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ORIGINAL TEXT


My mother was dead, but we had still duties which we ought to perform; we must continue our course with the rest and learn to think ourselves fortunate whilst one remains whom the spoiler has not seized.
We had scarcely visited the various lakes of Cumberland and Westmorland and conceived an affection for some of the inhabitants when the period of our appointment with our Scotch friend approached, and we left them to travel on.
I ought to have familiarized the old De Lacey to me, and by degrees to have discovered myself to the rest of his family, when they should have been  prepared for my approach.
I was accordingly conducted, by the magistrate and several other persons, to the inn.
We rise; one wand'ring thought pollutes the day.




LITTERATURE DEFINITIONELLE


My < a woman who has given birth to a child (also used as a term of address to your mother) > was dead , but we had still duties which we ought to perform ; we must continue our < education imparted in a series of lessons or meetings > with the < something left after other parts have been taken away > and learn to think ourselves fortunate whilst < the smallest whole number or a numeral representing this number > remains whom the < a candidate with no chance of winning but who may draw enough votes to prevent one of the leading candidates from winning > has not seized . We had scarcely visited the various lakes of Cumberland and Westmorland and conceived an < a positive feeling of liking > for some of the inhabitants when the < an amount of time > of our < the act of putting a person into a non-elective position > with our Scotch < a person you know well and regard with affection and trust > approached , and we left them to travel on . I ought to have familiarized the old De Lacey to me , and by degrees to have discovered myself to the < something left after other parts have been taken away > of his < a social unit living together > , when they should have been prepared for my < ideas or actions intended to deal with a problem or situation > . I was accordingly conducted , by the < a lay judge or civil authority who administers the law (especially one who conducts a court dealing with minor offenses) > and several other persons , to the < a hotel providing overnight lodging for travelers > . We rise ; one