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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 KING AND SOCIALIST To many persons of the servile or flunkey habit, the idea that a king should ever comport himself as an ordinary,--or extraordinary,--man, seems more or less preposterous; while to conceive him as endowed with dash, spirit, and a love of adventure is judged almost as absurd and impossible.
aboutprepositionUS /əˈbaʊt/
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading The only potentate that ever appears, in legendary lore, to have indulged himself to his heart’s content in the sport of adopting a disguise and going about unrecognised among his subjects, is the witty and delightful hero of the ‘Arabian Nights’ Entertainment,’ Caliph Haroun Alraschid, who, as Tennyson describes him, had
absurd
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From this reading KING AND SOCIALIST To many persons of the servile or flunkey habit, the idea that a king should ever comport himself as an ordinary,--or extraordinary,--man, seems more or less preposterous; while to conceive him as endowed with dash, spirit, and a love of adventure is judged almost as absurd and impossible.
accept
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From this reading We accept Haroun; and acknowledge him to have been wise in the purport of his wanderings through the streets of the city,--gaining new experience with every hour, and studying the needs and complaints of his people for himself;--but if we should be told of a modern monarch doing likewise in our own day, we should mount on the stiff hobby-horse of our ridiculous conventionality, and accuse him of having brought the dignity of the Throne into contempt.
accuse
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From this reading We accept Haroun; and acknowledge him to have been wise in the purport of his wanderings through the streets of the city,--gaining new experience with every hour, and studying the needs and complaints of his people for himself;--but if we should be told of a modern monarch doing likewise in our own day, we should mount on the stiff hobby-horse of our ridiculous conventionality, and accuse him of having brought the dignity of the Throne into contempt.
acknowledge
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From this reading We accept Haroun; and acknowledge him to have been wise in the purport of his wanderings through the streets of the city,--gaining new experience with every hour, and studying the needs and complaints of his people for himself;--but if we should be told of a modern monarch doing likewise in our own day, we should mount on the stiff hobby-horse of our ridiculous conventionality, and accuse him of having brought the dignity of the Throne into contempt.
adopting
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From this reading The only potentate that ever appears, in legendary lore, to have indulged himself to his heart’s content in the sport of adopting a disguise and going about unrecognised among his subjects, is the witty and delightful hero of the ‘Arabian Nights’ Entertainment,’ Caliph Haroun Alraschid, who, as Tennyson describes him, had
adventure
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From this reading KING AND SOCIALIST To many persons of the servile or flunkey habit, the idea that a king should ever comport himself as an ordinary,--or extraordinary,--man, seems more or less preposterous; while to conceive him as endowed with dash, spirit, and a love of adventure is judged almost as absurd and impossible.
all
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From this reading “Deep eyes, laughter-stirred With merriment of kingly pride; Sole star of all that place and time, I saw him in his golden prime.
almost
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From this reading KING AND SOCIALIST To many persons of the servile or flunkey habit, the idea that a king should ever comport himself as an ordinary,--or extraordinary,--man, seems more or less preposterous; while to conceive him as endowed with dash, spirit, and a love of adventure is judged almost as absurd and impossible.
Alraschid
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From this reading The only potentate that ever appears, in legendary lore, to have indulged himself to his heart’s content in the sport of adopting a disguise and going about unrecognised among his subjects, is the witty and delightful hero of the ‘Arabian Nights’ Entertainment,’ Caliph Haroun Alraschid, who, as Tennyson describes him, had
amongprepositionUS /əˈmʌŋ/
surrounded by; in the middle of a group
From this reading The only potentate that ever appears, in legendary lore, to have indulged himself to his heart’s content in the sport of adopting a disguise and going about unrecognised among his subjects, is the witty and delightful hero of the ‘Arabian Nights’ Entertainment,’ Caliph Haroun Alraschid, who, as Tennyson describes him, had
andeterminerUS /æn/
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading KING AND SOCIALIST To many persons of the servile or flunkey habit, the idea that a king should ever comport himself as an ordinary,--or extraordinary,--man, seems more or less preposterous; while to conceive him as endowed with dash, spirit, and a love of adventure is judged almost as absurd and impossible.
ANDconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading KING AND SOCIALIST To many persons of the servile or flunkey habit, the idea that a king should ever comport himself as an ordinary,--or extraordinary,--man, seems more or less preposterous; while to conceive him as endowed with dash, spirit, and a love of adventure is judged almost as absurd and impossible.
appears
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From this reading The only potentate that ever appears, in legendary lore, to have indulged himself to his heart’s content in the sport of adopting a disguise and going about unrecognised among his subjects, is the witty and delightful hero of the ‘Arabian Nights’ Entertainment,’ Caliph Haroun Alraschid, who, as Tennyson describes him, had
Arabian
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From this reading The only potentate that ever appears, in legendary lore, to have indulged himself to his heart’s content in the sport of adopting a disguise and going about unrecognised among his subjects, is the witty and delightful hero of the ‘Arabian Nights’ Entertainment,’ Caliph Haroun Alraschid, who, as Tennyson describes him, had
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading KING AND SOCIALIST To many persons of the servile or flunkey habit, the idea that a king should ever comport himself as an ordinary,--or extraordinary,--man, seems more or less preposterous; while to conceive him as endowed with dash, spirit, and a love of adventure is judged almost as absurd and impossible.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading We accept Haroun; and acknowledge him to have been wise in the purport of his wanderings through the streets of the city,--gaining new experience with every hour, and studying the needs and complaints of his people for himself;--but if we should be told of a modern monarch doing likewise in our own day, we should mount on the stiff hobby-horse of our ridiculous conventionality, and accuse him of having brought the dignity of the Throne into contempt.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading We accept Haroun; and acknowledge him to have been wise in the purport of his wanderings through the streets of the city,--gaining new experience with every hour, and studying the needs and complaints of his people for himself;--but if we should be told of a modern monarch doing likewise in our own day, we should mount on the stiff hobby-horse of our ridiculous conventionality, and accuse him of having brought the dignity of the Throne into contempt.
broughtnounUS /ˈbrought/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading We accept Haroun; and acknowledge him to have been wise in the purport of his wanderings through the streets of the city,--gaining new experience with every hour, and studying the needs and complaints of his people for himself;--but if we should be told of a modern monarch doing likewise in our own day, we should mount on the stiff hobby-horse of our ridiculous conventionality, and accuse him of having brought the dignity of the Throne into contempt.
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading We accept Haroun; and acknowledge him to have been wise in the purport of his wanderings through the streets of the city,--gaining new experience with every hour, and studying the needs and complaints of his people for himself;--but if we should be told of a modern monarch doing likewise in our own day, we should mount on the stiff hobby-horse of our ridiculous conventionality, and accuse him of having brought the dignity of the Throne into contempt.
Caliph
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From this reading The only potentate that ever appears, in legendary lore, to have indulged himself to his heart’s content in the sport of adopting a disguise and going about unrecognised among his subjects, is the witty and delightful hero of the ‘Arabian Nights’ Entertainment,’ Caliph Haroun Alraschid, who, as Tennyson describes him, had
city
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From this reading We accept Haroun; and acknowledge him to have been wise in the purport of his wanderings through the streets of the city,--gaining new experience with every hour, and studying the needs and complaints of his people for himself;--but if we should be told of a modern monarch doing likewise in our own day, we should mount on the stiff hobby-horse of our ridiculous conventionality, and accuse him of having brought the dignity of the Throne into contempt.
complaints
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From this reading We accept Haroun; and acknowledge him to have been wise in the purport of his wanderings through the streets of the city,--gaining new experience with every hour, and studying the needs and complaints of his people for himself;--but if we should be told of a modern monarch doing likewise in our own day, we should mount on the stiff hobby-horse of our ridiculous conventionality, and accuse him of having brought the dignity of the Throne into contempt.
comport
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From this reading KING AND SOCIALIST To many persons of the servile or flunkey habit, the idea that a king should ever comport himself as an ordinary,--or extraordinary,--man, seems more or less preposterous; while to conceive him as endowed with dash, spirit, and a love of adventure is judged almost as absurd and impossible.
conceive
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From this reading KING AND SOCIALIST To many persons of the servile or flunkey habit, the idea that a king should ever comport himself as an ordinary,--or extraordinary,--man, seems more or less preposterous; while to conceive him as endowed with dash, spirit, and a love of adventure is judged almost as absurd and impossible.
contempt
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From this reading We accept Haroun; and acknowledge him to have been wise in the purport of his wanderings through the streets of the city,--gaining new experience with every hour, and studying the needs and complaints of his people for himself;--but if we should be told of a modern monarch doing likewise in our own day, we should mount on the stiff hobby-horse of our ridiculous conventionality, and accuse him of having brought the dignity of the Throne into contempt.
content
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From this reading The only potentate that ever appears, in legendary lore, to have indulged himself to his heart’s content in the sport of adopting a disguise and going about unrecognised among his subjects, is the witty and delightful hero of the ‘Arabian Nights’ Entertainment,’ Caliph Haroun Alraschid, who, as Tennyson describes him, had
conventionality
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From this reading We accept Haroun; and acknowledge him to have been wise in the purport of his wanderings through the streets of the city,--gaining new experience with every hour, and studying the needs and complaints of his people for himself;--but if we should be told of a modern monarch doing likewise in our own day, we should mount on the stiff hobby-horse of our ridiculous conventionality, and accuse him of having brought the dignity of the Throne into contempt.
dash
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From this reading KING AND SOCIALIST To many persons of the servile or flunkey habit, the idea that a king should ever comport himself as an ordinary,--or extraordinary,--man, seems more or less preposterous; while to conceive him as endowed with dash, spirit, and a love of adventure is judged almost as absurd and impossible.
day
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From this reading We accept Haroun; and acknowledge him to have been wise in the purport of his wanderings through the streets of the city,--gaining new experience with every hour, and studying the needs and complaints of his people for himself;--but if we should be told of a modern monarch doing likewise in our own day, we should mount on the stiff hobby-horse of our ridiculous conventionality, and accuse him of having brought the dignity of the Throne into contempt.
Deep
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From this reading “Deep eyes, laughter-stirred With merriment of kingly pride; Sole star of all that place and time, I saw him in his golden prime.
delightful
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From this reading The only potentate that ever appears, in legendary lore, to have indulged himself to his heart’s content in the sport of adopting a disguise and going about unrecognised among his subjects, is the witty and delightful hero of the ‘Arabian Nights’ Entertainment,’ Caliph Haroun Alraschid, who, as Tennyson describes him, had
describes
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From this reading The only potentate that ever appears, in legendary lore, to have indulged himself to his heart’s content in the sport of adopting a disguise and going about unrecognised among his subjects, is the witty and delightful hero of the ‘Arabian Nights’ Entertainment,’ Caliph Haroun Alraschid, who, as Tennyson describes him, had
dignity
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From this reading We accept Haroun; and acknowledge him to have been wise in the purport of his wanderings through the streets of the city,--gaining new experience with every hour, and studying the needs and complaints of his people for himself;--but if we should be told of a modern monarch doing likewise in our own day, we should mount on the stiff hobby-horse of our ridiculous conventionality, and accuse him of having brought the dignity of the Throne into contempt.
disguisenounUS /dɪsˈɡaɪz/
A means of altering one's appearance to conceal one's identity.
From this reading The only potentate that ever appears, in legendary lore, to have indulged himself to his heart’s content in the sport of adopting a disguise and going about unrecognised among his subjects, is the witty and delightful hero of the ‘Arabian Nights’ Entertainment,’ Caliph Haroun Alraschid, who, as Tennyson describes him, had
doing
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From this reading We accept Haroun; and acknowledge him to have been wise in the purport of his wanderings through the streets of the city,--gaining new experience with every hour, and studying the needs and complaints of his people for himself;--but if we should be told of a modern monarch doing likewise in our own day, we should mount on the stiff hobby-horse of our ridiculous conventionality, and accuse him of having brought the dignity of the Throne into contempt.
endowed
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From this reading KING AND SOCIALIST To many persons of the servile or flunkey habit, the idea that a king should ever comport himself as an ordinary,--or extraordinary,--man, seems more or less preposterous; while to conceive him as endowed with dash, spirit, and a love of adventure is judged almost as absurd and impossible.
Entertainment
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From this reading The only potentate that ever appears, in legendary lore, to have indulged himself to his heart’s content in the sport of adopting a disguise and going about unrecognised among his subjects, is the witty and delightful hero of the ‘Arabian Nights’ Entertainment,’ Caliph Haroun Alraschid, who, as Tennyson describes him, had
evernounUS /ever/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading KING AND SOCIALIST To many persons of the servile or flunkey habit, the idea that a king should ever comport himself as an ordinary,--or extraordinary,--man, seems more or less preposterous; while to conceive him as endowed with dash, spirit, and a love of adventure is judged almost as absurd and impossible.
everydeterminerUS /ˈevəri/
all the members of a group, with none left out
From this reading We accept Haroun; and acknowledge him to have been wise in the purport of his wanderings through the streets of the city,--gaining new experience with every hour, and studying the needs and complaints of his people for himself;--but if we should be told of a modern monarch doing likewise in our own day, we should mount on the stiff hobby-horse of our ridiculous conventionality, and accuse him of having brought the dignity of the Throne into contempt.
experience
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From this reading We accept Haroun; and acknowledge him to have been wise in the purport of his wanderings through the streets of the city,--gaining new experience with every hour, and studying the needs and complaints of his people for himself;--but if we should be told of a modern monarch doing likewise in our own day, we should mount on the stiff hobby-horse of our ridiculous conventionality, and accuse him of having brought the dignity of the Throne into contempt.
extraordinary
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From this reading KING AND SOCIALIST To many persons of the servile or flunkey habit, the idea that a king should ever comport himself as an ordinary,--or extraordinary,--man, seems more or less preposterous; while to conceive him as endowed with dash, spirit, and a love of adventure is judged almost as absurd and impossible.
eyes
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From this reading “Deep eyes, laughter-stirred With merriment of kingly pride; Sole star of all that place and time, I saw him in his golden prime.
flunkey
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From this reading KING AND SOCIALIST To many persons of the servile or flunkey habit, the idea that a king should ever comport himself as an ordinary,--or extraordinary,--man, seems more or less preposterous; while to conceive him as endowed with dash, spirit, and a love of adventure is judged almost as absurd and impossible.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading We accept Haroun; and acknowledge him to have been wise in the purport of his wanderings through the streets of the city,--gaining new experience with every hour, and studying the needs and complaints of his people for himself;--but if we should be told of a modern monarch doing likewise in our own day, we should mount on the stiff hobby-horse of our ridiculous conventionality, and accuse him of having brought the dignity of the Throne into contempt.
gaining
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From this reading We accept Haroun; and acknowledge him to have been wise in the purport of his wanderings through the streets of the city,--gaining new experience with every hour, and studying the needs and complaints of his people for himself;--but if we should be told of a modern monarch doing likewise in our own day, we should mount on the stiff hobby-horse of our ridiculous conventionality, and accuse him of having brought the dignity of the Throne into contempt.
going
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From this reading The only potentate that ever appears, in legendary lore, to have indulged himself to his heart’s content in the sport of adopting a disguise and going about unrecognised among his subjects, is the witty and delightful hero of the ‘Arabian Nights’ Entertainment,’ Caliph Haroun Alraschid, who, as Tennyson describes him, had
golden
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From this reading “Deep eyes, laughter-stirred With merriment of kingly pride; Sole star of all that place and time, I saw him in his golden prime.
goodnounUS /good/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The good Haroun Alraschid!”
habit
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From this reading KING AND SOCIALIST To many persons of the servile or flunkey habit, the idea that a king should ever comport himself as an ordinary,--or extraordinary,--man, seems more or less preposterous; while to conceive him as endowed with dash, spirit, and a love of adventure is judged almost as absurd and impossible.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading The only potentate that ever appears, in legendary lore, to have indulged himself to his heart’s content in the sport of adopting a disguise and going about unrecognised among his subjects, is the witty and delightful hero of the ‘Arabian Nights’ Entertainment,’ Caliph Haroun Alraschid, who, as Tennyson describes him, had
Haroun
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From this reading The only potentate that ever appears, in legendary lore, to have indulged himself to his heart’s content in the sport of adopting a disguise and going about unrecognised among his subjects, is the witty and delightful hero of the ‘Arabian Nights’ Entertainment,’ Caliph Haroun Alraschid, who, as Tennyson describes him, had
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading The only potentate that ever appears, in legendary lore, to have indulged himself to his heart’s content in the sport of adopting a disguise and going about unrecognised among his subjects, is the witty and delightful hero of the ‘Arabian Nights’ Entertainment,’ Caliph Haroun Alraschid, who, as Tennyson describes him, had
havingauxiliary verbUS /ˈhævɪŋ/
the -ing form of “have”
From this reading We accept Haroun; and acknowledge him to have been wise in the purport of his wanderings through the streets of the city,--gaining new experience with every hour, and studying the needs and complaints of his people for himself;--but if we should be told of a modern monarch doing likewise in our own day, we should mount on the stiff hobby-horse of our ridiculous conventionality, and accuse him of having brought the dignity of the Throne into contempt.
heart's
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From this reading The only potentate that ever appears, in legendary lore, to have indulged himself to his heart’s content in the sport of adopting a disguise and going about unrecognised among his subjects, is the witty and delightful hero of the ‘Arabian Nights’ Entertainment,’ Caliph Haroun Alraschid, who, as Tennyson describes him, had
hero
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From this reading The only potentate that ever appears, in legendary lore, to have indulged himself to his heart’s content in the sport of adopting a disguise and going about unrecognised among his subjects, is the witty and delightful hero of the ‘Arabian Nights’ Entertainment,’ Caliph Haroun Alraschid, who, as Tennyson describes him, had
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading KING AND SOCIALIST To many persons of the servile or flunkey habit, the idea that a king should ever comport himself as an ordinary,--or extraordinary,--man, seems more or less preposterous; while to conceive him as endowed with dash, spirit, and a love of adventure is judged almost as absurd and impossible.
himselfpronounUS /hɪmˈself/
used when the man or boy doing the action is also its object
From this reading KING AND SOCIALIST To many persons of the servile or flunkey habit, the idea that a king should ever comport himself as an ordinary,--or extraordinary,--man, seems more or less preposterous; while to conceive him as endowed with dash, spirit, and a love of adventure is judged almost as absurd and impossible.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading The only potentate that ever appears, in legendary lore, to have indulged himself to his heart’s content in the sport of adopting a disguise and going about unrecognised among his subjects, is the witty and delightful hero of the ‘Arabian Nights’ Entertainment,’ Caliph Haroun Alraschid, who, as Tennyson describes him, had
hobby-horse
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From this reading We accept Haroun; and acknowledge him to have been wise in the purport of his wanderings through the streets of the city,--gaining new experience with every hour, and studying the needs and complaints of his people for himself;--but if we should be told of a modern monarch doing likewise in our own day, we should mount on the stiff hobby-horse of our ridiculous conventionality, and accuse him of having brought the dignity of the Throne into contempt.
hour
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From this reading We accept Haroun; and acknowledge him to have been wise in the purport of his wanderings through the streets of the city,--gaining new experience with every hour, and studying the needs and complaints of his people for himself;--but if we should be told of a modern monarch doing likewise in our own day, we should mount on the stiff hobby-horse of our ridiculous conventionality, and accuse him of having brought the dignity of the Throne into contempt.
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading “Deep eyes, laughter-stirred With merriment of kingly pride; Sole star of all that place and time, I saw him in his golden prime.
idea
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From this reading KING AND SOCIALIST To many persons of the servile or flunkey habit, the idea that a king should ever comport himself as an ordinary,--or extraordinary,--man, seems more or less preposterous; while to conceive him as endowed with dash, spirit, and a love of adventure is judged almost as absurd and impossible.
ifconjunctionUS /ɪf/
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading We accept Haroun; and acknowledge him to have been wise in the purport of his wanderings through the streets of the city,--gaining new experience with every hour, and studying the needs and complaints of his people for himself;--but if we should be told of a modern monarch doing likewise in our own day, we should mount on the stiff hobby-horse of our ridiculous conventionality, and accuse him of having brought the dignity of the Throne into contempt.
impossible
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From this reading KING AND SOCIALIST To many persons of the servile or flunkey habit, the idea that a king should ever comport himself as an ordinary,--or extraordinary,--man, seems more or less preposterous; while to conceive him as endowed with dash, spirit, and a love of adventure is judged almost as absurd and impossible.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading The only potentate that ever appears, in legendary lore, to have indulged himself to his heart’s content in the sport of adopting a disguise and going about unrecognised among his subjects, is the witty and delightful hero of the ‘Arabian Nights’ Entertainment,’ Caliph Haroun Alraschid, who, as Tennyson describes him, had
indulged
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From this reading The only potentate that ever appears, in legendary lore, to have indulged himself to his heart’s content in the sport of adopting a disguise and going about unrecognised among his subjects, is the witty and delightful hero of the ‘Arabian Nights’ Entertainment,’ Caliph Haroun Alraschid, who, as Tennyson describes him, had
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading We accept Haroun; and acknowledge him to have been wise in the purport of his wanderings through the streets of the city,--gaining new experience with every hour, and studying the needs and complaints of his people for himself;--but if we should be told of a modern monarch doing likewise in our own day, we should mount on the stiff hobby-horse of our ridiculous conventionality, and accuse him of having brought the dignity of the Throne into contempt.
isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading KING AND SOCIALIST To many persons of the servile or flunkey habit, the idea that a king should ever comport himself as an ordinary,--or extraordinary,--man, seems more or less preposterous; while to conceive him as endowed with dash, spirit, and a love of adventure is judged almost as absurd and impossible.
judged
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From this reading KING AND SOCIALIST To many persons of the servile or flunkey habit, the idea that a king should ever comport himself as an ordinary,--or extraordinary,--man, seems more or less preposterous; while to conceive him as endowed with dash, spirit, and a love of adventure is judged almost as absurd and impossible.
KING
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From this reading KING AND SOCIALIST To many persons of the servile or flunkey habit, the idea that a king should ever comport himself as an ordinary,--or extraordinary,--man, seems more or less preposterous; while to conceive him as endowed with dash, spirit, and a love of adventure is judged almost as absurd and impossible.
kingly
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From this reading “Deep eyes, laughter-stirred With merriment of kingly pride; Sole star of all that place and time, I saw him in his golden prime.
laughter-stirred
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From this reading “Deep eyes, laughter-stirred With merriment of kingly pride; Sole star of all that place and time, I saw him in his golden prime.
legendary
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From this reading The only potentate that ever appears, in legendary lore, to have indulged himself to his heart’s content in the sport of adopting a disguise and going about unrecognised among his subjects, is the witty and delightful hero of the ‘Arabian Nights’ Entertainment,’ Caliph Haroun Alraschid, who, as Tennyson describes him, had
less
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From this reading KING AND SOCIALIST To many persons of the servile or flunkey habit, the idea that a king should ever comport himself as an ordinary,--or extraordinary,--man, seems more or less preposterous; while to conceive him as endowed with dash, spirit, and a love of adventure is judged almost as absurd and impossible.
likewise
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From this reading We accept Haroun; and acknowledge him to have been wise in the purport of his wanderings through the streets of the city,--gaining new experience with every hour, and studying the needs and complaints of his people for himself;--but if we should be told of a modern monarch doing likewise in our own day, we should mount on the stiff hobby-horse of our ridiculous conventionality, and accuse him of having brought the dignity of the Throne into contempt.
lore
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From this reading The only potentate that ever appears, in legendary lore, to have indulged himself to his heart’s content in the sport of adopting a disguise and going about unrecognised among his subjects, is the witty and delightful hero of the ‘Arabian Nights’ Entertainment,’ Caliph Haroun Alraschid, who, as Tennyson describes him, had
love
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From this reading KING AND SOCIALIST To many persons of the servile or flunkey habit, the idea that a king should ever comport himself as an ordinary,--or extraordinary,--man, seems more or less preposterous; while to conceive him as endowed with dash, spirit, and a love of adventure is judged almost as absurd and impossible.
man
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From this reading KING AND SOCIALIST To many persons of the servile or flunkey habit, the idea that a king should ever comport himself as an ordinary,--or extraordinary,--man, seems more or less preposterous; while to conceive him as endowed with dash, spirit, and a love of adventure is judged almost as absurd and impossible.
many
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From this reading KING AND SOCIALIST To many persons of the servile or flunkey habit, the idea that a king should ever comport himself as an ordinary,--or extraordinary,--man, seems more or less preposterous; while to conceive him as endowed with dash, spirit, and a love of adventure is judged almost as absurd and impossible.
merriment
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From this reading “Deep eyes, laughter-stirred With merriment of kingly pride; Sole star of all that place and time, I saw him in his golden prime.
modern
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From this reading We accept Haroun; and acknowledge him to have been wise in the purport of his wanderings through the streets of the city,--gaining new experience with every hour, and studying the needs and complaints of his people for himself;--but if we should be told of a modern monarch doing likewise in our own day, we should mount on the stiff hobby-horse of our ridiculous conventionality, and accuse him of having brought the dignity of the Throne into contempt.
monarch
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From this reading We accept Haroun; and acknowledge him to have been wise in the purport of his wanderings through the streets of the city,--gaining new experience with every hour, and studying the needs and complaints of his people for himself;--but if we should be told of a modern monarch doing likewise in our own day, we should mount on the stiff hobby-horse of our ridiculous conventionality, and accuse him of having brought the dignity of the Throne into contempt.
more
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From this reading KING AND SOCIALIST To many persons of the servile or flunkey habit, the idea that a king should ever comport himself as an ordinary,--or extraordinary,--man, seems more or less preposterous; while to conceive him as endowed with dash, spirit, and a love of adventure is judged almost as absurd and impossible.
mount
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From this reading We accept Haroun; and acknowledge him to have been wise in the purport of his wanderings through the streets of the city,--gaining new experience with every hour, and studying the needs and complaints of his people for himself;--but if we should be told of a modern monarch doing likewise in our own day, we should mount on the stiff hobby-horse of our ridiculous conventionality, and accuse him of having brought the dignity of the Throne into contempt.
needs
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From this reading We accept Haroun; and acknowledge him to have been wise in the purport of his wanderings through the streets of the city,--gaining new experience with every hour, and studying the needs and complaints of his people for himself;--but if we should be told of a modern monarch doing likewise in our own day, we should mount on the stiff hobby-horse of our ridiculous conventionality, and accuse him of having brought the dignity of the Throne into contempt.
new
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From this reading We accept Haroun; and acknowledge him to have been wise in the purport of his wanderings through the streets of the city,--gaining new experience with every hour, and studying the needs and complaints of his people for himself;--but if we should be told of a modern monarch doing likewise in our own day, we should mount on the stiff hobby-horse of our ridiculous conventionality, and accuse him of having brought the dignity of the Throne into contempt.
NightsnounUS /naɪts/
Periods of darkness between sunset and sunrise.
From this reading The only potentate that ever appears, in legendary lore, to have indulged himself to his heart’s content in the sport of adopting a disguise and going about unrecognised among his subjects, is the witty and delightful hero of the ‘Arabian Nights’ Entertainment,’ Caliph Haroun Alraschid, who, as Tennyson describes him, had
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading KING AND SOCIALIST To many persons of the servile or flunkey habit, the idea that a king should ever comport himself as an ordinary,--or extraordinary,--man, seems more or less preposterous; while to conceive him as endowed with dash, spirit, and a love of adventure is judged almost as absurd and impossible.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading We accept Haroun; and acknowledge him to have been wise in the purport of his wanderings through the streets of the city,--gaining new experience with every hour, and studying the needs and complaints of his people for himself;--but if we should be told of a modern monarch doing likewise in our own day, we should mount on the stiff hobby-horse of our ridiculous conventionality, and accuse him of having brought the dignity of the Throne into contempt.
only
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From this reading The only potentate that ever appears, in legendary lore, to have indulged himself to his heart’s content in the sport of adopting a disguise and going about unrecognised among his subjects, is the witty and delightful hero of the ‘Arabian Nights’ Entertainment,’ Caliph Haroun Alraschid, who, as Tennyson describes him, had
orconjunctionUS /ɔːr/
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading KING AND SOCIALIST To many persons of the servile or flunkey habit, the idea that a king should ever comport himself as an ordinary,--or extraordinary,--man, seems more or less preposterous; while to conceive him as endowed with dash, spirit, and a love of adventure is judged almost as absurd and impossible.
ordinary
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From this reading KING AND SOCIALIST To many persons of the servile or flunkey habit, the idea that a king should ever comport himself as an ordinary,--or extraordinary,--man, seems more or less preposterous; while to conceive him as endowed with dash, spirit, and a love of adventure is judged almost as absurd and impossible.
ourdeterminerUS /ˈaʊər/
belonging to the speaker and others
From this reading We accept Haroun; and acknowledge him to have been wise in the purport of his wanderings through the streets of the city,--gaining new experience with every hour, and studying the needs and complaints of his people for himself;--but if we should be told of a modern monarch doing likewise in our own day, we should mount on the stiff hobby-horse of our ridiculous conventionality, and accuse him of having brought the dignity of the Throne into contempt.
own
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From this reading We accept Haroun; and acknowledge him to have been wise in the purport of his wanderings through the streets of the city,--gaining new experience with every hour, and studying the needs and complaints of his people for himself;--but if we should be told of a modern monarch doing likewise in our own day, we should mount on the stiff hobby-horse of our ridiculous conventionality, and accuse him of having brought the dignity of the Throne into contempt.
people
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From this reading We accept Haroun; and acknowledge him to have been wise in the purport of his wanderings through the streets of the city,--gaining new experience with every hour, and studying the needs and complaints of his people for himself;--but if we should be told of a modern monarch doing likewise in our own day, we should mount on the stiff hobby-horse of our ridiculous conventionality, and accuse him of having brought the dignity of the Throne into contempt.
persons
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From this reading KING AND SOCIALIST To many persons of the servile or flunkey habit, the idea that a king should ever comport himself as an ordinary,--or extraordinary,--man, seems more or less preposterous; while to conceive him as endowed with dash, spirit, and a love of adventure is judged almost as absurd and impossible.
place
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From this reading “Deep eyes, laughter-stirred With merriment of kingly pride; Sole star of all that place and time, I saw him in his golden prime.
potentate
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From this reading The only potentate that ever appears, in legendary lore, to have indulged himself to his heart’s content in the sport of adopting a disguise and going about unrecognised among his subjects, is the witty and delightful hero of the ‘Arabian Nights’ Entertainment,’ Caliph Haroun Alraschid, who, as Tennyson describes him, had
preposterous
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From this reading KING AND SOCIALIST To many persons of the servile or flunkey habit, the idea that a king should ever comport himself as an ordinary,--or extraordinary,--man, seems more or less preposterous; while to conceive him as endowed with dash, spirit, and a love of adventure is judged almost as absurd and impossible.
pride
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From this reading “Deep eyes, laughter-stirred With merriment of kingly pride; Sole star of all that place and time, I saw him in his golden prime.
prime
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From this reading “Deep eyes, laughter-stirred With merriment of kingly pride; Sole star of all that place and time, I saw him in his golden prime.
purport
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From this reading We accept Haroun; and acknowledge him to have been wise in the purport of his wanderings through the streets of the city,--gaining new experience with every hour, and studying the needs and complaints of his people for himself;--but if we should be told of a modern monarch doing likewise in our own day, we should mount on the stiff hobby-horse of our ridiculous conventionality, and accuse him of having brought the dignity of the Throne into contempt.
ridiculous
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From this reading We accept Haroun; and acknowledge him to have been wise in the purport of his wanderings through the streets of the city,--gaining new experience with every hour, and studying the needs and complaints of his people for himself;--but if we should be told of a modern monarch doing likewise in our own day, we should mount on the stiff hobby-horse of our ridiculous conventionality, and accuse him of having brought the dignity of the Throne into contempt.
saw
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From this reading “Deep eyes, laughter-stirred With merriment of kingly pride; Sole star of all that place and time, I saw him in his golden prime.
seems
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From this reading KING AND SOCIALIST To many persons of the servile or flunkey habit, the idea that a king should ever comport himself as an ordinary,--or extraordinary,--man, seems more or less preposterous; while to conceive him as endowed with dash, spirit, and a love of adventure is judged almost as absurd and impossible.
servile
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From this reading KING AND SOCIALIST To many persons of the servile or flunkey habit, the idea that a king should ever comport himself as an ordinary,--or extraordinary,--man, seems more or less preposterous; while to conceive him as endowed with dash, spirit, and a love of adventure is judged almost as absurd and impossible.
shouldmodal verbUS /ʃʊd/
used to say what is right, expected, or advisable
From this reading KING AND SOCIALIST To many persons of the servile or flunkey habit, the idea that a king should ever comport himself as an ordinary,--or extraordinary,--man, seems more or less preposterous; while to conceive him as endowed with dash, spirit, and a love of adventure is judged almost as absurd and impossible.
SOCIALIST
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From this reading KING AND SOCIALIST To many persons of the servile or flunkey habit, the idea that a king should ever comport himself as an ordinary,--or extraordinary,--man, seems more or less preposterous; while to conceive him as endowed with dash, spirit, and a love of adventure is judged almost as absurd and impossible.
Sole
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From this reading “Deep eyes, laughter-stirred With merriment of kingly pride; Sole star of all that place and time, I saw him in his golden prime.
spirit
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From this reading KING AND SOCIALIST To many persons of the servile or flunkey habit, the idea that a king should ever comport himself as an ordinary,--or extraordinary,--man, seems more or less preposterous; while to conceive him as endowed with dash, spirit, and a love of adventure is judged almost as absurd and impossible.
sport
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From this reading The only potentate that ever appears, in legendary lore, to have indulged himself to his heart’s content in the sport of adopting a disguise and going about unrecognised among his subjects, is the witty and delightful hero of the ‘Arabian Nights’ Entertainment,’ Caliph Haroun Alraschid, who, as Tennyson describes him, had
star
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From this reading “Deep eyes, laughter-stirred With merriment of kingly pride; Sole star of all that place and time, I saw him in his golden prime.
stiff
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From this reading We accept Haroun; and acknowledge him to have been wise in the purport of his wanderings through the streets of the city,--gaining new experience with every hour, and studying the needs and complaints of his people for himself;--but if we should be told of a modern monarch doing likewise in our own day, we should mount on the stiff hobby-horse of our ridiculous conventionality, and accuse him of having brought the dignity of the Throne into contempt.
streets
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From this reading We accept Haroun; and acknowledge him to have been wise in the purport of his wanderings through the streets of the city,--gaining new experience with every hour, and studying the needs and complaints of his people for himself;--but if we should be told of a modern monarch doing likewise in our own day, we should mount on the stiff hobby-horse of our ridiculous conventionality, and accuse him of having brought the dignity of the Throne into contempt.
studying
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From this reading We accept Haroun; and acknowledge him to have been wise in the purport of his wanderings through the streets of the city,--gaining new experience with every hour, and studying the needs and complaints of his people for himself;--but if we should be told of a modern monarch doing likewise in our own day, we should mount on the stiff hobby-horse of our ridiculous conventionality, and accuse him of having brought the dignity of the Throne into contempt.
subjects
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From this reading The only potentate that ever appears, in legendary lore, to have indulged himself to his heart’s content in the sport of adopting a disguise and going about unrecognised among his subjects, is the witty and delightful hero of the ‘Arabian Nights’ Entertainment,’ Caliph Haroun Alraschid, who, as Tennyson describes him, had
Tennyson
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From this reading The only potentate that ever appears, in legendary lore, to have indulged himself to his heart’s content in the sport of adopting a disguise and going about unrecognised among his subjects, is the witty and delightful hero of the ‘Arabian Nights’ Entertainment,’ Caliph Haroun Alraschid, who, as Tennyson describes him, had
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading KING AND SOCIALIST To many persons of the servile or flunkey habit, the idea that a king should ever comport himself as an ordinary,--or extraordinary,--man, seems more or less preposterous; while to conceive him as endowed with dash, spirit, and a love of adventure is judged almost as absurd and impossible.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading KING AND SOCIALIST To many persons of the servile or flunkey habit, the idea that a king should ever comport himself as an ordinary,--or extraordinary,--man, seems more or less preposterous; while to conceive him as endowed with dash, spirit, and a love of adventure is judged almost as absurd and impossible.
Throne
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From this reading We accept Haroun; and acknowledge him to have been wise in the purport of his wanderings through the streets of the city,--gaining new experience with every hour, and studying the needs and complaints of his people for himself;--but if we should be told of a modern monarch doing likewise in our own day, we should mount on the stiff hobby-horse of our ridiculous conventionality, and accuse him of having brought the dignity of the Throne into contempt.
throughnounUS /ˈthrough/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading We accept Haroun; and acknowledge him to have been wise in the purport of his wanderings through the streets of the city,--gaining new experience with every hour, and studying the needs and complaints of his people for himself;--but if we should be told of a modern monarch doing likewise in our own day, we should mount on the stiff hobby-horse of our ridiculous conventionality, and accuse him of having brought the dignity of the Throne into contempt.
timenounUS /time/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Deep eyes, laughter-stirred With merriment of kingly pride; Sole star of all that place and time, I saw him in his golden prime.
ToparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading KING AND SOCIALIST To many persons of the servile or flunkey habit, the idea that a king should ever comport himself as an ordinary,--or extraordinary,--man, seems more or less preposterous; while to conceive him as endowed with dash, spirit, and a love of adventure is judged almost as absurd and impossible.
toldnounUS /told/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading We accept Haroun; and acknowledge him to have been wise in the purport of his wanderings through the streets of the city,--gaining new experience with every hour, and studying the needs and complaints of his people for himself;--but if we should be told of a modern monarch doing likewise in our own day, we should mount on the stiff hobby-horse of our ridiculous conventionality, and accuse him of having brought the dignity of the Throne into contempt.
unrecognised
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From this reading The only potentate that ever appears, in legendary lore, to have indulged himself to his heart’s content in the sport of adopting a disguise and going about unrecognised among his subjects, is the witty and delightful hero of the ‘Arabian Nights’ Entertainment,’ Caliph Haroun Alraschid, who, as Tennyson describes him, had
wanderings
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From this reading We accept Haroun; and acknowledge him to have been wise in the purport of his wanderings through the streets of the city,--gaining new experience with every hour, and studying the needs and complaints of his people for himself;--but if we should be told of a modern monarch doing likewise in our own day, we should mount on the stiff hobby-horse of our ridiculous conventionality, and accuse him of having brought the dignity of the Throne into contempt.
WepronounUS /wiː/
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading We accept Haroun; and acknowledge him to have been wise in the purport of his wanderings through the streets of the city,--gaining new experience with every hour, and studying the needs and complaints of his people for himself;--but if we should be told of a modern monarch doing likewise in our own day, we should mount on the stiff hobby-horse of our ridiculous conventionality, and accuse him of having brought the dignity of the Throne into contempt.
whileconjunctionUS /waɪl/
during the time that
From this reading KING AND SOCIALIST To many persons of the servile or flunkey habit, the idea that a king should ever comport himself as an ordinary,--or extraordinary,--man, seems more or less preposterous; while to conceive him as endowed with dash, spirit, and a love of adventure is judged almost as absurd and impossible.
whopronounUS /huː/
which person or people
From this reading The only potentate that ever appears, in legendary lore, to have indulged himself to his heart’s content in the sport of adopting a disguise and going about unrecognised among his subjects, is the witty and delightful hero of the ‘Arabian Nights’ Entertainment,’ Caliph Haroun Alraschid, who, as Tennyson describes him, had
wise
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From this reading We accept Haroun; and acknowledge him to have been wise in the purport of his wanderings through the streets of the city,--gaining new experience with every hour, and studying the needs and complaints of his people for himself;--but if we should be told of a modern monarch doing likewise in our own day, we should mount on the stiff hobby-horse of our ridiculous conventionality, and accuse him of having brought the dignity of the Throne into contempt.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading KING AND SOCIALIST To many persons of the servile or flunkey habit, the idea that a king should ever comport himself as an ordinary,--or extraordinary,--man, seems more or less preposterous; while to conceive him as endowed with dash, spirit, and a love of adventure is judged almost as absurd and impossible.
witty
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From this reading The only potentate that ever appears, in legendary lore, to have indulged himself to his heart’s content in the sport of adopting a disguise and going about unrecognised among his subjects, is the witty and delightful hero of the ‘Arabian Nights’ Entertainment,’ Caliph Haroun Alraschid, who, as Tennyson describes him, had
