Chapter IV

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

From this reading I shall ask you, then, to discount what follows in apparent depreciation of Thackeray: to remind yourselves that we are all too prone to destroy the age just preceding our own; with something of that primitive instinct which (they say), translated into legislation amid the South Seas, commands a grandfather to scale a tree and hold on, if he can, while his prehensile young sway the trunk and jerk it.

compulsively or physiologically dependent on something habit-forming

From this reading Says he: Perhaps of all the novel-spinners now extant, the present speaker is the most addicted to preaching.

how long something has existed

From this reading I shall ask you, then, to discount what follows in apparent depreciation of Thackeray: to remind yourselves that we are all too prone to destroy the age just preceding our own; with something of that primitive instinct which (they say), translated into legislation amid the South Seas, commands a grandfather to scale a tree and hold on, if he can, while his prehensile young sway the trunk and jerk it.

(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 I shall ask you, then, to discount what follows in apparent depreciation of Thackeray: to remind yourselves that we are all too prone to destroy the age just preceding our own; with something of that primitive instinct which (they say), translated into legislation amid the South Seas, commands a grandfather to scale a tree and hold on, if he can, while his prehensile young sway the trunk and jerk it.

the form of “be” used with “I”

From this reading I am simply stating a plain historical fact when I say that the men who were young and practised writing in the later days of Queen Victoria--and as devotedly as any of you can be practising it to-day--found their most peculiar, most dearly cherished, anathema in the “preachiness” of the _mid_-Victorian novelists--of which “preachiness” Thackeray had been perhaps the most eminent practitioner and exemplar.

in the middle of; surrounded by

From this reading I shall ask you, then, to discount what follows in apparent depreciation of Thackeray: to remind yourselves that we are all too prone to destroy the age just preceding our own; with something of that primitive instinct which (they say), translated into legislation amid the South Seas, commands a grandfather to scale a tree and hold on, if he can, while his prehensile young sway the trunk and jerk it.

a detested person

From this reading I am simply stating a plain historical fact when I say that the men who were young and practised writing in the later days of Queen Victoria--and as devotedly as any of you can be practising it to-day--found their most peculiar, most dearly cherished, anathema in the “preachiness” of the _mid_-Victorian novelists--of which “preachiness” Thackeray had been perhaps the most eminent practitioner and exemplar.

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

From this reading I shall ask you, then, to discount what follows in apparent depreciation of Thackeray: to remind yourselves that we are all too prone to destroy the age just preceding our own; with something of that primitive instinct which (they say), translated into legislation amid the South Seas, commands a grandfather to scale a tree and hold on, if he can, while his prehensile young sway the trunk and jerk it.

one or some or every or all without specification

From this reading I do not myself believe in these rude communal tests, that they ever were, or indeed that, even in our time, natural science has arrived, for instance, at any fixable limit for a Professor’s incapacity--and tenacity.

clearly revealed to the mind or the senses or judgment

From this reading I shall ask you, then, to discount what follows in apparent depreciation of Thackeray: to remind yourselves that we are all too prone to destroy the age just preceding our own; with something of that primitive instinct which (they say), translated into legislation amid the South Seas, commands a grandfather to scale a tree and hold on, if he can, while his prehensile young sway the trunk and jerk it.

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

From this reading I shall ask you, then, to discount what follows in apparent depreciation of Thackeray: to remind yourselves that we are all too prone to destroy the age just preceding our own; with something of that primitive instinct which (they say), translated into legislation amid the South Seas, commands a grandfather to scale a tree and hold on, if he can, while his prehensile young sway the trunk and jerk it.

past form of “arrive” — reach a destination; arrive by movement or progress

From this reading I do not myself believe in these rude communal tests, that they ever were, or indeed that, even in our time, natural science has arrived, for instance, at any fixable limit for a Professor’s incapacity--and tenacity.

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

From this reading I am simply stating a plain historical fact when I say that the men who were young and practised writing in the later days of Queen Victoria--and as devotedly as any of you can be practising it to-day--found their most peculiar, most dearly cherished, anathema in the “preachiness” of the _mid_-Victorian novelists--of which “preachiness” Thackeray had been perhaps the most eminent practitioner and exemplar.

make a request or demand for something to somebody

From this reading I shall ask you, then, to discount what follows in apparent depreciation of Thackeray: to remind yourselves that we are all too prone to destroy the age just preceding our own; with something of that primitive instinct which (they say), translated into legislation amid the South Seas, commands a grandfather to scale a tree and hold on, if he can, while his prehensile young sway the trunk and jerk it.

in or near a particular place or position

From this reading I do not myself believe in these rude communal tests, that they ever were, or indeed that, even in our time, natural science has arrived, for instance, at any fixable limit for a Professor’s incapacity--and tenacity.

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

From this reading I am simply stating a plain historical fact when I say that the men who were young and practised writing in the later days of Queen Victoria--and as devotedly as any of you can be practising it to-day--found their most peculiar, most dearly cherished, anathema in the “preachiness” of the _mid_-Victorian novelists--of which “preachiness” Thackeray had been perhaps the most eminent practitioner and exemplar.

the past participle of “be”

From this reading I am simply stating a plain historical fact when I say that the men who were young and practised writing in the later days of Queen Victoria--and as devotedly as any of you can be practising it to-day--found their most peculiar, most dearly cherished, anathema in the “preachiness” of the _mid_-Victorian novelists--of which “preachiness” Thackeray had been perhaps the most eminent practitioner and exemplar.

accept as true; take to be true

From this reading I do not myself believe in these rude communal tests, that they ever were, or indeed that, even in our time, natural science has arrived, for instance, at any fixable limit for a Professor’s incapacity--and tenacity.

to be able to, or to be allowed to

From this reading I shall ask you, then, to discount what follows in apparent depreciation of Thackeray: to remind yourselves that we are all too prone to destroy the age just preceding our own; with something of that primitive instinct which (they say), translated into legislation amid the South Seas, commands a grandfather to scale a tree and hold on, if he can, while his prehensile young sway the trunk and jerk it.

characterized by feeling or showing fond affection for

From this reading I am simply stating a plain historical fact when I say that the men who were young and practised writing in the later days of Queen Victoria--and as devotedly as any of you can be practising it to-day--found their most peculiar, most dearly cherished, anathema in the “preachiness” of the _mid_-Victorian novelists--of which “preachiness” Thackeray had been perhaps the most eminent practitioner and exemplar.

plural of “command” — an authoritative direction or instruction to do something

From this reading I shall ask you, then, to discount what follows in apparent depreciation of Thackeray: to remind yourselves that we are all too prone to destroy the age just preceding our own; with something of that primitive instinct which (they say), translated into legislation amid the South Seas, commands a grandfather to scale a tree and hold on, if he can, while his prehensile young sway the trunk and jerk it.

for or by a group rather than individuals

From this reading I do not myself believe in these rude communal tests, that they ever were, or indeed that, even in our time, natural science has arrived, for instance, at any fixable limit for a Professor’s incapacity--and tenacity.

third-person singular of “confess” — confess to a punishable or reprehensible deed, usually under pressure

From this reading He confesses it, indeed, in one of the _Roundabout Papers_.

the time during which someone's life continues

From this reading I am simply stating a plain historical fact when I say that the men who were young and practised writing in the later days of Queen Victoria--and as devotedly as any of you can be practising it to-day--found their most peculiar, most dearly cherished, anathema in the “preachiness” of the _mid_-Victorian novelists--of which “preachiness” Thackeray had been perhaps the most eminent practitioner and exemplar.

in a sincere and heartfelt manner

From this reading I am simply stating a plain historical fact when I say that the men who were young and practised writing in the later days of Queen Victoria--and as devotedly as any of you can be practising it to-day--found their most peculiar, most dearly cherished, anathema in the “preachiness” of the _mid_-Victorian novelists--of which “preachiness” Thackeray had been perhaps the most eminent practitioner and exemplar.

a decrease in price or value

From this reading I shall ask you, then, to discount what follows in apparent depreciation of Thackeray: to remind yourselves that we are all too prone to destroy the age just preceding our own; with something of that primitive instinct which (they say), translated into legislation amid the South Seas, commands a grandfather to scale a tree and hold on, if he can, while his prehensile young sway the trunk and jerk it.

do away with, cause the destruction or undoing of

From this reading I shall ask you, then, to discount what follows in apparent depreciation of Thackeray: to remind yourselves that we are all too prone to destroy the age just preceding our own; with something of that primitive instinct which (they say), translated into legislation amid the South Seas, commands a grandfather to scale a tree and hold on, if he can, while his prehensile young sway the trunk and jerk it.

with devotion

From this reading I am simply stating a plain historical fact when I say that the men who were young and practised writing in the later days of Queen Victoria--and as devotedly as any of you can be practising it to-day--found their most peculiar, most dearly cherished, anathema in the “preachiness” of the _mid_-Victorian novelists--of which “preachiness” Thackeray had been perhaps the most eminent practitioner and exemplar.

the act of reducing the selling price of merchandise

From this reading I shall ask you, then, to discount what follows in apparent depreciation of Thackeray: to remind yourselves that we are all too prone to destroy the age just preceding our own; with something of that primitive instinct which (they say), translated into legislation amid the South Seas, commands a grandfather to scale a tree and hold on, if he can, while his prehensile young sway the trunk and jerk it.

used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis

From this reading I do not myself believe in these rude communal tests, that they ever were, or indeed that, even in our time, natural science has arrived, for instance, at any fixable limit for a Professor’s incapacity--and tenacity.

standing above others in quality or position

From this reading I am simply stating a plain historical fact when I say that the men who were young and practised writing in the later days of Queen Victoria--and as devotedly as any of you can be practising it to-day--found their most peculiar, most dearly cherished, anathema in the “preachiness” of the _mid_-Victorian novelists--of which “preachiness” Thackeray had been perhaps the most eminent practitioner and exemplar.

divisible by two

From this reading I do not myself believe in these rude communal tests, that they ever were, or indeed that, even in our time, natural science has arrived, for instance, at any fixable limit for a Professor’s incapacity--and tenacity.

at any time

From this reading I do not myself believe in these rude communal tests, that they ever were, or indeed that, even in our time, natural science has arrived, for instance, at any fixable limit for a Professor’s incapacity--and tenacity.

something to be imitated

From this reading I am simply stating a plain historical fact when I say that the men who were young and practised writing in the later days of Queen Victoria--and as devotedly as any of you can be practising it to-day--found their most peculiar, most dearly cherished, anathema in the “preachiness” of the _mid_-Victorian novelists--of which “preachiness” Thackeray had been perhaps the most eminent practitioner and exemplar.

still in existence; not extinct or destroyed or lost

From this reading Says he: Perhaps of all the novel-spinners now extant, the present speaker is the most addicted to preaching.

a piece of information about circumstances that exist or events that have occurred

From this reading I am simply stating a plain historical fact when I say that the men who were young and practised writing in the later days of Queen Victoria--and as devotedly as any of you can be practising it to-day--found their most peculiar, most dearly cherished, anathema in the “preachiness” of the _mid_-Victorian novelists--of which “preachiness” Thackeray had been perhaps the most eminent practitioner and exemplar.

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From this reading I do not myself believe in these rude communal tests, that they ever were, or indeed that, even in our time, natural science has arrived, for instance, at any fixable limit for a Professor’s incapacity--and tenacity.

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

From this reading I shall ask you, then, to discount what follows in apparent depreciation of Thackeray: to remind yourselves that we are all too prone to destroy the age just preceding our own; with something of that primitive instinct which (they say), translated into legislation amid the South Seas, commands a grandfather to scale a tree and hold on, if he can, while his prehensile young sway the trunk and jerk it.

intended to be given to, or used by, somebody

From this reading I do not myself believe in these rude communal tests, that they ever were, or indeed that, even in our time, natural science has arrived, for instance, at any fixable limit for a Professor’s incapacity--and tenacity.

set up or found

From this reading I am simply stating a plain historical fact when I say that the men who were young and practised writing in the later days of Queen Victoria--and as devotedly as any of you can be practising it to-day--found their most peculiar, most dearly cherished, anathema in the “preachiness” of the _mid_-Victorian novelists--of which “preachiness” Thackeray had been perhaps the most eminent practitioner and exemplar.

the father of your father or mother

From this reading I shall ask you, then, to discount what follows in apparent depreciation of Thackeray: to remind yourselves that we are all too prone to destroy the age just preceding our own; with something of that primitive instinct which (they say), translated into legislation amid the South Seas, commands a grandfather to scale a tree and hold on, if he can, while his prehensile young sway the trunk and jerk it.

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

From this reading I am simply stating a plain historical fact when I say that the men who were young and practised writing in the later days of Queen Victoria--and as devotedly as any of you can be practising it to-day--found their most peculiar, most dearly cherished, anathema in the “preachiness” of the _mid_-Victorian novelists--of which “preachiness” Thackeray had been perhaps the most eminent practitioner and exemplar.

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

From this reading I do not myself believe in these rude communal tests, that they ever were, or indeed that, even in our time, natural science has arrived, for instance, at any fixable limit for a Professor’s incapacity--and tenacity.

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

From this reading I shall ask you, then, to discount what follows in apparent depreciation of Thackeray: to remind yourselves that we are all too prone to destroy the age just preceding our own; with something of that primitive instinct which (they say), translated into legislation amid the South Seas, commands a grandfather to scale a tree and hold on, if he can, while his prehensile young sway the trunk and jerk it.

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

From this reading I shall ask you, then, to discount what follows in apparent depreciation of Thackeray: to remind yourselves that we are all too prone to destroy the age just preceding our own; with something of that primitive instinct which (they say), translated into legislation amid the South Seas, commands a grandfather to scale a tree and hold on, if he can, while his prehensile young sway the trunk and jerk it.

of or relating to the study of history

From this reading I am simply stating a plain historical fact when I say that the men who were young and practised writing in the later days of Queen Victoria--and as devotedly as any of you can be practising it to-day--found their most peculiar, most dearly cherished, anathema in the “preachiness” of the _mid_-Victorian novelists--of which “preachiness” Thackeray had been perhaps the most eminent practitioner and exemplar.

cause to continue in a certain state, position, or activity; e.g., “keep clean”

From this reading I shall ask you, then, to discount what follows in apparent depreciation of Thackeray: to remind yourselves that we are all too prone to destroy the age just preceding our own; with something of that primitive instinct which (they say), translated into legislation amid the South Seas, commands a grandfather to scale a tree and hold on, if he can, while his prehensile young sway the trunk and jerk it.

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

From this reading I shall ask you, then, to discount what follows in apparent depreciation of Thackeray: to remind yourselves that we are all too prone to destroy the age just preceding our own; with something of that primitive instinct which (they say), translated into legislation amid the South Seas, commands a grandfather to scale a tree and hold on, if he can, while his prehensile young sway the trunk and jerk it.

on condition that; in the event that

From this reading I shall ask you, then, to discount what follows in apparent depreciation of Thackeray: to remind yourselves that we are all too prone to destroy the age just preceding our own; with something of that primitive instinct which (they say), translated into legislation amid the South Seas, commands a grandfather to scale a tree and hold on, if he can, while his prehensile young sway the trunk and jerk it.

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

From this reading I shall ask you, then, to discount what follows in apparent depreciation of Thackeray: to remind yourselves that we are all too prone to destroy the age just preceding our own; with something of that primitive instinct which (they say), translated into legislation amid the South Seas, commands a grandfather to scale a tree and hold on, if he can, while his prehensile young sway the trunk and jerk it.

lack of intellectual power

From this reading I do not myself believe in these rude communal tests, that they ever were, or indeed that, even in our time, natural science has arrived, for instance, at any fixable limit for a Professor’s incapacity--and tenacity.

in truth (often tends to intensify)

From this reading I do not myself believe in these rude communal tests, that they ever were, or indeed that, even in our time, natural science has arrived, for instance, at any fixable limit for a Professor’s incapacity--and tenacity.

an occurrence of something

From this reading I do not myself believe in these rude communal tests, that they ever were, or indeed that, even in our time, natural science has arrived, for instance, at any fixable limit for a Professor’s incapacity--and tenacity.

inborn pattern of behavior often responsive to specific stimuli

From this reading I shall ask you, then, to discount what follows in apparent depreciation of Thackeray: to remind yourselves that we are all too prone to destroy the age just preceding our own; with something of that primitive instinct which (they say), translated into legislation amid the South Seas, commands a grandfather to scale a tree and hold on, if he can, while his prehensile young sway the trunk and jerk it.

moving to the inside of something

From this reading I shall ask you, then, to discount what follows in apparent depreciation of Thackeray: to remind yourselves that we are all too prone to destroy the age just preceding our own; with something of that primitive instinct which (they say), translated into legislation amid the South Seas, commands a grandfather to scale a tree and hold on, if he can, while his prehensile young sway the trunk and jerk it.

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

From this reading Says he: Perhaps of all the novel-spinners now extant, the present speaker is the most addicted to preaching.

a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned

From this reading I shall ask you, then, to discount what follows in apparent depreciation of Thackeray: to remind yourselves that we are all too prone to destroy the age just preceding our own; with something of that primitive instinct which (they say), translated into legislation amid the South Seas, commands a grandfather to scale a tree and hold on, if he can, while his prehensile young sway the trunk and jerk it.

pull, or move with a sudden movement

From this reading I shall ask you, then, to discount what follows in apparent depreciation of Thackeray: to remind yourselves that we are all too prone to destroy the age just preceding our own; with something of that primitive instinct which (they say), translated into legislation amid the South Seas, commands a grandfather to scale a tree and hold on, if he can, while his prehensile young sway the trunk and jerk it.

and nothing more

From this reading I shall ask you, then, to discount what follows in apparent depreciation of Thackeray: to remind yourselves that we are all too prone to destroy the age just preceding our own; with something of that primitive instinct which (they say), translated into legislation amid the South Seas, commands a grandfather to scale a tree and hold on, if he can, while his prehensile young sway the trunk and jerk it.

happening at a time subsequent to a reference time

From this reading I am simply stating a plain historical fact when I say that the men who were young and practised writing in the later days of Queen Victoria--and as devotedly as any of you can be practising it to-day--found their most peculiar, most dearly cherished, anathema in the “preachiness” of the _mid_-Victorian novelists--of which “preachiness” Thackeray had been perhaps the most eminent practitioner and exemplar.

law enacted by a legislative body

From this reading I shall ask you, then, to discount what follows in apparent depreciation of Thackeray: to remind yourselves that we are all too prone to destroy the age just preceding our own; with something of that primitive instinct which (they say), translated into legislation amid the South Seas, commands a grandfather to scale a tree and hold on, if he can, while his prehensile young sway the trunk and jerk it.

the greatest possible degree of something

From this reading I do not myself believe in these rude communal tests, that they ever were, or indeed that, even in our time, natural science has arrived, for instance, at any fixable limit for a Professor’s incapacity--and tenacity.

the force of workers available

From this reading I am simply stating a plain historical fact when I say that the men who were young and practised writing in the later days of Queen Victoria--and as devotedly as any of you can be practising it to-day--found their most peculiar, most dearly cherished, anathema in the “preachiness” of the _mid_-Victorian novelists--of which “preachiness” Thackeray had been perhaps the most eminent practitioner and exemplar.

used in combination to denote the middle

From this reading I am simply stating a plain historical fact when I say that the men who were young and practised writing in the later days of Queen Victoria--and as devotedly as any of you can be practising it to-day--found their most peculiar, most dearly cherished, anathema in the “preachiness” of the _mid_-Victorian novelists--of which “preachiness” Thackeray had been perhaps the most eminent practitioner and exemplar.

used to form the superlative

From this reading I am simply stating a plain historical fact when I say that the men who were young and practised writing in the later days of Queen Victoria--and as devotedly as any of you can be practising it to-day--found their most peculiar, most dearly cherished, anathema in the “preachiness” of the _mid_-Victorian novelists--of which “preachiness” Thackeray had been perhaps the most eminent practitioner and exemplar.

used when the speaker is also the object of the action

From this reading I do not myself believe in these rude communal tests, that they ever were, or indeed that, even in our time, natural science has arrived, for instance, at any fixable limit for a Professor’s incapacity--and tenacity.

in accordance with nature; relating to or concerning nature

From this reading I do not myself believe in these rude communal tests, that they ever were, or indeed that, even in our time, natural science has arrived, for instance, at any fixable limit for a Professor’s incapacity--and tenacity.

used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative

From this reading I do not myself believe in these rude communal tests, that they ever were, or indeed that, even in our time, natural science has arrived, for instance, at any fixable limit for a Professor’s incapacity--and tenacity.

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From this reading Says he: Perhaps of all the novel-spinners now extant, the present speaker is the most addicted to preaching.

plural of “novelist” — one who writes novels

From this reading I am simply stating a plain historical fact when I say that the men who were young and practised writing in the later days of Queen Victoria--and as devotedly as any of you can be practising it to-day--found their most peculiar, most dearly cherished, anathema in the “preachiness” of the _mid_-Victorian novelists--of which “preachiness” Thackeray had been perhaps the most eminent practitioner and exemplar.

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

From this reading Says he: Perhaps of all the novel-spinners now extant, the present speaker is the most addicted to preaching.

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

From this reading I shall ask you, then, to discount what follows in apparent depreciation of Thackeray: to remind yourselves that we are all too prone to destroy the age just preceding our own; with something of that primitive instinct which (they say), translated into legislation amid the South Seas, commands a grandfather to scale a tree and hold on, if he can, while his prehensile young sway the trunk and jerk it.

touching and supported by a surface

From this reading I shall ask you, then, to discount what follows in apparent depreciation of Thackeray: to remind yourselves that we are all too prone to destroy the age just preceding our own; with something of that primitive instinct which (they say), translated into legislation amid the South Seas, commands a grandfather to scale a tree and hold on, if he can, while his prehensile young sway the trunk and jerk it.

used to mean any person in general, including the speaker

From this reading He confesses it, indeed, in one of the _Roundabout Papers_.

used to join alternatives or possibilities

From this reading I do not myself believe in these rude communal tests, that they ever were, or indeed that, even in our time, natural science has arrived, for instance, at any fixable limit for a Professor’s incapacity--and tenacity.

belonging to the speaker and others

From this reading I shall ask you, then, to discount what follows in apparent depreciation of Thackeray: to remind yourselves that we are all too prone to destroy the age just preceding our own; with something of that primitive instinct which (they say), translated into legislation amid the South Seas, commands a grandfather to scale a tree and hold on, if he can, while his prehensile young sway the trunk and jerk it.

have ownership or possession of

From this reading I shall ask you, then, to discount what follows in apparent depreciation of Thackeray: to remind yourselves that we are all too prone to destroy the age just preceding our own; with something of that primitive instinct which (they say), translated into legislation amid the South Seas, commands a grandfather to scale a tree and hold on, if he can, while his prehensile young sway the trunk and jerk it.

writing that provides information (especially information of an official nature)

From this reading He confesses it, indeed, in one of the _Roundabout Papers_.

beyond or deviating from the usual or expected

From this reading I am simply stating a plain historical fact when I say that the men who were young and practised writing in the later days of Queen Victoria--and as devotedly as any of you can be practising it to-day--found their most peculiar, most dearly cherished, anathema in the “preachiness” of the _mid_-Victorian novelists--of which “preachiness” Thackeray had been perhaps the most eminent practitioner and exemplar.

by chance

From this reading I am simply stating a plain historical fact when I say that the men who were young and practised writing in the later days of Queen Victoria--and as devotedly as any of you can be practising it to-day--found their most peculiar, most dearly cherished, anathema in the “preachiness” of the _mid_-Victorian novelists--of which “preachiness” Thackeray had been perhaps the most eminent practitioner and exemplar.

clearly revealed to the mind or the senses or judgment

From this reading I am simply stating a plain historical fact when I say that the men who were young and practised writing in the later days of Queen Victoria--and as devotedly as any of you can be practising it to-day--found their most peculiar, most dearly cherished, anathema in the “preachiness” of the _mid_-Victorian novelists--of which “preachiness” Thackeray had been perhaps the most eminent practitioner and exemplar.

skillful after much practice

From this reading I am simply stating a plain historical fact when I say that the men who were young and practised writing in the later days of Queen Victoria--and as devotedly as any of you can be practising it to-day--found their most peculiar, most dearly cherished, anathema in the “preachiness” of the _mid_-Victorian novelists--of which “preachiness” Thackeray had been perhaps the most eminent practitioner and exemplar.

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

From this reading I am simply stating a plain historical fact when I say that the men who were young and practised writing in the later days of Queen Victoria--and as devotedly as any of you can be practising it to-day--found their most peculiar, most dearly cherished, anathema in the “preachiness” of the _mid_-Victorian novelists--of which “preachiness” Thackeray had been perhaps the most eminent practitioner and exemplar.

someone who practices a learned profession

From this reading I am simply stating a plain historical fact when I say that the men who were young and practised writing in the later days of Queen Victoria--and as devotedly as any of you can be practising it to-day--found their most peculiar, most dearly cherished, anathema in the “preachiness” of the _mid_-Victorian novelists--of which “preachiness” Thackeray had been perhaps the most eminent practitioner and exemplar.

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

From this reading I am simply stating a plain historical fact when I say that the men who were young and practised writing in the later days of Queen Victoria--and as devotedly as any of you can be practising it to-day--found their most peculiar, most dearly cherished, anathema in the “preachiness” of the _mid_-Victorian novelists--of which “preachiness” Thackeray had been perhaps the most eminent practitioner and exemplar.

an address of a religious nature (usually delivered during a church service)

From this reading Says he: Perhaps of all the novel-spinners now extant, the present speaker is the most addicted to preaching.

existing or coming before

From this reading I shall ask you, then, to discount what follows in apparent depreciation of Thackeray: to remind yourselves that we are all too prone to destroy the age just preceding our own; with something of that primitive instinct which (they say), translated into legislation amid the South Seas, commands a grandfather to scale a tree and hold on, if he can, while his prehensile young sway the trunk and jerk it.

adapted for grasping especially by wrapping around an object

From this reading I shall ask you, then, to discount what follows in apparent depreciation of Thackeray: to remind yourselves that we are all too prone to destroy the age just preceding our own; with something of that primitive instinct which (they say), translated into legislation amid the South Seas, commands a grandfather to scale a tree and hold on, if he can, while his prehensile young sway the trunk and jerk it.

give an exhibition of to an interested audience

From this reading Says he: Perhaps of all the novel-spinners now extant, the present speaker is the most addicted to preaching.

belonging to an early stage of technical development; characterized by simplicity and (often) crudeness

From this reading I shall ask you, then, to discount what follows in apparent depreciation of Thackeray: to remind yourselves that we are all too prone to destroy the age just preceding our own; with something of that primitive instinct which (they say), translated into legislation amid the South Seas, commands a grandfather to scale a tree and hold on, if he can, while his prehensile young sway the trunk and jerk it.

possessive form of “professor” — someone who is a member of the faculty at a college or university

From this reading I do not myself believe in these rude communal tests, that they ever were, or indeed that, even in our time, natural science has arrived, for instance, at any fixable limit for a Professor’s incapacity--and tenacity.

having a tendency (to); often used in combination

From this reading I shall ask you, then, to discount what follows in apparent depreciation of Thackeray: to remind yourselves that we are all too prone to destroy the age just preceding our own; with something of that primitive instinct which (they say), translated into legislation amid the South Seas, commands a grandfather to scale a tree and hold on, if he can, while his prehensile young sway the trunk and jerk it.

the only fertile female in a colony of social insects such as bees and ants and termites; its function is to lay eggs

From this reading I am simply stating a plain historical fact when I say that the men who were young and practised writing in the later days of Queen Victoria--and as devotedly as any of you can be practising it to-day--found their most peculiar, most dearly cherished, anathema in the “preachiness” of the _mid_-Victorian novelists--of which “preachiness” Thackeray had been perhaps the most eminent practitioner and exemplar.

put in the mind of someone

From this reading I shall ask you, then, to discount what follows in apparent depreciation of Thackeray: to remind yourselves that we are all too prone to destroy the age just preceding our own; with something of that primitive instinct which (they say), translated into legislation amid the South Seas, commands a grandfather to scale a tree and hold on, if he can, while his prehensile young sway the trunk and jerk it.

marked by obliqueness or indirection in speech or conduct

From this reading He confesses it, indeed, in one of the _Roundabout Papers_.

socially incorrect in behavior

From this reading I do not myself believe in these rude communal tests, that they ever were, or indeed that, even in our time, natural science has arrived, for instance, at any fixable limit for a Professor’s incapacity--and tenacity.

express in words

From this reading I shall ask you, then, to discount what follows in apparent depreciation of Thackeray: to remind yourselves that we are all too prone to destroy the age just preceding our own; with something of that primitive instinct which (they say), translated into legislation amid the South Seas, commands a grandfather to scale a tree and hold on, if he can, while his prehensile young sway the trunk and jerk it.

plural of “say” — the chance to speak

From this reading Says he: Perhaps of all the novel-spinners now extant, the present speaker is the most addicted to preaching.

an ordered reference standard

From this reading I shall ask you, then, to discount what follows in apparent depreciation of Thackeray: to remind yourselves that we are all too prone to destroy the age just preceding our own; with something of that primitive instinct which (they say), translated into legislation amid the South Seas, commands a grandfather to scale a tree and hold on, if he can, while his prehensile young sway the trunk and jerk it.

a particular branch of scientific knowledge

From this reading I do not myself believe in these rude communal tests, that they ever were, or indeed that, even in our time, natural science has arrived, for instance, at any fixable limit for a Professor’s incapacity--and tenacity.

plural of “sea” — a division of an ocean or a large body of salt water partially enclosed by land

From this reading I shall ask you, then, to discount what follows in apparent depreciation of Thackeray: to remind yourselves that we are all too prone to destroy the age just preceding our own; with something of that primitive instinct which (they say), translated into legislation amid the South Seas, commands a grandfather to scale a tree and hold on, if he can, while his prehensile young sway the trunk and jerk it.

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

From this reading I shall ask you, then, to discount what follows in apparent depreciation of Thackeray: to remind yourselves that we are all too prone to destroy the age just preceding our own; with something of that primitive instinct which (they say), translated into legislation amid the South Seas, commands a grandfather to scale a tree and hold on, if he can, while his prehensile young sway the trunk and jerk it.

and nothing more

From this reading I am simply stating a plain historical fact when I say that the men who were young and practised writing in the later days of Queen Victoria--and as devotedly as any of you can be practising it to-day--found their most peculiar, most dearly cherished, anathema in the “preachiness” of the _mid_-Victorian novelists--of which “preachiness” Thackeray had been perhaps the most eminent practitioner and exemplar.

a thing, without saying which

From this reading I shall ask you, then, to discount what follows in apparent depreciation of Thackeray: to remind yourselves that we are all too prone to destroy the age just preceding our own; with something of that primitive instinct which (they say), translated into legislation amid the South Seas, commands a grandfather to scale a tree and hold on, if he can, while his prehensile young sway the trunk and jerk it.

the region of the United States lying to the south of the Mason-Dixon line

From this reading I shall ask you, then, to discount what follows in apparent depreciation of Thackeray: to remind yourselves that we are all too prone to destroy the age just preceding our own; with something of that primitive instinct which (they say), translated into legislation amid the South Seas, commands a grandfather to scale a tree and hold on, if he can, while his prehensile young sway the trunk and jerk it.

someone who expresses in language; someone who talks (especially someone who delivers a public speech or someone especially garrulous)

From this reading Says he: Perhaps of all the novel-spinners now extant, the present speaker is the most addicted to preaching.

-ing form of “state” — express in words

From this reading I am simply stating a plain historical fact when I say that the men who were young and practised writing in the later days of Queen Victoria--and as devotedly as any of you can be practising it to-day--found their most peculiar, most dearly cherished, anathema in the “preachiness” of the _mid_-Victorian novelists--of which “preachiness” Thackeray had been perhaps the most eminent practitioner and exemplar.

move back and forth or sideways

From this reading I shall ask you, then, to discount what follows in apparent depreciation of Thackeray: to remind yourselves that we are all too prone to destroy the age just preceding our own; with something of that primitive instinct which (they say), translated into legislation amid the South Seas, commands a grandfather to scale a tree and hold on, if he can, while his prehensile young sway the trunk and jerk it.

persistent determination

From this reading I do not myself believe in these rude communal tests, that they ever were, or indeed that, even in our time, natural science has arrived, for instance, at any fixable limit for a Professor’s incapacity--and tenacity.

plural of “test” — trying something to find out about it

From this reading I do not myself believe in these rude communal tests, that they ever were, or indeed that, even in our time, natural science has arrived, for instance, at any fixable limit for a Professor’s incapacity--and tenacity.

English writer (born in India) (1811-1863)

From this reading I shall ask you, then, to discount what follows in apparent depreciation of Thackeray: to remind yourselves that we are all too prone to destroy the age just preceding our own; with something of that primitive instinct which (they say), translated into legislation amid the South Seas, commands a grandfather to scale a tree and hold on, if he can, while his prehensile young sway the trunk and jerk it.

used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt

From this reading I shall ask you, then, to discount what follows in apparent depreciation of Thackeray: to remind yourselves that we are all too prone to destroy the age just preceding our own; with something of that primitive instinct which (they say), translated into legislation amid the South Seas, commands a grandfather to scale a tree and hold on, if he can, while his prehensile young sway the trunk and jerk it.

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

From this reading I shall ask you, then, to discount what follows in apparent depreciation of Thackeray: to remind yourselves that we are all too prone to destroy the age just preceding our own; with something of that primitive instinct which (they say), translated into legislation amid the South Seas, commands a grandfather to scale a tree and hold on, if he can, while his prehensile young sway the trunk and jerk it.

belonging to the people or things already mentioned

From this reading I am simply stating a plain historical fact when I say that the men who were young and practised writing in the later days of Queen Victoria--and as devotedly as any of you can be practising it to-day--found their most peculiar, most dearly cherished, anathema in the “preachiness” of the _mid_-Victorian novelists--of which “preachiness” Thackeray had been perhaps the most eminent practitioner and exemplar.

subsequently or soon afterward (often used as sentence connectors)

From this reading I shall ask you, then, to discount what follows in apparent depreciation of Thackeray: to remind yourselves that we are all too prone to destroy the age just preceding our own; with something of that primitive instinct which (they say), translated into legislation amid the South Seas, commands a grandfather to scale a tree and hold on, if he can, while his prehensile young sway the trunk and jerk it.

the plural of “this”: the people or things near, or just mentioned

From this reading I do not myself believe in these rude communal tests, that they ever were, or indeed that, even in our time, natural science has arrived, for instance, at any fixable limit for a Professor’s incapacity--and tenacity.

the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject

From this reading I shall ask you, then, to discount what follows in apparent depreciation of Thackeray: to remind yourselves that we are all too prone to destroy the age just preceding our own; with something of that primitive instinct which (they say), translated into legislation amid the South Seas, commands a grandfather to scale a tree and hold on, if he can, while his prehensile young sway the trunk and jerk it.

an instance or single occasion for some event

From this reading I do not myself believe in these rude communal tests, that they ever were, or indeed that, even in our time, natural science has arrived, for instance, at any fixable limit for a Professor’s incapacity--and tenacity.

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

From this reading I shall ask you, then, to discount what follows in apparent depreciation of Thackeray: to remind yourselves that we are all too prone to destroy the age just preceding our own; with something of that primitive instinct which (they say), translated into legislation amid the South Seas, commands a grandfather to scale a tree and hold on, if he can, while his prehensile young sway the trunk and jerk it.

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From this reading I am simply stating a plain historical fact when I say that the men who were young and practised writing in the later days of Queen Victoria--and as devotedly as any of you can be practising it to-day--found their most peculiar, most dearly cherished, anathema in the “preachiness” of the _mid_-Victorian novelists--of which “preachiness” Thackeray had been perhaps the most eminent practitioner and exemplar.

to a degree exceeding normal or proper limits

From this reading I shall ask you, then, to discount what follows in apparent depreciation of Thackeray: to remind yourselves that we are all too prone to destroy the age just preceding our own; with something of that primitive instinct which (they say), translated into legislation amid the South Seas, commands a grandfather to scale a tree and hold on, if he can, while his prehensile young sway the trunk and jerk it.

past form of “translate” — restate (words) from one language into another language

From this reading I shall ask you, then, to discount what follows in apparent depreciation of Thackeray: to remind yourselves that we are all too prone to destroy the age just preceding our own; with something of that primitive instinct which (they say), translated into legislation amid the South Seas, commands a grandfather to scale a tree and hold on, if he can, while his prehensile young sway the trunk and jerk it.

a tall perennial woody plant having a main trunk and branches forming a distinct elevated crown; includes both gymnosperms and angiosperms

From this reading I shall ask you, then, to discount what follows in apparent depreciation of Thackeray: to remind yourselves that we are all too prone to destroy the age just preceding our own; with something of that primitive instinct which (they say), translated into legislation amid the South Seas, commands a grandfather to scale a tree and hold on, if he can, while his prehensile young sway the trunk and jerk it.

the main stem of a tree; usually covered with bark; the bole is usually the part that is commercially useful for lumber

From this reading I shall ask you, then, to discount what follows in apparent depreciation of Thackeray: to remind yourselves that we are all too prone to destroy the age just preceding our own; with something of that primitive instinct which (they say), translated into legislation amid the South Seas, commands a grandfather to scale a tree and hold on, if he can, while his prehensile young sway the trunk and jerk it.

queen of Great Britain and Ireland and empress of India from 1837 to 1901; the last Hanoverian ruler of England (1819-1901)

From this reading I am simply stating a plain historical fact when I say that the men who were young and practised writing in the later days of Queen Victoria--and as devotedly as any of you can be practising it to-day--found their most peculiar, most dearly cherished, anathema in the “preachiness” of the _mid_-Victorian novelists--of which “preachiness” Thackeray had been perhaps the most eminent practitioner and exemplar.

of or relating to Queen Victoria of Great Britain or to the age in which she ruled

From this reading I am simply stating a plain historical fact when I say that the men who were young and practised writing in the later days of Queen Victoria--and as devotedly as any of you can be practising it to-day--found their most peculiar, most dearly cherished, anathema in the “preachiness” of the _mid_-Victorian novelists--of which “preachiness” Thackeray had been perhaps the most eminent practitioner and exemplar.

the speaker together with one or more other people

From this reading I shall ask you, then, to discount what follows in apparent depreciation of Thackeray: to remind yourselves that we are all too prone to destroy the age just preceding our own; with something of that primitive instinct which (they say), translated into legislation amid the South Seas, commands a grandfather to scale a tree and hold on, if he can, while his prehensile young sway the trunk and jerk it.

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

From this reading I do not myself believe in these rude communal tests, that they ever were, or indeed that, even in our time, natural science has arrived, for instance, at any fixable limit for a Professor’s incapacity--and tenacity.

used to ask for information about something

From this reading I shall ask you, then, to discount what follows in apparent depreciation of Thackeray: to remind yourselves that we are all too prone to destroy the age just preceding our own; with something of that primitive instinct which (they say), translated into legislation amid the South Seas, commands a grandfather to scale a tree and hold on, if he can, while his prehensile young sway the trunk and jerk it.

at the time that

From this reading I am simply stating a plain historical fact when I say that the men who were young and practised writing in the later days of Queen Victoria--and as devotedly as any of you can be practising it to-day--found their most peculiar, most dearly cherished, anathema in the “preachiness” of the _mid_-Victorian novelists--of which “preachiness” Thackeray had been perhaps the most eminent practitioner and exemplar.

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

From this reading I shall ask you, then, to discount what follows in apparent depreciation of Thackeray: to remind yourselves that we are all too prone to destroy the age just preceding our own; with something of that primitive instinct which (they say), translated into legislation amid the South Seas, commands a grandfather to scale a tree and hold on, if he can, while his prehensile young sway the trunk and jerk it.

during the time that

From this reading I shall ask you, then, to discount what follows in apparent depreciation of Thackeray: to remind yourselves that we are all too prone to destroy the age just preceding our own; with something of that primitive instinct which (they say), translated into legislation amid the South Seas, commands a grandfather to scale a tree and hold on, if he can, while his prehensile young sway the trunk and jerk it.

which person or people

From this reading I am simply stating a plain historical fact when I say that the men who were young and practised writing in the later days of Queen Victoria--and as devotedly as any of you can be practising it to-day--found their most peculiar, most dearly cherished, anathema in the “preachiness” of the _mid_-Victorian novelists--of which “preachiness” Thackeray had been perhaps the most eminent practitioner and exemplar.

in the company of; together with

From this reading I shall ask you, then, to discount what follows in apparent depreciation of Thackeray: to remind yourselves that we are all too prone to destroy the age just preceding our own; with something of that primitive instinct which (they say), translated into legislation amid the South Seas, commands a grandfather to scale a tree and hold on, if he can, while his prehensile young sway the trunk and jerk it.

the act of creating written works

From this reading I am simply stating a plain historical fact when I say that the men who were young and practised writing in the later days of Queen Victoria--and as devotedly as any of you can be practising it to-day--found their most peculiar, most dearly cherished, anathema in the “preachiness” of the _mid_-Victorian novelists--of which “preachiness” Thackeray had been perhaps the most eminent practitioner and exemplar.

the person or people being spoken to

From this reading I shall ask you, then, to discount what follows in apparent depreciation of Thackeray: to remind yourselves that we are all too prone to destroy the age just preceding our own; with something of that primitive instinct which (they say), translated into legislation amid the South Seas, commands a grandfather to scale a tree and hold on, if he can, while his prehensile young sway the trunk and jerk it.

(used of living things especially persons) in an early period of life or development or growth

From this reading I shall ask you, then, to discount what follows in apparent depreciation of Thackeray: to remind yourselves that we are all too prone to destroy the age just preceding our own; with something of that primitive instinct which (they say), translated into legislation amid the South Seas, commands a grandfather to scale a tree and hold on, if he can, while his prehensile young sway the trunk and jerk it.

used when the people spoken to are both doing and receiving the action

From this reading I shall ask you, then, to discount what follows in apparent depreciation of Thackeray: to remind yourselves that we are all too prone to destroy the age just preceding our own; with something of that primitive instinct which (they say), translated into legislation amid the South Seas, commands a grandfather to scale a tree and hold on, if he can, while his prehensile young sway the trunk and jerk it.