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AdeterminerUS /ə/
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading A few such I have found in Mr. Bemerton's first highly-commended bed book--the _Literary Anecdotes_ of John Nichols, a series of volumes, very unpromising at first, and truly as dull as Mr. Lecky told my friend that a bed book should be, descriptive of the attainments of the principal contributors to _The Gentleman's Magazine_ (best of periodicals) in the second half of the eighteenth century (a period when to be an antiquary and a gentleman was so easy) when that publication belonged to Bowyer the printer.
aboutprepositionUS /əˈbaʊt/
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading BEMERTON'S FIRST BED BOOK BRINGS US INTO THE COMPANY OF QUAINT AND LEARNED GENTLEMEN The older I grow, the less, I find, do I want to read about anything but human beings.
all
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From this reading For the most part these old dry-as-dust clergymen and scholars had little enough to recommend them to any one but Bowyer, who seems to have basked with equal satisfaction in the friendship of all; but when one looks deeper one finds treasure.
andeterminerUS /æn/
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading A few such I have found in Mr. Bemerton's first highly-commended bed book--the _Literary Anecdotes_ of John Nichols, a series of volumes, very unpromising at first, and truly as dull as Mr. Lecky told my friend that a bed book should be, descriptive of the attainments of the principal contributors to _The Gentleman's Magazine_ (best of periodicals) in the second half of the eighteenth century (a period when to be an antiquary and a gentleman was so easy) when that publication belonged to Bowyer the printer.
ANDconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading BEMERTON'S FIRST BED BOOK BRINGS US INTO THE COMPANY OF QUAINT AND LEARNED GENTLEMEN The older I grow, the less, I find, do I want to read about anything but human beings.
Anecdotes
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From this reading A few such I have found in Mr. Bemerton's first highly-commended bed book--the _Literary Anecdotes_ of John Nichols, a series of volumes, very unpromising at first, and truly as dull as Mr. Lecky told my friend that a bed book should be, descriptive of the attainments of the principal contributors to _The Gentleman's Magazine_ (best of periodicals) in the second half of the eighteenth century (a period when to be an antiquary and a gentleman was so easy) when that publication belonged to Bowyer the printer.
antiquary
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From this reading A few such I have found in Mr. Bemerton's first highly-commended bed book--the _Literary Anecdotes_ of John Nichols, a series of volumes, very unpromising at first, and truly as dull as Mr. Lecky told my friend that a bed book should be, descriptive of the attainments of the principal contributors to _The Gentleman's Magazine_ (best of periodicals) in the second half of the eighteenth century (a period when to be an antiquary and a gentleman was so easy) when that publication belonged to Bowyer the printer.
any
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From this reading For the most part these old dry-as-dust clergymen and scholars had little enough to recommend them to any one but Bowyer, who seems to have basked with equal satisfaction in the friendship of all; but when one looks deeper one finds treasure.
anythingpronounUS /ˈeniθɪŋ/
any thing at all
From this reading BEMERTON'S FIRST BED BOOK BRINGS US INTO THE COMPANY OF QUAINT AND LEARNED GENTLEMEN The older I grow, the less, I find, do I want to read about anything but human beings.
areauxiliary verbUS /ɑːr/
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading (The proper study of matured mankind is certainly man.) But human beings as human beings are not enough: they must, to interest me, have qualities of simplicity or candour or quaintness.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading (The proper study of matured mankind is certainly man.) But human beings as human beings are not enough: they must, to interest me, have qualities of simplicity or candour or quaintness.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading A few such I have found in Mr. Bemerton's first highly-commended bed book--the _Literary Anecdotes_ of John Nichols, a series of volumes, very unpromising at first, and truly as dull as Mr. Lecky told my friend that a bed book should be, descriptive of the attainments of the principal contributors to _The Gentleman's Magazine_ (best of periodicals) in the second half of the eighteenth century (a period when to be an antiquary and a gentleman was so easy) when that publication belonged to Bowyer the printer.
attainments
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From this reading A few such I have found in Mr. Bemerton's first highly-commended bed book--the _Literary Anecdotes_ of John Nichols, a series of volumes, very unpromising at first, and truly as dull as Mr. Lecky told my friend that a bed book should be, descriptive of the attainments of the principal contributors to _The Gentleman's Magazine_ (best of periodicals) in the second half of the eighteenth century (a period when to be an antiquary and a gentleman was so easy) when that publication belonged to Bowyer the printer.
basked
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From this reading For the most part these old dry-as-dust clergymen and scholars had little enough to recommend them to any one but Bowyer, who seems to have basked with equal satisfaction in the friendship of all; but when one looks deeper one finds treasure.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading A few such I have found in Mr. Bemerton's first highly-commended bed book--the _Literary Anecdotes_ of John Nichols, a series of volumes, very unpromising at first, and truly as dull as Mr. Lecky told my friend that a bed book should be, descriptive of the attainments of the principal contributors to _The Gentleman's Magazine_ (best of periodicals) in the second half of the eighteenth century (a period when to be an antiquary and a gentleman was so easy) when that publication belonged to Bowyer the printer.
BED
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From this reading BEMERTON'S FIRST BED BOOK BRINGS US INTO THE COMPANY OF QUAINT AND LEARNED GENTLEMEN The older I grow, the less, I find, do I want to read about anything but human beings.
beings
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belonged
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From this reading A few such I have found in Mr. Bemerton's first highly-commended bed book--the _Literary Anecdotes_ of John Nichols, a series of volumes, very unpromising at first, and truly as dull as Mr. Lecky told my friend that a bed book should be, descriptive of the attainments of the principal contributors to _The Gentleman's Magazine_ (best of periodicals) in the second half of the eighteenth century (a period when to be an antiquary and a gentleman was so easy) when that publication belonged to Bowyer the printer.
BEMERTON'S
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From this reading BEMERTON'S FIRST BED BOOK BRINGS US INTO THE COMPANY OF QUAINT AND LEARNED GENTLEMEN The older I grow, the less, I find, do I want to read about anything but human beings.
best
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From this reading A few such I have found in Mr. Bemerton's first highly-commended bed book--the _Literary Anecdotes_ of John Nichols, a series of volumes, very unpromising at first, and truly as dull as Mr. Lecky told my friend that a bed book should be, descriptive of the attainments of the principal contributors to _The Gentleman's Magazine_ (best of periodicals) in the second half of the eighteenth century (a period when to be an antiquary and a gentleman was so easy) when that publication belonged to Bowyer the printer.
BOOK
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From this reading BEMERTON'S FIRST BED BOOK BRINGS US INTO THE COMPANY OF QUAINT AND LEARNED GENTLEMEN The older I grow, the less, I find, do I want to read about anything but human beings.
Bowyer
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From this reading A few such I have found in Mr. Bemerton's first highly-commended bed book--the _Literary Anecdotes_ of John Nichols, a series of volumes, very unpromising at first, and truly as dull as Mr. Lecky told my friend that a bed book should be, descriptive of the attainments of the principal contributors to _The Gentleman's Magazine_ (best of periodicals) in the second half of the eighteenth century (a period when to be an antiquary and a gentleman was so easy) when that publication belonged to Bowyer the printer.
BRINGS
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From this reading BEMERTON'S FIRST BED BOOK BRINGS US INTO THE COMPANY OF QUAINT AND LEARNED GENTLEMEN The older I grow, the less, I find, do I want to read about anything but human beings.
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading BEMERTON'S FIRST BED BOOK BRINGS US INTO THE COMPANY OF QUAINT AND LEARNED GENTLEMEN The older I grow, the less, I find, do I want to read about anything but human beings.
candour
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From this reading (The proper study of matured mankind is certainly man.) But human beings as human beings are not enough: they must, to interest me, have qualities of simplicity or candour or quaintness.
century
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From this reading A few such I have found in Mr. Bemerton's first highly-commended bed book--the _Literary Anecdotes_ of John Nichols, a series of volumes, very unpromising at first, and truly as dull as Mr. Lecky told my friend that a bed book should be, descriptive of the attainments of the principal contributors to _The Gentleman's Magazine_ (best of periodicals) in the second half of the eighteenth century (a period when to be an antiquary and a gentleman was so easy) when that publication belonged to Bowyer the printer.
certainly
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From this reading (The proper study of matured mankind is certainly man.) But human beings as human beings are not enough: they must, to interest me, have qualities of simplicity or candour or quaintness.
clergymen
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From this reading For the most part these old dry-as-dust clergymen and scholars had little enough to recommend them to any one but Bowyer, who seems to have basked with equal satisfaction in the friendship of all; but when one looks deeper one finds treasure.
COMPANY
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From this reading BEMERTON'S FIRST BED BOOK BRINGS US INTO THE COMPANY OF QUAINT AND LEARNED GENTLEMEN The older I grow, the less, I find, do I want to read about anything but human beings.
contributors
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From this reading A few such I have found in Mr. Bemerton's first highly-commended bed book--the _Literary Anecdotes_ of John Nichols, a series of volumes, very unpromising at first, and truly as dull as Mr. Lecky told my friend that a bed book should be, descriptive of the attainments of the principal contributors to _The Gentleman's Magazine_ (best of periodicals) in the second half of the eighteenth century (a period when to be an antiquary and a gentleman was so easy) when that publication belonged to Bowyer the printer.
deeper
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From this reading For the most part these old dry-as-dust clergymen and scholars had little enough to recommend them to any one but Bowyer, who seems to have basked with equal satisfaction in the friendship of all; but when one looks deeper one finds treasure.
descriptive
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From this reading A few such I have found in Mr. Bemerton's first highly-commended bed book--the _Literary Anecdotes_ of John Nichols, a series of volumes, very unpromising at first, and truly as dull as Mr. Lecky told my friend that a bed book should be, descriptive of the attainments of the principal contributors to _The Gentleman's Magazine_ (best of periodicals) in the second half of the eighteenth century (a period when to be an antiquary and a gentleman was so easy) when that publication belonged to Bowyer the printer.
doauxiliary verbUS /duː/
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading BEMERTON'S FIRST BED BOOK BRINGS US INTO THE COMPANY OF QUAINT AND LEARNED GENTLEMEN The older I grow, the less, I find, do I want to read about anything but human beings.
dry-as-dust
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From this reading For the most part these old dry-as-dust clergymen and scholars had little enough to recommend them to any one but Bowyer, who seems to have basked with equal satisfaction in the friendship of all; but when one looks deeper one finds treasure.
dull
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From this reading A few such I have found in Mr. Bemerton's first highly-commended bed book--the _Literary Anecdotes_ of John Nichols, a series of volumes, very unpromising at first, and truly as dull as Mr. Lecky told my friend that a bed book should be, descriptive of the attainments of the principal contributors to _The Gentleman's Magazine_ (best of periodicals) in the second half of the eighteenth century (a period when to be an antiquary and a gentleman was so easy) when that publication belonged to Bowyer the printer.
easy
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From this reading A few such I have found in Mr. Bemerton's first highly-commended bed book--the _Literary Anecdotes_ of John Nichols, a series of volumes, very unpromising at first, and truly as dull as Mr. Lecky told my friend that a bed book should be, descriptive of the attainments of the principal contributors to _The Gentleman's Magazine_ (best of periodicals) in the second half of the eighteenth century (a period when to be an antiquary and a gentleman was so easy) when that publication belonged to Bowyer the printer.
eighteenth
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From this reading A few such I have found in Mr. Bemerton's first highly-commended bed book--the _Literary Anecdotes_ of John Nichols, a series of volumes, very unpromising at first, and truly as dull as Mr. Lecky told my friend that a bed book should be, descriptive of the attainments of the principal contributors to _The Gentleman's Magazine_ (best of periodicals) in the second half of the eighteenth century (a period when to be an antiquary and a gentleman was so easy) when that publication belonged to Bowyer the printer.
enough
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From this reading (The proper study of matured mankind is certainly man.) But human beings as human beings are not enough: they must, to interest me, have qualities of simplicity or candour or quaintness.
equal
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From this reading For the most part these old dry-as-dust clergymen and scholars had little enough to recommend them to any one but Bowyer, who seems to have basked with equal satisfaction in the friendship of all; but when one looks deeper one finds treasure.
few
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From this reading A few such I have found in Mr. Bemerton's first highly-commended bed book--the _Literary Anecdotes_ of John Nichols, a series of volumes, very unpromising at first, and truly as dull as Mr. Lecky told my friend that a bed book should be, descriptive of the attainments of the principal contributors to _The Gentleman's Magazine_ (best of periodicals) in the second half of the eighteenth century (a period when to be an antiquary and a gentleman was so easy) when that publication belonged to Bowyer the printer.
find
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From this reading BEMERTON'S FIRST BED BOOK BRINGS US INTO THE COMPANY OF QUAINT AND LEARNED GENTLEMEN The older I grow, the less, I find, do I want to read about anything but human beings.
finds
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From this reading For the most part these old dry-as-dust clergymen and scholars had little enough to recommend them to any one but Bowyer, who seems to have basked with equal satisfaction in the friendship of all; but when one looks deeper one finds treasure.
FIRSTnounUS /first/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading BEMERTON'S FIRST BED BOOK BRINGS US INTO THE COMPANY OF QUAINT AND LEARNED GENTLEMEN The older I grow, the less, I find, do I want to read about anything but human beings.
ForprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading For the most part these old dry-as-dust clergymen and scholars had little enough to recommend them to any one but Bowyer, who seems to have basked with equal satisfaction in the friendship of all; but when one looks deeper one finds treasure.
foundnounUS /found/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading A few such I have found in Mr. Bemerton's first highly-commended bed book--the _Literary Anecdotes_ of John Nichols, a series of volumes, very unpromising at first, and truly as dull as Mr. Lecky told my friend that a bed book should be, descriptive of the attainments of the principal contributors to _The Gentleman's Magazine_ (best of periodicals) in the second half of the eighteenth century (a period when to be an antiquary and a gentleman was so easy) when that publication belonged to Bowyer the printer.
friend
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From this reading A few such I have found in Mr. Bemerton's first highly-commended bed book--the _Literary Anecdotes_ of John Nichols, a series of volumes, very unpromising at first, and truly as dull as Mr. Lecky told my friend that a bed book should be, descriptive of the attainments of the principal contributors to _The Gentleman's Magazine_ (best of periodicals) in the second half of the eighteenth century (a period when to be an antiquary and a gentleman was so easy) when that publication belonged to Bowyer the printer.
friendship
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From this reading For the most part these old dry-as-dust clergymen and scholars had little enough to recommend them to any one but Bowyer, who seems to have basked with equal satisfaction in the friendship of all; but when one looks deeper one finds treasure.
gentlemannounUS /ˈgentleman/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading A few such I have found in Mr. Bemerton's first highly-commended bed book--the _Literary Anecdotes_ of John Nichols, a series of volumes, very unpromising at first, and truly as dull as Mr. Lecky told my friend that a bed book should be, descriptive of the attainments of the principal contributors to _The Gentleman's Magazine_ (best of periodicals) in the second half of the eighteenth century (a period when to be an antiquary and a gentleman was so easy) when that publication belonged to Bowyer the printer.
Gentleman's
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From this reading A few such I have found in Mr. Bemerton's first highly-commended bed book--the _Literary Anecdotes_ of John Nichols, a series of volumes, very unpromising at first, and truly as dull as Mr. Lecky told my friend that a bed book should be, descriptive of the attainments of the principal contributors to _The Gentleman's Magazine_ (best of periodicals) in the second half of the eighteenth century (a period when to be an antiquary and a gentleman was so easy) when that publication belonged to Bowyer the printer.
GENTLEMENnounUS /gentlemen/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading BEMERTON'S FIRST BED BOOK BRINGS US INTO THE COMPANY OF QUAINT AND LEARNED GENTLEMEN The older I grow, the less, I find, do I want to read about anything but human beings.
grow
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From this reading BEMERTON'S FIRST BED BOOK BRINGS US INTO THE COMPANY OF QUAINT AND LEARNED GENTLEMEN The older I grow, the less, I find, do I want to read about anything but human beings.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading For the most part these old dry-as-dust clergymen and scholars had little enough to recommend them to any one but Bowyer, who seems to have basked with equal satisfaction in the friendship of all; but when one looks deeper one finds treasure.
halfnounUS /half/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading A few such I have found in Mr. Bemerton's first highly-commended bed book--the _Literary Anecdotes_ of John Nichols, a series of volumes, very unpromising at first, and truly as dull as Mr. Lecky told my friend that a bed book should be, descriptive of the attainments of the principal contributors to _The Gentleman's Magazine_ (best of periodicals) in the second half of the eighteenth century (a period when to be an antiquary and a gentleman was so easy) when that publication belonged to Bowyer the printer.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading (The proper study of matured mankind is certainly man.) But human beings as human beings are not enough: they must, to interest me, have qualities of simplicity or candour or quaintness.
highly-commended
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From this reading A few such I have found in Mr. Bemerton's first highly-commended bed book--the _Literary Anecdotes_ of John Nichols, a series of volumes, very unpromising at first, and truly as dull as Mr. Lecky told my friend that a bed book should be, descriptive of the attainments of the principal contributors to _The Gentleman's Magazine_ (best of periodicals) in the second half of the eighteenth century (a period when to be an antiquary and a gentleman was so easy) when that publication belonged to Bowyer the printer.
human
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From this reading BEMERTON'S FIRST BED BOOK BRINGS US INTO THE COMPANY OF QUAINT AND LEARNED GENTLEMEN The older I grow, the less, I find, do I want to read about anything but human beings.
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading BEMERTON'S FIRST BED BOOK BRINGS US INTO THE COMPANY OF QUAINT AND LEARNED GENTLEMEN The older I grow, the less, I find, do I want to read about anything but human beings.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading A few such I have found in Mr. Bemerton's first highly-commended bed book--the _Literary Anecdotes_ of John Nichols, a series of volumes, very unpromising at first, and truly as dull as Mr. Lecky told my friend that a bed book should be, descriptive of the attainments of the principal contributors to _The Gentleman's Magazine_ (best of periodicals) in the second half of the eighteenth century (a period when to be an antiquary and a gentleman was so easy) when that publication belonged to Bowyer the printer.
interest
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From this reading (The proper study of matured mankind is certainly man.) But human beings as human beings are not enough: they must, to interest me, have qualities of simplicity or candour or quaintness.
INTOprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading BEMERTON'S FIRST BED BOOK BRINGS US INTO THE COMPANY OF QUAINT AND LEARNED GENTLEMEN The older I grow, the less, I find, do I want to read about anything but human beings.
isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading (The proper study of matured mankind is certainly man.) But human beings as human beings are not enough: they must, to interest me, have qualities of simplicity or candour or quaintness.
John
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From this reading A few such I have found in Mr. Bemerton's first highly-commended bed book--the _Literary Anecdotes_ of John Nichols, a series of volumes, very unpromising at first, and truly as dull as Mr. Lecky told my friend that a bed book should be, descriptive of the attainments of the principal contributors to _The Gentleman's Magazine_ (best of periodicals) in the second half of the eighteenth century (a period when to be an antiquary and a gentleman was so easy) when that publication belonged to Bowyer the printer.
LEARNED
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From this reading BEMERTON'S FIRST BED BOOK BRINGS US INTO THE COMPANY OF QUAINT AND LEARNED GENTLEMEN The older I grow, the less, I find, do I want to read about anything but human beings.
Lecky
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From this reading A few such I have found in Mr. Bemerton's first highly-commended bed book--the _Literary Anecdotes_ of John Nichols, a series of volumes, very unpromising at first, and truly as dull as Mr. Lecky told my friend that a bed book should be, descriptive of the attainments of the principal contributors to _The Gentleman's Magazine_ (best of periodicals) in the second half of the eighteenth century (a period when to be an antiquary and a gentleman was so easy) when that publication belonged to Bowyer the printer.
less
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From this reading BEMERTON'S FIRST BED BOOK BRINGS US INTO THE COMPANY OF QUAINT AND LEARNED GENTLEMEN The older I grow, the less, I find, do I want to read about anything but human beings.
Literary
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From this reading A few such I have found in Mr. Bemerton's first highly-commended bed book--the _Literary Anecdotes_ of John Nichols, a series of volumes, very unpromising at first, and truly as dull as Mr. Lecky told my friend that a bed book should be, descriptive of the attainments of the principal contributors to _The Gentleman's Magazine_ (best of periodicals) in the second half of the eighteenth century (a period when to be an antiquary and a gentleman was so easy) when that publication belonged to Bowyer the printer.
littlenounUS /little/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading For the most part these old dry-as-dust clergymen and scholars had little enough to recommend them to any one but Bowyer, who seems to have basked with equal satisfaction in the friendship of all; but when one looks deeper one finds treasure.
looks
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From this reading For the most part these old dry-as-dust clergymen and scholars had little enough to recommend them to any one but Bowyer, who seems to have basked with equal satisfaction in the friendship of all; but when one looks deeper one finds treasure.
Magazine
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From this reading A few such I have found in Mr. Bemerton's first highly-commended bed book--the _Literary Anecdotes_ of John Nichols, a series of volumes, very unpromising at first, and truly as dull as Mr. Lecky told my friend that a bed book should be, descriptive of the attainments of the principal contributors to _The Gentleman's Magazine_ (best of periodicals) in the second half of the eighteenth century (a period when to be an antiquary and a gentleman was so easy) when that publication belonged to Bowyer the printer.
man
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From this reading (The proper study of matured mankind is certainly man.) But human beings as human beings are not enough: they must, to interest me, have qualities of simplicity or candour or quaintness.
mankind
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From this reading (The proper study of matured mankind is certainly man.) But human beings as human beings are not enough: they must, to interest me, have qualities of simplicity or candour or quaintness.
matured
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From this reading (The proper study of matured mankind is certainly man.) But human beings as human beings are not enough: they must, to interest me, have qualities of simplicity or candour or quaintness.
mepronounUS /miː/
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading (The proper study of matured mankind is certainly man.) But human beings as human beings are not enough: they must, to interest me, have qualities of simplicity or candour or quaintness.
most
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From this reading For the most part these old dry-as-dust clergymen and scholars had little enough to recommend them to any one but Bowyer, who seems to have basked with equal satisfaction in the friendship of all; but when one looks deeper one finds treasure.
MR
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From this reading MR.
mustmodal verbUS /mʌst/
used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true
From this reading (The proper study of matured mankind is certainly man.) But human beings as human beings are not enough: they must, to interest me, have qualities of simplicity or candour or quaintness.
mydeterminerUS /maɪ/
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading A few such I have found in Mr. Bemerton's first highly-commended bed book--the _Literary Anecdotes_ of John Nichols, a series of volumes, very unpromising at first, and truly as dull as Mr. Lecky told my friend that a bed book should be, descriptive of the attainments of the principal contributors to _The Gentleman's Magazine_ (best of periodicals) in the second half of the eighteenth century (a period when to be an antiquary and a gentleman was so easy) when that publication belonged to Bowyer the printer.
Nichols
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From this reading A few such I have found in Mr. Bemerton's first highly-commended bed book--the _Literary Anecdotes_ of John Nichols, a series of volumes, very unpromising at first, and truly as dull as Mr. Lecky told my friend that a bed book should be, descriptive of the attainments of the principal contributors to _The Gentleman's Magazine_ (best of periodicals) in the second half of the eighteenth century (a period when to be an antiquary and a gentleman was so easy) when that publication belonged to Bowyer the printer.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading (The proper study of matured mankind is certainly man.) But human beings as human beings are not enough: they must, to interest me, have qualities of simplicity or candour or quaintness.
OFprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading BEMERTON'S FIRST BED BOOK BRINGS US INTO THE COMPANY OF QUAINT AND LEARNED GENTLEMEN The older I grow, the less, I find, do I want to read about anything but human beings.
old
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From this reading For the most part these old dry-as-dust clergymen and scholars had little enough to recommend them to any one but Bowyer, who seems to have basked with equal satisfaction in the friendship of all; but when one looks deeper one finds treasure.
older
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From this reading BEMERTON'S FIRST BED BOOK BRINGS US INTO THE COMPANY OF QUAINT AND LEARNED GENTLEMEN The older I grow, the less, I find, do I want to read about anything but human beings.
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading For the most part these old dry-as-dust clergymen and scholars had little enough to recommend them to any one but Bowyer, who seems to have basked with equal satisfaction in the friendship of all; but when one looks deeper one finds treasure.
orconjunctionUS /ɔːr/
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading (The proper study of matured mankind is certainly man.) But human beings as human beings are not enough: they must, to interest me, have qualities of simplicity or candour or quaintness.
partnounUS /part/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading For the most part these old dry-as-dust clergymen and scholars had little enough to recommend them to any one but Bowyer, who seems to have basked with equal satisfaction in the friendship of all; but when one looks deeper one finds treasure.
period
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From this reading A few such I have found in Mr. Bemerton's first highly-commended bed book--the _Literary Anecdotes_ of John Nichols, a series of volumes, very unpromising at first, and truly as dull as Mr. Lecky told my friend that a bed book should be, descriptive of the attainments of the principal contributors to _The Gentleman's Magazine_ (best of periodicals) in the second half of the eighteenth century (a period when to be an antiquary and a gentleman was so easy) when that publication belonged to Bowyer the printer.
periodicals
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From this reading A few such I have found in Mr. Bemerton's first highly-commended bed book--the _Literary Anecdotes_ of John Nichols, a series of volumes, very unpromising at first, and truly as dull as Mr. Lecky told my friend that a bed book should be, descriptive of the attainments of the principal contributors to _The Gentleman's Magazine_ (best of periodicals) in the second half of the eighteenth century (a period when to be an antiquary and a gentleman was so easy) when that publication belonged to Bowyer the printer.
principal
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From this reading A few such I have found in Mr. Bemerton's first highly-commended bed book--the _Literary Anecdotes_ of John Nichols, a series of volumes, very unpromising at first, and truly as dull as Mr. Lecky told my friend that a bed book should be, descriptive of the attainments of the principal contributors to _The Gentleman's Magazine_ (best of periodicals) in the second half of the eighteenth century (a period when to be an antiquary and a gentleman was so easy) when that publication belonged to Bowyer the printer.
printer
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From this reading A few such I have found in Mr. Bemerton's first highly-commended bed book--the _Literary Anecdotes_ of John Nichols, a series of volumes, very unpromising at first, and truly as dull as Mr. Lecky told my friend that a bed book should be, descriptive of the attainments of the principal contributors to _The Gentleman's Magazine_ (best of periodicals) in the second half of the eighteenth century (a period when to be an antiquary and a gentleman was so easy) when that publication belonged to Bowyer the printer.
proper
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From this reading (The proper study of matured mankind is certainly man.) But human beings as human beings are not enough: they must, to interest me, have qualities of simplicity or candour or quaintness.
publication
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From this reading A few such I have found in Mr. Bemerton's first highly-commended bed book--the _Literary Anecdotes_ of John Nichols, a series of volumes, very unpromising at first, and truly as dull as Mr. Lecky told my friend that a bed book should be, descriptive of the attainments of the principal contributors to _The Gentleman's Magazine_ (best of periodicals) in the second half of the eighteenth century (a period when to be an antiquary and a gentleman was so easy) when that publication belonged to Bowyer the printer.
QUAINT
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From this reading BEMERTON'S FIRST BED BOOK BRINGS US INTO THE COMPANY OF QUAINT AND LEARNED GENTLEMEN The older I grow, the less, I find, do I want to read about anything but human beings.
quaintness
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From this reading (The proper study of matured mankind is certainly man.) But human beings as human beings are not enough: they must, to interest me, have qualities of simplicity or candour or quaintness.
qualities
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From this reading (The proper study of matured mankind is certainly man.) But human beings as human beings are not enough: they must, to interest me, have qualities of simplicity or candour or quaintness.
read
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From this reading BEMERTON'S FIRST BED BOOK BRINGS US INTO THE COMPANY OF QUAINT AND LEARNED GENTLEMEN The older I grow, the less, I find, do I want to read about anything but human beings.
recommend
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From this reading For the most part these old dry-as-dust clergymen and scholars had little enough to recommend them to any one but Bowyer, who seems to have basked with equal satisfaction in the friendship of all; but when one looks deeper one finds treasure.
satisfaction
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From this reading For the most part these old dry-as-dust clergymen and scholars had little enough to recommend them to any one but Bowyer, who seems to have basked with equal satisfaction in the friendship of all; but when one looks deeper one finds treasure.
scholars
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From this reading For the most part these old dry-as-dust clergymen and scholars had little enough to recommend them to any one but Bowyer, who seems to have basked with equal satisfaction in the friendship of all; but when one looks deeper one finds treasure.
second
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From this reading A few such I have found in Mr. Bemerton's first highly-commended bed book--the _Literary Anecdotes_ of John Nichols, a series of volumes, very unpromising at first, and truly as dull as Mr. Lecky told my friend that a bed book should be, descriptive of the attainments of the principal contributors to _The Gentleman's Magazine_ (best of periodicals) in the second half of the eighteenth century (a period when to be an antiquary and a gentleman was so easy) when that publication belonged to Bowyer the printer.
seems
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From this reading For the most part these old dry-as-dust clergymen and scholars had little enough to recommend them to any one but Bowyer, who seems to have basked with equal satisfaction in the friendship of all; but when one looks deeper one finds treasure.
series
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From this reading A few such I have found in Mr. Bemerton's first highly-commended bed book--the _Literary Anecdotes_ of John Nichols, a series of volumes, very unpromising at first, and truly as dull as Mr. Lecky told my friend that a bed book should be, descriptive of the attainments of the principal contributors to _The Gentleman's Magazine_ (best of periodicals) in the second half of the eighteenth century (a period when to be an antiquary and a gentleman was so easy) when that publication belonged to Bowyer the printer.
shouldmodal verbUS /ʃʊd/
used to say what is right, expected, or advisable
From this reading A few such I have found in Mr. Bemerton's first highly-commended bed book--the _Literary Anecdotes_ of John Nichols, a series of volumes, very unpromising at first, and truly as dull as Mr. Lecky told my friend that a bed book should be, descriptive of the attainments of the principal contributors to _The Gentleman's Magazine_ (best of periodicals) in the second half of the eighteenth century (a period when to be an antiquary and a gentleman was so easy) when that publication belonged to Bowyer the printer.
simplicity
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From this reading (The proper study of matured mankind is certainly man.) But human beings as human beings are not enough: they must, to interest me, have qualities of simplicity or candour or quaintness.
soconjunctionUS /soʊ/
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading A few such I have found in Mr. Bemerton's first highly-commended bed book--the _Literary Anecdotes_ of John Nichols, a series of volumes, very unpromising at first, and truly as dull as Mr. Lecky told my friend that a bed book should be, descriptive of the attainments of the principal contributors to _The Gentleman's Magazine_ (best of periodicals) in the second half of the eighteenth century (a period when to be an antiquary and a gentleman was so easy) when that publication belonged to Bowyer the printer.
study
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From this reading (The proper study of matured mankind is certainly man.) But human beings as human beings are not enough: they must, to interest me, have qualities of simplicity or candour or quaintness.
suchdeterminerUS /sʌtʃ/
of the kind already mentioned
From this reading A few such I have found in Mr. Bemerton's first highly-commended bed book--the _Literary Anecdotes_ of John Nichols, a series of volumes, very unpromising at first, and truly as dull as Mr. Lecky told my friend that a bed book should be, descriptive of the attainments of the principal contributors to _The Gentleman's Magazine_ (best of periodicals) in the second half of the eighteenth century (a period when to be an antiquary and a gentleman was so easy) when that publication belonged to Bowyer the printer.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading A few such I have found in Mr. Bemerton's first highly-commended bed book--the _Literary Anecdotes_ of John Nichols, a series of volumes, very unpromising at first, and truly as dull as Mr. Lecky told my friend that a bed book should be, descriptive of the attainments of the principal contributors to _The Gentleman's Magazine_ (best of periodicals) in the second half of the eighteenth century (a period when to be an antiquary and a gentleman was so easy) when that publication belonged to Bowyer the printer.
THEdeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading BEMERTON'S FIRST BED BOOK BRINGS US INTO THE COMPANY OF QUAINT AND LEARNED GENTLEMEN The older I grow, the less, I find, do I want to read about anything but human beings.
thempronounUS /ðem/
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading For the most part these old dry-as-dust clergymen and scholars had little enough to recommend them to any one but Bowyer, who seems to have basked with equal satisfaction in the friendship of all; but when one looks deeper one finds treasure.
thesedeterminerUS /ðiːz/
the plural of “this”: the people or things near, or just mentioned
From this reading For the most part these old dry-as-dust clergymen and scholars had little enough to recommend them to any one but Bowyer, who seems to have basked with equal satisfaction in the friendship of all; but when one looks deeper one finds treasure.
theypronounUS /ðeɪ/
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading (The proper study of matured mankind is certainly man.) But human beings as human beings are not enough: they must, to interest me, have qualities of simplicity or candour or quaintness.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading BEMERTON'S FIRST BED BOOK BRINGS US INTO THE COMPANY OF QUAINT AND LEARNED GENTLEMEN The older I grow, the less, I find, do I want to read about anything but human beings.
toldnounUS /told/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading A few such I have found in Mr. Bemerton's first highly-commended bed book--the _Literary Anecdotes_ of John Nichols, a series of volumes, very unpromising at first, and truly as dull as Mr. Lecky told my friend that a bed book should be, descriptive of the attainments of the principal contributors to _The Gentleman's Magazine_ (best of periodicals) in the second half of the eighteenth century (a period when to be an antiquary and a gentleman was so easy) when that publication belonged to Bowyer the printer.
treasure
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From this reading For the most part these old dry-as-dust clergymen and scholars had little enough to recommend them to any one but Bowyer, who seems to have basked with equal satisfaction in the friendship of all; but when one looks deeper one finds treasure.
truly
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From this reading A few such I have found in Mr. Bemerton's first highly-commended bed book--the _Literary Anecdotes_ of John Nichols, a series of volumes, very unpromising at first, and truly as dull as Mr. Lecky told my friend that a bed book should be, descriptive of the attainments of the principal contributors to _The Gentleman's Magazine_ (best of periodicals) in the second half of the eighteenth century (a period when to be an antiquary and a gentleman was so easy) when that publication belonged to Bowyer the printer.
unpromising
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From this reading A few such I have found in Mr. Bemerton's first highly-commended bed book--the _Literary Anecdotes_ of John Nichols, a series of volumes, very unpromising at first, and truly as dull as Mr. Lecky told my friend that a bed book should be, descriptive of the attainments of the principal contributors to _The Gentleman's Magazine_ (best of periodicals) in the second half of the eighteenth century (a period when to be an antiquary and a gentleman was so easy) when that publication belonged to Bowyer the printer.
USpronounUS /ʌs/
the speaker and others, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading BEMERTON'S FIRST BED BOOK BRINGS US INTO THE COMPANY OF QUAINT AND LEARNED GENTLEMEN The older I grow, the less, I find, do I want to read about anything but human beings.
very
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From this reading A few such I have found in Mr. Bemerton's first highly-commended bed book--the _Literary Anecdotes_ of John Nichols, a series of volumes, very unpromising at first, and truly as dull as Mr. Lecky told my friend that a bed book should be, descriptive of the attainments of the principal contributors to _The Gentleman's Magazine_ (best of periodicals) in the second half of the eighteenth century (a period when to be an antiquary and a gentleman was so easy) when that publication belonged to Bowyer the printer.
volumes
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From this reading A few such I have found in Mr. Bemerton's first highly-commended bed book--the _Literary Anecdotes_ of John Nichols, a series of volumes, very unpromising at first, and truly as dull as Mr. Lecky told my friend that a bed book should be, descriptive of the attainments of the principal contributors to _The Gentleman's Magazine_ (best of periodicals) in the second half of the eighteenth century (a period when to be an antiquary and a gentleman was so easy) when that publication belonged to Bowyer the printer.
want
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From this reading BEMERTON'S FIRST BED BOOK BRINGS US INTO THE COMPANY OF QUAINT AND LEARNED GENTLEMEN The older I grow, the less, I find, do I want to read about anything but human beings.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading A few such I have found in Mr. Bemerton's first highly-commended bed book--the _Literary Anecdotes_ of John Nichols, a series of volumes, very unpromising at first, and truly as dull as Mr. Lecky told my friend that a bed book should be, descriptive of the attainments of the principal contributors to _The Gentleman's Magazine_ (best of periodicals) in the second half of the eighteenth century (a period when to be an antiquary and a gentleman was so easy) when that publication belonged to Bowyer the printer.
whenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading A few such I have found in Mr. Bemerton's first highly-commended bed book--the _Literary Anecdotes_ of John Nichols, a series of volumes, very unpromising at first, and truly as dull as Mr. Lecky told my friend that a bed book should be, descriptive of the attainments of the principal contributors to _The Gentleman's Magazine_ (best of periodicals) in the second half of the eighteenth century (a period when to be an antiquary and a gentleman was so easy) when that publication belonged to Bowyer the printer.
whopronounUS /huː/
which person or people
From this reading For the most part these old dry-as-dust clergymen and scholars had little enough to recommend them to any one but Bowyer, who seems to have basked with equal satisfaction in the friendship of all; but when one looks deeper one finds treasure.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading For the most part these old dry-as-dust clergymen and scholars had little enough to recommend them to any one but Bowyer, who seems to have basked with equal satisfaction in the friendship of all; but when one looks deeper one finds treasure.
