Chapter VII

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From this reading During the next day, the 5th of September, nothing particular occurred.

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

From this reading The journey pursued--A bivouac in a wood--Dangers of being shot--Making free with an orchard--Crossing the Oise--A mode of obtaining provisions--A cabaret and a village _fête_--Kindness of the peasantry--Petit Essigny--Wringing drenched garments, and drying them over fading embers--A miserable landlord--A change of quarters--Luxuries of a hay-loft--A Samaritan of a hostess--Wretched sufferings of Mr. Essel--Resort to another village--A kind landlord--Sympathies for deserters--“A fellow-feeling makes men wondrous kind”--The luxuries of a clean bed--Resort to another village--A motherly hostess--A lucky road-acquaintance--Virtue and happiness in humble life--The charitable baker--Dangers from sportsmen to gentlemen hiding in woods--Mr. Essel’s illness disappearing--Increased speed not always safe to fugitives--Coldness of the weather--An hospitable farmer--A French harvest-home--Hesdin--Nieuville--Étaples--Turned out of a straw-bed--A new inn, with a _gendarme_ in disguise in the kitchen--Bribing a landlord--No boat to be had--An old shepherd too cunning for a young lieutenant and midshipmen--Extreme difficulties--High hopes--Despondency and resources.

on the subject of; concerning

From this reading At night we resumed our journey, and at about eleven we came to an immensely broad road.

(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 About midnight we found ourselves all of a sudden at the beginning of a street, the buildings of which were large, and the town surrounding it appeared considerable.

at all times; all the time and on every occasion

From this reading The journey pursued--A bivouac in a wood--Dangers of being shot--Making free with an orchard--Crossing the Oise--A mode of obtaining provisions--A cabaret and a village _fête_--Kindness of the peasantry--Petit Essigny--Wringing drenched garments, and drying them over fading embers--A miserable landlord--A change of quarters--Luxuries of a hay-loft--A Samaritan of a hostess--Wretched sufferings of Mr. Essel--Resort to another village--A kind landlord--Sympathies for deserters--“A fellow-feeling makes men wondrous kind”--The luxuries of a clean bed--Resort to another village--A motherly hostess--A lucky road-acquaintance--Virtue and happiness in humble life--The charitable baker--Dangers from sportsmen to gentlemen hiding in woods--Mr. Essel’s illness disappearing--Increased speed not always safe to fugitives--Coldness of the weather--An hospitable farmer--A French harvest-home--Hesdin--Nieuville--Étaples--Turned out of a straw-bed--A new inn, with a _gendarme_ in disguise in the kitchen--Bribing a landlord--No boat to be had--An old shepherd too cunning for a young lieutenant and midshipmen--Extreme difficulties--High hopes--Despondency and resources.

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

From this reading The journey pursued--A bivouac in a wood--Dangers of being shot--Making free with an orchard--Crossing the Oise--A mode of obtaining provisions--A cabaret and a village _fête_--Kindness of the peasantry--Petit Essigny--Wringing drenched garments, and drying them over fading embers--A miserable landlord--A change of quarters--Luxuries of a hay-loft--A Samaritan of a hostess--Wretched sufferings of Mr. Essel--Resort to another village--A kind landlord--Sympathies for deserters--“A fellow-feeling makes men wondrous kind”--The luxuries of a clean bed--Resort to another village--A motherly hostess--A lucky road-acquaintance--Virtue and happiness in humble life--The charitable baker--Dangers from sportsmen to gentlemen hiding in woods--Mr. Essel’s illness disappearing--Increased speed not always safe to fugitives--Coldness of the weather--An hospitable farmer--A French harvest-home--Hesdin--Nieuville--Étaples--Turned out of a straw-bed--A new inn, with a _gendarme_ in disguise in the kitchen--Bribing a landlord--No boat to be had--An old shepherd too cunning for a young lieutenant and midshipmen--Extreme difficulties--High hopes--Despondency and resources.

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

From this reading The journey pursued--A bivouac in a wood--Dangers of being shot--Making free with an orchard--Crossing the Oise--A mode of obtaining provisions--A cabaret and a village _fête_--Kindness of the peasantry--Petit Essigny--Wringing drenched garments, and drying them over fading embers--A miserable landlord--A change of quarters--Luxuries of a hay-loft--A Samaritan of a hostess--Wretched sufferings of Mr. Essel--Resort to another village--A kind landlord--Sympathies for deserters--“A fellow-feeling makes men wondrous kind”--The luxuries of a clean bed--Resort to another village--A motherly hostess--A lucky road-acquaintance--Virtue and happiness in humble life--The charitable baker--Dangers from sportsmen to gentlemen hiding in woods--Mr. Essel’s illness disappearing--Increased speed not always safe to fugitives--Coldness of the weather--An hospitable farmer--A French harvest-home--Hesdin--Nieuville--Étaples--Turned out of a straw-bed--A new inn, with a _gendarme_ in disguise in the kitchen--Bribing a landlord--No boat to be had--An old shepherd too cunning for a young lieutenant and midshipmen--Extreme difficulties--High hopes--Despondency and resources.

one more of the same kind, or a different one

From this reading The journey pursued--A bivouac in a wood--Dangers of being shot--Making free with an orchard--Crossing the Oise--A mode of obtaining provisions--A cabaret and a village _fête_--Kindness of the peasantry--Petit Essigny--Wringing drenched garments, and drying them over fading embers--A miserable landlord--A change of quarters--Luxuries of a hay-loft--A Samaritan of a hostess--Wretched sufferings of Mr. Essel--Resort to another village--A kind landlord--Sympathies for deserters--“A fellow-feeling makes men wondrous kind”--The luxuries of a clean bed--Resort to another village--A motherly hostess--A lucky road-acquaintance--Virtue and happiness in humble life--The charitable baker--Dangers from sportsmen to gentlemen hiding in woods--Mr. Essel’s illness disappearing--Increased speed not always safe to fugitives--Coldness of the weather--An hospitable farmer--A French harvest-home--Hesdin--Nieuville--Étaples--Turned out of a straw-bed--A new inn, with a _gendarme_ in disguise in the kitchen--Bribing a landlord--No boat to be had--An old shepherd too cunning for a young lieutenant and midshipmen--Extreme difficulties--High hopes--Despondency and resources.

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

From this reading About midnight we found ourselves all of a sudden at the beginning of a street, the buildings of which were large, and the town surrounding it appeared considerable.

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

From this reading At dawn, having found a convenient wood, we concealed ourselves, as usual, during the day.

in or near a particular place or position

From this reading At dawn, having found a convenient wood, we concealed ourselves, as usual, during the day.

someone who bakes commercially

From this reading The journey pursued--A bivouac in a wood--Dangers of being shot--Making free with an orchard--Crossing the Oise--A mode of obtaining provisions--A cabaret and a village _fête_--Kindness of the peasantry--Petit Essigny--Wringing drenched garments, and drying them over fading embers--A miserable landlord--A change of quarters--Luxuries of a hay-loft--A Samaritan of a hostess--Wretched sufferings of Mr. Essel--Resort to another village--A kind landlord--Sympathies for deserters--“A fellow-feeling makes men wondrous kind”--The luxuries of a clean bed--Resort to another village--A motherly hostess--A lucky road-acquaintance--Virtue and happiness in humble life--The charitable baker--Dangers from sportsmen to gentlemen hiding in woods--Mr. Essel’s illness disappearing--Increased speed not always safe to fugitives--Coldness of the weather--An hospitable farmer--A French harvest-home--Hesdin--Nieuville--Étaples--Turned out of a straw-bed--A new inn, with a _gendarme_ in disguise in the kitchen--Bribing a landlord--No boat to be had--An old shepherd too cunning for a young lieutenant and midshipmen--Extreme difficulties--High hopes--Despondency and resources.

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

From this reading The journey pursued--A bivouac in a wood--Dangers of being shot--Making free with an orchard--Crossing the Oise--A mode of obtaining provisions--A cabaret and a village _fête_--Kindness of the peasantry--Petit Essigny--Wringing drenched garments, and drying them over fading embers--A miserable landlord--A change of quarters--Luxuries of a hay-loft--A Samaritan of a hostess--Wretched sufferings of Mr. Essel--Resort to another village--A kind landlord--Sympathies for deserters--“A fellow-feeling makes men wondrous kind”--The luxuries of a clean bed--Resort to another village--A motherly hostess--A lucky road-acquaintance--Virtue and happiness in humble life--The charitable baker--Dangers from sportsmen to gentlemen hiding in woods--Mr. Essel’s illness disappearing--Increased speed not always safe to fugitives--Coldness of the weather--An hospitable farmer--A French harvest-home--Hesdin--Nieuville--Étaples--Turned out of a straw-bed--A new inn, with a _gendarme_ in disguise in the kitchen--Bribing a landlord--No boat to be had--An old shepherd too cunning for a young lieutenant and midshipmen--Extreme difficulties--High hopes--Despondency and resources.

a piece of furniture that provides a place to sleep

From this reading The journey pursued--A bivouac in a wood--Dangers of being shot--Making free with an orchard--Crossing the Oise--A mode of obtaining provisions--A cabaret and a village _fête_--Kindness of the peasantry--Petit Essigny--Wringing drenched garments, and drying them over fading embers--A miserable landlord--A change of quarters--Luxuries of a hay-loft--A Samaritan of a hostess--Wretched sufferings of Mr. Essel--Resort to another village--A kind landlord--Sympathies for deserters--“A fellow-feeling makes men wondrous kind”--The luxuries of a clean bed--Resort to another village--A motherly hostess--A lucky road-acquaintance--Virtue and happiness in humble life--The charitable baker--Dangers from sportsmen to gentlemen hiding in woods--Mr. Essel’s illness disappearing--Increased speed not always safe to fugitives--Coldness of the weather--An hospitable farmer--A French harvest-home--Hesdin--Nieuville--Étaples--Turned out of a straw-bed--A new inn, with a _gendarme_ in disguise in the kitchen--Bribing a landlord--No boat to be had--An old shepherd too cunning for a young lieutenant and midshipmen--Extreme difficulties--High hopes--Despondency and resources.

the event consisting of the start of something

From this reading About midnight we found ourselves all of a sudden at the beginning of a street, the buildings of which were large, and the town surrounding it appeared considerable.

the -ing form of “be”

From this reading The journey pursued--A bivouac in a wood--Dangers of being shot--Making free with an orchard--Crossing the Oise--A mode of obtaining provisions--A cabaret and a village _fête_--Kindness of the peasantry--Petit Essigny--Wringing drenched garments, and drying them over fading embers--A miserable landlord--A change of quarters--Luxuries of a hay-loft--A Samaritan of a hostess--Wretched sufferings of Mr. Essel--Resort to another village--A kind landlord--Sympathies for deserters--“A fellow-feeling makes men wondrous kind”--The luxuries of a clean bed--Resort to another village--A motherly hostess--A lucky road-acquaintance--Virtue and happiness in humble life--The charitable baker--Dangers from sportsmen to gentlemen hiding in woods--Mr. Essel’s illness disappearing--Increased speed not always safe to fugitives--Coldness of the weather--An hospitable farmer--A French harvest-home--Hesdin--Nieuville--Étaples--Turned out of a straw-bed--A new inn, with a _gendarme_ in disguise in the kitchen--Bribing a landlord--No boat to be had--An old shepherd too cunning for a young lieutenant and midshipmen--Extreme difficulties--High hopes--Despondency and resources.

temporary living quarters specially built by the army for soldiers

From this reading The journey pursued--A bivouac in a wood--Dangers of being shot--Making free with an orchard--Crossing the Oise--A mode of obtaining provisions--A cabaret and a village _fête_--Kindness of the peasantry--Petit Essigny--Wringing drenched garments, and drying them over fading embers--A miserable landlord--A change of quarters--Luxuries of a hay-loft--A Samaritan of a hostess--Wretched sufferings of Mr. Essel--Resort to another village--A kind landlord--Sympathies for deserters--“A fellow-feeling makes men wondrous kind”--The luxuries of a clean bed--Resort to another village--A motherly hostess--A lucky road-acquaintance--Virtue and happiness in humble life--The charitable baker--Dangers from sportsmen to gentlemen hiding in woods--Mr. Essel’s illness disappearing--Increased speed not always safe to fugitives--Coldness of the weather--An hospitable farmer--A French harvest-home--Hesdin--Nieuville--Étaples--Turned out of a straw-bed--A new inn, with a _gendarme_ in disguise in the kitchen--Bribing a landlord--No boat to be had--An old shepherd too cunning for a young lieutenant and midshipmen--Extreme difficulties--High hopes--Despondency and resources.

a small vessel for travel on water

From this reading The journey pursued--A bivouac in a wood--Dangers of being shot--Making free with an orchard--Crossing the Oise--A mode of obtaining provisions--A cabaret and a village _fête_--Kindness of the peasantry--Petit Essigny--Wringing drenched garments, and drying them over fading embers--A miserable landlord--A change of quarters--Luxuries of a hay-loft--A Samaritan of a hostess--Wretched sufferings of Mr. Essel--Resort to another village--A kind landlord--Sympathies for deserters--“A fellow-feeling makes men wondrous kind”--The luxuries of a clean bed--Resort to another village--A motherly hostess--A lucky road-acquaintance--Virtue and happiness in humble life--The charitable baker--Dangers from sportsmen to gentlemen hiding in woods--Mr. Essel’s illness disappearing--Increased speed not always safe to fugitives--Coldness of the weather--An hospitable farmer--A French harvest-home--Hesdin--Nieuville--Étaples--Turned out of a straw-bed--A new inn, with a _gendarme_ in disguise in the kitchen--Bribing a landlord--No boat to be had--An old shepherd too cunning for a young lieutenant and midshipmen--Extreme difficulties--High hopes--Despondency and resources.

-ing form of “bribe” — make illegal payments to in exchange for favors or influence

From this reading The journey pursued--A bivouac in a wood--Dangers of being shot--Making free with an orchard--Crossing the Oise--A mode of obtaining provisions--A cabaret and a village _fête_--Kindness of the peasantry--Petit Essigny--Wringing drenched garments, and drying them over fading embers--A miserable landlord--A change of quarters--Luxuries of a hay-loft--A Samaritan of a hostess--Wretched sufferings of Mr. Essel--Resort to another village--A kind landlord--Sympathies for deserters--“A fellow-feeling makes men wondrous kind”--The luxuries of a clean bed--Resort to another village--A motherly hostess--A lucky road-acquaintance--Virtue and happiness in humble life--The charitable baker--Dangers from sportsmen to gentlemen hiding in woods--Mr. Essel’s illness disappearing--Increased speed not always safe to fugitives--Coldness of the weather--An hospitable farmer--A French harvest-home--Hesdin--Nieuville--Étaples--Turned out of a straw-bed--A new inn, with a _gendarme_ in disguise in the kitchen--Bribing a landlord--No boat to be had--An old shepherd too cunning for a young lieutenant and midshipmen--Extreme difficulties--High hopes--Despondency and resources.

having great (or a certain) extent from one side to the other

From this reading At night we resumed our journey, and at about eleven we came to an immensely broad road.

plural of “building” — a structure that has a roof and walls and stands more or less permanently in one place

From this reading About midnight we found ourselves all of a sudden at the beginning of a street, the buildings of which were large, and the town surrounding it appeared considerable.

a spot that is open late at night and that provides entertainment (as singers or dancers) as well as dancing and food and drink

From this reading The journey pursued--A bivouac in a wood--Dangers of being shot--Making free with an orchard--Crossing the Oise--A mode of obtaining provisions--A cabaret and a village _fête_--Kindness of the peasantry--Petit Essigny--Wringing drenched garments, and drying them over fading embers--A miserable landlord--A change of quarters--Luxuries of a hay-loft--A Samaritan of a hostess--Wretched sufferings of Mr. Essel--Resort to another village--A kind landlord--Sympathies for deserters--“A fellow-feeling makes men wondrous kind”--The luxuries of a clean bed--Resort to another village--A motherly hostess--A lucky road-acquaintance--Virtue and happiness in humble life--The charitable baker--Dangers from sportsmen to gentlemen hiding in woods--Mr. Essel’s illness disappearing--Increased speed not always safe to fugitives--Coldness of the weather--An hospitable farmer--A French harvest-home--Hesdin--Nieuville--Étaples--Turned out of a straw-bed--A new inn, with a _gendarme_ in disguise in the kitchen--Bribing a landlord--No boat to be had--An old shepherd too cunning for a young lieutenant and midshipmen--Extreme difficulties--High hopes--Despondency and resources.

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

From this reading At night we resumed our journey, and at about eleven we came to an immensely broad road.

cause to change; make different; cause a transformation

From this reading The journey pursued--A bivouac in a wood--Dangers of being shot--Making free with an orchard--Crossing the Oise--A mode of obtaining provisions--A cabaret and a village _fête_--Kindness of the peasantry--Petit Essigny--Wringing drenched garments, and drying them over fading embers--A miserable landlord--A change of quarters--Luxuries of a hay-loft--A Samaritan of a hostess--Wretched sufferings of Mr. Essel--Resort to another village--A kind landlord--Sympathies for deserters--“A fellow-feeling makes men wondrous kind”--The luxuries of a clean bed--Resort to another village--A motherly hostess--A lucky road-acquaintance--Virtue and happiness in humble life--The charitable baker--Dangers from sportsmen to gentlemen hiding in woods--Mr. Essel’s illness disappearing--Increased speed not always safe to fugitives--Coldness of the weather--An hospitable farmer--A French harvest-home--Hesdin--Nieuville--Étaples--Turned out of a straw-bed--A new inn, with a _gendarme_ in disguise in the kitchen--Bribing a landlord--No boat to be had--An old shepherd too cunning for a young lieutenant and midshipmen--Extreme difficulties--High hopes--Despondency and resources.

relating to or characterized by charity

From this reading The journey pursued--A bivouac in a wood--Dangers of being shot--Making free with an orchard--Crossing the Oise--A mode of obtaining provisions--A cabaret and a village _fête_--Kindness of the peasantry--Petit Essigny--Wringing drenched garments, and drying them over fading embers--A miserable landlord--A change of quarters--Luxuries of a hay-loft--A Samaritan of a hostess--Wretched sufferings of Mr. Essel--Resort to another village--A kind landlord--Sympathies for deserters--“A fellow-feeling makes men wondrous kind”--The luxuries of a clean bed--Resort to another village--A motherly hostess--A lucky road-acquaintance--Virtue and happiness in humble life--The charitable baker--Dangers from sportsmen to gentlemen hiding in woods--Mr. Essel’s illness disappearing--Increased speed not always safe to fugitives--Coldness of the weather--An hospitable farmer--A French harvest-home--Hesdin--Nieuville--Étaples--Turned out of a straw-bed--A new inn, with a _gendarme_ in disguise in the kitchen--Bribing a landlord--No boat to be had--An old shepherd too cunning for a young lieutenant and midshipmen--Extreme difficulties--High hopes--Despondency and resources.

free from dirt or impurities; or having clean habits

From this reading The journey pursued--A bivouac in a wood--Dangers of being shot--Making free with an orchard--Crossing the Oise--A mode of obtaining provisions--A cabaret and a village _fête_--Kindness of the peasantry--Petit Essigny--Wringing drenched garments, and drying them over fading embers--A miserable landlord--A change of quarters--Luxuries of a hay-loft--A Samaritan of a hostess--Wretched sufferings of Mr. Essel--Resort to another village--A kind landlord--Sympathies for deserters--“A fellow-feeling makes men wondrous kind”--The luxuries of a clean bed--Resort to another village--A motherly hostess--A lucky road-acquaintance--Virtue and happiness in humble life--The charitable baker--Dangers from sportsmen to gentlemen hiding in woods--Mr. Essel’s illness disappearing--Increased speed not always safe to fugitives--Coldness of the weather--An hospitable farmer--A French harvest-home--Hesdin--Nieuville--Étaples--Turned out of a straw-bed--A new inn, with a _gendarme_ in disguise in the kitchen--Bribing a landlord--No boat to be had--An old shepherd too cunning for a young lieutenant and midshipmen--Extreme difficulties--High hopes--Despondency and resources.

the sensation produced by low temperatures

From this reading The journey pursued--A bivouac in a wood--Dangers of being shot--Making free with an orchard--Crossing the Oise--A mode of obtaining provisions--A cabaret and a village _fête_--Kindness of the peasantry--Petit Essigny--Wringing drenched garments, and drying them over fading embers--A miserable landlord--A change of quarters--Luxuries of a hay-loft--A Samaritan of a hostess--Wretched sufferings of Mr. Essel--Resort to another village--A kind landlord--Sympathies for deserters--“A fellow-feeling makes men wondrous kind”--The luxuries of a clean bed--Resort to another village--A motherly hostess--A lucky road-acquaintance--Virtue and happiness in humble life--The charitable baker--Dangers from sportsmen to gentlemen hiding in woods--Mr. Essel’s illness disappearing--Increased speed not always safe to fugitives--Coldness of the weather--An hospitable farmer--A French harvest-home--Hesdin--Nieuville--Étaples--Turned out of a straw-bed--A new inn, with a _gendarme_ in disguise in the kitchen--Bribing a landlord--No boat to be had--An old shepherd too cunning for a young lieutenant and midshipmen--Extreme difficulties--High hopes--Despondency and resources.

not accessible to view

From this reading At dawn, having found a convenient wood, we concealed ourselves, as usual, during the day.

large or relatively large in number or amount or extent or degree

From this reading About midnight we found ourselves all of a sudden at the beginning of a street, the buildings of which were large, and the town surrounding it appeared considerable.

suited to your comfort or purpose or needs

From this reading At dawn, having found a convenient wood, we concealed ourselves, as usual, during the day.

traveling across

From this reading The journey pursued--A bivouac in a wood--Dangers of being shot--Making free with an orchard--Crossing the Oise--A mode of obtaining provisions--A cabaret and a village _fête_--Kindness of the peasantry--Petit Essigny--Wringing drenched garments, and drying them over fading embers--A miserable landlord--A change of quarters--Luxuries of a hay-loft--A Samaritan of a hostess--Wretched sufferings of Mr. Essel--Resort to another village--A kind landlord--Sympathies for deserters--“A fellow-feeling makes men wondrous kind”--The luxuries of a clean bed--Resort to another village--A motherly hostess--A lucky road-acquaintance--Virtue and happiness in humble life--The charitable baker--Dangers from sportsmen to gentlemen hiding in woods--Mr. Essel’s illness disappearing--Increased speed not always safe to fugitives--Coldness of the weather--An hospitable farmer--A French harvest-home--Hesdin--Nieuville--Étaples--Turned out of a straw-bed--A new inn, with a _gendarme_ in disguise in the kitchen--Bribing a landlord--No boat to be had--An old shepherd too cunning for a young lieutenant and midshipmen--Extreme difficulties--High hopes--Despondency and resources.

attractive especially by means of smallness or prettiness or quaintness

From this reading The journey pursued--A bivouac in a wood--Dangers of being shot--Making free with an orchard--Crossing the Oise--A mode of obtaining provisions--A cabaret and a village _fête_--Kindness of the peasantry--Petit Essigny--Wringing drenched garments, and drying them over fading embers--A miserable landlord--A change of quarters--Luxuries of a hay-loft--A Samaritan of a hostess--Wretched sufferings of Mr. Essel--Resort to another village--A kind landlord--Sympathies for deserters--“A fellow-feeling makes men wondrous kind”--The luxuries of a clean bed--Resort to another village--A motherly hostess--A lucky road-acquaintance--Virtue and happiness in humble life--The charitable baker--Dangers from sportsmen to gentlemen hiding in woods--Mr. Essel’s illness disappearing--Increased speed not always safe to fugitives--Coldness of the weather--An hospitable farmer--A French harvest-home--Hesdin--Nieuville--Étaples--Turned out of a straw-bed--A new inn, with a _gendarme_ in disguise in the kitchen--Bribing a landlord--No boat to be had--An old shepherd too cunning for a young lieutenant and midshipmen--Extreme difficulties--High hopes--Despondency and resources.

plural of “danger” — the condition of being susceptible to harm or injury

From this reading The journey pursued--A bivouac in a wood--Dangers of being shot--Making free with an orchard--Crossing the Oise--A mode of obtaining provisions--A cabaret and a village _fête_--Kindness of the peasantry--Petit Essigny--Wringing drenched garments, and drying them over fading embers--A miserable landlord--A change of quarters--Luxuries of a hay-loft--A Samaritan of a hostess--Wretched sufferings of Mr. Essel--Resort to another village--A kind landlord--Sympathies for deserters--“A fellow-feeling makes men wondrous kind”--The luxuries of a clean bed--Resort to another village--A motherly hostess--A lucky road-acquaintance--Virtue and happiness in humble life--The charitable baker--Dangers from sportsmen to gentlemen hiding in woods--Mr. Essel’s illness disappearing--Increased speed not always safe to fugitives--Coldness of the weather--An hospitable farmer--A French harvest-home--Hesdin--Nieuville--Étaples--Turned out of a straw-bed--A new inn, with a _gendarme_ in disguise in the kitchen--Bribing a landlord--No boat to be had--An old shepherd too cunning for a young lieutenant and midshipmen--Extreme difficulties--High hopes--Despondency and resources.

the first light of day

From this reading At dawn, having found a convenient wood, we concealed ourselves, as usual, during the day.

time for Earth to make a complete rotation on its axis

From this reading During the next day, the 5th of September, nothing particular occurred.

plural of “deserter” — a disloyal person who betrays or deserts his cause or religion or political party or friend etc.

From this reading The journey pursued--A bivouac in a wood--Dangers of being shot--Making free with an orchard--Crossing the Oise--A mode of obtaining provisions--A cabaret and a village _fête_--Kindness of the peasantry--Petit Essigny--Wringing drenched garments, and drying them over fading embers--A miserable landlord--A change of quarters--Luxuries of a hay-loft--A Samaritan of a hostess--Wretched sufferings of Mr. Essel--Resort to another village--A kind landlord--Sympathies for deserters--“A fellow-feeling makes men wondrous kind”--The luxuries of a clean bed--Resort to another village--A motherly hostess--A lucky road-acquaintance--Virtue and happiness in humble life--The charitable baker--Dangers from sportsmen to gentlemen hiding in woods--Mr. Essel’s illness disappearing--Increased speed not always safe to fugitives--Coldness of the weather--An hospitable farmer--A French harvest-home--Hesdin--Nieuville--Étaples--Turned out of a straw-bed--A new inn, with a _gendarme_ in disguise in the kitchen--Bribing a landlord--No boat to be had--An old shepherd too cunning for a young lieutenant and midshipmen--Extreme difficulties--High hopes--Despondency and resources.

feeling downcast and disheartened and hopeless

From this reading The journey pursued--A bivouac in a wood--Dangers of being shot--Making free with an orchard--Crossing the Oise--A mode of obtaining provisions--A cabaret and a village _fête_--Kindness of the peasantry--Petit Essigny--Wringing drenched garments, and drying them over fading embers--A miserable landlord--A change of quarters--Luxuries of a hay-loft--A Samaritan of a hostess--Wretched sufferings of Mr. Essel--Resort to another village--A kind landlord--Sympathies for deserters--“A fellow-feeling makes men wondrous kind”--The luxuries of a clean bed--Resort to another village--A motherly hostess--A lucky road-acquaintance--Virtue and happiness in humble life--The charitable baker--Dangers from sportsmen to gentlemen hiding in woods--Mr. Essel’s illness disappearing--Increased speed not always safe to fugitives--Coldness of the weather--An hospitable farmer--A French harvest-home--Hesdin--Nieuville--Étaples--Turned out of a straw-bed--A new inn, with a _gendarme_ in disguise in the kitchen--Bribing a landlord--No boat to be had--An old shepherd too cunning for a young lieutenant and midshipmen--Extreme difficulties--High hopes--Despondency and resources.

plural of “difficulty” — an effort that is inconvenient

From this reading The journey pursued--A bivouac in a wood--Dangers of being shot--Making free with an orchard--Crossing the Oise--A mode of obtaining provisions--A cabaret and a village _fête_--Kindness of the peasantry--Petit Essigny--Wringing drenched garments, and drying them over fading embers--A miserable landlord--A change of quarters--Luxuries of a hay-loft--A Samaritan of a hostess--Wretched sufferings of Mr. Essel--Resort to another village--A kind landlord--Sympathies for deserters--“A fellow-feeling makes men wondrous kind”--The luxuries of a clean bed--Resort to another village--A motherly hostess--A lucky road-acquaintance--Virtue and happiness in humble life--The charitable baker--Dangers from sportsmen to gentlemen hiding in woods--Mr. Essel’s illness disappearing--Increased speed not always safe to fugitives--Coldness of the weather--An hospitable farmer--A French harvest-home--Hesdin--Nieuville--Étaples--Turned out of a straw-bed--A new inn, with a _gendarme_ in disguise in the kitchen--Bribing a landlord--No boat to be had--An old shepherd too cunning for a young lieutenant and midshipmen--Extreme difficulties--High hopes--Despondency and resources.

the act of leaving secretly or without explanation

From this reading The journey pursued--A bivouac in a wood--Dangers of being shot--Making free with an orchard--Crossing the Oise--A mode of obtaining provisions--A cabaret and a village _fête_--Kindness of the peasantry--Petit Essigny--Wringing drenched garments, and drying them over fading embers--A miserable landlord--A change of quarters--Luxuries of a hay-loft--A Samaritan of a hostess--Wretched sufferings of Mr. Essel--Resort to another village--A kind landlord--Sympathies for deserters--“A fellow-feeling makes men wondrous kind”--The luxuries of a clean bed--Resort to another village--A motherly hostess--A lucky road-acquaintance--Virtue and happiness in humble life--The charitable baker--Dangers from sportsmen to gentlemen hiding in woods--Mr. Essel’s illness disappearing--Increased speed not always safe to fugitives--Coldness of the weather--An hospitable farmer--A French harvest-home--Hesdin--Nieuville--Étaples--Turned out of a straw-bed--A new inn, with a _gendarme_ in disguise in the kitchen--Bribing a landlord--No boat to be had--An old shepherd too cunning for a young lieutenant and midshipmen--Extreme difficulties--High hopes--Despondency and resources.

A means of altering one's appearance to conceal one's identity.

From this reading The journey pursued--A bivouac in a wood--Dangers of being shot--Making free with an orchard--Crossing the Oise--A mode of obtaining provisions--A cabaret and a village _fête_--Kindness of the peasantry--Petit Essigny--Wringing drenched garments, and drying them over fading embers--A miserable landlord--A change of quarters--Luxuries of a hay-loft--A Samaritan of a hostess--Wretched sufferings of Mr. Essel--Resort to another village--A kind landlord--Sympathies for deserters--“A fellow-feeling makes men wondrous kind”--The luxuries of a clean bed--Resort to another village--A motherly hostess--A lucky road-acquaintance--Virtue and happiness in humble life--The charitable baker--Dangers from sportsmen to gentlemen hiding in woods--Mr. Essel’s illness disappearing--Increased speed not always safe to fugitives--Coldness of the weather--An hospitable farmer--A French harvest-home--Hesdin--Nieuville--Étaples--Turned out of a straw-bed--A new inn, with a _gendarme_ in disguise in the kitchen--Bribing a landlord--No boat to be had--An old shepherd too cunning for a young lieutenant and midshipmen--Extreme difficulties--High hopes--Despondency and resources.

abundantly covered or supplied with; often used in combination

From this reading The journey pursued--A bivouac in a wood--Dangers of being shot--Making free with an orchard--Crossing the Oise--A mode of obtaining provisions--A cabaret and a village _fête_--Kindness of the peasantry--Petit Essigny--Wringing drenched garments, and drying them over fading embers--A miserable landlord--A change of quarters--Luxuries of a hay-loft--A Samaritan of a hostess--Wretched sufferings of Mr. Essel--Resort to another village--A kind landlord--Sympathies for deserters--“A fellow-feeling makes men wondrous kind”--The luxuries of a clean bed--Resort to another village--A motherly hostess--A lucky road-acquaintance--Virtue and happiness in humble life--The charitable baker--Dangers from sportsmen to gentlemen hiding in woods--Mr. Essel’s illness disappearing--Increased speed not always safe to fugitives--Coldness of the weather--An hospitable farmer--A French harvest-home--Hesdin--Nieuville--Étaples--Turned out of a straw-bed--A new inn, with a _gendarme_ in disguise in the kitchen--Bribing a landlord--No boat to be had--An old shepherd too cunning for a young lieutenant and midshipmen--Extreme difficulties--High hopes--Despondency and resources.

-ing form of “dry” — remove the moisture from and make dry

From this reading The journey pursued--A bivouac in a wood--Dangers of being shot--Making free with an orchard--Crossing the Oise--A mode of obtaining provisions--A cabaret and a village _fête_--Kindness of the peasantry--Petit Essigny--Wringing drenched garments, and drying them over fading embers--A miserable landlord--A change of quarters--Luxuries of a hay-loft--A Samaritan of a hostess--Wretched sufferings of Mr. Essel--Resort to another village--A kind landlord--Sympathies for deserters--“A fellow-feeling makes men wondrous kind”--The luxuries of a clean bed--Resort to another village--A motherly hostess--A lucky road-acquaintance--Virtue and happiness in humble life--The charitable baker--Dangers from sportsmen to gentlemen hiding in woods--Mr. Essel’s illness disappearing--Increased speed not always safe to fugitives--Coldness of the weather--An hospitable farmer--A French harvest-home--Hesdin--Nieuville--Étaples--Turned out of a straw-bed--A new inn, with a _gendarme_ in disguise in the kitchen--Bribing a landlord--No boat to be had--An old shepherd too cunning for a young lieutenant and midshipmen--Extreme difficulties--High hopes--Despondency and resources.

all through a period, or at some point within it

From this reading During the next day, the 5th of September, nothing particular occurred.

being one more than ten

From this reading At night we resumed our journey, and at about eleven we came to an immensely broad road.

plural of “ember” — a hot fragment of wood or coal that is left from a fire and is glowing or smoldering

From this reading The journey pursued--A bivouac in a wood--Dangers of being shot--Making free with an orchard--Crossing the Oise--A mode of obtaining provisions--A cabaret and a village _fête_--Kindness of the peasantry--Petit Essigny--Wringing drenched garments, and drying them over fading embers--A miserable landlord--A change of quarters--Luxuries of a hay-loft--A Samaritan of a hostess--Wretched sufferings of Mr. Essel--Resort to another village--A kind landlord--Sympathies for deserters--“A fellow-feeling makes men wondrous kind”--The luxuries of a clean bed--Resort to another village--A motherly hostess--A lucky road-acquaintance--Virtue and happiness in humble life--The charitable baker--Dangers from sportsmen to gentlemen hiding in woods--Mr. Essel’s illness disappearing--Increased speed not always safe to fugitives--Coldness of the weather--An hospitable farmer--A French harvest-home--Hesdin--Nieuville--Étaples--Turned out of a straw-bed--A new inn, with a _gendarme_ in disguise in the kitchen--Bribing a landlord--No boat to be had--An old shepherd too cunning for a young lieutenant and midshipmen--Extreme difficulties--High hopes--Despondency and resources.

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From this reading The journey pursued--A bivouac in a wood--Dangers of being shot--Making free with an orchard--Crossing the Oise--A mode of obtaining provisions--A cabaret and a village _fête_--Kindness of the peasantry--Petit Essigny--Wringing drenched garments, and drying them over fading embers--A miserable landlord--A change of quarters--Luxuries of a hay-loft--A Samaritan of a hostess--Wretched sufferings of Mr. Essel--Resort to another village--A kind landlord--Sympathies for deserters--“A fellow-feeling makes men wondrous kind”--The luxuries of a clean bed--Resort to another village--A motherly hostess--A lucky road-acquaintance--Virtue and happiness in humble life--The charitable baker--Dangers from sportsmen to gentlemen hiding in woods--Mr. Essel’s illness disappearing--Increased speed not always safe to fugitives--Coldness of the weather--An hospitable farmer--A French harvest-home--Hesdin--Nieuville--Étaples--Turned out of a straw-bed--A new inn, with a _gendarme_ in disguise in the kitchen--Bribing a landlord--No boat to be had--An old shepherd too cunning for a young lieutenant and midshipmen--Extreme difficulties--High hopes--Despondency and resources.

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From this reading The journey pursued--A bivouac in a wood--Dangers of being shot--Making free with an orchard--Crossing the Oise--A mode of obtaining provisions--A cabaret and a village _fête_--Kindness of the peasantry--Petit Essigny--Wringing drenched garments, and drying them over fading embers--A miserable landlord--A change of quarters--Luxuries of a hay-loft--A Samaritan of a hostess--Wretched sufferings of Mr. Essel--Resort to another village--A kind landlord--Sympathies for deserters--“A fellow-feeling makes men wondrous kind”--The luxuries of a clean bed--Resort to another village--A motherly hostess--A lucky road-acquaintance--Virtue and happiness in humble life--The charitable baker--Dangers from sportsmen to gentlemen hiding in woods--Mr. Essel’s illness disappearing--Increased speed not always safe to fugitives--Coldness of the weather--An hospitable farmer--A French harvest-home--Hesdin--Nieuville--Étaples--Turned out of a straw-bed--A new inn, with a _gendarme_ in disguise in the kitchen--Bribing a landlord--No boat to be had--An old shepherd too cunning for a young lieutenant and midshipmen--Extreme difficulties--High hopes--Despondency and resources.

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From this reading The journey pursued--A bivouac in a wood--Dangers of being shot--Making free with an orchard--Crossing the Oise--A mode of obtaining provisions--A cabaret and a village _fête_--Kindness of the peasantry--Petit Essigny--Wringing drenched garments, and drying them over fading embers--A miserable landlord--A change of quarters--Luxuries of a hay-loft--A Samaritan of a hostess--Wretched sufferings of Mr. Essel--Resort to another village--A kind landlord--Sympathies for deserters--“A fellow-feeling makes men wondrous kind”--The luxuries of a clean bed--Resort to another village--A motherly hostess--A lucky road-acquaintance--Virtue and happiness in humble life--The charitable baker--Dangers from sportsmen to gentlemen hiding in woods--Mr. Essel’s illness disappearing--Increased speed not always safe to fugitives--Coldness of the weather--An hospitable farmer--A French harvest-home--Hesdin--Nieuville--Étaples--Turned out of a straw-bed--A new inn, with a _gendarme_ in disguise in the kitchen--Bribing a landlord--No boat to be had--An old shepherd too cunning for a young lieutenant and midshipmen--Extreme difficulties--High hopes--Despondency and resources.

of the greatest possible degree or extent or intensity

From this reading The journey pursued--A bivouac in a wood--Dangers of being shot--Making free with an orchard--Crossing the Oise--A mode of obtaining provisions--A cabaret and a village _fête_--Kindness of the peasantry--Petit Essigny--Wringing drenched garments, and drying them over fading embers--A miserable landlord--A change of quarters--Luxuries of a hay-loft--A Samaritan of a hostess--Wretched sufferings of Mr. Essel--Resort to another village--A kind landlord--Sympathies for deserters--“A fellow-feeling makes men wondrous kind”--The luxuries of a clean bed--Resort to another village--A motherly hostess--A lucky road-acquaintance--Virtue and happiness in humble life--The charitable baker--Dangers from sportsmen to gentlemen hiding in woods--Mr. Essel’s illness disappearing--Increased speed not always safe to fugitives--Coldness of the weather--An hospitable farmer--A French harvest-home--Hesdin--Nieuville--Étaples--Turned out of a straw-bed--A new inn, with a _gendarme_ in disguise in the kitchen--Bribing a landlord--No boat to be had--An old shepherd too cunning for a young lieutenant and midshipmen--Extreme difficulties--High hopes--Despondency and resources.

weakening in force or intensity

From this reading The journey pursued--A bivouac in a wood--Dangers of being shot--Making free with an orchard--Crossing the Oise--A mode of obtaining provisions--A cabaret and a village _fête_--Kindness of the peasantry--Petit Essigny--Wringing drenched garments, and drying them over fading embers--A miserable landlord--A change of quarters--Luxuries of a hay-loft--A Samaritan of a hostess--Wretched sufferings of Mr. Essel--Resort to another village--A kind landlord--Sympathies for deserters--“A fellow-feeling makes men wondrous kind”--The luxuries of a clean bed--Resort to another village--A motherly hostess--A lucky road-acquaintance--Virtue and happiness in humble life--The charitable baker--Dangers from sportsmen to gentlemen hiding in woods--Mr. Essel’s illness disappearing--Increased speed not always safe to fugitives--Coldness of the weather--An hospitable farmer--A French harvest-home--Hesdin--Nieuville--Étaples--Turned out of a straw-bed--A new inn, with a _gendarme_ in disguise in the kitchen--Bribing a landlord--No boat to be had--An old shepherd too cunning for a young lieutenant and midshipmen--Extreme difficulties--High hopes--Despondency and resources.

a person who operates a farm

From this reading The journey pursued--A bivouac in a wood--Dangers of being shot--Making free with an orchard--Crossing the Oise--A mode of obtaining provisions--A cabaret and a village _fête_--Kindness of the peasantry--Petit Essigny--Wringing drenched garments, and drying them over fading embers--A miserable landlord--A change of quarters--Luxuries of a hay-loft--A Samaritan of a hostess--Wretched sufferings of Mr. Essel--Resort to another village--A kind landlord--Sympathies for deserters--“A fellow-feeling makes men wondrous kind”--The luxuries of a clean bed--Resort to another village--A motherly hostess--A lucky road-acquaintance--Virtue and happiness in humble life--The charitable baker--Dangers from sportsmen to gentlemen hiding in woods--Mr. Essel’s illness disappearing--Increased speed not always safe to fugitives--Coldness of the weather--An hospitable farmer--A French harvest-home--Hesdin--Nieuville--Étaples--Turned out of a straw-bed--A new inn, with a _gendarme_ in disguise in the kitchen--Bribing a landlord--No boat to be had--An old shepherd too cunning for a young lieutenant and midshipmen--Extreme difficulties--High hopes--Despondency and resources.

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From this reading The journey pursued--A bivouac in a wood--Dangers of being shot--Making free with an orchard--Crossing the Oise--A mode of obtaining provisions--A cabaret and a village _fête_--Kindness of the peasantry--Petit Essigny--Wringing drenched garments, and drying them over fading embers--A miserable landlord--A change of quarters--Luxuries of a hay-loft--A Samaritan of a hostess--Wretched sufferings of Mr. Essel--Resort to another village--A kind landlord--Sympathies for deserters--“A fellow-feeling makes men wondrous kind”--The luxuries of a clean bed--Resort to another village--A motherly hostess--A lucky road-acquaintance--Virtue and happiness in humble life--The charitable baker--Dangers from sportsmen to gentlemen hiding in woods--Mr. Essel’s illness disappearing--Increased speed not always safe to fugitives--Coldness of the weather--An hospitable farmer--A French harvest-home--Hesdin--Nieuville--Étaples--Turned out of a straw-bed--A new inn, with a _gendarme_ in disguise in the kitchen--Bribing a landlord--No boat to be had--An old shepherd too cunning for a young lieutenant and midshipmen--Extreme difficulties--High hopes--Despondency and resources.

intended to be given to, or used by, somebody

From this reading The journey pursued--A bivouac in a wood--Dangers of being shot--Making free with an orchard--Crossing the Oise--A mode of obtaining provisions--A cabaret and a village _fête_--Kindness of the peasantry--Petit Essigny--Wringing drenched garments, and drying them over fading embers--A miserable landlord--A change of quarters--Luxuries of a hay-loft--A Samaritan of a hostess--Wretched sufferings of Mr. Essel--Resort to another village--A kind landlord--Sympathies for deserters--“A fellow-feeling makes men wondrous kind”--The luxuries of a clean bed--Resort to another village--A motherly hostess--A lucky road-acquaintance--Virtue and happiness in humble life--The charitable baker--Dangers from sportsmen to gentlemen hiding in woods--Mr. Essel’s illness disappearing--Increased speed not always safe to fugitives--Coldness of the weather--An hospitable farmer--A French harvest-home--Hesdin--Nieuville--Étaples--Turned out of a straw-bed--A new inn, with a _gendarme_ in disguise in the kitchen--Bribing a landlord--No boat to be had--An old shepherd too cunning for a young lieutenant and midshipmen--Extreme difficulties--High hopes--Despondency and resources.

set up or found

From this reading At dawn, having found a convenient wood, we concealed ourselves, as usual, during the day.

grant freedom to; free from confinement

From this reading The journey pursued--A bivouac in a wood--Dangers of being shot--Making free with an orchard--Crossing the Oise--A mode of obtaining provisions--A cabaret and a village _fête_--Kindness of the peasantry--Petit Essigny--Wringing drenched garments, and drying them over fading embers--A miserable landlord--A change of quarters--Luxuries of a hay-loft--A Samaritan of a hostess--Wretched sufferings of Mr. Essel--Resort to another village--A kind landlord--Sympathies for deserters--“A fellow-feeling makes men wondrous kind”--The luxuries of a clean bed--Resort to another village--A motherly hostess--A lucky road-acquaintance--Virtue and happiness in humble life--The charitable baker--Dangers from sportsmen to gentlemen hiding in woods--Mr. Essel’s illness disappearing--Increased speed not always safe to fugitives--Coldness of the weather--An hospitable farmer--A French harvest-home--Hesdin--Nieuville--Étaples--Turned out of a straw-bed--A new inn, with a _gendarme_ in disguise in the kitchen--Bribing a landlord--No boat to be had--An old shepherd too cunning for a young lieutenant and midshipmen--Extreme difficulties--High hopes--Despondency and resources.

the Romance language spoken in France and in countries colonized by France

From this reading The journey pursued--A bivouac in a wood--Dangers of being shot--Making free with an orchard--Crossing the Oise--A mode of obtaining provisions--A cabaret and a village _fête_--Kindness of the peasantry--Petit Essigny--Wringing drenched garments, and drying them over fading embers--A miserable landlord--A change of quarters--Luxuries of a hay-loft--A Samaritan of a hostess--Wretched sufferings of Mr. Essel--Resort to another village--A kind landlord--Sympathies for deserters--“A fellow-feeling makes men wondrous kind”--The luxuries of a clean bed--Resort to another village--A motherly hostess--A lucky road-acquaintance--Virtue and happiness in humble life--The charitable baker--Dangers from sportsmen to gentlemen hiding in woods--Mr. Essel’s illness disappearing--Increased speed not always safe to fugitives--Coldness of the weather--An hospitable farmer--A French harvest-home--Hesdin--Nieuville--Étaples--Turned out of a straw-bed--A new inn, with a _gendarme_ in disguise in the kitchen--Bribing a landlord--No boat to be had--An old shepherd too cunning for a young lieutenant and midshipmen--Extreme difficulties--High hopes--Despondency and resources.

showing where something starts, or who sent it

From this reading The journey pursued--A bivouac in a wood--Dangers of being shot--Making free with an orchard--Crossing the Oise--A mode of obtaining provisions--A cabaret and a village _fête_--Kindness of the peasantry--Petit Essigny--Wringing drenched garments, and drying them over fading embers--A miserable landlord--A change of quarters--Luxuries of a hay-loft--A Samaritan of a hostess--Wretched sufferings of Mr. Essel--Resort to another village--A kind landlord--Sympathies for deserters--“A fellow-feeling makes men wondrous kind”--The luxuries of a clean bed--Resort to another village--A motherly hostess--A lucky road-acquaintance--Virtue and happiness in humble life--The charitable baker--Dangers from sportsmen to gentlemen hiding in woods--Mr. Essel’s illness disappearing--Increased speed not always safe to fugitives--Coldness of the weather--An hospitable farmer--A French harvest-home--Hesdin--Nieuville--Étaples--Turned out of a straw-bed--A new inn, with a _gendarme_ in disguise in the kitchen--Bribing a landlord--No boat to be had--An old shepherd too cunning for a young lieutenant and midshipmen--Extreme difficulties--High hopes--Despondency and resources.

plural of “fugitive” — someone who flees from an uncongenial situation

From this reading The journey pursued--A bivouac in a wood--Dangers of being shot--Making free with an orchard--Crossing the Oise--A mode of obtaining provisions--A cabaret and a village _fête_--Kindness of the peasantry--Petit Essigny--Wringing drenched garments, and drying them over fading embers--A miserable landlord--A change of quarters--Luxuries of a hay-loft--A Samaritan of a hostess--Wretched sufferings of Mr. Essel--Resort to another village--A kind landlord--Sympathies for deserters--“A fellow-feeling makes men wondrous kind”--The luxuries of a clean bed--Resort to another village--A motherly hostess--A lucky road-acquaintance--Virtue and happiness in humble life--The charitable baker--Dangers from sportsmen to gentlemen hiding in woods--Mr. Essel’s illness disappearing--Increased speed not always safe to fugitives--Coldness of the weather--An hospitable farmer--A French harvest-home--Hesdin--Nieuville--Étaples--Turned out of a straw-bed--A new inn, with a _gendarme_ in disguise in the kitchen--Bribing a landlord--No boat to be had--An old shepherd too cunning for a young lieutenant and midshipmen--Extreme difficulties--High hopes--Despondency and resources.

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From this reading The journey pursued--A bivouac in a wood--Dangers of being shot--Making free with an orchard--Crossing the Oise--A mode of obtaining provisions--A cabaret and a village _fête_--Kindness of the peasantry--Petit Essigny--Wringing drenched garments, and drying them over fading embers--A miserable landlord--A change of quarters--Luxuries of a hay-loft--A Samaritan of a hostess--Wretched sufferings of Mr. Essel--Resort to another village--A kind landlord--Sympathies for deserters--“A fellow-feeling makes men wondrous kind”--The luxuries of a clean bed--Resort to another village--A motherly hostess--A lucky road-acquaintance--Virtue and happiness in humble life--The charitable baker--Dangers from sportsmen to gentlemen hiding in woods--Mr. Essel’s illness disappearing--Increased speed not always safe to fugitives--Coldness of the weather--An hospitable farmer--A French harvest-home--Hesdin--Nieuville--Étaples--Turned out of a straw-bed--A new inn, with a _gendarme_ in disguise in the kitchen--Bribing a landlord--No boat to be had--An old shepherd too cunning for a young lieutenant and midshipmen--Extreme difficulties--High hopes--Despondency and resources.

plural of “garment” — an article of clothing

From this reading The journey pursued--A bivouac in a wood--Dangers of being shot--Making free with an orchard--Crossing the Oise--A mode of obtaining provisions--A cabaret and a village _fête_--Kindness of the peasantry--Petit Essigny--Wringing drenched garments, and drying them over fading embers--A miserable landlord--A change of quarters--Luxuries of a hay-loft--A Samaritan of a hostess--Wretched sufferings of Mr. Essel--Resort to another village--A kind landlord--Sympathies for deserters--“A fellow-feeling makes men wondrous kind”--The luxuries of a clean bed--Resort to another village--A motherly hostess--A lucky road-acquaintance--Virtue and happiness in humble life--The charitable baker--Dangers from sportsmen to gentlemen hiding in woods--Mr. Essel’s illness disappearing--Increased speed not always safe to fugitives--Coldness of the weather--An hospitable farmer--A French harvest-home--Hesdin--Nieuville--Étaples--Turned out of a straw-bed--A new inn, with a _gendarme_ in disguise in the kitchen--Bribing a landlord--No boat to be had--An old shepherd too cunning for a young lieutenant and midshipmen--Extreme difficulties--High hopes--Despondency and resources.

a French policeman

From this reading The journey pursued--A bivouac in a wood--Dangers of being shot--Making free with an orchard--Crossing the Oise--A mode of obtaining provisions--A cabaret and a village _fête_--Kindness of the peasantry--Petit Essigny--Wringing drenched garments, and drying them over fading embers--A miserable landlord--A change of quarters--Luxuries of a hay-loft--A Samaritan of a hostess--Wretched sufferings of Mr. Essel--Resort to another village--A kind landlord--Sympathies for deserters--“A fellow-feeling makes men wondrous kind”--The luxuries of a clean bed--Resort to another village--A motherly hostess--A lucky road-acquaintance--Virtue and happiness in humble life--The charitable baker--Dangers from sportsmen to gentlemen hiding in woods--Mr. Essel’s illness disappearing--Increased speed not always safe to fugitives--Coldness of the weather--An hospitable farmer--A French harvest-home--Hesdin--Nieuville--Étaples--Turned out of a straw-bed--A new inn, with a _gendarme_ in disguise in the kitchen--Bribing a landlord--No boat to be had--An old shepherd too cunning for a young lieutenant and midshipmen--Extreme difficulties--High hopes--Despondency and resources.

plural of “gentleman” — a man of refinement

From this reading The journey pursued--A bivouac in a wood--Dangers of being shot--Making free with an orchard--Crossing the Oise--A mode of obtaining provisions--A cabaret and a village _fête_--Kindness of the peasantry--Petit Essigny--Wringing drenched garments, and drying them over fading embers--A miserable landlord--A change of quarters--Luxuries of a hay-loft--A Samaritan of a hostess--Wretched sufferings of Mr. Essel--Resort to another village--A kind landlord--Sympathies for deserters--“A fellow-feeling makes men wondrous kind”--The luxuries of a clean bed--Resort to another village--A motherly hostess--A lucky road-acquaintance--Virtue and happiness in humble life--The charitable baker--Dangers from sportsmen to gentlemen hiding in woods--Mr. Essel’s illness disappearing--Increased speed not always safe to fugitives--Coldness of the weather--An hospitable farmer--A French harvest-home--Hesdin--Nieuville--Étaples--Turned out of a straw-bed--A new inn, with a _gendarme_ in disguise in the kitchen--Bribing a landlord--No boat to be had--An old shepherd too cunning for a young lieutenant and midshipmen--Extreme difficulties--High hopes--Despondency and resources.

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

From this reading The journey pursued--A bivouac in a wood--Dangers of being shot--Making free with an orchard--Crossing the Oise--A mode of obtaining provisions--A cabaret and a village _fête_--Kindness of the peasantry--Petit Essigny--Wringing drenched garments, and drying them over fading embers--A miserable landlord--A change of quarters--Luxuries of a hay-loft--A Samaritan of a hostess--Wretched sufferings of Mr. Essel--Resort to another village--A kind landlord--Sympathies for deserters--“A fellow-feeling makes men wondrous kind”--The luxuries of a clean bed--Resort to another village--A motherly hostess--A lucky road-acquaintance--Virtue and happiness in humble life--The charitable baker--Dangers from sportsmen to gentlemen hiding in woods--Mr. Essel’s illness disappearing--Increased speed not always safe to fugitives--Coldness of the weather--An hospitable farmer--A French harvest-home--Hesdin--Nieuville--Étaples--Turned out of a straw-bed--A new inn, with a _gendarme_ in disguise in the kitchen--Bribing a landlord--No boat to be had--An old shepherd too cunning for a young lieutenant and midshipmen--Extreme difficulties--High hopes--Despondency and resources.

state of well-being characterized by emotions ranging from contentment to intense joy

From this reading The journey pursued--A bivouac in a wood--Dangers of being shot--Making free with an orchard--Crossing the Oise--A mode of obtaining provisions--A cabaret and a village _fête_--Kindness of the peasantry--Petit Essigny--Wringing drenched garments, and drying them over fading embers--A miserable landlord--A change of quarters--Luxuries of a hay-loft--A Samaritan of a hostess--Wretched sufferings of Mr. Essel--Resort to another village--A kind landlord--Sympathies for deserters--“A fellow-feeling makes men wondrous kind”--The luxuries of a clean bed--Resort to another village--A motherly hostess--A lucky road-acquaintance--Virtue and happiness in humble life--The charitable baker--Dangers from sportsmen to gentlemen hiding in woods--Mr. Essel’s illness disappearing--Increased speed not always safe to fugitives--Coldness of the weather--An hospitable farmer--A French harvest-home--Hesdin--Nieuville--Étaples--Turned out of a straw-bed--A new inn, with a _gendarme_ in disguise in the kitchen--Bribing a landlord--No boat to be had--An old shepherd too cunning for a young lieutenant and midshipmen--Extreme difficulties--High hopes--Despondency and resources.

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From this reading The journey pursued--A bivouac in a wood--Dangers of being shot--Making free with an orchard--Crossing the Oise--A mode of obtaining provisions--A cabaret and a village _fête_--Kindness of the peasantry--Petit Essigny--Wringing drenched garments, and drying them over fading embers--A miserable landlord--A change of quarters--Luxuries of a hay-loft--A Samaritan of a hostess--Wretched sufferings of Mr. Essel--Resort to another village--A kind landlord--Sympathies for deserters--“A fellow-feeling makes men wondrous kind”--The luxuries of a clean bed--Resort to another village--A motherly hostess--A lucky road-acquaintance--Virtue and happiness in humble life--The charitable baker--Dangers from sportsmen to gentlemen hiding in woods--Mr. Essel’s illness disappearing--Increased speed not always safe to fugitives--Coldness of the weather--An hospitable farmer--A French harvest-home--Hesdin--Nieuville--Étaples--Turned out of a straw-bed--A new inn, with a _gendarme_ in disguise in the kitchen--Bribing a landlord--No boat to be had--An old shepherd too cunning for a young lieutenant and midshipmen--Extreme difficulties--High hopes--Despondency and resources.

the -ing form of “have”

From this reading At dawn, having found a convenient wood, we concealed ourselves, as usual, during the day.

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From this reading The journey pursued--A bivouac in a wood--Dangers of being shot--Making free with an orchard--Crossing the Oise--A mode of obtaining provisions--A cabaret and a village _fête_--Kindness of the peasantry--Petit Essigny--Wringing drenched garments, and drying them over fading embers--A miserable landlord--A change of quarters--Luxuries of a hay-loft--A Samaritan of a hostess--Wretched sufferings of Mr. Essel--Resort to another village--A kind landlord--Sympathies for deserters--“A fellow-feeling makes men wondrous kind”--The luxuries of a clean bed--Resort to another village--A motherly hostess--A lucky road-acquaintance--Virtue and happiness in humble life--The charitable baker--Dangers from sportsmen to gentlemen hiding in woods--Mr. Essel’s illness disappearing--Increased speed not always safe to fugitives--Coldness of the weather--An hospitable farmer--A French harvest-home--Hesdin--Nieuville--Étaples--Turned out of a straw-bed--A new inn, with a _gendarme_ in disguise in the kitchen--Bribing a landlord--No boat to be had--An old shepherd too cunning for a young lieutenant and midshipmen--Extreme difficulties--High hopes--Despondency and resources.

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From this reading The journey pursued--A bivouac in a wood--Dangers of being shot--Making free with an orchard--Crossing the Oise--A mode of obtaining provisions--A cabaret and a village _fête_--Kindness of the peasantry--Petit Essigny--Wringing drenched garments, and drying them over fading embers--A miserable landlord--A change of quarters--Luxuries of a hay-loft--A Samaritan of a hostess--Wretched sufferings of Mr. Essel--Resort to another village--A kind landlord--Sympathies for deserters--“A fellow-feeling makes men wondrous kind”--The luxuries of a clean bed--Resort to another village--A motherly hostess--A lucky road-acquaintance--Virtue and happiness in humble life--The charitable baker--Dangers from sportsmen to gentlemen hiding in woods--Mr. Essel’s illness disappearing--Increased speed not always safe to fugitives--Coldness of the weather--An hospitable farmer--A French harvest-home--Hesdin--Nieuville--Étaples--Turned out of a straw-bed--A new inn, with a _gendarme_ in disguise in the kitchen--Bribing a landlord--No boat to be had--An old shepherd too cunning for a young lieutenant and midshipmen--Extreme difficulties--High hopes--Despondency and resources.

the activity of keeping something secret

From this reading The journey pursued--A bivouac in a wood--Dangers of being shot--Making free with an orchard--Crossing the Oise--A mode of obtaining provisions--A cabaret and a village _fête_--Kindness of the peasantry--Petit Essigny--Wringing drenched garments, and drying them over fading embers--A miserable landlord--A change of quarters--Luxuries of a hay-loft--A Samaritan of a hostess--Wretched sufferings of Mr. Essel--Resort to another village--A kind landlord--Sympathies for deserters--“A fellow-feeling makes men wondrous kind”--The luxuries of a clean bed--Resort to another village--A motherly hostess--A lucky road-acquaintance--Virtue and happiness in humble life--The charitable baker--Dangers from sportsmen to gentlemen hiding in woods--Mr. Essel’s illness disappearing--Increased speed not always safe to fugitives--Coldness of the weather--An hospitable farmer--A French harvest-home--Hesdin--Nieuville--Étaples--Turned out of a straw-bed--A new inn, with a _gendarme_ in disguise in the kitchen--Bribing a landlord--No boat to be had--An old shepherd too cunning for a young lieutenant and midshipmen--Extreme difficulties--High hopes--Despondency and resources.

greater than normal in degree or intensity or amount

From this reading The journey pursued--A bivouac in a wood--Dangers of being shot--Making free with an orchard--Crossing the Oise--A mode of obtaining provisions--A cabaret and a village _fête_--Kindness of the peasantry--Petit Essigny--Wringing drenched garments, and drying them over fading embers--A miserable landlord--A change of quarters--Luxuries of a hay-loft--A Samaritan of a hostess--Wretched sufferings of Mr. Essel--Resort to another village--A kind landlord--Sympathies for deserters--“A fellow-feeling makes men wondrous kind”--The luxuries of a clean bed--Resort to another village--A motherly hostess--A lucky road-acquaintance--Virtue and happiness in humble life--The charitable baker--Dangers from sportsmen to gentlemen hiding in woods--Mr. Essel’s illness disappearing--Increased speed not always safe to fugitives--Coldness of the weather--An hospitable farmer--A French harvest-home--Hesdin--Nieuville--Étaples--Turned out of a straw-bed--A new inn, with a _gendarme_ in disguise in the kitchen--Bribing a landlord--No boat to be had--An old shepherd too cunning for a young lieutenant and midshipmen--Extreme difficulties--High hopes--Despondency and resources.

plural of “hope” — a specific instance of feeling hopeful

From this reading The journey pursued--A bivouac in a wood--Dangers of being shot--Making free with an orchard--Crossing the Oise--A mode of obtaining provisions--A cabaret and a village _fête_--Kindness of the peasantry--Petit Essigny--Wringing drenched garments, and drying them over fading embers--A miserable landlord--A change of quarters--Luxuries of a hay-loft--A Samaritan of a hostess--Wretched sufferings of Mr. Essel--Resort to another village--A kind landlord--Sympathies for deserters--“A fellow-feeling makes men wondrous kind”--The luxuries of a clean bed--Resort to another village--A motherly hostess--A lucky road-acquaintance--Virtue and happiness in humble life--The charitable baker--Dangers from sportsmen to gentlemen hiding in woods--Mr. Essel’s illness disappearing--Increased speed not always safe to fugitives--Coldness of the weather--An hospitable farmer--A French harvest-home--Hesdin--Nieuville--Étaples--Turned out of a straw-bed--A new inn, with a _gendarme_ in disguise in the kitchen--Bribing a landlord--No boat to be had--An old shepherd too cunning for a young lieutenant and midshipmen--Extreme difficulties--High hopes--Despondency and resources.

favorable to life and growth

From this reading The journey pursued--A bivouac in a wood--Dangers of being shot--Making free with an orchard--Crossing the Oise--A mode of obtaining provisions--A cabaret and a village _fête_--Kindness of the peasantry--Petit Essigny--Wringing drenched garments, and drying them over fading embers--A miserable landlord--A change of quarters--Luxuries of a hay-loft--A Samaritan of a hostess--Wretched sufferings of Mr. Essel--Resort to another village--A kind landlord--Sympathies for deserters--“A fellow-feeling makes men wondrous kind”--The luxuries of a clean bed--Resort to another village--A motherly hostess--A lucky road-acquaintance--Virtue and happiness in humble life--The charitable baker--Dangers from sportsmen to gentlemen hiding in woods--Mr. Essel’s illness disappearing--Increased speed not always safe to fugitives--Coldness of the weather--An hospitable farmer--A French harvest-home--Hesdin--Nieuville--Étaples--Turned out of a straw-bed--A new inn, with a _gendarme_ in disguise in the kitchen--Bribing a landlord--No boat to be had--An old shepherd too cunning for a young lieutenant and midshipmen--Extreme difficulties--High hopes--Despondency and resources.

a woman host

From this reading The journey pursued--A bivouac in a wood--Dangers of being shot--Making free with an orchard--Crossing the Oise--A mode of obtaining provisions--A cabaret and a village _fête_--Kindness of the peasantry--Petit Essigny--Wringing drenched garments, and drying them over fading embers--A miserable landlord--A change of quarters--Luxuries of a hay-loft--A Samaritan of a hostess--Wretched sufferings of Mr. Essel--Resort to another village--A kind landlord--Sympathies for deserters--“A fellow-feeling makes men wondrous kind”--The luxuries of a clean bed--Resort to another village--A motherly hostess--A lucky road-acquaintance--Virtue and happiness in humble life--The charitable baker--Dangers from sportsmen to gentlemen hiding in woods--Mr. Essel’s illness disappearing--Increased speed not always safe to fugitives--Coldness of the weather--An hospitable farmer--A French harvest-home--Hesdin--Nieuville--Étaples--Turned out of a straw-bed--A new inn, with a _gendarme_ in disguise in the kitchen--Bribing a landlord--No boat to be had--An old shepherd too cunning for a young lieutenant and midshipmen--Extreme difficulties--High hopes--Despondency and resources.

low or inferior in station or quality

From this reading The journey pursued--A bivouac in a wood--Dangers of being shot--Making free with an orchard--Crossing the Oise--A mode of obtaining provisions--A cabaret and a village _fête_--Kindness of the peasantry--Petit Essigny--Wringing drenched garments, and drying them over fading embers--A miserable landlord--A change of quarters--Luxuries of a hay-loft--A Samaritan of a hostess--Wretched sufferings of Mr. Essel--Resort to another village--A kind landlord--Sympathies for deserters--“A fellow-feeling makes men wondrous kind”--The luxuries of a clean bed--Resort to another village--A motherly hostess--A lucky road-acquaintance--Virtue and happiness in humble life--The charitable baker--Dangers from sportsmen to gentlemen hiding in woods--Mr. Essel’s illness disappearing--Increased speed not always safe to fugitives--Coldness of the weather--An hospitable farmer--A French harvest-home--Hesdin--Nieuville--Étaples--Turned out of a straw-bed--A new inn, with a _gendarme_ in disguise in the kitchen--Bribing a landlord--No boat to be had--An old shepherd too cunning for a young lieutenant and midshipmen--Extreme difficulties--High hopes--Despondency and resources.

impairment of normal physiological function affecting part or all of an organism

From this reading The journey pursued--A bivouac in a wood--Dangers of being shot--Making free with an orchard--Crossing the Oise--A mode of obtaining provisions--A cabaret and a village _fête_--Kindness of the peasantry--Petit Essigny--Wringing drenched garments, and drying them over fading embers--A miserable landlord--A change of quarters--Luxuries of a hay-loft--A Samaritan of a hostess--Wretched sufferings of Mr. Essel--Resort to another village--A kind landlord--Sympathies for deserters--“A fellow-feeling makes men wondrous kind”--The luxuries of a clean bed--Resort to another village--A motherly hostess--A lucky road-acquaintance--Virtue and happiness in humble life--The charitable baker--Dangers from sportsmen to gentlemen hiding in woods--Mr. Essel’s illness disappearing--Increased speed not always safe to fugitives--Coldness of the weather--An hospitable farmer--A French harvest-home--Hesdin--Nieuville--Étaples--Turned out of a straw-bed--A new inn, with a _gendarme_ in disguise in the kitchen--Bribing a landlord--No boat to be had--An old shepherd too cunning for a young lieutenant and midshipmen--Extreme difficulties--High hopes--Despondency and resources.

to an exceedingly great extent or degree

From this reading At night we resumed our journey, and at about eleven we came to an immensely broad road.

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

From this reading The journey pursued--A bivouac in a wood--Dangers of being shot--Making free with an orchard--Crossing the Oise--A mode of obtaining provisions--A cabaret and a village _fête_--Kindness of the peasantry--Petit Essigny--Wringing drenched garments, and drying them over fading embers--A miserable landlord--A change of quarters--Luxuries of a hay-loft--A Samaritan of a hostess--Wretched sufferings of Mr. Essel--Resort to another village--A kind landlord--Sympathies for deserters--“A fellow-feeling makes men wondrous kind”--The luxuries of a clean bed--Resort to another village--A motherly hostess--A lucky road-acquaintance--Virtue and happiness in humble life--The charitable baker--Dangers from sportsmen to gentlemen hiding in woods--Mr. Essel’s illness disappearing--Increased speed not always safe to fugitives--Coldness of the weather--An hospitable farmer--A French harvest-home--Hesdin--Nieuville--Étaples--Turned out of a straw-bed--A new inn, with a _gendarme_ in disguise in the kitchen--Bribing a landlord--No boat to be had--An old shepherd too cunning for a young lieutenant and midshipmen--Extreme difficulties--High hopes--Despondency and resources.

made greater in size or amount or degree

From this reading The journey pursued--A bivouac in a wood--Dangers of being shot--Making free with an orchard--Crossing the Oise--A mode of obtaining provisions--A cabaret and a village _fête_--Kindness of the peasantry--Petit Essigny--Wringing drenched garments, and drying them over fading embers--A miserable landlord--A change of quarters--Luxuries of a hay-loft--A Samaritan of a hostess--Wretched sufferings of Mr. Essel--Resort to another village--A kind landlord--Sympathies for deserters--“A fellow-feeling makes men wondrous kind”--The luxuries of a clean bed--Resort to another village--A motherly hostess--A lucky road-acquaintance--Virtue and happiness in humble life--The charitable baker--Dangers from sportsmen to gentlemen hiding in woods--Mr. Essel’s illness disappearing--Increased speed not always safe to fugitives--Coldness of the weather--An hospitable farmer--A French harvest-home--Hesdin--Nieuville--Étaples--Turned out of a straw-bed--A new inn, with a _gendarme_ in disguise in the kitchen--Bribing a landlord--No boat to be had--An old shepherd too cunning for a young lieutenant and midshipmen--Extreme difficulties--High hopes--Despondency and resources.

a hotel providing overnight lodging for travelers

From this reading The journey pursued--A bivouac in a wood--Dangers of being shot--Making free with an orchard--Crossing the Oise--A mode of obtaining provisions--A cabaret and a village _fête_--Kindness of the peasantry--Petit Essigny--Wringing drenched garments, and drying them over fading embers--A miserable landlord--A change of quarters--Luxuries of a hay-loft--A Samaritan of a hostess--Wretched sufferings of Mr. Essel--Resort to another village--A kind landlord--Sympathies for deserters--“A fellow-feeling makes men wondrous kind”--The luxuries of a clean bed--Resort to another village--A motherly hostess--A lucky road-acquaintance--Virtue and happiness in humble life--The charitable baker--Dangers from sportsmen to gentlemen hiding in woods--Mr. Essel’s illness disappearing--Increased speed not always safe to fugitives--Coldness of the weather--An hospitable farmer--A French harvest-home--Hesdin--Nieuville--Étaples--Turned out of a straw-bed--A new inn, with a _gendarme_ in disguise in the kitchen--Bribing a landlord--No boat to be had--An old shepherd too cunning for a young lieutenant and midshipmen--Extreme difficulties--High hopes--Despondency and resources.

a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned

From this reading About midnight we found ourselves all of a sudden at the beginning of a street, the buildings of which were large, and the town surrounding it appeared considerable.

undertake a journey or trip

From this reading The journey pursued--A bivouac in a wood--Dangers of being shot--Making free with an orchard--Crossing the Oise--A mode of obtaining provisions--A cabaret and a village _fête_--Kindness of the peasantry--Petit Essigny--Wringing drenched garments, and drying them over fading embers--A miserable landlord--A change of quarters--Luxuries of a hay-loft--A Samaritan of a hostess--Wretched sufferings of Mr. Essel--Resort to another village--A kind landlord--Sympathies for deserters--“A fellow-feeling makes men wondrous kind”--The luxuries of a clean bed--Resort to another village--A motherly hostess--A lucky road-acquaintance--Virtue and happiness in humble life--The charitable baker--Dangers from sportsmen to gentlemen hiding in woods--Mr. Essel’s illness disappearing--Increased speed not always safe to fugitives--Coldness of the weather--An hospitable farmer--A French harvest-home--Hesdin--Nieuville--Étaples--Turned out of a straw-bed--A new inn, with a _gendarme_ in disguise in the kitchen--Bribing a landlord--No boat to be had--An old shepherd too cunning for a young lieutenant and midshipmen--Extreme difficulties--High hopes--Despondency and resources.

having or showing a tender and considerate and helpful nature; used especially of persons and their behavior

From this reading The journey pursued--A bivouac in a wood--Dangers of being shot--Making free with an orchard--Crossing the Oise--A mode of obtaining provisions--A cabaret and a village _fête_--Kindness of the peasantry--Petit Essigny--Wringing drenched garments, and drying them over fading embers--A miserable landlord--A change of quarters--Luxuries of a hay-loft--A Samaritan of a hostess--Wretched sufferings of Mr. Essel--Resort to another village--A kind landlord--Sympathies for deserters--“A fellow-feeling makes men wondrous kind”--The luxuries of a clean bed--Resort to another village--A motherly hostess--A lucky road-acquaintance--Virtue and happiness in humble life--The charitable baker--Dangers from sportsmen to gentlemen hiding in woods--Mr. Essel’s illness disappearing--Increased speed not always safe to fugitives--Coldness of the weather--An hospitable farmer--A French harvest-home--Hesdin--Nieuville--Étaples--Turned out of a straw-bed--A new inn, with a _gendarme_ in disguise in the kitchen--Bribing a landlord--No boat to be had--An old shepherd too cunning for a young lieutenant and midshipmen--Extreme difficulties--High hopes--Despondency and resources.

the quality of being warmhearted and considerate and humane and sympathetic

From this reading The journey pursued--A bivouac in a wood--Dangers of being shot--Making free with an orchard--Crossing the Oise--A mode of obtaining provisions--A cabaret and a village _fête_--Kindness of the peasantry--Petit Essigny--Wringing drenched garments, and drying them over fading embers--A miserable landlord--A change of quarters--Luxuries of a hay-loft--A Samaritan of a hostess--Wretched sufferings of Mr. Essel--Resort to another village--A kind landlord--Sympathies for deserters--“A fellow-feeling makes men wondrous kind”--The luxuries of a clean bed--Resort to another village--A motherly hostess--A lucky road-acquaintance--Virtue and happiness in humble life--The charitable baker--Dangers from sportsmen to gentlemen hiding in woods--Mr. Essel’s illness disappearing--Increased speed not always safe to fugitives--Coldness of the weather--An hospitable farmer--A French harvest-home--Hesdin--Nieuville--Étaples--Turned out of a straw-bed--A new inn, with a _gendarme_ in disguise in the kitchen--Bribing a landlord--No boat to be had--An old shepherd too cunning for a young lieutenant and midshipmen--Extreme difficulties--High hopes--Despondency and resources.

a room equipped for preparing meals

From this reading The journey pursued--A bivouac in a wood--Dangers of being shot--Making free with an orchard--Crossing the Oise--A mode of obtaining provisions--A cabaret and a village _fête_--Kindness of the peasantry--Petit Essigny--Wringing drenched garments, and drying them over fading embers--A miserable landlord--A change of quarters--Luxuries of a hay-loft--A Samaritan of a hostess--Wretched sufferings of Mr. Essel--Resort to another village--A kind landlord--Sympathies for deserters--“A fellow-feeling makes men wondrous kind”--The luxuries of a clean bed--Resort to another village--A motherly hostess--A lucky road-acquaintance--Virtue and happiness in humble life--The charitable baker--Dangers from sportsmen to gentlemen hiding in woods--Mr. Essel’s illness disappearing--Increased speed not always safe to fugitives--Coldness of the weather--An hospitable farmer--A French harvest-home--Hesdin--Nieuville--Étaples--Turned out of a straw-bed--A new inn, with a _gendarme_ in disguise in the kitchen--Bribing a landlord--No boat to be had--An old shepherd too cunning for a young lieutenant and midshipmen--Extreme difficulties--High hopes--Despondency and resources.

a landowner who leases to others

From this reading The journey pursued--A bivouac in a wood--Dangers of being shot--Making free with an orchard--Crossing the Oise--A mode of obtaining provisions--A cabaret and a village _fête_--Kindness of the peasantry--Petit Essigny--Wringing drenched garments, and drying them over fading embers--A miserable landlord--A change of quarters--Luxuries of a hay-loft--A Samaritan of a hostess--Wretched sufferings of Mr. Essel--Resort to another village--A kind landlord--Sympathies for deserters--“A fellow-feeling makes men wondrous kind”--The luxuries of a clean bed--Resort to another village--A motherly hostess--A lucky road-acquaintance--Virtue and happiness in humble life--The charitable baker--Dangers from sportsmen to gentlemen hiding in woods--Mr. Essel’s illness disappearing--Increased speed not always safe to fugitives--Coldness of the weather--An hospitable farmer--A French harvest-home--Hesdin--Nieuville--Étaples--Turned out of a straw-bed--A new inn, with a _gendarme_ in disguise in the kitchen--Bribing a landlord--No boat to be had--An old shepherd too cunning for a young lieutenant and midshipmen--Extreme difficulties--High hopes--Despondency and resources.

above average in size or number or quantity or magnitude or extent

From this reading About midnight we found ourselves all of a sudden at the beginning of a street, the buildings of which were large, and the town surrounding it appeared considerable.

a commissioned military officer

From this reading The journey pursued--A bivouac in a wood--Dangers of being shot--Making free with an orchard--Crossing the Oise--A mode of obtaining provisions--A cabaret and a village _fête_--Kindness of the peasantry--Petit Essigny--Wringing drenched garments, and drying them over fading embers--A miserable landlord--A change of quarters--Luxuries of a hay-loft--A Samaritan of a hostess--Wretched sufferings of Mr. Essel--Resort to another village--A kind landlord--Sympathies for deserters--“A fellow-feeling makes men wondrous kind”--The luxuries of a clean bed--Resort to another village--A motherly hostess--A lucky road-acquaintance--Virtue and happiness in humble life--The charitable baker--Dangers from sportsmen to gentlemen hiding in woods--Mr. Essel’s illness disappearing--Increased speed not always safe to fugitives--Coldness of the weather--An hospitable farmer--A French harvest-home--Hesdin--Nieuville--Étaples--Turned out of a straw-bed--A new inn, with a _gendarme_ in disguise in the kitchen--Bribing a landlord--No boat to be had--An old shepherd too cunning for a young lieutenant and midshipmen--Extreme difficulties--High hopes--Despondency and resources.

a characteristic state or mode of living

From this reading The journey pursued--A bivouac in a wood--Dangers of being shot--Making free with an orchard--Crossing the Oise--A mode of obtaining provisions--A cabaret and a village _fête_--Kindness of the peasantry--Petit Essigny--Wringing drenched garments, and drying them over fading embers--A miserable landlord--A change of quarters--Luxuries of a hay-loft--A Samaritan of a hostess--Wretched sufferings of Mr. Essel--Resort to another village--A kind landlord--Sympathies for deserters--“A fellow-feeling makes men wondrous kind”--The luxuries of a clean bed--Resort to another village--A motherly hostess--A lucky road-acquaintance--Virtue and happiness in humble life--The charitable baker--Dangers from sportsmen to gentlemen hiding in woods--Mr. Essel’s illness disappearing--Increased speed not always safe to fugitives--Coldness of the weather--An hospitable farmer--A French harvest-home--Hesdin--Nieuville--Étaples--Turned out of a straw-bed--A new inn, with a _gendarme_ in disguise in the kitchen--Bribing a landlord--No boat to be had--An old shepherd too cunning for a young lieutenant and midshipmen--Extreme difficulties--High hopes--Despondency and resources.

occurring by chance

From this reading The journey pursued--A bivouac in a wood--Dangers of being shot--Making free with an orchard--Crossing the Oise--A mode of obtaining provisions--A cabaret and a village _fête_--Kindness of the peasantry--Petit Essigny--Wringing drenched garments, and drying them over fading embers--A miserable landlord--A change of quarters--Luxuries of a hay-loft--A Samaritan of a hostess--Wretched sufferings of Mr. Essel--Resort to another village--A kind landlord--Sympathies for deserters--“A fellow-feeling makes men wondrous kind”--The luxuries of a clean bed--Resort to another village--A motherly hostess--A lucky road-acquaintance--Virtue and happiness in humble life--The charitable baker--Dangers from sportsmen to gentlemen hiding in woods--Mr. Essel’s illness disappearing--Increased speed not always safe to fugitives--Coldness of the weather--An hospitable farmer--A French harvest-home--Hesdin--Nieuville--Étaples--Turned out of a straw-bed--A new inn, with a _gendarme_ in disguise in the kitchen--Bribing a landlord--No boat to be had--An old shepherd too cunning for a young lieutenant and midshipmen--Extreme difficulties--High hopes--Despondency and resources.

plural of “luxury” — something that is an indulgence rather than a necessity

From this reading The journey pursued--A bivouac in a wood--Dangers of being shot--Making free with an orchard--Crossing the Oise--A mode of obtaining provisions--A cabaret and a village _fête_--Kindness of the peasantry--Petit Essigny--Wringing drenched garments, and drying them over fading embers--A miserable landlord--A change of quarters--Luxuries of a hay-loft--A Samaritan of a hostess--Wretched sufferings of Mr. Essel--Resort to another village--A kind landlord--Sympathies for deserters--“A fellow-feeling makes men wondrous kind”--The luxuries of a clean bed--Resort to another village--A motherly hostess--A lucky road-acquaintance--Virtue and happiness in humble life--The charitable baker--Dangers from sportsmen to gentlemen hiding in woods--Mr. Essel’s illness disappearing--Increased speed not always safe to fugitives--Coldness of the weather--An hospitable farmer--A French harvest-home--Hesdin--Nieuville--Étaples--Turned out of a straw-bed--A new inn, with a _gendarme_ in disguise in the kitchen--Bribing a landlord--No boat to be had--An old shepherd too cunning for a young lieutenant and midshipmen--Extreme difficulties--High hopes--Despondency and resources.

plural of “make” — a recognizable kind

From this reading The journey pursued--A bivouac in a wood--Dangers of being shot--Making free with an orchard--Crossing the Oise--A mode of obtaining provisions--A cabaret and a village _fête_--Kindness of the peasantry--Petit Essigny--Wringing drenched garments, and drying them over fading embers--A miserable landlord--A change of quarters--Luxuries of a hay-loft--A Samaritan of a hostess--Wretched sufferings of Mr. Essel--Resort to another village--A kind landlord--Sympathies for deserters--“A fellow-feeling makes men wondrous kind”--The luxuries of a clean bed--Resort to another village--A motherly hostess--A lucky road-acquaintance--Virtue and happiness in humble life--The charitable baker--Dangers from sportsmen to gentlemen hiding in woods--Mr. Essel’s illness disappearing--Increased speed not always safe to fugitives--Coldness of the weather--An hospitable farmer--A French harvest-home--Hesdin--Nieuville--Étaples--Turned out of a straw-bed--A new inn, with a _gendarme_ in disguise in the kitchen--Bribing a landlord--No boat to be had--An old shepherd too cunning for a young lieutenant and midshipmen--Extreme difficulties--High hopes--Despondency and resources.

the act that results in something coming to be

From this reading The journey pursued--A bivouac in a wood--Dangers of being shot--Making free with an orchard--Crossing the Oise--A mode of obtaining provisions--A cabaret and a village _fête_--Kindness of the peasantry--Petit Essigny--Wringing drenched garments, and drying them over fading embers--A miserable landlord--A change of quarters--Luxuries of a hay-loft--A Samaritan of a hostess--Wretched sufferings of Mr. Essel--Resort to another village--A kind landlord--Sympathies for deserters--“A fellow-feeling makes men wondrous kind”--The luxuries of a clean bed--Resort to another village--A motherly hostess--A lucky road-acquaintance--Virtue and happiness in humble life--The charitable baker--Dangers from sportsmen to gentlemen hiding in woods--Mr. Essel’s illness disappearing--Increased speed not always safe to fugitives--Coldness of the weather--An hospitable farmer--A French harvest-home--Hesdin--Nieuville--Étaples--Turned out of a straw-bed--A new inn, with a _gendarme_ in disguise in the kitchen--Bribing a landlord--No boat to be had--An old shepherd too cunning for a young lieutenant and midshipmen--Extreme difficulties--High hopes--Despondency and resources.

the force of workers available

From this reading The journey pursued--A bivouac in a wood--Dangers of being shot--Making free with an orchard--Crossing the Oise--A mode of obtaining provisions--A cabaret and a village _fête_--Kindness of the peasantry--Petit Essigny--Wringing drenched garments, and drying them over fading embers--A miserable landlord--A change of quarters--Luxuries of a hay-loft--A Samaritan of a hostess--Wretched sufferings of Mr. Essel--Resort to another village--A kind landlord--Sympathies for deserters--“A fellow-feeling makes men wondrous kind”--The luxuries of a clean bed--Resort to another village--A motherly hostess--A lucky road-acquaintance--Virtue and happiness in humble life--The charitable baker--Dangers from sportsmen to gentlemen hiding in woods--Mr. Essel’s illness disappearing--Increased speed not always safe to fugitives--Coldness of the weather--An hospitable farmer--A French harvest-home--Hesdin--Nieuville--Étaples--Turned out of a straw-bed--A new inn, with a _gendarme_ in disguise in the kitchen--Bribing a landlord--No boat to be had--An old shepherd too cunning for a young lieutenant and midshipmen--Extreme difficulties--High hopes--Despondency and resources.

12 o'clock at night; the middle of the night

From this reading About midnight we found ourselves all of a sudden at the beginning of a street, the buildings of which were large, and the town surrounding it appeared considerable.

plural of “midshipman” — a temporary rank held by young naval officers in training

From this reading The journey pursued--A bivouac in a wood--Dangers of being shot--Making free with an orchard--Crossing the Oise--A mode of obtaining provisions--A cabaret and a village _fête_--Kindness of the peasantry--Petit Essigny--Wringing drenched garments, and drying them over fading embers--A miserable landlord--A change of quarters--Luxuries of a hay-loft--A Samaritan of a hostess--Wretched sufferings of Mr. Essel--Resort to another village--A kind landlord--Sympathies for deserters--“A fellow-feeling makes men wondrous kind”--The luxuries of a clean bed--Resort to another village--A motherly hostess--A lucky road-acquaintance--Virtue and happiness in humble life--The charitable baker--Dangers from sportsmen to gentlemen hiding in woods--Mr. Essel’s illness disappearing--Increased speed not always safe to fugitives--Coldness of the weather--An hospitable farmer--A French harvest-home--Hesdin--Nieuville--Étaples--Turned out of a straw-bed--A new inn, with a _gendarme_ in disguise in the kitchen--Bribing a landlord--No boat to be had--An old shepherd too cunning for a young lieutenant and midshipmen--Extreme difficulties--High hopes--Despondency and resources.

very unhappy; full of misery

From this reading The journey pursued--A bivouac in a wood--Dangers of being shot--Making free with an orchard--Crossing the Oise--A mode of obtaining provisions--A cabaret and a village _fête_--Kindness of the peasantry--Petit Essigny--Wringing drenched garments, and drying them over fading embers--A miserable landlord--A change of quarters--Luxuries of a hay-loft--A Samaritan of a hostess--Wretched sufferings of Mr. Essel--Resort to another village--A kind landlord--Sympathies for deserters--“A fellow-feeling makes men wondrous kind”--The luxuries of a clean bed--Resort to another village--A motherly hostess--A lucky road-acquaintance--Virtue and happiness in humble life--The charitable baker--Dangers from sportsmen to gentlemen hiding in woods--Mr. Essel’s illness disappearing--Increased speed not always safe to fugitives--Coldness of the weather--An hospitable farmer--A French harvest-home--Hesdin--Nieuville--Étaples--Turned out of a straw-bed--A new inn, with a _gendarme_ in disguise in the kitchen--Bribing a landlord--No boat to be had--An old shepherd too cunning for a young lieutenant and midshipmen--Extreme difficulties--High hopes--Despondency and resources.

how something is done or how it happens

From this reading The journey pursued--A bivouac in a wood--Dangers of being shot--Making free with an orchard--Crossing the Oise--A mode of obtaining provisions--A cabaret and a village _fête_--Kindness of the peasantry--Petit Essigny--Wringing drenched garments, and drying them over fading embers--A miserable landlord--A change of quarters--Luxuries of a hay-loft--A Samaritan of a hostess--Wretched sufferings of Mr. Essel--Resort to another village--A kind landlord--Sympathies for deserters--“A fellow-feeling makes men wondrous kind”--The luxuries of a clean bed--Resort to another village--A motherly hostess--A lucky road-acquaintance--Virtue and happiness in humble life--The charitable baker--Dangers from sportsmen to gentlemen hiding in woods--Mr. Essel’s illness disappearing--Increased speed not always safe to fugitives--Coldness of the weather--An hospitable farmer--A French harvest-home--Hesdin--Nieuville--Étaples--Turned out of a straw-bed--A new inn, with a _gendarme_ in disguise in the kitchen--Bribing a landlord--No boat to be had--An old shepherd too cunning for a young lieutenant and midshipmen--Extreme difficulties--High hopes--Despondency and resources.

befitting a mother; warm and nurturing

From this reading The journey pursued--A bivouac in a wood--Dangers of being shot--Making free with an orchard--Crossing the Oise--A mode of obtaining provisions--A cabaret and a village _fête_--Kindness of the peasantry--Petit Essigny--Wringing drenched garments, and drying them over fading embers--A miserable landlord--A change of quarters--Luxuries of a hay-loft--A Samaritan of a hostess--Wretched sufferings of Mr. Essel--Resort to another village--A kind landlord--Sympathies for deserters--“A fellow-feeling makes men wondrous kind”--The luxuries of a clean bed--Resort to another village--A motherly hostess--A lucky road-acquaintance--Virtue and happiness in humble life--The charitable baker--Dangers from sportsmen to gentlemen hiding in woods--Mr. Essel’s illness disappearing--Increased speed not always safe to fugitives--Coldness of the weather--An hospitable farmer--A French harvest-home--Hesdin--Nieuville--Étaples--Turned out of a straw-bed--A new inn, with a _gendarme_ in disguise in the kitchen--Bribing a landlord--No boat to be had--An old shepherd too cunning for a young lieutenant and midshipmen--Extreme difficulties--High hopes--Despondency and resources.

a form of address for a man

From this reading The journey pursued--A bivouac in a wood--Dangers of being shot--Making free with an orchard--Crossing the Oise--A mode of obtaining provisions--A cabaret and a village _fête_--Kindness of the peasantry--Petit Essigny--Wringing drenched garments, and drying them over fading embers--A miserable landlord--A change of quarters--Luxuries of a hay-loft--A Samaritan of a hostess--Wretched sufferings of Mr. Essel--Resort to another village--A kind landlord--Sympathies for deserters--“A fellow-feeling makes men wondrous kind”--The luxuries of a clean bed--Resort to another village--A motherly hostess--A lucky road-acquaintance--Virtue and happiness in humble life--The charitable baker--Dangers from sportsmen to gentlemen hiding in woods--Mr. Essel’s illness disappearing--Increased speed not always safe to fugitives--Coldness of the weather--An hospitable farmer--A French harvest-home--Hesdin--Nieuville--Étaples--Turned out of a straw-bed--A new inn, with a _gendarme_ in disguise in the kitchen--Bribing a landlord--No boat to be had--An old shepherd too cunning for a young lieutenant and midshipmen--Extreme difficulties--High hopes--Despondency and resources.

not of long duration; having just (or relatively recently) come into being or been made or acquired or discovered

From this reading The journey pursued--A bivouac in a wood--Dangers of being shot--Making free with an orchard--Crossing the Oise--A mode of obtaining provisions--A cabaret and a village _fête_--Kindness of the peasantry--Petit Essigny--Wringing drenched garments, and drying them over fading embers--A miserable landlord--A change of quarters--Luxuries of a hay-loft--A Samaritan of a hostess--Wretched sufferings of Mr. Essel--Resort to another village--A kind landlord--Sympathies for deserters--“A fellow-feeling makes men wondrous kind”--The luxuries of a clean bed--Resort to another village--A motherly hostess--A lucky road-acquaintance--Virtue and happiness in humble life--The charitable baker--Dangers from sportsmen to gentlemen hiding in woods--Mr. Essel’s illness disappearing--Increased speed not always safe to fugitives--Coldness of the weather--An hospitable farmer--A French harvest-home--Hesdin--Nieuville--Étaples--Turned out of a straw-bed--A new inn, with a _gendarme_ in disguise in the kitchen--Bribing a landlord--No boat to be had--An old shepherd too cunning for a young lieutenant and midshipmen--Extreme difficulties--High hopes--Despondency and resources.

immediately following in time or order

From this reading During the next day, the 5th of September, nothing particular occurred.

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From this reading The journey pursued--A bivouac in a wood--Dangers of being shot--Making free with an orchard--Crossing the Oise--A mode of obtaining provisions--A cabaret and a village _fête_--Kindness of the peasantry--Petit Essigny--Wringing drenched garments, and drying them over fading embers--A miserable landlord--A change of quarters--Luxuries of a hay-loft--A Samaritan of a hostess--Wretched sufferings of Mr. Essel--Resort to another village--A kind landlord--Sympathies for deserters--“A fellow-feeling makes men wondrous kind”--The luxuries of a clean bed--Resort to another village--A motherly hostess--A lucky road-acquaintance--Virtue and happiness in humble life--The charitable baker--Dangers from sportsmen to gentlemen hiding in woods--Mr. Essel’s illness disappearing--Increased speed not always safe to fugitives--Coldness of the weather--An hospitable farmer--A French harvest-home--Hesdin--Nieuville--Étaples--Turned out of a straw-bed--A new inn, with a _gendarme_ in disguise in the kitchen--Bribing a landlord--No boat to be had--An old shepherd too cunning for a young lieutenant and midshipmen--Extreme difficulties--High hopes--Despondency and resources.

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

From this reading At night we resumed our journey, and at about eleven we came to an immensely broad road.

not any; not one

From this reading The journey pursued--A bivouac in a wood--Dangers of being shot--Making free with an orchard--Crossing the Oise--A mode of obtaining provisions--A cabaret and a village _fête_--Kindness of the peasantry--Petit Essigny--Wringing drenched garments, and drying them over fading embers--A miserable landlord--A change of quarters--Luxuries of a hay-loft--A Samaritan of a hostess--Wretched sufferings of Mr. Essel--Resort to another village--A kind landlord--Sympathies for deserters--“A fellow-feeling makes men wondrous kind”--The luxuries of a clean bed--Resort to another village--A motherly hostess--A lucky road-acquaintance--Virtue and happiness in humble life--The charitable baker--Dangers from sportsmen to gentlemen hiding in woods--Mr. Essel’s illness disappearing--Increased speed not always safe to fugitives--Coldness of the weather--An hospitable farmer--A French harvest-home--Hesdin--Nieuville--Étaples--Turned out of a straw-bed--A new inn, with a _gendarme_ in disguise in the kitchen--Bribing a landlord--No boat to be had--An old shepherd too cunning for a young lieutenant and midshipmen--Extreme difficulties--High hopes--Despondency and resources.

used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative

From this reading The journey pursued--A bivouac in a wood--Dangers of being shot--Making free with an orchard--Crossing the Oise--A mode of obtaining provisions--A cabaret and a village _fête_--Kindness of the peasantry--Petit Essigny--Wringing drenched garments, and drying them over fading embers--A miserable landlord--A change of quarters--Luxuries of a hay-loft--A Samaritan of a hostess--Wretched sufferings of Mr. Essel--Resort to another village--A kind landlord--Sympathies for deserters--“A fellow-feeling makes men wondrous kind”--The luxuries of a clean bed--Resort to another village--A motherly hostess--A lucky road-acquaintance--Virtue and happiness in humble life--The charitable baker--Dangers from sportsmen to gentlemen hiding in woods--Mr. Essel’s illness disappearing--Increased speed not always safe to fugitives--Coldness of the weather--An hospitable farmer--A French harvest-home--Hesdin--Nieuville--Étaples--Turned out of a straw-bed--A new inn, with a _gendarme_ in disguise in the kitchen--Bribing a landlord--No boat to be had--An old shepherd too cunning for a young lieutenant and midshipmen--Extreme difficulties--High hopes--Despondency and resources.

not one thing; not anything

From this reading During the next day, the 5th of September, nothing particular occurred.

-ing form of “obtain” — come into possession of

From this reading The journey pursued--A bivouac in a wood--Dangers of being shot--Making free with an orchard--Crossing the Oise--A mode of obtaining provisions--A cabaret and a village _fête_--Kindness of the peasantry--Petit Essigny--Wringing drenched garments, and drying them over fading embers--A miserable landlord--A change of quarters--Luxuries of a hay-loft--A Samaritan of a hostess--Wretched sufferings of Mr. Essel--Resort to another village--A kind landlord--Sympathies for deserters--“A fellow-feeling makes men wondrous kind”--The luxuries of a clean bed--Resort to another village--A motherly hostess--A lucky road-acquaintance--Virtue and happiness in humble life--The charitable baker--Dangers from sportsmen to gentlemen hiding in woods--Mr. Essel’s illness disappearing--Increased speed not always safe to fugitives--Coldness of the weather--An hospitable farmer--A French harvest-home--Hesdin--Nieuville--Étaples--Turned out of a straw-bed--A new inn, with a _gendarme_ in disguise in the kitchen--Bribing a landlord--No boat to be had--An old shepherd too cunning for a young lieutenant and midshipmen--Extreme difficulties--High hopes--Despondency and resources.

inflected form of “occur” — come to pass

From this reading During the next day, the 5th of September, nothing particular occurred.

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

From this reading The journey pursued--A bivouac in a wood--Dangers of being shot--Making free with an orchard--Crossing the Oise--A mode of obtaining provisions--A cabaret and a village _fête_--Kindness of the peasantry--Petit Essigny--Wringing drenched garments, and drying them over fading embers--A miserable landlord--A change of quarters--Luxuries of a hay-loft--A Samaritan of a hostess--Wretched sufferings of Mr. Essel--Resort to another village--A kind landlord--Sympathies for deserters--“A fellow-feeling makes men wondrous kind”--The luxuries of a clean bed--Resort to another village--A motherly hostess--A lucky road-acquaintance--Virtue and happiness in humble life--The charitable baker--Dangers from sportsmen to gentlemen hiding in woods--Mr. Essel’s illness disappearing--Increased speed not always safe to fugitives--Coldness of the weather--An hospitable farmer--A French harvest-home--Hesdin--Nieuville--Étaples--Turned out of a straw-bed--A new inn, with a _gendarme_ in disguise in the kitchen--Bribing a landlord--No boat to be had--An old shepherd too cunning for a young lieutenant and midshipmen--Extreme difficulties--High hopes--Despondency and resources.

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading The journey pursued--A bivouac in a wood--Dangers of being shot--Making free with an orchard--Crossing the Oise--A mode of obtaining provisions--A cabaret and a village _fête_--Kindness of the peasantry--Petit Essigny--Wringing drenched garments, and drying them over fading embers--A miserable landlord--A change of quarters--Luxuries of a hay-loft--A Samaritan of a hostess--Wretched sufferings of Mr. Essel--Resort to another village--A kind landlord--Sympathies for deserters--“A fellow-feeling makes men wondrous kind”--The luxuries of a clean bed--Resort to another village--A motherly hostess--A lucky road-acquaintance--Virtue and happiness in humble life--The charitable baker--Dangers from sportsmen to gentlemen hiding in woods--Mr. Essel’s illness disappearing--Increased speed not always safe to fugitives--Coldness of the weather--An hospitable farmer--A French harvest-home--Hesdin--Nieuville--Étaples--Turned out of a straw-bed--A new inn, with a _gendarme_ in disguise in the kitchen--Bribing a landlord--No boat to be had--An old shepherd too cunning for a young lieutenant and midshipmen--Extreme difficulties--High hopes--Despondency and resources.

(used especially of persons) having lived for a relatively long time or attained a specific age

From this reading The journey pursued--A bivouac in a wood--Dangers of being shot--Making free with an orchard--Crossing the Oise--A mode of obtaining provisions--A cabaret and a village _fête_--Kindness of the peasantry--Petit Essigny--Wringing drenched garments, and drying them over fading embers--A miserable landlord--A change of quarters--Luxuries of a hay-loft--A Samaritan of a hostess--Wretched sufferings of Mr. Essel--Resort to another village--A kind landlord--Sympathies for deserters--“A fellow-feeling makes men wondrous kind”--The luxuries of a clean bed--Resort to another village--A motherly hostess--A lucky road-acquaintance--Virtue and happiness in humble life--The charitable baker--Dangers from sportsmen to gentlemen hiding in woods--Mr. Essel’s illness disappearing--Increased speed not always safe to fugitives--Coldness of the weather--An hospitable farmer--A French harvest-home--Hesdin--Nieuville--Étaples--Turned out of a straw-bed--A new inn, with a _gendarme_ in disguise in the kitchen--Bribing a landlord--No boat to be had--An old shepherd too cunning for a young lieutenant and midshipmen--Extreme difficulties--High hopes--Despondency and resources.

garden consisting of a small cultivated wood without undergrowth

From this reading The journey pursued--A bivouac in a wood--Dangers of being shot--Making free with an orchard--Crossing the Oise--A mode of obtaining provisions--A cabaret and a village _fête_--Kindness of the peasantry--Petit Essigny--Wringing drenched garments, and drying them over fading embers--A miserable landlord--A change of quarters--Luxuries of a hay-loft--A Samaritan of a hostess--Wretched sufferings of Mr. Essel--Resort to another village--A kind landlord--Sympathies for deserters--“A fellow-feeling makes men wondrous kind”--The luxuries of a clean bed--Resort to another village--A motherly hostess--A lucky road-acquaintance--Virtue and happiness in humble life--The charitable baker--Dangers from sportsmen to gentlemen hiding in woods--Mr. Essel’s illness disappearing--Increased speed not always safe to fugitives--Coldness of the weather--An hospitable farmer--A French harvest-home--Hesdin--Nieuville--Étaples--Turned out of a straw-bed--A new inn, with a _gendarme_ in disguise in the kitchen--Bribing a landlord--No boat to be had--An old shepherd too cunning for a young lieutenant and midshipmen--Extreme difficulties--High hopes--Despondency and resources.

belonging to the speaker and others

From this reading At night we resumed our journey, and at about eleven we came to an immensely broad road.

used when we are both doing the action and receiving it

From this reading At dawn, having found a convenient wood, we concealed ourselves, as usual, during the day.

not allowed to continue to bat or run

From this reading The journey pursued--A bivouac in a wood--Dangers of being shot--Making free with an orchard--Crossing the Oise--A mode of obtaining provisions--A cabaret and a village _fête_--Kindness of the peasantry--Petit Essigny--Wringing drenched garments, and drying them over fading embers--A miserable landlord--A change of quarters--Luxuries of a hay-loft--A Samaritan of a hostess--Wretched sufferings of Mr. Essel--Resort to another village--A kind landlord--Sympathies for deserters--“A fellow-feeling makes men wondrous kind”--The luxuries of a clean bed--Resort to another village--A motherly hostess--A lucky road-acquaintance--Virtue and happiness in humble life--The charitable baker--Dangers from sportsmen to gentlemen hiding in woods--Mr. Essel’s illness disappearing--Increased speed not always safe to fugitives--Coldness of the weather--An hospitable farmer--A French harvest-home--Hesdin--Nieuville--Étaples--Turned out of a straw-bed--A new inn, with a _gendarme_ in disguise in the kitchen--Bribing a landlord--No boat to be had--An old shepherd too cunning for a young lieutenant and midshipmen--Extreme difficulties--High hopes--Despondency and resources.

above and across; more than

From this reading The journey pursued--A bivouac in a wood--Dangers of being shot--Making free with an orchard--Crossing the Oise--A mode of obtaining provisions--A cabaret and a village _fête_--Kindness of the peasantry--Petit Essigny--Wringing drenched garments, and drying them over fading embers--A miserable landlord--A change of quarters--Luxuries of a hay-loft--A Samaritan of a hostess--Wretched sufferings of Mr. Essel--Resort to another village--A kind landlord--Sympathies for deserters--“A fellow-feeling makes men wondrous kind”--The luxuries of a clean bed--Resort to another village--A motherly hostess--A lucky road-acquaintance--Virtue and happiness in humble life--The charitable baker--Dangers from sportsmen to gentlemen hiding in woods--Mr. Essel’s illness disappearing--Increased speed not always safe to fugitives--Coldness of the weather--An hospitable farmer--A French harvest-home--Hesdin--Nieuville--Étaples--Turned out of a straw-bed--A new inn, with a _gendarme_ in disguise in the kitchen--Bribing a landlord--No boat to be had--An old shepherd too cunning for a young lieutenant and midshipmen--Extreme difficulties--High hopes--Despondency and resources.

unique or specific to a person or thing or category

From this reading During the next day, the 5th of September, nothing particular occurred.

the class of peasants

From this reading The journey pursued--A bivouac in a wood--Dangers of being shot--Making free with an orchard--Crossing the Oise--A mode of obtaining provisions--A cabaret and a village _fête_--Kindness of the peasantry--Petit Essigny--Wringing drenched garments, and drying them over fading embers--A miserable landlord--A change of quarters--Luxuries of a hay-loft--A Samaritan of a hostess--Wretched sufferings of Mr. Essel--Resort to another village--A kind landlord--Sympathies for deserters--“A fellow-feeling makes men wondrous kind”--The luxuries of a clean bed--Resort to another village--A motherly hostess--A lucky road-acquaintance--Virtue and happiness in humble life--The charitable baker--Dangers from sportsmen to gentlemen hiding in woods--Mr. Essel’s illness disappearing--Increased speed not always safe to fugitives--Coldness of the weather--An hospitable farmer--A French harvest-home--Hesdin--Nieuville--Étaples--Turned out of a straw-bed--A new inn, with a _gendarme_ in disguise in the kitchen--Bribing a landlord--No boat to be had--An old shepherd too cunning for a young lieutenant and midshipmen--Extreme difficulties--High hopes--Despondency and resources.

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading The journey pursued--A bivouac in a wood--Dangers of being shot--Making free with an orchard--Crossing the Oise--A mode of obtaining provisions--A cabaret and a village _fête_--Kindness of the peasantry--Petit Essigny--Wringing drenched garments, and drying them over fading embers--A miserable landlord--A change of quarters--Luxuries of a hay-loft--A Samaritan of a hostess--Wretched sufferings of Mr. Essel--Resort to another village--A kind landlord--Sympathies for deserters--“A fellow-feeling makes men wondrous kind”--The luxuries of a clean bed--Resort to another village--A motherly hostess--A lucky road-acquaintance--Virtue and happiness in humble life--The charitable baker--Dangers from sportsmen to gentlemen hiding in woods--Mr. Essel’s illness disappearing--Increased speed not always safe to fugitives--Coldness of the weather--An hospitable farmer--A French harvest-home--Hesdin--Nieuville--Étaples--Turned out of a straw-bed--A new inn, with a _gendarme_ in disguise in the kitchen--Bribing a landlord--No boat to be had--An old shepherd too cunning for a young lieutenant and midshipmen--Extreme difficulties--High hopes--Despondency and resources.

a stock or supply of foods

From this reading The journey pursued--A bivouac in a wood--Dangers of being shot--Making free with an orchard--Crossing the Oise--A mode of obtaining provisions--A cabaret and a village _fête_--Kindness of the peasantry--Petit Essigny--Wringing drenched garments, and drying them over fading embers--A miserable landlord--A change of quarters--Luxuries of a hay-loft--A Samaritan of a hostess--Wretched sufferings of Mr. Essel--Resort to another village--A kind landlord--Sympathies for deserters--“A fellow-feeling makes men wondrous kind”--The luxuries of a clean bed--Resort to another village--A motherly hostess--A lucky road-acquaintance--Virtue and happiness in humble life--The charitable baker--Dangers from sportsmen to gentlemen hiding in woods--Mr. Essel’s illness disappearing--Increased speed not always safe to fugitives--Coldness of the weather--An hospitable farmer--A French harvest-home--Hesdin--Nieuville--Étaples--Turned out of a straw-bed--A new inn, with a _gendarme_ in disguise in the kitchen--Bribing a landlord--No boat to be had--An old shepherd too cunning for a young lieutenant and midshipmen--Extreme difficulties--High hopes--Despondency and resources.

a person who is being chased

From this reading The journey pursued--A bivouac in a wood--Dangers of being shot--Making free with an orchard--Crossing the Oise--A mode of obtaining provisions--A cabaret and a village _fête_--Kindness of the peasantry--Petit Essigny--Wringing drenched garments, and drying them over fading embers--A miserable landlord--A change of quarters--Luxuries of a hay-loft--A Samaritan of a hostess--Wretched sufferings of Mr. Essel--Resort to another village--A kind landlord--Sympathies for deserters--“A fellow-feeling makes men wondrous kind”--The luxuries of a clean bed--Resort to another village--A motherly hostess--A lucky road-acquaintance--Virtue and happiness in humble life--The charitable baker--Dangers from sportsmen to gentlemen hiding in woods--Mr. Essel’s illness disappearing--Increased speed not always safe to fugitives--Coldness of the weather--An hospitable farmer--A French harvest-home--Hesdin--Nieuville--Étaples--Turned out of a straw-bed--A new inn, with a _gendarme_ in disguise in the kitchen--Bribing a landlord--No boat to be had--An old shepherd too cunning for a young lieutenant and midshipmen--Extreme difficulties--High hopes--Despondency and resources.

housing available for people to live in

From this reading The journey pursued--A bivouac in a wood--Dangers of being shot--Making free with an orchard--Crossing the Oise--A mode of obtaining provisions--A cabaret and a village _fête_--Kindness of the peasantry--Petit Essigny--Wringing drenched garments, and drying them over fading embers--A miserable landlord--A change of quarters--Luxuries of a hay-loft--A Samaritan of a hostess--Wretched sufferings of Mr. Essel--Resort to another village--A kind landlord--Sympathies for deserters--“A fellow-feeling makes men wondrous kind”--The luxuries of a clean bed--Resort to another village--A motherly hostess--A lucky road-acquaintance--Virtue and happiness in humble life--The charitable baker--Dangers from sportsmen to gentlemen hiding in woods--Mr. Essel’s illness disappearing--Increased speed not always safe to fugitives--Coldness of the weather--An hospitable farmer--A French harvest-home--Hesdin--Nieuville--Étaples--Turned out of a straw-bed--A new inn, with a _gendarme_ in disguise in the kitchen--Bribing a landlord--No boat to be had--An old shepherd too cunning for a young lieutenant and midshipmen--Extreme difficulties--High hopes--Despondency and resources.

a hotel located in a resort area

From this reading The journey pursued--A bivouac in a wood--Dangers of being shot--Making free with an orchard--Crossing the Oise--A mode of obtaining provisions--A cabaret and a village _fête_--Kindness of the peasantry--Petit Essigny--Wringing drenched garments, and drying them over fading embers--A miserable landlord--A change of quarters--Luxuries of a hay-loft--A Samaritan of a hostess--Wretched sufferings of Mr. Essel--Resort to another village--A kind landlord--Sympathies for deserters--“A fellow-feeling makes men wondrous kind”--The luxuries of a clean bed--Resort to another village--A motherly hostess--A lucky road-acquaintance--Virtue and happiness in humble life--The charitable baker--Dangers from sportsmen to gentlemen hiding in woods--Mr. Essel’s illness disappearing--Increased speed not always safe to fugitives--Coldness of the weather--An hospitable farmer--A French harvest-home--Hesdin--Nieuville--Étaples--Turned out of a straw-bed--A new inn, with a _gendarme_ in disguise in the kitchen--Bribing a landlord--No boat to be had--An old shepherd too cunning for a young lieutenant and midshipmen--Extreme difficulties--High hopes--Despondency and resources.

plural of “resource” — available source of wealth; a new or reserve supply that can be drawn upon when needed

From this reading The journey pursued--A bivouac in a wood--Dangers of being shot--Making free with an orchard--Crossing the Oise--A mode of obtaining provisions--A cabaret and a village _fête_--Kindness of the peasantry--Petit Essigny--Wringing drenched garments, and drying them over fading embers--A miserable landlord--A change of quarters--Luxuries of a hay-loft--A Samaritan of a hostess--Wretched sufferings of Mr. Essel--Resort to another village--A kind landlord--Sympathies for deserters--“A fellow-feeling makes men wondrous kind”--The luxuries of a clean bed--Resort to another village--A motherly hostess--A lucky road-acquaintance--Virtue and happiness in humble life--The charitable baker--Dangers from sportsmen to gentlemen hiding in woods--Mr. Essel’s illness disappearing--Increased speed not always safe to fugitives--Coldness of the weather--An hospitable farmer--A French harvest-home--Hesdin--Nieuville--Étaples--Turned out of a straw-bed--A new inn, with a _gendarme_ in disguise in the kitchen--Bribing a landlord--No boat to be had--An old shepherd too cunning for a young lieutenant and midshipmen--Extreme difficulties--High hopes--Despondency and resources.

past form of “resume” — take up or begin anew

From this reading At night we resumed our journey, and at about eleven we came to an immensely broad road.

an open way (generally public) for travel or transportation

From this reading At night we resumed our journey, and at about eleven we came to an immensely broad road.

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading The journey pursued--A bivouac in a wood--Dangers of being shot--Making free with an orchard--Crossing the Oise--A mode of obtaining provisions--A cabaret and a village _fête_--Kindness of the peasantry--Petit Essigny--Wringing drenched garments, and drying them over fading embers--A miserable landlord--A change of quarters--Luxuries of a hay-loft--A Samaritan of a hostess--Wretched sufferings of Mr. Essel--Resort to another village--A kind landlord--Sympathies for deserters--“A fellow-feeling makes men wondrous kind”--The luxuries of a clean bed--Resort to another village--A motherly hostess--A lucky road-acquaintance--Virtue and happiness in humble life--The charitable baker--Dangers from sportsmen to gentlemen hiding in woods--Mr. Essel’s illness disappearing--Increased speed not always safe to fugitives--Coldness of the weather--An hospitable farmer--A French harvest-home--Hesdin--Nieuville--Étaples--Turned out of a straw-bed--A new inn, with a _gendarme_ in disguise in the kitchen--Bribing a landlord--No boat to be had--An old shepherd too cunning for a young lieutenant and midshipmen--Extreme difficulties--High hopes--Despondency and resources.

free from danger or the risk of harm

From this reading The journey pursued--A bivouac in a wood--Dangers of being shot--Making free with an orchard--Crossing the Oise--A mode of obtaining provisions--A cabaret and a village _fête_--Kindness of the peasantry--Petit Essigny--Wringing drenched garments, and drying them over fading embers--A miserable landlord--A change of quarters--Luxuries of a hay-loft--A Samaritan of a hostess--Wretched sufferings of Mr. Essel--Resort to another village--A kind landlord--Sympathies for deserters--“A fellow-feeling makes men wondrous kind”--The luxuries of a clean bed--Resort to another village--A motherly hostess--A lucky road-acquaintance--Virtue and happiness in humble life--The charitable baker--Dangers from sportsmen to gentlemen hiding in woods--Mr. Essel’s illness disappearing--Increased speed not always safe to fugitives--Coldness of the weather--An hospitable farmer--A French harvest-home--Hesdin--Nieuville--Étaples--Turned out of a straw-bed--A new inn, with a _gendarme_ in disguise in the kitchen--Bribing a landlord--No boat to be had--An old shepherd too cunning for a young lieutenant and midshipmen--Extreme difficulties--High hopes--Despondency and resources.

a member of the people inhabiting Samaria in biblical times

From this reading The journey pursued--A bivouac in a wood--Dangers of being shot--Making free with an orchard--Crossing the Oise--A mode of obtaining provisions--A cabaret and a village _fête_--Kindness of the peasantry--Petit Essigny--Wringing drenched garments, and drying them over fading embers--A miserable landlord--A change of quarters--Luxuries of a hay-loft--A Samaritan of a hostess--Wretched sufferings of Mr. Essel--Resort to another village--A kind landlord--Sympathies for deserters--“A fellow-feeling makes men wondrous kind”--The luxuries of a clean bed--Resort to another village--A motherly hostess--A lucky road-acquaintance--Virtue and happiness in humble life--The charitable baker--Dangers from sportsmen to gentlemen hiding in woods--Mr. Essel’s illness disappearing--Increased speed not always safe to fugitives--Coldness of the weather--An hospitable farmer--A French harvest-home--Hesdin--Nieuville--Étaples--Turned out of a straw-bed--A new inn, with a _gendarme_ in disguise in the kitchen--Bribing a landlord--No boat to be had--An old shepherd too cunning for a young lieutenant and midshipmen--Extreme difficulties--High hopes--Despondency and resources.

the month following August and preceding October

From this reading During the next day, the 5th of September, nothing particular occurred.

a clergyman who watches over a group of people

From this reading The journey pursued--A bivouac in a wood--Dangers of being shot--Making free with an orchard--Crossing the Oise--A mode of obtaining provisions--A cabaret and a village _fête_--Kindness of the peasantry--Petit Essigny--Wringing drenched garments, and drying them over fading embers--A miserable landlord--A change of quarters--Luxuries of a hay-loft--A Samaritan of a hostess--Wretched sufferings of Mr. Essel--Resort to another village--A kind landlord--Sympathies for deserters--“A fellow-feeling makes men wondrous kind”--The luxuries of a clean bed--Resort to another village--A motherly hostess--A lucky road-acquaintance--Virtue and happiness in humble life--The charitable baker--Dangers from sportsmen to gentlemen hiding in woods--Mr. Essel’s illness disappearing--Increased speed not always safe to fugitives--Coldness of the weather--An hospitable farmer--A French harvest-home--Hesdin--Nieuville--Étaples--Turned out of a straw-bed--A new inn, with a _gendarme_ in disguise in the kitchen--Bribing a landlord--No boat to be had--An old shepherd too cunning for a young lieutenant and midshipmen--Extreme difficulties--High hopes--Despondency and resources.

the act of firing a projectile

From this reading The journey pursued--A bivouac in a wood--Dangers of being shot--Making free with an orchard--Crossing the Oise--A mode of obtaining provisions--A cabaret and a village _fête_--Kindness of the peasantry--Petit Essigny--Wringing drenched garments, and drying them over fading embers--A miserable landlord--A change of quarters--Luxuries of a hay-loft--A Samaritan of a hostess--Wretched sufferings of Mr. Essel--Resort to another village--A kind landlord--Sympathies for deserters--“A fellow-feeling makes men wondrous kind”--The luxuries of a clean bed--Resort to another village--A motherly hostess--A lucky road-acquaintance--Virtue and happiness in humble life--The charitable baker--Dangers from sportsmen to gentlemen hiding in woods--Mr. Essel’s illness disappearing--Increased speed not always safe to fugitives--Coldness of the weather--An hospitable farmer--A French harvest-home--Hesdin--Nieuville--Étaples--Turned out of a straw-bed--A new inn, with a _gendarme_ in disguise in the kitchen--Bribing a landlord--No boat to be had--An old shepherd too cunning for a young lieutenant and midshipmen--Extreme difficulties--High hopes--Despondency and resources.

move hurridly

From this reading The journey pursued--A bivouac in a wood--Dangers of being shot--Making free with an orchard--Crossing the Oise--A mode of obtaining provisions--A cabaret and a village _fête_--Kindness of the peasantry--Petit Essigny--Wringing drenched garments, and drying them over fading embers--A miserable landlord--A change of quarters--Luxuries of a hay-loft--A Samaritan of a hostess--Wretched sufferings of Mr. Essel--Resort to another village--A kind landlord--Sympathies for deserters--“A fellow-feeling makes men wondrous kind”--The luxuries of a clean bed--Resort to another village--A motherly hostess--A lucky road-acquaintance--Virtue and happiness in humble life--The charitable baker--Dangers from sportsmen to gentlemen hiding in woods--Mr. Essel’s illness disappearing--Increased speed not always safe to fugitives--Coldness of the weather--An hospitable farmer--A French harvest-home--Hesdin--Nieuville--Étaples--Turned out of a straw-bed--A new inn, with a _gendarme_ in disguise in the kitchen--Bribing a landlord--No boat to be had--An old shepherd too cunning for a young lieutenant and midshipmen--Extreme difficulties--High hopes--Despondency and resources.

plural of “sportsman” — someone who engages in sports

From this reading The journey pursued--A bivouac in a wood--Dangers of being shot--Making free with an orchard--Crossing the Oise--A mode of obtaining provisions--A cabaret and a village _fête_--Kindness of the peasantry--Petit Essigny--Wringing drenched garments, and drying them over fading embers--A miserable landlord--A change of quarters--Luxuries of a hay-loft--A Samaritan of a hostess--Wretched sufferings of Mr. Essel--Resort to another village--A kind landlord--Sympathies for deserters--“A fellow-feeling makes men wondrous kind”--The luxuries of a clean bed--Resort to another village--A motherly hostess--A lucky road-acquaintance--Virtue and happiness in humble life--The charitable baker--Dangers from sportsmen to gentlemen hiding in woods--Mr. Essel’s illness disappearing--Increased speed not always safe to fugitives--Coldness of the weather--An hospitable farmer--A French harvest-home--Hesdin--Nieuville--Étaples--Turned out of a straw-bed--A new inn, with a _gendarme_ in disguise in the kitchen--Bribing a landlord--No boat to be had--An old shepherd too cunning for a young lieutenant and midshipmen--Extreme difficulties--High hopes--Despondency and resources.

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading The journey pursued--A bivouac in a wood--Dangers of being shot--Making free with an orchard--Crossing the Oise--A mode of obtaining provisions--A cabaret and a village _fête_--Kindness of the peasantry--Petit Essigny--Wringing drenched garments, and drying them over fading embers--A miserable landlord--A change of quarters--Luxuries of a hay-loft--A Samaritan of a hostess--Wretched sufferings of Mr. Essel--Resort to another village--A kind landlord--Sympathies for deserters--“A fellow-feeling makes men wondrous kind”--The luxuries of a clean bed--Resort to another village--A motherly hostess--A lucky road-acquaintance--Virtue and happiness in humble life--The charitable baker--Dangers from sportsmen to gentlemen hiding in woods--Mr. Essel’s illness disappearing--Increased speed not always safe to fugitives--Coldness of the weather--An hospitable farmer--A French harvest-home--Hesdin--Nieuville--Étaples--Turned out of a straw-bed--A new inn, with a _gendarme_ in disguise in the kitchen--Bribing a landlord--No boat to be had--An old shepherd too cunning for a young lieutenant and midshipmen--Extreme difficulties--High hopes--Despondency and resources.

a thoroughfare (usually including sidewalks) that is lined with buildings

From this reading About midnight we found ourselves all of a sudden at the beginning of a street, the buildings of which were large, and the town surrounding it appeared considerable.

happening without warning or in a short space of time

From this reading About midnight we found ourselves all of a sudden at the beginning of a street, the buildings of which were large, and the town surrounding it appeared considerable.

plural of “suffering” — a state of acute pain

From this reading The journey pursued--A bivouac in a wood--Dangers of being shot--Making free with an orchard--Crossing the Oise--A mode of obtaining provisions--A cabaret and a village _fête_--Kindness of the peasantry--Petit Essigny--Wringing drenched garments, and drying them over fading embers--A miserable landlord--A change of quarters--Luxuries of a hay-loft--A Samaritan of a hostess--Wretched sufferings of Mr. Essel--Resort to another village--A kind landlord--Sympathies for deserters--“A fellow-feeling makes men wondrous kind”--The luxuries of a clean bed--Resort to another village--A motherly hostess--A lucky road-acquaintance--Virtue and happiness in humble life--The charitable baker--Dangers from sportsmen to gentlemen hiding in woods--Mr. Essel’s illness disappearing--Increased speed not always safe to fugitives--Coldness of the weather--An hospitable farmer--A French harvest-home--Hesdin--Nieuville--Étaples--Turned out of a straw-bed--A new inn, with a _gendarme_ in disguise in the kitchen--Bribing a landlord--No boat to be had--An old shepherd too cunning for a young lieutenant and midshipmen--Extreme difficulties--High hopes--Despondency and resources.

closely encircling

From this reading About midnight we found ourselves all of a sudden at the beginning of a street, the buildings of which were large, and the town surrounding it appeared considerable.

plural of “sympathy” — an inclination to support or be loyal to or to agree with an opinion

From this reading The journey pursued--A bivouac in a wood--Dangers of being shot--Making free with an orchard--Crossing the Oise--A mode of obtaining provisions--A cabaret and a village _fête_--Kindness of the peasantry--Petit Essigny--Wringing drenched garments, and drying them over fading embers--A miserable landlord--A change of quarters--Luxuries of a hay-loft--A Samaritan of a hostess--Wretched sufferings of Mr. Essel--Resort to another village--A kind landlord--Sympathies for deserters--“A fellow-feeling makes men wondrous kind”--The luxuries of a clean bed--Resort to another village--A motherly hostess--A lucky road-acquaintance--Virtue and happiness in humble life--The charitable baker--Dangers from sportsmen to gentlemen hiding in woods--Mr. Essel’s illness disappearing--Increased speed not always safe to fugitives--Coldness of the weather--An hospitable farmer--A French harvest-home--Hesdin--Nieuville--Étaples--Turned out of a straw-bed--A new inn, with a _gendarme_ in disguise in the kitchen--Bribing a landlord--No boat to be had--An old shepherd too cunning for a young lieutenant and midshipmen--Extreme difficulties--High hopes--Despondency and resources.

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

From this reading The journey pursued--A bivouac in a wood--Dangers of being shot--Making free with an orchard--Crossing the Oise--A mode of obtaining provisions--A cabaret and a village _fête_--Kindness of the peasantry--Petit Essigny--Wringing drenched garments, and drying them over fading embers--A miserable landlord--A change of quarters--Luxuries of a hay-loft--A Samaritan of a hostess--Wretched sufferings of Mr. Essel--Resort to another village--A kind landlord--Sympathies for deserters--“A fellow-feeling makes men wondrous kind”--The luxuries of a clean bed--Resort to another village--A motherly hostess--A lucky road-acquaintance--Virtue and happiness in humble life--The charitable baker--Dangers from sportsmen to gentlemen hiding in woods--Mr. Essel’s illness disappearing--Increased speed not always safe to fugitives--Coldness of the weather--An hospitable farmer--A French harvest-home--Hesdin--Nieuville--Étaples--Turned out of a straw-bed--A new inn, with a _gendarme_ in disguise in the kitchen--Bribing a landlord--No boat to be had--An old shepherd too cunning for a young lieutenant and midshipmen--Extreme difficulties--High hopes--Despondency and resources.

the people or things already mentioned, as the object

From this reading The journey pursued--A bivouac in a wood--Dangers of being shot--Making free with an orchard--Crossing the Oise--A mode of obtaining provisions--A cabaret and a village _fête_--Kindness of the peasantry--Petit Essigny--Wringing drenched garments, and drying them over fading embers--A miserable landlord--A change of quarters--Luxuries of a hay-loft--A Samaritan of a hostess--Wretched sufferings of Mr. Essel--Resort to another village--A kind landlord--Sympathies for deserters--“A fellow-feeling makes men wondrous kind”--The luxuries of a clean bed--Resort to another village--A motherly hostess--A lucky road-acquaintance--Virtue and happiness in humble life--The charitable baker--Dangers from sportsmen to gentlemen hiding in woods--Mr. Essel’s illness disappearing--Increased speed not always safe to fugitives--Coldness of the weather--An hospitable farmer--A French harvest-home--Hesdin--Nieuville--Étaples--Turned out of a straw-bed--A new inn, with a _gendarme_ in disguise in the kitchen--Bribing a landlord--No boat to be had--An old shepherd too cunning for a young lieutenant and midshipmen--Extreme difficulties--High hopes--Despondency and resources.

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

From this reading The journey pursued--A bivouac in a wood--Dangers of being shot--Making free with an orchard--Crossing the Oise--A mode of obtaining provisions--A cabaret and a village _fête_--Kindness of the peasantry--Petit Essigny--Wringing drenched garments, and drying them over fading embers--A miserable landlord--A change of quarters--Luxuries of a hay-loft--A Samaritan of a hostess--Wretched sufferings of Mr. Essel--Resort to another village--A kind landlord--Sympathies for deserters--“A fellow-feeling makes men wondrous kind”--The luxuries of a clean bed--Resort to another village--A motherly hostess--A lucky road-acquaintance--Virtue and happiness in humble life--The charitable baker--Dangers from sportsmen to gentlemen hiding in woods--Mr. Essel’s illness disappearing--Increased speed not always safe to fugitives--Coldness of the weather--An hospitable farmer--A French harvest-home--Hesdin--Nieuville--Étaples--Turned out of a straw-bed--A new inn, with a _gendarme_ in disguise in the kitchen--Bribing a landlord--No boat to be had--An old shepherd too cunning for a young lieutenant and midshipmen--Extreme difficulties--High hopes--Despondency and resources.

to a degree exceeding normal or proper limits

From this reading The journey pursued--A bivouac in a wood--Dangers of being shot--Making free with an orchard--Crossing the Oise--A mode of obtaining provisions--A cabaret and a village _fête_--Kindness of the peasantry--Petit Essigny--Wringing drenched garments, and drying them over fading embers--A miserable landlord--A change of quarters--Luxuries of a hay-loft--A Samaritan of a hostess--Wretched sufferings of Mr. Essel--Resort to another village--A kind landlord--Sympathies for deserters--“A fellow-feeling makes men wondrous kind”--The luxuries of a clean bed--Resort to another village--A motherly hostess--A lucky road-acquaintance--Virtue and happiness in humble life--The charitable baker--Dangers from sportsmen to gentlemen hiding in woods--Mr. Essel’s illness disappearing--Increased speed not always safe to fugitives--Coldness of the weather--An hospitable farmer--A French harvest-home--Hesdin--Nieuville--Étaples--Turned out of a straw-bed--A new inn, with a _gendarme_ in disguise in the kitchen--Bribing a landlord--No boat to be had--An old shepherd too cunning for a young lieutenant and midshipmen--Extreme difficulties--High hopes--Despondency and resources.

an urban area with a fixed boundary that is smaller than a city

From this reading About midnight we found ourselves all of a sudden at the beginning of a street, the buildings of which were large, and the town surrounding it appeared considerable.

moved around an axis or center

From this reading The journey pursued--A bivouac in a wood--Dangers of being shot--Making free with an orchard--Crossing the Oise--A mode of obtaining provisions--A cabaret and a village _fête_--Kindness of the peasantry--Petit Essigny--Wringing drenched garments, and drying them over fading embers--A miserable landlord--A change of quarters--Luxuries of a hay-loft--A Samaritan of a hostess--Wretched sufferings of Mr. Essel--Resort to another village--A kind landlord--Sympathies for deserters--“A fellow-feeling makes men wondrous kind”--The luxuries of a clean bed--Resort to another village--A motherly hostess--A lucky road-acquaintance--Virtue and happiness in humble life--The charitable baker--Dangers from sportsmen to gentlemen hiding in woods--Mr. Essel’s illness disappearing--Increased speed not always safe to fugitives--Coldness of the weather--An hospitable farmer--A French harvest-home--Hesdin--Nieuville--Étaples--Turned out of a straw-bed--A new inn, with a _gendarme_ in disguise in the kitchen--Bribing a landlord--No boat to be had--An old shepherd too cunning for a young lieutenant and midshipmen--Extreme difficulties--High hopes--Despondency and resources.

occurring or encountered or experienced or observed frequently or in accordance with regular practice or procedure

From this reading At dawn, having found a convenient wood, we concealed ourselves, as usual, during the day.

a community of people smaller than a town

From this reading The journey pursued--A bivouac in a wood--Dangers of being shot--Making free with an orchard--Crossing the Oise--A mode of obtaining provisions--A cabaret and a village _fête_--Kindness of the peasantry--Petit Essigny--Wringing drenched garments, and drying them over fading embers--A miserable landlord--A change of quarters--Luxuries of a hay-loft--A Samaritan of a hostess--Wretched sufferings of Mr. Essel--Resort to another village--A kind landlord--Sympathies for deserters--“A fellow-feeling makes men wondrous kind”--The luxuries of a clean bed--Resort to another village--A motherly hostess--A lucky road-acquaintance--Virtue and happiness in humble life--The charitable baker--Dangers from sportsmen to gentlemen hiding in woods--Mr. Essel’s illness disappearing--Increased speed not always safe to fugitives--Coldness of the weather--An hospitable farmer--A French harvest-home--Hesdin--Nieuville--Étaples--Turned out of a straw-bed--A new inn, with a _gendarme_ in disguise in the kitchen--Bribing a landlord--No boat to be had--An old shepherd too cunning for a young lieutenant and midshipmen--Extreme difficulties--High hopes--Despondency and resources.

Moral excellence and goodness of character; the highest human attainment in Stoic philosophy.

From this reading The journey pursued--A bivouac in a wood--Dangers of being shot--Making free with an orchard--Crossing the Oise--A mode of obtaining provisions--A cabaret and a village _fête_--Kindness of the peasantry--Petit Essigny--Wringing drenched garments, and drying them over fading embers--A miserable landlord--A change of quarters--Luxuries of a hay-loft--A Samaritan of a hostess--Wretched sufferings of Mr. Essel--Resort to another village--A kind landlord--Sympathies for deserters--“A fellow-feeling makes men wondrous kind”--The luxuries of a clean bed--Resort to another village--A motherly hostess--A lucky road-acquaintance--Virtue and happiness in humble life--The charitable baker--Dangers from sportsmen to gentlemen hiding in woods--Mr. Essel’s illness disappearing--Increased speed not always safe to fugitives--Coldness of the weather--An hospitable farmer--A French harvest-home--Hesdin--Nieuville--Étaples--Turned out of a straw-bed--A new inn, with a _gendarme_ in disguise in the kitchen--Bribing a landlord--No boat to be had--An old shepherd too cunning for a young lieutenant and midshipmen--Extreme difficulties--High hopes--Despondency and resources.

the speaker together with one or more other people

From this reading At dawn, having found a convenient wood, we concealed ourselves, as usual, during the day.

the atmospheric conditions that comprise the state of the atmosphere in terms of temperature and wind and clouds and precipitation

From this reading The journey pursued--A bivouac in a wood--Dangers of being shot--Making free with an orchard--Crossing the Oise--A mode of obtaining provisions--A cabaret and a village _fête_--Kindness of the peasantry--Petit Essigny--Wringing drenched garments, and drying them over fading embers--A miserable landlord--A change of quarters--Luxuries of a hay-loft--A Samaritan of a hostess--Wretched sufferings of Mr. Essel--Resort to another village--A kind landlord--Sympathies for deserters--“A fellow-feeling makes men wondrous kind”--The luxuries of a clean bed--Resort to another village--A motherly hostess--A lucky road-acquaintance--Virtue and happiness in humble life--The charitable baker--Dangers from sportsmen to gentlemen hiding in woods--Mr. Essel’s illness disappearing--Increased speed not always safe to fugitives--Coldness of the weather--An hospitable farmer--A French harvest-home--Hesdin--Nieuville--Étaples--Turned out of a straw-bed--A new inn, with a _gendarme_ in disguise in the kitchen--Bribing a landlord--No boat to be had--An old shepherd too cunning for a young lieutenant and midshipmen--Extreme difficulties--High hopes--Despondency and resources.

the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun

From this reading About midnight we found ourselves all of a sudden at the beginning of a street, the buildings of which were large, and the town surrounding it appeared considerable.

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

From this reading About midnight we found ourselves all of a sudden at the beginning of a street, the buildings of which were large, and the town surrounding it appeared considerable.

in the company of; together with

From this reading The journey pursued--A bivouac in a wood--Dangers of being shot--Making free with an orchard--Crossing the Oise--A mode of obtaining provisions--A cabaret and a village _fête_--Kindness of the peasantry--Petit Essigny--Wringing drenched garments, and drying them over fading embers--A miserable landlord--A change of quarters--Luxuries of a hay-loft--A Samaritan of a hostess--Wretched sufferings of Mr. Essel--Resort to another village--A kind landlord--Sympathies for deserters--“A fellow-feeling makes men wondrous kind”--The luxuries of a clean bed--Resort to another village--A motherly hostess--A lucky road-acquaintance--Virtue and happiness in humble life--The charitable baker--Dangers from sportsmen to gentlemen hiding in woods--Mr. Essel’s illness disappearing--Increased speed not always safe to fugitives--Coldness of the weather--An hospitable farmer--A French harvest-home--Hesdin--Nieuville--Étaples--Turned out of a straw-bed--A new inn, with a _gendarme_ in disguise in the kitchen--Bribing a landlord--No boat to be had--An old shepherd too cunning for a young lieutenant and midshipmen--Extreme difficulties--High hopes--Despondency and resources.

extraordinarily good or great; used especially as intensifiers

From this reading The journey pursued--A bivouac in a wood--Dangers of being shot--Making free with an orchard--Crossing the Oise--A mode of obtaining provisions--A cabaret and a village _fête_--Kindness of the peasantry--Petit Essigny--Wringing drenched garments, and drying them over fading embers--A miserable landlord--A change of quarters--Luxuries of a hay-loft--A Samaritan of a hostess--Wretched sufferings of Mr. Essel--Resort to another village--A kind landlord--Sympathies for deserters--“A fellow-feeling makes men wondrous kind”--The luxuries of a clean bed--Resort to another village--A motherly hostess--A lucky road-acquaintance--Virtue and happiness in humble life--The charitable baker--Dangers from sportsmen to gentlemen hiding in woods--Mr. Essel’s illness disappearing--Increased speed not always safe to fugitives--Coldness of the weather--An hospitable farmer--A French harvest-home--Hesdin--Nieuville--Étaples--Turned out of a straw-bed--A new inn, with a _gendarme_ in disguise in the kitchen--Bribing a landlord--No boat to be had--An old shepherd too cunning for a young lieutenant and midshipmen--Extreme difficulties--High hopes--Despondency and resources.

the hard fibrous lignified substance under the bark of trees

From this reading The journey pursued--A bivouac in a wood--Dangers of being shot--Making free with an orchard--Crossing the Oise--A mode of obtaining provisions--A cabaret and a village _fête_--Kindness of the peasantry--Petit Essigny--Wringing drenched garments, and drying them over fading embers--A miserable landlord--A change of quarters--Luxuries of a hay-loft--A Samaritan of a hostess--Wretched sufferings of Mr. Essel--Resort to another village--A kind landlord--Sympathies for deserters--“A fellow-feeling makes men wondrous kind”--The luxuries of a clean bed--Resort to another village--A motherly hostess--A lucky road-acquaintance--Virtue and happiness in humble life--The charitable baker--Dangers from sportsmen to gentlemen hiding in woods--Mr. Essel’s illness disappearing--Increased speed not always safe to fugitives--Coldness of the weather--An hospitable farmer--A French harvest-home--Hesdin--Nieuville--Étaples--Turned out of a straw-bed--A new inn, with a _gendarme_ in disguise in the kitchen--Bribing a landlord--No boat to be had--An old shepherd too cunning for a young lieutenant and midshipmen--Extreme difficulties--High hopes--Despondency and resources.

the trees and other plants in a large densely wooded area

From this reading The journey pursued--A bivouac in a wood--Dangers of being shot--Making free with an orchard--Crossing the Oise--A mode of obtaining provisions--A cabaret and a village _fête_--Kindness of the peasantry--Petit Essigny--Wringing drenched garments, and drying them over fading embers--A miserable landlord--A change of quarters--Luxuries of a hay-loft--A Samaritan of a hostess--Wretched sufferings of Mr. Essel--Resort to another village--A kind landlord--Sympathies for deserters--“A fellow-feeling makes men wondrous kind”--The luxuries of a clean bed--Resort to another village--A motherly hostess--A lucky road-acquaintance--Virtue and happiness in humble life--The charitable baker--Dangers from sportsmen to gentlemen hiding in woods--Mr. Essel’s illness disappearing--Increased speed not always safe to fugitives--Coldness of the weather--An hospitable farmer--A French harvest-home--Hesdin--Nieuville--Étaples--Turned out of a straw-bed--A new inn, with a _gendarme_ in disguise in the kitchen--Bribing a landlord--No boat to be had--An old shepherd too cunning for a young lieutenant and midshipmen--Extreme difficulties--High hopes--Despondency and resources.

of very poor quality or condition

From this reading The journey pursued--A bivouac in a wood--Dangers of being shot--Making free with an orchard--Crossing the Oise--A mode of obtaining provisions--A cabaret and a village _fête_--Kindness of the peasantry--Petit Essigny--Wringing drenched garments, and drying them over fading embers--A miserable landlord--A change of quarters--Luxuries of a hay-loft--A Samaritan of a hostess--Wretched sufferings of Mr. Essel--Resort to another village--A kind landlord--Sympathies for deserters--“A fellow-feeling makes men wondrous kind”--The luxuries of a clean bed--Resort to another village--A motherly hostess--A lucky road-acquaintance--Virtue and happiness in humble life--The charitable baker--Dangers from sportsmen to gentlemen hiding in woods--Mr. Essel’s illness disappearing--Increased speed not always safe to fugitives--Coldness of the weather--An hospitable farmer--A French harvest-home--Hesdin--Nieuville--Étaples--Turned out of a straw-bed--A new inn, with a _gendarme_ in disguise in the kitchen--Bribing a landlord--No boat to be had--An old shepherd too cunning for a young lieutenant and midshipmen--Extreme difficulties--High hopes--Despondency and resources.

-ing form of “wring” — twist and press out of shape

From this reading The journey pursued--A bivouac in a wood--Dangers of being shot--Making free with an orchard--Crossing the Oise--A mode of obtaining provisions--A cabaret and a village _fête_--Kindness of the peasantry--Petit Essigny--Wringing drenched garments, and drying them over fading embers--A miserable landlord--A change of quarters--Luxuries of a hay-loft--A Samaritan of a hostess--Wretched sufferings of Mr. Essel--Resort to another village--A kind landlord--Sympathies for deserters--“A fellow-feeling makes men wondrous kind”--The luxuries of a clean bed--Resort to another village--A motherly hostess--A lucky road-acquaintance--Virtue and happiness in humble life--The charitable baker--Dangers from sportsmen to gentlemen hiding in woods--Mr. Essel’s illness disappearing--Increased speed not always safe to fugitives--Coldness of the weather--An hospitable farmer--A French harvest-home--Hesdin--Nieuville--Étaples--Turned out of a straw-bed--A new inn, with a _gendarme_ in disguise in the kitchen--Bribing a landlord--No boat to be had--An old shepherd too cunning for a young lieutenant and midshipmen--Extreme difficulties--High hopes--Despondency and resources.

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

From this reading The journey pursued--A bivouac in a wood--Dangers of being shot--Making free with an orchard--Crossing the Oise--A mode of obtaining provisions--A cabaret and a village _fête_--Kindness of the peasantry--Petit Essigny--Wringing drenched garments, and drying them over fading embers--A miserable landlord--A change of quarters--Luxuries of a hay-loft--A Samaritan of a hostess--Wretched sufferings of Mr. Essel--Resort to another village--A kind landlord--Sympathies for deserters--“A fellow-feeling makes men wondrous kind”--The luxuries of a clean bed--Resort to another village--A motherly hostess--A lucky road-acquaintance--Virtue and happiness in humble life--The charitable baker--Dangers from sportsmen to gentlemen hiding in woods--Mr. Essel’s illness disappearing--Increased speed not always safe to fugitives--Coldness of the weather--An hospitable farmer--A French harvest-home--Hesdin--Nieuville--Étaples--Turned out of a straw-bed--A new inn, with a _gendarme_ in disguise in the kitchen--Bribing a landlord--No boat to be had--An old shepherd too cunning for a young lieutenant and midshipmen--Extreme difficulties--High hopes--Despondency and resources.

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From this reading The journey pursued--A bivouac in a wood--Dangers of being shot--Making free with an orchard--Crossing the Oise--A mode of obtaining provisions--A cabaret and a village _fête_--Kindness of the peasantry--Petit Essigny--Wringing drenched garments, and drying them over fading embers--A miserable landlord--A change of quarters--Luxuries of a hay-loft--A Samaritan of a hostess--Wretched sufferings of Mr. Essel--Resort to another village--A kind landlord--Sympathies for deserters--“A fellow-feeling makes men wondrous kind”--The luxuries of a clean bed--Resort to another village--A motherly hostess--A lucky road-acquaintance--Virtue and happiness in humble life--The charitable baker--Dangers from sportsmen to gentlemen hiding in woods--Mr. Essel’s illness disappearing--Increased speed not always safe to fugitives--Coldness of the weather--An hospitable farmer--A French harvest-home--Hesdin--Nieuville--Étaples--Turned out of a straw-bed--A new inn, with a _gendarme_ in disguise in the kitchen--Bribing a landlord--No boat to be had--An old shepherd too cunning for a young lieutenant and midshipmen--Extreme difficulties--High hopes--Despondency and resources.