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1
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From this reading Thus, thanks to the faith and love borne me by twenty-five peasant lads of Glen Ora, now all duly attested and accepted soldiers, I had surmounted the barriers of interest at the Horse Guards; the necessity of pounding 500_1._ with Cox and Co., the puzzling, cramming, and quizzing at Sandhurst, with a hundred minor annoyances.
2nd
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From this reading 'To be Ensigns in the 2nd battalion of the -- Highlanders, Allan Mac Innon, Gent., and John Belton, Gent., vice Dowb, promoted to the Turkish Contingent.'
3
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From this reading I now ceased to be 'gent.' in any sense of the word, and found myself in one day a full-blown ensign, with a fortune of 5_s._ 3_d._ per diem, and a passport to go where glory invited me, in the shape of whistling-dicks and Minie-rifles.
5
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From this reading I now ceased to be 'gent.' in any sense of the word, and found myself in one day a full-blown ensign, with a fortune of 5_s._ 3_d._ per diem, and a passport to go where glory invited me, in the shape of whistling-dicks and Minie-rifles.
500
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From this reading Thus, thanks to the faith and love borne me by twenty-five peasant lads of Glen Ora, now all duly attested and accepted soldiers, I had surmounted the barriers of interest at the Horse Guards; the necessity of pounding 500_1._ with Cox and Co., the puzzling, cramming, and quizzing at Sandhurst, with a hundred minor annoyances.
adeterminerUS /ə/
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading Such was the announcement which I read in a Gazette sent to my lodgings one morning, about a fortnight after my first interview with Colonel Crawford.
aboutprepositionUS /əˈbaʊt/
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading Such was the announcement which I read in a Gazette sent to my lodgings one morning, about a fortnight after my first interview with Colonel Crawford.
accepted
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From this reading Thus, thanks to the faith and love borne me by twenty-five peasant lads of Glen Ora, now all duly attested and accepted soldiers, I had surmounted the barriers of interest at the Horse Guards; the necessity of pounding 500_1._ with Cox and Co., the puzzling, cramming, and quizzing at Sandhurst, with a hundred minor annoyances.
afterprepositionUS /ˈæftər/
later than; following
From this reading Such was the announcement which I read in a Gazette sent to my lodgings one morning, about a fortnight after my first interview with Colonel Crawford.
all
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From this reading Thus, thanks to the faith and love borne me by twenty-five peasant lads of Glen Ora, now all duly attested and accepted soldiers, I had surmounted the barriers of interest at the Horse Guards; the necessity of pounding 500_1._ with Cox and Co., the puzzling, cramming, and quizzing at Sandhurst, with a hundred minor annoyances.
Allan
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From this reading 'To be Ensigns in the 2nd battalion of the -- Highlanders, Allan Mac Innon, Gent., and John Belton, Gent., vice Dowb, promoted to the Turkish Contingent.'
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading 'To be Ensigns in the 2nd battalion of the -- Highlanders, Allan Mac Innon, Gent., and John Belton, Gent., vice Dowb, promoted to the Turkish Contingent.'
announcement
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From this reading Such was the announcement which I read in a Gazette sent to my lodgings one morning, about a fortnight after my first interview with Colonel Crawford.
annoyances
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From this reading Thus, thanks to the faith and love borne me by twenty-five peasant lads of Glen Ora, now all duly attested and accepted soldiers, I had surmounted the barriers of interest at the Horse Guards; the necessity of pounding 500_1._ with Cox and Co., the puzzling, cramming, and quizzing at Sandhurst, with a hundred minor annoyances.
any
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From this reading I now ceased to be 'gent.' in any sense of the word, and found myself in one day a full-blown ensign, with a fortune of 5_s._ 3_d._ per diem, and a passport to go where glory invited me, in the shape of whistling-dicks and Minie-rifles.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading Thus, thanks to the faith and love borne me by twenty-five peasant lads of Glen Ora, now all duly attested and accepted soldiers, I had surmounted the barriers of interest at the Horse Guards; the necessity of pounding 500_1._ with Cox and Co., the puzzling, cramming, and quizzing at Sandhurst, with a hundred minor annoyances.
attested
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From this reading Thus, thanks to the faith and love borne me by twenty-five peasant lads of Glen Ora, now all duly attested and accepted soldiers, I had surmounted the barriers of interest at the Horse Guards; the necessity of pounding 500_1._ with Cox and Co., the puzzling, cramming, and quizzing at Sandhurst, with a hundred minor annoyances.
barriers
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From this reading Thus, thanks to the faith and love borne me by twenty-five peasant lads of Glen Ora, now all duly attested and accepted soldiers, I had surmounted the barriers of interest at the Horse Guards; the necessity of pounding 500_1._ with Cox and Co., the puzzling, cramming, and quizzing at Sandhurst, with a hundred minor annoyances.
battalion
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From this reading 'To be Ensigns in the 2nd battalion of the -- Highlanders, Allan Mac Innon, Gent., and John Belton, Gent., vice Dowb, promoted to the Turkish Contingent.'
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading 'To be Ensigns in the 2nd battalion of the -- Highlanders, Allan Mac Innon, Gent., and John Belton, Gent., vice Dowb, promoted to the Turkish Contingent.'
Belton
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From this reading 'To be Ensigns in the 2nd battalion of the -- Highlanders, Allan Mac Innon, Gent., and John Belton, Gent., vice Dowb, promoted to the Turkish Contingent.'
borne
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From this reading Thus, thanks to the faith and love borne me by twenty-five peasant lads of Glen Ora, now all duly attested and accepted soldiers, I had surmounted the barriers of interest at the Horse Guards; the necessity of pounding 500_1._ with Cox and Co., the puzzling, cramming, and quizzing at Sandhurst, with a hundred minor annoyances.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading Thus, thanks to the faith and love borne me by twenty-five peasant lads of Glen Ora, now all duly attested and accepted soldiers, I had surmounted the barriers of interest at the Horse Guards; the necessity of pounding 500_1._ with Cox and Co., the puzzling, cramming, and quizzing at Sandhurst, with a hundred minor annoyances.
ceased
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From this reading I now ceased to be 'gent.' in any sense of the word, and found myself in one day a full-blown ensign, with a fortune of 5_s._ 3_d._ per diem, and a passport to go where glory invited me, in the shape of whistling-dicks and Minie-rifles.
Co
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From this reading Thus, thanks to the faith and love borne me by twenty-five peasant lads of Glen Ora, now all duly attested and accepted soldiers, I had surmounted the barriers of interest at the Horse Guards; the necessity of pounding 500_1._ with Cox and Co., the puzzling, cramming, and quizzing at Sandhurst, with a hundred minor annoyances.
Colonel
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From this reading Such was the announcement which I read in a Gazette sent to my lodgings one morning, about a fortnight after my first interview with Colonel Crawford.
Contingent
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From this reading 'To be Ensigns in the 2nd battalion of the -- Highlanders, Allan Mac Innon, Gent., and John Belton, Gent., vice Dowb, promoted to the Turkish Contingent.'
Cox
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From this reading Thus, thanks to the faith and love borne me by twenty-five peasant lads of Glen Ora, now all duly attested and accepted soldiers, I had surmounted the barriers of interest at the Horse Guards; the necessity of pounding 500_1._ with Cox and Co., the puzzling, cramming, and quizzing at Sandhurst, with a hundred minor annoyances.
cramming
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From this reading Thus, thanks to the faith and love borne me by twenty-five peasant lads of Glen Ora, now all duly attested and accepted soldiers, I had surmounted the barriers of interest at the Horse Guards; the necessity of pounding 500_1._ with Cox and Co., the puzzling, cramming, and quizzing at Sandhurst, with a hundred minor annoyances.
Crawford
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From this reading Such was the announcement which I read in a Gazette sent to my lodgings one morning, about a fortnight after my first interview with Colonel Crawford.
d
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From this reading I now ceased to be 'gent.' in any sense of the word, and found myself in one day a full-blown ensign, with a fortune of 5_s._ 3_d._ per diem, and a passport to go where glory invited me, in the shape of whistling-dicks and Minie-rifles.
day
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From this reading I now ceased to be 'gent.' in any sense of the word, and found myself in one day a full-blown ensign, with a fortune of 5_s._ 3_d._ per diem, and a passport to go where glory invited me, in the shape of whistling-dicks and Minie-rifles.
diem
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From this reading I now ceased to be 'gent.' in any sense of the word, and found myself in one day a full-blown ensign, with a fortune of 5_s._ 3_d._ per diem, and a passport to go where glory invited me, in the shape of whistling-dicks and Minie-rifles.
Dowb
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From this reading 'To be Ensigns in the 2nd battalion of the -- Highlanders, Allan Mac Innon, Gent., and John Belton, Gent., vice Dowb, promoted to the Turkish Contingent.'
duly
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From this reading Thus, thanks to the faith and love borne me by twenty-five peasant lads of Glen Ora, now all duly attested and accepted soldiers, I had surmounted the barriers of interest at the Horse Guards; the necessity of pounding 500_1._ with Cox and Co., the puzzling, cramming, and quizzing at Sandhurst, with a hundred minor annoyances.
ensign
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From this reading I now ceased to be 'gent.' in any sense of the word, and found myself in one day a full-blown ensign, with a fortune of 5_s._ 3_d._ per diem, and a passport to go where glory invited me, in the shape of whistling-dicks and Minie-rifles.
Ensigns
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From this reading 'To be Ensigns in the 2nd battalion of the -- Highlanders, Allan Mac Innon, Gent., and John Belton, Gent., vice Dowb, promoted to the Turkish Contingent.'
faith
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From this reading Thus, thanks to the faith and love borne me by twenty-five peasant lads of Glen Ora, now all duly attested and accepted soldiers, I had surmounted the barriers of interest at the Horse Guards; the necessity of pounding 500_1._ with Cox and Co., the puzzling, cramming, and quizzing at Sandhurst, with a hundred minor annoyances.
firstnounUS /first/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Such was the announcement which I read in a Gazette sent to my lodgings one morning, about a fortnight after my first interview with Colonel Crawford.
fortnight
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From this reading Such was the announcement which I read in a Gazette sent to my lodgings one morning, about a fortnight after my first interview with Colonel Crawford.
fortunenounUS /ˈfortune/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading I now ceased to be 'gent.' in any sense of the word, and found myself in one day a full-blown ensign, with a fortune of 5_s._ 3_d._ per diem, and a passport to go where glory invited me, in the shape of whistling-dicks and Minie-rifles.
foundnounUS /found/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading I now ceased to be 'gent.' in any sense of the word, and found myself in one day a full-blown ensign, with a fortune of 5_s._ 3_d._ per diem, and a passport to go where glory invited me, in the shape of whistling-dicks and Minie-rifles.
full-blown
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From this reading I now ceased to be 'gent.' in any sense of the word, and found myself in one day a full-blown ensign, with a fortune of 5_s._ 3_d._ per diem, and a passport to go where glory invited me, in the shape of whistling-dicks and Minie-rifles.
Gazette
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From this reading Such was the announcement which I read in a Gazette sent to my lodgings one morning, about a fortnight after my first interview with Colonel Crawford.
Gent
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From this reading 'To be Ensigns in the 2nd battalion of the -- Highlanders, Allan Mac Innon, Gent., and John Belton, Gent., vice Dowb, promoted to the Turkish Contingent.'
Glen
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From this reading Thus, thanks to the faith and love borne me by twenty-five peasant lads of Glen Ora, now all duly attested and accepted soldiers, I had surmounted the barriers of interest at the Horse Guards; the necessity of pounding 500_1._ with Cox and Co., the puzzling, cramming, and quizzing at Sandhurst, with a hundred minor annoyances.
glory
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From this reading I now ceased to be 'gent.' in any sense of the word, and found myself in one day a full-blown ensign, with a fortune of 5_s._ 3_d._ per diem, and a passport to go where glory invited me, in the shape of whistling-dicks and Minie-rifles.
go
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From this reading I now ceased to be 'gent.' in any sense of the word, and found myself in one day a full-blown ensign, with a fortune of 5_s._ 3_d._ per diem, and a passport to go where glory invited me, in the shape of whistling-dicks and Minie-rifles.
Guards
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From this reading Thus, thanks to the faith and love borne me by twenty-five peasant lads of Glen Ora, now all duly attested and accepted soldiers, I had surmounted the barriers of interest at the Horse Guards; the necessity of pounding 500_1._ with Cox and Co., the puzzling, cramming, and quizzing at Sandhurst, with a hundred minor annoyances.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Thus, thanks to the faith and love borne me by twenty-five peasant lads of Glen Ora, now all duly attested and accepted soldiers, I had surmounted the barriers of interest at the Horse Guards; the necessity of pounding 500_1._ with Cox and Co., the puzzling, cramming, and quizzing at Sandhurst, with a hundred minor annoyances.
Highlanders
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From this reading 'To be Ensigns in the 2nd battalion of the -- Highlanders, Allan Mac Innon, Gent., and John Belton, Gent., vice Dowb, promoted to the Turkish Contingent.'
Horse
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From this reading Thus, thanks to the faith and love borne me by twenty-five peasant lads of Glen Ora, now all duly attested and accepted soldiers, I had surmounted the barriers of interest at the Horse Guards; the necessity of pounding 500_1._ with Cox and Co., the puzzling, cramming, and quizzing at Sandhurst, with a hundred minor annoyances.
hundred
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From this reading Thus, thanks to the faith and love borne me by twenty-five peasant lads of Glen Ora, now all duly attested and accepted soldiers, I had surmounted the barriers of interest at the Horse Guards; the necessity of pounding 500_1._ with Cox and Co., the puzzling, cramming, and quizzing at Sandhurst, with a hundred minor annoyances.
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading Such was the announcement which I read in a Gazette sent to my lodgings one morning, about a fortnight after my first interview with Colonel Crawford.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading 'To be Ensigns in the 2nd battalion of the -- Highlanders, Allan Mac Innon, Gent., and John Belton, Gent., vice Dowb, promoted to the Turkish Contingent.'
Innon
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From this reading 'To be Ensigns in the 2nd battalion of the -- Highlanders, Allan Mac Innon, Gent., and John Belton, Gent., vice Dowb, promoted to the Turkish Contingent.'
interest
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From this reading Thus, thanks to the faith and love borne me by twenty-five peasant lads of Glen Ora, now all duly attested and accepted soldiers, I had surmounted the barriers of interest at the Horse Guards; the necessity of pounding 500_1._ with Cox and Co., the puzzling, cramming, and quizzing at Sandhurst, with a hundred minor annoyances.
interview
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From this reading Such was the announcement which I read in a Gazette sent to my lodgings one morning, about a fortnight after my first interview with Colonel Crawford.
invited
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From this reading I now ceased to be 'gent.' in any sense of the word, and found myself in one day a full-blown ensign, with a fortune of 5_s._ 3_d._ per diem, and a passport to go where glory invited me, in the shape of whistling-dicks and Minie-rifles.
John
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From this reading 'To be Ensigns in the 2nd battalion of the -- Highlanders, Allan Mac Innon, Gent., and John Belton, Gent., vice Dowb, promoted to the Turkish Contingent.'
lads
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From this reading Thus, thanks to the faith and love borne me by twenty-five peasant lads of Glen Ora, now all duly attested and accepted soldiers, I had surmounted the barriers of interest at the Horse Guards; the necessity of pounding 500_1._ with Cox and Co., the puzzling, cramming, and quizzing at Sandhurst, with a hundred minor annoyances.
lodgings
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From this reading Such was the announcement which I read in a Gazette sent to my lodgings one morning, about a fortnight after my first interview with Colonel Crawford.
love
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From this reading Thus, thanks to the faith and love borne me by twenty-five peasant lads of Glen Ora, now all duly attested and accepted soldiers, I had surmounted the barriers of interest at the Horse Guards; the necessity of pounding 500_1._ with Cox and Co., the puzzling, cramming, and quizzing at Sandhurst, with a hundred minor annoyances.
Mac
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From this reading 'To be Ensigns in the 2nd battalion of the -- Highlanders, Allan Mac Innon, Gent., and John Belton, Gent., vice Dowb, promoted to the Turkish Contingent.'
mepronounUS /miː/
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading I now ceased to be 'gent.' in any sense of the word, and found myself in one day a full-blown ensign, with a fortune of 5_s._ 3_d._ per diem, and a passport to go where glory invited me, in the shape of whistling-dicks and Minie-rifles.
Minie-rifles
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From this reading I now ceased to be 'gent.' in any sense of the word, and found myself in one day a full-blown ensign, with a fortune of 5_s._ 3_d._ per diem, and a passport to go where glory invited me, in the shape of whistling-dicks and Minie-rifles.
minor
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From this reading Thus, thanks to the faith and love borne me by twenty-five peasant lads of Glen Ora, now all duly attested and accepted soldiers, I had surmounted the barriers of interest at the Horse Guards; the necessity of pounding 500_1._ with Cox and Co., the puzzling, cramming, and quizzing at Sandhurst, with a hundred minor annoyances.
morningnounUS /morning/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Such was the announcement which I read in a Gazette sent to my lodgings one morning, about a fortnight after my first interview with Colonel Crawford.
MYdeterminerUS /maɪ/
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading MY REGIMENT.
myselfpronounUS /ˌmaɪˈself/
used when the speaker is also the object of the action
From this reading I now ceased to be 'gent.' in any sense of the word, and found myself in one day a full-blown ensign, with a fortune of 5_s._ 3_d._ per diem, and a passport to go where glory invited me, in the shape of whistling-dicks and Minie-rifles.
necessity
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From this reading Thus, thanks to the faith and love borne me by twenty-five peasant lads of Glen Ora, now all duly attested and accepted soldiers, I had surmounted the barriers of interest at the Horse Guards; the necessity of pounding 500_1._ with Cox and Co., the puzzling, cramming, and quizzing at Sandhurst, with a hundred minor annoyances.
now
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From this reading I now ceased to be 'gent.' in any sense of the word, and found myself in one day a full-blown ensign, with a fortune of 5_s._ 3_d._ per diem, and a passport to go where glory invited me, in the shape of whistling-dicks and Minie-rifles.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading 'To be Ensigns in the 2nd battalion of the -- Highlanders, Allan Mac Innon, Gent., and John Belton, Gent., vice Dowb, promoted to the Turkish Contingent.'
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading Such was the announcement which I read in a Gazette sent to my lodgings one morning, about a fortnight after my first interview with Colonel Crawford.
Ora
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From this reading Thus, thanks to the faith and love borne me by twenty-five peasant lads of Glen Ora, now all duly attested and accepted soldiers, I had surmounted the barriers of interest at the Horse Guards; the necessity of pounding 500_1._ with Cox and Co., the puzzling, cramming, and quizzing at Sandhurst, with a hundred minor annoyances.
passport
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From this reading I now ceased to be 'gent.' in any sense of the word, and found myself in one day a full-blown ensign, with a fortune of 5_s._ 3_d._ per diem, and a passport to go where glory invited me, in the shape of whistling-dicks and Minie-rifles.
peasant
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From this reading Thus, thanks to the faith and love borne me by twenty-five peasant lads of Glen Ora, now all duly attested and accepted soldiers, I had surmounted the barriers of interest at the Horse Guards; the necessity of pounding 500_1._ with Cox and Co., the puzzling, cramming, and quizzing at Sandhurst, with a hundred minor annoyances.
perprepositionUS /pɜːr/
for each
From this reading I now ceased to be 'gent.' in any sense of the word, and found myself in one day a full-blown ensign, with a fortune of 5_s._ 3_d._ per diem, and a passport to go where glory invited me, in the shape of whistling-dicks and Minie-rifles.
pounding
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From this reading Thus, thanks to the faith and love borne me by twenty-five peasant lads of Glen Ora, now all duly attested and accepted soldiers, I had surmounted the barriers of interest at the Horse Guards; the necessity of pounding 500_1._ with Cox and Co., the puzzling, cramming, and quizzing at Sandhurst, with a hundred minor annoyances.
promoted
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From this reading 'To be Ensigns in the 2nd battalion of the -- Highlanders, Allan Mac Innon, Gent., and John Belton, Gent., vice Dowb, promoted to the Turkish Contingent.'
puzzling
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From this reading Thus, thanks to the faith and love borne me by twenty-five peasant lads of Glen Ora, now all duly attested and accepted soldiers, I had surmounted the barriers of interest at the Horse Guards; the necessity of pounding 500_1._ with Cox and Co., the puzzling, cramming, and quizzing at Sandhurst, with a hundred minor annoyances.
quizzing
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From this reading Thus, thanks to the faith and love borne me by twenty-five peasant lads of Glen Ora, now all duly attested and accepted soldiers, I had surmounted the barriers of interest at the Horse Guards; the necessity of pounding 500_1._ with Cox and Co., the puzzling, cramming, and quizzing at Sandhurst, with a hundred minor annoyances.
read
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From this reading Such was the announcement which I read in a Gazette sent to my lodgings one morning, about a fortnight after my first interview with Colonel Crawford.
REGIMENT
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From this reading MY REGIMENT.
s
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From this reading I now ceased to be 'gent.' in any sense of the word, and found myself in one day a full-blown ensign, with a fortune of 5_s._ 3_d._ per diem, and a passport to go where glory invited me, in the shape of whistling-dicks and Minie-rifles.
Sandhurst
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From this reading Thus, thanks to the faith and love borne me by twenty-five peasant lads of Glen Ora, now all duly attested and accepted soldiers, I had surmounted the barriers of interest at the Horse Guards; the necessity of pounding 500_1._ with Cox and Co., the puzzling, cramming, and quizzing at Sandhurst, with a hundred minor annoyances.
sense
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From this reading I now ceased to be 'gent.' in any sense of the word, and found myself in one day a full-blown ensign, with a fortune of 5_s._ 3_d._ per diem, and a passport to go where glory invited me, in the shape of whistling-dicks and Minie-rifles.
sent
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From this reading Such was the announcement which I read in a Gazette sent to my lodgings one morning, about a fortnight after my first interview with Colonel Crawford.
shape
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From this reading I now ceased to be 'gent.' in any sense of the word, and found myself in one day a full-blown ensign, with a fortune of 5_s._ 3_d._ per diem, and a passport to go where glory invited me, in the shape of whistling-dicks and Minie-rifles.
soldiers
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From this reading Thus, thanks to the faith and love borne me by twenty-five peasant lads of Glen Ora, now all duly attested and accepted soldiers, I had surmounted the barriers of interest at the Horse Guards; the necessity of pounding 500_1._ with Cox and Co., the puzzling, cramming, and quizzing at Sandhurst, with a hundred minor annoyances.
SuchdeterminerUS /sʌtʃ/
of the kind already mentioned
From this reading Such was the announcement which I read in a Gazette sent to my lodgings one morning, about a fortnight after my first interview with Colonel Crawford.
surmounted
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From this reading Thus, thanks to the faith and love borne me by twenty-five peasant lads of Glen Ora, now all duly attested and accepted soldiers, I had surmounted the barriers of interest at the Horse Guards; the necessity of pounding 500_1._ with Cox and Co., the puzzling, cramming, and quizzing at Sandhurst, with a hundred minor annoyances.
thanks
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From this reading Thus, thanks to the faith and love borne me by twenty-five peasant lads of Glen Ora, now all duly attested and accepted soldiers, I had surmounted the barriers of interest at the Horse Guards; the necessity of pounding 500_1._ with Cox and Co., the puzzling, cramming, and quizzing at Sandhurst, with a hundred minor annoyances.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading 'To be Ensigns in the 2nd battalion of the -- Highlanders, Allan Mac Innon, Gent., and John Belton, Gent., vice Dowb, promoted to the Turkish Contingent.'
Thus
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From this reading Thus, thanks to the faith and love borne me by twenty-five peasant lads of Glen Ora, now all duly attested and accepted soldiers, I had surmounted the barriers of interest at the Horse Guards; the necessity of pounding 500_1._ with Cox and Co., the puzzling, cramming, and quizzing at Sandhurst, with a hundred minor annoyances.
ToparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading 'To be Ensigns in the 2nd battalion of the -- Highlanders, Allan Mac Innon, Gent., and John Belton, Gent., vice Dowb, promoted to the Turkish Contingent.'
Turkish
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From this reading 'To be Ensigns in the 2nd battalion of the -- Highlanders, Allan Mac Innon, Gent., and John Belton, Gent., vice Dowb, promoted to the Turkish Contingent.'
twenty-five
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From this reading Thus, thanks to the faith and love borne me by twenty-five peasant lads of Glen Ora, now all duly attested and accepted soldiers, I had surmounted the barriers of interest at the Horse Guards; the necessity of pounding 500_1._ with Cox and Co., the puzzling, cramming, and quizzing at Sandhurst, with a hundred minor annoyances.
vice
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From this reading 'To be Ensigns in the 2nd battalion of the -- Highlanders, Allan Mac Innon, Gent., and John Belton, Gent., vice Dowb, promoted to the Turkish Contingent.'
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Such was the announcement which I read in a Gazette sent to my lodgings one morning, about a fortnight after my first interview with Colonel Crawford.
whereconjunctionUS /wer/
in or at the place that
From this reading I now ceased to be 'gent.' in any sense of the word, and found myself in one day a full-blown ensign, with a fortune of 5_s._ 3_d._ per diem, and a passport to go where glory invited me, in the shape of whistling-dicks and Minie-rifles.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading Such was the announcement which I read in a Gazette sent to my lodgings one morning, about a fortnight after my first interview with Colonel Crawford.
whistling-dicks
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From this reading I now ceased to be 'gent.' in any sense of the word, and found myself in one day a full-blown ensign, with a fortune of 5_s._ 3_d._ per diem, and a passport to go where glory invited me, in the shape of whistling-dicks and Minie-rifles.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading Such was the announcement which I read in a Gazette sent to my lodgings one morning, about a fortnight after my first interview with Colonel Crawford.
word
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From this reading I now ceased to be 'gent.' in any sense of the word, and found myself in one day a full-blown ensign, with a fortune of 5_s._ 3_d._ per diem, and a passport to go where glory invited me, in the shape of whistling-dicks and Minie-rifles.
