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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 But we did not imagine such a thing in the North; we rested secure in the belief that if Lincoln were elected the South would eat all its fiery words, perhaps from the mere love and inveterate habit of fire-eating.
affairs
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From this reading It is strange that in all the talk I had with him and Lowell, or rather heard from them, I can recall nothing said of political affairs, though Lincoln had then been nominated by the Republicans, and the Civil War had practically begun.
all
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From this reading It is strange that in all the talk I had with him and Lowell, or rather heard from them, I can recall nothing said of political affairs, though Lincoln had then been nominated by the Republicans, and the Civil War had practically begun.
altogether
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From this reading Probably I failed to give the Autocrat any very clear image of our social frame in the West, but the fault was altogether mine, if I did.
amongprepositionUS /əˈmʌŋ/
surrounded by; in the middle of a group
From this reading Such lecturing tours as he had made had not taken him among us, as those of Emerson and other New-Englanders had, and my report was positive rather than comparative.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Such lecturing tours as he had made had not taken him among us, as those of Emerson and other New-Englanders had, and my report was positive rather than comparative.
any
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From this reading Probably I failed to give the Autocrat any very clear image of our social frame in the West, but the fault was altogether mine, if I did.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading Such lecturing tours as he had made had not taken him among us, as those of Emerson and other New-Englanders had, and my report was positive rather than comparative.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading I was full of pride in journalism at that day, and I dare say that I vaunted the brilliancy and power of our newspapers more than they merited; I should not have been likely to wrong them otherwise.
Autocrat
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From this reading Probably I failed to give the Autocrat any very clear image of our social frame in the West, but the fault was altogether mine, if I did.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading I was full of pride in journalism at that day, and I dare say that I vaunted the brilliancy and power of our newspapers more than they merited; I should not have been likely to wrong them otherwise.
begun
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From this reading It is strange that in all the talk I had with him and Lowell, or rather heard from them, I can recall nothing said of political affairs, though Lincoln had then been nominated by the Republicans, and the Civil War had practically begun.
belief
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From this reading But we did not imagine such a thing in the North; we rested secure in the belief that if Lincoln were elected the South would eat all its fiery words, perhaps from the mere love and inveterate habit of fire-eating.
brilliancy
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From this reading I was full of pride in journalism at that day, and I dare say that I vaunted the brilliancy and power of our newspapers more than they merited; I should not have been likely to wrong them otherwise.
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading Probably I failed to give the Autocrat any very clear image of our social frame in the West, but the fault was altogether mine, if I did.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading It is strange that in all the talk I had with him and Lowell, or rather heard from them, I can recall nothing said of political affairs, though Lincoln had then been nominated by the Republicans, and the Civil War had practically begun.
canmodal verbUS /kæn/
to be able to, or to be allowed to
From this reading It is strange that in all the talk I had with him and Lowell, or rather heard from them, I can recall nothing said of political affairs, though Lincoln had then been nominated by the Republicans, and the Civil War had practically begun.
Civil
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From this reading It is strange that in all the talk I had with him and Lowell, or rather heard from them, I can recall nothing said of political affairs, though Lincoln had then been nominated by the Republicans, and the Civil War had practically begun.
clear
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From this reading Probably I failed to give the Autocrat any very clear image of our social frame in the West, but the fault was altogether mine, if I did.
comparative
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From this reading Such lecturing tours as he had made had not taken him among us, as those of Emerson and other New-Englanders had, and my report was positive rather than comparative.
dare
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From this reading I was full of pride in journalism at that day, and I dare say that I vaunted the brilliancy and power of our newspapers more than they merited; I should not have been likely to wrong them otherwise.
day
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From this reading I was full of pride in journalism at that day, and I dare say that I vaunted the brilliancy and power of our newspapers more than they merited; I should not have been likely to wrong them otherwise.
didauxiliary verbUS /dɪd/
the past form of “do”, used in questions and negatives
From this reading Probably I failed to give the Autocrat any very clear image of our social frame in the West, but the fault was altogether mine, if I did.
eat
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From this reading But we did not imagine such a thing in the North; we rested secure in the belief that if Lincoln were elected the South would eat all its fiery words, perhaps from the mere love and inveterate habit of fire-eating.
elected
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From this reading But we did not imagine such a thing in the North; we rested secure in the belief that if Lincoln were elected the South would eat all its fiery words, perhaps from the mere love and inveterate habit of fire-eating.
Emerson
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From this reading Such lecturing tours as he had made had not taken him among us, as those of Emerson and other New-Englanders had, and my report was positive rather than comparative.
failed
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From this reading Probably I failed to give the Autocrat any very clear image of our social frame in the West, but the fault was altogether mine, if I did.
fault
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From this reading Probably I failed to give the Autocrat any very clear image of our social frame in the West, but the fault was altogether mine, if I did.
fiery
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From this reading But we did not imagine such a thing in the North; we rested secure in the belief that if Lincoln were elected the South would eat all its fiery words, perhaps from the mere love and inveterate habit of fire-eating.
fire-eating
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From this reading But we did not imagine such a thing in the North; we rested secure in the belief that if Lincoln were elected the South would eat all its fiery words, perhaps from the mere love and inveterate habit of fire-eating.
frame
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From this reading Probably I failed to give the Autocrat any very clear image of our social frame in the West, but the fault was altogether mine, if I did.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading It is strange that in all the talk I had with him and Lowell, or rather heard from them, I can recall nothing said of political affairs, though Lincoln had then been nominated by the Republicans, and the Civil War had practically begun.
full
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From this reading I was full of pride in journalism at that day, and I dare say that I vaunted the brilliancy and power of our newspapers more than they merited; I should not have been likely to wrong them otherwise.
give
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From this reading Probably I failed to give the Autocrat any very clear image of our social frame in the West, but the fault was altogether mine, if I did.
habit
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From this reading But we did not imagine such a thing in the North; we rested secure in the belief that if Lincoln were elected the South would eat all its fiery words, perhaps from the mere love and inveterate habit of fire-eating.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Such lecturing tours as he had made had not taken him among us, as those of Emerson and other New-Englanders had, and my report was positive rather than comparative.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading I was full of pride in journalism at that day, and I dare say that I vaunted the brilliancy and power of our newspapers more than they merited; I should not have been likely to wrong them otherwise.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Such lecturing tours as he had made had not taken him among us, as those of Emerson and other New-Englanders had, and my report was positive rather than comparative.
heard
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From this reading It is strange that in all the talk I had with him and Lowell, or rather heard from them, I can recall nothing said of political affairs, though Lincoln had then been nominated by the Republicans, and the Civil War had practically begun.
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Such lecturing tours as he had made had not taken him among us, as those of Emerson and other New-Englanders had, and my report was positive rather than comparative.
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading Probably I failed to give the Autocrat any very clear image of our social frame in the West, but the fault was altogether mine, if I did.
ifconjunctionUS /ɪf/
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading Probably I failed to give the Autocrat any very clear image of our social frame in the West, but the fault was altogether mine, if I did.
image
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From this reading Probably I failed to give the Autocrat any very clear image of our social frame in the West, but the fault was altogether mine, if I did.
imaginenounUS /ˈimagine/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading But we did not imagine such a thing in the North; we rested secure in the belief that if Lincoln were elected the South would eat all its fiery words, perhaps from the mere love and inveterate habit of fire-eating.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Probably I failed to give the Autocrat any very clear image of our social frame in the West, but the fault was altogether mine, if I did.
inveterate
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From this reading But we did not imagine such a thing in the North; we rested secure in the belief that if Lincoln were elected the South would eat all its fiery words, perhaps from the mere love and inveterate habit of fire-eating.
isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading It is strange that in all the talk I had with him and Lowell, or rather heard from them, I can recall nothing said of political affairs, though Lincoln had then been nominated by the Republicans, and the Civil War had practically begun.
ItpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It is strange that in all the talk I had with him and Lowell, or rather heard from them, I can recall nothing said of political affairs, though Lincoln had then been nominated by the Republicans, and the Civil War had practically begun.
itsdeterminerUS /ɪts/
belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned
From this reading But we did not imagine such a thing in the North; we rested secure in the belief that if Lincoln were elected the South would eat all its fiery words, perhaps from the mere love and inveterate habit of fire-eating.
journalism
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From this reading I was full of pride in journalism at that day, and I dare say that I vaunted the brilliancy and power of our newspapers more than they merited; I should not have been likely to wrong them otherwise.
lecturing
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From this reading Such lecturing tours as he had made had not taken him among us, as those of Emerson and other New-Englanders had, and my report was positive rather than comparative.
likely
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From this reading I was full of pride in journalism at that day, and I dare say that I vaunted the brilliancy and power of our newspapers more than they merited; I should not have been likely to wrong them otherwise.
Lincoln
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From this reading It is strange that in all the talk I had with him and Lowell, or rather heard from them, I can recall nothing said of political affairs, though Lincoln had then been nominated by the Republicans, and the Civil War had practically begun.
love
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From this reading But we did not imagine such a thing in the North; we rested secure in the belief that if Lincoln were elected the South would eat all its fiery words, perhaps from the mere love and inveterate habit of fire-eating.
Lowell
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From this reading It is strange that in all the talk I had with him and Lowell, or rather heard from them, I can recall nothing said of political affairs, though Lincoln had then been nominated by the Republicans, and the Civil War had practically begun.
made
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From this reading Such lecturing tours as he had made had not taken him among us, as those of Emerson and other New-Englanders had, and my report was positive rather than comparative.
mere
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From this reading But we did not imagine such a thing in the North; we rested secure in the belief that if Lincoln were elected the South would eat all its fiery words, perhaps from the mere love and inveterate habit of fire-eating.
merited
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From this reading I was full of pride in journalism at that day, and I dare say that I vaunted the brilliancy and power of our newspapers more than they merited; I should not have been likely to wrong them otherwise.
minepronounUS /maɪn/
the one or ones belonging to the person speaking
From this reading Probably I failed to give the Autocrat any very clear image of our social frame in the West, but the fault was altogether mine, if I did.
more
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From this reading I was full of pride in journalism at that day, and I dare say that I vaunted the brilliancy and power of our newspapers more than they merited; I should not have been likely to wrong them otherwise.
mydeterminerUS /maɪ/
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading Such lecturing tours as he had made had not taken him among us, as those of Emerson and other New-Englanders had, and my report was positive rather than comparative.
New-Englanders
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From this reading Such lecturing tours as he had made had not taken him among us, as those of Emerson and other New-Englanders had, and my report was positive rather than comparative.
newspapers
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From this reading I was full of pride in journalism at that day, and I dare say that I vaunted the brilliancy and power of our newspapers more than they merited; I should not have been likely to wrong them otherwise.
nominated
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From this reading It is strange that in all the talk I had with him and Lowell, or rather heard from them, I can recall nothing said of political affairs, though Lincoln had then been nominated by the Republicans, and the Civil War had practically begun.
North
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From this reading But we did not imagine such a thing in the North; we rested secure in the belief that if Lincoln were elected the South would eat all its fiery words, perhaps from the mere love and inveterate habit of fire-eating.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading Such lecturing tours as he had made had not taken him among us, as those of Emerson and other New-Englanders had, and my report was positive rather than comparative.
nothingpronounUS /ˈnʌθɪŋ/
not one thing; not anything
From this reading It is strange that in all the talk I had with him and Lowell, or rather heard from them, I can recall nothing said of political affairs, though Lincoln had then been nominated by the Republicans, and the Civil War had practically begun.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Probably I failed to give the Autocrat any very clear image of our social frame in the West, but the fault was altogether mine, if I did.
orconjunctionUS /ɔːr/
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading It is strange that in all the talk I had with him and Lowell, or rather heard from them, I can recall nothing said of political affairs, though Lincoln had then been nominated by the Republicans, and the Civil War had practically begun.
other
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From this reading Such lecturing tours as he had made had not taken him among us, as those of Emerson and other New-Englanders had, and my report was positive rather than comparative.
otherwise
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From this reading I was full of pride in journalism at that day, and I dare say that I vaunted the brilliancy and power of our newspapers more than they merited; I should not have been likely to wrong them otherwise.
ourdeterminerUS /ˈaʊər/
belonging to the speaker and others
From this reading Probably I failed to give the Autocrat any very clear image of our social frame in the West, but the fault was altogether mine, if I did.
perhaps
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From this reading But we did not imagine such a thing in the North; we rested secure in the belief that if Lincoln were elected the South would eat all its fiery words, perhaps from the mere love and inveterate habit of fire-eating.
political
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From this reading It is strange that in all the talk I had with him and Lowell, or rather heard from them, I can recall nothing said of political affairs, though Lincoln had then been nominated by the Republicans, and the Civil War had practically begun.
positive
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From this reading Such lecturing tours as he had made had not taken him among us, as those of Emerson and other New-Englanders had, and my report was positive rather than comparative.
power
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From this reading I was full of pride in journalism at that day, and I dare say that I vaunted the brilliancy and power of our newspapers more than they merited; I should not have been likely to wrong them otherwise.
practically
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From this reading It is strange that in all the talk I had with him and Lowell, or rather heard from them, I can recall nothing said of political affairs, though Lincoln had then been nominated by the Republicans, and the Civil War had practically begun.
pride
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From this reading I was full of pride in journalism at that day, and I dare say that I vaunted the brilliancy and power of our newspapers more than they merited; I should not have been likely to wrong them otherwise.
Probably
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From this reading Probably I failed to give the Autocrat any very clear image of our social frame in the West, but the fault was altogether mine, if I did.
rather
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From this reading Such lecturing tours as he had made had not taken him among us, as those of Emerson and other New-Englanders had, and my report was positive rather than comparative.
recall
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From this reading It is strange that in all the talk I had with him and Lowell, or rather heard from them, I can recall nothing said of political affairs, though Lincoln had then been nominated by the Republicans, and the Civil War had practically begun.
report
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From this reading Such lecturing tours as he had made had not taken him among us, as those of Emerson and other New-Englanders had, and my report was positive rather than comparative.
Republicans
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From this reading It is strange that in all the talk I had with him and Lowell, or rather heard from them, I can recall nothing said of political affairs, though Lincoln had then been nominated by the Republicans, and the Civil War had practically begun.
rested
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From this reading But we did not imagine such a thing in the North; we rested secure in the belief that if Lincoln were elected the South would eat all its fiery words, perhaps from the mere love and inveterate habit of fire-eating.
said
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From this reading It is strange that in all the talk I had with him and Lowell, or rather heard from them, I can recall nothing said of political affairs, though Lincoln had then been nominated by the Republicans, and the Civil War had practically begun.
say
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From this reading I was full of pride in journalism at that day, and I dare say that I vaunted the brilliancy and power of our newspapers more than they merited; I should not have been likely to wrong them otherwise.
secure
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From this reading But we did not imagine such a thing in the North; we rested secure in the belief that if Lincoln were elected the South would eat all its fiery words, perhaps from the mere love and inveterate habit of fire-eating.
shouldmodal verbUS /ʃʊd/
used to say what is right, expected, or advisable
From this reading I was full of pride in journalism at that day, and I dare say that I vaunted the brilliancy and power of our newspapers more than they merited; I should not have been likely to wrong them otherwise.
social
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From this reading Probably I failed to give the Autocrat any very clear image of our social frame in the West, but the fault was altogether mine, if I did.
South
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From this reading But we did not imagine such a thing in the North; we rested secure in the belief that if Lincoln were elected the South would eat all its fiery words, perhaps from the mere love and inveterate habit of fire-eating.
strange
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From this reading It is strange that in all the talk I had with him and Lowell, or rather heard from them, I can recall nothing said of political affairs, though Lincoln had then been nominated by the Republicans, and the Civil War had practically begun.
SuchdeterminerUS /sʌtʃ/
of the kind already mentioned
From this reading Such lecturing tours as he had made had not taken him among us, as those of Emerson and other New-Englanders had, and my report was positive rather than comparative.
taken
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From this reading Such lecturing tours as he had made had not taken him among us, as those of Emerson and other New-Englanders had, and my report was positive rather than comparative.
talk
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From this reading It is strange that in all the talk I had with him and Lowell, or rather heard from them, I can recall nothing said of political affairs, though Lincoln had then been nominated by the Republicans, and the Civil War had practically begun.
thanconjunctionUS /ðæn/
used to introduce the second part of a comparison
From this reading Such lecturing tours as he had made had not taken him among us, as those of Emerson and other New-Englanders had, and my report was positive rather than comparative.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading I was full of pride in journalism at that day, and I dare say that I vaunted the brilliancy and power of our newspapers more than they merited; I should not have been likely to wrong them otherwise.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Probably I failed to give the Autocrat any very clear image of our social frame in the West, but the fault was altogether mine, if I did.
thempronounUS /ðem/
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading I was full of pride in journalism at that day, and I dare say that I vaunted the brilliancy and power of our newspapers more than they merited; I should not have been likely to wrong them otherwise.
then
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From this reading It is strange that in all the talk I had with him and Lowell, or rather heard from them, I can recall nothing said of political affairs, though Lincoln had then been nominated by the Republicans, and the Civil War had practically begun.
theypronounUS /ðeɪ/
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading I was full of pride in journalism at that day, and I dare say that I vaunted the brilliancy and power of our newspapers more than they merited; I should not have been likely to wrong them otherwise.
thingnounUS /thing/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading But we did not imagine such a thing in the North; we rested secure in the belief that if Lincoln were elected the South would eat all its fiery words, perhaps from the mere love and inveterate habit of fire-eating.
thosedeterminerUS /ðoʊz/
the plural of “that”: the people or things further away, or already known
From this reading Such lecturing tours as he had made had not taken him among us, as those of Emerson and other New-Englanders had, and my report was positive rather than comparative.
thoughconjunctionUS /ðoʊ/
in spite of the fact that
From this reading It is strange that in all the talk I had with him and Lowell, or rather heard from them, I can recall nothing said of political affairs, though Lincoln had then been nominated by the Republicans, and the Civil War had practically begun.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Probably I failed to give the Autocrat any very clear image of our social frame in the West, but the fault was altogether mine, if I did.
tours
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From this reading Such lecturing tours as he had made had not taken him among us, as those of Emerson and other New-Englanders had, and my report was positive rather than comparative.
uspronounUS /ʌs/
the speaker and others, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Such lecturing tours as he had made had not taken him among us, as those of Emerson and other New-Englanders had, and my report was positive rather than comparative.
vaunted
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From this reading I was full of pride in journalism at that day, and I dare say that I vaunted the brilliancy and power of our newspapers more than they merited; I should not have been likely to wrong them otherwise.
very
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From this reading Probably I failed to give the Autocrat any very clear image of our social frame in the West, but the fault was altogether mine, if I did.
War
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From this reading It is strange that in all the talk I had with him and Lowell, or rather heard from them, I can recall nothing said of political affairs, though Lincoln had then been nominated by the Republicans, and the Civil War had practically begun.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Probably I failed to give the Autocrat any very clear image of our social frame in the West, but the fault was altogether mine, if I did.
wepronounUS /wiː/
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading But we did not imagine such a thing in the North; we rested secure in the belief that if Lincoln were elected the South would eat all its fiery words, perhaps from the mere love and inveterate habit of fire-eating.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading But we did not imagine such a thing in the North; we rested secure in the belief that if Lincoln were elected the South would eat all its fiery words, perhaps from the mere love and inveterate habit of fire-eating.
West
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From this reading Probably I failed to give the Autocrat any very clear image of our social frame in the West, but the fault was altogether mine, if I did.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading It is strange that in all the talk I had with him and Lowell, or rather heard from them, I can recall nothing said of political affairs, though Lincoln had then been nominated by the Republicans, and the Civil War had practically begun.
words
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From this reading But we did not imagine such a thing in the North; we rested secure in the belief that if Lincoln were elected the South would eat all its fiery words, perhaps from the mere love and inveterate habit of fire-eating.
wouldmodal verbUS /wʊd/
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading But we did not imagine such a thing in the North; we rested secure in the belief that if Lincoln were elected the South would eat all its fiery words, perhaps from the mere love and inveterate habit of fire-eating.
wrong
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From this reading I was full of pride in journalism at that day, and I dare say that I vaunted the brilliancy and power of our newspapers more than they merited; I should not have been likely to wrong them otherwise.
