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1900
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From this reading December 23rd, 1900.
23rd
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From this reading December 23rd, 1900.
AdeterminerUS /ə/
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading A white sea-fog closes us in (in which I've walked healthily, with my young niece, out to the links--with the sense of being less of a golfist than ever;) the clock ticks and the fire crackles during the period between tea and dinner; the young niece aforesaid (my only companion this season of mirth, with her parents abroad and a scant snatch of school holidays to spend with me) sits near me immersed in _Redgauntlet_; so the moment seems to lend itself to my letting off this signal in such a manner as _may_, even in these troublous times (when my nerves are all gone and I feel as if _anything_ shall easily happen,) catch your indulgent eye.
abroad
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From this reading A white sea-fog closes us in (in which I've walked healthily, with my young niece, out to the links--with the sense of being less of a golfist than ever;) the clock ticks and the fire crackles during the period between tea and dinner; the young niece aforesaid (my only companion this season of mirth, with her parents abroad and a scant snatch of school holidays to spend with me) sits near me immersed in _Redgauntlet_; so the moment seems to lend itself to my letting off this signal in such a manner as _may_, even in these troublous times (when my nerves are all gone and I feel as if _anything_ shall easily happen,) catch your indulgent eye.
aforesaid
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From this reading A white sea-fog closes us in (in which I've walked healthily, with my young niece, out to the links--with the sense of being less of a golfist than ever;) the clock ticks and the fire crackles during the period between tea and dinner; the young niece aforesaid (my only companion this season of mirth, with her parents abroad and a scant snatch of school holidays to spend with me) sits near me immersed in _Redgauntlet_; so the moment seems to lend itself to my letting off this signal in such a manner as _may_, even in these troublous times (when my nerves are all gone and I feel as if _anything_ shall easily happen,) catch your indulgent eye.
all
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From this reading A white sea-fog closes us in (in which I've walked healthily, with my young niece, out to the links--with the sense of being less of a golfist than ever;) the clock ticks and the fire crackles during the period between tea and dinner; the young niece aforesaid (my only companion this season of mirth, with her parents abroad and a scant snatch of school holidays to spend with me) sits near me immersed in _Redgauntlet_; so the moment seems to lend itself to my letting off this signal in such a manner as _may_, even in these troublous times (when my nerves are all gone and I feel as if _anything_ shall easily happen,) catch your indulgent eye.
always
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From this reading Yours always and ever, HENRY JAMES.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Yours always and ever, HENRY JAMES.
anythingpronounUS /ˈeniθɪŋ/
any thing at all
From this reading A white sea-fog closes us in (in which I've walked healthily, with my young niece, out to the links--with the sense of being less of a golfist than ever;) the clock ticks and the fire crackles during the period between tea and dinner; the young niece aforesaid (my only companion this season of mirth, with her parents abroad and a scant snatch of school holidays to spend with me) sits near me immersed in _Redgauntlet_; so the moment seems to lend itself to my letting off this signal in such a manner as _may_, even in these troublous times (when my nerves are all gone and I feel as if _anything_ shall easily happen,) catch your indulgent eye.
areauxiliary verbUS /ɑːr/
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading A white sea-fog closes us in (in which I've walked healthily, with my young niece, out to the links--with the sense of being less of a golfist than ever;) the clock ticks and the fire crackles during the period between tea and dinner; the young niece aforesaid (my only companion this season of mirth, with her parents abroad and a scant snatch of school holidays to spend with me) sits near me immersed in _Redgauntlet_; so the moment seems to lend itself to my letting off this signal in such a manner as _may_, even in these troublous times (when my nerves are all gone and I feel as if _anything_ shall easily happen,) catch your indulgent eye.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading A white sea-fog closes us in (in which I've walked healthily, with my young niece, out to the links--with the sense of being less of a golfist than ever;) the clock ticks and the fire crackles during the period between tea and dinner; the young niece aforesaid (my only companion this season of mirth, with her parents abroad and a scant snatch of school holidays to spend with me) sits near me immersed in _Redgauntlet_; so the moment seems to lend itself to my letting off this signal in such a manner as _may_, even in these troublous times (when my nerves are all gone and I feel as if _anything_ shall easily happen,) catch your indulgent eye.
beingauxiliary verbUS /ˈbiːɪŋ/
the -ing form of “be”
From this reading A white sea-fog closes us in (in which I've walked healthily, with my young niece, out to the links--with the sense of being less of a golfist than ever;) the clock ticks and the fire crackles during the period between tea and dinner; the young niece aforesaid (my only companion this season of mirth, with her parents abroad and a scant snatch of school holidays to spend with me) sits near me immersed in _Redgauntlet_; so the moment seems to lend itself to my letting off this signal in such a manner as _may_, even in these troublous times (when my nerves are all gone and I feel as if _anything_ shall easily happen,) catch your indulgent eye.
betweenprepositionUS /bɪˈtwiːn/
in the space, time, or range separating two things
From this reading A white sea-fog closes us in (in which I've walked healthily, with my young niece, out to the links--with the sense of being less of a golfist than ever;) the clock ticks and the fire crackles during the period between tea and dinner; the young niece aforesaid (my only companion this season of mirth, with her parents abroad and a scant snatch of school holidays to spend with me) sits near me immersed in _Redgauntlet_; so the moment seems to lend itself to my letting off this signal in such a manner as _may_, even in these troublous times (when my nerves are all gone and I feel as if _anything_ shall easily happen,) catch your indulgent eye.
catch
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From this reading A white sea-fog closes us in (in which I've walked healthily, with my young niece, out to the links--with the sense of being less of a golfist than ever;) the clock ticks and the fire crackles during the period between tea and dinner; the young niece aforesaid (my only companion this season of mirth, with her parents abroad and a scant snatch of school holidays to spend with me) sits near me immersed in _Redgauntlet_; so the moment seems to lend itself to my letting off this signal in such a manner as _may_, even in these troublous times (when my nerves are all gone and I feel as if _anything_ shall easily happen,) catch your indulgent eye.
clock
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From this reading A white sea-fog closes us in (in which I've walked healthily, with my young niece, out to the links--with the sense of being less of a golfist than ever;) the clock ticks and the fire crackles during the period between tea and dinner; the young niece aforesaid (my only companion this season of mirth, with her parents abroad and a scant snatch of school holidays to spend with me) sits near me immersed in _Redgauntlet_; so the moment seems to lend itself to my letting off this signal in such a manner as _may_, even in these troublous times (when my nerves are all gone and I feel as if _anything_ shall easily happen,) catch your indulgent eye.
closes
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From this reading A white sea-fog closes us in (in which I've walked healthily, with my young niece, out to the links--with the sense of being less of a golfist than ever;) the clock ticks and the fire crackles during the period between tea and dinner; the young niece aforesaid (my only companion this season of mirth, with her parents abroad and a scant snatch of school holidays to spend with me) sits near me immersed in _Redgauntlet_; so the moment seems to lend itself to my letting off this signal in such a manner as _may_, even in these troublous times (when my nerves are all gone and I feel as if _anything_ shall easily happen,) catch your indulgent eye.
companion
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From this reading A white sea-fog closes us in (in which I've walked healthily, with my young niece, out to the links--with the sense of being less of a golfist than ever;) the clock ticks and the fire crackles during the period between tea and dinner; the young niece aforesaid (my only companion this season of mirth, with her parents abroad and a scant snatch of school holidays to spend with me) sits near me immersed in _Redgauntlet_; so the moment seems to lend itself to my letting off this signal in such a manner as _may_, even in these troublous times (when my nerves are all gone and I feel as if _anything_ shall easily happen,) catch your indulgent eye.
convey
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From this reading My dear Norris, I greatly desire that this shall not fail to convey you my sentiments on this solemn Xmas morn; so I sit here planning and plotting, and making well-meant _pattes de mouche_, to that genial end.
crackles
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From this reading A white sea-fog closes us in (in which I've walked healthily, with my young niece, out to the links--with the sense of being less of a golfist than ever;) the clock ticks and the fire crackles during the period between tea and dinner; the young niece aforesaid (my only companion this season of mirth, with her parents abroad and a scant snatch of school holidays to spend with me) sits near me immersed in _Redgauntlet_; so the moment seems to lend itself to my letting off this signal in such a manner as _may_, even in these troublous times (when my nerves are all gone and I feel as if _anything_ shall easily happen,) catch your indulgent eye.
de
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From this reading My dear Norris, I greatly desire that this shall not fail to convey you my sentiments on this solemn Xmas morn; so I sit here planning and plotting, and making well-meant _pattes de mouche_, to that genial end.
dear
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From this reading My dear Norris, I greatly desire that this shall not fail to convey you my sentiments on this solemn Xmas morn; so I sit here planning and plotting, and making well-meant _pattes de mouche_, to that genial end.
December
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From this reading December 23rd, 1900.
desire
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From this reading My dear Norris, I greatly desire that this shall not fail to convey you my sentiments on this solemn Xmas morn; so I sit here planning and plotting, and making well-meant _pattes de mouche_, to that genial end.
dinner
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From this reading A white sea-fog closes us in (in which I've walked healthily, with my young niece, out to the links--with the sense of being less of a golfist than ever;) the clock ticks and the fire crackles during the period between tea and dinner; the young niece aforesaid (my only companion this season of mirth, with her parents abroad and a scant snatch of school holidays to spend with me) sits near me immersed in _Redgauntlet_; so the moment seems to lend itself to my letting off this signal in such a manner as _may_, even in these troublous times (when my nerves are all gone and I feel as if _anything_ shall easily happen,) catch your indulgent eye.
duringprepositionUS /ˈdʊrɪŋ/
all through a period, or at some point within it
From this reading A white sea-fog closes us in (in which I've walked healthily, with my young niece, out to the links--with the sense of being less of a golfist than ever;) the clock ticks and the fire crackles during the period between tea and dinner; the young niece aforesaid (my only companion this season of mirth, with her parents abroad and a scant snatch of school holidays to spend with me) sits near me immersed in _Redgauntlet_; so the moment seems to lend itself to my letting off this signal in such a manner as _may_, even in these troublous times (when my nerves are all gone and I feel as if _anything_ shall easily happen,) catch your indulgent eye.
E
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From this reading _To W. E. Norris._ Lamb House, Rye.
easily
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From this reading A white sea-fog closes us in (in which I've walked healthily, with my young niece, out to the links--with the sense of being less of a golfist than ever;) the clock ticks and the fire crackles during the period between tea and dinner; the young niece aforesaid (my only companion this season of mirth, with her parents abroad and a scant snatch of school holidays to spend with me) sits near me immersed in _Redgauntlet_; so the moment seems to lend itself to my letting off this signal in such a manner as _may_, even in these troublous times (when my nerves are all gone and I feel as if _anything_ shall easily happen,) catch your indulgent eye.
end
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From this reading My dear Norris, I greatly desire that this shall not fail to convey you my sentiments on this solemn Xmas morn; so I sit here planning and plotting, and making well-meant _pattes de mouche_, to that genial end.
evennounUS /even/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading A white sea-fog closes us in (in which I've walked healthily, with my young niece, out to the links--with the sense of being less of a golfist than ever;) the clock ticks and the fire crackles during the period between tea and dinner; the young niece aforesaid (my only companion this season of mirth, with her parents abroad and a scant snatch of school holidays to spend with me) sits near me immersed in _Redgauntlet_; so the moment seems to lend itself to my letting off this signal in such a manner as _may_, even in these troublous times (when my nerves are all gone and I feel as if _anything_ shall easily happen,) catch your indulgent eye.
evernounUS /ever/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Yours always and ever, HENRY JAMES.
eye
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From this reading A white sea-fog closes us in (in which I've walked healthily, with my young niece, out to the links--with the sense of being less of a golfist than ever;) the clock ticks and the fire crackles during the period between tea and dinner; the young niece aforesaid (my only companion this season of mirth, with her parents abroad and a scant snatch of school holidays to spend with me) sits near me immersed in _Redgauntlet_; so the moment seems to lend itself to my letting off this signal in such a manner as _may_, even in these troublous times (when my nerves are all gone and I feel as if _anything_ shall easily happen,) catch your indulgent eye.
fail
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From this reading My dear Norris, I greatly desire that this shall not fail to convey you my sentiments on this solemn Xmas morn; so I sit here planning and plotting, and making well-meant _pattes de mouche_, to that genial end.
feel
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From this reading A white sea-fog closes us in (in which I've walked healthily, with my young niece, out to the links--with the sense of being less of a golfist than ever;) the clock ticks and the fire crackles during the period between tea and dinner; the young niece aforesaid (my only companion this season of mirth, with her parents abroad and a scant snatch of school holidays to spend with me) sits near me immersed in _Redgauntlet_; so the moment seems to lend itself to my letting off this signal in such a manner as _may_, even in these troublous times (when my nerves are all gone and I feel as if _anything_ shall easily happen,) catch your indulgent eye.
fire
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From this reading A white sea-fog closes us in (in which I've walked healthily, with my young niece, out to the links--with the sense of being less of a golfist than ever;) the clock ticks and the fire crackles during the period between tea and dinner; the young niece aforesaid (my only companion this season of mirth, with her parents abroad and a scant snatch of school holidays to spend with me) sits near me immersed in _Redgauntlet_; so the moment seems to lend itself to my letting off this signal in such a manner as _may_, even in these troublous times (when my nerves are all gone and I feel as if _anything_ shall easily happen,) catch your indulgent eye.
genial
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From this reading My dear Norris, I greatly desire that this shall not fail to convey you my sentiments on this solemn Xmas morn; so I sit here planning and plotting, and making well-meant _pattes de mouche_, to that genial end.
golfist
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From this reading A white sea-fog closes us in (in which I've walked healthily, with my young niece, out to the links--with the sense of being less of a golfist than ever;) the clock ticks and the fire crackles during the period between tea and dinner; the young niece aforesaid (my only companion this season of mirth, with her parents abroad and a scant snatch of school holidays to spend with me) sits near me immersed in _Redgauntlet_; so the moment seems to lend itself to my letting off this signal in such a manner as _may_, even in these troublous times (when my nerves are all gone and I feel as if _anything_ shall easily happen,) catch your indulgent eye.
gone
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From this reading A white sea-fog closes us in (in which I've walked healthily, with my young niece, out to the links--with the sense of being less of a golfist than ever;) the clock ticks and the fire crackles during the period between tea and dinner; the young niece aforesaid (my only companion this season of mirth, with her parents abroad and a scant snatch of school holidays to spend with me) sits near me immersed in _Redgauntlet_; so the moment seems to lend itself to my letting off this signal in such a manner as _may_, even in these troublous times (when my nerves are all gone and I feel as if _anything_ shall easily happen,) catch your indulgent eye.
greatly
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From this reading My dear Norris, I greatly desire that this shall not fail to convey you my sentiments on this solemn Xmas morn; so I sit here planning and plotting, and making well-meant _pattes de mouche_, to that genial end.
happen
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From this reading A white sea-fog closes us in (in which I've walked healthily, with my young niece, out to the links--with the sense of being less of a golfist than ever;) the clock ticks and the fire crackles during the period between tea and dinner; the young niece aforesaid (my only companion this season of mirth, with her parents abroad and a scant snatch of school holidays to spend with me) sits near me immersed in _Redgauntlet_; so the moment seems to lend itself to my letting off this signal in such a manner as _may_, even in these troublous times (when my nerves are all gone and I feel as if _anything_ shall easily happen,) catch your indulgent eye.
healthily
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From this reading A white sea-fog closes us in (in which I've walked healthily, with my young niece, out to the links--with the sense of being less of a golfist than ever;) the clock ticks and the fire crackles during the period between tea and dinner; the young niece aforesaid (my only companion this season of mirth, with her parents abroad and a scant snatch of school holidays to spend with me) sits near me immersed in _Redgauntlet_; so the moment seems to lend itself to my letting off this signal in such a manner as _may_, even in these troublous times (when my nerves are all gone and I feel as if _anything_ shall easily happen,) catch your indulgent eye.
HENRY
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From this reading Yours always and ever, HENRY JAMES.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading A white sea-fog closes us in (in which I've walked healthily, with my young niece, out to the links--with the sense of being less of a golfist than ever;) the clock ticks and the fire crackles during the period between tea and dinner; the young niece aforesaid (my only companion this season of mirth, with her parents abroad and a scant snatch of school holidays to spend with me) sits near me immersed in _Redgauntlet_; so the moment seems to lend itself to my letting off this signal in such a manner as _may_, even in these troublous times (when my nerves are all gone and I feel as if _anything_ shall easily happen,) catch your indulgent eye.
herenounUS /here/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading My dear Norris, I greatly desire that this shall not fail to convey you my sentiments on this solemn Xmas morn; so I sit here planning and plotting, and making well-meant _pattes de mouche_, to that genial end.
holidays
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From this reading A white sea-fog closes us in (in which I've walked healthily, with my young niece, out to the links--with the sense of being less of a golfist than ever;) the clock ticks and the fire crackles during the period between tea and dinner; the young niece aforesaid (my only companion this season of mirth, with her parents abroad and a scant snatch of school holidays to spend with me) sits near me immersed in _Redgauntlet_; so the moment seems to lend itself to my letting off this signal in such a manner as _may_, even in these troublous times (when my nerves are all gone and I feel as if _anything_ shall easily happen,) catch your indulgent eye.
House
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From this reading _To W. E. Norris._ Lamb House, Rye.
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading My dear Norris, I greatly desire that this shall not fail to convey you my sentiments on this solemn Xmas morn; so I sit here planning and plotting, and making well-meant _pattes de mouche_, to that genial end.
I've
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From this reading A white sea-fog closes us in (in which I've walked healthily, with my young niece, out to the links--with the sense of being less of a golfist than ever;) the clock ticks and the fire crackles during the period between tea and dinner; the young niece aforesaid (my only companion this season of mirth, with her parents abroad and a scant snatch of school holidays to spend with me) sits near me immersed in _Redgauntlet_; so the moment seems to lend itself to my letting off this signal in such a manner as _may_, even in these troublous times (when my nerves are all gone and I feel as if _anything_ shall easily happen,) catch your indulgent eye.
ifconjunctionUS /ɪf/
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading A white sea-fog closes us in (in which I've walked healthily, with my young niece, out to the links--with the sense of being less of a golfist than ever;) the clock ticks and the fire crackles during the period between tea and dinner; the young niece aforesaid (my only companion this season of mirth, with her parents abroad and a scant snatch of school holidays to spend with me) sits near me immersed in _Redgauntlet_; so the moment seems to lend itself to my letting off this signal in such a manner as _may_, even in these troublous times (when my nerves are all gone and I feel as if _anything_ shall easily happen,) catch your indulgent eye.
immersed
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From this reading A white sea-fog closes us in (in which I've walked healthily, with my young niece, out to the links--with the sense of being less of a golfist than ever;) the clock ticks and the fire crackles during the period between tea and dinner; the young niece aforesaid (my only companion this season of mirth, with her parents abroad and a scant snatch of school holidays to spend with me) sits near me immersed in _Redgauntlet_; so the moment seems to lend itself to my letting off this signal in such a manner as _may_, even in these troublous times (when my nerves are all gone and I feel as if _anything_ shall easily happen,) catch your indulgent eye.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading A white sea-fog closes us in (in which I've walked healthily, with my young niece, out to the links--with the sense of being less of a golfist than ever;) the clock ticks and the fire crackles during the period between tea and dinner; the young niece aforesaid (my only companion this season of mirth, with her parents abroad and a scant snatch of school holidays to spend with me) sits near me immersed in _Redgauntlet_; so the moment seems to lend itself to my letting off this signal in such a manner as _may_, even in these troublous times (when my nerves are all gone and I feel as if _anything_ shall easily happen,) catch your indulgent eye.
indulgent
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From this reading A white sea-fog closes us in (in which I've walked healthily, with my young niece, out to the links--with the sense of being less of a golfist than ever;) the clock ticks and the fire crackles during the period between tea and dinner; the young niece aforesaid (my only companion this season of mirth, with her parents abroad and a scant snatch of school holidays to spend with me) sits near me immersed in _Redgauntlet_; so the moment seems to lend itself to my letting off this signal in such a manner as _may_, even in these troublous times (when my nerves are all gone and I feel as if _anything_ shall easily happen,) catch your indulgent eye.
itselfpronounUS /ˌɪtˈself/
used when the thing doing the action is also its object
From this reading A white sea-fog closes us in (in which I've walked healthily, with my young niece, out to the links--with the sense of being less of a golfist than ever;) the clock ticks and the fire crackles during the period between tea and dinner; the young niece aforesaid (my only companion this season of mirth, with her parents abroad and a scant snatch of school holidays to spend with me) sits near me immersed in _Redgauntlet_; so the moment seems to lend itself to my letting off this signal in such a manner as _may_, even in these troublous times (when my nerves are all gone and I feel as if _anything_ shall easily happen,) catch your indulgent eye.
JAMES
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From this reading Yours always and ever, HENRY JAMES.
Lamb
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From this reading _To W. E. Norris._ Lamb House, Rye.
lend
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From this reading A white sea-fog closes us in (in which I've walked healthily, with my young niece, out to the links--with the sense of being less of a golfist than ever;) the clock ticks and the fire crackles during the period between tea and dinner; the young niece aforesaid (my only companion this season of mirth, with her parents abroad and a scant snatch of school holidays to spend with me) sits near me immersed in _Redgauntlet_; so the moment seems to lend itself to my letting off this signal in such a manner as _may_, even in these troublous times (when my nerves are all gone and I feel as if _anything_ shall easily happen,) catch your indulgent eye.
less
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From this reading A white sea-fog closes us in (in which I've walked healthily, with my young niece, out to the links--with the sense of being less of a golfist than ever;) the clock ticks and the fire crackles during the period between tea and dinner; the young niece aforesaid (my only companion this season of mirth, with her parents abroad and a scant snatch of school holidays to spend with me) sits near me immersed in _Redgauntlet_; so the moment seems to lend itself to my letting off this signal in such a manner as _may_, even in these troublous times (when my nerves are all gone and I feel as if _anything_ shall easily happen,) catch your indulgent eye.
letting
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From this reading A white sea-fog closes us in (in which I've walked healthily, with my young niece, out to the links--with the sense of being less of a golfist than ever;) the clock ticks and the fire crackles during the period between tea and dinner; the young niece aforesaid (my only companion this season of mirth, with her parents abroad and a scant snatch of school holidays to spend with me) sits near me immersed in _Redgauntlet_; so the moment seems to lend itself to my letting off this signal in such a manner as _may_, even in these troublous times (when my nerves are all gone and I feel as if _anything_ shall easily happen,) catch your indulgent eye.
links
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From this reading A white sea-fog closes us in (in which I've walked healthily, with my young niece, out to the links--with the sense of being less of a golfist than ever;) the clock ticks and the fire crackles during the period between tea and dinner; the young niece aforesaid (my only companion this season of mirth, with her parents abroad and a scant snatch of school holidays to spend with me) sits near me immersed in _Redgauntlet_; so the moment seems to lend itself to my letting off this signal in such a manner as _may_, even in these troublous times (when my nerves are all gone and I feel as if _anything_ shall easily happen,) catch your indulgent eye.
making
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From this reading My dear Norris, I greatly desire that this shall not fail to convey you my sentiments on this solemn Xmas morn; so I sit here planning and plotting, and making well-meant _pattes de mouche_, to that genial end.
manner
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From this reading A white sea-fog closes us in (in which I've walked healthily, with my young niece, out to the links--with the sense of being less of a golfist than ever;) the clock ticks and the fire crackles during the period between tea and dinner; the young niece aforesaid (my only companion this season of mirth, with her parents abroad and a scant snatch of school holidays to spend with me) sits near me immersed in _Redgauntlet_; so the moment seems to lend itself to my letting off this signal in such a manner as _may_, even in these troublous times (when my nerves are all gone and I feel as if _anything_ shall easily happen,) catch your indulgent eye.
maymodal verbUS /meɪ/
used to say something is possible, or to give permission
From this reading A white sea-fog closes us in (in which I've walked healthily, with my young niece, out to the links--with the sense of being less of a golfist than ever;) the clock ticks and the fire crackles during the period between tea and dinner; the young niece aforesaid (my only companion this season of mirth, with her parents abroad and a scant snatch of school holidays to spend with me) sits near me immersed in _Redgauntlet_; so the moment seems to lend itself to my letting off this signal in such a manner as _may_, even in these troublous times (when my nerves are all gone and I feel as if _anything_ shall easily happen,) catch your indulgent eye.
mepronounUS /miː/
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading A white sea-fog closes us in (in which I've walked healthily, with my young niece, out to the links--with the sense of being less of a golfist than ever;) the clock ticks and the fire crackles during the period between tea and dinner; the young niece aforesaid (my only companion this season of mirth, with her parents abroad and a scant snatch of school holidays to spend with me) sits near me immersed in _Redgauntlet_; so the moment seems to lend itself to my letting off this signal in such a manner as _may_, even in these troublous times (when my nerves are all gone and I feel as if _anything_ shall easily happen,) catch your indulgent eye.
mirth
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From this reading A white sea-fog closes us in (in which I've walked healthily, with my young niece, out to the links--with the sense of being less of a golfist than ever;) the clock ticks and the fire crackles during the period between tea and dinner; the young niece aforesaid (my only companion this season of mirth, with her parents abroad and a scant snatch of school holidays to spend with me) sits near me immersed in _Redgauntlet_; so the moment seems to lend itself to my letting off this signal in such a manner as _may_, even in these troublous times (when my nerves are all gone and I feel as if _anything_ shall easily happen,) catch your indulgent eye.
moment
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From this reading A white sea-fog closes us in (in which I've walked healthily, with my young niece, out to the links--with the sense of being less of a golfist than ever;) the clock ticks and the fire crackles during the period between tea and dinner; the young niece aforesaid (my only companion this season of mirth, with her parents abroad and a scant snatch of school holidays to spend with me) sits near me immersed in _Redgauntlet_; so the moment seems to lend itself to my letting off this signal in such a manner as _may_, even in these troublous times (when my nerves are all gone and I feel as if _anything_ shall easily happen,) catch your indulgent eye.
morn
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From this reading My dear Norris, I greatly desire that this shall not fail to convey you my sentiments on this solemn Xmas morn; so I sit here planning and plotting, and making well-meant _pattes de mouche_, to that genial end.
mouche
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From this reading My dear Norris, I greatly desire that this shall not fail to convey you my sentiments on this solemn Xmas morn; so I sit here planning and plotting, and making well-meant _pattes de mouche_, to that genial end.
MydeterminerUS /maɪ/
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading My dear Norris, I greatly desire that this shall not fail to convey you my sentiments on this solemn Xmas morn; so I sit here planning and plotting, and making well-meant _pattes de mouche_, to that genial end.
near
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From this reading A white sea-fog closes us in (in which I've walked healthily, with my young niece, out to the links--with the sense of being less of a golfist than ever;) the clock ticks and the fire crackles during the period between tea and dinner; the young niece aforesaid (my only companion this season of mirth, with her parents abroad and a scant snatch of school holidays to spend with me) sits near me immersed in _Redgauntlet_; so the moment seems to lend itself to my letting off this signal in such a manner as _may_, even in these troublous times (when my nerves are all gone and I feel as if _anything_ shall easily happen,) catch your indulgent eye.
nerves
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From this reading A white sea-fog closes us in (in which I've walked healthily, with my young niece, out to the links--with the sense of being less of a golfist than ever;) the clock ticks and the fire crackles during the period between tea and dinner; the young niece aforesaid (my only companion this season of mirth, with her parents abroad and a scant snatch of school holidays to spend with me) sits near me immersed in _Redgauntlet_; so the moment seems to lend itself to my letting off this signal in such a manner as _may_, even in these troublous times (when my nerves are all gone and I feel as if _anything_ shall easily happen,) catch your indulgent eye.
niece
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From this reading A white sea-fog closes us in (in which I've walked healthily, with my young niece, out to the links--with the sense of being less of a golfist than ever;) the clock ticks and the fire crackles during the period between tea and dinner; the young niece aforesaid (my only companion this season of mirth, with her parents abroad and a scant snatch of school holidays to spend with me) sits near me immersed in _Redgauntlet_; so the moment seems to lend itself to my letting off this signal in such a manner as _may_, even in these troublous times (when my nerves are all gone and I feel as if _anything_ shall easily happen,) catch your indulgent eye.
Norris
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From this reading _To W. E. Norris._ Lamb House, Rye.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading My dear Norris, I greatly desire that this shall not fail to convey you my sentiments on this solemn Xmas morn; so I sit here planning and plotting, and making well-meant _pattes de mouche_, to that genial end.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading A white sea-fog closes us in (in which I've walked healthily, with my young niece, out to the links--with the sense of being less of a golfist than ever;) the clock ticks and the fire crackles during the period between tea and dinner; the young niece aforesaid (my only companion this season of mirth, with her parents abroad and a scant snatch of school holidays to spend with me) sits near me immersed in _Redgauntlet_; so the moment seems to lend itself to my letting off this signal in such a manner as _may_, even in these troublous times (when my nerves are all gone and I feel as if _anything_ shall easily happen,) catch your indulgent eye.
off
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From this reading A white sea-fog closes us in (in which I've walked healthily, with my young niece, out to the links--with the sense of being less of a golfist than ever;) the clock ticks and the fire crackles during the period between tea and dinner; the young niece aforesaid (my only companion this season of mirth, with her parents abroad and a scant snatch of school holidays to spend with me) sits near me immersed in _Redgauntlet_; so the moment seems to lend itself to my letting off this signal in such a manner as _may_, even in these troublous times (when my nerves are all gone and I feel as if _anything_ shall easily happen,) catch your indulgent eye.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading My dear Norris, I greatly desire that this shall not fail to convey you my sentiments on this solemn Xmas morn; so I sit here planning and plotting, and making well-meant _pattes de mouche_, to that genial end.
only
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From this reading A white sea-fog closes us in (in which I've walked healthily, with my young niece, out to the links--with the sense of being less of a golfist than ever;) the clock ticks and the fire crackles during the period between tea and dinner; the young niece aforesaid (my only companion this season of mirth, with her parents abroad and a scant snatch of school holidays to spend with me) sits near me immersed in _Redgauntlet_; so the moment seems to lend itself to my letting off this signal in such a manner as _may_, even in these troublous times (when my nerves are all gone and I feel as if _anything_ shall easily happen,) catch your indulgent eye.
out
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From this reading A white sea-fog closes us in (in which I've walked healthily, with my young niece, out to the links--with the sense of being less of a golfist than ever;) the clock ticks and the fire crackles during the period between tea and dinner; the young niece aforesaid (my only companion this season of mirth, with her parents abroad and a scant snatch of school holidays to spend with me) sits near me immersed in _Redgauntlet_; so the moment seems to lend itself to my letting off this signal in such a manner as _may_, even in these troublous times (when my nerves are all gone and I feel as if _anything_ shall easily happen,) catch your indulgent eye.
parents
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From this reading A white sea-fog closes us in (in which I've walked healthily, with my young niece, out to the links--with the sense of being less of a golfist than ever;) the clock ticks and the fire crackles during the period between tea and dinner; the young niece aforesaid (my only companion this season of mirth, with her parents abroad and a scant snatch of school holidays to spend with me) sits near me immersed in _Redgauntlet_; so the moment seems to lend itself to my letting off this signal in such a manner as _may_, even in these troublous times (when my nerves are all gone and I feel as if _anything_ shall easily happen,) catch your indulgent eye.
pattes
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From this reading My dear Norris, I greatly desire that this shall not fail to convey you my sentiments on this solemn Xmas morn; so I sit here planning and plotting, and making well-meant _pattes de mouche_, to that genial end.
period
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From this reading A white sea-fog closes us in (in which I've walked healthily, with my young niece, out to the links--with the sense of being less of a golfist than ever;) the clock ticks and the fire crackles during the period between tea and dinner; the young niece aforesaid (my only companion this season of mirth, with her parents abroad and a scant snatch of school holidays to spend with me) sits near me immersed in _Redgauntlet_; so the moment seems to lend itself to my letting off this signal in such a manner as _may_, even in these troublous times (when my nerves are all gone and I feel as if _anything_ shall easily happen,) catch your indulgent eye.
planning
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From this reading My dear Norris, I greatly desire that this shall not fail to convey you my sentiments on this solemn Xmas morn; so I sit here planning and plotting, and making well-meant _pattes de mouche_, to that genial end.
plotting
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From this reading My dear Norris, I greatly desire that this shall not fail to convey you my sentiments on this solemn Xmas morn; so I sit here planning and plotting, and making well-meant _pattes de mouche_, to that genial end.
Redgauntlet
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From this reading A white sea-fog closes us in (in which I've walked healthily, with my young niece, out to the links--with the sense of being less of a golfist than ever;) the clock ticks and the fire crackles during the period between tea and dinner; the young niece aforesaid (my only companion this season of mirth, with her parents abroad and a scant snatch of school holidays to spend with me) sits near me immersed in _Redgauntlet_; so the moment seems to lend itself to my letting off this signal in such a manner as _may_, even in these troublous times (when my nerves are all gone and I feel as if _anything_ shall easily happen,) catch your indulgent eye.
Rye
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From this reading _To W. E. Norris._ Lamb House, Rye.
scant
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From this reading A white sea-fog closes us in (in which I've walked healthily, with my young niece, out to the links--with the sense of being less of a golfist than ever;) the clock ticks and the fire crackles during the period between tea and dinner; the young niece aforesaid (my only companion this season of mirth, with her parents abroad and a scant snatch of school holidays to spend with me) sits near me immersed in _Redgauntlet_; so the moment seems to lend itself to my letting off this signal in such a manner as _may_, even in these troublous times (when my nerves are all gone and I feel as if _anything_ shall easily happen,) catch your indulgent eye.
school
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From this reading A white sea-fog closes us in (in which I've walked healthily, with my young niece, out to the links--with the sense of being less of a golfist than ever;) the clock ticks and the fire crackles during the period between tea and dinner; the young niece aforesaid (my only companion this season of mirth, with her parents abroad and a scant snatch of school holidays to spend with me) sits near me immersed in _Redgauntlet_; so the moment seems to lend itself to my letting off this signal in such a manner as _may_, even in these troublous times (when my nerves are all gone and I feel as if _anything_ shall easily happen,) catch your indulgent eye.
sea-fog
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From this reading A white sea-fog closes us in (in which I've walked healthily, with my young niece, out to the links--with the sense of being less of a golfist than ever;) the clock ticks and the fire crackles during the period between tea and dinner; the young niece aforesaid (my only companion this season of mirth, with her parents abroad and a scant snatch of school holidays to spend with me) sits near me immersed in _Redgauntlet_; so the moment seems to lend itself to my letting off this signal in such a manner as _may_, even in these troublous times (when my nerves are all gone and I feel as if _anything_ shall easily happen,) catch your indulgent eye.
season
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From this reading A white sea-fog closes us in (in which I've walked healthily, with my young niece, out to the links--with the sense of being less of a golfist than ever;) the clock ticks and the fire crackles during the period between tea and dinner; the young niece aforesaid (my only companion this season of mirth, with her parents abroad and a scant snatch of school holidays to spend with me) sits near me immersed in _Redgauntlet_; so the moment seems to lend itself to my letting off this signal in such a manner as _may_, even in these troublous times (when my nerves are all gone and I feel as if _anything_ shall easily happen,) catch your indulgent eye.
seems
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From this reading A white sea-fog closes us in (in which I've walked healthily, with my young niece, out to the links--with the sense of being less of a golfist than ever;) the clock ticks and the fire crackles during the period between tea and dinner; the young niece aforesaid (my only companion this season of mirth, with her parents abroad and a scant snatch of school holidays to spend with me) sits near me immersed in _Redgauntlet_; so the moment seems to lend itself to my letting off this signal in such a manner as _may_, even in these troublous times (when my nerves are all gone and I feel as if _anything_ shall easily happen,) catch your indulgent eye.
sense
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From this reading A white sea-fog closes us in (in which I've walked healthily, with my young niece, out to the links--with the sense of being less of a golfist than ever;) the clock ticks and the fire crackles during the period between tea and dinner; the young niece aforesaid (my only companion this season of mirth, with her parents abroad and a scant snatch of school holidays to spend with me) sits near me immersed in _Redgauntlet_; so the moment seems to lend itself to my letting off this signal in such a manner as _may_, even in these troublous times (when my nerves are all gone and I feel as if _anything_ shall easily happen,) catch your indulgent eye.
sentiments
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From this reading My dear Norris, I greatly desire that this shall not fail to convey you my sentiments on this solemn Xmas morn; so I sit here planning and plotting, and making well-meant _pattes de mouche_, to that genial end.
shallmodal verbUS /ʃæl/
used with I and we for the future, or to offer and suggest
From this reading My dear Norris, I greatly desire that this shall not fail to convey you my sentiments on this solemn Xmas morn; so I sit here planning and plotting, and making well-meant _pattes de mouche_, to that genial end.
signal
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From this reading A white sea-fog closes us in (in which I've walked healthily, with my young niece, out to the links--with the sense of being less of a golfist than ever;) the clock ticks and the fire crackles during the period between tea and dinner; the young niece aforesaid (my only companion this season of mirth, with her parents abroad and a scant snatch of school holidays to spend with me) sits near me immersed in _Redgauntlet_; so the moment seems to lend itself to my letting off this signal in such a manner as _may_, even in these troublous times (when my nerves are all gone and I feel as if _anything_ shall easily happen,) catch your indulgent eye.
sit
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From this reading My dear Norris, I greatly desire that this shall not fail to convey you my sentiments on this solemn Xmas morn; so I sit here planning and plotting, and making well-meant _pattes de mouche_, to that genial end.
sits
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From this reading A white sea-fog closes us in (in which I've walked healthily, with my young niece, out to the links--with the sense of being less of a golfist than ever;) the clock ticks and the fire crackles during the period between tea and dinner; the young niece aforesaid (my only companion this season of mirth, with her parents abroad and a scant snatch of school holidays to spend with me) sits near me immersed in _Redgauntlet_; so the moment seems to lend itself to my letting off this signal in such a manner as _may_, even in these troublous times (when my nerves are all gone and I feel as if _anything_ shall easily happen,) catch your indulgent eye.
snatchnounUS /snatch/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading A white sea-fog closes us in (in which I've walked healthily, with my young niece, out to the links--with the sense of being less of a golfist than ever;) the clock ticks and the fire crackles during the period between tea and dinner; the young niece aforesaid (my only companion this season of mirth, with her parents abroad and a scant snatch of school holidays to spend with me) sits near me immersed in _Redgauntlet_; so the moment seems to lend itself to my letting off this signal in such a manner as _may_, even in these troublous times (when my nerves are all gone and I feel as if _anything_ shall easily happen,) catch your indulgent eye.
soconjunctionUS /soʊ/
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading My dear Norris, I greatly desire that this shall not fail to convey you my sentiments on this solemn Xmas morn; so I sit here planning and plotting, and making well-meant _pattes de mouche_, to that genial end.
solemn
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From this reading My dear Norris, I greatly desire that this shall not fail to convey you my sentiments on this solemn Xmas morn; so I sit here planning and plotting, and making well-meant _pattes de mouche_, to that genial end.
spend
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From this reading A white sea-fog closes us in (in which I've walked healthily, with my young niece, out to the links--with the sense of being less of a golfist than ever;) the clock ticks and the fire crackles during the period between tea and dinner; the young niece aforesaid (my only companion this season of mirth, with her parents abroad and a scant snatch of school holidays to spend with me) sits near me immersed in _Redgauntlet_; so the moment seems to lend itself to my letting off this signal in such a manner as _may_, even in these troublous times (when my nerves are all gone and I feel as if _anything_ shall easily happen,) catch your indulgent eye.
suchdeterminerUS /sʌtʃ/
of the kind already mentioned
From this reading A white sea-fog closes us in (in which I've walked healthily, with my young niece, out to the links--with the sense of being less of a golfist than ever;) the clock ticks and the fire crackles during the period between tea and dinner; the young niece aforesaid (my only companion this season of mirth, with her parents abroad and a scant snatch of school holidays to spend with me) sits near me immersed in _Redgauntlet_; so the moment seems to lend itself to my letting off this signal in such a manner as _may_, even in these troublous times (when my nerves are all gone and I feel as if _anything_ shall easily happen,) catch your indulgent eye.
tea
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From this reading A white sea-fog closes us in (in which I've walked healthily, with my young niece, out to the links--with the sense of being less of a golfist than ever;) the clock ticks and the fire crackles during the period between tea and dinner; the young niece aforesaid (my only companion this season of mirth, with her parents abroad and a scant snatch of school holidays to spend with me) sits near me immersed in _Redgauntlet_; so the moment seems to lend itself to my letting off this signal in such a manner as _may_, even in these troublous times (when my nerves are all gone and I feel as if _anything_ shall easily happen,) catch your indulgent eye.
thanconjunctionUS /ðæn/
used to introduce the second part of a comparison
From this reading A white sea-fog closes us in (in which I've walked healthily, with my young niece, out to the links--with the sense of being less of a golfist than ever;) the clock ticks and the fire crackles during the period between tea and dinner; the young niece aforesaid (my only companion this season of mirth, with her parents abroad and a scant snatch of school holidays to spend with me) sits near me immersed in _Redgauntlet_; so the moment seems to lend itself to my letting off this signal in such a manner as _may_, even in these troublous times (when my nerves are all gone and I feel as if _anything_ shall easily happen,) catch your indulgent eye.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading My dear Norris, I greatly desire that this shall not fail to convey you my sentiments on this solemn Xmas morn; so I sit here planning and plotting, and making well-meant _pattes de mouche_, to that genial end.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading A white sea-fog closes us in (in which I've walked healthily, with my young niece, out to the links--with the sense of being less of a golfist than ever;) the clock ticks and the fire crackles during the period between tea and dinner; the young niece aforesaid (my only companion this season of mirth, with her parents abroad and a scant snatch of school holidays to spend with me) sits near me immersed in _Redgauntlet_; so the moment seems to lend itself to my letting off this signal in such a manner as _may_, even in these troublous times (when my nerves are all gone and I feel as if _anything_ shall easily happen,) catch your indulgent eye.
thesedeterminerUS /ðiːz/
the plural of “this”: the people or things near, or just mentioned
From this reading A white sea-fog closes us in (in which I've walked healthily, with my young niece, out to the links--with the sense of being less of a golfist than ever;) the clock ticks and the fire crackles during the period between tea and dinner; the young niece aforesaid (my only companion this season of mirth, with her parents abroad and a scant snatch of school holidays to spend with me) sits near me immersed in _Redgauntlet_; so the moment seems to lend itself to my letting off this signal in such a manner as _may_, even in these troublous times (when my nerves are all gone and I feel as if _anything_ shall easily happen,) catch your indulgent eye.
thisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading My dear Norris, I greatly desire that this shall not fail to convey you my sentiments on this solemn Xmas morn; so I sit here planning and plotting, and making well-meant _pattes de mouche_, to that genial end.
ticks
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From this reading A white sea-fog closes us in (in which I've walked healthily, with my young niece, out to the links--with the sense of being less of a golfist than ever;) the clock ticks and the fire crackles during the period between tea and dinner; the young niece aforesaid (my only companion this season of mirth, with her parents abroad and a scant snatch of school holidays to spend with me) sits near me immersed in _Redgauntlet_; so the moment seems to lend itself to my letting off this signal in such a manner as _may_, even in these troublous times (when my nerves are all gone and I feel as if _anything_ shall easily happen,) catch your indulgent eye.
times
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From this reading A white sea-fog closes us in (in which I've walked healthily, with my young niece, out to the links--with the sense of being less of a golfist than ever;) the clock ticks and the fire crackles during the period between tea and dinner; the young niece aforesaid (my only companion this season of mirth, with her parents abroad and a scant snatch of school holidays to spend with me) sits near me immersed in _Redgauntlet_; so the moment seems to lend itself to my letting off this signal in such a manner as _may_, even in these troublous times (when my nerves are all gone and I feel as if _anything_ shall easily happen,) catch your indulgent eye.
ToparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading _To W. E. Norris._ Lamb House, Rye.
troublous
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From this reading A white sea-fog closes us in (in which I've walked healthily, with my young niece, out to the links--with the sense of being less of a golfist than ever;) the clock ticks and the fire crackles during the period between tea and dinner; the young niece aforesaid (my only companion this season of mirth, with her parents abroad and a scant snatch of school holidays to spend with me) sits near me immersed in _Redgauntlet_; so the moment seems to lend itself to my letting off this signal in such a manner as _may_, even in these troublous times (when my nerves are all gone and I feel as if _anything_ shall easily happen,) catch your indulgent eye.
uspronounUS /ʌs/
the speaker and others, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading A white sea-fog closes us in (in which I've walked healthily, with my young niece, out to the links--with the sense of being less of a golfist than ever;) the clock ticks and the fire crackles during the period between tea and dinner; the young niece aforesaid (my only companion this season of mirth, with her parents abroad and a scant snatch of school holidays to spend with me) sits near me immersed in _Redgauntlet_; so the moment seems to lend itself to my letting off this signal in such a manner as _may_, even in these troublous times (when my nerves are all gone and I feel as if _anything_ shall easily happen,) catch your indulgent eye.
W
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From this reading _To W. E. Norris._ Lamb House, Rye.
walked
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From this reading A white sea-fog closes us in (in which I've walked healthily, with my young niece, out to the links--with the sense of being less of a golfist than ever;) the clock ticks and the fire crackles during the period between tea and dinner; the young niece aforesaid (my only companion this season of mirth, with her parents abroad and a scant snatch of school holidays to spend with me) sits near me immersed in _Redgauntlet_; so the moment seems to lend itself to my letting off this signal in such a manner as _may_, even in these troublous times (when my nerves are all gone and I feel as if _anything_ shall easily happen,) catch your indulgent eye.
well-meant
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From this reading My dear Norris, I greatly desire that this shall not fail to convey you my sentiments on this solemn Xmas morn; so I sit here planning and plotting, and making well-meant _pattes de mouche_, to that genial end.
whenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading A white sea-fog closes us in (in which I've walked healthily, with my young niece, out to the links--with the sense of being less of a golfist than ever;) the clock ticks and the fire crackles during the period between tea and dinner; the young niece aforesaid (my only companion this season of mirth, with her parents abroad and a scant snatch of school holidays to spend with me) sits near me immersed in _Redgauntlet_; so the moment seems to lend itself to my letting off this signal in such a manner as _may_, even in these troublous times (when my nerves are all gone and I feel as if _anything_ shall easily happen,) catch your indulgent eye.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading A white sea-fog closes us in (in which I've walked healthily, with my young niece, out to the links--with the sense of being less of a golfist than ever;) the clock ticks and the fire crackles during the period between tea and dinner; the young niece aforesaid (my only companion this season of mirth, with her parents abroad and a scant snatch of school holidays to spend with me) sits near me immersed in _Redgauntlet_; so the moment seems to lend itself to my letting off this signal in such a manner as _may_, even in these troublous times (when my nerves are all gone and I feel as if _anything_ shall easily happen,) catch your indulgent eye.
white
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From this reading A white sea-fog closes us in (in which I've walked healthily, with my young niece, out to the links--with the sense of being less of a golfist than ever;) the clock ticks and the fire crackles during the period between tea and dinner; the young niece aforesaid (my only companion this season of mirth, with her parents abroad and a scant snatch of school holidays to spend with me) sits near me immersed in _Redgauntlet_; so the moment seems to lend itself to my letting off this signal in such a manner as _may_, even in these troublous times (when my nerves are all gone and I feel as if _anything_ shall easily happen,) catch your indulgent eye.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading A white sea-fog closes us in (in which I've walked healthily, with my young niece, out to the links--with the sense of being less of a golfist than ever;) the clock ticks and the fire crackles during the period between tea and dinner; the young niece aforesaid (my only companion this season of mirth, with her parents abroad and a scant snatch of school holidays to spend with me) sits near me immersed in _Redgauntlet_; so the moment seems to lend itself to my letting off this signal in such a manner as _may_, even in these troublous times (when my nerves are all gone and I feel as if _anything_ shall easily happen,) catch your indulgent eye.
Xmas
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From this reading My dear Norris, I greatly desire that this shall not fail to convey you my sentiments on this solemn Xmas morn; so I sit here planning and plotting, and making well-meant _pattes de mouche_, to that genial end.
youpronounUS /juː/
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading My dear Norris, I greatly desire that this shall not fail to convey you my sentiments on this solemn Xmas morn; so I sit here planning and plotting, and making well-meant _pattes de mouche_, to that genial end.
young
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From this reading A white sea-fog closes us in (in which I've walked healthily, with my young niece, out to the links--with the sense of being less of a golfist than ever;) the clock ticks and the fire crackles during the period between tea and dinner; the young niece aforesaid (my only companion this season of mirth, with her parents abroad and a scant snatch of school holidays to spend with me) sits near me immersed in _Redgauntlet_; so the moment seems to lend itself to my letting off this signal in such a manner as _may_, even in these troublous times (when my nerves are all gone and I feel as if _anything_ shall easily happen,) catch your indulgent eye.
yourdeterminerUS /jɔːr/
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading A white sea-fog closes us in (in which I've walked healthily, with my young niece, out to the links--with the sense of being less of a golfist than ever;) the clock ticks and the fire crackles during the period between tea and dinner; the young niece aforesaid (my only companion this season of mirth, with her parents abroad and a scant snatch of school holidays to spend with me) sits near me immersed in _Redgauntlet_; so the moment seems to lend itself to my letting off this signal in such a manner as _may_, even in these troublous times (when my nerves are all gone and I feel as if _anything_ shall easily happen,) catch your indulgent eye.
YourspronounUS /jʊrz/
the one or ones belonging to the person spoken to
From this reading Yours always and ever, HENRY JAMES.
