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adeterminerUS /ə/
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading --The Prince of Wales.--King George as a boy.--Children's portraits.--Mrs. Weldon.--Christabel Pankhurst.
accepting
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From this reading Although Fate interrupted this good intention through the unforeseen offer to work for _Vanity Fair_ (which, with my love for caricature, I could not resist the temptation of accepting), I did not refuse commissions to execute portraits, but as the number of cartoons that I had undertaken to do for publication was considerable, naturally private work had to make way for it.
add
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From this reading "In portraits, the grace and one may add the likeness consists more in the general air than in the exact similitude of every feature."
air
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From this reading "In portraits, the grace and one may add the likeness consists more in the general air than in the exact similitude of every feature."
Alma
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From this reading PORTRAITURE Some of my sitters.--Mrs. Tom Caley.--Lady Leucha Warner.-- Lady Loudoun.--Colonel Corbett.--Miss Reiss.--The late Mrs. Harry McCalmont.--The Duke of Hamilton.--Sir W. Jaffray.-- The Queen of Spain.--Soldier sitters.--Millais.--Sir William Cunliffe Brooks.--Holman Hunt.--George Richmond.--Sir William Richmond.--Sir Luke Fildes.--Lord Leighton.--Sir Laurence Alma Tadema.--Sir George Reid.--Orchardson.--Pettie.--Frank Dicksee.--Augustus Lumley.--"Archie" Stuart Wortley.--John Varley.--John Collier.--Sir Keith Fraser.--Sir Charles Fraser.--Mrs. Langtry.--Mrs. Cornwallis West.--Miss Rousby.
AlthoughconjunctionUS /ˌɔːlˈðoʊ/
in spite of the fact that
From this reading Although Fate interrupted this good intention through the unforeseen offer to work for _Vanity Fair_ (which, with my love for caricature, I could not resist the temptation of accepting), I did not refuse commissions to execute portraits, but as the number of cartoons that I had undertaken to do for publication was considerable, naturally private work had to make way for it.
always
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From this reading _Sir Joshua Reynolds._ Of the study of portraiture I was always fond, and the prospect of becoming a portrait painter appealed greatly to me.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading "In portraits, the grace and one may add the likeness consists more in the general air than in the exact similitude of every feature."
appealed
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From this reading _Sir Joshua Reynolds._ Of the study of portraiture I was always fond, and the prospect of becoming a portrait painter appealed greatly to me.
Archie
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From this reading PORTRAITURE Some of my sitters.--Mrs. Tom Caley.--Lady Leucha Warner.-- Lady Loudoun.--Colonel Corbett.--Miss Reiss.--The late Mrs. Harry McCalmont.--The Duke of Hamilton.--Sir W. Jaffray.-- The Queen of Spain.--Soldier sitters.--Millais.--Sir William Cunliffe Brooks.--Holman Hunt.--George Richmond.--Sir William Richmond.--Sir Luke Fildes.--Lord Leighton.--Sir Laurence Alma Tadema.--Sir George Reid.--Orchardson.--Pettie.--Frank Dicksee.--Augustus Lumley.--"Archie" Stuart Wortley.--John Varley.--John Collier.--Sir Keith Fraser.--Sir Charles Fraser.--Mrs. Langtry.--Mrs. Cornwallis West.--Miss Rousby.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading --The Prince of Wales.--King George as a boy.--Children's portraits.--Mrs. Weldon.--Christabel Pankhurst.
Augustus
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From this reading PORTRAITURE Some of my sitters.--Mrs. Tom Caley.--Lady Leucha Warner.-- Lady Loudoun.--Colonel Corbett.--Miss Reiss.--The late Mrs. Harry McCalmont.--The Duke of Hamilton.--Sir W. Jaffray.-- The Queen of Spain.--Soldier sitters.--Millais.--Sir William Cunliffe Brooks.--Holman Hunt.--George Richmond.--Sir William Richmond.--Sir Luke Fildes.--Lord Leighton.--Sir Laurence Alma Tadema.--Sir George Reid.--Orchardson.--Pettie.--Frank Dicksee.--Augustus Lumley.--"Archie" Stuart Wortley.--John Varley.--John Collier.--Sir Keith Fraser.--Sir Charles Fraser.--Mrs. Langtry.--Mrs. Cornwallis West.--Miss Rousby.
becoming
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From this reading _Sir Joshua Reynolds._ Of the study of portraiture I was always fond, and the prospect of becoming a portrait painter appealed greatly to me.
boy
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From this reading --The Prince of Wales.--King George as a boy.--Children's portraits.--Mrs. Weldon.--Christabel Pankhurst.
Brooks
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From this reading PORTRAITURE Some of my sitters.--Mrs. Tom Caley.--Lady Leucha Warner.-- Lady Loudoun.--Colonel Corbett.--Miss Reiss.--The late Mrs. Harry McCalmont.--The Duke of Hamilton.--Sir W. Jaffray.-- The Queen of Spain.--Soldier sitters.--Millais.--Sir William Cunliffe Brooks.--Holman Hunt.--George Richmond.--Sir William Richmond.--Sir Luke Fildes.--Lord Leighton.--Sir Laurence Alma Tadema.--Sir George Reid.--Orchardson.--Pettie.--Frank Dicksee.--Augustus Lumley.--"Archie" Stuart Wortley.--John Varley.--John Collier.--Sir Keith Fraser.--Sir Charles Fraser.--Mrs. Langtry.--Mrs. Cornwallis West.--Miss Rousby.
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading Although Fate interrupted this good intention through the unforeseen offer to work for _Vanity Fair_ (which, with my love for caricature, I could not resist the temptation of accepting), I did not refuse commissions to execute portraits, but as the number of cartoons that I had undertaken to do for publication was considerable, naturally private work had to make way for it.
Caley
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From this reading PORTRAITURE Some of my sitters.--Mrs. Tom Caley.--Lady Leucha Warner.-- Lady Loudoun.--Colonel Corbett.--Miss Reiss.--The late Mrs. Harry McCalmont.--The Duke of Hamilton.--Sir W. Jaffray.-- The Queen of Spain.--Soldier sitters.--Millais.--Sir William Cunliffe Brooks.--Holman Hunt.--George Richmond.--Sir William Richmond.--Sir Luke Fildes.--Lord Leighton.--Sir Laurence Alma Tadema.--Sir George Reid.--Orchardson.--Pettie.--Frank Dicksee.--Augustus Lumley.--"Archie" Stuart Wortley.--John Varley.--John Collier.--Sir Keith Fraser.--Sir Charles Fraser.--Mrs. Langtry.--Mrs. Cornwallis West.--Miss Rousby.
caricature
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From this reading Although Fate interrupted this good intention through the unforeseen offer to work for _Vanity Fair_ (which, with my love for caricature, I could not resist the temptation of accepting), I did not refuse commissions to execute portraits, but as the number of cartoons that I had undertaken to do for publication was considerable, naturally private work had to make way for it.
cartoons
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From this reading Although Fate interrupted this good intention through the unforeseen offer to work for _Vanity Fair_ (which, with my love for caricature, I could not resist the temptation of accepting), I did not refuse commissions to execute portraits, but as the number of cartoons that I had undertaken to do for publication was considerable, naturally private work had to make way for it.
Charles
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From this reading PORTRAITURE Some of my sitters.--Mrs. Tom Caley.--Lady Leucha Warner.-- Lady Loudoun.--Colonel Corbett.--Miss Reiss.--The late Mrs. Harry McCalmont.--The Duke of Hamilton.--Sir W. Jaffray.-- The Queen of Spain.--Soldier sitters.--Millais.--Sir William Cunliffe Brooks.--Holman Hunt.--George Richmond.--Sir William Richmond.--Sir Luke Fildes.--Lord Leighton.--Sir Laurence Alma Tadema.--Sir George Reid.--Orchardson.--Pettie.--Frank Dicksee.--Augustus Lumley.--"Archie" Stuart Wortley.--John Varley.--John Collier.--Sir Keith Fraser.--Sir Charles Fraser.--Mrs. Langtry.--Mrs. Cornwallis West.--Miss Rousby.
Children's
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From this reading --The Prince of Wales.--King George as a boy.--Children's portraits.--Mrs. Weldon.--Christabel Pankhurst.
Christabel
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From this reading --The Prince of Wales.--King George as a boy.--Children's portraits.--Mrs. Weldon.--Christabel Pankhurst.
Collier
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From this reading PORTRAITURE Some of my sitters.--Mrs. Tom Caley.--Lady Leucha Warner.-- Lady Loudoun.--Colonel Corbett.--Miss Reiss.--The late Mrs. Harry McCalmont.--The Duke of Hamilton.--Sir W. Jaffray.-- The Queen of Spain.--Soldier sitters.--Millais.--Sir William Cunliffe Brooks.--Holman Hunt.--George Richmond.--Sir William Richmond.--Sir Luke Fildes.--Lord Leighton.--Sir Laurence Alma Tadema.--Sir George Reid.--Orchardson.--Pettie.--Frank Dicksee.--Augustus Lumley.--"Archie" Stuart Wortley.--John Varley.--John Collier.--Sir Keith Fraser.--Sir Charles Fraser.--Mrs. Langtry.--Mrs. Cornwallis West.--Miss Rousby.
Colonel
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From this reading PORTRAITURE Some of my sitters.--Mrs. Tom Caley.--Lady Leucha Warner.-- Lady Loudoun.--Colonel Corbett.--Miss Reiss.--The late Mrs. Harry McCalmont.--The Duke of Hamilton.--Sir W. Jaffray.-- The Queen of Spain.--Soldier sitters.--Millais.--Sir William Cunliffe Brooks.--Holman Hunt.--George Richmond.--Sir William Richmond.--Sir Luke Fildes.--Lord Leighton.--Sir Laurence Alma Tadema.--Sir George Reid.--Orchardson.--Pettie.--Frank Dicksee.--Augustus Lumley.--"Archie" Stuart Wortley.--John Varley.--John Collier.--Sir Keith Fraser.--Sir Charles Fraser.--Mrs. Langtry.--Mrs. Cornwallis West.--Miss Rousby.
commissions
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From this reading Although Fate interrupted this good intention through the unforeseen offer to work for _Vanity Fair_ (which, with my love for caricature, I could not resist the temptation of accepting), I did not refuse commissions to execute portraits, but as the number of cartoons that I had undertaken to do for publication was considerable, naturally private work had to make way for it.
considerable
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From this reading Although Fate interrupted this good intention through the unforeseen offer to work for _Vanity Fair_ (which, with my love for caricature, I could not resist the temptation of accepting), I did not refuse commissions to execute portraits, but as the number of cartoons that I had undertaken to do for publication was considerable, naturally private work had to make way for it.
consists
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From this reading "In portraits, the grace and one may add the likeness consists more in the general air than in the exact similitude of every feature."
Corbett
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From this reading PORTRAITURE Some of my sitters.--Mrs. Tom Caley.--Lady Leucha Warner.-- Lady Loudoun.--Colonel Corbett.--Miss Reiss.--The late Mrs. Harry McCalmont.--The Duke of Hamilton.--Sir W. Jaffray.-- The Queen of Spain.--Soldier sitters.--Millais.--Sir William Cunliffe Brooks.--Holman Hunt.--George Richmond.--Sir William Richmond.--Sir Luke Fildes.--Lord Leighton.--Sir Laurence Alma Tadema.--Sir George Reid.--Orchardson.--Pettie.--Frank Dicksee.--Augustus Lumley.--"Archie" Stuart Wortley.--John Varley.--John Collier.--Sir Keith Fraser.--Sir Charles Fraser.--Mrs. Langtry.--Mrs. Cornwallis West.--Miss Rousby.
Cornwallis
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From this reading PORTRAITURE Some of my sitters.--Mrs. Tom Caley.--Lady Leucha Warner.-- Lady Loudoun.--Colonel Corbett.--Miss Reiss.--The late Mrs. Harry McCalmont.--The Duke of Hamilton.--Sir W. Jaffray.-- The Queen of Spain.--Soldier sitters.--Millais.--Sir William Cunliffe Brooks.--Holman Hunt.--George Richmond.--Sir William Richmond.--Sir Luke Fildes.--Lord Leighton.--Sir Laurence Alma Tadema.--Sir George Reid.--Orchardson.--Pettie.--Frank Dicksee.--Augustus Lumley.--"Archie" Stuart Wortley.--John Varley.--John Collier.--Sir Keith Fraser.--Sir Charles Fraser.--Mrs. Langtry.--Mrs. Cornwallis West.--Miss Rousby.
couldmodal verbUS /kʊd/
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading Although Fate interrupted this good intention through the unforeseen offer to work for _Vanity Fair_ (which, with my love for caricature, I could not resist the temptation of accepting), I did not refuse commissions to execute portraits, but as the number of cartoons that I had undertaken to do for publication was considerable, naturally private work had to make way for it.
Cunliffe
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From this reading PORTRAITURE Some of my sitters.--Mrs. Tom Caley.--Lady Leucha Warner.-- Lady Loudoun.--Colonel Corbett.--Miss Reiss.--The late Mrs. Harry McCalmont.--The Duke of Hamilton.--Sir W. Jaffray.-- The Queen of Spain.--Soldier sitters.--Millais.--Sir William Cunliffe Brooks.--Holman Hunt.--George Richmond.--Sir William Richmond.--Sir Luke Fildes.--Lord Leighton.--Sir Laurence Alma Tadema.--Sir George Reid.--Orchardson.--Pettie.--Frank Dicksee.--Augustus Lumley.--"Archie" Stuart Wortley.--John Varley.--John Collier.--Sir Keith Fraser.--Sir Charles Fraser.--Mrs. Langtry.--Mrs. Cornwallis West.--Miss Rousby.
Dicksee
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From this reading PORTRAITURE Some of my sitters.--Mrs. Tom Caley.--Lady Leucha Warner.-- Lady Loudoun.--Colonel Corbett.--Miss Reiss.--The late Mrs. Harry McCalmont.--The Duke of Hamilton.--Sir W. Jaffray.-- The Queen of Spain.--Soldier sitters.--Millais.--Sir William Cunliffe Brooks.--Holman Hunt.--George Richmond.--Sir William Richmond.--Sir Luke Fildes.--Lord Leighton.--Sir Laurence Alma Tadema.--Sir George Reid.--Orchardson.--Pettie.--Frank Dicksee.--Augustus Lumley.--"Archie" Stuart Wortley.--John Varley.--John Collier.--Sir Keith Fraser.--Sir Charles Fraser.--Mrs. Langtry.--Mrs. Cornwallis West.--Miss Rousby.
didauxiliary verbUS /dɪd/
the past form of “do”, used in questions and negatives
From this reading Although Fate interrupted this good intention through the unforeseen offer to work for _Vanity Fair_ (which, with my love for caricature, I could not resist the temptation of accepting), I did not refuse commissions to execute portraits, but as the number of cartoons that I had undertaken to do for publication was considerable, naturally private work had to make way for it.
doauxiliary verbUS /duː/
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading Although Fate interrupted this good intention through the unforeseen offer to work for _Vanity Fair_ (which, with my love for caricature, I could not resist the temptation of accepting), I did not refuse commissions to execute portraits, but as the number of cartoons that I had undertaken to do for publication was considerable, naturally private work had to make way for it.
Duke
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From this reading PORTRAITURE Some of my sitters.--Mrs. Tom Caley.--Lady Leucha Warner.-- Lady Loudoun.--Colonel Corbett.--Miss Reiss.--The late Mrs. Harry McCalmont.--The Duke of Hamilton.--Sir W. Jaffray.-- The Queen of Spain.--Soldier sitters.--Millais.--Sir William Cunliffe Brooks.--Holman Hunt.--George Richmond.--Sir William Richmond.--Sir Luke Fildes.--Lord Leighton.--Sir Laurence Alma Tadema.--Sir George Reid.--Orchardson.--Pettie.--Frank Dicksee.--Augustus Lumley.--"Archie" Stuart Wortley.--John Varley.--John Collier.--Sir Keith Fraser.--Sir Charles Fraser.--Mrs. Langtry.--Mrs. Cornwallis West.--Miss Rousby.
everydeterminerUS /ˈevəri/
all the members of a group, with none left out
From this reading "In portraits, the grace and one may add the likeness consists more in the general air than in the exact similitude of every feature."
exactadjectiveUS /ɪɡˈzækt/
Strictly particular and correct.
From this reading "In portraits, the grace and one may add the likeness consists more in the general air than in the exact similitude of every feature."
execute
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From this reading Although Fate interrupted this good intention through the unforeseen offer to work for _Vanity Fair_ (which, with my love for caricature, I could not resist the temptation of accepting), I did not refuse commissions to execute portraits, but as the number of cartoons that I had undertaken to do for publication was considerable, naturally private work had to make way for it.
Fair
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From this reading Although Fate interrupted this good intention through the unforeseen offer to work for _Vanity Fair_ (which, with my love for caricature, I could not resist the temptation of accepting), I did not refuse commissions to execute portraits, but as the number of cartoons that I had undertaken to do for publication was considerable, naturally private work had to make way for it.
Fate
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From this reading Although Fate interrupted this good intention through the unforeseen offer to work for _Vanity Fair_ (which, with my love for caricature, I could not resist the temptation of accepting), I did not refuse commissions to execute portraits, but as the number of cartoons that I had undertaken to do for publication was considerable, naturally private work had to make way for it.
feature
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From this reading "In portraits, the grace and one may add the likeness consists more in the general air than in the exact similitude of every feature."
Fildes
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From this reading PORTRAITURE Some of my sitters.--Mrs. Tom Caley.--Lady Leucha Warner.-- Lady Loudoun.--Colonel Corbett.--Miss Reiss.--The late Mrs. Harry McCalmont.--The Duke of Hamilton.--Sir W. Jaffray.-- The Queen of Spain.--Soldier sitters.--Millais.--Sir William Cunliffe Brooks.--Holman Hunt.--George Richmond.--Sir William Richmond.--Sir Luke Fildes.--Lord Leighton.--Sir Laurence Alma Tadema.--Sir George Reid.--Orchardson.--Pettie.--Frank Dicksee.--Augustus Lumley.--"Archie" Stuart Wortley.--John Varley.--John Collier.--Sir Keith Fraser.--Sir Charles Fraser.--Mrs. Langtry.--Mrs. Cornwallis West.--Miss Rousby.
fond
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From this reading _Sir Joshua Reynolds._ Of the study of portraiture I was always fond, and the prospect of becoming a portrait painter appealed greatly to me.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading Although Fate interrupted this good intention through the unforeseen offer to work for _Vanity Fair_ (which, with my love for caricature, I could not resist the temptation of accepting), I did not refuse commissions to execute portraits, but as the number of cartoons that I had undertaken to do for publication was considerable, naturally private work had to make way for it.
Frank
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From this reading PORTRAITURE Some of my sitters.--Mrs. Tom Caley.--Lady Leucha Warner.-- Lady Loudoun.--Colonel Corbett.--Miss Reiss.--The late Mrs. Harry McCalmont.--The Duke of Hamilton.--Sir W. Jaffray.-- The Queen of Spain.--Soldier sitters.--Millais.--Sir William Cunliffe Brooks.--Holman Hunt.--George Richmond.--Sir William Richmond.--Sir Luke Fildes.--Lord Leighton.--Sir Laurence Alma Tadema.--Sir George Reid.--Orchardson.--Pettie.--Frank Dicksee.--Augustus Lumley.--"Archie" Stuart Wortley.--John Varley.--John Collier.--Sir Keith Fraser.--Sir Charles Fraser.--Mrs. Langtry.--Mrs. Cornwallis West.--Miss Rousby.
Fraser
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From this reading PORTRAITURE Some of my sitters.--Mrs. Tom Caley.--Lady Leucha Warner.-- Lady Loudoun.--Colonel Corbett.--Miss Reiss.--The late Mrs. Harry McCalmont.--The Duke of Hamilton.--Sir W. Jaffray.-- The Queen of Spain.--Soldier sitters.--Millais.--Sir William Cunliffe Brooks.--Holman Hunt.--George Richmond.--Sir William Richmond.--Sir Luke Fildes.--Lord Leighton.--Sir Laurence Alma Tadema.--Sir George Reid.--Orchardson.--Pettie.--Frank Dicksee.--Augustus Lumley.--"Archie" Stuart Wortley.--John Varley.--John Collier.--Sir Keith Fraser.--Sir Charles Fraser.--Mrs. Langtry.--Mrs. Cornwallis West.--Miss Rousby.
general
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From this reading "In portraits, the grace and one may add the likeness consists more in the general air than in the exact similitude of every feature."
George
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From this reading PORTRAITURE Some of my sitters.--Mrs. Tom Caley.--Lady Leucha Warner.-- Lady Loudoun.--Colonel Corbett.--Miss Reiss.--The late Mrs. Harry McCalmont.--The Duke of Hamilton.--Sir W. Jaffray.-- The Queen of Spain.--Soldier sitters.--Millais.--Sir William Cunliffe Brooks.--Holman Hunt.--George Richmond.--Sir William Richmond.--Sir Luke Fildes.--Lord Leighton.--Sir Laurence Alma Tadema.--Sir George Reid.--Orchardson.--Pettie.--Frank Dicksee.--Augustus Lumley.--"Archie" Stuart Wortley.--John Varley.--John Collier.--Sir Keith Fraser.--Sir Charles Fraser.--Mrs. Langtry.--Mrs. Cornwallis West.--Miss Rousby.
good
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From this reading Although Fate interrupted this good intention through the unforeseen offer to work for _Vanity Fair_ (which, with my love for caricature, I could not resist the temptation of accepting), I did not refuse commissions to execute portraits, but as the number of cartoons that I had undertaken to do for publication was considerable, naturally private work had to make way for it.
grace
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From this reading "In portraits, the grace and one may add the likeness consists more in the general air than in the exact similitude of every feature."
greatly
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From this reading _Sir Joshua Reynolds._ Of the study of portraiture I was always fond, and the prospect of becoming a portrait painter appealed greatly to me.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Although Fate interrupted this good intention through the unforeseen offer to work for _Vanity Fair_ (which, with my love for caricature, I could not resist the temptation of accepting), I did not refuse commissions to execute portraits, but as the number of cartoons that I had undertaken to do for publication was considerable, naturally private work had to make way for it.
Hamilton
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From this reading PORTRAITURE Some of my sitters.--Mrs. Tom Caley.--Lady Leucha Warner.-- Lady Loudoun.--Colonel Corbett.--Miss Reiss.--The late Mrs. Harry McCalmont.--The Duke of Hamilton.--Sir W. Jaffray.-- The Queen of Spain.--Soldier sitters.--Millais.--Sir William Cunliffe Brooks.--Holman Hunt.--George Richmond.--Sir William Richmond.--Sir Luke Fildes.--Lord Leighton.--Sir Laurence Alma Tadema.--Sir George Reid.--Orchardson.--Pettie.--Frank Dicksee.--Augustus Lumley.--"Archie" Stuart Wortley.--John Varley.--John Collier.--Sir Keith Fraser.--Sir Charles Fraser.--Mrs. Langtry.--Mrs. Cornwallis West.--Miss Rousby.
Harry
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From this reading PORTRAITURE Some of my sitters.--Mrs. Tom Caley.--Lady Leucha Warner.-- Lady Loudoun.--Colonel Corbett.--Miss Reiss.--The late Mrs. Harry McCalmont.--The Duke of Hamilton.--Sir W. Jaffray.-- The Queen of Spain.--Soldier sitters.--Millais.--Sir William Cunliffe Brooks.--Holman Hunt.--George Richmond.--Sir William Richmond.--Sir Luke Fildes.--Lord Leighton.--Sir Laurence Alma Tadema.--Sir George Reid.--Orchardson.--Pettie.--Frank Dicksee.--Augustus Lumley.--"Archie" Stuart Wortley.--John Varley.--John Collier.--Sir Keith Fraser.--Sir Charles Fraser.--Mrs. Langtry.--Mrs. Cornwallis West.--Miss Rousby.
Holman
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From this reading PORTRAITURE Some of my sitters.--Mrs. Tom Caley.--Lady Leucha Warner.-- Lady Loudoun.--Colonel Corbett.--Miss Reiss.--The late Mrs. Harry McCalmont.--The Duke of Hamilton.--Sir W. Jaffray.-- The Queen of Spain.--Soldier sitters.--Millais.--Sir William Cunliffe Brooks.--Holman Hunt.--George Richmond.--Sir William Richmond.--Sir Luke Fildes.--Lord Leighton.--Sir Laurence Alma Tadema.--Sir George Reid.--Orchardson.--Pettie.--Frank Dicksee.--Augustus Lumley.--"Archie" Stuart Wortley.--John Varley.--John Collier.--Sir Keith Fraser.--Sir Charles Fraser.--Mrs. Langtry.--Mrs. Cornwallis West.--Miss Rousby.
Hunt
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From this reading PORTRAITURE Some of my sitters.--Mrs. Tom Caley.--Lady Leucha Warner.-- Lady Loudoun.--Colonel Corbett.--Miss Reiss.--The late Mrs. Harry McCalmont.--The Duke of Hamilton.--Sir W. Jaffray.-- The Queen of Spain.--Soldier sitters.--Millais.--Sir William Cunliffe Brooks.--Holman Hunt.--George Richmond.--Sir William Richmond.--Sir Luke Fildes.--Lord Leighton.--Sir Laurence Alma Tadema.--Sir George Reid.--Orchardson.--Pettie.--Frank Dicksee.--Augustus Lumley.--"Archie" Stuart Wortley.--John Varley.--John Collier.--Sir Keith Fraser.--Sir Charles Fraser.--Mrs. Langtry.--Mrs. Cornwallis West.--Miss Rousby.
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading _Sir Joshua Reynolds._ Of the study of portraiture I was always fond, and the prospect of becoming a portrait painter appealed greatly to me.
InprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading "In portraits, the grace and one may add the likeness consists more in the general air than in the exact similitude of every feature."
intention
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From this reading Although Fate interrupted this good intention through the unforeseen offer to work for _Vanity Fair_ (which, with my love for caricature, I could not resist the temptation of accepting), I did not refuse commissions to execute portraits, but as the number of cartoons that I had undertaken to do for publication was considerable, naturally private work had to make way for it.
interrupted
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From this reading Although Fate interrupted this good intention through the unforeseen offer to work for _Vanity Fair_ (which, with my love for caricature, I could not resist the temptation of accepting), I did not refuse commissions to execute portraits, but as the number of cartoons that I had undertaken to do for publication was considerable, naturally private work had to make way for it.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading Although Fate interrupted this good intention through the unforeseen offer to work for _Vanity Fair_ (which, with my love for caricature, I could not resist the temptation of accepting), I did not refuse commissions to execute portraits, but as the number of cartoons that I had undertaken to do for publication was considerable, naturally private work had to make way for it.
Jaffray
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From this reading PORTRAITURE Some of my sitters.--Mrs. Tom Caley.--Lady Leucha Warner.-- Lady Loudoun.--Colonel Corbett.--Miss Reiss.--The late Mrs. Harry McCalmont.--The Duke of Hamilton.--Sir W. Jaffray.-- The Queen of Spain.--Soldier sitters.--Millais.--Sir William Cunliffe Brooks.--Holman Hunt.--George Richmond.--Sir William Richmond.--Sir Luke Fildes.--Lord Leighton.--Sir Laurence Alma Tadema.--Sir George Reid.--Orchardson.--Pettie.--Frank Dicksee.--Augustus Lumley.--"Archie" Stuart Wortley.--John Varley.--John Collier.--Sir Keith Fraser.--Sir Charles Fraser.--Mrs. Langtry.--Mrs. Cornwallis West.--Miss Rousby.
John
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From this reading PORTRAITURE Some of my sitters.--Mrs. Tom Caley.--Lady Leucha Warner.-- Lady Loudoun.--Colonel Corbett.--Miss Reiss.--The late Mrs. Harry McCalmont.--The Duke of Hamilton.--Sir W. Jaffray.-- The Queen of Spain.--Soldier sitters.--Millais.--Sir William Cunliffe Brooks.--Holman Hunt.--George Richmond.--Sir William Richmond.--Sir Luke Fildes.--Lord Leighton.--Sir Laurence Alma Tadema.--Sir George Reid.--Orchardson.--Pettie.--Frank Dicksee.--Augustus Lumley.--"Archie" Stuart Wortley.--John Varley.--John Collier.--Sir Keith Fraser.--Sir Charles Fraser.--Mrs. Langtry.--Mrs. Cornwallis West.--Miss Rousby.
Joshua
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From this reading _Sir Joshua Reynolds._ Of the study of portraiture I was always fond, and the prospect of becoming a portrait painter appealed greatly to me.
Keith
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From this reading PORTRAITURE Some of my sitters.--Mrs. Tom Caley.--Lady Leucha Warner.-- Lady Loudoun.--Colonel Corbett.--Miss Reiss.--The late Mrs. Harry McCalmont.--The Duke of Hamilton.--Sir W. Jaffray.-- The Queen of Spain.--Soldier sitters.--Millais.--Sir William Cunliffe Brooks.--Holman Hunt.--George Richmond.--Sir William Richmond.--Sir Luke Fildes.--Lord Leighton.--Sir Laurence Alma Tadema.--Sir George Reid.--Orchardson.--Pettie.--Frank Dicksee.--Augustus Lumley.--"Archie" Stuart Wortley.--John Varley.--John Collier.--Sir Keith Fraser.--Sir Charles Fraser.--Mrs. Langtry.--Mrs. Cornwallis West.--Miss Rousby.
King
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From this reading --The Prince of Wales.--King George as a boy.--Children's portraits.--Mrs. Weldon.--Christabel Pankhurst.
Lady
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From this reading PORTRAITURE Some of my sitters.--Mrs. Tom Caley.--Lady Leucha Warner.-- Lady Loudoun.--Colonel Corbett.--Miss Reiss.--The late Mrs. Harry McCalmont.--The Duke of Hamilton.--Sir W. Jaffray.-- The Queen of Spain.--Soldier sitters.--Millais.--Sir William Cunliffe Brooks.--Holman Hunt.--George Richmond.--Sir William Richmond.--Sir Luke Fildes.--Lord Leighton.--Sir Laurence Alma Tadema.--Sir George Reid.--Orchardson.--Pettie.--Frank Dicksee.--Augustus Lumley.--"Archie" Stuart Wortley.--John Varley.--John Collier.--Sir Keith Fraser.--Sir Charles Fraser.--Mrs. Langtry.--Mrs. Cornwallis West.--Miss Rousby.
Langtry
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From this reading PORTRAITURE Some of my sitters.--Mrs. Tom Caley.--Lady Leucha Warner.-- Lady Loudoun.--Colonel Corbett.--Miss Reiss.--The late Mrs. Harry McCalmont.--The Duke of Hamilton.--Sir W. Jaffray.-- The Queen of Spain.--Soldier sitters.--Millais.--Sir William Cunliffe Brooks.--Holman Hunt.--George Richmond.--Sir William Richmond.--Sir Luke Fildes.--Lord Leighton.--Sir Laurence Alma Tadema.--Sir George Reid.--Orchardson.--Pettie.--Frank Dicksee.--Augustus Lumley.--"Archie" Stuart Wortley.--John Varley.--John Collier.--Sir Keith Fraser.--Sir Charles Fraser.--Mrs. Langtry.--Mrs. Cornwallis West.--Miss Rousby.
late
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From this reading PORTRAITURE Some of my sitters.--Mrs. Tom Caley.--Lady Leucha Warner.-- Lady Loudoun.--Colonel Corbett.--Miss Reiss.--The late Mrs. Harry McCalmont.--The Duke of Hamilton.--Sir W. Jaffray.-- The Queen of Spain.--Soldier sitters.--Millais.--Sir William Cunliffe Brooks.--Holman Hunt.--George Richmond.--Sir William Richmond.--Sir Luke Fildes.--Lord Leighton.--Sir Laurence Alma Tadema.--Sir George Reid.--Orchardson.--Pettie.--Frank Dicksee.--Augustus Lumley.--"Archie" Stuart Wortley.--John Varley.--John Collier.--Sir Keith Fraser.--Sir Charles Fraser.--Mrs. Langtry.--Mrs. Cornwallis West.--Miss Rousby.
Laurence
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From this reading PORTRAITURE Some of my sitters.--Mrs. Tom Caley.--Lady Leucha Warner.-- Lady Loudoun.--Colonel Corbett.--Miss Reiss.--The late Mrs. Harry McCalmont.--The Duke of Hamilton.--Sir W. Jaffray.-- The Queen of Spain.--Soldier sitters.--Millais.--Sir William Cunliffe Brooks.--Holman Hunt.--George Richmond.--Sir William Richmond.--Sir Luke Fildes.--Lord Leighton.--Sir Laurence Alma Tadema.--Sir George Reid.--Orchardson.--Pettie.--Frank Dicksee.--Augustus Lumley.--"Archie" Stuart Wortley.--John Varley.--John Collier.--Sir Keith Fraser.--Sir Charles Fraser.--Mrs. Langtry.--Mrs. Cornwallis West.--Miss Rousby.
Leighton
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From this reading PORTRAITURE Some of my sitters.--Mrs. Tom Caley.--Lady Leucha Warner.-- Lady Loudoun.--Colonel Corbett.--Miss Reiss.--The late Mrs. Harry McCalmont.--The Duke of Hamilton.--Sir W. Jaffray.-- The Queen of Spain.--Soldier sitters.--Millais.--Sir William Cunliffe Brooks.--Holman Hunt.--George Richmond.--Sir William Richmond.--Sir Luke Fildes.--Lord Leighton.--Sir Laurence Alma Tadema.--Sir George Reid.--Orchardson.--Pettie.--Frank Dicksee.--Augustus Lumley.--"Archie" Stuart Wortley.--John Varley.--John Collier.--Sir Keith Fraser.--Sir Charles Fraser.--Mrs. Langtry.--Mrs. Cornwallis West.--Miss Rousby.
Leucha
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From this reading PORTRAITURE Some of my sitters.--Mrs. Tom Caley.--Lady Leucha Warner.-- Lady Loudoun.--Colonel Corbett.--Miss Reiss.--The late Mrs. Harry McCalmont.--The Duke of Hamilton.--Sir W. Jaffray.-- The Queen of Spain.--Soldier sitters.--Millais.--Sir William Cunliffe Brooks.--Holman Hunt.--George Richmond.--Sir William Richmond.--Sir Luke Fildes.--Lord Leighton.--Sir Laurence Alma Tadema.--Sir George Reid.--Orchardson.--Pettie.--Frank Dicksee.--Augustus Lumley.--"Archie" Stuart Wortley.--John Varley.--John Collier.--Sir Keith Fraser.--Sir Charles Fraser.--Mrs. Langtry.--Mrs. Cornwallis West.--Miss Rousby.
likeness
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From this reading "In portraits, the grace and one may add the likeness consists more in the general air than in the exact similitude of every feature."
Lord
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From this reading PORTRAITURE Some of my sitters.--Mrs. Tom Caley.--Lady Leucha Warner.-- Lady Loudoun.--Colonel Corbett.--Miss Reiss.--The late Mrs. Harry McCalmont.--The Duke of Hamilton.--Sir W. Jaffray.-- The Queen of Spain.--Soldier sitters.--Millais.--Sir William Cunliffe Brooks.--Holman Hunt.--George Richmond.--Sir William Richmond.--Sir Luke Fildes.--Lord Leighton.--Sir Laurence Alma Tadema.--Sir George Reid.--Orchardson.--Pettie.--Frank Dicksee.--Augustus Lumley.--"Archie" Stuart Wortley.--John Varley.--John Collier.--Sir Keith Fraser.--Sir Charles Fraser.--Mrs. Langtry.--Mrs. Cornwallis West.--Miss Rousby.
Loudoun
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From this reading PORTRAITURE Some of my sitters.--Mrs. Tom Caley.--Lady Leucha Warner.-- Lady Loudoun.--Colonel Corbett.--Miss Reiss.--The late Mrs. Harry McCalmont.--The Duke of Hamilton.--Sir W. Jaffray.-- The Queen of Spain.--Soldier sitters.--Millais.--Sir William Cunliffe Brooks.--Holman Hunt.--George Richmond.--Sir William Richmond.--Sir Luke Fildes.--Lord Leighton.--Sir Laurence Alma Tadema.--Sir George Reid.--Orchardson.--Pettie.--Frank Dicksee.--Augustus Lumley.--"Archie" Stuart Wortley.--John Varley.--John Collier.--Sir Keith Fraser.--Sir Charles Fraser.--Mrs. Langtry.--Mrs. Cornwallis West.--Miss Rousby.
love
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From this reading Although Fate interrupted this good intention through the unforeseen offer to work for _Vanity Fair_ (which, with my love for caricature, I could not resist the temptation of accepting), I did not refuse commissions to execute portraits, but as the number of cartoons that I had undertaken to do for publication was considerable, naturally private work had to make way for it.
Luke
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From this reading PORTRAITURE Some of my sitters.--Mrs. Tom Caley.--Lady Leucha Warner.-- Lady Loudoun.--Colonel Corbett.--Miss Reiss.--The late Mrs. Harry McCalmont.--The Duke of Hamilton.--Sir W. Jaffray.-- The Queen of Spain.--Soldier sitters.--Millais.--Sir William Cunliffe Brooks.--Holman Hunt.--George Richmond.--Sir William Richmond.--Sir Luke Fildes.--Lord Leighton.--Sir Laurence Alma Tadema.--Sir George Reid.--Orchardson.--Pettie.--Frank Dicksee.--Augustus Lumley.--"Archie" Stuart Wortley.--John Varley.--John Collier.--Sir Keith Fraser.--Sir Charles Fraser.--Mrs. Langtry.--Mrs. Cornwallis West.--Miss Rousby.
Lumley
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From this reading PORTRAITURE Some of my sitters.--Mrs. Tom Caley.--Lady Leucha Warner.-- Lady Loudoun.--Colonel Corbett.--Miss Reiss.--The late Mrs. Harry McCalmont.--The Duke of Hamilton.--Sir W. Jaffray.-- The Queen of Spain.--Soldier sitters.--Millais.--Sir William Cunliffe Brooks.--Holman Hunt.--George Richmond.--Sir William Richmond.--Sir Luke Fildes.--Lord Leighton.--Sir Laurence Alma Tadema.--Sir George Reid.--Orchardson.--Pettie.--Frank Dicksee.--Augustus Lumley.--"Archie" Stuart Wortley.--John Varley.--John Collier.--Sir Keith Fraser.--Sir Charles Fraser.--Mrs. Langtry.--Mrs. Cornwallis West.--Miss Rousby.
make
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From this reading Although Fate interrupted this good intention through the unforeseen offer to work for _Vanity Fair_ (which, with my love for caricature, I could not resist the temptation of accepting), I did not refuse commissions to execute portraits, but as the number of cartoons that I had undertaken to do for publication was considerable, naturally private work had to make way for it.
maymodal verbUS /meɪ/
used to say something is possible, or to give permission
From this reading "In portraits, the grace and one may add the likeness consists more in the general air than in the exact similitude of every feature."
McCalmont
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From this reading PORTRAITURE Some of my sitters.--Mrs. Tom Caley.--Lady Leucha Warner.-- Lady Loudoun.--Colonel Corbett.--Miss Reiss.--The late Mrs. Harry McCalmont.--The Duke of Hamilton.--Sir W. Jaffray.-- The Queen of Spain.--Soldier sitters.--Millais.--Sir William Cunliffe Brooks.--Holman Hunt.--George Richmond.--Sir William Richmond.--Sir Luke Fildes.--Lord Leighton.--Sir Laurence Alma Tadema.--Sir George Reid.--Orchardson.--Pettie.--Frank Dicksee.--Augustus Lumley.--"Archie" Stuart Wortley.--John Varley.--John Collier.--Sir Keith Fraser.--Sir Charles Fraser.--Mrs. Langtry.--Mrs. Cornwallis West.--Miss Rousby.
mepronounUS /miː/
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading _Sir Joshua Reynolds._ Of the study of portraiture I was always fond, and the prospect of becoming a portrait painter appealed greatly to me.
Millais
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From this reading PORTRAITURE Some of my sitters.--Mrs. Tom Caley.--Lady Leucha Warner.-- Lady Loudoun.--Colonel Corbett.--Miss Reiss.--The late Mrs. Harry McCalmont.--The Duke of Hamilton.--Sir W. Jaffray.-- The Queen of Spain.--Soldier sitters.--Millais.--Sir William Cunliffe Brooks.--Holman Hunt.--George Richmond.--Sir William Richmond.--Sir Luke Fildes.--Lord Leighton.--Sir Laurence Alma Tadema.--Sir George Reid.--Orchardson.--Pettie.--Frank Dicksee.--Augustus Lumley.--"Archie" Stuart Wortley.--John Varley.--John Collier.--Sir Keith Fraser.--Sir Charles Fraser.--Mrs. Langtry.--Mrs. Cornwallis West.--Miss Rousby.
Miss
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From this reading PORTRAITURE Some of my sitters.--Mrs. Tom Caley.--Lady Leucha Warner.-- Lady Loudoun.--Colonel Corbett.--Miss Reiss.--The late Mrs. Harry McCalmont.--The Duke of Hamilton.--Sir W. Jaffray.-- The Queen of Spain.--Soldier sitters.--Millais.--Sir William Cunliffe Brooks.--Holman Hunt.--George Richmond.--Sir William Richmond.--Sir Luke Fildes.--Lord Leighton.--Sir Laurence Alma Tadema.--Sir George Reid.--Orchardson.--Pettie.--Frank Dicksee.--Augustus Lumley.--"Archie" Stuart Wortley.--John Varley.--John Collier.--Sir Keith Fraser.--Sir Charles Fraser.--Mrs. Langtry.--Mrs. Cornwallis West.--Miss Rousby.
more
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From this reading "In portraits, the grace and one may add the likeness consists more in the general air than in the exact similitude of every feature."
Mrs
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From this reading PORTRAITURE Some of my sitters.--Mrs. Tom Caley.--Lady Leucha Warner.-- Lady Loudoun.--Colonel Corbett.--Miss Reiss.--The late Mrs. Harry McCalmont.--The Duke of Hamilton.--Sir W. Jaffray.-- The Queen of Spain.--Soldier sitters.--Millais.--Sir William Cunliffe Brooks.--Holman Hunt.--George Richmond.--Sir William Richmond.--Sir Luke Fildes.--Lord Leighton.--Sir Laurence Alma Tadema.--Sir George Reid.--Orchardson.--Pettie.--Frank Dicksee.--Augustus Lumley.--"Archie" Stuart Wortley.--John Varley.--John Collier.--Sir Keith Fraser.--Sir Charles Fraser.--Mrs. Langtry.--Mrs. Cornwallis West.--Miss Rousby.
mydeterminerUS /maɪ/
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading PORTRAITURE Some of my sitters.--Mrs. Tom Caley.--Lady Leucha Warner.-- Lady Loudoun.--Colonel Corbett.--Miss Reiss.--The late Mrs. Harry McCalmont.--The Duke of Hamilton.--Sir W. Jaffray.-- The Queen of Spain.--Soldier sitters.--Millais.--Sir William Cunliffe Brooks.--Holman Hunt.--George Richmond.--Sir William Richmond.--Sir Luke Fildes.--Lord Leighton.--Sir Laurence Alma Tadema.--Sir George Reid.--Orchardson.--Pettie.--Frank Dicksee.--Augustus Lumley.--"Archie" Stuart Wortley.--John Varley.--John Collier.--Sir Keith Fraser.--Sir Charles Fraser.--Mrs. Langtry.--Mrs. Cornwallis West.--Miss Rousby.
naturally
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From this reading Although Fate interrupted this good intention through the unforeseen offer to work for _Vanity Fair_ (which, with my love for caricature, I could not resist the temptation of accepting), I did not refuse commissions to execute portraits, but as the number of cartoons that I had undertaken to do for publication was considerable, naturally private work had to make way for it.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading Although Fate interrupted this good intention through the unforeseen offer to work for _Vanity Fair_ (which, with my love for caricature, I could not resist the temptation of accepting), I did not refuse commissions to execute portraits, but as the number of cartoons that I had undertaken to do for publication was considerable, naturally private work had to make way for it.
number
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From this reading Although Fate interrupted this good intention through the unforeseen offer to work for _Vanity Fair_ (which, with my love for caricature, I could not resist the temptation of accepting), I did not refuse commissions to execute portraits, but as the number of cartoons that I had undertaken to do for publication was considerable, naturally private work had to make way for it.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading PORTRAITURE Some of my sitters.--Mrs. Tom Caley.--Lady Leucha Warner.-- Lady Loudoun.--Colonel Corbett.--Miss Reiss.--The late Mrs. Harry McCalmont.--The Duke of Hamilton.--Sir W. Jaffray.-- The Queen of Spain.--Soldier sitters.--Millais.--Sir William Cunliffe Brooks.--Holman Hunt.--George Richmond.--Sir William Richmond.--Sir Luke Fildes.--Lord Leighton.--Sir Laurence Alma Tadema.--Sir George Reid.--Orchardson.--Pettie.--Frank Dicksee.--Augustus Lumley.--"Archie" Stuart Wortley.--John Varley.--John Collier.--Sir Keith Fraser.--Sir Charles Fraser.--Mrs. Langtry.--Mrs. Cornwallis West.--Miss Rousby.
offer
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From this reading Although Fate interrupted this good intention through the unforeseen offer to work for _Vanity Fair_ (which, with my love for caricature, I could not resist the temptation of accepting), I did not refuse commissions to execute portraits, but as the number of cartoons that I had undertaken to do for publication was considerable, naturally private work had to make way for it.
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading "In portraits, the grace and one may add the likeness consists more in the general air than in the exact similitude of every feature."
Orchardson
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From this reading PORTRAITURE Some of my sitters.--Mrs. Tom Caley.--Lady Leucha Warner.-- Lady Loudoun.--Colonel Corbett.--Miss Reiss.--The late Mrs. Harry McCalmont.--The Duke of Hamilton.--Sir W. Jaffray.-- The Queen of Spain.--Soldier sitters.--Millais.--Sir William Cunliffe Brooks.--Holman Hunt.--George Richmond.--Sir William Richmond.--Sir Luke Fildes.--Lord Leighton.--Sir Laurence Alma Tadema.--Sir George Reid.--Orchardson.--Pettie.--Frank Dicksee.--Augustus Lumley.--"Archie" Stuart Wortley.--John Varley.--John Collier.--Sir Keith Fraser.--Sir Charles Fraser.--Mrs. Langtry.--Mrs. Cornwallis West.--Miss Rousby.
painter
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From this reading _Sir Joshua Reynolds._ Of the study of portraiture I was always fond, and the prospect of becoming a portrait painter appealed greatly to me.
Pankhurst
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From this reading --The Prince of Wales.--King George as a boy.--Children's portraits.--Mrs. Weldon.--Christabel Pankhurst.
Pettie
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From this reading PORTRAITURE Some of my sitters.--Mrs. Tom Caley.--Lady Leucha Warner.-- Lady Loudoun.--Colonel Corbett.--Miss Reiss.--The late Mrs. Harry McCalmont.--The Duke of Hamilton.--Sir W. Jaffray.-- The Queen of Spain.--Soldier sitters.--Millais.--Sir William Cunliffe Brooks.--Holman Hunt.--George Richmond.--Sir William Richmond.--Sir Luke Fildes.--Lord Leighton.--Sir Laurence Alma Tadema.--Sir George Reid.--Orchardson.--Pettie.--Frank Dicksee.--Augustus Lumley.--"Archie" Stuart Wortley.--John Varley.--John Collier.--Sir Keith Fraser.--Sir Charles Fraser.--Mrs. Langtry.--Mrs. Cornwallis West.--Miss Rousby.
portrait
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From this reading _Sir Joshua Reynolds._ Of the study of portraiture I was always fond, and the prospect of becoming a portrait painter appealed greatly to me.
portraits
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From this reading --The Prince of Wales.--King George as a boy.--Children's portraits.--Mrs. Weldon.--Christabel Pankhurst.
PORTRAITURE
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From this reading PORTRAITURE Some of my sitters.--Mrs. Tom Caley.--Lady Leucha Warner.-- Lady Loudoun.--Colonel Corbett.--Miss Reiss.--The late Mrs. Harry McCalmont.--The Duke of Hamilton.--Sir W. Jaffray.-- The Queen of Spain.--Soldier sitters.--Millais.--Sir William Cunliffe Brooks.--Holman Hunt.--George Richmond.--Sir William Richmond.--Sir Luke Fildes.--Lord Leighton.--Sir Laurence Alma Tadema.--Sir George Reid.--Orchardson.--Pettie.--Frank Dicksee.--Augustus Lumley.--"Archie" Stuart Wortley.--John Varley.--John Collier.--Sir Keith Fraser.--Sir Charles Fraser.--Mrs. Langtry.--Mrs. Cornwallis West.--Miss Rousby.
Prince
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From this reading --The Prince of Wales.--King George as a boy.--Children's portraits.--Mrs. Weldon.--Christabel Pankhurst.
private
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From this reading Although Fate interrupted this good intention through the unforeseen offer to work for _Vanity Fair_ (which, with my love for caricature, I could not resist the temptation of accepting), I did not refuse commissions to execute portraits, but as the number of cartoons that I had undertaken to do for publication was considerable, naturally private work had to make way for it.
prospect
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From this reading _Sir Joshua Reynolds._ Of the study of portraiture I was always fond, and the prospect of becoming a portrait painter appealed greatly to me.
publication
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From this reading Although Fate interrupted this good intention through the unforeseen offer to work for _Vanity Fair_ (which, with my love for caricature, I could not resist the temptation of accepting), I did not refuse commissions to execute portraits, but as the number of cartoons that I had undertaken to do for publication was considerable, naturally private work had to make way for it.
Queen
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From this reading PORTRAITURE Some of my sitters.--Mrs. Tom Caley.--Lady Leucha Warner.-- Lady Loudoun.--Colonel Corbett.--Miss Reiss.--The late Mrs. Harry McCalmont.--The Duke of Hamilton.--Sir W. Jaffray.-- The Queen of Spain.--Soldier sitters.--Millais.--Sir William Cunliffe Brooks.--Holman Hunt.--George Richmond.--Sir William Richmond.--Sir Luke Fildes.--Lord Leighton.--Sir Laurence Alma Tadema.--Sir George Reid.--Orchardson.--Pettie.--Frank Dicksee.--Augustus Lumley.--"Archie" Stuart Wortley.--John Varley.--John Collier.--Sir Keith Fraser.--Sir Charles Fraser.--Mrs. Langtry.--Mrs. Cornwallis West.--Miss Rousby.
refuse
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From this reading Although Fate interrupted this good intention through the unforeseen offer to work for _Vanity Fair_ (which, with my love for caricature, I could not resist the temptation of accepting), I did not refuse commissions to execute portraits, but as the number of cartoons that I had undertaken to do for publication was considerable, naturally private work had to make way for it.
Reid
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From this reading PORTRAITURE Some of my sitters.--Mrs. Tom Caley.--Lady Leucha Warner.-- Lady Loudoun.--Colonel Corbett.--Miss Reiss.--The late Mrs. Harry McCalmont.--The Duke of Hamilton.--Sir W. Jaffray.-- The Queen of Spain.--Soldier sitters.--Millais.--Sir William Cunliffe Brooks.--Holman Hunt.--George Richmond.--Sir William Richmond.--Sir Luke Fildes.--Lord Leighton.--Sir Laurence Alma Tadema.--Sir George Reid.--Orchardson.--Pettie.--Frank Dicksee.--Augustus Lumley.--"Archie" Stuart Wortley.--John Varley.--John Collier.--Sir Keith Fraser.--Sir Charles Fraser.--Mrs. Langtry.--Mrs. Cornwallis West.--Miss Rousby.
Reiss
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From this reading PORTRAITURE Some of my sitters.--Mrs. Tom Caley.--Lady Leucha Warner.-- Lady Loudoun.--Colonel Corbett.--Miss Reiss.--The late Mrs. Harry McCalmont.--The Duke of Hamilton.--Sir W. Jaffray.-- The Queen of Spain.--Soldier sitters.--Millais.--Sir William Cunliffe Brooks.--Holman Hunt.--George Richmond.--Sir William Richmond.--Sir Luke Fildes.--Lord Leighton.--Sir Laurence Alma Tadema.--Sir George Reid.--Orchardson.--Pettie.--Frank Dicksee.--Augustus Lumley.--"Archie" Stuart Wortley.--John Varley.--John Collier.--Sir Keith Fraser.--Sir Charles Fraser.--Mrs. Langtry.--Mrs. Cornwallis West.--Miss Rousby.
resist
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From this reading Although Fate interrupted this good intention through the unforeseen offer to work for _Vanity Fair_ (which, with my love for caricature, I could not resist the temptation of accepting), I did not refuse commissions to execute portraits, but as the number of cartoons that I had undertaken to do for publication was considerable, naturally private work had to make way for it.
Reynolds
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From this reading _Sir Joshua Reynolds._ Of the study of portraiture I was always fond, and the prospect of becoming a portrait painter appealed greatly to me.
Richmond
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From this reading PORTRAITURE Some of my sitters.--Mrs. Tom Caley.--Lady Leucha Warner.-- Lady Loudoun.--Colonel Corbett.--Miss Reiss.--The late Mrs. Harry McCalmont.--The Duke of Hamilton.--Sir W. Jaffray.-- The Queen of Spain.--Soldier sitters.--Millais.--Sir William Cunliffe Brooks.--Holman Hunt.--George Richmond.--Sir William Richmond.--Sir Luke Fildes.--Lord Leighton.--Sir Laurence Alma Tadema.--Sir George Reid.--Orchardson.--Pettie.--Frank Dicksee.--Augustus Lumley.--"Archie" Stuart Wortley.--John Varley.--John Collier.--Sir Keith Fraser.--Sir Charles Fraser.--Mrs. Langtry.--Mrs. Cornwallis West.--Miss Rousby.
Rousby
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From this reading PORTRAITURE Some of my sitters.--Mrs. Tom Caley.--Lady Leucha Warner.-- Lady Loudoun.--Colonel Corbett.--Miss Reiss.--The late Mrs. Harry McCalmont.--The Duke of Hamilton.--Sir W. Jaffray.-- The Queen of Spain.--Soldier sitters.--Millais.--Sir William Cunliffe Brooks.--Holman Hunt.--George Richmond.--Sir William Richmond.--Sir Luke Fildes.--Lord Leighton.--Sir Laurence Alma Tadema.--Sir George Reid.--Orchardson.--Pettie.--Frank Dicksee.--Augustus Lumley.--"Archie" Stuart Wortley.--John Varley.--John Collier.--Sir Keith Fraser.--Sir Charles Fraser.--Mrs. Langtry.--Mrs. Cornwallis West.--Miss Rousby.
similitude
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From this reading "In portraits, the grace and one may add the likeness consists more in the general air than in the exact similitude of every feature."
Sir
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From this reading PORTRAITURE Some of my sitters.--Mrs. Tom Caley.--Lady Leucha Warner.-- Lady Loudoun.--Colonel Corbett.--Miss Reiss.--The late Mrs. Harry McCalmont.--The Duke of Hamilton.--Sir W. Jaffray.-- The Queen of Spain.--Soldier sitters.--Millais.--Sir William Cunliffe Brooks.--Holman Hunt.--George Richmond.--Sir William Richmond.--Sir Luke Fildes.--Lord Leighton.--Sir Laurence Alma Tadema.--Sir George Reid.--Orchardson.--Pettie.--Frank Dicksee.--Augustus Lumley.--"Archie" Stuart Wortley.--John Varley.--John Collier.--Sir Keith Fraser.--Sir Charles Fraser.--Mrs. Langtry.--Mrs. Cornwallis West.--Miss Rousby.
sitters
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From this reading PORTRAITURE Some of my sitters.--Mrs. Tom Caley.--Lady Leucha Warner.-- Lady Loudoun.--Colonel Corbett.--Miss Reiss.--The late Mrs. Harry McCalmont.--The Duke of Hamilton.--Sir W. Jaffray.-- The Queen of Spain.--Soldier sitters.--Millais.--Sir William Cunliffe Brooks.--Holman Hunt.--George Richmond.--Sir William Richmond.--Sir Luke Fildes.--Lord Leighton.--Sir Laurence Alma Tadema.--Sir George Reid.--Orchardson.--Pettie.--Frank Dicksee.--Augustus Lumley.--"Archie" Stuart Wortley.--John Varley.--John Collier.--Sir Keith Fraser.--Sir Charles Fraser.--Mrs. Langtry.--Mrs. Cornwallis West.--Miss Rousby.
Soldier
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From this reading PORTRAITURE Some of my sitters.--Mrs. Tom Caley.--Lady Leucha Warner.-- Lady Loudoun.--Colonel Corbett.--Miss Reiss.--The late Mrs. Harry McCalmont.--The Duke of Hamilton.--Sir W. Jaffray.-- The Queen of Spain.--Soldier sitters.--Millais.--Sir William Cunliffe Brooks.--Holman Hunt.--George Richmond.--Sir William Richmond.--Sir Luke Fildes.--Lord Leighton.--Sir Laurence Alma Tadema.--Sir George Reid.--Orchardson.--Pettie.--Frank Dicksee.--Augustus Lumley.--"Archie" Stuart Wortley.--John Varley.--John Collier.--Sir Keith Fraser.--Sir Charles Fraser.--Mrs. Langtry.--Mrs. Cornwallis West.--Miss Rousby.
Some
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From this reading PORTRAITURE Some of my sitters.--Mrs. Tom Caley.--Lady Leucha Warner.-- Lady Loudoun.--Colonel Corbett.--Miss Reiss.--The late Mrs. Harry McCalmont.--The Duke of Hamilton.--Sir W. Jaffray.-- The Queen of Spain.--Soldier sitters.--Millais.--Sir William Cunliffe Brooks.--Holman Hunt.--George Richmond.--Sir William Richmond.--Sir Luke Fildes.--Lord Leighton.--Sir Laurence Alma Tadema.--Sir George Reid.--Orchardson.--Pettie.--Frank Dicksee.--Augustus Lumley.--"Archie" Stuart Wortley.--John Varley.--John Collier.--Sir Keith Fraser.--Sir Charles Fraser.--Mrs. Langtry.--Mrs. Cornwallis West.--Miss Rousby.
Spain
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From this reading PORTRAITURE Some of my sitters.--Mrs. Tom Caley.--Lady Leucha Warner.-- Lady Loudoun.--Colonel Corbett.--Miss Reiss.--The late Mrs. Harry McCalmont.--The Duke of Hamilton.--Sir W. Jaffray.-- The Queen of Spain.--Soldier sitters.--Millais.--Sir William Cunliffe Brooks.--Holman Hunt.--George Richmond.--Sir William Richmond.--Sir Luke Fildes.--Lord Leighton.--Sir Laurence Alma Tadema.--Sir George Reid.--Orchardson.--Pettie.--Frank Dicksee.--Augustus Lumley.--"Archie" Stuart Wortley.--John Varley.--John Collier.--Sir Keith Fraser.--Sir Charles Fraser.--Mrs. Langtry.--Mrs. Cornwallis West.--Miss Rousby.
Stuart
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From this reading PORTRAITURE Some of my sitters.--Mrs. Tom Caley.--Lady Leucha Warner.-- Lady Loudoun.--Colonel Corbett.--Miss Reiss.--The late Mrs. Harry McCalmont.--The Duke of Hamilton.--Sir W. Jaffray.-- The Queen of Spain.--Soldier sitters.--Millais.--Sir William Cunliffe Brooks.--Holman Hunt.--George Richmond.--Sir William Richmond.--Sir Luke Fildes.--Lord Leighton.--Sir Laurence Alma Tadema.--Sir George Reid.--Orchardson.--Pettie.--Frank Dicksee.--Augustus Lumley.--"Archie" Stuart Wortley.--John Varley.--John Collier.--Sir Keith Fraser.--Sir Charles Fraser.--Mrs. Langtry.--Mrs. Cornwallis West.--Miss Rousby.
study
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From this reading _Sir Joshua Reynolds._ Of the study of portraiture I was always fond, and the prospect of becoming a portrait painter appealed greatly to me.
Tadema
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From this reading PORTRAITURE Some of my sitters.--Mrs. Tom Caley.--Lady Leucha Warner.-- Lady Loudoun.--Colonel Corbett.--Miss Reiss.--The late Mrs. Harry McCalmont.--The Duke of Hamilton.--Sir W. Jaffray.-- The Queen of Spain.--Soldier sitters.--Millais.--Sir William Cunliffe Brooks.--Holman Hunt.--George Richmond.--Sir William Richmond.--Sir Luke Fildes.--Lord Leighton.--Sir Laurence Alma Tadema.--Sir George Reid.--Orchardson.--Pettie.--Frank Dicksee.--Augustus Lumley.--"Archie" Stuart Wortley.--John Varley.--John Collier.--Sir Keith Fraser.--Sir Charles Fraser.--Mrs. Langtry.--Mrs. Cornwallis West.--Miss Rousby.
temptation
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From this reading Although Fate interrupted this good intention through the unforeseen offer to work for _Vanity Fair_ (which, with my love for caricature, I could not resist the temptation of accepting), I did not refuse commissions to execute portraits, but as the number of cartoons that I had undertaken to do for publication was considerable, naturally private work had to make way for it.
thanconjunctionUS /ðæn/
used to introduce the second part of a comparison
From this reading "In portraits, the grace and one may add the likeness consists more in the general air than in the exact similitude of every feature."
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Although Fate interrupted this good intention through the unforeseen offer to work for _Vanity Fair_ (which, with my love for caricature, I could not resist the temptation of accepting), I did not refuse commissions to execute portraits, but as the number of cartoons that I had undertaken to do for publication was considerable, naturally private work had to make way for it.
ThedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading PORTRAITURE Some of my sitters.--Mrs. Tom Caley.--Lady Leucha Warner.-- Lady Loudoun.--Colonel Corbett.--Miss Reiss.--The late Mrs. Harry McCalmont.--The Duke of Hamilton.--Sir W. Jaffray.-- The Queen of Spain.--Soldier sitters.--Millais.--Sir William Cunliffe Brooks.--Holman Hunt.--George Richmond.--Sir William Richmond.--Sir Luke Fildes.--Lord Leighton.--Sir Laurence Alma Tadema.--Sir George Reid.--Orchardson.--Pettie.--Frank Dicksee.--Augustus Lumley.--"Archie" Stuart Wortley.--John Varley.--John Collier.--Sir Keith Fraser.--Sir Charles Fraser.--Mrs. Langtry.--Mrs. Cornwallis West.--Miss Rousby.
thisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading Although Fate interrupted this good intention through the unforeseen offer to work for _Vanity Fair_ (which, with my love for caricature, I could not resist the temptation of accepting), I did not refuse commissions to execute portraits, but as the number of cartoons that I had undertaken to do for publication was considerable, naturally private work had to make way for it.
throughprepositionUS /θruː/
from one end or side of something to the other
From this reading Although Fate interrupted this good intention through the unforeseen offer to work for _Vanity Fair_ (which, with my love for caricature, I could not resist the temptation of accepting), I did not refuse commissions to execute portraits, but as the number of cartoons that I had undertaken to do for publication was considerable, naturally private work had to make way for it.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading _Sir Joshua Reynolds._ Of the study of portraiture I was always fond, and the prospect of becoming a portrait painter appealed greatly to me.
Tom
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From this reading PORTRAITURE Some of my sitters.--Mrs. Tom Caley.--Lady Leucha Warner.-- Lady Loudoun.--Colonel Corbett.--Miss Reiss.--The late Mrs. Harry McCalmont.--The Duke of Hamilton.--Sir W. Jaffray.-- The Queen of Spain.--Soldier sitters.--Millais.--Sir William Cunliffe Brooks.--Holman Hunt.--George Richmond.--Sir William Richmond.--Sir Luke Fildes.--Lord Leighton.--Sir Laurence Alma Tadema.--Sir George Reid.--Orchardson.--Pettie.--Frank Dicksee.--Augustus Lumley.--"Archie" Stuart Wortley.--John Varley.--John Collier.--Sir Keith Fraser.--Sir Charles Fraser.--Mrs. Langtry.--Mrs. Cornwallis West.--Miss Rousby.
undertaken
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From this reading Although Fate interrupted this good intention through the unforeseen offer to work for _Vanity Fair_ (which, with my love for caricature, I could not resist the temptation of accepting), I did not refuse commissions to execute portraits, but as the number of cartoons that I had undertaken to do for publication was considerable, naturally private work had to make way for it.
unforeseen
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From this reading Although Fate interrupted this good intention through the unforeseen offer to work for _Vanity Fair_ (which, with my love for caricature, I could not resist the temptation of accepting), I did not refuse commissions to execute portraits, but as the number of cartoons that I had undertaken to do for publication was considerable, naturally private work had to make way for it.
Vanity
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From this reading Although Fate interrupted this good intention through the unforeseen offer to work for _Vanity Fair_ (which, with my love for caricature, I could not resist the temptation of accepting), I did not refuse commissions to execute portraits, but as the number of cartoons that I had undertaken to do for publication was considerable, naturally private work had to make way for it.
Varley
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From this reading PORTRAITURE Some of my sitters.--Mrs. Tom Caley.--Lady Leucha Warner.-- Lady Loudoun.--Colonel Corbett.--Miss Reiss.--The late Mrs. Harry McCalmont.--The Duke of Hamilton.--Sir W. Jaffray.-- The Queen of Spain.--Soldier sitters.--Millais.--Sir William Cunliffe Brooks.--Holman Hunt.--George Richmond.--Sir William Richmond.--Sir Luke Fildes.--Lord Leighton.--Sir Laurence Alma Tadema.--Sir George Reid.--Orchardson.--Pettie.--Frank Dicksee.--Augustus Lumley.--"Archie" Stuart Wortley.--John Varley.--John Collier.--Sir Keith Fraser.--Sir Charles Fraser.--Mrs. Langtry.--Mrs. Cornwallis West.--Miss Rousby.
W
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From this reading PORTRAITURE Some of my sitters.--Mrs. Tom Caley.--Lady Leucha Warner.-- Lady Loudoun.--Colonel Corbett.--Miss Reiss.--The late Mrs. Harry McCalmont.--The Duke of Hamilton.--Sir W. Jaffray.-- The Queen of Spain.--Soldier sitters.--Millais.--Sir William Cunliffe Brooks.--Holman Hunt.--George Richmond.--Sir William Richmond.--Sir Luke Fildes.--Lord Leighton.--Sir Laurence Alma Tadema.--Sir George Reid.--Orchardson.--Pettie.--Frank Dicksee.--Augustus Lumley.--"Archie" Stuart Wortley.--John Varley.--John Collier.--Sir Keith Fraser.--Sir Charles Fraser.--Mrs. Langtry.--Mrs. Cornwallis West.--Miss Rousby.
Wales
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From this reading --The Prince of Wales.--King George as a boy.--Children's portraits.--Mrs. Weldon.--Christabel Pankhurst.
Warner
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From this reading PORTRAITURE Some of my sitters.--Mrs. Tom Caley.--Lady Leucha Warner.-- Lady Loudoun.--Colonel Corbett.--Miss Reiss.--The late Mrs. Harry McCalmont.--The Duke of Hamilton.--Sir W. Jaffray.-- The Queen of Spain.--Soldier sitters.--Millais.--Sir William Cunliffe Brooks.--Holman Hunt.--George Richmond.--Sir William Richmond.--Sir Luke Fildes.--Lord Leighton.--Sir Laurence Alma Tadema.--Sir George Reid.--Orchardson.--Pettie.--Frank Dicksee.--Augustus Lumley.--"Archie" Stuart Wortley.--John Varley.--John Collier.--Sir Keith Fraser.--Sir Charles Fraser.--Mrs. Langtry.--Mrs. Cornwallis West.--Miss Rousby.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading _Sir Joshua Reynolds._ Of the study of portraiture I was always fond, and the prospect of becoming a portrait painter appealed greatly to me.
way
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From this reading Although Fate interrupted this good intention through the unforeseen offer to work for _Vanity Fair_ (which, with my love for caricature, I could not resist the temptation of accepting), I did not refuse commissions to execute portraits, but as the number of cartoons that I had undertaken to do for publication was considerable, naturally private work had to make way for it.
Weldon
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From this reading --The Prince of Wales.--King George as a boy.--Children's portraits.--Mrs. Weldon.--Christabel Pankhurst.
West
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From this reading PORTRAITURE Some of my sitters.--Mrs. Tom Caley.--Lady Leucha Warner.-- Lady Loudoun.--Colonel Corbett.--Miss Reiss.--The late Mrs. Harry McCalmont.--The Duke of Hamilton.--Sir W. Jaffray.-- The Queen of Spain.--Soldier sitters.--Millais.--Sir William Cunliffe Brooks.--Holman Hunt.--George Richmond.--Sir William Richmond.--Sir Luke Fildes.--Lord Leighton.--Sir Laurence Alma Tadema.--Sir George Reid.--Orchardson.--Pettie.--Frank Dicksee.--Augustus Lumley.--"Archie" Stuart Wortley.--John Varley.--John Collier.--Sir Keith Fraser.--Sir Charles Fraser.--Mrs. Langtry.--Mrs. Cornwallis West.--Miss Rousby.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading Although Fate interrupted this good intention through the unforeseen offer to work for _Vanity Fair_ (which, with my love for caricature, I could not resist the temptation of accepting), I did not refuse commissions to execute portraits, but as the number of cartoons that I had undertaken to do for publication was considerable, naturally private work had to make way for it.
William
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From this reading PORTRAITURE Some of my sitters.--Mrs. Tom Caley.--Lady Leucha Warner.-- Lady Loudoun.--Colonel Corbett.--Miss Reiss.--The late Mrs. Harry McCalmont.--The Duke of Hamilton.--Sir W. Jaffray.-- The Queen of Spain.--Soldier sitters.--Millais.--Sir William Cunliffe Brooks.--Holman Hunt.--George Richmond.--Sir William Richmond.--Sir Luke Fildes.--Lord Leighton.--Sir Laurence Alma Tadema.--Sir George Reid.--Orchardson.--Pettie.--Frank Dicksee.--Augustus Lumley.--"Archie" Stuart Wortley.--John Varley.--John Collier.--Sir Keith Fraser.--Sir Charles Fraser.--Mrs. Langtry.--Mrs. Cornwallis West.--Miss Rousby.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading Although Fate interrupted this good intention through the unforeseen offer to work for _Vanity Fair_ (which, with my love for caricature, I could not resist the temptation of accepting), I did not refuse commissions to execute portraits, but as the number of cartoons that I had undertaken to do for publication was considerable, naturally private work had to make way for it.
work
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From this reading Although Fate interrupted this good intention through the unforeseen offer to work for _Vanity Fair_ (which, with my love for caricature, I could not resist the temptation of accepting), I did not refuse commissions to execute portraits, but as the number of cartoons that I had undertaken to do for publication was considerable, naturally private work had to make way for it.
Wortley
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From this reading PORTRAITURE Some of my sitters.--Mrs. Tom Caley.--Lady Leucha Warner.-- Lady Loudoun.--Colonel Corbett.--Miss Reiss.--The late Mrs. Harry McCalmont.--The Duke of Hamilton.--Sir W. Jaffray.-- The Queen of Spain.--Soldier sitters.--Millais.--Sir William Cunliffe Brooks.--Holman Hunt.--George Richmond.--Sir William Richmond.--Sir Luke Fildes.--Lord Leighton.--Sir Laurence Alma Tadema.--Sir George Reid.--Orchardson.--Pettie.--Frank Dicksee.--Augustus Lumley.--"Archie" Stuart Wortley.--John Varley.--John Collier.--Sir Keith Fraser.--Sir Charles Fraser.--Mrs. Langtry.--Mrs. Cornwallis West.--Miss Rousby.
