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Chapter XXXI
Quel est l’egarement ou ton ame se livre? La Harpe, “Le Comte de Warwick,” Act 4, sc. 4. (To what delusion does thy soul abandon itself?) Alas, Zanoni! the aspirer, the dark, bright one!--didst thou think that the bond between the survivor of ages and the daughter of a day could endure?
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used to show sadness, pity, or regret
From this reading “Alas, Zanoni! the aspirer, the dark, bright one!--didst thou think that the bond between the survivor of ages and the daughter of a day could endure?”
in the space, time, or range separating two things
From this reading “Alas, Zanoni! the aspirer, the dark, bright one!--didst thou think that the bond between the survivor of ages and the daughter of a day could endure?”
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading “Alas, Zanoni! the aspirer, the dark, bright one!--didst thou think that the bond between the survivor of ages and the daughter of a day could endure?”
an old form of “did”, used with “thou”
From this reading “Alas, Zanoni! the aspirer, the dark, bright one!--didst thou think that the bond between the survivor of ages and the daughter of a day could endure?”
used when the thing doing the action is also its object
From this reading “(To what delusion does thy soul abandon itself?)”
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading “Alas, Zanoni! the aspirer, the dark, bright one!--didst thou think that the bond between the survivor of ages and the daughter of a day could endure?”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Alas, Zanoni! the aspirer, the dark, bright one!--didst thou think that the bond between the survivor of ages and the daughter of a day could endure?”
an old word for “you”, as the subject, speaking to one person
From this reading “Alas, Zanoni! the aspirer, the dark, bright one!--didst thou think that the bond between the survivor of ages and the daughter of a day could endure?”
an old word for “your”, speaking to one person
From this reading “(To what delusion does thy soul abandon itself?)”
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used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
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From this reading Alas, Zanoni! the aspirer, the dark, bright one!--didst thou think that the bond between the survivor of ages and the daughter of a day could endure?
used to show sadness, pity, or regret
From this reading Alas, Zanoni! the aspirer, the dark, bright one!--didst thou think that the bond between the survivor of ages and the daughter of a day could endure?
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From this reading Quel est l’egarement ou ton ame se livre?
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Alas, Zanoni! the aspirer, the dark, bright one!--didst thou think that the bond between the survivor of ages and the daughter of a day could endure?
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From this reading Alas, Zanoni! the aspirer, the dark, bright one!--didst thou think that the bond between the survivor of ages and the daughter of a day could endure?
in the space, time, or range separating two things
From this reading Alas, Zanoni! the aspirer, the dark, bright one!--didst thou think that the bond between the survivor of ages and the daughter of a day could endure?
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From this reading Alas, Zanoni! the aspirer, the dark, bright one!--didst thou think that the bond between the survivor of ages and the daughter of a day could endure?
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From this reading Alas, Zanoni! the aspirer, the dark, bright one!--didst thou think that the bond between the survivor of ages and the daughter of a day could endure?
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From this reading La Harpe, “Le Comte de Warwick,” Act 4, sc.
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading Alas, Zanoni! the aspirer, the dark, bright one!--didst thou think that the bond between the survivor of ages and the daughter of a day could endure?
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From this reading Alas, Zanoni! the aspirer, the dark, bright one!--didst thou think that the bond between the survivor of ages and the daughter of a day could endure?
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From this reading Alas, Zanoni! the aspirer, the dark, bright one!--didst thou think that the bond between the survivor of ages and the daughter of a day could endure?
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From this reading Alas, Zanoni! the aspirer, the dark, bright one!--didst thou think that the bond between the survivor of ages and the daughter of a day could endure?
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From this reading La Harpe, “Le Comte de Warwick,” Act 4, sc.
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From this reading (To what delusion does thy soul abandon itself?)
an old form of “did”, used with “thou”
From this reading Alas, Zanoni! the aspirer, the dark, bright one!--didst thou think that the bond between the survivor of ages and the daughter of a day could endure?
the form of “do” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
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From this reading Alas, Zanoni! the aspirer, the dark, bright one!--didst thou think that the bond between the survivor of ages and the daughter of a day could endure?
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used when the thing doing the action is also its object
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From this reading Quel est l’egarement ou ton ame se livre?
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Alas, Zanoni! the aspirer, the dark, bright one!--didst thou think that the bond between the survivor of ages and the daughter of a day could endure?
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading Alas, Zanoni! the aspirer, the dark, bright one!--didst thou think that the bond between the survivor of ages and the daughter of a day could endure?
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From this reading Quel est l’egarement ou ton ame se livre?
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From this reading Quel est l’egarement ou ton ame se livre?
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From this reading La Harpe, “Le Comte de Warwick,” Act 4, sc.
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From this reading Quel est l’egarement ou ton ame se livre?
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From this reading Alas, Zanoni! the aspirer, the dark, bright one!--didst thou think that the bond between the survivor of ages and the daughter of a day could endure?
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Alas, Zanoni! the aspirer, the dark, bright one!--didst thou think that the bond between the survivor of ages and the daughter of a day could endure?
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Alas, Zanoni! the aspirer, the dark, bright one!--didst thou think that the bond between the survivor of ages and the daughter of a day could endure?
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Alas, Zanoni! the aspirer, the dark, bright one!--didst thou think that the bond between the survivor of ages and the daughter of a day could endure?
an old word for “you”, as the subject, speaking to one person
From this reading Alas, Zanoni! the aspirer, the dark, bright one!--didst thou think that the bond between the survivor of ages and the daughter of a day could endure?
an old word for “your”, speaking to one person
From this reading (To what delusion does thy soul abandon itself?)
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading (To what delusion does thy soul abandon itself?)
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From this reading Quel est l’egarement ou ton ame se livre?
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From this reading La Harpe, “Le Comte de Warwick,” Act 4, sc.
used to ask for information about something
From this reading (To what delusion does thy soul abandon itself?)
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From this reading Alas, Zanoni! the aspirer, the dark, bright one!--didst thou think that the bond between the survivor of ages and the daughter of a day could endure?
