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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 He had somewhat despised the Minor Canon, not only as a clergyman and an instructor, intending to put something into Law’s luckless brains, yet without force enough to do it effectually, but as a man, much too mild and gentle to make any head against the deceitfulness of mankind, and all those guiles and pretences in which an unwilling student like Law knows himself so much more profoundly informed than any of his pastors and teachers can be.
aboutprepositionUS /əˈbaʊt/
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading But Mr. Ashford had never said anything about pay.
againstprepositionUS /əˈɡenst/
touching and pressing; in opposition to
From this reading He had somewhat despised the Minor Canon, not only as a clergyman and an instructor, intending to put something into Law’s luckless brains, yet without force enough to do it effectually, but as a man, much too mild and gentle to make any head against the deceitfulness of mankind, and all those guiles and pretences in which an unwilling student like Law knows himself so much more profoundly informed than any of his pastors and teachers can be.
all
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From this reading He had somewhat despised the Minor Canon, not only as a clergyman and an instructor, intending to put something into Law’s luckless brains, yet without force enough to do it effectually, but as a man, much too mild and gentle to make any head against the deceitfulness of mankind, and all those guiles and pretences in which an unwilling student like Law knows himself so much more profoundly informed than any of his pastors and teachers can be.
andeterminerUS /æn/
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading He had somewhat despised the Minor Canon, not only as a clergyman and an instructor, intending to put something into Law’s luckless brains, yet without force enough to do it effectually, but as a man, much too mild and gentle to make any head against the deceitfulness of mankind, and all those guiles and pretences in which an unwilling student like Law knows himself so much more profoundly informed than any of his pastors and teachers can be.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading He had somewhat despised the Minor Canon, not only as a clergyman and an instructor, intending to put something into Law’s luckless brains, yet without force enough to do it effectually, but as a man, much too mild and gentle to make any head against the deceitfulness of mankind, and all those guiles and pretences in which an unwilling student like Law knows himself so much more profoundly informed than any of his pastors and teachers can be.
any
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From this reading He had somewhat despised the Minor Canon, not only as a clergyman and an instructor, intending to put something into Law’s luckless brains, yet without force enough to do it effectually, but as a man, much too mild and gentle to make any head against the deceitfulness of mankind, and all those guiles and pretences in which an unwilling student like Law knows himself so much more profoundly informed than any of his pastors and teachers can be.
anythingpronounUS /ˈeniθɪŋ/
any thing at all
From this reading But Mr. Ashford had never said anything about pay.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading Law had left Mr. Ashford, not knowing, as the vulgar have it, if he stood on his head or his heels.
Ashford
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From this reading Law had left Mr. Ashford, not knowing, as the vulgar have it, if he stood on his head or his heels.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading He had somewhat despised the Minor Canon, not only as a clergyman and an instructor, intending to put something into Law’s luckless brains, yet without force enough to do it effectually, but as a man, much too mild and gentle to make any head against the deceitfulness of mankind, and all those guiles and pretences in which an unwilling student like Law knows himself so much more profoundly informed than any of his pastors and teachers can be.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading The sense of superiority with which such a youth, learned in all manner of “dodges” and devices for eluding work, contemplates the innocent senior who has faith in his excuses, was strong in Law’s mind towards his last tutor, who was so much less knowing than any of the others, that he had taken him “for nothing,” without even the pay which his earlier instructor, Mr. Langton, had been supposed to receive: supposed--for Captain Despard was paymaster, and he was not any more to be trusted to for recollecting quarter-day than Law was to be trusted to for doing his work.
brains
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From this reading He had somewhat despised the Minor Canon, not only as a clergyman and an instructor, intending to put something into Law’s luckless brains, yet without force enough to do it effectually, but as a man, much too mild and gentle to make any head against the deceitfulness of mankind, and all those guiles and pretences in which an unwilling student like Law knows himself so much more profoundly informed than any of his pastors and teachers can be.
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading He had somewhat despised the Minor Canon, not only as a clergyman and an instructor, intending to put something into Law’s luckless brains, yet without force enough to do it effectually, but as a man, much too mild and gentle to make any head against the deceitfulness of mankind, and all those guiles and pretences in which an unwilling student like Law knows himself so much more profoundly informed than any of his pastors and teachers can be.
canmodal verbUS /kæn/
to be able to, or to be allowed to
From this reading He had somewhat despised the Minor Canon, not only as a clergyman and an instructor, intending to put something into Law’s luckless brains, yet without force enough to do it effectually, but as a man, much too mild and gentle to make any head against the deceitfulness of mankind, and all those guiles and pretences in which an unwilling student like Law knows himself so much more profoundly informed than any of his pastors and teachers can be.
Canon
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From this reading He had somewhat despised the Minor Canon, not only as a clergyman and an instructor, intending to put something into Law’s luckless brains, yet without force enough to do it effectually, but as a man, much too mild and gentle to make any head against the deceitfulness of mankind, and all those guiles and pretences in which an unwilling student like Law knows himself so much more profoundly informed than any of his pastors and teachers can be.
CaptainnounUS /ˈcaptain/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading The sense of superiority with which such a youth, learned in all manner of “dodges” and devices for eluding work, contemplates the innocent senior who has faith in his excuses, was strong in Law’s mind towards his last tutor, who was so much less knowing than any of the others, that he had taken him “for nothing,” without even the pay which his earlier instructor, Mr. Langton, had been supposed to receive: supposed--for Captain Despard was paymaster, and he was not any more to be trusted to for recollecting quarter-day than Law was to be trusted to for doing his work.
clergyman
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From this reading He had somewhat despised the Minor Canon, not only as a clergyman and an instructor, intending to put something into Law’s luckless brains, yet without force enough to do it effectually, but as a man, much too mild and gentle to make any head against the deceitfulness of mankind, and all those guiles and pretences in which an unwilling student like Law knows himself so much more profoundly informed than any of his pastors and teachers can be.
contemplates
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From this reading The sense of superiority with which such a youth, learned in all manner of “dodges” and devices for eluding work, contemplates the innocent senior who has faith in his excuses, was strong in Law’s mind towards his last tutor, who was so much less knowing than any of the others, that he had taken him “for nothing,” without even the pay which his earlier instructor, Mr. Langton, had been supposed to receive: supposed--for Captain Despard was paymaster, and he was not any more to be trusted to for recollecting quarter-day than Law was to be trusted to for doing his work.
deceitfulness
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From this reading He had somewhat despised the Minor Canon, not only as a clergyman and an instructor, intending to put something into Law’s luckless brains, yet without force enough to do it effectually, but as a man, much too mild and gentle to make any head against the deceitfulness of mankind, and all those guiles and pretences in which an unwilling student like Law knows himself so much more profoundly informed than any of his pastors and teachers can be.
Despard
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From this reading The sense of superiority with which such a youth, learned in all manner of “dodges” and devices for eluding work, contemplates the innocent senior who has faith in his excuses, was strong in Law’s mind towards his last tutor, who was so much less knowing than any of the others, that he had taken him “for nothing,” without even the pay which his earlier instructor, Mr. Langton, had been supposed to receive: supposed--for Captain Despard was paymaster, and he was not any more to be trusted to for recollecting quarter-day than Law was to be trusted to for doing his work.
despised
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From this reading He had somewhat despised the Minor Canon, not only as a clergyman and an instructor, intending to put something into Law’s luckless brains, yet without force enough to do it effectually, but as a man, much too mild and gentle to make any head against the deceitfulness of mankind, and all those guiles and pretences in which an unwilling student like Law knows himself so much more profoundly informed than any of his pastors and teachers can be.
devices
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From this reading The sense of superiority with which such a youth, learned in all manner of “dodges” and devices for eluding work, contemplates the innocent senior who has faith in his excuses, was strong in Law’s mind towards his last tutor, who was so much less knowing than any of the others, that he had taken him “for nothing,” without even the pay which his earlier instructor, Mr. Langton, had been supposed to receive: supposed--for Captain Despard was paymaster, and he was not any more to be trusted to for recollecting quarter-day than Law was to be trusted to for doing his work.
doauxiliary verbUS /duː/
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading He had somewhat despised the Minor Canon, not only as a clergyman and an instructor, intending to put something into Law’s luckless brains, yet without force enough to do it effectually, but as a man, much too mild and gentle to make any head against the deceitfulness of mankind, and all those guiles and pretences in which an unwilling student like Law knows himself so much more profoundly informed than any of his pastors and teachers can be.
dodges
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From this reading The sense of superiority with which such a youth, learned in all manner of “dodges” and devices for eluding work, contemplates the innocent senior who has faith in his excuses, was strong in Law’s mind towards his last tutor, who was so much less knowing than any of the others, that he had taken him “for nothing,” without even the pay which his earlier instructor, Mr. Langton, had been supposed to receive: supposed--for Captain Despard was paymaster, and he was not any more to be trusted to for recollecting quarter-day than Law was to be trusted to for doing his work.
doing
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From this reading The sense of superiority with which such a youth, learned in all manner of “dodges” and devices for eluding work, contemplates the innocent senior who has faith in his excuses, was strong in Law’s mind towards his last tutor, who was so much less knowing than any of the others, that he had taken him “for nothing,” without even the pay which his earlier instructor, Mr. Langton, had been supposed to receive: supposed--for Captain Despard was paymaster, and he was not any more to be trusted to for recollecting quarter-day than Law was to be trusted to for doing his work.
earlier
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From this reading The sense of superiority with which such a youth, learned in all manner of “dodges” and devices for eluding work, contemplates the innocent senior who has faith in his excuses, was strong in Law’s mind towards his last tutor, who was so much less knowing than any of the others, that he had taken him “for nothing,” without even the pay which his earlier instructor, Mr. Langton, had been supposed to receive: supposed--for Captain Despard was paymaster, and he was not any more to be trusted to for recollecting quarter-day than Law was to be trusted to for doing his work.
EFFECT
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From this reading THE EFFECT OF GOOD FORTUNE: LAW.
effectually
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From this reading He had somewhat despised the Minor Canon, not only as a clergyman and an instructor, intending to put something into Law’s luckless brains, yet without force enough to do it effectually, but as a man, much too mild and gentle to make any head against the deceitfulness of mankind, and all those guiles and pretences in which an unwilling student like Law knows himself so much more profoundly informed than any of his pastors and teachers can be.
eluding
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From this reading The sense of superiority with which such a youth, learned in all manner of “dodges” and devices for eluding work, contemplates the innocent senior who has faith in his excuses, was strong in Law’s mind towards his last tutor, who was so much less knowing than any of the others, that he had taken him “for nothing,” without even the pay which his earlier instructor, Mr. Langton, had been supposed to receive: supposed--for Captain Despard was paymaster, and he was not any more to be trusted to for recollecting quarter-day than Law was to be trusted to for doing his work.
enough
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From this reading He had somewhat despised the Minor Canon, not only as a clergyman and an instructor, intending to put something into Law’s luckless brains, yet without force enough to do it effectually, but as a man, much too mild and gentle to make any head against the deceitfulness of mankind, and all those guiles and pretences in which an unwilling student like Law knows himself so much more profoundly informed than any of his pastors and teachers can be.
evennounUS /even/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The sense of superiority with which such a youth, learned in all manner of “dodges” and devices for eluding work, contemplates the innocent senior who has faith in his excuses, was strong in Law’s mind towards his last tutor, who was so much less knowing than any of the others, that he had taken him “for nothing,” without even the pay which his earlier instructor, Mr. Langton, had been supposed to receive: supposed--for Captain Despard was paymaster, and he was not any more to be trusted to for recollecting quarter-day than Law was to be trusted to for doing his work.
excuses
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From this reading The sense of superiority with which such a youth, learned in all manner of “dodges” and devices for eluding work, contemplates the innocent senior who has faith in his excuses, was strong in Law’s mind towards his last tutor, who was so much less knowing than any of the others, that he had taken him “for nothing,” without even the pay which his earlier instructor, Mr. Langton, had been supposed to receive: supposed--for Captain Despard was paymaster, and he was not any more to be trusted to for recollecting quarter-day than Law was to be trusted to for doing his work.
faith
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From this reading The sense of superiority with which such a youth, learned in all manner of “dodges” and devices for eluding work, contemplates the innocent senior who has faith in his excuses, was strong in Law’s mind towards his last tutor, who was so much less knowing than any of the others, that he had taken him “for nothing,” without even the pay which his earlier instructor, Mr. Langton, had been supposed to receive: supposed--for Captain Despard was paymaster, and he was not any more to be trusted to for recollecting quarter-day than Law was to be trusted to for doing his work.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading The sense of superiority with which such a youth, learned in all manner of “dodges” and devices for eluding work, contemplates the innocent senior who has faith in his excuses, was strong in Law’s mind towards his last tutor, who was so much less knowing than any of the others, that he had taken him “for nothing,” without even the pay which his earlier instructor, Mr. Langton, had been supposed to receive: supposed--for Captain Despard was paymaster, and he was not any more to be trusted to for recollecting quarter-day than Law was to be trusted to for doing his work.
force
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From this reading He had somewhat despised the Minor Canon, not only as a clergyman and an instructor, intending to put something into Law’s luckless brains, yet without force enough to do it effectually, but as a man, much too mild and gentle to make any head against the deceitfulness of mankind, and all those guiles and pretences in which an unwilling student like Law knows himself so much more profoundly informed than any of his pastors and teachers can be.
FORTUNEnounUS /ˈfortune/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading THE EFFECT OF GOOD FORTUNE: LAW.
gentle
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From this reading He had somewhat despised the Minor Canon, not only as a clergyman and an instructor, intending to put something into Law’s luckless brains, yet without force enough to do it effectually, but as a man, much too mild and gentle to make any head against the deceitfulness of mankind, and all those guiles and pretences in which an unwilling student like Law knows himself so much more profoundly informed than any of his pastors and teachers can be.
GOODnounUS /good/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading THE EFFECT OF GOOD FORTUNE: LAW.
guiles
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From this reading He had somewhat despised the Minor Canon, not only as a clergyman and an instructor, intending to put something into Law’s luckless brains, yet without force enough to do it effectually, but as a man, much too mild and gentle to make any head against the deceitfulness of mankind, and all those guiles and pretences in which an unwilling student like Law knows himself so much more profoundly informed than any of his pastors and teachers can be.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Law had left Mr. Ashford, not knowing, as the vulgar have it, if he stood on his head or his heels.
hasauxiliary verbUS /hæz/
the form of “have” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading The sense of superiority with which such a youth, learned in all manner of “dodges” and devices for eluding work, contemplates the innocent senior who has faith in his excuses, was strong in Law’s mind towards his last tutor, who was so much less knowing than any of the others, that he had taken him “for nothing,” without even the pay which his earlier instructor, Mr. Langton, had been supposed to receive: supposed--for Captain Despard was paymaster, and he was not any more to be trusted to for recollecting quarter-day than Law was to be trusted to for doing his work.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading Law had left Mr. Ashford, not knowing, as the vulgar have it, if he stood on his head or his heels.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Law had left Mr. Ashford, not knowing, as the vulgar have it, if he stood on his head or his heels.
head
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From this reading Law had left Mr. Ashford, not knowing, as the vulgar have it, if he stood on his head or his heels.
heels
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From this reading Law had left Mr. Ashford, not knowing, as the vulgar have it, if he stood on his head or his heels.
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading The sense of superiority with which such a youth, learned in all manner of “dodges” and devices for eluding work, contemplates the innocent senior who has faith in his excuses, was strong in Law’s mind towards his last tutor, who was so much less knowing than any of the others, that he had taken him “for nothing,” without even the pay which his earlier instructor, Mr. Langton, had been supposed to receive: supposed--for Captain Despard was paymaster, and he was not any more to be trusted to for recollecting quarter-day than Law was to be trusted to for doing his work.
himselfpronounUS /hɪmˈself/
used when the man or boy doing the action is also its object
From this reading He had somewhat despised the Minor Canon, not only as a clergyman and an instructor, intending to put something into Law’s luckless brains, yet without force enough to do it effectually, but as a man, much too mild and gentle to make any head against the deceitfulness of mankind, and all those guiles and pretences in which an unwilling student like Law knows himself so much more profoundly informed than any of his pastors and teachers can be.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Law had left Mr. Ashford, not knowing, as the vulgar have it, if he stood on his head or his heels.
ifconjunctionUS /ɪf/
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading Law had left Mr. Ashford, not knowing, as the vulgar have it, if he stood on his head or his heels.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading He had somewhat despised the Minor Canon, not only as a clergyman and an instructor, intending to put something into Law’s luckless brains, yet without force enough to do it effectually, but as a man, much too mild and gentle to make any head against the deceitfulness of mankind, and all those guiles and pretences in which an unwilling student like Law knows himself so much more profoundly informed than any of his pastors and teachers can be.
informed
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From this reading He had somewhat despised the Minor Canon, not only as a clergyman and an instructor, intending to put something into Law’s luckless brains, yet without force enough to do it effectually, but as a man, much too mild and gentle to make any head against the deceitfulness of mankind, and all those guiles and pretences in which an unwilling student like Law knows himself so much more profoundly informed than any of his pastors and teachers can be.
innocent
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From this reading The sense of superiority with which such a youth, learned in all manner of “dodges” and devices for eluding work, contemplates the innocent senior who has faith in his excuses, was strong in Law’s mind towards his last tutor, who was so much less knowing than any of the others, that he had taken him “for nothing,” without even the pay which his earlier instructor, Mr. Langton, had been supposed to receive: supposed--for Captain Despard was paymaster, and he was not any more to be trusted to for recollecting quarter-day than Law was to be trusted to for doing his work.
instructor
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From this reading He had somewhat despised the Minor Canon, not only as a clergyman and an instructor, intending to put something into Law’s luckless brains, yet without force enough to do it effectually, but as a man, much too mild and gentle to make any head against the deceitfulness of mankind, and all those guiles and pretences in which an unwilling student like Law knows himself so much more profoundly informed than any of his pastors and teachers can be.
intending
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From this reading He had somewhat despised the Minor Canon, not only as a clergyman and an instructor, intending to put something into Law’s luckless brains, yet without force enough to do it effectually, but as a man, much too mild and gentle to make any head against the deceitfulness of mankind, and all those guiles and pretences in which an unwilling student like Law knows himself so much more profoundly informed than any of his pastors and teachers can be.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading He had somewhat despised the Minor Canon, not only as a clergyman and an instructor, intending to put something into Law’s luckless brains, yet without force enough to do it effectually, but as a man, much too mild and gentle to make any head against the deceitfulness of mankind, and all those guiles and pretences in which an unwilling student like Law knows himself so much more profoundly informed than any of his pastors and teachers can be.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading Law had left Mr. Ashford, not knowing, as the vulgar have it, if he stood on his head or his heels.
knowing
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From this reading Law had left Mr. Ashford, not knowing, as the vulgar have it, if he stood on his head or his heels.
knows
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From this reading He had somewhat despised the Minor Canon, not only as a clergyman and an instructor, intending to put something into Law’s luckless brains, yet without force enough to do it effectually, but as a man, much too mild and gentle to make any head against the deceitfulness of mankind, and all those guiles and pretences in which an unwilling student like Law knows himself so much more profoundly informed than any of his pastors and teachers can be.
Langton
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From this reading The sense of superiority with which such a youth, learned in all manner of “dodges” and devices for eluding work, contemplates the innocent senior who has faith in his excuses, was strong in Law’s mind towards his last tutor, who was so much less knowing than any of the others, that he had taken him “for nothing,” without even the pay which his earlier instructor, Mr. Langton, had been supposed to receive: supposed--for Captain Despard was paymaster, and he was not any more to be trusted to for recollecting quarter-day than Law was to be trusted to for doing his work.
lastnounUS /last/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The sense of superiority with which such a youth, learned in all manner of “dodges” and devices for eluding work, contemplates the innocent senior who has faith in his excuses, was strong in Law’s mind towards his last tutor, who was so much less knowing than any of the others, that he had taken him “for nothing,” without even the pay which his earlier instructor, Mr. Langton, had been supposed to receive: supposed--for Captain Despard was paymaster, and he was not any more to be trusted to for recollecting quarter-day than Law was to be trusted to for doing his work.
LAW
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From this reading THE EFFECT OF GOOD FORTUNE: LAW.
Law's
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From this reading He had somewhat despised the Minor Canon, not only as a clergyman and an instructor, intending to put something into Law’s luckless brains, yet without force enough to do it effectually, but as a man, much too mild and gentle to make any head against the deceitfulness of mankind, and all those guiles and pretences in which an unwilling student like Law knows himself so much more profoundly informed than any of his pastors and teachers can be.
learned
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From this reading The sense of superiority with which such a youth, learned in all manner of “dodges” and devices for eluding work, contemplates the innocent senior who has faith in his excuses, was strong in Law’s mind towards his last tutor, who was so much less knowing than any of the others, that he had taken him “for nothing,” without even the pay which his earlier instructor, Mr. Langton, had been supposed to receive: supposed--for Captain Despard was paymaster, and he was not any more to be trusted to for recollecting quarter-day than Law was to be trusted to for doing his work.
leftnounUS /left/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Law had left Mr. Ashford, not knowing, as the vulgar have it, if he stood on his head or his heels.
less
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From this reading The sense of superiority with which such a youth, learned in all manner of “dodges” and devices for eluding work, contemplates the innocent senior who has faith in his excuses, was strong in Law’s mind towards his last tutor, who was so much less knowing than any of the others, that he had taken him “for nothing,” without even the pay which his earlier instructor, Mr. Langton, had been supposed to receive: supposed--for Captain Despard was paymaster, and he was not any more to be trusted to for recollecting quarter-day than Law was to be trusted to for doing his work.
like
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From this reading He had somewhat despised the Minor Canon, not only as a clergyman and an instructor, intending to put something into Law’s luckless brains, yet without force enough to do it effectually, but as a man, much too mild and gentle to make any head against the deceitfulness of mankind, and all those guiles and pretences in which an unwilling student like Law knows himself so much more profoundly informed than any of his pastors and teachers can be.
luckless
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From this reading He had somewhat despised the Minor Canon, not only as a clergyman and an instructor, intending to put something into Law’s luckless brains, yet without force enough to do it effectually, but as a man, much too mild and gentle to make any head against the deceitfulness of mankind, and all those guiles and pretences in which an unwilling student like Law knows himself so much more profoundly informed than any of his pastors and teachers can be.
makenounUS /make/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading He had somewhat despised the Minor Canon, not only as a clergyman and an instructor, intending to put something into Law’s luckless brains, yet without force enough to do it effectually, but as a man, much too mild and gentle to make any head against the deceitfulness of mankind, and all those guiles and pretences in which an unwilling student like Law knows himself so much more profoundly informed than any of his pastors and teachers can be.
man
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From this reading He had somewhat despised the Minor Canon, not only as a clergyman and an instructor, intending to put something into Law’s luckless brains, yet without force enough to do it effectually, but as a man, much too mild and gentle to make any head against the deceitfulness of mankind, and all those guiles and pretences in which an unwilling student like Law knows himself so much more profoundly informed than any of his pastors and teachers can be.
mankind
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From this reading He had somewhat despised the Minor Canon, not only as a clergyman and an instructor, intending to put something into Law’s luckless brains, yet without force enough to do it effectually, but as a man, much too mild and gentle to make any head against the deceitfulness of mankind, and all those guiles and pretences in which an unwilling student like Law knows himself so much more profoundly informed than any of his pastors and teachers can be.
manner
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From this reading The sense of superiority with which such a youth, learned in all manner of “dodges” and devices for eluding work, contemplates the innocent senior who has faith in his excuses, was strong in Law’s mind towards his last tutor, who was so much less knowing than any of the others, that he had taken him “for nothing,” without even the pay which his earlier instructor, Mr. Langton, had been supposed to receive: supposed--for Captain Despard was paymaster, and he was not any more to be trusted to for recollecting quarter-day than Law was to be trusted to for doing his work.
mild
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From this reading He had somewhat despised the Minor Canon, not only as a clergyman and an instructor, intending to put something into Law’s luckless brains, yet without force enough to do it effectually, but as a man, much too mild and gentle to make any head against the deceitfulness of mankind, and all those guiles and pretences in which an unwilling student like Law knows himself so much more profoundly informed than any of his pastors and teachers can be.
mindnounUS /mind/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The sense of superiority with which such a youth, learned in all manner of “dodges” and devices for eluding work, contemplates the innocent senior who has faith in his excuses, was strong in Law’s mind towards his last tutor, who was so much less knowing than any of the others, that he had taken him “for nothing,” without even the pay which his earlier instructor, Mr. Langton, had been supposed to receive: supposed--for Captain Despard was paymaster, and he was not any more to be trusted to for recollecting quarter-day than Law was to be trusted to for doing his work.
Minor
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From this reading He had somewhat despised the Minor Canon, not only as a clergyman and an instructor, intending to put something into Law’s luckless brains, yet without force enough to do it effectually, but as a man, much too mild and gentle to make any head against the deceitfulness of mankind, and all those guiles and pretences in which an unwilling student like Law knows himself so much more profoundly informed than any of his pastors and teachers can be.
more
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From this reading He had somewhat despised the Minor Canon, not only as a clergyman and an instructor, intending to put something into Law’s luckless brains, yet without force enough to do it effectually, but as a man, much too mild and gentle to make any head against the deceitfulness of mankind, and all those guiles and pretences in which an unwilling student like Law knows himself so much more profoundly informed than any of his pastors and teachers can be.
Mr
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From this reading Law had left Mr. Ashford, not knowing, as the vulgar have it, if he stood on his head or his heels.
much
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From this reading He had somewhat despised the Minor Canon, not only as a clergyman and an instructor, intending to put something into Law’s luckless brains, yet without force enough to do it effectually, but as a man, much too mild and gentle to make any head against the deceitfulness of mankind, and all those guiles and pretences in which an unwilling student like Law knows himself so much more profoundly informed than any of his pastors and teachers can be.
nevernounUS /never/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading But Mr. Ashford had never said anything about pay.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading Law had left Mr. Ashford, not knowing, as the vulgar have it, if he stood on his head or his heels.
nothingpronounUS /ˈnʌθɪŋ/
not one thing; not anything
From this reading The sense of superiority with which such a youth, learned in all manner of “dodges” and devices for eluding work, contemplates the innocent senior who has faith in his excuses, was strong in Law’s mind towards his last tutor, who was so much less knowing than any of the others, that he had taken him “for nothing,” without even the pay which his earlier instructor, Mr. Langton, had been supposed to receive: supposed--for Captain Despard was paymaster, and he was not any more to be trusted to for recollecting quarter-day than Law was to be trusted to for doing his work.
OFprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading THE EFFECT OF GOOD FORTUNE: LAW.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading Law had left Mr. Ashford, not knowing, as the vulgar have it, if he stood on his head or his heels.
only
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From this reading He had somewhat despised the Minor Canon, not only as a clergyman and an instructor, intending to put something into Law’s luckless brains, yet without force enough to do it effectually, but as a man, much too mild and gentle to make any head against the deceitfulness of mankind, and all those guiles and pretences in which an unwilling student like Law knows himself so much more profoundly informed than any of his pastors and teachers can be.
orconjunctionUS /ɔːr/
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading Law had left Mr. Ashford, not knowing, as the vulgar have it, if he stood on his head or his heels.
others
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From this reading The sense of superiority with which such a youth, learned in all manner of “dodges” and devices for eluding work, contemplates the innocent senior who has faith in his excuses, was strong in Law’s mind towards his last tutor, who was so much less knowing than any of the others, that he had taken him “for nothing,” without even the pay which his earlier instructor, Mr. Langton, had been supposed to receive: supposed--for Captain Despard was paymaster, and he was not any more to be trusted to for recollecting quarter-day than Law was to be trusted to for doing his work.
pastors
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From this reading He had somewhat despised the Minor Canon, not only as a clergyman and an instructor, intending to put something into Law’s luckless brains, yet without force enough to do it effectually, but as a man, much too mild and gentle to make any head against the deceitfulness of mankind, and all those guiles and pretences in which an unwilling student like Law knows himself so much more profoundly informed than any of his pastors and teachers can be.
pay
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From this reading The sense of superiority with which such a youth, learned in all manner of “dodges” and devices for eluding work, contemplates the innocent senior who has faith in his excuses, was strong in Law’s mind towards his last tutor, who was so much less knowing than any of the others, that he had taken him “for nothing,” without even the pay which his earlier instructor, Mr. Langton, had been supposed to receive: supposed--for Captain Despard was paymaster, and he was not any more to be trusted to for recollecting quarter-day than Law was to be trusted to for doing his work.
paymaster
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From this reading The sense of superiority with which such a youth, learned in all manner of “dodges” and devices for eluding work, contemplates the innocent senior who has faith in his excuses, was strong in Law’s mind towards his last tutor, who was so much less knowing than any of the others, that he had taken him “for nothing,” without even the pay which his earlier instructor, Mr. Langton, had been supposed to receive: supposed--for Captain Despard was paymaster, and he was not any more to be trusted to for recollecting quarter-day than Law was to be trusted to for doing his work.
pretences
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From this reading He had somewhat despised the Minor Canon, not only as a clergyman and an instructor, intending to put something into Law’s luckless brains, yet without force enough to do it effectually, but as a man, much too mild and gentle to make any head against the deceitfulness of mankind, and all those guiles and pretences in which an unwilling student like Law knows himself so much more profoundly informed than any of his pastors and teachers can be.
profoundly
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From this reading He had somewhat despised the Minor Canon, not only as a clergyman and an instructor, intending to put something into Law’s luckless brains, yet without force enough to do it effectually, but as a man, much too mild and gentle to make any head against the deceitfulness of mankind, and all those guiles and pretences in which an unwilling student like Law knows himself so much more profoundly informed than any of his pastors and teachers can be.
put
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From this reading He had somewhat despised the Minor Canon, not only as a clergyman and an instructor, intending to put something into Law’s luckless brains, yet without force enough to do it effectually, but as a man, much too mild and gentle to make any head against the deceitfulness of mankind, and all those guiles and pretences in which an unwilling student like Law knows himself so much more profoundly informed than any of his pastors and teachers can be.
quarter-day
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From this reading The sense of superiority with which such a youth, learned in all manner of “dodges” and devices for eluding work, contemplates the innocent senior who has faith in his excuses, was strong in Law’s mind towards his last tutor, who was so much less knowing than any of the others, that he had taken him “for nothing,” without even the pay which his earlier instructor, Mr. Langton, had been supposed to receive: supposed--for Captain Despard was paymaster, and he was not any more to be trusted to for recollecting quarter-day than Law was to be trusted to for doing his work.
receive
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From this reading The sense of superiority with which such a youth, learned in all manner of “dodges” and devices for eluding work, contemplates the innocent senior who has faith in his excuses, was strong in Law’s mind towards his last tutor, who was so much less knowing than any of the others, that he had taken him “for nothing,” without even the pay which his earlier instructor, Mr. Langton, had been supposed to receive: supposed--for Captain Despard was paymaster, and he was not any more to be trusted to for recollecting quarter-day than Law was to be trusted to for doing his work.
recollecting
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From this reading The sense of superiority with which such a youth, learned in all manner of “dodges” and devices for eluding work, contemplates the innocent senior who has faith in his excuses, was strong in Law’s mind towards his last tutor, who was so much less knowing than any of the others, that he had taken him “for nothing,” without even the pay which his earlier instructor, Mr. Langton, had been supposed to receive: supposed--for Captain Despard was paymaster, and he was not any more to be trusted to for recollecting quarter-day than Law was to be trusted to for doing his work.
said
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From this reading But Mr. Ashford had never said anything about pay.
senior
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From this reading The sense of superiority with which such a youth, learned in all manner of “dodges” and devices for eluding work, contemplates the innocent senior who has faith in his excuses, was strong in Law’s mind towards his last tutor, who was so much less knowing than any of the others, that he had taken him “for nothing,” without even the pay which his earlier instructor, Mr. Langton, had been supposed to receive: supposed--for Captain Despard was paymaster, and he was not any more to be trusted to for recollecting quarter-day than Law was to be trusted to for doing his work.
sense
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From this reading The sense of superiority with which such a youth, learned in all manner of “dodges” and devices for eluding work, contemplates the innocent senior who has faith in his excuses, was strong in Law’s mind towards his last tutor, who was so much less knowing than any of the others, that he had taken him “for nothing,” without even the pay which his earlier instructor, Mr. Langton, had been supposed to receive: supposed--for Captain Despard was paymaster, and he was not any more to be trusted to for recollecting quarter-day than Law was to be trusted to for doing his work.
soconjunctionUS /soʊ/
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading He had somewhat despised the Minor Canon, not only as a clergyman and an instructor, intending to put something into Law’s luckless brains, yet without force enough to do it effectually, but as a man, much too mild and gentle to make any head against the deceitfulness of mankind, and all those guiles and pretences in which an unwilling student like Law knows himself so much more profoundly informed than any of his pastors and teachers can be.
somethingpronounUS /ˈsʌmθɪŋ/
a thing, without saying which
From this reading He had somewhat despised the Minor Canon, not only as a clergyman and an instructor, intending to put something into Law’s luckless brains, yet without force enough to do it effectually, but as a man, much too mild and gentle to make any head against the deceitfulness of mankind, and all those guiles and pretences in which an unwilling student like Law knows himself so much more profoundly informed than any of his pastors and teachers can be.
somewhat
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From this reading He had somewhat despised the Minor Canon, not only as a clergyman and an instructor, intending to put something into Law’s luckless brains, yet without force enough to do it effectually, but as a man, much too mild and gentle to make any head against the deceitfulness of mankind, and all those guiles and pretences in which an unwilling student like Law knows himself so much more profoundly informed than any of his pastors and teachers can be.
stoodnounUS /stood/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Law had left Mr. Ashford, not knowing, as the vulgar have it, if he stood on his head or his heels.
strong
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From this reading The sense of superiority with which such a youth, learned in all manner of “dodges” and devices for eluding work, contemplates the innocent senior who has faith in his excuses, was strong in Law’s mind towards his last tutor, who was so much less knowing than any of the others, that he had taken him “for nothing,” without even the pay which his earlier instructor, Mr. Langton, had been supposed to receive: supposed--for Captain Despard was paymaster, and he was not any more to be trusted to for recollecting quarter-day than Law was to be trusted to for doing his work.
student
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From this reading He had somewhat despised the Minor Canon, not only as a clergyman and an instructor, intending to put something into Law’s luckless brains, yet without force enough to do it effectually, but as a man, much too mild and gentle to make any head against the deceitfulness of mankind, and all those guiles and pretences in which an unwilling student like Law knows himself so much more profoundly informed than any of his pastors and teachers can be.
suchdeterminerUS /sʌtʃ/
of the kind already mentioned
From this reading The sense of superiority with which such a youth, learned in all manner of “dodges” and devices for eluding work, contemplates the innocent senior who has faith in his excuses, was strong in Law’s mind towards his last tutor, who was so much less knowing than any of the others, that he had taken him “for nothing,” without even the pay which his earlier instructor, Mr. Langton, had been supposed to receive: supposed--for Captain Despard was paymaster, and he was not any more to be trusted to for recollecting quarter-day than Law was to be trusted to for doing his work.
superiority
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From this reading The sense of superiority with which such a youth, learned in all manner of “dodges” and devices for eluding work, contemplates the innocent senior who has faith in his excuses, was strong in Law’s mind towards his last tutor, who was so much less knowing than any of the others, that he had taken him “for nothing,” without even the pay which his earlier instructor, Mr. Langton, had been supposed to receive: supposed--for Captain Despard was paymaster, and he was not any more to be trusted to for recollecting quarter-day than Law was to be trusted to for doing his work.
supposed
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From this reading The sense of superiority with which such a youth, learned in all manner of “dodges” and devices for eluding work, contemplates the innocent senior who has faith in his excuses, was strong in Law’s mind towards his last tutor, who was so much less knowing than any of the others, that he had taken him “for nothing,” without even the pay which his earlier instructor, Mr. Langton, had been supposed to receive: supposed--for Captain Despard was paymaster, and he was not any more to be trusted to for recollecting quarter-day than Law was to be trusted to for doing his work.
taken
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From this reading The sense of superiority with which such a youth, learned in all manner of “dodges” and devices for eluding work, contemplates the innocent senior who has faith in his excuses, was strong in Law’s mind towards his last tutor, who was so much less knowing than any of the others, that he had taken him “for nothing,” without even the pay which his earlier instructor, Mr. Langton, had been supposed to receive: supposed--for Captain Despard was paymaster, and he was not any more to be trusted to for recollecting quarter-day than Law was to be trusted to for doing his work.
teachers
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From this reading He had somewhat despised the Minor Canon, not only as a clergyman and an instructor, intending to put something into Law’s luckless brains, yet without force enough to do it effectually, but as a man, much too mild and gentle to make any head against the deceitfulness of mankind, and all those guiles and pretences in which an unwilling student like Law knows himself so much more profoundly informed than any of his pastors and teachers can be.
thanconjunctionUS /ðæn/
used to introduce the second part of a comparison
From this reading He had somewhat despised the Minor Canon, not only as a clergyman and an instructor, intending to put something into Law’s luckless brains, yet without force enough to do it effectually, but as a man, much too mild and gentle to make any head against the deceitfulness of mankind, and all those guiles and pretences in which an unwilling student like Law knows himself so much more profoundly informed than any of his pastors and teachers can be.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading The sense of superiority with which such a youth, learned in all manner of “dodges” and devices for eluding work, contemplates the innocent senior who has faith in his excuses, was strong in Law’s mind towards his last tutor, who was so much less knowing than any of the others, that he had taken him “for nothing,” without even the pay which his earlier instructor, Mr. Langton, had been supposed to receive: supposed--for Captain Despard was paymaster, and he was not any more to be trusted to for recollecting quarter-day than Law was to be trusted to for doing his work.
THEdeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE EFFECT OF GOOD FORTUNE: LAW.
thosedeterminerUS /ðoʊz/
the plural of “that”: the people or things further away, or already known
From this reading He had somewhat despised the Minor Canon, not only as a clergyman and an instructor, intending to put something into Law’s luckless brains, yet without force enough to do it effectually, but as a man, much too mild and gentle to make any head against the deceitfulness of mankind, and all those guiles and pretences in which an unwilling student like Law knows himself so much more profoundly informed than any of his pastors and teachers can be.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading He had somewhat despised the Minor Canon, not only as a clergyman and an instructor, intending to put something into Law’s luckless brains, yet without force enough to do it effectually, but as a man, much too mild and gentle to make any head against the deceitfulness of mankind, and all those guiles and pretences in which an unwilling student like Law knows himself so much more profoundly informed than any of his pastors and teachers can be.
too
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From this reading He had somewhat despised the Minor Canon, not only as a clergyman and an instructor, intending to put something into Law’s luckless brains, yet without force enough to do it effectually, but as a man, much too mild and gentle to make any head against the deceitfulness of mankind, and all those guiles and pretences in which an unwilling student like Law knows himself so much more profoundly informed than any of his pastors and teachers can be.
towardsprepositionUS /təˈwɔːrdz/
in the direction of
From this reading The sense of superiority with which such a youth, learned in all manner of “dodges” and devices for eluding work, contemplates the innocent senior who has faith in his excuses, was strong in Law’s mind towards his last tutor, who was so much less knowing than any of the others, that he had taken him “for nothing,” without even the pay which his earlier instructor, Mr. Langton, had been supposed to receive: supposed--for Captain Despard was paymaster, and he was not any more to be trusted to for recollecting quarter-day than Law was to be trusted to for doing his work.
trusted
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From this reading The sense of superiority with which such a youth, learned in all manner of “dodges” and devices for eluding work, contemplates the innocent senior who has faith in his excuses, was strong in Law’s mind towards his last tutor, who was so much less knowing than any of the others, that he had taken him “for nothing,” without even the pay which his earlier instructor, Mr. Langton, had been supposed to receive: supposed--for Captain Despard was paymaster, and he was not any more to be trusted to for recollecting quarter-day than Law was to be trusted to for doing his work.
tutor
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From this reading The sense of superiority with which such a youth, learned in all manner of “dodges” and devices for eluding work, contemplates the innocent senior who has faith in his excuses, was strong in Law’s mind towards his last tutor, who was so much less knowing than any of the others, that he had taken him “for nothing,” without even the pay which his earlier instructor, Mr. Langton, had been supposed to receive: supposed--for Captain Despard was paymaster, and he was not any more to be trusted to for recollecting quarter-day than Law was to be trusted to for doing his work.
unwilling
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From this reading He had somewhat despised the Minor Canon, not only as a clergyman and an instructor, intending to put something into Law’s luckless brains, yet without force enough to do it effectually, but as a man, much too mild and gentle to make any head against the deceitfulness of mankind, and all those guiles and pretences in which an unwilling student like Law knows himself so much more profoundly informed than any of his pastors and teachers can be.
vulgar
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From this reading Law had left Mr. Ashford, not knowing, as the vulgar have it, if he stood on his head or his heels.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading The sense of superiority with which such a youth, learned in all manner of “dodges” and devices for eluding work, contemplates the innocent senior who has faith in his excuses, was strong in Law’s mind towards his last tutor, who was so much less knowing than any of the others, that he had taken him “for nothing,” without even the pay which his earlier instructor, Mr. Langton, had been supposed to receive: supposed--for Captain Despard was paymaster, and he was not any more to be trusted to for recollecting quarter-day than Law was to be trusted to for doing his work.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading He had somewhat despised the Minor Canon, not only as a clergyman and an instructor, intending to put something into Law’s luckless brains, yet without force enough to do it effectually, but as a man, much too mild and gentle to make any head against the deceitfulness of mankind, and all those guiles and pretences in which an unwilling student like Law knows himself so much more profoundly informed than any of his pastors and teachers can be.
whopronounUS /huː/
which person or people
From this reading The sense of superiority with which such a youth, learned in all manner of “dodges” and devices for eluding work, contemplates the innocent senior who has faith in his excuses, was strong in Law’s mind towards his last tutor, who was so much less knowing than any of the others, that he had taken him “for nothing,” without even the pay which his earlier instructor, Mr. Langton, had been supposed to receive: supposed--for Captain Despard was paymaster, and he was not any more to be trusted to for recollecting quarter-day than Law was to be trusted to for doing his work.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading The sense of superiority with which such a youth, learned in all manner of “dodges” and devices for eluding work, contemplates the innocent senior who has faith in his excuses, was strong in Law’s mind towards his last tutor, who was so much less knowing than any of the others, that he had taken him “for nothing,” without even the pay which his earlier instructor, Mr. Langton, had been supposed to receive: supposed--for Captain Despard was paymaster, and he was not any more to be trusted to for recollecting quarter-day than Law was to be trusted to for doing his work.
withoutprepositionUS /wɪˈθaʊt/
not having, not using, or not accompanied by
From this reading He had somewhat despised the Minor Canon, not only as a clergyman and an instructor, intending to put something into Law’s luckless brains, yet without force enough to do it effectually, but as a man, much too mild and gentle to make any head against the deceitfulness of mankind, and all those guiles and pretences in which an unwilling student like Law knows himself so much more profoundly informed than any of his pastors and teachers can be.
work
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From this reading The sense of superiority with which such a youth, learned in all manner of “dodges” and devices for eluding work, contemplates the innocent senior who has faith in his excuses, was strong in Law’s mind towards his last tutor, who was so much less knowing than any of the others, that he had taken him “for nothing,” without even the pay which his earlier instructor, Mr. Langton, had been supposed to receive: supposed--for Captain Despard was paymaster, and he was not any more to be trusted to for recollecting quarter-day than Law was to be trusted to for doing his work.
yetconjunctionUS /jet/
but in spite of that
From this reading He had somewhat despised the Minor Canon, not only as a clergyman and an instructor, intending to put something into Law’s luckless brains, yet without force enough to do it effectually, but as a man, much too mild and gentle to make any head against the deceitfulness of mankind, and all those guiles and pretences in which an unwilling student like Law knows himself so much more profoundly informed than any of his pastors and teachers can be.
youth
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From this reading The sense of superiority with which such a youth, learned in all manner of “dodges” and devices for eluding work, contemplates the innocent senior who has faith in his excuses, was strong in Law’s mind towards his last tutor, who was so much less knowing than any of the others, that he had taken him “for nothing,” without even the pay which his earlier instructor, Mr. Langton, had been supposed to receive: supposed--for Captain Despard was paymaster, and he was not any more to be trusted to for recollecting quarter-day than Law was to be trusted to for doing his work.
