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AdeterminerUS /ə/
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
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afterprepositionUS /ˈæftər/
later than; following
From this reading For the greater part of two centuries after the close of the Thirty Years War there existed in Germany some two hundred independent states.
althoughconjunctionUS /ˌɔːlˈðoʊ/
in spite of the fact that
From this reading It is with two of these, lying in the midst of what was once the Hercynian forest, which tract even then, although in slow process of clearing, retained much of its primitive, desolate wildness, that the events of the following story are concerned.
AndconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading And it may be well to premise, seeing that nowadays in story-telling the realms of imagination have often a two-fold meaning, literal as well as metaphorical, that, though the embroidery of this tale may be fanciful, the ground upon which it is worked is of the substance called fact.
areauxiliary verbUS /ɑːr/
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading It is with two of these, lying in the midst of what was once the Hercynian forest, which tract even then, although in slow process of clearing, retained much of its primitive, desolate wildness, that the events of the following story are concerned.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading And it may be well to premise, seeing that nowadays in story-telling the realms of imagination have often a two-fold meaning, literal as well as metaphorical, that, though the embroidery of this tale may be fanciful, the ground upon which it is worked is of the substance called fact.
Author
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From this reading Author of “THE RED CHANCELLOR,” “THE MAN-TRAP,” “THE HEIRESS OF THE SEASON,” Etc., Etc.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading And it may be well to premise, seeing that nowadays in story-telling the realms of imagination have often a two-fold meaning, literal as well as metaphorical, that, though the embroidery of this tale may be fanciful, the ground upon which it is worked is of the substance called fact.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
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called
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Cambridge
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centuries
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From this reading For the greater part of two centuries after the close of the Thirty Years War there existed in Germany some two hundred independent states.
CHANCELLOR
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From this reading Author of “THE RED CHANCELLOR,” “THE MAN-TRAP,” “THE HEIRESS OF THE SEASON,” Etc., Etc.
clearing
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From this reading It is with two of these, lying in the midst of what was once the Hercynian forest, which tract even then, although in slow process of clearing, retained much of its primitive, desolate wildness, that the events of the following story are concerned.
Cleveland
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From this reading Plates by The Husted Linotype Co., Cleveland, U. S. A. Presswork by The University Press, Cambridge, U. S. A.
close
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From this reading For the greater part of two centuries after the close of the Thirty Years War there existed in Germany some two hundred independent states.
Co
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From this reading Plates by The Husted Linotype Co., Cleveland, U. S. A. Presswork by The University Press, Cambridge, U. S. A.
concerned
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From this reading It is with two of these, lying in the midst of what was once the Hercynian forest, which tract even then, although in slow process of clearing, retained much of its primitive, desolate wildness, that the events of the following story are concerned.
desolate
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From this reading It is with two of these, lying in the midst of what was once the Hercynian forest, which tract even then, although in slow process of clearing, retained much of its primitive, desolate wildness, that the events of the following story are concerned.
embroidery
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Etc
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From this reading Author of “THE RED CHANCELLOR,” “THE MAN-TRAP,” “THE HEIRESS OF THE SEASON,” Etc., Etc.
even
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From this reading It is with two of these, lying in the midst of what was once the Hercynian forest, which tract even then, although in slow process of clearing, retained much of its primitive, desolate wildness, that the events of the following story are concerned.
events
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existed
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From this reading For the greater part of two centuries after the close of the Thirty Years War there existed in Germany some two hundred independent states.
fact
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From this reading And it may be well to premise, seeing that nowadays in story-telling the realms of imagination have often a two-fold meaning, literal as well as metaphorical, that, though the embroidery of this tale may be fanciful, the ground upon which it is worked is of the substance called fact.
fanciful
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From this reading And it may be well to premise, seeing that nowadays in story-telling the realms of imagination have often a two-fold meaning, literal as well as metaphorical, that, though the embroidery of this tale may be fanciful, the ground upon which it is worked is of the substance called fact.
following
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From this reading It is with two of these, lying in the midst of what was once the Hercynian forest, which tract even then, although in slow process of clearing, retained much of its primitive, desolate wildness, that the events of the following story are concerned.
ForprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading For the greater part of two centuries after the close of the Thirty Years War there existed in Germany some two hundred independent states.
forest
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From this reading It is with two of these, lying in the midst of what was once the Hercynian forest, which tract even then, although in slow process of clearing, retained much of its primitive, desolate wildness, that the events of the following story are concerned.
Germany
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From this reading For the greater part of two centuries after the close of the Thirty Years War there existed in Germany some two hundred independent states.
greater
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From this reading For the greater part of two centuries after the close of the Thirty Years War there existed in Germany some two hundred independent states.
ground
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From this reading And it may be well to premise, seeing that nowadays in story-telling the realms of imagination have often a two-fold meaning, literal as well as metaphorical, that, though the embroidery of this tale may be fanciful, the ground upon which it is worked is of the substance called fact.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading And it may be well to premise, seeing that nowadays in story-telling the realms of imagination have often a two-fold meaning, literal as well as metaphorical, that, though the embroidery of this tale may be fanciful, the ground upon which it is worked is of the substance called fact.
HEIRESS
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From this reading Author of “THE RED CHANCELLOR,” “THE MAN-TRAP,” “THE HEIRESS OF THE SEASON,” Etc., Etc.
Hercynian
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From this reading It is with two of these, lying in the midst of what was once the Hercynian forest, which tract even then, although in slow process of clearing, retained much of its primitive, desolate wildness, that the events of the following story are concerned.
hundred
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From this reading For the greater part of two centuries after the close of the Thirty Years War there existed in Germany some two hundred independent states.
Husted
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From this reading Plates by The Husted Linotype Co., Cleveland, U. S. A. Presswork by The University Press, Cambridge, U. S. A.
imagination
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From this reading And it may be well to premise, seeing that nowadays in story-telling the realms of imagination have often a two-fold meaning, literal as well as metaphorical, that, though the embroidery of this tale may be fanciful, the ground upon which it is worked is of the substance called fact.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading For the greater part of two centuries after the close of the Thirty Years War there existed in Germany some two hundred independent states.
independent
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From this reading For the greater part of two centuries after the close of the Thirty Years War there existed in Germany some two hundred independent states.
isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading It is with two of these, lying in the midst of what was once the Hercynian forest, which tract even then, although in slow process of clearing, retained much of its primitive, desolate wildness, that the events of the following story are concerned.
ItpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It is with two of these, lying in the midst of what was once the Hercynian forest, which tract even then, although in slow process of clearing, retained much of its primitive, desolate wildness, that the events of the following story are concerned.
itsdeterminerUS /ɪts/
belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned
From this reading It is with two of these, lying in the midst of what was once the Hercynian forest, which tract even then, although in slow process of clearing, retained much of its primitive, desolate wildness, that the events of the following story are concerned.
Linotype
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From this reading Plates by The Husted Linotype Co., Cleveland, U. S. A. Presswork by The University Press, Cambridge, U. S. A.
literal
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From this reading And it may be well to premise, seeing that nowadays in story-telling the realms of imagination have often a two-fold meaning, literal as well as metaphorical, that, though the embroidery of this tale may be fanciful, the ground upon which it is worked is of the substance called fact.
lying
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From this reading It is with two of these, lying in the midst of what was once the Hercynian forest, which tract even then, although in slow process of clearing, retained much of its primitive, desolate wildness, that the events of the following story are concerned.
MAN-TRAP
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From this reading Author of “THE RED CHANCELLOR,” “THE MAN-TRAP,” “THE HEIRESS OF THE SEASON,” Etc., Etc.
maymodal verbUS /meɪ/
used to say something is possible, or to give permission
From this reading And it may be well to premise, seeing that nowadays in story-telling the realms of imagination have often a two-fold meaning, literal as well as metaphorical, that, though the embroidery of this tale may be fanciful, the ground upon which it is worked is of the substance called fact.
meaning
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From this reading And it may be well to premise, seeing that nowadays in story-telling the realms of imagination have often a two-fold meaning, literal as well as metaphorical, that, though the embroidery of this tale may be fanciful, the ground upon which it is worked is of the substance called fact.
metaphorical
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From this reading And it may be well to premise, seeing that nowadays in story-telling the realms of imagination have often a two-fold meaning, literal as well as metaphorical, that, though the embroidery of this tale may be fanciful, the ground upon which it is worked is of the substance called fact.
midst
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From this reading It is with two of these, lying in the midst of what was once the Hercynian forest, which tract even then, although in slow process of clearing, retained much of its primitive, desolate wildness, that the events of the following story are concerned.
much
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From this reading It is with two of these, lying in the midst of what was once the Hercynian forest, which tract even then, although in slow process of clearing, retained much of its primitive, desolate wildness, that the events of the following story are concerned.
nowadays
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From this reading And it may be well to premise, seeing that nowadays in story-telling the realms of imagination have often a two-fold meaning, literal as well as metaphorical, that, though the embroidery of this tale may be fanciful, the ground upon which it is worked is of the substance called fact.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Author of “THE RED CHANCELLOR,” “THE MAN-TRAP,” “THE HEIRESS OF THE SEASON,” Etc., Etc.
often
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From this reading And it may be well to premise, seeing that nowadays in story-telling the realms of imagination have often a two-fold meaning, literal as well as metaphorical, that, though the embroidery of this tale may be fanciful, the ground upon which it is worked is of the substance called fact.
once
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From this reading It is with two of these, lying in the midst of what was once the Hercynian forest, which tract even then, although in slow process of clearing, retained much of its primitive, desolate wildness, that the events of the following story are concerned.
part
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From this reading For the greater part of two centuries after the close of the Thirty Years War there existed in Germany some two hundred independent states.
Plates
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From this reading Plates by The Husted Linotype Co., Cleveland, U. S. A. Presswork by The University Press, Cambridge, U. S. A.
premise
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From this reading And it may be well to premise, seeing that nowadays in story-telling the realms of imagination have often a two-fold meaning, literal as well as metaphorical, that, though the embroidery of this tale may be fanciful, the ground upon which it is worked is of the substance called fact.
Press
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From this reading Plates by The Husted Linotype Co., Cleveland, U. S. A. Presswork by The University Press, Cambridge, U. S. A.
Presswork
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From this reading Plates by The Husted Linotype Co., Cleveland, U. S. A. Presswork by The University Press, Cambridge, U. S. A.
primitive
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From this reading It is with two of these, lying in the midst of what was once the Hercynian forest, which tract even then, although in slow process of clearing, retained much of its primitive, desolate wildness, that the events of the following story are concerned.
process
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From this reading It is with two of these, lying in the midst of what was once the Hercynian forest, which tract even then, although in slow process of clearing, retained much of its primitive, desolate wildness, that the events of the following story are concerned.
realms
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From this reading And it may be well to premise, seeing that nowadays in story-telling the realms of imagination have often a two-fold meaning, literal as well as metaphorical, that, though the embroidery of this tale may be fanciful, the ground upon which it is worked is of the substance called fact.
RED
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From this reading Author of “THE RED CHANCELLOR,” “THE MAN-TRAP,” “THE HEIRESS OF THE SEASON,” Etc., Etc.
retained
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From this reading It is with two of these, lying in the midst of what was once the Hercynian forest, which tract even then, although in slow process of clearing, retained much of its primitive, desolate wildness, that the events of the following story are concerned.
S
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From this reading Plates by The Husted Linotype Co., Cleveland, U. S. A. Presswork by The University Press, Cambridge, U. S. A.
SEASON
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From this reading Author of “THE RED CHANCELLOR,” “THE MAN-TRAP,” “THE HEIRESS OF THE SEASON,” Etc., Etc.
seeing
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From this reading And it may be well to premise, seeing that nowadays in story-telling the realms of imagination have often a two-fold meaning, literal as well as metaphorical, that, though the embroidery of this tale may be fanciful, the ground upon which it is worked is of the substance called fact.
slow
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From this reading It is with two of these, lying in the midst of what was once the Hercynian forest, which tract even then, although in slow process of clearing, retained much of its primitive, desolate wildness, that the events of the following story are concerned.
some
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From this reading For the greater part of two centuries after the close of the Thirty Years War there existed in Germany some two hundred independent states.
states
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From this reading For the greater part of two centuries after the close of the Thirty Years War there existed in Germany some two hundred independent states.
story
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From this reading It is with two of these, lying in the midst of what was once the Hercynian forest, which tract even then, although in slow process of clearing, retained much of its primitive, desolate wildness, that the events of the following story are concerned.
story-telling
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From this reading And it may be well to premise, seeing that nowadays in story-telling the realms of imagination have often a two-fold meaning, literal as well as metaphorical, that, though the embroidery of this tale may be fanciful, the ground upon which it is worked is of the substance called fact.
substancenounUS /ˈsʌbstəns/
wealth or financial means
From this reading And it may be well to premise, seeing that nowadays in story-telling the realms of imagination have often a two-fold meaning, literal as well as metaphorical, that, though the embroidery of this tale may be fanciful, the ground upon which it is worked is of the substance called fact.
tale
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From this reading And it may be well to premise, seeing that nowadays in story-telling the realms of imagination have often a two-fold meaning, literal as well as metaphorical, that, though the embroidery of this tale may be fanciful, the ground upon which it is worked is of the substance called fact.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading It is with two of these, lying in the midst of what was once the Hercynian forest, which tract even then, although in slow process of clearing, retained much of its primitive, desolate wildness, that the events of the following story are concerned.
THEdeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Author of “THE RED CHANCELLOR,” “THE MAN-TRAP,” “THE HEIRESS OF THE SEASON,” Etc., Etc.
then
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From this reading It is with two of these, lying in the midst of what was once the Hercynian forest, which tract even then, although in slow process of clearing, retained much of its primitive, desolate wildness, that the events of the following story are concerned.
there
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From this reading For the greater part of two centuries after the close of the Thirty Years War there existed in Germany some two hundred independent states.
thesedeterminerUS /ðiːz/
the plural of “this”: the people or things near, or just mentioned
From this reading It is with two of these, lying in the midst of what was once the Hercynian forest, which tract even then, although in slow process of clearing, retained much of its primitive, desolate wildness, that the events of the following story are concerned.
Thirty
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From this reading For the greater part of two centuries after the close of the Thirty Years War there existed in Germany some two hundred independent states.
thisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading And it may be well to premise, seeing that nowadays in story-telling the realms of imagination have often a two-fold meaning, literal as well as metaphorical, that, though the embroidery of this tale may be fanciful, the ground upon which it is worked is of the substance called fact.
thoughconjunctionUS /ðoʊ/
in spite of the fact that
From this reading And it may be well to premise, seeing that nowadays in story-telling the realms of imagination have often a two-fold meaning, literal as well as metaphorical, that, though the embroidery of this tale may be fanciful, the ground upon which it is worked is of the substance called fact.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading And it may be well to premise, seeing that nowadays in story-telling the realms of imagination have often a two-fold meaning, literal as well as metaphorical, that, though the embroidery of this tale may be fanciful, the ground upon which it is worked is of the substance called fact.
tract
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From this reading It is with two of these, lying in the midst of what was once the Hercynian forest, which tract even then, although in slow process of clearing, retained much of its primitive, desolate wildness, that the events of the following story are concerned.
two
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From this reading For the greater part of two centuries after the close of the Thirty Years War there existed in Germany some two hundred independent states.
two-fold
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From this reading And it may be well to premise, seeing that nowadays in story-telling the realms of imagination have often a two-fold meaning, literal as well as metaphorical, that, though the embroidery of this tale may be fanciful, the ground upon which it is worked is of the substance called fact.
U
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From this reading Plates by The Husted Linotype Co., Cleveland, U. S. A. Presswork by The University Press, Cambridge, U. S. A.
University
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From this reading Plates by The Husted Linotype Co., Cleveland, U. S. A. Presswork by The University Press, Cambridge, U. S. A.
uponprepositionUS /əˈpɑːn/
a formal word for “on”
From this reading And it may be well to premise, seeing that nowadays in story-telling the realms of imagination have often a two-fold meaning, literal as well as metaphorical, that, though the embroidery of this tale may be fanciful, the ground upon which it is worked is of the substance called fact.
War
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From this reading For the greater part of two centuries after the close of the Thirty Years War there existed in Germany some two hundred independent states.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading It is with two of these, lying in the midst of what was once the Hercynian forest, which tract even then, although in slow process of clearing, retained much of its primitive, desolate wildness, that the events of the following story are concerned.
well
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From this reading And it may be well to premise, seeing that nowadays in story-telling the realms of imagination have often a two-fold meaning, literal as well as metaphorical, that, though the embroidery of this tale may be fanciful, the ground upon which it is worked is of the substance called fact.
whatpronounUS /wʌt/
used to ask for information about something
From this reading It is with two of these, lying in the midst of what was once the Hercynian forest, which tract even then, although in slow process of clearing, retained much of its primitive, desolate wildness, that the events of the following story are concerned.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading It is with two of these, lying in the midst of what was once the Hercynian forest, which tract even then, although in slow process of clearing, retained much of its primitive, desolate wildness, that the events of the following story are concerned.
wildness
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From this reading It is with two of these, lying in the midst of what was once the Hercynian forest, which tract even then, although in slow process of clearing, retained much of its primitive, desolate wildness, that the events of the following story are concerned.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading It is with two of these, lying in the midst of what was once the Hercynian forest, which tract even then, although in slow process of clearing, retained much of its primitive, desolate wildness, that the events of the following story are concerned.
worked
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From this reading And it may be well to premise, seeing that nowadays in story-telling the realms of imagination have often a two-fold meaning, literal as well as metaphorical, that, though the embroidery of this tale may be fanciful, the ground upon which it is worked is of the substance called fact.
Years
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From this reading For the greater part of two centuries after the close of the Thirty Years War there existed in Germany some two hundred independent states.
