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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 So, leaving the farm-house, he went to the summit of a little wooded hill back of the tannery and sat down in the shade of the trees.
aboveprepositionUS /əˈbʌv/
higher than, or over, something
From this reading He had an ethereal sense of being free from his body, of flying in the azure above the earth, floating upon the fleecy clouds.
actually
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From this reading In his boundless joy he actually felt imponderable.
alonenounUS /alone/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading |PAUL'S first impulse, on finding himself alone, was to walk to Grayson and look up his old friends; but so new and vivifying was his freedom from the cares which had so long haunted him that he wanted to hug the sense of it to himself still longer in solitude.
andeterminerUS /æn/
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading He had an ethereal sense of being free from his body, of flying in the azure above the earth, floating upon the fleecy clouds.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading |PAUL'S first impulse, on finding himself alone, was to walk to Grayson and look up his old friends; but so new and vivifying was his freedom from the cares which had so long haunted him that he wanted to hug the sense of it to himself still longer in solitude.
azure
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From this reading He had an ethereal sense of being free from his body, of flying in the azure above the earth, floating upon the fleecy clouds.
back
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From this reading So, leaving the farm-house, he went to the summit of a little wooded hill back of the tannery and sat down in the shade of the trees.
beast
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From this reading He noticed a windblown drift of fragrant pine-needles in the cleft of a rock close by, and creeping into the cool nook like a beast into its lair, he threw himself down and chuckled and laughed in sheer delight.
beingauxiliary verbUS /ˈbiːɪŋ/
the -ing form of “be”
From this reading He had an ethereal sense of being free from his body, of flying in the azure above the earth, floating upon the fleecy clouds.
bodynounUS /body/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading He had an ethereal sense of being free from his body, of flying in the azure above the earth, floating upon the fleecy clouds.
boundless
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From this reading In his boundless joy he actually felt imponderable.
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading |PAUL'S first impulse, on finding himself alone, was to walk to Grayson and look up his old friends; but so new and vivifying was his freedom from the cares which had so long haunted him that he wanted to hug the sense of it to himself still longer in solitude.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading He noticed a windblown drift of fragrant pine-needles in the cleft of a rock close by, and creeping into the cool nook like a beast into its lair, he threw himself down and chuckled and laughed in sheer delight.
cares
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From this reading |PAUL'S first impulse, on finding himself alone, was to walk to Grayson and look up his old friends; but so new and vivifying was his freedom from the cares which had so long haunted him that he wanted to hug the sense of it to himself still longer in solitude.
chuckled
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From this reading He noticed a windblown drift of fragrant pine-needles in the cleft of a rock close by, and creeping into the cool nook like a beast into its lair, he threw himself down and chuckled and laughed in sheer delight.
cleft
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From this reading He noticed a windblown drift of fragrant pine-needles in the cleft of a rock close by, and creeping into the cool nook like a beast into its lair, he threw himself down and chuckled and laughed in sheer delight.
close
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From this reading He noticed a windblown drift of fragrant pine-needles in the cleft of a rock close by, and creeping into the cool nook like a beast into its lair, he threw himself down and chuckled and laughed in sheer delight.
clouds
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From this reading He had an ethereal sense of being free from his body, of flying in the azure above the earth, floating upon the fleecy clouds.
cool
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From this reading He noticed a windblown drift of fragrant pine-needles in the cleft of a rock close by, and creeping into the cool nook like a beast into its lair, he threw himself down and chuckled and laughed in sheer delight.
creeping
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From this reading He noticed a windblown drift of fragrant pine-needles in the cleft of a rock close by, and creeping into the cool nook like a beast into its lair, he threw himself down and chuckled and laughed in sheer delight.
delight
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From this reading He noticed a windblown drift of fragrant pine-needles in the cleft of a rock close by, and creeping into the cool nook like a beast into its lair, he threw himself down and chuckled and laughed in sheer delight.
down
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From this reading So, leaving the farm-house, he went to the summit of a little wooded hill back of the tannery and sat down in the shade of the trees.
drift
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From this reading He noticed a windblown drift of fragrant pine-needles in the cleft of a rock close by, and creeping into the cool nook like a beast into its lair, he threw himself down and chuckled and laughed in sheer delight.
earth
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From this reading He had an ethereal sense of being free from his body, of flying in the azure above the earth, floating upon the fleecy clouds.
ethereal
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From this reading He had an ethereal sense of being free from his body, of flying in the azure above the earth, floating upon the fleecy clouds.
farm-house
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From this reading So, leaving the farm-house, he went to the summit of a little wooded hill back of the tannery and sat down in the shade of the trees.
felt
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From this reading In his boundless joy he actually felt imponderable.
finding
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From this reading |PAUL'S first impulse, on finding himself alone, was to walk to Grayson and look up his old friends; but so new and vivifying was his freedom from the cares which had so long haunted him that he wanted to hug the sense of it to himself still longer in solitude.
firstnounUS /first/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading |PAUL'S first impulse, on finding himself alone, was to walk to Grayson and look up his old friends; but so new and vivifying was his freedom from the cares which had so long haunted him that he wanted to hug the sense of it to himself still longer in solitude.
fleecy
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From this reading He had an ethereal sense of being free from his body, of flying in the azure above the earth, floating upon the fleecy clouds.
floating
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From this reading He had an ethereal sense of being free from his body, of flying in the azure above the earth, floating upon the fleecy clouds.
flying
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From this reading He had an ethereal sense of being free from his body, of flying in the azure above the earth, floating upon the fleecy clouds.
fragrant
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From this reading He noticed a windblown drift of fragrant pine-needles in the cleft of a rock close by, and creeping into the cool nook like a beast into its lair, he threw himself down and chuckled and laughed in sheer delight.
freeadjectiveUS /friː/
acting without enough restraint or discipline
From this reading He had an ethereal sense of being free from his body, of flying in the azure above the earth, floating upon the fleecy clouds.
freedom
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From this reading |PAUL'S first impulse, on finding himself alone, was to walk to Grayson and look up his old friends; but so new and vivifying was his freedom from the cares which had so long haunted him that he wanted to hug the sense of it to himself still longer in solitude.
friends
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From this reading |PAUL'S first impulse, on finding himself alone, was to walk to Grayson and look up his old friends; but so new and vivifying was his freedom from the cares which had so long haunted him that he wanted to hug the sense of it to himself still longer in solitude.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading |PAUL'S first impulse, on finding himself alone, was to walk to Grayson and look up his old friends; but so new and vivifying was his freedom from the cares which had so long haunted him that he wanted to hug the sense of it to himself still longer in solitude.
Grayson
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From this reading |PAUL'S first impulse, on finding himself alone, was to walk to Grayson and look up his old friends; but so new and vivifying was his freedom from the cares which had so long haunted him that he wanted to hug the sense of it to himself still longer in solitude.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading |PAUL'S first impulse, on finding himself alone, was to walk to Grayson and look up his old friends; but so new and vivifying was his freedom from the cares which had so long haunted him that he wanted to hug the sense of it to himself still longer in solitude.
haunted
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From this reading |PAUL'S first impulse, on finding himself alone, was to walk to Grayson and look up his old friends; but so new and vivifying was his freedom from the cares which had so long haunted him that he wanted to hug the sense of it to himself still longer in solitude.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading |PAUL'S first impulse, on finding himself alone, was to walk to Grayson and look up his old friends; but so new and vivifying was his freedom from the cares which had so long haunted him that he wanted to hug the sense of it to himself still longer in solitude.
hill
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From this reading So, leaving the farm-house, he went to the summit of a little wooded hill back of the tannery and sat down in the shade of the trees.
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading |PAUL'S first impulse, on finding himself alone, was to walk to Grayson and look up his old friends; but so new and vivifying was his freedom from the cares which had so long haunted him that he wanted to hug the sense of it to himself still longer in solitude.
himselfpronounUS /hɪmˈself/
used when the man or boy doing the action is also its object
From this reading |PAUL'S first impulse, on finding himself alone, was to walk to Grayson and look up his old friends; but so new and vivifying was his freedom from the cares which had so long haunted him that he wanted to hug the sense of it to himself still longer in solitude.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading |PAUL'S first impulse, on finding himself alone, was to walk to Grayson and look up his old friends; but so new and vivifying was his freedom from the cares which had so long haunted him that he wanted to hug the sense of it to himself still longer in solitude.
hug
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From this reading |PAUL'S first impulse, on finding himself alone, was to walk to Grayson and look up his old friends; but so new and vivifying was his freedom from the cares which had so long haunted him that he wanted to hug the sense of it to himself still longer in solitude.
imponderable
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From this reading In his boundless joy he actually felt imponderable.
impulsenounUS /ˈɪmpʌls/
a sudden strong desire to act
From this reading |PAUL'S first impulse, on finding himself alone, was to walk to Grayson and look up his old friends; but so new and vivifying was his freedom from the cares which had so long haunted him that he wanted to hug the sense of it to himself still longer in solitude.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading |PAUL'S first impulse, on finding himself alone, was to walk to Grayson and look up his old friends; but so new and vivifying was his freedom from the cares which had so long haunted him that he wanted to hug the sense of it to himself still longer in solitude.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading He noticed a windblown drift of fragrant pine-needles in the cleft of a rock close by, and creeping into the cool nook like a beast into its lair, he threw himself down and chuckled and laughed in sheer delight.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading |PAUL'S first impulse, on finding himself alone, was to walk to Grayson and look up his old friends; but so new and vivifying was his freedom from the cares which had so long haunted him that he wanted to hug the sense of it to himself still longer in solitude.
itsdeterminerUS /ɪts/
belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned
From this reading He noticed a windblown drift of fragrant pine-needles in the cleft of a rock close by, and creeping into the cool nook like a beast into its lair, he threw himself down and chuckled and laughed in sheer delight.
joy
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From this reading In his boundless joy he actually felt imponderable.
lair
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From this reading He noticed a windblown drift of fragrant pine-needles in the cleft of a rock close by, and creeping into the cool nook like a beast into its lair, he threw himself down and chuckled and laughed in sheer delight.
laughed
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From this reading He noticed a windblown drift of fragrant pine-needles in the cleft of a rock close by, and creeping into the cool nook like a beast into its lair, he threw himself down and chuckled and laughed in sheer delight.
leaving
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From this reading So, leaving the farm-house, he went to the summit of a little wooded hill back of the tannery and sat down in the shade of the trees.
like
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From this reading He noticed a windblown drift of fragrant pine-needles in the cleft of a rock close by, and creeping into the cool nook like a beast into its lair, he threw himself down and chuckled and laughed in sheer delight.
littlenounUS /little/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading So, leaving the farm-house, he went to the summit of a little wooded hill back of the tannery and sat down in the shade of the trees.
longnounUS /long/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading |PAUL'S first impulse, on finding himself alone, was to walk to Grayson and look up his old friends; but so new and vivifying was his freedom from the cares which had so long haunted him that he wanted to hug the sense of it to himself still longer in solitude.
longer
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From this reading |PAUL'S first impulse, on finding himself alone, was to walk to Grayson and look up his old friends; but so new and vivifying was his freedom from the cares which had so long haunted him that he wanted to hug the sense of it to himself still longer in solitude.
looknounUS /look/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading |PAUL'S first impulse, on finding himself alone, was to walk to Grayson and look up his old friends; but so new and vivifying was his freedom from the cares which had so long haunted him that he wanted to hug the sense of it to himself still longer in solitude.
new
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From this reading |PAUL'S first impulse, on finding himself alone, was to walk to Grayson and look up his old friends; but so new and vivifying was his freedom from the cares which had so long haunted him that he wanted to hug the sense of it to himself still longer in solitude.
nook
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From this reading He noticed a windblown drift of fragrant pine-needles in the cleft of a rock close by, and creeping into the cool nook like a beast into its lair, he threw himself down and chuckled and laughed in sheer delight.
noticed
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From this reading He noticed a windblown drift of fragrant pine-needles in the cleft of a rock close by, and creeping into the cool nook like a beast into its lair, he threw himself down and chuckled and laughed in sheer delight.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading |PAUL'S first impulse, on finding himself alone, was to walk to Grayson and look up his old friends; but so new and vivifying was his freedom from the cares which had so long haunted him that he wanted to hug the sense of it to himself still longer in solitude.
old
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From this reading |PAUL'S first impulse, on finding himself alone, was to walk to Grayson and look up his old friends; but so new and vivifying was his freedom from the cares which had so long haunted him that he wanted to hug the sense of it to himself still longer in solitude.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading |PAUL'S first impulse, on finding himself alone, was to walk to Grayson and look up his old friends; but so new and vivifying was his freedom from the cares which had so long haunted him that he wanted to hug the sense of it to himself still longer in solitude.
PAUL'S
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From this reading |PAUL'S first impulse, on finding himself alone, was to walk to Grayson and look up his old friends; but so new and vivifying was his freedom from the cares which had so long haunted him that he wanted to hug the sense of it to himself still longer in solitude.
pine-needles
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From this reading He noticed a windblown drift of fragrant pine-needles in the cleft of a rock close by, and creeping into the cool nook like a beast into its lair, he threw himself down and chuckled and laughed in sheer delight.
rock
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From this reading He noticed a windblown drift of fragrant pine-needles in the cleft of a rock close by, and creeping into the cool nook like a beast into its lair, he threw himself down and chuckled and laughed in sheer delight.
sat
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From this reading So, leaving the farm-house, he went to the summit of a little wooded hill back of the tannery and sat down in the shade of the trees.
sense
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From this reading |PAUL'S first impulse, on finding himself alone, was to walk to Grayson and look up his old friends; but so new and vivifying was his freedom from the cares which had so long haunted him that he wanted to hug the sense of it to himself still longer in solitude.
shade
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From this reading So, leaving the farm-house, he went to the summit of a little wooded hill back of the tannery and sat down in the shade of the trees.
sheer
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From this reading He noticed a windblown drift of fragrant pine-needles in the cleft of a rock close by, and creeping into the cool nook like a beast into its lair, he threw himself down and chuckled and laughed in sheer delight.
soconjunctionUS /soʊ/
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading |PAUL'S first impulse, on finding himself alone, was to walk to Grayson and look up his old friends; but so new and vivifying was his freedom from the cares which had so long haunted him that he wanted to hug the sense of it to himself still longer in solitude.
solitude
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From this reading |PAUL'S first impulse, on finding himself alone, was to walk to Grayson and look up his old friends; but so new and vivifying was his freedom from the cares which had so long haunted him that he wanted to hug the sense of it to himself still longer in solitude.
stillnounUS /still/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading |PAUL'S first impulse, on finding himself alone, was to walk to Grayson and look up his old friends; but so new and vivifying was his freedom from the cares which had so long haunted him that he wanted to hug the sense of it to himself still longer in solitude.
summit
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From this reading So, leaving the farm-house, he went to the summit of a little wooded hill back of the tannery and sat down in the shade of the trees.
tannery
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From this reading So, leaving the farm-house, he went to the summit of a little wooded hill back of the tannery and sat down in the shade of the trees.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading |PAUL'S first impulse, on finding himself alone, was to walk to Grayson and look up his old friends; but so new and vivifying was his freedom from the cares which had so long haunted him that he wanted to hug the sense of it to himself still longer in solitude.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading |PAUL'S first impulse, on finding himself alone, was to walk to Grayson and look up his old friends; but so new and vivifying was his freedom from the cares which had so long haunted him that he wanted to hug the sense of it to himself still longer in solitude.
threw
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From this reading He noticed a windblown drift of fragrant pine-needles in the cleft of a rock close by, and creeping into the cool nook like a beast into its lair, he threw himself down and chuckled and laughed in sheer delight.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading |PAUL'S first impulse, on finding himself alone, was to walk to Grayson and look up his old friends; but so new and vivifying was his freedom from the cares which had so long haunted him that he wanted to hug the sense of it to himself still longer in solitude.
trees
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From this reading So, leaving the farm-house, he went to the summit of a little wooded hill back of the tannery and sat down in the shade of the trees.
up
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From this reading |PAUL'S first impulse, on finding himself alone, was to walk to Grayson and look up his old friends; but so new and vivifying was his freedom from the cares which had so long haunted him that he wanted to hug the sense of it to himself still longer in solitude.
uponprepositionUS /əˈpɑːn/
a formal word for “on”
From this reading He had an ethereal sense of being free from his body, of flying in the azure above the earth, floating upon the fleecy clouds.
vivifying
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From this reading |PAUL'S first impulse, on finding himself alone, was to walk to Grayson and look up his old friends; but so new and vivifying was his freedom from the cares which had so long haunted him that he wanted to hug the sense of it to himself still longer in solitude.
walk
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From this reading |PAUL'S first impulse, on finding himself alone, was to walk to Grayson and look up his old friends; but so new and vivifying was his freedom from the cares which had so long haunted him that he wanted to hug the sense of it to himself still longer in solitude.
wanted
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From this reading |PAUL'S first impulse, on finding himself alone, was to walk to Grayson and look up his old friends; but so new and vivifying was his freedom from the cares which had so long haunted him that he wanted to hug the sense of it to himself still longer in solitude.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading |PAUL'S first impulse, on finding himself alone, was to walk to Grayson and look up his old friends; but so new and vivifying was his freedom from the cares which had so long haunted him that he wanted to hug the sense of it to himself still longer in solitude.
wentnounUS /went/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading So, leaving the farm-house, he went to the summit of a little wooded hill back of the tannery and sat down in the shade of the trees.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading |PAUL'S first impulse, on finding himself alone, was to walk to Grayson and look up his old friends; but so new and vivifying was his freedom from the cares which had so long haunted him that he wanted to hug the sense of it to himself still longer in solitude.
windblown
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From this reading He noticed a windblown drift of fragrant pine-needles in the cleft of a rock close by, and creeping into the cool nook like a beast into its lair, he threw himself down and chuckled and laughed in sheer delight.
wooded
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From this reading So, leaving the farm-house, he went to the summit of a little wooded hill back of the tannery and sat down in the shade of the trees.
