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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 _Lofty classical enthusiasm of David, and painful Lack of feeling on the Part of Frank.--David, red hot with the Flow of the Past, is suddenly confronted with the Present.--The Present dashes Cold Water upon his glowing Enthusiasm.--The Gates.--Minor, Aeacus, and Rhadamanthus.--The Culprits._ As they thus rested on the seats of the Amphitheatre, the classical enthusiasm of David rose superior to fatigue, and his enthusiastic feelings burst forth without restraint, in a long and somewhat incoherent rhapsody about the fell of Pompeii.
aboutprepositionUS /əˈbaʊt/
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading _Lofty classical enthusiasm of David, and painful Lack of feeling on the Part of Frank.--David, red hot with the Flow of the Past, is suddenly confronted with the Present.--The Present dashes Cold Water upon his glowing Enthusiasm.--The Gates.--Minor, Aeacus, and Rhadamanthus.--The Culprits._ As they thus rested on the seats of the Amphitheatre, the classical enthusiasm of David rose superior to fatigue, and his enthusiastic feelings burst forth without restraint, in a long and somewhat incoherent rhapsody about the fell of Pompeii.
Aeacus
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From this reading _Lofty classical enthusiasm of David, and painful Lack of feeling on the Part of Frank.--David, red hot with the Flow of the Past, is suddenly confronted with the Present.--The Present dashes Cold Water upon his glowing Enthusiasm.--The Gates.--Minor, Aeacus, and Rhadamanthus.--The Culprits._ As they thus rested on the seats of the Amphitheatre, the classical enthusiasm of David rose superior to fatigue, and his enthusiastic feelings burst forth without restraint, in a long and somewhat incoherent rhapsody about the fell of Pompeii.
afar
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From this reading Far into the heavens the smoke clouds arose, ascending in a dark pillar till they reached the upper strata of the atmosphere, where they unfolded themselves, and spread out afar--to the east, and the west, and the north, and the south.
Amphitheatre
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From this reading _Lofty classical enthusiasm of David, and painful Lack of feeling on the Part of Frank.--David, red hot with the Flow of the Past, is suddenly confronted with the Present.--The Present dashes Cold Water upon his glowing Enthusiasm.--The Gates.--Minor, Aeacus, and Rhadamanthus.--The Culprits._ As they thus rested on the seats of the Amphitheatre, the classical enthusiasm of David rose superior to fatigue, and his enthusiastic feelings burst forth without restraint, in a long and somewhat incoherent rhapsody about the fell of Pompeii.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading _Lofty classical enthusiasm of David, and painful Lack of feeling on the Part of Frank.--David, red hot with the Flow of the Past, is suddenly confronted with the Present.--The Present dashes Cold Water upon his glowing Enthusiasm.--The Gates.--Minor, Aeacus, and Rhadamanthus.--The Culprits._ As they thus rested on the seats of the Amphitheatre, the classical enthusiasm of David rose superior to fatigue, and his enthusiastic feelings burst forth without restraint, in a long and somewhat incoherent rhapsody about the fell of Pompeii.
appearancenounUS /ˈappearance/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading Some such appearance as this the mountain may have had, as it towered gloomily before the Pompeians on that day of days.
appeared
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From this reading Some such scene as this may have appeared, only deepened into terrors a thousand fold more gloomy, to the population of the doomed city, as they gathered here on these seats for the last time.
arose
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From this reading Far into the heavens the smoke clouds arose, ascending in a dark pillar till they reached the upper strata of the atmosphere, where they unfolded themselves, and spread out afar--to the east, and the west, and the north, and the south.
AsconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading _Lofty classical enthusiasm of David, and painful Lack of feeling on the Part of Frank.--David, red hot with the Flow of the Past, is suddenly confronted with the Present.--The Present dashes Cold Water upon his glowing Enthusiasm.--The Gates.--Minor, Aeacus, and Rhadamanthus.--The Culprits._ As they thus rested on the seats of the Amphitheatre, the classical enthusiasm of David rose superior to fatigue, and his enthusiastic feelings burst forth without restraint, in a long and somewhat incoherent rhapsody about the fell of Pompeii.
ascending
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From this reading Far into the heavens the smoke clouds arose, ascending in a dark pillar till they reached the upper strata of the atmosphere, where they unfolded themselves, and spread out afar--to the east, and the west, and the north, and the south.
atmosphere
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From this reading Far into the heavens the smoke clouds arose, ascending in a dark pillar till they reached the upper strata of the atmosphere, where they unfolded themselves, and spread out afar--to the east, and the west, and the north, and the south.
beforeprepositionUS /bɪˈfɔːr/
earlier than; in front of
From this reading Full before them, as they sat, rose Vesuvius; and they saw that which helped them to reproduce the past more vividly, for even now the dense, dark cloud of the volcano was gathering, and the thick smoke-volumes were rolling forth from the crater.
burst
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From this reading _Lofty classical enthusiasm of David, and painful Lack of feeling on the Part of Frank.--David, red hot with the Flow of the Past, is suddenly confronted with the Present.--The Present dashes Cold Water upon his glowing Enthusiasm.--The Gates.--Minor, Aeacus, and Rhadamanthus.--The Culprits._ As they thus rested on the seats of the Amphitheatre, the classical enthusiasm of David rose superior to fatigue, and his enthusiastic feelings burst forth without restraint, in a long and somewhat incoherent rhapsody about the fell of Pompeii.
city
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classical
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From this reading _Lofty classical enthusiasm of David, and painful Lack of feeling on the Part of Frank.--David, red hot with the Flow of the Past, is suddenly confronted with the Present.--The Present dashes Cold Water upon his glowing Enthusiasm.--The Gates.--Minor, Aeacus, and Rhadamanthus.--The Culprits._ As they thus rested on the seats of the Amphitheatre, the classical enthusiasm of David rose superior to fatigue, and his enthusiastic feelings burst forth without restraint, in a long and somewhat incoherent rhapsody about the fell of Pompeii.
cloud
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From this reading Full before them, as they sat, rose Vesuvius; and they saw that which helped them to reproduce the past more vividly, for even now the dense, dark cloud of the volcano was gathering, and the thick smoke-volumes were rolling forth from the crater.
clouds
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From this reading Far into the heavens the smoke clouds arose, ascending in a dark pillar till they reached the upper strata of the atmosphere, where they unfolded themselves, and spread out afar--to the east, and the west, and the north, and the south.
Cold
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From this reading _Lofty classical enthusiasm of David, and painful Lack of feeling on the Part of Frank.--David, red hot with the Flow of the Past, is suddenly confronted with the Present.--The Present dashes Cold Water upon his glowing Enthusiasm.--The Gates.--Minor, Aeacus, and Rhadamanthus.--The Culprits._ As they thus rested on the seats of the Amphitheatre, the classical enthusiasm of David rose superior to fatigue, and his enthusiastic feelings burst forth without restraint, in a long and somewhat incoherent rhapsody about the fell of Pompeii.
confronted
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From this reading _Lofty classical enthusiasm of David, and painful Lack of feeling on the Part of Frank.--David, red hot with the Flow of the Past, is suddenly confronted with the Present.--The Present dashes Cold Water upon his glowing Enthusiasm.--The Gates.--Minor, Aeacus, and Rhadamanthus.--The Culprits._ As they thus rested on the seats of the Amphitheatre, the classical enthusiasm of David rose superior to fatigue, and his enthusiastic feelings burst forth without restraint, in a long and somewhat incoherent rhapsody about the fell of Pompeii.
crater
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From this reading Full before them, as they sat, rose Vesuvius; and they saw that which helped them to reproduce the past more vividly, for even now the dense, dark cloud of the volcano was gathering, and the thick smoke-volumes were rolling forth from the crater.
Culprits
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From this reading _Lofty classical enthusiasm of David, and painful Lack of feeling on the Part of Frank.--David, red hot with the Flow of the Past, is suddenly confronted with the Present.--The Present dashes Cold Water upon his glowing Enthusiasm.--The Gates.--Minor, Aeacus, and Rhadamanthus.--The Culprits._ As they thus rested on the seats of the Amphitheatre, the classical enthusiasm of David rose superior to fatigue, and his enthusiastic feelings burst forth without restraint, in a long and somewhat incoherent rhapsody about the fell of Pompeii.
dark
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From this reading Full before them, as they sat, rose Vesuvius; and they saw that which helped them to reproduce the past more vividly, for even now the dense, dark cloud of the volcano was gathering, and the thick smoke-volumes were rolling forth from the crater.
dashes
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From this reading _Lofty classical enthusiasm of David, and painful Lack of feeling on the Part of Frank.--David, red hot with the Flow of the Past, is suddenly confronted with the Present.--The Present dashes Cold Water upon his glowing Enthusiasm.--The Gates.--Minor, Aeacus, and Rhadamanthus.--The Culprits._ As they thus rested on the seats of the Amphitheatre, the classical enthusiasm of David rose superior to fatigue, and his enthusiastic feelings burst forth without restraint, in a long and somewhat incoherent rhapsody about the fell of Pompeii.
David
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From this reading _Lofty classical enthusiasm of David, and painful Lack of feeling on the Part of Frank.--David, red hot with the Flow of the Past, is suddenly confronted with the Present.--The Present dashes Cold Water upon his glowing Enthusiasm.--The Gates.--Minor, Aeacus, and Rhadamanthus.--The Culprits._ As they thus rested on the seats of the Amphitheatre, the classical enthusiasm of David rose superior to fatigue, and his enthusiastic feelings burst forth without restraint, in a long and somewhat incoherent rhapsody about the fell of Pompeii.
day
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From this reading Some such appearance as this the mountain may have had, as it towered gloomily before the Pompeians on that day of days.
days
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From this reading Some such appearance as this the mountain may have had, as it towered gloomily before the Pompeians on that day of days.
deepened
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From this reading Some such scene as this may have appeared, only deepened into terrors a thousand fold more gloomy, to the population of the doomed city, as they gathered here on these seats for the last time.
dense
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From this reading Full before them, as they sat, rose Vesuvius; and they saw that which helped them to reproduce the past more vividly, for even now the dense, dark cloud of the volcano was gathering, and the thick smoke-volumes were rolling forth from the crater.
doomed
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From this reading Some such scene as this may have appeared, only deepened into terrors a thousand fold more gloomy, to the population of the doomed city, as they gathered here on these seats for the last time.
east
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From this reading Far into the heavens the smoke clouds arose, ascending in a dark pillar till they reached the upper strata of the atmosphere, where they unfolded themselves, and spread out afar--to the east, and the west, and the north, and the south.
enthusiasm
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From this reading _Lofty classical enthusiasm of David, and painful Lack of feeling on the Part of Frank.--David, red hot with the Flow of the Past, is suddenly confronted with the Present.--The Present dashes Cold Water upon his glowing Enthusiasm.--The Gates.--Minor, Aeacus, and Rhadamanthus.--The Culprits._ As they thus rested on the seats of the Amphitheatre, the classical enthusiasm of David rose superior to fatigue, and his enthusiastic feelings burst forth without restraint, in a long and somewhat incoherent rhapsody about the fell of Pompeii.
enthusiastic
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From this reading _Lofty classical enthusiasm of David, and painful Lack of feeling on the Part of Frank.--David, red hot with the Flow of the Past, is suddenly confronted with the Present.--The Present dashes Cold Water upon his glowing Enthusiasm.--The Gates.--Minor, Aeacus, and Rhadamanthus.--The Culprits._ As they thus rested on the seats of the Amphitheatre, the classical enthusiasm of David rose superior to fatigue, and his enthusiastic feelings burst forth without restraint, in a long and somewhat incoherent rhapsody about the fell of Pompeii.
evennounUS /even/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Full before them, as they sat, rose Vesuvius; and they saw that which helped them to reproduce the past more vividly, for even now the dense, dark cloud of the volcano was gathering, and the thick smoke-volumes were rolling forth from the crater.
Far
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From this reading Far into the heavens the smoke clouds arose, ascending in a dark pillar till they reached the upper strata of the atmosphere, where they unfolded themselves, and spread out afar--to the east, and the west, and the north, and the south.
fatigue
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From this reading _Lofty classical enthusiasm of David, and painful Lack of feeling on the Part of Frank.--David, red hot with the Flow of the Past, is suddenly confronted with the Present.--The Present dashes Cold Water upon his glowing Enthusiasm.--The Gates.--Minor, Aeacus, and Rhadamanthus.--The Culprits._ As they thus rested on the seats of the Amphitheatre, the classical enthusiasm of David rose superior to fatigue, and his enthusiastic feelings burst forth without restraint, in a long and somewhat incoherent rhapsody about the fell of Pompeii.
feelingnounUS /ˈfeeling/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading _Lofty classical enthusiasm of David, and painful Lack of feeling on the Part of Frank.--David, red hot with the Flow of the Past, is suddenly confronted with the Present.--The Present dashes Cold Water upon his glowing Enthusiasm.--The Gates.--Minor, Aeacus, and Rhadamanthus.--The Culprits._ As they thus rested on the seats of the Amphitheatre, the classical enthusiasm of David rose superior to fatigue, and his enthusiastic feelings burst forth without restraint, in a long and somewhat incoherent rhapsody about the fell of Pompeii.
feelings
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From this reading _Lofty classical enthusiasm of David, and painful Lack of feeling on the Part of Frank.--David, red hot with the Flow of the Past, is suddenly confronted with the Present.--The Present dashes Cold Water upon his glowing Enthusiasm.--The Gates.--Minor, Aeacus, and Rhadamanthus.--The Culprits._ As they thus rested on the seats of the Amphitheatre, the classical enthusiasm of David rose superior to fatigue, and his enthusiastic feelings burst forth without restraint, in a long and somewhat incoherent rhapsody about the fell of Pompeii.
fell
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From this reading _Lofty classical enthusiasm of David, and painful Lack of feeling on the Part of Frank.--David, red hot with the Flow of the Past, is suddenly confronted with the Present.--The Present dashes Cold Water upon his glowing Enthusiasm.--The Gates.--Minor, Aeacus, and Rhadamanthus.--The Culprits._ As they thus rested on the seats of the Amphitheatre, the classical enthusiasm of David rose superior to fatigue, and his enthusiastic feelings burst forth without restraint, in a long and somewhat incoherent rhapsody about the fell of Pompeii.
Flow
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From this reading _Lofty classical enthusiasm of David, and painful Lack of feeling on the Part of Frank.--David, red hot with the Flow of the Past, is suddenly confronted with the Present.--The Present dashes Cold Water upon his glowing Enthusiasm.--The Gates.--Minor, Aeacus, and Rhadamanthus.--The Culprits._ As they thus rested on the seats of the Amphitheatre, the classical enthusiasm of David rose superior to fatigue, and his enthusiastic feelings burst forth without restraint, in a long and somewhat incoherent rhapsody about the fell of Pompeii.
fold
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From this reading Some such scene as this may have appeared, only deepened into terrors a thousand fold more gloomy, to the population of the doomed city, as they gathered here on these seats for the last time.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading Full before them, as they sat, rose Vesuvius; and they saw that which helped them to reproduce the past more vividly, for even now the dense, dark cloud of the volcano was gathering, and the thick smoke-volumes were rolling forth from the crater.
forth
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From this reading _Lofty classical enthusiasm of David, and painful Lack of feeling on the Part of Frank.--David, red hot with the Flow of the Past, is suddenly confronted with the Present.--The Present dashes Cold Water upon his glowing Enthusiasm.--The Gates.--Minor, Aeacus, and Rhadamanthus.--The Culprits._ As they thus rested on the seats of the Amphitheatre, the classical enthusiasm of David rose superior to fatigue, and his enthusiastic feelings burst forth without restraint, in a long and somewhat incoherent rhapsody about the fell of Pompeii.
Frank
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From this reading _Lofty classical enthusiasm of David, and painful Lack of feeling on the Part of Frank.--David, red hot with the Flow of the Past, is suddenly confronted with the Present.--The Present dashes Cold Water upon his glowing Enthusiasm.--The Gates.--Minor, Aeacus, and Rhadamanthus.--The Culprits._ As they thus rested on the seats of the Amphitheatre, the classical enthusiasm of David rose superior to fatigue, and his enthusiastic feelings burst forth without restraint, in a long and somewhat incoherent rhapsody about the fell of Pompeii.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading Full before them, as they sat, rose Vesuvius; and they saw that which helped them to reproduce the past more vividly, for even now the dense, dark cloud of the volcano was gathering, and the thick smoke-volumes were rolling forth from the crater.
Full
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From this reading Full before them, as they sat, rose Vesuvius; and they saw that which helped them to reproduce the past more vividly, for even now the dense, dark cloud of the volcano was gathering, and the thick smoke-volumes were rolling forth from the crater.
Gates
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From this reading _Lofty classical enthusiasm of David, and painful Lack of feeling on the Part of Frank.--David, red hot with the Flow of the Past, is suddenly confronted with the Present.--The Present dashes Cold Water upon his glowing Enthusiasm.--The Gates.--Minor, Aeacus, and Rhadamanthus.--The Culprits._ As they thus rested on the seats of the Amphitheatre, the classical enthusiasm of David rose superior to fatigue, and his enthusiastic feelings burst forth without restraint, in a long and somewhat incoherent rhapsody about the fell of Pompeii.
gathered
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From this reading Some such scene as this may have appeared, only deepened into terrors a thousand fold more gloomy, to the population of the doomed city, as they gathered here on these seats for the last time.
gathering
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From this reading Full before them, as they sat, rose Vesuvius; and they saw that which helped them to reproduce the past more vividly, for even now the dense, dark cloud of the volcano was gathering, and the thick smoke-volumes were rolling forth from the crater.
gloomily
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From this reading Some such appearance as this the mountain may have had, as it towered gloomily before the Pompeians on that day of days.
gloomy
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From this reading Some such scene as this may have appeared, only deepened into terrors a thousand fold more gloomy, to the population of the doomed city, as they gathered here on these seats for the last time.
glowingnounUS /ˈglowing/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading _Lofty classical enthusiasm of David, and painful Lack of feeling on the Part of Frank.--David, red hot with the Flow of the Past, is suddenly confronted with the Present.--The Present dashes Cold Water upon his glowing Enthusiasm.--The Gates.--Minor, Aeacus, and Rhadamanthus.--The Culprits._ As they thus rested on the seats of the Amphitheatre, the classical enthusiasm of David rose superior to fatigue, and his enthusiastic feelings burst forth without restraint, in a long and somewhat incoherent rhapsody about the fell of Pompeii.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Some such appearance as this the mountain may have had, as it towered gloomily before the Pompeians on that day of days.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading Some such appearance as this the mountain may have had, as it towered gloomily before the Pompeians on that day of days.
heavens
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From this reading Far into the heavens the smoke clouds arose, ascending in a dark pillar till they reached the upper strata of the atmosphere, where they unfolded themselves, and spread out afar--to the east, and the west, and the north, and the south.
helped
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From this reading Full before them, as they sat, rose Vesuvius; and they saw that which helped them to reproduce the past more vividly, for even now the dense, dark cloud of the volcano was gathering, and the thick smoke-volumes were rolling forth from the crater.
herenounUS /here/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Some such scene as this may have appeared, only deepened into terrors a thousand fold more gloomy, to the population of the doomed city, as they gathered here on these seats for the last time.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading _Lofty classical enthusiasm of David, and painful Lack of feeling on the Part of Frank.--David, red hot with the Flow of the Past, is suddenly confronted with the Present.--The Present dashes Cold Water upon his glowing Enthusiasm.--The Gates.--Minor, Aeacus, and Rhadamanthus.--The Culprits._ As they thus rested on the seats of the Amphitheatre, the classical enthusiasm of David rose superior to fatigue, and his enthusiastic feelings burst forth without restraint, in a long and somewhat incoherent rhapsody about the fell of Pompeii.
hot
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From this reading _Lofty classical enthusiasm of David, and painful Lack of feeling on the Part of Frank.--David, red hot with the Flow of the Past, is suddenly confronted with the Present.--The Present dashes Cold Water upon his glowing Enthusiasm.--The Gates.--Minor, Aeacus, and Rhadamanthus.--The Culprits._ As they thus rested on the seats of the Amphitheatre, the classical enthusiasm of David rose superior to fatigue, and his enthusiastic feelings burst forth without restraint, in a long and somewhat incoherent rhapsody about the fell of Pompeii.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading _Lofty classical enthusiasm of David, and painful Lack of feeling on the Part of Frank.--David, red hot with the Flow of the Past, is suddenly confronted with the Present.--The Present dashes Cold Water upon his glowing Enthusiasm.--The Gates.--Minor, Aeacus, and Rhadamanthus.--The Culprits._ As they thus rested on the seats of the Amphitheatre, the classical enthusiasm of David rose superior to fatigue, and his enthusiastic feelings burst forth without restraint, in a long and somewhat incoherent rhapsody about the fell of Pompeii.
incoherent
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From this reading _Lofty classical enthusiasm of David, and painful Lack of feeling on the Part of Frank.--David, red hot with the Flow of the Past, is suddenly confronted with the Present.--The Present dashes Cold Water upon his glowing Enthusiasm.--The Gates.--Minor, Aeacus, and Rhadamanthus.--The Culprits._ As they thus rested on the seats of the Amphitheatre, the classical enthusiasm of David rose superior to fatigue, and his enthusiastic feelings burst forth without restraint, in a long and somewhat incoherent rhapsody about the fell of Pompeii.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading Far into the heavens the smoke clouds arose, ascending in a dark pillar till they reached the upper strata of the atmosphere, where they unfolded themselves, and spread out afar--to the east, and the west, and the north, and the south.
isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading _Lofty classical enthusiasm of David, and painful Lack of feeling on the Part of Frank.--David, red hot with the Flow of the Past, is suddenly confronted with the Present.--The Present dashes Cold Water upon his glowing Enthusiasm.--The Gates.--Minor, Aeacus, and Rhadamanthus.--The Culprits._ As they thus rested on the seats of the Amphitheatre, the classical enthusiasm of David rose superior to fatigue, and his enthusiastic feelings burst forth without restraint, in a long and somewhat incoherent rhapsody about the fell of Pompeii.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading Some such appearance as this the mountain may have had, as it towered gloomily before the Pompeians on that day of days.
Lack
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From this reading _Lofty classical enthusiasm of David, and painful Lack of feeling on the Part of Frank.--David, red hot with the Flow of the Past, is suddenly confronted with the Present.--The Present dashes Cold Water upon his glowing Enthusiasm.--The Gates.--Minor, Aeacus, and Rhadamanthus.--The Culprits._ As they thus rested on the seats of the Amphitheatre, the classical enthusiasm of David rose superior to fatigue, and his enthusiastic feelings burst forth without restraint, in a long and somewhat incoherent rhapsody about the fell of Pompeii.
lastnounUS /last/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Some such scene as this may have appeared, only deepened into terrors a thousand fold more gloomy, to the population of the doomed city, as they gathered here on these seats for the last time.
Lofty
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From this reading _Lofty classical enthusiasm of David, and painful Lack of feeling on the Part of Frank.--David, red hot with the Flow of the Past, is suddenly confronted with the Present.--The Present dashes Cold Water upon his glowing Enthusiasm.--The Gates.--Minor, Aeacus, and Rhadamanthus.--The Culprits._ As they thus rested on the seats of the Amphitheatre, the classical enthusiasm of David rose superior to fatigue, and his enthusiastic feelings burst forth without restraint, in a long and somewhat incoherent rhapsody about the fell of Pompeii.
longnounUS /long/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading _Lofty classical enthusiasm of David, and painful Lack of feeling on the Part of Frank.--David, red hot with the Flow of the Past, is suddenly confronted with the Present.--The Present dashes Cold Water upon his glowing Enthusiasm.--The Gates.--Minor, Aeacus, and Rhadamanthus.--The Culprits._ As they thus rested on the seats of the Amphitheatre, the classical enthusiasm of David rose superior to fatigue, and his enthusiastic feelings burst forth without restraint, in a long and somewhat incoherent rhapsody about the fell of Pompeii.
maymodal verbUS /meɪ/
used to say something is possible, or to give permission
From this reading Some such appearance as this the mountain may have had, as it towered gloomily before the Pompeians on that day of days.
Minor
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From this reading _Lofty classical enthusiasm of David, and painful Lack of feeling on the Part of Frank.--David, red hot with the Flow of the Past, is suddenly confronted with the Present.--The Present dashes Cold Water upon his glowing Enthusiasm.--The Gates.--Minor, Aeacus, and Rhadamanthus.--The Culprits._ As they thus rested on the seats of the Amphitheatre, the classical enthusiasm of David rose superior to fatigue, and his enthusiastic feelings burst forth without restraint, in a long and somewhat incoherent rhapsody about the fell of Pompeii.
more
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From this reading Full before them, as they sat, rose Vesuvius; and they saw that which helped them to reproduce the past more vividly, for even now the dense, dark cloud of the volcano was gathering, and the thick smoke-volumes were rolling forth from the crater.
mountain
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From this reading Some such appearance as this the mountain may have had, as it towered gloomily before the Pompeians on that day of days.
north
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From this reading Far into the heavens the smoke clouds arose, ascending in a dark pillar till they reached the upper strata of the atmosphere, where they unfolded themselves, and spread out afar--to the east, and the west, and the north, and the south.
now
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From this reading Full before them, as they sat, rose Vesuvius; and they saw that which helped them to reproduce the past more vividly, for even now the dense, dark cloud of the volcano was gathering, and the thick smoke-volumes were rolling forth from the crater.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading _Lofty classical enthusiasm of David, and painful Lack of feeling on the Part of Frank.--David, red hot with the Flow of the Past, is suddenly confronted with the Present.--The Present dashes Cold Water upon his glowing Enthusiasm.--The Gates.--Minor, Aeacus, and Rhadamanthus.--The Culprits._ As they thus rested on the seats of the Amphitheatre, the classical enthusiasm of David rose superior to fatigue, and his enthusiastic feelings burst forth without restraint, in a long and somewhat incoherent rhapsody about the fell of Pompeii.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading _Lofty classical enthusiasm of David, and painful Lack of feeling on the Part of Frank.--David, red hot with the Flow of the Past, is suddenly confronted with the Present.--The Present dashes Cold Water upon his glowing Enthusiasm.--The Gates.--Minor, Aeacus, and Rhadamanthus.--The Culprits._ As they thus rested on the seats of the Amphitheatre, the classical enthusiasm of David rose superior to fatigue, and his enthusiastic feelings burst forth without restraint, in a long and somewhat incoherent rhapsody about the fell of Pompeii.
only
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From this reading Some such scene as this may have appeared, only deepened into terrors a thousand fold more gloomy, to the population of the doomed city, as they gathered here on these seats for the last time.
out
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From this reading Far into the heavens the smoke clouds arose, ascending in a dark pillar till they reached the upper strata of the atmosphere, where they unfolded themselves, and spread out afar--to the east, and the west, and the north, and the south.
painful
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From this reading _Lofty classical enthusiasm of David, and painful Lack of feeling on the Part of Frank.--David, red hot with the Flow of the Past, is suddenly confronted with the Present.--The Present dashes Cold Water upon his glowing Enthusiasm.--The Gates.--Minor, Aeacus, and Rhadamanthus.--The Culprits._ As they thus rested on the seats of the Amphitheatre, the classical enthusiasm of David rose superior to fatigue, and his enthusiastic feelings burst forth without restraint, in a long and somewhat incoherent rhapsody about the fell of Pompeii.
PartnounUS /part/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading _Lofty classical enthusiasm of David, and painful Lack of feeling on the Part of Frank.--David, red hot with the Flow of the Past, is suddenly confronted with the Present.--The Present dashes Cold Water upon his glowing Enthusiasm.--The Gates.--Minor, Aeacus, and Rhadamanthus.--The Culprits._ As they thus rested on the seats of the Amphitheatre, the classical enthusiasm of David rose superior to fatigue, and his enthusiastic feelings burst forth without restraint, in a long and somewhat incoherent rhapsody about the fell of Pompeii.
Past
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From this reading _Lofty classical enthusiasm of David, and painful Lack of feeling on the Part of Frank.--David, red hot with the Flow of the Past, is suddenly confronted with the Present.--The Present dashes Cold Water upon his glowing Enthusiasm.--The Gates.--Minor, Aeacus, and Rhadamanthus.--The Culprits._ As they thus rested on the seats of the Amphitheatre, the classical enthusiasm of David rose superior to fatigue, and his enthusiastic feelings burst forth without restraint, in a long and somewhat incoherent rhapsody about the fell of Pompeii.
pillar
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From this reading Far into the heavens the smoke clouds arose, ascending in a dark pillar till they reached the upper strata of the atmosphere, where they unfolded themselves, and spread out afar--to the east, and the west, and the north, and the south.
Pompeians
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From this reading Some such appearance as this the mountain may have had, as it towered gloomily before the Pompeians on that day of days.
Pompeii
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From this reading _Lofty classical enthusiasm of David, and painful Lack of feeling on the Part of Frank.--David, red hot with the Flow of the Past, is suddenly confronted with the Present.--The Present dashes Cold Water upon his glowing Enthusiasm.--The Gates.--Minor, Aeacus, and Rhadamanthus.--The Culprits._ As they thus rested on the seats of the Amphitheatre, the classical enthusiasm of David rose superior to fatigue, and his enthusiastic feelings burst forth without restraint, in a long and somewhat incoherent rhapsody about the fell of Pompeii.
population
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From this reading Some such scene as this may have appeared, only deepened into terrors a thousand fold more gloomy, to the population of the doomed city, as they gathered here on these seats for the last time.
Present
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From this reading _Lofty classical enthusiasm of David, and painful Lack of feeling on the Part of Frank.--David, red hot with the Flow of the Past, is suddenly confronted with the Present.--The Present dashes Cold Water upon his glowing Enthusiasm.--The Gates.--Minor, Aeacus, and Rhadamanthus.--The Culprits._ As they thus rested on the seats of the Amphitheatre, the classical enthusiasm of David rose superior to fatigue, and his enthusiastic feelings burst forth without restraint, in a long and somewhat incoherent rhapsody about the fell of Pompeii.
reached
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From this reading Far into the heavens the smoke clouds arose, ascending in a dark pillar till they reached the upper strata of the atmosphere, where they unfolded themselves, and spread out afar--to the east, and the west, and the north, and the south.
red
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From this reading _Lofty classical enthusiasm of David, and painful Lack of feeling on the Part of Frank.--David, red hot with the Flow of the Past, is suddenly confronted with the Present.--The Present dashes Cold Water upon his glowing Enthusiasm.--The Gates.--Minor, Aeacus, and Rhadamanthus.--The Culprits._ As they thus rested on the seats of the Amphitheatre, the classical enthusiasm of David rose superior to fatigue, and his enthusiastic feelings burst forth without restraint, in a long and somewhat incoherent rhapsody about the fell of Pompeii.
reproduce
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From this reading Full before them, as they sat, rose Vesuvius; and they saw that which helped them to reproduce the past more vividly, for even now the dense, dark cloud of the volcano was gathering, and the thick smoke-volumes were rolling forth from the crater.
rested
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From this reading _Lofty classical enthusiasm of David, and painful Lack of feeling on the Part of Frank.--David, red hot with the Flow of the Past, is suddenly confronted with the Present.--The Present dashes Cold Water upon his glowing Enthusiasm.--The Gates.--Minor, Aeacus, and Rhadamanthus.--The Culprits._ As they thus rested on the seats of the Amphitheatre, the classical enthusiasm of David rose superior to fatigue, and his enthusiastic feelings burst forth without restraint, in a long and somewhat incoherent rhapsody about the fell of Pompeii.
restraint
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From this reading _Lofty classical enthusiasm of David, and painful Lack of feeling on the Part of Frank.--David, red hot with the Flow of the Past, is suddenly confronted with the Present.--The Present dashes Cold Water upon his glowing Enthusiasm.--The Gates.--Minor, Aeacus, and Rhadamanthus.--The Culprits._ As they thus rested on the seats of the Amphitheatre, the classical enthusiasm of David rose superior to fatigue, and his enthusiastic feelings burst forth without restraint, in a long and somewhat incoherent rhapsody about the fell of Pompeii.
Rhadamanthus
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From this reading _Lofty classical enthusiasm of David, and painful Lack of feeling on the Part of Frank.--David, red hot with the Flow of the Past, is suddenly confronted with the Present.--The Present dashes Cold Water upon his glowing Enthusiasm.--The Gates.--Minor, Aeacus, and Rhadamanthus.--The Culprits._ As they thus rested on the seats of the Amphitheatre, the classical enthusiasm of David rose superior to fatigue, and his enthusiastic feelings burst forth without restraint, in a long and somewhat incoherent rhapsody about the fell of Pompeii.
rhapsody
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From this reading _Lofty classical enthusiasm of David, and painful Lack of feeling on the Part of Frank.--David, red hot with the Flow of the Past, is suddenly confronted with the Present.--The Present dashes Cold Water upon his glowing Enthusiasm.--The Gates.--Minor, Aeacus, and Rhadamanthus.--The Culprits._ As they thus rested on the seats of the Amphitheatre, the classical enthusiasm of David rose superior to fatigue, and his enthusiastic feelings burst forth without restraint, in a long and somewhat incoherent rhapsody about the fell of Pompeii.
rolling
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From this reading Full before them, as they sat, rose Vesuvius; and they saw that which helped them to reproduce the past more vividly, for even now the dense, dark cloud of the volcano was gathering, and the thick smoke-volumes were rolling forth from the crater.
rose
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From this reading _Lofty classical enthusiasm of David, and painful Lack of feeling on the Part of Frank.--David, red hot with the Flow of the Past, is suddenly confronted with the Present.--The Present dashes Cold Water upon his glowing Enthusiasm.--The Gates.--Minor, Aeacus, and Rhadamanthus.--The Culprits._ As they thus rested on the seats of the Amphitheatre, the classical enthusiasm of David rose superior to fatigue, and his enthusiastic feelings burst forth without restraint, in a long and somewhat incoherent rhapsody about the fell of Pompeii.
sat
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From this reading Full before them, as they sat, rose Vesuvius; and they saw that which helped them to reproduce the past more vividly, for even now the dense, dark cloud of the volcano was gathering, and the thick smoke-volumes were rolling forth from the crater.
saw
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From this reading Full before them, as they sat, rose Vesuvius; and they saw that which helped them to reproduce the past more vividly, for even now the dense, dark cloud of the volcano was gathering, and the thick smoke-volumes were rolling forth from the crater.
scene
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From this reading Some such scene as this may have appeared, only deepened into terrors a thousand fold more gloomy, to the population of the doomed city, as they gathered here on these seats for the last time.
seats
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From this reading _Lofty classical enthusiasm of David, and painful Lack of feeling on the Part of Frank.--David, red hot with the Flow of the Past, is suddenly confronted with the Present.--The Present dashes Cold Water upon his glowing Enthusiasm.--The Gates.--Minor, Aeacus, and Rhadamanthus.--The Culprits._ As they thus rested on the seats of the Amphitheatre, the classical enthusiasm of David rose superior to fatigue, and his enthusiastic feelings burst forth without restraint, in a long and somewhat incoherent rhapsody about the fell of Pompeii.
smoke
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From this reading Far into the heavens the smoke clouds arose, ascending in a dark pillar till they reached the upper strata of the atmosphere, where they unfolded themselves, and spread out afar--to the east, and the west, and the north, and the south.
smoke-volumes
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From this reading Full before them, as they sat, rose Vesuvius; and they saw that which helped them to reproduce the past more vividly, for even now the dense, dark cloud of the volcano was gathering, and the thick smoke-volumes were rolling forth from the crater.
Some
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From this reading Some such appearance as this the mountain may have had, as it towered gloomily before the Pompeians on that day of days.
somewhat
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From this reading _Lofty classical enthusiasm of David, and painful Lack of feeling on the Part of Frank.--David, red hot with the Flow of the Past, is suddenly confronted with the Present.--The Present dashes Cold Water upon his glowing Enthusiasm.--The Gates.--Minor, Aeacus, and Rhadamanthus.--The Culprits._ As they thus rested on the seats of the Amphitheatre, the classical enthusiasm of David rose superior to fatigue, and his enthusiastic feelings burst forth without restraint, in a long and somewhat incoherent rhapsody about the fell of Pompeii.
south
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From this reading Far into the heavens the smoke clouds arose, ascending in a dark pillar till they reached the upper strata of the atmosphere, where they unfolded themselves, and spread out afar--to the east, and the west, and the north, and the south.
spread
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From this reading Far into the heavens the smoke clouds arose, ascending in a dark pillar till they reached the upper strata of the atmosphere, where they unfolded themselves, and spread out afar--to the east, and the west, and the north, and the south.
strata
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From this reading Far into the heavens the smoke clouds arose, ascending in a dark pillar till they reached the upper strata of the atmosphere, where they unfolded themselves, and spread out afar--to the east, and the west, and the north, and the south.
suchdeterminerUS /sʌtʃ/
of the kind already mentioned
From this reading Some such appearance as this the mountain may have had, as it towered gloomily before the Pompeians on that day of days.
suddenlynounUS /ˈsuddenly/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading _Lofty classical enthusiasm of David, and painful Lack of feeling on the Part of Frank.--David, red hot with the Flow of the Past, is suddenly confronted with the Present.--The Present dashes Cold Water upon his glowing Enthusiasm.--The Gates.--Minor, Aeacus, and Rhadamanthus.--The Culprits._ As they thus rested on the seats of the Amphitheatre, the classical enthusiasm of David rose superior to fatigue, and his enthusiastic feelings burst forth without restraint, in a long and somewhat incoherent rhapsody about the fell of Pompeii.
superior
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From this reading _Lofty classical enthusiasm of David, and painful Lack of feeling on the Part of Frank.--David, red hot with the Flow of the Past, is suddenly confronted with the Present.--The Present dashes Cold Water upon his glowing Enthusiasm.--The Gates.--Minor, Aeacus, and Rhadamanthus.--The Culprits._ As they thus rested on the seats of the Amphitheatre, the classical enthusiasm of David rose superior to fatigue, and his enthusiastic feelings burst forth without restraint, in a long and somewhat incoherent rhapsody about the fell of Pompeii.
terrors
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From this reading Some such scene as this may have appeared, only deepened into terrors a thousand fold more gloomy, to the population of the doomed city, as they gathered here on these seats for the last time.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Full before them, as they sat, rose Vesuvius; and they saw that which helped them to reproduce the past more vividly, for even now the dense, dark cloud of the volcano was gathering, and the thick smoke-volumes were rolling forth from the crater.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading _Lofty classical enthusiasm of David, and painful Lack of feeling on the Part of Frank.--David, red hot with the Flow of the Past, is suddenly confronted with the Present.--The Present dashes Cold Water upon his glowing Enthusiasm.--The Gates.--Minor, Aeacus, and Rhadamanthus.--The Culprits._ As they thus rested on the seats of the Amphitheatre, the classical enthusiasm of David rose superior to fatigue, and his enthusiastic feelings burst forth without restraint, in a long and somewhat incoherent rhapsody about the fell of Pompeii.
thempronounUS /ðem/
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading Full before them, as they sat, rose Vesuvius; and they saw that which helped them to reproduce the past more vividly, for even now the dense, dark cloud of the volcano was gathering, and the thick smoke-volumes were rolling forth from the crater.
themselvespronounUS /ðemˈselvz/
used when the people doing the action are also its object
From this reading Far into the heavens the smoke clouds arose, ascending in a dark pillar till they reached the upper strata of the atmosphere, where they unfolded themselves, and spread out afar--to the east, and the west, and the north, and the south.
thesedeterminerUS /ðiːz/
the plural of “this”: the people or things near, or just mentioned
From this reading Some such scene as this may have appeared, only deepened into terrors a thousand fold more gloomy, to the population of the doomed city, as they gathered here on these seats for the last time.
theypronounUS /ðeɪ/
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading _Lofty classical enthusiasm of David, and painful Lack of feeling on the Part of Frank.--David, red hot with the Flow of the Past, is suddenly confronted with the Present.--The Present dashes Cold Water upon his glowing Enthusiasm.--The Gates.--Minor, Aeacus, and Rhadamanthus.--The Culprits._ As they thus rested on the seats of the Amphitheatre, the classical enthusiasm of David rose superior to fatigue, and his enthusiastic feelings burst forth without restraint, in a long and somewhat incoherent rhapsody about the fell of Pompeii.
thick
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From this reading Full before them, as they sat, rose Vesuvius; and they saw that which helped them to reproduce the past more vividly, for even now the dense, dark cloud of the volcano was gathering, and the thick smoke-volumes were rolling forth from the crater.
thisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading Some such appearance as this the mountain may have had, as it towered gloomily before the Pompeians on that day of days.
thousand
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From this reading Some such scene as this may have appeared, only deepened into terrors a thousand fold more gloomy, to the population of the doomed city, as they gathered here on these seats for the last time.
thus
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From this reading _Lofty classical enthusiasm of David, and painful Lack of feeling on the Part of Frank.--David, red hot with the Flow of the Past, is suddenly confronted with the Present.--The Present dashes Cold Water upon his glowing Enthusiasm.--The Gates.--Minor, Aeacus, and Rhadamanthus.--The Culprits._ As they thus rested on the seats of the Amphitheatre, the classical enthusiasm of David rose superior to fatigue, and his enthusiastic feelings burst forth without restraint, in a long and somewhat incoherent rhapsody about the fell of Pompeii.
tillprepositionUS /tɪl/
up to a particular time
From this reading Far into the heavens the smoke clouds arose, ascending in a dark pillar till they reached the upper strata of the atmosphere, where they unfolded themselves, and spread out afar--to the east, and the west, and the north, and the south.
timenounUS /time/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Some such scene as this may have appeared, only deepened into terrors a thousand fold more gloomy, to the population of the doomed city, as they gathered here on these seats for the last time.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading _Lofty classical enthusiasm of David, and painful Lack of feeling on the Part of Frank.--David, red hot with the Flow of the Past, is suddenly confronted with the Present.--The Present dashes Cold Water upon his glowing Enthusiasm.--The Gates.--Minor, Aeacus, and Rhadamanthus.--The Culprits._ As they thus rested on the seats of the Amphitheatre, the classical enthusiasm of David rose superior to fatigue, and his enthusiastic feelings burst forth without restraint, in a long and somewhat incoherent rhapsody about the fell of Pompeii.
towered
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From this reading Some such appearance as this the mountain may have had, as it towered gloomily before the Pompeians on that day of days.
unfolded
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From this reading Far into the heavens the smoke clouds arose, ascending in a dark pillar till they reached the upper strata of the atmosphere, where they unfolded themselves, and spread out afar--to the east, and the west, and the north, and the south.
uponprepositionUS /əˈpɑːn/
a formal word for “on”
From this reading _Lofty classical enthusiasm of David, and painful Lack of feeling on the Part of Frank.--David, red hot with the Flow of the Past, is suddenly confronted with the Present.--The Present dashes Cold Water upon his glowing Enthusiasm.--The Gates.--Minor, Aeacus, and Rhadamanthus.--The Culprits._ As they thus rested on the seats of the Amphitheatre, the classical enthusiasm of David rose superior to fatigue, and his enthusiastic feelings burst forth without restraint, in a long and somewhat incoherent rhapsody about the fell of Pompeii.
upper
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From this reading Far into the heavens the smoke clouds arose, ascending in a dark pillar till they reached the upper strata of the atmosphere, where they unfolded themselves, and spread out afar--to the east, and the west, and the north, and the south.
Vesuvius
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From this reading Full before them, as they sat, rose Vesuvius; and they saw that which helped them to reproduce the past more vividly, for even now the dense, dark cloud of the volcano was gathering, and the thick smoke-volumes were rolling forth from the crater.
vividly
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From this reading Full before them, as they sat, rose Vesuvius; and they saw that which helped them to reproduce the past more vividly, for even now the dense, dark cloud of the volcano was gathering, and the thick smoke-volumes were rolling forth from the crater.
volcano
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From this reading Full before them, as they sat, rose Vesuvius; and they saw that which helped them to reproduce the past more vividly, for even now the dense, dark cloud of the volcano was gathering, and the thick smoke-volumes were rolling forth from the crater.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Full before them, as they sat, rose Vesuvius; and they saw that which helped them to reproduce the past more vividly, for even now the dense, dark cloud of the volcano was gathering, and the thick smoke-volumes were rolling forth from the crater.
Water
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From this reading _Lofty classical enthusiasm of David, and painful Lack of feeling on the Part of Frank.--David, red hot with the Flow of the Past, is suddenly confronted with the Present.--The Present dashes Cold Water upon his glowing Enthusiasm.--The Gates.--Minor, Aeacus, and Rhadamanthus.--The Culprits._ As they thus rested on the seats of the Amphitheatre, the classical enthusiasm of David rose superior to fatigue, and his enthusiastic feelings burst forth without restraint, in a long and somewhat incoherent rhapsody about the fell of Pompeii.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading Full before them, as they sat, rose Vesuvius; and they saw that which helped them to reproduce the past more vividly, for even now the dense, dark cloud of the volcano was gathering, and the thick smoke-volumes were rolling forth from the crater.
west
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From this reading Far into the heavens the smoke clouds arose, ascending in a dark pillar till they reached the upper strata of the atmosphere, where they unfolded themselves, and spread out afar--to the east, and the west, and the north, and the south.
whereconjunctionUS /wer/
in or at the place that
From this reading Far into the heavens the smoke clouds arose, ascending in a dark pillar till they reached the upper strata of the atmosphere, where they unfolded themselves, and spread out afar--to the east, and the west, and the north, and the south.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading Full before them, as they sat, rose Vesuvius; and they saw that which helped them to reproduce the past more vividly, for even now the dense, dark cloud of the volcano was gathering, and the thick smoke-volumes were rolling forth from the crater.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading _Lofty classical enthusiasm of David, and painful Lack of feeling on the Part of Frank.--David, red hot with the Flow of the Past, is suddenly confronted with the Present.--The Present dashes Cold Water upon his glowing Enthusiasm.--The Gates.--Minor, Aeacus, and Rhadamanthus.--The Culprits._ As they thus rested on the seats of the Amphitheatre, the classical enthusiasm of David rose superior to fatigue, and his enthusiastic feelings burst forth without restraint, in a long and somewhat incoherent rhapsody about the fell of Pompeii.
withoutprepositionUS /wɪˈθaʊt/
not having, not using, or not accompanied by
From this reading _Lofty classical enthusiasm of David, and painful Lack of feeling on the Part of Frank.--David, red hot with the Flow of the Past, is suddenly confronted with the Present.--The Present dashes Cold Water upon his glowing Enthusiasm.--The Gates.--Minor, Aeacus, and Rhadamanthus.--The Culprits._ As they thus rested on the seats of the Amphitheatre, the classical enthusiasm of David rose superior to fatigue, and his enthusiastic feelings burst forth without restraint, in a long and somewhat incoherent rhapsody about the fell of Pompeii.
