Chapter V

used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one

From this reading "It was a spring song, this last love of Tothmes the first," went on Miriam, "for the blossom he had gathered, could not bear the transplanting, even though the garden was the home of a king, and so it came to pass that when her child was born, Grunheld, in a delirium of fever, that followed the hours of pain, talked in the language of a strange people, and one, who stood near--the great physician of the realm, a man versed in many tongues told the King,--that she spoke of an island home, over a great waste of waters, of breeze swept, rain washed hills, and then laying upon the altar, of some unknown God, chaplets of prayer,--the King's love, passed out of Mizram, and was not.--That she should not, in her journey of three thousand years, be forced to abide in the bodies of bird, beast, or reptile, the King, had her fair form, made ready, for sacred embalmment, and while the work progressed, there was no pause for breath, so thick and fast came the prayers, that the long sleep might not be broken.

dwell

From this reading "It was a spring song, this last love of Tothmes the first," went on Miriam, "for the blossom he had gathered, could not bear the transplanting, even though the garden was the home of a king, and so it came to pass that when her child was born, Grunheld, in a delirium of fever, that followed the hours of pain, talked in the language of a strange people, and one, who stood near--the great physician of the realm, a man versed in many tongues told the King,--that she spoke of an island home, over a great waste of waters, of breeze swept, rain washed hills, and then laying upon the altar, of some unknown God, chaplets of prayer,--the King's love, passed out of Mizram, and was not.--That she should not, in her journey of three thousand years, be forced to abide in the bodies of bird, beast, or reptile, the King, had her fair form, made ready, for sacred embalmment, and while the work progressed, there was no pause for breath, so thick and fast came the prayers, that the long sleep might not be broken.

highly skilled

From this reading "And when the body was wrapped, and the priestly office for the dead accomplished, they laid the young stranger, in a rock chamber, and for her comfort, filled the room with all things needful, for a soul's journey should she by chance (in spite of prayer and charm) awake.

(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 "And when the body was wrapped, and the priestly office for the dead accomplished, they laid the young stranger, in a rock chamber, and for her comfort, filled the room with all things needful, for a soul's journey should she by chance (in spite of prayer and charm) awake.

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From this reading As Miriam repeated these last words, Alric bent close, and his eyes seemed to be striving, to find in her expression some thing that her words did not reveal to him.

the table in Christian churches where communion is given

From this reading "It was a spring song, this last love of Tothmes the first," went on Miriam, "for the blossom he had gathered, could not bear the transplanting, even though the garden was the home of a king, and so it came to pass that when her child was born, Grunheld, in a delirium of fever, that followed the hours of pain, talked in the language of a strange people, and one, who stood near--the great physician of the realm, a man versed in many tongues told the King,--that she spoke of an island home, over a great waste of waters, of breeze swept, rain washed hills, and then laying upon the altar, of some unknown God, chaplets of prayer,--the King's love, passed out of Mizram, and was not.--That she should not, in her journey of three thousand years, be forced to abide in the bodies of bird, beast, or reptile, the King, had her fair form, made ready, for sacred embalmment, and while the work progressed, there was no pause for breath, so thick and fast came the prayers, that the long sleep might not be broken.

the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound

From this reading "It was a spring song, this last love of Tothmes the first," went on Miriam, "for the blossom he had gathered, could not bear the transplanting, even though the garden was the home of a king, and so it came to pass that when her child was born, Grunheld, in a delirium of fever, that followed the hours of pain, talked in the language of a strange people, and one, who stood near--the great physician of the realm, a man versed in many tongues told the King,--that she spoke of an island home, over a great waste of waters, of breeze swept, rain washed hills, and then laying upon the altar, of some unknown God, chaplets of prayer,--the King's love, passed out of Mizram, and was not.--That she should not, in her journey of three thousand years, be forced to abide in the bodies of bird, beast, or reptile, the King, had her fair form, made ready, for sacred embalmment, and while the work progressed, there was no pause for breath, so thick and fast came the prayers, that the long sleep might not be broken.

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

From this reading "'That night the white slave slept upon the King of Egypt's breast and the boy (her brother) the king in his pleasure, made such provision for that he was safe and happy evermore.'"

at the same time that; because; in the way that

From this reading As Miriam repeated these last words, Alric bent close, and his eyes seemed to be striving, to find in her expression some thing that her words did not reveal to him.

not in a state of sleep; completely conscious

From this reading "And when the body was wrapped, and the priestly office for the dead accomplished, they laid the young stranger, in a rock chamber, and for her comfort, filled the room with all things needful, for a soul's journey should she by chance (in spite of prayer and charm) awake.

used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses

From this reading As Miriam repeated these last words, Alric bent close, and his eyes seemed to be striving, to find in her expression some thing that her words did not reveal to him.

have

From this reading "It was a spring song, this last love of Tothmes the first," went on Miriam, "for the blossom he had gathered, could not bear the transplanting, even though the garden was the home of a king, and so it came to pass that when her child was born, Grunheld, in a delirium of fever, that followed the hours of pain, talked in the language of a strange people, and one, who stood near--the great physician of the realm, a man versed in many tongues told the King,--that she spoke of an island home, over a great waste of waters, of breeze swept, rain washed hills, and then laying upon the altar, of some unknown God, chaplets of prayer,--the King's love, passed out of Mizram, and was not.--That she should not, in her journey of three thousand years, be forced to abide in the bodies of bird, beast, or reptile, the King, had her fair form, made ready, for sacred embalmment, and while the work progressed, there was no pause for breath, so thick and fast came the prayers, that the long sleep might not be broken.

a living organism characterized by voluntary movement

From this reading "It was a spring song, this last love of Tothmes the first," went on Miriam, "for the blossom he had gathered, could not bear the transplanting, even though the garden was the home of a king, and so it came to pass that when her child was born, Grunheld, in a delirium of fever, that followed the hours of pain, talked in the language of a strange people, and one, who stood near--the great physician of the realm, a man versed in many tongues told the King,--that she spoke of an island home, over a great waste of waters, of breeze swept, rain washed hills, and then laying upon the altar, of some unknown God, chaplets of prayer,--the King's love, passed out of Mizram, and was not.--That she should not, in her journey of three thousand years, be forced to abide in the bodies of bird, beast, or reptile, the King, had her fair form, made ready, for sacred embalmment, and while the work progressed, there was no pause for breath, so thick and fast came the prayers, that the long sleep might not be broken.

the -ing form of “be”

From this reading "Then all that human love could do, being accomplished, the King turned him to his motherless child, Hatsu.

a relatively permanent inclination to react in a particular way

From this reading As Miriam repeated these last words, Alric bent close, and his eyes seemed to be striving, to find in her expression some thing that her words did not reveal to him.

warm-blooded egg-laying vertebrates characterized by feathers and forelimbs modified as wings

From this reading "It was a spring song, this last love of Tothmes the first," went on Miriam, "for the blossom he had gathered, could not bear the transplanting, even though the garden was the home of a king, and so it came to pass that when her child was born, Grunheld, in a delirium of fever, that followed the hours of pain, talked in the language of a strange people, and one, who stood near--the great physician of the realm, a man versed in many tongues told the King,--that she spoke of an island home, over a great waste of waters, of breeze swept, rain washed hills, and then laying upon the altar, of some unknown God, chaplets of prayer,--the King's love, passed out of Mizram, and was not.--That she should not, in her journey of three thousand years, be forced to abide in the bodies of bird, beast, or reptile, the King, had her fair form, made ready, for sacred embalmment, and while the work progressed, there was no pause for breath, so thick and fast came the prayers, that the long sleep might not be broken.

produce or yield flowers

From this reading "It was a spring song, this last love of Tothmes the first," went on Miriam, "for the blossom he had gathered, could not bear the transplanting, even though the garden was the home of a king, and so it came to pass that when her child was born, Grunheld, in a delirium of fever, that followed the hours of pain, talked in the language of a strange people, and one, who stood near--the great physician of the realm, a man versed in many tongues told the King,--that she spoke of an island home, over a great waste of waters, of breeze swept, rain washed hills, and then laying upon the altar, of some unknown God, chaplets of prayer,--the King's love, passed out of Mizram, and was not.--That she should not, in her journey of three thousand years, be forced to abide in the bodies of bird, beast, or reptile, the King, had her fair form, made ready, for sacred embalmment, and while the work progressed, there was no pause for breath, so thick and fast came the prayers, that the long sleep might not be broken.

plural of “body” — the entire physical structure of an organism (an animal, plant, or human being)

From this reading "It was a spring song, this last love of Tothmes the first," went on Miriam, "for the blossom he had gathered, could not bear the transplanting, even though the garden was the home of a king, and so it came to pass that when her child was born, Grunheld, in a delirium of fever, that followed the hours of pain, talked in the language of a strange people, and one, who stood near--the great physician of the realm, a man versed in many tongues told the King,--that she spoke of an island home, over a great waste of waters, of breeze swept, rain washed hills, and then laying upon the altar, of some unknown God, chaplets of prayer,--the King's love, passed out of Mizram, and was not.--That she should not, in her journey of three thousand years, be forced to abide in the bodies of bird, beast, or reptile, the King, had her fair form, made ready, for sacred embalmment, and while the work progressed, there was no pause for breath, so thick and fast came the prayers, that the long sleep might not be broken.

the entire physical structure of an organism (an animal, plant, or human being)

From this reading "And when the body was wrapped, and the priestly office for the dead accomplished, they laid the young stranger, in a rock chamber, and for her comfort, filled the room with all things needful, for a soul's journey should she by chance (in spite of prayer and charm) awake.

brought into existence

From this reading "It was a spring song, this last love of Tothmes the first," went on Miriam, "for the blossom he had gathered, could not bear the transplanting, even though the garden was the home of a king, and so it came to pass that when her child was born, Grunheld, in a delirium of fever, that followed the hours of pain, talked in the language of a strange people, and one, who stood near--the great physician of the realm, a man versed in many tongues told the King,--that she spoke of an island home, over a great waste of waters, of breeze swept, rain washed hills, and then laying upon the altar, of some unknown God, chaplets of prayer,--the King's love, passed out of Mizram, and was not.--That she should not, in her journey of three thousand years, be forced to abide in the bodies of bird, beast, or reptile, the King, had her fair form, made ready, for sacred embalmment, and while the work progressed, there was no pause for breath, so thick and fast came the prayers, that the long sleep might not be broken.

a youthful male person

From this reading "'That night the white slave slept upon the King of Egypt's breast and the boy (her brother) the king in his pleasure, made such provision for that he was safe and happy evermore.'"

the front of the trunk from the neck to the abdomen

From this reading "'That night the white slave slept upon the King of Egypt's breast and the boy (her brother) the king in his pleasure, made such provision for that he was safe and happy evermore.'"

the process of taking in and expelling air during breathing

From this reading "It was a spring song, this last love of Tothmes the first," went on Miriam, "for the blossom he had gathered, could not bear the transplanting, even though the garden was the home of a king, and so it came to pass that when her child was born, Grunheld, in a delirium of fever, that followed the hours of pain, talked in the language of a strange people, and one, who stood near--the great physician of the realm, a man versed in many tongues told the King,--that she spoke of an island home, over a great waste of waters, of breeze swept, rain washed hills, and then laying upon the altar, of some unknown God, chaplets of prayer,--the King's love, passed out of Mizram, and was not.--That she should not, in her journey of three thousand years, be forced to abide in the bodies of bird, beast, or reptile, the King, had her fair form, made ready, for sacred embalmment, and while the work progressed, there was no pause for breath, so thick and fast came the prayers, that the long sleep might not be broken.

a slight wind (usually refreshing)

From this reading "It was a spring song, this last love of Tothmes the first," went on Miriam, "for the blossom he had gathered, could not bear the transplanting, even though the garden was the home of a king, and so it came to pass that when her child was born, Grunheld, in a delirium of fever, that followed the hours of pain, talked in the language of a strange people, and one, who stood near--the great physician of the realm, a man versed in many tongues told the King,--that she spoke of an island home, over a great waste of waters, of breeze swept, rain washed hills, and then laying upon the altar, of some unknown God, chaplets of prayer,--the King's love, passed out of Mizram, and was not.--That she should not, in her journey of three thousand years, be forced to abide in the bodies of bird, beast, or reptile, the King, had her fair form, made ready, for sacred embalmment, and while the work progressed, there was no pause for breath, so thick and fast came the prayers, that the long sleep might not be broken.

physically and forcibly separated into pieces or cracked or split

From this reading "It was a spring song, this last love of Tothmes the first," went on Miriam, "for the blossom he had gathered, could not bear the transplanting, even though the garden was the home of a king, and so it came to pass that when her child was born, Grunheld, in a delirium of fever, that followed the hours of pain, talked in the language of a strange people, and one, who stood near--the great physician of the realm, a man versed in many tongues told the King,--that she spoke of an island home, over a great waste of waters, of breeze swept, rain washed hills, and then laying upon the altar, of some unknown God, chaplets of prayer,--the King's love, passed out of Mizram, and was not.--That she should not, in her journey of three thousand years, be forced to abide in the bodies of bird, beast, or reptile, the King, had her fair form, made ready, for sacred embalmment, and while the work progressed, there was no pause for breath, so thick and fast came the prayers, that the long sleep might not be broken.

a male with the same parents as someone else

From this reading "'That night the white slave slept upon the King of Egypt's breast and the boy (her brother) the king in his pleasure, made such provision for that he was safe and happy evermore.'"

showing who or what does the action

From this reading "And when the body was wrapped, and the priestly office for the dead accomplished, they laid the young stranger, in a rock chamber, and for her comfort, filled the room with all things needful, for a soul's journey should she by chance (in spite of prayer and charm) awake.

inflected form of “come” — move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody

From this reading "It was a spring song, this last love of Tothmes the first," went on Miriam, "for the blossom he had gathered, could not bear the transplanting, even though the garden was the home of a king, and so it came to pass that when her child was born, Grunheld, in a delirium of fever, that followed the hours of pain, talked in the language of a strange people, and one, who stood near--the great physician of the realm, a man versed in many tongues told the King,--that she spoke of an island home, over a great waste of waters, of breeze swept, rain washed hills, and then laying upon the altar, of some unknown God, chaplets of prayer,--the King's love, passed out of Mizram, and was not.--That she should not, in her journey of three thousand years, be forced to abide in the bodies of bird, beast, or reptile, the King, had her fair form, made ready, for sacred embalmment, and while the work progressed, there was no pause for breath, so thick and fast came the prayers, that the long sleep might not be broken.

a natural or artificial enclosed space

From this reading "And when the body was wrapped, and the priestly office for the dead accomplished, they laid the young stranger, in a rock chamber, and for her comfort, filled the room with all things needful, for a soul's journey should she by chance (in spite of prayer and charm) awake.

a possibility due to a favorable combination of circumstances

From this reading "And when the body was wrapped, and the priestly office for the dead accomplished, they laid the young stranger, in a rock chamber, and for her comfort, filled the room with all things needful, for a soul's journey should she by chance (in spite of prayer and charm) awake.

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From this reading "It was a spring song, this last love of Tothmes the first," went on Miriam, "for the blossom he had gathered, could not bear the transplanting, even though the garden was the home of a king, and so it came to pass that when her child was born, Grunheld, in a delirium of fever, that followed the hours of pain, talked in the language of a strange people, and one, who stood near--the great physician of the realm, a man versed in many tongues told the King,--that she spoke of an island home, over a great waste of waters, of breeze swept, rain washed hills, and then laying upon the altar, of some unknown God, chaplets of prayer,--the King's love, passed out of Mizram, and was not.--That she should not, in her journey of three thousand years, be forced to abide in the bodies of bird, beast, or reptile, the King, had her fair form, made ready, for sacred embalmment, and while the work progressed, there was no pause for breath, so thick and fast came the prayers, that the long sleep might not be broken.

attractiveness that interests or pleases or stimulates

From this reading "And when the body was wrapped, and the priestly office for the dead accomplished, they laid the young stranger, in a rock chamber, and for her comfort, filled the room with all things needful, for a soul's journey should she by chance (in spite of prayer and charm) awake.

a young person of either sex

From this reading "It was a spring song, this last love of Tothmes the first," went on Miriam, "for the blossom he had gathered, could not bear the transplanting, even though the garden was the home of a king, and so it came to pass that when her child was born, Grunheld, in a delirium of fever, that followed the hours of pain, talked in the language of a strange people, and one, who stood near--the great physician of the realm, a man versed in many tongues told the King,--that she spoke of an island home, over a great waste of waters, of breeze swept, rain washed hills, and then laying upon the altar, of some unknown God, chaplets of prayer,--the King's love, passed out of Mizram, and was not.--That she should not, in her journey of three thousand years, be forced to abide in the bodies of bird, beast, or reptile, the King, had her fair form, made ready, for sacred embalmment, and while the work progressed, there was no pause for breath, so thick and fast came the prayers, that the long sleep might not be broken.

at or within a short distance in space or time or having elements near each other

From this reading As Miriam repeated these last words, Alric bent close, and his eyes seemed to be striving, to find in her expression some thing that her words did not reveal to him.

a state of being relaxed and feeling no pain

From this reading "And when the body was wrapped, and the priestly office for the dead accomplished, they laid the young stranger, in a rock chamber, and for her comfort, filled the room with all things needful, for a soul's journey should she by chance (in spite of prayer and charm) awake.

the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests

From this reading "It was a spring song, this last love of Tothmes the first," went on Miriam, "for the blossom he had gathered, could not bear the transplanting, even though the garden was the home of a king, and so it came to pass that when her child was born, Grunheld, in a delirium of fever, that followed the hours of pain, talked in the language of a strange people, and one, who stood near--the great physician of the realm, a man versed in many tongues told the King,--that she spoke of an island home, over a great waste of waters, of breeze swept, rain washed hills, and then laying upon the altar, of some unknown God, chaplets of prayer,--the King's love, passed out of Mizram, and was not.--That she should not, in her journey of three thousand years, be forced to abide in the bodies of bird, beast, or reptile, the King, had her fair form, made ready, for sacred embalmment, and while the work progressed, there was no pause for breath, so thick and fast came the prayers, that the long sleep might not be broken.

no longer having or seeming to have or expecting to have life

From this reading "And when the body was wrapped, and the priestly office for the dead accomplished, they laid the young stranger, in a rock chamber, and for her comfort, filled the room with all things needful, for a soul's journey should she by chance (in spite of prayer and charm) awake.

state of violent mental agitation

From this reading "It was a spring song, this last love of Tothmes the first," went on Miriam, "for the blossom he had gathered, could not bear the transplanting, even though the garden was the home of a king, and so it came to pass that when her child was born, Grunheld, in a delirium of fever, that followed the hours of pain, talked in the language of a strange people, and one, who stood near--the great physician of the realm, a man versed in many tongues told the King,--that she spoke of an island home, over a great waste of waters, of breeze swept, rain washed hills, and then laying upon the altar, of some unknown God, chaplets of prayer,--the King's love, passed out of Mizram, and was not.--That she should not, in her journey of three thousand years, be forced to abide in the bodies of bird, beast, or reptile, the King, had her fair form, made ready, for sacred embalmment, and while the work progressed, there was no pause for breath, so thick and fast came the prayers, that the long sleep might not be broken.

the past form of “do”, used in questions and negatives

From this reading As Miriam repeated these last words, Alric bent close, and his eyes seemed to be striving, to find in her expression some thing that her words did not reveal to him.

used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis

From this reading "Then all that human love could do, being accomplished, the King turned him to his motherless child, Hatsu.

possessive form of “egypt” — a republic in northeastern Africa known as the United Arab Republic until 1971; site of an ancient civilization that flourished from 2600 to 30 BC

From this reading "'That night the white slave slept upon the King of Egypt's breast and the boy (her brother) the king in his pleasure, made such provision for that he was safe and happy evermore.'"

preservation (of a dead body) by treating with balsams and drugs and other chemicals

From this reading "It was a spring song, this last love of Tothmes the first," went on Miriam, "for the blossom he had gathered, could not bear the transplanting, even though the garden was the home of a king, and so it came to pass that when her child was born, Grunheld, in a delirium of fever, that followed the hours of pain, talked in the language of a strange people, and one, who stood near--the great physician of the realm, a man versed in many tongues told the King,--that she spoke of an island home, over a great waste of waters, of breeze swept, rain washed hills, and then laying upon the altar, of some unknown God, chaplets of prayer,--the King's love, passed out of Mizram, and was not.--That she should not, in her journey of three thousand years, be forced to abide in the bodies of bird, beast, or reptile, the King, had her fair form, made ready, for sacred embalmment, and while the work progressed, there was no pause for breath, so thick and fast came the prayers, that the long sleep might not be broken.

divisible by two

From this reading "It was a spring song, this last love of Tothmes the first," went on Miriam, "for the blossom he had gathered, could not bear the transplanting, even though the garden was the home of a king, and so it came to pass that when her child was born, Grunheld, in a delirium of fever, that followed the hours of pain, talked in the language of a strange people, and one, who stood near--the great physician of the realm, a man versed in many tongues told the King,--that she spoke of an island home, over a great waste of waters, of breeze swept, rain washed hills, and then laying upon the altar, of some unknown God, chaplets of prayer,--the King's love, passed out of Mizram, and was not.--That she should not, in her journey of three thousand years, be forced to abide in the bodies of bird, beast, or reptile, the King, had her fair form, made ready, for sacred embalmment, and while the work progressed, there was no pause for breath, so thick and fast came the prayers, that the long sleep might not be broken.

at any future time; in the future

From this reading "'That night the white slave slept upon the King of Egypt's breast and the boy (her brother) the king in his pleasure, made such provision for that he was safe and happy evermore.'"

the feelings expressed on a person's face

From this reading As Miriam repeated these last words, Alric bent close, and his eyes seemed to be striving, to find in her expression some thing that her words did not reveal to him.

opinion or judgment

From this reading As Miriam repeated these last words, Alric bent close, and his eyes seemed to be striving, to find in her expression some thing that her words did not reveal to him.

free from favoritism or self-interest or bias or deception; conforming with established standards or rules

From this reading "It was a spring song, this last love of Tothmes the first," went on Miriam, "for the blossom he had gathered, could not bear the transplanting, even though the garden was the home of a king, and so it came to pass that when her child was born, Grunheld, in a delirium of fever, that followed the hours of pain, talked in the language of a strange people, and one, who stood near--the great physician of the realm, a man versed in many tongues told the King,--that she spoke of an island home, over a great waste of waters, of breeze swept, rain washed hills, and then laying upon the altar, of some unknown God, chaplets of prayer,--the King's love, passed out of Mizram, and was not.--That she should not, in her journey of three thousand years, be forced to abide in the bodies of bird, beast, or reptile, the King, had her fair form, made ready, for sacred embalmment, and while the work progressed, there was no pause for breath, so thick and fast came the prayers, that the long sleep might not be broken.

quickly or rapidly (often used as a combining form)

From this reading "It was a spring song, this last love of Tothmes the first," went on Miriam, "for the blossom he had gathered, could not bear the transplanting, even though the garden was the home of a king, and so it came to pass that when her child was born, Grunheld, in a delirium of fever, that followed the hours of pain, talked in the language of a strange people, and one, who stood near--the great physician of the realm, a man versed in many tongues told the King,--that she spoke of an island home, over a great waste of waters, of breeze swept, rain washed hills, and then laying upon the altar, of some unknown God, chaplets of prayer,--the King's love, passed out of Mizram, and was not.--That she should not, in her journey of three thousand years, be forced to abide in the bodies of bird, beast, or reptile, the King, had her fair form, made ready, for sacred embalmment, and while the work progressed, there was no pause for breath, so thick and fast came the prayers, that the long sleep might not be broken.

a rise in the temperature of the body; frequently a symptom of infection

From this reading "It was a spring song, this last love of Tothmes the first," went on Miriam, "for the blossom he had gathered, could not bear the transplanting, even though the garden was the home of a king, and so it came to pass that when her child was born, Grunheld, in a delirium of fever, that followed the hours of pain, talked in the language of a strange people, and one, who stood near--the great physician of the realm, a man versed in many tongues told the King,--that she spoke of an island home, over a great waste of waters, of breeze swept, rain washed hills, and then laying upon the altar, of some unknown God, chaplets of prayer,--the King's love, passed out of Mizram, and was not.--That she should not, in her journey of three thousand years, be forced to abide in the bodies of bird, beast, or reptile, the King, had her fair form, made ready, for sacred embalmment, and while the work progressed, there was no pause for breath, so thick and fast came the prayers, that the long sleep might not be broken.

(usually followed by “with” or used as a combining form) generously supplied with

From this reading "And when the body was wrapped, and the priestly office for the dead accomplished, they laid the young stranger, in a rock chamber, and for her comfort, filled the room with all things needful, for a soul's journey should she by chance (in spite of prayer and charm) awake.

come upon, as if by accident; meet with

From this reading As Miriam repeated these last words, Alric bent close, and his eyes seemed to be striving, to find in her expression some thing that her words did not reveal to him.

preceding all others in time or space or degree

From this reading "It was a spring song, this last love of Tothmes the first," went on Miriam, "for the blossom he had gathered, could not bear the transplanting, even though the garden was the home of a king, and so it came to pass that when her child was born, Grunheld, in a delirium of fever, that followed the hours of pain, talked in the language of a strange people, and one, who stood near--the great physician of the realm, a man versed in many tongues told the King,--that she spoke of an island home, over a great waste of waters, of breeze swept, rain washed hills, and then laying upon the altar, of some unknown God, chaplets of prayer,--the King's love, passed out of Mizram, and was not.--That she should not, in her journey of three thousand years, be forced to abide in the bodies of bird, beast, or reptile, the King, had her fair form, made ready, for sacred embalmment, and while the work progressed, there was no pause for breath, so thick and fast came the prayers, that the long sleep might not be broken.

past form of “follow” — to travel behind, go after, come after

From this reading "It was a spring song, this last love of Tothmes the first," went on Miriam, "for the blossom he had gathered, could not bear the transplanting, even though the garden was the home of a king, and so it came to pass that when her child was born, Grunheld, in a delirium of fever, that followed the hours of pain, talked in the language of a strange people, and one, who stood near--the great physician of the realm, a man versed in many tongues told the King,--that she spoke of an island home, over a great waste of waters, of breeze swept, rain washed hills, and then laying upon the altar, of some unknown God, chaplets of prayer,--the King's love, passed out of Mizram, and was not.--That she should not, in her journey of three thousand years, be forced to abide in the bodies of bird, beast, or reptile, the King, had her fair form, made ready, for sacred embalmment, and while the work progressed, there was no pause for breath, so thick and fast came the prayers, that the long sleep might not be broken.

intended to be given to, or used by, somebody

From this reading "'That night the white slave slept upon the King of Egypt's breast and the boy (her brother) the king in his pleasure, made such provision for that he was safe and happy evermore.'"

produced by or subjected to forcing

From this reading "It was a spring song, this last love of Tothmes the first," went on Miriam, "for the blossom he had gathered, could not bear the transplanting, even though the garden was the home of a king, and so it came to pass that when her child was born, Grunheld, in a delirium of fever, that followed the hours of pain, talked in the language of a strange people, and one, who stood near--the great physician of the realm, a man versed in many tongues told the King,--that she spoke of an island home, over a great waste of waters, of breeze swept, rain washed hills, and then laying upon the altar, of some unknown God, chaplets of prayer,--the King's love, passed out of Mizram, and was not.--That she should not, in her journey of three thousand years, be forced to abide in the bodies of bird, beast, or reptile, the King, had her fair form, made ready, for sacred embalmment, and while the work progressed, there was no pause for breath, so thick and fast came the prayers, that the long sleep might not be broken.

the phonological or orthographic sound or appearance of a word that can be used to describe or identify something

From this reading "It was a spring song, this last love of Tothmes the first," went on Miriam, "for the blossom he had gathered, could not bear the transplanting, even though the garden was the home of a king, and so it came to pass that when her child was born, Grunheld, in a delirium of fever, that followed the hours of pain, talked in the language of a strange people, and one, who stood near--the great physician of the realm, a man versed in many tongues told the King,--that she spoke of an island home, over a great waste of waters, of breeze swept, rain washed hills, and then laying upon the altar, of some unknown God, chaplets of prayer,--the King's love, passed out of Mizram, and was not.--That she should not, in her journey of three thousand years, be forced to abide in the bodies of bird, beast, or reptile, the King, had her fair form, made ready, for sacred embalmment, and while the work progressed, there was no pause for breath, so thick and fast came the prayers, that the long sleep might not be broken.

a plot of ground where plants are cultivated

From this reading "It was a spring song, this last love of Tothmes the first," went on Miriam, "for the blossom he had gathered, could not bear the transplanting, even though the garden was the home of a king, and so it came to pass that when her child was born, Grunheld, in a delirium of fever, that followed the hours of pain, talked in the language of a strange people, and one, who stood near--the great physician of the realm, a man versed in many tongues told the King,--that she spoke of an island home, over a great waste of waters, of breeze swept, rain washed hills, and then laying upon the altar, of some unknown God, chaplets of prayer,--the King's love, passed out of Mizram, and was not.--That she should not, in her journey of three thousand years, be forced to abide in the bodies of bird, beast, or reptile, the King, had her fair form, made ready, for sacred embalmment, and while the work progressed, there was no pause for breath, so thick and fast came the prayers, that the long sleep might not be broken.

brought together in one place

From this reading "It was a spring song, this last love of Tothmes the first," went on Miriam, "for the blossom he had gathered, could not bear the transplanting, even though the garden was the home of a king, and so it came to pass that when her child was born, Grunheld, in a delirium of fever, that followed the hours of pain, talked in the language of a strange people, and one, who stood near--the great physician of the realm, a man versed in many tongues told the King,--that she spoke of an island home, over a great waste of waters, of breeze swept, rain washed hills, and then laying upon the altar, of some unknown God, chaplets of prayer,--the King's love, passed out of Mizram, and was not.--That she should not, in her journey of three thousand years, be forced to abide in the bodies of bird, beast, or reptile, the King, had her fair form, made ready, for sacred embalmment, and while the work progressed, there was no pause for breath, so thick and fast came the prayers, that the long sleep might not be broken.

the supernatural being conceived as the perfect and omnipotent and omniscient originator and ruler of the universe; the object of worship in monotheistic religions

From this reading "It was a spring song, this last love of Tothmes the first," went on Miriam, "for the blossom he had gathered, could not bear the transplanting, even though the garden was the home of a king, and so it came to pass that when her child was born, Grunheld, in a delirium of fever, that followed the hours of pain, talked in the language of a strange people, and one, who stood near--the great physician of the realm, a man versed in many tongues told the King,--that she spoke of an island home, over a great waste of waters, of breeze swept, rain washed hills, and then laying upon the altar, of some unknown God, chaplets of prayer,--the King's love, passed out of Mizram, and was not.--That she should not, in her journey of three thousand years, be forced to abide in the bodies of bird, beast, or reptile, the King, had her fair form, made ready, for sacred embalmment, and while the work progressed, there was no pause for breath, so thick and fast came the prayers, that the long sleep might not be broken.

relatively large in size or number or extent; larger than others of its kind

From this reading "It was a spring song, this last love of Tothmes the first," went on Miriam, "for the blossom he had gathered, could not bear the transplanting, even though the garden was the home of a king, and so it came to pass that when her child was born, Grunheld, in a delirium of fever, that followed the hours of pain, talked in the language of a strange people, and one, who stood near--the great physician of the realm, a man versed in many tongues told the King,--that she spoke of an island home, over a great waste of waters, of breeze swept, rain washed hills, and then laying upon the altar, of some unknown God, chaplets of prayer,--the King's love, passed out of Mizram, and was not.--That she should not, in her journey of three thousand years, be forced to abide in the bodies of bird, beast, or reptile, the King, had her fair form, made ready, for sacred embalmment, and while the work progressed, there was no pause for breath, so thick and fast came the prayers, that the long sleep might not be broken.

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From this reading "It was a spring song, this last love of Tothmes the first," went on Miriam, "for the blossom he had gathered, could not bear the transplanting, even though the garden was the home of a king, and so it came to pass that when her child was born, Grunheld, in a delirium of fever, that followed the hours of pain, talked in the language of a strange people, and one, who stood near--the great physician of the realm, a man versed in many tongues told the King,--that she spoke of an island home, over a great waste of waters, of breeze swept, rain washed hills, and then laying upon the altar, of some unknown God, chaplets of prayer,--the King's love, passed out of Mizram, and was not.--That she should not, in her journey of three thousand years, be forced to abide in the bodies of bird, beast, or reptile, the King, had her fair form, made ready, for sacred embalmment, and while the work progressed, there was no pause for breath, so thick and fast came the prayers, that the long sleep might not be broken.

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

From this reading "It was a spring song, this last love of Tothmes the first," went on Miriam, "for the blossom he had gathered, could not bear the transplanting, even though the garden was the home of a king, and so it came to pass that when her child was born, Grunheld, in a delirium of fever, that followed the hours of pain, talked in the language of a strange people, and one, who stood near--the great physician of the realm, a man versed in many tongues told the King,--that she spoke of an island home, over a great waste of waters, of breeze swept, rain washed hills, and then laying upon the altar, of some unknown God, chaplets of prayer,--the King's love, passed out of Mizram, and was not.--That she should not, in her journey of three thousand years, be forced to abide in the bodies of bird, beast, or reptile, the King, had her fair form, made ready, for sacred embalmment, and while the work progressed, there was no pause for breath, so thick and fast came the prayers, that the long sleep might not be broken.

enjoying or showing or marked by joy or pleasure

From this reading "'That night the white slave slept upon the King of Egypt's breast and the boy (her brother) the king in his pleasure, made such provision for that he was safe and happy evermore.'"

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From this reading "Then all that human love could do, being accomplished, the King turned him to his motherless child, Hatsu.

a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject

From this reading "'That night the white slave slept upon the King of Egypt's breast and the boy (her brother) the king in his pleasure, made such provision for that he was safe and happy evermore.'"

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

From this reading "'That night the white slave slept upon the King of Egypt's breast and the boy (her brother) the king in his pleasure, made such provision for that he was safe and happy evermore.'"

plural of “hill” — a local and well-defined elevation of the land

From this reading "It was a spring song, this last love of Tothmes the first," went on Miriam, "for the blossom he had gathered, could not bear the transplanting, even though the garden was the home of a king, and so it came to pass that when her child was born, Grunheld, in a delirium of fever, that followed the hours of pain, talked in the language of a strange people, and one, who stood near--the great physician of the realm, a man versed in many tongues told the King,--that she spoke of an island home, over a great waste of waters, of breeze swept, rain washed hills, and then laying upon the altar, of some unknown God, chaplets of prayer,--the King's love, passed out of Mizram, and was not.--That she should not, in her journey of three thousand years, be forced to abide in the bodies of bird, beast, or reptile, the King, had her fair form, made ready, for sacred embalmment, and while the work progressed, there was no pause for breath, so thick and fast came the prayers, that the long sleep might not be broken.

the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition

From this reading As Miriam repeated these last words, Alric bent close, and his eyes seemed to be striving, to find in her expression some thing that her words did not reveal to him.

belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned

From this reading "'That night the white slave slept upon the King of Egypt's breast and the boy (her brother) the king in his pleasure, made such provision for that he was safe and happy evermore.'"

where you live at a particular time

From this reading "It was a spring song, this last love of Tothmes the first," went on Miriam, "for the blossom he had gathered, could not bear the transplanting, even though the garden was the home of a king, and so it came to pass that when her child was born, Grunheld, in a delirium of fever, that followed the hours of pain, talked in the language of a strange people, and one, who stood near--the great physician of the realm, a man versed in many tongues told the King,--that she spoke of an island home, over a great waste of waters, of breeze swept, rain washed hills, and then laying upon the altar, of some unknown God, chaplets of prayer,--the King's love, passed out of Mizram, and was not.--That she should not, in her journey of three thousand years, be forced to abide in the bodies of bird, beast, or reptile, the King, had her fair form, made ready, for sacred embalmment, and while the work progressed, there was no pause for breath, so thick and fast came the prayers, that the long sleep might not be broken.

a period of time assigned for work

From this reading "It was a spring song, this last love of Tothmes the first," went on Miriam, "for the blossom he had gathered, could not bear the transplanting, even though the garden was the home of a king, and so it came to pass that when her child was born, Grunheld, in a delirium of fever, that followed the hours of pain, talked in the language of a strange people, and one, who stood near--the great physician of the realm, a man versed in many tongues told the King,--that she spoke of an island home, over a great waste of waters, of breeze swept, rain washed hills, and then laying upon the altar, of some unknown God, chaplets of prayer,--the King's love, passed out of Mizram, and was not.--That she should not, in her journey of three thousand years, be forced to abide in the bodies of bird, beast, or reptile, the King, had her fair form, made ready, for sacred embalmment, and while the work progressed, there was no pause for breath, so thick and fast came the prayers, that the long sleep might not be broken.

characteristic of humanity

From this reading "Then all that human love could do, being accomplished, the King turned him to his motherless child, Hatsu.

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

From this reading "'That night the white slave slept upon the King of Egypt's breast and the boy (her brother) the king in his pleasure, made such provision for that he was safe and happy evermore.'"

a land mass (smaller than a continent) that is surrounded by water

From this reading "It was a spring song, this last love of Tothmes the first," went on Miriam, "for the blossom he had gathered, could not bear the transplanting, even though the garden was the home of a king, and so it came to pass that when her child was born, Grunheld, in a delirium of fever, that followed the hours of pain, talked in the language of a strange people, and one, who stood near--the great physician of the realm, a man versed in many tongues told the King,--that she spoke of an island home, over a great waste of waters, of breeze swept, rain washed hills, and then laying upon the altar, of some unknown God, chaplets of prayer,--the King's love, passed out of Mizram, and was not.--That she should not, in her journey of three thousand years, be forced to abide in the bodies of bird, beast, or reptile, the King, had her fair form, made ready, for sacred embalmment, and while the work progressed, there was no pause for breath, so thick and fast came the prayers, that the long sleep might not be broken.

a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned

From this reading "It was a spring song, this last love of Tothmes the first," went on Miriam, "for the blossom he had gathered, could not bear the transplanting, even though the garden was the home of a king, and so it came to pass that when her child was born, Grunheld, in a delirium of fever, that followed the hours of pain, talked in the language of a strange people, and one, who stood near--the great physician of the realm, a man versed in many tongues told the King,--that she spoke of an island home, over a great waste of waters, of breeze swept, rain washed hills, and then laying upon the altar, of some unknown God, chaplets of prayer,--the King's love, passed out of Mizram, and was not.--That she should not, in her journey of three thousand years, be forced to abide in the bodies of bird, beast, or reptile, the King, had her fair form, made ready, for sacred embalmment, and while the work progressed, there was no pause for breath, so thick and fast came the prayers, that the long sleep might not be broken.

undertake a journey or trip

From this reading "It was a spring song, this last love of Tothmes the first," went on Miriam, "for the blossom he had gathered, could not bear the transplanting, even though the garden was the home of a king, and so it came to pass that when her child was born, Grunheld, in a delirium of fever, that followed the hours of pain, talked in the language of a strange people, and one, who stood near--the great physician of the realm, a man versed in many tongues told the King,--that she spoke of an island home, over a great waste of waters, of breeze swept, rain washed hills, and then laying upon the altar, of some unknown God, chaplets of prayer,--the King's love, passed out of Mizram, and was not.--That she should not, in her journey of three thousand years, be forced to abide in the bodies of bird, beast, or reptile, the King, had her fair form, made ready, for sacred embalmment, and while the work progressed, there was no pause for breath, so thick and fast came the prayers, that the long sleep might not be broken.

a male sovereign; ruler of a kingdom

From this reading "'That night the white slave slept upon the King of Egypt's breast and the boy (her brother) the king in his pleasure, made such provision for that he was safe and happy evermore.'"

possessive form of “king” — a male sovereign; ruler of a kingdom

From this reading "It was a spring song, this last love of Tothmes the first," went on Miriam, "for the blossom he had gathered, could not bear the transplanting, even though the garden was the home of a king, and so it came to pass that when her child was born, Grunheld, in a delirium of fever, that followed the hours of pain, talked in the language of a strange people, and one, who stood near--the great physician of the realm, a man versed in many tongues told the King,--that she spoke of an island home, over a great waste of waters, of breeze swept, rain washed hills, and then laying upon the altar, of some unknown God, chaplets of prayer,--the King's love, passed out of Mizram, and was not.--That she should not, in her journey of three thousand years, be forced to abide in the bodies of bird, beast, or reptile, the King, had her fair form, made ready, for sacred embalmment, and while the work progressed, there was no pause for breath, so thick and fast came the prayers, that the long sleep might not be broken.

set down according to a plan

From this reading "And when the body was wrapped, and the priestly office for the dead accomplished, they laid the young stranger, in a rock chamber, and for her comfort, filled the room with all things needful, for a soul's journey should she by chance (in spite of prayer and charm) awake.

a systematic means of communicating by the use of sounds or conventional symbols

From this reading "It was a spring song, this last love of Tothmes the first," went on Miriam, "for the blossom he had gathered, could not bear the transplanting, even though the garden was the home of a king, and so it came to pass that when her child was born, Grunheld, in a delirium of fever, that followed the hours of pain, talked in the language of a strange people, and one, who stood near--the great physician of the realm, a man versed in many tongues told the King,--that she spoke of an island home, over a great waste of waters, of breeze swept, rain washed hills, and then laying upon the altar, of some unknown God, chaplets of prayer,--the King's love, passed out of Mizram, and was not.--That she should not, in her journey of three thousand years, be forced to abide in the bodies of bird, beast, or reptile, the King, had her fair form, made ready, for sacred embalmment, and while the work progressed, there was no pause for breath, so thick and fast came the prayers, that the long sleep might not be broken.

immediately past

From this reading As Miriam repeated these last words, Alric bent close, and his eyes seemed to be striving, to find in her expression some thing that her words did not reveal to him.

the production of eggs (especially in birds)

From this reading "It was a spring song, this last love of Tothmes the first," went on Miriam, "for the blossom he had gathered, could not bear the transplanting, even though the garden was the home of a king, and so it came to pass that when her child was born, Grunheld, in a delirium of fever, that followed the hours of pain, talked in the language of a strange people, and one, who stood near--the great physician of the realm, a man versed in many tongues told the King,--that she spoke of an island home, over a great waste of waters, of breeze swept, rain washed hills, and then laying upon the altar, of some unknown God, chaplets of prayer,--the King's love, passed out of Mizram, and was not.--That she should not, in her journey of three thousand years, be forced to abide in the bodies of bird, beast, or reptile, the King, had her fair form, made ready, for sacred embalmment, and while the work progressed, there was no pause for breath, so thick and fast came the prayers, that the long sleep might not be broken.

primarily temporal sense; being or indicating a relatively great or greater than average duration or passage of time or a duration as specified

From this reading "It was a spring song, this last love of Tothmes the first," went on Miriam, "for the blossom he had gathered, could not bear the transplanting, even though the garden was the home of a king, and so it came to pass that when her child was born, Grunheld, in a delirium of fever, that followed the hours of pain, talked in the language of a strange people, and one, who stood near--the great physician of the realm, a man versed in many tongues told the King,--that she spoke of an island home, over a great waste of waters, of breeze swept, rain washed hills, and then laying upon the altar, of some unknown God, chaplets of prayer,--the King's love, passed out of Mizram, and was not.--That she should not, in her journey of three thousand years, be forced to abide in the bodies of bird, beast, or reptile, the King, had her fair form, made ready, for sacred embalmment, and while the work progressed, there was no pause for breath, so thick and fast came the prayers, that the long sleep might not be broken.

a strong positive emotion of regard and affection

From this reading "It was a spring song, this last love of Tothmes the first," went on Miriam, "for the blossom he had gathered, could not bear the transplanting, even though the garden was the home of a king, and so it came to pass that when her child was born, Grunheld, in a delirium of fever, that followed the hours of pain, talked in the language of a strange people, and one, who stood near--the great physician of the realm, a man versed in many tongues told the King,--that she spoke of an island home, over a great waste of waters, of breeze swept, rain washed hills, and then laying upon the altar, of some unknown God, chaplets of prayer,--the King's love, passed out of Mizram, and was not.--That she should not, in her journey of three thousand years, be forced to abide in the bodies of bird, beast, or reptile, the King, had her fair form, made ready, for sacred embalmment, and while the work progressed, there was no pause for breath, so thick and fast came the prayers, that the long sleep might not be broken.

produced by a manufacturing process

From this reading "'That night the white slave slept upon the King of Egypt's breast and the boy (her brother) the king in his pleasure, made such provision for that he was safe and happy evermore.'"

an adult person who is male (as opposed to a woman)

From this reading "It was a spring song, this last love of Tothmes the first," went on Miriam, "for the blossom he had gathered, could not bear the transplanting, even though the garden was the home of a king, and so it came to pass that when her child was born, Grunheld, in a delirium of fever, that followed the hours of pain, talked in the language of a strange people, and one, who stood near--the great physician of the realm, a man versed in many tongues told the King,--that she spoke of an island home, over a great waste of waters, of breeze swept, rain washed hills, and then laying upon the altar, of some unknown God, chaplets of prayer,--the King's love, passed out of Mizram, and was not.--That she should not, in her journey of three thousand years, be forced to abide in the bodies of bird, beast, or reptile, the King, had her fair form, made ready, for sacred embalmment, and while the work progressed, there was no pause for breath, so thick and fast came the prayers, that the long sleep might not be broken.

a quantifier that can be used with count nouns and is often preceded by “as” or “too” or “so” or “that”; amounting to a large but indefinite number

From this reading "It was a spring song, this last love of Tothmes the first," went on Miriam, "for the blossom he had gathered, could not bear the transplanting, even though the garden was the home of a king, and so it came to pass that when her child was born, Grunheld, in a delirium of fever, that followed the hours of pain, talked in the language of a strange people, and one, who stood near--the great physician of the realm, a man versed in many tongues told the King,--that she spoke of an island home, over a great waste of waters, of breeze swept, rain washed hills, and then laying upon the altar, of some unknown God, chaplets of prayer,--the King's love, passed out of Mizram, and was not.--That she should not, in her journey of three thousand years, be forced to abide in the bodies of bird, beast, or reptile, the King, had her fair form, made ready, for sacred embalmment, and while the work progressed, there was no pause for breath, so thick and fast came the prayers, that the long sleep might not be broken.

used to say something is possible but not certain

From this reading "It was a spring song, this last love of Tothmes the first," went on Miriam, "for the blossom he had gathered, could not bear the transplanting, even though the garden was the home of a king, and so it came to pass that when her child was born, Grunheld, in a delirium of fever, that followed the hours of pain, talked in the language of a strange people, and one, who stood near--the great physician of the realm, a man versed in many tongues told the King,--that she spoke of an island home, over a great waste of waters, of breeze swept, rain washed hills, and then laying upon the altar, of some unknown God, chaplets of prayer,--the King's love, passed out of Mizram, and was not.--That she should not, in her journey of three thousand years, be forced to abide in the bodies of bird, beast, or reptile, the King, had her fair form, made ready, for sacred embalmment, and while the work progressed, there was no pause for breath, so thick and fast came the prayers, that the long sleep might not be broken.

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From this reading As Miriam repeated these last words, Alric bent close, and his eyes seemed to be striving, to find in her expression some thing that her words did not reveal to him.

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From this reading "It was a spring song, this last love of Tothmes the first," went on Miriam, "for the blossom he had gathered, could not bear the transplanting, even though the garden was the home of a king, and so it came to pass that when her child was born, Grunheld, in a delirium of fever, that followed the hours of pain, talked in the language of a strange people, and one, who stood near--the great physician of the realm, a man versed in many tongues told the King,--that she spoke of an island home, over a great waste of waters, of breeze swept, rain washed hills, and then laying upon the altar, of some unknown God, chaplets of prayer,--the King's love, passed out of Mizram, and was not.--That she should not, in her journey of three thousand years, be forced to abide in the bodies of bird, beast, or reptile, the King, had her fair form, made ready, for sacred embalmment, and while the work progressed, there was no pause for breath, so thick and fast came the prayers, that the long sleep might not be broken.

having no living or known mother

From this reading "Then all that human love could do, being accomplished, the King turned him to his motherless child, Hatsu.

near in time or place or relationship

From this reading "It was a spring song, this last love of Tothmes the first," went on Miriam, "for the blossom he had gathered, could not bear the transplanting, even though the garden was the home of a king, and so it came to pass that when her child was born, Grunheld, in a delirium of fever, that followed the hours of pain, talked in the language of a strange people, and one, who stood near--the great physician of the realm, a man versed in many tongues told the King,--that she spoke of an island home, over a great waste of waters, of breeze swept, rain washed hills, and then laying upon the altar, of some unknown God, chaplets of prayer,--the King's love, passed out of Mizram, and was not.--That she should not, in her journey of three thousand years, be forced to abide in the bodies of bird, beast, or reptile, the King, had her fair form, made ready, for sacred embalmment, and while the work progressed, there was no pause for breath, so thick and fast came the prayers, that the long sleep might not be broken.

necessary for relief or supply

From this reading "And when the body was wrapped, and the priestly office for the dead accomplished, they laid the young stranger, in a rock chamber, and for her comfort, filled the room with all things needful, for a soul's journey should she by chance (in spite of prayer and charm) awake.

the time after sunset and before sunrise while it is dark outside

From this reading "'That night the white slave slept upon the King of Egypt's breast and the boy (her brother) the king in his pleasure, made such provision for that he was safe and happy evermore.'"

not any; not one

From this reading "It was a spring song, this last love of Tothmes the first," went on Miriam, "for the blossom he had gathered, could not bear the transplanting, even though the garden was the home of a king, and so it came to pass that when her child was born, Grunheld, in a delirium of fever, that followed the hours of pain, talked in the language of a strange people, and one, who stood near--the great physician of the realm, a man versed in many tongues told the King,--that she spoke of an island home, over a great waste of waters, of breeze swept, rain washed hills, and then laying upon the altar, of some unknown God, chaplets of prayer,--the King's love, passed out of Mizram, and was not.--That she should not, in her journey of three thousand years, be forced to abide in the bodies of bird, beast, or reptile, the King, had her fair form, made ready, for sacred embalmment, and while the work progressed, there was no pause for breath, so thick and fast came the prayers, that the long sleep might not be broken.

used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative

From this reading As Miriam repeated these last words, Alric bent close, and his eyes seemed to be striving, to find in her expression some thing that her words did not reveal to him.

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

From this reading "'That night the white slave slept upon the King of Egypt's breast and the boy (her brother) the king in his pleasure, made such provision for that he was safe and happy evermore.'"

place of business where professional or clerical duties are performed

From this reading "And when the body was wrapped, and the priestly office for the dead accomplished, they laid the young stranger, in a rock chamber, and for her comfort, filled the room with all things needful, for a soul's journey should she by chance (in spite of prayer and charm) awake.

touching and supported by a surface

From this reading "It was a spring song, this last love of Tothmes the first," went on Miriam, "for the blossom he had gathered, could not bear the transplanting, even though the garden was the home of a king, and so it came to pass that when her child was born, Grunheld, in a delirium of fever, that followed the hours of pain, talked in the language of a strange people, and one, who stood near--the great physician of the realm, a man versed in many tongues told the King,--that she spoke of an island home, over a great waste of waters, of breeze swept, rain washed hills, and then laying upon the altar, of some unknown God, chaplets of prayer,--the King's love, passed out of Mizram, and was not.--That she should not, in her journey of three thousand years, be forced to abide in the bodies of bird, beast, or reptile, the King, had her fair form, made ready, for sacred embalmment, and while the work progressed, there was no pause for breath, so thick and fast came the prayers, that the long sleep might not be broken.

used to mean any person in general, including the speaker

From this reading "It was a spring song, this last love of Tothmes the first," went on Miriam, "for the blossom he had gathered, could not bear the transplanting, even though the garden was the home of a king, and so it came to pass that when her child was born, Grunheld, in a delirium of fever, that followed the hours of pain, talked in the language of a strange people, and one, who stood near--the great physician of the realm, a man versed in many tongues told the King,--that she spoke of an island home, over a great waste of waters, of breeze swept, rain washed hills, and then laying upon the altar, of some unknown God, chaplets of prayer,--the King's love, passed out of Mizram, and was not.--That she should not, in her journey of three thousand years, be forced to abide in the bodies of bird, beast, or reptile, the King, had her fair form, made ready, for sacred embalmment, and while the work progressed, there was no pause for breath, so thick and fast came the prayers, that the long sleep might not be broken.

used to join alternatives or possibilities

From this reading "It was a spring song, this last love of Tothmes the first," went on Miriam, "for the blossom he had gathered, could not bear the transplanting, even though the garden was the home of a king, and so it came to pass that when her child was born, Grunheld, in a delirium of fever, that followed the hours of pain, talked in the language of a strange people, and one, who stood near--the great physician of the realm, a man versed in many tongues told the King,--that she spoke of an island home, over a great waste of waters, of breeze swept, rain washed hills, and then laying upon the altar, of some unknown God, chaplets of prayer,--the King's love, passed out of Mizram, and was not.--That she should not, in her journey of three thousand years, be forced to abide in the bodies of bird, beast, or reptile, the King, had her fair form, made ready, for sacred embalmment, and while the work progressed, there was no pause for breath, so thick and fast came the prayers, that the long sleep might not be broken.

not allowed to continue to bat or run

From this reading "It was a spring song, this last love of Tothmes the first," went on Miriam, "for the blossom he had gathered, could not bear the transplanting, even though the garden was the home of a king, and so it came to pass that when her child was born, Grunheld, in a delirium of fever, that followed the hours of pain, talked in the language of a strange people, and one, who stood near--the great physician of the realm, a man versed in many tongues told the King,--that she spoke of an island home, over a great waste of waters, of breeze swept, rain washed hills, and then laying upon the altar, of some unknown God, chaplets of prayer,--the King's love, passed out of Mizram, and was not.--That she should not, in her journey of three thousand years, be forced to abide in the bodies of bird, beast, or reptile, the King, had her fair form, made ready, for sacred embalmment, and while the work progressed, there was no pause for breath, so thick and fast came the prayers, that the long sleep might not be broken.

above and across; more than

From this reading "It was a spring song, this last love of Tothmes the first," went on Miriam, "for the blossom he had gathered, could not bear the transplanting, even though the garden was the home of a king, and so it came to pass that when her child was born, Grunheld, in a delirium of fever, that followed the hours of pain, talked in the language of a strange people, and one, who stood near--the great physician of the realm, a man versed in many tongues told the King,--that she spoke of an island home, over a great waste of waters, of breeze swept, rain washed hills, and then laying upon the altar, of some unknown God, chaplets of prayer,--the King's love, passed out of Mizram, and was not.--That she should not, in her journey of three thousand years, be forced to abide in the bodies of bird, beast, or reptile, the King, had her fair form, made ready, for sacred embalmment, and while the work progressed, there was no pause for breath, so thick and fast came the prayers, that the long sleep might not be broken.

a symptom of some physical hurt or disorder

From this reading "It was a spring song, this last love of Tothmes the first," went on Miriam, "for the blossom he had gathered, could not bear the transplanting, even though the garden was the home of a king, and so it came to pass that when her child was born, Grunheld, in a delirium of fever, that followed the hours of pain, talked in the language of a strange people, and one, who stood near--the great physician of the realm, a man versed in many tongues told the King,--that she spoke of an island home, over a great waste of waters, of breeze swept, rain washed hills, and then laying upon the altar, of some unknown God, chaplets of prayer,--the King's love, passed out of Mizram, and was not.--That she should not, in her journey of three thousand years, be forced to abide in the bodies of bird, beast, or reptile, the King, had her fair form, made ready, for sacred embalmment, and while the work progressed, there was no pause for breath, so thick and fast came the prayers, that the long sleep might not be broken.

go across or through

From this reading "It was a spring song, this last love of Tothmes the first," went on Miriam, "for the blossom he had gathered, could not bear the transplanting, even though the garden was the home of a king, and so it came to pass that when her child was born, Grunheld, in a delirium of fever, that followed the hours of pain, talked in the language of a strange people, and one, who stood near--the great physician of the realm, a man versed in many tongues told the King,--that she spoke of an island home, over a great waste of waters, of breeze swept, rain washed hills, and then laying upon the altar, of some unknown God, chaplets of prayer,--the King's love, passed out of Mizram, and was not.--That she should not, in her journey of three thousand years, be forced to abide in the bodies of bird, beast, or reptile, the King, had her fair form, made ready, for sacred embalmment, and while the work progressed, there was no pause for breath, so thick and fast came the prayers, that the long sleep might not be broken.

past form of “pass” — go across or through

From this reading "It was a spring song, this last love of Tothmes the first," went on Miriam, "for the blossom he had gathered, could not bear the transplanting, even though the garden was the home of a king, and so it came to pass that when her child was born, Grunheld, in a delirium of fever, that followed the hours of pain, talked in the language of a strange people, and one, who stood near--the great physician of the realm, a man versed in many tongues told the King,--that she spoke of an island home, over a great waste of waters, of breeze swept, rain washed hills, and then laying upon the altar, of some unknown God, chaplets of prayer,--the King's love, passed out of Mizram, and was not.--That she should not, in her journey of three thousand years, be forced to abide in the bodies of bird, beast, or reptile, the King, had her fair form, made ready, for sacred embalmment, and while the work progressed, there was no pause for breath, so thick and fast came the prayers, that the long sleep might not be broken.

a time interval during which there is a temporary cessation of something

From this reading "It was a spring song, this last love of Tothmes the first," went on Miriam, "for the blossom he had gathered, could not bear the transplanting, even though the garden was the home of a king, and so it came to pass that when her child was born, Grunheld, in a delirium of fever, that followed the hours of pain, talked in the language of a strange people, and one, who stood near--the great physician of the realm, a man versed in many tongues told the King,--that she spoke of an island home, over a great waste of waters, of breeze swept, rain washed hills, and then laying upon the altar, of some unknown God, chaplets of prayer,--the King's love, passed out of Mizram, and was not.--That she should not, in her journey of three thousand years, be forced to abide in the bodies of bird, beast, or reptile, the King, had her fair form, made ready, for sacred embalmment, and while the work progressed, there was no pause for breath, so thick and fast came the prayers, that the long sleep might not be broken.

(plural) any group of human beings (men or women or children) collectively

From this reading "It was a spring song, this last love of Tothmes the first," went on Miriam, "for the blossom he had gathered, could not bear the transplanting, even though the garden was the home of a king, and so it came to pass that when her child was born, Grunheld, in a delirium of fever, that followed the hours of pain, talked in the language of a strange people, and one, who stood near--the great physician of the realm, a man versed in many tongues told the King,--that she spoke of an island home, over a great waste of waters, of breeze swept, rain washed hills, and then laying upon the altar, of some unknown God, chaplets of prayer,--the King's love, passed out of Mizram, and was not.--That she should not, in her journey of three thousand years, be forced to abide in the bodies of bird, beast, or reptile, the King, had her fair form, made ready, for sacred embalmment, and while the work progressed, there was no pause for breath, so thick and fast came the prayers, that the long sleep might not be broken.

a licensed medical practitioner

From this reading "It was a spring song, this last love of Tothmes the first," went on Miriam, "for the blossom he had gathered, could not bear the transplanting, even though the garden was the home of a king, and so it came to pass that when her child was born, Grunheld, in a delirium of fever, that followed the hours of pain, talked in the language of a strange people, and one, who stood near--the great physician of the realm, a man versed in many tongues told the King,--that she spoke of an island home, over a great waste of waters, of breeze swept, rain washed hills, and then laying upon the altar, of some unknown God, chaplets of prayer,--the King's love, passed out of Mizram, and was not.--That she should not, in her journey of three thousand years, be forced to abide in the bodies of bird, beast, or reptile, the King, had her fair form, made ready, for sacred embalmment, and while the work progressed, there was no pause for breath, so thick and fast came the prayers, that the long sleep might not be broken.

a fundamental feeling that is hard to define but that people desire to experience

From this reading "'That night the white slave slept upon the King of Egypt's breast and the boy (her brother) the king in his pleasure, made such provision for that he was safe and happy evermore.'"

the act of communicating with a deity (especially as a petition or in adoration or contrition or thanksgiving)

From this reading "It was a spring song, this last love of Tothmes the first," went on Miriam, "for the blossom he had gathered, could not bear the transplanting, even though the garden was the home of a king, and so it came to pass that when her child was born, Grunheld, in a delirium of fever, that followed the hours of pain, talked in the language of a strange people, and one, who stood near--the great physician of the realm, a man versed in many tongues told the King,--that she spoke of an island home, over a great waste of waters, of breeze swept, rain washed hills, and then laying upon the altar, of some unknown God, chaplets of prayer,--the King's love, passed out of Mizram, and was not.--That she should not, in her journey of three thousand years, be forced to abide in the bodies of bird, beast, or reptile, the King, had her fair form, made ready, for sacred embalmment, and while the work progressed, there was no pause for breath, so thick and fast came the prayers, that the long sleep might not be broken.

plural of “prayer” — the act of communicating with a deity (especially as a petition or in adoration or contrition or thanksgiving)

From this reading "It was a spring song, this last love of Tothmes the first," went on Miriam, "for the blossom he had gathered, could not bear the transplanting, even though the garden was the home of a king, and so it came to pass that when her child was born, Grunheld, in a delirium of fever, that followed the hours of pain, talked in the language of a strange people, and one, who stood near--the great physician of the realm, a man versed in many tongues told the King,--that she spoke of an island home, over a great waste of waters, of breeze swept, rain washed hills, and then laying upon the altar, of some unknown God, chaplets of prayer,--the King's love, passed out of Mizram, and was not.--That she should not, in her journey of three thousand years, be forced to abide in the bodies of bird, beast, or reptile, the King, had her fair form, made ready, for sacred embalmment, and while the work progressed, there was no pause for breath, so thick and fast came the prayers, that the long sleep might not be broken.

associated with the priesthood or priests

From this reading "And when the body was wrapped, and the priestly office for the dead accomplished, they laid the young stranger, in a rock chamber, and for her comfort, filled the room with all things needful, for a soul's journey should she by chance (in spite of prayer and charm) awake.

past form of “progress” — develop in a positive way

From this reading "It was a spring song, this last love of Tothmes the first," went on Miriam, "for the blossom he had gathered, could not bear the transplanting, even though the garden was the home of a king, and so it came to pass that when her child was born, Grunheld, in a delirium of fever, that followed the hours of pain, talked in the language of a strange people, and one, who stood near--the great physician of the realm, a man versed in many tongues told the King,--that she spoke of an island home, over a great waste of waters, of breeze swept, rain washed hills, and then laying upon the altar, of some unknown God, chaplets of prayer,--the King's love, passed out of Mizram, and was not.--That she should not, in her journey of three thousand years, be forced to abide in the bodies of bird, beast, or reptile, the King, had her fair form, made ready, for sacred embalmment, and while the work progressed, there was no pause for breath, so thick and fast came the prayers, that the long sleep might not be broken.

a stipulated condition

From this reading "'That night the white slave slept upon the King of Egypt's breast and the boy (her brother) the king in his pleasure, made such provision for that he was safe and happy evermore.'"

water falling in drops from vapor condensed in the atmosphere

From this reading "It was a spring song, this last love of Tothmes the first," went on Miriam, "for the blossom he had gathered, could not bear the transplanting, even though the garden was the home of a king, and so it came to pass that when her child was born, Grunheld, in a delirium of fever, that followed the hours of pain, talked in the language of a strange people, and one, who stood near--the great physician of the realm, a man versed in many tongues told the King,--that she spoke of an island home, over a great waste of waters, of breeze swept, rain washed hills, and then laying upon the altar, of some unknown God, chaplets of prayer,--the King's love, passed out of Mizram, and was not.--That she should not, in her journey of three thousand years, be forced to abide in the bodies of bird, beast, or reptile, the King, had her fair form, made ready, for sacred embalmment, and while the work progressed, there was no pause for breath, so thick and fast came the prayers, that the long sleep might not be broken.

completely prepared or in condition for immediate action or use or progress

From this reading "It was a spring song, this last love of Tothmes the first," went on Miriam, "for the blossom he had gathered, could not bear the transplanting, even though the garden was the home of a king, and so it came to pass that when her child was born, Grunheld, in a delirium of fever, that followed the hours of pain, talked in the language of a strange people, and one, who stood near--the great physician of the realm, a man versed in many tongues told the King,--that she spoke of an island home, over a great waste of waters, of breeze swept, rain washed hills, and then laying upon the altar, of some unknown God, chaplets of prayer,--the King's love, passed out of Mizram, and was not.--That she should not, in her journey of three thousand years, be forced to abide in the bodies of bird, beast, or reptile, the King, had her fair form, made ready, for sacred embalmment, and while the work progressed, there was no pause for breath, so thick and fast came the prayers, that the long sleep might not be broken.

a domain in which something is dominant

From this reading "It was a spring song, this last love of Tothmes the first," went on Miriam, "for the blossom he had gathered, could not bear the transplanting, even though the garden was the home of a king, and so it came to pass that when her child was born, Grunheld, in a delirium of fever, that followed the hours of pain, talked in the language of a strange people, and one, who stood near--the great physician of the realm, a man versed in many tongues told the King,--that she spoke of an island home, over a great waste of waters, of breeze swept, rain washed hills, and then laying upon the altar, of some unknown God, chaplets of prayer,--the King's love, passed out of Mizram, and was not.--That she should not, in her journey of three thousand years, be forced to abide in the bodies of bird, beast, or reptile, the King, had her fair form, made ready, for sacred embalmment, and while the work progressed, there was no pause for breath, so thick and fast came the prayers, that the long sleep might not be broken.

recurring again and again

From this reading As Miriam repeated these last words, Alric bent close, and his eyes seemed to be striving, to find in her expression some thing that her words did not reveal to him.

any cold-blooded vertebrate of the class Reptilia including tortoises, turtles, snakes, lizards, alligators, crocodiles, and extinct forms

From this reading "It was a spring song, this last love of Tothmes the first," went on Miriam, "for the blossom he had gathered, could not bear the transplanting, even though the garden was the home of a king, and so it came to pass that when her child was born, Grunheld, in a delirium of fever, that followed the hours of pain, talked in the language of a strange people, and one, who stood near--the great physician of the realm, a man versed in many tongues told the King,--that she spoke of an island home, over a great waste of waters, of breeze swept, rain washed hills, and then laying upon the altar, of some unknown God, chaplets of prayer,--the King's love, passed out of Mizram, and was not.--That she should not, in her journey of three thousand years, be forced to abide in the bodies of bird, beast, or reptile, the King, had her fair form, made ready, for sacred embalmment, and while the work progressed, there was no pause for breath, so thick and fast came the prayers, that the long sleep might not be broken.

make visible

From this reading As Miriam repeated these last words, Alric bent close, and his eyes seemed to be striving, to find in her expression some thing that her words did not reveal to him.

a lump or mass of hard consolidated mineral matter

From this reading "And when the body was wrapped, and the priestly office for the dead accomplished, they laid the young stranger, in a rock chamber, and for her comfort, filled the room with all things needful, for a soul's journey should she by chance (in spite of prayer and charm) awake.

an area within a building enclosed by walls and floor and ceiling

From this reading "And when the body was wrapped, and the priestly office for the dead accomplished, they laid the young stranger, in a rock chamber, and for her comfort, filled the room with all things needful, for a soul's journey should she by chance (in spite of prayer and charm) awake.

concerned with religion or religious purposes

From this reading "It was a spring song, this last love of Tothmes the first," went on Miriam, "for the blossom he had gathered, could not bear the transplanting, even though the garden was the home of a king, and so it came to pass that when her child was born, Grunheld, in a delirium of fever, that followed the hours of pain, talked in the language of a strange people, and one, who stood near--the great physician of the realm, a man versed in many tongues told the King,--that she spoke of an island home, over a great waste of waters, of breeze swept, rain washed hills, and then laying upon the altar, of some unknown God, chaplets of prayer,--the King's love, passed out of Mizram, and was not.--That she should not, in her journey of three thousand years, be forced to abide in the bodies of bird, beast, or reptile, the King, had her fair form, made ready, for sacred embalmment, and while the work progressed, there was no pause for breath, so thick and fast came the prayers, that the long sleep might not be broken.

free from danger or the risk of harm

From this reading "'That night the white slave slept upon the King of Egypt's breast and the boy (her brother) the king in his pleasure, made such provision for that he was safe and happy evermore.'"

past form of “seem” — give a certain impression or have a certain outward aspect

From this reading As Miriam repeated these last words, Alric bent close, and his eyes seemed to be striving, to find in her expression some thing that her words did not reveal to him.

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

From this reading "It was a spring song, this last love of Tothmes the first," went on Miriam, "for the blossom he had gathered, could not bear the transplanting, even though the garden was the home of a king, and so it came to pass that when her child was born, Grunheld, in a delirium of fever, that followed the hours of pain, talked in the language of a strange people, and one, who stood near--the great physician of the realm, a man versed in many tongues told the King,--that she spoke of an island home, over a great waste of waters, of breeze swept, rain washed hills, and then laying upon the altar, of some unknown God, chaplets of prayer,--the King's love, passed out of Mizram, and was not.--That she should not, in her journey of three thousand years, be forced to abide in the bodies of bird, beast, or reptile, the King, had her fair form, made ready, for sacred embalmment, and while the work progressed, there was no pause for breath, so thick and fast came the prayers, that the long sleep might not be broken.

used to say what is right, expected, or advisable

From this reading "It was a spring song, this last love of Tothmes the first," went on Miriam, "for the blossom he had gathered, could not bear the transplanting, even though the garden was the home of a king, and so it came to pass that when her child was born, Grunheld, in a delirium of fever, that followed the hours of pain, talked in the language of a strange people, and one, who stood near--the great physician of the realm, a man versed in many tongues told the King,--that she spoke of an island home, over a great waste of waters, of breeze swept, rain washed hills, and then laying upon the altar, of some unknown God, chaplets of prayer,--the King's love, passed out of Mizram, and was not.--That she should not, in her journey of three thousand years, be forced to abide in the bodies of bird, beast, or reptile, the King, had her fair form, made ready, for sacred embalmment, and while the work progressed, there was no pause for breath, so thick and fast came the prayers, that the long sleep might not be broken.

a person who is owned by someone

From this reading "'That night the white slave slept upon the King of Egypt's breast and the boy (her brother) the king in his pleasure, made such provision for that he was safe and happy evermore.'"

a natural and periodic state of rest during which consciousness of the world is suspended

From this reading "It was a spring song, this last love of Tothmes the first," went on Miriam, "for the blossom he had gathered, could not bear the transplanting, even though the garden was the home of a king, and so it came to pass that when her child was born, Grunheld, in a delirium of fever, that followed the hours of pain, talked in the language of a strange people, and one, who stood near--the great physician of the realm, a man versed in many tongues told the King,--that she spoke of an island home, over a great waste of waters, of breeze swept, rain washed hills, and then laying upon the altar, of some unknown God, chaplets of prayer,--the King's love, passed out of Mizram, and was not.--That she should not, in her journey of three thousand years, be forced to abide in the bodies of bird, beast, or reptile, the King, had her fair form, made ready, for sacred embalmment, and while the work progressed, there was no pause for breath, so thick and fast came the prayers, that the long sleep might not be broken.

inflected form of “sleep” — be asleep

From this reading "'That night the white slave slept upon the King of Egypt's breast and the boy (her brother) the king in his pleasure, made such provision for that he was safe and happy evermore.'"

for that reason; with the result that

From this reading "It was a spring song, this last love of Tothmes the first," went on Miriam, "for the blossom he had gathered, could not bear the transplanting, even though the garden was the home of a king, and so it came to pass that when her child was born, Grunheld, in a delirium of fever, that followed the hours of pain, talked in the language of a strange people, and one, who stood near--the great physician of the realm, a man versed in many tongues told the King,--that she spoke of an island home, over a great waste of waters, of breeze swept, rain washed hills, and then laying upon the altar, of some unknown God, chaplets of prayer,--the King's love, passed out of Mizram, and was not.--That she should not, in her journey of three thousand years, be forced to abide in the bodies of bird, beast, or reptile, the King, had her fair form, made ready, for sacred embalmment, and while the work progressed, there was no pause for breath, so thick and fast came the prayers, that the long sleep might not be broken.

(quantifier) used with either mass nouns or plural count nouns to indicate an unspecified number or quantity

From this reading As Miriam repeated these last words, Alric bent close, and his eyes seemed to be striving, to find in her expression some thing that her words did not reveal to him.

a short musical composition with words

From this reading "It was a spring song, this last love of Tothmes the first," went on Miriam, "for the blossom he had gathered, could not bear the transplanting, even though the garden was the home of a king, and so it came to pass that when her child was born, Grunheld, in a delirium of fever, that followed the hours of pain, talked in the language of a strange people, and one, who stood near--the great physician of the realm, a man versed in many tongues told the King,--that she spoke of an island home, over a great waste of waters, of breeze swept, rain washed hills, and then laying upon the altar, of some unknown God, chaplets of prayer,--the King's love, passed out of Mizram, and was not.--That she should not, in her journey of three thousand years, be forced to abide in the bodies of bird, beast, or reptile, the King, had her fair form, made ready, for sacred embalmment, and while the work progressed, there was no pause for breath, so thick and fast came the prayers, that the long sleep might not be broken.

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From this reading "And when the body was wrapped, and the priestly office for the dead accomplished, they laid the young stranger, in a rock chamber, and for her comfort, filled the room with all things needful, for a soul's journey should she by chance (in spite of prayer and charm) awake.

feeling a need to see others suffer

From this reading "And when the body was wrapped, and the priestly office for the dead accomplished, they laid the young stranger, in a rock chamber, and for her comfort, filled the room with all things needful, for a soul's journey should she by chance (in spite of prayer and charm) awake.

support consisting of a radial member of a wheel joining the hub to the rim

From this reading "It was a spring song, this last love of Tothmes the first," went on Miriam, "for the blossom he had gathered, could not bear the transplanting, even though the garden was the home of a king, and so it came to pass that when her child was born, Grunheld, in a delirium of fever, that followed the hours of pain, talked in the language of a strange people, and one, who stood near--the great physician of the realm, a man versed in many tongues told the King,--that she spoke of an island home, over a great waste of waters, of breeze swept, rain washed hills, and then laying upon the altar, of some unknown God, chaplets of prayer,--the King's love, passed out of Mizram, and was not.--That she should not, in her journey of three thousand years, be forced to abide in the bodies of bird, beast, or reptile, the King, had her fair form, made ready, for sacred embalmment, and while the work progressed, there was no pause for breath, so thick and fast came the prayers, that the long sleep might not be broken.

the season of growth

From this reading "It was a spring song, this last love of Tothmes the first," went on Miriam, "for the blossom he had gathered, could not bear the transplanting, even though the garden was the home of a king, and so it came to pass that when her child was born, Grunheld, in a delirium of fever, that followed the hours of pain, talked in the language of a strange people, and one, who stood near--the great physician of the realm, a man versed in many tongues told the King,--that she spoke of an island home, over a great waste of waters, of breeze swept, rain washed hills, and then laying upon the altar, of some unknown God, chaplets of prayer,--the King's love, passed out of Mizram, and was not.--That she should not, in her journey of three thousand years, be forced to abide in the bodies of bird, beast, or reptile, the King, had her fair form, made ready, for sacred embalmment, and while the work progressed, there was no pause for breath, so thick and fast came the prayers, that the long sleep might not be broken.

Maintained an upright posture.

From this reading "It was a spring song, this last love of Tothmes the first," went on Miriam, "for the blossom he had gathered, could not bear the transplanting, even though the garden was the home of a king, and so it came to pass that when her child was born, Grunheld, in a delirium of fever, that followed the hours of pain, talked in the language of a strange people, and one, who stood near--the great physician of the realm, a man versed in many tongues told the King,--that she spoke of an island home, over a great waste of waters, of breeze swept, rain washed hills, and then laying upon the altar, of some unknown God, chaplets of prayer,--the King's love, passed out of Mizram, and was not.--That she should not, in her journey of three thousand years, be forced to abide in the bodies of bird, beast, or reptile, the King, had her fair form, made ready, for sacred embalmment, and while the work progressed, there was no pause for breath, so thick and fast came the prayers, that the long sleep might not be broken.

being definitely out of the ordinary and unexpected; slightly odd or even a bit weird

From this reading "It was a spring song, this last love of Tothmes the first," went on Miriam, "for the blossom he had gathered, could not bear the transplanting, even though the garden was the home of a king, and so it came to pass that when her child was born, Grunheld, in a delirium of fever, that followed the hours of pain, talked in the language of a strange people, and one, who stood near--the great physician of the realm, a man versed in many tongues told the King,--that she spoke of an island home, over a great waste of waters, of breeze swept, rain washed hills, and then laying upon the altar, of some unknown God, chaplets of prayer,--the King's love, passed out of Mizram, and was not.--That she should not, in her journey of three thousand years, be forced to abide in the bodies of bird, beast, or reptile, the King, had her fair form, made ready, for sacred embalmment, and while the work progressed, there was no pause for breath, so thick and fast came the prayers, that the long sleep might not be broken.

anyone who does not belong in the environment in which they are found

From this reading "And when the body was wrapped, and the priestly office for the dead accomplished, they laid the young stranger, in a rock chamber, and for her comfort, filled the room with all things needful, for a soul's journey should she by chance (in spite of prayer and charm) awake.

an effortful attempt to attain a goal

From this reading As Miriam repeated these last words, Alric bent close, and his eyes seemed to be striving, to find in her expression some thing that her words did not reveal to him.

of the kind already mentioned

From this reading "'That night the white slave slept upon the King of Egypt's breast and the boy (her brother) the king in his pleasure, made such provision for that he was safe and happy evermore.'"

possessing sweep

From this reading "It was a spring song, this last love of Tothmes the first," went on Miriam, "for the blossom he had gathered, could not bear the transplanting, even though the garden was the home of a king, and so it came to pass that when her child was born, Grunheld, in a delirium of fever, that followed the hours of pain, talked in the language of a strange people, and one, who stood near--the great physician of the realm, a man versed in many tongues told the King,--that she spoke of an island home, over a great waste of waters, of breeze swept, rain washed hills, and then laying upon the altar, of some unknown God, chaplets of prayer,--the King's love, passed out of Mizram, and was not.--That she should not, in her journey of three thousand years, be forced to abide in the bodies of bird, beast, or reptile, the King, had her fair form, made ready, for sacred embalmment, and while the work progressed, there was no pause for breath, so thick and fast came the prayers, that the long sleep might not be broken.

past form of “talk” — exchange thoughts; talk with

From this reading "It was a spring song, this last love of Tothmes the first," went on Miriam, "for the blossom he had gathered, could not bear the transplanting, even though the garden was the home of a king, and so it came to pass that when her child was born, Grunheld, in a delirium of fever, that followed the hours of pain, talked in the language of a strange people, and one, who stood near--the great physician of the realm, a man versed in many tongues told the King,--that she spoke of an island home, over a great waste of waters, of breeze swept, rain washed hills, and then laying upon the altar, of some unknown God, chaplets of prayer,--the King's love, passed out of Mizram, and was not.--That she should not, in her journey of three thousand years, be forced to abide in the bodies of bird, beast, or reptile, the King, had her fair form, made ready, for sacred embalmment, and while the work progressed, there was no pause for breath, so thick and fast came the prayers, that the long sleep might not be broken.

used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt

From this reading "'That night the white slave slept upon the King of Egypt's breast and the boy (her brother) the king in his pleasure, made such provision for that he was safe and happy evermore.'"

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

From this reading "'That night the white slave slept upon the King of Egypt's breast and the boy (her brother) the king in his pleasure, made such provision for that he was safe and happy evermore.'"

subsequently or soon afterward (often used as sentence connectors)

From this reading "It was a spring song, this last love of Tothmes the first," went on Miriam, "for the blossom he had gathered, could not bear the transplanting, even though the garden was the home of a king, and so it came to pass that when her child was born, Grunheld, in a delirium of fever, that followed the hours of pain, talked in the language of a strange people, and one, who stood near--the great physician of the realm, a man versed in many tongues told the King,--that she spoke of an island home, over a great waste of waters, of breeze swept, rain washed hills, and then laying upon the altar, of some unknown God, chaplets of prayer,--the King's love, passed out of Mizram, and was not.--That she should not, in her journey of three thousand years, be forced to abide in the bodies of bird, beast, or reptile, the King, had her fair form, made ready, for sacred embalmment, and while the work progressed, there was no pause for breath, so thick and fast came the prayers, that the long sleep might not be broken.

in or at that place or location

From this reading "It was a spring song, this last love of Tothmes the first," went on Miriam, "for the blossom he had gathered, could not bear the transplanting, even though the garden was the home of a king, and so it came to pass that when her child was born, Grunheld, in a delirium of fever, that followed the hours of pain, talked in the language of a strange people, and one, who stood near--the great physician of the realm, a man versed in many tongues told the King,--that she spoke of an island home, over a great waste of waters, of breeze swept, rain washed hills, and then laying upon the altar, of some unknown God, chaplets of prayer,--the King's love, passed out of Mizram, and was not.--That she should not, in her journey of three thousand years, be forced to abide in the bodies of bird, beast, or reptile, the King, had her fair form, made ready, for sacred embalmment, and while the work progressed, there was no pause for breath, so thick and fast came the prayers, that the long sleep might not be broken.

the plural of “this”: the people or things near, or just mentioned

From this reading As Miriam repeated these last words, Alric bent close, and his eyes seemed to be striving, to find in her expression some thing that her words did not reveal to him.

the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject

From this reading "And when the body was wrapped, and the priestly office for the dead accomplished, they laid the young stranger, in a rock chamber, and for her comfort, filled the room with all things needful, for a soul's journey should she by chance (in spite of prayer and charm) awake.

not thin; of a specific thickness or of relatively great extent from one surface to the opposite usually in the smallest of the three solid dimensions

From this reading "It was a spring song, this last love of Tothmes the first," went on Miriam, "for the blossom he had gathered, could not bear the transplanting, even though the garden was the home of a king, and so it came to pass that when her child was born, Grunheld, in a delirium of fever, that followed the hours of pain, talked in the language of a strange people, and one, who stood near--the great physician of the realm, a man versed in many tongues told the King,--that she spoke of an island home, over a great waste of waters, of breeze swept, rain washed hills, and then laying upon the altar, of some unknown God, chaplets of prayer,--the King's love, passed out of Mizram, and was not.--That she should not, in her journey of three thousand years, be forced to abide in the bodies of bird, beast, or reptile, the King, had her fair form, made ready, for sacred embalmment, and while the work progressed, there was no pause for breath, so thick and fast came the prayers, that the long sleep might not be broken.

a special situation

From this reading As Miriam repeated these last words, Alric bent close, and his eyes seemed to be striving, to find in her expression some thing that her words did not reveal to him.

any movable possession (especially articles of clothing)

From this reading "And when the body was wrapped, and the priestly office for the dead accomplished, they laid the young stranger, in a rock chamber, and for her comfort, filled the room with all things needful, for a soul's journey should she by chance (in spite of prayer and charm) awake.

used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned

From this reading "It was a spring song, this last love of Tothmes the first," went on Miriam, "for the blossom he had gathered, could not bear the transplanting, even though the garden was the home of a king, and so it came to pass that when her child was born, Grunheld, in a delirium of fever, that followed the hours of pain, talked in the language of a strange people, and one, who stood near--the great physician of the realm, a man versed in many tongues told the King,--that she spoke of an island home, over a great waste of waters, of breeze swept, rain washed hills, and then laying upon the altar, of some unknown God, chaplets of prayer,--the King's love, passed out of Mizram, and was not.--That she should not, in her journey of three thousand years, be forced to abide in the bodies of bird, beast, or reptile, the King, had her fair form, made ready, for sacred embalmment, and while the work progressed, there was no pause for breath, so thick and fast came the prayers, that the long sleep might not be broken.

in spite of the fact that

From this reading "It was a spring song, this last love of Tothmes the first," went on Miriam, "for the blossom he had gathered, could not bear the transplanting, even though the garden was the home of a king, and so it came to pass that when her child was born, Grunheld, in a delirium of fever, that followed the hours of pain, talked in the language of a strange people, and one, who stood near--the great physician of the realm, a man versed in many tongues told the King,--that she spoke of an island home, over a great waste of waters, of breeze swept, rain washed hills, and then laying upon the altar, of some unknown God, chaplets of prayer,--the King's love, passed out of Mizram, and was not.--That she should not, in her journey of three thousand years, be forced to abide in the bodies of bird, beast, or reptile, the King, had her fair form, made ready, for sacred embalmment, and while the work progressed, there was no pause for breath, so thick and fast came the prayers, that the long sleep might not be broken.

the cardinal number that is the product of 10 and 100

From this reading "It was a spring song, this last love of Tothmes the first," went on Miriam, "for the blossom he had gathered, could not bear the transplanting, even though the garden was the home of a king, and so it came to pass that when her child was born, Grunheld, in a delirium of fever, that followed the hours of pain, talked in the language of a strange people, and one, who stood near--the great physician of the realm, a man versed in many tongues told the King,--that she spoke of an island home, over a great waste of waters, of breeze swept, rain washed hills, and then laying upon the altar, of some unknown God, chaplets of prayer,--the King's love, passed out of Mizram, and was not.--That she should not, in her journey of three thousand years, be forced to abide in the bodies of bird, beast, or reptile, the King, had her fair form, made ready, for sacred embalmment, and while the work progressed, there was no pause for breath, so thick and fast came the prayers, that the long sleep might not be broken.

the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one and one

From this reading "It was a spring song, this last love of Tothmes the first," went on Miriam, "for the blossom he had gathered, could not bear the transplanting, even though the garden was the home of a king, and so it came to pass that when her child was born, Grunheld, in a delirium of fever, that followed the hours of pain, talked in the language of a strange people, and one, who stood near--the great physician of the realm, a man versed in many tongues told the King,--that she spoke of an island home, over a great waste of waters, of breeze swept, rain washed hills, and then laying upon the altar, of some unknown God, chaplets of prayer,--the King's love, passed out of Mizram, and was not.--That she should not, in her journey of three thousand years, be forced to abide in the bodies of bird, beast, or reptile, the King, had her fair form, made ready, for sacred embalmment, and while the work progressed, there was no pause for breath, so thick and fast came the prayers, that the long sleep might not be broken.

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

From this reading As Miriam repeated these last words, Alric bent close, and his eyes seemed to be striving, to find in her expression some thing that her words did not reveal to him.

inflected form of “tell” — express in words

From this reading "It was a spring song, this last love of Tothmes the first," went on Miriam, "for the blossom he had gathered, could not bear the transplanting, even though the garden was the home of a king, and so it came to pass that when her child was born, Grunheld, in a delirium of fever, that followed the hours of pain, talked in the language of a strange people, and one, who stood near--the great physician of the realm, a man versed in many tongues told the King,--that she spoke of an island home, over a great waste of waters, of breeze swept, rain washed hills, and then laying upon the altar, of some unknown God, chaplets of prayer,--the King's love, passed out of Mizram, and was not.--That she should not, in her journey of three thousand years, be forced to abide in the bodies of bird, beast, or reptile, the King, had her fair form, made ready, for sacred embalmment, and while the work progressed, there was no pause for breath, so thick and fast came the prayers, that the long sleep might not be broken.

plural of “tongue” — a mobile mass of muscular tissue covered with mucous membrane and located in the oral cavity

From this reading "It was a spring song, this last love of Tothmes the first," went on Miriam, "for the blossom he had gathered, could not bear the transplanting, even though the garden was the home of a king, and so it came to pass that when her child was born, Grunheld, in a delirium of fever, that followed the hours of pain, talked in the language of a strange people, and one, who stood near--the great physician of the realm, a man versed in many tongues told the King,--that she spoke of an island home, over a great waste of waters, of breeze swept, rain washed hills, and then laying upon the altar, of some unknown God, chaplets of prayer,--the King's love, passed out of Mizram, and was not.--That she should not, in her journey of three thousand years, be forced to abide in the bodies of bird, beast, or reptile, the King, had her fair form, made ready, for sacred embalmment, and while the work progressed, there was no pause for breath, so thick and fast came the prayers, that the long sleep might not be broken.

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From this reading "It was a spring song, this last love of Tothmes the first," went on Miriam, "for the blossom he had gathered, could not bear the transplanting, even though the garden was the home of a king, and so it came to pass that when her child was born, Grunheld, in a delirium of fever, that followed the hours of pain, talked in the language of a strange people, and one, who stood near--the great physician of the realm, a man versed in many tongues told the King,--that she spoke of an island home, over a great waste of waters, of breeze swept, rain washed hills, and then laying upon the altar, of some unknown God, chaplets of prayer,--the King's love, passed out of Mizram, and was not.--That she should not, in her journey of three thousand years, be forced to abide in the bodies of bird, beast, or reptile, the King, had her fair form, made ready, for sacred embalmment, and while the work progressed, there was no pause for breath, so thick and fast came the prayers, that the long sleep might not be broken.

the act of removing something from one location and introducing it in another location

From this reading "It was a spring song, this last love of Tothmes the first," went on Miriam, "for the blossom he had gathered, could not bear the transplanting, even though the garden was the home of a king, and so it came to pass that when her child was born, Grunheld, in a delirium of fever, that followed the hours of pain, talked in the language of a strange people, and one, who stood near--the great physician of the realm, a man versed in many tongues told the King,--that she spoke of an island home, over a great waste of waters, of breeze swept, rain washed hills, and then laying upon the altar, of some unknown God, chaplets of prayer,--the King's love, passed out of Mizram, and was not.--That she should not, in her journey of three thousand years, be forced to abide in the bodies of bird, beast, or reptile, the King, had her fair form, made ready, for sacred embalmment, and while the work progressed, there was no pause for breath, so thick and fast came the prayers, that the long sleep might not be broken.

moved around an axis or center

From this reading "Then all that human love could do, being accomplished, the King turned him to his motherless child, Hatsu.

not known

From this reading "It was a spring song, this last love of Tothmes the first," went on Miriam, "for the blossom he had gathered, could not bear the transplanting, even though the garden was the home of a king, and so it came to pass that when her child was born, Grunheld, in a delirium of fever, that followed the hours of pain, talked in the language of a strange people, and one, who stood near--the great physician of the realm, a man versed in many tongues told the King,--that she spoke of an island home, over a great waste of waters, of breeze swept, rain washed hills, and then laying upon the altar, of some unknown God, chaplets of prayer,--the King's love, passed out of Mizram, and was not.--That she should not, in her journey of three thousand years, be forced to abide in the bodies of bird, beast, or reptile, the King, had her fair form, made ready, for sacred embalmment, and while the work progressed, there was no pause for breath, so thick and fast came the prayers, that the long sleep might not be broken.

a formal word for “on”

From this reading "'That night the white slave slept upon the King of Egypt's breast and the boy (her brother) the king in his pleasure, made such provision for that he was safe and happy evermore.'"

an injectable form of benzodiazepine (trade name Versed) useful for sedation and for reducing pain during uncomfortable medical procedures

From this reading "It was a spring song, this last love of Tothmes the first," went on Miriam, "for the blossom he had gathered, could not bear the transplanting, even though the garden was the home of a king, and so it came to pass that when her child was born, Grunheld, in a delirium of fever, that followed the hours of pain, talked in the language of a strange people, and one, who stood near--the great physician of the realm, a man versed in many tongues told the King,--that she spoke of an island home, over a great waste of waters, of breeze swept, rain washed hills, and then laying upon the altar, of some unknown God, chaplets of prayer,--the King's love, passed out of Mizram, and was not.--That she should not, in her journey of three thousand years, be forced to abide in the bodies of bird, beast, or reptile, the King, had her fair form, made ready, for sacred embalmment, and while the work progressed, there was no pause for breath, so thick and fast came the prayers, that the long sleep might not be broken.

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

From this reading "'That night the white slave slept upon the King of Egypt's breast and the boy (her brother) the king in his pleasure, made such provision for that he was safe and happy evermore.'"

clean by virtue of having been washed in water

From this reading "It was a spring song, this last love of Tothmes the first," went on Miriam, "for the blossom he had gathered, could not bear the transplanting, even though the garden was the home of a king, and so it came to pass that when her child was born, Grunheld, in a delirium of fever, that followed the hours of pain, talked in the language of a strange people, and one, who stood near--the great physician of the realm, a man versed in many tongues told the King,--that she spoke of an island home, over a great waste of waters, of breeze swept, rain washed hills, and then laying upon the altar, of some unknown God, chaplets of prayer,--the King's love, passed out of Mizram, and was not.--That she should not, in her journey of three thousand years, be forced to abide in the bodies of bird, beast, or reptile, the King, had her fair form, made ready, for sacred embalmment, and while the work progressed, there was no pause for breath, so thick and fast came the prayers, that the long sleep might not be broken.

any materials unused and rejected as worthless or unwanted

From this reading "It was a spring song, this last love of Tothmes the first," went on Miriam, "for the blossom he had gathered, could not bear the transplanting, even though the garden was the home of a king, and so it came to pass that when her child was born, Grunheld, in a delirium of fever, that followed the hours of pain, talked in the language of a strange people, and one, who stood near--the great physician of the realm, a man versed in many tongues told the King,--that she spoke of an island home, over a great waste of waters, of breeze swept, rain washed hills, and then laying upon the altar, of some unknown God, chaplets of prayer,--the King's love, passed out of Mizram, and was not.--That she should not, in her journey of three thousand years, be forced to abide in the bodies of bird, beast, or reptile, the King, had her fair form, made ready, for sacred embalmment, and while the work progressed, there was no pause for breath, so thick and fast came the prayers, that the long sleep might not be broken.

United States actress and singer (1896-1977)

From this reading "It was a spring song, this last love of Tothmes the first," went on Miriam, "for the blossom he had gathered, could not bear the transplanting, even though the garden was the home of a king, and so it came to pass that when her child was born, Grunheld, in a delirium of fever, that followed the hours of pain, talked in the language of a strange people, and one, who stood near--the great physician of the realm, a man versed in many tongues told the King,--that she spoke of an island home, over a great waste of waters, of breeze swept, rain washed hills, and then laying upon the altar, of some unknown God, chaplets of prayer,--the King's love, passed out of Mizram, and was not.--That she should not, in her journey of three thousand years, be forced to abide in the bodies of bird, beast, or reptile, the King, had her fair form, made ready, for sacred embalmment, and while the work progressed, there was no pause for breath, so thick and fast came the prayers, that the long sleep might not be broken.

inflected form of “go” — change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically

From this reading "It was a spring song, this last love of Tothmes the first," went on Miriam, "for the blossom he had gathered, could not bear the transplanting, even though the garden was the home of a king, and so it came to pass that when her child was born, Grunheld, in a delirium of fever, that followed the hours of pain, talked in the language of a strange people, and one, who stood near--the great physician of the realm, a man versed in many tongues told the King,--that she spoke of an island home, over a great waste of waters, of breeze swept, rain washed hills, and then laying upon the altar, of some unknown God, chaplets of prayer,--the King's love, passed out of Mizram, and was not.--That she should not, in her journey of three thousand years, be forced to abide in the bodies of bird, beast, or reptile, the King, had her fair form, made ready, for sacred embalmment, and while the work progressed, there was no pause for breath, so thick and fast came the prayers, that the long sleep might not be broken.

at the time that

From this reading "It was a spring song, this last love of Tothmes the first," went on Miriam, "for the blossom he had gathered, could not bear the transplanting, even though the garden was the home of a king, and so it came to pass that when her child was born, Grunheld, in a delirium of fever, that followed the hours of pain, talked in the language of a strange people, and one, who stood near--the great physician of the realm, a man versed in many tongues told the King,--that she spoke of an island home, over a great waste of waters, of breeze swept, rain washed hills, and then laying upon the altar, of some unknown God, chaplets of prayer,--the King's love, passed out of Mizram, and was not.--That she should not, in her journey of three thousand years, be forced to abide in the bodies of bird, beast, or reptile, the King, had her fair form, made ready, for sacred embalmment, and while the work progressed, there was no pause for breath, so thick and fast came the prayers, that the long sleep might not be broken.

during the time that

From this reading "It was a spring song, this last love of Tothmes the first," went on Miriam, "for the blossom he had gathered, could not bear the transplanting, even though the garden was the home of a king, and so it came to pass that when her child was born, Grunheld, in a delirium of fever, that followed the hours of pain, talked in the language of a strange people, and one, who stood near--the great physician of the realm, a man versed in many tongues told the King,--that she spoke of an island home, over a great waste of waters, of breeze swept, rain washed hills, and then laying upon the altar, of some unknown God, chaplets of prayer,--the King's love, passed out of Mizram, and was not.--That she should not, in her journey of three thousand years, be forced to abide in the bodies of bird, beast, or reptile, the King, had her fair form, made ready, for sacred embalmment, and while the work progressed, there was no pause for breath, so thick and fast came the prayers, that the long sleep might not be broken.

a Caucasian

From this reading "'That night the white slave slept upon the King of Egypt's breast and the boy (her brother) the king in his pleasure, made such provision for that he was safe and happy evermore.'"

which person or people

From this reading "It was a spring song, this last love of Tothmes the first," went on Miriam, "for the blossom he had gathered, could not bear the transplanting, even though the garden was the home of a king, and so it came to pass that when her child was born, Grunheld, in a delirium of fever, that followed the hours of pain, talked in the language of a strange people, and one, who stood near--the great physician of the realm, a man versed in many tongues told the King,--that she spoke of an island home, over a great waste of waters, of breeze swept, rain washed hills, and then laying upon the altar, of some unknown God, chaplets of prayer,--the King's love, passed out of Mizram, and was not.--That she should not, in her journey of three thousand years, be forced to abide in the bodies of bird, beast, or reptile, the King, had her fair form, made ready, for sacred embalmment, and while the work progressed, there was no pause for breath, so thick and fast came the prayers, that the long sleep might not be broken.

in the company of; together with

From this reading "And when the body was wrapped, and the priestly office for the dead accomplished, they laid the young stranger, in a rock chamber, and for her comfort, filled the room with all things needful, for a soul's journey should she by chance (in spite of prayer and charm) awake.

the words that are spoken

From this reading As Miriam repeated these last words, Alric bent close, and his eyes seemed to be striving, to find in her expression some thing that her words did not reveal to him.

exert oneself by doing mental or physical work for a purpose or out of necessity

From this reading "It was a spring song, this last love of Tothmes the first," went on Miriam, "for the blossom he had gathered, could not bear the transplanting, even though the garden was the home of a king, and so it came to pass that when her child was born, Grunheld, in a delirium of fever, that followed the hours of pain, talked in the language of a strange people, and one, who stood near--the great physician of the realm, a man versed in many tongues told the King,--that she spoke of an island home, over a great waste of waters, of breeze swept, rain washed hills, and then laying upon the altar, of some unknown God, chaplets of prayer,--the King's love, passed out of Mizram, and was not.--That she should not, in her journey of three thousand years, be forced to abide in the bodies of bird, beast, or reptile, the King, had her fair form, made ready, for sacred embalmment, and while the work progressed, there was no pause for breath, so thick and fast came the prayers, that the long sleep might not be broken.

covered with or as if with clothes or a wrap or cloak

From this reading "And when the body was wrapped, and the priestly office for the dead accomplished, they laid the young stranger, in a rock chamber, and for her comfort, filled the room with all things needful, for a soul's journey should she by chance (in spite of prayer and charm) awake.

a late time of life

From this reading "It was a spring song, this last love of Tothmes the first," went on Miriam, "for the blossom he had gathered, could not bear the transplanting, even though the garden was the home of a king, and so it came to pass that when her child was born, Grunheld, in a delirium of fever, that followed the hours of pain, talked in the language of a strange people, and one, who stood near--the great physician of the realm, a man versed in many tongues told the King,--that she spoke of an island home, over a great waste of waters, of breeze swept, rain washed hills, and then laying upon the altar, of some unknown God, chaplets of prayer,--the King's love, passed out of Mizram, and was not.--That she should not, in her journey of three thousand years, be forced to abide in the bodies of bird, beast, or reptile, the King, had her fair form, made ready, for sacred embalmment, and while the work progressed, there was no pause for breath, so thick and fast came the prayers, that the long sleep might not be broken.

(used of living things especially persons) in an early period of life or development or growth

From this reading "And when the body was wrapped, and the priestly office for the dead accomplished, they laid the young stranger, in a rock chamber, and for her comfort, filled the room with all things needful, for a soul's journey should she by chance (in spite of prayer and charm) awake.