Chapter II · Chapter 2

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From this reading In the year 1909 Mr. George Hookham in the January number of the _National Review_ sums up practically all that is really known of the life of William Shakspeare of Stratford as follows:-- 'We only know that he was born at Stratford, of illiterate parents-- (we do _not_ know that he went to school there)--that, when 18-1/2 years old, he married Anne Hathaway (who was eight years his senior, and who bore him a child six months after marriage); that he had in all three children by her (whom with their mother he left, and went to London, having apparently done his best to desert her before marriage);--that in London he became an actor with an interest in a theatre, and was reputed to be the writer of plays;--that he purchased property in Stratford, to which town he returned;--engaged in purchases and sales and law-suits (of no biographical interest except as indicating his money-making and litigious temperament); helped his father in an application for coat armour (to be obtained by false pretences); promoted the enclosure of common lands at Stratford (after being guaranteed against personal loss); made his will--and died at the age of 52, without a book in his possession, and leaving nothing to his wife but his second best bed, and this by an afterthought.

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From this reading In the year 1909 Mr. George Hookham in the January number of the _National Review_ sums up practically all that is really known of the life of William Shakspeare of Stratford as follows:-- 'We only know that he was born at Stratford, of illiterate parents-- (we do _not_ know that he went to school there)--that, when 18-1/2 years old, he married Anne Hathaway (who was eight years his senior, and who bore him a child six months after marriage); that he had in all three children by her (whom with their mother he left, and went to London, having apparently done his best to desert her before marriage);--that in London he became an actor with an interest in a theatre, and was reputed to be the writer of plays;--that he purchased property in Stratford, to which town he returned;--engaged in purchases and sales and law-suits (of no biographical interest except as indicating his money-making and litigious temperament); helped his father in an application for coat armour (to be obtained by false pretences); promoted the enclosure of common lands at Stratford (after being guaranteed against personal loss); made his will--and died at the age of 52, without a book in his possession, and leaving nothing to his wife but his second best bed, and this by an afterthought.

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From this reading In the year 1909 Mr. George Hookham in the January number of the _National Review_ sums up practically all that is really known of the life of William Shakspeare of Stratford as follows:-- 'We only know that he was born at Stratford, of illiterate parents-- (we do _not_ know that he went to school there)--that, when 18-1/2 years old, he married Anne Hathaway (who was eight years his senior, and who bore him a child six months after marriage); that he had in all three children by her (whom with their mother he left, and went to London, having apparently done his best to desert her before marriage);--that in London he became an actor with an interest in a theatre, and was reputed to be the writer of plays;--that he purchased property in Stratford, to which town he returned;--engaged in purchases and sales and law-suits (of no biographical interest except as indicating his money-making and litigious temperament); helped his father in an application for coat armour (to be obtained by false pretences); promoted the enclosure of common lands at Stratford (after being guaranteed against personal loss); made his will--and died at the age of 52, without a book in his possession, and leaving nothing to his wife but his second best bed, and this by an afterthought.

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From this reading In the year 1909 Mr. George Hookham in the January number of the _National Review_ sums up practically all that is really known of the life of William Shakspeare of Stratford as follows:-- 'We only know that he was born at Stratford, of illiterate parents-- (we do _not_ know that he went to school there)--that, when 18-1/2 years old, he married Anne Hathaway (who was eight years his senior, and who bore him a child six months after marriage); that he had in all three children by her (whom with their mother he left, and went to London, having apparently done his best to desert her before marriage);--that in London he became an actor with an interest in a theatre, and was reputed to be the writer of plays;--that he purchased property in Stratford, to which town he returned;--engaged in purchases and sales and law-suits (of no biographical interest except as indicating his money-making and litigious temperament); helped his father in an application for coat armour (to be obtained by false pretences); promoted the enclosure of common lands at Stratford (after being guaranteed against personal loss); made his will--and died at the age of 52, without a book in his possession, and leaving nothing to his wife but his second best bed, and this by an afterthought.

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From this reading In the year 1909 Mr. George Hookham in the January number of the _National Review_ sums up practically all that is really known of the life of William Shakspeare of Stratford as follows:-- 'We only know that he was born at Stratford, of illiterate parents-- (we do _not_ know that he went to school there)--that, when 18-1/2 years old, he married Anne Hathaway (who was eight years his senior, and who bore him a child six months after marriage); that he had in all three children by her (whom with their mother he left, and went to London, having apparently done his best to desert her before marriage);--that in London he became an actor with an interest in a theatre, and was reputed to be the writer of plays;--that he purchased property in Stratford, to which town he returned;--engaged in purchases and sales and law-suits (of no biographical interest except as indicating his money-making and litigious temperament); helped his father in an application for coat armour (to be obtained by false pretences); promoted the enclosure of common lands at Stratford (after being guaranteed against personal loss); made his will--and died at the age of 52, without a book in his possession, and leaving nothing to his wife but his second best bed, and this by an afterthought.

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

From this reading In the year 1909 Mr. George Hookham in the January number of the _National Review_ sums up practically all that is really known of the life of William Shakspeare of Stratford as follows:-- 'We only know that he was born at Stratford, of illiterate parents-- (we do _not_ know that he went to school there)--that, when 18-1/2 years old, he married Anne Hathaway (who was eight years his senior, and who bore him a child six months after marriage); that he had in all three children by her (whom with their mother he left, and went to London, having apparently done his best to desert her before marriage);--that in London he became an actor with an interest in a theatre, and was reputed to be the writer of plays;--that he purchased property in Stratford, to which town he returned;--engaged in purchases and sales and law-suits (of no biographical interest except as indicating his money-making and litigious temperament); helped his father in an application for coat armour (to be obtained by false pretences); promoted the enclosure of common lands at Stratford (after being guaranteed against personal loss); made his will--and died at the age of 52, without a book in his possession, and leaving nothing to his wife but his second best bed, and this by an afterthought.

higher than, or over, something

From this reading No letter,--only two contemporary reports of his conversation, one with regard to the commons enclosure as above, and the other in circumstances not to be recited unnecessarily.

completely and without qualification; used informally as intensifiers

From this reading In a word we know his parentage, birth, marriage, fatherhood, occupation, his wealth and his chief ambition, his will and his death, and absolutely nothing else; his death being received with unbroken and ominous silence by the literary world, not even Ben Jonson who seven years later glorified the plays _in excelsis_, expending so much as a quatrain on his memory.'

a theatrical performer

From this reading In the year 1909 Mr. George Hookham in the January number of the _National Review_ sums up practically all that is really known of the life of William Shakspeare of Stratford as follows:-- 'We only know that he was born at Stratford, of illiterate parents-- (we do _not_ know that he went to school there)--that, when 18-1/2 years old, he married Anne Hathaway (who was eight years his senior, and who bore him a child six months after marriage); that he had in all three children by her (whom with their mother he left, and went to London, having apparently done his best to desert her before marriage);--that in London he became an actor with an interest in a theatre, and was reputed to be the writer of plays;--that he purchased property in Stratford, to which town he returned;--engaged in purchases and sales and law-suits (of no biographical interest except as indicating his money-making and litigious temperament); helped his father in an application for coat armour (to be obtained by false pretences); promoted the enclosure of common lands at Stratford (after being guaranteed against personal loss); made his will--and died at the age of 52, without a book in his possession, and leaving nothing to his wife but his second best bed, and this by an afterthought.

plural of “actor” — a theatrical performer

From this reading No record of friendship with anyone more cultured than his fellow actors.

later than; following

From this reading In the year 1909 Mr. George Hookham in the January number of the _National Review_ sums up practically all that is really known of the life of William Shakspeare of Stratford as follows:-- 'We only know that he was born at Stratford, of illiterate parents-- (we do _not_ know that he went to school there)--that, when 18-1/2 years old, he married Anne Hathaway (who was eight years his senior, and who bore him a child six months after marriage); that he had in all three children by her (whom with their mother he left, and went to London, having apparently done his best to desert her before marriage);--that in London he became an actor with an interest in a theatre, and was reputed to be the writer of plays;--that he purchased property in Stratford, to which town he returned;--engaged in purchases and sales and law-suits (of no biographical interest except as indicating his money-making and litigious temperament); helped his father in an application for coat armour (to be obtained by false pretences); promoted the enclosure of common lands at Stratford (after being guaranteed against personal loss); made his will--and died at the age of 52, without a book in his possession, and leaving nothing to his wife but his second best bed, and this by an afterthought.

thinking again about a choice previously made

From this reading In the year 1909 Mr. George Hookham in the January number of the _National Review_ sums up practically all that is really known of the life of William Shakspeare of Stratford as follows:-- 'We only know that he was born at Stratford, of illiterate parents-- (we do _not_ know that he went to school there)--that, when 18-1/2 years old, he married Anne Hathaway (who was eight years his senior, and who bore him a child six months after marriage); that he had in all three children by her (whom with their mother he left, and went to London, having apparently done his best to desert her before marriage);--that in London he became an actor with an interest in a theatre, and was reputed to be the writer of plays;--that he purchased property in Stratford, to which town he returned;--engaged in purchases and sales and law-suits (of no biographical interest except as indicating his money-making and litigious temperament); helped his father in an application for coat armour (to be obtained by false pretences); promoted the enclosure of common lands at Stratford (after being guaranteed against personal loss); made his will--and died at the age of 52, without a book in his possession, and leaving nothing to his wife but his second best bed, and this by an afterthought.

touching and pressing; in opposition to

From this reading In the year 1909 Mr. George Hookham in the January number of the _National Review_ sums up practically all that is really known of the life of William Shakspeare of Stratford as follows:-- 'We only know that he was born at Stratford, of illiterate parents-- (we do _not_ know that he went to school there)--that, when 18-1/2 years old, he married Anne Hathaway (who was eight years his senior, and who bore him a child six months after marriage); that he had in all three children by her (whom with their mother he left, and went to London, having apparently done his best to desert her before marriage);--that in London he became an actor with an interest in a theatre, and was reputed to be the writer of plays;--that he purchased property in Stratford, to which town he returned;--engaged in purchases and sales and law-suits (of no biographical interest except as indicating his money-making and litigious temperament); helped his father in an application for coat armour (to be obtained by false pretences); promoted the enclosure of common lands at Stratford (after being guaranteed against personal loss); made his will--and died at the age of 52, without a book in his possession, and leaving nothing to his wife but his second best bed, and this by an afterthought.

how long something has existed

From this reading In the year 1909 Mr. George Hookham in the January number of the _National Review_ sums up practically all that is really known of the life of William Shakspeare of Stratford as follows:-- 'We only know that he was born at Stratford, of illiterate parents-- (we do _not_ know that he went to school there)--that, when 18-1/2 years old, he married Anne Hathaway (who was eight years his senior, and who bore him a child six months after marriage); that he had in all three children by her (whom with their mother he left, and went to London, having apparently done his best to desert her before marriage);--that in London he became an actor with an interest in a theatre, and was reputed to be the writer of plays;--that he purchased property in Stratford, to which town he returned;--engaged in purchases and sales and law-suits (of no biographical interest except as indicating his money-making and litigious temperament); helped his father in an application for coat armour (to be obtained by false pretences); promoted the enclosure of common lands at Stratford (after being guaranteed against personal loss); made his will--and died at the age of 52, without a book in his possession, and leaving nothing to his wife but his second best bed, and this by an afterthought.

(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 In the year 1909 Mr. George Hookham in the January number of the _National Review_ sums up practically all that is really known of the life of William Shakspeare of Stratford as follows:-- 'We only know that he was born at Stratford, of illiterate parents-- (we do _not_ know that he went to school there)--that, when 18-1/2 years old, he married Anne Hathaway (who was eight years his senior, and who bore him a child six months after marriage); that he had in all three children by her (whom with their mother he left, and went to London, having apparently done his best to desert her before marriage);--that in London he became an actor with an interest in a theatre, and was reputed to be the writer of plays;--that he purchased property in Stratford, to which town he returned;--engaged in purchases and sales and law-suits (of no biographical interest except as indicating his money-making and litigious temperament); helped his father in an application for coat armour (to be obtained by false pretences); promoted the enclosure of common lands at Stratford (after being guaranteed against personal loss); made his will--and died at the age of 52, without a book in his possession, and leaving nothing to his wife but his second best bed, and this by an afterthought.

a cherished desire

From this reading In a word we know his parentage, birth, marriage, fatherhood, occupation, his wealth and his chief ambition, his will and his death, and absolutely nothing else; his death being received with unbroken and ominous silence by the literary world, not even Ben Jonson who seven years later glorified the plays _in excelsis_, expending so much as a quatrain on his memory.'

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

From this reading In the year 1909 Mr. George Hookham in the January number of the _National Review_ sums up practically all that is really known of the life of William Shakspeare of Stratford as follows:-- 'We only know that he was born at Stratford, of illiterate parents-- (we do _not_ know that he went to school there)--that, when 18-1/2 years old, he married Anne Hathaway (who was eight years his senior, and who bore him a child six months after marriage); that he had in all three children by her (whom with their mother he left, and went to London, having apparently done his best to desert her before marriage);--that in London he became an actor with an interest in a theatre, and was reputed to be the writer of plays;--that he purchased property in Stratford, to which town he returned;--engaged in purchases and sales and law-suits (of no biographical interest except as indicating his money-making and litigious temperament); helped his father in an application for coat armour (to be obtained by false pretences); promoted the enclosure of common lands at Stratford (after being guaranteed against personal loss); made his will--and died at the age of 52, without a book in his possession, and leaving nothing to his wife but his second best bed, and this by an afterthought.

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

From this reading The Shackspere Monument, Bust, and Portrait.

Queen of England and Scotland and Ireland; daughter if James II and the last of the Stuart monarchs; in 1707 she was the last English ruler to exercise the royal veto over parliament (1665-1714)

From this reading In the year 1909 Mr. George Hookham in the January number of the _National Review_ sums up practically all that is really known of the life of William Shakspeare of Stratford as follows:-- 'We only know that he was born at Stratford, of illiterate parents-- (we do _not_ know that he went to school there)--that, when 18-1/2 years old, he married Anne Hathaway (who was eight years his senior, and who bore him a child six months after marriage); that he had in all three children by her (whom with their mother he left, and went to London, having apparently done his best to desert her before marriage);--that in London he became an actor with an interest in a theatre, and was reputed to be the writer of plays;--that he purchased property in Stratford, to which town he returned;--engaged in purchases and sales and law-suits (of no biographical interest except as indicating his money-making and litigious temperament); helped his father in an application for coat armour (to be obtained by false pretences); promoted the enclosure of common lands at Stratford (after being guaranteed against personal loss); made his will--and died at the age of 52, without a book in his possession, and leaving nothing to his wife but his second best bed, and this by an afterthought.

any person at all

From this reading No record of friendship with anyone more cultured than his fellow actors.

from appearances alone

From this reading In the year 1909 Mr. George Hookham in the January number of the _National Review_ sums up practically all that is really known of the life of William Shakspeare of Stratford as follows:-- 'We only know that he was born at Stratford, of illiterate parents-- (we do _not_ know that he went to school there)--that, when 18-1/2 years old, he married Anne Hathaway (who was eight years his senior, and who bore him a child six months after marriage); that he had in all three children by her (whom with their mother he left, and went to London, having apparently done his best to desert her before marriage);--that in London he became an actor with an interest in a theatre, and was reputed to be the writer of plays;--that he purchased property in Stratford, to which town he returned;--engaged in purchases and sales and law-suits (of no biographical interest except as indicating his money-making and litigious temperament); helped his father in an application for coat armour (to be obtained by false pretences); promoted the enclosure of common lands at Stratford (after being guaranteed against personal loss); made his will--and died at the age of 52, without a book in his possession, and leaving nothing to his wife but his second best bed, and this by an afterthought.

the act of bringing something to bear; using it for a particular purpose

From this reading In the year 1909 Mr. George Hookham in the January number of the _National Review_ sums up practically all that is really known of the life of William Shakspeare of Stratford as follows:-- 'We only know that he was born at Stratford, of illiterate parents-- (we do _not_ know that he went to school there)--that, when 18-1/2 years old, he married Anne Hathaway (who was eight years his senior, and who bore him a child six months after marriage); that he had in all three children by her (whom with their mother he left, and went to London, having apparently done his best to desert her before marriage);--that in London he became an actor with an interest in a theatre, and was reputed to be the writer of plays;--that he purchased property in Stratford, to which town he returned;--engaged in purchases and sales and law-suits (of no biographical interest except as indicating his money-making and litigious temperament); helped his father in an application for coat armour (to be obtained by false pretences); promoted the enclosure of common lands at Stratford (after being guaranteed against personal loss); made his will--and died at the age of 52, without a book in his possession, and leaving nothing to his wife but his second best bed, and this by an afterthought.

a military unit consisting of armored fighting vehicles

From this reading In the year 1909 Mr. George Hookham in the January number of the _National Review_ sums up practically all that is really known of the life of William Shakspeare of Stratford as follows:-- 'We only know that he was born at Stratford, of illiterate parents-- (we do _not_ know that he went to school there)--that, when 18-1/2 years old, he married Anne Hathaway (who was eight years his senior, and who bore him a child six months after marriage); that he had in all three children by her (whom with their mother he left, and went to London, having apparently done his best to desert her before marriage);--that in London he became an actor with an interest in a theatre, and was reputed to be the writer of plays;--that he purchased property in Stratford, to which town he returned;--engaged in purchases and sales and law-suits (of no biographical interest except as indicating his money-making and litigious temperament); helped his father in an application for coat armour (to be obtained by false pretences); promoted the enclosure of common lands at Stratford (after being guaranteed against personal loss); made his will--and died at the age of 52, without a book in his possession, and leaving nothing to his wife but his second best bed, and this by an afterthought.

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

From this reading In the year 1909 Mr. George Hookham in the January number of the _National Review_ sums up practically all that is really known of the life of William Shakspeare of Stratford as follows:-- 'We only know that he was born at Stratford, of illiterate parents-- (we do _not_ know that he went to school there)--that, when 18-1/2 years old, he married Anne Hathaway (who was eight years his senior, and who bore him a child six months after marriage); that he had in all three children by her (whom with their mother he left, and went to London, having apparently done his best to desert her before marriage);--that in London he became an actor with an interest in a theatre, and was reputed to be the writer of plays;--that he purchased property in Stratford, to which town he returned;--engaged in purchases and sales and law-suits (of no biographical interest except as indicating his money-making and litigious temperament); helped his father in an application for coat armour (to be obtained by false pretences); promoted the enclosure of common lands at Stratford (after being guaranteed against personal loss); made his will--and died at the age of 52, without a book in his possession, and leaving nothing to his wife but his second best bed, and this by an afterthought.

in or near a particular place or position

From this reading In the year 1909 Mr. George Hookham in the January number of the _National Review_ sums up practically all that is really known of the life of William Shakspeare of Stratford as follows:-- 'We only know that he was born at Stratford, of illiterate parents-- (we do _not_ know that he went to school there)--that, when 18-1/2 years old, he married Anne Hathaway (who was eight years his senior, and who bore him a child six months after marriage); that he had in all three children by her (whom with their mother he left, and went to London, having apparently done his best to desert her before marriage);--that in London he became an actor with an interest in a theatre, and was reputed to be the writer of plays;--that he purchased property in Stratford, to which town he returned;--engaged in purchases and sales and law-suits (of no biographical interest except as indicating his money-making and litigious temperament); helped his father in an application for coat armour (to be obtained by false pretences); promoted the enclosure of common lands at Stratford (after being guaranteed against personal loss); made his will--and died at the age of 52, without a book in his possession, and leaving nothing to his wife but his second best bed, and this by an afterthought.

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

From this reading In the year 1909 Mr. George Hookham in the January number of the _National Review_ sums up practically all that is really known of the life of William Shakspeare of Stratford as follows:-- 'We only know that he was born at Stratford, of illiterate parents-- (we do _not_ know that he went to school there)--that, when 18-1/2 years old, he married Anne Hathaway (who was eight years his senior, and who bore him a child six months after marriage); that he had in all three children by her (whom with their mother he left, and went to London, having apparently done his best to desert her before marriage);--that in London he became an actor with an interest in a theatre, and was reputed to be the writer of plays;--that he purchased property in Stratford, to which town he returned;--engaged in purchases and sales and law-suits (of no biographical interest except as indicating his money-making and litigious temperament); helped his father in an application for coat armour (to be obtained by false pretences); promoted the enclosure of common lands at Stratford (after being guaranteed against personal loss); made his will--and died at the age of 52, without a book in his possession, and leaving nothing to his wife but his second best bed, and this by an afterthought.

inflected form of “become” — enter or assume a certain state or condition

From this reading In the year 1909 Mr. George Hookham in the January number of the _National Review_ sums up practically all that is really known of the life of William Shakspeare of Stratford as follows:-- 'We only know that he was born at Stratford, of illiterate parents-- (we do _not_ know that he went to school there)--that, when 18-1/2 years old, he married Anne Hathaway (who was eight years his senior, and who bore him a child six months after marriage); that he had in all three children by her (whom with their mother he left, and went to London, having apparently done his best to desert her before marriage);--that in London he became an actor with an interest in a theatre, and was reputed to be the writer of plays;--that he purchased property in Stratford, to which town he returned;--engaged in purchases and sales and law-suits (of no biographical interest except as indicating his money-making and litigious temperament); helped his father in an application for coat armour (to be obtained by false pretences); promoted the enclosure of common lands at Stratford (after being guaranteed against personal loss); made his will--and died at the age of 52, without a book in his possession, and leaving nothing to his wife but his second best bed, and this by an afterthought.

a piece of furniture that provides a place to sleep

From this reading In the year 1909 Mr. George Hookham in the January number of the _National Review_ sums up practically all that is really known of the life of William Shakspeare of Stratford as follows:-- 'We only know that he was born at Stratford, of illiterate parents-- (we do _not_ know that he went to school there)--that, when 18-1/2 years old, he married Anne Hathaway (who was eight years his senior, and who bore him a child six months after marriage); that he had in all three children by her (whom with their mother he left, and went to London, having apparently done his best to desert her before marriage);--that in London he became an actor with an interest in a theatre, and was reputed to be the writer of plays;--that he purchased property in Stratford, to which town he returned;--engaged in purchases and sales and law-suits (of no biographical interest except as indicating his money-making and litigious temperament); helped his father in an application for coat armour (to be obtained by false pretences); promoted the enclosure of common lands at Stratford (after being guaranteed against personal loss); made his will--and died at the age of 52, without a book in his possession, and leaving nothing to his wife but his second best bed, and this by an afterthought.

earlier than; in front of

From this reading In the year 1909 Mr. George Hookham in the January number of the _National Review_ sums up practically all that is really known of the life of William Shakspeare of Stratford as follows:-- 'We only know that he was born at Stratford, of illiterate parents-- (we do _not_ know that he went to school there)--that, when 18-1/2 years old, he married Anne Hathaway (who was eight years his senior, and who bore him a child six months after marriage); that he had in all three children by her (whom with their mother he left, and went to London, having apparently done his best to desert her before marriage);--that in London he became an actor with an interest in a theatre, and was reputed to be the writer of plays;--that he purchased property in Stratford, to which town he returned;--engaged in purchases and sales and law-suits (of no biographical interest except as indicating his money-making and litigious temperament); helped his father in an application for coat armour (to be obtained by false pretences); promoted the enclosure of common lands at Stratford (after being guaranteed against personal loss); made his will--and died at the age of 52, without a book in his possession, and leaving nothing to his wife but his second best bed, and this by an afterthought.

the -ing form of “be”

From this reading In the year 1909 Mr. George Hookham in the January number of the _National Review_ sums up practically all that is really known of the life of William Shakspeare of Stratford as follows:-- 'We only know that he was born at Stratford, of illiterate parents-- (we do _not_ know that he went to school there)--that, when 18-1/2 years old, he married Anne Hathaway (who was eight years his senior, and who bore him a child six months after marriage); that he had in all three children by her (whom with their mother he left, and went to London, having apparently done his best to desert her before marriage);--that in London he became an actor with an interest in a theatre, and was reputed to be the writer of plays;--that he purchased property in Stratford, to which town he returned;--engaged in purchases and sales and law-suits (of no biographical interest except as indicating his money-making and litigious temperament); helped his father in an application for coat armour (to be obtained by false pretences); promoted the enclosure of common lands at Stratford (after being guaranteed against personal loss); made his will--and died at the age of 52, without a book in his possession, and leaving nothing to his wife but his second best bed, and this by an afterthought.

a mountain or tall hill

From this reading In a word we know his parentage, birth, marriage, fatherhood, occupation, his wealth and his chief ambition, his will and his death, and absolutely nothing else; his death being received with unbroken and ominous silence by the literary world, not even Ben Jonson who seven years later glorified the plays _in excelsis_, expending so much as a quatrain on his memory.'

the supreme effort one can make

From this reading In the year 1909 Mr. George Hookham in the January number of the _National Review_ sums up practically all that is really known of the life of William Shakspeare of Stratford as follows:-- 'We only know that he was born at Stratford, of illiterate parents-- (we do _not_ know that he went to school there)--that, when 18-1/2 years old, he married Anne Hathaway (who was eight years his senior, and who bore him a child six months after marriage); that he had in all three children by her (whom with their mother he left, and went to London, having apparently done his best to desert her before marriage);--that in London he became an actor with an interest in a theatre, and was reputed to be the writer of plays;--that he purchased property in Stratford, to which town he returned;--engaged in purchases and sales and law-suits (of no biographical interest except as indicating his money-making and litigious temperament); helped his father in an application for coat armour (to be obtained by false pretences); promoted the enclosure of common lands at Stratford (after being guaranteed against personal loss); made his will--and died at the age of 52, without a book in his possession, and leaving nothing to his wife but his second best bed, and this by an afterthought.

of or relating to or being biography

From this reading In the year 1909 Mr. George Hookham in the January number of the _National Review_ sums up practically all that is really known of the life of William Shakspeare of Stratford as follows:-- 'We only know that he was born at Stratford, of illiterate parents-- (we do _not_ know that he went to school there)--that, when 18-1/2 years old, he married Anne Hathaway (who was eight years his senior, and who bore him a child six months after marriage); that he had in all three children by her (whom with their mother he left, and went to London, having apparently done his best to desert her before marriage);--that in London he became an actor with an interest in a theatre, and was reputed to be the writer of plays;--that he purchased property in Stratford, to which town he returned;--engaged in purchases and sales and law-suits (of no biographical interest except as indicating his money-making and litigious temperament); helped his father in an application for coat armour (to be obtained by false pretences); promoted the enclosure of common lands at Stratford (after being guaranteed against personal loss); made his will--and died at the age of 52, without a book in his possession, and leaving nothing to his wife but his second best bed, and this by an afterthought.

the time when something begins (especially life)

From this reading In a word we know his parentage, birth, marriage, fatherhood, occupation, his wealth and his chief ambition, his will and his death, and absolutely nothing else; his death being received with unbroken and ominous silence by the literary world, not even Ben Jonson who seven years later glorified the plays _in excelsis_, expending so much as a quatrain on his memory.'

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

From this reading In the year 1909 Mr. George Hookham in the January number of the _National Review_ sums up practically all that is really known of the life of William Shakspeare of Stratford as follows:-- 'We only know that he was born at Stratford, of illiterate parents-- (we do _not_ know that he went to school there)--that, when 18-1/2 years old, he married Anne Hathaway (who was eight years his senior, and who bore him a child six months after marriage); that he had in all three children by her (whom with their mother he left, and went to London, having apparently done his best to desert her before marriage);--that in London he became an actor with an interest in a theatre, and was reputed to be the writer of plays;--that he purchased property in Stratford, to which town he returned;--engaged in purchases and sales and law-suits (of no biographical interest except as indicating his money-making and litigious temperament); helped his father in an application for coat armour (to be obtained by false pretences); promoted the enclosure of common lands at Stratford (after being guaranteed against personal loss); made his will--and died at the age of 52, without a book in his possession, and leaving nothing to his wife but his second best bed, and this by an afterthought.

cause to be bored

From this reading In the year 1909 Mr. George Hookham in the January number of the _National Review_ sums up practically all that is really known of the life of William Shakspeare of Stratford as follows:-- 'We only know that he was born at Stratford, of illiterate parents-- (we do _not_ know that he went to school there)--that, when 18-1/2 years old, he married Anne Hathaway (who was eight years his senior, and who bore him a child six months after marriage); that he had in all three children by her (whom with their mother he left, and went to London, having apparently done his best to desert her before marriage);--that in London he became an actor with an interest in a theatre, and was reputed to be the writer of plays;--that he purchased property in Stratford, to which town he returned;--engaged in purchases and sales and law-suits (of no biographical interest except as indicating his money-making and litigious temperament); helped his father in an application for coat armour (to be obtained by false pretences); promoted the enclosure of common lands at Stratford (after being guaranteed against personal loss); made his will--and died at the age of 52, without a book in his possession, and leaving nothing to his wife but his second best bed, and this by an afterthought.

brought into existence

From this reading In the year 1909 Mr. George Hookham in the January number of the _National Review_ sums up practically all that is really known of the life of William Shakspeare of Stratford as follows:-- 'We only know that he was born at Stratford, of illiterate parents-- (we do _not_ know that he went to school there)--that, when 18-1/2 years old, he married Anne Hathaway (who was eight years his senior, and who bore him a child six months after marriage); that he had in all three children by her (whom with their mother he left, and went to London, having apparently done his best to desert her before marriage);--that in London he became an actor with an interest in a theatre, and was reputed to be the writer of plays;--that he purchased property in Stratford, to which town he returned;--engaged in purchases and sales and law-suits (of no biographical interest except as indicating his money-making and litigious temperament); helped his father in an application for coat armour (to be obtained by false pretences); promoted the enclosure of common lands at Stratford (after being guaranteed against personal loss); made his will--and died at the age of 52, without a book in his possession, and leaving nothing to his wife but his second best bed, and this by an afterthought.

ruin completely

From this reading The Shackspere Monument, Bust, and Portrait.

used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before

From this reading In the year 1909 Mr. George Hookham in the January number of the _National Review_ sums up practically all that is really known of the life of William Shakspeare of Stratford as follows:-- 'We only know that he was born at Stratford, of illiterate parents-- (we do _not_ know that he went to school there)--that, when 18-1/2 years old, he married Anne Hathaway (who was eight years his senior, and who bore him a child six months after marriage); that he had in all three children by her (whom with their mother he left, and went to London, having apparently done his best to desert her before marriage);--that in London he became an actor with an interest in a theatre, and was reputed to be the writer of plays;--that he purchased property in Stratford, to which town he returned;--engaged in purchases and sales and law-suits (of no biographical interest except as indicating his money-making and litigious temperament); helped his father in an application for coat armour (to be obtained by false pretences); promoted the enclosure of common lands at Stratford (after being guaranteed against personal loss); made his will--and died at the age of 52, without a book in his possession, and leaving nothing to his wife but his second best bed, and this by an afterthought.

showing who or what does the action

From this reading In the year 1909 Mr. George Hookham in the January number of the _National Review_ sums up practically all that is really known of the life of William Shakspeare of Stratford as follows:-- 'We only know that he was born at Stratford, of illiterate parents-- (we do _not_ know that he went to school there)--that, when 18-1/2 years old, he married Anne Hathaway (who was eight years his senior, and who bore him a child six months after marriage); that he had in all three children by her (whom with their mother he left, and went to London, having apparently done his best to desert her before marriage);--that in London he became an actor with an interest in a theatre, and was reputed to be the writer of plays;--that he purchased property in Stratford, to which town he returned;--engaged in purchases and sales and law-suits (of no biographical interest except as indicating his money-making and litigious temperament); helped his father in an application for coat armour (to be obtained by false pretences); promoted the enclosure of common lands at Stratford (after being guaranteed against personal loss); made his will--and died at the age of 52, without a book in his possession, and leaving nothing to his wife but his second best bed, and this by an afterthought.

a person who is in charge

From this reading In a word we know his parentage, birth, marriage, fatherhood, occupation, his wealth and his chief ambition, his will and his death, and absolutely nothing else; his death being received with unbroken and ominous silence by the literary world, not even Ben Jonson who seven years later glorified the plays _in excelsis_, expending so much as a quatrain on his memory.'

a young person of either sex

From this reading In the year 1909 Mr. George Hookham in the January number of the _National Review_ sums up practically all that is really known of the life of William Shakspeare of Stratford as follows:-- 'We only know that he was born at Stratford, of illiterate parents-- (we do _not_ know that he went to school there)--that, when 18-1/2 years old, he married Anne Hathaway (who was eight years his senior, and who bore him a child six months after marriage); that he had in all three children by her (whom with their mother he left, and went to London, having apparently done his best to desert her before marriage);--that in London he became an actor with an interest in a theatre, and was reputed to be the writer of plays;--that he purchased property in Stratford, to which town he returned;--engaged in purchases and sales and law-suits (of no biographical interest except as indicating his money-making and litigious temperament); helped his father in an application for coat armour (to be obtained by false pretences); promoted the enclosure of common lands at Stratford (after being guaranteed against personal loss); made his will--and died at the age of 52, without a book in his possession, and leaving nothing to his wife but his second best bed, and this by an afterthought.

plural of “child” — a young person of either sex

From this reading In the year 1909 Mr. George Hookham in the January number of the _National Review_ sums up practically all that is really known of the life of William Shakspeare of Stratford as follows:-- 'We only know that he was born at Stratford, of illiterate parents-- (we do _not_ know that he went to school there)--that, when 18-1/2 years old, he married Anne Hathaway (who was eight years his senior, and who bore him a child six months after marriage); that he had in all three children by her (whom with their mother he left, and went to London, having apparently done his best to desert her before marriage);--that in London he became an actor with an interest in a theatre, and was reputed to be the writer of plays;--that he purchased property in Stratford, to which town he returned;--engaged in purchases and sales and law-suits (of no biographical interest except as indicating his money-making and litigious temperament); helped his father in an application for coat armour (to be obtained by false pretences); promoted the enclosure of common lands at Stratford (after being guaranteed against personal loss); made his will--and died at the age of 52, without a book in his possession, and leaving nothing to his wife but his second best bed, and this by an afterthought.

your overall circumstances or condition in life (including everything that happens to you)

From this reading No letter,--only two contemporary reports of his conversation, one with regard to the commons enclosure as above, and the other in circumstances not to be recited unnecessarily.

an outer garment that has sleeves and covers the body from shoulder down; worn outdoors

From this reading In the year 1909 Mr. George Hookham in the January number of the _National Review_ sums up practically all that is really known of the life of William Shakspeare of Stratford as follows:-- 'We only know that he was born at Stratford, of illiterate parents-- (we do _not_ know that he went to school there)--that, when 18-1/2 years old, he married Anne Hathaway (who was eight years his senior, and who bore him a child six months after marriage); that he had in all three children by her (whom with their mother he left, and went to London, having apparently done his best to desert her before marriage);--that in London he became an actor with an interest in a theatre, and was reputed to be the writer of plays;--that he purchased property in Stratford, to which town he returned;--engaged in purchases and sales and law-suits (of no biographical interest except as indicating his money-making and litigious temperament); helped his father in an application for coat armour (to be obtained by false pretences); promoted the enclosure of common lands at Stratford (after being guaranteed against personal loss); made his will--and died at the age of 52, without a book in his possession, and leaving nothing to his wife but his second best bed, and this by an afterthought.

belonging to or participated in by a community as a whole; public

From this reading In the year 1909 Mr. George Hookham in the January number of the _National Review_ sums up practically all that is really known of the life of William Shakspeare of Stratford as follows:-- 'We only know that he was born at Stratford, of illiterate parents-- (we do _not_ know that he went to school there)--that, when 18-1/2 years old, he married Anne Hathaway (who was eight years his senior, and who bore him a child six months after marriage); that he had in all three children by her (whom with their mother he left, and went to London, having apparently done his best to desert her before marriage);--that in London he became an actor with an interest in a theatre, and was reputed to be the writer of plays;--that he purchased property in Stratford, to which town he returned;--engaged in purchases and sales and law-suits (of no biographical interest except as indicating his money-making and litigious temperament); helped his father in an application for coat armour (to be obtained by false pretences); promoted the enclosure of common lands at Stratford (after being guaranteed against personal loss); made his will--and died at the age of 52, without a book in his possession, and leaving nothing to his wife but his second best bed, and this by an afterthought.

a piece of open land for recreational use in an urban area

From this reading No letter,--only two contemporary reports of his conversation, one with regard to the commons enclosure as above, and the other in circumstances not to be recited unnecessarily.

characteristic of the present

From this reading No letter,--only two contemporary reports of his conversation, one with regard to the commons enclosure as above, and the other in circumstances not to be recited unnecessarily.

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

From this reading No letter,--only two contemporary reports of his conversation, one with regard to the commons enclosure as above, and the other in circumstances not to be recited unnecessarily.

marked by refinement in taste and manners

From this reading No record of friendship with anyone more cultured than his fellow actors.

the event of dying or departure from life

From this reading In a word we know his parentage, birth, marriage, fatherhood, occupation, his wealth and his chief ambition, his will and his death, and absolutely nothing else; his death being received with unbroken and ominous silence by the literary world, not even Ben Jonson who seven years later glorified the plays _in excelsis_, expending so much as a quatrain on his memory.'

leave someone who needs or counts on you; leave in the lurch

From this reading In the year 1909 Mr. George Hookham in the January number of the _National Review_ sums up practically all that is really known of the life of William Shakspeare of Stratford as follows:-- 'We only know that he was born at Stratford, of illiterate parents-- (we do _not_ know that he went to school there)--that, when 18-1/2 years old, he married Anne Hathaway (who was eight years his senior, and who bore him a child six months after marriage); that he had in all three children by her (whom with their mother he left, and went to London, having apparently done his best to desert her before marriage);--that in London he became an actor with an interest in a theatre, and was reputed to be the writer of plays;--that he purchased property in Stratford, to which town he returned;--engaged in purchases and sales and law-suits (of no biographical interest except as indicating his money-making and litigious temperament); helped his father in an application for coat armour (to be obtained by false pretences); promoted the enclosure of common lands at Stratford (after being guaranteed against personal loss); made his will--and died at the age of 52, without a book in his possession, and leaving nothing to his wife but his second best bed, and this by an afterthought.

past form of “die” — pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life

From this reading In the year 1909 Mr. George Hookham in the January number of the _National Review_ sums up practically all that is really known of the life of William Shakspeare of Stratford as follows:-- 'We only know that he was born at Stratford, of illiterate parents-- (we do _not_ know that he went to school there)--that, when 18-1/2 years old, he married Anne Hathaway (who was eight years his senior, and who bore him a child six months after marriage); that he had in all three children by her (whom with their mother he left, and went to London, having apparently done his best to desert her before marriage);--that in London he became an actor with an interest in a theatre, and was reputed to be the writer of plays;--that he purchased property in Stratford, to which town he returned;--engaged in purchases and sales and law-suits (of no biographical interest except as indicating his money-making and litigious temperament); helped his father in an application for coat armour (to be obtained by false pretences); promoted the enclosure of common lands at Stratford (after being guaranteed against personal loss); made his will--and died at the age of 52, without a book in his possession, and leaving nothing to his wife but his second best bed, and this by an afterthought.

used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis

From this reading In the year 1909 Mr. George Hookham in the January number of the _National Review_ sums up practically all that is really known of the life of William Shakspeare of Stratford as follows:-- 'We only know that he was born at Stratford, of illiterate parents-- (we do _not_ know that he went to school there)--that, when 18-1/2 years old, he married Anne Hathaway (who was eight years his senior, and who bore him a child six months after marriage); that he had in all three children by her (whom with their mother he left, and went to London, having apparently done his best to desert her before marriage);--that in London he became an actor with an interest in a theatre, and was reputed to be the writer of plays;--that he purchased property in Stratford, to which town he returned;--engaged in purchases and sales and law-suits (of no biographical interest except as indicating his money-making and litigious temperament); helped his father in an application for coat armour (to be obtained by false pretences); promoted the enclosure of common lands at Stratford (after being guaranteed against personal loss); made his will--and died at the age of 52, without a book in his possession, and leaving nothing to his wife but his second best bed, and this by an afterthought.

having finished or arrived at completion

From this reading In the year 1909 Mr. George Hookham in the January number of the _National Review_ sums up practically all that is really known of the life of William Shakspeare of Stratford as follows:-- 'We only know that he was born at Stratford, of illiterate parents-- (we do _not_ know that he went to school there)--that, when 18-1/2 years old, he married Anne Hathaway (who was eight years his senior, and who bore him a child six months after marriage); that he had in all three children by her (whom with their mother he left, and went to London, having apparently done his best to desert her before marriage);--that in London he became an actor with an interest in a theatre, and was reputed to be the writer of plays;--that he purchased property in Stratford, to which town he returned;--engaged in purchases and sales and law-suits (of no biographical interest except as indicating his money-making and litigious temperament); helped his father in an application for coat armour (to be obtained by false pretences); promoted the enclosure of common lands at Stratford (after being guaranteed against personal loss); made his will--and died at the age of 52, without a book in his possession, and leaving nothing to his wife but his second best bed, and this by an afterthought.

being one more than seven

From this reading In the year 1909 Mr. George Hookham in the January number of the _National Review_ sums up practically all that is really known of the life of William Shakspeare of Stratford as follows:-- 'We only know that he was born at Stratford, of illiterate parents-- (we do _not_ know that he went to school there)--that, when 18-1/2 years old, he married Anne Hathaway (who was eight years his senior, and who bore him a child six months after marriage); that he had in all three children by her (whom with their mother he left, and went to London, having apparently done his best to desert her before marriage);--that in London he became an actor with an interest in a theatre, and was reputed to be the writer of plays;--that he purchased property in Stratford, to which town he returned;--engaged in purchases and sales and law-suits (of no biographical interest except as indicating his money-making and litigious temperament); helped his father in an application for coat armour (to be obtained by false pretences); promoted the enclosure of common lands at Stratford (after being guaranteed against personal loss); made his will--and died at the age of 52, without a book in his possession, and leaving nothing to his wife but his second best bed, and this by an afterthought.

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From this reading In a word we know his parentage, birth, marriage, fatherhood, occupation, his wealth and his chief ambition, his will and his death, and absolutely nothing else; his death being received with unbroken and ominous silence by the literary world, not even Ben Jonson who seven years later glorified the plays _in excelsis_, expending so much as a quatrain on his memory.'

a structure consisting of an area that has been enclosed for some purpose

From this reading In the year 1909 Mr. George Hookham in the January number of the _National Review_ sums up practically all that is really known of the life of William Shakspeare of Stratford as follows:-- 'We only know that he was born at Stratford, of illiterate parents-- (we do _not_ know that he went to school there)--that, when 18-1/2 years old, he married Anne Hathaway (who was eight years his senior, and who bore him a child six months after marriage); that he had in all three children by her (whom with their mother he left, and went to London, having apparently done his best to desert her before marriage);--that in London he became an actor with an interest in a theatre, and was reputed to be the writer of plays;--that he purchased property in Stratford, to which town he returned;--engaged in purchases and sales and law-suits (of no biographical interest except as indicating his money-making and litigious temperament); helped his father in an application for coat armour (to be obtained by false pretences); promoted the enclosure of common lands at Stratford (after being guaranteed against personal loss); made his will--and died at the age of 52, without a book in his possession, and leaving nothing to his wife but his second best bed, and this by an afterthought.

having ones attention or mind or energy engaged

From this reading In the year 1909 Mr. George Hookham in the January number of the _National Review_ sums up practically all that is really known of the life of William Shakspeare of Stratford as follows:-- 'We only know that he was born at Stratford, of illiterate parents-- (we do _not_ know that he went to school there)--that, when 18-1/2 years old, he married Anne Hathaway (who was eight years his senior, and who bore him a child six months after marriage); that he had in all three children by her (whom with their mother he left, and went to London, having apparently done his best to desert her before marriage);--that in London he became an actor with an interest in a theatre, and was reputed to be the writer of plays;--that he purchased property in Stratford, to which town he returned;--engaged in purchases and sales and law-suits (of no biographical interest except as indicating his money-making and litigious temperament); helped his father in an application for coat armour (to be obtained by false pretences); promoted the enclosure of common lands at Stratford (after being guaranteed against personal loss); made his will--and died at the age of 52, without a book in his possession, and leaving nothing to his wife but his second best bed, and this by an afterthought.

divisible by two

From this reading In a word we know his parentage, birth, marriage, fatherhood, occupation, his wealth and his chief ambition, his will and his death, and absolutely nothing else; his death being received with unbroken and ominous silence by the literary world, not even Ben Jonson who seven years later glorified the plays _in excelsis_, expending so much as a quatrain on his memory.'

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From this reading In a word we know his parentage, birth, marriage, fatherhood, occupation, his wealth and his chief ambition, his will and his death, and absolutely nothing else; his death being received with unbroken and ominous silence by the literary world, not even Ben Jonson who seven years later glorified the plays _in excelsis_, expending so much as a quatrain on his memory.'

apart from; not including

From this reading In the year 1909 Mr. George Hookham in the January number of the _National Review_ sums up practically all that is really known of the life of William Shakspeare of Stratford as follows:-- 'We only know that he was born at Stratford, of illiterate parents-- (we do _not_ know that he went to school there)--that, when 18-1/2 years old, he married Anne Hathaway (who was eight years his senior, and who bore him a child six months after marriage); that he had in all three children by her (whom with their mother he left, and went to London, having apparently done his best to desert her before marriage);--that in London he became an actor with an interest in a theatre, and was reputed to be the writer of plays;--that he purchased property in Stratford, to which town he returned;--engaged in purchases and sales and law-suits (of no biographical interest except as indicating his money-making and litigious temperament); helped his father in an application for coat armour (to be obtained by false pretences); promoted the enclosure of common lands at Stratford (after being guaranteed against personal loss); made his will--and died at the age of 52, without a book in his possession, and leaving nothing to his wife but his second best bed, and this by an afterthought.

the act of spending money for goods or services

From this reading In a word we know his parentage, birth, marriage, fatherhood, occupation, his wealth and his chief ambition, his will and his death, and absolutely nothing else; his death being received with unbroken and ominous silence by the literary world, not even Ben Jonson who seven years later glorified the plays _in excelsis_, expending so much as a quatrain on his memory.'

not in accordance with the fact or reality or actuality

From this reading In the year 1909 Mr. George Hookham in the January number of the _National Review_ sums up practically all that is really known of the life of William Shakspeare of Stratford as follows:-- 'We only know that he was born at Stratford, of illiterate parents-- (we do _not_ know that he went to school there)--that, when 18-1/2 years old, he married Anne Hathaway (who was eight years his senior, and who bore him a child six months after marriage); that he had in all three children by her (whom with their mother he left, and went to London, having apparently done his best to desert her before marriage);--that in London he became an actor with an interest in a theatre, and was reputed to be the writer of plays;--that he purchased property in Stratford, to which town he returned;--engaged in purchases and sales and law-suits (of no biographical interest except as indicating his money-making and litigious temperament); helped his father in an application for coat armour (to be obtained by false pretences); promoted the enclosure of common lands at Stratford (after being guaranteed against personal loss); made his will--and died at the age of 52, without a book in his possession, and leaving nothing to his wife but his second best bed, and this by an afterthought.

a male parent (also used as a term of address to your father)

From this reading In the year 1909 Mr. George Hookham in the January number of the _National Review_ sums up practically all that is really known of the life of William Shakspeare of Stratford as follows:-- 'We only know that he was born at Stratford, of illiterate parents-- (we do _not_ know that he went to school there)--that, when 18-1/2 years old, he married Anne Hathaway (who was eight years his senior, and who bore him a child six months after marriage); that he had in all three children by her (whom with their mother he left, and went to London, having apparently done his best to desert her before marriage);--that in London he became an actor with an interest in a theatre, and was reputed to be the writer of plays;--that he purchased property in Stratford, to which town he returned;--engaged in purchases and sales and law-suits (of no biographical interest except as indicating his money-making and litigious temperament); helped his father in an application for coat armour (to be obtained by false pretences); promoted the enclosure of common lands at Stratford (after being guaranteed against personal loss); made his will--and died at the age of 52, without a book in his possession, and leaving nothing to his wife but his second best bed, and this by an afterthought.

the kinship relation between an offspring and the father

From this reading In a word we know his parentage, birth, marriage, fatherhood, occupation, his wealth and his chief ambition, his will and his death, and absolutely nothing else; his death being received with unbroken and ominous silence by the literary world, not even Ben Jonson who seven years later glorified the plays _in excelsis_, expending so much as a quatrain on his memory.'

a boy or man

From this reading No record of friendship with anyone more cultured than his fellow actors.

third-person singular of “follow” — to travel behind, go after, come after

From this reading In the year 1909 Mr. George Hookham in the January number of the _National Review_ sums up practically all that is really known of the life of William Shakspeare of Stratford as follows:-- 'We only know that he was born at Stratford, of illiterate parents-- (we do _not_ know that he went to school there)--that, when 18-1/2 years old, he married Anne Hathaway (who was eight years his senior, and who bore him a child six months after marriage); that he had in all three children by her (whom with their mother he left, and went to London, having apparently done his best to desert her before marriage);--that in London he became an actor with an interest in a theatre, and was reputed to be the writer of plays;--that he purchased property in Stratford, to which town he returned;--engaged in purchases and sales and law-suits (of no biographical interest except as indicating his money-making and litigious temperament); helped his father in an application for coat armour (to be obtained by false pretences); promoted the enclosure of common lands at Stratford (after being guaranteed against personal loss); made his will--and died at the age of 52, without a book in his possession, and leaving nothing to his wife but his second best bed, and this by an afterthought.

intended to be given to, or used by, somebody

From this reading In the year 1909 Mr. George Hookham in the January number of the _National Review_ sums up practically all that is really known of the life of William Shakspeare of Stratford as follows:-- 'We only know that he was born at Stratford, of illiterate parents-- (we do _not_ know that he went to school there)--that, when 18-1/2 years old, he married Anne Hathaway (who was eight years his senior, and who bore him a child six months after marriage); that he had in all three children by her (whom with their mother he left, and went to London, having apparently done his best to desert her before marriage);--that in London he became an actor with an interest in a theatre, and was reputed to be the writer of plays;--that he purchased property in Stratford, to which town he returned;--engaged in purchases and sales and law-suits (of no biographical interest except as indicating his money-making and litigious temperament); helped his father in an application for coat armour (to be obtained by false pretences); promoted the enclosure of common lands at Stratford (after being guaranteed against personal loss); made his will--and died at the age of 52, without a book in his possession, and leaving nothing to his wife but his second best bed, and this by an afterthought.

the state of being friends (or friendly)

From this reading No record of friendship with anyone more cultured than his fellow actors.

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

From this reading In the year 1909 Mr. George Hookham in the January number of the _National Review_ sums up practically all that is really known of the life of William Shakspeare of Stratford as follows:-- 'We only know that he was born at Stratford, of illiterate parents-- (we do _not_ know that he went to school there)--that, when 18-1/2 years old, he married Anne Hathaway (who was eight years his senior, and who bore him a child six months after marriage); that he had in all three children by her (whom with their mother he left, and went to London, having apparently done his best to desert her before marriage);--that in London he became an actor with an interest in a theatre, and was reputed to be the writer of plays;--that he purchased property in Stratford, to which town he returned;--engaged in purchases and sales and law-suits (of no biographical interest except as indicating his money-making and litigious temperament); helped his father in an application for coat armour (to be obtained by false pretences); promoted the enclosure of common lands at Stratford (after being guaranteed against personal loss); made his will--and died at the age of 52, without a book in his possession, and leaving nothing to his wife but his second best bed, and this by an afterthought.

accorded sacrosanct or authoritative standing

From this reading In a word we know his parentage, birth, marriage, fatherhood, occupation, his wealth and his chief ambition, his will and his death, and absolutely nothing else; his death being received with unbroken and ominous silence by the literary world, not even Ben Jonson who seven years later glorified the plays _in excelsis_, expending so much as a quatrain on his memory.'

past form of “guarantee” — give surety or assume responsibility

From this reading In the year 1909 Mr. George Hookham in the January number of the _National Review_ sums up practically all that is really known of the life of William Shakspeare of Stratford as follows:-- 'We only know that he was born at Stratford, of illiterate parents-- (we do _not_ know that he went to school there)--that, when 18-1/2 years old, he married Anne Hathaway (who was eight years his senior, and who bore him a child six months after marriage); that he had in all three children by her (whom with their mother he left, and went to London, having apparently done his best to desert her before marriage);--that in London he became an actor with an interest in a theatre, and was reputed to be the writer of plays;--that he purchased property in Stratford, to which town he returned;--engaged in purchases and sales and law-suits (of no biographical interest except as indicating his money-making and litigious temperament); helped his father in an application for coat armour (to be obtained by false pretences); promoted the enclosure of common lands at Stratford (after being guaranteed against personal loss); made his will--and died at the age of 52, without a book in his possession, and leaving nothing to his wife but his second best bed, and this by an afterthought.

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

From this reading In the year 1909 Mr. George Hookham in the January number of the _National Review_ sums up practically all that is really known of the life of William Shakspeare of Stratford as follows:-- 'We only know that he was born at Stratford, of illiterate parents-- (we do _not_ know that he went to school there)--that, when 18-1/2 years old, he married Anne Hathaway (who was eight years his senior, and who bore him a child six months after marriage); that he had in all three children by her (whom with their mother he left, and went to London, having apparently done his best to desert her before marriage);--that in London he became an actor with an interest in a theatre, and was reputed to be the writer of plays;--that he purchased property in Stratford, to which town he returned;--engaged in purchases and sales and law-suits (of no biographical interest except as indicating his money-making and litigious temperament); helped his father in an application for coat armour (to be obtained by false pretences); promoted the enclosure of common lands at Stratford (after being guaranteed against personal loss); made his will--and died at the age of 52, without a book in his possession, and leaving nothing to his wife but his second best bed, and this by an afterthought.

wife of William Shakespeare (1556-1623)

From this reading In the year 1909 Mr. George Hookham in the January number of the _National Review_ sums up practically all that is really known of the life of William Shakspeare of Stratford as follows:-- 'We only know that he was born at Stratford, of illiterate parents-- (we do _not_ know that he went to school there)--that, when 18-1/2 years old, he married Anne Hathaway (who was eight years his senior, and who bore him a child six months after marriage); that he had in all three children by her (whom with their mother he left, and went to London, having apparently done his best to desert her before marriage);--that in London he became an actor with an interest in a theatre, and was reputed to be the writer of plays;--that he purchased property in Stratford, to which town he returned;--engaged in purchases and sales and law-suits (of no biographical interest except as indicating his money-making and litigious temperament); helped his father in an application for coat armour (to be obtained by false pretences); promoted the enclosure of common lands at Stratford (after being guaranteed against personal loss); made his will--and died at the age of 52, without a book in his possession, and leaving nothing to his wife but his second best bed, and this by an afterthought.

the -ing form of “have”

From this reading In the year 1909 Mr. George Hookham in the January number of the _National Review_ sums up practically all that is really known of the life of William Shakspeare of Stratford as follows:-- 'We only know that he was born at Stratford, of illiterate parents-- (we do _not_ know that he went to school there)--that, when 18-1/2 years old, he married Anne Hathaway (who was eight years his senior, and who bore him a child six months after marriage); that he had in all three children by her (whom with their mother he left, and went to London, having apparently done his best to desert her before marriage);--that in London he became an actor with an interest in a theatre, and was reputed to be the writer of plays;--that he purchased property in Stratford, to which town he returned;--engaged in purchases and sales and law-suits (of no biographical interest except as indicating his money-making and litigious temperament); helped his father in an application for coat armour (to be obtained by false pretences); promoted the enclosure of common lands at Stratford (after being guaranteed against personal loss); made his will--and died at the age of 52, without a book in his possession, and leaving nothing to his wife but his second best bed, and this by an afterthought.

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

From this reading In the year 1909 Mr. George Hookham in the January number of the _National Review_ sums up practically all that is really known of the life of William Shakspeare of Stratford as follows:-- 'We only know that he was born at Stratford, of illiterate parents-- (we do _not_ know that he went to school there)--that, when 18-1/2 years old, he married Anne Hathaway (who was eight years his senior, and who bore him a child six months after marriage); that he had in all three children by her (whom with their mother he left, and went to London, having apparently done his best to desert her before marriage);--that in London he became an actor with an interest in a theatre, and was reputed to be the writer of plays;--that he purchased property in Stratford, to which town he returned;--engaged in purchases and sales and law-suits (of no biographical interest except as indicating his money-making and litigious temperament); helped his father in an application for coat armour (to be obtained by false pretences); promoted the enclosure of common lands at Stratford (after being guaranteed against personal loss); made his will--and died at the age of 52, without a book in his possession, and leaving nothing to his wife but his second best bed, and this by an afterthought.

past form of “help” — give help or assistance; be of service

From this reading In the year 1909 Mr. George Hookham in the January number of the _National Review_ sums up practically all that is really known of the life of William Shakspeare of Stratford as follows:-- 'We only know that he was born at Stratford, of illiterate parents-- (we do _not_ know that he went to school there)--that, when 18-1/2 years old, he married Anne Hathaway (who was eight years his senior, and who bore him a child six months after marriage); that he had in all three children by her (whom with their mother he left, and went to London, having apparently done his best to desert her before marriage);--that in London he became an actor with an interest in a theatre, and was reputed to be the writer of plays;--that he purchased property in Stratford, to which town he returned;--engaged in purchases and sales and law-suits (of no biographical interest except as indicating his money-making and litigious temperament); helped his father in an application for coat armour (to be obtained by false pretences); promoted the enclosure of common lands at Stratford (after being guaranteed against personal loss); made his will--and died at the age of 52, without a book in his possession, and leaving nothing to his wife but his second best bed, and this by an afterthought.

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

From this reading In the year 1909 Mr. George Hookham in the January number of the _National Review_ sums up practically all that is really known of the life of William Shakspeare of Stratford as follows:-- 'We only know that he was born at Stratford, of illiterate parents-- (we do _not_ know that he went to school there)--that, when 18-1/2 years old, he married Anne Hathaway (who was eight years his senior, and who bore him a child six months after marriage); that he had in all three children by her (whom with their mother he left, and went to London, having apparently done his best to desert her before marriage);--that in London he became an actor with an interest in a theatre, and was reputed to be the writer of plays;--that he purchased property in Stratford, to which town he returned;--engaged in purchases and sales and law-suits (of no biographical interest except as indicating his money-making and litigious temperament); helped his father in an application for coat armour (to be obtained by false pretences); promoted the enclosure of common lands at Stratford (after being guaranteed against personal loss); made his will--and died at the age of 52, without a book in his possession, and leaving nothing to his wife but his second best bed, and this by an afterthought.

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

From this reading In the year 1909 Mr. George Hookham in the January number of the _National Review_ sums up practically all that is really known of the life of William Shakspeare of Stratford as follows:-- 'We only know that he was born at Stratford, of illiterate parents-- (we do _not_ know that he went to school there)--that, when 18-1/2 years old, he married Anne Hathaway (who was eight years his senior, and who bore him a child six months after marriage); that he had in all three children by her (whom with their mother he left, and went to London, having apparently done his best to desert her before marriage);--that in London he became an actor with an interest in a theatre, and was reputed to be the writer of plays;--that he purchased property in Stratford, to which town he returned;--engaged in purchases and sales and law-suits (of no biographical interest except as indicating his money-making and litigious temperament); helped his father in an application for coat armour (to be obtained by false pretences); promoted the enclosure of common lands at Stratford (after being guaranteed against personal loss); made his will--and died at the age of 52, without a book in his possession, and leaving nothing to his wife but his second best bed, and this by an afterthought.

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

From this reading In the year 1909 Mr. George Hookham in the January number of the _National Review_ sums up practically all that is really known of the life of William Shakspeare of Stratford as follows:-- 'We only know that he was born at Stratford, of illiterate parents-- (we do _not_ know that he went to school there)--that, when 18-1/2 years old, he married Anne Hathaway (who was eight years his senior, and who bore him a child six months after marriage); that he had in all three children by her (whom with their mother he left, and went to London, having apparently done his best to desert her before marriage);--that in London he became an actor with an interest in a theatre, and was reputed to be the writer of plays;--that he purchased property in Stratford, to which town he returned;--engaged in purchases and sales and law-suits (of no biographical interest except as indicating his money-making and litigious temperament); helped his father in an application for coat armour (to be obtained by false pretences); promoted the enclosure of common lands at Stratford (after being guaranteed against personal loss); made his will--and died at the age of 52, without a book in his possession, and leaving nothing to his wife but his second best bed, and this by an afterthought.

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

From this reading In the year 1909 Mr. George Hookham in the January number of the _National Review_ sums up practically all that is really known of the life of William Shakspeare of Stratford as follows:-- 'We only know that he was born at Stratford, of illiterate parents-- (we do _not_ know that he went to school there)--that, when 18-1/2 years old, he married Anne Hathaway (who was eight years his senior, and who bore him a child six months after marriage); that he had in all three children by her (whom with their mother he left, and went to London, having apparently done his best to desert her before marriage);--that in London he became an actor with an interest in a theatre, and was reputed to be the writer of plays;--that he purchased property in Stratford, to which town he returned;--engaged in purchases and sales and law-suits (of no biographical interest except as indicating his money-making and litigious temperament); helped his father in an application for coat armour (to be obtained by false pretences); promoted the enclosure of common lands at Stratford (after being guaranteed against personal loss); made his will--and died at the age of 52, without a book in his possession, and leaving nothing to his wife but his second best bed, and this by an afterthought.

not able to read or write

From this reading In the year 1909 Mr. George Hookham in the January number of the _National Review_ sums up practically all that is really known of the life of William Shakspeare of Stratford as follows:-- 'We only know that he was born at Stratford, of illiterate parents-- (we do _not_ know that he went to school there)--that, when 18-1/2 years old, he married Anne Hathaway (who was eight years his senior, and who bore him a child six months after marriage); that he had in all three children by her (whom with their mother he left, and went to London, having apparently done his best to desert her before marriage);--that in London he became an actor with an interest in a theatre, and was reputed to be the writer of plays;--that he purchased property in Stratford, to which town he returned;--engaged in purchases and sales and law-suits (of no biographical interest except as indicating his money-making and litigious temperament); helped his father in an application for coat armour (to be obtained by false pretences); promoted the enclosure of common lands at Stratford (after being guaranteed against personal loss); made his will--and died at the age of 52, without a book in his possession, and leaving nothing to his wife but his second best bed, and this by an afterthought.

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

From this reading In the year 1909 Mr. George Hookham in the January number of the _National Review_ sums up practically all that is really known of the life of William Shakspeare of Stratford as follows:-- 'We only know that he was born at Stratford, of illiterate parents-- (we do _not_ know that he went to school there)--that, when 18-1/2 years old, he married Anne Hathaway (who was eight years his senior, and who bore him a child six months after marriage); that he had in all three children by her (whom with their mother he left, and went to London, having apparently done his best to desert her before marriage);--that in London he became an actor with an interest in a theatre, and was reputed to be the writer of plays;--that he purchased property in Stratford, to which town he returned;--engaged in purchases and sales and law-suits (of no biographical interest except as indicating his money-making and litigious temperament); helped his father in an application for coat armour (to be obtained by false pretences); promoted the enclosure of common lands at Stratford (after being guaranteed against personal loss); made his will--and died at the age of 52, without a book in his possession, and leaving nothing to his wife but his second best bed, and this by an afterthought.

-ing form of “indicate” — be a signal for or a symptom of

From this reading In the year 1909 Mr. George Hookham in the January number of the _National Review_ sums up practically all that is really known of the life of William Shakspeare of Stratford as follows:-- 'We only know that he was born at Stratford, of illiterate parents-- (we do _not_ know that he went to school there)--that, when 18-1/2 years old, he married Anne Hathaway (who was eight years his senior, and who bore him a child six months after marriage); that he had in all three children by her (whom with their mother he left, and went to London, having apparently done his best to desert her before marriage);--that in London he became an actor with an interest in a theatre, and was reputed to be the writer of plays;--that he purchased property in Stratford, to which town he returned;--engaged in purchases and sales and law-suits (of no biographical interest except as indicating his money-making and litigious temperament); helped his father in an application for coat armour (to be obtained by false pretences); promoted the enclosure of common lands at Stratford (after being guaranteed against personal loss); made his will--and died at the age of 52, without a book in his possession, and leaving nothing to his wife but his second best bed, and this by an afterthought.

a sense of concern with and curiosity about someone or something

From this reading In the year 1909 Mr. George Hookham in the January number of the _National Review_ sums up practically all that is really known of the life of William Shakspeare of Stratford as follows:-- 'We only know that he was born at Stratford, of illiterate parents-- (we do _not_ know that he went to school there)--that, when 18-1/2 years old, he married Anne Hathaway (who was eight years his senior, and who bore him a child six months after marriage); that he had in all three children by her (whom with their mother he left, and went to London, having apparently done his best to desert her before marriage);--that in London he became an actor with an interest in a theatre, and was reputed to be the writer of plays;--that he purchased property in Stratford, to which town he returned;--engaged in purchases and sales and law-suits (of no biographical interest except as indicating his money-making and litigious temperament); helped his father in an application for coat armour (to be obtained by false pretences); promoted the enclosure of common lands at Stratford (after being guaranteed against personal loss); made his will--and died at the age of 52, without a book in his possession, and leaving nothing to his wife but his second best bed, and this by an afterthought.

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

From this reading In the year 1909 Mr. George Hookham in the January number of the _National Review_ sums up practically all that is really known of the life of William Shakspeare of Stratford as follows:-- 'We only know that he was born at Stratford, of illiterate parents-- (we do _not_ know that he went to school there)--that, when 18-1/2 years old, he married Anne Hathaway (who was eight years his senior, and who bore him a child six months after marriage); that he had in all three children by her (whom with their mother he left, and went to London, having apparently done his best to desert her before marriage);--that in London he became an actor with an interest in a theatre, and was reputed to be the writer of plays;--that he purchased property in Stratford, to which town he returned;--engaged in purchases and sales and law-suits (of no biographical interest except as indicating his money-making and litigious temperament); helped his father in an application for coat armour (to be obtained by false pretences); promoted the enclosure of common lands at Stratford (after being guaranteed against personal loss); made his will--and died at the age of 52, without a book in his possession, and leaving nothing to his wife but his second best bed, and this by an afterthought.

the first month of the year; begins 10 days after the winter solstice

From this reading In the year 1909 Mr. George Hookham in the January number of the _National Review_ sums up practically all that is really known of the life of William Shakspeare of Stratford as follows:-- 'We only know that he was born at Stratford, of illiterate parents-- (we do _not_ know that he went to school there)--that, when 18-1/2 years old, he married Anne Hathaway (who was eight years his senior, and who bore him a child six months after marriage); that he had in all three children by her (whom with their mother he left, and went to London, having apparently done his best to desert her before marriage);--that in London he became an actor with an interest in a theatre, and was reputed to be the writer of plays;--that he purchased property in Stratford, to which town he returned;--engaged in purchases and sales and law-suits (of no biographical interest except as indicating his money-making and litigious temperament); helped his father in an application for coat armour (to be obtained by false pretences); promoted the enclosure of common lands at Stratford (after being guaranteed against personal loss); made his will--and died at the age of 52, without a book in his possession, and leaving nothing to his wife but his second best bed, and this by an afterthought.

English dramatist and poet who was the first real poet laureate of England (1572-1637)

From this reading In a word we know his parentage, birth, marriage, fatherhood, occupation, his wealth and his chief ambition, his will and his death, and absolutely nothing else; his death being received with unbroken and ominous silence by the literary world, not even Ben Jonson who seven years later glorified the plays _in excelsis_, expending so much as a quatrain on his memory.'

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

From this reading In the year 1909 Mr. George Hookham in the January number of the _National Review_ sums up practically all that is really known of the life of William Shakspeare of Stratford as follows:-- 'We only know that he was born at Stratford, of illiterate parents-- (we do _not_ know that he went to school there)--that, when 18-1/2 years old, he married Anne Hathaway (who was eight years his senior, and who bore him a child six months after marriage); that he had in all three children by her (whom with their mother he left, and went to London, having apparently done his best to desert her before marriage);--that in London he became an actor with an interest in a theatre, and was reputed to be the writer of plays;--that he purchased property in Stratford, to which town he returned;--engaged in purchases and sales and law-suits (of no biographical interest except as indicating his money-making and litigious temperament); helped his father in an application for coat armour (to be obtained by false pretences); promoted the enclosure of common lands at Stratford (after being guaranteed against personal loss); made his will--and died at the age of 52, without a book in his possession, and leaving nothing to his wife but his second best bed, and this by an afterthought.

apprehended with certainty

From this reading In the year 1909 Mr. George Hookham in the January number of the _National Review_ sums up practically all that is really known of the life of William Shakspeare of Stratford as follows:-- 'We only know that he was born at Stratford, of illiterate parents-- (we do _not_ know that he went to school there)--that, when 18-1/2 years old, he married Anne Hathaway (who was eight years his senior, and who bore him a child six months after marriage); that he had in all three children by her (whom with their mother he left, and went to London, having apparently done his best to desert her before marriage);--that in London he became an actor with an interest in a theatre, and was reputed to be the writer of plays;--that he purchased property in Stratford, to which town he returned;--engaged in purchases and sales and law-suits (of no biographical interest except as indicating his money-making and litigious temperament); helped his father in an application for coat armour (to be obtained by false pretences); promoted the enclosure of common lands at Stratford (after being guaranteed against personal loss); made his will--and died at the age of 52, without a book in his possession, and leaving nothing to his wife but his second best bed, and this by an afterthought.

plural of “land” — the land on which real estate is located

From this reading In the year 1909 Mr. George Hookham in the January number of the _National Review_ sums up practically all that is really known of the life of William Shakspeare of Stratford as follows:-- 'We only know that he was born at Stratford, of illiterate parents-- (we do _not_ know that he went to school there)--that, when 18-1/2 years old, he married Anne Hathaway (who was eight years his senior, and who bore him a child six months after marriage); that he had in all three children by her (whom with their mother he left, and went to London, having apparently done his best to desert her before marriage);--that in London he became an actor with an interest in a theatre, and was reputed to be the writer of plays;--that he purchased property in Stratford, to which town he returned;--engaged in purchases and sales and law-suits (of no biographical interest except as indicating his money-making and litigious temperament); helped his father in an application for coat armour (to be obtained by false pretences); promoted the enclosure of common lands at Stratford (after being guaranteed against personal loss); made his will--and died at the age of 52, without a book in his possession, and leaving nothing to his wife but his second best bed, and this by an afterthought.

happening at a time subsequent to a reference time

From this reading In a word we know his parentage, birth, marriage, fatherhood, occupation, his wealth and his chief ambition, his will and his death, and absolutely nothing else; his death being received with unbroken and ominous silence by the literary world, not even Ben Jonson who seven years later glorified the plays _in excelsis_, expending so much as a quatrain on his memory.'

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

From this reading In the year 1909 Mr. George Hookham in the January number of the _National Review_ sums up practically all that is really known of the life of William Shakspeare of Stratford as follows:-- 'We only know that he was born at Stratford, of illiterate parents-- (we do _not_ know that he went to school there)--that, when 18-1/2 years old, he married Anne Hathaway (who was eight years his senior, and who bore him a child six months after marriage); that he had in all three children by her (whom with their mother he left, and went to London, having apparently done his best to desert her before marriage);--that in London he became an actor with an interest in a theatre, and was reputed to be the writer of plays;--that he purchased property in Stratford, to which town he returned;--engaged in purchases and sales and law-suits (of no biographical interest except as indicating his money-making and litigious temperament); helped his father in an application for coat armour (to be obtained by false pretences); promoted the enclosure of common lands at Stratford (after being guaranteed against personal loss); made his will--and died at the age of 52, without a book in his possession, and leaving nothing to his wife but his second best bed, and this by an afterthought.

the act of departing

From this reading In the year 1909 Mr. George Hookham in the January number of the _National Review_ sums up practically all that is really known of the life of William Shakspeare of Stratford as follows:-- 'We only know that he was born at Stratford, of illiterate parents-- (we do _not_ know that he went to school there)--that, when 18-1/2 years old, he married Anne Hathaway (who was eight years his senior, and who bore him a child six months after marriage); that he had in all three children by her (whom with their mother he left, and went to London, having apparently done his best to desert her before marriage);--that in London he became an actor with an interest in a theatre, and was reputed to be the writer of plays;--that he purchased property in Stratford, to which town he returned;--engaged in purchases and sales and law-suits (of no biographical interest except as indicating his money-making and litigious temperament); helped his father in an application for coat armour (to be obtained by false pretences); promoted the enclosure of common lands at Stratford (after being guaranteed against personal loss); made his will--and died at the age of 52, without a book in his possession, and leaving nothing to his wife but his second best bed, and this by an afterthought.

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 In the year 1909 Mr. George Hookham in the January number of the _National Review_ sums up practically all that is really known of the life of William Shakspeare of Stratford as follows:-- 'We only know that he was born at Stratford, of illiterate parents-- (we do _not_ know that he went to school there)--that, when 18-1/2 years old, he married Anne Hathaway (who was eight years his senior, and who bore him a child six months after marriage); that he had in all three children by her (whom with their mother he left, and went to London, having apparently done his best to desert her before marriage);--that in London he became an actor with an interest in a theatre, and was reputed to be the writer of plays;--that he purchased property in Stratford, to which town he returned;--engaged in purchases and sales and law-suits (of no biographical interest except as indicating his money-making and litigious temperament); helped his father in an application for coat armour (to be obtained by false pretences); promoted the enclosure of common lands at Stratford (after being guaranteed against personal loss); made his will--and died at the age of 52, without a book in his possession, and leaving nothing to his wife but his second best bed, and this by an afterthought.

a written message addressed to a person or organization

From this reading No letter,--only two contemporary reports of his conversation, one with regard to the commons enclosure as above, and the other in circumstances not to be recited unnecessarily.

a characteristic state or mode of living

From this reading In the year 1909 Mr. George Hookham in the January number of the _National Review_ sums up practically all that is really known of the life of William Shakspeare of Stratford as follows:-- 'We only know that he was born at Stratford, of illiterate parents-- (we do _not_ know that he went to school there)--that, when 18-1/2 years old, he married Anne Hathaway (who was eight years his senior, and who bore him a child six months after marriage); that he had in all three children by her (whom with their mother he left, and went to London, having apparently done his best to desert her before marriage);--that in London he became an actor with an interest in a theatre, and was reputed to be the writer of plays;--that he purchased property in Stratford, to which town he returned;--engaged in purchases and sales and law-suits (of no biographical interest except as indicating his money-making and litigious temperament); helped his father in an application for coat armour (to be obtained by false pretences); promoted the enclosure of common lands at Stratford (after being guaranteed against personal loss); made his will--and died at the age of 52, without a book in his possession, and leaving nothing to his wife but his second best bed, and this by an afterthought.

of or relating to or characteristic of literature

From this reading In a word we know his parentage, birth, marriage, fatherhood, occupation, his wealth and his chief ambition, his will and his death, and absolutely nothing else; his death being received with unbroken and ominous silence by the literary world, not even Ben Jonson who seven years later glorified the plays _in excelsis_, expending so much as a quatrain on his memory.'

of or relating to litigation

From this reading In the year 1909 Mr. George Hookham in the January number of the _National Review_ sums up practically all that is really known of the life of William Shakspeare of Stratford as follows:-- 'We only know that he was born at Stratford, of illiterate parents-- (we do _not_ know that he went to school there)--that, when 18-1/2 years old, he married Anne Hathaway (who was eight years his senior, and who bore him a child six months after marriage); that he had in all three children by her (whom with their mother he left, and went to London, having apparently done his best to desert her before marriage);--that in London he became an actor with an interest in a theatre, and was reputed to be the writer of plays;--that he purchased property in Stratford, to which town he returned;--engaged in purchases and sales and law-suits (of no biographical interest except as indicating his money-making and litigious temperament); helped his father in an application for coat armour (to be obtained by false pretences); promoted the enclosure of common lands at Stratford (after being guaranteed against personal loss); made his will--and died at the age of 52, without a book in his possession, and leaving nothing to his wife but his second best bed, and this by an afterthought.

the capital and largest city of England; located on the Thames in southeastern England; financial and industrial and cultural center

From this reading In the year 1909 Mr. George Hookham in the January number of the _National Review_ sums up practically all that is really known of the life of William Shakspeare of Stratford as follows:-- 'We only know that he was born at Stratford, of illiterate parents-- (we do _not_ know that he went to school there)--that, when 18-1/2 years old, he married Anne Hathaway (who was eight years his senior, and who bore him a child six months after marriage); that he had in all three children by her (whom with their mother he left, and went to London, having apparently done his best to desert her before marriage);--that in London he became an actor with an interest in a theatre, and was reputed to be the writer of plays;--that he purchased property in Stratford, to which town he returned;--engaged in purchases and sales and law-suits (of no biographical interest except as indicating his money-making and litigious temperament); helped his father in an application for coat armour (to be obtained by false pretences); promoted the enclosure of common lands at Stratford (after being guaranteed against personal loss); made his will--and died at the age of 52, without a book in his possession, and leaving nothing to his wife but his second best bed, and this by an afterthought.

something that is lost

From this reading In the year 1909 Mr. George Hookham in the January number of the _National Review_ sums up practically all that is really known of the life of William Shakspeare of Stratford as follows:-- 'We only know that he was born at Stratford, of illiterate parents-- (we do _not_ know that he went to school there)--that, when 18-1/2 years old, he married Anne Hathaway (who was eight years his senior, and who bore him a child six months after marriage); that he had in all three children by her (whom with their mother he left, and went to London, having apparently done his best to desert her before marriage);--that in London he became an actor with an interest in a theatre, and was reputed to be the writer of plays;--that he purchased property in Stratford, to which town he returned;--engaged in purchases and sales and law-suits (of no biographical interest except as indicating his money-making and litigious temperament); helped his father in an application for coat armour (to be obtained by false pretences); promoted the enclosure of common lands at Stratford (after being guaranteed against personal loss); made his will--and died at the age of 52, without a book in his possession, and leaving nothing to his wife but his second best bed, and this by an afterthought.

produced by a manufacturing process

From this reading In the year 1909 Mr. George Hookham in the January number of the _National Review_ sums up practically all that is really known of the life of William Shakspeare of Stratford as follows:-- 'We only know that he was born at Stratford, of illiterate parents-- (we do _not_ know that he went to school there)--that, when 18-1/2 years old, he married Anne Hathaway (who was eight years his senior, and who bore him a child six months after marriage); that he had in all three children by her (whom with their mother he left, and went to London, having apparently done his best to desert her before marriage);--that in London he became an actor with an interest in a theatre, and was reputed to be the writer of plays;--that he purchased property in Stratford, to which town he returned;--engaged in purchases and sales and law-suits (of no biographical interest except as indicating his money-making and litigious temperament); helped his father in an application for coat armour (to be obtained by false pretences); promoted the enclosure of common lands at Stratford (after being guaranteed against personal loss); made his will--and died at the age of 52, without a book in his possession, and leaving nothing to his wife but his second best bed, and this by an afterthought.

the state of being a married couple voluntarily joined for life (or until divorce)

From this reading In the year 1909 Mr. George Hookham in the January number of the _National Review_ sums up practically all that is really known of the life of William Shakspeare of Stratford as follows:-- 'We only know that he was born at Stratford, of illiterate parents-- (we do _not_ know that he went to school there)--that, when 18-1/2 years old, he married Anne Hathaway (who was eight years his senior, and who bore him a child six months after marriage); that he had in all three children by her (whom with their mother he left, and went to London, having apparently done his best to desert her before marriage);--that in London he became an actor with an interest in a theatre, and was reputed to be the writer of plays;--that he purchased property in Stratford, to which town he returned;--engaged in purchases and sales and law-suits (of no biographical interest except as indicating his money-making and litigious temperament); helped his father in an application for coat armour (to be obtained by false pretences); promoted the enclosure of common lands at Stratford (after being guaranteed against personal loss); made his will--and died at the age of 52, without a book in his possession, and leaving nothing to his wife but his second best bed, and this by an afterthought.

joined in matrimony

From this reading In the year 1909 Mr. George Hookham in the January number of the _National Review_ sums up practically all that is really known of the life of William Shakspeare of Stratford as follows:-- 'We only know that he was born at Stratford, of illiterate parents-- (we do _not_ know that he went to school there)--that, when 18-1/2 years old, he married Anne Hathaway (who was eight years his senior, and who bore him a child six months after marriage); that he had in all three children by her (whom with their mother he left, and went to London, having apparently done his best to desert her before marriage);--that in London he became an actor with an interest in a theatre, and was reputed to be the writer of plays;--that he purchased property in Stratford, to which town he returned;--engaged in purchases and sales and law-suits (of no biographical interest except as indicating his money-making and litigious temperament); helped his father in an application for coat armour (to be obtained by false pretences); promoted the enclosure of common lands at Stratford (after being guaranteed against personal loss); made his will--and died at the age of 52, without a book in his possession, and leaving nothing to his wife but his second best bed, and this by an afterthought.

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

From this reading In a word we know his parentage, birth, marriage, fatherhood, occupation, his wealth and his chief ambition, his will and his death, and absolutely nothing else; his death being received with unbroken and ominous silence by the literary world, not even Ben Jonson who seven years later glorified the plays _in excelsis_, expending so much as a quatrain on his memory.'

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From this reading In the year 1909 Mr. George Hookham in the January number of the _National Review_ sums up practically all that is really known of the life of William Shakspeare of Stratford as follows:-- 'We only know that he was born at Stratford, of illiterate parents-- (we do _not_ know that he went to school there)--that, when 18-1/2 years old, he married Anne Hathaway (who was eight years his senior, and who bore him a child six months after marriage); that he had in all three children by her (whom with their mother he left, and went to London, having apparently done his best to desert her before marriage);--that in London he became an actor with an interest in a theatre, and was reputed to be the writer of plays;--that he purchased property in Stratford, to which town he returned;--engaged in purchases and sales and law-suits (of no biographical interest except as indicating his money-making and litigious temperament); helped his father in an application for coat armour (to be obtained by false pretences); promoted the enclosure of common lands at Stratford (after being guaranteed against personal loss); made his will--and died at the age of 52, without a book in his possession, and leaving nothing to his wife but his second best bed, and this by an afterthought.

plural of “month” — one of the twelve divisions of the calendar year

From this reading In the year 1909 Mr. George Hookham in the January number of the _National Review_ sums up practically all that is really known of the life of William Shakspeare of Stratford as follows:-- 'We only know that he was born at Stratford, of illiterate parents-- (we do _not_ know that he went to school there)--that, when 18-1/2 years old, he married Anne Hathaway (who was eight years his senior, and who bore him a child six months after marriage); that he had in all three children by her (whom with their mother he left, and went to London, having apparently done his best to desert her before marriage);--that in London he became an actor with an interest in a theatre, and was reputed to be the writer of plays;--that he purchased property in Stratford, to which town he returned;--engaged in purchases and sales and law-suits (of no biographical interest except as indicating his money-making and litigious temperament); helped his father in an application for coat armour (to be obtained by false pretences); promoted the enclosure of common lands at Stratford (after being guaranteed against personal loss); made his will--and died at the age of 52, without a book in his possession, and leaving nothing to his wife but his second best bed, and this by an afterthought.

a structure erected to commemorate persons or events

From this reading The Shackspere Monument, Bust, and Portrait.

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

From this reading No record of friendship with anyone more cultured than his fellow actors.

a woman who has given birth to a child (also used as a term of address to your mother)

From this reading In the year 1909 Mr. George Hookham in the January number of the _National Review_ sums up practically all that is really known of the life of William Shakspeare of Stratford as follows:-- 'We only know that he was born at Stratford, of illiterate parents-- (we do _not_ know that he went to school there)--that, when 18-1/2 years old, he married Anne Hathaway (who was eight years his senior, and who bore him a child six months after marriage); that he had in all three children by her (whom with their mother he left, and went to London, having apparently done his best to desert her before marriage);--that in London he became an actor with an interest in a theatre, and was reputed to be the writer of plays;--that he purchased property in Stratford, to which town he returned;--engaged in purchases and sales and law-suits (of no biographical interest except as indicating his money-making and litigious temperament); helped his father in an application for coat armour (to be obtained by false pretences); promoted the enclosure of common lands at Stratford (after being guaranteed against personal loss); made his will--and died at the age of 52, without a book in his possession, and leaving nothing to his wife but his second best bed, and this by an afterthought.

a form of address for a man

From this reading In the year 1909 Mr. George Hookham in the January number of the _National Review_ sums up practically all that is really known of the life of William Shakspeare of Stratford as follows:-- 'We only know that he was born at Stratford, of illiterate parents-- (we do _not_ know that he went to school there)--that, when 18-1/2 years old, he married Anne Hathaway (who was eight years his senior, and who bore him a child six months after marriage); that he had in all three children by her (whom with their mother he left, and went to London, having apparently done his best to desert her before marriage);--that in London he became an actor with an interest in a theatre, and was reputed to be the writer of plays;--that he purchased property in Stratford, to which town he returned;--engaged in purchases and sales and law-suits (of no biographical interest except as indicating his money-making and litigious temperament); helped his father in an application for coat armour (to be obtained by false pretences); promoted the enclosure of common lands at Stratford (after being guaranteed against personal loss); made his will--and died at the age of 52, without a book in his possession, and leaving nothing to his wife but his second best bed, and this by an afterthought.

to a great degree or extent

From this reading In a word we know his parentage, birth, marriage, fatherhood, occupation, his wealth and his chief ambition, his will and his death, and absolutely nothing else; his death being received with unbroken and ominous silence by the literary world, not even Ben Jonson who seven years later glorified the plays _in excelsis_, expending so much as a quatrain on his memory.'

of or relating to or belonging to a nation or country

From this reading In the year 1909 Mr. George Hookham in the January number of the _National Review_ sums up practically all that is really known of the life of William Shakspeare of Stratford as follows:-- 'We only know that he was born at Stratford, of illiterate parents-- (we do _not_ know that he went to school there)--that, when 18-1/2 years old, he married Anne Hathaway (who was eight years his senior, and who bore him a child six months after marriage); that he had in all three children by her (whom with their mother he left, and went to London, having apparently done his best to desert her before marriage);--that in London he became an actor with an interest in a theatre, and was reputed to be the writer of plays;--that he purchased property in Stratford, to which town he returned;--engaged in purchases and sales and law-suits (of no biographical interest except as indicating his money-making and litigious temperament); helped his father in an application for coat armour (to be obtained by false pretences); promoted the enclosure of common lands at Stratford (after being guaranteed against personal loss); made his will--and died at the age of 52, without a book in his possession, and leaving nothing to his wife but his second best bed, and this by an afterthought.

not any; not one

From this reading In the year 1909 Mr. George Hookham in the January number of the _National Review_ sums up practically all that is really known of the life of William Shakspeare of Stratford as follows:-- 'We only know that he was born at Stratford, of illiterate parents-- (we do _not_ know that he went to school there)--that, when 18-1/2 years old, he married Anne Hathaway (who was eight years his senior, and who bore him a child six months after marriage); that he had in all three children by her (whom with their mother he left, and went to London, having apparently done his best to desert her before marriage);--that in London he became an actor with an interest in a theatre, and was reputed to be the writer of plays;--that he purchased property in Stratford, to which town he returned;--engaged in purchases and sales and law-suits (of no biographical interest except as indicating his money-making and litigious temperament); helped his father in an application for coat armour (to be obtained by false pretences); promoted the enclosure of common lands at Stratford (after being guaranteed against personal loss); made his will--and died at the age of 52, without a book in his possession, and leaving nothing to his wife but his second best bed, and this by an afterthought.

used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative

From this reading In the year 1909 Mr. George Hookham in the January number of the _National Review_ sums up practically all that is really known of the life of William Shakspeare of Stratford as follows:-- 'We only know that he was born at Stratford, of illiterate parents-- (we do _not_ know that he went to school there)--that, when 18-1/2 years old, he married Anne Hathaway (who was eight years his senior, and who bore him a child six months after marriage); that he had in all three children by her (whom with their mother he left, and went to London, having apparently done his best to desert her before marriage);--that in London he became an actor with an interest in a theatre, and was reputed to be the writer of plays;--that he purchased property in Stratford, to which town he returned;--engaged in purchases and sales and law-suits (of no biographical interest except as indicating his money-making and litigious temperament); helped his father in an application for coat armour (to be obtained by false pretences); promoted the enclosure of common lands at Stratford (after being guaranteed against personal loss); made his will--and died at the age of 52, without a book in his possession, and leaving nothing to his wife but his second best bed, and this by an afterthought.

not one thing; not anything

From this reading In the year 1909 Mr. George Hookham in the January number of the _National Review_ sums up practically all that is really known of the life of William Shakspeare of Stratford as follows:-- 'We only know that he was born at Stratford, of illiterate parents-- (we do _not_ know that he went to school there)--that, when 18-1/2 years old, he married Anne Hathaway (who was eight years his senior, and who bore him a child six months after marriage); that he had in all three children by her (whom with their mother he left, and went to London, having apparently done his best to desert her before marriage);--that in London he became an actor with an interest in a theatre, and was reputed to be the writer of plays;--that he purchased property in Stratford, to which town he returned;--engaged in purchases and sales and law-suits (of no biographical interest except as indicating his money-making and litigious temperament); helped his father in an application for coat armour (to be obtained by false pretences); promoted the enclosure of common lands at Stratford (after being guaranteed against personal loss); made his will--and died at the age of 52, without a book in his possession, and leaving nothing to his wife but his second best bed, and this by an afterthought.

the property possessed by a sum or total or indefinite quantity of units or individuals

From this reading In the year 1909 Mr. George Hookham in the January number of the _National Review_ sums up practically all that is really known of the life of William Shakspeare of Stratford as follows:-- 'We only know that he was born at Stratford, of illiterate parents-- (we do _not_ know that he went to school there)--that, when 18-1/2 years old, he married Anne Hathaway (who was eight years his senior, and who bore him a child six months after marriage); that he had in all three children by her (whom with their mother he left, and went to London, having apparently done his best to desert her before marriage);--that in London he became an actor with an interest in a theatre, and was reputed to be the writer of plays;--that he purchased property in Stratford, to which town he returned;--engaged in purchases and sales and law-suits (of no biographical interest except as indicating his money-making and litigious temperament); helped his father in an application for coat armour (to be obtained by false pretences); promoted the enclosure of common lands at Stratford (after being guaranteed against personal loss); made his will--and died at the age of 52, without a book in his possession, and leaving nothing to his wife but his second best bed, and this by an afterthought.

past form of “obtain” — come into possession of

From this reading In the year 1909 Mr. George Hookham in the January number of the _National Review_ sums up practically all that is really known of the life of William Shakspeare of Stratford as follows:-- 'We only know that he was born at Stratford, of illiterate parents-- (we do _not_ know that he went to school there)--that, when 18-1/2 years old, he married Anne Hathaway (who was eight years his senior, and who bore him a child six months after marriage); that he had in all three children by her (whom with their mother he left, and went to London, having apparently done his best to desert her before marriage);--that in London he became an actor with an interest in a theatre, and was reputed to be the writer of plays;--that he purchased property in Stratford, to which town he returned;--engaged in purchases and sales and law-suits (of no biographical interest except as indicating his money-making and litigious temperament); helped his father in an application for coat armour (to be obtained by false pretences); promoted the enclosure of common lands at Stratford (after being guaranteed against personal loss); made his will--and died at the age of 52, without a book in his possession, and leaving nothing to his wife but his second best bed, and this by an afterthought.

the principal activity in your life that you do to earn money

From this reading In a word we know his parentage, birth, marriage, fatherhood, occupation, his wealth and his chief ambition, his will and his death, and absolutely nothing else; his death being received with unbroken and ominous silence by the literary world, not even Ben Jonson who seven years later glorified the plays _in excelsis_, expending so much as a quatrain on his memory.'

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

From this reading In the year 1909 Mr. George Hookham in the January number of the _National Review_ sums up practically all that is really known of the life of William Shakspeare of Stratford as follows:-- 'We only know that he was born at Stratford, of illiterate parents-- (we do _not_ know that he went to school there)--that, when 18-1/2 years old, he married Anne Hathaway (who was eight years his senior, and who bore him a child six months after marriage); that he had in all three children by her (whom with their mother he left, and went to London, having apparently done his best to desert her before marriage);--that in London he became an actor with an interest in a theatre, and was reputed to be the writer of plays;--that he purchased property in Stratford, to which town he returned;--engaged in purchases and sales and law-suits (of no biographical interest except as indicating his money-making and litigious temperament); helped his father in an application for coat armour (to be obtained by false pretences); promoted the enclosure of common lands at Stratford (after being guaranteed against personal loss); made his will--and died at the age of 52, without a book in his possession, and leaving nothing to his wife but his second best bed, and this by an afterthought.

(used especially of persons) having lived for a relatively long time or attained a specific age

From this reading In the year 1909 Mr. George Hookham in the January number of the _National Review_ sums up practically all that is really known of the life of William Shakspeare of Stratford as follows:-- 'We only know that he was born at Stratford, of illiterate parents-- (we do _not_ know that he went to school there)--that, when 18-1/2 years old, he married Anne Hathaway (who was eight years his senior, and who bore him a child six months after marriage); that he had in all three children by her (whom with their mother he left, and went to London, having apparently done his best to desert her before marriage);--that in London he became an actor with an interest in a theatre, and was reputed to be the writer of plays;--that he purchased property in Stratford, to which town he returned;--engaged in purchases and sales and law-suits (of no biographical interest except as indicating his money-making and litigious temperament); helped his father in an application for coat armour (to be obtained by false pretences); promoted the enclosure of common lands at Stratford (after being guaranteed against personal loss); made his will--and died at the age of 52, without a book in his possession, and leaving nothing to his wife but his second best bed, and this by an afterthought.

threatening or foreshadowing evil or tragic developments

From this reading In a word we know his parentage, birth, marriage, fatherhood, occupation, his wealth and his chief ambition, his will and his death, and absolutely nothing else; his death being received with unbroken and ominous silence by the literary world, not even Ben Jonson who seven years later glorified the plays _in excelsis_, expending so much as a quatrain on his memory.'

touching and supported by a surface

From this reading In a word we know his parentage, birth, marriage, fatherhood, occupation, his wealth and his chief ambition, his will and his death, and absolutely nothing else; his death being received with unbroken and ominous silence by the literary world, not even Ben Jonson who seven years later glorified the plays _in excelsis_, expending so much as a quatrain on his memory.'

used to mean any person in general, including the speaker

From this reading No letter,--only two contemporary reports of his conversation, one with regard to the commons enclosure as above, and the other in circumstances not to be recited unnecessarily.

and nothing more

From this reading In the year 1909 Mr. George Hookham in the January number of the _National Review_ sums up practically all that is really known of the life of William Shakspeare of Stratford as follows:-- 'We only know that he was born at Stratford, of illiterate parents-- (we do _not_ know that he went to school there)--that, when 18-1/2 years old, he married Anne Hathaway (who was eight years his senior, and who bore him a child six months after marriage); that he had in all three children by her (whom with their mother he left, and went to London, having apparently done his best to desert her before marriage);--that in London he became an actor with an interest in a theatre, and was reputed to be the writer of plays;--that he purchased property in Stratford, to which town he returned;--engaged in purchases and sales and law-suits (of no biographical interest except as indicating his money-making and litigious temperament); helped his father in an application for coat armour (to be obtained by false pretences); promoted the enclosure of common lands at Stratford (after being guaranteed against personal loss); made his will--and died at the age of 52, without a book in his possession, and leaving nothing to his wife but his second best bed, and this by an afterthought.

not the same one or ones already mentioned or implied

From this reading No letter,--only two contemporary reports of his conversation, one with regard to the commons enclosure as above, and the other in circumstances not to be recited unnecessarily.

the state of being a parent

From this reading In a word we know his parentage, birth, marriage, fatherhood, occupation, his wealth and his chief ambition, his will and his death, and absolutely nothing else; his death being received with unbroken and ominous silence by the literary world, not even Ben Jonson who seven years later glorified the plays _in excelsis_, expending so much as a quatrain on his memory.'

plural of “parent” — a father or mother; one who begets or one who gives birth to or nurtures and raises a child; a relative who plays the role of guardian

From this reading In the year 1909 Mr. George Hookham in the January number of the _National Review_ sums up practically all that is really known of the life of William Shakspeare of Stratford as follows:-- 'We only know that he was born at Stratford, of illiterate parents-- (we do _not_ know that he went to school there)--that, when 18-1/2 years old, he married Anne Hathaway (who was eight years his senior, and who bore him a child six months after marriage); that he had in all three children by her (whom with their mother he left, and went to London, having apparently done his best to desert her before marriage);--that in London he became an actor with an interest in a theatre, and was reputed to be the writer of plays;--that he purchased property in Stratford, to which town he returned;--engaged in purchases and sales and law-suits (of no biographical interest except as indicating his money-making and litigious temperament); helped his father in an application for coat armour (to be obtained by false pretences); promoted the enclosure of common lands at Stratford (after being guaranteed against personal loss); made his will--and died at the age of 52, without a book in his possession, and leaving nothing to his wife but his second best bed, and this by an afterthought.

concerning or affecting a particular person or his or her private life and personality

From this reading In the year 1909 Mr. George Hookham in the January number of the _National Review_ sums up practically all that is really known of the life of William Shakspeare of Stratford as follows:-- 'We only know that he was born at Stratford, of illiterate parents-- (we do _not_ know that he went to school there)--that, when 18-1/2 years old, he married Anne Hathaway (who was eight years his senior, and who bore him a child six months after marriage); that he had in all three children by her (whom with their mother he left, and went to London, having apparently done his best to desert her before marriage);--that in London he became an actor with an interest in a theatre, and was reputed to be the writer of plays;--that he purchased property in Stratford, to which town he returned;--engaged in purchases and sales and law-suits (of no biographical interest except as indicating his money-making and litigious temperament); helped his father in an application for coat armour (to be obtained by false pretences); promoted the enclosure of common lands at Stratford (after being guaranteed against personal loss); made his will--and died at the age of 52, without a book in his possession, and leaving nothing to his wife but his second best bed, and this by an afterthought.

plural of “play” — a dramatic work intended for performance by actors on a stage

From this reading In the year 1909 Mr. George Hookham in the January number of the _National Review_ sums up practically all that is really known of the life of William Shakspeare of Stratford as follows:-- 'We only know that he was born at Stratford, of illiterate parents-- (we do _not_ know that he went to school there)--that, when 18-1/2 years old, he married Anne Hathaway (who was eight years his senior, and who bore him a child six months after marriage); that he had in all three children by her (whom with their mother he left, and went to London, having apparently done his best to desert her before marriage);--that in London he became an actor with an interest in a theatre, and was reputed to be the writer of plays;--that he purchased property in Stratford, to which town he returned;--engaged in purchases and sales and law-suits (of no biographical interest except as indicating his money-making and litigious temperament); helped his father in an application for coat armour (to be obtained by false pretences); promoted the enclosure of common lands at Stratford (after being guaranteed against personal loss); made his will--and died at the age of 52, without a book in his possession, and leaving nothing to his wife but his second best bed, and this by an afterthought.

a word picture of a person's appearance and character

From this reading The Shackspere Monument, Bust, and Portrait.

the act of having and controlling property

From this reading In the year 1909 Mr. George Hookham in the January number of the _National Review_ sums up practically all that is really known of the life of William Shakspeare of Stratford as follows:-- 'We only know that he was born at Stratford, of illiterate parents-- (we do _not_ know that he went to school there)--that, when 18-1/2 years old, he married Anne Hathaway (who was eight years his senior, and who bore him a child six months after marriage); that he had in all three children by her (whom with their mother he left, and went to London, having apparently done his best to desert her before marriage);--that in London he became an actor with an interest in a theatre, and was reputed to be the writer of plays;--that he purchased property in Stratford, to which town he returned;--engaged in purchases and sales and law-suits (of no biographical interest except as indicating his money-making and litigious temperament); helped his father in an application for coat armour (to be obtained by false pretences); promoted the enclosure of common lands at Stratford (after being guaranteed against personal loss); made his will--and died at the age of 52, without a book in his possession, and leaving nothing to his wife but his second best bed, and this by an afterthought.

almost; nearly

From this reading In the year 1909 Mr. George Hookham in the January number of the _National Review_ sums up practically all that is really known of the life of William Shakspeare of Stratford as follows:-- 'We only know that he was born at Stratford, of illiterate parents-- (we do _not_ know that he went to school there)--that, when 18-1/2 years old, he married Anne Hathaway (who was eight years his senior, and who bore him a child six months after marriage); that he had in all three children by her (whom with their mother he left, and went to London, having apparently done his best to desert her before marriage);--that in London he became an actor with an interest in a theatre, and was reputed to be the writer of plays;--that he purchased property in Stratford, to which town he returned;--engaged in purchases and sales and law-suits (of no biographical interest except as indicating his money-making and litigious temperament); helped his father in an application for coat armour (to be obtained by false pretences); promoted the enclosure of common lands at Stratford (after being guaranteed against personal loss); made his will--and died at the age of 52, without a book in his possession, and leaving nothing to his wife but his second best bed, and this by an afterthought.

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From this reading In the year 1909 Mr. George Hookham in the January number of the _National Review_ sums up practically all that is really known of the life of William Shakspeare of Stratford as follows:-- 'We only know that he was born at Stratford, of illiterate parents-- (we do _not_ know that he went to school there)--that, when 18-1/2 years old, he married Anne Hathaway (who was eight years his senior, and who bore him a child six months after marriage); that he had in all three children by her (whom with their mother he left, and went to London, having apparently done his best to desert her before marriage);--that in London he became an actor with an interest in a theatre, and was reputed to be the writer of plays;--that he purchased property in Stratford, to which town he returned;--engaged in purchases and sales and law-suits (of no biographical interest except as indicating his money-making and litigious temperament); helped his father in an application for coat armour (to be obtained by false pretences); promoted the enclosure of common lands at Stratford (after being guaranteed against personal loss); made his will--and died at the age of 52, without a book in his possession, and leaving nothing to his wife but his second best bed, and this by an afterthought.

past form of “promote” — contribute to the progress or growth of

From this reading In the year 1909 Mr. George Hookham in the January number of the _National Review_ sums up practically all that is really known of the life of William Shakspeare of Stratford as follows:-- 'We only know that he was born at Stratford, of illiterate parents-- (we do _not_ know that he went to school there)--that, when 18-1/2 years old, he married Anne Hathaway (who was eight years his senior, and who bore him a child six months after marriage); that he had in all three children by her (whom with their mother he left, and went to London, having apparently done his best to desert her before marriage);--that in London he became an actor with an interest in a theatre, and was reputed to be the writer of plays;--that he purchased property in Stratford, to which town he returned;--engaged in purchases and sales and law-suits (of no biographical interest except as indicating his money-making and litigious temperament); helped his father in an application for coat armour (to be obtained by false pretences); promoted the enclosure of common lands at Stratford (after being guaranteed against personal loss); made his will--and died at the age of 52, without a book in his possession, and leaving nothing to his wife but his second best bed, and this by an afterthought.

something owned; any tangible or intangible possession that is owned by someone

From this reading In the year 1909 Mr. George Hookham in the January number of the _National Review_ sums up practically all that is really known of the life of William Shakspeare of Stratford as follows:-- 'We only know that he was born at Stratford, of illiterate parents-- (we do _not_ know that he went to school there)--that, when 18-1/2 years old, he married Anne Hathaway (who was eight years his senior, and who bore him a child six months after marriage); that he had in all three children by her (whom with their mother he left, and went to London, having apparently done his best to desert her before marriage);--that in London he became an actor with an interest in a theatre, and was reputed to be the writer of plays;--that he purchased property in Stratford, to which town he returned;--engaged in purchases and sales and law-suits (of no biographical interest except as indicating his money-making and litigious temperament); helped his father in an application for coat armour (to be obtained by false pretences); promoted the enclosure of common lands at Stratford (after being guaranteed against personal loss); made his will--and died at the age of 52, without a book in his possession, and leaving nothing to his wife but his second best bed, and this by an afterthought.

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

From this reading In the year 1909 Mr. George Hookham in the January number of the _National Review_ sums up practically all that is really known of the life of William Shakspeare of Stratford as follows:-- 'We only know that he was born at Stratford, of illiterate parents-- (we do _not_ know that he went to school there)--that, when 18-1/2 years old, he married Anne Hathaway (who was eight years his senior, and who bore him a child six months after marriage); that he had in all three children by her (whom with their mother he left, and went to London, having apparently done his best to desert her before marriage);--that in London he became an actor with an interest in a theatre, and was reputed to be the writer of plays;--that he purchased property in Stratford, to which town he returned;--engaged in purchases and sales and law-suits (of no biographical interest except as indicating his money-making and litigious temperament); helped his father in an application for coat armour (to be obtained by false pretences); promoted the enclosure of common lands at Stratford (after being guaranteed against personal loss); made his will--and died at the age of 52, without a book in his possession, and leaving nothing to his wife but his second best bed, and this by an afterthought.

plural of “purchase” — the acquisition of something for payment

From this reading In the year 1909 Mr. George Hookham in the January number of the _National Review_ sums up practically all that is really known of the life of William Shakspeare of Stratford as follows:-- 'We only know that he was born at Stratford, of illiterate parents-- (we do _not_ know that he went to school there)--that, when 18-1/2 years old, he married Anne Hathaway (who was eight years his senior, and who bore him a child six months after marriage); that he had in all three children by her (whom with their mother he left, and went to London, having apparently done his best to desert her before marriage);--that in London he became an actor with an interest in a theatre, and was reputed to be the writer of plays;--that he purchased property in Stratford, to which town he returned;--engaged in purchases and sales and law-suits (of no biographical interest except as indicating his money-making and litigious temperament); helped his father in an application for coat armour (to be obtained by false pretences); promoted the enclosure of common lands at Stratford (after being guaranteed against personal loss); made his will--and died at the age of 52, without a book in his possession, and leaving nothing to his wife but his second best bed, and this by an afterthought.

a stanza of four lines

From this reading In a word we know his parentage, birth, marriage, fatherhood, occupation, his wealth and his chief ambition, his will and his death, and absolutely nothing else; his death being received with unbroken and ominous silence by the literary world, not even Ben Jonson who seven years later glorified the plays _in excelsis_, expending so much as a quatrain on his memory.'

in accordance with truth or fact or reality

From this reading In the year 1909 Mr. George Hookham in the January number of the _National Review_ sums up practically all that is really known of the life of William Shakspeare of Stratford as follows:-- 'We only know that he was born at Stratford, of illiterate parents-- (we do _not_ know that he went to school there)--that, when 18-1/2 years old, he married Anne Hathaway (who was eight years his senior, and who bore him a child six months after marriage); that he had in all three children by her (whom with their mother he left, and went to London, having apparently done his best to desert her before marriage);--that in London he became an actor with an interest in a theatre, and was reputed to be the writer of plays;--that he purchased property in Stratford, to which town he returned;--engaged in purchases and sales and law-suits (of no biographical interest except as indicating his money-making and litigious temperament); helped his father in an application for coat armour (to be obtained by false pretences); promoted the enclosure of common lands at Stratford (after being guaranteed against personal loss); made his will--and died at the age of 52, without a book in his possession, and leaving nothing to his wife but his second best bed, and this by an afterthought.

conforming to the established language usage of educated native speakers

From this reading In a word we know his parentage, birth, marriage, fatherhood, occupation, his wealth and his chief ambition, his will and his death, and absolutely nothing else; his death being received with unbroken and ominous silence by the literary world, not even Ben Jonson who seven years later glorified the plays _in excelsis_, expending so much as a quatrain on his memory.'

past form of “recite” — recite in elocution

From this reading No letter,--only two contemporary reports of his conversation, one with regard to the commons enclosure as above, and the other in circumstances not to be recited unnecessarily.

anything (such as a document or a phonograph record or a photograph) providing permanent evidence of or information about past events

From this reading No record of friendship with anyone more cultured than his fellow actors.

(usually preceded by “in”) a detail or point

From this reading No letter,--only two contemporary reports of his conversation, one with regard to the commons enclosure as above, and the other in circumstances not to be recited unnecessarily.

plural of “report” — a written document describing the findings of some individual or group

From this reading No letter,--only two contemporary reports of his conversation, one with regard to the commons enclosure as above, and the other in circumstances not to be recited unnecessarily.

past form of “repute” — look on as or consider

From this reading In the year 1909 Mr. George Hookham in the January number of the _National Review_ sums up practically all that is really known of the life of William Shakspeare of Stratford as follows:-- 'We only know that he was born at Stratford, of illiterate parents-- (we do _not_ know that he went to school there)--that, when 18-1/2 years old, he married Anne Hathaway (who was eight years his senior, and who bore him a child six months after marriage); that he had in all three children by her (whom with their mother he left, and went to London, having apparently done his best to desert her before marriage);--that in London he became an actor with an interest in a theatre, and was reputed to be the writer of plays;--that he purchased property in Stratford, to which town he returned;--engaged in purchases and sales and law-suits (of no biographical interest except as indicating his money-making and litigious temperament); helped his father in an application for coat armour (to be obtained by false pretences); promoted the enclosure of common lands at Stratford (after being guaranteed against personal loss); made his will--and died at the age of 52, without a book in his possession, and leaving nothing to his wife but his second best bed, and this by an afterthought.

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

From this reading In the year 1909 Mr. George Hookham in the January number of the _National Review_ sums up practically all that is really known of the life of William Shakspeare of Stratford as follows:-- 'We only know that he was born at Stratford, of illiterate parents-- (we do _not_ know that he went to school there)--that, when 18-1/2 years old, he married Anne Hathaway (who was eight years his senior, and who bore him a child six months after marriage); that he had in all three children by her (whom with their mother he left, and went to London, having apparently done his best to desert her before marriage);--that in London he became an actor with an interest in a theatre, and was reputed to be the writer of plays;--that he purchased property in Stratford, to which town he returned;--engaged in purchases and sales and law-suits (of no biographical interest except as indicating his money-making and litigious temperament); helped his father in an application for coat armour (to be obtained by false pretences); promoted the enclosure of common lands at Stratford (after being guaranteed against personal loss); made his will--and died at the age of 52, without a book in his possession, and leaving nothing to his wife but his second best bed, and this by an afterthought.

a new appraisal or evaluation

From this reading In the year 1909 Mr. George Hookham in the January number of the _National Review_ sums up practically all that is really known of the life of William Shakspeare of Stratford as follows:-- 'We only know that he was born at Stratford, of illiterate parents-- (we do _not_ know that he went to school there)--that, when 18-1/2 years old, he married Anne Hathaway (who was eight years his senior, and who bore him a child six months after marriage); that he had in all three children by her (whom with their mother he left, and went to London, having apparently done his best to desert her before marriage);--that in London he became an actor with an interest in a theatre, and was reputed to be the writer of plays;--that he purchased property in Stratford, to which town he returned;--engaged in purchases and sales and law-suits (of no biographical interest except as indicating his money-making and litigious temperament); helped his father in an application for coat armour (to be obtained by false pretences); promoted the enclosure of common lands at Stratford (after being guaranteed against personal loss); made his will--and died at the age of 52, without a book in his possession, and leaving nothing to his wife but his second best bed, and this by an afterthought.

income (at invoice values) received for goods and services over some given period of time

From this reading In the year 1909 Mr. George Hookham in the January number of the _National Review_ sums up practically all that is really known of the life of William Shakspeare of Stratford as follows:-- 'We only know that he was born at Stratford, of illiterate parents-- (we do _not_ know that he went to school there)--that, when 18-1/2 years old, he married Anne Hathaway (who was eight years his senior, and who bore him a child six months after marriage); that he had in all three children by her (whom with their mother he left, and went to London, having apparently done his best to desert her before marriage);--that in London he became an actor with an interest in a theatre, and was reputed to be the writer of plays;--that he purchased property in Stratford, to which town he returned;--engaged in purchases and sales and law-suits (of no biographical interest except as indicating his money-making and litigious temperament); helped his father in an application for coat armour (to be obtained by false pretences); promoted the enclosure of common lands at Stratford (after being guaranteed against personal loss); made his will--and died at the age of 52, without a book in his possession, and leaving nothing to his wife but his second best bed, and this by an afterthought.

an educational institution

From this reading In the year 1909 Mr. George Hookham in the January number of the _National Review_ sums up practically all that is really known of the life of William Shakspeare of Stratford as follows:-- 'We only know that he was born at Stratford, of illiterate parents-- (we do _not_ know that he went to school there)--that, when 18-1/2 years old, he married Anne Hathaway (who was eight years his senior, and who bore him a child six months after marriage); that he had in all three children by her (whom with their mother he left, and went to London, having apparently done his best to desert her before marriage);--that in London he became an actor with an interest in a theatre, and was reputed to be the writer of plays;--that he purchased property in Stratford, to which town he returned;--engaged in purchases and sales and law-suits (of no biographical interest except as indicating his money-making and litigious temperament); helped his father in an application for coat armour (to be obtained by false pretences); promoted the enclosure of common lands at Stratford (after being guaranteed against personal loss); made his will--and died at the age of 52, without a book in his possession, and leaving nothing to his wife but his second best bed, and this by an afterthought.

1/60 of a minute; the basic unit of time adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites

From this reading In the year 1909 Mr. George Hookham in the January number of the _National Review_ sums up practically all that is really known of the life of William Shakspeare of Stratford as follows:-- 'We only know that he was born at Stratford, of illiterate parents-- (we do _not_ know that he went to school there)--that, when 18-1/2 years old, he married Anne Hathaway (who was eight years his senior, and who bore him a child six months after marriage); that he had in all three children by her (whom with their mother he left, and went to London, having apparently done his best to desert her before marriage);--that in London he became an actor with an interest in a theatre, and was reputed to be the writer of plays;--that he purchased property in Stratford, to which town he returned;--engaged in purchases and sales and law-suits (of no biographical interest except as indicating his money-making and litigious temperament); helped his father in an application for coat armour (to be obtained by false pretences); promoted the enclosure of common lands at Stratford (after being guaranteed against personal loss); made his will--and died at the age of 52, without a book in his possession, and leaving nothing to his wife but his second best bed, and this by an afterthought.

older; higher in rank; longer in length of tenure or service

From this reading In the year 1909 Mr. George Hookham in the January number of the _National Review_ sums up practically all that is really known of the life of William Shakspeare of Stratford as follows:-- 'We only know that he was born at Stratford, of illiterate parents-- (we do _not_ know that he went to school there)--that, when 18-1/2 years old, he married Anne Hathaway (who was eight years his senior, and who bore him a child six months after marriage); that he had in all three children by her (whom with their mother he left, and went to London, having apparently done his best to desert her before marriage);--that in London he became an actor with an interest in a theatre, and was reputed to be the writer of plays;--that he purchased property in Stratford, to which town he returned;--engaged in purchases and sales and law-suits (of no biographical interest except as indicating his money-making and litigious temperament); helped his father in an application for coat armour (to be obtained by false pretences); promoted the enclosure of common lands at Stratford (after being guaranteed against personal loss); made his will--and died at the age of 52, without a book in his possession, and leaving nothing to his wife but his second best bed, and this by an afterthought.

the cardinal number that is the sum of six and one

From this reading In a word we know his parentage, birth, marriage, fatherhood, occupation, his wealth and his chief ambition, his will and his death, and absolutely nothing else; his death being received with unbroken and ominous silence by the literary world, not even Ben Jonson who seven years later glorified the plays _in excelsis_, expending so much as a quatrain on his memory.'

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From this reading The Shackspere Monument, Bust, and Portrait.

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

From this reading In the year 1909 Mr. George Hookham in the January number of the _National Review_ sums up practically all that is really known of the life of William Shakspeare of Stratford as follows:-- 'We only know that he was born at Stratford, of illiterate parents-- (we do _not_ know that he went to school there)--that, when 18-1/2 years old, he married Anne Hathaway (who was eight years his senior, and who bore him a child six months after marriage); that he had in all three children by her (whom with their mother he left, and went to London, having apparently done his best to desert her before marriage);--that in London he became an actor with an interest in a theatre, and was reputed to be the writer of plays;--that he purchased property in Stratford, to which town he returned;--engaged in purchases and sales and law-suits (of no biographical interest except as indicating his money-making and litigious temperament); helped his father in an application for coat armour (to be obtained by false pretences); promoted the enclosure of common lands at Stratford (after being guaranteed against personal loss); made his will--and died at the age of 52, without a book in his possession, and leaving nothing to his wife but his second best bed, and this by an afterthought.

Complete absence of sound; a state of quietness and stillness.

From this reading In a word we know his parentage, birth, marriage, fatherhood, occupation, his wealth and his chief ambition, his will and his death, and absolutely nothing else; his death being received with unbroken and ominous silence by the literary world, not even Ben Jonson who seven years later glorified the plays _in excelsis_, expending so much as a quatrain on his memory.'

the cardinal number that is the sum of five and one

From this reading In the year 1909 Mr. George Hookham in the January number of the _National Review_ sums up practically all that is really known of the life of William Shakspeare of Stratford as follows:-- 'We only know that he was born at Stratford, of illiterate parents-- (we do _not_ know that he went to school there)--that, when 18-1/2 years old, he married Anne Hathaway (who was eight years his senior, and who bore him a child six months after marriage); that he had in all three children by her (whom with their mother he left, and went to London, having apparently done his best to desert her before marriage);--that in London he became an actor with an interest in a theatre, and was reputed to be the writer of plays;--that he purchased property in Stratford, to which town he returned;--engaged in purchases and sales and law-suits (of no biographical interest except as indicating his money-making and litigious temperament); helped his father in an application for coat armour (to be obtained by false pretences); promoted the enclosure of common lands at Stratford (after being guaranteed against personal loss); made his will--and died at the age of 52, without a book in his possession, and leaving nothing to his wife but his second best bed, and this by an afterthought.

for that reason; with the result that

From this reading In a word we know his parentage, birth, marriage, fatherhood, occupation, his wealth and his chief ambition, his will and his death, and absolutely nothing else; his death being received with unbroken and ominous silence by the literary world, not even Ben Jonson who seven years later glorified the plays _in excelsis_, expending so much as a quatrain on his memory.'

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

From this reading In the year 1909 Mr. George Hookham in the January number of the _National Review_ sums up practically all that is really known of the life of William Shakspeare of Stratford as follows:-- 'We only know that he was born at Stratford, of illiterate parents-- (we do _not_ know that he went to school there)--that, when 18-1/2 years old, he married Anne Hathaway (who was eight years his senior, and who bore him a child six months after marriage); that he had in all three children by her (whom with their mother he left, and went to London, having apparently done his best to desert her before marriage);--that in London he became an actor with an interest in a theatre, and was reputed to be the writer of plays;--that he purchased property in Stratford, to which town he returned;--engaged in purchases and sales and law-suits (of no biographical interest except as indicating his money-making and litigious temperament); helped his father in an application for coat armour (to be obtained by false pretences); promoted the enclosure of common lands at Stratford (after being guaranteed against personal loss); made his will--and died at the age of 52, without a book in his possession, and leaving nothing to his wife but his second best bed, and this by an afterthought.

plural of “sum” — a quantity of money

From this reading In the year 1909 Mr. George Hookham in the January number of the _National Review_ sums up practically all that is really known of the life of William Shakspeare of Stratford as follows:-- 'We only know that he was born at Stratford, of illiterate parents-- (we do _not_ know that he went to school there)--that, when 18-1/2 years old, he married Anne Hathaway (who was eight years his senior, and who bore him a child six months after marriage); that he had in all three children by her (whom with their mother he left, and went to London, having apparently done his best to desert her before marriage);--that in London he became an actor with an interest in a theatre, and was reputed to be the writer of plays;--that he purchased property in Stratford, to which town he returned;--engaged in purchases and sales and law-suits (of no biographical interest except as indicating his money-making and litigious temperament); helped his father in an application for coat armour (to be obtained by false pretences); promoted the enclosure of common lands at Stratford (after being guaranteed against personal loss); made his will--and died at the age of 52, without a book in his possession, and leaving nothing to his wife but his second best bed, and this by an afterthought.

your usual mood

From this reading In the year 1909 Mr. George Hookham in the January number of the _National Review_ sums up practically all that is really known of the life of William Shakspeare of Stratford as follows:-- 'We only know that he was born at Stratford, of illiterate parents-- (we do _not_ know that he went to school there)--that, when 18-1/2 years old, he married Anne Hathaway (who was eight years his senior, and who bore him a child six months after marriage); that he had in all three children by her (whom with their mother he left, and went to London, having apparently done his best to desert her before marriage);--that in London he became an actor with an interest in a theatre, and was reputed to be the writer of plays;--that he purchased property in Stratford, to which town he returned;--engaged in purchases and sales and law-suits (of no biographical interest except as indicating his money-making and litigious temperament); helped his father in an application for coat armour (to be obtained by false pretences); promoted the enclosure of common lands at Stratford (after being guaranteed against personal loss); made his will--and died at the age of 52, without a book in his possession, and leaving nothing to his wife but his second best bed, and this by an afterthought.

used to introduce the second part of a comparison

From this reading No record of friendship with anyone more cultured than his fellow actors.

used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt

From this reading In the year 1909 Mr. George Hookham in the January number of the _National Review_ sums up practically all that is really known of the life of William Shakspeare of Stratford as follows:-- 'We only know that he was born at Stratford, of illiterate parents-- (we do _not_ know that he went to school there)--that, when 18-1/2 years old, he married Anne Hathaway (who was eight years his senior, and who bore him a child six months after marriage); that he had in all three children by her (whom with their mother he left, and went to London, having apparently done his best to desert her before marriage);--that in London he became an actor with an interest in a theatre, and was reputed to be the writer of plays;--that he purchased property in Stratford, to which town he returned;--engaged in purchases and sales and law-suits (of no biographical interest except as indicating his money-making and litigious temperament); helped his father in an application for coat armour (to be obtained by false pretences); promoted the enclosure of common lands at Stratford (after being guaranteed against personal loss); made his will--and died at the age of 52, without a book in his possession, and leaving nothing to his wife but his second best bed, and this by an afterthought.

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

From this reading The Shackspere Monument, Bust, and Portrait.

a building where theatrical performances or motion-picture shows can be presented

From this reading In the year 1909 Mr. George Hookham in the January number of the _National Review_ sums up practically all that is really known of the life of William Shakspeare of Stratford as follows:-- 'We only know that he was born at Stratford, of illiterate parents-- (we do _not_ know that he went to school there)--that, when 18-1/2 years old, he married Anne Hathaway (who was eight years his senior, and who bore him a child six months after marriage); that he had in all three children by her (whom with their mother he left, and went to London, having apparently done his best to desert her before marriage);--that in London he became an actor with an interest in a theatre, and was reputed to be the writer of plays;--that he purchased property in Stratford, to which town he returned;--engaged in purchases and sales and law-suits (of no biographical interest except as indicating his money-making and litigious temperament); helped his father in an application for coat armour (to be obtained by false pretences); promoted the enclosure of common lands at Stratford (after being guaranteed against personal loss); made his will--and died at the age of 52, without a book in his possession, and leaving nothing to his wife but his second best bed, and this by an afterthought.

belonging to the people or things already mentioned

From this reading In the year 1909 Mr. George Hookham in the January number of the _National Review_ sums up practically all that is really known of the life of William Shakspeare of Stratford as follows:-- 'We only know that he was born at Stratford, of illiterate parents-- (we do _not_ know that he went to school there)--that, when 18-1/2 years old, he married Anne Hathaway (who was eight years his senior, and who bore him a child six months after marriage); that he had in all three children by her (whom with their mother he left, and went to London, having apparently done his best to desert her before marriage);--that in London he became an actor with an interest in a theatre, and was reputed to be the writer of plays;--that he purchased property in Stratford, to which town he returned;--engaged in purchases and sales and law-suits (of no biographical interest except as indicating his money-making and litigious temperament); helped his father in an application for coat armour (to be obtained by false pretences); promoted the enclosure of common lands at Stratford (after being guaranteed against personal loss); made his will--and died at the age of 52, without a book in his possession, and leaving nothing to his wife but his second best bed, and this by an afterthought.

in or at that place or location

From this reading In the year 1909 Mr. George Hookham in the January number of the _National Review_ sums up practically all that is really known of the life of William Shakspeare of Stratford as follows:-- 'We only know that he was born at Stratford, of illiterate parents-- (we do _not_ know that he went to school there)--that, when 18-1/2 years old, he married Anne Hathaway (who was eight years his senior, and who bore him a child six months after marriage); that he had in all three children by her (whom with their mother he left, and went to London, having apparently done his best to desert her before marriage);--that in London he became an actor with an interest in a theatre, and was reputed to be the writer of plays;--that he purchased property in Stratford, to which town he returned;--engaged in purchases and sales and law-suits (of no biographical interest except as indicating his money-making and litigious temperament); helped his father in an application for coat armour (to be obtained by false pretences); promoted the enclosure of common lands at Stratford (after being guaranteed against personal loss); made his will--and died at the age of 52, without a book in his possession, and leaving nothing to his wife but his second best bed, and this by an afterthought.

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

From this reading In the year 1909 Mr. George Hookham in the January number of the _National Review_ sums up practically all that is really known of the life of William Shakspeare of Stratford as follows:-- 'We only know that he was born at Stratford, of illiterate parents-- (we do _not_ know that he went to school there)--that, when 18-1/2 years old, he married Anne Hathaway (who was eight years his senior, and who bore him a child six months after marriage); that he had in all three children by her (whom with their mother he left, and went to London, having apparently done his best to desert her before marriage);--that in London he became an actor with an interest in a theatre, and was reputed to be the writer of plays;--that he purchased property in Stratford, to which town he returned;--engaged in purchases and sales and law-suits (of no biographical interest except as indicating his money-making and litigious temperament); helped his father in an application for coat armour (to be obtained by false pretences); promoted the enclosure of common lands at Stratford (after being guaranteed against personal loss); made his will--and died at the age of 52, without a book in his possession, and leaving nothing to his wife but his second best bed, and this by an afterthought.

the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one and one

From this reading In the year 1909 Mr. George Hookham in the January number of the _National Review_ sums up practically all that is really known of the life of William Shakspeare of Stratford as follows:-- 'We only know that he was born at Stratford, of illiterate parents-- (we do _not_ know that he went to school there)--that, when 18-1/2 years old, he married Anne Hathaway (who was eight years his senior, and who bore him a child six months after marriage); that he had in all three children by her (whom with their mother he left, and went to London, having apparently done his best to desert her before marriage);--that in London he became an actor with an interest in a theatre, and was reputed to be the writer of plays;--that he purchased property in Stratford, to which town he returned;--engaged in purchases and sales and law-suits (of no biographical interest except as indicating his money-making and litigious temperament); helped his father in an application for coat armour (to be obtained by false pretences); promoted the enclosure of common lands at Stratford (after being guaranteed against personal loss); made his will--and died at the age of 52, without a book in his possession, and leaving nothing to his wife but his second best bed, and this by an afterthought.

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

From this reading In the year 1909 Mr. George Hookham in the January number of the _National Review_ sums up practically all that is really known of the life of William Shakspeare of Stratford as follows:-- 'We only know that he was born at Stratford, of illiterate parents-- (we do _not_ know that he went to school there)--that, when 18-1/2 years old, he married Anne Hathaway (who was eight years his senior, and who bore him a child six months after marriage); that he had in all three children by her (whom with their mother he left, and went to London, having apparently done his best to desert her before marriage);--that in London he became an actor with an interest in a theatre, and was reputed to be the writer of plays;--that he purchased property in Stratford, to which town he returned;--engaged in purchases and sales and law-suits (of no biographical interest except as indicating his money-making and litigious temperament); helped his father in an application for coat armour (to be obtained by false pretences); promoted the enclosure of common lands at Stratford (after being guaranteed against personal loss); made his will--and died at the age of 52, without a book in his possession, and leaving nothing to his wife but his second best bed, and this by an afterthought.

an urban area with a fixed boundary that is smaller than a city

From this reading In the year 1909 Mr. George Hookham in the January number of the _National Review_ sums up practically all that is really known of the life of William Shakspeare of Stratford as follows:-- 'We only know that he was born at Stratford, of illiterate parents-- (we do _not_ know that he went to school there)--that, when 18-1/2 years old, he married Anne Hathaway (who was eight years his senior, and who bore him a child six months after marriage); that he had in all three children by her (whom with their mother he left, and went to London, having apparently done his best to desert her before marriage);--that in London he became an actor with an interest in a theatre, and was reputed to be the writer of plays;--that he purchased property in Stratford, to which town he returned;--engaged in purchases and sales and law-suits (of no biographical interest except as indicating his money-making and litigious temperament); helped his father in an application for coat armour (to be obtained by false pretences); promoted the enclosure of common lands at Stratford (after being guaranteed against personal loss); made his will--and died at the age of 52, without a book in his possession, and leaving nothing to his wife but his second best bed, and this by an afterthought.

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

From this reading No letter,--only two contemporary reports of his conversation, one with regard to the commons enclosure as above, and the other in circumstances not to be recited unnecessarily.

marked by continuous or uninterrupted extension in space or time or sequence

From this reading In a word we know his parentage, birth, marriage, fatherhood, occupation, his wealth and his chief ambition, his will and his death, and absolutely nothing else; his death being received with unbroken and ominous silence by the literary world, not even Ben Jonson who seven years later glorified the plays _in excelsis_, expending so much as a quatrain on his memory.'

in an unnecessary manner

From this reading No letter,--only two contemporary reports of his conversation, one with regard to the commons enclosure as above, and the other in circumstances not to be recited unnecessarily.

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

From this reading In the year 1909 Mr. George Hookham in the January number of the _National Review_ sums up practically all that is really known of the life of William Shakspeare of Stratford as follows:-- 'We only know that he was born at Stratford, of illiterate parents-- (we do _not_ know that he went to school there)--that, when 18-1/2 years old, he married Anne Hathaway (who was eight years his senior, and who bore him a child six months after marriage); that he had in all three children by her (whom with their mother he left, and went to London, having apparently done his best to desert her before marriage);--that in London he became an actor with an interest in a theatre, and was reputed to be the writer of plays;--that he purchased property in Stratford, to which town he returned;--engaged in purchases and sales and law-suits (of no biographical interest except as indicating his money-making and litigious temperament); helped his father in an application for coat armour (to be obtained by false pretences); promoted the enclosure of common lands at Stratford (after being guaranteed against personal loss); made his will--and died at the age of 52, without a book in his possession, and leaving nothing to his wife but his second best bed, and this by an afterthought.

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

From this reading In the year 1909 Mr. George Hookham in the January number of the _National Review_ sums up practically all that is really known of the life of William Shakspeare of Stratford as follows:-- 'We only know that he was born at Stratford, of illiterate parents-- (we do _not_ know that he went to school there)--that, when 18-1/2 years old, he married Anne Hathaway (who was eight years his senior, and who bore him a child six months after marriage); that he had in all three children by her (whom with their mother he left, and went to London, having apparently done his best to desert her before marriage);--that in London he became an actor with an interest in a theatre, and was reputed to be the writer of plays;--that he purchased property in Stratford, to which town he returned;--engaged in purchases and sales and law-suits (of no biographical interest except as indicating his money-making and litigious temperament); helped his father in an application for coat armour (to be obtained by false pretences); promoted the enclosure of common lands at Stratford (after being guaranteed against personal loss); made his will--and died at the age of 52, without a book in his possession, and leaving nothing to his wife but his second best bed, and this by an afterthought.

the speaker together with one or more other people

From this reading In the year 1909 Mr. George Hookham in the January number of the _National Review_ sums up practically all that is really known of the life of William Shakspeare of Stratford as follows:-- 'We only know that he was born at Stratford, of illiterate parents-- (we do _not_ know that he went to school there)--that, when 18-1/2 years old, he married Anne Hathaway (who was eight years his senior, and who bore him a child six months after marriage); that he had in all three children by her (whom with their mother he left, and went to London, having apparently done his best to desert her before marriage);--that in London he became an actor with an interest in a theatre, and was reputed to be the writer of plays;--that he purchased property in Stratford, to which town he returned;--engaged in purchases and sales and law-suits (of no biographical interest except as indicating his money-making and litigious temperament); helped his father in an application for coat armour (to be obtained by false pretences); promoted the enclosure of common lands at Stratford (after being guaranteed against personal loss); made his will--and died at the age of 52, without a book in his possession, and leaving nothing to his wife but his second best bed, and this by an afterthought.

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

From this reading In a word we know his parentage, birth, marriage, fatherhood, occupation, his wealth and his chief ambition, his will and his death, and absolutely nothing else; his death being received with unbroken and ominous silence by the literary world, not even Ben Jonson who seven years later glorified the plays _in excelsis_, expending so much as a quatrain on his memory.'

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

From this reading In the year 1909 Mr. George Hookham in the January number of the _National Review_ sums up practically all that is really known of the life of William Shakspeare of Stratford as follows:-- 'We only know that he was born at Stratford, of illiterate parents-- (we do _not_ know that he went to school there)--that, when 18-1/2 years old, he married Anne Hathaway (who was eight years his senior, and who bore him a child six months after marriage); that he had in all three children by her (whom with their mother he left, and went to London, having apparently done his best to desert her before marriage);--that in London he became an actor with an interest in a theatre, and was reputed to be the writer of plays;--that he purchased property in Stratford, to which town he returned;--engaged in purchases and sales and law-suits (of no biographical interest except as indicating his money-making and litigious temperament); helped his father in an application for coat armour (to be obtained by false pretences); promoted the enclosure of common lands at Stratford (after being guaranteed against personal loss); made his will--and died at the age of 52, without a book in his possession, and leaving nothing to his wife but his second best bed, and this by an afterthought.

at the time that

From this reading In the year 1909 Mr. George Hookham in the January number of the _National Review_ sums up practically all that is really known of the life of William Shakspeare of Stratford as follows:-- 'We only know that he was born at Stratford, of illiterate parents-- (we do _not_ know that he went to school there)--that, when 18-1/2 years old, he married Anne Hathaway (who was eight years his senior, and who bore him a child six months after marriage); that he had in all three children by her (whom with their mother he left, and went to London, having apparently done his best to desert her before marriage);--that in London he became an actor with an interest in a theatre, and was reputed to be the writer of plays;--that he purchased property in Stratford, to which town he returned;--engaged in purchases and sales and law-suits (of no biographical interest except as indicating his money-making and litigious temperament); helped his father in an application for coat armour (to be obtained by false pretences); promoted the enclosure of common lands at Stratford (after being guaranteed against personal loss); made his will--and died at the age of 52, without a book in his possession, and leaving nothing to his wife but his second best bed, and this by an afterthought.

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

From this reading In the year 1909 Mr. George Hookham in the January number of the _National Review_ sums up practically all that is really known of the life of William Shakspeare of Stratford as follows:-- 'We only know that he was born at Stratford, of illiterate parents-- (we do _not_ know that he went to school there)--that, when 18-1/2 years old, he married Anne Hathaway (who was eight years his senior, and who bore him a child six months after marriage); that he had in all three children by her (whom with their mother he left, and went to London, having apparently done his best to desert her before marriage);--that in London he became an actor with an interest in a theatre, and was reputed to be the writer of plays;--that he purchased property in Stratford, to which town he returned;--engaged in purchases and sales and law-suits (of no biographical interest except as indicating his money-making and litigious temperament); helped his father in an application for coat armour (to be obtained by false pretences); promoted the enclosure of common lands at Stratford (after being guaranteed against personal loss); made his will--and died at the age of 52, without a book in his possession, and leaving nothing to his wife but his second best bed, and this by an afterthought.

which person or people

From this reading In the year 1909 Mr. George Hookham in the January number of the _National Review_ sums up practically all that is really known of the life of William Shakspeare of Stratford as follows:-- 'We only know that he was born at Stratford, of illiterate parents-- (we do _not_ know that he went to school there)--that, when 18-1/2 years old, he married Anne Hathaway (who was eight years his senior, and who bore him a child six months after marriage); that he had in all three children by her (whom with their mother he left, and went to London, having apparently done his best to desert her before marriage);--that in London he became an actor with an interest in a theatre, and was reputed to be the writer of plays;--that he purchased property in Stratford, to which town he returned;--engaged in purchases and sales and law-suits (of no biographical interest except as indicating his money-making and litigious temperament); helped his father in an application for coat armour (to be obtained by false pretences); promoted the enclosure of common lands at Stratford (after being guaranteed against personal loss); made his will--and died at the age of 52, without a book in his possession, and leaving nothing to his wife but his second best bed, and this by an afterthought.

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

From this reading In the year 1909 Mr. George Hookham in the January number of the _National Review_ sums up practically all that is really known of the life of William Shakspeare of Stratford as follows:-- 'We only know that he was born at Stratford, of illiterate parents-- (we do _not_ know that he went to school there)--that, when 18-1/2 years old, he married Anne Hathaway (who was eight years his senior, and who bore him a child six months after marriage); that he had in all three children by her (whom with their mother he left, and went to London, having apparently done his best to desert her before marriage);--that in London he became an actor with an interest in a theatre, and was reputed to be the writer of plays;--that he purchased property in Stratford, to which town he returned;--engaged in purchases and sales and law-suits (of no biographical interest except as indicating his money-making and litigious temperament); helped his father in an application for coat armour (to be obtained by false pretences); promoted the enclosure of common lands at Stratford (after being guaranteed against personal loss); made his will--and died at the age of 52, without a book in his possession, and leaving nothing to his wife but his second best bed, and this by an afterthought.

a married woman; a man's partner in marriage

From this reading In the year 1909 Mr. George Hookham in the January number of the _National Review_ sums up practically all that is really known of the life of William Shakspeare of Stratford as follows:-- 'We only know that he was born at Stratford, of illiterate parents-- (we do _not_ know that he went to school there)--that, when 18-1/2 years old, he married Anne Hathaway (who was eight years his senior, and who bore him a child six months after marriage); that he had in all three children by her (whom with their mother he left, and went to London, having apparently done his best to desert her before marriage);--that in London he became an actor with an interest in a theatre, and was reputed to be the writer of plays;--that he purchased property in Stratford, to which town he returned;--engaged in purchases and sales and law-suits (of no biographical interest except as indicating his money-making and litigious temperament); helped his father in an application for coat armour (to be obtained by false pretences); promoted the enclosure of common lands at Stratford (after being guaranteed against personal loss); made his will--and died at the age of 52, without a book in his possession, and leaving nothing to his wife but his second best bed, and this by an afterthought.

used to talk about the future, or about willingness

From this reading In the year 1909 Mr. George Hookham in the January number of the _National Review_ sums up practically all that is really known of the life of William Shakspeare of Stratford as follows:-- 'We only know that he was born at Stratford, of illiterate parents-- (we do _not_ know that he went to school there)--that, when 18-1/2 years old, he married Anne Hathaway (who was eight years his senior, and who bore him a child six months after marriage); that he had in all three children by her (whom with their mother he left, and went to London, having apparently done his best to desert her before marriage);--that in London he became an actor with an interest in a theatre, and was reputed to be the writer of plays;--that he purchased property in Stratford, to which town he returned;--engaged in purchases and sales and law-suits (of no biographical interest except as indicating his money-making and litigious temperament); helped his father in an application for coat armour (to be obtained by false pretences); promoted the enclosure of common lands at Stratford (after being guaranteed against personal loss); made his will--and died at the age of 52, without a book in his possession, and leaving nothing to his wife but his second best bed, and this by an afterthought.

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

From this reading In the year 1909 Mr. George Hookham in the January number of the _National Review_ sums up practically all that is really known of the life of William Shakspeare of Stratford as follows:-- 'We only know that he was born at Stratford, of illiterate parents-- (we do _not_ know that he went to school there)--that, when 18-1/2 years old, he married Anne Hathaway (who was eight years his senior, and who bore him a child six months after marriage); that he had in all three children by her (whom with their mother he left, and went to London, having apparently done his best to desert her before marriage);--that in London he became an actor with an interest in a theatre, and was reputed to be the writer of plays;--that he purchased property in Stratford, to which town he returned;--engaged in purchases and sales and law-suits (of no biographical interest except as indicating his money-making and litigious temperament); helped his father in an application for coat armour (to be obtained by false pretences); promoted the enclosure of common lands at Stratford (after being guaranteed against personal loss); made his will--and died at the age of 52, without a book in his possession, and leaving nothing to his wife but his second best bed, and this by an afterthought.

in the company of; together with

From this reading In the year 1909 Mr. George Hookham in the January number of the _National Review_ sums up practically all that is really known of the life of William Shakspeare of Stratford as follows:-- 'We only know that he was born at Stratford, of illiterate parents-- (we do _not_ know that he went to school there)--that, when 18-1/2 years old, he married Anne Hathaway (who was eight years his senior, and who bore him a child six months after marriage); that he had in all three children by her (whom with their mother he left, and went to London, having apparently done his best to desert her before marriage);--that in London he became an actor with an interest in a theatre, and was reputed to be the writer of plays;--that he purchased property in Stratford, to which town he returned;--engaged in purchases and sales and law-suits (of no biographical interest except as indicating his money-making and litigious temperament); helped his father in an application for coat armour (to be obtained by false pretences); promoted the enclosure of common lands at Stratford (after being guaranteed against personal loss); made his will--and died at the age of 52, without a book in his possession, and leaving nothing to his wife but his second best bed, and this by an afterthought.

not having, not using, or not accompanied by

From this reading In the year 1909 Mr. George Hookham in the January number of the _National Review_ sums up practically all that is really known of the life of William Shakspeare of Stratford as follows:-- 'We only know that he was born at Stratford, of illiterate parents-- (we do _not_ know that he went to school there)--that, when 18-1/2 years old, he married Anne Hathaway (who was eight years his senior, and who bore him a child six months after marriage); that he had in all three children by her (whom with their mother he left, and went to London, having apparently done his best to desert her before marriage);--that in London he became an actor with an interest in a theatre, and was reputed to be the writer of plays;--that he purchased property in Stratford, to which town he returned;--engaged in purchases and sales and law-suits (of no biographical interest except as indicating his money-making and litigious temperament); helped his father in an application for coat armour (to be obtained by false pretences); promoted the enclosure of common lands at Stratford (after being guaranteed against personal loss); made his will--and died at the age of 52, without a book in his possession, and leaving nothing to his wife but his second best bed, and this by an afterthought.

a unit of language that native speakers can identify

From this reading In a word we know his parentage, birth, marriage, fatherhood, occupation, his wealth and his chief ambition, his will and his death, and absolutely nothing else; his death being received with unbroken and ominous silence by the literary world, not even Ben Jonson who seven years later glorified the plays _in excelsis_, expending so much as a quatrain on his memory.'

everything that exists anywhere

From this reading In a word we know his parentage, birth, marriage, fatherhood, occupation, his wealth and his chief ambition, his will and his death, and absolutely nothing else; his death being received with unbroken and ominous silence by the literary world, not even Ben Jonson who seven years later glorified the plays _in excelsis_, expending so much as a quatrain on his memory.'

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

From this reading In the year 1909 Mr. George Hookham in the January number of the _National Review_ sums up practically all that is really known of the life of William Shakspeare of Stratford as follows:-- 'We only know that he was born at Stratford, of illiterate parents-- (we do _not_ know that he went to school there)--that, when 18-1/2 years old, he married Anne Hathaway (who was eight years his senior, and who bore him a child six months after marriage); that he had in all three children by her (whom with their mother he left, and went to London, having apparently done his best to desert her before marriage);--that in London he became an actor with an interest in a theatre, and was reputed to be the writer of plays;--that he purchased property in Stratford, to which town he returned;--engaged in purchases and sales and law-suits (of no biographical interest except as indicating his money-making and litigious temperament); helped his father in an application for coat armour (to be obtained by false pretences); promoted the enclosure of common lands at Stratford (after being guaranteed against personal loss); made his will--and died at the age of 52, without a book in his possession, and leaving nothing to his wife but his second best bed, and this by an afterthought.

a period of time containing 365 (or 366) days

From this reading In the year 1909 Mr. George Hookham in the January number of the _National Review_ sums up practically all that is really known of the life of William Shakspeare of Stratford as follows:-- 'We only know that he was born at Stratford, of illiterate parents-- (we do _not_ know that he went to school there)--that, when 18-1/2 years old, he married Anne Hathaway (who was eight years his senior, and who bore him a child six months after marriage); that he had in all three children by her (whom with their mother he left, and went to London, having apparently done his best to desert her before marriage);--that in London he became an actor with an interest in a theatre, and was reputed to be the writer of plays;--that he purchased property in Stratford, to which town he returned;--engaged in purchases and sales and law-suits (of no biographical interest except as indicating his money-making and litigious temperament); helped his father in an application for coat armour (to be obtained by false pretences); promoted the enclosure of common lands at Stratford (after being guaranteed against personal loss); made his will--and died at the age of 52, without a book in his possession, and leaving nothing to his wife but his second best bed, and this by an afterthought.

a late time of life

From this reading In the year 1909 Mr. George Hookham in the January number of the _National Review_ sums up practically all that is really known of the life of William Shakspeare of Stratford as follows:-- 'We only know that he was born at Stratford, of illiterate parents-- (we do _not_ know that he went to school there)--that, when 18-1/2 years old, he married Anne Hathaway (who was eight years his senior, and who bore him a child six months after marriage); that he had in all three children by her (whom with their mother he left, and went to London, having apparently done his best to desert her before marriage);--that in London he became an actor with an interest in a theatre, and was reputed to be the writer of plays;--that he purchased property in Stratford, to which town he returned;--engaged in purchases and sales and law-suits (of no biographical interest except as indicating his money-making and litigious temperament); helped his father in an application for coat armour (to be obtained by false pretences); promoted the enclosure of common lands at Stratford (after being guaranteed against personal loss); made his will--and died at the age of 52, without a book in his possession, and leaving nothing to his wife but his second best bed, and this by an afterthought.