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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 Left alone with Gustave Rameau, the President of the Secret Council remained silently musing for some moments; but his countenance was no longer moody and overcast,--his nostrils were dilated, as in triumph; there was a half-smile of pride on his lips.
absinthe
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From this reading The young man had the impressionable, excitable temperament common to Parisian genius,--especially when it nourishes itself on absinthe.
acute
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From this reading He enjoyed the romance of belonging to a secret society; he was acute enough to recognize the sagacity by which this small conclave was kept out of those crazed combinations for impracticable theories more likely to lead adventurers to the Tarpeian Rock than to the Capitol, while yet those crazed combinations might, in some critical moment, become strong instruments in the hands of practical ambition.
admiringly
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From this reading Rameau watched him curiously and admiringly.
adventurers
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From this reading He enjoyed the romance of belonging to a secret society; he was acute enough to recognize the sagacity by which this small conclave was kept out of those crazed combinations for impracticable theories more likely to lead adventurers to the Tarpeian Rock than to the Capitol, while yet those crazed combinations might, in some critical moment, become strong instruments in the hands of practical ambition.
alonenounUS /alone/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Left alone with Gustave Rameau, the President of the Secret Council remained silently musing for some moments; but his countenance was no longer moody and overcast,--his nostrils were dilated, as in triumph; there was a half-smile of pride on his lips.
ambition
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From this reading He enjoyed the romance of belonging to a secret society; he was acute enough to recognize the sagacity by which this small conclave was kept out of those crazed combinations for impracticable theories more likely to lead adventurers to the Tarpeian Rock than to the Capitol, while yet those crazed combinations might, in some critical moment, become strong instruments in the hands of practical ambition.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Left alone with Gustave Rameau, the President of the Secret Council remained silently musing for some moments; but his countenance was no longer moody and overcast,--his nostrils were dilated, as in triumph; there was a half-smile of pride on his lips.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading Left alone with Gustave Rameau, the President of the Secret Council remained silently musing for some moments; but his countenance was no longer moody and overcast,--his nostrils were dilated, as in triumph; there was a half-smile of pride on his lips.
aspirations
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From this reading Lebeau fascinated him, and took colossal proportions in his intoxicated vision,--vision indeed intoxicated at this moment, for before it floated the realized image of his aspirations,--a journal of which he was to be the editor-in-chief; in which his poetry, his prose, should occupy space as large as he pleased; through which his name, hitherto scarce known beyond a literary clique, would resound in salon and club and cafe, and become a familiar music on the lips of fashion.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading Lebeau fascinated him, and took colossal proportions in his intoxicated vision,--vision indeed intoxicated at this moment, for before it floated the realized image of his aspirations,--a journal of which he was to be the editor-in-chief; in which his poetry, his prose, should occupy space as large as he pleased; through which his name, hitherto scarce known beyond a literary clique, would resound in salon and club and cafe, and become a familiar music on the lips of fashion.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading Lebeau fascinated him, and took colossal proportions in his intoxicated vision,--vision indeed intoxicated at this moment, for before it floated the realized image of his aspirations,--a journal of which he was to be the editor-in-chief; in which his poetry, his prose, should occupy space as large as he pleased; through which his name, hitherto scarce known beyond a literary clique, would resound in salon and club and cafe, and become a familiar music on the lips of fashion.
become
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From this reading He enjoyed the romance of belonging to a secret society; he was acute enough to recognize the sagacity by which this small conclave was kept out of those crazed combinations for impracticable theories more likely to lead adventurers to the Tarpeian Rock than to the Capitol, while yet those crazed combinations might, in some critical moment, become strong instruments in the hands of practical ambition.
beforeprepositionUS /bɪˈfɔːr/
earlier than; in front of
From this reading Lebeau fascinated him, and took colossal proportions in his intoxicated vision,--vision indeed intoxicated at this moment, for before it floated the realized image of his aspirations,--a journal of which he was to be the editor-in-chief; in which his poetry, his prose, should occupy space as large as he pleased; through which his name, hitherto scarce known beyond a literary clique, would resound in salon and club and cafe, and become a familiar music on the lips of fashion.
belonging
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From this reading He enjoyed the romance of belonging to a secret society; he was acute enough to recognize the sagacity by which this small conclave was kept out of those crazed combinations for impracticable theories more likely to lead adventurers to the Tarpeian Rock than to the Capitol, while yet those crazed combinations might, in some critical moment, become strong instruments in the hands of practical ambition.
beyondprepositionUS /bɪˈɑːnd/
on the far side of; further than
From this reading Lebeau fascinated him, and took colossal proportions in his intoxicated vision,--vision indeed intoxicated at this moment, for before it floated the realized image of his aspirations,--a journal of which he was to be the editor-in-chief; in which his poetry, his prose, should occupy space as large as he pleased; through which his name, hitherto scarce known beyond a literary clique, would resound in salon and club and cafe, and become a familiar music on the lips of fashion.
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading Left alone with Gustave Rameau, the President of the Secret Council remained silently musing for some moments; but his countenance was no longer moody and overcast,--his nostrils were dilated, as in triumph; there was a half-smile of pride on his lips.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading He enjoyed the romance of belonging to a secret society; he was acute enough to recognize the sagacity by which this small conclave was kept out of those crazed combinations for impracticable theories more likely to lead adventurers to the Tarpeian Rock than to the Capitol, while yet those crazed combinations might, in some critical moment, become strong instruments in the hands of practical ambition.
cafe
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From this reading Lebeau fascinated him, and took colossal proportions in his intoxicated vision,--vision indeed intoxicated at this moment, for before it floated the realized image of his aspirations,--a journal of which he was to be the editor-in-chief; in which his poetry, his prose, should occupy space as large as he pleased; through which his name, hitherto scarce known beyond a literary clique, would resound in salon and club and cafe, and become a familiar music on the lips of fashion.
Capitol
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From this reading He enjoyed the romance of belonging to a secret society; he was acute enough to recognize the sagacity by which this small conclave was kept out of those crazed combinations for impracticable theories more likely to lead adventurers to the Tarpeian Rock than to the Capitol, while yet those crazed combinations might, in some critical moment, become strong instruments in the hands of practical ambition.
clique
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From this reading Lebeau fascinated him, and took colossal proportions in his intoxicated vision,--vision indeed intoxicated at this moment, for before it floated the realized image of his aspirations,--a journal of which he was to be the editor-in-chief; in which his poetry, his prose, should occupy space as large as he pleased; through which his name, hitherto scarce known beyond a literary clique, would resound in salon and club and cafe, and become a familiar music on the lips of fashion.
club
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From this reading Lebeau fascinated him, and took colossal proportions in his intoxicated vision,--vision indeed intoxicated at this moment, for before it floated the realized image of his aspirations,--a journal of which he was to be the editor-in-chief; in which his poetry, his prose, should occupy space as large as he pleased; through which his name, hitherto scarce known beyond a literary clique, would resound in salon and club and cafe, and become a familiar music on the lips of fashion.
colossal
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From this reading Lebeau fascinated him, and took colossal proportions in his intoxicated vision,--vision indeed intoxicated at this moment, for before it floated the realized image of his aspirations,--a journal of which he was to be the editor-in-chief; in which his poetry, his prose, should occupy space as large as he pleased; through which his name, hitherto scarce known beyond a literary clique, would resound in salon and club and cafe, and become a familiar music on the lips of fashion.
combinations
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From this reading He enjoyed the romance of belonging to a secret society; he was acute enough to recognize the sagacity by which this small conclave was kept out of those crazed combinations for impracticable theories more likely to lead adventurers to the Tarpeian Rock than to the Capitol, while yet those crazed combinations might, in some critical moment, become strong instruments in the hands of practical ambition.
common
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From this reading The young man had the impressionable, excitable temperament common to Parisian genius,--especially when it nourishes itself on absinthe.
conclave
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From this reading He enjoyed the romance of belonging to a secret society; he was acute enough to recognize the sagacity by which this small conclave was kept out of those crazed combinations for impracticable theories more likely to lead adventurers to the Tarpeian Rock than to the Capitol, while yet those crazed combinations might, in some critical moment, become strong instruments in the hands of practical ambition.
CouncilnounUS /council/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Left alone with Gustave Rameau, the President of the Secret Council remained silently musing for some moments; but his countenance was no longer moody and overcast,--his nostrils were dilated, as in triumph; there was a half-smile of pride on his lips.
countenance
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From this reading Left alone with Gustave Rameau, the President of the Secret Council remained silently musing for some moments; but his countenance was no longer moody and overcast,--his nostrils were dilated, as in triumph; there was a half-smile of pride on his lips.
crazed
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From this reading He enjoyed the romance of belonging to a secret society; he was acute enough to recognize the sagacity by which this small conclave was kept out of those crazed combinations for impracticable theories more likely to lead adventurers to the Tarpeian Rock than to the Capitol, while yet those crazed combinations might, in some critical moment, become strong instruments in the hands of practical ambition.
critical
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From this reading He enjoyed the romance of belonging to a secret society; he was acute enough to recognize the sagacity by which this small conclave was kept out of those crazed combinations for impracticable theories more likely to lead adventurers to the Tarpeian Rock than to the Capitol, while yet those crazed combinations might, in some critical moment, become strong instruments in the hands of practical ambition.
curiously
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From this reading Rameau watched him curiously and admiringly.
dilated
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From this reading Left alone with Gustave Rameau, the President of the Secret Council remained silently musing for some moments; but his countenance was no longer moody and overcast,--his nostrils were dilated, as in triumph; there was a half-smile of pride on his lips.
editor-in-chief
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From this reading Lebeau fascinated him, and took colossal proportions in his intoxicated vision,--vision indeed intoxicated at this moment, for before it floated the realized image of his aspirations,--a journal of which he was to be the editor-in-chief; in which his poetry, his prose, should occupy space as large as he pleased; through which his name, hitherto scarce known beyond a literary clique, would resound in salon and club and cafe, and become a familiar music on the lips of fashion.
enjoyed
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From this reading He enjoyed the romance of belonging to a secret society; he was acute enough to recognize the sagacity by which this small conclave was kept out of those crazed combinations for impracticable theories more likely to lead adventurers to the Tarpeian Rock than to the Capitol, while yet those crazed combinations might, in some critical moment, become strong instruments in the hands of practical ambition.
enough
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From this reading He enjoyed the romance of belonging to a secret society; he was acute enough to recognize the sagacity by which this small conclave was kept out of those crazed combinations for impracticable theories more likely to lead adventurers to the Tarpeian Rock than to the Capitol, while yet those crazed combinations might, in some critical moment, become strong instruments in the hands of practical ambition.
especially
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From this reading The young man had the impressionable, excitable temperament common to Parisian genius,--especially when it nourishes itself on absinthe.
excitable
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From this reading The young man had the impressionable, excitable temperament common to Parisian genius,--especially when it nourishes itself on absinthe.
familiar
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From this reading Lebeau fascinated him, and took colossal proportions in his intoxicated vision,--vision indeed intoxicated at this moment, for before it floated the realized image of his aspirations,--a journal of which he was to be the editor-in-chief; in which his poetry, his prose, should occupy space as large as he pleased; through which his name, hitherto scarce known beyond a literary clique, would resound in salon and club and cafe, and become a familiar music on the lips of fashion.
fascinated
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From this reading Lebeau fascinated him, and took colossal proportions in his intoxicated vision,--vision indeed intoxicated at this moment, for before it floated the realized image of his aspirations,--a journal of which he was to be the editor-in-chief; in which his poetry, his prose, should occupy space as large as he pleased; through which his name, hitherto scarce known beyond a literary clique, would resound in salon and club and cafe, and become a familiar music on the lips of fashion.
fashion
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From this reading Lebeau fascinated him, and took colossal proportions in his intoxicated vision,--vision indeed intoxicated at this moment, for before it floated the realized image of his aspirations,--a journal of which he was to be the editor-in-chief; in which his poetry, his prose, should occupy space as large as he pleased; through which his name, hitherto scarce known beyond a literary clique, would resound in salon and club and cafe, and become a familiar music on the lips of fashion.
floated
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From this reading Lebeau fascinated him, and took colossal proportions in his intoxicated vision,--vision indeed intoxicated at this moment, for before it floated the realized image of his aspirations,--a journal of which he was to be the editor-in-chief; in which his poetry, his prose, should occupy space as large as he pleased; through which his name, hitherto scarce known beyond a literary clique, would resound in salon and club and cafe, and become a familiar music on the lips of fashion.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading Left alone with Gustave Rameau, the President of the Secret Council remained silently musing for some moments; but his countenance was no longer moody and overcast,--his nostrils were dilated, as in triumph; there was a half-smile of pride on his lips.
genius
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From this reading The young man had the impressionable, excitable temperament common to Parisian genius,--especially when it nourishes itself on absinthe.
Gustave
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From this reading Left alone with Gustave Rameau, the President of the Secret Council remained silently musing for some moments; but his countenance was no longer moody and overcast,--his nostrils were dilated, as in triumph; there was a half-smile of pride on his lips.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading The young man had the impressionable, excitable temperament common to Parisian genius,--especially when it nourishes itself on absinthe.
half-smile
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From this reading Left alone with Gustave Rameau, the President of the Secret Council remained silently musing for some moments; but his countenance was no longer moody and overcast,--his nostrils were dilated, as in triumph; there was a half-smile of pride on his lips.
handsplural nounUS /hændz/
members of a ship’s crew
From this reading He enjoyed the romance of belonging to a secret society; he was acute enough to recognize the sagacity by which this small conclave was kept out of those crazed combinations for impracticable theories more likely to lead adventurers to the Tarpeian Rock than to the Capitol, while yet those crazed combinations might, in some critical moment, become strong instruments in the hands of practical ambition.
HepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading He enjoyed the romance of belonging to a secret society; he was acute enough to recognize the sagacity by which this small conclave was kept out of those crazed combinations for impracticable theories more likely to lead adventurers to the Tarpeian Rock than to the Capitol, while yet those crazed combinations might, in some critical moment, become strong instruments in the hands of practical ambition.
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Rameau watched him curiously and admiringly.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Left alone with Gustave Rameau, the President of the Secret Council remained silently musing for some moments; but his countenance was no longer moody and overcast,--his nostrils were dilated, as in triumph; there was a half-smile of pride on his lips.
hitherto
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From this reading Lebeau fascinated him, and took colossal proportions in his intoxicated vision,--vision indeed intoxicated at this moment, for before it floated the realized image of his aspirations,--a journal of which he was to be the editor-in-chief; in which his poetry, his prose, should occupy space as large as he pleased; through which his name, hitherto scarce known beyond a literary clique, would resound in salon and club and cafe, and become a familiar music on the lips of fashion.
image
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From this reading Lebeau fascinated him, and took colossal proportions in his intoxicated vision,--vision indeed intoxicated at this moment, for before it floated the realized image of his aspirations,--a journal of which he was to be the editor-in-chief; in which his poetry, his prose, should occupy space as large as he pleased; through which his name, hitherto scarce known beyond a literary clique, would resound in salon and club and cafe, and become a familiar music on the lips of fashion.
impracticable
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From this reading He enjoyed the romance of belonging to a secret society; he was acute enough to recognize the sagacity by which this small conclave was kept out of those crazed combinations for impracticable theories more likely to lead adventurers to the Tarpeian Rock than to the Capitol, while yet those crazed combinations might, in some critical moment, become strong instruments in the hands of practical ambition.
impressionable
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From this reading The young man had the impressionable, excitable temperament common to Parisian genius,--especially when it nourishes itself on absinthe.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Left alone with Gustave Rameau, the President of the Secret Council remained silently musing for some moments; but his countenance was no longer moody and overcast,--his nostrils were dilated, as in triumph; there was a half-smile of pride on his lips.
indeed
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From this reading Lebeau fascinated him, and took colossal proportions in his intoxicated vision,--vision indeed intoxicated at this moment, for before it floated the realized image of his aspirations,--a journal of which he was to be the editor-in-chief; in which his poetry, his prose, should occupy space as large as he pleased; through which his name, hitherto scarce known beyond a literary clique, would resound in salon and club and cafe, and become a familiar music on the lips of fashion.
instruments
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From this reading He enjoyed the romance of belonging to a secret society; he was acute enough to recognize the sagacity by which this small conclave was kept out of those crazed combinations for impracticable theories more likely to lead adventurers to the Tarpeian Rock than to the Capitol, while yet those crazed combinations might, in some critical moment, become strong instruments in the hands of practical ambition.
intoxicated
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From this reading Lebeau fascinated him, and took colossal proportions in his intoxicated vision,--vision indeed intoxicated at this moment, for before it floated the realized image of his aspirations,--a journal of which he was to be the editor-in-chief; in which his poetry, his prose, should occupy space as large as he pleased; through which his name, hitherto scarce known beyond a literary clique, would resound in salon and club and cafe, and become a familiar music on the lips of fashion.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading The young man had the impressionable, excitable temperament common to Parisian genius,--especially when it nourishes itself on absinthe.
itselfpronounUS /ˌɪtˈself/
used when the thing doing the action is also its object
From this reading The young man had the impressionable, excitable temperament common to Parisian genius,--especially when it nourishes itself on absinthe.
journal
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From this reading Lebeau fascinated him, and took colossal proportions in his intoxicated vision,--vision indeed intoxicated at this moment, for before it floated the realized image of his aspirations,--a journal of which he was to be the editor-in-chief; in which his poetry, his prose, should occupy space as large as he pleased; through which his name, hitherto scarce known beyond a literary clique, would resound in salon and club and cafe, and become a familiar music on the lips of fashion.
kept
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From this reading He enjoyed the romance of belonging to a secret society; he was acute enough to recognize the sagacity by which this small conclave was kept out of those crazed combinations for impracticable theories more likely to lead adventurers to the Tarpeian Rock than to the Capitol, while yet those crazed combinations might, in some critical moment, become strong instruments in the hands of practical ambition.
known
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From this reading Lebeau fascinated him, and took colossal proportions in his intoxicated vision,--vision indeed intoxicated at this moment, for before it floated the realized image of his aspirations,--a journal of which he was to be the editor-in-chief; in which his poetry, his prose, should occupy space as large as he pleased; through which his name, hitherto scarce known beyond a literary clique, would resound in salon and club and cafe, and become a familiar music on the lips of fashion.
large
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From this reading Lebeau fascinated him, and took colossal proportions in his intoxicated vision,--vision indeed intoxicated at this moment, for before it floated the realized image of his aspirations,--a journal of which he was to be the editor-in-chief; in which his poetry, his prose, should occupy space as large as he pleased; through which his name, hitherto scarce known beyond a literary clique, would resound in salon and club and cafe, and become a familiar music on the lips of fashion.
lead
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From this reading He enjoyed the romance of belonging to a secret society; he was acute enough to recognize the sagacity by which this small conclave was kept out of those crazed combinations for impracticable theories more likely to lead adventurers to the Tarpeian Rock than to the Capitol, while yet those crazed combinations might, in some critical moment, become strong instruments in the hands of practical ambition.
Lebeau
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From this reading Lebeau fascinated him, and took colossal proportions in his intoxicated vision,--vision indeed intoxicated at this moment, for before it floated the realized image of his aspirations,--a journal of which he was to be the editor-in-chief; in which his poetry, his prose, should occupy space as large as he pleased; through which his name, hitherto scarce known beyond a literary clique, would resound in salon and club and cafe, and become a familiar music on the lips of fashion.
LeftnounUS /left/
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From this reading Left alone with Gustave Rameau, the President of the Secret Council remained silently musing for some moments; but his countenance was no longer moody and overcast,--his nostrils were dilated, as in triumph; there was a half-smile of pride on his lips.
likely
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From this reading He enjoyed the romance of belonging to a secret society; he was acute enough to recognize the sagacity by which this small conclave was kept out of those crazed combinations for impracticable theories more likely to lead adventurers to the Tarpeian Rock than to the Capitol, while yet those crazed combinations might, in some critical moment, become strong instruments in the hands of practical ambition.
lips
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From this reading Left alone with Gustave Rameau, the President of the Secret Council remained silently musing for some moments; but his countenance was no longer moody and overcast,--his nostrils were dilated, as in triumph; there was a half-smile of pride on his lips.
literary
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From this reading Lebeau fascinated him, and took colossal proportions in his intoxicated vision,--vision indeed intoxicated at this moment, for before it floated the realized image of his aspirations,--a journal of which he was to be the editor-in-chief; in which his poetry, his prose, should occupy space as large as he pleased; through which his name, hitherto scarce known beyond a literary clique, would resound in salon and club and cafe, and become a familiar music on the lips of fashion.
longer
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From this reading Left alone with Gustave Rameau, the President of the Secret Council remained silently musing for some moments; but his countenance was no longer moody and overcast,--his nostrils were dilated, as in triumph; there was a half-smile of pride on his lips.
man
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From this reading The young man had the impressionable, excitable temperament common to Parisian genius,--especially when it nourishes itself on absinthe.
mightmodal verbUS /maɪt/
used to say something is possible but not certain
From this reading He enjoyed the romance of belonging to a secret society; he was acute enough to recognize the sagacity by which this small conclave was kept out of those crazed combinations for impracticable theories more likely to lead adventurers to the Tarpeian Rock than to the Capitol, while yet those crazed combinations might, in some critical moment, become strong instruments in the hands of practical ambition.
moment
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From this reading He enjoyed the romance of belonging to a secret society; he was acute enough to recognize the sagacity by which this small conclave was kept out of those crazed combinations for impracticable theories more likely to lead adventurers to the Tarpeian Rock than to the Capitol, while yet those crazed combinations might, in some critical moment, become strong instruments in the hands of practical ambition.
moments
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From this reading Left alone with Gustave Rameau, the President of the Secret Council remained silently musing for some moments; but his countenance was no longer moody and overcast,--his nostrils were dilated, as in triumph; there was a half-smile of pride on his lips.
moody
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From this reading Left alone with Gustave Rameau, the President of the Secret Council remained silently musing for some moments; but his countenance was no longer moody and overcast,--his nostrils were dilated, as in triumph; there was a half-smile of pride on his lips.
more
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From this reading He enjoyed the romance of belonging to a secret society; he was acute enough to recognize the sagacity by which this small conclave was kept out of those crazed combinations for impracticable theories more likely to lead adventurers to the Tarpeian Rock than to the Capitol, while yet those crazed combinations might, in some critical moment, become strong instruments in the hands of practical ambition.
music
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From this reading Lebeau fascinated him, and took colossal proportions in his intoxicated vision,--vision indeed intoxicated at this moment, for before it floated the realized image of his aspirations,--a journal of which he was to be the editor-in-chief; in which his poetry, his prose, should occupy space as large as he pleased; through which his name, hitherto scarce known beyond a literary clique, would resound in salon and club and cafe, and become a familiar music on the lips of fashion.
musing
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From this reading Left alone with Gustave Rameau, the President of the Secret Council remained silently musing for some moments; but his countenance was no longer moody and overcast,--his nostrils were dilated, as in triumph; there was a half-smile of pride on his lips.
namenounUS /name/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Lebeau fascinated him, and took colossal proportions in his intoxicated vision,--vision indeed intoxicated at this moment, for before it floated the realized image of his aspirations,--a journal of which he was to be the editor-in-chief; in which his poetry, his prose, should occupy space as large as he pleased; through which his name, hitherto scarce known beyond a literary clique, would resound in salon and club and cafe, and become a familiar music on the lips of fashion.
nodeterminerUS /noʊ/
not any; not one
From this reading Left alone with Gustave Rameau, the President of the Secret Council remained silently musing for some moments; but his countenance was no longer moody and overcast,--his nostrils were dilated, as in triumph; there was a half-smile of pride on his lips.
nostrils
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From this reading Left alone with Gustave Rameau, the President of the Secret Council remained silently musing for some moments; but his countenance was no longer moody and overcast,--his nostrils were dilated, as in triumph; there was a half-smile of pride on his lips.
nourishes
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From this reading The young man had the impressionable, excitable temperament common to Parisian genius,--especially when it nourishes itself on absinthe.
occupy
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From this reading Lebeau fascinated him, and took colossal proportions in his intoxicated vision,--vision indeed intoxicated at this moment, for before it floated the realized image of his aspirations,--a journal of which he was to be the editor-in-chief; in which his poetry, his prose, should occupy space as large as he pleased; through which his name, hitherto scarce known beyond a literary clique, would resound in salon and club and cafe, and become a familiar music on the lips of fashion.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Left alone with Gustave Rameau, the President of the Secret Council remained silently musing for some moments; but his countenance was no longer moody and overcast,--his nostrils were dilated, as in triumph; there was a half-smile of pride on his lips.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading Left alone with Gustave Rameau, the President of the Secret Council remained silently musing for some moments; but his countenance was no longer moody and overcast,--his nostrils were dilated, as in triumph; there was a half-smile of pride on his lips.
out
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From this reading He enjoyed the romance of belonging to a secret society; he was acute enough to recognize the sagacity by which this small conclave was kept out of those crazed combinations for impracticable theories more likely to lead adventurers to the Tarpeian Rock than to the Capitol, while yet those crazed combinations might, in some critical moment, become strong instruments in the hands of practical ambition.
overcast
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From this reading Left alone with Gustave Rameau, the President of the Secret Council remained silently musing for some moments; but his countenance was no longer moody and overcast,--his nostrils were dilated, as in triumph; there was a half-smile of pride on his lips.
Parisian
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From this reading The young man had the impressionable, excitable temperament common to Parisian genius,--especially when it nourishes itself on absinthe.
pleasednounUS /ˈpleased/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading Lebeau fascinated him, and took colossal proportions in his intoxicated vision,--vision indeed intoxicated at this moment, for before it floated the realized image of his aspirations,--a journal of which he was to be the editor-in-chief; in which his poetry, his prose, should occupy space as large as he pleased; through which his name, hitherto scarce known beyond a literary clique, would resound in salon and club and cafe, and become a familiar music on the lips of fashion.
poetry
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From this reading Lebeau fascinated him, and took colossal proportions in his intoxicated vision,--vision indeed intoxicated at this moment, for before it floated the realized image of his aspirations,--a journal of which he was to be the editor-in-chief; in which his poetry, his prose, should occupy space as large as he pleased; through which his name, hitherto scarce known beyond a literary clique, would resound in salon and club and cafe, and become a familiar music on the lips of fashion.
practical
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From this reading He enjoyed the romance of belonging to a secret society; he was acute enough to recognize the sagacity by which this small conclave was kept out of those crazed combinations for impracticable theories more likely to lead adventurers to the Tarpeian Rock than to the Capitol, while yet those crazed combinations might, in some critical moment, become strong instruments in the hands of practical ambition.
President
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From this reading Left alone with Gustave Rameau, the President of the Secret Council remained silently musing for some moments; but his countenance was no longer moody and overcast,--his nostrils were dilated, as in triumph; there was a half-smile of pride on his lips.
pride
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From this reading Left alone with Gustave Rameau, the President of the Secret Council remained silently musing for some moments; but his countenance was no longer moody and overcast,--his nostrils were dilated, as in triumph; there was a half-smile of pride on his lips.
proportions
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From this reading Lebeau fascinated him, and took colossal proportions in his intoxicated vision,--vision indeed intoxicated at this moment, for before it floated the realized image of his aspirations,--a journal of which he was to be the editor-in-chief; in which his poetry, his prose, should occupy space as large as he pleased; through which his name, hitherto scarce known beyond a literary clique, would resound in salon and club and cafe, and become a familiar music on the lips of fashion.
prose
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From this reading Lebeau fascinated him, and took colossal proportions in his intoxicated vision,--vision indeed intoxicated at this moment, for before it floated the realized image of his aspirations,--a journal of which he was to be the editor-in-chief; in which his poetry, his prose, should occupy space as large as he pleased; through which his name, hitherto scarce known beyond a literary clique, would resound in salon and club and cafe, and become a familiar music on the lips of fashion.
Rameau
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From this reading Left alone with Gustave Rameau, the President of the Secret Council remained silently musing for some moments; but his countenance was no longer moody and overcast,--his nostrils were dilated, as in triumph; there was a half-smile of pride on his lips.
realized
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From this reading Lebeau fascinated him, and took colossal proportions in his intoxicated vision,--vision indeed intoxicated at this moment, for before it floated the realized image of his aspirations,--a journal of which he was to be the editor-in-chief; in which his poetry, his prose, should occupy space as large as he pleased; through which his name, hitherto scarce known beyond a literary clique, would resound in salon and club and cafe, and become a familiar music on the lips of fashion.
recognize
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From this reading He enjoyed the romance of belonging to a secret society; he was acute enough to recognize the sagacity by which this small conclave was kept out of those crazed combinations for impracticable theories more likely to lead adventurers to the Tarpeian Rock than to the Capitol, while yet those crazed combinations might, in some critical moment, become strong instruments in the hands of practical ambition.
remainednounUS /ˈremained/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading Left alone with Gustave Rameau, the President of the Secret Council remained silently musing for some moments; but his countenance was no longer moody and overcast,--his nostrils were dilated, as in triumph; there was a half-smile of pride on his lips.
resound
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From this reading Lebeau fascinated him, and took colossal proportions in his intoxicated vision,--vision indeed intoxicated at this moment, for before it floated the realized image of his aspirations,--a journal of which he was to be the editor-in-chief; in which his poetry, his prose, should occupy space as large as he pleased; through which his name, hitherto scarce known beyond a literary clique, would resound in salon and club and cafe, and become a familiar music on the lips of fashion.
Rock
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From this reading He enjoyed the romance of belonging to a secret society; he was acute enough to recognize the sagacity by which this small conclave was kept out of those crazed combinations for impracticable theories more likely to lead adventurers to the Tarpeian Rock than to the Capitol, while yet those crazed combinations might, in some critical moment, become strong instruments in the hands of practical ambition.
romance
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From this reading He enjoyed the romance of belonging to a secret society; he was acute enough to recognize the sagacity by which this small conclave was kept out of those crazed combinations for impracticable theories more likely to lead adventurers to the Tarpeian Rock than to the Capitol, while yet those crazed combinations might, in some critical moment, become strong instruments in the hands of practical ambition.
sagacitynounUS /səˈɡæs.ə.t̬i/
The quality of being sagacious; keen wisdom and sound judgment. (Sự minh triết, sự sáng suốt.)
From this reading He enjoyed the romance of belonging to a secret society; he was acute enough to recognize the sagacity by which this small conclave was kept out of those crazed combinations for impracticable theories more likely to lead adventurers to the Tarpeian Rock than to the Capitol, while yet those crazed combinations might, in some critical moment, become strong instruments in the hands of practical ambition.
salon
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From this reading Lebeau fascinated him, and took colossal proportions in his intoxicated vision,--vision indeed intoxicated at this moment, for before it floated the realized image of his aspirations,--a journal of which he was to be the editor-in-chief; in which his poetry, his prose, should occupy space as large as he pleased; through which his name, hitherto scarce known beyond a literary clique, would resound in salon and club and cafe, and become a familiar music on the lips of fashion.
scarceadjectiveUS /skɛrs/
hard to find or in short supply
From this reading Lebeau fascinated him, and took colossal proportions in his intoxicated vision,--vision indeed intoxicated at this moment, for before it floated the realized image of his aspirations,--a journal of which he was to be the editor-in-chief; in which his poetry, his prose, should occupy space as large as he pleased; through which his name, hitherto scarce known beyond a literary clique, would resound in salon and club and cafe, and become a familiar music on the lips of fashion.
SecretnounUS /ˈsiː.krət/
Something that is kept or meant to be kept unknown or unseen by others.
From this reading Left alone with Gustave Rameau, the President of the Secret Council remained silently musing for some moments; but his countenance was no longer moody and overcast,--his nostrils were dilated, as in triumph; there was a half-smile of pride on his lips.
shouldmodal verbUS /ʃʊd/
used to say what is right, expected, or advisable
From this reading Lebeau fascinated him, and took colossal proportions in his intoxicated vision,--vision indeed intoxicated at this moment, for before it floated the realized image of his aspirations,--a journal of which he was to be the editor-in-chief; in which his poetry, his prose, should occupy space as large as he pleased; through which his name, hitherto scarce known beyond a literary clique, would resound in salon and club and cafe, and become a familiar music on the lips of fashion.
silently
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From this reading Left alone with Gustave Rameau, the President of the Secret Council remained silently musing for some moments; but his countenance was no longer moody and overcast,--his nostrils were dilated, as in triumph; there was a half-smile of pride on his lips.
small
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From this reading He enjoyed the romance of belonging to a secret society; he was acute enough to recognize the sagacity by which this small conclave was kept out of those crazed combinations for impracticable theories more likely to lead adventurers to the Tarpeian Rock than to the Capitol, while yet those crazed combinations might, in some critical moment, become strong instruments in the hands of practical ambition.
society
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From this reading He enjoyed the romance of belonging to a secret society; he was acute enough to recognize the sagacity by which this small conclave was kept out of those crazed combinations for impracticable theories more likely to lead adventurers to the Tarpeian Rock than to the Capitol, while yet those crazed combinations might, in some critical moment, become strong instruments in the hands of practical ambition.
some
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From this reading Left alone with Gustave Rameau, the President of the Secret Council remained silently musing for some moments; but his countenance was no longer moody and overcast,--his nostrils were dilated, as in triumph; there was a half-smile of pride on his lips.
space
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From this reading Lebeau fascinated him, and took colossal proportions in his intoxicated vision,--vision indeed intoxicated at this moment, for before it floated the realized image of his aspirations,--a journal of which he was to be the editor-in-chief; in which his poetry, his prose, should occupy space as large as he pleased; through which his name, hitherto scarce known beyond a literary clique, would resound in salon and club and cafe, and become a familiar music on the lips of fashion.
strong
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From this reading He enjoyed the romance of belonging to a secret society; he was acute enough to recognize the sagacity by which this small conclave was kept out of those crazed combinations for impracticable theories more likely to lead adventurers to the Tarpeian Rock than to the Capitol, while yet those crazed combinations might, in some critical moment, become strong instruments in the hands of practical ambition.
Tarpeian
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From this reading He enjoyed the romance of belonging to a secret society; he was acute enough to recognize the sagacity by which this small conclave was kept out of those crazed combinations for impracticable theories more likely to lead adventurers to the Tarpeian Rock than to the Capitol, while yet those crazed combinations might, in some critical moment, become strong instruments in the hands of practical ambition.
temperament
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From this reading The young man had the impressionable, excitable temperament common to Parisian genius,--especially when it nourishes itself on absinthe.
thanconjunctionUS /ðæn/
used to introduce the second part of a comparison
From this reading He enjoyed the romance of belonging to a secret society; he was acute enough to recognize the sagacity by which this small conclave was kept out of those crazed combinations for impracticable theories more likely to lead adventurers to the Tarpeian Rock than to the Capitol, while yet those crazed combinations might, in some critical moment, become strong instruments in the hands of practical ambition.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Left alone with Gustave Rameau, the President of the Secret Council remained silently musing for some moments; but his countenance was no longer moody and overcast,--his nostrils were dilated, as in triumph; there was a half-smile of pride on his lips.
theories
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From this reading He enjoyed the romance of belonging to a secret society; he was acute enough to recognize the sagacity by which this small conclave was kept out of those crazed combinations for impracticable theories more likely to lead adventurers to the Tarpeian Rock than to the Capitol, while yet those crazed combinations might, in some critical moment, become strong instruments in the hands of practical ambition.
there
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From this reading Left alone with Gustave Rameau, the President of the Secret Council remained silently musing for some moments; but his countenance was no longer moody and overcast,--his nostrils were dilated, as in triumph; there was a half-smile of pride on his lips.
thisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading He enjoyed the romance of belonging to a secret society; he was acute enough to recognize the sagacity by which this small conclave was kept out of those crazed combinations for impracticable theories more likely to lead adventurers to the Tarpeian Rock than to the Capitol, while yet those crazed combinations might, in some critical moment, become strong instruments in the hands of practical ambition.
thosedeterminerUS /ðoʊz/
the plural of “that”: the people or things further away, or already known
From this reading He enjoyed the romance of belonging to a secret society; he was acute enough to recognize the sagacity by which this small conclave was kept out of those crazed combinations for impracticable theories more likely to lead adventurers to the Tarpeian Rock than to the Capitol, while yet those crazed combinations might, in some critical moment, become strong instruments in the hands of practical ambition.
throughnounUS /ˈthrough/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading Lebeau fascinated him, and took colossal proportions in his intoxicated vision,--vision indeed intoxicated at this moment, for before it floated the realized image of his aspirations,--a journal of which he was to be the editor-in-chief; in which his poetry, his prose, should occupy space as large as he pleased; through which his name, hitherto scarce known beyond a literary clique, would resound in salon and club and cafe, and become a familiar music on the lips of fashion.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading The young man had the impressionable, excitable temperament common to Parisian genius,--especially when it nourishes itself on absinthe.
tooknounUS /took/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Lebeau fascinated him, and took colossal proportions in his intoxicated vision,--vision indeed intoxicated at this moment, for before it floated the realized image of his aspirations,--a journal of which he was to be the editor-in-chief; in which his poetry, his prose, should occupy space as large as he pleased; through which his name, hitherto scarce known beyond a literary clique, would resound in salon and club and cafe, and become a familiar music on the lips of fashion.
triumph
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From this reading Left alone with Gustave Rameau, the President of the Secret Council remained silently musing for some moments; but his countenance was no longer moody and overcast,--his nostrils were dilated, as in triumph; there was a half-smile of pride on his lips.
vision
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From this reading Lebeau fascinated him, and took colossal proportions in his intoxicated vision,--vision indeed intoxicated at this moment, for before it floated the realized image of his aspirations,--a journal of which he was to be the editor-in-chief; in which his poetry, his prose, should occupy space as large as he pleased; through which his name, hitherto scarce known beyond a literary clique, would resound in salon and club and cafe, and become a familiar music on the lips of fashion.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Left alone with Gustave Rameau, the President of the Secret Council remained silently musing for some moments; but his countenance was no longer moody and overcast,--his nostrils were dilated, as in triumph; there was a half-smile of pride on his lips.
watched
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From this reading Rameau watched him curiously and admiringly.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading Left alone with Gustave Rameau, the President of the Secret Council remained silently musing for some moments; but his countenance was no longer moody and overcast,--his nostrils were dilated, as in triumph; there was a half-smile of pride on his lips.
whenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading The young man had the impressionable, excitable temperament common to Parisian genius,--especially when it nourishes itself on absinthe.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading He enjoyed the romance of belonging to a secret society; he was acute enough to recognize the sagacity by which this small conclave was kept out of those crazed combinations for impracticable theories more likely to lead adventurers to the Tarpeian Rock than to the Capitol, while yet those crazed combinations might, in some critical moment, become strong instruments in the hands of practical ambition.
whileconjunctionUS /waɪl/
during the time that
From this reading He enjoyed the romance of belonging to a secret society; he was acute enough to recognize the sagacity by which this small conclave was kept out of those crazed combinations for impracticable theories more likely to lead adventurers to the Tarpeian Rock than to the Capitol, while yet those crazed combinations might, in some critical moment, become strong instruments in the hands of practical ambition.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading Left alone with Gustave Rameau, the President of the Secret Council remained silently musing for some moments; but his countenance was no longer moody and overcast,--his nostrils were dilated, as in triumph; there was a half-smile of pride on his lips.
wouldmodal verbUS /wʊd/
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading Lebeau fascinated him, and took colossal proportions in his intoxicated vision,--vision indeed intoxicated at this moment, for before it floated the realized image of his aspirations,--a journal of which he was to be the editor-in-chief; in which his poetry, his prose, should occupy space as large as he pleased; through which his name, hitherto scarce known beyond a literary clique, would resound in salon and club and cafe, and become a familiar music on the lips of fashion.
yetconjunctionUS /jet/
but in spite of that
From this reading He enjoyed the romance of belonging to a secret society; he was acute enough to recognize the sagacity by which this small conclave was kept out of those crazed combinations for impracticable theories more likely to lead adventurers to the Tarpeian Rock than to the Capitol, while yet those crazed combinations might, in some critical moment, become strong instruments in the hands of practical ambition.
young
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From this reading The young man had the impressionable, excitable temperament common to Parisian genius,--especially when it nourishes itself on absinthe.
