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The Infant's Skull

Chapter I

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See http://books.google.com/books?vid=XvMYAAAAYAAJ&id Translated from the Original French by Daniel De Leon New York Labor News Company, 1904 Among the historic phenomena of what may be called "modern antiquity," there is none comparable to that which was witnessed on the first day of the year 1000, together with its second or adjourned catastrophe thirty-two years later.
The end of the world, at first daily expected by the Apostles, then postponed--upon the authority of Judaic apocalyptic writings, together with the Revelations of St. John the Divine,--to the year 1000, and then again to thirty-two years later, until it was finally adjourned _sine die_, was one of those beliefs, called "theologic," that have had vast and disastrous mundane effect.
_The Infant's Skull; or, The End of the World_, figures at that period.
It is one of that series of charming stories by Eugene Sue in which historic personages and events are so artistically grouped that, without the fiction losing by the otherwise solid facts, and without the solid facts suffering by the fiction, both are enhanced, and combinedly act as a flash-light upon the past--and no less so upon the future.
As with all the stories of this series by the talented Sue, _The Infant's Skull; or, The End of the World_, although, one of the shortest, rescues invaluable historic facts from the dark and dusty recesses where only the privileged few can otherwise reach them.
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LEARNER DICTIONARY
Archivist
/ˈɑːrkɪvɪst/
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A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.

The Infant's Skull

Chapter I

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See http://books.google.com/books?vid=XvMYAAAAYAAJ&id Translated from the Original French by Daniel De Leon New York Labor News Company, 1904 Among the historic phenomena of what may be called "modern antiquity," there is none comparable to that which was witnessed on the first day of the year 1000, together with its second or adjourned catastrophe thirty-two years later.
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The end of the world, at first daily expected by the Apostles, then postponed--upon the authority of Judaic apocalyptic writings, together with the Revelations of St. John the Divine,--to the year 1000, and then again to thirty-two years later, until it was finally adjourned _sine die_, was one of those beliefs, called "theologic," that have had vast and disastrous mundane effect.
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_The Infant's Skull; or, The End of the World_, figures at that period.
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It is one of that series of charming stories by Eugene Sue in which historic personages and events are so artistically grouped that, without the fiction losing by the otherwise solid facts, and without the solid facts suffering by the fiction, both are enhanced, and combinedly act as a flash-light upon the past--and no less so upon the future.
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As with all the stories of this series by the talented Sue, _The Infant's Skull; or, The End of the World_, although, one of the shortest, rescues invaluable historic facts from the dark and dusty recesses where only the privileged few can otherwise reach them.

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Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, audio, and collocations from this reading.

Again noun US /again/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “The end of the world, at first daily expected by the Apostles, then postponed--upon the authority of Judaic apocalyptic writings, together with the Revelations of St. John the Divine,--to the year 1000, and then again to thirty-two years later, until it was finally adjourned _sine die_, was one of those beliefs, called "theologic," that have had vast and disastrous mundane effect.”

Although noun US /ˈalthough/

a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage

From this reading “As with all the stories of this series by the talented Sue, _The Infant's Skull; or, The End of the World_, although, one of the shortest, rescues invaluable historic facts from the dark and dusty recesses where only the privileged few can otherwise reach them.”

Among preposition US /əˈmʌŋ/

surrounded by; in the middle of a group

From this reading “See http://books.google.com/books?vid=XvMYAAAAYAAJ&id Translated from the Original French by Daniel De Leon New York Labor News Company, 1904 Among the historic phenomena of what may be called "modern antiquity," there is none comparable to that which was witnessed on the first day of the year 1000, together with its second or adjourned catastrophe thirty-two years later.”

Books noun US /bʊks/

Bound written or printed works.

From this reading “See http://books.google.com/books?vid=XvMYAAAAYAAJ&id Translated from the Original French by Daniel De Leon New York Labor News Company, 1904 Among the historic phenomena of what may be called "modern antiquity," there is none comparable to that which was witnessed on the first day of the year 1000, together with its second or adjourned catastrophe thirty-two years later.”

First noun US /first/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “See http://books.google.com/books?vid=XvMYAAAAYAAJ&id Translated from the Original French by Daniel De Leon New York Labor News Company, 1904 Among the historic phenomena of what may be called "modern antiquity," there is none comparable to that which was witnessed on the first day of the year 1000, together with its second or adjourned catastrophe thirty-two years later.”

Have auxiliary verb US /hæv/

used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses

From this reading “The end of the world, at first daily expected by the Apostles, then postponed--upon the authority of Judaic apocalyptic writings, together with the Revelations of St. John the Divine,--to the year 1000, and then again to thirty-two years later, until it was finally adjourned _sine die_, was one of those beliefs, called "theologic," that have had vast and disastrous mundane effect.”

John noun US /john/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “The end of the world, at first daily expected by the Apostles, then postponed--upon the authority of Judaic apocalyptic writings, together with the Revelations of St. John the Divine,--to the year 1000, and then again to thirty-two years later, until it was finally adjourned _sine die_, was one of those beliefs, called "theologic," that have had vast and disastrous mundane effect.”

May modal verb US /meɪ/

used to say something is possible, or to give permission

From this reading “See http://books.google.com/books?vid=XvMYAAAAYAAJ&id Translated from the Original French by Daniel De Leon New York Labor News Company, 1904 Among the historic phenomena of what may be called "modern antiquity," there is none comparable to that which was witnessed on the first day of the year 1000, together with its second or adjourned catastrophe thirty-two years later.”

None pronoun US /nʌn/

not one, and not any

From this reading “See http://books.google.com/books?vid=XvMYAAAAYAAJ&id Translated from the Original French by Daniel De Leon New York Labor News Company, 1904 Among the historic phenomena of what may be called "modern antiquity," there is none comparable to that which was witnessed on the first day of the year 1000, together with its second or adjourned catastrophe thirty-two years later.”

One pronoun US /wʌn/

used to mean any person in general, including the speaker

From this reading “The end of the world, at first daily expected by the Apostles, then postponed--upon the authority of Judaic apocalyptic writings, together with the Revelations of St. John the Divine,--to the year 1000, and then again to thirty-two years later, until it was finally adjourned _sine die_, was one of those beliefs, called "theologic," that have had vast and disastrous mundane effect.”

Second noun US /second/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “See http://books.google.com/books?vid=XvMYAAAAYAAJ&id Translated from the Original French by Daniel De Leon New York Labor News Company, 1904 Among the historic phenomena of what may be called "modern antiquity," there is none comparable to that which was witnessed on the first day of the year 1000, together with its second or adjourned catastrophe thirty-two years later.”

Those determiner US /ðoʊz/

the plural of “that”: the people or things further away, or already known

From this reading “The end of the world, at first daily expected by the Apostles, then postponed--upon the authority of Judaic apocalyptic writings, together with the Revelations of St. John the Divine,--to the year 1000, and then again to thirty-two years later, until it was finally adjourned _sine die_, was one of those beliefs, called "theologic," that have had vast and disastrous mundane effect.”

Until preposition US /ənˈtɪl/

up to a particular time

From this reading “The end of the world, at first daily expected by the Apostles, then postponed--upon the authority of Judaic apocalyptic writings, together with the Revelations of St. John the Divine,--to the year 1000, and then again to thirty-two years later, until it was finally adjourned _sine die_, was one of those beliefs, called "theologic," that have had vast and disastrous mundane effect.”

Upon preposition US /əˈpɑːn/

a formal word for “on”

From this reading “The end of the world, at first daily expected by the Apostles, then postponed--upon the authority of Judaic apocalyptic writings, together with the Revelations of St. John the Divine,--to the year 1000, and then again to thirty-two years later, until it was finally adjourned _sine die_, was one of those beliefs, called "theologic," that have had vast and disastrous mundane effect.”

Without preposition US /wɪˈθaʊt/

not having, not using, or not accompanied by

From this reading “It is one of that series of charming stories by Eugene Sue in which historic personages and events are so artistically grouped that, without the fiction losing by the otherwise solid facts, and without the solid facts suffering by the fiction, both are enhanced, and combinedly act as a flash-light upon the past--and no less so upon the future.”

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1000

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From this reading See http://books.google.com/books?vid=XvMYAAAAYAAJ&id Translated from the Original French by Daniel De Leon New York Labor News Company, 1904 Among the historic phenomena of what may be called "modern antiquity," there is none comparable to that which was witnessed on the first day of the year 1000, together with its second or adjourned catastrophe thirty-two years later.

1904

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From this reading See http://books.google.com/books?vid=XvMYAAAAYAAJ&id Translated from the Original French by Daniel De Leon New York Labor News Company, 1904 Among the historic phenomena of what may be called "modern antiquity," there is none comparable to that which was witnessed on the first day of the year 1000, together with its second or adjourned catastrophe thirty-two years later.

adeterminerUS /ə/

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

From this reading It is one of that series of charming stories by Eugene Sue in which historic personages and events are so artistically grouped that, without the fiction losing by the otherwise solid facts, and without the solid facts suffering by the fiction, both are enhanced, and combinedly act as a flash-light upon the past--and no less so upon the future.

act

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From this reading It is one of that series of charming stories by Eugene Sue in which historic personages and events are so artistically grouped that, without the fiction losing by the otherwise solid facts, and without the solid facts suffering by the fiction, both are enhanced, and combinedly act as a flash-light upon the past--and no less so upon the future.

adjourned

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From this reading See http://books.google.com/books?vid=XvMYAAAAYAAJ&id Translated from the Original French by Daniel De Leon New York Labor News Company, 1904 Among the historic phenomena of what may be called "modern antiquity," there is none comparable to that which was witnessed on the first day of the year 1000, together with its second or adjourned catastrophe thirty-two years later.

againnounUS /again/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading The end of the world, at first daily expected by the Apostles, then postponed--upon the authority of Judaic apocalyptic writings, together with the Revelations of St. John the Divine,--to the year 1000, and then again to thirty-two years later, until it was finally adjourned _sine die_, was one of those beliefs, called "theologic," that have had vast and disastrous mundane effect.

all

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From this reading As with all the stories of this series by the talented Sue, _The Infant's Skull; or, The End of the World_, although, one of the shortest, rescues invaluable historic facts from the dark and dusty recesses where only the privileged few can otherwise reach them.

althoughnounUS /ˈalthough/

a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage

From this reading As with all the stories of this series by the talented Sue, _The Infant's Skull; or, The End of the World_, although, one of the shortest, rescues invaluable historic facts from the dark and dusty recesses where only the privileged few can otherwise reach them.

AmongprepositionUS /əˈmʌŋ/

surrounded by; in the middle of a group

From this reading See http://books.google.com/books?vid=XvMYAAAAYAAJ&id Translated from the Original French by Daniel De Leon New York Labor News Company, 1904 Among the historic phenomena of what may be called "modern antiquity," there is none comparable to that which was witnessed on the first day of the year 1000, together with its second or adjourned catastrophe thirty-two years later.

andconjunctionUS /ənd/

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

From this reading The end of the world, at first daily expected by the Apostles, then postponed--upon the authority of Judaic apocalyptic writings, together with the Revelations of St. John the Divine,--to the year 1000, and then again to thirty-two years later, until it was finally adjourned _sine die_, was one of those beliefs, called "theologic," that have had vast and disastrous mundane effect.

antiquity

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From this reading See http://books.google.com/books?vid=XvMYAAAAYAAJ&id Translated from the Original French by Daniel De Leon New York Labor News Company, 1904 Among the historic phenomena of what may be called "modern antiquity," there is none comparable to that which was witnessed on the first day of the year 1000, together with its second or adjourned catastrophe thirty-two years later.

apocalyptic

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From this reading The end of the world, at first daily expected by the Apostles, then postponed--upon the authority of Judaic apocalyptic writings, together with the Revelations of St. John the Divine,--to the year 1000, and then again to thirty-two years later, until it was finally adjourned _sine die_, was one of those beliefs, called "theologic," that have had vast and disastrous mundane effect.

Apostles

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From this reading The end of the world, at first daily expected by the Apostles, then postponed--upon the authority of Judaic apocalyptic writings, together with the Revelations of St. John the Divine,--to the year 1000, and then again to thirty-two years later, until it was finally adjourned _sine die_, was one of those beliefs, called "theologic," that have had vast and disastrous mundane effect.

areauxiliary verbUS /ɑːr/

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

From this reading It is one of that series of charming stories by Eugene Sue in which historic personages and events are so artistically grouped that, without the fiction losing by the otherwise solid facts, and without the solid facts suffering by the fiction, both are enhanced, and combinedly act as a flash-light upon the past--and no less so upon the future.

artistically

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From this reading It is one of that series of charming stories by Eugene Sue in which historic personages and events are so artistically grouped that, without the fiction losing by the otherwise solid facts, and without the solid facts suffering by the fiction, both are enhanced, and combinedly act as a flash-light upon the past--and no less so upon the future.

asconjunctionUS /æz/

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

From this reading It is one of that series of charming stories by Eugene Sue in which historic personages and events are so artistically grouped that, without the fiction losing by the otherwise solid facts, and without the solid facts suffering by the fiction, both are enhanced, and combinedly act as a flash-light upon the past--and no less so upon the future.

atprepositionUS /æt/

in or near a particular place or position

From this reading The end of the world, at first daily expected by the Apostles, then postponed--upon the authority of Judaic apocalyptic writings, together with the Revelations of St. John the Divine,--to the year 1000, and then again to thirty-two years later, until it was finally adjourned _sine die_, was one of those beliefs, called "theologic," that have had vast and disastrous mundane effect.

authority

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From this reading The end of the world, at first daily expected by the Apostles, then postponed--upon the authority of Judaic apocalyptic writings, together with the Revelations of St. John the Divine,--to the year 1000, and then again to thirty-two years later, until it was finally adjourned _sine die_, was one of those beliefs, called "theologic," that have had vast and disastrous mundane effect.

beauxiliary verbUS /biː/

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

From this reading See http://books.google.com/books?vid=XvMYAAAAYAAJ&id Translated from the Original French by Daniel De Leon New York Labor News Company, 1904 Among the historic phenomena of what may be called "modern antiquity," there is none comparable to that which was witnessed on the first day of the year 1000, together with its second or adjourned catastrophe thirty-two years later.

beliefs

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From this reading The end of the world, at first daily expected by the Apostles, then postponed--upon the authority of Judaic apocalyptic writings, together with the Revelations of St. John the Divine,--to the year 1000, and then again to thirty-two years later, until it was finally adjourned _sine die_, was one of those beliefs, called "theologic," that have had vast and disastrous mundane effect.

booksnounUS /bʊks/

Bound written or printed works.

From this reading See http://books.google.com/books?vid=XvMYAAAAYAAJ&id Translated from the Original French by Daniel De Leon New York Labor News Company, 1904 Among the historic phenomena of what may be called "modern antiquity," there is none comparable to that which was witnessed on the first day of the year 1000, together with its second or adjourned catastrophe thirty-two years later.

bothdeterminerUS /boʊθ/

the two together, not just one

From this reading It is one of that series of charming stories by Eugene Sue in which historic personages and events are so artistically grouped that, without the fiction losing by the otherwise solid facts, and without the solid facts suffering by the fiction, both are enhanced, and combinedly act as a flash-light upon the past--and no less so upon the future.

byprepositionUS /baɪ/

showing who or what does the action

From this reading See http://books.google.com/books?vid=XvMYAAAAYAAJ&id Translated from the Original French by Daniel De Leon New York Labor News Company, 1904 Among the historic phenomena of what may be called "modern antiquity," there is none comparable to that which was witnessed on the first day of the year 1000, together with its second or adjourned catastrophe thirty-two years later.

called

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From this reading See http://books.google.com/books?vid=XvMYAAAAYAAJ&id Translated from the Original French by Daniel De Leon New York Labor News Company, 1904 Among the historic phenomena of what may be called "modern antiquity," there is none comparable to that which was witnessed on the first day of the year 1000, together with its second or adjourned catastrophe thirty-two years later.

canmodal verbUS /kæn/

to be able to, or to be allowed to

From this reading As with all the stories of this series by the talented Sue, _The Infant's Skull; or, The End of the World_, although, one of the shortest, rescues invaluable historic facts from the dark and dusty recesses where only the privileged few can otherwise reach them.

catastrophe

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From this reading See http://books.google.com/books?vid=XvMYAAAAYAAJ&id Translated from the Original French by Daniel De Leon New York Labor News Company, 1904 Among the historic phenomena of what may be called "modern antiquity," there is none comparable to that which was witnessed on the first day of the year 1000, together with its second or adjourned catastrophe thirty-two years later.

charming

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From this reading It is one of that series of charming stories by Eugene Sue in which historic personages and events are so artistically grouped that, without the fiction losing by the otherwise solid facts, and without the solid facts suffering by the fiction, both are enhanced, and combinedly act as a flash-light upon the past--and no less so upon the future.

com

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From this reading See http://books.google.com/books?vid=XvMYAAAAYAAJ&id Translated from the Original French by Daniel De Leon New York Labor News Company, 1904 Among the historic phenomena of what may be called "modern antiquity," there is none comparable to that which was witnessed on the first day of the year 1000, together with its second or adjourned catastrophe thirty-two years later.

combinedly

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From this reading It is one of that series of charming stories by Eugene Sue in which historic personages and events are so artistically grouped that, without the fiction losing by the otherwise solid facts, and without the solid facts suffering by the fiction, both are enhanced, and combinedly act as a flash-light upon the past--and no less so upon the future.

Company

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From this reading See http://books.google.com/books?vid=XvMYAAAAYAAJ&id Translated from the Original French by Daniel De Leon New York Labor News Company, 1904 Among the historic phenomena of what may be called "modern antiquity," there is none comparable to that which was witnessed on the first day of the year 1000, together with its second or adjourned catastrophe thirty-two years later.

comparable

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From this reading See http://books.google.com/books?vid=XvMYAAAAYAAJ&id Translated from the Original French by Daniel De Leon New York Labor News Company, 1904 Among the historic phenomena of what may be called "modern antiquity," there is none comparable to that which was witnessed on the first day of the year 1000, together with its second or adjourned catastrophe thirty-two years later.

daily

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From this reading The end of the world, at first daily expected by the Apostles, then postponed--upon the authority of Judaic apocalyptic writings, together with the Revelations of St. John the Divine,--to the year 1000, and then again to thirty-two years later, until it was finally adjourned _sine die_, was one of those beliefs, called "theologic," that have had vast and disastrous mundane effect.

Daniel

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From this reading See http://books.google.com/books?vid=XvMYAAAAYAAJ&id Translated from the Original French by Daniel De Leon New York Labor News Company, 1904 Among the historic phenomena of what may be called "modern antiquity," there is none comparable to that which was witnessed on the first day of the year 1000, together with its second or adjourned catastrophe thirty-two years later.

dark

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From this reading As with all the stories of this series by the talented Sue, _The Infant's Skull; or, The End of the World_, although, one of the shortest, rescues invaluable historic facts from the dark and dusty recesses where only the privileged few can otherwise reach them.

day

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From this reading See http://books.google.com/books?vid=XvMYAAAAYAAJ&id Translated from the Original French by Daniel De Leon New York Labor News Company, 1904 Among the historic phenomena of what may be called "modern antiquity," there is none comparable to that which was witnessed on the first day of the year 1000, together with its second or adjourned catastrophe thirty-two years later.

De

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From this reading See http://books.google.com/books?vid=XvMYAAAAYAAJ&id Translated from the Original French by Daniel De Leon New York Labor News Company, 1904 Among the historic phenomena of what may be called "modern antiquity," there is none comparable to that which was witnessed on the first day of the year 1000, together with its second or adjourned catastrophe thirty-two years later.

die

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From this reading The end of the world, at first daily expected by the Apostles, then postponed--upon the authority of Judaic apocalyptic writings, together with the Revelations of St. John the Divine,--to the year 1000, and then again to thirty-two years later, until it was finally adjourned _sine die_, was one of those beliefs, called "theologic," that have had vast and disastrous mundane effect.

disastrous

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From this reading The end of the world, at first daily expected by the Apostles, then postponed--upon the authority of Judaic apocalyptic writings, together with the Revelations of St. John the Divine,--to the year 1000, and then again to thirty-two years later, until it was finally adjourned _sine die_, was one of those beliefs, called "theologic," that have had vast and disastrous mundane effect.

Divine

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From this reading The end of the world, at first daily expected by the Apostles, then postponed--upon the authority of Judaic apocalyptic writings, together with the Revelations of St. John the Divine,--to the year 1000, and then again to thirty-two years later, until it was finally adjourned _sine die_, was one of those beliefs, called "theologic," that have had vast and disastrous mundane effect.

dusty

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From this reading As with all the stories of this series by the talented Sue, _The Infant's Skull; or, The End of the World_, although, one of the shortest, rescues invaluable historic facts from the dark and dusty recesses where only the privileged few can otherwise reach them.

effect

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From this reading The end of the world, at first daily expected by the Apostles, then postponed--upon the authority of Judaic apocalyptic writings, together with the Revelations of St. John the Divine,--to the year 1000, and then again to thirty-two years later, until it was finally adjourned _sine die_, was one of those beliefs, called "theologic," that have had vast and disastrous mundane effect.

end

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From this reading The end of the world, at first daily expected by the Apostles, then postponed--upon the authority of Judaic apocalyptic writings, together with the Revelations of St. John the Divine,--to the year 1000, and then again to thirty-two years later, until it was finally adjourned _sine die_, was one of those beliefs, called "theologic," that have had vast and disastrous mundane effect.

enhanced

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From this reading It is one of that series of charming stories by Eugene Sue in which historic personages and events are so artistically grouped that, without the fiction losing by the otherwise solid facts, and without the solid facts suffering by the fiction, both are enhanced, and combinedly act as a flash-light upon the past--and no less so upon the future.

Eugene

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From this reading It is one of that series of charming stories by Eugene Sue in which historic personages and events are so artistically grouped that, without the fiction losing by the otherwise solid facts, and without the solid facts suffering by the fiction, both are enhanced, and combinedly act as a flash-light upon the past--and no less so upon the future.

events

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From this reading It is one of that series of charming stories by Eugene Sue in which historic personages and events are so artistically grouped that, without the fiction losing by the otherwise solid facts, and without the solid facts suffering by the fiction, both are enhanced, and combinedly act as a flash-light upon the past--and no less so upon the future.

expected

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From this reading The end of the world, at first daily expected by the Apostles, then postponed--upon the authority of Judaic apocalyptic writings, together with the Revelations of St. John the Divine,--to the year 1000, and then again to thirty-two years later, until it was finally adjourned _sine die_, was one of those beliefs, called "theologic," that have had vast and disastrous mundane effect.

facts

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From this reading It is one of that series of charming stories by Eugene Sue in which historic personages and events are so artistically grouped that, without the fiction losing by the otherwise solid facts, and without the solid facts suffering by the fiction, both are enhanced, and combinedly act as a flash-light upon the past--and no less so upon the future.

few

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From this reading As with all the stories of this series by the talented Sue, _The Infant's Skull; or, The End of the World_, although, one of the shortest, rescues invaluable historic facts from the dark and dusty recesses where only the privileged few can otherwise reach them.

fiction

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From this reading It is one of that series of charming stories by Eugene Sue in which historic personages and events are so artistically grouped that, without the fiction losing by the otherwise solid facts, and without the solid facts suffering by the fiction, both are enhanced, and combinedly act as a flash-light upon the past--and no less so upon the future.

figures

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From this reading _The Infant's Skull; or, The End of the World_, figures at that period.

finally

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From this reading The end of the world, at first daily expected by the Apostles, then postponed--upon the authority of Judaic apocalyptic writings, together with the Revelations of St. John the Divine,--to the year 1000, and then again to thirty-two years later, until it was finally adjourned _sine die_, was one of those beliefs, called "theologic," that have had vast and disastrous mundane effect.

firstnounUS /first/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading See http://books.google.com/books?vid=XvMYAAAAYAAJ&id Translated from the Original French by Daniel De Leon New York Labor News Company, 1904 Among the historic phenomena of what may be called "modern antiquity," there is none comparable to that which was witnessed on the first day of the year 1000, together with its second or adjourned catastrophe thirty-two years later.

flash-light

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From this reading It is one of that series of charming stories by Eugene Sue in which historic personages and events are so artistically grouped that, without the fiction losing by the otherwise solid facts, and without the solid facts suffering by the fiction, both are enhanced, and combinedly act as a flash-light upon the past--and no less so upon the future.

French

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From this reading See http://books.google.com/books?vid=XvMYAAAAYAAJ&id Translated from the Original French by Daniel De Leon New York Labor News Company, 1904 Among the historic phenomena of what may be called "modern antiquity," there is none comparable to that which was witnessed on the first day of the year 1000, together with its second or adjourned catastrophe thirty-two years later.

fromprepositionUS /frʌm/

showing where something starts, or who sent it

From this reading See http://books.google.com/books?vid=XvMYAAAAYAAJ&id Translated from the Original French by Daniel De Leon New York Labor News Company, 1904 Among the historic phenomena of what may be called "modern antiquity," there is none comparable to that which was witnessed on the first day of the year 1000, together with its second or adjourned catastrophe thirty-two years later.

future

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From this reading It is one of that series of charming stories by Eugene Sue in which historic personages and events are so artistically grouped that, without the fiction losing by the otherwise solid facts, and without the solid facts suffering by the fiction, both are enhanced, and combinedly act as a flash-light upon the past--and no less so upon the future.

google

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From this reading See http://books.google.com/books?vid=XvMYAAAAYAAJ&id Translated from the Original French by Daniel De Leon New York Labor News Company, 1904 Among the historic phenomena of what may be called "modern antiquity," there is none comparable to that which was witnessed on the first day of the year 1000, together with its second or adjourned catastrophe thirty-two years later.

grouped

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From this reading It is one of that series of charming stories by Eugene Sue in which historic personages and events are so artistically grouped that, without the fiction losing by the otherwise solid facts, and without the solid facts suffering by the fiction, both are enhanced, and combinedly act as a flash-light upon the past--and no less so upon the future.

hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/

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

From this reading The end of the world, at first daily expected by the Apostles, then postponed--upon the authority of Judaic apocalyptic writings, together with the Revelations of St. John the Divine,--to the year 1000, and then again to thirty-two years later, until it was finally adjourned _sine die_, was one of those beliefs, called "theologic," that have had vast and disastrous mundane effect.

haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/

used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses

From this reading The end of the world, at first daily expected by the Apostles, then postponed--upon the authority of Judaic apocalyptic writings, together with the Revelations of St. John the Divine,--to the year 1000, and then again to thirty-two years later, until it was finally adjourned _sine die_, was one of those beliefs, called "theologic," that have had vast and disastrous mundane effect.

historic

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From this reading See http://books.google.com/books?vid=XvMYAAAAYAAJ&id Translated from the Original French by Daniel De Leon New York Labor News Company, 1904 Among the historic phenomena of what may be called "modern antiquity," there is none comparable to that which was witnessed on the first day of the year 1000, together with its second or adjourned catastrophe thirty-two years later.

http

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From this reading See http://books.google.com/books?vid=XvMYAAAAYAAJ&id Translated from the Original French by Daniel De Leon New York Labor News Company, 1904 Among the historic phenomena of what may be called "modern antiquity," there is none comparable to that which was witnessed on the first day of the year 1000, together with its second or adjourned catastrophe thirty-two years later.

id

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From this reading See http://books.google.com/books?vid=XvMYAAAAYAAJ&id Translated from the Original French by Daniel De Leon New York Labor News Company, 1904 Among the historic phenomena of what may be called "modern antiquity," there is none comparable to that which was witnessed on the first day of the year 1000, together with its second or adjourned catastrophe thirty-two years later.

inprepositionUS /ɪn/

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

From this reading It is one of that series of charming stories by Eugene Sue in which historic personages and events are so artistically grouped that, without the fiction losing by the otherwise solid facts, and without the solid facts suffering by the fiction, both are enhanced, and combinedly act as a flash-light upon the past--and no less so upon the future.

Infant's

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From this reading _The Infant's Skull; or, The End of the World_, figures at that period.

invaluable

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From this reading As with all the stories of this series by the talented Sue, _The Infant's Skull; or, The End of the World_, although, one of the shortest, rescues invaluable historic facts from the dark and dusty recesses where only the privileged few can otherwise reach them.

isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/

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

From this reading See http://books.google.com/books?vid=XvMYAAAAYAAJ&id Translated from the Original French by Daniel De Leon New York Labor News Company, 1904 Among the historic phenomena of what may be called "modern antiquity," there is none comparable to that which was witnessed on the first day of the year 1000, together with its second or adjourned catastrophe thirty-two years later.

itpronounUS /ɪt/

a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned

From this reading The end of the world, at first daily expected by the Apostles, then postponed--upon the authority of Judaic apocalyptic writings, together with the Revelations of St. John the Divine,--to the year 1000, and then again to thirty-two years later, until it was finally adjourned _sine die_, was one of those beliefs, called "theologic," that have had vast and disastrous mundane effect.

itsdeterminerUS /ɪts/

belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned

From this reading See http://books.google.com/books?vid=XvMYAAAAYAAJ&id Translated from the Original French by Daniel De Leon New York Labor News Company, 1904 Among the historic phenomena of what may be called "modern antiquity," there is none comparable to that which was witnessed on the first day of the year 1000, together with its second or adjourned catastrophe thirty-two years later.

John

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From this reading The end of the world, at first daily expected by the Apostles, then postponed--upon the authority of Judaic apocalyptic writings, together with the Revelations of St. John the Divine,--to the year 1000, and then again to thirty-two years later, until it was finally adjourned _sine die_, was one of those beliefs, called "theologic," that have had vast and disastrous mundane effect.

Judaic

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From this reading The end of the world, at first daily expected by the Apostles, then postponed--upon the authority of Judaic apocalyptic writings, together with the Revelations of St. John the Divine,--to the year 1000, and then again to thirty-two years later, until it was finally adjourned _sine die_, was one of those beliefs, called "theologic," that have had vast and disastrous mundane effect.

Labor

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From this reading See http://books.google.com/books?vid=XvMYAAAAYAAJ&id Translated from the Original French by Daniel De Leon New York Labor News Company, 1904 Among the historic phenomena of what may be called "modern antiquity," there is none comparable to that which was witnessed on the first day of the year 1000, together with its second or adjourned catastrophe thirty-two years later.

later

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From this reading See http://books.google.com/books?vid=XvMYAAAAYAAJ&id Translated from the Original French by Daniel De Leon New York Labor News Company, 1904 Among the historic phenomena of what may be called "modern antiquity," there is none comparable to that which was witnessed on the first day of the year 1000, together with its second or adjourned catastrophe thirty-two years later.

Leon

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From this reading See http://books.google.com/books?vid=XvMYAAAAYAAJ&id Translated from the Original French by Daniel De Leon New York Labor News Company, 1904 Among the historic phenomena of what may be called "modern antiquity," there is none comparable to that which was witnessed on the first day of the year 1000, together with its second or adjourned catastrophe thirty-two years later.

less

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From this reading It is one of that series of charming stories by Eugene Sue in which historic personages and events are so artistically grouped that, without the fiction losing by the otherwise solid facts, and without the solid facts suffering by the fiction, both are enhanced, and combinedly act as a flash-light upon the past--and no less so upon the future.

losing

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From this reading It is one of that series of charming stories by Eugene Sue in which historic personages and events are so artistically grouped that, without the fiction losing by the otherwise solid facts, and without the solid facts suffering by the fiction, both are enhanced, and combinedly act as a flash-light upon the past--and no less so upon the future.

maymodal verbUS /meɪ/

used to say something is possible, or to give permission

From this reading See http://books.google.com/books?vid=XvMYAAAAYAAJ&id Translated from the Original French by Daniel De Leon New York Labor News Company, 1904 Among the historic phenomena of what may be called "modern antiquity," there is none comparable to that which was witnessed on the first day of the year 1000, together with its second or adjourned catastrophe thirty-two years later.

modern

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From this reading See http://books.google.com/books?vid=XvMYAAAAYAAJ&id Translated from the Original French by Daniel De Leon New York Labor News Company, 1904 Among the historic phenomena of what may be called "modern antiquity," there is none comparable to that which was witnessed on the first day of the year 1000, together with its second or adjourned catastrophe thirty-two years later.

mundane

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From this reading The end of the world, at first daily expected by the Apostles, then postponed--upon the authority of Judaic apocalyptic writings, together with the Revelations of St. John the Divine,--to the year 1000, and then again to thirty-two years later, until it was finally adjourned _sine die_, was one of those beliefs, called "theologic," that have had vast and disastrous mundane effect.

New

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From this reading See http://books.google.com/books?vid=XvMYAAAAYAAJ&id Translated from the Original French by Daniel De Leon New York Labor News Company, 1904 Among the historic phenomena of what may be called "modern antiquity," there is none comparable to that which was witnessed on the first day of the year 1000, together with its second or adjourned catastrophe thirty-two years later.

News

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From this reading See http://books.google.com/books?vid=XvMYAAAAYAAJ&id Translated from the Original French by Daniel De Leon New York Labor News Company, 1904 Among the historic phenomena of what may be called "modern antiquity," there is none comparable to that which was witnessed on the first day of the year 1000, together with its second or adjourned catastrophe thirty-two years later.

nodeterminerUS /noʊ/

not any; not one

From this reading It is one of that series of charming stories by Eugene Sue in which historic personages and events are so artistically grouped that, without the fiction losing by the otherwise solid facts, and without the solid facts suffering by the fiction, both are enhanced, and combinedly act as a flash-light upon the past--and no less so upon the future.

nonepronounUS /nʌn/

not one, and not any

From this reading See http://books.google.com/books?vid=XvMYAAAAYAAJ&id Translated from the Original French by Daniel De Leon New York Labor News Company, 1904 Among the historic phenomena of what may be called "modern antiquity," there is none comparable to that which was witnessed on the first day of the year 1000, together with its second or adjourned catastrophe thirty-two years later.

ofprepositionUS /ʌv/

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

From this reading See http://books.google.com/books?vid=XvMYAAAAYAAJ&id Translated from the Original French by Daniel De Leon New York Labor News Company, 1904 Among the historic phenomena of what may be called "modern antiquity," there is none comparable to that which was witnessed on the first day of the year 1000, together with its second or adjourned catastrophe thirty-two years later.

onprepositionUS /ɑːn/

touching and supported by a surface

From this reading See http://books.google.com/books?vid=XvMYAAAAYAAJ&id Translated from the Original French by Daniel De Leon New York Labor News Company, 1904 Among the historic phenomena of what may be called "modern antiquity," there is none comparable to that which was witnessed on the first day of the year 1000, together with its second or adjourned catastrophe thirty-two years later.

onepronounUS /wʌn/

used to mean any person in general, including the speaker

From this reading The end of the world, at first daily expected by the Apostles, then postponed--upon the authority of Judaic apocalyptic writings, together with the Revelations of St. John the Divine,--to the year 1000, and then again to thirty-two years later, until it was finally adjourned _sine die_, was one of those beliefs, called "theologic," that have had vast and disastrous mundane effect.

only

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From this reading As with all the stories of this series by the talented Sue, _The Infant's Skull; or, The End of the World_, although, one of the shortest, rescues invaluable historic facts from the dark and dusty recesses where only the privileged few can otherwise reach them.

orconjunctionUS /ɔːr/

used to join alternatives or possibilities

From this reading See http://books.google.com/books?vid=XvMYAAAAYAAJ&id Translated from the Original French by Daniel De Leon New York Labor News Company, 1904 Among the historic phenomena of what may be called "modern antiquity," there is none comparable to that which was witnessed on the first day of the year 1000, together with its second or adjourned catastrophe thirty-two years later.

Original

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From this reading See http://books.google.com/books?vid=XvMYAAAAYAAJ&id Translated from the Original French by Daniel De Leon New York Labor News Company, 1904 Among the historic phenomena of what may be called "modern antiquity," there is none comparable to that which was witnessed on the first day of the year 1000, together with its second or adjourned catastrophe thirty-two years later.

otherwise

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From this reading It is one of that series of charming stories by Eugene Sue in which historic personages and events are so artistically grouped that, without the fiction losing by the otherwise solid facts, and without the solid facts suffering by the fiction, both are enhanced, and combinedly act as a flash-light upon the past--and no less so upon the future.

past

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From this reading It is one of that series of charming stories by Eugene Sue in which historic personages and events are so artistically grouped that, without the fiction losing by the otherwise solid facts, and without the solid facts suffering by the fiction, both are enhanced, and combinedly act as a flash-light upon the past--and no less so upon the future.

period

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From this reading _The Infant's Skull; or, The End of the World_, figures at that period.

personages

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From this reading It is one of that series of charming stories by Eugene Sue in which historic personages and events are so artistically grouped that, without the fiction losing by the otherwise solid facts, and without the solid facts suffering by the fiction, both are enhanced, and combinedly act as a flash-light upon the past--and no less so upon the future.

phenomena

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From this reading See http://books.google.com/books?vid=XvMYAAAAYAAJ&id Translated from the Original French by Daniel De Leon New York Labor News Company, 1904 Among the historic phenomena of what may be called "modern antiquity," there is none comparable to that which was witnessed on the first day of the year 1000, together with its second or adjourned catastrophe thirty-two years later.

postponed

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From this reading The end of the world, at first daily expected by the Apostles, then postponed--upon the authority of Judaic apocalyptic writings, together with the Revelations of St. John the Divine,--to the year 1000, and then again to thirty-two years later, until it was finally adjourned _sine die_, was one of those beliefs, called "theologic," that have had vast and disastrous mundane effect.

privileged

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From this reading As with all the stories of this series by the talented Sue, _The Infant's Skull; or, The End of the World_, although, one of the shortest, rescues invaluable historic facts from the dark and dusty recesses where only the privileged few can otherwise reach them.

reach

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From this reading As with all the stories of this series by the talented Sue, _The Infant's Skull; or, The End of the World_, although, one of the shortest, rescues invaluable historic facts from the dark and dusty recesses where only the privileged few can otherwise reach them.

recesses

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From this reading As with all the stories of this series by the talented Sue, _The Infant's Skull; or, The End of the World_, although, one of the shortest, rescues invaluable historic facts from the dark and dusty recesses where only the privileged few can otherwise reach them.

rescues

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From this reading As with all the stories of this series by the talented Sue, _The Infant's Skull; or, The End of the World_, although, one of the shortest, rescues invaluable historic facts from the dark and dusty recesses where only the privileged few can otherwise reach them.

Revelations

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From this reading The end of the world, at first daily expected by the Apostles, then postponed--upon the authority of Judaic apocalyptic writings, together with the Revelations of St. John the Divine,--to the year 1000, and then again to thirty-two years later, until it was finally adjourned _sine die_, was one of those beliefs, called "theologic," that have had vast and disastrous mundane effect.

second

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From this reading See http://books.google.com/books?vid=XvMYAAAAYAAJ&id Translated from the Original French by Daniel De Leon New York Labor News Company, 1904 Among the historic phenomena of what may be called "modern antiquity," there is none comparable to that which was witnessed on the first day of the year 1000, together with its second or adjourned catastrophe thirty-two years later.

See

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From this reading See http://books.google.com/books?vid=XvMYAAAAYAAJ&id Translated from the Original French by Daniel De Leon New York Labor News Company, 1904 Among the historic phenomena of what may be called "modern antiquity," there is none comparable to that which was witnessed on the first day of the year 1000, together with its second or adjourned catastrophe thirty-two years later.

series

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From this reading It is one of that series of charming stories by Eugene Sue in which historic personages and events are so artistically grouped that, without the fiction losing by the otherwise solid facts, and without the solid facts suffering by the fiction, both are enhanced, and combinedly act as a flash-light upon the past--and no less so upon the future.

shortest

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From this reading As with all the stories of this series by the talented Sue, _The Infant's Skull; or, The End of the World_, although, one of the shortest, rescues invaluable historic facts from the dark and dusty recesses where only the privileged few can otherwise reach them.

sine

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From this reading The end of the world, at first daily expected by the Apostles, then postponed--upon the authority of Judaic apocalyptic writings, together with the Revelations of St. John the Divine,--to the year 1000, and then again to thirty-two years later, until it was finally adjourned _sine die_, was one of those beliefs, called "theologic," that have had vast and disastrous mundane effect.

Skull

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From this reading _The Infant's Skull; or, The End of the World_, figures at that period.

soconjunctionUS /soʊ/

for that reason; with the result that

From this reading It is one of that series of charming stories by Eugene Sue in which historic personages and events are so artistically grouped that, without the fiction losing by the otherwise solid facts, and without the solid facts suffering by the fiction, both are enhanced, and combinedly act as a flash-light upon the past--and no less so upon the future.

solid

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From this reading It is one of that series of charming stories by Eugene Sue in which historic personages and events are so artistically grouped that, without the fiction losing by the otherwise solid facts, and without the solid facts suffering by the fiction, both are enhanced, and combinedly act as a flash-light upon the past--and no less so upon the future.

St

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From this reading The end of the world, at first daily expected by the Apostles, then postponed--upon the authority of Judaic apocalyptic writings, together with the Revelations of St. John the Divine,--to the year 1000, and then again to thirty-two years later, until it was finally adjourned _sine die_, was one of those beliefs, called "theologic," that have had vast and disastrous mundane effect.

stories

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From this reading It is one of that series of charming stories by Eugene Sue in which historic personages and events are so artistically grouped that, without the fiction losing by the otherwise solid facts, and without the solid facts suffering by the fiction, both are enhanced, and combinedly act as a flash-light upon the past--and no less so upon the future.

Sue

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From this reading It is one of that series of charming stories by Eugene Sue in which historic personages and events are so artistically grouped that, without the fiction losing by the otherwise solid facts, and without the solid facts suffering by the fiction, both are enhanced, and combinedly act as a flash-light upon the past--and no less so upon the future.

suffering

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From this reading It is one of that series of charming stories by Eugene Sue in which historic personages and events are so artistically grouped that, without the fiction losing by the otherwise solid facts, and without the solid facts suffering by the fiction, both are enhanced, and combinedly act as a flash-light upon the past--and no less so upon the future.

talented

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From this reading As with all the stories of this series by the talented Sue, _The Infant's Skull; or, The End of the World_, although, one of the shortest, rescues invaluable historic facts from the dark and dusty recesses where only the privileged few can otherwise reach them.

thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/

used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt

From this reading See http://books.google.com/books?vid=XvMYAAAAYAAJ&id Translated from the Original French by Daniel De Leon New York Labor News Company, 1904 Among the historic phenomena of what may be called "modern antiquity," there is none comparable to that which was witnessed on the first day of the year 1000, together with its second or adjourned catastrophe thirty-two years later.

thedeterminerUS /ðə/

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

From this reading See http://books.google.com/books?vid=XvMYAAAAYAAJ&id Translated from the Original French by Daniel De Leon New York Labor News Company, 1904 Among the historic phenomena of what may be called "modern antiquity," there is none comparable to that which was witnessed on the first day of the year 1000, together with its second or adjourned catastrophe thirty-two years later.

thempronounUS /ðem/

the people or things already mentioned, as the object

From this reading As with all the stories of this series by the talented Sue, _The Infant's Skull; or, The End of the World_, although, one of the shortest, rescues invaluable historic facts from the dark and dusty recesses where only the privileged few can otherwise reach them.

then

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From this reading The end of the world, at first daily expected by the Apostles, then postponed--upon the authority of Judaic apocalyptic writings, together with the Revelations of St. John the Divine,--to the year 1000, and then again to thirty-two years later, until it was finally adjourned _sine die_, was one of those beliefs, called "theologic," that have had vast and disastrous mundane effect.

theologic

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From this reading The end of the world, at first daily expected by the Apostles, then postponed--upon the authority of Judaic apocalyptic writings, together with the Revelations of St. John the Divine,--to the year 1000, and then again to thirty-two years later, until it was finally adjourned _sine die_, was one of those beliefs, called "theologic," that have had vast and disastrous mundane effect.

there

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From this reading See http://books.google.com/books?vid=XvMYAAAAYAAJ&id Translated from the Original French by Daniel De Leon New York Labor News Company, 1904 Among the historic phenomena of what may be called "modern antiquity," there is none comparable to that which was witnessed on the first day of the year 1000, together with its second or adjourned catastrophe thirty-two years later.

thirty-two

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From this reading See http://books.google.com/books?vid=XvMYAAAAYAAJ&id Translated from the Original French by Daniel De Leon New York Labor News Company, 1904 Among the historic phenomena of what may be called "modern antiquity," there is none comparable to that which was witnessed on the first day of the year 1000, together with its second or adjourned catastrophe thirty-two years later.

thisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/

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

From this reading As with all the stories of this series by the talented Sue, _The Infant's Skull; or, The End of the World_, although, one of the shortest, rescues invaluable historic facts from the dark and dusty recesses where only the privileged few can otherwise reach them.

thosedeterminerUS /ðoʊz/

the plural of “that”: the people or things further away, or already known

From this reading The end of the world, at first daily expected by the Apostles, then postponed--upon the authority of Judaic apocalyptic writings, together with the Revelations of St. John the Divine,--to the year 1000, and then again to thirty-two years later, until it was finally adjourned _sine die_, was one of those beliefs, called "theologic," that have had vast and disastrous mundane effect.

toparticleUS /tuː/

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

From this reading See http://books.google.com/books?vid=XvMYAAAAYAAJ&id Translated from the Original French by Daniel De Leon New York Labor News Company, 1904 Among the historic phenomena of what may be called "modern antiquity," there is none comparable to that which was witnessed on the first day of the year 1000, together with its second or adjourned catastrophe thirty-two years later.

together

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From this reading See http://books.google.com/books?vid=XvMYAAAAYAAJ&id Translated from the Original French by Daniel De Leon New York Labor News Company, 1904 Among the historic phenomena of what may be called "modern antiquity," there is none comparable to that which was witnessed on the first day of the year 1000, together with its second or adjourned catastrophe thirty-two years later.

Translated

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From this reading See http://books.google.com/books?vid=XvMYAAAAYAAJ&id Translated from the Original French by Daniel De Leon New York Labor News Company, 1904 Among the historic phenomena of what may be called "modern antiquity," there is none comparable to that which was witnessed on the first day of the year 1000, together with its second or adjourned catastrophe thirty-two years later.

untilprepositionUS /ənˈtɪl/

up to a particular time

From this reading The end of the world, at first daily expected by the Apostles, then postponed--upon the authority of Judaic apocalyptic writings, together with the Revelations of St. John the Divine,--to the year 1000, and then again to thirty-two years later, until it was finally adjourned _sine die_, was one of those beliefs, called "theologic," that have had vast and disastrous mundane effect.

uponprepositionUS /əˈpɑːn/

a formal word for “on”

From this reading The end of the world, at first daily expected by the Apostles, then postponed--upon the authority of Judaic apocalyptic writings, together with the Revelations of St. John the Divine,--to the year 1000, and then again to thirty-two years later, until it was finally adjourned _sine die_, was one of those beliefs, called "theologic," that have had vast and disastrous mundane effect.

vast

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From this reading The end of the world, at first daily expected by the Apostles, then postponed--upon the authority of Judaic apocalyptic writings, together with the Revelations of St. John the Divine,--to the year 1000, and then again to thirty-two years later, until it was finally adjourned _sine die_, was one of those beliefs, called "theologic," that have had vast and disastrous mundane effect.

vid

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From this reading See http://books.google.com/books?vid=XvMYAAAAYAAJ&id Translated from the Original French by Daniel De Leon New York Labor News Company, 1904 Among the historic phenomena of what may be called "modern antiquity," there is none comparable to that which was witnessed on the first day of the year 1000, together with its second or adjourned catastrophe thirty-two years later.

wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/

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

From this reading See http://books.google.com/books?vid=XvMYAAAAYAAJ&id Translated from the Original French by Daniel De Leon New York Labor News Company, 1904 Among the historic phenomena of what may be called "modern antiquity," there is none comparable to that which was witnessed on the first day of the year 1000, together with its second or adjourned catastrophe thirty-two years later.

whatpronounUS /wʌt/

used to ask for information about something

From this reading See http://books.google.com/books?vid=XvMYAAAAYAAJ&id Translated from the Original French by Daniel De Leon New York Labor News Company, 1904 Among the historic phenomena of what may be called "modern antiquity," there is none comparable to that which was witnessed on the first day of the year 1000, together with its second or adjourned catastrophe thirty-two years later.

whereconjunctionUS /wer/

in or at the place that

From this reading As with all the stories of this series by the talented Sue, _The Infant's Skull; or, The End of the World_, although, one of the shortest, rescues invaluable historic facts from the dark and dusty recesses where only the privileged few can otherwise reach them.

whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/

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

From this reading See http://books.google.com/books?vid=XvMYAAAAYAAJ&id Translated from the Original French by Daniel De Leon New York Labor News Company, 1904 Among the historic phenomena of what may be called "modern antiquity," there is none comparable to that which was witnessed on the first day of the year 1000, together with its second or adjourned catastrophe thirty-two years later.

withprepositionUS /wɪð/

in the company of; together with

From this reading See http://books.google.com/books?vid=XvMYAAAAYAAJ&id Translated from the Original French by Daniel De Leon New York Labor News Company, 1904 Among the historic phenomena of what may be called "modern antiquity," there is none comparable to that which was witnessed on the first day of the year 1000, together with its second or adjourned catastrophe thirty-two years later.

withoutprepositionUS /wɪˈθaʊt/

not having, not using, or not accompanied by

From this reading It is one of that series of charming stories by Eugene Sue in which historic personages and events are so artistically grouped that, without the fiction losing by the otherwise solid facts, and without the solid facts suffering by the fiction, both are enhanced, and combinedly act as a flash-light upon the past--and no less so upon the future.

witnessed

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From this reading See http://books.google.com/books?vid=XvMYAAAAYAAJ&id Translated from the Original French by Daniel De Leon New York Labor News Company, 1904 Among the historic phenomena of what may be called "modern antiquity," there is none comparable to that which was witnessed on the first day of the year 1000, together with its second or adjourned catastrophe thirty-two years later.

world

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From this reading The end of the world, at first daily expected by the Apostles, then postponed--upon the authority of Judaic apocalyptic writings, together with the Revelations of St. John the Divine,--to the year 1000, and then again to thirty-two years later, until it was finally adjourned _sine die_, was one of those beliefs, called "theologic," that have had vast and disastrous mundane effect.

writings

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From this reading The end of the world, at first daily expected by the Apostles, then postponed--upon the authority of Judaic apocalyptic writings, together with the Revelations of St. John the Divine,--to the year 1000, and then again to thirty-two years later, until it was finally adjourned _sine die_, was one of those beliefs, called "theologic," that have had vast and disastrous mundane effect.

XvMYAAAAYAAJ

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From this reading See http://books.google.com/books?vid=XvMYAAAAYAAJ&id Translated from the Original French by Daniel De Leon New York Labor News Company, 1904 Among the historic phenomena of what may be called "modern antiquity," there is none comparable to that which was witnessed on the first day of the year 1000, together with its second or adjourned catastrophe thirty-two years later.

year

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From this reading See http://books.google.com/books?vid=XvMYAAAAYAAJ&id Translated from the Original French by Daniel De Leon New York Labor News Company, 1904 Among the historic phenomena of what may be called "modern antiquity," there is none comparable to that which was witnessed on the first day of the year 1000, together with its second or adjourned catastrophe thirty-two years later.

years

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From this reading See http://books.google.com/books?vid=XvMYAAAAYAAJ&id Translated from the Original French by Daniel De Leon New York Labor News Company, 1904 Among the historic phenomena of what may be called "modern antiquity," there is none comparable to that which was witnessed on the first day of the year 1000, together with its second or adjourned catastrophe thirty-two years later.

York

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From this reading See http://books.google.com/books?vid=XvMYAAAAYAAJ&id Translated from the Original French by Daniel De Leon New York Labor News Company, 1904 Among the historic phenomena of what may be called "modern antiquity," there is none comparable to that which was witnessed on the first day of the year 1000, together with its second or adjourned catastrophe thirty-two years later.