Chapter XVII

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From this reading It was on the 8th of October (1808) that we took leave of our consumptive and inquisitive landlord, and left Kaufbeuern on the left hand in passing.

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From this reading It was on the 8th of October (1808) that we took leave of our consumptive and inquisitive landlord, and left Kaufbeuern on the left hand in passing.

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

From this reading Leaving Kaufbeuern on the left hand--Crossing the Wardach and the Lech--A welcome ferry-boat--The town of Weilheim--A long and exhausting march--The soporific of fatigue--The ferry over the river Inn--Frightened at a soldier--A false alarm--Crossing the river--The town of Reichenhall--Our approach to the Bavarian frontiers--The increase of dangers--Passing barriers with success--A supposition that we were in the Austrian dominions--A woeful miscalculation and a narrow escape from its fatal consequences--An unexpected demand for passports--An evasion--The Bavarian and Austrian confines--Our extreme danger--Anticipating the galleys--A track through a wood at the foot of a mountain--A flight--The boundary passed, and the fugitives in the Emperor’s dominions--Soldiers in ambush--The fugitives captured--Feigning to be Americans from Altona--Rage of the Bavarian guard at being outwitted.

on the subject of; concerning

From this reading At about six in the evening it began to snow so very hard that we took shelter in an adjacent village for the night.

in an active manner

From this reading If his lungs, throughout life, had been as actively employed in asking questions as they had been whilst we were with him, the only wonder is that they had lasted him so long.

nearest in space or position; immediately adjoining without intervening space

From this reading At about six in the evening it began to snow so very hard that we took shelter in an adjacent village for the night.

fear resulting from the awareness of danger

From this reading Leaving Kaufbeuern on the left hand--Crossing the Wardach and the Lech--A welcome ferry-boat--The town of Weilheim--A long and exhausting march--The soporific of fatigue--The ferry over the river Inn--Frightened at a soldier--A false alarm--Crossing the river--The town of Reichenhall--Our approach to the Bavarian frontiers--The increase of dangers--Passing barriers with success--A supposition that we were in the Austrian dominions--A woeful miscalculation and a narrow escape from its fatal consequences--An unexpected demand for passports--An evasion--The Bavarian and Austrian confines--Our extreme danger--Anticipating the galleys--A track through a wood at the foot of a mountain--A flight--The boundary passed, and the fugitives in the Emperor’s dominions--Soldiers in ambush--The fugitives captured--Feigning to be Americans from Altona--Rage of the Bavarian guard at being outwitted.

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From this reading Leaving Kaufbeuern on the left hand--Crossing the Wardach and the Lech--A welcome ferry-boat--The town of Weilheim--A long and exhausting march--The soporific of fatigue--The ferry over the river Inn--Frightened at a soldier--A false alarm--Crossing the river--The town of Reichenhall--Our approach to the Bavarian frontiers--The increase of dangers--Passing barriers with success--A supposition that we were in the Austrian dominions--A woeful miscalculation and a narrow escape from its fatal consequences--An unexpected demand for passports--An evasion--The Bavarian and Austrian confines--Our extreme danger--Anticipating the galleys--A track through a wood at the foot of a mountain--A flight--The boundary passed, and the fugitives in the Emperor’s dominions--Soldiers in ambush--The fugitives captured--Feigning to be Americans from Altona--Rage of the Bavarian guard at being outwitted.

wait in hiding to attack

From this reading Leaving Kaufbeuern on the left hand--Crossing the Wardach and the Lech--A welcome ferry-boat--The town of Weilheim--A long and exhausting march--The soporific of fatigue--The ferry over the river Inn--Frightened at a soldier--A false alarm--Crossing the river--The town of Reichenhall--Our approach to the Bavarian frontiers--The increase of dangers--Passing barriers with success--A supposition that we were in the Austrian dominions--A woeful miscalculation and a narrow escape from its fatal consequences--An unexpected demand for passports--An evasion--The Bavarian and Austrian confines--Our extreme danger--Anticipating the galleys--A track through a wood at the foot of a mountain--A flight--The boundary passed, and the fugitives in the Emperor’s dominions--Soldiers in ambush--The fugitives captured--Feigning to be Americans from Altona--Rage of the Bavarian guard at being outwitted.

plural of “american” — a native or inhabitant of the United States

From this reading Leaving Kaufbeuern on the left hand--Crossing the Wardach and the Lech--A welcome ferry-boat--The town of Weilheim--A long and exhausting march--The soporific of fatigue--The ferry over the river Inn--Frightened at a soldier--A false alarm--Crossing the river--The town of Reichenhall--Our approach to the Bavarian frontiers--The increase of dangers--Passing barriers with success--A supposition that we were in the Austrian dominions--A woeful miscalculation and a narrow escape from its fatal consequences--An unexpected demand for passports--An evasion--The Bavarian and Austrian confines--Our extreme danger--Anticipating the galleys--A track through a wood at the foot of a mountain--A flight--The boundary passed, and the fugitives in the Emperor’s dominions--Soldiers in ambush--The fugitives captured--Feigning to be Americans from Altona--Rage of the Bavarian guard at being outwitted.

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

From this reading Leaving Kaufbeuern on the left hand--Crossing the Wardach and the Lech--A welcome ferry-boat--The town of Weilheim--A long and exhausting march--The soporific of fatigue--The ferry over the river Inn--Frightened at a soldier--A false alarm--Crossing the river--The town of Reichenhall--Our approach to the Bavarian frontiers--The increase of dangers--Passing barriers with success--A supposition that we were in the Austrian dominions--A woeful miscalculation and a narrow escape from its fatal consequences--An unexpected demand for passports--An evasion--The Bavarian and Austrian confines--Our extreme danger--Anticipating the galleys--A track through a wood at the foot of a mountain--A flight--The boundary passed, and the fugitives in the Emperor’s dominions--Soldiers in ambush--The fugitives captured--Feigning to be Americans from Altona--Rage of the Bavarian guard at being outwitted.

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

From this reading Leaving Kaufbeuern on the left hand--Crossing the Wardach and the Lech--A welcome ferry-boat--The town of Weilheim--A long and exhausting march--The soporific of fatigue--The ferry over the river Inn--Frightened at a soldier--A false alarm--Crossing the river--The town of Reichenhall--Our approach to the Bavarian frontiers--The increase of dangers--Passing barriers with success--A supposition that we were in the Austrian dominions--A woeful miscalculation and a narrow escape from its fatal consequences--An unexpected demand for passports--An evasion--The Bavarian and Austrian confines--Our extreme danger--Anticipating the galleys--A track through a wood at the foot of a mountain--A flight--The boundary passed, and the fugitives in the Emperor’s dominions--Soldiers in ambush--The fugitives captured--Feigning to be Americans from Altona--Rage of the Bavarian guard at being outwitted.

-ing form of “anticipate” — regard something as probable or likely

From this reading Leaving Kaufbeuern on the left hand--Crossing the Wardach and the Lech--A welcome ferry-boat--The town of Weilheim--A long and exhausting march--The soporific of fatigue--The ferry over the river Inn--Frightened at a soldier--A false alarm--Crossing the river--The town of Reichenhall--Our approach to the Bavarian frontiers--The increase of dangers--Passing barriers with success--A supposition that we were in the Austrian dominions--A woeful miscalculation and a narrow escape from its fatal consequences--An unexpected demand for passports--An evasion--The Bavarian and Austrian confines--Our extreme danger--Anticipating the galleys--A track through a wood at the foot of a mountain--A flight--The boundary passed, and the fugitives in the Emperor’s dominions--Soldiers in ambush--The fugitives captured--Feigning to be Americans from Altona--Rage of the Bavarian guard at being outwitted.

move towards

From this reading Leaving Kaufbeuern on the left hand--Crossing the Wardach and the Lech--A welcome ferry-boat--The town of Weilheim--A long and exhausting march--The soporific of fatigue--The ferry over the river Inn--Frightened at a soldier--A false alarm--Crossing the river--The town of Reichenhall--Our approach to the Bavarian frontiers--The increase of dangers--Passing barriers with success--A supposition that we were in the Austrian dominions--A woeful miscalculation and a narrow escape from its fatal consequences--An unexpected demand for passports--An evasion--The Bavarian and Austrian confines--Our extreme danger--Anticipating the galleys--A track through a wood at the foot of a mountain--A flight--The boundary passed, and the fugitives in the Emperor’s dominions--Soldiers in ambush--The fugitives captured--Feigning to be Americans from Altona--Rage of the Bavarian guard at being outwitted.

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

From this reading If his lungs, throughout life, had been as actively employed in asking questions as they had been whilst we were with him, the only wonder is that they had lasted him so long.

the verbal act of requesting

From this reading If his lungs, throughout life, had been as actively employed in asking questions as they had been whilst we were with him, the only wonder is that they had lasted him so long.

in or near a particular place or position

From this reading Leaving Kaufbeuern on the left hand--Crossing the Wardach and the Lech--A welcome ferry-boat--The town of Weilheim--A long and exhausting march--The soporific of fatigue--The ferry over the river Inn--Frightened at a soldier--A false alarm--Crossing the river--The town of Reichenhall--Our approach to the Bavarian frontiers--The increase of dangers--Passing barriers with success--A supposition that we were in the Austrian dominions--A woeful miscalculation and a narrow escape from its fatal consequences--An unexpected demand for passports--An evasion--The Bavarian and Austrian confines--Our extreme danger--Anticipating the galleys--A track through a wood at the foot of a mountain--A flight--The boundary passed, and the fugitives in the Emperor’s dominions--Soldiers in ambush--The fugitives captured--Feigning to be Americans from Altona--Rage of the Bavarian guard at being outwitted.

a native or inhabitant of Austria

From this reading Leaving Kaufbeuern on the left hand--Crossing the Wardach and the Lech--A welcome ferry-boat--The town of Weilheim--A long and exhausting march--The soporific of fatigue--The ferry over the river Inn--Frightened at a soldier--A false alarm--Crossing the river--The town of Reichenhall--Our approach to the Bavarian frontiers--The increase of dangers--Passing barriers with success--A supposition that we were in the Austrian dominions--A woeful miscalculation and a narrow escape from its fatal consequences--An unexpected demand for passports--An evasion--The Bavarian and Austrian confines--Our extreme danger--Anticipating the galleys--A track through a wood at the foot of a mountain--A flight--The boundary passed, and the fugitives in the Emperor’s dominions--Soldiers in ambush--The fugitives captured--Feigning to be Americans from Altona--Rage of the Bavarian guard at being outwitted.

plural of “barrier” — a structure or object that impedes free movement

From this reading Leaving Kaufbeuern on the left hand--Crossing the Wardach and the Lech--A welcome ferry-boat--The town of Weilheim--A long and exhausting march--The soporific of fatigue--The ferry over the river Inn--Frightened at a soldier--A false alarm--Crossing the river--The town of Reichenhall--Our approach to the Bavarian frontiers--The increase of dangers--Passing barriers with success--A supposition that we were in the Austrian dominions--A woeful miscalculation and a narrow escape from its fatal consequences--An unexpected demand for passports--An evasion--The Bavarian and Austrian confines--Our extreme danger--Anticipating the galleys--A track through a wood at the foot of a mountain--A flight--The boundary passed, and the fugitives in the Emperor’s dominions--Soldiers in ambush--The fugitives captured--Feigning to be Americans from Altona--Rage of the Bavarian guard at being outwitted.

a native or an inhabitant of Bavaria

From this reading Leaving Kaufbeuern on the left hand--Crossing the Wardach and the Lech--A welcome ferry-boat--The town of Weilheim--A long and exhausting march--The soporific of fatigue--The ferry over the river Inn--Frightened at a soldier--A false alarm--Crossing the river--The town of Reichenhall--Our approach to the Bavarian frontiers--The increase of dangers--Passing barriers with success--A supposition that we were in the Austrian dominions--A woeful miscalculation and a narrow escape from its fatal consequences--An unexpected demand for passports--An evasion--The Bavarian and Austrian confines--Our extreme danger--Anticipating the galleys--A track through a wood at the foot of a mountain--A flight--The boundary passed, and the fugitives in the Emperor’s dominions--Soldiers in ambush--The fugitives captured--Feigning to be Americans from Altona--Rage of the Bavarian guard at being outwitted.

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

From this reading Leaving Kaufbeuern on the left hand--Crossing the Wardach and the Lech--A welcome ferry-boat--The town of Weilheim--A long and exhausting march--The soporific of fatigue--The ferry over the river Inn--Frightened at a soldier--A false alarm--Crossing the river--The town of Reichenhall--Our approach to the Bavarian frontiers--The increase of dangers--Passing barriers with success--A supposition that we were in the Austrian dominions--A woeful miscalculation and a narrow escape from its fatal consequences--An unexpected demand for passports--An evasion--The Bavarian and Austrian confines--Our extreme danger--Anticipating the galleys--A track through a wood at the foot of a mountain--A flight--The boundary passed, and the fugitives in the Emperor’s dominions--Soldiers in ambush--The fugitives captured--Feigning to be Americans from Altona--Rage of the Bavarian guard at being outwitted.

the past participle of “be”

From this reading If his lungs, throughout life, had been as actively employed in asking questions as they had been whilst we were with him, the only wonder is that they had lasted him so long.

inflected form of “begin” — take the first step or steps in carrying out an action

From this reading At about six in the evening it began to snow so very hard that we took shelter in an adjacent village for the night.

the -ing form of “be”

From this reading Leaving Kaufbeuern on the left hand--Crossing the Wardach and the Lech--A welcome ferry-boat--The town of Weilheim--A long and exhausting march--The soporific of fatigue--The ferry over the river Inn--Frightened at a soldier--A false alarm--Crossing the river--The town of Reichenhall--Our approach to the Bavarian frontiers--The increase of dangers--Passing barriers with success--A supposition that we were in the Austrian dominions--A woeful miscalculation and a narrow escape from its fatal consequences--An unexpected demand for passports--An evasion--The Bavarian and Austrian confines--Our extreme danger--Anticipating the galleys--A track through a wood at the foot of a mountain--A flight--The boundary passed, and the fugitives in the Emperor’s dominions--Soldiers in ambush--The fugitives captured--Feigning to be Americans from Altona--Rage of the Bavarian guard at being outwitted.

A line that marks the limits of an area.

From this reading Leaving Kaufbeuern on the left hand--Crossing the Wardach and the Lech--A welcome ferry-boat--The town of Weilheim--A long and exhausting march--The soporific of fatigue--The ferry over the river Inn--Frightened at a soldier--A false alarm--Crossing the river--The town of Reichenhall--Our approach to the Bavarian frontiers--The increase of dangers--Passing barriers with success--A supposition that we were in the Austrian dominions--A woeful miscalculation and a narrow escape from its fatal consequences--An unexpected demand for passports--An evasion--The Bavarian and Austrian confines--Our extreme danger--Anticipating the galleys--A track through a wood at the foot of a mountain--A flight--The boundary passed, and the fugitives in the Emperor’s dominions--Soldiers in ambush--The fugitives captured--Feigning to be Americans from Altona--Rage of the Bavarian guard at being outwitted.

past form of “capture” — succeed in representing or expressing something intangible

From this reading Leaving Kaufbeuern on the left hand--Crossing the Wardach and the Lech--A welcome ferry-boat--The town of Weilheim--A long and exhausting march--The soporific of fatigue--The ferry over the river Inn--Frightened at a soldier--A false alarm--Crossing the river--The town of Reichenhall--Our approach to the Bavarian frontiers--The increase of dangers--Passing barriers with success--A supposition that we were in the Austrian dominions--A woeful miscalculation and a narrow escape from its fatal consequences--An unexpected demand for passports--An evasion--The Bavarian and Austrian confines--Our extreme danger--Anticipating the galleys--A track through a wood at the foot of a mountain--A flight--The boundary passed, and the fugitives in the Emperor’s dominions--Soldiers in ambush--The fugitives captured--Feigning to be Americans from Altona--Rage of the Bavarian guard at being outwitted.

a bounded scope

From this reading Leaving Kaufbeuern on the left hand--Crossing the Wardach and the Lech--A welcome ferry-boat--The town of Weilheim--A long and exhausting march--The soporific of fatigue--The ferry over the river Inn--Frightened at a soldier--A false alarm--Crossing the river--The town of Reichenhall--Our approach to the Bavarian frontiers--The increase of dangers--Passing barriers with success--A supposition that we were in the Austrian dominions--A woeful miscalculation and a narrow escape from its fatal consequences--An unexpected demand for passports--An evasion--The Bavarian and Austrian confines--Our extreme danger--Anticipating the galleys--A track through a wood at the foot of a mountain--A flight--The boundary passed, and the fugitives in the Emperor’s dominions--Soldiers in ambush--The fugitives captured--Feigning to be Americans from Altona--Rage of the Bavarian guard at being outwitted.

plural of “consequence” — a phenomenon that follows and is caused by some previous phenomenon

From this reading Leaving Kaufbeuern on the left hand--Crossing the Wardach and the Lech--A welcome ferry-boat--The town of Weilheim--A long and exhausting march--The soporific of fatigue--The ferry over the river Inn--Frightened at a soldier--A false alarm--Crossing the river--The town of Reichenhall--Our approach to the Bavarian frontiers--The increase of dangers--Passing barriers with success--A supposition that we were in the Austrian dominions--A woeful miscalculation and a narrow escape from its fatal consequences--An unexpected demand for passports--An evasion--The Bavarian and Austrian confines--Our extreme danger--Anticipating the galleys--A track through a wood at the foot of a mountain--A flight--The boundary passed, and the fugitives in the Emperor’s dominions--Soldiers in ambush--The fugitives captured--Feigning to be Americans from Altona--Rage of the Bavarian guard at being outwitted.

tending to consume or use often wastefully

From this reading It was on the 8th of October (1808) that we took leave of our consumptive and inquisitive landlord, and left Kaufbeuern on the left hand in passing.

education imparted in a series of lessons or meetings

From this reading We crossed the Wardach, and directed our course towards Schöngau.

placed crosswise

From this reading We crossed the Wardach, and directed our course towards Schöngau.

traveling across

From this reading Leaving Kaufbeuern on the left hand--Crossing the Wardach and the Lech--A welcome ferry-boat--The town of Weilheim--A long and exhausting march--The soporific of fatigue--The ferry over the river Inn--Frightened at a soldier--A false alarm--Crossing the river--The town of Reichenhall--Our approach to the Bavarian frontiers--The increase of dangers--Passing barriers with success--A supposition that we were in the Austrian dominions--A woeful miscalculation and a narrow escape from its fatal consequences--An unexpected demand for passports--An evasion--The Bavarian and Austrian confines--Our extreme danger--Anticipating the galleys--A track through a wood at the foot of a mountain--A flight--The boundary passed, and the fugitives in the Emperor’s dominions--Soldiers in ambush--The fugitives captured--Feigning to be Americans from Altona--Rage of the Bavarian guard at being outwitted.

the condition of being susceptible to harm or injury

From this reading Leaving Kaufbeuern on the left hand--Crossing the Wardach and the Lech--A welcome ferry-boat--The town of Weilheim--A long and exhausting march--The soporific of fatigue--The ferry over the river Inn--Frightened at a soldier--A false alarm--Crossing the river--The town of Reichenhall--Our approach to the Bavarian frontiers--The increase of dangers--Passing barriers with success--A supposition that we were in the Austrian dominions--A woeful miscalculation and a narrow escape from its fatal consequences--An unexpected demand for passports--An evasion--The Bavarian and Austrian confines--Our extreme danger--Anticipating the galleys--A track through a wood at the foot of a mountain--A flight--The boundary passed, and the fugitives in the Emperor’s dominions--Soldiers in ambush--The fugitives captured--Feigning to be Americans from Altona--Rage of the Bavarian guard at being outwitted.

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

From this reading Leaving Kaufbeuern on the left hand--Crossing the Wardach and the Lech--A welcome ferry-boat--The town of Weilheim--A long and exhausting march--The soporific of fatigue--The ferry over the river Inn--Frightened at a soldier--A false alarm--Crossing the river--The town of Reichenhall--Our approach to the Bavarian frontiers--The increase of dangers--Passing barriers with success--A supposition that we were in the Austrian dominions--A woeful miscalculation and a narrow escape from its fatal consequences--An unexpected demand for passports--An evasion--The Bavarian and Austrian confines--Our extreme danger--Anticipating the galleys--A track through a wood at the foot of a mountain--A flight--The boundary passed, and the fugitives in the Emperor’s dominions--Soldiers in ambush--The fugitives captured--Feigning to be Americans from Altona--Rage of the Bavarian guard at being outwitted.

an urgent or peremptory request

From this reading Leaving Kaufbeuern on the left hand--Crossing the Wardach and the Lech--A welcome ferry-boat--The town of Weilheim--A long and exhausting march--The soporific of fatigue--The ferry over the river Inn--Frightened at a soldier--A false alarm--Crossing the river--The town of Reichenhall--Our approach to the Bavarian frontiers--The increase of dangers--Passing barriers with success--A supposition that we were in the Austrian dominions--A woeful miscalculation and a narrow escape from its fatal consequences--An unexpected demand for passports--An evasion--The Bavarian and Austrian confines--Our extreme danger--Anticipating the galleys--A track through a wood at the foot of a mountain--A flight--The boundary passed, and the fugitives in the Emperor’s dominions--Soldiers in ambush--The fugitives captured--Feigning to be Americans from Altona--Rage of the Bavarian guard at being outwitted.

(often used in combination) having a specified direction

From this reading We crossed the Wardach, and directed our course towards Schöngau.

plural of “dominion” — dominance or power through legal authority

From this reading Leaving Kaufbeuern on the left hand--Crossing the Wardach and the Lech--A welcome ferry-boat--The town of Weilheim--A long and exhausting march--The soporific of fatigue--The ferry over the river Inn--Frightened at a soldier--A false alarm--Crossing the river--The town of Reichenhall--Our approach to the Bavarian frontiers--The increase of dangers--Passing barriers with success--A supposition that we were in the Austrian dominions--A woeful miscalculation and a narrow escape from its fatal consequences--An unexpected demand for passports--An evasion--The Bavarian and Austrian confines--Our extreme danger--Anticipating the galleys--A track through a wood at the foot of a mountain--A flight--The boundary passed, and the fugitives in the Emperor’s dominions--Soldiers in ambush--The fugitives captured--Feigning to be Americans from Altona--Rage of the Bavarian guard at being outwitted.

possessive form of “emperor” — the male ruler of an empire

From this reading Leaving Kaufbeuern on the left hand--Crossing the Wardach and the Lech--A welcome ferry-boat--The town of Weilheim--A long and exhausting march--The soporific of fatigue--The ferry over the river Inn--Frightened at a soldier--A false alarm--Crossing the river--The town of Reichenhall--Our approach to the Bavarian frontiers--The increase of dangers--Passing barriers with success--A supposition that we were in the Austrian dominions--A woeful miscalculation and a narrow escape from its fatal consequences--An unexpected demand for passports--An evasion--The Bavarian and Austrian confines--Our extreme danger--Anticipating the galleys--A track through a wood at the foot of a mountain--A flight--The boundary passed, and the fugitives in the Emperor’s dominions--Soldiers in ambush--The fugitives captured--Feigning to be Americans from Altona--Rage of the Bavarian guard at being outwitted.

having your services engaged for; or having a job especially one that pays wages or a salary

From this reading If his lungs, throughout life, had been as actively employed in asking questions as they had been whilst we were with him, the only wonder is that they had lasted him so long.

the act of escaping physically

From this reading Leaving Kaufbeuern on the left hand--Crossing the Wardach and the Lech--A welcome ferry-boat--The town of Weilheim--A long and exhausting march--The soporific of fatigue--The ferry over the river Inn--Frightened at a soldier--A false alarm--Crossing the river--The town of Reichenhall--Our approach to the Bavarian frontiers--The increase of dangers--Passing barriers with success--A supposition that we were in the Austrian dominions--A woeful miscalculation and a narrow escape from its fatal consequences--An unexpected demand for passports--An evasion--The Bavarian and Austrian confines--Our extreme danger--Anticipating the galleys--A track through a wood at the foot of a mountain--A flight--The boundary passed, and the fugitives in the Emperor’s dominions--Soldiers in ambush--The fugitives captured--Feigning to be Americans from Altona--Rage of the Bavarian guard at being outwitted.

a statement that is not literally false but that cleverly avoids an unpleasant truth

From this reading Leaving Kaufbeuern on the left hand--Crossing the Wardach and the Lech--A welcome ferry-boat--The town of Weilheim--A long and exhausting march--The soporific of fatigue--The ferry over the river Inn--Frightened at a soldier--A false alarm--Crossing the river--The town of Reichenhall--Our approach to the Bavarian frontiers--The increase of dangers--Passing barriers with success--A supposition that we were in the Austrian dominions--A woeful miscalculation and a narrow escape from its fatal consequences--An unexpected demand for passports--An evasion--The Bavarian and Austrian confines--Our extreme danger--Anticipating the galleys--A track through a wood at the foot of a mountain--A flight--The boundary passed, and the fugitives in the Emperor’s dominions--Soldiers in ambush--The fugitives captured--Feigning to be Americans from Altona--Rage of the Bavarian guard at being outwitted.

the latter part of the day (the period of decreasing daylight from late afternoon until nightfall)

From this reading At about six in the evening it began to snow so very hard that we took shelter in an adjacent village for the night.

having a debilitating effect

From this reading Leaving Kaufbeuern on the left hand--Crossing the Wardach and the Lech--A welcome ferry-boat--The town of Weilheim--A long and exhausting march--The soporific of fatigue--The ferry over the river Inn--Frightened at a soldier--A false alarm--Crossing the river--The town of Reichenhall--Our approach to the Bavarian frontiers--The increase of dangers--Passing barriers with success--A supposition that we were in the Austrian dominions--A woeful miscalculation and a narrow escape from its fatal consequences--An unexpected demand for passports--An evasion--The Bavarian and Austrian confines--Our extreme danger--Anticipating the galleys--A track through a wood at the foot of a mountain--A flight--The boundary passed, and the fugitives in the Emperor’s dominions--Soldiers in ambush--The fugitives captured--Feigning to be Americans from Altona--Rage of the Bavarian guard at being outwitted.

of the greatest possible degree or extent or intensity

From this reading Leaving Kaufbeuern on the left hand--Crossing the Wardach and the Lech--A welcome ferry-boat--The town of Weilheim--A long and exhausting march--The soporific of fatigue--The ferry over the river Inn--Frightened at a soldier--A false alarm--Crossing the river--The town of Reichenhall--Our approach to the Bavarian frontiers--The increase of dangers--Passing barriers with success--A supposition that we were in the Austrian dominions--A woeful miscalculation and a narrow escape from its fatal consequences--An unexpected demand for passports--An evasion--The Bavarian and Austrian confines--Our extreme danger--Anticipating the galleys--A track through a wood at the foot of a mountain--A flight--The boundary passed, and the fugitives in the Emperor’s dominions--Soldiers in ambush--The fugitives captured--Feigning to be Americans from Altona--Rage of the Bavarian guard at being outwitted.

not in accordance with the fact or reality or actuality

From this reading Leaving Kaufbeuern on the left hand--Crossing the Wardach and the Lech--A welcome ferry-boat--The town of Weilheim--A long and exhausting march--The soporific of fatigue--The ferry over the river Inn--Frightened at a soldier--A false alarm--Crossing the river--The town of Reichenhall--Our approach to the Bavarian frontiers--The increase of dangers--Passing barriers with success--A supposition that we were in the Austrian dominions--A woeful miscalculation and a narrow escape from its fatal consequences--An unexpected demand for passports--An evasion--The Bavarian and Austrian confines--Our extreme danger--Anticipating the galleys--A track through a wood at the foot of a mountain--A flight--The boundary passed, and the fugitives in the Emperor’s dominions--Soldiers in ambush--The fugitives captured--Feigning to be Americans from Altona--Rage of the Bavarian guard at being outwitted.

bringing death

From this reading Leaving Kaufbeuern on the left hand--Crossing the Wardach and the Lech--A welcome ferry-boat--The town of Weilheim--A long and exhausting march--The soporific of fatigue--The ferry over the river Inn--Frightened at a soldier--A false alarm--Crossing the river--The town of Reichenhall--Our approach to the Bavarian frontiers--The increase of dangers--Passing barriers with success--A supposition that we were in the Austrian dominions--A woeful miscalculation and a narrow escape from its fatal consequences--An unexpected demand for passports--An evasion--The Bavarian and Austrian confines--Our extreme danger--Anticipating the galleys--A track through a wood at the foot of a mountain--A flight--The boundary passed, and the fugitives in the Emperor’s dominions--Soldiers in ambush--The fugitives captured--Feigning to be Americans from Altona--Rage of the Bavarian guard at being outwitted.

temporary loss of strength and energy resulting from hard physical or mental work

From this reading Leaving Kaufbeuern on the left hand--Crossing the Wardach and the Lech--A welcome ferry-boat--The town of Weilheim--A long and exhausting march--The soporific of fatigue--The ferry over the river Inn--Frightened at a soldier--A false alarm--Crossing the river--The town of Reichenhall--Our approach to the Bavarian frontiers--The increase of dangers--Passing barriers with success--A supposition that we were in the Austrian dominions--A woeful miscalculation and a narrow escape from its fatal consequences--An unexpected demand for passports--An evasion--The Bavarian and Austrian confines--Our extreme danger--Anticipating the galleys--A track through a wood at the foot of a mountain--A flight--The boundary passed, and the fugitives in the Emperor’s dominions--Soldiers in ambush--The fugitives captured--Feigning to be Americans from Altona--Rage of the Bavarian guard at being outwitted.

pretending with intention to deceive

From this reading Leaving Kaufbeuern on the left hand--Crossing the Wardach and the Lech--A welcome ferry-boat--The town of Weilheim--A long and exhausting march--The soporific of fatigue--The ferry over the river Inn--Frightened at a soldier--A false alarm--Crossing the river--The town of Reichenhall--Our approach to the Bavarian frontiers--The increase of dangers--Passing barriers with success--A supposition that we were in the Austrian dominions--A woeful miscalculation and a narrow escape from its fatal consequences--An unexpected demand for passports--An evasion--The Bavarian and Austrian confines--Our extreme danger--Anticipating the galleys--A track through a wood at the foot of a mountain--A flight--The boundary passed, and the fugitives in the Emperor’s dominions--Soldiers in ambush--The fugitives captured--Feigning to be Americans from Altona--Rage of the Bavarian guard at being outwitted.

transport from one place to another

From this reading Leaving Kaufbeuern on the left hand--Crossing the Wardach and the Lech--A welcome ferry-boat--The town of Weilheim--A long and exhausting march--The soporific of fatigue--The ferry over the river Inn--Frightened at a soldier--A false alarm--Crossing the river--The town of Reichenhall--Our approach to the Bavarian frontiers--The increase of dangers--Passing barriers with success--A supposition that we were in the Austrian dominions--A woeful miscalculation and a narrow escape from its fatal consequences--An unexpected demand for passports--An evasion--The Bavarian and Austrian confines--Our extreme danger--Anticipating the galleys--A track through a wood at the foot of a mountain--A flight--The boundary passed, and the fugitives in the Emperor’s dominions--Soldiers in ambush--The fugitives captured--Feigning to be Americans from Altona--Rage of the Bavarian guard at being outwitted.

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

From this reading Leaving Kaufbeuern on the left hand--Crossing the Wardach and the Lech--A welcome ferry-boat--The town of Weilheim--A long and exhausting march--The soporific of fatigue--The ferry over the river Inn--Frightened at a soldier--A false alarm--Crossing the river--The town of Reichenhall--Our approach to the Bavarian frontiers--The increase of dangers--Passing barriers with success--A supposition that we were in the Austrian dominions--A woeful miscalculation and a narrow escape from its fatal consequences--An unexpected demand for passports--An evasion--The Bavarian and Austrian confines--Our extreme danger--Anticipating the galleys--A track through a wood at the foot of a mountain--A flight--The boundary passed, and the fugitives in the Emperor’s dominions--Soldiers in ambush--The fugitives captured--Feigning to be Americans from Altona--Rage of the Bavarian guard at being outwitted.

a formation of aircraft in flight

From this reading Leaving Kaufbeuern on the left hand--Crossing the Wardach and the Lech--A welcome ferry-boat--The town of Weilheim--A long and exhausting march--The soporific of fatigue--The ferry over the river Inn--Frightened at a soldier--A false alarm--Crossing the river--The town of Reichenhall--Our approach to the Bavarian frontiers--The increase of dangers--Passing barriers with success--A supposition that we were in the Austrian dominions--A woeful miscalculation and a narrow escape from its fatal consequences--An unexpected demand for passports--An evasion--The Bavarian and Austrian confines--Our extreme danger--Anticipating the galleys--A track through a wood at the foot of a mountain--A flight--The boundary passed, and the fugitives in the Emperor’s dominions--Soldiers in ambush--The fugitives captured--Feigning to be Americans from Altona--Rage of the Bavarian guard at being outwitted.

the part of the leg of a human being below the ankle joint

From this reading Leaving Kaufbeuern on the left hand--Crossing the Wardach and the Lech--A welcome ferry-boat--The town of Weilheim--A long and exhausting march--The soporific of fatigue--The ferry over the river Inn--Frightened at a soldier--A false alarm--Crossing the river--The town of Reichenhall--Our approach to the Bavarian frontiers--The increase of dangers--Passing barriers with success--A supposition that we were in the Austrian dominions--A woeful miscalculation and a narrow escape from its fatal consequences--An unexpected demand for passports--An evasion--The Bavarian and Austrian confines--Our extreme danger--Anticipating the galleys--A track through a wood at the foot of a mountain--A flight--The boundary passed, and the fugitives in the Emperor’s dominions--Soldiers in ambush--The fugitives captured--Feigning to be Americans from Altona--Rage of the Bavarian guard at being outwitted.

intended to be given to, or used by, somebody

From this reading Leaving Kaufbeuern on the left hand--Crossing the Wardach and the Lech--A welcome ferry-boat--The town of Weilheim--A long and exhausting march--The soporific of fatigue--The ferry over the river Inn--Frightened at a soldier--A false alarm--Crossing the river--The town of Reichenhall--Our approach to the Bavarian frontiers--The increase of dangers--Passing barriers with success--A supposition that we were in the Austrian dominions--A woeful miscalculation and a narrow escape from its fatal consequences--An unexpected demand for passports--An evasion--The Bavarian and Austrian confines--Our extreme danger--Anticipating the galleys--A track through a wood at the foot of a mountain--A flight--The boundary passed, and the fugitives in the Emperor’s dominions--Soldiers in ambush--The fugitives captured--Feigning to be Americans from Altona--Rage of the Bavarian guard at being outwitted.

made afraid

From this reading Leaving Kaufbeuern on the left hand--Crossing the Wardach and the Lech--A welcome ferry-boat--The town of Weilheim--A long and exhausting march--The soporific of fatigue--The ferry over the river Inn--Frightened at a soldier--A false alarm--Crossing the river--The town of Reichenhall--Our approach to the Bavarian frontiers--The increase of dangers--Passing barriers with success--A supposition that we were in the Austrian dominions--A woeful miscalculation and a narrow escape from its fatal consequences--An unexpected demand for passports--An evasion--The Bavarian and Austrian confines--Our extreme danger--Anticipating the galleys--A track through a wood at the foot of a mountain--A flight--The boundary passed, and the fugitives in the Emperor’s dominions--Soldiers in ambush--The fugitives captured--Feigning to be Americans from Altona--Rage of the Bavarian guard at being outwitted.

showing where something starts, or who sent it

From this reading Leaving Kaufbeuern on the left hand--Crossing the Wardach and the Lech--A welcome ferry-boat--The town of Weilheim--A long and exhausting march--The soporific of fatigue--The ferry over the river Inn--Frightened at a soldier--A false alarm--Crossing the river--The town of Reichenhall--Our approach to the Bavarian frontiers--The increase of dangers--Passing barriers with success--A supposition that we were in the Austrian dominions--A woeful miscalculation and a narrow escape from its fatal consequences--An unexpected demand for passports--An evasion--The Bavarian and Austrian confines--Our extreme danger--Anticipating the galleys--A track through a wood at the foot of a mountain--A flight--The boundary passed, and the fugitives in the Emperor’s dominions--Soldiers in ambush--The fugitives captured--Feigning to be Americans from Altona--Rage of the Bavarian guard at being outwitted.

plural of “frontier” — a wilderness at the edge of a settled area of a country

From this reading Leaving Kaufbeuern on the left hand--Crossing the Wardach and the Lech--A welcome ferry-boat--The town of Weilheim--A long and exhausting march--The soporific of fatigue--The ferry over the river Inn--Frightened at a soldier--A false alarm--Crossing the river--The town of Reichenhall--Our approach to the Bavarian frontiers--The increase of dangers--Passing barriers with success--A supposition that we were in the Austrian dominions--A woeful miscalculation and a narrow escape from its fatal consequences--An unexpected demand for passports--An evasion--The Bavarian and Austrian confines--Our extreme danger--Anticipating the galleys--A track through a wood at the foot of a mountain--A flight--The boundary passed, and the fugitives in the Emperor’s dominions--Soldiers in ambush--The fugitives captured--Feigning to be Americans from Altona--Rage of the Bavarian guard at being outwitted.

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

From this reading Leaving Kaufbeuern on the left hand--Crossing the Wardach and the Lech--A welcome ferry-boat--The town of Weilheim--A long and exhausting march--The soporific of fatigue--The ferry over the river Inn--Frightened at a soldier--A false alarm--Crossing the river--The town of Reichenhall--Our approach to the Bavarian frontiers--The increase of dangers--Passing barriers with success--A supposition that we were in the Austrian dominions--A woeful miscalculation and a narrow escape from its fatal consequences--An unexpected demand for passports--An evasion--The Bavarian and Austrian confines--Our extreme danger--Anticipating the galleys--A track through a wood at the foot of a mountain--A flight--The boundary passed, and the fugitives in the Emperor’s dominions--Soldiers in ambush--The fugitives captured--Feigning to be Americans from Altona--Rage of the Bavarian guard at being outwitted.

plural of “galley” — a large medieval vessel with a single deck propelled by sails and oars with guns at stern and prow; a complement of 1,000 men; used mainly in the Mediterranean for war and trading

From this reading Leaving Kaufbeuern on the left hand--Crossing the Wardach and the Lech--A welcome ferry-boat--The town of Weilheim--A long and exhausting march--The soporific of fatigue--The ferry over the river Inn--Frightened at a soldier--A false alarm--Crossing the river--The town of Reichenhall--Our approach to the Bavarian frontiers--The increase of dangers--Passing barriers with success--A supposition that we were in the Austrian dominions--A woeful miscalculation and a narrow escape from its fatal consequences--An unexpected demand for passports--An evasion--The Bavarian and Austrian confines--Our extreme danger--Anticipating the galleys--A track through a wood at the foot of a mountain--A flight--The boundary passed, and the fugitives in the Emperor’s dominions--Soldiers in ambush--The fugitives captured--Feigning to be Americans from Altona--Rage of the Bavarian guard at being outwitted.

a person who keeps watch over something or someone

From this reading Leaving Kaufbeuern on the left hand--Crossing the Wardach and the Lech--A welcome ferry-boat--The town of Weilheim--A long and exhausting march--The soporific of fatigue--The ferry over the river Inn--Frightened at a soldier--A false alarm--Crossing the river--The town of Reichenhall--Our approach to the Bavarian frontiers--The increase of dangers--Passing barriers with success--A supposition that we were in the Austrian dominions--A woeful miscalculation and a narrow escape from its fatal consequences--An unexpected demand for passports--An evasion--The Bavarian and Austrian confines--Our extreme danger--Anticipating the galleys--A track through a wood at the foot of a mountain--A flight--The boundary passed, and the fugitives in the Emperor’s dominions--Soldiers in ambush--The fugitives captured--Feigning to be Americans from Altona--Rage of the Bavarian guard at being outwitted.

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

From this reading If his lungs, throughout life, had been as actively employed in asking questions as they had been whilst we were with him, the only wonder is that they had lasted him so long.

the (prehensile) extremity of the superior limb

From this reading Leaving Kaufbeuern on the left hand--Crossing the Wardach and the Lech--A welcome ferry-boat--The town of Weilheim--A long and exhausting march--The soporific of fatigue--The ferry over the river Inn--Frightened at a soldier--A false alarm--Crossing the river--The town of Reichenhall--Our approach to the Bavarian frontiers--The increase of dangers--Passing barriers with success--A supposition that we were in the Austrian dominions--A woeful miscalculation and a narrow escape from its fatal consequences--An unexpected demand for passports--An evasion--The Bavarian and Austrian confines--Our extreme danger--Anticipating the galleys--A track through a wood at the foot of a mountain--A flight--The boundary passed, and the fugitives in the Emperor’s dominions--Soldiers in ambush--The fugitives captured--Feigning to be Americans from Altona--Rage of the Bavarian guard at being outwitted.

not easy; requiring great physical or mental effort to accomplish or comprehend or endure

From this reading At about six in the evening it began to snow so very hard that we took shelter in an adjacent village for the night.

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

From this reading If his lungs, throughout life, had been as actively employed in asking questions as they had been whilst we were with him, the only wonder is that they had lasted him so long.

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

From this reading If his lungs, throughout life, had been as actively employed in asking questions as they had been whilst we were with him, the only wonder is that they had lasted him so long.

on condition that; in the event that

From this reading If his lungs, throughout life, had been as actively employed in asking questions as they had been whilst we were with him, the only wonder is that they had lasted him so long.

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

From this reading Leaving Kaufbeuern on the left hand--Crossing the Wardach and the Lech--A welcome ferry-boat--The town of Weilheim--A long and exhausting march--The soporific of fatigue--The ferry over the river Inn--Frightened at a soldier--A false alarm--Crossing the river--The town of Reichenhall--Our approach to the Bavarian frontiers--The increase of dangers--Passing barriers with success--A supposition that we were in the Austrian dominions--A woeful miscalculation and a narrow escape from its fatal consequences--An unexpected demand for passports--An evasion--The Bavarian and Austrian confines--Our extreme danger--Anticipating the galleys--A track through a wood at the foot of a mountain--A flight--The boundary passed, and the fugitives in the Emperor’s dominions--Soldiers in ambush--The fugitives captured--Feigning to be Americans from Altona--Rage of the Bavarian guard at being outwitted.

a quantity that is added

From this reading Leaving Kaufbeuern on the left hand--Crossing the Wardach and the Lech--A welcome ferry-boat--The town of Weilheim--A long and exhausting march--The soporific of fatigue--The ferry over the river Inn--Frightened at a soldier--A false alarm--Crossing the river--The town of Reichenhall--Our approach to the Bavarian frontiers--The increase of dangers--Passing barriers with success--A supposition that we were in the Austrian dominions--A woeful miscalculation and a narrow escape from its fatal consequences--An unexpected demand for passports--An evasion--The Bavarian and Austrian confines--Our extreme danger--Anticipating the galleys--A track through a wood at the foot of a mountain--A flight--The boundary passed, and the fugitives in the Emperor’s dominions--Soldiers in ambush--The fugitives captured--Feigning to be Americans from Altona--Rage of the Bavarian guard at being outwitted.

a hotel providing overnight lodging for travelers

From this reading Leaving Kaufbeuern on the left hand--Crossing the Wardach and the Lech--A welcome ferry-boat--The town of Weilheim--A long and exhausting march--The soporific of fatigue--The ferry over the river Inn--Frightened at a soldier--A false alarm--Crossing the river--The town of Reichenhall--Our approach to the Bavarian frontiers--The increase of dangers--Passing barriers with success--A supposition that we were in the Austrian dominions--A woeful miscalculation and a narrow escape from its fatal consequences--An unexpected demand for passports--An evasion--The Bavarian and Austrian confines--Our extreme danger--Anticipating the galleys--A track through a wood at the foot of a mountain--A flight--The boundary passed, and the fugitives in the Emperor’s dominions--Soldiers in ambush--The fugitives captured--Feigning to be Americans from Altona--Rage of the Bavarian guard at being outwitted.

showing curiosity

From this reading It was on the 8th of October (1808) that we took leave of our consumptive and inquisitive landlord, and left Kaufbeuern on the left hand in passing.

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

From this reading If his lungs, throughout life, had been as actively employed in asking questions as they had been whilst we were with him, the only wonder is that they had lasted him so long.

a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned

From this reading It was on the 8th of October (1808) that we took leave of our consumptive and inquisitive landlord, and left Kaufbeuern on the left hand in passing.

belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned

From this reading Leaving Kaufbeuern on the left hand--Crossing the Wardach and the Lech--A welcome ferry-boat--The town of Weilheim--A long and exhausting march--The soporific of fatigue--The ferry over the river Inn--Frightened at a soldier--A false alarm--Crossing the river--The town of Reichenhall--Our approach to the Bavarian frontiers--The increase of dangers--Passing barriers with success--A supposition that we were in the Austrian dominions--A woeful miscalculation and a narrow escape from its fatal consequences--An unexpected demand for passports--An evasion--The Bavarian and Austrian confines--Our extreme danger--Anticipating the galleys--A track through a wood at the foot of a mountain--A flight--The boundary passed, and the fugitives in the Emperor’s dominions--Soldiers in ambush--The fugitives captured--Feigning to be Americans from Altona--Rage of the Bavarian guard at being outwitted.

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

From this reading Leaving Kaufbeuern on the left hand--Crossing the Wardach and the Lech--A welcome ferry-boat--The town of Weilheim--A long and exhausting march--The soporific of fatigue--The ferry over the river Inn--Frightened at a soldier--A false alarm--Crossing the river--The town of Reichenhall--Our approach to the Bavarian frontiers--The increase of dangers--Passing barriers with success--A supposition that we were in the Austrian dominions--A woeful miscalculation and a narrow escape from its fatal consequences--An unexpected demand for passports--An evasion--The Bavarian and Austrian confines--Our extreme danger--Anticipating the galleys--A track through a wood at the foot of a mountain--A flight--The boundary passed, and the fugitives in the Emperor’s dominions--Soldiers in ambush--The fugitives captured--Feigning to be Americans from Altona--Rage of the Bavarian guard at being outwitted.

a landowner who leases to others

From this reading It was on the 8th of October (1808) that we took leave of our consumptive and inquisitive landlord, and left Kaufbeuern on the left hand in passing.

past form of “last” — persist for a specified period of time

From this reading If his lungs, throughout life, had been as actively employed in asking questions as they had been whilst we were with him, the only wonder is that they had lasted him so long.

go away from a place

From this reading It was on the 8th of October (1808) that we took leave of our consumptive and inquisitive landlord, and left Kaufbeuern on the left hand in passing.

the act of departing

From this reading Leaving Kaufbeuern on the left hand--Crossing the Wardach and the Lech--A welcome ferry-boat--The town of Weilheim--A long and exhausting march--The soporific of fatigue--The ferry over the river Inn--Frightened at a soldier--A false alarm--Crossing the river--The town of Reichenhall--Our approach to the Bavarian frontiers--The increase of dangers--Passing barriers with success--A supposition that we were in the Austrian dominions--A woeful miscalculation and a narrow escape from its fatal consequences--An unexpected demand for passports--An evasion--The Bavarian and Austrian confines--Our extreme danger--Anticipating the galleys--A track through a wood at the foot of a mountain--A flight--The boundary passed, and the fugitives in the Emperor’s dominions--Soldiers in ambush--The fugitives captured--Feigning to be Americans from Altona--Rage of the Bavarian guard at being outwitted.

man with strong sexual desires

From this reading Leaving Kaufbeuern on the left hand--Crossing the Wardach and the Lech--A welcome ferry-boat--The town of Weilheim--A long and exhausting march--The soporific of fatigue--The ferry over the river Inn--Frightened at a soldier--A false alarm--Crossing the river--The town of Reichenhall--Our approach to the Bavarian frontiers--The increase of dangers--Passing barriers with success--A supposition that we were in the Austrian dominions--A woeful miscalculation and a narrow escape from its fatal consequences--An unexpected demand for passports--An evasion--The Bavarian and Austrian confines--Our extreme danger--Anticipating the galleys--A track through a wood at the foot of a mountain--A flight--The boundary passed, and the fugitives in the Emperor’s dominions--Soldiers in ambush--The fugitives captured--Feigning to be Americans from Altona--Rage of the Bavarian guard at being outwitted.

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 Leaving Kaufbeuern on the left hand--Crossing the Wardach and the Lech--A welcome ferry-boat--The town of Weilheim--A long and exhausting march--The soporific of fatigue--The ferry over the river Inn--Frightened at a soldier--A false alarm--Crossing the river--The town of Reichenhall--Our approach to the Bavarian frontiers--The increase of dangers--Passing barriers with success--A supposition that we were in the Austrian dominions--A woeful miscalculation and a narrow escape from its fatal consequences--An unexpected demand for passports--An evasion--The Bavarian and Austrian confines--Our extreme danger--Anticipating the galleys--A track through a wood at the foot of a mountain--A flight--The boundary passed, and the fugitives in the Emperor’s dominions--Soldiers in ambush--The fugitives captured--Feigning to be Americans from Altona--Rage of the Bavarian guard at being outwitted.

a characteristic state or mode of living

From this reading If his lungs, throughout life, had been as actively employed in asking questions as they had been whilst we were with him, the only wonder is that they had lasted him so long.

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

From this reading Leaving Kaufbeuern on the left hand--Crossing the Wardach and the Lech--A welcome ferry-boat--The town of Weilheim--A long and exhausting march--The soporific of fatigue--The ferry over the river Inn--Frightened at a soldier--A false alarm--Crossing the river--The town of Reichenhall--Our approach to the Bavarian frontiers--The increase of dangers--Passing barriers with success--A supposition that we were in the Austrian dominions--A woeful miscalculation and a narrow escape from its fatal consequences--An unexpected demand for passports--An evasion--The Bavarian and Austrian confines--Our extreme danger--Anticipating the galleys--A track through a wood at the foot of a mountain--A flight--The boundary passed, and the fugitives in the Emperor’s dominions--Soldiers in ambush--The fugitives captured--Feigning to be Americans from Altona--Rage of the Bavarian guard at being outwitted.

plural of “lung” — either of two saclike respiratory organs in the chest of vertebrates; serves to remove carbon dioxide and provide oxygen to the blood

From this reading If his lungs, throughout life, had been as actively employed in asking questions as they had been whilst we were with him, the only wonder is that they had lasted him so long.

march in a procession

From this reading Leaving Kaufbeuern on the left hand--Crossing the Wardach and the Lech--A welcome ferry-boat--The town of Weilheim--A long and exhausting march--The soporific of fatigue--The ferry over the river Inn--Frightened at a soldier--A false alarm--Crossing the river--The town of Reichenhall--Our approach to the Bavarian frontiers--The increase of dangers--Passing barriers with success--A supposition that we were in the Austrian dominions--A woeful miscalculation and a narrow escape from its fatal consequences--An unexpected demand for passports--An evasion--The Bavarian and Austrian confines--Our extreme danger--Anticipating the galleys--A track through a wood at the foot of a mountain--A flight--The boundary passed, and the fugitives in the Emperor’s dominions--Soldiers in ambush--The fugitives captured--Feigning to be Americans from Altona--Rage of the Bavarian guard at being outwitted.

a mistake in calculating

From this reading Leaving Kaufbeuern on the left hand--Crossing the Wardach and the Lech--A welcome ferry-boat--The town of Weilheim--A long and exhausting march--The soporific of fatigue--The ferry over the river Inn--Frightened at a soldier--A false alarm--Crossing the river--The town of Reichenhall--Our approach to the Bavarian frontiers--The increase of dangers--Passing barriers with success--A supposition that we were in the Austrian dominions--A woeful miscalculation and a narrow escape from its fatal consequences--An unexpected demand for passports--An evasion--The Bavarian and Austrian confines--Our extreme danger--Anticipating the galleys--A track through a wood at the foot of a mountain--A flight--The boundary passed, and the fugitives in the Emperor’s dominions--Soldiers in ambush--The fugitives captured--Feigning to be Americans from Altona--Rage of the Bavarian guard at being outwitted.

a land mass that projects well above its surroundings; higher than a hill

From this reading Leaving Kaufbeuern on the left hand--Crossing the Wardach and the Lech--A welcome ferry-boat--The town of Weilheim--A long and exhausting march--The soporific of fatigue--The ferry over the river Inn--Frightened at a soldier--A false alarm--Crossing the river--The town of Reichenhall--Our approach to the Bavarian frontiers--The increase of dangers--Passing barriers with success--A supposition that we were in the Austrian dominions--A woeful miscalculation and a narrow escape from its fatal consequences--An unexpected demand for passports--An evasion--The Bavarian and Austrian confines--Our extreme danger--Anticipating the galleys--A track through a wood at the foot of a mountain--A flight--The boundary passed, and the fugitives in the Emperor’s dominions--Soldiers in ambush--The fugitives captured--Feigning to be Americans from Altona--Rage of the Bavarian guard at being outwitted.

make or become more narrow or restricted

From this reading Leaving Kaufbeuern on the left hand--Crossing the Wardach and the Lech--A welcome ferry-boat--The town of Weilheim--A long and exhausting march--The soporific of fatigue--The ferry over the river Inn--Frightened at a soldier--A false alarm--Crossing the river--The town of Reichenhall--Our approach to the Bavarian frontiers--The increase of dangers--Passing barriers with success--A supposition that we were in the Austrian dominions--A woeful miscalculation and a narrow escape from its fatal consequences--An unexpected demand for passports--An evasion--The Bavarian and Austrian confines--Our extreme danger--Anticipating the galleys--A track through a wood at the foot of a mountain--A flight--The boundary passed, and the fugitives in the Emperor’s dominions--Soldiers in ambush--The fugitives captured--Feigning to be Americans from Altona--Rage of the Bavarian guard at being outwitted.

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

From this reading At about six in the evening it began to snow so very hard that we took shelter in an adjacent village for the night.

the month following September and preceding November

From this reading It was on the 8th of October (1808) that we took leave of our consumptive and inquisitive landlord, and left Kaufbeuern on the left hand in passing.

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

From this reading Leaving Kaufbeuern on the left hand--Crossing the Wardach and the Lech--A welcome ferry-boat--The town of Weilheim--A long and exhausting march--The soporific of fatigue--The ferry over the river Inn--Frightened at a soldier--A false alarm--Crossing the river--The town of Reichenhall--Our approach to the Bavarian frontiers--The increase of dangers--Passing barriers with success--A supposition that we were in the Austrian dominions--A woeful miscalculation and a narrow escape from its fatal consequences--An unexpected demand for passports--An evasion--The Bavarian and Austrian confines--Our extreme danger--Anticipating the galleys--A track through a wood at the foot of a mountain--A flight--The boundary passed, and the fugitives in the Emperor’s dominions--Soldiers in ambush--The fugitives captured--Feigning to be Americans from Altona--Rage of the Bavarian guard at being outwitted.

touching and supported by a surface

From this reading Leaving Kaufbeuern on the left hand--Crossing the Wardach and the Lech--A welcome ferry-boat--The town of Weilheim--A long and exhausting march--The soporific of fatigue--The ferry over the river Inn--Frightened at a soldier--A false alarm--Crossing the river--The town of Reichenhall--Our approach to the Bavarian frontiers--The increase of dangers--Passing barriers with success--A supposition that we were in the Austrian dominions--A woeful miscalculation and a narrow escape from its fatal consequences--An unexpected demand for passports--An evasion--The Bavarian and Austrian confines--Our extreme danger--Anticipating the galleys--A track through a wood at the foot of a mountain--A flight--The boundary passed, and the fugitives in the Emperor’s dominions--Soldiers in ambush--The fugitives captured--Feigning to be Americans from Altona--Rage of the Bavarian guard at being outwitted.

and nothing more

From this reading If his lungs, throughout life, had been as actively employed in asking questions as they had been whilst we were with him, the only wonder is that they had lasted him so long.

belonging to the speaker and others

From this reading Leaving Kaufbeuern on the left hand--Crossing the Wardach and the Lech--A welcome ferry-boat--The town of Weilheim--A long and exhausting march--The soporific of fatigue--The ferry over the river Inn--Frightened at a soldier--A false alarm--Crossing the river--The town of Reichenhall--Our approach to the Bavarian frontiers--The increase of dangers--Passing barriers with success--A supposition that we were in the Austrian dominions--A woeful miscalculation and a narrow escape from its fatal consequences--An unexpected demand for passports--An evasion--The Bavarian and Austrian confines--Our extreme danger--Anticipating the galleys--A track through a wood at the foot of a mountain--A flight--The boundary passed, and the fugitives in the Emperor’s dominions--Soldiers in ambush--The fugitives captured--Feigning to be Americans from Altona--Rage of the Bavarian guard at being outwitted.

inflected form of “outwit” — beat through cleverness and wit

From this reading Leaving Kaufbeuern on the left hand--Crossing the Wardach and the Lech--A welcome ferry-boat--The town of Weilheim--A long and exhausting march--The soporific of fatigue--The ferry over the river Inn--Frightened at a soldier--A false alarm--Crossing the river--The town of Reichenhall--Our approach to the Bavarian frontiers--The increase of dangers--Passing barriers with success--A supposition that we were in the Austrian dominions--A woeful miscalculation and a narrow escape from its fatal consequences--An unexpected demand for passports--An evasion--The Bavarian and Austrian confines--Our extreme danger--Anticipating the galleys--A track through a wood at the foot of a mountain--A flight--The boundary passed, and the fugitives in the Emperor’s dominions--Soldiers in ambush--The fugitives captured--Feigning to be Americans from Altona--Rage of the Bavarian guard at being outwitted.

above and across; more than

From this reading Leaving Kaufbeuern on the left hand--Crossing the Wardach and the Lech--A welcome ferry-boat--The town of Weilheim--A long and exhausting march--The soporific of fatigue--The ferry over the river Inn--Frightened at a soldier--A false alarm--Crossing the river--The town of Reichenhall--Our approach to the Bavarian frontiers--The increase of dangers--Passing barriers with success--A supposition that we were in the Austrian dominions--A woeful miscalculation and a narrow escape from its fatal consequences--An unexpected demand for passports--An evasion--The Bavarian and Austrian confines--Our extreme danger--Anticipating the galleys--A track through a wood at the foot of a mountain--A flight--The boundary passed, and the fugitives in the Emperor’s dominions--Soldiers in ambush--The fugitives captured--Feigning to be Americans from Altona--Rage of the Bavarian guard at being outwitted.

past form of “pass” — go across or through

From this reading Leaving Kaufbeuern on the left hand--Crossing the Wardach and the Lech--A welcome ferry-boat--The town of Weilheim--A long and exhausting march--The soporific of fatigue--The ferry over the river Inn--Frightened at a soldier--A false alarm--Crossing the river--The town of Reichenhall--Our approach to the Bavarian frontiers--The increase of dangers--Passing barriers with success--A supposition that we were in the Austrian dominions--A woeful miscalculation and a narrow escape from its fatal consequences--An unexpected demand for passports--An evasion--The Bavarian and Austrian confines--Our extreme danger--Anticipating the galleys--A track through a wood at the foot of a mountain--A flight--The boundary passed, and the fugitives in the Emperor’s dominions--Soldiers in ambush--The fugitives captured--Feigning to be Americans from Altona--Rage of the Bavarian guard at being outwitted.

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

From this reading Leaving Kaufbeuern on the left hand--Crossing the Wardach and the Lech--A welcome ferry-boat--The town of Weilheim--A long and exhausting march--The soporific of fatigue--The ferry over the river Inn--Frightened at a soldier--A false alarm--Crossing the river--The town of Reichenhall--Our approach to the Bavarian frontiers--The increase of dangers--Passing barriers with success--A supposition that we were in the Austrian dominions--A woeful miscalculation and a narrow escape from its fatal consequences--An unexpected demand for passports--An evasion--The Bavarian and Austrian confines--Our extreme danger--Anticipating the galleys--A track through a wood at the foot of a mountain--A flight--The boundary passed, and the fugitives in the Emperor’s dominions--Soldiers in ambush--The fugitives captured--Feigning to be Americans from Altona--Rage of the Bavarian guard at being outwitted.

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

From this reading Leaving Kaufbeuern on the left hand--Crossing the Wardach and the Lech--A welcome ferry-boat--The town of Weilheim--A long and exhausting march--The soporific of fatigue--The ferry over the river Inn--Frightened at a soldier--A false alarm--Crossing the river--The town of Reichenhall--Our approach to the Bavarian frontiers--The increase of dangers--Passing barriers with success--A supposition that we were in the Austrian dominions--A woeful miscalculation and a narrow escape from its fatal consequences--An unexpected demand for passports--An evasion--The Bavarian and Austrian confines--Our extreme danger--Anticipating the galleys--A track through a wood at the foot of a mountain--A flight--The boundary passed, and the fugitives in the Emperor’s dominions--Soldiers in ambush--The fugitives captured--Feigning to be Americans from Altona--Rage of the Bavarian guard at being outwitted.

plural of “question” — an instance of questioning

From this reading If his lungs, throughout life, had been as actively employed in asking questions as they had been whilst we were with him, the only wonder is that they had lasted him so long.

a feeling of intense anger

From this reading Leaving Kaufbeuern on the left hand--Crossing the Wardach and the Lech--A welcome ferry-boat--The town of Weilheim--A long and exhausting march--The soporific of fatigue--The ferry over the river Inn--Frightened at a soldier--A false alarm--Crossing the river--The town of Reichenhall--Our approach to the Bavarian frontiers--The increase of dangers--Passing barriers with success--A supposition that we were in the Austrian dominions--A woeful miscalculation and a narrow escape from its fatal consequences--An unexpected demand for passports--An evasion--The Bavarian and Austrian confines--Our extreme danger--Anticipating the galleys--A track through a wood at the foot of a mountain--A flight--The boundary passed, and the fugitives in the Emperor’s dominions--Soldiers in ambush--The fugitives captured--Feigning to be Americans from Altona--Rage of the Bavarian guard at being outwitted.

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From this reading Leaving Kaufbeuern on the left hand--Crossing the Wardach and the Lech--A welcome ferry-boat--The town of Weilheim--A long and exhausting march--The soporific of fatigue--The ferry over the river Inn--Frightened at a soldier--A false alarm--Crossing the river--The town of Reichenhall--Our approach to the Bavarian frontiers--The increase of dangers--Passing barriers with success--A supposition that we were in the Austrian dominions--A woeful miscalculation and a narrow escape from its fatal consequences--An unexpected demand for passports--An evasion--The Bavarian and Austrian confines--Our extreme danger--Anticipating the galleys--A track through a wood at the foot of a mountain--A flight--The boundary passed, and the fugitives in the Emperor’s dominions--Soldiers in ambush--The fugitives captured--Feigning to be Americans from Altona--Rage of the Bavarian guard at being outwitted.

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

From this reading Leaving Kaufbeuern on the left hand--Crossing the Wardach and the Lech--A welcome ferry-boat--The town of Weilheim--A long and exhausting march--The soporific of fatigue--The ferry over the river Inn--Frightened at a soldier--A false alarm--Crossing the river--The town of Reichenhall--Our approach to the Bavarian frontiers--The increase of dangers--Passing barriers with success--A supposition that we were in the Austrian dominions--A woeful miscalculation and a narrow escape from its fatal consequences--An unexpected demand for passports--An evasion--The Bavarian and Austrian confines--Our extreme danger--Anticipating the galleys--A track through a wood at the foot of a mountain--A flight--The boundary passed, and the fugitives in the Emperor’s dominions--Soldiers in ambush--The fugitives captured--Feigning to be Americans from Altona--Rage of the Bavarian guard at being outwitted.

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From this reading We crossed the Wardach, and directed our course towards Schöngau.

a structure that provides privacy and protection from danger

From this reading At about six in the evening it began to snow so very hard that we took shelter in an adjacent village for the night.

the cardinal number that is the sum of five and one

From this reading At about six in the evening it began to snow so very hard that we took shelter in an adjacent village for the night.

precipitation falling from clouds in the form of ice crystals

From this reading At about six in the evening it began to snow so very hard that we took shelter in an adjacent village for the night.

for that reason; with the result that

From this reading If his lungs, throughout life, had been as actively employed in asking questions as they had been whilst we were with him, the only wonder is that they had lasted him so long.

an enlisted man or woman who serves in an army

From this reading Leaving Kaufbeuern on the left hand--Crossing the Wardach and the Lech--A welcome ferry-boat--The town of Weilheim--A long and exhausting march--The soporific of fatigue--The ferry over the river Inn--Frightened at a soldier--A false alarm--Crossing the river--The town of Reichenhall--Our approach to the Bavarian frontiers--The increase of dangers--Passing barriers with success--A supposition that we were in the Austrian dominions--A woeful miscalculation and a narrow escape from its fatal consequences--An unexpected demand for passports--An evasion--The Bavarian and Austrian confines--Our extreme danger--Anticipating the galleys--A track through a wood at the foot of a mountain--A flight--The boundary passed, and the fugitives in the Emperor’s dominions--Soldiers in ambush--The fugitives captured--Feigning to be Americans from Altona--Rage of the Bavarian guard at being outwitted.

plural of “soldier” — an enlisted man or woman who serves in an army

From this reading Leaving Kaufbeuern on the left hand--Crossing the Wardach and the Lech--A welcome ferry-boat--The town of Weilheim--A long and exhausting march--The soporific of fatigue--The ferry over the river Inn--Frightened at a soldier--A false alarm--Crossing the river--The town of Reichenhall--Our approach to the Bavarian frontiers--The increase of dangers--Passing barriers with success--A supposition that we were in the Austrian dominions--A woeful miscalculation and a narrow escape from its fatal consequences--An unexpected demand for passports--An evasion--The Bavarian and Austrian confines--Our extreme danger--Anticipating the galleys--A track through a wood at the foot of a mountain--A flight--The boundary passed, and the fugitives in the Emperor’s dominions--Soldiers in ambush--The fugitives captured--Feigning to be Americans from Altona--Rage of the Bavarian guard at being outwitted.

sleep inducing

From this reading Leaving Kaufbeuern on the left hand--Crossing the Wardach and the Lech--A welcome ferry-boat--The town of Weilheim--A long and exhausting march--The soporific of fatigue--The ferry over the river Inn--Frightened at a soldier--A false alarm--Crossing the river--The town of Reichenhall--Our approach to the Bavarian frontiers--The increase of dangers--Passing barriers with success--A supposition that we were in the Austrian dominions--A woeful miscalculation and a narrow escape from its fatal consequences--An unexpected demand for passports--An evasion--The Bavarian and Austrian confines--Our extreme danger--Anticipating the galleys--A track through a wood at the foot of a mountain--A flight--The boundary passed, and the fugitives in the Emperor’s dominions--Soldiers in ambush--The fugitives captured--Feigning to be Americans from Altona--Rage of the Bavarian guard at being outwitted.

an event that accomplishes its intended purpose

From this reading Leaving Kaufbeuern on the left hand--Crossing the Wardach and the Lech--A welcome ferry-boat--The town of Weilheim--A long and exhausting march--The soporific of fatigue--The ferry over the river Inn--Frightened at a soldier--A false alarm--Crossing the river--The town of Reichenhall--Our approach to the Bavarian frontiers--The increase of dangers--Passing barriers with success--A supposition that we were in the Austrian dominions--A woeful miscalculation and a narrow escape from its fatal consequences--An unexpected demand for passports--An evasion--The Bavarian and Austrian confines--Our extreme danger--Anticipating the galleys--A track through a wood at the foot of a mountain--A flight--The boundary passed, and the fugitives in the Emperor’s dominions--Soldiers in ambush--The fugitives captured--Feigning to be Americans from Altona--Rage of the Bavarian guard at being outwitted.

a message expressing an opinion based on incomplete evidence

From this reading Leaving Kaufbeuern on the left hand--Crossing the Wardach and the Lech--A welcome ferry-boat--The town of Weilheim--A long and exhausting march--The soporific of fatigue--The ferry over the river Inn--Frightened at a soldier--A false alarm--Crossing the river--The town of Reichenhall--Our approach to the Bavarian frontiers--The increase of dangers--Passing barriers with success--A supposition that we were in the Austrian dominions--A woeful miscalculation and a narrow escape from its fatal consequences--An unexpected demand for passports--An evasion--The Bavarian and Austrian confines--Our extreme danger--Anticipating the galleys--A track through a wood at the foot of a mountain--A flight--The boundary passed, and the fugitives in the Emperor’s dominions--Soldiers in ambush--The fugitives captured--Feigning to be Americans from Altona--Rage of the Bavarian guard at being outwitted.

used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt

From this reading Leaving Kaufbeuern on the left hand--Crossing the Wardach and the Lech--A welcome ferry-boat--The town of Weilheim--A long and exhausting march--The soporific of fatigue--The ferry over the river Inn--Frightened at a soldier--A false alarm--Crossing the river--The town of Reichenhall--Our approach to the Bavarian frontiers--The increase of dangers--Passing barriers with success--A supposition that we were in the Austrian dominions--A woeful miscalculation and a narrow escape from its fatal consequences--An unexpected demand for passports--An evasion--The Bavarian and Austrian confines--Our extreme danger--Anticipating the galleys--A track through a wood at the foot of a mountain--A flight--The boundary passed, and the fugitives in the Emperor’s dominions--Soldiers in ambush--The fugitives captured--Feigning to be Americans from Altona--Rage of the Bavarian guard at being outwitted.

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

From this reading Leaving Kaufbeuern on the left hand--Crossing the Wardach and the Lech--A welcome ferry-boat--The town of Weilheim--A long and exhausting march--The soporific of fatigue--The ferry over the river Inn--Frightened at a soldier--A false alarm--Crossing the river--The town of Reichenhall--Our approach to the Bavarian frontiers--The increase of dangers--Passing barriers with success--A supposition that we were in the Austrian dominions--A woeful miscalculation and a narrow escape from its fatal consequences--An unexpected demand for passports--An evasion--The Bavarian and Austrian confines--Our extreme danger--Anticipating the galleys--A track through a wood at the foot of a mountain--A flight--The boundary passed, and the fugitives in the Emperor’s dominions--Soldiers in ambush--The fugitives captured--Feigning to be Americans from Altona--Rage of the Bavarian guard at being outwitted.

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

From this reading If his lungs, throughout life, had been as actively employed in asking questions as they had been whilst we were with him, the only wonder is that they had lasted him so long.

from one end or side of something to the other

From this reading Leaving Kaufbeuern on the left hand--Crossing the Wardach and the Lech--A welcome ferry-boat--The town of Weilheim--A long and exhausting march--The soporific of fatigue--The ferry over the river Inn--Frightened at a soldier--A false alarm--Crossing the river--The town of Reichenhall--Our approach to the Bavarian frontiers--The increase of dangers--Passing barriers with success--A supposition that we were in the Austrian dominions--A woeful miscalculation and a narrow escape from its fatal consequences--An unexpected demand for passports--An evasion--The Bavarian and Austrian confines--Our extreme danger--Anticipating the galleys--A track through a wood at the foot of a mountain--A flight--The boundary passed, and the fugitives in the Emperor’s dominions--Soldiers in ambush--The fugitives captured--Feigning to be Americans from Altona--Rage of the Bavarian guard at being outwitted.

in every part of a place, or for the whole of a period

From this reading If his lungs, throughout life, had been as actively employed in asking questions as they had been whilst we were with him, the only wonder is that they had lasted him so long.

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

From this reading Leaving Kaufbeuern on the left hand--Crossing the Wardach and the Lech--A welcome ferry-boat--The town of Weilheim--A long and exhausting march--The soporific of fatigue--The ferry over the river Inn--Frightened at a soldier--A false alarm--Crossing the river--The town of Reichenhall--Our approach to the Bavarian frontiers--The increase of dangers--Passing barriers with success--A supposition that we were in the Austrian dominions--A woeful miscalculation and a narrow escape from its fatal consequences--An unexpected demand for passports--An evasion--The Bavarian and Austrian confines--Our extreme danger--Anticipating the galleys--A track through a wood at the foot of a mountain--A flight--The boundary passed, and the fugitives in the Emperor’s dominions--Soldiers in ambush--The fugitives captured--Feigning to be Americans from Altona--Rage of the Bavarian guard at being outwitted.

inflected form of “take” — carry out

From this reading It was on the 8th of October (1808) that we took leave of our consumptive and inquisitive landlord, and left Kaufbeuern on the left hand in passing.

in the direction of

From this reading We crossed the Wardach, and directed our course towards Schöngau.

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

From this reading Leaving Kaufbeuern on the left hand--Crossing the Wardach and the Lech--A welcome ferry-boat--The town of Weilheim--A long and exhausting march--The soporific of fatigue--The ferry over the river Inn--Frightened at a soldier--A false alarm--Crossing the river--The town of Reichenhall--Our approach to the Bavarian frontiers--The increase of dangers--Passing barriers with success--A supposition that we were in the Austrian dominions--A woeful miscalculation and a narrow escape from its fatal consequences--An unexpected demand for passports--An evasion--The Bavarian and Austrian confines--Our extreme danger--Anticipating the galleys--A track through a wood at the foot of a mountain--A flight--The boundary passed, and the fugitives in the Emperor’s dominions--Soldiers in ambush--The fugitives captured--Feigning to be Americans from Altona--Rage of the Bavarian guard at being outwitted.

a line or route along which something travels or moves

From this reading Leaving Kaufbeuern on the left hand--Crossing the Wardach and the Lech--A welcome ferry-boat--The town of Weilheim--A long and exhausting march--The soporific of fatigue--The ferry over the river Inn--Frightened at a soldier--A false alarm--Crossing the river--The town of Reichenhall--Our approach to the Bavarian frontiers--The increase of dangers--Passing barriers with success--A supposition that we were in the Austrian dominions--A woeful miscalculation and a narrow escape from its fatal consequences--An unexpected demand for passports--An evasion--The Bavarian and Austrian confines--Our extreme danger--Anticipating the galleys--A track through a wood at the foot of a mountain--A flight--The boundary passed, and the fugitives in the Emperor’s dominions--Soldiers in ambush--The fugitives captured--Feigning to be Americans from Altona--Rage of the Bavarian guard at being outwitted.

not expected or anticipated

From this reading Leaving Kaufbeuern on the left hand--Crossing the Wardach and the Lech--A welcome ferry-boat--The town of Weilheim--A long and exhausting march--The soporific of fatigue--The ferry over the river Inn--Frightened at a soldier--A false alarm--Crossing the river--The town of Reichenhall--Our approach to the Bavarian frontiers--The increase of dangers--Passing barriers with success--A supposition that we were in the Austrian dominions--A woeful miscalculation and a narrow escape from its fatal consequences--An unexpected demand for passports--An evasion--The Bavarian and Austrian confines--Our extreme danger--Anticipating the galleys--A track through a wood at the foot of a mountain--A flight--The boundary passed, and the fugitives in the Emperor’s dominions--Soldiers in ambush--The fugitives captured--Feigning to be Americans from Altona--Rage of the Bavarian guard at being outwitted.

precisely as stated

From this reading At about six in the evening it began to snow so very hard that we took shelter in an adjacent village for the night.

a community of people smaller than a town

From this reading At about six in the evening it began to snow so very hard that we took shelter in an adjacent village for the night.

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From this reading Leaving Kaufbeuern on the left hand--Crossing the Wardach and the Lech--A welcome ferry-boat--The town of Weilheim--A long and exhausting march--The soporific of fatigue--The ferry over the river Inn--Frightened at a soldier--A false alarm--Crossing the river--The town of Reichenhall--Our approach to the Bavarian frontiers--The increase of dangers--Passing barriers with success--A supposition that we were in the Austrian dominions--A woeful miscalculation and a narrow escape from its fatal consequences--An unexpected demand for passports--An evasion--The Bavarian and Austrian confines--Our extreme danger--Anticipating the galleys--A track through a wood at the foot of a mountain--A flight--The boundary passed, and the fugitives in the Emperor’s dominions--Soldiers in ambush--The fugitives captured--Feigning to be Americans from Altona--Rage of the Bavarian guard at being outwitted.

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

From this reading It was on the 8th of October (1808) that we took leave of our consumptive and inquisitive landlord, and left Kaufbeuern on the left hand in passing.

the speaker together with one or more other people

From this reading Leaving Kaufbeuern on the left hand--Crossing the Wardach and the Lech--A welcome ferry-boat--The town of Weilheim--A long and exhausting march--The soporific of fatigue--The ferry over the river Inn--Frightened at a soldier--A false alarm--Crossing the river--The town of Reichenhall--Our approach to the Bavarian frontiers--The increase of dangers--Passing barriers with success--A supposition that we were in the Austrian dominions--A woeful miscalculation and a narrow escape from its fatal consequences--An unexpected demand for passports--An evasion--The Bavarian and Austrian confines--Our extreme danger--Anticipating the galleys--A track through a wood at the foot of a mountain--A flight--The boundary passed, and the fugitives in the Emperor’s dominions--Soldiers in ambush--The fugitives captured--Feigning to be Americans from Altona--Rage of the Bavarian guard at being outwitted.

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

From this reading Leaving Kaufbeuern on the left hand--Crossing the Wardach and the Lech--A welcome ferry-boat--The town of Weilheim--A long and exhausting march--The soporific of fatigue--The ferry over the river Inn--Frightened at a soldier--A false alarm--Crossing the river--The town of Reichenhall--Our approach to the Bavarian frontiers--The increase of dangers--Passing barriers with success--A supposition that we were in the Austrian dominions--A woeful miscalculation and a narrow escape from its fatal consequences--An unexpected demand for passports--An evasion--The Bavarian and Austrian confines--Our extreme danger--Anticipating the galleys--A track through a wood at the foot of a mountain--A flight--The boundary passed, and the fugitives in the Emperor’s dominions--Soldiers in ambush--The fugitives captured--Feigning to be Americans from Altona--Rage of the Bavarian guard at being outwitted.

accept gladly

From this reading Leaving Kaufbeuern on the left hand--Crossing the Wardach and the Lech--A welcome ferry-boat--The town of Weilheim--A long and exhausting march--The soporific of fatigue--The ferry over the river Inn--Frightened at a soldier--A false alarm--Crossing the river--The town of Reichenhall--Our approach to the Bavarian frontiers--The increase of dangers--Passing barriers with success--A supposition that we were in the Austrian dominions--A woeful miscalculation and a narrow escape from its fatal consequences--An unexpected demand for passports--An evasion--The Bavarian and Austrian confines--Our extreme danger--Anticipating the galleys--A track through a wood at the foot of a mountain--A flight--The boundary passed, and the fugitives in the Emperor’s dominions--Soldiers in ambush--The fugitives captured--Feigning to be Americans from Altona--Rage of the Bavarian guard at being outwitted.

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

From this reading Leaving Kaufbeuern on the left hand--Crossing the Wardach and the Lech--A welcome ferry-boat--The town of Weilheim--A long and exhausting march--The soporific of fatigue--The ferry over the river Inn--Frightened at a soldier--A false alarm--Crossing the river--The town of Reichenhall--Our approach to the Bavarian frontiers--The increase of dangers--Passing barriers with success--A supposition that we were in the Austrian dominions--A woeful miscalculation and a narrow escape from its fatal consequences--An unexpected demand for passports--An evasion--The Bavarian and Austrian confines--Our extreme danger--Anticipating the galleys--A track through a wood at the foot of a mountain--A flight--The boundary passed, and the fugitives in the Emperor’s dominions--Soldiers in ambush--The fugitives captured--Feigning to be Americans from Altona--Rage of the Bavarian guard at being outwitted.

an old and formal word for “while”

From this reading If his lungs, throughout life, had been as actively employed in asking questions as they had been whilst we were with him, the only wonder is that they had lasted him so long.

in the company of; together with

From this reading Leaving Kaufbeuern on the left hand--Crossing the Wardach and the Lech--A welcome ferry-boat--The town of Weilheim--A long and exhausting march--The soporific of fatigue--The ferry over the river Inn--Frightened at a soldier--A false alarm--Crossing the river--The town of Reichenhall--Our approach to the Bavarian frontiers--The increase of dangers--Passing barriers with success--A supposition that we were in the Austrian dominions--A woeful miscalculation and a narrow escape from its fatal consequences--An unexpected demand for passports--An evasion--The Bavarian and Austrian confines--Our extreme danger--Anticipating the galleys--A track through a wood at the foot of a mountain--A flight--The boundary passed, and the fugitives in the Emperor’s dominions--Soldiers in ambush--The fugitives captured--Feigning to be Americans from Altona--Rage of the Bavarian guard at being outwitted.

affected by or full of grief or woe

From this reading Leaving Kaufbeuern on the left hand--Crossing the Wardach and the Lech--A welcome ferry-boat--The town of Weilheim--A long and exhausting march--The soporific of fatigue--The ferry over the river Inn--Frightened at a soldier--A false alarm--Crossing the river--The town of Reichenhall--Our approach to the Bavarian frontiers--The increase of dangers--Passing barriers with success--A supposition that we were in the Austrian dominions--A woeful miscalculation and a narrow escape from its fatal consequences--An unexpected demand for passports--An evasion--The Bavarian and Austrian confines--Our extreme danger--Anticipating the galleys--A track through a wood at the foot of a mountain--A flight--The boundary passed, and the fugitives in the Emperor’s dominions--Soldiers in ambush--The fugitives captured--Feigning to be Americans from Altona--Rage of the Bavarian guard at being outwitted.

the feeling aroused by something strange and surprising

From this reading If his lungs, throughout life, had been as actively employed in asking questions as they had been whilst we were with him, the only wonder is that they had lasted him so long.

the hard fibrous lignified substance under the bark of trees

From this reading Leaving Kaufbeuern on the left hand--Crossing the Wardach and the Lech--A welcome ferry-boat--The town of Weilheim--A long and exhausting march--The soporific of fatigue--The ferry over the river Inn--Frightened at a soldier--A false alarm--Crossing the river--The town of Reichenhall--Our approach to the Bavarian frontiers--The increase of dangers--Passing barriers with success--A supposition that we were in the Austrian dominions--A woeful miscalculation and a narrow escape from its fatal consequences--An unexpected demand for passports--An evasion--The Bavarian and Austrian confines--Our extreme danger--Anticipating the galleys--A track through a wood at the foot of a mountain--A flight--The boundary passed, and the fugitives in the Emperor’s dominions--Soldiers in ambush--The fugitives captured--Feigning to be Americans from Altona--Rage of the Bavarian guard at being outwitted.