1799
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From this reading May 21st, 1799.
21st
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From this reading May 21st, 1799.
AboutprepositionUS /əˈbaʊt/
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading About this time Mr. Hamilton, by whom I send this and the little parcel for my wife, was, as it were, setting off for England; and I seized the opportunity of sending them by him, as without any mock-modesty I really thought that the expense of the postage to me and to you would be more than their worth.
afterprepositionUS /ˈæftər/
later than; following
From this reading Day after day, and week after week, was Hamilton going, and still delayed.
(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 My dear sir, I have lying by my side six huge letters, with your name on each of them, and all, excepting one, have been written for these three months.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading My dear sir, I have lying by my side six huge letters, with your name on each of them, and all, excepting one, have been written for these three months.
one or some or every or all without specification
From this reading About this time Mr. Hamilton, by whom I send this and the little parcel for my wife, was, as it were, setting off for England; and I seized the opportunity of sending them by him, as without any mock-modesty I really thought that the expense of the postage to me and to you would be more than their worth.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading About this time Mr. Hamilton, by whom I send this and the little parcel for my wife, was, as it were, setting off for England; and I seized the opportunity of sending them by him, as without any mock-modesty I really thought that the expense of the postage to me and to you would be more than their worth.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading About this time Mr. Hamilton, by whom I send this and the little parcel for my wife, was, as it were, setting off for England; and I seized the opportunity of sending them by him, as without any mock-modesty I really thought that the expense of the postage to me and to you would be more than their worth.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading My dear sir, I have lying by my side six huge letters, with your name on each of them, and all, excepting one, have been written for these three months.
showing who or what does the action
From this reading My dear sir, I have lying by my side six huge letters, with your name on each of them, and all, excepting one, have been written for these three months.
time for Earth to make a complete rotation on its axis
From this reading Day after day, and week after week, was Hamilton going, and still delayed.
dearly loved
From this reading My dear sir, I have lying by my side six huge letters, with your name on each of them, and all, excepting one, have been written for these three months.
delayedadjectiveUS /dɪˈleɪd/
not as far along as normal in development
From this reading Day after day, and week after week, was Hamilton going, and still delayed.
every one of two or more people or things, taken separately
From this reading My dear sir, I have lying by my side six huge letters, with your name on each of them, and all, excepting one, have been written for these three months.
a division of the United Kingdom
From this reading About this time Mr. Hamilton, by whom I send this and the little parcel for my wife, was, as it were, setting off for England; and I seized the opportunity of sending them by him, as without any mock-modesty I really thought that the expense of the postage to me and to you would be more than their worth.
exceptingverbUS /ˌekˈseptɪŋ/
-ing form of “except” — take exception to
From this reading My dear sir, I have lying by my side six huge letters, with your name on each of them, and all, excepting one, have been written for these three months.
amounts paid for goods and services that may be currently tax deductible (as opposed to capital expenditures)
From this reading About this time Mr. Hamilton, by whom I send this and the little parcel for my wife, was, as it were, setting off for England; and I seized the opportunity of sending them by him, as without any mock-modesty I really thought that the expense of the postage to me and to you would be more than their worth.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading My dear sir, I have lying by my side six huge letters, with your name on each of them, and all, excepting one, have been written for these three months.
the act of departing
From this reading Day after day, and week after week, was Hamilton going, and still delayed.
Gottingen
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From this reading Gottingen.
HamiltonnounUS /ˈhæməltən/
Irish mathematician (1806-1865)
From this reading About this time Mr. Hamilton, by whom I send this and the little parcel for my wife, was, as it were, setting off for England; and I seized the opportunity of sending them by him, as without any mock-modesty I really thought that the expense of the postage to me and to you would be more than their worth.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading My dear sir, I have lying by my side six huge letters, with your name on each of them, and all, excepting one, have been written for these three months.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading About this time Mr. Hamilton, by whom I send this and the little parcel for my wife, was, as it were, setting off for England; and I seized the opportunity of sending them by him, as without any mock-modesty I really thought that the expense of the postage to me and to you would be more than their worth.
unusually great in size or amount or degree or especially extent or scope
From this reading My dear sir, I have lying by my side six huge letters, with your name on each of them, and all, excepting one, have been written for these three months.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading My dear sir, I have lying by my side six huge letters, with your name on each of them, and all, excepting one, have been written for these three months.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading About this time Mr. Hamilton, by whom I send this and the little parcel for my wife, was, as it were, setting off for England; and I seized the opportunity of sending them by him, as without any mock-modesty I really thought that the expense of the postage to me and to you would be more than their worth.
the literary culture
From this reading My dear sir, I have lying by my side six huge letters, with your name on each of them, and all, excepting one, have been written for these three months.
limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent
From this reading About this time Mr. Hamilton, by whom I send this and the little parcel for my wife, was, as it were, setting off for England; and I seized the opportunity of sending them by him, as without any mock-modesty I really thought that the expense of the postage to me and to you would be more than their worth.
the deliberate act of deviating from the truth
From this reading My dear sir, I have lying by my side six huge letters, with your name on each of them, and all, excepting one, have been written for these three months.
used to say something is possible, or to give permission
From this reading May 21st, 1799.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading About this time Mr. Hamilton, by whom I send this and the little parcel for my wife, was, as it were, setting off for England; and I seized the opportunity of sending them by him, as without any mock-modesty I really thought that the expense of the postage to me and to you would be more than their worth.
mock-modesty
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From this reading About this time Mr. Hamilton, by whom I send this and the little parcel for my wife, was, as it were, setting off for England; and I seized the opportunity of sending them by him, as without any mock-modesty I really thought that the expense of the postage to me and to you would be more than their worth.
plural of “month” — one of the twelve divisions of the calendar year
From this reading My dear sir, I have lying by my side six huge letters, with your name on each of them, and all, excepting one, have been written for these three months.
(comparative of “much” used with mass nouns) a quantifier meaning greater in size or amount or extent or degree
From this reading About this time Mr. Hamilton, by whom I send this and the little parcel for my wife, was, as it were, setting off for England; and I seized the opportunity of sending them by him, as without any mock-modesty I really thought that the expense of the postage to me and to you would be more than their worth.
a form of address for a man
From this reading About this time Mr. Hamilton, by whom I send this and the little parcel for my wife, was, as it were, setting off for England; and I seized the opportunity of sending them by him, as without any mock-modesty I really thought that the expense of the postage to me and to you would be more than their worth.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading My dear sir, I have lying by my side six huge letters, with your name on each of them, and all, excepting one, have been written for these three months.
assign a specified (usually proper) proper name to
From this reading My dear sir, I have lying by my side six huge letters, with your name on each of them, and all, excepting one, have been written for these three months.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading My dear sir, I have lying by my side six huge letters, with your name on each of them, and all, excepting one, have been written for these three months.
from a particular thing or place or position (“forth” is obsolete)
From this reading About this time Mr. Hamilton, by whom I send this and the little parcel for my wife, was, as it were, setting off for England; and I seized the opportunity of sending them by him, as without any mock-modesty I really thought that the expense of the postage to me and to you would be more than their worth.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading My dear sir, I have lying by my side six huge letters, with your name on each of them, and all, excepting one, have been written for these three months.
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading My dear sir, I have lying by my side six huge letters, with your name on each of them, and all, excepting one, have been written for these three months.
a possibility due to a favorable combination of circumstances
From this reading About this time Mr. Hamilton, by whom I send this and the little parcel for my wife, was, as it were, setting off for England; and I seized the opportunity of sending them by him, as without any mock-modesty I really thought that the expense of the postage to me and to you would be more than their worth.
parcelnounUS /ˈpɑːrsəl/
a wrapped container
From this reading About this time Mr. Hamilton, by whom I send this and the little parcel for my wife, was, as it were, setting off for England; and I seized the opportunity of sending them by him, as without any mock-modesty I really thought that the expense of the postage to me and to you would be more than their worth.
postagenounUS /ˈpoʊstədʒ/
the charge for mailing something
From this reading About this time Mr. Hamilton, by whom I send this and the little parcel for my wife, was, as it were, setting off for England; and I seized the opportunity of sending them by him, as without any mock-modesty I really thought that the expense of the postage to me and to you would be more than their worth.
in accordance with truth or fact or reality
From this reading About this time Mr. Hamilton, by whom I send this and the little parcel for my wife, was, as it were, setting off for England; and I seized the opportunity of sending them by him, as without any mock-modesty I really thought that the expense of the postage to me and to you would be more than their worth.
past form of “seize” — take hold of; grab
From this reading About this time Mr. Hamilton, by whom I send this and the little parcel for my wife, was, as it were, setting off for England; and I seized the opportunity of sending them by him, as without any mock-modesty I really thought that the expense of the postage to me and to you would be more than their worth.
cause to go somewhere
From this reading About this time Mr. Hamilton, by whom I send this and the little parcel for my wife, was, as it were, setting off for England; and I seized the opportunity of sending them by him, as without any mock-modesty I really thought that the expense of the postage to me and to you would be more than their worth.
the act of causing something to go (especially messages)
From this reading About this time Mr. Hamilton, by whom I send this and the little parcel for my wife, was, as it were, setting off for England; and I seized the opportunity of sending them by him, as without any mock-modesty I really thought that the expense of the postage to me and to you would be more than their worth.
the context and environment in which something is set
From this reading About this time Mr. Hamilton, by whom I send this and the little parcel for my wife, was, as it were, setting off for England; and I seized the opportunity of sending them by him, as without any mock-modesty I really thought that the expense of the postage to me and to you would be more than their worth.
a place within a region identified relative to a center or reference location
From this reading My dear sir, I have lying by my side six huge letters, with your name on each of them, and all, excepting one, have been written for these three months.
term of address for a man
From this reading My dear sir, I have lying by my side six huge letters, with your name on each of them, and all, excepting one, have been written for these three months.
the cardinal number that is the sum of five and one
From this reading My dear sir, I have lying by my side six huge letters, with your name on each of them, and all, excepting one, have been written for these three months.
not in physical motion
From this reading Day after day, and week after week, was Hamilton going, and still delayed.
used to introduce the second part of a comparison
From this reading About this time Mr. Hamilton, by whom I send this and the little parcel for my wife, was, as it were, setting off for England; and I seized the opportunity of sending them by him, as without any mock-modesty I really thought that the expense of the postage to me and to you would be more than their worth.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading About this time Mr. Hamilton, by whom I send this and the little parcel for my wife, was, as it were, setting off for England; and I seized the opportunity of sending them by him, as without any mock-modesty I really thought that the expense of the postage to me and to you would be more than their worth.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading About this time Mr. Hamilton, by whom I send this and the little parcel for my wife, was, as it were, setting off for England; and I seized the opportunity of sending them by him, as without any mock-modesty I really thought that the expense of the postage to me and to you would be more than their worth.
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading About this time Mr. Hamilton, by whom I send this and the little parcel for my wife, was, as it were, setting off for England; and I seized the opportunity of sending them by him, as without any mock-modesty I really thought that the expense of the postage to me and to you would be more than their worth.
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading My dear sir, I have lying by my side six huge letters, with your name on each of them, and all, excepting one, have been written for these three months.
the plural of “this”: the people or things near, or just mentioned
From this reading My dear sir, I have lying by my side six huge letters, with your name on each of them, and all, excepting one, have been written for these three months.
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading About this time Mr. Hamilton, by whom I send this and the little parcel for my wife, was, as it were, setting off for England; and I seized the opportunity of sending them by him, as without any mock-modesty I really thought that the expense of the postage to me and to you would be more than their worth.
the content of cognition; the main thing you are thinking about
From this reading About this time Mr. Hamilton, by whom I send this and the little parcel for my wife, was, as it were, setting off for England; and I seized the opportunity of sending them by him, as without any mock-modesty I really thought that the expense of the postage to me and to you would be more than their worth.
the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one and one
From this reading My dear sir, I have lying by my side six huge letters, with your name on each of them, and all, excepting one, have been written for these three months.
an instance or single occasion for some event
From this reading About this time Mr. Hamilton, by whom I send this and the little parcel for my wife, was, as it were, setting off for England; and I seized the opportunity of sending them by him, as without any mock-modesty I really thought that the expense of the postage to me and to you would be more than their worth.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading About this time Mr. Hamilton, by whom I send this and the little parcel for my wife, was, as it were, setting off for England; and I seized the opportunity of sending them by him, as without any mock-modesty I really thought that the expense of the postage to me and to you would be more than their worth.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading About this time Mr. Hamilton, by whom I send this and the little parcel for my wife, was, as it were, setting off for England; and I seized the opportunity of sending them by him, as without any mock-modesty I really thought that the expense of the postage to me and to you would be more than their worth.
any period of seven consecutive days
From this reading Day after day, and week after week, was Hamilton going, and still delayed.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading About this time Mr. Hamilton, by whom I send this and the little parcel for my wife, was, as it were, setting off for England; and I seized the opportunity of sending them by him, as without any mock-modesty I really thought that the expense of the postage to me and to you would be more than their worth.
the form of “who” used as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading About this time Mr. Hamilton, by whom I send this and the little parcel for my wife, was, as it were, setting off for England; and I seized the opportunity of sending them by him, as without any mock-modesty I really thought that the expense of the postage to me and to you would be more than their worth.
a married woman; a man's partner in marriage
From this reading About this time Mr. Hamilton, by whom I send this and the little parcel for my wife, was, as it were, setting off for England; and I seized the opportunity of sending them by him, as without any mock-modesty I really thought that the expense of the postage to me and to you would be more than their worth.
in the company of; together with
From this reading My dear sir, I have lying by my side six huge letters, with your name on each of them, and all, excepting one, have been written for these three months.
not having, not using, or not accompanied by
From this reading About this time Mr. Hamilton, by whom I send this and the little parcel for my wife, was, as it were, setting off for England; and I seized the opportunity of sending them by him, as without any mock-modesty I really thought that the expense of the postage to me and to you would be more than their worth.
an indefinite quantity of something having a specified value
From this reading About this time Mr. Hamilton, by whom I send this and the little parcel for my wife, was, as it were, setting off for England; and I seized the opportunity of sending them by him, as without any mock-modesty I really thought that the expense of the postage to me and to you would be more than their worth.
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading About this time Mr. Hamilton, by whom I send this and the little parcel for my wife, was, as it were, setting off for England; and I seized the opportunity of sending them by him, as without any mock-modesty I really thought that the expense of the postage to me and to you would be more than their worth.
set down in writing in any of various ways
From this reading My dear sir, I have lying by my side six huge letters, with your name on each of them, and all, excepting one, have been written for these three months.
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading About this time Mr. Hamilton, by whom I send this and the little parcel for my wife, was, as it were, setting off for England; and I seized the opportunity of sending them by him, as without any mock-modesty I really thought that the expense of the postage to me and to you would be more than their worth.
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading My dear sir, I have lying by my side six huge letters, with your name on each of them, and all, excepting one, have been written for these three months.
