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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 The young girl had been marched through the crowded streets of Paris, followed by a jeering mob, who readily recognised in the gentle, high-bred girl the obvious prey, which the Committee of Public Safety was wont, from time to time to throw to the hungry hydra-headed dog of the Revolution.
aboutprepositionUS /əˈbaʊt/
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading Juliette was alone at last--that is to say, comparatively alone, for there were too many aristocrats, too many criminals and traitors, in the prisons of Paris now, to allow of any seclusion of those who were about to be tried, condemned, and guillotined.
aboveprepositionUS /əˈbʌv/
higher than, or over, something
From this reading Madame Guillotine was, above all, catholic in her tastes, her gaunt arms, painted blood red, were open alike to the murderer and the thief, the aristocrats of ancient lineage, and the proletariat from the gutter.
alike
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From this reading Madame Guillotine was, above all, catholic in her tastes, her gaunt arms, painted blood red, were open alike to the murderer and the thief, the aristocrats of ancient lineage, and the proletariat from the gutter.
all
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From this reading Madame Guillotine was, above all, catholic in her tastes, her gaunt arms, painted blood red, were open alike to the murderer and the thief, the aristocrats of ancient lineage, and the proletariat from the gutter.
allow
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From this reading Juliette was alone at last--that is to say, comparatively alone, for there were too many aristocrats, too many criminals and traitors, in the prisons of Paris now, to allow of any seclusion of those who were about to be tried, condemned, and guillotined.
alonenounUS /alone/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Juliette was alone at last--that is to say, comparatively alone, for there were too many aristocrats, too many criminals and traitors, in the prisons of Paris now, to allow of any seclusion of those who were about to be tried, condemned, and guillotined.
andeterminerUS /æn/
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading Lately the squalid spectators of the noisome spectacle on the Place de la Guillotine had had few of these very welcome sights: an aristocrat --a real, elegant, refined woman, with white hands and proud, pale face--mounting the steps of the same scaffold on which perished the vilest criminals and most degraded brutes.
ancientadjectiveUS /ˈeɪn.ʃənt/
Belonging to the very distant past and no longer in existence or deeply revered.
From this reading Madame Guillotine was, above all, catholic in her tastes, her gaunt arms, painted blood red, were open alike to the murderer and the thief, the aristocrats of ancient lineage, and the proletariat from the gutter.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Juliette was alone at last--that is to say, comparatively alone, for there were too many aristocrats, too many criminals and traitors, in the prisons of Paris now, to allow of any seclusion of those who were about to be tried, condemned, and guillotined.
any
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From this reading Juliette was alone at last--that is to say, comparatively alone, for there were too many aristocrats, too many criminals and traitors, in the prisons of Paris now, to allow of any seclusion of those who were about to be tried, condemned, and guillotined.
aristocrat
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From this reading Lately the squalid spectators of the noisome spectacle on the Place de la Guillotine had had few of these very welcome sights: an aristocrat --a real, elegant, refined woman, with white hands and proud, pale face--mounting the steps of the same scaffold on which perished the vilest criminals and most degraded brutes.
aristocrats
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From this reading Juliette was alone at last--that is to say, comparatively alone, for there were too many aristocrats, too many criminals and traitors, in the prisons of Paris now, to allow of any seclusion of those who were about to be tried, condemned, and guillotined.
arms
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From this reading Madame Guillotine was, above all, catholic in her tastes, her gaunt arms, painted blood red, were open alike to the murderer and the thief, the aristocrats of ancient lineage, and the proletariat from the gutter.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading Juliette was alone at last--that is to say, comparatively alone, for there were too many aristocrats, too many criminals and traitors, in the prisons of Paris now, to allow of any seclusion of those who were about to be tried, condemned, and guillotined.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading Juliette was alone at last--that is to say, comparatively alone, for there were too many aristocrats, too many criminals and traitors, in the prisons of Paris now, to allow of any seclusion of those who were about to be tried, condemned, and guillotined.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading The young girl had been marched through the crowded streets of Paris, followed by a jeering mob, who readily recognised in the gentle, high-bred girl the obvious prey, which the Committee of Public Safety was wont, from time to time to throw to the hungry hydra-headed dog of the Revolution.
bloodnounUS /blood/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Madame Guillotine was, above all, catholic in her tastes, her gaunt arms, painted blood red, were open alike to the murderer and the thief, the aristocrats of ancient lineage, and the proletariat from the gutter.
brutes
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From this reading Lately the squalid spectators of the noisome spectacle on the Place de la Guillotine had had few of these very welcome sights: an aristocrat --a real, elegant, refined woman, with white hands and proud, pale face--mounting the steps of the same scaffold on which perished the vilest criminals and most degraded brutes.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading The young girl had been marched through the crowded streets of Paris, followed by a jeering mob, who readily recognised in the gentle, high-bred girl the obvious prey, which the Committee of Public Safety was wont, from time to time to throw to the hungry hydra-headed dog of the Revolution.
catholic
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From this reading Madame Guillotine was, above all, catholic in her tastes, her gaunt arms, painted blood red, were open alike to the murderer and the thief, the aristocrats of ancient lineage, and the proletariat from the gutter.
Committee
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From this reading The young girl had been marched through the crowded streets of Paris, followed by a jeering mob, who readily recognised in the gentle, high-bred girl the obvious prey, which the Committee of Public Safety was wont, from time to time to throw to the hungry hydra-headed dog of the Revolution.
comparatively
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From this reading Juliette was alone at last--that is to say, comparatively alone, for there were too many aristocrats, too many criminals and traitors, in the prisons of Paris now, to allow of any seclusion of those who were about to be tried, condemned, and guillotined.
condemned
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From this reading Juliette was alone at last--that is to say, comparatively alone, for there were too many aristocrats, too many criminals and traitors, in the prisons of Paris now, to allow of any seclusion of those who were about to be tried, condemned, and guillotined.
criminals
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From this reading Juliette was alone at last--that is to say, comparatively alone, for there were too many aristocrats, too many criminals and traitors, in the prisons of Paris now, to allow of any seclusion of those who were about to be tried, condemned, and guillotined.
crowded
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From this reading The young girl had been marched through the crowded streets of Paris, followed by a jeering mob, who readily recognised in the gentle, high-bred girl the obvious prey, which the Committee of Public Safety was wont, from time to time to throw to the hungry hydra-headed dog of the Revolution.
de
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From this reading Lately the squalid spectators of the noisome spectacle on the Place de la Guillotine had had few of these very welcome sights: an aristocrat --a real, elegant, refined woman, with white hands and proud, pale face--mounting the steps of the same scaffold on which perished the vilest criminals and most degraded brutes.
degraded
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From this reading Lately the squalid spectators of the noisome spectacle on the Place de la Guillotine had had few of these very welcome sights: an aristocrat --a real, elegant, refined woman, with white hands and proud, pale face--mounting the steps of the same scaffold on which perished the vilest criminals and most degraded brutes.
dog
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From this reading The young girl had been marched through the crowded streets of Paris, followed by a jeering mob, who readily recognised in the gentle, high-bred girl the obvious prey, which the Committee of Public Safety was wont, from time to time to throw to the hungry hydra-headed dog of the Revolution.
elegant
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From this reading Lately the squalid spectators of the noisome spectacle on the Place de la Guillotine had had few of these very welcome sights: an aristocrat --a real, elegant, refined woman, with white hands and proud, pale face--mounting the steps of the same scaffold on which perished the vilest criminals and most degraded brutes.
face
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From this reading Lately the squalid spectators of the noisome spectacle on the Place de la Guillotine had had few of these very welcome sights: an aristocrat --a real, elegant, refined woman, with white hands and proud, pale face--mounting the steps of the same scaffold on which perished the vilest criminals and most degraded brutes.
few
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From this reading Lately the squalid spectators of the noisome spectacle on the Place de la Guillotine had had few of these very welcome sights: an aristocrat --a real, elegant, refined woman, with white hands and proud, pale face--mounting the steps of the same scaffold on which perished the vilest criminals and most degraded brutes.
followed
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From this reading The young girl had been marched through the crowded streets of Paris, followed by a jeering mob, who readily recognised in the gentle, high-bred girl the obvious prey, which the Committee of Public Safety was wont, from time to time to throw to the hungry hydra-headed dog of the Revolution.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading Juliette was alone at last--that is to say, comparatively alone, for there were too many aristocrats, too many criminals and traitors, in the prisons of Paris now, to allow of any seclusion of those who were about to be tried, condemned, and guillotined.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading The young girl had been marched through the crowded streets of Paris, followed by a jeering mob, who readily recognised in the gentle, high-bred girl the obvious prey, which the Committee of Public Safety was wont, from time to time to throw to the hungry hydra-headed dog of the Revolution.
gaunt
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From this reading Madame Guillotine was, above all, catholic in her tastes, her gaunt arms, painted blood red, were open alike to the murderer and the thief, the aristocrats of ancient lineage, and the proletariat from the gutter.
gentle
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From this reading The young girl had been marched through the crowded streets of Paris, followed by a jeering mob, who readily recognised in the gentle, high-bred girl the obvious prey, which the Committee of Public Safety was wont, from time to time to throw to the hungry hydra-headed dog of the Revolution.
girl
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From this reading The young girl had been marched through the crowded streets of Paris, followed by a jeering mob, who readily recognised in the gentle, high-bred girl the obvious prey, which the Committee of Public Safety was wont, from time to time to throw to the hungry hydra-headed dog of the Revolution.
Guillotine
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From this reading Lately the squalid spectators of the noisome spectacle on the Place de la Guillotine had had few of these very welcome sights: an aristocrat --a real, elegant, refined woman, with white hands and proud, pale face--mounting the steps of the same scaffold on which perished the vilest criminals and most degraded brutes.
guillotined
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From this reading Juliette was alone at last--that is to say, comparatively alone, for there were too many aristocrats, too many criminals and traitors, in the prisons of Paris now, to allow of any seclusion of those who were about to be tried, condemned, and guillotined.
gutter
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From this reading Madame Guillotine was, above all, catholic in her tastes, her gaunt arms, painted blood red, were open alike to the murderer and the thief, the aristocrats of ancient lineage, and the proletariat from the gutter.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading The young girl had been marched through the crowded streets of Paris, followed by a jeering mob, who readily recognised in the gentle, high-bred girl the obvious prey, which the Committee of Public Safety was wont, from time to time to throw to the hungry hydra-headed dog of the Revolution.
handsplural nounUS /hændz/
members of a ship’s crew
From this reading Lately the squalid spectators of the noisome spectacle on the Place de la Guillotine had had few of these very welcome sights: an aristocrat --a real, elegant, refined woman, with white hands and proud, pale face--mounting the steps of the same scaffold on which perished the vilest criminals and most degraded brutes.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading Madame Guillotine was, above all, catholic in her tastes, her gaunt arms, painted blood red, were open alike to the murderer and the thief, the aristocrats of ancient lineage, and the proletariat from the gutter.
high-bred
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From this reading The young girl had been marched through the crowded streets of Paris, followed by a jeering mob, who readily recognised in the gentle, high-bred girl the obvious prey, which the Committee of Public Safety was wont, from time to time to throw to the hungry hydra-headed dog of the Revolution.
hungry
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From this reading The young girl had been marched through the crowded streets of Paris, followed by a jeering mob, who readily recognised in the gentle, high-bred girl the obvious prey, which the Committee of Public Safety was wont, from time to time to throw to the hungry hydra-headed dog of the Revolution.
hydra-headed
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From this reading The young girl had been marched through the crowded streets of Paris, followed by a jeering mob, who readily recognised in the gentle, high-bred girl the obvious prey, which the Committee of Public Safety was wont, from time to time to throw to the hungry hydra-headed dog of the Revolution.
InprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading In the Luxembourg prison.
isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Juliette was alone at last--that is to say, comparatively alone, for there were too many aristocrats, too many criminals and traitors, in the prisons of Paris now, to allow of any seclusion of those who were about to be tried, condemned, and guillotined.
jeering
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From this reading The young girl had been marched through the crowded streets of Paris, followed by a jeering mob, who readily recognised in the gentle, high-bred girl the obvious prey, which the Committee of Public Safety was wont, from time to time to throw to the hungry hydra-headed dog of the Revolution.
Juliette
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From this reading Juliette was alone at last--that is to say, comparatively alone, for there were too many aristocrats, too many criminals and traitors, in the prisons of Paris now, to allow of any seclusion of those who were about to be tried, condemned, and guillotined.
la
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From this reading Lately the squalid spectators of the noisome spectacle on the Place de la Guillotine had had few of these very welcome sights: an aristocrat --a real, elegant, refined woman, with white hands and proud, pale face--mounting the steps of the same scaffold on which perished the vilest criminals and most degraded brutes.
lastnounUS /last/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Juliette was alone at last--that is to say, comparatively alone, for there were too many aristocrats, too many criminals and traitors, in the prisons of Paris now, to allow of any seclusion of those who were about to be tried, condemned, and guillotined.
Lately
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From this reading Lately the squalid spectators of the noisome spectacle on the Place de la Guillotine had had few of these very welcome sights: an aristocrat --a real, elegant, refined woman, with white hands and proud, pale face--mounting the steps of the same scaffold on which perished the vilest criminals and most degraded brutes.
lineage
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From this reading Madame Guillotine was, above all, catholic in her tastes, her gaunt arms, painted blood red, were open alike to the murderer and the thief, the aristocrats of ancient lineage, and the proletariat from the gutter.
Luxembourg
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From this reading In the Luxembourg prison.
Madame
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From this reading Madame Guillotine was, above all, catholic in her tastes, her gaunt arms, painted blood red, were open alike to the murderer and the thief, the aristocrats of ancient lineage, and the proletariat from the gutter.
many
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From this reading Juliette was alone at last--that is to say, comparatively alone, for there were too many aristocrats, too many criminals and traitors, in the prisons of Paris now, to allow of any seclusion of those who were about to be tried, condemned, and guillotined.
marched
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From this reading The young girl had been marched through the crowded streets of Paris, followed by a jeering mob, who readily recognised in the gentle, high-bred girl the obvious prey, which the Committee of Public Safety was wont, from time to time to throw to the hungry hydra-headed dog of the Revolution.
mob
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From this reading The young girl had been marched through the crowded streets of Paris, followed by a jeering mob, who readily recognised in the gentle, high-bred girl the obvious prey, which the Committee of Public Safety was wont, from time to time to throw to the hungry hydra-headed dog of the Revolution.
most
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From this reading Lately the squalid spectators of the noisome spectacle on the Place de la Guillotine had had few of these very welcome sights: an aristocrat --a real, elegant, refined woman, with white hands and proud, pale face--mounting the steps of the same scaffold on which perished the vilest criminals and most degraded brutes.
mounting
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From this reading Lately the squalid spectators of the noisome spectacle on the Place de la Guillotine had had few of these very welcome sights: an aristocrat --a real, elegant, refined woman, with white hands and proud, pale face--mounting the steps of the same scaffold on which perished the vilest criminals and most degraded brutes.
murderer
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From this reading Madame Guillotine was, above all, catholic in her tastes, her gaunt arms, painted blood red, were open alike to the murderer and the thief, the aristocrats of ancient lineage, and the proletariat from the gutter.
noisome
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From this reading Lately the squalid spectators of the noisome spectacle on the Place de la Guillotine had had few of these very welcome sights: an aristocrat --a real, elegant, refined woman, with white hands and proud, pale face--mounting the steps of the same scaffold on which perished the vilest criminals and most degraded brutes.
now
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From this reading Juliette was alone at last--that is to say, comparatively alone, for there were too many aristocrats, too many criminals and traitors, in the prisons of Paris now, to allow of any seclusion of those who were about to be tried, condemned, and guillotined.
obvious
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From this reading The young girl had been marched through the crowded streets of Paris, followed by a jeering mob, who readily recognised in the gentle, high-bred girl the obvious prey, which the Committee of Public Safety was wont, from time to time to throw to the hungry hydra-headed dog of the Revolution.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Juliette was alone at last--that is to say, comparatively alone, for there were too many aristocrats, too many criminals and traitors, in the prisons of Paris now, to allow of any seclusion of those who were about to be tried, condemned, and guillotined.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading Lately the squalid spectators of the noisome spectacle on the Place de la Guillotine had had few of these very welcome sights: an aristocrat --a real, elegant, refined woman, with white hands and proud, pale face--mounting the steps of the same scaffold on which perished the vilest criminals and most degraded brutes.
openverbUS /ˈoʊ.pən/
To move from a closed position.
From this reading Madame Guillotine was, above all, catholic in her tastes, her gaunt arms, painted blood red, were open alike to the murderer and the thief, the aristocrats of ancient lineage, and the proletariat from the gutter.
painted
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From this reading Madame Guillotine was, above all, catholic in her tastes, her gaunt arms, painted blood red, were open alike to the murderer and the thief, the aristocrats of ancient lineage, and the proletariat from the gutter.
pale
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From this reading Lately the squalid spectators of the noisome spectacle on the Place de la Guillotine had had few of these very welcome sights: an aristocrat --a real, elegant, refined woman, with white hands and proud, pale face--mounting the steps of the same scaffold on which perished the vilest criminals and most degraded brutes.
Paris
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From this reading Juliette was alone at last--that is to say, comparatively alone, for there were too many aristocrats, too many criminals and traitors, in the prisons of Paris now, to allow of any seclusion of those who were about to be tried, condemned, and guillotined.
perished
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From this reading Lately the squalid spectators of the noisome spectacle on the Place de la Guillotine had had few of these very welcome sights: an aristocrat --a real, elegant, refined woman, with white hands and proud, pale face--mounting the steps of the same scaffold on which perished the vilest criminals and most degraded brutes.
Place
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From this reading Lately the squalid spectators of the noisome spectacle on the Place de la Guillotine had had few of these very welcome sights: an aristocrat --a real, elegant, refined woman, with white hands and proud, pale face--mounting the steps of the same scaffold on which perished the vilest criminals and most degraded brutes.
prey
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From this reading The young girl had been marched through the crowded streets of Paris, followed by a jeering mob, who readily recognised in the gentle, high-bred girl the obvious prey, which the Committee of Public Safety was wont, from time to time to throw to the hungry hydra-headed dog of the Revolution.
prison
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From this reading In the Luxembourg prison.
prisons
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From this reading Juliette was alone at last--that is to say, comparatively alone, for there were too many aristocrats, too many criminals and traitors, in the prisons of Paris now, to allow of any seclusion of those who were about to be tried, condemned, and guillotined.
proletariat
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From this reading Madame Guillotine was, above all, catholic in her tastes, her gaunt arms, painted blood red, were open alike to the murderer and the thief, the aristocrats of ancient lineage, and the proletariat from the gutter.
proud
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From this reading Lately the squalid spectators of the noisome spectacle on the Place de la Guillotine had had few of these very welcome sights: an aristocrat --a real, elegant, refined woman, with white hands and proud, pale face--mounting the steps of the same scaffold on which perished the vilest criminals and most degraded brutes.
Public
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From this reading The young girl had been marched through the crowded streets of Paris, followed by a jeering mob, who readily recognised in the gentle, high-bred girl the obvious prey, which the Committee of Public Safety was wont, from time to time to throw to the hungry hydra-headed dog of the Revolution.
readilynounUS /readily/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The young girl had been marched through the crowded streets of Paris, followed by a jeering mob, who readily recognised in the gentle, high-bred girl the obvious prey, which the Committee of Public Safety was wont, from time to time to throw to the hungry hydra-headed dog of the Revolution.
real
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From this reading Lately the squalid spectators of the noisome spectacle on the Place de la Guillotine had had few of these very welcome sights: an aristocrat --a real, elegant, refined woman, with white hands and proud, pale face--mounting the steps of the same scaffold on which perished the vilest criminals and most degraded brutes.
recognised
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From this reading The young girl had been marched through the crowded streets of Paris, followed by a jeering mob, who readily recognised in the gentle, high-bred girl the obvious prey, which the Committee of Public Safety was wont, from time to time to throw to the hungry hydra-headed dog of the Revolution.
red
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From this reading Madame Guillotine was, above all, catholic in her tastes, her gaunt arms, painted blood red, were open alike to the murderer and the thief, the aristocrats of ancient lineage, and the proletariat from the gutter.
refined
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From this reading Lately the squalid spectators of the noisome spectacle on the Place de la Guillotine had had few of these very welcome sights: an aristocrat --a real, elegant, refined woman, with white hands and proud, pale face--mounting the steps of the same scaffold on which perished the vilest criminals and most degraded brutes.
Revolution
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From this reading The young girl had been marched through the crowded streets of Paris, followed by a jeering mob, who readily recognised in the gentle, high-bred girl the obvious prey, which the Committee of Public Safety was wont, from time to time to throw to the hungry hydra-headed dog of the Revolution.
Safety
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From this reading The young girl had been marched through the crowded streets of Paris, followed by a jeering mob, who readily recognised in the gentle, high-bred girl the obvious prey, which the Committee of Public Safety was wont, from time to time to throw to the hungry hydra-headed dog of the Revolution.
samenounUS /same/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Lately the squalid spectators of the noisome spectacle on the Place de la Guillotine had had few of these very welcome sights: an aristocrat --a real, elegant, refined woman, with white hands and proud, pale face--mounting the steps of the same scaffold on which perished the vilest criminals and most degraded brutes.
say
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From this reading Juliette was alone at last--that is to say, comparatively alone, for there were too many aristocrats, too many criminals and traitors, in the prisons of Paris now, to allow of any seclusion of those who were about to be tried, condemned, and guillotined.
scaffold
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From this reading Lately the squalid spectators of the noisome spectacle on the Place de la Guillotine had had few of these very welcome sights: an aristocrat --a real, elegant, refined woman, with white hands and proud, pale face--mounting the steps of the same scaffold on which perished the vilest criminals and most degraded brutes.
seclusion
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From this reading Juliette was alone at last--that is to say, comparatively alone, for there were too many aristocrats, too many criminals and traitors, in the prisons of Paris now, to allow of any seclusion of those who were about to be tried, condemned, and guillotined.
sights
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From this reading Lately the squalid spectators of the noisome spectacle on the Place de la Guillotine had had few of these very welcome sights: an aristocrat --a real, elegant, refined woman, with white hands and proud, pale face--mounting the steps of the same scaffold on which perished the vilest criminals and most degraded brutes.
spectacle
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From this reading Lately the squalid spectators of the noisome spectacle on the Place de la Guillotine had had few of these very welcome sights: an aristocrat --a real, elegant, refined woman, with white hands and proud, pale face--mounting the steps of the same scaffold on which perished the vilest criminals and most degraded brutes.
spectators
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From this reading Lately the squalid spectators of the noisome spectacle on the Place de la Guillotine had had few of these very welcome sights: an aristocrat --a real, elegant, refined woman, with white hands and proud, pale face--mounting the steps of the same scaffold on which perished the vilest criminals and most degraded brutes.
squalid
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From this reading Lately the squalid spectators of the noisome spectacle on the Place de la Guillotine had had few of these very welcome sights: an aristocrat --a real, elegant, refined woman, with white hands and proud, pale face--mounting the steps of the same scaffold on which perished the vilest criminals and most degraded brutes.
steps
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From this reading Lately the squalid spectators of the noisome spectacle on the Place de la Guillotine had had few of these very welcome sights: an aristocrat --a real, elegant, refined woman, with white hands and proud, pale face--mounting the steps of the same scaffold on which perished the vilest criminals and most degraded brutes.
streets
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From this reading The young girl had been marched through the crowded streets of Paris, followed by a jeering mob, who readily recognised in the gentle, high-bred girl the obvious prey, which the Committee of Public Safety was wont, from time to time to throw to the hungry hydra-headed dog of the Revolution.
tastes
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From this reading Madame Guillotine was, above all, catholic in her tastes, her gaunt arms, painted blood red, were open alike to the murderer and the thief, the aristocrats of ancient lineage, and the proletariat from the gutter.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Juliette was alone at last--that is to say, comparatively alone, for there were too many aristocrats, too many criminals and traitors, in the prisons of Paris now, to allow of any seclusion of those who were about to be tried, condemned, and guillotined.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading In the Luxembourg prison.
there
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From this reading Juliette was alone at last--that is to say, comparatively alone, for there were too many aristocrats, too many criminals and traitors, in the prisons of Paris now, to allow of any seclusion of those who were about to be tried, condemned, and guillotined.
thesedeterminerUS /ðiːz/
the plural of “this”: the people or things near, or just mentioned
From this reading Lately the squalid spectators of the noisome spectacle on the Place de la Guillotine had had few of these very welcome sights: an aristocrat --a real, elegant, refined woman, with white hands and proud, pale face--mounting the steps of the same scaffold on which perished the vilest criminals and most degraded brutes.
thief
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From this reading Madame Guillotine was, above all, catholic in her tastes, her gaunt arms, painted blood red, were open alike to the murderer and the thief, the aristocrats of ancient lineage, and the proletariat from the gutter.
thosedeterminerUS /ðoʊz/
the plural of “that”: the people or things further away, or already known
From this reading Juliette was alone at last--that is to say, comparatively alone, for there were too many aristocrats, too many criminals and traitors, in the prisons of Paris now, to allow of any seclusion of those who were about to be tried, condemned, and guillotined.
throughnounUS /ˈthrough/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading The young girl had been marched through the crowded streets of Paris, followed by a jeering mob, who readily recognised in the gentle, high-bred girl the obvious prey, which the Committee of Public Safety was wont, from time to time to throw to the hungry hydra-headed dog of the Revolution.
throw
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From this reading The young girl had been marched through the crowded streets of Paris, followed by a jeering mob, who readily recognised in the gentle, high-bred girl the obvious prey, which the Committee of Public Safety was wont, from time to time to throw to the hungry hydra-headed dog of the Revolution.
timenounUS /time/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The young girl had been marched through the crowded streets of Paris, followed by a jeering mob, who readily recognised in the gentle, high-bred girl the obvious prey, which the Committee of Public Safety was wont, from time to time to throw to the hungry hydra-headed dog of the Revolution.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Juliette was alone at last--that is to say, comparatively alone, for there were too many aristocrats, too many criminals and traitors, in the prisons of Paris now, to allow of any seclusion of those who were about to be tried, condemned, and guillotined.
too
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From this reading Juliette was alone at last--that is to say, comparatively alone, for there were too many aristocrats, too many criminals and traitors, in the prisons of Paris now, to allow of any seclusion of those who were about to be tried, condemned, and guillotined.
traitorsnounUS /ˈtreɪtərz/
people who betray a person or country that trusts them
From this reading Juliette was alone at last--that is to say, comparatively alone, for there were too many aristocrats, too many criminals and traitors, in the prisons of Paris now, to allow of any seclusion of those who were about to be tried, condemned, and guillotined.
tried
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From this reading Juliette was alone at last--that is to say, comparatively alone, for there were too many aristocrats, too many criminals and traitors, in the prisons of Paris now, to allow of any seclusion of those who were about to be tried, condemned, and guillotined.
very
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From this reading Lately the squalid spectators of the noisome spectacle on the Place de la Guillotine had had few of these very welcome sights: an aristocrat --a real, elegant, refined woman, with white hands and proud, pale face--mounting the steps of the same scaffold on which perished the vilest criminals and most degraded brutes.
vilest
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From this reading Lately the squalid spectators of the noisome spectacle on the Place de la Guillotine had had few of these very welcome sights: an aristocrat --a real, elegant, refined woman, with white hands and proud, pale face--mounting the steps of the same scaffold on which perished the vilest criminals and most degraded brutes.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Juliette was alone at last--that is to say, comparatively alone, for there were too many aristocrats, too many criminals and traitors, in the prisons of Paris now, to allow of any seclusion of those who were about to be tried, condemned, and guillotined.
welcome
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From this reading Lately the squalid spectators of the noisome spectacle on the Place de la Guillotine had had few of these very welcome sights: an aristocrat --a real, elegant, refined woman, with white hands and proud, pale face--mounting the steps of the same scaffold on which perished the vilest criminals and most degraded brutes.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading Juliette was alone at last--that is to say, comparatively alone, for there were too many aristocrats, too many criminals and traitors, in the prisons of Paris now, to allow of any seclusion of those who were about to be tried, condemned, and guillotined.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading The young girl had been marched through the crowded streets of Paris, followed by a jeering mob, who readily recognised in the gentle, high-bred girl the obvious prey, which the Committee of Public Safety was wont, from time to time to throw to the hungry hydra-headed dog of the Revolution.
white
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From this reading Lately the squalid spectators of the noisome spectacle on the Place de la Guillotine had had few of these very welcome sights: an aristocrat --a real, elegant, refined woman, with white hands and proud, pale face--mounting the steps of the same scaffold on which perished the vilest criminals and most degraded brutes.
whopronounUS /huː/
which person or people
From this reading Juliette was alone at last--that is to say, comparatively alone, for there were too many aristocrats, too many criminals and traitors, in the prisons of Paris now, to allow of any seclusion of those who were about to be tried, condemned, and guillotined.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading Lately the squalid spectators of the noisome spectacle on the Place de la Guillotine had had few of these very welcome sights: an aristocrat --a real, elegant, refined woman, with white hands and proud, pale face--mounting the steps of the same scaffold on which perished the vilest criminals and most degraded brutes.
woman
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From this reading Lately the squalid spectators of the noisome spectacle on the Place de la Guillotine had had few of these very welcome sights: an aristocrat --a real, elegant, refined woman, with white hands and proud, pale face--mounting the steps of the same scaffold on which perished the vilest criminals and most degraded brutes.
wont
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From this reading The young girl had been marched through the crowded streets of Paris, followed by a jeering mob, who readily recognised in the gentle, high-bred girl the obvious prey, which the Committee of Public Safety was wont, from time to time to throw to the hungry hydra-headed dog of the Revolution.
young
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From this reading The young girl had been marched through the crowded streets of Paris, followed by a jeering mob, who readily recognised in the gentle, high-bred girl the obvious prey, which the Committee of Public Safety was wont, from time to time to throw to the hungry hydra-headed dog of the Revolution.
