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The Charles Men consists not of a connected narrative but of a group of short stories, each depicting a special phase of the general subject.
general
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The Charles Men consists not of a connected narrative but of a group of short stories, each depicting a special phase of the general subject.
subject
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Somewhat uneven in interest for an average reader, eight or ten of these are among the finest of their kind in literature.
Somewhat
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[ "interest%1:07:02::" ]
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reader
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Somewhat uneven in interest for an average reader, eight or ten of these are among the finest of their kind in literature.
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ten
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Somewhat uneven in interest for an average reader, eight or ten of these are among the finest of their kind in literature.
are
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kind
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Somewhat uneven in interest for an average reader, eight or ten of these are among the finest of their kind in literature.
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They comprise a great variety of scene and interest : grim episodes of war, idyllic interludes, superb canvases of world-shaking events, and delightfully humorous sketches of odd characters.
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They comprise a great variety of scene and interest : grim episodes of war, idyllic interludes, superb canvases of world-shaking events, and delightfully humorous sketches of odd characters.
great
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variety
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They comprise a great variety of scene and interest : grim episodes of war, idyllic interludes, superb canvases of world-shaking events, and delightfully humorous sketches of odd characters.
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interest
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war
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idyllic
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They comprise a great variety of scene and interest : grim episodes of war, idyllic interludes, superb canvases of world-shaking events, and delightfully humorous sketches of odd characters.
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They comprise a great variety of scene and interest : grim episodes of war, idyllic interludes, superb canvases of world-shaking events, and delightfully humorous sketches of odd characters.
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delightfully
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They comprise a great variety of scene and interest : grim episodes of war, idyllic interludes, superb canvases of world-shaking events, and delightfully humorous sketches of odd characters.
humorous
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They comprise a great variety of scene and interest : grim episodes of war, idyllic interludes, superb canvases of world-shaking events, and delightfully humorous sketches of odd characters.
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odd
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They comprise a great variety of scene and interest : grim episodes of war, idyllic interludes, superb canvases of world-shaking events, and delightfully humorous sketches of odd characters.
characters
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The general effect is tragic.
general
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The general effect is tragic.
effect
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The general effect is tragic.
is
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Almost nothing is said of Charles ' spectacular victories, the central theme being the heroic loyalty of the Swedish people to their idolized king in misfortune and defeat.
Almost
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[ "(of actions or states) slightly short of or not quite accomplished; all but" ]
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Almost nothing is said of Charles ' spectacular victories, the central theme being the heroic loyalty of the Swedish people to their idolized king in misfortune and defeat.
said
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Almost nothing is said of Charles ' spectacular victories, the central theme being the heroic loyalty of the Swedish people to their idolized king in misfortune and defeat.
Charles
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Almost nothing is said of Charles ' spectacular victories, the central theme being the heroic loyalty of the Swedish people to their idolized king in misfortune and defeat.
spectacular
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[ "spectacular%5:00:00:dramatic:00" ]
Almost nothing is said of Charles ' spectacular victories, the central theme being the heroic loyalty of the Swedish people to their idolized king in misfortune and defeat.
victories
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Almost nothing is said of Charles ' spectacular victories, the central theme being the heroic loyalty of the Swedish people to their idolized king in misfortune and defeat.
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[ "central%5:00:00:important:00" ]
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theme
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Almost nothing is said of Charles ' spectacular victories, the central theme being the heroic loyalty of the Swedish people to their idolized king in misfortune and defeat.
being
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heroic
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Almost nothing is said of Charles ' spectacular victories, the central theme being the heroic loyalty of the Swedish people to their idolized king in misfortune and defeat.
loyalty
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Almost nothing is said of Charles ' spectacular victories, the central theme being the heroic loyalty of the Swedish people to their idolized king in misfortune and defeat.
Swedish
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Almost nothing is said of Charles ' spectacular victories, the central theme being the heroic loyalty of the Swedish people to their idolized king in misfortune and defeat.
people
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Almost nothing is said of Charles ' spectacular victories, the central theme being the heroic loyalty of the Swedish people to their idolized king in misfortune and defeat.
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Almost nothing is said of Charles ' spectacular victories, the central theme being the heroic loyalty of the Swedish people to their idolized king in misfortune and defeat.
king
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Almost nothing is said of Charles ' spectacular victories, the central theme being the heroic loyalty of the Swedish people to their idolized king in misfortune and defeat.
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To carry out this exalted conception the author has combined the vivid realism and imaginative power we have noticed in his early poetry and carried them out on a grand scale.
carry out
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To carry out this exalted conception the author has combined the vivid realism and imaginative power we have noticed in his early poetry and carried them out on a grand scale.
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To carry out this exalted conception the author has combined the vivid realism and imaginative power we have noticed in his early poetry and carried them out on a grand scale.
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To carry out this exalted conception the author has combined the vivid realism and imaginative power we have noticed in his early poetry and carried them out on a grand scale.
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To carry out this exalted conception the author has combined the vivid realism and imaginative power we have noticed in his early poetry and carried them out on a grand scale.
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To carry out this exalted conception the author has combined the vivid realism and imaginative power we have noticed in his early poetry and carried them out on a grand scale.
realism
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To carry out this exalted conception the author has combined the vivid realism and imaginative power we have noticed in his early poetry and carried them out on a grand scale.
imaginative
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To carry out this exalted conception the author has combined the vivid realism and imaginative power we have noticed in his early poetry and carried them out on a grand scale.
power
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To carry out this exalted conception the author has combined the vivid realism and imaginative power we have noticed in his early poetry and carried them out on a grand scale.
noticed
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To carry out this exalted conception the author has combined the vivid realism and imaginative power we have noticed in his early poetry and carried them out on a grand scale.
early
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To carry out this exalted conception the author has combined the vivid realism and imaginative power we have noticed in his early poetry and carried them out on a grand scale.
poetry
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To carry out this exalted conception the author has combined the vivid realism and imaginative power we have noticed in his early poetry and carried them out on a grand scale.
carried
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[ "carry_out%2:30:00::" ]
To carry out this exalted conception the author has combined the vivid realism and imaginative power we have noticed in his early poetry and carried them out on a grand scale.
grand
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[ "of behavior that is impressive and ambitious in scale or scope" ]
[ "grand%5:00:00:impressive:00" ]
To carry out this exalted conception the author has combined the vivid realism and imaginative power we have noticed in his early poetry and carried them out on a grand scale.
scale
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[ "relative magnitude" ]
[ "scale%1:24:00::" ]
His peculiar gift, as had been suggested before, is his intensity.
peculiar
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[ "unique or specific to a person or thing or category" ]
[ "peculiar%5:00:00:specific:00" ]
His peculiar gift, as had been suggested before, is his intensity.
gift
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[ "natural abilities or qualities" ]
[ "gift%1:09:00::" ]
His peculiar gift, as had been suggested before, is his intensity.
suggested
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[ "drop a hint; intimate by a hint" ]
[ "suggest%2:32:04::" ]
His peculiar gift, as had been suggested before, is his intensity.
before
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[ "earlier in time; previously" ]
[ "before%4:02:03::" ]
His peculiar gift, as had been suggested before, is his intensity.
is
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[ "be identical to; be someone or something" ]
[ "be%2:42:06::" ]
His peculiar gift, as had been suggested before, is his intensity.
intensity
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[ "high level or degree; the property of being intense" ]
[ "intensity%1:07:00::" ]
George Meredith has said that fervor is the core of style.
George Meredith
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[ "a human being" ]
[ "person%1:03:00::" ]
George Meredith has said that fervor is the core of style.
said
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[ "express in words" ]
[ "say%2:32:00::" ]
George Meredith has said that fervor is the core of style.
fervor
{ "name": "fervor", "sense_definitions_list": [ "feelings of great warmth and intensity", "the state of being emotionally aroused and worked up" ] }
[ "feelings of great warmth and intensity" ]
[ "fervor%1:12:00::" ]
George Meredith has said that fervor is the core of style.
is
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[ "form or compose" ]
[ "be%2:42:02::" ]
George Meredith has said that fervor is the core of style.
core
{ "name": "core", "sense_definitions_list": [ "a small group of indispensable persons or things", "the center of an object", "the central part of the Earth", "the choicest or most essential or most vital part of some idea or experience", "a cylindrical sample of soil or rock obtained with a holl...
[ "the choicest or most essential or most vital part of some idea or experience" ]
[ "core%1:09:00::" ]
George Meredith has said that fervor is the core of style.
style
{ "name": "style", "sense_definitions_list": [ "how something is done or how it happens", "a way of expressing something (in language or art or music etc.) that is characteristic of a particular person or group of people or period", "a particular kind (as to appearance)", "the popular taste at a giv...
[ "a way of expressing something (in language or art or music etc.) that is characteristic of a particular person or group of people or period" ]
[ "style%1:10:00::" ]
Of few authors is this more true than of Heidenstam.
few
{ "name": "few", "sense_definitions_list": [ "a small elite group", "a quantifier that can be used with count nouns and is often preceded by `a'; a small but indefinite number" ] }
[ "a quantifier that can be used with count nouns and is often preceded by `a'; a small but indefinite number" ]
[ "few%3:00:00::" ]
Of few authors is this more true than of Heidenstam.
authors
{ "name": "author", "sense_definitions_list": [ "writes (books or stories or articles or the like) professionally (for pay)", "someone who originates or causes or initiates something", "be the author of" ] }
[ "writes (books or stories or articles or the like) professionally (for pay)" ]
[ "author%1:18:00::" ]
Of few authors is this more true than of Heidenstam.
is
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[ "have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun)" ]
[ "be%2:42:03::" ]
Of few authors is this more true than of Heidenstam.
more
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[ "used to form the comparative of some adjectives and adverbs" ]
[ "more%4:02:00::" ]
Of few authors is this more true than of Heidenstam.
true
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[ "consistent with fact or reality; not false; ; - B. Russell" ]
[ "true%3:00:00::" ]
Of few authors is this more true than of Heidenstam.
Heidenstam
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[ "a human being" ]
[ "person%1:03:00::" ]
The Charles Men has a tremendous range of characters, of common folk even more than of major figures.
has
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[ "have as a feature" ]
[ "have%2:42:00::" ]
The Charles Men has a tremendous range of characters, of common folk even more than of major figures.
tremendous
{ "name": "tremendous", "sense_definitions_list": [ "extraordinarily large in size or extent or amount or power or degree; ; ; ; - Walter Lippman", "extraordinarily good or great ; used especially as intensifiers", "extreme in degree or extent or amount or impact" ] }
[ "extraordinarily good or great ; used especially as intensifiers" ]
[ "tremendous%5:00:00:extraordinary:00" ]
The Charles Men has a tremendous range of characters, of common folk even more than of major figures.
range
{ "name": "range", "sense_definitions_list": [ "an area in which something acts or operates or has power or control:", "the limits within which something can be effective", "a large tract of grassy open land on which livestock can graze", "a series of hills or mountains", "a place for shooting (...
[ "an area in which something acts or operates or has power or control:" ]
[ "range%1:07:00::" ]
The Charles Men has a tremendous range of characters, of common folk even more than of major figures.
characters
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[ "an imaginary person represented in a work of fiction (play or film or story)", "an actor's portrayal of someone in a play" ]
[ "character%1:18:02::", "character%1:09:01::" ]
The Charles Men has a tremendous range of characters, of common folk even more than of major figures.
common
{ "name": "common", "sense_definitions_list": [ "a piece of open land for recreational use in an urban area", "belonging to or participated in by a community as a whole; public", "having no special distinction or quality; widely known or commonly encountered; average or ordinary or usual", "common t...
[ "of or associated with the great masses of people" ]
[ "common%5:00:00:lowborn:00" ]
The Charles Men has a tremendous range of characters, of common folk even more than of major figures.
folk
{ "name": "folk", "sense_definitions_list": [ "people in general (often used in the plural)", "a social division of (usually preliterate) people", "people descended from a common ancestor", "the traditional and typically anonymous music that is an expression of the life of people in a community" ]...
[ "people in general (often used in the plural)" ]
[ "folk%1:14:00::" ]
The Charles Men has a tremendous range of characters, of common folk even more than of major figures.
even
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[ "used as an intensive especially to indicate something unexpected" ]
[ "even%4:02:00::" ]
The Charles Men has a tremendous range of characters, of common folk even more than of major figures.
major
{ "name": "major", "sense_definitions_list": [ "a commissioned military officer in the United States Army or Air Force or Marines; below lieutenant colonel and above captain", "British statesman who was prime minister from 1990 until 1997 (born in 1943)", "a university student who is studying a particul...
[ "of greater importance or stature or rank" ]
[ "major%3:00:06::" ]
The Charles Men has a tremendous range of characters, of common folk even more than of major figures.
figures
{ "name": "figure", "sense_definitions_list": [ "a diagram or picture illustrating textual material", "alternative names for the body of a human being", "one of the elements that collectively form a system of numeration", "a model of a bodily form (especially of a person)", "a well-known or nota...
[ "a well-known or notable person" ]
[ "figure%1:18:00::" ]
The career of Charles 12, is obviously very similar to that of Napoleon.
career
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[ "the general progression of your working or professional life" ]
[ "career%1:04:01::" ]
The career of Charles 12, is obviously very similar to that of Napoleon.
Charles 12
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[ "a human being" ]
[ "person%1:03:00::" ]
The career of Charles 12, is obviously very similar to that of Napoleon.
is
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[ "have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun)" ]
[ "be%2:42:03::" ]
The career of Charles 12, is obviously very similar to that of Napoleon.
obviously
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[ "unmistakably (`plain' is often used informally for `plainly')" ]
[ "obviously%4:02:00::" ]
The career of Charles 12, is obviously very similar to that of Napoleon.
very
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[ "precisely so" ]
[ "very%4:02:01::" ]
The career of Charles 12, is obviously very similar to that of Napoleon.
similar
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[ "marked by correspondence or resemblance" ]
[ "similar%3:00:00::" ]
The career of Charles 12, is obviously very similar to that of Napoleon.
Napoleon
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[ "French general who became emperor of the French (1769-1821)" ]
[ "napoleon%1:18:00::" ]
His ideal was Alexander of Macedon, as Napoleon 's was Julius Caesar.
ideal
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[ "conforming to an ultimate standard of perfection or excellence; embodying an ideal" ]
[ "ideal%5:00:00:perfect:00" ]
His ideal was Alexander of Macedon, as Napoleon 's was Julius Caesar.
was
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[ "be identical to; be someone or something" ]
[ "be%2:42:06::" ]