Chapter II · Chapter 2

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

From this reading —Good God! how a man might lead such a creature as this round the world with him!— I had not yet seen her face—’twas not material: for the drawing was instantly set about, and long before we had got to the door of the Remise, _Fancy_ had finished the whole head, and pleased herself as much with its fitting her goddess, as if she had dived into the Tiber for it;—but thou art a seduced, and a seducing slut; and albeit thou cheatest us seven times a day with thy pictures and images, yet with so many charms dost thou do it, and thou deckest out thy pictures in the shapes of so many angels of light, ’tis a shame to break with thee.

on the subject of; concerning

From this reading —Good God! how a man might lead such a creature as this round the world with him!— I had not yet seen her face—’twas not material: for the drawing was instantly set about, and long before we had got to the door of the Remise, _Fancy_ had finished the whole head, and pleased herself as much with its fitting her goddess, as if she had dived into the Tiber for it;—but thou art a seduced, and a seducing slut; and albeit thou cheatest us seven times a day with thy pictures and images, yet with so many charms dost thou do it, and thou deckest out thy pictures in the shapes of so many angels of light, ’tis a shame to break with thee.

completely and without qualification; used informally as intensifiers

From this reading Such were my temptations;—and in this disposition to give way to them, was I left alone with the lady with her hand in mine, and with our faces both turned closer to the door of the Remise than what was absolutely necessary.

from one side of something to the other

From this reading When we had got to the door of the Remise, she withdrew her hand from across her forehead, and let me see the original:—it was a face of about six-and-twenty,—of a clear transparent brown, simply set off without rouge or powder;—it was not critically handsome, but there was that in it, which, in the frame of mind I was in, attached me much more to it,—it was interesting: I fancied it wore the characters of a widow’d look, and in that state of its declension, which had passed the two first paroxysms of sorrow, and was quietly beginning to reconcile itself to its loss;—but a thousand other distresses might have traced the same lines; I wish’d to know what they had been—and was ready to inquire, (had the same _bon ton_ of conversation permitted, as in the days of Esdras)—“_What aileth thee_?

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From this reading When we had got to the door of the Remise, she withdrew her hand from across her forehead, and let me see the original:—it was a face of about six-and-twenty,—of a clear transparent brown, simply set off without rouge or powder;—it was not critically handsome, but there was that in it, which, in the frame of mind I was in, attached me much more to it,—it was interesting: I fancied it wore the characters of a widow’d look, and in that state of its declension, which had passed the two first paroxysms of sorrow, and was quietly beginning to reconcile itself to its loss;—but a thousand other distresses might have traced the same lines; I wish’d to know what they had been—and was ready to inquire, (had the same _bon ton_ of conversation permitted, as in the days of Esdras)—“_What aileth thee_?

although

From this reading —Good God! how a man might lead such a creature as this round the world with him!— I had not yet seen her face—’twas not material: for the drawing was instantly set about, and long before we had got to the door of the Remise, _Fancy_ had finished the whole head, and pleased herself as much with its fitting her goddess, as if she had dived into the Tiber for it;—but thou art a seduced, and a seducing slut; and albeit thou cheatest us seven times a day with thy pictures and images, yet with so many charms dost thou do it, and thou deckest out thy pictures in the shapes of so many angels of light, ’tis a shame to break with thee.

Having no one else present.

From this reading Such were my temptations;—and in this disposition to give way to them, was I left alone with the lady with her hand in mine, and with our faces both turned closer to the door of the Remise than what was absolutely necessary.

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

From this reading —Good God! how a man might lead such a creature as this round the world with him!— I had not yet seen her face—’twas not material: for the drawing was instantly set about, and long before we had got to the door of the Remise, _Fancy_ had finished the whole head, and pleased herself as much with its fitting her goddess, as if she had dived into the Tiber for it;—but thou art a seduced, and a seducing slut; and albeit thou cheatest us seven times a day with thy pictures and images, yet with so many charms dost thou do it, and thou deckest out thy pictures in the shapes of so many angels of light, ’tis a shame to break with thee.

plural of “angel” — spiritual being attendant upon God

From this reading —Good God! how a man might lead such a creature as this round the world with him!— I had not yet seen her face—’twas not material: for the drawing was instantly set about, and long before we had got to the door of the Remise, _Fancy_ had finished the whole head, and pleased herself as much with its fitting her goddess, as if she had dived into the Tiber for it;—but thou art a seduced, and a seducing slut; and albeit thou cheatest us seven times a day with thy pictures and images, yet with so many charms dost thou do it, and thou deckest out thy pictures in the shapes of so many angels of light, ’tis a shame to break with thee.

an old form of “are”, used with “thou”

From this reading —Good God! how a man might lead such a creature as this round the world with him!— I had not yet seen her face—’twas not material: for the drawing was instantly set about, and long before we had got to the door of the Remise, _Fancy_ had finished the whole head, and pleased herself as much with its fitting her goddess, as if she had dived into the Tiber for it;—but thou art a seduced, and a seducing slut; and albeit thou cheatest us seven times a day with thy pictures and images, yet with so many charms dost thou do it, and thou deckest out thy pictures in the shapes of so many angels of light, ’tis a shame to break with thee.

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

From this reading —Good God! how a man might lead such a creature as this round the world with him!— I had not yet seen her face—’twas not material: for the drawing was instantly set about, and long before we had got to the door of the Remise, _Fancy_ had finished the whole head, and pleased herself as much with its fitting her goddess, as if she had dived into the Tiber for it;—but thou art a seduced, and a seducing slut; and albeit thou cheatest us seven times a day with thy pictures and images, yet with so many charms dost thou do it, and thou deckest out thy pictures in the shapes of so many angels of light, ’tis a shame to break with thee.

being joined in close association

From this reading When we had got to the door of the Remise, she withdrew her hand from across her forehead, and let me see the original:—it was a face of about six-and-twenty,—of a clear transparent brown, simply set off without rouge or powder;—it was not critically handsome, but there was that in it, which, in the frame of mind I was in, attached me much more to it,—it was interesting: I fancied it wore the characters of a widow’d look, and in that state of its declension, which had passed the two first paroxysms of sorrow, and was quietly beginning to reconcile itself to its loss;—but a thousand other distresses might have traced the same lines; I wish’d to know what they had been—and was ready to inquire, (had the same _bon ton_ of conversation permitted, as in the days of Esdras)—“_What aileth thee_?

the past participle of “be”

From this reading When we had got to the door of the Remise, she withdrew her hand from across her forehead, and let me see the original:—it was a face of about six-and-twenty,—of a clear transparent brown, simply set off without rouge or powder;—it was not critically handsome, but there was that in it, which, in the frame of mind I was in, attached me much more to it,—it was interesting: I fancied it wore the characters of a widow’d look, and in that state of its declension, which had passed the two first paroxysms of sorrow, and was quietly beginning to reconcile itself to its loss;—but a thousand other distresses might have traced the same lines; I wish’d to know what they had been—and was ready to inquire, (had the same _bon ton_ of conversation permitted, as in the days of Esdras)—“_What aileth thee_?

earlier than; in front of

From this reading —Good God! how a man might lead such a creature as this round the world with him!— I had not yet seen her face—’twas not material: for the drawing was instantly set about, and long before we had got to the door of the Remise, _Fancy_ had finished the whole head, and pleased herself as much with its fitting her goddess, as if she had dived into the Tiber for it;—but thou art a seduced, and a seducing slut; and albeit thou cheatest us seven times a day with thy pictures and images, yet with so many charms dost thou do it, and thou deckest out thy pictures in the shapes of so many angels of light, ’tis a shame to break with thee.

the event consisting of the start of something

From this reading When we had got to the door of the Remise, she withdrew her hand from across her forehead, and let me see the original:—it was a face of about six-and-twenty,—of a clear transparent brown, simply set off without rouge or powder;—it was not critically handsome, but there was that in it, which, in the frame of mind I was in, attached me much more to it,—it was interesting: I fancied it wore the characters of a widow’d look, and in that state of its declension, which had passed the two first paroxysms of sorrow, and was quietly beginning to reconcile itself to its loss;—but a thousand other distresses might have traced the same lines; I wish’d to know what they had been—and was ready to inquire, (had the same _bon ton_ of conversation permitted, as in the days of Esdras)—“_What aileth thee_?

The quality of being well meaning; kindness and generosity. (Lòng nhân ái, sự nhân từ độ lượng.)

From this reading _and why is thy understanding troubled_?”—In a word, I felt benevolence for her; and resolv’d some way or other to throw in my mite of courtesy,—if not of service.

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From this reading When we had got to the door of the Remise, she withdrew her hand from across her forehead, and let me see the original:—it was a face of about six-and-twenty,—of a clear transparent brown, simply set off without rouge or powder;—it was not critically handsome, but there was that in it, which, in the frame of mind I was in, attached me much more to it,—it was interesting: I fancied it wore the characters of a widow’d look, and in that state of its declension, which had passed the two first paroxysms of sorrow, and was quietly beginning to reconcile itself to its loss;—but a thousand other distresses might have traced the same lines; I wish’d to know what they had been—and was ready to inquire, (had the same _bon ton_ of conversation permitted, as in the days of Esdras)—“_What aileth thee_?

the two together, not just one

From this reading Such were my temptations;—and in this disposition to give way to them, was I left alone with the lady with her hand in mine, and with our faces both turned closer to the door of the Remise than what was absolutely necessary.

terminate

From this reading —Good God! how a man might lead such a creature as this round the world with him!— I had not yet seen her face—’twas not material: for the drawing was instantly set about, and long before we had got to the door of the Remise, _Fancy_ had finished the whole head, and pleased herself as much with its fitting her goddess, as if she had dived into the Tiber for it;—but thou art a seduced, and a seducing slut; and albeit thou cheatest us seven times a day with thy pictures and images, yet with so many charms dost thou do it, and thou deckest out thy pictures in the shapes of so many angels of light, ’tis a shame to break with thee.

an orange of low brightness and saturation

From this reading When we had got to the door of the Remise, she withdrew her hand from across her forehead, and let me see the original:—it was a face of about six-and-twenty,—of a clear transparent brown, simply set off without rouge or powder;—it was not critically handsome, but there was that in it, which, in the frame of mind I was in, attached me much more to it,—it was interesting: I fancied it wore the characters of a widow’d look, and in that state of its declension, which had passed the two first paroxysms of sorrow, and was quietly beginning to reconcile itself to its loss;—but a thousand other distresses might have traced the same lines; I wish’d to know what they had been—and was ready to inquire, (had the same _bon ton_ of conversation permitted, as in the days of Esdras)—“_What aileth thee_?

used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before

From this reading —Good God! how a man might lead such a creature as this round the world with him!— I had not yet seen her face—’twas not material: for the drawing was instantly set about, and long before we had got to the door of the Remise, _Fancy_ had finished the whole head, and pleased herself as much with its fitting her goddess, as if she had dived into the Tiber for it;—but thou art a seduced, and a seducing slut; and albeit thou cheatest us seven times a day with thy pictures and images, yet with so many charms dost thou do it, and thou deckest out thy pictures in the shapes of so many angels of light, ’tis a shame to break with thee.

plural of “character” — an imaginary person represented in a work of fiction (play or film or story)

From this reading When we had got to the door of the Remise, she withdrew her hand from across her forehead, and let me see the original:—it was a face of about six-and-twenty,—of a clear transparent brown, simply set off without rouge or powder;—it was not critically handsome, but there was that in it, which, in the frame of mind I was in, attached me much more to it,—it was interesting: I fancied it wore the characters of a widow’d look, and in that state of its declension, which had passed the two first paroxysms of sorrow, and was quietly beginning to reconcile itself to its loss;—but a thousand other distresses might have traced the same lines; I wish’d to know what they had been—and was ready to inquire, (had the same _bon ton_ of conversation permitted, as in the days of Esdras)—“_What aileth thee_?

plural of “charm” — attractiveness that interests or pleases or stimulates

From this reading —Good God! how a man might lead such a creature as this round the world with him!— I had not yet seen her face—’twas not material: for the drawing was instantly set about, and long before we had got to the door of the Remise, _Fancy_ had finished the whole head, and pleased herself as much with its fitting her goddess, as if she had dived into the Tiber for it;—but thou art a seduced, and a seducing slut; and albeit thou cheatest us seven times a day with thy pictures and images, yet with so many charms dost thou do it, and thou deckest out thy pictures in the shapes of so many angels of light, ’tis a shame to break with thee.

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From this reading —Good God! how a man might lead such a creature as this round the world with him!— I had not yet seen her face—’twas not material: for the drawing was instantly set about, and long before we had got to the door of the Remise, _Fancy_ had finished the whole head, and pleased herself as much with its fitting her goddess, as if she had dived into the Tiber for it;—but thou art a seduced, and a seducing slut; and albeit thou cheatest us seven times a day with thy pictures and images, yet with so many charms dost thou do it, and thou deckest out thy pictures in the shapes of so many angels of light, ’tis a shame to break with thee.

rid of obstructions

From this reading When we had got to the door of the Remise, she withdrew her hand from across her forehead, and let me see the original:—it was a face of about six-and-twenty,—of a clear transparent brown, simply set off without rouge or powder;—it was not critically handsome, but there was that in it, which, in the frame of mind I was in, attached me much more to it,—it was interesting: I fancied it wore the characters of a widow’d look, and in that state of its declension, which had passed the two first paroxysms of sorrow, and was quietly beginning to reconcile itself to its loss;—but a thousand other distresses might have traced the same lines; I wish’d to know what they had been—and was ready to inquire, (had the same _bon ton_ of conversation permitted, as in the days of Esdras)—“_What aileth thee_?

(comparative of “near” or “close”) within a shorter distance

From this reading Such were my temptations;—and in this disposition to give way to them, was I left alone with the lady with her hand in mine, and with our faces both turned closer to the door of the Remise than what was absolutely necessary.

the use of speech for informal exchange of views or ideas or information etc.

From this reading When we had got to the door of the Remise, she withdrew her hand from across her forehead, and let me see the original:—it was a face of about six-and-twenty,—of a clear transparent brown, simply set off without rouge or powder;—it was not critically handsome, but there was that in it, which, in the frame of mind I was in, attached me much more to it,—it was interesting: I fancied it wore the characters of a widow’d look, and in that state of its declension, which had passed the two first paroxysms of sorrow, and was quietly beginning to reconcile itself to its loss;—but a thousand other distresses might have traced the same lines; I wish’d to know what they had been—and was ready to inquire, (had the same _bon ton_ of conversation permitted, as in the days of Esdras)—“_What aileth thee_?

a courteous or respectful or considerate act

From this reading _and why is thy understanding troubled_?”—In a word, I felt benevolence for her; and resolv’d some way or other to throw in my mite of courtesy,—if not of service.

a living organism characterized by voluntary movement

From this reading —Good God! how a man might lead such a creature as this round the world with him!— I had not yet seen her face—’twas not material: for the drawing was instantly set about, and long before we had got to the door of the Remise, _Fancy_ had finished the whole head, and pleased herself as much with its fitting her goddess, as if she had dived into the Tiber for it;—but thou art a seduced, and a seducing slut; and albeit thou cheatest us seven times a day with thy pictures and images, yet with so many charms dost thou do it, and thou deckest out thy pictures in the shapes of so many angels of light, ’tis a shame to break with thee.

in a critical manner

From this reading When we had got to the door of the Remise, she withdrew her hand from across her forehead, and let me see the original:—it was a face of about six-and-twenty,—of a clear transparent brown, simply set off without rouge or powder;—it was not critically handsome, but there was that in it, which, in the frame of mind I was in, attached me much more to it,—it was interesting: I fancied it wore the characters of a widow’d look, and in that state of its declension, which had passed the two first paroxysms of sorrow, and was quietly beginning to reconcile itself to its loss;—but a thousand other distresses might have traced the same lines; I wish’d to know what they had been—and was ready to inquire, (had the same _bon ton_ of conversation permitted, as in the days of Esdras)—“_What aileth thee_?

time for Earth to make a complete rotation on its axis

From this reading —Good God! how a man might lead such a creature as this round the world with him!— I had not yet seen her face—’twas not material: for the drawing was instantly set about, and long before we had got to the door of the Remise, _Fancy_ had finished the whole head, and pleased herself as much with its fitting her goddess, as if she had dived into the Tiber for it;—but thou art a seduced, and a seducing slut; and albeit thou cheatest us seven times a day with thy pictures and images, yet with so many charms dost thou do it, and thou deckest out thy pictures in the shapes of so many angels of light, ’tis a shame to break with thee.

the time during which someone's life continues

From this reading When we had got to the door of the Remise, she withdrew her hand from across her forehead, and let me see the original:—it was a face of about six-and-twenty,—of a clear transparent brown, simply set off without rouge or powder;—it was not critically handsome, but there was that in it, which, in the frame of mind I was in, attached me much more to it,—it was interesting: I fancied it wore the characters of a widow’d look, and in that state of its declension, which had passed the two first paroxysms of sorrow, and was quietly beginning to reconcile itself to its loss;—but a thousand other distresses might have traced the same lines; I wish’d to know what they had been—and was ready to inquire, (had the same _bon ton_ of conversation permitted, as in the days of Esdras)—“_What aileth thee_?

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

From this reading —Good God! how a man might lead such a creature as this round the world with him!— I had not yet seen her face—’twas not material: for the drawing was instantly set about, and long before we had got to the door of the Remise, _Fancy_ had finished the whole head, and pleased herself as much with its fitting her goddess, as if she had dived into the Tiber for it;—but thou art a seduced, and a seducing slut; and albeit thou cheatest us seven times a day with thy pictures and images, yet with so many charms dost thou do it, and thou deckest out thy pictures in the shapes of so many angels of light, ’tis a shame to break with thee.

the inflection of nouns and pronouns and adjectives in Indo-European languages

From this reading When we had got to the door of the Remise, she withdrew her hand from across her forehead, and let me see the original:—it was a face of about six-and-twenty,—of a clear transparent brown, simply set off without rouge or powder;—it was not critically handsome, but there was that in it, which, in the frame of mind I was in, attached me much more to it,—it was interesting: I fancied it wore the characters of a widow’d look, and in that state of its declension, which had passed the two first paroxysms of sorrow, and was quietly beginning to reconcile itself to its loss;—but a thousand other distresses might have traced the same lines; I wish’d to know what they had been—and was ready to inquire, (had the same _bon ton_ of conversation permitted, as in the days of Esdras)—“_What aileth thee_?

your usual mood

From this reading Such were my temptations;—and in this disposition to give way to them, was I left alone with the lady with her hand in mine, and with our faces both turned closer to the door of the Remise than what was absolutely necessary.

afflicted with or marked by anxious uneasiness or trouble or grief

From this reading _and why art thou disquieted_?

plural of “distress” — psychological suffering

From this reading When we had got to the door of the Remise, she withdrew her hand from across her forehead, and let me see the original:—it was a face of about six-and-twenty,—of a clear transparent brown, simply set off without rouge or powder;—it was not critically handsome, but there was that in it, which, in the frame of mind I was in, attached me much more to it,—it was interesting: I fancied it wore the characters of a widow’d look, and in that state of its declension, which had passed the two first paroxysms of sorrow, and was quietly beginning to reconcile itself to its loss;—but a thousand other distresses might have traced the same lines; I wish’d to know what they had been—and was ready to inquire, (had the same _bon ton_ of conversation permitted, as in the days of Esdras)—“_What aileth thee_?

past form of “dive” — drop steeply

From this reading —Good God! how a man might lead such a creature as this round the world with him!— I had not yet seen her face—’twas not material: for the drawing was instantly set about, and long before we had got to the door of the Remise, _Fancy_ had finished the whole head, and pleased herself as much with its fitting her goddess, as if she had dived into the Tiber for it;—but thou art a seduced, and a seducing slut; and albeit thou cheatest us seven times a day with thy pictures and images, yet with so many charms dost thou do it, and thou deckest out thy pictures in the shapes of so many angels of light, ’tis a shame to break with thee.

used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis

From this reading —Good God! how a man might lead such a creature as this round the world with him!— I had not yet seen her face—’twas not material: for the drawing was instantly set about, and long before we had got to the door of the Remise, _Fancy_ had finished the whole head, and pleased herself as much with its fitting her goddess, as if she had dived into the Tiber for it;—but thou art a seduced, and a seducing slut; and albeit thou cheatest us seven times a day with thy pictures and images, yet with so many charms dost thou do it, and thou deckest out thy pictures in the shapes of so many angels of light, ’tis a shame to break with thee.

a swinging or sliding barrier that will close the entrance to a room or building or vehicle

From this reading —Good God! how a man might lead such a creature as this round the world with him!— I had not yet seen her face—’twas not material: for the drawing was instantly set about, and long before we had got to the door of the Remise, _Fancy_ had finished the whole head, and pleased herself as much with its fitting her goddess, as if she had dived into the Tiber for it;—but thou art a seduced, and a seducing slut; and albeit thou cheatest us seven times a day with thy pictures and images, yet with so many charms dost thou do it, and thou deckest out thy pictures in the shapes of so many angels of light, ’tis a shame to break with thee.

an old form of “do”, used with “thou”

From this reading —Good God! how a man might lead such a creature as this round the world with him!— I had not yet seen her face—’twas not material: for the drawing was instantly set about, and long before we had got to the door of the Remise, _Fancy_ had finished the whole head, and pleased herself as much with its fitting her goddess, as if she had dived into the Tiber for it;—but thou art a seduced, and a seducing slut; and albeit thou cheatest us seven times a day with thy pictures and images, yet with so many charms dost thou do it, and thou deckest out thy pictures in the shapes of so many angels of light, ’tis a shame to break with thee.

an illustration that is drawn by hand and published in a book, magazine, or newspaper

From this reading —Good God! how a man might lead such a creature as this round the world with him!— I had not yet seen her face—’twas not material: for the drawing was instantly set about, and long before we had got to the door of the Remise, _Fancy_ had finished the whole head, and pleased herself as much with its fitting her goddess, as if she had dived into the Tiber for it;—but thou art a seduced, and a seducing slut; and albeit thou cheatest us seven times a day with thy pictures and images, yet with so many charms dost thou do it, and thou deckest out thy pictures in the shapes of so many angels of light, ’tis a shame to break with thee.

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

From this reading When we had got to the door of the Remise, she withdrew her hand from across her forehead, and let me see the original:—it was a face of about six-and-twenty,—of a clear transparent brown, simply set off without rouge or powder;—it was not critically handsome, but there was that in it, which, in the frame of mind I was in, attached me much more to it,—it was interesting: I fancied it wore the characters of a widow’d look, and in that state of its declension, which had passed the two first paroxysms of sorrow, and was quietly beginning to reconcile itself to its loss;—but a thousand other distresses might have traced the same lines; I wish’d to know what they had been—and was ready to inquire, (had the same _bon ton_ of conversation permitted, as in the days of Esdras)—“_What aileth thee_?

the front of the human head from the forehead to the chin and ear to ear

From this reading —Good God! how a man might lead such a creature as this round the world with him!— I had not yet seen her face—’twas not material: for the drawing was instantly set about, and long before we had got to the door of the Remise, _Fancy_ had finished the whole head, and pleased herself as much with its fitting her goddess, as if she had dived into the Tiber for it;—but thou art a seduced, and a seducing slut; and albeit thou cheatest us seven times a day with thy pictures and images, yet with so many charms dost thou do it, and thou deckest out thy pictures in the shapes of so many angels of light, ’tis a shame to break with thee.

plural of “face” — the front of the human head from the forehead to the chin and ear to ear

From this reading Such were my temptations;—and in this disposition to give way to them, was I left alone with the lady with her hand in mine, and with our faces both turned closer to the door of the Remise than what was absolutely necessary.

formed or conceived by the imagination

From this reading When we had got to the door of the Remise, she withdrew her hand from across her forehead, and let me see the original:—it was a face of about six-and-twenty,—of a clear transparent brown, simply set off without rouge or powder;—it was not critically handsome, but there was that in it, which, in the frame of mind I was in, attached me much more to it,—it was interesting: I fancied it wore the characters of a widow’d look, and in that state of its declension, which had passed the two first paroxysms of sorrow, and was quietly beginning to reconcile itself to its loss;—but a thousand other distresses might have traced the same lines; I wish’d to know what they had been—and was ready to inquire, (had the same _bon ton_ of conversation permitted, as in the days of Esdras)—“_What aileth thee_?

something many people believe that is false

From this reading —Good God! how a man might lead such a creature as this round the world with him!— I had not yet seen her face—’twas not material: for the drawing was instantly set about, and long before we had got to the door of the Remise, _Fancy_ had finished the whole head, and pleased herself as much with its fitting her goddess, as if she had dived into the Tiber for it;—but thou art a seduced, and a seducing slut; and albeit thou cheatest us seven times a day with thy pictures and images, yet with so many charms dost thou do it, and thou deckest out thy pictures in the shapes of so many angels of light, ’tis a shame to break with thee.

mat together and make felt-like

From this reading _and why is thy understanding troubled_?”—In a word, I felt benevolence for her; and resolv’d some way or other to throw in my mite of courtesy,—if not of service.

(of materials or goods) brought to the desired final state

From this reading —Good God! how a man might lead such a creature as this round the world with him!— I had not yet seen her face—’twas not material: for the drawing was instantly set about, and long before we had got to the door of the Remise, _Fancy_ had finished the whole head, and pleased herself as much with its fitting her goddess, as if she had dived into the Tiber for it;—but thou art a seduced, and a seducing slut; and albeit thou cheatest us seven times a day with thy pictures and images, yet with so many charms dost thou do it, and thou deckest out thy pictures in the shapes of so many angels of light, ’tis a shame to break with thee.

preceding all others in time or space or degree

From this reading When we had got to the door of the Remise, she withdrew her hand from across her forehead, and let me see the original:—it was a face of about six-and-twenty,—of a clear transparent brown, simply set off without rouge or powder;—it was not critically handsome, but there was that in it, which, in the frame of mind I was in, attached me much more to it,—it was interesting: I fancied it wore the characters of a widow’d look, and in that state of its declension, which had passed the two first paroxysms of sorrow, and was quietly beginning to reconcile itself to its loss;—but a thousand other distresses might have traced the same lines; I wish’d to know what they had been—and was ready to inquire, (had the same _bon ton_ of conversation permitted, as in the days of Esdras)—“_What aileth thee_?

in harmony with the spirit of particular persons or occasion

From this reading —Good God! how a man might lead such a creature as this round the world with him!— I had not yet seen her face—’twas not material: for the drawing was instantly set about, and long before we had got to the door of the Remise, _Fancy_ had finished the whole head, and pleased herself as much with its fitting her goddess, as if she had dived into the Tiber for it;—but thou art a seduced, and a seducing slut; and albeit thou cheatest us seven times a day with thy pictures and images, yet with so many charms dost thou do it, and thou deckest out thy pictures in the shapes of so many angels of light, ’tis a shame to break with thee.

intended to be given to, or used by, somebody

From this reading —Good God! how a man might lead such a creature as this round the world with him!— I had not yet seen her face—’twas not material: for the drawing was instantly set about, and long before we had got to the door of the Remise, _Fancy_ had finished the whole head, and pleased herself as much with its fitting her goddess, as if she had dived into the Tiber for it;—but thou art a seduced, and a seducing slut; and albeit thou cheatest us seven times a day with thy pictures and images, yet with so many charms dost thou do it, and thou deckest out thy pictures in the shapes of so many angels of light, ’tis a shame to break with thee.

the part of the face above the eyes

From this reading When we had got to the door of the Remise, she withdrew her hand from across her forehead, and let me see the original:—it was a face of about six-and-twenty,—of a clear transparent brown, simply set off without rouge or powder;—it was not critically handsome, but there was that in it, which, in the frame of mind I was in, attached me much more to it,—it was interesting: I fancied it wore the characters of a widow’d look, and in that state of its declension, which had passed the two first paroxysms of sorrow, and was quietly beginning to reconcile itself to its loss;—but a thousand other distresses might have traced the same lines; I wish’d to know what they had been—and was ready to inquire, (had the same _bon ton_ of conversation permitted, as in the days of Esdras)—“_What aileth thee_?

enclose in or as if in a frame

From this reading When we had got to the door of the Remise, she withdrew her hand from across her forehead, and let me see the original:—it was a face of about six-and-twenty,—of a clear transparent brown, simply set off without rouge or powder;—it was not critically handsome, but there was that in it, which, in the frame of mind I was in, attached me much more to it,—it was interesting: I fancied it wore the characters of a widow’d look, and in that state of its declension, which had passed the two first paroxysms of sorrow, and was quietly beginning to reconcile itself to its loss;—but a thousand other distresses might have traced the same lines; I wish’d to know what they had been—and was ready to inquire, (had the same _bon ton_ of conversation permitted, as in the days of Esdras)—“_What aileth thee_?

showing where something starts, or who sent it

From this reading When we had got to the door of the Remise, she withdrew her hand from across her forehead, and let me see the original:—it was a face of about six-and-twenty,—of a clear transparent brown, simply set off without rouge or powder;—it was not critically handsome, but there was that in it, which, in the frame of mind I was in, attached me much more to it,—it was interesting: I fancied it wore the characters of a widow’d look, and in that state of its declension, which had passed the two first paroxysms of sorrow, and was quietly beginning to reconcile itself to its loss;—but a thousand other distresses might have traced the same lines; I wish’d to know what they had been—and was ready to inquire, (had the same _bon ton_ of conversation permitted, as in the days of Esdras)—“_What aileth thee_?

cause to have, in the abstract sense or physical sense

From this reading Such were my temptations;—and in this disposition to give way to them, was I left alone with the lady with her hand in mine, and with our faces both turned closer to the door of the Remise than what was absolutely necessary.

the supernatural being conceived as the perfect and omnipotent and omniscient originator and ruler of the universe; the object of worship in monotheistic religions

From this reading —Good God! how a man might lead such a creature as this round the world with him!— I had not yet seen her face—’twas not material: for the drawing was instantly set about, and long before we had got to the door of the Remise, _Fancy_ had finished the whole head, and pleased herself as much with its fitting her goddess, as if she had dived into the Tiber for it;—but thou art a seduced, and a seducing slut; and albeit thou cheatest us seven times a day with thy pictures and images, yet with so many charms dost thou do it, and thou deckest out thy pictures in the shapes of so many angels of light, ’tis a shame to break with thee.

a female deity

From this reading —Good God! how a man might lead such a creature as this round the world with him!— I had not yet seen her face—’twas not material: for the drawing was instantly set about, and long before we had got to the door of the Remise, _Fancy_ had finished the whole head, and pleased herself as much with its fitting her goddess, as if she had dived into the Tiber for it;—but thou art a seduced, and a seducing slut; and albeit thou cheatest us seven times a day with thy pictures and images, yet with so many charms dost thou do it, and thou deckest out thy pictures in the shapes of so many angels of light, ’tis a shame to break with thee.

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

From this reading —Good God! how a man might lead such a creature as this round the world with him!— I had not yet seen her face—’twas not material: for the drawing was instantly set about, and long before we had got to the door of the Remise, _Fancy_ had finished the whole head, and pleased herself as much with its fitting her goddess, as if she had dived into the Tiber for it;—but thou art a seduced, and a seducing slut; and albeit thou cheatest us seven times a day with thy pictures and images, yet with so many charms dost thou do it, and thou deckest out thy pictures in the shapes of so many angels of light, ’tis a shame to break with thee.

inflected form of “get” — come into the possession of something concrete or abstract

From this reading —Good God! how a man might lead such a creature as this round the world with him!— I had not yet seen her face—’twas not material: for the drawing was instantly set about, and long before we had got to the door of the Remise, _Fancy_ had finished the whole head, and pleased herself as much with its fitting her goddess, as if she had dived into the Tiber for it;—but thou art a seduced, and a seducing slut; and albeit thou cheatest us seven times a day with thy pictures and images, yet with so many charms dost thou do it, and thou deckest out thy pictures in the shapes of so many angels of light, ’tis a shame to break with thee.

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

From this reading —Good God! how a man might lead such a creature as this round the world with him!— I had not yet seen her face—’twas not material: for the drawing was instantly set about, and long before we had got to the door of the Remise, _Fancy_ had finished the whole head, and pleased herself as much with its fitting her goddess, as if she had dived into the Tiber for it;—but thou art a seduced, and a seducing slut; and albeit thou cheatest us seven times a day with thy pictures and images, yet with so many charms dost thou do it, and thou deckest out thy pictures in the shapes of so many angels of light, ’tis a shame to break with thee.

the (prehensile) extremity of the superior limb

From this reading When we had got to the door of the Remise, she withdrew her hand from across her forehead, and let me see the original:—it was a face of about six-and-twenty,—of a clear transparent brown, simply set off without rouge or powder;—it was not critically handsome, but there was that in it, which, in the frame of mind I was in, attached me much more to it,—it was interesting: I fancied it wore the characters of a widow’d look, and in that state of its declension, which had passed the two first paroxysms of sorrow, and was quietly beginning to reconcile itself to its loss;—but a thousand other distresses might have traced the same lines; I wish’d to know what they had been—and was ready to inquire, (had the same _bon ton_ of conversation permitted, as in the days of Esdras)—“_What aileth thee_?

pleasing in appearance especially by reason of conformity to ideals of form and proportion

From this reading When we had got to the door of the Remise, she withdrew her hand from across her forehead, and let me see the original:—it was a face of about six-and-twenty,—of a clear transparent brown, simply set off without rouge or powder;—it was not critically handsome, but there was that in it, which, in the frame of mind I was in, attached me much more to it,—it was interesting: I fancied it wore the characters of a widow’d look, and in that state of its declension, which had passed the two first paroxysms of sorrow, and was quietly beginning to reconcile itself to its loss;—but a thousand other distresses might have traced the same lines; I wish’d to know what they had been—and was ready to inquire, (had the same _bon ton_ of conversation permitted, as in the days of Esdras)—“_What aileth thee_?

used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses

From this reading When we had got to the door of the Remise, she withdrew her hand from across her forehead, and let me see the original:—it was a face of about six-and-twenty,—of a clear transparent brown, simply set off without rouge or powder;—it was not critically handsome, but there was that in it, which, in the frame of mind I was in, attached me much more to it,—it was interesting: I fancied it wore the characters of a widow’d look, and in that state of its declension, which had passed the two first paroxysms of sorrow, and was quietly beginning to reconcile itself to its loss;—but a thousand other distresses might have traced the same lines; I wish’d to know what they had been—and was ready to inquire, (had the same _bon ton_ of conversation permitted, as in the days of Esdras)—“_What aileth thee_?

the upper part of the human body or the front part of the body in animals; contains the face and brains

From this reading —Good God! how a man might lead such a creature as this round the world with him!— I had not yet seen her face—’twas not material: for the drawing was instantly set about, and long before we had got to the door of the Remise, _Fancy_ had finished the whole head, and pleased herself as much with its fitting her goddess, as if she had dived into the Tiber for it;—but thou art a seduced, and a seducing slut; and albeit thou cheatest us seven times a day with thy pictures and images, yet with so many charms dost thou do it, and thou deckest out thy pictures in the shapes of so many angels of light, ’tis a shame to break with thee.

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

From this reading —Good God! how a man might lead such a creature as this round the world with him!— I had not yet seen her face—’twas not material: for the drawing was instantly set about, and long before we had got to the door of the Remise, _Fancy_ had finished the whole head, and pleased herself as much with its fitting her goddess, as if she had dived into the Tiber for it;—but thou art a seduced, and a seducing slut; and albeit thou cheatest us seven times a day with thy pictures and images, yet with so many charms dost thou do it, and thou deckest out thy pictures in the shapes of so many angels of light, ’tis a shame to break with thee.

used when the woman or girl doing the action is also its object

From this reading —Good God! how a man might lead such a creature as this round the world with him!— I had not yet seen her face—’twas not material: for the drawing was instantly set about, and long before we had got to the door of the Remise, _Fancy_ had finished the whole head, and pleased herself as much with its fitting her goddess, as if she had dived into the Tiber for it;—but thou art a seduced, and a seducing slut; and albeit thou cheatest us seven times a day with thy pictures and images, yet with so many charms dost thou do it, and thou deckest out thy pictures in the shapes of so many angels of light, ’tis a shame to break with thee.

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

From this reading —Good God! how a man might lead such a creature as this round the world with him!— I had not yet seen her face—’twas not material: for the drawing was instantly set about, and long before we had got to the door of the Remise, _Fancy_ had finished the whole head, and pleased herself as much with its fitting her goddess, as if she had dived into the Tiber for it;—but thou art a seduced, and a seducing slut; and albeit thou cheatest us seven times a day with thy pictures and images, yet with so many charms dost thou do it, and thou deckest out thy pictures in the shapes of so many angels of light, ’tis a shame to break with thee.

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From this reading —Good God! how a man might lead such a creature as this round the world with him!— I had not yet seen her face—’twas not material: for the drawing was instantly set about, and long before we had got to the door of the Remise, _Fancy_ had finished the whole head, and pleased herself as much with its fitting her goddess, as if she had dived into the Tiber for it;—but thou art a seduced, and a seducing slut; and albeit thou cheatest us seven times a day with thy pictures and images, yet with so many charms dost thou do it, and thou deckest out thy pictures in the shapes of so many angels of light, ’tis a shame to break with thee.

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

From this reading —Good God! how a man might lead such a creature as this round the world with him!— I had not yet seen her face—’twas not material: for the drawing was instantly set about, and long before we had got to the door of the Remise, _Fancy_ had finished the whole head, and pleased herself as much with its fitting her goddess, as if she had dived into the Tiber for it;—but thou art a seduced, and a seducing slut; and albeit thou cheatest us seven times a day with thy pictures and images, yet with so many charms dost thou do it, and thou deckest out thy pictures in the shapes of so many angels of light, ’tis a shame to break with thee.

on condition that; in the event that

From this reading —Good God! how a man might lead such a creature as this round the world with him!— I had not yet seen her face—’twas not material: for the drawing was instantly set about, and long before we had got to the door of the Remise, _Fancy_ had finished the whole head, and pleased herself as much with its fitting her goddess, as if she had dived into the Tiber for it;—but thou art a seduced, and a seducing slut; and albeit thou cheatest us seven times a day with thy pictures and images, yet with so many charms dost thou do it, and thou deckest out thy pictures in the shapes of so many angels of light, ’tis a shame to break with thee.

plural of “image” — an iconic mental representation

From this reading —Good God! how a man might lead such a creature as this round the world with him!— I had not yet seen her face—’twas not material: for the drawing was instantly set about, and long before we had got to the door of the Remise, _Fancy_ had finished the whole head, and pleased herself as much with its fitting her goddess, as if she had dived into the Tiber for it;—but thou art a seduced, and a seducing slut; and albeit thou cheatest us seven times a day with thy pictures and images, yet with so many charms dost thou do it, and thou deckest out thy pictures in the shapes of so many angels of light, ’tis a shame to break with thee.

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

From this reading —Good God! how a man might lead such a creature as this round the world with him!— I had not yet seen her face—’twas not material: for the drawing was instantly set about, and long before we had got to the door of the Remise, _Fancy_ had finished the whole head, and pleased herself as much with its fitting her goddess, as if she had dived into the Tiber for it;—but thou art a seduced, and a seducing slut; and albeit thou cheatest us seven times a day with thy pictures and images, yet with so many charms dost thou do it, and thou deckest out thy pictures in the shapes of so many angels of light, ’tis a shame to break with thee.

address a question to and expect an answer from

From this reading When we had got to the door of the Remise, she withdrew her hand from across her forehead, and let me see the original:—it was a face of about six-and-twenty,—of a clear transparent brown, simply set off without rouge or powder;—it was not critically handsome, but there was that in it, which, in the frame of mind I was in, attached me much more to it,—it was interesting: I fancied it wore the characters of a widow’d look, and in that state of its declension, which had passed the two first paroxysms of sorrow, and was quietly beginning to reconcile itself to its loss;—but a thousand other distresses might have traced the same lines; I wish’d to know what they had been—and was ready to inquire, (had the same _bon ton_ of conversation permitted, as in the days of Esdras)—“_What aileth thee_?

without delay or hesitation; with no time intervening

From this reading —Good God! how a man might lead such a creature as this round the world with him!— I had not yet seen her face—’twas not material: for the drawing was instantly set about, and long before we had got to the door of the Remise, _Fancy_ had finished the whole head, and pleased herself as much with its fitting her goddess, as if she had dived into the Tiber for it;—but thou art a seduced, and a seducing slut; and albeit thou cheatest us seven times a day with thy pictures and images, yet with so many charms dost thou do it, and thou deckest out thy pictures in the shapes of so many angels of light, ’tis a shame to break with thee.

arousing or holding the attention

From this reading When we had got to the door of the Remise, she withdrew her hand from across her forehead, and let me see the original:—it was a face of about six-and-twenty,—of a clear transparent brown, simply set off without rouge or powder;—it was not critically handsome, but there was that in it, which, in the frame of mind I was in, attached me much more to it,—it was interesting: I fancied it wore the characters of a widow’d look, and in that state of its declension, which had passed the two first paroxysms of sorrow, and was quietly beginning to reconcile itself to its loss;—but a thousand other distresses might have traced the same lines; I wish’d to know what they had been—and was ready to inquire, (had the same _bon ton_ of conversation permitted, as in the days of Esdras)—“_What aileth thee_?

moving to the inside of something

From this reading —Good God! how a man might lead such a creature as this round the world with him!— I had not yet seen her face—’twas not material: for the drawing was instantly set about, and long before we had got to the door of the Remise, _Fancy_ had finished the whole head, and pleased herself as much with its fitting her goddess, as if she had dived into the Tiber for it;—but thou art a seduced, and a seducing slut; and albeit thou cheatest us seven times a day with thy pictures and images, yet with so many charms dost thou do it, and thou deckest out thy pictures in the shapes of so many angels of light, ’tis a shame to break with thee.

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

From this reading _and why is thy understanding troubled_?”—In a word, I felt benevolence for her; and resolv’d some way or other to throw in my mite of courtesy,—if not of service.

a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned

From this reading —Good God! how a man might lead such a creature as this round the world with him!— I had not yet seen her face—’twas not material: for the drawing was instantly set about, and long before we had got to the door of the Remise, _Fancy_ had finished the whole head, and pleased herself as much with its fitting her goddess, as if she had dived into the Tiber for it;—but thou art a seduced, and a seducing slut; and albeit thou cheatest us seven times a day with thy pictures and images, yet with so many charms dost thou do it, and thou deckest out thy pictures in the shapes of so many angels of light, ’tis a shame to break with thee.

belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned

From this reading —Good God! how a man might lead such a creature as this round the world with him!— I had not yet seen her face—’twas not material: for the drawing was instantly set about, and long before we had got to the door of the Remise, _Fancy_ had finished the whole head, and pleased herself as much with its fitting her goddess, as if she had dived into the Tiber for it;—but thou art a seduced, and a seducing slut; and albeit thou cheatest us seven times a day with thy pictures and images, yet with so many charms dost thou do it, and thou deckest out thy pictures in the shapes of so many angels of light, ’tis a shame to break with thee.

used when the thing doing the action is also its object

From this reading When we had got to the door of the Remise, she withdrew her hand from across her forehead, and let me see the original:—it was a face of about six-and-twenty,—of a clear transparent brown, simply set off without rouge or powder;—it was not critically handsome, but there was that in it, which, in the frame of mind I was in, attached me much more to it,—it was interesting: I fancied it wore the characters of a widow’d look, and in that state of its declension, which had passed the two first paroxysms of sorrow, and was quietly beginning to reconcile itself to its loss;—but a thousand other distresses might have traced the same lines; I wish’d to know what they had been—and was ready to inquire, (had the same _bon ton_ of conversation permitted, as in the days of Esdras)—“_What aileth thee_?

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

From this reading When we had got to the door of the Remise, she withdrew her hand from across her forehead, and let me see the original:—it was a face of about six-and-twenty,—of a clear transparent brown, simply set off without rouge or powder;—it was not critically handsome, but there was that in it, which, in the frame of mind I was in, attached me much more to it,—it was interesting: I fancied it wore the characters of a widow’d look, and in that state of its declension, which had passed the two first paroxysms of sorrow, and was quietly beginning to reconcile itself to its loss;—but a thousand other distresses might have traced the same lines; I wish’d to know what they had been—and was ready to inquire, (had the same _bon ton_ of conversation permitted, as in the days of Esdras)—“_What aileth thee_?

a polite name for any woman

From this reading Such were my temptations;—and in this disposition to give way to them, was I left alone with the lady with her hand in mine, and with our faces both turned closer to the door of the Remise than what was absolutely necessary.

take somebody somewhere

From this reading —Good God! how a man might lead such a creature as this round the world with him!— I had not yet seen her face—’twas not material: for the drawing was instantly set about, and long before we had got to the door of the Remise, _Fancy_ had finished the whole head, and pleased herself as much with its fitting her goddess, as if she had dived into the Tiber for it;—but thou art a seduced, and a seducing slut; and albeit thou cheatest us seven times a day with thy pictures and images, yet with so many charms dost thou do it, and thou deckest out thy pictures in the shapes of so many angels of light, ’tis a shame to break with thee.

location near or direction toward the left side; i.e. the side to the north when a person or object faces east

From this reading Such were my temptations;—and in this disposition to give way to them, was I left alone with the lady with her hand in mine, and with our faces both turned closer to the door of the Remise than what was absolutely necessary.

used to make a suggestion or a command including the speaker

From this reading When we had got to the door of the Remise, she withdrew her hand from across her forehead, and let me see the original:—it was a face of about six-and-twenty,—of a clear transparent brown, simply set off without rouge or powder;—it was not critically handsome, but there was that in it, which, in the frame of mind I was in, attached me much more to it,—it was interesting: I fancied it wore the characters of a widow’d look, and in that state of its declension, which had passed the two first paroxysms of sorrow, and was quietly beginning to reconcile itself to its loss;—but a thousand other distresses might have traced the same lines; I wish’d to know what they had been—and was ready to inquire, (had the same _bon ton_ of conversation permitted, as in the days of Esdras)—“_What aileth thee_?

of comparatively little physical weight or density

From this reading —Good God! how a man might lead such a creature as this round the world with him!— I had not yet seen her face—’twas not material: for the drawing was instantly set about, and long before we had got to the door of the Remise, _Fancy_ had finished the whole head, and pleased herself as much with its fitting her goddess, as if she had dived into the Tiber for it;—but thou art a seduced, and a seducing slut; and albeit thou cheatest us seven times a day with thy pictures and images, yet with so many charms dost thou do it, and thou deckest out thy pictures in the shapes of so many angels of light, ’tis a shame to break with thee.

plural of “line” — a formation of people or things one beside another

From this reading When we had got to the door of the Remise, she withdrew her hand from across her forehead, and let me see the original:—it was a face of about six-and-twenty,—of a clear transparent brown, simply set off without rouge or powder;—it was not critically handsome, but there was that in it, which, in the frame of mind I was in, attached me much more to it,—it was interesting: I fancied it wore the characters of a widow’d look, and in that state of its declension, which had passed the two first paroxysms of sorrow, and was quietly beginning to reconcile itself to its loss;—but a thousand other distresses might have traced the same lines; I wish’d to know what they had been—and was ready to inquire, (had the same _bon ton_ of conversation permitted, as in the days of Esdras)—“_What aileth thee_?

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 —Good God! how a man might lead such a creature as this round the world with him!— I had not yet seen her face—’twas not material: for the drawing was instantly set about, and long before we had got to the door of the Remise, _Fancy_ had finished the whole head, and pleased herself as much with its fitting her goddess, as if she had dived into the Tiber for it;—but thou art a seduced, and a seducing slut; and albeit thou cheatest us seven times a day with thy pictures and images, yet with so many charms dost thou do it, and thou deckest out thy pictures in the shapes of so many angels of light, ’tis a shame to break with thee.

perceive with attention; direct one's gaze towards

From this reading When we had got to the door of the Remise, she withdrew her hand from across her forehead, and let me see the original:—it was a face of about six-and-twenty,—of a clear transparent brown, simply set off without rouge or powder;—it was not critically handsome, but there was that in it, which, in the frame of mind I was in, attached me much more to it,—it was interesting: I fancied it wore the characters of a widow’d look, and in that state of its declension, which had passed the two first paroxysms of sorrow, and was quietly beginning to reconcile itself to its loss;—but a thousand other distresses might have traced the same lines; I wish’d to know what they had been—and was ready to inquire, (had the same _bon ton_ of conversation permitted, as in the days of Esdras)—“_What aileth thee_?

something that is lost

From this reading When we had got to the door of the Remise, she withdrew her hand from across her forehead, and let me see the original:—it was a face of about six-and-twenty,—of a clear transparent brown, simply set off without rouge or powder;—it was not critically handsome, but there was that in it, which, in the frame of mind I was in, attached me much more to it,—it was interesting: I fancied it wore the characters of a widow’d look, and in that state of its declension, which had passed the two first paroxysms of sorrow, and was quietly beginning to reconcile itself to its loss;—but a thousand other distresses might have traced the same lines; I wish’d to know what they had been—and was ready to inquire, (had the same _bon ton_ of conversation permitted, as in the days of Esdras)—“_What aileth thee_?

an adult person who is male (as opposed to a woman)

From this reading —Good God! how a man might lead such a creature as this round the world with him!— I had not yet seen her face—’twas not material: for the drawing was instantly set about, and long before we had got to the door of the Remise, _Fancy_ had finished the whole head, and pleased herself as much with its fitting her goddess, as if she had dived into the Tiber for it;—but thou art a seduced, and a seducing slut; and albeit thou cheatest us seven times a day with thy pictures and images, yet with so many charms dost thou do it, and thou deckest out thy pictures in the shapes of so many angels of light, ’tis a shame to break with thee.

a quantifier that can be used with count nouns and is often preceded by “as” or “too” or “so” or “that”; amounting to a large but indefinite number

From this reading —Good God! how a man might lead such a creature as this round the world with him!— I had not yet seen her face—’twas not material: for the drawing was instantly set about, and long before we had got to the door of the Remise, _Fancy_ had finished the whole head, and pleased herself as much with its fitting her goddess, as if she had dived into the Tiber for it;—but thou art a seduced, and a seducing slut; and albeit thou cheatest us seven times a day with thy pictures and images, yet with so many charms dost thou do it, and thou deckest out thy pictures in the shapes of so many angels of light, ’tis a shame to break with thee.

concerned with worldly rather than spiritual interests

From this reading —Good God! how a man might lead such a creature as this round the world with him!— I had not yet seen her face—’twas not material: for the drawing was instantly set about, and long before we had got to the door of the Remise, _Fancy_ had finished the whole head, and pleased herself as much with its fitting her goddess, as if she had dived into the Tiber for it;—but thou art a seduced, and a seducing slut; and albeit thou cheatest us seven times a day with thy pictures and images, yet with so many charms dost thou do it, and thou deckest out thy pictures in the shapes of so many angels of light, ’tis a shame to break with thee.

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

From this reading When we had got to the door of the Remise, she withdrew her hand from across her forehead, and let me see the original:—it was a face of about six-and-twenty,—of a clear transparent brown, simply set off without rouge or powder;—it was not critically handsome, but there was that in it, which, in the frame of mind I was in, attached me much more to it,—it was interesting: I fancied it wore the characters of a widow’d look, and in that state of its declension, which had passed the two first paroxysms of sorrow, and was quietly beginning to reconcile itself to its loss;—but a thousand other distresses might have traced the same lines; I wish’d to know what they had been—and was ready to inquire, (had the same _bon ton_ of conversation permitted, as in the days of Esdras)—“_What aileth thee_?

used to say something is possible but not certain

From this reading —Good God! how a man might lead such a creature as this round the world with him!— I had not yet seen her face—’twas not material: for the drawing was instantly set about, and long before we had got to the door of the Remise, _Fancy_ had finished the whole head, and pleased herself as much with its fitting her goddess, as if she had dived into the Tiber for it;—but thou art a seduced, and a seducing slut; and albeit thou cheatest us seven times a day with thy pictures and images, yet with so many charms dost thou do it, and thou deckest out thy pictures in the shapes of so many angels of light, ’tis a shame to break with thee.

The element of a person that enables awareness and thought.

From this reading When we had got to the door of the Remise, she withdrew her hand from across her forehead, and let me see the original:—it was a face of about six-and-twenty,—of a clear transparent brown, simply set off without rouge or powder;—it was not critically handsome, but there was that in it, which, in the frame of mind I was in, attached me much more to it,—it was interesting: I fancied it wore the characters of a widow’d look, and in that state of its declension, which had passed the two first paroxysms of sorrow, and was quietly beginning to reconcile itself to its loss;—but a thousand other distresses might have traced the same lines; I wish’d to know what they had been—and was ready to inquire, (had the same _bon ton_ of conversation permitted, as in the days of Esdras)—“_What aileth thee_?

the one or ones belonging to the person speaking

From this reading Such were my temptations;—and in this disposition to give way to them, was I left alone with the lady with her hand in mine, and with our faces both turned closer to the door of the Remise than what was absolutely necessary.

a slight but appreciable amount

From this reading _and why is thy understanding troubled_?”—In a word, I felt benevolence for her; and resolv’d some way or other to throw in my mite of courtesy,—if not of service.

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

From this reading When we had got to the door of the Remise, she withdrew her hand from across her forehead, and let me see the original:—it was a face of about six-and-twenty,—of a clear transparent brown, simply set off without rouge or powder;—it was not critically handsome, but there was that in it, which, in the frame of mind I was in, attached me much more to it,—it was interesting: I fancied it wore the characters of a widow’d look, and in that state of its declension, which had passed the two first paroxysms of sorrow, and was quietly beginning to reconcile itself to its loss;—but a thousand other distresses might have traced the same lines; I wish’d to know what they had been—and was ready to inquire, (had the same _bon ton_ of conversation permitted, as in the days of Esdras)—“_What aileth thee_?

to a great degree or extent

From this reading —Good God! how a man might lead such a creature as this round the world with him!— I had not yet seen her face—’twas not material: for the drawing was instantly set about, and long before we had got to the door of the Remise, _Fancy_ had finished the whole head, and pleased herself as much with its fitting her goddess, as if she had dived into the Tiber for it;—but thou art a seduced, and a seducing slut; and albeit thou cheatest us seven times a day with thy pictures and images, yet with so many charms dost thou do it, and thou deckest out thy pictures in the shapes of so many angels of light, ’tis a shame to break with thee.

belonging to the person speaking

From this reading _and why is thy understanding troubled_?”—In a word, I felt benevolence for her; and resolv’d some way or other to throw in my mite of courtesy,—if not of service.

absolutely essential

From this reading Such were my temptations;—and in this disposition to give way to them, was I left alone with the lady with her hand in mine, and with our faces both turned closer to the door of the Remise than what was absolutely necessary.

used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative

From this reading —Good God! how a man might lead such a creature as this round the world with him!— I had not yet seen her face—’twas not material: for the drawing was instantly set about, and long before we had got to the door of the Remise, _Fancy_ had finished the whole head, and pleased herself as much with its fitting her goddess, as if she had dived into the Tiber for it;—but thou art a seduced, and a seducing slut; and albeit thou cheatest us seven times a day with thy pictures and images, yet with so many charms dost thou do it, and thou deckest out thy pictures in the shapes of so many angels of light, ’tis a shame to break with thee.

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

From this reading —Good God! how a man might lead such a creature as this round the world with him!— I had not yet seen her face—’twas not material: for the drawing was instantly set about, and long before we had got to the door of the Remise, _Fancy_ had finished the whole head, and pleased herself as much with its fitting her goddess, as if she had dived into the Tiber for it;—but thou art a seduced, and a seducing slut; and albeit thou cheatest us seven times a day with thy pictures and images, yet with so many charms dost thou do it, and thou deckest out thy pictures in the shapes of so many angels of light, ’tis a shame to break with thee.

from a particular thing or place or position (“forth” is obsolete)

From this reading When we had got to the door of the Remise, she withdrew her hand from across her forehead, and let me see the original:—it was a face of about six-and-twenty,—of a clear transparent brown, simply set off without rouge or powder;—it was not critically handsome, but there was that in it, which, in the frame of mind I was in, attached me much more to it,—it was interesting: I fancied it wore the characters of a widow’d look, and in that state of its declension, which had passed the two first paroxysms of sorrow, and was quietly beginning to reconcile itself to its loss;—but a thousand other distresses might have traced the same lines; I wish’d to know what they had been—and was ready to inquire, (had the same _bon ton_ of conversation permitted, as in the days of Esdras)—“_What aileth thee_?

used to join alternatives or possibilities

From this reading When we had got to the door of the Remise, she withdrew her hand from across her forehead, and let me see the original:—it was a face of about six-and-twenty,—of a clear transparent brown, simply set off without rouge or powder;—it was not critically handsome, but there was that in it, which, in the frame of mind I was in, attached me much more to it,—it was interesting: I fancied it wore the characters of a widow’d look, and in that state of its declension, which had passed the two first paroxysms of sorrow, and was quietly beginning to reconcile itself to its loss;—but a thousand other distresses might have traced the same lines; I wish’d to know what they had been—and was ready to inquire, (had the same _bon ton_ of conversation permitted, as in the days of Esdras)—“_What aileth thee_?

preceding all others in time or being as first made or performed

From this reading When we had got to the door of the Remise, she withdrew her hand from across her forehead, and let me see the original:—it was a face of about six-and-twenty,—of a clear transparent brown, simply set off without rouge or powder;—it was not critically handsome, but there was that in it, which, in the frame of mind I was in, attached me much more to it,—it was interesting: I fancied it wore the characters of a widow’d look, and in that state of its declension, which had passed the two first paroxysms of sorrow, and was quietly beginning to reconcile itself to its loss;—but a thousand other distresses might have traced the same lines; I wish’d to know what they had been—and was ready to inquire, (had the same _bon ton_ of conversation permitted, as in the days of Esdras)—“_What aileth thee_?

not the same one or ones already mentioned or implied

From this reading When we had got to the door of the Remise, she withdrew her hand from across her forehead, and let me see the original:—it was a face of about six-and-twenty,—of a clear transparent brown, simply set off without rouge or powder;—it was not critically handsome, but there was that in it, which, in the frame of mind I was in, attached me much more to it,—it was interesting: I fancied it wore the characters of a widow’d look, and in that state of its declension, which had passed the two first paroxysms of sorrow, and was quietly beginning to reconcile itself to its loss;—but a thousand other distresses might have traced the same lines; I wish’d to know what they had been—and was ready to inquire, (had the same _bon ton_ of conversation permitted, as in the days of Esdras)—“_What aileth thee_?

belonging to the speaker and others

From this reading Such were my temptations;—and in this disposition to give way to them, was I left alone with the lady with her hand in mine, and with our faces both turned closer to the door of the Remise than what was absolutely necessary.

not allowed to continue to bat or run

From this reading —Good God! how a man might lead such a creature as this round the world with him!— I had not yet seen her face—’twas not material: for the drawing was instantly set about, and long before we had got to the door of the Remise, _Fancy_ had finished the whole head, and pleased herself as much with its fitting her goddess, as if she had dived into the Tiber for it;—but thou art a seduced, and a seducing slut; and albeit thou cheatest us seven times a day with thy pictures and images, yet with so many charms dost thou do it, and thou deckest out thy pictures in the shapes of so many angels of light, ’tis a shame to break with thee.

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From this reading When we had got to the door of the Remise, she withdrew her hand from across her forehead, and let me see the original:—it was a face of about six-and-twenty,—of a clear transparent brown, simply set off without rouge or powder;—it was not critically handsome, but there was that in it, which, in the frame of mind I was in, attached me much more to it,—it was interesting: I fancied it wore the characters of a widow’d look, and in that state of its declension, which had passed the two first paroxysms of sorrow, and was quietly beginning to reconcile itself to its loss;—but a thousand other distresses might have traced the same lines; I wish’d to know what they had been—and was ready to inquire, (had the same _bon ton_ of conversation permitted, as in the days of Esdras)—“_What aileth thee_?

past form of “pass” — go across or through

From this reading When we had got to the door of the Remise, she withdrew her hand from across her forehead, and let me see the original:—it was a face of about six-and-twenty,—of a clear transparent brown, simply set off without rouge or powder;—it was not critically handsome, but there was that in it, which, in the frame of mind I was in, attached me much more to it,—it was interesting: I fancied it wore the characters of a widow’d look, and in that state of its declension, which had passed the two first paroxysms of sorrow, and was quietly beginning to reconcile itself to its loss;—but a thousand other distresses might have traced the same lines; I wish’d to know what they had been—and was ready to inquire, (had the same _bon ton_ of conversation permitted, as in the days of Esdras)—“_What aileth thee_?

inflected form of “permit” — consent to, give permission

From this reading When we had got to the door of the Remise, she withdrew her hand from across her forehead, and let me see the original:—it was a face of about six-and-twenty,—of a clear transparent brown, simply set off without rouge or powder;—it was not critically handsome, but there was that in it, which, in the frame of mind I was in, attached me much more to it,—it was interesting: I fancied it wore the characters of a widow’d look, and in that state of its declension, which had passed the two first paroxysms of sorrow, and was quietly beginning to reconcile itself to its loss;—but a thousand other distresses might have traced the same lines; I wish’d to know what they had been—and was ready to inquire, (had the same _bon ton_ of conversation permitted, as in the days of Esdras)—“_What aileth thee_?

plural of “picture” — a visual representation (of an object or scene or person or abstraction) produced on a surface

From this reading —Good God! how a man might lead such a creature as this round the world with him!— I had not yet seen her face—’twas not material: for the drawing was instantly set about, and long before we had got to the door of the Remise, _Fancy_ had finished the whole head, and pleased herself as much with its fitting her goddess, as if she had dived into the Tiber for it;—but thou art a seduced, and a seducing slut; and albeit thou cheatest us seven times a day with thy pictures and images, yet with so many charms dost thou do it, and thou deckest out thy pictures in the shapes of so many angels of light, ’tis a shame to break with thee.

experiencing or manifesting pleasure

From this reading —Good God! how a man might lead such a creature as this round the world with him!— I had not yet seen her face—’twas not material: for the drawing was instantly set about, and long before we had got to the door of the Remise, _Fancy_ had finished the whole head, and pleased herself as much with its fitting her goddess, as if she had dived into the Tiber for it;—but thou art a seduced, and a seducing slut; and albeit thou cheatest us seven times a day with thy pictures and images, yet with so many charms dost thou do it, and thou deckest out thy pictures in the shapes of so many angels of light, ’tis a shame to break with thee.

a solid substance in the form of tiny loose particles; a solid that has been pulverized

From this reading When we had got to the door of the Remise, she withdrew her hand from across her forehead, and let me see the original:—it was a face of about six-and-twenty,—of a clear transparent brown, simply set off without rouge or powder;—it was not critically handsome, but there was that in it, which, in the frame of mind I was in, attached me much more to it,—it was interesting: I fancied it wore the characters of a widow’d look, and in that state of its declension, which had passed the two first paroxysms of sorrow, and was quietly beginning to reconcile itself to its loss;—but a thousand other distresses might have traced the same lines; I wish’d to know what they had been—and was ready to inquire, (had the same _bon ton_ of conversation permitted, as in the days of Esdras)—“_What aileth thee_?

with low volume

From this reading When we had got to the door of the Remise, she withdrew her hand from across her forehead, and let me see the original:—it was a face of about six-and-twenty,—of a clear transparent brown, simply set off without rouge or powder;—it was not critically handsome, but there was that in it, which, in the frame of mind I was in, attached me much more to it,—it was interesting: I fancied it wore the characters of a widow’d look, and in that state of its declension, which had passed the two first paroxysms of sorrow, and was quietly beginning to reconcile itself to its loss;—but a thousand other distresses might have traced the same lines; I wish’d to know what they had been—and was ready to inquire, (had the same _bon ton_ of conversation permitted, as in the days of Esdras)—“_What aileth thee_?

completely prepared or in condition for immediate action or use or progress

From this reading When we had got to the door of the Remise, she withdrew her hand from across her forehead, and let me see the original:—it was a face of about six-and-twenty,—of a clear transparent brown, simply set off without rouge or powder;—it was not critically handsome, but there was that in it, which, in the frame of mind I was in, attached me much more to it,—it was interesting: I fancied it wore the characters of a widow’d look, and in that state of its declension, which had passed the two first paroxysms of sorrow, and was quietly beginning to reconcile itself to its loss;—but a thousand other distresses might have traced the same lines; I wish’d to know what they had been—and was ready to inquire, (had the same _bon ton_ of conversation permitted, as in the days of Esdras)—“_What aileth thee_?

make (one thing) compatible with

From this reading When we had got to the door of the Remise, she withdrew her hand from across her forehead, and let me see the original:—it was a face of about six-and-twenty,—of a clear transparent brown, simply set off without rouge or powder;—it was not critically handsome, but there was that in it, which, in the frame of mind I was in, attached me much more to it,—it was interesting: I fancied it wore the characters of a widow’d look, and in that state of its declension, which had passed the two first paroxysms of sorrow, and was quietly beginning to reconcile itself to its loss;—but a thousand other distresses might have traced the same lines; I wish’d to know what they had been—and was ready to inquire, (had the same _bon ton_ of conversation permitted, as in the days of Esdras)—“_What aileth thee_?

an expensive or high-class hackney

From this reading —Good God! how a man might lead such a creature as this round the world with him!— I had not yet seen her face—’twas not material: for the drawing was instantly set about, and long before we had got to the door of the Remise, _Fancy_ had finished the whole head, and pleased herself as much with its fitting her goddess, as if she had dived into the Tiber for it;—but thou art a seduced, and a seducing slut; and albeit thou cheatest us seven times a day with thy pictures and images, yet with so many charms dost thou do it, and thou deckest out thy pictures in the shapes of so many angels of light, ’tis a shame to break with thee.

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From this reading _and why is thy understanding troubled_?”—In a word, I felt benevolence for her; and resolv’d some way or other to throw in my mite of courtesy,—if not of service.

makeup consisting of a pink or red powder applied to the cheeks

From this reading When we had got to the door of the Remise, she withdrew her hand from across her forehead, and let me see the original:—it was a face of about six-and-twenty,—of a clear transparent brown, simply set off without rouge or powder;—it was not critically handsome, but there was that in it, which, in the frame of mind I was in, attached me much more to it,—it was interesting: I fancied it wore the characters of a widow’d look, and in that state of its declension, which had passed the two first paroxysms of sorrow, and was quietly beginning to reconcile itself to its loss;—but a thousand other distresses might have traced the same lines; I wish’d to know what they had been—and was ready to inquire, (had the same _bon ton_ of conversation permitted, as in the days of Esdras)—“_What aileth thee_?

a charge of ammunition for a single shot

From this reading —Good God! how a man might lead such a creature as this round the world with him!— I had not yet seen her face—’twas not material: for the drawing was instantly set about, and long before we had got to the door of the Remise, _Fancy_ had finished the whole head, and pleased herself as much with its fitting her goddess, as if she had dived into the Tiber for it;—but thou art a seduced, and a seducing slut; and albeit thou cheatest us seven times a day with thy pictures and images, yet with so many charms dost thou do it, and thou deckest out thy pictures in the shapes of so many angels of light, ’tis a shame to break with thee.

Identical; not different.

From this reading When we had got to the door of the Remise, she withdrew her hand from across her forehead, and let me see the original:—it was a face of about six-and-twenty,—of a clear transparent brown, simply set off without rouge or powder;—it was not critically handsome, but there was that in it, which, in the frame of mind I was in, attached me much more to it,—it was interesting: I fancied it wore the characters of a widow’d look, and in that state of its declension, which had passed the two first paroxysms of sorrow, and was quietly beginning to reconcile itself to its loss;—but a thousand other distresses might have traced the same lines; I wish’d to know what they had been—and was ready to inquire, (had the same _bon ton_ of conversation permitted, as in the days of Esdras)—“_What aileth thee_?

past form of “seduce” — induce to have sex

From this reading —Good God! how a man might lead such a creature as this round the world with him!— I had not yet seen her face—’twas not material: for the drawing was instantly set about, and long before we had got to the door of the Remise, _Fancy_ had finished the whole head, and pleased herself as much with its fitting her goddess, as if she had dived into the Tiber for it;—but thou art a seduced, and a seducing slut; and albeit thou cheatest us seven times a day with thy pictures and images, yet with so many charms dost thou do it, and thou deckest out thy pictures in the shapes of so many angels of light, ’tis a shame to break with thee.

-ing form of “seduce” — induce to have sex

From this reading —Good God! how a man might lead such a creature as this round the world with him!— I had not yet seen her face—’twas not material: for the drawing was instantly set about, and long before we had got to the door of the Remise, _Fancy_ had finished the whole head, and pleased herself as much with its fitting her goddess, as if she had dived into the Tiber for it;—but thou art a seduced, and a seducing slut; and albeit thou cheatest us seven times a day with thy pictures and images, yet with so many charms dost thou do it, and thou deckest out thy pictures in the shapes of so many angels of light, ’tis a shame to break with thee.

perceive by sight or have the power to perceive by sight

From this reading When we had got to the door of the Remise, she withdrew her hand from across her forehead, and let me see the original:—it was a face of about six-and-twenty,—of a clear transparent brown, simply set off without rouge or powder;—it was not critically handsome, but there was that in it, which, in the frame of mind I was in, attached me much more to it,—it was interesting: I fancied it wore the characters of a widow’d look, and in that state of its declension, which had passed the two first paroxysms of sorrow, and was quietly beginning to reconcile itself to its loss;—but a thousand other distresses might have traced the same lines; I wish’d to know what they had been—and was ready to inquire, (had the same _bon ton_ of conversation permitted, as in the days of Esdras)—“_What aileth thee_?

inflected form of “see” — perceive by sight or have the power to perceive by sight

From this reading —Good God! how a man might lead such a creature as this round the world with him!— I had not yet seen her face—’twas not material: for the drawing was instantly set about, and long before we had got to the door of the Remise, _Fancy_ had finished the whole head, and pleased herself as much with its fitting her goddess, as if she had dived into the Tiber for it;—but thou art a seduced, and a seducing slut; and albeit thou cheatest us seven times a day with thy pictures and images, yet with so many charms dost thou do it, and thou deckest out thy pictures in the shapes of so many angels of light, ’tis a shame to break with thee.

work done by one person or group that benefits another

From this reading _and why is thy understanding troubled_?”—In a word, I felt benevolence for her; and resolv’d some way or other to throw in my mite of courtesy,—if not of service.

put into a certain place or abstract location

From this reading —Good God! how a man might lead such a creature as this round the world with him!— I had not yet seen her face—’twas not material: for the drawing was instantly set about, and long before we had got to the door of the Remise, _Fancy_ had finished the whole head, and pleased herself as much with its fitting her goddess, as if she had dived into the Tiber for it;—but thou art a seduced, and a seducing slut; and albeit thou cheatest us seven times a day with thy pictures and images, yet with so many charms dost thou do it, and thou deckest out thy pictures in the shapes of so many angels of light, ’tis a shame to break with thee.

the cardinal number that is the sum of six and one

From this reading —Good God! how a man might lead such a creature as this round the world with him!— I had not yet seen her face—’twas not material: for the drawing was instantly set about, and long before we had got to the door of the Remise, _Fancy_ had finished the whole head, and pleased herself as much with its fitting her goddess, as if she had dived into the Tiber for it;—but thou art a seduced, and a seducing slut; and albeit thou cheatest us seven times a day with thy pictures and images, yet with so many charms dost thou do it, and thou deckest out thy pictures in the shapes of so many angels of light, ’tis a shame to break with thee.

a painful emotion resulting from an awareness of inadequacy or guilt

From this reading —Good God! how a man might lead such a creature as this round the world with him!— I had not yet seen her face—’twas not material: for the drawing was instantly set about, and long before we had got to the door of the Remise, _Fancy_ had finished the whole head, and pleased herself as much with its fitting her goddess, as if she had dived into the Tiber for it;—but thou art a seduced, and a seducing slut; and albeit thou cheatest us seven times a day with thy pictures and images, yet with so many charms dost thou do it, and thou deckest out thy pictures in the shapes of so many angels of light, ’tis a shame to break with thee.

plural of “shape” — any spatial attributes (especially as defined by outline)

From this reading —Good God! how a man might lead such a creature as this round the world with him!— I had not yet seen her face—’twas not material: for the drawing was instantly set about, and long before we had got to the door of the Remise, _Fancy_ had finished the whole head, and pleased herself as much with its fitting her goddess, as if she had dived into the Tiber for it;—but thou art a seduced, and a seducing slut; and albeit thou cheatest us seven times a day with thy pictures and images, yet with so many charms dost thou do it, and thou deckest out thy pictures in the shapes of so many angels of light, ’tis a shame to break with thee.

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

From this reading —Good God! how a man might lead such a creature as this round the world with him!— I had not yet seen her face—’twas not material: for the drawing was instantly set about, and long before we had got to the door of the Remise, _Fancy_ had finished the whole head, and pleased herself as much with its fitting her goddess, as if she had dived into the Tiber for it;—but thou art a seduced, and a seducing slut; and albeit thou cheatest us seven times a day with thy pictures and images, yet with so many charms dost thou do it, and thou deckest out thy pictures in the shapes of so many angels of light, ’tis a shame to break with thee.

and nothing more

From this reading When we had got to the door of the Remise, she withdrew her hand from across her forehead, and let me see the original:—it was a face of about six-and-twenty,—of a clear transparent brown, simply set off without rouge or powder;—it was not critically handsome, but there was that in it, which, in the frame of mind I was in, attached me much more to it,—it was interesting: I fancied it wore the characters of a widow’d look, and in that state of its declension, which had passed the two first paroxysms of sorrow, and was quietly beginning to reconcile itself to its loss;—but a thousand other distresses might have traced the same lines; I wish’d to know what they had been—and was ready to inquire, (had the same _bon ton_ of conversation permitted, as in the days of Esdras)—“_What aileth thee_?

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From this reading When we had got to the door of the Remise, she withdrew her hand from across her forehead, and let me see the original:—it was a face of about six-and-twenty,—of a clear transparent brown, simply set off without rouge or powder;—it was not critically handsome, but there was that in it, which, in the frame of mind I was in, attached me much more to it,—it was interesting: I fancied it wore the characters of a widow’d look, and in that state of its declension, which had passed the two first paroxysms of sorrow, and was quietly beginning to reconcile itself to its loss;—but a thousand other distresses might have traced the same lines; I wish’d to know what they had been—and was ready to inquire, (had the same _bon ton_ of conversation permitted, as in the days of Esdras)—“_What aileth thee_?

a dirty untidy woman

From this reading —Good God! how a man might lead such a creature as this round the world with him!— I had not yet seen her face—’twas not material: for the drawing was instantly set about, and long before we had got to the door of the Remise, _Fancy_ had finished the whole head, and pleased herself as much with its fitting her goddess, as if she had dived into the Tiber for it;—but thou art a seduced, and a seducing slut; and albeit thou cheatest us seven times a day with thy pictures and images, yet with so many charms dost thou do it, and thou deckest out thy pictures in the shapes of so many angels of light, ’tis a shame to break with thee.

for that reason; with the result that

From this reading —Good God! how a man might lead such a creature as this round the world with him!— I had not yet seen her face—’twas not material: for the drawing was instantly set about, and long before we had got to the door of the Remise, _Fancy_ had finished the whole head, and pleased herself as much with its fitting her goddess, as if she had dived into the Tiber for it;—but thou art a seduced, and a seducing slut; and albeit thou cheatest us seven times a day with thy pictures and images, yet with so many charms dost thou do it, and thou deckest out thy pictures in the shapes of so many angels of light, ’tis a shame to break with thee.

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

From this reading _and why is thy understanding troubled_?”—In a word, I felt benevolence for her; and resolv’d some way or other to throw in my mite of courtesy,—if not of service.

an emotion of great sadness associated with loss or bereavement

From this reading When we had got to the door of the Remise, she withdrew her hand from across her forehead, and let me see the original:—it was a face of about six-and-twenty,—of a clear transparent brown, simply set off without rouge or powder;—it was not critically handsome, but there was that in it, which, in the frame of mind I was in, attached me much more to it,—it was interesting: I fancied it wore the characters of a widow’d look, and in that state of its declension, which had passed the two first paroxysms of sorrow, and was quietly beginning to reconcile itself to its loss;—but a thousand other distresses might have traced the same lines; I wish’d to know what they had been—and was ready to inquire, (had the same _bon ton_ of conversation permitted, as in the days of Esdras)—“_What aileth thee_?

the territory occupied by one of the constituent administrative districts of a nation

From this reading When we had got to the door of the Remise, she withdrew her hand from across her forehead, and let me see the original:—it was a face of about six-and-twenty,—of a clear transparent brown, simply set off without rouge or powder;—it was not critically handsome, but there was that in it, which, in the frame of mind I was in, attached me much more to it,—it was interesting: I fancied it wore the characters of a widow’d look, and in that state of its declension, which had passed the two first paroxysms of sorrow, and was quietly beginning to reconcile itself to its loss;—but a thousand other distresses might have traced the same lines; I wish’d to know what they had been—and was ready to inquire, (had the same _bon ton_ of conversation permitted, as in the days of Esdras)—“_What aileth thee_?

of the kind already mentioned

From this reading —Good God! how a man might lead such a creature as this round the world with him!— I had not yet seen her face—’twas not material: for the drawing was instantly set about, and long before we had got to the door of the Remise, _Fancy_ had finished the whole head, and pleased herself as much with its fitting her goddess, as if she had dived into the Tiber for it;—but thou art a seduced, and a seducing slut; and albeit thou cheatest us seven times a day with thy pictures and images, yet with so many charms dost thou do it, and thou deckest out thy pictures in the shapes of so many angels of light, ’tis a shame to break with thee.

plural of “temptation” — something that seduces or has the quality to seduce

From this reading Such were my temptations;—and in this disposition to give way to them, was I left alone with the lady with her hand in mine, and with our faces both turned closer to the door of the Remise than what was absolutely necessary.

used to introduce the second part of a comparison

From this reading Such were my temptations;—and in this disposition to give way to them, was I left alone with the lady with her hand in mine, and with our faces both turned closer to the door of the Remise than what was absolutely necessary.

used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt

From this reading When we had got to the door of the Remise, she withdrew her hand from across her forehead, and let me see the original:—it was a face of about six-and-twenty,—of a clear transparent brown, simply set off without rouge or powder;—it was not critically handsome, but there was that in it, which, in the frame of mind I was in, attached me much more to it,—it was interesting: I fancied it wore the characters of a widow’d look, and in that state of its declension, which had passed the two first paroxysms of sorrow, and was quietly beginning to reconcile itself to its loss;—but a thousand other distresses might have traced the same lines; I wish’d to know what they had been—and was ready to inquire, (had the same _bon ton_ of conversation permitted, as in the days of Esdras)—“_What aileth thee_?

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

From this reading —Good God! how a man might lead such a creature as this round the world with him!— I had not yet seen her face—’twas not material: for the drawing was instantly set about, and long before we had got to the door of the Remise, _Fancy_ had finished the whole head, and pleased herself as much with its fitting her goddess, as if she had dived into the Tiber for it;—but thou art a seduced, and a seducing slut; and albeit thou cheatest us seven times a day with thy pictures and images, yet with so many charms dost thou do it, and thou deckest out thy pictures in the shapes of so many angels of light, ’tis a shame to break with thee.

an old word for “you”, as the object, speaking to one person

From this reading —Good God! how a man might lead such a creature as this round the world with him!— I had not yet seen her face—’twas not material: for the drawing was instantly set about, and long before we had got to the door of the Remise, _Fancy_ had finished the whole head, and pleased herself as much with its fitting her goddess, as if she had dived into the Tiber for it;—but thou art a seduced, and a seducing slut; and albeit thou cheatest us seven times a day with thy pictures and images, yet with so many charms dost thou do it, and thou deckest out thy pictures in the shapes of so many angels of light, ’tis a shame to break with thee.

the people or things already mentioned, as the object

From this reading Such were my temptations;—and in this disposition to give way to them, was I left alone with the lady with her hand in mine, and with our faces both turned closer to the door of the Remise than what was absolutely necessary.

in or at that place or location

From this reading When we had got to the door of the Remise, she withdrew her hand from across her forehead, and let me see the original:—it was a face of about six-and-twenty,—of a clear transparent brown, simply set off without rouge or powder;—it was not critically handsome, but there was that in it, which, in the frame of mind I was in, attached me much more to it,—it was interesting: I fancied it wore the characters of a widow’d look, and in that state of its declension, which had passed the two first paroxysms of sorrow, and was quietly beginning to reconcile itself to its loss;—but a thousand other distresses might have traced the same lines; I wish’d to know what they had been—and was ready to inquire, (had the same _bon ton_ of conversation permitted, as in the days of Esdras)—“_What aileth thee_?

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

From this reading When we had got to the door of the Remise, she withdrew her hand from across her forehead, and let me see the original:—it was a face of about six-and-twenty,—of a clear transparent brown, simply set off without rouge or powder;—it was not critically handsome, but there was that in it, which, in the frame of mind I was in, attached me much more to it,—it was interesting: I fancied it wore the characters of a widow’d look, and in that state of its declension, which had passed the two first paroxysms of sorrow, and was quietly beginning to reconcile itself to its loss;—but a thousand other distresses might have traced the same lines; I wish’d to know what they had been—and was ready to inquire, (had the same _bon ton_ of conversation permitted, as in the days of Esdras)—“_What aileth thee_?

used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned

From this reading —Good God! how a man might lead such a creature as this round the world with him!— I had not yet seen her face—’twas not material: for the drawing was instantly set about, and long before we had got to the door of the Remise, _Fancy_ had finished the whole head, and pleased herself as much with its fitting her goddess, as if she had dived into the Tiber for it;—but thou art a seduced, and a seducing slut; and albeit thou cheatest us seven times a day with thy pictures and images, yet with so many charms dost thou do it, and thou deckest out thy pictures in the shapes of so many angels of light, ’tis a shame to break with thee.

an old word for “you”, as the subject, speaking to one person

From this reading —Good God! how a man might lead such a creature as this round the world with him!— I had not yet seen her face—’twas not material: for the drawing was instantly set about, and long before we had got to the door of the Remise, _Fancy_ had finished the whole head, and pleased herself as much with its fitting her goddess, as if she had dived into the Tiber for it;—but thou art a seduced, and a seducing slut; and albeit thou cheatest us seven times a day with thy pictures and images, yet with so many charms dost thou do it, and thou deckest out thy pictures in the shapes of so many angels of light, ’tis a shame to break with thee.

the cardinal number that is the product of 10 and 100

From this reading When we had got to the door of the Remise, she withdrew her hand from across her forehead, and let me see the original:—it was a face of about six-and-twenty,—of a clear transparent brown, simply set off without rouge or powder;—it was not critically handsome, but there was that in it, which, in the frame of mind I was in, attached me much more to it,—it was interesting: I fancied it wore the characters of a widow’d look, and in that state of its declension, which had passed the two first paroxysms of sorrow, and was quietly beginning to reconcile itself to its loss;—but a thousand other distresses might have traced the same lines; I wish’d to know what they had been—and was ready to inquire, (had the same _bon ton_ of conversation permitted, as in the days of Esdras)—“_What aileth thee_?

propel through the air

From this reading _and why is thy understanding troubled_?”—In a word, I felt benevolence for her; and resolv’d some way or other to throw in my mite of courtesy,—if not of service.

an old word for “your”, speaking to one person

From this reading —Good God! how a man might lead such a creature as this round the world with him!— I had not yet seen her face—’twas not material: for the drawing was instantly set about, and long before we had got to the door of the Remise, _Fancy_ had finished the whole head, and pleased herself as much with its fitting her goddess, as if she had dived into the Tiber for it;—but thou art a seduced, and a seducing slut; and albeit thou cheatest us seven times a day with thy pictures and images, yet with so many charms dost thou do it, and thou deckest out thy pictures in the shapes of so many angels of light, ’tis a shame to break with thee.

a river of central Italy; flows through Rome to the Tyrrhenian Sea

From this reading —Good God! how a man might lead such a creature as this round the world with him!— I had not yet seen her face—’twas not material: for the drawing was instantly set about, and long before we had got to the door of the Remise, _Fancy_ had finished the whole head, and pleased herself as much with its fitting her goddess, as if she had dived into the Tiber for it;—but thou art a seduced, and a seducing slut; and albeit thou cheatest us seven times a day with thy pictures and images, yet with so many charms dost thou do it, and thou deckest out thy pictures in the shapes of so many angels of light, ’tis a shame to break with thee.

a more or less definite period of time now or previously present

From this reading —Good God! how a man might lead such a creature as this round the world with him!— I had not yet seen her face—’twas not material: for the drawing was instantly set about, and long before we had got to the door of the Remise, _Fancy_ had finished the whole head, and pleased herself as much with its fitting her goddess, as if she had dived into the Tiber for it;—but thou art a seduced, and a seducing slut; and albeit thou cheatest us seven times a day with thy pictures and images, yet with so many charms dost thou do it, and thou deckest out thy pictures in the shapes of so many angels of light, ’tis a shame to break with thee.

plural of “ti” — a light strong grey lustrous corrosion-resistant metallic element used in strong lightweight alloys (as for airplane parts); the main sources are rutile and ilmenite

From this reading —Good God! how a man might lead such a creature as this round the world with him!— I had not yet seen her face—’twas not material: for the drawing was instantly set about, and long before we had got to the door of the Remise, _Fancy_ had finished the whole head, and pleased herself as much with its fitting her goddess, as if she had dived into the Tiber for it;—but thou art a seduced, and a seducing slut; and albeit thou cheatest us seven times a day with thy pictures and images, yet with so many charms dost thou do it, and thou deckest out thy pictures in the shapes of so many angels of light, ’tis a shame to break with thee.

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

From this reading —Good God! how a man might lead such a creature as this round the world with him!— I had not yet seen her face—’twas not material: for the drawing was instantly set about, and long before we had got to the door of the Remise, _Fancy_ had finished the whole head, and pleased herself as much with its fitting her goddess, as if she had dived into the Tiber for it;—but thou art a seduced, and a seducing slut; and albeit thou cheatest us seven times a day with thy pictures and images, yet with so many charms dost thou do it, and thou deckest out thy pictures in the shapes of so many angels of light, ’tis a shame to break with thee.

a United States unit of weight equivalent to 2000 pounds

From this reading When we had got to the door of the Remise, she withdrew her hand from across her forehead, and let me see the original:—it was a face of about six-and-twenty,—of a clear transparent brown, simply set off without rouge or powder;—it was not critically handsome, but there was that in it, which, in the frame of mind I was in, attached me much more to it,—it was interesting: I fancied it wore the characters of a widow’d look, and in that state of its declension, which had passed the two first paroxysms of sorrow, and was quietly beginning to reconcile itself to its loss;—but a thousand other distresses might have traced the same lines; I wish’d to know what they had been—and was ready to inquire, (had the same _bon ton_ of conversation permitted, as in the days of Esdras)—“_What aileth thee_?

past form of “trace” — follow, discover, or ascertain the course of development of something

From this reading When we had got to the door of the Remise, she withdrew her hand from across her forehead, and let me see the original:—it was a face of about six-and-twenty,—of a clear transparent brown, simply set off without rouge or powder;—it was not critically handsome, but there was that in it, which, in the frame of mind I was in, attached me much more to it,—it was interesting: I fancied it wore the characters of a widow’d look, and in that state of its declension, which had passed the two first paroxysms of sorrow, and was quietly beginning to reconcile itself to its loss;—but a thousand other distresses might have traced the same lines; I wish’d to know what they had been—and was ready to inquire, (had the same _bon ton_ of conversation permitted, as in the days of Esdras)—“_What aileth thee_?

transmitting light; able to be seen through with clarity

From this reading When we had got to the door of the Remise, she withdrew her hand from across her forehead, and let me see the original:—it was a face of about six-and-twenty,—of a clear transparent brown, simply set off without rouge or powder;—it was not critically handsome, but there was that in it, which, in the frame of mind I was in, attached me much more to it,—it was interesting: I fancied it wore the characters of a widow’d look, and in that state of its declension, which had passed the two first paroxysms of sorrow, and was quietly beginning to reconcile itself to its loss;—but a thousand other distresses might have traced the same lines; I wish’d to know what they had been—and was ready to inquire, (had the same _bon ton_ of conversation permitted, as in the days of Esdras)—“_What aileth thee_?

characterized by or indicative of distress or affliction or danger or need

From this reading _and why is thy understanding troubled_?”—In a word, I felt benevolence for her; and resolv’d some way or other to throw in my mite of courtesy,—if not of service.

moved around an axis or center

From this reading Such were my temptations;—and in this disposition to give way to them, was I left alone with the lady with her hand in mine, and with our faces both turned closer to the door of the Remise than what was absolutely necessary.

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From this reading —Good God! how a man might lead such a creature as this round the world with him!— I had not yet seen her face—’twas not material: for the drawing was instantly set about, and long before we had got to the door of the Remise, _Fancy_ had finished the whole head, and pleased herself as much with its fitting her goddess, as if she had dived into the Tiber for it;—but thou art a seduced, and a seducing slut; and albeit thou cheatest us seven times a day with thy pictures and images, yet with so many charms dost thou do it, and thou deckest out thy pictures in the shapes of so many angels of light, ’tis a shame to break with thee.

the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one or a numeral representing this number

From this reading When we had got to the door of the Remise, she withdrew her hand from across her forehead, and let me see the original:—it was a face of about six-and-twenty,—of a clear transparent brown, simply set off without rouge or powder;—it was not critically handsome, but there was that in it, which, in the frame of mind I was in, attached me much more to it,—it was interesting: I fancied it wore the characters of a widow’d look, and in that state of its declension, which had passed the two first paroxysms of sorrow, and was quietly beginning to reconcile itself to its loss;—but a thousand other distresses might have traced the same lines; I wish’d to know what they had been—and was ready to inquire, (had the same _bon ton_ of conversation permitted, as in the days of Esdras)—“_What aileth thee_?

the cognitive condition of someone who understands

From this reading _and why is thy understanding troubled_?”—In a word, I felt benevolence for her; and resolv’d some way or other to throw in my mite of courtesy,—if not of service.

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

From this reading —Good God! how a man might lead such a creature as this round the world with him!— I had not yet seen her face—’twas not material: for the drawing was instantly set about, and long before we had got to the door of the Remise, _Fancy_ had finished the whole head, and pleased herself as much with its fitting her goddess, as if she had dived into the Tiber for it;—but thou art a seduced, and a seducing slut; and albeit thou cheatest us seven times a day with thy pictures and images, yet with so many charms dost thou do it, and thou deckest out thy pictures in the shapes of so many angels of light, ’tis a shame to break with thee.

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

From this reading —Good God! how a man might lead such a creature as this round the world with him!— I had not yet seen her face—’twas not material: for the drawing was instantly set about, and long before we had got to the door of the Remise, _Fancy_ had finished the whole head, and pleased herself as much with its fitting her goddess, as if she had dived into the Tiber for it;—but thou art a seduced, and a seducing slut; and albeit thou cheatest us seven times a day with thy pictures and images, yet with so many charms dost thou do it, and thou deckest out thy pictures in the shapes of so many angels of light, ’tis a shame to break with thee.

how something is done or how it happens

From this reading _and why is thy understanding troubled_?”—In a word, I felt benevolence for her; and resolv’d some way or other to throw in my mite of courtesy,—if not of service.

the speaker together with one or more other people

From this reading —Good God! how a man might lead such a creature as this round the world with him!— I had not yet seen her face—’twas not material: for the drawing was instantly set about, and long before we had got to the door of the Remise, _Fancy_ had finished the whole head, and pleased herself as much with its fitting her goddess, as if she had dived into the Tiber for it;—but thou art a seduced, and a seducing slut; and albeit thou cheatest us seven times a day with thy pictures and images, yet with so many charms dost thou do it, and thou deckest out thy pictures in the shapes of so many angels of light, ’tis a shame to break with thee.

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

From this reading Such were my temptations;—and in this disposition to give way to them, was I left alone with the lady with her hand in mine, and with our faces both turned closer to the door of the Remise than what was absolutely necessary.

used to ask for information about something

From this reading When we had got to the door of the Remise, she withdrew her hand from across her forehead, and let me see the original:—it was a face of about six-and-twenty,—of a clear transparent brown, simply set off without rouge or powder;—it was not critically handsome, but there was that in it, which, in the frame of mind I was in, attached me much more to it,—it was interesting: I fancied it wore the characters of a widow’d look, and in that state of its declension, which had passed the two first paroxysms of sorrow, and was quietly beginning to reconcile itself to its loss;—but a thousand other distresses might have traced the same lines; I wish’d to know what they had been—and was ready to inquire, (had the same _bon ton_ of conversation permitted, as in the days of Esdras)—“_What aileth thee_?

at the time that

From this reading When we had got to the door of the Remise, she withdrew her hand from across her forehead, and let me see the original:—it was a face of about six-and-twenty,—of a clear transparent brown, simply set off without rouge or powder;—it was not critically handsome, but there was that in it, which, in the frame of mind I was in, attached me much more to it,—it was interesting: I fancied it wore the characters of a widow’d look, and in that state of its declension, which had passed the two first paroxysms of sorrow, and was quietly beginning to reconcile itself to its loss;—but a thousand other distresses might have traced the same lines; I wish’d to know what they had been—and was ready to inquire, (had the same _bon ton_ of conversation permitted, as in the days of Esdras)—“_What aileth thee_?

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

From this reading When we had got to the door of the Remise, she withdrew her hand from across her forehead, and let me see the original:—it was a face of about six-and-twenty,—of a clear transparent brown, simply set off without rouge or powder;—it was not critically handsome, but there was that in it, which, in the frame of mind I was in, attached me much more to it,—it was interesting: I fancied it wore the characters of a widow’d look, and in that state of its declension, which had passed the two first paroxysms of sorrow, and was quietly beginning to reconcile itself to its loss;—but a thousand other distresses might have traced the same lines; I wish’d to know what they had been—and was ready to inquire, (had the same _bon ton_ of conversation permitted, as in the days of Esdras)—“_What aileth thee_?

including all components without exception; being one unit or constituting the full amount or extent or duration; complete

From this reading —Good God! how a man might lead such a creature as this round the world with him!— I had not yet seen her face—’twas not material: for the drawing was instantly set about, and long before we had got to the door of the Remise, _Fancy_ had finished the whole head, and pleased herself as much with its fitting her goddess, as if she had dived into the Tiber for it;—but thou art a seduced, and a seducing slut; and albeit thou cheatest us seven times a day with thy pictures and images, yet with so many charms dost thou do it, and thou deckest out thy pictures in the shapes of so many angels of light, ’tis a shame to break with thee.

the cause or intention underlying an action or situation, especially in the phrase “the whys and wherefores”

From this reading _and why art thou disquieted_?

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From this reading When we had got to the door of the Remise, she withdrew her hand from across her forehead, and let me see the original:—it was a face of about six-and-twenty,—of a clear transparent brown, simply set off without rouge or powder;—it was not critically handsome, but there was that in it, which, in the frame of mind I was in, attached me much more to it,—it was interesting: I fancied it wore the characters of a widow’d look, and in that state of its declension, which had passed the two first paroxysms of sorrow, and was quietly beginning to reconcile itself to its loss;—but a thousand other distresses might have traced the same lines; I wish’d to know what they had been—and was ready to inquire, (had the same _bon ton_ of conversation permitted, as in the days of Esdras)—“_What aileth thee_?

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From this reading When we had got to the door of the Remise, she withdrew her hand from across her forehead, and let me see the original:—it was a face of about six-and-twenty,—of a clear transparent brown, simply set off without rouge or powder;—it was not critically handsome, but there was that in it, which, in the frame of mind I was in, attached me much more to it,—it was interesting: I fancied it wore the characters of a widow’d look, and in that state of its declension, which had passed the two first paroxysms of sorrow, and was quietly beginning to reconcile itself to its loss;—but a thousand other distresses might have traced the same lines; I wish’d to know what they had been—and was ready to inquire, (had the same _bon ton_ of conversation permitted, as in the days of Esdras)—“_What aileth thee_?

in the company of; together with

From this reading —Good God! how a man might lead such a creature as this round the world with him!— I had not yet seen her face—’twas not material: for the drawing was instantly set about, and long before we had got to the door of the Remise, _Fancy_ had finished the whole head, and pleased herself as much with its fitting her goddess, as if she had dived into the Tiber for it;—but thou art a seduced, and a seducing slut; and albeit thou cheatest us seven times a day with thy pictures and images, yet with so many charms dost thou do it, and thou deckest out thy pictures in the shapes of so many angels of light, ’tis a shame to break with thee.

inflected form of “withdraw” — pull back or move away or backward

From this reading When we had got to the door of the Remise, she withdrew her hand from across her forehead, and let me see the original:—it was a face of about six-and-twenty,—of a clear transparent brown, simply set off without rouge or powder;—it was not critically handsome, but there was that in it, which, in the frame of mind I was in, attached me much more to it,—it was interesting: I fancied it wore the characters of a widow’d look, and in that state of its declension, which had passed the two first paroxysms of sorrow, and was quietly beginning to reconcile itself to its loss;—but a thousand other distresses might have traced the same lines; I wish’d to know what they had been—and was ready to inquire, (had the same _bon ton_ of conversation permitted, as in the days of Esdras)—“_What aileth thee_?

not having, not using, or not accompanied by

From this reading When we had got to the door of the Remise, she withdrew her hand from across her forehead, and let me see the original:—it was a face of about six-and-twenty,—of a clear transparent brown, simply set off without rouge or powder;—it was not critically handsome, but there was that in it, which, in the frame of mind I was in, attached me much more to it,—it was interesting: I fancied it wore the characters of a widow’d look, and in that state of its declension, which had passed the two first paroxysms of sorrow, and was quietly beginning to reconcile itself to its loss;—but a thousand other distresses might have traced the same lines; I wish’d to know what they had been—and was ready to inquire, (had the same _bon ton_ of conversation permitted, as in the days of Esdras)—“_What aileth thee_?

a unit of language that native speakers can identify

From this reading _and why is thy understanding troubled_?”—In a word, I felt benevolence for her; and resolv’d some way or other to throw in my mite of courtesy,—if not of service.

inflected form of “wear” — be dressed in

From this reading When we had got to the door of the Remise, she withdrew her hand from across her forehead, and let me see the original:—it was a face of about six-and-twenty,—of a clear transparent brown, simply set off without rouge or powder;—it was not critically handsome, but there was that in it, which, in the frame of mind I was in, attached me much more to it,—it was interesting: I fancied it wore the characters of a widow’d look, and in that state of its declension, which had passed the two first paroxysms of sorrow, and was quietly beginning to reconcile itself to its loss;—but a thousand other distresses might have traced the same lines; I wish’d to know what they had been—and was ready to inquire, (had the same _bon ton_ of conversation permitted, as in the days of Esdras)—“_What aileth thee_?

everything that exists anywhere

From this reading —Good God! how a man might lead such a creature as this round the world with him!— I had not yet seen her face—’twas not material: for the drawing was instantly set about, and long before we had got to the door of the Remise, _Fancy_ had finished the whole head, and pleased herself as much with its fitting her goddess, as if she had dived into the Tiber for it;—but thou art a seduced, and a seducing slut; and albeit thou cheatest us seven times a day with thy pictures and images, yet with so many charms dost thou do it, and thou deckest out thy pictures in the shapes of so many angels of light, ’tis a shame to break with thee.

but in spite of that

From this reading —Good God! how a man might lead such a creature as this round the world with him!— I had not yet seen her face—’twas not material: for the drawing was instantly set about, and long before we had got to the door of the Remise, _Fancy_ had finished the whole head, and pleased herself as much with its fitting her goddess, as if she had dived into the Tiber for it;—but thou art a seduced, and a seducing slut; and albeit thou cheatest us seven times a day with thy pictures and images, yet with so many charms dost thou do it, and thou deckest out thy pictures in the shapes of so many angels of light, ’tis a shame to break with thee.