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1815
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From this reading Nations escaped from the abyss as in the time of the Barbarians; but the Barbarism of 1815, which could be called by its familiar name the counter-revolution, had but little breath, soon began to pant, and stopped.
adeterminerUS /ə/
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading With the fall of the Dictatorship, an entire European system crumbled away, and the Empire vanished in a shadow which resembled that of the expiring Roman world.
abyss
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From this reading Nations escaped from the abyss as in the time of the Barbarians; but the Barbarism of 1815, which could be called by its familiar name the counter-revolution, had but little breath, soon began to pant, and stopped.
all
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From this reading It had spread over the whole earth all the light that tyranny can give,--a dim light, we will say, an obscure light; for when compared with real day, it is night.
andeterminerUS /æn/
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading With the fall of the Dictatorship, an entire European system crumbled away, and the Empire vanished in a shadow which resembled that of the expiring Roman world.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading With the fall of the Dictatorship, an entire European system crumbled away, and the Empire vanished in a shadow which resembled that of the expiring Roman world.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading Nations escaped from the abyss as in the time of the Barbarians; but the Barbarism of 1815, which could be called by its familiar name the counter-revolution, had but little breath, soon began to pant, and stopped.
away
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From this reading With the fall of the Dictatorship, an entire European system crumbled away, and the Empire vanished in a shadow which resembled that of the expiring Roman world.
Barbarians
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From this reading Nations escaped from the abyss as in the time of the Barbarians; but the Barbarism of 1815, which could be called by its familiar name the counter-revolution, had but little breath, soon began to pant, and stopped.
Barbarism
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From this reading Nations escaped from the abyss as in the time of the Barbarians; but the Barbarism of 1815, which could be called by its familiar name the counter-revolution, had but little breath, soon began to pant, and stopped.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading Nations escaped from the abyss as in the time of the Barbarians; but the Barbarism of 1815, which could be called by its familiar name the counter-revolution, had but little breath, soon began to pant, and stopped.
begannounUS /began/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Nations escaped from the abyss as in the time of the Barbarians; but the Barbarism of 1815, which could be called by its familiar name the counter-revolution, had but little breath, soon began to pant, and stopped.
breath
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From this reading Nations escaped from the abyss as in the time of the Barbarians; but the Barbarism of 1815, which could be called by its familiar name the counter-revolution, had but little breath, soon began to pant, and stopped.
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading Nations escaped from the abyss as in the time of the Barbarians; but the Barbarism of 1815, which could be called by its familiar name the counter-revolution, had but little breath, soon began to pant, and stopped.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading Nations escaped from the abyss as in the time of the Barbarians; but the Barbarism of 1815, which could be called by its familiar name the counter-revolution, had but little breath, soon began to pant, and stopped.
called
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From this reading Nations escaped from the abyss as in the time of the Barbarians; but the Barbarism of 1815, which could be called by its familiar name the counter-revolution, had but little breath, soon began to pant, and stopped.
canmodal verbUS /kæn/
to be able to, or to be allowed to
From this reading It had spread over the whole earth all the light that tyranny can give,--a dim light, we will say, an obscure light; for when compared with real day, it is night.
compared
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From this reading It had spread over the whole earth all the light that tyranny can give,--a dim light, we will say, an obscure light; for when compared with real day, it is night.
confess
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From this reading The Empire, we confess, was lamented, and by heroic eyes, and its glory consists in the sword-made sceptre; the Empire was glory itself.
consists
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From this reading The Empire, we confess, was lamented, and by heroic eyes, and its glory consists in the sword-made sceptre; the Empire was glory itself.
couldmodal verbUS /kʊd/
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading Nations escaped from the abyss as in the time of the Barbarians; but the Barbarism of 1815, which could be called by its familiar name the counter-revolution, had but little breath, soon began to pant, and stopped.
counter-revolution
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From this reading Nations escaped from the abyss as in the time of the Barbarians; but the Barbarism of 1815, which could be called by its familiar name the counter-revolution, had but little breath, soon began to pant, and stopped.
crumbled
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From this reading With the fall of the Dictatorship, an entire European system crumbled away, and the Empire vanished in a shadow which resembled that of the expiring Roman world.
day
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From this reading It had spread over the whole earth all the light that tyranny can give,--a dim light, we will say, an obscure light; for when compared with real day, it is night.
Dictatorship
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From this reading With the fall of the Dictatorship, an entire European system crumbled away, and the Empire vanished in a shadow which resembled that of the expiring Roman world.
dim
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From this reading It had spread over the whole earth all the light that tyranny can give,--a dim light, we will say, an obscure light; for when compared with real day, it is night.
DIVINE
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From this reading RESTORATION OF DIVINE RIGHT.
earth
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From this reading It had spread over the whole earth all the light that tyranny can give,--a dim light, we will say, an obscure light; for when compared with real day, it is night.
Empire
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From this reading With the fall of the Dictatorship, an entire European system crumbled away, and the Empire vanished in a shadow which resembled that of the expiring Roman world.
entire
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From this reading With the fall of the Dictatorship, an entire European system crumbled away, and the Empire vanished in a shadow which resembled that of the expiring Roman world.
escaped
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From this reading Nations escaped from the abyss as in the time of the Barbarians; but the Barbarism of 1815, which could be called by its familiar name the counter-revolution, had but little breath, soon began to pant, and stopped.
European
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From this reading With the fall of the Dictatorship, an entire European system crumbled away, and the Empire vanished in a shadow which resembled that of the expiring Roman world.
expiring
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From this reading With the fall of the Dictatorship, an entire European system crumbled away, and the Empire vanished in a shadow which resembled that of the expiring Roman world.
eyes
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From this reading The Empire, we confess, was lamented, and by heroic eyes, and its glory consists in the sword-made sceptre; the Empire was glory itself.
fall
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From this reading With the fall of the Dictatorship, an entire European system crumbled away, and the Empire vanished in a shadow which resembled that of the expiring Roman world.
familiar
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From this reading Nations escaped from the abyss as in the time of the Barbarians; but the Barbarism of 1815, which could be called by its familiar name the counter-revolution, had but little breath, soon began to pant, and stopped.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading It had spread over the whole earth all the light that tyranny can give,--a dim light, we will say, an obscure light; for when compared with real day, it is night.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading Nations escaped from the abyss as in the time of the Barbarians; but the Barbarism of 1815, which could be called by its familiar name the counter-revolution, had but little breath, soon began to pant, and stopped.
give
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From this reading It had spread over the whole earth all the light that tyranny can give,--a dim light, we will say, an obscure light; for when compared with real day, it is night.
glory
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From this reading The Empire, we confess, was lamented, and by heroic eyes, and its glory consists in the sword-made sceptre; the Empire was glory itself.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Nations escaped from the abyss as in the time of the Barbarians; but the Barbarism of 1815, which could be called by its familiar name the counter-revolution, had but little breath, soon began to pant, and stopped.
heroic
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From this reading The Empire, we confess, was lamented, and by heroic eyes, and its glory consists in the sword-made sceptre; the Empire was glory itself.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading With the fall of the Dictatorship, an entire European system crumbled away, and the Empire vanished in a shadow which resembled that of the expiring Roman world.
isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading It had spread over the whole earth all the light that tyranny can give,--a dim light, we will say, an obscure light; for when compared with real day, it is night.
ItpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It had spread over the whole earth all the light that tyranny can give,--a dim light, we will say, an obscure light; for when compared with real day, it is night.
itsdeterminerUS /ɪts/
belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned
From this reading Nations escaped from the abyss as in the time of the Barbarians; but the Barbarism of 1815, which could be called by its familiar name the counter-revolution, had but little breath, soon began to pant, and stopped.
itselfpronounUS /ˌɪtˈself/
used when the thing doing the action is also its object
From this reading The Empire, we confess, was lamented, and by heroic eyes, and its glory consists in the sword-made sceptre; the Empire was glory itself.
lamentedverbUS /ləˈmentɪd/
expressed great sadness or disappointment
From this reading The Empire, we confess, was lamented, and by heroic eyes, and its glory consists in the sword-made sceptre; the Empire was glory itself.
light
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From this reading It had spread over the whole earth all the light that tyranny can give,--a dim light, we will say, an obscure light; for when compared with real day, it is night.
littlenounUS /little/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Nations escaped from the abyss as in the time of the Barbarians; but the Barbarism of 1815, which could be called by its familiar name the counter-revolution, had but little breath, soon began to pant, and stopped.
namenounUS /name/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Nations escaped from the abyss as in the time of the Barbarians; but the Barbarism of 1815, which could be called by its familiar name the counter-revolution, had but little breath, soon began to pant, and stopped.
Nations
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From this reading Nations escaped from the abyss as in the time of the Barbarians; but the Barbarism of 1815, which could be called by its familiar name the counter-revolution, had but little breath, soon began to pant, and stopped.
night
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From this reading It had spread over the whole earth all the light that tyranny can give,--a dim light, we will say, an obscure light; for when compared with real day, it is night.
obscure
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From this reading It had spread over the whole earth all the light that tyranny can give,--a dim light, we will say, an obscure light; for when compared with real day, it is night.
OFprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading RESTORATION OF DIVINE RIGHT.
overprepositionUS /ˈoʊvər/
above and across; more than
From this reading It had spread over the whole earth all the light that tyranny can give,--a dim light, we will say, an obscure light; for when compared with real day, it is night.
pant
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From this reading Nations escaped from the abyss as in the time of the Barbarians; but the Barbarism of 1815, which could be called by its familiar name the counter-revolution, had but little breath, soon began to pant, and stopped.
real
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From this reading It had spread over the whole earth all the light that tyranny can give,--a dim light, we will say, an obscure light; for when compared with real day, it is night.
resembled
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From this reading With the fall of the Dictatorship, an entire European system crumbled away, and the Empire vanished in a shadow which resembled that of the expiring Roman world.
RESTORATION
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From this reading RESTORATION OF DIVINE RIGHT.
RIGHTnounUS /right/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading RESTORATION OF DIVINE RIGHT.
Roman
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From this reading With the fall of the Dictatorship, an entire European system crumbled away, and the Empire vanished in a shadow which resembled that of the expiring Roman world.
say
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From this reading It had spread over the whole earth all the light that tyranny can give,--a dim light, we will say, an obscure light; for when compared with real day, it is night.
sceptre
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From this reading The Empire, we confess, was lamented, and by heroic eyes, and its glory consists in the sword-made sceptre; the Empire was glory itself.
shadownounUS /ˈʃæd.oʊ/
A dark area or shape produced by a body coming between rays of light and a surface.
From this reading With the fall of the Dictatorship, an entire European system crumbled away, and the Empire vanished in a shadow which resembled that of the expiring Roman world.
soon
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From this reading Nations escaped from the abyss as in the time of the Barbarians; but the Barbarism of 1815, which could be called by its familiar name the counter-revolution, had but little breath, soon began to pant, and stopped.
spread
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From this reading It had spread over the whole earth all the light that tyranny can give,--a dim light, we will say, an obscure light; for when compared with real day, it is night.
stoppednounUS /stopped/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Nations escaped from the abyss as in the time of the Barbarians; but the Barbarism of 1815, which could be called by its familiar name the counter-revolution, had but little breath, soon began to pant, and stopped.
sword-made
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From this reading The Empire, we confess, was lamented, and by heroic eyes, and its glory consists in the sword-made sceptre; the Empire was glory itself.
system
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From this reading With the fall of the Dictatorship, an entire European system crumbled away, and the Empire vanished in a shadow which resembled that of the expiring Roman world.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading With the fall of the Dictatorship, an entire European system crumbled away, and the Empire vanished in a shadow which resembled that of the expiring Roman world.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading With the fall of the Dictatorship, an entire European system crumbled away, and the Empire vanished in a shadow which resembled that of the expiring Roman world.
timenounUS /time/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Nations escaped from the abyss as in the time of the Barbarians; but the Barbarism of 1815, which could be called by its familiar name the counter-revolution, had but little breath, soon began to pant, and stopped.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Nations escaped from the abyss as in the time of the Barbarians; but the Barbarism of 1815, which could be called by its familiar name the counter-revolution, had but little breath, soon began to pant, and stopped.
tyranny
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From this reading It had spread over the whole earth all the light that tyranny can give,--a dim light, we will say, an obscure light; for when compared with real day, it is night.
vanished
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From this reading With the fall of the Dictatorship, an entire European system crumbled away, and the Empire vanished in a shadow which resembled that of the expiring Roman world.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading The Empire, we confess, was lamented, and by heroic eyes, and its glory consists in the sword-made sceptre; the Empire was glory itself.
wepronounUS /wiː/
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading The Empire, we confess, was lamented, and by heroic eyes, and its glory consists in the sword-made sceptre; the Empire was glory itself.
whenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading It had spread over the whole earth all the light that tyranny can give,--a dim light, we will say, an obscure light; for when compared with real day, it is night.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading With the fall of the Dictatorship, an entire European system crumbled away, and the Empire vanished in a shadow which resembled that of the expiring Roman world.
whole
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From this reading It had spread over the whole earth all the light that tyranny can give,--a dim light, we will say, an obscure light; for when compared with real day, it is night.
willmodal verbUS /wɪl/
used to talk about the future, or about willingness
From this reading It had spread over the whole earth all the light that tyranny can give,--a dim light, we will say, an obscure light; for when compared with real day, it is night.
WithprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading With the fall of the Dictatorship, an entire European system crumbled away, and the Empire vanished in a shadow which resembled that of the expiring Roman world.
world
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From this reading With the fall of the Dictatorship, an entire European system crumbled away, and the Empire vanished in a shadow which resembled that of the expiring Roman world.
