Chapter XVIII · Glengarriff

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

From this reading Graduates and undergraduates (O my brothers, how gladly shall I meet you once again, when the long vacation is past!), did you ever dine, as I have dined, with an elderly Don, severe in deportment and of boundless lore, who happened to be at once the author of a great treatise on “_the Verbs in [Greek]_,” and (strange antithesis!) of a pretty daughter?

higher than, or over, something

From this reading And you, my general readers, you, who, with that refinement of taste for which you are remarkable above all other readers, go to Concerts at the Hanover Square Rooms in the season, and, out of it, to dingy County Halls, whenever the Italians sing,--you, too, must help me with an analogy, and say,--can you not recall how, amid all that severe and stately music, some plaintive ballad, quaint madrigal, or hearty glee, refreshed your weary spirit, and won the sole encore?

-ing form of “admire” — feel admiration for

From this reading If so, you will remember that hour of solemn converse, before the coffee was announced, when the grave Professor, broad of brow, took you, as it were, by the hand up the solemn heights of _Olympus_, and showed to you, awfully admiring, the grand sublimities of _Longinus_, the sombre valleys of _Parnassus_, and Philosophy's everlasting hills.

anew

From this reading Graduates and undergraduates (O my brothers, how gladly shall I meet you once again, when the long vacation is past!), did you ever dine, as I have dined, with an elderly Don, severe in deportment and of boundless lore, who happened to be at once the author of a great treatise on “_the Verbs in [Greek]_,” and (strange antithesis!) of a pretty daughter?

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From this reading It was so, at all events, when last I went to an Operatic Meeting in the Halls of Crystal; and Alboni sang; and Giuglini sang; and of Inis and Icos good store; and we beat time, and “wasn't it delicious?”; but no song went home to our English hearts, roused us from our lethargic and drear gentility, and made us clap our English hands, save the song of “_The Hardy Norsemen_.”

(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 And you, my general readers, you, who, with that refinement of taste for which you are remarkable above all other readers, go to Concerts at the Hanover Square Rooms in the season, and, out of it, to dingy County Halls, whenever the Italians sing,--you, too, must help me with an analogy, and say,--can you not recall how, amid all that severe and stately music, some plaintive ballad, quaint madrigal, or hearty glee, refreshed your weary spirit, and won the sole encore?

surprising greatly

From this reading And memory will suggest to you, more happily, more vividly, how, summoned by the butler, you at length came down from those amazing steeps, entered the drawing-room, found the pretty daughter; and, while papa chuckled in the distance, over a play of _Aristophanes_, easy to his apprehension as _Buckstone_ to ours, discoursed to her of the Commemoration Ball, and forgot _Minerva_ in the sunnier presence of _Aphrodiet_.

in the middle of; surrounded by

From this reading And you, my general readers, you, who, with that refinement of taste for which you are remarkable above all other readers, go to Concerts at the Hanover Square Rooms in the season, and, out of it, to dingy County Halls, whenever the Italians sing,--you, too, must help me with an analogy, and say,--can you not recall how, amid all that severe and stately music, some plaintive ballad, quaint madrigal, or hearty glee, refreshed your weary spirit, and won the sole encore?

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

From this reading Graduates and undergraduates (O my brothers, how gladly shall I meet you once again, when the long vacation is past!), did you ever dine, as I have dined, with an elderly Don, severe in deportment and of boundless lore, who happened to be at once the author of a great treatise on “_the Verbs in [Greek]_,” and (strange antithesis!) of a pretty daughter?

an inference that if things agree in some respects they probably agree in others

From this reading And you, my general readers, you, who, with that refinement of taste for which you are remarkable above all other readers, go to Concerts at the Hanover Square Rooms in the season, and, out of it, to dingy County Halls, whenever the Italians sing,--you, too, must help me with an analogy, and say,--can you not recall how, amid all that severe and stately music, some plaintive ballad, quaint madrigal, or hearty glee, refreshed your weary spirit, and won the sole encore?

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

From this reading Graduates and undergraduates (O my brothers, how gladly shall I meet you once again, when the long vacation is past!), did you ever dine, as I have dined, with an elderly Don, severe in deportment and of boundless lore, who happened to be at once the author of a great treatise on “_the Verbs in [Greek]_,” and (strange antithesis!) of a pretty daughter?

declared publicly; made widely known

From this reading If so, you will remember that hour of solemn converse, before the coffee was announced, when the grave Professor, broad of brow, took you, as it were, by the hand up the solemn heights of _Olympus_, and showed to you, awfully admiring, the grand sublimities of _Longinus_, the sombre valleys of _Parnassus_, and Philosophy's everlasting hills.

exact opposite

From this reading Graduates and undergraduates (O my brothers, how gladly shall I meet you once again, when the long vacation is past!), did you ever dine, as I have dined, with an elderly Don, severe in deportment and of boundless lore, who happened to be at once the author of a great treatise on “_the Verbs in [Greek]_,” and (strange antithesis!) of a pretty daughter?

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From this reading And memory will suggest to you, more happily, more vividly, how, summoned by the butler, you at length came down from those amazing steeps, entered the drawing-room, found the pretty daughter; and, while papa chuckled in the distance, over a play of _Aristophanes_, easy to his apprehension as _Buckstone_ to ours, discoursed to her of the Commemoration Ball, and forgot _Minerva_ in the sunnier presence of _Aphrodiet_.

fearful expectation or anticipation

From this reading And memory will suggest to you, more happily, more vividly, how, summoned by the butler, you at length came down from those amazing steeps, entered the drawing-room, found the pretty daughter; and, while papa chuckled in the distance, over a play of _Aristophanes_, easy to his apprehension as _Buckstone_ to ours, discoursed to her of the Commemoration Ball, and forgot _Minerva_ in the sunnier presence of _Aphrodiet_.

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

From this reading And you, my general readers, you, who, with that refinement of taste for which you are remarkable above all other readers, go to Concerts at the Hanover Square Rooms in the season, and, out of it, to dingy County Halls, whenever the Italians sing,--you, too, must help me with an analogy, and say,--can you not recall how, amid all that severe and stately music, some plaintive ballad, quaint madrigal, or hearty glee, refreshed your weary spirit, and won the sole encore?

an ancient Greek dramatist remembered for his comedies (448-380 BC)

From this reading And memory will suggest to you, more happily, more vividly, how, summoned by the butler, you at length came down from those amazing steeps, entered the drawing-room, found the pretty daughter; and, while papa chuckled in the distance, over a play of _Aristophanes_, easy to his apprehension as _Buckstone_ to ours, discoursed to her of the Commemoration Ball, and forgot _Minerva_ in the sunnier presence of _Aphrodiet_.

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

From this reading Graduates and undergraduates (O my brothers, how gladly shall I meet you once again, when the long vacation is past!), did you ever dine, as I have dined, with an elderly Don, severe in deportment and of boundless lore, who happened to be at once the author of a great treatise on “_the Verbs in [Greek]_,” and (strange antithesis!) of a pretty daughter?

in or near a particular place or position

From this reading Graduates and undergraduates (O my brothers, how gladly shall I meet you once again, when the long vacation is past!), did you ever dine, as I have dined, with an elderly Don, severe in deportment and of boundless lore, who happened to be at once the author of a great treatise on “_the Verbs in [Greek]_,” and (strange antithesis!) of a pretty daughter?

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

From this reading Graduates and undergraduates (O my brothers, how gladly shall I meet you once again, when the long vacation is past!), did you ever dine, as I have dined, with an elderly Don, severe in deportment and of boundless lore, who happened to be at once the author of a great treatise on “_the Verbs in [Greek]_,” and (strange antithesis!) of a pretty daughter?

used as intensifiers

From this reading If so, you will remember that hour of solemn converse, before the coffee was announced, when the grave Professor, broad of brow, took you, as it were, by the hand up the solemn heights of _Olympus_, and showed to you, awfully admiring, the grand sublimities of _Longinus_, the sombre valleys of _Parnassus_, and Philosophy's everlasting hills.

round object that is hit or thrown or kicked in games

From this reading And memory will suggest to you, more happily, more vividly, how, summoned by the butler, you at length came down from those amazing steeps, entered the drawing-room, found the pretty daughter; and, while papa chuckled in the distance, over a play of _Aristophanes_, easy to his apprehension as _Buckstone_ to ours, discoursed to her of the Commemoration Ball, and forgot _Minerva_ in the sunnier presence of _Aphrodiet_.

a narrative song with a recurrent refrain

From this reading And you, my general readers, you, who, with that refinement of taste for which you are remarkable above all other readers, go to Concerts at the Hanover Square Rooms in the season, and, out of it, to dingy County Halls, whenever the Italians sing,--you, too, must help me with an analogy, and say,--can you not recall how, amid all that severe and stately music, some plaintive ballad, quaint madrigal, or hearty glee, refreshed your weary spirit, and won the sole encore?

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

From this reading Graduates and undergraduates (O my brothers, how gladly shall I meet you once again, when the long vacation is past!), did you ever dine, as I have dined, with an elderly Don, severe in deportment and of boundless lore, who happened to be at once the author of a great treatise on “_the Verbs in [Greek]_,” and (strange antithesis!) of a pretty daughter?

come out better in a competition, race, or conflict

From this reading It was so, at all events, when last I went to an Operatic Meeting in the Halls of Crystal; and Alboni sang; and Giuglini sang; and of Inis and Icos good store; and we beat time, and “wasn't it delicious?”; but no song went home to our English hearts, roused us from our lethargic and drear gentility, and made us clap our English hands, save the song of “_The Hardy Norsemen_.”

earlier than; in front of

From this reading If so, you will remember that hour of solemn converse, before the coffee was announced, when the grave Professor, broad of brow, took you, as it were, by the hand up the solemn heights of _Olympus_, and showed to you, awfully admiring, the grand sublimities of _Longinus_, the sombre valleys of _Parnassus_, and Philosophy's everlasting hills.

seemingly boundless in amount, number, degree, or especially extent

From this reading Graduates and undergraduates (O my brothers, how gladly shall I meet you once again, when the long vacation is past!), did you ever dine, as I have dined, with an elderly Don, severe in deportment and of boundless lore, who happened to be at once the author of a great treatise on “_the Verbs in [Greek]_,” and (strange antithesis!) of a pretty daughter?

having great (or a certain) extent from one side to the other

From this reading If so, you will remember that hour of solemn converse, before the coffee was announced, when the grave Professor, broad of brow, took you, as it were, by the hand up the solemn heights of _Olympus_, and showed to you, awfully admiring, the grand sublimities of _Longinus_, the sombre valleys of _Parnassus_, and Philosophy's everlasting hills.

plural of “brother” — a male with the same parents as someone else

From this reading Graduates and undergraduates (O my brothers, how gladly shall I meet you once again, when the long vacation is past!), did you ever dine, as I have dined, with an elderly Don, severe in deportment and of boundless lore, who happened to be at once the author of a great treatise on “_the Verbs in [Greek]_,” and (strange antithesis!) of a pretty daughter?

the part of the face above the eyes

From this reading If so, you will remember that hour of solemn converse, before the coffee was announced, when the grave Professor, broad of brow, took you, as it were, by the hand up the solemn heights of _Olympus_, and showed to you, awfully admiring, the grand sublimities of _Longinus_, the sombre valleys of _Parnassus_, and Philosophy's everlasting hills.

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From this reading And memory will suggest to you, more happily, more vividly, how, summoned by the butler, you at length came down from those amazing steeps, entered the drawing-room, found the pretty daughter; and, while papa chuckled in the distance, over a play of _Aristophanes_, easy to his apprehension as _Buckstone_ to ours, discoursed to her of the Commemoration Ball, and forgot _Minerva_ in the sunnier presence of _Aphrodiet_.

used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before

From this reading It was so, at all events, when last I went to an Operatic Meeting in the Halls of Crystal; and Alboni sang; and Giuglini sang; and of Inis and Icos good store; and we beat time, and “wasn't it delicious?”; but no song went home to our English hearts, roused us from our lethargic and drear gentility, and made us clap our English hands, save the song of “_The Hardy Norsemen_.”

a manservant (usually the head servant of a household) who has charge of wines and the table

From this reading And memory will suggest to you, more happily, more vividly, how, summoned by the butler, you at length came down from those amazing steeps, entered the drawing-room, found the pretty daughter; and, while papa chuckled in the distance, over a play of _Aristophanes_, easy to his apprehension as _Buckstone_ to ours, discoursed to her of the Commemoration Ball, and forgot _Minerva_ in the sunnier presence of _Aphrodiet_.

showing who or what does the action

From this reading If so, you will remember that hour of solemn converse, before the coffee was announced, when the grave Professor, broad of brow, took you, as it were, by the hand up the solemn heights of _Olympus_, and showed to you, awfully admiring, the grand sublimities of _Longinus_, the sombre valleys of _Parnassus_, and Philosophy's everlasting hills.

inflected form of “come” — move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody

From this reading And memory will suggest to you, more happily, more vividly, how, summoned by the butler, you at length came down from those amazing steeps, entered the drawing-room, found the pretty daughter; and, while papa chuckled in the distance, over a play of _Aristophanes_, easy to his apprehension as _Buckstone_ to ours, discoursed to her of the Commemoration Ball, and forgot _Minerva_ in the sunnier presence of _Aphrodiet_.

to be able to, or to be allowed to

From this reading And you, my general readers, you, who, with that refinement of taste for which you are remarkable above all other readers, go to Concerts at the Hanover Square Rooms in the season, and, out of it, to dingy County Halls, whenever the Italians sing,--you, too, must help me with an analogy, and say,--can you not recall how, amid all that severe and stately music, some plaintive ballad, quaint madrigal, or hearty glee, refreshed your weary spirit, and won the sole encore?

past form of “chuckle” — laugh quietly or with restraint

From this reading And memory will suggest to you, more happily, more vividly, how, summoned by the butler, you at length came down from those amazing steeps, entered the drawing-room, found the pretty daughter; and, while papa chuckled in the distance, over a play of _Aristophanes_, easy to his apprehension as _Buckstone_ to ours, discoursed to her of the Commemoration Ball, and forgot _Minerva_ in the sunnier presence of _Aphrodiet_.

put quickly or forcibly

From this reading It was so, at all events, when last I went to an Operatic Meeting in the Halls of Crystal; and Alboni sang; and Giuglini sang; and of Inis and Icos good store; and we beat time, and “wasn't it delicious?”; but no song went home to our English hearts, roused us from our lethargic and drear gentility, and made us clap our English hands, save the song of “_The Hardy Norsemen_.”

a beverage consisting of an infusion of ground coffee beans

From this reading If so, you will remember that hour of solemn converse, before the coffee was announced, when the grave Professor, broad of brow, took you, as it were, by the hand up the solemn heights of _Olympus_, and showed to you, awfully admiring, the grand sublimities of _Longinus_, the sombre valleys of _Parnassus_, and Philosophy's everlasting hills.

a ceremony to honor the memory of someone or something

From this reading And memory will suggest to you, more happily, more vividly, how, summoned by the butler, you at length came down from those amazing steeps, entered the drawing-room, found the pretty daughter; and, while papa chuckled in the distance, over a play of _Aristophanes_, easy to his apprehension as _Buckstone_ to ours, discoursed to her of the Commemoration Ball, and forgot _Minerva_ in the sunnier presence of _Aphrodiet_.

plural of “concert” — a performance of music by players or singers not involving theatrical staging

From this reading And you, my general readers, you, who, with that refinement of taste for which you are remarkable above all other readers, go to Concerts at the Hanover Square Rooms in the season, and, out of it, to dingy County Halls, whenever the Italians sing,--you, too, must help me with an analogy, and say,--can you not recall how, amid all that severe and stately music, some plaintive ballad, quaint madrigal, or hearty glee, refreshed your weary spirit, and won the sole encore?

carry on a conversation

From this reading If so, you will remember that hour of solemn converse, before the coffee was announced, when the grave Professor, broad of brow, took you, as it were, by the hand up the solemn heights of _Olympus_, and showed to you, awfully admiring, the grand sublimities of _Longinus_, the sombre valleys of _Parnassus_, and Philosophy's everlasting hills.

(United Kingdom) a region created by territorial division for the purpose of local government

From this reading And you, my general readers, you, who, with that refinement of taste for which you are remarkable above all other readers, go to Concerts at the Hanover Square Rooms in the season, and, out of it, to dingy County Halls, whenever the Italians sing,--you, too, must help me with an analogy, and say,--can you not recall how, amid all that severe and stately music, some plaintive ballad, quaint madrigal, or hearty glee, refreshed your weary spirit, and won the sole encore?

a solid formed by the solidification of a chemical and having a highly regular atomic structure

From this reading It was so, at all events, when last I went to an Operatic Meeting in the Halls of Crystal; and Alboni sang; and Giuglini sang; and of Inis and Icos good store; and we beat time, and “wasn't it delicious?”; but no song went home to our English hearts, roused us from our lethargic and drear gentility, and made us clap our English hands, save the song of “_The Hardy Norsemen_.”

a female human offspring

From this reading Graduates and undergraduates (O my brothers, how gladly shall I meet you once again, when the long vacation is past!), did you ever dine, as I have dined, with an elderly Don, severe in deportment and of boundless lore, who happened to be at once the author of a great treatise on “_the Verbs in [Greek]_,” and (strange antithesis!) of a pretty daughter?

greatly pleasing or entertaining

From this reading It was so, at all events, when last I went to an Operatic Meeting in the Halls of Crystal; and Alboni sang; and Giuglini sang; and of Inis and Icos good store; and we beat time, and “wasn't it delicious?”; but no song went home to our English hearts, roused us from our lethargic and drear gentility, and made us clap our English hands, save the song of “_The Hardy Norsemen_.”

(behavioral attributes) the way a person behaves toward other people

From this reading Graduates and undergraduates (O my brothers, how gladly shall I meet you once again, when the long vacation is past!), did you ever dine, as I have dined, with an elderly Don, severe in deportment and of boundless lore, who happened to be at once the author of a great treatise on “_the Verbs in [Greek]_,” and (strange antithesis!) of a pretty daughter?

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

From this reading Graduates and undergraduates (O my brothers, how gladly shall I meet you once again, when the long vacation is past!), did you ever dine, as I have dined, with an elderly Don, severe in deportment and of boundless lore, who happened to be at once the author of a great treatise on “_the Verbs in [Greek]_,” and (strange antithesis!) of a pretty daughter?

have supper; eat dinner

From this reading Graduates and undergraduates (O my brothers, how gladly shall I meet you once again, when the long vacation is past!), did you ever dine, as I have dined, with an elderly Don, severe in deportment and of boundless lore, who happened to be at once the author of a great treatise on “_the Verbs in [Greek]_,” and (strange antithesis!) of a pretty daughter?

past form of “dine” — have supper; eat dinner

From this reading Graduates and undergraduates (O my brothers, how gladly shall I meet you once again, when the long vacation is past!), did you ever dine, as I have dined, with an elderly Don, severe in deportment and of boundless lore, who happened to be at once the author of a great treatise on “_the Verbs in [Greek]_,” and (strange antithesis!) of a pretty daughter?

thickly covered with ingrained dirt or soot

From this reading And you, my general readers, you, who, with that refinement of taste for which you are remarkable above all other readers, go to Concerts at the Hanover Square Rooms in the season, and, out of it, to dingy County Halls, whenever the Italians sing,--you, too, must help me with an analogy, and say,--can you not recall how, amid all that severe and stately music, some plaintive ballad, quaint madrigal, or hearty glee, refreshed your weary spirit, and won the sole encore?

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

From this reading And memory will suggest to you, more happily, more vividly, how, summoned by the butler, you at length came down from those amazing steeps, entered the drawing-room, found the pretty daughter; and, while papa chuckled in the distance, over a play of _Aristophanes_, easy to his apprehension as _Buckstone_ to ours, discoursed to her of the Commemoration Ball, and forgot _Minerva_ in the sunnier presence of _Aphrodiet_.

the property created by the space between two objects or points

From this reading And memory will suggest to you, more happily, more vividly, how, summoned by the butler, you at length came down from those amazing steeps, entered the drawing-room, found the pretty daughter; and, while papa chuckled in the distance, over a play of _Aristophanes_, easy to his apprehension as _Buckstone_ to ours, discoursed to her of the Commemoration Ball, and forgot _Minerva_ in the sunnier presence of _Aphrodiet_.

a Spanish gentleman or nobleman

From this reading Graduates and undergraduates (O my brothers, how gladly shall I meet you once again, when the long vacation is past!), did you ever dine, as I have dined, with an elderly Don, severe in deportment and of boundless lore, who happened to be at once the author of a great treatise on “_the Verbs in [Greek]_,” and (strange antithesis!) of a pretty daughter?

being or moving lower in position or less in some value

From this reading And memory will suggest to you, more happily, more vividly, how, summoned by the butler, you at length came down from those amazing steeps, entered the drawing-room, found the pretty daughter; and, while papa chuckled in the distance, over a play of _Aristophanes_, easy to his apprehension as _Buckstone_ to ours, discoursed to her of the Commemoration Ball, and forgot _Minerva_ in the sunnier presence of _Aphrodiet_.

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

From this reading And memory will suggest to you, more happily, more vividly, how, summoned by the butler, you at length came down from those amazing steeps, entered the drawing-room, found the pretty daughter; and, while papa chuckled in the distance, over a play of _Aristophanes_, easy to his apprehension as _Buckstone_ to ours, discoursed to her of the Commemoration Ball, and forgot _Minerva_ in the sunnier presence of _Aphrodiet_.

causing dejection

From this reading It was so, at all events, when last I went to an Operatic Meeting in the Halls of Crystal; and Alboni sang; and Giuglini sang; and of Inis and Icos good store; and we beat time, and “wasn't it delicious?”; but no song went home to our English hearts, roused us from our lethargic and drear gentility, and made us clap our English hands, save the song of “_The Hardy Norsemen_.”

posing no difficulty; requiring little effort

From this reading And memory will suggest to you, more happily, more vividly, how, summoned by the butler, you at length came down from those amazing steeps, entered the drawing-room, found the pretty daughter; and, while papa chuckled in the distance, over a play of _Aristophanes_, easy to his apprehension as _Buckstone_ to ours, discoursed to her of the Commemoration Ball, and forgot _Minerva_ in the sunnier presence of _Aphrodiet_.

advanced in years; (“aged” is pronounced as two syllables)

From this reading Graduates and undergraduates (O my brothers, how gladly shall I meet you once again, when the long vacation is past!), did you ever dine, as I have dined, with an elderly Don, severe in deportment and of boundless lore, who happened to be at once the author of a great treatise on “_the Verbs in [Greek]_,” and (strange antithesis!) of a pretty daughter?

an extra or repeated performance; usually given in response to audience demand

From this reading And you, my general readers, you, who, with that refinement of taste for which you are remarkable above all other readers, go to Concerts at the Hanover Square Rooms in the season, and, out of it, to dingy County Halls, whenever the Italians sing,--you, too, must help me with an analogy, and say,--can you not recall how, amid all that severe and stately music, some plaintive ballad, quaint madrigal, or hearty glee, refreshed your weary spirit, and won the sole encore?

an Indo-European language belonging to the West Germanic branch; the official language of Britain and the United States and most of the commonwealth countries

From this reading It was so, at all events, when last I went to an Operatic Meeting in the Halls of Crystal; and Alboni sang; and Giuglini sang; and of Inis and Icos good store; and we beat time, and “wasn't it delicious?”; but no song went home to our English hearts, roused us from our lethargic and drear gentility, and made us clap our English hands, save the song of “_The Hardy Norsemen_.”

past form of “enter” — to come or go into

From this reading And memory will suggest to you, more happily, more vividly, how, summoned by the butler, you at length came down from those amazing steeps, entered the drawing-room, found the pretty daughter; and, while papa chuckled in the distance, over a play of _Aristophanes_, easy to his apprehension as _Buckstone_ to ours, discoursed to her of the Commemoration Ball, and forgot _Minerva_ in the sunnier presence of _Aphrodiet_.

plural of “event” — something that happens at a given place and time

From this reading It was so, at all events, when last I went to an Operatic Meeting in the Halls of Crystal; and Alboni sang; and Giuglini sang; and of Inis and Icos good store; and we beat time, and “wasn't it delicious?”; but no song went home to our English hearts, roused us from our lethargic and drear gentility, and made us clap our English hands, save the song of “_The Hardy Norsemen_.”

at any time

From this reading Graduates and undergraduates (O my brothers, how gladly shall I meet you once again, when the long vacation is past!), did you ever dine, as I have dined, with an elderly Don, severe in deportment and of boundless lore, who happened to be at once the author of a great treatise on “_the Verbs in [Greek]_,” and (strange antithesis!) of a pretty daughter?

continuing forever or indefinitely

From this reading If so, you will remember that hour of solemn converse, before the coffee was announced, when the grave Professor, broad of brow, took you, as it were, by the hand up the solemn heights of _Olympus_, and showed to you, awfully admiring, the grand sublimities of _Longinus_, the sombre valleys of _Parnassus_, and Philosophy's everlasting hills.

intended to be given to, or used by, somebody

From this reading And you, my general readers, you, who, with that refinement of taste for which you are remarkable above all other readers, go to Concerts at the Hanover Square Rooms in the season, and, out of it, to dingy County Halls, whenever the Italians sing,--you, too, must help me with an analogy, and say,--can you not recall how, amid all that severe and stately music, some plaintive ballad, quaint madrigal, or hearty glee, refreshed your weary spirit, and won the sole encore?

inflected form of “forget” — dismiss from the mind; stop remembering

From this reading And memory will suggest to you, more happily, more vividly, how, summoned by the butler, you at length came down from those amazing steeps, entered the drawing-room, found the pretty daughter; and, while papa chuckled in the distance, over a play of _Aristophanes_, easy to his apprehension as _Buckstone_ to ours, discoursed to her of the Commemoration Ball, and forgot _Minerva_ in the sunnier presence of _Aphrodiet_.

set up or found

From this reading And memory will suggest to you, more happily, more vividly, how, summoned by the butler, you at length came down from those amazing steeps, entered the drawing-room, found the pretty daughter; and, while papa chuckled in the distance, over a play of _Aristophanes_, easy to his apprehension as _Buckstone_ to ours, discoursed to her of the Commemoration Ball, and forgot _Minerva_ in the sunnier presence of _Aphrodiet_.

showing where something starts, or who sent it

From this reading And memory will suggest to you, more happily, more vividly, how, summoned by the butler, you at length came down from those amazing steeps, entered the drawing-room, found the pretty daughter; and, while papa chuckled in the distance, over a play of _Aristophanes_, easy to his apprehension as _Buckstone_ to ours, discoursed to her of the Commemoration Ball, and forgot _Minerva_ in the sunnier presence of _Aphrodiet_.

applying to all or most members of a category or group

From this reading And you, my general readers, you, who, with that refinement of taste for which you are remarkable above all other readers, go to Concerts at the Hanover Square Rooms in the season, and, out of it, to dingy County Halls, whenever the Italians sing,--you, too, must help me with an analogy, and say,--can you not recall how, amid all that severe and stately music, some plaintive ballad, quaint madrigal, or hearty glee, refreshed your weary spirit, and won the sole encore?

elegance by virtue of fineness of manner and expression

From this reading It was so, at all events, when last I went to an Operatic Meeting in the Halls of Crystal; and Alboni sang; and Giuglini sang; and of Inis and Icos good store; and we beat time, and “wasn't it delicious?”; but no song went home to our English hearts, roused us from our lethargic and drear gentility, and made us clap our English hands, save the song of “_The Hardy Norsemen_.”

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From this reading It was so, at all events, when last I went to an Operatic Meeting in the Halls of Crystal; and Alboni sang; and Giuglini sang; and of Inis and Icos good store; and we beat time, and “wasn't it delicious?”; but no song went home to our English hearts, roused us from our lethargic and drear gentility, and made us clap our English hands, save the song of “_The Hardy Norsemen_.”

in a willing manner

From this reading Graduates and undergraduates (O my brothers, how gladly shall I meet you once again, when the long vacation is past!), did you ever dine, as I have dined, with an elderly Don, severe in deportment and of boundless lore, who happened to be at once the author of a great treatise on “_the Verbs in [Greek]_,” and (strange antithesis!) of a pretty daughter?

great merriment

From this reading And you, my general readers, you, who, with that refinement of taste for which you are remarkable above all other readers, go to Concerts at the Hanover Square Rooms in the season, and, out of it, to dingy County Halls, whenever the Italians sing,--you, too, must help me with an analogy, and say,--can you not recall how, amid all that severe and stately music, some plaintive ballad, quaint madrigal, or hearty glee, refreshed your weary spirit, and won the sole encore?

change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically

From this reading And you, my general readers, you, who, with that refinement of taste for which you are remarkable above all other readers, go to Concerts at the Hanover Square Rooms in the season, and, out of it, to dingy County Halls, whenever the Italians sing,--you, too, must help me with an analogy, and say,--can you not recall how, amid all that severe and stately music, some plaintive ballad, quaint madrigal, or hearty glee, refreshed your weary spirit, and won the sole encore?

having desirable or positive qualities especially those suitable for a thing specified

From this reading It was so, at all events, when last I went to an Operatic Meeting in the Halls of Crystal; and Alboni sang; and Giuglini sang; and of Inis and Icos good store; and we beat time, and “wasn't it delicious?”; but no song went home to our English hearts, roused us from our lethargic and drear gentility, and made us clap our English hands, save the song of “_The Hardy Norsemen_.”

plural of “graduate” — a person who has received a degree from a school (high school or college or university)

From this reading Graduates and undergraduates (O my brothers, how gladly shall I meet you once again, when the long vacation is past!), did you ever dine, as I have dined, with an elderly Don, severe in deportment and of boundless lore, who happened to be at once the author of a great treatise on “_the Verbs in [Greek]_,” and (strange antithesis!) of a pretty daughter?

of behavior that is impressive and ambitious in scale or scope

From this reading If so, you will remember that hour of solemn converse, before the coffee was announced, when the grave Professor, broad of brow, took you, as it were, by the hand up the solemn heights of _Olympus_, and showed to you, awfully admiring, the grand sublimities of _Longinus_, the sombre valleys of _Parnassus_, and Philosophy's everlasting hills.

death of a person

From this reading If so, you will remember that hour of solemn converse, before the coffee was announced, when the grave Professor, broad of brow, took you, as it were, by the hand up the solemn heights of _Olympus_, and showed to you, awfully admiring, the grand sublimities of _Longinus_, the sombre valleys of _Parnassus_, and Philosophy's everlasting hills.

relatively large in size or number or extent; larger than others of its kind

From this reading Graduates and undergraduates (O my brothers, how gladly shall I meet you once again, when the long vacation is past!), did you ever dine, as I have dined, with an elderly Don, severe in deportment and of boundless lore, who happened to be at once the author of a great treatise on “_the Verbs in [Greek]_,” and (strange antithesis!) of a pretty daughter?

the Hellenic branch of the Indo-European family of languages

From this reading Graduates and undergraduates (O my brothers, how gladly shall I meet you once again, when the long vacation is past!), did you ever dine, as I have dined, with an elderly Don, severe in deportment and of boundless lore, who happened to be at once the author of a great treatise on “_the Verbs in [Greek]_,” and (strange antithesis!) of a pretty daughter?

plural of “hall” — an interior passage or corridor onto which rooms open

From this reading And you, my general readers, you, who, with that refinement of taste for which you are remarkable above all other readers, go to Concerts at the Hanover Square Rooms in the season, and, out of it, to dingy County Halls, whenever the Italians sing,--you, too, must help me with an analogy, and say,--can you not recall how, amid all that severe and stately music, some plaintive ballad, quaint madrigal, or hearty glee, refreshed your weary spirit, and won the sole encore?

the (prehensile) extremity of the superior limb

From this reading If so, you will remember that hour of solemn converse, before the coffee was announced, when the grave Professor, broad of brow, took you, as it were, by the hand up the solemn heights of _Olympus_, and showed to you, awfully admiring, the grand sublimities of _Longinus_, the sombre valleys of _Parnassus_, and Philosophy's everlasting hills.

(with “in”) guardianship over; in divorce cases it is the right to house and care for and discipline a child

From this reading It was so, at all events, when last I went to an Operatic Meeting in the Halls of Crystal; and Alboni sang; and Giuglini sang; and of Inis and Icos good store; and we beat time, and “wasn't it delicious?”; but no song went home to our English hearts, roused us from our lethargic and drear gentility, and made us clap our English hands, save the song of “_The Hardy Norsemen_.”

a port city in northwestern Germany; formerly a member of the Hanseatic League

From this reading And you, my general readers, you, who, with that refinement of taste for which you are remarkable above all other readers, go to Concerts at the Hanover Square Rooms in the season, and, out of it, to dingy County Halls, whenever the Italians sing,--you, too, must help me with an analogy, and say,--can you not recall how, amid all that severe and stately music, some plaintive ballad, quaint madrigal, or hearty glee, refreshed your weary spirit, and won the sole encore?

past form of “happen” — come to pass

From this reading Graduates and undergraduates (O my brothers, how gladly shall I meet you once again, when the long vacation is past!), did you ever dine, as I have dined, with an elderly Don, severe in deportment and of boundless lore, who happened to be at once the author of a great treatise on “_the Verbs in [Greek]_,” and (strange antithesis!) of a pretty daughter?

in a joyous manner

From this reading And memory will suggest to you, more happily, more vividly, how, summoned by the butler, you at length came down from those amazing steeps, entered the drawing-room, found the pretty daughter; and, while papa chuckled in the distance, over a play of _Aristophanes_, easy to his apprehension as _Buckstone_ to ours, discoursed to her of the Commemoration Ball, and forgot _Minerva_ in the sunnier presence of _Aphrodiet_.

having rugged physical strength; inured to fatigue or hardships

From this reading It was so, at all events, when last I went to an Operatic Meeting in the Halls of Crystal; and Alboni sang; and Giuglini sang; and of Inis and Icos good store; and we beat time, and “wasn't it delicious?”; but no song went home to our English hearts, roused us from our lethargic and drear gentility, and made us clap our English hands, save the song of “_The Hardy Norsemen_.”

used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses

From this reading Graduates and undergraduates (O my brothers, how gladly shall I meet you once again, when the long vacation is past!), did you ever dine, as I have dined, with an elderly Don, severe in deportment and of boundless lore, who happened to be at once the author of a great treatise on “_the Verbs in [Greek]_,” and (strange antithesis!) of a pretty daughter?

a form of whist in which players avoid winning tricks containing hearts or the queen of spades

From this reading It was so, at all events, when last I went to an Operatic Meeting in the Halls of Crystal; and Alboni sang; and Giuglini sang; and of Inis and Icos good store; and we beat time, and “wasn't it delicious?”; but no song went home to our English hearts, roused us from our lethargic and drear gentility, and made us clap our English hands, save the song of “_The Hardy Norsemen_.”

showing warm and heartfelt friendliness

From this reading And you, my general readers, you, who, with that refinement of taste for which you are remarkable above all other readers, go to Concerts at the Hanover Square Rooms in the season, and, out of it, to dingy County Halls, whenever the Italians sing,--you, too, must help me with an analogy, and say,--can you not recall how, amid all that severe and stately music, some plaintive ballad, quaint madrigal, or hearty glee, refreshed your weary spirit, and won the sole encore?

a high place

From this reading If so, you will remember that hour of solemn converse, before the coffee was announced, when the grave Professor, broad of brow, took you, as it were, by the hand up the solemn heights of _Olympus_, and showed to you, awfully admiring, the grand sublimities of _Longinus_, the sombre valleys of _Parnassus_, and Philosophy's everlasting hills.

give help or assistance; be of service

From this reading And you, my general readers, you, who, with that refinement of taste for which you are remarkable above all other readers, go to Concerts at the Hanover Square Rooms in the season, and, out of it, to dingy County Halls, whenever the Italians sing,--you, too, must help me with an analogy, and say,--can you not recall how, amid all that severe and stately music, some plaintive ballad, quaint madrigal, or hearty glee, refreshed your weary spirit, and won the sole encore?

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

From this reading And memory will suggest to you, more happily, more vividly, how, summoned by the butler, you at length came down from those amazing steeps, entered the drawing-room, found the pretty daughter; and, while papa chuckled in the distance, over a play of _Aristophanes_, easy to his apprehension as _Buckstone_ to ours, discoursed to her of the Commemoration Ball, and forgot _Minerva_ in the sunnier presence of _Aphrodiet_.

plural of “hill” — a local and well-defined elevation of the land

From this reading If so, you will remember that hour of solemn converse, before the coffee was announced, when the grave Professor, broad of brow, took you, as it were, by the hand up the solemn heights of _Olympus_, and showed to you, awfully admiring, the grand sublimities of _Longinus_, the sombre valleys of _Parnassus_, and Philosophy's everlasting hills.

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

From this reading And memory will suggest to you, more happily, more vividly, how, summoned by the butler, you at length came down from those amazing steeps, entered the drawing-room, found the pretty daughter; and, while papa chuckled in the distance, over a play of _Aristophanes_, easy to his apprehension as _Buckstone_ to ours, discoursed to her of the Commemoration Ball, and forgot _Minerva_ in the sunnier presence of _Aphrodiet_.

where you live at a particular time

From this reading It was so, at all events, when last I went to an Operatic Meeting in the Halls of Crystal; and Alboni sang; and Giuglini sang; and of Inis and Icos good store; and we beat time, and “wasn't it delicious?”; but no song went home to our English hearts, roused us from our lethargic and drear gentility, and made us clap our English hands, save the song of “_The Hardy Norsemen_.”

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

From this reading If so, you will remember that hour of solemn converse, before the coffee was announced, when the grave Professor, broad of brow, took you, as it were, by the hand up the solemn heights of _Olympus_, and showed to you, awfully admiring, the grand sublimities of _Longinus_, the sombre valleys of _Parnassus_, and Philosophy's everlasting hills.

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From this reading Graduates and undergraduates (O my brothers, how gladly shall I meet you once again, when the long vacation is past!), did you ever dine, as I have dined, with an elderly Don, severe in deportment and of boundless lore, who happened to be at once the author of a great treatise on “_the Verbs in [Greek]_,” and (strange antithesis!) of a pretty daughter?

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

From this reading Graduates and undergraduates (O my brothers, how gladly shall I meet you once again, when the long vacation is past!), did you ever dine, as I have dined, with an elderly Don, severe in deportment and of boundless lore, who happened to be at once the author of a great treatise on “_the Verbs in [Greek]_,” and (strange antithesis!) of a pretty daughter?

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From this reading It was so, at all events, when last I went to an Operatic Meeting in the Halls of Crystal; and Alboni sang; and Giuglini sang; and of Inis and Icos good store; and we beat time, and “wasn't it delicious?”; but no song went home to our English hearts, roused us from our lethargic and drear gentility, and made us clap our English hands, save the song of “_The Hardy Norsemen_.”

on condition that; in the event that

From this reading If so, you will remember that hour of solemn converse, before the coffee was announced, when the grave Professor, broad of brow, took you, as it were, by the hand up the solemn heights of _Olympus_, and showed to you, awfully admiring, the grand sublimities of _Longinus_, the sombre valleys of _Parnassus_, and Philosophy's everlasting hills.

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

From this reading Graduates and undergraduates (O my brothers, how gladly shall I meet you once again, when the long vacation is past!), did you ever dine, as I have dined, with an elderly Don, severe in deportment and of boundless lore, who happened to be at once the author of a great treatise on “_the Verbs in [Greek]_,” and (strange antithesis!) of a pretty daughter?

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From this reading It was so, at all events, when last I went to an Operatic Meeting in the Halls of Crystal; and Alboni sang; and Giuglini sang; and of Inis and Icos good store; and we beat time, and “wasn't it delicious?”; but no song went home to our English hearts, roused us from our lethargic and drear gentility, and made us clap our English hands, save the song of “_The Hardy Norsemen_.”

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

From this reading Graduates and undergraduates (O my brothers, how gladly shall I meet you once again, when the long vacation is past!), did you ever dine, as I have dined, with an elderly Don, severe in deportment and of boundless lore, who happened to be at once the author of a great treatise on “_the Verbs in [Greek]_,” and (strange antithesis!) of a pretty daughter?

a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned

From this reading If so, you will remember that hour of solemn converse, before the coffee was announced, when the grave Professor, broad of brow, took you, as it were, by the hand up the solemn heights of _Olympus_, and showed to you, awfully admiring, the grand sublimities of _Longinus_, the sombre valleys of _Parnassus_, and Philosophy's everlasting hills.

plural of “italian” — a native or inhabitant of Italy

From this reading And you, my general readers, you, who, with that refinement of taste for which you are remarkable above all other readers, go to Concerts at the Hanover Square Rooms in the season, and, out of it, to dingy County Halls, whenever the Italians sing,--you, too, must help me with an analogy, and say,--can you not recall how, amid all that severe and stately music, some plaintive ballad, quaint madrigal, or hearty glee, refreshed your weary spirit, and won the sole encore?

immediately past

From this reading It was so, at all events, when last I went to an Operatic Meeting in the Halls of Crystal; and Alboni sang; and Giuglini sang; and of Inis and Icos good store; and we beat time, and “wasn't it delicious?”; but no song went home to our English hearts, roused us from our lethargic and drear gentility, and made us clap our English hands, save the song of “_The Hardy Norsemen_.”

the linear extent in space from one end to the other; the longest dimension of something that is fixed in place

From this reading And memory will suggest to you, more happily, more vividly, how, summoned by the butler, you at length came down from those amazing steeps, entered the drawing-room, found the pretty daughter; and, while papa chuckled in the distance, over a play of _Aristophanes_, easy to his apprehension as _Buckstone_ to ours, discoursed to her of the Commemoration Ball, and forgot _Minerva_ in the sunnier presence of _Aphrodiet_.

deficient in alertness or activity

From this reading It was so, at all events, when last I went to an Operatic Meeting in the Halls of Crystal; and Alboni sang; and Giuglini sang; and of Inis and Icos good store; and we beat time, and “wasn't it delicious?”; but no song went home to our English hearts, roused us from our lethargic and drear gentility, and made us clap our English hands, save the song of “_The Hardy Norsemen_.”

primarily temporal sense; being or indicating a relatively great or greater than average duration or passage of time or a duration as specified

From this reading Graduates and undergraduates (O my brothers, how gladly shall I meet you once again, when the long vacation is past!), did you ever dine, as I have dined, with an elderly Don, severe in deportment and of boundless lore, who happened to be at once the author of a great treatise on “_the Verbs in [Greek]_,” and (strange antithesis!) of a pretty daughter?

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From this reading If so, you will remember that hour of solemn converse, before the coffee was announced, when the grave Professor, broad of brow, took you, as it were, by the hand up the solemn heights of _Olympus_, and showed to you, awfully admiring, the grand sublimities of _Longinus_, the sombre valleys of _Parnassus_, and Philosophy's everlasting hills.

knowledge gained through tradition or anecdote

From this reading Graduates and undergraduates (O my brothers, how gladly shall I meet you once again, when the long vacation is past!), did you ever dine, as I have dined, with an elderly Don, severe in deportment and of boundless lore, who happened to be at once the author of a great treatise on “_the Verbs in [Greek]_,” and (strange antithesis!) of a pretty daughter?

produced by a manufacturing process

From this reading It was so, at all events, when last I went to an Operatic Meeting in the Halls of Crystal; and Alboni sang; and Giuglini sang; and of Inis and Icos good store; and we beat time, and “wasn't it delicious?”; but no song went home to our English hearts, roused us from our lethargic and drear gentility, and made us clap our English hands, save the song of “_The Hardy Norsemen_.”

sing madrigals

From this reading And you, my general readers, you, who, with that refinement of taste for which you are remarkable above all other readers, go to Concerts at the Hanover Square Rooms in the season, and, out of it, to dingy County Halls, whenever the Italians sing,--you, too, must help me with an analogy, and say,--can you not recall how, amid all that severe and stately music, some plaintive ballad, quaint madrigal, or hearty glee, refreshed your weary spirit, and won the sole encore?

the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition

From this reading And you, my general readers, you, who, with that refinement of taste for which you are remarkable above all other readers, go to Concerts at the Hanover Square Rooms in the season, and, out of it, to dingy County Halls, whenever the Italians sing,--you, too, must help me with an analogy, and say,--can you not recall how, amid all that severe and stately music, some plaintive ballad, quaint madrigal, or hearty glee, refreshed your weary spirit, and won the sole encore?

come together

From this reading Graduates and undergraduates (O my brothers, how gladly shall I meet you once again, when the long vacation is past!), did you ever dine, as I have dined, with an elderly Don, severe in deportment and of boundless lore, who happened to be at once the author of a great treatise on “_the Verbs in [Greek]_,” and (strange antithesis!) of a pretty daughter?

a formally arranged gathering

From this reading It was so, at all events, when last I went to an Operatic Meeting in the Halls of Crystal; and Alboni sang; and Giuglini sang; and of Inis and Icos good store; and we beat time, and “wasn't it delicious?”; but no song went home to our English hearts, roused us from our lethargic and drear gentility, and made us clap our English hands, save the song of “_The Hardy Norsemen_.”

The faculty by which the mind stores and remembers information and knowledge.

From this reading And memory will suggest to you, more happily, more vividly, how, summoned by the butler, you at length came down from those amazing steeps, entered the drawing-room, found the pretty daughter; and, while papa chuckled in the distance, over a play of _Aristophanes_, easy to his apprehension as _Buckstone_ to ours, discoursed to her of the Commemoration Ball, and forgot _Minerva_ in the sunnier presence of _Aphrodiet_.

(Roman mythology) goddess of wisdom; counterpart of Greek Athena

From this reading And memory will suggest to you, more happily, more vividly, how, summoned by the butler, you at length came down from those amazing steeps, entered the drawing-room, found the pretty daughter; and, while papa chuckled in the distance, over a play of _Aristophanes_, easy to his apprehension as _Buckstone_ to ours, discoursed to her of the Commemoration Ball, and forgot _Minerva_ in the sunnier presence of _Aphrodiet_.

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

From this reading And memory will suggest to you, more happily, more vividly, how, summoned by the butler, you at length came down from those amazing steeps, entered the drawing-room, found the pretty daughter; and, while papa chuckled in the distance, over a play of _Aristophanes_, easy to his apprehension as _Buckstone_ to ours, discoursed to her of the Commemoration Ball, and forgot _Minerva_ in the sunnier presence of _Aphrodiet_.

an artistic form of auditory communication incorporating instrumental or vocal tones in a structured and continuous manner

From this reading And you, my general readers, you, who, with that refinement of taste for which you are remarkable above all other readers, go to Concerts at the Hanover Square Rooms in the season, and, out of it, to dingy County Halls, whenever the Italians sing,--you, too, must help me with an analogy, and say,--can you not recall how, amid all that severe and stately music, some plaintive ballad, quaint madrigal, or hearty glee, refreshed your weary spirit, and won the sole encore?

used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true

From this reading And you, my general readers, you, who, with that refinement of taste for which you are remarkable above all other readers, go to Concerts at the Hanover Square Rooms in the season, and, out of it, to dingy County Halls, whenever the Italians sing,--you, too, must help me with an analogy, and say,--can you not recall how, amid all that severe and stately music, some plaintive ballad, quaint madrigal, or hearty glee, refreshed your weary spirit, and won the sole encore?

belonging to the person speaking

From this reading Graduates and undergraduates (O my brothers, how gladly shall I meet you once again, when the long vacation is past!), did you ever dine, as I have dined, with an elderly Don, severe in deportment and of boundless lore, who happened to be at once the author of a great treatise on “_the Verbs in [Greek]_,” and (strange antithesis!) of a pretty daughter?

not any; not one

From this reading It was so, at all events, when last I went to an Operatic Meeting in the Halls of Crystal; and Alboni sang; and Giuglini sang; and of Inis and Icos good store; and we beat time, and “wasn't it delicious?”; but no song went home to our English hearts, roused us from our lethargic and drear gentility, and made us clap our English hands, save the song of “_The Hardy Norsemen_.”

plural of “norseman” — a native or inhabitant of Norway

From this reading It was so, at all events, when last I went to an Operatic Meeting in the Halls of Crystal; and Alboni sang; and Giuglini sang; and of Inis and Icos good store; and we beat time, and “wasn't it delicious?”; but no song went home to our English hearts, roused us from our lethargic and drear gentility, and made us clap our English hands, save the song of “_The Hardy Norsemen_.”

used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative

From this reading And you, my general readers, you, who, with that refinement of taste for which you are remarkable above all other readers, go to Concerts at the Hanover Square Rooms in the season, and, out of it, to dingy County Halls, whenever the Italians sing,--you, too, must help me with an analogy, and say,--can you not recall how, amid all that severe and stately music, some plaintive ballad, quaint madrigal, or hearty glee, refreshed your weary spirit, and won the sole encore?

a nonmetallic bivalent element that is normally a colorless odorless tasteless nonflammable diatomic gas; constitutes 21 percent of the atmosphere by volume; the most abundant element in the earth's crust

From this reading Graduates and undergraduates (O my brothers, how gladly shall I meet you once again, when the long vacation is past!), did you ever dine, as I have dined, with an elderly Don, severe in deportment and of boundless lore, who happened to be at once the author of a great treatise on “_the Verbs in [Greek]_,” and (strange antithesis!) of a pretty daughter?

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

From this reading Graduates and undergraduates (O my brothers, how gladly shall I meet you once again, when the long vacation is past!), did you ever dine, as I have dined, with an elderly Don, severe in deportment and of boundless lore, who happened to be at once the author of a great treatise on “_the Verbs in [Greek]_,” and (strange antithesis!) of a pretty daughter?

a mountain peak in northeast Greece near the Aegean coast; believed by ancient Greeks to be the dwelling place of the gods (9,570 feet high)

From this reading If so, you will remember that hour of solemn converse, before the coffee was announced, when the grave Professor, broad of brow, took you, as it were, by the hand up the solemn heights of _Olympus_, and showed to you, awfully admiring, the grand sublimities of _Longinus_, the sombre valleys of _Parnassus_, and Philosophy's everlasting hills.

touching and supported by a surface

From this reading Graduates and undergraduates (O my brothers, how gladly shall I meet you once again, when the long vacation is past!), did you ever dine, as I have dined, with an elderly Don, severe in deportment and of boundless lore, who happened to be at once the author of a great treatise on “_the Verbs in [Greek]_,” and (strange antithesis!) of a pretty daughter?

on one occasion

From this reading Graduates and undergraduates (O my brothers, how gladly shall I meet you once again, when the long vacation is past!), did you ever dine, as I have dined, with an elderly Don, severe in deportment and of boundless lore, who happened to be at once the author of a great treatise on “_the Verbs in [Greek]_,” and (strange antithesis!) of a pretty daughter?

of or relating to or characteristic of opera

From this reading It was so, at all events, when last I went to an Operatic Meeting in the Halls of Crystal; and Alboni sang; and Giuglini sang; and of Inis and Icos good store; and we beat time, and “wasn't it delicious?”; but no song went home to our English hearts, roused us from our lethargic and drear gentility, and made us clap our English hands, save the song of “_The Hardy Norsemen_.”

used to join alternatives or possibilities

From this reading And you, my general readers, you, who, with that refinement of taste for which you are remarkable above all other readers, go to Concerts at the Hanover Square Rooms in the season, and, out of it, to dingy County Halls, whenever the Italians sing,--you, too, must help me with an analogy, and say,--can you not recall how, amid all that severe and stately music, some plaintive ballad, quaint madrigal, or hearty glee, refreshed your weary spirit, and won the sole encore?

not the same one or ones already mentioned or implied

From this reading And you, my general readers, you, who, with that refinement of taste for which you are remarkable above all other readers, go to Concerts at the Hanover Square Rooms in the season, and, out of it, to dingy County Halls, whenever the Italians sing,--you, too, must help me with an analogy, and say,--can you not recall how, amid all that severe and stately music, some plaintive ballad, quaint madrigal, or hearty glee, refreshed your weary spirit, and won the sole encore?

belonging to the speaker and others

From this reading It was so, at all events, when last I went to an Operatic Meeting in the Halls of Crystal; and Alboni sang; and Giuglini sang; and of Inis and Icos good store; and we beat time, and “wasn't it delicious?”; but no song went home to our English hearts, roused us from our lethargic and drear gentility, and made us clap our English hands, save the song of “_The Hardy Norsemen_.”

the one or ones belonging to us

From this reading And memory will suggest to you, more happily, more vividly, how, summoned by the butler, you at length came down from those amazing steeps, entered the drawing-room, found the pretty daughter; and, while papa chuckled in the distance, over a play of _Aristophanes_, easy to his apprehension as _Buckstone_ to ours, discoursed to her of the Commemoration Ball, and forgot _Minerva_ in the sunnier presence of _Aphrodiet_.

not allowed to continue to bat or run

From this reading And you, my general readers, you, who, with that refinement of taste for which you are remarkable above all other readers, go to Concerts at the Hanover Square Rooms in the season, and, out of it, to dingy County Halls, whenever the Italians sing,--you, too, must help me with an analogy, and say,--can you not recall how, amid all that severe and stately music, some plaintive ballad, quaint madrigal, or hearty glee, refreshed your weary spirit, and won the sole encore?

above and across; more than

From this reading And memory will suggest to you, more happily, more vividly, how, summoned by the butler, you at length came down from those amazing steeps, entered the drawing-room, found the pretty daughter; and, while papa chuckled in the distance, over a play of _Aristophanes_, easy to his apprehension as _Buckstone_ to ours, discoursed to her of the Commemoration Ball, and forgot _Minerva_ in the sunnier presence of _Aphrodiet_.

an informal term for a father; probably derived from baby talk

From this reading And memory will suggest to you, more happily, more vividly, how, summoned by the butler, you at length came down from those amazing steeps, entered the drawing-room, found the pretty daughter; and, while papa chuckled in the distance, over a play of _Aristophanes_, easy to his apprehension as _Buckstone_ to ours, discoursed to her of the Commemoration Ball, and forgot _Minerva_ in the sunnier presence of _Aphrodiet_.

(Greek mythology) a mountain in central Greece where (according to Greek mythology) the Muses lived; known as the mythological home of music and poetry

From this reading If so, you will remember that hour of solemn converse, before the coffee was announced, when the grave Professor, broad of brow, took you, as it were, by the hand up the solemn heights of _Olympus_, and showed to you, awfully admiring, the grand sublimities of _Longinus_, the sombre valleys of _Parnassus_, and Philosophy's everlasting hills.

the time that has elapsed

From this reading Graduates and undergraduates (O my brothers, how gladly shall I meet you once again, when the long vacation is past!), did you ever dine, as I have dined, with an elderly Don, severe in deportment and of boundless lore, who happened to be at once the author of a great treatise on “_the Verbs in [Greek]_,” and (strange antithesis!) of a pretty daughter?

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From this reading If so, you will remember that hour of solemn converse, before the coffee was announced, when the grave Professor, broad of brow, took you, as it were, by the hand up the solemn heights of _Olympus_, and showed to you, awfully admiring, the grand sublimities of _Longinus_, the sombre valleys of _Parnassus_, and Philosophy's everlasting hills.

expressing sorrow

From this reading And you, my general readers, you, who, with that refinement of taste for which you are remarkable above all other readers, go to Concerts at the Hanover Square Rooms in the season, and, out of it, to dingy County Halls, whenever the Italians sing,--you, too, must help me with an analogy, and say,--can you not recall how, amid all that severe and stately music, some plaintive ballad, quaint madrigal, or hearty glee, refreshed your weary spirit, and won the sole encore?

participate in games or sport

From this reading And memory will suggest to you, more happily, more vividly, how, summoned by the butler, you at length came down from those amazing steeps, entered the drawing-room, found the pretty daughter; and, while papa chuckled in the distance, over a play of _Aristophanes_, easy to his apprehension as _Buckstone_ to ours, discoursed to her of the Commemoration Ball, and forgot _Minerva_ in the sunnier presence of _Aphrodiet_.

the state of being present; current existence

From this reading And memory will suggest to you, more happily, more vividly, how, summoned by the butler, you at length came down from those amazing steeps, entered the drawing-room, found the pretty daughter; and, while papa chuckled in the distance, over a play of _Aristophanes_, easy to his apprehension as _Buckstone_ to ours, discoursed to her of the Commemoration Ball, and forgot _Minerva_ in the sunnier presence of _Aphrodiet_.

pleasing by delicacy or grace; not imposing

From this reading Graduates and undergraduates (O my brothers, how gladly shall I meet you once again, when the long vacation is past!), did you ever dine, as I have dined, with an elderly Don, severe in deportment and of boundless lore, who happened to be at once the author of a great treatise on “_the Verbs in [Greek]_,” and (strange antithesis!) of a pretty daughter?

someone who is a member of the faculty at a college or university

From this reading If so, you will remember that hour of solemn converse, before the coffee was announced, when the grave Professor, broad of brow, took you, as it were, by the hand up the solemn heights of _Olympus_, and showed to you, awfully admiring, the grand sublimities of _Longinus_, the sombre valleys of _Parnassus_, and Philosophy's everlasting hills.

strange in an interesting or pleasing way

From this reading And you, my general readers, you, who, with that refinement of taste for which you are remarkable above all other readers, go to Concerts at the Hanover Square Rooms in the season, and, out of it, to dingy County Halls, whenever the Italians sing,--you, too, must help me with an analogy, and say,--can you not recall how, amid all that severe and stately music, some plaintive ballad, quaint madrigal, or hearty glee, refreshed your weary spirit, and won the sole encore?

plural of “reader” — a person who enjoys reading

From this reading And you, my general readers, you, who, with that refinement of taste for which you are remarkable above all other readers, go to Concerts at the Hanover Square Rooms in the season, and, out of it, to dingy County Halls, whenever the Italians sing,--you, too, must help me with an analogy, and say,--can you not recall how, amid all that severe and stately music, some plaintive ballad, quaint madrigal, or hearty glee, refreshed your weary spirit, and won the sole encore?

recall knowledge from memory; have a recollection

From this reading And you, my general readers, you, who, with that refinement of taste for which you are remarkable above all other readers, go to Concerts at the Hanover Square Rooms in the season, and, out of it, to dingy County Halls, whenever the Italians sing,--you, too, must help me with an analogy, and say,--can you not recall how, amid all that severe and stately music, some plaintive ballad, quaint madrigal, or hearty glee, refreshed your weary spirit, and won the sole encore?

a highly developed state of perfection; having a flawless or impeccable quality

From this reading And you, my general readers, you, who, with that refinement of taste for which you are remarkable above all other readers, go to Concerts at the Hanover Square Rooms in the season, and, out of it, to dingy County Halls, whenever the Italians sing,--you, too, must help me with an analogy, and say,--can you not recall how, amid all that severe and stately music, some plaintive ballad, quaint madrigal, or hearty glee, refreshed your weary spirit, and won the sole encore?

with restored energy

From this reading And you, my general readers, you, who, with that refinement of taste for which you are remarkable above all other readers, go to Concerts at the Hanover Square Rooms in the season, and, out of it, to dingy County Halls, whenever the Italians sing,--you, too, must help me with an analogy, and say,--can you not recall how, amid all that severe and stately music, some plaintive ballad, quaint madrigal, or hearty glee, refreshed your weary spirit, and won the sole encore?

unusual or striking

From this reading And you, my general readers, you, who, with that refinement of taste for which you are remarkable above all other readers, go to Concerts at the Hanover Square Rooms in the season, and, out of it, to dingy County Halls, whenever the Italians sing,--you, too, must help me with an analogy, and say,--can you not recall how, amid all that severe and stately music, some plaintive ballad, quaint madrigal, or hearty glee, refreshed your weary spirit, and won the sole encore?

To recall to mind.

From this reading If so, you will remember that hour of solemn converse, before the coffee was announced, when the grave Professor, broad of brow, took you, as it were, by the hand up the solemn heights of _Olympus_, and showed to you, awfully admiring, the grand sublimities of _Longinus_, the sombre valleys of _Parnassus_, and Philosophy's everlasting hills.

apartment consisting of a series of connected rooms used as a living unit (as in a hotel)

From this reading And you, my general readers, you, who, with that refinement of taste for which you are remarkable above all other readers, go to Concerts at the Hanover Square Rooms in the season, and, out of it, to dingy County Halls, whenever the Italians sing,--you, too, must help me with an analogy, and say,--can you not recall how, amid all that severe and stately music, some plaintive ballad, quaint madrigal, or hearty glee, refreshed your weary spirit, and won the sole encore?

past form of “rouse” — become active

From this reading It was so, at all events, when last I went to an Operatic Meeting in the Halls of Crystal; and Alboni sang; and Giuglini sang; and of Inis and Icos good store; and we beat time, and “wasn't it delicious?”; but no song went home to our English hearts, roused us from our lethargic and drear gentility, and made us clap our English hands, save the song of “_The Hardy Norsemen_.”

North American woodland herb similar to and used as substitute for the Chinese ginseng

From this reading It was so, at all events, when last I went to an Operatic Meeting in the Halls of Crystal; and Alboni sang; and Giuglini sang; and of Inis and Icos good store; and we beat time, and “wasn't it delicious?”; but no song went home to our English hearts, roused us from our lethargic and drear gentility, and made us clap our English hands, save the song of “_The Hardy Norsemen_.”

except for; apart from

From this reading It was so, at all events, when last I went to an Operatic Meeting in the Halls of Crystal; and Alboni sang; and Giuglini sang; and of Inis and Icos good store; and we beat time, and “wasn't it delicious?”; but no song went home to our English hearts, roused us from our lethargic and drear gentility, and made us clap our English hands, save the song of “_The Hardy Norsemen_.”

express in words

From this reading And you, my general readers, you, who, with that refinement of taste for which you are remarkable above all other readers, go to Concerts at the Hanover Square Rooms in the season, and, out of it, to dingy County Halls, whenever the Italians sing,--you, too, must help me with an analogy, and say,--can you not recall how, amid all that severe and stately music, some plaintive ballad, quaint madrigal, or hearty glee, refreshed your weary spirit, and won the sole encore?

a period of the year marked by special events or activities in some field

From this reading And you, my general readers, you, who, with that refinement of taste for which you are remarkable above all other readers, go to Concerts at the Hanover Square Rooms in the season, and, out of it, to dingy County Halls, whenever the Italians sing,--you, too, must help me with an analogy, and say,--can you not recall how, amid all that severe and stately music, some plaintive ballad, quaint madrigal, or hearty glee, refreshed your weary spirit, and won the sole encore?

intensely or extremely bad or unpleasant in degree or quality

From this reading Graduates and undergraduates (O my brothers, how gladly shall I meet you once again, when the long vacation is past!), did you ever dine, as I have dined, with an elderly Don, severe in deportment and of boundless lore, who happened to be at once the author of a great treatise on “_the Verbs in [Greek]_,” and (strange antithesis!) of a pretty daughter?

used with I and we for the future, or to offer and suggest

From this reading Graduates and undergraduates (O my brothers, how gladly shall I meet you once again, when the long vacation is past!), did you ever dine, as I have dined, with an elderly Don, severe in deportment and of boundless lore, who happened to be at once the author of a great treatise on “_the Verbs in [Greek]_,” and (strange antithesis!) of a pretty daughter?

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

From this reading If so, you will remember that hour of solemn converse, before the coffee was announced, when the grave Professor, broad of brow, took you, as it were, by the hand up the solemn heights of _Olympus_, and showed to you, awfully admiring, the grand sublimities of _Longinus_, the sombre valleys of _Parnassus_, and Philosophy's everlasting hills.

deliver by singing

From this reading And you, my general readers, you, who, with that refinement of taste for which you are remarkable above all other readers, go to Concerts at the Hanover Square Rooms in the season, and, out of it, to dingy County Halls, whenever the Italians sing,--you, too, must help me with an analogy, and say,--can you not recall how, amid all that severe and stately music, some plaintive ballad, quaint madrigal, or hearty glee, refreshed your weary spirit, and won the sole encore?

for that reason; with the result that

From this reading If so, you will remember that hour of solemn converse, before the coffee was announced, when the grave Professor, broad of brow, took you, as it were, by the hand up the solemn heights of _Olympus_, and showed to you, awfully admiring, the grand sublimities of _Longinus_, the sombre valleys of _Parnassus_, and Philosophy's everlasting hills.

the underside of footwear or a golf club

From this reading And you, my general readers, you, who, with that refinement of taste for which you are remarkable above all other readers, go to Concerts at the Hanover Square Rooms in the season, and, out of it, to dingy County Halls, whenever the Italians sing,--you, too, must help me with an analogy, and say,--can you not recall how, amid all that severe and stately music, some plaintive ballad, quaint madrigal, or hearty glee, refreshed your weary spirit, and won the sole encore?

dignified and somber in manner or character and committed to keeping promises

From this reading If so, you will remember that hour of solemn converse, before the coffee was announced, when the grave Professor, broad of brow, took you, as it were, by the hand up the solemn heights of _Olympus_, and showed to you, awfully admiring, the grand sublimities of _Longinus_, the sombre valleys of _Parnassus_, and Philosophy's everlasting hills.

lacking brightness or color; dull

From this reading If so, you will remember that hour of solemn converse, before the coffee was announced, when the grave Professor, broad of brow, took you, as it were, by the hand up the solemn heights of _Olympus_, and showed to you, awfully admiring, the grand sublimities of _Longinus_, the sombre valleys of _Parnassus_, and Philosophy's everlasting hills.

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

From this reading And you, my general readers, you, who, with that refinement of taste for which you are remarkable above all other readers, go to Concerts at the Hanover Square Rooms in the season, and, out of it, to dingy County Halls, whenever the Italians sing,--you, too, must help me with an analogy, and say,--can you not recall how, amid all that severe and stately music, some plaintive ballad, quaint madrigal, or hearty glee, refreshed your weary spirit, and won the sole encore?

a short musical composition with words

From this reading It was so, at all events, when last I went to an Operatic Meeting in the Halls of Crystal; and Alboni sang; and Giuglini sang; and of Inis and Icos good store; and we beat time, and “wasn't it delicious?”; but no song went home to our English hearts, roused us from our lethargic and drear gentility, and made us clap our English hands, save the song of “_The Hardy Norsemen_.”

the vital principle or animating force within living things

From this reading And you, my general readers, you, who, with that refinement of taste for which you are remarkable above all other readers, go to Concerts at the Hanover Square Rooms in the season, and, out of it, to dingy County Halls, whenever the Italians sing,--you, too, must help me with an analogy, and say,--can you not recall how, amid all that severe and stately music, some plaintive ballad, quaint madrigal, or hearty glee, refreshed your weary spirit, and won the sole encore?

make square

From this reading And you, my general readers, you, who, with that refinement of taste for which you are remarkable above all other readers, go to Concerts at the Hanover Square Rooms in the season, and, out of it, to dingy County Halls, whenever the Italians sing,--you, too, must help me with an analogy, and say,--can you not recall how, amid all that severe and stately music, some plaintive ballad, quaint madrigal, or hearty glee, refreshed your weary spirit, and won the sole encore?

impressive in appearance

From this reading And you, my general readers, you, who, with that refinement of taste for which you are remarkable above all other readers, go to Concerts at the Hanover Square Rooms in the season, and, out of it, to dingy County Halls, whenever the Italians sing,--you, too, must help me with an analogy, and say,--can you not recall how, amid all that severe and stately music, some plaintive ballad, quaint madrigal, or hearty glee, refreshed your weary spirit, and won the sole encore?

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From this reading And memory will suggest to you, more happily, more vividly, how, summoned by the butler, you at length came down from those amazing steeps, entered the drawing-room, found the pretty daughter; and, while papa chuckled in the distance, over a play of _Aristophanes_, easy to his apprehension as _Buckstone_ to ours, discoursed to her of the Commemoration Ball, and forgot _Minerva_ in the sunnier presence of _Aphrodiet_.

a mercantile establishment for the retail sale of goods or services

From this reading It was so, at all events, when last I went to an Operatic Meeting in the Halls of Crystal; and Alboni sang; and Giuglini sang; and of Inis and Icos good store; and we beat time, and “wasn't it delicious?”; but no song went home to our English hearts, roused us from our lethargic and drear gentility, and made us clap our English hands, save the song of “_The Hardy Norsemen_.”

being definitely out of the ordinary and unexpected; slightly odd or even a bit weird

From this reading Graduates and undergraduates (O my brothers, how gladly shall I meet you once again, when the long vacation is past!), did you ever dine, as I have dined, with an elderly Don, severe in deportment and of boundless lore, who happened to be at once the author of a great treatise on “_the Verbs in [Greek]_,” and (strange antithesis!) of a pretty daughter?

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From this reading If so, you will remember that hour of solemn converse, before the coffee was announced, when the grave Professor, broad of brow, took you, as it were, by the hand up the solemn heights of _Olympus_, and showed to you, awfully admiring, the grand sublimities of _Longinus_, the sombre valleys of _Parnassus_, and Philosophy's everlasting hills.

make a proposal, declare a plan for something

From this reading And memory will suggest to you, more happily, more vividly, how, summoned by the butler, you at length came down from those amazing steeps, entered the drawing-room, found the pretty daughter; and, while papa chuckled in the distance, over a play of _Aristophanes_, easy to his apprehension as _Buckstone_ to ours, discoursed to her of the Commemoration Ball, and forgot _Minerva_ in the sunnier presence of _Aphrodiet_.

past form of “summon” — call in an official matter, such as to attend court

From this reading And memory will suggest to you, more happily, more vividly, how, summoned by the butler, you at length came down from those amazing steeps, entered the drawing-room, found the pretty daughter; and, while papa chuckled in the distance, over a play of _Aristophanes_, easy to his apprehension as _Buckstone_ to ours, discoursed to her of the Commemoration Ball, and forgot _Minerva_ in the sunnier presence of _Aphrodiet_.

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From this reading And memory will suggest to you, more happily, more vividly, how, summoned by the butler, you at length came down from those amazing steeps, entered the drawing-room, found the pretty daughter; and, while papa chuckled in the distance, over a play of _Aristophanes_, easy to his apprehension as _Buckstone_ to ours, discoursed to her of the Commemoration Ball, and forgot _Minerva_ in the sunnier presence of _Aphrodiet_.

To perceive flavor through the mouth.

From this reading And you, my general readers, you, who, with that refinement of taste for which you are remarkable above all other readers, go to Concerts at the Hanover Square Rooms in the season, and, out of it, to dingy County Halls, whenever the Italians sing,--you, too, must help me with an analogy, and say,--can you not recall how, amid all that severe and stately music, some plaintive ballad, quaint madrigal, or hearty glee, refreshed your weary spirit, and won the sole encore?

used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt

From this reading If so, you will remember that hour of solemn converse, before the coffee was announced, when the grave Professor, broad of brow, took you, as it were, by the hand up the solemn heights of _Olympus_, and showed to you, awfully admiring, the grand sublimities of _Longinus_, the sombre valleys of _Parnassus_, and Philosophy's everlasting hills.

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

From this reading Graduates and undergraduates (O my brothers, how gladly shall I meet you once again, when the long vacation is past!), did you ever dine, as I have dined, with an elderly Don, severe in deportment and of boundless lore, who happened to be at once the author of a great treatise on “_the Verbs in [Greek]_,” and (strange antithesis!) of a pretty daughter?

the plural of “that”: the people or things further away, or already known

From this reading And memory will suggest to you, more happily, more vividly, how, summoned by the butler, you at length came down from those amazing steeps, entered the drawing-room, found the pretty daughter; and, while papa chuckled in the distance, over a play of _Aristophanes_, easy to his apprehension as _Buckstone_ to ours, discoursed to her of the Commemoration Ball, and forgot _Minerva_ in the sunnier presence of _Aphrodiet_.

an instance or single occasion for some event

From this reading It was so, at all events, when last I went to an Operatic Meeting in the Halls of Crystal; and Alboni sang; and Giuglini sang; and of Inis and Icos good store; and we beat time, and “wasn't it delicious?”; but no song went home to our English hearts, roused us from our lethargic and drear gentility, and made us clap our English hands, save the song of “_The Hardy Norsemen_.”

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

From this reading Graduates and undergraduates (O my brothers, how gladly shall I meet you once again, when the long vacation is past!), did you ever dine, as I have dined, with an elderly Don, severe in deportment and of boundless lore, who happened to be at once the author of a great treatise on “_the Verbs in [Greek]_,” and (strange antithesis!) of a pretty daughter?

to a degree exceeding normal or proper limits

From this reading And you, my general readers, you, who, with that refinement of taste for which you are remarkable above all other readers, go to Concerts at the Hanover Square Rooms in the season, and, out of it, to dingy County Halls, whenever the Italians sing,--you, too, must help me with an analogy, and say,--can you not recall how, amid all that severe and stately music, some plaintive ballad, quaint madrigal, or hearty glee, refreshed your weary spirit, and won the sole encore?

inflected form of “take” — carry out

From this reading If so, you will remember that hour of solemn converse, before the coffee was announced, when the grave Professor, broad of brow, took you, as it were, by the hand up the solemn heights of _Olympus_, and showed to you, awfully admiring, the grand sublimities of _Longinus_, the sombre valleys of _Parnassus_, and Philosophy's everlasting hills.

a formal exposition

From this reading Graduates and undergraduates (O my brothers, how gladly shall I meet you once again, when the long vacation is past!), did you ever dine, as I have dined, with an elderly Don, severe in deportment and of boundless lore, who happened to be at once the author of a great treatise on “_the Verbs in [Greek]_,” and (strange antithesis!) of a pretty daughter?

plural of “undergraduate” — a university student who has not yet received a first degree

From this reading Graduates and undergraduates (O my brothers, how gladly shall I meet you once again, when the long vacation is past!), did you ever dine, as I have dined, with an elderly Don, severe in deportment and of boundless lore, who happened to be at once the author of a great treatise on “_the Verbs in [Greek]_,” and (strange antithesis!) of a pretty daughter?

being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level

From this reading If so, you will remember that hour of solemn converse, before the coffee was announced, when the grave Professor, broad of brow, took you, as it were, by the hand up the solemn heights of _Olympus_, and showed to you, awfully admiring, the grand sublimities of _Longinus_, the sombre valleys of _Parnassus_, and Philosophy's everlasting hills.

the speaker and others, as the object of a verb or preposition

From this reading It was so, at all events, when last I went to an Operatic Meeting in the Halls of Crystal; and Alboni sang; and Giuglini sang; and of Inis and Icos good store; and we beat time, and “wasn't it delicious?”; but no song went home to our English hearts, roused us from our lethargic and drear gentility, and made us clap our English hands, save the song of “_The Hardy Norsemen_.”

leisure time away from work devoted to rest or pleasure

From this reading Graduates and undergraduates (O my brothers, how gladly shall I meet you once again, when the long vacation is past!), did you ever dine, as I have dined, with an elderly Don, severe in deportment and of boundless lore, who happened to be at once the author of a great treatise on “_the Verbs in [Greek]_,” and (strange antithesis!) of a pretty daughter?

plural of “valley” — a long depression in the surface of the land that usually contains a river

From this reading If so, you will remember that hour of solemn converse, before the coffee was announced, when the grave Professor, broad of brow, took you, as it were, by the hand up the solemn heights of _Olympus_, and showed to you, awfully admiring, the grand sublimities of _Longinus_, the sombre valleys of _Parnassus_, and Philosophy's everlasting hills.

plural of “verb” — the word class that serves as the predicate of a sentence

From this reading Graduates and undergraduates (O my brothers, how gladly shall I meet you once again, when the long vacation is past!), did you ever dine, as I have dined, with an elderly Don, severe in deportment and of boundless lore, who happened to be at once the author of a great treatise on “_the Verbs in [Greek]_,” and (strange antithesis!) of a pretty daughter?

in a vivid manner

From this reading And memory will suggest to you, more happily, more vividly, how, summoned by the butler, you at length came down from those amazing steeps, entered the drawing-room, found the pretty daughter; and, while papa chuckled in the distance, over a play of _Aristophanes_, easy to his apprehension as _Buckstone_ to ours, discoursed to her of the Commemoration Ball, and forgot _Minerva_ in the sunnier presence of _Aphrodiet_.

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

From this reading If so, you will remember that hour of solemn converse, before the coffee was announced, when the grave Professor, broad of brow, took you, as it were, by the hand up the solemn heights of _Olympus_, and showed to you, awfully admiring, the grand sublimities of _Longinus_, the sombre valleys of _Parnassus_, and Philosophy's everlasting hills.

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From this reading It was so, at all events, when last I went to an Operatic Meeting in the Halls of Crystal; and Alboni sang; and Giuglini sang; and of Inis and Icos good store; and we beat time, and “wasn't it delicious?”; but no song went home to our English hearts, roused us from our lethargic and drear gentility, and made us clap our English hands, save the song of “_The Hardy Norsemen_.”

the speaker together with one or more other people

From this reading It was so, at all events, when last I went to an Operatic Meeting in the Halls of Crystal; and Alboni sang; and Giuglini sang; and of Inis and Icos good store; and we beat time, and “wasn't it delicious?”; but no song went home to our English hearts, roused us from our lethargic and drear gentility, and made us clap our English hands, save the song of “_The Hardy Norsemen_.”

exhaust or get tired through overuse or great strain or stress

From this reading And you, my general readers, you, who, with that refinement of taste for which you are remarkable above all other readers, go to Concerts at the Hanover Square Rooms in the season, and, out of it, to dingy County Halls, whenever the Italians sing,--you, too, must help me with an analogy, and say,--can you not recall how, amid all that severe and stately music, some plaintive ballad, quaint madrigal, or hearty glee, refreshed your weary spirit, and won the sole encore?

inflected form of “go” — change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically

From this reading It was so, at all events, when last I went to an Operatic Meeting in the Halls of Crystal; and Alboni sang; and Giuglini sang; and of Inis and Icos good store; and we beat time, and “wasn't it delicious?”; but no song went home to our English hearts, roused us from our lethargic and drear gentility, and made us clap our English hands, save the song of “_The Hardy Norsemen_.”

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

From this reading If so, you will remember that hour of solemn converse, before the coffee was announced, when the grave Professor, broad of brow, took you, as it were, by the hand up the solemn heights of _Olympus_, and showed to you, awfully admiring, the grand sublimities of _Longinus_, the sombre valleys of _Parnassus_, and Philosophy's everlasting hills.

at the time that

From this reading Graduates and undergraduates (O my brothers, how gladly shall I meet you once again, when the long vacation is past!), did you ever dine, as I have dined, with an elderly Don, severe in deportment and of boundless lore, who happened to be at once the author of a great treatise on “_the Verbs in [Greek]_,” and (strange antithesis!) of a pretty daughter?

at any time that; every time that

From this reading And you, my general readers, you, who, with that refinement of taste for which you are remarkable above all other readers, go to Concerts at the Hanover Square Rooms in the season, and, out of it, to dingy County Halls, whenever the Italians sing,--you, too, must help me with an analogy, and say,--can you not recall how, amid all that severe and stately music, some plaintive ballad, quaint madrigal, or hearty glee, refreshed your weary spirit, and won the sole encore?

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

From this reading And you, my general readers, you, who, with that refinement of taste for which you are remarkable above all other readers, go to Concerts at the Hanover Square Rooms in the season, and, out of it, to dingy County Halls, whenever the Italians sing,--you, too, must help me with an analogy, and say,--can you not recall how, amid all that severe and stately music, some plaintive ballad, quaint madrigal, or hearty glee, refreshed your weary spirit, and won the sole encore?

during the time that

From this reading And memory will suggest to you, more happily, more vividly, how, summoned by the butler, you at length came down from those amazing steeps, entered the drawing-room, found the pretty daughter; and, while papa chuckled in the distance, over a play of _Aristophanes_, easy to his apprehension as _Buckstone_ to ours, discoursed to her of the Commemoration Ball, and forgot _Minerva_ in the sunnier presence of _Aphrodiet_.

which person or people

From this reading Graduates and undergraduates (O my brothers, how gladly shall I meet you once again, when the long vacation is past!), did you ever dine, as I have dined, with an elderly Don, severe in deportment and of boundless lore, who happened to be at once the author of a great treatise on “_the Verbs in [Greek]_,” and (strange antithesis!) of a pretty daughter?

used to talk about the future, or about willingness

From this reading If so, you will remember that hour of solemn converse, before the coffee was announced, when the grave Professor, broad of brow, took you, as it were, by the hand up the solemn heights of _Olympus_, and showed to you, awfully admiring, the grand sublimities of _Longinus_, the sombre valleys of _Parnassus_, and Philosophy's everlasting hills.

in the company of; together with

From this reading Graduates and undergraduates (O my brothers, how gladly shall I meet you once again, when the long vacation is past!), did you ever dine, as I have dined, with an elderly Don, severe in deportment and of boundless lore, who happened to be at once the author of a great treatise on “_the Verbs in [Greek]_,” and (strange antithesis!) of a pretty daughter?

the basic unit of money in South Korea

From this reading And you, my general readers, you, who, with that refinement of taste for which you are remarkable above all other readers, go to Concerts at the Hanover Square Rooms in the season, and, out of it, to dingy County Halls, whenever the Italians sing,--you, too, must help me with an analogy, and say,--can you not recall how, amid all that severe and stately music, some plaintive ballad, quaint madrigal, or hearty glee, refreshed your weary spirit, and won the sole encore?

the person or people being spoken to

From this reading Graduates and undergraduates (O my brothers, how gladly shall I meet you once again, when the long vacation is past!), did you ever dine, as I have dined, with an elderly Don, severe in deportment and of boundless lore, who happened to be at once the author of a great treatise on “_the Verbs in [Greek]_,” and (strange antithesis!) of a pretty daughter?

belonging to the person or people being spoken to

From this reading And you, my general readers, you, who, with that refinement of taste for which you are remarkable above all other readers, go to Concerts at the Hanover Square Rooms in the season, and, out of it, to dingy County Halls, whenever the Italians sing,--you, too, must help me with an analogy, and say,--can you not recall how, amid all that severe and stately music, some plaintive ballad, quaint madrigal, or hearty glee, refreshed your weary spirit, and won the sole encore?