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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 Tom Mackenzie's Bed-Side There was a Stumfoldian edict, ultra-Median-and-Persian in its strictness, ordaining that no Stumfoldian in Littlebath should be allowed to receive a letter on Sundays.
accordance
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From this reading And there also existed a coordinate rule on the part of the Postmaster-General,--or, rather, a privilege granted by that functionary,--in accordance with which Stumfoldians, and other such sects of Sabbatarians, were empowered to prohibit the letter-carriers from contaminating their special knockers on Sunday mornings.
allowed
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From this reading Tom Mackenzie's Bed-Side There was a Stumfoldian edict, ultra-Median-and-Persian in its strictness, ordaining that no Stumfoldian in Littlebath should be allowed to receive a letter on Sundays.
also
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From this reading And there also existed a coordinate rule on the part of the Postmaster-General,--or, rather, a privilege granted by that functionary,--in accordance with which Stumfoldians, and other such sects of Sabbatarians, were empowered to prohibit the letter-carriers from contaminating their special knockers on Sunday mornings.
amiss
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From this reading Miss Mackenzie had given way to this easily, seeing nothing amiss in the edict, and not caring much for her Sunday letters.
AndconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading And there also existed a coordinate rule on the part of the Postmaster-General,--or, rather, a privilege granted by that functionary,--in accordance with which Stumfoldians, and other such sects of Sabbatarians, were empowered to prohibit the letter-carriers from contaminating their special knockers on Sunday mornings.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading In consequence, she received on the Monday mornings those letters which were due to her on Sundays, and on this special Monday morning she received a letter, as to which the delay was of much consequence.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading Tom Mackenzie's Bed-Side There was a Stumfoldian edict, ultra-Median-and-Persian in its strictness, ordaining that no Stumfoldian in Littlebath should be allowed to receive a letter on Sundays.
Bed-Side
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From this reading Tom Mackenzie's Bed-Side There was a Stumfoldian edict, ultra-Median-and-Persian in its strictness, ordaining that no Stumfoldian in Littlebath should be allowed to receive a letter on Sundays.
brother
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From this reading It was to tell her that her brother Tom was dying, and to pray that she would be up in London as early on the Monday as was practicable.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading And there also existed a coordinate rule on the part of the Postmaster-General,--or, rather, a privilege granted by that functionary,--in accordance with which Stumfoldians, and other such sects of Sabbatarians, were empowered to prohibit the letter-carriers from contaminating their special knockers on Sunday mornings.
caring
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From this reading Miss Mackenzie had given way to this easily, seeing nothing amiss in the edict, and not caring much for her Sunday letters.
consequence
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From this reading In consequence, she received on the Monday mornings those letters which were due to her on Sundays, and on this special Monday morning she received a letter, as to which the delay was of much consequence.
contaminating
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From this reading And there also existed a coordinate rule on the part of the Postmaster-General,--or, rather, a privilege granted by that functionary,--in accordance with which Stumfoldians, and other such sects of Sabbatarians, were empowered to prohibit the letter-carriers from contaminating their special knockers on Sunday mornings.
coordinate
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From this reading And there also existed a coordinate rule on the part of the Postmaster-General,--or, rather, a privilege granted by that functionary,--in accordance with which Stumfoldians, and other such sects of Sabbatarians, were empowered to prohibit the letter-carriers from contaminating their special knockers on Sunday mornings.
delay
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From this reading In consequence, she received on the Monday mornings those letters which were due to her on Sundays, and on this special Monday morning she received a letter, as to which the delay was of much consequence.
due
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From this reading In consequence, she received on the Monday mornings those letters which were due to her on Sundays, and on this special Monday morning she received a letter, as to which the delay was of much consequence.
dying
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From this reading It was to tell her that her brother Tom was dying, and to pray that she would be up in London as early on the Monday as was practicable.
early
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From this reading It was to tell her that her brother Tom was dying, and to pray that she would be up in London as early on the Monday as was practicable.
easily
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From this reading Miss Mackenzie had given way to this easily, seeing nothing amiss in the edict, and not caring much for her Sunday letters.
edict
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From this reading Tom Mackenzie's Bed-Side There was a Stumfoldian edict, ultra-Median-and-Persian in its strictness, ordaining that no Stumfoldian in Littlebath should be allowed to receive a letter on Sundays.
empowered
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From this reading And there also existed a coordinate rule on the part of the Postmaster-General,--or, rather, a privilege granted by that functionary,--in accordance with which Stumfoldians, and other such sects of Sabbatarians, were empowered to prohibit the letter-carriers from contaminating their special knockers on Sunday mornings.
existed
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From this reading And there also existed a coordinate rule on the part of the Postmaster-General,--or, rather, a privilege granted by that functionary,--in accordance with which Stumfoldians, and other such sects of Sabbatarians, were empowered to prohibit the letter-carriers from contaminating their special knockers on Sunday mornings.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading Miss Mackenzie had given way to this easily, seeing nothing amiss in the edict, and not caring much for her Sunday letters.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading And there also existed a coordinate rule on the part of the Postmaster-General,--or, rather, a privilege granted by that functionary,--in accordance with which Stumfoldians, and other such sects of Sabbatarians, were empowered to prohibit the letter-carriers from contaminating their special knockers on Sunday mornings.
functionary
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From this reading And there also existed a coordinate rule on the part of the Postmaster-General,--or, rather, a privilege granted by that functionary,--in accordance with which Stumfoldians, and other such sects of Sabbatarians, were empowered to prohibit the letter-carriers from contaminating their special knockers on Sunday mornings.
given
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From this reading Miss Mackenzie had given way to this easily, seeing nothing amiss in the edict, and not caring much for her Sunday letters.
granted
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From this reading And there also existed a coordinate rule on the part of the Postmaster-General,--or, rather, a privilege granted by that functionary,--in accordance with which Stumfoldians, and other such sects of Sabbatarians, were empowered to prohibit the letter-carriers from contaminating their special knockers on Sunday mornings.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Miss Mackenzie had given way to this easily, seeing nothing amiss in the edict, and not caring much for her Sunday letters.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading Miss Mackenzie had given way to this easily, seeing nothing amiss in the edict, and not caring much for her Sunday letters.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Tom Mackenzie's Bed-Side There was a Stumfoldian edict, ultra-Median-and-Persian in its strictness, ordaining that no Stumfoldian in Littlebath should be allowed to receive a letter on Sundays.
ItpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It was to tell her that her brother Tom was dying, and to pray that she would be up in London as early on the Monday as was practicable.
itsdeterminerUS /ɪts/
belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned
From this reading Tom Mackenzie's Bed-Side There was a Stumfoldian edict, ultra-Median-and-Persian in its strictness, ordaining that no Stumfoldian in Littlebath should be allowed to receive a letter on Sundays.
knockers
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From this reading And there also existed a coordinate rule on the part of the Postmaster-General,--or, rather, a privilege granted by that functionary,--in accordance with which Stumfoldians, and other such sects of Sabbatarians, were empowered to prohibit the letter-carriers from contaminating their special knockers on Sunday mornings.
letter
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From this reading Tom Mackenzie's Bed-Side There was a Stumfoldian edict, ultra-Median-and-Persian in its strictness, ordaining that no Stumfoldian in Littlebath should be allowed to receive a letter on Sundays.
letter-carriers
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From this reading And there also existed a coordinate rule on the part of the Postmaster-General,--or, rather, a privilege granted by that functionary,--in accordance with which Stumfoldians, and other such sects of Sabbatarians, were empowered to prohibit the letter-carriers from contaminating their special knockers on Sunday mornings.
letters
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From this reading Miss Mackenzie had given way to this easily, seeing nothing amiss in the edict, and not caring much for her Sunday letters.
Littlebath
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From this reading Tom Mackenzie's Bed-Side There was a Stumfoldian edict, ultra-Median-and-Persian in its strictness, ordaining that no Stumfoldian in Littlebath should be allowed to receive a letter on Sundays.
London
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From this reading It was to tell her that her brother Tom was dying, and to pray that she would be up in London as early on the Monday as was practicable.
Mackenzie
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From this reading Miss Mackenzie had given way to this easily, seeing nothing amiss in the edict, and not caring much for her Sunday letters.
Mackenzie's
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From this reading Tom Mackenzie's Bed-Side There was a Stumfoldian edict, ultra-Median-and-Persian in its strictness, ordaining that no Stumfoldian in Littlebath should be allowed to receive a letter on Sundays.
Miss
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From this reading Miss Mackenzie had given way to this easily, seeing nothing amiss in the edict, and not caring much for her Sunday letters.
Monday
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From this reading In consequence, she received on the Monday mornings those letters which were due to her on Sundays, and on this special Monday morning she received a letter, as to which the delay was of much consequence.
morningnounUS /morning/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading In consequence, she received on the Monday mornings those letters which were due to her on Sundays, and on this special Monday morning she received a letter, as to which the delay was of much consequence.
mornings
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From this reading And there also existed a coordinate rule on the part of the Postmaster-General,--or, rather, a privilege granted by that functionary,--in accordance with which Stumfoldians, and other such sects of Sabbatarians, were empowered to prohibit the letter-carriers from contaminating their special knockers on Sunday mornings.
much
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From this reading Miss Mackenzie had given way to this easily, seeing nothing amiss in the edict, and not caring much for her Sunday letters.
nodeterminerUS /noʊ/
not any; not one
From this reading Tom Mackenzie's Bed-Side There was a Stumfoldian edict, ultra-Median-and-Persian in its strictness, ordaining that no Stumfoldian in Littlebath should be allowed to receive a letter on Sundays.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading Miss Mackenzie had given way to this easily, seeing nothing amiss in the edict, and not caring much for her Sunday letters.
nothingpronounUS /ˈnʌθɪŋ/
not one thing; not anything
From this reading Miss Mackenzie had given way to this easily, seeing nothing amiss in the edict, and not caring much for her Sunday letters.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading And there also existed a coordinate rule on the part of the Postmaster-General,--or, rather, a privilege granted by that functionary,--in accordance with which Stumfoldians, and other such sects of Sabbatarians, were empowered to prohibit the letter-carriers from contaminating their special knockers on Sunday mornings.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading Tom Mackenzie's Bed-Side There was a Stumfoldian edict, ultra-Median-and-Persian in its strictness, ordaining that no Stumfoldian in Littlebath should be allowed to receive a letter on Sundays.
orconjunctionUS /ɔːr/
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading And there also existed a coordinate rule on the part of the Postmaster-General,--or, rather, a privilege granted by that functionary,--in accordance with which Stumfoldians, and other such sects of Sabbatarians, were empowered to prohibit the letter-carriers from contaminating their special knockers on Sunday mornings.
ordaining
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From this reading Tom Mackenzie's Bed-Side There was a Stumfoldian edict, ultra-Median-and-Persian in its strictness, ordaining that no Stumfoldian in Littlebath should be allowed to receive a letter on Sundays.
other
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From this reading And there also existed a coordinate rule on the part of the Postmaster-General,--or, rather, a privilege granted by that functionary,--in accordance with which Stumfoldians, and other such sects of Sabbatarians, were empowered to prohibit the letter-carriers from contaminating their special knockers on Sunday mornings.
partnounUS /part/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading And there also existed a coordinate rule on the part of the Postmaster-General,--or, rather, a privilege granted by that functionary,--in accordance with which Stumfoldians, and other such sects of Sabbatarians, were empowered to prohibit the letter-carriers from contaminating their special knockers on Sunday mornings.
Postmaster-General
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From this reading And there also existed a coordinate rule on the part of the Postmaster-General,--or, rather, a privilege granted by that functionary,--in accordance with which Stumfoldians, and other such sects of Sabbatarians, were empowered to prohibit the letter-carriers from contaminating their special knockers on Sunday mornings.
practicable
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From this reading It was to tell her that her brother Tom was dying, and to pray that she would be up in London as early on the Monday as was practicable.
pray
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From this reading It was to tell her that her brother Tom was dying, and to pray that she would be up in London as early on the Monday as was practicable.
privilege
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From this reading And there also existed a coordinate rule on the part of the Postmaster-General,--or, rather, a privilege granted by that functionary,--in accordance with which Stumfoldians, and other such sects of Sabbatarians, were empowered to prohibit the letter-carriers from contaminating their special knockers on Sunday mornings.
prohibit
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From this reading And there also existed a coordinate rule on the part of the Postmaster-General,--or, rather, a privilege granted by that functionary,--in accordance with which Stumfoldians, and other such sects of Sabbatarians, were empowered to prohibit the letter-carriers from contaminating their special knockers on Sunday mornings.
rather
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From this reading And there also existed a coordinate rule on the part of the Postmaster-General,--or, rather, a privilege granted by that functionary,--in accordance with which Stumfoldians, and other such sects of Sabbatarians, were empowered to prohibit the letter-carriers from contaminating their special knockers on Sunday mornings.
receive
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From this reading Tom Mackenzie's Bed-Side There was a Stumfoldian edict, ultra-Median-and-Persian in its strictness, ordaining that no Stumfoldian in Littlebath should be allowed to receive a letter on Sundays.
received
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From this reading In consequence, she received on the Monday mornings those letters which were due to her on Sundays, and on this special Monday morning she received a letter, as to which the delay was of much consequence.
rule
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From this reading And there also existed a coordinate rule on the part of the Postmaster-General,--or, rather, a privilege granted by that functionary,--in accordance with which Stumfoldians, and other such sects of Sabbatarians, were empowered to prohibit the letter-carriers from contaminating their special knockers on Sunday mornings.
Sabbatarians
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From this reading And there also existed a coordinate rule on the part of the Postmaster-General,--or, rather, a privilege granted by that functionary,--in accordance with which Stumfoldians, and other such sects of Sabbatarians, were empowered to prohibit the letter-carriers from contaminating their special knockers on Sunday mornings.
sects
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From this reading And there also existed a coordinate rule on the part of the Postmaster-General,--or, rather, a privilege granted by that functionary,--in accordance with which Stumfoldians, and other such sects of Sabbatarians, were empowered to prohibit the letter-carriers from contaminating their special knockers on Sunday mornings.
seeing
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From this reading Miss Mackenzie had given way to this easily, seeing nothing amiss in the edict, and not caring much for her Sunday letters.
shepronounUS /ʃiː/
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading In consequence, she received on the Monday mornings those letters which were due to her on Sundays, and on this special Monday morning she received a letter, as to which the delay was of much consequence.
shouldmodal verbUS /ʃʊd/
used to say what is right, expected, or advisable
From this reading Tom Mackenzie's Bed-Side There was a Stumfoldian edict, ultra-Median-and-Persian in its strictness, ordaining that no Stumfoldian in Littlebath should be allowed to receive a letter on Sundays.
special
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From this reading And there also existed a coordinate rule on the part of the Postmaster-General,--or, rather, a privilege granted by that functionary,--in accordance with which Stumfoldians, and other such sects of Sabbatarians, were empowered to prohibit the letter-carriers from contaminating their special knockers on Sunday mornings.
strictness
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From this reading Tom Mackenzie's Bed-Side There was a Stumfoldian edict, ultra-Median-and-Persian in its strictness, ordaining that no Stumfoldian in Littlebath should be allowed to receive a letter on Sundays.
Stumfoldian
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From this reading Tom Mackenzie's Bed-Side There was a Stumfoldian edict, ultra-Median-and-Persian in its strictness, ordaining that no Stumfoldian in Littlebath should be allowed to receive a letter on Sundays.
Stumfoldians
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From this reading And there also existed a coordinate rule on the part of the Postmaster-General,--or, rather, a privilege granted by that functionary,--in accordance with which Stumfoldians, and other such sects of Sabbatarians, were empowered to prohibit the letter-carriers from contaminating their special knockers on Sunday mornings.
suchdeterminerUS /sʌtʃ/
of the kind already mentioned
From this reading And there also existed a coordinate rule on the part of the Postmaster-General,--or, rather, a privilege granted by that functionary,--in accordance with which Stumfoldians, and other such sects of Sabbatarians, were empowered to prohibit the letter-carriers from contaminating their special knockers on Sunday mornings.
Sunday
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From this reading And there also existed a coordinate rule on the part of the Postmaster-General,--or, rather, a privilege granted by that functionary,--in accordance with which Stumfoldians, and other such sects of Sabbatarians, were empowered to prohibit the letter-carriers from contaminating their special knockers on Sunday mornings.
Sundays
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From this reading Tom Mackenzie's Bed-Side There was a Stumfoldian edict, ultra-Median-and-Persian in its strictness, ordaining that no Stumfoldian in Littlebath should be allowed to receive a letter on Sundays.
tellnounUS /tell/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading It was to tell her that her brother Tom was dying, and to pray that she would be up in London as early on the Monday as was practicable.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Tom Mackenzie's Bed-Side There was a Stumfoldian edict, ultra-Median-and-Persian in its strictness, ordaining that no Stumfoldian in Littlebath should be allowed to receive a letter on Sundays.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading And there also existed a coordinate rule on the part of the Postmaster-General,--or, rather, a privilege granted by that functionary,--in accordance with which Stumfoldians, and other such sects of Sabbatarians, were empowered to prohibit the letter-carriers from contaminating their special knockers on Sunday mornings.
theirdeterminerUS /ðer/
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading And there also existed a coordinate rule on the part of the Postmaster-General,--or, rather, a privilege granted by that functionary,--in accordance with which Stumfoldians, and other such sects of Sabbatarians, were empowered to prohibit the letter-carriers from contaminating their special knockers on Sunday mornings.
There
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From this reading Tom Mackenzie's Bed-Side There was a Stumfoldian edict, ultra-Median-and-Persian in its strictness, ordaining that no Stumfoldian in Littlebath should be allowed to receive a letter on Sundays.
thisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading Miss Mackenzie had given way to this easily, seeing nothing amiss in the edict, and not caring much for her Sunday letters.
thosedeterminerUS /ðoʊz/
the plural of “that”: the people or things further away, or already known
From this reading In consequence, she received on the Monday mornings those letters which were due to her on Sundays, and on this special Monday morning she received a letter, as to which the delay was of much consequence.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Tom Mackenzie's Bed-Side There was a Stumfoldian edict, ultra-Median-and-Persian in its strictness, ordaining that no Stumfoldian in Littlebath should be allowed to receive a letter on Sundays.
Tom
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From this reading Tom Mackenzie's Bed-Side There was a Stumfoldian edict, ultra-Median-and-Persian in its strictness, ordaining that no Stumfoldian in Littlebath should be allowed to receive a letter on Sundays.
ultra-Median-and-Persian
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From this reading Tom Mackenzie's Bed-Side There was a Stumfoldian edict, ultra-Median-and-Persian in its strictness, ordaining that no Stumfoldian in Littlebath should be allowed to receive a letter on Sundays.
up
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From this reading It was to tell her that her brother Tom was dying, and to pray that she would be up in London as early on the Monday as was practicable.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Tom Mackenzie's Bed-Side There was a Stumfoldian edict, ultra-Median-and-Persian in its strictness, ordaining that no Stumfoldian in Littlebath should be allowed to receive a letter on Sundays.
way
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From this reading Miss Mackenzie had given way to this easily, seeing nothing amiss in the edict, and not caring much for her Sunday letters.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading And there also existed a coordinate rule on the part of the Postmaster-General,--or, rather, a privilege granted by that functionary,--in accordance with which Stumfoldians, and other such sects of Sabbatarians, were empowered to prohibit the letter-carriers from contaminating their special knockers on Sunday mornings.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading And there also existed a coordinate rule on the part of the Postmaster-General,--or, rather, a privilege granted by that functionary,--in accordance with which Stumfoldians, and other such sects of Sabbatarians, were empowered to prohibit the letter-carriers from contaminating their special knockers on Sunday mornings.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading And there also existed a coordinate rule on the part of the Postmaster-General,--or, rather, a privilege granted by that functionary,--in accordance with which Stumfoldians, and other such sects of Sabbatarians, were empowered to prohibit the letter-carriers from contaminating their special knockers on Sunday mornings.
wouldmodal verbUS /wʊd/
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading It was to tell her that her brother Tom was dying, and to pray that she would be up in London as early on the Monday as was practicable.
