Chapter I

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From this reading To descend to an abject pleasantry I tell her that a taking title is not always the same as a take-in title; but, for my part, even if it were---- And then I recall how the late R. D. Blackmore (whose works, by the way, 1 saw in a bookseller's at Twickenham with a notice over them--“by a local author”) accounted for the popularity of _Lorna Doone_: people bought it believing that it had something to do with the extremely popular engagement--“a Real German Defeat,” Tenniel called it in his _Punch_ cartoon--of the Marquis of Lorne and the Princess Louise.

used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one

From this reading Author of “The Jessamy Bride,” Etc New York: George H. Doran Company Dorothy frowns slightly, but slightingly, at the title; but when challenged to put her frown into words she has nothing worse to say about it than that it has a certain catchpenny click--the world is talking about The Peace and she has an impression that to introduce the word even without the very definite article is an attempt to derive profit from a topic of the hour--something like backing a horse with a trusty friend for a race which you have secret information it has won five minutes earlier--a method of amassing wealth resorted to every day, I am told by some one who has tried it more than once, but always just five minutes too late.

of the most contemptible kind

From this reading To descend to an abject pleasantry I tell her that a taking title is not always the same as a take-in title; but, for my part, even if it were---- And then I recall how the late R. D. Blackmore (whose works, by the way, 1 saw in a bookseller's at Twickenham with a notice over them--“by a local author”) accounted for the popularity of _Lorna Doone_: people bought it believing that it had something to do with the extremely popular engagement--“a Real German Defeat,” Tenniel called it in his _Punch_ cartoon--of the Marquis of Lorne and the Princess Louise.

on the subject of; concerning

From this reading Author of “The Jessamy Bride,” Etc New York: George H. Doran Company Dorothy frowns slightly, but slightingly, at the title; but when challenged to put her frown into words she has nothing worse to say about it than that it has a certain catchpenny click--the world is talking about The Peace and she has an impression that to introduce the word even without the very definite article is an attempt to derive profit from a topic of the hour--something like backing a horse with a trusty friend for a race which you have secret information it has won five minutes earlier--a method of amassing wealth resorted to every day, I am told by some one who has tried it more than once, but always just five minutes too late.

past form of “account” — be the sole or primary factor in the existence, acquisition, supply, or disposal of something

From this reading To descend to an abject pleasantry I tell her that a taking title is not always the same as a take-in title; but, for my part, even if it were---- And then I recall how the late R. D. Blackmore (whose works, by the way, 1 saw in a bookseller's at Twickenham with a notice over them--“by a local author”) accounted for the popularity of _Lorna Doone_: people bought it believing that it had something to do with the extremely popular engagement--“a Real German Defeat,” Tenniel called it in his _Punch_ cartoon--of the Marquis of Lorne and the Princess Louise.

perform an action, or work out or perform (an action)

From this reading But Dorothy's reply comes pat: If Mr. Blackmore did that, all she can say is that she doesn't think any the better of him for it; just what the Sabbatarian Scotswoman said when the act of Christ in plucking the ears of corn on the Sabbath Day was brought under her ken.

anew

From this reading And yet so far from feeling any remorse at arriving at the Temple of Fame by the tradesman's entrance, he tried to get upon the same track again a little later, calling his new novel _Alice Lorraine_: people were talking a lot about Alsace-Lorraine at the time, as they have been doing ever since, though never quite so loudly as at the present moment (I trust that the publishers of the novel are hurrying on with that new edition).

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From this reading And yet so far from feeling any remorse at arriving at the Temple of Fame by the tradesman's entrance, he tried to get upon the same track again a little later, calling his new novel _Alice Lorraine_: people were talking a lot about Alsace-Lorraine at the time, as they have been doing ever since, though never quite so loudly as at the present moment (I trust that the publishers of the novel are hurrying on with that new edition).

(quantifier) used with either mass or count nouns to indicate the whole number or amount of or every one of a class

From this reading But Dorothy's reply comes pat: If Mr. Blackmore did that, all she can say is that she doesn't think any the better of him for it; just what the Sabbatarian Scotswoman said when the act of Christ in plucking the ears of corn on the Sabbath Day was brought under her ken.

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From this reading And yet so far from feeling any remorse at arriving at the Temple of Fame by the tradesman's entrance, he tried to get upon the same track again a little later, calling his new novel _Alice Lorraine_: people were talking a lot about Alsace-Lorraine at the time, as they have been doing ever since, though never quite so loudly as at the present moment (I trust that the publishers of the novel are hurrying on with that new edition).

at all times; all the time and on every occasion

From this reading Author of “The Jessamy Bride,” Etc New York: George H. Doran Company Dorothy frowns slightly, but slightingly, at the title; but when challenged to put her frown into words she has nothing worse to say about it than that it has a certain catchpenny click--the world is talking about The Peace and she has an impression that to introduce the word even without the very definite article is an attempt to derive profit from a topic of the hour--something like backing a horse with a trusty friend for a race which you have secret information it has won five minutes earlier--a method of amassing wealth resorted to every day, I am told by some one who has tried it more than once, but always just five minutes too late.

the form of “be” used with “I”

From this reading Author of “The Jessamy Bride,” Etc New York: George H. Doran Company Dorothy frowns slightly, but slightingly, at the title; but when challenged to put her frown into words she has nothing worse to say about it than that it has a certain catchpenny click--the world is talking about The Peace and she has an impression that to introduce the word even without the very definite article is an attempt to derive profit from a topic of the hour--something like backing a horse with a trusty friend for a race which you have secret information it has won five minutes earlier--a method of amassing wealth resorted to every day, I am told by some one who has tried it more than once, but always just five minutes too late.

-ing form of “amass” — collect or gather

From this reading Author of “The Jessamy Bride,” Etc New York: George H. Doran Company Dorothy frowns slightly, but slightingly, at the title; but when challenged to put her frown into words she has nothing worse to say about it than that it has a certain catchpenny click--the world is talking about The Peace and she has an impression that to introduce the word even without the very definite article is an attempt to derive profit from a topic of the hour--something like backing a horse with a trusty friend for a race which you have secret information it has won five minutes earlier--a method of amassing wealth resorted to every day, I am told by some one who has tried it more than once, but always just five minutes too late.

the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound

From this reading Author of “The Jessamy Bride,” Etc New York: George H. Doran Company Dorothy frowns slightly, but slightingly, at the title; but when challenged to put her frown into words she has nothing worse to say about it than that it has a certain catchpenny click--the world is talking about The Peace and she has an impression that to introduce the word even without the very definite article is an attempt to derive profit from a topic of the hour--something like backing a horse with a trusty friend for a race which you have secret information it has won five minutes earlier--a method of amassing wealth resorted to every day, I am told by some one who has tried it more than once, but always just five minutes too late.

used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together

From this reading Author of “The Jessamy Bride,” Etc New York: George H. Doran Company Dorothy frowns slightly, but slightingly, at the title; but when challenged to put her frown into words she has nothing worse to say about it than that it has a certain catchpenny click--the world is talking about The Peace and she has an impression that to introduce the word even without the very definite article is an attempt to derive profit from a topic of the hour--something like backing a horse with a trusty friend for a race which you have secret information it has won five minutes earlier--a method of amassing wealth resorted to every day, I am told by some one who has tried it more than once, but always just five minutes too late.

one or some or every or all without specification

From this reading I don't like Dorothy's rooted objection to my literary schemes, because I know it to be so confoundedly well rooted; so I argue with her, assuring her that literary men of the highest rank have never shown any marked reluctance to catch the pennies that are thrown to them by the public when they hit upon a title that jingles with the jingle of the hour.

the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun

From this reading I don't like Dorothy's rooted objection to my literary schemes, because I know it to be so confoundedly well rooted; so I argue with her, assuring her that literary men of the highest rank have never shown any marked reluctance to catch the pennies that are thrown to them by the public when they hit upon a title that jingles with the jingle of the hour.

present reasons and arguments

From this reading I don't like Dorothy's rooted objection to my literary schemes, because I know it to be so confoundedly well rooted; so I argue with her, assuring her that literary men of the highest rank have never shown any marked reluctance to catch the pennies that are thrown to them by the public when they hit upon a title that jingles with the jingle of the hour.

-ing form of “arrive” — reach a destination; arrive by movement or progress

From this reading And yet so far from feeling any remorse at arriving at the Temple of Fame by the tradesman's entrance, he tried to get upon the same track again a little later, calling his new novel _Alice Lorraine_: people were talking a lot about Alsace-Lorraine at the time, as they have been doing ever since, though never quite so loudly as at the present moment (I trust that the publishers of the novel are hurrying on with that new edition).

nonfictional prose forming an independent part of a publication

From this reading Author of “The Jessamy Bride,” Etc New York: George H. Doran Company Dorothy frowns slightly, but slightingly, at the title; but when challenged to put her frown into words she has nothing worse to say about it than that it has a certain catchpenny click--the world is talking about The Peace and she has an impression that to introduce the word even without the very definite article is an attempt to derive profit from a topic of the hour--something like backing a horse with a trusty friend for a race which you have secret information it has won five minutes earlier--a method of amassing wealth resorted to every day, I am told by some one who has tried it more than once, but always just five minutes too late.

at the same time that; because; in the way that

From this reading To descend to an abject pleasantry I tell her that a taking title is not always the same as a take-in title; but, for my part, even if it were---- And then I recall how the late R. D. Blackmore (whose works, by the way, 1 saw in a bookseller's at Twickenham with a notice over them--“by a local author”) accounted for the popularity of _Lorna Doone_: people bought it believing that it had something to do with the extremely popular engagement--“a Real German Defeat,” Tenniel called it in his _Punch_ cartoon--of the Marquis of Lorne and the Princess Louise.

giving confidence

From this reading I don't like Dorothy's rooted objection to my literary schemes, because I know it to be so confoundedly well rooted; so I argue with her, assuring her that literary men of the highest rank have never shown any marked reluctance to catch the pennies that are thrown to them by the public when they hit upon a title that jingles with the jingle of the hour.

in or near a particular place or position

From this reading Author of “The Jessamy Bride,” Etc New York: George H. Doran Company Dorothy frowns slightly, but slightingly, at the title; but when challenged to put her frown into words she has nothing worse to say about it than that it has a certain catchpenny click--the world is talking about The Peace and she has an impression that to introduce the word even without the very definite article is an attempt to derive profit from a topic of the hour--something like backing a horse with a trusty friend for a race which you have secret information it has won five minutes earlier--a method of amassing wealth resorted to every day, I am told by some one who has tried it more than once, but always just five minutes too late.

earnest and conscientious activity intended to do or accomplish something

From this reading Author of “The Jessamy Bride,” Etc New York: George H. Doran Company Dorothy frowns slightly, but slightingly, at the title; but when challenged to put her frown into words she has nothing worse to say about it than that it has a certain catchpenny click--the world is talking about The Peace and she has an impression that to introduce the word even without the very definite article is an attempt to derive profit from a topic of the hour--something like backing a horse with a trusty friend for a race which you have secret information it has won five minutes earlier--a method of amassing wealth resorted to every day, I am told by some one who has tried it more than once, but always just five minutes too late.

writes (books or stories or articles or the like) professionally (for pay)

From this reading Author of “The Jessamy Bride,” Etc New York: George H. Doran Company Dorothy frowns slightly, but slightingly, at the title; but when challenged to put her frown into words she has nothing worse to say about it than that it has a certain catchpenny click--the world is talking about The Peace and she has an impression that to introduce the word even without the very definite article is an attempt to derive profit from a topic of the hour--something like backing a horse with a trusty friend for a race which you have secret information it has won five minutes earlier--a method of amassing wealth resorted to every day, I am told by some one who has tried it more than once, but always just five minutes too late.

the act of providing approval and support

From this reading Author of “The Jessamy Bride,” Etc New York: George H. Doran Company Dorothy frowns slightly, but slightingly, at the title; but when challenged to put her frown into words she has nothing worse to say about it than that it has a certain catchpenny click--the world is talking about The Peace and she has an impression that to introduce the word even without the very definite article is an attempt to derive profit from a topic of the hour--something like backing a horse with a trusty friend for a race which you have secret information it has won five minutes earlier--a method of amassing wealth resorted to every day, I am told by some one who has tried it more than once, but always just five minutes too late.

used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses

From this reading I don't like Dorothy's rooted objection to my literary schemes, because I know it to be so confoundedly well rooted; so I argue with her, assuring her that literary men of the highest rank have never shown any marked reluctance to catch the pennies that are thrown to them by the public when they hit upon a title that jingles with the jingle of the hour.

for the reason that

From this reading I don't like Dorothy's rooted objection to my literary schemes, because I know it to be so confoundedly well rooted; so I argue with her, assuring her that literary men of the highest rank have never shown any marked reluctance to catch the pennies that are thrown to them by the public when they hit upon a title that jingles with the jingle of the hour.

the past participle of “be”

From this reading And yet so far from feeling any remorse at arriving at the Temple of Fame by the tradesman's entrance, he tried to get upon the same track again a little later, calling his new novel _Alice Lorraine_: people were talking a lot about Alsace-Lorraine at the time, as they have been doing ever since, though never quite so loudly as at the present moment (I trust that the publishers of the novel are hurrying on with that new edition).

the cognitive process that leads to convictions

From this reading To descend to an abject pleasantry I tell her that a taking title is not always the same as a take-in title; but, for my part, even if it were---- And then I recall how the late R. D. Blackmore (whose works, by the way, 1 saw in a bookseller's at Twickenham with a notice over them--“by a local author”) accounted for the popularity of _Lorna Doone_: people bought it believing that it had something to do with the extremely popular engagement--“a Real German Defeat,” Tenniel called it in his _Punch_ cartoon--of the Marquis of Lorne and the Princess Louise.

(comparative of “good”) superior to another (of the same class or set or kind) in excellence or quality or desirability or suitability; more highly skilled than another

From this reading But Dorothy's reply comes pat: If Mr. Blackmore did that, all she can say is that she doesn't think any the better of him for it; just what the Sabbatarian Scotswoman said when the act of Christ in plucking the ears of corn on the Sabbath Day was brought under her ken.

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From this reading To descend to an abject pleasantry I tell her that a taking title is not always the same as a take-in title; but, for my part, even if it were---- And then I recall how the late R. D. Blackmore (whose works, by the way, 1 saw in a bookseller's at Twickenham with a notice over them--“by a local author”) accounted for the popularity of _Lorna Doone_: people bought it believing that it had something to do with the extremely popular engagement--“a Real German Defeat,” Tenniel called it in his _Punch_ cartoon--of the Marquis of Lorne and the Princess Louise.

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From this reading To descend to an abject pleasantry I tell her that a taking title is not always the same as a take-in title; but, for my part, even if it were---- And then I recall how the late R. D. Blackmore (whose works, by the way, 1 saw in a bookseller's at Twickenham with a notice over them--“by a local author”) accounted for the popularity of _Lorna Doone_: people bought it believing that it had something to do with the extremely popular engagement--“a Real German Defeat,” Tenniel called it in his _Punch_ cartoon--of the Marquis of Lorne and the Princess Louise.

inflected form of “buy” — obtain by purchase; acquire by means of a financial transaction

From this reading To descend to an abject pleasantry I tell her that a taking title is not always the same as a take-in title; but, for my part, even if it were---- And then I recall how the late R. D. Blackmore (whose works, by the way, 1 saw in a bookseller's at Twickenham with a notice over them--“by a local author”) accounted for the popularity of _Lorna Doone_: people bought it believing that it had something to do with the extremely popular engagement--“a Real German Defeat,” Tenniel called it in his _Punch_ cartoon--of the Marquis of Lorne and the Princess Louise.

a woman who has recently been married

From this reading Author of “The Jessamy Bride,” Etc New York: George H. Doran Company Dorothy frowns slightly, but slightingly, at the title; but when challenged to put her frown into words she has nothing worse to say about it than that it has a certain catchpenny click--the world is talking about The Peace and she has an impression that to introduce the word even without the very definite article is an attempt to derive profit from a topic of the hour--something like backing a horse with a trusty friend for a race which you have secret information it has won five minutes earlier--a method of amassing wealth resorted to every day, I am told by some one who has tried it more than once, but always just five minutes too late.

inflected form of “bring” — take something or somebody with oneself somewhere

From this reading But Dorothy's reply comes pat: If Mr. Blackmore did that, all she can say is that she doesn't think any the better of him for it; just what the Sabbatarian Scotswoman said when the act of Christ in plucking the ears of corn on the Sabbath Day was brought under her ken.

used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before

From this reading Author of “The Jessamy Bride,” Etc New York: George H. Doran Company Dorothy frowns slightly, but slightingly, at the title; but when challenged to put her frown into words she has nothing worse to say about it than that it has a certain catchpenny click--the world is talking about The Peace and she has an impression that to introduce the word even without the very definite article is an attempt to derive profit from a topic of the hour--something like backing a horse with a trusty friend for a race which you have secret information it has won five minutes earlier--a method of amassing wealth resorted to every day, I am told by some one who has tried it more than once, but always just five minutes too late.

showing who or what does the action

From this reading Author of “The Jessamy Bride,” Etc New York: George H. Doran Company Dorothy frowns slightly, but slightingly, at the title; but when challenged to put her frown into words she has nothing worse to say about it than that it has a certain catchpenny click--the world is talking about The Peace and she has an impression that to introduce the word even without the very definite article is an attempt to derive profit from a topic of the hour--something like backing a horse with a trusty friend for a race which you have secret information it has won five minutes earlier--a method of amassing wealth resorted to every day, I am told by some one who has tried it more than once, but always just five minutes too late.

past form of “call” — assign a specified (usually proper) proper name to

From this reading To descend to an abject pleasantry I tell her that a taking title is not always the same as a take-in title; but, for my part, even if it were---- And then I recall how the late R. D. Blackmore (whose works, by the way, 1 saw in a bookseller's at Twickenham with a notice over them--“by a local author”) accounted for the popularity of _Lorna Doone_: people bought it believing that it had something to do with the extremely popular engagement--“a Real German Defeat,” Tenniel called it in his _Punch_ cartoon--of the Marquis of Lorne and the Princess Louise.

the particular occupation for which you are trained

From this reading And yet so far from feeling any remorse at arriving at the Temple of Fame by the tradesman's entrance, he tried to get upon the same track again a little later, calling his new novel _Alice Lorraine_: people were talking a lot about Alsace-Lorraine at the time, as they have been doing ever since, though never quite so loudly as at the present moment (I trust that the publishers of the novel are hurrying on with that new edition).

to be able to, or to be allowed to

From this reading But Dorothy's reply comes pat: If Mr. Blackmore did that, all she can say is that she doesn't think any the better of him for it; just what the Sabbatarian Scotswoman said when the act of Christ in plucking the ears of corn on the Sabbath Day was brought under her ken.

a humorous or satirical drawing published in a newspaper or magazine

From this reading To descend to an abject pleasantry I tell her that a taking title is not always the same as a take-in title; but, for my part, even if it were---- And then I recall how the late R. D. Blackmore (whose works, by the way, 1 saw in a bookseller's at Twickenham with a notice over them--“by a local author”) accounted for the popularity of _Lorna Doone_: people bought it believing that it had something to do with the extremely popular engagement--“a Real German Defeat,” Tenniel called it in his _Punch_ cartoon--of the Marquis of Lorne and the Princess Louise.

discover or come upon accidentally, suddenly, or unexpectedly; catch somebody doing something or in a certain state

From this reading I don't like Dorothy's rooted objection to my literary schemes, because I know it to be so confoundedly well rooted; so I argue with her, assuring her that literary men of the highest rank have never shown any marked reluctance to catch the pennies that are thrown to them by the public when they hit upon a title that jingles with the jingle of the hour.

designed to sell quickly without concern for quality

From this reading Author of “The Jessamy Bride,” Etc New York: George H. Doran Company Dorothy frowns slightly, but slightingly, at the title; but when challenged to put her frown into words she has nothing worse to say about it than that it has a certain catchpenny click--the world is talking about The Peace and she has an impression that to introduce the word even without the very definite article is an attempt to derive profit from a topic of the hour--something like backing a horse with a trusty friend for a race which you have secret information it has won five minutes earlier--a method of amassing wealth resorted to every day, I am told by some one who has tried it more than once, but always just five minutes too late.

definite but not specified or identified

From this reading Author of “The Jessamy Bride,” Etc New York: George H. Doran Company Dorothy frowns slightly, but slightingly, at the title; but when challenged to put her frown into words she has nothing worse to say about it than that it has a certain catchpenny click--the world is talking about The Peace and she has an impression that to introduce the word even without the very definite article is an attempt to derive profit from a topic of the hour--something like backing a horse with a trusty friend for a race which you have secret information it has won five minutes earlier--a method of amassing wealth resorted to every day, I am told by some one who has tried it more than once, but always just five minutes too late.

past form of “challenge” — take exception to

From this reading Author of “The Jessamy Bride,” Etc New York: George H. Doran Company Dorothy frowns slightly, but slightingly, at the title; but when challenged to put her frown into words she has nothing worse to say about it than that it has a certain catchpenny click--the world is talking about The Peace and she has an impression that to introduce the word even without the very definite article is an attempt to derive profit from a topic of the hour--something like backing a horse with a trusty friend for a race which you have secret information it has won five minutes earlier--a method of amassing wealth resorted to every day, I am told by some one who has tried it more than once, but always just five minutes too late.

a teacher and prophet born in Bethlehem and active in Nazareth; his life and sermons form the basis for Christianity (circa 4 BC - AD 29)

From this reading But Dorothy's reply comes pat: If Mr. Blackmore did that, all she can say is that she doesn't think any the better of him for it; just what the Sabbatarian Scotswoman said when the act of Christ in plucking the ears of corn on the Sabbath Day was brought under her ken.

move or strike with a noise

From this reading Author of “The Jessamy Bride,” Etc New York: George H. Doran Company Dorothy frowns slightly, but slightingly, at the title; but when challenged to put her frown into words she has nothing worse to say about it than that it has a certain catchpenny click--the world is talking about The Peace and she has an impression that to introduce the word even without the very definite article is an attempt to derive profit from a topic of the hour--something like backing a horse with a trusty friend for a race which you have secret information it has won five minutes earlier--a method of amassing wealth resorted to every day, I am told by some one who has tried it more than once, but always just five minutes too late.

plural of “come” — the thick white fluid containing spermatozoa that is ejaculated by the male genital tract

From this reading But Dorothy's reply comes pat: If Mr. Blackmore did that, all she can say is that she doesn't think any the better of him for it; just what the Sabbatarian Scotswoman said when the act of Christ in plucking the ears of corn on the Sabbath Day was brought under her ken.

an institution created to conduct business

From this reading Author of “The Jessamy Bride,” Etc New York: George H. Doran Company Dorothy frowns slightly, but slightingly, at the title; but when challenged to put her frown into words she has nothing worse to say about it than that it has a certain catchpenny click--the world is talking about The Peace and she has an impression that to introduce the word even without the very definite article is an attempt to derive profit from a topic of the hour--something like backing a horse with a trusty friend for a race which you have secret information it has won five minutes earlier--a method of amassing wealth resorted to every day, I am told by some one who has tried it more than once, but always just five minutes too late.

in a perplexed manner

From this reading I don't like Dorothy's rooted objection to my literary schemes, because I know it to be so confoundedly well rooted; so I argue with her, assuring her that literary men of the highest rank have never shown any marked reluctance to catch the pennies that are thrown to them by the public when they hit upon a title that jingles with the jingle of the hour.

tall annual cereal grass bearing kernels on large ears: widely cultivated in America in many varieties; the principal cereal in Mexico and Central and South America since pre-Columbian times

From this reading But Dorothy's reply comes pat: If Mr. Blackmore did that, all she can say is that she doesn't think any the better of him for it; just what the Sabbatarian Scotswoman said when the act of Christ in plucking the ears of corn on the Sabbath Day was brought under her ken.

a fat-soluble vitamin that prevents rickets

From this reading To descend to an abject pleasantry I tell her that a taking title is not always the same as a take-in title; but, for my part, even if it were---- And then I recall how the late R. D. Blackmore (whose works, by the way, 1 saw in a bookseller's at Twickenham with a notice over them--“by a local author”) accounted for the popularity of _Lorna Doone_: people bought it believing that it had something to do with the extremely popular engagement--“a Real German Defeat,” Tenniel called it in his _Punch_ cartoon--of the Marquis of Lorne and the Princess Louise.

time for Earth to make a complete rotation on its axis

From this reading Author of “The Jessamy Bride,” Etc New York: George H. Doran Company Dorothy frowns slightly, but slightingly, at the title; but when challenged to put her frown into words she has nothing worse to say about it than that it has a certain catchpenny click--the world is talking about The Peace and she has an impression that to introduce the word even without the very definite article is an attempt to derive profit from a topic of the hour--something like backing a horse with a trusty friend for a race which you have secret information it has won five minutes earlier--a method of amassing wealth resorted to every day, I am told by some one who has tried it more than once, but always just five minutes too late.

an unsuccessful ending to a struggle or contest

From this reading To descend to an abject pleasantry I tell her that a taking title is not always the same as a take-in title; but, for my part, even if it were---- And then I recall how the late R. D. Blackmore (whose works, by the way, 1 saw in a bookseller's at Twickenham with a notice over them--“by a local author”) accounted for the popularity of _Lorna Doone_: people bought it believing that it had something to do with the extremely popular engagement--“a Real German Defeat,” Tenniel called it in his _Punch_ cartoon--of the Marquis of Lorne and the Princess Louise.

precise; explicit and clearly defined

From this reading Author of “The Jessamy Bride,” Etc New York: George H. Doran Company Dorothy frowns slightly, but slightingly, at the title; but when challenged to put her frown into words she has nothing worse to say about it than that it has a certain catchpenny click--the world is talking about The Peace and she has an impression that to introduce the word even without the very definite article is an attempt to derive profit from a topic of the hour--something like backing a horse with a trusty friend for a race which you have secret information it has won five minutes earlier--a method of amassing wealth resorted to every day, I am told by some one who has tried it more than once, but always just five minutes too late.

reason by deduction; establish by deduction

From this reading Author of “The Jessamy Bride,” Etc New York: George H. Doran Company Dorothy frowns slightly, but slightingly, at the title; but when challenged to put her frown into words she has nothing worse to say about it than that it has a certain catchpenny click--the world is talking about The Peace and she has an impression that to introduce the word even without the very definite article is an attempt to derive profit from a topic of the hour--something like backing a horse with a trusty friend for a race which you have secret information it has won five minutes earlier--a method of amassing wealth resorted to every day, I am told by some one who has tried it more than once, but always just five minutes too late.

move downward and lower, but not necessarily all the way

From this reading To descend to an abject pleasantry I tell her that a taking title is not always the same as a take-in title; but, for my part, even if it were---- And then I recall how the late R. D. Blackmore (whose works, by the way, 1 saw in a bookseller's at Twickenham with a notice over them--“by a local author”) accounted for the popularity of _Lorna Doone_: people bought it believing that it had something to do with the extremely popular engagement--“a Real German Defeat,” Tenniel called it in his _Punch_ cartoon--of the Marquis of Lorne and the Princess Louise.

the past form of “do”, used in questions and negatives

From this reading But Dorothy's reply comes pat: If Mr. Blackmore did that, all she can say is that she doesn't think any the better of him for it; just what the Sabbatarian Scotswoman said when the act of Christ in plucking the ears of corn on the Sabbath Day was brought under her ken.

used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis

From this reading To descend to an abject pleasantry I tell her that a taking title is not always the same as a take-in title; but, for my part, even if it were---- And then I recall how the late R. D. Blackmore (whose works, by the way, 1 saw in a bookseller's at Twickenham with a notice over them--“by a local author”) accounted for the popularity of _Lorna Doone_: people bought it believing that it had something to do with the extremely popular engagement--“a Real German Defeat,” Tenniel called it in his _Punch_ cartoon--of the Marquis of Lorne and the Princess Louise.

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From this reading But Dorothy's reply comes pat: If Mr. Blackmore did that, all she can say is that she doesn't think any the better of him for it; just what the Sabbatarian Scotswoman said when the act of Christ in plucking the ears of corn on the Sabbath Day was brought under her ken.

-ing form of “do” — engage in

From this reading And yet so far from feeling any remorse at arriving at the Temple of Fame by the tradesman's entrance, he tried to get upon the same track again a little later, calling his new novel _Alice Lorraine_: people were talking a lot about Alsace-Lorraine at the time, as they have been doing ever since, though never quite so loudly as at the present moment (I trust that the publishers of the novel are hurrying on with that new edition).

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From this reading I don't like Dorothy's rooted objection to my literary schemes, because I know it to be so confoundedly well rooted; so I argue with her, assuring her that literary men of the highest rank have never shown any marked reluctance to catch the pennies that are thrown to them by the public when they hit upon a title that jingles with the jingle of the hour.

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From this reading To descend to an abject pleasantry I tell her that a taking title is not always the same as a take-in title; but, for my part, even if it were---- And then I recall how the late R. D. Blackmore (whose works, by the way, 1 saw in a bookseller's at Twickenham with a notice over them--“by a local author”) accounted for the popularity of _Lorna Doone_: people bought it believing that it had something to do with the extremely popular engagement--“a Real German Defeat,” Tenniel called it in his _Punch_ cartoon--of the Marquis of Lorne and the Princess Louise.

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From this reading Author of “The Jessamy Bride,” Etc New York: George H. Doran Company Dorothy frowns slightly, but slightingly, at the title; but when challenged to put her frown into words she has nothing worse to say about it than that it has a certain catchpenny click--the world is talking about The Peace and she has an impression that to introduce the word even without the very definite article is an attempt to derive profit from a topic of the hour--something like backing a horse with a trusty friend for a race which you have secret information it has won five minutes earlier--a method of amassing wealth resorted to every day, I am told by some one who has tried it more than once, but always just five minutes too late.

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From this reading Author of “The Jessamy Bride,” Etc New York: George H. Doran Company Dorothy frowns slightly, but slightingly, at the title; but when challenged to put her frown into words she has nothing worse to say about it than that it has a certain catchpenny click--the world is talking about The Peace and she has an impression that to introduce the word even without the very definite article is an attempt to derive profit from a topic of the hour--something like backing a horse with a trusty friend for a race which you have secret information it has won five minutes earlier--a method of amassing wealth resorted to every day, I am told by some one who has tried it more than once, but always just five minutes too late.

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From this reading I don't like Dorothy's rooted objection to my literary schemes, because I know it to be so confoundedly well rooted; so I argue with her, assuring her that literary men of the highest rank have never shown any marked reluctance to catch the pennies that are thrown to them by the public when they hit upon a title that jingles with the jingle of the hour.

earlier in time; previously

From this reading Author of “The Jessamy Bride,” Etc New York: George H. Doran Company Dorothy frowns slightly, but slightingly, at the title; but when challenged to put her frown into words she has nothing worse to say about it than that it has a certain catchpenny click--the world is talking about The Peace and she has an impression that to introduce the word even without the very definite article is an attempt to derive profit from a topic of the hour--something like backing a horse with a trusty friend for a race which you have secret information it has won five minutes earlier--a method of amassing wealth resorted to every day, I am told by some one who has tried it more than once, but always just five minutes too late.

plural of “ear” — the sense organ for hearing and equilibrium

From this reading But Dorothy's reply comes pat: If Mr. Blackmore did that, all she can say is that she doesn't think any the better of him for it; just what the Sabbatarian Scotswoman said when the act of Christ in plucking the ears of corn on the Sabbath Day was brought under her ken.

the form in which a text (especially a printed book) is published

From this reading And yet so far from feeling any remorse at arriving at the Temple of Fame by the tradesman's entrance, he tried to get upon the same track again a little later, calling his new novel _Alice Lorraine_: people were talking a lot about Alsace-Lorraine at the time, as they have been doing ever since, though never quite so loudly as at the present moment (I trust that the publishers of the novel are hurrying on with that new edition).

a hostile meeting of opposing military forces in the course of a war

From this reading To descend to an abject pleasantry I tell her that a taking title is not always the same as a take-in title; but, for my part, even if it were---- And then I recall how the late R. D. Blackmore (whose works, by the way, 1 saw in a bookseller's at Twickenham with a notice over them--“by a local author”) accounted for the popularity of _Lorna Doone_: people bought it believing that it had something to do with the extremely popular engagement--“a Real German Defeat,” Tenniel called it in his _Punch_ cartoon--of the Marquis of Lorne and the Princess Louise.

something that provides access (to get in or get out)

From this reading And yet so far from feeling any remorse at arriving at the Temple of Fame by the tradesman's entrance, he tried to get upon the same track again a little later, calling his new novel _Alice Lorraine_: people were talking a lot about Alsace-Lorraine at the time, as they have been doing ever since, though never quite so loudly as at the present moment (I trust that the publishers of the novel are hurrying on with that new edition).

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From this reading Author of “The Jessamy Bride,” Etc New York: George H. Doran Company Dorothy frowns slightly, but slightingly, at the title; but when challenged to put her frown into words she has nothing worse to say about it than that it has a certain catchpenny click--the world is talking about The Peace and she has an impression that to introduce the word even without the very definite article is an attempt to derive profit from a topic of the hour--something like backing a horse with a trusty friend for a race which you have secret information it has won five minutes earlier--a method of amassing wealth resorted to every day, I am told by some one who has tried it more than once, but always just five minutes too late.

divisible by two

From this reading Author of “The Jessamy Bride,” Etc New York: George H. Doran Company Dorothy frowns slightly, but slightingly, at the title; but when challenged to put her frown into words she has nothing worse to say about it than that it has a certain catchpenny click--the world is talking about The Peace and she has an impression that to introduce the word even without the very definite article is an attempt to derive profit from a topic of the hour--something like backing a horse with a trusty friend for a race which you have secret information it has won five minutes earlier--a method of amassing wealth resorted to every day, I am told by some one who has tried it more than once, but always just five minutes too late.

at any time

From this reading And yet so far from feeling any remorse at arriving at the Temple of Fame by the tradesman's entrance, he tried to get upon the same track again a little later, calling his new novel _Alice Lorraine_: people were talking a lot about Alsace-Lorraine at the time, as they have been doing ever since, though never quite so loudly as at the present moment (I trust that the publishers of the novel are hurrying on with that new edition).

all the members of a group, with none left out

From this reading Author of “The Jessamy Bride,” Etc New York: George H. Doran Company Dorothy frowns slightly, but slightingly, at the title; but when challenged to put her frown into words she has nothing worse to say about it than that it has a certain catchpenny click--the world is talking about The Peace and she has an impression that to introduce the word even without the very definite article is an attempt to derive profit from a topic of the hour--something like backing a horse with a trusty friend for a race which you have secret information it has won five minutes earlier--a method of amassing wealth resorted to every day, I am told by some one who has tried it more than once, but always just five minutes too late.

to a high degree or extent; favorably or with much respect

From this reading To descend to an abject pleasantry I tell her that a taking title is not always the same as a take-in title; but, for my part, even if it were---- And then I recall how the late R. D. Blackmore (whose works, by the way, 1 saw in a bookseller's at Twickenham with a notice over them--“by a local author”) accounted for the popularity of _Lorna Doone_: people bought it believing that it had something to do with the extremely popular engagement--“a Real German Defeat,” Tenniel called it in his _Punch_ cartoon--of the Marquis of Lorne and the Princess Louise.

the state or quality of being widely honored and acclaimed

From this reading And yet so far from feeling any remorse at arriving at the Temple of Fame by the tradesman's entrance, he tried to get upon the same track again a little later, calling his new novel _Alice Lorraine_: people were talking a lot about Alsace-Lorraine at the time, as they have been doing ever since, though never quite so loudly as at the present moment (I trust that the publishers of the novel are hurrying on with that new edition).

to a considerable degree; very much

From this reading And yet so far from feeling any remorse at arriving at the Temple of Fame by the tradesman's entrance, he tried to get upon the same track again a little later, calling his new novel _Alice Lorraine_: people were talking a lot about Alsace-Lorraine at the time, as they have been doing ever since, though never quite so loudly as at the present moment (I trust that the publishers of the novel are hurrying on with that new edition).

the experiencing of affective and emotional states

From this reading And yet so far from feeling any remorse at arriving at the Temple of Fame by the tradesman's entrance, he tried to get upon the same track again a little later, calling his new novel _Alice Lorraine_: people were talking a lot about Alsace-Lorraine at the time, as they have been doing ever since, though never quite so loudly as at the present moment (I trust that the publishers of the novel are hurrying on with that new edition).

the cardinal number that is the sum of four and one

From this reading Author of “The Jessamy Bride,” Etc New York: George H. Doran Company Dorothy frowns slightly, but slightingly, at the title; but when challenged to put her frown into words she has nothing worse to say about it than that it has a certain catchpenny click--the world is talking about The Peace and she has an impression that to introduce the word even without the very definite article is an attempt to derive profit from a topic of the hour--something like backing a horse with a trusty friend for a race which you have secret information it has won five minutes earlier--a method of amassing wealth resorted to every day, I am told by some one who has tried it more than once, but always just five minutes too late.

intended to be given to, or used by, somebody

From this reading Author of “The Jessamy Bride,” Etc New York: George H. Doran Company Dorothy frowns slightly, but slightingly, at the title; but when challenged to put her frown into words she has nothing worse to say about it than that it has a certain catchpenny click--the world is talking about The Peace and she has an impression that to introduce the word even without the very definite article is an attempt to derive profit from a topic of the hour--something like backing a horse with a trusty friend for a race which you have secret information it has won five minutes earlier--a method of amassing wealth resorted to every day, I am told by some one who has tried it more than once, but always just five minutes too late.

a person you know well and regard with affection and trust

From this reading Author of “The Jessamy Bride,” Etc New York: George H. Doran Company Dorothy frowns slightly, but slightingly, at the title; but when challenged to put her frown into words she has nothing worse to say about it than that it has a certain catchpenny click--the world is talking about The Peace and she has an impression that to introduce the word even without the very definite article is an attempt to derive profit from a topic of the hour--something like backing a horse with a trusty friend for a race which you have secret information it has won five minutes earlier--a method of amassing wealth resorted to every day, I am told by some one who has tried it more than once, but always just five minutes too late.

showing where something starts, or who sent it

From this reading Author of “The Jessamy Bride,” Etc New York: George H. Doran Company Dorothy frowns slightly, but slightingly, at the title; but when challenged to put her frown into words she has nothing worse to say about it than that it has a certain catchpenny click--the world is talking about The Peace and she has an impression that to introduce the word even without the very definite article is an attempt to derive profit from a topic of the hour--something like backing a horse with a trusty friend for a race which you have secret information it has won five minutes earlier--a method of amassing wealth resorted to every day, I am told by some one who has tried it more than once, but always just five minutes too late.

look angry or sullen, wrinkle one's forehead, as if to signal disapproval

From this reading Author of “The Jessamy Bride,” Etc New York: George H. Doran Company Dorothy frowns slightly, but slightingly, at the title; but when challenged to put her frown into words she has nothing worse to say about it than that it has a certain catchpenny click--the world is talking about The Peace and she has an impression that to introduce the word even without the very definite article is an attempt to derive profit from a topic of the hour--something like backing a horse with a trusty friend for a race which you have secret information it has won five minutes earlier--a method of amassing wealth resorted to every day, I am told by some one who has tried it more than once, but always just five minutes too late.

plural of “frown” — a facial expression of dislike or displeasure

From this reading Author of “The Jessamy Bride,” Etc New York: George H. Doran Company Dorothy frowns slightly, but slightingly, at the title; but when challenged to put her frown into words she has nothing worse to say about it than that it has a certain catchpenny click--the world is talking about The Peace and she has an impression that to introduce the word even without the very definite article is an attempt to derive profit from a topic of the hour--something like backing a horse with a trusty friend for a race which you have secret information it has won five minutes earlier--a method of amassing wealth resorted to every day, I am told by some one who has tried it more than once, but always just five minutes too late.

Christian martyr; patron saint of England; hero of the legend of Saint George and the Dragon in which he slew a dragon and saved a princess (?-303)

From this reading Author of “The Jessamy Bride,” Etc New York: George H. Doran Company Dorothy frowns slightly, but slightingly, at the title; but when challenged to put her frown into words she has nothing worse to say about it than that it has a certain catchpenny click--the world is talking about The Peace and she has an impression that to introduce the word even without the very definite article is an attempt to derive profit from a topic of the hour--something like backing a horse with a trusty friend for a race which you have secret information it has won five minutes earlier--a method of amassing wealth resorted to every day, I am told by some one who has tried it more than once, but always just five minutes too late.

a person of German nationality

From this reading To descend to an abject pleasantry I tell her that a taking title is not always the same as a take-in title; but, for my part, even if it were---- And then I recall how the late R. D. Blackmore (whose works, by the way, 1 saw in a bookseller's at Twickenham with a notice over them--“by a local author”) accounted for the popularity of _Lorna Doone_: people bought it believing that it had something to do with the extremely popular engagement--“a Real German Defeat,” Tenniel called it in his _Punch_ cartoon--of the Marquis of Lorne and the Princess Louise.

come into the possession of something concrete or abstract

From this reading And yet so far from feeling any remorse at arriving at the Temple of Fame by the tradesman's entrance, he tried to get upon the same track again a little later, calling his new novel _Alice Lorraine_: people were talking a lot about Alsace-Lorraine at the time, as they have been doing ever since, though never quite so loudly as at the present moment (I trust that the publishers of the novel are hurrying on with that new edition).

a nonmetallic univalent element that is normally a colorless and odorless highly flammable diatomic gas; the simplest and lightest and most abundant element in the universe

From this reading Author of “The Jessamy Bride,” Etc New York: George H. Doran Company Dorothy frowns slightly, but slightingly, at the title; but when challenged to put her frown into words she has nothing worse to say about it than that it has a certain catchpenny click--the world is talking about The Peace and she has an impression that to introduce the word even without the very definite article is an attempt to derive profit from a topic of the hour--something like backing a horse with a trusty friend for a race which you have secret information it has won five minutes earlier--a method of amassing wealth resorted to every day, I am told by some one who has tried it more than once, but always just five minutes too late.

the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect

From this reading To descend to an abject pleasantry I tell her that a taking title is not always the same as a take-in title; but, for my part, even if it were---- And then I recall how the late R. D. Blackmore (whose works, by the way, 1 saw in a bookseller's at Twickenham with a notice over them--“by a local author”) accounted for the popularity of _Lorna Doone_: people bought it believing that it had something to do with the extremely popular engagement--“a Real German Defeat,” Tenniel called it in his _Punch_ cartoon--of the Marquis of Lorne and the Princess Louise.

the form of “have” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun

From this reading Author of “The Jessamy Bride,” Etc New York: George H. Doran Company Dorothy frowns slightly, but slightingly, at the title; but when challenged to put her frown into words she has nothing worse to say about it than that it has a certain catchpenny click--the world is talking about The Peace and she has an impression that to introduce the word even without the very definite article is an attempt to derive profit from a topic of the hour--something like backing a horse with a trusty friend for a race which you have secret information it has won five minutes earlier--a method of amassing wealth resorted to every day, I am told by some one who has tried it more than once, but always just five minutes too late.

used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses

From this reading Author of “The Jessamy Bride,” Etc New York: George H. Doran Company Dorothy frowns slightly, but slightingly, at the title; but when challenged to put her frown into words she has nothing worse to say about it than that it has a certain catchpenny click--the world is talking about The Peace and she has an impression that to introduce the word even without the very definite article is an attempt to derive profit from a topic of the hour--something like backing a horse with a trusty friend for a race which you have secret information it has won five minutes earlier--a method of amassing wealth resorted to every day, I am told by some one who has tried it more than once, but always just five minutes too late.

a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject

From this reading And yet so far from feeling any remorse at arriving at the Temple of Fame by the tradesman's entrance, he tried to get upon the same track again a little later, calling his new novel _Alice Lorraine_: people were talking a lot about Alsace-Lorraine at the time, as they have been doing ever since, though never quite so loudly as at the present moment (I trust that the publishers of the novel are hurrying on with that new edition).

belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned

From this reading Author of “The Jessamy Bride,” Etc New York: George H. Doran Company Dorothy frowns slightly, but slightingly, at the title; but when challenged to put her frown into words she has nothing worse to say about it than that it has a certain catchpenny click--the world is talking about The Peace and she has an impression that to introduce the word even without the very definite article is an attempt to derive profit from a topic of the hour--something like backing a horse with a trusty friend for a race which you have secret information it has won five minutes earlier--a method of amassing wealth resorted to every day, I am told by some one who has tried it more than once, but always just five minutes too late.

superlative of “high” — greater than normal in degree or intensity or amount

From this reading I don't like Dorothy's rooted objection to my literary schemes, because I know it to be so confoundedly well rooted; so I argue with her, assuring her that literary men of the highest rank have never shown any marked reluctance to catch the pennies that are thrown to them by the public when they hit upon a title that jingles with the jingle of the hour.

the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition

From this reading But Dorothy's reply comes pat: If Mr. Blackmore did that, all she can say is that she doesn't think any the better of him for it; just what the Sabbatarian Scotswoman said when the act of Christ in plucking the ears of corn on the Sabbath Day was brought under her ken.

belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned

From this reading To descend to an abject pleasantry I tell her that a taking title is not always the same as a take-in title; but, for my part, even if it were---- And then I recall how the late R. D. Blackmore (whose works, by the way, 1 saw in a bookseller's at Twickenham with a notice over them--“by a local author”) accounted for the popularity of _Lorna Doone_: people bought it believing that it had something to do with the extremely popular engagement--“a Real German Defeat,” Tenniel called it in his _Punch_ cartoon--of the Marquis of Lorne and the Princess Louise.

cause to move by striking

From this reading I don't like Dorothy's rooted objection to my literary schemes, because I know it to be so confoundedly well rooted; so I argue with her, assuring her that literary men of the highest rank have never shown any marked reluctance to catch the pennies that are thrown to them by the public when they hit upon a title that jingles with the jingle of the hour.

solid-hoofed herbivorous quadruped domesticated since prehistoric times

From this reading Author of “The Jessamy Bride,” Etc New York: George H. Doran Company Dorothy frowns slightly, but slightingly, at the title; but when challenged to put her frown into words she has nothing worse to say about it than that it has a certain catchpenny click--the world is talking about The Peace and she has an impression that to introduce the word even without the very definite article is an attempt to derive profit from a topic of the hour--something like backing a horse with a trusty friend for a race which you have secret information it has won five minutes earlier--a method of amassing wealth resorted to every day, I am told by some one who has tried it more than once, but always just five minutes too late.

a period of time equal to 1/24th of a day

From this reading Author of “The Jessamy Bride,” Etc New York: George H. Doran Company Dorothy frowns slightly, but slightingly, at the title; but when challenged to put her frown into words she has nothing worse to say about it than that it has a certain catchpenny click--the world is talking about The Peace and she has an impression that to introduce the word even without the very definite article is an attempt to derive profit from a topic of the hour--something like backing a horse with a trusty friend for a race which you have secret information it has won five minutes earlier--a method of amassing wealth resorted to every day, I am told by some one who has tried it more than once, but always just five minutes too late.

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From this reading To descend to an abject pleasantry I tell her that a taking title is not always the same as a take-in title; but, for my part, even if it were---- And then I recall how the late R. D. Blackmore (whose works, by the way, 1 saw in a bookseller's at Twickenham with a notice over them--“by a local author”) accounted for the popularity of _Lorna Doone_: people bought it believing that it had something to do with the extremely popular engagement--“a Real German Defeat,” Tenniel called it in his _Punch_ cartoon--of the Marquis of Lorne and the Princess Louise.

moving with great haste

From this reading And yet so far from feeling any remorse at arriving at the Temple of Fame by the tradesman's entrance, he tried to get upon the same track again a little later, calling his new novel _Alice Lorraine_: people were talking a lot about Alsace-Lorraine at the time, as they have been doing ever since, though never quite so loudly as at the present moment (I trust that the publishers of the novel are hurrying on with that new edition).

the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb

From this reading Author of “The Jessamy Bride,” Etc New York: George H. Doran Company Dorothy frowns slightly, but slightingly, at the title; but when challenged to put her frown into words she has nothing worse to say about it than that it has a certain catchpenny click--the world is talking about The Peace and she has an impression that to introduce the word even without the very definite article is an attempt to derive profit from a topic of the hour--something like backing a horse with a trusty friend for a race which you have secret information it has won five minutes earlier--a method of amassing wealth resorted to every day, I am told by some one who has tried it more than once, but always just five minutes too late.

on condition that; in the event that

From this reading To descend to an abject pleasantry I tell her that a taking title is not always the same as a take-in title; but, for my part, even if it were---- And then I recall how the late R. D. Blackmore (whose works, by the way, 1 saw in a bookseller's at Twickenham with a notice over them--“by a local author”) accounted for the popularity of _Lorna Doone_: people bought it believing that it had something to do with the extremely popular engagement--“a Real German Defeat,” Tenniel called it in his _Punch_ cartoon--of the Marquis of Lorne and the Princess Louise.

a vague idea in which some confidence is placed

From this reading Author of “The Jessamy Bride,” Etc New York: George H. Doran Company Dorothy frowns slightly, but slightingly, at the title; but when challenged to put her frown into words she has nothing worse to say about it than that it has a certain catchpenny click--the world is talking about The Peace and she has an impression that to introduce the word even without the very definite article is an attempt to derive profit from a topic of the hour--something like backing a horse with a trusty friend for a race which you have secret information it has won five minutes earlier--a method of amassing wealth resorted to every day, I am told by some one who has tried it more than once, but always just five minutes too late.

inside something, or within a place, period, or state

From this reading To descend to an abject pleasantry I tell her that a taking title is not always the same as a take-in title; but, for my part, even if it were---- And then I recall how the late R. D. Blackmore (whose works, by the way, 1 saw in a bookseller's at Twickenham with a notice over them--“by a local author”) accounted for the popularity of _Lorna Doone_: people bought it believing that it had something to do with the extremely popular engagement--“a Real German Defeat,” Tenniel called it in his _Punch_ cartoon--of the Marquis of Lorne and the Princess Louise.

a message received and understood

From this reading Author of “The Jessamy Bride,” Etc New York: George H. Doran Company Dorothy frowns slightly, but slightingly, at the title; but when challenged to put her frown into words she has nothing worse to say about it than that it has a certain catchpenny click--the world is talking about The Peace and she has an impression that to introduce the word even without the very definite article is an attempt to derive profit from a topic of the hour--something like backing a horse with a trusty friend for a race which you have secret information it has won five minutes earlier--a method of amassing wealth resorted to every day, I am told by some one who has tried it more than once, but always just five minutes too late.

moving to the inside of something

From this reading Author of “The Jessamy Bride,” Etc New York: George H. Doran Company Dorothy frowns slightly, but slightingly, at the title; but when challenged to put her frown into words she has nothing worse to say about it than that it has a certain catchpenny click--the world is talking about The Peace and she has an impression that to introduce the word even without the very definite article is an attempt to derive profit from a topic of the hour--something like backing a horse with a trusty friend for a race which you have secret information it has won five minutes earlier--a method of amassing wealth resorted to every day, I am told by some one who has tried it more than once, but always just five minutes too late.

cause to come to know personally

From this reading Author of “The Jessamy Bride,” Etc New York: George H. Doran Company Dorothy frowns slightly, but slightingly, at the title; but when challenged to put her frown into words she has nothing worse to say about it than that it has a certain catchpenny click--the world is talking about The Peace and she has an impression that to introduce the word even without the very definite article is an attempt to derive profit from a topic of the hour--something like backing a horse with a trusty friend for a race which you have secret information it has won five minutes earlier--a method of amassing wealth resorted to every day, I am told by some one who has tried it more than once, but always just five minutes too late.

the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun

From this reading Author of “The Jessamy Bride,” Etc New York: George H. Doran Company Dorothy frowns slightly, but slightingly, at the title; but when challenged to put her frown into words she has nothing worse to say about it than that it has a certain catchpenny click--the world is talking about The Peace and she has an impression that to introduce the word even without the very definite article is an attempt to derive profit from a topic of the hour--something like backing a horse with a trusty friend for a race which you have secret information it has won five minutes earlier--a method of amassing wealth resorted to every day, I am told by some one who has tried it more than once, but always just five minutes too late.

a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned

From this reading Author of “The Jessamy Bride,” Etc New York: George H. Doran Company Dorothy frowns slightly, but slightingly, at the title; but when challenged to put her frown into words she has nothing worse to say about it than that it has a certain catchpenny click--the world is talking about The Peace and she has an impression that to introduce the word even without the very definite article is an attempt to derive profit from a topic of the hour--something like backing a horse with a trusty friend for a race which you have secret information it has won five minutes earlier--a method of amassing wealth resorted to every day, I am told by some one who has tried it more than once, but always just five minutes too late.

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From this reading Author of “The Jessamy Bride,” Etc New York: George H. Doran Company Dorothy frowns slightly, but slightingly, at the title; but when challenged to put her frown into words she has nothing worse to say about it than that it has a certain catchpenny click--the world is talking about The Peace and she has an impression that to introduce the word even without the very definite article is an attempt to derive profit from a topic of the hour--something like backing a horse with a trusty friend for a race which you have secret information it has won five minutes earlier--a method of amassing wealth resorted to every day, I am told by some one who has tried it more than once, but always just five minutes too late.

make a sound typical of metallic objects

From this reading I don't like Dorothy's rooted objection to my literary schemes, because I know it to be so confoundedly well rooted; so I argue with her, assuring her that literary men of the highest rank have never shown any marked reluctance to catch the pennies that are thrown to them by the public when they hit upon a title that jingles with the jingle of the hour.

plural of “jingle” — a metallic sound

From this reading I don't like Dorothy's rooted objection to my literary schemes, because I know it to be so confoundedly well rooted; so I argue with her, assuring her that literary men of the highest rank have never shown any marked reluctance to catch the pennies that are thrown to them by the public when they hit upon a title that jingles with the jingle of the hour.

and nothing more

From this reading Author of “The Jessamy Bride,” Etc New York: George H. Doran Company Dorothy frowns slightly, but slightingly, at the title; but when challenged to put her frown into words she has nothing worse to say about it than that it has a certain catchpenny click--the world is talking about The Peace and she has an impression that to introduce the word even without the very definite article is an attempt to derive profit from a topic of the hour--something like backing a horse with a trusty friend for a race which you have secret information it has won five minutes earlier--a method of amassing wealth resorted to every day, I am told by some one who has tried it more than once, but always just five minutes too late.

range of what one can know or understand

From this reading But Dorothy's reply comes pat: If Mr. Blackmore did that, all she can say is that she doesn't think any the better of him for it; just what the Sabbatarian Scotswoman said when the act of Christ in plucking the ears of corn on the Sabbath Day was brought under her ken.

be cognizant or aware of a fact or a specific piece of information; possess knowledge or information about

From this reading I don't like Dorothy's rooted objection to my literary schemes, because I know it to be so confoundedly well rooted; so I argue with her, assuring her that literary men of the highest rank have never shown any marked reluctance to catch the pennies that are thrown to them by the public when they hit upon a title that jingles with the jingle of the hour.

being or occurring at an advanced period of time or after a usual or expected time

From this reading Author of “The Jessamy Bride,” Etc New York: George H. Doran Company Dorothy frowns slightly, but slightingly, at the title; but when challenged to put her frown into words she has nothing worse to say about it than that it has a certain catchpenny click--the world is talking about The Peace and she has an impression that to introduce the word even without the very definite article is an attempt to derive profit from a topic of the hour--something like backing a horse with a trusty friend for a race which you have secret information it has won five minutes earlier--a method of amassing wealth resorted to every day, I am told by some one who has tried it more than once, but always just five minutes too late.

happening at a time subsequent to a reference time

From this reading And yet so far from feeling any remorse at arriving at the Temple of Fame by the tradesman's entrance, he tried to get upon the same track again a little later, calling his new novel _Alice Lorraine_: people were talking a lot about Alsace-Lorraine at the time, as they have been doing ever since, though never quite so loudly as at the present moment (I trust that the publishers of the novel are hurrying on with that new edition).

prefer or wish to do something

From this reading Author of “The Jessamy Bride,” Etc New York: George H. Doran Company Dorothy frowns slightly, but slightingly, at the title; but when challenged to put her frown into words she has nothing worse to say about it than that it has a certain catchpenny click--the world is talking about The Peace and she has an impression that to introduce the word even without the very definite article is an attempt to derive profit from a topic of the hour--something like backing a horse with a trusty friend for a race which you have secret information it has won five minutes earlier--a method of amassing wealth resorted to every day, I am told by some one who has tried it more than once, but always just five minutes too late.

of or relating to or characteristic of literature

From this reading I don't like Dorothy's rooted objection to my literary schemes, because I know it to be so confoundedly well rooted; so I argue with her, assuring her that literary men of the highest rank have never shown any marked reluctance to catch the pennies that are thrown to them by the public when they hit upon a title that jingles with the jingle of the hour.

limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent

From this reading And yet so far from feeling any remorse at arriving at the Temple of Fame by the tradesman's entrance, he tried to get upon the same track again a little later, calling his new novel _Alice Lorraine_: people were talking a lot about Alsace-Lorraine at the time, as they have been doing ever since, though never quite so loudly as at the present moment (I trust that the publishers of the novel are hurrying on with that new edition).

relating to or applicable to or concerned with the administration of a city or town or district rather than a larger area

From this reading To descend to an abject pleasantry I tell her that a taking title is not always the same as a take-in title; but, for my part, even if it were---- And then I recall how the late R. D. Blackmore (whose works, by the way, 1 saw in a bookseller's at Twickenham with a notice over them--“by a local author”) accounted for the popularity of _Lorna Doone_: people bought it believing that it had something to do with the extremely popular engagement--“a Real German Defeat,” Tenniel called it in his _Punch_ cartoon--of the Marquis of Lorne and the Princess Louise.

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From this reading To descend to an abject pleasantry I tell her that a taking title is not always the same as a take-in title; but, for my part, even if it were---- And then I recall how the late R. D. Blackmore (whose works, by the way, 1 saw in a bookseller's at Twickenham with a notice over them--“by a local author”) accounted for the popularity of _Lorna Doone_: people bought it believing that it had something to do with the extremely popular engagement--“a Real German Defeat,” Tenniel called it in his _Punch_ cartoon--of the Marquis of Lorne and the Princess Louise.

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From this reading To descend to an abject pleasantry I tell her that a taking title is not always the same as a take-in title; but, for my part, even if it were---- And then I recall how the late R. D. Blackmore (whose works, by the way, 1 saw in a bookseller's at Twickenham with a notice over them--“by a local author”) accounted for the popularity of _Lorna Doone_: people bought it believing that it had something to do with the extremely popular engagement--“a Real German Defeat,” Tenniel called it in his _Punch_ cartoon--of the Marquis of Lorne and the Princess Louise.

an eastern French region rich in iron-ore deposits

From this reading And yet so far from feeling any remorse at arriving at the Temple of Fame by the tradesman's entrance, he tried to get upon the same track again a little later, calling his new novel _Alice Lorraine_: people were talking a lot about Alsace-Lorraine at the time, as they have been doing ever since, though never quite so loudly as at the present moment (I trust that the publishers of the novel are hurrying on with that new edition).

(often followed by “of”) a large number or amount or extent

From this reading And yet so far from feeling any remorse at arriving at the Temple of Fame by the tradesman's entrance, he tried to get upon the same track again a little later, calling his new novel _Alice Lorraine_: people were talking a lot about Alsace-Lorraine at the time, as they have been doing ever since, though never quite so loudly as at the present moment (I trust that the publishers of the novel are hurrying on with that new edition).

with relatively high volume

From this reading And yet so far from feeling any remorse at arriving at the Temple of Fame by the tradesman's entrance, he tried to get upon the same track again a little later, calling his new novel _Alice Lorraine_: people were talking a lot about Alsace-Lorraine at the time, as they have been doing ever since, though never quite so loudly as at the present moment (I trust that the publishers of the novel are hurrying on with that new edition).

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From this reading To descend to an abject pleasantry I tell her that a taking title is not always the same as a take-in title; but, for my part, even if it were---- And then I recall how the late R. D. Blackmore (whose works, by the way, 1 saw in a bookseller's at Twickenham with a notice over them--“by a local author”) accounted for the popularity of _Lorna Doone_: people bought it believing that it had something to do with the extremely popular engagement--“a Real German Defeat,” Tenniel called it in his _Punch_ cartoon--of the Marquis of Lorne and the Princess Louise.

strongly marked; easily noticeable

From this reading I don't like Dorothy's rooted objection to my literary schemes, because I know it to be so confoundedly well rooted; so I argue with her, assuring her that literary men of the highest rank have never shown any marked reluctance to catch the pennies that are thrown to them by the public when they hit upon a title that jingles with the jingle of the hour.

humorist who wrote about the imaginary life of cockroaches (1878-1937)

From this reading To descend to an abject pleasantry I tell her that a taking title is not always the same as a take-in title; but, for my part, even if it were---- And then I recall how the late R. D. Blackmore (whose works, by the way, 1 saw in a bookseller's at Twickenham with a notice over them--“by a local author”) accounted for the popularity of _Lorna Doone_: people bought it believing that it had something to do with the extremely popular engagement--“a Real German Defeat,” Tenniel called it in his _Punch_ cartoon--of the Marquis of Lorne and the Princess Louise.

the force of workers available

From this reading I don't like Dorothy's rooted objection to my literary schemes, because I know it to be so confoundedly well rooted; so I argue with her, assuring her that literary men of the highest rank have never shown any marked reluctance to catch the pennies that are thrown to them by the public when they hit upon a title that jingles with the jingle of the hour.

a way of doing something, especially a systematic way; implies an orderly logical arrangement (usually in steps)

From this reading Author of “The Jessamy Bride,” Etc New York: George H. Doran Company Dorothy frowns slightly, but slightingly, at the title; but when challenged to put her frown into words she has nothing worse to say about it than that it has a certain catchpenny click--the world is talking about The Peace and she has an impression that to introduce the word even without the very definite article is an attempt to derive profit from a topic of the hour--something like backing a horse with a trusty friend for a race which you have secret information it has won five minutes earlier--a method of amassing wealth resorted to every day, I am told by some one who has tried it more than once, but always just five minutes too late.

a written account of what transpired at a meeting

From this reading Author of “The Jessamy Bride,” Etc New York: George H. Doran Company Dorothy frowns slightly, but slightingly, at the title; but when challenged to put her frown into words she has nothing worse to say about it than that it has a certain catchpenny click--the world is talking about The Peace and she has an impression that to introduce the word even without the very definite article is an attempt to derive profit from a topic of the hour--something like backing a horse with a trusty friend for a race which you have secret information it has won five minutes earlier--a method of amassing wealth resorted to every day, I am told by some one who has tried it more than once, but always just five minutes too late.

a particular point in time

From this reading And yet so far from feeling any remorse at arriving at the Temple of Fame by the tradesman's entrance, he tried to get upon the same track again a little later, calling his new novel _Alice Lorraine_: people were talking a lot about Alsace-Lorraine at the time, as they have been doing ever since, though never quite so loudly as at the present moment (I trust that the publishers of the novel are hurrying on with that new edition).

(comparative of “much” used with mass nouns) a quantifier meaning greater in size or amount or extent or degree

From this reading Author of “The Jessamy Bride,” Etc New York: George H. Doran Company Dorothy frowns slightly, but slightingly, at the title; but when challenged to put her frown into words she has nothing worse to say about it than that it has a certain catchpenny click--the world is talking about The Peace and she has an impression that to introduce the word even without the very definite article is an attempt to derive profit from a topic of the hour--something like backing a horse with a trusty friend for a race which you have secret information it has won five minutes earlier--a method of amassing wealth resorted to every day, I am told by some one who has tried it more than once, but always just five minutes too late.

a form of address for a man

From this reading But Dorothy's reply comes pat: If Mr. Blackmore did that, all she can say is that she doesn't think any the better of him for it; just what the Sabbatarian Scotswoman said when the act of Christ in plucking the ears of corn on the Sabbath Day was brought under her ken.

belonging to the person speaking

From this reading I don't like Dorothy's rooted objection to my literary schemes, because I know it to be so confoundedly well rooted; so I argue with her, assuring her that literary men of the highest rank have never shown any marked reluctance to catch the pennies that are thrown to them by the public when they hit upon a title that jingles with the jingle of the hour.

not ever; at no time in the past or future

From this reading I don't like Dorothy's rooted objection to my literary schemes, because I know it to be so confoundedly well rooted; so I argue with her, assuring her that literary men of the highest rank have never shown any marked reluctance to catch the pennies that are thrown to them by the public when they hit upon a title that jingles with the jingle of the hour.

not of long duration; having just (or relatively recently) come into being or been made or acquired or discovered

From this reading Author of “The Jessamy Bride,” Etc New York: George H. Doran Company Dorothy frowns slightly, but slightingly, at the title; but when challenged to put her frown into words she has nothing worse to say about it than that it has a certain catchpenny click--the world is talking about The Peace and she has an impression that to introduce the word even without the very definite article is an attempt to derive profit from a topic of the hour--something like backing a horse with a trusty friend for a race which you have secret information it has won five minutes earlier--a method of amassing wealth resorted to every day, I am told by some one who has tried it more than once, but always just five minutes too late.

used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative

From this reading To descend to an abject pleasantry I tell her that a taking title is not always the same as a take-in title; but, for my part, even if it were---- And then I recall how the late R. D. Blackmore (whose works, by the way, 1 saw in a bookseller's at Twickenham with a notice over them--“by a local author”) accounted for the popularity of _Lorna Doone_: people bought it believing that it had something to do with the extremely popular engagement--“a Real German Defeat,” Tenniel called it in his _Punch_ cartoon--of the Marquis of Lorne and the Princess Louise.

not one thing; not anything

From this reading Author of “The Jessamy Bride,” Etc New York: George H. Doran Company Dorothy frowns slightly, but slightingly, at the title; but when challenged to put her frown into words she has nothing worse to say about it than that it has a certain catchpenny click--the world is talking about The Peace and she has an impression that to introduce the word even without the very definite article is an attempt to derive profit from a topic of the hour--something like backing a horse with a trusty friend for a race which you have secret information it has won five minutes earlier--a method of amassing wealth resorted to every day, I am told by some one who has tried it more than once, but always just five minutes too late.

an announcement containing information about an event

From this reading To descend to an abject pleasantry I tell her that a taking title is not always the same as a take-in title; but, for my part, even if it were---- And then I recall how the late R. D. Blackmore (whose works, by the way, 1 saw in a bookseller's at Twickenham with a notice over them--“by a local author”) accounted for the popularity of _Lorna Doone_: people bought it believing that it had something to do with the extremely popular engagement--“a Real German Defeat,” Tenniel called it in his _Punch_ cartoon--of the Marquis of Lorne and the Princess Louise.

an extended fictional work in prose; usually in the form of a story

From this reading And yet so far from feeling any remorse at arriving at the Temple of Fame by the tradesman's entrance, he tried to get upon the same track again a little later, calling his new novel _Alice Lorraine_: people were talking a lot about Alsace-Lorraine at the time, as they have been doing ever since, though never quite so loudly as at the present moment (I trust that the publishers of the novel are hurrying on with that new edition).

the act of expressing earnest opposition or protest

From this reading I don't like Dorothy's rooted objection to my literary schemes, because I know it to be so confoundedly well rooted; so I argue with her, assuring her that literary men of the highest rank have never shown any marked reluctance to catch the pennies that are thrown to them by the public when they hit upon a title that jingles with the jingle of the hour.

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

From this reading Author of “The Jessamy Bride,” Etc New York: George H. Doran Company Dorothy frowns slightly, but slightingly, at the title; but when challenged to put her frown into words she has nothing worse to say about it than that it has a certain catchpenny click--the world is talking about The Peace and she has an impression that to introduce the word even without the very definite article is an attempt to derive profit from a topic of the hour--something like backing a horse with a trusty friend for a race which you have secret information it has won five minutes earlier--a method of amassing wealth resorted to every day, I am told by some one who has tried it more than once, but always just five minutes too late.

touching and supported by a surface

From this reading And yet so far from feeling any remorse at arriving at the Temple of Fame by the tradesman's entrance, he tried to get upon the same track again a little later, calling his new novel _Alice Lorraine_: people were talking a lot about Alsace-Lorraine at the time, as they have been doing ever since, though never quite so loudly as at the present moment (I trust that the publishers of the novel are hurrying on with that new edition).

on one occasion

From this reading Author of “The Jessamy Bride,” Etc New York: George H. Doran Company Dorothy frowns slightly, but slightingly, at the title; but when challenged to put her frown into words she has nothing worse to say about it than that it has a certain catchpenny click--the world is talking about The Peace and she has an impression that to introduce the word even without the very definite article is an attempt to derive profit from a topic of the hour--something like backing a horse with a trusty friend for a race which you have secret information it has won five minutes earlier--a method of amassing wealth resorted to every day, I am told by some one who has tried it more than once, but always just five minutes too late.

used to mean any person in general, including the speaker

From this reading Author of “The Jessamy Bride,” Etc New York: George H. Doran Company Dorothy frowns slightly, but slightingly, at the title; but when challenged to put her frown into words she has nothing worse to say about it than that it has a certain catchpenny click--the world is talking about The Peace and she has an impression that to introduce the word even without the very definite article is an attempt to derive profit from a topic of the hour--something like backing a horse with a trusty friend for a race which you have secret information it has won five minutes earlier--a method of amassing wealth resorted to every day, I am told by some one who has tried it more than once, but always just five minutes too late.

above and across; more than

From this reading To descend to an abject pleasantry I tell her that a taking title is not always the same as a take-in title; but, for my part, even if it were---- And then I recall how the late R. D. Blackmore (whose works, by the way, 1 saw in a bookseller's at Twickenham with a notice over them--“by a local author”) accounted for the popularity of _Lorna Doone_: people bought it believing that it had something to do with the extremely popular engagement--“a Real German Defeat,” Tenniel called it in his _Punch_ cartoon--of the Marquis of Lorne and the Princess Louise.

something determined in relation to something that includes it

From this reading To descend to an abject pleasantry I tell her that a taking title is not always the same as a take-in title; but, for my part, even if it were---- And then I recall how the late R. D. Blackmore (whose works, by the way, 1 saw in a bookseller's at Twickenham with a notice over them--“by a local author”) accounted for the popularity of _Lorna Doone_: people bought it believing that it had something to do with the extremely popular engagement--“a Real German Defeat,” Tenniel called it in his _Punch_ cartoon--of the Marquis of Lorne and the Princess Louise.

pat or squeeze fondly or playfully, especially under the chin

From this reading But Dorothy's reply comes pat: If Mr. Blackmore did that, all she can say is that she doesn't think any the better of him for it; just what the Sabbatarian Scotswoman said when the act of Christ in plucking the ears of corn on the Sabbath Day was brought under her ken.

the state prevailing during the absence of war

From this reading Author of “The Jessamy Bride,” Etc New York: George H. Doran Company Dorothy frowns slightly, but slightingly, at the title; but when challenged to put her frown into words she has nothing worse to say about it than that it has a certain catchpenny click--the world is talking about The Peace and she has an impression that to introduce the word even without the very definite article is an attempt to derive profit from a topic of the hour--something like backing a horse with a trusty friend for a race which you have secret information it has won five minutes earlier--a method of amassing wealth resorted to every day, I am told by some one who has tried it more than once, but always just five minutes too late.

plural of “penny” — a fractional monetary unit of Ireland and the United Kingdom; equal to one hundredth of a pound

From this reading I don't like Dorothy's rooted objection to my literary schemes, because I know it to be so confoundedly well rooted; so I argue with her, assuring her that literary men of the highest rank have never shown any marked reluctance to catch the pennies that are thrown to them by the public when they hit upon a title that jingles with the jingle of the hour.

(plural) any group of human beings (men or women or children) collectively

From this reading To descend to an abject pleasantry I tell her that a taking title is not always the same as a take-in title; but, for my part, even if it were---- And then I recall how the late R. D. Blackmore (whose works, by the way, 1 saw in a bookseller's at Twickenham with a notice over them--“by a local author”) accounted for the popularity of _Lorna Doone_: people bought it believing that it had something to do with the extremely popular engagement--“a Real German Defeat,” Tenniel called it in his _Punch_ cartoon--of the Marquis of Lorne and the Princess Louise.

an agreeable or amusing remark

From this reading To descend to an abject pleasantry I tell her that a taking title is not always the same as a take-in title; but, for my part, even if it were---- And then I recall how the late R. D. Blackmore (whose works, by the way, 1 saw in a bookseller's at Twickenham with a notice over them--“by a local author”) accounted for the popularity of _Lorna Doone_: people bought it believing that it had something to do with the extremely popular engagement--“a Real German Defeat,” Tenniel called it in his _Punch_ cartoon--of the Marquis of Lorne and the Princess Louise.

-ing form of “pluck” — pull or pull out sharply

From this reading But Dorothy's reply comes pat: If Mr. Blackmore did that, all she can say is that she doesn't think any the better of him for it; just what the Sabbatarian Scotswoman said when the act of Christ in plucking the ears of corn on the Sabbath Day was brought under her ken.

regarded with great favor, approval, or affection especially by the general public

From this reading To descend to an abject pleasantry I tell her that a taking title is not always the same as a take-in title; but, for my part, even if it were---- And then I recall how the late R. D. Blackmore (whose works, by the way, 1 saw in a bookseller's at Twickenham with a notice over them--“by a local author”) accounted for the popularity of _Lorna Doone_: people bought it believing that it had something to do with the extremely popular engagement--“a Real German Defeat,” Tenniel called it in his _Punch_ cartoon--of the Marquis of Lorne and the Princess Louise.

the quality of being widely admired or accepted or sought after

From this reading To descend to an abject pleasantry I tell her that a taking title is not always the same as a take-in title; but, for my part, even if it were---- And then I recall how the late R. D. Blackmore (whose works, by the way, 1 saw in a bookseller's at Twickenham with a notice over them--“by a local author”) accounted for the popularity of _Lorna Doone_: people bought it believing that it had something to do with the extremely popular engagement--“a Real German Defeat,” Tenniel called it in his _Punch_ cartoon--of the Marquis of Lorne and the Princess Louise.

give an exhibition of to an interested audience

From this reading And yet so far from feeling any remorse at arriving at the Temple of Fame by the tradesman's entrance, he tried to get upon the same track again a little later, calling his new novel _Alice Lorraine_: people were talking a lot about Alsace-Lorraine at the time, as they have been doing ever since, though never quite so loudly as at the present moment (I trust that the publishers of the novel are hurrying on with that new edition).

The daughter of a monarch; a female member of a royal family.

From this reading To descend to an abject pleasantry I tell her that a taking title is not always the same as a take-in title; but, for my part, even if it were---- And then I recall how the late R. D. Blackmore (whose works, by the way, 1 saw in a bookseller's at Twickenham with a notice over them--“by a local author”) accounted for the popularity of _Lorna Doone_: people bought it believing that it had something to do with the extremely popular engagement--“a Real German Defeat,” Tenniel called it in his _Punch_ cartoon--of the Marquis of Lorne and the Princess Louise.

the excess of revenues over outlays in a given period of time (including depreciation and other non-cash expenses)

From this reading Author of “The Jessamy Bride,” Etc New York: George H. Doran Company Dorothy frowns slightly, but slightingly, at the title; but when challenged to put her frown into words she has nothing worse to say about it than that it has a certain catchpenny click--the world is talking about The Peace and she has an impression that to introduce the word even without the very definite article is an attempt to derive profit from a topic of the hour--something like backing a horse with a trusty friend for a race which you have secret information it has won five minutes earlier--a method of amassing wealth resorted to every day, I am told by some one who has tried it more than once, but always just five minutes too late.

people in general considered as a whole

From this reading I don't like Dorothy's rooted objection to my literary schemes, because I know it to be so confoundedly well rooted; so I argue with her, assuring her that literary men of the highest rank have never shown any marked reluctance to catch the pennies that are thrown to them by the public when they hit upon a title that jingles with the jingle of the hour.

plural of “publisher” — a firm in the publishing business

From this reading And yet so far from feeling any remorse at arriving at the Temple of Fame by the tradesman's entrance, he tried to get upon the same track again a little later, calling his new novel _Alice Lorraine_: people were talking a lot about Alsace-Lorraine at the time, as they have been doing ever since, though never quite so loudly as at the present moment (I trust that the publishers of the novel are hurrying on with that new edition).

deliver a quick blow to

From this reading To descend to an abject pleasantry I tell her that a taking title is not always the same as a take-in title; but, for my part, even if it were---- And then I recall how the late R. D. Blackmore (whose works, by the way, 1 saw in a bookseller's at Twickenham with a notice over them--“by a local author”) accounted for the popularity of _Lorna Doone_: people bought it believing that it had something to do with the extremely popular engagement--“a Real German Defeat,” Tenniel called it in his _Punch_ cartoon--of the Marquis of Lorne and the Princess Louise.

put into a certain place or abstract location

From this reading Author of “The Jessamy Bride,” Etc New York: George H. Doran Company Dorothy frowns slightly, but slightingly, at the title; but when challenged to put her frown into words she has nothing worse to say about it than that it has a certain catchpenny click--the world is talking about The Peace and she has an impression that to introduce the word even without the very definite article is an attempt to derive profit from a topic of the hour--something like backing a horse with a trusty friend for a race which you have secret information it has won five minutes earlier--a method of amassing wealth resorted to every day, I am told by some one who has tried it more than once, but always just five minutes too late.

to a degree (not used with a negative)

From this reading And yet so far from feeling any remorse at arriving at the Temple of Fame by the tradesman's entrance, he tried to get upon the same track again a little later, calling his new novel _Alice Lorraine_: people were talking a lot about Alsace-Lorraine at the time, as they have been doing ever since, though never quite so loudly as at the present moment (I trust that the publishers of the novel are hurrying on with that new edition).

a unit of radiation exposure; the dose of ionizing radiation that will produce 1 electrostatic unit of electricity in 1 cc of dry air

From this reading To descend to an abject pleasantry I tell her that a taking title is not always the same as a take-in title; but, for my part, even if it were---- And then I recall how the late R. D. Blackmore (whose works, by the way, 1 saw in a bookseller's at Twickenham with a notice over them--“by a local author”) accounted for the popularity of _Lorna Doone_: people bought it believing that it had something to do with the extremely popular engagement--“a Real German Defeat,” Tenniel called it in his _Punch_ cartoon--of the Marquis of Lorne and the Princess Louise.

any competition

From this reading Author of “The Jessamy Bride,” Etc New York: George H. Doran Company Dorothy frowns slightly, but slightingly, at the title; but when challenged to put her frown into words she has nothing worse to say about it than that it has a certain catchpenny click--the world is talking about The Peace and she has an impression that to introduce the word even without the very definite article is an attempt to derive profit from a topic of the hour--something like backing a horse with a trusty friend for a race which you have secret information it has won five minutes earlier--a method of amassing wealth resorted to every day, I am told by some one who has tried it more than once, but always just five minutes too late.

a row or line of people (especially soldiers or police) standing abreast of one another

From this reading I don't like Dorothy's rooted objection to my literary schemes, because I know it to be so confoundedly well rooted; so I argue with her, assuring her that literary men of the highest rank have never shown any marked reluctance to catch the pennies that are thrown to them by the public when they hit upon a title that jingles with the jingle of the hour.

being or occurring in fact or actuality; having verified existence; not illusory

From this reading To descend to an abject pleasantry I tell her that a taking title is not always the same as a take-in title; but, for my part, even if it were---- And then I recall how the late R. D. Blackmore (whose works, by the way, 1 saw in a bookseller's at Twickenham with a notice over them--“by a local author”) accounted for the popularity of _Lorna Doone_: people bought it believing that it had something to do with the extremely popular engagement--“a Real German Defeat,” Tenniel called it in his _Punch_ cartoon--of the Marquis of Lorne and the Princess Louise.

recall knowledge from memory; have a recollection

From this reading To descend to an abject pleasantry I tell her that a taking title is not always the same as a take-in title; but, for my part, even if it were---- And then I recall how the late R. D. Blackmore (whose works, by the way, 1 saw in a bookseller's at Twickenham with a notice over them--“by a local author”) accounted for the popularity of _Lorna Doone_: people bought it believing that it had something to do with the extremely popular engagement--“a Real German Defeat,” Tenniel called it in his _Punch_ cartoon--of the Marquis of Lorne and the Princess Louise.

(physics) opposition to magnetic flux (analogous to electric resistance)

From this reading I don't like Dorothy's rooted objection to my literary schemes, because I know it to be so confoundedly well rooted; so I argue with her, assuring her that literary men of the highest rank have never shown any marked reluctance to catch the pennies that are thrown to them by the public when they hit upon a title that jingles with the jingle of the hour.

a feeling of deep regret (usually for some misdeed)

From this reading And yet so far from feeling any remorse at arriving at the Temple of Fame by the tradesman's entrance, he tried to get upon the same track again a little later, calling his new novel _Alice Lorraine_: people were talking a lot about Alsace-Lorraine at the time, as they have been doing ever since, though never quite so loudly as at the present moment (I trust that the publishers of the novel are hurrying on with that new edition).

a statement (either spoken or written) that is made to reply to a question or request or criticism or accusation

From this reading But Dorothy's reply comes pat: If Mr. Blackmore did that, all she can say is that she doesn't think any the better of him for it; just what the Sabbatarian Scotswoman said when the act of Christ in plucking the ears of corn on the Sabbath Day was brought under her ken.

past form of “resort” — have recourse to

From this reading Author of “The Jessamy Bride,” Etc New York: George H. Doran Company Dorothy frowns slightly, but slightingly, at the title; but when challenged to put her frown into words she has nothing worse to say about it than that it has a certain catchpenny click--the world is talking about The Peace and she has an impression that to introduce the word even without the very definite article is an attempt to derive profit from a topic of the hour--something like backing a horse with a trusty friend for a race which you have secret information it has won five minutes earlier--a method of amassing wealth resorted to every day, I am told by some one who has tried it more than once, but always just five minutes too late.

absolutely still

From this reading I don't like Dorothy's rooted objection to my literary schemes, because I know it to be so confoundedly well rooted; so I argue with her, assuring her that literary men of the highest rank have never shown any marked reluctance to catch the pennies that are thrown to them by the public when they hit upon a title that jingles with the jingle of the hour.

one who observes Saturday as the Sabbath (as in Judaism)

From this reading But Dorothy's reply comes pat: If Mr. Blackmore did that, all she can say is that she doesn't think any the better of him for it; just what the Sabbatarian Scotswoman said when the act of Christ in plucking the ears of corn on the Sabbath Day was brought under her ken.

a day of rest and worship: Sunday for most Christians; Saturday for the Jews and a few Christians; Friday for Muslims

From this reading But Dorothy's reply comes pat: If Mr. Blackmore did that, all she can say is that she doesn't think any the better of him for it; just what the Sabbatarian Scotswoman said when the act of Christ in plucking the ears of corn on the Sabbath Day was brought under her ken.

being the one previously mentioned or spoken of

From this reading But Dorothy's reply comes pat: If Mr. Blackmore did that, all she can say is that she doesn't think any the better of him for it; just what the Sabbatarian Scotswoman said when the act of Christ in plucking the ears of corn on the Sabbath Day was brought under her ken.

Identical; not different.

From this reading To descend to an abject pleasantry I tell her that a taking title is not always the same as a take-in title; but, for my part, even if it were---- And then I recall how the late R. D. Blackmore (whose works, by the way, 1 saw in a bookseller's at Twickenham with a notice over them--“by a local author”) accounted for the popularity of _Lorna Doone_: people bought it believing that it had something to do with the extremely popular engagement--“a Real German Defeat,” Tenniel called it in his _Punch_ cartoon--of the Marquis of Lorne and the Princess Louise.

cut with a saw

From this reading To descend to an abject pleasantry I tell her that a taking title is not always the same as a take-in title; but, for my part, even if it were---- And then I recall how the late R. D. Blackmore (whose works, by the way, 1 saw in a bookseller's at Twickenham with a notice over them--“by a local author”) accounted for the popularity of _Lorna Doone_: people bought it believing that it had something to do with the extremely popular engagement--“a Real German Defeat,” Tenniel called it in his _Punch_ cartoon--of the Marquis of Lorne and the Princess Louise.

express in words

From this reading Author of “The Jessamy Bride,” Etc New York: George H. Doran Company Dorothy frowns slightly, but slightingly, at the title; but when challenged to put her frown into words she has nothing worse to say about it than that it has a certain catchpenny click--the world is talking about The Peace and she has an impression that to introduce the word even without the very definite article is an attempt to derive profit from a topic of the hour--something like backing a horse with a trusty friend for a race which you have secret information it has won five minutes earlier--a method of amassing wealth resorted to every day, I am told by some one who has tried it more than once, but always just five minutes too late.

plural of “scheme” — an elaborate and systematic plan of action

From this reading I don't like Dorothy's rooted objection to my literary schemes, because I know it to be so confoundedly well rooted; so I argue with her, assuring her that literary men of the highest rank have never shown any marked reluctance to catch the pennies that are thrown to them by the public when they hit upon a title that jingles with the jingle of the hour.

a woman who is a Scot

From this reading But Dorothy's reply comes pat: If Mr. Blackmore did that, all she can say is that she doesn't think any the better of him for it; just what the Sabbatarian Scotswoman said when the act of Christ in plucking the ears of corn on the Sabbath Day was brought under her ken.

Something that is kept or meant to be kept unknown or unseen by others.

From this reading Author of “The Jessamy Bride,” Etc New York: George H. Doran Company Dorothy frowns slightly, but slightingly, at the title; but when challenged to put her frown into words she has nothing worse to say about it than that it has a certain catchpenny click--the world is talking about The Peace and she has an impression that to introduce the word even without the very definite article is an attempt to derive profit from a topic of the hour--something like backing a horse with a trusty friend for a race which you have secret information it has won five minutes earlier--a method of amassing wealth resorted to every day, I am told by some one who has tried it more than once, but always just five minutes too late.

a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject

From this reading Author of “The Jessamy Bride,” Etc New York: George H. Doran Company Dorothy frowns slightly, but slightingly, at the title; but when challenged to put her frown into words she has nothing worse to say about it than that it has a certain catchpenny click--the world is talking about The Peace and she has an impression that to introduce the word even without the very definite article is an attempt to derive profit from a topic of the hour--something like backing a horse with a trusty friend for a race which you have secret information it has won five minutes earlier--a method of amassing wealth resorted to every day, I am told by some one who has tried it more than once, but always just five minutes too late.

inflected form of “show” — give an exhibition of to an interested audience

From this reading I don't like Dorothy's rooted objection to my literary schemes, because I know it to be so confoundedly well rooted; so I argue with her, assuring her that literary men of the highest rank have never shown any marked reluctance to catch the pennies that are thrown to them by the public when they hit upon a title that jingles with the jingle of the hour.

from a time in the past until now

From this reading And yet so far from feeling any remorse at arriving at the Temple of Fame by the tradesman's entrance, he tried to get upon the same track again a little later, calling his new novel _Alice Lorraine_: people were talking a lot about Alsace-Lorraine at the time, as they have been doing ever since, though never quite so loudly as at the present moment (I trust that the publishers of the novel are hurrying on with that new edition).

in a disparaging manner

From this reading Author of “The Jessamy Bride,” Etc New York: George H. Doran Company Dorothy frowns slightly, but slightingly, at the title; but when challenged to put her frown into words she has nothing worse to say about it than that it has a certain catchpenny click--the world is talking about The Peace and she has an impression that to introduce the word even without the very definite article is an attempt to derive profit from a topic of the hour--something like backing a horse with a trusty friend for a race which you have secret information it has won five minutes earlier--a method of amassing wealth resorted to every day, I am told by some one who has tried it more than once, but always just five minutes too late.

to a small degree or extent

From this reading Author of “The Jessamy Bride,” Etc New York: George H. Doran Company Dorothy frowns slightly, but slightingly, at the title; but when challenged to put her frown into words she has nothing worse to say about it than that it has a certain catchpenny click--the world is talking about The Peace and she has an impression that to introduce the word even without the very definite article is an attempt to derive profit from a topic of the hour--something like backing a horse with a trusty friend for a race which you have secret information it has won five minutes earlier--a method of amassing wealth resorted to every day, I am told by some one who has tried it more than once, but always just five minutes too late.

for that reason; with the result that

From this reading I don't like Dorothy's rooted objection to my literary schemes, because I know it to be so confoundedly well rooted; so I argue with her, assuring her that literary men of the highest rank have never shown any marked reluctance to catch the pennies that are thrown to them by the public when they hit upon a title that jingles with the jingle of the hour.

(quantifier) used with either mass nouns or plural count nouns to indicate an unspecified number or quantity

From this reading Author of “The Jessamy Bride,” Etc New York: George H. Doran Company Dorothy frowns slightly, but slightingly, at the title; but when challenged to put her frown into words she has nothing worse to say about it than that it has a certain catchpenny click--the world is talking about The Peace and she has an impression that to introduce the word even without the very definite article is an attempt to derive profit from a topic of the hour--something like backing a horse with a trusty friend for a race which you have secret information it has won five minutes earlier--a method of amassing wealth resorted to every day, I am told by some one who has tried it more than once, but always just five minutes too late.

a thing, without saying which

From this reading Author of “The Jessamy Bride,” Etc New York: George H. Doran Company Dorothy frowns slightly, but slightingly, at the title; but when challenged to put her frown into words she has nothing worse to say about it than that it has a certain catchpenny click--the world is talking about The Peace and she has an impression that to introduce the word even without the very definite article is an attempt to derive profit from a topic of the hour--something like backing a horse with a trusty friend for a race which you have secret information it has won five minutes earlier--a method of amassing wealth resorted to every day, I am told by some one who has tried it more than once, but always just five minutes too late.

the act of taking in as by fooling or cheating or swindling someone

From this reading To descend to an abject pleasantry I tell her that a taking title is not always the same as a take-in title; but, for my part, even if it were---- And then I recall how the late R. D. Blackmore (whose works, by the way, 1 saw in a bookseller's at Twickenham with a notice over them--“by a local author”) accounted for the popularity of _Lorna Doone_: people bought it believing that it had something to do with the extremely popular engagement--“a Real German Defeat,” Tenniel called it in his _Punch_ cartoon--of the Marquis of Lorne and the Princess Louise.

the act of someone who picks up or takes something

From this reading To descend to an abject pleasantry I tell her that a taking title is not always the same as a take-in title; but, for my part, even if it were---- And then I recall how the late R. D. Blackmore (whose works, by the way, 1 saw in a bookseller's at Twickenham with a notice over them--“by a local author”) accounted for the popularity of _Lorna Doone_: people bought it believing that it had something to do with the extremely popular engagement--“a Real German Defeat,” Tenniel called it in his _Punch_ cartoon--of the Marquis of Lorne and the Princess Louise.

an exchange of ideas via conversation

From this reading Author of “The Jessamy Bride,” Etc New York: George H. Doran Company Dorothy frowns slightly, but slightingly, at the title; but when challenged to put her frown into words she has nothing worse to say about it than that it has a certain catchpenny click--the world is talking about The Peace and she has an impression that to introduce the word even without the very definite article is an attempt to derive profit from a topic of the hour--something like backing a horse with a trusty friend for a race which you have secret information it has won five minutes earlier--a method of amassing wealth resorted to every day, I am told by some one who has tried it more than once, but always just five minutes too late.

express in words

From this reading To descend to an abject pleasantry I tell her that a taking title is not always the same as a take-in title; but, for my part, even if it were---- And then I recall how the late R. D. Blackmore (whose works, by the way, 1 saw in a bookseller's at Twickenham with a notice over them--“by a local author”) accounted for the popularity of _Lorna Doone_: people bought it believing that it had something to do with the extremely popular engagement--“a Real German Defeat,” Tenniel called it in his _Punch_ cartoon--of the Marquis of Lorne and the Princess Louise.

place of worship consisting of an edifice for the worship of a deity

From this reading And yet so far from feeling any remorse at arriving at the Temple of Fame by the tradesman's entrance, he tried to get upon the same track again a little later, calling his new novel _Alice Lorraine_: people were talking a lot about Alsace-Lorraine at the time, as they have been doing ever since, though never quite so loudly as at the present moment (I trust that the publishers of the novel are hurrying on with that new edition).

English cartoonist (1820-1914)

From this reading To descend to an abject pleasantry I tell her that a taking title is not always the same as a take-in title; but, for my part, even if it were---- And then I recall how the late R. D. Blackmore (whose works, by the way, 1 saw in a bookseller's at Twickenham with a notice over them--“by a local author”) accounted for the popularity of _Lorna Doone_: people bought it believing that it had something to do with the extremely popular engagement--“a Real German Defeat,” Tenniel called it in his _Punch_ cartoon--of the Marquis of Lorne and the Princess Louise.

used to introduce the second part of a comparison

From this reading Author of “The Jessamy Bride,” Etc New York: George H. Doran Company Dorothy frowns slightly, but slightingly, at the title; but when challenged to put her frown into words she has nothing worse to say about it than that it has a certain catchpenny click--the world is talking about The Peace and she has an impression that to introduce the word even without the very definite article is an attempt to derive profit from a topic of the hour--something like backing a horse with a trusty friend for a race which you have secret information it has won five minutes earlier--a method of amassing wealth resorted to every day, I am told by some one who has tried it more than once, but always just five minutes too late.

used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt

From this reading Author of “The Jessamy Bride,” Etc New York: George H. Doran Company Dorothy frowns slightly, but slightingly, at the title; but when challenged to put her frown into words she has nothing worse to say about it than that it has a certain catchpenny click--the world is talking about The Peace and she has an impression that to introduce the word even without the very definite article is an attempt to derive profit from a topic of the hour--something like backing a horse with a trusty friend for a race which you have secret information it has won five minutes earlier--a method of amassing wealth resorted to every day, I am told by some one who has tried it more than once, but always just five minutes too late.

used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind

From this reading Author of “The Jessamy Bride,” Etc New York: George H. Doran Company Dorothy frowns slightly, but slightingly, at the title; but when challenged to put her frown into words she has nothing worse to say about it than that it has a certain catchpenny click--the world is talking about The Peace and she has an impression that to introduce the word even without the very definite article is an attempt to derive profit from a topic of the hour--something like backing a horse with a trusty friend for a race which you have secret information it has won five minutes earlier--a method of amassing wealth resorted to every day, I am told by some one who has tried it more than once, but always just five minutes too late.

the people or things already mentioned, as the object

From this reading I don't like Dorothy's rooted objection to my literary schemes, because I know it to be so confoundedly well rooted; so I argue with her, assuring her that literary men of the highest rank have never shown any marked reluctance to catch the pennies that are thrown to them by the public when they hit upon a title that jingles with the jingle of the hour.

subsequently or soon afterward (often used as sentence connectors)

From this reading To descend to an abject pleasantry I tell her that a taking title is not always the same as a take-in title; but, for my part, even if it were---- And then I recall how the late R. D. Blackmore (whose works, by the way, 1 saw in a bookseller's at Twickenham with a notice over them--“by a local author”) accounted for the popularity of _Lorna Doone_: people bought it believing that it had something to do with the extremely popular engagement--“a Real German Defeat,” Tenniel called it in his _Punch_ cartoon--of the Marquis of Lorne and the Princess Louise.

the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject

From this reading I don't like Dorothy's rooted objection to my literary schemes, because I know it to be so confoundedly well rooted; so I argue with her, assuring her that literary men of the highest rank have never shown any marked reluctance to catch the pennies that are thrown to them by the public when they hit upon a title that jingles with the jingle of the hour.

judge or regard; look upon; judge

From this reading But Dorothy's reply comes pat: If Mr. Blackmore did that, all she can say is that she doesn't think any the better of him for it; just what the Sabbatarian Scotswoman said when the act of Christ in plucking the ears of corn on the Sabbath Day was brought under her ken.

in spite of the fact that

From this reading And yet so far from feeling any remorse at arriving at the Temple of Fame by the tradesman's entrance, he tried to get upon the same track again a little later, calling his new novel _Alice Lorraine_: people were talking a lot about Alsace-Lorraine at the time, as they have been doing ever since, though never quite so loudly as at the present moment (I trust that the publishers of the novel are hurrying on with that new edition).

caused to fall to the ground

From this reading I don't like Dorothy's rooted objection to my literary schemes, because I know it to be so confoundedly well rooted; so I argue with her, assuring her that literary men of the highest rank have never shown any marked reluctance to catch the pennies that are thrown to them by the public when they hit upon a title that jingles with the jingle of the hour.

an instance or single occasion for some event

From this reading And yet so far from feeling any remorse at arriving at the Temple of Fame by the tradesman's entrance, he tried to get upon the same track again a little later, calling his new novel _Alice Lorraine_: people were talking a lot about Alsace-Lorraine at the time, as they have been doing ever since, though never quite so loudly as at the present moment (I trust that the publishers of the novel are hurrying on with that new edition).

a heading that names a statute or legislative bill; may give a brief summary of the matters it deals with

From this reading Author of “The Jessamy Bride,” Etc New York: George H. Doran Company Dorothy frowns slightly, but slightingly, at the title; but when challenged to put her frown into words she has nothing worse to say about it than that it has a certain catchpenny click--the world is talking about The Peace and she has an impression that to introduce the word even without the very definite article is an attempt to derive profit from a topic of the hour--something like backing a horse with a trusty friend for a race which you have secret information it has won five minutes earlier--a method of amassing wealth resorted to every day, I am told by some one who has tried it more than once, but always just five minutes too late.

used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive

From this reading Author of “The Jessamy Bride,” Etc New York: George H. Doran Company Dorothy frowns slightly, but slightingly, at the title; but when challenged to put her frown into words she has nothing worse to say about it than that it has a certain catchpenny click--the world is talking about The Peace and she has an impression that to introduce the word even without the very definite article is an attempt to derive profit from a topic of the hour--something like backing a horse with a trusty friend for a race which you have secret information it has won five minutes earlier--a method of amassing wealth resorted to every day, I am told by some one who has tried it more than once, but always just five minutes too late.

inflected form of “tell” — express in words

From this reading Author of “The Jessamy Bride,” Etc New York: George H. Doran Company Dorothy frowns slightly, but slightingly, at the title; but when challenged to put her frown into words she has nothing worse to say about it than that it has a certain catchpenny click--the world is talking about The Peace and she has an impression that to introduce the word even without the very definite article is an attempt to derive profit from a topic of the hour--something like backing a horse with a trusty friend for a race which you have secret information it has won five minutes earlier--a method of amassing wealth resorted to every day, I am told by some one who has tried it more than once, but always just five minutes too late.

to a degree exceeding normal or proper limits

From this reading Author of “The Jessamy Bride,” Etc New York: George H. Doran Company Dorothy frowns slightly, but slightingly, at the title; but when challenged to put her frown into words she has nothing worse to say about it than that it has a certain catchpenny click--the world is talking about The Peace and she has an impression that to introduce the word even without the very definite article is an attempt to derive profit from a topic of the hour--something like backing a horse with a trusty friend for a race which you have secret information it has won five minutes earlier--a method of amassing wealth resorted to every day, I am told by some one who has tried it more than once, but always just five minutes too late.

the subject matter of a conversation or discussion

From this reading Author of “The Jessamy Bride,” Etc New York: George H. Doran Company Dorothy frowns slightly, but slightingly, at the title; but when challenged to put her frown into words she has nothing worse to say about it than that it has a certain catchpenny click--the world is talking about The Peace and she has an impression that to introduce the word even without the very definite article is an attempt to derive profit from a topic of the hour--something like backing a horse with a trusty friend for a race which you have secret information it has won five minutes earlier--a method of amassing wealth resorted to every day, I am told by some one who has tried it more than once, but always just five minutes too late.

a line or route along which something travels or moves

From this reading And yet so far from feeling any remorse at arriving at the Temple of Fame by the tradesman's entrance, he tried to get upon the same track again a little later, calling his new novel _Alice Lorraine_: people were talking a lot about Alsace-Lorraine at the time, as they have been doing ever since, though never quite so loudly as at the present moment (I trust that the publishers of the novel are hurrying on with that new edition).

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading And yet so far from feeling any remorse at arriving at the Temple of Fame by the tradesman's entrance, he tried to get upon the same track again a little later, calling his new novel _Alice Lorraine_: people were talking a lot about Alsace-Lorraine at the time, as they have been doing ever since, though never quite so loudly as at the present moment (I trust that the publishers of the novel are hurrying on with that new edition).

tested and proved useful or correct

From this reading Author of “The Jessamy Bride,” Etc New York: George H. Doran Company Dorothy frowns slightly, but slightingly, at the title; but when challenged to put her frown into words she has nothing worse to say about it than that it has a certain catchpenny click--the world is talking about The Peace and she has an impression that to introduce the word even without the very definite article is an attempt to derive profit from a topic of the hour--something like backing a horse with a trusty friend for a race which you have secret information it has won five minutes earlier--a method of amassing wealth resorted to every day, I am told by some one who has tried it more than once, but always just five minutes too late.

something (as property) held by one party (the trustee) for the benefit of another (the beneficiary)

From this reading And yet so far from feeling any remorse at arriving at the Temple of Fame by the tradesman's entrance, he tried to get upon the same track again a little later, calling his new novel _Alice Lorraine_: people were talking a lot about Alsace-Lorraine at the time, as they have been doing ever since, though never quite so loudly as at the present moment (I trust that the publishers of the novel are hurrying on with that new edition).

a convict who is considered trustworthy and granted special privileges

From this reading Author of “The Jessamy Bride,” Etc New York: George H. Doran Company Dorothy frowns slightly, but slightingly, at the title; but when challenged to put her frown into words she has nothing worse to say about it than that it has a certain catchpenny click--the world is talking about The Peace and she has an impression that to introduce the word even without the very definite article is an attempt to derive profit from a topic of the hour--something like backing a horse with a trusty friend for a race which you have secret information it has won five minutes earlier--a method of amassing wealth resorted to every day, I am told by some one who has tried it more than once, but always just five minutes too late.

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading To descend to an abject pleasantry I tell her that a taking title is not always the same as a take-in title; but, for my part, even if it were---- And then I recall how the late R. D. Blackmore (whose works, by the way, 1 saw in a bookseller's at Twickenham with a notice over them--“by a local author”) accounted for the popularity of _Lorna Doone_: people bought it believing that it had something to do with the extremely popular engagement--“a Real German Defeat,” Tenniel called it in his _Punch_ cartoon--of the Marquis of Lorne and the Princess Louise.

below or beneath something; less than

From this reading But Dorothy's reply comes pat: If Mr. Blackmore did that, all she can say is that she doesn't think any the better of him for it; just what the Sabbatarian Scotswoman said when the act of Christ in plucking the ears of corn on the Sabbath Day was brought under her ken.

a formal word for “on”

From this reading I don't like Dorothy's rooted objection to my literary schemes, because I know it to be so confoundedly well rooted; so I argue with her, assuring her that literary men of the highest rank have never shown any marked reluctance to catch the pennies that are thrown to them by the public when they hit upon a title that jingles with the jingle of the hour.

precisely as stated

From this reading Author of “The Jessamy Bride,” Etc New York: George H. Doran Company Dorothy frowns slightly, but slightingly, at the title; but when challenged to put her frown into words she has nothing worse to say about it than that it has a certain catchpenny click--the world is talking about The Peace and she has an impression that to introduce the word even without the very definite article is an attempt to derive profit from a topic of the hour--something like backing a horse with a trusty friend for a race which you have secret information it has won five minutes earlier--a method of amassing wealth resorted to every day, I am told by some one who has tried it more than once, but always just five minutes too late.

the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun

From this reading But Dorothy's reply comes pat: If Mr. Blackmore did that, all she can say is that she doesn't think any the better of him for it; just what the Sabbatarian Scotswoman said when the act of Christ in plucking the ears of corn on the Sabbath Day was brought under her ken.

how something is done or how it happens

From this reading To descend to an abject pleasantry I tell her that a taking title is not always the same as a take-in title; but, for my part, even if it were---- And then I recall how the late R. D. Blackmore (whose works, by the way, 1 saw in a bookseller's at Twickenham with a notice over them--“by a local author”) accounted for the popularity of _Lorna Doone_: people bought it believing that it had something to do with the extremely popular engagement--“a Real German Defeat,” Tenniel called it in his _Punch_ cartoon--of the Marquis of Lorne and the Princess Louise.

the state of being rich and affluent; having a plentiful supply of material goods and money

From this reading Author of “The Jessamy Bride,” Etc New York: George H. Doran Company Dorothy frowns slightly, but slightingly, at the title; but when challenged to put her frown into words she has nothing worse to say about it than that it has a certain catchpenny click--the world is talking about The Peace and she has an impression that to introduce the word even without the very definite article is an attempt to derive profit from a topic of the hour--something like backing a horse with a trusty friend for a race which you have secret information it has won five minutes earlier--a method of amassing wealth resorted to every day, I am told by some one who has tried it more than once, but always just five minutes too late.

(often used as a combining form) in a good or proper or satisfactory manner or to a high standard (“good” is a nonstandard dialectal variant for “well”)

From this reading I don't like Dorothy's rooted objection to my literary schemes, because I know it to be so confoundedly well rooted; so I argue with her, assuring her that literary men of the highest rank have never shown any marked reluctance to catch the pennies that are thrown to them by the public when they hit upon a title that jingles with the jingle of the hour.

the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun

From this reading To descend to an abject pleasantry I tell her that a taking title is not always the same as a take-in title; but, for my part, even if it were---- And then I recall how the late R. D. Blackmore (whose works, by the way, 1 saw in a bookseller's at Twickenham with a notice over them--“by a local author”) accounted for the popularity of _Lorna Doone_: people bought it believing that it had something to do with the extremely popular engagement--“a Real German Defeat,” Tenniel called it in his _Punch_ cartoon--of the Marquis of Lorne and the Princess Louise.

used to ask for information about something

From this reading But Dorothy's reply comes pat: If Mr. Blackmore did that, all she can say is that she doesn't think any the better of him for it; just what the Sabbatarian Scotswoman said when the act of Christ in plucking the ears of corn on the Sabbath Day was brought under her ken.

at the time that

From this reading Author of “The Jessamy Bride,” Etc New York: George H. Doran Company Dorothy frowns slightly, but slightingly, at the title; but when challenged to put her frown into words she has nothing worse to say about it than that it has a certain catchpenny click--the world is talking about The Peace and she has an impression that to introduce the word even without the very definite article is an attempt to derive profit from a topic of the hour--something like backing a horse with a trusty friend for a race which you have secret information it has won five minutes earlier--a method of amassing wealth resorted to every day, I am told by some one who has tried it more than once, but always just five minutes too late.

used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned

From this reading Author of “The Jessamy Bride,” Etc New York: George H. Doran Company Dorothy frowns slightly, but slightingly, at the title; but when challenged to put her frown into words she has nothing worse to say about it than that it has a certain catchpenny click--the world is talking about The Peace and she has an impression that to introduce the word even without the very definite article is an attempt to derive profit from a topic of the hour--something like backing a horse with a trusty friend for a race which you have secret information it has won five minutes earlier--a method of amassing wealth resorted to every day, I am told by some one who has tried it more than once, but always just five minutes too late.

which person or people

From this reading Author of “The Jessamy Bride,” Etc New York: George H. Doran Company Dorothy frowns slightly, but slightingly, at the title; but when challenged to put her frown into words she has nothing worse to say about it than that it has a certain catchpenny click--the world is talking about The Peace and she has an impression that to introduce the word even without the very definite article is an attempt to derive profit from a topic of the hour--something like backing a horse with a trusty friend for a race which you have secret information it has won five minutes earlier--a method of amassing wealth resorted to every day, I am told by some one who has tried it more than once, but always just five minutes too late.

belonging to which person

From this reading To descend to an abject pleasantry I tell her that a taking title is not always the same as a take-in title; but, for my part, even if it were---- And then I recall how the late R. D. Blackmore (whose works, by the way, 1 saw in a bookseller's at Twickenham with a notice over them--“by a local author”) accounted for the popularity of _Lorna Doone_: people bought it believing that it had something to do with the extremely popular engagement--“a Real German Defeat,” Tenniel called it in his _Punch_ cartoon--of the Marquis of Lorne and the Princess Louise.

in the company of; together with

From this reading Author of “The Jessamy Bride,” Etc New York: George H. Doran Company Dorothy frowns slightly, but slightingly, at the title; but when challenged to put her frown into words she has nothing worse to say about it than that it has a certain catchpenny click--the world is talking about The Peace and she has an impression that to introduce the word even without the very definite article is an attempt to derive profit from a topic of the hour--something like backing a horse with a trusty friend for a race which you have secret information it has won five minutes earlier--a method of amassing wealth resorted to every day, I am told by some one who has tried it more than once, but always just five minutes too late.

not having, not using, or not accompanied by

From this reading Author of “The Jessamy Bride,” Etc New York: George H. Doran Company Dorothy frowns slightly, but slightingly, at the title; but when challenged to put her frown into words she has nothing worse to say about it than that it has a certain catchpenny click--the world is talking about The Peace and she has an impression that to introduce the word even without the very definite article is an attempt to derive profit from a topic of the hour--something like backing a horse with a trusty friend for a race which you have secret information it has won five minutes earlier--a method of amassing wealth resorted to every day, I am told by some one who has tried it more than once, but always just five minutes too late.

the basic unit of money in South Korea

From this reading Author of “The Jessamy Bride,” Etc New York: George H. Doran Company Dorothy frowns slightly, but slightingly, at the title; but when challenged to put her frown into words she has nothing worse to say about it than that it has a certain catchpenny click--the world is talking about The Peace and she has an impression that to introduce the word even without the very definite article is an attempt to derive profit from a topic of the hour--something like backing a horse with a trusty friend for a race which you have secret information it has won five minutes earlier--a method of amassing wealth resorted to every day, I am told by some one who has tried it more than once, but always just five minutes too late.

a unit of language that native speakers can identify

From this reading Author of “The Jessamy Bride,” Etc New York: George H. Doran Company Dorothy frowns slightly, but slightingly, at the title; but when challenged to put her frown into words she has nothing worse to say about it than that it has a certain catchpenny click--the world is talking about The Peace and she has an impression that to introduce the word even without the very definite article is an attempt to derive profit from a topic of the hour--something like backing a horse with a trusty friend for a race which you have secret information it has won five minutes earlier--a method of amassing wealth resorted to every day, I am told by some one who has tried it more than once, but always just five minutes too late.

the words that are spoken

From this reading Author of “The Jessamy Bride,” Etc New York: George H. Doran Company Dorothy frowns slightly, but slightingly, at the title; but when challenged to put her frown into words she has nothing worse to say about it than that it has a certain catchpenny click--the world is talking about The Peace and she has an impression that to introduce the word even without the very definite article is an attempt to derive profit from a topic of the hour--something like backing a horse with a trusty friend for a race which you have secret information it has won five minutes earlier--a method of amassing wealth resorted to every day, I am told by some one who has tried it more than once, but always just five minutes too late.

buildings for carrying on industrial labor

From this reading To descend to an abject pleasantry I tell her that a taking title is not always the same as a take-in title; but, for my part, even if it were---- And then I recall how the late R. D. Blackmore (whose works, by the way, 1 saw in a bookseller's at Twickenham with a notice over them--“by a local author”) accounted for the popularity of _Lorna Doone_: people bought it believing that it had something to do with the extremely popular engagement--“a Real German Defeat,” Tenniel called it in his _Punch_ cartoon--of the Marquis of Lorne and the Princess Louise.

everything that exists anywhere

From this reading Author of “The Jessamy Bride,” Etc New York: George H. Doran Company Dorothy frowns slightly, but slightingly, at the title; but when challenged to put her frown into words she has nothing worse to say about it than that it has a certain catchpenny click--the world is talking about The Peace and she has an impression that to introduce the word even without the very definite article is an attempt to derive profit from a topic of the hour--something like backing a horse with a trusty friend for a race which you have secret information it has won five minutes earlier--a method of amassing wealth resorted to every day, I am told by some one who has tried it more than once, but always just five minutes too late.

(comparative of “bad”) inferior to another in quality or condition or desirability

From this reading Author of “The Jessamy Bride,” Etc New York: George H. Doran Company Dorothy frowns slightly, but slightingly, at the title; but when challenged to put her frown into words she has nothing worse to say about it than that it has a certain catchpenny click--the world is talking about The Peace and she has an impression that to introduce the word even without the very definite article is an attempt to derive profit from a topic of the hour--something like backing a horse with a trusty friend for a race which you have secret information it has won five minutes earlier--a method of amassing wealth resorted to every day, I am told by some one who has tried it more than once, but always just five minutes too late.

but in spite of that

From this reading And yet so far from feeling any remorse at arriving at the Temple of Fame by the tradesman's entrance, he tried to get upon the same track again a little later, calling his new novel _Alice Lorraine_: people were talking a lot about Alsace-Lorraine at the time, as they have been doing ever since, though never quite so loudly as at the present moment (I trust that the publishers of the novel are hurrying on with that new edition).

the English royal house (a branch of the Plantagenet line) that reigned from 1461 to 1485; its emblem was a white rose

From this reading Author of “The Jessamy Bride,” Etc New York: George H. Doran Company Dorothy frowns slightly, but slightingly, at the title; but when challenged to put her frown into words she has nothing worse to say about it than that it has a certain catchpenny click--the world is talking about The Peace and she has an impression that to introduce the word even without the very definite article is an attempt to derive profit from a topic of the hour--something like backing a horse with a trusty friend for a race which you have secret information it has won five minutes earlier--a method of amassing wealth resorted to every day, I am told by some one who has tried it more than once, but always just five minutes too late.

the person or people being spoken to

From this reading Author of “The Jessamy Bride,” Etc New York: George H. Doran Company Dorothy frowns slightly, but slightingly, at the title; but when challenged to put her frown into words she has nothing worse to say about it than that it has a certain catchpenny click--the world is talking about The Peace and she has an impression that to introduce the word even without the very definite article is an attempt to derive profit from a topic of the hour--something like backing a horse with a trusty friend for a race which you have secret information it has won five minutes earlier--a method of amassing wealth resorted to every day, I am told by some one who has tried it more than once, but always just five minutes too late.