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From this reading _Stanton Court, May 12, 1590._ IT was but the other day that in looking over my papers and books (for I am an old woman, and must needs be thinking of setting my house in such order as I would leave it), I came upon this volume, containing the record of my girlish days.
1590
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From this reading _Stanton Court, May 12, 1590._ IT was but the other day that in looking over my papers and books (for I am an old woman, and must needs be thinking of setting my house in such order as I would leave it), I came upon this volume, containing the record of my girlish days.
adeterminerUS /ə/
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading In this land, where I was once so near to being a nun, there lingers hardly one religious house, so-called.
abroad
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From this reading The Scripture, then a hid treasure, is now in reach of all, taught even in dame schools, and read in all the churches, and we have peace at home and abroad, sitting every man under his own vine and fig-tree, with none to make us afraid.
afraid
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From this reading The Scripture, then a hid treasure, is now in reach of all, taught even in dame schools, and read in all the churches, and we have peace at home and abroad, sitting every man under his own vine and fig-tree, with none to make us afraid.
all
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From this reading The Scripture, then a hid treasure, is now in reach of all, taught even in dame schools, and read in all the churches, and we have peace at home and abroad, sitting every man under his own vine and fig-tree, with none to make us afraid.
amauxiliary verbUS /æm/
the form of “be” used with “I”
From this reading _Stanton Court, May 12, 1590._ IT was but the other day that in looking over my papers and books (for I am an old woman, and must needs be thinking of setting my house in such order as I would leave it), I came upon this volume, containing the record of my girlish days.
andeterminerUS /æn/
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading _Stanton Court, May 12, 1590._ IT was but the other day that in looking over my papers and books (for I am an old woman, and must needs be thinking of setting my house in such order as I would leave it), I came upon this volume, containing the record of my girlish days.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading _Stanton Court, May 12, 1590._ IT was but the other day that in looking over my papers and books (for I am an old woman, and must needs be thinking of setting my house in such order as I would leave it), I came upon this volume, containing the record of my girlish days.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading _Stanton Court, May 12, 1590._ IT was but the other day that in looking over my papers and books (for I am an old woman, and must needs be thinking of setting my house in such order as I would leave it), I came upon this volume, containing the record of my girlish days.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading The Scripture, then a hid treasure, is now in reach of all, taught even in dame schools, and read in all the churches, and we have peace at home and abroad, sitting every man under his own vine and fig-tree, with none to make us afraid.
back
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From this reading I have had much pleasure in perusing it, and thus going back to the days of my childhood and youth.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading _Stanton Court, May 12, 1590._ IT was but the other day that in looking over my papers and books (for I am an old woman, and must needs be thinking of setting my house in such order as I would leave it), I came upon this volume, containing the record of my girlish days.
beingauxiliary verbUS /ˈbiːɪŋ/
the -ing form of “be”
From this reading In this land, where I was once so near to being a nun, there lingers hardly one religious house, so-called.
booksnounUS /bʊks/
Bound written or printed works.
From this reading _Stanton Court, May 12, 1590._ IT was but the other day that in looking over my papers and books (for I am an old woman, and must needs be thinking of setting my house in such order as I would leave it), I came upon this volume, containing the record of my girlish days.
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading _Stanton Court, May 12, 1590._ IT was but the other day that in looking over my papers and books (for I am an old woman, and must needs be thinking of setting my house in such order as I would leave it), I came upon this volume, containing the record of my girlish days.
came
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From this reading _Stanton Court, May 12, 1590._ IT was but the other day that in looking over my papers and books (for I am an old woman, and must needs be thinking of setting my house in such order as I would leave it), I came upon this volume, containing the record of my girlish days.
changes
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From this reading I have lived to see great changes.
childhood
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From this reading I have had much pleasure in perusing it, and thus going back to the days of my childhood and youth.
churches
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From this reading The Scripture, then a hid treasure, is now in reach of all, taught even in dame schools, and read in all the churches, and we have peace at home and abroad, sitting every man under his own vine and fig-tree, with none to make us afraid.
containing
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From this reading _Stanton Court, May 12, 1590._ IT was but the other day that in looking over my papers and books (for I am an old woman, and must needs be thinking of setting my house in such order as I would leave it), I came upon this volume, containing the record of my girlish days.
Court
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From this reading _Stanton Court, May 12, 1590._ IT was but the other day that in looking over my papers and books (for I am an old woman, and must needs be thinking of setting my house in such order as I would leave it), I came upon this volume, containing the record of my girlish days.
dame
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From this reading The Scripture, then a hid treasure, is now in reach of all, taught even in dame schools, and read in all the churches, and we have peace at home and abroad, sitting every man under his own vine and fig-tree, with none to make us afraid.
day
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From this reading _Stanton Court, May 12, 1590._ IT was but the other day that in looking over my papers and books (for I am an old woman, and must needs be thinking of setting my house in such order as I would leave it), I came upon this volume, containing the record of my girlish days.
days
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From this reading _Stanton Court, May 12, 1590._ IT was but the other day that in looking over my papers and books (for I am an old woman, and must needs be thinking of setting my house in such order as I would leave it), I came upon this volume, containing the record of my girlish days.
evennounUS /even/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The Scripture, then a hid treasure, is now in reach of all, taught even in dame schools, and read in all the churches, and we have peace at home and abroad, sitting every man under his own vine and fig-tree, with none to make us afraid.
everydeterminerUS /ˈevəri/
all the members of a group, with none left out
From this reading The Scripture, then a hid treasure, is now in reach of all, taught even in dame schools, and read in all the churches, and we have peace at home and abroad, sitting every man under his own vine and fig-tree, with none to make us afraid.
fig-tree
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From this reading The Scripture, then a hid treasure, is now in reach of all, taught even in dame schools, and read in all the churches, and we have peace at home and abroad, sitting every man under his own vine and fig-tree, with none to make us afraid.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading _Stanton Court, May 12, 1590._ IT was but the other day that in looking over my papers and books (for I am an old woman, and must needs be thinking of setting my house in such order as I would leave it), I came upon this volume, containing the record of my girlish days.
girlish
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From this reading _Stanton Court, May 12, 1590._ IT was but the other day that in looking over my papers and books (for I am an old woman, and must needs be thinking of setting my house in such order as I would leave it), I came upon this volume, containing the record of my girlish days.
going
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From this reading I have had much pleasure in perusing it, and thus going back to the days of my childhood and youth.
greatnounUS /great/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading I have lived to see great changes.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading I have had much pleasure in perusing it, and thus going back to the days of my childhood and youth.
hardly
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From this reading In this land, where I was once so near to being a nun, there lingers hardly one religious house, so-called.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading I have had much pleasure in perusing it, and thus going back to the days of my childhood and youth.
hid
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From this reading The Scripture, then a hid treasure, is now in reach of all, taught even in dame schools, and read in all the churches, and we have peace at home and abroad, sitting every man under his own vine and fig-tree, with none to make us afraid.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading The Scripture, then a hid treasure, is now in reach of all, taught even in dame schools, and read in all the churches, and we have peace at home and abroad, sitting every man under his own vine and fig-tree, with none to make us afraid.
home
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From this reading The Scripture, then a hid treasure, is now in reach of all, taught even in dame schools, and read in all the churches, and we have peace at home and abroad, sitting every man under his own vine and fig-tree, with none to make us afraid.
house
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From this reading _Stanton Court, May 12, 1590._ IT was but the other day that in looking over my papers and books (for I am an old woman, and must needs be thinking of setting my house in such order as I would leave it), I came upon this volume, containing the record of my girlish days.
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading _Stanton Court, May 12, 1590._ IT was but the other day that in looking over my papers and books (for I am an old woman, and must needs be thinking of setting my house in such order as I would leave it), I came upon this volume, containing the record of my girlish days.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading _Stanton Court, May 12, 1590._ IT was but the other day that in looking over my papers and books (for I am an old woman, and must needs be thinking of setting my house in such order as I would leave it), I came upon this volume, containing the record of my girlish days.
isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading The Scripture, then a hid treasure, is now in reach of all, taught even in dame schools, and read in all the churches, and we have peace at home and abroad, sitting every man under his own vine and fig-tree, with none to make us afraid.
ITpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading _Stanton Court, May 12, 1590._ IT was but the other day that in looking over my papers and books (for I am an old woman, and must needs be thinking of setting my house in such order as I would leave it), I came upon this volume, containing the record of my girlish days.
land
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From this reading In this land, where I was once so near to being a nun, there lingers hardly one religious house, so-called.
leave
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From this reading _Stanton Court, May 12, 1590._ IT was but the other day that in looking over my papers and books (for I am an old woman, and must needs be thinking of setting my house in such order as I would leave it), I came upon this volume, containing the record of my girlish days.
lingers
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From this reading In this land, where I was once so near to being a nun, there lingers hardly one religious house, so-called.
lived
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From this reading I have lived to see great changes.
looking
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From this reading _Stanton Court, May 12, 1590._ IT was but the other day that in looking over my papers and books (for I am an old woman, and must needs be thinking of setting my house in such order as I would leave it), I came upon this volume, containing the record of my girlish days.
makenounUS /make/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The Scripture, then a hid treasure, is now in reach of all, taught even in dame schools, and read in all the churches, and we have peace at home and abroad, sitting every man under his own vine and fig-tree, with none to make us afraid.
man
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From this reading The Scripture, then a hid treasure, is now in reach of all, taught even in dame schools, and read in all the churches, and we have peace at home and abroad, sitting every man under his own vine and fig-tree, with none to make us afraid.
Maymodal verbUS /meɪ/
used to say something is possible, or to give permission
From this reading _Stanton Court, May 12, 1590._ IT was but the other day that in looking over my papers and books (for I am an old woman, and must needs be thinking of setting my house in such order as I would leave it), I came upon this volume, containing the record of my girlish days.
much
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From this reading I have had much pleasure in perusing it, and thus going back to the days of my childhood and youth.
mustmodal verbUS /mʌst/
used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true
From this reading _Stanton Court, May 12, 1590._ IT was but the other day that in looking over my papers and books (for I am an old woman, and must needs be thinking of setting my house in such order as I would leave it), I came upon this volume, containing the record of my girlish days.
mydeterminerUS /maɪ/
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading _Stanton Court, May 12, 1590._ IT was but the other day that in looking over my papers and books (for I am an old woman, and must needs be thinking of setting my house in such order as I would leave it), I came upon this volume, containing the record of my girlish days.
near
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From this reading In this land, where I was once so near to being a nun, there lingers hardly one religious house, so-called.
needs
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From this reading _Stanton Court, May 12, 1590._ IT was but the other day that in looking over my papers and books (for I am an old woman, and must needs be thinking of setting my house in such order as I would leave it), I came upon this volume, containing the record of my girlish days.
nonepronounUS /nʌn/
not one, and not any
From this reading The Scripture, then a hid treasure, is now in reach of all, taught even in dame schools, and read in all the churches, and we have peace at home and abroad, sitting every man under his own vine and fig-tree, with none to make us afraid.
now
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From this reading The Scripture, then a hid treasure, is now in reach of all, taught even in dame schools, and read in all the churches, and we have peace at home and abroad, sitting every man under his own vine and fig-tree, with none to make us afraid.
nun
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From this reading In this land, where I was once so near to being a nun, there lingers hardly one religious house, so-called.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading _Stanton Court, May 12, 1590._ IT was but the other day that in looking over my papers and books (for I am an old woman, and must needs be thinking of setting my house in such order as I would leave it), I came upon this volume, containing the record of my girlish days.
old
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From this reading _Stanton Court, May 12, 1590._ IT was but the other day that in looking over my papers and books (for I am an old woman, and must needs be thinking of setting my house in such order as I would leave it), I came upon this volume, containing the record of my girlish days.
once
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From this reading In this land, where I was once so near to being a nun, there lingers hardly one religious house, so-called.
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading In this land, where I was once so near to being a nun, there lingers hardly one religious house, so-called.
ordernounUS /order/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading _Stanton Court, May 12, 1590._ IT was but the other day that in looking over my papers and books (for I am an old woman, and must needs be thinking of setting my house in such order as I would leave it), I came upon this volume, containing the record of my girlish days.
other
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From this reading _Stanton Court, May 12, 1590._ IT was but the other day that in looking over my papers and books (for I am an old woman, and must needs be thinking of setting my house in such order as I would leave it), I came upon this volume, containing the record of my girlish days.
overprepositionUS /ˈoʊvər/
above and across; more than
From this reading _Stanton Court, May 12, 1590._ IT was but the other day that in looking over my papers and books (for I am an old woman, and must needs be thinking of setting my house in such order as I would leave it), I came upon this volume, containing the record of my girlish days.
own
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From this reading The Scripture, then a hid treasure, is now in reach of all, taught even in dame schools, and read in all the churches, and we have peace at home and abroad, sitting every man under his own vine and fig-tree, with none to make us afraid.
papers
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From this reading _Stanton Court, May 12, 1590._ IT was but the other day that in looking over my papers and books (for I am an old woman, and must needs be thinking of setting my house in such order as I would leave it), I came upon this volume, containing the record of my girlish days.
peace
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From this reading The Scripture, then a hid treasure, is now in reach of all, taught even in dame schools, and read in all the churches, and we have peace at home and abroad, sitting every man under his own vine and fig-tree, with none to make us afraid.
perusing
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From this reading I have had much pleasure in perusing it, and thus going back to the days of my childhood and youth.
pleasure
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From this reading I have had much pleasure in perusing it, and thus going back to the days of my childhood and youth.
reach
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From this reading The Scripture, then a hid treasure, is now in reach of all, taught even in dame schools, and read in all the churches, and we have peace at home and abroad, sitting every man under his own vine and fig-tree, with none to make us afraid.
read
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From this reading The Scripture, then a hid treasure, is now in reach of all, taught even in dame schools, and read in all the churches, and we have peace at home and abroad, sitting every man under his own vine and fig-tree, with none to make us afraid.
record
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From this reading _Stanton Court, May 12, 1590._ IT was but the other day that in looking over my papers and books (for I am an old woman, and must needs be thinking of setting my house in such order as I would leave it), I came upon this volume, containing the record of my girlish days.
religious
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From this reading In this land, where I was once so near to being a nun, there lingers hardly one religious house, so-called.
schools
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From this reading The Scripture, then a hid treasure, is now in reach of all, taught even in dame schools, and read in all the churches, and we have peace at home and abroad, sitting every man under his own vine and fig-tree, with none to make us afraid.
Scripture
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From this reading The Scripture, then a hid treasure, is now in reach of all, taught even in dame schools, and read in all the churches, and we have peace at home and abroad, sitting every man under his own vine and fig-tree, with none to make us afraid.
see
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From this reading I have lived to see great changes.
setting
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From this reading _Stanton Court, May 12, 1590._ IT was but the other day that in looking over my papers and books (for I am an old woman, and must needs be thinking of setting my house in such order as I would leave it), I came upon this volume, containing the record of my girlish days.
sitting
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From this reading The Scripture, then a hid treasure, is now in reach of all, taught even in dame schools, and read in all the churches, and we have peace at home and abroad, sitting every man under his own vine and fig-tree, with none to make us afraid.
soconjunctionUS /soʊ/
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading In this land, where I was once so near to being a nun, there lingers hardly one religious house, so-called.
so-called
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From this reading In this land, where I was once so near to being a nun, there lingers hardly one religious house, so-called.
Stanton
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From this reading _Stanton Court, May 12, 1590._ IT was but the other day that in looking over my papers and books (for I am an old woman, and must needs be thinking of setting my house in such order as I would leave it), I came upon this volume, containing the record of my girlish days.
suchdeterminerUS /sʌtʃ/
of the kind already mentioned
From this reading _Stanton Court, May 12, 1590._ IT was but the other day that in looking over my papers and books (for I am an old woman, and must needs be thinking of setting my house in such order as I would leave it), I came upon this volume, containing the record of my girlish days.
taught
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From this reading The Scripture, then a hid treasure, is now in reach of all, taught even in dame schools, and read in all the churches, and we have peace at home and abroad, sitting every man under his own vine and fig-tree, with none to make us afraid.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading _Stanton Court, May 12, 1590._ IT was but the other day that in looking over my papers and books (for I am an old woman, and must needs be thinking of setting my house in such order as I would leave it), I came upon this volume, containing the record of my girlish days.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading _Stanton Court, May 12, 1590._ IT was but the other day that in looking over my papers and books (for I am an old woman, and must needs be thinking of setting my house in such order as I would leave it), I came upon this volume, containing the record of my girlish days.
then
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From this reading The Scripture, then a hid treasure, is now in reach of all, taught even in dame schools, and read in all the churches, and we have peace at home and abroad, sitting every man under his own vine and fig-tree, with none to make us afraid.
there
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From this reading In this land, where I was once so near to being a nun, there lingers hardly one religious house, so-called.
thinkingnounUS /thinking/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading _Stanton Court, May 12, 1590._ IT was but the other day that in looking over my papers and books (for I am an old woman, and must needs be thinking of setting my house in such order as I would leave it), I came upon this volume, containing the record of my girlish days.
thisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading _Stanton Court, May 12, 1590._ IT was but the other day that in looking over my papers and books (for I am an old woman, and must needs be thinking of setting my house in such order as I would leave it), I came upon this volume, containing the record of my girlish days.
thus
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From this reading I have had much pleasure in perusing it, and thus going back to the days of my childhood and youth.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading I have had much pleasure in perusing it, and thus going back to the days of my childhood and youth.
treasure
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From this reading The Scripture, then a hid treasure, is now in reach of all, taught even in dame schools, and read in all the churches, and we have peace at home and abroad, sitting every man under his own vine and fig-tree, with none to make us afraid.
underprepositionUS /ˈʌndər/
below or beneath something; less than
From this reading The Scripture, then a hid treasure, is now in reach of all, taught even in dame schools, and read in all the churches, and we have peace at home and abroad, sitting every man under his own vine and fig-tree, with none to make us afraid.
uponprepositionUS /əˈpɑːn/
a formal word for “on”
From this reading _Stanton Court, May 12, 1590._ IT was but the other day that in looking over my papers and books (for I am an old woman, and must needs be thinking of setting my house in such order as I would leave it), I came upon this volume, containing the record of my girlish days.
uspronounUS /ʌs/
the speaker and others, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading The Scripture, then a hid treasure, is now in reach of all, taught even in dame schools, and read in all the churches, and we have peace at home and abroad, sitting every man under his own vine and fig-tree, with none to make us afraid.
vine
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From this reading The Scripture, then a hid treasure, is now in reach of all, taught even in dame schools, and read in all the churches, and we have peace at home and abroad, sitting every man under his own vine and fig-tree, with none to make us afraid.
volume
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From this reading _Stanton Court, May 12, 1590._ IT was but the other day that in looking over my papers and books (for I am an old woman, and must needs be thinking of setting my house in such order as I would leave it), I came upon this volume, containing the record of my girlish days.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading _Stanton Court, May 12, 1590._ IT was but the other day that in looking over my papers and books (for I am an old woman, and must needs be thinking of setting my house in such order as I would leave it), I came upon this volume, containing the record of my girlish days.
wepronounUS /wiː/
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading The Scripture, then a hid treasure, is now in reach of all, taught even in dame schools, and read in all the churches, and we have peace at home and abroad, sitting every man under his own vine and fig-tree, with none to make us afraid.
whereconjunctionUS /wer/
in or at the place that
From this reading In this land, where I was once so near to being a nun, there lingers hardly one religious house, so-called.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading The Scripture, then a hid treasure, is now in reach of all, taught even in dame schools, and read in all the churches, and we have peace at home and abroad, sitting every man under his own vine and fig-tree, with none to make us afraid.
woman
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From this reading _Stanton Court, May 12, 1590._ IT was but the other day that in looking over my papers and books (for I am an old woman, and must needs be thinking of setting my house in such order as I would leave it), I came upon this volume, containing the record of my girlish days.
wouldmodal verbUS /wʊd/
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading _Stanton Court, May 12, 1590._ IT was but the other day that in looking over my papers and books (for I am an old woman, and must needs be thinking of setting my house in such order as I would leave it), I came upon this volume, containing the record of my girlish days.
youth
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From this reading I have had much pleasure in perusing it, and thus going back to the days of my childhood and youth.
