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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 The footsteps prove to be those of Thomas R. Hefflebomer of Washington Territory, who introduces positive proof of having murdered the judge during a fit of mental aberration, and Mabel marries a man named Tompkins, whom she met two years later at Hot Springs.
aberration
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From this reading The footsteps prove to be those of Thomas R. Hefflebomer of Washington Territory, who introduces positive proof of having murdered the judge during a fit of mental aberration, and Mabel marries a man named Tompkins, whom she met two years later at Hot Springs.
agonynounUS /ˈæɡ.ə.ni/
Extreme physical or mental suffering; intense anguish.
From this reading What agony to feel thee slowly steal Away from us when, with caught breath And streaming eyes, and parted lips, We fain would with convulsive gasp And tortured features bow our frame In one loud spasm of homage to thy spell!
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading The footsteps prove to be those of Thomas R. Hefflebomer of Washington Territory, who introduces positive proof of having murdered the judge during a fit of mental aberration, and Mabel marries a man named Tompkins, whom she met two years later at Hot Springs.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading The footsteps prove to be those of Thomas R. Hefflebomer of Washington Territory, who introduces positive proof of having murdered the judge during a fit of mental aberration, and Mabel marries a man named Tompkins, whom she met two years later at Hot Springs.
Away
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From this reading What agony to feel thee slowly steal Away from us when, with caught breath And streaming eyes, and parted lips, We fain would with convulsive gasp And tortured features bow our frame In one loud spasm of homage to thy spell!
Back
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From this reading Futility To be so near--and then to vanish Like some unreal creature of the sense; To come so near that every fiber, tingling, Makes ready welcome; then to surge Back into the recesses of the strange, Mysterious unknown.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading The footsteps prove to be those of Thomas R. Hefflebomer of Washington Territory, who introduces positive proof of having murdered the judge during a fit of mental aberration, and Mabel marries a man named Tompkins, whom she met two years later at Hot Springs.
bow
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From this reading What agony to feel thee slowly steal Away from us when, with caught breath And streaming eyes, and parted lips, We fain would with convulsive gasp And tortured features bow our frame In one loud spasm of homage to thy spell!
breath
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From this reading What agony to feel thee slowly steal Away from us when, with caught breath And streaming eyes, and parted lips, We fain would with convulsive gasp And tortured features bow our frame In one loud spasm of homage to thy spell!
ButconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading But with what grief we find we can not do it; The dream is o'er--we can not sneeze.
canmodal verbUS /kæn/
to be able to, or to be allowed to
From this reading But with what grief we find we can not do it; The dream is o'er--we can not sneeze.
caught
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From this reading What agony to feel thee slowly steal Away from us when, with caught breath And streaming eyes, and parted lips, We fain would with convulsive gasp And tortured features bow our frame In one loud spasm of homage to thy spell!
comenounUS /come/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Futility To be so near--and then to vanish Like some unreal creature of the sense; To come so near that every fiber, tingling, Makes ready welcome; then to surge Back into the recesses of the strange, Mysterious unknown.
convulsive
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From this reading What agony to feel thee slowly steal Away from us when, with caught breath And streaming eyes, and parted lips, We fain would with convulsive gasp And tortured features bow our frame In one loud spasm of homage to thy spell!
creaturenounUS /ˈcreature/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading Futility To be so near--and then to vanish Like some unreal creature of the sense; To come so near that every fiber, tingling, Makes ready welcome; then to surge Back into the recesses of the strange, Mysterious unknown.
doauxiliary verbUS /duː/
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading But with what grief we find we can not do it; The dream is o'er--we can not sneeze.
dreamnounUS /driːm/
A series of thoughts, images, or emotions during sleep.
From this reading But with what grief we find we can not do it; The dream is o'er--we can not sneeze.
duringprepositionUS /ˈdʊrɪŋ/
all through a period, or at some point within it
From this reading The footsteps prove to be those of Thomas R. Hefflebomer of Washington Territory, who introduces positive proof of having murdered the judge during a fit of mental aberration, and Mabel marries a man named Tompkins, whom she met two years later at Hot Springs.
everydeterminerUS /ˈevəri/
all the members of a group, with none left out
From this reading Futility To be so near--and then to vanish Like some unreal creature of the sense; To come so near that every fiber, tingling, Makes ready welcome; then to surge Back into the recesses of the strange, Mysterious unknown.
eyes
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From this reading What agony to feel thee slowly steal Away from us when, with caught breath And streaming eyes, and parted lips, We fain would with convulsive gasp And tortured features bow our frame In one loud spasm of homage to thy spell!
fain
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From this reading What agony to feel thee slowly steal Away from us when, with caught breath And streaming eyes, and parted lips, We fain would with convulsive gasp And tortured features bow our frame In one loud spasm of homage to thy spell!
features
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feel
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From this reading What agony to feel thee slowly steal Away from us when, with caught breath And streaming eyes, and parted lips, We fain would with convulsive gasp And tortured features bow our frame In one loud spasm of homage to thy spell!
fiber
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From this reading Futility To be so near--and then to vanish Like some unreal creature of the sense; To come so near that every fiber, tingling, Makes ready welcome; then to surge Back into the recesses of the strange, Mysterious unknown.
find
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From this reading But with what grief we find we can not do it; The dream is o'er--we can not sneeze.
fit
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From this reading The footsteps prove to be those of Thomas R. Hefflebomer of Washington Territory, who introduces positive proof of having murdered the judge during a fit of mental aberration, and Mabel marries a man named Tompkins, whom she met two years later at Hot Springs.
footsteps
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From this reading The footsteps prove to be those of Thomas R. Hefflebomer of Washington Territory, who introduces positive proof of having murdered the judge during a fit of mental aberration, and Mabel marries a man named Tompkins, whom she met two years later at Hot Springs.
frame
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From this reading What agony to feel thee slowly steal Away from us when, with caught breath And streaming eyes, and parted lips, We fain would with convulsive gasp And tortured features bow our frame In one loud spasm of homage to thy spell!
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading What agony to feel thee slowly steal Away from us when, with caught breath And streaming eyes, and parted lips, We fain would with convulsive gasp And tortured features bow our frame In one loud spasm of homage to thy spell!
Futility
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From this reading Futility To be so near--and then to vanish Like some unreal creature of the sense; To come so near that every fiber, tingling, Makes ready welcome; then to surge Back into the recesses of the strange, Mysterious unknown.
gaspnounUS /ɡæsp/
a sudden sharp intake of breath
From this reading What agony to feel thee slowly steal Away from us when, with caught breath And streaming eyes, and parted lips, We fain would with convulsive gasp And tortured features bow our frame In one loud spasm of homage to thy spell!
gods
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From this reading Ye gods!
grief
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From this reading But with what grief we find we can not do it; The dream is o'er--we can not sneeze.
havingauxiliary verbUS /ˈhævɪŋ/
the -ing form of “have”
From this reading The footsteps prove to be those of Thomas R. Hefflebomer of Washington Territory, who introduces positive proof of having murdered the judge during a fit of mental aberration, and Mabel marries a man named Tompkins, whom she met two years later at Hot Springs.
Hefflebomer
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From this reading The footsteps prove to be those of Thomas R. Hefflebomer of Washington Territory, who introduces positive proof of having murdered the judge during a fit of mental aberration, and Mabel marries a man named Tompkins, whom she met two years later at Hot Springs.
homage
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Hot
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From this reading The footsteps prove to be those of Thomas R. Hefflebomer of Washington Territory, who introduces positive proof of having murdered the judge during a fit of mental aberration, and Mabel marries a man named Tompkins, whom she met two years later at Hot Springs.
InprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading What agony to feel thee slowly steal Away from us when, with caught breath And streaming eyes, and parted lips, We fain would with convulsive gasp And tortured features bow our frame In one loud spasm of homage to thy spell!
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading Futility To be so near--and then to vanish Like some unreal creature of the sense; To come so near that every fiber, tingling, Makes ready welcome; then to surge Back into the recesses of the strange, Mysterious unknown.
introduces
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From this reading The footsteps prove to be those of Thomas R. Hefflebomer of Washington Territory, who introduces positive proof of having murdered the judge during a fit of mental aberration, and Mabel marries a man named Tompkins, whom she met two years later at Hot Springs.
isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading But with what grief we find we can not do it; The dream is o'er--we can not sneeze.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading But with what grief we find we can not do it; The dream is o'er--we can not sneeze.
judge
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From this reading The footsteps prove to be those of Thomas R. Hefflebomer of Washington Territory, who introduces positive proof of having murdered the judge during a fit of mental aberration, and Mabel marries a man named Tompkins, whom she met two years later at Hot Springs.
later
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From this reading The footsteps prove to be those of Thomas R. Hefflebomer of Washington Territory, who introduces positive proof of having murdered the judge during a fit of mental aberration, and Mabel marries a man named Tompkins, whom she met two years later at Hot Springs.
Like
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From this reading Futility To be so near--and then to vanish Like some unreal creature of the sense; To come so near that every fiber, tingling, Makes ready welcome; then to surge Back into the recesses of the strange, Mysterious unknown.
lips
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From this reading What agony to feel thee slowly steal Away from us when, with caught breath And streaming eyes, and parted lips, We fain would with convulsive gasp And tortured features bow our frame In one loud spasm of homage to thy spell!
loud
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Mabel
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From this reading The footsteps prove to be those of Thomas R. Hefflebomer of Washington Territory, who introduces positive proof of having murdered the judge during a fit of mental aberration, and Mabel marries a man named Tompkins, whom she met two years later at Hot Springs.
Makes
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From this reading Futility To be so near--and then to vanish Like some unreal creature of the sense; To come so near that every fiber, tingling, Makes ready welcome; then to surge Back into the recesses of the strange, Mysterious unknown.
man
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From this reading The footsteps prove to be those of Thomas R. Hefflebomer of Washington Territory, who introduces positive proof of having murdered the judge during a fit of mental aberration, and Mabel marries a man named Tompkins, whom she met two years later at Hot Springs.
marries
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From this reading The footsteps prove to be those of Thomas R. Hefflebomer of Washington Territory, who introduces positive proof of having murdered the judge during a fit of mental aberration, and Mabel marries a man named Tompkins, whom she met two years later at Hot Springs.
mental
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From this reading The footsteps prove to be those of Thomas R. Hefflebomer of Washington Territory, who introduces positive proof of having murdered the judge during a fit of mental aberration, and Mabel marries a man named Tompkins, whom she met two years later at Hot Springs.
met
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From this reading The footsteps prove to be those of Thomas R. Hefflebomer of Washington Territory, who introduces positive proof of having murdered the judge during a fit of mental aberration, and Mabel marries a man named Tompkins, whom she met two years later at Hot Springs.
murdered
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From this reading The footsteps prove to be those of Thomas R. Hefflebomer of Washington Territory, who introduces positive proof of having murdered the judge during a fit of mental aberration, and Mabel marries a man named Tompkins, whom she met two years later at Hot Springs.
MysteriousadjectiveUS /mɪˈstɪriəs/
difficult to explain or understand
From this reading Futility To be so near--and then to vanish Like some unreal creature of the sense; To come so near that every fiber, tingling, Makes ready welcome; then to surge Back into the recesses of the strange, Mysterious unknown.
named
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From this reading The footsteps prove to be those of Thomas R. Hefflebomer of Washington Territory, who introduces positive proof of having murdered the judge during a fit of mental aberration, and Mabel marries a man named Tompkins, whom she met two years later at Hot Springs.
near
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From this reading Futility To be so near--and then to vanish Like some unreal creature of the sense; To come so near that every fiber, tingling, Makes ready welcome; then to surge Back into the recesses of the strange, Mysterious unknown.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading But with what grief we find we can not do it; The dream is o'er--we can not sneeze.
o'er
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From this reading But with what grief we find we can not do it; The dream is o'er--we can not sneeze.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading The footsteps prove to be those of Thomas R. Hefflebomer of Washington Territory, who introduces positive proof of having murdered the judge during a fit of mental aberration, and Mabel marries a man named Tompkins, whom she met two years later at Hot Springs.
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading What agony to feel thee slowly steal Away from us when, with caught breath And streaming eyes, and parted lips, We fain would with convulsive gasp And tortured features bow our frame In one loud spasm of homage to thy spell!
ourdeterminerUS /ˈaʊər/
belonging to the speaker and others
From this reading What agony to feel thee slowly steal Away from us when, with caught breath And streaming eyes, and parted lips, We fain would with convulsive gasp And tortured features bow our frame In one loud spasm of homage to thy spell!
parted
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positive
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From this reading The footsteps prove to be those of Thomas R. Hefflebomer of Washington Territory, who introduces positive proof of having murdered the judge during a fit of mental aberration, and Mabel marries a man named Tompkins, whom she met two years later at Hot Springs.
proof
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From this reading The footsteps prove to be those of Thomas R. Hefflebomer of Washington Territory, who introduces positive proof of having murdered the judge during a fit of mental aberration, and Mabel marries a man named Tompkins, whom she met two years later at Hot Springs.
prove
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From this reading The footsteps prove to be those of Thomas R. Hefflebomer of Washington Territory, who introduces positive proof of having murdered the judge during a fit of mental aberration, and Mabel marries a man named Tompkins, whom she met two years later at Hot Springs.
R
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From this reading The footsteps prove to be those of Thomas R. Hefflebomer of Washington Territory, who introduces positive proof of having murdered the judge during a fit of mental aberration, and Mabel marries a man named Tompkins, whom she met two years later at Hot Springs.
ready
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From this reading Futility To be so near--and then to vanish Like some unreal creature of the sense; To come so near that every fiber, tingling, Makes ready welcome; then to surge Back into the recesses of the strange, Mysterious unknown.
recesses
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From this reading Futility To be so near--and then to vanish Like some unreal creature of the sense; To come so near that every fiber, tingling, Makes ready welcome; then to surge Back into the recesses of the strange, Mysterious unknown.
sense
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From this reading Futility To be so near--and then to vanish Like some unreal creature of the sense; To come so near that every fiber, tingling, Makes ready welcome; then to surge Back into the recesses of the strange, Mysterious unknown.
shepronounUS /ʃiː/
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading The footsteps prove to be those of Thomas R. Hefflebomer of Washington Territory, who introduces positive proof of having murdered the judge during a fit of mental aberration, and Mabel marries a man named Tompkins, whom she met two years later at Hot Springs.
slowly
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From this reading What agony to feel thee slowly steal Away from us when, with caught breath And streaming eyes, and parted lips, We fain would with convulsive gasp And tortured features bow our frame In one loud spasm of homage to thy spell!
sneeze
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From this reading But with what grief we find we can not do it; The dream is o'er--we can not sneeze.
soconjunctionUS /soʊ/
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading Futility To be so near--and then to vanish Like some unreal creature of the sense; To come so near that every fiber, tingling, Makes ready welcome; then to surge Back into the recesses of the strange, Mysterious unknown.
some
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From this reading Futility To be so near--and then to vanish Like some unreal creature of the sense; To come so near that every fiber, tingling, Makes ready welcome; then to surge Back into the recesses of the strange, Mysterious unknown.
spasm
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From this reading What agony to feel thee slowly steal Away from us when, with caught breath And streaming eyes, and parted lips, We fain would with convulsive gasp And tortured features bow our frame In one loud spasm of homage to thy spell!
spell
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Springs
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From this reading The footsteps prove to be those of Thomas R. Hefflebomer of Washington Territory, who introduces positive proof of having murdered the judge during a fit of mental aberration, and Mabel marries a man named Tompkins, whom she met two years later at Hot Springs.
steal
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From this reading What agony to feel thee slowly steal Away from us when, with caught breath And streaming eyes, and parted lips, We fain would with convulsive gasp And tortured features bow our frame In one loud spasm of homage to thy spell!
strange
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From this reading Futility To be so near--and then to vanish Like some unreal creature of the sense; To come so near that every fiber, tingling, Makes ready welcome; then to surge Back into the recesses of the strange, Mysterious unknown.
streaming
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From this reading What agony to feel thee slowly steal Away from us when, with caught breath And streaming eyes, and parted lips, We fain would with convulsive gasp And tortured features bow our frame In one loud spasm of homage to thy spell!
surge
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From this reading Futility To be so near--and then to vanish Like some unreal creature of the sense; To come so near that every fiber, tingling, Makes ready welcome; then to surge Back into the recesses of the strange, Mysterious unknown.
Territory
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From this reading The footsteps prove to be those of Thomas R. Hefflebomer of Washington Territory, who introduces positive proof of having murdered the judge during a fit of mental aberration, and Mabel marries a man named Tompkins, whom she met two years later at Hot Springs.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Futility To be so near--and then to vanish Like some unreal creature of the sense; To come so near that every fiber, tingling, Makes ready welcome; then to surge Back into the recesses of the strange, Mysterious unknown.
ThedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The footsteps prove to be those of Thomas R. Hefflebomer of Washington Territory, who introduces positive proof of having murdered the judge during a fit of mental aberration, and Mabel marries a man named Tompkins, whom she met two years later at Hot Springs.
theepronounUS /ðiː/
an old word for “you”, as the object, speaking to one person
From this reading What agony to feel thee slowly steal Away from us when, with caught breath And streaming eyes, and parted lips, We fain would with convulsive gasp And tortured features bow our frame In one loud spasm of homage to thy spell!
then
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From this reading Futility To be so near--and then to vanish Like some unreal creature of the sense; To come so near that every fiber, tingling, Makes ready welcome; then to surge Back into the recesses of the strange, Mysterious unknown.
Thomas
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From this reading The footsteps prove to be those of Thomas R. Hefflebomer of Washington Territory, who introduces positive proof of having murdered the judge during a fit of mental aberration, and Mabel marries a man named Tompkins, whom she met two years later at Hot Springs.
thosedeterminerUS /ðoʊz/
the plural of “that”: the people or things further away, or already known
From this reading The footsteps prove to be those of Thomas R. Hefflebomer of Washington Territory, who introduces positive proof of having murdered the judge during a fit of mental aberration, and Mabel marries a man named Tompkins, whom she met two years later at Hot Springs.
thydeterminerUS /ðaɪ/
an old word for “your”, speaking to one person
From this reading What agony to feel thee slowly steal Away from us when, with caught breath And streaming eyes, and parted lips, We fain would with convulsive gasp And tortured features bow our frame In one loud spasm of homage to thy spell!
tingling
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From this reading Futility To be so near--and then to vanish Like some unreal creature of the sense; To come so near that every fiber, tingling, Makes ready welcome; then to surge Back into the recesses of the strange, Mysterious unknown.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading The footsteps prove to be those of Thomas R. Hefflebomer of Washington Territory, who introduces positive proof of having murdered the judge during a fit of mental aberration, and Mabel marries a man named Tompkins, whom she met two years later at Hot Springs.
Tompkins
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From this reading The footsteps prove to be those of Thomas R. Hefflebomer of Washington Territory, who introduces positive proof of having murdered the judge during a fit of mental aberration, and Mabel marries a man named Tompkins, whom she met two years later at Hot Springs.
tortured
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From this reading What agony to feel thee slowly steal Away from us when, with caught breath And streaming eyes, and parted lips, We fain would with convulsive gasp And tortured features bow our frame In one loud spasm of homage to thy spell!
two
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From this reading The footsteps prove to be those of Thomas R. Hefflebomer of Washington Territory, who introduces positive proof of having murdered the judge during a fit of mental aberration, and Mabel marries a man named Tompkins, whom she met two years later at Hot Springs.
unknown
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From this reading Futility To be so near--and then to vanish Like some unreal creature of the sense; To come so near that every fiber, tingling, Makes ready welcome; then to surge Back into the recesses of the strange, Mysterious unknown.
unreal
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From this reading Futility To be so near--and then to vanish Like some unreal creature of the sense; To come so near that every fiber, tingling, Makes ready welcome; then to surge Back into the recesses of the strange, Mysterious unknown.
uspronounUS /ʌs/
the speaker and others, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading What agony to feel thee slowly steal Away from us when, with caught breath And streaming eyes, and parted lips, We fain would with convulsive gasp And tortured features bow our frame In one loud spasm of homage to thy spell!
vanish
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From this reading Futility To be so near--and then to vanish Like some unreal creature of the sense; To come so near that every fiber, tingling, Makes ready welcome; then to surge Back into the recesses of the strange, Mysterious unknown.
Washington
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From this reading The footsteps prove to be those of Thomas R. Hefflebomer of Washington Territory, who introduces positive proof of having murdered the judge during a fit of mental aberration, and Mabel marries a man named Tompkins, whom she met two years later at Hot Springs.
WepronounUS /wiː/
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading What agony to feel thee slowly steal Away from us when, with caught breath And streaming eyes, and parted lips, We fain would with convulsive gasp And tortured features bow our frame In one loud spasm of homage to thy spell!
welcome
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From this reading Futility To be so near--and then to vanish Like some unreal creature of the sense; To come so near that every fiber, tingling, Makes ready welcome; then to surge Back into the recesses of the strange, Mysterious unknown.
WhatpronounUS /wʌt/
used to ask for information about something
From this reading What agony to feel thee slowly steal Away from us when, with caught breath And streaming eyes, and parted lips, We fain would with convulsive gasp And tortured features bow our frame In one loud spasm of homage to thy spell!
whenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading What agony to feel thee slowly steal Away from us when, with caught breath And streaming eyes, and parted lips, We fain would with convulsive gasp And tortured features bow our frame In one loud spasm of homage to thy spell!
whopronounUS /huː/
which person or people
From this reading The footsteps prove to be those of Thomas R. Hefflebomer of Washington Territory, who introduces positive proof of having murdered the judge during a fit of mental aberration, and Mabel marries a man named Tompkins, whom she met two years later at Hot Springs.
whompronounUS /huːm/
the form of “who” used as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading The footsteps prove to be those of Thomas R. Hefflebomer of Washington Territory, who introduces positive proof of having murdered the judge during a fit of mental aberration, and Mabel marries a man named Tompkins, whom she met two years later at Hot Springs.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading What agony to feel thee slowly steal Away from us when, with caught breath And streaming eyes, and parted lips, We fain would with convulsive gasp And tortured features bow our frame In one loud spasm of homage to thy spell!
wouldmodal verbUS /wʊd/
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading What agony to feel thee slowly steal Away from us when, with caught breath And streaming eyes, and parted lips, We fain would with convulsive gasp And tortured features bow our frame In one loud spasm of homage to thy spell!
YepronounUS /jiː/
an old word for “you”, speaking to more than one person
From this reading Ye gods!
years
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From this reading The footsteps prove to be those of Thomas R. Hefflebomer of Washington Territory, who introduces positive proof of having murdered the judge during a fit of mental aberration, and Mabel marries a man named Tompkins, whom she met two years later at Hot Springs.
