Chapter XXVI · Chapter 26

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

From this reading Oh Dick! the most dreadful affair has happen'd!--Lord Darcey is distracted and dying; I am little better--Good God! what shall I do?--what can I do?--He lies on the floor in the next room, with half his hair torn off.--Unhappy man! fatigue had near kill'd him, before the melancholy account reach'd his ears.--Miss Warley, I mean Miss Powis, is gone to the bottom.--She sunk in the yacht that sailed yesterday from Dover for Calais.--Every soul is lost.--The fatal accident was confirm'd by a boat which came in not ten minutes before we arriv'd.--There was no keeping it from Lord Darcey.--The woman of the Inn we are at has a son lost in the same vessel: she was in fits when we alighted.--Some of the wreck is drove on shore.--What can equal this scene!--Oh, Miss Powis! most amiable of women, I tremble for your relations!--But Darcey, poor Darcey, what do I feel for you!--He speaks:--he calls for me:--I go to him.

completely and without qualification; used informally as intensifiers

From this reading He is absolutely dying;--death is in every feature.--His convulsions how dreadful!--how dreadful the pale horror of his countenance!--But then so calm,--so compos'd!--I repeat, there can, be no chance.-- Where is Molesworth?

an unfortunate mishap; especially one causing damage or injury

From this reading Oh Dick! the most dreadful affair has happen'd!--Lord Darcey is distracted and dying; I am little better--Good God! what shall I do?--what can I do?--He lies on the floor in the next room, with half his hair torn off.--Unhappy man! fatigue had near kill'd him, before the melancholy account reach'd his ears.--Miss Warley, I mean Miss Powis, is gone to the bottom.--She sunk in the yacht that sailed yesterday from Dover for Calais.--Every soul is lost.--The fatal accident was confirm'd by a boat which came in not ten minutes before we arriv'd.--There was no keeping it from Lord Darcey.--The woman of the Inn we are at has a son lost in the same vessel: she was in fits when we alighted.--Some of the wreck is drove on shore.--What can equal this scene!--Oh, Miss Powis! most amiable of women, I tremble for your relations!--But Darcey, poor Darcey, what do I feel for you!--He speaks:--he calls for me:--I go to him.

a record or narrative description of past events

From this reading Oh Dick! the most dreadful affair has happen'd!--Lord Darcey is distracted and dying; I am little better--Good God! what shall I do?--what can I do?--He lies on the floor in the next room, with half his hair torn off.--Unhappy man! fatigue had near kill'd him, before the melancholy account reach'd his ears.--Miss Warley, I mean Miss Powis, is gone to the bottom.--She sunk in the yacht that sailed yesterday from Dover for Calais.--Every soul is lost.--The fatal accident was confirm'd by a boat which came in not ten minutes before we arriv'd.--There was no keeping it from Lord Darcey.--The woman of the Inn we are at has a son lost in the same vessel: she was in fits when we alighted.--Some of the wreck is drove on shore.--What can equal this scene!--Oh, Miss Powis! most amiable of women, I tremble for your relations!--But Darcey, poor Darcey, what do I feel for you!--He speaks:--he calls for me:--I go to him.

a vaguely specified concern

From this reading Oh Dick! the most dreadful affair has happen'd!--Lord Darcey is distracted and dying; I am little better--Good God! what shall I do?--what can I do?--He lies on the floor in the next room, with half his hair torn off.--Unhappy man! fatigue had near kill'd him, before the melancholy account reach'd his ears.--Miss Warley, I mean Miss Powis, is gone to the bottom.--She sunk in the yacht that sailed yesterday from Dover for Calais.--Every soul is lost.--The fatal accident was confirm'd by a boat which came in not ten minutes before we arriv'd.--There was no keeping it from Lord Darcey.--The woman of the Inn we are at has a son lost in the same vessel: she was in fits when we alighted.--Some of the wreck is drove on shore.--What can equal this scene!--Oh, Miss Powis! most amiable of women, I tremble for your relations!--But Darcey, poor Darcey, what do I feel for you!--He speaks:--he calls for me:--I go to him.

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From this reading Oh Dick! the most dreadful affair has happen'd!--Lord Darcey is distracted and dying; I am little better--Good God! what shall I do?--what can I do?--He lies on the floor in the next room, with half his hair torn off.--Unhappy man! fatigue had near kill'd him, before the melancholy account reach'd his ears.--Miss Warley, I mean Miss Powis, is gone to the bottom.--She sunk in the yacht that sailed yesterday from Dover for Calais.--Every soul is lost.--The fatal accident was confirm'd by a boat which came in not ten minutes before we arriv'd.--There was no keeping it from Lord Darcey.--The woman of the Inn we are at has a son lost in the same vessel: she was in fits when we alighted.--Some of the wreck is drove on shore.--What can equal this scene!--Oh, Miss Powis! most amiable of women, I tremble for your relations!--But Darcey, poor Darcey, what do I feel for you!--He speaks:--he calls for me:--I go to him.

(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 Oh, Risby! my heart is breaking; for once let it be said a man's heart can break.--Whilst he rav'd, whilst his sorrows were loud, there was some chance; but now all is over.

the form of “be” used with “I”

From this reading Oh Dick! the most dreadful affair has happen'd!--Lord Darcey is distracted and dying; I am little better--Good God! what shall I do?--what can I do?--He lies on the floor in the next room, with half his hair torn off.--Unhappy man! fatigue had near kill'd him, before the melancholy account reach'd his ears.--Miss Warley, I mean Miss Powis, is gone to the bottom.--She sunk in the yacht that sailed yesterday from Dover for Calais.--Every soul is lost.--The fatal accident was confirm'd by a boat which came in not ten minutes before we arriv'd.--There was no keeping it from Lord Darcey.--The woman of the Inn we are at has a son lost in the same vessel: she was in fits when we alighted.--Some of the wreck is drove on shore.--What can equal this scene!--Oh, Miss Powis! most amiable of women, I tremble for your relations!--But Darcey, poor Darcey, what do I feel for you!--He speaks:--he calls for me:--I go to him.

disposed to please

From this reading Oh Dick! the most dreadful affair has happen'd!--Lord Darcey is distracted and dying; I am little better--Good God! what shall I do?--what can I do?--He lies on the floor in the next room, with half his hair torn off.--Unhappy man! fatigue had near kill'd him, before the melancholy account reach'd his ears.--Miss Warley, I mean Miss Powis, is gone to the bottom.--She sunk in the yacht that sailed yesterday from Dover for Calais.--Every soul is lost.--The fatal accident was confirm'd by a boat which came in not ten minutes before we arriv'd.--There was no keeping it from Lord Darcey.--The woman of the Inn we are at has a son lost in the same vessel: she was in fits when we alighted.--Some of the wreck is drove on shore.--What can equal this scene!--Oh, Miss Powis! most amiable of women, I tremble for your relations!--But Darcey, poor Darcey, what do I feel for you!--He speaks:--he calls for me:--I go to him.

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

From this reading Oh Dick! the most dreadful affair has happen'd!--Lord Darcey is distracted and dying; I am little better--Good God! what shall I do?--what can I do?--He lies on the floor in the next room, with half his hair torn off.--Unhappy man! fatigue had near kill'd him, before the melancholy account reach'd his ears.--Miss Warley, I mean Miss Powis, is gone to the bottom.--She sunk in the yacht that sailed yesterday from Dover for Calais.--Every soul is lost.--The fatal accident was confirm'd by a boat which came in not ten minutes before we arriv'd.--There was no keeping it from Lord Darcey.--The woman of the Inn we are at has a son lost in the same vessel: she was in fits when we alighted.--Some of the wreck is drove on shore.--What can equal this scene!--Oh, Miss Powis! most amiable of women, I tremble for your relations!--But Darcey, poor Darcey, what do I feel for you!--He speaks:--he calls for me:--I go to him.

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

From this reading Oh Dick! the most dreadful affair has happen'd!--Lord Darcey is distracted and dying; I am little better--Good God! what shall I do?--what can I do?--He lies on the floor in the next room, with half his hair torn off.--Unhappy man! fatigue had near kill'd him, before the melancholy account reach'd his ears.--Miss Warley, I mean Miss Powis, is gone to the bottom.--She sunk in the yacht that sailed yesterday from Dover for Calais.--Every soul is lost.--The fatal accident was confirm'd by a boat which came in not ten minutes before we arriv'd.--There was no keeping it from Lord Darcey.--The woman of the Inn we are at has a son lost in the same vessel: she was in fits when we alighted.--Some of the wreck is drove on shore.--What can equal this scene!--Oh, Miss Powis! most amiable of women, I tremble for your relations!--But Darcey, poor Darcey, what do I feel for you!--He speaks:--he calls for me:--I go to him.

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From this reading Oh Dick! the most dreadful affair has happen'd!--Lord Darcey is distracted and dying; I am little better--Good God! what shall I do?--what can I do?--He lies on the floor in the next room, with half his hair torn off.--Unhappy man! fatigue had near kill'd him, before the melancholy account reach'd his ears.--Miss Warley, I mean Miss Powis, is gone to the bottom.--She sunk in the yacht that sailed yesterday from Dover for Calais.--Every soul is lost.--The fatal accident was confirm'd by a boat which came in not ten minutes before we arriv'd.--There was no keeping it from Lord Darcey.--The woman of the Inn we are at has a son lost in the same vessel: she was in fits when we alighted.--Some of the wreck is drove on shore.--What can equal this scene!--Oh, Miss Powis! most amiable of women, I tremble for your relations!--But Darcey, poor Darcey, what do I feel for you!--He speaks:--he calls for me:--I go to him.

in or near a particular place or position

From this reading Oh Dick! the most dreadful affair has happen'd!--Lord Darcey is distracted and dying; I am little better--Good God! what shall I do?--what can I do?--He lies on the floor in the next room, with half his hair torn off.--Unhappy man! fatigue had near kill'd him, before the melancholy account reach'd his ears.--Miss Warley, I mean Miss Powis, is gone to the bottom.--She sunk in the yacht that sailed yesterday from Dover for Calais.--Every soul is lost.--The fatal accident was confirm'd by a boat which came in not ten minutes before we arriv'd.--There was no keeping it from Lord Darcey.--The woman of the Inn we are at has a son lost in the same vessel: she was in fits when we alighted.--Some of the wreck is drove on shore.--What can equal this scene!--Oh, Miss Powis! most amiable of women, I tremble for your relations!--But Darcey, poor Darcey, what do I feel for you!--He speaks:--he calls for me:--I go to him.

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

From this reading Oh, Risby! my heart is breaking; for once let it be said a man's heart can break.--Whilst he rav'd, whilst his sorrows were loud, there was some chance; but now all is over.

earlier than; in front of

From this reading Oh Dick! the most dreadful affair has happen'd!--Lord Darcey is distracted and dying; I am little better--Good God! what shall I do?--what can I do?--He lies on the floor in the next room, with half his hair torn off.--Unhappy man! fatigue had near kill'd him, before the melancholy account reach'd his ears.--Miss Warley, I mean Miss Powis, is gone to the bottom.--She sunk in the yacht that sailed yesterday from Dover for Calais.--Every soul is lost.--The fatal accident was confirm'd by a boat which came in not ten minutes before we arriv'd.--There was no keeping it from Lord Darcey.--The woman of the Inn we are at has a son lost in the same vessel: she was in fits when we alighted.--Some of the wreck is drove on shore.--What can equal this scene!--Oh, Miss Powis! most amiable of women, I tremble for your relations!--But Darcey, poor Darcey, what do I feel for you!--He speaks:--he calls for me:--I go to him.

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

From this reading Oh Dick! the most dreadful affair has happen'd!--Lord Darcey is distracted and dying; I am little better--Good God! what shall I do?--what can I do?--He lies on the floor in the next room, with half his hair torn off.--Unhappy man! fatigue had near kill'd him, before the melancholy account reach'd his ears.--Miss Warley, I mean Miss Powis, is gone to the bottom.--She sunk in the yacht that sailed yesterday from Dover for Calais.--Every soul is lost.--The fatal accident was confirm'd by a boat which came in not ten minutes before we arriv'd.--There was no keeping it from Lord Darcey.--The woman of the Inn we are at has a son lost in the same vessel: she was in fits when we alighted.--Some of the wreck is drove on shore.--What can equal this scene!--Oh, Miss Powis! most amiable of women, I tremble for your relations!--But Darcey, poor Darcey, what do I feel for you!--He speaks:--he calls for me:--I go to him.

a small vessel for travel on water

From this reading Oh Dick! the most dreadful affair has happen'd!--Lord Darcey is distracted and dying; I am little better--Good God! what shall I do?--what can I do?--He lies on the floor in the next room, with half his hair torn off.--Unhappy man! fatigue had near kill'd him, before the melancholy account reach'd his ears.--Miss Warley, I mean Miss Powis, is gone to the bottom.--She sunk in the yacht that sailed yesterday from Dover for Calais.--Every soul is lost.--The fatal accident was confirm'd by a boat which came in not ten minutes before we arriv'd.--There was no keeping it from Lord Darcey.--The woman of the Inn we are at has a son lost in the same vessel: she was in fits when we alighted.--Some of the wreck is drove on shore.--What can equal this scene!--Oh, Miss Powis! most amiable of women, I tremble for your relations!--But Darcey, poor Darcey, what do I feel for you!--He speaks:--he calls for me:--I go to him.

the lower side of anything

From this reading Oh Dick! the most dreadful affair has happen'd!--Lord Darcey is distracted and dying; I am little better--Good God! what shall I do?--what can I do?--He lies on the floor in the next room, with half his hair torn off.--Unhappy man! fatigue had near kill'd him, before the melancholy account reach'd his ears.--Miss Warley, I mean Miss Powis, is gone to the bottom.--She sunk in the yacht that sailed yesterday from Dover for Calais.--Every soul is lost.--The fatal accident was confirm'd by a boat which came in not ten minutes before we arriv'd.--There was no keeping it from Lord Darcey.--The woman of the Inn we are at has a son lost in the same vessel: she was in fits when we alighted.--Some of the wreck is drove on shore.--What can equal this scene!--Oh, Miss Powis! most amiable of women, I tremble for your relations!--But Darcey, poor Darcey, what do I feel for you!--He speaks:--he calls for me:--I go to him.

terminate

From this reading Oh, Risby! my heart is breaking; for once let it be said a man's heart can break.--Whilst he rav'd, whilst his sorrows were loud, there was some chance; but now all is over.

the act of breaking something

From this reading Oh, Risby! my heart is breaking; for once let it be said a man's heart can break.--Whilst he rav'd, whilst his sorrows were loud, there was some chance; but now all is over.

used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before

From this reading Oh Dick! the most dreadful affair has happen'd!--Lord Darcey is distracted and dying; I am little better--Good God! what shall I do?--what can I do?--He lies on the floor in the next room, with half his hair torn off.--Unhappy man! fatigue had near kill'd him, before the melancholy account reach'd his ears.--Miss Warley, I mean Miss Powis, is gone to the bottom.--She sunk in the yacht that sailed yesterday from Dover for Calais.--Every soul is lost.--The fatal accident was confirm'd by a boat which came in not ten minutes before we arriv'd.--There was no keeping it from Lord Darcey.--The woman of the Inn we are at has a son lost in the same vessel: she was in fits when we alighted.--Some of the wreck is drove on shore.--What can equal this scene!--Oh, Miss Powis! most amiable of women, I tremble for your relations!--But Darcey, poor Darcey, what do I feel for you!--He speaks:--he calls for me:--I go to him.

showing who or what does the action

From this reading Oh Dick! the most dreadful affair has happen'd!--Lord Darcey is distracted and dying; I am little better--Good God! what shall I do?--what can I do?--He lies on the floor in the next room, with half his hair torn off.--Unhappy man! fatigue had near kill'd him, before the melancholy account reach'd his ears.--Miss Warley, I mean Miss Powis, is gone to the bottom.--She sunk in the yacht that sailed yesterday from Dover for Calais.--Every soul is lost.--The fatal accident was confirm'd by a boat which came in not ten minutes before we arriv'd.--There was no keeping it from Lord Darcey.--The woman of the Inn we are at has a son lost in the same vessel: she was in fits when we alighted.--Some of the wreck is drove on shore.--What can equal this scene!--Oh, Miss Powis! most amiable of women, I tremble for your relations!--But Darcey, poor Darcey, what do I feel for you!--He speaks:--he calls for me:--I go to him.

a town in northern France on the Strait of Dover that serves as a ferry port to England

From this reading Oh Dick! the most dreadful affair has happen'd!--Lord Darcey is distracted and dying; I am little better--Good God! what shall I do?--what can I do?--He lies on the floor in the next room, with half his hair torn off.--Unhappy man! fatigue had near kill'd him, before the melancholy account reach'd his ears.--Miss Warley, I mean Miss Powis, is gone to the bottom.--She sunk in the yacht that sailed yesterday from Dover for Calais.--Every soul is lost.--The fatal accident was confirm'd by a boat which came in not ten minutes before we arriv'd.--There was no keeping it from Lord Darcey.--The woman of the Inn we are at has a son lost in the same vessel: she was in fits when we alighted.--Some of the wreck is drove on shore.--What can equal this scene!--Oh, Miss Powis! most amiable of women, I tremble for your relations!--But Darcey, poor Darcey, what do I feel for you!--He speaks:--he calls for me:--I go to him.

plural of “call” — a telephone connection

From this reading Oh Dick! the most dreadful affair has happen'd!--Lord Darcey is distracted and dying; I am little better--Good God! what shall I do?--what can I do?--He lies on the floor in the next room, with half his hair torn off.--Unhappy man! fatigue had near kill'd him, before the melancholy account reach'd his ears.--Miss Warley, I mean Miss Powis, is gone to the bottom.--She sunk in the yacht that sailed yesterday from Dover for Calais.--Every soul is lost.--The fatal accident was confirm'd by a boat which came in not ten minutes before we arriv'd.--There was no keeping it from Lord Darcey.--The woman of the Inn we are at has a son lost in the same vessel: she was in fits when we alighted.--Some of the wreck is drove on shore.--What can equal this scene!--Oh, Miss Powis! most amiable of women, I tremble for your relations!--But Darcey, poor Darcey, what do I feel for you!--He speaks:--he calls for me:--I go to him.

make calm or still

From this reading He is absolutely dying;--death is in every feature.--His convulsions how dreadful!--how dreadful the pale horror of his countenance!--But then so calm,--so compos'd!--I repeat, there can, be no chance.-- Where is Molesworth?

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

From this reading Oh Dick! the most dreadful affair has happen'd!--Lord Darcey is distracted and dying; I am little better--Good God! what shall I do?--what can I do?--He lies on the floor in the next room, with half his hair torn off.--Unhappy man! fatigue had near kill'd him, before the melancholy account reach'd his ears.--Miss Warley, I mean Miss Powis, is gone to the bottom.--She sunk in the yacht that sailed yesterday from Dover for Calais.--Every soul is lost.--The fatal accident was confirm'd by a boat which came in not ten minutes before we arriv'd.--There was no keeping it from Lord Darcey.--The woman of the Inn we are at has a son lost in the same vessel: she was in fits when we alighted.--Some of the wreck is drove on shore.--What can equal this scene!--Oh, Miss Powis! most amiable of women, I tremble for your relations!--But Darcey, poor Darcey, what do I feel for you!--He speaks:--he calls for me:--I go to him.

to be able to, or to be allowed to

From this reading Oh Dick! the most dreadful affair has happen'd!--Lord Darcey is distracted and dying; I am little better--Good God! what shall I do?--what can I do?--He lies on the floor in the next room, with half his hair torn off.--Unhappy man! fatigue had near kill'd him, before the melancholy account reach'd his ears.--Miss Warley, I mean Miss Powis, is gone to the bottom.--She sunk in the yacht that sailed yesterday from Dover for Calais.--Every soul is lost.--The fatal accident was confirm'd by a boat which came in not ten minutes before we arriv'd.--There was no keeping it from Lord Darcey.--The woman of the Inn we are at has a son lost in the same vessel: she was in fits when we alighted.--Some of the wreck is drove on shore.--What can equal this scene!--Oh, Miss Powis! most amiable of women, I tremble for your relations!--But Darcey, poor Darcey, what do I feel for you!--He speaks:--he calls for me:--I go to him.

a possibility due to a favorable combination of circumstances

From this reading Oh, Risby! my heart is breaking; for once let it be said a man's heart can break.--Whilst he rav'd, whilst his sorrows were loud, there was some chance; but now all is over.

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From this reading He is absolutely dying;--death is in every feature.--His convulsions how dreadful!--how dreadful the pale horror of his countenance!--But then so calm,--so compos'd!--I repeat, there can, be no chance.-- Where is Molesworth?

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From this reading Oh Dick! the most dreadful affair has happen'd!--Lord Darcey is distracted and dying; I am little better--Good God! what shall I do?--what can I do?--He lies on the floor in the next room, with half his hair torn off.--Unhappy man! fatigue had near kill'd him, before the melancholy account reach'd his ears.--Miss Warley, I mean Miss Powis, is gone to the bottom.--She sunk in the yacht that sailed yesterday from Dover for Calais.--Every soul is lost.--The fatal accident was confirm'd by a boat which came in not ten minutes before we arriv'd.--There was no keeping it from Lord Darcey.--The woman of the Inn we are at has a son lost in the same vessel: she was in fits when we alighted.--Some of the wreck is drove on shore.--What can equal this scene!--Oh, Miss Powis! most amiable of women, I tremble for your relations!--But Darcey, poor Darcey, what do I feel for you!--He speaks:--he calls for me:--I go to him.

plural of “convulsion” — a sudden uncontrollable attack

From this reading He is absolutely dying;--death is in every feature.--His convulsions how dreadful!--how dreadful the pale horror of his countenance!--But then so calm,--so compos'd!--I repeat, there can, be no chance.-- Where is Molesworth?

the appearance conveyed by a person's face

From this reading He is absolutely dying;--death is in every feature.--His convulsions how dreadful!--how dreadful the pale horror of his countenance!--But then so calm,--so compos'd!--I repeat, there can, be no chance.-- Where is Molesworth?

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From this reading Oh Dick! the most dreadful affair has happen'd!--Lord Darcey is distracted and dying; I am little better--Good God! what shall I do?--what can I do?--He lies on the floor in the next room, with half his hair torn off.--Unhappy man! fatigue had near kill'd him, before the melancholy account reach'd his ears.--Miss Warley, I mean Miss Powis, is gone to the bottom.--She sunk in the yacht that sailed yesterday from Dover for Calais.--Every soul is lost.--The fatal accident was confirm'd by a boat which came in not ten minutes before we arriv'd.--There was no keeping it from Lord Darcey.--The woman of the Inn we are at has a son lost in the same vessel: she was in fits when we alighted.--Some of the wreck is drove on shore.--What can equal this scene!--Oh, Miss Powis! most amiable of women, I tremble for your relations!--But Darcey, poor Darcey, what do I feel for you!--He speaks:--he calls for me:--I go to him.

the event of dying or departure from life

From this reading He is absolutely dying;--death is in every feature.--His convulsions how dreadful!--how dreadful the pale horror of his countenance!--But then so calm,--so compos'd!--I repeat, there can, be no chance.-- Where is Molesworth?

someone who is a detective

From this reading Oh Dick! the most dreadful affair has happen'd!--Lord Darcey is distracted and dying; I am little better--Good God! what shall I do?--what can I do?--He lies on the floor in the next room, with half his hair torn off.--Unhappy man! fatigue had near kill'd him, before the melancholy account reach'd his ears.--Miss Warley, I mean Miss Powis, is gone to the bottom.--She sunk in the yacht that sailed yesterday from Dover for Calais.--Every soul is lost.--The fatal accident was confirm'd by a boat which came in not ten minutes before we arriv'd.--There was no keeping it from Lord Darcey.--The woman of the Inn we are at has a son lost in the same vessel: she was in fits when we alighted.--Some of the wreck is drove on shore.--What can equal this scene!--Oh, Miss Powis! most amiable of women, I tremble for your relations!--But Darcey, poor Darcey, what do I feel for you!--He speaks:--he calls for me:--I go to him.

having the attention diverted especially because of anxiety

From this reading Oh Dick! the most dreadful affair has happen'd!--Lord Darcey is distracted and dying; I am little better--Good God! what shall I do?--what can I do?--He lies on the floor in the next room, with half his hair torn off.--Unhappy man! fatigue had near kill'd him, before the melancholy account reach'd his ears.--Miss Warley, I mean Miss Powis, is gone to the bottom.--She sunk in the yacht that sailed yesterday from Dover for Calais.--Every soul is lost.--The fatal accident was confirm'd by a boat which came in not ten minutes before we arriv'd.--There was no keeping it from Lord Darcey.--The woman of the Inn we are at has a son lost in the same vessel: she was in fits when we alighted.--Some of the wreck is drove on shore.--What can equal this scene!--Oh, Miss Powis! most amiable of women, I tremble for your relations!--But Darcey, poor Darcey, what do I feel for you!--He speaks:--he calls for me:--I go to him.

used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis

From this reading Oh Dick! the most dreadful affair has happen'd!--Lord Darcey is distracted and dying; I am little better--Good God! what shall I do?--what can I do?--He lies on the floor in the next room, with half his hair torn off.--Unhappy man! fatigue had near kill'd him, before the melancholy account reach'd his ears.--Miss Warley, I mean Miss Powis, is gone to the bottom.--She sunk in the yacht that sailed yesterday from Dover for Calais.--Every soul is lost.--The fatal accident was confirm'd by a boat which came in not ten minutes before we arriv'd.--There was no keeping it from Lord Darcey.--The woman of the Inn we are at has a son lost in the same vessel: she was in fits when we alighted.--Some of the wreck is drove on shore.--What can equal this scene!--Oh, Miss Powis! most amiable of women, I tremble for your relations!--But Darcey, poor Darcey, what do I feel for you!--He speaks:--he calls for me:--I go to him.

the capital of the state of Delaware

From this reading _Dover_.

causing fear or dread or terror

From this reading Oh Dick! the most dreadful affair has happen'd!--Lord Darcey is distracted and dying; I am little better--Good God! what shall I do?--what can I do?--He lies on the floor in the next room, with half his hair torn off.--Unhappy man! fatigue had near kill'd him, before the melancholy account reach'd his ears.--Miss Warley, I mean Miss Powis, is gone to the bottom.--She sunk in the yacht that sailed yesterday from Dover for Calais.--Every soul is lost.--The fatal accident was confirm'd by a boat which came in not ten minutes before we arriv'd.--There was no keeping it from Lord Darcey.--The woman of the Inn we are at has a son lost in the same vessel: she was in fits when we alighted.--Some of the wreck is drove on shore.--What can equal this scene!--Oh, Miss Powis! most amiable of women, I tremble for your relations!--But Darcey, poor Darcey, what do I feel for you!--He speaks:--he calls for me:--I go to him.

a group of animals (a herd or flock) moving together

From this reading Oh Dick! the most dreadful affair has happen'd!--Lord Darcey is distracted and dying; I am little better--Good God! what shall I do?--what can I do?--He lies on the floor in the next room, with half his hair torn off.--Unhappy man! fatigue had near kill'd him, before the melancholy account reach'd his ears.--Miss Warley, I mean Miss Powis, is gone to the bottom.--She sunk in the yacht that sailed yesterday from Dover for Calais.--Every soul is lost.--The fatal accident was confirm'd by a boat which came in not ten minutes before we arriv'd.--There was no keeping it from Lord Darcey.--The woman of the Inn we are at has a son lost in the same vessel: she was in fits when we alighted.--Some of the wreck is drove on shore.--What can equal this scene!--Oh, Miss Powis! most amiable of women, I tremble for your relations!--But Darcey, poor Darcey, what do I feel for you!--He speaks:--he calls for me:--I go to him.

in or associated with the process of passing from life or ceasing to be

From this reading Oh Dick! the most dreadful affair has happen'd!--Lord Darcey is distracted and dying; I am little better--Good God! what shall I do?--what can I do?--He lies on the floor in the next room, with half his hair torn off.--Unhappy man! fatigue had near kill'd him, before the melancholy account reach'd his ears.--Miss Warley, I mean Miss Powis, is gone to the bottom.--She sunk in the yacht that sailed yesterday from Dover for Calais.--Every soul is lost.--The fatal accident was confirm'd by a boat which came in not ten minutes before we arriv'd.--There was no keeping it from Lord Darcey.--The woman of the Inn we are at has a son lost in the same vessel: she was in fits when we alighted.--Some of the wreck is drove on shore.--What can equal this scene!--Oh, Miss Powis! most amiable of women, I tremble for your relations!--But Darcey, poor Darcey, what do I feel for you!--He speaks:--he calls for me:--I go to him.

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

From this reading Oh Dick! the most dreadful affair has happen'd!--Lord Darcey is distracted and dying; I am little better--Good God! what shall I do?--what can I do?--He lies on the floor in the next room, with half his hair torn off.--Unhappy man! fatigue had near kill'd him, before the melancholy account reach'd his ears.--Miss Warley, I mean Miss Powis, is gone to the bottom.--She sunk in the yacht that sailed yesterday from Dover for Calais.--Every soul is lost.--The fatal accident was confirm'd by a boat which came in not ten minutes before we arriv'd.--There was no keeping it from Lord Darcey.--The woman of the Inn we are at has a son lost in the same vessel: she was in fits when we alighted.--Some of the wreck is drove on shore.--What can equal this scene!--Oh, Miss Powis! most amiable of women, I tremble for your relations!--But Darcey, poor Darcey, what do I feel for you!--He speaks:--he calls for me:--I go to him.

be identical or equivalent to

From this reading Oh Dick! the most dreadful affair has happen'd!--Lord Darcey is distracted and dying; I am little better--Good God! what shall I do?--what can I do?--He lies on the floor in the next room, with half his hair torn off.--Unhappy man! fatigue had near kill'd him, before the melancholy account reach'd his ears.--Miss Warley, I mean Miss Powis, is gone to the bottom.--She sunk in the yacht that sailed yesterday from Dover for Calais.--Every soul is lost.--The fatal accident was confirm'd by a boat which came in not ten minutes before we arriv'd.--There was no keeping it from Lord Darcey.--The woman of the Inn we are at has a son lost in the same vessel: she was in fits when we alighted.--Some of the wreck is drove on shore.--What can equal this scene!--Oh, Miss Powis! most amiable of women, I tremble for your relations!--But Darcey, poor Darcey, what do I feel for you!--He speaks:--he calls for me:--I go to him.

a title of respect for a member of the English gentry ranking just below a knight; placed after the name

From this reading The Honourable GEORGE MOLESWORTH to RICHARD RISBY, Esq;

all the members of a group, with none left out

From this reading Oh Dick! the most dreadful affair has happen'd!--Lord Darcey is distracted and dying; I am little better--Good God! what shall I do?--what can I do?--He lies on the floor in the next room, with half his hair torn off.--Unhappy man! fatigue had near kill'd him, before the melancholy account reach'd his ears.--Miss Warley, I mean Miss Powis, is gone to the bottom.--She sunk in the yacht that sailed yesterday from Dover for Calais.--Every soul is lost.--The fatal accident was confirm'd by a boat which came in not ten minutes before we arriv'd.--There was no keeping it from Lord Darcey.--The woman of the Inn we are at has a son lost in the same vessel: she was in fits when we alighted.--Some of the wreck is drove on shore.--What can equal this scene!--Oh, Miss Powis! most amiable of women, I tremble for your relations!--But Darcey, poor Darcey, what do I feel for you!--He speaks:--he calls for me:--I go to him.

bringing death

From this reading Oh Dick! the most dreadful affair has happen'd!--Lord Darcey is distracted and dying; I am little better--Good God! what shall I do?--what can I do?--He lies on the floor in the next room, with half his hair torn off.--Unhappy man! fatigue had near kill'd him, before the melancholy account reach'd his ears.--Miss Warley, I mean Miss Powis, is gone to the bottom.--She sunk in the yacht that sailed yesterday from Dover for Calais.--Every soul is lost.--The fatal accident was confirm'd by a boat which came in not ten minutes before we arriv'd.--There was no keeping it from Lord Darcey.--The woman of the Inn we are at has a son lost in the same vessel: she was in fits when we alighted.--Some of the wreck is drove on shore.--What can equal this scene!--Oh, Miss Powis! most amiable of women, I tremble for your relations!--But Darcey, poor Darcey, what do I feel for you!--He speaks:--he calls for me:--I go to him.

temporary loss of strength and energy resulting from hard physical or mental work

From this reading Oh Dick! the most dreadful affair has happen'd!--Lord Darcey is distracted and dying; I am little better--Good God! what shall I do?--what can I do?--He lies on the floor in the next room, with half his hair torn off.--Unhappy man! fatigue had near kill'd him, before the melancholy account reach'd his ears.--Miss Warley, I mean Miss Powis, is gone to the bottom.--She sunk in the yacht that sailed yesterday from Dover for Calais.--Every soul is lost.--The fatal accident was confirm'd by a boat which came in not ten minutes before we arriv'd.--There was no keeping it from Lord Darcey.--The woman of the Inn we are at has a son lost in the same vessel: she was in fits when we alighted.--Some of the wreck is drove on shore.--What can equal this scene!--Oh, Miss Powis! most amiable of women, I tremble for your relations!--But Darcey, poor Darcey, what do I feel for you!--He speaks:--he calls for me:--I go to him.

a prominent attribute or aspect of something

From this reading He is absolutely dying;--death is in every feature.--His convulsions how dreadful!--how dreadful the pale horror of his countenance!--But then so calm,--so compos'd!--I repeat, there can, be no chance.-- Where is Molesworth?

undergo an emotional sensation or be in a particular state of mind

From this reading Oh Dick! the most dreadful affair has happen'd!--Lord Darcey is distracted and dying; I am little better--Good God! what shall I do?--what can I do?--He lies on the floor in the next room, with half his hair torn off.--Unhappy man! fatigue had near kill'd him, before the melancholy account reach'd his ears.--Miss Warley, I mean Miss Powis, is gone to the bottom.--She sunk in the yacht that sailed yesterday from Dover for Calais.--Every soul is lost.--The fatal accident was confirm'd by a boat which came in not ten minutes before we arriv'd.--There was no keeping it from Lord Darcey.--The woman of the Inn we are at has a son lost in the same vessel: she was in fits when we alighted.--Some of the wreck is drove on shore.--What can equal this scene!--Oh, Miss Powis! most amiable of women, I tremble for your relations!--But Darcey, poor Darcey, what do I feel for you!--He speaks:--he calls for me:--I go to him.

plural of “fit” — a display of bad temper

From this reading Oh Dick! the most dreadful affair has happen'd!--Lord Darcey is distracted and dying; I am little better--Good God! what shall I do?--what can I do?--He lies on the floor in the next room, with half his hair torn off.--Unhappy man! fatigue had near kill'd him, before the melancholy account reach'd his ears.--Miss Warley, I mean Miss Powis, is gone to the bottom.--She sunk in the yacht that sailed yesterday from Dover for Calais.--Every soul is lost.--The fatal accident was confirm'd by a boat which came in not ten minutes before we arriv'd.--There was no keeping it from Lord Darcey.--The woman of the Inn we are at has a son lost in the same vessel: she was in fits when we alighted.--Some of the wreck is drove on shore.--What can equal this scene!--Oh, Miss Powis! most amiable of women, I tremble for your relations!--But Darcey, poor Darcey, what do I feel for you!--He speaks:--he calls for me:--I go to him.

the inside lower horizontal surface (as of a room, hallway, tent, or other structure)

From this reading Oh Dick! the most dreadful affair has happen'd!--Lord Darcey is distracted and dying; I am little better--Good God! what shall I do?--what can I do?--He lies on the floor in the next room, with half his hair torn off.--Unhappy man! fatigue had near kill'd him, before the melancholy account reach'd his ears.--Miss Warley, I mean Miss Powis, is gone to the bottom.--She sunk in the yacht that sailed yesterday from Dover for Calais.--Every soul is lost.--The fatal accident was confirm'd by a boat which came in not ten minutes before we arriv'd.--There was no keeping it from Lord Darcey.--The woman of the Inn we are at has a son lost in the same vessel: she was in fits when we alighted.--Some of the wreck is drove on shore.--What can equal this scene!--Oh, Miss Powis! most amiable of women, I tremble for your relations!--But Darcey, poor Darcey, what do I feel for you!--He speaks:--he calls for me:--I go to him.

intended to be given to, or used by, somebody

From this reading Oh Dick! the most dreadful affair has happen'd!--Lord Darcey is distracted and dying; I am little better--Good God! what shall I do?--what can I do?--He lies on the floor in the next room, with half his hair torn off.--Unhappy man! fatigue had near kill'd him, before the melancholy account reach'd his ears.--Miss Warley, I mean Miss Powis, is gone to the bottom.--She sunk in the yacht that sailed yesterday from Dover for Calais.--Every soul is lost.--The fatal accident was confirm'd by a boat which came in not ten minutes before we arriv'd.--There was no keeping it from Lord Darcey.--The woman of the Inn we are at has a son lost in the same vessel: she was in fits when we alighted.--Some of the wreck is drove on shore.--What can equal this scene!--Oh, Miss Powis! most amiable of women, I tremble for your relations!--But Darcey, poor Darcey, what do I feel for you!--He speaks:--he calls for me:--I go to him.

showing where something starts, or who sent it

From this reading Oh Dick! the most dreadful affair has happen'd!--Lord Darcey is distracted and dying; I am little better--Good God! what shall I do?--what can I do?--He lies on the floor in the next room, with half his hair torn off.--Unhappy man! fatigue had near kill'd him, before the melancholy account reach'd his ears.--Miss Warley, I mean Miss Powis, is gone to the bottom.--She sunk in the yacht that sailed yesterday from Dover for Calais.--Every soul is lost.--The fatal accident was confirm'd by a boat which came in not ten minutes before we arriv'd.--There was no keeping it from Lord Darcey.--The woman of the Inn we are at has a son lost in the same vessel: she was in fits when we alighted.--Some of the wreck is drove on shore.--What can equal this scene!--Oh, Miss Powis! most amiable of women, I tremble for your relations!--But Darcey, poor Darcey, what do I feel for you!--He speaks:--he calls for me:--I go to him.

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 The Honourable GEORGE MOLESWORTH to RICHARD RISBY, Esq;

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

From this reading Oh Dick! the most dreadful affair has happen'd!--Lord Darcey is distracted and dying; I am little better--Good God! what shall I do?--what can I do?--He lies on the floor in the next room, with half his hair torn off.--Unhappy man! fatigue had near kill'd him, before the melancholy account reach'd his ears.--Miss Warley, I mean Miss Powis, is gone to the bottom.--She sunk in the yacht that sailed yesterday from Dover for Calais.--Every soul is lost.--The fatal accident was confirm'd by a boat which came in not ten minutes before we arriv'd.--There was no keeping it from Lord Darcey.--The woman of the Inn we are at has a son lost in the same vessel: she was in fits when we alighted.--Some of the wreck is drove on shore.--What can equal this scene!--Oh, Miss Powis! most amiable of women, I tremble for your relations!--But Darcey, poor Darcey, what do I feel for you!--He speaks:--he calls for me:--I go to him.

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

From this reading Oh Dick! the most dreadful affair has happen'd!--Lord Darcey is distracted and dying; I am little better--Good God! what shall I do?--what can I do?--He lies on the floor in the next room, with half his hair torn off.--Unhappy man! fatigue had near kill'd him, before the melancholy account reach'd his ears.--Miss Warley, I mean Miss Powis, is gone to the bottom.--She sunk in the yacht that sailed yesterday from Dover for Calais.--Every soul is lost.--The fatal accident was confirm'd by a boat which came in not ten minutes before we arriv'd.--There was no keeping it from Lord Darcey.--The woman of the Inn we are at has a son lost in the same vessel: she was in fits when we alighted.--Some of the wreck is drove on shore.--What can equal this scene!--Oh, Miss Powis! most amiable of women, I tremble for your relations!--But Darcey, poor Darcey, what do I feel for you!--He speaks:--he calls for me:--I go to him.

destroyed or killed

From this reading Oh Dick! the most dreadful affair has happen'd!--Lord Darcey is distracted and dying; I am little better--Good God! what shall I do?--what can I do?--He lies on the floor in the next room, with half his hair torn off.--Unhappy man! fatigue had near kill'd him, before the melancholy account reach'd his ears.--Miss Warley, I mean Miss Powis, is gone to the bottom.--She sunk in the yacht that sailed yesterday from Dover for Calais.--Every soul is lost.--The fatal accident was confirm'd by a boat which came in not ten minutes before we arriv'd.--There was no keeping it from Lord Darcey.--The woman of the Inn we are at has a son lost in the same vessel: she was in fits when we alighted.--Some of the wreck is drove on shore.--What can equal this scene!--Oh, Miss Powis! most amiable of women, I tremble for your relations!--But Darcey, poor Darcey, what do I feel for you!--He speaks:--he calls for me:--I go to him.

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

From this reading Oh Dick! the most dreadful affair has happen'd!--Lord Darcey is distracted and dying; I am little better--Good God! what shall I do?--what can I do?--He lies on the floor in the next room, with half his hair torn off.--Unhappy man! fatigue had near kill'd him, before the melancholy account reach'd his ears.--Miss Warley, I mean Miss Powis, is gone to the bottom.--She sunk in the yacht that sailed yesterday from Dover for Calais.--Every soul is lost.--The fatal accident was confirm'd by a boat which came in not ten minutes before we arriv'd.--There was no keeping it from Lord Darcey.--The woman of the Inn we are at has a son lost in the same vessel: she was in fits when we alighted.--Some of the wreck is drove on shore.--What can equal this scene!--Oh, Miss Powis! most amiable of women, I tremble for your relations!--But Darcey, poor Darcey, what do I feel for you!--He speaks:--he calls for me:--I go to him.

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

From this reading Oh Dick! the most dreadful affair has happen'd!--Lord Darcey is distracted and dying; I am little better--Good God! what shall I do?--what can I do?--He lies on the floor in the next room, with half his hair torn off.--Unhappy man! fatigue had near kill'd him, before the melancholy account reach'd his ears.--Miss Warley, I mean Miss Powis, is gone to the bottom.--She sunk in the yacht that sailed yesterday from Dover for Calais.--Every soul is lost.--The fatal accident was confirm'd by a boat which came in not ten minutes before we arriv'd.--There was no keeping it from Lord Darcey.--The woman of the Inn we are at has a son lost in the same vessel: she was in fits when we alighted.--Some of the wreck is drove on shore.--What can equal this scene!--Oh, Miss Powis! most amiable of women, I tremble for your relations!--But Darcey, poor Darcey, what do I feel for you!--He speaks:--he calls for me:--I go to him.

a covering for the body (or parts of it) consisting of a dense growth of threadlike structures (as on the human head); helps to prevent heat loss

From this reading Oh Dick! the most dreadful affair has happen'd!--Lord Darcey is distracted and dying; I am little better--Good God! what shall I do?--what can I do?--He lies on the floor in the next room, with half his hair torn off.--Unhappy man! fatigue had near kill'd him, before the melancholy account reach'd his ears.--Miss Warley, I mean Miss Powis, is gone to the bottom.--She sunk in the yacht that sailed yesterday from Dover for Calais.--Every soul is lost.--The fatal accident was confirm'd by a boat which came in not ten minutes before we arriv'd.--There was no keeping it from Lord Darcey.--The woman of the Inn we are at has a son lost in the same vessel: she was in fits when we alighted.--Some of the wreck is drove on shore.--What can equal this scene!--Oh, Miss Powis! most amiable of women, I tremble for your relations!--But Darcey, poor Darcey, what do I feel for you!--He speaks:--he calls for me:--I go to him.

consisting of one of two equivalent parts in value or quantity

From this reading Oh Dick! the most dreadful affair has happen'd!--Lord Darcey is distracted and dying; I am little better--Good God! what shall I do?--what can I do?--He lies on the floor in the next room, with half his hair torn off.--Unhappy man! fatigue had near kill'd him, before the melancholy account reach'd his ears.--Miss Warley, I mean Miss Powis, is gone to the bottom.--She sunk in the yacht that sailed yesterday from Dover for Calais.--Every soul is lost.--The fatal accident was confirm'd by a boat which came in not ten minutes before we arriv'd.--There was no keeping it from Lord Darcey.--The woman of the Inn we are at has a son lost in the same vessel: she was in fits when we alighted.--Some of the wreck is drove on shore.--What can equal this scene!--Oh, Miss Powis! most amiable of women, I tremble for your relations!--But Darcey, poor Darcey, what do I feel for you!--He speaks:--he calls for me:--I go to him.

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From this reading Oh Dick! the most dreadful affair has happen'd!--Lord Darcey is distracted and dying; I am little better--Good God! what shall I do?--what can I do?--He lies on the floor in the next room, with half his hair torn off.--Unhappy man! fatigue had near kill'd him, before the melancholy account reach'd his ears.--Miss Warley, I mean Miss Powis, is gone to the bottom.--She sunk in the yacht that sailed yesterday from Dover for Calais.--Every soul is lost.--The fatal accident was confirm'd by a boat which came in not ten minutes before we arriv'd.--There was no keeping it from Lord Darcey.--The woman of the Inn we are at has a son lost in the same vessel: she was in fits when we alighted.--Some of the wreck is drove on shore.--What can equal this scene!--Oh, Miss Powis! most amiable of women, I tremble for your relations!--But Darcey, poor Darcey, what do I feel for you!--He speaks:--he calls for me:--I go to him.

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

From this reading Oh Dick! the most dreadful affair has happen'd!--Lord Darcey is distracted and dying; I am little better--Good God! what shall I do?--what can I do?--He lies on the floor in the next room, with half his hair torn off.--Unhappy man! fatigue had near kill'd him, before the melancholy account reach'd his ears.--Miss Warley, I mean Miss Powis, is gone to the bottom.--She sunk in the yacht that sailed yesterday from Dover for Calais.--Every soul is lost.--The fatal accident was confirm'd by a boat which came in not ten minutes before we arriv'd.--There was no keeping it from Lord Darcey.--The woman of the Inn we are at has a son lost in the same vessel: she was in fits when we alighted.--Some of the wreck is drove on shore.--What can equal this scene!--Oh, Miss Powis! most amiable of women, I tremble for your relations!--But Darcey, poor Darcey, what do I feel for you!--He speaks:--he calls for me:--I go to him.

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

From this reading Oh Dick! the most dreadful affair has happen'd!--Lord Darcey is distracted and dying; I am little better--Good God! what shall I do?--what can I do?--He lies on the floor in the next room, with half his hair torn off.--Unhappy man! fatigue had near kill'd him, before the melancholy account reach'd his ears.--Miss Warley, I mean Miss Powis, is gone to the bottom.--She sunk in the yacht that sailed yesterday from Dover for Calais.--Every soul is lost.--The fatal accident was confirm'd by a boat which came in not ten minutes before we arriv'd.--There was no keeping it from Lord Darcey.--The woman of the Inn we are at has a son lost in the same vessel: she was in fits when we alighted.--Some of the wreck is drove on shore.--What can equal this scene!--Oh, Miss Powis! most amiable of women, I tremble for your relations!--But Darcey, poor Darcey, what do I feel for you!--He speaks:--he calls for me:--I go to him.

the locus of feelings and intuitions

From this reading Oh, Risby! my heart is breaking; for once let it be said a man's heart can break.--Whilst he rav'd, whilst his sorrows were loud, there was some chance; but now all is over.

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

From this reading Oh Dick! the most dreadful affair has happen'd!--Lord Darcey is distracted and dying; I am little better--Good God! what shall I do?--what can I do?--He lies on the floor in the next room, with half his hair torn off.--Unhappy man! fatigue had near kill'd him, before the melancholy account reach'd his ears.--Miss Warley, I mean Miss Powis, is gone to the bottom.--She sunk in the yacht that sailed yesterday from Dover for Calais.--Every soul is lost.--The fatal accident was confirm'd by a boat which came in not ten minutes before we arriv'd.--There was no keeping it from Lord Darcey.--The woman of the Inn we are at has a son lost in the same vessel: she was in fits when we alighted.--Some of the wreck is drove on shore.--What can equal this scene!--Oh, Miss Powis! most amiable of women, I tremble for your relations!--But Darcey, poor Darcey, what do I feel for you!--He speaks:--he calls for me:--I go to him.

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

From this reading Oh Dick! the most dreadful affair has happen'd!--Lord Darcey is distracted and dying; I am little better--Good God! what shall I do?--what can I do?--He lies on the floor in the next room, with half his hair torn off.--Unhappy man! fatigue had near kill'd him, before the melancholy account reach'd his ears.--Miss Warley, I mean Miss Powis, is gone to the bottom.--She sunk in the yacht that sailed yesterday from Dover for Calais.--Every soul is lost.--The fatal accident was confirm'd by a boat which came in not ten minutes before we arriv'd.--There was no keeping it from Lord Darcey.--The woman of the Inn we are at has a son lost in the same vessel: she was in fits when we alighted.--Some of the wreck is drove on shore.--What can equal this scene!--Oh, Miss Powis! most amiable of women, I tremble for your relations!--But Darcey, poor Darcey, what do I feel for you!--He speaks:--he calls for me:--I go to him.

worthy of being honored; entitled to honor and respect

From this reading The Honourable GEORGE MOLESWORTH to RICHARD RISBY, Esq;

intense and profound fear

From this reading He is absolutely dying;--death is in every feature.--His convulsions how dreadful!--how dreadful the pale horror of his countenance!--But then so calm,--so compos'd!--I repeat, there can, be no chance.-- Where is Molesworth?

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From this reading He is absolutely dying;--death is in every feature.--His convulsions how dreadful!--how dreadful the pale horror of his countenance!--But then so calm,--so compos'd!--I repeat, there can, be no chance.-- Where is Molesworth?

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

From this reading Oh Dick! the most dreadful affair has happen'd!--Lord Darcey is distracted and dying; I am little better--Good God! what shall I do?--what can I do?--He lies on the floor in the next room, with half his hair torn off.--Unhappy man! fatigue had near kill'd him, before the melancholy account reach'd his ears.--Miss Warley, I mean Miss Powis, is gone to the bottom.--She sunk in the yacht that sailed yesterday from Dover for Calais.--Every soul is lost.--The fatal accident was confirm'd by a boat which came in not ten minutes before we arriv'd.--There was no keeping it from Lord Darcey.--The woman of the Inn we are at has a son lost in the same vessel: she was in fits when we alighted.--Some of the wreck is drove on shore.--What can equal this scene!--Oh, Miss Powis! most amiable of women, I tremble for your relations!--But Darcey, poor Darcey, what do I feel for you!--He speaks:--he calls for me:--I go to him.

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

From this reading Oh Dick! the most dreadful affair has happen'd!--Lord Darcey is distracted and dying; I am little better--Good God! what shall I do?--what can I do?--He lies on the floor in the next room, with half his hair torn off.--Unhappy man! fatigue had near kill'd him, before the melancholy account reach'd his ears.--Miss Warley, I mean Miss Powis, is gone to the bottom.--She sunk in the yacht that sailed yesterday from Dover for Calais.--Every soul is lost.--The fatal accident was confirm'd by a boat which came in not ten minutes before we arriv'd.--There was no keeping it from Lord Darcey.--The woman of the Inn we are at has a son lost in the same vessel: she was in fits when we alighted.--Some of the wreck is drove on shore.--What can equal this scene!--Oh, Miss Powis! most amiable of women, I tremble for your relations!--But Darcey, poor Darcey, what do I feel for you!--He speaks:--he calls for me:--I go to him.

a hotel providing overnight lodging for travelers

From this reading Oh Dick! the most dreadful affair has happen'd!--Lord Darcey is distracted and dying; I am little better--Good God! what shall I do?--what can I do?--He lies on the floor in the next room, with half his hair torn off.--Unhappy man! fatigue had near kill'd him, before the melancholy account reach'd his ears.--Miss Warley, I mean Miss Powis, is gone to the bottom.--She sunk in the yacht that sailed yesterday from Dover for Calais.--Every soul is lost.--The fatal accident was confirm'd by a boat which came in not ten minutes before we arriv'd.--There was no keeping it from Lord Darcey.--The woman of the Inn we are at has a son lost in the same vessel: she was in fits when we alighted.--Some of the wreck is drove on shore.--What can equal this scene!--Oh, Miss Powis! most amiable of women, I tremble for your relations!--But Darcey, poor Darcey, what do I feel for you!--He speaks:--he calls for me:--I go to him.

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

From this reading Oh Dick! the most dreadful affair has happen'd!--Lord Darcey is distracted and dying; I am little better--Good God! what shall I do?--what can I do?--He lies on the floor in the next room, with half his hair torn off.--Unhappy man! fatigue had near kill'd him, before the melancholy account reach'd his ears.--Miss Warley, I mean Miss Powis, is gone to the bottom.--She sunk in the yacht that sailed yesterday from Dover for Calais.--Every soul is lost.--The fatal accident was confirm'd by a boat which came in not ten minutes before we arriv'd.--There was no keeping it from Lord Darcey.--The woman of the Inn we are at has a son lost in the same vessel: she was in fits when we alighted.--Some of the wreck is drove on shore.--What can equal this scene!--Oh, Miss Powis! most amiable of women, I tremble for your relations!--But Darcey, poor Darcey, what do I feel for you!--He speaks:--he calls for me:--I go to him.

a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned

From this reading Oh Dick! the most dreadful affair has happen'd!--Lord Darcey is distracted and dying; I am little better--Good God! what shall I do?--what can I do?--He lies on the floor in the next room, with half his hair torn off.--Unhappy man! fatigue had near kill'd him, before the melancholy account reach'd his ears.--Miss Warley, I mean Miss Powis, is gone to the bottom.--She sunk in the yacht that sailed yesterday from Dover for Calais.--Every soul is lost.--The fatal accident was confirm'd by a boat which came in not ten minutes before we arriv'd.--There was no keeping it from Lord Darcey.--The woman of the Inn we are at has a son lost in the same vessel: she was in fits when we alighted.--Some of the wreck is drove on shore.--What can equal this scene!--Oh, Miss Powis! most amiable of women, I tremble for your relations!--But Darcey, poor Darcey, what do I feel for you!--He speaks:--he calls for me:--I go to him.

conformity or harmony

From this reading Oh Dick! the most dreadful affair has happen'd!--Lord Darcey is distracted and dying; I am little better--Good God! what shall I do?--what can I do?--He lies on the floor in the next room, with half his hair torn off.--Unhappy man! fatigue had near kill'd him, before the melancholy account reach'd his ears.--Miss Warley, I mean Miss Powis, is gone to the bottom.--She sunk in the yacht that sailed yesterday from Dover for Calais.--Every soul is lost.--The fatal accident was confirm'd by a boat which came in not ten minutes before we arriv'd.--There was no keeping it from Lord Darcey.--The woman of the Inn we are at has a son lost in the same vessel: she was in fits when we alighted.--Some of the wreck is drove on shore.--What can equal this scene!--Oh, Miss Powis! most amiable of women, I tremble for your relations!--But Darcey, poor Darcey, what do I feel for you!--He speaks:--he calls for me:--I go to him.

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From this reading Oh Dick! the most dreadful affair has happen'd!--Lord Darcey is distracted and dying; I am little better--Good God! what shall I do?--what can I do?--He lies on the floor in the next room, with half his hair torn off.--Unhappy man! fatigue had near kill'd him, before the melancholy account reach'd his ears.--Miss Warley, I mean Miss Powis, is gone to the bottom.--She sunk in the yacht that sailed yesterday from Dover for Calais.--Every soul is lost.--The fatal accident was confirm'd by a boat which came in not ten minutes before we arriv'd.--There was no keeping it from Lord Darcey.--The woman of the Inn we are at has a son lost in the same vessel: she was in fits when we alighted.--Some of the wreck is drove on shore.--What can equal this scene!--Oh, Miss Powis! most amiable of women, I tremble for your relations!--But Darcey, poor Darcey, what do I feel for you!--He speaks:--he calls for me:--I go to him.

used to make a suggestion or a command including the speaker

From this reading Oh, Risby! my heart is breaking; for once let it be said a man's heart can break.--Whilst he rav'd, whilst his sorrows were loud, there was some chance; but now all is over.

plural of “lie” — a statement that deviates from or perverts the truth

From this reading Oh Dick! the most dreadful affair has happen'd!--Lord Darcey is distracted and dying; I am little better--Good God! what shall I do?--what can I do?--He lies on the floor in the next room, with half his hair torn off.--Unhappy man! fatigue had near kill'd him, before the melancholy account reach'd his ears.--Miss Warley, I mean Miss Powis, is gone to the bottom.--She sunk in the yacht that sailed yesterday from Dover for Calais.--Every soul is lost.--The fatal accident was confirm'd by a boat which came in not ten minutes before we arriv'd.--There was no keeping it from Lord Darcey.--The woman of the Inn we are at has a son lost in the same vessel: she was in fits when we alighted.--Some of the wreck is drove on shore.--What can equal this scene!--Oh, Miss Powis! most amiable of women, I tremble for your relations!--But Darcey, poor Darcey, what do I feel for you!--He speaks:--he calls for me:--I go to him.

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

From this reading Oh Dick! the most dreadful affair has happen'd!--Lord Darcey is distracted and dying; I am little better--Good God! what shall I do?--what can I do?--He lies on the floor in the next room, with half his hair torn off.--Unhappy man! fatigue had near kill'd him, before the melancholy account reach'd his ears.--Miss Warley, I mean Miss Powis, is gone to the bottom.--She sunk in the yacht that sailed yesterday from Dover for Calais.--Every soul is lost.--The fatal accident was confirm'd by a boat which came in not ten minutes before we arriv'd.--There was no keeping it from Lord Darcey.--The woman of the Inn we are at has a son lost in the same vessel: she was in fits when we alighted.--Some of the wreck is drove on shore.--What can equal this scene!--Oh, Miss Powis! most amiable of women, I tremble for your relations!--But Darcey, poor Darcey, what do I feel for you!--He speaks:--he calls for me:--I go to him.

terms referring to the Judeo-Christian God

From this reading Oh Dick! the most dreadful affair has happen'd!--Lord Darcey is distracted and dying; I am little better--Good God! what shall I do?--what can I do?--He lies on the floor in the next room, with half his hair torn off.--Unhappy man! fatigue had near kill'd him, before the melancholy account reach'd his ears.--Miss Warley, I mean Miss Powis, is gone to the bottom.--She sunk in the yacht that sailed yesterday from Dover for Calais.--Every soul is lost.--The fatal accident was confirm'd by a boat which came in not ten minutes before we arriv'd.--There was no keeping it from Lord Darcey.--The woman of the Inn we are at has a son lost in the same vessel: she was in fits when we alighted.--Some of the wreck is drove on shore.--What can equal this scene!--Oh, Miss Powis! most amiable of women, I tremble for your relations!--But Darcey, poor Darcey, what do I feel for you!--He speaks:--he calls for me:--I go to him.

no longer in your possession or control; unable to be found or recovered

From this reading Oh Dick! the most dreadful affair has happen'd!--Lord Darcey is distracted and dying; I am little better--Good God! what shall I do?--what can I do?--He lies on the floor in the next room, with half his hair torn off.--Unhappy man! fatigue had near kill'd him, before the melancholy account reach'd his ears.--Miss Warley, I mean Miss Powis, is gone to the bottom.--She sunk in the yacht that sailed yesterday from Dover for Calais.--Every soul is lost.--The fatal accident was confirm'd by a boat which came in not ten minutes before we arriv'd.--There was no keeping it from Lord Darcey.--The woman of the Inn we are at has a son lost in the same vessel: she was in fits when we alighted.--Some of the wreck is drove on shore.--What can equal this scene!--Oh, Miss Powis! most amiable of women, I tremble for your relations!--But Darcey, poor Darcey, what do I feel for you!--He speaks:--he calls for me:--I go to him.

characterized by or producing sound of great volume or intensity

From this reading Oh, Risby! my heart is breaking; for once let it be said a man's heart can break.--Whilst he rav'd, whilst his sorrows were loud, there was some chance; but now all is over.

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

From this reading Oh Dick! the most dreadful affair has happen'd!--Lord Darcey is distracted and dying; I am little better--Good God! what shall I do?--what can I do?--He lies on the floor in the next room, with half his hair torn off.--Unhappy man! fatigue had near kill'd him, before the melancholy account reach'd his ears.--Miss Warley, I mean Miss Powis, is gone to the bottom.--She sunk in the yacht that sailed yesterday from Dover for Calais.--Every soul is lost.--The fatal accident was confirm'd by a boat which came in not ten minutes before we arriv'd.--There was no keeping it from Lord Darcey.--The woman of the Inn we are at has a son lost in the same vessel: she was in fits when we alighted.--Some of the wreck is drove on shore.--What can equal this scene!--Oh, Miss Powis! most amiable of women, I tremble for your relations!--But Darcey, poor Darcey, what do I feel for you!--He speaks:--he calls for me:--I go to him.

possessive form of “man” — an adult person who is male (as opposed to a woman)

From this reading Oh, Risby! my heart is breaking; for once let it be said a man's heart can break.--Whilst he rav'd, whilst his sorrows were loud, there was some chance; but now all is over.

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

From this reading Oh Dick! the most dreadful affair has happen'd!--Lord Darcey is distracted and dying; I am little better--Good God! what shall I do?--what can I do?--He lies on the floor in the next room, with half his hair torn off.--Unhappy man! fatigue had near kill'd him, before the melancholy account reach'd his ears.--Miss Warley, I mean Miss Powis, is gone to the bottom.--She sunk in the yacht that sailed yesterday from Dover for Calais.--Every soul is lost.--The fatal accident was confirm'd by a boat which came in not ten minutes before we arriv'd.--There was no keeping it from Lord Darcey.--The woman of the Inn we are at has a son lost in the same vessel: she was in fits when we alighted.--Some of the wreck is drove on shore.--What can equal this scene!--Oh, Miss Powis! most amiable of women, I tremble for your relations!--But Darcey, poor Darcey, what do I feel for you!--He speaks:--he calls for me:--I go to him.

mean or intend to express or convey

From this reading Oh Dick! the most dreadful affair has happen'd!--Lord Darcey is distracted and dying; I am little better--Good God! what shall I do?--what can I do?--He lies on the floor in the next room, with half his hair torn off.--Unhappy man! fatigue had near kill'd him, before the melancholy account reach'd his ears.--Miss Warley, I mean Miss Powis, is gone to the bottom.--She sunk in the yacht that sailed yesterday from Dover for Calais.--Every soul is lost.--The fatal accident was confirm'd by a boat which came in not ten minutes before we arriv'd.--There was no keeping it from Lord Darcey.--The woman of the Inn we are at has a son lost in the same vessel: she was in fits when we alighted.--Some of the wreck is drove on shore.--What can equal this scene!--Oh, Miss Powis! most amiable of women, I tremble for your relations!--But Darcey, poor Darcey, what do I feel for you!--He speaks:--he calls for me:--I go to him.

a feeling of thoughtful sadness

From this reading Oh Dick! the most dreadful affair has happen'd!--Lord Darcey is distracted and dying; I am little better--Good God! what shall I do?--what can I do?--He lies on the floor in the next room, with half his hair torn off.--Unhappy man! fatigue had near kill'd him, before the melancholy account reach'd his ears.--Miss Warley, I mean Miss Powis, is gone to the bottom.--She sunk in the yacht that sailed yesterday from Dover for Calais.--Every soul is lost.--The fatal accident was confirm'd by a boat which came in not ten minutes before we arriv'd.--There was no keeping it from Lord Darcey.--The woman of the Inn we are at has a son lost in the same vessel: she was in fits when we alighted.--Some of the wreck is drove on shore.--What can equal this scene!--Oh, Miss Powis! most amiable of women, I tremble for your relations!--But Darcey, poor Darcey, what do I feel for you!--He speaks:--he calls for me:--I go to him.

a written account of what transpired at a meeting

From this reading Oh Dick! the most dreadful affair has happen'd!--Lord Darcey is distracted and dying; I am little better--Good God! what shall I do?--what can I do?--He lies on the floor in the next room, with half his hair torn off.--Unhappy man! fatigue had near kill'd him, before the melancholy account reach'd his ears.--Miss Warley, I mean Miss Powis, is gone to the bottom.--She sunk in the yacht that sailed yesterday from Dover for Calais.--Every soul is lost.--The fatal accident was confirm'd by a boat which came in not ten minutes before we arriv'd.--There was no keeping it from Lord Darcey.--The woman of the Inn we are at has a son lost in the same vessel: she was in fits when we alighted.--Some of the wreck is drove on shore.--What can equal this scene!--Oh, Miss Powis! most amiable of women, I tremble for your relations!--But Darcey, poor Darcey, what do I feel for you!--He speaks:--he calls for me:--I go to him.

fail to perceive or to catch with the senses or the mind

From this reading Oh Dick! the most dreadful affair has happen'd!--Lord Darcey is distracted and dying; I am little better--Good God! what shall I do?--what can I do?--He lies on the floor in the next room, with half his hair torn off.--Unhappy man! fatigue had near kill'd him, before the melancholy account reach'd his ears.--Miss Warley, I mean Miss Powis, is gone to the bottom.--She sunk in the yacht that sailed yesterday from Dover for Calais.--Every soul is lost.--The fatal accident was confirm'd by a boat which came in not ten minutes before we arriv'd.--There was no keeping it from Lord Darcey.--The woman of the Inn we are at has a son lost in the same vessel: she was in fits when we alighted.--Some of the wreck is drove on shore.--What can equal this scene!--Oh, Miss Powis! most amiable of women, I tremble for your relations!--But Darcey, poor Darcey, what do I feel for you!--He speaks:--he calls for me:--I go to him.

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From this reading The Honourable GEORGE MOLESWORTH to RICHARD RISBY, Esq;

used to form the superlative

From this reading Oh Dick! the most dreadful affair has happen'd!--Lord Darcey is distracted and dying; I am little better--Good God! what shall I do?--what can I do?--He lies on the floor in the next room, with half his hair torn off.--Unhappy man! fatigue had near kill'd him, before the melancholy account reach'd his ears.--Miss Warley, I mean Miss Powis, is gone to the bottom.--She sunk in the yacht that sailed yesterday from Dover for Calais.--Every soul is lost.--The fatal accident was confirm'd by a boat which came in not ten minutes before we arriv'd.--There was no keeping it from Lord Darcey.--The woman of the Inn we are at has a son lost in the same vessel: she was in fits when we alighted.--Some of the wreck is drove on shore.--What can equal this scene!--Oh, Miss Powis! most amiable of women, I tremble for your relations!--But Darcey, poor Darcey, what do I feel for you!--He speaks:--he calls for me:--I go to him.

belonging to the person speaking

From this reading Oh, Risby! my heart is breaking; for once let it be said a man's heart can break.--Whilst he rav'd, whilst his sorrows were loud, there was some chance; but now all is over.

near in time or place or relationship

From this reading Oh Dick! the most dreadful affair has happen'd!--Lord Darcey is distracted and dying; I am little better--Good God! what shall I do?--what can I do?--He lies on the floor in the next room, with half his hair torn off.--Unhappy man! fatigue had near kill'd him, before the melancholy account reach'd his ears.--Miss Warley, I mean Miss Powis, is gone to the bottom.--She sunk in the yacht that sailed yesterday from Dover for Calais.--Every soul is lost.--The fatal accident was confirm'd by a boat which came in not ten minutes before we arriv'd.--There was no keeping it from Lord Darcey.--The woman of the Inn we are at has a son lost in the same vessel: she was in fits when we alighted.--Some of the wreck is drove on shore.--What can equal this scene!--Oh, Miss Powis! most amiable of women, I tremble for your relations!--But Darcey, poor Darcey, what do I feel for you!--He speaks:--he calls for me:--I go to him.

immediately following in time or order

From this reading Oh Dick! the most dreadful affair has happen'd!--Lord Darcey is distracted and dying; I am little better--Good God! what shall I do?--what can I do?--He lies on the floor in the next room, with half his hair torn off.--Unhappy man! fatigue had near kill'd him, before the melancholy account reach'd his ears.--Miss Warley, I mean Miss Powis, is gone to the bottom.--She sunk in the yacht that sailed yesterday from Dover for Calais.--Every soul is lost.--The fatal accident was confirm'd by a boat which came in not ten minutes before we arriv'd.--There was no keeping it from Lord Darcey.--The woman of the Inn we are at has a son lost in the same vessel: she was in fits when we alighted.--Some of the wreck is drove on shore.--What can equal this scene!--Oh, Miss Powis! most amiable of women, I tremble for your relations!--But Darcey, poor Darcey, what do I feel for you!--He speaks:--he calls for me:--I go to him.

not any; not one

From this reading Oh Dick! the most dreadful affair has happen'd!--Lord Darcey is distracted and dying; I am little better--Good God! what shall I do?--what can I do?--He lies on the floor in the next room, with half his hair torn off.--Unhappy man! fatigue had near kill'd him, before the melancholy account reach'd his ears.--Miss Warley, I mean Miss Powis, is gone to the bottom.--She sunk in the yacht that sailed yesterday from Dover for Calais.--Every soul is lost.--The fatal accident was confirm'd by a boat which came in not ten minutes before we arriv'd.--There was no keeping it from Lord Darcey.--The woman of the Inn we are at has a son lost in the same vessel: she was in fits when we alighted.--Some of the wreck is drove on shore.--What can equal this scene!--Oh, Miss Powis! most amiable of women, I tremble for your relations!--But Darcey, poor Darcey, what do I feel for you!--He speaks:--he calls for me:--I go to him.

used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative

From this reading Oh Dick! the most dreadful affair has happen'd!--Lord Darcey is distracted and dying; I am little better--Good God! what shall I do?--what can I do?--He lies on the floor in the next room, with half his hair torn off.--Unhappy man! fatigue had near kill'd him, before the melancholy account reach'd his ears.--Miss Warley, I mean Miss Powis, is gone to the bottom.--She sunk in the yacht that sailed yesterday from Dover for Calais.--Every soul is lost.--The fatal accident was confirm'd by a boat which came in not ten minutes before we arriv'd.--There was no keeping it from Lord Darcey.--The woman of the Inn we are at has a son lost in the same vessel: she was in fits when we alighted.--Some of the wreck is drove on shore.--What can equal this scene!--Oh, Miss Powis! most amiable of women, I tremble for your relations!--But Darcey, poor Darcey, what do I feel for you!--He speaks:--he calls for me:--I go to him.

in the historical present; at this point in the narration of a series of past events

From this reading Oh, Risby! my heart is breaking; for once let it be said a man's heart can break.--Whilst he rav'd, whilst his sorrows were loud, there was some chance; but now all is over.

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

From this reading Oh Dick! the most dreadful affair has happen'd!--Lord Darcey is distracted and dying; I am little better--Good God! what shall I do?--what can I do?--He lies on the floor in the next room, with half his hair torn off.--Unhappy man! fatigue had near kill'd him, before the melancholy account reach'd his ears.--Miss Warley, I mean Miss Powis, is gone to the bottom.--She sunk in the yacht that sailed yesterday from Dover for Calais.--Every soul is lost.--The fatal accident was confirm'd by a boat which came in not ten minutes before we arriv'd.--There was no keeping it from Lord Darcey.--The woman of the Inn we are at has a son lost in the same vessel: she was in fits when we alighted.--Some of the wreck is drove on shore.--What can equal this scene!--Oh, Miss Powis! most amiable of women, I tremble for your relations!--But Darcey, poor Darcey, what do I feel for you!--He speaks:--he calls for me:--I go to him.

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

From this reading Oh Dick! the most dreadful affair has happen'd!--Lord Darcey is distracted and dying; I am little better--Good God! what shall I do?--what can I do?--He lies on the floor in the next room, with half his hair torn off.--Unhappy man! fatigue had near kill'd him, before the melancholy account reach'd his ears.--Miss Warley, I mean Miss Powis, is gone to the bottom.--She sunk in the yacht that sailed yesterday from Dover for Calais.--Every soul is lost.--The fatal accident was confirm'd by a boat which came in not ten minutes before we arriv'd.--There was no keeping it from Lord Darcey.--The woman of the Inn we are at has a son lost in the same vessel: she was in fits when we alighted.--Some of the wreck is drove on shore.--What can equal this scene!--Oh, Miss Powis! most amiable of women, I tremble for your relations!--But Darcey, poor Darcey, what do I feel for you!--He speaks:--he calls for me:--I go to him.

a midwestern state in north central United States in the Great Lakes region

From this reading Oh Dick! the most dreadful affair has happen'd!--Lord Darcey is distracted and dying; I am little better--Good God! what shall I do?--what can I do?--He lies on the floor in the next room, with half his hair torn off.--Unhappy man! fatigue had near kill'd him, before the melancholy account reach'd his ears.--Miss Warley, I mean Miss Powis, is gone to the bottom.--She sunk in the yacht that sailed yesterday from Dover for Calais.--Every soul is lost.--The fatal accident was confirm'd by a boat which came in not ten minutes before we arriv'd.--There was no keeping it from Lord Darcey.--The woman of the Inn we are at has a son lost in the same vessel: she was in fits when we alighted.--Some of the wreck is drove on shore.--What can equal this scene!--Oh, Miss Powis! most amiable of women, I tremble for your relations!--But Darcey, poor Darcey, what do I feel for you!--He speaks:--he calls for me:--I go to him.

touching and supported by a surface

From this reading Oh Dick! the most dreadful affair has happen'd!--Lord Darcey is distracted and dying; I am little better--Good God! what shall I do?--what can I do?--He lies on the floor in the next room, with half his hair torn off.--Unhappy man! fatigue had near kill'd him, before the melancholy account reach'd his ears.--Miss Warley, I mean Miss Powis, is gone to the bottom.--She sunk in the yacht that sailed yesterday from Dover for Calais.--Every soul is lost.--The fatal accident was confirm'd by a boat which came in not ten minutes before we arriv'd.--There was no keeping it from Lord Darcey.--The woman of the Inn we are at has a son lost in the same vessel: she was in fits when we alighted.--Some of the wreck is drove on shore.--What can equal this scene!--Oh, Miss Powis! most amiable of women, I tremble for your relations!--But Darcey, poor Darcey, what do I feel for you!--He speaks:--he calls for me:--I go to him.

on one occasion

From this reading Oh, Risby! my heart is breaking; for once let it be said a man's heart can break.--Whilst he rav'd, whilst his sorrows were loud, there was some chance; but now all is over.

above and across; more than

From this reading Oh, Risby! my heart is breaking; for once let it be said a man's heart can break.--Whilst he rav'd, whilst his sorrows were loud, there was some chance; but now all is over.

very light colored; highly diluted with white

From this reading He is absolutely dying;--death is in every feature.--His convulsions how dreadful!--how dreadful the pale horror of his countenance!--But then so calm,--so compos'd!--I repeat, there can, be no chance.-- Where is Molesworth?

deserving or inciting pity

From this reading Oh Dick! the most dreadful affair has happen'd!--Lord Darcey is distracted and dying; I am little better--Good God! what shall I do?--what can I do?--He lies on the floor in the next room, with half his hair torn off.--Unhappy man! fatigue had near kill'd him, before the melancholy account reach'd his ears.--Miss Warley, I mean Miss Powis, is gone to the bottom.--She sunk in the yacht that sailed yesterday from Dover for Calais.--Every soul is lost.--The fatal accident was confirm'd by a boat which came in not ten minutes before we arriv'd.--There was no keeping it from Lord Darcey.--The woman of the Inn we are at has a son lost in the same vessel: she was in fits when we alighted.--Some of the wreck is drove on shore.--What can equal this scene!--Oh, Miss Powis! most amiable of women, I tremble for your relations!--But Darcey, poor Darcey, what do I feel for you!--He speaks:--he calls for me:--I go to him.

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From this reading Oh Dick! the most dreadful affair has happen'd!--Lord Darcey is distracted and dying; I am little better--Good God! what shall I do?--what can I do?--He lies on the floor in the next room, with half his hair torn off.--Unhappy man! fatigue had near kill'd him, before the melancholy account reach'd his ears.--Miss Warley, I mean Miss Powis, is gone to the bottom.--She sunk in the yacht that sailed yesterday from Dover for Calais.--Every soul is lost.--The fatal accident was confirm'd by a boat which came in not ten minutes before we arriv'd.--There was no keeping it from Lord Darcey.--The woman of the Inn we are at has a son lost in the same vessel: she was in fits when we alighted.--Some of the wreck is drove on shore.--What can equal this scene!--Oh, Miss Powis! most amiable of women, I tremble for your relations!--But Darcey, poor Darcey, what do I feel for you!--He speaks:--he calls for me:--I go to him.

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From this reading Oh, Risby! my heart is breaking; for once let it be said a man's heart can break.--Whilst he rav'd, whilst his sorrows were loud, there was some chance; but now all is over.

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From this reading Oh Dick! the most dreadful affair has happen'd!--Lord Darcey is distracted and dying; I am little better--Good God! what shall I do?--what can I do?--He lies on the floor in the next room, with half his hair torn off.--Unhappy man! fatigue had near kill'd him, before the melancholy account reach'd his ears.--Miss Warley, I mean Miss Powis, is gone to the bottom.--She sunk in the yacht that sailed yesterday from Dover for Calais.--Every soul is lost.--The fatal accident was confirm'd by a boat which came in not ten minutes before we arriv'd.--There was no keeping it from Lord Darcey.--The woman of the Inn we are at has a son lost in the same vessel: she was in fits when we alighted.--Some of the wreck is drove on shore.--What can equal this scene!--Oh, Miss Powis! most amiable of women, I tremble for your relations!--But Darcey, poor Darcey, what do I feel for you!--He speaks:--he calls for me:--I go to him.

mutual dealings or connections or communications among persons or groups

From this reading Oh Dick! the most dreadful affair has happen'd!--Lord Darcey is distracted and dying; I am little better--Good God! what shall I do?--what can I do?--He lies on the floor in the next room, with half his hair torn off.--Unhappy man! fatigue had near kill'd him, before the melancholy account reach'd his ears.--Miss Warley, I mean Miss Powis, is gone to the bottom.--She sunk in the yacht that sailed yesterday from Dover for Calais.--Every soul is lost.--The fatal accident was confirm'd by a boat which came in not ten minutes before we arriv'd.--There was no keeping it from Lord Darcey.--The woman of the Inn we are at has a son lost in the same vessel: she was in fits when we alighted.--Some of the wreck is drove on shore.--What can equal this scene!--Oh, Miss Powis! most amiable of women, I tremble for your relations!--But Darcey, poor Darcey, what do I feel for you!--He speaks:--he calls for me:--I go to him.

to say, state, or perform again

From this reading He is absolutely dying;--death is in every feature.--His convulsions how dreadful!--how dreadful the pale horror of his countenance!--But then so calm,--so compos'd!--I repeat, there can, be no chance.-- Where is Molesworth?

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From this reading The Honourable GEORGE MOLESWORTH to RICHARD RISBY, Esq;

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From this reading The Honourable GEORGE MOLESWORTH to RICHARD RISBY, Esq;

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

From this reading Oh Dick! the most dreadful affair has happen'd!--Lord Darcey is distracted and dying; I am little better--Good God! what shall I do?--what can I do?--He lies on the floor in the next room, with half his hair torn off.--Unhappy man! fatigue had near kill'd him, before the melancholy account reach'd his ears.--Miss Warley, I mean Miss Powis, is gone to the bottom.--She sunk in the yacht that sailed yesterday from Dover for Calais.--Every soul is lost.--The fatal accident was confirm'd by a boat which came in not ten minutes before we arriv'd.--There was no keeping it from Lord Darcey.--The woman of the Inn we are at has a son lost in the same vessel: she was in fits when we alighted.--Some of the wreck is drove on shore.--What can equal this scene!--Oh, Miss Powis! most amiable of women, I tremble for your relations!--But Darcey, poor Darcey, what do I feel for you!--He speaks:--he calls for me:--I go to him.

being the one previously mentioned or spoken of

From this reading Oh, Risby! my heart is breaking; for once let it be said a man's heart can break.--Whilst he rav'd, whilst his sorrows were loud, there was some chance; but now all is over.

past form of “sail” — traverse or travel on (a body of water)

From this reading Oh Dick! the most dreadful affair has happen'd!--Lord Darcey is distracted and dying; I am little better--Good God! what shall I do?--what can I do?--He lies on the floor in the next room, with half his hair torn off.--Unhappy man! fatigue had near kill'd him, before the melancholy account reach'd his ears.--Miss Warley, I mean Miss Powis, is gone to the bottom.--She sunk in the yacht that sailed yesterday from Dover for Calais.--Every soul is lost.--The fatal accident was confirm'd by a boat which came in not ten minutes before we arriv'd.--There was no keeping it from Lord Darcey.--The woman of the Inn we are at has a son lost in the same vessel: she was in fits when we alighted.--Some of the wreck is drove on shore.--What can equal this scene!--Oh, Miss Powis! most amiable of women, I tremble for your relations!--But Darcey, poor Darcey, what do I feel for you!--He speaks:--he calls for me:--I go to him.

Identical; not different.

From this reading Oh Dick! the most dreadful affair has happen'd!--Lord Darcey is distracted and dying; I am little better--Good God! what shall I do?--what can I do?--He lies on the floor in the next room, with half his hair torn off.--Unhappy man! fatigue had near kill'd him, before the melancholy account reach'd his ears.--Miss Warley, I mean Miss Powis, is gone to the bottom.--She sunk in the yacht that sailed yesterday from Dover for Calais.--Every soul is lost.--The fatal accident was confirm'd by a boat which came in not ten minutes before we arriv'd.--There was no keeping it from Lord Darcey.--The woman of the Inn we are at has a son lost in the same vessel: she was in fits when we alighted.--Some of the wreck is drove on shore.--What can equal this scene!--Oh, Miss Powis! most amiable of women, I tremble for your relations!--But Darcey, poor Darcey, what do I feel for you!--He speaks:--he calls for me:--I go to him.

the place where some action occurs

From this reading Oh Dick! the most dreadful affair has happen'd!--Lord Darcey is distracted and dying; I am little better--Good God! what shall I do?--what can I do?--He lies on the floor in the next room, with half his hair torn off.--Unhappy man! fatigue had near kill'd him, before the melancholy account reach'd his ears.--Miss Warley, I mean Miss Powis, is gone to the bottom.--She sunk in the yacht that sailed yesterday from Dover for Calais.--Every soul is lost.--The fatal accident was confirm'd by a boat which came in not ten minutes before we arriv'd.--There was no keeping it from Lord Darcey.--The woman of the Inn we are at has a son lost in the same vessel: she was in fits when we alighted.--Some of the wreck is drove on shore.--What can equal this scene!--Oh, Miss Powis! most amiable of women, I tremble for your relations!--But Darcey, poor Darcey, what do I feel for you!--He speaks:--he calls for me:--I go to him.

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

From this reading Oh Dick! the most dreadful affair has happen'd!--Lord Darcey is distracted and dying; I am little better--Good God! what shall I do?--what can I do?--He lies on the floor in the next room, with half his hair torn off.--Unhappy man! fatigue had near kill'd him, before the melancholy account reach'd his ears.--Miss Warley, I mean Miss Powis, is gone to the bottom.--She sunk in the yacht that sailed yesterday from Dover for Calais.--Every soul is lost.--The fatal accident was confirm'd by a boat which came in not ten minutes before we arriv'd.--There was no keeping it from Lord Darcey.--The woman of the Inn we are at has a son lost in the same vessel: she was in fits when we alighted.--Some of the wreck is drove on shore.--What can equal this scene!--Oh, Miss Powis! most amiable of women, I tremble for your relations!--But Darcey, poor Darcey, what do I feel for you!--He speaks:--he calls for me:--I go to him.

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

From this reading Oh Dick! the most dreadful affair has happen'd!--Lord Darcey is distracted and dying; I am little better--Good God! what shall I do?--what can I do?--He lies on the floor in the next room, with half his hair torn off.--Unhappy man! fatigue had near kill'd him, before the melancholy account reach'd his ears.--Miss Warley, I mean Miss Powis, is gone to the bottom.--She sunk in the yacht that sailed yesterday from Dover for Calais.--Every soul is lost.--The fatal accident was confirm'd by a boat which came in not ten minutes before we arriv'd.--There was no keeping it from Lord Darcey.--The woman of the Inn we are at has a son lost in the same vessel: she was in fits when we alighted.--Some of the wreck is drove on shore.--What can equal this scene!--Oh, Miss Powis! most amiable of women, I tremble for your relations!--But Darcey, poor Darcey, what do I feel for you!--He speaks:--he calls for me:--I go to him.

the land along the edge of a body of water

From this reading Oh Dick! the most dreadful affair has happen'd!--Lord Darcey is distracted and dying; I am little better--Good God! what shall I do?--what can I do?--He lies on the floor in the next room, with half his hair torn off.--Unhappy man! fatigue had near kill'd him, before the melancholy account reach'd his ears.--Miss Warley, I mean Miss Powis, is gone to the bottom.--She sunk in the yacht that sailed yesterday from Dover for Calais.--Every soul is lost.--The fatal accident was confirm'd by a boat which came in not ten minutes before we arriv'd.--There was no keeping it from Lord Darcey.--The woman of the Inn we are at has a son lost in the same vessel: she was in fits when we alighted.--Some of the wreck is drove on shore.--What can equal this scene!--Oh, Miss Powis! most amiable of women, I tremble for your relations!--But Darcey, poor Darcey, what do I feel for you!--He speaks:--he calls for me:--I go to him.

for that reason; with the result that

From this reading He is absolutely dying;--death is in every feature.--His convulsions how dreadful!--how dreadful the pale horror of his countenance!--But then so calm,--so compos'd!--I repeat, there can, be no chance.-- Where is Molesworth?

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

From this reading Oh Dick! the most dreadful affair has happen'd!--Lord Darcey is distracted and dying; I am little better--Good God! what shall I do?--what can I do?--He lies on the floor in the next room, with half his hair torn off.--Unhappy man! fatigue had near kill'd him, before the melancholy account reach'd his ears.--Miss Warley, I mean Miss Powis, is gone to the bottom.--She sunk in the yacht that sailed yesterday from Dover for Calais.--Every soul is lost.--The fatal accident was confirm'd by a boat which came in not ten minutes before we arriv'd.--There was no keeping it from Lord Darcey.--The woman of the Inn we are at has a son lost in the same vessel: she was in fits when we alighted.--Some of the wreck is drove on shore.--What can equal this scene!--Oh, Miss Powis! most amiable of women, I tremble for your relations!--But Darcey, poor Darcey, what do I feel for you!--He speaks:--he calls for me:--I go to him.

a male human offspring

From this reading Oh Dick! the most dreadful affair has happen'd!--Lord Darcey is distracted and dying; I am little better--Good God! what shall I do?--what can I do?--He lies on the floor in the next room, with half his hair torn off.--Unhappy man! fatigue had near kill'd him, before the melancholy account reach'd his ears.--Miss Warley, I mean Miss Powis, is gone to the bottom.--She sunk in the yacht that sailed yesterday from Dover for Calais.--Every soul is lost.--The fatal accident was confirm'd by a boat which came in not ten minutes before we arriv'd.--There was no keeping it from Lord Darcey.--The woman of the Inn we are at has a son lost in the same vessel: she was in fits when we alighted.--Some of the wreck is drove on shore.--What can equal this scene!--Oh, Miss Powis! most amiable of women, I tremble for your relations!--But Darcey, poor Darcey, what do I feel for you!--He speaks:--he calls for me:--I go to him.

plural of “sorrow” — an emotion of great sadness associated with loss or bereavement

From this reading Oh, Risby! my heart is breaking; for once let it be said a man's heart can break.--Whilst he rav'd, whilst his sorrows were loud, there was some chance; but now all is over.

the immaterial part of a person; the actuating cause of an individual life

From this reading Oh Dick! the most dreadful affair has happen'd!--Lord Darcey is distracted and dying; I am little better--Good God! what shall I do?--what can I do?--He lies on the floor in the next room, with half his hair torn off.--Unhappy man! fatigue had near kill'd him, before the melancholy account reach'd his ears.--Miss Warley, I mean Miss Powis, is gone to the bottom.--She sunk in the yacht that sailed yesterday from Dover for Calais.--Every soul is lost.--The fatal accident was confirm'd by a boat which came in not ten minutes before we arriv'd.--There was no keeping it from Lord Darcey.--The woman of the Inn we are at has a son lost in the same vessel: she was in fits when we alighted.--Some of the wreck is drove on shore.--What can equal this scene!--Oh, Miss Powis! most amiable of women, I tremble for your relations!--But Darcey, poor Darcey, what do I feel for you!--He speaks:--he calls for me:--I go to him.

third-person singular of “speak” — express in speech

From this reading Oh Dick! the most dreadful affair has happen'd!--Lord Darcey is distracted and dying; I am little better--Good God! what shall I do?--what can I do?--He lies on the floor in the next room, with half his hair torn off.--Unhappy man! fatigue had near kill'd him, before the melancholy account reach'd his ears.--Miss Warley, I mean Miss Powis, is gone to the bottom.--She sunk in the yacht that sailed yesterday from Dover for Calais.--Every soul is lost.--The fatal accident was confirm'd by a boat which came in not ten minutes before we arriv'd.--There was no keeping it from Lord Darcey.--The woman of the Inn we are at has a son lost in the same vessel: she was in fits when we alighted.--Some of the wreck is drove on shore.--What can equal this scene!--Oh, Miss Powis! most amiable of women, I tremble for your relations!--But Darcey, poor Darcey, what do I feel for you!--He speaks:--he calls for me:--I go to him.

doomed to extinction

From this reading Oh Dick! the most dreadful affair has happen'd!--Lord Darcey is distracted and dying; I am little better--Good God! what shall I do?--what can I do?--He lies on the floor in the next room, with half his hair torn off.--Unhappy man! fatigue had near kill'd him, before the melancholy account reach'd his ears.--Miss Warley, I mean Miss Powis, is gone to the bottom.--She sunk in the yacht that sailed yesterday from Dover for Calais.--Every soul is lost.--The fatal accident was confirm'd by a boat which came in not ten minutes before we arriv'd.--There was no keeping it from Lord Darcey.--The woman of the Inn we are at has a son lost in the same vessel: she was in fits when we alighted.--Some of the wreck is drove on shore.--What can equal this scene!--Oh, Miss Powis! most amiable of women, I tremble for your relations!--But Darcey, poor Darcey, what do I feel for you!--He speaks:--he calls for me:--I go to him.

the cardinal number that is the sum of nine and one; the base of the decimal system

From this reading Oh Dick! the most dreadful affair has happen'd!--Lord Darcey is distracted and dying; I am little better--Good God! what shall I do?--what can I do?--He lies on the floor in the next room, with half his hair torn off.--Unhappy man! fatigue had near kill'd him, before the melancholy account reach'd his ears.--Miss Warley, I mean Miss Powis, is gone to the bottom.--She sunk in the yacht that sailed yesterday from Dover for Calais.--Every soul is lost.--The fatal accident was confirm'd by a boat which came in not ten minutes before we arriv'd.--There was no keeping it from Lord Darcey.--The woman of the Inn we are at has a son lost in the same vessel: she was in fits when we alighted.--Some of the wreck is drove on shore.--What can equal this scene!--Oh, Miss Powis! most amiable of women, I tremble for your relations!--But Darcey, poor Darcey, what do I feel for you!--He speaks:--he calls for me:--I go to him.

used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt

From this reading Oh Dick! the most dreadful affair has happen'd!--Lord Darcey is distracted and dying; I am little better--Good God! what shall I do?--what can I do?--He lies on the floor in the next room, with half his hair torn off.--Unhappy man! fatigue had near kill'd him, before the melancholy account reach'd his ears.--Miss Warley, I mean Miss Powis, is gone to the bottom.--She sunk in the yacht that sailed yesterday from Dover for Calais.--Every soul is lost.--The fatal accident was confirm'd by a boat which came in not ten minutes before we arriv'd.--There was no keeping it from Lord Darcey.--The woman of the Inn we are at has a son lost in the same vessel: she was in fits when we alighted.--Some of the wreck is drove on shore.--What can equal this scene!--Oh, Miss Powis! most amiable of women, I tremble for your relations!--But Darcey, poor Darcey, what do I feel for you!--He speaks:--he calls for me:--I go to him.

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

From this reading The Honourable GEORGE MOLESWORTH to RICHARD RISBY, Esq;

subsequently or soon afterward (often used as sentence connectors)

From this reading He is absolutely dying;--death is in every feature.--His convulsions how dreadful!--how dreadful the pale horror of his countenance!--But then so calm,--so compos'd!--I repeat, there can, be no chance.-- Where is Molesworth?

in or at that place or location

From this reading Oh Dick! the most dreadful affair has happen'd!--Lord Darcey is distracted and dying; I am little better--Good God! what shall I do?--what can I do?--He lies on the floor in the next room, with half his hair torn off.--Unhappy man! fatigue had near kill'd him, before the melancholy account reach'd his ears.--Miss Warley, I mean Miss Powis, is gone to the bottom.--She sunk in the yacht that sailed yesterday from Dover for Calais.--Every soul is lost.--The fatal accident was confirm'd by a boat which came in not ten minutes before we arriv'd.--There was no keeping it from Lord Darcey.--The woman of the Inn we are at has a son lost in the same vessel: she was in fits when we alighted.--Some of the wreck is drove on shore.--What can equal this scene!--Oh, Miss Powis! most amiable of women, I tremble for your relations!--But Darcey, poor Darcey, what do I feel for you!--He speaks:--he calls for me:--I go to him.

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

From this reading Oh Dick! the most dreadful affair has happen'd!--Lord Darcey is distracted and dying; I am little better--Good God! what shall I do?--what can I do?--He lies on the floor in the next room, with half his hair torn off.--Unhappy man! fatigue had near kill'd him, before the melancholy account reach'd his ears.--Miss Warley, I mean Miss Powis, is gone to the bottom.--She sunk in the yacht that sailed yesterday from Dover for Calais.--Every soul is lost.--The fatal accident was confirm'd by a boat which came in not ten minutes before we arriv'd.--There was no keeping it from Lord Darcey.--The woman of the Inn we are at has a son lost in the same vessel: she was in fits when we alighted.--Some of the wreck is drove on shore.--What can equal this scene!--Oh, Miss Powis! most amiable of women, I tremble for your relations!--But Darcey, poor Darcey, what do I feel for you!--He speaks:--he calls for me:--I go to him.

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

From this reading The Honourable GEORGE MOLESWORTH to RICHARD RISBY, Esq;

having edges that are jagged from injury

From this reading Oh Dick! the most dreadful affair has happen'd!--Lord Darcey is distracted and dying; I am little better--Good God! what shall I do?--what can I do?--He lies on the floor in the next room, with half his hair torn off.--Unhappy man! fatigue had near kill'd him, before the melancholy account reach'd his ears.--Miss Warley, I mean Miss Powis, is gone to the bottom.--She sunk in the yacht that sailed yesterday from Dover for Calais.--Every soul is lost.--The fatal accident was confirm'd by a boat which came in not ten minutes before we arriv'd.--There was no keeping it from Lord Darcey.--The woman of the Inn we are at has a son lost in the same vessel: she was in fits when we alighted.--Some of the wreck is drove on shore.--What can equal this scene!--Oh, Miss Powis! most amiable of women, I tremble for your relations!--But Darcey, poor Darcey, what do I feel for you!--He speaks:--he calls for me:--I go to him.

move or jerk quickly and involuntarily up and down or sideways

From this reading Oh Dick! the most dreadful affair has happen'd!--Lord Darcey is distracted and dying; I am little better--Good God! what shall I do?--what can I do?--He lies on the floor in the next room, with half his hair torn off.--Unhappy man! fatigue had near kill'd him, before the melancholy account reach'd his ears.--Miss Warley, I mean Miss Powis, is gone to the bottom.--She sunk in the yacht that sailed yesterday from Dover for Calais.--Every soul is lost.--The fatal accident was confirm'd by a boat which came in not ten minutes before we arriv'd.--There was no keeping it from Lord Darcey.--The woman of the Inn we are at has a son lost in the same vessel: she was in fits when we alighted.--Some of the wreck is drove on shore.--What can equal this scene!--Oh, Miss Powis! most amiable of women, I tremble for your relations!--But Darcey, poor Darcey, what do I feel for you!--He speaks:--he calls for me:--I go to him.

experiencing or marked by or causing sadness or sorrow or discontent

From this reading Oh Dick! the most dreadful affair has happen'd!--Lord Darcey is distracted and dying; I am little better--Good God! what shall I do?--what can I do?--He lies on the floor in the next room, with half his hair torn off.--Unhappy man! fatigue had near kill'd him, before the melancholy account reach'd his ears.--Miss Warley, I mean Miss Powis, is gone to the bottom.--She sunk in the yacht that sailed yesterday from Dover for Calais.--Every soul is lost.--The fatal accident was confirm'd by a boat which came in not ten minutes before we arriv'd.--There was no keeping it from Lord Darcey.--The woman of the Inn we are at has a son lost in the same vessel: she was in fits when we alighted.--Some of the wreck is drove on shore.--What can equal this scene!--Oh, Miss Powis! most amiable of women, I tremble for your relations!--But Darcey, poor Darcey, what do I feel for you!--He speaks:--he calls for me:--I go to him.

a tube in which a body fluid circulates

From this reading Oh Dick! the most dreadful affair has happen'd!--Lord Darcey is distracted and dying; I am little better--Good God! what shall I do?--what can I do?--He lies on the floor in the next room, with half his hair torn off.--Unhappy man! fatigue had near kill'd him, before the melancholy account reach'd his ears.--Miss Warley, I mean Miss Powis, is gone to the bottom.--She sunk in the yacht that sailed yesterday from Dover for Calais.--Every soul is lost.--The fatal accident was confirm'd by a boat which came in not ten minutes before we arriv'd.--There was no keeping it from Lord Darcey.--The woman of the Inn we are at has a son lost in the same vessel: she was in fits when we alighted.--Some of the wreck is drove on shore.--What can equal this scene!--Oh, Miss Powis! most amiable of women, I tremble for your relations!--But Darcey, poor Darcey, what do I feel for you!--He speaks:--he calls for me:--I go to him.

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

From this reading Oh Dick! the most dreadful affair has happen'd!--Lord Darcey is distracted and dying; I am little better--Good God! what shall I do?--what can I do?--He lies on the floor in the next room, with half his hair torn off.--Unhappy man! fatigue had near kill'd him, before the melancholy account reach'd his ears.--Miss Warley, I mean Miss Powis, is gone to the bottom.--She sunk in the yacht that sailed yesterday from Dover for Calais.--Every soul is lost.--The fatal accident was confirm'd by a boat which came in not ten minutes before we arriv'd.--There was no keeping it from Lord Darcey.--The woman of the Inn we are at has a son lost in the same vessel: she was in fits when we alighted.--Some of the wreck is drove on shore.--What can equal this scene!--Oh, Miss Powis! most amiable of women, I tremble for your relations!--But Darcey, poor Darcey, what do I feel for you!--He speaks:--he calls for me:--I go to him.

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

From this reading Oh Dick! the most dreadful affair has happen'd!--Lord Darcey is distracted and dying; I am little better--Good God! what shall I do?--what can I do?--He lies on the floor in the next room, with half his hair torn off.--Unhappy man! fatigue had near kill'd him, before the melancholy account reach'd his ears.--Miss Warley, I mean Miss Powis, is gone to the bottom.--She sunk in the yacht that sailed yesterday from Dover for Calais.--Every soul is lost.--The fatal accident was confirm'd by a boat which came in not ten minutes before we arriv'd.--There was no keeping it from Lord Darcey.--The woman of the Inn we are at has a son lost in the same vessel: she was in fits when we alighted.--Some of the wreck is drove on shore.--What can equal this scene!--Oh, Miss Powis! most amiable of women, I tremble for your relations!--But Darcey, poor Darcey, what do I feel for you!--He speaks:--he calls for me:--I go to him.

the speaker together with one or more other people

From this reading Oh Dick! the most dreadful affair has happen'd!--Lord Darcey is distracted and dying; I am little better--Good God! what shall I do?--what can I do?--He lies on the floor in the next room, with half his hair torn off.--Unhappy man! fatigue had near kill'd him, before the melancholy account reach'd his ears.--Miss Warley, I mean Miss Powis, is gone to the bottom.--She sunk in the yacht that sailed yesterday from Dover for Calais.--Every soul is lost.--The fatal accident was confirm'd by a boat which came in not ten minutes before we arriv'd.--There was no keeping it from Lord Darcey.--The woman of the Inn we are at has a son lost in the same vessel: she was in fits when we alighted.--Some of the wreck is drove on shore.--What can equal this scene!--Oh, Miss Powis! most amiable of women, I tremble for your relations!--But Darcey, poor Darcey, what do I feel for you!--He speaks:--he calls for me:--I go to him.

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

From this reading Oh, Risby! my heart is breaking; for once let it be said a man's heart can break.--Whilst he rav'd, whilst his sorrows were loud, there was some chance; but now all is over.

used to ask for information about something

From this reading Oh Dick! the most dreadful affair has happen'd!--Lord Darcey is distracted and dying; I am little better--Good God! what shall I do?--what can I do?--He lies on the floor in the next room, with half his hair torn off.--Unhappy man! fatigue had near kill'd him, before the melancholy account reach'd his ears.--Miss Warley, I mean Miss Powis, is gone to the bottom.--She sunk in the yacht that sailed yesterday from Dover for Calais.--Every soul is lost.--The fatal accident was confirm'd by a boat which came in not ten minutes before we arriv'd.--There was no keeping it from Lord Darcey.--The woman of the Inn we are at has a son lost in the same vessel: she was in fits when we alighted.--Some of the wreck is drove on shore.--What can equal this scene!--Oh, Miss Powis! most amiable of women, I tremble for your relations!--But Darcey, poor Darcey, what do I feel for you!--He speaks:--he calls for me:--I go to him.

at the time that

From this reading Oh Dick! the most dreadful affair has happen'd!--Lord Darcey is distracted and dying; I am little better--Good God! what shall I do?--what can I do?--He lies on the floor in the next room, with half his hair torn off.--Unhappy man! fatigue had near kill'd him, before the melancholy account reach'd his ears.--Miss Warley, I mean Miss Powis, is gone to the bottom.--She sunk in the yacht that sailed yesterday from Dover for Calais.--Every soul is lost.--The fatal accident was confirm'd by a boat which came in not ten minutes before we arriv'd.--There was no keeping it from Lord Darcey.--The woman of the Inn we are at has a son lost in the same vessel: she was in fits when we alighted.--Some of the wreck is drove on shore.--What can equal this scene!--Oh, Miss Powis! most amiable of women, I tremble for your relations!--But Darcey, poor Darcey, what do I feel for you!--He speaks:--he calls for me:--I go to him.

in or at the place that

From this reading He is absolutely dying;--death is in every feature.--His convulsions how dreadful!--how dreadful the pale horror of his countenance!--But then so calm,--so compos'd!--I repeat, there can, be no chance.-- Where is Molesworth?

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

From this reading Oh Dick! the most dreadful affair has happen'd!--Lord Darcey is distracted and dying; I am little better--Good God! what shall I do?--what can I do?--He lies on the floor in the next room, with half his hair torn off.--Unhappy man! fatigue had near kill'd him, before the melancholy account reach'd his ears.--Miss Warley, I mean Miss Powis, is gone to the bottom.--She sunk in the yacht that sailed yesterday from Dover for Calais.--Every soul is lost.--The fatal accident was confirm'd by a boat which came in not ten minutes before we arriv'd.--There was no keeping it from Lord Darcey.--The woman of the Inn we are at has a son lost in the same vessel: she was in fits when we alighted.--Some of the wreck is drove on shore.--What can equal this scene!--Oh, Miss Powis! most amiable of women, I tremble for your relations!--But Darcey, poor Darcey, what do I feel for you!--He speaks:--he calls for me:--I go to him.

an old and formal word for “while”

From this reading Oh, Risby! my heart is breaking; for once let it be said a man's heart can break.--Whilst he rav'd, whilst his sorrows were loud, there was some chance; but now all is over.

in the company of; together with

From this reading Oh Dick! the most dreadful affair has happen'd!--Lord Darcey is distracted and dying; I am little better--Good God! what shall I do?--what can I do?--He lies on the floor in the next room, with half his hair torn off.--Unhappy man! fatigue had near kill'd him, before the melancholy account reach'd his ears.--Miss Warley, I mean Miss Powis, is gone to the bottom.--She sunk in the yacht that sailed yesterday from Dover for Calais.--Every soul is lost.--The fatal accident was confirm'd by a boat which came in not ten minutes before we arriv'd.--There was no keeping it from Lord Darcey.--The woman of the Inn we are at has a son lost in the same vessel: she was in fits when we alighted.--Some of the wreck is drove on shore.--What can equal this scene!--Oh, Miss Powis! most amiable of women, I tremble for your relations!--But Darcey, poor Darcey, what do I feel for you!--He speaks:--he calls for me:--I go to him.

an adult female person (as opposed to a man)

From this reading Oh Dick! the most dreadful affair has happen'd!--Lord Darcey is distracted and dying; I am little better--Good God! what shall I do?--what can I do?--He lies on the floor in the next room, with half his hair torn off.--Unhappy man! fatigue had near kill'd him, before the melancholy account reach'd his ears.--Miss Warley, I mean Miss Powis, is gone to the bottom.--She sunk in the yacht that sailed yesterday from Dover for Calais.--Every soul is lost.--The fatal accident was confirm'd by a boat which came in not ten minutes before we arriv'd.--There was no keeping it from Lord Darcey.--The woman of the Inn we are at has a son lost in the same vessel: she was in fits when we alighted.--Some of the wreck is drove on shore.--What can equal this scene!--Oh, Miss Powis! most amiable of women, I tremble for your relations!--But Darcey, poor Darcey, what do I feel for you!--He speaks:--he calls for me:--I go to him.

plural of “woman” — an adult female person (as opposed to a man)

From this reading Oh Dick! the most dreadful affair has happen'd!--Lord Darcey is distracted and dying; I am little better--Good God! what shall I do?--what can I do?--He lies on the floor in the next room, with half his hair torn off.--Unhappy man! fatigue had near kill'd him, before the melancholy account reach'd his ears.--Miss Warley, I mean Miss Powis, is gone to the bottom.--She sunk in the yacht that sailed yesterday from Dover for Calais.--Every soul is lost.--The fatal accident was confirm'd by a boat which came in not ten minutes before we arriv'd.--There was no keeping it from Lord Darcey.--The woman of the Inn we are at has a son lost in the same vessel: she was in fits when we alighted.--Some of the wreck is drove on shore.--What can equal this scene!--Oh, Miss Powis! most amiable of women, I tremble for your relations!--But Darcey, poor Darcey, what do I feel for you!--He speaks:--he calls for me:--I go to him.

something or someone that has suffered ruin or dilapidation

From this reading Oh Dick! the most dreadful affair has happen'd!--Lord Darcey is distracted and dying; I am little better--Good God! what shall I do?--what can I do?--He lies on the floor in the next room, with half his hair torn off.--Unhappy man! fatigue had near kill'd him, before the melancholy account reach'd his ears.--Miss Warley, I mean Miss Powis, is gone to the bottom.--She sunk in the yacht that sailed yesterday from Dover for Calais.--Every soul is lost.--The fatal accident was confirm'd by a boat which came in not ten minutes before we arriv'd.--There was no keeping it from Lord Darcey.--The woman of the Inn we are at has a son lost in the same vessel: she was in fits when we alighted.--Some of the wreck is drove on shore.--What can equal this scene!--Oh, Miss Powis! most amiable of women, I tremble for your relations!--But Darcey, poor Darcey, what do I feel for you!--He speaks:--he calls for me:--I go to him.

an expensive vessel propelled by sail or power and used for cruising or racing

From this reading Oh Dick! the most dreadful affair has happen'd!--Lord Darcey is distracted and dying; I am little better--Good God! what shall I do?--what can I do?--He lies on the floor in the next room, with half his hair torn off.--Unhappy man! fatigue had near kill'd him, before the melancholy account reach'd his ears.--Miss Warley, I mean Miss Powis, is gone to the bottom.--She sunk in the yacht that sailed yesterday from Dover for Calais.--Every soul is lost.--The fatal accident was confirm'd by a boat which came in not ten minutes before we arriv'd.--There was no keeping it from Lord Darcey.--The woman of the Inn we are at has a son lost in the same vessel: she was in fits when we alighted.--Some of the wreck is drove on shore.--What can equal this scene!--Oh, Miss Powis! most amiable of women, I tremble for your relations!--But Darcey, poor Darcey, what do I feel for you!--He speaks:--he calls for me:--I go to him.

the day immediately before today

From this reading Oh Dick! the most dreadful affair has happen'd!--Lord Darcey is distracted and dying; I am little better--Good God! what shall I do?--what can I do?--He lies on the floor in the next room, with half his hair torn off.--Unhappy man! fatigue had near kill'd him, before the melancholy account reach'd his ears.--Miss Warley, I mean Miss Powis, is gone to the bottom.--She sunk in the yacht that sailed yesterday from Dover for Calais.--Every soul is lost.--The fatal accident was confirm'd by a boat which came in not ten minutes before we arriv'd.--There was no keeping it from Lord Darcey.--The woman of the Inn we are at has a son lost in the same vessel: she was in fits when we alighted.--Some of the wreck is drove on shore.--What can equal this scene!--Oh, Miss Powis! most amiable of women, I tremble for your relations!--But Darcey, poor Darcey, what do I feel for you!--He speaks:--he calls for me:--I go to him.

the person or people being spoken to

From this reading Oh Dick! the most dreadful affair has happen'd!--Lord Darcey is distracted and dying; I am little better--Good God! what shall I do?--what can I do?--He lies on the floor in the next room, with half his hair torn off.--Unhappy man! fatigue had near kill'd him, before the melancholy account reach'd his ears.--Miss Warley, I mean Miss Powis, is gone to the bottom.--She sunk in the yacht that sailed yesterday from Dover for Calais.--Every soul is lost.--The fatal accident was confirm'd by a boat which came in not ten minutes before we arriv'd.--There was no keeping it from Lord Darcey.--The woman of the Inn we are at has a son lost in the same vessel: she was in fits when we alighted.--Some of the wreck is drove on shore.--What can equal this scene!--Oh, Miss Powis! most amiable of women, I tremble for your relations!--But Darcey, poor Darcey, what do I feel for you!--He speaks:--he calls for me:--I go to him.

belonging to the person or people being spoken to

From this reading Oh Dick! the most dreadful affair has happen'd!--Lord Darcey is distracted and dying; I am little better--Good God! what shall I do?--what can I do?--He lies on the floor in the next room, with half his hair torn off.--Unhappy man! fatigue had near kill'd him, before the melancholy account reach'd his ears.--Miss Warley, I mean Miss Powis, is gone to the bottom.--She sunk in the yacht that sailed yesterday from Dover for Calais.--Every soul is lost.--The fatal accident was confirm'd by a boat which came in not ten minutes before we arriv'd.--There was no keeping it from Lord Darcey.--The woman of the Inn we are at has a son lost in the same vessel: she was in fits when we alighted.--Some of the wreck is drove on shore.--What can equal this scene!--Oh, Miss Powis! most amiable of women, I tremble for your relations!--But Darcey, poor Darcey, what do I feel for you!--He speaks:--he calls for me:--I go to him.