used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading A GAME AT CHESS.--OF MONACHISM AND CHIVALRY.
a record or narrative description of past events
From this reading DINNER AT LORENZO'S. SOME ACCOUNT OF BOOK-COLLECTORS IN ENGLAND.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading A GAME AT CHESS.--OF MONACHISM AND CHIVALRY.
approvesverbUS /əˈpruːvz/
third-person singular of “approve” — give sanction to
From this reading ----Wisdom loves This seat serene, and Virtue's self approves:-- Here come the griev'd, a change of thought to find; The curious here, to feed a craving mind: Here the devout, their peaceful temple chuse; And here, the poet meets his favouring Muse.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading A GAME AT CHESS.--OF MONACHISM AND CHIVALRY.
BOOK-COLLECTORS
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From this reading DINNER AT LORENZO'S. SOME ACCOUNT OF BOOK-COLLECTORS IN ENGLAND.
BRITAINnounUS /ˈbrɪtən/
a monarchy in northwestern Europe occupying most of the British Isles; divided into England and Scotland and Wales and Northern Ireland; “Great Britain” is often used loosely to refer to the United Kingdom
From this reading HENRY'S HISTORY OF GREAT BRITAIN.
cause to change; make different; cause a transformation
From this reading ----Wisdom loves This seat serene, and Virtue's self approves:-- Here come the griev'd, a change of thought to find; The curious here, to feed a craving mind: Here the devout, their peaceful temple chuse; And here, the poet meets his favouring Muse.
CHESSnounUS /tʃes/
weedy annual native to Europe but widely distributed as a weed especially in wheat
From this reading A GAME AT CHESS.--OF MONACHISM AND CHIVALRY.
CHIVALRYnounUS /ˈʃɪvəlri/
courtesy towards women
From this reading A GAME AT CHESS.--OF MONACHISM AND CHIVALRY.
chuse
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From this reading ----Wisdom loves This seat serene, and Virtue's self approves:-- Here come the griev'd, a change of thought to find; The curious here, to feed a craving mind: Here the devout, their peaceful temple chuse; And here, the poet meets his favouring Muse.
move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading ----Wisdom loves This seat serene, and Virtue's self approves:-- Here come the griev'd, a change of thought to find; The curious here, to feed a craving mind: Here the devout, their peaceful temple chuse; And here, the poet meets his favouring Muse.
cravingnounUS /ˈkreɪvɪŋ/
an intense desire for some particular thing
From this reading ----Wisdom loves This seat serene, and Virtue's self approves:-- Here come the griev'd, a change of thought to find; The curious here, to feed a craving mind: Here the devout, their peaceful temple chuse; And here, the poet meets his favouring Muse.
beyond or deviating from the usual or expected
From this reading ----Wisdom loves This seat serene, and Virtue's self approves:-- Here come the griev'd, a change of thought to find; The curious here, to feed a craving mind: Here the devout, their peaceful temple chuse; And here, the poet meets his favouring Muse.
devoutadjectiveUS /dɪˈvaʊt/
deeply religious
From this reading ----Wisdom loves This seat serene, and Virtue's self approves:-- Here come the griev'd, a change of thought to find; The curious here, to feed a craving mind: Here the devout, their peaceful temple chuse; And here, the poet meets his favouring Muse.
the main meal of the day served in the evening or at midday
From this reading DINNER AT LORENZO'S. SOME ACCOUNT OF BOOK-COLLECTORS IN ENGLAND.
DR
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From this reading =The Library.= DR.
a division of the United Kingdom
From this reading DINNER AT LORENZO'S. SOME ACCOUNT OF BOOK-COLLECTORS IN ENGLAND.
favouring
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From this reading ----Wisdom loves This seat serene, and Virtue's self approves:-- Here come the griev'd, a change of thought to find; The curious here, to feed a craving mind: Here the devout, their peaceful temple chuse; And here, the poet meets his favouring Muse.
provide as food
From this reading ----Wisdom loves This seat serene, and Virtue's self approves:-- Here come the griev'd, a change of thought to find; The curious here, to feed a craving mind: Here the devout, their peaceful temple chuse; And here, the poet meets his favouring Muse.
come upon, as if by accident; meet with
From this reading ----Wisdom loves This seat serene, and Virtue's self approves:-- Here come the griev'd, a change of thought to find; The curious here, to feed a craving mind: Here the devout, their peaceful temple chuse; And here, the poet meets his favouring Muse.
a contest with rules to determine a winner
From this reading A GAME AT CHESS.--OF MONACHISM AND CHIVALRY.
relatively large in size or number or extent; larger than others of its kind
From this reading HENRY'S HISTORY OF GREAT BRITAIN.
griev'd
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From this reading ----Wisdom loves This seat serene, and Virtue's self approves:-- Here come the griev'd, a change of thought to find; The curious here, to feed a craving mind: Here the devout, their peaceful temple chuse; And here, the poet meets his favouring Muse.
HENRY'SnounUS /ˈhenriz/
possessive form of “henry” — a unit of inductance in which an induced electromotive force of one volt is produced when the current is varied at the rate of one ampere per second
From this reading HENRY'S HISTORY OF GREAT BRITAIN.
in or at this place; where the speaker or writer is
From this reading ----Wisdom loves This seat serene, and Virtue's self approves:-- Here come the griev'd, a change of thought to find; The curious here, to feed a craving mind: Here the devout, their peaceful temple chuse; And here, the poet meets his favouring Muse.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading ----Wisdom loves This seat serene, and Virtue's self approves:-- Here come the griev'd, a change of thought to find; The curious here, to feed a craving mind: Here the devout, their peaceful temple chuse; And here, the poet meets his favouring Muse.
the aggregate of past events
From this reading HENRY'S HISTORY OF GREAT BRITAIN.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading DINNER AT LORENZO'S. SOME ACCOUNT OF BOOK-COLLECTORS IN ENGLAND.
a room where books are kept
From this reading =The Library.= DR.
LORENZO'S
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From this reading DINNER AT LORENZO'S. SOME ACCOUNT OF BOOK-COLLECTORS IN ENGLAND.
plural of “love” — a strong positive emotion of regard and affection
From this reading ----Wisdom loves This seat serene, and Virtue's self approves:-- Here come the griev'd, a change of thought to find; The curious here, to feed a craving mind: Here the devout, their peaceful temple chuse; And here, the poet meets his favouring Muse.
meetsnounUS /miːts/
plural of “meet” — a meeting at which a number of athletic contests are held
From this reading ----Wisdom loves This seat serene, and Virtue's self approves:-- Here come the griev'd, a change of thought to find; The curious here, to feed a craving mind: Here the devout, their peaceful temple chuse; And here, the poet meets his favouring Muse.
The element of a person that enables awareness and thought.
From this reading ----Wisdom loves This seat serene, and Virtue's self approves:-- Here come the griev'd, a change of thought to find; The curious here, to feed a craving mind: Here the devout, their peaceful temple chuse; And here, the poet meets his favouring Muse.
MONACHISM
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From this reading A GAME AT CHESS.--OF MONACHISM AND CHIVALRY.
MusenounUS /mjuːz/
in ancient Greek mythology any of 9 daughters of Zeus and Mnemosyne; protector of an art or science
From this reading ----Wisdom loves This seat serene, and Virtue's self approves:-- Here come the griev'd, a change of thought to find; The curious here, to feed a craving mind: Here the devout, their peaceful temple chuse; And here, the poet meets his favouring Muse.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading HENRY'S HISTORY OF GREAT BRITAIN.
peacefuladjectiveUS /ˈpiːsfəl/
not disturbed by strife or turmoil or war
From this reading ----Wisdom loves This seat serene, and Virtue's self approves:-- Here come the griev'd, a change of thought to find; The curious here, to feed a craving mind: Here the devout, their peaceful temple chuse; And here, the poet meets his favouring Muse.
a writer of poems (the term is usually reserved for writers of good poetry)
From this reading ----Wisdom loves This seat serene, and Virtue's self approves:-- Here come the griev'd, a change of thought to find; The curious here, to feed a craving mind: Here the devout, their peaceful temple chuse; And here, the poet meets his favouring Muse.
a space reserved for sitting (as in a theater or on a train or airplane)
From this reading ----Wisdom loves This seat serene, and Virtue's self approves:-- Here come the griev'd, a change of thought to find; The curious here, to feed a craving mind: Here the devout, their peaceful temple chuse; And here, the poet meets his favouring Muse.
your consciousness of your own identity
From this reading ----Wisdom loves This seat serene, and Virtue's self approves:-- Here come the griev'd, a change of thought to find; The curious here, to feed a craving mind: Here the devout, their peaceful temple chuse; And here, the poet meets his favouring Muse.
sereneadjectiveUS /sərˈiːn/
not agitated; without losing self-possession
From this reading ----Wisdom loves This seat serene, and Virtue's self approves:-- Here come the griev'd, a change of thought to find; The curious here, to feed a craving mind: Here the devout, their peaceful temple chuse; And here, the poet meets his favouring Muse.
(quantifier) used with either mass nouns or plural count nouns to indicate an unspecified number or quantity
From this reading DINNER AT LORENZO'S. SOME ACCOUNT OF BOOK-COLLECTORS IN ENGLAND.
place of worship consisting of an edifice for the worship of a deity
From this reading ----Wisdom loves This seat serene, and Virtue's self approves:-- Here come the griev'd, a change of thought to find; The curious here, to feed a craving mind: Here the devout, their peaceful temple chuse; And here, the poet meets his favouring Muse.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading =The Library.= DR.
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading ----Wisdom loves This seat serene, and Virtue's self approves:-- Here come the griev'd, a change of thought to find; The curious here, to feed a craving mind: Here the devout, their peaceful temple chuse; And here, the poet meets his favouring Muse.
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading ----Wisdom loves This seat serene, and Virtue's self approves:-- Here come the griev'd, a change of thought to find; The curious here, to feed a craving mind: Here the devout, their peaceful temple chuse; And here, the poet meets his favouring Muse.
the content of cognition; the main thing you are thinking about
From this reading ----Wisdom loves This seat serene, and Virtue's self approves:-- Here come the griev'd, a change of thought to find; The curious here, to feed a craving mind: Here the devout, their peaceful temple chuse; And here, the poet meets his favouring Muse.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading ----Wisdom loves This seat serene, and Virtue's self approves:-- Here come the griev'd, a change of thought to find; The curious here, to feed a craving mind: Here the devout, their peaceful temple chuse; And here, the poet meets his favouring Muse.
Virtue's
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From this reading ----Wisdom loves This seat serene, and Virtue's self approves:-- Here come the griev'd, a change of thought to find; The curious here, to feed a craving mind: Here the devout, their peaceful temple chuse; And here, the poet meets his favouring Muse.
accumulated knowledge or erudition or enlightenment
From this reading ----Wisdom loves This seat serene, and Virtue's self approves:-- Here come the griev'd, a change of thought to find; The curious here, to feed a craving mind: Here the devout, their peaceful temple chuse; And here, the poet meets his favouring Muse.
