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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 In your chamber hangs a picture of one whom you never knew, but whom you have long held in tenderest regard, and who was painted for you by a friend of mine, the Knight of Plympton.
absent
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From this reading It was not that the Bright Ones were absent, but that the dim eyes of rebel man no longer could see them.
Act
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From this reading After the Act of Disobedience, when the erring pair from Eden took their solitary way, and went forth to toil and trouble on common earth--though the Glorious Ones no longer were visible, you cannot say they were gone.
Adam
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From this reading “Every one remembers in the Fourth Book of the immortal poem of your Blind Bard, (to whose sightless orbs no doubt Glorious Shapes were apparent, and Visions Celestial,) how Adam discourses to Eve of the Bright Visitors who hovered round their Eden-- 'Millions of spiritual creatures walk the earth, Unseen, both when we wake and when we sleep.'
AfterprepositionUS /ˈæftər/
later than; following
From this reading After the Act of Disobedience, when the erring pair from Eden took their solitary way, and went forth to toil and trouble on common earth--though the Glorious Ones no longer were visible, you cannot say they were gone.
air
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From this reading “'How often,' says Father Adam, 'from the steep of echoing hill or thicket, have we heard celestial voices to the midnight air, sole, or responsive to each other's notes, singing!'
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading “Every one remembers in the Fourth Book of the immortal poem of your Blind Bard, (to whose sightless orbs no doubt Glorious Shapes were apparent, and Visions Celestial,) how Adam discourses to Eve of the Bright Visitors who hovered round their Eden-- 'Millions of spiritual creatures walk the earth, Unseen, both when we wake and when we sleep.'
apparent
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From this reading “Every one remembers in the Fourth Book of the immortal poem of your Blind Bard, (to whose sightless orbs no doubt Glorious Shapes were apparent, and Visions Celestial,) how Adam discourses to Eve of the Bright Visitors who hovered round their Eden-- 'Millions of spiritual creatures walk the earth, Unseen, both when we wake and when we sleep.'
Bard
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From this reading “Every one remembers in the Fourth Book of the immortal poem of your Blind Bard, (to whose sightless orbs no doubt Glorious Shapes were apparent, and Visions Celestial,) how Adam discourses to Eve of the Bright Visitors who hovered round their Eden-- 'Millions of spiritual creatures walk the earth, Unseen, both when we wake and when we sleep.'
Blind
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From this reading “Every one remembers in the Fourth Book of the immortal poem of your Blind Bard, (to whose sightless orbs no doubt Glorious Shapes were apparent, and Visions Celestial,) how Adam discourses to Eve of the Bright Visitors who hovered round their Eden-- 'Millions of spiritual creatures walk the earth, Unseen, both when we wake and when we sleep.'
Book
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From this reading “Every one remembers in the Fourth Book of the immortal poem of your Blind Bard, (to whose sightless orbs no doubt Glorious Shapes were apparent, and Visions Celestial,) how Adam discourses to Eve of the Bright Visitors who hovered round their Eden-- 'Millions of spiritual creatures walk the earth, Unseen, both when we wake and when we sleep.'
bothdeterminerUS /boʊθ/
the two together, not just one
From this reading “Every one remembers in the Fourth Book of the immortal poem of your Blind Bard, (to whose sightless orbs no doubt Glorious Shapes were apparent, and Visions Celestial,) how Adam discourses to Eve of the Bright Visitors who hovered round their Eden-- 'Millions of spiritual creatures walk the earth, Unseen, both when we wake and when we sleep.'
Bright
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From this reading “Every one remembers in the Fourth Book of the immortal poem of your Blind Bard, (to whose sightless orbs no doubt Glorious Shapes were apparent, and Visions Celestial,) how Adam discourses to Eve of the Bright Visitors who hovered round their Eden-- 'Millions of spiritual creatures walk the earth, Unseen, both when we wake and when we sleep.'
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading It was not that the Bright Ones were absent, but that the dim eyes of rebel man no longer could see them.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading In your chamber hangs a picture of one whom you never knew, but whom you have long held in tenderest regard, and who was painted for you by a friend of mine, the Knight of Plympton.
cannot
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From this reading After the Act of Disobedience, when the erring pair from Eden took their solitary way, and went forth to toil and trouble on common earth--though the Glorious Ones no longer were visible, you cannot say they were gone.
Celestial
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From this reading “Every one remembers in the Fourth Book of the immortal poem of your Blind Bard, (to whose sightless orbs no doubt Glorious Shapes were apparent, and Visions Celestial,) how Adam discourses to Eve of the Bright Visitors who hovered round their Eden-- 'Millions of spiritual creatures walk the earth, Unseen, both when we wake and when we sleep.'
chamber
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From this reading In your chamber hangs a picture of one whom you never knew, but whom you have long held in tenderest regard, and who was painted for you by a friend of mine, the Knight of Plympton.
common
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From this reading After the Act of Disobedience, when the erring pair from Eden took their solitary way, and went forth to toil and trouble on common earth--though the Glorious Ones no longer were visible, you cannot say they were gone.
couldmodal verbUS /kʊd/
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading It was not that the Bright Ones were absent, but that the dim eyes of rebel man no longer could see them.
creatures
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From this reading “Every one remembers in the Fourth Book of the immortal poem of your Blind Bard, (to whose sightless orbs no doubt Glorious Shapes were apparent, and Visions Celestial,) how Adam discourses to Eve of the Bright Visitors who hovered round their Eden-- 'Millions of spiritual creatures walk the earth, Unseen, both when we wake and when we sleep.'
dim
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From this reading It was not that the Bright Ones were absent, but that the dim eyes of rebel man no longer could see them.
discourses
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From this reading “Every one remembers in the Fourth Book of the immortal poem of your Blind Bard, (to whose sightless orbs no doubt Glorious Shapes were apparent, and Visions Celestial,) how Adam discourses to Eve of the Bright Visitors who hovered round their Eden-- 'Millions of spiritual creatures walk the earth, Unseen, both when we wake and when we sleep.'
Disobedience
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From this reading After the Act of Disobedience, when the erring pair from Eden took their solitary way, and went forth to toil and trouble on common earth--though the Glorious Ones no longer were visible, you cannot say they were gone.
doubt
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From this reading “Every one remembers in the Fourth Book of the immortal poem of your Blind Bard, (to whose sightless orbs no doubt Glorious Shapes were apparent, and Visions Celestial,) how Adam discourses to Eve of the Bright Visitors who hovered round their Eden-- 'Millions of spiritual creatures walk the earth, Unseen, both when we wake and when we sleep.'
eachdeterminerUS /iːtʃ/
every one of two or more people or things, taken separately
From this reading “'How often,' says Father Adam, 'from the steep of echoing hill or thicket, have we heard celestial voices to the midnight air, sole, or responsive to each other's notes, singing!'
earth
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From this reading “Every one remembers in the Fourth Book of the immortal poem of your Blind Bard, (to whose sightless orbs no doubt Glorious Shapes were apparent, and Visions Celestial,) how Adam discourses to Eve of the Bright Visitors who hovered round their Eden-- 'Millions of spiritual creatures walk the earth, Unseen, both when we wake and when we sleep.'
echoing
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From this reading “'How often,' says Father Adam, 'from the steep of echoing hill or thicket, have we heard celestial voices to the midnight air, sole, or responsive to each other's notes, singing!'
Eden
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From this reading “Every one remembers in the Fourth Book of the immortal poem of your Blind Bard, (to whose sightless orbs no doubt Glorious Shapes were apparent, and Visions Celestial,) how Adam discourses to Eve of the Bright Visitors who hovered round their Eden-- 'Millions of spiritual creatures walk the earth, Unseen, both when we wake and when we sleep.'
erring
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From this reading After the Act of Disobedience, when the erring pair from Eden took their solitary way, and went forth to toil and trouble on common earth--though the Glorious Ones no longer were visible, you cannot say they were gone.
Eve
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From this reading “Every one remembers in the Fourth Book of the immortal poem of your Blind Bard, (to whose sightless orbs no doubt Glorious Shapes were apparent, and Visions Celestial,) how Adam discourses to Eve of the Bright Visitors who hovered round their Eden-- 'Millions of spiritual creatures walk the earth, Unseen, both when we wake and when we sleep.'
EverydeterminerUS /ˈevəri/
all the members of a group, with none left out
From this reading “Every one remembers in the Fourth Book of the immortal poem of your Blind Bard, (to whose sightless orbs no doubt Glorious Shapes were apparent, and Visions Celestial,) how Adam discourses to Eve of the Bright Visitors who hovered round their Eden-- 'Millions of spiritual creatures walk the earth, Unseen, both when we wake and when we sleep.'
eyes
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From this reading It was not that the Bright Ones were absent, but that the dim eyes of rebel man no longer could see them.
Father
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From this reading “'How often,' says Father Adam, 'from the steep of echoing hill or thicket, have we heard celestial voices to the midnight air, sole, or responsive to each other's notes, singing!'
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading In your chamber hangs a picture of one whom you never knew, but whom you have long held in tenderest regard, and who was painted for you by a friend of mine, the Knight of Plympton.
forth
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From this reading After the Act of Disobedience, when the erring pair from Eden took their solitary way, and went forth to toil and trouble on common earth--though the Glorious Ones no longer were visible, you cannot say they were gone.
FourthnounUS /fourth/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Every one remembers in the Fourth Book of the immortal poem of your Blind Bard, (to whose sightless orbs no doubt Glorious Shapes were apparent, and Visions Celestial,) how Adam discourses to Eve of the Bright Visitors who hovered round their Eden-- 'Millions of spiritual creatures walk the earth, Unseen, both when we wake and when we sleep.'
friend
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From this reading In your chamber hangs a picture of one whom you never knew, but whom you have long held in tenderest regard, and who was painted for you by a friend of mine, the Knight of Plympton.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading “'How often,' says Father Adam, 'from the steep of echoing hill or thicket, have we heard celestial voices to the midnight air, sole, or responsive to each other's notes, singing!'
Glorious
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From this reading “Every one remembers in the Fourth Book of the immortal poem of your Blind Bard, (to whose sightless orbs no doubt Glorious Shapes were apparent, and Visions Celestial,) how Adam discourses to Eve of the Bright Visitors who hovered round their Eden-- 'Millions of spiritual creatures walk the earth, Unseen, both when we wake and when we sleep.'
gone
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From this reading After the Act of Disobedience, when the erring pair from Eden took their solitary way, and went forth to toil and trouble on common earth--though the Glorious Ones no longer were visible, you cannot say they were gone.
hangs
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From this reading In your chamber hangs a picture of one whom you never knew, but whom you have long held in tenderest regard, and who was painted for you by a friend of mine, the Knight of Plympton.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading “'How often,' says Father Adam, 'from the steep of echoing hill or thicket, have we heard celestial voices to the midnight air, sole, or responsive to each other's notes, singing!'
heard
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From this reading “'How often,' says Father Adam, 'from the steep of echoing hill or thicket, have we heard celestial voices to the midnight air, sole, or responsive to each other's notes, singing!'
held
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From this reading In your chamber hangs a picture of one whom you never knew, but whom you have long held in tenderest regard, and who was painted for you by a friend of mine, the Knight of Plympton.
hill
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From this reading “'How often,' says Father Adam, 'from the steep of echoing hill or thicket, have we heard celestial voices to the midnight air, sole, or responsive to each other's notes, singing!'
hovered
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From this reading “Every one remembers in the Fourth Book of the immortal poem of your Blind Bard, (to whose sightless orbs no doubt Glorious Shapes were apparent, and Visions Celestial,) how Adam discourses to Eve of the Bright Visitors who hovered round their Eden-- 'Millions of spiritual creatures walk the earth, Unseen, both when we wake and when we sleep.'
how
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From this reading “Every one remembers in the Fourth Book of the immortal poem of your Blind Bard, (to whose sightless orbs no doubt Glorious Shapes were apparent, and Visions Celestial,) how Adam discourses to Eve of the Bright Visitors who hovered round their Eden-- 'Millions of spiritual creatures walk the earth, Unseen, both when we wake and when we sleep.'
immortaladjUS /ɪˈmɔːr.t̬əl/
Living forever; never dying or decaying. (Bất tử, trường tồn vĩnh cửu.)
From this reading “Every one remembers in the Fourth Book of the immortal poem of your Blind Bard, (to whose sightless orbs no doubt Glorious Shapes were apparent, and Visions Celestial,) how Adam discourses to Eve of the Bright Visitors who hovered round their Eden-- 'Millions of spiritual creatures walk the earth, Unseen, both when we wake and when we sleep.'
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading “Every one remembers in the Fourth Book of the immortal poem of your Blind Bard, (to whose sightless orbs no doubt Glorious Shapes were apparent, and Visions Celestial,) how Adam discourses to Eve of the Bright Visitors who hovered round their Eden-- 'Millions of spiritual creatures walk the earth, Unseen, both when we wake and when we sleep.'
ItpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It was not that the Bright Ones were absent, but that the dim eyes of rebel man no longer could see them.
knew
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From this reading In your chamber hangs a picture of one whom you never knew, but whom you have long held in tenderest regard, and who was painted for you by a friend of mine, the Knight of Plympton.
Knight
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From this reading In your chamber hangs a picture of one whom you never knew, but whom you have long held in tenderest regard, and who was painted for you by a friend of mine, the Knight of Plympton.
longnounUS /long/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading In your chamber hangs a picture of one whom you never knew, but whom you have long held in tenderest regard, and who was painted for you by a friend of mine, the Knight of Plympton.
longer
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From this reading After the Act of Disobedience, when the erring pair from Eden took their solitary way, and went forth to toil and trouble on common earth--though the Glorious Ones no longer were visible, you cannot say they were gone.
man
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From this reading It was not that the Bright Ones were absent, but that the dim eyes of rebel man no longer could see them.
midnight
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From this reading “'How often,' says Father Adam, 'from the steep of echoing hill or thicket, have we heard celestial voices to the midnight air, sole, or responsive to each other's notes, singing!'
Millions
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From this reading “Every one remembers in the Fourth Book of the immortal poem of your Blind Bard, (to whose sightless orbs no doubt Glorious Shapes were apparent, and Visions Celestial,) how Adam discourses to Eve of the Bright Visitors who hovered round their Eden-- 'Millions of spiritual creatures walk the earth, Unseen, both when we wake and when we sleep.'
minepronounUS /maɪn/
the one or ones belonging to the person speaking
From this reading In your chamber hangs a picture of one whom you never knew, but whom you have long held in tenderest regard, and who was painted for you by a friend of mine, the Knight of Plympton.
nevernounUS /never/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading In your chamber hangs a picture of one whom you never knew, but whom you have long held in tenderest regard, and who was painted for you by a friend of mine, the Knight of Plympton.
nodeterminerUS /noʊ/
not any; not one
From this reading “Every one remembers in the Fourth Book of the immortal poem of your Blind Bard, (to whose sightless orbs no doubt Glorious Shapes were apparent, and Visions Celestial,) how Adam discourses to Eve of the Bright Visitors who hovered round their Eden-- 'Millions of spiritual creatures walk the earth, Unseen, both when we wake and when we sleep.'
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading It was not that the Bright Ones were absent, but that the dim eyes of rebel man no longer could see them.
notes
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From this reading “'How often,' says Father Adam, 'from the steep of echoing hill or thicket, have we heard celestial voices to the midnight air, sole, or responsive to each other's notes, singing!'
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading “Every one remembers in the Fourth Book of the immortal poem of your Blind Bard, (to whose sightless orbs no doubt Glorious Shapes were apparent, and Visions Celestial,) how Adam discourses to Eve of the Bright Visitors who hovered round their Eden-- 'Millions of spiritual creatures walk the earth, Unseen, both when we wake and when we sleep.'
often
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From this reading “'How often,' says Father Adam, 'from the steep of echoing hill or thicket, have we heard celestial voices to the midnight air, sole, or responsive to each other's notes, singing!'
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading After the Act of Disobedience, when the erring pair from Eden took their solitary way, and went forth to toil and trouble on common earth--though the Glorious Ones no longer were visible, you cannot say they were gone.
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading “Every one remembers in the Fourth Book of the immortal poem of your Blind Bard, (to whose sightless orbs no doubt Glorious Shapes were apparent, and Visions Celestial,) how Adam discourses to Eve of the Bright Visitors who hovered round their Eden-- 'Millions of spiritual creatures walk the earth, Unseen, both when we wake and when we sleep.'
Ones
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From this reading After the Act of Disobedience, when the erring pair from Eden took their solitary way, and went forth to toil and trouble on common earth--though the Glorious Ones no longer were visible, you cannot say they were gone.
orconjunctionUS /ɔːr/
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading “'How often,' says Father Adam, 'from the steep of echoing hill or thicket, have we heard celestial voices to the midnight air, sole, or responsive to each other's notes, singing!'
orbs
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From this reading “Every one remembers in the Fourth Book of the immortal poem of your Blind Bard, (to whose sightless orbs no doubt Glorious Shapes were apparent, and Visions Celestial,) how Adam discourses to Eve of the Bright Visitors who hovered round their Eden-- 'Millions of spiritual creatures walk the earth, Unseen, both when we wake and when we sleep.'
other's
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From this reading “'How often,' says Father Adam, 'from the steep of echoing hill or thicket, have we heard celestial voices to the midnight air, sole, or responsive to each other's notes, singing!'
painted
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From this reading In your chamber hangs a picture of one whom you never knew, but whom you have long held in tenderest regard, and who was painted for you by a friend of mine, the Knight of Plympton.
pair
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From this reading After the Act of Disobedience, when the erring pair from Eden took their solitary way, and went forth to toil and trouble on common earth--though the Glorious Ones no longer were visible, you cannot say they were gone.
picture
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From this reading In your chamber hangs a picture of one whom you never knew, but whom you have long held in tenderest regard, and who was painted for you by a friend of mine, the Knight of Plympton.
Plympton
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From this reading In your chamber hangs a picture of one whom you never knew, but whom you have long held in tenderest regard, and who was painted for you by a friend of mine, the Knight of Plympton.
poem
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From this reading “Every one remembers in the Fourth Book of the immortal poem of your Blind Bard, (to whose sightless orbs no doubt Glorious Shapes were apparent, and Visions Celestial,) how Adam discourses to Eve of the Bright Visitors who hovered round their Eden-- 'Millions of spiritual creatures walk the earth, Unseen, both when we wake and when we sleep.'
rebel
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From this reading It was not that the Bright Ones were absent, but that the dim eyes of rebel man no longer could see them.
regard
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From this reading In your chamber hangs a picture of one whom you never knew, but whom you have long held in tenderest regard, and who was painted for you by a friend of mine, the Knight of Plympton.
remembers
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From this reading “Every one remembers in the Fourth Book of the immortal poem of your Blind Bard, (to whose sightless orbs no doubt Glorious Shapes were apparent, and Visions Celestial,) how Adam discourses to Eve of the Bright Visitors who hovered round their Eden-- 'Millions of spiritual creatures walk the earth, Unseen, both when we wake and when we sleep.'
responsive
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From this reading “'How often,' says Father Adam, 'from the steep of echoing hill or thicket, have we heard celestial voices to the midnight air, sole, or responsive to each other's notes, singing!'
round
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From this reading “Every one remembers in the Fourth Book of the immortal poem of your Blind Bard, (to whose sightless orbs no doubt Glorious Shapes were apparent, and Visions Celestial,) how Adam discourses to Eve of the Bright Visitors who hovered round their Eden-- 'Millions of spiritual creatures walk the earth, Unseen, both when we wake and when we sleep.'
say
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From this reading After the Act of Disobedience, when the erring pair from Eden took their solitary way, and went forth to toil and trouble on common earth--though the Glorious Ones no longer were visible, you cannot say they were gone.
says
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From this reading “'How often,' says Father Adam, 'from the steep of echoing hill or thicket, have we heard celestial voices to the midnight air, sole, or responsive to each other's notes, singing!'
see
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From this reading It was not that the Bright Ones were absent, but that the dim eyes of rebel man no longer could see them.
Shapes
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From this reading “Every one remembers in the Fourth Book of the immortal poem of your Blind Bard, (to whose sightless orbs no doubt Glorious Shapes were apparent, and Visions Celestial,) how Adam discourses to Eve of the Bright Visitors who hovered round their Eden-- 'Millions of spiritual creatures walk the earth, Unseen, both when we wake and when we sleep.'
sightless
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From this reading “Every one remembers in the Fourth Book of the immortal poem of your Blind Bard, (to whose sightless orbs no doubt Glorious Shapes were apparent, and Visions Celestial,) how Adam discourses to Eve of the Bright Visitors who hovered round their Eden-- 'Millions of spiritual creatures walk the earth, Unseen, both when we wake and when we sleep.'
singing
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From this reading “'How often,' says Father Adam, 'from the steep of echoing hill or thicket, have we heard celestial voices to the midnight air, sole, or responsive to each other's notes, singing!'
sleep
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From this reading “Every one remembers in the Fourth Book of the immortal poem of your Blind Bard, (to whose sightless orbs no doubt Glorious Shapes were apparent, and Visions Celestial,) how Adam discourses to Eve of the Bright Visitors who hovered round their Eden-- 'Millions of spiritual creatures walk the earth, Unseen, both when we wake and when we sleep.'
sole
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From this reading “'How often,' says Father Adam, 'from the steep of echoing hill or thicket, have we heard celestial voices to the midnight air, sole, or responsive to each other's notes, singing!'
solitary
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From this reading After the Act of Disobedience, when the erring pair from Eden took their solitary way, and went forth to toil and trouble on common earth--though the Glorious Ones no longer were visible, you cannot say they were gone.
spiritual
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From this reading “Every one remembers in the Fourth Book of the immortal poem of your Blind Bard, (to whose sightless orbs no doubt Glorious Shapes were apparent, and Visions Celestial,) how Adam discourses to Eve of the Bright Visitors who hovered round their Eden-- 'Millions of spiritual creatures walk the earth, Unseen, both when we wake and when we sleep.'
steep
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From this reading “'How often,' says Father Adam, 'from the steep of echoing hill or thicket, have we heard celestial voices to the midnight air, sole, or responsive to each other's notes, singing!'
tenderest
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From this reading In your chamber hangs a picture of one whom you never knew, but whom you have long held in tenderest regard, and who was painted for you by a friend of mine, the Knight of Plympton.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading It was not that the Bright Ones were absent, but that the dim eyes of rebel man no longer could see them.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading “Every one remembers in the Fourth Book of the immortal poem of your Blind Bard, (to whose sightless orbs no doubt Glorious Shapes were apparent, and Visions Celestial,) how Adam discourses to Eve of the Bright Visitors who hovered round their Eden-- 'Millions of spiritual creatures walk the earth, Unseen, both when we wake and when we sleep.'
theirdeterminerUS /ðer/
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading “Every one remembers in the Fourth Book of the immortal poem of your Blind Bard, (to whose sightless orbs no doubt Glorious Shapes were apparent, and Visions Celestial,) how Adam discourses to Eve of the Bright Visitors who hovered round their Eden-- 'Millions of spiritual creatures walk the earth, Unseen, both when we wake and when we sleep.'
thempronounUS /ðem/
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading It was not that the Bright Ones were absent, but that the dim eyes of rebel man no longer could see them.
theypronounUS /ðeɪ/
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading After the Act of Disobedience, when the erring pair from Eden took their solitary way, and went forth to toil and trouble on common earth--though the Glorious Ones no longer were visible, you cannot say they were gone.
thicketnounUS /ˈθɪkɪt/
a dense group of bushes or small trees
From this reading “'How often,' says Father Adam, 'from the steep of echoing hill or thicket, have we heard celestial voices to the midnight air, sole, or responsive to each other's notes, singing!'
thoughconjunctionUS /ðoʊ/
in spite of the fact that
From this reading After the Act of Disobedience, when the erring pair from Eden took their solitary way, and went forth to toil and trouble on common earth--though the Glorious Ones no longer were visible, you cannot say they were gone.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading “Every one remembers in the Fourth Book of the immortal poem of your Blind Bard, (to whose sightless orbs no doubt Glorious Shapes were apparent, and Visions Celestial,) how Adam discourses to Eve of the Bright Visitors who hovered round their Eden-- 'Millions of spiritual creatures walk the earth, Unseen, both when we wake and when we sleep.'
toil
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From this reading After the Act of Disobedience, when the erring pair from Eden took their solitary way, and went forth to toil and trouble on common earth--though the Glorious Ones no longer were visible, you cannot say they were gone.
tooknounUS /took/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading After the Act of Disobedience, when the erring pair from Eden took their solitary way, and went forth to toil and trouble on common earth--though the Glorious Ones no longer were visible, you cannot say they were gone.
trouble
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From this reading After the Act of Disobedience, when the erring pair from Eden took their solitary way, and went forth to toil and trouble on common earth--though the Glorious Ones no longer were visible, you cannot say they were gone.
Unseen
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From this reading “Every one remembers in the Fourth Book of the immortal poem of your Blind Bard, (to whose sightless orbs no doubt Glorious Shapes were apparent, and Visions Celestial,) how Adam discourses to Eve of the Bright Visitors who hovered round their Eden-- 'Millions of spiritual creatures walk the earth, Unseen, both when we wake and when we sleep.'
visible
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From this reading After the Act of Disobedience, when the erring pair from Eden took their solitary way, and went forth to toil and trouble on common earth--though the Glorious Ones no longer were visible, you cannot say they were gone.
Visions
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From this reading “Every one remembers in the Fourth Book of the immortal poem of your Blind Bard, (to whose sightless orbs no doubt Glorious Shapes were apparent, and Visions Celestial,) how Adam discourses to Eve of the Bright Visitors who hovered round their Eden-- 'Millions of spiritual creatures walk the earth, Unseen, both when we wake and when we sleep.'
Visitors
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From this reading “Every one remembers in the Fourth Book of the immortal poem of your Blind Bard, (to whose sightless orbs no doubt Glorious Shapes were apparent, and Visions Celestial,) how Adam discourses to Eve of the Bright Visitors who hovered round their Eden-- 'Millions of spiritual creatures walk the earth, Unseen, both when we wake and when we sleep.'
voices
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From this reading “'How often,' says Father Adam, 'from the steep of echoing hill or thicket, have we heard celestial voices to the midnight air, sole, or responsive to each other's notes, singing!'
wake
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From this reading “Every one remembers in the Fourth Book of the immortal poem of your Blind Bard, (to whose sightless orbs no doubt Glorious Shapes were apparent, and Visions Celestial,) how Adam discourses to Eve of the Bright Visitors who hovered round their Eden-- 'Millions of spiritual creatures walk the earth, Unseen, both when we wake and when we sleep.'
walk
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From this reading “Every one remembers in the Fourth Book of the immortal poem of your Blind Bard, (to whose sightless orbs no doubt Glorious Shapes were apparent, and Visions Celestial,) how Adam discourses to Eve of the Bright Visitors who hovered round their Eden-- 'Millions of spiritual creatures walk the earth, Unseen, both when we wake and when we sleep.'
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading It was not that the Bright Ones were absent, but that the dim eyes of rebel man no longer could see them.
way
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From this reading After the Act of Disobedience, when the erring pair from Eden took their solitary way, and went forth to toil and trouble on common earth--though the Glorious Ones no longer were visible, you cannot say they were gone.
wepronounUS /wiː/
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading “Every one remembers in the Fourth Book of the immortal poem of your Blind Bard, (to whose sightless orbs no doubt Glorious Shapes were apparent, and Visions Celestial,) how Adam discourses to Eve of the Bright Visitors who hovered round their Eden-- 'Millions of spiritual creatures walk the earth, Unseen, both when we wake and when we sleep.'
wentnounUS /went/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading After the Act of Disobedience, when the erring pair from Eden took their solitary way, and went forth to toil and trouble on common earth--though the Glorious Ones no longer were visible, you cannot say they were gone.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading “Every one remembers in the Fourth Book of the immortal poem of your Blind Bard, (to whose sightless orbs no doubt Glorious Shapes were apparent, and Visions Celestial,) how Adam discourses to Eve of the Bright Visitors who hovered round their Eden-- 'Millions of spiritual creatures walk the earth, Unseen, both when we wake and when we sleep.'
whenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading “Every one remembers in the Fourth Book of the immortal poem of your Blind Bard, (to whose sightless orbs no doubt Glorious Shapes were apparent, and Visions Celestial,) how Adam discourses to Eve of the Bright Visitors who hovered round their Eden-- 'Millions of spiritual creatures walk the earth, Unseen, both when we wake and when we sleep.'
whopronounUS /huː/
which person or people
From this reading “Every one remembers in the Fourth Book of the immortal poem of your Blind Bard, (to whose sightless orbs no doubt Glorious Shapes were apparent, and Visions Celestial,) how Adam discourses to Eve of the Bright Visitors who hovered round their Eden-- 'Millions of spiritual creatures walk the earth, Unseen, both when we wake and when we sleep.'
whompronounUS /huːm/
the form of “who” used as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading In your chamber hangs a picture of one whom you never knew, but whom you have long held in tenderest regard, and who was painted for you by a friend of mine, the Knight of Plympton.
whosedeterminerUS /huːz/
belonging to which person
From this reading “Every one remembers in the Fourth Book of the immortal poem of your Blind Bard, (to whose sightless orbs no doubt Glorious Shapes were apparent, and Visions Celestial,) how Adam discourses to Eve of the Bright Visitors who hovered round their Eden-- 'Millions of spiritual creatures walk the earth, Unseen, both when we wake and when we sleep.'
youpronounUS /juː/
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading After the Act of Disobedience, when the erring pair from Eden took their solitary way, and went forth to toil and trouble on common earth--though the Glorious Ones no longer were visible, you cannot say they were gone.
yourdeterminerUS /jɔːr/
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading “Every one remembers in the Fourth Book of the immortal poem of your Blind Bard, (to whose sightless orbs no doubt Glorious Shapes were apparent, and Visions Celestial,) how Adam discourses to Eve of the Bright Visitors who hovered round their Eden-- 'Millions of spiritual creatures walk the earth, Unseen, both when we wake and when we sleep.'
