Chapter I

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From this reading It may again perhaps betray something of that incorrigible vagueness of current in our educational drift which I have elsewhere[1] so unreservedly suffered to reflect itself that, though we had come abroad in 1855 with an eye to the then supposedly supreme benefits of Swiss schooling, our most resolute attempt to tap that supply, after twenty distractions, waited over to the autumn of the fourth year later on, when we in renewed good faith retraced our steps to Geneva.

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From this reading Sketch from a letter of William James (page 18) 18 Portrait in oils of Miss Katherine Temple, 1861 96 A leaf from the letter quoted on page 129 130 Sketch of G. W. James brought home wounded from the assault on Fort Wagner 244 "The cold water cure at Divonne--excellent for melancholia."--From a letter of William James (page 447) 448

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From this reading Sketch from a letter of William James (page 18) 18 Portrait in oils of Miss Katherine Temple, 1861 96 A leaf from the letter quoted on page 129 130 Sketch of G. W. James brought home wounded from the assault on Fort Wagner 244 "The cold water cure at Divonne--excellent for melancholia."--From a letter of William James (page 447) 448

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From this reading Sketch from a letter of William James (page 18) 18 Portrait in oils of Miss Katherine Temple, 1861 96 A leaf from the letter quoted on page 129 130 Sketch of G. W. James brought home wounded from the assault on Fort Wagner 244 "The cold water cure at Divonne--excellent for melancholia."--From a letter of William James (page 447) 448

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From this reading It may again perhaps betray something of that incorrigible vagueness of current in our educational drift which I have elsewhere[1] so unreservedly suffered to reflect itself that, though we had come abroad in 1855 with an eye to the then supposedly supreme benefits of Swiss schooling, our most resolute attempt to tap that supply, after twenty distractions, waited over to the autumn of the fourth year later on, when we in renewed good faith retraced our steps to Geneva.

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From this reading Sketch from a letter of William James (page 18) 18 Portrait in oils of Miss Katherine Temple, 1861 96 A leaf from the letter quoted on page 129 130 Sketch of G. W. James brought home wounded from the assault on Fort Wagner 244 "The cold water cure at Divonne--excellent for melancholia."--From a letter of William James (page 447) 448

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From this reading Pencil-drawn portrait of William James by himself, about 1866 _Frontispiece_ Louis Osborne.

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From this reading Sketch from a letter of William James (page 18) 18 Portrait in oils of Miss Katherine Temple, 1861 96 A leaf from the letter quoted on page 129 130 Sketch of G. W. James brought home wounded from the assault on Fort Wagner 244 "The cold water cure at Divonne--excellent for melancholia."--From a letter of William James (page 447) 448

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From this reading Sketch from a letter of William James (page 18) 18 Portrait in oils of Miss Katherine Temple, 1861 96 A leaf from the letter quoted on page 129 130 Sketch of G. W. James brought home wounded from the assault on Fort Wagner 244 "The cold water cure at Divonne--excellent for melancholia."--From a letter of William James (page 447) 448

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From this reading Sketch from a letter of William James (page 18) 18 Portrait in oils of Miss Katherine Temple, 1861 96 A leaf from the letter quoted on page 129 130 Sketch of G. W. James brought home wounded from the assault on Fort Wagner 244 "The cold water cure at Divonne--excellent for melancholia."--From a letter of William James (page 447) 448

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From this reading Sketch from a letter of William James (page 18) 18 Portrait in oils of Miss Katherine Temple, 1861 96 A leaf from the letter quoted on page 129 130 Sketch of G. W. James brought home wounded from the assault on Fort Wagner 244 "The cold water cure at Divonne--excellent for melancholia."--From a letter of William James (page 447) 448

used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one

From this reading Sketch from a letter of William James (page 18) 18 Portrait in oils of Miss Katherine Temple, 1861 96 A leaf from the letter quoted on page 129 130 Sketch of G. W. James brought home wounded from the assault on Fort Wagner 244 "The cold water cure at Divonne--excellent for melancholia."--From a letter of William James (page 447) 448

on the subject of; concerning

From this reading Pencil-drawn portrait of William James by himself, about 1866 _Frontispiece_ Louis Osborne.

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From this reading It may again perhaps betray something of that incorrigible vagueness of current in our educational drift which I have elsewhere[1] so unreservedly suffered to reflect itself that, though we had come abroad in 1855 with an eye to the then supposedly supreme benefits of Swiss schooling, our most resolute attempt to tap that supply, after twenty distractions, waited over to the autumn of the fourth year later on, when we in renewed good faith retraced our steps to Geneva.

later than; following

From this reading It may again perhaps betray something of that incorrigible vagueness of current in our educational drift which I have elsewhere[1] so unreservedly suffered to reflect itself that, though we had come abroad in 1855 with an eye to the then supposedly supreme benefits of Swiss schooling, our most resolute attempt to tap that supply, after twenty distractions, waited over to the autumn of the fourth year later on, when we in renewed good faith retraced our steps to Geneva.

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading It may again perhaps betray something of that incorrigible vagueness of current in our educational drift which I have elsewhere[1] so unreservedly suffered to reflect itself that, though we had come abroad in 1855 with an eye to the then supposedly supreme benefits of Swiss schooling, our most resolute attempt to tap that supply, after twenty distractions, waited over to the autumn of the fourth year later on, when we in renewed good faith retraced our steps to Geneva.

the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound

From this reading It may again perhaps betray something of that incorrigible vagueness of current in our educational drift which I have elsewhere[1] so unreservedly suffered to reflect itself that, though we had come abroad in 1855 with an eye to the then supposedly supreme benefits of Swiss schooling, our most resolute attempt to tap that supply, after twenty distractions, waited over to the autumn of the fourth year later on, when we in renewed good faith retraced our steps to Geneva.

used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together

From this reading Our parents began at that season a long sojourn at the old Hotel de l'Ecu, which now erects a somewhat diminished head on the edge of the rushing Rhone--its only rival then was the Hotel des Bergues opposite, considerably larger and commanding more or less the view of that profiled crest of Mont-Blanc which used to be so oddly likened to the head and face of a singularly supine Napoleon.

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From this reading Sketch from a letter of William James (page 18) 18 Portrait in oils of Miss Katherine Temple, 1861 96 A leaf from the letter quoted on page 129 130 Sketch of G. W. James brought home wounded from the assault on Fort Wagner 244 "The cold water cure at Divonne--excellent for melancholia."--From a letter of William James (page 447) 448

in or near a particular place or position

From this reading Sketch from a letter of William James (page 18) 18 Portrait in oils of Miss Katherine Temple, 1861 96 A leaf from the letter quoted on page 129 130 Sketch of G. W. James brought home wounded from the assault on Fort Wagner 244 "The cold water cure at Divonne--excellent for melancholia."--From a letter of William James (page 447) 448

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From this reading It may again perhaps betray something of that incorrigible vagueness of current in our educational drift which I have elsewhere[1] so unreservedly suffered to reflect itself that, though we had come abroad in 1855 with an eye to the then supposedly supreme benefits of Swiss schooling, our most resolute attempt to tap that supply, after twenty distractions, waited over to the autumn of the fourth year later on, when we in renewed good faith retraced our steps to Geneva.

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From this reading It may again perhaps betray something of that incorrigible vagueness of current in our educational drift which I have elsewhere[1] so unreservedly suffered to reflect itself that, though we had come abroad in 1855 with an eye to the then supposedly supreme benefits of Swiss schooling, our most resolute attempt to tap that supply, after twenty distractions, waited over to the autumn of the fourth year later on, when we in renewed good faith retraced our steps to Geneva.

used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses

From this reading Our parents began at that season a long sojourn at the old Hotel de l'Ecu, which now erects a somewhat diminished head on the edge of the rushing Rhone--its only rival then was the Hotel des Bergues opposite, considerably larger and commanding more or less the view of that profiled crest of Mont-Blanc which used to be so oddly likened to the head and face of a singularly supine Napoleon.

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From this reading But on that side the shooting blue flood was less directly and familiarly under the windows; in our position we lived with it and hung over it, and its beauty, just where we mainly congregated, was, I fear, my own sole happy impression during several of those months.

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading Our parents began at that season a long sojourn at the old Hotel de l'Ecu, which now erects a somewhat diminished head on the edge of the rushing Rhone--its only rival then was the Hotel des Bergues opposite, considerably larger and commanding more or less the view of that profiled crest of Mont-Blanc which used to be so oddly likened to the head and face of a singularly supine Napoleon.

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From this reading It may again perhaps betray something of that incorrigible vagueness of current in our educational drift which I have elsewhere[1] so unreservedly suffered to reflect itself that, though we had come abroad in 1855 with an eye to the then supposedly supreme benefits of Swiss schooling, our most resolute attempt to tap that supply, after twenty distractions, waited over to the autumn of the fourth year later on, when we in renewed good faith retraced our steps to Geneva.

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From this reading Our parents began at that season a long sojourn at the old Hotel de l'Ecu, which now erects a somewhat diminished head on the edge of the rushing Rhone--its only rival then was the Hotel des Bergues opposite, considerably larger and commanding more or less the view of that profiled crest of Mont-Blanc which used to be so oddly likened to the head and face of a singularly supine Napoleon.

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From this reading It may again perhaps betray something of that incorrigible vagueness of current in our educational drift which I have elsewhere[1] so unreservedly suffered to reflect itself that, though we had come abroad in 1855 with an eye to the then supposedly supreme benefits of Swiss schooling, our most resolute attempt to tap that supply, after twenty distractions, waited over to the autumn of the fourth year later on, when we in renewed good faith retraced our steps to Geneva.

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From this reading But on that side the shooting blue flood was less directly and familiarly under the windows; in our position we lived with it and hung over it, and its beauty, just where we mainly congregated, was, I fear, my own sole happy impression during several of those months.

a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage

From this reading Sketch from a letter of William James (page 18) 18 Portrait in oils of Miss Katherine Temple, 1861 96 A leaf from the letter quoted on page 129 130 Sketch of G. W. James brought home wounded from the assault on Fort Wagner 244 "The cold water cure at Divonne--excellent for melancholia."--From a letter of William James (page 447) 448

used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before

From this reading But on that side the shooting blue flood was less directly and familiarly under the windows; in our position we lived with it and hung over it, and its beauty, just where we mainly congregated, was, I fear, my own sole happy impression during several of those months.

showing who or what does the action

From this reading Pencil-drawn portrait of William James by himself, about 1866 _Frontispiece_ Louis Osborne.

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From this reading Sketch from a letter of William James (page 18) 18 Portrait in oils of Miss Katherine Temple, 1861 96 A leaf from the letter quoted on page 129 130 Sketch of G. W. James brought home wounded from the assault on Fort Wagner 244 "The cold water cure at Divonne--excellent for melancholia."--From a letter of William James (page 447) 448

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading It may again perhaps betray something of that incorrigible vagueness of current in our educational drift which I have elsewhere[1] so unreservedly suffered to reflect itself that, though we had come abroad in 1855 with an eye to the then supposedly supreme benefits of Swiss schooling, our most resolute attempt to tap that supply, after twenty distractions, waited over to the autumn of the fourth year later on, when we in renewed good faith retraced our steps to Geneva.

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From this reading Our parents began at that season a long sojourn at the old Hotel de l'Ecu, which now erects a somewhat diminished head on the edge of the rushing Rhone--its only rival then was the Hotel des Bergues opposite, considerably larger and commanding more or less the view of that profiled crest of Mont-Blanc which used to be so oddly likened to the head and face of a singularly supine Napoleon.

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From this reading But on that side the shooting blue flood was less directly and familiarly under the windows; in our position we lived with it and hung over it, and its beauty, just where we mainly congregated, was, I fear, my own sole happy impression during several of those months.

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From this reading Our parents began at that season a long sojourn at the old Hotel de l'Ecu, which now erects a somewhat diminished head on the edge of the rushing Rhone--its only rival then was the Hotel des Bergues opposite, considerably larger and commanding more or less the view of that profiled crest of Mont-Blanc which used to be so oddly likened to the head and face of a singularly supine Napoleon.

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From this reading Our parents began at that season a long sojourn at the old Hotel de l'Ecu, which now erects a somewhat diminished head on the edge of the rushing Rhone--its only rival then was the Hotel des Bergues opposite, considerably larger and commanding more or less the view of that profiled crest of Mont-Blanc which used to be so oddly likened to the head and face of a singularly supine Napoleon.

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From this reading Sketch from a letter of William James (page 18) 18 Portrait in oils of Miss Katherine Temple, 1861 96 A leaf from the letter quoted on page 129 130 Sketch of G. W. James brought home wounded from the assault on Fort Wagner 244 "The cold water cure at Divonne--excellent for melancholia."--From a letter of William James (page 447) 448

a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage

From this reading It may again perhaps betray something of that incorrigible vagueness of current in our educational drift which I have elsewhere[1] so unreservedly suffered to reflect itself that, though we had come abroad in 1855 with an eye to the then supposedly supreme benefits of Swiss schooling, our most resolute attempt to tap that supply, after twenty distractions, waited over to the autumn of the fourth year later on, when we in renewed good faith retraced our steps to Geneva.

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From this reading Our parents began at that season a long sojourn at the old Hotel de l'Ecu, which now erects a somewhat diminished head on the edge of the rushing Rhone--its only rival then was the Hotel des Bergues opposite, considerably larger and commanding more or less the view of that profiled crest of Mont-Blanc which used to be so oddly likened to the head and face of a singularly supine Napoleon.

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From this reading Our parents began at that season a long sojourn at the old Hotel de l'Ecu, which now erects a somewhat diminished head on the edge of the rushing Rhone--its only rival then was the Hotel des Bergues opposite, considerably larger and commanding more or less the view of that profiled crest of Mont-Blanc which used to be so oddly likened to the head and face of a singularly supine Napoleon.

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From this reading Our parents began at that season a long sojourn at the old Hotel de l'Ecu, which now erects a somewhat diminished head on the edge of the rushing Rhone--its only rival then was the Hotel des Bergues opposite, considerably larger and commanding more or less the view of that profiled crest of Mont-Blanc which used to be so oddly likened to the head and face of a singularly supine Napoleon.

a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage

From this reading But on that side the shooting blue flood was less directly and familiarly under the windows; in our position we lived with it and hung over it, and its beauty, just where we mainly congregated, was, I fear, my own sole happy impression during several of those months.

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From this reading It may again perhaps betray something of that incorrigible vagueness of current in our educational drift which I have elsewhere[1] so unreservedly suffered to reflect itself that, though we had come abroad in 1855 with an eye to the then supposedly supreme benefits of Swiss schooling, our most resolute attempt to tap that supply, after twenty distractions, waited over to the autumn of the fourth year later on, when we in renewed good faith retraced our steps to Geneva.

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From this reading Sketch from a letter of William James (page 18) 18 Portrait in oils of Miss Katherine Temple, 1861 96 A leaf from the letter quoted on page 129 130 Sketch of G. W. James brought home wounded from the assault on Fort Wagner 244 "The cold water cure at Divonne--excellent for melancholia."--From a letter of William James (page 447) 448

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From this reading It may again perhaps betray something of that incorrigible vagueness of current in our educational drift which I have elsewhere[1] so unreservedly suffered to reflect itself that, though we had come abroad in 1855 with an eye to the then supposedly supreme benefits of Swiss schooling, our most resolute attempt to tap that supply, after twenty distractions, waited over to the autumn of the fourth year later on, when we in renewed good faith retraced our steps to Geneva.

all through a period, or at some point within it

From this reading But on that side the shooting blue flood was less directly and familiarly under the windows; in our position we lived with it and hung over it, and its beauty, just where we mainly congregated, was, I fear, my own sole happy impression during several of those months.

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From this reading Our parents began at that season a long sojourn at the old Hotel de l'Ecu, which now erects a somewhat diminished head on the edge of the rushing Rhone--its only rival then was the Hotel des Bergues opposite, considerably larger and commanding more or less the view of that profiled crest of Mont-Blanc which used to be so oddly likened to the head and face of a singularly supine Napoleon.

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From this reading It may again perhaps betray something of that incorrigible vagueness of current in our educational drift which I have elsewhere[1] so unreservedly suffered to reflect itself that, though we had come abroad in 1855 with an eye to the then supposedly supreme benefits of Swiss schooling, our most resolute attempt to tap that supply, after twenty distractions, waited over to the autumn of the fourth year later on, when we in renewed good faith retraced our steps to Geneva.

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From this reading It may again perhaps betray something of that incorrigible vagueness of current in our educational drift which I have elsewhere[1] so unreservedly suffered to reflect itself that, though we had come abroad in 1855 with an eye to the then supposedly supreme benefits of Swiss schooling, our most resolute attempt to tap that supply, after twenty distractions, waited over to the autumn of the fourth year later on, when we in renewed good faith retraced our steps to Geneva.

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From this reading Our parents began at that season a long sojourn at the old Hotel de l'Ecu, which now erects a somewhat diminished head on the edge of the rushing Rhone--its only rival then was the Hotel des Bergues opposite, considerably larger and commanding more or less the view of that profiled crest of Mont-Blanc which used to be so oddly likened to the head and face of a singularly supine Napoleon.

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From this reading Sketch from a letter of William James (page 18) 18 Portrait in oils of Miss Katherine Temple, 1861 96 A leaf from the letter quoted on page 129 130 Sketch of G. W. James brought home wounded from the assault on Fort Wagner 244 "The cold water cure at Divonne--excellent for melancholia."--From a letter of William James (page 447) 448

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From this reading It may again perhaps betray something of that incorrigible vagueness of current in our educational drift which I have elsewhere[1] so unreservedly suffered to reflect itself that, though we had come abroad in 1855 with an eye to the then supposedly supreme benefits of Swiss schooling, our most resolute attempt to tap that supply, after twenty distractions, waited over to the autumn of the fourth year later on, when we in renewed good faith retraced our steps to Geneva.

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From this reading Our parents began at that season a long sojourn at the old Hotel de l'Ecu, which now erects a somewhat diminished head on the edge of the rushing Rhone--its only rival then was the Hotel des Bergues opposite, considerably larger and commanding more or less the view of that profiled crest of Mont-Blanc which used to be so oddly likened to the head and face of a singularly supine Napoleon.

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From this reading It may again perhaps betray something of that incorrigible vagueness of current in our educational drift which I have elsewhere[1] so unreservedly suffered to reflect itself that, though we had come abroad in 1855 with an eye to the then supposedly supreme benefits of Swiss schooling, our most resolute attempt to tap that supply, after twenty distractions, waited over to the autumn of the fourth year later on, when we in renewed good faith retraced our steps to Geneva.

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From this reading But on that side the shooting blue flood was less directly and familiarly under the windows; in our position we lived with it and hung over it, and its beauty, just where we mainly congregated, was, I fear, my own sole happy impression during several of those months.

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From this reading But on that side the shooting blue flood was less directly and familiarly under the windows; in our position we lived with it and hung over it, and its beauty, just where we mainly congregated, was, I fear, my own sole happy impression during several of those months.

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From this reading But on that side the shooting blue flood was less directly and familiarly under the windows; in our position we lived with it and hung over it, and its beauty, just where we mainly congregated, was, I fear, my own sole happy impression during several of those months.

intended to be given to, or used by, somebody

From this reading Sketch from a letter of William James (page 18) 18 Portrait in oils of Miss Katherine Temple, 1861 96 A leaf from the letter quoted on page 129 130 Sketch of G. W. James brought home wounded from the assault on Fort Wagner 244 "The cold water cure at Divonne--excellent for melancholia."--From a letter of William James (page 447) 448

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From this reading Sketch from a letter of William James (page 18) 18 Portrait in oils of Miss Katherine Temple, 1861 96 A leaf from the letter quoted on page 129 130 Sketch of G. W. James brought home wounded from the assault on Fort Wagner 244 "The cold water cure at Divonne--excellent for melancholia."--From a letter of William James (page 447) 448

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading It may again perhaps betray something of that incorrigible vagueness of current in our educational drift which I have elsewhere[1] so unreservedly suffered to reflect itself that, though we had come abroad in 1855 with an eye to the then supposedly supreme benefits of Swiss schooling, our most resolute attempt to tap that supply, after twenty distractions, waited over to the autumn of the fourth year later on, when we in renewed good faith retraced our steps to Geneva.

showing where something starts, or who sent it

From this reading Sketch from a letter of William James (page 18) 18 Portrait in oils of Miss Katherine Temple, 1861 96 A leaf from the letter quoted on page 129 130 Sketch of G. W. James brought home wounded from the assault on Fort Wagner 244 "The cold water cure at Divonne--excellent for melancholia."--From a letter of William James (page 447) 448

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From this reading Pencil-drawn portrait of William James by himself, about 1866 _Frontispiece_ Louis Osborne.

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From this reading Sketch from a letter of William James (page 18) 18 Portrait in oils of Miss Katherine Temple, 1861 96 A leaf from the letter quoted on page 129 130 Sketch of G. W. James brought home wounded from the assault on Fort Wagner 244 "The cold water cure at Divonne--excellent for melancholia."--From a letter of William James (page 447) 448

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From this reading It may again perhaps betray something of that incorrigible vagueness of current in our educational drift which I have elsewhere[1] so unreservedly suffered to reflect itself that, though we had come abroad in 1855 with an eye to the then supposedly supreme benefits of Swiss schooling, our most resolute attempt to tap that supply, after twenty distractions, waited over to the autumn of the fourth year later on, when we in renewed good faith retraced our steps to Geneva.

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading It may again perhaps betray something of that incorrigible vagueness of current in our educational drift which I have elsewhere[1] so unreservedly suffered to reflect itself that, though we had come abroad in 1855 with an eye to the then supposedly supreme benefits of Swiss schooling, our most resolute attempt to tap that supply, after twenty distractions, waited over to the autumn of the fourth year later on, when we in renewed good faith retraced our steps to Geneva.

the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect

From this reading It may again perhaps betray something of that incorrigible vagueness of current in our educational drift which I have elsewhere[1] so unreservedly suffered to reflect itself that, though we had come abroad in 1855 with an eye to the then supposedly supreme benefits of Swiss schooling, our most resolute attempt to tap that supply, after twenty distractions, waited over to the autumn of the fourth year later on, when we in renewed good faith retraced our steps to Geneva.

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From this reading But on that side the shooting blue flood was less directly and familiarly under the windows; in our position we lived with it and hung over it, and its beauty, just where we mainly congregated, was, I fear, my own sole happy impression during several of those months.

used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses

From this reading It may again perhaps betray something of that incorrigible vagueness of current in our educational drift which I have elsewhere[1] so unreservedly suffered to reflect itself that, though we had come abroad in 1855 with an eye to the then supposedly supreme benefits of Swiss schooling, our most resolute attempt to tap that supply, after twenty distractions, waited over to the autumn of the fourth year later on, when we in renewed good faith retraced our steps to Geneva.

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From this reading Our parents began at that season a long sojourn at the old Hotel de l'Ecu, which now erects a somewhat diminished head on the edge of the rushing Rhone--its only rival then was the Hotel des Bergues opposite, considerably larger and commanding more or less the view of that profiled crest of Mont-Blanc which used to be so oddly likened to the head and face of a singularly supine Napoleon.

used when the man or boy doing the action is also its object

From this reading Pencil-drawn portrait of William James by himself, about 1866 _Frontispiece_ Louis Osborne.

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From this reading Sketch from a letter of William James (page 18) 18 Portrait in oils of Miss Katherine Temple, 1861 96 A leaf from the letter quoted on page 129 130 Sketch of G. W. James brought home wounded from the assault on Fort Wagner 244 "The cold water cure at Divonne--excellent for melancholia."--From a letter of William James (page 447) 448

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From this reading Our parents began at that season a long sojourn at the old Hotel de l'Ecu, which now erects a somewhat diminished head on the edge of the rushing Rhone--its only rival then was the Hotel des Bergues opposite, considerably larger and commanding more or less the view of that profiled crest of Mont-Blanc which used to be so oddly likened to the head and face of a singularly supine Napoleon.

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From this reading But on that side the shooting blue flood was less directly and familiarly under the windows; in our position we lived with it and hung over it, and its beauty, just where we mainly congregated, was, I fear, my own sole happy impression during several of those months.

the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb

From this reading It may again perhaps betray something of that incorrigible vagueness of current in our educational drift which I have elsewhere[1] so unreservedly suffered to reflect itself that, though we had come abroad in 1855 with an eye to the then supposedly supreme benefits of Swiss schooling, our most resolute attempt to tap that supply, after twenty distractions, waited over to the autumn of the fourth year later on, when we in renewed good faith retraced our steps to Geneva.

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From this reading But on that side the shooting blue flood was less directly and familiarly under the windows; in our position we lived with it and hung over it, and its beauty, just where we mainly congregated, was, I fear, my own sole happy impression during several of those months.

inside something, or within a place, period, or state

From this reading Sketch from a letter of William James (page 18) 18 Portrait in oils of Miss Katherine Temple, 1861 96 A leaf from the letter quoted on page 129 130 Sketch of G. W. James brought home wounded from the assault on Fort Wagner 244 "The cold water cure at Divonne--excellent for melancholia."--From a letter of William James (page 447) 448

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From this reading It may again perhaps betray something of that incorrigible vagueness of current in our educational drift which I have elsewhere[1] so unreservedly suffered to reflect itself that, though we had come abroad in 1855 with an eye to the then supposedly supreme benefits of Swiss schooling, our most resolute attempt to tap that supply, after twenty distractions, waited over to the autumn of the fourth year later on, when we in renewed good faith retraced our steps to Geneva.

a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned

From this reading It may again perhaps betray something of that incorrigible vagueness of current in our educational drift which I have elsewhere[1] so unreservedly suffered to reflect itself that, though we had come abroad in 1855 with an eye to the then supposedly supreme benefits of Swiss schooling, our most resolute attempt to tap that supply, after twenty distractions, waited over to the autumn of the fourth year later on, when we in renewed good faith retraced our steps to Geneva.

belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned

From this reading Our parents began at that season a long sojourn at the old Hotel de l'Ecu, which now erects a somewhat diminished head on the edge of the rushing Rhone--its only rival then was the Hotel des Bergues opposite, considerably larger and commanding more or less the view of that profiled crest of Mont-Blanc which used to be so oddly likened to the head and face of a singularly supine Napoleon.

used when the thing doing the action is also its object

From this reading It may again perhaps betray something of that incorrigible vagueness of current in our educational drift which I have elsewhere[1] so unreservedly suffered to reflect itself that, though we had come abroad in 1855 with an eye to the then supposedly supreme benefits of Swiss schooling, our most resolute attempt to tap that supply, after twenty distractions, waited over to the autumn of the fourth year later on, when we in renewed good faith retraced our steps to Geneva.

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From this reading Pencil-drawn portrait of William James by himself, about 1866 _Frontispiece_ Louis Osborne.

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From this reading But on that side the shooting blue flood was less directly and familiarly under the windows; in our position we lived with it and hung over it, and its beauty, just where we mainly congregated, was, I fear, my own sole happy impression during several of those months.

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From this reading Sketch from a letter of William James (page 18) 18 Portrait in oils of Miss Katherine Temple, 1861 96 A leaf from the letter quoted on page 129 130 Sketch of G. W. James brought home wounded from the assault on Fort Wagner 244 "The cold water cure at Divonne--excellent for melancholia."--From a letter of William James (page 447) 448

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From this reading Our parents began at that season a long sojourn at the old Hotel de l'Ecu, which now erects a somewhat diminished head on the edge of the rushing Rhone--its only rival then was the Hotel des Bergues opposite, considerably larger and commanding more or less the view of that profiled crest of Mont-Blanc which used to be so oddly likened to the head and face of a singularly supine Napoleon.

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From this reading Our parents began at that season a long sojourn at the old Hotel de l'Ecu, which now erects a somewhat diminished head on the edge of the rushing Rhone--its only rival then was the Hotel des Bergues opposite, considerably larger and commanding more or less the view of that profiled crest of Mont-Blanc which used to be so oddly likened to the head and face of a singularly supine Napoleon.

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From this reading It may again perhaps betray something of that incorrigible vagueness of current in our educational drift which I have elsewhere[1] so unreservedly suffered to reflect itself that, though we had come abroad in 1855 with an eye to the then supposedly supreme benefits of Swiss schooling, our most resolute attempt to tap that supply, after twenty distractions, waited over to the autumn of the fourth year later on, when we in renewed good faith retraced our steps to Geneva.

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From this reading Sketch from a letter of William James (page 18) 18 Portrait in oils of Miss Katherine Temple, 1861 96 A leaf from the letter quoted on page 129 130 Sketch of G. W. James brought home wounded from the assault on Fort Wagner 244 "The cold water cure at Divonne--excellent for melancholia."--From a letter of William James (page 447) 448

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From this reading Our parents began at that season a long sojourn at the old Hotel de l'Ecu, which now erects a somewhat diminished head on the edge of the rushing Rhone--its only rival then was the Hotel des Bergues opposite, considerably larger and commanding more or less the view of that profiled crest of Mont-Blanc which used to be so oddly likened to the head and face of a singularly supine Napoleon.

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From this reading Sketch from a letter of William James (page 18) 18 Portrait in oils of Miss Katherine Temple, 1861 96 A leaf from the letter quoted on page 129 130 Sketch of G. W. James brought home wounded from the assault on Fort Wagner 244 "The cold water cure at Divonne--excellent for melancholia."--From a letter of William James (page 447) 448

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From this reading Our parents began at that season a long sojourn at the old Hotel de l'Ecu, which now erects a somewhat diminished head on the edge of the rushing Rhone--its only rival then was the Hotel des Bergues opposite, considerably larger and commanding more or less the view of that profiled crest of Mont-Blanc which used to be so oddly likened to the head and face of a singularly supine Napoleon.

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From this reading But on that side the shooting blue flood was less directly and familiarly under the windows; in our position we lived with it and hung over it, and its beauty, just where we mainly congregated, was, I fear, my own sole happy impression during several of those months.

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading Our parents began at that season a long sojourn at the old Hotel de l'Ecu, which now erects a somewhat diminished head on the edge of the rushing Rhone--its only rival then was the Hotel des Bergues opposite, considerably larger and commanding more or less the view of that profiled crest of Mont-Blanc which used to be so oddly likened to the head and face of a singularly supine Napoleon.

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From this reading Pencil-drawn portrait of William James by himself, about 1866 _Frontispiece_ Louis Osborne.

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From this reading But on that side the shooting blue flood was less directly and familiarly under the windows; in our position we lived with it and hung over it, and its beauty, just where we mainly congregated, was, I fear, my own sole happy impression during several of those months.

used to say something is possible, or to give permission

From this reading It may again perhaps betray something of that incorrigible vagueness of current in our educational drift which I have elsewhere[1] so unreservedly suffered to reflect itself that, though we had come abroad in 1855 with an eye to the then supposedly supreme benefits of Swiss schooling, our most resolute attempt to tap that supply, after twenty distractions, waited over to the autumn of the fourth year later on, when we in renewed good faith retraced our steps to Geneva.

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From this reading Sketch from a letter of William James (page 18) 18 Portrait in oils of Miss Katherine Temple, 1861 96 A leaf from the letter quoted on page 129 130 Sketch of G. W. James brought home wounded from the assault on Fort Wagner 244 "The cold water cure at Divonne--excellent for melancholia."--From a letter of William James (page 447) 448

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From this reading Sketch from a letter of William James (page 18) 18 Portrait in oils of Miss Katherine Temple, 1861 96 A leaf from the letter quoted on page 129 130 Sketch of G. W. James brought home wounded from the assault on Fort Wagner 244 "The cold water cure at Divonne--excellent for melancholia."--From a letter of William James (page 447) 448

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From this reading Our parents began at that season a long sojourn at the old Hotel de l'Ecu, which now erects a somewhat diminished head on the edge of the rushing Rhone--its only rival then was the Hotel des Bergues opposite, considerably larger and commanding more or less the view of that profiled crest of Mont-Blanc which used to be so oddly likened to the head and face of a singularly supine Napoleon.

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From this reading But on that side the shooting blue flood was less directly and familiarly under the windows; in our position we lived with it and hung over it, and its beauty, just where we mainly congregated, was, I fear, my own sole happy impression during several of those months.

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From this reading Our parents began at that season a long sojourn at the old Hotel de l'Ecu, which now erects a somewhat diminished head on the edge of the rushing Rhone--its only rival then was the Hotel des Bergues opposite, considerably larger and commanding more or less the view of that profiled crest of Mont-Blanc which used to be so oddly likened to the head and face of a singularly supine Napoleon.

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From this reading It may again perhaps betray something of that incorrigible vagueness of current in our educational drift which I have elsewhere[1] so unreservedly suffered to reflect itself that, though we had come abroad in 1855 with an eye to the then supposedly supreme benefits of Swiss schooling, our most resolute attempt to tap that supply, after twenty distractions, waited over to the autumn of the fourth year later on, when we in renewed good faith retraced our steps to Geneva.

belonging to the person speaking

From this reading But on that side the shooting blue flood was less directly and familiarly under the windows; in our position we lived with it and hung over it, and its beauty, just where we mainly congregated, was, I fear, my own sole happy impression during several of those months.

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From this reading Our parents began at that season a long sojourn at the old Hotel de l'Ecu, which now erects a somewhat diminished head on the edge of the rushing Rhone--its only rival then was the Hotel des Bergues opposite, considerably larger and commanding more or less the view of that profiled crest of Mont-Blanc which used to be so oddly likened to the head and face of a singularly supine Napoleon.

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From this reading Our parents began at that season a long sojourn at the old Hotel de l'Ecu, which now erects a somewhat diminished head on the edge of the rushing Rhone--its only rival then was the Hotel des Bergues opposite, considerably larger and commanding more or less the view of that profiled crest of Mont-Blanc which used to be so oddly likened to the head and face of a singularly supine Napoleon.

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From this reading Our parents began at that season a long sojourn at the old Hotel de l'Ecu, which now erects a somewhat diminished head on the edge of the rushing Rhone--its only rival then was the Hotel des Bergues opposite, considerably larger and commanding more or less the view of that profiled crest of Mont-Blanc which used to be so oddly likened to the head and face of a singularly supine Napoleon.

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

From this reading Pencil-drawn portrait of William James by himself, about 1866 _Frontispiece_ Louis Osborne.

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From this reading Sketch from a letter of William James (page 18) 18 Portrait in oils of Miss Katherine Temple, 1861 96 A leaf from the letter quoted on page 129 130 Sketch of G. W. James brought home wounded from the assault on Fort Wagner 244 "The cold water cure at Divonne--excellent for melancholia."--From a letter of William James (page 447) 448

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From this reading Our parents began at that season a long sojourn at the old Hotel de l'Ecu, which now erects a somewhat diminished head on the edge of the rushing Rhone--its only rival then was the Hotel des Bergues opposite, considerably larger and commanding more or less the view of that profiled crest of Mont-Blanc which used to be so oddly likened to the head and face of a singularly supine Napoleon.

touching and supported by a surface

From this reading Sketch from a letter of William James (page 18) 18 Portrait in oils of Miss Katherine Temple, 1861 96 A leaf from the letter quoted on page 129 130 Sketch of G. W. James brought home wounded from the assault on Fort Wagner 244 "The cold water cure at Divonne--excellent for melancholia."--From a letter of William James (page 447) 448

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From this reading Our parents began at that season a long sojourn at the old Hotel de l'Ecu, which now erects a somewhat diminished head on the edge of the rushing Rhone--its only rival then was the Hotel des Bergues opposite, considerably larger and commanding more or less the view of that profiled crest of Mont-Blanc which used to be so oddly likened to the head and face of a singularly supine Napoleon.

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From this reading Our parents began at that season a long sojourn at the old Hotel de l'Ecu, which now erects a somewhat diminished head on the edge of the rushing Rhone--its only rival then was the Hotel des Bergues opposite, considerably larger and commanding more or less the view of that profiled crest of Mont-Blanc which used to be so oddly likened to the head and face of a singularly supine Napoleon.

used to join alternatives or possibilities

From this reading Our parents began at that season a long sojourn at the old Hotel de l'Ecu, which now erects a somewhat diminished head on the edge of the rushing Rhone--its only rival then was the Hotel des Bergues opposite, considerably larger and commanding more or less the view of that profiled crest of Mont-Blanc which used to be so oddly likened to the head and face of a singularly supine Napoleon.

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From this reading Pencil-drawn portrait of William James by himself, about 1866 _Frontispiece_ Louis Osborne.

belonging to the speaker and others

From this reading It may again perhaps betray something of that incorrigible vagueness of current in our educational drift which I have elsewhere[1] so unreservedly suffered to reflect itself that, though we had come abroad in 1855 with an eye to the then supposedly supreme benefits of Swiss schooling, our most resolute attempt to tap that supply, after twenty distractions, waited over to the autumn of the fourth year later on, when we in renewed good faith retraced our steps to Geneva.

above and across; more than

From this reading It may again perhaps betray something of that incorrigible vagueness of current in our educational drift which I have elsewhere[1] so unreservedly suffered to reflect itself that, though we had come abroad in 1855 with an eye to the then supposedly supreme benefits of Swiss schooling, our most resolute attempt to tap that supply, after twenty distractions, waited over to the autumn of the fourth year later on, when we in renewed good faith retraced our steps to Geneva.

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From this reading But on that side the shooting blue flood was less directly and familiarly under the windows; in our position we lived with it and hung over it, and its beauty, just where we mainly congregated, was, I fear, my own sole happy impression during several of those months.

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From this reading Sketch from a letter of William James (page 18) 18 Portrait in oils of Miss Katherine Temple, 1861 96 A leaf from the letter quoted on page 129 130 Sketch of G. W. James brought home wounded from the assault on Fort Wagner 244 "The cold water cure at Divonne--excellent for melancholia."--From a letter of William James (page 447) 448

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From this reading Our parents began at that season a long sojourn at the old Hotel de l'Ecu, which now erects a somewhat diminished head on the edge of the rushing Rhone--its only rival then was the Hotel des Bergues opposite, considerably larger and commanding more or less the view of that profiled crest of Mont-Blanc which used to be so oddly likened to the head and face of a singularly supine Napoleon.

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From this reading Pencil-drawn portrait of William James by himself, about 1866 _Frontispiece_ Louis Osborne.

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From this reading It may again perhaps betray something of that incorrigible vagueness of current in our educational drift which I have elsewhere[1] so unreservedly suffered to reflect itself that, though we had come abroad in 1855 with an eye to the then supposedly supreme benefits of Swiss schooling, our most resolute attempt to tap that supply, after twenty distractions, waited over to the autumn of the fourth year later on, when we in renewed good faith retraced our steps to Geneva.

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From this reading Pencil-drawn portrait of William James by himself, about 1866 _Frontispiece_ Louis Osborne.

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From this reading But on that side the shooting blue flood was less directly and familiarly under the windows; in our position we lived with it and hung over it, and its beauty, just where we mainly congregated, was, I fear, my own sole happy impression during several of those months.

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From this reading Our parents began at that season a long sojourn at the old Hotel de l'Ecu, which now erects a somewhat diminished head on the edge of the rushing Rhone--its only rival then was the Hotel des Bergues opposite, considerably larger and commanding more or less the view of that profiled crest of Mont-Blanc which used to be so oddly likened to the head and face of a singularly supine Napoleon.

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From this reading Sketch from a letter of William James (page 18) 18 Portrait in oils of Miss Katherine Temple, 1861 96 A leaf from the letter quoted on page 129 130 Sketch of G. W. James brought home wounded from the assault on Fort Wagner 244 "The cold water cure at Divonne--excellent for melancholia."--From a letter of William James (page 447) 448

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From this reading It may again perhaps betray something of that incorrigible vagueness of current in our educational drift which I have elsewhere[1] so unreservedly suffered to reflect itself that, though we had come abroad in 1855 with an eye to the then supposedly supreme benefits of Swiss schooling, our most resolute attempt to tap that supply, after twenty distractions, waited over to the autumn of the fourth year later on, when we in renewed good faith retraced our steps to Geneva.

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From this reading It may again perhaps betray something of that incorrigible vagueness of current in our educational drift which I have elsewhere[1] so unreservedly suffered to reflect itself that, though we had come abroad in 1855 with an eye to the then supposedly supreme benefits of Swiss schooling, our most resolute attempt to tap that supply, after twenty distractions, waited over to the autumn of the fourth year later on, when we in renewed good faith retraced our steps to Geneva.

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From this reading It may again perhaps betray something of that incorrigible vagueness of current in our educational drift which I have elsewhere[1] so unreservedly suffered to reflect itself that, though we had come abroad in 1855 with an eye to the then supposedly supreme benefits of Swiss schooling, our most resolute attempt to tap that supply, after twenty distractions, waited over to the autumn of the fourth year later on, when we in renewed good faith retraced our steps to Geneva.

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From this reading It may again perhaps betray something of that incorrigible vagueness of current in our educational drift which I have elsewhere[1] so unreservedly suffered to reflect itself that, though we had come abroad in 1855 with an eye to the then supposedly supreme benefits of Swiss schooling, our most resolute attempt to tap that supply, after twenty distractions, waited over to the autumn of the fourth year later on, when we in renewed good faith retraced our steps to Geneva.

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From this reading Our parents began at that season a long sojourn at the old Hotel de l'Ecu, which now erects a somewhat diminished head on the edge of the rushing Rhone--its only rival then was the Hotel des Bergues opposite, considerably larger and commanding more or less the view of that profiled crest of Mont-Blanc which used to be so oddly likened to the head and face of a singularly supine Napoleon.

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From this reading Our parents began at that season a long sojourn at the old Hotel de l'Ecu, which now erects a somewhat diminished head on the edge of the rushing Rhone--its only rival then was the Hotel des Bergues opposite, considerably larger and commanding more or less the view of that profiled crest of Mont-Blanc which used to be so oddly likened to the head and face of a singularly supine Napoleon.

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From this reading Our parents began at that season a long sojourn at the old Hotel de l'Ecu, which now erects a somewhat diminished head on the edge of the rushing Rhone--its only rival then was the Hotel des Bergues opposite, considerably larger and commanding more or less the view of that profiled crest of Mont-Blanc which used to be so oddly likened to the head and face of a singularly supine Napoleon.

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From this reading It may again perhaps betray something of that incorrigible vagueness of current in our educational drift which I have elsewhere[1] so unreservedly suffered to reflect itself that, though we had come abroad in 1855 with an eye to the then supposedly supreme benefits of Swiss schooling, our most resolute attempt to tap that supply, after twenty distractions, waited over to the autumn of the fourth year later on, when we in renewed good faith retraced our steps to Geneva.

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From this reading Our parents began at that season a long sojourn at the old Hotel de l'Ecu, which now erects a somewhat diminished head on the edge of the rushing Rhone--its only rival then was the Hotel des Bergues opposite, considerably larger and commanding more or less the view of that profiled crest of Mont-Blanc which used to be so oddly likened to the head and face of a singularly supine Napoleon.

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From this reading But on that side the shooting blue flood was less directly and familiarly under the windows; in our position we lived with it and hung over it, and its beauty, just where we mainly congregated, was, I fear, my own sole happy impression during several of those months.

a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage

From this reading But on that side the shooting blue flood was less directly and familiarly under the windows; in our position we lived with it and hung over it, and its beauty, just where we mainly congregated, was, I fear, my own sole happy impression during several of those months.

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From this reading But on that side the shooting blue flood was less directly and familiarly under the windows; in our position we lived with it and hung over it, and its beauty, just where we mainly congregated, was, I fear, my own sole happy impression during several of those months.

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From this reading Our parents began at that season a long sojourn at the old Hotel de l'Ecu, which now erects a somewhat diminished head on the edge of the rushing Rhone--its only rival then was the Hotel des Bergues opposite, considerably larger and commanding more or less the view of that profiled crest of Mont-Blanc which used to be so oddly likened to the head and face of a singularly supine Napoleon.

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From this reading Sketch from a letter of William James (page 18) 18 Portrait in oils of Miss Katherine Temple, 1861 96 A leaf from the letter quoted on page 129 130 Sketch of G. W. James brought home wounded from the assault on Fort Wagner 244 "The cold water cure at Divonne--excellent for melancholia."--From a letter of William James (page 447) 448

for that reason; with the result that

From this reading It may again perhaps betray something of that incorrigible vagueness of current in our educational drift which I have elsewhere[1] so unreservedly suffered to reflect itself that, though we had come abroad in 1855 with an eye to the then supposedly supreme benefits of Swiss schooling, our most resolute attempt to tap that supply, after twenty distractions, waited over to the autumn of the fourth year later on, when we in renewed good faith retraced our steps to Geneva.

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From this reading Our parents began at that season a long sojourn at the old Hotel de l'Ecu, which now erects a somewhat diminished head on the edge of the rushing Rhone--its only rival then was the Hotel des Bergues opposite, considerably larger and commanding more or less the view of that profiled crest of Mont-Blanc which used to be so oddly likened to the head and face of a singularly supine Napoleon.

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From this reading But on that side the shooting blue flood was less directly and familiarly under the windows; in our position we lived with it and hung over it, and its beauty, just where we mainly congregated, was, I fear, my own sole happy impression during several of those months.

a thing, without saying which

From this reading It may again perhaps betray something of that incorrigible vagueness of current in our educational drift which I have elsewhere[1] so unreservedly suffered to reflect itself that, though we had come abroad in 1855 with an eye to the then supposedly supreme benefits of Swiss schooling, our most resolute attempt to tap that supply, after twenty distractions, waited over to the autumn of the fourth year later on, when we in renewed good faith retraced our steps to Geneva.

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From this reading Our parents began at that season a long sojourn at the old Hotel de l'Ecu, which now erects a somewhat diminished head on the edge of the rushing Rhone--its only rival then was the Hotel des Bergues opposite, considerably larger and commanding more or less the view of that profiled crest of Mont-Blanc which used to be so oddly likened to the head and face of a singularly supine Napoleon.

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From this reading It may again perhaps betray something of that incorrigible vagueness of current in our educational drift which I have elsewhere[1] so unreservedly suffered to reflect itself that, though we had come abroad in 1855 with an eye to the then supposedly supreme benefits of Swiss schooling, our most resolute attempt to tap that supply, after twenty distractions, waited over to the autumn of the fourth year later on, when we in renewed good faith retraced our steps to Geneva.

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From this reading It may again perhaps betray something of that incorrigible vagueness of current in our educational drift which I have elsewhere[1] so unreservedly suffered to reflect itself that, though we had come abroad in 1855 with an eye to the then supposedly supreme benefits of Swiss schooling, our most resolute attempt to tap that supply, after twenty distractions, waited over to the autumn of the fourth year later on, when we in renewed good faith retraced our steps to Geneva.

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From this reading Our parents began at that season a long sojourn at the old Hotel de l'Ecu, which now erects a somewhat diminished head on the edge of the rushing Rhone--its only rival then was the Hotel des Bergues opposite, considerably larger and commanding more or less the view of that profiled crest of Mont-Blanc which used to be so oddly likened to the head and face of a singularly supine Napoleon.

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From this reading It may again perhaps betray something of that incorrigible vagueness of current in our educational drift which I have elsewhere[1] so unreservedly suffered to reflect itself that, though we had come abroad in 1855 with an eye to the then supposedly supreme benefits of Swiss schooling, our most resolute attempt to tap that supply, after twenty distractions, waited over to the autumn of the fourth year later on, when we in renewed good faith retraced our steps to Geneva.

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From this reading It may again perhaps betray something of that incorrigible vagueness of current in our educational drift which I have elsewhere[1] so unreservedly suffered to reflect itself that, though we had come abroad in 1855 with an eye to the then supposedly supreme benefits of Swiss schooling, our most resolute attempt to tap that supply, after twenty distractions, waited over to the autumn of the fourth year later on, when we in renewed good faith retraced our steps to Geneva.

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From this reading It may again perhaps betray something of that incorrigible vagueness of current in our educational drift which I have elsewhere[1] so unreservedly suffered to reflect itself that, though we had come abroad in 1855 with an eye to the then supposedly supreme benefits of Swiss schooling, our most resolute attempt to tap that supply, after twenty distractions, waited over to the autumn of the fourth year later on, when we in renewed good faith retraced our steps to Geneva.

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From this reading It may again perhaps betray something of that incorrigible vagueness of current in our educational drift which I have elsewhere[1] so unreservedly suffered to reflect itself that, though we had come abroad in 1855 with an eye to the then supposedly supreme benefits of Swiss schooling, our most resolute attempt to tap that supply, after twenty distractions, waited over to the autumn of the fourth year later on, when we in renewed good faith retraced our steps to Geneva.

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From this reading It may again perhaps betray something of that incorrigible vagueness of current in our educational drift which I have elsewhere[1] so unreservedly suffered to reflect itself that, though we had come abroad in 1855 with an eye to the then supposedly supreme benefits of Swiss schooling, our most resolute attempt to tap that supply, after twenty distractions, waited over to the autumn of the fourth year later on, when we in renewed good faith retraced our steps to Geneva.

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From this reading Sketch from a letter of William James (page 18) 18 Portrait in oils of Miss Katherine Temple, 1861 96 A leaf from the letter quoted on page 129 130 Sketch of G. W. James brought home wounded from the assault on Fort Wagner 244 "The cold water cure at Divonne--excellent for melancholia."--From a letter of William James (page 447) 448

used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt

From this reading It may again perhaps betray something of that incorrigible vagueness of current in our educational drift which I have elsewhere[1] so unreservedly suffered to reflect itself that, though we had come abroad in 1855 with an eye to the then supposedly supreme benefits of Swiss schooling, our most resolute attempt to tap that supply, after twenty distractions, waited over to the autumn of the fourth year later on, when we in renewed good faith retraced our steps to Geneva.

used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind

From this reading Sketch from a letter of William James (page 18) 18 Portrait in oils of Miss Katherine Temple, 1861 96 A leaf from the letter quoted on page 129 130 Sketch of G. W. James brought home wounded from the assault on Fort Wagner 244 "The cold water cure at Divonne--excellent for melancholia."--From a letter of William James (page 447) 448

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From this reading It may again perhaps betray something of that incorrigible vagueness of current in our educational drift which I have elsewhere[1] so unreservedly suffered to reflect itself that, though we had come abroad in 1855 with an eye to the then supposedly supreme benefits of Swiss schooling, our most resolute attempt to tap that supply, after twenty distractions, waited over to the autumn of the fourth year later on, when we in renewed good faith retraced our steps to Geneva.

the plural of “that”: the people or things further away, or already known

From this reading But on that side the shooting blue flood was less directly and familiarly under the windows; in our position we lived with it and hung over it, and its beauty, just where we mainly congregated, was, I fear, my own sole happy impression during several of those months.

in spite of the fact that

From this reading It may again perhaps betray something of that incorrigible vagueness of current in our educational drift which I have elsewhere[1] so unreservedly suffered to reflect itself that, though we had come abroad in 1855 with an eye to the then supposedly supreme benefits of Swiss schooling, our most resolute attempt to tap that supply, after twenty distractions, waited over to the autumn of the fourth year later on, when we in renewed good faith retraced our steps to Geneva.

used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive

From this reading It may again perhaps betray something of that incorrigible vagueness of current in our educational drift which I have elsewhere[1] so unreservedly suffered to reflect itself that, though we had come abroad in 1855 with an eye to the then supposedly supreme benefits of Swiss schooling, our most resolute attempt to tap that supply, after twenty distractions, waited over to the autumn of the fourth year later on, when we in renewed good faith retraced our steps to Geneva.

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From this reading It may again perhaps betray something of that incorrigible vagueness of current in our educational drift which I have elsewhere[1] so unreservedly suffered to reflect itself that, though we had come abroad in 1855 with an eye to the then supposedly supreme benefits of Swiss schooling, our most resolute attempt to tap that supply, after twenty distractions, waited over to the autumn of the fourth year later on, when we in renewed good faith retraced our steps to Geneva.

below or beneath something; less than

From this reading But on that side the shooting blue flood was less directly and familiarly under the windows; in our position we lived with it and hung over it, and its beauty, just where we mainly congregated, was, I fear, my own sole happy impression during several of those months.

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From this reading It may again perhaps betray something of that incorrigible vagueness of current in our educational drift which I have elsewhere[1] so unreservedly suffered to reflect itself that, though we had come abroad in 1855 with an eye to the then supposedly supreme benefits of Swiss schooling, our most resolute attempt to tap that supply, after twenty distractions, waited over to the autumn of the fourth year later on, when we in renewed good faith retraced our steps to Geneva.

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From this reading Our parents began at that season a long sojourn at the old Hotel de l'Ecu, which now erects a somewhat diminished head on the edge of the rushing Rhone--its only rival then was the Hotel des Bergues opposite, considerably larger and commanding more or less the view of that profiled crest of Mont-Blanc which used to be so oddly likened to the head and face of a singularly supine Napoleon.

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From this reading It may again perhaps betray something of that incorrigible vagueness of current in our educational drift which I have elsewhere[1] so unreservedly suffered to reflect itself that, though we had come abroad in 1855 with an eye to the then supposedly supreme benefits of Swiss schooling, our most resolute attempt to tap that supply, after twenty distractions, waited over to the autumn of the fourth year later on, when we in renewed good faith retraced our steps to Geneva.

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From this reading Our parents began at that season a long sojourn at the old Hotel de l'Ecu, which now erects a somewhat diminished head on the edge of the rushing Rhone--its only rival then was the Hotel des Bergues opposite, considerably larger and commanding more or less the view of that profiled crest of Mont-Blanc which used to be so oddly likened to the head and face of a singularly supine Napoleon.

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From this reading Sketch from a letter of William James (page 18) 18 Portrait in oils of Miss Katherine Temple, 1861 96 A leaf from the letter quoted on page 129 130 Sketch of G. W. James brought home wounded from the assault on Fort Wagner 244 "The cold water cure at Divonne--excellent for melancholia."--From a letter of William James (page 447) 448

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From this reading Sketch from a letter of William James (page 18) 18 Portrait in oils of Miss Katherine Temple, 1861 96 A leaf from the letter quoted on page 129 130 Sketch of G. W. James brought home wounded from the assault on Fort Wagner 244 "The cold water cure at Divonne--excellent for melancholia."--From a letter of William James (page 447) 448

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From this reading It may again perhaps betray something of that incorrigible vagueness of current in our educational drift which I have elsewhere[1] so unreservedly suffered to reflect itself that, though we had come abroad in 1855 with an eye to the then supposedly supreme benefits of Swiss schooling, our most resolute attempt to tap that supply, after twenty distractions, waited over to the autumn of the fourth year later on, when we in renewed good faith retraced our steps to Geneva.

the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun

From this reading Our parents began at that season a long sojourn at the old Hotel de l'Ecu, which now erects a somewhat diminished head on the edge of the rushing Rhone--its only rival then was the Hotel des Bergues opposite, considerably larger and commanding more or less the view of that profiled crest of Mont-Blanc which used to be so oddly likened to the head and face of a singularly supine Napoleon.

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From this reading Sketch from a letter of William James (page 18) 18 Portrait in oils of Miss Katherine Temple, 1861 96 A leaf from the letter quoted on page 129 130 Sketch of G. W. James brought home wounded from the assault on Fort Wagner 244 "The cold water cure at Divonne--excellent for melancholia."--From a letter of William James (page 447) 448

the speaker together with one or more other people

From this reading It may again perhaps betray something of that incorrigible vagueness of current in our educational drift which I have elsewhere[1] so unreservedly suffered to reflect itself that, though we had come abroad in 1855 with an eye to the then supposedly supreme benefits of Swiss schooling, our most resolute attempt to tap that supply, after twenty distractions, waited over to the autumn of the fourth year later on, when we in renewed good faith retraced our steps to Geneva.

at the time that

From this reading It may again perhaps betray something of that incorrigible vagueness of current in our educational drift which I have elsewhere[1] so unreservedly suffered to reflect itself that, though we had come abroad in 1855 with an eye to the then supposedly supreme benefits of Swiss schooling, our most resolute attempt to tap that supply, after twenty distractions, waited over to the autumn of the fourth year later on, when we in renewed good faith retraced our steps to Geneva.

in or at the place that

From this reading But on that side the shooting blue flood was less directly and familiarly under the windows; in our position we lived with it and hung over it, and its beauty, just where we mainly congregated, was, I fear, my own sole happy impression during several of those months.

used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned

From this reading It may again perhaps betray something of that incorrigible vagueness of current in our educational drift which I have elsewhere[1] so unreservedly suffered to reflect itself that, though we had come abroad in 1855 with an eye to the then supposedly supreme benefits of Swiss schooling, our most resolute attempt to tap that supply, after twenty distractions, waited over to the autumn of the fourth year later on, when we in renewed good faith retraced our steps to Geneva.

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From this reading Pencil-drawn portrait of William James by himself, about 1866 _Frontispiece_ Louis Osborne.

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From this reading But on that side the shooting blue flood was less directly and familiarly under the windows; in our position we lived with it and hung over it, and its beauty, just where we mainly congregated, was, I fear, my own sole happy impression during several of those months.

in the company of; together with

From this reading It may again perhaps betray something of that incorrigible vagueness of current in our educational drift which I have elsewhere[1] so unreservedly suffered to reflect itself that, though we had come abroad in 1855 with an eye to the then supposedly supreme benefits of Swiss schooling, our most resolute attempt to tap that supply, after twenty distractions, waited over to the autumn of the fourth year later on, when we in renewed good faith retraced our steps to Geneva.

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From this reading Sketch from a letter of William James (page 18) 18 Portrait in oils of Miss Katherine Temple, 1861 96 A leaf from the letter quoted on page 129 130 Sketch of G. W. James brought home wounded from the assault on Fort Wagner 244 "The cold water cure at Divonne--excellent for melancholia."--From a letter of William James (page 447) 448

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From this reading It may again perhaps betray something of that incorrigible vagueness of current in our educational drift which I have elsewhere[1] so unreservedly suffered to reflect itself that, though we had come abroad in 1855 with an eye to the then supposedly supreme benefits of Swiss schooling, our most resolute attempt to tap that supply, after twenty distractions, waited over to the autumn of the fourth year later on, when we in renewed good faith retraced our steps to Geneva.