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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 But it is to a creature of the Gothic mind like Byron's Manfred, and not to any earlier, or classic, type of the eternal rebellion against fate or time or circumstance, that Hugo's readers will be tempted to turn for the fellow to his Guernsey hero:
againstprepositionUS /əˈɡenst/
touching and pressing; in opposition to
From this reading But it is to a creature of the Gothic mind like Byron's Manfred, and not to any earlier, or classic, type of the eternal rebellion against fate or time or circumstance, that Hugo's readers will be tempted to turn for the fellow to his Guernsey hero:
air
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From this reading "My joy was in the wilderness--to breathe The difficult air of the iced mountain's top, Where the birds dare not build--nor insects wing Flit o'er the herbless granite; or to plunge Into the torrent, and to roll along On the swift whirl of the new-breaking wave Of river-stream, or ocean, in their flow."
alongprepositionUS /əˈlɔːŋ/
following the length of something from one end toward the other
From this reading "My joy was in the wilderness--to breathe The difficult air of the iced mountain's top, Where the birds dare not build--nor insects wing Flit o'er the herbless granite; or to plunge Into the torrent, and to roll along On the swift whirl of the new-breaking wave Of river-stream, or ocean, in their flow."
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Victor Hugo was thinking much of Æschylus and his Prometheus at the time he conceived the figure of Gilliatt, heroic warrer with the elements.
any
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From this reading But it is to a creature of the Gothic mind like Byron's Manfred, and not to any earlier, or classic, type of the eternal rebellion against fate or time or circumstance, that Hugo's readers will be tempted to turn for the fellow to his Guernsey hero:
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading Victor Hugo was thinking much of Æschylus and his Prometheus at the time he conceived the figure of Gilliatt, heroic warrer with the elements.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading But it is to a creature of the Gothic mind like Byron's Manfred, and not to any earlier, or classic, type of the eternal rebellion against fate or time or circumstance, that Hugo's readers will be tempted to turn for the fellow to his Guernsey hero:
birds
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From this reading "My joy was in the wilderness--to breathe The difficult air of the iced mountain's top, Where the birds dare not build--nor insects wing Flit o'er the herbless granite; or to plunge Into the torrent, and to roll along On the swift whirl of the new-breaking wave Of river-stream, or ocean, in their flow."
breatheverbUS /briːð/
to speak or reveal information, especially secretly
From this reading "My joy was in the wilderness--to breathe The difficult air of the iced mountain's top, Where the birds dare not build--nor insects wing Flit o'er the herbless granite; or to plunge Into the torrent, and to roll along On the swift whirl of the new-breaking wave Of river-stream, or ocean, in their flow."
build
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From this reading "My joy was in the wilderness--to breathe The difficult air of the iced mountain's top, Where the birds dare not build--nor insects wing Flit o'er the herbless granite; or to plunge Into the torrent, and to roll along On the swift whirl of the new-breaking wave Of river-stream, or ocean, in their flow."
ButconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading But it is to a creature of the Gothic mind like Byron's Manfred, and not to any earlier, or classic, type of the eternal rebellion against fate or time or circumstance, that Hugo's readers will be tempted to turn for the fellow to his Guernsey hero:
Byron's
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From this reading But it is to a creature of the Gothic mind like Byron's Manfred, and not to any earlier, or classic, type of the eternal rebellion against fate or time or circumstance, that Hugo's readers will be tempted to turn for the fellow to his Guernsey hero:
circumstance
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From this reading But it is to a creature of the Gothic mind like Byron's Manfred, and not to any earlier, or classic, type of the eternal rebellion against fate or time or circumstance, that Hugo's readers will be tempted to turn for the fellow to his Guernsey hero:
classic
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From this reading But it is to a creature of the Gothic mind like Byron's Manfred, and not to any earlier, or classic, type of the eternal rebellion against fate or time or circumstance, that Hugo's readers will be tempted to turn for the fellow to his Guernsey hero:
CO
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conceived
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From this reading Victor Hugo was thinking much of Æschylus and his Prometheus at the time he conceived the figure of Gilliatt, heroic warrer with the elements.
creaturenounUS /ˈcreature/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading But it is to a creature of the Gothic mind like Byron's Manfred, and not to any earlier, or classic, type of the eternal rebellion against fate or time or circumstance, that Hugo's readers will be tempted to turn for the fellow to his Guernsey hero:
dare
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From this reading "My joy was in the wilderness--to breathe The difficult air of the iced mountain's top, Where the birds dare not build--nor insects wing Flit o'er the herbless granite; or to plunge Into the torrent, and to roll along On the swift whirl of the new-breaking wave Of river-stream, or ocean, in their flow."
DENT
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difficult
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From this reading "My joy was in the wilderness--to breathe The difficult air of the iced mountain's top, Where the birds dare not build--nor insects wing Flit o'er the herbless granite; or to plunge Into the torrent, and to roll along On the swift whirl of the new-breaking wave Of river-stream, or ocean, in their flow."
DUTTON
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E
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earlier
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From this reading But it is to a creature of the Gothic mind like Byron's Manfred, and not to any earlier, or classic, type of the eternal rebellion against fate or time or circumstance, that Hugo's readers will be tempted to turn for the fellow to his Guernsey hero:
elements
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From this reading Victor Hugo was thinking much of Æschylus and his Prometheus at the time he conceived the figure of Gilliatt, heroic warrer with the elements.
eternal
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From this reading But it is to a creature of the Gothic mind like Byron's Manfred, and not to any earlier, or classic, type of the eternal rebellion against fate or time or circumstance, that Hugo's readers will be tempted to turn for the fellow to his Guernsey hero:
fate
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From this reading But it is to a creature of the Gothic mind like Byron's Manfred, and not to any earlier, or classic, type of the eternal rebellion against fate or time or circumstance, that Hugo's readers will be tempted to turn for the fellow to his Guernsey hero:
fellow
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From this reading But it is to a creature of the Gothic mind like Byron's Manfred, and not to any earlier, or classic, type of the eternal rebellion against fate or time or circumstance, that Hugo's readers will be tempted to turn for the fellow to his Guernsey hero:
figure
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From this reading Victor Hugo was thinking much of Æschylus and his Prometheus at the time he conceived the figure of Gilliatt, heroic warrer with the elements.
Flit
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From this reading "My joy was in the wilderness--to breathe The difficult air of the iced mountain's top, Where the birds dare not build--nor insects wing Flit o'er the herbless granite; or to plunge Into the torrent, and to roll along On the swift whirl of the new-breaking wave Of river-stream, or ocean, in their flow."
flow
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From this reading "My joy was in the wilderness--to breathe The difficult air of the iced mountain's top, Where the birds dare not build--nor insects wing Flit o'er the herbless granite; or to plunge Into the torrent, and to roll along On the swift whirl of the new-breaking wave Of river-stream, or ocean, in their flow."
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading But it is to a creature of the Gothic mind like Byron's Manfred, and not to any earlier, or classic, type of the eternal rebellion against fate or time or circumstance, that Hugo's readers will be tempted to turn for the fellow to his Guernsey hero:
Gilliatt
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From this reading Victor Hugo was thinking much of Æschylus and his Prometheus at the time he conceived the figure of Gilliatt, heroic warrer with the elements.
Gothic
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From this reading But it is to a creature of the Gothic mind like Byron's Manfred, and not to any earlier, or classic, type of the eternal rebellion against fate or time or circumstance, that Hugo's readers will be tempted to turn for the fellow to his Guernsey hero:
granite
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From this reading "My joy was in the wilderness--to breathe The difficult air of the iced mountain's top, Where the birds dare not build--nor insects wing Flit o'er the herbless granite; or to plunge Into the torrent, and to roll along On the swift whirl of the new-breaking wave Of river-stream, or ocean, in their flow."
Guernsey
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From this reading But it is to a creature of the Gothic mind like Byron's Manfred, and not to any earlier, or classic, type of the eternal rebellion against fate or time or circumstance, that Hugo's readers will be tempted to turn for the fellow to his Guernsey hero:
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Victor Hugo was thinking much of Æschylus and his Prometheus at the time he conceived the figure of Gilliatt, heroic warrer with the elements.
herbless
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From this reading "My joy was in the wilderness--to breathe The difficult air of the iced mountain's top, Where the birds dare not build--nor insects wing Flit o'er the herbless granite; or to plunge Into the torrent, and to roll along On the swift whirl of the new-breaking wave Of river-stream, or ocean, in their flow."
hero
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From this reading But it is to a creature of the Gothic mind like Byron's Manfred, and not to any earlier, or classic, type of the eternal rebellion against fate or time or circumstance, that Hugo's readers will be tempted to turn for the fellow to his Guernsey hero:
heroic
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From this reading Victor Hugo was thinking much of Æschylus and his Prometheus at the time he conceived the figure of Gilliatt, heroic warrer with the elements.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Victor Hugo was thinking much of Æschylus and his Prometheus at the time he conceived the figure of Gilliatt, heroic warrer with the elements.
Hugo
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From this reading Victor Hugo was thinking much of Æschylus and his Prometheus at the time he conceived the figure of Gilliatt, heroic warrer with the elements.
Hugo's
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From this reading But it is to a creature of the Gothic mind like Byron's Manfred, and not to any earlier, or classic, type of the eternal rebellion against fate or time or circumstance, that Hugo's readers will be tempted to turn for the fellow to his Guernsey hero:
iced
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From this reading "My joy was in the wilderness--to breathe The difficult air of the iced mountain's top, Where the birds dare not build--nor insects wing Flit o'er the herbless granite; or to plunge Into the torrent, and to roll along On the swift whirl of the new-breaking wave Of river-stream, or ocean, in their flow."
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading "My joy was in the wilderness--to breathe The difficult air of the iced mountain's top, Where the birds dare not build--nor insects wing Flit o'er the herbless granite; or to plunge Into the torrent, and to roll along On the swift whirl of the new-breaking wave Of river-stream, or ocean, in their flow."
insects
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From this reading "My joy was in the wilderness--to breathe The difficult air of the iced mountain's top, Where the birds dare not build--nor insects wing Flit o'er the herbless granite; or to plunge Into the torrent, and to roll along On the swift whirl of the new-breaking wave Of river-stream, or ocean, in their flow."
IntoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading "My joy was in the wilderness--to breathe The difficult air of the iced mountain's top, Where the birds dare not build--nor insects wing Flit o'er the herbless granite; or to plunge Into the torrent, and to roll along On the swift whirl of the new-breaking wave Of river-stream, or ocean, in their flow."
isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading But it is to a creature of the Gothic mind like Byron's Manfred, and not to any earlier, or classic, type of the eternal rebellion against fate or time or circumstance, that Hugo's readers will be tempted to turn for the fellow to his Guernsey hero:
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading But it is to a creature of the Gothic mind like Byron's Manfred, and not to any earlier, or classic, type of the eternal rebellion against fate or time or circumstance, that Hugo's readers will be tempted to turn for the fellow to his Guernsey hero:
J
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joy
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From this reading "My joy was in the wilderness--to breathe The difficult air of the iced mountain's top, Where the birds dare not build--nor insects wing Flit o'er the herbless granite; or to plunge Into the torrent, and to roll along On the swift whirl of the new-breaking wave Of river-stream, or ocean, in their flow."
like
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From this reading But it is to a creature of the Gothic mind like Byron's Manfred, and not to any earlier, or classic, type of the eternal rebellion against fate or time or circumstance, that Hugo's readers will be tempted to turn for the fellow to his Guernsey hero:
LTD
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M
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Manfred
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From this reading But it is to a creature of the Gothic mind like Byron's Manfred, and not to any earlier, or classic, type of the eternal rebellion against fate or time or circumstance, that Hugo's readers will be tempted to turn for the fellow to his Guernsey hero:
mindnounUS /mind/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading But it is to a creature of the Gothic mind like Byron's Manfred, and not to any earlier, or classic, type of the eternal rebellion against fate or time or circumstance, that Hugo's readers will be tempted to turn for the fellow to his Guernsey hero:
mountain's
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From this reading "My joy was in the wilderness--to breathe The difficult air of the iced mountain's top, Where the birds dare not build--nor insects wing Flit o'er the herbless granite; or to plunge Into the torrent, and to roll along On the swift whirl of the new-breaking wave Of river-stream, or ocean, in their flow."
much
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From this reading Victor Hugo was thinking much of Æschylus and his Prometheus at the time he conceived the figure of Gilliatt, heroic warrer with the elements.
MydeterminerUS /maɪ/
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading "My joy was in the wilderness--to breathe The difficult air of the iced mountain's top, Where the birds dare not build--nor insects wing Flit o'er the herbless granite; or to plunge Into the torrent, and to roll along On the swift whirl of the new-breaking wave Of river-stream, or ocean, in their flow."
new-breaking
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From this reading "My joy was in the wilderness--to breathe The difficult air of the iced mountain's top, Where the birds dare not build--nor insects wing Flit o'er the herbless granite; or to plunge Into the torrent, and to roll along On the swift whirl of the new-breaking wave Of river-stream, or ocean, in their flow."
norconjunctionUS /nɔːr/
and not; used after a negative to add a second negative
From this reading "My joy was in the wilderness--to breathe The difficult air of the iced mountain's top, Where the birds dare not build--nor insects wing Flit o'er the herbless granite; or to plunge Into the torrent, and to roll along On the swift whirl of the new-breaking wave Of river-stream, or ocean, in their flow."
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading But it is to a creature of the Gothic mind like Byron's Manfred, and not to any earlier, or classic, type of the eternal rebellion against fate or time or circumstance, that Hugo's readers will be tempted to turn for the fellow to his Guernsey hero:
o'er
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From this reading "My joy was in the wilderness--to breathe The difficult air of the iced mountain's top, Where the birds dare not build--nor insects wing Flit o'er the herbless granite; or to plunge Into the torrent, and to roll along On the swift whirl of the new-breaking wave Of river-stream, or ocean, in their flow."
ocean
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From this reading "My joy was in the wilderness--to breathe The difficult air of the iced mountain's top, Where the birds dare not build--nor insects wing Flit o'er the herbless granite; or to plunge Into the torrent, and to roll along On the swift whirl of the new-breaking wave Of river-stream, or ocean, in their flow."
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Victor Hugo was thinking much of Æschylus and his Prometheus at the time he conceived the figure of Gilliatt, heroic warrer with the elements.
OnprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading "My joy was in the wilderness--to breathe The difficult air of the iced mountain's top, Where the birds dare not build--nor insects wing Flit o'er the herbless granite; or to plunge Into the torrent, and to roll along On the swift whirl of the new-breaking wave Of river-stream, or ocean, in their flow."
orconjunctionUS /ɔːr/
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading But it is to a creature of the Gothic mind like Byron's Manfred, and not to any earlier, or classic, type of the eternal rebellion against fate or time or circumstance, that Hugo's readers will be tempted to turn for the fellow to his Guernsey hero:
P
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plunge
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From this reading "My joy was in the wilderness--to breathe The difficult air of the iced mountain's top, Where the birds dare not build--nor insects wing Flit o'er the herbless granite; or to plunge Into the torrent, and to roll along On the swift whirl of the new-breaking wave Of river-stream, or ocean, in their flow."
Prometheus
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From this reading Victor Hugo was thinking much of Æschylus and his Prometheus at the time he conceived the figure of Gilliatt, heroic warrer with the elements.
readers
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From this reading But it is to a creature of the Gothic mind like Byron's Manfred, and not to any earlier, or classic, type of the eternal rebellion against fate or time or circumstance, that Hugo's readers will be tempted to turn for the fellow to his Guernsey hero:
rebellion
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From this reading But it is to a creature of the Gothic mind like Byron's Manfred, and not to any earlier, or classic, type of the eternal rebellion against fate or time or circumstance, that Hugo's readers will be tempted to turn for the fellow to his Guernsey hero:
river-stream
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From this reading "My joy was in the wilderness--to breathe The difficult air of the iced mountain's top, Where the birds dare not build--nor insects wing Flit o'er the herbless granite; or to plunge Into the torrent, and to roll along On the swift whirl of the new-breaking wave Of river-stream, or ocean, in their flow."
roll
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From this reading "My joy was in the wilderness--to breathe The difficult air of the iced mountain's top, Where the birds dare not build--nor insects wing Flit o'er the herbless granite; or to plunge Into the torrent, and to roll along On the swift whirl of the new-breaking wave Of river-stream, or ocean, in their flow."
SONS
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swift
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From this reading "My joy was in the wilderness--to breathe The difficult air of the iced mountain's top, Where the birds dare not build--nor insects wing Flit o'er the herbless granite; or to plunge Into the torrent, and to roll along On the swift whirl of the new-breaking wave Of river-stream, or ocean, in their flow."
tempted
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From this reading But it is to a creature of the Gothic mind like Byron's Manfred, and not to any earlier, or classic, type of the eternal rebellion against fate or time or circumstance, that Hugo's readers will be tempted to turn for the fellow to his Guernsey hero:
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading But it is to a creature of the Gothic mind like Byron's Manfred, and not to any earlier, or classic, type of the eternal rebellion against fate or time or circumstance, that Hugo's readers will be tempted to turn for the fellow to his Guernsey hero:
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Victor Hugo was thinking much of Æschylus and his Prometheus at the time he conceived the figure of Gilliatt, heroic warrer with the elements.
theirdeterminerUS /ðer/
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading "My joy was in the wilderness--to breathe The difficult air of the iced mountain's top, Where the birds dare not build--nor insects wing Flit o'er the herbless granite; or to plunge Into the torrent, and to roll along On the swift whirl of the new-breaking wave Of river-stream, or ocean, in their flow."
thinkingnounUS /thinking/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Victor Hugo was thinking much of Æschylus and his Prometheus at the time he conceived the figure of Gilliatt, heroic warrer with the elements.
timenounUS /time/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Victor Hugo was thinking much of Æschylus and his Prometheus at the time he conceived the figure of Gilliatt, heroic warrer with the elements.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading But it is to a creature of the Gothic mind like Byron's Manfred, and not to any earlier, or classic, type of the eternal rebellion against fate or time or circumstance, that Hugo's readers will be tempted to turn for the fellow to his Guernsey hero:
top
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From this reading "My joy was in the wilderness--to breathe The difficult air of the iced mountain's top, Where the birds dare not build--nor insects wing Flit o'er the herbless granite; or to plunge Into the torrent, and to roll along On the swift whirl of the new-breaking wave Of river-stream, or ocean, in their flow."
torrent
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From this reading "My joy was in the wilderness--to breathe The difficult air of the iced mountain's top, Where the birds dare not build--nor insects wing Flit o'er the herbless granite; or to plunge Into the torrent, and to roll along On the swift whirl of the new-breaking wave Of river-stream, or ocean, in their flow."
turn
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From this reading But it is to a creature of the Gothic mind like Byron's Manfred, and not to any earlier, or classic, type of the eternal rebellion against fate or time or circumstance, that Hugo's readers will be tempted to turn for the fellow to his Guernsey hero:
type
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From this reading But it is to a creature of the Gothic mind like Byron's Manfred, and not to any earlier, or classic, type of the eternal rebellion against fate or time or circumstance, that Hugo's readers will be tempted to turn for the fellow to his Guernsey hero:
Victor
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From this reading Victor Hugo was thinking much of Æschylus and his Prometheus at the time he conceived the figure of Gilliatt, heroic warrer with the elements.
warrer
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From this reading Victor Hugo was thinking much of Æschylus and his Prometheus at the time he conceived the figure of Gilliatt, heroic warrer with the elements.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Victor Hugo was thinking much of Æschylus and his Prometheus at the time he conceived the figure of Gilliatt, heroic warrer with the elements.
wave
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From this reading "My joy was in the wilderness--to breathe The difficult air of the iced mountain's top, Where the birds dare not build--nor insects wing Flit o'er the herbless granite; or to plunge Into the torrent, and to roll along On the swift whirl of the new-breaking wave Of river-stream, or ocean, in their flow."
WhereconjunctionUS /wer/
in or at the place that
From this reading "My joy was in the wilderness--to breathe The difficult air of the iced mountain's top, Where the birds dare not build--nor insects wing Flit o'er the herbless granite; or to plunge Into the torrent, and to roll along On the swift whirl of the new-breaking wave Of river-stream, or ocean, in their flow."
whirl
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From this reading "My joy was in the wilderness--to breathe The difficult air of the iced mountain's top, Where the birds dare not build--nor insects wing Flit o'er the herbless granite; or to plunge Into the torrent, and to roll along On the swift whirl of the new-breaking wave Of river-stream, or ocean, in their flow."
wildernessnounUS /ˈwɪldərnəs/
a wild area where few people live
From this reading "My joy was in the wilderness--to breathe The difficult air of the iced mountain's top, Where the birds dare not build--nor insects wing Flit o'er the herbless granite; or to plunge Into the torrent, and to roll along On the swift whirl of the new-breaking wave Of river-stream, or ocean, in their flow."
willmodal verbUS /wɪl/
used to talk about the future, or about willingness
From this reading But it is to a creature of the Gothic mind like Byron's Manfred, and not to any earlier, or classic, type of the eternal rebellion against fate or time or circumstance, that Hugo's readers will be tempted to turn for the fellow to his Guernsey hero:
wing
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From this reading "My joy was in the wilderness--to breathe The difficult air of the iced mountain's top, Where the birds dare not build--nor insects wing Flit o'er the herbless granite; or to plunge Into the torrent, and to roll along On the swift whirl of the new-breaking wave Of river-stream, or ocean, in their flow."
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading Victor Hugo was thinking much of Æschylus and his Prometheus at the time he conceived the figure of Gilliatt, heroic warrer with the elements.
Æschylus
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From this reading Victor Hugo was thinking much of Æschylus and his Prometheus at the time he conceived the figure of Gilliatt, heroic warrer with the elements.
