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adeterminerUS /ə/
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading But Dick was grown too important a man to make any such proposal possible.
accompany
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From this reading I think, had Dick been still at the rafts at Eton, his young patron would have proposed to him to accompany him to Italy in that curious relationship which exists in the novel and drama, and could perhaps exist in former generations, but not now, among men--as romantic humble servant and companion.
acquaintances
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From this reading He met, I need not add, friends at every corner--old “Eton fellows,” comrades from Oxford, crowds of acquaintances of his own class and kind--a peculiarity of the present age which is often very pleasant for the traveller, but altogether destroys the strangeness, the novelty, the characteristic charm, of a journey through a foreign country.
acrossprepositionUS /əˈkrɔːs/
from one side of something to the other
From this reading Valentine dallied a little in Paris, which he saw for the first time, and made his way in leisurely manner across France, and along the beautiful Cornice road, as people used to do in the days before railways were at all general, or the Mont Cenis tunnel had been thought of.
add
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From this reading He met, I need not add, friends at every corner--old “Eton fellows,” comrades from Oxford, crowds of acquaintances of his own class and kind--a peculiarity of the present age which is often very pleasant for the traveller, but altogether destroys the strangeness, the novelty, the characteristic charm, of a journey through a foreign country.
age
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From this reading He met, I need not add, friends at every corner--old “Eton fellows,” comrades from Oxford, crowds of acquaintances of his own class and kind--a peculiarity of the present age which is often very pleasant for the traveller, but altogether destroys the strangeness, the novelty, the characteristic charm, of a journey through a foreign country.
all
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From this reading Valentine dallied a little in Paris, which he saw for the first time, and made his way in leisurely manner across France, and along the beautiful Cornice road, as people used to do in the days before railways were at all general, or the Mont Cenis tunnel had been thought of.
alongprepositionUS /əˈlɔːŋ/
following the length of something from one end toward the other
From this reading Valentine dallied a little in Paris, which he saw for the first time, and made his way in leisurely manner across France, and along the beautiful Cornice road, as people used to do in the days before railways were at all general, or the Mont Cenis tunnel had been thought of.
altogether
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From this reading He met, I need not add, friends at every corner--old “Eton fellows,” comrades from Oxford, crowds of acquaintances of his own class and kind--a peculiarity of the present age which is often very pleasant for the traveller, but altogether destroys the strangeness, the novelty, the characteristic charm, of a journey through a foreign country.
amongprepositionUS /əˈmʌŋ/
surrounded by; in the middle of a group
From this reading I think, had Dick been still at the rafts at Eton, his young patron would have proposed to him to accompany him to Italy in that curious relationship which exists in the novel and drama, and could perhaps exist in former generations, but not now, among men--as romantic humble servant and companion.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading I think, had Dick been still at the rafts at Eton, his young patron would have proposed to him to accompany him to Italy in that curious relationship which exists in the novel and drama, and could perhaps exist in former generations, but not now, among men--as romantic humble servant and companion.
any
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From this reading Valentine went off gaily upon his journey, without any thought of the tragic elements he had left behind him.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading I think, had Dick been still at the rafts at Eton, his young patron would have proposed to him to accompany him to Italy in that curious relationship which exists in the novel and drama, and could perhaps exist in former generations, but not now, among men--as romantic humble servant and companion.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading I think, had Dick been still at the rafts at Eton, his young patron would have proposed to him to accompany him to Italy in that curious relationship which exists in the novel and drama, and could perhaps exist in former generations, but not now, among men--as romantic humble servant and companion.
beautiful
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From this reading Valentine dallied a little in Paris, which he saw for the first time, and made his way in leisurely manner across France, and along the beautiful Cornice road, as people used to do in the days before railways were at all general, or the Mont Cenis tunnel had been thought of.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading I think, had Dick been still at the rafts at Eton, his young patron would have proposed to him to accompany him to Italy in that curious relationship which exists in the novel and drama, and could perhaps exist in former generations, but not now, among men--as romantic humble servant and companion.
beforeprepositionUS /bɪˈfɔːr/
earlier than; in front of
From this reading Valentine dallied a little in Paris, which he saw for the first time, and made his way in leisurely manner across France, and along the beautiful Cornice road, as people used to do in the days before railways were at all general, or the Mont Cenis tunnel had been thought of.
behindprepositionUS /bɪˈhaɪnd/
at or toward the back of something
From this reading Valentine went off gaily upon his journey, without any thought of the tragic elements he had left behind him.
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading I think, had Dick been still at the rafts at Eton, his young patron would have proposed to him to accompany him to Italy in that curious relationship which exists in the novel and drama, and could perhaps exist in former generations, but not now, among men--as romantic humble servant and companion.
Cenis
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From this reading Valentine dallied a little in Paris, which he saw for the first time, and made his way in leisurely manner across France, and along the beautiful Cornice road, as people used to do in the days before railways were at all general, or the Mont Cenis tunnel had been thought of.
characteristic
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From this reading He met, I need not add, friends at every corner--old “Eton fellows,” comrades from Oxford, crowds of acquaintances of his own class and kind--a peculiarity of the present age which is often very pleasant for the traveller, but altogether destroys the strangeness, the novelty, the characteristic charm, of a journey through a foreign country.
charm
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From this reading He met, I need not add, friends at every corner--old “Eton fellows,” comrades from Oxford, crowds of acquaintances of his own class and kind--a peculiarity of the present age which is often very pleasant for the traveller, but altogether destroys the strangeness, the novelty, the characteristic charm, of a journey through a foreign country.
class
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From this reading He met, I need not add, friends at every corner--old “Eton fellows,” comrades from Oxford, crowds of acquaintances of his own class and kind--a peculiarity of the present age which is often very pleasant for the traveller, but altogether destroys the strangeness, the novelty, the characteristic charm, of a journey through a foreign country.
companion
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From this reading I think, had Dick been still at the rafts at Eton, his young patron would have proposed to him to accompany him to Italy in that curious relationship which exists in the novel and drama, and could perhaps exist in former generations, but not now, among men--as romantic humble servant and companion.
comradesnounUS /ˈkɑːmrædz/
people who share difficult work or danger, especially soldiers
From this reading He met, I need not add, friends at every corner--old “Eton fellows,” comrades from Oxford, crowds of acquaintances of his own class and kind--a peculiarity of the present age which is often very pleasant for the traveller, but altogether destroys the strangeness, the novelty, the characteristic charm, of a journey through a foreign country.
corner
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From this reading He met, I need not add, friends at every corner--old “Eton fellows,” comrades from Oxford, crowds of acquaintances of his own class and kind--a peculiarity of the present age which is often very pleasant for the traveller, but altogether destroys the strangeness, the novelty, the characteristic charm, of a journey through a foreign country.
Cornice
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From this reading Valentine dallied a little in Paris, which he saw for the first time, and made his way in leisurely manner across France, and along the beautiful Cornice road, as people used to do in the days before railways were at all general, or the Mont Cenis tunnel had been thought of.
couldmodal verbUS /kʊd/
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading I think, had Dick been still at the rafts at Eton, his young patron would have proposed to him to accompany him to Italy in that curious relationship which exists in the novel and drama, and could perhaps exist in former generations, but not now, among men--as romantic humble servant and companion.
country
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From this reading He met, I need not add, friends at every corner--old “Eton fellows,” comrades from Oxford, crowds of acquaintances of his own class and kind--a peculiarity of the present age which is often very pleasant for the traveller, but altogether destroys the strangeness, the novelty, the characteristic charm, of a journey through a foreign country.
crowds
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From this reading He met, I need not add, friends at every corner--old “Eton fellows,” comrades from Oxford, crowds of acquaintances of his own class and kind--a peculiarity of the present age which is often very pleasant for the traveller, but altogether destroys the strangeness, the novelty, the characteristic charm, of a journey through a foreign country.
curious
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From this reading I think, had Dick been still at the rafts at Eton, his young patron would have proposed to him to accompany him to Italy in that curious relationship which exists in the novel and drama, and could perhaps exist in former generations, but not now, among men--as romantic humble servant and companion.
dallied
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From this reading Valentine dallied a little in Paris, which he saw for the first time, and made his way in leisurely manner across France, and along the beautiful Cornice road, as people used to do in the days before railways were at all general, or the Mont Cenis tunnel had been thought of.
days
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From this reading Valentine dallied a little in Paris, which he saw for the first time, and made his way in leisurely manner across France, and along the beautiful Cornice road, as people used to do in the days before railways were at all general, or the Mont Cenis tunnel had been thought of.
destroys
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From this reading He met, I need not add, friends at every corner--old “Eton fellows,” comrades from Oxford, crowds of acquaintances of his own class and kind--a peculiarity of the present age which is often very pleasant for the traveller, but altogether destroys the strangeness, the novelty, the characteristic charm, of a journey through a foreign country.
Dick
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From this reading I think, had Dick been still at the rafts at Eton, his young patron would have proposed to him to accompany him to Italy in that curious relationship which exists in the novel and drama, and could perhaps exist in former generations, but not now, among men--as romantic humble servant and companion.
doauxiliary verbUS /duː/
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading Valentine dallied a little in Paris, which he saw for the first time, and made his way in leisurely manner across France, and along the beautiful Cornice road, as people used to do in the days before railways were at all general, or the Mont Cenis tunnel had been thought of.
drama
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From this reading I think, had Dick been still at the rafts at Eton, his young patron would have proposed to him to accompany him to Italy in that curious relationship which exists in the novel and drama, and could perhaps exist in former generations, but not now, among men--as romantic humble servant and companion.
elements
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From this reading Valentine went off gaily upon his journey, without any thought of the tragic elements he had left behind him.
Eton
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From this reading I think, had Dick been still at the rafts at Eton, his young patron would have proposed to him to accompany him to Italy in that curious relationship which exists in the novel and drama, and could perhaps exist in former generations, but not now, among men--as romantic humble servant and companion.
everydeterminerUS /ˈevəri/
all the members of a group, with none left out
From this reading He met, I need not add, friends at every corner--old “Eton fellows,” comrades from Oxford, crowds of acquaintances of his own class and kind--a peculiarity of the present age which is often very pleasant for the traveller, but altogether destroys the strangeness, the novelty, the characteristic charm, of a journey through a foreign country.
exist
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From this reading I think, had Dick been still at the rafts at Eton, his young patron would have proposed to him to accompany him to Italy in that curious relationship which exists in the novel and drama, and could perhaps exist in former generations, but not now, among men--as romantic humble servant and companion.
exists
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From this reading I think, had Dick been still at the rafts at Eton, his young patron would have proposed to him to accompany him to Italy in that curious relationship which exists in the novel and drama, and could perhaps exist in former generations, but not now, among men--as romantic humble servant and companion.
fellows
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From this reading He met, I need not add, friends at every corner--old “Eton fellows,” comrades from Oxford, crowds of acquaintances of his own class and kind--a peculiarity of the present age which is often very pleasant for the traveller, but altogether destroys the strangeness, the novelty, the characteristic charm, of a journey through a foreign country.
firstnounUS /first/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Valentine dallied a little in Paris, which he saw for the first time, and made his way in leisurely manner across France, and along the beautiful Cornice road, as people used to do in the days before railways were at all general, or the Mont Cenis tunnel had been thought of.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading Valentine dallied a little in Paris, which he saw for the first time, and made his way in leisurely manner across France, and along the beautiful Cornice road, as people used to do in the days before railways were at all general, or the Mont Cenis tunnel had been thought of.
foreign
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From this reading He met, I need not add, friends at every corner--old “Eton fellows,” comrades from Oxford, crowds of acquaintances of his own class and kind--a peculiarity of the present age which is often very pleasant for the traveller, but altogether destroys the strangeness, the novelty, the characteristic charm, of a journey through a foreign country.
former
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From this reading I think, had Dick been still at the rafts at Eton, his young patron would have proposed to him to accompany him to Italy in that curious relationship which exists in the novel and drama, and could perhaps exist in former generations, but not now, among men--as romantic humble servant and companion.
France
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From this reading Valentine dallied a little in Paris, which he saw for the first time, and made his way in leisurely manner across France, and along the beautiful Cornice road, as people used to do in the days before railways were at all general, or the Mont Cenis tunnel had been thought of.
friends
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From this reading He met, I need not add, friends at every corner--old “Eton fellows,” comrades from Oxford, crowds of acquaintances of his own class and kind--a peculiarity of the present age which is often very pleasant for the traveller, but altogether destroys the strangeness, the novelty, the characteristic charm, of a journey through a foreign country.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading He met, I need not add, friends at every corner--old “Eton fellows,” comrades from Oxford, crowds of acquaintances of his own class and kind--a peculiarity of the present age which is often very pleasant for the traveller, but altogether destroys the strangeness, the novelty, the characteristic charm, of a journey through a foreign country.
gaily
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From this reading Valentine went off gaily upon his journey, without any thought of the tragic elements he had left behind him.
general
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From this reading Valentine dallied a little in Paris, which he saw for the first time, and made his way in leisurely manner across France, and along the beautiful Cornice road, as people used to do in the days before railways were at all general, or the Mont Cenis tunnel had been thought of.
generations
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From this reading I think, had Dick been still at the rafts at Eton, his young patron would have proposed to him to accompany him to Italy in that curious relationship which exists in the novel and drama, and could perhaps exist in former generations, but not now, among men--as romantic humble servant and companion.
grown
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From this reading But Dick was grown too important a man to make any such proposal possible.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Valentine went off gaily upon his journey, without any thought of the tragic elements he had left behind him.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading I think, had Dick been still at the rafts at Eton, his young patron would have proposed to him to accompany him to Italy in that curious relationship which exists in the novel and drama, and could perhaps exist in former generations, but not now, among men--as romantic humble servant and companion.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Valentine went off gaily upon his journey, without any thought of the tragic elements he had left behind him.
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Valentine went off gaily upon his journey, without any thought of the tragic elements he had left behind him.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Valentine went off gaily upon his journey, without any thought of the tragic elements he had left behind him.
humble
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From this reading I think, had Dick been still at the rafts at Eton, his young patron would have proposed to him to accompany him to Italy in that curious relationship which exists in the novel and drama, and could perhaps exist in former generations, but not now, among men--as romantic humble servant and companion.
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I think, had Dick been still at the rafts at Eton, his young patron would have proposed to him to accompany him to Italy in that curious relationship which exists in the novel and drama, and could perhaps exist in former generations, but not now, among men--as romantic humble servant and companion.
important
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From this reading But Dick was grown too important a man to make any such proposal possible.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading I think, had Dick been still at the rafts at Eton, his young patron would have proposed to him to accompany him to Italy in that curious relationship which exists in the novel and drama, and could perhaps exist in former generations, but not now, among men--as romantic humble servant and companion.
isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading He met, I need not add, friends at every corner--old “Eton fellows,” comrades from Oxford, crowds of acquaintances of his own class and kind--a peculiarity of the present age which is often very pleasant for the traveller, but altogether destroys the strangeness, the novelty, the characteristic charm, of a journey through a foreign country.
Italy
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From this reading I think, had Dick been still at the rafts at Eton, his young patron would have proposed to him to accompany him to Italy in that curious relationship which exists in the novel and drama, and could perhaps exist in former generations, but not now, among men--as romantic humble servant and companion.
journeynounUS /ˈjourney/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading Valentine went off gaily upon his journey, without any thought of the tragic elements he had left behind him.
kind
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From this reading He met, I need not add, friends at every corner--old “Eton fellows,” comrades from Oxford, crowds of acquaintances of his own class and kind--a peculiarity of the present age which is often very pleasant for the traveller, but altogether destroys the strangeness, the novelty, the characteristic charm, of a journey through a foreign country.
leftnounUS /left/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Valentine went off gaily upon his journey, without any thought of the tragic elements he had left behind him.
leisurely
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From this reading Valentine dallied a little in Paris, which he saw for the first time, and made his way in leisurely manner across France, and along the beautiful Cornice road, as people used to do in the days before railways were at all general, or the Mont Cenis tunnel had been thought of.
littlenounUS /little/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Valentine dallied a little in Paris, which he saw for the first time, and made his way in leisurely manner across France, and along the beautiful Cornice road, as people used to do in the days before railways were at all general, or the Mont Cenis tunnel had been thought of.
made
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From this reading Valentine dallied a little in Paris, which he saw for the first time, and made his way in leisurely manner across France, and along the beautiful Cornice road, as people used to do in the days before railways were at all general, or the Mont Cenis tunnel had been thought of.
makenounUS /make/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading But Dick was grown too important a man to make any such proposal possible.
man
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From this reading But Dick was grown too important a man to make any such proposal possible.
manner
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From this reading Valentine dallied a little in Paris, which he saw for the first time, and made his way in leisurely manner across France, and along the beautiful Cornice road, as people used to do in the days before railways were at all general, or the Mont Cenis tunnel had been thought of.
men
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From this reading I think, had Dick been still at the rafts at Eton, his young patron would have proposed to him to accompany him to Italy in that curious relationship which exists in the novel and drama, and could perhaps exist in former generations, but not now, among men--as romantic humble servant and companion.
met
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From this reading He met, I need not add, friends at every corner--old “Eton fellows,” comrades from Oxford, crowds of acquaintances of his own class and kind--a peculiarity of the present age which is often very pleasant for the traveller, but altogether destroys the strangeness, the novelty, the characteristic charm, of a journey through a foreign country.
Mont
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From this reading Valentine dallied a little in Paris, which he saw for the first time, and made his way in leisurely manner across France, and along the beautiful Cornice road, as people used to do in the days before railways were at all general, or the Mont Cenis tunnel had been thought of.
neednounUS /need/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading He met, I need not add, friends at every corner--old “Eton fellows,” comrades from Oxford, crowds of acquaintances of his own class and kind--a peculiarity of the present age which is often very pleasant for the traveller, but altogether destroys the strangeness, the novelty, the characteristic charm, of a journey through a foreign country.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading I think, had Dick been still at the rafts at Eton, his young patron would have proposed to him to accompany him to Italy in that curious relationship which exists in the novel and drama, and could perhaps exist in former generations, but not now, among men--as romantic humble servant and companion.
novel
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From this reading I think, had Dick been still at the rafts at Eton, his young patron would have proposed to him to accompany him to Italy in that curious relationship which exists in the novel and drama, and could perhaps exist in former generations, but not now, among men--as romantic humble servant and companion.
novelty
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From this reading He met, I need not add, friends at every corner--old “Eton fellows,” comrades from Oxford, crowds of acquaintances of his own class and kind--a peculiarity of the present age which is often very pleasant for the traveller, but altogether destroys the strangeness, the novelty, the characteristic charm, of a journey through a foreign country.
now
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From this reading I think, had Dick been still at the rafts at Eton, his young patron would have proposed to him to accompany him to Italy in that curious relationship which exists in the novel and drama, and could perhaps exist in former generations, but not now, among men--as romantic humble servant and companion.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Valentine went off gaily upon his journey, without any thought of the tragic elements he had left behind him.
off
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From this reading Valentine went off gaily upon his journey, without any thought of the tragic elements he had left behind him.
often
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From this reading He met, I need not add, friends at every corner--old “Eton fellows,” comrades from Oxford, crowds of acquaintances of his own class and kind--a peculiarity of the present age which is often very pleasant for the traveller, but altogether destroys the strangeness, the novelty, the characteristic charm, of a journey through a foreign country.
old
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From this reading He met, I need not add, friends at every corner--old “Eton fellows,” comrades from Oxford, crowds of acquaintances of his own class and kind--a peculiarity of the present age which is often very pleasant for the traveller, but altogether destroys the strangeness, the novelty, the characteristic charm, of a journey through a foreign country.
orconjunctionUS /ɔːr/
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading Valentine dallied a little in Paris, which he saw for the first time, and made his way in leisurely manner across France, and along the beautiful Cornice road, as people used to do in the days before railways were at all general, or the Mont Cenis tunnel had been thought of.
own
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From this reading He met, I need not add, friends at every corner--old “Eton fellows,” comrades from Oxford, crowds of acquaintances of his own class and kind--a peculiarity of the present age which is often very pleasant for the traveller, but altogether destroys the strangeness, the novelty, the characteristic charm, of a journey through a foreign country.
Oxford
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From this reading He met, I need not add, friends at every corner--old “Eton fellows,” comrades from Oxford, crowds of acquaintances of his own class and kind--a peculiarity of the present age which is often very pleasant for the traveller, but altogether destroys the strangeness, the novelty, the characteristic charm, of a journey through a foreign country.
Paris
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From this reading Valentine dallied a little in Paris, which he saw for the first time, and made his way in leisurely manner across France, and along the beautiful Cornice road, as people used to do in the days before railways were at all general, or the Mont Cenis tunnel had been thought of.
patron
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From this reading I think, had Dick been still at the rafts at Eton, his young patron would have proposed to him to accompany him to Italy in that curious relationship which exists in the novel and drama, and could perhaps exist in former generations, but not now, among men--as romantic humble servant and companion.
peculiarity
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From this reading He met, I need not add, friends at every corner--old “Eton fellows,” comrades from Oxford, crowds of acquaintances of his own class and kind--a peculiarity of the present age which is often very pleasant for the traveller, but altogether destroys the strangeness, the novelty, the characteristic charm, of a journey through a foreign country.
people
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From this reading Valentine dallied a little in Paris, which he saw for the first time, and made his way in leisurely manner across France, and along the beautiful Cornice road, as people used to do in the days before railways were at all general, or the Mont Cenis tunnel had been thought of.
perhaps
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From this reading I think, had Dick been still at the rafts at Eton, his young patron would have proposed to him to accompany him to Italy in that curious relationship which exists in the novel and drama, and could perhaps exist in former generations, but not now, among men--as romantic humble servant and companion.
pleasantnounUS /pleasant/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading He met, I need not add, friends at every corner--old “Eton fellows,” comrades from Oxford, crowds of acquaintances of his own class and kind--a peculiarity of the present age which is often very pleasant for the traveller, but altogether destroys the strangeness, the novelty, the characteristic charm, of a journey through a foreign country.
possible
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From this reading But Dick was grown too important a man to make any such proposal possible.
present
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From this reading He met, I need not add, friends at every corner--old “Eton fellows,” comrades from Oxford, crowds of acquaintances of his own class and kind--a peculiarity of the present age which is often very pleasant for the traveller, but altogether destroys the strangeness, the novelty, the characteristic charm, of a journey through a foreign country.
proposal
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From this reading But Dick was grown too important a man to make any such proposal possible.
proposed
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From this reading I think, had Dick been still at the rafts at Eton, his young patron would have proposed to him to accompany him to Italy in that curious relationship which exists in the novel and drama, and could perhaps exist in former generations, but not now, among men--as romantic humble servant and companion.
rafts
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From this reading I think, had Dick been still at the rafts at Eton, his young patron would have proposed to him to accompany him to Italy in that curious relationship which exists in the novel and drama, and could perhaps exist in former generations, but not now, among men--as romantic humble servant and companion.
railways
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From this reading Valentine dallied a little in Paris, which he saw for the first time, and made his way in leisurely manner across France, and along the beautiful Cornice road, as people used to do in the days before railways were at all general, or the Mont Cenis tunnel had been thought of.
relationship
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From this reading I think, had Dick been still at the rafts at Eton, his young patron would have proposed to him to accompany him to Italy in that curious relationship which exists in the novel and drama, and could perhaps exist in former generations, but not now, among men--as romantic humble servant and companion.
road
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From this reading Valentine dallied a little in Paris, which he saw for the first time, and made his way in leisurely manner across France, and along the beautiful Cornice road, as people used to do in the days before railways were at all general, or the Mont Cenis tunnel had been thought of.
romantic
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From this reading I think, had Dick been still at the rafts at Eton, his young patron would have proposed to him to accompany him to Italy in that curious relationship which exists in the novel and drama, and could perhaps exist in former generations, but not now, among men--as romantic humble servant and companion.
saw
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From this reading Valentine dallied a little in Paris, which he saw for the first time, and made his way in leisurely manner across France, and along the beautiful Cornice road, as people used to do in the days before railways were at all general, or the Mont Cenis tunnel had been thought of.
servant
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From this reading I think, had Dick been still at the rafts at Eton, his young patron would have proposed to him to accompany him to Italy in that curious relationship which exists in the novel and drama, and could perhaps exist in former generations, but not now, among men--as romantic humble servant and companion.
stillnounUS /still/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading I think, had Dick been still at the rafts at Eton, his young patron would have proposed to him to accompany him to Italy in that curious relationship which exists in the novel and drama, and could perhaps exist in former generations, but not now, among men--as romantic humble servant and companion.
strangeness
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From this reading He met, I need not add, friends at every corner--old “Eton fellows,” comrades from Oxford, crowds of acquaintances of his own class and kind--a peculiarity of the present age which is often very pleasant for the traveller, but altogether destroys the strangeness, the novelty, the characteristic charm, of a journey through a foreign country.
suchdeterminerUS /sʌtʃ/
of the kind already mentioned
From this reading But Dick was grown too important a man to make any such proposal possible.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading I think, had Dick been still at the rafts at Eton, his young patron would have proposed to him to accompany him to Italy in that curious relationship which exists in the novel and drama, and could perhaps exist in former generations, but not now, among men--as romantic humble servant and companion.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Valentine went off gaily upon his journey, without any thought of the tragic elements he had left behind him.
thinknounUS /think/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading I think, had Dick been still at the rafts at Eton, his young patron would have proposed to him to accompany him to Italy in that curious relationship which exists in the novel and drama, and could perhaps exist in former generations, but not now, among men--as romantic humble servant and companion.
thoughtnounUS /thought/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Valentine went off gaily upon his journey, without any thought of the tragic elements he had left behind him.
throughnounUS /ˈthrough/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading He met, I need not add, friends at every corner--old “Eton fellows,” comrades from Oxford, crowds of acquaintances of his own class and kind--a peculiarity of the present age which is often very pleasant for the traveller, but altogether destroys the strangeness, the novelty, the characteristic charm, of a journey through a foreign country.
timenounUS /time/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Valentine dallied a little in Paris, which he saw for the first time, and made his way in leisurely manner across France, and along the beautiful Cornice road, as people used to do in the days before railways were at all general, or the Mont Cenis tunnel had been thought of.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading I think, had Dick been still at the rafts at Eton, his young patron would have proposed to him to accompany him to Italy in that curious relationship which exists in the novel and drama, and could perhaps exist in former generations, but not now, among men--as romantic humble servant and companion.
too
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From this reading But Dick was grown too important a man to make any such proposal possible.
tragic
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From this reading Valentine went off gaily upon his journey, without any thought of the tragic elements he had left behind him.
traveller
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From this reading He met, I need not add, friends at every corner--old “Eton fellows,” comrades from Oxford, crowds of acquaintances of his own class and kind--a peculiarity of the present age which is often very pleasant for the traveller, but altogether destroys the strangeness, the novelty, the characteristic charm, of a journey through a foreign country.
tunnel
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From this reading Valentine dallied a little in Paris, which he saw for the first time, and made his way in leisurely manner across France, and along the beautiful Cornice road, as people used to do in the days before railways were at all general, or the Mont Cenis tunnel had been thought of.
uponprepositionUS /əˈpɑːn/
a formal word for “on”
From this reading Valentine went off gaily upon his journey, without any thought of the tragic elements he had left behind him.
used
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From this reading Valentine dallied a little in Paris, which he saw for the first time, and made his way in leisurely manner across France, and along the beautiful Cornice road, as people used to do in the days before railways were at all general, or the Mont Cenis tunnel had been thought of.
Valentine
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From this reading Valentine went off gaily upon his journey, without any thought of the tragic elements he had left behind him.
very
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From this reading He met, I need not add, friends at every corner--old “Eton fellows,” comrades from Oxford, crowds of acquaintances of his own class and kind--a peculiarity of the present age which is often very pleasant for the traveller, but altogether destroys the strangeness, the novelty, the characteristic charm, of a journey through a foreign country.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading But Dick was grown too important a man to make any such proposal possible.
way
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From this reading Valentine dallied a little in Paris, which he saw for the first time, and made his way in leisurely manner across France, and along the beautiful Cornice road, as people used to do in the days before railways were at all general, or the Mont Cenis tunnel had been thought of.
wentnounUS /went/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Valentine went off gaily upon his journey, without any thought of the tragic elements he had left behind him.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading Valentine dallied a little in Paris, which he saw for the first time, and made his way in leisurely manner across France, and along the beautiful Cornice road, as people used to do in the days before railways were at all general, or the Mont Cenis tunnel had been thought of.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading I think, had Dick been still at the rafts at Eton, his young patron would have proposed to him to accompany him to Italy in that curious relationship which exists in the novel and drama, and could perhaps exist in former generations, but not now, among men--as romantic humble servant and companion.
withoutprepositionUS /wɪˈθaʊt/
not having, not using, or not accompanied by
From this reading Valentine went off gaily upon his journey, without any thought of the tragic elements he had left behind him.
wouldmodal verbUS /wʊd/
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading I think, had Dick been still at the rafts at Eton, his young patron would have proposed to him to accompany him to Italy in that curious relationship which exists in the novel and drama, and could perhaps exist in former generations, but not now, among men--as romantic humble servant and companion.
young
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From this reading I think, had Dick been still at the rafts at Eton, his young patron would have proposed to him to accompany him to Italy in that curious relationship which exists in the novel and drama, and could perhaps exist in former generations, but not now, among men--as romantic humble servant and companion.
