Chapter XII · Chapter 12

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From this reading If the aspect of London society has changed greatly since Margaret's visit there in 1846, the Paris which she saw that winter may be said to exist no longer, so completely is its physiognomy transformed by the events of the last thirty-seven years.

-ing form of “admire” — feel admiration for

From this reading De Balzac, Eugène Sue, Dumas _père_, and Béranger then lived and moved among admiring friends.

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From this reading PARIS.--MARGARET'S RECEPTION THERE.--GEORGE SAND.--CHOPIN.--RACHEL.--LAMENNAIS.--BÉRANGER.--CHAMBER OF DEPUTIES.--BERRYER.--BALL AT THE TUILERIES.--ITALIAN OPERA.--ALEXANDRE VATTEMARE.--SCHOOLS AND REFORMATORIES.--JOURNEY TO MARSEILLES.--GENOA.--LEGHORN.--NAPLES.--ROME.

surrounded by; in the middle of a group

From this reading De Balzac, Eugène Sue, Dumas _père_, and Béranger then lived and moved among admiring friends.

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

From this reading PARIS.--MARGARET'S RECEPTION THERE.--GEORGE SAND.--CHOPIN.--RACHEL.--LAMENNAIS.--BÉRANGER.--CHAMBER OF DEPUTIES.--BERRYER.--BALL AT THE TUILERIES.--ITALIAN OPERA.--ALEXANDRE VATTEMARE.--SCHOOLS AND REFORMATORIES.--JOURNEY TO MARSEILLES.--GENOA.--LEGHORN.--NAPLES.--ROME.

a distinct feature or element in a problem

From this reading If the aspect of London society has changed greatly since Margaret's visit there in 1846, the Paris which she saw that winter may be said to exist no longer, so completely is its physiognomy transformed by the events of the last thirty-seven years.

in or near a particular place or position

From this reading PARIS.--MARGARET'S RECEPTION THERE.--GEORGE SAND.--CHOPIN.--RACHEL.--LAMENNAIS.--BÉRANGER.--CHAMBER OF DEPUTIES.--BERRYER.--BALL AT THE TUILERIES.--ITALIAN OPERA.--ALEXANDRE VATTEMARE.--SCHOOLS AND REFORMATORIES.--JOURNEY TO MARSEILLES.--GENOA.--LEGHORN.--NAPLES.--ROME.

round object that is hit or thrown or kicked in games

From this reading PARIS.--MARGARET'S RECEPTION THERE.--GEORGE SAND.--CHOPIN.--RACHEL.--LAMENNAIS.--BÉRANGER.--CHAMBER OF DEPUTIES.--BERRYER.--BALL AT THE TUILERIES.--ITALIAN OPERA.--ALEXANDRE VATTEMARE.--SCHOOLS AND REFORMATORIES.--JOURNEY TO MARSEILLES.--GENOA.--LEGHORN.--NAPLES.--ROME.

French novelist; he portrays the complexity of 19th century French society (1799-1850)

From this reading De Balzac, Eugène Sue, Dumas _père_, and Béranger then lived and moved among admiring friends.

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

From this reading If the aspect of London society has changed greatly since Margaret's visit there in 1846, the Paris which she saw that winter may be said to exist no longer, so completely is its physiognomy transformed by the events of the last thirty-seven years.

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From this reading PARIS.--MARGARET'S RECEPTION THERE.--GEORGE SAND.--CHOPIN.--RACHEL.--LAMENNAIS.--BÉRANGER.--CHAMBER OF DEPUTIES.--BERRYER.--BALL AT THE TUILERIES.--ITALIAN OPERA.--ALEXANDRE VATTEMARE.--SCHOOLS AND REFORMATORIES.--JOURNEY TO MARSEILLES.--GENOA.--LEGHORN.--NAPLES.--ROME.

showing who or what does the action

From this reading If the aspect of London society has changed greatly since Margaret's visit there in 1846, the Paris which she saw that winter may be said to exist no longer, so completely is its physiognomy transformed by the events of the last thirty-seven years.

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From this reading PARIS.--MARGARET'S RECEPTION THERE.--GEORGE SAND.--CHOPIN.--RACHEL.--LAMENNAIS.--BÉRANGER.--CHAMBER OF DEPUTIES.--BERRYER.--BALL AT THE TUILERIES.--ITALIAN OPERA.--ALEXANDRE VATTEMARE.--SCHOOLS AND REFORMATORIES.--JOURNEY TO MARSEILLES.--GENOA.--LEGHORN.--NAPLES.--ROME.

a natural or artificial enclosed space

From this reading PARIS.--MARGARET'S RECEPTION THERE.--GEORGE SAND.--CHOPIN.--RACHEL.--LAMENNAIS.--BÉRANGER.--CHAMBER OF DEPUTIES.--BERRYER.--BALL AT THE TUILERIES.--ITALIAN OPERA.--ALEXANDRE VATTEMARE.--SCHOOLS AND REFORMATORIES.--JOURNEY TO MARSEILLES.--GENOA.--LEGHORN.--NAPLES.--ROME.

made or become different in nature or form

From this reading If the aspect of London society has changed greatly since Margaret's visit there in 1846, the Paris which she saw that winter may be said to exist no longer, so completely is its physiognomy transformed by the events of the last thirty-seven years.

the music of Chopin

From this reading PARIS.--MARGARET'S RECEPTION THERE.--GEORGE SAND.--CHOPIN.--RACHEL.--LAMENNAIS.--BÉRANGER.--CHAMBER OF DEPUTIES.--BERRYER.--BALL AT THE TUILERIES.--ITALIAN OPERA.--ALEXANDRE VATTEMARE.--SCHOOLS AND REFORMATORIES.--JOURNEY TO MARSEILLES.--GENOA.--LEGHORN.--NAPLES.--ROME.

to a complete degree or to the full or entire extent (“whole” is often used informally for “wholly”)

From this reading If the aspect of London society has changed greatly since Margaret's visit there in 1846, the Paris which she saw that winter may be said to exist no longer, so completely is its physiognomy transformed by the events of the last thirty-seven years.

third-person singular of “correspond” — be compatible, similar or consistent; coincide in their characteristics

From this reading Like London, Paris had then some gems of the first water, to which nothing in the present day corresponds.

time for Earth to make a complete rotation on its axis

From this reading Like London, Paris had then some gems of the first water, to which nothing in the present day corresponds.

a Mid-Atlantic state; one of the original 13 colonies

From this reading De Balzac, Eugène Sue, Dumas _père_, and Béranger then lived and moved among admiring friends.

plural of “deputy” — someone authorized to exercise the powers of sheriff in emergencies

From this reading PARIS.--MARGARET'S RECEPTION THERE.--GEORGE SAND.--CHOPIN.--RACHEL.--LAMENNAIS.--BÉRANGER.--CHAMBER OF DEPUTIES.--BERRYER.--BALL AT THE TUILERIES.--ITALIAN OPERA.--ALEXANDRE VATTEMARE.--SCHOOLS AND REFORMATORIES.--JOURNEY TO MARSEILLES.--GENOA.--LEGHORN.--NAPLES.--ROME.

a particular environment or walk of life

From this reading Rachel was then queen of its tragic stage, George Sand supreme in its literary domain.

French writer remembered for his swashbuckling historical tales (1802-1870)

From this reading De Balzac, Eugène Sue, Dumas _père_, and Béranger then lived and moved among admiring friends.

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From this reading De Balzac, Eugène Sue, Dumas _père_, and Béranger then lived and moved among admiring friends.

plural of “event” — something that happens at a given place and time

From this reading If the aspect of London society has changed greatly since Margaret's visit there in 1846, the Paris which she saw that winter may be said to exist no longer, so completely is its physiognomy transformed by the events of the last thirty-seven years.

have an existence, be extant

From this reading If the aspect of London society has changed greatly since Margaret's visit there in 1846, the Paris which she saw that winter may be said to exist no longer, so completely is its physiognomy transformed by the events of the last thirty-seven years.

preceding all others in time or space or degree

From this reading Like London, Paris had then some gems of the first water, to which nothing in the present day corresponds.

plural of “friend” — a person you know well and regard with affection and trust

From this reading De Balzac, Eugène Sue, Dumas _père_, and Béranger then lived and moved among admiring friends.

plural of “gem” — art highly prized for its beauty or perfection

From this reading Like London, Paris had then some gems of the first water, to which nothing in the present day corresponds.

a seaport in northwestern Italy; provincial capital of Liguria

From this reading PARIS.--MARGARET'S RECEPTION THERE.--GEORGE SAND.--CHOPIN.--RACHEL.--LAMENNAIS.--BÉRANGER.--CHAMBER OF DEPUTIES.--BERRYER.--BALL AT THE TUILERIES.--ITALIAN OPERA.--ALEXANDRE VATTEMARE.--SCHOOLS AND REFORMATORIES.--JOURNEY TO MARSEILLES.--GENOA.--LEGHORN.--NAPLES.--ROME.

Christian martyr; patron saint of England; hero of the legend of Saint George and the Dragon in which he slew a dragon and saved a princess (?-303)

From this reading PARIS.--MARGARET'S RECEPTION THERE.--GEORGE SAND.--CHOPIN.--RACHEL.--LAMENNAIS.--BÉRANGER.--CHAMBER OF DEPUTIES.--BERRYER.--BALL AT THE TUILERIES.--ITALIAN OPERA.--ALEXANDRE VATTEMARE.--SCHOOLS AND REFORMATORIES.--JOURNEY TO MARSEILLES.--GENOA.--LEGHORN.--NAPLES.--ROME.

to an extraordinary extent or degree

From this reading If the aspect of London society has changed greatly since Margaret's visit there in 1846, the Paris which she saw that winter may be said to exist no longer, so completely is its physiognomy transformed by the events of the last thirty-seven years.

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

From this reading Like London, Paris had then some gems of the first water, to which nothing in the present day corresponds.

the form of “have” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun

From this reading If the aspect of London society has changed greatly since Margaret's visit there in 1846, the Paris which she saw that winter may be said to exist no longer, so completely is its physiognomy transformed by the events of the last thirty-seven years.

on condition that; in the event that

From this reading If the aspect of London society has changed greatly since Margaret's visit there in 1846, the Paris which she saw that winter may be said to exist no longer, so completely is its physiognomy transformed by the events of the last thirty-seven years.

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

From this reading If the aspect of London society has changed greatly since Margaret's visit there in 1846, the Paris which she saw that winter may be said to exist no longer, so completely is its physiognomy transformed by the events of the last thirty-seven years.

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

From this reading If the aspect of London society has changed greatly since Margaret's visit there in 1846, the Paris which she saw that winter may be said to exist no longer, so completely is its physiognomy transformed by the events of the last thirty-seven years.

a native or inhabitant of Italy

From this reading PARIS.--MARGARET'S RECEPTION THERE.--GEORGE SAND.--CHOPIN.--RACHEL.--LAMENNAIS.--BÉRANGER.--CHAMBER OF DEPUTIES.--BERRYER.--BALL AT THE TUILERIES.--ITALIAN OPERA.--ALEXANDRE VATTEMARE.--SCHOOLS AND REFORMATORIES.--JOURNEY TO MARSEILLES.--GENOA.--LEGHORN.--NAPLES.--ROME.

belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned

From this reading If the aspect of London society has changed greatly since Margaret's visit there in 1846, the Paris which she saw that winter may be said to exist no longer, so completely is its physiognomy transformed by the events of the last thirty-seven years.

undertake a journey or trip

From this reading PARIS.--MARGARET'S RECEPTION THERE.--GEORGE SAND.--CHOPIN.--RACHEL.--LAMENNAIS.--BÉRANGER.--CHAMBER OF DEPUTIES.--BERRYER.--BALL AT THE TUILERIES.--ITALIAN OPERA.--ALEXANDRE VATTEMARE.--SCHOOLS AND REFORMATORIES.--JOURNEY TO MARSEILLES.--GENOA.--LEGHORN.--NAPLES.--ROME.

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From this reading PARIS.--MARGARET'S RECEPTION THERE.--GEORGE SAND.--CHOPIN.--RACHEL.--LAMENNAIS.--BÉRANGER.--CHAMBER OF DEPUTIES.--BERRYER.--BALL AT THE TUILERIES.--ITALIAN OPERA.--ALEXANDRE VATTEMARE.--SCHOOLS AND REFORMATORIES.--JOURNEY TO MARSEILLES.--GENOA.--LEGHORN.--NAPLES.--ROME.

immediately past

From this reading If the aspect of London society has changed greatly since Margaret's visit there in 1846, the Paris which she saw that winter may be said to exist no longer, so completely is its physiognomy transformed by the events of the last thirty-seven years.

a stiff hat made of straw with a flat crown

From this reading PARIS.--MARGARET'S RECEPTION THERE.--GEORGE SAND.--CHOPIN.--RACHEL.--LAMENNAIS.--BÉRANGER.--CHAMBER OF DEPUTIES.--BERRYER.--BALL AT THE TUILERIES.--ITALIAN OPERA.--ALEXANDRE VATTEMARE.--SCHOOLS AND REFORMATORIES.--JOURNEY TO MARSEILLES.--GENOA.--LEGHORN.--NAPLES.--ROME.

prefer or wish to do something

From this reading Like London, Paris had then some gems of the first water, to which nothing in the present day corresponds.

of or relating to or characteristic of literature

From this reading Rachel was then queen of its tragic stage, George Sand supreme in its literary domain.

past form of “live” — be an inhabitant of or reside in

From this reading De Balzac, Eugène Sue, Dumas _père_, and Béranger then lived and moved among admiring friends.

the capital and largest city of England; located on the Thames in southeastern England; financial and industrial and cultural center

From this reading If the aspect of London society has changed greatly since Margaret's visit there in 1846, the Paris which she saw that winter may be said to exist no longer, so completely is its physiognomy transformed by the events of the last thirty-seven years.

for more time

From this reading If the aspect of London society has changed greatly since Margaret's visit there in 1846, the Paris which she saw that winter may be said to exist no longer, so completely is its physiognomy transformed by the events of the last thirty-seven years.

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From this reading PARIS.--MARGARET'S RECEPTION THERE.--GEORGE SAND.--CHOPIN.--RACHEL.--LAMENNAIS.--BÉRANGER.--CHAMBER OF DEPUTIES.--BERRYER.--BALL AT THE TUILERIES.--ITALIAN OPERA.--ALEXANDRE VATTEMARE.--SCHOOLS AND REFORMATORIES.--JOURNEY TO MARSEILLES.--GENOA.--LEGHORN.--NAPLES.--ROME.

a port city in southeastern France on the Mediterranean

From this reading PARIS.--MARGARET'S RECEPTION THERE.--GEORGE SAND.--CHOPIN.--RACHEL.--LAMENNAIS.--BÉRANGER.--CHAMBER OF DEPUTIES.--BERRYER.--BALL AT THE TUILERIES.--ITALIAN OPERA.--ALEXANDRE VATTEMARE.--SCHOOLS AND REFORMATORIES.--JOURNEY TO MARSEILLES.--GENOA.--LEGHORN.--NAPLES.--ROME.

used to say something is possible, or to give permission

From this reading If the aspect of London society has changed greatly since Margaret's visit there in 1846, the Paris which she saw that winter may be said to exist no longer, so completely is its physiognomy transformed by the events of the last thirty-seven years.

being excited or provoked to the expression of an emotion

From this reading De Balzac, Eugène Sue, Dumas _père_, and Béranger then lived and moved among admiring friends.

a port and tourist center in southwestern Italy; capital of the Campania region

From this reading PARIS.--MARGARET'S RECEPTION THERE.--GEORGE SAND.--CHOPIN.--RACHEL.--LAMENNAIS.--BÉRANGER.--CHAMBER OF DEPUTIES.--BERRYER.--BALL AT THE TUILERIES.--ITALIAN OPERA.--ALEXANDRE VATTEMARE.--SCHOOLS AND REFORMATORIES.--JOURNEY TO MARSEILLES.--GENOA.--LEGHORN.--NAPLES.--ROME.

not any; not one

From this reading If the aspect of London society has changed greatly since Margaret's visit there in 1846, the Paris which she saw that winter may be said to exist no longer, so completely is its physiognomy transformed by the events of the last thirty-seven years.

not one thing; not anything

From this reading Like London, Paris had then some gems of the first water, to which nothing in the present day corresponds.

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

From this reading PARIS.--MARGARET'S RECEPTION THERE.--GEORGE SAND.--CHOPIN.--RACHEL.--LAMENNAIS.--BÉRANGER.--CHAMBER OF DEPUTIES.--BERRYER.--BALL AT THE TUILERIES.--ITALIAN OPERA.--ALEXANDRE VATTEMARE.--SCHOOLS AND REFORMATORIES.--JOURNEY TO MARSEILLES.--GENOA.--LEGHORN.--NAPLES.--ROME.

a drama set to music; consists of singing with orchestral accompaniment and an orchestral overture and interludes

From this reading PARIS.--MARGARET'S RECEPTION THERE.--GEORGE SAND.--CHOPIN.--RACHEL.--LAMENNAIS.--BÉRANGER.--CHAMBER OF DEPUTIES.--BERRYER.--BALL AT THE TUILERIES.--ITALIAN OPERA.--ALEXANDRE VATTEMARE.--SCHOOLS AND REFORMATORIES.--JOURNEY TO MARSEILLES.--GENOA.--LEGHORN.--NAPLES.--ROME.

the capital and largest city of France; and international center of culture and commerce

From this reading PARIS.--MARGARET'S RECEPTION THERE.--GEORGE SAND.--CHOPIN.--RACHEL.--LAMENNAIS.--BÉRANGER.--CHAMBER OF DEPUTIES.--BERRYER.--BALL AT THE TUILERIES.--ITALIAN OPERA.--ALEXANDRE VATTEMARE.--SCHOOLS AND REFORMATORIES.--JOURNEY TO MARSEILLES.--GENOA.--LEGHORN.--NAPLES.--ROME.

the human face (“kisser” and “smiler” and “mug” are informal terms for “face” and “phiz” is British)

From this reading If the aspect of London society has changed greatly since Margaret's visit there in 1846, the Paris which she saw that winter may be said to exist no longer, so completely is its physiognomy transformed by the events of the last thirty-seven years.

give an exhibition of to an interested audience

From this reading Like London, Paris had then some gems of the first water, to which nothing in the present day corresponds.

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From this reading De Balzac, Eugène Sue, Dumas _père_, and Béranger then lived and moved among admiring friends.

the only fertile female in a colony of social insects such as bees and ants and termites; its function is to lay eggs

From this reading Rachel was then queen of its tragic stage, George Sand supreme in its literary domain.

(Old Testament) the second wife of Jacob and mother of Joseph and Benjamin

From this reading PARIS.--MARGARET'S RECEPTION THERE.--GEORGE SAND.--CHOPIN.--RACHEL.--LAMENNAIS.--BÉRANGER.--CHAMBER OF DEPUTIES.--BERRYER.--BALL AT THE TUILERIES.--ITALIAN OPERA.--ALEXANDRE VATTEMARE.--SCHOOLS AND REFORMATORIES.--JOURNEY TO MARSEILLES.--GENOA.--LEGHORN.--NAPLES.--ROME.

the manner in which something is greeted

From this reading PARIS.--MARGARET'S RECEPTION THERE.--GEORGE SAND.--CHOPIN.--RACHEL.--LAMENNAIS.--BÉRANGER.--CHAMBER OF DEPUTIES.--BERRYER.--BALL AT THE TUILERIES.--ITALIAN OPERA.--ALEXANDRE VATTEMARE.--SCHOOLS AND REFORMATORIES.--JOURNEY TO MARSEILLES.--GENOA.--LEGHORN.--NAPLES.--ROME.

plural of “reformatory” — correctional institution for the detention and discipline and training of young or first offenders

From this reading PARIS.--MARGARET'S RECEPTION THERE.--GEORGE SAND.--CHOPIN.--RACHEL.--LAMENNAIS.--BÉRANGER.--CHAMBER OF DEPUTIES.--BERRYER.--BALL AT THE TUILERIES.--ITALIAN OPERA.--ALEXANDRE VATTEMARE.--SCHOOLS AND REFORMATORIES.--JOURNEY TO MARSEILLES.--GENOA.--LEGHORN.--NAPLES.--ROME.

capital and largest city of Italy; on the Tiber; seat of the Roman Catholic Church; formerly the capital of the Roman Republic and the Roman Empire

From this reading PARIS.--MARGARET'S RECEPTION THERE.--GEORGE SAND.--CHOPIN.--RACHEL.--LAMENNAIS.--BÉRANGER.--CHAMBER OF DEPUTIES.--BERRYER.--BALL AT THE TUILERIES.--ITALIAN OPERA.--ALEXANDRE VATTEMARE.--SCHOOLS AND REFORMATORIES.--JOURNEY TO MARSEILLES.--GENOA.--LEGHORN.--NAPLES.--ROME.

being the one previously mentioned or spoken of

From this reading If the aspect of London society has changed greatly since Margaret's visit there in 1846, the Paris which she saw that winter may be said to exist no longer, so completely is its physiognomy transformed by the events of the last thirty-seven years.

a loose material consisting of grains of rock or coral

From this reading PARIS.--MARGARET'S RECEPTION THERE.--GEORGE SAND.--CHOPIN.--RACHEL.--LAMENNAIS.--BÉRANGER.--CHAMBER OF DEPUTIES.--BERRYER.--BALL AT THE TUILERIES.--ITALIAN OPERA.--ALEXANDRE VATTEMARE.--SCHOOLS AND REFORMATORIES.--JOURNEY TO MARSEILLES.--GENOA.--LEGHORN.--NAPLES.--ROME.

cut with a saw

From this reading If the aspect of London society has changed greatly since Margaret's visit there in 1846, the Paris which she saw that winter may be said to exist no longer, so completely is its physiognomy transformed by the events of the last thirty-seven years.

plural of “school” — an educational institution

From this reading PARIS.--MARGARET'S RECEPTION THERE.--GEORGE SAND.--CHOPIN.--RACHEL.--LAMENNAIS.--BÉRANGER.--CHAMBER OF DEPUTIES.--BERRYER.--BALL AT THE TUILERIES.--ITALIAN OPERA.--ALEXANDRE VATTEMARE.--SCHOOLS AND REFORMATORIES.--JOURNEY TO MARSEILLES.--GENOA.--LEGHORN.--NAPLES.--ROME.

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

From this reading If the aspect of London society has changed greatly since Margaret's visit there in 1846, the Paris which she saw that winter may be said to exist no longer, so completely is its physiognomy transformed by the events of the last thirty-seven years.

from a time in the past until now

From this reading If the aspect of London society has changed greatly since Margaret's visit there in 1846, the Paris which she saw that winter may be said to exist no longer, so completely is its physiognomy transformed by the events of the last thirty-seven years.

for that reason; with the result that

From this reading If the aspect of London society has changed greatly since Margaret's visit there in 1846, the Paris which she saw that winter may be said to exist no longer, so completely is its physiognomy transformed by the events of the last thirty-seven years.

an extended social group having a distinctive cultural and economic organization

From this reading If the aspect of London society has changed greatly since Margaret's visit there in 1846, the Paris which she saw that winter may be said to exist no longer, so completely is its physiognomy transformed by the events of the last thirty-seven years.

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

From this reading Like London, Paris had then some gems of the first water, to which nothing in the present day corresponds.

any distinct time period in a sequence of events

From this reading Rachel was then queen of its tragic stage, George Sand supreme in its literary domain.

institute legal proceedings against; file a suit against

From this reading De Balzac, Eugène Sue, Dumas _père_, and Béranger then lived and moved among admiring friends.

final or last in your life or progress

From this reading Rachel was then queen of its tragic stage, George Sand supreme in its literary domain.

used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt

From this reading If the aspect of London society has changed greatly since Margaret's visit there in 1846, the Paris which she saw that winter may be said to exist no longer, so completely is its physiognomy transformed by the events of the last thirty-seven years.

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

From this reading PARIS.--MARGARET'S RECEPTION THERE.--GEORGE SAND.--CHOPIN.--RACHEL.--LAMENNAIS.--BÉRANGER.--CHAMBER OF DEPUTIES.--BERRYER.--BALL AT THE TUILERIES.--ITALIAN OPERA.--ALEXANDRE VATTEMARE.--SCHOOLS AND REFORMATORIES.--JOURNEY TO MARSEILLES.--GENOA.--LEGHORN.--NAPLES.--ROME.

subsequently or soon afterward (often used as sentence connectors)

From this reading Like London, Paris had then some gems of the first water, to which nothing in the present day corresponds.

in or at that place or location

From this reading PARIS.--MARGARET'S RECEPTION THERE.--GEORGE SAND.--CHOPIN.--RACHEL.--LAMENNAIS.--BÉRANGER.--CHAMBER OF DEPUTIES.--BERRYER.--BALL AT THE TUILERIES.--ITALIAN OPERA.--ALEXANDRE VATTEMARE.--SCHOOLS AND REFORMATORIES.--JOURNEY TO MARSEILLES.--GENOA.--LEGHORN.--NAPLES.--ROME.

being seven more than thirty

From this reading If the aspect of London society has changed greatly since Margaret's visit there in 1846, the Paris which she saw that winter may be said to exist no longer, so completely is its physiognomy transformed by the events of the last thirty-seven years.

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

From this reading PARIS.--MARGARET'S RECEPTION THERE.--GEORGE SAND.--CHOPIN.--RACHEL.--LAMENNAIS.--BÉRANGER.--CHAMBER OF DEPUTIES.--BERRYER.--BALL AT THE TUILERIES.--ITALIAN OPERA.--ALEXANDRE VATTEMARE.--SCHOOLS AND REFORMATORIES.--JOURNEY TO MARSEILLES.--GENOA.--LEGHORN.--NAPLES.--ROME.

very sad; especially involving grief or death or destruction

From this reading Rachel was then queen of its tragic stage, George Sand supreme in its literary domain.

given a completely different form or appearance

From this reading If the aspect of London society has changed greatly since Margaret's visit there in 1846, the Paris which she saw that winter may be said to exist no longer, so completely is its physiognomy transformed by the events of the last thirty-seven years.

palace and royal residence built for Catherine de Medicis in 1564 and burned down in 1871; all that remains today are the formal gardens

From this reading PARIS.--MARGARET'S RECEPTION THERE.--GEORGE SAND.--CHOPIN.--RACHEL.--LAMENNAIS.--BÉRANGER.--CHAMBER OF DEPUTIES.--BERRYER.--BALL AT THE TUILERIES.--ITALIAN OPERA.--ALEXANDRE VATTEMARE.--SCHOOLS AND REFORMATORIES.--JOURNEY TO MARSEILLES.--GENOA.--LEGHORN.--NAPLES.--ROME.

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From this reading PARIS.--MARGARET'S RECEPTION THERE.--GEORGE SAND.--CHOPIN.--RACHEL.--LAMENNAIS.--BÉRANGER.--CHAMBER OF DEPUTIES.--BERRYER.--BALL AT THE TUILERIES.--ITALIAN OPERA.--ALEXANDRE VATTEMARE.--SCHOOLS AND REFORMATORIES.--JOURNEY TO MARSEILLES.--GENOA.--LEGHORN.--NAPLES.--ROME.

go to see a place, as for entertainment

From this reading If the aspect of London society has changed greatly since Margaret's visit there in 1846, the Paris which she saw that winter may be said to exist no longer, so completely is its physiognomy transformed by the events of the last thirty-seven years.

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

From this reading Rachel was then queen of its tragic stage, George Sand supreme in its literary domain.

binary compound that occurs at room temperature as a clear colorless odorless tasteless liquid; freezes into ice below 0 degrees centigrade and boils above 100 degrees centigrade; widely used as a solvent

From this reading Like London, Paris had then some gems of the first water, to which nothing in the present day corresponds.

used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned

From this reading If the aspect of London society has changed greatly since Margaret's visit there in 1846, the Paris which she saw that winter may be said to exist no longer, so completely is its physiognomy transformed by the events of the last thirty-seven years.

the coldest season of the year; in the northern hemisphere it extends from the winter solstice to the vernal equinox

From this reading If the aspect of London society has changed greatly since Margaret's visit there in 1846, the Paris which she saw that winter may be said to exist no longer, so completely is its physiognomy transformed by the events of the last thirty-seven years.

a late time of life

From this reading If the aspect of London society has changed greatly since Margaret's visit there in 1846, the Paris which she saw that winter may be said to exist no longer, so completely is its physiognomy transformed by the events of the last thirty-seven years.