Chapter XVII

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

From this reading THE DRAWBACKS OF PSYCHIC SURGERY "As soon as Theophrastus had uttered the words: 'I am entering the radiant darkness of death,' M. Eliphas de Saint-Elme de Taillebourg de la Nox raised his right hand above his head with a splendid gesture, then bent over the face of my friend, breathed upon his eyelids, and said:

higher than, or over, something

From this reading THE DRAWBACKS OF PSYCHIC SURGERY "As soon as Theophrastus had uttered the words: 'I am entering the radiant darkness of death,' M. Eliphas de Saint-Elme de Taillebourg de la Nox raised his right hand above his head with a splendid gesture, then bent over the face of my friend, breathed upon his eyelids, and said:

the form of “be” used with “I”

From this reading THE DRAWBACKS OF PSYCHIC SURGERY "As soon as Theophrastus had uttered the words: 'I am entering the radiant darkness of death,' M. Eliphas de Saint-Elme de Taillebourg de la Nox raised his right hand above his head with a splendid gesture, then bent over the face of my friend, breathed upon his eyelids, and said:

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

From this reading THE DRAWBACKS OF PSYCHIC SURGERY "As soon as Theophrastus had uttered the words: 'I am entering the radiant darkness of death,' M. Eliphas de Saint-Elme de Taillebourg de la Nox raised his right hand above his head with a splendid gesture, then bent over the face of my friend, breathed upon his eyelids, and said:

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

From this reading His eyelids remained closed, and his stillness appeared to us stiller than ever.

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

From this reading THE DRAWBACKS OF PSYCHIC SURGERY "As soon as Theophrastus had uttered the words: 'I am entering the radiant darkness of death,' M. Eliphas de Saint-Elme de Taillebourg de la Nox raised his right hand above his head with a splendid gesture, then bent over the face of my friend, breathed upon his eyelids, and said:

not in a state of sleep; completely conscious

From this reading "'Theophrastus Longuet, awake!'

a relatively permanent inclination to react in a particular way

From this reading THE DRAWBACKS OF PSYCHIC SURGERY "As soon as Theophrastus had uttered the words: 'I am entering the radiant darkness of death,' M. Eliphas de Saint-Elme de Taillebourg de la Nox raised his right hand above his head with a splendid gesture, then bent over the face of my friend, breathed upon his eyelids, and said:

uttered without voice

From this reading THE DRAWBACKS OF PSYCHIC SURGERY "As soon as Theophrastus had uttered the words: 'I am entering the radiant darkness of death,' M. Eliphas de Saint-Elme de Taillebourg de la Nox raised his right hand above his head with a splendid gesture, then bent over the face of my friend, breathed upon his eyelids, and said:

a cartridge (usually with paper casing)

From this reading And now that he spoke no more, now that his lips were closed as tightly as his eyelids, it suddenly seemed to us, stricken with a horrible dread, that he had followed Cartouche into the radiant darkness of death.

not open or affording passage or access

From this reading His eyelids remained closed, and his stillness appeared to us stiller than ever.

absence of light or illumination

From this reading THE DRAWBACKS OF PSYCHIC SURGERY "As soon as Theophrastus had uttered the words: 'I am entering the radiant darkness of death,' M. Eliphas de Saint-Elme de Taillebourg de la Nox raised his right hand above his head with a splendid gesture, then bent over the face of my friend, breathed upon his eyelids, and said:

a Mid-Atlantic state; one of the original 13 colonies

From this reading THE DRAWBACKS OF PSYCHIC SURGERY "As soon as Theophrastus had uttered the words: 'I am entering the radiant darkness of death,' M. Eliphas de Saint-Elme de Taillebourg de la Nox raised his right hand above his head with a splendid gesture, then bent over the face of my friend, breathed upon his eyelids, and said:

the event of dying or departure from life

From this reading THE DRAWBACKS OF PSYCHIC SURGERY "As soon as Theophrastus had uttered the words: 'I am entering the radiant darkness of death,' M. Eliphas de Saint-Elme de Taillebourg de la Nox raised his right hand above his head with a splendid gesture, then bent over the face of my friend, breathed upon his eyelids, and said:

the past form of “do”, used in questions and negatives

From this reading "Theophrastus did not awake.

plural of “drawback” — the quality of being a hindrance

From this reading THE DRAWBACKS OF PSYCHIC SURGERY "As soon as Theophrastus had uttered the words: 'I am entering the radiant darkness of death,' M. Eliphas de Saint-Elme de Taillebourg de la Nox raised his right hand above his head with a splendid gesture, then bent over the face of my friend, breathed upon his eyelids, and said:

fearful expectation or anticipation

From this reading And now that he spoke no more, now that his lips were closed as tightly as his eyelids, it suddenly seemed to us, stricken with a horrible dread, that he had followed Cartouche into the radiant darkness of death.

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From this reading THE DRAWBACKS OF PSYCHIC SURGERY "As soon as Theophrastus had uttered the words: 'I am entering the radiant darkness of death,' M. Eliphas de Saint-Elme de Taillebourg de la Nox raised his right hand above his head with a splendid gesture, then bent over the face of my friend, breathed upon his eyelids, and said:

a movement into or inward

From this reading THE DRAWBACKS OF PSYCHIC SURGERY "As soon as Theophrastus had uttered the words: 'I am entering the radiant darkness of death,' M. Eliphas de Saint-Elme de Taillebourg de la Nox raised his right hand above his head with a splendid gesture, then bent over the face of my friend, breathed upon his eyelids, and said:

at any time

From this reading His eyelids remained closed, and his stillness appeared to us stiller than ever.

plural of “eyelid” — either of two folds of skin that can be moved to cover or open the eye

From this reading THE DRAWBACKS OF PSYCHIC SURGERY "As soon as Theophrastus had uttered the words: 'I am entering the radiant darkness of death,' M. Eliphas de Saint-Elme de Taillebourg de la Nox raised his right hand above his head with a splendid gesture, then bent over the face of my friend, breathed upon his eyelids, and said:

the front of the human head from the forehead to the chin and ear to ear

From this reading THE DRAWBACKS OF PSYCHIC SURGERY "As soon as Theophrastus had uttered the words: 'I am entering the radiant darkness of death,' M. Eliphas de Saint-Elme de Taillebourg de la Nox raised his right hand above his head with a splendid gesture, then bent over the face of my friend, breathed upon his eyelids, and said:

past form of “follow” — to travel behind, go after, come after

From this reading And now that he spoke no more, now that his lips were closed as tightly as his eyelids, it suddenly seemed to us, stricken with a horrible dread, that he had followed Cartouche into the radiant darkness of death.

a person you know well and regard with affection and trust

From this reading THE DRAWBACKS OF PSYCHIC SURGERY "As soon as Theophrastus had uttered the words: 'I am entering the radiant darkness of death,' M. Eliphas de Saint-Elme de Taillebourg de la Nox raised his right hand above his head with a splendid gesture, then bent over the face of my friend, breathed upon his eyelids, and said:

motion of hands or body to emphasize or help to express a thought or feeling

From this reading THE DRAWBACKS OF PSYCHIC SURGERY "As soon as Theophrastus had uttered the words: 'I am entering the radiant darkness of death,' M. Eliphas de Saint-Elme de Taillebourg de la Nox raised his right hand above his head with a splendid gesture, then bent over the face of my friend, breathed upon his eyelids, and said:

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

From this reading THE DRAWBACKS OF PSYCHIC SURGERY "As soon as Theophrastus had uttered the words: 'I am entering the radiant darkness of death,' M. Eliphas de Saint-Elme de Taillebourg de la Nox raised his right hand above his head with a splendid gesture, then bent over the face of my friend, breathed upon his eyelids, and said:

the (prehensile) extremity of the superior limb

From this reading THE DRAWBACKS OF PSYCHIC SURGERY "As soon as Theophrastus had uttered the words: 'I am entering the radiant darkness of death,' M. Eliphas de Saint-Elme de Taillebourg de la Nox raised his right hand above his head with a splendid gesture, then bent over the face of my friend, breathed upon his eyelids, and said:

a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject

From this reading And now that he spoke no more, now that his lips were closed as tightly as his eyelids, it suddenly seemed to us, stricken with a horrible dread, that he had followed Cartouche into the radiant darkness of death.

the upper part of the human body or the front part of the body in animals; contains the face and brains

From this reading THE DRAWBACKS OF PSYCHIC SURGERY "As soon as Theophrastus had uttered the words: 'I am entering the radiant darkness of death,' M. Eliphas de Saint-Elme de Taillebourg de la Nox raised his right hand above his head with a splendid gesture, then bent over the face of my friend, breathed upon his eyelids, and said:

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

From this reading THE DRAWBACKS OF PSYCHIC SURGERY "As soon as Theophrastus had uttered the words: 'I am entering the radiant darkness of death,' M. Eliphas de Saint-Elme de Taillebourg de la Nox raised his right hand above his head with a splendid gesture, then bent over the face of my friend, breathed upon his eyelids, and said:

provoking horror

From this reading And now that he spoke no more, now that his lips were closed as tightly as his eyelids, it suddenly seemed to us, stricken with a horrible dread, that he had followed Cartouche into the radiant darkness of death.

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

From this reading THE DRAWBACKS OF PSYCHIC SURGERY "As soon as Theophrastus had uttered the words: 'I am entering the radiant darkness of death,' M. Eliphas de Saint-Elme de Taillebourg de la Nox raised his right hand above his head with a splendid gesture, then bent over the face of my friend, breathed upon his eyelids, and said:

moving to the inside of something

From this reading And now that he spoke no more, now that his lips were closed as tightly as his eyelids, it suddenly seemed to us, stricken with a horrible dread, that he had followed Cartouche into the radiant darkness of death.

a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned

From this reading And now that he spoke no more, now that his lips were closed as tightly as his eyelids, it suddenly seemed to us, stricken with a horrible dread, that he had followed Cartouche into the radiant darkness of death.

a white soft metallic element that tarnishes readily; occurs in rare earth minerals and is usually classified as a rare earth

From this reading THE DRAWBACKS OF PSYCHIC SURGERY "As soon as Theophrastus had uttered the words: 'I am entering the radiant darkness of death,' M. Eliphas de Saint-Elme de Taillebourg de la Nox raised his right hand above his head with a splendid gesture, then bent over the face of my friend, breathed upon his eyelids, and said:

plural of “lip” — either of two fleshy folds of tissue that surround the mouth and play a role in speaking

From this reading And now that he spoke no more, now that his lips were closed as tightly as his eyelids, it suddenly seemed to us, stricken with a horrible dread, that he had followed Cartouche into the radiant darkness of death.

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From this reading "'Theophrastus Longuet, awake!'

the basic unit of length adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites (approximately 1.094 yards)

From this reading THE DRAWBACKS OF PSYCHIC SURGERY "As soon as Theophrastus had uttered the words: 'I am entering the radiant darkness of death,' M. Eliphas de Saint-Elme de Taillebourg de la Nox raised his right hand above his head with a splendid gesture, then bent over the face of my friend, breathed upon his eyelids, and said:

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

From this reading And now that he spoke no more, now that his lips were closed as tightly as his eyelids, it suddenly seemed to us, stricken with a horrible dread, that he had followed Cartouche into the radiant darkness of death.

belonging to the person speaking

From this reading THE DRAWBACKS OF PSYCHIC SURGERY "As soon as Theophrastus had uttered the words: 'I am entering the radiant darkness of death,' M. Eliphas de Saint-Elme de Taillebourg de la Nox raised his right hand above his head with a splendid gesture, then bent over the face of my friend, breathed upon his eyelids, and said:

not any; not one

From this reading And now that he spoke no more, now that his lips were closed as tightly as his eyelids, it suddenly seemed to us, stricken with a horrible dread, that he had followed Cartouche into the radiant darkness of death.

used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative

From this reading "Theophrastus did not awake.

in the historical present; at this point in the narration of a series of past events

From this reading And now that he spoke no more, now that his lips were closed as tightly as his eyelids, it suddenly seemed to us, stricken with a horrible dread, that he had followed Cartouche into the radiant darkness of death.

Roman goddess of night; daughter of Erebus; counterpart of Greek Nyx

From this reading THE DRAWBACKS OF PSYCHIC SURGERY "As soon as Theophrastus had uttered the words: 'I am entering the radiant darkness of death,' M. Eliphas de Saint-Elme de Taillebourg de la Nox raised his right hand above his head with a splendid gesture, then bent over the face of my friend, breathed upon his eyelids, and said:

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

From this reading THE DRAWBACKS OF PSYCHIC SURGERY "As soon as Theophrastus had uttered the words: 'I am entering the radiant darkness of death,' M. Eliphas de Saint-Elme de Taillebourg de la Nox raised his right hand above his head with a splendid gesture, then bent over the face of my friend, breathed upon his eyelids, and said:

above and across; more than

From this reading THE DRAWBACKS OF PSYCHIC SURGERY "As soon as Theophrastus had uttered the words: 'I am entering the radiant darkness of death,' M. Eliphas de Saint-Elme de Taillebourg de la Nox raised his right hand above his head with a splendid gesture, then bent over the face of my friend, breathed upon his eyelids, and said:

affecting or influenced by the human mind

From this reading THE DRAWBACKS OF PSYCHIC SURGERY "As soon as Theophrastus had uttered the words: 'I am entering the radiant darkness of death,' M. Eliphas de Saint-Elme de Taillebourg de la Nox raised his right hand above his head with a splendid gesture, then bent over the face of my friend, breathed upon his eyelids, and said:

radiating or as if radiating light

From this reading THE DRAWBACKS OF PSYCHIC SURGERY "As soon as Theophrastus had uttered the words: 'I am entering the radiant darkness of death,' M. Eliphas de Saint-Elme de Taillebourg de la Nox raised his right hand above his head with a splendid gesture, then bent over the face of my friend, breathed upon his eyelids, and said:

located or moved above the surround or above the normal position

From this reading THE DRAWBACKS OF PSYCHIC SURGERY "As soon as Theophrastus had uttered the words: 'I am entering the radiant darkness of death,' M. Eliphas de Saint-Elme de Taillebourg de la Nox raised his right hand above his head with a splendid gesture, then bent over the face of my friend, breathed upon his eyelids, and said:

past form of “remain” — stay the same; remain in a certain state

From this reading His eyelids remained closed, and his stillness appeared to us stiller than ever.

precisely, exactly

From this reading THE DRAWBACKS OF PSYCHIC SURGERY "As soon as Theophrastus had uttered the words: 'I am entering the radiant darkness of death,' M. Eliphas de Saint-Elme de Taillebourg de la Nox raised his right hand above his head with a splendid gesture, then bent over the face of my friend, breathed upon his eyelids, and said:

being the one previously mentioned or spoken of

From this reading THE DRAWBACKS OF PSYCHIC SURGERY "As soon as Theophrastus had uttered the words: 'I am entering the radiant darkness of death,' M. Eliphas de Saint-Elme de Taillebourg de la Nox raised his right hand above his head with a splendid gesture, then bent over the face of my friend, breathed upon his eyelids, and said:

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From this reading THE DRAWBACKS OF PSYCHIC SURGERY "As soon as Theophrastus had uttered the words: 'I am entering the radiant darkness of death,' M. Eliphas de Saint-Elme de Taillebourg de la Nox raised his right hand above his head with a splendid gesture, then bent over the face of my friend, breathed upon his eyelids, and said:

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

From this reading And now that he spoke no more, now that his lips were closed as tightly as his eyelids, it suddenly seemed to us, stricken with a horrible dread, that he had followed Cartouche into the radiant darkness of death.

in the near future

From this reading THE DRAWBACKS OF PSYCHIC SURGERY "As soon as Theophrastus had uttered the words: 'I am entering the radiant darkness of death,' M. Eliphas de Saint-Elme de Taillebourg de la Nox raised his right hand above his head with a splendid gesture, then bent over the face of my friend, breathed upon his eyelids, and said:

having great beauty and splendor

From this reading THE DRAWBACKS OF PSYCHIC SURGERY "As soon as Theophrastus had uttered the words: 'I am entering the radiant darkness of death,' M. Eliphas de Saint-Elme de Taillebourg de la Nox raised his right hand above his head with a splendid gesture, then bent over the face of my friend, breathed upon his eyelids, and said:

support consisting of a radial member of a wheel joining the hub to the rim

From this reading And now that he spoke no more, now that his lips were closed as tightly as his eyelids, it suddenly seemed to us, stricken with a horrible dread, that he had followed Cartouche into the radiant darkness of death.

comparative of “still” — not in physical motion

From this reading His eyelids remained closed, and his stillness appeared to us stiller than ever.

(poetic) tranquil silence

From this reading His eyelids remained closed, and his stillness appeared to us stiller than ever.

grievously affected especially by disease

From this reading And now that he spoke no more, now that his lips were closed as tightly as his eyelids, it suddenly seemed to us, stricken with a horrible dread, that he had followed Cartouche into the radiant darkness of death.

happening unexpectedly

From this reading And now that he spoke no more, now that his lips were closed as tightly as his eyelids, it suddenly seemed to us, stricken with a horrible dread, that he had followed Cartouche into the radiant darkness of death.

the branch of medical science that treats disease or injury by operative procedures

From this reading THE DRAWBACKS OF PSYCHIC SURGERY "As soon as Theophrastus had uttered the words: 'I am entering the radiant darkness of death,' M. Eliphas de Saint-Elme de Taillebourg de la Nox raised his right hand above his head with a splendid gesture, then bent over the face of my friend, breathed upon his eyelids, and said:

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From this reading THE DRAWBACKS OF PSYCHIC SURGERY "As soon as Theophrastus had uttered the words: 'I am entering the radiant darkness of death,' M. Eliphas de Saint-Elme de Taillebourg de la Nox raised his right hand above his head with a splendid gesture, then bent over the face of my friend, breathed upon his eyelids, and said:

used to introduce the second part of a comparison

From this reading His eyelids remained closed, and his stillness appeared to us stiller than ever.

used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt

From this reading And now that he spoke no more, now that his lips were closed as tightly as his eyelids, it suddenly seemed to us, stricken with a horrible dread, that he had followed Cartouche into the radiant darkness of death.

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

From this reading THE DRAWBACKS OF PSYCHIC SURGERY "As soon as Theophrastus had uttered the words: 'I am entering the radiant darkness of death,' M. Eliphas de Saint-Elme de Taillebourg de la Nox raised his right hand above his head with a splendid gesture, then bent over the face of my friend, breathed upon his eyelids, and said:

subsequently or soon afterward (often used as sentence connectors)

From this reading THE DRAWBACKS OF PSYCHIC SURGERY "As soon as Theophrastus had uttered the words: 'I am entering the radiant darkness of death,' M. Eliphas de Saint-Elme de Taillebourg de la Nox raised his right hand above his head with a splendid gesture, then bent over the face of my friend, breathed upon his eyelids, and said:

Greek philosopher who was a student of Aristotle and who succeeded Aristotle as the leader of the Peripatetics (371-287 BC)

From this reading THE DRAWBACKS OF PSYCHIC SURGERY "As soon as Theophrastus had uttered the words: 'I am entering the radiant darkness of death,' M. Eliphas de Saint-Elme de Taillebourg de la Nox raised his right hand above his head with a splendid gesture, then bent over the face of my friend, breathed upon his eyelids, and said:

in a tight or constricted manner

From this reading And now that he spoke no more, now that his lips were closed as tightly as his eyelids, it suddenly seemed to us, stricken with a horrible dread, that he had followed Cartouche into the radiant darkness of death.

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

From this reading His eyelids remained closed, and his stillness appeared to us stiller than ever.

a formal word for “on”

From this reading THE DRAWBACKS OF PSYCHIC SURGERY "As soon as Theophrastus had uttered the words: 'I am entering the radiant darkness of death,' M. Eliphas de Saint-Elme de Taillebourg de la Nox raised his right hand above his head with a splendid gesture, then bent over the face of my friend, breathed upon his eyelids, and said:

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

From this reading His eyelids remained closed, and his stillness appeared to us stiller than ever.

communicated in words

From this reading THE DRAWBACKS OF PSYCHIC SURGERY "As soon as Theophrastus had uttered the words: 'I am entering the radiant darkness of death,' M. Eliphas de Saint-Elme de Taillebourg de la Nox raised his right hand above his head with a splendid gesture, then bent over the face of my friend, breathed upon his eyelids, and said:

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

From this reading And now that he spoke no more, now that his lips were closed as tightly as his eyelids, it suddenly seemed to us, stricken with a horrible dread, that he had followed Cartouche into the radiant darkness of death.

in the company of; together with

From this reading THE DRAWBACKS OF PSYCHIC SURGERY "As soon as Theophrastus had uttered the words: 'I am entering the radiant darkness of death,' M. Eliphas de Saint-Elme de Taillebourg de la Nox raised his right hand above his head with a splendid gesture, then bent over the face of my friend, breathed upon his eyelids, and said:

the words that are spoken

From this reading THE DRAWBACKS OF PSYCHIC SURGERY "As soon as Theophrastus had uttered the words: 'I am entering the radiant darkness of death,' M. Eliphas de Saint-Elme de Taillebourg de la Nox raised his right hand above his head with a splendid gesture, then bent over the face of my friend, breathed upon his eyelids, and said: