used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading Actual pain would have been almost a relief to the despairing vacuity of that which must have been the second day of his confinement.
presently existing in fact and not merely potential or possible
From this reading Actual pain would have been almost a relief to the despairing vacuity of that which must have been the second day of his confinement.
how long something has existed
From this reading Where there is no change of anything to mark its passing, time seems, in truth, to sink back into that ocean from which it was called at first, Eternity: and, wanting all means of calculating its flight, Bernard de Rohan did indeed feel each moment to be an age.
(quantifier) used with either mass or count nouns to indicate the whole number or amount of or every one of a class
From this reading Where there is no change of anything to mark its passing, time seems, in truth, to sink back into that ocean from which it was called at first, Eternity: and, wanting all means of calculating its flight, Bernard de Rohan did indeed feel each moment to be an age.
(of actions or states) slightly short of or not quite accomplished; all but
From this reading Actual pain would have been almost a relief to the despairing vacuity of that which must have been the second day of his confinement.
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading Where there is no change of anything to mark its passing, time seems, in truth, to sink back into that ocean from which it was called at first, Eternity: and, wanting all means of calculating its flight, Bernard de Rohan did indeed feel each moment to be an age.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading The great tamers of strong spirits, the quellers of the rebellious heart, the conquerors of the obdurate, the determined, and the enduring, Silence and Solitude, were upon Bernard de Rohan.
one more of the same kind, or a different one
From this reading To know nothing of what is passing without; to have no marker of the steps of time; to see no sun rise or set; to have not even the moving shadow upon the wall to tell us that another lapse of the wearisome hours has taken place; to have nothing, in short, to link us on to human destinies, and to show us that we are wending on our way with our fellow-beings--nothing but the dull beatings of the heavy heart, and the grinding succession of bitter thoughts--this, surely, is not life; and if it be not death, it is something worse.
any thing at all
From this reading Where there is no change of anything to mark its passing, time seems, in truth, to sink back into that ocean from which it was called at first, Eternity: and, wanting all means of calculating its flight, Bernard de Rohan did indeed feel each moment to be an age.
areauxiliary verbUS /ɑːr/
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading To know nothing of what is passing without; to have no marker of the steps of time; to see no sun rise or set; to have not even the moving shadow upon the wall to tell us that another lapse of the wearisome hours has taken place; to have nothing, in short, to link us on to human destinies, and to show us that we are wending on our way with our fellow-beings--nothing but the dull beatings of the heavy heart, and the grinding succession of bitter thoughts--this, surely, is not life; and if it be not death, it is something worse.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading We can scarcely doubt that the punishment of Prometheus would have been more complete, had he been left in the solitude of the frowning heavens, without the vulture as his companion, though his tormentor.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading Where there is no change of anything to mark its passing, time seems, in truth, to sink back into that ocean from which it was called at first, Eternity: and, wanting all means of calculating its flight, Bernard de Rohan did indeed feel each moment to be an age.
in or to or toward a former location
From this reading Where there is no change of anything to mark its passing, time seems, in truth, to sink back into that ocean from which it was called at first, Eternity: and, wanting all means of calculating its flight, Bernard de Rohan did indeed feel each moment to be an age.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading To know nothing of what is passing without; to have no marker of the steps of time; to see no sun rise or set; to have not even the moving shadow upon the wall to tell us that another lapse of the wearisome hours has taken place; to have nothing, in short, to link us on to human destinies, and to show us that we are wending on our way with our fellow-beings--nothing but the dull beatings of the heavy heart, and the grinding succession of bitter thoughts--this, surely, is not life; and if it be not death, it is something worse.
beatingsnounUS /ˈbiːtɪŋz/
plural of “beating” — the act of overcoming or outdoing
From this reading To know nothing of what is passing without; to have no marker of the steps of time; to see no sun rise or set; to have not even the moving shadow upon the wall to tell us that another lapse of the wearisome hours has taken place; to have nothing, in short, to link us on to human destinies, and to show us that we are wending on our way with our fellow-beings--nothing but the dull beatings of the heavy heart, and the grinding succession of bitter thoughts--this, surely, is not life; and if it be not death, it is something worse.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading Actual pain would have been almost a relief to the despairing vacuity of that which must have been the second day of his confinement.
BernardnounUS /bərˈnɑːrd/
French physiologist noted for research on secretions of the alimentary canal and the glycogenic function of the liver (1813-1878)
From this reading The great tamers of strong spirits, the quellers of the rebellious heart, the conquerors of the obdurate, the determined, and the enduring, Silence and Solitude, were upon Bernard de Rohan.
marked by strong resentment or cynicism
From this reading To know nothing of what is passing without; to have no marker of the steps of time; to see no sun rise or set; to have not even the moving shadow upon the wall to tell us that another lapse of the wearisome hours has taken place; to have nothing, in short, to link us on to human destinies, and to show us that we are wending on our way with our fellow-beings--nothing but the dull beatings of the heavy heart, and the grinding succession of bitter thoughts--this, surely, is not life; and if it be not death, it is something worse.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading To know nothing of what is passing without; to have no marker of the steps of time; to see no sun rise or set; to have not even the moving shadow upon the wall to tell us that another lapse of the wearisome hours has taken place; to have nothing, in short, to link us on to human destinies, and to show us that we are wending on our way with our fellow-beings--nothing but the dull beatings of the heavy heart, and the grinding succession of bitter thoughts--this, surely, is not life; and if it be not death, it is something worse.
calculatingadjectiveUS /ˈkælkjəleɪtɪŋ/
acting with a specific goal
From this reading Where there is no change of anything to mark its passing, time seems, in truth, to sink back into that ocean from which it was called at first, Eternity: and, wanting all means of calculating its flight, Bernard de Rohan did indeed feel each moment to be an age.
past form of “call” — assign a specified (usually proper) proper name to
From this reading Where there is no change of anything to mark its passing, time seems, in truth, to sink back into that ocean from which it was called at first, Eternity: and, wanting all means of calculating its flight, Bernard de Rohan did indeed feel each moment to be an age.
to be able to, or to be allowed to
From this reading We can scarcely doubt that the punishment of Prometheus would have been more complete, had he been left in the solitude of the frowning heavens, without the vulture as his companion, though his tormentor.
cause to change; make different; cause a transformation
From this reading Where there is no change of anything to mark its passing, time seems, in truth, to sink back into that ocean from which it was called at first, Eternity: and, wanting all means of calculating its flight, Bernard de Rohan did indeed feel each moment to be an age.
a friend who is frequently in the company of another
From this reading We can scarcely doubt that the punishment of Prometheus would have been more complete, had he been left in the solitude of the frowning heavens, without the vulture as his companion, though his tormentor.
come or bring to a finish or an end
From this reading We can scarcely doubt that the punishment of Prometheus would have been more complete, had he been left in the solitude of the frowning heavens, without the vulture as his companion, though his tormentor.
confinementnounUS /kənˈfaɪnmənt/
concluding state of pregnancy; from the onset of contractions to the birth of a child
From this reading Actual pain would have been almost a relief to the despairing vacuity of that which must have been the second day of his confinement.
conquerorsnounUS /ˈkɑːŋkərərz/
plural of “conqueror” — someone who is victorious by force of arms
From this reading The great tamers of strong spirits, the quellers of the rebellious heart, the conquerors of the obdurate, the determined, and the enduring, Silence and Solitude, were upon Bernard de Rohan.
time for Earth to make a complete rotation on its axis
From this reading Actual pain would have been almost a relief to the despairing vacuity of that which must have been the second day of his confinement.
a Mid-Atlantic state; one of the original 13 colonies
From this reading The great tamers of strong spirits, the quellers of the rebellious heart, the conquerors of the obdurate, the determined, and the enduring, Silence and Solitude, were upon Bernard de Rohan.
the event of dying or departure from life
From this reading To know nothing of what is passing without; to have no marker of the steps of time; to see no sun rise or set; to have not even the moving shadow upon the wall to tell us that another lapse of the wearisome hours has taken place; to have nothing, in short, to link us on to human destinies, and to show us that we are wending on our way with our fellow-beings--nothing but the dull beatings of the heavy heart, and the grinding succession of bitter thoughts--this, surely, is not life; and if it be not death, it is something worse.
despairingadjectiveUS /dɪˈsperɪŋ/
arising from or marked by despair or loss of hope
From this reading Actual pain would have been almost a relief to the despairing vacuity of that which must have been the second day of his confinement.
destiniesnounUS /ˈdestəniz/
plural of “destiny” — an event (or a course of events) that will inevitably happen in the future
From this reading To know nothing of what is passing without; to have no marker of the steps of time; to see no sun rise or set; to have not even the moving shadow upon the wall to tell us that another lapse of the wearisome hours has taken place; to have nothing, in short, to link us on to human destinies, and to show us that we are wending on our way with our fellow-beings--nothing but the dull beatings of the heavy heart, and the grinding succession of bitter thoughts--this, surely, is not life; and if it be not death, it is something worse.
characterized by great determination
From this reading The great tamers of strong spirits, the quellers of the rebellious heart, the conquerors of the obdurate, the determined, and the enduring, Silence and Solitude, were upon Bernard de Rohan.
didauxiliary verbUS /dɪd/
the past form of “do”, used in questions and negatives
From this reading Where there is no change of anything to mark its passing, time seems, in truth, to sink back into that ocean from which it was called at first, Eternity: and, wanting all means of calculating its flight, Bernard de Rohan did indeed feel each moment to be an age.
the state of being unsure of something
From this reading We can scarcely doubt that the punishment of Prometheus would have been more complete, had he been left in the solitude of the frowning heavens, without the vulture as his companion, though his tormentor.
lacking in liveliness or animation
From this reading To know nothing of what is passing without; to have no marker of the steps of time; to see no sun rise or set; to have not even the moving shadow upon the wall to tell us that another lapse of the wearisome hours has taken place; to have nothing, in short, to link us on to human destinies, and to show us that we are wending on our way with our fellow-beings--nothing but the dull beatings of the heavy heart, and the grinding succession of bitter thoughts--this, surely, is not life; and if it be not death, it is something worse.
every one of two or more people or things, taken separately
From this reading Where there is no change of anything to mark its passing, time seems, in truth, to sink back into that ocean from which it was called at first, Eternity: and, wanting all means of calculating its flight, Bernard de Rohan did indeed feel each moment to be an age.
enduringadjectiveUS /enˈdjʊrɪŋ/
lasting a long time
From this reading The great tamers of strong spirits, the quellers of the rebellious heart, the conquerors of the obdurate, the determined, and the enduring, Silence and Solitude, were upon Bernard de Rohan.
EternitynounUS /ɪˈtɜːrnəti/
time without end
From this reading Where there is no change of anything to mark its passing, time seems, in truth, to sink back into that ocean from which it was called at first, Eternity: and, wanting all means of calculating its flight, Bernard de Rohan did indeed feel each moment to be an age.
divisible by two
From this reading To know nothing of what is passing without; to have no marker of the steps of time; to see no sun rise or set; to have not even the moving shadow upon the wall to tell us that another lapse of the wearisome hours has taken place; to have nothing, in short, to link us on to human destinies, and to show us that we are wending on our way with our fellow-beings--nothing but the dull beatings of the heavy heart, and the grinding succession of bitter thoughts--this, surely, is not life; and if it be not death, it is something worse.
undergo an emotional sensation or be in a particular state of mind
From this reading Where there is no change of anything to mark its passing, time seems, in truth, to sink back into that ocean from which it was called at first, Eternity: and, wanting all means of calculating its flight, Bernard de Rohan did indeed feel each moment to be an age.
fellow-beings
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From this reading To know nothing of what is passing without; to have no marker of the steps of time; to see no sun rise or set; to have not even the moving shadow upon the wall to tell us that another lapse of the wearisome hours has taken place; to have nothing, in short, to link us on to human destinies, and to show us that we are wending on our way with our fellow-beings--nothing but the dull beatings of the heavy heart, and the grinding succession of bitter thoughts--this, surely, is not life; and if it be not death, it is something worse.
firstadjectiveUS /fɜːrst/
preceding all others in time or space or degree
From this reading Where there is no change of anything to mark its passing, time seems, in truth, to sink back into that ocean from which it was called at first, Eternity: and, wanting all means of calculating its flight, Bernard de Rohan did indeed feel each moment to be an age.
a formation of aircraft in flight
From this reading Where there is no change of anything to mark its passing, time seems, in truth, to sink back into that ocean from which it was called at first, Eternity: and, wanting all means of calculating its flight, Bernard de Rohan did indeed feel each moment to be an age.
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading Where there is no change of anything to mark its passing, time seems, in truth, to sink back into that ocean from which it was called at first, Eternity: and, wanting all means of calculating its flight, Bernard de Rohan did indeed feel each moment to be an age.
frowningadjectiveUS /ˈfraʊnɪŋ/
showing displeasure or anger
From this reading We can scarcely doubt that the punishment of Prometheus would have been more complete, had he been left in the solitude of the frowning heavens, without the vulture as his companion, though his tormentor.
relatively large in size or number or extent; larger than others of its kind
From this reading The great tamers of strong spirits, the quellers of the rebellious heart, the conquerors of the obdurate, the determined, and the enduring, Silence and Solitude, were upon Bernard de Rohan.
grindingnounUS /ˈɡraɪndɪŋ/
material resulting from the process of grinding
From this reading To know nothing of what is passing without; to have no marker of the steps of time; to see no sun rise or set; to have not even the moving shadow upon the wall to tell us that another lapse of the wearisome hours has taken place; to have nothing, in short, to link us on to human destinies, and to show us that we are wending on our way with our fellow-beings--nothing but the dull beatings of the heavy heart, and the grinding succession of bitter thoughts--this, surely, is not life; and if it be not death, it is something worse.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading We can scarcely doubt that the punishment of Prometheus would have been more complete, had he been left in the solitude of the frowning heavens, without the vulture as his companion, though his tormentor.
hasauxiliary verbUS /hæz/
the form of “have” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading To know nothing of what is passing without; to have no marker of the steps of time; to see no sun rise or set; to have not even the moving shadow upon the wall to tell us that another lapse of the wearisome hours has taken place; to have nothing, in short, to link us on to human destinies, and to show us that we are wending on our way with our fellow-beings--nothing but the dull beatings of the heavy heart, and the grinding succession of bitter thoughts--this, surely, is not life; and if it be not death, it is something worse.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading To know nothing of what is passing without; to have no marker of the steps of time; to see no sun rise or set; to have not even the moving shadow upon the wall to tell us that another lapse of the wearisome hours has taken place; to have nothing, in short, to link us on to human destinies, and to show us that we are wending on our way with our fellow-beings--nothing but the dull beatings of the heavy heart, and the grinding succession of bitter thoughts--this, surely, is not life; and if it be not death, it is something worse.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading We can scarcely doubt that the punishment of Prometheus would have been more complete, had he been left in the solitude of the frowning heavens, without the vulture as his companion, though his tormentor.
the locus of feelings and intuitions
From this reading The great tamers of strong spirits, the quellers of the rebellious heart, the conquerors of the obdurate, the determined, and the enduring, Silence and Solitude, were upon Bernard de Rohan.
the apparent surface of the imaginary sphere on which celestial bodies appear to be projected
From this reading We can scarcely doubt that the punishment of Prometheus would have been more complete, had he been left in the solitude of the frowning heavens, without the vulture as his companion, though his tormentor.
of comparatively great physical weight or density
From this reading To know nothing of what is passing without; to have no marker of the steps of time; to see no sun rise or set; to have not even the moving shadow upon the wall to tell us that another lapse of the wearisome hours has taken place; to have nothing, in short, to link us on to human destinies, and to show us that we are wending on our way with our fellow-beings--nothing but the dull beatings of the heavy heart, and the grinding succession of bitter thoughts--this, surely, is not life; and if it be not death, it is something worse.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Actual pain would have been almost a relief to the despairing vacuity of that which must have been the second day of his confinement.
a period of time assigned for work
From this reading To know nothing of what is passing without; to have no marker of the steps of time; to see no sun rise or set; to have not even the moving shadow upon the wall to tell us that another lapse of the wearisome hours has taken place; to have nothing, in short, to link us on to human destinies, and to show us that we are wending on our way with our fellow-beings--nothing but the dull beatings of the heavy heart, and the grinding succession of bitter thoughts--this, surely, is not life; and if it be not death, it is something worse.
humanadjectiveUS /ˈhjuːmən/
characteristic of humanity
From this reading To know nothing of what is passing without; to have no marker of the steps of time; to see no sun rise or set; to have not even the moving shadow upon the wall to tell us that another lapse of the wearisome hours has taken place; to have nothing, in short, to link us on to human destinies, and to show us that we are wending on our way with our fellow-beings--nothing but the dull beatings of the heavy heart, and the grinding succession of bitter thoughts--this, surely, is not life; and if it be not death, it is something worse.
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading To know nothing of what is passing without; to have no marker of the steps of time; to see no sun rise or set; to have not even the moving shadow upon the wall to tell us that another lapse of the wearisome hours has taken place; to have nothing, in short, to link us on to human destinies, and to show us that we are wending on our way with our fellow-beings--nothing but the dull beatings of the heavy heart, and the grinding succession of bitter thoughts--this, surely, is not life; and if it be not death, it is something worse.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading To know nothing of what is passing without; to have no marker of the steps of time; to see no sun rise or set; to have not even the moving shadow upon the wall to tell us that another lapse of the wearisome hours has taken place; to have nothing, in short, to link us on to human destinies, and to show us that we are wending on our way with our fellow-beings--nothing but the dull beatings of the heavy heart, and the grinding succession of bitter thoughts--this, surely, is not life; and if it be not death, it is something worse.
in truth (often tends to intensify)
From this reading Where there is no change of anything to mark its passing, time seems, in truth, to sink back into that ocean from which it was called at first, Eternity: and, wanting all means of calculating its flight, Bernard de Rohan did indeed feel each moment to be an age.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading Where there is no change of anything to mark its passing, time seems, in truth, to sink back into that ocean from which it was called at first, Eternity: and, wanting all means of calculating its flight, Bernard de Rohan did indeed feel each moment to be an age.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading To know nothing of what is passing without; to have no marker of the steps of time; to see no sun rise or set; to have not even the moving shadow upon the wall to tell us that another lapse of the wearisome hours has taken place; to have nothing, in short, to link us on to human destinies, and to show us that we are wending on our way with our fellow-beings--nothing but the dull beatings of the heavy heart, and the grinding succession of bitter thoughts--this, surely, is not life; and if it be not death, it is something worse.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading To know nothing of what is passing without; to have no marker of the steps of time; to see no sun rise or set; to have not even the moving shadow upon the wall to tell us that another lapse of the wearisome hours has taken place; to have nothing, in short, to link us on to human destinies, and to show us that we are wending on our way with our fellow-beings--nothing but the dull beatings of the heavy heart, and the grinding succession of bitter thoughts--this, surely, is not life; and if it be not death, it is something worse.
belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned
From this reading Where there is no change of anything to mark its passing, time seems, in truth, to sink back into that ocean from which it was called at first, Eternity: and, wanting all means of calculating its flight, Bernard de Rohan did indeed feel each moment to be an age.
be cognizant or aware of a fact or a specific piece of information; possess knowledge or information about
From this reading To know nothing of what is passing without; to have no marker of the steps of time; to see no sun rise or set; to have not even the moving shadow upon the wall to tell us that another lapse of the wearisome hours has taken place; to have nothing, in short, to link us on to human destinies, and to show us that we are wending on our way with our fellow-beings--nothing but the dull beatings of the heavy heart, and the grinding succession of bitter thoughts--this, surely, is not life; and if it be not death, it is something worse.
lapseverbUS /læps/
pass into a specified state or condition
From this reading To know nothing of what is passing without; to have no marker of the steps of time; to see no sun rise or set; to have not even the moving shadow upon the wall to tell us that another lapse of the wearisome hours has taken place; to have nothing, in short, to link us on to human destinies, and to show us that we are wending on our way with our fellow-beings--nothing but the dull beatings of the heavy heart, and the grinding succession of bitter thoughts--this, surely, is not life; and if it be not death, it is something worse.
location near or direction toward the left side; i.e. the side to the north when a person or object faces east
From this reading We can scarcely doubt that the punishment of Prometheus would have been more complete, had he been left in the solitude of the frowning heavens, without the vulture as his companion, though his tormentor.
a characteristic state or mode of living
From this reading To know nothing of what is passing without; to have no marker of the steps of time; to see no sun rise or set; to have not even the moving shadow upon the wall to tell us that another lapse of the wearisome hours has taken place; to have nothing, in short, to link us on to human destinies, and to show us that we are wending on our way with our fellow-beings--nothing but the dull beatings of the heavy heart, and the grinding succession of bitter thoughts--this, surely, is not life; and if it be not death, it is something worse.
linkverbUS /lɪŋk/
make a logical or causal connection
From this reading To know nothing of what is passing without; to have no marker of the steps of time; to see no sun rise or set; to have not even the moving shadow upon the wall to tell us that another lapse of the wearisome hours has taken place; to have nothing, in short, to link us on to human destinies, and to show us that we are wending on our way with our fellow-beings--nothing but the dull beatings of the heavy heart, and the grinding succession of bitter thoughts--this, surely, is not life; and if it be not death, it is something worse.
attach a tag or label to
From this reading Where there is no change of anything to mark its passing, time seems, in truth, to sink back into that ocean from which it was called at first, Eternity: and, wanting all means of calculating its flight, Bernard de Rohan did indeed feel each moment to be an age.
markernounUS /ˈmɑːrkər/
some conspicuous object used to distinguish or mark something
From this reading To know nothing of what is passing without; to have no marker of the steps of time; to see no sun rise or set; to have not even the moving shadow upon the wall to tell us that another lapse of the wearisome hours has taken place; to have nothing, in short, to link us on to human destinies, and to show us that we are wending on our way with our fellow-beings--nothing but the dull beatings of the heavy heart, and the grinding succession of bitter thoughts--this, surely, is not life; and if it be not death, it is something worse.
thing or person that acts to produce a particular effect or achieve an end
From this reading Where there is no change of anything to mark its passing, time seems, in truth, to sink back into that ocean from which it was called at first, Eternity: and, wanting all means of calculating its flight, Bernard de Rohan did indeed feel each moment to be an age.
a particular point in time
From this reading Where there is no change of anything to mark its passing, time seems, in truth, to sink back into that ocean from which it was called at first, Eternity: and, wanting all means of calculating its flight, Bernard de Rohan did indeed feel each moment to be an age.
(comparative of “much” used with mass nouns) a quantifier meaning greater in size or amount or extent or degree
From this reading We can scarcely doubt that the punishment of Prometheus would have been more complete, had he been left in the solitude of the frowning heavens, without the vulture as his companion, though his tormentor.
in motion
From this reading To know nothing of what is passing without; to have no marker of the steps of time; to see no sun rise or set; to have not even the moving shadow upon the wall to tell us that another lapse of the wearisome hours has taken place; to have nothing, in short, to link us on to human destinies, and to show us that we are wending on our way with our fellow-beings--nothing but the dull beatings of the heavy heart, and the grinding succession of bitter thoughts--this, surely, is not life; and if it be not death, it is something worse.
used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true
From this reading Actual pain would have been almost a relief to the despairing vacuity of that which must have been the second day of his confinement.
not any; not one
From this reading To know nothing of what is passing without; to have no marker of the steps of time; to see no sun rise or set; to have not even the moving shadow upon the wall to tell us that another lapse of the wearisome hours has taken place; to have nothing, in short, to link us on to human destinies, and to show us that we are wending on our way with our fellow-beings--nothing but the dull beatings of the heavy heart, and the grinding succession of bitter thoughts--this, surely, is not life; and if it be not death, it is something worse.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading To know nothing of what is passing without; to have no marker of the steps of time; to see no sun rise or set; to have not even the moving shadow upon the wall to tell us that another lapse of the wearisome hours has taken place; to have nothing, in short, to link us on to human destinies, and to show us that we are wending on our way with our fellow-beings--nothing but the dull beatings of the heavy heart, and the grinding succession of bitter thoughts--this, surely, is not life; and if it be not death, it is something worse.
not one thing; not anything
From this reading To know nothing of what is passing without; to have no marker of the steps of time; to see no sun rise or set; to have not even the moving shadow upon the wall to tell us that another lapse of the wearisome hours has taken place; to have nothing, in short, to link us on to human destinies, and to show us that we are wending on our way with our fellow-beings--nothing but the dull beatings of the heavy heart, and the grinding succession of bitter thoughts--this, surely, is not life; and if it be not death, it is something worse.
obdurateadjectiveUS /ˈɑːbdərət/
stubbornly persistent in wrongdoing
From this reading The great tamers of strong spirits, the quellers of the rebellious heart, the conquerors of the obdurate, the determined, and the enduring, Silence and Solitude, were upon Bernard de Rohan.
a large body of water constituting a principal part of the hydrosphere
From this reading Where there is no change of anything to mark its passing, time seems, in truth, to sink back into that ocean from which it was called at first, Eternity: and, wanting all means of calculating its flight, Bernard de Rohan did indeed feel each moment to be an age.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading The great tamers of strong spirits, the quellers of the rebellious heart, the conquerors of the obdurate, the determined, and the enduring, Silence and Solitude, were upon Bernard de Rohan.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading To know nothing of what is passing without; to have no marker of the steps of time; to see no sun rise or set; to have not even the moving shadow upon the wall to tell us that another lapse of the wearisome hours has taken place; to have nothing, in short, to link us on to human destinies, and to show us that we are wending on our way with our fellow-beings--nothing but the dull beatings of the heavy heart, and the grinding succession of bitter thoughts--this, surely, is not life; and if it be not death, it is something worse.
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading To know nothing of what is passing without; to have no marker of the steps of time; to see no sun rise or set; to have not even the moving shadow upon the wall to tell us that another lapse of the wearisome hours has taken place; to have nothing, in short, to link us on to human destinies, and to show us that we are wending on our way with our fellow-beings--nothing but the dull beatings of the heavy heart, and the grinding succession of bitter thoughts--this, surely, is not life; and if it be not death, it is something worse.
belonging to the speaker and others
From this reading To know nothing of what is passing without; to have no marker of the steps of time; to see no sun rise or set; to have not even the moving shadow upon the wall to tell us that another lapse of the wearisome hours has taken place; to have nothing, in short, to link us on to human destinies, and to show us that we are wending on our way with our fellow-beings--nothing but the dull beatings of the heavy heart, and the grinding succession of bitter thoughts--this, surely, is not life; and if it be not death, it is something worse.
a symptom of some physical hurt or disorder
From this reading Actual pain would have been almost a relief to the despairing vacuity of that which must have been the second day of his confinement.
(American football) a play that involves one player throwing the ball to a teammate
From this reading To know nothing of what is passing without; to have no marker of the steps of time; to see no sun rise or set; to have not even the moving shadow upon the wall to tell us that another lapse of the wearisome hours has taken place; to have nothing, in short, to link us on to human destinies, and to show us that we are wending on our way with our fellow-beings--nothing but the dull beatings of the heavy heart, and the grinding succession of bitter thoughts--this, surely, is not life; and if it be not death, it is something worse.
a point located with respect to surface features of some region
From this reading To know nothing of what is passing without; to have no marker of the steps of time; to see no sun rise or set; to have not even the moving shadow upon the wall to tell us that another lapse of the wearisome hours has taken place; to have nothing, in short, to link us on to human destinies, and to show us that we are wending on our way with our fellow-beings--nothing but the dull beatings of the heavy heart, and the grinding succession of bitter thoughts--this, surely, is not life; and if it be not death, it is something worse.
PrometheusnounUS /prəˈmiːθiːəs/
(Greek mythology) the Titan who stole fire from Olympus and gave it to mankind; Zeus punished him by chaining him to a rock where an eagle gnawed at his liver until Hercules rescued him
From this reading We can scarcely doubt that the punishment of Prometheus would have been more complete, had he been left in the solitude of the frowning heavens, without the vulture as his companion, though his tormentor.
the act of punishing
From this reading We can scarcely doubt that the punishment of Prometheus would have been more complete, had he been left in the solitude of the frowning heavens, without the vulture as his companion, though his tormentor.
quellers
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From this reading The great tamers of strong spirits, the quellers of the rebellious heart, the conquerors of the obdurate, the determined, and the enduring, Silence and Solitude, were upon Bernard de Rohan.
rebelliousadjectiveUS /rɪˈbeljəs/
resisting control or authority
From this reading The great tamers of strong spirits, the quellers of the rebellious heart, the conquerors of the obdurate, the determined, and the enduring, Silence and Solitude, were upon Bernard de Rohan.
the feeling that comes when something burdensome is removed or reduced
From this reading Actual pain would have been almost a relief to the despairing vacuity of that which must have been the second day of his confinement.
move upward
From this reading To know nothing of what is passing without; to have no marker of the steps of time; to see no sun rise or set; to have not even the moving shadow upon the wall to tell us that another lapse of the wearisome hours has taken place; to have nothing, in short, to link us on to human destinies, and to show us that we are wending on our way with our fellow-beings--nothing but the dull beatings of the heavy heart, and the grinding succession of bitter thoughts--this, surely, is not life; and if it be not death, it is something worse.
Rohan
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From this reading The great tamers of strong spirits, the quellers of the rebellious heart, the conquerors of the obdurate, the determined, and the enduring, Silence and Solitude, were upon Bernard de Rohan.
only a very short time before
From this reading We can scarcely doubt that the punishment of Prometheus would have been more complete, had he been left in the solitude of the frowning heavens, without the vulture as his companion, though his tormentor.
1/60 of a minute; the basic unit of time adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites
From this reading Actual pain would have been almost a relief to the despairing vacuity of that which must have been the second day of his confinement.
perceive by sight or have the power to perceive by sight
From this reading To know nothing of what is passing without; to have no marker of the steps of time; to see no sun rise or set; to have not even the moving shadow upon the wall to tell us that another lapse of the wearisome hours has taken place; to have nothing, in short, to link us on to human destinies, and to show us that we are wending on our way with our fellow-beings--nothing but the dull beatings of the heavy heart, and the grinding succession of bitter thoughts--this, surely, is not life; and if it be not death, it is something worse.
third-person singular of “seem” — give a certain impression or have a certain outward aspect
From this reading Where there is no change of anything to mark its passing, time seems, in truth, to sink back into that ocean from which it was called at first, Eternity: and, wanting all means of calculating its flight, Bernard de Rohan did indeed feel each moment to be an age.
put into a certain place or abstract location
From this reading To know nothing of what is passing without; to have no marker of the steps of time; to see no sun rise or set; to have not even the moving shadow upon the wall to tell us that another lapse of the wearisome hours has taken place; to have nothing, in short, to link us on to human destinies, and to show us that we are wending on our way with our fellow-beings--nothing but the dull beatings of the heavy heart, and the grinding succession of bitter thoughts--this, surely, is not life; and if it be not death, it is something worse.
A dark area or shape produced by a body coming between rays of light and a surface.
From this reading To know nothing of what is passing without; to have no marker of the steps of time; to see no sun rise or set; to have not even the moving shadow upon the wall to tell us that another lapse of the wearisome hours has taken place; to have nothing, in short, to link us on to human destinies, and to show us that we are wending on our way with our fellow-beings--nothing but the dull beatings of the heavy heart, and the grinding succession of bitter thoughts--this, surely, is not life; and if it be not death, it is something worse.
primarily temporal sense; indicating or being or seeming to be limited in duration
From this reading To know nothing of what is passing without; to have no marker of the steps of time; to see no sun rise or set; to have not even the moving shadow upon the wall to tell us that another lapse of the wearisome hours has taken place; to have nothing, in short, to link us on to human destinies, and to show us that we are wending on our way with our fellow-beings--nothing but the dull beatings of the heavy heart, and the grinding succession of bitter thoughts--this, surely, is not life; and if it be not death, it is something worse.
give an exhibition of to an interested audience
From this reading To know nothing of what is passing without; to have no marker of the steps of time; to see no sun rise or set; to have not even the moving shadow upon the wall to tell us that another lapse of the wearisome hours has taken place; to have nothing, in short, to link us on to human destinies, and to show us that we are wending on our way with our fellow-beings--nothing but the dull beatings of the heavy heart, and the grinding succession of bitter thoughts--this, surely, is not life; and if it be not death, it is something worse.
Complete absence of sound; a state of quietness and stillness.
From this reading The great tamers of strong spirits, the quellers of the rebellious heart, the conquerors of the obdurate, the determined, and the enduring, Silence and Solitude, were upon Bernard de Rohan.
sinkverbUS /sɪŋk/
fall or descend to a lower place or level
From this reading Where there is no change of anything to mark its passing, time seems, in truth, to sink back into that ocean from which it was called at first, Eternity: and, wanting all means of calculating its flight, Bernard de Rohan did indeed feel each moment to be an age.
SolitudenounUS /ˈsɑːlətuːd/
a state of social isolation
From this reading The great tamers of strong spirits, the quellers of the rebellious heart, the conquerors of the obdurate, the determined, and the enduring, Silence and Solitude, were upon Bernard de Rohan.
a thing, without saying which
From this reading To know nothing of what is passing without; to have no marker of the steps of time; to see no sun rise or set; to have not even the moving shadow upon the wall to tell us that another lapse of the wearisome hours has taken place; to have nothing, in short, to link us on to human destinies, and to show us that we are wending on our way with our fellow-beings--nothing but the dull beatings of the heavy heart, and the grinding succession of bitter thoughts--this, surely, is not life; and if it be not death, it is something worse.
an alcoholic beverage that is distilled rather than fermented
From this reading The great tamers of strong spirits, the quellers of the rebellious heart, the conquerors of the obdurate, the determined, and the enduring, Silence and Solitude, were upon Bernard de Rohan.
a flight of stairs or a flight of steps
From this reading To know nothing of what is passing without; to have no marker of the steps of time; to see no sun rise or set; to have not even the moving shadow upon the wall to tell us that another lapse of the wearisome hours has taken place; to have nothing, in short, to link us on to human destinies, and to show us that we are wending on our way with our fellow-beings--nothing but the dull beatings of the heavy heart, and the grinding succession of bitter thoughts--this, surely, is not life; and if it be not death, it is something worse.
having strength or power greater than average or expected
From this reading The great tamers of strong spirits, the quellers of the rebellious heart, the conquerors of the obdurate, the determined, and the enduring, Silence and Solitude, were upon Bernard de Rohan.
successionnounUS /səkˈseʃən/
a following of one thing after another in time
From this reading To know nothing of what is passing without; to have no marker of the steps of time; to see no sun rise or set; to have not even the moving shadow upon the wall to tell us that another lapse of the wearisome hours has taken place; to have nothing, in short, to link us on to human destinies, and to show us that we are wending on our way with our fellow-beings--nothing but the dull beatings of the heavy heart, and the grinding succession of bitter thoughts--this, surely, is not life; and if it be not death, it is something worse.
the star that is the source of light and heat for the planets in the solar system
From this reading To know nothing of what is passing without; to have no marker of the steps of time; to see no sun rise or set; to have not even the moving shadow upon the wall to tell us that another lapse of the wearisome hours has taken place; to have nothing, in short, to link us on to human destinies, and to show us that we are wending on our way with our fellow-beings--nothing but the dull beatings of the heavy heart, and the grinding succession of bitter thoughts--this, surely, is not life; and if it be not death, it is something worse.
definitely or positively (“sure” is sometimes used informally for “surely”)
From this reading To know nothing of what is passing without; to have no marker of the steps of time; to see no sun rise or set; to have not even the moving shadow upon the wall to tell us that another lapse of the wearisome hours has taken place; to have nothing, in short, to link us on to human destinies, and to show us that we are wending on our way with our fellow-beings--nothing but the dull beatings of the heavy heart, and the grinding succession of bitter thoughts--this, surely, is not life; and if it be not death, it is something worse.
takenadjectiveUS /ˈteɪkən/
understood in a certain way; made sense of
From this reading To know nothing of what is passing without; to have no marker of the steps of time; to see no sun rise or set; to have not even the moving shadow upon the wall to tell us that another lapse of the wearisome hours has taken place; to have nothing, in short, to link us on to human destinies, and to show us that we are wending on our way with our fellow-beings--nothing but the dull beatings of the heavy heart, and the grinding succession of bitter thoughts--this, surely, is not life; and if it be not death, it is something worse.
tamers
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From this reading The great tamers of strong spirits, the quellers of the rebellious heart, the conquerors of the obdurate, the determined, and the enduring, Silence and Solitude, were upon Bernard de Rohan.
express in words
From this reading To know nothing of what is passing without; to have no marker of the steps of time; to see no sun rise or set; to have not even the moving shadow upon the wall to tell us that another lapse of the wearisome hours has taken place; to have nothing, in short, to link us on to human destinies, and to show us that we are wending on our way with our fellow-beings--nothing but the dull beatings of the heavy heart, and the grinding succession of bitter thoughts--this, surely, is not life; and if it be not death, it is something worse.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading To know nothing of what is passing without; to have no marker of the steps of time; to see no sun rise or set; to have not even the moving shadow upon the wall to tell us that another lapse of the wearisome hours has taken place; to have nothing, in short, to link us on to human destinies, and to show us that we are wending on our way with our fellow-beings--nothing but the dull beatings of the heavy heart, and the grinding succession of bitter thoughts--this, surely, is not life; and if it be not death, it is something worse.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The great tamers of strong spirits, the quellers of the rebellious heart, the conquerors of the obdurate, the determined, and the enduring, Silence and Solitude, were upon Bernard de Rohan.
in or at that place or location
From this reading Where there is no change of anything to mark its passing, time seems, in truth, to sink back into that ocean from which it was called at first, Eternity: and, wanting all means of calculating its flight, Bernard de Rohan did indeed feel each moment to be an age.
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading To know nothing of what is passing without; to have no marker of the steps of time; to see no sun rise or set; to have not even the moving shadow upon the wall to tell us that another lapse of the wearisome hours has taken place; to have nothing, in short, to link us on to human destinies, and to show us that we are wending on our way with our fellow-beings--nothing but the dull beatings of the heavy heart, and the grinding succession of bitter thoughts--this, surely, is not life; and if it be not death, it is something worse.
in spite of the fact that
From this reading We can scarcely doubt that the punishment of Prometheus would have been more complete, had he been left in the solitude of the frowning heavens, without the vulture as his companion, though his tormentor.
plural of “thought” — the content of cognition; the main thing you are thinking about
From this reading To know nothing of what is passing without; to have no marker of the steps of time; to see no sun rise or set; to have not even the moving shadow upon the wall to tell us that another lapse of the wearisome hours has taken place; to have nothing, in short, to link us on to human destinies, and to show us that we are wending on our way with our fellow-beings--nothing but the dull beatings of the heavy heart, and the grinding succession of bitter thoughts--this, surely, is not life; and if it be not death, it is something worse.
an instance or single occasion for some event
From this reading To know nothing of what is passing without; to have no marker of the steps of time; to see no sun rise or set; to have not even the moving shadow upon the wall to tell us that another lapse of the wearisome hours has taken place; to have nothing, in short, to link us on to human destinies, and to show us that we are wending on our way with our fellow-beings--nothing but the dull beatings of the heavy heart, and the grinding succession of bitter thoughts--this, surely, is not life; and if it be not death, it is something worse.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading To know nothing of what is passing without; to have no marker of the steps of time; to see no sun rise or set; to have not even the moving shadow upon the wall to tell us that another lapse of the wearisome hours has taken place; to have nothing, in short, to link us on to human destinies, and to show us that we are wending on our way with our fellow-beings--nothing but the dull beatings of the heavy heart, and the grinding succession of bitter thoughts--this, surely, is not life; and if it be not death, it is something worse.
tormentornounUS /ˈtɔːrmentər/
someone who torments
From this reading We can scarcely doubt that the punishment of Prometheus would have been more complete, had he been left in the solitude of the frowning heavens, without the vulture as his companion, though his tormentor.
a fact that has been verified
From this reading Where there is no change of anything to mark its passing, time seems, in truth, to sink back into that ocean from which it was called at first, Eternity: and, wanting all means of calculating its flight, Bernard de Rohan did indeed feel each moment to be an age.
uponprepositionUS /əˈpɑːn/
a formal word for “on”
From this reading The great tamers of strong spirits, the quellers of the rebellious heart, the conquerors of the obdurate, the determined, and the enduring, Silence and Solitude, were upon Bernard de Rohan.
the speaker and others, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading To know nothing of what is passing without; to have no marker of the steps of time; to see no sun rise or set; to have not even the moving shadow upon the wall to tell us that another lapse of the wearisome hours has taken place; to have nothing, in short, to link us on to human destinies, and to show us that we are wending on our way with our fellow-beings--nothing but the dull beatings of the heavy heart, and the grinding succession of bitter thoughts--this, surely, is not life; and if it be not death, it is something worse.
vacuitynoun
the absence of matter
From this reading Actual pain would have been almost a relief to the despairing vacuity of that which must have been the second day of his confinement.
vulturenounUS /ˈvʌltʃər/
any of various large diurnal birds of prey having naked heads and weak claws and feeding chiefly on carrion
From this reading We can scarcely doubt that the punishment of Prometheus would have been more complete, had he been left in the solitude of the frowning heavens, without the vulture as his companion, though his tormentor.
an architectural partition with a height and length greater than its thickness; used to divide or enclose an area or to support another structure
From this reading To know nothing of what is passing without; to have no marker of the steps of time; to see no sun rise or set; to have not even the moving shadow upon the wall to tell us that another lapse of the wearisome hours has taken place; to have nothing, in short, to link us on to human destinies, and to show us that we are wending on our way with our fellow-beings--nothing but the dull beatings of the heavy heart, and the grinding succession of bitter thoughts--this, surely, is not life; and if it be not death, it is something worse.
nonexistent
From this reading Where there is no change of anything to mark its passing, time seems, in truth, to sink back into that ocean from which it was called at first, Eternity: and, wanting all means of calculating its flight, Bernard de Rohan did indeed feel each moment to be an age.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Where there is no change of anything to mark its passing, time seems, in truth, to sink back into that ocean from which it was called at first, Eternity: and, wanting all means of calculating its flight, Bernard de Rohan did indeed feel each moment to be an age.
how something is done or how it happens
From this reading To know nothing of what is passing without; to have no marker of the steps of time; to see no sun rise or set; to have not even the moving shadow upon the wall to tell us that another lapse of the wearisome hours has taken place; to have nothing, in short, to link us on to human destinies, and to show us that we are wending on our way with our fellow-beings--nothing but the dull beatings of the heavy heart, and the grinding succession of bitter thoughts--this, surely, is not life; and if it be not death, it is something worse.
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading To know nothing of what is passing without; to have no marker of the steps of time; to see no sun rise or set; to have not even the moving shadow upon the wall to tell us that another lapse of the wearisome hours has taken place; to have nothing, in short, to link us on to human destinies, and to show us that we are wending on our way with our fellow-beings--nothing but the dull beatings of the heavy heart, and the grinding succession of bitter thoughts--this, surely, is not life; and if it be not death, it is something worse.
wearisomeadjectiveUS /ˈwɪrisəm/
so lacking in interest as to cause mental weariness
From this reading To know nothing of what is passing without; to have no marker of the steps of time; to see no sun rise or set; to have not even the moving shadow upon the wall to tell us that another lapse of the wearisome hours has taken place; to have nothing, in short, to link us on to human destinies, and to show us that we are wending on our way with our fellow-beings--nothing but the dull beatings of the heavy heart, and the grinding succession of bitter thoughts--this, surely, is not life; and if it be not death, it is something worse.
wendingverbUS /ˈwendɪŋ/
-ing form of “wend” — direct one's course or way
From this reading To know nothing of what is passing without; to have no marker of the steps of time; to see no sun rise or set; to have not even the moving shadow upon the wall to tell us that another lapse of the wearisome hours has taken place; to have nothing, in short, to link us on to human destinies, and to show us that we are wending on our way with our fellow-beings--nothing but the dull beatings of the heavy heart, and the grinding succession of bitter thoughts--this, surely, is not life; and if it be not death, it is something worse.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading The great tamers of strong spirits, the quellers of the rebellious heart, the conquerors of the obdurate, the determined, and the enduring, Silence and Solitude, were upon Bernard de Rohan.
used to ask for information about something
From this reading To know nothing of what is passing without; to have no marker of the steps of time; to see no sun rise or set; to have not even the moving shadow upon the wall to tell us that another lapse of the wearisome hours has taken place; to have nothing, in short, to link us on to human destinies, and to show us that we are wending on our way with our fellow-beings--nothing but the dull beatings of the heavy heart, and the grinding succession of bitter thoughts--this, surely, is not life; and if it be not death, it is something worse.
in or at the place that
From this reading Where there is no change of anything to mark its passing, time seems, in truth, to sink back into that ocean from which it was called at first, Eternity: and, wanting all means of calculating its flight, Bernard de Rohan did indeed feel each moment to be an age.
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading Where there is no change of anything to mark its passing, time seems, in truth, to sink back into that ocean from which it was called at first, Eternity: and, wanting all means of calculating its flight, Bernard de Rohan did indeed feel each moment to be an age.
in the company of; together with
From this reading To know nothing of what is passing without; to have no marker of the steps of time; to see no sun rise or set; to have not even the moving shadow upon the wall to tell us that another lapse of the wearisome hours has taken place; to have nothing, in short, to link us on to human destinies, and to show us that we are wending on our way with our fellow-beings--nothing but the dull beatings of the heavy heart, and the grinding succession of bitter thoughts--this, surely, is not life; and if it be not death, it is something worse.
not having, not using, or not accompanied by
From this reading To know nothing of what is passing without; to have no marker of the steps of time; to see no sun rise or set; to have not even the moving shadow upon the wall to tell us that another lapse of the wearisome hours has taken place; to have nothing, in short, to link us on to human destinies, and to show us that we are wending on our way with our fellow-beings--nothing but the dull beatings of the heavy heart, and the grinding succession of bitter thoughts--this, surely, is not life; and if it be not death, it is something worse.
(comparative of “bad”) inferior to another in quality or condition or desirability
From this reading To know nothing of what is passing without; to have no marker of the steps of time; to see no sun rise or set; to have not even the moving shadow upon the wall to tell us that another lapse of the wearisome hours has taken place; to have nothing, in short, to link us on to human destinies, and to show us that we are wending on our way with our fellow-beings--nothing but the dull beatings of the heavy heart, and the grinding succession of bitter thoughts--this, surely, is not life; and if it be not death, it is something worse.
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading Actual pain would have been almost a relief to the despairing vacuity of that which must have been the second day of his confinement.
