Poor Austin! Poor Wrayford terrible loss to me mysterious dispensation. Yes, I do feel gratitude miraculous escape but I wish old Austin could have known that I was saved!
Примечания
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Ohio the US state in the Midwest (106 125 sq. km), joined the USA after the American Revolutionary War in 1783.
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Indiana the US state in the Midwest (93 491 sq. km), joined the USA after the American Revolutionary War.
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Sandusky a city on Lake Erie in northern Ohio, founded by the British in 1745.
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Lake Erie one of the five Great Lakes on the USA-Canadian border.
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sine qua non necessary conditions. (Latin)
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St. George and his Dragon a Christian martyr of the 3d century and the patron saint of England; St. George saved a Libyan kings daughter from the dragon and killed the monster in return for the promise that the people of Libya would be baptized.
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Alabama the US state in the south (131 334 sq. km); the first Europeans who came there were the Spanish, the first settlement was founded by the French in 1701; after the war of 1763, the territory was ceded to England.
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the Federal army the army of the federal government in the American Civil War of 18611865 with 11 Southern states.
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the Southern cause the southern states seceded from the Union in 18601861; the Northern and the Southern states had different economies, different attitude to slavery, trade and the very idea of states rights.
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the Southern cause the southern states seceded from the Union in 18601861; the Northern and the Southern states had different economies, different attitude to slavery, trade and the very idea of states rights.
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Corinth a city in northeastern Mississippi; the bloody battle took place to the north of the city during the American Civil War.
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the Yanks Yankees, a nickname of the citizens of New England states; the word was used by Southerners for Northerners and Federal soldiers during the American Civil War.
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Niagara Niagara Falls on the Niagara River in northeastern North America, on the USA-Canadian border.
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Aeolian harps Aeolian harp is a musical instrument in which sound is produced by the movement of the wind over the strings; in Greek mythology, Aeolus is the god of the winds.
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delirium mental state marked by confused thinking, hallucinations, etc. as a result of the intoxication of the brain caused by fever or some other physical disorder.
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Kentuckian a resident of Kentucky, the US state in the south (102 694 sq. km).
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a Sandwich Islander a resident of the Sandwich Islands, the second name of the Hawaiian Islands, a group of the volcanic islands in the Pacific Ocean; the first European who visited the islands in 1778 was Captain James Cook (17281779).
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Pompadour marquise de Pompadour (17211764), the mistress of Louis XV, king of France; she was a well-educated woman and a patron of art and literature.
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Olympus a mount in Greece (2,917 m); in Greek mythology, the place where gods lived.
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the Lost Atlantis a legendary island in the Atlantic Ocean, described by antique authors as a highly developed and powerful civilization.
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Florence a city in central Italy, founded in the 1st century BC and notable for its works of art.
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the Commandments in the Bible, the list of religious principles revealed to Moses, a Hebrew prophet of the 14th 13th centuries BC, on Mount Sinai.
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the Mosaic Law the religious principles of Judaism revealed to Moses, a Hebrew prophet of the 14th 13th centuries BC.
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the Legion of Hono(u)r the National Order of the Legion of Honour, a military and civil order of the French Republic, created by Napoleon in 1802.
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damask a silk, fine, patterned fabric, originally produced in Damascus, Syria.
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catechism a religious instruction in the form of questions and answers.
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portière heavy curtains hung in a doorway.
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Marseilles a city and port in southern France on the Mediterranean Sea, founded 2,500 years ago.
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Desdemona a fictional character in Shakespeares tragedy Othello (1603).
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the Pantheon the 18th century building in Paris, an example of Neoclassical architecture with columns and a high dome.
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La Petite baby. (French)
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Seigneur Lord, God. (French)
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Tantante from tante = aunt. (French)
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palmetto a sort of small palm trees.
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Il ne faut pas faire mal à Pauline. Dont do harm to Pauline. (French)
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la guerre = war. (French)
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Sumter a county in South Caroline, US.
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Louisiana the US state (123,366 sq. km) admitted to the union in 1812 as the 18th member; it borders Arkansas, Mississippi and Texas.
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Adieu! Goodbye!
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Venus the second planet from the Sun; when it is visible, it is the brightest in the sky.
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pied à terre a place of refuge where a person lives from time to time. (French)
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pullman a sleeping car used on railroads, invented by George Pullman (18311897), an American industrialist and inventor.
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San Antonio a city in south-central Texas, founded in 1718 by Spanish explorers and named for St. Anthony of Padua.
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cashmere a fine woolen fabric first made in Kashmir, India.
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the Rio Grande a river in Texas, US, and Mexico, one of the longest rivers in North America; it flows to the Gulf of Mexico.