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1909
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From this reading _First Published_ _November 4th 1909_ _Second Edition_ _1910_ Some say that when that box was opened wherein lay ready the evils of the world (and a woman opened it) Hope flew out at last.
1910
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From this reading _First Published_ _November 4th 1909_ _Second Edition_ _1910_ Some say that when that box was opened wherein lay ready the evils of the world (and a woman opened it) Hope flew out at last.
4th
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From this reading _First Published_ _November 4th 1909_ _Second Edition_ _1910_ Some say that when that box was opened wherein lay ready the evils of the world (and a woman opened it) Hope flew out at last.
adeterminerUS /ə/
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading _First Published_ _November 4th 1909_ _Second Edition_ _1910_ Some say that when that box was opened wherein lay ready the evils of the world (and a woman opened it) Hope flew out at last.
againstprepositionUS /əˈɡenst/
touching and pressing; in opposition to
From this reading That is a Pagan thing to say and a hopeless one, for the true comfort that remained for men, and that embodied and gave reality to their conquering struggle against every despair, was surely Song.
all
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From this reading If you would ask in what society a permanent sickness oppresses all, and the wealthy alone are permitted to make the laws, go to one in which song is a fine art and treated with criticism and used charily, and ceases to be a human thing.
alonenounUS /alone/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading If you would ask in what society a permanent sickness oppresses all, and the wealthy alone are permitted to make the laws, go to one in which song is a fine art and treated with criticism and used charily, and ceases to be a human thing.
always
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From this reading But if you would discover where men are men, take for your test whether songs are always and loudly sung.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading _First Published_ _November 4th 1909_ _Second Edition_ _1910_ Some say that when that box was opened wherein lay ready the evils of the world (and a woman opened it) Hope flew out at last.
areauxiliary verbUS /ɑːr/
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading If you would ask in what society a permanent sickness oppresses all, and the wealthy alone are permitted to make the laws, go to one in which song is a fine art and treated with criticism and used charily, and ceases to be a human thing.
artauxiliary verbUS /ɑːrt/
an old form of “are”, used with “thou”
From this reading If you would ask in what society a permanent sickness oppresses all, and the wealthy alone are permitted to make the laws, go to one in which song is a fine art and treated with criticism and used charily, and ceases to be a human thing.
ask
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From this reading If you would ask what society is imperilled of death, go to one in which song is extinguished.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading _First Published_ _November 4th 1909_ _Second Edition_ _1910_ Some say that when that box was opened wherein lay ready the evils of the world (and a woman opened it) Hope flew out at last.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading If you would ask in what society a permanent sickness oppresses all, and the wealthy alone are permitted to make the laws, go to one in which song is a fine art and treated with criticism and used charily, and ceases to be a human thing.
box
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From this reading _First Published_ _November 4th 1909_ _Second Edition_ _1910_ Some say that when that box was opened wherein lay ready the evils of the world (and a woman opened it) Hope flew out at last.
ButconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading But if you would discover where men are men, take for your test whether songs are always and loudly sung.
ceases
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From this reading If you would ask in what society a permanent sickness oppresses all, and the wealthy alone are permitted to make the laws, go to one in which song is a fine art and treated with criticism and used charily, and ceases to be a human thing.
charily
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From this reading If you would ask in what society a permanent sickness oppresses all, and the wealthy alone are permitted to make the laws, go to one in which song is a fine art and treated with criticism and used charily, and ceases to be a human thing.
comfort
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From this reading That is a Pagan thing to say and a hopeless one, for the true comfort that remained for men, and that embodied and gave reality to their conquering struggle against every despair, was surely Song.
conquering
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From this reading That is a Pagan thing to say and a hopeless one, for the true comfort that remained for men, and that embodied and gave reality to their conquering struggle against every despair, was surely Song.
criticism
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From this reading If you would ask in what society a permanent sickness oppresses all, and the wealthy alone are permitted to make the laws, go to one in which song is a fine art and treated with criticism and used charily, and ceases to be a human thing.
death
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From this reading If you would ask what society is imperilled of death, go to one in which song is extinguished.
despair
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From this reading That is a Pagan thing to say and a hopeless one, for the true comfort that remained for men, and that embodied and gave reality to their conquering struggle against every despair, was surely Song.
discover
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From this reading But if you would discover where men are men, take for your test whether songs are always and loudly sung.
Edition
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From this reading _First Published_ _November 4th 1909_ _Second Edition_ _1910_ Some say that when that box was opened wherein lay ready the evils of the world (and a woman opened it) Hope flew out at last.
embodied
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From this reading That is a Pagan thing to say and a hopeless one, for the true comfort that remained for men, and that embodied and gave reality to their conquering struggle against every despair, was surely Song.
everydeterminerUS /ˈevəri/
all the members of a group, with none left out
From this reading That is a Pagan thing to say and a hopeless one, for the true comfort that remained for men, and that embodied and gave reality to their conquering struggle against every despair, was surely Song.
evils
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From this reading _First Published_ _November 4th 1909_ _Second Edition_ _1910_ Some say that when that box was opened wherein lay ready the evils of the world (and a woman opened it) Hope flew out at last.
extinguished
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From this reading If you would ask what society is imperilled of death, go to one in which song is extinguished.
finenounUS /fine/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading If you would ask in what society a permanent sickness oppresses all, and the wealthy alone are permitted to make the laws, go to one in which song is a fine art and treated with criticism and used charily, and ceases to be a human thing.
FirstnounUS /first/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading _First Published_ _November 4th 1909_ _Second Edition_ _1910_ Some say that when that box was opened wherein lay ready the evils of the world (and a woman opened it) Hope flew out at last.
flew
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From this reading _First Published_ _November 4th 1909_ _Second Edition_ _1910_ Some say that when that box was opened wherein lay ready the evils of the world (and a woman opened it) Hope flew out at last.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading That is a Pagan thing to say and a hopeless one, for the true comfort that remained for men, and that embodied and gave reality to their conquering struggle against every despair, was surely Song.
gave
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From this reading That is a Pagan thing to say and a hopeless one, for the true comfort that remained for men, and that embodied and gave reality to their conquering struggle against every despair, was surely Song.
go
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From this reading If you would ask what society is imperilled of death, go to one in which song is extinguished.
Hope
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From this reading _First Published_ _November 4th 1909_ _Second Edition_ _1910_ Some say that when that box was opened wherein lay ready the evils of the world (and a woman opened it) Hope flew out at last.
hopeless
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From this reading That is a Pagan thing to say and a hopeless one, for the true comfort that remained for men, and that embodied and gave reality to their conquering struggle against every despair, was surely Song.
human
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From this reading If you would ask in what society a permanent sickness oppresses all, and the wealthy alone are permitted to make the laws, go to one in which song is a fine art and treated with criticism and used charily, and ceases to be a human thing.
IfconjunctionUS /ɪf/
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading If you would ask what society is imperilled of death, go to one in which song is extinguished.
imperilled
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From this reading If you would ask what society is imperilled of death, go to one in which song is extinguished.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading If you would ask what society is imperilled of death, go to one in which song is extinguished.
isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading That is a Pagan thing to say and a hopeless one, for the true comfort that remained for men, and that embodied and gave reality to their conquering struggle against every despair, was surely Song.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading _First Published_ _November 4th 1909_ _Second Edition_ _1910_ Some say that when that box was opened wherein lay ready the evils of the world (and a woman opened it) Hope flew out at last.
lastnounUS /last/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading _First Published_ _November 4th 1909_ _Second Edition_ _1910_ Some say that when that box was opened wherein lay ready the evils of the world (and a woman opened it) Hope flew out at last.
laws
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From this reading If you would ask in what society a permanent sickness oppresses all, and the wealthy alone are permitted to make the laws, go to one in which song is a fine art and treated with criticism and used charily, and ceases to be a human thing.
lay
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From this reading _First Published_ _November 4th 1909_ _Second Edition_ _1910_ Some say that when that box was opened wherein lay ready the evils of the world (and a woman opened it) Hope flew out at last.
loudly
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From this reading But if you would discover where men are men, take for your test whether songs are always and loudly sung.
makenounUS /make/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading If you would ask in what society a permanent sickness oppresses all, and the wealthy alone are permitted to make the laws, go to one in which song is a fine art and treated with criticism and used charily, and ceases to be a human thing.
men
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From this reading That is a Pagan thing to say and a hopeless one, for the true comfort that remained for men, and that embodied and gave reality to their conquering struggle against every despair, was surely Song.
November
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From this reading _First Published_ _November 4th 1909_ _Second Edition_ _1910_ Some say that when that box was opened wherein lay ready the evils of the world (and a woman opened it) Hope flew out at last.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading _First Published_ _November 4th 1909_ _Second Edition_ _1910_ Some say that when that box was opened wherein lay ready the evils of the world (and a woman opened it) Hope flew out at last.
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading That is a Pagan thing to say and a hopeless one, for the true comfort that remained for men, and that embodied and gave reality to their conquering struggle against every despair, was surely Song.
opened
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From this reading _First Published_ _November 4th 1909_ _Second Edition_ _1910_ Some say that when that box was opened wherein lay ready the evils of the world (and a woman opened it) Hope flew out at last.
oppresses
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From this reading If you would ask in what society a permanent sickness oppresses all, and the wealthy alone are permitted to make the laws, go to one in which song is a fine art and treated with criticism and used charily, and ceases to be a human thing.
out
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From this reading _First Published_ _November 4th 1909_ _Second Edition_ _1910_ Some say that when that box was opened wherein lay ready the evils of the world (and a woman opened it) Hope flew out at last.
Pagan
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From this reading That is a Pagan thing to say and a hopeless one, for the true comfort that remained for men, and that embodied and gave reality to their conquering struggle against every despair, was surely Song.
permanent
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From this reading If you would ask in what society a permanent sickness oppresses all, and the wealthy alone are permitted to make the laws, go to one in which song is a fine art and treated with criticism and used charily, and ceases to be a human thing.
permitted
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From this reading If you would ask in what society a permanent sickness oppresses all, and the wealthy alone are permitted to make the laws, go to one in which song is a fine art and treated with criticism and used charily, and ceases to be a human thing.
Published
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From this reading _First Published_ _November 4th 1909_ _Second Edition_ _1910_ Some say that when that box was opened wherein lay ready the evils of the world (and a woman opened it) Hope flew out at last.
ready
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From this reading _First Published_ _November 4th 1909_ _Second Edition_ _1910_ Some say that when that box was opened wherein lay ready the evils of the world (and a woman opened it) Hope flew out at last.
reality
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From this reading That is a Pagan thing to say and a hopeless one, for the true comfort that remained for men, and that embodied and gave reality to their conquering struggle against every despair, was surely Song.
remainednounUS /ˈremained/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading That is a Pagan thing to say and a hopeless one, for the true comfort that remained for men, and that embodied and gave reality to their conquering struggle against every despair, was surely Song.
say
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From this reading _First Published_ _November 4th 1909_ _Second Edition_ _1910_ Some say that when that box was opened wherein lay ready the evils of the world (and a woman opened it) Hope flew out at last.
Second
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From this reading _First Published_ _November 4th 1909_ _Second Edition_ _1910_ Some say that when that box was opened wherein lay ready the evils of the world (and a woman opened it) Hope flew out at last.
sickness
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From this reading If you would ask in what society a permanent sickness oppresses all, and the wealthy alone are permitted to make the laws, go to one in which song is a fine art and treated with criticism and used charily, and ceases to be a human thing.
society
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From this reading If you would ask what society is imperilled of death, go to one in which song is extinguished.
Some
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From this reading _First Published_ _November 4th 1909_ _Second Edition_ _1910_ Some say that when that box was opened wherein lay ready the evils of the world (and a woman opened it) Hope flew out at last.
Song
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From this reading That is a Pagan thing to say and a hopeless one, for the true comfort that remained for men, and that embodied and gave reality to their conquering struggle against every despair, was surely Song.
songs
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From this reading But if you would discover where men are men, take for your test whether songs are always and loudly sung.
struggle
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From this reading That is a Pagan thing to say and a hopeless one, for the true comfort that remained for men, and that embodied and gave reality to their conquering struggle against every despair, was surely Song.
sung
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From this reading But if you would discover where men are men, take for your test whether songs are always and loudly sung.
surely
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From this reading That is a Pagan thing to say and a hopeless one, for the true comfort that remained for men, and that embodied and gave reality to their conquering struggle against every despair, was surely Song.
takenounUS /take/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading But if you would discover where men are men, take for your test whether songs are always and loudly sung.
test
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From this reading But if you would discover where men are men, take for your test whether songs are always and loudly sung.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading _First Published_ _November 4th 1909_ _Second Edition_ _1910_ Some say that when that box was opened wherein lay ready the evils of the world (and a woman opened it) Hope flew out at last.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading _First Published_ _November 4th 1909_ _Second Edition_ _1910_ Some say that when that box was opened wherein lay ready the evils of the world (and a woman opened it) Hope flew out at last.
theirdeterminerUS /ðer/
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading That is a Pagan thing to say and a hopeless one, for the true comfort that remained for men, and that embodied and gave reality to their conquering struggle against every despair, was surely Song.
thingnounUS /thing/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading That is a Pagan thing to say and a hopeless one, for the true comfort that remained for men, and that embodied and gave reality to their conquering struggle against every despair, was surely Song.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading That is a Pagan thing to say and a hopeless one, for the true comfort that remained for men, and that embodied and gave reality to their conquering struggle against every despair, was surely Song.
treated
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From this reading If you would ask in what society a permanent sickness oppresses all, and the wealthy alone are permitted to make the laws, go to one in which song is a fine art and treated with criticism and used charily, and ceases to be a human thing.
true
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From this reading That is a Pagan thing to say and a hopeless one, for the true comfort that remained for men, and that embodied and gave reality to their conquering struggle against every despair, was surely Song.
used
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From this reading If you would ask in what society a permanent sickness oppresses all, and the wealthy alone are permitted to make the laws, go to one in which song is a fine art and treated with criticism and used charily, and ceases to be a human thing.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading _First Published_ _November 4th 1909_ _Second Edition_ _1910_ Some say that when that box was opened wherein lay ready the evils of the world (and a woman opened it) Hope flew out at last.
wealthy
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From this reading If you would ask in what society a permanent sickness oppresses all, and the wealthy alone are permitted to make the laws, go to one in which song is a fine art and treated with criticism and used charily, and ceases to be a human thing.
whatpronounUS /wʌt/
used to ask for information about something
From this reading If you would ask what society is imperilled of death, go to one in which song is extinguished.
whenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading _First Published_ _November 4th 1909_ _Second Edition_ _1910_ Some say that when that box was opened wherein lay ready the evils of the world (and a woman opened it) Hope flew out at last.
whereconjunctionUS /wer/
in or at the place that
From this reading But if you would discover where men are men, take for your test whether songs are always and loudly sung.
wherein
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From this reading _First Published_ _November 4th 1909_ _Second Edition_ _1910_ Some say that when that box was opened wherein lay ready the evils of the world (and a woman opened it) Hope flew out at last.
whetherconjunctionUS /ˈweðər/
used to introduce two or more possibilities
From this reading But if you would discover where men are men, take for your test whether songs are always and loudly sung.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading If you would ask what society is imperilled of death, go to one in which song is extinguished.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading If you would ask in what society a permanent sickness oppresses all, and the wealthy alone are permitted to make the laws, go to one in which song is a fine art and treated with criticism and used charily, and ceases to be a human thing.
woman
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From this reading _First Published_ _November 4th 1909_ _Second Edition_ _1910_ Some say that when that box was opened wherein lay ready the evils of the world (and a woman opened it) Hope flew out at last.
world
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From this reading _First Published_ _November 4th 1909_ _Second Edition_ _1910_ Some say that when that box was opened wherein lay ready the evils of the world (and a woman opened it) Hope flew out at last.
wouldmodal verbUS /wʊd/
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading If you would ask what society is imperilled of death, go to one in which song is extinguished.
youpronounUS /juː/
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading If you would ask what society is imperilled of death, go to one in which song is extinguished.
yourdeterminerUS /jɔːr/
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading But if you would discover where men are men, take for your test whether songs are always and loudly sung.
