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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 Author of _A Spectre of Power_, _The Prophet of the Great Smoky Mountains_, _In the Tennessee Mountains_, etc.
all
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From this reading This might seem the least world of all,--the restricted limits of the quadrangle of this primitive stockade,--but Peninnah Penelope Anne Mivane had known no other than such as this.
andeterminerUS /æn/
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading It was large enough for her, for a fairy-like face, very fair, with golden brown hair, that seemed to have entangled the sunshine, and lustrous brown eyes, looked out of an embrasure (locally called "port-hole") of the blockhouse, more formidable than the swivel gun once mounted there, commanding the entrance to the stockade gate.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading The mental image of the world is of individual and varying compass.
Anne
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From this reading This might seem the least world of all,--the restricted limits of the quadrangle of this primitive stockade,--but Peninnah Penelope Anne Mivane had known no other than such as this.
anothernounUS /ˈanother/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading It may be likened to one of those curious Chinese balls of quaintly carved ivory, containing other balls, one within another, the proportions ever dwindling with each successive inclosure, yet each a more minute duplicate of the external sphere.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading This might seem the least world of all,--the restricted limits of the quadrangle of this primitive stockade,--but Peninnah Penelope Anne Mivane had known no other than such as this.
Author
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From this reading Author of _A Spectre of Power_, _The Prophet of the Great Smoky Mountains_, _In the Tennessee Mountains_, etc.
balls
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From this reading It may be likened to one of those curious Chinese balls of quaintly carved ivory, containing other balls, one within another, the proportions ever dwindling with each successive inclosure, yet each a more minute duplicate of the external sphere.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading It may be likened to one of those curious Chinese balls of quaintly carved ivory, containing other balls, one within another, the proportions ever dwindling with each successive inclosure, yet each a more minute duplicate of the external sphere.
blockhouse
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From this reading It was large enough for her, for a fairy-like face, very fair, with golden brown hair, that seemed to have entangled the sunshine, and lustrous brown eyes, looked out of an embrasure (locally called "port-hole") of the blockhouse, more formidable than the swivel gun once mounted there, commanding the entrance to the stockade gate.
brown
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From this reading It was large enough for her, for a fairy-like face, very fair, with golden brown hair, that seemed to have entangled the sunshine, and lustrous brown eyes, looked out of an embrasure (locally called "port-hole") of the blockhouse, more formidable than the swivel gun once mounted there, commanding the entrance to the stockade gate.
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading This might seem the least world of all,--the restricted limits of the quadrangle of this primitive stockade,--but Peninnah Penelope Anne Mivane had known no other than such as this.
called
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From this reading It was large enough for her, for a fairy-like face, very fair, with golden brown hair, that seemed to have entangled the sunshine, and lustrous brown eyes, looked out of an embrasure (locally called "port-hole") of the blockhouse, more formidable than the swivel gun once mounted there, commanding the entrance to the stockade gate.
carved
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From this reading It may be likened to one of those curious Chinese balls of quaintly carved ivory, containing other balls, one within another, the proportions ever dwindling with each successive inclosure, yet each a more minute duplicate of the external sphere.
Chinese
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From this reading It may be likened to one of those curious Chinese balls of quaintly carved ivory, containing other balls, one within another, the proportions ever dwindling with each successive inclosure, yet each a more minute duplicate of the external sphere.
commanding
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From this reading It was large enough for her, for a fairy-like face, very fair, with golden brown hair, that seemed to have entangled the sunshine, and lustrous brown eyes, looked out of an embrasure (locally called "port-hole") of the blockhouse, more formidable than the swivel gun once mounted there, commanding the entrance to the stockade gate.
compass
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From this reading The mental image of the world is of individual and varying compass.
containing
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From this reading It may be likened to one of those curious Chinese balls of quaintly carved ivory, containing other balls, one within another, the proportions ever dwindling with each successive inclosure, yet each a more minute duplicate of the external sphere.
curious
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From this reading It may be likened to one of those curious Chinese balls of quaintly carved ivory, containing other balls, one within another, the proportions ever dwindling with each successive inclosure, yet each a more minute duplicate of the external sphere.
duplicate
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From this reading It may be likened to one of those curious Chinese balls of quaintly carved ivory, containing other balls, one within another, the proportions ever dwindling with each successive inclosure, yet each a more minute duplicate of the external sphere.
dwindling
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From this reading It may be likened to one of those curious Chinese balls of quaintly carved ivory, containing other balls, one within another, the proportions ever dwindling with each successive inclosure, yet each a more minute duplicate of the external sphere.
eachdeterminerUS /iːtʃ/
every one of two or more people or things, taken separately
From this reading It may be likened to one of those curious Chinese balls of quaintly carved ivory, containing other balls, one within another, the proportions ever dwindling with each successive inclosure, yet each a more minute duplicate of the external sphere.
embrasure
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From this reading It was large enough for her, for a fairy-like face, very fair, with golden brown hair, that seemed to have entangled the sunshine, and lustrous brown eyes, looked out of an embrasure (locally called "port-hole") of the blockhouse, more formidable than the swivel gun once mounted there, commanding the entrance to the stockade gate.
enough
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From this reading It was large enough for her, for a fairy-like face, very fair, with golden brown hair, that seemed to have entangled the sunshine, and lustrous brown eyes, looked out of an embrasure (locally called "port-hole") of the blockhouse, more formidable than the swivel gun once mounted there, commanding the entrance to the stockade gate.
entangled
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From this reading It was large enough for her, for a fairy-like face, very fair, with golden brown hair, that seemed to have entangled the sunshine, and lustrous brown eyes, looked out of an embrasure (locally called "port-hole") of the blockhouse, more formidable than the swivel gun once mounted there, commanding the entrance to the stockade gate.
entrance
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From this reading It was large enough for her, for a fairy-like face, very fair, with golden brown hair, that seemed to have entangled the sunshine, and lustrous brown eyes, looked out of an embrasure (locally called "port-hole") of the blockhouse, more formidable than the swivel gun once mounted there, commanding the entrance to the stockade gate.
etc
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From this reading Author of _A Spectre of Power_, _The Prophet of the Great Smoky Mountains_, _In the Tennessee Mountains_, etc.
evernounUS /ever/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading It may be likened to one of those curious Chinese balls of quaintly carved ivory, containing other balls, one within another, the proportions ever dwindling with each successive inclosure, yet each a more minute duplicate of the external sphere.
external
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From this reading It may be likened to one of those curious Chinese balls of quaintly carved ivory, containing other balls, one within another, the proportions ever dwindling with each successive inclosure, yet each a more minute duplicate of the external sphere.
eyes
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From this reading It was large enough for her, for a fairy-like face, very fair, with golden brown hair, that seemed to have entangled the sunshine, and lustrous brown eyes, looked out of an embrasure (locally called "port-hole") of the blockhouse, more formidable than the swivel gun once mounted there, commanding the entrance to the stockade gate.
face
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From this reading It was large enough for her, for a fairy-like face, very fair, with golden brown hair, that seemed to have entangled the sunshine, and lustrous brown eyes, looked out of an embrasure (locally called "port-hole") of the blockhouse, more formidable than the swivel gun once mounted there, commanding the entrance to the stockade gate.
fairnounUS /fair/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading It was large enough for her, for a fairy-like face, very fair, with golden brown hair, that seemed to have entangled the sunshine, and lustrous brown eyes, looked out of an embrasure (locally called "port-hole") of the blockhouse, more formidable than the swivel gun once mounted there, commanding the entrance to the stockade gate.
fairy-like
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From this reading It was large enough for her, for a fairy-like face, very fair, with golden brown hair, that seemed to have entangled the sunshine, and lustrous brown eyes, looked out of an embrasure (locally called "port-hole") of the blockhouse, more formidable than the swivel gun once mounted there, commanding the entrance to the stockade gate.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading It was large enough for her, for a fairy-like face, very fair, with golden brown hair, that seemed to have entangled the sunshine, and lustrous brown eyes, looked out of an embrasure (locally called "port-hole") of the blockhouse, more formidable than the swivel gun once mounted there, commanding the entrance to the stockade gate.
formidableadjectiveUS /ˈfɔːrmɪdəbəl/
very difficult to deal with or overcome
From this reading It was large enough for her, for a fairy-like face, very fair, with golden brown hair, that seemed to have entangled the sunshine, and lustrous brown eyes, looked out of an embrasure (locally called "port-hole") of the blockhouse, more formidable than the swivel gun once mounted there, commanding the entrance to the stockade gate.
gate
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From this reading It was large enough for her, for a fairy-like face, very fair, with golden brown hair, that seemed to have entangled the sunshine, and lustrous brown eyes, looked out of an embrasure (locally called "port-hole") of the blockhouse, more formidable than the swivel gun once mounted there, commanding the entrance to the stockade gate.
golden
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From this reading It was large enough for her, for a fairy-like face, very fair, with golden brown hair, that seemed to have entangled the sunshine, and lustrous brown eyes, looked out of an embrasure (locally called "port-hole") of the blockhouse, more formidable than the swivel gun once mounted there, commanding the entrance to the stockade gate.
GreatnounUS /great/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Author of _A Spectre of Power_, _The Prophet of the Great Smoky Mountains_, _In the Tennessee Mountains_, etc.
gun
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From this reading It was large enough for her, for a fairy-like face, very fair, with golden brown hair, that seemed to have entangled the sunshine, and lustrous brown eyes, looked out of an embrasure (locally called "port-hole") of the blockhouse, more formidable than the swivel gun once mounted there, commanding the entrance to the stockade gate.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading This might seem the least world of all,--the restricted limits of the quadrangle of this primitive stockade,--but Peninnah Penelope Anne Mivane had known no other than such as this.
hair
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From this reading It was large enough for her, for a fairy-like face, very fair, with golden brown hair, that seemed to have entangled the sunshine, and lustrous brown eyes, looked out of an embrasure (locally called "port-hole") of the blockhouse, more formidable than the swivel gun once mounted there, commanding the entrance to the stockade gate.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading It was large enough for her, for a fairy-like face, very fair, with golden brown hair, that seemed to have entangled the sunshine, and lustrous brown eyes, looked out of an embrasure (locally called "port-hole") of the blockhouse, more formidable than the swivel gun once mounted there, commanding the entrance to the stockade gate.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading It was large enough for her, for a fairy-like face, very fair, with golden brown hair, that seemed to have entangled the sunshine, and lustrous brown eyes, looked out of an embrasure (locally called "port-hole") of the blockhouse, more formidable than the swivel gun once mounted there, commanding the entrance to the stockade gate.
image
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From this reading The mental image of the world is of individual and varying compass.
InprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Author of _A Spectre of Power_, _The Prophet of the Great Smoky Mountains_, _In the Tennessee Mountains_, etc.
inclosure
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From this reading It may be likened to one of those curious Chinese balls of quaintly carved ivory, containing other balls, one within another, the proportions ever dwindling with each successive inclosure, yet each a more minute duplicate of the external sphere.
individual
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From this reading The mental image of the world is of individual and varying compass.
isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading The mental image of the world is of individual and varying compass.
ItpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It may be likened to one of those curious Chinese balls of quaintly carved ivory, containing other balls, one within another, the proportions ever dwindling with each successive inclosure, yet each a more minute duplicate of the external sphere.
ivory
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From this reading It may be likened to one of those curious Chinese balls of quaintly carved ivory, containing other balls, one within another, the proportions ever dwindling with each successive inclosure, yet each a more minute duplicate of the external sphere.
known
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From this reading This might seem the least world of all,--the restricted limits of the quadrangle of this primitive stockade,--but Peninnah Penelope Anne Mivane had known no other than such as this.
large
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From this reading It was large enough for her, for a fairy-like face, very fair, with golden brown hair, that seemed to have entangled the sunshine, and lustrous brown eyes, looked out of an embrasure (locally called "port-hole") of the blockhouse, more formidable than the swivel gun once mounted there, commanding the entrance to the stockade gate.
leastnounUS /least/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading This might seem the least world of all,--the restricted limits of the quadrangle of this primitive stockade,--but Peninnah Penelope Anne Mivane had known no other than such as this.
likened
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From this reading It may be likened to one of those curious Chinese balls of quaintly carved ivory, containing other balls, one within another, the proportions ever dwindling with each successive inclosure, yet each a more minute duplicate of the external sphere.
limits
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From this reading This might seem the least world of all,--the restricted limits of the quadrangle of this primitive stockade,--but Peninnah Penelope Anne Mivane had known no other than such as this.
locally
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From this reading It was large enough for her, for a fairy-like face, very fair, with golden brown hair, that seemed to have entangled the sunshine, and lustrous brown eyes, looked out of an embrasure (locally called "port-hole") of the blockhouse, more formidable than the swivel gun once mounted there, commanding the entrance to the stockade gate.
lookednounUS /looked/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading It was large enough for her, for a fairy-like face, very fair, with golden brown hair, that seemed to have entangled the sunshine, and lustrous brown eyes, looked out of an embrasure (locally called "port-hole") of the blockhouse, more formidable than the swivel gun once mounted there, commanding the entrance to the stockade gate.
lustrous
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From this reading It was large enough for her, for a fairy-like face, very fair, with golden brown hair, that seemed to have entangled the sunshine, and lustrous brown eyes, looked out of an embrasure (locally called "port-hole") of the blockhouse, more formidable than the swivel gun once mounted there, commanding the entrance to the stockade gate.
maymodal verbUS /meɪ/
used to say something is possible, or to give permission
From this reading It may be likened to one of those curious Chinese balls of quaintly carved ivory, containing other balls, one within another, the proportions ever dwindling with each successive inclosure, yet each a more minute duplicate of the external sphere.
mental
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From this reading The mental image of the world is of individual and varying compass.
mightmodal verbUS /maɪt/
used to say something is possible but not certain
From this reading This might seem the least world of all,--the restricted limits of the quadrangle of this primitive stockade,--but Peninnah Penelope Anne Mivane had known no other than such as this.
minute
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From this reading It may be likened to one of those curious Chinese balls of quaintly carved ivory, containing other balls, one within another, the proportions ever dwindling with each successive inclosure, yet each a more minute duplicate of the external sphere.
Mivane
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From this reading This might seem the least world of all,--the restricted limits of the quadrangle of this primitive stockade,--but Peninnah Penelope Anne Mivane had known no other than such as this.
more
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From this reading It may be likened to one of those curious Chinese balls of quaintly carved ivory, containing other balls, one within another, the proportions ever dwindling with each successive inclosure, yet each a more minute duplicate of the external sphere.
Mountains
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From this reading Author of _A Spectre of Power_, _The Prophet of the Great Smoky Mountains_, _In the Tennessee Mountains_, etc.
mounted
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From this reading It was large enough for her, for a fairy-like face, very fair, with golden brown hair, that seemed to have entangled the sunshine, and lustrous brown eyes, looked out of an embrasure (locally called "port-hole") of the blockhouse, more formidable than the swivel gun once mounted there, commanding the entrance to the stockade gate.
nodeterminerUS /noʊ/
not any; not one
From this reading This might seem the least world of all,--the restricted limits of the quadrangle of this primitive stockade,--but Peninnah Penelope Anne Mivane had known no other than such as this.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Author of _A Spectre of Power_, _The Prophet of the Great Smoky Mountains_, _In the Tennessee Mountains_, etc.
once
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From this reading It was large enough for her, for a fairy-like face, very fair, with golden brown hair, that seemed to have entangled the sunshine, and lustrous brown eyes, looked out of an embrasure (locally called "port-hole") of the blockhouse, more formidable than the swivel gun once mounted there, commanding the entrance to the stockade gate.
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading It may be likened to one of those curious Chinese balls of quaintly carved ivory, containing other balls, one within another, the proportions ever dwindling with each successive inclosure, yet each a more minute duplicate of the external sphere.
other
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From this reading It may be likened to one of those curious Chinese balls of quaintly carved ivory, containing other balls, one within another, the proportions ever dwindling with each successive inclosure, yet each a more minute duplicate of the external sphere.
out
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From this reading It was large enough for her, for a fairy-like face, very fair, with golden brown hair, that seemed to have entangled the sunshine, and lustrous brown eyes, looked out of an embrasure (locally called "port-hole") of the blockhouse, more formidable than the swivel gun once mounted there, commanding the entrance to the stockade gate.
Penelope
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From this reading This might seem the least world of all,--the restricted limits of the quadrangle of this primitive stockade,--but Peninnah Penelope Anne Mivane had known no other than such as this.
Peninnah
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From this reading This might seem the least world of all,--the restricted limits of the quadrangle of this primitive stockade,--but Peninnah Penelope Anne Mivane had known no other than such as this.
port-hole
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From this reading It was large enough for her, for a fairy-like face, very fair, with golden brown hair, that seemed to have entangled the sunshine, and lustrous brown eyes, looked out of an embrasure (locally called "port-hole") of the blockhouse, more formidable than the swivel gun once mounted there, commanding the entrance to the stockade gate.
Power
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From this reading Author of _A Spectre of Power_, _The Prophet of the Great Smoky Mountains_, _In the Tennessee Mountains_, etc.
primitive
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From this reading This might seem the least world of all,--the restricted limits of the quadrangle of this primitive stockade,--but Peninnah Penelope Anne Mivane had known no other than such as this.
Prophet
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From this reading Author of _A Spectre of Power_, _The Prophet of the Great Smoky Mountains_, _In the Tennessee Mountains_, etc.
proportions
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From this reading It may be likened to one of those curious Chinese balls of quaintly carved ivory, containing other balls, one within another, the proportions ever dwindling with each successive inclosure, yet each a more minute duplicate of the external sphere.
quadrangle
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From this reading This might seem the least world of all,--the restricted limits of the quadrangle of this primitive stockade,--but Peninnah Penelope Anne Mivane had known no other than such as this.
quaintly
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From this reading It may be likened to one of those curious Chinese balls of quaintly carved ivory, containing other balls, one within another, the proportions ever dwindling with each successive inclosure, yet each a more minute duplicate of the external sphere.
restricted
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From this reading This might seem the least world of all,--the restricted limits of the quadrangle of this primitive stockade,--but Peninnah Penelope Anne Mivane had known no other than such as this.
seem
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From this reading This might seem the least world of all,--the restricted limits of the quadrangle of this primitive stockade,--but Peninnah Penelope Anne Mivane had known no other than such as this.
seemednounUS /seemed/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading It was large enough for her, for a fairy-like face, very fair, with golden brown hair, that seemed to have entangled the sunshine, and lustrous brown eyes, looked out of an embrasure (locally called "port-hole") of the blockhouse, more formidable than the swivel gun once mounted there, commanding the entrance to the stockade gate.
Smoky
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From this reading Author of _A Spectre of Power_, _The Prophet of the Great Smoky Mountains_, _In the Tennessee Mountains_, etc.
Spectre
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From this reading Author of _A Spectre of Power_, _The Prophet of the Great Smoky Mountains_, _In the Tennessee Mountains_, etc.
sphere
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From this reading It may be likened to one of those curious Chinese balls of quaintly carved ivory, containing other balls, one within another, the proportions ever dwindling with each successive inclosure, yet each a more minute duplicate of the external sphere.
stockadenounUS /ˈstockade/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading This might seem the least world of all,--the restricted limits of the quadrangle of this primitive stockade,--but Peninnah Penelope Anne Mivane had known no other than such as this.
successive
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From this reading It may be likened to one of those curious Chinese balls of quaintly carved ivory, containing other balls, one within another, the proportions ever dwindling with each successive inclosure, yet each a more minute duplicate of the external sphere.
suchdeterminerUS /sʌtʃ/
of the kind already mentioned
From this reading This might seem the least world of all,--the restricted limits of the quadrangle of this primitive stockade,--but Peninnah Penelope Anne Mivane had known no other than such as this.
sunshine
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From this reading It was large enough for her, for a fairy-like face, very fair, with golden brown hair, that seemed to have entangled the sunshine, and lustrous brown eyes, looked out of an embrasure (locally called "port-hole") of the blockhouse, more formidable than the swivel gun once mounted there, commanding the entrance to the stockade gate.
swivel
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From this reading It was large enough for her, for a fairy-like face, very fair, with golden brown hair, that seemed to have entangled the sunshine, and lustrous brown eyes, looked out of an embrasure (locally called "port-hole") of the blockhouse, more formidable than the swivel gun once mounted there, commanding the entrance to the stockade gate.
Tennessee
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From this reading Author of _A Spectre of Power_, _The Prophet of the Great Smoky Mountains_, _In the Tennessee Mountains_, etc.
thanconjunctionUS /ðæn/
used to introduce the second part of a comparison
From this reading This might seem the least world of all,--the restricted limits of the quadrangle of this primitive stockade,--but Peninnah Penelope Anne Mivane had known no other than such as this.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading It was large enough for her, for a fairy-like face, very fair, with golden brown hair, that seemed to have entangled the sunshine, and lustrous brown eyes, looked out of an embrasure (locally called "port-hole") of the blockhouse, more formidable than the swivel gun once mounted there, commanding the entrance to the stockade gate.
ThedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Author of _A Spectre of Power_, _The Prophet of the Great Smoky Mountains_, _In the Tennessee Mountains_, etc.
there
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From this reading It was large enough for her, for a fairy-like face, very fair, with golden brown hair, that seemed to have entangled the sunshine, and lustrous brown eyes, looked out of an embrasure (locally called "port-hole") of the blockhouse, more formidable than the swivel gun once mounted there, commanding the entrance to the stockade gate.
ThisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading This might seem the least world of all,--the restricted limits of the quadrangle of this primitive stockade,--but Peninnah Penelope Anne Mivane had known no other than such as this.
thosedeterminerUS /ðoʊz/
the plural of “that”: the people or things further away, or already known
From this reading It may be likened to one of those curious Chinese balls of quaintly carved ivory, containing other balls, one within another, the proportions ever dwindling with each successive inclosure, yet each a more minute duplicate of the external sphere.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading It may be likened to one of those curious Chinese balls of quaintly carved ivory, containing other balls, one within another, the proportions ever dwindling with each successive inclosure, yet each a more minute duplicate of the external sphere.
varying
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From this reading The mental image of the world is of individual and varying compass.
very
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From this reading It was large enough for her, for a fairy-like face, very fair, with golden brown hair, that seemed to have entangled the sunshine, and lustrous brown eyes, looked out of an embrasure (locally called "port-hole") of the blockhouse, more formidable than the swivel gun once mounted there, commanding the entrance to the stockade gate.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading It was large enough for her, for a fairy-like face, very fair, with golden brown hair, that seemed to have entangled the sunshine, and lustrous brown eyes, looked out of an embrasure (locally called "port-hole") of the blockhouse, more formidable than the swivel gun once mounted there, commanding the entrance to the stockade gate.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading It may be likened to one of those curious Chinese balls of quaintly carved ivory, containing other balls, one within another, the proportions ever dwindling with each successive inclosure, yet each a more minute duplicate of the external sphere.
withinprepositionUS /wɪˈðɪn/
inside; before a period of time has passed
From this reading It may be likened to one of those curious Chinese balls of quaintly carved ivory, containing other balls, one within another, the proportions ever dwindling with each successive inclosure, yet each a more minute duplicate of the external sphere.
world
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From this reading The mental image of the world is of individual and varying compass.
yetconjunctionUS /jet/
but in spite of that
From this reading It may be likened to one of those curious Chinese balls of quaintly carved ivory, containing other balls, one within another, the proportions ever dwindling with each successive inclosure, yet each a more minute duplicate of the external sphere.
