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1893
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From this reading _To Robert Louis Stevenson._ 34 De Vere Gardens, W. October 21st [1893.]
21st
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From this reading _To Robert Louis Stevenson._ 34 De Vere Gardens, W. October 21st [1893.]
34
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From this reading _To Robert Louis Stevenson._ 34 De Vere Gardens, W. October 21st [1893.]
afterprepositionUS /ˈæftər/
later than; following
From this reading I missed, just after doing so, last month's post, and I was infinitely vexed that it should not have conveyed to you the freshness of my rapture.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading My dear Louis, The postal guide tells me, disobligingly, that there is no mail to you via San Francisco this month and that I must confide my few lines to the precarious and perfidious Hamburg.
canmodal verbUS /kæn/
to be able to, or to be allowed to
From this reading I do so, then, for the plain reason that I can no longer repress the enthusiasm that has surged within me ever since I read _Catriona_.
Catriona
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From this reading I do so, then, for the plain reason that I can no longer repress the enthusiasm that has surged within me ever since I read _Catriona_.
confide
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From this reading My dear Louis, The postal guide tells me, disobligingly, that there is no mail to you via San Francisco this month and that I must confide my few lines to the precarious and perfidious Hamburg.
conveyed
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From this reading I missed, just after doing so, last month's post, and I was infinitely vexed that it should not have conveyed to you the freshness of my rapture.
De
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From this reading _To Robert Louis Stevenson._ 34 De Vere Gardens, W. October 21st [1893.]
dear
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From this reading My dear Louis, The postal guide tells me, disobligingly, that there is no mail to you via San Francisco this month and that I must confide my few lines to the precarious and perfidious Hamburg.
disobligingly
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From this reading My dear Louis, The postal guide tells me, disobligingly, that there is no mail to you via San Francisco this month and that I must confide my few lines to the precarious and perfidious Hamburg.
doauxiliary verbUS /duː/
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading I do so, then, for the plain reason that I can no longer repress the enthusiasm that has surged within me ever since I read _Catriona_.
doing
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From this reading I missed, just after doing so, last month's post, and I was infinitely vexed that it should not have conveyed to you the freshness of my rapture.
enthusiasm
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From this reading I do so, then, for the plain reason that I can no longer repress the enthusiasm that has surged within me ever since I read _Catriona_.
evernounUS /ever/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading I do so, then, for the plain reason that I can no longer repress the enthusiasm that has surged within me ever since I read _Catriona_.
few
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From this reading My dear Louis, The postal guide tells me, disobligingly, that there is no mail to you via San Francisco this month and that I must confide my few lines to the precarious and perfidious Hamburg.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading I do so, then, for the plain reason that I can no longer repress the enthusiasm that has surged within me ever since I read _Catriona_.
Francisco
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From this reading My dear Louis, The postal guide tells me, disobligingly, that there is no mail to you via San Francisco this month and that I must confide my few lines to the precarious and perfidious Hamburg.
freshness
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From this reading I missed, just after doing so, last month's post, and I was infinitely vexed that it should not have conveyed to you the freshness of my rapture.
Gardens
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From this reading _To Robert Louis Stevenson._ 34 De Vere Gardens, W. October 21st [1893.]
guide
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From this reading My dear Louis, The postal guide tells me, disobligingly, that there is no mail to you via San Francisco this month and that I must confide my few lines to the precarious and perfidious Hamburg.
Hamburg
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From this reading My dear Louis, The postal guide tells me, disobligingly, that there is no mail to you via San Francisco this month and that I must confide my few lines to the precarious and perfidious Hamburg.
hasauxiliary verbUS /hæz/
the form of “have” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading I do so, then, for the plain reason that I can no longer repress the enthusiasm that has surged within me ever since I read _Catriona_.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading I missed, just after doing so, last month's post, and I was infinitely vexed that it should not have conveyed to you the freshness of my rapture.
HENRY
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From this reading HENRY JAMES.
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading My dear Louis, The postal guide tells me, disobligingly, that there is no mail to you via San Francisco this month and that I must confide my few lines to the precarious and perfidious Hamburg.
infinitely
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From this reading I missed, just after doing so, last month's post, and I was infinitely vexed that it should not have conveyed to you the freshness of my rapture.
isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading My dear Louis, The postal guide tells me, disobligingly, that there is no mail to you via San Francisco this month and that I must confide my few lines to the precarious and perfidious Hamburg.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading I missed, just after doing so, last month's post, and I was infinitely vexed that it should not have conveyed to you the freshness of my rapture.
JAMES
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From this reading HENRY JAMES.
just
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From this reading I missed, just after doing so, last month's post, and I was infinitely vexed that it should not have conveyed to you the freshness of my rapture.
lastnounUS /last/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading I missed, just after doing so, last month's post, and I was infinitely vexed that it should not have conveyed to you the freshness of my rapture.
lines
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From this reading My dear Louis, The postal guide tells me, disobligingly, that there is no mail to you via San Francisco this month and that I must confide my few lines to the precarious and perfidious Hamburg.
longer
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From this reading I do so, then, for the plain reason that I can no longer repress the enthusiasm that has surged within me ever since I read _Catriona_.
Louis
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From this reading _To Robert Louis Stevenson._ 34 De Vere Gardens, W. October 21st [1893.]
mail
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From this reading My dear Louis, The postal guide tells me, disobligingly, that there is no mail to you via San Francisco this month and that I must confide my few lines to the precarious and perfidious Hamburg.
mepronounUS /miː/
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading My dear Louis, The postal guide tells me, disobligingly, that there is no mail to you via San Francisco this month and that I must confide my few lines to the precarious and perfidious Hamburg.
missed
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From this reading I missed, just after doing so, last month's post, and I was infinitely vexed that it should not have conveyed to you the freshness of my rapture.
month
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From this reading My dear Louis, The postal guide tells me, disobligingly, that there is no mail to you via San Francisco this month and that I must confide my few lines to the precarious and perfidious Hamburg.
month's
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From this reading I missed, just after doing so, last month's post, and I was infinitely vexed that it should not have conveyed to you the freshness of my rapture.
mustmodal verbUS /mʌst/
used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true
From this reading My dear Louis, The postal guide tells me, disobligingly, that there is no mail to you via San Francisco this month and that I must confide my few lines to the precarious and perfidious Hamburg.
MydeterminerUS /maɪ/
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading My dear Louis, The postal guide tells me, disobligingly, that there is no mail to you via San Francisco this month and that I must confide my few lines to the precarious and perfidious Hamburg.
nodeterminerUS /noʊ/
not any; not one
From this reading My dear Louis, The postal guide tells me, disobligingly, that there is no mail to you via San Francisco this month and that I must confide my few lines to the precarious and perfidious Hamburg.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading I missed, just after doing so, last month's post, and I was infinitely vexed that it should not have conveyed to you the freshness of my rapture.
October
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From this reading _To Robert Louis Stevenson._ 34 De Vere Gardens, W. October 21st [1893.]
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading I missed, just after doing so, last month's post, and I was infinitely vexed that it should not have conveyed to you the freshness of my rapture.
perfidious
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From this reading My dear Louis, The postal guide tells me, disobligingly, that there is no mail to you via San Francisco this month and that I must confide my few lines to the precarious and perfidious Hamburg.
plain
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From this reading I do so, then, for the plain reason that I can no longer repress the enthusiasm that has surged within me ever since I read _Catriona_.
post
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From this reading I missed, just after doing so, last month's post, and I was infinitely vexed that it should not have conveyed to you the freshness of my rapture.
postal
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From this reading My dear Louis, The postal guide tells me, disobligingly, that there is no mail to you via San Francisco this month and that I must confide my few lines to the precarious and perfidious Hamburg.
precarious
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From this reading My dear Louis, The postal guide tells me, disobligingly, that there is no mail to you via San Francisco this month and that I must confide my few lines to the precarious and perfidious Hamburg.
rapture
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From this reading I missed, just after doing so, last month's post, and I was infinitely vexed that it should not have conveyed to you the freshness of my rapture.
read
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From this reading I do so, then, for the plain reason that I can no longer repress the enthusiasm that has surged within me ever since I read _Catriona_.
reason
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From this reading I do so, then, for the plain reason that I can no longer repress the enthusiasm that has surged within me ever since I read _Catriona_.
repress
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From this reading I do so, then, for the plain reason that I can no longer repress the enthusiasm that has surged within me ever since I read _Catriona_.
Robert
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From this reading _To Robert Louis Stevenson._ 34 De Vere Gardens, W. October 21st [1893.]
San
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From this reading My dear Louis, The postal guide tells me, disobligingly, that there is no mail to you via San Francisco this month and that I must confide my few lines to the precarious and perfidious Hamburg.
shouldmodal verbUS /ʃʊd/
used to say what is right, expected, or advisable
From this reading I missed, just after doing so, last month's post, and I was infinitely vexed that it should not have conveyed to you the freshness of my rapture.
sinceprepositionUS /sɪns/
from a time in the past until now
From this reading I do so, then, for the plain reason that I can no longer repress the enthusiasm that has surged within me ever since I read _Catriona_.
soconjunctionUS /soʊ/
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading I do so, then, for the plain reason that I can no longer repress the enthusiasm that has surged within me ever since I read _Catriona_.
Stevenson
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From this reading _To Robert Louis Stevenson._ 34 De Vere Gardens, W. October 21st [1893.]
surged
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From this reading I do so, then, for the plain reason that I can no longer repress the enthusiasm that has surged within me ever since I read _Catriona_.
tells
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From this reading My dear Louis, The postal guide tells me, disobligingly, that there is no mail to you via San Francisco this month and that I must confide my few lines to the precarious and perfidious Hamburg.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading My dear Louis, The postal guide tells me, disobligingly, that there is no mail to you via San Francisco this month and that I must confide my few lines to the precarious and perfidious Hamburg.
ThedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading My dear Louis, The postal guide tells me, disobligingly, that there is no mail to you via San Francisco this month and that I must confide my few lines to the precarious and perfidious Hamburg.
then
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From this reading I do so, then, for the plain reason that I can no longer repress the enthusiasm that has surged within me ever since I read _Catriona_.
there
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From this reading My dear Louis, The postal guide tells me, disobligingly, that there is no mail to you via San Francisco this month and that I must confide my few lines to the precarious and perfidious Hamburg.
thisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading My dear Louis, The postal guide tells me, disobligingly, that there is no mail to you via San Francisco this month and that I must confide my few lines to the precarious and perfidious Hamburg.
ToparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading _To Robert Louis Stevenson._ 34 De Vere Gardens, W. October 21st [1893.]
Vere
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From this reading _To Robert Louis Stevenson._ 34 De Vere Gardens, W. October 21st [1893.]
vexed
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From this reading I missed, just after doing so, last month's post, and I was infinitely vexed that it should not have conveyed to you the freshness of my rapture.
viaprepositionUS /ˈvaɪə/
by way of; passing through
From this reading My dear Louis, The postal guide tells me, disobligingly, that there is no mail to you via San Francisco this month and that I must confide my few lines to the precarious and perfidious Hamburg.
W
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From this reading _To Robert Louis Stevenson._ 34 De Vere Gardens, W. October 21st [1893.]
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading I missed, just after doing so, last month's post, and I was infinitely vexed that it should not have conveyed to you the freshness of my rapture.
withinprepositionUS /wɪˈðɪn/
inside; before a period of time has passed
From this reading I do so, then, for the plain reason that I can no longer repress the enthusiasm that has surged within me ever since I read _Catriona_.
youpronounUS /juː/
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading My dear Louis, The postal guide tells me, disobligingly, that there is no mail to you via San Francisco this month and that I must confide my few lines to the precarious and perfidious Hamburg.
