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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 brilliant Roman winter came round again, and Rowland enjoyed it, in a certain way, more deeply than before.
actual
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From this reading It was a large, vague, idle, half-profitless emotion, of which perhaps the most pertinent thing that may be said is that it enforced a sort of oppressive reconciliation to the present, the actual, the sensuous--to life on the terms that there offered themselves.
addition
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From this reading He could not have defined and explained the nature of his great love, nor have made up the sum of it by the addition of his calculable pleasures.
againnounUS /again/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The brilliant Roman winter came round again, and Rowland enjoyed it, in a certain way, more deeply than before.
all
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From this reading He became passionately, unreasoningly fond of all Roman sights and sensations, and to breathe the Roman atmosphere began to seem a needful condition of being.
ancientadjectiveUS /ˈeɪn.ʃənt/
Belonging to the very distant past and no longer in existence or deeply revered.
From this reading He grew at last to feel that sense of equal possession, of intellectual nearness, which it belongs to the peculiar magic of the ancient city to infuse into minds of a cast that she never would have produced.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading The brilliant Roman winter came round again, and Rowland enjoyed it, in a certain way, more deeply than before.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading He grew at last to feel that sense of equal possession, of intellectual nearness, which it belongs to the peculiar magic of the ancient city to infuse into minds of a cast that she never would have produced.
atmosphere
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From this reading He became passionately, unreasoningly fond of all Roman sights and sensations, and to breathe the Roman atmosphere began to seem a needful condition of being.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading It was a large, vague, idle, half-profitless emotion, of which perhaps the most pertinent thing that may be said is that it enforced a sort of oppressive reconciliation to the present, the actual, the sensuous--to life on the terms that there offered themselves.
became
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From this reading He became passionately, unreasoningly fond of all Roman sights and sensations, and to breathe the Roman atmosphere began to seem a needful condition of being.
beforeprepositionUS /bɪˈfɔːr/
earlier than; in front of
From this reading The brilliant Roman winter came round again, and Rowland enjoyed it, in a certain way, more deeply than before.
begannounUS /began/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading He became passionately, unreasoningly fond of all Roman sights and sensations, and to breathe the Roman atmosphere began to seem a needful condition of being.
beingauxiliary verbUS /ˈbiːɪŋ/
the -ing form of “be”
From this reading He became passionately, unreasoningly fond of all Roman sights and sensations, and to breathe the Roman atmosphere began to seem a needful condition of being.
belongs
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From this reading He grew at last to feel that sense of equal possession, of intellectual nearness, which it belongs to the peculiar magic of the ancient city to infuse into minds of a cast that she never would have produced.
breatheverbUS /briːð/
to speak or reveal information, especially secretly
From this reading He became passionately, unreasoningly fond of all Roman sights and sensations, and to breathe the Roman atmosphere began to seem a needful condition of being.
brilliant
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From this reading The brilliant Roman winter came round again, and Rowland enjoyed it, in a certain way, more deeply than before.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading He could not have defined and explained the nature of his great love, nor have made up the sum of it by the addition of his calculable pleasures.
calculable
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From this reading He could not have defined and explained the nature of his great love, nor have made up the sum of it by the addition of his calculable pleasures.
came
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From this reading The brilliant Roman winter came round again, and Rowland enjoyed it, in a certain way, more deeply than before.
cast
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From this reading He grew at last to feel that sense of equal possession, of intellectual nearness, which it belongs to the peculiar magic of the ancient city to infuse into minds of a cast that she never would have produced.
certain
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From this reading The brilliant Roman winter came round again, and Rowland enjoyed it, in a certain way, more deeply than before.
city
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From this reading He grew at last to feel that sense of equal possession, of intellectual nearness, which it belongs to the peculiar magic of the ancient city to infuse into minds of a cast that she never would have produced.
condition
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From this reading He became passionately, unreasoningly fond of all Roman sights and sensations, and to breathe the Roman atmosphere began to seem a needful condition of being.
couldmodal verbUS /kʊd/
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading He could not have defined and explained the nature of his great love, nor have made up the sum of it by the addition of his calculable pleasures.
deeply
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From this reading The brilliant Roman winter came round again, and Rowland enjoyed it, in a certain way, more deeply than before.
defined
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From this reading He could not have defined and explained the nature of his great love, nor have made up the sum of it by the addition of his calculable pleasures.
emotion
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From this reading It was a large, vague, idle, half-profitless emotion, of which perhaps the most pertinent thing that may be said is that it enforced a sort of oppressive reconciliation to the present, the actual, the sensuous--to life on the terms that there offered themselves.
enforced
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From this reading It was a large, vague, idle, half-profitless emotion, of which perhaps the most pertinent thing that may be said is that it enforced a sort of oppressive reconciliation to the present, the actual, the sensuous--to life on the terms that there offered themselves.
enjoyed
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From this reading The brilliant Roman winter came round again, and Rowland enjoyed it, in a certain way, more deeply than before.
equal
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From this reading He grew at last to feel that sense of equal possession, of intellectual nearness, which it belongs to the peculiar magic of the ancient city to infuse into minds of a cast that she never would have produced.
explained
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From this reading He could not have defined and explained the nature of his great love, nor have made up the sum of it by the addition of his calculable pleasures.
feel
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From this reading He grew at last to feel that sense of equal possession, of intellectual nearness, which it belongs to the peculiar magic of the ancient city to infuse into minds of a cast that she never would have produced.
fond
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From this reading He became passionately, unreasoningly fond of all Roman sights and sensations, and to breathe the Roman atmosphere began to seem a needful condition of being.
greatnounUS /great/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading He could not have defined and explained the nature of his great love, nor have made up the sum of it by the addition of his calculable pleasures.
grew
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From this reading He grew at last to feel that sense of equal possession, of intellectual nearness, which it belongs to the peculiar magic of the ancient city to infuse into minds of a cast that she never would have produced.
half-profitless
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From this reading It was a large, vague, idle, half-profitless emotion, of which perhaps the most pertinent thing that may be said is that it enforced a sort of oppressive reconciliation to the present, the actual, the sensuous--to life on the terms that there offered themselves.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading He grew at last to feel that sense of equal possession, of intellectual nearness, which it belongs to the peculiar magic of the ancient city to infuse into minds of a cast that she never would have produced.
HepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading He grew at last to feel that sense of equal possession, of intellectual nearness, which it belongs to the peculiar magic of the ancient city to infuse into minds of a cast that she never would have produced.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading He could not have defined and explained the nature of his great love, nor have made up the sum of it by the addition of his calculable pleasures.
idle
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From this reading It was a large, vague, idle, half-profitless emotion, of which perhaps the most pertinent thing that may be said is that it enforced a sort of oppressive reconciliation to the present, the actual, the sensuous--to life on the terms that there offered themselves.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading The brilliant Roman winter came round again, and Rowland enjoyed it, in a certain way, more deeply than before.
infuse
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From this reading He grew at last to feel that sense of equal possession, of intellectual nearness, which it belongs to the peculiar magic of the ancient city to infuse into minds of a cast that she never would have produced.
intellectual
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From this reading He grew at last to feel that sense of equal possession, of intellectual nearness, which it belongs to the peculiar magic of the ancient city to infuse into minds of a cast that she never would have produced.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading He grew at last to feel that sense of equal possession, of intellectual nearness, which it belongs to the peculiar magic of the ancient city to infuse into minds of a cast that she never would have produced.
isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading It was a large, vague, idle, half-profitless emotion, of which perhaps the most pertinent thing that may be said is that it enforced a sort of oppressive reconciliation to the present, the actual, the sensuous--to life on the terms that there offered themselves.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading The brilliant Roman winter came round again, and Rowland enjoyed it, in a certain way, more deeply than before.
large
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From this reading It was a large, vague, idle, half-profitless emotion, of which perhaps the most pertinent thing that may be said is that it enforced a sort of oppressive reconciliation to the present, the actual, the sensuous--to life on the terms that there offered themselves.
lastnounUS /last/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading He grew at last to feel that sense of equal possession, of intellectual nearness, which it belongs to the peculiar magic of the ancient city to infuse into minds of a cast that she never would have produced.
lifenounUS /life/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading It was a large, vague, idle, half-profitless emotion, of which perhaps the most pertinent thing that may be said is that it enforced a sort of oppressive reconciliation to the present, the actual, the sensuous--to life on the terms that there offered themselves.
love
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From this reading He could not have defined and explained the nature of his great love, nor have made up the sum of it by the addition of his calculable pleasures.
made
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From this reading He could not have defined and explained the nature of his great love, nor have made up the sum of it by the addition of his calculable pleasures.
magic
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From this reading He grew at last to feel that sense of equal possession, of intellectual nearness, which it belongs to the peculiar magic of the ancient city to infuse into minds of a cast that she never would have produced.
maymodal verbUS /meɪ/
used to say something is possible, or to give permission
From this reading It was a large, vague, idle, half-profitless emotion, of which perhaps the most pertinent thing that may be said is that it enforced a sort of oppressive reconciliation to the present, the actual, the sensuous--to life on the terms that there offered themselves.
minds
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From this reading He grew at last to feel that sense of equal possession, of intellectual nearness, which it belongs to the peculiar magic of the ancient city to infuse into minds of a cast that she never would have produced.
more
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From this reading The brilliant Roman winter came round again, and Rowland enjoyed it, in a certain way, more deeply than before.
most
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From this reading It was a large, vague, idle, half-profitless emotion, of which perhaps the most pertinent thing that may be said is that it enforced a sort of oppressive reconciliation to the present, the actual, the sensuous--to life on the terms that there offered themselves.
nature
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From this reading He could not have defined and explained the nature of his great love, nor have made up the sum of it by the addition of his calculable pleasures.
nearness
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From this reading He grew at last to feel that sense of equal possession, of intellectual nearness, which it belongs to the peculiar magic of the ancient city to infuse into minds of a cast that she never would have produced.
needful
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From this reading He became passionately, unreasoningly fond of all Roman sights and sensations, and to breathe the Roman atmosphere began to seem a needful condition of being.
nevernounUS /never/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading He grew at last to feel that sense of equal possession, of intellectual nearness, which it belongs to the peculiar magic of the ancient city to infuse into minds of a cast that she never would have produced.
norconjunctionUS /nɔːr/
and not; used after a negative to add a second negative
From this reading He could not have defined and explained the nature of his great love, nor have made up the sum of it by the addition of his calculable pleasures.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading He could not have defined and explained the nature of his great love, nor have made up the sum of it by the addition of his calculable pleasures.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading He grew at last to feel that sense of equal possession, of intellectual nearness, which it belongs to the peculiar magic of the ancient city to infuse into minds of a cast that she never would have produced.
offered
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From this reading It was a large, vague, idle, half-profitless emotion, of which perhaps the most pertinent thing that may be said is that it enforced a sort of oppressive reconciliation to the present, the actual, the sensuous--to life on the terms that there offered themselves.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading It was a large, vague, idle, half-profitless emotion, of which perhaps the most pertinent thing that may be said is that it enforced a sort of oppressive reconciliation to the present, the actual, the sensuous--to life on the terms that there offered themselves.
oppressive
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From this reading It was a large, vague, idle, half-profitless emotion, of which perhaps the most pertinent thing that may be said is that it enforced a sort of oppressive reconciliation to the present, the actual, the sensuous--to life on the terms that there offered themselves.
passionately
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From this reading He became passionately, unreasoningly fond of all Roman sights and sensations, and to breathe the Roman atmosphere began to seem a needful condition of being.
peculiar
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From this reading He grew at last to feel that sense of equal possession, of intellectual nearness, which it belongs to the peculiar magic of the ancient city to infuse into minds of a cast that she never would have produced.
perhaps
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From this reading It was a large, vague, idle, half-profitless emotion, of which perhaps the most pertinent thing that may be said is that it enforced a sort of oppressive reconciliation to the present, the actual, the sensuous--to life on the terms that there offered themselves.
pertinent
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From this reading It was a large, vague, idle, half-profitless emotion, of which perhaps the most pertinent thing that may be said is that it enforced a sort of oppressive reconciliation to the present, the actual, the sensuous--to life on the terms that there offered themselves.
pleasures
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From this reading He could not have defined and explained the nature of his great love, nor have made up the sum of it by the addition of his calculable pleasures.
possession
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From this reading He grew at last to feel that sense of equal possession, of intellectual nearness, which it belongs to the peculiar magic of the ancient city to infuse into minds of a cast that she never would have produced.
present
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From this reading It was a large, vague, idle, half-profitless emotion, of which perhaps the most pertinent thing that may be said is that it enforced a sort of oppressive reconciliation to the present, the actual, the sensuous--to life on the terms that there offered themselves.
produced
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From this reading He grew at last to feel that sense of equal possession, of intellectual nearness, which it belongs to the peculiar magic of the ancient city to infuse into minds of a cast that she never would have produced.
reconciliation
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From this reading It was a large, vague, idle, half-profitless emotion, of which perhaps the most pertinent thing that may be said is that it enforced a sort of oppressive reconciliation to the present, the actual, the sensuous--to life on the terms that there offered themselves.
Roman
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From this reading The brilliant Roman winter came round again, and Rowland enjoyed it, in a certain way, more deeply than before.
round
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From this reading The brilliant Roman winter came round again, and Rowland enjoyed it, in a certain way, more deeply than before.
Rowland
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From this reading The brilliant Roman winter came round again, and Rowland enjoyed it, in a certain way, more deeply than before.
said
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From this reading It was a large, vague, idle, half-profitless emotion, of which perhaps the most pertinent thing that may be said is that it enforced a sort of oppressive reconciliation to the present, the actual, the sensuous--to life on the terms that there offered themselves.
seem
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From this reading He became passionately, unreasoningly fond of all Roman sights and sensations, and to breathe the Roman atmosphere began to seem a needful condition of being.
sensations
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From this reading He became passionately, unreasoningly fond of all Roman sights and sensations, and to breathe the Roman atmosphere began to seem a needful condition of being.
sense
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From this reading He grew at last to feel that sense of equal possession, of intellectual nearness, which it belongs to the peculiar magic of the ancient city to infuse into minds of a cast that she never would have produced.
sensuous
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From this reading It was a large, vague, idle, half-profitless emotion, of which perhaps the most pertinent thing that may be said is that it enforced a sort of oppressive reconciliation to the present, the actual, the sensuous--to life on the terms that there offered themselves.
shepronounUS /ʃiː/
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading He grew at last to feel that sense of equal possession, of intellectual nearness, which it belongs to the peculiar magic of the ancient city to infuse into minds of a cast that she never would have produced.
sights
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From this reading He became passionately, unreasoningly fond of all Roman sights and sensations, and to breathe the Roman atmosphere began to seem a needful condition of being.
sort
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From this reading It was a large, vague, idle, half-profitless emotion, of which perhaps the most pertinent thing that may be said is that it enforced a sort of oppressive reconciliation to the present, the actual, the sensuous--to life on the terms that there offered themselves.
sum
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From this reading He could not have defined and explained the nature of his great love, nor have made up the sum of it by the addition of his calculable pleasures.
terms
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From this reading It was a large, vague, idle, half-profitless emotion, of which perhaps the most pertinent thing that may be said is that it enforced a sort of oppressive reconciliation to the present, the actual, the sensuous--to life on the terms that there offered themselves.
thanconjunctionUS /ðæn/
used to introduce the second part of a comparison
From this reading The brilliant Roman winter came round again, and Rowland enjoyed it, in a certain way, more deeply than before.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading He grew at last to feel that sense of equal possession, of intellectual nearness, which it belongs to the peculiar magic of the ancient city to infuse into minds of a cast that she never would have produced.
ThedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The brilliant Roman winter came round again, and Rowland enjoyed it, in a certain way, more deeply than before.
themselvespronounUS /ðemˈselvz/
used when the people doing the action are also its object
From this reading It was a large, vague, idle, half-profitless emotion, of which perhaps the most pertinent thing that may be said is that it enforced a sort of oppressive reconciliation to the present, the actual, the sensuous--to life on the terms that there offered themselves.
there
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From this reading It was a large, vague, idle, half-profitless emotion, of which perhaps the most pertinent thing that may be said is that it enforced a sort of oppressive reconciliation to the present, the actual, the sensuous--to life on the terms that there offered themselves.
thingnounUS /thing/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading It was a large, vague, idle, half-profitless emotion, of which perhaps the most pertinent thing that may be said is that it enforced a sort of oppressive reconciliation to the present, the actual, the sensuous--to life on the terms that there offered themselves.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading He grew at last to feel that sense of equal possession, of intellectual nearness, which it belongs to the peculiar magic of the ancient city to infuse into minds of a cast that she never would have produced.
unreasoningly
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From this reading He became passionately, unreasoningly fond of all Roman sights and sensations, and to breathe the Roman atmosphere began to seem a needful condition of being.
up
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From this reading He could not have defined and explained the nature of his great love, nor have made up the sum of it by the addition of his calculable pleasures.
vague
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From this reading It was a large, vague, idle, half-profitless emotion, of which perhaps the most pertinent thing that may be said is that it enforced a sort of oppressive reconciliation to the present, the actual, the sensuous--to life on the terms that there offered themselves.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading It was a large, vague, idle, half-profitless emotion, of which perhaps the most pertinent thing that may be said is that it enforced a sort of oppressive reconciliation to the present, the actual, the sensuous--to life on the terms that there offered themselves.
way
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From this reading The brilliant Roman winter came round again, and Rowland enjoyed it, in a certain way, more deeply than before.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading He grew at last to feel that sense of equal possession, of intellectual nearness, which it belongs to the peculiar magic of the ancient city to infuse into minds of a cast that she never would have produced.
winter
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From this reading The brilliant Roman winter came round again, and Rowland enjoyed it, in a certain way, more deeply than before.
wouldmodal verbUS /wʊd/
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading He grew at last to feel that sense of equal possession, of intellectual nearness, which it belongs to the peculiar magic of the ancient city to infuse into minds of a cast that she never would have produced.
