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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 To these barbaric seats there came the other day a yellow book with your name on the title, and filled in every page with the exquisite gifts of your art.
Acknowledgments
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From this reading Acknowledgments are due in your name to the publishers of the several magazines from which the papers are collected, viz. _Fraser's_, _Longman's_, the _Magazine of Art_, and _Scribner's_.
ACROSSprepositionUS /əˈkrɔːs/
from one side of something to the other
From this reading ACROSS THE PLAINS _TO PAUL BOURGET_ _Traveller and student and curious as you are, you will never have heard the name of Vailima, most likely not even that of Upolu, and Samoa itself may be strange to your ears.
add
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From this reading Let me take and change your own words: "J'ai beau admirer les autres de toutes mes forces, c'est avec vous que je me complais a vivre."_ _R. L. S_ _Vailima,_ _Upolu,_ _Samoa._ LETTER TO THE AUTHOR MY DEAR STEVENSON, You have trusted me with the choice and arrangement of these papers, written before you departed to the South Seas, and have asked me to add a preface to the volume.
admirer
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From this reading Let me take and change your own words: "J'ai beau admirer les autres de toutes mes forces, c'est avec vous que je me complais a vivre."_ _R. L. S_ _Vailima,_ _Upolu,_ _Samoa._ LETTER TO THE AUTHOR MY DEAR STEVENSON, You have trusted me with the choice and arrangement of these papers, written before you departed to the South Seas, and have asked me to add a preface to the volume.
amauxiliary verbUS /æm/
the form of “be” used with “I”
From this reading But it is your prose the public wish to read, not mine; and I am sure they will willingly be spared the preface.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading ACROSS THE PLAINS _TO PAUL BOURGET_ _Traveller and student and curious as you are, you will never have heard the name of Vailima, most likely not even that of Upolu, and Samoa itself may be strange to your ears.
areauxiliary verbUS /ɑːr/
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading ACROSS THE PLAINS _TO PAUL BOURGET_ _Traveller and student and curious as you are, you will never have heard the name of Vailima, most likely not even that of Upolu, and Samoa itself may be strange to your ears.
arrangement
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From this reading Let me take and change your own words: "J'ai beau admirer les autres de toutes mes forces, c'est avec vous que je me complais a vivre."_ _R. L. S_ _Vailima,_ _Upolu,_ _Samoa._ LETTER TO THE AUTHOR MY DEAR STEVENSON, You have trusted me with the choice and arrangement of these papers, written before you departed to the South Seas, and have asked me to add a preface to the volume.
artauxiliary verbUS /ɑːrt/
an old form of “are”, used with “thou”
From this reading To these barbaric seats there came the other day a yellow book with your name on the title, and filled in every page with the exquisite gifts of your art.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading ACROSS THE PLAINS _TO PAUL BOURGET_ _Traveller and student and curious as you are, you will never have heard the name of Vailima, most likely not even that of Upolu, and Samoa itself may be strange to your ears.
askednounUS /asked/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Let me take and change your own words: "J'ai beau admirer les autres de toutes mes forces, c'est avec vous que je me complais a vivre."_ _R. L. S_ _Vailima,_ _Upolu,_ _Samoa._ LETTER TO THE AUTHOR MY DEAR STEVENSON, You have trusted me with the choice and arrangement of these papers, written before you departed to the South Seas, and have asked me to add a preface to the volume.
AUTHOR
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From this reading Let me take and change your own words: "J'ai beau admirer les autres de toutes mes forces, c'est avec vous que je me complais a vivre."_ _R. L. S_ _Vailima,_ _Upolu,_ _Samoa._ LETTER TO THE AUTHOR MY DEAR STEVENSON, You have trusted me with the choice and arrangement of these papers, written before you departed to the South Seas, and have asked me to add a preface to the volume.
autres
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From this reading Let me take and change your own words: "J'ai beau admirer les autres de toutes mes forces, c'est avec vous que je me complais a vivre."_ _R. L. S_ _Vailima,_ _Upolu,_ _Samoa._ LETTER TO THE AUTHOR MY DEAR STEVENSON, You have trusted me with the choice and arrangement of these papers, written before you departed to the South Seas, and have asked me to add a preface to the volume.
avec
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From this reading Let me take and change your own words: "J'ai beau admirer les autres de toutes mes forces, c'est avec vous que je me complais a vivre."_ _R. L. S_ _Vailima,_ _Upolu,_ _Samoa._ LETTER TO THE AUTHOR MY DEAR STEVENSON, You have trusted me with the choice and arrangement of these papers, written before you departed to the South Seas, and have asked me to add a preface to the volume.
barbaric
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From this reading To these barbaric seats there came the other day a yellow book with your name on the title, and filled in every page with the exquisite gifts of your art.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading ACROSS THE PLAINS _TO PAUL BOURGET_ _Traveller and student and curious as you are, you will never have heard the name of Vailima, most likely not even that of Upolu, and Samoa itself may be strange to your ears.
beau
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From this reading Let me take and change your own words: "J'ai beau admirer les autres de toutes mes forces, c'est avec vous que je me complais a vivre."_ _R. L. S_ _Vailima,_ _Upolu,_ _Samoa._ LETTER TO THE AUTHOR MY DEAR STEVENSON, You have trusted me with the choice and arrangement of these papers, written before you departed to the South Seas, and have asked me to add a preface to the volume.
beforeprepositionUS /bɪˈfɔːr/
earlier than; in front of
From this reading Let me take and change your own words: "J'ai beau admirer les autres de toutes mes forces, c'est avec vous que je me complais a vivre."_ _R. L. S_ _Vailima,_ _Upolu,_ _Samoa._ LETTER TO THE AUTHOR MY DEAR STEVENSON, You have trusted me with the choice and arrangement of these papers, written before you departed to the South Seas, and have asked me to add a preface to the volume.
book
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From this reading To these barbaric seats there came the other day a yellow book with your name on the title, and filled in every page with the exquisite gifts of your art.
BOURGET
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From this reading ACROSS THE PLAINS _TO PAUL BOURGET_ _Traveller and student and curious as you are, you will never have heard the name of Vailima, most likely not even that of Upolu, and Samoa itself may be strange to your ears.
ButconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading But it is your prose the public wish to read, not mine; and I am sure they will willingly be spared the preface.
c'est
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From this reading Let me take and change your own words: "J'ai beau admirer les autres de toutes mes forces, c'est avec vous que je me complais a vivre."_ _R. L. S_ _Vailima,_ _Upolu,_ _Samoa._ LETTER TO THE AUTHOR MY DEAR STEVENSON, You have trusted me with the choice and arrangement of these papers, written before you departed to the South Seas, and have asked me to add a preface to the volume.
came
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From this reading To these barbaric seats there came the other day a yellow book with your name on the title, and filled in every page with the exquisite gifts of your art.
change
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From this reading Let me take and change your own words: "J'ai beau admirer les autres de toutes mes forces, c'est avec vous que je me complais a vivre."_ _R. L. S_ _Vailima,_ _Upolu,_ _Samoa._ LETTER TO THE AUTHOR MY DEAR STEVENSON, You have trusted me with the choice and arrangement of these papers, written before you departed to the South Seas, and have asked me to add a preface to the volume.
choice
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From this reading Let me take and change your own words: "J'ai beau admirer les autres de toutes mes forces, c'est avec vous que je me complais a vivre."_ _R. L. S_ _Vailima,_ _Upolu,_ _Samoa._ LETTER TO THE AUTHOR MY DEAR STEVENSON, You have trusted me with the choice and arrangement of these papers, written before you departed to the South Seas, and have asked me to add a preface to the volume.
collected
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From this reading Acknowledgments are due in your name to the publishers of the several magazines from which the papers are collected, viz. _Fraser's_, _Longman's_, the _Magazine of Art_, and _Scribner's_.
complais
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From this reading Let me take and change your own words: "J'ai beau admirer les autres de toutes mes forces, c'est avec vous que je me complais a vivre."_ _R. L. S_ _Vailima,_ _Upolu,_ _Samoa._ LETTER TO THE AUTHOR MY DEAR STEVENSON, You have trusted me with the choice and arrangement of these papers, written before you departed to the South Seas, and have asked me to add a preface to the volume.
curious
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From this reading ACROSS THE PLAINS _TO PAUL BOURGET_ _Traveller and student and curious as you are, you will never have heard the name of Vailima, most likely not even that of Upolu, and Samoa itself may be strange to your ears.
day
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From this reading To these barbaric seats there came the other day a yellow book with your name on the title, and filled in every page with the exquisite gifts of your art.
de
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From this reading Let me take and change your own words: "J'ai beau admirer les autres de toutes mes forces, c'est avec vous que je me complais a vivre."_ _R. L. S_ _Vailima,_ _Upolu,_ _Samoa._ LETTER TO THE AUTHOR MY DEAR STEVENSON, You have trusted me with the choice and arrangement of these papers, written before you departed to the South Seas, and have asked me to add a preface to the volume.
DEAR
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From this reading Let me take and change your own words: "J'ai beau admirer les autres de toutes mes forces, c'est avec vous que je me complais a vivre."_ _R. L. S_ _Vailima,_ _Upolu,_ _Samoa._ LETTER TO THE AUTHOR MY DEAR STEVENSON, You have trusted me with the choice and arrangement of these papers, written before you departed to the South Seas, and have asked me to add a preface to the volume.
departed
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From this reading Let me take and change your own words: "J'ai beau admirer les autres de toutes mes forces, c'est avec vous que je me complais a vivre."_ _R. L. S_ _Vailima,_ _Upolu,_ _Samoa._ LETTER TO THE AUTHOR MY DEAR STEVENSON, You have trusted me with the choice and arrangement of these papers, written before you departed to the South Seas, and have asked me to add a preface to the volume.
due
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From this reading Acknowledgments are due in your name to the publishers of the several magazines from which the papers are collected, viz. _Fraser's_, _Longman's_, the _Magazine of Art_, and _Scribner's_.
ears
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From this reading ACROSS THE PLAINS _TO PAUL BOURGET_ _Traveller and student and curious as you are, you will never have heard the name of Vailima, most likely not even that of Upolu, and Samoa itself may be strange to your ears.
evennounUS /even/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading ACROSS THE PLAINS _TO PAUL BOURGET_ _Traveller and student and curious as you are, you will never have heard the name of Vailima, most likely not even that of Upolu, and Samoa itself may be strange to your ears.
everydeterminerUS /ˈevəri/
all the members of a group, with none left out
From this reading To these barbaric seats there came the other day a yellow book with your name on the title, and filled in every page with the exquisite gifts of your art.
exquisite
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From this reading To these barbaric seats there came the other day a yellow book with your name on the title, and filled in every page with the exquisite gifts of your art.
filled
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From this reading To these barbaric seats there came the other day a yellow book with your name on the title, and filled in every page with the exquisite gifts of your art.
forces
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From this reading Let me take and change your own words: "J'ai beau admirer les autres de toutes mes forces, c'est avec vous que je me complais a vivre."_ _R. L. S_ _Vailima,_ _Upolu,_ _Samoa._ LETTER TO THE AUTHOR MY DEAR STEVENSON, You have trusted me with the choice and arrangement of these papers, written before you departed to the South Seas, and have asked me to add a preface to the volume.
Fraser's
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From this reading Acknowledgments are due in your name to the publishers of the several magazines from which the papers are collected, viz. _Fraser's_, _Longman's_, the _Magazine of Art_, and _Scribner's_.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading Acknowledgments are due in your name to the publishers of the several magazines from which the papers are collected, viz. _Fraser's_, _Longman's_, the _Magazine of Art_, and _Scribner's_.
gifts
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From this reading To these barbaric seats there came the other day a yellow book with your name on the title, and filled in every page with the exquisite gifts of your art.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading ACROSS THE PLAINS _TO PAUL BOURGET_ _Traveller and student and curious as you are, you will never have heard the name of Vailima, most likely not even that of Upolu, and Samoa itself may be strange to your ears.
heard
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From this reading ACROSS THE PLAINS _TO PAUL BOURGET_ _Traveller and student and curious as you are, you will never have heard the name of Vailima, most likely not even that of Upolu, and Samoa itself may be strange to your ears.
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading But it is your prose the public wish to read, not mine; and I am sure they will willingly be spared the preface.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading To these barbaric seats there came the other day a yellow book with your name on the title, and filled in every page with the exquisite gifts of your art.
isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading But it is your prose the public wish to read, not mine; and I am sure they will willingly be spared the preface.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading But it is your prose the public wish to read, not mine; and I am sure they will willingly be spared the preface.
itselfpronounUS /ˌɪtˈself/
used when the thing doing the action is also its object
From this reading ACROSS THE PLAINS _TO PAUL BOURGET_ _Traveller and student and curious as you are, you will never have heard the name of Vailima, most likely not even that of Upolu, and Samoa itself may be strange to your ears.
J'ai
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From this reading Let me take and change your own words: "J'ai beau admirer les autres de toutes mes forces, c'est avec vous que je me complais a vivre."_ _R. L. S_ _Vailima,_ _Upolu,_ _Samoa._ LETTER TO THE AUTHOR MY DEAR STEVENSON, You have trusted me with the choice and arrangement of these papers, written before you departed to the South Seas, and have asked me to add a preface to the volume.
je
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From this reading Let me take and change your own words: "J'ai beau admirer les autres de toutes mes forces, c'est avec vous que je me complais a vivre."_ _R. L. S_ _Vailima,_ _Upolu,_ _Samoa._ LETTER TO THE AUTHOR MY DEAR STEVENSON, You have trusted me with the choice and arrangement of these papers, written before you departed to the South Seas, and have asked me to add a preface to the volume.
L
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From this reading Let me take and change your own words: "J'ai beau admirer les autres de toutes mes forces, c'est avec vous que je me complais a vivre."_ _R. L. S_ _Vailima,_ _Upolu,_ _Samoa._ LETTER TO THE AUTHOR MY DEAR STEVENSON, You have trusted me with the choice and arrangement of these papers, written before you departed to the South Seas, and have asked me to add a preface to the volume.
les
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From this reading Let me take and change your own words: "J'ai beau admirer les autres de toutes mes forces, c'est avec vous que je me complais a vivre."_ _R. L. S_ _Vailima,_ _Upolu,_ _Samoa._ LETTER TO THE AUTHOR MY DEAR STEVENSON, You have trusted me with the choice and arrangement of these papers, written before you departed to the South Seas, and have asked me to add a preface to the volume.
Letauxiliary verbUS /let/
used to make a suggestion or a command including the speaker
From this reading Let me take and change your own words: "J'ai beau admirer les autres de toutes mes forces, c'est avec vous que je me complais a vivre."_ _R. L. S_ _Vailima,_ _Upolu,_ _Samoa._ LETTER TO THE AUTHOR MY DEAR STEVENSON, You have trusted me with the choice and arrangement of these papers, written before you departed to the South Seas, and have asked me to add a preface to the volume.
LETTER
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From this reading Let me take and change your own words: "J'ai beau admirer les autres de toutes mes forces, c'est avec vous que je me complais a vivre."_ _R. L. S_ _Vailima,_ _Upolu,_ _Samoa._ LETTER TO THE AUTHOR MY DEAR STEVENSON, You have trusted me with the choice and arrangement of these papers, written before you departed to the South Seas, and have asked me to add a preface to the volume.
likely
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From this reading ACROSS THE PLAINS _TO PAUL BOURGET_ _Traveller and student and curious as you are, you will never have heard the name of Vailima, most likely not even that of Upolu, and Samoa itself may be strange to your ears.
Longman's
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From this reading Acknowledgments are due in your name to the publishers of the several magazines from which the papers are collected, viz. _Fraser's_, _Longman's_, the _Magazine of Art_, and _Scribner's_.
Magazine
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From this reading Acknowledgments are due in your name to the publishers of the several magazines from which the papers are collected, viz. _Fraser's_, _Longman's_, the _Magazine of Art_, and _Scribner's_.
magazines
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From this reading Acknowledgments are due in your name to the publishers of the several magazines from which the papers are collected, viz. _Fraser's_, _Longman's_, the _Magazine of Art_, and _Scribner's_.
maymodal verbUS /meɪ/
used to say something is possible, or to give permission
From this reading ACROSS THE PLAINS _TO PAUL BOURGET_ _Traveller and student and curious as you are, you will never have heard the name of Vailima, most likely not even that of Upolu, and Samoa itself may be strange to your ears.
mepronounUS /miː/
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Let me take and change your own words: "J'ai beau admirer les autres de toutes mes forces, c'est avec vous que je me complais a vivre."_ _R. L. S_ _Vailima,_ _Upolu,_ _Samoa._ LETTER TO THE AUTHOR MY DEAR STEVENSON, You have trusted me with the choice and arrangement of these papers, written before you departed to the South Seas, and have asked me to add a preface to the volume.
mes
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From this reading Let me take and change your own words: "J'ai beau admirer les autres de toutes mes forces, c'est avec vous que je me complais a vivre."_ _R. L. S_ _Vailima,_ _Upolu,_ _Samoa._ LETTER TO THE AUTHOR MY DEAR STEVENSON, You have trusted me with the choice and arrangement of these papers, written before you departed to the South Seas, and have asked me to add a preface to the volume.
minepronounUS /maɪn/
the one or ones belonging to the person speaking
From this reading But it is your prose the public wish to read, not mine; and I am sure they will willingly be spared the preface.
most
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From this reading ACROSS THE PLAINS _TO PAUL BOURGET_ _Traveller and student and curious as you are, you will never have heard the name of Vailima, most likely not even that of Upolu, and Samoa itself may be strange to your ears.
MYdeterminerUS /maɪ/
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading Let me take and change your own words: "J'ai beau admirer les autres de toutes mes forces, c'est avec vous que je me complais a vivre."_ _R. L. S_ _Vailima,_ _Upolu,_ _Samoa._ LETTER TO THE AUTHOR MY DEAR STEVENSON, You have trusted me with the choice and arrangement of these papers, written before you departed to the South Seas, and have asked me to add a preface to the volume.
namenounUS /name/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading ACROSS THE PLAINS _TO PAUL BOURGET_ _Traveller and student and curious as you are, you will never have heard the name of Vailima, most likely not even that of Upolu, and Samoa itself may be strange to your ears.
nevernounUS /never/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading ACROSS THE PLAINS _TO PAUL BOURGET_ _Traveller and student and curious as you are, you will never have heard the name of Vailima, most likely not even that of Upolu, and Samoa itself may be strange to your ears.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading ACROSS THE PLAINS _TO PAUL BOURGET_ _Traveller and student and curious as you are, you will never have heard the name of Vailima, most likely not even that of Upolu, and Samoa itself may be strange to your ears.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading ACROSS THE PLAINS _TO PAUL BOURGET_ _Traveller and student and curious as you are, you will never have heard the name of Vailima, most likely not even that of Upolu, and Samoa itself may be strange to your ears.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading To these barbaric seats there came the other day a yellow book with your name on the title, and filled in every page with the exquisite gifts of your art.
other
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From this reading To these barbaric seats there came the other day a yellow book with your name on the title, and filled in every page with the exquisite gifts of your art.
own
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From this reading Let me take and change your own words: "J'ai beau admirer les autres de toutes mes forces, c'est avec vous que je me complais a vivre."_ _R. L. S_ _Vailima,_ _Upolu,_ _Samoa._ LETTER TO THE AUTHOR MY DEAR STEVENSON, You have trusted me with the choice and arrangement of these papers, written before you departed to the South Seas, and have asked me to add a preface to the volume.
page
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From this reading To these barbaric seats there came the other day a yellow book with your name on the title, and filled in every page with the exquisite gifts of your art.
papers
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From this reading Let me take and change your own words: "J'ai beau admirer les autres de toutes mes forces, c'est avec vous que je me complais a vivre."_ _R. L. S_ _Vailima,_ _Upolu,_ _Samoa._ LETTER TO THE AUTHOR MY DEAR STEVENSON, You have trusted me with the choice and arrangement of these papers, written before you departed to the South Seas, and have asked me to add a preface to the volume.
PAUL
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From this reading ACROSS THE PLAINS _TO PAUL BOURGET_ _Traveller and student and curious as you are, you will never have heard the name of Vailima, most likely not even that of Upolu, and Samoa itself may be strange to your ears.
PLAINS
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From this reading ACROSS THE PLAINS _TO PAUL BOURGET_ _Traveller and student and curious as you are, you will never have heard the name of Vailima, most likely not even that of Upolu, and Samoa itself may be strange to your ears.
preface
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From this reading Let me take and change your own words: "J'ai beau admirer les autres de toutes mes forces, c'est avec vous que je me complais a vivre."_ _R. L. S_ _Vailima,_ _Upolu,_ _Samoa._ LETTER TO THE AUTHOR MY DEAR STEVENSON, You have trusted me with the choice and arrangement of these papers, written before you departed to the South Seas, and have asked me to add a preface to the volume.
prose
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From this reading But it is your prose the public wish to read, not mine; and I am sure they will willingly be spared the preface.
public
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From this reading But it is your prose the public wish to read, not mine; and I am sure they will willingly be spared the preface.
publishers
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From this reading Acknowledgments are due in your name to the publishers of the several magazines from which the papers are collected, viz. _Fraser's_, _Longman's_, the _Magazine of Art_, and _Scribner's_.
que
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From this reading Let me take and change your own words: "J'ai beau admirer les autres de toutes mes forces, c'est avec vous que je me complais a vivre."_ _R. L. S_ _Vailima,_ _Upolu,_ _Samoa._ LETTER TO THE AUTHOR MY DEAR STEVENSON, You have trusted me with the choice and arrangement of these papers, written before you departed to the South Seas, and have asked me to add a preface to the volume.
R
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From this reading Let me take and change your own words: "J'ai beau admirer les autres de toutes mes forces, c'est avec vous que je me complais a vivre."_ _R. L. S_ _Vailima,_ _Upolu,_ _Samoa._ LETTER TO THE AUTHOR MY DEAR STEVENSON, You have trusted me with the choice and arrangement of these papers, written before you departed to the South Seas, and have asked me to add a preface to the volume.
read
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From this reading But it is your prose the public wish to read, not mine; and I am sure they will willingly be spared the preface.
S
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From this reading Let me take and change your own words: "J'ai beau admirer les autres de toutes mes forces, c'est avec vous que je me complais a vivre."_ _R. L. S_ _Vailima,_ _Upolu,_ _Samoa._ LETTER TO THE AUTHOR MY DEAR STEVENSON, You have trusted me with the choice and arrangement of these papers, written before you departed to the South Seas, and have asked me to add a preface to the volume.
Samoa
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From this reading ACROSS THE PLAINS _TO PAUL BOURGET_ _Traveller and student and curious as you are, you will never have heard the name of Vailima, most likely not even that of Upolu, and Samoa itself may be strange to your ears.
Scribner's
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From this reading Acknowledgments are due in your name to the publishers of the several magazines from which the papers are collected, viz. _Fraser's_, _Longman's_, the _Magazine of Art_, and _Scribner's_.
Seas
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From this reading Let me take and change your own words: "J'ai beau admirer les autres de toutes mes forces, c'est avec vous que je me complais a vivre."_ _R. L. S_ _Vailima,_ _Upolu,_ _Samoa._ LETTER TO THE AUTHOR MY DEAR STEVENSON, You have trusted me with the choice and arrangement of these papers, written before you departed to the South Seas, and have asked me to add a preface to the volume.
seats
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From this reading To these barbaric seats there came the other day a yellow book with your name on the title, and filled in every page with the exquisite gifts of your art.
several
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From this reading Acknowledgments are due in your name to the publishers of the several magazines from which the papers are collected, viz. _Fraser's_, _Longman's_, the _Magazine of Art_, and _Scribner's_.
South
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From this reading Let me take and change your own words: "J'ai beau admirer les autres de toutes mes forces, c'est avec vous que je me complais a vivre."_ _R. L. S_ _Vailima,_ _Upolu,_ _Samoa._ LETTER TO THE AUTHOR MY DEAR STEVENSON, You have trusted me with the choice and arrangement of these papers, written before you departed to the South Seas, and have asked me to add a preface to the volume.
spared
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From this reading But it is your prose the public wish to read, not mine; and I am sure they will willingly be spared the preface.
STEVENSON
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From this reading Let me take and change your own words: "J'ai beau admirer les autres de toutes mes forces, c'est avec vous que je me complais a vivre."_ _R. L. S_ _Vailima,_ _Upolu,_ _Samoa._ LETTER TO THE AUTHOR MY DEAR STEVENSON, You have trusted me with the choice and arrangement of these papers, written before you departed to the South Seas, and have asked me to add a preface to the volume.
strange
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From this reading ACROSS THE PLAINS _TO PAUL BOURGET_ _Traveller and student and curious as you are, you will never have heard the name of Vailima, most likely not even that of Upolu, and Samoa itself may be strange to your ears.
student
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From this reading ACROSS THE PLAINS _TO PAUL BOURGET_ _Traveller and student and curious as you are, you will never have heard the name of Vailima, most likely not even that of Upolu, and Samoa itself may be strange to your ears.
surenounUS /sure/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading But it is your prose the public wish to read, not mine; and I am sure they will willingly be spared the preface.
takenounUS /take/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Let me take and change your own words: "J'ai beau admirer les autres de toutes mes forces, c'est avec vous que je me complais a vivre."_ _R. L. S_ _Vailima,_ _Upolu,_ _Samoa._ LETTER TO THE AUTHOR MY DEAR STEVENSON, You have trusted me with the choice and arrangement of these papers, written before you departed to the South Seas, and have asked me to add a preface to the volume.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading ACROSS THE PLAINS _TO PAUL BOURGET_ _Traveller and student and curious as you are, you will never have heard the name of Vailima, most likely not even that of Upolu, and Samoa itself may be strange to your ears.
THEdeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading ACROSS THE PLAINS _TO PAUL BOURGET_ _Traveller and student and curious as you are, you will never have heard the name of Vailima, most likely not even that of Upolu, and Samoa itself may be strange to your ears.
there
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From this reading To these barbaric seats there came the other day a yellow book with your name on the title, and filled in every page with the exquisite gifts of your art.
thesedeterminerUS /ðiːz/
the plural of “this”: the people or things near, or just mentioned
From this reading To these barbaric seats there came the other day a yellow book with your name on the title, and filled in every page with the exquisite gifts of your art.
theypronounUS /ðeɪ/
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading But it is your prose the public wish to read, not mine; and I am sure they will willingly be spared the preface.
title
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From this reading To these barbaric seats there came the other day a yellow book with your name on the title, and filled in every page with the exquisite gifts of your art.
TOparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading ACROSS THE PLAINS _TO PAUL BOURGET_ _Traveller and student and curious as you are, you will never have heard the name of Vailima, most likely not even that of Upolu, and Samoa itself may be strange to your ears.
toutes
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From this reading Let me take and change your own words: "J'ai beau admirer les autres de toutes mes forces, c'est avec vous que je me complais a vivre."_ _R. L. S_ _Vailima,_ _Upolu,_ _Samoa._ LETTER TO THE AUTHOR MY DEAR STEVENSON, You have trusted me with the choice and arrangement of these papers, written before you departed to the South Seas, and have asked me to add a preface to the volume.
Traveller
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From this reading ACROSS THE PLAINS _TO PAUL BOURGET_ _Traveller and student and curious as you are, you will never have heard the name of Vailima, most likely not even that of Upolu, and Samoa itself may be strange to your ears.
trusted
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From this reading Let me take and change your own words: "J'ai beau admirer les autres de toutes mes forces, c'est avec vous que je me complais a vivre."_ _R. L. S_ _Vailima,_ _Upolu,_ _Samoa._ LETTER TO THE AUTHOR MY DEAR STEVENSON, You have trusted me with the choice and arrangement of these papers, written before you departed to the South Seas, and have asked me to add a preface to the volume.
Upolu
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From this reading ACROSS THE PLAINS _TO PAUL BOURGET_ _Traveller and student and curious as you are, you will never have heard the name of Vailima, most likely not even that of Upolu, and Samoa itself may be strange to your ears.
Vailima
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From this reading ACROSS THE PLAINS _TO PAUL BOURGET_ _Traveller and student and curious as you are, you will never have heard the name of Vailima, most likely not even that of Upolu, and Samoa itself may be strange to your ears.
vivre
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From this reading Let me take and change your own words: "J'ai beau admirer les autres de toutes mes forces, c'est avec vous que je me complais a vivre."_ _R. L. S_ _Vailima,_ _Upolu,_ _Samoa._ LETTER TO THE AUTHOR MY DEAR STEVENSON, You have trusted me with the choice and arrangement of these papers, written before you departed to the South Seas, and have asked me to add a preface to the volume.
viz
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From this reading Acknowledgments are due in your name to the publishers of the several magazines from which the papers are collected, viz. _Fraser's_, _Longman's_, the _Magazine of Art_, and _Scribner's_.
volume
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From this reading Let me take and change your own words: "J'ai beau admirer les autres de toutes mes forces, c'est avec vous que je me complais a vivre."_ _R. L. S_ _Vailima,_ _Upolu,_ _Samoa._ LETTER TO THE AUTHOR MY DEAR STEVENSON, You have trusted me with the choice and arrangement of these papers, written before you departed to the South Seas, and have asked me to add a preface to the volume.
vous
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From this reading Let me take and change your own words: "J'ai beau admirer les autres de toutes mes forces, c'est avec vous que je me complais a vivre."_ _R. L. S_ _Vailima,_ _Upolu,_ _Samoa._ LETTER TO THE AUTHOR MY DEAR STEVENSON, You have trusted me with the choice and arrangement of these papers, written before you departed to the South Seas, and have asked me to add a preface to the volume.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading Acknowledgments are due in your name to the publishers of the several magazines from which the papers are collected, viz. _Fraser's_, _Longman's_, the _Magazine of Art_, and _Scribner's_.
willmodal verbUS /wɪl/
used to talk about the future, or about willingness
From this reading ACROSS THE PLAINS _TO PAUL BOURGET_ _Traveller and student and curious as you are, you will never have heard the name of Vailima, most likely not even that of Upolu, and Samoa itself may be strange to your ears.
willingly
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From this reading But it is your prose the public wish to read, not mine; and I am sure they will willingly be spared the preface.
wish
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From this reading But it is your prose the public wish to read, not mine; and I am sure they will willingly be spared the preface.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading To these barbaric seats there came the other day a yellow book with your name on the title, and filled in every page with the exquisite gifts of your art.
words
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From this reading Let me take and change your own words: "J'ai beau admirer les autres de toutes mes forces, c'est avec vous que je me complais a vivre."_ _R. L. S_ _Vailima,_ _Upolu,_ _Samoa._ LETTER TO THE AUTHOR MY DEAR STEVENSON, You have trusted me with the choice and arrangement of these papers, written before you departed to the South Seas, and have asked me to add a preface to the volume.
written
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From this reading Let me take and change your own words: "J'ai beau admirer les autres de toutes mes forces, c'est avec vous que je me complais a vivre."_ _R. L. S_ _Vailima,_ _Upolu,_ _Samoa._ LETTER TO THE AUTHOR MY DEAR STEVENSON, You have trusted me with the choice and arrangement of these papers, written before you departed to the South Seas, and have asked me to add a preface to the volume.
yellow
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From this reading To these barbaric seats there came the other day a yellow book with your name on the title, and filled in every page with the exquisite gifts of your art.
youpronounUS /juː/
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading ACROSS THE PLAINS _TO PAUL BOURGET_ _Traveller and student and curious as you are, you will never have heard the name of Vailima, most likely not even that of Upolu, and Samoa itself may be strange to your ears.
yourdeterminerUS /jɔːr/
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading ACROSS THE PLAINS _TO PAUL BOURGET_ _Traveller and student and curious as you are, you will never have heard the name of Vailima, most likely not even that of Upolu, and Samoa itself may be strange to your ears.
