Chapter III

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From this reading When, later in the year, he came of age (17 September), he 'took possession of two other little patent-places in the Exchequer, called Comptroller of the Pipe, and Clerk of the Estreats,' which had been held for him by a substitute.

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From this reading Soon after his mother's death, his father appointed him Inspector of Imports and Exports in the Custom House,--a post which he resigned in January, 1738, on succeeding Colonel William Townshend as Usher of the Exchequer.

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From this reading Patent Places under Government.--Starts with Gray on the Grand Tour, March, 1739.--From Dover to Paris.--Life at Paris.--Versailles.--The Convent of the Chartreux.--Life at Rheims.--A _Fête Galante_.--The Grande Chartreuse.--Starts for Italy.--The tragedy of Tory.--Turin; Genoa.--Academical Exercises at Bologna.--Life at Florence.--Rome; Naples; Herculaneum.--The Pen of Radicofani.--English at Florence.--Lady Mary Wortley Montagu.--Preparing for Home.--Quarrel with Gray.--Walpole's Apologia; his Illness, and Return to England.

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

From this reading Patent Places under Government.--Starts with Gray on the Grand Tour, March, 1739.--From Dover to Paris.--Life at Paris.--Versailles.--The Convent of the Chartreux.--Life at Rheims.--A _Fête Galante_.--The Grande Chartreuse.--Starts for Italy.--The tragedy of Tory.--Turin; Genoa.--Academical Exercises at Bologna.--Life at Florence.--Rome; Naples; Herculaneum.--The Pen of Radicofani.--English at Florence.--Lady Mary Wortley Montagu.--Preparing for Home.--Quarrel with Gray.--Walpole's Apologia; his Illness, and Return to England.

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From this reading Patent Places under Government.--Starts with Gray on the Grand Tour, March, 1739.--From Dover to Paris.--Life at Paris.--Versailles.--The Convent of the Chartreux.--Life at Rheims.--A _Fête Galante_.--The Grande Chartreuse.--Starts for Italy.--The tragedy of Tory.--Turin; Genoa.--Academical Exercises at Bologna.--Life at Florence.--Rome; Naples; Herculaneum.--The Pen of Radicofani.--English at Florence.--Lady Mary Wortley Montagu.--Preparing for Home.--Quarrel with Gray.--Walpole's Apologia; his Illness, and Return to England.

later than; following

From this reading Soon after his mother's death, his father appointed him Inspector of Imports and Exports in the Custom House,--a post which he resigned in January, 1738, on succeeding Colonel William Townshend as Usher of the Exchequer.

how long something has existed

From this reading When, later in the year, he came of age (17 September), he 'took possession of two other little patent-places in the Exchequer, called Comptroller of the Pipe, and Clerk of the Estreats,' which had been held for him by a substitute.

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

From this reading Patent Places under Government.--Starts with Gray on the Grand Tour, March, 1739.--From Dover to Paris.--Life at Paris.--Versailles.--The Convent of the Chartreux.--Life at Rheims.--A _Fête Galante_.--The Grande Chartreuse.--Starts for Italy.--The tragedy of Tory.--Turin; Genoa.--Academical Exercises at Bologna.--Life at Florence.--Rome; Naples; Herculaneum.--The Pen of Radicofani.--English at Florence.--Lady Mary Wortley Montagu.--Preparing for Home.--Quarrel with Gray.--Walpole's Apologia; his Illness, and Return to England.

a formal written defense of something you believe in strongly

From this reading Patent Places under Government.--Starts with Gray on the Grand Tour, March, 1739.--From Dover to Paris.--Life at Paris.--Versailles.--The Convent of the Chartreux.--Life at Rheims.--A _Fête Galante_.--The Grande Chartreuse.--Starts for Italy.--The tragedy of Tory.--Turin; Genoa.--Academical Exercises at Bologna.--Life at Florence.--Rome; Naples; Herculaneum.--The Pen of Radicofani.--English at Florence.--Lady Mary Wortley Montagu.--Preparing for Home.--Quarrel with Gray.--Walpole's Apologia; his Illness, and Return to England.

subject to appointment

From this reading Soon after his mother's death, his father appointed him Inspector of Imports and Exports in the Custom House,--a post which he resigned in January, 1738, on succeeding Colonel William Townshend as Usher of the Exchequer.

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

From this reading That, in those piping days of patronage, when even very young ladies of quality drew pay as cornets of horse, the son of the Prime Minister of England should be left unprovided for, was not to be expected.

in or near a particular place or position

From this reading Patent Places under Government.--Starts with Gray on the Grand Tour, March, 1739.--From Dover to Paris.--Life at Paris.--Versailles.--The Convent of the Chartreux.--Life at Rheims.--A _Fête Galante_.--The Grande Chartreuse.--Starts for Italy.--The tragedy of Tory.--Turin; Genoa.--Academical Exercises at Bologna.--Life at Florence.--Rome; Naples; Herculaneum.--The Pen of Radicofani.--English at Florence.--Lady Mary Wortley Montagu.--Preparing for Home.--Quarrel with Gray.--Walpole's Apologia; his Illness, and Return to England.

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

From this reading That, in those piping days of patronage, when even very young ladies of quality drew pay as cornets of horse, the son of the Prime Minister of England should be left unprovided for, was not to be expected.

the past participle of “be”

From this reading When, later in the year, he came of age (17 September), he 'took possession of two other little patent-places in the Exchequer, called Comptroller of the Pipe, and Clerk of the Estreats,' which had been held for him by a substitute.

the capital of Emilia-Romagna; located in northern Italy to the east of the Apennines

From this reading Patent Places under Government.--Starts with Gray on the Grand Tour, March, 1739.--From Dover to Paris.--Life at Paris.--Versailles.--The Convent of the Chartreux.--Life at Rheims.--A _Fête Galante_.--The Grande Chartreuse.--Starts for Italy.--The tragedy of Tory.--Turin; Genoa.--Academical Exercises at Bologna.--Life at Florence.--Rome; Naples; Herculaneum.--The Pen of Radicofani.--English at Florence.--Lady Mary Wortley Montagu.--Preparing for Home.--Quarrel with Gray.--Walpole's Apologia; his Illness, and Return to England.

showing who or what does the action

From this reading When, later in the year, he came of age (17 September), he 'took possession of two other little patent-places in the Exchequer, called Comptroller of the Pipe, and Clerk of the Estreats,' which had been held for him by a substitute.

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

From this reading When, later in the year, he came of age (17 September), he 'took possession of two other little patent-places in the Exchequer, called Comptroller of the Pipe, and Clerk of the Estreats,' which had been held for him by a substitute.

a university in England

From this reading While he was still resident at Cambridge, lucrative sinecures came to Horace Walpole.

inflected form of “come” — move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody

From this reading While he was still resident at Cambridge, lucrative sinecures came to Horace Walpole.

aromatic green or yellow liqueur flavored with orange peel and hyssop and peppermint oils; made at monastery near Grenoble, France

From this reading Patent Places under Government.--Starts with Gray on the Grand Tour, March, 1739.--From Dover to Paris.--Life at Paris.--Versailles.--The Convent of the Chartreux.--Life at Rheims.--A _Fête Galante_.--The Grande Chartreuse.--Starts for Italy.--The tragedy of Tory.--Turin; Genoa.--Academical Exercises at Bologna.--Life at Florence.--Rome; Naples; Herculaneum.--The Pen of Radicofani.--English at Florence.--Lady Mary Wortley Montagu.--Preparing for Home.--Quarrel with Gray.--Walpole's Apologia; his Illness, and Return to England.

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From this reading Patent Places under Government.--Starts with Gray on the Grand Tour, March, 1739.--From Dover to Paris.--Life at Paris.--Versailles.--The Convent of the Chartreux.--Life at Rheims.--A _Fête Galante_.--The Grande Chartreuse.--Starts for Italy.--The tragedy of Tory.--Turin; Genoa.--Academical Exercises at Bologna.--Life at Florence.--Rome; Naples; Herculaneum.--The Pen of Radicofani.--English at Florence.--Lady Mary Wortley Montagu.--Preparing for Home.--Quarrel with Gray.--Walpole's Apologia; his Illness, and Return to England.

an employee who performs clerical work (e.g., keeps records or accounts)

From this reading When, later in the year, he came of age (17 September), he 'took possession of two other little patent-places in the Exchequer, called Comptroller of the Pipe, and Clerk of the Estreats,' which had been held for him by a substitute.

a commissioned military officer in the United States Army or Air Force or Marines who ranks above a lieutenant colonel and below a brigadier general

From this reading Soon after his mother's death, his father appointed him Inspector of Imports and Exports in the Custom House,--a post which he resigned in January, 1738, on succeeding Colonel William Townshend as Usher of the Exchequer.

someone who maintains and audits business accounts

From this reading When, later in the year, he came of age (17 September), he 'took possession of two other little patent-places in the Exchequer, called Comptroller of the Pipe, and Clerk of the Estreats,' which had been held for him by a substitute.

a religious residence especially for nuns

From this reading Patent Places under Government.--Starts with Gray on the Grand Tour, March, 1739.--From Dover to Paris.--Life at Paris.--Versailles.--The Convent of the Chartreux.--Life at Rheims.--A _Fête Galante_.--The Grande Chartreuse.--Starts for Italy.--The tragedy of Tory.--Turin; Genoa.--Academical Exercises at Bologna.--Life at Florence.--Rome; Naples; Herculaneum.--The Pen of Radicofani.--English at Florence.--Lady Mary Wortley Montagu.--Preparing for Home.--Quarrel with Gray.--Walpole's Apologia; his Illness, and Return to England.

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From this reading That, in those piping days of patronage, when even very young ladies of quality drew pay as cornets of horse, the son of the Prime Minister of England should be left unprovided for, was not to be expected.

accepted or habitual practice

From this reading Soon after his mother's death, his father appointed him Inspector of Imports and Exports in the Custom House,--a post which he resigned in January, 1738, on succeeding Colonel William Townshend as Usher of the Exchequer.

the time during which someone's life continues

From this reading That, in those piping days of patronage, when even very young ladies of quality drew pay as cornets of horse, the son of the Prime Minister of England should be left unprovided for, was not to be expected.

the event of dying or departure from life

From this reading Soon after his mother's death, his father appointed him Inspector of Imports and Exports in the Custom House,--a post which he resigned in January, 1738, on succeeding Colonel William Townshend as Usher of the Exchequer.

the capital of the state of Delaware

From this reading Patent Places under Government.--Starts with Gray on the Grand Tour, March, 1739.--From Dover to Paris.--Life at Paris.--Versailles.--The Convent of the Chartreux.--Life at Rheims.--A _Fête Galante_.--The Grande Chartreuse.--Starts for Italy.--The tragedy of Tory.--Turin; Genoa.--Academical Exercises at Bologna.--Life at Florence.--Rome; Naples; Herculaneum.--The Pen of Radicofani.--English at Florence.--Lady Mary Wortley Montagu.--Preparing for Home.--Quarrel with Gray.--Walpole's Apologia; his Illness, and Return to England.

United States actor (born in Ireland); father of Georgiana Emma Barrymore (1827-1862)

From this reading That, in those piping days of patronage, when even very young ladies of quality drew pay as cornets of horse, the son of the Prime Minister of England should be left unprovided for, was not to be expected.

a division of the United Kingdom

From this reading Patent Places under Government.--Starts with Gray on the Grand Tour, March, 1739.--From Dover to Paris.--Life at Paris.--Versailles.--The Convent of the Chartreux.--Life at Rheims.--A _Fête Galante_.--The Grande Chartreuse.--Starts for Italy.--The tragedy of Tory.--Turin; Genoa.--Academical Exercises at Bologna.--Life at Florence.--Rome; Naples; Herculaneum.--The Pen of Radicofani.--English at Florence.--Lady Mary Wortley Montagu.--Preparing for Home.--Quarrel with Gray.--Walpole's Apologia; his Illness, and Return to England.

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

From this reading Patent Places under Government.--Starts with Gray on the Grand Tour, March, 1739.--From Dover to Paris.--Life at Paris.--Versailles.--The Convent of the Chartreux.--Life at Rheims.--A _Fête Galante_.--The Grande Chartreuse.--Starts for Italy.--The tragedy of Tory.--Turin; Genoa.--Academical Exercises at Bologna.--Life at Florence.--Rome; Naples; Herculaneum.--The Pen of Radicofani.--English at Florence.--Lady Mary Wortley Montagu.--Preparing for Home.--Quarrel with Gray.--Walpole's Apologia; his Illness, and Return to England.

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From this reading When, later in the year, he came of age (17 September), he 'took possession of two other little patent-places in the Exchequer, called Comptroller of the Pipe, and Clerk of the Estreats,' which had been held for him by a substitute.

divisible by two

From this reading That, in those piping days of patronage, when even very young ladies of quality drew pay as cornets of horse, the son of the Prime Minister of England should be left unprovided for, was not to be expected.

the funds of a government or institution or individual

From this reading Soon after his mother's death, his father appointed him Inspector of Imports and Exports in the Custom House,--a post which he resigned in January, 1738, on succeeding Colonel William Townshend as Usher of the Exchequer.

plural of “exercise” — the activity of exerting your muscles in various ways to keep fit

From this reading Patent Places under Government.--Starts with Gray on the Grand Tour, March, 1739.--From Dover to Paris.--Life at Paris.--Versailles.--The Convent of the Chartreux.--Life at Rheims.--A _Fête Galante_.--The Grande Chartreuse.--Starts for Italy.--The tragedy of Tory.--Turin; Genoa.--Academical Exercises at Bologna.--Life at Florence.--Rome; Naples; Herculaneum.--The Pen of Radicofani.--English at Florence.--Lady Mary Wortley Montagu.--Preparing for Home.--Quarrel with Gray.--Walpole's Apologia; his Illness, and Return to England.

considered likely or probable to happen or arrive

From this reading That, in those piping days of patronage, when even very young ladies of quality drew pay as cornets of horse, the son of the Prime Minister of England should be left unprovided for, was not to be expected.

plural of “export” — commodities (goods or services) sold to a foreign country

From this reading Soon after his mother's death, his father appointed him Inspector of Imports and Exports in the Custom House,--a post which he resigned in January, 1738, on succeeding Colonel William Townshend as Usher of the Exchequer.

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

From this reading Soon after his mother's death, his father appointed him Inspector of Imports and Exports in the Custom House,--a post which he resigned in January, 1738, on succeeding Colonel William Townshend as Usher of the Exchequer.

a city in central Italy on the Arno; provincial capital of Tuscany; center of the Italian Renaissance from 14th to 16th centuries

From this reading Patent Places under Government.--Starts with Gray on the Grand Tour, March, 1739.--From Dover to Paris.--Life at Paris.--Versailles.--The Convent of the Chartreux.--Life at Rheims.--A _Fête Galante_.--The Grande Chartreuse.--Starts for Italy.--The tragedy of Tory.--Turin; Genoa.--Academical Exercises at Bologna.--Life at Florence.--Rome; Naples; Herculaneum.--The Pen of Radicofani.--English at Florence.--Lady Mary Wortley Montagu.--Preparing for Home.--Quarrel with Gray.--Walpole's Apologia; his Illness, and Return to England.

intended to be given to, or used by, somebody

From this reading Patent Places under Government.--Starts with Gray on the Grand Tour, March, 1739.--From Dover to Paris.--Life at Paris.--Versailles.--The Convent of the Chartreux.--Life at Rheims.--A _Fête Galante_.--The Grande Chartreuse.--Starts for Italy.--The tragedy of Tory.--Turin; Genoa.--Academical Exercises at Bologna.--Life at Florence.--Rome; Naples; Herculaneum.--The Pen of Radicofani.--English at Florence.--Lady Mary Wortley Montagu.--Preparing for Home.--Quarrel with Gray.--Walpole's Apologia; his Illness, and Return to England.

showing where something starts, or who sent it

From this reading Patent Places under Government.--Starts with Gray on the Grand Tour, March, 1739.--From Dover to Paris.--Life at Paris.--Versailles.--The Convent of the Chartreux.--Life at Rheims.--A _Fête Galante_.--The Grande Chartreuse.--Starts for Italy.--The tragedy of Tory.--Turin; Genoa.--Academical Exercises at Bologna.--Life at Florence.--Rome; Naples; Herculaneum.--The Pen of Radicofani.--English at Florence.--Lady Mary Wortley Montagu.--Preparing for Home.--Quarrel with Gray.--Walpole's Apologia; his Illness, and Return to England.

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From this reading Patent Places under Government.--Starts with Gray on the Grand Tour, March, 1739.--From Dover to Paris.--Life at Paris.--Versailles.--The Convent of the Chartreux.--Life at Rheims.--A _Fête Galante_.--The Grande Chartreuse.--Starts for Italy.--The tragedy of Tory.--Turin; Genoa.--Academical Exercises at Bologna.--Life at Florence.--Rome; Naples; Herculaneum.--The Pen of Radicofani.--English at Florence.--Lady Mary Wortley Montagu.--Preparing for Home.--Quarrel with Gray.--Walpole's Apologia; his Illness, and Return to England.

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From this reading Patent Places under Government.--Starts with Gray on the Grand Tour, March, 1739.--From Dover to Paris.--Life at Paris.--Versailles.--The Convent of the Chartreux.--Life at Rheims.--A _Fête Galante_.--The Grande Chartreuse.--Starts for Italy.--The tragedy of Tory.--Turin; Genoa.--Academical Exercises at Bologna.--Life at Florence.--Rome; Naples; Herculaneum.--The Pen of Radicofani.--English at Florence.--Lady Mary Wortley Montagu.--Preparing for Home.--Quarrel with Gray.--Walpole's Apologia; his Illness, and Return to England.

a seaport in northwestern Italy; provincial capital of Liguria

From this reading Patent Places under Government.--Starts with Gray on the Grand Tour, March, 1739.--From Dover to Paris.--Life at Paris.--Versailles.--The Convent of the Chartreux.--Life at Rheims.--A _Fête Galante_.--The Grande Chartreuse.--Starts for Italy.--The tragedy of Tory.--Turin; Genoa.--Academical Exercises at Bologna.--Life at Florence.--Rome; Naples; Herculaneum.--The Pen of Radicofani.--English at Florence.--Lady Mary Wortley Montagu.--Preparing for Home.--Quarrel with Gray.--Walpole's Apologia; his Illness, and Return to England.

the organization that is the governing authority of a political unit

From this reading Patent Places under Government.--Starts with Gray on the Grand Tour, March, 1739.--From Dover to Paris.--Life at Paris.--Versailles.--The Convent of the Chartreux.--Life at Rheims.--A _Fête Galante_.--The Grande Chartreuse.--Starts for Italy.--The tragedy of Tory.--Turin; Genoa.--Academical Exercises at Bologna.--Life at Florence.--Rome; Naples; Herculaneum.--The Pen of Radicofani.--English at Florence.--Lady Mary Wortley Montagu.--Preparing for Home.--Quarrel with Gray.--Walpole's Apologia; his Illness, and Return to England.

of behavior that is impressive and ambitious in scale or scope

From this reading Patent Places under Government.--Starts with Gray on the Grand Tour, March, 1739.--From Dover to Paris.--Life at Paris.--Versailles.--The Convent of the Chartreux.--Life at Rheims.--A _Fête Galante_.--The Grande Chartreuse.--Starts for Italy.--The tragedy of Tory.--Turin; Genoa.--Academical Exercises at Bologna.--Life at Florence.--Rome; Naples; Herculaneum.--The Pen of Radicofani.--English at Florence.--Lady Mary Wortley Montagu.--Preparing for Home.--Quarrel with Gray.--Walpole's Apologia; his Illness, and Return to England.

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From this reading Patent Places under Government.--Starts with Gray on the Grand Tour, March, 1739.--From Dover to Paris.--Life at Paris.--Versailles.--The Convent of the Chartreux.--Life at Rheims.--A _Fête Galante_.--The Grande Chartreuse.--Starts for Italy.--The tragedy of Tory.--Turin; Genoa.--Academical Exercises at Bologna.--Life at Florence.--Rome; Naples; Herculaneum.--The Pen of Radicofani.--English at Florence.--Lady Mary Wortley Montagu.--Preparing for Home.--Quarrel with Gray.--Walpole's Apologia; his Illness, and Return to England.

a neutral achromatic color midway between white and black

From this reading Patent Places under Government.--Starts with Gray on the Grand Tour, March, 1739.--From Dover to Paris.--Life at Paris.--Versailles.--The Convent of the Chartreux.--Life at Rheims.--A _Fête Galante_.--The Grande Chartreuse.--Starts for Italy.--The tragedy of Tory.--Turin; Genoa.--Academical Exercises at Bologna.--Life at Florence.--Rome; Naples; Herculaneum.--The Pen of Radicofani.--English at Florence.--Lady Mary Wortley Montagu.--Preparing for Home.--Quarrel with Gray.--Walpole's Apologia; his Illness, and Return to England.

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

From this reading When, later in the year, he came of age (17 September), he 'took possession of two other little patent-places in the Exchequer, called Comptroller of the Pipe, and Clerk of the Estreats,' which had been held for him by a substitute.

a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject

From this reading While he was still resident at Cambridge, lucrative sinecures came to Horace Walpole.

occupied or in the control of; often used in combination

From this reading When, later in the year, he came of age (17 September), he 'took possession of two other little patent-places in the Exchequer, called Comptroller of the Pipe, and Clerk of the Estreats,' which had been held for him by a substitute.

ancient city; now destroyed

From this reading Patent Places under Government.--Starts with Gray on the Grand Tour, March, 1739.--From Dover to Paris.--Life at Paris.--Versailles.--The Convent of the Chartreux.--Life at Rheims.--A _Fête Galante_.--The Grande Chartreuse.--Starts for Italy.--The tragedy of Tory.--Turin; Genoa.--Academical Exercises at Bologna.--Life at Florence.--Rome; Naples; Herculaneum.--The Pen of Radicofani.--English at Florence.--Lady Mary Wortley Montagu.--Preparing for Home.--Quarrel with Gray.--Walpole's Apologia; his Illness, and Return to England.

the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition

From this reading Soon after his mother's death, his father appointed him Inspector of Imports and Exports in the Custom House,--a post which he resigned in January, 1738, on succeeding Colonel William Townshend as Usher of the Exchequer.

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

From this reading Patent Places under Government.--Starts with Gray on the Grand Tour, March, 1739.--From Dover to Paris.--Life at Paris.--Versailles.--The Convent of the Chartreux.--Life at Rheims.--A _Fête Galante_.--The Grande Chartreuse.--Starts for Italy.--The tragedy of Tory.--Turin; Genoa.--Academical Exercises at Bologna.--Life at Florence.--Rome; Naples; Herculaneum.--The Pen of Radicofani.--English at Florence.--Lady Mary Wortley Montagu.--Preparing for Home.--Quarrel with Gray.--Walpole's Apologia; his Illness, and Return to England.

where you live at a particular time

From this reading Patent Places under Government.--Starts with Gray on the Grand Tour, March, 1739.--From Dover to Paris.--Life at Paris.--Versailles.--The Convent of the Chartreux.--Life at Rheims.--A _Fête Galante_.--The Grande Chartreuse.--Starts for Italy.--The tragedy of Tory.--Turin; Genoa.--Academical Exercises at Bologna.--Life at Florence.--Rome; Naples; Herculaneum.--The Pen of Radicofani.--English at Florence.--Lady Mary Wortley Montagu.--Preparing for Home.--Quarrel with Gray.--Walpole's Apologia; his Illness, and Return to England.

Roman lyric poet said to have influenced English poetry (65-8 BC)

From this reading While he was still resident at Cambridge, lucrative sinecures came to Horace Walpole.

solid-hoofed herbivorous quadruped domesticated since prehistoric times

From this reading That, in those piping days of patronage, when even very young ladies of quality drew pay as cornets of horse, the son of the Prime Minister of England should be left unprovided for, was not to be expected.

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

From this reading Soon after his mother's death, his father appointed him Inspector of Imports and Exports in the Custom House,--a post which he resigned in January, 1738, on succeeding Colonel William Townshend as Usher of the Exchequer.

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

From this reading Patent Places under Government.--Starts with Gray on the Grand Tour, March, 1739.--From Dover to Paris.--Life at Paris.--Versailles.--The Convent of the Chartreux.--Life at Rheims.--A _Fête Galante_.--The Grande Chartreuse.--Starts for Italy.--The tragedy of Tory.--Turin; Genoa.--Academical Exercises at Bologna.--Life at Florence.--Rome; Naples; Herculaneum.--The Pen of Radicofani.--English at Florence.--Lady Mary Wortley Montagu.--Preparing for Home.--Quarrel with Gray.--Walpole's Apologia; his Illness, and Return to England.

plural of “import” — commodities (goods or services) bought from a foreign country

From this reading Soon after his mother's death, his father appointed him Inspector of Imports and Exports in the Custom House,--a post which he resigned in January, 1738, on succeeding Colonel William Townshend as Usher of the Exchequer.

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

From this reading That, in those piping days of patronage, when even very young ladies of quality drew pay as cornets of horse, the son of the Prime Minister of England should be left unprovided for, was not to be expected.

a high ranking police officer

From this reading Soon after his mother's death, his father appointed him Inspector of Imports and Exports in the Custom House,--a post which he resigned in January, 1738, on succeeding Colonel William Townshend as Usher of the Exchequer.

a republic in southern Europe on the Italian Peninsula; was the core of the Roman Republic and the Roman Empire between the 4th century BC and the 5th century AD

From this reading Patent Places under Government.--Starts with Gray on the Grand Tour, March, 1739.--From Dover to Paris.--Life at Paris.--Versailles.--The Convent of the Chartreux.--Life at Rheims.--A _Fête Galante_.--The Grande Chartreuse.--Starts for Italy.--The tragedy of Tory.--Turin; Genoa.--Academical Exercises at Bologna.--Life at Florence.--Rome; Naples; Herculaneum.--The Pen of Radicofani.--English at Florence.--Lady Mary Wortley Montagu.--Preparing for Home.--Quarrel with Gray.--Walpole's Apologia; his Illness, and Return to England.

the first month of the year; begins 10 days after the winter solstice

From this reading Soon after his mother's death, his father appointed him Inspector of Imports and Exports in the Custom House,--a post which he resigned in January, 1738, on succeeding Colonel William Townshend as Usher of the Exchequer.

plural of “lady” — a polite name for any woman

From this reading That, in those piping days of patronage, when even very young ladies of quality drew pay as cornets of horse, the son of the Prime Minister of England should be left unprovided for, was not to be expected.

a polite name for any woman

From this reading Patent Places under Government.--Starts with Gray on the Grand Tour, March, 1739.--From Dover to Paris.--Life at Paris.--Versailles.--The Convent of the Chartreux.--Life at Rheims.--A _Fête Galante_.--The Grande Chartreuse.--Starts for Italy.--The tragedy of Tory.--Turin; Genoa.--Academical Exercises at Bologna.--Life at Florence.--Rome; Naples; Herculaneum.--The Pen of Radicofani.--English at Florence.--Lady Mary Wortley Montagu.--Preparing for Home.--Quarrel with Gray.--Walpole's Apologia; his Illness, and Return to England.

happening at a time subsequent to a reference time

From this reading When, later in the year, he came of age (17 September), he 'took possession of two other little patent-places in the Exchequer, called Comptroller of the Pipe, and Clerk of the Estreats,' which had been held for him by a substitute.

location near or direction toward the left side; i.e. the side to the north when a person or object faces east

From this reading That, in those piping days of patronage, when even very young ladies of quality drew pay as cornets of horse, the son of the Prime Minister of England should be left unprovided for, was not to be expected.

a characteristic state or mode of living

From this reading Patent Places under Government.--Starts with Gray on the Grand Tour, March, 1739.--From Dover to Paris.--Life at Paris.--Versailles.--The Convent of the Chartreux.--Life at Rheims.--A _Fête Galante_.--The Grande Chartreuse.--Starts for Italy.--The tragedy of Tory.--Turin; Genoa.--Academical Exercises at Bologna.--Life at Florence.--Rome; Naples; Herculaneum.--The Pen of Radicofani.--English at Florence.--Lady Mary Wortley Montagu.--Preparing for Home.--Quarrel with Gray.--Walpole's Apologia; his Illness, and Return to England.

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

From this reading When, later in the year, he came of age (17 September), he 'took possession of two other little patent-places in the Exchequer, called Comptroller of the Pipe, and Clerk of the Estreats,' which had been held for him by a substitute.

producing a sizeable profit

From this reading While he was still resident at Cambridge, lucrative sinecures came to Horace Walpole.

march in a procession

From this reading Patent Places under Government.--Starts with Gray on the Grand Tour, March, 1739.--From Dover to Paris.--Life at Paris.--Versailles.--The Convent of the Chartreux.--Life at Rheims.--A _Fête Galante_.--The Grande Chartreuse.--Starts for Italy.--The tragedy of Tory.--Turin; Genoa.--Academical Exercises at Bologna.--Life at Florence.--Rome; Naples; Herculaneum.--The Pen of Radicofani.--English at Florence.--Lady Mary Wortley Montagu.--Preparing for Home.--Quarrel with Gray.--Walpole's Apologia; his Illness, and Return to England.

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

From this reading Patent Places under Government.--Starts with Gray on the Grand Tour, March, 1739.--From Dover to Paris.--Life at Paris.--Versailles.--The Convent of the Chartreux.--Life at Rheims.--A _Fête Galante_.--The Grande Chartreuse.--Starts for Italy.--The tragedy of Tory.--Turin; Genoa.--Academical Exercises at Bologna.--Life at Florence.--Rome; Naples; Herculaneum.--The Pen of Radicofani.--English at Florence.--Lady Mary Wortley Montagu.--Preparing for Home.--Quarrel with Gray.--Walpole's Apologia; his Illness, and Return to England.

a person authorized to conduct religious worship

From this reading That, in those piping days of patronage, when even very young ladies of quality drew pay as cornets of horse, the son of the Prime Minister of England should be left unprovided for, was not to be expected.

United States anthropologist (born in England) who popularized anthropology (1905-)

From this reading Patent Places under Government.--Starts with Gray on the Grand Tour, March, 1739.--From Dover to Paris.--Life at Paris.--Versailles.--The Convent of the Chartreux.--Life at Rheims.--A _Fête Galante_.--The Grande Chartreuse.--Starts for Italy.--The tragedy of Tory.--Turin; Genoa.--Academical Exercises at Bologna.--Life at Florence.--Rome; Naples; Herculaneum.--The Pen of Radicofani.--English at Florence.--Lady Mary Wortley Montagu.--Preparing for Home.--Quarrel with Gray.--Walpole's Apologia; his Illness, and Return to England.

possessive form of “mother” — a woman who has given birth to a child (also used as a term of address to your mother)

From this reading Soon after his mother's death, his father appointed him Inspector of Imports and Exports in the Custom House,--a post which he resigned in January, 1738, on succeeding Colonel William Townshend as Usher of the Exchequer.

a port and tourist center in southwestern Italy; capital of the Campania region

From this reading Patent Places under Government.--Starts with Gray on the Grand Tour, March, 1739.--From Dover to Paris.--Life at Paris.--Versailles.--The Convent of the Chartreux.--Life at Rheims.--A _Fête Galante_.--The Grande Chartreuse.--Starts for Italy.--The tragedy of Tory.--Turin; Genoa.--Academical Exercises at Bologna.--Life at Florence.--Rome; Naples; Herculaneum.--The Pen of Radicofani.--English at Florence.--Lady Mary Wortley Montagu.--Preparing for Home.--Quarrel with Gray.--Walpole's Apologia; his Illness, and Return to England.

used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative

From this reading That, in those piping days of patronage, when even very young ladies of quality drew pay as cornets of horse, the son of the Prime Minister of England should be left unprovided for, was not to be expected.

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

From this reading Patent Places under Government.--Starts with Gray on the Grand Tour, March, 1739.--From Dover to Paris.--Life at Paris.--Versailles.--The Convent of the Chartreux.--Life at Rheims.--A _Fête Galante_.--The Grande Chartreuse.--Starts for Italy.--The tragedy of Tory.--Turin; Genoa.--Academical Exercises at Bologna.--Life at Florence.--Rome; Naples; Herculaneum.--The Pen of Radicofani.--English at Florence.--Lady Mary Wortley Montagu.--Preparing for Home.--Quarrel with Gray.--Walpole's Apologia; his Illness, and Return to England.

touching and supported by a surface

From this reading Patent Places under Government.--Starts with Gray on the Grand Tour, March, 1739.--From Dover to Paris.--Life at Paris.--Versailles.--The Convent of the Chartreux.--Life at Rheims.--A _Fête Galante_.--The Grande Chartreuse.--Starts for Italy.--The tragedy of Tory.--Turin; Genoa.--Academical Exercises at Bologna.--Life at Florence.--Rome; Naples; Herculaneum.--The Pen of Radicofani.--English at Florence.--Lady Mary Wortley Montagu.--Preparing for Home.--Quarrel with Gray.--Walpole's Apologia; his Illness, and Return to England.

not the same one or ones already mentioned or implied

From this reading When, later in the year, he came of age (17 September), he 'took possession of two other little patent-places in the Exchequer, called Comptroller of the Pipe, and Clerk of the Estreats,' which had been held for him by a substitute.

the capital and largest city of France; and international center of culture and commerce

From this reading Patent Places under Government.--Starts with Gray on the Grand Tour, March, 1739.--From Dover to Paris.--Life at Paris.--Versailles.--The Convent of the Chartreux.--Life at Rheims.--A _Fête Galante_.--The Grande Chartreuse.--Starts for Italy.--The tragedy of Tory.--Turin; Genoa.--Academical Exercises at Bologna.--Life at Florence.--Rome; Naples; Herculaneum.--The Pen of Radicofani.--English at Florence.--Lady Mary Wortley Montagu.--Preparing for Home.--Quarrel with Gray.--Walpole's Apologia; his Illness, and Return to England.

obtain a patent for

From this reading Patent Places under Government.--Starts with Gray on the Grand Tour, March, 1739.--From Dover to Paris.--Life at Paris.--Versailles.--The Convent of the Chartreux.--Life at Rheims.--A _Fête Galante_.--The Grande Chartreuse.--Starts for Italy.--The tragedy of Tory.--Turin; Genoa.--Academical Exercises at Bologna.--Life at Florence.--Rome; Naples; Herculaneum.--The Pen of Radicofani.--English at Florence.--Lady Mary Wortley Montagu.--Preparing for Home.--Quarrel with Gray.--Walpole's Apologia; his Illness, and Return to England.

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From this reading When, later in the year, he came of age (17 September), he 'took possession of two other little patent-places in the Exchequer, called Comptroller of the Pipe, and Clerk of the Estreats,' which had been held for him by a substitute.

the act of providing approval and support

From this reading That, in those piping days of patronage, when even very young ladies of quality drew pay as cornets of horse, the son of the Prime Minister of England should be left unprovided for, was not to be expected.

give money, usually in exchange for goods or services

From this reading That, in those piping days of patronage, when even very young ladies of quality drew pay as cornets of horse, the son of the Prime Minister of England should be left unprovided for, was not to be expected.

a writing implement with a point from which ink flows

From this reading Patent Places under Government.--Starts with Gray on the Grand Tour, March, 1739.--From Dover to Paris.--Life at Paris.--Versailles.--The Convent of the Chartreux.--Life at Rheims.--A _Fête Galante_.--The Grande Chartreuse.--Starts for Italy.--The tragedy of Tory.--Turin; Genoa.--Academical Exercises at Bologna.--Life at Florence.--Rome; Naples; Herculaneum.--The Pen of Radicofani.--English at Florence.--Lady Mary Wortley Montagu.--Preparing for Home.--Quarrel with Gray.--Walpole's Apologia; his Illness, and Return to England.

a tube with a small bowl at one end; used for smoking tobacco

From this reading When, later in the year, he came of age (17 September), he 'took possession of two other little patent-places in the Exchequer, called Comptroller of the Pipe, and Clerk of the Estreats,' which had been held for him by a substitute.

a thin strip of covered cord used to edge hems

From this reading That, in those piping days of patronage, when even very young ladies of quality drew pay as cornets of horse, the son of the Prime Minister of England should be left unprovided for, was not to be expected.

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

From this reading Patent Places under Government.--Starts with Gray on the Grand Tour, March, 1739.--From Dover to Paris.--Life at Paris.--Versailles.--The Convent of the Chartreux.--Life at Rheims.--A _Fête Galante_.--The Grande Chartreuse.--Starts for Italy.--The tragedy of Tory.--Turin; Genoa.--Academical Exercises at Bologna.--Life at Florence.--Rome; Naples; Herculaneum.--The Pen of Radicofani.--English at Florence.--Lady Mary Wortley Montagu.--Preparing for Home.--Quarrel with Gray.--Walpole's Apologia; his Illness, and Return to England.

the act of having and controlling property

From this reading When, later in the year, he came of age (17 September), he 'took possession of two other little patent-places in the Exchequer, called Comptroller of the Pipe, and Clerk of the Estreats,' which had been held for him by a substitute.

affix in a public place or for public notice

From this reading Soon after his mother's death, his father appointed him Inspector of Imports and Exports in the Custom House,--a post which he resigned in January, 1738, on succeeding Colonel William Townshend as Usher of the Exchequer.

-ing form of “prepare” — make ready or suitable or equip in advance for a particular purpose or for some use, event, etc

From this reading Patent Places under Government.--Starts with Gray on the Grand Tour, March, 1739.--From Dover to Paris.--Life at Paris.--Versailles.--The Convent of the Chartreux.--Life at Rheims.--A _Fête Galante_.--The Grande Chartreuse.--Starts for Italy.--The tragedy of Tory.--Turin; Genoa.--Academical Exercises at Bologna.--Life at Florence.--Rome; Naples; Herculaneum.--The Pen of Radicofani.--English at Florence.--Lady Mary Wortley Montagu.--Preparing for Home.--Quarrel with Gray.--Walpole's Apologia; his Illness, and Return to England.

first in rank or degree

From this reading That, in those piping days of patronage, when even very young ladies of quality drew pay as cornets of horse, the son of the Prime Minister of England should be left unprovided for, was not to be expected.

an essential and distinguishing attribute of something or someone

From this reading That, in those piping days of patronage, when even very young ladies of quality drew pay as cornets of horse, the son of the Prime Minister of England should be left unprovided for, was not to be expected.

an angry dispute

From this reading Patent Places under Government.--Starts with Gray on the Grand Tour, March, 1739.--From Dover to Paris.--Life at Paris.--Versailles.--The Convent of the Chartreux.--Life at Rheims.--A _Fête Galante_.--The Grande Chartreuse.--Starts for Italy.--The tragedy of Tory.--Turin; Genoa.--Academical Exercises at Bologna.--Life at Florence.--Rome; Naples; Herculaneum.--The Pen of Radicofani.--English at Florence.--Lady Mary Wortley Montagu.--Preparing for Home.--Quarrel with Gray.--Walpole's Apologia; his Illness, and Return to England.

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From this reading Patent Places under Government.--Starts with Gray on the Grand Tour, March, 1739.--From Dover to Paris.--Life at Paris.--Versailles.--The Convent of the Chartreux.--Life at Rheims.--A _Fête Galante_.--The Grande Chartreuse.--Starts for Italy.--The tragedy of Tory.--Turin; Genoa.--Academical Exercises at Bologna.--Life at Florence.--Rome; Naples; Herculaneum.--The Pen of Radicofani.--English at Florence.--Lady Mary Wortley Montagu.--Preparing for Home.--Quarrel with Gray.--Walpole's Apologia; his Illness, and Return to England.

living in a particular place

From this reading While he was still resident at Cambridge, lucrative sinecures came to Horace Walpole.

past form of “resign” — leave (a job, post, or position) voluntarily

From this reading Soon after his mother's death, his father appointed him Inspector of Imports and Exports in the Custom House,--a post which he resigned in January, 1738, on succeeding Colonel William Townshend as Usher of the Exchequer.

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

From this reading Patent Places under Government.--Starts with Gray on the Grand Tour, March, 1739.--From Dover to Paris.--Life at Paris.--Versailles.--The Convent of the Chartreux.--Life at Rheims.--A _Fête Galante_.--The Grande Chartreuse.--Starts for Italy.--The tragedy of Tory.--Turin; Genoa.--Academical Exercises at Bologna.--Life at Florence.--Rome; Naples; Herculaneum.--The Pen of Radicofani.--English at Florence.--Lady Mary Wortley Montagu.--Preparing for Home.--Quarrel with Gray.--Walpole's Apologia; his Illness, and Return to England.

a city in northeastern France to the east of Paris; scene of the coronation of most French kings; site of the unconditional German surrender in 1945 at the end of World War II

From this reading Patent Places under Government.--Starts with Gray on the Grand Tour, March, 1739.--From Dover to Paris.--Life at Paris.--Versailles.--The Convent of the Chartreux.--Life at Rheims.--A _Fête Galante_.--The Grande Chartreuse.--Starts for Italy.--The tragedy of Tory.--Turin; Genoa.--Academical Exercises at Bologna.--Life at Florence.--Rome; Naples; Herculaneum.--The Pen of Radicofani.--English at Florence.--Lady Mary Wortley Montagu.--Preparing for Home.--Quarrel with Gray.--Walpole's Apologia; his Illness, and Return to England.

capital and largest city of Italy; on the Tiber; seat of the Roman Catholic Church; formerly the capital of the Roman Republic and the Roman Empire

From this reading Patent Places under Government.--Starts with Gray on the Grand Tour, March, 1739.--From Dover to Paris.--Life at Paris.--Versailles.--The Convent of the Chartreux.--Life at Rheims.--A _Fête Galante_.--The Grande Chartreuse.--Starts for Italy.--The tragedy of Tory.--Turin; Genoa.--Academical Exercises at Bologna.--Life at Florence.--Rome; Naples; Herculaneum.--The Pen of Radicofani.--English at Florence.--Lady Mary Wortley Montagu.--Preparing for Home.--Quarrel with Gray.--Walpole's Apologia; his Illness, and Return to England.

the month following August and preceding October

From this reading When, later in the year, he came of age (17 September), he 'took possession of two other little patent-places in the Exchequer, called Comptroller of the Pipe, and Clerk of the Estreats,' which had been held for him by a substitute.

used to say what is right, expected, or advisable

From this reading That, in those piping days of patronage, when even very young ladies of quality drew pay as cornets of horse, the son of the Prime Minister of England should be left unprovided for, was not to be expected.

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From this reading While he was still resident at Cambridge, lucrative sinecures came to Horace Walpole.

a male human offspring

From this reading That, in those piping days of patronage, when even very young ladies of quality drew pay as cornets of horse, the son of the Prime Minister of England should be left unprovided for, was not to be expected.

in the near future

From this reading Soon after his mother's death, his father appointed him Inspector of Imports and Exports in the Custom House,--a post which he resigned in January, 1738, on succeeding Colonel William Townshend as Usher of the Exchequer.

plural of “start” — the beginning of anything

From this reading Patent Places under Government.--Starts with Gray on the Grand Tour, March, 1739.--From Dover to Paris.--Life at Paris.--Versailles.--The Convent of the Chartreux.--Life at Rheims.--A _Fête Galante_.--The Grande Chartreuse.--Starts for Italy.--The tragedy of Tory.--Turin; Genoa.--Academical Exercises at Bologna.--Life at Florence.--Rome; Naples; Herculaneum.--The Pen of Radicofani.--English at Florence.--Lady Mary Wortley Montagu.--Preparing for Home.--Quarrel with Gray.--Walpole's Apologia; his Illness, and Return to England.

not in physical motion

From this reading While he was still resident at Cambridge, lucrative sinecures came to Horace Walpole.

put in the place of another; switch seemingly equivalent items

From this reading When, later in the year, he came of age (17 September), he 'took possession of two other little patent-places in the Exchequer, called Comptroller of the Pipe, and Clerk of the Estreats,' which had been held for him by a substitute.

coming after or following

From this reading Soon after his mother's death, his father appointed him Inspector of Imports and Exports in the Custom House,--a post which he resigned in January, 1738, on succeeding Colonel William Townshend as Usher of the Exchequer.

used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt

From this reading That, in those piping days of patronage, when even very young ladies of quality drew pay as cornets of horse, the son of the Prime Minister of England should be left unprovided for, was not to be expected.

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

From this reading Patent Places under Government.--Starts with Gray on the Grand Tour, March, 1739.--From Dover to Paris.--Life at Paris.--Versailles.--The Convent of the Chartreux.--Life at Rheims.--A _Fête Galante_.--The Grande Chartreuse.--Starts for Italy.--The tragedy of Tory.--Turin; Genoa.--Academical Exercises at Bologna.--Life at Florence.--Rome; Naples; Herculaneum.--The Pen of Radicofani.--English at Florence.--Lady Mary Wortley Montagu.--Preparing for Home.--Quarrel with Gray.--Walpole's Apologia; his Illness, and Return to England.

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

From this reading That, in those piping days of patronage, when even very young ladies of quality drew pay as cornets of horse, the son of the Prime Minister of England should be left unprovided for, was not to be expected.

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

From this reading Patent Places under Government.--Starts with Gray on the Grand Tour, March, 1739.--From Dover to Paris.--Life at Paris.--Versailles.--The Convent of the Chartreux.--Life at Rheims.--A _Fête Galante_.--The Grande Chartreuse.--Starts for Italy.--The tragedy of Tory.--Turin; Genoa.--Academical Exercises at Bologna.--Life at Florence.--Rome; Naples; Herculaneum.--The Pen of Radicofani.--English at Florence.--Lady Mary Wortley Montagu.--Preparing for Home.--Quarrel with Gray.--Walpole's Apologia; his Illness, and Return to England.

inflected form of “take” — carry out

From this reading When, later in the year, he came of age (17 September), he 'took possession of two other little patent-places in the Exchequer, called Comptroller of the Pipe, and Clerk of the Estreats,' which had been held for him by a substitute.

an American who favored the British side during the American Revolution

From this reading Patent Places under Government.--Starts with Gray on the Grand Tour, March, 1739.--From Dover to Paris.--Life at Paris.--Versailles.--The Convent of the Chartreux.--Life at Rheims.--A _Fête Galante_.--The Grande Chartreuse.--Starts for Italy.--The tragedy of Tory.--Turin; Genoa.--Academical Exercises at Bologna.--Life at Florence.--Rome; Naples; Herculaneum.--The Pen of Radicofani.--English at Florence.--Lady Mary Wortley Montagu.--Preparing for Home.--Quarrel with Gray.--Walpole's Apologia; his Illness, and Return to England.

a journey or route all the way around a particular place or area

From this reading Patent Places under Government.--Starts with Gray on the Grand Tour, March, 1739.--From Dover to Paris.--Life at Paris.--Versailles.--The Convent of the Chartreux.--Life at Rheims.--A _Fête Galante_.--The Grande Chartreuse.--Starts for Italy.--The tragedy of Tory.--Turin; Genoa.--Academical Exercises at Bologna.--Life at Florence.--Rome; Naples; Herculaneum.--The Pen of Radicofani.--English at Florence.--Lady Mary Wortley Montagu.--Preparing for Home.--Quarrel with Gray.--Walpole's Apologia; his Illness, and Return to England.

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From this reading Soon after his mother's death, his father appointed him Inspector of Imports and Exports in the Custom House,--a post which he resigned in January, 1738, on succeeding Colonel William Townshend as Usher of the Exchequer.

an event resulting in great loss and misfortune

From this reading Patent Places under Government.--Starts with Gray on the Grand Tour, March, 1739.--From Dover to Paris.--Life at Paris.--Versailles.--The Convent of the Chartreux.--Life at Rheims.--A _Fête Galante_.--The Grande Chartreuse.--Starts for Italy.--The tragedy of Tory.--Turin; Genoa.--Academical Exercises at Bologna.--Life at Florence.--Rome; Naples; Herculaneum.--The Pen of Radicofani.--English at Florence.--Lady Mary Wortley Montagu.--Preparing for Home.--Quarrel with Gray.--Walpole's Apologia; his Illness, and Return to England.

capital city of the Piemonte region of northwestern Italy

From this reading Patent Places under Government.--Starts with Gray on the Grand Tour, March, 1739.--From Dover to Paris.--Life at Paris.--Versailles.--The Convent of the Chartreux.--Life at Rheims.--A _Fête Galante_.--The Grande Chartreuse.--Starts for Italy.--The tragedy of Tory.--Turin; Genoa.--Academical Exercises at Bologna.--Life at Florence.--Rome; Naples; Herculaneum.--The Pen of Radicofani.--English at Florence.--Lady Mary Wortley Montagu.--Preparing for Home.--Quarrel with Gray.--Walpole's Apologia; his Illness, and Return to England.

the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one or a numeral representing this number

From this reading When, later in the year, he came of age (17 September), he 'took possession of two other little patent-places in the Exchequer, called Comptroller of the Pipe, and Clerk of the Estreats,' which had been held for him by a substitute.

below or beneath something; less than

From this reading Patent Places under Government.--Starts with Gray on the Grand Tour, March, 1739.--From Dover to Paris.--Life at Paris.--Versailles.--The Convent of the Chartreux.--Life at Rheims.--A _Fête Galante_.--The Grande Chartreuse.--Starts for Italy.--The tragedy of Tory.--Turin; Genoa.--Academical Exercises at Bologna.--Life at Florence.--Rome; Naples; Herculaneum.--The Pen of Radicofani.--English at Florence.--Lady Mary Wortley Montagu.--Preparing for Home.--Quarrel with Gray.--Walpole's Apologia; his Illness, and Return to England.

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From this reading That, in those piping days of patronage, when even very young ladies of quality drew pay as cornets of horse, the son of the Prime Minister of England should be left unprovided for, was not to be expected.

take (someone) to their seats, as in theaters or auditoriums

From this reading Soon after his mother's death, his father appointed him Inspector of Imports and Exports in the Custom House,--a post which he resigned in January, 1738, on succeeding Colonel William Townshend as Usher of the Exchequer.

a city in north central France near Paris; site of the Palace of Versailles that was built by Louis XIV in the 17th century

From this reading Patent Places under Government.--Starts with Gray on the Grand Tour, March, 1739.--From Dover to Paris.--Life at Paris.--Versailles.--The Convent of the Chartreux.--Life at Rheims.--A _Fête Galante_.--The Grande Chartreuse.--Starts for Italy.--The tragedy of Tory.--Turin; Genoa.--Academical Exercises at Bologna.--Life at Florence.--Rome; Naples; Herculaneum.--The Pen of Radicofani.--English at Florence.--Lady Mary Wortley Montagu.--Preparing for Home.--Quarrel with Gray.--Walpole's Apologia; his Illness, and Return to England.

precisely as stated

From this reading That, in those piping days of patronage, when even very young ladies of quality drew pay as cornets of horse, the son of the Prime Minister of England should be left unprovided for, was not to be expected.

English writer and historian; son of Sir Robert Walpole (1717-1797)

From this reading While he was still resident at Cambridge, lucrative sinecures came to Horace Walpole.

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From this reading Patent Places under Government.--Starts with Gray on the Grand Tour, March, 1739.--From Dover to Paris.--Life at Paris.--Versailles.--The Convent of the Chartreux.--Life at Rheims.--A _Fête Galante_.--The Grande Chartreuse.--Starts for Italy.--The tragedy of Tory.--Turin; Genoa.--Academical Exercises at Bologna.--Life at Florence.--Rome; Naples; Herculaneum.--The Pen of Radicofani.--English at Florence.--Lady Mary Wortley Montagu.--Preparing for Home.--Quarrel with Gray.--Walpole's Apologia; his Illness, and Return to England.

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

From this reading That, in those piping days of patronage, when even very young ladies of quality drew pay as cornets of horse, the son of the Prime Minister of England should be left unprovided for, was not to be expected.

at the time that

From this reading That, in those piping days of patronage, when even very young ladies of quality drew pay as cornets of horse, the son of the Prime Minister of England should be left unprovided for, was not to be expected.

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

From this reading Soon after his mother's death, his father appointed him Inspector of Imports and Exports in the Custom House,--a post which he resigned in January, 1738, on succeeding Colonel William Townshend as Usher of the Exchequer.

during the time that

From this reading While he was still resident at Cambridge, lucrative sinecures came to Horace Walpole.

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From this reading Soon after his mother's death, his father appointed him Inspector of Imports and Exports in the Custom House,--a post which he resigned in January, 1738, on succeeding Colonel William Townshend as Usher of the Exchequer.

in the company of; together with

From this reading Patent Places under Government.--Starts with Gray on the Grand Tour, March, 1739.--From Dover to Paris.--Life at Paris.--Versailles.--The Convent of the Chartreux.--Life at Rheims.--A _Fête Galante_.--The Grande Chartreuse.--Starts for Italy.--The tragedy of Tory.--Turin; Genoa.--Academical Exercises at Bologna.--Life at Florence.--Rome; Naples; Herculaneum.--The Pen of Radicofani.--English at Florence.--Lady Mary Wortley Montagu.--Preparing for Home.--Quarrel with Gray.--Walpole's Apologia; his Illness, and Return to England.

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From this reading Patent Places under Government.--Starts with Gray on the Grand Tour, March, 1739.--From Dover to Paris.--Life at Paris.--Versailles.--The Convent of the Chartreux.--Life at Rheims.--A _Fête Galante_.--The Grande Chartreuse.--Starts for Italy.--The tragedy of Tory.--Turin; Genoa.--Academical Exercises at Bologna.--Life at Florence.--Rome; Naples; Herculaneum.--The Pen of Radicofani.--English at Florence.--Lady Mary Wortley Montagu.--Preparing for Home.--Quarrel with Gray.--Walpole's Apologia; his Illness, and Return to England.

a period of time containing 365 (or 366) days

From this reading When, later in the year, he came of age (17 September), he 'took possession of two other little patent-places in the Exchequer, called Comptroller of the Pipe, and Clerk of the Estreats,' which had been held for him by a substitute.

(used of living things especially persons) in an early period of life or development or growth

From this reading That, in those piping days of patronage, when even very young ladies of quality drew pay as cornets of horse, the son of the Prime Minister of England should be left unprovided for, was not to be expected.