Chapter XVI

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

From this reading Refreshments at a village inn--The town of Rastadt--A civil traveller--Good accommodation--Baden--Awkward rencontre with a royal party--An alarm about passports--A genteel inn dangerous to fugitive travellers--The advantages of a drunken landlord--The town of Hornberg--To Kriemhieldsach, after passing the Black Forest--Banditti--The murder of a French general--A German inn and a rustic dance--The town of Tütlingen--A concealment of eight days--Vain attempts to smuggle passports--Progress of our journey--Crossing the Iller--Leaving Würtemberg and entering Bavaria--The progress of our flight--Kaufbeuern--An inquisitive landlord and frightened guests.

on the subject of; concerning

From this reading Refreshments at a village inn--The town of Rastadt--A civil traveller--Good accommodation--Baden--Awkward rencontre with a royal party--An alarm about passports--A genteel inn dangerous to fugitive travellers--The advantages of a drunken landlord--The town of Hornberg--To Kriemhieldsach, after passing the Black Forest--Banditti--The murder of a French general--A German inn and a rustic dance--The town of Tütlingen--A concealment of eight days--Vain attempts to smuggle passports--Progress of our journey--Crossing the Iller--Leaving Würtemberg and entering Bavaria--The progress of our flight--Kaufbeuern--An inquisitive landlord and frightened guests.

making or becoming suitable; adjusting to circumstances

From this reading Refreshments at a village inn--The town of Rastadt--A civil traveller--Good accommodation--Baden--Awkward rencontre with a royal party--An alarm about passports--A genteel inn dangerous to fugitive travellers--The advantages of a drunken landlord--The town of Hornberg--To Kriemhieldsach, after passing the Black Forest--Banditti--The murder of a French general--A German inn and a rustic dance--The town of Tütlingen--A concealment of eight days--Vain attempts to smuggle passports--Progress of our journey--Crossing the Iller--Leaving Würtemberg and entering Bavaria--The progress of our flight--Kaufbeuern--An inquisitive landlord and frightened guests.

from one side of something to the other

From this reading “Flow on, thou shining river,” I repeated from the song of Erin’s modern poet, “flow on; for neither French _gendarmes_, French spies, nor French laws can reach us across thy broad and noble expanse of flowing waters.

plural of “advantage” — the quality of having a superior or more favorable position

From this reading Refreshments at a village inn--The town of Rastadt--A civil traveller--Good accommodation--Baden--Awkward rencontre with a royal party--An alarm about passports--A genteel inn dangerous to fugitive travellers--The advantages of a drunken landlord--The town of Hornberg--To Kriemhieldsach, after passing the Black Forest--Banditti--The murder of a French general--A German inn and a rustic dance--The town of Tütlingen--A concealment of eight days--Vain attempts to smuggle passports--Progress of our journey--Crossing the Iller--Leaving Würtemberg and entering Bavaria--The progress of our flight--Kaufbeuern--An inquisitive landlord and frightened guests.

later than; following

From this reading Refreshments at a village inn--The town of Rastadt--A civil traveller--Good accommodation--Baden--Awkward rencontre with a royal party--An alarm about passports--A genteel inn dangerous to fugitive travellers--The advantages of a drunken landlord--The town of Hornberg--To Kriemhieldsach, after passing the Black Forest--Banditti--The murder of a French general--A German inn and a rustic dance--The town of Tütlingen--A concealment of eight days--Vain attempts to smuggle passports--Progress of our journey--Crossing the Iller--Leaving Würtemberg and entering Bavaria--The progress of our flight--Kaufbeuern--An inquisitive landlord and frightened guests.

fear resulting from the awareness of danger

From this reading Refreshments at a village inn--The town of Rastadt--A civil traveller--Good accommodation--Baden--Awkward rencontre with a royal party--An alarm about passports--A genteel inn dangerous to fugitive travellers--The advantages of a drunken landlord--The town of Hornberg--To Kriemhieldsach, after passing the Black Forest--Banditti--The murder of a French general--A German inn and a rustic dance--The town of Tütlingen--A concealment of eight days--Vain attempts to smuggle passports--Progress of our journey--Crossing the Iller--Leaving Würtemberg and entering Bavaria--The progress of our flight--Kaufbeuern--An inquisitive landlord and frightened guests.

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

From this reading Refreshments at a village inn--The town of Rastadt--A civil traveller--Good accommodation--Baden--Awkward rencontre with a royal party--An alarm about passports--A genteel inn dangerous to fugitive travellers--The advantages of a drunken landlord--The town of Hornberg--To Kriemhieldsach, after passing the Black Forest--Banditti--The murder of a French general--A German inn and a rustic dance--The town of Tütlingen--A concealment of eight days--Vain attempts to smuggle passports--Progress of our journey--Crossing the Iller--Leaving Würtemberg and entering Bavaria--The progress of our flight--Kaufbeuern--An inquisitive landlord and frightened guests.

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

From this reading Refreshments at a village inn--The town of Rastadt--A civil traveller--Good accommodation--Baden--Awkward rencontre with a royal party--An alarm about passports--A genteel inn dangerous to fugitive travellers--The advantages of a drunken landlord--The town of Hornberg--To Kriemhieldsach, after passing the Black Forest--Banditti--The murder of a French general--A German inn and a rustic dance--The town of Tütlingen--A concealment of eight days--Vain attempts to smuggle passports--Progress of our journey--Crossing the Iller--Leaving Würtemberg and entering Bavaria--The progress of our flight--Kaufbeuern--An inquisitive landlord and frightened guests.

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

From this reading Such were our reflections as we left the banks of this river of salvation and proceeded to the neighbouring village.

in or near a particular place or position

From this reading Refreshments at a village inn--The town of Rastadt--A civil traveller--Good accommodation--Baden--Awkward rencontre with a royal party--An alarm about passports--A genteel inn dangerous to fugitive travellers--The advantages of a drunken landlord--The town of Hornberg--To Kriemhieldsach, after passing the Black Forest--Banditti--The murder of a French general--A German inn and a rustic dance--The town of Tütlingen--A concealment of eight days--Vain attempts to smuggle passports--Progress of our journey--Crossing the Iller--Leaving Würtemberg and entering Bavaria--The progress of our flight--Kaufbeuern--An inquisitive landlord and frightened guests.

plural of “attempt” — earnest and conscientious activity intended to do or accomplish something

From this reading Refreshments at a village inn--The town of Rastadt--A civil traveller--Good accommodation--Baden--Awkward rencontre with a royal party--An alarm about passports--A genteel inn dangerous to fugitive travellers--The advantages of a drunken landlord--The town of Hornberg--To Kriemhieldsach, after passing the Black Forest--Banditti--The murder of a French general--A German inn and a rustic dance--The town of Tütlingen--A concealment of eight days--Vain attempts to smuggle passports--Progress of our journey--Crossing the Iller--Leaving Würtemberg and entering Bavaria--The progress of our flight--Kaufbeuern--An inquisitive landlord and frightened guests.

causing inconvenience

From this reading Refreshments at a village inn--The town of Rastadt--A civil traveller--Good accommodation--Baden--Awkward rencontre with a royal party--An alarm about passports--A genteel inn dangerous to fugitive travellers--The advantages of a drunken landlord--The town of Hornberg--To Kriemhieldsach, after passing the Black Forest--Banditti--The murder of a French general--A German inn and a rustic dance--The town of Tütlingen--A concealment of eight days--Vain attempts to smuggle passports--Progress of our journey--Crossing the Iller--Leaving Würtemberg and entering Bavaria--The progress of our flight--Kaufbeuern--An inquisitive landlord and frightened guests.

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From this reading Refreshments at a village inn--The town of Rastadt--A civil traveller--Good accommodation--Baden--Awkward rencontre with a royal party--An alarm about passports--A genteel inn dangerous to fugitive travellers--The advantages of a drunken landlord--The town of Hornberg--To Kriemhieldsach, after passing the Black Forest--Banditti--The murder of a French general--A German inn and a rustic dance--The town of Tütlingen--A concealment of eight days--Vain attempts to smuggle passports--Progress of our journey--Crossing the Iller--Leaving Würtemberg and entering Bavaria--The progress of our flight--Kaufbeuern--An inquisitive landlord and frightened guests.

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From this reading Refreshments at a village inn--The town of Rastadt--A civil traveller--Good accommodation--Baden--Awkward rencontre with a royal party--An alarm about passports--A genteel inn dangerous to fugitive travellers--The advantages of a drunken landlord--The town of Hornberg--To Kriemhieldsach, after passing the Black Forest--Banditti--The murder of a French general--A German inn and a rustic dance--The town of Tütlingen--A concealment of eight days--Vain attempts to smuggle passports--Progress of our journey--Crossing the Iller--Leaving Würtemberg and entering Bavaria--The progress of our flight--Kaufbeuern--An inquisitive landlord and frightened guests.

English botanist who accompanied Captain Cook on his first voyage to the Pacific Ocean (1743-1820)

From this reading Such were our reflections as we left the banks of this river of salvation and proceeded to the neighbouring village.

a state in southern Germany famous for its beer; site of an automobile factory

From this reading Refreshments at a village inn--The town of Rastadt--A civil traveller--Good accommodation--Baden--Awkward rencontre with a royal party--An alarm about passports--A genteel inn dangerous to fugitive travellers--The advantages of a drunken landlord--The town of Hornberg--To Kriemhieldsach, after passing the Black Forest--Banditti--The murder of a French general--A German inn and a rustic dance--The town of Tütlingen--A concealment of eight days--Vain attempts to smuggle passports--Progress of our journey--Crossing the Iller--Leaving Würtemberg and entering Bavaria--The progress of our flight--Kaufbeuern--An inquisitive landlord and frightened guests.

come out better in a competition, race, or conflict

From this reading “Come what come may,” we were out of hated France, and our pulses beat with joy that the glorious river intervened between us and the land of our bondage and sufferings.

in the space, time, or range separating two things

From this reading “Come what come may,” we were out of hated France, and our pulses beat with joy that the glorious river intervened between us and the land of our bondage and sufferings.

being of the achromatic color of maximum darkness; having little or no hue owing to absorption of almost all incident light

From this reading Refreshments at a village inn--The town of Rastadt--A civil traveller--Good accommodation--Baden--Awkward rencontre with a royal party--An alarm about passports--A genteel inn dangerous to fugitive travellers--The advantages of a drunken landlord--The town of Hornberg--To Kriemhieldsach, after passing the Black Forest--Banditti--The murder of a French general--A German inn and a rustic dance--The town of Tütlingen--A concealment of eight days--Vain attempts to smuggle passports--Progress of our journey--Crossing the Iller--Leaving Würtemberg and entering Bavaria--The progress of our flight--Kaufbeuern--An inquisitive landlord and frightened guests.

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

From this reading Here French chains cannot corrode the body, nor can French despotism and tyranny prostrate the spirit, and eat, like the canker-worm, into the heart.”

the state of being under the control of a force or influence or abstract power

From this reading “Come what come may,” we were out of hated France, and our pulses beat with joy that the glorious river intervened between us and the land of our bondage and sufferings.

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

From this reading “Flow on, thou shining river,” I repeated from the song of Erin’s modern poet, “flow on; for neither French _gendarmes_, French spies, nor French laws can reach us across thy broad and noble expanse of flowing waters.

to be able to, or to be allowed to

From this reading “Flow on, thou shining river,” I repeated from the song of Erin’s modern poet, “flow on; for neither French _gendarmes_, French spies, nor French laws can reach us across thy broad and noble expanse of flowing waters.

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From this reading Here French chains cannot corrode the body, nor can French despotism and tyranny prostrate the spirit, and eat, like the canker-worm, into the heart.”

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From this reading Here French chains cannot corrode the body, nor can French despotism and tyranny prostrate the spirit, and eat, like the canker-worm, into the heart.”

metal shackles; for hands or legs

From this reading Here French chains cannot corrode the body, nor can French despotism and tyranny prostrate the spirit, and eat, like the canker-worm, into the heart.”

applying to ordinary citizens as contrasted with the military

From this reading Refreshments at a village inn--The town of Rastadt--A civil traveller--Good accommodation--Baden--Awkward rencontre with a royal party--An alarm about passports--A genteel inn dangerous to fugitive travellers--The advantages of a drunken landlord--The town of Hornberg--To Kriemhieldsach, after passing the Black Forest--Banditti--The murder of a French general--A German inn and a rustic dance--The town of Tütlingen--A concealment of eight days--Vain attempts to smuggle passports--Progress of our journey--Crossing the Iller--Leaving Würtemberg and entering Bavaria--The progress of our flight--Kaufbeuern--An inquisitive landlord and frightened guests.

move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody

From this reading “Come what come may,” we were out of hated France, and our pulses beat with joy that the glorious river intervened between us and the land of our bondage and sufferings.

the condition of being concealed or hidden

From this reading Refreshments at a village inn--The town of Rastadt--A civil traveller--Good accommodation--Baden--Awkward rencontre with a royal party--An alarm about passports--A genteel inn dangerous to fugitive travellers--The advantages of a drunken landlord--The town of Hornberg--To Kriemhieldsach, after passing the Black Forest--Banditti--The murder of a French general--A German inn and a rustic dance--The town of Tütlingen--A concealment of eight days--Vain attempts to smuggle passports--Progress of our journey--Crossing the Iller--Leaving Würtemberg and entering Bavaria--The progress of our flight--Kaufbeuern--An inquisitive landlord and frightened guests.

cause to deteriorate due to the action of water, air, or an acid

From this reading Here French chains cannot corrode the body, nor can French despotism and tyranny prostrate the spirit, and eat, like the canker-worm, into the heart.”

traveling across

From this reading Refreshments at a village inn--The town of Rastadt--A civil traveller--Good accommodation--Baden--Awkward rencontre with a royal party--An alarm about passports--A genteel inn dangerous to fugitive travellers--The advantages of a drunken landlord--The town of Hornberg--To Kriemhieldsach, after passing the Black Forest--Banditti--The murder of a French general--A German inn and a rustic dance--The town of Tütlingen--A concealment of eight days--Vain attempts to smuggle passports--Progress of our journey--Crossing the Iller--Leaving Würtemberg and entering Bavaria--The progress of our flight--Kaufbeuern--An inquisitive landlord and frightened guests.

an artistic form of nonverbal communication

From this reading Refreshments at a village inn--The town of Rastadt--A civil traveller--Good accommodation--Baden--Awkward rencontre with a royal party--An alarm about passports--A genteel inn dangerous to fugitive travellers--The advantages of a drunken landlord--The town of Hornberg--To Kriemhieldsach, after passing the Black Forest--Banditti--The murder of a French general--A German inn and a rustic dance--The town of Tütlingen--A concealment of eight days--Vain attempts to smuggle passports--Progress of our journey--Crossing the Iller--Leaving Würtemberg and entering Bavaria--The progress of our flight--Kaufbeuern--An inquisitive landlord and frightened guests.

involving or causing danger or risk; liable to hurt or harm

From this reading Refreshments at a village inn--The town of Rastadt--A civil traveller--Good accommodation--Baden--Awkward rencontre with a royal party--An alarm about passports--A genteel inn dangerous to fugitive travellers--The advantages of a drunken landlord--The town of Hornberg--To Kriemhieldsach, after passing the Black Forest--Banditti--The murder of a French general--A German inn and a rustic dance--The town of Tütlingen--A concealment of eight days--Vain attempts to smuggle passports--Progress of our journey--Crossing the Iller--Leaving Würtemberg and entering Bavaria--The progress of our flight--Kaufbeuern--An inquisitive landlord and frightened guests.

the time during which someone's life continues

From this reading Refreshments at a village inn--The town of Rastadt--A civil traveller--Good accommodation--Baden--Awkward rencontre with a royal party--An alarm about passports--A genteel inn dangerous to fugitive travellers--The advantages of a drunken landlord--The town of Hornberg--To Kriemhieldsach, after passing the Black Forest--Banditti--The murder of a French general--A German inn and a rustic dance--The town of Tütlingen--A concealment of eight days--Vain attempts to smuggle passports--Progress of our journey--Crossing the Iller--Leaving Würtemberg and entering Bavaria--The progress of our flight--Kaufbeuern--An inquisitive landlord and frightened guests.

dominance through threat of punishment and violence

From this reading Here French chains cannot corrode the body, nor can French despotism and tyranny prostrate the spirit, and eat, like the canker-worm, into the heart.”

given to or marked by the consumption of alcohol

From this reading Refreshments at a village inn--The town of Rastadt--A civil traveller--Good accommodation--Baden--Awkward rencontre with a royal party--An alarm about passports--A genteel inn dangerous to fugitive travellers--The advantages of a drunken landlord--The town of Hornberg--To Kriemhieldsach, after passing the Black Forest--Banditti--The murder of a French general--A German inn and a rustic dance--The town of Tütlingen--A concealment of eight days--Vain attempts to smuggle passports--Progress of our journey--Crossing the Iller--Leaving Würtemberg and entering Bavaria--The progress of our flight--Kaufbeuern--An inquisitive landlord and frightened guests.

take in solid food

From this reading Here French chains cannot corrode the body, nor can French despotism and tyranny prostrate the spirit, and eat, like the canker-worm, into the heart.”

being one more than seven

From this reading Refreshments at a village inn--The town of Rastadt--A civil traveller--Good accommodation--Baden--Awkward rencontre with a royal party--An alarm about passports--A genteel inn dangerous to fugitive travellers--The advantages of a drunken landlord--The town of Hornberg--To Kriemhieldsach, after passing the Black Forest--Banditti--The murder of a French general--A German inn and a rustic dance--The town of Tütlingen--A concealment of eight days--Vain attempts to smuggle passports--Progress of our journey--Crossing the Iller--Leaving Würtemberg and entering Bavaria--The progress of our flight--Kaufbeuern--An inquisitive landlord and frightened guests.

a movement into or inward

From this reading Refreshments at a village inn--The town of Rastadt--A civil traveller--Good accommodation--Baden--Awkward rencontre with a royal party--An alarm about passports--A genteel inn dangerous to fugitive travellers--The advantages of a drunken landlord--The town of Hornberg--To Kriemhieldsach, after passing the Black Forest--Banditti--The murder of a French general--A German inn and a rustic dance--The town of Tütlingen--A concealment of eight days--Vain attempts to smuggle passports--Progress of our journey--Crossing the Iller--Leaving Würtemberg and entering Bavaria--The progress of our flight--Kaufbeuern--An inquisitive landlord and frightened guests.

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From this reading “Flow on, thou shining river,” I repeated from the song of Erin’s modern poet, “flow on; for neither French _gendarmes_, French spies, nor French laws can reach us across thy broad and noble expanse of flowing waters.

a wide scope

From this reading “Flow on, thou shining river,” I repeated from the song of Erin’s modern poet, “flow on; for neither French _gendarmes_, French spies, nor French laws can reach us across thy broad and noble expanse of flowing waters.

a formation of aircraft in flight

From this reading Refreshments at a village inn--The town of Rastadt--A civil traveller--Good accommodation--Baden--Awkward rencontre with a royal party--An alarm about passports--A genteel inn dangerous to fugitive travellers--The advantages of a drunken landlord--The town of Hornberg--To Kriemhieldsach, after passing the Black Forest--Banditti--The murder of a French general--A German inn and a rustic dance--The town of Tütlingen--A concealment of eight days--Vain attempts to smuggle passports--Progress of our journey--Crossing the Iller--Leaving Würtemberg and entering Bavaria--The progress of our flight--Kaufbeuern--An inquisitive landlord and frightened guests.

the motion characteristic of fluids (liquids or gases)

From this reading “Flow on, thou shining river,” I repeated from the song of Erin’s modern poet, “flow on; for neither French _gendarmes_, French spies, nor French laws can reach us across thy broad and noble expanse of flowing waters.

the motion characteristic of fluids (liquids or gases)

From this reading “Flow on, thou shining river,” I repeated from the song of Erin’s modern poet, “flow on; for neither French _gendarmes_, French spies, nor French laws can reach us across thy broad and noble expanse of flowing waters.

intended to be given to, or used by, somebody

From this reading “Flow on, thou shining river,” I repeated from the song of Erin’s modern poet, “flow on; for neither French _gendarmes_, French spies, nor French laws can reach us across thy broad and noble expanse of flowing waters.

the trees and other plants in a large densely wooded area

From this reading Refreshments at a village inn--The town of Rastadt--A civil traveller--Good accommodation--Baden--Awkward rencontre with a royal party--An alarm about passports--A genteel inn dangerous to fugitive travellers--The advantages of a drunken landlord--The town of Hornberg--To Kriemhieldsach, after passing the Black Forest--Banditti--The murder of a French general--A German inn and a rustic dance--The town of Tütlingen--A concealment of eight days--Vain attempts to smuggle passports--Progress of our journey--Crossing the Iller--Leaving Würtemberg and entering Bavaria--The progress of our flight--Kaufbeuern--An inquisitive landlord and frightened guests.

a republic in western Europe; the largest country wholly in Europe

From this reading “Come what come may,” we were out of hated France, and our pulses beat with joy that the glorious river intervened between us and the land of our bondage and sufferings.

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

From this reading Refreshments at a village inn--The town of Rastadt--A civil traveller--Good accommodation--Baden--Awkward rencontre with a royal party--An alarm about passports--A genteel inn dangerous to fugitive travellers--The advantages of a drunken landlord--The town of Hornberg--To Kriemhieldsach, after passing the Black Forest--Banditti--The murder of a French general--A German inn and a rustic dance--The town of Tütlingen--A concealment of eight days--Vain attempts to smuggle passports--Progress of our journey--Crossing the Iller--Leaving Würtemberg and entering Bavaria--The progress of our flight--Kaufbeuern--An inquisitive landlord and frightened guests.

made afraid

From this reading Refreshments at a village inn--The town of Rastadt--A civil traveller--Good accommodation--Baden--Awkward rencontre with a royal party--An alarm about passports--A genteel inn dangerous to fugitive travellers--The advantages of a drunken landlord--The town of Hornberg--To Kriemhieldsach, after passing the Black Forest--Banditti--The murder of a French general--A German inn and a rustic dance--The town of Tütlingen--A concealment of eight days--Vain attempts to smuggle passports--Progress of our journey--Crossing the Iller--Leaving Würtemberg and entering Bavaria--The progress of our flight--Kaufbeuern--An inquisitive landlord and frightened guests.

showing where something starts, or who sent it

From this reading “Flow on, thou shining river,” I repeated from the song of Erin’s modern poet, “flow on; for neither French _gendarmes_, French spies, nor French laws can reach us across thy broad and noble expanse of flowing waters.

someone who flees from an uncongenial situation

From this reading Refreshments at a village inn--The town of Rastadt--A civil traveller--Good accommodation--Baden--Awkward rencontre with a royal party--An alarm about passports--A genteel inn dangerous to fugitive travellers--The advantages of a drunken landlord--The town of Hornberg--To Kriemhieldsach, after passing the Black Forest--Banditti--The murder of a French general--A German inn and a rustic dance--The town of Tütlingen--A concealment of eight days--Vain attempts to smuggle passports--Progress of our journey--Crossing the Iller--Leaving Würtemberg and entering Bavaria--The progress of our flight--Kaufbeuern--An inquisitive landlord and frightened guests.

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

From this reading “Flow on, thou shining river,” I repeated from the song of Erin’s modern poet, “flow on; for neither French _gendarmes_, French spies, nor French laws can reach us across thy broad and noble expanse of flowing waters.

applying to all or most members of a category or group

From this reading Refreshments at a village inn--The town of Rastadt--A civil traveller--Good accommodation--Baden--Awkward rencontre with a royal party--An alarm about passports--A genteel inn dangerous to fugitive travellers--The advantages of a drunken landlord--The town of Hornberg--To Kriemhieldsach, after passing the Black Forest--Banditti--The murder of a French general--A German inn and a rustic dance--The town of Tütlingen--A concealment of eight days--Vain attempts to smuggle passports--Progress of our journey--Crossing the Iller--Leaving Würtemberg and entering Bavaria--The progress of our flight--Kaufbeuern--An inquisitive landlord and frightened guests.

marked by refinement in taste and manners

From this reading Refreshments at a village inn--The town of Rastadt--A civil traveller--Good accommodation--Baden--Awkward rencontre with a royal party--An alarm about passports--A genteel inn dangerous to fugitive travellers--The advantages of a drunken landlord--The town of Hornberg--To Kriemhieldsach, after passing the Black Forest--Banditti--The murder of a French general--A German inn and a rustic dance--The town of Tütlingen--A concealment of eight days--Vain attempts to smuggle passports--Progress of our journey--Crossing the Iller--Leaving Würtemberg and entering Bavaria--The progress of our flight--Kaufbeuern--An inquisitive landlord and frightened guests.

a person of German nationality

From this reading Refreshments at a village inn--The town of Rastadt--A civil traveller--Good accommodation--Baden--Awkward rencontre with a royal party--An alarm about passports--A genteel inn dangerous to fugitive travellers--The advantages of a drunken landlord--The town of Hornberg--To Kriemhieldsach, after passing the Black Forest--Banditti--The murder of a French general--A German inn and a rustic dance--The town of Tütlingen--A concealment of eight days--Vain attempts to smuggle passports--Progress of our journey--Crossing the Iller--Leaving Würtemberg and entering Bavaria--The progress of our flight--Kaufbeuern--An inquisitive landlord and frightened guests.

having or deserving or conferring glory

From this reading “Come what come may,” we were out of hated France, and our pulses beat with joy that the glorious river intervened between us and the land of our bondage and sufferings.

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

From this reading Refreshments at a village inn--The town of Rastadt--A civil traveller--Good accommodation--Baden--Awkward rencontre with a royal party--An alarm about passports--A genteel inn dangerous to fugitive travellers--The advantages of a drunken landlord--The town of Hornberg--To Kriemhieldsach, after passing the Black Forest--Banditti--The murder of a French general--A German inn and a rustic dance--The town of Tütlingen--A concealment of eight days--Vain attempts to smuggle passports--Progress of our journey--Crossing the Iller--Leaving Würtemberg and entering Bavaria--The progress of our flight--Kaufbeuern--An inquisitive landlord and frightened guests.

plural of “guest” — a visitor to whom hospitality is extended

From this reading Refreshments at a village inn--The town of Rastadt--A civil traveller--Good accommodation--Baden--Awkward rencontre with a royal party--An alarm about passports--A genteel inn dangerous to fugitive travellers--The advantages of a drunken landlord--The town of Hornberg--To Kriemhieldsach, after passing the Black Forest--Banditti--The murder of a French general--A German inn and a rustic dance--The town of Tütlingen--A concealment of eight days--Vain attempts to smuggle passports--Progress of our journey--Crossing the Iller--Leaving Würtemberg and entering Bavaria--The progress of our flight--Kaufbeuern--An inquisitive landlord and frightened guests.

treated with dislike or contempt

From this reading “Come what come may,” we were out of hated France, and our pulses beat with joy that the glorious river intervened between us and the land of our bondage and sufferings.

the locus of feelings and intuitions

From this reading Here French chains cannot corrode the body, nor can French despotism and tyranny prostrate the spirit, and eat, like the canker-worm, into the heart.”

in or at this place; where the speaker or writer is

From this reading Here French chains cannot corrode the body, nor can French despotism and tyranny prostrate the spirit, and eat, like the canker-worm, into the heart.”

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From this reading Refreshments at a village inn--The town of Rastadt--A civil traveller--Good accommodation--Baden--Awkward rencontre with a royal party--An alarm about passports--A genteel inn dangerous to fugitive travellers--The advantages of a drunken landlord--The town of Hornberg--To Kriemhieldsach, after passing the Black Forest--Banditti--The murder of a French general--A German inn and a rustic dance--The town of Tütlingen--A concealment of eight days--Vain attempts to smuggle passports--Progress of our journey--Crossing the Iller--Leaving Würtemberg and entering Bavaria--The progress of our flight--Kaufbeuern--An inquisitive landlord and frightened guests.

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

From this reading “Flow on, thou shining river,” I repeated from the song of Erin’s modern poet, “flow on; for neither French _gendarmes_, French spies, nor French laws can reach us across thy broad and noble expanse of flowing waters.

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From this reading Refreshments at a village inn--The town of Rastadt--A civil traveller--Good accommodation--Baden--Awkward rencontre with a royal party--An alarm about passports--A genteel inn dangerous to fugitive travellers--The advantages of a drunken landlord--The town of Hornberg--To Kriemhieldsach, after passing the Black Forest--Banditti--The murder of a French general--A German inn and a rustic dance--The town of Tütlingen--A concealment of eight days--Vain attempts to smuggle passports--Progress of our journey--Crossing the Iller--Leaving Würtemberg and entering Bavaria--The progress of our flight--Kaufbeuern--An inquisitive landlord and frightened guests.

a hotel providing overnight lodging for travelers

From this reading Refreshments at a village inn--The town of Rastadt--A civil traveller--Good accommodation--Baden--Awkward rencontre with a royal party--An alarm about passports--A genteel inn dangerous to fugitive travellers--The advantages of a drunken landlord--The town of Hornberg--To Kriemhieldsach, after passing the Black Forest--Banditti--The murder of a French general--A German inn and a rustic dance--The town of Tütlingen--A concealment of eight days--Vain attempts to smuggle passports--Progress of our journey--Crossing the Iller--Leaving Würtemberg and entering Bavaria--The progress of our flight--Kaufbeuern--An inquisitive landlord and frightened guests.

showing curiosity

From this reading Refreshments at a village inn--The town of Rastadt--A civil traveller--Good accommodation--Baden--Awkward rencontre with a royal party--An alarm about passports--A genteel inn dangerous to fugitive travellers--The advantages of a drunken landlord--The town of Hornberg--To Kriemhieldsach, after passing the Black Forest--Banditti--The murder of a French general--A German inn and a rustic dance--The town of Tütlingen--A concealment of eight days--Vain attempts to smuggle passports--Progress of our journey--Crossing the Iller--Leaving Würtemberg and entering Bavaria--The progress of our flight--Kaufbeuern--An inquisitive landlord and frightened guests.

past form of “intervene” — get involved, so as to alter or hinder an action, or through force or threat of force

From this reading “Come what come may,” we were out of hated France, and our pulses beat with joy that the glorious river intervened between us and the land of our bondage and sufferings.

moving to the inside of something

From this reading Here French chains cannot corrode the body, nor can French despotism and tyranny prostrate the spirit, and eat, like the canker-worm, into the heart.”

undertake a journey or trip

From this reading Refreshments at a village inn--The town of Rastadt--A civil traveller--Good accommodation--Baden--Awkward rencontre with a royal party--An alarm about passports--A genteel inn dangerous to fugitive travellers--The advantages of a drunken landlord--The town of Hornberg--To Kriemhieldsach, after passing the Black Forest--Banditti--The murder of a French general--A German inn and a rustic dance--The town of Tütlingen--A concealment of eight days--Vain attempts to smuggle passports--Progress of our journey--Crossing the Iller--Leaving Würtemberg and entering Bavaria--The progress of our flight--Kaufbeuern--An inquisitive landlord and frightened guests.

the emotion of great happiness

From this reading “Come what come may,” we were out of hated France, and our pulses beat with joy that the glorious river intervened between us and the land of our bondage and sufferings.

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From this reading Refreshments at a village inn--The town of Rastadt--A civil traveller--Good accommodation--Baden--Awkward rencontre with a royal party--An alarm about passports--A genteel inn dangerous to fugitive travellers--The advantages of a drunken landlord--The town of Hornberg--To Kriemhieldsach, after passing the Black Forest--Banditti--The murder of a French general--A German inn and a rustic dance--The town of Tütlingen--A concealment of eight days--Vain attempts to smuggle passports--Progress of our journey--Crossing the Iller--Leaving Würtemberg and entering Bavaria--The progress of our flight--Kaufbeuern--An inquisitive landlord and frightened guests.

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From this reading Refreshments at a village inn--The town of Rastadt--A civil traveller--Good accommodation--Baden--Awkward rencontre with a royal party--An alarm about passports--A genteel inn dangerous to fugitive travellers--The advantages of a drunken landlord--The town of Hornberg--To Kriemhieldsach, after passing the Black Forest--Banditti--The murder of a French general--A German inn and a rustic dance--The town of Tütlingen--A concealment of eight days--Vain attempts to smuggle passports--Progress of our journey--Crossing the Iller--Leaving Würtemberg and entering Bavaria--The progress of our flight--Kaufbeuern--An inquisitive landlord and frightened guests.

the land on which real estate is located

From this reading “Come what come may,” we were out of hated France, and our pulses beat with joy that the glorious river intervened between us and the land of our bondage and sufferings.

a landowner who leases to others

From this reading Refreshments at a village inn--The town of Rastadt--A civil traveller--Good accommodation--Baden--Awkward rencontre with a royal party--An alarm about passports--A genteel inn dangerous to fugitive travellers--The advantages of a drunken landlord--The town of Hornberg--To Kriemhieldsach, after passing the Black Forest--Banditti--The murder of a French general--A German inn and a rustic dance--The town of Tütlingen--A concealment of eight days--Vain attempts to smuggle passports--Progress of our journey--Crossing the Iller--Leaving Würtemberg and entering Bavaria--The progress of our flight--Kaufbeuern--An inquisitive landlord and frightened guests.

the first of three divisions of the Hebrew Scriptures comprising the first five books of the Hebrew Bible considered as a unit

From this reading “Flow on, thou shining river,” I repeated from the song of Erin’s modern poet, “flow on; for neither French _gendarmes_, French spies, nor French laws can reach us across thy broad and noble expanse of flowing waters.

the act of departing

From this reading Refreshments at a village inn--The town of Rastadt--A civil traveller--Good accommodation--Baden--Awkward rencontre with a royal party--An alarm about passports--A genteel inn dangerous to fugitive travellers--The advantages of a drunken landlord--The town of Hornberg--To Kriemhieldsach, after passing the Black Forest--Banditti--The murder of a French general--A German inn and a rustic dance--The town of Tütlingen--A concealment of eight days--Vain attempts to smuggle passports--Progress of our journey--Crossing the Iller--Leaving Würtemberg and entering Bavaria--The progress of our flight--Kaufbeuern--An inquisitive landlord and frightened guests.

location near or direction toward the left side; i.e. the side to the north when a person or object faces east

From this reading Such were our reflections as we left the banks of this river of salvation and proceeded to the neighbouring village.

prefer or wish to do something

From this reading Here French chains cannot corrode the body, nor can French despotism and tyranny prostrate the spirit, and eat, like the canker-worm, into the heart.”

used to say something is possible, or to give permission

From this reading “Come what come may,” we were out of hated France, and our pulses beat with joy that the glorious river intervened between us and the land of our bondage and sufferings.

belonging to the modern era; since the Middle Ages

From this reading “Flow on, thou shining river,” I repeated from the song of Erin’s modern poet, “flow on; for neither French _gendarmes_, French spies, nor French laws can reach us across thy broad and noble expanse of flowing waters.

kill intentionally and with premeditation

From this reading Refreshments at a village inn--The town of Rastadt--A civil traveller--Good accommodation--Baden--Awkward rencontre with a royal party--An alarm about passports--A genteel inn dangerous to fugitive travellers--The advantages of a drunken landlord--The town of Hornberg--To Kriemhieldsach, after passing the Black Forest--Banditti--The murder of a French general--A German inn and a rustic dance--The town of Tütlingen--A concealment of eight days--Vain attempts to smuggle passports--Progress of our journey--Crossing the Iller--Leaving Würtemberg and entering Bavaria--The progress of our flight--Kaufbeuern--An inquisitive landlord and frightened guests.

-ing form of “neighbour” — live or be located as a neighbor

From this reading Such were our reflections as we left the banks of this river of salvation and proceeded to the neighbouring village.

not one and not the other of two

From this reading “Flow on, thou shining river,” I repeated from the song of Erin’s modern poet, “flow on; for neither French _gendarmes_, French spies, nor French laws can reach us across thy broad and noble expanse of flowing waters.

impressive in appearance

From this reading “Flow on, thou shining river,” I repeated from the song of Erin’s modern poet, “flow on; for neither French _gendarmes_, French spies, nor French laws can reach us across thy broad and noble expanse of flowing waters.

and not; used after a negative to add a second negative

From this reading “Flow on, thou shining river,” I repeated from the song of Erin’s modern poet, “flow on; for neither French _gendarmes_, French spies, nor French laws can reach us across thy broad and noble expanse of flowing waters.

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

From this reading Refreshments at a village inn--The town of Rastadt--A civil traveller--Good accommodation--Baden--Awkward rencontre with a royal party--An alarm about passports--A genteel inn dangerous to fugitive travellers--The advantages of a drunken landlord--The town of Hornberg--To Kriemhieldsach, after passing the Black Forest--Banditti--The murder of a French general--A German inn and a rustic dance--The town of Tütlingen--A concealment of eight days--Vain attempts to smuggle passports--Progress of our journey--Crossing the Iller--Leaving Würtemberg and entering Bavaria--The progress of our flight--Kaufbeuern--An inquisitive landlord and frightened guests.

touching and supported by a surface

From this reading “Flow on, thou shining river,” I repeated from the song of Erin’s modern poet, “flow on; for neither French _gendarmes_, French spies, nor French laws can reach us across thy broad and noble expanse of flowing waters.

belonging to the speaker and others

From this reading Refreshments at a village inn--The town of Rastadt--A civil traveller--Good accommodation--Baden--Awkward rencontre with a royal party--An alarm about passports--A genteel inn dangerous to fugitive travellers--The advantages of a drunken landlord--The town of Hornberg--To Kriemhieldsach, after passing the Black Forest--Banditti--The murder of a French general--A German inn and a rustic dance--The town of Tütlingen--A concealment of eight days--Vain attempts to smuggle passports--Progress of our journey--Crossing the Iller--Leaving Würtemberg and entering Bavaria--The progress of our flight--Kaufbeuern--An inquisitive landlord and frightened guests.

not allowed to continue to bat or run

From this reading “Come what come may,” we were out of hated France, and our pulses beat with joy that the glorious river intervened between us and the land of our bondage and sufferings.

an organization to gain political power

From this reading Refreshments at a village inn--The town of Rastadt--A civil traveller--Good accommodation--Baden--Awkward rencontre with a royal party--An alarm about passports--A genteel inn dangerous to fugitive travellers--The advantages of a drunken landlord--The town of Hornberg--To Kriemhieldsach, after passing the Black Forest--Banditti--The murder of a French general--A German inn and a rustic dance--The town of Tütlingen--A concealment of eight days--Vain attempts to smuggle passports--Progress of our journey--Crossing the Iller--Leaving Würtemberg and entering Bavaria--The progress of our flight--Kaufbeuern--An inquisitive landlord and frightened guests.

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

From this reading Refreshments at a village inn--The town of Rastadt--A civil traveller--Good accommodation--Baden--Awkward rencontre with a royal party--An alarm about passports--A genteel inn dangerous to fugitive travellers--The advantages of a drunken landlord--The town of Hornberg--To Kriemhieldsach, after passing the Black Forest--Banditti--The murder of a French general--A German inn and a rustic dance--The town of Tütlingen--A concealment of eight days--Vain attempts to smuggle passports--Progress of our journey--Crossing the Iller--Leaving Würtemberg and entering Bavaria--The progress of our flight--Kaufbeuern--An inquisitive landlord and frightened guests.

plural of “passport” — any authorization to pass or go somewhere

From this reading Refreshments at a village inn--The town of Rastadt--A civil traveller--Good accommodation--Baden--Awkward rencontre with a royal party--An alarm about passports--A genteel inn dangerous to fugitive travellers--The advantages of a drunken landlord--The town of Hornberg--To Kriemhieldsach, after passing the Black Forest--Banditti--The murder of a French general--A German inn and a rustic dance--The town of Tütlingen--A concealment of eight days--Vain attempts to smuggle passports--Progress of our journey--Crossing the Iller--Leaving Würtemberg and entering Bavaria--The progress of our flight--Kaufbeuern--An inquisitive landlord and frightened guests.

a writer of poems (the term is usually reserved for writers of good poetry)

From this reading “Flow on, thou shining river,” I repeated from the song of Erin’s modern poet, “flow on; for neither French _gendarmes_, French spies, nor French laws can reach us across thy broad and noble expanse of flowing waters.

past form of “proceed” — continue talking

From this reading Such were our reflections as we left the banks of this river of salvation and proceeded to the neighbouring village.

gradual improvement or growth or development

From this reading Refreshments at a village inn--The town of Rastadt--A civil traveller--Good accommodation--Baden--Awkward rencontre with a royal party--An alarm about passports--A genteel inn dangerous to fugitive travellers--The advantages of a drunken landlord--The town of Hornberg--To Kriemhieldsach, after passing the Black Forest--Banditti--The murder of a French general--A German inn and a rustic dance--The town of Tütlingen--A concealment of eight days--Vain attempts to smuggle passports--Progress of our journey--Crossing the Iller--Leaving Würtemberg and entering Bavaria--The progress of our flight--Kaufbeuern--An inquisitive landlord and frightened guests.

get into a prostrate position, as in submission

From this reading Here French chains cannot corrode the body, nor can French despotism and tyranny prostrate the spirit, and eat, like the canker-worm, into the heart.”

plural of “pulse” — (electronics) a sharp transient wave in the normal electrical state (or a series of such transients)

From this reading “Come what come may,” we were out of hated France, and our pulses beat with joy that the glorious river intervened between us and the land of our bondage and sufferings.

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From this reading Refreshments at a village inn--The town of Rastadt--A civil traveller--Good accommodation--Baden--Awkward rencontre with a royal party--An alarm about passports--A genteel inn dangerous to fugitive travellers--The advantages of a drunken landlord--The town of Hornberg--To Kriemhieldsach, after passing the Black Forest--Banditti--The murder of a French general--A German inn and a rustic dance--The town of Tütlingen--A concealment of eight days--Vain attempts to smuggle passports--Progress of our journey--Crossing the Iller--Leaving Würtemberg and entering Bavaria--The progress of our flight--Kaufbeuern--An inquisitive landlord and frightened guests.

reach a destination, either real or abstract

From this reading “Flow on, thou shining river,” I repeated from the song of Erin’s modern poet, “flow on; for neither French _gendarmes_, French spies, nor French laws can reach us across thy broad and noble expanse of flowing waters.

plural of “reflection” — a calm, lengthy, intent consideration

From this reading Such were our reflections as we left the banks of this river of salvation and proceeded to the neighbouring village.

plural of “refreshment” — snacks and drinks served as a light meal

From this reading Refreshments at a village inn--The town of Rastadt--A civil traveller--Good accommodation--Baden--Awkward rencontre with a royal party--An alarm about passports--A genteel inn dangerous to fugitive travellers--The advantages of a drunken landlord--The town of Hornberg--To Kriemhieldsach, after passing the Black Forest--Banditti--The murder of a French general--A German inn and a rustic dance--The town of Tütlingen--A concealment of eight days--Vain attempts to smuggle passports--Progress of our journey--Crossing the Iller--Leaving Würtemberg and entering Bavaria--The progress of our flight--Kaufbeuern--An inquisitive landlord and frightened guests.

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From this reading Refreshments at a village inn--The town of Rastadt--A civil traveller--Good accommodation--Baden--Awkward rencontre with a royal party--An alarm about passports--A genteel inn dangerous to fugitive travellers--The advantages of a drunken landlord--The town of Hornberg--To Kriemhieldsach, after passing the Black Forest--Banditti--The murder of a French general--A German inn and a rustic dance--The town of Tütlingen--A concealment of eight days--Vain attempts to smuggle passports--Progress of our journey--Crossing the Iller--Leaving Würtemberg and entering Bavaria--The progress of our flight--Kaufbeuern--An inquisitive landlord and frightened guests.

recurring again and again

From this reading “Flow on, thou shining river,” I repeated from the song of Erin’s modern poet, “flow on; for neither French _gendarmes_, French spies, nor French laws can reach us across thy broad and noble expanse of flowing waters.

a large natural stream of water (larger than a creek)

From this reading “Come what come may,” we were out of hated France, and our pulses beat with joy that the glorious river intervened between us and the land of our bondage and sufferings.

of or relating to or indicative of or issued or performed by a king or queen or other monarch

From this reading Refreshments at a village inn--The town of Rastadt--A civil traveller--Good accommodation--Baden--Awkward rencontre with a royal party--An alarm about passports--A genteel inn dangerous to fugitive travellers--The advantages of a drunken landlord--The town of Hornberg--To Kriemhieldsach, after passing the Black Forest--Banditti--The murder of a French general--A German inn and a rustic dance--The town of Tütlingen--A concealment of eight days--Vain attempts to smuggle passports--Progress of our journey--Crossing the Iller--Leaving Würtemberg and entering Bavaria--The progress of our flight--Kaufbeuern--An inquisitive landlord and frightened guests.

characteristic of rural life

From this reading Refreshments at a village inn--The town of Rastadt--A civil traveller--Good accommodation--Baden--Awkward rencontre with a royal party--An alarm about passports--A genteel inn dangerous to fugitive travellers--The advantages of a drunken landlord--The town of Hornberg--To Kriemhieldsach, after passing the Black Forest--Banditti--The murder of a French general--A German inn and a rustic dance--The town of Tütlingen--A concealment of eight days--Vain attempts to smuggle passports--Progress of our journey--Crossing the Iller--Leaving Würtemberg and entering Bavaria--The progress of our flight--Kaufbeuern--An inquisitive landlord and frightened guests.

(theology) the act of delivering from sin or saving from evil

From this reading Such were our reflections as we left the banks of this river of salvation and proceeded to the neighbouring village.

marked by exceptional merit

From this reading “Flow on, thou shining river,” I repeated from the song of Erin’s modern poet, “flow on; for neither French _gendarmes_, French spies, nor French laws can reach us across thy broad and noble expanse of flowing waters.

import or export without paying customs duties

From this reading Refreshments at a village inn--The town of Rastadt--A civil traveller--Good accommodation--Baden--Awkward rencontre with a royal party--An alarm about passports--A genteel inn dangerous to fugitive travellers--The advantages of a drunken landlord--The town of Hornberg--To Kriemhieldsach, after passing the Black Forest--Banditti--The murder of a French general--A German inn and a rustic dance--The town of Tütlingen--A concealment of eight days--Vain attempts to smuggle passports--Progress of our journey--Crossing the Iller--Leaving Würtemberg and entering Bavaria--The progress of our flight--Kaufbeuern--An inquisitive landlord and frightened guests.

a short musical composition with words

From this reading “Flow on, thou shining river,” I repeated from the song of Erin’s modern poet, “flow on; for neither French _gendarmes_, French spies, nor French laws can reach us across thy broad and noble expanse of flowing waters.

plural of “spy” — (military) a secret agent hired by a state to obtain information about its enemies or by a business to obtain industrial secrets from competitors

From this reading “Flow on, thou shining river,” I repeated from the song of Erin’s modern poet, “flow on; for neither French _gendarmes_, French spies, nor French laws can reach us across thy broad and noble expanse of flowing waters.

the vital principle or animating force within living things

From this reading Here French chains cannot corrode the body, nor can French despotism and tyranny prostrate the spirit, and eat, like the canker-worm, into the heart.”

of the kind already mentioned

From this reading Such were our reflections as we left the banks of this river of salvation and proceeded to the neighbouring village.

plural of “suffering” — a state of acute pain

From this reading “Come what come may,” we were out of hated France, and our pulses beat with joy that the glorious river intervened between us and the land of our bondage and sufferings.

used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt

From this reading “Come what come may,” we were out of hated France, and our pulses beat with joy that the glorious river intervened between us and the land of our bondage and sufferings.

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

From this reading Refreshments at a village inn--The town of Rastadt--A civil traveller--Good accommodation--Baden--Awkward rencontre with a royal party--An alarm about passports--A genteel inn dangerous to fugitive travellers--The advantages of a drunken landlord--The town of Hornberg--To Kriemhieldsach, after passing the Black Forest--Banditti--The murder of a French general--A German inn and a rustic dance--The town of Tütlingen--A concealment of eight days--Vain attempts to smuggle passports--Progress of our journey--Crossing the Iller--Leaving Würtemberg and entering Bavaria--The progress of our flight--Kaufbeuern--An inquisitive landlord and frightened guests.

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

From this reading Such were our reflections as we left the banks of this river of salvation and proceeded to the neighbouring village.

an old word for “you”, as the subject, speaking to one person

From this reading “Flow on, thou shining river,” I repeated from the song of Erin’s modern poet, “flow on; for neither French _gendarmes_, French spies, nor French laws can reach us across thy broad and noble expanse of flowing waters.

an old word for “your”, speaking to one person

From this reading “Flow on, thou shining river,” I repeated from the song of Erin’s modern poet, “flow on; for neither French _gendarmes_, French spies, nor French laws can reach us across thy broad and noble expanse of flowing waters.

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

From this reading Refreshments at a village inn--The town of Rastadt--A civil traveller--Good accommodation--Baden--Awkward rencontre with a royal party--An alarm about passports--A genteel inn dangerous to fugitive travellers--The advantages of a drunken landlord--The town of Hornberg--To Kriemhieldsach, after passing the Black Forest--Banditti--The murder of a French general--A German inn and a rustic dance--The town of Tütlingen--A concealment of eight days--Vain attempts to smuggle passports--Progress of our journey--Crossing the Iller--Leaving Würtemberg and entering Bavaria--The progress of our flight--Kaufbeuern--An inquisitive landlord and frightened guests.

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

From this reading Refreshments at a village inn--The town of Rastadt--A civil traveller--Good accommodation--Baden--Awkward rencontre with a royal party--An alarm about passports--A genteel inn dangerous to fugitive travellers--The advantages of a drunken landlord--The town of Hornberg--To Kriemhieldsach, after passing the Black Forest--Banditti--The murder of a French general--A German inn and a rustic dance--The town of Tütlingen--A concealment of eight days--Vain attempts to smuggle passports--Progress of our journey--Crossing the Iller--Leaving Würtemberg and entering Bavaria--The progress of our flight--Kaufbeuern--An inquisitive landlord and frightened guests.

a person who changes location

From this reading Refreshments at a village inn--The town of Rastadt--A civil traveller--Good accommodation--Baden--Awkward rencontre with a royal party--An alarm about passports--A genteel inn dangerous to fugitive travellers--The advantages of a drunken landlord--The town of Hornberg--To Kriemhieldsach, after passing the Black Forest--Banditti--The murder of a French general--A German inn and a rustic dance--The town of Tütlingen--A concealment of eight days--Vain attempts to smuggle passports--Progress of our journey--Crossing the Iller--Leaving Würtemberg and entering Bavaria--The progress of our flight--Kaufbeuern--An inquisitive landlord and frightened guests.

plural of “traveller” — a person who changes location

From this reading Refreshments at a village inn--The town of Rastadt--A civil traveller--Good accommodation--Baden--Awkward rencontre with a royal party--An alarm about passports--A genteel inn dangerous to fugitive travellers--The advantages of a drunken landlord--The town of Hornberg--To Kriemhieldsach, after passing the Black Forest--Banditti--The murder of a French general--A German inn and a rustic dance--The town of Tütlingen--A concealment of eight days--Vain attempts to smuggle passports--Progress of our journey--Crossing the Iller--Leaving Würtemberg and entering Bavaria--The progress of our flight--Kaufbeuern--An inquisitive landlord and frightened guests.

a form of government in which the ruler is an absolute dictator (not restricted by a constitution or laws or opposition etc.)

From this reading Here French chains cannot corrode the body, nor can French despotism and tyranny prostrate the spirit, and eat, like the canker-worm, into the heart.”

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

From this reading Refreshments at a village inn--The town of Rastadt--A civil traveller--Good accommodation--Baden--Awkward rencontre with a royal party--An alarm about passports--A genteel inn dangerous to fugitive travellers--The advantages of a drunken landlord--The town of Hornberg--To Kriemhieldsach, after passing the Black Forest--Banditti--The murder of a French general--A German inn and a rustic dance--The town of Tütlingen--A concealment of eight days--Vain attempts to smuggle passports--Progress of our journey--Crossing the Iller--Leaving Würtemberg and entering Bavaria--The progress of our flight--Kaufbeuern--An inquisitive landlord and frightened guests.

the speaker and others, as the object of a verb or preposition

From this reading “Come what come may,” we were out of hated France, and our pulses beat with joy that the glorious river intervened between us and the land of our bondage and sufferings.

characteristic of false pride; having an exaggerated sense of self-importance

From this reading Refreshments at a village inn--The town of Rastadt--A civil traveller--Good accommodation--Baden--Awkward rencontre with a royal party--An alarm about passports--A genteel inn dangerous to fugitive travellers--The advantages of a drunken landlord--The town of Hornberg--To Kriemhieldsach, after passing the Black Forest--Banditti--The murder of a French general--A German inn and a rustic dance--The town of Tütlingen--A concealment of eight days--Vain attempts to smuggle passports--Progress of our journey--Crossing the Iller--Leaving Würtemberg and entering Bavaria--The progress of our flight--Kaufbeuern--An inquisitive landlord and frightened guests.

a community of people smaller than a town

From this reading Refreshments at a village inn--The town of Rastadt--A civil traveller--Good accommodation--Baden--Awkward rencontre with a royal party--An alarm about passports--A genteel inn dangerous to fugitive travellers--The advantages of a drunken landlord--The town of Hornberg--To Kriemhieldsach, after passing the Black Forest--Banditti--The murder of a French general--A German inn and a rustic dance--The town of Tütlingen--A concealment of eight days--Vain attempts to smuggle passports--Progress of our journey--Crossing the Iller--Leaving Würtemberg and entering Bavaria--The progress of our flight--Kaufbeuern--An inquisitive landlord and frightened guests.

United States actress and singer (1896-1977)

From this reading “Flow on, thou shining river,” I repeated from the song of Erin’s modern poet, “flow on; for neither French _gendarmes_, French spies, nor French laws can reach us across thy broad and noble expanse of flowing waters.

the speaker together with one or more other people

From this reading “Come what come may,” we were out of hated France, and our pulses beat with joy that the glorious river intervened between us and the land of our bondage and sufferings.

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

From this reading “Come what come may,” we were out of hated France, and our pulses beat with joy that the glorious river intervened between us and the land of our bondage and sufferings.

used to ask for information about something

From this reading “Come what come may,” we were out of hated France, and our pulses beat with joy that the glorious river intervened between us and the land of our bondage and sufferings.

in the company of; together with

From this reading Refreshments at a village inn--The town of Rastadt--A civil traveller--Good accommodation--Baden--Awkward rencontre with a royal party--An alarm about passports--A genteel inn dangerous to fugitive travellers--The advantages of a drunken landlord--The town of Hornberg--To Kriemhieldsach, after passing the Black Forest--Banditti--The murder of a French general--A German inn and a rustic dance--The town of Tütlingen--A concealment of eight days--Vain attempts to smuggle passports--Progress of our journey--Crossing the Iller--Leaving Würtemberg and entering Bavaria--The progress of our flight--Kaufbeuern--An inquisitive landlord and frightened guests.

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From this reading Refreshments at a village inn--The town of Rastadt--A civil traveller--Good accommodation--Baden--Awkward rencontre with a royal party--An alarm about passports--A genteel inn dangerous to fugitive travellers--The advantages of a drunken landlord--The town of Hornberg--To Kriemhieldsach, after passing the Black Forest--Banditti--The murder of a French general--A German inn and a rustic dance--The town of Tütlingen--A concealment of eight days--Vain attempts to smuggle passports--Progress of our journey--Crossing the Iller--Leaving Würtemberg and entering Bavaria--The progress of our flight--Kaufbeuern--An inquisitive landlord and frightened guests.