Chapter II

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

From this reading Ashamed of my appearance--Introduced to my numerous relatives--Allowed to sleep with the boys--Homesick--Set to work and made contented--Baptized and set apart for a mission--Return to Iowa--Meet my relatives--My Grandfather's confession and testimony--His exhortation and request--Return home with my brother Isaac, thus fulfilling my Father's prediction--The lessons I learned by my experience.

a record or narrative description of past events

From this reading Impressed by the Spirit not to go on a steamer, after arranging for my passage--Rush ashore before the boat starts--Boat snagged and sunk in the Mississippi--Warned by the Spirit not to meet an appointment--Urged by my friends, I start--Aversion to going so strong, I gallop back--Friends unable to account for my fears--Robbery at the house where I was to have gone--Saved from suspicion by obeying the voice of the Spirit.

later than; following

From this reading Impressed by the Spirit not to go on a steamer, after arranging for my passage--Rush ashore before the boat starts--Boat snagged and sunk in the Mississippi--Warned by the Spirit not to meet an appointment--Urged by my friends, I start--Aversion to going so strong, I gallop back--Friends unable to account for my fears--Robbery at the house where I was to have gone--Saved from suspicion by obeying the voice of the Spirit.

past form of “allow” — make it possible through a specific action or lack of action for something to happen

From this reading Ashamed of my appearance--Introduced to my numerous relatives--Allowed to sleep with the boys--Homesick--Set to work and made contented--Baptized and set apart for a mission--Return to Iowa--Meet my relatives--My Grandfather's confession and testimony--His exhortation and request--Return home with my brother Isaac, thus fulfilling my Father's prediction--The lessons I learned by my experience.

North American republic containing 50 states - 48 conterminous states in North America plus Alaska in northwest North America and the Hawaiian Islands in the Pacific Ocean; achieved independence in 1776

From this reading Appointed to take charge of a company of emigrants--Leave London for America--Surrounded by a thick fog--The Captain unable to take observations--The fog lifts--Saved from being dashed upon the rocks--Thank God for our deliverance.

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

From this reading Impressed by the Spirit not to go on a steamer, after arranging for my passage--Rush ashore before the boat starts--Boat snagged and sunk in the Mississippi--Warned by the Spirit not to meet an appointment--Urged by my friends, I start--Aversion to going so strong, I gallop back--Friends unable to account for my fears--Robbery at the house where I was to have gone--Saved from suspicion by obeying the voice of the Spirit.

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

From this reading Ashamed of my appearance--Introduced to my numerous relatives--Allowed to sleep with the boys--Homesick--Set to work and made contented--Baptized and set apart for a mission--Return to Iowa--Meet my relatives--My Grandfather's confession and testimony--His exhortation and request--Return home with my brother Isaac, thus fulfilling my Father's prediction--The lessons I learned by my experience.

separated or at a distance in place or position or time

From this reading Ashamed of my appearance--Introduced to my numerous relatives--Allowed to sleep with the boys--Homesick--Set to work and made contented--Baptized and set apart for a mission--Return to Iowa--Meet my relatives--My Grandfather's confession and testimony--His exhortation and request--Return home with my brother Isaac, thus fulfilling my Father's prediction--The lessons I learned by my experience.

outward or visible aspect of a person or thing

From this reading Ashamed of my appearance--Introduced to my numerous relatives--Allowed to sleep with the boys--Homesick--Set to work and made contented--Baptized and set apart for a mission--Return to Iowa--Meet my relatives--My Grandfather's confession and testimony--His exhortation and request--Return home with my brother Isaac, thus fulfilling my Father's prediction--The lessons I learned by my experience.

subject to appointment

From this reading Appointed to take charge of a company of emigrants--Leave London for America--Surrounded by a thick fog--The Captain unable to take observations--The fog lifts--Saved from being dashed upon the rocks--Thank God for our deliverance.

the act of putting a person into a non-elective position

From this reading Impressed by the Spirit not to go on a steamer, after arranging for my passage--Rush ashore before the boat starts--Boat snagged and sunk in the Mississippi--Warned by the Spirit not to meet an appointment--Urged by my friends, I start--Aversion to going so strong, I gallop back--Friends unable to account for my fears--Robbery at the house where I was to have gone--Saved from suspicion by obeying the voice of the Spirit.

the act of arranging and adapting a piece of music

From this reading Impressed by the Spirit not to go on a steamer, after arranging for my passage--Rush ashore before the boat starts--Boat snagged and sunk in the Mississippi--Warned by the Spirit not to meet an appointment--Urged by my friends, I start--Aversion to going so strong, I gallop back--Friends unable to account for my fears--Robbery at the house where I was to have gone--Saved from suspicion by obeying the voice of the Spirit.

feeling shame or guilt or embarrassment or remorse

From this reading Ashamed of my appearance--Introduced to my numerous relatives--Allowed to sleep with the boys--Homesick--Set to work and made contented--Baptized and set apart for a mission--Return to Iowa--Meet my relatives--My Grandfather's confession and testimony--His exhortation and request--Return home with my brother Isaac, thus fulfilling my Father's prediction--The lessons I learned by my experience.

towards the shore from the water

From this reading Impressed by the Spirit not to go on a steamer, after arranging for my passage--Rush ashore before the boat starts--Boat snagged and sunk in the Mississippi--Warned by the Spirit not to meet an appointment--Urged by my friends, I start--Aversion to going so strong, I gallop back--Friends unable to account for my fears--Robbery at the house where I was to have gone--Saved from suspicion by obeying the voice of the Spirit.

in or near a particular place or position

From this reading Impressed by the Spirit not to go on a steamer, after arranging for my passage--Rush ashore before the boat starts--Boat snagged and sunk in the Mississippi--Warned by the Spirit not to meet an appointment--Urged by my friends, I start--Aversion to going so strong, I gallop back--Friends unable to account for my fears--Robbery at the house where I was to have gone--Saved from suspicion by obeying the voice of the Spirit.

a feeling of intense dislike

From this reading Impressed by the Spirit not to go on a steamer, after arranging for my passage--Rush ashore before the boat starts--Boat snagged and sunk in the Mississippi--Warned by the Spirit not to meet an appointment--Urged by my friends, I start--Aversion to going so strong, I gallop back--Friends unable to account for my fears--Robbery at the house where I was to have gone--Saved from suspicion by obeying the voice of the Spirit.

in or to or toward a former location

From this reading Impressed by the Spirit not to go on a steamer, after arranging for my passage--Rush ashore before the boat starts--Boat snagged and sunk in the Mississippi--Warned by the Spirit not to meet an appointment--Urged by my friends, I start--Aversion to going so strong, I gallop back--Friends unable to account for my fears--Robbery at the house where I was to have gone--Saved from suspicion by obeying the voice of the Spirit.

having undergone the Christian ritual of baptism

From this reading Ashamed of my appearance--Introduced to my numerous relatives--Allowed to sleep with the boys--Homesick--Set to work and made contented--Baptized and set apart for a mission--Return to Iowa--Meet my relatives--My Grandfather's confession and testimony--His exhortation and request--Return home with my brother Isaac, thus fulfilling my Father's prediction--The lessons I learned by my experience.

earlier than; in front of

From this reading Impressed by the Spirit not to go on a steamer, after arranging for my passage--Rush ashore before the boat starts--Boat snagged and sunk in the Mississippi--Warned by the Spirit not to meet an appointment--Urged by my friends, I start--Aversion to going so strong, I gallop back--Friends unable to account for my fears--Robbery at the house where I was to have gone--Saved from suspicion by obeying the voice of the Spirit.

the -ing form of “be”

From this reading Appointed to take charge of a company of emigrants--Leave London for America--Surrounded by a thick fog--The Captain unable to take observations--The fog lifts--Saved from being dashed upon the rocks--Thank God for our deliverance.

a small vessel for travel on water

From this reading Impressed by the Spirit not to go on a steamer, after arranging for my passage--Rush ashore before the boat starts--Boat snagged and sunk in the Mississippi--Warned by the Spirit not to meet an appointment--Urged by my friends, I start--Aversion to going so strong, I gallop back--Friends unable to account for my fears--Robbery at the house where I was to have gone--Saved from suspicion by obeying the voice of the Spirit.

plural of “boy” — a youthful male person

From this reading Ashamed of my appearance--Introduced to my numerous relatives--Allowed to sleep with the boys--Homesick--Set to work and made contented--Baptized and set apart for a mission--Return to Iowa--Meet my relatives--My Grandfather's confession and testimony--His exhortation and request--Return home with my brother Isaac, thus fulfilling my Father's prediction--The lessons I learned by my experience.

a male with the same parents as someone else

From this reading Ashamed of my appearance--Introduced to my numerous relatives--Allowed to sleep with the boys--Homesick--Set to work and made contented--Baptized and set apart for a mission--Return to Iowa--Meet my relatives--My Grandfather's confession and testimony--His exhortation and request--Return home with my brother Isaac, thus fulfilling my Father's prediction--The lessons I learned by my experience.

showing who or what does the action

From this reading Ashamed of my appearance--Introduced to my numerous relatives--Allowed to sleep with the boys--Homesick--Set to work and made contented--Baptized and set apart for a mission--Return to Iowa--Meet my relatives--My Grandfather's confession and testimony--His exhortation and request--Return home with my brother Isaac, thus fulfilling my Father's prediction--The lessons I learned by my experience.

an officer holding a rank below a major but above a lieutenant

From this reading Appointed to take charge of a company of emigrants--Leave London for America--Surrounded by a thick fog--The Captain unable to take observations--The fog lifts--Saved from being dashed upon the rocks--Thank God for our deliverance.

to make a rush at or sudden attack upon, as in battle

From this reading Appointed to take charge of a company of emigrants--Leave London for America--Surrounded by a thick fog--The Captain unable to take observations--The fog lifts--Saved from being dashed upon the rocks--Thank God for our deliverance.

an institution created to conduct business

From this reading Appointed to take charge of a company of emigrants--Leave London for America--Surrounded by a thick fog--The Captain unable to take observations--The fog lifts--Saved from being dashed upon the rocks--Thank God for our deliverance.

an admission of misdeeds or faults

From this reading Ashamed of my appearance--Introduced to my numerous relatives--Allowed to sleep with the boys--Homesick--Set to work and made contented--Baptized and set apart for a mission--Return to Iowa--Meet my relatives--My Grandfather's confession and testimony--His exhortation and request--Return home with my brother Isaac, thus fulfilling my Father's prediction--The lessons I learned by my experience.

satisfied or showing satisfaction with things as they are

From this reading Ashamed of my appearance--Introduced to my numerous relatives--Allowed to sleep with the boys--Homesick--Set to work and made contented--Baptized and set apart for a mission--Return to Iowa--Meet my relatives--My Grandfather's confession and testimony--His exhortation and request--Return home with my brother Isaac, thus fulfilling my Father's prediction--The lessons I learned by my experience.

having gaps or spaces

From this reading Appointed to take charge of a company of emigrants--Leave London for America--Surrounded by a thick fog--The Captain unable to take observations--The fog lifts--Saved from being dashed upon the rocks--Thank God for our deliverance.

recovery or preservation from loss or danger

From this reading Appointed to take charge of a company of emigrants--Leave London for America--Surrounded by a thick fog--The Captain unable to take observations--The fog lifts--Saved from being dashed upon the rocks--Thank God for our deliverance.

plural of “emigrant” — someone who leaves one country to settle in another

From this reading Appointed to take charge of a company of emigrants--Leave London for America--Surrounded by a thick fog--The Captain unable to take observations--The fog lifts--Saved from being dashed upon the rocks--Thank God for our deliverance.

a communication intended to urge or persuade the recipients to take some action

From this reading Ashamed of my appearance--Introduced to my numerous relatives--Allowed to sleep with the boys--Homesick--Set to work and made contented--Baptized and set apart for a mission--Return to Iowa--Meet my relatives--My Grandfather's confession and testimony--His exhortation and request--Return home with my brother Isaac, thus fulfilling my Father's prediction--The lessons I learned by my experience.

undergo or live through a difficult experience

From this reading Ashamed of my appearance--Introduced to my numerous relatives--Allowed to sleep with the boys--Homesick--Set to work and made contented--Baptized and set apart for a mission--Return to Iowa--Meet my relatives--My Grandfather's confession and testimony--His exhortation and request--Return home with my brother Isaac, thus fulfilling my Father's prediction--The lessons I learned by my experience.

possessive form of “father” — a male parent (also used as a term of address to your father)

From this reading Ashamed of my appearance--Introduced to my numerous relatives--Allowed to sleep with the boys--Homesick--Set to work and made contented--Baptized and set apart for a mission--Return to Iowa--Meet my relatives--My Grandfather's confession and testimony--His exhortation and request--Return home with my brother Isaac, thus fulfilling my Father's prediction--The lessons I learned by my experience.

plural of “fear” — an emotion experienced in anticipation of some specific pain or danger (usually accompanied by a desire to flee or fight)

From this reading Impressed by the Spirit not to go on a steamer, after arranging for my passage--Rush ashore before the boat starts--Boat snagged and sunk in the Mississippi--Warned by the Spirit not to meet an appointment--Urged by my friends, I start--Aversion to going so strong, I gallop back--Friends unable to account for my fears--Robbery at the house where I was to have gone--Saved from suspicion by obeying the voice of the Spirit.

droplets of water vapor suspended in the air near the ground

From this reading Appointed to take charge of a company of emigrants--Leave London for America--Surrounded by a thick fog--The Captain unable to take observations--The fog lifts--Saved from being dashed upon the rocks--Thank God for our deliverance.

intended to be given to, or used by, somebody

From this reading Ashamed of my appearance--Introduced to my numerous relatives--Allowed to sleep with the boys--Homesick--Set to work and made contented--Baptized and set apart for a mission--Return to Iowa--Meet my relatives--My Grandfather's confession and testimony--His exhortation and request--Return home with my brother Isaac, thus fulfilling my Father's prediction--The lessons I learned by my experience.

plural of “friend” — a person you know well and regard with affection and trust

From this reading Impressed by the Spirit not to go on a steamer, after arranging for my passage--Rush ashore before the boat starts--Boat snagged and sunk in the Mississippi--Warned by the Spirit not to meet an appointment--Urged by my friends, I start--Aversion to going so strong, I gallop back--Friends unable to account for my fears--Robbery at the house where I was to have gone--Saved from suspicion by obeying the voice of the Spirit.

showing where something starts, or who sent it

From this reading Appointed to take charge of a company of emigrants--Leave London for America--Surrounded by a thick fog--The Captain unable to take observations--The fog lifts--Saved from being dashed upon the rocks--Thank God for our deliverance.

inflected form of “fulfil” — put in effect

From this reading Ashamed of my appearance--Introduced to my numerous relatives--Allowed to sleep with the boys--Homesick--Set to work and made contented--Baptized and set apart for a mission--Return to Iowa--Meet my relatives--My Grandfather's confession and testimony--His exhortation and request--Return home with my brother Isaac, thus fulfilling my Father's prediction--The lessons I learned by my experience.

ride at a galloping pace

From this reading Impressed by the Spirit not to go on a steamer, after arranging for my passage--Rush ashore before the boat starts--Boat snagged and sunk in the Mississippi--Warned by the Spirit not to meet an appointment--Urged by my friends, I start--Aversion to going so strong, I gallop back--Friends unable to account for my fears--Robbery at the house where I was to have gone--Saved from suspicion by obeying the voice of the Spirit.

change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically

From this reading Impressed by the Spirit not to go on a steamer, after arranging for my passage--Rush ashore before the boat starts--Boat snagged and sunk in the Mississippi--Warned by the Spirit not to meet an appointment--Urged by my friends, I start--Aversion to going so strong, I gallop back--Friends unable to account for my fears--Robbery at the house where I was to have gone--Saved from suspicion by obeying the voice of the Spirit.

the supernatural being conceived as the perfect and omnipotent and omniscient originator and ruler of the universe; the object of worship in monotheistic religions

From this reading Appointed to take charge of a company of emigrants--Leave London for America--Surrounded by a thick fog--The Captain unable to take observations--The fog lifts--Saved from being dashed upon the rocks--Thank God for our deliverance.

the act of departing

From this reading Impressed by the Spirit not to go on a steamer, after arranging for my passage--Rush ashore before the boat starts--Boat snagged and sunk in the Mississippi--Warned by the Spirit not to meet an appointment--Urged by my friends, I start--Aversion to going so strong, I gallop back--Friends unable to account for my fears--Robbery at the house where I was to have gone--Saved from suspicion by obeying the voice of the Spirit.

destroyed or killed

From this reading Impressed by the Spirit not to go on a steamer, after arranging for my passage--Rush ashore before the boat starts--Boat snagged and sunk in the Mississippi--Warned by the Spirit not to meet an appointment--Urged by my friends, I start--Aversion to going so strong, I gallop back--Friends unable to account for my fears--Robbery at the house where I was to have gone--Saved from suspicion by obeying the voice of the Spirit.

possessive form of “grandfather” — the father of your father or mother

From this reading Ashamed of my appearance--Introduced to my numerous relatives--Allowed to sleep with the boys--Homesick--Set to work and made contented--Baptized and set apart for a mission--Return to Iowa--Meet my relatives--My Grandfather's confession and testimony--His exhortation and request--Return home with my brother Isaac, thus fulfilling my Father's prediction--The lessons I learned by my experience.

used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses

From this reading Impressed by the Spirit not to go on a steamer, after arranging for my passage--Rush ashore before the boat starts--Boat snagged and sunk in the Mississippi--Warned by the Spirit not to meet an appointment--Urged by my friends, I start--Aversion to going so strong, I gallop back--Friends unable to account for my fears--Robbery at the house where I was to have gone--Saved from suspicion by obeying the voice of the Spirit.

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

From this reading Ashamed of my appearance--Introduced to my numerous relatives--Allowed to sleep with the boys--Homesick--Set to work and made contented--Baptized and set apart for a mission--Return to Iowa--Meet my relatives--My Grandfather's confession and testimony--His exhortation and request--Return home with my brother Isaac, thus fulfilling my Father's prediction--The lessons I learned by my experience.

where you live at a particular time

From this reading Ashamed of my appearance--Introduced to my numerous relatives--Allowed to sleep with the boys--Homesick--Set to work and made contented--Baptized and set apart for a mission--Return to Iowa--Meet my relatives--My Grandfather's confession and testimony--His exhortation and request--Return home with my brother Isaac, thus fulfilling my Father's prediction--The lessons I learned by my experience.

longing to return home

From this reading Ashamed of my appearance--Introduced to my numerous relatives--Allowed to sleep with the boys--Homesick--Set to work and made contented--Baptized and set apart for a mission--Return to Iowa--Meet my relatives--My Grandfather's confession and testimony--His exhortation and request--Return home with my brother Isaac, thus fulfilling my Father's prediction--The lessons I learned by my experience.

a dwelling that serves as living quarters for one or more families

From this reading Impressed by the Spirit not to go on a steamer, after arranging for my passage--Rush ashore before the boat starts--Boat snagged and sunk in the Mississippi--Warned by the Spirit not to meet an appointment--Urged by my friends, I start--Aversion to going so strong, I gallop back--Friends unable to account for my fears--Robbery at the house where I was to have gone--Saved from suspicion by obeying the voice of the Spirit.

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

From this reading Ashamed of my appearance--Introduced to my numerous relatives--Allowed to sleep with the boys--Homesick--Set to work and made contented--Baptized and set apart for a mission--Return to Iowa--Meet my relatives--My Grandfather's confession and testimony--His exhortation and request--Return home with my brother Isaac, thus fulfilling my Father's prediction--The lessons I learned by my experience.

deeply or markedly affected or influenced

From this reading Impressed by the Spirit not to go on a steamer, after arranging for my passage--Rush ashore before the boat starts--Boat snagged and sunk in the Mississippi--Warned by the Spirit not to meet an appointment--Urged by my friends, I start--Aversion to going so strong, I gallop back--Friends unable to account for my fears--Robbery at the house where I was to have gone--Saved from suspicion by obeying the voice of the Spirit.

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

From this reading Impressed by the Spirit not to go on a steamer, after arranging for my passage--Rush ashore before the boat starts--Boat snagged and sunk in the Mississippi--Warned by the Spirit not to meet an appointment--Urged by my friends, I start--Aversion to going so strong, I gallop back--Friends unable to account for my fears--Robbery at the house where I was to have gone--Saved from suspicion by obeying the voice of the Spirit.

past form of “introduce” — cause to come to know personally

From this reading Ashamed of my appearance--Introduced to my numerous relatives--Allowed to sleep with the boys--Homesick--Set to work and made contented--Baptized and set apart for a mission--Return to Iowa--Meet my relatives--My Grandfather's confession and testimony--His exhortation and request--Return home with my brother Isaac, thus fulfilling my Father's prediction--The lessons I learned by my experience.

a member of the Siouan people formerly living in Iowa and Minnesota and Missouri

From this reading Ashamed of my appearance--Introduced to my numerous relatives--Allowed to sleep with the boys--Homesick--Set to work and made contented--Baptized and set apart for a mission--Return to Iowa--Meet my relatives--My Grandfather's confession and testimony--His exhortation and request--Return home with my brother Isaac, thus fulfilling my Father's prediction--The lessons I learned by my experience.

(Old Testament) the second patriarch; son of Abraham and Sarah who was offered by Abraham as a sacrifice to God; father of Jacob and Esau

From this reading Ashamed of my appearance--Introduced to my numerous relatives--Allowed to sleep with the boys--Homesick--Set to work and made contented--Baptized and set apart for a mission--Return to Iowa--Meet my relatives--My Grandfather's confession and testimony--His exhortation and request--Return home with my brother Isaac, thus fulfilling my Father's prediction--The lessons I learned by my experience.

having or showing profound knowledge

From this reading Ashamed of my appearance--Introduced to my numerous relatives--Allowed to sleep with the boys--Homesick--Set to work and made contented--Baptized and set apart for a mission--Return to Iowa--Meet my relatives--My Grandfather's confession and testimony--His exhortation and request--Return home with my brother Isaac, thus fulfilling my Father's prediction--The lessons I learned by my experience.

go away from a place

From this reading Appointed to take charge of a company of emigrants--Leave London for America--Surrounded by a thick fog--The Captain unable to take observations--The fog lifts--Saved from being dashed upon the rocks--Thank God for our deliverance.

plural of “lesson” — a unit of instruction

From this reading Ashamed of my appearance--Introduced to my numerous relatives--Allowed to sleep with the boys--Homesick--Set to work and made contented--Baptized and set apart for a mission--Return to Iowa--Meet my relatives--My Grandfather's confession and testimony--His exhortation and request--Return home with my brother Isaac, thus fulfilling my Father's prediction--The lessons I learned by my experience.

plural of “lift” — the act of giving temporary assistance

From this reading Appointed to take charge of a company of emigrants--Leave London for America--Surrounded by a thick fog--The Captain unable to take observations--The fog lifts--Saved from being dashed upon the rocks--Thank God for our deliverance.

the capital and largest city of England; located on the Thames in southeastern England; financial and industrial and cultural center

From this reading Appointed to take charge of a company of emigrants--Leave London for America--Surrounded by a thick fog--The Captain unable to take observations--The fog lifts--Saved from being dashed upon the rocks--Thank God for our deliverance.

produced by a manufacturing process

From this reading Ashamed of my appearance--Introduced to my numerous relatives--Allowed to sleep with the boys--Homesick--Set to work and made contented--Baptized and set apart for a mission--Return to Iowa--Meet my relatives--My Grandfather's confession and testimony--His exhortation and request--Return home with my brother Isaac, thus fulfilling my Father's prediction--The lessons I learned by my experience.

come together

From this reading Ashamed of my appearance--Introduced to my numerous relatives--Allowed to sleep with the boys--Homesick--Set to work and made contented--Baptized and set apart for a mission--Return to Iowa--Meet my relatives--My Grandfather's confession and testimony--His exhortation and request--Return home with my brother Isaac, thus fulfilling my Father's prediction--The lessons I learned by my experience.

an organization of missionaries in a foreign land sent to carry on religious work

From this reading Ashamed of my appearance--Introduced to my numerous relatives--Allowed to sleep with the boys--Homesick--Set to work and made contented--Baptized and set apart for a mission--Return to Iowa--Meet my relatives--My Grandfather's confession and testimony--His exhortation and request--Return home with my brother Isaac, thus fulfilling my Father's prediction--The lessons I learned by my experience.

a major North American river and the chief river of the United States; rises in northern Minnesota and flows southward into the Gulf of Mexico

From this reading Impressed by the Spirit not to go on a steamer, after arranging for my passage--Rush ashore before the boat starts--Boat snagged and sunk in the Mississippi--Warned by the Spirit not to meet an appointment--Urged by my friends, I start--Aversion to going so strong, I gallop back--Friends unable to account for my fears--Robbery at the house where I was to have gone--Saved from suspicion by obeying the voice of the Spirit.

belonging to the person speaking

From this reading Ashamed of my appearance--Introduced to my numerous relatives--Allowed to sleep with the boys--Homesick--Set to work and made contented--Baptized and set apart for a mission--Return to Iowa--Meet my relatives--My Grandfather's confession and testimony--His exhortation and request--Return home with my brother Isaac, thus fulfilling my Father's prediction--The lessons I learned by my experience.

used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative

From this reading Impressed by the Spirit not to go on a steamer, after arranging for my passage--Rush ashore before the boat starts--Boat snagged and sunk in the Mississippi--Warned by the Spirit not to meet an appointment--Urged by my friends, I start--Aversion to going so strong, I gallop back--Friends unable to account for my fears--Robbery at the house where I was to have gone--Saved from suspicion by obeying the voice of the Spirit.

amounting to a large indefinite number

From this reading Ashamed of my appearance--Introduced to my numerous relatives--Allowed to sleep with the boys--Homesick--Set to work and made contented--Baptized and set apart for a mission--Return to Iowa--Meet my relatives--My Grandfather's confession and testimony--His exhortation and request--Return home with my brother Isaac, thus fulfilling my Father's prediction--The lessons I learned by my experience.

-ing form of “obey” — be obedient to

From this reading Impressed by the Spirit not to go on a steamer, after arranging for my passage--Rush ashore before the boat starts--Boat snagged and sunk in the Mississippi--Warned by the Spirit not to meet an appointment--Urged by my friends, I start--Aversion to going so strong, I gallop back--Friends unable to account for my fears--Robbery at the house where I was to have gone--Saved from suspicion by obeying the voice of the Spirit.

plural of “observation” — the act of making and recording a measurement

From this reading Appointed to take charge of a company of emigrants--Leave London for America--Surrounded by a thick fog--The Captain unable to take observations--The fog lifts--Saved from being dashed upon the rocks--Thank God for our deliverance.

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

From this reading Ashamed of my appearance--Introduced to my numerous relatives--Allowed to sleep with the boys--Homesick--Set to work and made contented--Baptized and set apart for a mission--Return to Iowa--Meet my relatives--My Grandfather's confession and testimony--His exhortation and request--Return home with my brother Isaac, thus fulfilling my Father's prediction--The lessons I learned by my experience.

touching and supported by a surface

From this reading Impressed by the Spirit not to go on a steamer, after arranging for my passage--Rush ashore before the boat starts--Boat snagged and sunk in the Mississippi--Warned by the Spirit not to meet an appointment--Urged by my friends, I start--Aversion to going so strong, I gallop back--Friends unable to account for my fears--Robbery at the house where I was to have gone--Saved from suspicion by obeying the voice of the Spirit.

belonging to the speaker and others

From this reading Appointed to take charge of a company of emigrants--Leave London for America--Surrounded by a thick fog--The Captain unable to take observations--The fog lifts--Saved from being dashed upon the rocks--Thank God for our deliverance.

the act of passing from one state or place to the next

From this reading Impressed by the Spirit not to go on a steamer, after arranging for my passage--Rush ashore before the boat starts--Boat snagged and sunk in the Mississippi--Warned by the Spirit not to meet an appointment--Urged by my friends, I start--Aversion to going so strong, I gallop back--Friends unable to account for my fears--Robbery at the house where I was to have gone--Saved from suspicion by obeying the voice of the Spirit.

the act of predicting (as by reasoning about the future)

From this reading Ashamed of my appearance--Introduced to my numerous relatives--Allowed to sleep with the boys--Homesick--Set to work and made contented--Baptized and set apart for a mission--Return to Iowa--Meet my relatives--My Grandfather's confession and testimony--His exhortation and request--Return home with my brother Isaac, thus fulfilling my Father's prediction--The lessons I learned by my experience.

The protective care of God or nature as a spiritual power. (Sự quan phòng, thiên ý phù hộ.)

From this reading SAVED BY PROVIDENCE.

plural of “relative” — a person related by blood or marriage

From this reading Ashamed of my appearance--Introduced to my numerous relatives--Allowed to sleep with the boys--Homesick--Set to work and made contented--Baptized and set apart for a mission--Return to Iowa--Meet my relatives--My Grandfather's confession and testimony--His exhortation and request--Return home with my brother Isaac, thus fulfilling my Father's prediction--The lessons I learned by my experience.

express the need or desire for

From this reading Ashamed of my appearance--Introduced to my numerous relatives--Allowed to sleep with the boys--Homesick--Set to work and made contented--Baptized and set apart for a mission--Return to Iowa--Meet my relatives--My Grandfather's confession and testimony--His exhortation and request--Return home with my brother Isaac, thus fulfilling my Father's prediction--The lessons I learned by my experience.

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

From this reading Ashamed of my appearance--Introduced to my numerous relatives--Allowed to sleep with the boys--Homesick--Set to work and made contented--Baptized and set apart for a mission--Return to Iowa--Meet my relatives--My Grandfather's confession and testimony--His exhortation and request--Return home with my brother Isaac, thus fulfilling my Father's prediction--The lessons I learned by my experience.

larceny by threat of violence

From this reading Impressed by the Spirit not to go on a steamer, after arranging for my passage--Rush ashore before the boat starts--Boat snagged and sunk in the Mississippi--Warned by the Spirit not to meet an appointment--Urged by my friends, I start--Aversion to going so strong, I gallop back--Friends unable to account for my fears--Robbery at the house where I was to have gone--Saved from suspicion by obeying the voice of the Spirit.

plural of “rock” — a lump or mass of hard consolidated mineral matter

From this reading Appointed to take charge of a company of emigrants--Leave London for America--Surrounded by a thick fog--The Captain unable to take observations--The fog lifts--Saved from being dashed upon the rocks--Thank God for our deliverance.

move hurridly

From this reading Impressed by the Spirit not to go on a steamer, after arranging for my passage--Rush ashore before the boat starts--Boat snagged and sunk in the Mississippi--Warned by the Spirit not to meet an appointment--Urged by my friends, I start--Aversion to going so strong, I gallop back--Friends unable to account for my fears--Robbery at the house where I was to have gone--Saved from suspicion by obeying the voice of the Spirit.

rescued; especially from the power and consequences of sin

From this reading SAVED BY PROVIDENCE.

put into a certain place or abstract location

From this reading Ashamed of my appearance--Introduced to my numerous relatives--Allowed to sleep with the boys--Homesick--Set to work and made contented--Baptized and set apart for a mission--Return to Iowa--Meet my relatives--My Grandfather's confession and testimony--His exhortation and request--Return home with my brother Isaac, thus fulfilling my Father's prediction--The lessons I learned by my experience.

a natural and periodic state of rest during which consciousness of the world is suspended

From this reading Ashamed of my appearance--Introduced to my numerous relatives--Allowed to sleep with the boys--Homesick--Set to work and made contented--Baptized and set apart for a mission--Return to Iowa--Meet my relatives--My Grandfather's confession and testimony--His exhortation and request--Return home with my brother Isaac, thus fulfilling my Father's prediction--The lessons I learned by my experience.

inflected form of “snag” — catch on a snag

From this reading Impressed by the Spirit not to go on a steamer, after arranging for my passage--Rush ashore before the boat starts--Boat snagged and sunk in the Mississippi--Warned by the Spirit not to meet an appointment--Urged by my friends, I start--Aversion to going so strong, I gallop back--Friends unable to account for my fears--Robbery at the house where I was to have gone--Saved from suspicion by obeying the voice of the Spirit.

for that reason; with the result that

From this reading Impressed by the Spirit not to go on a steamer, after arranging for my passage--Rush ashore before the boat starts--Boat snagged and sunk in the Mississippi--Warned by the Spirit not to meet an appointment--Urged by my friends, I start--Aversion to going so strong, I gallop back--Friends unable to account for my fears--Robbery at the house where I was to have gone--Saved from suspicion by obeying the voice of the Spirit.

the vital principle or animating force within living things

From this reading WARNINGS OF THE SPIRIT.

take the first step or steps in carrying out an action

From this reading Impressed by the Spirit not to go on a steamer, after arranging for my passage--Rush ashore before the boat starts--Boat snagged and sunk in the Mississippi--Warned by the Spirit not to meet an appointment--Urged by my friends, I start--Aversion to going so strong, I gallop back--Friends unable to account for my fears--Robbery at the house where I was to have gone--Saved from suspicion by obeying the voice of the Spirit.

plural of “start” — the beginning of anything

From this reading Impressed by the Spirit not to go on a steamer, after arranging for my passage--Rush ashore before the boat starts--Boat snagged and sunk in the Mississippi--Warned by the Spirit not to meet an appointment--Urged by my friends, I start--Aversion to going so strong, I gallop back--Friends unable to account for my fears--Robbery at the house where I was to have gone--Saved from suspicion by obeying the voice of the Spirit.

a clam that is usually steamed in the shell

From this reading Impressed by the Spirit not to go on a steamer, after arranging for my passage--Rush ashore before the boat starts--Boat snagged and sunk in the Mississippi--Warned by the Spirit not to meet an appointment--Urged by my friends, I start--Aversion to going so strong, I gallop back--Friends unable to account for my fears--Robbery at the house where I was to have gone--Saved from suspicion by obeying the voice of the Spirit.

having strength or power greater than average or expected

From this reading Impressed by the Spirit not to go on a steamer, after arranging for my passage--Rush ashore before the boat starts--Boat snagged and sunk in the Mississippi--Warned by the Spirit not to meet an appointment--Urged by my friends, I start--Aversion to going so strong, I gallop back--Friends unable to account for my fears--Robbery at the house where I was to have gone--Saved from suspicion by obeying the voice of the Spirit.

doomed to extinction

From this reading Impressed by the Spirit not to go on a steamer, after arranging for my passage--Rush ashore before the boat starts--Boat snagged and sunk in the Mississippi--Warned by the Spirit not to meet an appointment--Urged by my friends, I start--Aversion to going so strong, I gallop back--Friends unable to account for my fears--Robbery at the house where I was to have gone--Saved from suspicion by obeying the voice of the Spirit.

confined on all sides

From this reading Appointed to take charge of a company of emigrants--Leave London for America--Surrounded by a thick fog--The Captain unable to take observations--The fog lifts--Saved from being dashed upon the rocks--Thank God for our deliverance.

an impression that something might be the case

From this reading Impressed by the Spirit not to go on a steamer, after arranging for my passage--Rush ashore before the boat starts--Boat snagged and sunk in the Mississippi--Warned by the Spirit not to meet an appointment--Urged by my friends, I start--Aversion to going so strong, I gallop back--Friends unable to account for my fears--Robbery at the house where I was to have gone--Saved from suspicion by obeying the voice of the Spirit.

carry out

From this reading Appointed to take charge of a company of emigrants--Leave London for America--Surrounded by a thick fog--The Captain unable to take observations--The fog lifts--Saved from being dashed upon the rocks--Thank God for our deliverance.

a solemn statement made under oath

From this reading Ashamed of my appearance--Introduced to my numerous relatives--Allowed to sleep with the boys--Homesick--Set to work and made contented--Baptized and set apart for a mission--Return to Iowa--Meet my relatives--My Grandfather's confession and testimony--His exhortation and request--Return home with my brother Isaac, thus fulfilling my Father's prediction--The lessons I learned by my experience.

express gratitude or show appreciation to

From this reading Appointed to take charge of a company of emigrants--Leave London for America--Surrounded by a thick fog--The Captain unable to take observations--The fog lifts--Saved from being dashed upon the rocks--Thank God for our deliverance.

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

From this reading Ashamed of my appearance--Introduced to my numerous relatives--Allowed to sleep with the boys--Homesick--Set to work and made contented--Baptized and set apart for a mission--Return to Iowa--Meet my relatives--My Grandfather's confession and testimony--His exhortation and request--Return home with my brother Isaac, thus fulfilling my Father's prediction--The lessons I learned by my experience.

not thin; of a specific thickness or of relatively great extent from one surface to the opposite usually in the smallest of the three solid dimensions

From this reading Appointed to take charge of a company of emigrants--Leave London for America--Surrounded by a thick fog--The Captain unable to take observations--The fog lifts--Saved from being dashed upon the rocks--Thank God for our deliverance.

(used to introduce a logical conclusion) from that fact or reason or as a result

From this reading Ashamed of my appearance--Introduced to my numerous relatives--Allowed to sleep with the boys--Homesick--Set to work and made contented--Baptized and set apart for a mission--Return to Iowa--Meet my relatives--My Grandfather's confession and testimony--His exhortation and request--Return home with my brother Isaac, thus fulfilling my Father's prediction--The lessons I learned by my experience.

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

From this reading Ashamed of my appearance--Introduced to my numerous relatives--Allowed to sleep with the boys--Homesick--Set to work and made contented--Baptized and set apart for a mission--Return to Iowa--Meet my relatives--My Grandfather's confession and testimony--His exhortation and request--Return home with my brother Isaac, thus fulfilling my Father's prediction--The lessons I learned by my experience.

(usually followed by “to”) not having the necessary means or skill or know-how

From this reading Appointed to take charge of a company of emigrants--Leave London for America--Surrounded by a thick fog--The Captain unable to take observations--The fog lifts--Saved from being dashed upon the rocks--Thank God for our deliverance.

a formal word for “on”

From this reading Appointed to take charge of a company of emigrants--Leave London for America--Surrounded by a thick fog--The Captain unable to take observations--The fog lifts--Saved from being dashed upon the rocks--Thank God for our deliverance.

past form of “urge” — force or impel in an indicated direction

From this reading Impressed by the Spirit not to go on a steamer, after arranging for my passage--Rush ashore before the boat starts--Boat snagged and sunk in the Mississippi--Warned by the Spirit not to meet an appointment--Urged by my friends, I start--Aversion to going so strong, I gallop back--Friends unable to account for my fears--Robbery at the house where I was to have gone--Saved from suspicion by obeying the voice of the Spirit.

the distinctive quality or pitch or condition of a person's speech

From this reading Impressed by the Spirit not to go on a steamer, after arranging for my passage--Rush ashore before the boat starts--Boat snagged and sunk in the Mississippi--Warned by the Spirit not to meet an appointment--Urged by my friends, I start--Aversion to going so strong, I gallop back--Friends unable to account for my fears--Robbery at the house where I was to have gone--Saved from suspicion by obeying the voice of the Spirit.

past form of “warn” — notify of danger, potential harm, or risk

From this reading Impressed by the Spirit not to go on a steamer, after arranging for my passage--Rush ashore before the boat starts--Boat snagged and sunk in the Mississippi--Warned by the Spirit not to meet an appointment--Urged by my friends, I start--Aversion to going so strong, I gallop back--Friends unable to account for my fears--Robbery at the house where I was to have gone--Saved from suspicion by obeying the voice of the Spirit.

plural of “warning” — a message informing of danger

From this reading WARNINGS OF THE SPIRIT.

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

From this reading Impressed by the Spirit not to go on a steamer, after arranging for my passage--Rush ashore before the boat starts--Boat snagged and sunk in the Mississippi--Warned by the Spirit not to meet an appointment--Urged by my friends, I start--Aversion to going so strong, I gallop back--Friends unable to account for my fears--Robbery at the house where I was to have gone--Saved from suspicion by obeying the voice of the Spirit.

in or at the place that

From this reading Impressed by the Spirit not to go on a steamer, after arranging for my passage--Rush ashore before the boat starts--Boat snagged and sunk in the Mississippi--Warned by the Spirit not to meet an appointment--Urged by my friends, I start--Aversion to going so strong, I gallop back--Friends unable to account for my fears--Robbery at the house where I was to have gone--Saved from suspicion by obeying the voice of the Spirit.

in the company of; together with

From this reading Ashamed of my appearance--Introduced to my numerous relatives--Allowed to sleep with the boys--Homesick--Set to work and made contented--Baptized and set apart for a mission--Return to Iowa--Meet my relatives--My Grandfather's confession and testimony--His exhortation and request--Return home with my brother Isaac, thus fulfilling my Father's prediction--The lessons I learned by my experience.

exert oneself by doing mental or physical work for a purpose or out of necessity

From this reading Ashamed of my appearance--Introduced to my numerous relatives--Allowed to sleep with the boys--Homesick--Set to work and made contented--Baptized and set apart for a mission--Return to Iowa--Meet my relatives--My Grandfather's confession and testimony--His exhortation and request--Return home with my brother Isaac, thus fulfilling my Father's prediction--The lessons I learned by my experience.