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495
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From this reading PAGE Public Life of Mr. Tulrumble 495 Full Report of the First Meeting of the Mudfog Association 513 for the Advancement of Everything Section A. Zoology and Botany Section B. Anatomy and Medicine Section C. Statistics Section D.
513
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From this reading PAGE Public Life of Mr. Tulrumble 495 Full Report of the First Meeting of the Mudfog Association 513 for the Advancement of Everything Section A. Zoology and Botany Section B. Anatomy and Medicine Section C. Statistics Section D.
531
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From this reading Mechanical Science Full Report of the Second Meeting of the Mudfog Association 531 for the Advancement of Everything Section A. Zoology and Botany Section B. Display of Models and Mechanical Science Section C. Anatomy and Medicine Section D.
551
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From this reading Statistics Supplementary Section, E. Umbugology and Ditchwaterisics The Pantomime of Life 551 Some Particulars Concerning a Lion 558 Mr. Robert Bolton 563 Familiar Epistle from a Parent to a Child 567 MUDFOG is a pleasant town—a remarkably pleasant town—situated in a charming hollow by the side of a river, from which river, Mudfog derives an agreeable scent of pitch, tar, coals, and rope-yarn, a roving population in oilskin hats, a pretty steady influx of drunken bargemen, and a great many other maritime advantages.
558
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From this reading Statistics Supplementary Section, E. Umbugology and Ditchwaterisics The Pantomime of Life 551 Some Particulars Concerning a Lion 558 Mr. Robert Bolton 563 Familiar Epistle from a Parent to a Child 567 MUDFOG is a pleasant town—a remarkably pleasant town—situated in a charming hollow by the side of a river, from which river, Mudfog derives an agreeable scent of pitch, tar, coals, and rope-yarn, a roving population in oilskin hats, a pretty steady influx of drunken bargemen, and a great many other maritime advantages.
563
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From this reading Statistics Supplementary Section, E. Umbugology and Ditchwaterisics The Pantomime of Life 551 Some Particulars Concerning a Lion 558 Mr. Robert Bolton 563 Familiar Epistle from a Parent to a Child 567 MUDFOG is a pleasant town—a remarkably pleasant town—situated in a charming hollow by the side of a river, from which river, Mudfog derives an agreeable scent of pitch, tar, coals, and rope-yarn, a roving population in oilskin hats, a pretty steady influx of drunken bargemen, and a great many other maritime advantages.
567
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From this reading Statistics Supplementary Section, E. Umbugology and Ditchwaterisics The Pantomime of Life 551 Some Particulars Concerning a Lion 558 Mr. Robert Bolton 563 Familiar Epistle from a Parent to a Child 567 MUDFOG is a pleasant town—a remarkably pleasant town—situated in a charming hollow by the side of a river, from which river, Mudfog derives an agreeable scent of pitch, tar, coals, and rope-yarn, a roving population in oilskin hats, a pretty steady influx of drunken bargemen, and a great many other maritime advantages.
AdeterminerUS /ə/
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading PAGE Public Life of Mr. Tulrumble 495 Full Report of the First Meeting of the Mudfog Association 513 for the Advancement of Everything Section A. Zoology and Botany Section B. Anatomy and Medicine Section C. Statistics Section D.
aboutprepositionUS /əˈbaʊt/
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading There is a good deal of water about Mudfog, and yet it is not exactly the sort of town for a watering-place, either.
Advancement
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From this reading PAGE Public Life of Mr. Tulrumble 495 Full Report of the First Meeting of the Mudfog Association 513 for the Advancement of Everything Section A. Zoology and Botany Section B. Anatomy and Medicine Section C. Statistics Section D.
advantages
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From this reading Statistics Supplementary Section, E. Umbugology and Ditchwaterisics The Pantomime of Life 551 Some Particulars Concerning a Lion 558 Mr. Robert Bolton 563 Familiar Epistle from a Parent to a Child 567 MUDFOG is a pleasant town—a remarkably pleasant town—situated in a charming hollow by the side of a river, from which river, Mudfog derives an agreeable scent of pitch, tar, coals, and rope-yarn, a roving population in oilskin hats, a pretty steady influx of drunken bargemen, and a great many other maritime advantages.
agreeable
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From this reading Statistics Supplementary Section, E. Umbugology and Ditchwaterisics The Pantomime of Life 551 Some Particulars Concerning a Lion 558 Mr. Robert Bolton 563 Familiar Epistle from a Parent to a Child 567 MUDFOG is a pleasant town—a remarkably pleasant town—situated in a charming hollow by the side of a river, from which river, Mudfog derives an agreeable scent of pitch, tar, coals, and rope-yarn, a roving population in oilskin hats, a pretty steady influx of drunken bargemen, and a great many other maritime advantages.
andeterminerUS /æn/
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading Statistics Supplementary Section, E. Umbugology and Ditchwaterisics The Pantomime of Life 551 Some Particulars Concerning a Lion 558 Mr. Robert Bolton 563 Familiar Epistle from a Parent to a Child 567 MUDFOG is a pleasant town—a remarkably pleasant town—situated in a charming hollow by the side of a river, from which river, Mudfog derives an agreeable scent of pitch, tar, coals, and rope-yarn, a roving population in oilskin hats, a pretty steady influx of drunken bargemen, and a great many other maritime advantages.
Anatomy
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From this reading PAGE Public Life of Mr. Tulrumble 495 Full Report of the First Meeting of the Mudfog Association 513 for the Advancement of Everything Section A. Zoology and Botany Section B. Anatomy and Medicine Section C. Statistics Section D.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading PAGE Public Life of Mr. Tulrumble 495 Full Report of the First Meeting of the Mudfog Association 513 for the Advancement of Everything Section A. Zoology and Botany Section B. Anatomy and Medicine Section C. Statistics Section D.
Association
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From this reading PAGE Public Life of Mr. Tulrumble 495 Full Report of the First Meeting of the Mudfog Association 513 for the Advancement of Everything Section A. Zoology and Botany Section B. Anatomy and Medicine Section C. Statistics Section D.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading Water is a perverse sort of element at the best of times, and in Mudfog it is particularly so.
B
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From this reading PAGE Public Life of Mr. Tulrumble 495 Full Report of the First Meeting of the Mudfog Association 513 for the Advancement of Everything Section A. Zoology and Botany Section B. Anatomy and Medicine Section C. Statistics Section D.
bargemen
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From this reading Statistics Supplementary Section, E. Umbugology and Ditchwaterisics The Pantomime of Life 551 Some Particulars Concerning a Lion 558 Mr. Robert Bolton 563 Familiar Epistle from a Parent to a Child 567 MUDFOG is a pleasant town—a remarkably pleasant town—situated in a charming hollow by the side of a river, from which river, Mudfog derives an agreeable scent of pitch, tar, coals, and rope-yarn, a roving population in oilskin hats, a pretty steady influx of drunken bargemen, and a great many other maritime advantages.
best
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From this reading Water is a perverse sort of element at the best of times, and in Mudfog it is particularly so.
Bolton
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From this reading Statistics Supplementary Section, E. Umbugology and Ditchwaterisics The Pantomime of Life 551 Some Particulars Concerning a Lion 558 Mr. Robert Bolton 563 Familiar Epistle from a Parent to a Child 567 MUDFOG is a pleasant town—a remarkably pleasant town—situated in a charming hollow by the side of a river, from which river, Mudfog derives an agreeable scent of pitch, tar, coals, and rope-yarn, a roving population in oilskin hats, a pretty steady influx of drunken bargemen, and a great many other maritime advantages.
Botany
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From this reading PAGE Public Life of Mr. Tulrumble 495 Full Report of the First Meeting of the Mudfog Association 513 for the Advancement of Everything Section A. Zoology and Botany Section B. Anatomy and Medicine Section C. Statistics Section D.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading Statistics Supplementary Section, E. Umbugology and Ditchwaterisics The Pantomime of Life 551 Some Particulars Concerning a Lion 558 Mr. Robert Bolton 563 Familiar Epistle from a Parent to a Child 567 MUDFOG is a pleasant town—a remarkably pleasant town—situated in a charming hollow by the side of a river, from which river, Mudfog derives an agreeable scent of pitch, tar, coals, and rope-yarn, a roving population in oilskin hats, a pretty steady influx of drunken bargemen, and a great many other maritime advantages.
C
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From this reading PAGE Public Life of Mr. Tulrumble 495 Full Report of the First Meeting of the Mudfog Association 513 for the Advancement of Everything Section A. Zoology and Botany Section B. Anatomy and Medicine Section C. Statistics Section D.
charming
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From this reading Statistics Supplementary Section, E. Umbugology and Ditchwaterisics The Pantomime of Life 551 Some Particulars Concerning a Lion 558 Mr. Robert Bolton 563 Familiar Epistle from a Parent to a Child 567 MUDFOG is a pleasant town—a remarkably pleasant town—situated in a charming hollow by the side of a river, from which river, Mudfog derives an agreeable scent of pitch, tar, coals, and rope-yarn, a roving population in oilskin hats, a pretty steady influx of drunken bargemen, and a great many other maritime advantages.
Child
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From this reading Statistics Supplementary Section, E. Umbugology and Ditchwaterisics The Pantomime of Life 551 Some Particulars Concerning a Lion 558 Mr. Robert Bolton 563 Familiar Epistle from a Parent to a Child 567 MUDFOG is a pleasant town—a remarkably pleasant town—situated in a charming hollow by the side of a river, from which river, Mudfog derives an agreeable scent of pitch, tar, coals, and rope-yarn, a roving population in oilskin hats, a pretty steady influx of drunken bargemen, and a great many other maritime advantages.
coals
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From this reading Statistics Supplementary Section, E. Umbugology and Ditchwaterisics The Pantomime of Life 551 Some Particulars Concerning a Lion 558 Mr. Robert Bolton 563 Familiar Epistle from a Parent to a Child 567 MUDFOG is a pleasant town—a remarkably pleasant town—situated in a charming hollow by the side of a river, from which river, Mudfog derives an agreeable scent of pitch, tar, coals, and rope-yarn, a roving population in oilskin hats, a pretty steady influx of drunken bargemen, and a great many other maritime advantages.
Concerning
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From this reading Statistics Supplementary Section, E. Umbugology and Ditchwaterisics The Pantomime of Life 551 Some Particulars Concerning a Lion 558 Mr. Robert Bolton 563 Familiar Epistle from a Parent to a Child 567 MUDFOG is a pleasant town—a remarkably pleasant town—situated in a charming hollow by the side of a river, from which river, Mudfog derives an agreeable scent of pitch, tar, coals, and rope-yarn, a roving population in oilskin hats, a pretty steady influx of drunken bargemen, and a great many other maritime advantages.
D
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From this reading PAGE Public Life of Mr. Tulrumble 495 Full Report of the First Meeting of the Mudfog Association 513 for the Advancement of Everything Section A. Zoology and Botany Section B. Anatomy and Medicine Section C. Statistics Section D.
deal
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From this reading There is a good deal of water about Mudfog, and yet it is not exactly the sort of town for a watering-place, either.
derives
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From this reading Statistics Supplementary Section, E. Umbugology and Ditchwaterisics The Pantomime of Life 551 Some Particulars Concerning a Lion 558 Mr. Robert Bolton 563 Familiar Epistle from a Parent to a Child 567 MUDFOG is a pleasant town—a remarkably pleasant town—situated in a charming hollow by the side of a river, from which river, Mudfog derives an agreeable scent of pitch, tar, coals, and rope-yarn, a roving population in oilskin hats, a pretty steady influx of drunken bargemen, and a great many other maritime advantages.
Display
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From this reading Mechanical Science Full Report of the Second Meeting of the Mudfog Association 531 for the Advancement of Everything Section A. Zoology and Botany Section B. Display of Models and Mechanical Science Section C. Anatomy and Medicine Section D.
Ditchwaterisics
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From this reading Statistics Supplementary Section, E. Umbugology and Ditchwaterisics The Pantomime of Life 551 Some Particulars Concerning a Lion 558 Mr. Robert Bolton 563 Familiar Epistle from a Parent to a Child 567 MUDFOG is a pleasant town—a remarkably pleasant town—situated in a charming hollow by the side of a river, from which river, Mudfog derives an agreeable scent of pitch, tar, coals, and rope-yarn, a roving population in oilskin hats, a pretty steady influx of drunken bargemen, and a great many other maritime advantages.
drunken
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From this reading Statistics Supplementary Section, E. Umbugology and Ditchwaterisics The Pantomime of Life 551 Some Particulars Concerning a Lion 558 Mr. Robert Bolton 563 Familiar Epistle from a Parent to a Child 567 MUDFOG is a pleasant town—a remarkably pleasant town—situated in a charming hollow by the side of a river, from which river, Mudfog derives an agreeable scent of pitch, tar, coals, and rope-yarn, a roving population in oilskin hats, a pretty steady influx of drunken bargemen, and a great many other maritime advantages.
E
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From this reading Statistics Supplementary Section, E. Umbugology and Ditchwaterisics The Pantomime of Life 551 Some Particulars Concerning a Lion 558 Mr. Robert Bolton 563 Familiar Epistle from a Parent to a Child 567 MUDFOG is a pleasant town—a remarkably pleasant town—situated in a charming hollow by the side of a river, from which river, Mudfog derives an agreeable scent of pitch, tar, coals, and rope-yarn, a roving population in oilskin hats, a pretty steady influx of drunken bargemen, and a great many other maritime advantages.
eitherdeterminerUS /ˈiːðər/
one or the other of two
From this reading There is a good deal of water about Mudfog, and yet it is not exactly the sort of town for a watering-place, either.
element
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From this reading Water is a perverse sort of element at the best of times, and in Mudfog it is particularly so.
Epistle
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From this reading Statistics Supplementary Section, E. Umbugology and Ditchwaterisics The Pantomime of Life 551 Some Particulars Concerning a Lion 558 Mr. Robert Bolton 563 Familiar Epistle from a Parent to a Child 567 MUDFOG is a pleasant town—a remarkably pleasant town—situated in a charming hollow by the side of a river, from which river, Mudfog derives an agreeable scent of pitch, tar, coals, and rope-yarn, a roving population in oilskin hats, a pretty steady influx of drunken bargemen, and a great many other maritime advantages.
EverythingpronounUS /ˈevriθɪŋ/
all things; all of a situation
From this reading PAGE Public Life of Mr. Tulrumble 495 Full Report of the First Meeting of the Mudfog Association 513 for the Advancement of Everything Section A. Zoology and Botany Section B. Anatomy and Medicine Section C. Statistics Section D.
exactly
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From this reading There is a good deal of water about Mudfog, and yet it is not exactly the sort of town for a watering-place, either.
Familiar
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From this reading Statistics Supplementary Section, E. Umbugology and Ditchwaterisics The Pantomime of Life 551 Some Particulars Concerning a Lion 558 Mr. Robert Bolton 563 Familiar Epistle from a Parent to a Child 567 MUDFOG is a pleasant town—a remarkably pleasant town—situated in a charming hollow by the side of a river, from which river, Mudfog derives an agreeable scent of pitch, tar, coals, and rope-yarn, a roving population in oilskin hats, a pretty steady influx of drunken bargemen, and a great many other maritime advantages.
FirstnounUS /first/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading PAGE Public Life of Mr. Tulrumble 495 Full Report of the First Meeting of the Mudfog Association 513 for the Advancement of Everything Section A. Zoology and Botany Section B. Anatomy and Medicine Section C. Statistics Section D.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading PAGE Public Life of Mr. Tulrumble 495 Full Report of the First Meeting of the Mudfog Association 513 for the Advancement of Everything Section A. Zoology and Botany Section B. Anatomy and Medicine Section C. Statistics Section D.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading Statistics Supplementary Section, E. Umbugology and Ditchwaterisics The Pantomime of Life 551 Some Particulars Concerning a Lion 558 Mr. Robert Bolton 563 Familiar Epistle from a Parent to a Child 567 MUDFOG is a pleasant town—a remarkably pleasant town—situated in a charming hollow by the side of a river, from which river, Mudfog derives an agreeable scent of pitch, tar, coals, and rope-yarn, a roving population in oilskin hats, a pretty steady influx of drunken bargemen, and a great many other maritime advantages.
Full
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From this reading PAGE Public Life of Mr. Tulrumble 495 Full Report of the First Meeting of the Mudfog Association 513 for the Advancement of Everything Section A. Zoology and Botany Section B. Anatomy and Medicine Section C. Statistics Section D.
goodnounUS /good/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading There is a good deal of water about Mudfog, and yet it is not exactly the sort of town for a watering-place, either.
greatnounUS /great/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Statistics Supplementary Section, E. Umbugology and Ditchwaterisics The Pantomime of Life 551 Some Particulars Concerning a Lion 558 Mr. Robert Bolton 563 Familiar Epistle from a Parent to a Child 567 MUDFOG is a pleasant town—a remarkably pleasant town—situated in a charming hollow by the side of a river, from which river, Mudfog derives an agreeable scent of pitch, tar, coals, and rope-yarn, a roving population in oilskin hats, a pretty steady influx of drunken bargemen, and a great many other maritime advantages.
hats
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From this reading Statistics Supplementary Section, E. Umbugology and Ditchwaterisics The Pantomime of Life 551 Some Particulars Concerning a Lion 558 Mr. Robert Bolton 563 Familiar Epistle from a Parent to a Child 567 MUDFOG is a pleasant town—a remarkably pleasant town—situated in a charming hollow by the side of a river, from which river, Mudfog derives an agreeable scent of pitch, tar, coals, and rope-yarn, a roving population in oilskin hats, a pretty steady influx of drunken bargemen, and a great many other maritime advantages.
hollow
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From this reading Statistics Supplementary Section, E. Umbugology and Ditchwaterisics The Pantomime of Life 551 Some Particulars Concerning a Lion 558 Mr. Robert Bolton 563 Familiar Epistle from a Parent to a Child 567 MUDFOG is a pleasant town—a remarkably pleasant town—situated in a charming hollow by the side of a river, from which river, Mudfog derives an agreeable scent of pitch, tar, coals, and rope-yarn, a roving population in oilskin hats, a pretty steady influx of drunken bargemen, and a great many other maritime advantages.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Statistics Supplementary Section, E. Umbugology and Ditchwaterisics The Pantomime of Life 551 Some Particulars Concerning a Lion 558 Mr. Robert Bolton 563 Familiar Epistle from a Parent to a Child 567 MUDFOG is a pleasant town—a remarkably pleasant town—situated in a charming hollow by the side of a river, from which river, Mudfog derives an agreeable scent of pitch, tar, coals, and rope-yarn, a roving population in oilskin hats, a pretty steady influx of drunken bargemen, and a great many other maritime advantages.
influx
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From this reading Statistics Supplementary Section, E. Umbugology and Ditchwaterisics The Pantomime of Life 551 Some Particulars Concerning a Lion 558 Mr. Robert Bolton 563 Familiar Epistle from a Parent to a Child 567 MUDFOG is a pleasant town—a remarkably pleasant town—situated in a charming hollow by the side of a river, from which river, Mudfog derives an agreeable scent of pitch, tar, coals, and rope-yarn, a roving population in oilskin hats, a pretty steady influx of drunken bargemen, and a great many other maritime advantages.
isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Statistics Supplementary Section, E. Umbugology and Ditchwaterisics The Pantomime of Life 551 Some Particulars Concerning a Lion 558 Mr. Robert Bolton 563 Familiar Epistle from a Parent to a Child 567 MUDFOG is a pleasant town—a remarkably pleasant town—situated in a charming hollow by the side of a river, from which river, Mudfog derives an agreeable scent of pitch, tar, coals, and rope-yarn, a roving population in oilskin hats, a pretty steady influx of drunken bargemen, and a great many other maritime advantages.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading There is a good deal of water about Mudfog, and yet it is not exactly the sort of town for a watering-place, either.
LifenounUS /life/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading PAGE Public Life of Mr. Tulrumble 495 Full Report of the First Meeting of the Mudfog Association 513 for the Advancement of Everything Section A. Zoology and Botany Section B. Anatomy and Medicine Section C. Statistics Section D.
Lion
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From this reading Statistics Supplementary Section, E. Umbugology and Ditchwaterisics The Pantomime of Life 551 Some Particulars Concerning a Lion 558 Mr. Robert Bolton 563 Familiar Epistle from a Parent to a Child 567 MUDFOG is a pleasant town—a remarkably pleasant town—situated in a charming hollow by the side of a river, from which river, Mudfog derives an agreeable scent of pitch, tar, coals, and rope-yarn, a roving population in oilskin hats, a pretty steady influx of drunken bargemen, and a great many other maritime advantages.
many
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From this reading Statistics Supplementary Section, E. Umbugology and Ditchwaterisics The Pantomime of Life 551 Some Particulars Concerning a Lion 558 Mr. Robert Bolton 563 Familiar Epistle from a Parent to a Child 567 MUDFOG is a pleasant town—a remarkably pleasant town—situated in a charming hollow by the side of a river, from which river, Mudfog derives an agreeable scent of pitch, tar, coals, and rope-yarn, a roving population in oilskin hats, a pretty steady influx of drunken bargemen, and a great many other maritime advantages.
maritime
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From this reading Statistics Supplementary Section, E. Umbugology and Ditchwaterisics The Pantomime of Life 551 Some Particulars Concerning a Lion 558 Mr. Robert Bolton 563 Familiar Epistle from a Parent to a Child 567 MUDFOG is a pleasant town—a remarkably pleasant town—situated in a charming hollow by the side of a river, from which river, Mudfog derives an agreeable scent of pitch, tar, coals, and rope-yarn, a roving population in oilskin hats, a pretty steady influx of drunken bargemen, and a great many other maritime advantages.
Mechanical
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From this reading Mechanical Science Full Report of the Second Meeting of the Mudfog Association 531 for the Advancement of Everything Section A. Zoology and Botany Section B. Display of Models and Mechanical Science Section C. Anatomy and Medicine Section D.
Medicine
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From this reading PAGE Public Life of Mr. Tulrumble 495 Full Report of the First Meeting of the Mudfog Association 513 for the Advancement of Everything Section A. Zoology and Botany Section B. Anatomy and Medicine Section C. Statistics Section D.
Meeting
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From this reading PAGE Public Life of Mr. Tulrumble 495 Full Report of the First Meeting of the Mudfog Association 513 for the Advancement of Everything Section A. Zoology and Botany Section B. Anatomy and Medicine Section C. Statistics Section D.
Models
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From this reading Mechanical Science Full Report of the Second Meeting of the Mudfog Association 531 for the Advancement of Everything Section A. Zoology and Botany Section B. Display of Models and Mechanical Science Section C. Anatomy and Medicine Section D.
Mr
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From this reading PAGE Public Life of Mr. Tulrumble 495 Full Report of the First Meeting of the Mudfog Association 513 for the Advancement of Everything Section A. Zoology and Botany Section B. Anatomy and Medicine Section C. Statistics Section D.
Mudfog
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From this reading PAGE Public Life of Mr. Tulrumble 495 Full Report of the First Meeting of the Mudfog Association 513 for the Advancement of Everything Section A. Zoology and Botany Section B. Anatomy and Medicine Section C. Statistics Section D.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading There is a good deal of water about Mudfog, and yet it is not exactly the sort of town for a watering-place, either.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading PAGE Public Life of Mr. Tulrumble 495 Full Report of the First Meeting of the Mudfog Association 513 for the Advancement of Everything Section A. Zoology and Botany Section B. Anatomy and Medicine Section C. Statistics Section D.
oilskin
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From this reading Statistics Supplementary Section, E. Umbugology and Ditchwaterisics The Pantomime of Life 551 Some Particulars Concerning a Lion 558 Mr. Robert Bolton 563 Familiar Epistle from a Parent to a Child 567 MUDFOG is a pleasant town—a remarkably pleasant town—situated in a charming hollow by the side of a river, from which river, Mudfog derives an agreeable scent of pitch, tar, coals, and rope-yarn, a roving population in oilskin hats, a pretty steady influx of drunken bargemen, and a great many other maritime advantages.
other
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From this reading Statistics Supplementary Section, E. Umbugology and Ditchwaterisics The Pantomime of Life 551 Some Particulars Concerning a Lion 558 Mr. Robert Bolton 563 Familiar Epistle from a Parent to a Child 567 MUDFOG is a pleasant town—a remarkably pleasant town—situated in a charming hollow by the side of a river, from which river, Mudfog derives an agreeable scent of pitch, tar, coals, and rope-yarn, a roving population in oilskin hats, a pretty steady influx of drunken bargemen, and a great many other maritime advantages.
PAGE
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From this reading PAGE Public Life of Mr. Tulrumble 495 Full Report of the First Meeting of the Mudfog Association 513 for the Advancement of Everything Section A. Zoology and Botany Section B. Anatomy and Medicine Section C. Statistics Section D.
Pantomime
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From this reading Statistics Supplementary Section, E. Umbugology and Ditchwaterisics The Pantomime of Life 551 Some Particulars Concerning a Lion 558 Mr. Robert Bolton 563 Familiar Epistle from a Parent to a Child 567 MUDFOG is a pleasant town—a remarkably pleasant town—situated in a charming hollow by the side of a river, from which river, Mudfog derives an agreeable scent of pitch, tar, coals, and rope-yarn, a roving population in oilskin hats, a pretty steady influx of drunken bargemen, and a great many other maritime advantages.
Parent
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From this reading Statistics Supplementary Section, E. Umbugology and Ditchwaterisics The Pantomime of Life 551 Some Particulars Concerning a Lion 558 Mr. Robert Bolton 563 Familiar Epistle from a Parent to a Child 567 MUDFOG is a pleasant town—a remarkably pleasant town—situated in a charming hollow by the side of a river, from which river, Mudfog derives an agreeable scent of pitch, tar, coals, and rope-yarn, a roving population in oilskin hats, a pretty steady influx of drunken bargemen, and a great many other maritime advantages.
particularly
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From this reading Water is a perverse sort of element at the best of times, and in Mudfog it is particularly so.
Particulars
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From this reading Statistics Supplementary Section, E. Umbugology and Ditchwaterisics The Pantomime of Life 551 Some Particulars Concerning a Lion 558 Mr. Robert Bolton 563 Familiar Epistle from a Parent to a Child 567 MUDFOG is a pleasant town—a remarkably pleasant town—situated in a charming hollow by the side of a river, from which river, Mudfog derives an agreeable scent of pitch, tar, coals, and rope-yarn, a roving population in oilskin hats, a pretty steady influx of drunken bargemen, and a great many other maritime advantages.
perverse
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From this reading Water is a perverse sort of element at the best of times, and in Mudfog it is particularly so.
pitch
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From this reading Statistics Supplementary Section, E. Umbugology and Ditchwaterisics The Pantomime of Life 551 Some Particulars Concerning a Lion 558 Mr. Robert Bolton 563 Familiar Epistle from a Parent to a Child 567 MUDFOG is a pleasant town—a remarkably pleasant town—situated in a charming hollow by the side of a river, from which river, Mudfog derives an agreeable scent of pitch, tar, coals, and rope-yarn, a roving population in oilskin hats, a pretty steady influx of drunken bargemen, and a great many other maritime advantages.
pleasantnounUS /pleasant/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Statistics Supplementary Section, E. Umbugology and Ditchwaterisics The Pantomime of Life 551 Some Particulars Concerning a Lion 558 Mr. Robert Bolton 563 Familiar Epistle from a Parent to a Child 567 MUDFOG is a pleasant town—a remarkably pleasant town—situated in a charming hollow by the side of a river, from which river, Mudfog derives an agreeable scent of pitch, tar, coals, and rope-yarn, a roving population in oilskin hats, a pretty steady influx of drunken bargemen, and a great many other maritime advantages.
population
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From this reading Statistics Supplementary Section, E. Umbugology and Ditchwaterisics The Pantomime of Life 551 Some Particulars Concerning a Lion 558 Mr. Robert Bolton 563 Familiar Epistle from a Parent to a Child 567 MUDFOG is a pleasant town—a remarkably pleasant town—situated in a charming hollow by the side of a river, from which river, Mudfog derives an agreeable scent of pitch, tar, coals, and rope-yarn, a roving population in oilskin hats, a pretty steady influx of drunken bargemen, and a great many other maritime advantages.
pretty
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From this reading Statistics Supplementary Section, E. Umbugology and Ditchwaterisics The Pantomime of Life 551 Some Particulars Concerning a Lion 558 Mr. Robert Bolton 563 Familiar Epistle from a Parent to a Child 567 MUDFOG is a pleasant town—a remarkably pleasant town—situated in a charming hollow by the side of a river, from which river, Mudfog derives an agreeable scent of pitch, tar, coals, and rope-yarn, a roving population in oilskin hats, a pretty steady influx of drunken bargemen, and a great many other maritime advantages.
Public
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From this reading PAGE Public Life of Mr. Tulrumble 495 Full Report of the First Meeting of the Mudfog Association 513 for the Advancement of Everything Section A. Zoology and Botany Section B. Anatomy and Medicine Section C. Statistics Section D.
remarkably
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From this reading Statistics Supplementary Section, E. Umbugology and Ditchwaterisics The Pantomime of Life 551 Some Particulars Concerning a Lion 558 Mr. Robert Bolton 563 Familiar Epistle from a Parent to a Child 567 MUDFOG is a pleasant town—a remarkably pleasant town—situated in a charming hollow by the side of a river, from which river, Mudfog derives an agreeable scent of pitch, tar, coals, and rope-yarn, a roving population in oilskin hats, a pretty steady influx of drunken bargemen, and a great many other maritime advantages.
Report
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From this reading PAGE Public Life of Mr. Tulrumble 495 Full Report of the First Meeting of the Mudfog Association 513 for the Advancement of Everything Section A. Zoology and Botany Section B. Anatomy and Medicine Section C. Statistics Section D.
river
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From this reading Statistics Supplementary Section, E. Umbugology and Ditchwaterisics The Pantomime of Life 551 Some Particulars Concerning a Lion 558 Mr. Robert Bolton 563 Familiar Epistle from a Parent to a Child 567 MUDFOG is a pleasant town—a remarkably pleasant town—situated in a charming hollow by the side of a river, from which river, Mudfog derives an agreeable scent of pitch, tar, coals, and rope-yarn, a roving population in oilskin hats, a pretty steady influx of drunken bargemen, and a great many other maritime advantages.
Robert
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From this reading Statistics Supplementary Section, E. Umbugology and Ditchwaterisics The Pantomime of Life 551 Some Particulars Concerning a Lion 558 Mr. Robert Bolton 563 Familiar Epistle from a Parent to a Child 567 MUDFOG is a pleasant town—a remarkably pleasant town—situated in a charming hollow by the side of a river, from which river, Mudfog derives an agreeable scent of pitch, tar, coals, and rope-yarn, a roving population in oilskin hats, a pretty steady influx of drunken bargemen, and a great many other maritime advantages.
rope-yarn
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From this reading Statistics Supplementary Section, E. Umbugology and Ditchwaterisics The Pantomime of Life 551 Some Particulars Concerning a Lion 558 Mr. Robert Bolton 563 Familiar Epistle from a Parent to a Child 567 MUDFOG is a pleasant town—a remarkably pleasant town—situated in a charming hollow by the side of a river, from which river, Mudfog derives an agreeable scent of pitch, tar, coals, and rope-yarn, a roving population in oilskin hats, a pretty steady influx of drunken bargemen, and a great many other maritime advantages.
roving
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From this reading Statistics Supplementary Section, E. Umbugology and Ditchwaterisics The Pantomime of Life 551 Some Particulars Concerning a Lion 558 Mr. Robert Bolton 563 Familiar Epistle from a Parent to a Child 567 MUDFOG is a pleasant town—a remarkably pleasant town—situated in a charming hollow by the side of a river, from which river, Mudfog derives an agreeable scent of pitch, tar, coals, and rope-yarn, a roving population in oilskin hats, a pretty steady influx of drunken bargemen, and a great many other maritime advantages.
scentnounUS /sɛnt/
A distinctive smell or aroma.
From this reading Statistics Supplementary Section, E. Umbugology and Ditchwaterisics The Pantomime of Life 551 Some Particulars Concerning a Lion 558 Mr. Robert Bolton 563 Familiar Epistle from a Parent to a Child 567 MUDFOG is a pleasant town—a remarkably pleasant town—situated in a charming hollow by the side of a river, from which river, Mudfog derives an agreeable scent of pitch, tar, coals, and rope-yarn, a roving population in oilskin hats, a pretty steady influx of drunken bargemen, and a great many other maritime advantages.
Science
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From this reading Mechanical Science Full Report of the Second Meeting of the Mudfog Association 531 for the Advancement of Everything Section A. Zoology and Botany Section B. Display of Models and Mechanical Science Section C. Anatomy and Medicine Section D.
Second
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From this reading Mechanical Science Full Report of the Second Meeting of the Mudfog Association 531 for the Advancement of Everything Section A. Zoology and Botany Section B. Display of Models and Mechanical Science Section C. Anatomy and Medicine Section D.
Section
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From this reading PAGE Public Life of Mr. Tulrumble 495 Full Report of the First Meeting of the Mudfog Association 513 for the Advancement of Everything Section A. Zoology and Botany Section B. Anatomy and Medicine Section C. Statistics Section D.
side
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From this reading Statistics Supplementary Section, E. Umbugology and Ditchwaterisics The Pantomime of Life 551 Some Particulars Concerning a Lion 558 Mr. Robert Bolton 563 Familiar Epistle from a Parent to a Child 567 MUDFOG is a pleasant town—a remarkably pleasant town—situated in a charming hollow by the side of a river, from which river, Mudfog derives an agreeable scent of pitch, tar, coals, and rope-yarn, a roving population in oilskin hats, a pretty steady influx of drunken bargemen, and a great many other maritime advantages.
situated
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From this reading Statistics Supplementary Section, E. Umbugology and Ditchwaterisics The Pantomime of Life 551 Some Particulars Concerning a Lion 558 Mr. Robert Bolton 563 Familiar Epistle from a Parent to a Child 567 MUDFOG is a pleasant town—a remarkably pleasant town—situated in a charming hollow by the side of a river, from which river, Mudfog derives an agreeable scent of pitch, tar, coals, and rope-yarn, a roving population in oilskin hats, a pretty steady influx of drunken bargemen, and a great many other maritime advantages.
soconjunctionUS /soʊ/
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading Water is a perverse sort of element at the best of times, and in Mudfog it is particularly so.
Some
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From this reading Statistics Supplementary Section, E. Umbugology and Ditchwaterisics The Pantomime of Life 551 Some Particulars Concerning a Lion 558 Mr. Robert Bolton 563 Familiar Epistle from a Parent to a Child 567 MUDFOG is a pleasant town—a remarkably pleasant town—situated in a charming hollow by the side of a river, from which river, Mudfog derives an agreeable scent of pitch, tar, coals, and rope-yarn, a roving population in oilskin hats, a pretty steady influx of drunken bargemen, and a great many other maritime advantages.
sort
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From this reading There is a good deal of water about Mudfog, and yet it is not exactly the sort of town for a watering-place, either.
Statistics
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From this reading PAGE Public Life of Mr. Tulrumble 495 Full Report of the First Meeting of the Mudfog Association 513 for the Advancement of Everything Section A. Zoology and Botany Section B. Anatomy and Medicine Section C. Statistics Section D.
steady
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From this reading Statistics Supplementary Section, E. Umbugology and Ditchwaterisics The Pantomime of Life 551 Some Particulars Concerning a Lion 558 Mr. Robert Bolton 563 Familiar Epistle from a Parent to a Child 567 MUDFOG is a pleasant town—a remarkably pleasant town—situated in a charming hollow by the side of a river, from which river, Mudfog derives an agreeable scent of pitch, tar, coals, and rope-yarn, a roving population in oilskin hats, a pretty steady influx of drunken bargemen, and a great many other maritime advantages.
Supplementary
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From this reading Statistics Supplementary Section, E. Umbugology and Ditchwaterisics The Pantomime of Life 551 Some Particulars Concerning a Lion 558 Mr. Robert Bolton 563 Familiar Epistle from a Parent to a Child 567 MUDFOG is a pleasant town—a remarkably pleasant town—situated in a charming hollow by the side of a river, from which river, Mudfog derives an agreeable scent of pitch, tar, coals, and rope-yarn, a roving population in oilskin hats, a pretty steady influx of drunken bargemen, and a great many other maritime advantages.
tar
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From this reading Statistics Supplementary Section, E. Umbugology and Ditchwaterisics The Pantomime of Life 551 Some Particulars Concerning a Lion 558 Mr. Robert Bolton 563 Familiar Epistle from a Parent to a Child 567 MUDFOG is a pleasant town—a remarkably pleasant town—situated in a charming hollow by the side of a river, from which river, Mudfog derives an agreeable scent of pitch, tar, coals, and rope-yarn, a roving population in oilskin hats, a pretty steady influx of drunken bargemen, and a great many other maritime advantages.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading PAGE Public Life of Mr. Tulrumble 495 Full Report of the First Meeting of the Mudfog Association 513 for the Advancement of Everything Section A. Zoology and Botany Section B. Anatomy and Medicine Section C. Statistics Section D.
There
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From this reading There is a good deal of water about Mudfog, and yet it is not exactly the sort of town for a watering-place, either.
times
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From this reading Water is a perverse sort of element at the best of times, and in Mudfog it is particularly so.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Statistics Supplementary Section, E. Umbugology and Ditchwaterisics The Pantomime of Life 551 Some Particulars Concerning a Lion 558 Mr. Robert Bolton 563 Familiar Epistle from a Parent to a Child 567 MUDFOG is a pleasant town—a remarkably pleasant town—situated in a charming hollow by the side of a river, from which river, Mudfog derives an agreeable scent of pitch, tar, coals, and rope-yarn, a roving population in oilskin hats, a pretty steady influx of drunken bargemen, and a great many other maritime advantages.
town
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From this reading Statistics Supplementary Section, E. Umbugology and Ditchwaterisics The Pantomime of Life 551 Some Particulars Concerning a Lion 558 Mr. Robert Bolton 563 Familiar Epistle from a Parent to a Child 567 MUDFOG is a pleasant town—a remarkably pleasant town—situated in a charming hollow by the side of a river, from which river, Mudfog derives an agreeable scent of pitch, tar, coals, and rope-yarn, a roving population in oilskin hats, a pretty steady influx of drunken bargemen, and a great many other maritime advantages.
Tulrumble
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From this reading PAGE Public Life of Mr. Tulrumble 495 Full Report of the First Meeting of the Mudfog Association 513 for the Advancement of Everything Section A. Zoology and Botany Section B. Anatomy and Medicine Section C. Statistics Section D.
Umbugology
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From this reading Statistics Supplementary Section, E. Umbugology and Ditchwaterisics The Pantomime of Life 551 Some Particulars Concerning a Lion 558 Mr. Robert Bolton 563 Familiar Epistle from a Parent to a Child 567 MUDFOG is a pleasant town—a remarkably pleasant town—situated in a charming hollow by the side of a river, from which river, Mudfog derives an agreeable scent of pitch, tar, coals, and rope-yarn, a roving population in oilskin hats, a pretty steady influx of drunken bargemen, and a great many other maritime advantages.
water
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From this reading There is a good deal of water about Mudfog, and yet it is not exactly the sort of town for a watering-place, either.
watering-place
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From this reading There is a good deal of water about Mudfog, and yet it is not exactly the sort of town for a watering-place, either.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading Statistics Supplementary Section, E. Umbugology and Ditchwaterisics The Pantomime of Life 551 Some Particulars Concerning a Lion 558 Mr. Robert Bolton 563 Familiar Epistle from a Parent to a Child 567 MUDFOG is a pleasant town—a remarkably pleasant town—situated in a charming hollow by the side of a river, from which river, Mudfog derives an agreeable scent of pitch, tar, coals, and rope-yarn, a roving population in oilskin hats, a pretty steady influx of drunken bargemen, and a great many other maritime advantages.
yetconjunctionUS /jet/
but in spite of that
From this reading There is a good deal of water about Mudfog, and yet it is not exactly the sort of town for a watering-place, either.
Zoology
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From this reading PAGE Public Life of Mr. Tulrumble 495 Full Report of the First Meeting of the Mudfog Association 513 for the Advancement of Everything Section A. Zoology and Botany Section B. Anatomy and Medicine Section C. Statistics Section D.
