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From this reading [Footnote 1: Dr. Richard Helsham.]
140
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From this reading [Footnote 2: See "The Country Life," i, 140.]
2
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From this reading [Footnote 2: See "The Country Life," i, 140.]
AdeterminerUS /ə/
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading A REPLY, BY SHERIDAN, TO DELANY I like your collyrium, Take my eyes, sir, and clear ye 'um, 'Twill gain you a great reputation; By this you may rise, Like the doctor so wise,[1] Who open'd the eyes of the nation.
all
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From this reading Your water so far goes, 'Twould serve for an Argus, Were all his whole hundred sore; So many we read He had in his head, Or Ovid's a son of a whore.
andeterminerUS /æn/
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading Your water so far goes, 'Twould serve for an Argus, Were all his whole hundred sore; So many we read He had in his head, Or Ovid's a son of a whore.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading A REPLY, BY SHERIDAN, TO DELANY I like your collyrium, Take my eyes, sir, and clear ye 'um, 'Twill gain you a great reputation; By this you may rise, Like the doctor so wise,[1] Who open'd the eyes of the nation.
Areauxiliary verbUS /ɑːr/
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading And these, I must tell ye, Are bigger than its belly;-- You know, there’s in Livy a story Of the hands and the feet Denying of meat,-- Don't I write in the dark like a Tory?
Argus
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From this reading Your water so far goes, 'Twould serve for an Argus, Were all his whole hundred sore; So many we read He had in his head, Or Ovid's a son of a whore.
belly
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From this reading And these, I must tell ye, Are bigger than its belly;-- You know, there’s in Livy a story Of the hands and the feet Denying of meat,-- Don't I write in the dark like a Tory?
bigger
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From this reading And these, I must tell ye, Are bigger than its belly;-- You know, there’s in Livy a story Of the hands and the feet Denying of meat,-- Don't I write in the dark like a Tory?
BYprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading A REPLY, BY SHERIDAN, TO DELANY I like your collyrium, Take my eyes, sir, and clear ye 'um, 'Twill gain you a great reputation; By this you may rise, Like the doctor so wise,[1] Who open'd the eyes of the nation.
clear
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From this reading A REPLY, BY SHERIDAN, TO DELANY I like your collyrium, Take my eyes, sir, and clear ye 'um, 'Twill gain you a great reputation; By this you may rise, Like the doctor so wise,[1] Who open'd the eyes of the nation.
collyrium
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From this reading A REPLY, BY SHERIDAN, TO DELANY I like your collyrium, Take my eyes, sir, and clear ye 'um, 'Twill gain you a great reputation; By this you may rise, Like the doctor so wise,[1] Who open'd the eyes of the nation.
Country
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From this reading [Footnote 2: See "The Country Life," i, 140.]
dark
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From this reading And these, I must tell ye, Are bigger than its belly;-- You know, there’s in Livy a story Of the hands and the feet Denying of meat,-- Don't I write in the dark like a Tory?
DELANY
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From this reading A REPLY, BY SHERIDAN, TO DELANY I like your collyrium, Take my eyes, sir, and clear ye 'um, 'Twill gain you a great reputation; By this you may rise, Like the doctor so wise,[1] Who open'd the eyes of the nation.
Denying
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From this reading And these, I must tell ye, Are bigger than its belly;-- You know, there’s in Livy a story Of the hands and the feet Denying of meat,-- Don't I write in the dark like a Tory?
doctornounUS /doctor/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading A REPLY, BY SHERIDAN, TO DELANY I like your collyrium, Take my eyes, sir, and clear ye 'um, 'Twill gain you a great reputation; By this you may rise, Like the doctor so wise,[1] Who open'd the eyes of the nation.
Don't
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From this reading And these, I must tell ye, Are bigger than its belly;-- You know, there’s in Livy a story Of the hands and the feet Denying of meat,-- Don't I write in the dark like a Tory?
Dr
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From this reading [Footnote 1: Dr. Richard Helsham.]
eyes
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From this reading A REPLY, BY SHERIDAN, TO DELANY I like your collyrium, Take my eyes, sir, and clear ye 'um, 'Twill gain you a great reputation; By this you may rise, Like the doctor so wise,[1] Who open'd the eyes of the nation.
far
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From this reading Your water so far goes, 'Twould serve for an Argus, Were all his whole hundred sore; So many we read He had in his head, Or Ovid's a son of a whore.
feet
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From this reading And these, I must tell ye, Are bigger than its belly;-- You know, there’s in Livy a story Of the hands and the feet Denying of meat,-- Don't I write in the dark like a Tory?
Footnote
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From this reading [Footnote 1: Dr. Richard Helsham.]
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading Your water so far goes, 'Twould serve for an Argus, Were all his whole hundred sore; So many we read He had in his head, Or Ovid's a son of a whore.
gain
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From this reading A REPLY, BY SHERIDAN, TO DELANY I like your collyrium, Take my eyes, sir, and clear ye 'um, 'Twill gain you a great reputation; By this you may rise, Like the doctor so wise,[1] Who open'd the eyes of the nation.
goes
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From this reading Your water so far goes, 'Twould serve for an Argus, Were all his whole hundred sore; So many we read He had in his head, Or Ovid's a son of a whore.
greatnounUS /great/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading A REPLY, BY SHERIDAN, TO DELANY I like your collyrium, Take my eyes, sir, and clear ye 'um, 'Twill gain you a great reputation; By this you may rise, Like the doctor so wise,[1] Who open'd the eyes of the nation.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Your water so far goes, 'Twould serve for an Argus, Were all his whole hundred sore; So many we read He had in his head, Or Ovid's a son of a whore.
handsplural nounUS /hændz/
members of a ship’s crew
From this reading And these, I must tell ye, Are bigger than its belly;-- You know, there’s in Livy a story Of the hands and the feet Denying of meat,-- Don't I write in the dark like a Tory?
HepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Your water so far goes, 'Twould serve for an Argus, Were all his whole hundred sore; So many we read He had in his head, Or Ovid's a son of a whore.
head
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From this reading Your water so far goes, 'Twould serve for an Argus, Were all his whole hundred sore; So many we read He had in his head, Or Ovid's a son of a whore.
Helsham
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From this reading [Footnote 1: Dr. Richard Helsham.]
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Your water so far goes, 'Twould serve for an Argus, Were all his whole hundred sore; So many we read He had in his head, Or Ovid's a son of a whore.
hundred
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From this reading Your water so far goes, 'Twould serve for an Argus, Were all his whole hundred sore; So many we read He had in his head, Or Ovid's a son of a whore.
ipronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading [Footnote 2: See "The Country Life," i, 140.]
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading And these, I must tell ye, Are bigger than its belly;-- You know, there’s in Livy a story Of the hands and the feet Denying of meat,-- Don't I write in the dark like a Tory?
itsdeterminerUS /ɪts/
belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned
From this reading And these, I must tell ye, Are bigger than its belly;-- You know, there’s in Livy a story Of the hands and the feet Denying of meat,-- Don't I write in the dark like a Tory?
knownounUS /know/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading And these, I must tell ye, Are bigger than its belly;-- You know, there’s in Livy a story Of the hands and the feet Denying of meat,-- Don't I write in the dark like a Tory?
LifenounUS /life/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading [Footnote 2: See "The Country Life," i, 140.]
like
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From this reading A REPLY, BY SHERIDAN, TO DELANY I like your collyrium, Take my eyes, sir, and clear ye 'um, 'Twill gain you a great reputation; By this you may rise, Like the doctor so wise,[1] Who open'd the eyes of the nation.
Livy
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From this reading And these, I must tell ye, Are bigger than its belly;-- You know, there’s in Livy a story Of the hands and the feet Denying of meat,-- Don't I write in the dark like a Tory?
many
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From this reading Your water so far goes, 'Twould serve for an Argus, Were all his whole hundred sore; So many we read He had in his head, Or Ovid's a son of a whore.
maymodal verbUS /meɪ/
used to say something is possible, or to give permission
From this reading A REPLY, BY SHERIDAN, TO DELANY I like your collyrium, Take my eyes, sir, and clear ye 'um, 'Twill gain you a great reputation; By this you may rise, Like the doctor so wise,[1] Who open'd the eyes of the nation.
meat
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From this reading And these, I must tell ye, Are bigger than its belly;-- You know, there’s in Livy a story Of the hands and the feet Denying of meat,-- Don't I write in the dark like a Tory?
mustmodal verbUS /mʌst/
used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true
From this reading And these, I must tell ye, Are bigger than its belly;-- You know, there’s in Livy a story Of the hands and the feet Denying of meat,-- Don't I write in the dark like a Tory?
mydeterminerUS /maɪ/
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading A REPLY, BY SHERIDAN, TO DELANY I like your collyrium, Take my eyes, sir, and clear ye 'um, 'Twill gain you a great reputation; By this you may rise, Like the doctor so wise,[1] Who open'd the eyes of the nation.
nation
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From this reading A REPLY, BY SHERIDAN, TO DELANY I like your collyrium, Take my eyes, sir, and clear ye 'um, 'Twill gain you a great reputation; By this you may rise, Like the doctor so wise,[1] Who open'd the eyes of the nation.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading A REPLY, BY SHERIDAN, TO DELANY I like your collyrium, Take my eyes, sir, and clear ye 'um, 'Twill gain you a great reputation; By this you may rise, Like the doctor so wise,[1] Who open'd the eyes of the nation.
open'd
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From this reading A REPLY, BY SHERIDAN, TO DELANY I like your collyrium, Take my eyes, sir, and clear ye 'um, 'Twill gain you a great reputation; By this you may rise, Like the doctor so wise,[1] Who open'd the eyes of the nation.
OrconjunctionUS /ɔːr/
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading Your water so far goes, 'Twould serve for an Argus, Were all his whole hundred sore; So many we read He had in his head, Or Ovid's a son of a whore.
Ovid's
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From this reading Your water so far goes, 'Twould serve for an Argus, Were all his whole hundred sore; So many we read He had in his head, Or Ovid's a son of a whore.
read
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From this reading Your water so far goes, 'Twould serve for an Argus, Were all his whole hundred sore; So many we read He had in his head, Or Ovid's a son of a whore.
REPLY
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From this reading A REPLY, BY SHERIDAN, TO DELANY I like your collyrium, Take my eyes, sir, and clear ye 'um, 'Twill gain you a great reputation; By this you may rise, Like the doctor so wise,[1] Who open'd the eyes of the nation.
reputation
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From this reading A REPLY, BY SHERIDAN, TO DELANY I like your collyrium, Take my eyes, sir, and clear ye 'um, 'Twill gain you a great reputation; By this you may rise, Like the doctor so wise,[1] Who open'd the eyes of the nation.
Richard
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From this reading [Footnote 1: Dr. Richard Helsham.]
rise
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From this reading A REPLY, BY SHERIDAN, TO DELANY I like your collyrium, Take my eyes, sir, and clear ye 'um, 'Twill gain you a great reputation; By this you may rise, Like the doctor so wise,[1] Who open'd the eyes of the nation.
See
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From this reading [Footnote 2: See "The Country Life," i, 140.]
serve
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From this reading Your water so far goes, 'Twould serve for an Argus, Were all his whole hundred sore; So many we read He had in his head, Or Ovid's a son of a whore.
SHERIDAN
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From this reading A REPLY, BY SHERIDAN, TO DELANY I like your collyrium, Take my eyes, sir, and clear ye 'um, 'Twill gain you a great reputation; By this you may rise, Like the doctor so wise,[1] Who open'd the eyes of the nation.
sir
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From this reading A REPLY, BY SHERIDAN, TO DELANY I like your collyrium, Take my eyes, sir, and clear ye 'um, 'Twill gain you a great reputation; By this you may rise, Like the doctor so wise,[1] Who open'd the eyes of the nation.
soconjunctionUS /soʊ/
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading A REPLY, BY SHERIDAN, TO DELANY I like your collyrium, Take my eyes, sir, and clear ye 'um, 'Twill gain you a great reputation; By this you may rise, Like the doctor so wise,[1] Who open'd the eyes of the nation.
son
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From this reading Your water so far goes, 'Twould serve for an Argus, Were all his whole hundred sore; So many we read He had in his head, Or Ovid's a son of a whore.
sore
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From this reading Your water so far goes, 'Twould serve for an Argus, Were all his whole hundred sore; So many we read He had in his head, Or Ovid's a son of a whore.
story
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From this reading And these, I must tell ye, Are bigger than its belly;-- You know, there’s in Livy a story Of the hands and the feet Denying of meat,-- Don't I write in the dark like a Tory?
TakenounUS /take/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading A REPLY, BY SHERIDAN, TO DELANY I like your collyrium, Take my eyes, sir, and clear ye 'um, 'Twill gain you a great reputation; By this you may rise, Like the doctor so wise,[1] Who open'd the eyes of the nation.
tellnounUS /tell/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading And these, I must tell ye, Are bigger than its belly;-- You know, there’s in Livy a story Of the hands and the feet Denying of meat,-- Don't I write in the dark like a Tory?
thanconjunctionUS /ðæn/
used to introduce the second part of a comparison
From this reading And these, I must tell ye, Are bigger than its belly;-- You know, there’s in Livy a story Of the hands and the feet Denying of meat,-- Don't I write in the dark like a Tory?
ThedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading [Footnote 2: See "The Country Life," i, 140.]
there's
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From this reading And these, I must tell ye, Are bigger than its belly;-- You know, there’s in Livy a story Of the hands and the feet Denying of meat,-- Don't I write in the dark like a Tory?
thesedeterminerUS /ðiːz/
the plural of “this”: the people or things near, or just mentioned
From this reading And these, I must tell ye, Are bigger than its belly;-- You know, there’s in Livy a story Of the hands and the feet Denying of meat,-- Don't I write in the dark like a Tory?
thisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading A REPLY, BY SHERIDAN, TO DELANY I like your collyrium, Take my eyes, sir, and clear ye 'um, 'Twill gain you a great reputation; By this you may rise, Like the doctor so wise,[1] Who open'd the eyes of the nation.
TOparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading A REPLY, BY SHERIDAN, TO DELANY I like your collyrium, Take my eyes, sir, and clear ye 'um, 'Twill gain you a great reputation; By this you may rise, Like the doctor so wise,[1] Who open'd the eyes of the nation.
Tory
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From this reading And these, I must tell ye, Are bigger than its belly;-- You know, there’s in Livy a story Of the hands and the feet Denying of meat,-- Don't I write in the dark like a Tory?
Twill
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From this reading A REPLY, BY SHERIDAN, TO DELANY I like your collyrium, Take my eyes, sir, and clear ye 'um, 'Twill gain you a great reputation; By this you may rise, Like the doctor so wise,[1] Who open'd the eyes of the nation.
Twould
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From this reading Your water so far goes, 'Twould serve for an Argus, Were all his whole hundred sore; So many we read He had in his head, Or Ovid's a son of a whore.
um
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From this reading A REPLY, BY SHERIDAN, TO DELANY I like your collyrium, Take my eyes, sir, and clear ye 'um, 'Twill gain you a great reputation; By this you may rise, Like the doctor so wise,[1] Who open'd the eyes of the nation.
water
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From this reading Your water so far goes, 'Twould serve for an Argus, Were all his whole hundred sore; So many we read He had in his head, Or Ovid's a son of a whore.
wepronounUS /wiː/
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading Your water so far goes, 'Twould serve for an Argus, Were all his whole hundred sore; So many we read He had in his head, Or Ovid's a son of a whore.
Wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading Your water so far goes, 'Twould serve for an Argus, Were all his whole hundred sore; So many we read He had in his head, Or Ovid's a son of a whore.
WhopronounUS /huː/
which person or people
From this reading A REPLY, BY SHERIDAN, TO DELANY I like your collyrium, Take my eyes, sir, and clear ye 'um, 'Twill gain you a great reputation; By this you may rise, Like the doctor so wise,[1] Who open'd the eyes of the nation.
whole
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From this reading Your water so far goes, 'Twould serve for an Argus, Were all his whole hundred sore; So many we read He had in his head, Or Ovid's a son of a whore.
whore
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From this reading Your water so far goes, 'Twould serve for an Argus, Were all his whole hundred sore; So many we read He had in his head, Or Ovid's a son of a whore.
wise
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From this reading A REPLY, BY SHERIDAN, TO DELANY I like your collyrium, Take my eyes, sir, and clear ye 'um, 'Twill gain you a great reputation; By this you may rise, Like the doctor so wise,[1] Who open'd the eyes of the nation.
write
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From this reading And these, I must tell ye, Are bigger than its belly;-- You know, there’s in Livy a story Of the hands and the feet Denying of meat,-- Don't I write in the dark like a Tory?
yepronounUS /jiː/
an old word for “you”, speaking to more than one person
From this reading A REPLY, BY SHERIDAN, TO DELANY I like your collyrium, Take my eyes, sir, and clear ye 'um, 'Twill gain you a great reputation; By this you may rise, Like the doctor so wise,[1] Who open'd the eyes of the nation.
youpronounUS /juː/
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading A REPLY, BY SHERIDAN, TO DELANY I like your collyrium, Take my eyes, sir, and clear ye 'um, 'Twill gain you a great reputation; By this you may rise, Like the doctor so wise,[1] Who open'd the eyes of the nation.
yourdeterminerUS /jɔːr/
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading A REPLY, BY SHERIDAN, TO DELANY I like your collyrium, Take my eyes, sir, and clear ye 'um, 'Twill gain you a great reputation; By this you may rise, Like the doctor so wise,[1] Who open'd the eyes of the nation.
