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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 “There is at the west endë of Itaile, Down at the foot of Vesulus the cold, A lusty plain abundant of vitaile, Where many a tower and town thou may’st behold That founded were in time of fathers old, And many another delítable sight; And Sàlucës this noble country hight.”
abundant
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From this reading “There is at the west endë of Itaile, Down at the foot of Vesulus the cold, A lusty plain abundant of vitaile, Where many a tower and town thou may’st behold That founded were in time of fathers old, And many another delítable sight; And Sàlucës this noble country hight.”
air
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From this reading The whole is full of open air.
amongprepositionUS /əˈmʌŋ/
surrounded by; in the middle of a group
From this reading The Pre-Raphaelite style of landscape entangles the eye among the obtrusive weeds and grass-blades of the foreground which, in looking at a real bit of scenery, we overlook; but what a sweep of vision is here! and what happy generalization in the sixth verse as the poet turns away to the business of his story!
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading “There is at the west endë of Itaile, Down at the foot of Vesulus the cold, A lusty plain abundant of vitaile, Where many a tower and town thou may’st behold That founded were in time of fathers old, And many another delítable sight; And Sàlucës this noble country hight.”
anothernounUS /ˈanother/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading “There is at the west endë of Itaile, Down at the foot of Vesulus the cold, A lusty plain abundant of vitaile, Where many a tower and town thou may’st behold That founded were in time of fathers old, And many another delítable sight; And Sàlucës this noble country hight.”
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading The Pre-Raphaelite style of landscape entangles the eye among the obtrusive weeds and grass-blades of the foreground which, in looking at a real bit of scenery, we overlook; but what a sweep of vision is here! and what happy generalization in the sixth verse as the poet turns away to the business of his story!
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading “There is at the west endë of Itaile, Down at the foot of Vesulus the cold, A lusty plain abundant of vitaile, Where many a tower and town thou may’st behold That founded were in time of fathers old, And many another delítable sight; And Sàlucës this noble country hight.”
away
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From this reading The Pre-Raphaelite style of landscape entangles the eye among the obtrusive weeds and grass-blades of the foreground which, in looking at a real bit of scenery, we overlook; but what a sweep of vision is here! and what happy generalization in the sixth verse as the poet turns away to the business of his story!
behold
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From this reading “There is at the west endë of Itaile, Down at the foot of Vesulus the cold, A lusty plain abundant of vitaile, Where many a tower and town thou may’st behold That founded were in time of fathers old, And many another delítable sight; And Sàlucës this noble country hight.”
bit
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From this reading The Pre-Raphaelite style of landscape entangles the eye among the obtrusive weeds and grass-blades of the foreground which, in looking at a real bit of scenery, we overlook; but what a sweep of vision is here! and what happy generalization in the sixth verse as the poet turns away to the business of his story!
brings
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From this reading He brings out strongly the essential traits, characteristic of the genus rather than of the individual.
business
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From this reading The Pre-Raphaelite style of landscape entangles the eye among the obtrusive weeds and grass-blades of the foreground which, in looking at a real bit of scenery, we overlook; but what a sweep of vision is here! and what happy generalization in the sixth verse as the poet turns away to the business of his story!
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading The Pre-Raphaelite style of landscape entangles the eye among the obtrusive weeds and grass-blades of the foreground which, in looking at a real bit of scenery, we overlook; but what a sweep of vision is here! and what happy generalization in the sixth verse as the poet turns away to the business of his story!
characteristic
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From this reading He brings out strongly the essential traits, characteristic of the genus rather than of the individual.
characters
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From this reading But it is in his characters, especially, that his manner is large and free; for he is painting history, though with the fidelity of portrait.
cold
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From this reading “There is at the west endë of Itaile, Down at the foot of Vesulus the cold, A lusty plain abundant of vitaile, Where many a tower and town thou may’st behold That founded were in time of fathers old, And many another delítable sight; And Sàlucës this noble country hight.”
country
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From this reading “There is at the west endë of Itaile, Down at the foot of Vesulus the cold, A lusty plain abundant of vitaile, Where many a tower and town thou may’st behold That founded were in time of fathers old, And many another delítable sight; And Sàlucës this noble country hight.”
delítable
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From this reading “There is at the west endë of Itaile, Down at the foot of Vesulus the cold, A lusty plain abundant of vitaile, Where many a tower and town thou may’st behold That founded were in time of fathers old, And many another delítable sight; And Sàlucës this noble country hight.”
Down
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From this reading “There is at the west endë of Itaile, Down at the foot of Vesulus the cold, A lusty plain abundant of vitaile, Where many a tower and town thou may’st behold That founded were in time of fathers old, And many another delítable sight; And Sàlucës this noble country hight.”
endë
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From this reading “There is at the west endë of Itaile, Down at the foot of Vesulus the cold, A lusty plain abundant of vitaile, Where many a tower and town thou may’st behold That founded were in time of fathers old, And many another delítable sight; And Sàlucës this noble country hight.”
entangles
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From this reading The Pre-Raphaelite style of landscape entangles the eye among the obtrusive weeds and grass-blades of the foreground which, in looking at a real bit of scenery, we overlook; but what a sweep of vision is here! and what happy generalization in the sixth verse as the poet turns away to the business of his story!
especially
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From this reading But it is in his characters, especially, that his manner is large and free; for he is painting history, though with the fidelity of portrait.
essential
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From this reading He brings out strongly the essential traits, characteristic of the genus rather than of the individual.
eye
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From this reading The Pre-Raphaelite style of landscape entangles the eye among the obtrusive weeds and grass-blades of the foreground which, in looking at a real bit of scenery, we overlook; but what a sweep of vision is here! and what happy generalization in the sixth verse as the poet turns away to the business of his story!
fathers
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From this reading “There is at the west endë of Itaile, Down at the foot of Vesulus the cold, A lusty plain abundant of vitaile, Where many a tower and town thou may’st behold That founded were in time of fathers old, And many another delítable sight; And Sàlucës this noble country hight.”
fidelitynounUS /fɪˈdeləti/
continued loyalty to a person or promise
From this reading But it is in his characters, especially, that his manner is large and free; for he is painting history, though with the fidelity of portrait.
footnounUS /foot/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “There is at the west endë of Itaile, Down at the foot of Vesulus the cold, A lusty plain abundant of vitaile, Where many a tower and town thou may’st behold That founded were in time of fathers old, And many another delítable sight; And Sàlucës this noble country hight.”
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading But it is in his characters, especially, that his manner is large and free; for he is painting history, though with the fidelity of portrait.
foreground
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From this reading The Pre-Raphaelite style of landscape entangles the eye among the obtrusive weeds and grass-blades of the foreground which, in looking at a real bit of scenery, we overlook; but what a sweep of vision is here! and what happy generalization in the sixth verse as the poet turns away to the business of his story!
founded
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From this reading “There is at the west endë of Itaile, Down at the foot of Vesulus the cold, A lusty plain abundant of vitaile, Where many a tower and town thou may’st behold That founded were in time of fathers old, And many another delítable sight; And Sàlucës this noble country hight.”
freeadjectiveUS /friː/
acting without enough restraint or discipline
From this reading But it is in his characters, especially, that his manner is large and free; for he is painting history, though with the fidelity of portrait.
full
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From this reading The whole is full of open air.
generalization
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From this reading The Pre-Raphaelite style of landscape entangles the eye among the obtrusive weeds and grass-blades of the foreground which, in looking at a real bit of scenery, we overlook; but what a sweep of vision is here! and what happy generalization in the sixth verse as the poet turns away to the business of his story!
genus
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From this reading He brings out strongly the essential traits, characteristic of the genus rather than of the individual.
grass-blades
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From this reading The Pre-Raphaelite style of landscape entangles the eye among the obtrusive weeds and grass-blades of the foreground which, in looking at a real bit of scenery, we overlook; but what a sweep of vision is here! and what happy generalization in the sixth verse as the poet turns away to the business of his story!
happy
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From this reading The Pre-Raphaelite style of landscape entangles the eye among the obtrusive weeds and grass-blades of the foreground which, in looking at a real bit of scenery, we overlook; but what a sweep of vision is here! and what happy generalization in the sixth verse as the poet turns away to the business of his story!
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading But it is in his characters, especially, that his manner is large and free; for he is painting history, though with the fidelity of portrait.
herenounUS /here/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The Pre-Raphaelite style of landscape entangles the eye among the obtrusive weeds and grass-blades of the foreground which, in looking at a real bit of scenery, we overlook; but what a sweep of vision is here! and what happy generalization in the sixth verse as the poet turns away to the business of his story!
hight
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From this reading “There is at the west endë of Itaile, Down at the foot of Vesulus the cold, A lusty plain abundant of vitaile, Where many a tower and town thou may’st behold That founded were in time of fathers old, And many another delítable sight; And Sàlucës this noble country hight.”
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading The Pre-Raphaelite style of landscape entangles the eye among the obtrusive weeds and grass-blades of the foreground which, in looking at a real bit of scenery, we overlook; but what a sweep of vision is here! and what happy generalization in the sixth verse as the poet turns away to the business of his story!
history
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From this reading But it is in his characters, especially, that his manner is large and free; for he is painting history, though with the fidelity of portrait.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading “There is at the west endë of Itaile, Down at the foot of Vesulus the cold, A lusty plain abundant of vitaile, Where many a tower and town thou may’st behold That founded were in time of fathers old, And many another delítable sight; And Sàlucës this noble country hight.”
individual
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From this reading He brings out strongly the essential traits, characteristic of the genus rather than of the individual.
isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading “There is at the west endë of Itaile, Down at the foot of Vesulus the cold, A lusty plain abundant of vitaile, Where many a tower and town thou may’st behold That founded were in time of fathers old, And many another delítable sight; And Sàlucës this noble country hight.”
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading But it is in his characters, especially, that his manner is large and free; for he is painting history, though with the fidelity of portrait.
Itaile
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From this reading “There is at the west endë of Itaile, Down at the foot of Vesulus the cold, A lusty plain abundant of vitaile, Where many a tower and town thou may’st behold That founded were in time of fathers old, And many another delítable sight; And Sàlucës this noble country hight.”
landscape
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From this reading The Pre-Raphaelite style of landscape entangles the eye among the obtrusive weeds and grass-blades of the foreground which, in looking at a real bit of scenery, we overlook; but what a sweep of vision is here! and what happy generalization in the sixth verse as the poet turns away to the business of his story!
large
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From this reading But it is in his characters, especially, that his manner is large and free; for he is painting history, though with the fidelity of portrait.
looking
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From this reading The Pre-Raphaelite style of landscape entangles the eye among the obtrusive weeds and grass-blades of the foreground which, in looking at a real bit of scenery, we overlook; but what a sweep of vision is here! and what happy generalization in the sixth verse as the poet turns away to the business of his story!
lusty
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From this reading “There is at the west endë of Itaile, Down at the foot of Vesulus the cold, A lusty plain abundant of vitaile, Where many a tower and town thou may’st behold That founded were in time of fathers old, And many another delítable sight; And Sàlucës this noble country hight.”
manner
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From this reading But it is in his characters, especially, that his manner is large and free; for he is painting history, though with the fidelity of portrait.
many
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From this reading “There is at the west endë of Itaile, Down at the foot of Vesulus the cold, A lusty plain abundant of vitaile, Where many a tower and town thou may’st behold That founded were in time of fathers old, And many another delítable sight; And Sàlucës this noble country hight.”
may'st
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From this reading “There is at the west endë of Itaile, Down at the foot of Vesulus the cold, A lusty plain abundant of vitaile, Where many a tower and town thou may’st behold That founded were in time of fathers old, And many another delítable sight; And Sàlucës this noble country hight.”
noble
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From this reading “There is at the west endë of Itaile, Down at the foot of Vesulus the cold, A lusty plain abundant of vitaile, Where many a tower and town thou may’st behold That founded were in time of fathers old, And many another delítable sight; And Sàlucës this noble country hight.”
obtrusive
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From this reading The Pre-Raphaelite style of landscape entangles the eye among the obtrusive weeds and grass-blades of the foreground which, in looking at a real bit of scenery, we overlook; but what a sweep of vision is here! and what happy generalization in the sixth verse as the poet turns away to the business of his story!
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading “There is at the west endë of Itaile, Down at the foot of Vesulus the cold, A lusty plain abundant of vitaile, Where many a tower and town thou may’st behold That founded were in time of fathers old, And many another delítable sight; And Sàlucës this noble country hight.”
old
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From this reading “There is at the west endë of Itaile, Down at the foot of Vesulus the cold, A lusty plain abundant of vitaile, Where many a tower and town thou may’st behold That founded were in time of fathers old, And many another delítable sight; And Sàlucës this noble country hight.”
openverbUS /ˈoʊ.pən/
To move from a closed position.
From this reading The whole is full of open air.
out
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From this reading He brings out strongly the essential traits, characteristic of the genus rather than of the individual.
overlook
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From this reading The Pre-Raphaelite style of landscape entangles the eye among the obtrusive weeds and grass-blades of the foreground which, in looking at a real bit of scenery, we overlook; but what a sweep of vision is here! and what happy generalization in the sixth verse as the poet turns away to the business of his story!
painting
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From this reading But it is in his characters, especially, that his manner is large and free; for he is painting history, though with the fidelity of portrait.
plain
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From this reading “There is at the west endë of Itaile, Down at the foot of Vesulus the cold, A lusty plain abundant of vitaile, Where many a tower and town thou may’st behold That founded were in time of fathers old, And many another delítable sight; And Sàlucës this noble country hight.”
poet
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From this reading The Pre-Raphaelite style of landscape entangles the eye among the obtrusive weeds and grass-blades of the foreground which, in looking at a real bit of scenery, we overlook; but what a sweep of vision is here! and what happy generalization in the sixth verse as the poet turns away to the business of his story!
portrait
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From this reading But it is in his characters, especially, that his manner is large and free; for he is painting history, though with the fidelity of portrait.
Pre-Raphaelite
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From this reading The Pre-Raphaelite style of landscape entangles the eye among the obtrusive weeds and grass-blades of the foreground which, in looking at a real bit of scenery, we overlook; but what a sweep of vision is here! and what happy generalization in the sixth verse as the poet turns away to the business of his story!
rather
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From this reading He brings out strongly the essential traits, characteristic of the genus rather than of the individual.
real
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From this reading The Pre-Raphaelite style of landscape entangles the eye among the obtrusive weeds and grass-blades of the foreground which, in looking at a real bit of scenery, we overlook; but what a sweep of vision is here! and what happy generalization in the sixth verse as the poet turns away to the business of his story!
scenery
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From this reading The Pre-Raphaelite style of landscape entangles the eye among the obtrusive weeds and grass-blades of the foreground which, in looking at a real bit of scenery, we overlook; but what a sweep of vision is here! and what happy generalization in the sixth verse as the poet turns away to the business of his story!
sight
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From this reading “There is at the west endë of Itaile, Down at the foot of Vesulus the cold, A lusty plain abundant of vitaile, Where many a tower and town thou may’st behold That founded were in time of fathers old, And many another delítable sight; And Sàlucës this noble country hight.”
sixthnounUS /sixth/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The Pre-Raphaelite style of landscape entangles the eye among the obtrusive weeds and grass-blades of the foreground which, in looking at a real bit of scenery, we overlook; but what a sweep of vision is here! and what happy generalization in the sixth verse as the poet turns away to the business of his story!
story
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From this reading The Pre-Raphaelite style of landscape entangles the eye among the obtrusive weeds and grass-blades of the foreground which, in looking at a real bit of scenery, we overlook; but what a sweep of vision is here! and what happy generalization in the sixth verse as the poet turns away to the business of his story!
strongly
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From this reading He brings out strongly the essential traits, characteristic of the genus rather than of the individual.
style
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From this reading The Pre-Raphaelite style of landscape entangles the eye among the obtrusive weeds and grass-blades of the foreground which, in looking at a real bit of scenery, we overlook; but what a sweep of vision is here! and what happy generalization in the sixth verse as the poet turns away to the business of his story!
sweep
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From this reading The Pre-Raphaelite style of landscape entangles the eye among the obtrusive weeds and grass-blades of the foreground which, in looking at a real bit of scenery, we overlook; but what a sweep of vision is here! and what happy generalization in the sixth verse as the poet turns away to the business of his story!
Sàlucës
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From this reading “There is at the west endë of Itaile, Down at the foot of Vesulus the cold, A lusty plain abundant of vitaile, Where many a tower and town thou may’st behold That founded were in time of fathers old, And many another delítable sight; And Sàlucës this noble country hight.”
thanconjunctionUS /ðæn/
used to introduce the second part of a comparison
From this reading He brings out strongly the essential traits, characteristic of the genus rather than of the individual.
ThatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading “There is at the west endë of Itaile, Down at the foot of Vesulus the cold, A lusty plain abundant of vitaile, Where many a tower and town thou may’st behold That founded were in time of fathers old, And many another delítable sight; And Sàlucës this noble country hight.”
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading “There is at the west endë of Itaile, Down at the foot of Vesulus the cold, A lusty plain abundant of vitaile, Where many a tower and town thou may’st behold That founded were in time of fathers old, And many another delítable sight; And Sàlucës this noble country hight.”
There
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From this reading “There is at the west endë of Itaile, Down at the foot of Vesulus the cold, A lusty plain abundant of vitaile, Where many a tower and town thou may’st behold That founded were in time of fathers old, And many another delítable sight; And Sàlucës this noble country hight.”
thisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading “There is at the west endë of Itaile, Down at the foot of Vesulus the cold, A lusty plain abundant of vitaile, Where many a tower and town thou may’st behold That founded were in time of fathers old, And many another delítable sight; And Sàlucës this noble country hight.”
thoupronounUS /ðaʊ/
an old word for “you”, as the subject, speaking to one person
From this reading “There is at the west endë of Itaile, Down at the foot of Vesulus the cold, A lusty plain abundant of vitaile, Where many a tower and town thou may’st behold That founded were in time of fathers old, And many another delítable sight; And Sàlucës this noble country hight.”
thoughconjunctionUS /ðoʊ/
in spite of the fact that
From this reading But it is in his characters, especially, that his manner is large and free; for he is painting history, though with the fidelity of portrait.
timenounUS /time/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “There is at the west endë of Itaile, Down at the foot of Vesulus the cold, A lusty plain abundant of vitaile, Where many a tower and town thou may’st behold That founded were in time of fathers old, And many another delítable sight; And Sàlucës this noble country hight.”
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading The Pre-Raphaelite style of landscape entangles the eye among the obtrusive weeds and grass-blades of the foreground which, in looking at a real bit of scenery, we overlook; but what a sweep of vision is here! and what happy generalization in the sixth verse as the poet turns away to the business of his story!
tower
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From this reading “There is at the west endë of Itaile, Down at the foot of Vesulus the cold, A lusty plain abundant of vitaile, Where many a tower and town thou may’st behold That founded were in time of fathers old, And many another delítable sight; And Sàlucës this noble country hight.”
town
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From this reading “There is at the west endë of Itaile, Down at the foot of Vesulus the cold, A lusty plain abundant of vitaile, Where many a tower and town thou may’st behold That founded were in time of fathers old, And many another delítable sight; And Sàlucës this noble country hight.”
traits
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From this reading He brings out strongly the essential traits, characteristic of the genus rather than of the individual.
turns
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From this reading The Pre-Raphaelite style of landscape entangles the eye among the obtrusive weeds and grass-blades of the foreground which, in looking at a real bit of scenery, we overlook; but what a sweep of vision is here! and what happy generalization in the sixth verse as the poet turns away to the business of his story!
verse
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From this reading The Pre-Raphaelite style of landscape entangles the eye among the obtrusive weeds and grass-blades of the foreground which, in looking at a real bit of scenery, we overlook; but what a sweep of vision is here! and what happy generalization in the sixth verse as the poet turns away to the business of his story!
Vesulus
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From this reading “There is at the west endë of Itaile, Down at the foot of Vesulus the cold, A lusty plain abundant of vitaile, Where many a tower and town thou may’st behold That founded were in time of fathers old, And many another delítable sight; And Sàlucës this noble country hight.”
vision
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From this reading The Pre-Raphaelite style of landscape entangles the eye among the obtrusive weeds and grass-blades of the foreground which, in looking at a real bit of scenery, we overlook; but what a sweep of vision is here! and what happy generalization in the sixth verse as the poet turns away to the business of his story!
vitaile
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From this reading “There is at the west endë of Itaile, Down at the foot of Vesulus the cold, A lusty plain abundant of vitaile, Where many a tower and town thou may’st behold That founded were in time of fathers old, And many another delítable sight; And Sàlucës this noble country hight.”
wepronounUS /wiː/
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading The Pre-Raphaelite style of landscape entangles the eye among the obtrusive weeds and grass-blades of the foreground which, in looking at a real bit of scenery, we overlook; but what a sweep of vision is here! and what happy generalization in the sixth verse as the poet turns away to the business of his story!
weeds
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From this reading The Pre-Raphaelite style of landscape entangles the eye among the obtrusive weeds and grass-blades of the foreground which, in looking at a real bit of scenery, we overlook; but what a sweep of vision is here! and what happy generalization in the sixth verse as the poet turns away to the business of his story!
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading “There is at the west endë of Itaile, Down at the foot of Vesulus the cold, A lusty plain abundant of vitaile, Where many a tower and town thou may’st behold That founded were in time of fathers old, And many another delítable sight; And Sàlucës this noble country hight.”
west
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From this reading “There is at the west endë of Itaile, Down at the foot of Vesulus the cold, A lusty plain abundant of vitaile, Where many a tower and town thou may’st behold That founded were in time of fathers old, And many another delítable sight; And Sàlucës this noble country hight.”
whatpronounUS /wʌt/
used to ask for information about something
From this reading The Pre-Raphaelite style of landscape entangles the eye among the obtrusive weeds and grass-blades of the foreground which, in looking at a real bit of scenery, we overlook; but what a sweep of vision is here! and what happy generalization in the sixth verse as the poet turns away to the business of his story!
WhereconjunctionUS /wer/
in or at the place that
From this reading “There is at the west endë of Itaile, Down at the foot of Vesulus the cold, A lusty plain abundant of vitaile, Where many a tower and town thou may’st behold That founded were in time of fathers old, And many another delítable sight; And Sàlucës this noble country hight.”
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading The Pre-Raphaelite style of landscape entangles the eye among the obtrusive weeds and grass-blades of the foreground which, in looking at a real bit of scenery, we overlook; but what a sweep of vision is here! and what happy generalization in the sixth verse as the poet turns away to the business of his story!
whole
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From this reading The whole is full of open air.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading But it is in his characters, especially, that his manner is large and free; for he is painting history, though with the fidelity of portrait.
