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Chapter I
PREPARER’S NOTE: The Girl with the Golden Eyes is the third part of a trilogy. Part one is entitled Ferragus and part two is The Duchesse de Langeais. The three stories are frequently combined under the title The Thirteen. To Eugene Delacroix, Painter. One of those sights in which most horror is to be encountered is, surely, the general aspect of the Parisian populace--a people fearful to behold, gaunt, yellow, tawny.
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used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading “Part one is entitled Ferragus and part two is The Duchesse de Langeais.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “PREPARER’S NOTE: The Girl with the Golden Eyes is the third part of a trilogy.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “PREPARER’S NOTE: The Girl with the Golden Eyes is the third part of a trilogy.”
the plural of “that”: the people or things further away, or already known
From this reading “One of those sights in which most horror is to be encountered is, surely, the general aspect of the Parisian populace--a people fearful to behold, gaunt, yellow, tawny.”
below or beneath something; less than
From this reading “The three stories are frequently combined under the title The Thirteen.”
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used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading PREPARER’S NOTE: The Girl with the Golden Eyes is the third part of a trilogy.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Part one is entitled Ferragus and part two is The Duchesse de Langeais.
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading The three stories are frequently combined under the title The Thirteen.
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From this reading One of those sights in which most horror is to be encountered is, surely, the general aspect of the Parisian populace--a people fearful to behold, gaunt, yellow, tawny.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading One of those sights in which most horror is to be encountered is, surely, the general aspect of the Parisian populace--a people fearful to behold, gaunt, yellow, tawny.
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From this reading One of those sights in which most horror is to be encountered is, surely, the general aspect of the Parisian populace--a people fearful to behold, gaunt, yellow, tawny.
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From this reading The three stories are frequently combined under the title The Thirteen.
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From this reading Part one is entitled Ferragus and part two is The Duchesse de Langeais.
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From this reading To Eugene Delacroix, Painter.
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From this reading Part one is entitled Ferragus and part two is The Duchesse de Langeais.
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From this reading One of those sights in which most horror is to be encountered is, surely, the general aspect of the Parisian populace--a people fearful to behold, gaunt, yellow, tawny.
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From this reading Part one is entitled Ferragus and part two is The Duchesse de Langeais.
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From this reading To Eugene Delacroix, Painter.
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From this reading PREPARER’S NOTE: The Girl with the Golden Eyes is the third part of a trilogy.
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From this reading One of those sights in which most horror is to be encountered is, surely, the general aspect of the Parisian populace--a people fearful to behold, gaunt, yellow, tawny.
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From this reading Part one is entitled Ferragus and part two is The Duchesse de Langeais.
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From this reading The three stories are frequently combined under the title The Thirteen.
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From this reading One of those sights in which most horror is to be encountered is, surely, the general aspect of the Parisian populace--a people fearful to behold, gaunt, yellow, tawny.
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From this reading One of those sights in which most horror is to be encountered is, surely, the general aspect of the Parisian populace--a people fearful to behold, gaunt, yellow, tawny.
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From this reading PREPARER’S NOTE: The Girl with the Golden Eyes is the third part of a trilogy.
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From this reading PREPARER’S NOTE: The Girl with the Golden Eyes is the third part of a trilogy.
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From this reading One of those sights in which most horror is to be encountered is, surely, the general aspect of the Parisian populace--a people fearful to behold, gaunt, yellow, tawny.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading One of those sights in which most horror is to be encountered is, surely, the general aspect of the Parisian populace--a people fearful to behold, gaunt, yellow, tawny.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading PREPARER’S NOTE: The Girl with the Golden Eyes is the third part of a trilogy.
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From this reading Part one is entitled Ferragus and part two is The Duchesse de Langeais.
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From this reading One of those sights in which most horror is to be encountered is, surely, the general aspect of the Parisian populace--a people fearful to behold, gaunt, yellow, tawny.
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From this reading PREPARER’S NOTE: The Girl with the Golden Eyes is the third part of a trilogy.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading PREPARER’S NOTE: The Girl with the Golden Eyes is the third part of a trilogy.
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading Part one is entitled Ferragus and part two is The Duchesse de Langeais.
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From this reading To Eugene Delacroix, Painter.
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From this reading One of those sights in which most horror is to be encountered is, surely, the general aspect of the Parisian populace--a people fearful to behold, gaunt, yellow, tawny.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading PREPARER’S NOTE: The Girl with the Golden Eyes is the third part of a trilogy.
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From this reading One of those sights in which most horror is to be encountered is, surely, the general aspect of the Parisian populace--a people fearful to behold, gaunt, yellow, tawny.
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From this reading One of those sights in which most horror is to be encountered is, surely, the general aspect of the Parisian populace--a people fearful to behold, gaunt, yellow, tawny.
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From this reading PREPARER’S NOTE: The Girl with the Golden Eyes is the third part of a trilogy.
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From this reading One of those sights in which most horror is to be encountered is, surely, the general aspect of the Parisian populace--a people fearful to behold, gaunt, yellow, tawny.
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From this reading The three stories are frequently combined under the title The Thirteen.
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From this reading One of those sights in which most horror is to be encountered is, surely, the general aspect of the Parisian populace--a people fearful to behold, gaunt, yellow, tawny.
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From this reading One of those sights in which most horror is to be encountered is, surely, the general aspect of the Parisian populace--a people fearful to behold, gaunt, yellow, tawny.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading PREPARER’S NOTE: The Girl with the Golden Eyes is the third part of a trilogy.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading PREPARER’S NOTE: The Girl with the Golden Eyes is the third part of a trilogy.
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From this reading The three stories are frequently combined under the title The Thirteen.
the plural of “that”: the people or things further away, or already known
From this reading One of those sights in which most horror is to be encountered is, surely, the general aspect of the Parisian populace--a people fearful to behold, gaunt, yellow, tawny.
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From this reading The three stories are frequently combined under the title The Thirteen.
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From this reading The three stories are frequently combined under the title The Thirteen.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading To Eugene Delacroix, Painter.
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From this reading PREPARER’S NOTE: The Girl with the Golden Eyes is the third part of a trilogy.
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From this reading Part one is entitled Ferragus and part two is The Duchesse de Langeais.
below or beneath something; less than
From this reading The three stories are frequently combined under the title The Thirteen.
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading One of those sights in which most horror is to be encountered is, surely, the general aspect of the Parisian populace--a people fearful to behold, gaunt, yellow, tawny.
in the company of; together with
From this reading PREPARER’S NOTE: The Girl with the Golden Eyes is the third part of a trilogy.
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From this reading One of those sights in which most horror is to be encountered is, surely, the general aspect of the Parisian populace--a people fearful to behold, gaunt, yellow, tawny.
