Atlantis: The Antedeluvian World — Page 1
The world has made such comet-like advance
Le monde a fait une telle avancée semblable à celle d'une comète
Lately on science, we may almost hope,
Récemment dans le domaine de la science, que nous pouvons presque espérer,
Before we die of sheer decay, to learn
Avant de mourir de pure décrépitude, apprendre
Something about our infancy; when lived
Quelque chose sur notre enfance ; quand vécut
That great, original, broad-eyed, sunken race,
Cette grande race originelle, aux yeux grands ouverts, engloutie,
Whose knowledge, like the sea-sustaining rocks,
Dont le savoir, comme les roches qui soutiennent la mer,
Hath formed the base of this world's fluctuous lore
A formé la base du savoir fluctuant de ce monde
FESTUS.
FESTUS.
Frontpiece: The Profile of Atlantis
Frontispice : Le Profil de l'Atlantide
CONTENTS.
TABLE DES MATIÈRES.
Vocabulary
- monde
- The world or society of people.
- a
- Third person singular of 'avoir'; has.
- fait
- Past participle of 'faire'; made or done.
- telle
- Such or so great; feminine form of 'tel'.
- avancée
- An advance or progress made in a field.
- semblable
- Similar or resembling something else closely.
- celle
- Feminine demonstrative pronoun meaning 'the one'.
- comète
- A comet; a celestial body with a tail.
- Récemment
- Recently; happening not long ago in time.
- domaine
- A domain or field of knowledge or activity.
- science
- Science; systematic study of the natural world.
- pouvons
- First person plural of 'pouvoir'; we can.
- presque
- Almost or nearly; not quite fully achieved.
- espérer
- To hope or to expect something positive.
- Avant
- Before; referring to a time preceding something.
- mourir
- To die; to cease living or existing.
- pure
- Pure; unmixed or complete in its nature.
- décrépitude
- Decrepitude; state of decay from old age.
- apprendre
- To learn or to teach something new.
- Quelque
- Some; indicating an unspecified quantity or thing.
- chose
- A thing or an object of any kind.
- enfance
- Childhood; the early period of human life.
- vécut
- Past historic of 'vivre'; lived or existed.
- grande
- Great or large; feminine form of 'grand'.
- race
- Race or lineage; a group sharing common origin.
- originelle
- Original or primordial; existing from the beginning.
- yeux
- Eyes; plural of 'œil', the organs of sight.
- grands
- Large or great; plural masculine form of 'grand'.
- ouverts
- Open; plural past participle of 'ouvrir'.
- engloutie
- Swallowed up or engulfed; feminine past participle.
- Dont
- Relative pronoun meaning 'whose', 'of which', 'from which'.
- savoir
- Knowledge or to know; understanding of something.
- roches
- Rocks; solid mineral matter forming the earth.
- soutiennent
- Third person plural of 'soutenir'; support or hold up.
- mer
- The sea; a large body of salt water.
- formé
- Formed or shaped; past participle of 'former'.
- base
- Base or foundation; a fundamental underlying element.
- fluctuant
- Fluctuating; varying or shifting in an unstable way.
- Frontispice
- Frontispiece; an illustration facing a book's title page.
- Profil
- Profile; a side view or outline of something.
- Atlantide
- Atlantis; the legendary lost sunken civilization.
- TABLE
- Table; a flat surface or organized list of contents.
- MATIÈRES
- Matters or subjects; in 'table des matières', table of contents.
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