Chapter XI

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From this reading The inauspicious month of November 1807 seemed to take a malignant cognisance of my enterprises, and to visit me with more than its usual severities.

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

From this reading An inclement season--A retreat in a cavern--Somnambulism--The discovery of a shepherd’s hut--A traveller put out of a wrong road--Swimming in a winter’s night--Passing through a mill--A suspicious traveller may be an honest man--A Lorraine cottage seen through a fog--Dangers from over-kind people--Repugnance to be introduced to a mayor or any other good society--Concealment in a hollow willow--An honest fellow-traveller of fugitive reminiscences--An ingenious fiction--A perspective of Strasbourg.

moving forward

From this reading After advancing a short distance, on turning back I observed my _friend_ the tailor, with all the rest, watching which way I went.

later than; following

From this reading After advancing a short distance, on turning back I observed my _friend_ the tailor, with all the rest, watching which way I went.

(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 After advancing a short distance, on turning back I observed my _friend_ the tailor, with all the rest, watching which way I went.

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

From this reading An inclement season--A retreat in a cavern--Somnambulism--The discovery of a shepherd’s hut--A traveller put out of a wrong road--Swimming in a winter’s night--Passing through a mill--A suspicious traveller may be an honest man--A Lorraine cottage seen through a fog--Dangers from over-kind people--Repugnance to be introduced to a mayor or any other good society--Concealment in a hollow willow--An honest fellow-traveller of fugitive reminiscences--An ingenious fiction--A perspective of Strasbourg.

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

From this reading The inauspicious month of November 1807 seemed to take a malignant cognisance of my enterprises, and to visit me with more than its usual severities.

one or some or every or all without specification

From this reading An inclement season--A retreat in a cavern--Somnambulism--The discovery of a shepherd’s hut--A traveller put out of a wrong road--Swimming in a winter’s night--Passing through a mill--A suspicious traveller may be an honest man--A Lorraine cottage seen through a fog--Dangers from over-kind people--Repugnance to be introduced to a mayor or any other good society--Concealment in a hollow willow--An honest fellow-traveller of fugitive reminiscences--An ingenious fiction--A perspective of Strasbourg.

in or to or toward a former location

From this reading After advancing a short distance, on turning back I observed my _friend_ the tailor, with all the rest, watching which way I went.

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

From this reading An inclement season--A retreat in a cavern--Somnambulism--The discovery of a shepherd’s hut--A traveller put out of a wrong road--Swimming in a winter’s night--Passing through a mill--A suspicious traveller may be an honest man--A Lorraine cottage seen through a fog--Dangers from over-kind people--Repugnance to be introduced to a mayor or any other good society--Concealment in a hollow willow--An honest fellow-traveller of fugitive reminiscences--An ingenious fiction--A perspective of Strasbourg.

with boldness, in a bold manner

From this reading To prevent suspicion, I walked boldly on the road.

A large, vast underground cave, often filled with forgotten ancient treasures.

From this reading An inclement season--A retreat in a cavern--Somnambulism--The discovery of a shepherd’s hut--A traveller put out of a wrong road--Swimming in a winter’s night--Passing through a mill--A suspicious traveller may be an honest man--A Lorraine cottage seen through a fog--Dangers from over-kind people--Repugnance to be introduced to a mayor or any other good society--Concealment in a hollow willow--An honest fellow-traveller of fugitive reminiscences--An ingenious fiction--A perspective of Strasbourg.

having knowledge of

From this reading The inauspicious month of November 1807 seemed to take a malignant cognisance of my enterprises, and to visit me with more than its usual severities.

the condition of being concealed or hidden

From this reading An inclement season--A retreat in a cavern--Somnambulism--The discovery of a shepherd’s hut--A traveller put out of a wrong road--Swimming in a winter’s night--Passing through a mill--A suspicious traveller may be an honest man--A Lorraine cottage seen through a fog--Dangers from over-kind people--Repugnance to be introduced to a mayor or any other good society--Concealment in a hollow willow--An honest fellow-traveller of fugitive reminiscences--An ingenious fiction--A perspective of Strasbourg.

a small house with a single story

From this reading An inclement season--A retreat in a cavern--Somnambulism--The discovery of a shepherd’s hut--A traveller put out of a wrong road--Swimming in a winter’s night--Passing through a mill--A suspicious traveller may be an honest man--A Lorraine cottage seen through a fog--Dangers from over-kind people--Repugnance to be introduced to a mayor or any other good society--Concealment in a hollow willow--An honest fellow-traveller of fugitive reminiscences--An ingenious fiction--A perspective of Strasbourg.

provide with a covering or cause to be covered

From this reading It rained excessively heavy, and I was sure that nobody who had any possibility of remaining under cover would be in the way to interrupt me.

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

From this reading An inclement season--A retreat in a cavern--Somnambulism--The discovery of a shepherd’s hut--A traveller put out of a wrong road--Swimming in a winter’s night--Passing through a mill--A suspicious traveller may be an honest man--A Lorraine cottage seen through a fog--Dangers from over-kind people--Repugnance to be introduced to a mayor or any other good society--Concealment in a hollow willow--An honest fellow-traveller of fugitive reminiscences--An ingenious fiction--A perspective of Strasbourg.

the act of discovering something

From this reading An inclement season--A retreat in a cavern--Somnambulism--The discovery of a shepherd’s hut--A traveller put out of a wrong road--Swimming in a winter’s night--Passing through a mill--A suspicious traveller may be an honest man--A Lorraine cottage seen through a fog--Dangers from over-kind people--Repugnance to be introduced to a mayor or any other good society--Concealment in a hollow willow--An honest fellow-traveller of fugitive reminiscences--An ingenious fiction--A perspective of Strasbourg.

the property created by the space between two objects or points

From this reading After advancing a short distance, on turning back I observed my _friend_ the tailor, with all the rest, watching which way I went.

plural of “enterprise” — a purposeful or industrious undertaking (especially one that requires effort or boldness)

From this reading The inauspicious month of November 1807 seemed to take a malignant cognisance of my enterprises, and to visit me with more than its usual severities.

to a degree exceeding normal or proper limits

From this reading It rained excessively heavy, and I was sure that nobody who had any possibility of remaining under cover would be in the way to interrupt me.

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From this reading An inclement season--A retreat in a cavern--Somnambulism--The discovery of a shepherd’s hut--A traveller put out of a wrong road--Swimming in a winter’s night--Passing through a mill--A suspicious traveller may be an honest man--A Lorraine cottage seen through a fog--Dangers from over-kind people--Repugnance to be introduced to a mayor or any other good society--Concealment in a hollow willow--An honest fellow-traveller of fugitive reminiscences--An ingenious fiction--A perspective of Strasbourg.

a literary work based on the imagination and not necessarily on fact

From this reading An inclement season--A retreat in a cavern--Somnambulism--The discovery of a shepherd’s hut--A traveller put out of a wrong road--Swimming in a winter’s night--Passing through a mill--A suspicious traveller may be an honest man--A Lorraine cottage seen through a fog--Dangers from over-kind people--Repugnance to be introduced to a mayor or any other good society--Concealment in a hollow willow--An honest fellow-traveller of fugitive reminiscences--An ingenious fiction--A perspective of Strasbourg.

droplets of water vapor suspended in the air near the ground

From this reading An inclement season--A retreat in a cavern--Somnambulism--The discovery of a shepherd’s hut--A traveller put out of a wrong road--Swimming in a winter’s night--Passing through a mill--A suspicious traveller may be an honest man--A Lorraine cottage seen through a fog--Dangers from over-kind people--Repugnance to be introduced to a mayor or any other good society--Concealment in a hollow willow--An honest fellow-traveller of fugitive reminiscences--An ingenious fiction--A perspective of Strasbourg.

a person you know well and regard with affection and trust

From this reading After advancing a short distance, on turning back I observed my _friend_ the tailor, with all the rest, watching which way I went.

showing where something starts, or who sent it

From this reading An inclement season--A retreat in a cavern--Somnambulism--The discovery of a shepherd’s hut--A traveller put out of a wrong road--Swimming in a winter’s night--Passing through a mill--A suspicious traveller may be an honest man--A Lorraine cottage seen through a fog--Dangers from over-kind people--Repugnance to be introduced to a mayor or any other good society--Concealment in a hollow willow--An honest fellow-traveller of fugitive reminiscences--An ingenious fiction--A perspective of Strasbourg.

someone who flees from an uncongenial situation

From this reading An inclement season--A retreat in a cavern--Somnambulism--The discovery of a shepherd’s hut--A traveller put out of a wrong road--Swimming in a winter’s night--Passing through a mill--A suspicious traveller may be an honest man--A Lorraine cottage seen through a fog--Dangers from over-kind people--Repugnance to be introduced to a mayor or any other good society--Concealment in a hollow willow--An honest fellow-traveller of fugitive reminiscences--An ingenious fiction--A perspective of Strasbourg.

having desirable or positive qualities especially those suitable for a thing specified

From this reading An inclement season--A retreat in a cavern--Somnambulism--The discovery of a shepherd’s hut--A traveller put out of a wrong road--Swimming in a winter’s night--Passing through a mill--A suspicious traveller may be an honest man--A Lorraine cottage seen through a fog--Dangers from over-kind people--Repugnance to be introduced to a mayor or any other good society--Concealment in a hollow willow--An honest fellow-traveller of fugitive reminiscences--An ingenious fiction--A perspective of Strasbourg.

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

From this reading It rained excessively heavy, and I was sure that nobody who had any possibility of remaining under cover would be in the way to interrupt me.

of comparatively great physical weight or density

From this reading It rained excessively heavy, and I was sure that nobody who had any possibility of remaining under cover would be in the way to interrupt me.

not solid; having a space or gap or cavity

From this reading An inclement season--A retreat in a cavern--Somnambulism--The discovery of a shepherd’s hut--A traveller put out of a wrong road--Swimming in a winter’s night--Passing through a mill--A suspicious traveller may be an honest man--A Lorraine cottage seen through a fog--Dangers from over-kind people--Repugnance to be introduced to a mayor or any other good society--Concealment in a hollow willow--An honest fellow-traveller of fugitive reminiscences--An ingenious fiction--A perspective of Strasbourg.

not disposed to cheat or defraud; not deceptive or fraudulent

From this reading An inclement season--A retreat in a cavern--Somnambulism--The discovery of a shepherd’s hut--A traveller put out of a wrong road--Swimming in a winter’s night--Passing through a mill--A suspicious traveller may be an honest man--A Lorraine cottage seen through a fog--Dangers from over-kind people--Repugnance to be introduced to a mayor or any other good society--Concealment in a hollow willow--An honest fellow-traveller of fugitive reminiscences--An ingenious fiction--A perspective of Strasbourg.

temporary military shelter

From this reading An inclement season--A retreat in a cavern--Somnambulism--The discovery of a shepherd’s hut--A traveller put out of a wrong road--Swimming in a winter’s night--Passing through a mill--A suspicious traveller may be an honest man--A Lorraine cottage seen through a fog--Dangers from over-kind people--Repugnance to be introduced to a mayor or any other good society--Concealment in a hollow willow--An honest fellow-traveller of fugitive reminiscences--An ingenious fiction--A perspective of Strasbourg.

the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb

From this reading To prevent suspicion, I walked boldly on the road.

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

From this reading An inclement season--A retreat in a cavern--Somnambulism--The discovery of a shepherd’s hut--A traveller put out of a wrong road--Swimming in a winter’s night--Passing through a mill--A suspicious traveller may be an honest man--A Lorraine cottage seen through a fog--Dangers from over-kind people--Repugnance to be introduced to a mayor or any other good society--Concealment in a hollow willow--An honest fellow-traveller of fugitive reminiscences--An ingenious fiction--A perspective of Strasbourg.

not auspicious; boding ill

From this reading The inauspicious month of November 1807 seemed to take a malignant cognisance of my enterprises, and to visit me with more than its usual severities.

(of weather or climate) severe

From this reading An inclement season--A retreat in a cavern--Somnambulism--The discovery of a shepherd’s hut--A traveller put out of a wrong road--Swimming in a winter’s night--Passing through a mill--A suspicious traveller may be an honest man--A Lorraine cottage seen through a fog--Dangers from over-kind people--Repugnance to be introduced to a mayor or any other good society--Concealment in a hollow willow--An honest fellow-traveller of fugitive reminiscences--An ingenious fiction--A perspective of Strasbourg.

Clever, original, and remarkably inventive in design and execution.

From this reading An inclement season--A retreat in a cavern--Somnambulism--The discovery of a shepherd’s hut--A traveller put out of a wrong road--Swimming in a winter’s night--Passing through a mill--A suspicious traveller may be an honest man--A Lorraine cottage seen through a fog--Dangers from over-kind people--Repugnance to be introduced to a mayor or any other good society--Concealment in a hollow willow--An honest fellow-traveller of fugitive reminiscences--An ingenious fiction--A perspective of Strasbourg.

make a break in

From this reading It rained excessively heavy, and I was sure that nobody who had any possibility of remaining under cover would be in the way to interrupt me.

past form of “introduce” — cause to come to know personally

From this reading An inclement season--A retreat in a cavern--Somnambulism--The discovery of a shepherd’s hut--A traveller put out of a wrong road--Swimming in a winter’s night--Passing through a mill--A suspicious traveller may be an honest man--A Lorraine cottage seen through a fog--Dangers from over-kind people--Repugnance to be introduced to a mayor or any other good society--Concealment in a hollow willow--An honest fellow-traveller of fugitive reminiscences--An ingenious fiction--A perspective of Strasbourg.

a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned

From this reading It rained excessively heavy, and I was sure that nobody who had any possibility of remaining under cover would be in the way to interrupt me.

belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned

From this reading The inauspicious month of November 1807 seemed to take a malignant cognisance of my enterprises, and to visit me with more than its usual severities.

an eastern French region rich in iron-ore deposits

From this reading An inclement season--A retreat in a cavern--Somnambulism--The discovery of a shepherd’s hut--A traveller put out of a wrong road--Swimming in a winter’s night--Passing through a mill--A suspicious traveller may be an honest man--A Lorraine cottage seen through a fog--Dangers from over-kind people--Repugnance to be introduced to a mayor or any other good society--Concealment in a hollow willow--An honest fellow-traveller of fugitive reminiscences--An ingenious fiction--A perspective of Strasbourg.

dangerous to health; characterized by progressive and uncontrolled growth (especially of a tumor)

From this reading The inauspicious month of November 1807 seemed to take a malignant cognisance of my enterprises, and to visit me with more than its usual severities.

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

From this reading An inclement season--A retreat in a cavern--Somnambulism--The discovery of a shepherd’s hut--A traveller put out of a wrong road--Swimming in a winter’s night--Passing through a mill--A suspicious traveller may be an honest man--A Lorraine cottage seen through a fog--Dangers from over-kind people--Repugnance to be introduced to a mayor or any other good society--Concealment in a hollow willow--An honest fellow-traveller of fugitive reminiscences--An ingenious fiction--A perspective of Strasbourg.

used to say something is possible, or to give permission

From this reading An inclement season--A retreat in a cavern--Somnambulism--The discovery of a shepherd’s hut--A traveller put out of a wrong road--Swimming in a winter’s night--Passing through a mill--A suspicious traveller may be an honest man--A Lorraine cottage seen through a fog--Dangers from over-kind people--Repugnance to be introduced to a mayor or any other good society--Concealment in a hollow willow--An honest fellow-traveller of fugitive reminiscences--An ingenious fiction--A perspective of Strasbourg.

the head of a city government

From this reading An inclement season--A retreat in a cavern--Somnambulism--The discovery of a shepherd’s hut--A traveller put out of a wrong road--Swimming in a winter’s night--Passing through a mill--A suspicious traveller may be an honest man--A Lorraine cottage seen through a fog--Dangers from over-kind people--Repugnance to be introduced to a mayor or any other good society--Concealment in a hollow willow--An honest fellow-traveller of fugitive reminiscences--An ingenious fiction--A perspective of Strasbourg.

the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition

From this reading The inauspicious month of November 1807 seemed to take a malignant cognisance of my enterprises, and to visit me with more than its usual severities.

move about in a confused manner

From this reading An inclement season--A retreat in a cavern--Somnambulism--The discovery of a shepherd’s hut--A traveller put out of a wrong road--Swimming in a winter’s night--Passing through a mill--A suspicious traveller may be an honest man--A Lorraine cottage seen through a fog--Dangers from over-kind people--Repugnance to be introduced to a mayor or any other good society--Concealment in a hollow willow--An honest fellow-traveller of fugitive reminiscences--An ingenious fiction--A perspective of Strasbourg.

one of the twelve divisions of the calendar year

From this reading The inauspicious month of November 1807 seemed to take a malignant cognisance of my enterprises, and to visit me with more than its usual severities.

(comparative of “much” used with mass nouns) a quantifier meaning greater in size or amount or extent or degree

From this reading The inauspicious month of November 1807 seemed to take a malignant cognisance of my enterprises, and to visit me with more than its usual severities.

belonging to the person speaking

From this reading The inauspicious month of November 1807 seemed to take a malignant cognisance of my enterprises, and to visit me with more than its usual severities.

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

From this reading An inclement season--A retreat in a cavern--Somnambulism--The discovery of a shepherd’s hut--A traveller put out of a wrong road--Swimming in a winter’s night--Passing through a mill--A suspicious traveller may be an honest man--A Lorraine cottage seen through a fog--Dangers from over-kind people--Repugnance to be introduced to a mayor or any other good society--Concealment in a hollow willow--An honest fellow-traveller of fugitive reminiscences--An ingenious fiction--A perspective of Strasbourg.

no person; not anyone

From this reading It rained excessively heavy, and I was sure that nobody who had any possibility of remaining under cover would be in the way to interrupt me.

the month following October and preceding December

From this reading The inauspicious month of November 1807 seemed to take a malignant cognisance of my enterprises, and to visit me with more than its usual severities.

discovered or determined by scientific observation

From this reading After advancing a short distance, on turning back I observed my _friend_ the tailor, with all the rest, watching which way I went.

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

From this reading An inclement season--A retreat in a cavern--Somnambulism--The discovery of a shepherd’s hut--A traveller put out of a wrong road--Swimming in a winter’s night--Passing through a mill--A suspicious traveller may be an honest man--A Lorraine cottage seen through a fog--Dangers from over-kind people--Repugnance to be introduced to a mayor or any other good society--Concealment in a hollow willow--An honest fellow-traveller of fugitive reminiscences--An ingenious fiction--A perspective of Strasbourg.

touching and supported by a surface

From this reading To prevent suspicion, I walked boldly on the road.

used to join alternatives or possibilities

From this reading An inclement season--A retreat in a cavern--Somnambulism--The discovery of a shepherd’s hut--A traveller put out of a wrong road--Swimming in a winter’s night--Passing through a mill--A suspicious traveller may be an honest man--A Lorraine cottage seen through a fog--Dangers from over-kind people--Repugnance to be introduced to a mayor or any other good society--Concealment in a hollow willow--An honest fellow-traveller of fugitive reminiscences--An ingenious fiction--A perspective of Strasbourg.

not the same one or ones already mentioned or implied

From this reading An inclement season--A retreat in a cavern--Somnambulism--The discovery of a shepherd’s hut--A traveller put out of a wrong road--Swimming in a winter’s night--Passing through a mill--A suspicious traveller may be an honest man--A Lorraine cottage seen through a fog--Dangers from over-kind people--Repugnance to be introduced to a mayor or any other good society--Concealment in a hollow willow--An honest fellow-traveller of fugitive reminiscences--An ingenious fiction--A perspective of Strasbourg.

not allowed to continue to bat or run

From this reading An inclement season--A retreat in a cavern--Somnambulism--The discovery of a shepherd’s hut--A traveller put out of a wrong road--Swimming in a winter’s night--Passing through a mill--A suspicious traveller may be an honest man--A Lorraine cottage seen through a fog--Dangers from over-kind people--Repugnance to be introduced to a mayor or any other good society--Concealment in a hollow willow--An honest fellow-traveller of fugitive reminiscences--An ingenious fiction--A perspective of Strasbourg.

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From this reading An inclement season--A retreat in a cavern--Somnambulism--The discovery of a shepherd’s hut--A traveller put out of a wrong road--Swimming in a winter’s night--Passing through a mill--A suspicious traveller may be an honest man--A Lorraine cottage seen through a fog--Dangers from over-kind people--Repugnance to be introduced to a mayor or any other good society--Concealment in a hollow willow--An honest fellow-traveller of fugitive reminiscences--An ingenious fiction--A perspective of Strasbourg.

(American football) a play that involves one player throwing the ball to a teammate

From this reading An inclement season--A retreat in a cavern--Somnambulism--The discovery of a shepherd’s hut--A traveller put out of a wrong road--Swimming in a winter’s night--Passing through a mill--A suspicious traveller may be an honest man--A Lorraine cottage seen through a fog--Dangers from over-kind people--Repugnance to be introduced to a mayor or any other good society--Concealment in a hollow willow--An honest fellow-traveller of fugitive reminiscences--An ingenious fiction--A perspective of Strasbourg.

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

From this reading An inclement season--A retreat in a cavern--Somnambulism--The discovery of a shepherd’s hut--A traveller put out of a wrong road--Swimming in a winter’s night--Passing through a mill--A suspicious traveller may be an honest man--A Lorraine cottage seen through a fog--Dangers from over-kind people--Repugnance to be introduced to a mayor or any other good society--Concealment in a hollow willow--An honest fellow-traveller of fugitive reminiscences--An ingenious fiction--A perspective of Strasbourg.

a way of regarding situations or topics etc.

From this reading An inclement season--A retreat in a cavern--Somnambulism--The discovery of a shepherd’s hut--A traveller put out of a wrong road--Swimming in a winter’s night--Passing through a mill--A suspicious traveller may be an honest man--A Lorraine cottage seen through a fog--Dangers from over-kind people--Repugnance to be introduced to a mayor or any other good society--Concealment in a hollow willow--An honest fellow-traveller of fugitive reminiscences--An ingenious fiction--A perspective of Strasbourg.

a future prospect or potential

From this reading It rained excessively heavy, and I was sure that nobody who had any possibility of remaining under cover would be in the way to interrupt me.

keep from happening or arising; make impossible

From this reading To prevent suspicion, I walked boldly on the road.

put into a certain place or abstract location

From this reading An inclement season--A retreat in a cavern--Somnambulism--The discovery of a shepherd’s hut--A traveller put out of a wrong road--Swimming in a winter’s night--Passing through a mill--A suspicious traveller may be an honest man--A Lorraine cottage seen through a fog--Dangers from over-kind people--Repugnance to be introduced to a mayor or any other good society--Concealment in a hollow willow--An honest fellow-traveller of fugitive reminiscences--An ingenious fiction--A perspective of Strasbourg.

past form of “rain” — precipitate as rain

From this reading It rained excessively heavy, and I was sure that nobody who had any possibility of remaining under cover would be in the way to interrupt me.

not used up

From this reading It rained excessively heavy, and I was sure that nobody who had any possibility of remaining under cover would be in the way to interrupt me.

plural of “reminiscence” — a mental impression retained and recalled from the past

From this reading An inclement season--A retreat in a cavern--Somnambulism--The discovery of a shepherd’s hut--A traveller put out of a wrong road--Swimming in a winter’s night--Passing through a mill--A suspicious traveller may be an honest man--A Lorraine cottage seen through a fog--Dangers from over-kind people--Repugnance to be introduced to a mayor or any other good society--Concealment in a hollow willow--An honest fellow-traveller of fugitive reminiscences--An ingenious fiction--A perspective of Strasbourg.

intense aversion

From this reading An inclement season--A retreat in a cavern--Somnambulism--The discovery of a shepherd’s hut--A traveller put out of a wrong road--Swimming in a winter’s night--Passing through a mill--A suspicious traveller may be an honest man--A Lorraine cottage seen through a fog--Dangers from over-kind people--Repugnance to be introduced to a mayor or any other good society--Concealment in a hollow willow--An honest fellow-traveller of fugitive reminiscences--An ingenious fiction--A perspective of Strasbourg.

not move; be in a resting position

From this reading After advancing a short distance, on turning back I observed my _friend_ the tailor, with all the rest, watching which way I went.

(military) withdrawal of troops to a more favorable position to escape the enemy's superior forces or after a defeat

From this reading An inclement season--A retreat in a cavern--Somnambulism--The discovery of a shepherd’s hut--A traveller put out of a wrong road--Swimming in a winter’s night--Passing through a mill--A suspicious traveller may be an honest man--A Lorraine cottage seen through a fog--Dangers from over-kind people--Repugnance to be introduced to a mayor or any other good society--Concealment in a hollow willow--An honest fellow-traveller of fugitive reminiscences--An ingenious fiction--A perspective of Strasbourg.

an open way (generally public) for travel or transportation

From this reading An inclement season--A retreat in a cavern--Somnambulism--The discovery of a shepherd’s hut--A traveller put out of a wrong road--Swimming in a winter’s night--Passing through a mill--A suspicious traveller may be an honest man--A Lorraine cottage seen through a fog--Dangers from over-kind people--Repugnance to be introduced to a mayor or any other good society--Concealment in a hollow willow--An honest fellow-traveller of fugitive reminiscences--An ingenious fiction--A perspective of Strasbourg.

a period of the year marked by special events or activities in some field

From this reading An inclement season--A retreat in a cavern--Somnambulism--The discovery of a shepherd’s hut--A traveller put out of a wrong road--Swimming in a winter’s night--Passing through a mill--A suspicious traveller may be an honest man--A Lorraine cottage seen through a fog--Dangers from over-kind people--Repugnance to be introduced to a mayor or any other good society--Concealment in a hollow willow--An honest fellow-traveller of fugitive reminiscences--An ingenious fiction--A perspective of Strasbourg.

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

From this reading The inauspicious month of November 1807 seemed to take a malignant cognisance of my enterprises, and to visit me with more than its usual severities.

inflected form of “see” — perceive by sight or have the power to perceive by sight

From this reading An inclement season--A retreat in a cavern--Somnambulism--The discovery of a shepherd’s hut--A traveller put out of a wrong road--Swimming in a winter’s night--Passing through a mill--A suspicious traveller may be an honest man--A Lorraine cottage seen through a fog--Dangers from over-kind people--Repugnance to be introduced to a mayor or any other good society--Concealment in a hollow willow--An honest fellow-traveller of fugitive reminiscences--An ingenious fiction--A perspective of Strasbourg.

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From this reading The inauspicious month of November 1807 seemed to take a malignant cognisance of my enterprises, and to visit me with more than its usual severities.

possessive form of “shepherd” — a clergyman who watches over a group of people

From this reading An inclement season--A retreat in a cavern--Somnambulism--The discovery of a shepherd’s hut--A traveller put out of a wrong road--Swimming in a winter’s night--Passing through a mill--A suspicious traveller may be an honest man--A Lorraine cottage seen through a fog--Dangers from over-kind people--Repugnance to be introduced to a mayor or any other good society--Concealment in a hollow willow--An honest fellow-traveller of fugitive reminiscences--An ingenious fiction--A perspective of Strasbourg.

primarily temporal sense; indicating or being or seeming to be limited in duration

From this reading After advancing a short distance, on turning back I observed my _friend_ the tailor, with all the rest, watching which way I went.

an extended social group having a distinctive cultural and economic organization

From this reading An inclement season--A retreat in a cavern--Somnambulism--The discovery of a shepherd’s hut--A traveller put out of a wrong road--Swimming in a winter’s night--Passing through a mill--A suspicious traveller may be an honest man--A Lorraine cottage seen through a fog--Dangers from over-kind people--Repugnance to be introduced to a mayor or any other good society--Concealment in a hollow willow--An honest fellow-traveller of fugitive reminiscences--An ingenious fiction--A perspective of Strasbourg.

walking by a person who is asleep

From this reading An inclement season--A retreat in a cavern--Somnambulism--The discovery of a shepherd’s hut--A traveller put out of a wrong road--Swimming in a winter’s night--Passing through a mill--A suspicious traveller may be an honest man--A Lorraine cottage seen through a fog--Dangers from over-kind people--Repugnance to be introduced to a mayor or any other good society--Concealment in a hollow willow--An honest fellow-traveller of fugitive reminiscences--An ingenious fiction--A perspective of Strasbourg.

city on the Rhine in eastern France near the German border; an inland port

From this reading An inclement season--A retreat in a cavern--Somnambulism--The discovery of a shepherd’s hut--A traveller put out of a wrong road--Swimming in a winter’s night--Passing through a mill--A suspicious traveller may be an honest man--A Lorraine cottage seen through a fog--Dangers from over-kind people--Repugnance to be introduced to a mayor or any other good society--Concealment in a hollow willow--An honest fellow-traveller of fugitive reminiscences--An ingenious fiction--A perspective of Strasbourg.

having or feeling no doubt or uncertainty; confident and assured

From this reading It rained excessively heavy, and I was sure that nobody who had any possibility of remaining under cover would be in the way to interrupt me.

an impression that something might be the case

From this reading To prevent suspicion, I walked boldly on the road.

openly distrustful and unwilling to confide

From this reading An inclement season--A retreat in a cavern--Somnambulism--The discovery of a shepherd’s hut--A traveller put out of a wrong road--Swimming in a winter’s night--Passing through a mill--A suspicious traveller may be an honest man--A Lorraine cottage seen through a fog--Dangers from over-kind people--Repugnance to be introduced to a mayor or any other good society--Concealment in a hollow willow--An honest fellow-traveller of fugitive reminiscences--An ingenious fiction--A perspective of Strasbourg.

the act of swimming

From this reading An inclement season--A retreat in a cavern--Somnambulism--The discovery of a shepherd’s hut--A traveller put out of a wrong road--Swimming in a winter’s night--Passing through a mill--A suspicious traveller may be an honest man--A Lorraine cottage seen through a fog--Dangers from over-kind people--Repugnance to be introduced to a mayor or any other good society--Concealment in a hollow willow--An honest fellow-traveller of fugitive reminiscences--An ingenious fiction--A perspective of Strasbourg.

adjust to a specific need or market

From this reading After advancing a short distance, on turning back I observed my _friend_ the tailor, with all the rest, watching which way I went.

carry out

From this reading The inauspicious month of November 1807 seemed to take a malignant cognisance of my enterprises, and to visit me with more than its usual severities.

used to introduce the second part of a comparison

From this reading The inauspicious month of November 1807 seemed to take a malignant cognisance of my enterprises, and to visit me with more than its usual severities.

used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt

From this reading It rained excessively heavy, and I was sure that nobody who had any possibility of remaining under cover would be in the way to interrupt me.

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

From this reading An inclement season--A retreat in a cavern--Somnambulism--The discovery of a shepherd’s hut--A traveller put out of a wrong road--Swimming in a winter’s night--Passing through a mill--A suspicious traveller may be an honest man--A Lorraine cottage seen through a fog--Dangers from over-kind people--Repugnance to be introduced to a mayor or any other good society--Concealment in a hollow willow--An honest fellow-traveller of fugitive reminiscences--An ingenious fiction--A perspective of Strasbourg.

from one end or side of something to the other

From this reading An inclement season--A retreat in a cavern--Somnambulism--The discovery of a shepherd’s hut--A traveller put out of a wrong road--Swimming in a winter’s night--Passing through a mill--A suspicious traveller may be an honest man--A Lorraine cottage seen through a fog--Dangers from over-kind people--Repugnance to be introduced to a mayor or any other good society--Concealment in a hollow willow--An honest fellow-traveller of fugitive reminiscences--An ingenious fiction--A perspective of Strasbourg.

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

From this reading An inclement season--A retreat in a cavern--Somnambulism--The discovery of a shepherd’s hut--A traveller put out of a wrong road--Swimming in a winter’s night--Passing through a mill--A suspicious traveller may be an honest man--A Lorraine cottage seen through a fog--Dangers from over-kind people--Repugnance to be introduced to a mayor or any other good society--Concealment in a hollow willow--An honest fellow-traveller of fugitive reminiscences--An ingenious fiction--A perspective of Strasbourg.

a person who changes location

From this reading An inclement season--A retreat in a cavern--Somnambulism--The discovery of a shepherd’s hut--A traveller put out of a wrong road--Swimming in a winter’s night--Passing through a mill--A suspicious traveller may be an honest man--A Lorraine cottage seen through a fog--Dangers from over-kind people--Repugnance to be introduced to a mayor or any other good society--Concealment in a hollow willow--An honest fellow-traveller of fugitive reminiscences--An ingenious fiction--A perspective of Strasbourg.

the act of changing or reversing the direction of the course

From this reading After advancing a short distance, on turning back I observed my _friend_ the tailor, with all the rest, watching which way I went.

below or beneath something; less than

From this reading It rained excessively heavy, and I was sure that nobody who had any possibility of remaining under cover would be in the way to interrupt me.

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

From this reading The inauspicious month of November 1807 seemed to take a malignant cognisance of my enterprises, and to visit me with more than its usual severities.

go to see a place, as for entertainment

From this reading The inauspicious month of November 1807 seemed to take a malignant cognisance of my enterprises, and to visit me with more than its usual severities.

past form of “walk” — use one's feet to advance; advance by steps

From this reading To prevent suspicion, I walked boldly on the road.

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

From this reading It rained excessively heavy, and I was sure that nobody who had any possibility of remaining under cover would be in the way to interrupt me.

the act of observing; taking a patient look

From this reading After advancing a short distance, on turning back I observed my _friend_ the tailor, with all the rest, watching which way I went.

how something is done or how it happens

From this reading It rained excessively heavy, and I was sure that nobody who had any possibility of remaining under cover would be in the way to interrupt me.

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

From this reading After advancing a short distance, on turning back I observed my _friend_ the tailor, with all the rest, watching which way I went.

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

From this reading After advancing a short distance, on turning back I observed my _friend_ the tailor, with all the rest, watching which way I went.

which person or people

From this reading It rained excessively heavy, and I was sure that nobody who had any possibility of remaining under cover would be in the way to interrupt me.

any of numerous deciduous trees and shrubs of the genus Salix

From this reading An inclement season--A retreat in a cavern--Somnambulism--The discovery of a shepherd’s hut--A traveller put out of a wrong road--Swimming in a winter’s night--Passing through a mill--A suspicious traveller may be an honest man--A Lorraine cottage seen through a fog--Dangers from over-kind people--Repugnance to be introduced to a mayor or any other good society--Concealment in a hollow willow--An honest fellow-traveller of fugitive reminiscences--An ingenious fiction--A perspective of Strasbourg.

possessive form of “winter” — the coldest season of the year; in the northern hemisphere it extends from the winter solstice to the vernal equinox

From this reading An inclement season--A retreat in a cavern--Somnambulism--The discovery of a shepherd’s hut--A traveller put out of a wrong road--Swimming in a winter’s night--Passing through a mill--A suspicious traveller may be an honest man--A Lorraine cottage seen through a fog--Dangers from over-kind people--Repugnance to be introduced to a mayor or any other good society--Concealment in a hollow willow--An honest fellow-traveller of fugitive reminiscences--An ingenious fiction--A perspective of Strasbourg.

in the company of; together with

From this reading The inauspicious month of November 1807 seemed to take a malignant cognisance of my enterprises, and to visit me with more than its usual severities.

used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past

From this reading It rained excessively heavy, and I was sure that nobody who had any possibility of remaining under cover would be in the way to interrupt me.

not correct; not in conformity with fact or truth

From this reading An inclement season--A retreat in a cavern--Somnambulism--The discovery of a shepherd’s hut--A traveller put out of a wrong road--Swimming in a winter’s night--Passing through a mill--A suspicious traveller may be an honest man--A Lorraine cottage seen through a fog--Dangers from over-kind people--Repugnance to be introduced to a mayor or any other good society--Concealment in a hollow willow--An honest fellow-traveller of fugitive reminiscences--An ingenious fiction--A perspective of Strasbourg.