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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 It comes simpering in with a faded grey smile, swishy soft gusts, and a mock-April taste; and the Darcy family are conscious of no sting or frost-prick in cheek or finger as they stand silently round the new cross that heads Rupert’s grave, and to whose final erection the workmen gave their last touches only two hours ago.
Africa
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From this reading Sacred to the Memory of WILLIAM DEVEREUX, Elder Son of Sir GEORGE CAMPION, Bart., of Campion Place, in the County of Kent, Who nobly lost his life in rescuing a brother officer from death, while serving his Queen and Country, on the Field of Battle in South Africa.
ago
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From this reading It comes simpering in with a faded grey smile, swishy soft gusts, and a mock-April taste; and the Darcy family are conscious of no sting or frost-prick in cheek or finger as they stand silently round the new cross that heads Rupert’s grave, and to whose final erection the workmen gave their last touches only two hours ago.
All
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From this reading “It was the winter wild, While the heaven-born child, All meanly wrapt in the rude manger lies; Nature, in awe to him, Had doffed her gaudy trim, With her great Matter so to sympathies: It was no season then for her To wanton with the Sun her lusty paramour.”
ambushed
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From this reading For Rupert has elected to lie in the open, having notified his wish in a small memorandum, placed where it was certain to be found; and which proves that him at least the ambushed enemy had not surprised by his spring.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading It comes simpering in with a faded grey smile, swishy soft gusts, and a mock-April taste; and the Darcy family are conscious of no sting or frost-prick in cheek or finger as they stand silently round the new cross that heads Rupert’s grave, and to whose final erection the workmen gave their last touches only two hours ago.
areauxiliary verbUS /ɑːr/
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading It comes simpering in with a faded grey smile, swishy soft gusts, and a mock-April taste; and the Darcy family are conscious of no sting or frost-prick in cheek or finger as they stand silently round the new cross that heads Rupert’s grave, and to whose final erection the workmen gave their last touches only two hours ago.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading It comes simpering in with a faded grey smile, swishy soft gusts, and a mock-April taste; and the Darcy family are conscious of no sting or frost-prick in cheek or finger as they stand silently round the new cross that heads Rupert’s grave, and to whose final erection the workmen gave their last touches only two hours ago.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading For Rupert has elected to lie in the open, having notified his wish in a small memorandum, placed where it was certain to be found; and which proves that him at least the ambushed enemy had not surprised by his spring.
awe
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From this reading “It was the winter wild, While the heaven-born child, All meanly wrapt in the rude manger lies; Nature, in awe to him, Had doffed her gaudy trim, With her great Matter so to sympathies: It was no season then for her To wanton with the Sun her lusty paramour.”
Bart
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From this reading Sacred to the Memory of WILLIAM DEVEREUX, Elder Son of Sir GEORGE CAMPION, Bart., of Campion Place, in the County of Kent, Who nobly lost his life in rescuing a brother officer from death, while serving his Queen and Country, on the Field of Battle in South Africa.
Battle
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From this reading Sacred to the Memory of WILLIAM DEVEREUX, Elder Son of Sir GEORGE CAMPION, Bart., of Campion Place, in the County of Kent, Who nobly lost his life in rescuing a brother officer from death, while serving his Queen and Country, on the Field of Battle in South Africa.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading For Rupert has elected to lie in the open, having notified his wish in a small memorandum, placed where it was certain to be found; and which proves that him at least the ambushed enemy had not surprised by his spring.
brother
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From this reading Sacred to the Memory of WILLIAM DEVEREUX, Elder Son of Sir GEORGE CAMPION, Bart., of Campion Place, in the County of Kent, Who nobly lost his life in rescuing a brother officer from death, while serving his Queen and Country, on the Field of Battle in South Africa.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading No one can qualify by the epithet “wild” the Christmas that follows Rupert Campion’s death.
CAMPION
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From this reading Sacred to the Memory of WILLIAM DEVEREUX, Elder Son of Sir GEORGE CAMPION, Bart., of Campion Place, in the County of Kent, Who nobly lost his life in rescuing a brother officer from death, while serving his Queen and Country, on the Field of Battle in South Africa.
Campion's
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From this reading No one can qualify by the epithet “wild” the Christmas that follows Rupert Campion’s death.
canmodal verbUS /kæn/
to be able to, or to be allowed to
From this reading No one can qualify by the epithet “wild” the Christmas that follows Rupert Campion’s death.
certain
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From this reading For Rupert has elected to lie in the open, having notified his wish in a small memorandum, placed where it was certain to be found; and which proves that him at least the ambushed enemy had not surprised by his spring.
cheek
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From this reading It comes simpering in with a faded grey smile, swishy soft gusts, and a mock-April taste; and the Darcy family are conscious of no sting or frost-prick in cheek or finger as they stand silently round the new cross that heads Rupert’s grave, and to whose final erection the workmen gave their last touches only two hours ago.
child
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From this reading “It was the winter wild, While the heaven-born child, All meanly wrapt in the rude manger lies; Nature, in awe to him, Had doffed her gaudy trim, With her great Matter so to sympathies: It was no season then for her To wanton with the Sun her lusty paramour.”
Christmas
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From this reading No one can qualify by the epithet “wild” the Christmas that follows Rupert Campion’s death.
comes
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From this reading It comes simpering in with a faded grey smile, swishy soft gusts, and a mock-April taste; and the Darcy family are conscious of no sting or frost-prick in cheek or finger as they stand silently round the new cross that heads Rupert’s grave, and to whose final erection the workmen gave their last touches only two hours ago.
conscious
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From this reading It comes simpering in with a faded grey smile, swishy soft gusts, and a mock-April taste; and the Darcy family are conscious of no sting or frost-prick in cheek or finger as they stand silently round the new cross that heads Rupert’s grave, and to whose final erection the workmen gave their last touches only two hours ago.
Country
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From this reading Sacred to the Memory of WILLIAM DEVEREUX, Elder Son of Sir GEORGE CAMPION, Bart., of Campion Place, in the County of Kent, Who nobly lost his life in rescuing a brother officer from death, while serving his Queen and Country, on the Field of Battle in South Africa.
County
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From this reading Sacred to the Memory of WILLIAM DEVEREUX, Elder Son of Sir GEORGE CAMPION, Bart., of Campion Place, in the County of Kent, Who nobly lost his life in rescuing a brother officer from death, while serving his Queen and Country, on the Field of Battle in South Africa.
cross
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From this reading It comes simpering in with a faded grey smile, swishy soft gusts, and a mock-April taste; and the Darcy family are conscious of no sting or frost-prick in cheek or finger as they stand silently round the new cross that heads Rupert’s grave, and to whose final erection the workmen gave their last touches only two hours ago.
Darcy
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From this reading It comes simpering in with a faded grey smile, swishy soft gusts, and a mock-April taste; and the Darcy family are conscious of no sting or frost-prick in cheek or finger as they stand silently round the new cross that heads Rupert’s grave, and to whose final erection the workmen gave their last touches only two hours ago.
death
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From this reading No one can qualify by the epithet “wild” the Christmas that follows Rupert Campion’s death.
DEVEREUX
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From this reading Sacred to the Memory of WILLIAM DEVEREUX, Elder Son of Sir GEORGE CAMPION, Bart., of Campion Place, in the County of Kent, Who nobly lost his life in rescuing a brother officer from death, while serving his Queen and Country, on the Field of Battle in South Africa.
doffed
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From this reading “It was the winter wild, While the heaven-born child, All meanly wrapt in the rude manger lies; Nature, in awe to him, Had doffed her gaudy trim, With her great Matter so to sympathies: It was no season then for her To wanton with the Sun her lusty paramour.”
Elder
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From this reading Sacred to the Memory of WILLIAM DEVEREUX, Elder Son of Sir GEORGE CAMPION, Bart., of Campion Place, in the County of Kent, Who nobly lost his life in rescuing a brother officer from death, while serving his Queen and Country, on the Field of Battle in South Africa.
elected
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From this reading For Rupert has elected to lie in the open, having notified his wish in a small memorandum, placed where it was certain to be found; and which proves that him at least the ambushed enemy had not surprised by his spring.
enemy
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From this reading For Rupert has elected to lie in the open, having notified his wish in a small memorandum, placed where it was certain to be found; and which proves that him at least the ambushed enemy had not surprised by his spring.
epithet
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From this reading No one can qualify by the epithet “wild” the Christmas that follows Rupert Campion’s death.
erection
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From this reading It comes simpering in with a faded grey smile, swishy soft gusts, and a mock-April taste; and the Darcy family are conscious of no sting or frost-prick in cheek or finger as they stand silently round the new cross that heads Rupert’s grave, and to whose final erection the workmen gave their last touches only two hours ago.
faded
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From this reading It comes simpering in with a faded grey smile, swishy soft gusts, and a mock-April taste; and the Darcy family are conscious of no sting or frost-prick in cheek or finger as they stand silently round the new cross that heads Rupert’s grave, and to whose final erection the workmen gave their last touches only two hours ago.
family
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From this reading It comes simpering in with a faded grey smile, swishy soft gusts, and a mock-April taste; and the Darcy family are conscious of no sting or frost-prick in cheek or finger as they stand silently round the new cross that heads Rupert’s grave, and to whose final erection the workmen gave their last touches only two hours ago.
Field
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From this reading Sacred to the Memory of WILLIAM DEVEREUX, Elder Son of Sir GEORGE CAMPION, Bart., of Campion Place, in the County of Kent, Who nobly lost his life in rescuing a brother officer from death, while serving his Queen and Country, on the Field of Battle in South Africa.
final
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From this reading It comes simpering in with a faded grey smile, swishy soft gusts, and a mock-April taste; and the Darcy family are conscious of no sting or frost-prick in cheek or finger as they stand silently round the new cross that heads Rupert’s grave, and to whose final erection the workmen gave their last touches only two hours ago.
finger
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From this reading It comes simpering in with a faded grey smile, swishy soft gusts, and a mock-April taste; and the Darcy family are conscious of no sting or frost-prick in cheek or finger as they stand silently round the new cross that heads Rupert’s grave, and to whose final erection the workmen gave their last touches only two hours ago.
follows
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From this reading No one can qualify by the epithet “wild” the Christmas that follows Rupert Campion’s death.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading “It was the winter wild, While the heaven-born child, All meanly wrapt in the rude manger lies; Nature, in awe to him, Had doffed her gaudy trim, With her great Matter so to sympathies: It was no season then for her To wanton with the Sun her lusty paramour.”
foundnounUS /found/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading For Rupert has elected to lie in the open, having notified his wish in a small memorandum, placed where it was certain to be found; and which proves that him at least the ambushed enemy had not surprised by his spring.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading Sacred to the Memory of WILLIAM DEVEREUX, Elder Son of Sir GEORGE CAMPION, Bart., of Campion Place, in the County of Kent, Who nobly lost his life in rescuing a brother officer from death, while serving his Queen and Country, on the Field of Battle in South Africa.
frost-prick
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From this reading It comes simpering in with a faded grey smile, swishy soft gusts, and a mock-April taste; and the Darcy family are conscious of no sting or frost-prick in cheek or finger as they stand silently round the new cross that heads Rupert’s grave, and to whose final erection the workmen gave their last touches only two hours ago.
gaudy
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From this reading “It was the winter wild, While the heaven-born child, All meanly wrapt in the rude manger lies; Nature, in awe to him, Had doffed her gaudy trim, With her great Matter so to sympathies: It was no season then for her To wanton with the Sun her lusty paramour.”
gave
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From this reading It comes simpering in with a faded grey smile, swishy soft gusts, and a mock-April taste; and the Darcy family are conscious of no sting or frost-prick in cheek or finger as they stand silently round the new cross that heads Rupert’s grave, and to whose final erection the workmen gave their last touches only two hours ago.
GEORGE
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From this reading Sacred to the Memory of WILLIAM DEVEREUX, Elder Son of Sir GEORGE CAMPION, Bart., of Campion Place, in the County of Kent, Who nobly lost his life in rescuing a brother officer from death, while serving his Queen and Country, on the Field of Battle in South Africa.
grave
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From this reading It comes simpering in with a faded grey smile, swishy soft gusts, and a mock-April taste; and the Darcy family are conscious of no sting or frost-prick in cheek or finger as they stand silently round the new cross that heads Rupert’s grave, and to whose final erection the workmen gave their last touches only two hours ago.
greatnounUS /great/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “It was the winter wild, While the heaven-born child, All meanly wrapt in the rude manger lies; Nature, in awe to him, Had doffed her gaudy trim, With her great Matter so to sympathies: It was no season then for her To wanton with the Sun her lusty paramour.”
grey
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From this reading It comes simpering in with a faded grey smile, swishy soft gusts, and a mock-April taste; and the Darcy family are conscious of no sting or frost-prick in cheek or finger as they stand silently round the new cross that heads Rupert’s grave, and to whose final erection the workmen gave their last touches only two hours ago.
gusts
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From this reading It comes simpering in with a faded grey smile, swishy soft gusts, and a mock-April taste; and the Darcy family are conscious of no sting or frost-prick in cheek or finger as they stand silently round the new cross that heads Rupert’s grave, and to whose final erection the workmen gave their last touches only two hours ago.
Hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading “It was the winter wild, While the heaven-born child, All meanly wrapt in the rude manger lies; Nature, in awe to him, Had doffed her gaudy trim, With her great Matter so to sympathies: It was no season then for her To wanton with the Sun her lusty paramour.”
hasauxiliary verbUS /hæz/
the form of “have” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading For Rupert has elected to lie in the open, having notified his wish in a small memorandum, placed where it was certain to be found; and which proves that him at least the ambushed enemy had not surprised by his spring.
havingauxiliary verbUS /ˈhævɪŋ/
the -ing form of “have”
From this reading For Rupert has elected to lie in the open, having notified his wish in a small memorandum, placed where it was certain to be found; and which proves that him at least the ambushed enemy had not surprised by his spring.
heads
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From this reading It comes simpering in with a faded grey smile, swishy soft gusts, and a mock-April taste; and the Darcy family are conscious of no sting or frost-prick in cheek or finger as they stand silently round the new cross that heads Rupert’s grave, and to whose final erection the workmen gave their last touches only two hours ago.
heaven-born
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From this reading “It was the winter wild, While the heaven-born child, All meanly wrapt in the rude manger lies; Nature, in awe to him, Had doffed her gaudy trim, With her great Matter so to sympathies: It was no season then for her To wanton with the Sun her lusty paramour.”
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading “It was the winter wild, While the heaven-born child, All meanly wrapt in the rude manger lies; Nature, in awe to him, Had doffed her gaudy trim, With her great Matter so to sympathies: It was no season then for her To wanton with the Sun her lusty paramour.”
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading “It was the winter wild, While the heaven-born child, All meanly wrapt in the rude manger lies; Nature, in awe to him, Had doffed her gaudy trim, With her great Matter so to sympathies: It was no season then for her To wanton with the Sun her lusty paramour.”
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading For Rupert has elected to lie in the open, having notified his wish in a small memorandum, placed where it was certain to be found; and which proves that him at least the ambushed enemy had not surprised by his spring.
hours
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From this reading It comes simpering in with a faded grey smile, swishy soft gusts, and a mock-April taste; and the Darcy family are conscious of no sting or frost-prick in cheek or finger as they stand silently round the new cross that heads Rupert’s grave, and to whose final erection the workmen gave their last touches only two hours ago.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading “It was the winter wild, While the heaven-born child, All meanly wrapt in the rude manger lies; Nature, in awe to him, Had doffed her gaudy trim, With her great Matter so to sympathies: It was no season then for her To wanton with the Sun her lusty paramour.”
ItpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading “It was the winter wild, While the heaven-born child, All meanly wrapt in the rude manger lies; Nature, in awe to him, Had doffed her gaudy trim, With her great Matter so to sympathies: It was no season then for her To wanton with the Sun her lusty paramour.”
Kent
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From this reading Sacred to the Memory of WILLIAM DEVEREUX, Elder Son of Sir GEORGE CAMPION, Bart., of Campion Place, in the County of Kent, Who nobly lost his life in rescuing a brother officer from death, while serving his Queen and Country, on the Field of Battle in South Africa.
lastnounUS /last/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading It comes simpering in with a faded grey smile, swishy soft gusts, and a mock-April taste; and the Darcy family are conscious of no sting or frost-prick in cheek or finger as they stand silently round the new cross that heads Rupert’s grave, and to whose final erection the workmen gave their last touches only two hours ago.
leastnounUS /least/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading For Rupert has elected to lie in the open, having notified his wish in a small memorandum, placed where it was certain to be found; and which proves that him at least the ambushed enemy had not surprised by his spring.
lie
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From this reading For Rupert has elected to lie in the open, having notified his wish in a small memorandum, placed where it was certain to be found; and which proves that him at least the ambushed enemy had not surprised by his spring.
lies
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From this reading “It was the winter wild, While the heaven-born child, All meanly wrapt in the rude manger lies; Nature, in awe to him, Had doffed her gaudy trim, With her great Matter so to sympathies: It was no season then for her To wanton with the Sun her lusty paramour.”
lifenounUS /life/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Sacred to the Memory of WILLIAM DEVEREUX, Elder Son of Sir GEORGE CAMPION, Bart., of Campion Place, in the County of Kent, Who nobly lost his life in rescuing a brother officer from death, while serving his Queen and Country, on the Field of Battle in South Africa.
lost
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From this reading Sacred to the Memory of WILLIAM DEVEREUX, Elder Son of Sir GEORGE CAMPION, Bart., of Campion Place, in the County of Kent, Who nobly lost his life in rescuing a brother officer from death, while serving his Queen and Country, on the Field of Battle in South Africa.
lusty
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From this reading “It was the winter wild, While the heaven-born child, All meanly wrapt in the rude manger lies; Nature, in awe to him, Had doffed her gaudy trim, With her great Matter so to sympathies: It was no season then for her To wanton with the Sun her lusty paramour.”
manger
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From this reading “It was the winter wild, While the heaven-born child, All meanly wrapt in the rude manger lies; Nature, in awe to him, Had doffed her gaudy trim, With her great Matter so to sympathies: It was no season then for her To wanton with the Sun her lusty paramour.”
Matter
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From this reading “It was the winter wild, While the heaven-born child, All meanly wrapt in the rude manger lies; Nature, in awe to him, Had doffed her gaudy trim, With her great Matter so to sympathies: It was no season then for her To wanton with the Sun her lusty paramour.”
meanly
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From this reading “It was the winter wild, While the heaven-born child, All meanly wrapt in the rude manger lies; Nature, in awe to him, Had doffed her gaudy trim, With her great Matter so to sympathies: It was no season then for her To wanton with the Sun her lusty paramour.”
memorandum
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From this reading For Rupert has elected to lie in the open, having notified his wish in a small memorandum, placed where it was certain to be found; and which proves that him at least the ambushed enemy had not surprised by his spring.
MemorynounUS /ˈmem.ər.i/
The faculty by which the mind stores and remembers information and knowledge.
From this reading Sacred to the Memory of WILLIAM DEVEREUX, Elder Son of Sir GEORGE CAMPION, Bart., of Campion Place, in the County of Kent, Who nobly lost his life in rescuing a brother officer from death, while serving his Queen and Country, on the Field of Battle in South Africa.
mock-April
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From this reading It comes simpering in with a faded grey smile, swishy soft gusts, and a mock-April taste; and the Darcy family are conscious of no sting or frost-prick in cheek or finger as they stand silently round the new cross that heads Rupert’s grave, and to whose final erection the workmen gave their last touches only two hours ago.
Nature
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From this reading “It was the winter wild, While the heaven-born child, All meanly wrapt in the rude manger lies; Nature, in awe to him, Had doffed her gaudy trim, With her great Matter so to sympathies: It was no season then for her To wanton with the Sun her lusty paramour.”
new
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From this reading It comes simpering in with a faded grey smile, swishy soft gusts, and a mock-April taste; and the Darcy family are conscious of no sting or frost-prick in cheek or finger as they stand silently round the new cross that heads Rupert’s grave, and to whose final erection the workmen gave their last touches only two hours ago.
nodeterminerUS /noʊ/
not any; not one
From this reading “It was the winter wild, While the heaven-born child, All meanly wrapt in the rude manger lies; Nature, in awe to him, Had doffed her gaudy trim, With her great Matter so to sympathies: It was no season then for her To wanton with the Sun her lusty paramour.”
nobly
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From this reading Sacred to the Memory of WILLIAM DEVEREUX, Elder Son of Sir GEORGE CAMPION, Bart., of Campion Place, in the County of Kent, Who nobly lost his life in rescuing a brother officer from death, while serving his Queen and Country, on the Field of Battle in South Africa.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading For Rupert has elected to lie in the open, having notified his wish in a small memorandum, placed where it was certain to be found; and which proves that him at least the ambushed enemy had not surprised by his spring.
notified
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From this reading For Rupert has elected to lie in the open, having notified his wish in a small memorandum, placed where it was certain to be found; and which proves that him at least the ambushed enemy had not surprised by his spring.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading It comes simpering in with a faded grey smile, swishy soft gusts, and a mock-April taste; and the Darcy family are conscious of no sting or frost-prick in cheek or finger as they stand silently round the new cross that heads Rupert’s grave, and to whose final erection the workmen gave their last touches only two hours ago.
officer
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From this reading Sacred to the Memory of WILLIAM DEVEREUX, Elder Son of Sir GEORGE CAMPION, Bart., of Campion Place, in the County of Kent, Who nobly lost his life in rescuing a brother officer from death, while serving his Queen and Country, on the Field of Battle in South Africa.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading Sacred to the Memory of WILLIAM DEVEREUX, Elder Son of Sir GEORGE CAMPION, Bart., of Campion Place, in the County of Kent, Who nobly lost his life in rescuing a brother officer from death, while serving his Queen and Country, on the Field of Battle in South Africa.
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading No one can qualify by the epithet “wild” the Christmas that follows Rupert Campion’s death.
only
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From this reading It comes simpering in with a faded grey smile, swishy soft gusts, and a mock-April taste; and the Darcy family are conscious of no sting or frost-prick in cheek or finger as they stand silently round the new cross that heads Rupert’s grave, and to whose final erection the workmen gave their last touches only two hours ago.
openverbUS /ˈoʊ.pən/
To move from a closed position.
From this reading For Rupert has elected to lie in the open, having notified his wish in a small memorandum, placed where it was certain to be found; and which proves that him at least the ambushed enemy had not surprised by his spring.
orconjunctionUS /ɔːr/
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading It comes simpering in with a faded grey smile, swishy soft gusts, and a mock-April taste; and the Darcy family are conscious of no sting or frost-prick in cheek or finger as they stand silently round the new cross that heads Rupert’s grave, and to whose final erection the workmen gave their last touches only two hours ago.
paramour
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From this reading “It was the winter wild, While the heaven-born child, All meanly wrapt in the rude manger lies; Nature, in awe to him, Had doffed her gaudy trim, With her great Matter so to sympathies: It was no season then for her To wanton with the Sun her lusty paramour.”
Place
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From this reading Sacred to the Memory of WILLIAM DEVEREUX, Elder Son of Sir GEORGE CAMPION, Bart., of Campion Place, in the County of Kent, Who nobly lost his life in rescuing a brother officer from death, while serving his Queen and Country, on the Field of Battle in South Africa.
placed
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From this reading For Rupert has elected to lie in the open, having notified his wish in a small memorandum, placed where it was certain to be found; and which proves that him at least the ambushed enemy had not surprised by his spring.
proves
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From this reading For Rupert has elected to lie in the open, having notified his wish in a small memorandum, placed where it was certain to be found; and which proves that him at least the ambushed enemy had not surprised by his spring.
qualify
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From this reading No one can qualify by the epithet “wild” the Christmas that follows Rupert Campion’s death.
Queen
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From this reading Sacred to the Memory of WILLIAM DEVEREUX, Elder Son of Sir GEORGE CAMPION, Bart., of Campion Place, in the County of Kent, Who nobly lost his life in rescuing a brother officer from death, while serving his Queen and Country, on the Field of Battle in South Africa.
rescuing
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From this reading Sacred to the Memory of WILLIAM DEVEREUX, Elder Son of Sir GEORGE CAMPION, Bart., of Campion Place, in the County of Kent, Who nobly lost his life in rescuing a brother officer from death, while serving his Queen and Country, on the Field of Battle in South Africa.
round
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From this reading It comes simpering in with a faded grey smile, swishy soft gusts, and a mock-April taste; and the Darcy family are conscious of no sting or frost-prick in cheek or finger as they stand silently round the new cross that heads Rupert’s grave, and to whose final erection the workmen gave their last touches only two hours ago.
rude
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From this reading “It was the winter wild, While the heaven-born child, All meanly wrapt in the rude manger lies; Nature, in awe to him, Had doffed her gaudy trim, With her great Matter so to sympathies: It was no season then for her To wanton with the Sun her lusty paramour.”
Rupert
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From this reading No one can qualify by the epithet “wild” the Christmas that follows Rupert Campion’s death.
Rupert's
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From this reading It comes simpering in with a faded grey smile, swishy soft gusts, and a mock-April taste; and the Darcy family are conscious of no sting or frost-prick in cheek or finger as they stand silently round the new cross that heads Rupert’s grave, and to whose final erection the workmen gave their last touches only two hours ago.
Sacred
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From this reading Sacred to the Memory of WILLIAM DEVEREUX, Elder Son of Sir GEORGE CAMPION, Bart., of Campion Place, in the County of Kent, Who nobly lost his life in rescuing a brother officer from death, while serving his Queen and Country, on the Field of Battle in South Africa.
season
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From this reading “It was the winter wild, While the heaven-born child, All meanly wrapt in the rude manger lies; Nature, in awe to him, Had doffed her gaudy trim, With her great Matter so to sympathies: It was no season then for her To wanton with the Sun her lusty paramour.”
serving
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From this reading Sacred to the Memory of WILLIAM DEVEREUX, Elder Son of Sir GEORGE CAMPION, Bart., of Campion Place, in the County of Kent, Who nobly lost his life in rescuing a brother officer from death, while serving his Queen and Country, on the Field of Battle in South Africa.
silently
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From this reading It comes simpering in with a faded grey smile, swishy soft gusts, and a mock-April taste; and the Darcy family are conscious of no sting or frost-prick in cheek or finger as they stand silently round the new cross that heads Rupert’s grave, and to whose final erection the workmen gave their last touches only two hours ago.
simpering
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From this reading It comes simpering in with a faded grey smile, swishy soft gusts, and a mock-April taste; and the Darcy family are conscious of no sting or frost-prick in cheek or finger as they stand silently round the new cross that heads Rupert’s grave, and to whose final erection the workmen gave their last touches only two hours ago.
Sir
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From this reading Sacred to the Memory of WILLIAM DEVEREUX, Elder Son of Sir GEORGE CAMPION, Bart., of Campion Place, in the County of Kent, Who nobly lost his life in rescuing a brother officer from death, while serving his Queen and Country, on the Field of Battle in South Africa.
small
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From this reading For Rupert has elected to lie in the open, having notified his wish in a small memorandum, placed where it was certain to be found; and which proves that him at least the ambushed enemy had not surprised by his spring.
smile
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From this reading It comes simpering in with a faded grey smile, swishy soft gusts, and a mock-April taste; and the Darcy family are conscious of no sting or frost-prick in cheek or finger as they stand silently round the new cross that heads Rupert’s grave, and to whose final erection the workmen gave their last touches only two hours ago.
soconjunctionUS /soʊ/
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading “It was the winter wild, While the heaven-born child, All meanly wrapt in the rude manger lies; Nature, in awe to him, Had doffed her gaudy trim, With her great Matter so to sympathies: It was no season then for her To wanton with the Sun her lusty paramour.”
soft
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From this reading It comes simpering in with a faded grey smile, swishy soft gusts, and a mock-April taste; and the Darcy family are conscious of no sting or frost-prick in cheek or finger as they stand silently round the new cross that heads Rupert’s grave, and to whose final erection the workmen gave their last touches only two hours ago.
Son
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From this reading Sacred to the Memory of WILLIAM DEVEREUX, Elder Son of Sir GEORGE CAMPION, Bart., of Campion Place, in the County of Kent, Who nobly lost his life in rescuing a brother officer from death, while serving his Queen and Country, on the Field of Battle in South Africa.
South
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From this reading Sacred to the Memory of WILLIAM DEVEREUX, Elder Son of Sir GEORGE CAMPION, Bart., of Campion Place, in the County of Kent, Who nobly lost his life in rescuing a brother officer from death, while serving his Queen and Country, on the Field of Battle in South Africa.
spring
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From this reading For Rupert has elected to lie in the open, having notified his wish in a small memorandum, placed where it was certain to be found; and which proves that him at least the ambushed enemy had not surprised by his spring.
stand
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From this reading It comes simpering in with a faded grey smile, swishy soft gusts, and a mock-April taste; and the Darcy family are conscious of no sting or frost-prick in cheek or finger as they stand silently round the new cross that heads Rupert’s grave, and to whose final erection the workmen gave their last touches only two hours ago.
sting
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From this reading It comes simpering in with a faded grey smile, swishy soft gusts, and a mock-April taste; and the Darcy family are conscious of no sting or frost-prick in cheek or finger as they stand silently round the new cross that heads Rupert’s grave, and to whose final erection the workmen gave their last touches only two hours ago.
Sun
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From this reading “It was the winter wild, While the heaven-born child, All meanly wrapt in the rude manger lies; Nature, in awe to him, Had doffed her gaudy trim, With her great Matter so to sympathies: It was no season then for her To wanton with the Sun her lusty paramour.”
surprisednounUS /surprised/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading For Rupert has elected to lie in the open, having notified his wish in a small memorandum, placed where it was certain to be found; and which proves that him at least the ambushed enemy had not surprised by his spring.
swishy
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From this reading It comes simpering in with a faded grey smile, swishy soft gusts, and a mock-April taste; and the Darcy family are conscious of no sting or frost-prick in cheek or finger as they stand silently round the new cross that heads Rupert’s grave, and to whose final erection the workmen gave their last touches only two hours ago.
sympathies
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From this reading “It was the winter wild, While the heaven-born child, All meanly wrapt in the rude manger lies; Nature, in awe to him, Had doffed her gaudy trim, With her great Matter so to sympathies: It was no season then for her To wanton with the Sun her lusty paramour.”
tasteverbUS /teɪst/
To perceive flavor through the mouth.
From this reading It comes simpering in with a faded grey smile, swishy soft gusts, and a mock-April taste; and the Darcy family are conscious of no sting or frost-prick in cheek or finger as they stand silently round the new cross that heads Rupert’s grave, and to whose final erection the workmen gave their last touches only two hours ago.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading No one can qualify by the epithet “wild” the Christmas that follows Rupert Campion’s death.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading “It was the winter wild, While the heaven-born child, All meanly wrapt in the rude manger lies; Nature, in awe to him, Had doffed her gaudy trim, With her great Matter so to sympathies: It was no season then for her To wanton with the Sun her lusty paramour.”
theirdeterminerUS /ðer/
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading It comes simpering in with a faded grey smile, swishy soft gusts, and a mock-April taste; and the Darcy family are conscious of no sting or frost-prick in cheek or finger as they stand silently round the new cross that heads Rupert’s grave, and to whose final erection the workmen gave their last touches only two hours ago.
then
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From this reading “It was the winter wild, While the heaven-born child, All meanly wrapt in the rude manger lies; Nature, in awe to him, Had doffed her gaudy trim, With her great Matter so to sympathies: It was no season then for her To wanton with the Sun her lusty paramour.”
theypronounUS /ðeɪ/
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading It comes simpering in with a faded grey smile, swishy soft gusts, and a mock-April taste; and the Darcy family are conscious of no sting or frost-prick in cheek or finger as they stand silently round the new cross that heads Rupert’s grave, and to whose final erection the workmen gave their last touches only two hours ago.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading “It was the winter wild, While the heaven-born child, All meanly wrapt in the rude manger lies; Nature, in awe to him, Had doffed her gaudy trim, With her great Matter so to sympathies: It was no season then for her To wanton with the Sun her lusty paramour.”
touches
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From this reading It comes simpering in with a faded grey smile, swishy soft gusts, and a mock-April taste; and the Darcy family are conscious of no sting or frost-prick in cheek or finger as they stand silently round the new cross that heads Rupert’s grave, and to whose final erection the workmen gave their last touches only two hours ago.
trim
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From this reading “It was the winter wild, While the heaven-born child, All meanly wrapt in the rude manger lies; Nature, in awe to him, Had doffed her gaudy trim, With her great Matter so to sympathies: It was no season then for her To wanton with the Sun her lusty paramour.”
two
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From this reading It comes simpering in with a faded grey smile, swishy soft gusts, and a mock-April taste; and the Darcy family are conscious of no sting or frost-prick in cheek or finger as they stand silently round the new cross that heads Rupert’s grave, and to whose final erection the workmen gave their last touches only two hours ago.
wanton
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From this reading “It was the winter wild, While the heaven-born child, All meanly wrapt in the rude manger lies; Nature, in awe to him, Had doffed her gaudy trim, With her great Matter so to sympathies: It was no season then for her To wanton with the Sun her lusty paramour.”
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading “It was the winter wild, While the heaven-born child, All meanly wrapt in the rude manger lies; Nature, in awe to him, Had doffed her gaudy trim, With her great Matter so to sympathies: It was no season then for her To wanton with the Sun her lusty paramour.”
whereconjunctionUS /wer/
in or at the place that
From this reading For Rupert has elected to lie in the open, having notified his wish in a small memorandum, placed where it was certain to be found; and which proves that him at least the ambushed enemy had not surprised by his spring.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading For Rupert has elected to lie in the open, having notified his wish in a small memorandum, placed where it was certain to be found; and which proves that him at least the ambushed enemy had not surprised by his spring.
WhileconjunctionUS /waɪl/
during the time that
From this reading “It was the winter wild, While the heaven-born child, All meanly wrapt in the rude manger lies; Nature, in awe to him, Had doffed her gaudy trim, With her great Matter so to sympathies: It was no season then for her To wanton with the Sun her lusty paramour.”
WhopronounUS /huː/
which person or people
From this reading Sacred to the Memory of WILLIAM DEVEREUX, Elder Son of Sir GEORGE CAMPION, Bart., of Campion Place, in the County of Kent, Who nobly lost his life in rescuing a brother officer from death, while serving his Queen and Country, on the Field of Battle in South Africa.
whosedeterminerUS /huːz/
belonging to which person
From this reading It comes simpering in with a faded grey smile, swishy soft gusts, and a mock-April taste; and the Darcy family are conscious of no sting or frost-prick in cheek or finger as they stand silently round the new cross that heads Rupert’s grave, and to whose final erection the workmen gave their last touches only two hours ago.
wild
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From this reading “It was the winter wild, While the heaven-born child, All meanly wrapt in the rude manger lies; Nature, in awe to him, Had doffed her gaudy trim, With her great Matter so to sympathies: It was no season then for her To wanton with the Sun her lusty paramour.”
WILLIAM
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From this reading Sacred to the Memory of WILLIAM DEVEREUX, Elder Son of Sir GEORGE CAMPION, Bart., of Campion Place, in the County of Kent, Who nobly lost his life in rescuing a brother officer from death, while serving his Queen and Country, on the Field of Battle in South Africa.
winter
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From this reading “It was the winter wild, While the heaven-born child, All meanly wrapt in the rude manger lies; Nature, in awe to him, Had doffed her gaudy trim, With her great Matter so to sympathies: It was no season then for her To wanton with the Sun her lusty paramour.”
wish
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From this reading For Rupert has elected to lie in the open, having notified his wish in a small memorandum, placed where it was certain to be found; and which proves that him at least the ambushed enemy had not surprised by his spring.
WithprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading “It was the winter wild, While the heaven-born child, All meanly wrapt in the rude manger lies; Nature, in awe to him, Had doffed her gaudy trim, With her great Matter so to sympathies: It was no season then for her To wanton with the Sun her lusty paramour.”
workmen
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From this reading It comes simpering in with a faded grey smile, swishy soft gusts, and a mock-April taste; and the Darcy family are conscious of no sting or frost-prick in cheek or finger as they stand silently round the new cross that heads Rupert’s grave, and to whose final erection the workmen gave their last touches only two hours ago.
wrapt
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From this reading “It was the winter wild, While the heaven-born child, All meanly wrapt in the rude manger lies; Nature, in awe to him, Had doffed her gaudy trim, With her great Matter so to sympathies: It was no season then for her To wanton with the Sun her lusty paramour.”
