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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 _The goodliest fellowship of famous knights_ _Whereof this world holds record._ TENNYSON George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd. London ---- Bombay ---- Sydney "We have from the kind Creator a variety of mental powers, to which we must not neglect giving their proper culture in our earliest years, and which cannot be cultivated either by logic or metaphysics, Latin or Greek.
accustom
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From this reading We have an imagination, before which, since it should not seize upon the very first conceptions that chance to present themselves, we ought to place the fittest and most beautiful images, and thus accustom and practise the mind to recognise and love the beautiful everywhere."
adventure
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From this reading Quoted from Wieland by Goethe in his Autobiography Introduction Among the best liked stories of five or six hundred years ago were those which told of chivalrous deeds--of joust and tourney and knightly adventure.
ago
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From this reading Quoted from Wieland by Goethe in his Autobiography Introduction Among the best liked stories of five or six hundred years ago were those which told of chivalrous deeds--of joust and tourney and knightly adventure.
alike
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From this reading But children and grown people alike were eager to hear these old-time tales read or recited by the minstrels, and the interest in them has continued in some measure through all the changing years and tastes.
all
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From this reading But children and grown people alike were eager to hear these old-time tales read or recited by the minstrels, and the interest in them has continued in some measure through all the changing years and tastes.
AmongprepositionUS /əˈmʌŋ/
surrounded by; in the middle of a group
From this reading Quoted from Wieland by Goethe in his Autobiography Introduction Among the best liked stories of five or six hundred years ago were those which told of chivalrous deeds--of joust and tourney and knightly adventure.
andeterminerUS /æn/
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading We have an imagination, before which, since it should not seize upon the very first conceptions that chance to present themselves, we ought to place the fittest and most beautiful images, and thus accustom and practise the mind to recognise and love the beautiful everywhere."
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading _The goodliest fellowship of famous knights_ _Whereof this world holds record._ TENNYSON George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd. London ---- Bombay ---- Sydney "We have from the kind Creator a variety of mental powers, to which we must not neglect giving their proper culture in our earliest years, and which cannot be cultivated either by logic or metaphysics, Latin or Greek.
any
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From this reading To be sure, these stories were not set forth in printed books, for there were no printed books as early as the times of the first three King Edwards, and few people could have read them if there had been any.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading To be sure, these stories were not set forth in printed books, for there were no printed books as early as the times of the first three King Edwards, and few people could have read them if there had been any.
Autobiography
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From this reading Quoted from Wieland by Goethe in his Autobiography Introduction Among the best liked stories of five or six hundred years ago were those which told of chivalrous deeds--of joust and tourney and knightly adventure.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading _The goodliest fellowship of famous knights_ _Whereof this world holds record._ TENNYSON George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd. London ---- Bombay ---- Sydney "We have from the kind Creator a variety of mental powers, to which we must not neglect giving their proper culture in our earliest years, and which cannot be cultivated either by logic or metaphysics, Latin or Greek.
beautiful
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From this reading We have an imagination, before which, since it should not seize upon the very first conceptions that chance to present themselves, we ought to place the fittest and most beautiful images, and thus accustom and practise the mind to recognise and love the beautiful everywhere."
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading To be sure, these stories were not set forth in printed books, for there were no printed books as early as the times of the first three King Edwards, and few people could have read them if there had been any.
beforeprepositionUS /bɪˈfɔːr/
earlier than; in front of
From this reading We have an imagination, before which, since it should not seize upon the very first conceptions that chance to present themselves, we ought to place the fittest and most beautiful images, and thus accustom and practise the mind to recognise and love the beautiful everywhere."
best
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From this reading Quoted from Wieland by Goethe in his Autobiography Introduction Among the best liked stories of five or six hundred years ago were those which told of chivalrous deeds--of joust and tourney and knightly adventure.
Bombay
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From this reading _The goodliest fellowship of famous knights_ _Whereof this world holds record._ TENNYSON George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd. London ---- Bombay ---- Sydney "We have from the kind Creator a variety of mental powers, to which we must not neglect giving their proper culture in our earliest years, and which cannot be cultivated either by logic or metaphysics, Latin or Greek.
booksnounUS /bʊks/
Bound written or printed works.
From this reading To be sure, these stories were not set forth in printed books, for there were no printed books as early as the times of the first three King Edwards, and few people could have read them if there had been any.
ButconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading But children and grown people alike were eager to hear these old-time tales read or recited by the minstrels, and the interest in them has continued in some measure through all the changing years and tastes.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading _The goodliest fellowship of famous knights_ _Whereof this world holds record._ TENNYSON George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd. London ---- Bombay ---- Sydney "We have from the kind Creator a variety of mental powers, to which we must not neglect giving their proper culture in our earliest years, and which cannot be cultivated either by logic or metaphysics, Latin or Greek.
cannot
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From this reading _The goodliest fellowship of famous knights_ _Whereof this world holds record._ TENNYSON George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd. London ---- Bombay ---- Sydney "We have from the kind Creator a variety of mental powers, to which we must not neglect giving their proper culture in our earliest years, and which cannot be cultivated either by logic or metaphysics, Latin or Greek.
chance
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From this reading We have an imagination, before which, since it should not seize upon the very first conceptions that chance to present themselves, we ought to place the fittest and most beautiful images, and thus accustom and practise the mind to recognise and love the beautiful everywhere."
changing
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From this reading But children and grown people alike were eager to hear these old-time tales read or recited by the minstrels, and the interest in them has continued in some measure through all the changing years and tastes.
children
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From this reading But children and grown people alike were eager to hear these old-time tales read or recited by the minstrels, and the interest in them has continued in some measure through all the changing years and tastes.
chivalrous
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From this reading Quoted from Wieland by Goethe in his Autobiography Introduction Among the best liked stories of five or six hundred years ago were those which told of chivalrous deeds--of joust and tourney and knightly adventure.
Co
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From this reading _The goodliest fellowship of famous knights_ _Whereof this world holds record._ TENNYSON George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd. London ---- Bombay ---- Sydney "We have from the kind Creator a variety of mental powers, to which we must not neglect giving their proper culture in our earliest years, and which cannot be cultivated either by logic or metaphysics, Latin or Greek.
conceptions
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From this reading We have an imagination, before which, since it should not seize upon the very first conceptions that chance to present themselves, we ought to place the fittest and most beautiful images, and thus accustom and practise the mind to recognise and love the beautiful everywhere."
continuednounUS /ˈcontinued/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading But children and grown people alike were eager to hear these old-time tales read or recited by the minstrels, and the interest in them has continued in some measure through all the changing years and tastes.
couldmodal verbUS /kʊd/
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading To be sure, these stories were not set forth in printed books, for there were no printed books as early as the times of the first three King Edwards, and few people could have read them if there had been any.
Creator
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From this reading _The goodliest fellowship of famous knights_ _Whereof this world holds record._ TENNYSON George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd. London ---- Bombay ---- Sydney "We have from the kind Creator a variety of mental powers, to which we must not neglect giving their proper culture in our earliest years, and which cannot be cultivated either by logic or metaphysics, Latin or Greek.
cultivated
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From this reading _The goodliest fellowship of famous knights_ _Whereof this world holds record._ TENNYSON George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd. London ---- Bombay ---- Sydney "We have from the kind Creator a variety of mental powers, to which we must not neglect giving their proper culture in our earliest years, and which cannot be cultivated either by logic or metaphysics, Latin or Greek.
culture
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From this reading _The goodliest fellowship of famous knights_ _Whereof this world holds record._ TENNYSON George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd. London ---- Bombay ---- Sydney "We have from the kind Creator a variety of mental powers, to which we must not neglect giving their proper culture in our earliest years, and which cannot be cultivated either by logic or metaphysics, Latin or Greek.
deeds
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From this reading Quoted from Wieland by Goethe in his Autobiography Introduction Among the best liked stories of five or six hundred years ago were those which told of chivalrous deeds--of joust and tourney and knightly adventure.
eager
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From this reading But children and grown people alike were eager to hear these old-time tales read or recited by the minstrels, and the interest in them has continued in some measure through all the changing years and tastes.
earliest
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From this reading _The goodliest fellowship of famous knights_ _Whereof this world holds record._ TENNYSON George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd. London ---- Bombay ---- Sydney "We have from the kind Creator a variety of mental powers, to which we must not neglect giving their proper culture in our earliest years, and which cannot be cultivated either by logic or metaphysics, Latin or Greek.
early
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From this reading To be sure, these stories were not set forth in printed books, for there were no printed books as early as the times of the first three King Edwards, and few people could have read them if there had been any.
Edwards
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From this reading To be sure, these stories were not set forth in printed books, for there were no printed books as early as the times of the first three King Edwards, and few people could have read them if there had been any.
eitherdeterminerUS /ˈiːðər/
one or the other of two
From this reading _The goodliest fellowship of famous knights_ _Whereof this world holds record._ TENNYSON George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd. London ---- Bombay ---- Sydney "We have from the kind Creator a variety of mental powers, to which we must not neglect giving their proper culture in our earliest years, and which cannot be cultivated either by logic or metaphysics, Latin or Greek.
everywhere
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From this reading We have an imagination, before which, since it should not seize upon the very first conceptions that chance to present themselves, we ought to place the fittest and most beautiful images, and thus accustom and practise the mind to recognise and love the beautiful everywhere."
famous
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From this reading _The goodliest fellowship of famous knights_ _Whereof this world holds record._ TENNYSON George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd. London ---- Bombay ---- Sydney "We have from the kind Creator a variety of mental powers, to which we must not neglect giving their proper culture in our earliest years, and which cannot be cultivated either by logic or metaphysics, Latin or Greek.
fellowshipnounUS /ˈfeloʊʃɪp/
an association of people who share common beliefs or activities
From this reading _The goodliest fellowship of famous knights_ _Whereof this world holds record._ TENNYSON George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd. London ---- Bombay ---- Sydney "We have from the kind Creator a variety of mental powers, to which we must not neglect giving their proper culture in our earliest years, and which cannot be cultivated either by logic or metaphysics, Latin or Greek.
few
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From this reading To be sure, these stories were not set forth in printed books, for there were no printed books as early as the times of the first three King Edwards, and few people could have read them if there had been any.
firstnounUS /first/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading We have an imagination, before which, since it should not seize upon the very first conceptions that chance to present themselves, we ought to place the fittest and most beautiful images, and thus accustom and practise the mind to recognise and love the beautiful everywhere."
fittest
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From this reading We have an imagination, before which, since it should not seize upon the very first conceptions that chance to present themselves, we ought to place the fittest and most beautiful images, and thus accustom and practise the mind to recognise and love the beautiful everywhere."
five
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From this reading Quoted from Wieland by Goethe in his Autobiography Introduction Among the best liked stories of five or six hundred years ago were those which told of chivalrous deeds--of joust and tourney and knightly adventure.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading To be sure, these stories were not set forth in printed books, for there were no printed books as early as the times of the first three King Edwards, and few people could have read them if there had been any.
forth
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From this reading To be sure, these stories were not set forth in printed books, for there were no printed books as early as the times of the first three King Edwards, and few people could have read them if there had been any.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading _The goodliest fellowship of famous knights_ _Whereof this world holds record._ TENNYSON George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd. London ---- Bombay ---- Sydney "We have from the kind Creator a variety of mental powers, to which we must not neglect giving their proper culture in our earliest years, and which cannot be cultivated either by logic or metaphysics, Latin or Greek.
G
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From this reading _The goodliest fellowship of famous knights_ _Whereof this world holds record._ TENNYSON George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd. London ---- Bombay ---- Sydney "We have from the kind Creator a variety of mental powers, to which we must not neglect giving their proper culture in our earliest years, and which cannot be cultivated either by logic or metaphysics, Latin or Greek.
George
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From this reading _The goodliest fellowship of famous knights_ _Whereof this world holds record._ TENNYSON George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd. London ---- Bombay ---- Sydney "We have from the kind Creator a variety of mental powers, to which we must not neglect giving their proper culture in our earliest years, and which cannot be cultivated either by logic or metaphysics, Latin or Greek.
giving
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From this reading _The goodliest fellowship of famous knights_ _Whereof this world holds record._ TENNYSON George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd. London ---- Bombay ---- Sydney "We have from the kind Creator a variety of mental powers, to which we must not neglect giving their proper culture in our earliest years, and which cannot be cultivated either by logic or metaphysics, Latin or Greek.
Goethe
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From this reading Quoted from Wieland by Goethe in his Autobiography Introduction Among the best liked stories of five or six hundred years ago were those which told of chivalrous deeds--of joust and tourney and knightly adventure.
goodliest
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From this reading _The goodliest fellowship of famous knights_ _Whereof this world holds record._ TENNYSON George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd. London ---- Bombay ---- Sydney "We have from the kind Creator a variety of mental powers, to which we must not neglect giving their proper culture in our earliest years, and which cannot be cultivated either by logic or metaphysics, Latin or Greek.
Greek
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From this reading _The goodliest fellowship of famous knights_ _Whereof this world holds record._ TENNYSON George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd. London ---- Bombay ---- Sydney "We have from the kind Creator a variety of mental powers, to which we must not neglect giving their proper culture in our earliest years, and which cannot be cultivated either by logic or metaphysics, Latin or Greek.
grown
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From this reading But children and grown people alike were eager to hear these old-time tales read or recited by the minstrels, and the interest in them has continued in some measure through all the changing years and tastes.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading To be sure, these stories were not set forth in printed books, for there were no printed books as early as the times of the first three King Edwards, and few people could have read them if there had been any.
Harrap
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From this reading _The goodliest fellowship of famous knights_ _Whereof this world holds record._ TENNYSON George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd. London ---- Bombay ---- Sydney "We have from the kind Creator a variety of mental powers, to which we must not neglect giving their proper culture in our earliest years, and which cannot be cultivated either by logic or metaphysics, Latin or Greek.
hasauxiliary verbUS /hæz/
the form of “have” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading But children and grown people alike were eager to hear these old-time tales read or recited by the minstrels, and the interest in them has continued in some measure through all the changing years and tastes.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading _The goodliest fellowship of famous knights_ _Whereof this world holds record._ TENNYSON George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd. London ---- Bombay ---- Sydney "We have from the kind Creator a variety of mental powers, to which we must not neglect giving their proper culture in our earliest years, and which cannot be cultivated either by logic or metaphysics, Latin or Greek.
hearnounUS /hear/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading But children and grown people alike were eager to hear these old-time tales read or recited by the minstrels, and the interest in them has continued in some measure through all the changing years and tastes.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Quoted from Wieland by Goethe in his Autobiography Introduction Among the best liked stories of five or six hundred years ago were those which told of chivalrous deeds--of joust and tourney and knightly adventure.
holds
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From this reading _The goodliest fellowship of famous knights_ _Whereof this world holds record._ TENNYSON George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd. London ---- Bombay ---- Sydney "We have from the kind Creator a variety of mental powers, to which we must not neglect giving their proper culture in our earliest years, and which cannot be cultivated either by logic or metaphysics, Latin or Greek.
hundred
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From this reading Quoted from Wieland by Goethe in his Autobiography Introduction Among the best liked stories of five or six hundred years ago were those which told of chivalrous deeds--of joust and tourney and knightly adventure.
ifconjunctionUS /ɪf/
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading To be sure, these stories were not set forth in printed books, for there were no printed books as early as the times of the first three King Edwards, and few people could have read them if there had been any.
images
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From this reading We have an imagination, before which, since it should not seize upon the very first conceptions that chance to present themselves, we ought to place the fittest and most beautiful images, and thus accustom and practise the mind to recognise and love the beautiful everywhere."
imagination
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From this reading We have an imagination, before which, since it should not seize upon the very first conceptions that chance to present themselves, we ought to place the fittest and most beautiful images, and thus accustom and practise the mind to recognise and love the beautiful everywhere."
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading _The goodliest fellowship of famous knights_ _Whereof this world holds record._ TENNYSON George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd. London ---- Bombay ---- Sydney "We have from the kind Creator a variety of mental powers, to which we must not neglect giving their proper culture in our earliest years, and which cannot be cultivated either by logic or metaphysics, Latin or Greek.
interest
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From this reading But children and grown people alike were eager to hear these old-time tales read or recited by the minstrels, and the interest in them has continued in some measure through all the changing years and tastes.
Introduction
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From this reading Quoted from Wieland by Goethe in his Autobiography Introduction Among the best liked stories of five or six hundred years ago were those which told of chivalrous deeds--of joust and tourney and knightly adventure.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading We have an imagination, before which, since it should not seize upon the very first conceptions that chance to present themselves, we ought to place the fittest and most beautiful images, and thus accustom and practise the mind to recognise and love the beautiful everywhere."
joust
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From this reading Quoted from Wieland by Goethe in his Autobiography Introduction Among the best liked stories of five or six hundred years ago were those which told of chivalrous deeds--of joust and tourney and knightly adventure.
kind
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From this reading _The goodliest fellowship of famous knights_ _Whereof this world holds record._ TENNYSON George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd. London ---- Bombay ---- Sydney "We have from the kind Creator a variety of mental powers, to which we must not neglect giving their proper culture in our earliest years, and which cannot be cultivated either by logic or metaphysics, Latin or Greek.
King
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From this reading To be sure, these stories were not set forth in printed books, for there were no printed books as early as the times of the first three King Edwards, and few people could have read them if there had been any.
knightly
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From this reading Quoted from Wieland by Goethe in his Autobiography Introduction Among the best liked stories of five or six hundred years ago were those which told of chivalrous deeds--of joust and tourney and knightly adventure.
knights
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From this reading _The goodliest fellowship of famous knights_ _Whereof this world holds record._ TENNYSON George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd. London ---- Bombay ---- Sydney "We have from the kind Creator a variety of mental powers, to which we must not neglect giving their proper culture in our earliest years, and which cannot be cultivated either by logic or metaphysics, Latin or Greek.
Latin
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From this reading _The goodliest fellowship of famous knights_ _Whereof this world holds record._ TENNYSON George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd. London ---- Bombay ---- Sydney "We have from the kind Creator a variety of mental powers, to which we must not neglect giving their proper culture in our earliest years, and which cannot be cultivated either by logic or metaphysics, Latin or Greek.
liked
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From this reading Quoted from Wieland by Goethe in his Autobiography Introduction Among the best liked stories of five or six hundred years ago were those which told of chivalrous deeds--of joust and tourney and knightly adventure.
logic
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From this reading _The goodliest fellowship of famous knights_ _Whereof this world holds record._ TENNYSON George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd. London ---- Bombay ---- Sydney "We have from the kind Creator a variety of mental powers, to which we must not neglect giving their proper culture in our earliest years, and which cannot be cultivated either by logic or metaphysics, Latin or Greek.
London
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From this reading _The goodliest fellowship of famous knights_ _Whereof this world holds record._ TENNYSON George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd. London ---- Bombay ---- Sydney "We have from the kind Creator a variety of mental powers, to which we must not neglect giving their proper culture in our earliest years, and which cannot be cultivated either by logic or metaphysics, Latin or Greek.
love
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From this reading We have an imagination, before which, since it should not seize upon the very first conceptions that chance to present themselves, we ought to place the fittest and most beautiful images, and thus accustom and practise the mind to recognise and love the beautiful everywhere."
Ltd
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From this reading _The goodliest fellowship of famous knights_ _Whereof this world holds record._ TENNYSON George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd. London ---- Bombay ---- Sydney "We have from the kind Creator a variety of mental powers, to which we must not neglect giving their proper culture in our earliest years, and which cannot be cultivated either by logic or metaphysics, Latin or Greek.
measure
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From this reading But children and grown people alike were eager to hear these old-time tales read or recited by the minstrels, and the interest in them has continued in some measure through all the changing years and tastes.
mental
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From this reading _The goodliest fellowship of famous knights_ _Whereof this world holds record._ TENNYSON George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd. London ---- Bombay ---- Sydney "We have from the kind Creator a variety of mental powers, to which we must not neglect giving their proper culture in our earliest years, and which cannot be cultivated either by logic or metaphysics, Latin or Greek.
metaphysics
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From this reading _The goodliest fellowship of famous knights_ _Whereof this world holds record._ TENNYSON George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd. London ---- Bombay ---- Sydney "We have from the kind Creator a variety of mental powers, to which we must not neglect giving their proper culture in our earliest years, and which cannot be cultivated either by logic or metaphysics, Latin or Greek.
mindnounUS /mind/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading We have an imagination, before which, since it should not seize upon the very first conceptions that chance to present themselves, we ought to place the fittest and most beautiful images, and thus accustom and practise the mind to recognise and love the beautiful everywhere."
minstrels
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From this reading But children and grown people alike were eager to hear these old-time tales read or recited by the minstrels, and the interest in them has continued in some measure through all the changing years and tastes.
most
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From this reading We have an imagination, before which, since it should not seize upon the very first conceptions that chance to present themselves, we ought to place the fittest and most beautiful images, and thus accustom and practise the mind to recognise and love the beautiful everywhere."
mustmodal verbUS /mʌst/
used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true
From this reading _The goodliest fellowship of famous knights_ _Whereof this world holds record._ TENNYSON George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd. London ---- Bombay ---- Sydney "We have from the kind Creator a variety of mental powers, to which we must not neglect giving their proper culture in our earliest years, and which cannot be cultivated either by logic or metaphysics, Latin or Greek.
neglect
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From this reading _The goodliest fellowship of famous knights_ _Whereof this world holds record._ TENNYSON George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd. London ---- Bombay ---- Sydney "We have from the kind Creator a variety of mental powers, to which we must not neglect giving their proper culture in our earliest years, and which cannot be cultivated either by logic or metaphysics, Latin or Greek.
nodeterminerUS /noʊ/
not any; not one
From this reading To be sure, these stories were not set forth in printed books, for there were no printed books as early as the times of the first three King Edwards, and few people could have read them if there had been any.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading _The goodliest fellowship of famous knights_ _Whereof this world holds record._ TENNYSON George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd. London ---- Bombay ---- Sydney "We have from the kind Creator a variety of mental powers, to which we must not neglect giving their proper culture in our earliest years, and which cannot be cultivated either by logic or metaphysics, Latin or Greek.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading _The goodliest fellowship of famous knights_ _Whereof this world holds record._ TENNYSON George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd. London ---- Bombay ---- Sydney "We have from the kind Creator a variety of mental powers, to which we must not neglect giving their proper culture in our earliest years, and which cannot be cultivated either by logic or metaphysics, Latin or Greek.
old-time
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From this reading But children and grown people alike were eager to hear these old-time tales read or recited by the minstrels, and the interest in them has continued in some measure through all the changing years and tastes.
orconjunctionUS /ɔːr/
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading _The goodliest fellowship of famous knights_ _Whereof this world holds record._ TENNYSON George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd. London ---- Bombay ---- Sydney "We have from the kind Creator a variety of mental powers, to which we must not neglect giving their proper culture in our earliest years, and which cannot be cultivated either by logic or metaphysics, Latin or Greek.
oughtmodal verbUS /ɔːt/
used with “to” to say what is right or advisable
From this reading We have an imagination, before which, since it should not seize upon the very first conceptions that chance to present themselves, we ought to place the fittest and most beautiful images, and thus accustom and practise the mind to recognise and love the beautiful everywhere."
ourdeterminerUS /ˈaʊər/
belonging to the speaker and others
From this reading _The goodliest fellowship of famous knights_ _Whereof this world holds record._ TENNYSON George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd. London ---- Bombay ---- Sydney "We have from the kind Creator a variety of mental powers, to which we must not neglect giving their proper culture in our earliest years, and which cannot be cultivated either by logic or metaphysics, Latin or Greek.
people
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From this reading To be sure, these stories were not set forth in printed books, for there were no printed books as early as the times of the first three King Edwards, and few people could have read them if there had been any.
place
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From this reading We have an imagination, before which, since it should not seize upon the very first conceptions that chance to present themselves, we ought to place the fittest and most beautiful images, and thus accustom and practise the mind to recognise and love the beautiful everywhere."
powersnounUS /powers/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading _The goodliest fellowship of famous knights_ _Whereof this world holds record._ TENNYSON George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd. London ---- Bombay ---- Sydney "We have from the kind Creator a variety of mental powers, to which we must not neglect giving their proper culture in our earliest years, and which cannot be cultivated either by logic or metaphysics, Latin or Greek.
practise
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From this reading We have an imagination, before which, since it should not seize upon the very first conceptions that chance to present themselves, we ought to place the fittest and most beautiful images, and thus accustom and practise the mind to recognise and love the beautiful everywhere."
present
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From this reading We have an imagination, before which, since it should not seize upon the very first conceptions that chance to present themselves, we ought to place the fittest and most beautiful images, and thus accustom and practise the mind to recognise and love the beautiful everywhere."
printednounUS /printed/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading To be sure, these stories were not set forth in printed books, for there were no printed books as early as the times of the first three King Edwards, and few people could have read them if there had been any.
proper
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From this reading _The goodliest fellowship of famous knights_ _Whereof this world holds record._ TENNYSON George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd. London ---- Bombay ---- Sydney "We have from the kind Creator a variety of mental powers, to which we must not neglect giving their proper culture in our earliest years, and which cannot be cultivated either by logic or metaphysics, Latin or Greek.
Quoted
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From this reading Quoted from Wieland by Goethe in his Autobiography Introduction Among the best liked stories of five or six hundred years ago were those which told of chivalrous deeds--of joust and tourney and knightly adventure.
read
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From this reading To be sure, these stories were not set forth in printed books, for there were no printed books as early as the times of the first three King Edwards, and few people could have read them if there had been any.
recited
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From this reading But children and grown people alike were eager to hear these old-time tales read or recited by the minstrels, and the interest in them has continued in some measure through all the changing years and tastes.
recognise
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From this reading We have an imagination, before which, since it should not seize upon the very first conceptions that chance to present themselves, we ought to place the fittest and most beautiful images, and thus accustom and practise the mind to recognise and love the beautiful everywhere."
record
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From this reading _The goodliest fellowship of famous knights_ _Whereof this world holds record._ TENNYSON George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd. London ---- Bombay ---- Sydney "We have from the kind Creator a variety of mental powers, to which we must not neglect giving their proper culture in our earliest years, and which cannot be cultivated either by logic or metaphysics, Latin or Greek.
seize
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From this reading We have an imagination, before which, since it should not seize upon the very first conceptions that chance to present themselves, we ought to place the fittest and most beautiful images, and thus accustom and practise the mind to recognise and love the beautiful everywhere."
set
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From this reading To be sure, these stories were not set forth in printed books, for there were no printed books as early as the times of the first three King Edwards, and few people could have read them if there had been any.
shouldmodal verbUS /ʃʊd/
used to say what is right, expected, or advisable
From this reading We have an imagination, before which, since it should not seize upon the very first conceptions that chance to present themselves, we ought to place the fittest and most beautiful images, and thus accustom and practise the mind to recognise and love the beautiful everywhere."
sinceprepositionUS /sɪns/
from a time in the past until now
From this reading We have an imagination, before which, since it should not seize upon the very first conceptions that chance to present themselves, we ought to place the fittest and most beautiful images, and thus accustom and practise the mind to recognise and love the beautiful everywhere."
six
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From this reading Quoted from Wieland by Goethe in his Autobiography Introduction Among the best liked stories of five or six hundred years ago were those which told of chivalrous deeds--of joust and tourney and knightly adventure.
some
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From this reading But children and grown people alike were eager to hear these old-time tales read or recited by the minstrels, and the interest in them has continued in some measure through all the changing years and tastes.
stories
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From this reading Quoted from Wieland by Goethe in his Autobiography Introduction Among the best liked stories of five or six hundred years ago were those which told of chivalrous deeds--of joust and tourney and knightly adventure.
surenounUS /sure/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading To be sure, these stories were not set forth in printed books, for there were no printed books as early as the times of the first three King Edwards, and few people could have read them if there had been any.
Sydney
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From this reading _The goodliest fellowship of famous knights_ _Whereof this world holds record._ TENNYSON George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd. London ---- Bombay ---- Sydney "We have from the kind Creator a variety of mental powers, to which we must not neglect giving their proper culture in our earliest years, and which cannot be cultivated either by logic or metaphysics, Latin or Greek.
tales
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From this reading But children and grown people alike were eager to hear these old-time tales read or recited by the minstrels, and the interest in them has continued in some measure through all the changing years and tastes.
tastes
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From this reading But children and grown people alike were eager to hear these old-time tales read or recited by the minstrels, and the interest in them has continued in some measure through all the changing years and tastes.
TENNYSON
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From this reading _The goodliest fellowship of famous knights_ _Whereof this world holds record._ TENNYSON George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd. London ---- Bombay ---- Sydney "We have from the kind Creator a variety of mental powers, to which we must not neglect giving their proper culture in our earliest years, and which cannot be cultivated either by logic or metaphysics, Latin or Greek.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading We have an imagination, before which, since it should not seize upon the very first conceptions that chance to present themselves, we ought to place the fittest and most beautiful images, and thus accustom and practise the mind to recognise and love the beautiful everywhere."
ThedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading _The goodliest fellowship of famous knights_ _Whereof this world holds record._ TENNYSON George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd. London ---- Bombay ---- Sydney "We have from the kind Creator a variety of mental powers, to which we must not neglect giving their proper culture in our earliest years, and which cannot be cultivated either by logic or metaphysics, Latin or Greek.
theirdeterminerUS /ðer/
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading _The goodliest fellowship of famous knights_ _Whereof this world holds record._ TENNYSON George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd. London ---- Bombay ---- Sydney "We have from the kind Creator a variety of mental powers, to which we must not neglect giving their proper culture in our earliest years, and which cannot be cultivated either by logic or metaphysics, Latin or Greek.
thempronounUS /ðem/
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading To be sure, these stories were not set forth in printed books, for there were no printed books as early as the times of the first three King Edwards, and few people could have read them if there had been any.
themselvespronounUS /ðemˈselvz/
used when the people doing the action are also its object
From this reading We have an imagination, before which, since it should not seize upon the very first conceptions that chance to present themselves, we ought to place the fittest and most beautiful images, and thus accustom and practise the mind to recognise and love the beautiful everywhere."
there
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From this reading To be sure, these stories were not set forth in printed books, for there were no printed books as early as the times of the first three King Edwards, and few people could have read them if there had been any.
thesedeterminerUS /ðiːz/
the plural of “this”: the people or things near, or just mentioned
From this reading To be sure, these stories were not set forth in printed books, for there were no printed books as early as the times of the first three King Edwards, and few people could have read them if there had been any.
thisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading _The goodliest fellowship of famous knights_ _Whereof this world holds record._ TENNYSON George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd. London ---- Bombay ---- Sydney "We have from the kind Creator a variety of mental powers, to which we must not neglect giving their proper culture in our earliest years, and which cannot be cultivated either by logic or metaphysics, Latin or Greek.
thosedeterminerUS /ðoʊz/
the plural of “that”: the people or things further away, or already known
From this reading Quoted from Wieland by Goethe in his Autobiography Introduction Among the best liked stories of five or six hundred years ago were those which told of chivalrous deeds--of joust and tourney and knightly adventure.
three
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From this reading To be sure, these stories were not set forth in printed books, for there were no printed books as early as the times of the first three King Edwards, and few people could have read them if there had been any.
throughnounUS /ˈthrough/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading But children and grown people alike were eager to hear these old-time tales read or recited by the minstrels, and the interest in them has continued in some measure through all the changing years and tastes.
thus
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From this reading We have an imagination, before which, since it should not seize upon the very first conceptions that chance to present themselves, we ought to place the fittest and most beautiful images, and thus accustom and practise the mind to recognise and love the beautiful everywhere."
times
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From this reading To be sure, these stories were not set forth in printed books, for there were no printed books as early as the times of the first three King Edwards, and few people could have read them if there had been any.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading _The goodliest fellowship of famous knights_ _Whereof this world holds record._ TENNYSON George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd. London ---- Bombay ---- Sydney "We have from the kind Creator a variety of mental powers, to which we must not neglect giving their proper culture in our earliest years, and which cannot be cultivated either by logic or metaphysics, Latin or Greek.
toldnounUS /told/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Quoted from Wieland by Goethe in his Autobiography Introduction Among the best liked stories of five or six hundred years ago were those which told of chivalrous deeds--of joust and tourney and knightly adventure.
tourney
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From this reading Quoted from Wieland by Goethe in his Autobiography Introduction Among the best liked stories of five or six hundred years ago were those which told of chivalrous deeds--of joust and tourney and knightly adventure.
uponprepositionUS /əˈpɑːn/
a formal word for “on”
From this reading We have an imagination, before which, since it should not seize upon the very first conceptions that chance to present themselves, we ought to place the fittest and most beautiful images, and thus accustom and practise the mind to recognise and love the beautiful everywhere."
variety
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From this reading _The goodliest fellowship of famous knights_ _Whereof this world holds record._ TENNYSON George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd. London ---- Bombay ---- Sydney "We have from the kind Creator a variety of mental powers, to which we must not neglect giving their proper culture in our earliest years, and which cannot be cultivated either by logic or metaphysics, Latin or Greek.
very
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From this reading We have an imagination, before which, since it should not seize upon the very first conceptions that chance to present themselves, we ought to place the fittest and most beautiful images, and thus accustom and practise the mind to recognise and love the beautiful everywhere."
WepronounUS /wiː/
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading _The goodliest fellowship of famous knights_ _Whereof this world holds record._ TENNYSON George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd. London ---- Bombay ---- Sydney "We have from the kind Creator a variety of mental powers, to which we must not neglect giving their proper culture in our earliest years, and which cannot be cultivated either by logic or metaphysics, Latin or Greek.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading Quoted from Wieland by Goethe in his Autobiography Introduction Among the best liked stories of five or six hundred years ago were those which told of chivalrous deeds--of joust and tourney and knightly adventure.
Whereof
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From this reading _The goodliest fellowship of famous knights_ _Whereof this world holds record._ TENNYSON George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd. London ---- Bombay ---- Sydney "We have from the kind Creator a variety of mental powers, to which we must not neglect giving their proper culture in our earliest years, and which cannot be cultivated either by logic or metaphysics, Latin or Greek.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading _The goodliest fellowship of famous knights_ _Whereof this world holds record._ TENNYSON George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd. London ---- Bombay ---- Sydney "We have from the kind Creator a variety of mental powers, to which we must not neglect giving their proper culture in our earliest years, and which cannot be cultivated either by logic or metaphysics, Latin or Greek.
Wieland
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From this reading Quoted from Wieland by Goethe in his Autobiography Introduction Among the best liked stories of five or six hundred years ago were those which told of chivalrous deeds--of joust and tourney and knightly adventure.
world
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From this reading _The goodliest fellowship of famous knights_ _Whereof this world holds record._ TENNYSON George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd. London ---- Bombay ---- Sydney "We have from the kind Creator a variety of mental powers, to which we must not neglect giving their proper culture in our earliest years, and which cannot be cultivated either by logic or metaphysics, Latin or Greek.
years
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From this reading _The goodliest fellowship of famous knights_ _Whereof this world holds record._ TENNYSON George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd. London ---- Bombay ---- Sydney "We have from the kind Creator a variety of mental powers, to which we must not neglect giving their proper culture in our earliest years, and which cannot be cultivated either by logic or metaphysics, Latin or Greek.
