Chapter XXII · Chapter 22

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

From this reading _Don Sanchez proposes a very artful way to make Mr. Godwin a party to our knavery, etc._ I returned to Hurst Court the following day in the forenoon, and there I found Mr. Godwin, with Moll clinging to his arm, in an upper room commanding a view of the northern slopes, discussing their future, and Moll told me with glee how this room was to be her husband's workroom, where he would paint pictures for the admiration of all the world, saying that he would not (nor would she have him) renounce his calling to lead the idle life of a country gentleman.

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From this reading To please me, he shut up his book and agreed to take a stroll in the park while dinner was a-dressing.

plural of “add” — a condition (mostly in boys) characterized by behavioral and learning disorders

From this reading "If the world admire my pictures, the world shall pay to have them," says he, with a smile; then turning to her he adds very tenderly: "I will owe all my happiness to you, sweetheart; yet guard my independence in more material matters.

a feeling of delighted approval and liking

From this reading _Don Sanchez proposes a very artful way to make Mr. Godwin a party to our knavery, etc._ I returned to Hurst Court the following day in the forenoon, and there I found Mr. Godwin, with Moll clinging to his arm, in an upper room commanding a view of the northern slopes, discussing their future, and Moll told me with glee how this room was to be her husband's workroom, where he would paint pictures for the admiration of all the world, saying that he would not (nor would she have him) renounce his calling to lead the idle life of a country gentleman.

feel admiration for

From this reading "If the world admire my pictures, the world shall pay to have them," says he, with a smile; then turning to her he adds very tenderly: "I will owe all my happiness to you, sweetheart; yet guard my independence in more material matters.

united by being of the same opinion

From this reading To please me, he shut up his book and agreed to take a stroll in the park while dinner was a-dressing.

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

From this reading _Don Sanchez proposes a very artful way to make Mr. Godwin a party to our knavery, etc._ I returned to Hurst Court the following day in the forenoon, and there I found Mr. Godwin, with Moll clinging to his arm, in an upper room commanding a view of the northern slopes, discussing their future, and Moll told me with glee how this room was to be her husband's workroom, where he would paint pictures for the admiration of all the world, saying that he would not (nor would she have him) renounce his calling to lead the idle life of a country gentleman.

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

From this reading _Don Sanchez proposes a very artful way to make Mr. Godwin a party to our knavery, etc._ I returned to Hurst Court the following day in the forenoon, and there I found Mr. Godwin, with Moll clinging to his arm, in an upper room commanding a view of the northern slopes, discussing their future, and Moll told me with glee how this room was to be her husband's workroom, where he would paint pictures for the admiration of all the world, saying that he would not (nor would she have him) renounce his calling to lead the idle life of a country gentleman.

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

From this reading _Don Sanchez proposes a very artful way to make Mr. Godwin a party to our knavery, etc._ I returned to Hurst Court the following day in the forenoon, and there I found Mr. Godwin, with Moll clinging to his arm, in an upper room commanding a view of the northern slopes, discussing their future, and Moll told me with glee how this room was to be her husband's workroom, where he would paint pictures for the admiration of all the world, saying that he would not (nor would she have him) renounce his calling to lead the idle life of a country gentleman.

fruit with red or yellow or green skin and sweet to tart crisp whitish flesh

From this reading Seeing I was not wanted here, I left them to settle their prospectives, and sought Don Sanchez, whom I found reading in a room below, seated in a comfortable chair before a good fire of apple logs.

a human limb; technically the part of the superior limb between the shoulder and the elbow but commonly used to refer to the whole superior limb

From this reading _Don Sanchez proposes a very artful way to make Mr. Godwin a party to our knavery, etc._ I returned to Hurst Court the following day in the forenoon, and there I found Mr. Godwin, with Moll clinging to his arm, in an upper room commanding a view of the northern slopes, discussing their future, and Moll told me with glee how this room was to be her husband's workroom, where he would paint pictures for the admiration of all the world, saying that he would not (nor would she have him) renounce his calling to lead the idle life of a country gentleman.

not straightforward or candid; giving a false appearance of frankness

From this reading _Don Sanchez proposes a very artful way to make Mr. Godwin a party to our knavery, etc._ I returned to Hurst Court the following day in the forenoon, and there I found Mr. Godwin, with Moll clinging to his arm, in an upper room commanding a view of the northern slopes, discussing their future, and Moll told me with glee how this room was to be her husband's workroom, where he would paint pictures for the admiration of all the world, saying that he would not (nor would she have him) renounce his calling to lead the idle life of a country gentleman.

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

From this reading _Don Sanchez proposes a very artful way to make Mr. Godwin a party to our knavery, etc._ I returned to Hurst Court the following day in the forenoon, and there I found Mr. Godwin, with Moll clinging to his arm, in an upper room commanding a view of the northern slopes, discussing their future, and Moll told me with glee how this room was to be her husband's workroom, where he would paint pictures for the admiration of all the world, saying that he would not (nor would she have him) renounce his calling to lead the idle life of a country gentleman.

earlier than; in front of

From this reading Seeing I was not wanted here, I left them to settle their prospectives, and sought Don Sanchez, whom I found reading in a room below, seated in a comfortable chair before a good fire of apple logs.

at or to a lower level than something

From this reading Seeing I was not wanted here, I left them to settle their prospectives, and sought Don Sanchez, whom I found reading in a room below, seated in a comfortable chair before a good fire of apple logs.

a written work or composition that has been published (printed on pages bound together)

From this reading To please me, he shut up his book and agreed to take a stroll in the park while dinner was a-dressing.

the particular occupation for which you are trained

From this reading _Don Sanchez proposes a very artful way to make Mr. Godwin a party to our knavery, etc._ I returned to Hurst Court the following day in the forenoon, and there I found Mr. Godwin, with Moll clinging to his arm, in an upper room commanding a view of the northern slopes, discussing their future, and Moll told me with glee how this room was to be her husband's workroom, where he would paint pictures for the admiration of all the world, saying that he would not (nor would she have him) renounce his calling to lead the idle life of a country gentleman.

put or send forth

From this reading No mercenary question shall ever cast suspicion on my love."

a seat for one person, with a support for the back

From this reading Seeing I was not wanted here, I left them to settle their prospectives, and sought Don Sanchez, whom I found reading in a room below, seated in a comfortable chair before a good fire of apple logs.

-ing form of “cling” — come or be in close contact with; stick or hold together and resist separation

From this reading _Don Sanchez proposes a very artful way to make Mr. Godwin a party to our knavery, etc._ I returned to Hurst Court the following day in the forenoon, and there I found Mr. Godwin, with Moll clinging to his arm, in an upper room commanding a view of the northern slopes, discussing their future, and Moll told me with glee how this room was to be her husband's workroom, where he would paint pictures for the admiration of all the world, saying that he would not (nor would she have him) renounce his calling to lead the idle life of a country gentleman.

providing or experiencing physical well-being or relief (“comfy” is informal)

From this reading Seeing I was not wanted here, I left them to settle their prospectives, and sought Don Sanchez, whom I found reading in a room below, seated in a comfortable chair before a good fire of apple logs.

used of a height or viewpoint

From this reading _Don Sanchez proposes a very artful way to make Mr. Godwin a party to our knavery, etc._ I returned to Hurst Court the following day in the forenoon, and there I found Mr. Godwin, with Moll clinging to his arm, in an upper room commanding a view of the northern slopes, discussing their future, and Moll told me with glee how this room was to be her husband's workroom, where he would paint pictures for the admiration of all the world, saying that he would not (nor would she have him) renounce his calling to lead the idle life of a country gentleman.

a politically organized body of people under a single government

From this reading _Don Sanchez proposes a very artful way to make Mr. Godwin a party to our knavery, etc._ I returned to Hurst Court the following day in the forenoon, and there I found Mr. Godwin, with Moll clinging to his arm, in an upper room commanding a view of the northern slopes, discussing their future, and Moll told me with glee how this room was to be her husband's workroom, where he would paint pictures for the admiration of all the world, saying that he would not (nor would she have him) renounce his calling to lead the idle life of a country gentleman.

an assembly (including one or more judges) to conduct judicial business

From this reading _Don Sanchez proposes a very artful way to make Mr. Godwin a party to our knavery, etc._ I returned to Hurst Court the following day in the forenoon, and there I found Mr. Godwin, with Moll clinging to his arm, in an upper room commanding a view of the northern slopes, discussing their future, and Moll told me with glee how this room was to be her husband's workroom, where he would paint pictures for the admiration of all the world, saying that he would not (nor would she have him) renounce his calling to lead the idle life of a country gentleman.

time for Earth to make a complete rotation on its axis

From this reading _Don Sanchez proposes a very artful way to make Mr. Godwin a party to our knavery, etc._ I returned to Hurst Court the following day in the forenoon, and there I found Mr. Godwin, with Moll clinging to his arm, in an upper room commanding a view of the northern slopes, discussing their future, and Moll told me with glee how this room was to be her husband's workroom, where he would paint pictures for the admiration of all the world, saying that he would not (nor would she have him) renounce his calling to lead the idle life of a country gentleman.

the main meal of the day served in the evening or at midday

From this reading To please me, he shut up his book and agreed to take a stroll in the park while dinner was a-dressing.

-ing form of “discuss” — to consider or examine in speech or writing

From this reading _Don Sanchez proposes a very artful way to make Mr. Godwin a party to our knavery, etc._ I returned to Hurst Court the following day in the forenoon, and there I found Mr. Godwin, with Moll clinging to his arm, in an upper room commanding a view of the northern slopes, discussing their future, and Moll told me with glee how this room was to be her husband's workroom, where he would paint pictures for the admiration of all the world, saying that he would not (nor would she have him) renounce his calling to lead the idle life of a country gentleman.

a Spanish gentleman or nobleman

From this reading _Don Sanchez proposes a very artful way to make Mr. Godwin a party to our knavery, etc._ I returned to Hurst Court the following day in the forenoon, and there I found Mr. Godwin, with Moll clinging to his arm, in an upper room commanding a view of the northern slopes, discussing their future, and Moll told me with glee how this room was to be her husband's workroom, where he would paint pictures for the admiration of all the world, saying that he would not (nor would she have him) renounce his calling to lead the idle life of a country gentleman.

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From this reading _Don Sanchez proposes a very artful way to make Mr. Godwin a party to our knavery, etc._ I returned to Hurst Court the following day in the forenoon, and there I found Mr. Godwin, with Moll clinging to his arm, in an upper room commanding a view of the northern slopes, discussing their future, and Moll told me with glee how this room was to be her husband's workroom, where he would paint pictures for the admiration of all the world, saying that he would not (nor would she have him) renounce his calling to lead the idle life of a country gentleman.

at any time

From this reading No mercenary question shall ever cast suspicion on my love."

start firing a weapon

From this reading Seeing I was not wanted here, I left them to settle their prospectives, and sought Don Sanchez, whom I found reading in a room below, seated in a comfortable chair before a good fire of apple logs.

about to be mentioned or specified

From this reading _Don Sanchez proposes a very artful way to make Mr. Godwin a party to our knavery, etc._ I returned to Hurst Court the following day in the forenoon, and there I found Mr. Godwin, with Moll clinging to his arm, in an upper room commanding a view of the northern slopes, discussing their future, and Moll told me with glee how this room was to be her husband's workroom, where he would paint pictures for the admiration of all the world, saying that he would not (nor would she have him) renounce his calling to lead the idle life of a country gentleman.

intended to be given to, or used by, somebody

From this reading _Don Sanchez proposes a very artful way to make Mr. Godwin a party to our knavery, etc._ I returned to Hurst Court the following day in the forenoon, and there I found Mr. Godwin, with Moll clinging to his arm, in an upper room commanding a view of the northern slopes, discussing their future, and Moll told me with glee how this room was to be her husband's workroom, where he would paint pictures for the admiration of all the world, saying that he would not (nor would she have him) renounce his calling to lead the idle life of a country gentleman.

the time period between dawn and noon

From this reading _Don Sanchez proposes a very artful way to make Mr. Godwin a party to our knavery, etc._ I returned to Hurst Court the following day in the forenoon, and there I found Mr. Godwin, with Moll clinging to his arm, in an upper room commanding a view of the northern slopes, discussing their future, and Moll told me with glee how this room was to be her husband's workroom, where he would paint pictures for the admiration of all the world, saying that he would not (nor would she have him) renounce his calling to lead the idle life of a country gentleman.

set up or found

From this reading _Don Sanchez proposes a very artful way to make Mr. Godwin a party to our knavery, etc._ I returned to Hurst Court the following day in the forenoon, and there I found Mr. Godwin, with Moll clinging to his arm, in an upper room commanding a view of the northern slopes, discussing their future, and Moll told me with glee how this room was to be her husband's workroom, where he would paint pictures for the admiration of all the world, saying that he would not (nor would she have him) renounce his calling to lead the idle life of a country gentleman.

yet to be or coming

From this reading _Don Sanchez proposes a very artful way to make Mr. Godwin a party to our knavery, etc._ I returned to Hurst Court the following day in the forenoon, and there I found Mr. Godwin, with Moll clinging to his arm, in an upper room commanding a view of the northern slopes, discussing their future, and Moll told me with glee how this room was to be her husband's workroom, where he would paint pictures for the admiration of all the world, saying that he would not (nor would she have him) renounce his calling to lead the idle life of a country gentleman.

a man of refinement

From this reading _Don Sanchez proposes a very artful way to make Mr. Godwin a party to our knavery, etc._ I returned to Hurst Court the following day in the forenoon, and there I found Mr. Godwin, with Moll clinging to his arm, in an upper room commanding a view of the northern slopes, discussing their future, and Moll told me with glee how this room was to be her husband's workroom, where he would paint pictures for the admiration of all the world, saying that he would not (nor would she have him) renounce his calling to lead the idle life of a country gentleman.

great merriment

From this reading _Don Sanchez proposes a very artful way to make Mr. Godwin a party to our knavery, etc._ I returned to Hurst Court the following day in the forenoon, and there I found Mr. Godwin, with Moll clinging to his arm, in an upper room commanding a view of the northern slopes, discussing their future, and Moll told me with glee how this room was to be her husband's workroom, where he would paint pictures for the admiration of all the world, saying that he would not (nor would she have him) renounce his calling to lead the idle life of a country gentleman.

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From this reading _Don Sanchez proposes a very artful way to make Mr. Godwin a party to our knavery, etc._ I returned to Hurst Court the following day in the forenoon, and there I found Mr. Godwin, with Moll clinging to his arm, in an upper room commanding a view of the northern slopes, discussing their future, and Moll told me with glee how this room was to be her husband's workroom, where he would paint pictures for the admiration of all the world, saying that he would not (nor would she have him) renounce his calling to lead the idle life of a country gentleman.

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

From this reading Seeing I was not wanted here, I left them to settle their prospectives, and sought Don Sanchez, whom I found reading in a room below, seated in a comfortable chair before a good fire of apple logs.

a person who keeps watch over something or someone

From this reading "If the world admire my pictures, the world shall pay to have them," says he, with a smile; then turning to her he adds very tenderly: "I will owe all my happiness to you, sweetheart; yet guard my independence in more material matters.

state of well-being characterized by emotions ranging from contentment to intense joy

From this reading "If the world admire my pictures, the world shall pay to have them," says he, with a smile; then turning to her he adds very tenderly: "I will owe all my happiness to you, sweetheart; yet guard my independence in more material matters.

used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses

From this reading _Don Sanchez proposes a very artful way to make Mr. Godwin a party to our knavery, etc._ I returned to Hurst Court the following day in the forenoon, and there I found Mr. Godwin, with Moll clinging to his arm, in an upper room commanding a view of the northern slopes, discussing their future, and Moll told me with glee how this room was to be her husband's workroom, where he would paint pictures for the admiration of all the world, saying that he would not (nor would she have him) renounce his calling to lead the idle life of a country gentleman.

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

From this reading _Don Sanchez proposes a very artful way to make Mr. Godwin a party to our knavery, etc._ I returned to Hurst Court the following day in the forenoon, and there I found Mr. Godwin, with Moll clinging to his arm, in an upper room commanding a view of the northern slopes, discussing their future, and Moll told me with glee how this room was to be her husband's workroom, where he would paint pictures for the admiration of all the world, saying that he would not (nor would she have him) renounce his calling to lead the idle life of a country gentleman.

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

From this reading _Don Sanchez proposes a very artful way to make Mr. Godwin a party to our knavery, etc._ I returned to Hurst Court the following day in the forenoon, and there I found Mr. Godwin, with Moll clinging to his arm, in an upper room commanding a view of the northern slopes, discussing their future, and Moll told me with glee how this room was to be her husband's workroom, where he would paint pictures for the admiration of all the world, saying that he would not (nor would she have him) renounce his calling to lead the idle life of a country gentleman.

in or at this place; where the speaker or writer is

From this reading Seeing I was not wanted here, I left them to settle their prospectives, and sought Don Sanchez, whom I found reading in a room below, seated in a comfortable chair before a good fire of apple logs.

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

From this reading _Don Sanchez proposes a very artful way to make Mr. Godwin a party to our knavery, etc._ I returned to Hurst Court the following day in the forenoon, and there I found Mr. Godwin, with Moll clinging to his arm, in an upper room commanding a view of the northern slopes, discussing their future, and Moll told me with glee how this room was to be her husband's workroom, where he would paint pictures for the admiration of all the world, saying that he would not (nor would she have him) renounce his calling to lead the idle life of a country gentleman.

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

From this reading _Don Sanchez proposes a very artful way to make Mr. Godwin a party to our knavery, etc._ I returned to Hurst Court the following day in the forenoon, and there I found Mr. Godwin, with Moll clinging to his arm, in an upper room commanding a view of the northern slopes, discussing their future, and Moll told me with glee how this room was to be her husband's workroom, where he would paint pictures for the admiration of all the world, saying that he would not (nor would she have him) renounce his calling to lead the idle life of a country gentleman.

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From this reading _Don Sanchez proposes a very artful way to make Mr. Godwin a party to our knavery, etc._ I returned to Hurst Court the following day in the forenoon, and there I found Mr. Godwin, with Moll clinging to his arm, in an upper room commanding a view of the northern slopes, discussing their future, and Moll told me with glee how this room was to be her husband's workroom, where he would paint pictures for the admiration of all the world, saying that he would not (nor would she have him) renounce his calling to lead the idle life of a country gentleman.

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From this reading _Don Sanchez proposes a very artful way to make Mr. Godwin a party to our knavery, etc._ I returned to Hurst Court the following day in the forenoon, and there I found Mr. Godwin, with Moll clinging to his arm, in an upper room commanding a view of the northern slopes, discussing their future, and Moll told me with glee how this room was to be her husband's workroom, where he would paint pictures for the admiration of all the world, saying that he would not (nor would she have him) renounce his calling to lead the idle life of a country gentleman.

possessive form of “husband” — a married man; a woman's partner in marriage

From this reading _Don Sanchez proposes a very artful way to make Mr. Godwin a party to our knavery, etc._ I returned to Hurst Court the following day in the forenoon, and there I found Mr. Godwin, with Moll clinging to his arm, in an upper room commanding a view of the northern slopes, discussing their future, and Moll told me with glee how this room was to be her husband's workroom, where he would paint pictures for the admiration of all the world, saying that he would not (nor would she have him) renounce his calling to lead the idle life of a country gentleman.

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

From this reading _Don Sanchez proposes a very artful way to make Mr. Godwin a party to our knavery, etc._ I returned to Hurst Court the following day in the forenoon, and there I found Mr. Godwin, with Moll clinging to his arm, in an upper room commanding a view of the northern slopes, discussing their future, and Moll told me with glee how this room was to be her husband's workroom, where he would paint pictures for the admiration of all the world, saying that he would not (nor would she have him) renounce his calling to lead the idle life of a country gentleman.

not in action or at work

From this reading _Don Sanchez proposes a very artful way to make Mr. Godwin a party to our knavery, etc._ I returned to Hurst Court the following day in the forenoon, and there I found Mr. Godwin, with Moll clinging to his arm, in an upper room commanding a view of the northern slopes, discussing their future, and Moll told me with glee how this room was to be her husband's workroom, where he would paint pictures for the admiration of all the world, saying that he would not (nor would she have him) renounce his calling to lead the idle life of a country gentleman.

on condition that; in the event that

From this reading "If the world admire my pictures, the world shall pay to have them," says he, with a smile; then turning to her he adds very tenderly: "I will owe all my happiness to you, sweetheart; yet guard my independence in more material matters.

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

From this reading _Don Sanchez proposes a very artful way to make Mr. Godwin a party to our knavery, etc._ I returned to Hurst Court the following day in the forenoon, and there I found Mr. Godwin, with Moll clinging to his arm, in an upper room commanding a view of the northern slopes, discussing their future, and Moll told me with glee how this room was to be her husband's workroom, where he would paint pictures for the admiration of all the world, saying that he would not (nor would she have him) renounce his calling to lead the idle life of a country gentleman.

freedom from control or influence of another or others

From this reading "If the world admire my pictures, the world shall pay to have them," says he, with a smile; then turning to her he adds very tenderly: "I will owe all my happiness to you, sweetheart; yet guard my independence in more material matters.

lack of honesty; acts of lying or cheating or stealing

From this reading _Don Sanchez proposes a very artful way to make Mr. Godwin a party to our knavery, etc._ I returned to Hurst Court the following day in the forenoon, and there I found Mr. Godwin, with Moll clinging to his arm, in an upper room commanding a view of the northern slopes, discussing their future, and Moll told me with glee how this room was to be her husband's workroom, where he would paint pictures for the admiration of all the world, saying that he would not (nor would she have him) renounce his calling to lead the idle life of a country gentleman.

take somebody somewhere

From this reading _Don Sanchez proposes a very artful way to make Mr. Godwin a party to our knavery, etc._ I returned to Hurst Court the following day in the forenoon, and there I found Mr. Godwin, with Moll clinging to his arm, in an upper room commanding a view of the northern slopes, discussing their future, and Moll told me with glee how this room was to be her husband's workroom, where he would paint pictures for the admiration of all the world, saying that he would not (nor would she have him) renounce his calling to lead the idle life of a country gentleman.

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 Seeing I was not wanted here, I left them to settle their prospectives, and sought Don Sanchez, whom I found reading in a room below, seated in a comfortable chair before a good fire of apple logs.

a characteristic state or mode of living

From this reading _Don Sanchez proposes a very artful way to make Mr. Godwin a party to our knavery, etc._ I returned to Hurst Court the following day in the forenoon, and there I found Mr. Godwin, with Moll clinging to his arm, in an upper room commanding a view of the northern slopes, discussing their future, and Moll told me with glee how this room was to be her husband's workroom, where he would paint pictures for the admiration of all the world, saying that he would not (nor would she have him) renounce his calling to lead the idle life of a country gentleman.

plural of “log” — a segment of the trunk of a tree when stripped of branches

From this reading Seeing I was not wanted here, I left them to settle their prospectives, and sought Don Sanchez, whom I found reading in a room below, seated in a comfortable chair before a good fire of apple logs.

a strong positive emotion of regard and affection

From this reading No mercenary question shall ever cast suspicion on my love."

engage in

From this reading _Don Sanchez proposes a very artful way to make Mr. Godwin a party to our knavery, etc._ I returned to Hurst Court the following day in the forenoon, and there I found Mr. Godwin, with Moll clinging to his arm, in an upper room commanding a view of the northern slopes, discussing their future, and Moll told me with glee how this room was to be her husband's workroom, where he would paint pictures for the admiration of all the world, saying that he would not (nor would she have him) renounce his calling to lead the idle life of a country gentleman.

concerned with worldly rather than spiritual interests

From this reading "If the world admire my pictures, the world shall pay to have them," says he, with a smile; then turning to her he adds very tenderly: "I will owe all my happiness to you, sweetheart; yet guard my independence in more material matters.

plural of “matter” — a vaguely specified concern

From this reading "If the world admire my pictures, the world shall pay to have them," says he, with a smile; then turning to her he adds very tenderly: "I will owe all my happiness to you, sweetheart; yet guard my independence in more material matters.

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

From this reading _Don Sanchez proposes a very artful way to make Mr. Godwin a party to our knavery, etc._ I returned to Hurst Court the following day in the forenoon, and there I found Mr. Godwin, with Moll clinging to his arm, in an upper room commanding a view of the northern slopes, discussing their future, and Moll told me with glee how this room was to be her husband's workroom, where he would paint pictures for the admiration of all the world, saying that he would not (nor would she have him) renounce his calling to lead the idle life of a country gentleman.

a person hired to fight for another country than their own

From this reading No mercenary question shall ever cast suspicion on my love."

the girlfriend of a gangster

From this reading _Don Sanchez proposes a very artful way to make Mr. Godwin a party to our knavery, etc._ I returned to Hurst Court the following day in the forenoon, and there I found Mr. Godwin, with Moll clinging to his arm, in an upper room commanding a view of the northern slopes, discussing their future, and Moll told me with glee how this room was to be her husband's workroom, where he would paint pictures for the admiration of all the world, saying that he would not (nor would she have him) renounce his calling to lead the idle life of a country gentleman.

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

From this reading "If the world admire my pictures, the world shall pay to have them," says he, with a smile; then turning to her he adds very tenderly: "I will owe all my happiness to you, sweetheart; yet guard my independence in more material matters.

a form of address for a man

From this reading _Don Sanchez proposes a very artful way to make Mr. Godwin a party to our knavery, etc._ I returned to Hurst Court the following day in the forenoon, and there I found Mr. Godwin, with Moll clinging to his arm, in an upper room commanding a view of the northern slopes, discussing their future, and Moll told me with glee how this room was to be her husband's workroom, where he would paint pictures for the admiration of all the world, saying that he would not (nor would she have him) renounce his calling to lead the idle life of a country gentleman.

belonging to the person speaking

From this reading "If the world admire my pictures, the world shall pay to have them," says he, with a smile; then turning to her he adds very tenderly: "I will owe all my happiness to you, sweetheart; yet guard my independence in more material matters.

not any; not one

From this reading No mercenary question shall ever cast suspicion on my love."

and not; used after a negative to add a second negative

From this reading _Don Sanchez proposes a very artful way to make Mr. Godwin a party to our knavery, etc._ I returned to Hurst Court the following day in the forenoon, and there I found Mr. Godwin, with Moll clinging to his arm, in an upper room commanding a view of the northern slopes, discussing their future, and Moll told me with glee how this room was to be her husband's workroom, where he would paint pictures for the admiration of all the world, saying that he would not (nor would she have him) renounce his calling to lead the idle life of a country gentleman.

in or characteristic of a region of the United States north of (approximately) the Mason-Dixon line

From this reading _Don Sanchez proposes a very artful way to make Mr. Godwin a party to our knavery, etc._ I returned to Hurst Court the following day in the forenoon, and there I found Mr. Godwin, with Moll clinging to his arm, in an upper room commanding a view of the northern slopes, discussing their future, and Moll told me with glee how this room was to be her husband's workroom, where he would paint pictures for the admiration of all the world, saying that he would not (nor would she have him) renounce his calling to lead the idle life of a country gentleman.

used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative

From this reading _Don Sanchez proposes a very artful way to make Mr. Godwin a party to our knavery, etc._ I returned to Hurst Court the following day in the forenoon, and there I found Mr. Godwin, with Moll clinging to his arm, in an upper room commanding a view of the northern slopes, discussing their future, and Moll told me with glee how this room was to be her husband's workroom, where he would paint pictures for the admiration of all the world, saying that he would not (nor would she have him) renounce his calling to lead the idle life of a country gentleman.

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

From this reading _Don Sanchez proposes a very artful way to make Mr. Godwin a party to our knavery, etc._ I returned to Hurst Court the following day in the forenoon, and there I found Mr. Godwin, with Moll clinging to his arm, in an upper room commanding a view of the northern slopes, discussing their future, and Moll told me with glee how this room was to be her husband's workroom, where he would paint pictures for the admiration of all the world, saying that he would not (nor would she have him) renounce his calling to lead the idle life of a country gentleman.

touching and supported by a surface

From this reading No mercenary question shall ever cast suspicion on my love."

belonging to the speaker and others

From this reading _Don Sanchez proposes a very artful way to make Mr. Godwin a party to our knavery, etc._ I returned to Hurst Court the following day in the forenoon, and there I found Mr. Godwin, with Moll clinging to his arm, in an upper room commanding a view of the northern slopes, discussing their future, and Moll told me with glee how this room was to be her husband's workroom, where he would paint pictures for the admiration of all the world, saying that he would not (nor would she have him) renounce his calling to lead the idle life of a country gentleman.

be obliged to pay or repay

From this reading "If the world admire my pictures, the world shall pay to have them," says he, with a smile; then turning to her he adds very tenderly: "I will owe all my happiness to you, sweetheart; yet guard my independence in more material matters.

make a painting

From this reading _Don Sanchez proposes a very artful way to make Mr. Godwin a party to our knavery, etc._ I returned to Hurst Court the following day in the forenoon, and there I found Mr. Godwin, with Moll clinging to his arm, in an upper room commanding a view of the northern slopes, discussing their future, and Moll told me with glee how this room was to be her husband's workroom, where he would paint pictures for the admiration of all the world, saying that he would not (nor would she have him) renounce his calling to lead the idle life of a country gentleman.

a large area of land preserved in its natural state as public property

From this reading To please me, he shut up his book and agreed to take a stroll in the park while dinner was a-dressing.

an organization to gain political power

From this reading _Don Sanchez proposes a very artful way to make Mr. Godwin a party to our knavery, etc._ I returned to Hurst Court the following day in the forenoon, and there I found Mr. Godwin, with Moll clinging to his arm, in an upper room commanding a view of the northern slopes, discussing their future, and Moll told me with glee how this room was to be her husband's workroom, where he would paint pictures for the admiration of all the world, saying that he would not (nor would she have him) renounce his calling to lead the idle life of a country gentleman.

give money, usually in exchange for goods or services

From this reading "If the world admire my pictures, the world shall pay to have them," says he, with a smile; then turning to her he adds very tenderly: "I will owe all my happiness to you, sweetheart; yet guard my independence in more material matters.

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

From this reading _Don Sanchez proposes a very artful way to make Mr. Godwin a party to our knavery, etc._ I returned to Hurst Court the following day in the forenoon, and there I found Mr. Godwin, with Moll clinging to his arm, in an upper room commanding a view of the northern slopes, discussing their future, and Moll told me with glee how this room was to be her husband's workroom, where he would paint pictures for the admiration of all the world, saying that he would not (nor would she have him) renounce his calling to lead the idle life of a country gentleman.

give pleasure to or be pleasing to

From this reading To please me, he shut up his book and agreed to take a stroll in the park while dinner was a-dressing.

third-person singular of “propose” — make a proposal, declare a plan for something

From this reading _Don Sanchez proposes a very artful way to make Mr. Godwin a party to our knavery, etc._ I returned to Hurst Court the following day in the forenoon, and there I found Mr. Godwin, with Moll clinging to his arm, in an upper room commanding a view of the northern slopes, discussing their future, and Moll told me with glee how this room was to be her husband's workroom, where he would paint pictures for the admiration of all the world, saying that he would not (nor would she have him) renounce his calling to lead the idle life of a country gentleman.

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From this reading Seeing I was not wanted here, I left them to settle their prospectives, and sought Don Sanchez, whom I found reading in a room below, seated in a comfortable chair before a good fire of apple logs.

challenge the accuracy, probity, or propriety of

From this reading No mercenary question shall ever cast suspicion on my love."

the cognitive process of understanding a written linguistic message

From this reading Seeing I was not wanted here, I left them to settle their prospectives, and sought Don Sanchez, whom I found reading in a room below, seated in a comfortable chair before a good fire of apple logs.

give up, such as power, as of monarchs and emperors, or duties and obligations

From this reading _Don Sanchez proposes a very artful way to make Mr. Godwin a party to our knavery, etc._ I returned to Hurst Court the following day in the forenoon, and there I found Mr. Godwin, with Moll clinging to his arm, in an upper room commanding a view of the northern slopes, discussing their future, and Moll told me with glee how this room was to be her husband's workroom, where he would paint pictures for the admiration of all the world, saying that he would not (nor would she have him) renounce his calling to lead the idle life of a country gentleman.

past form of “return” — go or come back to place, condition, or activity where one has been before

From this reading _Don Sanchez proposes a very artful way to make Mr. Godwin a party to our knavery, etc._ I returned to Hurst Court the following day in the forenoon, and there I found Mr. Godwin, with Moll clinging to his arm, in an upper room commanding a view of the northern slopes, discussing their future, and Moll told me with glee how this room was to be her husband's workroom, where he would paint pictures for the admiration of all the world, saying that he would not (nor would she have him) renounce his calling to lead the idle life of a country gentleman.

an area within a building enclosed by walls and floor and ceiling

From this reading _Don Sanchez proposes a very artful way to make Mr. Godwin a party to our knavery, etc._ I returned to Hurst Court the following day in the forenoon, and there I found Mr. Godwin, with Moll clinging to his arm, in an upper room commanding a view of the northern slopes, discussing their future, and Moll told me with glee how this room was to be her husband's workroom, where he would paint pictures for the admiration of all the world, saying that he would not (nor would she have him) renounce his calling to lead the idle life of a country gentleman.

Venezuelan master terrorist raised by a Marxist-Leninist father; trained and worked with many terrorist groups (born in 1949)

From this reading _Don Sanchez proposes a very artful way to make Mr. Godwin a party to our knavery, etc._ I returned to Hurst Court the following day in the forenoon, and there I found Mr. Godwin, with Moll clinging to his arm, in an upper room commanding a view of the northern slopes, discussing their future, and Moll told me with glee how this room was to be her husband's workroom, where he would paint pictures for the admiration of all the world, saying that he would not (nor would she have him) renounce his calling to lead the idle life of a country gentleman.

a word or phrase that particular people use in particular situations

From this reading _Don Sanchez proposes a very artful way to make Mr. Godwin a party to our knavery, etc._ I returned to Hurst Court the following day in the forenoon, and there I found Mr. Godwin, with Moll clinging to his arm, in an upper room commanding a view of the northern slopes, discussing their future, and Moll told me with glee how this room was to be her husband's workroom, where he would paint pictures for the admiration of all the world, saying that he would not (nor would she have him) renounce his calling to lead the idle life of a country gentleman.

plural of “say” — the chance to speak

From this reading "If the world admire my pictures, the world shall pay to have them," says he, with a smile; then turning to her he adds very tenderly: "I will owe all my happiness to you, sweetheart; yet guard my independence in more material matters.

(of persons) having the torso erect and legs bent with the body supported on the buttocks

From this reading Seeing I was not wanted here, I left them to settle their prospectives, and sought Don Sanchez, whom I found reading in a room below, seated in a comfortable chair before a good fire of apple logs.

perception by means of the eyes

From this reading Seeing I was not wanted here, I left them to settle their prospectives, and sought Don Sanchez, whom I found reading in a room below, seated in a comfortable chair before a good fire of apple logs.

settle into a position, usually on a surface or ground

From this reading Seeing I was not wanted here, I left them to settle their prospectives, and sought Don Sanchez, whom I found reading in a room below, seated in a comfortable chair before a good fire of apple logs.

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

From this reading "If the world admire my pictures, the world shall pay to have them," says he, with a smile; then turning to her he adds very tenderly: "I will owe all my happiness to you, sweetheart; yet guard my independence in more material matters.

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

From this reading _Don Sanchez proposes a very artful way to make Mr. Godwin a party to our knavery, etc._ I returned to Hurst Court the following day in the forenoon, and there I found Mr. Godwin, with Moll clinging to his arm, in an upper room commanding a view of the northern slopes, discussing their future, and Moll told me with glee how this room was to be her husband's workroom, where he would paint pictures for the admiration of all the world, saying that he would not (nor would she have him) renounce his calling to lead the idle life of a country gentleman.

move so that an opening or passage is obstructed; make shut

From this reading To please me, he shut up his book and agreed to take a stroll in the park while dinner was a-dressing.

plural of “slope” — an elevated geological formation

From this reading _Don Sanchez proposes a very artful way to make Mr. Godwin a party to our knavery, etc._ I returned to Hurst Court the following day in the forenoon, and there I found Mr. Godwin, with Moll clinging to his arm, in an upper room commanding a view of the northern slopes, discussing their future, and Moll told me with glee how this room was to be her husband's workroom, where he would paint pictures for the admiration of all the world, saying that he would not (nor would she have him) renounce his calling to lead the idle life of a country gentleman.

change one's facial expression by spreading the lips, often to signal pleasure

From this reading "If the world admire my pictures, the world shall pay to have them," says he, with a smile; then turning to her he adds very tenderly: "I will owe all my happiness to you, sweetheart; yet guard my independence in more material matters.

that is looked for

From this reading Seeing I was not wanted here, I left them to settle their prospectives, and sought Don Sanchez, whom I found reading in a room below, seated in a comfortable chair before a good fire of apple logs.

a leisurely walk (usually in some public place)

From this reading To please me, he shut up his book and agreed to take a stroll in the park while dinner was a-dressing.

an impression that something might be the case

From this reading No mercenary question shall ever cast suspicion on my love."

a person loved by another person

From this reading "If the world admire my pictures, the world shall pay to have them," says he, with a smile; then turning to her he adds very tenderly: "I will owe all my happiness to you, sweetheart; yet guard my independence in more material matters.

carry out

From this reading To please me, he shut up his book and agreed to take a stroll in the park while dinner was a-dressing.

with tenderness; in a tender manner

From this reading "If the world admire my pictures, the world shall pay to have them," says he, with a smile; then turning to her he adds very tenderly: "I will owe all my happiness to you, sweetheart; yet guard my independence in more material matters.

used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt

From this reading _Don Sanchez proposes a very artful way to make Mr. Godwin a party to our knavery, etc._ I returned to Hurst Court the following day in the forenoon, and there I found Mr. Godwin, with Moll clinging to his arm, in an upper room commanding a view of the northern slopes, discussing their future, and Moll told me with glee how this room was to be her husband's workroom, where he would paint pictures for the admiration of all the world, saying that he would not (nor would she have him) renounce his calling to lead the idle life of a country gentleman.

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

From this reading _Don Sanchez proposes a very artful way to make Mr. Godwin a party to our knavery, etc._ I returned to Hurst Court the following day in the forenoon, and there I found Mr. Godwin, with Moll clinging to his arm, in an upper room commanding a view of the northern slopes, discussing their future, and Moll told me with glee how this room was to be her husband's workroom, where he would paint pictures for the admiration of all the world, saying that he would not (nor would she have him) renounce his calling to lead the idle life of a country gentleman.

belonging to the people or things already mentioned

From this reading _Don Sanchez proposes a very artful way to make Mr. Godwin a party to our knavery, etc._ I returned to Hurst Court the following day in the forenoon, and there I found Mr. Godwin, with Moll clinging to his arm, in an upper room commanding a view of the northern slopes, discussing their future, and Moll told me with glee how this room was to be her husband's workroom, where he would paint pictures for the admiration of all the world, saying that he would not (nor would she have him) renounce his calling to lead the idle life of a country gentleman.

the people or things already mentioned, as the object

From this reading "If the world admire my pictures, the world shall pay to have them," says he, with a smile; then turning to her he adds very tenderly: "I will owe all my happiness to you, sweetheart; yet guard my independence in more material matters.

subsequently or soon afterward (often used as sentence connectors)

From this reading "If the world admire my pictures, the world shall pay to have them," says he, with a smile; then turning to her he adds very tenderly: "I will owe all my happiness to you, sweetheart; yet guard my independence in more material matters.

in or at that place or location

From this reading _Don Sanchez proposes a very artful way to make Mr. Godwin a party to our knavery, etc._ I returned to Hurst Court the following day in the forenoon, and there I found Mr. Godwin, with Moll clinging to his arm, in an upper room commanding a view of the northern slopes, discussing their future, and Moll told me with glee how this room was to be her husband's workroom, where he would paint pictures for the admiration of all the world, saying that he would not (nor would she have him) renounce his calling to lead the idle life of a country gentleman.

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

From this reading _Don Sanchez proposes a very artful way to make Mr. Godwin a party to our knavery, etc._ I returned to Hurst Court the following day in the forenoon, and there I found Mr. Godwin, with Moll clinging to his arm, in an upper room commanding a view of the northern slopes, discussing their future, and Moll told me with glee how this room was to be her husband's workroom, where he would paint pictures for the admiration of all the world, saying that he would not (nor would she have him) renounce his calling to lead the idle life of a country gentleman.

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

From this reading _Don Sanchez proposes a very artful way to make Mr. Godwin a party to our knavery, etc._ I returned to Hurst Court the following day in the forenoon, and there I found Mr. Godwin, with Moll clinging to his arm, in an upper room commanding a view of the northern slopes, discussing their future, and Moll told me with glee how this room was to be her husband's workroom, where he would paint pictures for the admiration of all the world, saying that he would not (nor would she have him) renounce his calling to lead the idle life of a country gentleman.

inflected form of “tell” — express in words

From this reading _Don Sanchez proposes a very artful way to make Mr. Godwin a party to our knavery, etc._ I returned to Hurst Court the following day in the forenoon, and there I found Mr. Godwin, with Moll clinging to his arm, in an upper room commanding a view of the northern slopes, discussing their future, and Moll told me with glee how this room was to be her husband's workroom, where he would paint pictures for the admiration of all the world, saying that he would not (nor would she have him) renounce his calling to lead the idle life of a country gentleman.

the act of changing or reversing the direction of the course

From this reading "If the world admire my pictures, the world shall pay to have them," says he, with a smile; then turning to her he adds very tenderly: "I will owe all my happiness to you, sweetheart; yet guard my independence in more material matters.

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

From this reading To please me, he shut up his book and agreed to take a stroll in the park while dinner was a-dressing.

the topmost one of two

From this reading _Don Sanchez proposes a very artful way to make Mr. Godwin a party to our knavery, etc._ I returned to Hurst Court the following day in the forenoon, and there I found Mr. Godwin, with Moll clinging to his arm, in an upper room commanding a view of the northern slopes, discussing their future, and Moll told me with glee how this room was to be her husband's workroom, where he would paint pictures for the admiration of all the world, saying that he would not (nor would she have him) renounce his calling to lead the idle life of a country gentleman.

precisely as stated

From this reading _Don Sanchez proposes a very artful way to make Mr. Godwin a party to our knavery, etc._ I returned to Hurst Court the following day in the forenoon, and there I found Mr. Godwin, with Moll clinging to his arm, in an upper room commanding a view of the northern slopes, discussing their future, and Moll told me with glee how this room was to be her husband's workroom, where he would paint pictures for the admiration of all the world, saying that he would not (nor would she have him) renounce his calling to lead the idle life of a country gentleman.

a way of regarding situations or topics etc.

From this reading _Don Sanchez proposes a very artful way to make Mr. Godwin a party to our knavery, etc._ I returned to Hurst Court the following day in the forenoon, and there I found Mr. Godwin, with Moll clinging to his arm, in an upper room commanding a view of the northern slopes, discussing their future, and Moll told me with glee how this room was to be her husband's workroom, where he would paint pictures for the admiration of all the world, saying that he would not (nor would she have him) renounce his calling to lead the idle life of a country gentleman.

desired or wished for or sought

From this reading Seeing I was not wanted here, I left them to settle their prospectives, and sought Don Sanchez, whom I found reading in a room below, seated in a comfortable chair before a good fire of apple logs.

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

From this reading _Don Sanchez proposes a very artful way to make Mr. Godwin a party to our knavery, etc._ I returned to Hurst Court the following day in the forenoon, and there I found Mr. Godwin, with Moll clinging to his arm, in an upper room commanding a view of the northern slopes, discussing their future, and Moll told me with glee how this room was to be her husband's workroom, where he would paint pictures for the admiration of all the world, saying that he would not (nor would she have him) renounce his calling to lead the idle life of a country gentleman.

how something is done or how it happens

From this reading _Don Sanchez proposes a very artful way to make Mr. Godwin a party to our knavery, etc._ I returned to Hurst Court the following day in the forenoon, and there I found Mr. Godwin, with Moll clinging to his arm, in an upper room commanding a view of the northern slopes, discussing their future, and Moll told me with glee how this room was to be her husband's workroom, where he would paint pictures for the admiration of all the world, saying that he would not (nor would she have him) renounce his calling to lead the idle life of a country gentleman.

in or at the place that

From this reading _Don Sanchez proposes a very artful way to make Mr. Godwin a party to our knavery, etc._ I returned to Hurst Court the following day in the forenoon, and there I found Mr. Godwin, with Moll clinging to his arm, in an upper room commanding a view of the northern slopes, discussing their future, and Moll told me with glee how this room was to be her husband's workroom, where he would paint pictures for the admiration of all the world, saying that he would not (nor would she have him) renounce his calling to lead the idle life of a country gentleman.

during the time that

From this reading To please me, he shut up his book and agreed to take a stroll in the park while dinner was a-dressing.

the form of “who” used as the object of a verb or preposition

From this reading Seeing I was not wanted here, I left them to settle their prospectives, and sought Don Sanchez, whom I found reading in a room below, seated in a comfortable chair before a good fire of apple logs.

used to talk about the future, or about willingness

From this reading "If the world admire my pictures, the world shall pay to have them," says he, with a smile; then turning to her he adds very tenderly: "I will owe all my happiness to you, sweetheart; yet guard my independence in more material matters.

in the company of; together with

From this reading _Don Sanchez proposes a very artful way to make Mr. Godwin a party to our knavery, etc._ I returned to Hurst Court the following day in the forenoon, and there I found Mr. Godwin, with Moll clinging to his arm, in an upper room commanding a view of the northern slopes, discussing their future, and Moll told me with glee how this room was to be her husband's workroom, where he would paint pictures for the admiration of all the world, saying that he would not (nor would she have him) renounce his calling to lead the idle life of a country gentleman.

room where work is done

From this reading _Don Sanchez proposes a very artful way to make Mr. Godwin a party to our knavery, etc._ I returned to Hurst Court the following day in the forenoon, and there I found Mr. Godwin, with Moll clinging to his arm, in an upper room commanding a view of the northern slopes, discussing their future, and Moll told me with glee how this room was to be her husband's workroom, where he would paint pictures for the admiration of all the world, saying that he would not (nor would she have him) renounce his calling to lead the idle life of a country gentleman.

everything that exists anywhere

From this reading _Don Sanchez proposes a very artful way to make Mr. Godwin a party to our knavery, etc._ I returned to Hurst Court the following day in the forenoon, and there I found Mr. Godwin, with Moll clinging to his arm, in an upper room commanding a view of the northern slopes, discussing their future, and Moll told me with glee how this room was to be her husband's workroom, where he would paint pictures for the admiration of all the world, saying that he would not (nor would she have him) renounce his calling to lead the idle life of a country gentleman.

used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past

From this reading _Don Sanchez proposes a very artful way to make Mr. Godwin a party to our knavery, etc._ I returned to Hurst Court the following day in the forenoon, and there I found Mr. Godwin, with Moll clinging to his arm, in an upper room commanding a view of the northern slopes, discussing their future, and Moll told me with glee how this room was to be her husband's workroom, where he would paint pictures for the admiration of all the world, saying that he would not (nor would she have him) renounce his calling to lead the idle life of a country gentleman.

but in spite of that

From this reading "If the world admire my pictures, the world shall pay to have them," says he, with a smile; then turning to her he adds very tenderly: "I will owe all my happiness to you, sweetheart; yet guard my independence in more material matters.

the person or people being spoken to

From this reading "If the world admire my pictures, the world shall pay to have them," says he, with a smile; then turning to her he adds very tenderly: "I will owe all my happiness to you, sweetheart; yet guard my independence in more material matters.