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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 Contains a Vulgar Incident The Muse, whoever she be, who presides over this Comic History must now descend from the genteel heights in which she has been soaring and have the goodness to drop down upon the lowly roof of John Sedley at Brompton, and describe what events are taking place there.
aboutprepositionUS /əˈbaʊt/
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading Mrs. Clapp in the kitchen is grumbling in secret to her husband about the rent, and urging the good fellow to rebel against his old friend and patron and his present lodger.
againstprepositionUS /əˈɡenst/
touching and pressing; in opposition to
From this reading Mrs. Clapp in the kitchen is grumbling in secret to her husband about the rent, and urging the good fellow to rebel against his old friend and patron and his present lodger.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Contains a Vulgar Incident The Muse, whoever she be, who presides over this Comic History must now descend from the genteel heights in which she has been soaring and have the goodness to drop down upon the lowly roof of John Sedley at Brompton, and describe what events are taking place there.
areauxiliary verbUS /ɑːr/
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading Contains a Vulgar Incident The Muse, whoever she be, who presides over this Comic History must now descend from the genteel heights in which she has been soaring and have the goodness to drop down upon the lowly roof of John Sedley at Brompton, and describe what events are taking place there.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading Contains a Vulgar Incident The Muse, whoever she be, who presides over this Comic History must now descend from the genteel heights in which she has been soaring and have the goodness to drop down upon the lowly roof of John Sedley at Brompton, and describe what events are taking place there.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading Contains a Vulgar Incident The Muse, whoever she be, who presides over this Comic History must now descend from the genteel heights in which she has been soaring and have the goodness to drop down upon the lowly roof of John Sedley at Brompton, and describe what events are taking place there.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading Contains a Vulgar Incident The Muse, whoever she be, who presides over this Comic History must now descend from the genteel heights in which she has been soaring and have the goodness to drop down upon the lowly roof of John Sedley at Brompton, and describe what events are taking place there.
Brompton
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From this reading Contains a Vulgar Incident The Muse, whoever she be, who presides over this Comic History must now descend from the genteel heights in which she has been soaring and have the goodness to drop down upon the lowly roof of John Sedley at Brompton, and describe what events are taking place there.
canmodal verbUS /kæn/
to be able to, or to be allowed to
From this reading How can one be condescending to a lady to whom one owes a matter of forty pounds, and who is perpetually throwing out hints for the money?
care
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From this reading Here, too, in this humble tenement, live care, and distrust, and dismay.
ceased
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From this reading Mrs. Sedley has ceased to visit her landlady in the lower regions now, and indeed is in a position to patronize Mrs. Clapp no longer.
Clapp
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Comic
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From this reading Contains a Vulgar Incident The Muse, whoever she be, who presides over this Comic History must now descend from the genteel heights in which she has been soaring and have the goodness to drop down upon the lowly roof of John Sedley at Brompton, and describe what events are taking place there.
condescending
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Contains
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From this reading Contains a Vulgar Incident The Muse, whoever she be, who presides over this Comic History must now descend from the genteel heights in which she has been soaring and have the goodness to drop down upon the lowly roof of John Sedley at Brompton, and describe what events are taking place there.
descend
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From this reading Contains a Vulgar Incident The Muse, whoever she be, who presides over this Comic History must now descend from the genteel heights in which she has been soaring and have the goodness to drop down upon the lowly roof of John Sedley at Brompton, and describe what events are taking place there.
describe
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From this reading Contains a Vulgar Incident The Muse, whoever she be, who presides over this Comic History must now descend from the genteel heights in which she has been soaring and have the goodness to drop down upon the lowly roof of John Sedley at Brompton, and describe what events are taking place there.
dismay
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From this reading Here, too, in this humble tenement, live care, and distrust, and dismay.
distrust
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From this reading Here, too, in this humble tenement, live care, and distrust, and dismay.
down
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From this reading Contains a Vulgar Incident The Muse, whoever she be, who presides over this Comic History must now descend from the genteel heights in which she has been soaring and have the goodness to drop down upon the lowly roof of John Sedley at Brompton, and describe what events are taking place there.
drop
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From this reading Contains a Vulgar Incident The Muse, whoever she be, who presides over this Comic History must now descend from the genteel heights in which she has been soaring and have the goodness to drop down upon the lowly roof of John Sedley at Brompton, and describe what events are taking place there.
events
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From this reading Contains a Vulgar Incident The Muse, whoever she be, who presides over this Comic History must now descend from the genteel heights in which she has been soaring and have the goodness to drop down upon the lowly roof of John Sedley at Brompton, and describe what events are taking place there.
fellow
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From this reading Mrs. Clapp in the kitchen is grumbling in secret to her husband about the rent, and urging the good fellow to rebel against his old friend and patron and his present lodger.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading How can one be condescending to a lady to whom one owes a matter of forty pounds, and who is perpetually throwing out hints for the money?
forty
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From this reading How can one be condescending to a lady to whom one owes a matter of forty pounds, and who is perpetually throwing out hints for the money?
friend
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From this reading Mrs. Clapp in the kitchen is grumbling in secret to her husband about the rent, and urging the good fellow to rebel against his old friend and patron and his present lodger.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading Contains a Vulgar Incident The Muse, whoever she be, who presides over this Comic History must now descend from the genteel heights in which she has been soaring and have the goodness to drop down upon the lowly roof of John Sedley at Brompton, and describe what events are taking place there.
genteel
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From this reading Contains a Vulgar Incident The Muse, whoever she be, who presides over this Comic History must now descend from the genteel heights in which she has been soaring and have the goodness to drop down upon the lowly roof of John Sedley at Brompton, and describe what events are taking place there.
goodnounUS /good/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Mrs. Clapp in the kitchen is grumbling in secret to her husband about the rent, and urging the good fellow to rebel against his old friend and patron and his present lodger.
goodness
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From this reading Contains a Vulgar Incident The Muse, whoever she be, who presides over this Comic History must now descend from the genteel heights in which she has been soaring and have the goodness to drop down upon the lowly roof of John Sedley at Brompton, and describe what events are taking place there.
grumbling
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From this reading Mrs. Clapp in the kitchen is grumbling in secret to her husband about the rent, and urging the good fellow to rebel against his old friend and patron and his present lodger.
hasauxiliary verbUS /hæz/
the form of “have” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Contains a Vulgar Incident The Muse, whoever she be, who presides over this Comic History must now descend from the genteel heights in which she has been soaring and have the goodness to drop down upon the lowly roof of John Sedley at Brompton, and describe what events are taking place there.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading Contains a Vulgar Incident The Muse, whoever she be, who presides over this Comic History must now descend from the genteel heights in which she has been soaring and have the goodness to drop down upon the lowly roof of John Sedley at Brompton, and describe what events are taking place there.
heights
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From this reading Contains a Vulgar Incident The Muse, whoever she be, who presides over this Comic History must now descend from the genteel heights in which she has been soaring and have the goodness to drop down upon the lowly roof of John Sedley at Brompton, and describe what events are taking place there.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading Mrs. Clapp in the kitchen is grumbling in secret to her husband about the rent, and urging the good fellow to rebel against his old friend and patron and his present lodger.
HerenounUS /here/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Here, too, in this humble tenement, live care, and distrust, and dismay.
hints
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From this reading How can one be condescending to a lady to whom one owes a matter of forty pounds, and who is perpetually throwing out hints for the money?
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Mrs. Clapp in the kitchen is grumbling in secret to her husband about the rent, and urging the good fellow to rebel against his old friend and patron and his present lodger.
History
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From this reading Contains a Vulgar Incident The Muse, whoever she be, who presides over this Comic History must now descend from the genteel heights in which she has been soaring and have the goodness to drop down upon the lowly roof of John Sedley at Brompton, and describe what events are taking place there.
How
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From this reading How can one be condescending to a lady to whom one owes a matter of forty pounds, and who is perpetually throwing out hints for the money?
humble
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From this reading Here, too, in this humble tenement, live care, and distrust, and dismay.
husband
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From this reading Mrs. Clapp in the kitchen is grumbling in secret to her husband about the rent, and urging the good fellow to rebel against his old friend and patron and his present lodger.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Contains a Vulgar Incident The Muse, whoever she be, who presides over this Comic History must now descend from the genteel heights in which she has been soaring and have the goodness to drop down upon the lowly roof of John Sedley at Brompton, and describe what events are taking place there.
Incident
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From this reading Contains a Vulgar Incident The Muse, whoever she be, who presides over this Comic History must now descend from the genteel heights in which she has been soaring and have the goodness to drop down upon the lowly roof of John Sedley at Brompton, and describe what events are taking place there.
indeed
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From this reading Mrs. Sedley has ceased to visit her landlady in the lower regions now, and indeed is in a position to patronize Mrs. Clapp no longer.
isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Mrs. Clapp in the kitchen is grumbling in secret to her husband about the rent, and urging the good fellow to rebel against his old friend and patron and his present lodger.
John
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From this reading Contains a Vulgar Incident The Muse, whoever she be, who presides over this Comic History must now descend from the genteel heights in which she has been soaring and have the goodness to drop down upon the lowly roof of John Sedley at Brompton, and describe what events are taking place there.
kitchen
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From this reading Mrs. Clapp in the kitchen is grumbling in secret to her husband about the rent, and urging the good fellow to rebel against his old friend and patron and his present lodger.
lady
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From this reading How can one be condescending to a lady to whom one owes a matter of forty pounds, and who is perpetually throwing out hints for the money?
landlady
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From this reading Mrs. Sedley has ceased to visit her landlady in the lower regions now, and indeed is in a position to patronize Mrs. Clapp no longer.
live
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From this reading Here, too, in this humble tenement, live care, and distrust, and dismay.
lodger
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From this reading Mrs. Clapp in the kitchen is grumbling in secret to her husband about the rent, and urging the good fellow to rebel against his old friend and patron and his present lodger.
longer
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From this reading Mrs. Sedley has ceased to visit her landlady in the lower regions now, and indeed is in a position to patronize Mrs. Clapp no longer.
lower
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From this reading Mrs. Sedley has ceased to visit her landlady in the lower regions now, and indeed is in a position to patronize Mrs. Clapp no longer.
lowly
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From this reading Contains a Vulgar Incident The Muse, whoever she be, who presides over this Comic History must now descend from the genteel heights in which she has been soaring and have the goodness to drop down upon the lowly roof of John Sedley at Brompton, and describe what events are taking place there.
matter
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From this reading How can one be condescending to a lady to whom one owes a matter of forty pounds, and who is perpetually throwing out hints for the money?
money
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From this reading How can one be condescending to a lady to whom one owes a matter of forty pounds, and who is perpetually throwing out hints for the money?
Mrs
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From this reading Mrs. Clapp in the kitchen is grumbling in secret to her husband about the rent, and urging the good fellow to rebel against his old friend and patron and his present lodger.
Muse
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From this reading Contains a Vulgar Incident The Muse, whoever she be, who presides over this Comic History must now descend from the genteel heights in which she has been soaring and have the goodness to drop down upon the lowly roof of John Sedley at Brompton, and describe what events are taking place there.
mustmodal verbUS /mʌst/
used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true
From this reading Contains a Vulgar Incident The Muse, whoever she be, who presides over this Comic History must now descend from the genteel heights in which she has been soaring and have the goodness to drop down upon the lowly roof of John Sedley at Brompton, and describe what events are taking place there.
nodeterminerUS /noʊ/
not any; not one
From this reading Mrs. Sedley has ceased to visit her landlady in the lower regions now, and indeed is in a position to patronize Mrs. Clapp no longer.
now
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From this reading Contains a Vulgar Incident The Muse, whoever she be, who presides over this Comic History must now descend from the genteel heights in which she has been soaring and have the goodness to drop down upon the lowly roof of John Sedley at Brompton, and describe what events are taking place there.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Contains a Vulgar Incident The Muse, whoever she be, who presides over this Comic History must now descend from the genteel heights in which she has been soaring and have the goodness to drop down upon the lowly roof of John Sedley at Brompton, and describe what events are taking place there.
old
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From this reading Mrs. Clapp in the kitchen is grumbling in secret to her husband about the rent, and urging the good fellow to rebel against his old friend and patron and his present lodger.
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading How can one be condescending to a lady to whom one owes a matter of forty pounds, and who is perpetually throwing out hints for the money?
out
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From this reading How can one be condescending to a lady to whom one owes a matter of forty pounds, and who is perpetually throwing out hints for the money?
overprepositionUS /ˈoʊvər/
above and across; more than
From this reading Contains a Vulgar Incident The Muse, whoever she be, who presides over this Comic History must now descend from the genteel heights in which she has been soaring and have the goodness to drop down upon the lowly roof of John Sedley at Brompton, and describe what events are taking place there.
owes
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From this reading How can one be condescending to a lady to whom one owes a matter of forty pounds, and who is perpetually throwing out hints for the money?
patron
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From this reading Mrs. Clapp in the kitchen is grumbling in secret to her husband about the rent, and urging the good fellow to rebel against his old friend and patron and his present lodger.
patronize
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From this reading Mrs. Sedley has ceased to visit her landlady in the lower regions now, and indeed is in a position to patronize Mrs. Clapp no longer.
perpetually
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place
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From this reading Contains a Vulgar Incident The Muse, whoever she be, who presides over this Comic History must now descend from the genteel heights in which she has been soaring and have the goodness to drop down upon the lowly roof of John Sedley at Brompton, and describe what events are taking place there.
position
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From this reading Mrs. Sedley has ceased to visit her landlady in the lower regions now, and indeed is in a position to patronize Mrs. Clapp no longer.
pounds
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From this reading How can one be condescending to a lady to whom one owes a matter of forty pounds, and who is perpetually throwing out hints for the money?
present
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From this reading Mrs. Clapp in the kitchen is grumbling in secret to her husband about the rent, and urging the good fellow to rebel against his old friend and patron and his present lodger.
presides
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From this reading Contains a Vulgar Incident The Muse, whoever she be, who presides over this Comic History must now descend from the genteel heights in which she has been soaring and have the goodness to drop down upon the lowly roof of John Sedley at Brompton, and describe what events are taking place there.
rebel
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From this reading Mrs. Clapp in the kitchen is grumbling in secret to her husband about the rent, and urging the good fellow to rebel against his old friend and patron and his present lodger.
regions
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From this reading Mrs. Sedley has ceased to visit her landlady in the lower regions now, and indeed is in a position to patronize Mrs. Clapp no longer.
rent
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From this reading Mrs. Clapp in the kitchen is grumbling in secret to her husband about the rent, and urging the good fellow to rebel against his old friend and patron and his present lodger.
roof
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From this reading Contains a Vulgar Incident The Muse, whoever she be, who presides over this Comic History must now descend from the genteel heights in which she has been soaring and have the goodness to drop down upon the lowly roof of John Sedley at Brompton, and describe what events are taking place there.
secretnounUS /ˈsiː.krət/
Something that is kept or meant to be kept unknown or unseen by others.
From this reading Mrs. Clapp in the kitchen is grumbling in secret to her husband about the rent, and urging the good fellow to rebel against his old friend and patron and his present lodger.
Sedley
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From this reading Contains a Vulgar Incident The Muse, whoever she be, who presides over this Comic History must now descend from the genteel heights in which she has been soaring and have the goodness to drop down upon the lowly roof of John Sedley at Brompton, and describe what events are taking place there.
shepronounUS /ʃiː/
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Contains a Vulgar Incident The Muse, whoever she be, who presides over this Comic History must now descend from the genteel heights in which she has been soaring and have the goodness to drop down upon the lowly roof of John Sedley at Brompton, and describe what events are taking place there.
soaring
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From this reading Contains a Vulgar Incident The Muse, whoever she be, who presides over this Comic History must now descend from the genteel heights in which she has been soaring and have the goodness to drop down upon the lowly roof of John Sedley at Brompton, and describe what events are taking place there.
taking
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From this reading Contains a Vulgar Incident The Muse, whoever she be, who presides over this Comic History must now descend from the genteel heights in which she has been soaring and have the goodness to drop down upon the lowly roof of John Sedley at Brompton, and describe what events are taking place there.
tenement
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From this reading Here, too, in this humble tenement, live care, and distrust, and dismay.
ThedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Contains a Vulgar Incident The Muse, whoever she be, who presides over this Comic History must now descend from the genteel heights in which she has been soaring and have the goodness to drop down upon the lowly roof of John Sedley at Brompton, and describe what events are taking place there.
there
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From this reading Contains a Vulgar Incident The Muse, whoever she be, who presides over this Comic History must now descend from the genteel heights in which she has been soaring and have the goodness to drop down upon the lowly roof of John Sedley at Brompton, and describe what events are taking place there.
thisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading Contains a Vulgar Incident The Muse, whoever she be, who presides over this Comic History must now descend from the genteel heights in which she has been soaring and have the goodness to drop down upon the lowly roof of John Sedley at Brompton, and describe what events are taking place there.
throwing
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From this reading How can one be condescending to a lady to whom one owes a matter of forty pounds, and who is perpetually throwing out hints for the money?
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Contains a Vulgar Incident The Muse, whoever she be, who presides over this Comic History must now descend from the genteel heights in which she has been soaring and have the goodness to drop down upon the lowly roof of John Sedley at Brompton, and describe what events are taking place there.
too
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From this reading Here, too, in this humble tenement, live care, and distrust, and dismay.
uponprepositionUS /əˈpɑːn/
a formal word for “on”
From this reading Contains a Vulgar Incident The Muse, whoever she be, who presides over this Comic History must now descend from the genteel heights in which she has been soaring and have the goodness to drop down upon the lowly roof of John Sedley at Brompton, and describe what events are taking place there.
urging
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From this reading Mrs. Clapp in the kitchen is grumbling in secret to her husband about the rent, and urging the good fellow to rebel against his old friend and patron and his present lodger.
visit
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From this reading Mrs. Sedley has ceased to visit her landlady in the lower regions now, and indeed is in a position to patronize Mrs. Clapp no longer.
Vulgar
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From this reading Contains a Vulgar Incident The Muse, whoever she be, who presides over this Comic History must now descend from the genteel heights in which she has been soaring and have the goodness to drop down upon the lowly roof of John Sedley at Brompton, and describe what events are taking place there.
whatpronounUS /wʌt/
used to ask for information about something
From this reading Contains a Vulgar Incident The Muse, whoever she be, who presides over this Comic History must now descend from the genteel heights in which she has been soaring and have the goodness to drop down upon the lowly roof of John Sedley at Brompton, and describe what events are taking place there.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading Contains a Vulgar Incident The Muse, whoever she be, who presides over this Comic History must now descend from the genteel heights in which she has been soaring and have the goodness to drop down upon the lowly roof of John Sedley at Brompton, and describe what events are taking place there.
whopronounUS /huː/
which person or people
From this reading Contains a Vulgar Incident The Muse, whoever she be, who presides over this Comic History must now descend from the genteel heights in which she has been soaring and have the goodness to drop down upon the lowly roof of John Sedley at Brompton, and describe what events are taking place there.
whoever
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From this reading Contains a Vulgar Incident The Muse, whoever she be, who presides over this Comic History must now descend from the genteel heights in which she has been soaring and have the goodness to drop down upon the lowly roof of John Sedley at Brompton, and describe what events are taking place there.
whompronounUS /huːm/
the form of “who” used as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading How can one be condescending to a lady to whom one owes a matter of forty pounds, and who is perpetually throwing out hints for the money?
