Chapter I

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From this reading In the month of April, 1880, an article appeared in the "Le Gaulois" announcing the publication of the Soirées de Médan.

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

From this reading A Piece of String And Other Stories Translated by Albert M. C. McMaster, B.A. A. E. Henderson, B.A. Mme. Quesada and Others VOLUME I.

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From this reading These words of Maupassant to José Maria de Heredia on the occasion of a memorable meeting are, in spite of their morbid solemnity, not an inexact summing up of the brief career during which, for ten years, the writer, by turns undaunted and sorrowful, with the fertility of a master hand produced poetry, novels, romances and travels, only to sink prematurely into the abyss of madness and death....

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From this reading A Piece of String And Other Stories Translated by Albert M. C. McMaster, B.A. A. E. Henderson, B.A. Mme. Quesada and Others VOLUME I.

the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound

From this reading These words of Maupassant to José Maria de Heredia on the occasion of a memorable meeting are, in spite of their morbid solemnity, not an inexact summing up of the brief career during which, for ten years, the writer, by turns undaunted and sorrowful, with the fertility of a master hand produced poetry, novels, romances and travels, only to sink prematurely into the abyss of madness and death....

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

From this reading A Piece of String And Other Stories Translated by Albert M. C. McMaster, B.A. A. E. Henderson, B.A. Mme. Quesada and Others VOLUME I.

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From this reading In the month of April, 1880, an article appeared in the "Le Gaulois" announcing the publication of the Soirées de Médan.

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From this reading In the month of April, 1880, an article appeared in the "Le Gaulois" announcing the publication of the Soirées de Médan.

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From this reading In the month of April, 1880, an article appeared in the "Le Gaulois" announcing the publication of the Soirées de Médan.

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

From this reading These words of Maupassant to José Maria de Heredia on the occasion of a memorable meeting are, in spite of their morbid solemnity, not an inexact summing up of the brief career during which, for ten years, the writer, by turns undaunted and sorrowful, with the fertility of a master hand produced poetry, novels, romances and travels, only to sink prematurely into the abyss of madness and death....

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From this reading In the month of April, 1880, an article appeared in the "Le Gaulois" announcing the publication of the Soirées de Médan.

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

From this reading "I entered literary life as a meteor, and I shall leave it like a thunderbolt."

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From this reading A Piece of String And Other Stories Translated by Albert M. C. McMaster, B.A. A. E. Henderson, B.A. Mme. Quesada and Others VOLUME I.

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From this reading These words of Maupassant to José Maria de Heredia on the occasion of a memorable meeting are, in spite of their morbid solemnity, not an inexact summing up of the brief career during which, for ten years, the writer, by turns undaunted and sorrowful, with the fertility of a master hand produced poetry, novels, romances and travels, only to sink prematurely into the abyss of madness and death....

showing who or what does the action

From this reading A Piece of String And Other Stories Translated by Albert M. C. McMaster, B.A. A. E. Henderson, B.A. Mme. Quesada and Others VOLUME I.

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From this reading A Piece of String And Other Stories Translated by Albert M. C. McMaster, B.A. A. E. Henderson, B.A. Mme. Quesada and Others VOLUME I.

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From this reading These words of Maupassant to José Maria de Heredia on the occasion of a memorable meeting are, in spite of their morbid solemnity, not an inexact summing up of the brief career during which, for ten years, the writer, by turns undaunted and sorrowful, with the fertility of a master hand produced poetry, novels, romances and travels, only to sink prematurely into the abyss of madness and death....

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From this reading These words of Maupassant to José Maria de Heredia on the occasion of a memorable meeting are, in spite of their morbid solemnity, not an inexact summing up of the brief career during which, for ten years, the writer, by turns undaunted and sorrowful, with the fertility of a master hand produced poetry, novels, romances and travels, only to sink prematurely into the abyss of madness and death....

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From this reading These words of Maupassant to José Maria de Heredia on the occasion of a memorable meeting are, in spite of their morbid solemnity, not an inexact summing up of the brief career during which, for ten years, the writer, by turns undaunted and sorrowful, with the fertility of a master hand produced poetry, novels, romances and travels, only to sink prematurely into the abyss of madness and death....

all through a period, or at some point within it

From this reading These words of Maupassant to José Maria de Heredia on the occasion of a memorable meeting are, in spite of their morbid solemnity, not an inexact summing up of the brief career during which, for ten years, the writer, by turns undaunted and sorrowful, with the fertility of a master hand produced poetry, novels, romances and travels, only to sink prematurely into the abyss of madness and death....

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From this reading A Piece of String And Other Stories Translated by Albert M. C. McMaster, B.A. A. E. Henderson, B.A. Mme. Quesada and Others VOLUME I.

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From this reading "I entered literary life as a meteor, and I shall leave it like a thunderbolt."

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From this reading These words of Maupassant to José Maria de Heredia on the occasion of a memorable meeting are, in spite of their morbid solemnity, not an inexact summing up of the brief career during which, for ten years, the writer, by turns undaunted and sorrowful, with the fertility of a master hand produced poetry, novels, romances and travels, only to sink prematurely into the abyss of madness and death....

intended to be given to, or used by, somebody

From this reading These words of Maupassant to José Maria de Heredia on the occasion of a memorable meeting are, in spite of their morbid solemnity, not an inexact summing up of the brief career during which, for ten years, the writer, by turns undaunted and sorrowful, with the fertility of a master hand produced poetry, novels, romances and travels, only to sink prematurely into the abyss of madness and death....

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From this reading In the month of April, 1880, an article appeared in the "Le Gaulois" announcing the publication of the Soirées de Médan.

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From this reading It was signed by a name as yet unknown: Guy de Maupassant.

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From this reading These words of Maupassant to José Maria de Heredia on the occasion of a memorable meeting are, in spite of their morbid solemnity, not an inexact summing up of the brief career during which, for ten years, the writer, by turns undaunted and sorrowful, with the fertility of a master hand produced poetry, novels, romances and travels, only to sink prematurely into the abyss of madness and death....

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From this reading A Piece of String And Other Stories Translated by Albert M. C. McMaster, B.A. A. E. Henderson, B.A. Mme. Quesada and Others VOLUME I.

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From this reading These words of Maupassant to José Maria de Heredia on the occasion of a memorable meeting are, in spite of their morbid solemnity, not an inexact summing up of the brief career during which, for ten years, the writer, by turns undaunted and sorrowful, with the fertility of a master hand produced poetry, novels, romances and travels, only to sink prematurely into the abyss of madness and death....

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

From this reading A Piece of String And Other Stories Translated by Albert M. C. McMaster, B.A. A. E. Henderson, B.A. Mme. Quesada and Others VOLUME I.

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

From this reading These words of Maupassant to José Maria de Heredia on the occasion of a memorable meeting are, in spite of their morbid solemnity, not an inexact summing up of the brief career during which, for ten years, the writer, by turns undaunted and sorrowful, with the fertility of a master hand produced poetry, novels, romances and travels, only to sink prematurely into the abyss of madness and death....

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From this reading These words of Maupassant to José Maria de Heredia on the occasion of a memorable meeting are, in spite of their morbid solemnity, not an inexact summing up of the brief career during which, for ten years, the writer, by turns undaunted and sorrowful, with the fertility of a master hand produced poetry, novels, romances and travels, only to sink prematurely into the abyss of madness and death....

moving to the inside of something

From this reading These words of Maupassant to José Maria de Heredia on the occasion of a memorable meeting are, in spite of their morbid solemnity, not an inexact summing up of the brief career during which, for ten years, the writer, by turns undaunted and sorrowful, with the fertility of a master hand produced poetry, novels, romances and travels, only to sink prematurely into the abyss of madness and death....

a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned

From this reading "I entered literary life as a meteor, and I shall leave it like a thunderbolt."

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From this reading These words of Maupassant to José Maria de Heredia on the occasion of a memorable meeting are, in spite of their morbid solemnity, not an inexact summing up of the brief career during which, for ten years, the writer, by turns undaunted and sorrowful, with the fertility of a master hand produced poetry, novels, romances and travels, only to sink prematurely into the abyss of madness and death....

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From this reading In the month of April, 1880, an article appeared in the "Le Gaulois" announcing the publication of the Soirées de Médan.

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From this reading "I entered literary life as a meteor, and I shall leave it like a thunderbolt."

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading "I entered literary life as a meteor, and I shall leave it like a thunderbolt."

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From this reading "I entered literary life as a meteor, and I shall leave it like a thunderbolt."

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From this reading "I entered literary life as a meteor, and I shall leave it like a thunderbolt."

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From this reading A Piece of String And Other Stories Translated by Albert M. C. McMaster, B.A. A. E. Henderson, B.A. Mme. Quesada and Others VOLUME I.

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From this reading These words of Maupassant to José Maria de Heredia on the occasion of a memorable meeting are, in spite of their morbid solemnity, not an inexact summing up of the brief career during which, for ten years, the writer, by turns undaunted and sorrowful, with the fertility of a master hand produced poetry, novels, romances and travels, only to sink prematurely into the abyss of madness and death....

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From this reading These words of Maupassant to José Maria de Heredia on the occasion of a memorable meeting are, in spite of their morbid solemnity, not an inexact summing up of the brief career during which, for ten years, the writer, by turns undaunted and sorrowful, with the fertility of a master hand produced poetry, novels, romances and travels, only to sink prematurely into the abyss of madness and death....

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From this reading These words of Maupassant to José Maria de Heredia on the occasion of a memorable meeting are, in spite of their morbid solemnity, not an inexact summing up of the brief career during which, for ten years, the writer, by turns undaunted and sorrowful, with the fertility of a master hand produced poetry, novels, romances and travels, only to sink prematurely into the abyss of madness and death....

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From this reading These words of Maupassant to José Maria de Heredia on the occasion of a memorable meeting are, in spite of their morbid solemnity, not an inexact summing up of the brief career during which, for ten years, the writer, by turns undaunted and sorrowful, with the fertility of a master hand produced poetry, novels, romances and travels, only to sink prematurely into the abyss of madness and death....

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From this reading A Piece of String And Other Stories Translated by Albert M. C. McMaster, B.A. A. E. Henderson, B.A. Mme. Quesada and Others VOLUME I.

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From this reading These words of Maupassant to José Maria de Heredia on the occasion of a memorable meeting are, in spite of their morbid solemnity, not an inexact summing up of the brief career during which, for ten years, the writer, by turns undaunted and sorrowful, with the fertility of a master hand produced poetry, novels, romances and travels, only to sink prematurely into the abyss of madness and death....

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From this reading These words of Maupassant to José Maria de Heredia on the occasion of a memorable meeting are, in spite of their morbid solemnity, not an inexact summing up of the brief career during which, for ten years, the writer, by turns undaunted and sorrowful, with the fertility of a master hand produced poetry, novels, romances and travels, only to sink prematurely into the abyss of madness and death....

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From this reading "I entered literary life as a meteor, and I shall leave it like a thunderbolt."

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From this reading A Piece of String And Other Stories Translated by Albert M. C. McMaster, B.A. A. E. Henderson, B.A. Mme. Quesada and Others VOLUME I.

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From this reading In the month of April, 1880, an article appeared in the "Le Gaulois" announcing the publication of the Soirées de Médan.

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From this reading These words of Maupassant to José Maria de Heredia on the occasion of a memorable meeting are, in spite of their morbid solemnity, not an inexact summing up of the brief career during which, for ten years, the writer, by turns undaunted and sorrowful, with the fertility of a master hand produced poetry, novels, romances and travels, only to sink prematurely into the abyss of madness and death....

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From this reading In the month of April, 1880, an article appeared in the "Le Gaulois" announcing the publication of the Soirées de Médan.

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading It was signed by a name as yet unknown: Guy de Maupassant.

used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative

From this reading These words of Maupassant to José Maria de Heredia on the occasion of a memorable meeting are, in spite of their morbid solemnity, not an inexact summing up of the brief career during which, for ten years, the writer, by turns undaunted and sorrowful, with the fertility of a master hand produced poetry, novels, romances and travels, only to sink prematurely into the abyss of madness and death....

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From this reading These words of Maupassant to José Maria de Heredia on the occasion of a memorable meeting are, in spite of their morbid solemnity, not an inexact summing up of the brief career during which, for ten years, the writer, by turns undaunted and sorrowful, with the fertility of a master hand produced poetry, novels, romances and travels, only to sink prematurely into the abyss of madness and death....

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From this reading These words of Maupassant to José Maria de Heredia on the occasion of a memorable meeting are, in spite of their morbid solemnity, not an inexact summing up of the brief career during which, for ten years, the writer, by turns undaunted and sorrowful, with the fertility of a master hand produced poetry, novels, romances and travels, only to sink prematurely into the abyss of madness and death....

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

From this reading A Piece of String And Other Stories Translated by Albert M. C. McMaster, B.A. A. E. Henderson, B.A. Mme. Quesada and Others VOLUME I.

touching and supported by a surface

From this reading These words of Maupassant to José Maria de Heredia on the occasion of a memorable meeting are, in spite of their morbid solemnity, not an inexact summing up of the brief career during which, for ten years, the writer, by turns undaunted and sorrowful, with the fertility of a master hand produced poetry, novels, romances and travels, only to sink prematurely into the abyss of madness and death....

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From this reading These words of Maupassant to José Maria de Heredia on the occasion of a memorable meeting are, in spite of their morbid solemnity, not an inexact summing up of the brief career during which, for ten years, the writer, by turns undaunted and sorrowful, with the fertility of a master hand produced poetry, novels, romances and travels, only to sink prematurely into the abyss of madness and death....

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From this reading A Piece of String And Other Stories Translated by Albert M. C. McMaster, B.A. A. E. Henderson, B.A. Mme. Quesada and Others VOLUME I.

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From this reading A Piece of String And Other Stories Translated by Albert M. C. McMaster, B.A. A. E. Henderson, B.A. Mme. Quesada and Others VOLUME I.

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From this reading A Piece of String And Other Stories Translated by Albert M. C. McMaster, B.A. A. E. Henderson, B.A. Mme. Quesada and Others VOLUME I.

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From this reading These words of Maupassant to José Maria de Heredia on the occasion of a memorable meeting are, in spite of their morbid solemnity, not an inexact summing up of the brief career during which, for ten years, the writer, by turns undaunted and sorrowful, with the fertility of a master hand produced poetry, novels, romances and travels, only to sink prematurely into the abyss of madness and death....

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From this reading These words of Maupassant to José Maria de Heredia on the occasion of a memorable meeting are, in spite of their morbid solemnity, not an inexact summing up of the brief career during which, for ten years, the writer, by turns undaunted and sorrowful, with the fertility of a master hand produced poetry, novels, romances and travels, only to sink prematurely into the abyss of madness and death....

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From this reading These words of Maupassant to José Maria de Heredia on the occasion of a memorable meeting are, in spite of their morbid solemnity, not an inexact summing up of the brief career during which, for ten years, the writer, by turns undaunted and sorrowful, with the fertility of a master hand produced poetry, novels, romances and travels, only to sink prematurely into the abyss of madness and death....

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From this reading In the month of April, 1880, an article appeared in the "Le Gaulois" announcing the publication of the Soirées de Médan.

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From this reading A Piece of String And Other Stories Translated by Albert M. C. McMaster, B.A. A. E. Henderson, B.A. Mme. Quesada and Others VOLUME I.

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From this reading These words of Maupassant to José Maria de Heredia on the occasion of a memorable meeting are, in spite of their morbid solemnity, not an inexact summing up of the brief career during which, for ten years, the writer, by turns undaunted and sorrowful, with the fertility of a master hand produced poetry, novels, romances and travels, only to sink prematurely into the abyss of madness and death....

used with I and we for the future, or to offer and suggest

From this reading "I entered literary life as a meteor, and I shall leave it like a thunderbolt."

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From this reading It was signed by a name as yet unknown: Guy de Maupassant.

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From this reading These words of Maupassant to José Maria de Heredia on the occasion of a memorable meeting are, in spite of their morbid solemnity, not an inexact summing up of the brief career during which, for ten years, the writer, by turns undaunted and sorrowful, with the fertility of a master hand produced poetry, novels, romances and travels, only to sink prematurely into the abyss of madness and death....

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From this reading In the month of April, 1880, an article appeared in the "Le Gaulois" announcing the publication of the Soirées de Médan.

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From this reading These words of Maupassant to José Maria de Heredia on the occasion of a memorable meeting are, in spite of their morbid solemnity, not an inexact summing up of the brief career during which, for ten years, the writer, by turns undaunted and sorrowful, with the fertility of a master hand produced poetry, novels, romances and travels, only to sink prematurely into the abyss of madness and death....

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From this reading These words of Maupassant to José Maria de Heredia on the occasion of a memorable meeting are, in spite of their morbid solemnity, not an inexact summing up of the brief career during which, for ten years, the writer, by turns undaunted and sorrowful, with the fertility of a master hand produced poetry, novels, romances and travels, only to sink prematurely into the abyss of madness and death....

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From this reading These words of Maupassant to José Maria de Heredia on the occasion of a memorable meeting are, in spite of their morbid solemnity, not an inexact summing up of the brief career during which, for ten years, the writer, by turns undaunted and sorrowful, with the fertility of a master hand produced poetry, novels, romances and travels, only to sink prematurely into the abyss of madness and death....

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From this reading A Piece of String And Other Stories Translated by Albert M. C. McMaster, B.A. A. E. Henderson, B.A. Mme. Quesada and Others VOLUME I.

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From this reading A Piece of String And Other Stories Translated by Albert M. C. McMaster, B.A. A. E. Henderson, B.A. Mme. Quesada and Others VOLUME I.

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From this reading These words of Maupassant to José Maria de Heredia on the occasion of a memorable meeting are, in spite of their morbid solemnity, not an inexact summing up of the brief career during which, for ten years, the writer, by turns undaunted and sorrowful, with the fertility of a master hand produced poetry, novels, romances and travels, only to sink prematurely into the abyss of madness and death....

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From this reading These words of Maupassant to José Maria de Heredia on the occasion of a memorable meeting are, in spite of their morbid solemnity, not an inexact summing up of the brief career during which, for ten years, the writer, by turns undaunted and sorrowful, with the fertility of a master hand produced poetry, novels, romances and travels, only to sink prematurely into the abyss of madness and death....

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

From this reading These words of Maupassant to José Maria de Heredia on the occasion of a memorable meeting are, in spite of their morbid solemnity, not an inexact summing up of the brief career during which, for ten years, the writer, by turns undaunted and sorrowful, with the fertility of a master hand produced poetry, novels, romances and travels, only to sink prematurely into the abyss of madness and death....

belonging to the people or things already mentioned

From this reading These words of Maupassant to José Maria de Heredia on the occasion of a memorable meeting are, in spite of their morbid solemnity, not an inexact summing up of the brief career during which, for ten years, the writer, by turns undaunted and sorrowful, with the fertility of a master hand produced poetry, novels, romances and travels, only to sink prematurely into the abyss of madness and death....

the plural of “this”: the people or things near, or just mentioned

From this reading These words of Maupassant to José Maria de Heredia on the occasion of a memorable meeting are, in spite of their morbid solemnity, not an inexact summing up of the brief career during which, for ten years, the writer, by turns undaunted and sorrowful, with the fertility of a master hand produced poetry, novels, romances and travels, only to sink prematurely into the abyss of madness and death....

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From this reading "I entered literary life as a meteor, and I shall leave it like a thunderbolt."

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

From this reading These words of Maupassant to José Maria de Heredia on the occasion of a memorable meeting are, in spite of their morbid solemnity, not an inexact summing up of the brief career during which, for ten years, the writer, by turns undaunted and sorrowful, with the fertility of a master hand produced poetry, novels, romances and travels, only to sink prematurely into the abyss of madness and death....

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From this reading A Piece of String And Other Stories Translated by Albert M. C. McMaster, B.A. A. E. Henderson, B.A. Mme. Quesada and Others VOLUME I.

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From this reading These words of Maupassant to José Maria de Heredia on the occasion of a memorable meeting are, in spite of their morbid solemnity, not an inexact summing up of the brief career during which, for ten years, the writer, by turns undaunted and sorrowful, with the fertility of a master hand produced poetry, novels, romances and travels, only to sink prematurely into the abyss of madness and death....

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From this reading These words of Maupassant to José Maria de Heredia on the occasion of a memorable meeting are, in spite of their morbid solemnity, not an inexact summing up of the brief career during which, for ten years, the writer, by turns undaunted and sorrowful, with the fertility of a master hand produced poetry, novels, romances and travels, only to sink prematurely into the abyss of madness and death....

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From this reading These words of Maupassant to José Maria de Heredia on the occasion of a memorable meeting are, in spite of their morbid solemnity, not an inexact summing up of the brief career during which, for ten years, the writer, by turns undaunted and sorrowful, with the fertility of a master hand produced poetry, novels, romances and travels, only to sink prematurely into the abyss of madness and death....

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From this reading It was signed by a name as yet unknown: Guy de Maupassant.

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From this reading These words of Maupassant to José Maria de Heredia on the occasion of a memorable meeting are, in spite of their morbid solemnity, not an inexact summing up of the brief career during which, for ten years, the writer, by turns undaunted and sorrowful, with the fertility of a master hand produced poetry, novels, romances and travels, only to sink prematurely into the abyss of madness and death....

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From this reading A Piece of String And Other Stories Translated by Albert M. C. McMaster, B.A. A. E. Henderson, B.A. Mme. Quesada and Others VOLUME I.

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

From this reading It was signed by a name as yet unknown: Guy de Maupassant.

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

From this reading These words of Maupassant to José Maria de Heredia on the occasion of a memorable meeting are, in spite of their morbid solemnity, not an inexact summing up of the brief career during which, for ten years, the writer, by turns undaunted and sorrowful, with the fertility of a master hand produced poetry, novels, romances and travels, only to sink prematurely into the abyss of madness and death....

in the company of; together with

From this reading These words of Maupassant to José Maria de Heredia on the occasion of a memorable meeting are, in spite of their morbid solemnity, not an inexact summing up of the brief career during which, for ten years, the writer, by turns undaunted and sorrowful, with the fertility of a master hand produced poetry, novels, romances and travels, only to sink prematurely into the abyss of madness and death....

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From this reading These words of Maupassant to José Maria de Heredia on the occasion of a memorable meeting are, in spite of their morbid solemnity, not an inexact summing up of the brief career during which, for ten years, the writer, by turns undaunted and sorrowful, with the fertility of a master hand produced poetry, novels, romances and travels, only to sink prematurely into the abyss of madness and death....

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From this reading These words of Maupassant to José Maria de Heredia on the occasion of a memorable meeting are, in spite of their morbid solemnity, not an inexact summing up of the brief career during which, for ten years, the writer, by turns undaunted and sorrowful, with the fertility of a master hand produced poetry, novels, romances and travels, only to sink prematurely into the abyss of madness and death....

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From this reading These words of Maupassant to José Maria de Heredia on the occasion of a memorable meeting are, in spite of their morbid solemnity, not an inexact summing up of the brief career during which, for ten years, the writer, by turns undaunted and sorrowful, with the fertility of a master hand produced poetry, novels, romances and travels, only to sink prematurely into the abyss of madness and death....

but in spite of that

From this reading It was signed by a name as yet unknown: Guy de Maupassant.