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The Works of Max Beerbohm
The Works of Max Beerbohm

Chapter VIII

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I secured access, without difficulty, to these files.
A whole day I spent in searching the copies issued by this and that journal during the months that Romeo was in Bath.
In the yellow pages of these forgotten prints I came upon many complimentary allusions to Mr. Coates: 'The visitor welcomed (by all our aristocracy) from distant Ind,' 'the ubiquitous,' 'the charitable riche.'
Of his 'forthcoming impersonation of Romeo and Juliet' there were constant puffs, quite in the modern manner.
The accounts of his début all showed that Mr. Pryse Gordon's account of it was fabulous.
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A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.

The Works of Max Beerbohm

Chapter VIII

Reading 1/39 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

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I secured access, without difficulty, to these files.
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A whole day I spent in searching the copies issued by this and that journal during the months that Romeo was in Bath.
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In the yellow pages of these forgotten prints I came upon many complimentary allusions to Mr. Coates: 'The visitor welcomed (by all our aristocracy) from distant Ind,' 'the ubiquitous,' 'the charitable riche.'
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Of his 'forthcoming impersonation of Romeo and Juliet' there were constant puffs, quite in the modern manner.
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The accounts of his début all showed that Mr. Pryse Gordon's account of it was fabulous.

Learner Dictionary

Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, audio, and collocations from this reading.

Accounts noun US /ˈaccounts/

a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage

From this reading “The accounts of his début all showed that Mr. Pryse Gordon's account of it was fabulous.”

Distant adjective US /ˈdɪstənt/

not friendly or close

From this reading “In the yellow pages of these forgotten prints I came upon many complimentary allusions to Mr. Coates: 'The visitor welcomed (by all our aristocracy) from distant Ind,' 'the ubiquitous,' 'the charitable riche.'”

During preposition US /ˈdʊrɪŋ/

all through a period, or at some point within it

From this reading “A whole day I spent in searching the copies issued by this and that journal during the months that Romeo was in Bath.”

Forgotten adjective US /fərˈɡɑːt.n̩/

Not remembered; lapsed from memory.

From this reading “In the yellow pages of these forgotten prints I came upon many complimentary allusions to Mr. Coates: 'The visitor welcomed (by all our aristocracy) from distant Ind,' 'the ubiquitous,' 'the charitable riche.'”

Issued noun US /issued/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “A whole day I spent in searching the copies issued by this and that journal during the months that Romeo was in Bath.”

Quite noun US /quite/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “Of his 'forthcoming impersonation of Romeo and Juliet' there were constant puffs, quite in the modern manner.”

These determiner US /ðiːz/

the plural of “this”: the people or things near, or just mentioned

From this reading “I secured access, without difficulty, to these files.”

Upon preposition US /əˈpɑːn/

a formal word for “on”

From this reading “In the yellow pages of these forgotten prints I came upon many complimentary allusions to Mr. Coates: 'The visitor welcomed (by all our aristocracy) from distant Ind,' 'the ubiquitous,' 'the charitable riche.'”

Without preposition US /wɪˈθaʊt/

not having, not using, or not accompanied by

From this reading “I secured access, without difficulty, to these files.”

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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 A whole day I spent in searching the copies issued by this and that journal during the months that Romeo was in Bath.

access

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From this reading I secured access, without difficulty, to these files.

account

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From this reading The accounts of his début all showed that Mr. Pryse Gordon's account of it was fabulous.

accountsnounUS /ˈaccounts/

a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage

From this reading The accounts of his début all showed that Mr. Pryse Gordon's account of it was fabulous.

all

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From this reading In the yellow pages of these forgotten prints I came upon many complimentary allusions to Mr. Coates: 'The visitor welcomed (by all our aristocracy) from distant Ind,' 'the ubiquitous,' 'the charitable riche.'

allusions

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From this reading In the yellow pages of these forgotten prints I came upon many complimentary allusions to Mr. Coates: 'The visitor welcomed (by all our aristocracy) from distant Ind,' 'the ubiquitous,' 'the charitable riche.'

andconjunctionUS /ənd/

used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together

From this reading A whole day I spent in searching the copies issued by this and that journal during the months that Romeo was in Bath.

aristocracy

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From this reading In the yellow pages of these forgotten prints I came upon many complimentary allusions to Mr. Coates: 'The visitor welcomed (by all our aristocracy) from distant Ind,' 'the ubiquitous,' 'the charitable riche.'

Bath

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From this reading A whole day I spent in searching the copies issued by this and that journal during the months that Romeo was in Bath.

byprepositionUS /baɪ/

showing who or what does the action

From this reading A whole day I spent in searching the copies issued by this and that journal during the months that Romeo was in Bath.

came

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From this reading In the yellow pages of these forgotten prints I came upon many complimentary allusions to Mr. Coates: 'The visitor welcomed (by all our aristocracy) from distant Ind,' 'the ubiquitous,' 'the charitable riche.'

charitable

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From this reading In the yellow pages of these forgotten prints I came upon many complimentary allusions to Mr. Coates: 'The visitor welcomed (by all our aristocracy) from distant Ind,' 'the ubiquitous,' 'the charitable riche.'

Coates

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complimentary

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From this reading In the yellow pages of these forgotten prints I came upon many complimentary allusions to Mr. Coates: 'The visitor welcomed (by all our aristocracy) from distant Ind,' 'the ubiquitous,' 'the charitable riche.'

constant

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From this reading Of his 'forthcoming impersonation of Romeo and Juliet' there were constant puffs, quite in the modern manner.

copies

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From this reading A whole day I spent in searching the copies issued by this and that journal during the months that Romeo was in Bath.

day

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From this reading A whole day I spent in searching the copies issued by this and that journal during the months that Romeo was in Bath.

difficulty

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From this reading I secured access, without difficulty, to these files.

distantadjectiveUS /ˈdɪstənt/

not friendly or close

From this reading In the yellow pages of these forgotten prints I came upon many complimentary allusions to Mr. Coates: 'The visitor welcomed (by all our aristocracy) from distant Ind,' 'the ubiquitous,' 'the charitable riche.'

duringprepositionUS /ˈdʊrɪŋ/

all through a period, or at some point within it

From this reading A whole day I spent in searching the copies issued by this and that journal during the months that Romeo was in Bath.

début

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From this reading The accounts of his début all showed that Mr. Pryse Gordon's account of it was fabulous.

fabulous

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From this reading The accounts of his début all showed that Mr. Pryse Gordon's account of it was fabulous.

files

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From this reading I secured access, without difficulty, to these files.

forgottenadjectiveUS /fərˈɡɑːt.n̩/

Not remembered; lapsed from memory.

From this reading In the yellow pages of these forgotten prints I came upon many complimentary allusions to Mr. Coates: 'The visitor welcomed (by all our aristocracy) from distant Ind,' 'the ubiquitous,' 'the charitable riche.'

forthcoming

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From this reading Of his 'forthcoming impersonation of Romeo and Juliet' there were constant puffs, quite in the modern manner.

fromprepositionUS /frʌm/

showing where something starts, or who sent it

From this reading In the yellow pages of these forgotten prints I came upon many complimentary allusions to Mr. Coates: 'The visitor welcomed (by all our aristocracy) from distant Ind,' 'the ubiquitous,' 'the charitable riche.'

Gordon's

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From this reading The accounts of his début all showed that Mr. Pryse Gordon's account of it was fabulous.

hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/

belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned

From this reading Of his 'forthcoming impersonation of Romeo and Juliet' there were constant puffs, quite in the modern manner.

IpronounUS /aɪ/

the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb

From this reading I secured access, without difficulty, to these files.

impersonation

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From this reading Of his 'forthcoming impersonation of Romeo and Juliet' there were constant puffs, quite in the modern manner.

inprepositionUS /ɪn/

inside something, or within a place, period, or state

From this reading A whole day I spent in searching the copies issued by this and that journal during the months that Romeo was in Bath.

Ind

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From this reading In the yellow pages of these forgotten prints I came upon many complimentary allusions to Mr. Coates: 'The visitor welcomed (by all our aristocracy) from distant Ind,' 'the ubiquitous,' 'the charitable riche.'

issuednounUS /issued/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading A whole day I spent in searching the copies issued by this and that journal during the months that Romeo was in Bath.

itpronounUS /ɪt/

a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned

From this reading The accounts of his début all showed that Mr. Pryse Gordon's account of it was fabulous.

journal

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From this reading A whole day I spent in searching the copies issued by this and that journal during the months that Romeo was in Bath.

Juliet

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From this reading Of his 'forthcoming impersonation of Romeo and Juliet' there were constant puffs, quite in the modern manner.

manner

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From this reading Of his 'forthcoming impersonation of Romeo and Juliet' there were constant puffs, quite in the modern manner.

many

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From this reading In the yellow pages of these forgotten prints I came upon many complimentary allusions to Mr. Coates: 'The visitor welcomed (by all our aristocracy) from distant Ind,' 'the ubiquitous,' 'the charitable riche.'

modern

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From this reading Of his 'forthcoming impersonation of Romeo and Juliet' there were constant puffs, quite in the modern manner.

months

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From this reading A whole day I spent in searching the copies issued by this and that journal during the months that Romeo was in Bath.

Mr

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From this reading In the yellow pages of these forgotten prints I came upon many complimentary allusions to Mr. Coates: 'The visitor welcomed (by all our aristocracy) from distant Ind,' 'the ubiquitous,' 'the charitable riche.'

ofprepositionUS /ʌv/

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

From this reading In the yellow pages of these forgotten prints I came upon many complimentary allusions to Mr. Coates: 'The visitor welcomed (by all our aristocracy) from distant Ind,' 'the ubiquitous,' 'the charitable riche.'

ourdeterminerUS /ˈaʊər/

belonging to the speaker and others

From this reading In the yellow pages of these forgotten prints I came upon many complimentary allusions to Mr. Coates: 'The visitor welcomed (by all our aristocracy) from distant Ind,' 'the ubiquitous,' 'the charitable riche.'

pages

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From this reading In the yellow pages of these forgotten prints I came upon many complimentary allusions to Mr. Coates: 'The visitor welcomed (by all our aristocracy) from distant Ind,' 'the ubiquitous,' 'the charitable riche.'

prints

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From this reading In the yellow pages of these forgotten prints I came upon many complimentary allusions to Mr. Coates: 'The visitor welcomed (by all our aristocracy) from distant Ind,' 'the ubiquitous,' 'the charitable riche.'

Pryse

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From this reading The accounts of his début all showed that Mr. Pryse Gordon's account of it was fabulous.

puffs

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From this reading Of his 'forthcoming impersonation of Romeo and Juliet' there were constant puffs, quite in the modern manner.

quitenounUS /quite/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading Of his 'forthcoming impersonation of Romeo and Juliet' there were constant puffs, quite in the modern manner.

riche

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From this reading In the yellow pages of these forgotten prints I came upon many complimentary allusions to Mr. Coates: 'The visitor welcomed (by all our aristocracy) from distant Ind,' 'the ubiquitous,' 'the charitable riche.'

Romeo

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From this reading A whole day I spent in searching the copies issued by this and that journal during the months that Romeo was in Bath.

searching

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From this reading A whole day I spent in searching the copies issued by this and that journal during the months that Romeo was in Bath.

secured

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From this reading I secured access, without difficulty, to these files.

showed

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From this reading The accounts of his début all showed that Mr. Pryse Gordon's account of it was fabulous.

spent

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From this reading A whole day I spent in searching the copies issued by this and that journal during the months that Romeo was in Bath.

thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/

used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt

From this reading A whole day I spent in searching the copies issued by this and that journal during the months that Romeo was in Bath.

thedeterminerUS /ðə/

used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind

From this reading A whole day I spent in searching the copies issued by this and that journal during the months that Romeo was in Bath.

there

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From this reading Of his 'forthcoming impersonation of Romeo and Juliet' there were constant puffs, quite in the modern manner.

thesedeterminerUS /ðiːz/

the plural of “this”: the people or things near, or just mentioned

From this reading I secured access, without difficulty, to these files.

thisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/

used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned

From this reading A whole day I spent in searching the copies issued by this and that journal during the months that Romeo was in Bath.

toparticleUS /tuː/

used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive

From this reading I secured access, without difficulty, to these files.

ubiquitous

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From this reading In the yellow pages of these forgotten prints I came upon many complimentary allusions to Mr. Coates: 'The visitor welcomed (by all our aristocracy) from distant Ind,' 'the ubiquitous,' 'the charitable riche.'

uponprepositionUS /əˈpɑːn/

a formal word for “on”

From this reading In the yellow pages of these forgotten prints I came upon many complimentary allusions to Mr. Coates: 'The visitor welcomed (by all our aristocracy) from distant Ind,' 'the ubiquitous,' 'the charitable riche.'

visitor

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From this reading In the yellow pages of these forgotten prints I came upon many complimentary allusions to Mr. Coates: 'The visitor welcomed (by all our aristocracy) from distant Ind,' 'the ubiquitous,' 'the charitable riche.'

wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/

the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun

From this reading A whole day I spent in searching the copies issued by this and that journal during the months that Romeo was in Bath.

welcomed

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From this reading In the yellow pages of these forgotten prints I came upon many complimentary allusions to Mr. Coates: 'The visitor welcomed (by all our aristocracy) from distant Ind,' 'the ubiquitous,' 'the charitable riche.'

wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/

the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun

From this reading Of his 'forthcoming impersonation of Romeo and Juliet' there were constant puffs, quite in the modern manner.

whole

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From this reading A whole day I spent in searching the copies issued by this and that journal during the months that Romeo was in Bath.

withoutprepositionUS /wɪˈθaʊt/

not having, not using, or not accompanied by

From this reading I secured access, without difficulty, to these files.

yellow

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From this reading In the yellow pages of these forgotten prints I came upon many complimentary allusions to Mr. Coates: 'The visitor welcomed (by all our aristocracy) from distant Ind,' 'the ubiquitous,' 'the charitable riche.'