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1823
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From this reading MANIPULATION TO BE THUS BROKEN WITH A BLOW FROM A HAMMER Towards the end of October, in that same year, 1823, the inhabitants of Toulon beheld the entry into their port, after heavy weather, and for the purpose of repairing some damages, of the ship _Orion_, which was employed later at Brest as a school-ship, and which then formed a part of the Mediterranean squadron.
AdeterminerUS /ə/
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading MANIPULATION TO BE THUS BROKEN WITH A BLOW FROM A HAMMER Towards the end of October, in that same year, 1823, the inhabitants of Toulon beheld the entry into their port, after heavy weather, and for the purpose of repairing some damages, of the ship _Orion_, which was employed later at Brest as a school-ship, and which then formed a part of the Mediterranean squadron.
afterprepositionUS /ˈæftər/
later than; following
From this reading MANIPULATION TO BE THUS BROKEN WITH A BLOW FROM A HAMMER Towards the end of October, in that same year, 1823, the inhabitants of Toulon beheld the entry into their port, after heavy weather, and for the purpose of repairing some damages, of the ship _Orion_, which was employed later at Brest as a school-ship, and which then formed a part of the Mediterranean squadron.
all
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From this reading It has been calculated that what with salvos, royal and military politenesses, courteous exchanges of uproar, signals of etiquette, formalities of roadsteads and citadels, sunrises and sunsets, saluted every day by all fortresses and all ships of war, openings and closings of ports, etc., the civilized world, discharged all over the earth, in the course of four and twenty hours, one hundred and fifty thousand useless shots.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading MANIPULATION TO BE THUS BROKEN WITH A BLOW FROM A HAMMER Towards the end of October, in that same year, 1823, the inhabitants of Toulon beheld the entry into their port, after heavy weather, and for the purpose of repairing some damages, of the ship _Orion_, which was employed later at Brest as a school-ship, and which then formed a part of the Mediterranean squadron.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading MANIPULATION TO BE THUS BROKEN WITH A BLOW FROM A HAMMER Towards the end of October, in that same year, 1823, the inhabitants of Toulon beheld the entry into their port, after heavy weather, and for the purpose of repairing some damages, of the ship _Orion_, which was employed later at Brest as a school-ship, and which then formed a part of the Mediterranean squadron.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading MANIPULATION TO BE THUS BROKEN WITH A BLOW FROM A HAMMER Towards the end of October, in that same year, 1823, the inhabitants of Toulon beheld the entry into their port, after heavy weather, and for the purpose of repairing some damages, of the ship _Orion_, which was employed later at Brest as a school-ship, and which then formed a part of the Mediterranean squadron.
battered
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From this reading This vessel, battered as it was,—for the sea had handled it roughly,—produced a fine effect as it entered the roads.
BEauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading MANIPULATION TO BE THUS BROKEN WITH A BLOW FROM A HAMMER Towards the end of October, in that same year, 1823, the inhabitants of Toulon beheld the entry into their port, after heavy weather, and for the purpose of repairing some damages, of the ship _Orion_, which was employed later at Brest as a school-ship, and which then formed a part of the Mediterranean squadron.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading It has been calculated that what with salvos, royal and military politenesses, courteous exchanges of uproar, signals of etiquette, formalities of roadsteads and citadels, sunrises and sunsets, saluted every day by all fortresses and all ships of war, openings and closings of ports, etc., the civilized world, discharged all over the earth, in the course of four and twenty hours, one hundred and fifty thousand useless shots.
beheld
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From this reading MANIPULATION TO BE THUS BROKEN WITH A BLOW FROM A HAMMER Towards the end of October, in that same year, 1823, the inhabitants of Toulon beheld the entry into their port, after heavy weather, and for the purpose of repairing some damages, of the ship _Orion_, which was employed later at Brest as a school-ship, and which then formed a part of the Mediterranean squadron.
BLOW
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From this reading MANIPULATION TO BE THUS BROKEN WITH A BLOW FROM A HAMMER Towards the end of October, in that same year, 1823, the inhabitants of Toulon beheld the entry into their port, after heavy weather, and for the purpose of repairing some damages, of the ship _Orion_, which was employed later at Brest as a school-ship, and which then formed a part of the Mediterranean squadron.
Brest
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From this reading MANIPULATION TO BE THUS BROKEN WITH A BLOW FROM A HAMMER Towards the end of October, in that same year, 1823, the inhabitants of Toulon beheld the entry into their port, after heavy weather, and for the purpose of repairing some damages, of the ship _Orion_, which was employed later at Brest as a school-ship, and which then formed a part of the Mediterranean squadron.
BROKENnounUS /broken/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading MANIPULATION TO BE THUS BROKEN WITH A BLOW FROM A HAMMER Towards the end of October, in that same year, 1823, the inhabitants of Toulon beheld the entry into their port, after heavy weather, and for the purpose of repairing some damages, of the ship _Orion_, which was employed later at Brest as a school-ship, and which then formed a part of the Mediterranean squadron.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading It has been calculated that what with salvos, royal and military politenesses, courteous exchanges of uproar, signals of etiquette, formalities of roadsteads and citadels, sunrises and sunsets, saluted every day by all fortresses and all ships of war, openings and closings of ports, etc., the civilized world, discharged all over the earth, in the course of four and twenty hours, one hundred and fifty thousand useless shots.
calculated
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From this reading It has been calculated that what with salvos, royal and military politenesses, courteous exchanges of uproar, signals of etiquette, formalities of roadsteads and citadels, sunrises and sunsets, saluted every day by all fortresses and all ships of war, openings and closings of ports, etc., the civilized world, discharged all over the earth, in the course of four and twenty hours, one hundred and fifty thousand useless shots.
citadels
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From this reading It has been calculated that what with salvos, royal and military politenesses, courteous exchanges of uproar, signals of etiquette, formalities of roadsteads and citadels, sunrises and sunsets, saluted every day by all fortresses and all ships of war, openings and closings of ports, etc., the civilized world, discharged all over the earth, in the course of four and twenty hours, one hundred and fifty thousand useless shots.
civilized
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From this reading It has been calculated that what with salvos, royal and military politenesses, courteous exchanges of uproar, signals of etiquette, formalities of roadsteads and citadels, sunrises and sunsets, saluted every day by all fortresses and all ships of war, openings and closings of ports, etc., the civilized world, discharged all over the earth, in the course of four and twenty hours, one hundred and fifty thousand useless shots.
closings
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From this reading It has been calculated that what with salvos, royal and military politenesses, courteous exchanges of uproar, signals of etiquette, formalities of roadsteads and citadels, sunrises and sunsets, saluted every day by all fortresses and all ships of war, openings and closings of ports, etc., the civilized world, discharged all over the earth, in the course of four and twenty hours, one hundred and fifty thousand useless shots.
colors
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From this reading It flew some colors which procured for it the regulation salute of eleven guns, which it returned, shot for shot; total, twenty-two.
comes
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From this reading At six francs the shot, that comes to nine hundred thousand francs a day, three hundred millions a year, which vanish in smoke.
coursenounUS /course/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading It has been calculated that what with salvos, royal and military politenesses, courteous exchanges of uproar, signals of etiquette, formalities of roadsteads and citadels, sunrises and sunsets, saluted every day by all fortresses and all ships of war, openings and closings of ports, etc., the civilized world, discharged all over the earth, in the course of four and twenty hours, one hundred and fifty thousand useless shots.
courteous
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From this reading It has been calculated that what with salvos, royal and military politenesses, courteous exchanges of uproar, signals of etiquette, formalities of roadsteads and citadels, sunrises and sunsets, saluted every day by all fortresses and all ships of war, openings and closings of ports, etc., the civilized world, discharged all over the earth, in the course of four and twenty hours, one hundred and fifty thousand useless shots.
damages
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From this reading MANIPULATION TO BE THUS BROKEN WITH A BLOW FROM A HAMMER Towards the end of October, in that same year, 1823, the inhabitants of Toulon beheld the entry into their port, after heavy weather, and for the purpose of repairing some damages, of the ship _Orion_, which was employed later at Brest as a school-ship, and which then formed a part of the Mediterranean squadron.
day
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From this reading It has been calculated that what with salvos, royal and military politenesses, courteous exchanges of uproar, signals of etiquette, formalities of roadsteads and citadels, sunrises and sunsets, saluted every day by all fortresses and all ships of war, openings and closings of ports, etc., the civilized world, discharged all over the earth, in the course of four and twenty hours, one hundred and fifty thousand useless shots.
dischargedverbUS /dɪsˈtʃɑrdʒd/
released from a duty or job
From this reading It has been calculated that what with salvos, royal and military politenesses, courteous exchanges of uproar, signals of etiquette, formalities of roadsteads and citadels, sunrises and sunsets, saluted every day by all fortresses and all ships of war, openings and closings of ports, etc., the civilized world, discharged all over the earth, in the course of four and twenty hours, one hundred and fifty thousand useless shots.
earth
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From this reading It has been calculated that what with salvos, royal and military politenesses, courteous exchanges of uproar, signals of etiquette, formalities of roadsteads and citadels, sunrises and sunsets, saluted every day by all fortresses and all ships of war, openings and closings of ports, etc., the civilized world, discharged all over the earth, in the course of four and twenty hours, one hundred and fifty thousand useless shots.
effect
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From this reading This vessel, battered as it was,—for the sea had handled it roughly,—produced a fine effect as it entered the roads.
eleven
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From this reading It flew some colors which procured for it the regulation salute of eleven guns, which it returned, shot for shot; total, twenty-two.
employed
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From this reading MANIPULATION TO BE THUS BROKEN WITH A BLOW FROM A HAMMER Towards the end of October, in that same year, 1823, the inhabitants of Toulon beheld the entry into their port, after heavy weather, and for the purpose of repairing some damages, of the ship _Orion_, which was employed later at Brest as a school-ship, and which then formed a part of the Mediterranean squadron.
end
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From this reading MANIPULATION TO BE THUS BROKEN WITH A BLOW FROM A HAMMER Towards the end of October, in that same year, 1823, the inhabitants of Toulon beheld the entry into their port, after heavy weather, and for the purpose of repairing some damages, of the ship _Orion_, which was employed later at Brest as a school-ship, and which then formed a part of the Mediterranean squadron.
entered
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From this reading This vessel, battered as it was,—for the sea had handled it roughly,—produced a fine effect as it entered the roads.
entry
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From this reading MANIPULATION TO BE THUS BROKEN WITH A BLOW FROM A HAMMER Towards the end of October, in that same year, 1823, the inhabitants of Toulon beheld the entry into their port, after heavy weather, and for the purpose of repairing some damages, of the ship _Orion_, which was employed later at Brest as a school-ship, and which then formed a part of the Mediterranean squadron.
etc
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From this reading It has been calculated that what with salvos, royal and military politenesses, courteous exchanges of uproar, signals of etiquette, formalities of roadsteads and citadels, sunrises and sunsets, saluted every day by all fortresses and all ships of war, openings and closings of ports, etc., the civilized world, discharged all over the earth, in the course of four and twenty hours, one hundred and fifty thousand useless shots.
etiquette
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From this reading It has been calculated that what with salvos, royal and military politenesses, courteous exchanges of uproar, signals of etiquette, formalities of roadsteads and citadels, sunrises and sunsets, saluted every day by all fortresses and all ships of war, openings and closings of ports, etc., the civilized world, discharged all over the earth, in the course of four and twenty hours, one hundred and fifty thousand useless shots.
everydeterminerUS /ˈevəri/
all the members of a group, with none left out
From this reading It has been calculated that what with salvos, royal and military politenesses, courteous exchanges of uproar, signals of etiquette, formalities of roadsteads and citadels, sunrises and sunsets, saluted every day by all fortresses and all ships of war, openings and closings of ports, etc., the civilized world, discharged all over the earth, in the course of four and twenty hours, one hundred and fifty thousand useless shots.
exchanges
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From this reading It has been calculated that what with salvos, royal and military politenesses, courteous exchanges of uproar, signals of etiquette, formalities of roadsteads and citadels, sunrises and sunsets, saluted every day by all fortresses and all ships of war, openings and closings of ports, etc., the civilized world, discharged all over the earth, in the course of four and twenty hours, one hundred and fifty thousand useless shots.
fifty
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From this reading It has been calculated that what with salvos, royal and military politenesses, courteous exchanges of uproar, signals of etiquette, formalities of roadsteads and citadels, sunrises and sunsets, saluted every day by all fortresses and all ships of war, openings and closings of ports, etc., the civilized world, discharged all over the earth, in the course of four and twenty hours, one hundred and fifty thousand useless shots.
finenounUS /fine/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading This vessel, battered as it was,—for the sea had handled it roughly,—produced a fine effect as it entered the roads.
flew
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From this reading It flew some colors which procured for it the regulation salute of eleven guns, which it returned, shot for shot; total, twenty-two.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading MANIPULATION TO BE THUS BROKEN WITH A BLOW FROM A HAMMER Towards the end of October, in that same year, 1823, the inhabitants of Toulon beheld the entry into their port, after heavy weather, and for the purpose of repairing some damages, of the ship _Orion_, which was employed later at Brest as a school-ship, and which then formed a part of the Mediterranean squadron.
formalities
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From this reading It has been calculated that what with salvos, royal and military politenesses, courteous exchanges of uproar, signals of etiquette, formalities of roadsteads and citadels, sunrises and sunsets, saluted every day by all fortresses and all ships of war, openings and closings of ports, etc., the civilized world, discharged all over the earth, in the course of four and twenty hours, one hundred and fifty thousand useless shots.
formed
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From this reading MANIPULATION TO BE THUS BROKEN WITH A BLOW FROM A HAMMER Towards the end of October, in that same year, 1823, the inhabitants of Toulon beheld the entry into their port, after heavy weather, and for the purpose of repairing some damages, of the ship _Orion_, which was employed later at Brest as a school-ship, and which then formed a part of the Mediterranean squadron.
fortresses
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From this reading It has been calculated that what with salvos, royal and military politenesses, courteous exchanges of uproar, signals of etiquette, formalities of roadsteads and citadels, sunrises and sunsets, saluted every day by all fortresses and all ships of war, openings and closings of ports, etc., the civilized world, discharged all over the earth, in the course of four and twenty hours, one hundred and fifty thousand useless shots.
four
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From this reading It has been calculated that what with salvos, royal and military politenesses, courteous exchanges of uproar, signals of etiquette, formalities of roadsteads and citadels, sunrises and sunsets, saluted every day by all fortresses and all ships of war, openings and closings of ports, etc., the civilized world, discharged all over the earth, in the course of four and twenty hours, one hundred and fifty thousand useless shots.
francs
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From this reading At six francs the shot, that comes to nine hundred thousand francs a day, three hundred millions a year, which vanish in smoke.
FROMprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading MANIPULATION TO BE THUS BROKEN WITH A BLOW FROM A HAMMER Towards the end of October, in that same year, 1823, the inhabitants of Toulon beheld the entry into their port, after heavy weather, and for the purpose of repairing some damages, of the ship _Orion_, which was employed later at Brest as a school-ship, and which then formed a part of the Mediterranean squadron.
guns
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From this reading It flew some colors which procured for it the regulation salute of eleven guns, which it returned, shot for shot; total, twenty-two.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading This vessel, battered as it was,—for the sea had handled it roughly,—produced a fine effect as it entered the roads.
HAMMER
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From this reading MANIPULATION TO BE THUS BROKEN WITH A BLOW FROM A HAMMER Towards the end of October, in that same year, 1823, the inhabitants of Toulon beheld the entry into their port, after heavy weather, and for the purpose of repairing some damages, of the ship _Orion_, which was employed later at Brest as a school-ship, and which then formed a part of the Mediterranean squadron.
handled
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From this reading This vessel, battered as it was,—for the sea had handled it roughly,—produced a fine effect as it entered the roads.
hasauxiliary verbUS /hæz/
the form of “have” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading It has been calculated that what with salvos, royal and military politenesses, courteous exchanges of uproar, signals of etiquette, formalities of roadsteads and citadels, sunrises and sunsets, saluted every day by all fortresses and all ships of war, openings and closings of ports, etc., the civilized world, discharged all over the earth, in the course of four and twenty hours, one hundred and fifty thousand useless shots.
heavy
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From this reading MANIPULATION TO BE THUS BROKEN WITH A BLOW FROM A HAMMER Towards the end of October, in that same year, 1823, the inhabitants of Toulon beheld the entry into their port, after heavy weather, and for the purpose of repairing some damages, of the ship _Orion_, which was employed later at Brest as a school-ship, and which then formed a part of the Mediterranean squadron.
hours
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From this reading It has been calculated that what with salvos, royal and military politenesses, courteous exchanges of uproar, signals of etiquette, formalities of roadsteads and citadels, sunrises and sunsets, saluted every day by all fortresses and all ships of war, openings and closings of ports, etc., the civilized world, discharged all over the earth, in the course of four and twenty hours, one hundred and fifty thousand useless shots.
hundred
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From this reading It has been calculated that what with salvos, royal and military politenesses, courteous exchanges of uproar, signals of etiquette, formalities of roadsteads and citadels, sunrises and sunsets, saluted every day by all fortresses and all ships of war, openings and closings of ports, etc., the civilized world, discharged all over the earth, in the course of four and twenty hours, one hundred and fifty thousand useless shots.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading MANIPULATION TO BE THUS BROKEN WITH A BLOW FROM A HAMMER Towards the end of October, in that same year, 1823, the inhabitants of Toulon beheld the entry into their port, after heavy weather, and for the purpose of repairing some damages, of the ship _Orion_, which was employed later at Brest as a school-ship, and which then formed a part of the Mediterranean squadron.
inhabitants
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From this reading MANIPULATION TO BE THUS BROKEN WITH A BLOW FROM A HAMMER Towards the end of October, in that same year, 1823, the inhabitants of Toulon beheld the entry into their port, after heavy weather, and for the purpose of repairing some damages, of the ship _Orion_, which was employed later at Brest as a school-ship, and which then formed a part of the Mediterranean squadron.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading MANIPULATION TO BE THUS BROKEN WITH A BLOW FROM A HAMMER Towards the end of October, in that same year, 1823, the inhabitants of Toulon beheld the entry into their port, after heavy weather, and for the purpose of repairing some damages, of the ship _Orion_, which was employed later at Brest as a school-ship, and which then formed a part of the Mediterranean squadron.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading This vessel, battered as it was,—for the sea had handled it roughly,—produced a fine effect as it entered the roads.
later
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From this reading MANIPULATION TO BE THUS BROKEN WITH A BLOW FROM A HAMMER Towards the end of October, in that same year, 1823, the inhabitants of Toulon beheld the entry into their port, after heavy weather, and for the purpose of repairing some damages, of the ship _Orion_, which was employed later at Brest as a school-ship, and which then formed a part of the Mediterranean squadron.
MANIPULATIONnounUS /məˌnɪpjəˈleɪʃən/
exerting shrewd or devious influence especially for one's own advantage
From this reading MANIPULATION TO BE THUS BROKEN WITH A BLOW FROM A HAMMER Towards the end of October, in that same year, 1823, the inhabitants of Toulon beheld the entry into their port, after heavy weather, and for the purpose of repairing some damages, of the ship _Orion_, which was employed later at Brest as a school-ship, and which then formed a part of the Mediterranean squadron.
Mediterranean
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From this reading MANIPULATION TO BE THUS BROKEN WITH A BLOW FROM A HAMMER Towards the end of October, in that same year, 1823, the inhabitants of Toulon beheld the entry into their port, after heavy weather, and for the purpose of repairing some damages, of the ship _Orion_, which was employed later at Brest as a school-ship, and which then formed a part of the Mediterranean squadron.
military
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From this reading It has been calculated that what with salvos, royal and military politenesses, courteous exchanges of uproar, signals of etiquette, formalities of roadsteads and citadels, sunrises and sunsets, saluted every day by all fortresses and all ships of war, openings and closings of ports, etc., the civilized world, discharged all over the earth, in the course of four and twenty hours, one hundred and fifty thousand useless shots.
millions
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From this reading At six francs the shot, that comes to nine hundred thousand francs a day, three hundred millions a year, which vanish in smoke.
nine
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From this reading At six francs the shot, that comes to nine hundred thousand francs a day, three hundred millions a year, which vanish in smoke.
October
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From this reading MANIPULATION TO BE THUS BROKEN WITH A BLOW FROM A HAMMER Towards the end of October, in that same year, 1823, the inhabitants of Toulon beheld the entry into their port, after heavy weather, and for the purpose of repairing some damages, of the ship _Orion_, which was employed later at Brest as a school-ship, and which then formed a part of the Mediterranean squadron.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading MANIPULATION TO BE THUS BROKEN WITH A BLOW FROM A HAMMER Towards the end of October, in that same year, 1823, the inhabitants of Toulon beheld the entry into their port, after heavy weather, and for the purpose of repairing some damages, of the ship _Orion_, which was employed later at Brest as a school-ship, and which then formed a part of the Mediterranean squadron.
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading It has been calculated that what with salvos, royal and military politenesses, courteous exchanges of uproar, signals of etiquette, formalities of roadsteads and citadels, sunrises and sunsets, saluted every day by all fortresses and all ships of war, openings and closings of ports, etc., the civilized world, discharged all over the earth, in the course of four and twenty hours, one hundred and fifty thousand useless shots.
openings
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From this reading It has been calculated that what with salvos, royal and military politenesses, courteous exchanges of uproar, signals of etiquette, formalities of roadsteads and citadels, sunrises and sunsets, saluted every day by all fortresses and all ships of war, openings and closings of ports, etc., the civilized world, discharged all over the earth, in the course of four and twenty hours, one hundred and fifty thousand useless shots.
Orion
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From this reading MANIPULATION TO BE THUS BROKEN WITH A BLOW FROM A HAMMER Towards the end of October, in that same year, 1823, the inhabitants of Toulon beheld the entry into their port, after heavy weather, and for the purpose of repairing some damages, of the ship _Orion_, which was employed later at Brest as a school-ship, and which then formed a part of the Mediterranean squadron.
overprepositionUS /ˈoʊvər/
above and across; more than
From this reading It has been calculated that what with salvos, royal and military politenesses, courteous exchanges of uproar, signals of etiquette, formalities of roadsteads and citadels, sunrises and sunsets, saluted every day by all fortresses and all ships of war, openings and closings of ports, etc., the civilized world, discharged all over the earth, in the course of four and twenty hours, one hundred and fifty thousand useless shots.
partnounUS /part/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading MANIPULATION TO BE THUS BROKEN WITH A BLOW FROM A HAMMER Towards the end of October, in that same year, 1823, the inhabitants of Toulon beheld the entry into their port, after heavy weather, and for the purpose of repairing some damages, of the ship _Orion_, which was employed later at Brest as a school-ship, and which then formed a part of the Mediterranean squadron.
politenesses
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From this reading It has been calculated that what with salvos, royal and military politenesses, courteous exchanges of uproar, signals of etiquette, formalities of roadsteads and citadels, sunrises and sunsets, saluted every day by all fortresses and all ships of war, openings and closings of ports, etc., the civilized world, discharged all over the earth, in the course of four and twenty hours, one hundred and fifty thousand useless shots.
port
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From this reading MANIPULATION TO BE THUS BROKEN WITH A BLOW FROM A HAMMER Towards the end of October, in that same year, 1823, the inhabitants of Toulon beheld the entry into their port, after heavy weather, and for the purpose of repairing some damages, of the ship _Orion_, which was employed later at Brest as a school-ship, and which then formed a part of the Mediterranean squadron.
ports
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From this reading It has been calculated that what with salvos, royal and military politenesses, courteous exchanges of uproar, signals of etiquette, formalities of roadsteads and citadels, sunrises and sunsets, saluted every day by all fortresses and all ships of war, openings and closings of ports, etc., the civilized world, discharged all over the earth, in the course of four and twenty hours, one hundred and fifty thousand useless shots.
procured
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From this reading It flew some colors which procured for it the regulation salute of eleven guns, which it returned, shot for shot; total, twenty-two.
produced
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From this reading This vessel, battered as it was,—for the sea had handled it roughly,—produced a fine effect as it entered the roads.
purpose
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From this reading MANIPULATION TO BE THUS BROKEN WITH A BLOW FROM A HAMMER Towards the end of October, in that same year, 1823, the inhabitants of Toulon beheld the entry into their port, after heavy weather, and for the purpose of repairing some damages, of the ship _Orion_, which was employed later at Brest as a school-ship, and which then formed a part of the Mediterranean squadron.
regulation
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From this reading It flew some colors which procured for it the regulation salute of eleven guns, which it returned, shot for shot; total, twenty-two.
repairing
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From this reading MANIPULATION TO BE THUS BROKEN WITH A BLOW FROM A HAMMER Towards the end of October, in that same year, 1823, the inhabitants of Toulon beheld the entry into their port, after heavy weather, and for the purpose of repairing some damages, of the ship _Orion_, which was employed later at Brest as a school-ship, and which then formed a part of the Mediterranean squadron.
returnednounUS /ˈreturned/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading It flew some colors which procured for it the regulation salute of eleven guns, which it returned, shot for shot; total, twenty-two.
roads
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From this reading This vessel, battered as it was,—for the sea had handled it roughly,—produced a fine effect as it entered the roads.
roadsteads
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From this reading It has been calculated that what with salvos, royal and military politenesses, courteous exchanges of uproar, signals of etiquette, formalities of roadsteads and citadels, sunrises and sunsets, saluted every day by all fortresses and all ships of war, openings and closings of ports, etc., the civilized world, discharged all over the earth, in the course of four and twenty hours, one hundred and fifty thousand useless shots.
roughly
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From this reading This vessel, battered as it was,—for the sea had handled it roughly,—produced a fine effect as it entered the roads.
royal
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From this reading It has been calculated that what with salvos, royal and military politenesses, courteous exchanges of uproar, signals of etiquette, formalities of roadsteads and citadels, sunrises and sunsets, saluted every day by all fortresses and all ships of war, openings and closings of ports, etc., the civilized world, discharged all over the earth, in the course of four and twenty hours, one hundred and fifty thousand useless shots.
salute
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From this reading It flew some colors which procured for it the regulation salute of eleven guns, which it returned, shot for shot; total, twenty-two.
saluted
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From this reading It has been calculated that what with salvos, royal and military politenesses, courteous exchanges of uproar, signals of etiquette, formalities of roadsteads and citadels, sunrises and sunsets, saluted every day by all fortresses and all ships of war, openings and closings of ports, etc., the civilized world, discharged all over the earth, in the course of four and twenty hours, one hundred and fifty thousand useless shots.
salvos
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From this reading It has been calculated that what with salvos, royal and military politenesses, courteous exchanges of uproar, signals of etiquette, formalities of roadsteads and citadels, sunrises and sunsets, saluted every day by all fortresses and all ships of war, openings and closings of ports, etc., the civilized world, discharged all over the earth, in the course of four and twenty hours, one hundred and fifty thousand useless shots.
samenounUS /same/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading MANIPULATION TO BE THUS BROKEN WITH A BLOW FROM A HAMMER Towards the end of October, in that same year, 1823, the inhabitants of Toulon beheld the entry into their port, after heavy weather, and for the purpose of repairing some damages, of the ship _Orion_, which was employed later at Brest as a school-ship, and which then formed a part of the Mediterranean squadron.
school-ship
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From this reading MANIPULATION TO BE THUS BROKEN WITH A BLOW FROM A HAMMER Towards the end of October, in that same year, 1823, the inhabitants of Toulon beheld the entry into their port, after heavy weather, and for the purpose of repairing some damages, of the ship _Orion_, which was employed later at Brest as a school-ship, and which then formed a part of the Mediterranean squadron.
sea
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From this reading This vessel, battered as it was,—for the sea had handled it roughly,—produced a fine effect as it entered the roads.
shipnounUS /ship/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading MANIPULATION TO BE THUS BROKEN WITH A BLOW FROM A HAMMER Towards the end of October, in that same year, 1823, the inhabitants of Toulon beheld the entry into their port, after heavy weather, and for the purpose of repairing some damages, of the ship _Orion_, which was employed later at Brest as a school-ship, and which then formed a part of the Mediterranean squadron.
ships
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From this reading It has been calculated that what with salvos, royal and military politenesses, courteous exchanges of uproar, signals of etiquette, formalities of roadsteads and citadels, sunrises and sunsets, saluted every day by all fortresses and all ships of war, openings and closings of ports, etc., the civilized world, discharged all over the earth, in the course of four and twenty hours, one hundred and fifty thousand useless shots.
shot
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From this reading It flew some colors which procured for it the regulation salute of eleven guns, which it returned, shot for shot; total, twenty-two.
shots
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From this reading It has been calculated that what with salvos, royal and military politenesses, courteous exchanges of uproar, signals of etiquette, formalities of roadsteads and citadels, sunrises and sunsets, saluted every day by all fortresses and all ships of war, openings and closings of ports, etc., the civilized world, discharged all over the earth, in the course of four and twenty hours, one hundred and fifty thousand useless shots.
signals
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From this reading It has been calculated that what with salvos, royal and military politenesses, courteous exchanges of uproar, signals of etiquette, formalities of roadsteads and citadels, sunrises and sunsets, saluted every day by all fortresses and all ships of war, openings and closings of ports, etc., the civilized world, discharged all over the earth, in the course of four and twenty hours, one hundred and fifty thousand useless shots.
six
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From this reading At six francs the shot, that comes to nine hundred thousand francs a day, three hundred millions a year, which vanish in smoke.
smoke
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From this reading At six francs the shot, that comes to nine hundred thousand francs a day, three hundred millions a year, which vanish in smoke.
some
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From this reading MANIPULATION TO BE THUS BROKEN WITH A BLOW FROM A HAMMER Towards the end of October, in that same year, 1823, the inhabitants of Toulon beheld the entry into their port, after heavy weather, and for the purpose of repairing some damages, of the ship _Orion_, which was employed later at Brest as a school-ship, and which then formed a part of the Mediterranean squadron.
squadron
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From this reading MANIPULATION TO BE THUS BROKEN WITH A BLOW FROM A HAMMER Towards the end of October, in that same year, 1823, the inhabitants of Toulon beheld the entry into their port, after heavy weather, and for the purpose of repairing some damages, of the ship _Orion_, which was employed later at Brest as a school-ship, and which then formed a part of the Mediterranean squadron.
sunrises
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From this reading It has been calculated that what with salvos, royal and military politenesses, courteous exchanges of uproar, signals of etiquette, formalities of roadsteads and citadels, sunrises and sunsets, saluted every day by all fortresses and all ships of war, openings and closings of ports, etc., the civilized world, discharged all over the earth, in the course of four and twenty hours, one hundred and fifty thousand useless shots.
sunsets
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From this reading It has been calculated that what with salvos, royal and military politenesses, courteous exchanges of uproar, signals of etiquette, formalities of roadsteads and citadels, sunrises and sunsets, saluted every day by all fortresses and all ships of war, openings and closings of ports, etc., the civilized world, discharged all over the earth, in the course of four and twenty hours, one hundred and fifty thousand useless shots.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading MANIPULATION TO BE THUS BROKEN WITH A BLOW FROM A HAMMER Towards the end of October, in that same year, 1823, the inhabitants of Toulon beheld the entry into their port, after heavy weather, and for the purpose of repairing some damages, of the ship _Orion_, which was employed later at Brest as a school-ship, and which then formed a part of the Mediterranean squadron.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading MANIPULATION TO BE THUS BROKEN WITH A BLOW FROM A HAMMER Towards the end of October, in that same year, 1823, the inhabitants of Toulon beheld the entry into their port, after heavy weather, and for the purpose of repairing some damages, of the ship _Orion_, which was employed later at Brest as a school-ship, and which then formed a part of the Mediterranean squadron.
theirdeterminerUS /ðer/
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading MANIPULATION TO BE THUS BROKEN WITH A BLOW FROM A HAMMER Towards the end of October, in that same year, 1823, the inhabitants of Toulon beheld the entry into their port, after heavy weather, and for the purpose of repairing some damages, of the ship _Orion_, which was employed later at Brest as a school-ship, and which then formed a part of the Mediterranean squadron.
then
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From this reading MANIPULATION TO BE THUS BROKEN WITH A BLOW FROM A HAMMER Towards the end of October, in that same year, 1823, the inhabitants of Toulon beheld the entry into their port, after heavy weather, and for the purpose of repairing some damages, of the ship _Orion_, which was employed later at Brest as a school-ship, and which then formed a part of the Mediterranean squadron.
ThisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading This vessel, battered as it was,—for the sea had handled it roughly,—produced a fine effect as it entered the roads.
thousand
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From this reading It has been calculated that what with salvos, royal and military politenesses, courteous exchanges of uproar, signals of etiquette, formalities of roadsteads and citadels, sunrises and sunsets, saluted every day by all fortresses and all ships of war, openings and closings of ports, etc., the civilized world, discharged all over the earth, in the course of four and twenty hours, one hundred and fifty thousand useless shots.
three
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From this reading At six francs the shot, that comes to nine hundred thousand francs a day, three hundred millions a year, which vanish in smoke.
THUS
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From this reading MANIPULATION TO BE THUS BROKEN WITH A BLOW FROM A HAMMER Towards the end of October, in that same year, 1823, the inhabitants of Toulon beheld the entry into their port, after heavy weather, and for the purpose of repairing some damages, of the ship _Orion_, which was employed later at Brest as a school-ship, and which then formed a part of the Mediterranean squadron.
TOparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading MANIPULATION TO BE THUS BROKEN WITH A BLOW FROM A HAMMER Towards the end of October, in that same year, 1823, the inhabitants of Toulon beheld the entry into their port, after heavy weather, and for the purpose of repairing some damages, of the ship _Orion_, which was employed later at Brest as a school-ship, and which then formed a part of the Mediterranean squadron.
total
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From this reading It flew some colors which procured for it the regulation salute of eleven guns, which it returned, shot for shot; total, twenty-two.
Toulon
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From this reading MANIPULATION TO BE THUS BROKEN WITH A BLOW FROM A HAMMER Towards the end of October, in that same year, 1823, the inhabitants of Toulon beheld the entry into their port, after heavy weather, and for the purpose of repairing some damages, of the ship _Orion_, which was employed later at Brest as a school-ship, and which then formed a part of the Mediterranean squadron.
TowardsprepositionUS /təˈwɔːrdz/
in the direction of
From this reading MANIPULATION TO BE THUS BROKEN WITH A BLOW FROM A HAMMER Towards the end of October, in that same year, 1823, the inhabitants of Toulon beheld the entry into their port, after heavy weather, and for the purpose of repairing some damages, of the ship _Orion_, which was employed later at Brest as a school-ship, and which then formed a part of the Mediterranean squadron.
twenty
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From this reading It has been calculated that what with salvos, royal and military politenesses, courteous exchanges of uproar, signals of etiquette, formalities of roadsteads and citadels, sunrises and sunsets, saluted every day by all fortresses and all ships of war, openings and closings of ports, etc., the civilized world, discharged all over the earth, in the course of four and twenty hours, one hundred and fifty thousand useless shots.
twenty-two
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From this reading It flew some colors which procured for it the regulation salute of eleven guns, which it returned, shot for shot; total, twenty-two.
uproar
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From this reading It has been calculated that what with salvos, royal and military politenesses, courteous exchanges of uproar, signals of etiquette, formalities of roadsteads and citadels, sunrises and sunsets, saluted every day by all fortresses and all ships of war, openings and closings of ports, etc., the civilized world, discharged all over the earth, in the course of four and twenty hours, one hundred and fifty thousand useless shots.
useless
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From this reading It has been calculated that what with salvos, royal and military politenesses, courteous exchanges of uproar, signals of etiquette, formalities of roadsteads and citadels, sunrises and sunsets, saluted every day by all fortresses and all ships of war, openings and closings of ports, etc., the civilized world, discharged all over the earth, in the course of four and twenty hours, one hundred and fifty thousand useless shots.
vanish
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From this reading At six francs the shot, that comes to nine hundred thousand francs a day, three hundred millions a year, which vanish in smoke.
vessel
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From this reading This vessel, battered as it was,—for the sea had handled it roughly,—produced a fine effect as it entered the roads.
war
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From this reading It has been calculated that what with salvos, royal and military politenesses, courteous exchanges of uproar, signals of etiquette, formalities of roadsteads and citadels, sunrises and sunsets, saluted every day by all fortresses and all ships of war, openings and closings of ports, etc., the civilized world, discharged all over the earth, in the course of four and twenty hours, one hundred and fifty thousand useless shots.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading MANIPULATION TO BE THUS BROKEN WITH A BLOW FROM A HAMMER Towards the end of October, in that same year, 1823, the inhabitants of Toulon beheld the entry into their port, after heavy weather, and for the purpose of repairing some damages, of the ship _Orion_, which was employed later at Brest as a school-ship, and which then formed a part of the Mediterranean squadron.
weather
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From this reading MANIPULATION TO BE THUS BROKEN WITH A BLOW FROM A HAMMER Towards the end of October, in that same year, 1823, the inhabitants of Toulon beheld the entry into their port, after heavy weather, and for the purpose of repairing some damages, of the ship _Orion_, which was employed later at Brest as a school-ship, and which then formed a part of the Mediterranean squadron.
whatpronounUS /wʌt/
used to ask for information about something
From this reading It has been calculated that what with salvos, royal and military politenesses, courteous exchanges of uproar, signals of etiquette, formalities of roadsteads and citadels, sunrises and sunsets, saluted every day by all fortresses and all ships of war, openings and closings of ports, etc., the civilized world, discharged all over the earth, in the course of four and twenty hours, one hundred and fifty thousand useless shots.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading MANIPULATION TO BE THUS BROKEN WITH A BLOW FROM A HAMMER Towards the end of October, in that same year, 1823, the inhabitants of Toulon beheld the entry into their port, after heavy weather, and for the purpose of repairing some damages, of the ship _Orion_, which was employed later at Brest as a school-ship, and which then formed a part of the Mediterranean squadron.
WITHprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading MANIPULATION TO BE THUS BROKEN WITH A BLOW FROM A HAMMER Towards the end of October, in that same year, 1823, the inhabitants of Toulon beheld the entry into their port, after heavy weather, and for the purpose of repairing some damages, of the ship _Orion_, which was employed later at Brest as a school-ship, and which then formed a part of the Mediterranean squadron.
world
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From this reading It has been calculated that what with salvos, royal and military politenesses, courteous exchanges of uproar, signals of etiquette, formalities of roadsteads and citadels, sunrises and sunsets, saluted every day by all fortresses and all ships of war, openings and closings of ports, etc., the civilized world, discharged all over the earth, in the course of four and twenty hours, one hundred and fifty thousand useless shots.
year
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From this reading MANIPULATION TO BE THUS BROKEN WITH A BLOW FROM A HAMMER Towards the end of October, in that same year, 1823, the inhabitants of Toulon beheld the entry into their port, after heavy weather, and for the purpose of repairing some damages, of the ship _Orion_, which was employed later at Brest as a school-ship, and which then formed a part of the Mediterranean squadron.
