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adeterminerUS /ə/
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading On leaving Lemercier and De Breze, Savarin regained the Boulevard, and pausing every now and then to exchange a few words with acquaintances--the acquaintances of the genial author were numerous--turned into the quartier Chaussee d’Antin, and gaining a small neat house, with a richly-ornamented facade, mounted very clean, well-kept stairs to a third story.
acquaintances
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From this reading On leaving Lemercier and De Breze, Savarin regained the Boulevard, and pausing every now and then to exchange a few words with acquaintances--the acquaintances of the genial author were numerous--turned into the quartier Chaussee d’Antin, and gaining a small neat house, with a richly-ornamented facade, mounted very clean, well-kept stairs to a third story.
afficher
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From this reading Certainly it is not usual in Paris thus to afficher one’s self as a “man of letters”?
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading On leaving Lemercier and De Breze, Savarin regained the Boulevard, and pausing every now and then to exchange a few words with acquaintances--the acquaintances of the genial author were numerous--turned into the quartier Chaussee d’Antin, and gaining a small neat house, with a richly-ornamented facade, mounted very clean, well-kept stairs to a third story.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading Certainly it is not usual in Paris thus to afficher one’s self as a “man of letters”?
author
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From this reading On leaving Lemercier and De Breze, Savarin regained the Boulevard, and pausing every now and then to exchange a few words with acquaintances--the acquaintances of the genial author were numerous--turned into the quartier Chaussee d’Antin, and gaining a small neat house, with a richly-ornamented facade, mounted very clean, well-kept stairs to a third story.
Boulevard
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From this reading On leaving Lemercier and De Breze, Savarin regained the Boulevard, and pausing every now and then to exchange a few words with acquaintances--the acquaintances of the genial author were numerous--turned into the quartier Chaussee d’Antin, and gaining a small neat house, with a richly-ornamented facade, mounted very clean, well-kept stairs to a third story.
Breze
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From this reading On leaving Lemercier and De Breze, Savarin regained the Boulevard, and pausing every now and then to exchange a few words with acquaintances--the acquaintances of the genial author were numerous--turned into the quartier Chaussee d’Antin, and gaining a small neat house, with a richly-ornamented facade, mounted very clean, well-kept stairs to a third story.
ButconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading But Genius scorns what is usual.
card
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From this reading On one of the doors on the landing-place was nailed a card, inscribed, “Gustave Rameau, homme de lettres.”
Certainly
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From this reading Certainly it is not usual in Paris thus to afficher one’s self as a “man of letters”?
Chaussee
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From this reading On leaving Lemercier and De Breze, Savarin regained the Boulevard, and pausing every now and then to exchange a few words with acquaintances--the acquaintances of the genial author were numerous--turned into the quartier Chaussee d’Antin, and gaining a small neat house, with a richly-ornamented facade, mounted very clean, well-kept stairs to a third story.
clean
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From this reading On leaving Lemercier and De Breze, Savarin regained the Boulevard, and pausing every now and then to exchange a few words with acquaintances--the acquaintances of the genial author were numerous--turned into the quartier Chaussee d’Antin, and gaining a small neat house, with a richly-ornamented facade, mounted very clean, well-kept stairs to a third story.
d'Antin
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From this reading On leaving Lemercier and De Breze, Savarin regained the Boulevard, and pausing every now and then to exchange a few words with acquaintances--the acquaintances of the genial author were numerous--turned into the quartier Chaussee d’Antin, and gaining a small neat house, with a richly-ornamented facade, mounted very clean, well-kept stairs to a third story.
De
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From this reading On leaving Lemercier and De Breze, Savarin regained the Boulevard, and pausing every now and then to exchange a few words with acquaintances--the acquaintances of the genial author were numerous--turned into the quartier Chaussee d’Antin, and gaining a small neat house, with a richly-ornamented facade, mounted very clean, well-kept stairs to a third story.
designation
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From this reading Had not Victor Hugo left in the hotel-books on the Rhine his designation “homme de lettres”?
doors
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From this reading On one of the doors on the landing-place was nailed a card, inscribed, “Gustave Rameau, homme de lettres.”
everydeterminerUS /ˈevəri/
all the members of a group, with none left out
From this reading On leaving Lemercier and De Breze, Savarin regained the Boulevard, and pausing every now and then to exchange a few words with acquaintances--the acquaintances of the genial author were numerous--turned into the quartier Chaussee d’Antin, and gaining a small neat house, with a richly-ornamented facade, mounted very clean, well-kept stairs to a third story.
exchange
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From this reading On leaving Lemercier and De Breze, Savarin regained the Boulevard, and pausing every now and then to exchange a few words with acquaintances--the acquaintances of the genial author were numerous--turned into the quartier Chaussee d’Antin, and gaining a small neat house, with a richly-ornamented facade, mounted very clean, well-kept stairs to a third story.
facade
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From this reading On leaving Lemercier and De Breze, Savarin regained the Boulevard, and pausing every now and then to exchange a few words with acquaintances--the acquaintances of the genial author were numerous--turned into the quartier Chaussee d’Antin, and gaining a small neat house, with a richly-ornamented facade, mounted very clean, well-kept stairs to a third story.
few
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From this reading On leaving Lemercier and De Breze, Savarin regained the Boulevard, and pausing every now and then to exchange a few words with acquaintances--the acquaintances of the genial author were numerous--turned into the quartier Chaussee d’Antin, and gaining a small neat house, with a richly-ornamented facade, mounted very clean, well-kept stairs to a third story.
gaining
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From this reading On leaving Lemercier and De Breze, Savarin regained the Boulevard, and pausing every now and then to exchange a few words with acquaintances--the acquaintances of the genial author were numerous--turned into the quartier Chaussee d’Antin, and gaining a small neat house, with a richly-ornamented facade, mounted very clean, well-kept stairs to a third story.
genial
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From this reading On leaving Lemercier and De Breze, Savarin regained the Boulevard, and pausing every now and then to exchange a few words with acquaintances--the acquaintances of the genial author were numerous--turned into the quartier Chaussee d’Antin, and gaining a small neat house, with a richly-ornamented facade, mounted very clean, well-kept stairs to a third story.
Genius
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From this reading But Genius scorns what is usual.
Gustave
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From this reading On one of the doors on the landing-place was nailed a card, inscribed, “Gustave Rameau, homme de lettres.”
Hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Had not Victor Hugo left in the hotel-books on the Rhine his designation “homme de lettres”?
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Had not Victor Hugo left in the hotel-books on the Rhine his designation “homme de lettres”?
homme
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From this reading On one of the doors on the landing-place was nailed a card, inscribed, “Gustave Rameau, homme de lettres.”
hotel-books
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From this reading Had not Victor Hugo left in the hotel-books on the Rhine his designation “homme de lettres”?
house
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From this reading On leaving Lemercier and De Breze, Savarin regained the Boulevard, and pausing every now and then to exchange a few words with acquaintances--the acquaintances of the genial author were numerous--turned into the quartier Chaussee d’Antin, and gaining a small neat house, with a richly-ornamented facade, mounted very clean, well-kept stairs to a third story.
Hugo
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From this reading Had not Victor Hugo left in the hotel-books on the Rhine his designation “homme de lettres”?
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Certainly it is not usual in Paris thus to afficher one’s self as a “man of letters”?
inscribed
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From this reading On one of the doors on the landing-place was nailed a card, inscribed, “Gustave Rameau, homme de lettres.”
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading On leaving Lemercier and De Breze, Savarin regained the Boulevard, and pausing every now and then to exchange a few words with acquaintances--the acquaintances of the genial author were numerous--turned into the quartier Chaussee d’Antin, and gaining a small neat house, with a richly-ornamented facade, mounted very clean, well-kept stairs to a third story.
isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Certainly it is not usual in Paris thus to afficher one’s self as a “man of letters”?
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading Certainly it is not usual in Paris thus to afficher one’s self as a “man of letters”?
landing-place
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From this reading On one of the doors on the landing-place was nailed a card, inscribed, “Gustave Rameau, homme de lettres.”
leaving
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From this reading On leaving Lemercier and De Breze, Savarin regained the Boulevard, and pausing every now and then to exchange a few words with acquaintances--the acquaintances of the genial author were numerous--turned into the quartier Chaussee d’Antin, and gaining a small neat house, with a richly-ornamented facade, mounted very clean, well-kept stairs to a third story.
leftnounUS /left/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Had not Victor Hugo left in the hotel-books on the Rhine his designation “homme de lettres”?
Lemercier
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From this reading On leaving Lemercier and De Breze, Savarin regained the Boulevard, and pausing every now and then to exchange a few words with acquaintances--the acquaintances of the genial author were numerous--turned into the quartier Chaussee d’Antin, and gaining a small neat house, with a richly-ornamented facade, mounted very clean, well-kept stairs to a third story.
letters
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From this reading Certainly it is not usual in Paris thus to afficher one’s self as a “man of letters”?
lettres
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From this reading On one of the doors on the landing-place was nailed a card, inscribed, “Gustave Rameau, homme de lettres.”
man
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From this reading Certainly it is not usual in Paris thus to afficher one’s self as a “man of letters”?
mounted
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From this reading On leaving Lemercier and De Breze, Savarin regained the Boulevard, and pausing every now and then to exchange a few words with acquaintances--the acquaintances of the genial author were numerous--turned into the quartier Chaussee d’Antin, and gaining a small neat house, with a richly-ornamented facade, mounted very clean, well-kept stairs to a third story.
nailed
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From this reading On one of the doors on the landing-place was nailed a card, inscribed, “Gustave Rameau, homme de lettres.”
neat
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From this reading On leaving Lemercier and De Breze, Savarin regained the Boulevard, and pausing every now and then to exchange a few words with acquaintances--the acquaintances of the genial author were numerous--turned into the quartier Chaussee d’Antin, and gaining a small neat house, with a richly-ornamented facade, mounted very clean, well-kept stairs to a third story.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading Certainly it is not usual in Paris thus to afficher one’s self as a “man of letters”?
now
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From this reading On leaving Lemercier and De Breze, Savarin regained the Boulevard, and pausing every now and then to exchange a few words with acquaintances--the acquaintances of the genial author were numerous--turned into the quartier Chaussee d’Antin, and gaining a small neat house, with a richly-ornamented facade, mounted very clean, well-kept stairs to a third story.
numerous
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From this reading On leaving Lemercier and De Breze, Savarin regained the Boulevard, and pausing every now and then to exchange a few words with acquaintances--the acquaintances of the genial author were numerous--turned into the quartier Chaussee d’Antin, and gaining a small neat house, with a richly-ornamented facade, mounted very clean, well-kept stairs to a third story.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading On leaving Lemercier and De Breze, Savarin regained the Boulevard, and pausing every now and then to exchange a few words with acquaintances--the acquaintances of the genial author were numerous--turned into the quartier Chaussee d’Antin, and gaining a small neat house, with a richly-ornamented facade, mounted very clean, well-kept stairs to a third story.
OnprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading On leaving Lemercier and De Breze, Savarin regained the Boulevard, and pausing every now and then to exchange a few words with acquaintances--the acquaintances of the genial author were numerous--turned into the quartier Chaussee d’Antin, and gaining a small neat house, with a richly-ornamented facade, mounted very clean, well-kept stairs to a third story.
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading On one of the doors on the landing-place was nailed a card, inscribed, “Gustave Rameau, homme de lettres.”
one's
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From this reading Certainly it is not usual in Paris thus to afficher one’s self as a “man of letters”?
Paris
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From this reading Certainly it is not usual in Paris thus to afficher one’s self as a “man of letters”?
pausing
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From this reading On leaving Lemercier and De Breze, Savarin regained the Boulevard, and pausing every now and then to exchange a few words with acquaintances--the acquaintances of the genial author were numerous--turned into the quartier Chaussee d’Antin, and gaining a small neat house, with a richly-ornamented facade, mounted very clean, well-kept stairs to a third story.
quartier
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From this reading On leaving Lemercier and De Breze, Savarin regained the Boulevard, and pausing every now and then to exchange a few words with acquaintances--the acquaintances of the genial author were numerous--turned into the quartier Chaussee d’Antin, and gaining a small neat house, with a richly-ornamented facade, mounted very clean, well-kept stairs to a third story.
Rameau
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From this reading On one of the doors on the landing-place was nailed a card, inscribed, “Gustave Rameau, homme de lettres.”
regained
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From this reading On leaving Lemercier and De Breze, Savarin regained the Boulevard, and pausing every now and then to exchange a few words with acquaintances--the acquaintances of the genial author were numerous--turned into the quartier Chaussee d’Antin, and gaining a small neat house, with a richly-ornamented facade, mounted very clean, well-kept stairs to a third story.
Rhine
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From this reading Had not Victor Hugo left in the hotel-books on the Rhine his designation “homme de lettres”?
richly-ornamented
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From this reading On leaving Lemercier and De Breze, Savarin regained the Boulevard, and pausing every now and then to exchange a few words with acquaintances--the acquaintances of the genial author were numerous--turned into the quartier Chaussee d’Antin, and gaining a small neat house, with a richly-ornamented facade, mounted very clean, well-kept stairs to a third story.
Savarin
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From this reading On leaving Lemercier and De Breze, Savarin regained the Boulevard, and pausing every now and then to exchange a few words with acquaintances--the acquaintances of the genial author were numerous--turned into the quartier Chaussee d’Antin, and gaining a small neat house, with a richly-ornamented facade, mounted very clean, well-kept stairs to a third story.
scorns
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From this reading But Genius scorns what is usual.
self
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From this reading Certainly it is not usual in Paris thus to afficher one’s self as a “man of letters”?
small
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From this reading On leaving Lemercier and De Breze, Savarin regained the Boulevard, and pausing every now and then to exchange a few words with acquaintances--the acquaintances of the genial author were numerous--turned into the quartier Chaussee d’Antin, and gaining a small neat house, with a richly-ornamented facade, mounted very clean, well-kept stairs to a third story.
stairs
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From this reading On leaving Lemercier and De Breze, Savarin regained the Boulevard, and pausing every now and then to exchange a few words with acquaintances--the acquaintances of the genial author were numerous--turned into the quartier Chaussee d’Antin, and gaining a small neat house, with a richly-ornamented facade, mounted very clean, well-kept stairs to a third story.
story
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From this reading On leaving Lemercier and De Breze, Savarin regained the Boulevard, and pausing every now and then to exchange a few words with acquaintances--the acquaintances of the genial author were numerous--turned into the quartier Chaussee d’Antin, and gaining a small neat house, with a richly-ornamented facade, mounted very clean, well-kept stairs to a third story.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading On leaving Lemercier and De Breze, Savarin regained the Boulevard, and pausing every now and then to exchange a few words with acquaintances--the acquaintances of the genial author were numerous--turned into the quartier Chaussee d’Antin, and gaining a small neat house, with a richly-ornamented facade, mounted very clean, well-kept stairs to a third story.
then
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From this reading On leaving Lemercier and De Breze, Savarin regained the Boulevard, and pausing every now and then to exchange a few words with acquaintances--the acquaintances of the genial author were numerous--turned into the quartier Chaussee d’Antin, and gaining a small neat house, with a richly-ornamented facade, mounted very clean, well-kept stairs to a third story.
thirdnounUS /third/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading On leaving Lemercier and De Breze, Savarin regained the Boulevard, and pausing every now and then to exchange a few words with acquaintances--the acquaintances of the genial author were numerous--turned into the quartier Chaussee d’Antin, and gaining a small neat house, with a richly-ornamented facade, mounted very clean, well-kept stairs to a third story.
thus
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From this reading Certainly it is not usual in Paris thus to afficher one’s self as a “man of letters”?
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading On leaving Lemercier and De Breze, Savarin regained the Boulevard, and pausing every now and then to exchange a few words with acquaintances--the acquaintances of the genial author were numerous--turned into the quartier Chaussee d’Antin, and gaining a small neat house, with a richly-ornamented facade, mounted very clean, well-kept stairs to a third story.
turned
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From this reading On leaving Lemercier and De Breze, Savarin regained the Boulevard, and pausing every now and then to exchange a few words with acquaintances--the acquaintances of the genial author were numerous--turned into the quartier Chaussee d’Antin, and gaining a small neat house, with a richly-ornamented facade, mounted very clean, well-kept stairs to a third story.
usual
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From this reading Certainly it is not usual in Paris thus to afficher one’s self as a “man of letters”?
very
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From this reading On leaving Lemercier and De Breze, Savarin regained the Boulevard, and pausing every now and then to exchange a few words with acquaintances--the acquaintances of the genial author were numerous--turned into the quartier Chaussee d’Antin, and gaining a small neat house, with a richly-ornamented facade, mounted very clean, well-kept stairs to a third story.
Victor
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From this reading Had not Victor Hugo left in the hotel-books on the Rhine his designation “homme de lettres”?
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading On one of the doors on the landing-place was nailed a card, inscribed, “Gustave Rameau, homme de lettres.”
well-kept
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From this reading On leaving Lemercier and De Breze, Savarin regained the Boulevard, and pausing every now and then to exchange a few words with acquaintances--the acquaintances of the genial author were numerous--turned into the quartier Chaussee d’Antin, and gaining a small neat house, with a richly-ornamented facade, mounted very clean, well-kept stairs to a third story.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading On leaving Lemercier and De Breze, Savarin regained the Boulevard, and pausing every now and then to exchange a few words with acquaintances--the acquaintances of the genial author were numerous--turned into the quartier Chaussee d’Antin, and gaining a small neat house, with a richly-ornamented facade, mounted very clean, well-kept stairs to a third story.
whatpronounUS /wʌt/
used to ask for information about something
From this reading But Genius scorns what is usual.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading On leaving Lemercier and De Breze, Savarin regained the Boulevard, and pausing every now and then to exchange a few words with acquaintances--the acquaintances of the genial author were numerous--turned into the quartier Chaussee d’Antin, and gaining a small neat house, with a richly-ornamented facade, mounted very clean, well-kept stairs to a third story.
words
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From this reading On leaving Lemercier and De Breze, Savarin regained the Boulevard, and pausing every now and then to exchange a few words with acquaintances--the acquaintances of the genial author were numerous--turned into the quartier Chaussee d’Antin, and gaining a small neat house, with a richly-ornamented facade, mounted very clean, well-kept stairs to a third story.
