Chapter XIX

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

From this reading DISPATCHES SOCIAL LIBERTY--DOMESTIC ECONOMY--A GAZETTE FROM THE CAPE--A MAN OF MANY IRONS--A TRUE FRIEND--A REAL HERO--COUPLES, NOT PAIRS--OH ME MISERUM!--GATHERED IN THE DEW Mary Delaval, in London, was one of the many flowers born to “waste their sweetness on the desert air,” for London is, indeed, a desert to those who are in it and not of it, whose destiny seems to have been warped into a strange unfitness in the great, struggling, noisy, pompous town; whose proper place would seem to be in some quiet, secluded nook, the ornament and the joy of a peaceful home, instead of the ever-shifting surface of that seething tide which drifts them here and there in aimless restlessness.

higher than, or over, something

From this reading As society is constituted, such a woman as Mary, with her queenly dignity, her charming manner, her striking beauty, and, above all, her noble, well-cultivated mind, was just as thoroughly _tabooed_ and excluded from the circle of her so-called superiors as if she had been a quadroon in the United States, whose very beauty owes its brilliance to that African stain which, in the Land of Freedom and Equality, makes a shade of colouring the badge that entitles man to lord it over his brother more despotically than over the beasts of the field.

of or relating to the nations of Africa or their peoples

From this reading As society is constituted, such a woman as Mary, with her queenly dignity, her charming manner, her striking beauty, and, above all, her noble, well-cultivated mind, was just as thoroughly _tabooed_ and excluded from the circle of her so-called superiors as if she had been a quadroon in the United States, whose very beauty owes its brilliance to that African stain which, in the Land of Freedom and Equality, makes a shade of colouring the badge that entitles man to lord it over his brother more despotically than over the beasts of the field.

touching and pressing; in opposition to

From this reading Already, from East to West, the trumpet-note has sounded, and those stir in their sleep who have drugged themselves into insensibility, and stopped their ears against the voice of the charmer, but cannot smother the still small whisper within.

aimlessly drifting

From this reading DISPATCHES SOCIAL LIBERTY--DOMESTIC ECONOMY--A GAZETTE FROM THE CAPE--A MAN OF MANY IRONS--A TRUE FRIEND--A REAL HERO--COUPLES, NOT PAIRS--OH ME MISERUM!--GATHERED IN THE DEW Mary Delaval, in London, was one of the many flowers born to “waste their sweetness on the desert air,” for London is, indeed, a desert to those who are in it and not of it, whose destiny seems to have been warped into a strange unfitness in the great, struggling, noisy, pompous town; whose proper place would seem to be in some quiet, secluded nook, the ornament and the joy of a peaceful home, instead of the ever-shifting surface of that seething tide which drifts them here and there in aimless restlessness.

a mixture of gases (especially oxygen) required for breathing; the stuff that the wind consists of

From this reading DISPATCHES SOCIAL LIBERTY--DOMESTIC ECONOMY--A GAZETTE FROM THE CAPE--A MAN OF MANY IRONS--A TRUE FRIEND--A REAL HERO--COUPLES, NOT PAIRS--OH ME MISERUM!--GATHERED IN THE DEW Mary Delaval, in London, was one of the many flowers born to “waste their sweetness on the desert air,” for London is, indeed, a desert to those who are in it and not of it, whose destiny seems to have been warped into a strange unfitness in the great, struggling, noisy, pompous town; whose proper place would seem to be in some quiet, secluded nook, the ornament and the joy of a peaceful home, instead of the ever-shifting surface of that seething tide which drifts them here and there in aimless restlessness.

(quantifier) used with either mass or count nouns to indicate the whole number or amount of or every one of a class

From this reading Verily, Fortune does sometimes shuffle the pack in most inexplicable confusion--_Ludum insolentem, ludere pertinax_--she seems to take a perverse pleasure in smuggling the court-cards into all sorts of incongruous places, and to carry out the Latin poet’s metaphor, _trans-mutat incertos honores_, or, in plain English, palms the trumps, with dexterous sleight-of-hand, where they seem utterly valueless to influence the result of the game.

prior to a specified or implied time

From this reading Already, from East to West, the trumpet-note has sounded, and those stir in their sleep who have drugged themselves into insensibility, and stopped their ears against the voice of the charmer, but cannot smother the still small whisper within.

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

From this reading DISPATCHES SOCIAL LIBERTY--DOMESTIC ECONOMY--A GAZETTE FROM THE CAPE--A MAN OF MANY IRONS--A TRUE FRIEND--A REAL HERO--COUPLES, NOT PAIRS--OH ME MISERUM!--GATHERED IN THE DEW Mary Delaval, in London, was one of the many flowers born to “waste their sweetness on the desert air,” for London is, indeed, a desert to those who are in it and not of it, whose destiny seems to have been warped into a strange unfitness in the great, struggling, noisy, pompous town; whose proper place would seem to be in some quiet, secluded nook, the ornament and the joy of a peaceful home, instead of the ever-shifting surface of that seething tide which drifts them here and there in aimless restlessness.

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

From this reading DISPATCHES SOCIAL LIBERTY--DOMESTIC ECONOMY--A GAZETTE FROM THE CAPE--A MAN OF MANY IRONS--A TRUE FRIEND--A REAL HERO--COUPLES, NOT PAIRS--OH ME MISERUM!--GATHERED IN THE DEW Mary Delaval, in London, was one of the many flowers born to “waste their sweetness on the desert air,” for London is, indeed, a desert to those who are in it and not of it, whose destiny seems to have been warped into a strange unfitness in the great, struggling, noisy, pompous town; whose proper place would seem to be in some quiet, secluded nook, the ornament and the joy of a peaceful home, instead of the ever-shifting surface of that seething tide which drifts them here and there in aimless restlessness.

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

From this reading As society is constituted, such a woman as Mary, with her queenly dignity, her charming manner, her striking beauty, and, above all, her noble, well-cultivated mind, was just as thoroughly _tabooed_ and excluded from the circle of her so-called superiors as if she had been a quadroon in the United States, whose very beauty owes its brilliance to that African stain which, in the Land of Freedom and Equality, makes a shade of colouring the badge that entitles man to lord it over his brother more despotically than over the beasts of the field.

an emblem (a small piece of plastic or cloth or metal) that signifies your status (rank or membership or affiliation etc.)

From this reading As society is constituted, such a woman as Mary, with her queenly dignity, her charming manner, her striking beauty, and, above all, her noble, well-cultivated mind, was just as thoroughly _tabooed_ and excluded from the circle of her so-called superiors as if she had been a quadroon in the United States, whose very beauty owes its brilliance to that African stain which, in the Land of Freedom and Equality, makes a shade of colouring the badge that entitles man to lord it over his brother more despotically than over the beasts of the field.

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

From this reading DISPATCHES SOCIAL LIBERTY--DOMESTIC ECONOMY--A GAZETTE FROM THE CAPE--A MAN OF MANY IRONS--A TRUE FRIEND--A REAL HERO--COUPLES, NOT PAIRS--OH ME MISERUM!--GATHERED IN THE DEW Mary Delaval, in London, was one of the many flowers born to “waste their sweetness on the desert air,” for London is, indeed, a desert to those who are in it and not of it, whose destiny seems to have been warped into a strange unfitness in the great, struggling, noisy, pompous town; whose proper place would seem to be in some quiet, secluded nook, the ornament and the joy of a peaceful home, instead of the ever-shifting surface of that seething tide which drifts them here and there in aimless restlessness.

plural of “beast” — a living organism characterized by voluntary movement

From this reading As society is constituted, such a woman as Mary, with her queenly dignity, her charming manner, her striking beauty, and, above all, her noble, well-cultivated mind, was just as thoroughly _tabooed_ and excluded from the circle of her so-called superiors as if she had been a quadroon in the United States, whose very beauty owes its brilliance to that African stain which, in the Land of Freedom and Equality, makes a shade of colouring the badge that entitles man to lord it over his brother more despotically than over the beasts of the field.

the qualities that give pleasure to the senses

From this reading As society is constituted, such a woman as Mary, with her queenly dignity, her charming manner, her striking beauty, and, above all, her noble, well-cultivated mind, was just as thoroughly _tabooed_ and excluded from the circle of her so-called superiors as if she had been a quadroon in the United States, whose very beauty owes its brilliance to that African stain which, in the Land of Freedom and Equality, makes a shade of colouring the badge that entitles man to lord it over his brother more despotically than over the beasts of the field.

the past participle of “be”

From this reading DISPATCHES SOCIAL LIBERTY--DOMESTIC ECONOMY--A GAZETTE FROM THE CAPE--A MAN OF MANY IRONS--A TRUE FRIEND--A REAL HERO--COUPLES, NOT PAIRS--OH ME MISERUM!--GATHERED IN THE DEW Mary Delaval, in London, was one of the many flowers born to “waste their sweetness on the desert air,” for London is, indeed, a desert to those who are in it and not of it, whose destiny seems to have been warped into a strange unfitness in the great, struggling, noisy, pompous town; whose proper place would seem to be in some quiet, secluded nook, the ornament and the joy of a peaceful home, instead of the ever-shifting surface of that seething tide which drifts them here and there in aimless restlessness.

brought into existence

From this reading DISPATCHES SOCIAL LIBERTY--DOMESTIC ECONOMY--A GAZETTE FROM THE CAPE--A MAN OF MANY IRONS--A TRUE FRIEND--A REAL HERO--COUPLES, NOT PAIRS--OH ME MISERUM!--GATHERED IN THE DEW Mary Delaval, in London, was one of the many flowers born to “waste their sweetness on the desert air,” for London is, indeed, a desert to those who are in it and not of it, whose destiny seems to have been warped into a strange unfitness in the great, struggling, noisy, pompous town; whose proper place would seem to be in some quiet, secluded nook, the ornament and the joy of a peaceful home, instead of the ever-shifting surface of that seething tide which drifts them here and there in aimless restlessness.

a light within the field of vision that is brighter than the brightness to which the eyes are adapted

From this reading As society is constituted, such a woman as Mary, with her queenly dignity, her charming manner, her striking beauty, and, above all, her noble, well-cultivated mind, was just as thoroughly _tabooed_ and excluded from the circle of her so-called superiors as if she had been a quadroon in the United States, whose very beauty owes its brilliance to that African stain which, in the Land of Freedom and Equality, makes a shade of colouring the badge that entitles man to lord it over his brother more despotically than over the beasts of the field.

a male with the same parents as someone else

From this reading As society is constituted, such a woman as Mary, with her queenly dignity, her charming manner, her striking beauty, and, above all, her noble, well-cultivated mind, was just as thoroughly _tabooed_ and excluded from the circle of her so-called superiors as if she had been a quadroon in the United States, whose very beauty owes its brilliance to that African stain which, in the Land of Freedom and Equality, makes a shade of colouring the badge that entitles man to lord it over his brother more despotically than over the beasts of the field.

used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before

From this reading Already, from East to West, the trumpet-note has sounded, and those stir in their sleep who have drugged themselves into insensibility, and stopped their ears against the voice of the charmer, but cannot smother the still small whisper within.

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From this reading Thank God for it, we have no slavery in England; and the time cannot be very far distant when slavery shall be a word without a meaning in the dictionary of every language on the face of the globe.

a strip of land projecting into a body of water

From this reading DISPATCHES SOCIAL LIBERTY--DOMESTIC ECONOMY--A GAZETTE FROM THE CAPE--A MAN OF MANY IRONS--A TRUE FRIEND--A REAL HERO--COUPLES, NOT PAIRS--OH ME MISERUM!--GATHERED IN THE DEW Mary Delaval, in London, was one of the many flowers born to “waste their sweetness on the desert air,” for London is, indeed, a desert to those who are in it and not of it, whose destiny seems to have been warped into a strange unfitness in the great, struggling, noisy, pompous town; whose proper place would seem to be in some quiet, secluded nook, the ornament and the joy of a peaceful home, instead of the ever-shifting surface of that seething tide which drifts them here and there in aimless restlessness.

move while supporting, either in a vehicle or in one's hands or on one's body

From this reading Verily, Fortune does sometimes shuffle the pack in most inexplicable confusion--_Ludum insolentem, ludere pertinax_--she seems to take a perverse pleasure in smuggling the court-cards into all sorts of incongruous places, and to carry out the Latin poet’s metaphor, _trans-mutat incertos honores_, or, in plain English, palms the trumps, with dexterous sleight-of-hand, where they seem utterly valueless to influence the result of the game.

someone with an assured and ingratiating manner

From this reading Already, from East to West, the trumpet-note has sounded, and those stir in their sleep who have drugged themselves into insensibility, and stopped their ears against the voice of the charmer, but cannot smother the still small whisper within.

pleasing or delighting

From this reading As society is constituted, such a woman as Mary, with her queenly dignity, her charming manner, her striking beauty, and, above all, her noble, well-cultivated mind, was just as thoroughly _tabooed_ and excluded from the circle of her so-called superiors as if she had been a quadroon in the United States, whose very beauty owes its brilliance to that African stain which, in the Land of Freedom and Equality, makes a shade of colouring the badge that entitles man to lord it over his brother more despotically than over the beasts of the field.

ellipse in which the two axes are of equal length; a plane curve generated by one point moving at a constant distance from a fixed point

From this reading As society is constituted, such a woman as Mary, with her queenly dignity, her charming manner, her striking beauty, and, above all, her noble, well-cultivated mind, was just as thoroughly _tabooed_ and excluded from the circle of her so-called superiors as if she had been a quadroon in the United States, whose very beauty owes its brilliance to that African stain which, in the Land of Freedom and Equality, makes a shade of colouring the badge that entitles man to lord it over his brother more despotically than over the beasts of the field.

a digestible substance used to give color to food

From this reading As society is constituted, such a woman as Mary, with her queenly dignity, her charming manner, her striking beauty, and, above all, her noble, well-cultivated mind, was just as thoroughly _tabooed_ and excluded from the circle of her so-called superiors as if she had been a quadroon in the United States, whose very beauty owes its brilliance to that African stain which, in the Land of Freedom and Equality, makes a shade of colouring the badge that entitles man to lord it over his brother more despotically than over the beasts of the field.

disorder resulting from a failure to behave predictably

From this reading Verily, Fortune does sometimes shuffle the pack in most inexplicable confusion--_Ludum insolentem, ludere pertinax_--she seems to take a perverse pleasure in smuggling the court-cards into all sorts of incongruous places, and to carry out the Latin poet’s metaphor, _trans-mutat incertos honores_, or, in plain English, palms the trumps, with dexterous sleight-of-hand, where they seem utterly valueless to influence the result of the game.

brought about or set up or accepted; especially long established

From this reading As society is constituted, such a woman as Mary, with her queenly dignity, her charming manner, her striking beauty, and, above all, her noble, well-cultivated mind, was just as thoroughly _tabooed_ and excluded from the circle of her so-called superiors as if she had been a quadroon in the United States, whose very beauty owes its brilliance to that African stain which, in the Land of Freedom and Equality, makes a shade of colouring the badge that entitles man to lord it over his brother more despotically than over the beasts of the field.

plural of “couple” — a pair who associate with one another

From this reading DISPATCHES SOCIAL LIBERTY--DOMESTIC ECONOMY--A GAZETTE FROM THE CAPE--A MAN OF MANY IRONS--A TRUE FRIEND--A REAL HERO--COUPLES, NOT PAIRS--OH ME MISERUM!--GATHERED IN THE DEW Mary Delaval, in London, was one of the many flowers born to “waste their sweetness on the desert air,” for London is, indeed, a desert to those who are in it and not of it, whose destiny seems to have been warped into a strange unfitness in the great, struggling, noisy, pompous town; whose proper place would seem to be in some quiet, secluded nook, the ornament and the joy of a peaceful home, instead of the ever-shifting surface of that seething tide which drifts them here and there in aimless restlessness.

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

From this reading Verily, Fortune does sometimes shuffle the pack in most inexplicable confusion--_Ludum insolentem, ludere pertinax_--she seems to take a perverse pleasure in smuggling the court-cards into all sorts of incongruous places, and to carry out the Latin poet’s metaphor, _trans-mutat incertos honores_, or, in plain English, palms the trumps, with dexterous sleight-of-hand, where they seem utterly valueless to influence the result of the game.

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

From this reading DISPATCHES SOCIAL LIBERTY--DOMESTIC ECONOMY--A GAZETTE FROM THE CAPE--A MAN OF MANY IRONS--A TRUE FRIEND--A REAL HERO--COUPLES, NOT PAIRS--OH ME MISERUM!--GATHERED IN THE DEW Mary Delaval, in London, was one of the many flowers born to “waste their sweetness on the desert air,” for London is, indeed, a desert to those who are in it and not of it, whose destiny seems to have been warped into a strange unfitness in the great, struggling, noisy, pompous town; whose proper place would seem to be in some quiet, secluded nook, the ornament and the joy of a peaceful home, instead of the ever-shifting surface of that seething tide which drifts them here and there in aimless restlessness.

leave someone who needs or counts on you; leave in the lurch

From this reading DISPATCHES SOCIAL LIBERTY--DOMESTIC ECONOMY--A GAZETTE FROM THE CAPE--A MAN OF MANY IRONS--A TRUE FRIEND--A REAL HERO--COUPLES, NOT PAIRS--OH ME MISERUM!--GATHERED IN THE DEW Mary Delaval, in London, was one of the many flowers born to “waste their sweetness on the desert air,” for London is, indeed, a desert to those who are in it and not of it, whose destiny seems to have been warped into a strange unfitness in the great, struggling, noisy, pompous town; whose proper place would seem to be in some quiet, secluded nook, the ornament and the joy of a peaceful home, instead of the ever-shifting surface of that seething tide which drifts them here and there in aimless restlessness.

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

From this reading As society is constituted, such a woman as Mary, with her queenly dignity, her charming manner, her striking beauty, and, above all, her noble, well-cultivated mind, was just as thoroughly _tabooed_ and excluded from the circle of her so-called superiors as if she had been a quadroon in the United States, whose very beauty owes its brilliance to that African stain which, in the Land of Freedom and Equality, makes a shade of colouring the badge that entitles man to lord it over his brother more despotically than over the beasts of the field.

an event (or a course of events) that will inevitably happen in the future

From this reading DISPATCHES SOCIAL LIBERTY--DOMESTIC ECONOMY--A GAZETTE FROM THE CAPE--A MAN OF MANY IRONS--A TRUE FRIEND--A REAL HERO--COUPLES, NOT PAIRS--OH ME MISERUM!--GATHERED IN THE DEW Mary Delaval, in London, was one of the many flowers born to “waste their sweetness on the desert air,” for London is, indeed, a desert to those who are in it and not of it, whose destiny seems to have been warped into a strange unfitness in the great, struggling, noisy, pompous town; whose proper place would seem to be in some quiet, secluded nook, the ornament and the joy of a peaceful home, instead of the ever-shifting surface of that seething tide which drifts them here and there in aimless restlessness.

water that has condensed on a cool surface overnight from water vapor in the air

From this reading DISPATCHES SOCIAL LIBERTY--DOMESTIC ECONOMY--A GAZETTE FROM THE CAPE--A MAN OF MANY IRONS--A TRUE FRIEND--A REAL HERO--COUPLES, NOT PAIRS--OH ME MISERUM!--GATHERED IN THE DEW Mary Delaval, in London, was one of the many flowers born to “waste their sweetness on the desert air,” for London is, indeed, a desert to those who are in it and not of it, whose destiny seems to have been warped into a strange unfitness in the great, struggling, noisy, pompous town; whose proper place would seem to be in some quiet, secluded nook, the ornament and the joy of a peaceful home, instead of the ever-shifting surface of that seething tide which drifts them here and there in aimless restlessness.

skillful in physical movements; especially of the hands

From this reading Verily, Fortune does sometimes shuffle the pack in most inexplicable confusion--_Ludum insolentem, ludere pertinax_--she seems to take a perverse pleasure in smuggling the court-cards into all sorts of incongruous places, and to carry out the Latin poet’s metaphor, _trans-mutat incertos honores_, or, in plain English, palms the trumps, with dexterous sleight-of-hand, where they seem utterly valueless to influence the result of the game.

a reference book containing an alphabetical list of words with information about them

From this reading Thank God for it, we have no slavery in England; and the time cannot be very far distant when slavery shall be a word without a meaning in the dictionary of every language on the face of the globe.

the quality of being worthy of esteem or respect

From this reading As society is constituted, such a woman as Mary, with her queenly dignity, her charming manner, her striking beauty, and, above all, her noble, well-cultivated mind, was just as thoroughly _tabooed_ and excluded from the circle of her so-called superiors as if she had been a quadroon in the United States, whose very beauty owes its brilliance to that African stain which, in the Land of Freedom and Equality, makes a shade of colouring the badge that entitles man to lord it over his brother more despotically than over the beasts of the field.

plural of “dispatch” — an official report (usually sent in haste)

From this reading DISPATCHES SOCIAL LIBERTY--DOMESTIC ECONOMY--A GAZETTE FROM THE CAPE--A MAN OF MANY IRONS--A TRUE FRIEND--A REAL HERO--COUPLES, NOT PAIRS--OH ME MISERUM!--GATHERED IN THE DEW Mary Delaval, in London, was one of the many flowers born to “waste their sweetness on the desert air,” for London is, indeed, a desert to those who are in it and not of it, whose destiny seems to have been warped into a strange unfitness in the great, struggling, noisy, pompous town; whose proper place would seem to be in some quiet, secluded nook, the ornament and the joy of a peaceful home, instead of the ever-shifting surface of that seething tide which drifts them here and there in aimless restlessness.

separated in space or coming from or going to a distance

From this reading Thank God for it, we have no slavery in England; and the time cannot be very far distant when slavery shall be a word without a meaning in the dictionary of every language on the face of the globe.

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

From this reading Verily, Fortune does sometimes shuffle the pack in most inexplicable confusion--_Ludum insolentem, ludere pertinax_--she seems to take a perverse pleasure in smuggling the court-cards into all sorts of incongruous places, and to carry out the Latin poet’s metaphor, _trans-mutat incertos honores_, or, in plain English, palms the trumps, with dexterous sleight-of-hand, where they seem utterly valueless to influence the result of the game.

of concern to or concerning the internal affairs of a nation

From this reading DISPATCHES SOCIAL LIBERTY--DOMESTIC ECONOMY--A GAZETTE FROM THE CAPE--A MAN OF MANY IRONS--A TRUE FRIEND--A REAL HERO--COUPLES, NOT PAIRS--OH ME MISERUM!--GATHERED IN THE DEW Mary Delaval, in London, was one of the many flowers born to “waste their sweetness on the desert air,” for London is, indeed, a desert to those who are in it and not of it, whose destiny seems to have been warped into a strange unfitness in the great, struggling, noisy, pompous town; whose proper place would seem to be in some quiet, secluded nook, the ornament and the joy of a peaceful home, instead of the ever-shifting surface of that seething tide which drifts them here and there in aimless restlessness.

plural of “drift” — a force that moves something along

From this reading DISPATCHES SOCIAL LIBERTY--DOMESTIC ECONOMY--A GAZETTE FROM THE CAPE--A MAN OF MANY IRONS--A TRUE FRIEND--A REAL HERO--COUPLES, NOT PAIRS--OH ME MISERUM!--GATHERED IN THE DEW Mary Delaval, in London, was one of the many flowers born to “waste their sweetness on the desert air,” for London is, indeed, a desert to those who are in it and not of it, whose destiny seems to have been warped into a strange unfitness in the great, struggling, noisy, pompous town; whose proper place would seem to be in some quiet, secluded nook, the ornament and the joy of a peaceful home, instead of the ever-shifting surface of that seething tide which drifts them here and there in aimless restlessness.

under the influence of narcotics

From this reading Already, from East to West, the trumpet-note has sounded, and those stir in their sleep who have drugged themselves into insensibility, and stopped their ears against the voice of the charmer, but cannot smother the still small whisper within.

plural of “ear” — the sense organ for hearing and equilibrium

From this reading Already, from East to West, the trumpet-note has sounded, and those stir in their sleep who have drugged themselves into insensibility, and stopped their ears against the voice of the charmer, but cannot smother the still small whisper within.

the cardinal compass point that is at 90 degrees

From this reading Already, from East to West, the trumpet-note has sounded, and those stir in their sleep who have drugged themselves into insensibility, and stopped their ears against the voice of the charmer, but cannot smother the still small whisper within.

the system of production and distribution and consumption

From this reading DISPATCHES SOCIAL LIBERTY--DOMESTIC ECONOMY--A GAZETTE FROM THE CAPE--A MAN OF MANY IRONS--A TRUE FRIEND--A REAL HERO--COUPLES, NOT PAIRS--OH ME MISERUM!--GATHERED IN THE DEW Mary Delaval, in London, was one of the many flowers born to “waste their sweetness on the desert air,” for London is, indeed, a desert to those who are in it and not of it, whose destiny seems to have been warped into a strange unfitness in the great, struggling, noisy, pompous town; whose proper place would seem to be in some quiet, secluded nook, the ornament and the joy of a peaceful home, instead of the ever-shifting surface of that seething tide which drifts them here and there in aimless restlessness.

a division of the United Kingdom

From this reading Thank God for it, we have no slavery in England; and the time cannot be very far distant when slavery shall be a word without a meaning in the dictionary of every language on the face of the globe.

an Indo-European language belonging to the West Germanic branch; the official language of Britain and the United States and most of the commonwealth countries

From this reading Verily, Fortune does sometimes shuffle the pack in most inexplicable confusion--_Ludum insolentem, ludere pertinax_--she seems to take a perverse pleasure in smuggling the court-cards into all sorts of incongruous places, and to carry out the Latin poet’s metaphor, _trans-mutat incertos honores_, or, in plain English, palms the trumps, with dexterous sleight-of-hand, where they seem utterly valueless to influence the result of the game.

third-person singular of “entitle” — give the right to

From this reading As society is constituted, such a woman as Mary, with her queenly dignity, her charming manner, her striking beauty, and, above all, her noble, well-cultivated mind, was just as thoroughly _tabooed_ and excluded from the circle of her so-called superiors as if she had been a quadroon in the United States, whose very beauty owes its brilliance to that African stain which, in the Land of Freedom and Equality, makes a shade of colouring the badge that entitles man to lord it over his brother more despotically than over the beasts of the field.

the quality of being the same in quantity or measure or value or status

From this reading As society is constituted, such a woman as Mary, with her queenly dignity, her charming manner, her striking beauty, and, above all, her noble, well-cultivated mind, was just as thoroughly _tabooed_ and excluded from the circle of her so-called superiors as if she had been a quadroon in the United States, whose very beauty owes its brilliance to that African stain which, in the Land of Freedom and Equality, makes a shade of colouring the badge that entitles man to lord it over his brother more despotically than over the beasts of the field.

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

From this reading DISPATCHES SOCIAL LIBERTY--DOMESTIC ECONOMY--A GAZETTE FROM THE CAPE--A MAN OF MANY IRONS--A TRUE FRIEND--A REAL HERO--COUPLES, NOT PAIRS--OH ME MISERUM!--GATHERED IN THE DEW Mary Delaval, in London, was one of the many flowers born to “waste their sweetness on the desert air,” for London is, indeed, a desert to those who are in it and not of it, whose destiny seems to have been warped into a strange unfitness in the great, struggling, noisy, pompous town; whose proper place would seem to be in some quiet, secluded nook, the ornament and the joy of a peaceful home, instead of the ever-shifting surface of that seething tide which drifts them here and there in aimless restlessness.

all the members of a group, with none left out

From this reading Thank God for it, we have no slavery in England; and the time cannot be very far distant when slavery shall be a word without a meaning in the dictionary of every language on the face of the globe.

past form of “exclude” — prevent from being included or considered or accepted

From this reading As society is constituted, such a woman as Mary, with her queenly dignity, her charming manner, her striking beauty, and, above all, her noble, well-cultivated mind, was just as thoroughly _tabooed_ and excluded from the circle of her so-called superiors as if she had been a quadroon in the United States, whose very beauty owes its brilliance to that African stain which, in the Land of Freedom and Equality, makes a shade of colouring the badge that entitles man to lord it over his brother more despotically than over the beasts of the field.

the front of the human head from the forehead to the chin and ear to ear

From this reading Thank God for it, we have no slavery in England; and the time cannot be very far distant when slavery shall be a word without a meaning in the dictionary of every language on the face of the globe.

to a considerable degree; very much

From this reading Thank God for it, we have no slavery in England; and the time cannot be very far distant when slavery shall be a word without a meaning in the dictionary of every language on the face of the globe.

a piece of land cleared of trees and usually enclosed

From this reading As society is constituted, such a woman as Mary, with her queenly dignity, her charming manner, her striking beauty, and, above all, her noble, well-cultivated mind, was just as thoroughly _tabooed_ and excluded from the circle of her so-called superiors as if she had been a quadroon in the United States, whose very beauty owes its brilliance to that African stain which, in the Land of Freedom and Equality, makes a shade of colouring the badge that entitles man to lord it over his brother more despotically than over the beasts of the field.

plural of “flower” — a plant cultivated for its blooms or blossoms

From this reading DISPATCHES SOCIAL LIBERTY--DOMESTIC ECONOMY--A GAZETTE FROM THE CAPE--A MAN OF MANY IRONS--A TRUE FRIEND--A REAL HERO--COUPLES, NOT PAIRS--OH ME MISERUM!--GATHERED IN THE DEW Mary Delaval, in London, was one of the many flowers born to “waste their sweetness on the desert air,” for London is, indeed, a desert to those who are in it and not of it, whose destiny seems to have been warped into a strange unfitness in the great, struggling, noisy, pompous town; whose proper place would seem to be in some quiet, secluded nook, the ornament and the joy of a peaceful home, instead of the ever-shifting surface of that seething tide which drifts them here and there in aimless restlessness.

intended to be given to, or used by, somebody

From this reading DISPATCHES SOCIAL LIBERTY--DOMESTIC ECONOMY--A GAZETTE FROM THE CAPE--A MAN OF MANY IRONS--A TRUE FRIEND--A REAL HERO--COUPLES, NOT PAIRS--OH ME MISERUM!--GATHERED IN THE DEW Mary Delaval, in London, was one of the many flowers born to “waste their sweetness on the desert air,” for London is, indeed, a desert to those who are in it and not of it, whose destiny seems to have been warped into a strange unfitness in the great, struggling, noisy, pompous town; whose proper place would seem to be in some quiet, secluded nook, the ornament and the joy of a peaceful home, instead of the ever-shifting surface of that seething tide which drifts them here and there in aimless restlessness.

an unknown and unpredictable phenomenon that causes an event to result one way rather than another

From this reading Verily, Fortune does sometimes shuffle the pack in most inexplicable confusion--_Ludum insolentem, ludere pertinax_--she seems to take a perverse pleasure in smuggling the court-cards into all sorts of incongruous places, and to carry out the Latin poet’s metaphor, _trans-mutat incertos honores_, or, in plain English, palms the trumps, with dexterous sleight-of-hand, where they seem utterly valueless to influence the result of the game.

the condition of being free; the power to act or speak or think without externally imposed restraints

From this reading As society is constituted, such a woman as Mary, with her queenly dignity, her charming manner, her striking beauty, and, above all, her noble, well-cultivated mind, was just as thoroughly _tabooed_ and excluded from the circle of her so-called superiors as if she had been a quadroon in the United States, whose very beauty owes its brilliance to that African stain which, in the Land of Freedom and Equality, makes a shade of colouring the badge that entitles man to lord it over his brother more despotically than over the beasts of the field.

a person you know well and regard with affection and trust

From this reading DISPATCHES SOCIAL LIBERTY--DOMESTIC ECONOMY--A GAZETTE FROM THE CAPE--A MAN OF MANY IRONS--A TRUE FRIEND--A REAL HERO--COUPLES, NOT PAIRS--OH ME MISERUM!--GATHERED IN THE DEW Mary Delaval, in London, was one of the many flowers born to “waste their sweetness on the desert air,” for London is, indeed, a desert to those who are in it and not of it, whose destiny seems to have been warped into a strange unfitness in the great, struggling, noisy, pompous town; whose proper place would seem to be in some quiet, secluded nook, the ornament and the joy of a peaceful home, instead of the ever-shifting surface of that seething tide which drifts them here and there in aimless restlessness.

showing where something starts, or who sent it

From this reading DISPATCHES SOCIAL LIBERTY--DOMESTIC ECONOMY--A GAZETTE FROM THE CAPE--A MAN OF MANY IRONS--A TRUE FRIEND--A REAL HERO--COUPLES, NOT PAIRS--OH ME MISERUM!--GATHERED IN THE DEW Mary Delaval, in London, was one of the many flowers born to “waste their sweetness on the desert air,” for London is, indeed, a desert to those who are in it and not of it, whose destiny seems to have been warped into a strange unfitness in the great, struggling, noisy, pompous town; whose proper place would seem to be in some quiet, secluded nook, the ornament and the joy of a peaceful home, instead of the ever-shifting surface of that seething tide which drifts them here and there in aimless restlessness.

a contest with rules to determine a winner

From this reading Verily, Fortune does sometimes shuffle the pack in most inexplicable confusion--_Ludum insolentem, ludere pertinax_--she seems to take a perverse pleasure in smuggling the court-cards into all sorts of incongruous places, and to carry out the Latin poet’s metaphor, _trans-mutat incertos honores_, or, in plain English, palms the trumps, with dexterous sleight-of-hand, where they seem utterly valueless to influence the result of the game.

brought together in one place

From this reading DISPATCHES SOCIAL LIBERTY--DOMESTIC ECONOMY--A GAZETTE FROM THE CAPE--A MAN OF MANY IRONS--A TRUE FRIEND--A REAL HERO--COUPLES, NOT PAIRS--OH ME MISERUM!--GATHERED IN THE DEW Mary Delaval, in London, was one of the many flowers born to “waste their sweetness on the desert air,” for London is, indeed, a desert to those who are in it and not of it, whose destiny seems to have been warped into a strange unfitness in the great, struggling, noisy, pompous town; whose proper place would seem to be in some quiet, secluded nook, the ornament and the joy of a peaceful home, instead of the ever-shifting surface of that seething tide which drifts them here and there in aimless restlessness.

a newspaper or official journal

From this reading DISPATCHES SOCIAL LIBERTY--DOMESTIC ECONOMY--A GAZETTE FROM THE CAPE--A MAN OF MANY IRONS--A TRUE FRIEND--A REAL HERO--COUPLES, NOT PAIRS--OH ME MISERUM!--GATHERED IN THE DEW Mary Delaval, in London, was one of the many flowers born to “waste their sweetness on the desert air,” for London is, indeed, a desert to those who are in it and not of it, whose destiny seems to have been warped into a strange unfitness in the great, struggling, noisy, pompous town; whose proper place would seem to be in some quiet, secluded nook, the ornament and the joy of a peaceful home, instead of the ever-shifting surface of that seething tide which drifts them here and there in aimless restlessness.

the 3rd planet from the sun; the planet we live on

From this reading Thank God for it, we have no slavery in England; and the time cannot be very far distant when slavery shall be a word without a meaning in the dictionary of every language on the face of the globe.

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 Thank God for it, we have no slavery in England; and the time cannot be very far distant when slavery shall be a word without a meaning in the dictionary of every language on the face of the globe.

relatively large in size or number or extent; larger than others of its kind

From this reading DISPATCHES SOCIAL LIBERTY--DOMESTIC ECONOMY--A GAZETTE FROM THE CAPE--A MAN OF MANY IRONS--A TRUE FRIEND--A REAL HERO--COUPLES, NOT PAIRS--OH ME MISERUM!--GATHERED IN THE DEW Mary Delaval, in London, was one of the many flowers born to “waste their sweetness on the desert air,” for London is, indeed, a desert to those who are in it and not of it, whose destiny seems to have been warped into a strange unfitness in the great, struggling, noisy, pompous town; whose proper place would seem to be in some quiet, secluded nook, the ornament and the joy of a peaceful home, instead of the ever-shifting surface of that seething tide which drifts them here and there in aimless restlessness.

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

From this reading As society is constituted, such a woman as Mary, with her queenly dignity, her charming manner, her striking beauty, and, above all, her noble, well-cultivated mind, was just as thoroughly _tabooed_ and excluded from the circle of her so-called superiors as if she had been a quadroon in the United States, whose very beauty owes its brilliance to that African stain which, in the Land of Freedom and Equality, makes a shade of colouring the badge that entitles man to lord it over his brother more despotically than over the beasts of the field.

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

From this reading Already, from East to West, the trumpet-note has sounded, and those stir in their sleep who have drugged themselves into insensibility, and stopped their ears against the voice of the charmer, but cannot smother the still small whisper within.

used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses

From this reading DISPATCHES SOCIAL LIBERTY--DOMESTIC ECONOMY--A GAZETTE FROM THE CAPE--A MAN OF MANY IRONS--A TRUE FRIEND--A REAL HERO--COUPLES, NOT PAIRS--OH ME MISERUM!--GATHERED IN THE DEW Mary Delaval, in London, was one of the many flowers born to “waste their sweetness on the desert air,” for London is, indeed, a desert to those who are in it and not of it, whose destiny seems to have been warped into a strange unfitness in the great, struggling, noisy, pompous town; whose proper place would seem to be in some quiet, secluded nook, the ornament and the joy of a peaceful home, instead of the ever-shifting surface of that seething tide which drifts them here and there in aimless restlessness.

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

From this reading As society is constituted, such a woman as Mary, with her queenly dignity, her charming manner, her striking beauty, and, above all, her noble, well-cultivated mind, was just as thoroughly _tabooed_ and excluded from the circle of her so-called superiors as if she had been a quadroon in the United States, whose very beauty owes its brilliance to that African stain which, in the Land of Freedom and Equality, makes a shade of colouring the badge that entitles man to lord it over his brother more despotically than over the beasts of the field.

in or at this place; where the speaker or writer is

From this reading DISPATCHES SOCIAL LIBERTY--DOMESTIC ECONOMY--A GAZETTE FROM THE CAPE--A MAN OF MANY IRONS--A TRUE FRIEND--A REAL HERO--COUPLES, NOT PAIRS--OH ME MISERUM!--GATHERED IN THE DEW Mary Delaval, in London, was one of the many flowers born to “waste their sweetness on the desert air,” for London is, indeed, a desert to those who are in it and not of it, whose destiny seems to have been warped into a strange unfitness in the great, struggling, noisy, pompous town; whose proper place would seem to be in some quiet, secluded nook, the ornament and the joy of a peaceful home, instead of the ever-shifting surface of that seething tide which drifts them here and there in aimless restlessness.

a man distinguished by exceptional courage and nobility and strength

From this reading DISPATCHES SOCIAL LIBERTY--DOMESTIC ECONOMY--A GAZETTE FROM THE CAPE--A MAN OF MANY IRONS--A TRUE FRIEND--A REAL HERO--COUPLES, NOT PAIRS--OH ME MISERUM!--GATHERED IN THE DEW Mary Delaval, in London, was one of the many flowers born to “waste their sweetness on the desert air,” for London is, indeed, a desert to those who are in it and not of it, whose destiny seems to have been warped into a strange unfitness in the great, struggling, noisy, pompous town; whose proper place would seem to be in some quiet, secluded nook, the ornament and the joy of a peaceful home, instead of the ever-shifting surface of that seething tide which drifts them here and there in aimless restlessness.

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

From this reading As society is constituted, such a woman as Mary, with her queenly dignity, her charming manner, her striking beauty, and, above all, her noble, well-cultivated mind, was just as thoroughly _tabooed_ and excluded from the circle of her so-called superiors as if she had been a quadroon in the United States, whose very beauty owes its brilliance to that African stain which, in the Land of Freedom and Equality, makes a shade of colouring the badge that entitles man to lord it over his brother more despotically than over the beasts of the field.

where you live at a particular time

From this reading DISPATCHES SOCIAL LIBERTY--DOMESTIC ECONOMY--A GAZETTE FROM THE CAPE--A MAN OF MANY IRONS--A TRUE FRIEND--A REAL HERO--COUPLES, NOT PAIRS--OH ME MISERUM!--GATHERED IN THE DEW Mary Delaval, in London, was one of the many flowers born to “waste their sweetness on the desert air,” for London is, indeed, a desert to those who are in it and not of it, whose destiny seems to have been warped into a strange unfitness in the great, struggling, noisy, pompous town; whose proper place would seem to be in some quiet, secluded nook, the ornament and the joy of a peaceful home, instead of the ever-shifting surface of that seething tide which drifts them here and there in aimless restlessness.

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From this reading Verily, Fortune does sometimes shuffle the pack in most inexplicable confusion--_Ludum insolentem, ludere pertinax_--she seems to take a perverse pleasure in smuggling the court-cards into all sorts of incongruous places, and to carry out the Latin poet’s metaphor, _trans-mutat incertos honores_, or, in plain English, palms the trumps, with dexterous sleight-of-hand, where they seem utterly valueless to influence the result of the game.

on condition that; in the event that

From this reading As society is constituted, such a woman as Mary, with her queenly dignity, her charming manner, her striking beauty, and, above all, her noble, well-cultivated mind, was just as thoroughly _tabooed_ and excluded from the circle of her so-called superiors as if she had been a quadroon in the United States, whose very beauty owes its brilliance to that African stain which, in the Land of Freedom and Equality, makes a shade of colouring the badge that entitles man to lord it over his brother more despotically than over the beasts of the field.

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

From this reading DISPATCHES SOCIAL LIBERTY--DOMESTIC ECONOMY--A GAZETTE FROM THE CAPE--A MAN OF MANY IRONS--A TRUE FRIEND--A REAL HERO--COUPLES, NOT PAIRS--OH ME MISERUM!--GATHERED IN THE DEW Mary Delaval, in London, was one of the many flowers born to “waste their sweetness on the desert air,” for London is, indeed, a desert to those who are in it and not of it, whose destiny seems to have been warped into a strange unfitness in the great, struggling, noisy, pompous town; whose proper place would seem to be in some quiet, secluded nook, the ornament and the joy of a peaceful home, instead of the ever-shifting surface of that seething tide which drifts them here and there in aimless restlessness.

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From this reading Verily, Fortune does sometimes shuffle the pack in most inexplicable confusion--_Ludum insolentem, ludere pertinax_--she seems to take a perverse pleasure in smuggling the court-cards into all sorts of incongruous places, and to carry out the Latin poet’s metaphor, _trans-mutat incertos honores_, or, in plain English, palms the trumps, with dexterous sleight-of-hand, where they seem utterly valueless to influence the result of the game.

lacking in harmony or compatibility or appropriateness

From this reading Verily, Fortune does sometimes shuffle the pack in most inexplicable confusion--_Ludum insolentem, ludere pertinax_--she seems to take a perverse pleasure in smuggling the court-cards into all sorts of incongruous places, and to carry out the Latin poet’s metaphor, _trans-mutat incertos honores_, or, in plain English, palms the trumps, with dexterous sleight-of-hand, where they seem utterly valueless to influence the result of the game.

in truth (often tends to intensify)

From this reading DISPATCHES SOCIAL LIBERTY--DOMESTIC ECONOMY--A GAZETTE FROM THE CAPE--A MAN OF MANY IRONS--A TRUE FRIEND--A REAL HERO--COUPLES, NOT PAIRS--OH ME MISERUM!--GATHERED IN THE DEW Mary Delaval, in London, was one of the many flowers born to “waste their sweetness on the desert air,” for London is, indeed, a desert to those who are in it and not of it, whose destiny seems to have been warped into a strange unfitness in the great, struggling, noisy, pompous town; whose proper place would seem to be in some quiet, secluded nook, the ornament and the joy of a peaceful home, instead of the ever-shifting surface of that seething tide which drifts them here and there in aimless restlessness.

incapable of being explained or accounted for

From this reading Verily, Fortune does sometimes shuffle the pack in most inexplicable confusion--_Ludum insolentem, ludere pertinax_--she seems to take a perverse pleasure in smuggling the court-cards into all sorts of incongruous places, and to carry out the Latin poet’s metaphor, _trans-mutat incertos honores_, or, in plain English, palms the trumps, with dexterous sleight-of-hand, where they seem utterly valueless to influence the result of the game.

a power to affect persons or events especially power based on prestige etc

From this reading Verily, Fortune does sometimes shuffle the pack in most inexplicable confusion--_Ludum insolentem, ludere pertinax_--she seems to take a perverse pleasure in smuggling the court-cards into all sorts of incongruous places, and to carry out the Latin poet’s metaphor, _trans-mutat incertos honores_, or, in plain English, palms the trumps, with dexterous sleight-of-hand, where they seem utterly valueless to influence the result of the game.

a lack of sensibility

From this reading Already, from East to West, the trumpet-note has sounded, and those stir in their sleep who have drugged themselves into insensibility, and stopped their ears against the voice of the charmer, but cannot smother the still small whisper within.

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

From this reading Verily, Fortune does sometimes shuffle the pack in most inexplicable confusion--_Ludum insolentem, ludere pertinax_--she seems to take a perverse pleasure in smuggling the court-cards into all sorts of incongruous places, and to carry out the Latin poet’s metaphor, _trans-mutat incertos honores_, or, in plain English, palms the trumps, with dexterous sleight-of-hand, where they seem utterly valueless to influence the result of the game.

in place of, or as an alternative to

From this reading DISPATCHES SOCIAL LIBERTY--DOMESTIC ECONOMY--A GAZETTE FROM THE CAPE--A MAN OF MANY IRONS--A TRUE FRIEND--A REAL HERO--COUPLES, NOT PAIRS--OH ME MISERUM!--GATHERED IN THE DEW Mary Delaval, in London, was one of the many flowers born to “waste their sweetness on the desert air,” for London is, indeed, a desert to those who are in it and not of it, whose destiny seems to have been warped into a strange unfitness in the great, struggling, noisy, pompous town; whose proper place would seem to be in some quiet, secluded nook, the ornament and the joy of a peaceful home, instead of the ever-shifting surface of that seething tide which drifts them here and there in aimless restlessness.

moving to the inside of something

From this reading DISPATCHES SOCIAL LIBERTY--DOMESTIC ECONOMY--A GAZETTE FROM THE CAPE--A MAN OF MANY IRONS--A TRUE FRIEND--A REAL HERO--COUPLES, NOT PAIRS--OH ME MISERUM!--GATHERED IN THE DEW Mary Delaval, in London, was one of the many flowers born to “waste their sweetness on the desert air,” for London is, indeed, a desert to those who are in it and not of it, whose destiny seems to have been warped into a strange unfitness in the great, struggling, noisy, pompous town; whose proper place would seem to be in some quiet, secluded nook, the ornament and the joy of a peaceful home, instead of the ever-shifting surface of that seething tide which drifts them here and there in aimless restlessness.

metal shackles; for hands or legs

From this reading DISPATCHES SOCIAL LIBERTY--DOMESTIC ECONOMY--A GAZETTE FROM THE CAPE--A MAN OF MANY IRONS--A TRUE FRIEND--A REAL HERO--COUPLES, NOT PAIRS--OH ME MISERUM!--GATHERED IN THE DEW Mary Delaval, in London, was one of the many flowers born to “waste their sweetness on the desert air,” for London is, indeed, a desert to those who are in it and not of it, whose destiny seems to have been warped into a strange unfitness in the great, struggling, noisy, pompous town; whose proper place would seem to be in some quiet, secluded nook, the ornament and the joy of a peaceful home, instead of the ever-shifting surface of that seething tide which drifts them here and there in aimless restlessness.

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

From this reading DISPATCHES SOCIAL LIBERTY--DOMESTIC ECONOMY--A GAZETTE FROM THE CAPE--A MAN OF MANY IRONS--A TRUE FRIEND--A REAL HERO--COUPLES, NOT PAIRS--OH ME MISERUM!--GATHERED IN THE DEW Mary Delaval, in London, was one of the many flowers born to “waste their sweetness on the desert air,” for London is, indeed, a desert to those who are in it and not of it, whose destiny seems to have been warped into a strange unfitness in the great, struggling, noisy, pompous town; whose proper place would seem to be in some quiet, secluded nook, the ornament and the joy of a peaceful home, instead of the ever-shifting surface of that seething tide which drifts them here and there in aimless restlessness.

a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned

From this reading DISPATCHES SOCIAL LIBERTY--DOMESTIC ECONOMY--A GAZETTE FROM THE CAPE--A MAN OF MANY IRONS--A TRUE FRIEND--A REAL HERO--COUPLES, NOT PAIRS--OH ME MISERUM!--GATHERED IN THE DEW Mary Delaval, in London, was one of the many flowers born to “waste their sweetness on the desert air,” for London is, indeed, a desert to those who are in it and not of it, whose destiny seems to have been warped into a strange unfitness in the great, struggling, noisy, pompous town; whose proper place would seem to be in some quiet, secluded nook, the ornament and the joy of a peaceful home, instead of the ever-shifting surface of that seething tide which drifts them here and there in aimless restlessness.

belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned

From this reading As society is constituted, such a woman as Mary, with her queenly dignity, her charming manner, her striking beauty, and, above all, her noble, well-cultivated mind, was just as thoroughly _tabooed_ and excluded from the circle of her so-called superiors as if she had been a quadroon in the United States, whose very beauty owes its brilliance to that African stain which, in the Land of Freedom and Equality, makes a shade of colouring the badge that entitles man to lord it over his brother more despotically than over the beasts of the field.

the emotion of great happiness

From this reading DISPATCHES SOCIAL LIBERTY--DOMESTIC ECONOMY--A GAZETTE FROM THE CAPE--A MAN OF MANY IRONS--A TRUE FRIEND--A REAL HERO--COUPLES, NOT PAIRS--OH ME MISERUM!--GATHERED IN THE DEW Mary Delaval, in London, was one of the many flowers born to “waste their sweetness on the desert air,” for London is, indeed, a desert to those who are in it and not of it, whose destiny seems to have been warped into a strange unfitness in the great, struggling, noisy, pompous town; whose proper place would seem to be in some quiet, secluded nook, the ornament and the joy of a peaceful home, instead of the ever-shifting surface of that seething tide which drifts them here and there in aimless restlessness.

and nothing more

From this reading As society is constituted, such a woman as Mary, with her queenly dignity, her charming manner, her striking beauty, and, above all, her noble, well-cultivated mind, was just as thoroughly _tabooed_ and excluded from the circle of her so-called superiors as if she had been a quadroon in the United States, whose very beauty owes its brilliance to that African stain which, in the Land of Freedom and Equality, makes a shade of colouring the badge that entitles man to lord it over his brother more despotically than over the beasts of the field.

the land on which real estate is located

From this reading As society is constituted, such a woman as Mary, with her queenly dignity, her charming manner, her striking beauty, and, above all, her noble, well-cultivated mind, was just as thoroughly _tabooed_ and excluded from the circle of her so-called superiors as if she had been a quadroon in the United States, whose very beauty owes its brilliance to that African stain which, in the Land of Freedom and Equality, makes a shade of colouring the badge that entitles man to lord it over his brother more despotically than over the beasts of the field.

a systematic means of communicating by the use of sounds or conventional symbols

From this reading Thank God for it, we have no slavery in England; and the time cannot be very far distant when slavery shall be a word without a meaning in the dictionary of every language on the face of the globe.

of or relating to the ancient Latins or the Latin language

From this reading Verily, Fortune does sometimes shuffle the pack in most inexplicable confusion--_Ludum insolentem, ludere pertinax_--she seems to take a perverse pleasure in smuggling the court-cards into all sorts of incongruous places, and to carry out the Latin poet’s metaphor, _trans-mutat incertos honores_, or, in plain English, palms the trumps, with dexterous sleight-of-hand, where they seem utterly valueless to influence the result of the game.

The state of being free within society from oppressive restrictions on one's way of life.

From this reading DISPATCHES SOCIAL LIBERTY--DOMESTIC ECONOMY--A GAZETTE FROM THE CAPE--A MAN OF MANY IRONS--A TRUE FRIEND--A REAL HERO--COUPLES, NOT PAIRS--OH ME MISERUM!--GATHERED IN THE DEW Mary Delaval, in London, was one of the many flowers born to “waste their sweetness on the desert air,” for London is, indeed, a desert to those who are in it and not of it, whose destiny seems to have been warped into a strange unfitness in the great, struggling, noisy, pompous town; whose proper place would seem to be in some quiet, secluded nook, the ornament and the joy of a peaceful home, instead of the ever-shifting surface of that seething tide which drifts them here and there in aimless restlessness.

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

From this reading DISPATCHES SOCIAL LIBERTY--DOMESTIC ECONOMY--A GAZETTE FROM THE CAPE--A MAN OF MANY IRONS--A TRUE FRIEND--A REAL HERO--COUPLES, NOT PAIRS--OH ME MISERUM!--GATHERED IN THE DEW Mary Delaval, in London, was one of the many flowers born to “waste their sweetness on the desert air,” for London is, indeed, a desert to those who are in it and not of it, whose destiny seems to have been warped into a strange unfitness in the great, struggling, noisy, pompous town; whose proper place would seem to be in some quiet, secluded nook, the ornament and the joy of a peaceful home, instead of the ever-shifting surface of that seething tide which drifts them here and there in aimless restlessness.

terms referring to the Judeo-Christian God

From this reading As society is constituted, such a woman as Mary, with her queenly dignity, her charming manner, her striking beauty, and, above all, her noble, well-cultivated mind, was just as thoroughly _tabooed_ and excluded from the circle of her so-called superiors as if she had been a quadroon in the United States, whose very beauty owes its brilliance to that African stain which, in the Land of Freedom and Equality, makes a shade of colouring the badge that entitles man to lord it over his brother more despotically than over the beasts of the field.

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From this reading Verily, Fortune does sometimes shuffle the pack in most inexplicable confusion--_Ludum insolentem, ludere pertinax_--she seems to take a perverse pleasure in smuggling the court-cards into all sorts of incongruous places, and to carry out the Latin poet’s metaphor, _trans-mutat incertos honores_, or, in plain English, palms the trumps, with dexterous sleight-of-hand, where they seem utterly valueless to influence the result of the game.

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

From this reading Verily, Fortune does sometimes shuffle the pack in most inexplicable confusion--_Ludum insolentem, ludere pertinax_--she seems to take a perverse pleasure in smuggling the court-cards into all sorts of incongruous places, and to carry out the Latin poet’s metaphor, _trans-mutat incertos honores_, or, in plain English, palms the trumps, with dexterous sleight-of-hand, where they seem utterly valueless to influence the result of the game.

plural of “make” — a recognizable kind

From this reading As society is constituted, such a woman as Mary, with her queenly dignity, her charming manner, her striking beauty, and, above all, her noble, well-cultivated mind, was just as thoroughly _tabooed_ and excluded from the circle of her so-called superiors as if she had been a quadroon in the United States, whose very beauty owes its brilliance to that African stain which, in the Land of Freedom and Equality, makes a shade of colouring the badge that entitles man to lord it over his brother more despotically than over the beasts of the field.

an adult person who is male (as opposed to a woman)

From this reading DISPATCHES SOCIAL LIBERTY--DOMESTIC ECONOMY--A GAZETTE FROM THE CAPE--A MAN OF MANY IRONS--A TRUE FRIEND--A REAL HERO--COUPLES, NOT PAIRS--OH ME MISERUM!--GATHERED IN THE DEW Mary Delaval, in London, was one of the many flowers born to “waste their sweetness on the desert air,” for London is, indeed, a desert to those who are in it and not of it, whose destiny seems to have been warped into a strange unfitness in the great, struggling, noisy, pompous town; whose proper place would seem to be in some quiet, secluded nook, the ornament and the joy of a peaceful home, instead of the ever-shifting surface of that seething tide which drifts them here and there in aimless restlessness.

how something is done or how it happens

From this reading As society is constituted, such a woman as Mary, with her queenly dignity, her charming manner, her striking beauty, and, above all, her noble, well-cultivated mind, was just as thoroughly _tabooed_ and excluded from the circle of her so-called superiors as if she had been a quadroon in the United States, whose very beauty owes its brilliance to that African stain which, in the Land of Freedom and Equality, makes a shade of colouring the badge that entitles man to lord it over his brother more despotically than over the beasts of the field.

a quantifier that can be used with count nouns and is often preceded by “as” or “too” or “so” or “that”; amounting to a large but indefinite number

From this reading DISPATCHES SOCIAL LIBERTY--DOMESTIC ECONOMY--A GAZETTE FROM THE CAPE--A MAN OF MANY IRONS--A TRUE FRIEND--A REAL HERO--COUPLES, NOT PAIRS--OH ME MISERUM!--GATHERED IN THE DEW Mary Delaval, in London, was one of the many flowers born to “waste their sweetness on the desert air,” for London is, indeed, a desert to those who are in it and not of it, whose destiny seems to have been warped into a strange unfitness in the great, struggling, noisy, pompous town; whose proper place would seem to be in some quiet, secluded nook, the ornament and the joy of a peaceful home, instead of the ever-shifting surface of that seething tide which drifts them here and there in aimless restlessness.

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

From this reading DISPATCHES SOCIAL LIBERTY--DOMESTIC ECONOMY--A GAZETTE FROM THE CAPE--A MAN OF MANY IRONS--A TRUE FRIEND--A REAL HERO--COUPLES, NOT PAIRS--OH ME MISERUM!--GATHERED IN THE DEW Mary Delaval, in London, was one of the many flowers born to “waste their sweetness on the desert air,” for London is, indeed, a desert to those who are in it and not of it, whose destiny seems to have been warped into a strange unfitness in the great, struggling, noisy, pompous town; whose proper place would seem to be in some quiet, secluded nook, the ornament and the joy of a peaceful home, instead of the ever-shifting surface of that seething tide which drifts them here and there in aimless restlessness.

the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition

From this reading DISPATCHES SOCIAL LIBERTY--DOMESTIC ECONOMY--A GAZETTE FROM THE CAPE--A MAN OF MANY IRONS--A TRUE FRIEND--A REAL HERO--COUPLES, NOT PAIRS--OH ME MISERUM!--GATHERED IN THE DEW Mary Delaval, in London, was one of the many flowers born to “waste their sweetness on the desert air,” for London is, indeed, a desert to those who are in it and not of it, whose destiny seems to have been warped into a strange unfitness in the great, struggling, noisy, pompous town; whose proper place would seem to be in some quiet, secluded nook, the ornament and the joy of a peaceful home, instead of the ever-shifting surface of that seething tide which drifts them here and there in aimless restlessness.

the message that is intended or expressed or signified

From this reading Thank God for it, we have no slavery in England; and the time cannot be very far distant when slavery shall be a word without a meaning in the dictionary of every language on the face of the globe.

a figure of speech in which an expression is used to refer to something that it does not literally denote in order to suggest a similarity

From this reading Verily, Fortune does sometimes shuffle the pack in most inexplicable confusion--_Ludum insolentem, ludere pertinax_--she seems to take a perverse pleasure in smuggling the court-cards into all sorts of incongruous places, and to carry out the Latin poet’s metaphor, _trans-mutat incertos honores_, or, in plain English, palms the trumps, with dexterous sleight-of-hand, where they seem utterly valueless to influence the result of the game.

The element of a person that enables awareness and thought.

From this reading As society is constituted, such a woman as Mary, with her queenly dignity, her charming manner, her striking beauty, and, above all, her noble, well-cultivated mind, was just as thoroughly _tabooed_ and excluded from the circle of her so-called superiors as if she had been a quadroon in the United States, whose very beauty owes its brilliance to that African stain which, in the Land of Freedom and Equality, makes a shade of colouring the badge that entitles man to lord it over his brother more despotically than over the beasts of the field.

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

From this reading DISPATCHES SOCIAL LIBERTY--DOMESTIC ECONOMY--A GAZETTE FROM THE CAPE--A MAN OF MANY IRONS--A TRUE FRIEND--A REAL HERO--COUPLES, NOT PAIRS--OH ME MISERUM!--GATHERED IN THE DEW Mary Delaval, in London, was one of the many flowers born to “waste their sweetness on the desert air,” for London is, indeed, a desert to those who are in it and not of it, whose destiny seems to have been warped into a strange unfitness in the great, struggling, noisy, pompous town; whose proper place would seem to be in some quiet, secluded nook, the ornament and the joy of a peaceful home, instead of the ever-shifting surface of that seething tide which drifts them here and there in aimless restlessness.

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

From this reading As society is constituted, such a woman as Mary, with her queenly dignity, her charming manner, her striking beauty, and, above all, her noble, well-cultivated mind, was just as thoroughly _tabooed_ and excluded from the circle of her so-called superiors as if she had been a quadroon in the United States, whose very beauty owes its brilliance to that African stain which, in the Land of Freedom and Equality, makes a shade of colouring the badge that entitles man to lord it over his brother more despotically than over the beasts of the field.

used to form the superlative

From this reading Verily, Fortune does sometimes shuffle the pack in most inexplicable confusion--_Ludum insolentem, ludere pertinax_--she seems to take a perverse pleasure in smuggling the court-cards into all sorts of incongruous places, and to carry out the Latin poet’s metaphor, _trans-mutat incertos honores_, or, in plain English, palms the trumps, with dexterous sleight-of-hand, where they seem utterly valueless to influence the result of the game.

not any; not one

From this reading Thank God for it, we have no slavery in England; and the time cannot be very far distant when slavery shall be a word without a meaning in the dictionary of every language on the face of the globe.

impressive in appearance

From this reading As society is constituted, such a woman as Mary, with her queenly dignity, her charming manner, her striking beauty, and, above all, her noble, well-cultivated mind, was just as thoroughly _tabooed_ and excluded from the circle of her so-called superiors as if she had been a quadroon in the United States, whose very beauty owes its brilliance to that African stain which, in the Land of Freedom and Equality, makes a shade of colouring the badge that entitles man to lord it over his brother more despotically than over the beasts of the field.

full of or characterized by loud and nonmusical sounds

From this reading DISPATCHES SOCIAL LIBERTY--DOMESTIC ECONOMY--A GAZETTE FROM THE CAPE--A MAN OF MANY IRONS--A TRUE FRIEND--A REAL HERO--COUPLES, NOT PAIRS--OH ME MISERUM!--GATHERED IN THE DEW Mary Delaval, in London, was one of the many flowers born to “waste their sweetness on the desert air,” for London is, indeed, a desert to those who are in it and not of it, whose destiny seems to have been warped into a strange unfitness in the great, struggling, noisy, pompous town; whose proper place would seem to be in some quiet, secluded nook, the ornament and the joy of a peaceful home, instead of the ever-shifting surface of that seething tide which drifts them here and there in aimless restlessness.

a sheltered and secluded place

From this reading DISPATCHES SOCIAL LIBERTY--DOMESTIC ECONOMY--A GAZETTE FROM THE CAPE--A MAN OF MANY IRONS--A TRUE FRIEND--A REAL HERO--COUPLES, NOT PAIRS--OH ME MISERUM!--GATHERED IN THE DEW Mary Delaval, in London, was one of the many flowers born to “waste their sweetness on the desert air,” for London is, indeed, a desert to those who are in it and not of it, whose destiny seems to have been warped into a strange unfitness in the great, struggling, noisy, pompous town; whose proper place would seem to be in some quiet, secluded nook, the ornament and the joy of a peaceful home, instead of the ever-shifting surface of that seething tide which drifts them here and there in aimless restlessness.

used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative

From this reading DISPATCHES SOCIAL LIBERTY--DOMESTIC ECONOMY--A GAZETTE FROM THE CAPE--A MAN OF MANY IRONS--A TRUE FRIEND--A REAL HERO--COUPLES, NOT PAIRS--OH ME MISERUM!--GATHERED IN THE DEW Mary Delaval, in London, was one of the many flowers born to “waste their sweetness on the desert air,” for London is, indeed, a desert to those who are in it and not of it, whose destiny seems to have been warped into a strange unfitness in the great, struggling, noisy, pompous town; whose proper place would seem to be in some quiet, secluded nook, the ornament and the joy of a peaceful home, instead of the ever-shifting surface of that seething tide which drifts them here and there in aimless restlessness.

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

From this reading DISPATCHES SOCIAL LIBERTY--DOMESTIC ECONOMY--A GAZETTE FROM THE CAPE--A MAN OF MANY IRONS--A TRUE FRIEND--A REAL HERO--COUPLES, NOT PAIRS--OH ME MISERUM!--GATHERED IN THE DEW Mary Delaval, in London, was one of the many flowers born to “waste their sweetness on the desert air,” for London is, indeed, a desert to those who are in it and not of it, whose destiny seems to have been warped into a strange unfitness in the great, struggling, noisy, pompous town; whose proper place would seem to be in some quiet, secluded nook, the ornament and the joy of a peaceful home, instead of the ever-shifting surface of that seething tide which drifts them here and there in aimless restlessness.

a midwestern state in north central United States in the Great Lakes region

From this reading DISPATCHES SOCIAL LIBERTY--DOMESTIC ECONOMY--A GAZETTE FROM THE CAPE--A MAN OF MANY IRONS--A TRUE FRIEND--A REAL HERO--COUPLES, NOT PAIRS--OH ME MISERUM!--GATHERED IN THE DEW Mary Delaval, in London, was one of the many flowers born to “waste their sweetness on the desert air,” for London is, indeed, a desert to those who are in it and not of it, whose destiny seems to have been warped into a strange unfitness in the great, struggling, noisy, pompous town; whose proper place would seem to be in some quiet, secluded nook, the ornament and the joy of a peaceful home, instead of the ever-shifting surface of that seething tide which drifts them here and there in aimless restlessness.

touching and supported by a surface

From this reading DISPATCHES SOCIAL LIBERTY--DOMESTIC ECONOMY--A GAZETTE FROM THE CAPE--A MAN OF MANY IRONS--A TRUE FRIEND--A REAL HERO--COUPLES, NOT PAIRS--OH ME MISERUM!--GATHERED IN THE DEW Mary Delaval, in London, was one of the many flowers born to “waste their sweetness on the desert air,” for London is, indeed, a desert to those who are in it and not of it, whose destiny seems to have been warped into a strange unfitness in the great, struggling, noisy, pompous town; whose proper place would seem to be in some quiet, secluded nook, the ornament and the joy of a peaceful home, instead of the ever-shifting surface of that seething tide which drifts them here and there in aimless restlessness.

used to mean any person in general, including the speaker

From this reading DISPATCHES SOCIAL LIBERTY--DOMESTIC ECONOMY--A GAZETTE FROM THE CAPE--A MAN OF MANY IRONS--A TRUE FRIEND--A REAL HERO--COUPLES, NOT PAIRS--OH ME MISERUM!--GATHERED IN THE DEW Mary Delaval, in London, was one of the many flowers born to “waste their sweetness on the desert air,” for London is, indeed, a desert to those who are in it and not of it, whose destiny seems to have been warped into a strange unfitness in the great, struggling, noisy, pompous town; whose proper place would seem to be in some quiet, secluded nook, the ornament and the joy of a peaceful home, instead of the ever-shifting surface of that seething tide which drifts them here and there in aimless restlessness.

used to join alternatives or possibilities

From this reading Verily, Fortune does sometimes shuffle the pack in most inexplicable confusion--_Ludum insolentem, ludere pertinax_--she seems to take a perverse pleasure in smuggling the court-cards into all sorts of incongruous places, and to carry out the Latin poet’s metaphor, _trans-mutat incertos honores_, or, in plain English, palms the trumps, with dexterous sleight-of-hand, where they seem utterly valueless to influence the result of the game.

make more attractive by adding ornament, colour, etc.

From this reading DISPATCHES SOCIAL LIBERTY--DOMESTIC ECONOMY--A GAZETTE FROM THE CAPE--A MAN OF MANY IRONS--A TRUE FRIEND--A REAL HERO--COUPLES, NOT PAIRS--OH ME MISERUM!--GATHERED IN THE DEW Mary Delaval, in London, was one of the many flowers born to “waste their sweetness on the desert air,” for London is, indeed, a desert to those who are in it and not of it, whose destiny seems to have been warped into a strange unfitness in the great, struggling, noisy, pompous town; whose proper place would seem to be in some quiet, secluded nook, the ornament and the joy of a peaceful home, instead of the ever-shifting surface of that seething tide which drifts them here and there in aimless restlessness.

not allowed to continue to bat or run

From this reading Verily, Fortune does sometimes shuffle the pack in most inexplicable confusion--_Ludum insolentem, ludere pertinax_--she seems to take a perverse pleasure in smuggling the court-cards into all sorts of incongruous places, and to carry out the Latin poet’s metaphor, _trans-mutat incertos honores_, or, in plain English, palms the trumps, with dexterous sleight-of-hand, where they seem utterly valueless to influence the result of the game.

above and across; more than

From this reading As society is constituted, such a woman as Mary, with her queenly dignity, her charming manner, her striking beauty, and, above all, her noble, well-cultivated mind, was just as thoroughly _tabooed_ and excluded from the circle of her so-called superiors as if she had been a quadroon in the United States, whose very beauty owes its brilliance to that African stain which, in the Land of Freedom and Equality, makes a shade of colouring the badge that entitles man to lord it over his brother more despotically than over the beasts of the field.

third-person singular of “owe” — be obliged to pay or repay

From this reading As society is constituted, such a woman as Mary, with her queenly dignity, her charming manner, her striking beauty, and, above all, her noble, well-cultivated mind, was just as thoroughly _tabooed_ and excluded from the circle of her so-called superiors as if she had been a quadroon in the United States, whose very beauty owes its brilliance to that African stain which, in the Land of Freedom and Equality, makes a shade of colouring the badge that entitles man to lord it over his brother more despotically than over the beasts of the field.

arrange in a container

From this reading Verily, Fortune does sometimes shuffle the pack in most inexplicable confusion--_Ludum insolentem, ludere pertinax_--she seems to take a perverse pleasure in smuggling the court-cards into all sorts of incongruous places, and to carry out the Latin poet’s metaphor, _trans-mutat incertos honores_, or, in plain English, palms the trumps, with dexterous sleight-of-hand, where they seem utterly valueless to influence the result of the game.

plural of “pair” — a set of two similar things considered as a unit

From this reading DISPATCHES SOCIAL LIBERTY--DOMESTIC ECONOMY--A GAZETTE FROM THE CAPE--A MAN OF MANY IRONS--A TRUE FRIEND--A REAL HERO--COUPLES, NOT PAIRS--OH ME MISERUM!--GATHERED IN THE DEW Mary Delaval, in London, was one of the many flowers born to “waste their sweetness on the desert air,” for London is, indeed, a desert to those who are in it and not of it, whose destiny seems to have been warped into a strange unfitness in the great, struggling, noisy, pompous town; whose proper place would seem to be in some quiet, secluded nook, the ornament and the joy of a peaceful home, instead of the ever-shifting surface of that seething tide which drifts them here and there in aimless restlessness.

plural of “palm” — the inner surface of the hand from the wrist to the base of the fingers

From this reading Verily, Fortune does sometimes shuffle the pack in most inexplicable confusion--_Ludum insolentem, ludere pertinax_--she seems to take a perverse pleasure in smuggling the court-cards into all sorts of incongruous places, and to carry out the Latin poet’s metaphor, _trans-mutat incertos honores_, or, in plain English, palms the trumps, with dexterous sleight-of-hand, where they seem utterly valueless to influence the result of the game.

not disturbed by strife or turmoil or war

From this reading DISPATCHES SOCIAL LIBERTY--DOMESTIC ECONOMY--A GAZETTE FROM THE CAPE--A MAN OF MANY IRONS--A TRUE FRIEND--A REAL HERO--COUPLES, NOT PAIRS--OH ME MISERUM!--GATHERED IN THE DEW Mary Delaval, in London, was one of the many flowers born to “waste their sweetness on the desert air,” for London is, indeed, a desert to those who are in it and not of it, whose destiny seems to have been warped into a strange unfitness in the great, struggling, noisy, pompous town; whose proper place would seem to be in some quiet, secluded nook, the ornament and the joy of a peaceful home, instead of the ever-shifting surface of that seething tide which drifts them here and there in aimless restlessness.

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

From this reading Verily, Fortune does sometimes shuffle the pack in most inexplicable confusion--_Ludum insolentem, ludere pertinax_--she seems to take a perverse pleasure in smuggling the court-cards into all sorts of incongruous places, and to carry out the Latin poet’s metaphor, _trans-mutat incertos honores_, or, in plain English, palms the trumps, with dexterous sleight-of-hand, where they seem utterly valueless to influence the result of the game.

marked by a disposition to oppose and contradict

From this reading Verily, Fortune does sometimes shuffle the pack in most inexplicable confusion--_Ludum insolentem, ludere pertinax_--she seems to take a perverse pleasure in smuggling the court-cards into all sorts of incongruous places, and to carry out the Latin poet’s metaphor, _trans-mutat incertos honores_, or, in plain English, palms the trumps, with dexterous sleight-of-hand, where they seem utterly valueless to influence the result of the game.

a point located with respect to surface features of some region

From this reading DISPATCHES SOCIAL LIBERTY--DOMESTIC ECONOMY--A GAZETTE FROM THE CAPE--A MAN OF MANY IRONS--A TRUE FRIEND--A REAL HERO--COUPLES, NOT PAIRS--OH ME MISERUM!--GATHERED IN THE DEW Mary Delaval, in London, was one of the many flowers born to “waste their sweetness on the desert air,” for London is, indeed, a desert to those who are in it and not of it, whose destiny seems to have been warped into a strange unfitness in the great, struggling, noisy, pompous town; whose proper place would seem to be in some quiet, secluded nook, the ornament and the joy of a peaceful home, instead of the ever-shifting surface of that seething tide which drifts them here and there in aimless restlessness.

plural of “place” — a point located with respect to surface features of some region

From this reading Verily, Fortune does sometimes shuffle the pack in most inexplicable confusion--_Ludum insolentem, ludere pertinax_--she seems to take a perverse pleasure in smuggling the court-cards into all sorts of incongruous places, and to carry out the Latin poet’s metaphor, _trans-mutat incertos honores_, or, in plain English, palms the trumps, with dexterous sleight-of-hand, where they seem utterly valueless to influence the result of the game.

clearly revealed to the mind or the senses or judgment

From this reading Verily, Fortune does sometimes shuffle the pack in most inexplicable confusion--_Ludum insolentem, ludere pertinax_--she seems to take a perverse pleasure in smuggling the court-cards into all sorts of incongruous places, and to carry out the Latin poet’s metaphor, _trans-mutat incertos honores_, or, in plain English, palms the trumps, with dexterous sleight-of-hand, where they seem utterly valueless to influence the result of the game.

a fundamental feeling that is hard to define but that people desire to experience

From this reading Verily, Fortune does sometimes shuffle the pack in most inexplicable confusion--_Ludum insolentem, ludere pertinax_--she seems to take a perverse pleasure in smuggling the court-cards into all sorts of incongruous places, and to carry out the Latin poet’s metaphor, _trans-mutat incertos honores_, or, in plain English, palms the trumps, with dexterous sleight-of-hand, where they seem utterly valueless to influence the result of the game.

possessive form of “poet” — a writer of poems (the term is usually reserved for writers of good poetry)

From this reading Verily, Fortune does sometimes shuffle the pack in most inexplicable confusion--_Ludum insolentem, ludere pertinax_--she seems to take a perverse pleasure in smuggling the court-cards into all sorts of incongruous places, and to carry out the Latin poet’s metaphor, _trans-mutat incertos honores_, or, in plain English, palms the trumps, with dexterous sleight-of-hand, where they seem utterly valueless to influence the result of the game.

puffed up with vanity

From this reading DISPATCHES SOCIAL LIBERTY--DOMESTIC ECONOMY--A GAZETTE FROM THE CAPE--A MAN OF MANY IRONS--A TRUE FRIEND--A REAL HERO--COUPLES, NOT PAIRS--OH ME MISERUM!--GATHERED IN THE DEW Mary Delaval, in London, was one of the many flowers born to “waste their sweetness on the desert air,” for London is, indeed, a desert to those who are in it and not of it, whose destiny seems to have been warped into a strange unfitness in the great, struggling, noisy, pompous town; whose proper place would seem to be in some quiet, secluded nook, the ornament and the joy of a peaceful home, instead of the ever-shifting surface of that seething tide which drifts them here and there in aimless restlessness.

marked by suitability or rightness or appropriateness

From this reading DISPATCHES SOCIAL LIBERTY--DOMESTIC ECONOMY--A GAZETTE FROM THE CAPE--A MAN OF MANY IRONS--A TRUE FRIEND--A REAL HERO--COUPLES, NOT PAIRS--OH ME MISERUM!--GATHERED IN THE DEW Mary Delaval, in London, was one of the many flowers born to “waste their sweetness on the desert air,” for London is, indeed, a desert to those who are in it and not of it, whose destiny seems to have been warped into a strange unfitness in the great, struggling, noisy, pompous town; whose proper place would seem to be in some quiet, secluded nook, the ornament and the joy of a peaceful home, instead of the ever-shifting surface of that seething tide which drifts them here and there in aimless restlessness.

an offspring of a mulatto and a white parent; a person who is one-quarter black

From this reading As society is constituted, such a woman as Mary, with her queenly dignity, her charming manner, her striking beauty, and, above all, her noble, well-cultivated mind, was just as thoroughly _tabooed_ and excluded from the circle of her so-called superiors as if she had been a quadroon in the United States, whose very beauty owes its brilliance to that African stain which, in the Land of Freedom and Equality, makes a shade of colouring the badge that entitles man to lord it over his brother more despotically than over the beasts of the field.

having the rank of or resembling or befitting a queen

From this reading As society is constituted, such a woman as Mary, with her queenly dignity, her charming manner, her striking beauty, and, above all, her noble, well-cultivated mind, was just as thoroughly _tabooed_ and excluded from the circle of her so-called superiors as if she had been a quadroon in the United States, whose very beauty owes its brilliance to that African stain which, in the Land of Freedom and Equality, makes a shade of colouring the badge that entitles man to lord it over his brother more despotically than over the beasts of the field.

characterized by an absence or near absence of agitation or activity

From this reading DISPATCHES SOCIAL LIBERTY--DOMESTIC ECONOMY--A GAZETTE FROM THE CAPE--A MAN OF MANY IRONS--A TRUE FRIEND--A REAL HERO--COUPLES, NOT PAIRS--OH ME MISERUM!--GATHERED IN THE DEW Mary Delaval, in London, was one of the many flowers born to “waste their sweetness on the desert air,” for London is, indeed, a desert to those who are in it and not of it, whose destiny seems to have been warped into a strange unfitness in the great, struggling, noisy, pompous town; whose proper place would seem to be in some quiet, secluded nook, the ornament and the joy of a peaceful home, instead of the ever-shifting surface of that seething tide which drifts them here and there in aimless restlessness.

being or occurring in fact or actuality; having verified existence; not illusory

From this reading DISPATCHES SOCIAL LIBERTY--DOMESTIC ECONOMY--A GAZETTE FROM THE CAPE--A MAN OF MANY IRONS--A TRUE FRIEND--A REAL HERO--COUPLES, NOT PAIRS--OH ME MISERUM!--GATHERED IN THE DEW Mary Delaval, in London, was one of the many flowers born to “waste their sweetness on the desert air,” for London is, indeed, a desert to those who are in it and not of it, whose destiny seems to have been warped into a strange unfitness in the great, struggling, noisy, pompous town; whose proper place would seem to be in some quiet, secluded nook, the ornament and the joy of a peaceful home, instead of the ever-shifting surface of that seething tide which drifts them here and there in aimless restlessness.

the quality of being ceaselessly moving or active

From this reading DISPATCHES SOCIAL LIBERTY--DOMESTIC ECONOMY--A GAZETTE FROM THE CAPE--A MAN OF MANY IRONS--A TRUE FRIEND--A REAL HERO--COUPLES, NOT PAIRS--OH ME MISERUM!--GATHERED IN THE DEW Mary Delaval, in London, was one of the many flowers born to “waste their sweetness on the desert air,” for London is, indeed, a desert to those who are in it and not of it, whose destiny seems to have been warped into a strange unfitness in the great, struggling, noisy, pompous town; whose proper place would seem to be in some quiet, secluded nook, the ornament and the joy of a peaceful home, instead of the ever-shifting surface of that seething tide which drifts them here and there in aimless restlessness.

a phenomenon that follows and is caused by some previous phenomenon

From this reading Verily, Fortune does sometimes shuffle the pack in most inexplicable confusion--_Ludum insolentem, ludere pertinax_--she seems to take a perverse pleasure in smuggling the court-cards into all sorts of incongruous places, and to carry out the Latin poet’s metaphor, _trans-mutat incertos honores_, or, in plain English, palms the trumps, with dexterous sleight-of-hand, where they seem utterly valueless to influence the result of the game.

hidden from general view or use

From this reading DISPATCHES SOCIAL LIBERTY--DOMESTIC ECONOMY--A GAZETTE FROM THE CAPE--A MAN OF MANY IRONS--A TRUE FRIEND--A REAL HERO--COUPLES, NOT PAIRS--OH ME MISERUM!--GATHERED IN THE DEW Mary Delaval, in London, was one of the many flowers born to “waste their sweetness on the desert air,” for London is, indeed, a desert to those who are in it and not of it, whose destiny seems to have been warped into a strange unfitness in the great, struggling, noisy, pompous town; whose proper place would seem to be in some quiet, secluded nook, the ornament and the joy of a peaceful home, instead of the ever-shifting surface of that seething tide which drifts them here and there in aimless restlessness.

give a certain impression or have a certain outward aspect

From this reading DISPATCHES SOCIAL LIBERTY--DOMESTIC ECONOMY--A GAZETTE FROM THE CAPE--A MAN OF MANY IRONS--A TRUE FRIEND--A REAL HERO--COUPLES, NOT PAIRS--OH ME MISERUM!--GATHERED IN THE DEW Mary Delaval, in London, was one of the many flowers born to “waste their sweetness on the desert air,” for London is, indeed, a desert to those who are in it and not of it, whose destiny seems to have been warped into a strange unfitness in the great, struggling, noisy, pompous town; whose proper place would seem to be in some quiet, secluded nook, the ornament and the joy of a peaceful home, instead of the ever-shifting surface of that seething tide which drifts them here and there in aimless restlessness.

third-person singular of “seem” — give a certain impression or have a certain outward aspect

From this reading DISPATCHES SOCIAL LIBERTY--DOMESTIC ECONOMY--A GAZETTE FROM THE CAPE--A MAN OF MANY IRONS--A TRUE FRIEND--A REAL HERO--COUPLES, NOT PAIRS--OH ME MISERUM!--GATHERED IN THE DEW Mary Delaval, in London, was one of the many flowers born to “waste their sweetness on the desert air,” for London is, indeed, a desert to those who are in it and not of it, whose destiny seems to have been warped into a strange unfitness in the great, struggling, noisy, pompous town; whose proper place would seem to be in some quiet, secluded nook, the ornament and the joy of a peaceful home, instead of the ever-shifting surface of that seething tide which drifts them here and there in aimless restlessness.

in constant agitation

From this reading DISPATCHES SOCIAL LIBERTY--DOMESTIC ECONOMY--A GAZETTE FROM THE CAPE--A MAN OF MANY IRONS--A TRUE FRIEND--A REAL HERO--COUPLES, NOT PAIRS--OH ME MISERUM!--GATHERED IN THE DEW Mary Delaval, in London, was one of the many flowers born to “waste their sweetness on the desert air,” for London is, indeed, a desert to those who are in it and not of it, whose destiny seems to have been warped into a strange unfitness in the great, struggling, noisy, pompous town; whose proper place would seem to be in some quiet, secluded nook, the ornament and the joy of a peaceful home, instead of the ever-shifting surface of that seething tide which drifts them here and there in aimless restlessness.

relative darkness caused by light rays being intercepted by an opaque body

From this reading As society is constituted, such a woman as Mary, with her queenly dignity, her charming manner, her striking beauty, and, above all, her noble, well-cultivated mind, was just as thoroughly _tabooed_ and excluded from the circle of her so-called superiors as if she had been a quadroon in the United States, whose very beauty owes its brilliance to that African stain which, in the Land of Freedom and Equality, makes a shade of colouring the badge that entitles man to lord it over his brother more despotically than over the beasts of the field.

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

From this reading Thank God for it, we have no slavery in England; and the time cannot be very far distant when slavery shall be a word without a meaning in the dictionary of every language on the face of the globe.

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

From this reading Verily, Fortune does sometimes shuffle the pack in most inexplicable confusion--_Ludum insolentem, ludere pertinax_--she seems to take a perverse pleasure in smuggling the court-cards into all sorts of incongruous places, and to carry out the Latin poet’s metaphor, _trans-mutat incertos honores_, or, in plain English, palms the trumps, with dexterous sleight-of-hand, where they seem utterly valueless to influence the result of the game.

walk by dragging one's feet

From this reading Verily, Fortune does sometimes shuffle the pack in most inexplicable confusion--_Ludum insolentem, ludere pertinax_--she seems to take a perverse pleasure in smuggling the court-cards into all sorts of incongruous places, and to carry out the Latin poet’s metaphor, _trans-mutat incertos honores_, or, in plain English, palms the trumps, with dexterous sleight-of-hand, where they seem utterly valueless to influence the result of the game.

the state of being under the control of another person

From this reading Thank God for it, we have no slavery in England; and the time cannot be very far distant when slavery shall be a word without a meaning in the dictionary of every language on the face of the globe.

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

From this reading Already, from East to West, the trumpet-note has sounded, and those stir in their sleep who have drugged themselves into insensibility, and stopped their ears against the voice of the charmer, but cannot smother the still small whisper within.

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From this reading Verily, Fortune does sometimes shuffle the pack in most inexplicable confusion--_Ludum insolentem, ludere pertinax_--she seems to take a perverse pleasure in smuggling the court-cards into all sorts of incongruous places, and to carry out the Latin poet’s metaphor, _trans-mutat incertos honores_, or, in plain English, palms the trumps, with dexterous sleight-of-hand, where they seem utterly valueless to influence the result of the game.

limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent

From this reading Already, from East to West, the trumpet-note has sounded, and those stir in their sleep who have drugged themselves into insensibility, and stopped their ears against the voice of the charmer, but cannot smother the still small whisper within.

envelop completely

From this reading Already, from East to West, the trumpet-note has sounded, and those stir in their sleep who have drugged themselves into insensibility, and stopped their ears against the voice of the charmer, but cannot smother the still small whisper within.

secretly importing prohibited goods or goods on which duty is due

From this reading Verily, Fortune does sometimes shuffle the pack in most inexplicable confusion--_Ludum insolentem, ludere pertinax_--she seems to take a perverse pleasure in smuggling the court-cards into all sorts of incongruous places, and to carry out the Latin poet’s metaphor, _trans-mutat incertos honores_, or, in plain English, palms the trumps, with dexterous sleight-of-hand, where they seem utterly valueless to influence the result of the game.

doubtful or suspect

From this reading As society is constituted, such a woman as Mary, with her queenly dignity, her charming manner, her striking beauty, and, above all, her noble, well-cultivated mind, was just as thoroughly _tabooed_ and excluded from the circle of her so-called superiors as if she had been a quadroon in the United States, whose very beauty owes its brilliance to that African stain which, in the Land of Freedom and Equality, makes a shade of colouring the badge that entitles man to lord it over his brother more despotically than over the beasts of the field.

relating to human society and its members

From this reading DISPATCHES SOCIAL LIBERTY--DOMESTIC ECONOMY--A GAZETTE FROM THE CAPE--A MAN OF MANY IRONS--A TRUE FRIEND--A REAL HERO--COUPLES, NOT PAIRS--OH ME MISERUM!--GATHERED IN THE DEW Mary Delaval, in London, was one of the many flowers born to “waste their sweetness on the desert air,” for London is, indeed, a desert to those who are in it and not of it, whose destiny seems to have been warped into a strange unfitness in the great, struggling, noisy, pompous town; whose proper place would seem to be in some quiet, secluded nook, the ornament and the joy of a peaceful home, instead of the ever-shifting surface of that seething tide which drifts them here and there in aimless restlessness.

an extended social group having a distinctive cultural and economic organization

From this reading As society is constituted, such a woman as Mary, with her queenly dignity, her charming manner, her striking beauty, and, above all, her noble, well-cultivated mind, was just as thoroughly _tabooed_ and excluded from the circle of her so-called superiors as if she had been a quadroon in the United States, whose very beauty owes its brilliance to that African stain which, in the Land of Freedom and Equality, makes a shade of colouring the badge that entitles man to lord it over his brother more despotically than over the beasts of the field.

(quantifier) used with either mass nouns or plural count nouns to indicate an unspecified number or quantity

From this reading DISPATCHES SOCIAL LIBERTY--DOMESTIC ECONOMY--A GAZETTE FROM THE CAPE--A MAN OF MANY IRONS--A TRUE FRIEND--A REAL HERO--COUPLES, NOT PAIRS--OH ME MISERUM!--GATHERED IN THE DEW Mary Delaval, in London, was one of the many flowers born to “waste their sweetness on the desert air,” for London is, indeed, a desert to those who are in it and not of it, whose destiny seems to have been warped into a strange unfitness in the great, struggling, noisy, pompous town; whose proper place would seem to be in some quiet, secluded nook, the ornament and the joy of a peaceful home, instead of the ever-shifting surface of that seething tide which drifts them here and there in aimless restlessness.

on certain occasions or in certain cases but not always

From this reading Verily, Fortune does sometimes shuffle the pack in most inexplicable confusion--_Ludum insolentem, ludere pertinax_--she seems to take a perverse pleasure in smuggling the court-cards into all sorts of incongruous places, and to carry out the Latin poet’s metaphor, _trans-mutat incertos honores_, or, in plain English, palms the trumps, with dexterous sleight-of-hand, where they seem utterly valueless to influence the result of the game.

plural of “sort” — a category of things distinguished by some common characteristic or quality

From this reading Verily, Fortune does sometimes shuffle the pack in most inexplicable confusion--_Ludum insolentem, ludere pertinax_--she seems to take a perverse pleasure in smuggling the court-cards into all sorts of incongruous places, and to carry out the Latin poet’s metaphor, _trans-mutat incertos honores_, or, in plain English, palms the trumps, with dexterous sleight-of-hand, where they seem utterly valueless to influence the result of the game.

past form of “sound” — appear in a certain way

From this reading Already, from East to West, the trumpet-note has sounded, and those stir in their sleep who have drugged themselves into insensibility, and stopped their ears against the voice of the charmer, but cannot smother the still small whisper within.

a soiled or discolored appearance

From this reading As society is constituted, such a woman as Mary, with her queenly dignity, her charming manner, her striking beauty, and, above all, her noble, well-cultivated mind, was just as thoroughly _tabooed_ and excluded from the circle of her so-called superiors as if she had been a quadroon in the United States, whose very beauty owes its brilliance to that African stain which, in the Land of Freedom and Equality, makes a shade of colouring the badge that entitles man to lord it over his brother more despotically than over the beasts of the field.

plural of “state” — the territory occupied by one of the constituent administrative districts of a nation

From this reading As society is constituted, such a woman as Mary, with her queenly dignity, her charming manner, her striking beauty, and, above all, her noble, well-cultivated mind, was just as thoroughly _tabooed_ and excluded from the circle of her so-called superiors as if she had been a quadroon in the United States, whose very beauty owes its brilliance to that African stain which, in the Land of Freedom and Equality, makes a shade of colouring the badge that entitles man to lord it over his brother more despotically than over the beasts of the field.

not in physical motion

From this reading Already, from East to West, the trumpet-note has sounded, and those stir in their sleep who have drugged themselves into insensibility, and stopped their ears against the voice of the charmer, but cannot smother the still small whisper within.

move an implement through

From this reading Already, from East to West, the trumpet-note has sounded, and those stir in their sleep who have drugged themselves into insensibility, and stopped their ears against the voice of the charmer, but cannot smother the still small whisper within.

(of a nose) blocked

From this reading Already, from East to West, the trumpet-note has sounded, and those stir in their sleep who have drugged themselves into insensibility, and stopped their ears against the voice of the charmer, but cannot smother the still small whisper within.

being definitely out of the ordinary and unexpected; slightly odd or even a bit weird

From this reading DISPATCHES SOCIAL LIBERTY--DOMESTIC ECONOMY--A GAZETTE FROM THE CAPE--A MAN OF MANY IRONS--A TRUE FRIEND--A REAL HERO--COUPLES, NOT PAIRS--OH ME MISERUM!--GATHERED IN THE DEW Mary Delaval, in London, was one of the many flowers born to “waste their sweetness on the desert air,” for London is, indeed, a desert to those who are in it and not of it, whose destiny seems to have been warped into a strange unfitness in the great, struggling, noisy, pompous town; whose proper place would seem to be in some quiet, secluded nook, the ornament and the joy of a peaceful home, instead of the ever-shifting surface of that seething tide which drifts them here and there in aimless restlessness.

sensational in appearance or thrilling in effect

From this reading As society is constituted, such a woman as Mary, with her queenly dignity, her charming manner, her striking beauty, and, above all, her noble, well-cultivated mind, was just as thoroughly _tabooed_ and excluded from the circle of her so-called superiors as if she had been a quadroon in the United States, whose very beauty owes its brilliance to that African stain which, in the Land of Freedom and Equality, makes a shade of colouring the badge that entitles man to lord it over his brother more despotically than over the beasts of the field.

engaged in a struggle to overcome especially poverty or obscurity

From this reading DISPATCHES SOCIAL LIBERTY--DOMESTIC ECONOMY--A GAZETTE FROM THE CAPE--A MAN OF MANY IRONS--A TRUE FRIEND--A REAL HERO--COUPLES, NOT PAIRS--OH ME MISERUM!--GATHERED IN THE DEW Mary Delaval, in London, was one of the many flowers born to “waste their sweetness on the desert air,” for London is, indeed, a desert to those who are in it and not of it, whose destiny seems to have been warped into a strange unfitness in the great, struggling, noisy, pompous town; whose proper place would seem to be in some quiet, secluded nook, the ornament and the joy of a peaceful home, instead of the ever-shifting surface of that seething tide which drifts them here and there in aimless restlessness.

of the kind already mentioned

From this reading As society is constituted, such a woman as Mary, with her queenly dignity, her charming manner, her striking beauty, and, above all, her noble, well-cultivated mind, was just as thoroughly _tabooed_ and excluded from the circle of her so-called superiors as if she had been a quadroon in the United States, whose very beauty owes its brilliance to that African stain which, in the Land of Freedom and Equality, makes a shade of colouring the badge that entitles man to lord it over his brother more despotically than over the beasts of the field.

plural of “superior” — one of greater rank or station or quality

From this reading As society is constituted, such a woman as Mary, with her queenly dignity, her charming manner, her striking beauty, and, above all, her noble, well-cultivated mind, was just as thoroughly _tabooed_ and excluded from the circle of her so-called superiors as if she had been a quadroon in the United States, whose very beauty owes its brilliance to that African stain which, in the Land of Freedom and Equality, makes a shade of colouring the badge that entitles man to lord it over his brother more despotically than over the beasts of the field.

the outer boundary of an artifact or a material layer constituting or resembling such a boundary

From this reading DISPATCHES SOCIAL LIBERTY--DOMESTIC ECONOMY--A GAZETTE FROM THE CAPE--A MAN OF MANY IRONS--A TRUE FRIEND--A REAL HERO--COUPLES, NOT PAIRS--OH ME MISERUM!--GATHERED IN THE DEW Mary Delaval, in London, was one of the many flowers born to “waste their sweetness on the desert air,” for London is, indeed, a desert to those who are in it and not of it, whose destiny seems to have been warped into a strange unfitness in the great, struggling, noisy, pompous town; whose proper place would seem to be in some quiet, secluded nook, the ornament and the joy of a peaceful home, instead of the ever-shifting surface of that seething tide which drifts them here and there in aimless restlessness.

the taste experience when sugar dissolves in the mouth

From this reading DISPATCHES SOCIAL LIBERTY--DOMESTIC ECONOMY--A GAZETTE FROM THE CAPE--A MAN OF MANY IRONS--A TRUE FRIEND--A REAL HERO--COUPLES, NOT PAIRS--OH ME MISERUM!--GATHERED IN THE DEW Mary Delaval, in London, was one of the many flowers born to “waste their sweetness on the desert air,” for London is, indeed, a desert to those who are in it and not of it, whose destiny seems to have been warped into a strange unfitness in the great, struggling, noisy, pompous town; whose proper place would seem to be in some quiet, secluded nook, the ornament and the joy of a peaceful home, instead of the ever-shifting surface of that seething tide which drifts them here and there in aimless restlessness.

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From this reading As society is constituted, such a woman as Mary, with her queenly dignity, her charming manner, her striking beauty, and, above all, her noble, well-cultivated mind, was just as thoroughly _tabooed_ and excluded from the circle of her so-called superiors as if she had been a quadroon in the United States, whose very beauty owes its brilliance to that African stain which, in the Land of Freedom and Equality, makes a shade of colouring the badge that entitles man to lord it over his brother more despotically than over the beasts of the field.

carry out

From this reading Verily, Fortune does sometimes shuffle the pack in most inexplicable confusion--_Ludum insolentem, ludere pertinax_--she seems to take a perverse pleasure in smuggling the court-cards into all sorts of incongruous places, and to carry out the Latin poet’s metaphor, _trans-mutat incertos honores_, or, in plain English, palms the trumps, with dexterous sleight-of-hand, where they seem utterly valueless to influence the result of the game.

used to introduce the second part of a comparison

From this reading As society is constituted, such a woman as Mary, with her queenly dignity, her charming manner, her striking beauty, and, above all, her noble, well-cultivated mind, was just as thoroughly _tabooed_ and excluded from the circle of her so-called superiors as if she had been a quadroon in the United States, whose very beauty owes its brilliance to that African stain which, in the Land of Freedom and Equality, makes a shade of colouring the badge that entitles man to lord it over his brother more despotically than over the beasts of the field.

express gratitude or show appreciation to

From this reading Thank God for it, we have no slavery in England; and the time cannot be very far distant when slavery shall be a word without a meaning in the dictionary of every language on the face of the globe.

used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt

From this reading DISPATCHES SOCIAL LIBERTY--DOMESTIC ECONOMY--A GAZETTE FROM THE CAPE--A MAN OF MANY IRONS--A TRUE FRIEND--A REAL HERO--COUPLES, NOT PAIRS--OH ME MISERUM!--GATHERED IN THE DEW Mary Delaval, in London, was one of the many flowers born to “waste their sweetness on the desert air,” for London is, indeed, a desert to those who are in it and not of it, whose destiny seems to have been warped into a strange unfitness in the great, struggling, noisy, pompous town; whose proper place would seem to be in some quiet, secluded nook, the ornament and the joy of a peaceful home, instead of the ever-shifting surface of that seething tide which drifts them here and there in aimless restlessness.

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

From this reading DISPATCHES SOCIAL LIBERTY--DOMESTIC ECONOMY--A GAZETTE FROM THE CAPE--A MAN OF MANY IRONS--A TRUE FRIEND--A REAL HERO--COUPLES, NOT PAIRS--OH ME MISERUM!--GATHERED IN THE DEW Mary Delaval, in London, was one of the many flowers born to “waste their sweetness on the desert air,” for London is, indeed, a desert to those who are in it and not of it, whose destiny seems to have been warped into a strange unfitness in the great, struggling, noisy, pompous town; whose proper place would seem to be in some quiet, secluded nook, the ornament and the joy of a peaceful home, instead of the ever-shifting surface of that seething tide which drifts them here and there in aimless restlessness.

belonging to the people or things already mentioned

From this reading DISPATCHES SOCIAL LIBERTY--DOMESTIC ECONOMY--A GAZETTE FROM THE CAPE--A MAN OF MANY IRONS--A TRUE FRIEND--A REAL HERO--COUPLES, NOT PAIRS--OH ME MISERUM!--GATHERED IN THE DEW Mary Delaval, in London, was one of the many flowers born to “waste their sweetness on the desert air,” for London is, indeed, a desert to those who are in it and not of it, whose destiny seems to have been warped into a strange unfitness in the great, struggling, noisy, pompous town; whose proper place would seem to be in some quiet, secluded nook, the ornament and the joy of a peaceful home, instead of the ever-shifting surface of that seething tide which drifts them here and there in aimless restlessness.

the people or things already mentioned, as the object

From this reading DISPATCHES SOCIAL LIBERTY--DOMESTIC ECONOMY--A GAZETTE FROM THE CAPE--A MAN OF MANY IRONS--A TRUE FRIEND--A REAL HERO--COUPLES, NOT PAIRS--OH ME MISERUM!--GATHERED IN THE DEW Mary Delaval, in London, was one of the many flowers born to “waste their sweetness on the desert air,” for London is, indeed, a desert to those who are in it and not of it, whose destiny seems to have been warped into a strange unfitness in the great, struggling, noisy, pompous town; whose proper place would seem to be in some quiet, secluded nook, the ornament and the joy of a peaceful home, instead of the ever-shifting surface of that seething tide which drifts them here and there in aimless restlessness.

used when the people doing the action are also its object

From this reading Already, from East to West, the trumpet-note has sounded, and those stir in their sleep who have drugged themselves into insensibility, and stopped their ears against the voice of the charmer, but cannot smother the still small whisper within.

in or at that place or location

From this reading DISPATCHES SOCIAL LIBERTY--DOMESTIC ECONOMY--A GAZETTE FROM THE CAPE--A MAN OF MANY IRONS--A TRUE FRIEND--A REAL HERO--COUPLES, NOT PAIRS--OH ME MISERUM!--GATHERED IN THE DEW Mary Delaval, in London, was one of the many flowers born to “waste their sweetness on the desert air,” for London is, indeed, a desert to those who are in it and not of it, whose destiny seems to have been warped into a strange unfitness in the great, struggling, noisy, pompous town; whose proper place would seem to be in some quiet, secluded nook, the ornament and the joy of a peaceful home, instead of the ever-shifting surface of that seething tide which drifts them here and there in aimless restlessness.

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

From this reading Verily, Fortune does sometimes shuffle the pack in most inexplicable confusion--_Ludum insolentem, ludere pertinax_--she seems to take a perverse pleasure in smuggling the court-cards into all sorts of incongruous places, and to carry out the Latin poet’s metaphor, _trans-mutat incertos honores_, or, in plain English, palms the trumps, with dexterous sleight-of-hand, where they seem utterly valueless to influence the result of the game.

in an exhaustive manner

From this reading As society is constituted, such a woman as Mary, with her queenly dignity, her charming manner, her striking beauty, and, above all, her noble, well-cultivated mind, was just as thoroughly _tabooed_ and excluded from the circle of her so-called superiors as if she had been a quadroon in the United States, whose very beauty owes its brilliance to that African stain which, in the Land of Freedom and Equality, makes a shade of colouring the badge that entitles man to lord it over his brother more despotically than over the beasts of the field.

the plural of “that”: the people or things further away, or already known

From this reading DISPATCHES SOCIAL LIBERTY--DOMESTIC ECONOMY--A GAZETTE FROM THE CAPE--A MAN OF MANY IRONS--A TRUE FRIEND--A REAL HERO--COUPLES, NOT PAIRS--OH ME MISERUM!--GATHERED IN THE DEW Mary Delaval, in London, was one of the many flowers born to “waste their sweetness on the desert air,” for London is, indeed, a desert to those who are in it and not of it, whose destiny seems to have been warped into a strange unfitness in the great, struggling, noisy, pompous town; whose proper place would seem to be in some quiet, secluded nook, the ornament and the joy of a peaceful home, instead of the ever-shifting surface of that seething tide which drifts them here and there in aimless restlessness.

the periodic rise and fall of the sea level under the gravitational pull of the moon

From this reading DISPATCHES SOCIAL LIBERTY--DOMESTIC ECONOMY--A GAZETTE FROM THE CAPE--A MAN OF MANY IRONS--A TRUE FRIEND--A REAL HERO--COUPLES, NOT PAIRS--OH ME MISERUM!--GATHERED IN THE DEW Mary Delaval, in London, was one of the many flowers born to “waste their sweetness on the desert air,” for London is, indeed, a desert to those who are in it and not of it, whose destiny seems to have been warped into a strange unfitness in the great, struggling, noisy, pompous town; whose proper place would seem to be in some quiet, secluded nook, the ornament and the joy of a peaceful home, instead of the ever-shifting surface of that seething tide which drifts them here and there in aimless restlessness.

an instance or single occasion for some event

From this reading Thank God for it, we have no slavery in England; and the time cannot be very far distant when slavery shall be a word without a meaning in the dictionary of every language on the face of the globe.

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

From this reading DISPATCHES SOCIAL LIBERTY--DOMESTIC ECONOMY--A GAZETTE FROM THE CAPE--A MAN OF MANY IRONS--A TRUE FRIEND--A REAL HERO--COUPLES, NOT PAIRS--OH ME MISERUM!--GATHERED IN THE DEW Mary Delaval, in London, was one of the many flowers born to “waste their sweetness on the desert air,” for London is, indeed, a desert to those who are in it and not of it, whose destiny seems to have been warped into a strange unfitness in the great, struggling, noisy, pompous town; whose proper place would seem to be in some quiet, secluded nook, the ornament and the joy of a peaceful home, instead of the ever-shifting surface of that seething tide which drifts them here and there in aimless restlessness.

an urban area with a fixed boundary that is smaller than a city

From this reading DISPATCHES SOCIAL LIBERTY--DOMESTIC ECONOMY--A GAZETTE FROM THE CAPE--A MAN OF MANY IRONS--A TRUE FRIEND--A REAL HERO--COUPLES, NOT PAIRS--OH ME MISERUM!--GATHERED IN THE DEW Mary Delaval, in London, was one of the many flowers born to “waste their sweetness on the desert air,” for London is, indeed, a desert to those who are in it and not of it, whose destiny seems to have been warped into a strange unfitness in the great, struggling, noisy, pompous town; whose proper place would seem to be in some quiet, secluded nook, the ornament and the joy of a peaceful home, instead of the ever-shifting surface of that seething tide which drifts them here and there in aimless restlessness.

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

From this reading Verily, Fortune does sometimes shuffle the pack in most inexplicable confusion--_Ludum insolentem, ludere pertinax_--she seems to take a perverse pleasure in smuggling the court-cards into all sorts of incongruous places, and to carry out the Latin poet’s metaphor, _trans-mutat incertos honores_, or, in plain English, palms the trumps, with dexterous sleight-of-hand, where they seem utterly valueless to influence the result of the game.

consistent with fact or reality; not false

From this reading DISPATCHES SOCIAL LIBERTY--DOMESTIC ECONOMY--A GAZETTE FROM THE CAPE--A MAN OF MANY IRONS--A TRUE FRIEND--A REAL HERO--COUPLES, NOT PAIRS--OH ME MISERUM!--GATHERED IN THE DEW Mary Delaval, in London, was one of the many flowers born to “waste their sweetness on the desert air,” for London is, indeed, a desert to those who are in it and not of it, whose destiny seems to have been warped into a strange unfitness in the great, struggling, noisy, pompous town; whose proper place would seem to be in some quiet, secluded nook, the ornament and the joy of a peaceful home, instead of the ever-shifting surface of that seething tide which drifts them here and there in aimless restlessness.

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

From this reading Already, from East to West, the trumpet-note has sounded, and those stir in their sleep who have drugged themselves into insensibility, and stopped their ears against the voice of the charmer, but cannot smother the still small whisper within.

plural of “trump” — a playing card in the suit that has been declared trumps

From this reading Verily, Fortune does sometimes shuffle the pack in most inexplicable confusion--_Ludum insolentem, ludere pertinax_--she seems to take a perverse pleasure in smuggling the court-cards into all sorts of incongruous places, and to carry out the Latin poet’s metaphor, _trans-mutat incertos honores_, or, in plain English, palms the trumps, with dexterous sleight-of-hand, where they seem utterly valueless to influence the result of the game.

poor physical condition; being out of shape or out of condition (as from a life of ease and luxury)

From this reading DISPATCHES SOCIAL LIBERTY--DOMESTIC ECONOMY--A GAZETTE FROM THE CAPE--A MAN OF MANY IRONS--A TRUE FRIEND--A REAL HERO--COUPLES, NOT PAIRS--OH ME MISERUM!--GATHERED IN THE DEW Mary Delaval, in London, was one of the many flowers born to “waste their sweetness on the desert air,” for London is, indeed, a desert to those who are in it and not of it, whose destiny seems to have been warped into a strange unfitness in the great, struggling, noisy, pompous town; whose proper place would seem to be in some quiet, secluded nook, the ornament and the joy of a peaceful home, instead of the ever-shifting surface of that seething tide which drifts them here and there in aimless restlessness.

characterized by unity; being or joined into a single entity

From this reading As society is constituted, such a woman as Mary, with her queenly dignity, her charming manner, her striking beauty, and, above all, her noble, well-cultivated mind, was just as thoroughly _tabooed_ and excluded from the circle of her so-called superiors as if she had been a quadroon in the United States, whose very beauty owes its brilliance to that African stain which, in the Land of Freedom and Equality, makes a shade of colouring the badge that entitles man to lord it over his brother more despotically than over the beasts of the field.

completely and without qualification; used informally as intensifiers

From this reading Verily, Fortune does sometimes shuffle the pack in most inexplicable confusion--_Ludum insolentem, ludere pertinax_--she seems to take a perverse pleasure in smuggling the court-cards into all sorts of incongruous places, and to carry out the Latin poet’s metaphor, _trans-mutat incertos honores_, or, in plain English, palms the trumps, with dexterous sleight-of-hand, where they seem utterly valueless to influence the result of the game.

of no value

From this reading Verily, Fortune does sometimes shuffle the pack in most inexplicable confusion--_Ludum insolentem, ludere pertinax_--she seems to take a perverse pleasure in smuggling the court-cards into all sorts of incongruous places, and to carry out the Latin poet’s metaphor, _trans-mutat incertos honores_, or, in plain English, palms the trumps, with dexterous sleight-of-hand, where they seem utterly valueless to influence the result of the game.

in truth; certainly

From this reading Verily, Fortune does sometimes shuffle the pack in most inexplicable confusion--_Ludum insolentem, ludere pertinax_--she seems to take a perverse pleasure in smuggling the court-cards into all sorts of incongruous places, and to carry out the Latin poet’s metaphor, _trans-mutat incertos honores_, or, in plain English, palms the trumps, with dexterous sleight-of-hand, where they seem utterly valueless to influence the result of the game.

precisely as stated

From this reading As society is constituted, such a woman as Mary, with her queenly dignity, her charming manner, her striking beauty, and, above all, her noble, well-cultivated mind, was just as thoroughly _tabooed_ and excluded from the circle of her so-called superiors as if she had been a quadroon in the United States, whose very beauty owes its brilliance to that African stain which, in the Land of Freedom and Equality, makes a shade of colouring the badge that entitles man to lord it over his brother more despotically than over the beasts of the field.

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

From this reading Already, from East to West, the trumpet-note has sounded, and those stir in their sleep who have drugged themselves into insensibility, and stopped their ears against the voice of the charmer, but cannot smother the still small whisper within.

used especially of timbers or boards; bent out of shape usually by moisture

From this reading DISPATCHES SOCIAL LIBERTY--DOMESTIC ECONOMY--A GAZETTE FROM THE CAPE--A MAN OF MANY IRONS--A TRUE FRIEND--A REAL HERO--COUPLES, NOT PAIRS--OH ME MISERUM!--GATHERED IN THE DEW Mary Delaval, in London, was one of the many flowers born to “waste their sweetness on the desert air,” for London is, indeed, a desert to those who are in it and not of it, whose destiny seems to have been warped into a strange unfitness in the great, struggling, noisy, pompous town; whose proper place would seem to be in some quiet, secluded nook, the ornament and the joy of a peaceful home, instead of the ever-shifting surface of that seething tide which drifts them here and there in aimless restlessness.

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

From this reading DISPATCHES SOCIAL LIBERTY--DOMESTIC ECONOMY--A GAZETTE FROM THE CAPE--A MAN OF MANY IRONS--A TRUE FRIEND--A REAL HERO--COUPLES, NOT PAIRS--OH ME MISERUM!--GATHERED IN THE DEW Mary Delaval, in London, was one of the many flowers born to “waste their sweetness on the desert air,” for London is, indeed, a desert to those who are in it and not of it, whose destiny seems to have been warped into a strange unfitness in the great, struggling, noisy, pompous town; whose proper place would seem to be in some quiet, secluded nook, the ornament and the joy of a peaceful home, instead of the ever-shifting surface of that seething tide which drifts them here and there in aimless restlessness.

any materials unused and rejected as worthless or unwanted

From this reading DISPATCHES SOCIAL LIBERTY--DOMESTIC ECONOMY--A GAZETTE FROM THE CAPE--A MAN OF MANY IRONS--A TRUE FRIEND--A REAL HERO--COUPLES, NOT PAIRS--OH ME MISERUM!--GATHERED IN THE DEW Mary Delaval, in London, was one of the many flowers born to “waste their sweetness on the desert air,” for London is, indeed, a desert to those who are in it and not of it, whose destiny seems to have been warped into a strange unfitness in the great, struggling, noisy, pompous town; whose proper place would seem to be in some quiet, secluded nook, the ornament and the joy of a peaceful home, instead of the ever-shifting surface of that seething tide which drifts them here and there in aimless restlessness.

the speaker together with one or more other people

From this reading Thank God for it, we have no slavery in England; and the time cannot be very far distant when slavery shall be a word without a meaning in the dictionary of every language on the face of the globe.

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

From this reading As society is constituted, such a woman as Mary, with her queenly dignity, her charming manner, her striking beauty, and, above all, her noble, well-cultivated mind, was just as thoroughly _tabooed_ and excluded from the circle of her so-called superiors as if she had been a quadroon in the United States, whose very beauty owes its brilliance to that African stain which, in the Land of Freedom and Equality, makes a shade of colouring the badge that entitles man to lord it over his brother more despotically than over the beasts of the field.

the countries of (originally) Europe and (now including) North America and South America

From this reading Already, from East to West, the trumpet-note has sounded, and those stir in their sleep who have drugged themselves into insensibility, and stopped their ears against the voice of the charmer, but cannot smother the still small whisper within.

at the time that

From this reading Thank God for it, we have no slavery in England; and the time cannot be very far distant when slavery shall be a word without a meaning in the dictionary of every language on the face of the globe.

in or at the place that

From this reading Verily, Fortune does sometimes shuffle the pack in most inexplicable confusion--_Ludum insolentem, ludere pertinax_--she seems to take a perverse pleasure in smuggling the court-cards into all sorts of incongruous places, and to carry out the Latin poet’s metaphor, _trans-mutat incertos honores_, or, in plain English, palms the trumps, with dexterous sleight-of-hand, where they seem utterly valueless to influence the result of the game.

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

From this reading DISPATCHES SOCIAL LIBERTY--DOMESTIC ECONOMY--A GAZETTE FROM THE CAPE--A MAN OF MANY IRONS--A TRUE FRIEND--A REAL HERO--COUPLES, NOT PAIRS--OH ME MISERUM!--GATHERED IN THE DEW Mary Delaval, in London, was one of the many flowers born to “waste their sweetness on the desert air,” for London is, indeed, a desert to those who are in it and not of it, whose destiny seems to have been warped into a strange unfitness in the great, struggling, noisy, pompous town; whose proper place would seem to be in some quiet, secluded nook, the ornament and the joy of a peaceful home, instead of the ever-shifting surface of that seething tide which drifts them here and there in aimless restlessness.

speaking softly without vibration of the vocal cords

From this reading Already, from East to West, the trumpet-note has sounded, and those stir in their sleep who have drugged themselves into insensibility, and stopped their ears against the voice of the charmer, but cannot smother the still small whisper within.

which person or people

From this reading DISPATCHES SOCIAL LIBERTY--DOMESTIC ECONOMY--A GAZETTE FROM THE CAPE--A MAN OF MANY IRONS--A TRUE FRIEND--A REAL HERO--COUPLES, NOT PAIRS--OH ME MISERUM!--GATHERED IN THE DEW Mary Delaval, in London, was one of the many flowers born to “waste their sweetness on the desert air,” for London is, indeed, a desert to those who are in it and not of it, whose destiny seems to have been warped into a strange unfitness in the great, struggling, noisy, pompous town; whose proper place would seem to be in some quiet, secluded nook, the ornament and the joy of a peaceful home, instead of the ever-shifting surface of that seething tide which drifts them here and there in aimless restlessness.

belonging to which person

From this reading DISPATCHES SOCIAL LIBERTY--DOMESTIC ECONOMY--A GAZETTE FROM THE CAPE--A MAN OF MANY IRONS--A TRUE FRIEND--A REAL HERO--COUPLES, NOT PAIRS--OH ME MISERUM!--GATHERED IN THE DEW Mary Delaval, in London, was one of the many flowers born to “waste their sweetness on the desert air,” for London is, indeed, a desert to those who are in it and not of it, whose destiny seems to have been warped into a strange unfitness in the great, struggling, noisy, pompous town; whose proper place would seem to be in some quiet, secluded nook, the ornament and the joy of a peaceful home, instead of the ever-shifting surface of that seething tide which drifts them here and there in aimless restlessness.

in the company of; together with

From this reading Verily, Fortune does sometimes shuffle the pack in most inexplicable confusion--_Ludum insolentem, ludere pertinax_--she seems to take a perverse pleasure in smuggling the court-cards into all sorts of incongruous places, and to carry out the Latin poet’s metaphor, _trans-mutat incertos honores_, or, in plain English, palms the trumps, with dexterous sleight-of-hand, where they seem utterly valueless to influence the result of the game.

inside; before a period of time has passed

From this reading Already, from East to West, the trumpet-note has sounded, and those stir in their sleep who have drugged themselves into insensibility, and stopped their ears against the voice of the charmer, but cannot smother the still small whisper within.

not having, not using, or not accompanied by

From this reading Thank God for it, we have no slavery in England; and the time cannot be very far distant when slavery shall be a word without a meaning in the dictionary of every language on the face of the globe.

an adult female person (as opposed to a man)

From this reading As society is constituted, such a woman as Mary, with her queenly dignity, her charming manner, her striking beauty, and, above all, her noble, well-cultivated mind, was just as thoroughly _tabooed_ and excluded from the circle of her so-called superiors as if she had been a quadroon in the United States, whose very beauty owes its brilliance to that African stain which, in the Land of Freedom and Equality, makes a shade of colouring the badge that entitles man to lord it over his brother more despotically than over the beasts of the field.

a unit of language that native speakers can identify

From this reading Thank God for it, we have no slavery in England; and the time cannot be very far distant when slavery shall be a word without a meaning in the dictionary of every language on the face of the globe.

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

From this reading DISPATCHES SOCIAL LIBERTY--DOMESTIC ECONOMY--A GAZETTE FROM THE CAPE--A MAN OF MANY IRONS--A TRUE FRIEND--A REAL HERO--COUPLES, NOT PAIRS--OH ME MISERUM!--GATHERED IN THE DEW Mary Delaval, in London, was one of the many flowers born to “waste their sweetness on the desert air,” for London is, indeed, a desert to those who are in it and not of it, whose destiny seems to have been warped into a strange unfitness in the great, struggling, noisy, pompous town; whose proper place would seem to be in some quiet, secluded nook, the ornament and the joy of a peaceful home, instead of the ever-shifting surface of that seething tide which drifts them here and there in aimless restlessness.