Both Uses of
deluge
in
A Tale of Two Cities
- What private solicitude could rear itself against the deluge of the Year One of Liberty—the deluge rising from below, not falling from above, and with the windows of Heaven shut, not opened!†
Chpt 3.4 *deluge = an overwhelming amount; or to overwhelm -- especially said of water
- What private solicitude could rear itself against the deluge of the Year One of Liberty—the deluge rising from below, not falling from above, and with the windows of Heaven shut, not opened!†
Chpt 3.4
Definition:
a large amount of something -- especially water
or:
to overwhelm with a large amount of something -- especially water
or:
to overwhelm with a large amount of something -- especially water