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A Modern Telemachus

Chapter III · On the Rhone

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'Fairer scenes the opening eye Of the day can scarce descry, Fairer sight he looks not on Than the pleasant banks of Rhone.'
ARCHBISHOP TRENCH.
Long legs may be in the abstract an advantage, but scarcely so in what was called in France _une grande Berline_.
This was the favourite travelling carriage of the eighteenth century, and consisted of a close carriage or coach proper, with arrangements on the top for luggage, and behind it another seat open, but provided with a large leathern hood, and in front another place for the coachman and his companions.
Each seat was wide enough to hold three persons, and thus within sat Madame de Bourke, her brother-in-law, the two children, Arthur Hope, and Mademoiselle Julienne, an elderly woman of the artisan class, _femme de chambre_ to the Countess.
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A Modern Telemachus

Chapter III · On the Rhone

Reading 1/46 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

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'Fairer scenes the opening eye Of the day can scarce descry, Fairer sight he looks not on Than the pleasant banks of Rhone.'
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ARCHBISHOP TRENCH.
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Long legs may be in the abstract an advantage, but scarcely so in what was called in France _une grande Berline_.
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This was the favourite travelling carriage of the eighteenth century, and consisted of a close carriage or coach proper, with arrangements on the top for luggage, and behind it another seat open, but provided with a large leathern hood, and in front another place for the coachman and his companions.
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Each seat was wide enough to hold three persons, and thus within sat Madame de Bourke, her brother-in-law, the two children, Arthur Hope, and Mademoiselle Julienne, an elderly woman of the artisan class, _femme de chambre_ to the Countess.

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Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, audio, and collocations from this reading.

Another noun US /ˈanother/

a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage

From this reading “This was the favourite travelling carriage of the eighteenth century, and consisted of a close carriage or coach proper, with arrangements on the top for luggage, and behind it another seat open, but provided with a large leathern hood, and in front another place for the coachman and his companions.”

Behind preposition US /bɪˈhaɪnd/

at or toward the back of something

From this reading “This was the favourite travelling carriage of the eighteenth century, and consisted of a close carriage or coach proper, with arrangements on the top for luggage, and behind it another seat open, but provided with a large leathern hood, and in front another place for the coachman and his companions.”

Long noun US /long/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “Long legs may be in the abstract an advantage, but scarcely so in what was called in France _une grande Berline_.”

May modal verb US /meɪ/

used to say something is possible, or to give permission

From this reading “Long legs may be in the abstract an advantage, but scarcely so in what was called in France _une grande Berline_.”

Open verb US /ˈoʊ.pən/

To move from a closed position.

From this reading “This was the favourite travelling carriage of the eighteenth century, and consisted of a close carriage or coach proper, with arrangements on the top for luggage, and behind it another seat open, but provided with a large leathern hood, and in front another place for the coachman and his companions.”

Pleasant noun US /pleasant/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “'Fairer scenes the opening eye Of the day can scarce descry, Fairer sight he looks not on Than the pleasant banks of Rhone.'”

Scarce adjective US /skɛrs/

hard to find or in short supply

From this reading “'Fairer scenes the opening eye Of the day can scarce descry, Fairer sight he looks not on Than the pleasant banks of Rhone.'”

Within preposition US /wɪˈðɪn/

inside; before a period of time has passed

From this reading “Each seat was wide enough to hold three persons, and thus within sat Madame de Bourke, her brother-in-law, the two children, Arthur Hope, and Mademoiselle Julienne, an elderly woman of the artisan class, _femme de chambre_ to the Countess.”

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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 This was the favourite travelling carriage of the eighteenth century, and consisted of a close carriage or coach proper, with arrangements on the top for luggage, and behind it another seat open, but provided with a large leathern hood, and in front another place for the coachman and his companions.

abstract

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From this reading Long legs may be in the abstract an advantage, but scarcely so in what was called in France _une grande Berline_.

advantage

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From this reading Long legs may be in the abstract an advantage, but scarcely so in what was called in France _une grande Berline_.

andeterminerUS /æn/

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

From this reading Long legs may be in the abstract an advantage, but scarcely so in what was called in France _une grande Berline_.

andconjunctionUS /ənd/

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

From this reading This was the favourite travelling carriage of the eighteenth century, and consisted of a close carriage or coach proper, with arrangements on the top for luggage, and behind it another seat open, but provided with a large leathern hood, and in front another place for the coachman and his companions.

anothernounUS /ˈanother/

a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage

From this reading This was the favourite travelling carriage of the eighteenth century, and consisted of a close carriage or coach proper, with arrangements on the top for luggage, and behind it another seat open, but provided with a large leathern hood, and in front another place for the coachman and his companions.

ARCHBISHOP

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From this reading ARCHBISHOP TRENCH.

arrangements

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From this reading This was the favourite travelling carriage of the eighteenth century, and consisted of a close carriage or coach proper, with arrangements on the top for luggage, and behind it another seat open, but provided with a large leathern hood, and in front another place for the coachman and his companions.

Arthur

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From this reading Each seat was wide enough to hold three persons, and thus within sat Madame de Bourke, her brother-in-law, the two children, Arthur Hope, and Mademoiselle Julienne, an elderly woman of the artisan class, _femme de chambre_ to the Countess.

artisan

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From this reading Each seat was wide enough to hold three persons, and thus within sat Madame de Bourke, her brother-in-law, the two children, Arthur Hope, and Mademoiselle Julienne, an elderly woman of the artisan class, _femme de chambre_ to the Countess.

banks

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From this reading 'Fairer scenes the opening eye Of the day can scarce descry, Fairer sight he looks not on Than the pleasant banks of Rhone.'

beauxiliary verbUS /biː/

used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses

From this reading Long legs may be in the abstract an advantage, but scarcely so in what was called in France _une grande Berline_.

behindprepositionUS /bɪˈhaɪnd/

at or toward the back of something

From this reading This was the favourite travelling carriage of the eighteenth century, and consisted of a close carriage or coach proper, with arrangements on the top for luggage, and behind it another seat open, but provided with a large leathern hood, and in front another place for the coachman and his companions.

Berline

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From this reading Long legs may be in the abstract an advantage, but scarcely so in what was called in France _une grande Berline_.

Bourke

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From this reading Each seat was wide enough to hold three persons, and thus within sat Madame de Bourke, her brother-in-law, the two children, Arthur Hope, and Mademoiselle Julienne, an elderly woman of the artisan class, _femme de chambre_ to the Countess.

brother-in-law

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From this reading Each seat was wide enough to hold three persons, and thus within sat Madame de Bourke, her brother-in-law, the two children, Arthur Hope, and Mademoiselle Julienne, an elderly woman of the artisan class, _femme de chambre_ to the Countess.

butconjunctionUS /bʌt/

used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before

From this reading Long legs may be in the abstract an advantage, but scarcely so in what was called in France _une grande Berline_.

called

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From this reading Long legs may be in the abstract an advantage, but scarcely so in what was called in France _une grande Berline_.

canmodal verbUS /kæn/

to be able to, or to be allowed to

From this reading 'Fairer scenes the opening eye Of the day can scarce descry, Fairer sight he looks not on Than the pleasant banks of Rhone.'

carriage

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From this reading This was the favourite travelling carriage of the eighteenth century, and consisted of a close carriage or coach proper, with arrangements on the top for luggage, and behind it another seat open, but provided with a large leathern hood, and in front another place for the coachman and his companions.

century

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From this reading This was the favourite travelling carriage of the eighteenth century, and consisted of a close carriage or coach proper, with arrangements on the top for luggage, and behind it another seat open, but provided with a large leathern hood, and in front another place for the coachman and his companions.

chambre

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From this reading Each seat was wide enough to hold three persons, and thus within sat Madame de Bourke, her brother-in-law, the two children, Arthur Hope, and Mademoiselle Julienne, an elderly woman of the artisan class, _femme de chambre_ to the Countess.

children

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From this reading Each seat was wide enough to hold three persons, and thus within sat Madame de Bourke, her brother-in-law, the two children, Arthur Hope, and Mademoiselle Julienne, an elderly woman of the artisan class, _femme de chambre_ to the Countess.

class

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From this reading Each seat was wide enough to hold three persons, and thus within sat Madame de Bourke, her brother-in-law, the two children, Arthur Hope, and Mademoiselle Julienne, an elderly woman of the artisan class, _femme de chambre_ to the Countess.

close

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From this reading This was the favourite travelling carriage of the eighteenth century, and consisted of a close carriage or coach proper, with arrangements on the top for luggage, and behind it another seat open, but provided with a large leathern hood, and in front another place for the coachman and his companions.

coach

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From this reading This was the favourite travelling carriage of the eighteenth century, and consisted of a close carriage or coach proper, with arrangements on the top for luggage, and behind it another seat open, but provided with a large leathern hood, and in front another place for the coachman and his companions.

coachman

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From this reading This was the favourite travelling carriage of the eighteenth century, and consisted of a close carriage or coach proper, with arrangements on the top for luggage, and behind it another seat open, but provided with a large leathern hood, and in front another place for the coachman and his companions.

companions

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From this reading This was the favourite travelling carriage of the eighteenth century, and consisted of a close carriage or coach proper, with arrangements on the top for luggage, and behind it another seat open, but provided with a large leathern hood, and in front another place for the coachman and his companions.

consisted

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From this reading This was the favourite travelling carriage of the eighteenth century, and consisted of a close carriage or coach proper, with arrangements on the top for luggage, and behind it another seat open, but provided with a large leathern hood, and in front another place for the coachman and his companions.

Countess

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From this reading Each seat was wide enough to hold three persons, and thus within sat Madame de Bourke, her brother-in-law, the two children, Arthur Hope, and Mademoiselle Julienne, an elderly woman of the artisan class, _femme de chambre_ to the Countess.

day

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From this reading 'Fairer scenes the opening eye Of the day can scarce descry, Fairer sight he looks not on Than the pleasant banks of Rhone.'

de

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From this reading Each seat was wide enough to hold three persons, and thus within sat Madame de Bourke, her brother-in-law, the two children, Arthur Hope, and Mademoiselle Julienne, an elderly woman of the artisan class, _femme de chambre_ to the Countess.

descry

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From this reading 'Fairer scenes the opening eye Of the day can scarce descry, Fairer sight he looks not on Than the pleasant banks of Rhone.'

EachdeterminerUS /iːtʃ/

every one of two or more people or things, taken separately

From this reading Each seat was wide enough to hold three persons, and thus within sat Madame de Bourke, her brother-in-law, the two children, Arthur Hope, and Mademoiselle Julienne, an elderly woman of the artisan class, _femme de chambre_ to the Countess.

eighteenth

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From this reading This was the favourite travelling carriage of the eighteenth century, and consisted of a close carriage or coach proper, with arrangements on the top for luggage, and behind it another seat open, but provided with a large leathern hood, and in front another place for the coachman and his companions.

elderly

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From this reading Each seat was wide enough to hold three persons, and thus within sat Madame de Bourke, her brother-in-law, the two children, Arthur Hope, and Mademoiselle Julienne, an elderly woman of the artisan class, _femme de chambre_ to the Countess.

enough

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From this reading Each seat was wide enough to hold three persons, and thus within sat Madame de Bourke, her brother-in-law, the two children, Arthur Hope, and Mademoiselle Julienne, an elderly woman of the artisan class, _femme de chambre_ to the Countess.

eye

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From this reading 'Fairer scenes the opening eye Of the day can scarce descry, Fairer sight he looks not on Than the pleasant banks of Rhone.'

Fairer

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From this reading 'Fairer scenes the opening eye Of the day can scarce descry, Fairer sight he looks not on Than the pleasant banks of Rhone.'

favourite

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From this reading This was the favourite travelling carriage of the eighteenth century, and consisted of a close carriage or coach proper, with arrangements on the top for luggage, and behind it another seat open, but provided with a large leathern hood, and in front another place for the coachman and his companions.

femme

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From this reading Each seat was wide enough to hold three persons, and thus within sat Madame de Bourke, her brother-in-law, the two children, Arthur Hope, and Mademoiselle Julienne, an elderly woman of the artisan class, _femme de chambre_ to the Countess.

forprepositionUS /fɔːr/

intended to be given to, or used by, somebody

From this reading This was the favourite travelling carriage of the eighteenth century, and consisted of a close carriage or coach proper, with arrangements on the top for luggage, and behind it another seat open, but provided with a large leathern hood, and in front another place for the coachman and his companions.

France

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From this reading Long legs may be in the abstract an advantage, but scarcely so in what was called in France _une grande Berline_.

front

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From this reading This was the favourite travelling carriage of the eighteenth century, and consisted of a close carriage or coach proper, with arrangements on the top for luggage, and behind it another seat open, but provided with a large leathern hood, and in front another place for the coachman and his companions.

grande

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From this reading Long legs may be in the abstract an advantage, but scarcely so in what was called in France _une grande Berline_.

hepronounUS /hiː/

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

From this reading 'Fairer scenes the opening eye Of the day can scarce descry, Fairer sight he looks not on Than the pleasant banks of Rhone.'

herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/

belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned

From this reading Each seat was wide enough to hold three persons, and thus within sat Madame de Bourke, her brother-in-law, the two children, Arthur Hope, and Mademoiselle Julienne, an elderly woman of the artisan class, _femme de chambre_ to the Countess.

hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/

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

From this reading This was the favourite travelling carriage of the eighteenth century, and consisted of a close carriage or coach proper, with arrangements on the top for luggage, and behind it another seat open, but provided with a large leathern hood, and in front another place for the coachman and his companions.

hold

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From this reading Each seat was wide enough to hold three persons, and thus within sat Madame de Bourke, her brother-in-law, the two children, Arthur Hope, and Mademoiselle Julienne, an elderly woman of the artisan class, _femme de chambre_ to the Countess.

hood

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From this reading This was the favourite travelling carriage of the eighteenth century, and consisted of a close carriage or coach proper, with arrangements on the top for luggage, and behind it another seat open, but provided with a large leathern hood, and in front another place for the coachman and his companions.

Hope

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From this reading Each seat was wide enough to hold three persons, and thus within sat Madame de Bourke, her brother-in-law, the two children, Arthur Hope, and Mademoiselle Julienne, an elderly woman of the artisan class, _femme de chambre_ to the Countess.

inprepositionUS /ɪn/

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

From this reading Long legs may be in the abstract an advantage, but scarcely so in what was called in France _une grande Berline_.

itpronounUS /ɪt/

a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned

From this reading This was the favourite travelling carriage of the eighteenth century, and consisted of a close carriage or coach proper, with arrangements on the top for luggage, and behind it another seat open, but provided with a large leathern hood, and in front another place for the coachman and his companions.

Julienne

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From this reading Each seat was wide enough to hold three persons, and thus within sat Madame de Bourke, her brother-in-law, the two children, Arthur Hope, and Mademoiselle Julienne, an elderly woman of the artisan class, _femme de chambre_ to the Countess.

large

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From this reading This was the favourite travelling carriage of the eighteenth century, and consisted of a close carriage or coach proper, with arrangements on the top for luggage, and behind it another seat open, but provided with a large leathern hood, and in front another place for the coachman and his companions.

leathern

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From this reading This was the favourite travelling carriage of the eighteenth century, and consisted of a close carriage or coach proper, with arrangements on the top for luggage, and behind it another seat open, but provided with a large leathern hood, and in front another place for the coachman and his companions.

legs

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From this reading Long legs may be in the abstract an advantage, but scarcely so in what was called in France _une grande Berline_.

LongnounUS /long/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading Long legs may be in the abstract an advantage, but scarcely so in what was called in France _une grande Berline_.

looks

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From this reading 'Fairer scenes the opening eye Of the day can scarce descry, Fairer sight he looks not on Than the pleasant banks of Rhone.'

luggage

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From this reading This was the favourite travelling carriage of the eighteenth century, and consisted of a close carriage or coach proper, with arrangements on the top for luggage, and behind it another seat open, but provided with a large leathern hood, and in front another place for the coachman and his companions.

Madame

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From this reading Each seat was wide enough to hold three persons, and thus within sat Madame de Bourke, her brother-in-law, the two children, Arthur Hope, and Mademoiselle Julienne, an elderly woman of the artisan class, _femme de chambre_ to the Countess.

Mademoiselle

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From this reading Each seat was wide enough to hold three persons, and thus within sat Madame de Bourke, her brother-in-law, the two children, Arthur Hope, and Mademoiselle Julienne, an elderly woman of the artisan class, _femme de chambre_ to the Countess.

maymodal verbUS /meɪ/

used to say something is possible, or to give permission

From this reading Long legs may be in the abstract an advantage, but scarcely so in what was called in France _une grande Berline_.

notadverbUS /nɑːt/

used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative

From this reading 'Fairer scenes the opening eye Of the day can scarce descry, Fairer sight he looks not on Than the pleasant banks of Rhone.'

OfprepositionUS /ʌv/

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

From this reading 'Fairer scenes the opening eye Of the day can scarce descry, Fairer sight he looks not on Than the pleasant banks of Rhone.'

onprepositionUS /ɑːn/

touching and supported by a surface

From this reading 'Fairer scenes the opening eye Of the day can scarce descry, Fairer sight he looks not on Than the pleasant banks of Rhone.'

openverbUS /ˈoʊ.pən/

To move from a closed position.

From this reading This was the favourite travelling carriage of the eighteenth century, and consisted of a close carriage or coach proper, with arrangements on the top for luggage, and behind it another seat open, but provided with a large leathern hood, and in front another place for the coachman and his companions.

opening

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From this reading 'Fairer scenes the opening eye Of the day can scarce descry, Fairer sight he looks not on Than the pleasant banks of Rhone.'

orconjunctionUS /ɔːr/

used to join alternatives or possibilities

From this reading This was the favourite travelling carriage of the eighteenth century, and consisted of a close carriage or coach proper, with arrangements on the top for luggage, and behind it another seat open, but provided with a large leathern hood, and in front another place for the coachman and his companions.

persons

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From this reading Each seat was wide enough to hold three persons, and thus within sat Madame de Bourke, her brother-in-law, the two children, Arthur Hope, and Mademoiselle Julienne, an elderly woman of the artisan class, _femme de chambre_ to the Countess.

place

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From this reading This was the favourite travelling carriage of the eighteenth century, and consisted of a close carriage or coach proper, with arrangements on the top for luggage, and behind it another seat open, but provided with a large leathern hood, and in front another place for the coachman and his companions.

pleasantnounUS /pleasant/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading 'Fairer scenes the opening eye Of the day can scarce descry, Fairer sight he looks not on Than the pleasant banks of Rhone.'

proper

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From this reading This was the favourite travelling carriage of the eighteenth century, and consisted of a close carriage or coach proper, with arrangements on the top for luggage, and behind it another seat open, but provided with a large leathern hood, and in front another place for the coachman and his companions.

provided

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From this reading This was the favourite travelling carriage of the eighteenth century, and consisted of a close carriage or coach proper, with arrangements on the top for luggage, and behind it another seat open, but provided with a large leathern hood, and in front another place for the coachman and his companions.

Rhone

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From this reading 'Fairer scenes the opening eye Of the day can scarce descry, Fairer sight he looks not on Than the pleasant banks of Rhone.'

sat

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From this reading Each seat was wide enough to hold three persons, and thus within sat Madame de Bourke, her brother-in-law, the two children, Arthur Hope, and Mademoiselle Julienne, an elderly woman of the artisan class, _femme de chambre_ to the Countess.

scarceadjectiveUS /skɛrs/

hard to find or in short supply

From this reading 'Fairer scenes the opening eye Of the day can scarce descry, Fairer sight he looks not on Than the pleasant banks of Rhone.'

scarcely

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From this reading Long legs may be in the abstract an advantage, but scarcely so in what was called in France _une grande Berline_.

scenes

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From this reading 'Fairer scenes the opening eye Of the day can scarce descry, Fairer sight he looks not on Than the pleasant banks of Rhone.'

seat

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From this reading This was the favourite travelling carriage of the eighteenth century, and consisted of a close carriage or coach proper, with arrangements on the top for luggage, and behind it another seat open, but provided with a large leathern hood, and in front another place for the coachman and his companions.

sight

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From this reading 'Fairer scenes the opening eye Of the day can scarce descry, Fairer sight he looks not on Than the pleasant banks of Rhone.'

soconjunctionUS /soʊ/

for that reason; with the result that

From this reading Long legs may be in the abstract an advantage, but scarcely so in what was called in France _une grande Berline_.

ThanconjunctionUS /ðæn/

used to introduce the second part of a comparison

From this reading 'Fairer scenes the opening eye Of the day can scarce descry, Fairer sight he looks not on Than the pleasant banks of Rhone.'

thedeterminerUS /ðə/

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

From this reading 'Fairer scenes the opening eye Of the day can scarce descry, Fairer sight he looks not on Than the pleasant banks of Rhone.'

ThisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/

used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned

From this reading This was the favourite travelling carriage of the eighteenth century, and consisted of a close carriage or coach proper, with arrangements on the top for luggage, and behind it another seat open, but provided with a large leathern hood, and in front another place for the coachman and his companions.

three

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From this reading Each seat was wide enough to hold three persons, and thus within sat Madame de Bourke, her brother-in-law, the two children, Arthur Hope, and Mademoiselle Julienne, an elderly woman of the artisan class, _femme de chambre_ to the Countess.

thus

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From this reading Each seat was wide enough to hold three persons, and thus within sat Madame de Bourke, her brother-in-law, the two children, Arthur Hope, and Mademoiselle Julienne, an elderly woman of the artisan class, _femme de chambre_ to the Countess.

toparticleUS /tuː/

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

From this reading Each seat was wide enough to hold three persons, and thus within sat Madame de Bourke, her brother-in-law, the two children, Arthur Hope, and Mademoiselle Julienne, an elderly woman of the artisan class, _femme de chambre_ to the Countess.

top

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From this reading This was the favourite travelling carriage of the eighteenth century, and consisted of a close carriage or coach proper, with arrangements on the top for luggage, and behind it another seat open, but provided with a large leathern hood, and in front another place for the coachman and his companions.

travelling

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From this reading This was the favourite travelling carriage of the eighteenth century, and consisted of a close carriage or coach proper, with arrangements on the top for luggage, and behind it another seat open, but provided with a large leathern hood, and in front another place for the coachman and his companions.

TRENCH

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From this reading ARCHBISHOP TRENCH.

two

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From this reading Each seat was wide enough to hold three persons, and thus within sat Madame de Bourke, her brother-in-law, the two children, Arthur Hope, and Mademoiselle Julienne, an elderly woman of the artisan class, _femme de chambre_ to the Countess.

une

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From this reading Long legs may be in the abstract an advantage, but scarcely so in what was called in France _une grande Berline_.

wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/

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

From this reading Long legs may be in the abstract an advantage, but scarcely so in what was called in France _une grande Berline_.

whatpronounUS /wʌt/

used to ask for information about something

From this reading Long legs may be in the abstract an advantage, but scarcely so in what was called in France _une grande Berline_.

wide

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From this reading Each seat was wide enough to hold three persons, and thus within sat Madame de Bourke, her brother-in-law, the two children, Arthur Hope, and Mademoiselle Julienne, an elderly woman of the artisan class, _femme de chambre_ to the Countess.

withprepositionUS /wɪð/

in the company of; together with

From this reading This was the favourite travelling carriage of the eighteenth century, and consisted of a close carriage or coach proper, with arrangements on the top for luggage, and behind it another seat open, but provided with a large leathern hood, and in front another place for the coachman and his companions.

withinprepositionUS /wɪˈðɪn/

inside; before a period of time has passed

From this reading Each seat was wide enough to hold three persons, and thus within sat Madame de Bourke, her brother-in-law, the two children, Arthur Hope, and Mademoiselle Julienne, an elderly woman of the artisan class, _femme de chambre_ to the Countess.

woman

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From this reading Each seat was wide enough to hold three persons, and thus within sat Madame de Bourke, her brother-in-law, the two children, Arthur Hope, and Mademoiselle Julienne, an elderly woman of the artisan class, _femme de chambre_ to the Countess.