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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 MIDNIGHT EXPEDITION Four nights later, the hour before midnight found Landless walking steadily through the forest, bound upon a mission which he had had in his mind since the night after the murder of Godwyn.
advisable
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From this reading This was the first night since that event upon which he had deemed it advisable to leave the quarters, having no mind to be captured as a runaway by one of the many search parties which were scouring the peninsula between the two great rivers for the murderer of Robert Godwyn.
afterprepositionUS /ˈæftər/
later than; following
From this reading A MIDNIGHT EXPEDITION Four nights later, the hour before midnight found Landless walking steadily through the forest, bound upon a mission which he had had in his mind since the night after the murder of Godwyn.
aisles
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From this reading There was little undergrowth in the primeval forest, and the rows of vast and stately trees were as easy to thread as the pillared aisles of a cathedral.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading But the search was now trending northward towards Maryland, to which colony runaways usually turned their steps, and he felt that he might venture.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading This was the first night since that event upon which he had deemed it advisable to leave the quarters, having no mind to be captured as a runaway by one of the many search parties which were scouring the peninsula between the two great rivers for the murderer of Robert Godwyn.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading This was the first night since that event upon which he had deemed it advisable to leave the quarters, having no mind to be captured as a runaway by one of the many search parties which were scouring the peninsula between the two great rivers for the murderer of Robert Godwyn.
beforeprepositionUS /bɪˈfɔːr/
earlier than; in front of
From this reading A MIDNIGHT EXPEDITION Four nights later, the hour before midnight found Landless walking steadily through the forest, bound upon a mission which he had had in his mind since the night after the murder of Godwyn.
betweenprepositionUS /bɪˈtwiːn/
in the space, time, or range separating two things
From this reading This was the first night since that event upon which he had deemed it advisable to leave the quarters, having no mind to be captured as a runaway by one of the many search parties which were scouring the peninsula between the two great rivers for the murderer of Robert Godwyn.
bound
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From this reading A MIDNIGHT EXPEDITION Four nights later, the hour before midnight found Landless walking steadily through the forest, bound upon a mission which he had had in his mind since the night after the murder of Godwyn.
ButconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading But the search was now trending northward towards Maryland, to which colony runaways usually turned their steps, and he felt that he might venture.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading This was the first night since that event upon which he had deemed it advisable to leave the quarters, having no mind to be captured as a runaway by one of the many search parties which were scouring the peninsula between the two great rivers for the murderer of Robert Godwyn.
came
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From this reading When he came to one of the innumerable streamlets that caught the land in a net of silver, he removed his coarse shoes and stockings, and waded it.
captured
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From this reading This was the first night since that event upon which he had deemed it advisable to leave the quarters, having no mind to be captured as a runaway by one of the many search parties which were scouring the peninsula between the two great rivers for the murderer of Robert Godwyn.
cathedral
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From this reading There was little undergrowth in the primeval forest, and the rows of vast and stately trees were as easy to thread as the pillared aisles of a cathedral.
caught
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From this reading When he came to one of the innumerable streamlets that caught the land in a net of silver, he removed his coarse shoes and stockings, and waded it.
coarse
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From this reading When he came to one of the innumerable streamlets that caught the land in a net of silver, he removed his coarse shoes and stockings, and waded it.
colony
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From this reading But the search was now trending northward towards Maryland, to which colony runaways usually turned their steps, and he felt that he might venture.
deemed
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From this reading This was the first night since that event upon which he had deemed it advisable to leave the quarters, having no mind to be captured as a runaway by one of the many search parties which were scouring the peninsula between the two great rivers for the murderer of Robert Godwyn.
easy
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From this reading There was little undergrowth in the primeval forest, and the rows of vast and stately trees were as easy to thread as the pillared aisles of a cathedral.
event
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From this reading This was the first night since that event upon which he had deemed it advisable to leave the quarters, having no mind to be captured as a runaway by one of the many search parties which were scouring the peninsula between the two great rivers for the murderer of Robert Godwyn.
EXPEDITION
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From this reading A MIDNIGHT EXPEDITION Four nights later, the hour before midnight found Landless walking steadily through the forest, bound upon a mission which he had had in his mind since the night after the murder of Godwyn.
felt
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From this reading But the search was now trending northward towards Maryland, to which colony runaways usually turned their steps, and he felt that he might venture.
firstnounUS /first/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading This was the first night since that event upon which he had deemed it advisable to leave the quarters, having no mind to be captured as a runaway by one of the many search parties which were scouring the peninsula between the two great rivers for the murderer of Robert Godwyn.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading This was the first night since that event upon which he had deemed it advisable to leave the quarters, having no mind to be captured as a runaway by one of the many search parties which were scouring the peninsula between the two great rivers for the murderer of Robert Godwyn.
forest
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From this reading A MIDNIGHT EXPEDITION Four nights later, the hour before midnight found Landless walking steadily through the forest, bound upon a mission which he had had in his mind since the night after the murder of Godwyn.
foundnounUS /found/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading A MIDNIGHT EXPEDITION Four nights later, the hour before midnight found Landless walking steadily through the forest, bound upon a mission which he had had in his mind since the night after the murder of Godwyn.
Four
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From this reading A MIDNIGHT EXPEDITION Four nights later, the hour before midnight found Landless walking steadily through the forest, bound upon a mission which he had had in his mind since the night after the murder of Godwyn.
Godwyn
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From this reading A MIDNIGHT EXPEDITION Four nights later, the hour before midnight found Landless walking steadily through the forest, bound upon a mission which he had had in his mind since the night after the murder of Godwyn.
greatnounUS /great/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading This was the first night since that event upon which he had deemed it advisable to leave the quarters, having no mind to be captured as a runaway by one of the many search parties which were scouring the peninsula between the two great rivers for the murderer of Robert Godwyn.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading A MIDNIGHT EXPEDITION Four nights later, the hour before midnight found Landless walking steadily through the forest, bound upon a mission which he had had in his mind since the night after the murder of Godwyn.
havingauxiliary verbUS /ˈhævɪŋ/
the -ing form of “have”
From this reading This was the first night since that event upon which he had deemed it advisable to leave the quarters, having no mind to be captured as a runaway by one of the many search parties which were scouring the peninsula between the two great rivers for the murderer of Robert Godwyn.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading A MIDNIGHT EXPEDITION Four nights later, the hour before midnight found Landless walking steadily through the forest, bound upon a mission which he had had in his mind since the night after the murder of Godwyn.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading A MIDNIGHT EXPEDITION Four nights later, the hour before midnight found Landless walking steadily through the forest, bound upon a mission which he had had in his mind since the night after the murder of Godwyn.
hour
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From this reading A MIDNIGHT EXPEDITION Four nights later, the hour before midnight found Landless walking steadily through the forest, bound upon a mission which he had had in his mind since the night after the murder of Godwyn.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading A MIDNIGHT EXPEDITION Four nights later, the hour before midnight found Landless walking steadily through the forest, bound upon a mission which he had had in his mind since the night after the murder of Godwyn.
innumerable
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From this reading When he came to one of the innumerable streamlets that caught the land in a net of silver, he removed his coarse shoes and stockings, and waded it.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading This was the first night since that event upon which he had deemed it advisable to leave the quarters, having no mind to be captured as a runaway by one of the many search parties which were scouring the peninsula between the two great rivers for the murderer of Robert Godwyn.
land
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From this reading When he came to one of the innumerable streamlets that caught the land in a net of silver, he removed his coarse shoes and stockings, and waded it.
Landless
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From this reading A MIDNIGHT EXPEDITION Four nights later, the hour before midnight found Landless walking steadily through the forest, bound upon a mission which he had had in his mind since the night after the murder of Godwyn.
later
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From this reading A MIDNIGHT EXPEDITION Four nights later, the hour before midnight found Landless walking steadily through the forest, bound upon a mission which he had had in his mind since the night after the murder of Godwyn.
leave
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From this reading This was the first night since that event upon which he had deemed it advisable to leave the quarters, having no mind to be captured as a runaway by one of the many search parties which were scouring the peninsula between the two great rivers for the murderer of Robert Godwyn.
littlenounUS /little/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading There was little undergrowth in the primeval forest, and the rows of vast and stately trees were as easy to thread as the pillared aisles of a cathedral.
many
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From this reading This was the first night since that event upon which he had deemed it advisable to leave the quarters, having no mind to be captured as a runaway by one of the many search parties which were scouring the peninsula between the two great rivers for the murderer of Robert Godwyn.
Maryland
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From this reading But the search was now trending northward towards Maryland, to which colony runaways usually turned their steps, and he felt that he might venture.
MIDNIGHT
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From this reading A MIDNIGHT EXPEDITION Four nights later, the hour before midnight found Landless walking steadily through the forest, bound upon a mission which he had had in his mind since the night after the murder of Godwyn.
mightmodal verbUS /maɪt/
used to say something is possible but not certain
From this reading But the search was now trending northward towards Maryland, to which colony runaways usually turned their steps, and he felt that he might venture.
mindnounUS /mind/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading A MIDNIGHT EXPEDITION Four nights later, the hour before midnight found Landless walking steadily through the forest, bound upon a mission which he had had in his mind since the night after the murder of Godwyn.
mission
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From this reading A MIDNIGHT EXPEDITION Four nights later, the hour before midnight found Landless walking steadily through the forest, bound upon a mission which he had had in his mind since the night after the murder of Godwyn.
murder
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From this reading A MIDNIGHT EXPEDITION Four nights later, the hour before midnight found Landless walking steadily through the forest, bound upon a mission which he had had in his mind since the night after the murder of Godwyn.
murderer
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From this reading This was the first night since that event upon which he had deemed it advisable to leave the quarters, having no mind to be captured as a runaway by one of the many search parties which were scouring the peninsula between the two great rivers for the murderer of Robert Godwyn.
net
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From this reading When he came to one of the innumerable streamlets that caught the land in a net of silver, he removed his coarse shoes and stockings, and waded it.
night
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From this reading A MIDNIGHT EXPEDITION Four nights later, the hour before midnight found Landless walking steadily through the forest, bound upon a mission which he had had in his mind since the night after the murder of Godwyn.
nightsnounUS /naɪts/
Periods of darkness between sunset and sunrise.
From this reading A MIDNIGHT EXPEDITION Four nights later, the hour before midnight found Landless walking steadily through the forest, bound upon a mission which he had had in his mind since the night after the murder of Godwyn.
nodeterminerUS /noʊ/
not any; not one
From this reading This was the first night since that event upon which he had deemed it advisable to leave the quarters, having no mind to be captured as a runaway by one of the many search parties which were scouring the peninsula between the two great rivers for the murderer of Robert Godwyn.
northward
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From this reading But the search was now trending northward towards Maryland, to which colony runaways usually turned their steps, and he felt that he might venture.
now
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From this reading But the search was now trending northward towards Maryland, to which colony runaways usually turned their steps, and he felt that he might venture.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading A MIDNIGHT EXPEDITION Four nights later, the hour before midnight found Landless walking steadily through the forest, bound upon a mission which he had had in his mind since the night after the murder of Godwyn.
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading This was the first night since that event upon which he had deemed it advisable to leave the quarters, having no mind to be captured as a runaway by one of the many search parties which were scouring the peninsula between the two great rivers for the murderer of Robert Godwyn.
parties
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From this reading This was the first night since that event upon which he had deemed it advisable to leave the quarters, having no mind to be captured as a runaway by one of the many search parties which were scouring the peninsula between the two great rivers for the murderer of Robert Godwyn.
peninsula
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From this reading This was the first night since that event upon which he had deemed it advisable to leave the quarters, having no mind to be captured as a runaway by one of the many search parties which were scouring the peninsula between the two great rivers for the murderer of Robert Godwyn.
pillared
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From this reading There was little undergrowth in the primeval forest, and the rows of vast and stately trees were as easy to thread as the pillared aisles of a cathedral.
primeval
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From this reading There was little undergrowth in the primeval forest, and the rows of vast and stately trees were as easy to thread as the pillared aisles of a cathedral.
quarters
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From this reading This was the first night since that event upon which he had deemed it advisable to leave the quarters, having no mind to be captured as a runaway by one of the many search parties which were scouring the peninsula between the two great rivers for the murderer of Robert Godwyn.
removed
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From this reading When he came to one of the innumerable streamlets that caught the land in a net of silver, he removed his coarse shoes and stockings, and waded it.
rivers
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From this reading This was the first night since that event upon which he had deemed it advisable to leave the quarters, having no mind to be captured as a runaway by one of the many search parties which were scouring the peninsula between the two great rivers for the murderer of Robert Godwyn.
Robert
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From this reading This was the first night since that event upon which he had deemed it advisable to leave the quarters, having no mind to be captured as a runaway by one of the many search parties which were scouring the peninsula between the two great rivers for the murderer of Robert Godwyn.
rows
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From this reading There was little undergrowth in the primeval forest, and the rows of vast and stately trees were as easy to thread as the pillared aisles of a cathedral.
runaway
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From this reading This was the first night since that event upon which he had deemed it advisable to leave the quarters, having no mind to be captured as a runaway by one of the many search parties which were scouring the peninsula between the two great rivers for the murderer of Robert Godwyn.
runaways
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From this reading But the search was now trending northward towards Maryland, to which colony runaways usually turned their steps, and he felt that he might venture.
scouring
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From this reading This was the first night since that event upon which he had deemed it advisable to leave the quarters, having no mind to be captured as a runaway by one of the many search parties which were scouring the peninsula between the two great rivers for the murderer of Robert Godwyn.
search
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From this reading This was the first night since that event upon which he had deemed it advisable to leave the quarters, having no mind to be captured as a runaway by one of the many search parties which were scouring the peninsula between the two great rivers for the murderer of Robert Godwyn.
shoes
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From this reading When he came to one of the innumerable streamlets that caught the land in a net of silver, he removed his coarse shoes and stockings, and waded it.
silver
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From this reading When he came to one of the innumerable streamlets that caught the land in a net of silver, he removed his coarse shoes and stockings, and waded it.
sinceprepositionUS /sɪns/
from a time in the past until now
From this reading A MIDNIGHT EXPEDITION Four nights later, the hour before midnight found Landless walking steadily through the forest, bound upon a mission which he had had in his mind since the night after the murder of Godwyn.
stately
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From this reading There was little undergrowth in the primeval forest, and the rows of vast and stately trees were as easy to thread as the pillared aisles of a cathedral.
steadily
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From this reading A MIDNIGHT EXPEDITION Four nights later, the hour before midnight found Landless walking steadily through the forest, bound upon a mission which he had had in his mind since the night after the murder of Godwyn.
steps
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From this reading But the search was now trending northward towards Maryland, to which colony runaways usually turned their steps, and he felt that he might venture.
stockings
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From this reading When he came to one of the innumerable streamlets that caught the land in a net of silver, he removed his coarse shoes and stockings, and waded it.
streamlets
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From this reading When he came to one of the innumerable streamlets that caught the land in a net of silver, he removed his coarse shoes and stockings, and waded it.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading This was the first night since that event upon which he had deemed it advisable to leave the quarters, having no mind to be captured as a runaway by one of the many search parties which were scouring the peninsula between the two great rivers for the murderer of Robert Godwyn.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading A MIDNIGHT EXPEDITION Four nights later, the hour before midnight found Landless walking steadily through the forest, bound upon a mission which he had had in his mind since the night after the murder of Godwyn.
theirdeterminerUS /ðer/
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading But the search was now trending northward towards Maryland, to which colony runaways usually turned their steps, and he felt that he might venture.
There
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From this reading There was little undergrowth in the primeval forest, and the rows of vast and stately trees were as easy to thread as the pillared aisles of a cathedral.
ThisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading This was the first night since that event upon which he had deemed it advisable to leave the quarters, having no mind to be captured as a runaway by one of the many search parties which were scouring the peninsula between the two great rivers for the murderer of Robert Godwyn.
thread
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From this reading There was little undergrowth in the primeval forest, and the rows of vast and stately trees were as easy to thread as the pillared aisles of a cathedral.
throughnounUS /ˈthrough/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading A MIDNIGHT EXPEDITION Four nights later, the hour before midnight found Landless walking steadily through the forest, bound upon a mission which he had had in his mind since the night after the murder of Godwyn.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading This was the first night since that event upon which he had deemed it advisable to leave the quarters, having no mind to be captured as a runaway by one of the many search parties which were scouring the peninsula between the two great rivers for the murderer of Robert Godwyn.
towardsprepositionUS /təˈwɔːrdz/
in the direction of
From this reading But the search was now trending northward towards Maryland, to which colony runaways usually turned their steps, and he felt that he might venture.
trees
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From this reading There was little undergrowth in the primeval forest, and the rows of vast and stately trees were as easy to thread as the pillared aisles of a cathedral.
trending
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From this reading But the search was now trending northward towards Maryland, to which colony runaways usually turned their steps, and he felt that he might venture.
turned
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From this reading But the search was now trending northward towards Maryland, to which colony runaways usually turned their steps, and he felt that he might venture.
two
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From this reading This was the first night since that event upon which he had deemed it advisable to leave the quarters, having no mind to be captured as a runaway by one of the many search parties which were scouring the peninsula between the two great rivers for the murderer of Robert Godwyn.
undergrowth
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From this reading There was little undergrowth in the primeval forest, and the rows of vast and stately trees were as easy to thread as the pillared aisles of a cathedral.
uponprepositionUS /əˈpɑːn/
a formal word for “on”
From this reading A MIDNIGHT EXPEDITION Four nights later, the hour before midnight found Landless walking steadily through the forest, bound upon a mission which he had had in his mind since the night after the murder of Godwyn.
usually
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From this reading But the search was now trending northward towards Maryland, to which colony runaways usually turned their steps, and he felt that he might venture.
vast
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From this reading There was little undergrowth in the primeval forest, and the rows of vast and stately trees were as easy to thread as the pillared aisles of a cathedral.
venture
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From this reading But the search was now trending northward towards Maryland, to which colony runaways usually turned their steps, and he felt that he might venture.
waded
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From this reading When he came to one of the innumerable streamlets that caught the land in a net of silver, he removed his coarse shoes and stockings, and waded it.
walking
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From this reading A MIDNIGHT EXPEDITION Four nights later, the hour before midnight found Landless walking steadily through the forest, bound upon a mission which he had had in his mind since the night after the murder of Godwyn.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading This was the first night since that event upon which he had deemed it advisable to leave the quarters, having no mind to be captured as a runaway by one of the many search parties which were scouring the peninsula between the two great rivers for the murderer of Robert Godwyn.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading This was the first night since that event upon which he had deemed it advisable to leave the quarters, having no mind to be captured as a runaway by one of the many search parties which were scouring the peninsula between the two great rivers for the murderer of Robert Godwyn.
WhenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading When he came to one of the innumerable streamlets that caught the land in a net of silver, he removed his coarse shoes and stockings, and waded it.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading A MIDNIGHT EXPEDITION Four nights later, the hour before midnight found Landless walking steadily through the forest, bound upon a mission which he had had in his mind since the night after the murder of Godwyn.
