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1705035318 Wordsworth, William (1770-1850), English romantic poet, worshiper of Nature.
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1705035320 cult, study and pursuit of worship.
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1705035322 mythology, body of myths or primitive tales imaginatively describing or accounting for natural phenomena, especially by personification.
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1705035324 suckled, fed from the breast or udder. A pagan is a person who does not acknowledge Jehovah, Christ, nor Allah. The poet says that he would much rather be a pagan brought up in a religious creed that is out of fashion, that is out of date, … .
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1705035326 forlorn, forsaken; in pitiful condition.
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1705035328 “pro-Chinese,” a foreigner who favors or sides with the Chinese.
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1705035330 candid, unprejudiced; free from dissimulation or reserve.
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1705035332 insincere paradox . A paradox is a statement that is contrary to the generally accepted opinion, that conflicts with preconceived notions of the reasonable or possible. When Mr. Dickinson makes the statement that China is more civilized than the modern West, he states an opinion that seems to be contrary to the generally accepted opinion that China is not as civilized as the modern West. People suspect that he is not sincere when he makes such a statement.
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1705035334 unqualified . You qualify statement by putting limitations to or modifying it. An unqualified sense is a meaning that has not had this limitation or modification put on.
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1705035336 irrelevant, not concerned with the matter in hand; not pertinent to.
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1705035338 superstructure, what rests on a foundation; a building in relation to its foundations.
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1705035340 water-taps, the tubular plug with internal valve by which the flow of water from a pipe can be allowed or checked.
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1705035342 sewers, covered underground drains for carrying off the refuse of houses or towns.
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1705035344 the Roman Empire, established by Augustus (27 B.C.), divided by Theodosius (A.D. 395) into western and eastern. Western down till 1806.
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1705035346 scrofulous, the adjective of the noun scrofula , a constitutional disease with glandular swellings.
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1705035348 corrugated iron roofs, iron sheetings bent into wavy ridges, used to cover the roofs of buildings, especially buildings for manufacturing and other industrial purposes.
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1705035350 blot, blemish; something that spoils or mars the beauty and perfection.
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1705035352 decadent æsthetes, lovers or appreciators of beauty who cling to theories that are declining or dying.
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1705035354 Weste rn tourists, holiday travelers from the West; Occidental travelers.
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1705035356 funicular railway, railway worked by cable and stationary engine.
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1705035358 advertisement, billboards with pictures and writing painted or printed on, in glaring colors, to advertise a particular kind of goods.
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1705035360 paying investment, a business investment that pays profits in return for the capital that you have put into the project.
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1705035362 affectation, artificial or studied display of modesty.
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1705035364 Questions
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1705035366 1. How was the way wonderful?
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