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adeterminerUS /ə/
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading Our readers must now make a better acquaintance with one of the principal personages in the history which we have undertaken to relate, of whom we have scarcely spoken.
acquaintance
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From this reading Our readers must now make a better acquaintance with one of the principal personages in the history which we have undertaken to relate, of whom we have scarcely spoken.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading We would refer to the good bourgeois, whom we have seen quitting the group in the Rue de Valois, and making for the Barriere des Sergents at the moment when the street-singer began his collection, and who, it will be remembered, we have since seen at so inopportune a moment in the Rue des Bons-Enfants.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading Heaven preserve us from questioning the intelligence of our readers, so as to doubt for a moment that they had recognized in the poor devil to whom the Chevalier d'Harmental had rendered such timely assistance the good man of the terrace in the Rue du Temps-Perdu.
assistance
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From this reading Heaven preserve us from questioning the intelligence of our readers, so as to doubt for a moment that they had recognized in the poor devil to whom the Chevalier d'Harmental had rendered such timely assistance the good man of the terrace in the Rue du Temps-Perdu.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading We would refer to the good bourgeois, whom we have seen quitting the group in the Rue de Valois, and making for the Barriere des Sergents at the moment when the street-singer began his collection, and who, it will be remembered, we have since seen at so inopportune a moment in the Rue des Bons-Enfants.
Barriere
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From this reading We would refer to the good bourgeois, whom we have seen quitting the group in the Rue de Valois, and making for the Barriere des Sergents at the moment when the street-singer began his collection, and who, it will be remembered, we have since seen at so inopportune a moment in the Rue des Bons-Enfants.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading We would refer to the good bourgeois, whom we have seen quitting the group in the Rue de Valois, and making for the Barriere des Sergents at the moment when the street-singer began his collection, and who, it will be remembered, we have since seen at so inopportune a moment in the Rue des Bons-Enfants.
begannounUS /began/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading We would refer to the good bourgeois, whom we have seen quitting the group in the Rue de Valois, and making for the Barriere des Sergents at the moment when the street-singer began his collection, and who, it will be remembered, we have since seen at so inopportune a moment in the Rue des Bons-Enfants.
better
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From this reading Our readers must now make a better acquaintance with one of the principal personages in the history which we have undertaken to relate, of whom we have scarcely spoken.
Bons-Enfants
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From this reading We would refer to the good bourgeois, whom we have seen quitting the group in the Rue de Valois, and making for the Barriere des Sergents at the moment when the street-singer began his collection, and who, it will be remembered, we have since seen at so inopportune a moment in the Rue des Bons-Enfants.
bourgeois
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From this reading We would refer to the good bourgeois, whom we have seen quitting the group in the Rue de Valois, and making for the Barriere des Sergents at the moment when the street-singer began his collection, and who, it will be remembered, we have since seen at so inopportune a moment in the Rue des Bons-Enfants.
ButconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading But they cannot know, unless we tell them in detail, what he was physically, morally, and socially.
BUVAT
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From this reading JEAN BUVAT.
cannot
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From this reading But they cannot know, unless we tell them in detail, what he was physically, morally, and socially.
Chevalier
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collection
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From this reading We would refer to the good bourgeois, whom we have seen quitting the group in the Rue de Valois, and making for the Barriere des Sergents at the moment when the street-singer began his collection, and who, it will be remembered, we have since seen at so inopportune a moment in the Rue des Bons-Enfants.
d'Harmental
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de
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From this reading We would refer to the good bourgeois, whom we have seen quitting the group in the Rue de Valois, and making for the Barriere des Sergents at the moment when the street-singer began his collection, and who, it will be remembered, we have since seen at so inopportune a moment in the Rue des Bons-Enfants.
des
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From this reading We would refer to the good bourgeois, whom we have seen quitting the group in the Rue de Valois, and making for the Barriere des Sergents at the moment when the street-singer began his collection, and who, it will be remembered, we have since seen at so inopportune a moment in the Rue des Bons-Enfants.
detail
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From this reading But they cannot know, unless we tell them in detail, what he was physically, morally, and socially.
devil
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From this reading Heaven preserve us from questioning the intelligence of our readers, so as to doubt for a moment that they had recognized in the poor devil to whom the Chevalier d'Harmental had rendered such timely assistance the good man of the terrace in the Rue du Temps-Perdu.
doubt
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From this reading Heaven preserve us from questioning the intelligence of our readers, so as to doubt for a moment that they had recognized in the poor devil to whom the Chevalier d'Harmental had rendered such timely assistance the good man of the terrace in the Rue du Temps-Perdu.
du
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From this reading Heaven preserve us from questioning the intelligence of our readers, so as to doubt for a moment that they had recognized in the poor devil to whom the Chevalier d'Harmental had rendered such timely assistance the good man of the terrace in the Rue du Temps-Perdu.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading We would refer to the good bourgeois, whom we have seen quitting the group in the Rue de Valois, and making for the Barriere des Sergents at the moment when the street-singer began his collection, and who, it will be remembered, we have since seen at so inopportune a moment in the Rue des Bons-Enfants.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading Heaven preserve us from questioning the intelligence of our readers, so as to doubt for a moment that they had recognized in the poor devil to whom the Chevalier d'Harmental had rendered such timely assistance the good man of the terrace in the Rue du Temps-Perdu.
goodnounUS /good/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading We would refer to the good bourgeois, whom we have seen quitting the group in the Rue de Valois, and making for the Barriere des Sergents at the moment when the street-singer began his collection, and who, it will be remembered, we have since seen at so inopportune a moment in the Rue des Bons-Enfants.
group
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From this reading We would refer to the good bourgeois, whom we have seen quitting the group in the Rue de Valois, and making for the Barriere des Sergents at the moment when the street-singer began his collection, and who, it will be remembered, we have since seen at so inopportune a moment in the Rue des Bons-Enfants.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Heaven preserve us from questioning the intelligence of our readers, so as to doubt for a moment that they had recognized in the poor devil to whom the Chevalier d'Harmental had rendered such timely assistance the good man of the terrace in the Rue du Temps-Perdu.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading Our readers must now make a better acquaintance with one of the principal personages in the history which we have undertaken to relate, of whom we have scarcely spoken.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading But they cannot know, unless we tell them in detail, what he was physically, morally, and socially.
Heaven
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From this reading Heaven preserve us from questioning the intelligence of our readers, so as to doubt for a moment that they had recognized in the poor devil to whom the Chevalier d'Harmental had rendered such timely assistance the good man of the terrace in the Rue du Temps-Perdu.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading We would refer to the good bourgeois, whom we have seen quitting the group in the Rue de Valois, and making for the Barriere des Sergents at the moment when the street-singer began his collection, and who, it will be remembered, we have since seen at so inopportune a moment in the Rue des Bons-Enfants.
history
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From this reading Our readers must now make a better acquaintance with one of the principal personages in the history which we have undertaken to relate, of whom we have scarcely spoken.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Our readers must now make a better acquaintance with one of the principal personages in the history which we have undertaken to relate, of whom we have scarcely spoken.
inopportune
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From this reading We would refer to the good bourgeois, whom we have seen quitting the group in the Rue de Valois, and making for the Barriere des Sergents at the moment when the street-singer began his collection, and who, it will be remembered, we have since seen at so inopportune a moment in the Rue des Bons-Enfants.
intelligence
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From this reading Heaven preserve us from questioning the intelligence of our readers, so as to doubt for a moment that they had recognized in the poor devil to whom the Chevalier d'Harmental had rendered such timely assistance the good man of the terrace in the Rue du Temps-Perdu.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading We would refer to the good bourgeois, whom we have seen quitting the group in the Rue de Valois, and making for the Barriere des Sergents at the moment when the street-singer began his collection, and who, it will be remembered, we have since seen at so inopportune a moment in the Rue des Bons-Enfants.
JEAN
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From this reading JEAN BUVAT.
knownounUS /know/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading But they cannot know, unless we tell them in detail, what he was physically, morally, and socially.
makenounUS /make/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Our readers must now make a better acquaintance with one of the principal personages in the history which we have undertaken to relate, of whom we have scarcely spoken.
making
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From this reading We would refer to the good bourgeois, whom we have seen quitting the group in the Rue de Valois, and making for the Barriere des Sergents at the moment when the street-singer began his collection, and who, it will be remembered, we have since seen at so inopportune a moment in the Rue des Bons-Enfants.
man
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From this reading Heaven preserve us from questioning the intelligence of our readers, so as to doubt for a moment that they had recognized in the poor devil to whom the Chevalier d'Harmental had rendered such timely assistance the good man of the terrace in the Rue du Temps-Perdu.
moment
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From this reading We would refer to the good bourgeois, whom we have seen quitting the group in the Rue de Valois, and making for the Barriere des Sergents at the moment when the street-singer began his collection, and who, it will be remembered, we have since seen at so inopportune a moment in the Rue des Bons-Enfants.
morally
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From this reading But they cannot know, unless we tell them in detail, what he was physically, morally, and socially.
mustmodal verbUS /mʌst/
used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true
From this reading Our readers must now make a better acquaintance with one of the principal personages in the history which we have undertaken to relate, of whom we have scarcely spoken.
now
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From this reading Our readers must now make a better acquaintance with one of the principal personages in the history which we have undertaken to relate, of whom we have scarcely spoken.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Our readers must now make a better acquaintance with one of the principal personages in the history which we have undertaken to relate, of whom we have scarcely spoken.
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading Our readers must now make a better acquaintance with one of the principal personages in the history which we have undertaken to relate, of whom we have scarcely spoken.
OurdeterminerUS /ˈaʊər/
belonging to the speaker and others
From this reading Our readers must now make a better acquaintance with one of the principal personages in the history which we have undertaken to relate, of whom we have scarcely spoken.
personages
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From this reading Our readers must now make a better acquaintance with one of the principal personages in the history which we have undertaken to relate, of whom we have scarcely spoken.
physically
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From this reading But they cannot know, unless we tell them in detail, what he was physically, morally, and socially.
poornounUS /poor/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Heaven preserve us from questioning the intelligence of our readers, so as to doubt for a moment that they had recognized in the poor devil to whom the Chevalier d'Harmental had rendered such timely assistance the good man of the terrace in the Rue du Temps-Perdu.
preserve
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From this reading Heaven preserve us from questioning the intelligence of our readers, so as to doubt for a moment that they had recognized in the poor devil to whom the Chevalier d'Harmental had rendered such timely assistance the good man of the terrace in the Rue du Temps-Perdu.
principal
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From this reading Our readers must now make a better acquaintance with one of the principal personages in the history which we have undertaken to relate, of whom we have scarcely spoken.
questioning
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From this reading Heaven preserve us from questioning the intelligence of our readers, so as to doubt for a moment that they had recognized in the poor devil to whom the Chevalier d'Harmental had rendered such timely assistance the good man of the terrace in the Rue du Temps-Perdu.
quitting
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From this reading We would refer to the good bourgeois, whom we have seen quitting the group in the Rue de Valois, and making for the Barriere des Sergents at the moment when the street-singer began his collection, and who, it will be remembered, we have since seen at so inopportune a moment in the Rue des Bons-Enfants.
readers
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From this reading Our readers must now make a better acquaintance with one of the principal personages in the history which we have undertaken to relate, of whom we have scarcely spoken.
recognized
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From this reading Heaven preserve us from questioning the intelligence of our readers, so as to doubt for a moment that they had recognized in the poor devil to whom the Chevalier d'Harmental had rendered such timely assistance the good man of the terrace in the Rue du Temps-Perdu.
refer
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From this reading We would refer to the good bourgeois, whom we have seen quitting the group in the Rue de Valois, and making for the Barriere des Sergents at the moment when the street-singer began his collection, and who, it will be remembered, we have since seen at so inopportune a moment in the Rue des Bons-Enfants.
relate
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From this reading Our readers must now make a better acquaintance with one of the principal personages in the history which we have undertaken to relate, of whom we have scarcely spoken.
remembered
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From this reading We would refer to the good bourgeois, whom we have seen quitting the group in the Rue de Valois, and making for the Barriere des Sergents at the moment when the street-singer began his collection, and who, it will be remembered, we have since seen at so inopportune a moment in the Rue des Bons-Enfants.
rendered
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From this reading Heaven preserve us from questioning the intelligence of our readers, so as to doubt for a moment that they had recognized in the poor devil to whom the Chevalier d'Harmental had rendered such timely assistance the good man of the terrace in the Rue du Temps-Perdu.
Rue
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From this reading We would refer to the good bourgeois, whom we have seen quitting the group in the Rue de Valois, and making for the Barriere des Sergents at the moment when the street-singer began his collection, and who, it will be remembered, we have since seen at so inopportune a moment in the Rue des Bons-Enfants.
scarcely
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From this reading Our readers must now make a better acquaintance with one of the principal personages in the history which we have undertaken to relate, of whom we have scarcely spoken.
seen
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From this reading We would refer to the good bourgeois, whom we have seen quitting the group in the Rue de Valois, and making for the Barriere des Sergents at the moment when the street-singer began his collection, and who, it will be remembered, we have since seen at so inopportune a moment in the Rue des Bons-Enfants.
Sergents
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From this reading We would refer to the good bourgeois, whom we have seen quitting the group in the Rue de Valois, and making for the Barriere des Sergents at the moment when the street-singer began his collection, and who, it will be remembered, we have since seen at so inopportune a moment in the Rue des Bons-Enfants.
sinceprepositionUS /sɪns/
from a time in the past until now
From this reading We would refer to the good bourgeois, whom we have seen quitting the group in the Rue de Valois, and making for the Barriere des Sergents at the moment when the street-singer began his collection, and who, it will be remembered, we have since seen at so inopportune a moment in the Rue des Bons-Enfants.
soconjunctionUS /soʊ/
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading We would refer to the good bourgeois, whom we have seen quitting the group in the Rue de Valois, and making for the Barriere des Sergents at the moment when the street-singer began his collection, and who, it will be remembered, we have since seen at so inopportune a moment in the Rue des Bons-Enfants.
socially
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From this reading But they cannot know, unless we tell them in detail, what he was physically, morally, and socially.
spoken
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From this reading Our readers must now make a better acquaintance with one of the principal personages in the history which we have undertaken to relate, of whom we have scarcely spoken.
street-singer
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From this reading We would refer to the good bourgeois, whom we have seen quitting the group in the Rue de Valois, and making for the Barriere des Sergents at the moment when the street-singer began his collection, and who, it will be remembered, we have since seen at so inopportune a moment in the Rue des Bons-Enfants.
suchdeterminerUS /sʌtʃ/
of the kind already mentioned
From this reading Heaven preserve us from questioning the intelligence of our readers, so as to doubt for a moment that they had recognized in the poor devil to whom the Chevalier d'Harmental had rendered such timely assistance the good man of the terrace in the Rue du Temps-Perdu.
tellnounUS /tell/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading But they cannot know, unless we tell them in detail, what he was physically, morally, and socially.
Temps-Perdu
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From this reading Heaven preserve us from questioning the intelligence of our readers, so as to doubt for a moment that they had recognized in the poor devil to whom the Chevalier d'Harmental had rendered such timely assistance the good man of the terrace in the Rue du Temps-Perdu.
terrace
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From this reading Heaven preserve us from questioning the intelligence of our readers, so as to doubt for a moment that they had recognized in the poor devil to whom the Chevalier d'Harmental had rendered such timely assistance the good man of the terrace in the Rue du Temps-Perdu.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Heaven preserve us from questioning the intelligence of our readers, so as to doubt for a moment that they had recognized in the poor devil to whom the Chevalier d'Harmental had rendered such timely assistance the good man of the terrace in the Rue du Temps-Perdu.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Our readers must now make a better acquaintance with one of the principal personages in the history which we have undertaken to relate, of whom we have scarcely spoken.
thempronounUS /ðem/
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading But they cannot know, unless we tell them in detail, what he was physically, morally, and socially.
theypronounUS /ðeɪ/
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Heaven preserve us from questioning the intelligence of our readers, so as to doubt for a moment that they had recognized in the poor devil to whom the Chevalier d'Harmental had rendered such timely assistance the good man of the terrace in the Rue du Temps-Perdu.
timely
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From this reading Heaven preserve us from questioning the intelligence of our readers, so as to doubt for a moment that they had recognized in the poor devil to whom the Chevalier d'Harmental had rendered such timely assistance the good man of the terrace in the Rue du Temps-Perdu.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Our readers must now make a better acquaintance with one of the principal personages in the history which we have undertaken to relate, of whom we have scarcely spoken.
undertaken
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From this reading Our readers must now make a better acquaintance with one of the principal personages in the history which we have undertaken to relate, of whom we have scarcely spoken.
unlessconjunctionUS /ənˈles/
except if; if not
From this reading But they cannot know, unless we tell them in detail, what he was physically, morally, and socially.
uspronounUS /ʌs/
the speaker and others, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Heaven preserve us from questioning the intelligence of our readers, so as to doubt for a moment that they had recognized in the poor devil to whom the Chevalier d'Harmental had rendered such timely assistance the good man of the terrace in the Rue du Temps-Perdu.
Valois
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From this reading We would refer to the good bourgeois, whom we have seen quitting the group in the Rue de Valois, and making for the Barriere des Sergents at the moment when the street-singer began his collection, and who, it will be remembered, we have since seen at so inopportune a moment in the Rue des Bons-Enfants.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading But they cannot know, unless we tell them in detail, what he was physically, morally, and socially.
wepronounUS /wiː/
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading Our readers must now make a better acquaintance with one of the principal personages in the history which we have undertaken to relate, of whom we have scarcely spoken.
whatpronounUS /wʌt/
used to ask for information about something
From this reading But they cannot know, unless we tell them in detail, what he was physically, morally, and socially.
whenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading We would refer to the good bourgeois, whom we have seen quitting the group in the Rue de Valois, and making for the Barriere des Sergents at the moment when the street-singer began his collection, and who, it will be remembered, we have since seen at so inopportune a moment in the Rue des Bons-Enfants.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading Our readers must now make a better acquaintance with one of the principal personages in the history which we have undertaken to relate, of whom we have scarcely spoken.
whopronounUS /huː/
which person or people
From this reading We would refer to the good bourgeois, whom we have seen quitting the group in the Rue de Valois, and making for the Barriere des Sergents at the moment when the street-singer began his collection, and who, it will be remembered, we have since seen at so inopportune a moment in the Rue des Bons-Enfants.
whompronounUS /huːm/
the form of “who” used as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Our readers must now make a better acquaintance with one of the principal personages in the history which we have undertaken to relate, of whom we have scarcely spoken.
willmodal verbUS /wɪl/
used to talk about the future, or about willingness
From this reading We would refer to the good bourgeois, whom we have seen quitting the group in the Rue de Valois, and making for the Barriere des Sergents at the moment when the street-singer began his collection, and who, it will be remembered, we have since seen at so inopportune a moment in the Rue des Bons-Enfants.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading Our readers must now make a better acquaintance with one of the principal personages in the history which we have undertaken to relate, of whom we have scarcely spoken.
wouldmodal verbUS /wʊd/
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading We would refer to the good bourgeois, whom we have seen quitting the group in the Rue de Valois, and making for the Barriere des Sergents at the moment when the street-singer began his collection, and who, it will be remembered, we have since seen at so inopportune a moment in the Rue des Bons-Enfants.
