A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
Chapter LXXVIII
WE THINK WE REMEMBER; WE FORGET. Whence arise those strange, visible changes which occur in the soul of man? Gwynplaine had been at the same moment raised to a summit and cast into an abyss. His head swam with double giddiness--the giddiness of ascent and descent. A fatal combination.
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the past participle of “be”
From this reading “Gwynplaine had been at the same moment raised to a summit and cast into an abyss.”
An action of moving downward, dropping, or falling into a deeper place.
From this reading “His head swam with double giddiness--the giddiness of ascent and descent.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “His head swam with double giddiness--the giddiness of ascent and descent.”
To recall to mind.
From this reading “WE THINK WE REMEMBER; WE FORGET.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Gwynplaine had been at the same moment raised to a summit and cast into an abyss.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “WE THINK WE REMEMBER; WE FORGET.”
the plural of “that”: the people or things further away, or already known
From this reading “Whence arise those strange, visible changes which occur in the soul of man?”
an old word meaning “from where”
From this reading “Whence arise those strange, visible changes which occur in the soul of man?”
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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 Gwynplaine had been at the same moment raised to a summit and cast into an abyss.
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From this reading Gwynplaine had been at the same moment raised to a summit and cast into an abyss.
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading Gwynplaine had been at the same moment raised to a summit and cast into an abyss.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Gwynplaine had been at the same moment raised to a summit and cast into an abyss.
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From this reading Whence arise those strange, visible changes which occur in the soul of man?
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From this reading His head swam with double giddiness--the giddiness of ascent and descent.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading Gwynplaine had been at the same moment raised to a summit and cast into an abyss.
the past participle of “be”
From this reading Gwynplaine had been at the same moment raised to a summit and cast into an abyss.
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From this reading Gwynplaine had been at the same moment raised to a summit and cast into an abyss.
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From this reading Whence arise those strange, visible changes which occur in the soul of man?
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From this reading A fatal combination.
An action of moving downward, dropping, or falling into a deeper place.
From this reading His head swam with double giddiness--the giddiness of ascent and descent.
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From this reading His head swam with double giddiness--the giddiness of ascent and descent.
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From this reading A fatal combination.
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From this reading WE THINK WE REMEMBER; WE FORGET.
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From this reading His head swam with double giddiness--the giddiness of ascent and descent.
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From this reading Gwynplaine had been at the same moment raised to a summit and cast into an abyss.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Gwynplaine had been at the same moment raised to a summit and cast into an abyss.
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From this reading His head swam with double giddiness--the giddiness of ascent and descent.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading His head swam with double giddiness--the giddiness of ascent and descent.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Whence arise those strange, visible changes which occur in the soul of man?
moving to the inside of something
From this reading Gwynplaine had been at the same moment raised to a summit and cast into an abyss.
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From this reading Whence arise those strange, visible changes which occur in the soul of man?
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From this reading Gwynplaine had been at the same moment raised to a summit and cast into an abyss.
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From this reading Whence arise those strange, visible changes which occur in the soul of man?
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Whence arise those strange, visible changes which occur in the soul of man?
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From this reading Gwynplaine had been at the same moment raised to a summit and cast into an abyss.
To recall to mind.
From this reading WE THINK WE REMEMBER; WE FORGET.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Gwynplaine had been at the same moment raised to a summit and cast into an abyss.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Whence arise those strange, visible changes which occur in the soul of man?
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Whence arise those strange, visible changes which occur in the soul of man?
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading Gwynplaine had been at the same moment raised to a summit and cast into an abyss.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading His head swam with double giddiness--the giddiness of ascent and descent.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Whence arise those strange, visible changes which occur in the soul of man?
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading WE THINK WE REMEMBER; WE FORGET.
the plural of “that”: the people or things further away, or already known
From this reading Whence arise those strange, visible changes which occur in the soul of man?
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Gwynplaine had been at the same moment raised to a summit and cast into an abyss.
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From this reading Whence arise those strange, visible changes which occur in the soul of man?
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading WE THINK WE REMEMBER; WE FORGET.
an old word meaning “from where”
From this reading Whence arise those strange, visible changes which occur in the soul of man?
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading Whence arise those strange, visible changes which occur in the soul of man?
in the company of; together with
From this reading His head swam with double giddiness--the giddiness of ascent and descent.
