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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 It was a wonderful place,--wonderful, at least, to me, who had known only Poitiers,--and I, who had sat in the chimney corner at home with mouth agape listening to the tales my grandfather--God rest his soul--was wont to tell of it, had during the first few days hastened from place to place,--from Notre Dame to the Place de Greve, from the Porte St. Denis to the Great Chatelet,--constructing anew the scenes which had made them all so famous, and delighted to find that they had remained unchanged with the changing years.
agape
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From this reading It was a wonderful place,--wonderful, at least, to me, who had known only Poitiers,--and I, who had sat in the chimney corner at home with mouth agape listening to the tales my grandfather--God rest his soul--was wont to tell of it, had during the first few days hastened from place to place,--from Notre Dame to the Place de Greve, from the Porte St. Denis to the Great Chatelet,--constructing anew the scenes which had made them all so famous, and delighted to find that they had remained unchanged with the changing years.
all
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From this reading It was a wonderful place,--wonderful, at least, to me, who had known only Poitiers,--and I, who had sat in the chimney corner at home with mouth agape listening to the tales my grandfather--God rest his soul--was wont to tell of it, had during the first few days hastened from place to place,--from Notre Dame to the Place de Greve, from the Porte St. Denis to the Great Chatelet,--constructing anew the scenes which had made them all so famous, and delighted to find that they had remained unchanged with the changing years.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading THE HOUSE IN THE RUE VILLEDOT Paris, with its ever-changing crowds, its narrow, clamorous streets, its towering, tottering, dingy buildings, its contrasts of wealth and poverty, light and shade, had not yet ceased to astonish me.
anew
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From this reading It was a wonderful place,--wonderful, at least, to me, who had known only Poitiers,--and I, who had sat in the chimney corner at home with mouth agape listening to the tales my grandfather--God rest his soul--was wont to tell of it, had during the first few days hastened from place to place,--from Notre Dame to the Place de Greve, from the Porte St. Denis to the Great Chatelet,--constructing anew the scenes which had made them all so famous, and delighted to find that they had remained unchanged with the changing years.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading It was to me a dream city, and, as in dreams, I used only one faculty in regarding it,--the imagination.
astonish
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From this reading THE HOUSE IN THE RUE VILLEDOT Paris, with its ever-changing crowds, its narrow, clamorous streets, its towering, tottering, dingy buildings, its contrasts of wealth and poverty, light and shade, had not yet ceased to astonish me.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading It was a wonderful place,--wonderful, at least, to me, who had known only Poitiers,--and I, who had sat in the chimney corner at home with mouth agape listening to the tales my grandfather--God rest his soul--was wont to tell of it, had during the first few days hastened from place to place,--from Notre Dame to the Place de Greve, from the Porte St. Denis to the Great Chatelet,--constructing anew the scenes which had made them all so famous, and delighted to find that they had remained unchanged with the changing years.
beautiful
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From this reading But I found it beautiful, and in the romance with which I clothed it forgot the uneven streets, the stenches of the ill-kept gutters, the danger from the tottering walls.
beautifying
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From this reading For half a century the city had stood stagnant, the king choosing to lavish his money on his wars or his pleasures rather than in beautifying his capital, or sinking into his grave, his coffers empty, his subjects estranged, under the severe dominion of Madame de Maintenon.
buildings
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From this reading THE HOUSE IN THE RUE VILLEDOT Paris, with its ever-changing crowds, its narrow, clamorous streets, its towering, tottering, dingy buildings, its contrasts of wealth and poverty, light and shade, had not yet ceased to astonish me.
ButconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading But I found it beautiful, and in the romance with which I clothed it forgot the uneven streets, the stenches of the ill-kept gutters, the danger from the tottering walls.
capital
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From this reading For half a century the city had stood stagnant, the king choosing to lavish his money on his wars or his pleasures rather than in beautifying his capital, or sinking into his grave, his coffers empty, his subjects estranged, under the severe dominion of Madame de Maintenon.
ceased
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century
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From this reading For half a century the city had stood stagnant, the king choosing to lavish his money on his wars or his pleasures rather than in beautifying his capital, or sinking into his grave, his coffers empty, his subjects estranged, under the severe dominion of Madame de Maintenon.
changing
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From this reading It was a wonderful place,--wonderful, at least, to me, who had known only Poitiers,--and I, who had sat in the chimney corner at home with mouth agape listening to the tales my grandfather--God rest his soul--was wont to tell of it, had during the first few days hastened from place to place,--from Notre Dame to the Place de Greve, from the Porte St. Denis to the Great Chatelet,--constructing anew the scenes which had made them all so famous, and delighted to find that they had remained unchanged with the changing years.
Chatelet
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From this reading It was a wonderful place,--wonderful, at least, to me, who had known only Poitiers,--and I, who had sat in the chimney corner at home with mouth agape listening to the tales my grandfather--God rest his soul--was wont to tell of it, had during the first few days hastened from place to place,--from Notre Dame to the Place de Greve, from the Porte St. Denis to the Great Chatelet,--constructing anew the scenes which had made them all so famous, and delighted to find that they had remained unchanged with the changing years.
chimney
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From this reading It was a wonderful place,--wonderful, at least, to me, who had known only Poitiers,--and I, who had sat in the chimney corner at home with mouth agape listening to the tales my grandfather--God rest his soul--was wont to tell of it, had during the first few days hastened from place to place,--from Notre Dame to the Place de Greve, from the Porte St. Denis to the Great Chatelet,--constructing anew the scenes which had made them all so famous, and delighted to find that they had remained unchanged with the changing years.
choosing
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From this reading For half a century the city had stood stagnant, the king choosing to lavish his money on his wars or his pleasures rather than in beautifying his capital, or sinking into his grave, his coffers empty, his subjects estranged, under the severe dominion of Madame de Maintenon.
city
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From this reading For half a century the city had stood stagnant, the king choosing to lavish his money on his wars or his pleasures rather than in beautifying his capital, or sinking into his grave, his coffers empty, his subjects estranged, under the severe dominion of Madame de Maintenon.
clamorous
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From this reading THE HOUSE IN THE RUE VILLEDOT Paris, with its ever-changing crowds, its narrow, clamorous streets, its towering, tottering, dingy buildings, its contrasts of wealth and poverty, light and shade, had not yet ceased to astonish me.
clothed
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From this reading But I found it beautiful, and in the romance with which I clothed it forgot the uneven streets, the stenches of the ill-kept gutters, the danger from the tottering walls.
coffers
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From this reading For half a century the city had stood stagnant, the king choosing to lavish his money on his wars or his pleasures rather than in beautifying his capital, or sinking into his grave, his coffers empty, his subjects estranged, under the severe dominion of Madame de Maintenon.
constructing
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From this reading It was a wonderful place,--wonderful, at least, to me, who had known only Poitiers,--and I, who had sat in the chimney corner at home with mouth agape listening to the tales my grandfather--God rest his soul--was wont to tell of it, had during the first few days hastened from place to place,--from Notre Dame to the Place de Greve, from the Porte St. Denis to the Great Chatelet,--constructing anew the scenes which had made them all so famous, and delighted to find that they had remained unchanged with the changing years.
contrasts
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From this reading THE HOUSE IN THE RUE VILLEDOT Paris, with its ever-changing crowds, its narrow, clamorous streets, its towering, tottering, dingy buildings, its contrasts of wealth and poverty, light and shade, had not yet ceased to astonish me.
corner
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From this reading It was a wonderful place,--wonderful, at least, to me, who had known only Poitiers,--and I, who had sat in the chimney corner at home with mouth agape listening to the tales my grandfather--God rest his soul--was wont to tell of it, had during the first few days hastened from place to place,--from Notre Dame to the Place de Greve, from the Porte St. Denis to the Great Chatelet,--constructing anew the scenes which had made them all so famous, and delighted to find that they had remained unchanged with the changing years.
crowds
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Dame
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From this reading It was a wonderful place,--wonderful, at least, to me, who had known only Poitiers,--and I, who had sat in the chimney corner at home with mouth agape listening to the tales my grandfather--God rest his soul--was wont to tell of it, had during the first few days hastened from place to place,--from Notre Dame to the Place de Greve, from the Porte St. Denis to the Great Chatelet,--constructing anew the scenes which had made them all so famous, and delighted to find that they had remained unchanged with the changing years.
danger
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From this reading But I found it beautiful, and in the romance with which I clothed it forgot the uneven streets, the stenches of the ill-kept gutters, the danger from the tottering walls.
days
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From this reading It was a wonderful place,--wonderful, at least, to me, who had known only Poitiers,--and I, who had sat in the chimney corner at home with mouth agape listening to the tales my grandfather--God rest his soul--was wont to tell of it, had during the first few days hastened from place to place,--from Notre Dame to the Place de Greve, from the Porte St. Denis to the Great Chatelet,--constructing anew the scenes which had made them all so famous, and delighted to find that they had remained unchanged with the changing years.
de
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From this reading It was a wonderful place,--wonderful, at least, to me, who had known only Poitiers,--and I, who had sat in the chimney corner at home with mouth agape listening to the tales my grandfather--God rest his soul--was wont to tell of it, had during the first few days hastened from place to place,--from Notre Dame to the Place de Greve, from the Porte St. Denis to the Great Chatelet,--constructing anew the scenes which had made them all so famous, and delighted to find that they had remained unchanged with the changing years.
delighted
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From this reading It was a wonderful place,--wonderful, at least, to me, who had known only Poitiers,--and I, who had sat in the chimney corner at home with mouth agape listening to the tales my grandfather--God rest his soul--was wont to tell of it, had during the first few days hastened from place to place,--from Notre Dame to the Place de Greve, from the Porte St. Denis to the Great Chatelet,--constructing anew the scenes which had made them all so famous, and delighted to find that they had remained unchanged with the changing years.
Denis
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From this reading It was a wonderful place,--wonderful, at least, to me, who had known only Poitiers,--and I, who had sat in the chimney corner at home with mouth agape listening to the tales my grandfather--God rest his soul--was wont to tell of it, had during the first few days hastened from place to place,--from Notre Dame to the Place de Greve, from the Porte St. Denis to the Great Chatelet,--constructing anew the scenes which had made them all so famous, and delighted to find that they had remained unchanged with the changing years.
dingy
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From this reading THE HOUSE IN THE RUE VILLEDOT Paris, with its ever-changing crowds, its narrow, clamorous streets, its towering, tottering, dingy buildings, its contrasts of wealth and poverty, light and shade, had not yet ceased to astonish me.
dominion
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From this reading For half a century the city had stood stagnant, the king choosing to lavish his money on his wars or his pleasures rather than in beautifying his capital, or sinking into his grave, his coffers empty, his subjects estranged, under the severe dominion of Madame de Maintenon.
dreamnounUS /driːm/
A series of thoughts, images, or emotions during sleep.
From this reading It was to me a dream city, and, as in dreams, I used only one faculty in regarding it,--the imagination.
dreams
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From this reading It was to me a dream city, and, as in dreams, I used only one faculty in regarding it,--the imagination.
duringprepositionUS /ˈdʊrɪŋ/
all through a period, or at some point within it
From this reading It was a wonderful place,--wonderful, at least, to me, who had known only Poitiers,--and I, who had sat in the chimney corner at home with mouth agape listening to the tales my grandfather--God rest his soul--was wont to tell of it, had during the first few days hastened from place to place,--from Notre Dame to the Place de Greve, from the Porte St. Denis to the Great Chatelet,--constructing anew the scenes which had made them all so famous, and delighted to find that they had remained unchanged with the changing years.
empty
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From this reading For half a century the city had stood stagnant, the king choosing to lavish his money on his wars or his pleasures rather than in beautifying his capital, or sinking into his grave, his coffers empty, his subjects estranged, under the severe dominion of Madame de Maintenon.
estranged
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From this reading For half a century the city had stood stagnant, the king choosing to lavish his money on his wars or his pleasures rather than in beautifying his capital, or sinking into his grave, his coffers empty, his subjects estranged, under the severe dominion of Madame de Maintenon.
ever-changing
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faculty
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From this reading It was to me a dream city, and, as in dreams, I used only one faculty in regarding it,--the imagination.
famous
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From this reading It was a wonderful place,--wonderful, at least, to me, who had known only Poitiers,--and I, who had sat in the chimney corner at home with mouth agape listening to the tales my grandfather--God rest his soul--was wont to tell of it, had during the first few days hastened from place to place,--from Notre Dame to the Place de Greve, from the Porte St. Denis to the Great Chatelet,--constructing anew the scenes which had made them all so famous, and delighted to find that they had remained unchanged with the changing years.
few
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From this reading It was a wonderful place,--wonderful, at least, to me, who had known only Poitiers,--and I, who had sat in the chimney corner at home with mouth agape listening to the tales my grandfather--God rest his soul--was wont to tell of it, had during the first few days hastened from place to place,--from Notre Dame to the Place de Greve, from the Porte St. Denis to the Great Chatelet,--constructing anew the scenes which had made them all so famous, and delighted to find that they had remained unchanged with the changing years.
find
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From this reading It was a wonderful place,--wonderful, at least, to me, who had known only Poitiers,--and I, who had sat in the chimney corner at home with mouth agape listening to the tales my grandfather--God rest his soul--was wont to tell of it, had during the first few days hastened from place to place,--from Notre Dame to the Place de Greve, from the Porte St. Denis to the Great Chatelet,--constructing anew the scenes which had made them all so famous, and delighted to find that they had remained unchanged with the changing years.
first
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From this reading It was a wonderful place,--wonderful, at least, to me, who had known only Poitiers,--and I, who had sat in the chimney corner at home with mouth agape listening to the tales my grandfather--God rest his soul--was wont to tell of it, had during the first few days hastened from place to place,--from Notre Dame to the Place de Greve, from the Porte St. Denis to the Great Chatelet,--constructing anew the scenes which had made them all so famous, and delighted to find that they had remained unchanged with the changing years.
ForprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading For half a century the city had stood stagnant, the king choosing to lavish his money on his wars or his pleasures rather than in beautifying his capital, or sinking into his grave, his coffers empty, his subjects estranged, under the severe dominion of Madame de Maintenon.
forgot
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From this reading But I found it beautiful, and in the romance with which I clothed it forgot the uneven streets, the stenches of the ill-kept gutters, the danger from the tottering walls.
found
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From this reading But I found it beautiful, and in the romance with which I clothed it forgot the uneven streets, the stenches of the ill-kept gutters, the danger from the tottering walls.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading It was a wonderful place,--wonderful, at least, to me, who had known only Poitiers,--and I, who had sat in the chimney corner at home with mouth agape listening to the tales my grandfather--God rest his soul--was wont to tell of it, had during the first few days hastened from place to place,--from Notre Dame to the Place de Greve, from the Porte St. Denis to the Great Chatelet,--constructing anew the scenes which had made them all so famous, and delighted to find that they had remained unchanged with the changing years.
God
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From this reading It was a wonderful place,--wonderful, at least, to me, who had known only Poitiers,--and I, who had sat in the chimney corner at home with mouth agape listening to the tales my grandfather--God rest his soul--was wont to tell of it, had during the first few days hastened from place to place,--from Notre Dame to the Place de Greve, from the Porte St. Denis to the Great Chatelet,--constructing anew the scenes which had made them all so famous, and delighted to find that they had remained unchanged with the changing years.
grandfather
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From this reading It was a wonderful place,--wonderful, at least, to me, who had known only Poitiers,--and I, who had sat in the chimney corner at home with mouth agape listening to the tales my grandfather--God rest his soul--was wont to tell of it, had during the first few days hastened from place to place,--from Notre Dame to the Place de Greve, from the Porte St. Denis to the Great Chatelet,--constructing anew the scenes which had made them all so famous, and delighted to find that they had remained unchanged with the changing years.
grave
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From this reading For half a century the city had stood stagnant, the king choosing to lavish his money on his wars or his pleasures rather than in beautifying his capital, or sinking into his grave, his coffers empty, his subjects estranged, under the severe dominion of Madame de Maintenon.
Great
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From this reading It was a wonderful place,--wonderful, at least, to me, who had known only Poitiers,--and I, who had sat in the chimney corner at home with mouth agape listening to the tales my grandfather--God rest his soul--was wont to tell of it, had during the first few days hastened from place to place,--from Notre Dame to the Place de Greve, from the Porte St. Denis to the Great Chatelet,--constructing anew the scenes which had made them all so famous, and delighted to find that they had remained unchanged with the changing years.
Greve
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From this reading It was a wonderful place,--wonderful, at least, to me, who had known only Poitiers,--and I, who had sat in the chimney corner at home with mouth agape listening to the tales my grandfather--God rest his soul--was wont to tell of it, had during the first few days hastened from place to place,--from Notre Dame to the Place de Greve, from the Porte St. Denis to the Great Chatelet,--constructing anew the scenes which had made them all so famous, and delighted to find that they had remained unchanged with the changing years.
gutters
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From this reading But I found it beautiful, and in the romance with which I clothed it forgot the uneven streets, the stenches of the ill-kept gutters, the danger from the tottering walls.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading THE HOUSE IN THE RUE VILLEDOT Paris, with its ever-changing crowds, its narrow, clamorous streets, its towering, tottering, dingy buildings, its contrasts of wealth and poverty, light and shade, had not yet ceased to astonish me.
half
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From this reading For half a century the city had stood stagnant, the king choosing to lavish his money on his wars or his pleasures rather than in beautifying his capital, or sinking into his grave, his coffers empty, his subjects estranged, under the severe dominion of Madame de Maintenon.
hastened
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From this reading It was a wonderful place,--wonderful, at least, to me, who had known only Poitiers,--and I, who had sat in the chimney corner at home with mouth agape listening to the tales my grandfather--God rest his soul--was wont to tell of it, had during the first few days hastened from place to place,--from Notre Dame to the Place de Greve, from the Porte St. Denis to the Great Chatelet,--constructing anew the scenes which had made them all so famous, and delighted to find that they had remained unchanged with the changing years.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading It was a wonderful place,--wonderful, at least, to me, who had known only Poitiers,--and I, who had sat in the chimney corner at home with mouth agape listening to the tales my grandfather--God rest his soul--was wont to tell of it, had during the first few days hastened from place to place,--from Notre Dame to the Place de Greve, from the Porte St. Denis to the Great Chatelet,--constructing anew the scenes which had made them all so famous, and delighted to find that they had remained unchanged with the changing years.
home
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From this reading It was a wonderful place,--wonderful, at least, to me, who had known only Poitiers,--and I, who had sat in the chimney corner at home with mouth agape listening to the tales my grandfather--God rest his soul--was wont to tell of it, had during the first few days hastened from place to place,--from Notre Dame to the Place de Greve, from the Porte St. Denis to the Great Chatelet,--constructing anew the scenes which had made them all so famous, and delighted to find that they had remained unchanged with the changing years.
HOUSE
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From this reading THE HOUSE IN THE RUE VILLEDOT Paris, with its ever-changing crowds, its narrow, clamorous streets, its towering, tottering, dingy buildings, its contrasts of wealth and poverty, light and shade, had not yet ceased to astonish me.
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading It was a wonderful place,--wonderful, at least, to me, who had known only Poitiers,--and I, who had sat in the chimney corner at home with mouth agape listening to the tales my grandfather--God rest his soul--was wont to tell of it, had during the first few days hastened from place to place,--from Notre Dame to the Place de Greve, from the Porte St. Denis to the Great Chatelet,--constructing anew the scenes which had made them all so famous, and delighted to find that they had remained unchanged with the changing years.
ill-kept
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From this reading But I found it beautiful, and in the romance with which I clothed it forgot the uneven streets, the stenches of the ill-kept gutters, the danger from the tottering walls.
imagination
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From this reading It was to me a dream city, and, as in dreams, I used only one faculty in regarding it,--the imagination.
INprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading THE HOUSE IN THE RUE VILLEDOT Paris, with its ever-changing crowds, its narrow, clamorous streets, its towering, tottering, dingy buildings, its contrasts of wealth and poverty, light and shade, had not yet ceased to astonish me.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading For half a century the city had stood stagnant, the king choosing to lavish his money on his wars or his pleasures rather than in beautifying his capital, or sinking into his grave, his coffers empty, his subjects estranged, under the severe dominion of Madame de Maintenon.
ItpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It was a wonderful place,--wonderful, at least, to me, who had known only Poitiers,--and I, who had sat in the chimney corner at home with mouth agape listening to the tales my grandfather--God rest his soul--was wont to tell of it, had during the first few days hastened from place to place,--from Notre Dame to the Place de Greve, from the Porte St. Denis to the Great Chatelet,--constructing anew the scenes which had made them all so famous, and delighted to find that they had remained unchanged with the changing years.
itsdeterminerUS /ɪts/
belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned
From this reading THE HOUSE IN THE RUE VILLEDOT Paris, with its ever-changing crowds, its narrow, clamorous streets, its towering, tottering, dingy buildings, its contrasts of wealth and poverty, light and shade, had not yet ceased to astonish me.
king
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From this reading For half a century the city had stood stagnant, the king choosing to lavish his money on his wars or his pleasures rather than in beautifying his capital, or sinking into his grave, his coffers empty, his subjects estranged, under the severe dominion of Madame de Maintenon.
known
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From this reading It was a wonderful place,--wonderful, at least, to me, who had known only Poitiers,--and I, who had sat in the chimney corner at home with mouth agape listening to the tales my grandfather--God rest his soul--was wont to tell of it, had during the first few days hastened from place to place,--from Notre Dame to the Place de Greve, from the Porte St. Denis to the Great Chatelet,--constructing anew the scenes which had made them all so famous, and delighted to find that they had remained unchanged with the changing years.
lavish
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From this reading For half a century the city had stood stagnant, the king choosing to lavish his money on his wars or his pleasures rather than in beautifying his capital, or sinking into his grave, his coffers empty, his subjects estranged, under the severe dominion of Madame de Maintenon.
least
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From this reading It was a wonderful place,--wonderful, at least, to me, who had known only Poitiers,--and I, who had sat in the chimney corner at home with mouth agape listening to the tales my grandfather--God rest his soul--was wont to tell of it, had during the first few days hastened from place to place,--from Notre Dame to the Place de Greve, from the Porte St. Denis to the Great Chatelet,--constructing anew the scenes which had made them all so famous, and delighted to find that they had remained unchanged with the changing years.
light
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From this reading THE HOUSE IN THE RUE VILLEDOT Paris, with its ever-changing crowds, its narrow, clamorous streets, its towering, tottering, dingy buildings, its contrasts of wealth and poverty, light and shade, had not yet ceased to astonish me.
listening
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From this reading It was a wonderful place,--wonderful, at least, to me, who had known only Poitiers,--and I, who had sat in the chimney corner at home with mouth agape listening to the tales my grandfather--God rest his soul--was wont to tell of it, had during the first few days hastened from place to place,--from Notre Dame to the Place de Greve, from the Porte St. Denis to the Great Chatelet,--constructing anew the scenes which had made them all so famous, and delighted to find that they had remained unchanged with the changing years.
Madame
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From this reading For half a century the city had stood stagnant, the king choosing to lavish his money on his wars or his pleasures rather than in beautifying his capital, or sinking into his grave, his coffers empty, his subjects estranged, under the severe dominion of Madame de Maintenon.
made
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From this reading It was a wonderful place,--wonderful, at least, to me, who had known only Poitiers,--and I, who had sat in the chimney corner at home with mouth agape listening to the tales my grandfather--God rest his soul--was wont to tell of it, had during the first few days hastened from place to place,--from Notre Dame to the Place de Greve, from the Porte St. Denis to the Great Chatelet,--constructing anew the scenes which had made them all so famous, and delighted to find that they had remained unchanged with the changing years.
Maintenon
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From this reading For half a century the city had stood stagnant, the king choosing to lavish his money on his wars or his pleasures rather than in beautifying his capital, or sinking into his grave, his coffers empty, his subjects estranged, under the severe dominion of Madame de Maintenon.
mepronounUS /miː/
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading THE HOUSE IN THE RUE VILLEDOT Paris, with its ever-changing crowds, its narrow, clamorous streets, its towering, tottering, dingy buildings, its contrasts of wealth and poverty, light and shade, had not yet ceased to astonish me.
money
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From this reading For half a century the city had stood stagnant, the king choosing to lavish his money on his wars or his pleasures rather than in beautifying his capital, or sinking into his grave, his coffers empty, his subjects estranged, under the severe dominion of Madame de Maintenon.
mouth
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From this reading It was a wonderful place,--wonderful, at least, to me, who had known only Poitiers,--and I, who had sat in the chimney corner at home with mouth agape listening to the tales my grandfather--God rest his soul--was wont to tell of it, had during the first few days hastened from place to place,--from Notre Dame to the Place de Greve, from the Porte St. Denis to the Great Chatelet,--constructing anew the scenes which had made them all so famous, and delighted to find that they had remained unchanged with the changing years.
mydeterminerUS /maɪ/
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading It was a wonderful place,--wonderful, at least, to me, who had known only Poitiers,--and I, who had sat in the chimney corner at home with mouth agape listening to the tales my grandfather--God rest his soul--was wont to tell of it, had during the first few days hastened from place to place,--from Notre Dame to the Place de Greve, from the Porte St. Denis to the Great Chatelet,--constructing anew the scenes which had made them all so famous, and delighted to find that they had remained unchanged with the changing years.
narrow
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From this reading THE HOUSE IN THE RUE VILLEDOT Paris, with its ever-changing crowds, its narrow, clamorous streets, its towering, tottering, dingy buildings, its contrasts of wealth and poverty, light and shade, had not yet ceased to astonish me.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading THE HOUSE IN THE RUE VILLEDOT Paris, with its ever-changing crowds, its narrow, clamorous streets, its towering, tottering, dingy buildings, its contrasts of wealth and poverty, light and shade, had not yet ceased to astonish me.
Notre
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From this reading It was a wonderful place,--wonderful, at least, to me, who had known only Poitiers,--and I, who had sat in the chimney corner at home with mouth agape listening to the tales my grandfather--God rest his soul--was wont to tell of it, had during the first few days hastened from place to place,--from Notre Dame to the Place de Greve, from the Porte St. Denis to the Great Chatelet,--constructing anew the scenes which had made them all so famous, and delighted to find that they had remained unchanged with the changing years.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading THE HOUSE IN THE RUE VILLEDOT Paris, with its ever-changing crowds, its narrow, clamorous streets, its towering, tottering, dingy buildings, its contrasts of wealth and poverty, light and shade, had not yet ceased to astonish me.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading For half a century the city had stood stagnant, the king choosing to lavish his money on his wars or his pleasures rather than in beautifying his capital, or sinking into his grave, his coffers empty, his subjects estranged, under the severe dominion of Madame de Maintenon.
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading It was to me a dream city, and, as in dreams, I used only one faculty in regarding it,--the imagination.
only
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From this reading It was a wonderful place,--wonderful, at least, to me, who had known only Poitiers,--and I, who had sat in the chimney corner at home with mouth agape listening to the tales my grandfather--God rest his soul--was wont to tell of it, had during the first few days hastened from place to place,--from Notre Dame to the Place de Greve, from the Porte St. Denis to the Great Chatelet,--constructing anew the scenes which had made them all so famous, and delighted to find that they had remained unchanged with the changing years.
orconjunctionUS /ɔːr/
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading For half a century the city had stood stagnant, the king choosing to lavish his money on his wars or his pleasures rather than in beautifying his capital, or sinking into his grave, his coffers empty, his subjects estranged, under the severe dominion of Madame de Maintenon.
Paris
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From this reading THE HOUSE IN THE RUE VILLEDOT Paris, with its ever-changing crowds, its narrow, clamorous streets, its towering, tottering, dingy buildings, its contrasts of wealth and poverty, light and shade, had not yet ceased to astonish me.
place
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From this reading It was a wonderful place,--wonderful, at least, to me, who had known only Poitiers,--and I, who had sat in the chimney corner at home with mouth agape listening to the tales my grandfather--God rest his soul--was wont to tell of it, had during the first few days hastened from place to place,--from Notre Dame to the Place de Greve, from the Porte St. Denis to the Great Chatelet,--constructing anew the scenes which had made them all so famous, and delighted to find that they had remained unchanged with the changing years.
pleasures
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From this reading For half a century the city had stood stagnant, the king choosing to lavish his money on his wars or his pleasures rather than in beautifying his capital, or sinking into his grave, his coffers empty, his subjects estranged, under the severe dominion of Madame de Maintenon.
Poitiers
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From this reading It was a wonderful place,--wonderful, at least, to me, who had known only Poitiers,--and I, who had sat in the chimney corner at home with mouth agape listening to the tales my grandfather--God rest his soul--was wont to tell of it, had during the first few days hastened from place to place,--from Notre Dame to the Place de Greve, from the Porte St. Denis to the Great Chatelet,--constructing anew the scenes which had made them all so famous, and delighted to find that they had remained unchanged with the changing years.
Porte
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From this reading It was a wonderful place,--wonderful, at least, to me, who had known only Poitiers,--and I, who had sat in the chimney corner at home with mouth agape listening to the tales my grandfather--God rest his soul--was wont to tell of it, had during the first few days hastened from place to place,--from Notre Dame to the Place de Greve, from the Porte St. Denis to the Great Chatelet,--constructing anew the scenes which had made them all so famous, and delighted to find that they had remained unchanged with the changing years.
poverty
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From this reading THE HOUSE IN THE RUE VILLEDOT Paris, with its ever-changing crowds, its narrow, clamorous streets, its towering, tottering, dingy buildings, its contrasts of wealth and poverty, light and shade, had not yet ceased to astonish me.
rather
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From this reading For half a century the city had stood stagnant, the king choosing to lavish his money on his wars or his pleasures rather than in beautifying his capital, or sinking into his grave, his coffers empty, his subjects estranged, under the severe dominion of Madame de Maintenon.
regarding
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From this reading It was to me a dream city, and, as in dreams, I used only one faculty in regarding it,--the imagination.
remained
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From this reading It was a wonderful place,--wonderful, at least, to me, who had known only Poitiers,--and I, who had sat in the chimney corner at home with mouth agape listening to the tales my grandfather--God rest his soul--was wont to tell of it, had during the first few days hastened from place to place,--from Notre Dame to the Place de Greve, from the Porte St. Denis to the Great Chatelet,--constructing anew the scenes which had made them all so famous, and delighted to find that they had remained unchanged with the changing years.
rest
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From this reading It was a wonderful place,--wonderful, at least, to me, who had known only Poitiers,--and I, who had sat in the chimney corner at home with mouth agape listening to the tales my grandfather--God rest his soul--was wont to tell of it, had during the first few days hastened from place to place,--from Notre Dame to the Place de Greve, from the Porte St. Denis to the Great Chatelet,--constructing anew the scenes which had made them all so famous, and delighted to find that they had remained unchanged with the changing years.
romance
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From this reading But I found it beautiful, and in the romance with which I clothed it forgot the uneven streets, the stenches of the ill-kept gutters, the danger from the tottering walls.
RUE
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From this reading THE HOUSE IN THE RUE VILLEDOT Paris, with its ever-changing crowds, its narrow, clamorous streets, its towering, tottering, dingy buildings, its contrasts of wealth and poverty, light and shade, had not yet ceased to astonish me.
sat
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From this reading It was a wonderful place,--wonderful, at least, to me, who had known only Poitiers,--and I, who had sat in the chimney corner at home with mouth agape listening to the tales my grandfather--God rest his soul--was wont to tell of it, had during the first few days hastened from place to place,--from Notre Dame to the Place de Greve, from the Porte St. Denis to the Great Chatelet,--constructing anew the scenes which had made them all so famous, and delighted to find that they had remained unchanged with the changing years.
scenes
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From this reading It was a wonderful place,--wonderful, at least, to me, who had known only Poitiers,--and I, who had sat in the chimney corner at home with mouth agape listening to the tales my grandfather--God rest his soul--was wont to tell of it, had during the first few days hastened from place to place,--from Notre Dame to the Place de Greve, from the Porte St. Denis to the Great Chatelet,--constructing anew the scenes which had made them all so famous, and delighted to find that they had remained unchanged with the changing years.
severe
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From this reading For half a century the city had stood stagnant, the king choosing to lavish his money on his wars or his pleasures rather than in beautifying his capital, or sinking into his grave, his coffers empty, his subjects estranged, under the severe dominion of Madame de Maintenon.
shade
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From this reading THE HOUSE IN THE RUE VILLEDOT Paris, with its ever-changing crowds, its narrow, clamorous streets, its towering, tottering, dingy buildings, its contrasts of wealth and poverty, light and shade, had not yet ceased to astonish me.
sinking
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From this reading For half a century the city had stood stagnant, the king choosing to lavish his money on his wars or his pleasures rather than in beautifying his capital, or sinking into his grave, his coffers empty, his subjects estranged, under the severe dominion of Madame de Maintenon.
soconjunctionUS /soʊ/
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading It was a wonderful place,--wonderful, at least, to me, who had known only Poitiers,--and I, who had sat in the chimney corner at home with mouth agape listening to the tales my grandfather--God rest his soul--was wont to tell of it, had during the first few days hastened from place to place,--from Notre Dame to the Place de Greve, from the Porte St. Denis to the Great Chatelet,--constructing anew the scenes which had made them all so famous, and delighted to find that they had remained unchanged with the changing years.
soul
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From this reading It was a wonderful place,--wonderful, at least, to me, who had known only Poitiers,--and I, who had sat in the chimney corner at home with mouth agape listening to the tales my grandfather--God rest his soul--was wont to tell of it, had during the first few days hastened from place to place,--from Notre Dame to the Place de Greve, from the Porte St. Denis to the Great Chatelet,--constructing anew the scenes which had made them all so famous, and delighted to find that they had remained unchanged with the changing years.
St
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From this reading It was a wonderful place,--wonderful, at least, to me, who had known only Poitiers,--and I, who had sat in the chimney corner at home with mouth agape listening to the tales my grandfather--God rest his soul--was wont to tell of it, had during the first few days hastened from place to place,--from Notre Dame to the Place de Greve, from the Porte St. Denis to the Great Chatelet,--constructing anew the scenes which had made them all so famous, and delighted to find that they had remained unchanged with the changing years.
stagnant
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From this reading For half a century the city had stood stagnant, the king choosing to lavish his money on his wars or his pleasures rather than in beautifying his capital, or sinking into his grave, his coffers empty, his subjects estranged, under the severe dominion of Madame de Maintenon.
stenches
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From this reading But I found it beautiful, and in the romance with which I clothed it forgot the uneven streets, the stenches of the ill-kept gutters, the danger from the tottering walls.
stoodverbUS /stʊd/
Maintained an upright posture.
From this reading For half a century the city had stood stagnant, the king choosing to lavish his money on his wars or his pleasures rather than in beautifying his capital, or sinking into his grave, his coffers empty, his subjects estranged, under the severe dominion of Madame de Maintenon.
streets
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From this reading THE HOUSE IN THE RUE VILLEDOT Paris, with its ever-changing crowds, its narrow, clamorous streets, its towering, tottering, dingy buildings, its contrasts of wealth and poverty, light and shade, had not yet ceased to astonish me.
subjects
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From this reading For half a century the city had stood stagnant, the king choosing to lavish his money on his wars or his pleasures rather than in beautifying his capital, or sinking into his grave, his coffers empty, his subjects estranged, under the severe dominion of Madame de Maintenon.
tales
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From this reading It was a wonderful place,--wonderful, at least, to me, who had known only Poitiers,--and I, who had sat in the chimney corner at home with mouth agape listening to the tales my grandfather--God rest his soul--was wont to tell of it, had during the first few days hastened from place to place,--from Notre Dame to the Place de Greve, from the Porte St. Denis to the Great Chatelet,--constructing anew the scenes which had made them all so famous, and delighted to find that they had remained unchanged with the changing years.
tell
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From this reading It was a wonderful place,--wonderful, at least, to me, who had known only Poitiers,--and I, who had sat in the chimney corner at home with mouth agape listening to the tales my grandfather--God rest his soul--was wont to tell of it, had during the first few days hastened from place to place,--from Notre Dame to the Place de Greve, from the Porte St. Denis to the Great Chatelet,--constructing anew the scenes which had made them all so famous, and delighted to find that they had remained unchanged with the changing years.
thanconjunctionUS /ðæn/
used to introduce the second part of a comparison
From this reading For half a century the city had stood stagnant, the king choosing to lavish his money on his wars or his pleasures rather than in beautifying his capital, or sinking into his grave, his coffers empty, his subjects estranged, under the severe dominion of Madame de Maintenon.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading It was a wonderful place,--wonderful, at least, to me, who had known only Poitiers,--and I, who had sat in the chimney corner at home with mouth agape listening to the tales my grandfather--God rest his soul--was wont to tell of it, had during the first few days hastened from place to place,--from Notre Dame to the Place de Greve, from the Porte St. Denis to the Great Chatelet,--constructing anew the scenes which had made them all so famous, and delighted to find that they had remained unchanged with the changing years.
THEdeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE HOUSE IN THE RUE VILLEDOT Paris, with its ever-changing crowds, its narrow, clamorous streets, its towering, tottering, dingy buildings, its contrasts of wealth and poverty, light and shade, had not yet ceased to astonish me.
thempronounUS /ðem/
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading It was a wonderful place,--wonderful, at least, to me, who had known only Poitiers,--and I, who had sat in the chimney corner at home with mouth agape listening to the tales my grandfather--God rest his soul--was wont to tell of it, had during the first few days hastened from place to place,--from Notre Dame to the Place de Greve, from the Porte St. Denis to the Great Chatelet,--constructing anew the scenes which had made them all so famous, and delighted to find that they had remained unchanged with the changing years.
theypronounUS /ðeɪ/
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading It was a wonderful place,--wonderful, at least, to me, who had known only Poitiers,--and I, who had sat in the chimney corner at home with mouth agape listening to the tales my grandfather--God rest his soul--was wont to tell of it, had during the first few days hastened from place to place,--from Notre Dame to the Place de Greve, from the Porte St. Denis to the Great Chatelet,--constructing anew the scenes which had made them all so famous, and delighted to find that they had remained unchanged with the changing years.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading THE HOUSE IN THE RUE VILLEDOT Paris, with its ever-changing crowds, its narrow, clamorous streets, its towering, tottering, dingy buildings, its contrasts of wealth and poverty, light and shade, had not yet ceased to astonish me.
tottering
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From this reading THE HOUSE IN THE RUE VILLEDOT Paris, with its ever-changing crowds, its narrow, clamorous streets, its towering, tottering, dingy buildings, its contrasts of wealth and poverty, light and shade, had not yet ceased to astonish me.
towering
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From this reading THE HOUSE IN THE RUE VILLEDOT Paris, with its ever-changing crowds, its narrow, clamorous streets, its towering, tottering, dingy buildings, its contrasts of wealth and poverty, light and shade, had not yet ceased to astonish me.
unchanged
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From this reading It was a wonderful place,--wonderful, at least, to me, who had known only Poitiers,--and I, who had sat in the chimney corner at home with mouth agape listening to the tales my grandfather--God rest his soul--was wont to tell of it, had during the first few days hastened from place to place,--from Notre Dame to the Place de Greve, from the Porte St. Denis to the Great Chatelet,--constructing anew the scenes which had made them all so famous, and delighted to find that they had remained unchanged with the changing years.
underprepositionUS /ˈʌndər/
below or beneath something; less than
From this reading For half a century the city had stood stagnant, the king choosing to lavish his money on his wars or his pleasures rather than in beautifying his capital, or sinking into his grave, his coffers empty, his subjects estranged, under the severe dominion of Madame de Maintenon.
uneven
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From this reading But I found it beautiful, and in the romance with which I clothed it forgot the uneven streets, the stenches of the ill-kept gutters, the danger from the tottering walls.
used
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From this reading It was to me a dream city, and, as in dreams, I used only one faculty in regarding it,--the imagination.
VILLEDOT
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From this reading THE HOUSE IN THE RUE VILLEDOT Paris, with its ever-changing crowds, its narrow, clamorous streets, its towering, tottering, dingy buildings, its contrasts of wealth and poverty, light and shade, had not yet ceased to astonish me.
walls
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From this reading But I found it beautiful, and in the romance with which I clothed it forgot the uneven streets, the stenches of the ill-kept gutters, the danger from the tottering walls.
wars
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From this reading For half a century the city had stood stagnant, the king choosing to lavish his money on his wars or his pleasures rather than in beautifying his capital, or sinking into his grave, his coffers empty, his subjects estranged, under the severe dominion of Madame de Maintenon.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading It was a wonderful place,--wonderful, at least, to me, who had known only Poitiers,--and I, who had sat in the chimney corner at home with mouth agape listening to the tales my grandfather--God rest his soul--was wont to tell of it, had during the first few days hastened from place to place,--from Notre Dame to the Place de Greve, from the Porte St. Denis to the Great Chatelet,--constructing anew the scenes which had made them all so famous, and delighted to find that they had remained unchanged with the changing years.
wealth
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From this reading THE HOUSE IN THE RUE VILLEDOT Paris, with its ever-changing crowds, its narrow, clamorous streets, its towering, tottering, dingy buildings, its contrasts of wealth and poverty, light and shade, had not yet ceased to astonish me.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading It was a wonderful place,--wonderful, at least, to me, who had known only Poitiers,--and I, who had sat in the chimney corner at home with mouth agape listening to the tales my grandfather--God rest his soul--was wont to tell of it, had during the first few days hastened from place to place,--from Notre Dame to the Place de Greve, from the Porte St. Denis to the Great Chatelet,--constructing anew the scenes which had made them all so famous, and delighted to find that they had remained unchanged with the changing years.
whopronounUS /huː/
which person or people
From this reading It was a wonderful place,--wonderful, at least, to me, who had known only Poitiers,--and I, who had sat in the chimney corner at home with mouth agape listening to the tales my grandfather--God rest his soul--was wont to tell of it, had during the first few days hastened from place to place,--from Notre Dame to the Place de Greve, from the Porte St. Denis to the Great Chatelet,--constructing anew the scenes which had made them all so famous, and delighted to find that they had remained unchanged with the changing years.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading THE HOUSE IN THE RUE VILLEDOT Paris, with its ever-changing crowds, its narrow, clamorous streets, its towering, tottering, dingy buildings, its contrasts of wealth and poverty, light and shade, had not yet ceased to astonish me.
wonderful
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From this reading It was a wonderful place,--wonderful, at least, to me, who had known only Poitiers,--and I, who had sat in the chimney corner at home with mouth agape listening to the tales my grandfather--God rest his soul--was wont to tell of it, had during the first few days hastened from place to place,--from Notre Dame to the Place de Greve, from the Porte St. Denis to the Great Chatelet,--constructing anew the scenes which had made them all so famous, and delighted to find that they had remained unchanged with the changing years.
wont
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From this reading It was a wonderful place,--wonderful, at least, to me, who had known only Poitiers,--and I, who had sat in the chimney corner at home with mouth agape listening to the tales my grandfather--God rest his soul--was wont to tell of it, had during the first few days hastened from place to place,--from Notre Dame to the Place de Greve, from the Porte St. Denis to the Great Chatelet,--constructing anew the scenes which had made them all so famous, and delighted to find that they had remained unchanged with the changing years.
years
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From this reading It was a wonderful place,--wonderful, at least, to me, who had known only Poitiers,--and I, who had sat in the chimney corner at home with mouth agape listening to the tales my grandfather--God rest his soul--was wont to tell of it, had during the first few days hastened from place to place,--from Notre Dame to the Place de Greve, from the Porte St. Denis to the Great Chatelet,--constructing anew the scenes which had made them all so famous, and delighted to find that they had remained unchanged with the changing years.
yetconjunctionUS /jet/
but in spite of that
From this reading THE HOUSE IN THE RUE VILLEDOT Paris, with its ever-changing crowds, its narrow, clamorous streets, its towering, tottering, dingy buildings, its contrasts of wealth and poverty, light and shade, had not yet ceased to astonish me.
