Chapter VII

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From this reading JOHN GREENLEAF WHITTIER 1807-1892 In an old New England farm-house kitchen, a barefoot boy, dressed in homespun, one day sat listening to a lazy Scotch beggar who piped the songs of Burns in return for his meal of bread and cheese and cider.

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From this reading JOHN GREENLEAF WHITTIER 1807-1892 In an old New England farm-house kitchen, a barefoot boy, dressed in homespun, one day sat listening to a lazy Scotch beggar who piped the songs of Burns in return for his meal of bread and cheese and cider.

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

From this reading JOHN GREENLEAF WHITTIER 1807-1892 In an old New England farm-house kitchen, a barefoot boy, dressed in homespun, one day sat listening to a lazy Scotch beggar who piped the songs of Burns in return for his meal of bread and cheese and cider.

surrounded by; in the middle of a group

From this reading The beggar was good-natured, and the boy was an eager listener, and _Bonnie Doon_, _Highland Mary_, and _Auld Lang Syne_ were trilled forth as the master himself may have sung them among the Scottish "banks and braes."

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

From this reading JOHN GREENLEAF WHITTIER 1807-1892 In an old New England farm-house kitchen, a barefoot boy, dressed in homespun, one day sat listening to a lazy Scotch beggar who piped the songs of Burns in return for his meal of bread and cheese and cider.

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

From this reading JOHN GREENLEAF WHITTIER 1807-1892 In an old New England farm-house kitchen, a barefoot boy, dressed in homespun, one day sat listening to a lazy Scotch beggar who piped the songs of Burns in return for his meal of bread and cheese and cider.

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

From this reading The beggar was good-natured, and the boy was an eager listener, and _Bonnie Doon_, _Highland Mary_, and _Auld Lang Syne_ were trilled forth as the master himself may have sung them among the Scottish "banks and braes."

a Scottish word

From this reading The beggar was good-natured, and the boy was an eager listener, and _Bonnie Doon_, _Highland Mary_, and _Auld Lang Syne_ were trilled forth as the master himself may have sung them among the Scottish "banks and braes."

English botanist who accompanied Captain Cook on his first voyage to the Pacific Ocean (1743-1820)

From this reading The beggar was good-natured, and the boy was an eager listener, and _Bonnie Doon_, _Highland Mary_, and _Auld Lang Syne_ were trilled forth as the master himself may have sung them among the Scottish "banks and braes."

without shoes

From this reading JOHN GREENLEAF WHITTIER 1807-1892 In an old New England farm-house kitchen, a barefoot boy, dressed in homespun, one day sat listening to a lazy Scotch beggar who piped the songs of Burns in return for his meal of bread and cheese and cider.

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

From this reading A few months later the school-master gave him a copy of Burns's poems, and with this gift the boy became a poet himself.

earlier than; in front of

From this reading Never before had the farmer boy heard of the famous peasant, and a new door was opened through which he passed into an undreamed of world.

a pauper who lives by begging

From this reading JOHN GREENLEAF WHITTIER 1807-1892 In an old New England farm-house kitchen, a barefoot boy, dressed in homespun, one day sat listening to a lazy Scotch beggar who piped the songs of Burns in return for his meal of bread and cheese and cider.

very pleasing to the eye

From this reading The beggar was good-natured, and the boy was an eager listener, and _Bonnie Doon_, _Highland Mary_, and _Auld Lang Syne_ were trilled forth as the master himself may have sung them among the Scottish "banks and braes."

a youthful male person

From this reading JOHN GREENLEAF WHITTIER 1807-1892 In an old New England farm-house kitchen, a barefoot boy, dressed in homespun, one day sat listening to a lazy Scotch beggar who piped the songs of Burns in return for his meal of bread and cheese and cider.

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From this reading The beggar was good-natured, and the boy was an eager listener, and _Bonnie Doon_, _Highland Mary_, and _Auld Lang Syne_ were trilled forth as the master himself may have sung them among the Scottish "banks and braes."

food made from dough of flour or meal and usually raised with yeast or baking powder and then baked

From this reading JOHN GREENLEAF WHITTIER 1807-1892 In an old New England farm-house kitchen, a barefoot boy, dressed in homespun, one day sat listening to a lazy Scotch beggar who piped the songs of Burns in return for his meal of bread and cheese and cider.

United States comedian and film actor (1896-1996)

From this reading JOHN GREENLEAF WHITTIER 1807-1892 In an old New England farm-house kitchen, a barefoot boy, dressed in homespun, one day sat listening to a lazy Scotch beggar who piped the songs of Burns in return for his meal of bread and cheese and cider.

possessive form of “burns” — United States comedian and film actor (1896-1996)

From this reading A few months later the school-master gave him a copy of Burns's poems, and with this gift the boy became a poet himself.

a solid food prepared from the pressed curd of milk

From this reading JOHN GREENLEAF WHITTIER 1807-1892 In an old New England farm-house kitchen, a barefoot boy, dressed in homespun, one day sat listening to a lazy Scotch beggar who piped the songs of Burns in return for his meal of bread and cheese and cider.

a beverage made from juice pressed from apples

From this reading JOHN GREENLEAF WHITTIER 1807-1892 In an old New England farm-house kitchen, a barefoot boy, dressed in homespun, one day sat listening to a lazy Scotch beggar who piped the songs of Burns in return for his meal of bread and cheese and cider.

a reproduction of a written record (e.g. of a legal or school record)

From this reading A few months later the school-master gave him a copy of Burns's poems, and with this gift the boy became a poet himself.

time for Earth to make a complete rotation on its axis

From this reading JOHN GREENLEAF WHITTIER 1807-1892 In an old New England farm-house kitchen, a barefoot boy, dressed in homespun, one day sat listening to a lazy Scotch beggar who piped the songs of Burns in return for his meal of bread and cheese and cider.

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From this reading The beggar was good-natured, and the boy was an eager listener, and _Bonnie Doon_, _Highland Mary_, and _Auld Lang Syne_ were trilled forth as the master himself may have sung them among the Scottish "banks and braes."

a swinging or sliding barrier that will close the entrance to a room or building or vehicle

From this reading Never before had the farmer boy heard of the famous peasant, and a new door was opened through which he passed into an undreamed of world.

dressed or clothed especially in fine attire; often used in combination

From this reading JOHN GREENLEAF WHITTIER 1807-1892 In an old New England farm-house kitchen, a barefoot boy, dressed in homespun, one day sat listening to a lazy Scotch beggar who piped the songs of Burns in return for his meal of bread and cheese and cider.

having or showing keen interest or intense desire or impatient expectancy

From this reading The beggar was good-natured, and the boy was an eager listener, and _Bonnie Doon_, _Highland Mary_, and _Auld Lang Syne_ were trilled forth as the master himself may have sung them among the Scottish "banks and braes."

a division of the United Kingdom

From this reading JOHN GREENLEAF WHITTIER 1807-1892 In an old New England farm-house kitchen, a barefoot boy, dressed in homespun, one day sat listening to a lazy Scotch beggar who piped the songs of Burns in return for his meal of bread and cheese and cider.

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From this reading For these songs of roadsides and meadows, of ploughed fields and wet hedgerows, were to him familiar pictures of every-day life, whose poetry, once revealed, had to express itself in words.

give expression to

From this reading For these songs of roadsides and meadows, of ploughed fields and wet hedgerows, were to him familiar pictures of every-day life, whose poetry, once revealed, had to express itself in words.

well known or easily recognized

From this reading For these songs of roadsides and meadows, of ploughed fields and wet hedgerows, were to him familiar pictures of every-day life, whose poetry, once revealed, had to express itself in words.

widely known and esteemed

From this reading Never before had the farmer boy heard of the famous peasant, and a new door was opened through which he passed into an undreamed of world.

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From this reading JOHN GREENLEAF WHITTIER 1807-1892 In an old New England farm-house kitchen, a barefoot boy, dressed in homespun, one day sat listening to a lazy Scotch beggar who piped the songs of Burns in return for his meal of bread and cheese and cider.

a person who operates a farm

From this reading Never before had the farmer boy heard of the famous peasant, and a new door was opened through which he passed into an undreamed of world.

a quantifier that can be used with count nouns and is often preceded by “a”; a small but indefinite number

From this reading A few months later the school-master gave him a copy of Burns's poems, and with this gift the boy became a poet himself.

United States comedian and film actor (1880-1946)

From this reading For these songs of roadsides and meadows, of ploughed fields and wet hedgerows, were to him familiar pictures of every-day life, whose poetry, once revealed, had to express itself in words.

intended to be given to, or used by, somebody

From this reading JOHN GREENLEAF WHITTIER 1807-1892 In an old New England farm-house kitchen, a barefoot boy, dressed in homespun, one day sat listening to a lazy Scotch beggar who piped the songs of Burns in return for his meal of bread and cheese and cider.

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

From this reading The beggar was good-natured, and the boy was an eager listener, and _Bonnie Doon_, _Highland Mary_, and _Auld Lang Syne_ were trilled forth as the master himself may have sung them among the Scottish "banks and braes."

inflected form of “give” — cause to have, in the abstract sense or physical sense

From this reading A few months later the school-master gave him a copy of Burns's poems, and with this gift the boy became a poet himself.

something acquired without compensation

From this reading A few months later the school-master gave him a copy of Burns's poems, and with this gift the boy became a poet himself.

having an easygoing and cheerful disposition

From this reading The beggar was good-natured, and the boy was an eager listener, and _Bonnie Doon_, _Highland Mary_, and _Auld Lang Syne_ were trilled forth as the master himself may have sung them among the Scottish "banks and braes."

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From this reading JOHN GREENLEAF WHITTIER 1807-1892 In an old New England farm-house kitchen, a barefoot boy, dressed in homespun, one day sat listening to a lazy Scotch beggar who piped the songs of Burns in return for his meal of bread and cheese and cider.

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

From this reading Never before had the farmer boy heard of the famous peasant, and a new door was opened through which he passed into an undreamed of world.

used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses

From this reading The beggar was good-natured, and the boy was an eager listener, and _Bonnie Doon_, _Highland Mary_, and _Auld Lang Syne_ were trilled forth as the master himself may have sung them among the Scottish "banks and braes."

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

From this reading Never before had the farmer boy heard of the famous peasant, and a new door was opened through which he passed into an undreamed of world.

detected or perceived by the sense of hearing

From this reading Never before had the farmer boy heard of the famous peasant, and a new door was opened through which he passed into an undreamed of world.

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From this reading For these songs of roadsides and meadows, of ploughed fields and wet hedgerows, were to him familiar pictures of every-day life, whose poetry, once revealed, had to express itself in words.

elevated (e.g., mountainous) land

From this reading The beggar was good-natured, and the boy was an eager listener, and _Bonnie Doon_, _Highland Mary_, and _Auld Lang Syne_ were trilled forth as the master himself may have sung them among the Scottish "banks and braes."

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

From this reading A few months later the school-master gave him a copy of Burns's poems, and with this gift the boy became a poet himself.

used when the man or boy doing the action is also its object

From this reading The beggar was good-natured, and the boy was an eager listener, and _Bonnie Doon_, _Highland Mary_, and _Auld Lang Syne_ were trilled forth as the master himself may have sung them among the Scottish "banks and braes."

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

From this reading JOHN GREENLEAF WHITTIER 1807-1892 In an old New England farm-house kitchen, a barefoot boy, dressed in homespun, one day sat listening to a lazy Scotch beggar who piped the songs of Burns in return for his meal of bread and cheese and cider.

of textiles; having a rough surface

From this reading JOHN GREENLEAF WHITTIER 1807-1892 In an old New England farm-house kitchen, a barefoot boy, dressed in homespun, one day sat listening to a lazy Scotch beggar who piped the songs of Burns in return for his meal of bread and cheese and cider.

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

From this reading JOHN GREENLEAF WHITTIER 1807-1892 In an old New England farm-house kitchen, a barefoot boy, dressed in homespun, one day sat listening to a lazy Scotch beggar who piped the songs of Burns in return for his meal of bread and cheese and cider.

moving to the inside of something

From this reading Never before had the farmer boy heard of the famous peasant, and a new door was opened through which he passed into an undreamed of world.

used when the thing doing the action is also its object

From this reading For these songs of roadsides and meadows, of ploughed fields and wet hedgerows, were to him familiar pictures of every-day life, whose poetry, once revealed, had to express itself in words.

a room or building equipped with one or more toilets

From this reading JOHN GREENLEAF WHITTIER 1807-1892 In an old New England farm-house kitchen, a barefoot boy, dressed in homespun, one day sat listening to a lazy Scotch beggar who piped the songs of Burns in return for his meal of bread and cheese and cider.

a room equipped for preparing meals

From this reading JOHN GREENLEAF WHITTIER 1807-1892 In an old New England farm-house kitchen, a barefoot boy, dressed in homespun, one day sat listening to a lazy Scotch beggar who piped the songs of Burns in return for his meal of bread and cheese and cider.

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From this reading The beggar was good-natured, and the boy was an eager listener, and _Bonnie Doon_, _Highland Mary_, and _Auld Lang Syne_ were trilled forth as the master himself may have sung them among the Scottish "banks and braes."

happening at a time subsequent to a reference time

From this reading A few months later the school-master gave him a copy of Burns's poems, and with this gift the boy became a poet himself.

moving slowly and gently

From this reading JOHN GREENLEAF WHITTIER 1807-1892 In an old New England farm-house kitchen, a barefoot boy, dressed in homespun, one day sat listening to a lazy Scotch beggar who piped the songs of Burns in return for his meal of bread and cheese and cider.

a characteristic state or mode of living

From this reading For these songs of roadsides and meadows, of ploughed fields and wet hedgerows, were to him familiar pictures of every-day life, whose poetry, once revealed, had to express itself in words.

someone who listens attentively

From this reading The beggar was good-natured, and the boy was an eager listener, and _Bonnie Doon_, _Highland Mary_, and _Auld Lang Syne_ were trilled forth as the master himself may have sung them among the Scottish "banks and braes."

the act of hearing attentively

From this reading JOHN GREENLEAF WHITTIER 1807-1892 In an old New England farm-house kitchen, a barefoot boy, dressed in homespun, one day sat listening to a lazy Scotch beggar who piped the songs of Burns in return for his meal of bread and cheese and cider.

the mother of Jesus; Christians refer to her as the Virgin Mary; she is especially honored by Roman Catholics

From this reading The beggar was good-natured, and the boy was an eager listener, and _Bonnie Doon_, _Highland Mary_, and _Auld Lang Syne_ were trilled forth as the master himself may have sung them among the Scottish "banks and braes."

an artist of consummate skill

From this reading The beggar was good-natured, and the boy was an eager listener, and _Bonnie Doon_, _Highland Mary_, and _Auld Lang Syne_ were trilled forth as the master himself may have sung them among the Scottish "banks and braes."

used to say something is possible, or to give permission

From this reading The beggar was good-natured, and the boy was an eager listener, and _Bonnie Doon_, _Highland Mary_, and _Auld Lang Syne_ were trilled forth as the master himself may have sung them among the Scottish "banks and braes."

plural of “meadow” — a field where grass or alfalfa are grown to be made into hay

From this reading For these songs of roadsides and meadows, of ploughed fields and wet hedgerows, were to him familiar pictures of every-day life, whose poetry, once revealed, had to express itself in words.

the food served and eaten at one time

From this reading JOHN GREENLEAF WHITTIER 1807-1892 In an old New England farm-house kitchen, a barefoot boy, dressed in homespun, one day sat listening to a lazy Scotch beggar who piped the songs of Burns in return for his meal of bread and cheese and cider.

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

From this reading A few months later the school-master gave him a copy of Burns's poems, and with this gift the boy became a poet himself.

not ever; at no time in the past or future

From this reading Never before had the farmer boy heard of the famous peasant, and a new door was opened through which he passed into an undreamed of world.

not of long duration; having just (or relatively recently) come into being or been made or acquired or discovered

From this reading JOHN GREENLEAF WHITTIER 1807-1892 In an old New England farm-house kitchen, a barefoot boy, dressed in homespun, one day sat listening to a lazy Scotch beggar who piped the songs of Burns in return for his meal of bread and cheese and cider.

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

From this reading JOHN GREENLEAF WHITTIER 1807-1892 In an old New England farm-house kitchen, a barefoot boy, dressed in homespun, one day sat listening to a lazy Scotch beggar who piped the songs of Burns in return for his meal of bread and cheese and cider.

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

From this reading JOHN GREENLEAF WHITTIER 1807-1892 In an old New England farm-house kitchen, a barefoot boy, dressed in homespun, one day sat listening to a lazy Scotch beggar who piped the songs of Burns in return for his meal of bread and cheese and cider.

on one occasion

From this reading For these songs of roadsides and meadows, of ploughed fields and wet hedgerows, were to him familiar pictures of every-day life, whose poetry, once revealed, had to express itself in words.

used to mean any person in general, including the speaker

From this reading JOHN GREENLEAF WHITTIER 1807-1892 In an old New England farm-house kitchen, a barefoot boy, dressed in homespun, one day sat listening to a lazy Scotch beggar who piped the songs of Burns in return for his meal of bread and cheese and cider.

used of mouth or eyes

From this reading Never before had the farmer boy heard of the famous peasant, and a new door was opened through which he passed into an undreamed of world.

past form of “pass” — go across or through

From this reading Never before had the farmer boy heard of the famous peasant, and a new door was opened through which he passed into an undreamed of world.

a country person

From this reading Never before had the farmer boy heard of the famous peasant, and a new door was opened through which he passed into an undreamed of world.

plural of “picture” — a visual representation (of an object or scene or person or abstraction) produced on a surface

From this reading For these songs of roadsides and meadows, of ploughed fields and wet hedgerows, were to him familiar pictures of every-day life, whose poetry, once revealed, had to express itself in words.

past form of “pipe” — utter a shrill cry

From this reading JOHN GREENLEAF WHITTIER 1807-1892 In an old New England farm-house kitchen, a barefoot boy, dressed in homespun, one day sat listening to a lazy Scotch beggar who piped the songs of Burns in return for his meal of bread and cheese and cider.

(of farmland) broken and turned over with a plow

From this reading For these songs of roadsides and meadows, of ploughed fields and wet hedgerows, were to him familiar pictures of every-day life, whose poetry, once revealed, had to express itself in words.

plural of “poem” — a composition written in metrical feet forming rhythmical lines

From this reading A few months later the school-master gave him a copy of Burns's poems, and with this gift the boy became a poet himself.

a writer of poems (the term is usually reserved for writers of good poetry)

From this reading A few months later the school-master gave him a copy of Burns's poems, and with this gift the boy became a poet himself.

literature in metrical form

From this reading For these songs of roadsides and meadows, of ploughed fields and wet hedgerows, were to him familiar pictures of every-day life, whose poetry, once revealed, had to express itself in words.

go or come back to place, condition, or activity where one has been before

From this reading JOHN GREENLEAF WHITTIER 1807-1892 In an old New England farm-house kitchen, a barefoot boy, dressed in homespun, one day sat listening to a lazy Scotch beggar who piped the songs of Burns in return for his meal of bread and cheese and cider.

past form of “reveal” — make visible

From this reading For these songs of roadsides and meadows, of ploughed fields and wet hedgerows, were to him familiar pictures of every-day life, whose poetry, once revealed, had to express itself in words.

plural of “roadside” — edge of a way or road or path

From this reading For these songs of roadsides and meadows, of ploughed fields and wet hedgerows, were to him familiar pictures of every-day life, whose poetry, once revealed, had to express itself in words.

the seventh and last day of the week; observed as the Sabbath by Jews and some Christians

From this reading JOHN GREENLEAF WHITTIER 1807-1892 In an old New England farm-house kitchen, a barefoot boy, dressed in homespun, one day sat listening to a lazy Scotch beggar who piped the songs of Burns in return for his meal of bread and cheese and cider.

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From this reading A few months later the school-master gave him a copy of Burns's poems, and with this gift the boy became a poet himself.

a slight surface cut (especially a notch that is made to keep a tally)

From this reading JOHN GREENLEAF WHITTIER 1807-1892 In an old New England farm-house kitchen, a barefoot boy, dressed in homespun, one day sat listening to a lazy Scotch beggar who piped the songs of Burns in return for his meal of bread and cheese and cider.

the dialect of English used in Scotland

From this reading The beggar was good-natured, and the boy was an eager listener, and _Bonnie Doon_, _Highland Mary_, and _Auld Lang Syne_ were trilled forth as the master himself may have sung them among the Scottish "banks and braes."

plural of “song” — a short musical composition with words

From this reading JOHN GREENLEAF WHITTIER 1807-1892 In an old New England farm-house kitchen, a barefoot boy, dressed in homespun, one day sat listening to a lazy Scotch beggar who piped the songs of Burns in return for his meal of bread and cheese and cider.

the imperial dynasty of China from 960 to 1279; noted for art and literature and philosophy

From this reading The beggar was good-natured, and the boy was an eager listener, and _Bonnie Doon_, _Highland Mary_, and _Auld Lang Syne_ were trilled forth as the master himself may have sung them among the Scottish "banks and braes."

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

From this reading The beggar was good-natured, and the boy was an eager listener, and _Bonnie Doon_, _Highland Mary_, and _Auld Lang Syne_ were trilled forth as the master himself may have sung them among the Scottish "banks and braes."

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

From this reading JOHN GREENLEAF WHITTIER 1807-1892 In an old New England farm-house kitchen, a barefoot boy, dressed in homespun, one day sat listening to a lazy Scotch beggar who piped the songs of Burns in return for his meal of bread and cheese and cider.

the people or things already mentioned, as the object

From this reading The beggar was good-natured, and the boy was an eager listener, and _Bonnie Doon_, _Highland Mary_, and _Auld Lang Syne_ were trilled forth as the master himself may have sung them among the Scottish "banks and braes."

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

From this reading For these songs of roadsides and meadows, of ploughed fields and wet hedgerows, were to him familiar pictures of every-day life, whose poetry, once revealed, had to express itself in words.

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

From this reading A few months later the school-master gave him a copy of Burns's poems, and with this gift the boy became a poet himself.

from one end or side of something to the other

From this reading Never before had the farmer boy heard of the famous peasant, and a new door was opened through which he passed into an undreamed of world.

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

From this reading JOHN GREENLEAF WHITTIER 1807-1892 In an old New England farm-house kitchen, a barefoot boy, dressed in homespun, one day sat listening to a lazy Scotch beggar who piped the songs of Burns in return for his meal of bread and cheese and cider.

uttered with a trill

From this reading The beggar was good-natured, and the boy was an eager listener, and _Bonnie Doon_, _Highland Mary_, and _Auld Lang Syne_ were trilled forth as the master himself may have sung them among the Scottish "banks and braes."

not imagined even in a dream

From this reading Never before had the farmer boy heard of the famous peasant, and a new door was opened through which he passed into an undreamed of world.

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

From this reading The beggar was good-natured, and the boy was an eager listener, and _Bonnie Doon_, _Highland Mary_, and _Auld Lang Syne_ were trilled forth as the master himself may have sung them among the Scottish "banks and braes."

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

From this reading The beggar was good-natured, and the boy was an eager listener, and _Bonnie Doon_, _Highland Mary_, and _Auld Lang Syne_ were trilled forth as the master himself may have sung them among the Scottish "banks and braes."

covered or soaked with a liquid such as water

From this reading For these songs of roadsides and meadows, of ploughed fields and wet hedgerows, were to him familiar pictures of every-day life, whose poetry, once revealed, had to express itself in words.

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

From this reading Never before had the farmer boy heard of the famous peasant, and a new door was opened through which he passed into an undreamed of world.

United States poet best known for his nostalgic poems about New England (1807-1892)

From this reading JOHN GREENLEAF WHITTIER 1807-1892 In an old New England farm-house kitchen, a barefoot boy, dressed in homespun, one day sat listening to a lazy Scotch beggar who piped the songs of Burns in return for his meal of bread and cheese and cider.

which person or people

From this reading JOHN GREENLEAF WHITTIER 1807-1892 In an old New England farm-house kitchen, a barefoot boy, dressed in homespun, one day sat listening to a lazy Scotch beggar who piped the songs of Burns in return for his meal of bread and cheese and cider.

belonging to which person

From this reading For these songs of roadsides and meadows, of ploughed fields and wet hedgerows, were to him familiar pictures of every-day life, whose poetry, once revealed, had to express itself in words.

in the company of; together with

From this reading A few months later the school-master gave him a copy of Burns's poems, and with this gift the boy became a poet himself.

the words that are spoken

From this reading For these songs of roadsides and meadows, of ploughed fields and wet hedgerows, were to him familiar pictures of every-day life, whose poetry, once revealed, had to express itself in words.

everything that exists anywhere

From this reading Never before had the farmer boy heard of the famous peasant, and a new door was opened through which he passed into an undreamed of world.