Chapter V
1. Lo. Peter in Hell's Grosvenor Square, A footman in the Devil's service! And the misjudging world would swear 265 That every man in service there To virtue would prefer vice. 2.
Peter Bell the Third
Chapter V
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1.
Lo.
Peter
in
Hell's
Grosvenor
Square,
A
footman
in
the
Devil's
service!
And
the
misjudging
world
would
swear
265
That
every
man
in
service
there
To
virtue
would
prefer
vice.
2.
LEARNER DICTIONARY
Archivist
/ˈɑːrkɪvɪst/
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A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
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1.
Line 2
Lo.
Line 3
Peter
in
Hell's
Grosvenor
Square,
A
footman
in
the
Devil's
service!
Line 4
And
the
misjudging
world
would
swear
265
That
every
man
in
service
there
To
virtue
would
prefer
vice.
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2.
Learner Dictionary
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Every
determiner
US /ˈevəri/
all the members of a group, with none left out
From this reading “And the misjudging world would swear 265 That every man in service there To virtue would prefer vice.”
Virtue
noun
US /ˈvɝː.tʃuː/
Moral excellence and goodness of character; the highest human attainment in Stoic philosophy.
From this reading “And the misjudging world would swear 265 That every man in service there To virtue would prefer vice.”
Would
modal verb
US /wʊd/
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading “And the misjudging world would swear 265 That every man in service there To virtue would prefer vice.”
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265
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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 Peter in Hell's Grosvenor Square, A footman in the Devil's service!
AndconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading And the misjudging world would swear 265 That every man in service there To virtue would prefer vice.
Devil's
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everydeterminerUS /ˈevəri/
all the members of a group, with none left out
From this reading And the misjudging world would swear 265 That every man in service there To virtue would prefer vice.
footman
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Grosvenor
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Hell's
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inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Peter in Hell's Grosvenor Square, A footman in the Devil's service!
Lo
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man
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misjudging
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Peter
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prefer
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service
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Square
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swear
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ThatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading And the misjudging world would swear 265 That every man in service there To virtue would prefer vice.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Peter in Hell's Grosvenor Square, A footman in the Devil's service!
there
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ToparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading And the misjudging world would swear 265 That every man in service there To virtue would prefer vice.
vice
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virtuenounUS /ˈvɝː.tʃuː/
Moral excellence and goodness of character; the highest human attainment in Stoic philosophy.
From this reading And the misjudging world would swear 265 That every man in service there To virtue would prefer vice.
world
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From this reading And the misjudging world would swear 265 That every man in service there To virtue would prefer vice.
wouldmodal verbUS /wʊd/
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading And the misjudging world would swear 265 That every man in service there To virtue would prefer vice.