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1814
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From this reading Its physiognomy suggests the evolution of good and evil, battle and victory; the moral combat of ‘89, the clarion calls of which still re-echo in every corner of the world; and also the downfall of 1814.
89
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From this reading Its physiognomy suggests the evolution of good and evil, battle and victory; the moral combat of ‘89, the clarion calls of which still re-echo in every corner of the world; and also the downfall of 1814.
adeterminerUS /ə/
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading Such a view of moral Paris proves that physical Paris could not be other than it is.
admire
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From this reading Thus this city can no more be moral, or cordial, or clean, than the engines which impel those proud leviathans which you admire when they cleave the waves!
also
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From this reading Its physiognomy suggests the evolution of good and evil, battle and victory; the moral combat of ‘89, the clarion calls of which still re-echo in every corner of the world; and also the downfall of 1814.
always
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From this reading This coroneted town is like a queen, who, being always with child, has desires of irresistible fury.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Paris is the crown of the world, a brain which perishes of genius and leads human civilization; it is a great man, a perpetually creative artist, a politician with second-sight who must of necessity have wrinkles on his forehead, the vices of a great man, the fantasies of the artist, and the politician’s disillusions.
artist
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From this reading Paris is the crown of the world, a brain which perishes of genius and leads human civilization; it is a great man, a perpetually creative artist, a politician with second-sight who must of necessity have wrinkles on his forehead, the vices of a great man, the fantasies of the artist, and the politician’s disillusions.
battle
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From this reading Its physiognomy suggests the evolution of good and evil, battle and victory; the moral combat of ‘89, the clarion calls of which still re-echo in every corner of the world; and also the downfall of 1814.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading Such a view of moral Paris proves that physical Paris could not be other than it is.
beingauxiliary verbUS /ˈbiːɪŋ/
the -ing form of “be”
From this reading This coroneted town is like a queen, who, being always with child, has desires of irresistible fury.
brain
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From this reading Paris is the crown of the world, a brain which perishes of genius and leads human civilization; it is a great man, a perpetually creative artist, a politician with second-sight who must of necessity have wrinkles on his forehead, the vices of a great man, the fantasies of the artist, and the politician’s disillusions.
calls
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From this reading Its physiognomy suggests the evolution of good and evil, battle and victory; the moral combat of ‘89, the clarion calls of which still re-echo in every corner of the world; and also the downfall of 1814.
canmodal verbUS /kæn/
to be able to, or to be allowed to
From this reading Thus this city can no more be moral, or cordial, or clean, than the engines which impel those proud leviathans which you admire when they cleave the waves!
child
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From this reading This coroneted town is like a queen, who, being always with child, has desires of irresistible fury.
city
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From this reading Thus this city can no more be moral, or cordial, or clean, than the engines which impel those proud leviathans which you admire when they cleave the waves!
civilization
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From this reading Paris is the crown of the world, a brain which perishes of genius and leads human civilization; it is a great man, a perpetually creative artist, a politician with second-sight who must of necessity have wrinkles on his forehead, the vices of a great man, the fantasies of the artist, and the politician’s disillusions.
clarion
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From this reading Its physiognomy suggests the evolution of good and evil, battle and victory; the moral combat of ‘89, the clarion calls of which still re-echo in every corner of the world; and also the downfall of 1814.
clean
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From this reading Thus this city can no more be moral, or cordial, or clean, than the engines which impel those proud leviathans which you admire when they cleave the waves!
cleave
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From this reading Thus this city can no more be moral, or cordial, or clean, than the engines which impel those proud leviathans which you admire when they cleave the waves!
combat
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From this reading Its physiognomy suggests the evolution of good and evil, battle and victory; the moral combat of ‘89, the clarion calls of which still re-echo in every corner of the world; and also the downfall of 1814.
cordialnounUS /cordial/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Thus this city can no more be moral, or cordial, or clean, than the engines which impel those proud leviathans which you admire when they cleave the waves!
corner
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From this reading Its physiognomy suggests the evolution of good and evil, battle and victory; the moral combat of ‘89, the clarion calls of which still re-echo in every corner of the world; and also the downfall of 1814.
coroneted
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From this reading This coroneted town is like a queen, who, being always with child, has desires of irresistible fury.
couldmodal verbUS /kʊd/
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading Such a view of moral Paris proves that physical Paris could not be other than it is.
creative
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From this reading Paris is the crown of the world, a brain which perishes of genius and leads human civilization; it is a great man, a perpetually creative artist, a politician with second-sight who must of necessity have wrinkles on his forehead, the vices of a great man, the fantasies of the artist, and the politician’s disillusions.
crown
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From this reading Paris is the crown of the world, a brain which perishes of genius and leads human civilization; it is a great man, a perpetually creative artist, a politician with second-sight who must of necessity have wrinkles on his forehead, the vices of a great man, the fantasies of the artist, and the politician’s disillusions.
desires
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From this reading This coroneted town is like a queen, who, being always with child, has desires of irresistible fury.
disillusions
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From this reading Paris is the crown of the world, a brain which perishes of genius and leads human civilization; it is a great man, a perpetually creative artist, a politician with second-sight who must of necessity have wrinkles on his forehead, the vices of a great man, the fantasies of the artist, and the politician’s disillusions.
downfall
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From this reading Its physiognomy suggests the evolution of good and evil, battle and victory; the moral combat of ‘89, the clarion calls of which still re-echo in every corner of the world; and also the downfall of 1814.
engines
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From this reading Thus this city can no more be moral, or cordial, or clean, than the engines which impel those proud leviathans which you admire when they cleave the waves!
everydeterminerUS /ˈevəri/
all the members of a group, with none left out
From this reading Its physiognomy suggests the evolution of good and evil, battle and victory; the moral combat of ‘89, the clarion calls of which still re-echo in every corner of the world; and also the downfall of 1814.
evil
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From this reading Its physiognomy suggests the evolution of good and evil, battle and victory; the moral combat of ‘89, the clarion calls of which still re-echo in every corner of the world; and also the downfall of 1814.
evolution
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From this reading Its physiognomy suggests the evolution of good and evil, battle and victory; the moral combat of ‘89, the clarion calls of which still re-echo in every corner of the world; and also the downfall of 1814.
fantasies
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From this reading Paris is the crown of the world, a brain which perishes of genius and leads human civilization; it is a great man, a perpetually creative artist, a politician with second-sight who must of necessity have wrinkles on his forehead, the vices of a great man, the fantasies of the artist, and the politician’s disillusions.
forehead
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From this reading Paris is the crown of the world, a brain which perishes of genius and leads human civilization; it is a great man, a perpetually creative artist, a politician with second-sight who must of necessity have wrinkles on his forehead, the vices of a great man, the fantasies of the artist, and the politician’s disillusions.
fury
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From this reading This coroneted town is like a queen, who, being always with child, has desires of irresistible fury.
genius
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From this reading Paris is the crown of the world, a brain which perishes of genius and leads human civilization; it is a great man, a perpetually creative artist, a politician with second-sight who must of necessity have wrinkles on his forehead, the vices of a great man, the fantasies of the artist, and the politician’s disillusions.
goodnounUS /good/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Its physiognomy suggests the evolution of good and evil, battle and victory; the moral combat of ‘89, the clarion calls of which still re-echo in every corner of the world; and also the downfall of 1814.
greatnounUS /great/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Paris is the crown of the world, a brain which perishes of genius and leads human civilization; it is a great man, a perpetually creative artist, a politician with second-sight who must of necessity have wrinkles on his forehead, the vices of a great man, the fantasies of the artist, and the politician’s disillusions.
hasauxiliary verbUS /hæz/
the form of “have” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading This coroneted town is like a queen, who, being always with child, has desires of irresistible fury.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading Paris is the crown of the world, a brain which perishes of genius and leads human civilization; it is a great man, a perpetually creative artist, a politician with second-sight who must of necessity have wrinkles on his forehead, the vices of a great man, the fantasies of the artist, and the politician’s disillusions.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Paris is the crown of the world, a brain which perishes of genius and leads human civilization; it is a great man, a perpetually creative artist, a politician with second-sight who must of necessity have wrinkles on his forehead, the vices of a great man, the fantasies of the artist, and the politician’s disillusions.
human
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From this reading Paris is the crown of the world, a brain which perishes of genius and leads human civilization; it is a great man, a perpetually creative artist, a politician with second-sight who must of necessity have wrinkles on his forehead, the vices of a great man, the fantasies of the artist, and the politician’s disillusions.
impel
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From this reading Thus this city can no more be moral, or cordial, or clean, than the engines which impel those proud leviathans which you admire when they cleave the waves!
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Its physiognomy suggests the evolution of good and evil, battle and victory; the moral combat of ‘89, the clarion calls of which still re-echo in every corner of the world; and also the downfall of 1814.
irresistible
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From this reading This coroneted town is like a queen, who, being always with child, has desires of irresistible fury.
isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Such a view of moral Paris proves that physical Paris could not be other than it is.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading Such a view of moral Paris proves that physical Paris could not be other than it is.
ItsdeterminerUS /ɪts/
belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned
From this reading Its physiognomy suggests the evolution of good and evil, battle and victory; the moral combat of ‘89, the clarion calls of which still re-echo in every corner of the world; and also the downfall of 1814.
leads
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From this reading Paris is the crown of the world, a brain which perishes of genius and leads human civilization; it is a great man, a perpetually creative artist, a politician with second-sight who must of necessity have wrinkles on his forehead, the vices of a great man, the fantasies of the artist, and the politician’s disillusions.
leviathans
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From this reading Thus this city can no more be moral, or cordial, or clean, than the engines which impel those proud leviathans which you admire when they cleave the waves!
like
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From this reading This coroneted town is like a queen, who, being always with child, has desires of irresistible fury.
man
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From this reading Paris is the crown of the world, a brain which perishes of genius and leads human civilization; it is a great man, a perpetually creative artist, a politician with second-sight who must of necessity have wrinkles on his forehead, the vices of a great man, the fantasies of the artist, and the politician’s disillusions.
moral
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From this reading Such a view of moral Paris proves that physical Paris could not be other than it is.
more
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From this reading Thus this city can no more be moral, or cordial, or clean, than the engines which impel those proud leviathans which you admire when they cleave the waves!
mustmodal verbUS /mʌst/
used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true
From this reading Paris is the crown of the world, a brain which perishes of genius and leads human civilization; it is a great man, a perpetually creative artist, a politician with second-sight who must of necessity have wrinkles on his forehead, the vices of a great man, the fantasies of the artist, and the politician’s disillusions.
necessity
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From this reading Paris is the crown of the world, a brain which perishes of genius and leads human civilization; it is a great man, a perpetually creative artist, a politician with second-sight who must of necessity have wrinkles on his forehead, the vices of a great man, the fantasies of the artist, and the politician’s disillusions.
nodeterminerUS /noʊ/
not any; not one
From this reading Thus this city can no more be moral, or cordial, or clean, than the engines which impel those proud leviathans which you admire when they cleave the waves!
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading Such a view of moral Paris proves that physical Paris could not be other than it is.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Such a view of moral Paris proves that physical Paris could not be other than it is.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading Paris is the crown of the world, a brain which perishes of genius and leads human civilization; it is a great man, a perpetually creative artist, a politician with second-sight who must of necessity have wrinkles on his forehead, the vices of a great man, the fantasies of the artist, and the politician’s disillusions.
orconjunctionUS /ɔːr/
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading Thus this city can no more be moral, or cordial, or clean, than the engines which impel those proud leviathans which you admire when they cleave the waves!
other
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From this reading Such a view of moral Paris proves that physical Paris could not be other than it is.
Paris
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From this reading Such a view of moral Paris proves that physical Paris could not be other than it is.
perishes
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From this reading Paris is the crown of the world, a brain which perishes of genius and leads human civilization; it is a great man, a perpetually creative artist, a politician with second-sight who must of necessity have wrinkles on his forehead, the vices of a great man, the fantasies of the artist, and the politician’s disillusions.
perpetually
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From this reading Paris is the crown of the world, a brain which perishes of genius and leads human civilization; it is a great man, a perpetually creative artist, a politician with second-sight who must of necessity have wrinkles on his forehead, the vices of a great man, the fantasies of the artist, and the politician’s disillusions.
physical
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From this reading Such a view of moral Paris proves that physical Paris could not be other than it is.
physiognomy
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From this reading Its physiognomy suggests the evolution of good and evil, battle and victory; the moral combat of ‘89, the clarion calls of which still re-echo in every corner of the world; and also the downfall of 1814.
politician
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From this reading Paris is the crown of the world, a brain which perishes of genius and leads human civilization; it is a great man, a perpetually creative artist, a politician with second-sight who must of necessity have wrinkles on his forehead, the vices of a great man, the fantasies of the artist, and the politician’s disillusions.
politician's
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From this reading Paris is the crown of the world, a brain which perishes of genius and leads human civilization; it is a great man, a perpetually creative artist, a politician with second-sight who must of necessity have wrinkles on his forehead, the vices of a great man, the fantasies of the artist, and the politician’s disillusions.
proud
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From this reading Thus this city can no more be moral, or cordial, or clean, than the engines which impel those proud leviathans which you admire when they cleave the waves!
proves
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From this reading Such a view of moral Paris proves that physical Paris could not be other than it is.
queen
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From this reading This coroneted town is like a queen, who, being always with child, has desires of irresistible fury.
re-echo
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From this reading Its physiognomy suggests the evolution of good and evil, battle and victory; the moral combat of ‘89, the clarion calls of which still re-echo in every corner of the world; and also the downfall of 1814.
second-sight
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From this reading Paris is the crown of the world, a brain which perishes of genius and leads human civilization; it is a great man, a perpetually creative artist, a politician with second-sight who must of necessity have wrinkles on his forehead, the vices of a great man, the fantasies of the artist, and the politician’s disillusions.
stillnounUS /still/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Its physiognomy suggests the evolution of good and evil, battle and victory; the moral combat of ‘89, the clarion calls of which still re-echo in every corner of the world; and also the downfall of 1814.
SuchdeterminerUS /sʌtʃ/
of the kind already mentioned
From this reading Such a view of moral Paris proves that physical Paris could not be other than it is.
suggests
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From this reading Its physiognomy suggests the evolution of good and evil, battle and victory; the moral combat of ‘89, the clarion calls of which still re-echo in every corner of the world; and also the downfall of 1814.
thanconjunctionUS /ðæn/
used to introduce the second part of a comparison
From this reading Such a view of moral Paris proves that physical Paris could not be other than it is.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Such a view of moral Paris proves that physical Paris could not be other than it is.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Paris is the crown of the world, a brain which perishes of genius and leads human civilization; it is a great man, a perpetually creative artist, a politician with second-sight who must of necessity have wrinkles on his forehead, the vices of a great man, the fantasies of the artist, and the politician’s disillusions.
theypronounUS /ðeɪ/
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Thus this city can no more be moral, or cordial, or clean, than the engines which impel those proud leviathans which you admire when they cleave the waves!
ThisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading This coroneted town is like a queen, who, being always with child, has desires of irresistible fury.
thosedeterminerUS /ðoʊz/
the plural of “that”: the people or things further away, or already known
From this reading Thus this city can no more be moral, or cordial, or clean, than the engines which impel those proud leviathans which you admire when they cleave the waves!
Thus
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From this reading Thus this city can no more be moral, or cordial, or clean, than the engines which impel those proud leviathans which you admire when they cleave the waves!
town
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From this reading This coroneted town is like a queen, who, being always with child, has desires of irresistible fury.
vices
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From this reading Paris is the crown of the world, a brain which perishes of genius and leads human civilization; it is a great man, a perpetually creative artist, a politician with second-sight who must of necessity have wrinkles on his forehead, the vices of a great man, the fantasies of the artist, and the politician’s disillusions.
victory
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From this reading Its physiognomy suggests the evolution of good and evil, battle and victory; the moral combat of ‘89, the clarion calls of which still re-echo in every corner of the world; and also the downfall of 1814.
view
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From this reading Such a view of moral Paris proves that physical Paris could not be other than it is.
waves
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From this reading Thus this city can no more be moral, or cordial, or clean, than the engines which impel those proud leviathans which you admire when they cleave the waves!
whenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading Thus this city can no more be moral, or cordial, or clean, than the engines which impel those proud leviathans which you admire when they cleave the waves!
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading Paris is the crown of the world, a brain which perishes of genius and leads human civilization; it is a great man, a perpetually creative artist, a politician with second-sight who must of necessity have wrinkles on his forehead, the vices of a great man, the fantasies of the artist, and the politician’s disillusions.
whopronounUS /huː/
which person or people
From this reading This coroneted town is like a queen, who, being always with child, has desires of irresistible fury.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading This coroneted town is like a queen, who, being always with child, has desires of irresistible fury.
world
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From this reading Paris is the crown of the world, a brain which perishes of genius and leads human civilization; it is a great man, a perpetually creative artist, a politician with second-sight who must of necessity have wrinkles on his forehead, the vices of a great man, the fantasies of the artist, and the politician’s disillusions.
wrinkles
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From this reading Paris is the crown of the world, a brain which perishes of genius and leads human civilization; it is a great man, a perpetually creative artist, a politician with second-sight who must of necessity have wrinkles on his forehead, the vices of a great man, the fantasies of the artist, and the politician’s disillusions.
youpronounUS /juː/
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading Thus this city can no more be moral, or cordial, or clean, than the engines which impel those proud leviathans which you admire when they cleave the waves!
