Chapter XVI

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

From this reading I THOUGH to the commonplace and unspeculative eye Mrs. Evans Riddle was but a female blacksmith, yet Mrs. Riddle and her followers knew, in a bland smirking way, that she was instituting an era in which sickness, poverty, and folly would be ended forever.

(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 She maintained a magazine filled with such starry thoughts as “All the world’s a road whereon we are but fellow wayfarers.”

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

From this reading I THOUGH to the commonplace and unspeculative eye Mrs. Evans Riddle was but a female blacksmith, yet Mrs. Riddle and her followers knew, in a bland smirking way, that she was instituting an era in which sickness, poverty, and folly would be ended forever.

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

From this reading I THOUGH to the commonplace and unspeculative eye Mrs. Evans Riddle was but a female blacksmith, yet Mrs. Riddle and her followers knew, in a bland smirking way, that she was instituting an era in which sickness, poverty, and folly would be ended forever.

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From this reading She was the proprietor of the Victory Thought-power Headquarters, New York, and not even in Los Angeles was there a more important center of predigested philosophy and pansy-painted ethics.

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

From this reading She maintained a magazine filled with such starry thoughts as “All the world’s a road whereon we are but fellow wayfarers.”

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

From this reading She maintained a magazine filled with such starry thoughts as “All the world’s a road whereon we are but fellow wayfarers.”

in or near a particular place or position

From this reading She held morning and vesper services on Sunday at Euterpean Hall, on Eighty-seventh Street, and between moments of Silent Thought she boxed with the inexplicable.

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

From this reading I THOUGH to the commonplace and unspeculative eye Mrs. Evans Riddle was but a female blacksmith, yet Mrs. Riddle and her followers knew, in a bland smirking way, that she was instituting an era in which sickness, poverty, and folly would be ended forever.

in the space, time, or range separating two things

From this reading She held morning and vesper services on Sunday at Euterpean Hall, on Eighty-seventh Street, and between moments of Silent Thought she boxed with the inexplicable.

a smith who forges and shapes iron with a hammer and anvil

From this reading I THOUGH to the commonplace and unspeculative eye Mrs. Evans Riddle was but a female blacksmith, yet Mrs. Riddle and her followers knew, in a bland smirking way, that she was instituting an era in which sickness, poverty, and folly would be ended forever.

lacking taste or flavor or tang

From this reading I THOUGH to the commonplace and unspeculative eye Mrs. Evans Riddle was but a female blacksmith, yet Mrs. Riddle and her followers knew, in a bland smirking way, that she was instituting an era in which sickness, poverty, and folly would be ended forever.

enclosed in or set off by a border or box

From this reading She held morning and vesper services on Sunday at Euterpean Hall, on Eighty-seventh Street, and between moments of Silent Thought she boxed with the inexplicable.

used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before

From this reading I THOUGH to the commonplace and unspeculative eye Mrs. Evans Riddle was but a female blacksmith, yet Mrs. Riddle and her followers knew, in a bland smirking way, that she was instituting an era in which sickness, poverty, and folly would be ended forever.

The middle point or core of an area.

From this reading She was the proprietor of the Victory Thought-power Headquarters, New York, and not even in Los Angeles was there a more important center of predigested philosophy and pansy-painted ethics.

plural of “class” — a collection of things sharing a common attribute

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completely ordinary and unremarkable

From this reading I THOUGH to the commonplace and unspeculative eye Mrs. Evans Riddle was but a female blacksmith, yet Mrs. Riddle and her followers knew, in a bland smirking way, that she was instituting an era in which sickness, poverty, and folly would be ended forever.

the strength of a solution; number of molecules of a substance in a given volume

From this reading She taught, or farmed out, classes in Concentration, Prosperity, Love, Metaphysics, Oriental Mysticism, and the Fourth Dimension.

the magnitude of something in a particular direction (especially length or width or height)

From this reading She taught, or farmed out, classes in Concentration, Prosperity, Love, Metaphysics, Oriental Mysticism, and the Fourth Dimension.

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From this reading She held morning and vesper services on Sunday at Euterpean Hall, on Eighty-seventh Street, and between moments of Silent Thought she boxed with the inexplicable.

having come or been brought to a conclusion

From this reading I THOUGH to the commonplace and unspeculative eye Mrs. Evans Riddle was but a female blacksmith, yet Mrs. Riddle and her followers knew, in a bland smirking way, that she was instituting an era in which sickness, poverty, and folly would be ended forever.

a period marked by distinctive character or reckoned from a fixed point or event

From this reading I THOUGH to the commonplace and unspeculative eye Mrs. Evans Riddle was but a female blacksmith, yet Mrs. Riddle and her followers knew, in a bland smirking way, that she was instituting an era in which sickness, poverty, and folly would be ended forever.

motivation based on ideas of right and wrong

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United States anatomist who identified four pituitary hormones and discovered vitamin E (1882-1971)

From this reading I THOUGH to the commonplace and unspeculative eye Mrs. Evans Riddle was but a female blacksmith, yet Mrs. Riddle and her followers knew, in a bland smirking way, that she was instituting an era in which sickness, poverty, and folly would be ended forever.

divisible by two

From this reading She was the proprietor of the Victory Thought-power Headquarters, New York, and not even in Los Angeles was there a more important center of predigested philosophy and pansy-painted ethics.

the organ of sight

From this reading I THOUGH to the commonplace and unspeculative eye Mrs. Evans Riddle was but a female blacksmith, yet Mrs. Riddle and her followers knew, in a bland smirking way, that she was instituting an era in which sickness, poverty, and folly would be ended forever.

past form of “farm” — be a farmer; work as a farmer

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a boy or man

From this reading She maintained a magazine filled with such starry thoughts as “All the world’s a road whereon we are but fellow wayfarers.”

being the sex (of plant or animal) that produces fertilizable gametes (ova) from which offspring develop

From this reading I THOUGH to the commonplace and unspeculative eye Mrs. Evans Riddle was but a female blacksmith, yet Mrs. Riddle and her followers knew, in a bland smirking way, that she was instituting an era in which sickness, poverty, and folly would be ended forever.

(usually followed by “with” or used as a combining form) generously supplied with

From this reading She maintained a magazine filled with such starry thoughts as “All the world’s a road whereon we are but fellow wayfarers.”

a group of followers or enthusiasts

From this reading I THOUGH to the commonplace and unspeculative eye Mrs. Evans Riddle was but a female blacksmith, yet Mrs. Riddle and her followers knew, in a bland smirking way, that she was instituting an era in which sickness, poverty, and folly would be ended forever.

the trait of acting stupidly or rashly

From this reading I THOUGH to the commonplace and unspeculative eye Mrs. Evans Riddle was but a female blacksmith, yet Mrs. Riddle and her followers knew, in a bland smirking way, that she was instituting an era in which sickness, poverty, and folly would be ended forever.

for a limitless time

From this reading I THOUGH to the commonplace and unspeculative eye Mrs. Evans Riddle was but a female blacksmith, yet Mrs. Riddle and her followers knew, in a bland smirking way, that she was instituting an era in which sickness, poverty, and folly would be ended forever.

following the third position; number four in a countable series

From this reading She taught, or farmed out, classes in Concentration, Prosperity, Love, Metaphysics, Oriental Mysticism, and the Fourth Dimension.

an interior passage or corridor onto which rooms open

From this reading She held morning and vesper services on Sunday at Euterpean Hall, on Eighty-seventh Street, and between moments of Silent Thought she boxed with the inexplicable.

(usually plural) the office that serves as the administrative center of an enterprise

From this reading She was the proprietor of the Victory Thought-power Headquarters, New York, and not even in Los Angeles was there a more important center of predigested philosophy and pansy-painted ethics.

occupied or in the control of; often used in combination

From this reading She held morning and vesper services on Sunday at Euterpean Hall, on Eighty-seventh Street, and between moments of Silent Thought she boxed with the inexplicable.

belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned

From this reading I THOUGH to the commonplace and unspeculative eye Mrs. Evans Riddle was but a female blacksmith, yet Mrs. Riddle and her followers knew, in a bland smirking way, that she was instituting an era in which sickness, poverty, and folly would be ended forever.

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

From this reading I THOUGH to the commonplace and unspeculative eye Mrs. Evans Riddle was but a female blacksmith, yet Mrs. Riddle and her followers knew, in a bland smirking way, that she was instituting an era in which sickness, poverty, and folly would be ended forever.

of great significance or value

From this reading She was the proprietor of the Victory Thought-power Headquarters, New York, and not even in Los Angeles was there a more important center of predigested philosophy and pansy-painted ethics.

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

From this reading I THOUGH to the commonplace and unspeculative eye Mrs. Evans Riddle was but a female blacksmith, yet Mrs. Riddle and her followers knew, in a bland smirking way, that she was instituting an era in which sickness, poverty, and folly would be ended forever.

incapable of being explained or accounted for

From this reading She held morning and vesper services on Sunday at Euterpean Hall, on Eighty-seventh Street, and between moments of Silent Thought she boxed with the inexplicable.

-ing form of “institute” — set up or lay the groundwork for

From this reading I THOUGH to the commonplace and unspeculative eye Mrs. Evans Riddle was but a female blacksmith, yet Mrs. Riddle and her followers knew, in a bland smirking way, that she was instituting an era in which sickness, poverty, and folly would be ended forever.

inflected form of “know” — be cognizant or aware of a fact or a specific piece of information; possess knowledge or information about

From this reading I THOUGH to the commonplace and unspeculative eye Mrs. Evans Riddle was but a female blacksmith, yet Mrs. Riddle and her followers knew, in a bland smirking way, that she was instituting an era in which sickness, poverty, and folly would be ended forever.

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From this reading She was the proprietor of the Victory Thought-power Headquarters, New York, and not even in Los Angeles was there a more important center of predigested philosophy and pansy-painted ethics.

a strong positive emotion of regard and affection

From this reading She taught, or farmed out, classes in Concentration, Prosperity, Love, Metaphysics, Oriental Mysticism, and the Fourth Dimension.

a periodic publication containing pictures and stories and articles of interest to those who purchase it or subscribe to it

From this reading She maintained a magazine filled with such starry thoughts as “All the world’s a road whereon we are but fellow wayfarers.”

kept in good condition

From this reading She maintained a magazine filled with such starry thoughts as “All the world’s a road whereon we are but fellow wayfarers.”

the philosophical study of being and knowing

From this reading She taught, or farmed out, classes in Concentration, Prosperity, Love, Metaphysics, Oriental Mysticism, and the Fourth Dimension.

plural of “moment” — a particular point in time

From this reading She held morning and vesper services on Sunday at Euterpean Hall, on Eighty-seventh Street, and between moments of Silent Thought she boxed with the inexplicable.

(comparative of “much” used with mass nouns) a quantifier meaning greater in size or amount or extent or degree

From this reading She was the proprietor of the Victory Thought-power Headquarters, New York, and not even in Los Angeles was there a more important center of predigested philosophy and pansy-painted ethics.

the time period between dawn and noon

From this reading She held morning and vesper services on Sunday at Euterpean Hall, on Eighty-seventh Street, and between moments of Silent Thought she boxed with the inexplicable.

a form of address for a married woman

From this reading I THOUGH to the commonplace and unspeculative eye Mrs. Evans Riddle was but a female blacksmith, yet Mrs. Riddle and her followers knew, in a bland smirking way, that she was instituting an era in which sickness, poverty, and folly would be ended forever.

a religion based on mystical communion with an ultimate reality

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

From this reading She was the proprietor of the Victory Thought-power Headquarters, New York, and not even in Los Angeles was there a more important center of predigested philosophy and pansy-painted ethics.

used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative

From this reading She was the proprietor of the Victory Thought-power Headquarters, New York, and not even in Los Angeles was there a more important center of predigested philosophy and pansy-painted ethics.

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

From this reading She was the proprietor of the Victory Thought-power Headquarters, New York, and not even in Los Angeles was there a more important center of predigested philosophy and pansy-painted ethics.

touching and supported by a surface

From this reading She held morning and vesper services on Sunday at Euterpean Hall, on Eighty-seventh Street, and between moments of Silent Thought she boxed with the inexplicable.

used to join alternatives or possibilities

From this reading She taught, or farmed out, classes in Concentration, Prosperity, Love, Metaphysics, Oriental Mysticism, and the Fourth Dimension.

denoting or characteristic of countries of the Far East

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not allowed to continue to bat or run

From this reading She taught, or farmed out, classes in Concentration, Prosperity, Love, Metaphysics, Oriental Mysticism, and the Fourth Dimension.

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The study of the fundamental nature of knowledge, reality, and existence. (Triết học, đạo lý nhân sinh.)

From this reading She was the proprietor of the Victory Thought-power Headquarters, New York, and not even in Los Angeles was there a more important center of predigested philosophy and pansy-painted ethics.

the state of having little or no money and few or no material possessions

From this reading I THOUGH to the commonplace and unspeculative eye Mrs. Evans Riddle was but a female blacksmith, yet Mrs. Riddle and her followers knew, in a bland smirking way, that she was instituting an era in which sickness, poverty, and folly would be ended forever.

artificially partially digested as by enzymatic action

From this reading She was the proprietor of the Victory Thought-power Headquarters, New York, and not even in Los Angeles was there a more important center of predigested philosophy and pansy-painted ethics.

(law) someone who owns (is legal possessor of) a business

From this reading She was the proprietor of the Victory Thought-power Headquarters, New York, and not even in Los Angeles was there a more important center of predigested philosophy and pansy-painted ethics.

an economic state of growth with rising profits and full employment

From this reading She taught, or farmed out, classes in Concentration, Prosperity, Love, Metaphysics, Oriental Mysticism, and the Fourth Dimension.

pierce with many holes

From this reading I THOUGH to the commonplace and unspeculative eye Mrs. Evans Riddle was but a female blacksmith, yet Mrs. Riddle and her followers knew, in a bland smirking way, that she was instituting an era in which sickness, poverty, and folly would be ended forever.

an open way (generally public) for travel or transportation

From this reading She maintained a magazine filled with such starry thoughts as “All the world’s a road whereon we are but fellow wayfarers.”

performance of duties or provision of space and equipment helpful to others

From this reading She held morning and vesper services on Sunday at Euterpean Hall, on Eighty-seventh Street, and between moments of Silent Thought she boxed with the inexplicable.

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

From this reading I THOUGH to the commonplace and unspeculative eye Mrs. Evans Riddle was but a female blacksmith, yet Mrs. Riddle and her followers knew, in a bland smirking way, that she was instituting an era in which sickness, poverty, and folly would be ended forever.

impairment of normal physiological function affecting part or all of an organism

From this reading I THOUGH to the commonplace and unspeculative eye Mrs. Evans Riddle was but a female blacksmith, yet Mrs. Riddle and her followers knew, in a bland smirking way, that she was instituting an era in which sickness, poverty, and folly would be ended forever.

marked by absence of sound

From this reading She held morning and vesper services on Sunday at Euterpean Hall, on Eighty-seventh Street, and between moments of Silent Thought she boxed with the inexplicable.

-ing form of “smirk” — smile affectedly or derisively

From this reading I THOUGH to the commonplace and unspeculative eye Mrs. Evans Riddle was but a female blacksmith, yet Mrs. Riddle and her followers knew, in a bland smirking way, that she was instituting an era in which sickness, poverty, and folly would be ended forever.

abounding with or resembling stars

From this reading She maintained a magazine filled with such starry thoughts as “All the world’s a road whereon we are but fellow wayfarers.”

a thoroughfare (usually including sidewalks) that is lined with buildings

From this reading She held morning and vesper services on Sunday at Euterpean Hall, on Eighty-seventh Street, and between moments of Silent Thought she boxed with the inexplicable.

of the kind already mentioned

From this reading She maintained a magazine filled with such starry thoughts as “All the world’s a road whereon we are but fellow wayfarers.”

first day of the week; observed as a day of rest and worship by most Christians

From this reading She held morning and vesper services on Sunday at Euterpean Hall, on Eighty-seventh Street, and between moments of Silent Thought she boxed with the inexplicable.

inflected form of “teach” — impart skills or knowledge to

From this reading She taught, or farmed out, classes in Concentration, Prosperity, Love, Metaphysics, Oriental Mysticism, and the Fourth Dimension.

used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt

From this reading I THOUGH to the commonplace and unspeculative eye Mrs. Evans Riddle was but a female blacksmith, yet Mrs. Riddle and her followers knew, in a bland smirking way, that she was instituting an era in which sickness, poverty, and folly would be ended forever.

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

From this reading I THOUGH to the commonplace and unspeculative eye Mrs. Evans Riddle was but a female blacksmith, yet Mrs. Riddle and her followers knew, in a bland smirking way, that she was instituting an era in which sickness, poverty, and folly would be ended forever.

in or at that place or location

From this reading She was the proprietor of the Victory Thought-power Headquarters, New York, and not even in Los Angeles was there a more important center of predigested philosophy and pansy-painted ethics.

in spite of the fact that

From this reading I THOUGH to the commonplace and unspeculative eye Mrs. Evans Riddle was but a female blacksmith, yet Mrs. Riddle and her followers knew, in a bland smirking way, that she was instituting an era in which sickness, poverty, and folly would be ended forever.

the content of cognition; the main thing you are thinking about

From this reading She held morning and vesper services on Sunday at Euterpean Hall, on Eighty-seventh Street, and between moments of Silent Thought she boxed with the inexplicable.

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From this reading She was the proprietor of the Victory Thought-power Headquarters, New York, and not even in Los Angeles was there a more important center of predigested philosophy and pansy-painted ethics.

plural of “thought” — the content of cognition; the main thing you are thinking about

From this reading She maintained a magazine filled with such starry thoughts as “All the world’s a road whereon we are but fellow wayfarers.”

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

From this reading I THOUGH to the commonplace and unspeculative eye Mrs. Evans Riddle was but a female blacksmith, yet Mrs. Riddle and her followers knew, in a bland smirking way, that she was instituting an era in which sickness, poverty, and folly would be ended forever.

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From this reading I THOUGH to the commonplace and unspeculative eye Mrs. Evans Riddle was but a female blacksmith, yet Mrs. Riddle and her followers knew, in a bland smirking way, that she was instituting an era in which sickness, poverty, and folly would be ended forever.

a planet (usually Venus) seen at sunset in the western sky

From this reading She held morning and vesper services on Sunday at Euterpean Hall, on Eighty-seventh Street, and between moments of Silent Thought she boxed with the inexplicable.

a successful ending of a struggle or contest

From this reading She was the proprietor of the Victory Thought-power Headquarters, New York, and not even in Los Angeles was there a more important center of predigested philosophy and pansy-painted ethics.

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

From this reading I THOUGH to the commonplace and unspeculative eye Mrs. Evans Riddle was but a female blacksmith, yet Mrs. Riddle and her followers knew, in a bland smirking way, that she was instituting an era in which sickness, poverty, and folly would be ended forever.

how something is done or how it happens

From this reading I THOUGH to the commonplace and unspeculative eye Mrs. Evans Riddle was but a female blacksmith, yet Mrs. Riddle and her followers knew, in a bland smirking way, that she was instituting an era in which sickness, poverty, and folly would be ended forever.

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From this reading She maintained a magazine filled with such starry thoughts as “All the world’s a road whereon we are but fellow wayfarers.”

the speaker together with one or more other people

From this reading She maintained a magazine filled with such starry thoughts as “All the world’s a road whereon we are but fellow wayfarers.”

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From this reading She maintained a magazine filled with such starry thoughts as “All the world’s a road whereon we are but fellow wayfarers.”

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

From this reading I THOUGH to the commonplace and unspeculative eye Mrs. Evans Riddle was but a female blacksmith, yet Mrs. Riddle and her followers knew, in a bland smirking way, that she was instituting an era in which sickness, poverty, and folly would be ended forever.

in the company of; together with

From this reading She maintained a magazine filled with such starry thoughts as “All the world’s a road whereon we are but fellow wayfarers.”

possessive form of “world” — everything that exists anywhere

From this reading She maintained a magazine filled with such starry thoughts as “All the world’s a road whereon we are but fellow wayfarers.”

used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past

From this reading I THOUGH to the commonplace and unspeculative eye Mrs. Evans Riddle was but a female blacksmith, yet Mrs. Riddle and her followers knew, in a bland smirking way, that she was instituting an era in which sickness, poverty, and folly would be ended forever.

but in spite of that

From this reading I THOUGH to the commonplace and unspeculative eye Mrs. Evans Riddle was but a female blacksmith, yet Mrs. Riddle and her followers knew, in a bland smirking way, that she was instituting an era in which sickness, poverty, and folly would be ended forever.

the English royal house (a branch of the Plantagenet line) that reigned from 1461 to 1485; its emblem was a white rose

From this reading She was the proprietor of the Victory Thought-power Headquarters, New York, and not even in Los Angeles was there a more important center of predigested philosophy and pansy-painted ethics.