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Adèle Dubois
Adèle Dubois

Chapter XXV

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THE LAST SLEEP.
Adele had long since discovered that the events of greatest interest in her life had transpired before she entered the walls of Rossillon, or mingled in the festivities of the Court at Paris.
The scenes that occurred at Miramichi, during Mr. Lansdowne's accidental residence there, were fraught with a power over her heart, continually deepening with the flight of time.
Those golden days, when their lives flowed side by side, had been filled with the strange, sweet agitations, the aerial dreams, the bewitching glamour, the intoxicating happiness of a first and youthful love.
Those days were imprinted yet more deeply in her memory by a consciousness that there was somewhat with which to reproach herself connected with them.
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LEARNER DICTIONARY
Archivist
/ˈɑːrkɪvɪst/
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A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.

Adèle Dubois

Chapter XXV

Reading 1/8 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

Line 1
THE LAST SLEEP.
Line 2
Adele had long since discovered that the events of greatest interest in her life had transpired before she entered the walls of Rossillon, or mingled in the festivities of the Court at Paris.
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The scenes that occurred at Miramichi, during Mr. Lansdowne's accidental residence there, were fraught with a power over her heart, continually deepening with the flight of time.
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Those golden days, when their lives flowed side by side, had been filled with the strange, sweet agitations, the aerial dreams, the bewitching glamour, the intoxicating happiness of a first and youthful love.
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Those days were imprinted yet more deeply in her memory by a consciousness that there was somewhat with which to reproach herself connected with them.

Learner Dictionary

Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, audio, and collocations from this reading.

Been auxiliary verb US /bɪn/

the past participle of “be”

From this reading “Those golden days, when their lives flowed side by side, had been filled with the strange, sweet agitations, the aerial dreams, the bewitching glamour, the intoxicating happiness of a first and youthful love.”

Before preposition US /bɪˈfɔːr/

earlier than; in front of

From this reading “Adele had long since discovered that the events of greatest interest in her life had transpired before she entered the walls of Rossillon, or mingled in the festivities of the Court at Paris.”

During preposition US /ˈdʊrɪŋ/

all through a period, or at some point within it

From this reading “The scenes that occurred at Miramichi, during Mr. Lansdowne's accidental residence there, were fraught with a power over her heart, continually deepening with the flight of time.”

First noun US /first/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “Those golden days, when their lives flowed side by side, had been filled with the strange, sweet agitations, the aerial dreams, the bewitching glamour, the intoxicating happiness of a first and youthful love.”

Herself pronoun US /hərˈself/

used when the woman or girl doing the action is also its object

From this reading “Those days were imprinted yet more deeply in her memory by a consciousness that there was somewhat with which to reproach herself connected with them.”

LAST noun US /last/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “THE LAST SLEEP.”

Life noun US /life/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “Adele had long since discovered that the events of greatest interest in her life had transpired before she entered the walls of Rossillon, or mingled in the festivities of the Court at Paris.”

Long noun US /long/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “Adele had long since discovered that the events of greatest interest in her life had transpired before she entered the walls of Rossillon, or mingled in the festivities of the Court at Paris.”

Memory noun US /ˈmem.ər.i/

The faculty by which the mind stores and remembers information and knowledge.

From this reading “Those days were imprinted yet more deeply in her memory by a consciousness that there was somewhat with which to reproach herself connected with them.”

Over preposition US /ˈoʊvər/

above and across; more than

From this reading “The scenes that occurred at Miramichi, during Mr. Lansdowne's accidental residence there, were fraught with a power over her heart, continually deepening with the flight of time.”

Since preposition US /sɪns/

from a time in the past until now

From this reading “Adele had long since discovered that the events of greatest interest in her life had transpired before she entered the walls of Rossillon, or mingled in the festivities of the Court at Paris.”

Those determiner US /ðoʊz/

the plural of “that”: the people or things further away, or already known

From this reading “Those golden days, when their lives flowed side by side, had been filled with the strange, sweet agitations, the aerial dreams, the bewitching glamour, the intoxicating happiness of a first and youthful love.”

Time noun US /time/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “The scenes that occurred at Miramichi, during Mr. Lansdowne's accidental residence there, were fraught with a power over her heart, continually deepening with the flight of time.”

Yet conjunction US /jet/

but in spite of that

From this reading “Those days were imprinted yet more deeply in her memory by a consciousness that there was somewhat with which to reproach herself connected with them.”

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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 The scenes that occurred at Miramichi, during Mr. Lansdowne's accidental residence there, were fraught with a power over her heart, continually deepening with the flight of time.

accidental

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From this reading The scenes that occurred at Miramichi, during Mr. Lansdowne's accidental residence there, were fraught with a power over her heart, continually deepening with the flight of time.

Adele

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From this reading Adele had long since discovered that the events of greatest interest in her life had transpired before she entered the walls of Rossillon, or mingled in the festivities of the Court at Paris.

aerial

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From this reading Those golden days, when their lives flowed side by side, had been filled with the strange, sweet agitations, the aerial dreams, the bewitching glamour, the intoxicating happiness of a first and youthful love.

agitations

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From this reading Those golden days, when their lives flowed side by side, had been filled with the strange, sweet agitations, the aerial dreams, the bewitching glamour, the intoxicating happiness of a first and youthful love.

andconjunctionUS /ənd/

used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together

From this reading Those golden days, when their lives flowed side by side, had been filled with the strange, sweet agitations, the aerial dreams, the bewitching glamour, the intoxicating happiness of a first and youthful love.

atprepositionUS /æt/

in or near a particular place or position

From this reading Adele had long since discovered that the events of greatest interest in her life had transpired before she entered the walls of Rossillon, or mingled in the festivities of the Court at Paris.

beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/

the past participle of “be”

From this reading Those golden days, when their lives flowed side by side, had been filled with the strange, sweet agitations, the aerial dreams, the bewitching glamour, the intoxicating happiness of a first and youthful love.

beforeprepositionUS /bɪˈfɔːr/

earlier than; in front of

From this reading Adele had long since discovered that the events of greatest interest in her life had transpired before she entered the walls of Rossillon, or mingled in the festivities of the Court at Paris.

bewitching

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From this reading Those golden days, when their lives flowed side by side, had been filled with the strange, sweet agitations, the aerial dreams, the bewitching glamour, the intoxicating happiness of a first and youthful love.

byprepositionUS /baɪ/

showing who or what does the action

From this reading Those golden days, when their lives flowed side by side, had been filled with the strange, sweet agitations, the aerial dreams, the bewitching glamour, the intoxicating happiness of a first and youthful love.

connected

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From this reading Those days were imprinted yet more deeply in her memory by a consciousness that there was somewhat with which to reproach herself connected with them.

consciousness

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From this reading Those days were imprinted yet more deeply in her memory by a consciousness that there was somewhat with which to reproach herself connected with them.

continually

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From this reading The scenes that occurred at Miramichi, during Mr. Lansdowne's accidental residence there, were fraught with a power over her heart, continually deepening with the flight of time.

Court

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From this reading Adele had long since discovered that the events of greatest interest in her life had transpired before she entered the walls of Rossillon, or mingled in the festivities of the Court at Paris.

days

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From this reading Those golden days, when their lives flowed side by side, had been filled with the strange, sweet agitations, the aerial dreams, the bewitching glamour, the intoxicating happiness of a first and youthful love.

deepening

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From this reading The scenes that occurred at Miramichi, during Mr. Lansdowne's accidental residence there, were fraught with a power over her heart, continually deepening with the flight of time.

deeply

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From this reading Those days were imprinted yet more deeply in her memory by a consciousness that there was somewhat with which to reproach herself connected with them.

discovered

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From this reading Adele had long since discovered that the events of greatest interest in her life had transpired before she entered the walls of Rossillon, or mingled in the festivities of the Court at Paris.

dreams

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From this reading Those golden days, when their lives flowed side by side, had been filled with the strange, sweet agitations, the aerial dreams, the bewitching glamour, the intoxicating happiness of a first and youthful love.

duringprepositionUS /ˈdʊrɪŋ/

all through a period, or at some point within it

From this reading The scenes that occurred at Miramichi, during Mr. Lansdowne's accidental residence there, were fraught with a power over her heart, continually deepening with the flight of time.

entered

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From this reading Adele had long since discovered that the events of greatest interest in her life had transpired before she entered the walls of Rossillon, or mingled in the festivities of the Court at Paris.

events

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From this reading Adele had long since discovered that the events of greatest interest in her life had transpired before she entered the walls of Rossillon, or mingled in the festivities of the Court at Paris.

festivities

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From this reading Adele had long since discovered that the events of greatest interest in her life had transpired before she entered the walls of Rossillon, or mingled in the festivities of the Court at Paris.

filled

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From this reading Those golden days, when their lives flowed side by side, had been filled with the strange, sweet agitations, the aerial dreams, the bewitching glamour, the intoxicating happiness of a first and youthful love.

firstnounUS /first/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading Those golden days, when their lives flowed side by side, had been filled with the strange, sweet agitations, the aerial dreams, the bewitching glamour, the intoxicating happiness of a first and youthful love.

flight

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From this reading The scenes that occurred at Miramichi, during Mr. Lansdowne's accidental residence there, were fraught with a power over her heart, continually deepening with the flight of time.

flowed

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From this reading Those golden days, when their lives flowed side by side, had been filled with the strange, sweet agitations, the aerial dreams, the bewitching glamour, the intoxicating happiness of a first and youthful love.

fraught

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From this reading The scenes that occurred at Miramichi, during Mr. Lansdowne's accidental residence there, were fraught with a power over her heart, continually deepening with the flight of time.

glamour

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From this reading Those golden days, when their lives flowed side by side, had been filled with the strange, sweet agitations, the aerial dreams, the bewitching glamour, the intoxicating happiness of a first and youthful love.

golden

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From this reading Those golden days, when their lives flowed side by side, had been filled with the strange, sweet agitations, the aerial dreams, the bewitching glamour, the intoxicating happiness of a first and youthful love.

greatest

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From this reading Adele had long since discovered that the events of greatest interest in her life had transpired before she entered the walls of Rossillon, or mingled in the festivities of the Court at Paris.

hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/

the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect

From this reading Adele had long since discovered that the events of greatest interest in her life had transpired before she entered the walls of Rossillon, or mingled in the festivities of the Court at Paris.

happiness

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From this reading Those golden days, when their lives flowed side by side, had been filled with the strange, sweet agitations, the aerial dreams, the bewitching glamour, the intoxicating happiness of a first and youthful love.

heart

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From this reading The scenes that occurred at Miramichi, during Mr. Lansdowne's accidental residence there, were fraught with a power over her heart, continually deepening with the flight of time.

herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/

belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned

From this reading Adele had long since discovered that the events of greatest interest in her life had transpired before she entered the walls of Rossillon, or mingled in the festivities of the Court at Paris.

herselfpronounUS /hərˈself/

used when the woman or girl doing the action is also its object

From this reading Those days were imprinted yet more deeply in her memory by a consciousness that there was somewhat with which to reproach herself connected with them.

imprinted

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From this reading Those days were imprinted yet more deeply in her memory by a consciousness that there was somewhat with which to reproach herself connected with them.

inprepositionUS /ɪn/

inside something, or within a place, period, or state

From this reading Adele had long since discovered that the events of greatest interest in her life had transpired before she entered the walls of Rossillon, or mingled in the festivities of the Court at Paris.

interest

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From this reading Adele had long since discovered that the events of greatest interest in her life had transpired before she entered the walls of Rossillon, or mingled in the festivities of the Court at Paris.

intoxicating

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From this reading Those golden days, when their lives flowed side by side, had been filled with the strange, sweet agitations, the aerial dreams, the bewitching glamour, the intoxicating happiness of a first and youthful love.

Lansdowne's

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From this reading The scenes that occurred at Miramichi, during Mr. Lansdowne's accidental residence there, were fraught with a power over her heart, continually deepening with the flight of time.

LASTnounUS /last/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading THE LAST SLEEP.

lifenounUS /life/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading Adele had long since discovered that the events of greatest interest in her life had transpired before she entered the walls of Rossillon, or mingled in the festivities of the Court at Paris.

lives

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From this reading Those golden days, when their lives flowed side by side, had been filled with the strange, sweet agitations, the aerial dreams, the bewitching glamour, the intoxicating happiness of a first and youthful love.

longnounUS /long/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading Adele had long since discovered that the events of greatest interest in her life had transpired before she entered the walls of Rossillon, or mingled in the festivities of the Court at Paris.

love

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From this reading Those golden days, when their lives flowed side by side, had been filled with the strange, sweet agitations, the aerial dreams, the bewitching glamour, the intoxicating happiness of a first and youthful love.

memorynounUS /ˈmem.ər.i/

The faculty by which the mind stores and remembers information and knowledge.

From this reading Those days were imprinted yet more deeply in her memory by a consciousness that there was somewhat with which to reproach herself connected with them.

mingled

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From this reading Adele had long since discovered that the events of greatest interest in her life had transpired before she entered the walls of Rossillon, or mingled in the festivities of the Court at Paris.

Miramichi

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From this reading The scenes that occurred at Miramichi, during Mr. Lansdowne's accidental residence there, were fraught with a power over her heart, continually deepening with the flight of time.

more

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From this reading Those days were imprinted yet more deeply in her memory by a consciousness that there was somewhat with which to reproach herself connected with them.

Mr

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From this reading The scenes that occurred at Miramichi, during Mr. Lansdowne's accidental residence there, were fraught with a power over her heart, continually deepening with the flight of time.

occurred

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From this reading The scenes that occurred at Miramichi, during Mr. Lansdowne's accidental residence there, were fraught with a power over her heart, continually deepening with the flight of time.

ofprepositionUS /ʌv/

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

From this reading Adele had long since discovered that the events of greatest interest in her life had transpired before she entered the walls of Rossillon, or mingled in the festivities of the Court at Paris.

orconjunctionUS /ɔːr/

used to join alternatives or possibilities

From this reading Adele had long since discovered that the events of greatest interest in her life had transpired before she entered the walls of Rossillon, or mingled in the festivities of the Court at Paris.

overprepositionUS /ˈoʊvər/

above and across; more than

From this reading The scenes that occurred at Miramichi, during Mr. Lansdowne's accidental residence there, were fraught with a power over her heart, continually deepening with the flight of time.

Paris

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From this reading Adele had long since discovered that the events of greatest interest in her life had transpired before she entered the walls of Rossillon, or mingled in the festivities of the Court at Paris.

power

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From this reading The scenes that occurred at Miramichi, during Mr. Lansdowne's accidental residence there, were fraught with a power over her heart, continually deepening with the flight of time.

reproach

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From this reading Those days were imprinted yet more deeply in her memory by a consciousness that there was somewhat with which to reproach herself connected with them.

residence

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From this reading The scenes that occurred at Miramichi, during Mr. Lansdowne's accidental residence there, were fraught with a power over her heart, continually deepening with the flight of time.

Rossillon

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From this reading Adele had long since discovered that the events of greatest interest in her life had transpired before she entered the walls of Rossillon, or mingled in the festivities of the Court at Paris.

scenes

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From this reading The scenes that occurred at Miramichi, during Mr. Lansdowne's accidental residence there, were fraught with a power over her heart, continually deepening with the flight of time.

shepronounUS /ʃiː/

a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject

From this reading Adele had long since discovered that the events of greatest interest in her life had transpired before she entered the walls of Rossillon, or mingled in the festivities of the Court at Paris.

side

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From this reading Those golden days, when their lives flowed side by side, had been filled with the strange, sweet agitations, the aerial dreams, the bewitching glamour, the intoxicating happiness of a first and youthful love.

sinceprepositionUS /sɪns/

from a time in the past until now

From this reading Adele had long since discovered that the events of greatest interest in her life had transpired before she entered the walls of Rossillon, or mingled in the festivities of the Court at Paris.

SLEEP

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From this reading THE LAST SLEEP.

somewhat

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From this reading Those days were imprinted yet more deeply in her memory by a consciousness that there was somewhat with which to reproach herself connected with them.

strange

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From this reading Those golden days, when their lives flowed side by side, had been filled with the strange, sweet agitations, the aerial dreams, the bewitching glamour, the intoxicating happiness of a first and youthful love.

sweet

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From this reading Those golden days, when their lives flowed side by side, had been filled with the strange, sweet agitations, the aerial dreams, the bewitching glamour, the intoxicating happiness of a first and youthful love.

thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/

used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt

From this reading Adele had long since discovered that the events of greatest interest in her life had transpired before she entered the walls of Rossillon, or mingled in the festivities of the Court at Paris.

THEdeterminerUS /ðə/

used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind

From this reading THE LAST SLEEP.

theirdeterminerUS /ðer/

belonging to the people or things already mentioned

From this reading Those golden days, when their lives flowed side by side, had been filled with the strange, sweet agitations, the aerial dreams, the bewitching glamour, the intoxicating happiness of a first and youthful love.

thempronounUS /ðem/

the people or things already mentioned, as the object

From this reading Those days were imprinted yet more deeply in her memory by a consciousness that there was somewhat with which to reproach herself connected with them.

there

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From this reading The scenes that occurred at Miramichi, during Mr. Lansdowne's accidental residence there, were fraught with a power over her heart, continually deepening with the flight of time.

ThosedeterminerUS /ðoʊz/

the plural of “that”: the people or things further away, or already known

From this reading Those golden days, when their lives flowed side by side, had been filled with the strange, sweet agitations, the aerial dreams, the bewitching glamour, the intoxicating happiness of a first and youthful love.

timenounUS /time/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading The scenes that occurred at Miramichi, during Mr. Lansdowne's accidental residence there, were fraught with a power over her heart, continually deepening with the flight of time.

toparticleUS /tuː/

used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive

From this reading Those days were imprinted yet more deeply in her memory by a consciousness that there was somewhat with which to reproach herself connected with them.

transpired

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From this reading Adele had long since discovered that the events of greatest interest in her life had transpired before she entered the walls of Rossillon, or mingled in the festivities of the Court at Paris.

walls

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From this reading Adele had long since discovered that the events of greatest interest in her life had transpired before she entered the walls of Rossillon, or mingled in the festivities of the Court at Paris.

wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/

the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun

From this reading Those days were imprinted yet more deeply in her memory by a consciousness that there was somewhat with which to reproach herself connected with them.

wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/

the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun

From this reading The scenes that occurred at Miramichi, during Mr. Lansdowne's accidental residence there, were fraught with a power over her heart, continually deepening with the flight of time.

whenconjunctionUS /wen/

at the time that

From this reading Those golden days, when their lives flowed side by side, had been filled with the strange, sweet agitations, the aerial dreams, the bewitching glamour, the intoxicating happiness of a first and youthful love.

whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/

used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned

From this reading Those days were imprinted yet more deeply in her memory by a consciousness that there was somewhat with which to reproach herself connected with them.

withprepositionUS /wɪð/

in the company of; together with

From this reading The scenes that occurred at Miramichi, during Mr. Lansdowne's accidental residence there, were fraught with a power over her heart, continually deepening with the flight of time.

yetconjunctionUS /jet/

but in spite of that

From this reading Those days were imprinted yet more deeply in her memory by a consciousness that there was somewhat with which to reproach herself connected with them.

youthful

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From this reading Those golden days, when their lives flowed side by side, had been filled with the strange, sweet agitations, the aerial dreams, the bewitching glamour, the intoxicating happiness of a first and youthful love.