Chapter III

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From this reading 223--5, 227--8.]

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

From this reading _BAPTISMS._ The Child of the Miller's Daughter, and Relation of her Misfortune--A frugal Couple: their Kind of Frugality--Plea of the Mother of a natural Child: her Churching--Large Family of Gerard Ablett: his Apprehensions: Comparison between his State and that of the wealthy Farmer his Master: his Consolation--An old Man's Anxiety for an Heir: the Jealousy of another on having many--Characters of the Grocer Dawkins and his Friend: their different Kinds of Disappointment--Three Infants named--An Orphan Girl and Village School-mistress--Gardener's Child: Pedantry and Conceit of the Father: his Botanical Discourse: Method of fixing the Embryo-fruit of Cucumbers--Absurd Effects of Rustic Vanity: observed in the Names of their Children--Relation of the Vestry Debate on a Foundling: Sir Richard Monday--Children of various Inhabitants--The poor Farmer--Children of a Profligate: his Character and Fate--Conclusion.

a bachelor's degree in arts and sciences

From this reading Tum porro puer (ut sævis projectus ab undis Navita) nudus humi jacet, infans, indigus omni Vitali auxilio---- Vagituque locum lugubri complet, ut æquum est, Cui tantum in vitâ [restet] transire malorum.

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From this reading _BAPTISMS._ The Child of the Miller's Daughter, and Relation of her Misfortune--A frugal Couple: their Kind of Frugality--Plea of the Mother of a natural Child: her Churching--Large Family of Gerard Ablett: his Apprehensions: Comparison between his State and that of the wealthy Farmer his Master: his Consolation--An old Man's Anxiety for an Heir: the Jealousy of another on having many--Characters of the Grocer Dawkins and his Friend: their different Kinds of Disappointment--Three Infants named--An Orphan Girl and Village School-mistress--Gardener's Child: Pedantry and Conceit of the Father: his Botanical Discourse: Method of fixing the Embryo-fruit of Cucumbers--Absurd Effects of Rustic Vanity: observed in the Names of their Children--Relation of the Vestry Debate on a Foundling: Sir Richard Monday--Children of various Inhabitants--The poor Farmer--Children of a Profligate: his Character and Fate--Conclusion.

inconsistent with reason or logic or common sense

From this reading _BAPTISMS._ The Child of the Miller's Daughter, and Relation of her Misfortune--A frugal Couple: their Kind of Frugality--Plea of the Mother of a natural Child: her Churching--Large Family of Gerard Ablett: his Apprehensions: Comparison between his State and that of the wealthy Farmer his Master: his Consolation--An old Man's Anxiety for an Heir: the Jealousy of another on having many--Characters of the Grocer Dawkins and his Friend: their different Kinds of Disappointment--Three Infants named--An Orphan Girl and Village School-mistress--Gardener's Child: Pedantry and Conceit of the Father: his Botanical Discourse: Method of fixing the Embryo-fruit of Cucumbers--Absurd Effects of Rustic Vanity: observed in the Names of their Children--Relation of the Vestry Debate on a Foundling: Sir Richard Monday--Children of various Inhabitants--The poor Farmer--Children of a Profligate: his Character and Fate--Conclusion.

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

From this reading _BAPTISMS._ The Child of the Miller's Daughter, and Relation of her Misfortune--A frugal Couple: their Kind of Frugality--Plea of the Mother of a natural Child: her Churching--Large Family of Gerard Ablett: his Apprehensions: Comparison between his State and that of the wealthy Farmer his Master: his Consolation--An old Man's Anxiety for an Heir: the Jealousy of another on having many--Characters of the Grocer Dawkins and his Friend: their different Kinds of Disappointment--Three Infants named--An Orphan Girl and Village School-mistress--Gardener's Child: Pedantry and Conceit of the Father: his Botanical Discourse: Method of fixing the Embryo-fruit of Cucumbers--Absurd Effects of Rustic Vanity: observed in the Names of their Children--Relation of the Vestry Debate on a Foundling: Sir Richard Monday--Children of various Inhabitants--The poor Farmer--Children of a Profligate: his Character and Fate--Conclusion.

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

From this reading _BAPTISMS._ The Child of the Miller's Daughter, and Relation of her Misfortune--A frugal Couple: their Kind of Frugality--Plea of the Mother of a natural Child: her Churching--Large Family of Gerard Ablett: his Apprehensions: Comparison between his State and that of the wealthy Farmer his Master: his Consolation--An old Man's Anxiety for an Heir: the Jealousy of another on having many--Characters of the Grocer Dawkins and his Friend: their different Kinds of Disappointment--Three Infants named--An Orphan Girl and Village School-mistress--Gardener's Child: Pedantry and Conceit of the Father: his Botanical Discourse: Method of fixing the Embryo-fruit of Cucumbers--Absurd Effects of Rustic Vanity: observed in the Names of their Children--Relation of the Vestry Debate on a Foundling: Sir Richard Monday--Children of various Inhabitants--The poor Farmer--Children of a Profligate: his Character and Fate--Conclusion.

one more of the same kind, or a different one

From this reading _BAPTISMS._ The Child of the Miller's Daughter, and Relation of her Misfortune--A frugal Couple: their Kind of Frugality--Plea of the Mother of a natural Child: her Churching--Large Family of Gerard Ablett: his Apprehensions: Comparison between his State and that of the wealthy Farmer his Master: his Consolation--An old Man's Anxiety for an Heir: the Jealousy of another on having many--Characters of the Grocer Dawkins and his Friend: their different Kinds of Disappointment--Three Infants named--An Orphan Girl and Village School-mistress--Gardener's Child: Pedantry and Conceit of the Father: his Botanical Discourse: Method of fixing the Embryo-fruit of Cucumbers--Absurd Effects of Rustic Vanity: observed in the Names of their Children--Relation of the Vestry Debate on a Foundling: Sir Richard Monday--Children of various Inhabitants--The poor Farmer--Children of a Profligate: his Character and Fate--Conclusion.

(psychiatry) a relatively permanent state of worry and nervousness occurring in a variety of mental disorders, usually accompanied by compulsive behavior or attacks of panic

From this reading _BAPTISMS._ The Child of the Miller's Daughter, and Relation of her Misfortune--A frugal Couple: their Kind of Frugality--Plea of the Mother of a natural Child: her Churching--Large Family of Gerard Ablett: his Apprehensions: Comparison between his State and that of the wealthy Farmer his Master: his Consolation--An old Man's Anxiety for an Heir: the Jealousy of another on having many--Characters of the Grocer Dawkins and his Friend: their different Kinds of Disappointment--Three Infants named--An Orphan Girl and Village School-mistress--Gardener's Child: Pedantry and Conceit of the Father: his Botanical Discourse: Method of fixing the Embryo-fruit of Cucumbers--Absurd Effects of Rustic Vanity: observed in the Names of their Children--Relation of the Vestry Debate on a Foundling: Sir Richard Monday--Children of various Inhabitants--The poor Farmer--Children of a Profligate: his Character and Fate--Conclusion.

plural of “apprehension” — fearful expectation or anticipation

From this reading _BAPTISMS._ The Child of the Miller's Daughter, and Relation of her Misfortune--A frugal Couple: their Kind of Frugality--Plea of the Mother of a natural Child: her Churching--Large Family of Gerard Ablett: his Apprehensions: Comparison between his State and that of the wealthy Farmer his Master: his Consolation--An old Man's Anxiety for an Heir: the Jealousy of another on having many--Characters of the Grocer Dawkins and his Friend: their different Kinds of Disappointment--Three Infants named--An Orphan Girl and Village School-mistress--Gardener's Child: Pedantry and Conceit of the Father: his Botanical Discourse: Method of fixing the Embryo-fruit of Cucumbers--Absurd Effects of Rustic Vanity: observed in the Names of their Children--Relation of the Vestry Debate on a Foundling: Sir Richard Monday--Children of various Inhabitants--The poor Farmer--Children of a Profligate: his Character and Fate--Conclusion.

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From this reading Tum porro puer (ut sævis projectus ab undis Navita) nudus humi jacet, infans, indigus omni Vitali auxilio---- Vagituque locum lugubri complet, ut æquum est, Cui tantum in vitâ [restet] transire malorum.

plural of “baptism” — a Christian sacrament signifying spiritual cleansing and rebirth

From this reading _BAPTISMS._ The Child of the Miller's Daughter, and Relation of her Misfortune--A frugal Couple: their Kind of Frugality--Plea of the Mother of a natural Child: her Churching--Large Family of Gerard Ablett: his Apprehensions: Comparison between his State and that of the wealthy Farmer his Master: his Consolation--An old Man's Anxiety for an Heir: the Jealousy of another on having many--Characters of the Grocer Dawkins and his Friend: their different Kinds of Disappointment--Three Infants named--An Orphan Girl and Village School-mistress--Gardener's Child: Pedantry and Conceit of the Father: his Botanical Discourse: Method of fixing the Embryo-fruit of Cucumbers--Absurd Effects of Rustic Vanity: observed in the Names of their Children--Relation of the Vestry Debate on a Foundling: Sir Richard Monday--Children of various Inhabitants--The poor Farmer--Children of a Profligate: his Character and Fate--Conclusion.

in the space, time, or range separating two things

From this reading _BAPTISMS._ The Child of the Miller's Daughter, and Relation of her Misfortune--A frugal Couple: their Kind of Frugality--Plea of the Mother of a natural Child: her Churching--Large Family of Gerard Ablett: his Apprehensions: Comparison between his State and that of the wealthy Farmer his Master: his Consolation--An old Man's Anxiety for an Heir: the Jealousy of another on having many--Characters of the Grocer Dawkins and his Friend: their different Kinds of Disappointment--Three Infants named--An Orphan Girl and Village School-mistress--Gardener's Child: Pedantry and Conceit of the Father: his Botanical Discourse: Method of fixing the Embryo-fruit of Cucumbers--Absurd Effects of Rustic Vanity: observed in the Names of their Children--Relation of the Vestry Debate on a Foundling: Sir Richard Monday--Children of various Inhabitants--The poor Farmer--Children of a Profligate: his Character and Fate--Conclusion.

a drug made from part of a plant (as the bark or root or leaves)

From this reading _BAPTISMS._ The Child of the Miller's Daughter, and Relation of her Misfortune--A frugal Couple: their Kind of Frugality--Plea of the Mother of a natural Child: her Churching--Large Family of Gerard Ablett: his Apprehensions: Comparison between his State and that of the wealthy Farmer his Master: his Consolation--An old Man's Anxiety for an Heir: the Jealousy of another on having many--Characters of the Grocer Dawkins and his Friend: their different Kinds of Disappointment--Three Infants named--An Orphan Girl and Village School-mistress--Gardener's Child: Pedantry and Conceit of the Father: his Botanical Discourse: Method of fixing the Embryo-fruit of Cucumbers--Absurd Effects of Rustic Vanity: observed in the Names of their Children--Relation of the Vestry Debate on a Foundling: Sir Richard Monday--Children of various Inhabitants--The poor Farmer--Children of a Profligate: his Character and Fate--Conclusion.

an imaginary person represented in a work of fiction (play or film or story)

From this reading _BAPTISMS._ The Child of the Miller's Daughter, and Relation of her Misfortune--A frugal Couple: their Kind of Frugality--Plea of the Mother of a natural Child: her Churching--Large Family of Gerard Ablett: his Apprehensions: Comparison between his State and that of the wealthy Farmer his Master: his Consolation--An old Man's Anxiety for an Heir: the Jealousy of another on having many--Characters of the Grocer Dawkins and his Friend: their different Kinds of Disappointment--Three Infants named--An Orphan Girl and Village School-mistress--Gardener's Child: Pedantry and Conceit of the Father: his Botanical Discourse: Method of fixing the Embryo-fruit of Cucumbers--Absurd Effects of Rustic Vanity: observed in the Names of their Children--Relation of the Vestry Debate on a Foundling: Sir Richard Monday--Children of various Inhabitants--The poor Farmer--Children of a Profligate: his Character and Fate--Conclusion.

plural of “character” — an imaginary person represented in a work of fiction (play or film or story)

From this reading _BAPTISMS._ The Child of the Miller's Daughter, and Relation of her Misfortune--A frugal Couple: their Kind of Frugality--Plea of the Mother of a natural Child: her Churching--Large Family of Gerard Ablett: his Apprehensions: Comparison between his State and that of the wealthy Farmer his Master: his Consolation--An old Man's Anxiety for an Heir: the Jealousy of another on having many--Characters of the Grocer Dawkins and his Friend: their different Kinds of Disappointment--Three Infants named--An Orphan Girl and Village School-mistress--Gardener's Child: Pedantry and Conceit of the Father: his Botanical Discourse: Method of fixing the Embryo-fruit of Cucumbers--Absurd Effects of Rustic Vanity: observed in the Names of their Children--Relation of the Vestry Debate on a Foundling: Sir Richard Monday--Children of various Inhabitants--The poor Farmer--Children of a Profligate: his Character and Fate--Conclusion.

a young person of either sex

From this reading _BAPTISMS._ The Child of the Miller's Daughter, and Relation of her Misfortune--A frugal Couple: their Kind of Frugality--Plea of the Mother of a natural Child: her Churching--Large Family of Gerard Ablett: his Apprehensions: Comparison between his State and that of the wealthy Farmer his Master: his Consolation--An old Man's Anxiety for an Heir: the Jealousy of another on having many--Characters of the Grocer Dawkins and his Friend: their different Kinds of Disappointment--Three Infants named--An Orphan Girl and Village School-mistress--Gardener's Child: Pedantry and Conceit of the Father: his Botanical Discourse: Method of fixing the Embryo-fruit of Cucumbers--Absurd Effects of Rustic Vanity: observed in the Names of their Children--Relation of the Vestry Debate on a Foundling: Sir Richard Monday--Children of various Inhabitants--The poor Farmer--Children of a Profligate: his Character and Fate--Conclusion.

plural of “child” — a young person of either sex

From this reading _BAPTISMS._ The Child of the Miller's Daughter, and Relation of her Misfortune--A frugal Couple: their Kind of Frugality--Plea of the Mother of a natural Child: her Churching--Large Family of Gerard Ablett: his Apprehensions: Comparison between his State and that of the wealthy Farmer his Master: his Consolation--An old Man's Anxiety for an Heir: the Jealousy of another on having many--Characters of the Grocer Dawkins and his Friend: their different Kinds of Disappointment--Three Infants named--An Orphan Girl and Village School-mistress--Gardener's Child: Pedantry and Conceit of the Father: his Botanical Discourse: Method of fixing the Embryo-fruit of Cucumbers--Absurd Effects of Rustic Vanity: observed in the Names of their Children--Relation of the Vestry Debate on a Foundling: Sir Richard Monday--Children of various Inhabitants--The poor Farmer--Children of a Profligate: his Character and Fate--Conclusion.

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From this reading _BAPTISMS._ The Child of the Miller's Daughter, and Relation of her Misfortune--A frugal Couple: their Kind of Frugality--Plea of the Mother of a natural Child: her Churching--Large Family of Gerard Ablett: his Apprehensions: Comparison between his State and that of the wealthy Farmer his Master: his Consolation--An old Man's Anxiety for an Heir: the Jealousy of another on having many--Characters of the Grocer Dawkins and his Friend: their different Kinds of Disappointment--Three Infants named--An Orphan Girl and Village School-mistress--Gardener's Child: Pedantry and Conceit of the Father: his Botanical Discourse: Method of fixing the Embryo-fruit of Cucumbers--Absurd Effects of Rustic Vanity: observed in the Names of their Children--Relation of the Vestry Debate on a Foundling: Sir Richard Monday--Children of various Inhabitants--The poor Farmer--Children of a Profligate: his Character and Fate--Conclusion.

the act of examining resemblances

From this reading _BAPTISMS._ The Child of the Miller's Daughter, and Relation of her Misfortune--A frugal Couple: their Kind of Frugality--Plea of the Mother of a natural Child: her Churching--Large Family of Gerard Ablett: his Apprehensions: Comparison between his State and that of the wealthy Farmer his Master: his Consolation--An old Man's Anxiety for an Heir: the Jealousy of another on having many--Characters of the Grocer Dawkins and his Friend: their different Kinds of Disappointment--Three Infants named--An Orphan Girl and Village School-mistress--Gardener's Child: Pedantry and Conceit of the Father: his Botanical Discourse: Method of fixing the Embryo-fruit of Cucumbers--Absurd Effects of Rustic Vanity: observed in the Names of their Children--Relation of the Vestry Debate on a Foundling: Sir Richard Monday--Children of various Inhabitants--The poor Farmer--Children of a Profligate: his Character and Fate--Conclusion.

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From this reading Tum porro puer (ut sævis projectus ab undis Navita) nudus humi jacet, infans, indigus omni Vitali auxilio---- Vagituque locum lugubri complet, ut æquum est, Cui tantum in vitâ [restet] transire malorum.

feelings of excessive pride

From this reading _BAPTISMS._ The Child of the Miller's Daughter, and Relation of her Misfortune--A frugal Couple: their Kind of Frugality--Plea of the Mother of a natural Child: her Churching--Large Family of Gerard Ablett: his Apprehensions: Comparison between his State and that of the wealthy Farmer his Master: his Consolation--An old Man's Anxiety for an Heir: the Jealousy of another on having many--Characters of the Grocer Dawkins and his Friend: their different Kinds of Disappointment--Three Infants named--An Orphan Girl and Village School-mistress--Gardener's Child: Pedantry and Conceit of the Father: his Botanical Discourse: Method of fixing the Embryo-fruit of Cucumbers--Absurd Effects of Rustic Vanity: observed in the Names of their Children--Relation of the Vestry Debate on a Foundling: Sir Richard Monday--Children of various Inhabitants--The poor Farmer--Children of a Profligate: his Character and Fate--Conclusion.

a position or opinion or judgment reached after consideration

From this reading _BAPTISMS._ The Child of the Miller's Daughter, and Relation of her Misfortune--A frugal Couple: their Kind of Frugality--Plea of the Mother of a natural Child: her Churching--Large Family of Gerard Ablett: his Apprehensions: Comparison between his State and that of the wealthy Farmer his Master: his Consolation--An old Man's Anxiety for an Heir: the Jealousy of another on having many--Characters of the Grocer Dawkins and his Friend: their different Kinds of Disappointment--Three Infants named--An Orphan Girl and Village School-mistress--Gardener's Child: Pedantry and Conceit of the Father: his Botanical Discourse: Method of fixing the Embryo-fruit of Cucumbers--Absurd Effects of Rustic Vanity: observed in the Names of their Children--Relation of the Vestry Debate on a Foundling: Sir Richard Monday--Children of various Inhabitants--The poor Farmer--Children of a Profligate: his Character and Fate--Conclusion.

the comfort you feel when consoled in times of disappointment

From this reading _BAPTISMS._ The Child of the Miller's Daughter, and Relation of her Misfortune--A frugal Couple: their Kind of Frugality--Plea of the Mother of a natural Child: her Churching--Large Family of Gerard Ablett: his Apprehensions: Comparison between his State and that of the wealthy Farmer his Master: his Consolation--An old Man's Anxiety for an Heir: the Jealousy of another on having many--Characters of the Grocer Dawkins and his Friend: their different Kinds of Disappointment--Three Infants named--An Orphan Girl and Village School-mistress--Gardener's Child: Pedantry and Conceit of the Father: his Botanical Discourse: Method of fixing the Embryo-fruit of Cucumbers--Absurd Effects of Rustic Vanity: observed in the Names of their Children--Relation of the Vestry Debate on a Foundling: Sir Richard Monday--Children of various Inhabitants--The poor Farmer--Children of a Profligate: his Character and Fate--Conclusion.

a pair who associate with one another

From this reading _BAPTISMS._ The Child of the Miller's Daughter, and Relation of her Misfortune--A frugal Couple: their Kind of Frugality--Plea of the Mother of a natural Child: her Churching--Large Family of Gerard Ablett: his Apprehensions: Comparison between his State and that of the wealthy Farmer his Master: his Consolation--An old Man's Anxiety for an Heir: the Jealousy of another on having many--Characters of the Grocer Dawkins and his Friend: their different Kinds of Disappointment--Three Infants named--An Orphan Girl and Village School-mistress--Gardener's Child: Pedantry and Conceit of the Father: his Botanical Discourse: Method of fixing the Embryo-fruit of Cucumbers--Absurd Effects of Rustic Vanity: observed in the Names of their Children--Relation of the Vestry Debate on a Foundling: Sir Richard Monday--Children of various Inhabitants--The poor Farmer--Children of a Profligate: his Character and Fate--Conclusion.

plural of “cucumber” — a melon vine of the genus Cucumis; cultivated from earliest times for its cylindrical green fruit

From this reading _BAPTISMS._ The Child of the Miller's Daughter, and Relation of her Misfortune--A frugal Couple: their Kind of Frugality--Plea of the Mother of a natural Child: her Churching--Large Family of Gerard Ablett: his Apprehensions: Comparison between his State and that of the wealthy Farmer his Master: his Consolation--An old Man's Anxiety for an Heir: the Jealousy of another on having many--Characters of the Grocer Dawkins and his Friend: their different Kinds of Disappointment--Three Infants named--An Orphan Girl and Village School-mistress--Gardener's Child: Pedantry and Conceit of the Father: his Botanical Discourse: Method of fixing the Embryo-fruit of Cucumbers--Absurd Effects of Rustic Vanity: observed in the Names of their Children--Relation of the Vestry Debate on a Foundling: Sir Richard Monday--Children of various Inhabitants--The poor Farmer--Children of a Profligate: his Character and Fate--Conclusion.

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From this reading Tum porro puer (ut sævis projectus ab undis Navita) nudus humi jacet, infans, indigus omni Vitali auxilio---- Vagituque locum lugubri complet, ut æquum est, Cui tantum in vitâ [restet] transire malorum.

a female human offspring

From this reading _BAPTISMS._ The Child of the Miller's Daughter, and Relation of her Misfortune--A frugal Couple: their Kind of Frugality--Plea of the Mother of a natural Child: her Churching--Large Family of Gerard Ablett: his Apprehensions: Comparison between his State and that of the wealthy Farmer his Master: his Consolation--An old Man's Anxiety for an Heir: the Jealousy of another on having many--Characters of the Grocer Dawkins and his Friend: their different Kinds of Disappointment--Three Infants named--An Orphan Girl and Village School-mistress--Gardener's Child: Pedantry and Conceit of the Father: his Botanical Discourse: Method of fixing the Embryo-fruit of Cucumbers--Absurd Effects of Rustic Vanity: observed in the Names of their Children--Relation of the Vestry Debate on a Foundling: Sir Richard Monday--Children of various Inhabitants--The poor Farmer--Children of a Profligate: his Character and Fate--Conclusion.

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From this reading _BAPTISMS._ The Child of the Miller's Daughter, and Relation of her Misfortune--A frugal Couple: their Kind of Frugality--Plea of the Mother of a natural Child: her Churching--Large Family of Gerard Ablett: his Apprehensions: Comparison between his State and that of the wealthy Farmer his Master: his Consolation--An old Man's Anxiety for an Heir: the Jealousy of another on having many--Characters of the Grocer Dawkins and his Friend: their different Kinds of Disappointment--Three Infants named--An Orphan Girl and Village School-mistress--Gardener's Child: Pedantry and Conceit of the Father: his Botanical Discourse: Method of fixing the Embryo-fruit of Cucumbers--Absurd Effects of Rustic Vanity: observed in the Names of their Children--Relation of the Vestry Debate on a Foundling: Sir Richard Monday--Children of various Inhabitants--The poor Farmer--Children of a Profligate: his Character and Fate--Conclusion.

a Mid-Atlantic state; one of the original 13 colonies

From this reading _Lucret. de Nat.

argue with one another

From this reading _BAPTISMS._ The Child of the Miller's Daughter, and Relation of her Misfortune--A frugal Couple: their Kind of Frugality--Plea of the Mother of a natural Child: her Churching--Large Family of Gerard Ablett: his Apprehensions: Comparison between his State and that of the wealthy Farmer his Master: his Consolation--An old Man's Anxiety for an Heir: the Jealousy of another on having many--Characters of the Grocer Dawkins and his Friend: their different Kinds of Disappointment--Three Infants named--An Orphan Girl and Village School-mistress--Gardener's Child: Pedantry and Conceit of the Father: his Botanical Discourse: Method of fixing the Embryo-fruit of Cucumbers--Absurd Effects of Rustic Vanity: observed in the Names of their Children--Relation of the Vestry Debate on a Foundling: Sir Richard Monday--Children of various Inhabitants--The poor Farmer--Children of a Profligate: his Character and Fate--Conclusion.

unlike in nature or quality or form or degree

From this reading _BAPTISMS._ The Child of the Miller's Daughter, and Relation of her Misfortune--A frugal Couple: their Kind of Frugality--Plea of the Mother of a natural Child: her Churching--Large Family of Gerard Ablett: his Apprehensions: Comparison between his State and that of the wealthy Farmer his Master: his Consolation--An old Man's Anxiety for an Heir: the Jealousy of another on having many--Characters of the Grocer Dawkins and his Friend: their different Kinds of Disappointment--Three Infants named--An Orphan Girl and Village School-mistress--Gardener's Child: Pedantry and Conceit of the Father: his Botanical Discourse: Method of fixing the Embryo-fruit of Cucumbers--Absurd Effects of Rustic Vanity: observed in the Names of their Children--Relation of the Vestry Debate on a Foundling: Sir Richard Monday--Children of various Inhabitants--The poor Farmer--Children of a Profligate: his Character and Fate--Conclusion.

a feeling of dissatisfaction that results when your expectations are not realized

From this reading _BAPTISMS._ The Child of the Miller's Daughter, and Relation of her Misfortune--A frugal Couple: their Kind of Frugality--Plea of the Mother of a natural Child: her Churching--Large Family of Gerard Ablett: his Apprehensions: Comparison between his State and that of the wealthy Farmer his Master: his Consolation--An old Man's Anxiety for an Heir: the Jealousy of another on having many--Characters of the Grocer Dawkins and his Friend: their different Kinds of Disappointment--Three Infants named--An Orphan Girl and Village School-mistress--Gardener's Child: Pedantry and Conceit of the Father: his Botanical Discourse: Method of fixing the Embryo-fruit of Cucumbers--Absurd Effects of Rustic Vanity: observed in the Names of their Children--Relation of the Vestry Debate on a Foundling: Sir Richard Monday--Children of various Inhabitants--The poor Farmer--Children of a Profligate: his Character and Fate--Conclusion.

extended verbal expression in speech or writing

From this reading _BAPTISMS._ The Child of the Miller's Daughter, and Relation of her Misfortune--A frugal Couple: their Kind of Frugality--Plea of the Mother of a natural Child: her Churching--Large Family of Gerard Ablett: his Apprehensions: Comparison between his State and that of the wealthy Farmer his Master: his Consolation--An old Man's Anxiety for an Heir: the Jealousy of another on having many--Characters of the Grocer Dawkins and his Friend: their different Kinds of Disappointment--Three Infants named--An Orphan Girl and Village School-mistress--Gardener's Child: Pedantry and Conceit of the Father: his Botanical Discourse: Method of fixing the Embryo-fruit of Cucumbers--Absurd Effects of Rustic Vanity: observed in the Names of their Children--Relation of the Vestry Debate on a Foundling: Sir Richard Monday--Children of various Inhabitants--The poor Farmer--Children of a Profligate: his Character and Fate--Conclusion.

property of a personal character that is portable but not used in business

From this reading _BAPTISMS._ The Child of the Miller's Daughter, and Relation of her Misfortune--A frugal Couple: their Kind of Frugality--Plea of the Mother of a natural Child: her Churching--Large Family of Gerard Ablett: his Apprehensions: Comparison between his State and that of the wealthy Farmer his Master: his Consolation--An old Man's Anxiety for an Heir: the Jealousy of another on having many--Characters of the Grocer Dawkins and his Friend: their different Kinds of Disappointment--Three Infants named--An Orphan Girl and Village School-mistress--Gardener's Child: Pedantry and Conceit of the Father: his Botanical Discourse: Method of fixing the Embryo-fruit of Cucumbers--Absurd Effects of Rustic Vanity: observed in the Names of their Children--Relation of the Vestry Debate on a Foundling: Sir Richard Monday--Children of various Inhabitants--The poor Farmer--Children of a Profligate: his Character and Fate--Conclusion.

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From this reading _BAPTISMS._ The Child of the Miller's Daughter, and Relation of her Misfortune--A frugal Couple: their Kind of Frugality--Plea of the Mother of a natural Child: her Churching--Large Family of Gerard Ablett: his Apprehensions: Comparison between his State and that of the wealthy Farmer his Master: his Consolation--An old Man's Anxiety for an Heir: the Jealousy of another on having many--Characters of the Grocer Dawkins and his Friend: their different Kinds of Disappointment--Three Infants named--An Orphan Girl and Village School-mistress--Gardener's Child: Pedantry and Conceit of the Father: his Botanical Discourse: Method of fixing the Embryo-fruit of Cucumbers--Absurd Effects of Rustic Vanity: observed in the Names of their Children--Relation of the Vestry Debate on a Foundling: Sir Richard Monday--Children of various Inhabitants--The poor Farmer--Children of a Profligate: his Character and Fate--Conclusion.

standard time in the 5th time zone west of Greenwich, reckoned at the 75th meridian; used in the eastern United States

From this reading Tum porro puer (ut sævis projectus ab undis Navita) nudus humi jacet, infans, indigus omni Vitali auxilio---- Vagituque locum lugubri complet, ut æquum est, Cui tantum in vitâ [restet] transire malorum.

a social unit living together

From this reading _BAPTISMS._ The Child of the Miller's Daughter, and Relation of her Misfortune--A frugal Couple: their Kind of Frugality--Plea of the Mother of a natural Child: her Churching--Large Family of Gerard Ablett: his Apprehensions: Comparison between his State and that of the wealthy Farmer his Master: his Consolation--An old Man's Anxiety for an Heir: the Jealousy of another on having many--Characters of the Grocer Dawkins and his Friend: their different Kinds of Disappointment--Three Infants named--An Orphan Girl and Village School-mistress--Gardener's Child: Pedantry and Conceit of the Father: his Botanical Discourse: Method of fixing the Embryo-fruit of Cucumbers--Absurd Effects of Rustic Vanity: observed in the Names of their Children--Relation of the Vestry Debate on a Foundling: Sir Richard Monday--Children of various Inhabitants--The poor Farmer--Children of a Profligate: his Character and Fate--Conclusion.

a person who operates a farm

From this reading _BAPTISMS._ The Child of the Miller's Daughter, and Relation of her Misfortune--A frugal Couple: their Kind of Frugality--Plea of the Mother of a natural Child: her Churching--Large Family of Gerard Ablett: his Apprehensions: Comparison between his State and that of the wealthy Farmer his Master: his Consolation--An old Man's Anxiety for an Heir: the Jealousy of another on having many--Characters of the Grocer Dawkins and his Friend: their different Kinds of Disappointment--Three Infants named--An Orphan Girl and Village School-mistress--Gardener's Child: Pedantry and Conceit of the Father: his Botanical Discourse: Method of fixing the Embryo-fruit of Cucumbers--Absurd Effects of Rustic Vanity: observed in the Names of their Children--Relation of the Vestry Debate on a Foundling: Sir Richard Monday--Children of various Inhabitants--The poor Farmer--Children of a Profligate: his Character and Fate--Conclusion.

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

From this reading _BAPTISMS._ The Child of the Miller's Daughter, and Relation of her Misfortune--A frugal Couple: their Kind of Frugality--Plea of the Mother of a natural Child: her Churching--Large Family of Gerard Ablett: his Apprehensions: Comparison between his State and that of the wealthy Farmer his Master: his Consolation--An old Man's Anxiety for an Heir: the Jealousy of another on having many--Characters of the Grocer Dawkins and his Friend: their different Kinds of Disappointment--Three Infants named--An Orphan Girl and Village School-mistress--Gardener's Child: Pedantry and Conceit of the Father: his Botanical Discourse: Method of fixing the Embryo-fruit of Cucumbers--Absurd Effects of Rustic Vanity: observed in the Names of their Children--Relation of the Vestry Debate on a Foundling: Sir Richard Monday--Children of various Inhabitants--The poor Farmer--Children of a Profligate: his Character and Fate--Conclusion.

a male parent (also used as a term of address to your father)

From this reading _BAPTISMS._ The Child of the Miller's Daughter, and Relation of her Misfortune--A frugal Couple: their Kind of Frugality--Plea of the Mother of a natural Child: her Churching--Large Family of Gerard Ablett: his Apprehensions: Comparison between his State and that of the wealthy Farmer his Master: his Consolation--An old Man's Anxiety for an Heir: the Jealousy of another on having many--Characters of the Grocer Dawkins and his Friend: their different Kinds of Disappointment--Three Infants named--An Orphan Girl and Village School-mistress--Gardener's Child: Pedantry and Conceit of the Father: his Botanical Discourse: Method of fixing the Embryo-fruit of Cucumbers--Absurd Effects of Rustic Vanity: observed in the Names of their Children--Relation of the Vestry Debate on a Foundling: Sir Richard Monday--Children of various Inhabitants--The poor Farmer--Children of a Profligate: his Character and Fate--Conclusion.

the act of putting something in working order again

From this reading _BAPTISMS._ The Child of the Miller's Daughter, and Relation of her Misfortune--A frugal Couple: their Kind of Frugality--Plea of the Mother of a natural Child: her Churching--Large Family of Gerard Ablett: his Apprehensions: Comparison between his State and that of the wealthy Farmer his Master: his Consolation--An old Man's Anxiety for an Heir: the Jealousy of another on having many--Characters of the Grocer Dawkins and his Friend: their different Kinds of Disappointment--Three Infants named--An Orphan Girl and Village School-mistress--Gardener's Child: Pedantry and Conceit of the Father: his Botanical Discourse: Method of fixing the Embryo-fruit of Cucumbers--Absurd Effects of Rustic Vanity: observed in the Names of their Children--Relation of the Vestry Debate on a Foundling: Sir Richard Monday--Children of various Inhabitants--The poor Farmer--Children of a Profligate: his Character and Fate--Conclusion.

intended to be given to, or used by, somebody

From this reading _BAPTISMS._ The Child of the Miller's Daughter, and Relation of her Misfortune--A frugal Couple: their Kind of Frugality--Plea of the Mother of a natural Child: her Churching--Large Family of Gerard Ablett: his Apprehensions: Comparison between his State and that of the wealthy Farmer his Master: his Consolation--An old Man's Anxiety for an Heir: the Jealousy of another on having many--Characters of the Grocer Dawkins and his Friend: their different Kinds of Disappointment--Three Infants named--An Orphan Girl and Village School-mistress--Gardener's Child: Pedantry and Conceit of the Father: his Botanical Discourse: Method of fixing the Embryo-fruit of Cucumbers--Absurd Effects of Rustic Vanity: observed in the Names of their Children--Relation of the Vestry Debate on a Foundling: Sir Richard Monday--Children of various Inhabitants--The poor Farmer--Children of a Profligate: his Character and Fate--Conclusion.

a child who has been abandoned and whose parents are unknown

From this reading _BAPTISMS._ The Child of the Miller's Daughter, and Relation of her Misfortune--A frugal Couple: their Kind of Frugality--Plea of the Mother of a natural Child: her Churching--Large Family of Gerard Ablett: his Apprehensions: Comparison between his State and that of the wealthy Farmer his Master: his Consolation--An old Man's Anxiety for an Heir: the Jealousy of another on having many--Characters of the Grocer Dawkins and his Friend: their different Kinds of Disappointment--Three Infants named--An Orphan Girl and Village School-mistress--Gardener's Child: Pedantry and Conceit of the Father: his Botanical Discourse: Method of fixing the Embryo-fruit of Cucumbers--Absurd Effects of Rustic Vanity: observed in the Names of their Children--Relation of the Vestry Debate on a Foundling: Sir Richard Monday--Children of various Inhabitants--The poor Farmer--Children of a Profligate: his Character and Fate--Conclusion.

a person you know well and regard with affection and trust

From this reading _BAPTISMS._ The Child of the Miller's Daughter, and Relation of her Misfortune--A frugal Couple: their Kind of Frugality--Plea of the Mother of a natural Child: her Churching--Large Family of Gerard Ablett: his Apprehensions: Comparison between his State and that of the wealthy Farmer his Master: his Consolation--An old Man's Anxiety for an Heir: the Jealousy of another on having many--Characters of the Grocer Dawkins and his Friend: their different Kinds of Disappointment--Three Infants named--An Orphan Girl and Village School-mistress--Gardener's Child: Pedantry and Conceit of the Father: his Botanical Discourse: Method of fixing the Embryo-fruit of Cucumbers--Absurd Effects of Rustic Vanity: observed in the Names of their Children--Relation of the Vestry Debate on a Foundling: Sir Richard Monday--Children of various Inhabitants--The poor Farmer--Children of a Profligate: his Character and Fate--Conclusion.

avoiding waste

From this reading _BAPTISMS._ The Child of the Miller's Daughter, and Relation of her Misfortune--A frugal Couple: their Kind of Frugality--Plea of the Mother of a natural Child: her Churching--Large Family of Gerard Ablett: his Apprehensions: Comparison between his State and that of the wealthy Farmer his Master: his Consolation--An old Man's Anxiety for an Heir: the Jealousy of another on having many--Characters of the Grocer Dawkins and his Friend: their different Kinds of Disappointment--Three Infants named--An Orphan Girl and Village School-mistress--Gardener's Child: Pedantry and Conceit of the Father: his Botanical Discourse: Method of fixing the Embryo-fruit of Cucumbers--Absurd Effects of Rustic Vanity: observed in the Names of their Children--Relation of the Vestry Debate on a Foundling: Sir Richard Monday--Children of various Inhabitants--The poor Farmer--Children of a Profligate: his Character and Fate--Conclusion.

prudence in avoiding waste

From this reading _BAPTISMS._ The Child of the Miller's Daughter, and Relation of her Misfortune--A frugal Couple: their Kind of Frugality--Plea of the Mother of a natural Child: her Churching--Large Family of Gerard Ablett: his Apprehensions: Comparison between his State and that of the wealthy Farmer his Master: his Consolation--An old Man's Anxiety for an Heir: the Jealousy of another on having many--Characters of the Grocer Dawkins and his Friend: their different Kinds of Disappointment--Three Infants named--An Orphan Girl and Village School-mistress--Gardener's Child: Pedantry and Conceit of the Father: his Botanical Discourse: Method of fixing the Embryo-fruit of Cucumbers--Absurd Effects of Rustic Vanity: observed in the Names of their Children--Relation of the Vestry Debate on a Foundling: Sir Richard Monday--Children of various Inhabitants--The poor Farmer--Children of a Profligate: his Character and Fate--Conclusion.

possessive form of “gardener” — someone who takes care of a garden

From this reading _BAPTISMS._ The Child of the Miller's Daughter, and Relation of her Misfortune--A frugal Couple: their Kind of Frugality--Plea of the Mother of a natural Child: her Churching--Large Family of Gerard Ablett: his Apprehensions: Comparison between his State and that of the wealthy Farmer his Master: his Consolation--An old Man's Anxiety for an Heir: the Jealousy of another on having many--Characters of the Grocer Dawkins and his Friend: their different Kinds of Disappointment--Three Infants named--An Orphan Girl and Village School-mistress--Gardener's Child: Pedantry and Conceit of the Father: his Botanical Discourse: Method of fixing the Embryo-fruit of Cucumbers--Absurd Effects of Rustic Vanity: observed in the Names of their Children--Relation of the Vestry Debate on a Foundling: Sir Richard Monday--Children of various Inhabitants--The poor Farmer--Children of a Profligate: his Character and Fate--Conclusion.

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From this reading _BAPTISMS._ The Child of the Miller's Daughter, and Relation of her Misfortune--A frugal Couple: their Kind of Frugality--Plea of the Mother of a natural Child: her Churching--Large Family of Gerard Ablett: his Apprehensions: Comparison between his State and that of the wealthy Farmer his Master: his Consolation--An old Man's Anxiety for an Heir: the Jealousy of another on having many--Characters of the Grocer Dawkins and his Friend: their different Kinds of Disappointment--Three Infants named--An Orphan Girl and Village School-mistress--Gardener's Child: Pedantry and Conceit of the Father: his Botanical Discourse: Method of fixing the Embryo-fruit of Cucumbers--Absurd Effects of Rustic Vanity: observed in the Names of their Children--Relation of the Vestry Debate on a Foundling: Sir Richard Monday--Children of various Inhabitants--The poor Farmer--Children of a Profligate: his Character and Fate--Conclusion.

a young female

From this reading _BAPTISMS._ The Child of the Miller's Daughter, and Relation of her Misfortune--A frugal Couple: their Kind of Frugality--Plea of the Mother of a natural Child: her Churching--Large Family of Gerard Ablett: his Apprehensions: Comparison between his State and that of the wealthy Farmer his Master: his Consolation--An old Man's Anxiety for an Heir: the Jealousy of another on having many--Characters of the Grocer Dawkins and his Friend: their different Kinds of Disappointment--Three Infants named--An Orphan Girl and Village School-mistress--Gardener's Child: Pedantry and Conceit of the Father: his Botanical Discourse: Method of fixing the Embryo-fruit of Cucumbers--Absurd Effects of Rustic Vanity: observed in the Names of their Children--Relation of the Vestry Debate on a Foundling: Sir Richard Monday--Children of various Inhabitants--The poor Farmer--Children of a Profligate: his Character and Fate--Conclusion.

a retail merchant who sells foodstuffs (and some household supplies)

From this reading _BAPTISMS._ The Child of the Miller's Daughter, and Relation of her Misfortune--A frugal Couple: their Kind of Frugality--Plea of the Mother of a natural Child: her Churching--Large Family of Gerard Ablett: his Apprehensions: Comparison between his State and that of the wealthy Farmer his Master: his Consolation--An old Man's Anxiety for an Heir: the Jealousy of another on having many--Characters of the Grocer Dawkins and his Friend: their different Kinds of Disappointment--Three Infants named--An Orphan Girl and Village School-mistress--Gardener's Child: Pedantry and Conceit of the Father: his Botanical Discourse: Method of fixing the Embryo-fruit of Cucumbers--Absurd Effects of Rustic Vanity: observed in the Names of their Children--Relation of the Vestry Debate on a Foundling: Sir Richard Monday--Children of various Inhabitants--The poor Farmer--Children of a Profligate: his Character and Fate--Conclusion.

the -ing form of “have”

From this reading _BAPTISMS._ The Child of the Miller's Daughter, and Relation of her Misfortune--A frugal Couple: their Kind of Frugality--Plea of the Mother of a natural Child: her Churching--Large Family of Gerard Ablett: his Apprehensions: Comparison between his State and that of the wealthy Farmer his Master: his Consolation--An old Man's Anxiety for an Heir: the Jealousy of another on having many--Characters of the Grocer Dawkins and his Friend: their different Kinds of Disappointment--Three Infants named--An Orphan Girl and Village School-mistress--Gardener's Child: Pedantry and Conceit of the Father: his Botanical Discourse: Method of fixing the Embryo-fruit of Cucumbers--Absurd Effects of Rustic Vanity: observed in the Names of their Children--Relation of the Vestry Debate on a Foundling: Sir Richard Monday--Children of various Inhabitants--The poor Farmer--Children of a Profligate: his Character and Fate--Conclusion.

A person legally or magically entitled to the property or rank of another on that person's death.

From this reading _BAPTISMS._ The Child of the Miller's Daughter, and Relation of her Misfortune--A frugal Couple: their Kind of Frugality--Plea of the Mother of a natural Child: her Churching--Large Family of Gerard Ablett: his Apprehensions: Comparison between his State and that of the wealthy Farmer his Master: his Consolation--An old Man's Anxiety for an Heir: the Jealousy of another on having many--Characters of the Grocer Dawkins and his Friend: their different Kinds of Disappointment--Three Infants named--An Orphan Girl and Village School-mistress--Gardener's Child: Pedantry and Conceit of the Father: his Botanical Discourse: Method of fixing the Embryo-fruit of Cucumbers--Absurd Effects of Rustic Vanity: observed in the Names of their Children--Relation of the Vestry Debate on a Foundling: Sir Richard Monday--Children of various Inhabitants--The poor Farmer--Children of a Profligate: his Character and Fate--Conclusion.

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

From this reading _BAPTISMS._ The Child of the Miller's Daughter, and Relation of her Misfortune--A frugal Couple: their Kind of Frugality--Plea of the Mother of a natural Child: her Churching--Large Family of Gerard Ablett: his Apprehensions: Comparison between his State and that of the wealthy Farmer his Master: his Consolation--An old Man's Anxiety for an Heir: the Jealousy of another on having many--Characters of the Grocer Dawkins and his Friend: their different Kinds of Disappointment--Three Infants named--An Orphan Girl and Village School-mistress--Gardener's Child: Pedantry and Conceit of the Father: his Botanical Discourse: Method of fixing the Embryo-fruit of Cucumbers--Absurd Effects of Rustic Vanity: observed in the Names of their Children--Relation of the Vestry Debate on a Foundling: Sir Richard Monday--Children of various Inhabitants--The poor Farmer--Children of a Profligate: his Character and Fate--Conclusion.

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

From this reading _BAPTISMS._ The Child of the Miller's Daughter, and Relation of her Misfortune--A frugal Couple: their Kind of Frugality--Plea of the Mother of a natural Child: her Churching--Large Family of Gerard Ablett: his Apprehensions: Comparison between his State and that of the wealthy Farmer his Master: his Consolation--An old Man's Anxiety for an Heir: the Jealousy of another on having many--Characters of the Grocer Dawkins and his Friend: their different Kinds of Disappointment--Three Infants named--An Orphan Girl and Village School-mistress--Gardener's Child: Pedantry and Conceit of the Father: his Botanical Discourse: Method of fixing the Embryo-fruit of Cucumbers--Absurd Effects of Rustic Vanity: observed in the Names of their Children--Relation of the Vestry Debate on a Foundling: Sir Richard Monday--Children of various Inhabitants--The poor Farmer--Children of a Profligate: his Character and Fate--Conclusion.

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From this reading Tum porro puer (ut sævis projectus ab undis Navita) nudus humi jacet, infans, indigus omni Vitali auxilio---- Vagituque locum lugubri complet, ut æquum est, Cui tantum in vitâ [restet] transire malorum.

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

From this reading _BAPTISMS._ The Child of the Miller's Daughter, and Relation of her Misfortune--A frugal Couple: their Kind of Frugality--Plea of the Mother of a natural Child: her Churching--Large Family of Gerard Ablett: his Apprehensions: Comparison between his State and that of the wealthy Farmer his Master: his Consolation--An old Man's Anxiety for an Heir: the Jealousy of another on having many--Characters of the Grocer Dawkins and his Friend: their different Kinds of Disappointment--Three Infants named--An Orphan Girl and Village School-mistress--Gardener's Child: Pedantry and Conceit of the Father: his Botanical Discourse: Method of fixing the Embryo-fruit of Cucumbers--Absurd Effects of Rustic Vanity: observed in the Names of their Children--Relation of the Vestry Debate on a Foundling: Sir Richard Monday--Children of various Inhabitants--The poor Farmer--Children of a Profligate: his Character and Fate--Conclusion.

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From this reading Tum porro puer (ut sævis projectus ab undis Navita) nudus humi jacet, infans, indigus omni Vitali auxilio---- Vagituque locum lugubri complet, ut æquum est, Cui tantum in vitâ [restet] transire malorum.

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From this reading Tum porro puer (ut sævis projectus ab undis Navita) nudus humi jacet, infans, indigus omni Vitali auxilio---- Vagituque locum lugubri complet, ut æquum est, Cui tantum in vitâ [restet] transire malorum.

plural of “infant” — a very young child (birth to 1 year) who has not yet begun to walk or talk

From this reading _BAPTISMS._ The Child of the Miller's Daughter, and Relation of her Misfortune--A frugal Couple: their Kind of Frugality--Plea of the Mother of a natural Child: her Churching--Large Family of Gerard Ablett: his Apprehensions: Comparison between his State and that of the wealthy Farmer his Master: his Consolation--An old Man's Anxiety for an Heir: the Jealousy of another on having many--Characters of the Grocer Dawkins and his Friend: their different Kinds of Disappointment--Three Infants named--An Orphan Girl and Village School-mistress--Gardener's Child: Pedantry and Conceit of the Father: his Botanical Discourse: Method of fixing the Embryo-fruit of Cucumbers--Absurd Effects of Rustic Vanity: observed in the Names of their Children--Relation of the Vestry Debate on a Foundling: Sir Richard Monday--Children of various Inhabitants--The poor Farmer--Children of a Profligate: his Character and Fate--Conclusion.

plural of “inhabitant” — a person who inhabits a particular place

From this reading _BAPTISMS._ The Child of the Miller's Daughter, and Relation of her Misfortune--A frugal Couple: their Kind of Frugality--Plea of the Mother of a natural Child: her Churching--Large Family of Gerard Ablett: his Apprehensions: Comparison between his State and that of the wealthy Farmer his Master: his Consolation--An old Man's Anxiety for an Heir: the Jealousy of another on having many--Characters of the Grocer Dawkins and his Friend: their different Kinds of Disappointment--Three Infants named--An Orphan Girl and Village School-mistress--Gardener's Child: Pedantry and Conceit of the Father: his Botanical Discourse: Method of fixing the Embryo-fruit of Cucumbers--Absurd Effects of Rustic Vanity: observed in the Names of their Children--Relation of the Vestry Debate on a Foundling: Sir Richard Monday--Children of various Inhabitants--The poor Farmer--Children of a Profligate: his Character and Fate--Conclusion.

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From this reading Tum porro puer (ut sævis projectus ab undis Navita) nudus humi jacet, infans, indigus omni Vitali auxilio---- Vagituque locum lugubri complet, ut æquum est, Cui tantum in vitâ [restet] transire malorum.

a feeling of jealous envy (especially of a rival)

From this reading _BAPTISMS._ The Child of the Miller's Daughter, and Relation of her Misfortune--A frugal Couple: their Kind of Frugality--Plea of the Mother of a natural Child: her Churching--Large Family of Gerard Ablett: his Apprehensions: Comparison between his State and that of the wealthy Farmer his Master: his Consolation--An old Man's Anxiety for an Heir: the Jealousy of another on having many--Characters of the Grocer Dawkins and his Friend: their different Kinds of Disappointment--Three Infants named--An Orphan Girl and Village School-mistress--Gardener's Child: Pedantry and Conceit of the Father: his Botanical Discourse: Method of fixing the Embryo-fruit of Cucumbers--Absurd Effects of Rustic Vanity: observed in the Names of their Children--Relation of the Vestry Debate on a Foundling: Sir Richard Monday--Children of various Inhabitants--The poor Farmer--Children of a Profligate: his Character and Fate--Conclusion.

having or showing a tender and considerate and helpful nature; used especially of persons and their behavior

From this reading _BAPTISMS._ The Child of the Miller's Daughter, and Relation of her Misfortune--A frugal Couple: their Kind of Frugality--Plea of the Mother of a natural Child: her Churching--Large Family of Gerard Ablett: his Apprehensions: Comparison between his State and that of the wealthy Farmer his Master: his Consolation--An old Man's Anxiety for an Heir: the Jealousy of another on having many--Characters of the Grocer Dawkins and his Friend: their different Kinds of Disappointment--Three Infants named--An Orphan Girl and Village School-mistress--Gardener's Child: Pedantry and Conceit of the Father: his Botanical Discourse: Method of fixing the Embryo-fruit of Cucumbers--Absurd Effects of Rustic Vanity: observed in the Names of their Children--Relation of the Vestry Debate on a Foundling: Sir Richard Monday--Children of various Inhabitants--The poor Farmer--Children of a Profligate: his Character and Fate--Conclusion.

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

From this reading _BAPTISMS._ The Child of the Miller's Daughter, and Relation of her Misfortune--A frugal Couple: their Kind of Frugality--Plea of the Mother of a natural Child: her Churching--Large Family of Gerard Ablett: his Apprehensions: Comparison between his State and that of the wealthy Farmer his Master: his Consolation--An old Man's Anxiety for an Heir: the Jealousy of another on having many--Characters of the Grocer Dawkins and his Friend: their different Kinds of Disappointment--Three Infants named--An Orphan Girl and Village School-mistress--Gardener's Child: Pedantry and Conceit of the Father: his Botanical Discourse: Method of fixing the Embryo-fruit of Cucumbers--Absurd Effects of Rustic Vanity: observed in the Names of their Children--Relation of the Vestry Debate on a Foundling: Sir Richard Monday--Children of various Inhabitants--The poor Farmer--Children of a Profligate: his Character and Fate--Conclusion.

above average in size or number or quantity or magnitude or extent

From this reading _BAPTISMS._ The Child of the Miller's Daughter, and Relation of her Misfortune--A frugal Couple: their Kind of Frugality--Plea of the Mother of a natural Child: her Churching--Large Family of Gerard Ablett: his Apprehensions: Comparison between his State and that of the wealthy Farmer his Master: his Consolation--An old Man's Anxiety for an Heir: the Jealousy of another on having many--Characters of the Grocer Dawkins and his Friend: their different Kinds of Disappointment--Three Infants named--An Orphan Girl and Village School-mistress--Gardener's Child: Pedantry and Conceit of the Father: his Botanical Discourse: Method of fixing the Embryo-fruit of Cucumbers--Absurd Effects of Rustic Vanity: observed in the Names of their Children--Relation of the Vestry Debate on a Foundling: Sir Richard Monday--Children of various Inhabitants--The poor Farmer--Children of a Profligate: his Character and Fate--Conclusion.

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From this reading Rerum_, lib. v. [vv.

someone (physician or clergyman) who substitutes temporarily for another member of the same profession

From this reading Tum porro puer (ut sævis projectus ab undis Navita) nudus humi jacet, infans, indigus omni Vitali auxilio---- Vagituque locum lugubri complet, ut æquum est, Cui tantum in vitâ [restet] transire malorum.

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From this reading _Lucret. de Nat.

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From this reading Tum porro puer (ut sævis projectus ab undis Navita) nudus humi jacet, infans, indigus omni Vitali auxilio---- Vagituque locum lugubri complet, ut æquum est, Cui tantum in vitâ [restet] transire malorum.

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From this reading Tum porro puer (ut sævis projectus ab undis Navita) nudus humi jacet, infans, indigus omni Vitali auxilio---- Vagituque locum lugubri complet, ut æquum est, Cui tantum in vitâ [restet] transire malorum.

possessive form of “man” — an adult person who is male (as opposed to a woman)

From this reading _BAPTISMS._ The Child of the Miller's Daughter, and Relation of her Misfortune--A frugal Couple: their Kind of Frugality--Plea of the Mother of a natural Child: her Churching--Large Family of Gerard Ablett: his Apprehensions: Comparison between his State and that of the wealthy Farmer his Master: his Consolation--An old Man's Anxiety for an Heir: the Jealousy of another on having many--Characters of the Grocer Dawkins and his Friend: their different Kinds of Disappointment--Three Infants named--An Orphan Girl and Village School-mistress--Gardener's Child: Pedantry and Conceit of the Father: his Botanical Discourse: Method of fixing the Embryo-fruit of Cucumbers--Absurd Effects of Rustic Vanity: observed in the Names of their Children--Relation of the Vestry Debate on a Foundling: Sir Richard Monday--Children of various Inhabitants--The poor Farmer--Children of a Profligate: his Character and Fate--Conclusion.

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 _BAPTISMS._ The Child of the Miller's Daughter, and Relation of her Misfortune--A frugal Couple: their Kind of Frugality--Plea of the Mother of a natural Child: her Churching--Large Family of Gerard Ablett: his Apprehensions: Comparison between his State and that of the wealthy Farmer his Master: his Consolation--An old Man's Anxiety for an Heir: the Jealousy of another on having many--Characters of the Grocer Dawkins and his Friend: their different Kinds of Disappointment--Three Infants named--An Orphan Girl and Village School-mistress--Gardener's Child: Pedantry and Conceit of the Father: his Botanical Discourse: Method of fixing the Embryo-fruit of Cucumbers--Absurd Effects of Rustic Vanity: observed in the Names of their Children--Relation of the Vestry Debate on a Foundling: Sir Richard Monday--Children of various Inhabitants--The poor Farmer--Children of a Profligate: his Character and Fate--Conclusion.

an artist of consummate skill

From this reading _BAPTISMS._ The Child of the Miller's Daughter, and Relation of her Misfortune--A frugal Couple: their Kind of Frugality--Plea of the Mother of a natural Child: her Churching--Large Family of Gerard Ablett: his Apprehensions: Comparison between his State and that of the wealthy Farmer his Master: his Consolation--An old Man's Anxiety for an Heir: the Jealousy of another on having many--Characters of the Grocer Dawkins and his Friend: their different Kinds of Disappointment--Three Infants named--An Orphan Girl and Village School-mistress--Gardener's Child: Pedantry and Conceit of the Father: his Botanical Discourse: Method of fixing the Embryo-fruit of Cucumbers--Absurd Effects of Rustic Vanity: observed in the Names of their Children--Relation of the Vestry Debate on a Foundling: Sir Richard Monday--Children of various Inhabitants--The poor Farmer--Children of a Profligate: his Character and Fate--Conclusion.

a way of doing something, especially a systematic way; implies an orderly logical arrangement (usually in steps)

From this reading _BAPTISMS._ The Child of the Miller's Daughter, and Relation of her Misfortune--A frugal Couple: their Kind of Frugality--Plea of the Mother of a natural Child: her Churching--Large Family of Gerard Ablett: his Apprehensions: Comparison between his State and that of the wealthy Farmer his Master: his Consolation--An old Man's Anxiety for an Heir: the Jealousy of another on having many--Characters of the Grocer Dawkins and his Friend: their different Kinds of Disappointment--Three Infants named--An Orphan Girl and Village School-mistress--Gardener's Child: Pedantry and Conceit of the Father: his Botanical Discourse: Method of fixing the Embryo-fruit of Cucumbers--Absurd Effects of Rustic Vanity: observed in the Names of their Children--Relation of the Vestry Debate on a Foundling: Sir Richard Monday--Children of various Inhabitants--The poor Farmer--Children of a Profligate: his Character and Fate--Conclusion.

possessive form of “miller” — United States bandleader of a popular big band (1909-1944)

From this reading _BAPTISMS._ The Child of the Miller's Daughter, and Relation of her Misfortune--A frugal Couple: their Kind of Frugality--Plea of the Mother of a natural Child: her Churching--Large Family of Gerard Ablett: his Apprehensions: Comparison between his State and that of the wealthy Farmer his Master: his Consolation--An old Man's Anxiety for an Heir: the Jealousy of another on having many--Characters of the Grocer Dawkins and his Friend: their different Kinds of Disappointment--Three Infants named--An Orphan Girl and Village School-mistress--Gardener's Child: Pedantry and Conceit of the Father: his Botanical Discourse: Method of fixing the Embryo-fruit of Cucumbers--Absurd Effects of Rustic Vanity: observed in the Names of their Children--Relation of the Vestry Debate on a Foundling: Sir Richard Monday--Children of various Inhabitants--The poor Farmer--Children of a Profligate: his Character and Fate--Conclusion.

unnecessary and unforeseen trouble resulting from an unfortunate event

From this reading _BAPTISMS._ The Child of the Miller's Daughter, and Relation of her Misfortune--A frugal Couple: their Kind of Frugality--Plea of the Mother of a natural Child: her Churching--Large Family of Gerard Ablett: his Apprehensions: Comparison between his State and that of the wealthy Farmer his Master: his Consolation--An old Man's Anxiety for an Heir: the Jealousy of another on having many--Characters of the Grocer Dawkins and his Friend: their different Kinds of Disappointment--Three Infants named--An Orphan Girl and Village School-mistress--Gardener's Child: Pedantry and Conceit of the Father: his Botanical Discourse: Method of fixing the Embryo-fruit of Cucumbers--Absurd Effects of Rustic Vanity: observed in the Names of their Children--Relation of the Vestry Debate on a Foundling: Sir Richard Monday--Children of various Inhabitants--The poor Farmer--Children of a Profligate: his Character and Fate--Conclusion.

the second day of the week; the first working day

From this reading _BAPTISMS._ The Child of the Miller's Daughter, and Relation of her Misfortune--A frugal Couple: their Kind of Frugality--Plea of the Mother of a natural Child: her Churching--Large Family of Gerard Ablett: his Apprehensions: Comparison between his State and that of the wealthy Farmer his Master: his Consolation--An old Man's Anxiety for an Heir: the Jealousy of another on having many--Characters of the Grocer Dawkins and his Friend: their different Kinds of Disappointment--Three Infants named--An Orphan Girl and Village School-mistress--Gardener's Child: Pedantry and Conceit of the Father: his Botanical Discourse: Method of fixing the Embryo-fruit of Cucumbers--Absurd Effects of Rustic Vanity: observed in the Names of their Children--Relation of the Vestry Debate on a Foundling: Sir Richard Monday--Children of various Inhabitants--The poor Farmer--Children of a Profligate: his Character and Fate--Conclusion.

a woman who has given birth to a child (also used as a term of address to your mother)

From this reading _BAPTISMS._ The Child of the Miller's Daughter, and Relation of her Misfortune--A frugal Couple: their Kind of Frugality--Plea of the Mother of a natural Child: her Churching--Large Family of Gerard Ablett: his Apprehensions: Comparison between his State and that of the wealthy Farmer his Master: his Consolation--An old Man's Anxiety for an Heir: the Jealousy of another on having many--Characters of the Grocer Dawkins and his Friend: their different Kinds of Disappointment--Three Infants named--An Orphan Girl and Village School-mistress--Gardener's Child: Pedantry and Conceit of the Father: his Botanical Discourse: Method of fixing the Embryo-fruit of Cucumbers--Absurd Effects of Rustic Vanity: observed in the Names of their Children--Relation of the Vestry Debate on a Foundling: Sir Richard Monday--Children of various Inhabitants--The poor Farmer--Children of a Profligate: his Character and Fate--Conclusion.

past form of “name” — assign a specified (usually proper) proper name to

From this reading _BAPTISMS._ The Child of the Miller's Daughter, and Relation of her Misfortune--A frugal Couple: their Kind of Frugality--Plea of the Mother of a natural Child: her Churching--Large Family of Gerard Ablett: his Apprehensions: Comparison between his State and that of the wealthy Farmer his Master: his Consolation--An old Man's Anxiety for an Heir: the Jealousy of another on having many--Characters of the Grocer Dawkins and his Friend: their different Kinds of Disappointment--Three Infants named--An Orphan Girl and Village School-mistress--Gardener's Child: Pedantry and Conceit of the Father: his Botanical Discourse: Method of fixing the Embryo-fruit of Cucumbers--Absurd Effects of Rustic Vanity: observed in the Names of their Children--Relation of the Vestry Debate on a Foundling: Sir Richard Monday--Children of various Inhabitants--The poor Farmer--Children of a Profligate: his Character and Fate--Conclusion.

verbal abuse; a crude substitute for argument

From this reading _BAPTISMS._ The Child of the Miller's Daughter, and Relation of her Misfortune--A frugal Couple: their Kind of Frugality--Plea of the Mother of a natural Child: her Churching--Large Family of Gerard Ablett: his Apprehensions: Comparison between his State and that of the wealthy Farmer his Master: his Consolation--An old Man's Anxiety for an Heir: the Jealousy of another on having many--Characters of the Grocer Dawkins and his Friend: their different Kinds of Disappointment--Three Infants named--An Orphan Girl and Village School-mistress--Gardener's Child: Pedantry and Conceit of the Father: his Botanical Discourse: Method of fixing the Embryo-fruit of Cucumbers--Absurd Effects of Rustic Vanity: observed in the Names of their Children--Relation of the Vestry Debate on a Foundling: Sir Richard Monday--Children of various Inhabitants--The poor Farmer--Children of a Profligate: his Character and Fate--Conclusion.

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From this reading _Lucret. de Nat.

in accordance with nature; relating to or concerning nature

From this reading _BAPTISMS._ The Child of the Miller's Daughter, and Relation of her Misfortune--A frugal Couple: their Kind of Frugality--Plea of the Mother of a natural Child: her Churching--Large Family of Gerard Ablett: his Apprehensions: Comparison between his State and that of the wealthy Farmer his Master: his Consolation--An old Man's Anxiety for an Heir: the Jealousy of another on having many--Characters of the Grocer Dawkins and his Friend: their different Kinds of Disappointment--Three Infants named--An Orphan Girl and Village School-mistress--Gardener's Child: Pedantry and Conceit of the Father: his Botanical Discourse: Method of fixing the Embryo-fruit of Cucumbers--Absurd Effects of Rustic Vanity: observed in the Names of their Children--Relation of the Vestry Debate on a Foundling: Sir Richard Monday--Children of various Inhabitants--The poor Farmer--Children of a Profligate: his Character and Fate--Conclusion.

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From this reading Tum porro puer (ut sævis projectus ab undis Navita) nudus humi jacet, infans, indigus omni Vitali auxilio---- Vagituque locum lugubri complet, ut æquum est, Cui tantum in vitâ [restet] transire malorum.

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From this reading Tum porro puer (ut sævis projectus ab undis Navita) nudus humi jacet, infans, indigus omni Vitali auxilio---- Vagituque locum lugubri complet, ut æquum est, Cui tantum in vitâ [restet] transire malorum.

discovered or determined by scientific observation

From this reading _BAPTISMS._ The Child of the Miller's Daughter, and Relation of her Misfortune--A frugal Couple: their Kind of Frugality--Plea of the Mother of a natural Child: her Churching--Large Family of Gerard Ablett: his Apprehensions: Comparison between his State and that of the wealthy Farmer his Master: his Consolation--An old Man's Anxiety for an Heir: the Jealousy of another on having many--Characters of the Grocer Dawkins and his Friend: their different Kinds of Disappointment--Three Infants named--An Orphan Girl and Village School-mistress--Gardener's Child: Pedantry and Conceit of the Father: his Botanical Discourse: Method of fixing the Embryo-fruit of Cucumbers--Absurd Effects of Rustic Vanity: observed in the Names of their Children--Relation of the Vestry Debate on a Foundling: Sir Richard Monday--Children of various Inhabitants--The poor Farmer--Children of a Profligate: his Character and Fate--Conclusion.

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

From this reading _BAPTISMS._ The Child of the Miller's Daughter, and Relation of her Misfortune--A frugal Couple: their Kind of Frugality--Plea of the Mother of a natural Child: her Churching--Large Family of Gerard Ablett: his Apprehensions: Comparison between his State and that of the wealthy Farmer his Master: his Consolation--An old Man's Anxiety for an Heir: the Jealousy of another on having many--Characters of the Grocer Dawkins and his Friend: their different Kinds of Disappointment--Three Infants named--An Orphan Girl and Village School-mistress--Gardener's Child: Pedantry and Conceit of the Father: his Botanical Discourse: Method of fixing the Embryo-fruit of Cucumbers--Absurd Effects of Rustic Vanity: observed in the Names of their Children--Relation of the Vestry Debate on a Foundling: Sir Richard Monday--Children of various Inhabitants--The poor Farmer--Children of a Profligate: his Character and Fate--Conclusion.

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

From this reading _BAPTISMS._ The Child of the Miller's Daughter, and Relation of her Misfortune--A frugal Couple: their Kind of Frugality--Plea of the Mother of a natural Child: her Churching--Large Family of Gerard Ablett: his Apprehensions: Comparison between his State and that of the wealthy Farmer his Master: his Consolation--An old Man's Anxiety for an Heir: the Jealousy of another on having many--Characters of the Grocer Dawkins and his Friend: their different Kinds of Disappointment--Three Infants named--An Orphan Girl and Village School-mistress--Gardener's Child: Pedantry and Conceit of the Father: his Botanical Discourse: Method of fixing the Embryo-fruit of Cucumbers--Absurd Effects of Rustic Vanity: observed in the Names of their Children--Relation of the Vestry Debate on a Foundling: Sir Richard Monday--Children of various Inhabitants--The poor Farmer--Children of a Profligate: his Character and Fate--Conclusion.

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From this reading Tum porro puer (ut sævis projectus ab undis Navita) nudus humi jacet, infans, indigus omni Vitali auxilio---- Vagituque locum lugubri complet, ut æquum est, Cui tantum in vitâ [restet] transire malorum.

touching and supported by a surface

From this reading _BAPTISMS._ The Child of the Miller's Daughter, and Relation of her Misfortune--A frugal Couple: their Kind of Frugality--Plea of the Mother of a natural Child: her Churching--Large Family of Gerard Ablett: his Apprehensions: Comparison between his State and that of the wealthy Farmer his Master: his Consolation--An old Man's Anxiety for an Heir: the Jealousy of another on having many--Characters of the Grocer Dawkins and his Friend: their different Kinds of Disappointment--Three Infants named--An Orphan Girl and Village School-mistress--Gardener's Child: Pedantry and Conceit of the Father: his Botanical Discourse: Method of fixing the Embryo-fruit of Cucumbers--Absurd Effects of Rustic Vanity: observed in the Names of their Children--Relation of the Vestry Debate on a Foundling: Sir Richard Monday--Children of various Inhabitants--The poor Farmer--Children of a Profligate: his Character and Fate--Conclusion.

a child who has lost both parents

From this reading _BAPTISMS._ The Child of the Miller's Daughter, and Relation of her Misfortune--A frugal Couple: their Kind of Frugality--Plea of the Mother of a natural Child: her Churching--Large Family of Gerard Ablett: his Apprehensions: Comparison between his State and that of the wealthy Farmer his Master: his Consolation--An old Man's Anxiety for an Heir: the Jealousy of another on having many--Characters of the Grocer Dawkins and his Friend: their different Kinds of Disappointment--Three Infants named--An Orphan Girl and Village School-mistress--Gardener's Child: Pedantry and Conceit of the Father: his Botanical Discourse: Method of fixing the Embryo-fruit of Cucumbers--Absurd Effects of Rustic Vanity: observed in the Names of their Children--Relation of the Vestry Debate on a Foundling: Sir Richard Monday--Children of various Inhabitants--The poor Farmer--Children of a Profligate: his Character and Fate--Conclusion.

an ostentatious and inappropriate display of learning

From this reading _BAPTISMS._ The Child of the Miller's Daughter, and Relation of her Misfortune--A frugal Couple: their Kind of Frugality--Plea of the Mother of a natural Child: her Churching--Large Family of Gerard Ablett: his Apprehensions: Comparison between his State and that of the wealthy Farmer his Master: his Consolation--An old Man's Anxiety for an Heir: the Jealousy of another on having many--Characters of the Grocer Dawkins and his Friend: their different Kinds of Disappointment--Three Infants named--An Orphan Girl and Village School-mistress--Gardener's Child: Pedantry and Conceit of the Father: his Botanical Discourse: Method of fixing the Embryo-fruit of Cucumbers--Absurd Effects of Rustic Vanity: observed in the Names of their Children--Relation of the Vestry Debate on a Foundling: Sir Richard Monday--Children of various Inhabitants--The poor Farmer--Children of a Profligate: his Character and Fate--Conclusion.

a humble request for help from someone in authority

From this reading _BAPTISMS._ The Child of the Miller's Daughter, and Relation of her Misfortune--A frugal Couple: their Kind of Frugality--Plea of the Mother of a natural Child: her Churching--Large Family of Gerard Ablett: his Apprehensions: Comparison between his State and that of the wealthy Farmer his Master: his Consolation--An old Man's Anxiety for an Heir: the Jealousy of another on having many--Characters of the Grocer Dawkins and his Friend: their different Kinds of Disappointment--Three Infants named--An Orphan Girl and Village School-mistress--Gardener's Child: Pedantry and Conceit of the Father: his Botanical Discourse: Method of fixing the Embryo-fruit of Cucumbers--Absurd Effects of Rustic Vanity: observed in the Names of their Children--Relation of the Vestry Debate on a Foundling: Sir Richard Monday--Children of various Inhabitants--The poor Farmer--Children of a Profligate: his Character and Fate--Conclusion.

deserving or inciting pity

From this reading _BAPTISMS._ The Child of the Miller's Daughter, and Relation of her Misfortune--A frugal Couple: their Kind of Frugality--Plea of the Mother of a natural Child: her Churching--Large Family of Gerard Ablett: his Apprehensions: Comparison between his State and that of the wealthy Farmer his Master: his Consolation--An old Man's Anxiety for an Heir: the Jealousy of another on having many--Characters of the Grocer Dawkins and his Friend: their different Kinds of Disappointment--Three Infants named--An Orphan Girl and Village School-mistress--Gardener's Child: Pedantry and Conceit of the Father: his Botanical Discourse: Method of fixing the Embryo-fruit of Cucumbers--Absurd Effects of Rustic Vanity: observed in the Names of their Children--Relation of the Vestry Debate on a Foundling: Sir Richard Monday--Children of various Inhabitants--The poor Farmer--Children of a Profligate: his Character and Fate--Conclusion.

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From this reading Tum porro puer (ut sævis projectus ab undis Navita) nudus humi jacet, infans, indigus omni Vitali auxilio---- Vagituque locum lugubri complet, ut æquum est, Cui tantum in vitâ [restet] transire malorum.

a dissolute man in fashionable society

From this reading _BAPTISMS._ The Child of the Miller's Daughter, and Relation of her Misfortune--A frugal Couple: their Kind of Frugality--Plea of the Mother of a natural Child: her Churching--Large Family of Gerard Ablett: his Apprehensions: Comparison between his State and that of the wealthy Farmer his Master: his Consolation--An old Man's Anxiety for an Heir: the Jealousy of another on having many--Characters of the Grocer Dawkins and his Friend: their different Kinds of Disappointment--Three Infants named--An Orphan Girl and Village School-mistress--Gardener's Child: Pedantry and Conceit of the Father: his Botanical Discourse: Method of fixing the Embryo-fruit of Cucumbers--Absurd Effects of Rustic Vanity: observed in the Names of their Children--Relation of the Vestry Debate on a Foundling: Sir Richard Monday--Children of various Inhabitants--The poor Farmer--Children of a Profligate: his Character and Fate--Conclusion.

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From this reading Tum porro puer (ut sævis projectus ab undis Navita) nudus humi jacet, infans, indigus omni Vitali auxilio---- Vagituque locum lugubri complet, ut æquum est, Cui tantum in vitâ [restet] transire malorum.

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From this reading Tum porro puer (ut sævis projectus ab undis Navita) nudus humi jacet, infans, indigus omni Vitali auxilio---- Vagituque locum lugubri complet, ut æquum est, Cui tantum in vitâ [restet] transire malorum.

an abstraction belonging to or characteristic of two entities or parts together

From this reading _BAPTISMS._ The Child of the Miller's Daughter, and Relation of her Misfortune--A frugal Couple: their Kind of Frugality--Plea of the Mother of a natural Child: her Churching--Large Family of Gerard Ablett: his Apprehensions: Comparison between his State and that of the wealthy Farmer his Master: his Consolation--An old Man's Anxiety for an Heir: the Jealousy of another on having many--Characters of the Grocer Dawkins and his Friend: their different Kinds of Disappointment--Three Infants named--An Orphan Girl and Village School-mistress--Gardener's Child: Pedantry and Conceit of the Father: his Botanical Discourse: Method of fixing the Embryo-fruit of Cucumbers--Absurd Effects of Rustic Vanity: observed in the Names of their Children--Relation of the Vestry Debate on a Foundling: Sir Richard Monday--Children of various Inhabitants--The poor Farmer--Children of a Profligate: his Character and Fate--Conclusion.

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From this reading Rerum_, lib. v. [vv.

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From this reading Tum porro puer (ut sævis projectus ab undis Navita) nudus humi jacet, infans, indigus omni Vitali auxilio---- Vagituque locum lugubri complet, ut æquum est, Cui tantum in vitâ [restet] transire malorum.

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From this reading _BAPTISMS._ The Child of the Miller's Daughter, and Relation of her Misfortune--A frugal Couple: their Kind of Frugality--Plea of the Mother of a natural Child: her Churching--Large Family of Gerard Ablett: his Apprehensions: Comparison between his State and that of the wealthy Farmer his Master: his Consolation--An old Man's Anxiety for an Heir: the Jealousy of another on having many--Characters of the Grocer Dawkins and his Friend: their different Kinds of Disappointment--Three Infants named--An Orphan Girl and Village School-mistress--Gardener's Child: Pedantry and Conceit of the Father: his Botanical Discourse: Method of fixing the Embryo-fruit of Cucumbers--Absurd Effects of Rustic Vanity: observed in the Names of their Children--Relation of the Vestry Debate on a Foundling: Sir Richard Monday--Children of various Inhabitants--The poor Farmer--Children of a Profligate: his Character and Fate--Conclusion.

characteristic of rural life

From this reading _BAPTISMS._ The Child of the Miller's Daughter, and Relation of her Misfortune--A frugal Couple: their Kind of Frugality--Plea of the Mother of a natural Child: her Churching--Large Family of Gerard Ablett: his Apprehensions: Comparison between his State and that of the wealthy Farmer his Master: his Consolation--An old Man's Anxiety for an Heir: the Jealousy of another on having many--Characters of the Grocer Dawkins and his Friend: their different Kinds of Disappointment--Three Infants named--An Orphan Girl and Village School-mistress--Gardener's Child: Pedantry and Conceit of the Father: his Botanical Discourse: Method of fixing the Embryo-fruit of Cucumbers--Absurd Effects of Rustic Vanity: observed in the Names of their Children--Relation of the Vestry Debate on a Foundling: Sir Richard Monday--Children of various Inhabitants--The poor Farmer--Children of a Profligate: his Character and Fate--Conclusion.

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From this reading _BAPTISMS._ The Child of the Miller's Daughter, and Relation of her Misfortune--A frugal Couple: their Kind of Frugality--Plea of the Mother of a natural Child: her Churching--Large Family of Gerard Ablett: his Apprehensions: Comparison between his State and that of the wealthy Farmer his Master: his Consolation--An old Man's Anxiety for an Heir: the Jealousy of another on having many--Characters of the Grocer Dawkins and his Friend: their different Kinds of Disappointment--Three Infants named--An Orphan Girl and Village School-mistress--Gardener's Child: Pedantry and Conceit of the Father: his Botanical Discourse: Method of fixing the Embryo-fruit of Cucumbers--Absurd Effects of Rustic Vanity: observed in the Names of their Children--Relation of the Vestry Debate on a Foundling: Sir Richard Monday--Children of various Inhabitants--The poor Farmer--Children of a Profligate: his Character and Fate--Conclusion.

term of address for a man

From this reading _BAPTISMS._ The Child of the Miller's Daughter, and Relation of her Misfortune--A frugal Couple: their Kind of Frugality--Plea of the Mother of a natural Child: her Churching--Large Family of Gerard Ablett: his Apprehensions: Comparison between his State and that of the wealthy Farmer his Master: his Consolation--An old Man's Anxiety for an Heir: the Jealousy of another on having many--Characters of the Grocer Dawkins and his Friend: their different Kinds of Disappointment--Three Infants named--An Orphan Girl and Village School-mistress--Gardener's Child: Pedantry and Conceit of the Father: his Botanical Discourse: Method of fixing the Embryo-fruit of Cucumbers--Absurd Effects of Rustic Vanity: observed in the Names of their Children--Relation of the Vestry Debate on a Foundling: Sir Richard Monday--Children of various Inhabitants--The poor Farmer--Children of a Profligate: his Character and Fate--Conclusion.

the territory occupied by one of the constituent administrative districts of a nation

From this reading _BAPTISMS._ The Child of the Miller's Daughter, and Relation of her Misfortune--A frugal Couple: their Kind of Frugality--Plea of the Mother of a natural Child: her Churching--Large Family of Gerard Ablett: his Apprehensions: Comparison between his State and that of the wealthy Farmer his Master: his Consolation--An old Man's Anxiety for an Heir: the Jealousy of another on having many--Characters of the Grocer Dawkins and his Friend: their different Kinds of Disappointment--Three Infants named--An Orphan Girl and Village School-mistress--Gardener's Child: Pedantry and Conceit of the Father: his Botanical Discourse: Method of fixing the Embryo-fruit of Cucumbers--Absurd Effects of Rustic Vanity: observed in the Names of their Children--Relation of the Vestry Debate on a Foundling: Sir Richard Monday--Children of various Inhabitants--The poor Farmer--Children of a Profligate: his Character and Fate--Conclusion.

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From this reading Tum porro puer (ut sævis projectus ab undis Navita) nudus humi jacet, infans, indigus omni Vitali auxilio---- Vagituque locum lugubri complet, ut æquum est, Cui tantum in vitâ [restet] transire malorum.

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From this reading Tum porro puer (ut sævis projectus ab undis Navita) nudus humi jacet, infans, indigus omni Vitali auxilio---- Vagituque locum lugubri complet, ut æquum est, Cui tantum in vitâ [restet] transire malorum.

used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt

From this reading _BAPTISMS._ The Child of the Miller's Daughter, and Relation of her Misfortune--A frugal Couple: their Kind of Frugality--Plea of the Mother of a natural Child: her Churching--Large Family of Gerard Ablett: his Apprehensions: Comparison between his State and that of the wealthy Farmer his Master: his Consolation--An old Man's Anxiety for an Heir: the Jealousy of another on having many--Characters of the Grocer Dawkins and his Friend: their different Kinds of Disappointment--Three Infants named--An Orphan Girl and Village School-mistress--Gardener's Child: Pedantry and Conceit of the Father: his Botanical Discourse: Method of fixing the Embryo-fruit of Cucumbers--Absurd Effects of Rustic Vanity: observed in the Names of their Children--Relation of the Vestry Debate on a Foundling: Sir Richard Monday--Children of various Inhabitants--The poor Farmer--Children of a Profligate: his Character and Fate--Conclusion.

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

From this reading _BAPTISMS._ The Child of the Miller's Daughter, and Relation of her Misfortune--A frugal Couple: their Kind of Frugality--Plea of the Mother of a natural Child: her Churching--Large Family of Gerard Ablett: his Apprehensions: Comparison between his State and that of the wealthy Farmer his Master: his Consolation--An old Man's Anxiety for an Heir: the Jealousy of another on having many--Characters of the Grocer Dawkins and his Friend: their different Kinds of Disappointment--Three Infants named--An Orphan Girl and Village School-mistress--Gardener's Child: Pedantry and Conceit of the Father: his Botanical Discourse: Method of fixing the Embryo-fruit of Cucumbers--Absurd Effects of Rustic Vanity: observed in the Names of their Children--Relation of the Vestry Debate on a Foundling: Sir Richard Monday--Children of various Inhabitants--The poor Farmer--Children of a Profligate: his Character and Fate--Conclusion.

belonging to the people or things already mentioned

From this reading _BAPTISMS._ The Child of the Miller's Daughter, and Relation of her Misfortune--A frugal Couple: their Kind of Frugality--Plea of the Mother of a natural Child: her Churching--Large Family of Gerard Ablett: his Apprehensions: Comparison between his State and that of the wealthy Farmer his Master: his Consolation--An old Man's Anxiety for an Heir: the Jealousy of another on having many--Characters of the Grocer Dawkins and his Friend: their different Kinds of Disappointment--Three Infants named--An Orphan Girl and Village School-mistress--Gardener's Child: Pedantry and Conceit of the Father: his Botanical Discourse: Method of fixing the Embryo-fruit of Cucumbers--Absurd Effects of Rustic Vanity: observed in the Names of their Children--Relation of the Vestry Debate on a Foundling: Sir Richard Monday--Children of various Inhabitants--The poor Farmer--Children of a Profligate: his Character and Fate--Conclusion.

the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one and one

From this reading _BAPTISMS._ The Child of the Miller's Daughter, and Relation of her Misfortune--A frugal Couple: their Kind of Frugality--Plea of the Mother of a natural Child: her Churching--Large Family of Gerard Ablett: his Apprehensions: Comparison between his State and that of the wealthy Farmer his Master: his Consolation--An old Man's Anxiety for an Heir: the Jealousy of another on having many--Characters of the Grocer Dawkins and his Friend: their different Kinds of Disappointment--Three Infants named--An Orphan Girl and Village School-mistress--Gardener's Child: Pedantry and Conceit of the Father: his Botanical Discourse: Method of fixing the Embryo-fruit of Cucumbers--Absurd Effects of Rustic Vanity: observed in the Names of their Children--Relation of the Vestry Debate on a Foundling: Sir Richard Monday--Children of various Inhabitants--The poor Farmer--Children of a Profligate: his Character and Fate--Conclusion.

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From this reading Tum porro puer (ut sævis projectus ab undis Navita) nudus humi jacet, infans, indigus omni Vitali auxilio---- Vagituque locum lugubri complet, ut æquum est, Cui tantum in vitâ [restet] transire malorum.

an enlarged and muscular saclike organ of the alimentary canal; the principal organ of digestion

From this reading Tum porro puer (ut sævis projectus ab undis Navita) nudus humi jacet, infans, indigus omni Vitali auxilio---- Vagituque locum lugubri complet, ut æquum est, Cui tantum in vitâ [restet] transire malorum.

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From this reading Tum porro puer (ut sævis projectus ab undis Navita) nudus humi jacet, infans, indigus omni Vitali auxilio---- Vagituque locum lugubri complet, ut æquum est, Cui tantum in vitâ [restet] transire malorum.

the local time at the 0 meridian passing through Greenwich, England; it is the same everywhere

From this reading Tum porro puer (ut sævis projectus ab undis Navita) nudus humi jacet, infans, indigus omni Vitali auxilio---- Vagituque locum lugubri complet, ut æquum est, Cui tantum in vitâ [restet] transire malorum.

a unit of potential equal to the potential difference between two points on a conductor carrying a current of 1 ampere when the power dissipated between the two points is 1 watt

From this reading Rerum_, lib. v. [vv.

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From this reading Tum porro puer (ut sævis projectus ab undis Navita) nudus humi jacet, infans, indigus omni Vitali auxilio---- Vagituque locum lugubri complet, ut æquum est, Cui tantum in vitâ [restet] transire malorum.

feelings of excessive pride

From this reading _BAPTISMS._ The Child of the Miller's Daughter, and Relation of her Misfortune--A frugal Couple: their Kind of Frugality--Plea of the Mother of a natural Child: her Churching--Large Family of Gerard Ablett: his Apprehensions: Comparison between his State and that of the wealthy Farmer his Master: his Consolation--An old Man's Anxiety for an Heir: the Jealousy of another on having many--Characters of the Grocer Dawkins and his Friend: their different Kinds of Disappointment--Three Infants named--An Orphan Girl and Village School-mistress--Gardener's Child: Pedantry and Conceit of the Father: his Botanical Discourse: Method of fixing the Embryo-fruit of Cucumbers--Absurd Effects of Rustic Vanity: observed in the Names of their Children--Relation of the Vestry Debate on a Foundling: Sir Richard Monday--Children of various Inhabitants--The poor Farmer--Children of a Profligate: his Character and Fate--Conclusion.

of many different kinds purposefully arranged but lacking any uniformity

From this reading _BAPTISMS._ The Child of the Miller's Daughter, and Relation of her Misfortune--A frugal Couple: their Kind of Frugality--Plea of the Mother of a natural Child: her Churching--Large Family of Gerard Ablett: his Apprehensions: Comparison between his State and that of the wealthy Farmer his Master: his Consolation--An old Man's Anxiety for an Heir: the Jealousy of another on having many--Characters of the Grocer Dawkins and his Friend: their different Kinds of Disappointment--Three Infants named--An Orphan Girl and Village School-mistress--Gardener's Child: Pedantry and Conceit of the Father: his Botanical Discourse: Method of fixing the Embryo-fruit of Cucumbers--Absurd Effects of Rustic Vanity: observed in the Names of their Children--Relation of the Vestry Debate on a Foundling: Sir Richard Monday--Children of various Inhabitants--The poor Farmer--Children of a Profligate: his Character and Fate--Conclusion.

in the Protestant Episcopal Church: a committee elected by the congregation to work with the churchwardens in managing the temporal affairs of the church

From this reading _BAPTISMS._ The Child of the Miller's Daughter, and Relation of her Misfortune--A frugal Couple: their Kind of Frugality--Plea of the Mother of a natural Child: her Churching--Large Family of Gerard Ablett: his Apprehensions: Comparison between his State and that of the wealthy Farmer his Master: his Consolation--An old Man's Anxiety for an Heir: the Jealousy of another on having many--Characters of the Grocer Dawkins and his Friend: their different Kinds of Disappointment--Three Infants named--An Orphan Girl and Village School-mistress--Gardener's Child: Pedantry and Conceit of the Father: his Botanical Discourse: Method of fixing the Embryo-fruit of Cucumbers--Absurd Effects of Rustic Vanity: observed in the Names of their Children--Relation of the Vestry Debate on a Foundling: Sir Richard Monday--Children of various Inhabitants--The poor Farmer--Children of a Profligate: his Character and Fate--Conclusion.

a community of people smaller than a town

From this reading _BAPTISMS._ The Child of the Miller's Daughter, and Relation of her Misfortune--A frugal Couple: their Kind of Frugality--Plea of the Mother of a natural Child: her Churching--Large Family of Gerard Ablett: his Apprehensions: Comparison between his State and that of the wealthy Farmer his Master: his Consolation--An old Man's Anxiety for an Heir: the Jealousy of another on having many--Characters of the Grocer Dawkins and his Friend: their different Kinds of Disappointment--Three Infants named--An Orphan Girl and Village School-mistress--Gardener's Child: Pedantry and Conceit of the Father: his Botanical Discourse: Method of fixing the Embryo-fruit of Cucumbers--Absurd Effects of Rustic Vanity: observed in the Names of their Children--Relation of the Vestry Debate on a Foundling: Sir Richard Monday--Children of various Inhabitants--The poor Farmer--Children of a Profligate: his Character and Fate--Conclusion.

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From this reading Tum porro puer (ut sævis projectus ab undis Navita) nudus humi jacet, infans, indigus omni Vitali auxilio---- Vagituque locum lugubri complet, ut æquum est, Cui tantum in vitâ [restet] transire malorum.

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From this reading Tum porro puer (ut sævis projectus ab undis Navita) nudus humi jacet, infans, indigus omni Vitali auxilio---- Vagituque locum lugubri complet, ut æquum est, Cui tantum in vitâ [restet] transire malorum.

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From this reading Rerum_, lib. v. [vv.

having an abundant supply of money or possessions of value

From this reading _BAPTISMS._ The Child of the Miller's Daughter, and Relation of her Misfortune--A frugal Couple: their Kind of Frugality--Plea of the Mother of a natural Child: her Churching--Large Family of Gerard Ablett: his Apprehensions: Comparison between his State and that of the wealthy Farmer his Master: his Consolation--An old Man's Anxiety for an Heir: the Jealousy of another on having many--Characters of the Grocer Dawkins and his Friend: their different Kinds of Disappointment--Three Infants named--An Orphan Girl and Village School-mistress--Gardener's Child: Pedantry and Conceit of the Father: his Botanical Discourse: Method of fixing the Embryo-fruit of Cucumbers--Absurd Effects of Rustic Vanity: observed in the Names of their Children--Relation of the Vestry Debate on a Foundling: Sir Richard Monday--Children of various Inhabitants--The poor Farmer--Children of a Profligate: his Character and Fate--Conclusion.

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From this reading Tum porro puer (ut sævis projectus ab undis Navita) nudus humi jacet, infans, indigus omni Vitali auxilio---- Vagituque locum lugubri complet, ut æquum est, Cui tantum in vitâ [restet] transire malorum.