the night.[250] Will this bustling era detain the future reader longer?
detain
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From this reading Corn grows in the night.[250] Will this bustling era detain the future reader longer?
duringprepositionUS /ˈdʊrɪŋ/
all through a period, or at some point within it
From this reading Will the earth seem to have conversed more with the heavens during these times?
earth
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From this reading Will the earth seem to have conversed more with the heavens during these times?
era
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From this reading Corn grows in the night.[250] Will this bustling era detain the future reader longer?
eras
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From this reading We are accustomed to exaggerate the immobility and stagnation of those eras, as of the waters which levelled the steppes; but those slow revolving "years of the gods" were as rapid to all the needs of virtue as these bustling and hasty seasons.
exaggerate
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From this reading We are accustomed to exaggerate the immobility and stagnation of those eras, as of the waters which levelled the steppes; but those slow revolving "years of the gods" were as rapid to all the needs of virtue as these bustling and hasty seasons.
future
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From this reading Corn grows in the night.[250] Will this bustling era detain the future reader longer?
gods
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From this reading We are accustomed to exaggerate the immobility and stagnation of those eras, as of the waters which levelled the steppes; but those slow revolving "years of the gods" were as rapid to all the needs of virtue as these bustling and hasty seasons.
grows
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From this reading Corn grows in the night.[250] Will this bustling era detain the future reader longer?
hasty
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From this reading We are accustomed to exaggerate the immobility and stagnation of those eras, as of the waters which levelled the steppes; but those slow revolving "years of the gods" were as rapid to all the needs of virtue as these bustling and hasty seasons.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading Methinks history will have to be tried by new tests to show what centuries were rapid and what slow.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Man stands to revere, he kneels to pray.
heavens
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From this reading Will the earth seem to have conversed more with the heavens during these times?
history
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From this reading Methinks history will have to be tried by new tests to show what centuries were rapid and what slow.
immobility
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From this reading We are accustomed to exaggerate the immobility and stagnation of those eras, as of the waters which levelled the steppes; but those slow revolving "years of the gods" were as rapid to all the needs of virtue as these bustling and hasty seasons.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Corn grows in the night.[250] Will this bustling era detain the future reader longer?
kneels
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From this reading Man stands to revere, he kneels to pray.
levelled
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From this reading We are accustomed to exaggerate the immobility and stagnation of those eras, as of the waters which levelled the steppes; but those slow revolving "years of the gods" were as rapid to all the needs of virtue as these bustling and hasty seasons.
longer
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From this reading Corn grows in the night.[250] Will this bustling era detain the future reader longer?
Man
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From this reading Man stands to revere, he kneels to pray.
Methinks
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From this reading Methinks history will have to be tried by new tests to show what centuries were rapid and what slow.
more
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From this reading Will the earth seem to have conversed more with the heavens during these times?
needs
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From this reading We are accustomed to exaggerate the immobility and stagnation of those eras, as of the waters which levelled the steppes; but those slow revolving "years of the gods" were as rapid to all the needs of virtue as these bustling and hasty seasons.
new
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From this reading Methinks history will have to be tried by new tests to show what centuries were rapid and what slow.
night
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From this reading Corn grows in the night.[250] Will this bustling era detain the future reader longer?
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading We are accustomed to exaggerate the immobility and stagnation of those eras, as of the waters which levelled the steppes; but those slow revolving "years of the gods" were as rapid to all the needs of virtue as these bustling and hasty seasons.
pray
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From this reading Man stands to revere, he kneels to pray.
rapid
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From this reading We are accustomed to exaggerate the immobility and stagnation of those eras, as of the waters which levelled the steppes; but those slow revolving "years of the gods" were as rapid to all the needs of virtue as these bustling and hasty seasons.
reader
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From this reading Corn grows in the night.[250] Will this bustling era detain the future reader longer?
revere
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From this reading Man stands to revere, he kneels to pray.
revolving
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From this reading We are accustomed to exaggerate the immobility and stagnation of those eras, as of the waters which levelled the steppes; but those slow revolving "years of the gods" were as rapid to all the needs of virtue as these bustling and hasty seasons.
seasons
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From this reading We are accustomed to exaggerate the immobility and stagnation of those eras, as of the waters which levelled the steppes; but those slow revolving "years of the gods" were as rapid to all the needs of virtue as these bustling and hasty seasons.
seem
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From this reading Will the earth seem to have conversed more with the heavens during these times?
show
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From this reading Methinks history will have to be tried by new tests to show what centuries were rapid and what slow.
slow
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From this reading We are accustomed to exaggerate the immobility and stagnation of those eras, as of the waters which levelled the steppes; but those slow revolving "years of the gods" were as rapid to all the needs of virtue as these bustling and hasty seasons.
stagnation
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From this reading We are accustomed to exaggerate the immobility and stagnation of those eras, as of the waters which levelled the steppes; but those slow revolving "years of the gods" were as rapid to all the needs of virtue as these bustling and hasty seasons.
stands
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From this reading Man stands to revere, he kneels to pray.
steppes
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From this reading We are accustomed to exaggerate the immobility and stagnation of those eras, as of the waters which levelled the steppes; but those slow revolving "years of the gods" were as rapid to all the needs of virtue as these bustling and hasty seasons.
tests
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From this reading Methinks history will have to be tried by new tests to show what centuries were rapid and what slow.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading We are accustomed to exaggerate the immobility and stagnation of those eras, as of the waters which levelled the steppes; but those slow revolving "years of the gods" were as rapid to all the needs of virtue as these bustling and hasty seasons.
thesedeterminerUS /ðiːz/
the plural of “this”: the people or things near, or just mentioned
From this reading We are accustomed to exaggerate the immobility and stagnation of those eras, as of the waters which levelled the steppes; but those slow revolving "years of the gods" were as rapid to all the needs of virtue as these bustling and hasty seasons.
thisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading Corn grows in the night.[250] Will this bustling era detain the future reader longer?
thosedeterminerUS /ðoʊz/
the plural of “that”: the people or things further away, or already known
From this reading We are accustomed to exaggerate the immobility and stagnation of those eras, as of the waters which levelled the steppes; but those slow revolving "years of the gods" were as rapid to all the needs of virtue as these bustling and hasty seasons.
times
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From this reading Will the earth seem to have conversed more with the heavens during these times?
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading We are accustomed to exaggerate the immobility and stagnation of those eras, as of the waters which levelled the steppes; but those slow revolving "years of the gods" were as rapid to all the needs of virtue as these bustling and hasty seasons.
tried
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From this reading Methinks history will have to be tried by new tests to show what centuries were rapid and what slow.
virtuenounUS /ˈvɝː.tʃuː/
Moral excellence and goodness of character; the highest human attainment in Stoic philosophy.
From this reading We are accustomed to exaggerate the immobility and stagnation of those eras, as of the waters which levelled the steppes; but those slow revolving "years of the gods" were as rapid to all the needs of virtue as these bustling and hasty seasons.
waters
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From this reading We are accustomed to exaggerate the immobility and stagnation of those eras, as of the waters which levelled the steppes; but those slow revolving "years of the gods" were as rapid to all the needs of virtue as these bustling and hasty seasons.
WepronounUS /wiː/
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading We are accustomed to exaggerate the immobility and stagnation of those eras, as of the waters which levelled the steppes; but those slow revolving "years of the gods" were as rapid to all the needs of virtue as these bustling and hasty seasons.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading We are accustomed to exaggerate the immobility and stagnation of those eras, as of the waters which levelled the steppes; but those slow revolving "years of the gods" were as rapid to all the needs of virtue as these bustling and hasty seasons.
whatpronounUS /wʌt/
used to ask for information about something
From this reading Methinks history will have to be tried by new tests to show what centuries were rapid and what slow.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading We are accustomed to exaggerate the immobility and stagnation of those eras, as of the waters which levelled the steppes; but those slow revolving "years of the gods" were as rapid to all the needs of virtue as these bustling and hasty seasons.
willmodal verbUS /wɪl/
used to talk about the future, or about willingness
From this reading Methinks history will have to be tried by new tests to show what centuries were rapid and what slow.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading Will the earth seem to have conversed more with the heavens during these times?
years
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From this reading We are accustomed to exaggerate the immobility and stagnation of those eras, as of the waters which levelled the steppes; but those slow revolving "years of the gods" were as rapid to all the needs of virtue as these bustling and hasty seasons.
