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A Tale of Two Cities

Book III · Chapter XV · The Footsteps Die Out For Ever

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Along the Paris streets, the death-carts rumble, hollow and harsh.

The Footsteps Die Out For Ever, reading 1: Along the Paris streets, the death-carts rumble, hollow and harsh.
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Along the Paris streets, the death-carts rumble, hollow and harsh.
Six tumbrils carry the day’s wine to La Guillotine.
All the devouring and insatiate Monsters imagined since imagination could record itself, are fused in the one realisation, Guillotine.
And yet there is not in France, with its rich variety of soil and climate, a blade, a leaf, a root, a sprig, a peppercorn, which will grow to maturity under conditions more certain than those that have produced this horror.
Crush humanity out of shape once more, under similar hammers, and it will twist itself into the same tortured forms.
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A Tale of Two Cities

Book III · Chapter XV · The Footsteps Die Out For Ever

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Reading 1/25 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

Line 1
Along the Paris streets, the death-carts rumble, hollow and harsh.
Line 2
Six tumbrils carry the day’s wine to La Guillotine.
Line 3
All the devouring and insatiate Monsters imagined since imagination could record itself, are fused in the one realisation, Guillotine.
Line 4
And yet there is not in France, with its rich variety of soil and climate, a blade, a leaf, a root, a sprig, a peppercorn, which will grow to maturity under conditions more certain than those that have produced this horror.
Line 5
Crush humanity out of shape once more, under similar hammers, and it will twist itself into the same tortured forms.

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conditions plural noun US /kənˈdɪʃənz/

the circumstances that affect how something happens

From this reading “And yet there is not in France, with its rich variety of soil and climate, a blade, a leaf, a root, a sprig, a peppercorn, which will grow to maturity under conditions more certain than those that have produced this horror.”

imagination noun US /ɪˌmædʒəˈneɪʃən/

The image-making power of the mind; the act of mentally creating or reproducing an object not previously perceived; the ability to create such images

From this reading “All the devouring and insatiate Monsters imagined since imagination could record itself, are fused in the one realisation, Guillotine.”

realisation noun US /ˌriːələˈzeɪʃən/

the actual form or embodiment of an idea or imagined thing

From this reading “All the devouring and insatiate Monsters imagined since imagination could record itself, are fused in the one realisation, Guillotine.”

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a

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From this reading And yet there is not in France, with its rich variety of soil and climate, a blade, a leaf, a root, a sprig, a peppercorn, which will grow to maturity under conditions more certain than those that have produced this horror.

All

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From this reading All the devouring and insatiate Monsters imagined since imagination could record itself, are fused in the one realisation, Guillotine.

Along

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From this reading Along the Paris streets, the death-carts rumble, hollow and harsh.

and

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From this reading Along the Paris streets, the death-carts rumble, hollow and harsh.

are

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From this reading All the devouring and insatiate Monsters imagined since imagination could record itself, are fused in the one realisation, Guillotine.

blade

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From this reading And yet there is not in France, with its rich variety of soil and climate, a blade, a leaf, a root, a sprig, a peppercorn, which will grow to maturity under conditions more certain than those that have produced this horror.

carry

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From this reading Six tumbrils carry the day’s wine to La Guillotine.

certain

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From this reading And yet there is not in France, with its rich variety of soil and climate, a blade, a leaf, a root, a sprig, a peppercorn, which will grow to maturity under conditions more certain than those that have produced this horror.

climate

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From this reading And yet there is not in France, with its rich variety of soil and climate, a blade, a leaf, a root, a sprig, a peppercorn, which will grow to maturity under conditions more certain than those that have produced this horror.

conditionsplural nounUS /kənˈdɪʃənz/

the circumstances that affect how something happens

From this reading And yet there is not in France, with its rich variety of soil and climate, a blade, a leaf, a root, a sprig, a peppercorn, which will grow to maturity under conditions more certain than those that have produced this horror.

could

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From this reading All the devouring and insatiate Monsters imagined since imagination could record itself, are fused in the one realisation, Guillotine.

Crush

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From this reading Crush humanity out of shape once more, under similar hammers, and it will twist itself into the same tortured forms.

day's

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From this reading Six tumbrils carry the day’s wine to La Guillotine.

death-carts

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From this reading Along the Paris streets, the death-carts rumble, hollow and harsh.

devouring

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From this reading All the devouring and insatiate Monsters imagined since imagination could record itself, are fused in the one realisation, Guillotine.

forms

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From this reading Crush humanity out of shape once more, under similar hammers, and it will twist itself into the same tortured forms.

France

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From this reading And yet there is not in France, with its rich variety of soil and climate, a blade, a leaf, a root, a sprig, a peppercorn, which will grow to maturity under conditions more certain than those that have produced this horror.

fused

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From this reading All the devouring and insatiate Monsters imagined since imagination could record itself, are fused in the one realisation, Guillotine.

grow

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From this reading And yet there is not in France, with its rich variety of soil and climate, a blade, a leaf, a root, a sprig, a peppercorn, which will grow to maturity under conditions more certain than those that have produced this horror.

Guillotine

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From this reading Six tumbrils carry the day’s wine to La Guillotine.

hammers

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From this reading Crush humanity out of shape once more, under similar hammers, and it will twist itself into the same tortured forms.

harsh

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From this reading Along the Paris streets, the death-carts rumble, hollow and harsh.

have

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From this reading And yet there is not in France, with its rich variety of soil and climate, a blade, a leaf, a root, a sprig, a peppercorn, which will grow to maturity under conditions more certain than those that have produced this horror.

hollow

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From this reading Along the Paris streets, the death-carts rumble, hollow and harsh.

horror

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From this reading And yet there is not in France, with its rich variety of soil and climate, a blade, a leaf, a root, a sprig, a peppercorn, which will grow to maturity under conditions more certain than those that have produced this horror.

humanity

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From this reading Crush humanity out of shape once more, under similar hammers, and it will twist itself into the same tortured forms.

imaginationnounUS /ɪˌmædʒəˈneɪʃən/

The image-making power of the mind; the act of mentally creating or reproducing an object not previously perceived; the ability to create such images

From this reading All the devouring and insatiate Monsters imagined since imagination could record itself, are fused in the one realisation, Guillotine.

imagined

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From this reading All the devouring and insatiate Monsters imagined since imagination could record itself, are fused in the one realisation, Guillotine.

in

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From this reading All the devouring and insatiate Monsters imagined since imagination could record itself, are fused in the one realisation, Guillotine.

insatiate

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From this reading All the devouring and insatiate Monsters imagined since imagination could record itself, are fused in the one realisation, Guillotine.

into

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From this reading Crush humanity out of shape once more, under similar hammers, and it will twist itself into the same tortured forms.

is

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From this reading And yet there is not in France, with its rich variety of soil and climate, a blade, a leaf, a root, a sprig, a peppercorn, which will grow to maturity under conditions more certain than those that have produced this horror.

it

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From this reading Crush humanity out of shape once more, under similar hammers, and it will twist itself into the same tortured forms.

its

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From this reading And yet there is not in France, with its rich variety of soil and climate, a blade, a leaf, a root, a sprig, a peppercorn, which will grow to maturity under conditions more certain than those that have produced this horror.

itself

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From this reading All the devouring and insatiate Monsters imagined since imagination could record itself, are fused in the one realisation, Guillotine.

La

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From this reading Six tumbrils carry the day’s wine to La Guillotine.

leaf

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From this reading And yet there is not in France, with its rich variety of soil and climate, a blade, a leaf, a root, a sprig, a peppercorn, which will grow to maturity under conditions more certain than those that have produced this horror.

maturity

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From this reading And yet there is not in France, with its rich variety of soil and climate, a blade, a leaf, a root, a sprig, a peppercorn, which will grow to maturity under conditions more certain than those that have produced this horror.

Monsters

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From this reading All the devouring and insatiate Monsters imagined since imagination could record itself, are fused in the one realisation, Guillotine.

more

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From this reading And yet there is not in France, with its rich variety of soil and climate, a blade, a leaf, a root, a sprig, a peppercorn, which will grow to maturity under conditions more certain than those that have produced this horror.

not

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From this reading And yet there is not in France, with its rich variety of soil and climate, a blade, a leaf, a root, a sprig, a peppercorn, which will grow to maturity under conditions more certain than those that have produced this horror.

of

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From this reading And yet there is not in France, with its rich variety of soil and climate, a blade, a leaf, a root, a sprig, a peppercorn, which will grow to maturity under conditions more certain than those that have produced this horror.

once

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From this reading Crush humanity out of shape once more, under similar hammers, and it will twist itself into the same tortured forms.

one

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From this reading All the devouring and insatiate Monsters imagined since imagination could record itself, are fused in the one realisation, Guillotine.

out

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From this reading Crush humanity out of shape once more, under similar hammers, and it will twist itself into the same tortured forms.

Paris

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From this reading Along the Paris streets, the death-carts rumble, hollow and harsh.

peppercorn

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From this reading And yet there is not in France, with its rich variety of soil and climate, a blade, a leaf, a root, a sprig, a peppercorn, which will grow to maturity under conditions more certain than those that have produced this horror.

produced

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From this reading And yet there is not in France, with its rich variety of soil and climate, a blade, a leaf, a root, a sprig, a peppercorn, which will grow to maturity under conditions more certain than those that have produced this horror.

realisationnounUS /ˌriːələˈzeɪʃən/

the actual form or embodiment of an idea or imagined thing

From this reading All the devouring and insatiate Monsters imagined since imagination could record itself, are fused in the one realisation, Guillotine.

record

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From this reading All the devouring and insatiate Monsters imagined since imagination could record itself, are fused in the one realisation, Guillotine.

rich

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From this reading And yet there is not in France, with its rich variety of soil and climate, a blade, a leaf, a root, a sprig, a peppercorn, which will grow to maturity under conditions more certain than those that have produced this horror.

root

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From this reading And yet there is not in France, with its rich variety of soil and climate, a blade, a leaf, a root, a sprig, a peppercorn, which will grow to maturity under conditions more certain than those that have produced this horror.

rumble

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From this reading Along the Paris streets, the death-carts rumble, hollow and harsh.

sameadjectiveUS /seɪm/

Identical; not different.

From this reading Crush humanity out of shape once more, under similar hammers, and it will twist itself into the same tortured forms.

shape

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From this reading Crush humanity out of shape once more, under similar hammers, and it will twist itself into the same tortured forms.

similar

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From this reading Crush humanity out of shape once more, under similar hammers, and it will twist itself into the same tortured forms.

since

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From this reading All the devouring and insatiate Monsters imagined since imagination could record itself, are fused in the one realisation, Guillotine.

Six

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From this reading Six tumbrils carry the day’s wine to La Guillotine.

soil

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From this reading And yet there is not in France, with its rich variety of soil and climate, a blade, a leaf, a root, a sprig, a peppercorn, which will grow to maturity under conditions more certain than those that have produced this horror.

sprig

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From this reading And yet there is not in France, with its rich variety of soil and climate, a blade, a leaf, a root, a sprig, a peppercorn, which will grow to maturity under conditions more certain than those that have produced this horror.

streets

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From this reading Along the Paris streets, the death-carts rumble, hollow and harsh.

than

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From this reading And yet there is not in France, with its rich variety of soil and climate, a blade, a leaf, a root, a sprig, a peppercorn, which will grow to maturity under conditions more certain than those that have produced this horror.

that

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From this reading And yet there is not in France, with its rich variety of soil and climate, a blade, a leaf, a root, a sprig, a peppercorn, which will grow to maturity under conditions more certain than those that have produced this horror.

the

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From this reading Along the Paris streets, the death-carts rumble, hollow and harsh.

there

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From this reading And yet there is not in France, with its rich variety of soil and climate, a blade, a leaf, a root, a sprig, a peppercorn, which will grow to maturity under conditions more certain than those that have produced this horror.

this

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From this reading And yet there is not in France, with its rich variety of soil and climate, a blade, a leaf, a root, a sprig, a peppercorn, which will grow to maturity under conditions more certain than those that have produced this horror.

those

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From this reading And yet there is not in France, with its rich variety of soil and climate, a blade, a leaf, a root, a sprig, a peppercorn, which will grow to maturity under conditions more certain than those that have produced this horror.

to

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From this reading Six tumbrils carry the day’s wine to La Guillotine.

tortured

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From this reading Crush humanity out of shape once more, under similar hammers, and it will twist itself into the same tortured forms.

tumbrils

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From this reading Six tumbrils carry the day’s wine to La Guillotine.

twist

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From this reading Crush humanity out of shape once more, under similar hammers, and it will twist itself into the same tortured forms.

under

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From this reading And yet there is not in France, with its rich variety of soil and climate, a blade, a leaf, a root, a sprig, a peppercorn, which will grow to maturity under conditions more certain than those that have produced this horror.

variety

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From this reading And yet there is not in France, with its rich variety of soil and climate, a blade, a leaf, a root, a sprig, a peppercorn, which will grow to maturity under conditions more certain than those that have produced this horror.

which

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From this reading And yet there is not in France, with its rich variety of soil and climate, a blade, a leaf, a root, a sprig, a peppercorn, which will grow to maturity under conditions more certain than those that have produced this horror.

will

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From this reading And yet there is not in France, with its rich variety of soil and climate, a blade, a leaf, a root, a sprig, a peppercorn, which will grow to maturity under conditions more certain than those that have produced this horror.

wine

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From this reading Six tumbrils carry the day’s wine to La Guillotine.

with

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From this reading And yet there is not in France, with its rich variety of soil and climate, a blade, a leaf, a root, a sprig, a peppercorn, which will grow to maturity under conditions more certain than those that have produced this horror.

yet

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From this reading And yet there is not in France, with its rich variety of soil and climate, a blade, a leaf, a root, a sprig, a peppercorn, which will grow to maturity under conditions more certain than those that have produced this horror.