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10,000
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From this reading Laura Jean Libbey's New $10,000 Story The Romance of that Saucy Jessie Bain The Latest and Most Thrilling Story Fresh from the Pen of the Peoples' Favorite Author, The Arthur Westbrook Company Cleveland, Ohio, U.S.A.
AdeterminerUS /ə/
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading Laura Jean Libbey's New $10,000 Story The Romance of that Saucy Jessie Bain The Latest and Most Thrilling Story Fresh from the Pen of the Peoples' Favorite Author, The Arthur Westbrook Company Cleveland, Ohio, U.S.A.
againstprepositionUS /əˈɡenst/
touching and pressing; in opposition to
From this reading The passengers were all summer tourists, light of heart and gay of speech; all save one, Hubert Varrick, a young and handsome man, dressed in the height of fashion, who held aloof from the rest, and who stood leaning carelessly against the taffrail.
all
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From this reading The passengers were all summer tourists, light of heart and gay of speech; all save one, Hubert Varrick, a young and handsome man, dressed in the height of fashion, who held aloof from the rest, and who stood leaning carelessly against the taffrail.
aloof
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andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Laura Jean Libbey's New $10,000 Story The Romance of that Saucy Jessie Bain The Latest and Most Thrilling Story Fresh from the Pen of the Peoples' Favorite Author, The Arthur Westbrook Company Cleveland, Ohio, U.S.A.
Arthur
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Author
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Bain
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balmy
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From this reading It was a magnificent evening, in balmy June, on the far-famed St. Lawrence.
bay
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From this reading The steamer "St. Lawrence" was making her nightly search-light excursion down the bay, laden to her utmost capacity.
broad
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From this reading The steamer was making its way in and out of the thousand green isles, the great light from the pilot-house suddenly throwing a broad, illuminating flash first on this and then on that.
capacity
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From this reading The steamer "St. Lawrence" was making her nightly search-light excursion down the bay, laden to her utmost capacity.
carelessly
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From this reading The passengers were all summer tourists, light of heart and gay of speech; all save one, Hubert Varrick, a young and handsome man, dressed in the height of fashion, who held aloof from the rest, and who stood leaning carelessly against the taffrail.
Cleveland
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Company
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down
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From this reading The steamer "St. Lawrence" was making her nightly search-light excursion down the bay, laden to her utmost capacity.
dressed
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evening
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From this reading It was a magnificent evening, in balmy June, on the far-famed St. Lawrence.
excursion
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From this reading The steamer "St. Lawrence" was making her nightly search-light excursion down the bay, laden to her utmost capacity.
far-famed
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From this reading It was a magnificent evening, in balmy June, on the far-famed St. Lawrence.
fashion
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From this reading The passengers were all summer tourists, light of heart and gay of speech; all save one, Hubert Varrick, a young and handsome man, dressed in the height of fashion, who held aloof from the rest, and who stood leaning carelessly against the taffrail.
Favorite
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firstnounUS /first/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The steamer was making its way in and out of the thousand green isles, the great light from the pilot-house suddenly throwing a broad, illuminating flash first on this and then on that.
flash
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From this reading The steamer was making its way in and out of the thousand green isles, the great light from the pilot-house suddenly throwing a broad, illuminating flash first on this and then on that.
Fresh
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fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading Laura Jean Libbey's New $10,000 Story The Romance of that Saucy Jessie Bain The Latest and Most Thrilling Story Fresh from the Pen of the Peoples' Favorite Author, The Arthur Westbrook Company Cleveland, Ohio, U.S.A.
gay
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From this reading The passengers were all summer tourists, light of heart and gay of speech; all save one, Hubert Varrick, a young and handsome man, dressed in the height of fashion, who held aloof from the rest, and who stood leaning carelessly against the taffrail.
greatnounUS /great/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The steamer was making its way in and out of the thousand green isles, the great light from the pilot-house suddenly throwing a broad, illuminating flash first on this and then on that.
green
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From this reading The steamer was making its way in and out of the thousand green isles, the great light from the pilot-house suddenly throwing a broad, illuminating flash first on this and then on that.
handsomenounUS /ˈhandsome/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading The passengers were all summer tourists, light of heart and gay of speech; all save one, Hubert Varrick, a young and handsome man, dressed in the height of fashion, who held aloof from the rest, and who stood leaning carelessly against the taffrail.
heart
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From this reading The passengers were all summer tourists, light of heart and gay of speech; all save one, Hubert Varrick, a young and handsome man, dressed in the height of fashion, who held aloof from the rest, and who stood leaning carelessly against the taffrail.
height
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From this reading The passengers were all summer tourists, light of heart and gay of speech; all save one, Hubert Varrick, a young and handsome man, dressed in the height of fashion, who held aloof from the rest, and who stood leaning carelessly against the taffrail.
held
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From this reading The passengers were all summer tourists, light of heart and gay of speech; all save one, Hubert Varrick, a young and handsome man, dressed in the height of fashion, who held aloof from the rest, and who stood leaning carelessly against the taffrail.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading The steamer "St. Lawrence" was making her nightly search-light excursion down the bay, laden to her utmost capacity.
Hubert
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From this reading The passengers were all summer tourists, light of heart and gay of speech; all save one, Hubert Varrick, a young and handsome man, dressed in the height of fashion, who held aloof from the rest, and who stood leaning carelessly against the taffrail.
illuminating
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From this reading The steamer was making its way in and out of the thousand green isles, the great light from the pilot-house suddenly throwing a broad, illuminating flash first on this and then on that.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading It was a magnificent evening, in balmy June, on the far-famed St. Lawrence.
isles
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From this reading The steamer was making its way in and out of the thousand green isles, the great light from the pilot-house suddenly throwing a broad, illuminating flash first on this and then on that.
ItpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It was a magnificent evening, in balmy June, on the far-famed St. Lawrence.
itsdeterminerUS /ɪts/
belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned
From this reading The steamer was making its way in and out of the thousand green isles, the great light from the pilot-house suddenly throwing a broad, illuminating flash first on this and then on that.
Jean
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From this reading Laura Jean Libbey's New $10,000 Story The Romance of that Saucy Jessie Bain The Latest and Most Thrilling Story Fresh from the Pen of the Peoples' Favorite Author, The Arthur Westbrook Company Cleveland, Ohio, U.S.A.
Jessie
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From this reading Laura Jean Libbey's New $10,000 Story The Romance of that Saucy Jessie Bain The Latest and Most Thrilling Story Fresh from the Pen of the Peoples' Favorite Author, The Arthur Westbrook Company Cleveland, Ohio, U.S.A.
June
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From this reading It was a magnificent evening, in balmy June, on the far-famed St. Lawrence.
laden
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From this reading The steamer "St. Lawrence" was making her nightly search-light excursion down the bay, laden to her utmost capacity.
Latest
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From this reading Laura Jean Libbey's New $10,000 Story The Romance of that Saucy Jessie Bain The Latest and Most Thrilling Story Fresh from the Pen of the Peoples' Favorite Author, The Arthur Westbrook Company Cleveland, Ohio, U.S.A.
Laura
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From this reading Laura Jean Libbey's New $10,000 Story The Romance of that Saucy Jessie Bain The Latest and Most Thrilling Story Fresh from the Pen of the Peoples' Favorite Author, The Arthur Westbrook Company Cleveland, Ohio, U.S.A.
Lawrence
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From this reading It was a magnificent evening, in balmy June, on the far-famed St. Lawrence.
leaning
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From this reading The passengers were all summer tourists, light of heart and gay of speech; all save one, Hubert Varrick, a young and handsome man, dressed in the height of fashion, who held aloof from the rest, and who stood leaning carelessly against the taffrail.
Libbey's
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From this reading Laura Jean Libbey's New $10,000 Story The Romance of that Saucy Jessie Bain The Latest and Most Thrilling Story Fresh from the Pen of the Peoples' Favorite Author, The Arthur Westbrook Company Cleveland, Ohio, U.S.A.
light
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From this reading The passengers were all summer tourists, light of heart and gay of speech; all save one, Hubert Varrick, a young and handsome man, dressed in the height of fashion, who held aloof from the rest, and who stood leaning carelessly against the taffrail.
magnificent
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From this reading It was a magnificent evening, in balmy June, on the far-famed St. Lawrence.
making
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From this reading The steamer "St. Lawrence" was making her nightly search-light excursion down the bay, laden to her utmost capacity.
man
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From this reading The passengers were all summer tourists, light of heart and gay of speech; all save one, Hubert Varrick, a young and handsome man, dressed in the height of fashion, who held aloof from the rest, and who stood leaning carelessly against the taffrail.
Most
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From this reading Laura Jean Libbey's New $10,000 Story The Romance of that Saucy Jessie Bain The Latest and Most Thrilling Story Fresh from the Pen of the Peoples' Favorite Author, The Arthur Westbrook Company Cleveland, Ohio, U.S.A.
New
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From this reading Laura Jean Libbey's New $10,000 Story The Romance of that Saucy Jessie Bain The Latest and Most Thrilling Story Fresh from the Pen of the Peoples' Favorite Author, The Arthur Westbrook Company Cleveland, Ohio, U.S.A.
nightly
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From this reading The steamer "St. Lawrence" was making her nightly search-light excursion down the bay, laden to her utmost capacity.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Laura Jean Libbey's New $10,000 Story The Romance of that Saucy Jessie Bain The Latest and Most Thrilling Story Fresh from the Pen of the Peoples' Favorite Author, The Arthur Westbrook Company Cleveland, Ohio, U.S.A.
Ohio
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From this reading Laura Jean Libbey's New $10,000 Story The Romance of that Saucy Jessie Bain The Latest and Most Thrilling Story Fresh from the Pen of the Peoples' Favorite Author, The Arthur Westbrook Company Cleveland, Ohio, U.S.A.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading It was a magnificent evening, in balmy June, on the far-famed St. Lawrence.
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading The passengers were all summer tourists, light of heart and gay of speech; all save one, Hubert Varrick, a young and handsome man, dressed in the height of fashion, who held aloof from the rest, and who stood leaning carelessly against the taffrail.
out
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From this reading The steamer was making its way in and out of the thousand green isles, the great light from the pilot-house suddenly throwing a broad, illuminating flash first on this and then on that.
passengers
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From this reading The passengers were all summer tourists, light of heart and gay of speech; all save one, Hubert Varrick, a young and handsome man, dressed in the height of fashion, who held aloof from the rest, and who stood leaning carelessly against the taffrail.
Pen
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From this reading Laura Jean Libbey's New $10,000 Story The Romance of that Saucy Jessie Bain The Latest and Most Thrilling Story Fresh from the Pen of the Peoples' Favorite Author, The Arthur Westbrook Company Cleveland, Ohio, U.S.A.
Peoples
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From this reading Laura Jean Libbey's New $10,000 Story The Romance of that Saucy Jessie Bain The Latest and Most Thrilling Story Fresh from the Pen of the Peoples' Favorite Author, The Arthur Westbrook Company Cleveland, Ohio, U.S.A.
pilot-house
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From this reading The steamer was making its way in and out of the thousand green isles, the great light from the pilot-house suddenly throwing a broad, illuminating flash first on this and then on that.
restnounUS /rest/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The passengers were all summer tourists, light of heart and gay of speech; all save one, Hubert Varrick, a young and handsome man, dressed in the height of fashion, who held aloof from the rest, and who stood leaning carelessly against the taffrail.
Romance
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From this reading Laura Jean Libbey's New $10,000 Story The Romance of that Saucy Jessie Bain The Latest and Most Thrilling Story Fresh from the Pen of the Peoples' Favorite Author, The Arthur Westbrook Company Cleveland, Ohio, U.S.A.
S
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From this reading Laura Jean Libbey's New $10,000 Story The Romance of that Saucy Jessie Bain The Latest and Most Thrilling Story Fresh from the Pen of the Peoples' Favorite Author, The Arthur Westbrook Company Cleveland, Ohio, U.S.A.
Saucy
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From this reading Laura Jean Libbey's New $10,000 Story The Romance of that Saucy Jessie Bain The Latest and Most Thrilling Story Fresh from the Pen of the Peoples' Favorite Author, The Arthur Westbrook Company Cleveland, Ohio, U.S.A.
saveprepositionUS /seɪv/
except for; apart from
From this reading The passengers were all summer tourists, light of heart and gay of speech; all save one, Hubert Varrick, a young and handsome man, dressed in the height of fashion, who held aloof from the rest, and who stood leaning carelessly against the taffrail.
search-light
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From this reading The steamer "St. Lawrence" was making her nightly search-light excursion down the bay, laden to her utmost capacity.
speech
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From this reading The passengers were all summer tourists, light of heart and gay of speech; all save one, Hubert Varrick, a young and handsome man, dressed in the height of fashion, who held aloof from the rest, and who stood leaning carelessly against the taffrail.
St
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From this reading It was a magnificent evening, in balmy June, on the far-famed St. Lawrence.
steamer
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From this reading The steamer "St. Lawrence" was making her nightly search-light excursion down the bay, laden to her utmost capacity.
stoodnounUS /stood/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The passengers were all summer tourists, light of heart and gay of speech; all save one, Hubert Varrick, a young and handsome man, dressed in the height of fashion, who held aloof from the rest, and who stood leaning carelessly against the taffrail.
Story
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From this reading Laura Jean Libbey's New $10,000 Story The Romance of that Saucy Jessie Bain The Latest and Most Thrilling Story Fresh from the Pen of the Peoples' Favorite Author, The Arthur Westbrook Company Cleveland, Ohio, U.S.A.
suddenlynounUS /ˈsuddenly/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading The steamer was making its way in and out of the thousand green isles, the great light from the pilot-house suddenly throwing a broad, illuminating flash first on this and then on that.
summer
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From this reading The passengers were all summer tourists, light of heart and gay of speech; all save one, Hubert Varrick, a young and handsome man, dressed in the height of fashion, who held aloof from the rest, and who stood leaning carelessly against the taffrail.
taffrail
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From this reading The passengers were all summer tourists, light of heart and gay of speech; all save one, Hubert Varrick, a young and handsome man, dressed in the height of fashion, who held aloof from the rest, and who stood leaning carelessly against the taffrail.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Laura Jean Libbey's New $10,000 Story The Romance of that Saucy Jessie Bain The Latest and Most Thrilling Story Fresh from the Pen of the Peoples' Favorite Author, The Arthur Westbrook Company Cleveland, Ohio, U.S.A.
ThedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Laura Jean Libbey's New $10,000 Story The Romance of that Saucy Jessie Bain The Latest and Most Thrilling Story Fresh from the Pen of the Peoples' Favorite Author, The Arthur Westbrook Company Cleveland, Ohio, U.S.A.
then
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From this reading The steamer was making its way in and out of the thousand green isles, the great light from the pilot-house suddenly throwing a broad, illuminating flash first on this and then on that.
thisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading The steamer was making its way in and out of the thousand green isles, the great light from the pilot-house suddenly throwing a broad, illuminating flash first on this and then on that.
thousand
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From this reading The steamer was making its way in and out of the thousand green isles, the great light from the pilot-house suddenly throwing a broad, illuminating flash first on this and then on that.
Thrilling
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From this reading Laura Jean Libbey's New $10,000 Story The Romance of that Saucy Jessie Bain The Latest and Most Thrilling Story Fresh from the Pen of the Peoples' Favorite Author, The Arthur Westbrook Company Cleveland, Ohio, U.S.A.
throwing
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From this reading The steamer was making its way in and out of the thousand green isles, the great light from the pilot-house suddenly throwing a broad, illuminating flash first on this and then on that.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading The steamer "St. Lawrence" was making her nightly search-light excursion down the bay, laden to her utmost capacity.
tourists
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From this reading The passengers were all summer tourists, light of heart and gay of speech; all save one, Hubert Varrick, a young and handsome man, dressed in the height of fashion, who held aloof from the rest, and who stood leaning carelessly against the taffrail.
U
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From this reading Laura Jean Libbey's New $10,000 Story The Romance of that Saucy Jessie Bain The Latest and Most Thrilling Story Fresh from the Pen of the Peoples' Favorite Author, The Arthur Westbrook Company Cleveland, Ohio, U.S.A.
utmost
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From this reading The steamer "St. Lawrence" was making her nightly search-light excursion down the bay, laden to her utmost capacity.
Varrick
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From this reading The passengers were all summer tourists, light of heart and gay of speech; all save one, Hubert Varrick, a young and handsome man, dressed in the height of fashion, who held aloof from the rest, and who stood leaning carelessly against the taffrail.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading It was a magnificent evening, in balmy June, on the far-famed St. Lawrence.
way
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From this reading The steamer was making its way in and out of the thousand green isles, the great light from the pilot-house suddenly throwing a broad, illuminating flash first on this and then on that.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading The passengers were all summer tourists, light of heart and gay of speech; all save one, Hubert Varrick, a young and handsome man, dressed in the height of fashion, who held aloof from the rest, and who stood leaning carelessly against the taffrail.
Westbrook
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From this reading Laura Jean Libbey's New $10,000 Story The Romance of that Saucy Jessie Bain The Latest and Most Thrilling Story Fresh from the Pen of the Peoples' Favorite Author, The Arthur Westbrook Company Cleveland, Ohio, U.S.A.
whopronounUS /huː/
which person or people
From this reading The passengers were all summer tourists, light of heart and gay of speech; all save one, Hubert Varrick, a young and handsome man, dressed in the height of fashion, who held aloof from the rest, and who stood leaning carelessly against the taffrail.
young
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From this reading The passengers were all summer tourists, light of heart and gay of speech; all save one, Hubert Varrick, a young and handsome man, dressed in the height of fashion, who held aloof from the rest, and who stood leaning carelessly against the taffrail.
