Chapter I

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From this reading (Incorporated) Third Impression, March, 1911 “Several Personages descending towards the Door” (_color plate_) _Frontispiece_ LADY READING viii HOWE’S MASQUERADE (_Half-title_) ix YE OLD PROVINCE HOUSE x INITIAL 1 THE INDIAN 2 “THE STORY OF EACH BLUE TILE” 3 “GAGE MAY HAVE BEHELD HIS DISASTROUS VICTORY” 5 THE ELDERLY GENTLEMAN 6 THE BALCONY 7 “ONE OF THESE WORTHIES—A TALL, LANK FIGURE” 10 COLONEL JOLIFFE AND GRANDDAUGHTER 12 “PLEASE YOUR HONOR, THE FAULT IS NONE OF MINE” 15 “A STOUT MAN, DRESSED IN RICH AND COURTLY ATTIRE” 18 “THE SHAPE OF GAGE, AS TRUE AS IN A LOOKING-GLASS” 22 “A TALL MAN, BOOTED AND WRAPPED IN A MILITARY CLOAK” 23 “HE RECOILED SEVERAL STEPS FROM THE FIGURE” (_color plate_) _facing_ 24 “A STAGE DRIVER SAT AT ONE OF THE WINDOWS READING A PENNY PAPER” 27 EDWARD RANDOLPH’S PORTRAIT (_Half-title_) 29 YE YOUNG CAPTAINE OF YE CASTLE TELLS YE STORY OF YE PICTURE 35 “SOME OF THESE FABLES ARE REALLY AWFUL” (_color plate_) _facing_ 38 ALICE BECKONED TO THE PICTURE 41 “THE CHAIRMAN OF THE SELECTMEN WAS ADDRESSING TO THE LIEUTENANT-GOVERNOR A LONG AND SOLEMN PROTEST” (_color plate_) _facing_ 42 “SHE SNATCHED AWAY THE SABLE CURTAIN” 45 “_Choking with the Blood of the Boston Massacre_” 47 _Lady Eleanore’s Mantle_ (_Half-title_) 51 YE BEAUTEOUS LADY ELEANORE COMETH TO BOSTON 57 “A PALE YOUNG MAN ...

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From this reading (Incorporated) Third Impression, March, 1911 “Several Personages descending towards the Door” (_color plate_) _Frontispiece_ LADY READING viii HOWE’S MASQUERADE (_Half-title_) ix YE OLD PROVINCE HOUSE x INITIAL 1 THE INDIAN 2 “THE STORY OF EACH BLUE TILE” 3 “GAGE MAY HAVE BEHELD HIS DISASTROUS VICTORY” 5 THE ELDERLY GENTLEMAN 6 THE BALCONY 7 “ONE OF THESE WORTHIES—A TALL, LANK FIGURE” 10 COLONEL JOLIFFE AND GRANDDAUGHTER 12 “PLEASE YOUR HONOR, THE FAULT IS NONE OF MINE” 15 “A STOUT MAN, DRESSED IN RICH AND COURTLY ATTIRE” 18 “THE SHAPE OF GAGE, AS TRUE AS IN A LOOKING-GLASS” 22 “A TALL MAN, BOOTED AND WRAPPED IN A MILITARY CLOAK” 23 “HE RECOILED SEVERAL STEPS FROM THE FIGURE” (_color plate_) _facing_ 24 “A STAGE DRIVER SAT AT ONE OF THE WINDOWS READING A PENNY PAPER” 27 EDWARD RANDOLPH’S PORTRAIT (_Half-title_) 29 YE YOUNG CAPTAINE OF YE CASTLE TELLS YE STORY OF YE PICTURE 35 “SOME OF THESE FABLES ARE REALLY AWFUL” (_color plate_) _facing_ 38 ALICE BECKONED TO THE PICTURE 41 “THE CHAIRMAN OF THE SELECTMEN WAS ADDRESSING TO THE LIEUTENANT-GOVERNOR A LONG AND SOLEMN PROTEST” (_color plate_) _facing_ 42 “SHE SNATCHED AWAY THE SABLE CURTAIN” 45 “_Choking with the Blood of the Boston Massacre_” 47 _Lady Eleanore’s Mantle_ (_Half-title_) 51 YE BEAUTEOUS LADY ELEANORE COMETH TO BOSTON 57 “A PALE YOUNG MAN ...

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From this reading 80 “THAT NIGHT A PROCESSION PASSED BY TORCHLIGHT” (_color plate_) _facing_ 81 OLD ESTHER DUDLEY (_Half-title_) 83 “HEAVEN’S CAUSE AND THE KING’S ARE ONE” 89 “TAKE THIS KEY AND KEEP IT SAFE” 92 “A FEW OF THE STANCH, THOUGH CRESTFALLEN OLD TORIES” 95 THE KING OF ENGLAND’S BIRTHDAY 99 “RECEIVE MY TRUST” (_color plate_) _facing_ 101 FAITHFUL UNTO DEATH 104 IN COLONIAL DAYS I. HOWE’S MASQUERADE.

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From this reading 80 “THAT NIGHT A PROCESSION PASSED BY TORCHLIGHT” (_color plate_) _facing_ 81 OLD ESTHER DUDLEY (_Half-title_) 83 “HEAVEN’S CAUSE AND THE KING’S ARE ONE” 89 “TAKE THIS KEY AND KEEP IT SAFE” 92 “A FEW OF THE STANCH, THOUGH CRESTFALLEN OLD TORIES” 95 THE KING OF ENGLAND’S BIRTHDAY 99 “RECEIVE MY TRUST” (_color plate_) _facing_ 101 FAITHFUL UNTO DEATH 104 IN COLONIAL DAYS I. HOWE’S MASQUERADE.

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From this reading (Incorporated) Third Impression, March, 1911 “Several Personages descending towards the Door” (_color plate_) _Frontispiece_ LADY READING viii HOWE’S MASQUERADE (_Half-title_) ix YE OLD PROVINCE HOUSE x INITIAL 1 THE INDIAN 2 “THE STORY OF EACH BLUE TILE” 3 “GAGE MAY HAVE BEHELD HIS DISASTROUS VICTORY” 5 THE ELDERLY GENTLEMAN 6 THE BALCONY 7 “ONE OF THESE WORTHIES—A TALL, LANK FIGURE” 10 COLONEL JOLIFFE AND GRANDDAUGHTER 12 “PLEASE YOUR HONOR, THE FAULT IS NONE OF MINE” 15 “A STOUT MAN, DRESSED IN RICH AND COURTLY ATTIRE” 18 “THE SHAPE OF GAGE, AS TRUE AS IN A LOOKING-GLASS” 22 “A TALL MAN, BOOTED AND WRAPPED IN A MILITARY CLOAK” 23 “HE RECOILED SEVERAL STEPS FROM THE FIGURE” (_color plate_) _facing_ 24 “A STAGE DRIVER SAT AT ONE OF THE WINDOWS READING A PENNY PAPER” 27 EDWARD RANDOLPH’S PORTRAIT (_Half-title_) 29 YE YOUNG CAPTAINE OF YE CASTLE TELLS YE STORY OF YE PICTURE 35 “SOME OF THESE FABLES ARE REALLY AWFUL” (_color plate_) _facing_ 38 ALICE BECKONED TO THE PICTURE 41 “THE CHAIRMAN OF THE SELECTMEN WAS ADDRESSING TO THE LIEUTENANT-GOVERNOR A LONG AND SOLEMN PROTEST” (_color plate_) _facing_ 42 “SHE SNATCHED AWAY THE SABLE CURTAIN” 45 “_Choking with the Blood of the Boston Massacre_” 47 _Lady Eleanore’s Mantle_ (_Half-title_) 51 YE BEAUTEOUS LADY ELEANORE COMETH TO BOSTON 57 “A PALE YOUNG MAN ...

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From this reading (Incorporated) Third Impression, March, 1911 “Several Personages descending towards the Door” (_color plate_) _Frontispiece_ LADY READING viii HOWE’S MASQUERADE (_Half-title_) ix YE OLD PROVINCE HOUSE x INITIAL 1 THE INDIAN 2 “THE STORY OF EACH BLUE TILE” 3 “GAGE MAY HAVE BEHELD HIS DISASTROUS VICTORY” 5 THE ELDERLY GENTLEMAN 6 THE BALCONY 7 “ONE OF THESE WORTHIES—A TALL, LANK FIGURE” 10 COLONEL JOLIFFE AND GRANDDAUGHTER 12 “PLEASE YOUR HONOR, THE FAULT IS NONE OF MINE” 15 “A STOUT MAN, DRESSED IN RICH AND COURTLY ATTIRE” 18 “THE SHAPE OF GAGE, AS TRUE AS IN A LOOKING-GLASS” 22 “A TALL MAN, BOOTED AND WRAPPED IN A MILITARY CLOAK” 23 “HE RECOILED SEVERAL STEPS FROM THE FIGURE” (_color plate_) _facing_ 24 “A STAGE DRIVER SAT AT ONE OF THE WINDOWS READING A PENNY PAPER” 27 EDWARD RANDOLPH’S PORTRAIT (_Half-title_) 29 YE YOUNG CAPTAINE OF YE CASTLE TELLS YE STORY OF YE PICTURE 35 “SOME OF THESE FABLES ARE REALLY AWFUL” (_color plate_) _facing_ 38 ALICE BECKONED TO THE PICTURE 41 “THE CHAIRMAN OF THE SELECTMEN WAS ADDRESSING TO THE LIEUTENANT-GOVERNOR A LONG AND SOLEMN PROTEST” (_color plate_) _facing_ 42 “SHE SNATCHED AWAY THE SABLE CURTAIN” 45 “_Choking with the Blood of the Boston Massacre_” 47 _Lady Eleanore’s Mantle_ (_Half-title_) 51 YE BEAUTEOUS LADY ELEANORE COMETH TO BOSTON 57 “A PALE YOUNG MAN ...

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From this reading (Incorporated) Third Impression, March, 1911 “Several Personages descending towards the Door” (_color plate_) _Frontispiece_ LADY READING viii HOWE’S MASQUERADE (_Half-title_) ix YE OLD PROVINCE HOUSE x INITIAL 1 THE INDIAN 2 “THE STORY OF EACH BLUE TILE” 3 “GAGE MAY HAVE BEHELD HIS DISASTROUS VICTORY” 5 THE ELDERLY GENTLEMAN 6 THE BALCONY 7 “ONE OF THESE WORTHIES—A TALL, LANK FIGURE” 10 COLONEL JOLIFFE AND GRANDDAUGHTER 12 “PLEASE YOUR HONOR, THE FAULT IS NONE OF MINE” 15 “A STOUT MAN, DRESSED IN RICH AND COURTLY ATTIRE” 18 “THE SHAPE OF GAGE, AS TRUE AS IN A LOOKING-GLASS” 22 “A TALL MAN, BOOTED AND WRAPPED IN A MILITARY CLOAK” 23 “HE RECOILED SEVERAL STEPS FROM THE FIGURE” (_color plate_) _facing_ 24 “A STAGE DRIVER SAT AT ONE OF THE WINDOWS READING A PENNY PAPER” 27 EDWARD RANDOLPH’S PORTRAIT (_Half-title_) 29 YE YOUNG CAPTAINE OF YE CASTLE TELLS YE STORY OF YE PICTURE 35 “SOME OF THESE FABLES ARE REALLY AWFUL” (_color plate_) _facing_ 38 ALICE BECKONED TO THE PICTURE 41 “THE CHAIRMAN OF THE SELECTMEN WAS ADDRESSING TO THE LIEUTENANT-GOVERNOR A LONG AND SOLEMN PROTEST” (_color plate_) _facing_ 42 “SHE SNATCHED AWAY THE SABLE CURTAIN” 45 “_Choking with the Blood of the Boston Massacre_” 47 _Lady Eleanore’s Mantle_ (_Half-title_) 51 YE BEAUTEOUS LADY ELEANORE COMETH TO BOSTON 57 “A PALE YOUNG MAN ...

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From this reading (Incorporated) Third Impression, March, 1911 “Several Personages descending towards the Door” (_color plate_) _Frontispiece_ LADY READING viii HOWE’S MASQUERADE (_Half-title_) ix YE OLD PROVINCE HOUSE x INITIAL 1 THE INDIAN 2 “THE STORY OF EACH BLUE TILE” 3 “GAGE MAY HAVE BEHELD HIS DISASTROUS VICTORY” 5 THE ELDERLY GENTLEMAN 6 THE BALCONY 7 “ONE OF THESE WORTHIES—A TALL, LANK FIGURE” 10 COLONEL JOLIFFE AND GRANDDAUGHTER 12 “PLEASE YOUR HONOR, THE FAULT IS NONE OF MINE” 15 “A STOUT MAN, DRESSED IN RICH AND COURTLY ATTIRE” 18 “THE SHAPE OF GAGE, AS TRUE AS IN A LOOKING-GLASS” 22 “A TALL MAN, BOOTED AND WRAPPED IN A MILITARY CLOAK” 23 “HE RECOILED SEVERAL STEPS FROM THE FIGURE” (_color plate_) _facing_ 24 “A STAGE DRIVER SAT AT ONE OF THE WINDOWS READING A PENNY PAPER” 27 EDWARD RANDOLPH’S PORTRAIT (_Half-title_) 29 YE YOUNG CAPTAINE OF YE CASTLE TELLS YE STORY OF YE PICTURE 35 “SOME OF THESE FABLES ARE REALLY AWFUL” (_color plate_) _facing_ 38 ALICE BECKONED TO THE PICTURE 41 “THE CHAIRMAN OF THE SELECTMEN WAS ADDRESSING TO THE LIEUTENANT-GOVERNOR A LONG AND SOLEMN PROTEST” (_color plate_) _facing_ 42 “SHE SNATCHED AWAY THE SABLE CURTAIN” 45 “_Choking with the Blood of the Boston Massacre_” 47 _Lady Eleanore’s Mantle_ (_Half-title_) 51 YE BEAUTEOUS LADY ELEANORE COMETH TO BOSTON 57 “A PALE YOUNG MAN ...

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From this reading (Incorporated) Third Impression, March, 1911 “Several Personages descending towards the Door” (_color plate_) _Frontispiece_ LADY READING viii HOWE’S MASQUERADE (_Half-title_) ix YE OLD PROVINCE HOUSE x INITIAL 1 THE INDIAN 2 “THE STORY OF EACH BLUE TILE” 3 “GAGE MAY HAVE BEHELD HIS DISASTROUS VICTORY” 5 THE ELDERLY GENTLEMAN 6 THE BALCONY 7 “ONE OF THESE WORTHIES—A TALL, LANK FIGURE” 10 COLONEL JOLIFFE AND GRANDDAUGHTER 12 “PLEASE YOUR HONOR, THE FAULT IS NONE OF MINE” 15 “A STOUT MAN, DRESSED IN RICH AND COURTLY ATTIRE” 18 “THE SHAPE OF GAGE, AS TRUE AS IN A LOOKING-GLASS” 22 “A TALL MAN, BOOTED AND WRAPPED IN A MILITARY CLOAK” 23 “HE RECOILED SEVERAL STEPS FROM THE FIGURE” (_color plate_) _facing_ 24 “A STAGE DRIVER SAT AT ONE OF THE WINDOWS READING A PENNY PAPER” 27 EDWARD RANDOLPH’S PORTRAIT (_Half-title_) 29 YE YOUNG CAPTAINE OF YE CASTLE TELLS YE STORY OF YE PICTURE 35 “SOME OF THESE FABLES ARE REALLY AWFUL” (_color plate_) _facing_ 38 ALICE BECKONED TO THE PICTURE 41 “THE CHAIRMAN OF THE SELECTMEN WAS ADDRESSING TO THE LIEUTENANT-GOVERNOR A LONG AND SOLEMN PROTEST” (_color plate_) _facing_ 42 “SHE SNATCHED AWAY THE SABLE CURTAIN” 45 “_Choking with the Blood of the Boston Massacre_” 47 _Lady Eleanore’s Mantle_ (_Half-title_) 51 YE BEAUTEOUS LADY ELEANORE COMETH TO BOSTON 57 “A PALE YOUNG MAN ...

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From this reading (Incorporated) Third Impression, March, 1911 “Several Personages descending towards the Door” (_color plate_) _Frontispiece_ LADY READING viii HOWE’S MASQUERADE (_Half-title_) ix YE OLD PROVINCE HOUSE x INITIAL 1 THE INDIAN 2 “THE STORY OF EACH BLUE TILE” 3 “GAGE MAY HAVE BEHELD HIS DISASTROUS VICTORY” 5 THE ELDERLY GENTLEMAN 6 THE BALCONY 7 “ONE OF THESE WORTHIES—A TALL, LANK FIGURE” 10 COLONEL JOLIFFE AND GRANDDAUGHTER 12 “PLEASE YOUR HONOR, THE FAULT IS NONE OF MINE” 15 “A STOUT MAN, DRESSED IN RICH AND COURTLY ATTIRE” 18 “THE SHAPE OF GAGE, AS TRUE AS IN A LOOKING-GLASS” 22 “A TALL MAN, BOOTED AND WRAPPED IN A MILITARY CLOAK” 23 “HE RECOILED SEVERAL STEPS FROM THE FIGURE” (_color plate_) _facing_ 24 “A STAGE DRIVER SAT AT ONE OF THE WINDOWS READING A PENNY PAPER” 27 EDWARD RANDOLPH’S PORTRAIT (_Half-title_) 29 YE YOUNG CAPTAINE OF YE CASTLE TELLS YE STORY OF YE PICTURE 35 “SOME OF THESE FABLES ARE REALLY AWFUL” (_color plate_) _facing_ 38 ALICE BECKONED TO THE PICTURE 41 “THE CHAIRMAN OF THE SELECTMEN WAS ADDRESSING TO THE LIEUTENANT-GOVERNOR A LONG AND SOLEMN PROTEST” (_color plate_) _facing_ 42 “SHE SNATCHED AWAY THE SABLE CURTAIN” 45 “_Choking with the Blood of the Boston Massacre_” 47 _Lady Eleanore’s Mantle_ (_Half-title_) 51 YE BEAUTEOUS LADY ELEANORE COMETH TO BOSTON 57 “A PALE YOUNG MAN ...

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From this reading (Incorporated) Third Impression, March, 1911 “Several Personages descending towards the Door” (_color plate_) _Frontispiece_ LADY READING viii HOWE’S MASQUERADE (_Half-title_) ix YE OLD PROVINCE HOUSE x INITIAL 1 THE INDIAN 2 “THE STORY OF EACH BLUE TILE” 3 “GAGE MAY HAVE BEHELD HIS DISASTROUS VICTORY” 5 THE ELDERLY GENTLEMAN 6 THE BALCONY 7 “ONE OF THESE WORTHIES—A TALL, LANK FIGURE” 10 COLONEL JOLIFFE AND GRANDDAUGHTER 12 “PLEASE YOUR HONOR, THE FAULT IS NONE OF MINE” 15 “A STOUT MAN, DRESSED IN RICH AND COURTLY ATTIRE” 18 “THE SHAPE OF GAGE, AS TRUE AS IN A LOOKING-GLASS” 22 “A TALL MAN, BOOTED AND WRAPPED IN A MILITARY CLOAK” 23 “HE RECOILED SEVERAL STEPS FROM THE FIGURE” (_color plate_) _facing_ 24 “A STAGE DRIVER SAT AT ONE OF THE WINDOWS READING A PENNY PAPER” 27 EDWARD RANDOLPH’S PORTRAIT (_Half-title_) 29 YE YOUNG CAPTAINE OF YE CASTLE TELLS YE STORY OF YE PICTURE 35 “SOME OF THESE FABLES ARE REALLY AWFUL” (_color plate_) _facing_ 38 ALICE BECKONED TO THE PICTURE 41 “THE CHAIRMAN OF THE SELECTMEN WAS ADDRESSING TO THE LIEUTENANT-GOVERNOR A LONG AND SOLEMN PROTEST” (_color plate_) _facing_ 42 “SHE SNATCHED AWAY THE SABLE CURTAIN” 45 “_Choking with the Blood of the Boston Massacre_” 47 _Lady Eleanore’s Mantle_ (_Half-title_) 51 YE BEAUTEOUS LADY ELEANORE COMETH TO BOSTON 57 “A PALE YOUNG MAN ...

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From this reading (Incorporated) Third Impression, March, 1911 “Several Personages descending towards the Door” (_color plate_) _Frontispiece_ LADY READING viii HOWE’S MASQUERADE (_Half-title_) ix YE OLD PROVINCE HOUSE x INITIAL 1 THE INDIAN 2 “THE STORY OF EACH BLUE TILE” 3 “GAGE MAY HAVE BEHELD HIS DISASTROUS VICTORY” 5 THE ELDERLY GENTLEMAN 6 THE BALCONY 7 “ONE OF THESE WORTHIES—A TALL, LANK FIGURE” 10 COLONEL JOLIFFE AND GRANDDAUGHTER 12 “PLEASE YOUR HONOR, THE FAULT IS NONE OF MINE” 15 “A STOUT MAN, DRESSED IN RICH AND COURTLY ATTIRE” 18 “THE SHAPE OF GAGE, AS TRUE AS IN A LOOKING-GLASS” 22 “A TALL MAN, BOOTED AND WRAPPED IN A MILITARY CLOAK” 23 “HE RECOILED SEVERAL STEPS FROM THE FIGURE” (_color plate_) _facing_ 24 “A STAGE DRIVER SAT AT ONE OF THE WINDOWS READING A PENNY PAPER” 27 EDWARD RANDOLPH’S PORTRAIT (_Half-title_) 29 YE YOUNG CAPTAINE OF YE CASTLE TELLS YE STORY OF YE PICTURE 35 “SOME OF THESE FABLES ARE REALLY AWFUL” (_color plate_) _facing_ 38 ALICE BECKONED TO THE PICTURE 41 “THE CHAIRMAN OF THE SELECTMEN WAS ADDRESSING TO THE LIEUTENANT-GOVERNOR A LONG AND SOLEMN PROTEST” (_color plate_) _facing_ 42 “SHE SNATCHED AWAY THE SABLE CURTAIN” 45 “_Choking with the Blood of the Boston Massacre_” 47 _Lady Eleanore’s Mantle_ (_Half-title_) 51 YE BEAUTEOUS LADY ELEANORE COMETH TO BOSTON 57 “A PALE YOUNG MAN ...

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From this reading (Incorporated) Third Impression, March, 1911 “Several Personages descending towards the Door” (_color plate_) _Frontispiece_ LADY READING viii HOWE’S MASQUERADE (_Half-title_) ix YE OLD PROVINCE HOUSE x INITIAL 1 THE INDIAN 2 “THE STORY OF EACH BLUE TILE” 3 “GAGE MAY HAVE BEHELD HIS DISASTROUS VICTORY” 5 THE ELDERLY GENTLEMAN 6 THE BALCONY 7 “ONE OF THESE WORTHIES—A TALL, LANK FIGURE” 10 COLONEL JOLIFFE AND GRANDDAUGHTER 12 “PLEASE YOUR HONOR, THE FAULT IS NONE OF MINE” 15 “A STOUT MAN, DRESSED IN RICH AND COURTLY ATTIRE” 18 “THE SHAPE OF GAGE, AS TRUE AS IN A LOOKING-GLASS” 22 “A TALL MAN, BOOTED AND WRAPPED IN A MILITARY CLOAK” 23 “HE RECOILED SEVERAL STEPS FROM THE FIGURE” (_color plate_) _facing_ 24 “A STAGE DRIVER SAT AT ONE OF THE WINDOWS READING A PENNY PAPER” 27 EDWARD RANDOLPH’S PORTRAIT (_Half-title_) 29 YE YOUNG CAPTAINE OF YE CASTLE TELLS YE STORY OF YE PICTURE 35 “SOME OF THESE FABLES ARE REALLY AWFUL” (_color plate_) _facing_ 38 ALICE BECKONED TO THE PICTURE 41 “THE CHAIRMAN OF THE SELECTMEN WAS ADDRESSING TO THE LIEUTENANT-GOVERNOR A LONG AND SOLEMN PROTEST” (_color plate_) _facing_ 42 “SHE SNATCHED AWAY THE SABLE CURTAIN” 45 “_Choking with the Blood of the Boston Massacre_” 47 _Lady Eleanore’s Mantle_ (_Half-title_) 51 YE BEAUTEOUS LADY ELEANORE COMETH TO BOSTON 57 “A PALE YOUNG MAN ...

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From this reading (Incorporated) Third Impression, March, 1911 “Several Personages descending towards the Door” (_color plate_) _Frontispiece_ LADY READING viii HOWE’S MASQUERADE (_Half-title_) ix YE OLD PROVINCE HOUSE x INITIAL 1 THE INDIAN 2 “THE STORY OF EACH BLUE TILE” 3 “GAGE MAY HAVE BEHELD HIS DISASTROUS VICTORY” 5 THE ELDERLY GENTLEMAN 6 THE BALCONY 7 “ONE OF THESE WORTHIES—A TALL, LANK FIGURE” 10 COLONEL JOLIFFE AND GRANDDAUGHTER 12 “PLEASE YOUR HONOR, THE FAULT IS NONE OF MINE” 15 “A STOUT MAN, DRESSED IN RICH AND COURTLY ATTIRE” 18 “THE SHAPE OF GAGE, AS TRUE AS IN A LOOKING-GLASS” 22 “A TALL MAN, BOOTED AND WRAPPED IN A MILITARY CLOAK” 23 “HE RECOILED SEVERAL STEPS FROM THE FIGURE” (_color plate_) _facing_ 24 “A STAGE DRIVER SAT AT ONE OF THE WINDOWS READING A PENNY PAPER” 27 EDWARD RANDOLPH’S PORTRAIT (_Half-title_) 29 YE YOUNG CAPTAINE OF YE CASTLE TELLS YE STORY OF YE PICTURE 35 “SOME OF THESE FABLES ARE REALLY AWFUL” (_color plate_) _facing_ 38 ALICE BECKONED TO THE PICTURE 41 “THE CHAIRMAN OF THE SELECTMEN WAS ADDRESSING TO THE LIEUTENANT-GOVERNOR A LONG AND SOLEMN PROTEST” (_color plate_) _facing_ 42 “SHE SNATCHED AWAY THE SABLE CURTAIN” 45 “_Choking with the Blood of the Boston Massacre_” 47 _Lady Eleanore’s Mantle_ (_Half-title_) 51 YE BEAUTEOUS LADY ELEANORE COMETH TO BOSTON 57 “A PALE YOUNG MAN ...

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From this reading (Incorporated) Third Impression, March, 1911 “Several Personages descending towards the Door” (_color plate_) _Frontispiece_ LADY READING viii HOWE’S MASQUERADE (_Half-title_) ix YE OLD PROVINCE HOUSE x INITIAL 1 THE INDIAN 2 “THE STORY OF EACH BLUE TILE” 3 “GAGE MAY HAVE BEHELD HIS DISASTROUS VICTORY” 5 THE ELDERLY GENTLEMAN 6 THE BALCONY 7 “ONE OF THESE WORTHIES—A TALL, LANK FIGURE” 10 COLONEL JOLIFFE AND GRANDDAUGHTER 12 “PLEASE YOUR HONOR, THE FAULT IS NONE OF MINE” 15 “A STOUT MAN, DRESSED IN RICH AND COURTLY ATTIRE” 18 “THE SHAPE OF GAGE, AS TRUE AS IN A LOOKING-GLASS” 22 “A TALL MAN, BOOTED AND WRAPPED IN A MILITARY CLOAK” 23 “HE RECOILED SEVERAL STEPS FROM THE FIGURE” (_color plate_) _facing_ 24 “A STAGE DRIVER SAT AT ONE OF THE WINDOWS READING A PENNY PAPER” 27 EDWARD RANDOLPH’S PORTRAIT (_Half-title_) 29 YE YOUNG CAPTAINE OF YE CASTLE TELLS YE STORY OF YE PICTURE 35 “SOME OF THESE FABLES ARE REALLY AWFUL” (_color plate_) _facing_ 38 ALICE BECKONED TO THE PICTURE 41 “THE CHAIRMAN OF THE SELECTMEN WAS ADDRESSING TO THE LIEUTENANT-GOVERNOR A LONG AND SOLEMN PROTEST” (_color plate_) _facing_ 42 “SHE SNATCHED AWAY THE SABLE CURTAIN” 45 “_Choking with the Blood of the Boston Massacre_” 47 _Lady Eleanore’s Mantle_ (_Half-title_) 51 YE BEAUTEOUS LADY ELEANORE COMETH TO BOSTON 57 “A PALE YOUNG MAN ...

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From this reading (Incorporated) Third Impression, March, 1911 “Several Personages descending towards the Door” (_color plate_) _Frontispiece_ LADY READING viii HOWE’S MASQUERADE (_Half-title_) ix YE OLD PROVINCE HOUSE x INITIAL 1 THE INDIAN 2 “THE STORY OF EACH BLUE TILE” 3 “GAGE MAY HAVE BEHELD HIS DISASTROUS VICTORY” 5 THE ELDERLY GENTLEMAN 6 THE BALCONY 7 “ONE OF THESE WORTHIES—A TALL, LANK FIGURE” 10 COLONEL JOLIFFE AND GRANDDAUGHTER 12 “PLEASE YOUR HONOR, THE FAULT IS NONE OF MINE” 15 “A STOUT MAN, DRESSED IN RICH AND COURTLY ATTIRE” 18 “THE SHAPE OF GAGE, AS TRUE AS IN A LOOKING-GLASS” 22 “A TALL MAN, BOOTED AND WRAPPED IN A MILITARY CLOAK” 23 “HE RECOILED SEVERAL STEPS FROM THE FIGURE” (_color plate_) _facing_ 24 “A STAGE DRIVER SAT AT ONE OF THE WINDOWS READING A PENNY PAPER” 27 EDWARD RANDOLPH’S PORTRAIT (_Half-title_) 29 YE YOUNG CAPTAINE OF YE CASTLE TELLS YE STORY OF YE PICTURE 35 “SOME OF THESE FABLES ARE REALLY AWFUL” (_color plate_) _facing_ 38 ALICE BECKONED TO THE PICTURE 41 “THE CHAIRMAN OF THE SELECTMEN WAS ADDRESSING TO THE LIEUTENANT-GOVERNOR A LONG AND SOLEMN PROTEST” (_color plate_) _facing_ 42 “SHE SNATCHED AWAY THE SABLE CURTAIN” 45 “_Choking with the Blood of the Boston Massacre_” 47 _Lady Eleanore’s Mantle_ (_Half-title_) 51 YE BEAUTEOUS LADY ELEANORE COMETH TO BOSTON 57 “A PALE YOUNG MAN ...

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From this reading (Incorporated) Third Impression, March, 1911 “Several Personages descending towards the Door” (_color plate_) _Frontispiece_ LADY READING viii HOWE’S MASQUERADE (_Half-title_) ix YE OLD PROVINCE HOUSE x INITIAL 1 THE INDIAN 2 “THE STORY OF EACH BLUE TILE” 3 “GAGE MAY HAVE BEHELD HIS DISASTROUS VICTORY” 5 THE ELDERLY GENTLEMAN 6 THE BALCONY 7 “ONE OF THESE WORTHIES—A TALL, LANK FIGURE” 10 COLONEL JOLIFFE AND GRANDDAUGHTER 12 “PLEASE YOUR HONOR, THE FAULT IS NONE OF MINE” 15 “A STOUT MAN, DRESSED IN RICH AND COURTLY ATTIRE” 18 “THE SHAPE OF GAGE, AS TRUE AS IN A LOOKING-GLASS” 22 “A TALL MAN, BOOTED AND WRAPPED IN A MILITARY CLOAK” 23 “HE RECOILED SEVERAL STEPS FROM THE FIGURE” (_color plate_) _facing_ 24 “A STAGE DRIVER SAT AT ONE OF THE WINDOWS READING A PENNY PAPER” 27 EDWARD RANDOLPH’S PORTRAIT (_Half-title_) 29 YE YOUNG CAPTAINE OF YE CASTLE TELLS YE STORY OF YE PICTURE 35 “SOME OF THESE FABLES ARE REALLY AWFUL” (_color plate_) _facing_ 38 ALICE BECKONED TO THE PICTURE 41 “THE CHAIRMAN OF THE SELECTMEN WAS ADDRESSING TO THE LIEUTENANT-GOVERNOR A LONG AND SOLEMN PROTEST” (_color plate_) _facing_ 42 “SHE SNATCHED AWAY THE SABLE CURTAIN” 45 “_Choking with the Blood of the Boston Massacre_” 47 _Lady Eleanore’s Mantle_ (_Half-title_) 51 YE BEAUTEOUS LADY ELEANORE COMETH TO BOSTON 57 “A PALE YOUNG MAN ...

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From this reading (Incorporated) Third Impression, March, 1911 “Several Personages descending towards the Door” (_color plate_) _Frontispiece_ LADY READING viii HOWE’S MASQUERADE (_Half-title_) ix YE OLD PROVINCE HOUSE x INITIAL 1 THE INDIAN 2 “THE STORY OF EACH BLUE TILE” 3 “GAGE MAY HAVE BEHELD HIS DISASTROUS VICTORY” 5 THE ELDERLY GENTLEMAN 6 THE BALCONY 7 “ONE OF THESE WORTHIES—A TALL, LANK FIGURE” 10 COLONEL JOLIFFE AND GRANDDAUGHTER 12 “PLEASE YOUR HONOR, THE FAULT IS NONE OF MINE” 15 “A STOUT MAN, DRESSED IN RICH AND COURTLY ATTIRE” 18 “THE SHAPE OF GAGE, AS TRUE AS IN A LOOKING-GLASS” 22 “A TALL MAN, BOOTED AND WRAPPED IN A MILITARY CLOAK” 23 “HE RECOILED SEVERAL STEPS FROM THE FIGURE” (_color plate_) _facing_ 24 “A STAGE DRIVER SAT AT ONE OF THE WINDOWS READING A PENNY PAPER” 27 EDWARD RANDOLPH’S PORTRAIT (_Half-title_) 29 YE YOUNG CAPTAINE OF YE CASTLE TELLS YE STORY OF YE PICTURE 35 “SOME OF THESE FABLES ARE REALLY AWFUL” (_color plate_) _facing_ 38 ALICE BECKONED TO THE PICTURE 41 “THE CHAIRMAN OF THE SELECTMEN WAS ADDRESSING TO THE LIEUTENANT-GOVERNOR A LONG AND SOLEMN PROTEST” (_color plate_) _facing_ 42 “SHE SNATCHED AWAY THE SABLE CURTAIN” 45 “_Choking with the Blood of the Boston Massacre_” 47 _Lady Eleanore’s Mantle_ (_Half-title_) 51 YE BEAUTEOUS LADY ELEANORE COMETH TO BOSTON 57 “A PALE YOUNG MAN ...

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From this reading (Incorporated) Third Impression, March, 1911 “Several Personages descending towards the Door” (_color plate_) _Frontispiece_ LADY READING viii HOWE’S MASQUERADE (_Half-title_) ix YE OLD PROVINCE HOUSE x INITIAL 1 THE INDIAN 2 “THE STORY OF EACH BLUE TILE” 3 “GAGE MAY HAVE BEHELD HIS DISASTROUS VICTORY” 5 THE ELDERLY GENTLEMAN 6 THE BALCONY 7 “ONE OF THESE WORTHIES—A TALL, LANK FIGURE” 10 COLONEL JOLIFFE AND GRANDDAUGHTER 12 “PLEASE YOUR HONOR, THE FAULT IS NONE OF MINE” 15 “A STOUT MAN, DRESSED IN RICH AND COURTLY ATTIRE” 18 “THE SHAPE OF GAGE, AS TRUE AS IN A LOOKING-GLASS” 22 “A TALL MAN, BOOTED AND WRAPPED IN A MILITARY CLOAK” 23 “HE RECOILED SEVERAL STEPS FROM THE FIGURE” (_color plate_) _facing_ 24 “A STAGE DRIVER SAT AT ONE OF THE WINDOWS READING A PENNY PAPER” 27 EDWARD RANDOLPH’S PORTRAIT (_Half-title_) 29 YE YOUNG CAPTAINE OF YE CASTLE TELLS YE STORY OF YE PICTURE 35 “SOME OF THESE FABLES ARE REALLY AWFUL” (_color plate_) _facing_ 38 ALICE BECKONED TO THE PICTURE 41 “THE CHAIRMAN OF THE SELECTMEN WAS ADDRESSING TO THE LIEUTENANT-GOVERNOR A LONG AND SOLEMN PROTEST” (_color plate_) _facing_ 42 “SHE SNATCHED AWAY THE SABLE CURTAIN” 45 “_Choking with the Blood of the Boston Massacre_” 47 _Lady Eleanore’s Mantle_ (_Half-title_) 51 YE BEAUTEOUS LADY ELEANORE COMETH TO BOSTON 57 “A PALE YOUNG MAN ...

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From this reading (Incorporated) Third Impression, March, 1911 “Several Personages descending towards the Door” (_color plate_) _Frontispiece_ LADY READING viii HOWE’S MASQUERADE (_Half-title_) ix YE OLD PROVINCE HOUSE x INITIAL 1 THE INDIAN 2 “THE STORY OF EACH BLUE TILE” 3 “GAGE MAY HAVE BEHELD HIS DISASTROUS VICTORY” 5 THE ELDERLY GENTLEMAN 6 THE BALCONY 7 “ONE OF THESE WORTHIES—A TALL, LANK FIGURE” 10 COLONEL JOLIFFE AND GRANDDAUGHTER 12 “PLEASE YOUR HONOR, THE FAULT IS NONE OF MINE” 15 “A STOUT MAN, DRESSED IN RICH AND COURTLY ATTIRE” 18 “THE SHAPE OF GAGE, AS TRUE AS IN A LOOKING-GLASS” 22 “A TALL MAN, BOOTED AND WRAPPED IN A MILITARY CLOAK” 23 “HE RECOILED SEVERAL STEPS FROM THE FIGURE” (_color plate_) _facing_ 24 “A STAGE DRIVER SAT AT ONE OF THE WINDOWS READING A PENNY PAPER” 27 EDWARD RANDOLPH’S PORTRAIT (_Half-title_) 29 YE YOUNG CAPTAINE OF YE CASTLE TELLS YE STORY OF YE PICTURE 35 “SOME OF THESE FABLES ARE REALLY AWFUL” (_color plate_) _facing_ 38 ALICE BECKONED TO THE PICTURE 41 “THE CHAIRMAN OF THE SELECTMEN WAS ADDRESSING TO THE LIEUTENANT-GOVERNOR A LONG AND SOLEMN PROTEST” (_color plate_) _facing_ 42 “SHE SNATCHED AWAY THE SABLE CURTAIN” 45 “_Choking with the Blood of the Boston Massacre_” 47 _Lady Eleanore’s Mantle_ (_Half-title_) 51 YE BEAUTEOUS LADY ELEANORE COMETH TO BOSTON 57 “A PALE YOUNG MAN ...

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From this reading (Incorporated) Third Impression, March, 1911 “Several Personages descending towards the Door” (_color plate_) _Frontispiece_ LADY READING viii HOWE’S MASQUERADE (_Half-title_) ix YE OLD PROVINCE HOUSE x INITIAL 1 THE INDIAN 2 “THE STORY OF EACH BLUE TILE” 3 “GAGE MAY HAVE BEHELD HIS DISASTROUS VICTORY” 5 THE ELDERLY GENTLEMAN 6 THE BALCONY 7 “ONE OF THESE WORTHIES—A TALL, LANK FIGURE” 10 COLONEL JOLIFFE AND GRANDDAUGHTER 12 “PLEASE YOUR HONOR, THE FAULT IS NONE OF MINE” 15 “A STOUT MAN, DRESSED IN RICH AND COURTLY ATTIRE” 18 “THE SHAPE OF GAGE, AS TRUE AS IN A LOOKING-GLASS” 22 “A TALL MAN, BOOTED AND WRAPPED IN A MILITARY CLOAK” 23 “HE RECOILED SEVERAL STEPS FROM THE FIGURE” (_color plate_) _facing_ 24 “A STAGE DRIVER SAT AT ONE OF THE WINDOWS READING A PENNY PAPER” 27 EDWARD RANDOLPH’S PORTRAIT (_Half-title_) 29 YE YOUNG CAPTAINE OF YE CASTLE TELLS YE STORY OF YE PICTURE 35 “SOME OF THESE FABLES ARE REALLY AWFUL” (_color plate_) _facing_ 38 ALICE BECKONED TO THE PICTURE 41 “THE CHAIRMAN OF THE SELECTMEN WAS ADDRESSING TO THE LIEUTENANT-GOVERNOR A LONG AND SOLEMN PROTEST” (_color plate_) _facing_ 42 “SHE SNATCHED AWAY THE SABLE CURTAIN” 45 “_Choking with the Blood of the Boston Massacre_” 47 _Lady Eleanore’s Mantle_ (_Half-title_) 51 YE BEAUTEOUS LADY ELEANORE COMETH TO BOSTON 57 “A PALE YOUNG MAN ...

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From this reading (Incorporated) Third Impression, March, 1911 “Several Personages descending towards the Door” (_color plate_) _Frontispiece_ LADY READING viii HOWE’S MASQUERADE (_Half-title_) ix YE OLD PROVINCE HOUSE x INITIAL 1 THE INDIAN 2 “THE STORY OF EACH BLUE TILE” 3 “GAGE MAY HAVE BEHELD HIS DISASTROUS VICTORY” 5 THE ELDERLY GENTLEMAN 6 THE BALCONY 7 “ONE OF THESE WORTHIES—A TALL, LANK FIGURE” 10 COLONEL JOLIFFE AND GRANDDAUGHTER 12 “PLEASE YOUR HONOR, THE FAULT IS NONE OF MINE” 15 “A STOUT MAN, DRESSED IN RICH AND COURTLY ATTIRE” 18 “THE SHAPE OF GAGE, AS TRUE AS IN A LOOKING-GLASS” 22 “A TALL MAN, BOOTED AND WRAPPED IN A MILITARY CLOAK” 23 “HE RECOILED SEVERAL STEPS FROM THE FIGURE” (_color plate_) _facing_ 24 “A STAGE DRIVER SAT AT ONE OF THE WINDOWS READING A PENNY PAPER” 27 EDWARD RANDOLPH’S PORTRAIT (_Half-title_) 29 YE YOUNG CAPTAINE OF YE CASTLE TELLS YE STORY OF YE PICTURE 35 “SOME OF THESE FABLES ARE REALLY AWFUL” (_color plate_) _facing_ 38 ALICE BECKONED TO THE PICTURE 41 “THE CHAIRMAN OF THE SELECTMEN WAS ADDRESSING TO THE LIEUTENANT-GOVERNOR A LONG AND SOLEMN PROTEST” (_color plate_) _facing_ 42 “SHE SNATCHED AWAY THE SABLE CURTAIN” 45 “_Choking with the Blood of the Boston Massacre_” 47 _Lady Eleanore’s Mantle_ (_Half-title_) 51 YE BEAUTEOUS LADY ELEANORE COMETH TO BOSTON 57 “A PALE YOUNG MAN ...

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From this reading (Incorporated) Third Impression, March, 1911 “Several Personages descending towards the Door” (_color plate_) _Frontispiece_ LADY READING viii HOWE’S MASQUERADE (_Half-title_) ix YE OLD PROVINCE HOUSE x INITIAL 1 THE INDIAN 2 “THE STORY OF EACH BLUE TILE” 3 “GAGE MAY HAVE BEHELD HIS DISASTROUS VICTORY” 5 THE ELDERLY GENTLEMAN 6 THE BALCONY 7 “ONE OF THESE WORTHIES—A TALL, LANK FIGURE” 10 COLONEL JOLIFFE AND GRANDDAUGHTER 12 “PLEASE YOUR HONOR, THE FAULT IS NONE OF MINE” 15 “A STOUT MAN, DRESSED IN RICH AND COURTLY ATTIRE” 18 “THE SHAPE OF GAGE, AS TRUE AS IN A LOOKING-GLASS” 22 “A TALL MAN, BOOTED AND WRAPPED IN A MILITARY CLOAK” 23 “HE RECOILED SEVERAL STEPS FROM THE FIGURE” (_color plate_) _facing_ 24 “A STAGE DRIVER SAT AT ONE OF THE WINDOWS READING A PENNY PAPER” 27 EDWARD RANDOLPH’S PORTRAIT (_Half-title_) 29 YE YOUNG CAPTAINE OF YE CASTLE TELLS YE STORY OF YE PICTURE 35 “SOME OF THESE FABLES ARE REALLY AWFUL” (_color plate_) _facing_ 38 ALICE BECKONED TO THE PICTURE 41 “THE CHAIRMAN OF THE SELECTMEN WAS ADDRESSING TO THE LIEUTENANT-GOVERNOR A LONG AND SOLEMN PROTEST” (_color plate_) _facing_ 42 “SHE SNATCHED AWAY THE SABLE CURTAIN” 45 “_Choking with the Blood of the Boston Massacre_” 47 _Lady Eleanore’s Mantle_ (_Half-title_) 51 YE BEAUTEOUS LADY ELEANORE COMETH TO BOSTON 57 “A PALE YOUNG MAN ...

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From this reading (Incorporated) Third Impression, March, 1911 “Several Personages descending towards the Door” (_color plate_) _Frontispiece_ LADY READING viii HOWE’S MASQUERADE (_Half-title_) ix YE OLD PROVINCE HOUSE x INITIAL 1 THE INDIAN 2 “THE STORY OF EACH BLUE TILE” 3 “GAGE MAY HAVE BEHELD HIS DISASTROUS VICTORY” 5 THE ELDERLY GENTLEMAN 6 THE BALCONY 7 “ONE OF THESE WORTHIES—A TALL, LANK FIGURE” 10 COLONEL JOLIFFE AND GRANDDAUGHTER 12 “PLEASE YOUR HONOR, THE FAULT IS NONE OF MINE” 15 “A STOUT MAN, DRESSED IN RICH AND COURTLY ATTIRE” 18 “THE SHAPE OF GAGE, AS TRUE AS IN A LOOKING-GLASS” 22 “A TALL MAN, BOOTED AND WRAPPED IN A MILITARY CLOAK” 23 “HE RECOILED SEVERAL STEPS FROM THE FIGURE” (_color plate_) _facing_ 24 “A STAGE DRIVER SAT AT ONE OF THE WINDOWS READING A PENNY PAPER” 27 EDWARD RANDOLPH’S PORTRAIT (_Half-title_) 29 YE YOUNG CAPTAINE OF YE CASTLE TELLS YE STORY OF YE PICTURE 35 “SOME OF THESE FABLES ARE REALLY AWFUL” (_color plate_) _facing_ 38 ALICE BECKONED TO THE PICTURE 41 “THE CHAIRMAN OF THE SELECTMEN WAS ADDRESSING TO THE LIEUTENANT-GOVERNOR A LONG AND SOLEMN PROTEST” (_color plate_) _facing_ 42 “SHE SNATCHED AWAY THE SABLE CURTAIN” 45 “_Choking with the Blood of the Boston Massacre_” 47 _Lady Eleanore’s Mantle_ (_Half-title_) 51 YE BEAUTEOUS LADY ELEANORE COMETH TO BOSTON 57 “A PALE YOUNG MAN ...

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From this reading PROSTRATED HIMSELF BESIDE THE COACH” (_color plate_) _facing_ 59 GOVERNOR SHUTE DESCENDED THE FLIGHT OF STEPS 60 A GATHERING OF RANK, WEALTH, AND BEAUTY 63 “I PRAY YOU TAKE ONE SIP OF THIS HOLY WINE” 67 “KEEP MY IMAGE IN YOUR REMEMBRANCE” 71 “THE COMMUNICATION COULD BE OF NO AGREEABLE IMPORT” 73 “YOUNG MAN, WHAT IS YOUR PURPOSE?”

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From this reading (Incorporated) Third Impression, March, 1911 “Several Personages descending towards the Door” (_color plate_) _Frontispiece_ LADY READING viii HOWE’S MASQUERADE (_Half-title_) ix YE OLD PROVINCE HOUSE x INITIAL 1 THE INDIAN 2 “THE STORY OF EACH BLUE TILE” 3 “GAGE MAY HAVE BEHELD HIS DISASTROUS VICTORY” 5 THE ELDERLY GENTLEMAN 6 THE BALCONY 7 “ONE OF THESE WORTHIES—A TALL, LANK FIGURE” 10 COLONEL JOLIFFE AND GRANDDAUGHTER 12 “PLEASE YOUR HONOR, THE FAULT IS NONE OF MINE” 15 “A STOUT MAN, DRESSED IN RICH AND COURTLY ATTIRE” 18 “THE SHAPE OF GAGE, AS TRUE AS IN A LOOKING-GLASS” 22 “A TALL MAN, BOOTED AND WRAPPED IN A MILITARY CLOAK” 23 “HE RECOILED SEVERAL STEPS FROM THE FIGURE” (_color plate_) _facing_ 24 “A STAGE DRIVER SAT AT ONE OF THE WINDOWS READING A PENNY PAPER” 27 EDWARD RANDOLPH’S PORTRAIT (_Half-title_) 29 YE YOUNG CAPTAINE OF YE CASTLE TELLS YE STORY OF YE PICTURE 35 “SOME OF THESE FABLES ARE REALLY AWFUL” (_color plate_) _facing_ 38 ALICE BECKONED TO THE PICTURE 41 “THE CHAIRMAN OF THE SELECTMEN WAS ADDRESSING TO THE LIEUTENANT-GOVERNOR A LONG AND SOLEMN PROTEST” (_color plate_) _facing_ 42 “SHE SNATCHED AWAY THE SABLE CURTAIN” 45 “_Choking with the Blood of the Boston Massacre_” 47 _Lady Eleanore’s Mantle_ (_Half-title_) 51 YE BEAUTEOUS LADY ELEANORE COMETH TO BOSTON 57 “A PALE YOUNG MAN ...

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From this reading PROSTRATED HIMSELF BESIDE THE COACH” (_color plate_) _facing_ 59 GOVERNOR SHUTE DESCENDED THE FLIGHT OF STEPS 60 A GATHERING OF RANK, WEALTH, AND BEAUTY 63 “I PRAY YOU TAKE ONE SIP OF THIS HOLY WINE” 67 “KEEP MY IMAGE IN YOUR REMEMBRANCE” 71 “THE COMMUNICATION COULD BE OF NO AGREEABLE IMPORT” 73 “YOUNG MAN, WHAT IS YOUR PURPOSE?”

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From this reading PROSTRATED HIMSELF BESIDE THE COACH” (_color plate_) _facing_ 59 GOVERNOR SHUTE DESCENDED THE FLIGHT OF STEPS 60 A GATHERING OF RANK, WEALTH, AND BEAUTY 63 “I PRAY YOU TAKE ONE SIP OF THIS HOLY WINE” 67 “KEEP MY IMAGE IN YOUR REMEMBRANCE” 71 “THE COMMUNICATION COULD BE OF NO AGREEABLE IMPORT” 73 “YOUNG MAN, WHAT IS YOUR PURPOSE?”

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From this reading PROSTRATED HIMSELF BESIDE THE COACH” (_color plate_) _facing_ 59 GOVERNOR SHUTE DESCENDED THE FLIGHT OF STEPS 60 A GATHERING OF RANK, WEALTH, AND BEAUTY 63 “I PRAY YOU TAKE ONE SIP OF THIS HOLY WINE” 67 “KEEP MY IMAGE IN YOUR REMEMBRANCE” 71 “THE COMMUNICATION COULD BE OF NO AGREEABLE IMPORT” 73 “YOUNG MAN, WHAT IS YOUR PURPOSE?”

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From this reading (Incorporated) Third Impression, March, 1911 “Several Personages descending towards the Door” (_color plate_) _Frontispiece_ LADY READING viii HOWE’S MASQUERADE (_Half-title_) ix YE OLD PROVINCE HOUSE x INITIAL 1 THE INDIAN 2 “THE STORY OF EACH BLUE TILE” 3 “GAGE MAY HAVE BEHELD HIS DISASTROUS VICTORY” 5 THE ELDERLY GENTLEMAN 6 THE BALCONY 7 “ONE OF THESE WORTHIES—A TALL, LANK FIGURE” 10 COLONEL JOLIFFE AND GRANDDAUGHTER 12 “PLEASE YOUR HONOR, THE FAULT IS NONE OF MINE” 15 “A STOUT MAN, DRESSED IN RICH AND COURTLY ATTIRE” 18 “THE SHAPE OF GAGE, AS TRUE AS IN A LOOKING-GLASS” 22 “A TALL MAN, BOOTED AND WRAPPED IN A MILITARY CLOAK” 23 “HE RECOILED SEVERAL STEPS FROM THE FIGURE” (_color plate_) _facing_ 24 “A STAGE DRIVER SAT AT ONE OF THE WINDOWS READING A PENNY PAPER” 27 EDWARD RANDOLPH’S PORTRAIT (_Half-title_) 29 YE YOUNG CAPTAINE OF YE CASTLE TELLS YE STORY OF YE PICTURE 35 “SOME OF THESE FABLES ARE REALLY AWFUL” (_color plate_) _facing_ 38 ALICE BECKONED TO THE PICTURE 41 “THE CHAIRMAN OF THE SELECTMEN WAS ADDRESSING TO THE LIEUTENANT-GOVERNOR A LONG AND SOLEMN PROTEST” (_color plate_) _facing_ 42 “SHE SNATCHED AWAY THE SABLE CURTAIN” 45 “_Choking with the Blood of the Boston Massacre_” 47 _Lady Eleanore’s Mantle_ (_Half-title_) 51 YE BEAUTEOUS LADY ELEANORE COMETH TO BOSTON 57 “A PALE YOUNG MAN ...

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From this reading PROSTRATED HIMSELF BESIDE THE COACH” (_color plate_) _facing_ 59 GOVERNOR SHUTE DESCENDED THE FLIGHT OF STEPS 60 A GATHERING OF RANK, WEALTH, AND BEAUTY 63 “I PRAY YOU TAKE ONE SIP OF THIS HOLY WINE” 67 “KEEP MY IMAGE IN YOUR REMEMBRANCE” 71 “THE COMMUNICATION COULD BE OF NO AGREEABLE IMPORT” 73 “YOUNG MAN, WHAT IS YOUR PURPOSE?”

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From this reading PROSTRATED HIMSELF BESIDE THE COACH” (_color plate_) _facing_ 59 GOVERNOR SHUTE DESCENDED THE FLIGHT OF STEPS 60 A GATHERING OF RANK, WEALTH, AND BEAUTY 63 “I PRAY YOU TAKE ONE SIP OF THIS HOLY WINE” 67 “KEEP MY IMAGE IN YOUR REMEMBRANCE” 71 “THE COMMUNICATION COULD BE OF NO AGREEABLE IMPORT” 73 “YOUNG MAN, WHAT IS YOUR PURPOSE?”

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From this reading 77 “WHAT THING ART THOU?”

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From this reading 80 “THAT NIGHT A PROCESSION PASSED BY TORCHLIGHT” (_color plate_) _facing_ 81 OLD ESTHER DUDLEY (_Half-title_) 83 “HEAVEN’S CAUSE AND THE KING’S ARE ONE” 89 “TAKE THIS KEY AND KEEP IT SAFE” 92 “A FEW OF THE STANCH, THOUGH CRESTFALLEN OLD TORIES” 95 THE KING OF ENGLAND’S BIRTHDAY 99 “RECEIVE MY TRUST” (_color plate_) _facing_ 101 FAITHFUL UNTO DEATH 104 IN COLONIAL DAYS I. HOWE’S MASQUERADE.

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From this reading 80 “THAT NIGHT A PROCESSION PASSED BY TORCHLIGHT” (_color plate_) _facing_ 81 OLD ESTHER DUDLEY (_Half-title_) 83 “HEAVEN’S CAUSE AND THE KING’S ARE ONE” 89 “TAKE THIS KEY AND KEEP IT SAFE” 92 “A FEW OF THE STANCH, THOUGH CRESTFALLEN OLD TORIES” 95 THE KING OF ENGLAND’S BIRTHDAY 99 “RECEIVE MY TRUST” (_color plate_) _facing_ 101 FAITHFUL UNTO DEATH 104 IN COLONIAL DAYS I. HOWE’S MASQUERADE.

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From this reading 80 “THAT NIGHT A PROCESSION PASSED BY TORCHLIGHT” (_color plate_) _facing_ 81 OLD ESTHER DUDLEY (_Half-title_) 83 “HEAVEN’S CAUSE AND THE KING’S ARE ONE” 89 “TAKE THIS KEY AND KEEP IT SAFE” 92 “A FEW OF THE STANCH, THOUGH CRESTFALLEN OLD TORIES” 95 THE KING OF ENGLAND’S BIRTHDAY 99 “RECEIVE MY TRUST” (_color plate_) _facing_ 101 FAITHFUL UNTO DEATH 104 IN COLONIAL DAYS I. HOWE’S MASQUERADE.

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From this reading 80 “THAT NIGHT A PROCESSION PASSED BY TORCHLIGHT” (_color plate_) _facing_ 81 OLD ESTHER DUDLEY (_Half-title_) 83 “HEAVEN’S CAUSE AND THE KING’S ARE ONE” 89 “TAKE THIS KEY AND KEEP IT SAFE” 92 “A FEW OF THE STANCH, THOUGH CRESTFALLEN OLD TORIES” 95 THE KING OF ENGLAND’S BIRTHDAY 99 “RECEIVE MY TRUST” (_color plate_) _facing_ 101 FAITHFUL UNTO DEATH 104 IN COLONIAL DAYS I. HOWE’S MASQUERADE.

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From this reading 80 “THAT NIGHT A PROCESSION PASSED BY TORCHLIGHT” (_color plate_) _facing_ 81 OLD ESTHER DUDLEY (_Half-title_) 83 “HEAVEN’S CAUSE AND THE KING’S ARE ONE” 89 “TAKE THIS KEY AND KEEP IT SAFE” 92 “A FEW OF THE STANCH, THOUGH CRESTFALLEN OLD TORIES” 95 THE KING OF ENGLAND’S BIRTHDAY 99 “RECEIVE MY TRUST” (_color plate_) _facing_ 101 FAITHFUL UNTO DEATH 104 IN COLONIAL DAYS I. HOWE’S MASQUERADE.

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From this reading 80 “THAT NIGHT A PROCESSION PASSED BY TORCHLIGHT” (_color plate_) _facing_ 81 OLD ESTHER DUDLEY (_Half-title_) 83 “HEAVEN’S CAUSE AND THE KING’S ARE ONE” 89 “TAKE THIS KEY AND KEEP IT SAFE” 92 “A FEW OF THE STANCH, THOUGH CRESTFALLEN OLD TORIES” 95 THE KING OF ENGLAND’S BIRTHDAY 99 “RECEIVE MY TRUST” (_color plate_) _facing_ 101 FAITHFUL UNTO DEATH 104 IN COLONIAL DAYS I. HOWE’S MASQUERADE.

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From this reading 80 “THAT NIGHT A PROCESSION PASSED BY TORCHLIGHT” (_color plate_) _facing_ 81 OLD ESTHER DUDLEY (_Half-title_) 83 “HEAVEN’S CAUSE AND THE KING’S ARE ONE” 89 “TAKE THIS KEY AND KEEP IT SAFE” 92 “A FEW OF THE STANCH, THOUGH CRESTFALLEN OLD TORIES” 95 THE KING OF ENGLAND’S BIRTHDAY 99 “RECEIVE MY TRUST” (_color plate_) _facing_ 101 FAITHFUL UNTO DEATH 104 IN COLONIAL DAYS I. HOWE’S MASQUERADE.

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

From this reading (Incorporated) Third Impression, March, 1911 “Several Personages descending towards the Door” (_color plate_) _Frontispiece_ LADY READING viii HOWE’S MASQUERADE (_Half-title_) ix YE OLD PROVINCE HOUSE x INITIAL 1 THE INDIAN 2 “THE STORY OF EACH BLUE TILE” 3 “GAGE MAY HAVE BEHELD HIS DISASTROUS VICTORY” 5 THE ELDERLY GENTLEMAN 6 THE BALCONY 7 “ONE OF THESE WORTHIES—A TALL, LANK FIGURE” 10 COLONEL JOLIFFE AND GRANDDAUGHTER 12 “PLEASE YOUR HONOR, THE FAULT IS NONE OF MINE” 15 “A STOUT MAN, DRESSED IN RICH AND COURTLY ATTIRE” 18 “THE SHAPE OF GAGE, AS TRUE AS IN A LOOKING-GLASS” 22 “A TALL MAN, BOOTED AND WRAPPED IN A MILITARY CLOAK” 23 “HE RECOILED SEVERAL STEPS FROM THE FIGURE” (_color plate_) _facing_ 24 “A STAGE DRIVER SAT AT ONE OF THE WINDOWS READING A PENNY PAPER” 27 EDWARD RANDOLPH’S PORTRAIT (_Half-title_) 29 YE YOUNG CAPTAINE OF YE CASTLE TELLS YE STORY OF YE PICTURE 35 “SOME OF THESE FABLES ARE REALLY AWFUL” (_color plate_) _facing_ 38 ALICE BECKONED TO THE PICTURE 41 “THE CHAIRMAN OF THE SELECTMEN WAS ADDRESSING TO THE LIEUTENANT-GOVERNOR A LONG AND SOLEMN PROTEST” (_color plate_) _facing_ 42 “SHE SNATCHED AWAY THE SABLE CURTAIN” 45 “_Choking with the Blood of the Boston Massacre_” 47 _Lady Eleanore’s Mantle_ (_Half-title_) 51 YE BEAUTEOUS LADY ELEANORE COMETH TO BOSTON 57 “A PALE YOUNG MAN ...

-ing form of “address” — speak to

From this reading (Incorporated) Third Impression, March, 1911 “Several Personages descending towards the Door” (_color plate_) _Frontispiece_ LADY READING viii HOWE’S MASQUERADE (_Half-title_) ix YE OLD PROVINCE HOUSE x INITIAL 1 THE INDIAN 2 “THE STORY OF EACH BLUE TILE” 3 “GAGE MAY HAVE BEHELD HIS DISASTROUS VICTORY” 5 THE ELDERLY GENTLEMAN 6 THE BALCONY 7 “ONE OF THESE WORTHIES—A TALL, LANK FIGURE” 10 COLONEL JOLIFFE AND GRANDDAUGHTER 12 “PLEASE YOUR HONOR, THE FAULT IS NONE OF MINE” 15 “A STOUT MAN, DRESSED IN RICH AND COURTLY ATTIRE” 18 “THE SHAPE OF GAGE, AS TRUE AS IN A LOOKING-GLASS” 22 “A TALL MAN, BOOTED AND WRAPPED IN A MILITARY CLOAK” 23 “HE RECOILED SEVERAL STEPS FROM THE FIGURE” (_color plate_) _facing_ 24 “A STAGE DRIVER SAT AT ONE OF THE WINDOWS READING A PENNY PAPER” 27 EDWARD RANDOLPH’S PORTRAIT (_Half-title_) 29 YE YOUNG CAPTAINE OF YE CASTLE TELLS YE STORY OF YE PICTURE 35 “SOME OF THESE FABLES ARE REALLY AWFUL” (_color plate_) _facing_ 38 ALICE BECKONED TO THE PICTURE 41 “THE CHAIRMAN OF THE SELECTMEN WAS ADDRESSING TO THE LIEUTENANT-GOVERNOR A LONG AND SOLEMN PROTEST” (_color plate_) _facing_ 42 “SHE SNATCHED AWAY THE SABLE CURTAIN” 45 “_Choking with the Blood of the Boston Massacre_” 47 _Lady Eleanore’s Mantle_ (_Half-title_) 51 YE BEAUTEOUS LADY ELEANORE COMETH TO BOSTON 57 “A PALE YOUNG MAN ...

the part of the day between noon and evening

From this reading One afternoon, last summer, while walking along Washington Street, my eye was attracted by a signboard protruding over a narrow archway nearly opposite the Old South Church.

conforming to your own liking or feelings or nature

From this reading PROSTRATED HIMSELF BESIDE THE COACH” (_color plate_) _facing_ 59 GOVERNOR SHUTE DESCENDED THE FLIGHT OF STEPS 60 A GATHERING OF RANK, WEALTH, AND BEAUTY 63 “I PRAY YOU TAKE ONE SIP OF THIS HOLY WINE” 67 “KEEP MY IMAGE IN YOUR REMEMBRANCE” 71 “THE COMMUNICATION COULD BE OF NO AGREEABLE IMPORT” 73 “YOUNG MAN, WHAT IS YOUR PURPOSE?”

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From this reading (Incorporated) Third Impression, March, 1911 “Several Personages descending towards the Door” (_color plate_) _Frontispiece_ LADY READING viii HOWE’S MASQUERADE (_Half-title_) ix YE OLD PROVINCE HOUSE x INITIAL 1 THE INDIAN 2 “THE STORY OF EACH BLUE TILE” 3 “GAGE MAY HAVE BEHELD HIS DISASTROUS VICTORY” 5 THE ELDERLY GENTLEMAN 6 THE BALCONY 7 “ONE OF THESE WORTHIES—A TALL, LANK FIGURE” 10 COLONEL JOLIFFE AND GRANDDAUGHTER 12 “PLEASE YOUR HONOR, THE FAULT IS NONE OF MINE” 15 “A STOUT MAN, DRESSED IN RICH AND COURTLY ATTIRE” 18 “THE SHAPE OF GAGE, AS TRUE AS IN A LOOKING-GLASS” 22 “A TALL MAN, BOOTED AND WRAPPED IN A MILITARY CLOAK” 23 “HE RECOILED SEVERAL STEPS FROM THE FIGURE” (_color plate_) _facing_ 24 “A STAGE DRIVER SAT AT ONE OF THE WINDOWS READING A PENNY PAPER” 27 EDWARD RANDOLPH’S PORTRAIT (_Half-title_) 29 YE YOUNG CAPTAINE OF YE CASTLE TELLS YE STORY OF YE PICTURE 35 “SOME OF THESE FABLES ARE REALLY AWFUL” (_color plate_) _facing_ 38 ALICE BECKONED TO THE PICTURE 41 “THE CHAIRMAN OF THE SELECTMEN WAS ADDRESSING TO THE LIEUTENANT-GOVERNOR A LONG AND SOLEMN PROTEST” (_color plate_) _facing_ 42 “SHE SNATCHED AWAY THE SABLE CURTAIN” 45 “_Choking with the Blood of the Boston Massacre_” 47 _Lady Eleanore’s Mantle_ (_Half-title_) 51 YE BEAUTEOUS LADY ELEANORE COMETH TO BOSTON 57 “A PALE YOUNG MAN ...

following the length of something from one end toward the other

From this reading One afternoon, last summer, while walking along Washington Street, my eye was attracted by a signboard protruding over a narrow archway nearly opposite the Old South Church.

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

From this reading (Incorporated) Third Impression, March, 1911 “Several Personages descending towards the Door” (_color plate_) _Frontispiece_ LADY READING viii HOWE’S MASQUERADE (_Half-title_) ix YE OLD PROVINCE HOUSE x INITIAL 1 THE INDIAN 2 “THE STORY OF EACH BLUE TILE” 3 “GAGE MAY HAVE BEHELD HIS DISASTROUS VICTORY” 5 THE ELDERLY GENTLEMAN 6 THE BALCONY 7 “ONE OF THESE WORTHIES—A TALL, LANK FIGURE” 10 COLONEL JOLIFFE AND GRANDDAUGHTER 12 “PLEASE YOUR HONOR, THE FAULT IS NONE OF MINE” 15 “A STOUT MAN, DRESSED IN RICH AND COURTLY ATTIRE” 18 “THE SHAPE OF GAGE, AS TRUE AS IN A LOOKING-GLASS” 22 “A TALL MAN, BOOTED AND WRAPPED IN A MILITARY CLOAK” 23 “HE RECOILED SEVERAL STEPS FROM THE FIGURE” (_color plate_) _facing_ 24 “A STAGE DRIVER SAT AT ONE OF THE WINDOWS READING A PENNY PAPER” 27 EDWARD RANDOLPH’S PORTRAIT (_Half-title_) 29 YE YOUNG CAPTAINE OF YE CASTLE TELLS YE STORY OF YE PICTURE 35 “SOME OF THESE FABLES ARE REALLY AWFUL” (_color plate_) _facing_ 38 ALICE BECKONED TO THE PICTURE 41 “THE CHAIRMAN OF THE SELECTMEN WAS ADDRESSING TO THE LIEUTENANT-GOVERNOR A LONG AND SOLEMN PROTEST” (_color plate_) _facing_ 42 “SHE SNATCHED AWAY THE SABLE CURTAIN” 45 “_Choking with the Blood of the Boston Massacre_” 47 _Lady Eleanore’s Mantle_ (_Half-title_) 51 YE BEAUTEOUS LADY ELEANORE COMETH TO BOSTON 57 “A PALE YOUNG MAN ...

a passageway under a curved masonry construction

From this reading One afternoon, last summer, while walking along Washington Street, my eye was attracted by a signboard protruding over a narrow archway nearly opposite the Old South Church.

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

From this reading (Incorporated) Third Impression, March, 1911 “Several Personages descending towards the Door” (_color plate_) _Frontispiece_ LADY READING viii HOWE’S MASQUERADE (_Half-title_) ix YE OLD PROVINCE HOUSE x INITIAL 1 THE INDIAN 2 “THE STORY OF EACH BLUE TILE” 3 “GAGE MAY HAVE BEHELD HIS DISASTROUS VICTORY” 5 THE ELDERLY GENTLEMAN 6 THE BALCONY 7 “ONE OF THESE WORTHIES—A TALL, LANK FIGURE” 10 COLONEL JOLIFFE AND GRANDDAUGHTER 12 “PLEASE YOUR HONOR, THE FAULT IS NONE OF MINE” 15 “A STOUT MAN, DRESSED IN RICH AND COURTLY ATTIRE” 18 “THE SHAPE OF GAGE, AS TRUE AS IN A LOOKING-GLASS” 22 “A TALL MAN, BOOTED AND WRAPPED IN A MILITARY CLOAK” 23 “HE RECOILED SEVERAL STEPS FROM THE FIGURE” (_color plate_) _facing_ 24 “A STAGE DRIVER SAT AT ONE OF THE WINDOWS READING A PENNY PAPER” 27 EDWARD RANDOLPH’S PORTRAIT (_Half-title_) 29 YE YOUNG CAPTAINE OF YE CASTLE TELLS YE STORY OF YE PICTURE 35 “SOME OF THESE FABLES ARE REALLY AWFUL” (_color plate_) _facing_ 38 ALICE BECKONED TO THE PICTURE 41 “THE CHAIRMAN OF THE SELECTMEN WAS ADDRESSING TO THE LIEUTENANT-GOVERNOR A LONG AND SOLEMN PROTEST” (_color plate_) _facing_ 42 “SHE SNATCHED AWAY THE SABLE CURTAIN” 45 “_Choking with the Blood of the Boston Massacre_” 47 _Lady Eleanore’s Mantle_ (_Half-title_) 51 YE BEAUTEOUS LADY ELEANORE COMETH TO BOSTON 57 “A PALE YOUNG MAN ...

an old form of “are”, used with “thou”

From this reading 77 “WHAT THING ART THOU?”

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

From this reading (Incorporated) Third Impression, March, 1911 “Several Personages descending towards the Door” (_color plate_) _Frontispiece_ LADY READING viii HOWE’S MASQUERADE (_Half-title_) ix YE OLD PROVINCE HOUSE x INITIAL 1 THE INDIAN 2 “THE STORY OF EACH BLUE TILE” 3 “GAGE MAY HAVE BEHELD HIS DISASTROUS VICTORY” 5 THE ELDERLY GENTLEMAN 6 THE BALCONY 7 “ONE OF THESE WORTHIES—A TALL, LANK FIGURE” 10 COLONEL JOLIFFE AND GRANDDAUGHTER 12 “PLEASE YOUR HONOR, THE FAULT IS NONE OF MINE” 15 “A STOUT MAN, DRESSED IN RICH AND COURTLY ATTIRE” 18 “THE SHAPE OF GAGE, AS TRUE AS IN A LOOKING-GLASS” 22 “A TALL MAN, BOOTED AND WRAPPED IN A MILITARY CLOAK” 23 “HE RECOILED SEVERAL STEPS FROM THE FIGURE” (_color plate_) _facing_ 24 “A STAGE DRIVER SAT AT ONE OF THE WINDOWS READING A PENNY PAPER” 27 EDWARD RANDOLPH’S PORTRAIT (_Half-title_) 29 YE YOUNG CAPTAINE OF YE CASTLE TELLS YE STORY OF YE PICTURE 35 “SOME OF THESE FABLES ARE REALLY AWFUL” (_color plate_) _facing_ 38 ALICE BECKONED TO THE PICTURE 41 “THE CHAIRMAN OF THE SELECTMEN WAS ADDRESSING TO THE LIEUTENANT-GOVERNOR A LONG AND SOLEMN PROTEST” (_color plate_) _facing_ 42 “SHE SNATCHED AWAY THE SABLE CURTAIN” 45 “_Choking with the Blood of the Boston Massacre_” 47 _Lady Eleanore’s Mantle_ (_Half-title_) 51 YE BEAUTEOUS LADY ELEANORE COMETH TO BOSTON 57 “A PALE YOUNG MAN ...

in or near a particular place or position

From this reading (Incorporated) Third Impression, March, 1911 “Several Personages descending towards the Door” (_color plate_) _Frontispiece_ LADY READING viii HOWE’S MASQUERADE (_Half-title_) ix YE OLD PROVINCE HOUSE x INITIAL 1 THE INDIAN 2 “THE STORY OF EACH BLUE TILE” 3 “GAGE MAY HAVE BEHELD HIS DISASTROUS VICTORY” 5 THE ELDERLY GENTLEMAN 6 THE BALCONY 7 “ONE OF THESE WORTHIES—A TALL, LANK FIGURE” 10 COLONEL JOLIFFE AND GRANDDAUGHTER 12 “PLEASE YOUR HONOR, THE FAULT IS NONE OF MINE” 15 “A STOUT MAN, DRESSED IN RICH AND COURTLY ATTIRE” 18 “THE SHAPE OF GAGE, AS TRUE AS IN A LOOKING-GLASS” 22 “A TALL MAN, BOOTED AND WRAPPED IN A MILITARY CLOAK” 23 “HE RECOILED SEVERAL STEPS FROM THE FIGURE” (_color plate_) _facing_ 24 “A STAGE DRIVER SAT AT ONE OF THE WINDOWS READING A PENNY PAPER” 27 EDWARD RANDOLPH’S PORTRAIT (_Half-title_) 29 YE YOUNG CAPTAINE OF YE CASTLE TELLS YE STORY OF YE PICTURE 35 “SOME OF THESE FABLES ARE REALLY AWFUL” (_color plate_) _facing_ 38 ALICE BECKONED TO THE PICTURE 41 “THE CHAIRMAN OF THE SELECTMEN WAS ADDRESSING TO THE LIEUTENANT-GOVERNOR A LONG AND SOLEMN PROTEST” (_color plate_) _facing_ 42 “SHE SNATCHED AWAY THE SABLE CURTAIN” 45 “_Choking with the Blood of the Boston Massacre_” 47 _Lady Eleanore’s Mantle_ (_Half-title_) 51 YE BEAUTEOUS LADY ELEANORE COMETH TO BOSTON 57 “A PALE YOUNG MAN ...

clothing of a distinctive style or for a particular occasion

From this reading (Incorporated) Third Impression, March, 1911 “Several Personages descending towards the Door” (_color plate_) _Frontispiece_ LADY READING viii HOWE’S MASQUERADE (_Half-title_) ix YE OLD PROVINCE HOUSE x INITIAL 1 THE INDIAN 2 “THE STORY OF EACH BLUE TILE” 3 “GAGE MAY HAVE BEHELD HIS DISASTROUS VICTORY” 5 THE ELDERLY GENTLEMAN 6 THE BALCONY 7 “ONE OF THESE WORTHIES—A TALL, LANK FIGURE” 10 COLONEL JOLIFFE AND GRANDDAUGHTER 12 “PLEASE YOUR HONOR, THE FAULT IS NONE OF MINE” 15 “A STOUT MAN, DRESSED IN RICH AND COURTLY ATTIRE” 18 “THE SHAPE OF GAGE, AS TRUE AS IN A LOOKING-GLASS” 22 “A TALL MAN, BOOTED AND WRAPPED IN A MILITARY CLOAK” 23 “HE RECOILED SEVERAL STEPS FROM THE FIGURE” (_color plate_) _facing_ 24 “A STAGE DRIVER SAT AT ONE OF THE WINDOWS READING A PENNY PAPER” 27 EDWARD RANDOLPH’S PORTRAIT (_Half-title_) 29 YE YOUNG CAPTAINE OF YE CASTLE TELLS YE STORY OF YE PICTURE 35 “SOME OF THESE FABLES ARE REALLY AWFUL” (_color plate_) _facing_ 38 ALICE BECKONED TO THE PICTURE 41 “THE CHAIRMAN OF THE SELECTMEN WAS ADDRESSING TO THE LIEUTENANT-GOVERNOR A LONG AND SOLEMN PROTEST” (_color plate_) _facing_ 42 “SHE SNATCHED AWAY THE SABLE CURTAIN” 45 “_Choking with the Blood of the Boston Massacre_” 47 _Lady Eleanore’s Mantle_ (_Half-title_) 51 YE BEAUTEOUS LADY ELEANORE COMETH TO BOSTON 57 “A PALE YOUNG MAN ...

past form of “attract” — direct toward itself or oneself by means of some psychological power or physical attributes

From this reading One afternoon, last summer, while walking along Washington Street, my eye was attracted by a signboard protruding over a narrow archway nearly opposite the Old South Church.

from a particular thing or place or position (“forth” is obsolete)

From this reading (Incorporated) Third Impression, March, 1911 “Several Personages descending towards the Door” (_color plate_) _Frontispiece_ LADY READING viii HOWE’S MASQUERADE (_Half-title_) ix YE OLD PROVINCE HOUSE x INITIAL 1 THE INDIAN 2 “THE STORY OF EACH BLUE TILE” 3 “GAGE MAY HAVE BEHELD HIS DISASTROUS VICTORY” 5 THE ELDERLY GENTLEMAN 6 THE BALCONY 7 “ONE OF THESE WORTHIES—A TALL, LANK FIGURE” 10 COLONEL JOLIFFE AND GRANDDAUGHTER 12 “PLEASE YOUR HONOR, THE FAULT IS NONE OF MINE” 15 “A STOUT MAN, DRESSED IN RICH AND COURTLY ATTIRE” 18 “THE SHAPE OF GAGE, AS TRUE AS IN A LOOKING-GLASS” 22 “A TALL MAN, BOOTED AND WRAPPED IN A MILITARY CLOAK” 23 “HE RECOILED SEVERAL STEPS FROM THE FIGURE” (_color plate_) _facing_ 24 “A STAGE DRIVER SAT AT ONE OF THE WINDOWS READING A PENNY PAPER” 27 EDWARD RANDOLPH’S PORTRAIT (_Half-title_) 29 YE YOUNG CAPTAINE OF YE CASTLE TELLS YE STORY OF YE PICTURE 35 “SOME OF THESE FABLES ARE REALLY AWFUL” (_color plate_) _facing_ 38 ALICE BECKONED TO THE PICTURE 41 “THE CHAIRMAN OF THE SELECTMEN WAS ADDRESSING TO THE LIEUTENANT-GOVERNOR A LONG AND SOLEMN PROTEST” (_color plate_) _facing_ 42 “SHE SNATCHED AWAY THE SABLE CURTAIN” 45 “_Choking with the Blood of the Boston Massacre_” 47 _Lady Eleanore’s Mantle_ (_Half-title_) 51 YE BEAUTEOUS LADY ELEANORE COMETH TO BOSTON 57 “A PALE YOUNG MAN ...

exceptionally bad or displeasing

From this reading (Incorporated) Third Impression, March, 1911 “Several Personages descending towards the Door” (_color plate_) _Frontispiece_ LADY READING viii HOWE’S MASQUERADE (_Half-title_) ix YE OLD PROVINCE HOUSE x INITIAL 1 THE INDIAN 2 “THE STORY OF EACH BLUE TILE” 3 “GAGE MAY HAVE BEHELD HIS DISASTROUS VICTORY” 5 THE ELDERLY GENTLEMAN 6 THE BALCONY 7 “ONE OF THESE WORTHIES—A TALL, LANK FIGURE” 10 COLONEL JOLIFFE AND GRANDDAUGHTER 12 “PLEASE YOUR HONOR, THE FAULT IS NONE OF MINE” 15 “A STOUT MAN, DRESSED IN RICH AND COURTLY ATTIRE” 18 “THE SHAPE OF GAGE, AS TRUE AS IN A LOOKING-GLASS” 22 “A TALL MAN, BOOTED AND WRAPPED IN A MILITARY CLOAK” 23 “HE RECOILED SEVERAL STEPS FROM THE FIGURE” (_color plate_) _facing_ 24 “A STAGE DRIVER SAT AT ONE OF THE WINDOWS READING A PENNY PAPER” 27 EDWARD RANDOLPH’S PORTRAIT (_Half-title_) 29 YE YOUNG CAPTAINE OF YE CASTLE TELLS YE STORY OF YE PICTURE 35 “SOME OF THESE FABLES ARE REALLY AWFUL” (_color plate_) _facing_ 38 ALICE BECKONED TO THE PICTURE 41 “THE CHAIRMAN OF THE SELECTMEN WAS ADDRESSING TO THE LIEUTENANT-GOVERNOR A LONG AND SOLEMN PROTEST” (_color plate_) _facing_ 42 “SHE SNATCHED AWAY THE SABLE CURTAIN” 45 “_Choking with the Blood of the Boston Massacre_” 47 _Lady Eleanore’s Mantle_ (_Half-title_) 51 YE BEAUTEOUS LADY ELEANORE COMETH TO BOSTON 57 “A PALE YOUNG MAN ...

an upper floor projecting from the rear over the main floor in an auditorium

From this reading (Incorporated) Third Impression, March, 1911 “Several Personages descending towards the Door” (_color plate_) _Frontispiece_ LADY READING viii HOWE’S MASQUERADE (_Half-title_) ix YE OLD PROVINCE HOUSE x INITIAL 1 THE INDIAN 2 “THE STORY OF EACH BLUE TILE” 3 “GAGE MAY HAVE BEHELD HIS DISASTROUS VICTORY” 5 THE ELDERLY GENTLEMAN 6 THE BALCONY 7 “ONE OF THESE WORTHIES—A TALL, LANK FIGURE” 10 COLONEL JOLIFFE AND GRANDDAUGHTER 12 “PLEASE YOUR HONOR, THE FAULT IS NONE OF MINE” 15 “A STOUT MAN, DRESSED IN RICH AND COURTLY ATTIRE” 18 “THE SHAPE OF GAGE, AS TRUE AS IN A LOOKING-GLASS” 22 “A TALL MAN, BOOTED AND WRAPPED IN A MILITARY CLOAK” 23 “HE RECOILED SEVERAL STEPS FROM THE FIGURE” (_color plate_) _facing_ 24 “A STAGE DRIVER SAT AT ONE OF THE WINDOWS READING A PENNY PAPER” 27 EDWARD RANDOLPH’S PORTRAIT (_Half-title_) 29 YE YOUNG CAPTAINE OF YE CASTLE TELLS YE STORY OF YE PICTURE 35 “SOME OF THESE FABLES ARE REALLY AWFUL” (_color plate_) _facing_ 38 ALICE BECKONED TO THE PICTURE 41 “THE CHAIRMAN OF THE SELECTMEN WAS ADDRESSING TO THE LIEUTENANT-GOVERNOR A LONG AND SOLEMN PROTEST” (_color plate_) _facing_ 42 “SHE SNATCHED AWAY THE SABLE CURTAIN” 45 “_Choking with the Blood of the Boston Massacre_” 47 _Lady Eleanore’s Mantle_ (_Half-title_) 51 YE BEAUTEOUS LADY ELEANORE COMETH TO BOSTON 57 “A PALE YOUNG MAN ...

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

From this reading PROSTRATED HIMSELF BESIDE THE COACH” (_color plate_) _facing_ 59 GOVERNOR SHUTE DESCENDED THE FLIGHT OF STEPS 60 A GATHERING OF RANK, WEALTH, AND BEAUTY 63 “I PRAY YOU TAKE ONE SIP OF THIS HOLY WINE” 67 “KEEP MY IMAGE IN YOUR REMEMBRANCE” 71 “THE COMMUNICATION COULD BE OF NO AGREEABLE IMPORT” 73 “YOUNG MAN, WHAT IS YOUR PURPOSE?”

(poetic) beautiful, especially to the sight

From this reading (Incorporated) Third Impression, March, 1911 “Several Personages descending towards the Door” (_color plate_) _Frontispiece_ LADY READING viii HOWE’S MASQUERADE (_Half-title_) ix YE OLD PROVINCE HOUSE x INITIAL 1 THE INDIAN 2 “THE STORY OF EACH BLUE TILE” 3 “GAGE MAY HAVE BEHELD HIS DISASTROUS VICTORY” 5 THE ELDERLY GENTLEMAN 6 THE BALCONY 7 “ONE OF THESE WORTHIES—A TALL, LANK FIGURE” 10 COLONEL JOLIFFE AND GRANDDAUGHTER 12 “PLEASE YOUR HONOR, THE FAULT IS NONE OF MINE” 15 “A STOUT MAN, DRESSED IN RICH AND COURTLY ATTIRE” 18 “THE SHAPE OF GAGE, AS TRUE AS IN A LOOKING-GLASS” 22 “A TALL MAN, BOOTED AND WRAPPED IN A MILITARY CLOAK” 23 “HE RECOILED SEVERAL STEPS FROM THE FIGURE” (_color plate_) _facing_ 24 “A STAGE DRIVER SAT AT ONE OF THE WINDOWS READING A PENNY PAPER” 27 EDWARD RANDOLPH’S PORTRAIT (_Half-title_) 29 YE YOUNG CAPTAINE OF YE CASTLE TELLS YE STORY OF YE PICTURE 35 “SOME OF THESE FABLES ARE REALLY AWFUL” (_color plate_) _facing_ 38 ALICE BECKONED TO THE PICTURE 41 “THE CHAIRMAN OF THE SELECTMEN WAS ADDRESSING TO THE LIEUTENANT-GOVERNOR A LONG AND SOLEMN PROTEST” (_color plate_) _facing_ 42 “SHE SNATCHED AWAY THE SABLE CURTAIN” 45 “_Choking with the Blood of the Boston Massacre_” 47 _Lady Eleanore’s Mantle_ (_Half-title_) 51 YE BEAUTEOUS LADY ELEANORE COMETH TO BOSTON 57 “A PALE YOUNG MAN ...

the qualities that give pleasure to the senses

From this reading PROSTRATED HIMSELF BESIDE THE COACH” (_color plate_) _facing_ 59 GOVERNOR SHUTE DESCENDED THE FLIGHT OF STEPS 60 A GATHERING OF RANK, WEALTH, AND BEAUTY 63 “I PRAY YOU TAKE ONE SIP OF THIS HOLY WINE” 67 “KEEP MY IMAGE IN YOUR REMEMBRANCE” 71 “THE COMMUNICATION COULD BE OF NO AGREEABLE IMPORT” 73 “YOUNG MAN, WHAT IS YOUR PURPOSE?”

past form of “beckon” — signal with the hands or nod

From this reading (Incorporated) Third Impression, March, 1911 “Several Personages descending towards the Door” (_color plate_) _Frontispiece_ LADY READING viii HOWE’S MASQUERADE (_Half-title_) ix YE OLD PROVINCE HOUSE x INITIAL 1 THE INDIAN 2 “THE STORY OF EACH BLUE TILE” 3 “GAGE MAY HAVE BEHELD HIS DISASTROUS VICTORY” 5 THE ELDERLY GENTLEMAN 6 THE BALCONY 7 “ONE OF THESE WORTHIES—A TALL, LANK FIGURE” 10 COLONEL JOLIFFE AND GRANDDAUGHTER 12 “PLEASE YOUR HONOR, THE FAULT IS NONE OF MINE” 15 “A STOUT MAN, DRESSED IN RICH AND COURTLY ATTIRE” 18 “THE SHAPE OF GAGE, AS TRUE AS IN A LOOKING-GLASS” 22 “A TALL MAN, BOOTED AND WRAPPED IN A MILITARY CLOAK” 23 “HE RECOILED SEVERAL STEPS FROM THE FIGURE” (_color plate_) _facing_ 24 “A STAGE DRIVER SAT AT ONE OF THE WINDOWS READING A PENNY PAPER” 27 EDWARD RANDOLPH’S PORTRAIT (_Half-title_) 29 YE YOUNG CAPTAINE OF YE CASTLE TELLS YE STORY OF YE PICTURE 35 “SOME OF THESE FABLES ARE REALLY AWFUL” (_color plate_) _facing_ 38 ALICE BECKONED TO THE PICTURE 41 “THE CHAIRMAN OF THE SELECTMEN WAS ADDRESSING TO THE LIEUTENANT-GOVERNOR A LONG AND SOLEMN PROTEST” (_color plate_) _facing_ 42 “SHE SNATCHED AWAY THE SABLE CURTAIN” 45 “_Choking with the Blood of the Boston Massacre_” 47 _Lady Eleanore’s Mantle_ (_Half-title_) 51 YE BEAUTEOUS LADY ELEANORE COMETH TO BOSTON 57 “A PALE YOUNG MAN ...

inflected form of “behold” — see with attention

From this reading (Incorporated) Third Impression, March, 1911 “Several Personages descending towards the Door” (_color plate_) _Frontispiece_ LADY READING viii HOWE’S MASQUERADE (_Half-title_) ix YE OLD PROVINCE HOUSE x INITIAL 1 THE INDIAN 2 “THE STORY OF EACH BLUE TILE” 3 “GAGE MAY HAVE BEHELD HIS DISASTROUS VICTORY” 5 THE ELDERLY GENTLEMAN 6 THE BALCONY 7 “ONE OF THESE WORTHIES—A TALL, LANK FIGURE” 10 COLONEL JOLIFFE AND GRANDDAUGHTER 12 “PLEASE YOUR HONOR, THE FAULT IS NONE OF MINE” 15 “A STOUT MAN, DRESSED IN RICH AND COURTLY ATTIRE” 18 “THE SHAPE OF GAGE, AS TRUE AS IN A LOOKING-GLASS” 22 “A TALL MAN, BOOTED AND WRAPPED IN A MILITARY CLOAK” 23 “HE RECOILED SEVERAL STEPS FROM THE FIGURE” (_color plate_) _facing_ 24 “A STAGE DRIVER SAT AT ONE OF THE WINDOWS READING A PENNY PAPER” 27 EDWARD RANDOLPH’S PORTRAIT (_Half-title_) 29 YE YOUNG CAPTAINE OF YE CASTLE TELLS YE STORY OF YE PICTURE 35 “SOME OF THESE FABLES ARE REALLY AWFUL” (_color plate_) _facing_ 38 ALICE BECKONED TO THE PICTURE 41 “THE CHAIRMAN OF THE SELECTMEN WAS ADDRESSING TO THE LIEUTENANT-GOVERNOR A LONG AND SOLEMN PROTEST” (_color plate_) _facing_ 42 “SHE SNATCHED AWAY THE SABLE CURTAIN” 45 “_Choking with the Blood of the Boston Massacre_” 47 _Lady Eleanore’s Mantle_ (_Half-title_) 51 YE BEAUTEOUS LADY ELEANORE COMETH TO BOSTON 57 “A PALE YOUNG MAN ...

next to; at the side of

From this reading PROSTRATED HIMSELF BESIDE THE COACH” (_color plate_) _facing_ 59 GOVERNOR SHUTE DESCENDED THE FLIGHT OF STEPS 60 A GATHERING OF RANK, WEALTH, AND BEAUTY 63 “I PRAY YOU TAKE ONE SIP OF THIS HOLY WINE” 67 “KEEP MY IMAGE IN YOUR REMEMBRANCE” 71 “THE COMMUNICATION COULD BE OF NO AGREEABLE IMPORT” 73 “YOUNG MAN, WHAT IS YOUR PURPOSE?”

an anniversary of the day on which a person was born (or the celebration of it)

From this reading 80 “THAT NIGHT A PROCESSION PASSED BY TORCHLIGHT” (_color plate_) _facing_ 81 OLD ESTHER DUDLEY (_Half-title_) 83 “HEAVEN’S CAUSE AND THE KING’S ARE ONE” 89 “TAKE THIS KEY AND KEEP IT SAFE” 92 “A FEW OF THE STANCH, THOUGH CRESTFALLEN OLD TORIES” 95 THE KING OF ENGLAND’S BIRTHDAY 99 “RECEIVE MY TRUST” (_color plate_) _facing_ 101 FAITHFUL UNTO DEATH 104 IN COLONIAL DAYS I. HOWE’S MASQUERADE.

The red fluid that circulates in the heart and blood vessels.

From this reading (Incorporated) Third Impression, March, 1911 “Several Personages descending towards the Door” (_color plate_) _Frontispiece_ LADY READING viii HOWE’S MASQUERADE (_Half-title_) ix YE OLD PROVINCE HOUSE x INITIAL 1 THE INDIAN 2 “THE STORY OF EACH BLUE TILE” 3 “GAGE MAY HAVE BEHELD HIS DISASTROUS VICTORY” 5 THE ELDERLY GENTLEMAN 6 THE BALCONY 7 “ONE OF THESE WORTHIES—A TALL, LANK FIGURE” 10 COLONEL JOLIFFE AND GRANDDAUGHTER 12 “PLEASE YOUR HONOR, THE FAULT IS NONE OF MINE” 15 “A STOUT MAN, DRESSED IN RICH AND COURTLY ATTIRE” 18 “THE SHAPE OF GAGE, AS TRUE AS IN A LOOKING-GLASS” 22 “A TALL MAN, BOOTED AND WRAPPED IN A MILITARY CLOAK” 23 “HE RECOILED SEVERAL STEPS FROM THE FIGURE” (_color plate_) _facing_ 24 “A STAGE DRIVER SAT AT ONE OF THE WINDOWS READING A PENNY PAPER” 27 EDWARD RANDOLPH’S PORTRAIT (_Half-title_) 29 YE YOUNG CAPTAINE OF YE CASTLE TELLS YE STORY OF YE PICTURE 35 “SOME OF THESE FABLES ARE REALLY AWFUL” (_color plate_) _facing_ 38 ALICE BECKONED TO THE PICTURE 41 “THE CHAIRMAN OF THE SELECTMEN WAS ADDRESSING TO THE LIEUTENANT-GOVERNOR A LONG AND SOLEMN PROTEST” (_color plate_) _facing_ 42 “SHE SNATCHED AWAY THE SABLE CURTAIN” 45 “_Choking with the Blood of the Boston Massacre_” 47 _Lady Eleanore’s Mantle_ (_Half-title_) 51 YE BEAUTEOUS LADY ELEANORE COMETH TO BOSTON 57 “A PALE YOUNG MAN ...

of the color intermediate between green and violet; having a color similar to that of a clear unclouded sky

From this reading (Incorporated) Third Impression, March, 1911 “Several Personages descending towards the Door” (_color plate_) _Frontispiece_ LADY READING viii HOWE’S MASQUERADE (_Half-title_) ix YE OLD PROVINCE HOUSE x INITIAL 1 THE INDIAN 2 “THE STORY OF EACH BLUE TILE” 3 “GAGE MAY HAVE BEHELD HIS DISASTROUS VICTORY” 5 THE ELDERLY GENTLEMAN 6 THE BALCONY 7 “ONE OF THESE WORTHIES—A TALL, LANK FIGURE” 10 COLONEL JOLIFFE AND GRANDDAUGHTER 12 “PLEASE YOUR HONOR, THE FAULT IS NONE OF MINE” 15 “A STOUT MAN, DRESSED IN RICH AND COURTLY ATTIRE” 18 “THE SHAPE OF GAGE, AS TRUE AS IN A LOOKING-GLASS” 22 “A TALL MAN, BOOTED AND WRAPPED IN A MILITARY CLOAK” 23 “HE RECOILED SEVERAL STEPS FROM THE FIGURE” (_color plate_) _facing_ 24 “A STAGE DRIVER SAT AT ONE OF THE WINDOWS READING A PENNY PAPER” 27 EDWARD RANDOLPH’S PORTRAIT (_Half-title_) 29 YE YOUNG CAPTAINE OF YE CASTLE TELLS YE STORY OF YE PICTURE 35 “SOME OF THESE FABLES ARE REALLY AWFUL” (_color plate_) _facing_ 38 ALICE BECKONED TO THE PICTURE 41 “THE CHAIRMAN OF THE SELECTMEN WAS ADDRESSING TO THE LIEUTENANT-GOVERNOR A LONG AND SOLEMN PROTEST” (_color plate_) _facing_ 42 “SHE SNATCHED AWAY THE SABLE CURTAIN” 45 “_Choking with the Blood of the Boston Massacre_” 47 _Lady Eleanore’s Mantle_ (_Half-title_) 51 YE BEAUTEOUS LADY ELEANORE COMETH TO BOSTON 57 “A PALE YOUNG MAN ...

wearing boots

From this reading (Incorporated) Third Impression, March, 1911 “Several Personages descending towards the Door” (_color plate_) _Frontispiece_ LADY READING viii HOWE’S MASQUERADE (_Half-title_) ix YE OLD PROVINCE HOUSE x INITIAL 1 THE INDIAN 2 “THE STORY OF EACH BLUE TILE” 3 “GAGE MAY HAVE BEHELD HIS DISASTROUS VICTORY” 5 THE ELDERLY GENTLEMAN 6 THE BALCONY 7 “ONE OF THESE WORTHIES—A TALL, LANK FIGURE” 10 COLONEL JOLIFFE AND GRANDDAUGHTER 12 “PLEASE YOUR HONOR, THE FAULT IS NONE OF MINE” 15 “A STOUT MAN, DRESSED IN RICH AND COURTLY ATTIRE” 18 “THE SHAPE OF GAGE, AS TRUE AS IN A LOOKING-GLASS” 22 “A TALL MAN, BOOTED AND WRAPPED IN A MILITARY CLOAK” 23 “HE RECOILED SEVERAL STEPS FROM THE FIGURE” (_color plate_) _facing_ 24 “A STAGE DRIVER SAT AT ONE OF THE WINDOWS READING A PENNY PAPER” 27 EDWARD RANDOLPH’S PORTRAIT (_Half-title_) 29 YE YOUNG CAPTAINE OF YE CASTLE TELLS YE STORY OF YE PICTURE 35 “SOME OF THESE FABLES ARE REALLY AWFUL” (_color plate_) _facing_ 38 ALICE BECKONED TO THE PICTURE 41 “THE CHAIRMAN OF THE SELECTMEN WAS ADDRESSING TO THE LIEUTENANT-GOVERNOR A LONG AND SOLEMN PROTEST” (_color plate_) _facing_ 42 “SHE SNATCHED AWAY THE SABLE CURTAIN” 45 “_Choking with the Blood of the Boston Massacre_” 47 _Lady Eleanore’s Mantle_ (_Half-title_) 51 YE BEAUTEOUS LADY ELEANORE COMETH TO BOSTON 57 “A PALE YOUNG MAN ...

state capital and largest city of Massachusetts; a major center for banking and financial services

From this reading (Incorporated) Third Impression, March, 1911 “Several Personages descending towards the Door” (_color plate_) _Frontispiece_ LADY READING viii HOWE’S MASQUERADE (_Half-title_) ix YE OLD PROVINCE HOUSE x INITIAL 1 THE INDIAN 2 “THE STORY OF EACH BLUE TILE” 3 “GAGE MAY HAVE BEHELD HIS DISASTROUS VICTORY” 5 THE ELDERLY GENTLEMAN 6 THE BALCONY 7 “ONE OF THESE WORTHIES—A TALL, LANK FIGURE” 10 COLONEL JOLIFFE AND GRANDDAUGHTER 12 “PLEASE YOUR HONOR, THE FAULT IS NONE OF MINE” 15 “A STOUT MAN, DRESSED IN RICH AND COURTLY ATTIRE” 18 “THE SHAPE OF GAGE, AS TRUE AS IN A LOOKING-GLASS” 22 “A TALL MAN, BOOTED AND WRAPPED IN A MILITARY CLOAK” 23 “HE RECOILED SEVERAL STEPS FROM THE FIGURE” (_color plate_) _facing_ 24 “A STAGE DRIVER SAT AT ONE OF THE WINDOWS READING A PENNY PAPER” 27 EDWARD RANDOLPH’S PORTRAIT (_Half-title_) 29 YE YOUNG CAPTAINE OF YE CASTLE TELLS YE STORY OF YE PICTURE 35 “SOME OF THESE FABLES ARE REALLY AWFUL” (_color plate_) _facing_ 38 ALICE BECKONED TO THE PICTURE 41 “THE CHAIRMAN OF THE SELECTMEN WAS ADDRESSING TO THE LIEUTENANT-GOVERNOR A LONG AND SOLEMN PROTEST” (_color plate_) _facing_ 42 “SHE SNATCHED AWAY THE SABLE CURTAIN” 45 “_Choking with the Blood of the Boston Massacre_” 47 _Lady Eleanore’s Mantle_ (_Half-title_) 51 YE BEAUTEOUS LADY ELEANORE COMETH TO BOSTON 57 “A PALE YOUNG MAN ...

showing who or what does the action

From this reading 80 “THAT NIGHT A PROCESSION PASSED BY TORCHLIGHT” (_color plate_) _facing_ 81 OLD ESTHER DUDLEY (_Half-title_) 83 “HEAVEN’S CAUSE AND THE KING’S ARE ONE” 89 “TAKE THIS KEY AND KEEP IT SAFE” 92 “A FEW OF THE STANCH, THOUGH CRESTFALLEN OLD TORIES” 95 THE KING OF ENGLAND’S BIRTHDAY 99 “RECEIVE MY TRUST” (_color plate_) _facing_ 101 FAITHFUL UNTO DEATH 104 IN COLONIAL DAYS I. HOWE’S MASQUERADE.

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

From this reading (Incorporated) Third Impression, March, 1911 “Several Personages descending towards the Door” (_color plate_) _Frontispiece_ LADY READING viii HOWE’S MASQUERADE (_Half-title_) ix YE OLD PROVINCE HOUSE x INITIAL 1 THE INDIAN 2 “THE STORY OF EACH BLUE TILE” 3 “GAGE MAY HAVE BEHELD HIS DISASTROUS VICTORY” 5 THE ELDERLY GENTLEMAN 6 THE BALCONY 7 “ONE OF THESE WORTHIES—A TALL, LANK FIGURE” 10 COLONEL JOLIFFE AND GRANDDAUGHTER 12 “PLEASE YOUR HONOR, THE FAULT IS NONE OF MINE” 15 “A STOUT MAN, DRESSED IN RICH AND COURTLY ATTIRE” 18 “THE SHAPE OF GAGE, AS TRUE AS IN A LOOKING-GLASS” 22 “A TALL MAN, BOOTED AND WRAPPED IN A MILITARY CLOAK” 23 “HE RECOILED SEVERAL STEPS FROM THE FIGURE” (_color plate_) _facing_ 24 “A STAGE DRIVER SAT AT ONE OF THE WINDOWS READING A PENNY PAPER” 27 EDWARD RANDOLPH’S PORTRAIT (_Half-title_) 29 YE YOUNG CAPTAINE OF YE CASTLE TELLS YE STORY OF YE PICTURE 35 “SOME OF THESE FABLES ARE REALLY AWFUL” (_color plate_) _facing_ 38 ALICE BECKONED TO THE PICTURE 41 “THE CHAIRMAN OF THE SELECTMEN WAS ADDRESSING TO THE LIEUTENANT-GOVERNOR A LONG AND SOLEMN PROTEST” (_color plate_) _facing_ 42 “SHE SNATCHED AWAY THE SABLE CURTAIN” 45 “_Choking with the Blood of the Boston Massacre_” 47 _Lady Eleanore’s Mantle_ (_Half-title_) 51 YE BEAUTEOUS LADY ELEANORE COMETH TO BOSTON 57 “A PALE YOUNG MAN ...

a large and stately mansion

From this reading (Incorporated) Third Impression, March, 1911 “Several Personages descending towards the Door” (_color plate_) _Frontispiece_ LADY READING viii HOWE’S MASQUERADE (_Half-title_) ix YE OLD PROVINCE HOUSE x INITIAL 1 THE INDIAN 2 “THE STORY OF EACH BLUE TILE” 3 “GAGE MAY HAVE BEHELD HIS DISASTROUS VICTORY” 5 THE ELDERLY GENTLEMAN 6 THE BALCONY 7 “ONE OF THESE WORTHIES—A TALL, LANK FIGURE” 10 COLONEL JOLIFFE AND GRANDDAUGHTER 12 “PLEASE YOUR HONOR, THE FAULT IS NONE OF MINE” 15 “A STOUT MAN, DRESSED IN RICH AND COURTLY ATTIRE” 18 “THE SHAPE OF GAGE, AS TRUE AS IN A LOOKING-GLASS” 22 “A TALL MAN, BOOTED AND WRAPPED IN A MILITARY CLOAK” 23 “HE RECOILED SEVERAL STEPS FROM THE FIGURE” (_color plate_) _facing_ 24 “A STAGE DRIVER SAT AT ONE OF THE WINDOWS READING A PENNY PAPER” 27 EDWARD RANDOLPH’S PORTRAIT (_Half-title_) 29 YE YOUNG CAPTAINE OF YE CASTLE TELLS YE STORY OF YE PICTURE 35 “SOME OF THESE FABLES ARE REALLY AWFUL” (_color plate_) _facing_ 38 ALICE BECKONED TO THE PICTURE 41 “THE CHAIRMAN OF THE SELECTMEN WAS ADDRESSING TO THE LIEUTENANT-GOVERNOR A LONG AND SOLEMN PROTEST” (_color plate_) _facing_ 42 “SHE SNATCHED AWAY THE SABLE CURTAIN” 45 “_Choking with the Blood of the Boston Massacre_” 47 _Lady Eleanore’s Mantle_ (_Half-title_) 51 YE BEAUTEOUS LADY ELEANORE COMETH TO BOSTON 57 “A PALE YOUNG MAN ...

events that provide the generative force that is the origin of something

From this reading 80 “THAT NIGHT A PROCESSION PASSED BY TORCHLIGHT” (_color plate_) _facing_ 81 OLD ESTHER DUDLEY (_Half-title_) 83 “HEAVEN’S CAUSE AND THE KING’S ARE ONE” 89 “TAKE THIS KEY AND KEEP IT SAFE” 92 “A FEW OF THE STANCH, THOUGH CRESTFALLEN OLD TORIES” 95 THE KING OF ENGLAND’S BIRTHDAY 99 “RECEIVE MY TRUST” (_color plate_) _facing_ 101 FAITHFUL UNTO DEATH 104 IN COLONIAL DAYS I. HOWE’S MASQUERADE.

the officer who presides at the meetings of an organization

From this reading (Incorporated) Third Impression, March, 1911 “Several Personages descending towards the Door” (_color plate_) _Frontispiece_ LADY READING viii HOWE’S MASQUERADE (_Half-title_) ix YE OLD PROVINCE HOUSE x INITIAL 1 THE INDIAN 2 “THE STORY OF EACH BLUE TILE” 3 “GAGE MAY HAVE BEHELD HIS DISASTROUS VICTORY” 5 THE ELDERLY GENTLEMAN 6 THE BALCONY 7 “ONE OF THESE WORTHIES—A TALL, LANK FIGURE” 10 COLONEL JOLIFFE AND GRANDDAUGHTER 12 “PLEASE YOUR HONOR, THE FAULT IS NONE OF MINE” 15 “A STOUT MAN, DRESSED IN RICH AND COURTLY ATTIRE” 18 “THE SHAPE OF GAGE, AS TRUE AS IN A LOOKING-GLASS” 22 “A TALL MAN, BOOTED AND WRAPPED IN A MILITARY CLOAK” 23 “HE RECOILED SEVERAL STEPS FROM THE FIGURE” (_color plate_) _facing_ 24 “A STAGE DRIVER SAT AT ONE OF THE WINDOWS READING A PENNY PAPER” 27 EDWARD RANDOLPH’S PORTRAIT (_Half-title_) 29 YE YOUNG CAPTAINE OF YE CASTLE TELLS YE STORY OF YE PICTURE 35 “SOME OF THESE FABLES ARE REALLY AWFUL” (_color plate_) _facing_ 38 ALICE BECKONED TO THE PICTURE 41 “THE CHAIRMAN OF THE SELECTMEN WAS ADDRESSING TO THE LIEUTENANT-GOVERNOR A LONG AND SOLEMN PROTEST” (_color plate_) _facing_ 42 “SHE SNATCHED AWAY THE SABLE CURTAIN” 45 “_Choking with the Blood of the Boston Massacre_” 47 _Lady Eleanore’s Mantle_ (_Half-title_) 51 YE BEAUTEOUS LADY ELEANORE COMETH TO BOSTON 57 “A PALE YOUNG MAN ...

Causing difficulty in breathing.

From this reading (Incorporated) Third Impression, March, 1911 “Several Personages descending towards the Door” (_color plate_) _Frontispiece_ LADY READING viii HOWE’S MASQUERADE (_Half-title_) ix YE OLD PROVINCE HOUSE x INITIAL 1 THE INDIAN 2 “THE STORY OF EACH BLUE TILE” 3 “GAGE MAY HAVE BEHELD HIS DISASTROUS VICTORY” 5 THE ELDERLY GENTLEMAN 6 THE BALCONY 7 “ONE OF THESE WORTHIES—A TALL, LANK FIGURE” 10 COLONEL JOLIFFE AND GRANDDAUGHTER 12 “PLEASE YOUR HONOR, THE FAULT IS NONE OF MINE” 15 “A STOUT MAN, DRESSED IN RICH AND COURTLY ATTIRE” 18 “THE SHAPE OF GAGE, AS TRUE AS IN A LOOKING-GLASS” 22 “A TALL MAN, BOOTED AND WRAPPED IN A MILITARY CLOAK” 23 “HE RECOILED SEVERAL STEPS FROM THE FIGURE” (_color plate_) _facing_ 24 “A STAGE DRIVER SAT AT ONE OF THE WINDOWS READING A PENNY PAPER” 27 EDWARD RANDOLPH’S PORTRAIT (_Half-title_) 29 YE YOUNG CAPTAINE OF YE CASTLE TELLS YE STORY OF YE PICTURE 35 “SOME OF THESE FABLES ARE REALLY AWFUL” (_color plate_) _facing_ 38 ALICE BECKONED TO THE PICTURE 41 “THE CHAIRMAN OF THE SELECTMEN WAS ADDRESSING TO THE LIEUTENANT-GOVERNOR A LONG AND SOLEMN PROTEST” (_color plate_) _facing_ 42 “SHE SNATCHED AWAY THE SABLE CURTAIN” 45 “_Choking with the Blood of the Boston Massacre_” 47 _Lady Eleanore’s Mantle_ (_Half-title_) 51 YE BEAUTEOUS LADY ELEANORE COMETH TO BOSTON 57 “A PALE YOUNG MAN ...

one of the groups of Christians who have their own beliefs and forms of worship

From this reading One afternoon, last summer, while walking along Washington Street, my eye was attracted by a signboard protruding over a narrow archway nearly opposite the Old South Church.

anything that covers or conceals

From this reading (Incorporated) Third Impression, March, 1911 “Several Personages descending towards the Door” (_color plate_) _Frontispiece_ LADY READING viii HOWE’S MASQUERADE (_Half-title_) ix YE OLD PROVINCE HOUSE x INITIAL 1 THE INDIAN 2 “THE STORY OF EACH BLUE TILE” 3 “GAGE MAY HAVE BEHELD HIS DISASTROUS VICTORY” 5 THE ELDERLY GENTLEMAN 6 THE BALCONY 7 “ONE OF THESE WORTHIES—A TALL, LANK FIGURE” 10 COLONEL JOLIFFE AND GRANDDAUGHTER 12 “PLEASE YOUR HONOR, THE FAULT IS NONE OF MINE” 15 “A STOUT MAN, DRESSED IN RICH AND COURTLY ATTIRE” 18 “THE SHAPE OF GAGE, AS TRUE AS IN A LOOKING-GLASS” 22 “A TALL MAN, BOOTED AND WRAPPED IN A MILITARY CLOAK” 23 “HE RECOILED SEVERAL STEPS FROM THE FIGURE” (_color plate_) _facing_ 24 “A STAGE DRIVER SAT AT ONE OF THE WINDOWS READING A PENNY PAPER” 27 EDWARD RANDOLPH’S PORTRAIT (_Half-title_) 29 YE YOUNG CAPTAINE OF YE CASTLE TELLS YE STORY OF YE PICTURE 35 “SOME OF THESE FABLES ARE REALLY AWFUL” (_color plate_) _facing_ 38 ALICE BECKONED TO THE PICTURE 41 “THE CHAIRMAN OF THE SELECTMEN WAS ADDRESSING TO THE LIEUTENANT-GOVERNOR A LONG AND SOLEMN PROTEST” (_color plate_) _facing_ 42 “SHE SNATCHED AWAY THE SABLE CURTAIN” 45 “_Choking with the Blood of the Boston Massacre_” 47 _Lady Eleanore’s Mantle_ (_Half-title_) 51 YE BEAUTEOUS LADY ELEANORE COMETH TO BOSTON 57 “A PALE YOUNG MAN ...

teach and supervise (someone); act as a trainer or coach (to), as in sports

From this reading PROSTRATED HIMSELF BESIDE THE COACH” (_color plate_) _facing_ 59 GOVERNOR SHUTE DESCENDED THE FLIGHT OF STEPS 60 A GATHERING OF RANK, WEALTH, AND BEAUTY 63 “I PRAY YOU TAKE ONE SIP OF THIS HOLY WINE” 67 “KEEP MY IMAGE IN YOUR REMEMBRANCE” 71 “THE COMMUNICATION COULD BE OF NO AGREEABLE IMPORT” 73 “YOUNG MAN, WHAT IS YOUR PURPOSE?”

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 (Incorporated) Third Impression, March, 1911 “Several Personages descending towards the Door” (_color plate_) _Frontispiece_ LADY READING viii HOWE’S MASQUERADE (_Half-title_) ix YE OLD PROVINCE HOUSE x INITIAL 1 THE INDIAN 2 “THE STORY OF EACH BLUE TILE” 3 “GAGE MAY HAVE BEHELD HIS DISASTROUS VICTORY” 5 THE ELDERLY GENTLEMAN 6 THE BALCONY 7 “ONE OF THESE WORTHIES—A TALL, LANK FIGURE” 10 COLONEL JOLIFFE AND GRANDDAUGHTER 12 “PLEASE YOUR HONOR, THE FAULT IS NONE OF MINE” 15 “A STOUT MAN, DRESSED IN RICH AND COURTLY ATTIRE” 18 “THE SHAPE OF GAGE, AS TRUE AS IN A LOOKING-GLASS” 22 “A TALL MAN, BOOTED AND WRAPPED IN A MILITARY CLOAK” 23 “HE RECOILED SEVERAL STEPS FROM THE FIGURE” (_color plate_) _facing_ 24 “A STAGE DRIVER SAT AT ONE OF THE WINDOWS READING A PENNY PAPER” 27 EDWARD RANDOLPH’S PORTRAIT (_Half-title_) 29 YE YOUNG CAPTAINE OF YE CASTLE TELLS YE STORY OF YE PICTURE 35 “SOME OF THESE FABLES ARE REALLY AWFUL” (_color plate_) _facing_ 38 ALICE BECKONED TO THE PICTURE 41 “THE CHAIRMAN OF THE SELECTMEN WAS ADDRESSING TO THE LIEUTENANT-GOVERNOR A LONG AND SOLEMN PROTEST” (_color plate_) _facing_ 42 “SHE SNATCHED AWAY THE SABLE CURTAIN” 45 “_Choking with the Blood of the Boston Massacre_” 47 _Lady Eleanore’s Mantle_ (_Half-title_) 51 YE BEAUTEOUS LADY ELEANORE COMETH TO BOSTON 57 “A PALE YOUNG MAN ...

of or relating to or characteristic of or inhabiting a colony

From this reading 80 “THAT NIGHT A PROCESSION PASSED BY TORCHLIGHT” (_color plate_) _facing_ 81 OLD ESTHER DUDLEY (_Half-title_) 83 “HEAVEN’S CAUSE AND THE KING’S ARE ONE” 89 “TAKE THIS KEY AND KEEP IT SAFE” 92 “A FEW OF THE STANCH, THOUGH CRESTFALLEN OLD TORIES” 95 THE KING OF ENGLAND’S BIRTHDAY 99 “RECEIVE MY TRUST” (_color plate_) _facing_ 101 FAITHFUL UNTO DEATH 104 IN COLONIAL DAYS I. HOWE’S MASQUERADE.

a visual attribute of things that results from the light they emit or transmit or reflect

From this reading (Incorporated) Third Impression, March, 1911 “Several Personages descending towards the Door” (_color plate_) _Frontispiece_ LADY READING viii HOWE’S MASQUERADE (_Half-title_) ix YE OLD PROVINCE HOUSE x INITIAL 1 THE INDIAN 2 “THE STORY OF EACH BLUE TILE” 3 “GAGE MAY HAVE BEHELD HIS DISASTROUS VICTORY” 5 THE ELDERLY GENTLEMAN 6 THE BALCONY 7 “ONE OF THESE WORTHIES—A TALL, LANK FIGURE” 10 COLONEL JOLIFFE AND GRANDDAUGHTER 12 “PLEASE YOUR HONOR, THE FAULT IS NONE OF MINE” 15 “A STOUT MAN, DRESSED IN RICH AND COURTLY ATTIRE” 18 “THE SHAPE OF GAGE, AS TRUE AS IN A LOOKING-GLASS” 22 “A TALL MAN, BOOTED AND WRAPPED IN A MILITARY CLOAK” 23 “HE RECOILED SEVERAL STEPS FROM THE FIGURE” (_color plate_) _facing_ 24 “A STAGE DRIVER SAT AT ONE OF THE WINDOWS READING A PENNY PAPER” 27 EDWARD RANDOLPH’S PORTRAIT (_Half-title_) 29 YE YOUNG CAPTAINE OF YE CASTLE TELLS YE STORY OF YE PICTURE 35 “SOME OF THESE FABLES ARE REALLY AWFUL” (_color plate_) _facing_ 38 ALICE BECKONED TO THE PICTURE 41 “THE CHAIRMAN OF THE SELECTMEN WAS ADDRESSING TO THE LIEUTENANT-GOVERNOR A LONG AND SOLEMN PROTEST” (_color plate_) _facing_ 42 “SHE SNATCHED AWAY THE SABLE CURTAIN” 45 “_Choking with the Blood of the Boston Massacre_” 47 _Lady Eleanore’s Mantle_ (_Half-title_) 51 YE BEAUTEOUS LADY ELEANORE COMETH TO BOSTON 57 “A PALE YOUNG MAN ...

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

From this reading (Incorporated) Third Impression, March, 1911 “Several Personages descending towards the Door” (_color plate_) _Frontispiece_ LADY READING viii HOWE’S MASQUERADE (_Half-title_) ix YE OLD PROVINCE HOUSE x INITIAL 1 THE INDIAN 2 “THE STORY OF EACH BLUE TILE” 3 “GAGE MAY HAVE BEHELD HIS DISASTROUS VICTORY” 5 THE ELDERLY GENTLEMAN 6 THE BALCONY 7 “ONE OF THESE WORTHIES—A TALL, LANK FIGURE” 10 COLONEL JOLIFFE AND GRANDDAUGHTER 12 “PLEASE YOUR HONOR, THE FAULT IS NONE OF MINE” 15 “A STOUT MAN, DRESSED IN RICH AND COURTLY ATTIRE” 18 “THE SHAPE OF GAGE, AS TRUE AS IN A LOOKING-GLASS” 22 “A TALL MAN, BOOTED AND WRAPPED IN A MILITARY CLOAK” 23 “HE RECOILED SEVERAL STEPS FROM THE FIGURE” (_color plate_) _facing_ 24 “A STAGE DRIVER SAT AT ONE OF THE WINDOWS READING A PENNY PAPER” 27 EDWARD RANDOLPH’S PORTRAIT (_Half-title_) 29 YE YOUNG CAPTAINE OF YE CASTLE TELLS YE STORY OF YE PICTURE 35 “SOME OF THESE FABLES ARE REALLY AWFUL” (_color plate_) _facing_ 38 ALICE BECKONED TO THE PICTURE 41 “THE CHAIRMAN OF THE SELECTMEN WAS ADDRESSING TO THE LIEUTENANT-GOVERNOR A LONG AND SOLEMN PROTEST” (_color plate_) _facing_ 42 “SHE SNATCHED AWAY THE SABLE CURTAIN” 45 “_Choking with the Blood of the Boston Massacre_” 47 _Lady Eleanore’s Mantle_ (_Half-title_) 51 YE BEAUTEOUS LADY ELEANORE COMETH TO BOSTON 57 “A PALE YOUNG MAN ...

the activity of communicating; the activity of conveying information

From this reading PROSTRATED HIMSELF BESIDE THE COACH” (_color plate_) _facing_ 59 GOVERNOR SHUTE DESCENDED THE FLIGHT OF STEPS 60 A GATHERING OF RANK, WEALTH, AND BEAUTY 63 “I PRAY YOU TAKE ONE SIP OF THIS HOLY WINE” 67 “KEEP MY IMAGE IN YOUR REMEMBRANCE” 71 “THE COMMUNICATION COULD BE OF NO AGREEABLE IMPORT” 73 “YOUNG MAN, WHAT IS YOUR PURPOSE?”

the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests

From this reading PROSTRATED HIMSELF BESIDE THE COACH” (_color plate_) _facing_ 59 GOVERNOR SHUTE DESCENDED THE FLIGHT OF STEPS 60 A GATHERING OF RANK, WEALTH, AND BEAUTY 63 “I PRAY YOU TAKE ONE SIP OF THIS HOLY WINE” 67 “KEEP MY IMAGE IN YOUR REMEMBRANCE” 71 “THE COMMUNICATION COULD BE OF NO AGREEABLE IMPORT” 73 “YOUNG MAN, WHAT IS YOUR PURPOSE?”

refined or imposing in manner or appearance; befitting a royal court

From this reading (Incorporated) Third Impression, March, 1911 “Several Personages descending towards the Door” (_color plate_) _Frontispiece_ LADY READING viii HOWE’S MASQUERADE (_Half-title_) ix YE OLD PROVINCE HOUSE x INITIAL 1 THE INDIAN 2 “THE STORY OF EACH BLUE TILE” 3 “GAGE MAY HAVE BEHELD HIS DISASTROUS VICTORY” 5 THE ELDERLY GENTLEMAN 6 THE BALCONY 7 “ONE OF THESE WORTHIES—A TALL, LANK FIGURE” 10 COLONEL JOLIFFE AND GRANDDAUGHTER 12 “PLEASE YOUR HONOR, THE FAULT IS NONE OF MINE” 15 “A STOUT MAN, DRESSED IN RICH AND COURTLY ATTIRE” 18 “THE SHAPE OF GAGE, AS TRUE AS IN A LOOKING-GLASS” 22 “A TALL MAN, BOOTED AND WRAPPED IN A MILITARY CLOAK” 23 “HE RECOILED SEVERAL STEPS FROM THE FIGURE” (_color plate_) _facing_ 24 “A STAGE DRIVER SAT AT ONE OF THE WINDOWS READING A PENNY PAPER” 27 EDWARD RANDOLPH’S PORTRAIT (_Half-title_) 29 YE YOUNG CAPTAINE OF YE CASTLE TELLS YE STORY OF YE PICTURE 35 “SOME OF THESE FABLES ARE REALLY AWFUL” (_color plate_) _facing_ 38 ALICE BECKONED TO THE PICTURE 41 “THE CHAIRMAN OF THE SELECTMEN WAS ADDRESSING TO THE LIEUTENANT-GOVERNOR A LONG AND SOLEMN PROTEST” (_color plate_) _facing_ 42 “SHE SNATCHED AWAY THE SABLE CURTAIN” 45 “_Choking with the Blood of the Boston Massacre_” 47 _Lady Eleanore’s Mantle_ (_Half-title_) 51 YE BEAUTEOUS LADY ELEANORE COMETH TO BOSTON 57 “A PALE YOUNG MAN ...

brought low in spirit

From this reading 80 “THAT NIGHT A PROCESSION PASSED BY TORCHLIGHT” (_color plate_) _facing_ 81 OLD ESTHER DUDLEY (_Half-title_) 83 “HEAVEN’S CAUSE AND THE KING’S ARE ONE” 89 “TAKE THIS KEY AND KEEP IT SAFE” 92 “A FEW OF THE STANCH, THOUGH CRESTFALLEN OLD TORIES” 95 THE KING OF ENGLAND’S BIRTHDAY 99 “RECEIVE MY TRUST” (_color plate_) _facing_ 101 FAITHFUL UNTO DEATH 104 IN COLONIAL DAYS I. HOWE’S MASQUERADE.

hanging cloth used as a blind (especially for a window)

From this reading (Incorporated) Third Impression, March, 1911 “Several Personages descending towards the Door” (_color plate_) _Frontispiece_ LADY READING viii HOWE’S MASQUERADE (_Half-title_) ix YE OLD PROVINCE HOUSE x INITIAL 1 THE INDIAN 2 “THE STORY OF EACH BLUE TILE” 3 “GAGE MAY HAVE BEHELD HIS DISASTROUS VICTORY” 5 THE ELDERLY GENTLEMAN 6 THE BALCONY 7 “ONE OF THESE WORTHIES—A TALL, LANK FIGURE” 10 COLONEL JOLIFFE AND GRANDDAUGHTER 12 “PLEASE YOUR HONOR, THE FAULT IS NONE OF MINE” 15 “A STOUT MAN, DRESSED IN RICH AND COURTLY ATTIRE” 18 “THE SHAPE OF GAGE, AS TRUE AS IN A LOOKING-GLASS” 22 “A TALL MAN, BOOTED AND WRAPPED IN A MILITARY CLOAK” 23 “HE RECOILED SEVERAL STEPS FROM THE FIGURE” (_color plate_) _facing_ 24 “A STAGE DRIVER SAT AT ONE OF THE WINDOWS READING A PENNY PAPER” 27 EDWARD RANDOLPH’S PORTRAIT (_Half-title_) 29 YE YOUNG CAPTAINE OF YE CASTLE TELLS YE STORY OF YE PICTURE 35 “SOME OF THESE FABLES ARE REALLY AWFUL” (_color plate_) _facing_ 38 ALICE BECKONED TO THE PICTURE 41 “THE CHAIRMAN OF THE SELECTMEN WAS ADDRESSING TO THE LIEUTENANT-GOVERNOR A LONG AND SOLEMN PROTEST” (_color plate_) _facing_ 42 “SHE SNATCHED AWAY THE SABLE CURTAIN” 45 “_Choking with the Blood of the Boston Massacre_” 47 _Lady Eleanore’s Mantle_ (_Half-title_) 51 YE BEAUTEOUS LADY ELEANORE COMETH TO BOSTON 57 “A PALE YOUNG MAN ...

the time during which someone's life continues

From this reading 80 “THAT NIGHT A PROCESSION PASSED BY TORCHLIGHT” (_color plate_) _facing_ 81 OLD ESTHER DUDLEY (_Half-title_) 83 “HEAVEN’S CAUSE AND THE KING’S ARE ONE” 89 “TAKE THIS KEY AND KEEP IT SAFE” 92 “A FEW OF THE STANCH, THOUGH CRESTFALLEN OLD TORIES” 95 THE KING OF ENGLAND’S BIRTHDAY 99 “RECEIVE MY TRUST” (_color plate_) _facing_ 101 FAITHFUL UNTO DEATH 104 IN COLONIAL DAYS I. HOWE’S MASQUERADE.

the event of dying or departure from life

From this reading 80 “THAT NIGHT A PROCESSION PASSED BY TORCHLIGHT” (_color plate_) _facing_ 81 OLD ESTHER DUDLEY (_Half-title_) 83 “HEAVEN’S CAUSE AND THE KING’S ARE ONE” 89 “TAKE THIS KEY AND KEEP IT SAFE” 92 “A FEW OF THE STANCH, THOUGH CRESTFALLEN OLD TORIES” 95 THE KING OF ENGLAND’S BIRTHDAY 99 “RECEIVE MY TRUST” (_color plate_) _facing_ 101 FAITHFUL UNTO DEATH 104 IN COLONIAL DAYS I. HOWE’S MASQUERADE.

past form of “descend” — move downward and lower, but not necessarily all the way

From this reading PROSTRATED HIMSELF BESIDE THE COACH” (_color plate_) _facing_ 59 GOVERNOR SHUTE DESCENDED THE FLIGHT OF STEPS 60 A GATHERING OF RANK, WEALTH, AND BEAUTY 63 “I PRAY YOU TAKE ONE SIP OF THIS HOLY WINE” 67 “KEEP MY IMAGE IN YOUR REMEMBRANCE” 71 “THE COMMUNICATION COULD BE OF NO AGREEABLE IMPORT” 73 “YOUNG MAN, WHAT IS YOUR PURPOSE?”

coming down or downward

From this reading (Incorporated) Third Impression, March, 1911 “Several Personages descending towards the Door” (_color plate_) _Frontispiece_ LADY READING viii HOWE’S MASQUERADE (_Half-title_) ix YE OLD PROVINCE HOUSE x INITIAL 1 THE INDIAN 2 “THE STORY OF EACH BLUE TILE” 3 “GAGE MAY HAVE BEHELD HIS DISASTROUS VICTORY” 5 THE ELDERLY GENTLEMAN 6 THE BALCONY 7 “ONE OF THESE WORTHIES—A TALL, LANK FIGURE” 10 COLONEL JOLIFFE AND GRANDDAUGHTER 12 “PLEASE YOUR HONOR, THE FAULT IS NONE OF MINE” 15 “A STOUT MAN, DRESSED IN RICH AND COURTLY ATTIRE” 18 “THE SHAPE OF GAGE, AS TRUE AS IN A LOOKING-GLASS” 22 “A TALL MAN, BOOTED AND WRAPPED IN A MILITARY CLOAK” 23 “HE RECOILED SEVERAL STEPS FROM THE FIGURE” (_color plate_) _facing_ 24 “A STAGE DRIVER SAT AT ONE OF THE WINDOWS READING A PENNY PAPER” 27 EDWARD RANDOLPH’S PORTRAIT (_Half-title_) 29 YE YOUNG CAPTAINE OF YE CASTLE TELLS YE STORY OF YE PICTURE 35 “SOME OF THESE FABLES ARE REALLY AWFUL” (_color plate_) _facing_ 38 ALICE BECKONED TO THE PICTURE 41 “THE CHAIRMAN OF THE SELECTMEN WAS ADDRESSING TO THE LIEUTENANT-GOVERNOR A LONG AND SOLEMN PROTEST” (_color plate_) _facing_ 42 “SHE SNATCHED AWAY THE SABLE CURTAIN” 45 “_Choking with the Blood of the Boston Massacre_” 47 _Lady Eleanore’s Mantle_ (_Half-title_) 51 YE BEAUTEOUS LADY ELEANORE COMETH TO BOSTON 57 “A PALE YOUNG MAN ...

(of events) having extremely unfortunate or dire consequences; bringing ruin

From this reading (Incorporated) Third Impression, March, 1911 “Several Personages descending towards the Door” (_color plate_) _Frontispiece_ LADY READING viii HOWE’S MASQUERADE (_Half-title_) ix YE OLD PROVINCE HOUSE x INITIAL 1 THE INDIAN 2 “THE STORY OF EACH BLUE TILE” 3 “GAGE MAY HAVE BEHELD HIS DISASTROUS VICTORY” 5 THE ELDERLY GENTLEMAN 6 THE BALCONY 7 “ONE OF THESE WORTHIES—A TALL, LANK FIGURE” 10 COLONEL JOLIFFE AND GRANDDAUGHTER 12 “PLEASE YOUR HONOR, THE FAULT IS NONE OF MINE” 15 “A STOUT MAN, DRESSED IN RICH AND COURTLY ATTIRE” 18 “THE SHAPE OF GAGE, AS TRUE AS IN A LOOKING-GLASS” 22 “A TALL MAN, BOOTED AND WRAPPED IN A MILITARY CLOAK” 23 “HE RECOILED SEVERAL STEPS FROM THE FIGURE” (_color plate_) _facing_ 24 “A STAGE DRIVER SAT AT ONE OF THE WINDOWS READING A PENNY PAPER” 27 EDWARD RANDOLPH’S PORTRAIT (_Half-title_) 29 YE YOUNG CAPTAINE OF YE CASTLE TELLS YE STORY OF YE PICTURE 35 “SOME OF THESE FABLES ARE REALLY AWFUL” (_color plate_) _facing_ 38 ALICE BECKONED TO THE PICTURE 41 “THE CHAIRMAN OF THE SELECTMEN WAS ADDRESSING TO THE LIEUTENANT-GOVERNOR A LONG AND SOLEMN PROTEST” (_color plate_) _facing_ 42 “SHE SNATCHED AWAY THE SABLE CURTAIN” 45 “_Choking with the Blood of the Boston Massacre_” 47 _Lady Eleanore’s Mantle_ (_Half-title_) 51 YE BEAUTEOUS LADY ELEANORE COMETH TO BOSTON 57 “A PALE YOUNG MAN ...

a swinging or sliding barrier that will close the entrance to a room or building or vehicle

From this reading (Incorporated) Third Impression, March, 1911 “Several Personages descending towards the Door” (_color plate_) _Frontispiece_ LADY READING viii HOWE’S MASQUERADE (_Half-title_) ix YE OLD PROVINCE HOUSE x INITIAL 1 THE INDIAN 2 “THE STORY OF EACH BLUE TILE” 3 “GAGE MAY HAVE BEHELD HIS DISASTROUS VICTORY” 5 THE ELDERLY GENTLEMAN 6 THE BALCONY 7 “ONE OF THESE WORTHIES—A TALL, LANK FIGURE” 10 COLONEL JOLIFFE AND GRANDDAUGHTER 12 “PLEASE YOUR HONOR, THE FAULT IS NONE OF MINE” 15 “A STOUT MAN, DRESSED IN RICH AND COURTLY ATTIRE” 18 “THE SHAPE OF GAGE, AS TRUE AS IN A LOOKING-GLASS” 22 “A TALL MAN, BOOTED AND WRAPPED IN A MILITARY CLOAK” 23 “HE RECOILED SEVERAL STEPS FROM THE FIGURE” (_color plate_) _facing_ 24 “A STAGE DRIVER SAT AT ONE OF THE WINDOWS READING A PENNY PAPER” 27 EDWARD RANDOLPH’S PORTRAIT (_Half-title_) 29 YE YOUNG CAPTAINE OF YE CASTLE TELLS YE STORY OF YE PICTURE 35 “SOME OF THESE FABLES ARE REALLY AWFUL” (_color plate_) _facing_ 38 ALICE BECKONED TO THE PICTURE 41 “THE CHAIRMAN OF THE SELECTMEN WAS ADDRESSING TO THE LIEUTENANT-GOVERNOR A LONG AND SOLEMN PROTEST” (_color plate_) _facing_ 42 “SHE SNATCHED AWAY THE SABLE CURTAIN” 45 “_Choking with the Blood of the Boston Massacre_” 47 _Lady Eleanore’s Mantle_ (_Half-title_) 51 YE BEAUTEOUS LADY ELEANORE COMETH TO BOSTON 57 “A PALE YOUNG MAN ...

dressed or clothed especially in fine attire; often used in combination

From this reading (Incorporated) Third Impression, March, 1911 “Several Personages descending towards the Door” (_color plate_) _Frontispiece_ LADY READING viii HOWE’S MASQUERADE (_Half-title_) ix YE OLD PROVINCE HOUSE x INITIAL 1 THE INDIAN 2 “THE STORY OF EACH BLUE TILE” 3 “GAGE MAY HAVE BEHELD HIS DISASTROUS VICTORY” 5 THE ELDERLY GENTLEMAN 6 THE BALCONY 7 “ONE OF THESE WORTHIES—A TALL, LANK FIGURE” 10 COLONEL JOLIFFE AND GRANDDAUGHTER 12 “PLEASE YOUR HONOR, THE FAULT IS NONE OF MINE” 15 “A STOUT MAN, DRESSED IN RICH AND COURTLY ATTIRE” 18 “THE SHAPE OF GAGE, AS TRUE AS IN A LOOKING-GLASS” 22 “A TALL MAN, BOOTED AND WRAPPED IN A MILITARY CLOAK” 23 “HE RECOILED SEVERAL STEPS FROM THE FIGURE” (_color plate_) _facing_ 24 “A STAGE DRIVER SAT AT ONE OF THE WINDOWS READING A PENNY PAPER” 27 EDWARD RANDOLPH’S PORTRAIT (_Half-title_) 29 YE YOUNG CAPTAINE OF YE CASTLE TELLS YE STORY OF YE PICTURE 35 “SOME OF THESE FABLES ARE REALLY AWFUL” (_color plate_) _facing_ 38 ALICE BECKONED TO THE PICTURE 41 “THE CHAIRMAN OF THE SELECTMEN WAS ADDRESSING TO THE LIEUTENANT-GOVERNOR A LONG AND SOLEMN PROTEST” (_color plate_) _facing_ 42 “SHE SNATCHED AWAY THE SABLE CURTAIN” 45 “_Choking with the Blood of the Boston Massacre_” 47 _Lady Eleanore’s Mantle_ (_Half-title_) 51 YE BEAUTEOUS LADY ELEANORE COMETH TO BOSTON 57 “A PALE YOUNG MAN ...

the operator of a motor vehicle

From this reading (Incorporated) Third Impression, March, 1911 “Several Personages descending towards the Door” (_color plate_) _Frontispiece_ LADY READING viii HOWE’S MASQUERADE (_Half-title_) ix YE OLD PROVINCE HOUSE x INITIAL 1 THE INDIAN 2 “THE STORY OF EACH BLUE TILE” 3 “GAGE MAY HAVE BEHELD HIS DISASTROUS VICTORY” 5 THE ELDERLY GENTLEMAN 6 THE BALCONY 7 “ONE OF THESE WORTHIES—A TALL, LANK FIGURE” 10 COLONEL JOLIFFE AND GRANDDAUGHTER 12 “PLEASE YOUR HONOR, THE FAULT IS NONE OF MINE” 15 “A STOUT MAN, DRESSED IN RICH AND COURTLY ATTIRE” 18 “THE SHAPE OF GAGE, AS TRUE AS IN A LOOKING-GLASS” 22 “A TALL MAN, BOOTED AND WRAPPED IN A MILITARY CLOAK” 23 “HE RECOILED SEVERAL STEPS FROM THE FIGURE” (_color plate_) _facing_ 24 “A STAGE DRIVER SAT AT ONE OF THE WINDOWS READING A PENNY PAPER” 27 EDWARD RANDOLPH’S PORTRAIT (_Half-title_) 29 YE YOUNG CAPTAINE OF YE CASTLE TELLS YE STORY OF YE PICTURE 35 “SOME OF THESE FABLES ARE REALLY AWFUL” (_color plate_) _facing_ 38 ALICE BECKONED TO THE PICTURE 41 “THE CHAIRMAN OF THE SELECTMEN WAS ADDRESSING TO THE LIEUTENANT-GOVERNOR A LONG AND SOLEMN PROTEST” (_color plate_) _facing_ 42 “SHE SNATCHED AWAY THE SABLE CURTAIN” 45 “_Choking with the Blood of the Boston Massacre_” 47 _Lady Eleanore’s Mantle_ (_Half-title_) 51 YE BEAUTEOUS LADY ELEANORE COMETH TO BOSTON 57 “A PALE YOUNG MAN ...

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From this reading 80 “THAT NIGHT A PROCESSION PASSED BY TORCHLIGHT” (_color plate_) _facing_ 81 OLD ESTHER DUDLEY (_Half-title_) 83 “HEAVEN’S CAUSE AND THE KING’S ARE ONE” 89 “TAKE THIS KEY AND KEEP IT SAFE” 92 “A FEW OF THE STANCH, THOUGH CRESTFALLEN OLD TORIES” 95 THE KING OF ENGLAND’S BIRTHDAY 99 “RECEIVE MY TRUST” (_color plate_) _facing_ 101 FAITHFUL UNTO DEATH 104 IN COLONIAL DAYS I. HOWE’S MASQUERADE.

every one of two or more people or things, taken separately

From this reading (Incorporated) Third Impression, March, 1911 “Several Personages descending towards the Door” (_color plate_) _Frontispiece_ LADY READING viii HOWE’S MASQUERADE (_Half-title_) ix YE OLD PROVINCE HOUSE x INITIAL 1 THE INDIAN 2 “THE STORY OF EACH BLUE TILE” 3 “GAGE MAY HAVE BEHELD HIS DISASTROUS VICTORY” 5 THE ELDERLY GENTLEMAN 6 THE BALCONY 7 “ONE OF THESE WORTHIES—A TALL, LANK FIGURE” 10 COLONEL JOLIFFE AND GRANDDAUGHTER 12 “PLEASE YOUR HONOR, THE FAULT IS NONE OF MINE” 15 “A STOUT MAN, DRESSED IN RICH AND COURTLY ATTIRE” 18 “THE SHAPE OF GAGE, AS TRUE AS IN A LOOKING-GLASS” 22 “A TALL MAN, BOOTED AND WRAPPED IN A MILITARY CLOAK” 23 “HE RECOILED SEVERAL STEPS FROM THE FIGURE” (_color plate_) _facing_ 24 “A STAGE DRIVER SAT AT ONE OF THE WINDOWS READING A PENNY PAPER” 27 EDWARD RANDOLPH’S PORTRAIT (_Half-title_) 29 YE YOUNG CAPTAINE OF YE CASTLE TELLS YE STORY OF YE PICTURE 35 “SOME OF THESE FABLES ARE REALLY AWFUL” (_color plate_) _facing_ 38 ALICE BECKONED TO THE PICTURE 41 “THE CHAIRMAN OF THE SELECTMEN WAS ADDRESSING TO THE LIEUTENANT-GOVERNOR A LONG AND SOLEMN PROTEST” (_color plate_) _facing_ 42 “SHE SNATCHED AWAY THE SABLE CURTAIN” 45 “_Choking with the Blood of the Boston Massacre_” 47 _Lady Eleanore’s Mantle_ (_Half-title_) 51 YE BEAUTEOUS LADY ELEANORE COMETH TO BOSTON 57 “A PALE YOUNG MAN ...

King of England and Ireland in 1936; his marriage to Wallis Warfield Simpson created a constitutional crisis leading to his abdication (1894-1972)

From this reading (Incorporated) Third Impression, March, 1911 “Several Personages descending towards the Door” (_color plate_) _Frontispiece_ LADY READING viii HOWE’S MASQUERADE (_Half-title_) ix YE OLD PROVINCE HOUSE x INITIAL 1 THE INDIAN 2 “THE STORY OF EACH BLUE TILE” 3 “GAGE MAY HAVE BEHELD HIS DISASTROUS VICTORY” 5 THE ELDERLY GENTLEMAN 6 THE BALCONY 7 “ONE OF THESE WORTHIES—A TALL, LANK FIGURE” 10 COLONEL JOLIFFE AND GRANDDAUGHTER 12 “PLEASE YOUR HONOR, THE FAULT IS NONE OF MINE” 15 “A STOUT MAN, DRESSED IN RICH AND COURTLY ATTIRE” 18 “THE SHAPE OF GAGE, AS TRUE AS IN A LOOKING-GLASS” 22 “A TALL MAN, BOOTED AND WRAPPED IN A MILITARY CLOAK” 23 “HE RECOILED SEVERAL STEPS FROM THE FIGURE” (_color plate_) _facing_ 24 “A STAGE DRIVER SAT AT ONE OF THE WINDOWS READING A PENNY PAPER” 27 EDWARD RANDOLPH’S PORTRAIT (_Half-title_) 29 YE YOUNG CAPTAINE OF YE CASTLE TELLS YE STORY OF YE PICTURE 35 “SOME OF THESE FABLES ARE REALLY AWFUL” (_color plate_) _facing_ 38 ALICE BECKONED TO THE PICTURE 41 “THE CHAIRMAN OF THE SELECTMEN WAS ADDRESSING TO THE LIEUTENANT-GOVERNOR A LONG AND SOLEMN PROTEST” (_color plate_) _facing_ 42 “SHE SNATCHED AWAY THE SABLE CURTAIN” 45 “_Choking with the Blood of the Boston Massacre_” 47 _Lady Eleanore’s Mantle_ (_Half-title_) 51 YE BEAUTEOUS LADY ELEANORE COMETH TO BOSTON 57 “A PALE YOUNG MAN ...

advanced in years; (“aged” is pronounced as two syllables)

From this reading (Incorporated) Third Impression, March, 1911 “Several Personages descending towards the Door” (_color plate_) _Frontispiece_ LADY READING viii HOWE’S MASQUERADE (_Half-title_) ix YE OLD PROVINCE HOUSE x INITIAL 1 THE INDIAN 2 “THE STORY OF EACH BLUE TILE” 3 “GAGE MAY HAVE BEHELD HIS DISASTROUS VICTORY” 5 THE ELDERLY GENTLEMAN 6 THE BALCONY 7 “ONE OF THESE WORTHIES—A TALL, LANK FIGURE” 10 COLONEL JOLIFFE AND GRANDDAUGHTER 12 “PLEASE YOUR HONOR, THE FAULT IS NONE OF MINE” 15 “A STOUT MAN, DRESSED IN RICH AND COURTLY ATTIRE” 18 “THE SHAPE OF GAGE, AS TRUE AS IN A LOOKING-GLASS” 22 “A TALL MAN, BOOTED AND WRAPPED IN A MILITARY CLOAK” 23 “HE RECOILED SEVERAL STEPS FROM THE FIGURE” (_color plate_) _facing_ 24 “A STAGE DRIVER SAT AT ONE OF THE WINDOWS READING A PENNY PAPER” 27 EDWARD RANDOLPH’S PORTRAIT (_Half-title_) 29 YE YOUNG CAPTAINE OF YE CASTLE TELLS YE STORY OF YE PICTURE 35 “SOME OF THESE FABLES ARE REALLY AWFUL” (_color plate_) _facing_ 38 ALICE BECKONED TO THE PICTURE 41 “THE CHAIRMAN OF THE SELECTMEN WAS ADDRESSING TO THE LIEUTENANT-GOVERNOR A LONG AND SOLEMN PROTEST” (_color plate_) _facing_ 42 “SHE SNATCHED AWAY THE SABLE CURTAIN” 45 “_Choking with the Blood of the Boston Massacre_” 47 _Lady Eleanore’s Mantle_ (_Half-title_) 51 YE BEAUTEOUS LADY ELEANORE COMETH TO BOSTON 57 “A PALE YOUNG MAN ...

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From this reading (Incorporated) Third Impression, March, 1911 “Several Personages descending towards the Door” (_color plate_) _Frontispiece_ LADY READING viii HOWE’S MASQUERADE (_Half-title_) ix YE OLD PROVINCE HOUSE x INITIAL 1 THE INDIAN 2 “THE STORY OF EACH BLUE TILE” 3 “GAGE MAY HAVE BEHELD HIS DISASTROUS VICTORY” 5 THE ELDERLY GENTLEMAN 6 THE BALCONY 7 “ONE OF THESE WORTHIES—A TALL, LANK FIGURE” 10 COLONEL JOLIFFE AND GRANDDAUGHTER 12 “PLEASE YOUR HONOR, THE FAULT IS NONE OF MINE” 15 “A STOUT MAN, DRESSED IN RICH AND COURTLY ATTIRE” 18 “THE SHAPE OF GAGE, AS TRUE AS IN A LOOKING-GLASS” 22 “A TALL MAN, BOOTED AND WRAPPED IN A MILITARY CLOAK” 23 “HE RECOILED SEVERAL STEPS FROM THE FIGURE” (_color plate_) _facing_ 24 “A STAGE DRIVER SAT AT ONE OF THE WINDOWS READING A PENNY PAPER” 27 EDWARD RANDOLPH’S PORTRAIT (_Half-title_) 29 YE YOUNG CAPTAINE OF YE CASTLE TELLS YE STORY OF YE PICTURE 35 “SOME OF THESE FABLES ARE REALLY AWFUL” (_color plate_) _facing_ 38 ALICE BECKONED TO THE PICTURE 41 “THE CHAIRMAN OF THE SELECTMEN WAS ADDRESSING TO THE LIEUTENANT-GOVERNOR A LONG AND SOLEMN PROTEST” (_color plate_) _facing_ 42 “SHE SNATCHED AWAY THE SABLE CURTAIN” 45 “_Choking with the Blood of the Boston Massacre_” 47 _Lady Eleanore’s Mantle_ (_Half-title_) 51 YE BEAUTEOUS LADY ELEANORE COMETH TO BOSTON 57 “A PALE YOUNG MAN ...

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From this reading (Incorporated) Third Impression, March, 1911 “Several Personages descending towards the Door” (_color plate_) _Frontispiece_ LADY READING viii HOWE’S MASQUERADE (_Half-title_) ix YE OLD PROVINCE HOUSE x INITIAL 1 THE INDIAN 2 “THE STORY OF EACH BLUE TILE” 3 “GAGE MAY HAVE BEHELD HIS DISASTROUS VICTORY” 5 THE ELDERLY GENTLEMAN 6 THE BALCONY 7 “ONE OF THESE WORTHIES—A TALL, LANK FIGURE” 10 COLONEL JOLIFFE AND GRANDDAUGHTER 12 “PLEASE YOUR HONOR, THE FAULT IS NONE OF MINE” 15 “A STOUT MAN, DRESSED IN RICH AND COURTLY ATTIRE” 18 “THE SHAPE OF GAGE, AS TRUE AS IN A LOOKING-GLASS” 22 “A TALL MAN, BOOTED AND WRAPPED IN A MILITARY CLOAK” 23 “HE RECOILED SEVERAL STEPS FROM THE FIGURE” (_color plate_) _facing_ 24 “A STAGE DRIVER SAT AT ONE OF THE WINDOWS READING A PENNY PAPER” 27 EDWARD RANDOLPH’S PORTRAIT (_Half-title_) 29 YE YOUNG CAPTAINE OF YE CASTLE TELLS YE STORY OF YE PICTURE 35 “SOME OF THESE FABLES ARE REALLY AWFUL” (_color plate_) _facing_ 38 ALICE BECKONED TO THE PICTURE 41 “THE CHAIRMAN OF THE SELECTMEN WAS ADDRESSING TO THE LIEUTENANT-GOVERNOR A LONG AND SOLEMN PROTEST” (_color plate_) _facing_ 42 “SHE SNATCHED AWAY THE SABLE CURTAIN” 45 “_Choking with the Blood of the Boston Massacre_” 47 _Lady Eleanore’s Mantle_ (_Half-title_) 51 YE BEAUTEOUS LADY ELEANORE COMETH TO BOSTON 57 “A PALE YOUNG MAN ...

possessive form of “england” — a division of the United Kingdom

From this reading 80 “THAT NIGHT A PROCESSION PASSED BY TORCHLIGHT” (_color plate_) _facing_ 81 OLD ESTHER DUDLEY (_Half-title_) 83 “HEAVEN’S CAUSE AND THE KING’S ARE ONE” 89 “TAKE THIS KEY AND KEEP IT SAFE” 92 “A FEW OF THE STANCH, THOUGH CRESTFALLEN OLD TORIES” 95 THE KING OF ENGLAND’S BIRTHDAY 99 “RECEIVE MY TRUST” (_color plate_) _facing_ 101 FAITHFUL UNTO DEATH 104 IN COLONIAL DAYS I. HOWE’S MASQUERADE.

(Old Testament) a beautiful Jewess chosen by the king of Persia to be his queen; she stopped a plot to massacre all the Jews in Persia (an event celebrated by Jews as the feast of Purim)

From this reading 80 “THAT NIGHT A PROCESSION PASSED BY TORCHLIGHT” (_color plate_) _facing_ 81 OLD ESTHER DUDLEY (_Half-title_) 83 “HEAVEN’S CAUSE AND THE KING’S ARE ONE” 89 “TAKE THIS KEY AND KEEP IT SAFE” 92 “A FEW OF THE STANCH, THOUGH CRESTFALLEN OLD TORIES” 95 THE KING OF ENGLAND’S BIRTHDAY 99 “RECEIVE MY TRUST” (_color plate_) _facing_ 101 FAITHFUL UNTO DEATH 104 IN COLONIAL DAYS I. HOWE’S MASQUERADE.

the organ of sight

From this reading One afternoon, last summer, while walking along Washington Street, my eye was attracted by a signboard protruding over a narrow archway nearly opposite the Old South Church.

plural of “fable” — a deliberately false or improbable account

From this reading (Incorporated) Third Impression, March, 1911 “Several Personages descending towards the Door” (_color plate_) _Frontispiece_ LADY READING viii HOWE’S MASQUERADE (_Half-title_) ix YE OLD PROVINCE HOUSE x INITIAL 1 THE INDIAN 2 “THE STORY OF EACH BLUE TILE” 3 “GAGE MAY HAVE BEHELD HIS DISASTROUS VICTORY” 5 THE ELDERLY GENTLEMAN 6 THE BALCONY 7 “ONE OF THESE WORTHIES—A TALL, LANK FIGURE” 10 COLONEL JOLIFFE AND GRANDDAUGHTER 12 “PLEASE YOUR HONOR, THE FAULT IS NONE OF MINE” 15 “A STOUT MAN, DRESSED IN RICH AND COURTLY ATTIRE” 18 “THE SHAPE OF GAGE, AS TRUE AS IN A LOOKING-GLASS” 22 “A TALL MAN, BOOTED AND WRAPPED IN A MILITARY CLOAK” 23 “HE RECOILED SEVERAL STEPS FROM THE FIGURE” (_color plate_) _facing_ 24 “A STAGE DRIVER SAT AT ONE OF THE WINDOWS READING A PENNY PAPER” 27 EDWARD RANDOLPH’S PORTRAIT (_Half-title_) 29 YE YOUNG CAPTAINE OF YE CASTLE TELLS YE STORY OF YE PICTURE 35 “SOME OF THESE FABLES ARE REALLY AWFUL” (_color plate_) _facing_ 38 ALICE BECKONED TO THE PICTURE 41 “THE CHAIRMAN OF THE SELECTMEN WAS ADDRESSING TO THE LIEUTENANT-GOVERNOR A LONG AND SOLEMN PROTEST” (_color plate_) _facing_ 42 “SHE SNATCHED AWAY THE SABLE CURTAIN” 45 “_Choking with the Blood of the Boston Massacre_” 47 _Lady Eleanore’s Mantle_ (_Half-title_) 51 YE BEAUTEOUS LADY ELEANORE COMETH TO BOSTON 57 “A PALE YOUNG MAN ...

a lining applied to the edge of a garment for ornamentation or strengthening

From this reading (Incorporated) Third Impression, March, 1911 “Several Personages descending towards the Door” (_color plate_) _Frontispiece_ LADY READING viii HOWE’S MASQUERADE (_Half-title_) ix YE OLD PROVINCE HOUSE x INITIAL 1 THE INDIAN 2 “THE STORY OF EACH BLUE TILE” 3 “GAGE MAY HAVE BEHELD HIS DISASTROUS VICTORY” 5 THE ELDERLY GENTLEMAN 6 THE BALCONY 7 “ONE OF THESE WORTHIES—A TALL, LANK FIGURE” 10 COLONEL JOLIFFE AND GRANDDAUGHTER 12 “PLEASE YOUR HONOR, THE FAULT IS NONE OF MINE” 15 “A STOUT MAN, DRESSED IN RICH AND COURTLY ATTIRE” 18 “THE SHAPE OF GAGE, AS TRUE AS IN A LOOKING-GLASS” 22 “A TALL MAN, BOOTED AND WRAPPED IN A MILITARY CLOAK” 23 “HE RECOILED SEVERAL STEPS FROM THE FIGURE” (_color plate_) _facing_ 24 “A STAGE DRIVER SAT AT ONE OF THE WINDOWS READING A PENNY PAPER” 27 EDWARD RANDOLPH’S PORTRAIT (_Half-title_) 29 YE YOUNG CAPTAINE OF YE CASTLE TELLS YE STORY OF YE PICTURE 35 “SOME OF THESE FABLES ARE REALLY AWFUL” (_color plate_) _facing_ 38 ALICE BECKONED TO THE PICTURE 41 “THE CHAIRMAN OF THE SELECTMEN WAS ADDRESSING TO THE LIEUTENANT-GOVERNOR A LONG AND SOLEMN PROTEST” (_color plate_) _facing_ 42 “SHE SNATCHED AWAY THE SABLE CURTAIN” 45 “_Choking with the Blood of the Boston Massacre_” 47 _Lady Eleanore’s Mantle_ (_Half-title_) 51 YE BEAUTEOUS LADY ELEANORE COMETH TO BOSTON 57 “A PALE YOUNG MAN ...

steadfast in affection or allegiance

From this reading 80 “THAT NIGHT A PROCESSION PASSED BY TORCHLIGHT” (_color plate_) _facing_ 81 OLD ESTHER DUDLEY (_Half-title_) 83 “HEAVEN’S CAUSE AND THE KING’S ARE ONE” 89 “TAKE THIS KEY AND KEEP IT SAFE” 92 “A FEW OF THE STANCH, THOUGH CRESTFALLEN OLD TORIES” 95 THE KING OF ENGLAND’S BIRTHDAY 99 “RECEIVE MY TRUST” (_color plate_) _facing_ 101 FAITHFUL UNTO DEATH 104 IN COLONIAL DAYS I. HOWE’S MASQUERADE.

a wrong action attributable to bad judgment or ignorance or inattention

From this reading (Incorporated) Third Impression, March, 1911 “Several Personages descending towards the Door” (_color plate_) _Frontispiece_ LADY READING viii HOWE’S MASQUERADE (_Half-title_) ix YE OLD PROVINCE HOUSE x INITIAL 1 THE INDIAN 2 “THE STORY OF EACH BLUE TILE” 3 “GAGE MAY HAVE BEHELD HIS DISASTROUS VICTORY” 5 THE ELDERLY GENTLEMAN 6 THE BALCONY 7 “ONE OF THESE WORTHIES—A TALL, LANK FIGURE” 10 COLONEL JOLIFFE AND GRANDDAUGHTER 12 “PLEASE YOUR HONOR, THE FAULT IS NONE OF MINE” 15 “A STOUT MAN, DRESSED IN RICH AND COURTLY ATTIRE” 18 “THE SHAPE OF GAGE, AS TRUE AS IN A LOOKING-GLASS” 22 “A TALL MAN, BOOTED AND WRAPPED IN A MILITARY CLOAK” 23 “HE RECOILED SEVERAL STEPS FROM THE FIGURE” (_color plate_) _facing_ 24 “A STAGE DRIVER SAT AT ONE OF THE WINDOWS READING A PENNY PAPER” 27 EDWARD RANDOLPH’S PORTRAIT (_Half-title_) 29 YE YOUNG CAPTAINE OF YE CASTLE TELLS YE STORY OF YE PICTURE 35 “SOME OF THESE FABLES ARE REALLY AWFUL” (_color plate_) _facing_ 38 ALICE BECKONED TO THE PICTURE 41 “THE CHAIRMAN OF THE SELECTMEN WAS ADDRESSING TO THE LIEUTENANT-GOVERNOR A LONG AND SOLEMN PROTEST” (_color plate_) _facing_ 42 “SHE SNATCHED AWAY THE SABLE CURTAIN” 45 “_Choking with the Blood of the Boston Massacre_” 47 _Lady Eleanore’s Mantle_ (_Half-title_) 51 YE BEAUTEOUS LADY ELEANORE COMETH TO BOSTON 57 “A PALE YOUNG MAN ...

a quantifier that can be used with count nouns and is often preceded by “a”; a small but indefinite number

From this reading 80 “THAT NIGHT A PROCESSION PASSED BY TORCHLIGHT” (_color plate_) _facing_ 81 OLD ESTHER DUDLEY (_Half-title_) 83 “HEAVEN’S CAUSE AND THE KING’S ARE ONE” 89 “TAKE THIS KEY AND KEEP IT SAFE” 92 “A FEW OF THE STANCH, THOUGH CRESTFALLEN OLD TORIES” 95 THE KING OF ENGLAND’S BIRTHDAY 99 “RECEIVE MY TRUST” (_color plate_) _facing_ 101 FAITHFUL UNTO DEATH 104 IN COLONIAL DAYS I. HOWE’S MASQUERADE.

a diagram or picture illustrating textual material

From this reading (Incorporated) Third Impression, March, 1911 “Several Personages descending towards the Door” (_color plate_) _Frontispiece_ LADY READING viii HOWE’S MASQUERADE (_Half-title_) ix YE OLD PROVINCE HOUSE x INITIAL 1 THE INDIAN 2 “THE STORY OF EACH BLUE TILE” 3 “GAGE MAY HAVE BEHELD HIS DISASTROUS VICTORY” 5 THE ELDERLY GENTLEMAN 6 THE BALCONY 7 “ONE OF THESE WORTHIES—A TALL, LANK FIGURE” 10 COLONEL JOLIFFE AND GRANDDAUGHTER 12 “PLEASE YOUR HONOR, THE FAULT IS NONE OF MINE” 15 “A STOUT MAN, DRESSED IN RICH AND COURTLY ATTIRE” 18 “THE SHAPE OF GAGE, AS TRUE AS IN A LOOKING-GLASS” 22 “A TALL MAN, BOOTED AND WRAPPED IN A MILITARY CLOAK” 23 “HE RECOILED SEVERAL STEPS FROM THE FIGURE” (_color plate_) _facing_ 24 “A STAGE DRIVER SAT AT ONE OF THE WINDOWS READING A PENNY PAPER” 27 EDWARD RANDOLPH’S PORTRAIT (_Half-title_) 29 YE YOUNG CAPTAINE OF YE CASTLE TELLS YE STORY OF YE PICTURE 35 “SOME OF THESE FABLES ARE REALLY AWFUL” (_color plate_) _facing_ 38 ALICE BECKONED TO THE PICTURE 41 “THE CHAIRMAN OF THE SELECTMEN WAS ADDRESSING TO THE LIEUTENANT-GOVERNOR A LONG AND SOLEMN PROTEST” (_color plate_) _facing_ 42 “SHE SNATCHED AWAY THE SABLE CURTAIN” 45 “_Choking with the Blood of the Boston Massacre_” 47 _Lady Eleanore’s Mantle_ (_Half-title_) 51 YE BEAUTEOUS LADY ELEANORE COMETH TO BOSTON 57 “A PALE YOUNG MAN ...

a formation of aircraft in flight

From this reading PROSTRATED HIMSELF BESIDE THE COACH” (_color plate_) _facing_ 59 GOVERNOR SHUTE DESCENDED THE FLIGHT OF STEPS 60 A GATHERING OF RANK, WEALTH, AND BEAUTY 63 “I PRAY YOU TAKE ONE SIP OF THIS HOLY WINE” 67 “KEEP MY IMAGE IN YOUR REMEMBRANCE” 71 “THE COMMUNICATION COULD BE OF NO AGREEABLE IMPORT” 73 “YOUNG MAN, WHAT IS YOUR PURPOSE?”

showing where something starts, or who sent it

From this reading (Incorporated) Third Impression, March, 1911 “Several Personages descending towards the Door” (_color plate_) _Frontispiece_ LADY READING viii HOWE’S MASQUERADE (_Half-title_) ix YE OLD PROVINCE HOUSE x INITIAL 1 THE INDIAN 2 “THE STORY OF EACH BLUE TILE” 3 “GAGE MAY HAVE BEHELD HIS DISASTROUS VICTORY” 5 THE ELDERLY GENTLEMAN 6 THE BALCONY 7 “ONE OF THESE WORTHIES—A TALL, LANK FIGURE” 10 COLONEL JOLIFFE AND GRANDDAUGHTER 12 “PLEASE YOUR HONOR, THE FAULT IS NONE OF MINE” 15 “A STOUT MAN, DRESSED IN RICH AND COURTLY ATTIRE” 18 “THE SHAPE OF GAGE, AS TRUE AS IN A LOOKING-GLASS” 22 “A TALL MAN, BOOTED AND WRAPPED IN A MILITARY CLOAK” 23 “HE RECOILED SEVERAL STEPS FROM THE FIGURE” (_color plate_) _facing_ 24 “A STAGE DRIVER SAT AT ONE OF THE WINDOWS READING A PENNY PAPER” 27 EDWARD RANDOLPH’S PORTRAIT (_Half-title_) 29 YE YOUNG CAPTAINE OF YE CASTLE TELLS YE STORY OF YE PICTURE 35 “SOME OF THESE FABLES ARE REALLY AWFUL” (_color plate_) _facing_ 38 ALICE BECKONED TO THE PICTURE 41 “THE CHAIRMAN OF THE SELECTMEN WAS ADDRESSING TO THE LIEUTENANT-GOVERNOR A LONG AND SOLEMN PROTEST” (_color plate_) _facing_ 42 “SHE SNATCHED AWAY THE SABLE CURTAIN” 45 “_Choking with the Blood of the Boston Massacre_” 47 _Lady Eleanore’s Mantle_ (_Half-title_) 51 YE BEAUTEOUS LADY ELEANORE COMETH TO BOSTON 57 “A PALE YOUNG MAN ...

an ornamental facade

From this reading (Incorporated) Third Impression, March, 1911 “Several Personages descending towards the Door” (_color plate_) _Frontispiece_ LADY READING viii HOWE’S MASQUERADE (_Half-title_) ix YE OLD PROVINCE HOUSE x INITIAL 1 THE INDIAN 2 “THE STORY OF EACH BLUE TILE” 3 “GAGE MAY HAVE BEHELD HIS DISASTROUS VICTORY” 5 THE ELDERLY GENTLEMAN 6 THE BALCONY 7 “ONE OF THESE WORTHIES—A TALL, LANK FIGURE” 10 COLONEL JOLIFFE AND GRANDDAUGHTER 12 “PLEASE YOUR HONOR, THE FAULT IS NONE OF MINE” 15 “A STOUT MAN, DRESSED IN RICH AND COURTLY ATTIRE” 18 “THE SHAPE OF GAGE, AS TRUE AS IN A LOOKING-GLASS” 22 “A TALL MAN, BOOTED AND WRAPPED IN A MILITARY CLOAK” 23 “HE RECOILED SEVERAL STEPS FROM THE FIGURE” (_color plate_) _facing_ 24 “A STAGE DRIVER SAT AT ONE OF THE WINDOWS READING A PENNY PAPER” 27 EDWARD RANDOLPH’S PORTRAIT (_Half-title_) 29 YE YOUNG CAPTAINE OF YE CASTLE TELLS YE STORY OF YE PICTURE 35 “SOME OF THESE FABLES ARE REALLY AWFUL” (_color plate_) _facing_ 38 ALICE BECKONED TO THE PICTURE 41 “THE CHAIRMAN OF THE SELECTMEN WAS ADDRESSING TO THE LIEUTENANT-GOVERNOR A LONG AND SOLEMN PROTEST” (_color plate_) _facing_ 42 “SHE SNATCHED AWAY THE SABLE CURTAIN” 45 “_Choking with the Blood of the Boston Massacre_” 47 _Lady Eleanore’s Mantle_ (_Half-title_) 51 YE BEAUTEOUS LADY ELEANORE COMETH TO BOSTON 57 “A PALE YOUNG MAN ...

street names for marijuana

From this reading (Incorporated) Third Impression, March, 1911 “Several Personages descending towards the Door” (_color plate_) _Frontispiece_ LADY READING viii HOWE’S MASQUERADE (_Half-title_) ix YE OLD PROVINCE HOUSE x INITIAL 1 THE INDIAN 2 “THE STORY OF EACH BLUE TILE” 3 “GAGE MAY HAVE BEHELD HIS DISASTROUS VICTORY” 5 THE ELDERLY GENTLEMAN 6 THE BALCONY 7 “ONE OF THESE WORTHIES—A TALL, LANK FIGURE” 10 COLONEL JOLIFFE AND GRANDDAUGHTER 12 “PLEASE YOUR HONOR, THE FAULT IS NONE OF MINE” 15 “A STOUT MAN, DRESSED IN RICH AND COURTLY ATTIRE” 18 “THE SHAPE OF GAGE, AS TRUE AS IN A LOOKING-GLASS” 22 “A TALL MAN, BOOTED AND WRAPPED IN A MILITARY CLOAK” 23 “HE RECOILED SEVERAL STEPS FROM THE FIGURE” (_color plate_) _facing_ 24 “A STAGE DRIVER SAT AT ONE OF THE WINDOWS READING A PENNY PAPER” 27 EDWARD RANDOLPH’S PORTRAIT (_Half-title_) 29 YE YOUNG CAPTAINE OF YE CASTLE TELLS YE STORY OF YE PICTURE 35 “SOME OF THESE FABLES ARE REALLY AWFUL” (_color plate_) _facing_ 38 ALICE BECKONED TO THE PICTURE 41 “THE CHAIRMAN OF THE SELECTMEN WAS ADDRESSING TO THE LIEUTENANT-GOVERNOR A LONG AND SOLEMN PROTEST” (_color plate_) _facing_ 42 “SHE SNATCHED AWAY THE SABLE CURTAIN” 45 “_Choking with the Blood of the Boston Massacre_” 47 _Lady Eleanore’s Mantle_ (_Half-title_) 51 YE BEAUTEOUS LADY ELEANORE COMETH TO BOSTON 57 “A PALE YOUNG MAN ...

a group of persons together in one place

From this reading PROSTRATED HIMSELF BESIDE THE COACH” (_color plate_) _facing_ 59 GOVERNOR SHUTE DESCENDED THE FLIGHT OF STEPS 60 A GATHERING OF RANK, WEALTH, AND BEAUTY 63 “I PRAY YOU TAKE ONE SIP OF THIS HOLY WINE” 67 “KEEP MY IMAGE IN YOUR REMEMBRANCE” 71 “THE COMMUNICATION COULD BE OF NO AGREEABLE IMPORT” 73 “YOUNG MAN, WHAT IS YOUR PURPOSE?”

a man of refinement

From this reading (Incorporated) Third Impression, March, 1911 “Several Personages descending towards the Door” (_color plate_) _Frontispiece_ LADY READING viii HOWE’S MASQUERADE (_Half-title_) ix YE OLD PROVINCE HOUSE x INITIAL 1 THE INDIAN 2 “THE STORY OF EACH BLUE TILE” 3 “GAGE MAY HAVE BEHELD HIS DISASTROUS VICTORY” 5 THE ELDERLY GENTLEMAN 6 THE BALCONY 7 “ONE OF THESE WORTHIES—A TALL, LANK FIGURE” 10 COLONEL JOLIFFE AND GRANDDAUGHTER 12 “PLEASE YOUR HONOR, THE FAULT IS NONE OF MINE” 15 “A STOUT MAN, DRESSED IN RICH AND COURTLY ATTIRE” 18 “THE SHAPE OF GAGE, AS TRUE AS IN A LOOKING-GLASS” 22 “A TALL MAN, BOOTED AND WRAPPED IN A MILITARY CLOAK” 23 “HE RECOILED SEVERAL STEPS FROM THE FIGURE” (_color plate_) _facing_ 24 “A STAGE DRIVER SAT AT ONE OF THE WINDOWS READING A PENNY PAPER” 27 EDWARD RANDOLPH’S PORTRAIT (_Half-title_) 29 YE YOUNG CAPTAINE OF YE CASTLE TELLS YE STORY OF YE PICTURE 35 “SOME OF THESE FABLES ARE REALLY AWFUL” (_color plate_) _facing_ 38 ALICE BECKONED TO THE PICTURE 41 “THE CHAIRMAN OF THE SELECTMEN WAS ADDRESSING TO THE LIEUTENANT-GOVERNOR A LONG AND SOLEMN PROTEST” (_color plate_) _facing_ 42 “SHE SNATCHED AWAY THE SABLE CURTAIN” 45 “_Choking with the Blood of the Boston Massacre_” 47 _Lady Eleanore’s Mantle_ (_Half-title_) 51 YE BEAUTEOUS LADY ELEANORE COMETH TO BOSTON 57 “A PALE YOUNG MAN ...

the head of a state government

From this reading PROSTRATED HIMSELF BESIDE THE COACH” (_color plate_) _facing_ 59 GOVERNOR SHUTE DESCENDED THE FLIGHT OF STEPS 60 A GATHERING OF RANK, WEALTH, AND BEAUTY 63 “I PRAY YOU TAKE ONE SIP OF THIS HOLY WINE” 67 “KEEP MY IMAGE IN YOUR REMEMBRANCE” 71 “THE COMMUNICATION COULD BE OF NO AGREEABLE IMPORT” 73 “YOUNG MAN, WHAT IS YOUR PURPOSE?”

a female grandchild

From this reading (Incorporated) Third Impression, March, 1911 “Several Personages descending towards the Door” (_color plate_) _Frontispiece_ LADY READING viii HOWE’S MASQUERADE (_Half-title_) ix YE OLD PROVINCE HOUSE x INITIAL 1 THE INDIAN 2 “THE STORY OF EACH BLUE TILE” 3 “GAGE MAY HAVE BEHELD HIS DISASTROUS VICTORY” 5 THE ELDERLY GENTLEMAN 6 THE BALCONY 7 “ONE OF THESE WORTHIES—A TALL, LANK FIGURE” 10 COLONEL JOLIFFE AND GRANDDAUGHTER 12 “PLEASE YOUR HONOR, THE FAULT IS NONE OF MINE” 15 “A STOUT MAN, DRESSED IN RICH AND COURTLY ATTIRE” 18 “THE SHAPE OF GAGE, AS TRUE AS IN A LOOKING-GLASS” 22 “A TALL MAN, BOOTED AND WRAPPED IN A MILITARY CLOAK” 23 “HE RECOILED SEVERAL STEPS FROM THE FIGURE” (_color plate_) _facing_ 24 “A STAGE DRIVER SAT AT ONE OF THE WINDOWS READING A PENNY PAPER” 27 EDWARD RANDOLPH’S PORTRAIT (_Half-title_) 29 YE YOUNG CAPTAINE OF YE CASTLE TELLS YE STORY OF YE PICTURE 35 “SOME OF THESE FABLES ARE REALLY AWFUL” (_color plate_) _facing_ 38 ALICE BECKONED TO THE PICTURE 41 “THE CHAIRMAN OF THE SELECTMEN WAS ADDRESSING TO THE LIEUTENANT-GOVERNOR A LONG AND SOLEMN PROTEST” (_color plate_) _facing_ 42 “SHE SNATCHED AWAY THE SABLE CURTAIN” 45 “_Choking with the Blood of the Boston Massacre_” 47 _Lady Eleanore’s Mantle_ (_Half-title_) 51 YE BEAUTEOUS LADY ELEANORE COMETH TO BOSTON 57 “A PALE YOUNG MAN ...

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

From this reading (Incorporated) Third Impression, March, 1911 “Several Personages descending towards the Door” (_color plate_) _Frontispiece_ LADY READING viii HOWE’S MASQUERADE (_Half-title_) ix YE OLD PROVINCE HOUSE x INITIAL 1 THE INDIAN 2 “THE STORY OF EACH BLUE TILE” 3 “GAGE MAY HAVE BEHELD HIS DISASTROUS VICTORY” 5 THE ELDERLY GENTLEMAN 6 THE BALCONY 7 “ONE OF THESE WORTHIES—A TALL, LANK FIGURE” 10 COLONEL JOLIFFE AND GRANDDAUGHTER 12 “PLEASE YOUR HONOR, THE FAULT IS NONE OF MINE” 15 “A STOUT MAN, DRESSED IN RICH AND COURTLY ATTIRE” 18 “THE SHAPE OF GAGE, AS TRUE AS IN A LOOKING-GLASS” 22 “A TALL MAN, BOOTED AND WRAPPED IN A MILITARY CLOAK” 23 “HE RECOILED SEVERAL STEPS FROM THE FIGURE” (_color plate_) _facing_ 24 “A STAGE DRIVER SAT AT ONE OF THE WINDOWS READING A PENNY PAPER” 27 EDWARD RANDOLPH’S PORTRAIT (_Half-title_) 29 YE YOUNG CAPTAINE OF YE CASTLE TELLS YE STORY OF YE PICTURE 35 “SOME OF THESE FABLES ARE REALLY AWFUL” (_color plate_) _facing_ 38 ALICE BECKONED TO THE PICTURE 41 “THE CHAIRMAN OF THE SELECTMEN WAS ADDRESSING TO THE LIEUTENANT-GOVERNOR A LONG AND SOLEMN PROTEST” (_color plate_) _facing_ 42 “SHE SNATCHED AWAY THE SABLE CURTAIN” 45 “_Choking with the Blood of the Boston Massacre_” 47 _Lady Eleanore’s Mantle_ (_Half-title_) 51 YE BEAUTEOUS LADY ELEANORE COMETH TO BOSTON 57 “A PALE YOUNG MAN ...

used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses

From this reading (Incorporated) Third Impression, March, 1911 “Several Personages descending towards the Door” (_color plate_) _Frontispiece_ LADY READING viii HOWE’S MASQUERADE (_Half-title_) ix YE OLD PROVINCE HOUSE x INITIAL 1 THE INDIAN 2 “THE STORY OF EACH BLUE TILE” 3 “GAGE MAY HAVE BEHELD HIS DISASTROUS VICTORY” 5 THE ELDERLY GENTLEMAN 6 THE BALCONY 7 “ONE OF THESE WORTHIES—A TALL, LANK FIGURE” 10 COLONEL JOLIFFE AND GRANDDAUGHTER 12 “PLEASE YOUR HONOR, THE FAULT IS NONE OF MINE” 15 “A STOUT MAN, DRESSED IN RICH AND COURTLY ATTIRE” 18 “THE SHAPE OF GAGE, AS TRUE AS IN A LOOKING-GLASS” 22 “A TALL MAN, BOOTED AND WRAPPED IN A MILITARY CLOAK” 23 “HE RECOILED SEVERAL STEPS FROM THE FIGURE” (_color plate_) _facing_ 24 “A STAGE DRIVER SAT AT ONE OF THE WINDOWS READING A PENNY PAPER” 27 EDWARD RANDOLPH’S PORTRAIT (_Half-title_) 29 YE YOUNG CAPTAINE OF YE CASTLE TELLS YE STORY OF YE PICTURE 35 “SOME OF THESE FABLES ARE REALLY AWFUL” (_color plate_) _facing_ 38 ALICE BECKONED TO THE PICTURE 41 “THE CHAIRMAN OF THE SELECTMEN WAS ADDRESSING TO THE LIEUTENANT-GOVERNOR A LONG AND SOLEMN PROTEST” (_color plate_) _facing_ 42 “SHE SNATCHED AWAY THE SABLE CURTAIN” 45 “_Choking with the Blood of the Boston Massacre_” 47 _Lady Eleanore’s Mantle_ (_Half-title_) 51 YE BEAUTEOUS LADY ELEANORE COMETH TO BOSTON 57 “A PALE YOUNG MAN ...

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

From this reading (Incorporated) Third Impression, March, 1911 “Several Personages descending towards the Door” (_color plate_) _Frontispiece_ LADY READING viii HOWE’S MASQUERADE (_Half-title_) ix YE OLD PROVINCE HOUSE x INITIAL 1 THE INDIAN 2 “THE STORY OF EACH BLUE TILE” 3 “GAGE MAY HAVE BEHELD HIS DISASTROUS VICTORY” 5 THE ELDERLY GENTLEMAN 6 THE BALCONY 7 “ONE OF THESE WORTHIES—A TALL, LANK FIGURE” 10 COLONEL JOLIFFE AND GRANDDAUGHTER 12 “PLEASE YOUR HONOR, THE FAULT IS NONE OF MINE” 15 “A STOUT MAN, DRESSED IN RICH AND COURTLY ATTIRE” 18 “THE SHAPE OF GAGE, AS TRUE AS IN A LOOKING-GLASS” 22 “A TALL MAN, BOOTED AND WRAPPED IN A MILITARY CLOAK” 23 “HE RECOILED SEVERAL STEPS FROM THE FIGURE” (_color plate_) _facing_ 24 “A STAGE DRIVER SAT AT ONE OF THE WINDOWS READING A PENNY PAPER” 27 EDWARD RANDOLPH’S PORTRAIT (_Half-title_) 29 YE YOUNG CAPTAINE OF YE CASTLE TELLS YE STORY OF YE PICTURE 35 “SOME OF THESE FABLES ARE REALLY AWFUL” (_color plate_) _facing_ 38 ALICE BECKONED TO THE PICTURE 41 “THE CHAIRMAN OF THE SELECTMEN WAS ADDRESSING TO THE LIEUTENANT-GOVERNOR A LONG AND SOLEMN PROTEST” (_color plate_) _facing_ 42 “SHE SNATCHED AWAY THE SABLE CURTAIN” 45 “_Choking with the Blood of the Boston Massacre_” 47 _Lady Eleanore’s Mantle_ (_Half-title_) 51 YE BEAUTEOUS LADY ELEANORE COMETH TO BOSTON 57 “A PALE YOUNG MAN ...

possessive form of “heaven” — any place of complete bliss and delight and peace

From this reading 80 “THAT NIGHT A PROCESSION PASSED BY TORCHLIGHT” (_color plate_) _facing_ 81 OLD ESTHER DUDLEY (_Half-title_) 83 “HEAVEN’S CAUSE AND THE KING’S ARE ONE” 89 “TAKE THIS KEY AND KEEP IT SAFE” 92 “A FEW OF THE STANCH, THOUGH CRESTFALLEN OLD TORIES” 95 THE KING OF ENGLAND’S BIRTHDAY 99 “RECEIVE MY TRUST” (_color plate_) _facing_ 101 FAITHFUL UNTO DEATH 104 IN COLONIAL DAYS I. HOWE’S MASQUERADE.

used when the man or boy doing the action is also its object

From this reading PROSTRATED HIMSELF BESIDE THE COACH” (_color plate_) _facing_ 59 GOVERNOR SHUTE DESCENDED THE FLIGHT OF STEPS 60 A GATHERING OF RANK, WEALTH, AND BEAUTY 63 “I PRAY YOU TAKE ONE SIP OF THIS HOLY WINE” 67 “KEEP MY IMAGE IN YOUR REMEMBRANCE” 71 “THE COMMUNICATION COULD BE OF NO AGREEABLE IMPORT” 73 “YOUNG MAN, WHAT IS YOUR PURPOSE?”

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

From this reading (Incorporated) Third Impression, March, 1911 “Several Personages descending towards the Door” (_color plate_) _Frontispiece_ LADY READING viii HOWE’S MASQUERADE (_Half-title_) ix YE OLD PROVINCE HOUSE x INITIAL 1 THE INDIAN 2 “THE STORY OF EACH BLUE TILE” 3 “GAGE MAY HAVE BEHELD HIS DISASTROUS VICTORY” 5 THE ELDERLY GENTLEMAN 6 THE BALCONY 7 “ONE OF THESE WORTHIES—A TALL, LANK FIGURE” 10 COLONEL JOLIFFE AND GRANDDAUGHTER 12 “PLEASE YOUR HONOR, THE FAULT IS NONE OF MINE” 15 “A STOUT MAN, DRESSED IN RICH AND COURTLY ATTIRE” 18 “THE SHAPE OF GAGE, AS TRUE AS IN A LOOKING-GLASS” 22 “A TALL MAN, BOOTED AND WRAPPED IN A MILITARY CLOAK” 23 “HE RECOILED SEVERAL STEPS FROM THE FIGURE” (_color plate_) _facing_ 24 “A STAGE DRIVER SAT AT ONE OF THE WINDOWS READING A PENNY PAPER” 27 EDWARD RANDOLPH’S PORTRAIT (_Half-title_) 29 YE YOUNG CAPTAINE OF YE CASTLE TELLS YE STORY OF YE PICTURE 35 “SOME OF THESE FABLES ARE REALLY AWFUL” (_color plate_) _facing_ 38 ALICE BECKONED TO THE PICTURE 41 “THE CHAIRMAN OF THE SELECTMEN WAS ADDRESSING TO THE LIEUTENANT-GOVERNOR A LONG AND SOLEMN PROTEST” (_color plate_) _facing_ 42 “SHE SNATCHED AWAY THE SABLE CURTAIN” 45 “_Choking with the Blood of the Boston Massacre_” 47 _Lady Eleanore’s Mantle_ (_Half-title_) 51 YE BEAUTEOUS LADY ELEANORE COMETH TO BOSTON 57 “A PALE YOUNG MAN ...

a sacred place of pilgrimage

From this reading PROSTRATED HIMSELF BESIDE THE COACH” (_color plate_) _facing_ 59 GOVERNOR SHUTE DESCENDED THE FLIGHT OF STEPS 60 A GATHERING OF RANK, WEALTH, AND BEAUTY 63 “I PRAY YOU TAKE ONE SIP OF THIS HOLY WINE” 67 “KEEP MY IMAGE IN YOUR REMEMBRANCE” 71 “THE COMMUNICATION COULD BE OF NO AGREEABLE IMPORT” 73 “YOUNG MAN, WHAT IS YOUR PURPOSE?”

a tangible symbol signifying approval or distinction

From this reading (Incorporated) Third Impression, March, 1911 “Several Personages descending towards the Door” (_color plate_) _Frontispiece_ LADY READING viii HOWE’S MASQUERADE (_Half-title_) ix YE OLD PROVINCE HOUSE x INITIAL 1 THE INDIAN 2 “THE STORY OF EACH BLUE TILE” 3 “GAGE MAY HAVE BEHELD HIS DISASTROUS VICTORY” 5 THE ELDERLY GENTLEMAN 6 THE BALCONY 7 “ONE OF THESE WORTHIES—A TALL, LANK FIGURE” 10 COLONEL JOLIFFE AND GRANDDAUGHTER 12 “PLEASE YOUR HONOR, THE FAULT IS NONE OF MINE” 15 “A STOUT MAN, DRESSED IN RICH AND COURTLY ATTIRE” 18 “THE SHAPE OF GAGE, AS TRUE AS IN A LOOKING-GLASS” 22 “A TALL MAN, BOOTED AND WRAPPED IN A MILITARY CLOAK” 23 “HE RECOILED SEVERAL STEPS FROM THE FIGURE” (_color plate_) _facing_ 24 “A STAGE DRIVER SAT AT ONE OF THE WINDOWS READING A PENNY PAPER” 27 EDWARD RANDOLPH’S PORTRAIT (_Half-title_) 29 YE YOUNG CAPTAINE OF YE CASTLE TELLS YE STORY OF YE PICTURE 35 “SOME OF THESE FABLES ARE REALLY AWFUL” (_color plate_) _facing_ 38 ALICE BECKONED TO THE PICTURE 41 “THE CHAIRMAN OF THE SELECTMEN WAS ADDRESSING TO THE LIEUTENANT-GOVERNOR A LONG AND SOLEMN PROTEST” (_color plate_) _facing_ 42 “SHE SNATCHED AWAY THE SABLE CURTAIN” 45 “_Choking with the Blood of the Boston Massacre_” 47 _Lady Eleanore’s Mantle_ (_Half-title_) 51 YE BEAUTEOUS LADY ELEANORE COMETH TO BOSTON 57 “A PALE YOUNG MAN ...

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

From this reading (Incorporated) Third Impression, March, 1911 “Several Personages descending towards the Door” (_color plate_) _Frontispiece_ LADY READING viii HOWE’S MASQUERADE (_Half-title_) ix YE OLD PROVINCE HOUSE x INITIAL 1 THE INDIAN 2 “THE STORY OF EACH BLUE TILE” 3 “GAGE MAY HAVE BEHELD HIS DISASTROUS VICTORY” 5 THE ELDERLY GENTLEMAN 6 THE BALCONY 7 “ONE OF THESE WORTHIES—A TALL, LANK FIGURE” 10 COLONEL JOLIFFE AND GRANDDAUGHTER 12 “PLEASE YOUR HONOR, THE FAULT IS NONE OF MINE” 15 “A STOUT MAN, DRESSED IN RICH AND COURTLY ATTIRE” 18 “THE SHAPE OF GAGE, AS TRUE AS IN A LOOKING-GLASS” 22 “A TALL MAN, BOOTED AND WRAPPED IN A MILITARY CLOAK” 23 “HE RECOILED SEVERAL STEPS FROM THE FIGURE” (_color plate_) _facing_ 24 “A STAGE DRIVER SAT AT ONE OF THE WINDOWS READING A PENNY PAPER” 27 EDWARD RANDOLPH’S PORTRAIT (_Half-title_) 29 YE YOUNG CAPTAINE OF YE CASTLE TELLS YE STORY OF YE PICTURE 35 “SOME OF THESE FABLES ARE REALLY AWFUL” (_color plate_) _facing_ 38 ALICE BECKONED TO THE PICTURE 41 “THE CHAIRMAN OF THE SELECTMEN WAS ADDRESSING TO THE LIEUTENANT-GOVERNOR A LONG AND SOLEMN PROTEST” (_color plate_) _facing_ 42 “SHE SNATCHED AWAY THE SABLE CURTAIN” 45 “_Choking with the Blood of the Boston Massacre_” 47 _Lady Eleanore’s Mantle_ (_Half-title_) 51 YE BEAUTEOUS LADY ELEANORE COMETH TO BOSTON 57 “A PALE YOUNG MAN ...

possessive form of “howe” — United States editor (1920-1993)

From this reading (Incorporated) Third Impression, March, 1911 “Several Personages descending towards the Door” (_color plate_) _Frontispiece_ LADY READING viii HOWE’S MASQUERADE (_Half-title_) ix YE OLD PROVINCE HOUSE x INITIAL 1 THE INDIAN 2 “THE STORY OF EACH BLUE TILE” 3 “GAGE MAY HAVE BEHELD HIS DISASTROUS VICTORY” 5 THE ELDERLY GENTLEMAN 6 THE BALCONY 7 “ONE OF THESE WORTHIES—A TALL, LANK FIGURE” 10 COLONEL JOLIFFE AND GRANDDAUGHTER 12 “PLEASE YOUR HONOR, THE FAULT IS NONE OF MINE” 15 “A STOUT MAN, DRESSED IN RICH AND COURTLY ATTIRE” 18 “THE SHAPE OF GAGE, AS TRUE AS IN A LOOKING-GLASS” 22 “A TALL MAN, BOOTED AND WRAPPED IN A MILITARY CLOAK” 23 “HE RECOILED SEVERAL STEPS FROM THE FIGURE” (_color plate_) _facing_ 24 “A STAGE DRIVER SAT AT ONE OF THE WINDOWS READING A PENNY PAPER” 27 EDWARD RANDOLPH’S PORTRAIT (_Half-title_) 29 YE YOUNG CAPTAINE OF YE CASTLE TELLS YE STORY OF YE PICTURE 35 “SOME OF THESE FABLES ARE REALLY AWFUL” (_color plate_) _facing_ 38 ALICE BECKONED TO THE PICTURE 41 “THE CHAIRMAN OF THE SELECTMEN WAS ADDRESSING TO THE LIEUTENANT-GOVERNOR A LONG AND SOLEMN PROTEST” (_color plate_) _facing_ 42 “SHE SNATCHED AWAY THE SABLE CURTAIN” 45 “_Choking with the Blood of the Boston Massacre_” 47 _Lady Eleanore’s Mantle_ (_Half-title_) 51 YE BEAUTEOUS LADY ELEANORE COMETH TO BOSTON 57 “A PALE YOUNG MAN ...

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

From this reading PROSTRATED HIMSELF BESIDE THE COACH” (_color plate_) _facing_ 59 GOVERNOR SHUTE DESCENDED THE FLIGHT OF STEPS 60 A GATHERING OF RANK, WEALTH, AND BEAUTY 63 “I PRAY YOU TAKE ONE SIP OF THIS HOLY WINE” 67 “KEEP MY IMAGE IN YOUR REMEMBRANCE” 71 “THE COMMUNICATION COULD BE OF NO AGREEABLE IMPORT” 73 “YOUNG MAN, WHAT IS YOUR PURPOSE?”

an iconic mental representation

From this reading PROSTRATED HIMSELF BESIDE THE COACH” (_color plate_) _facing_ 59 GOVERNOR SHUTE DESCENDED THE FLIGHT OF STEPS 60 A GATHERING OF RANK, WEALTH, AND BEAUTY 63 “I PRAY YOU TAKE ONE SIP OF THIS HOLY WINE” 67 “KEEP MY IMAGE IN YOUR REMEMBRANCE” 71 “THE COMMUNICATION COULD BE OF NO AGREEABLE IMPORT” 73 “YOUNG MAN, WHAT IS YOUR PURPOSE?”

commodities (goods or services) bought from a foreign country

From this reading PROSTRATED HIMSELF BESIDE THE COACH” (_color plate_) _facing_ 59 GOVERNOR SHUTE DESCENDED THE FLIGHT OF STEPS 60 A GATHERING OF RANK, WEALTH, AND BEAUTY 63 “I PRAY YOU TAKE ONE SIP OF THIS HOLY WINE” 67 “KEEP MY IMAGE IN YOUR REMEMBRANCE” 71 “THE COMMUNICATION COULD BE OF NO AGREEABLE IMPORT” 73 “YOUNG MAN, WHAT IS YOUR PURPOSE?”

a vague idea in which some confidence is placed

From this reading (Incorporated) Third Impression, March, 1911 “Several Personages descending towards the Door” (_color plate_) _Frontispiece_ LADY READING viii HOWE’S MASQUERADE (_Half-title_) ix YE OLD PROVINCE HOUSE x INITIAL 1 THE INDIAN 2 “THE STORY OF EACH BLUE TILE” 3 “GAGE MAY HAVE BEHELD HIS DISASTROUS VICTORY” 5 THE ELDERLY GENTLEMAN 6 THE BALCONY 7 “ONE OF THESE WORTHIES—A TALL, LANK FIGURE” 10 COLONEL JOLIFFE AND GRANDDAUGHTER 12 “PLEASE YOUR HONOR, THE FAULT IS NONE OF MINE” 15 “A STOUT MAN, DRESSED IN RICH AND COURTLY ATTIRE” 18 “THE SHAPE OF GAGE, AS TRUE AS IN A LOOKING-GLASS” 22 “A TALL MAN, BOOTED AND WRAPPED IN A MILITARY CLOAK” 23 “HE RECOILED SEVERAL STEPS FROM THE FIGURE” (_color plate_) _facing_ 24 “A STAGE DRIVER SAT AT ONE OF THE WINDOWS READING A PENNY PAPER” 27 EDWARD RANDOLPH’S PORTRAIT (_Half-title_) 29 YE YOUNG CAPTAINE OF YE CASTLE TELLS YE STORY OF YE PICTURE 35 “SOME OF THESE FABLES ARE REALLY AWFUL” (_color plate_) _facing_ 38 ALICE BECKONED TO THE PICTURE 41 “THE CHAIRMAN OF THE SELECTMEN WAS ADDRESSING TO THE LIEUTENANT-GOVERNOR A LONG AND SOLEMN PROTEST” (_color plate_) _facing_ 42 “SHE SNATCHED AWAY THE SABLE CURTAIN” 45 “_Choking with the Blood of the Boston Massacre_” 47 _Lady Eleanore’s Mantle_ (_Half-title_) 51 YE BEAUTEOUS LADY ELEANORE COMETH TO BOSTON 57 “A PALE YOUNG MAN ...

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

From this reading (Incorporated) Third Impression, March, 1911 “Several Personages descending towards the Door” (_color plate_) _Frontispiece_ LADY READING viii HOWE’S MASQUERADE (_Half-title_) ix YE OLD PROVINCE HOUSE x INITIAL 1 THE INDIAN 2 “THE STORY OF EACH BLUE TILE” 3 “GAGE MAY HAVE BEHELD HIS DISASTROUS VICTORY” 5 THE ELDERLY GENTLEMAN 6 THE BALCONY 7 “ONE OF THESE WORTHIES—A TALL, LANK FIGURE” 10 COLONEL JOLIFFE AND GRANDDAUGHTER 12 “PLEASE YOUR HONOR, THE FAULT IS NONE OF MINE” 15 “A STOUT MAN, DRESSED IN RICH AND COURTLY ATTIRE” 18 “THE SHAPE OF GAGE, AS TRUE AS IN A LOOKING-GLASS” 22 “A TALL MAN, BOOTED AND WRAPPED IN A MILITARY CLOAK” 23 “HE RECOILED SEVERAL STEPS FROM THE FIGURE” (_color plate_) _facing_ 24 “A STAGE DRIVER SAT AT ONE OF THE WINDOWS READING A PENNY PAPER” 27 EDWARD RANDOLPH’S PORTRAIT (_Half-title_) 29 YE YOUNG CAPTAINE OF YE CASTLE TELLS YE STORY OF YE PICTURE 35 “SOME OF THESE FABLES ARE REALLY AWFUL” (_color plate_) _facing_ 38 ALICE BECKONED TO THE PICTURE 41 “THE CHAIRMAN OF THE SELECTMEN WAS ADDRESSING TO THE LIEUTENANT-GOVERNOR A LONG AND SOLEMN PROTEST” (_color plate_) _facing_ 42 “SHE SNATCHED AWAY THE SABLE CURTAIN” 45 “_Choking with the Blood of the Boston Massacre_” 47 _Lady Eleanore’s Mantle_ (_Half-title_) 51 YE BEAUTEOUS LADY ELEANORE COMETH TO BOSTON 57 “A PALE YOUNG MAN ...

formed or united into a whole

From this reading (Incorporated) Third Impression, March, 1911 “Several Personages descending towards the Door” (_color plate_) _Frontispiece_ LADY READING viii HOWE’S MASQUERADE (_Half-title_) ix YE OLD PROVINCE HOUSE x INITIAL 1 THE INDIAN 2 “THE STORY OF EACH BLUE TILE” 3 “GAGE MAY HAVE BEHELD HIS DISASTROUS VICTORY” 5 THE ELDERLY GENTLEMAN 6 THE BALCONY 7 “ONE OF THESE WORTHIES—A TALL, LANK FIGURE” 10 COLONEL JOLIFFE AND GRANDDAUGHTER 12 “PLEASE YOUR HONOR, THE FAULT IS NONE OF MINE” 15 “A STOUT MAN, DRESSED IN RICH AND COURTLY ATTIRE” 18 “THE SHAPE OF GAGE, AS TRUE AS IN A LOOKING-GLASS” 22 “A TALL MAN, BOOTED AND WRAPPED IN A MILITARY CLOAK” 23 “HE RECOILED SEVERAL STEPS FROM THE FIGURE” (_color plate_) _facing_ 24 “A STAGE DRIVER SAT AT ONE OF THE WINDOWS READING A PENNY PAPER” 27 EDWARD RANDOLPH’S PORTRAIT (_Half-title_) 29 YE YOUNG CAPTAINE OF YE CASTLE TELLS YE STORY OF YE PICTURE 35 “SOME OF THESE FABLES ARE REALLY AWFUL” (_color plate_) _facing_ 38 ALICE BECKONED TO THE PICTURE 41 “THE CHAIRMAN OF THE SELECTMEN WAS ADDRESSING TO THE LIEUTENANT-GOVERNOR A LONG AND SOLEMN PROTEST” (_color plate_) _facing_ 42 “SHE SNATCHED AWAY THE SABLE CURTAIN” 45 “_Choking with the Blood of the Boston Massacre_” 47 _Lady Eleanore’s Mantle_ (_Half-title_) 51 YE BEAUTEOUS LADY ELEANORE COMETH TO BOSTON 57 “A PALE YOUNG MAN ...

of or relating to or characteristic of India or the East Indies or their peoples or languages or cultures

From this reading (Incorporated) Third Impression, March, 1911 “Several Personages descending towards the Door” (_color plate_) _Frontispiece_ LADY READING viii HOWE’S MASQUERADE (_Half-title_) ix YE OLD PROVINCE HOUSE x INITIAL 1 THE INDIAN 2 “THE STORY OF EACH BLUE TILE” 3 “GAGE MAY HAVE BEHELD HIS DISASTROUS VICTORY” 5 THE ELDERLY GENTLEMAN 6 THE BALCONY 7 “ONE OF THESE WORTHIES—A TALL, LANK FIGURE” 10 COLONEL JOLIFFE AND GRANDDAUGHTER 12 “PLEASE YOUR HONOR, THE FAULT IS NONE OF MINE” 15 “A STOUT MAN, DRESSED IN RICH AND COURTLY ATTIRE” 18 “THE SHAPE OF GAGE, AS TRUE AS IN A LOOKING-GLASS” 22 “A TALL MAN, BOOTED AND WRAPPED IN A MILITARY CLOAK” 23 “HE RECOILED SEVERAL STEPS FROM THE FIGURE” (_color plate_) _facing_ 24 “A STAGE DRIVER SAT AT ONE OF THE WINDOWS READING A PENNY PAPER” 27 EDWARD RANDOLPH’S PORTRAIT (_Half-title_) 29 YE YOUNG CAPTAINE OF YE CASTLE TELLS YE STORY OF YE PICTURE 35 “SOME OF THESE FABLES ARE REALLY AWFUL” (_color plate_) _facing_ 38 ALICE BECKONED TO THE PICTURE 41 “THE CHAIRMAN OF THE SELECTMEN WAS ADDRESSING TO THE LIEUTENANT-GOVERNOR A LONG AND SOLEMN PROTEST” (_color plate_) _facing_ 42 “SHE SNATCHED AWAY THE SABLE CURTAIN” 45 “_Choking with the Blood of the Boston Massacre_” 47 _Lady Eleanore’s Mantle_ (_Half-title_) 51 YE BEAUTEOUS LADY ELEANORE COMETH TO BOSTON 57 “A PALE YOUNG MAN ...

the first letter of a word (especially a person's name)

From this reading (Incorporated) Third Impression, March, 1911 “Several Personages descending towards the Door” (_color plate_) _Frontispiece_ LADY READING viii HOWE’S MASQUERADE (_Half-title_) ix YE OLD PROVINCE HOUSE x INITIAL 1 THE INDIAN 2 “THE STORY OF EACH BLUE TILE” 3 “GAGE MAY HAVE BEHELD HIS DISASTROUS VICTORY” 5 THE ELDERLY GENTLEMAN 6 THE BALCONY 7 “ONE OF THESE WORTHIES—A TALL, LANK FIGURE” 10 COLONEL JOLIFFE AND GRANDDAUGHTER 12 “PLEASE YOUR HONOR, THE FAULT IS NONE OF MINE” 15 “A STOUT MAN, DRESSED IN RICH AND COURTLY ATTIRE” 18 “THE SHAPE OF GAGE, AS TRUE AS IN A LOOKING-GLASS” 22 “A TALL MAN, BOOTED AND WRAPPED IN A MILITARY CLOAK” 23 “HE RECOILED SEVERAL STEPS FROM THE FIGURE” (_color plate_) _facing_ 24 “A STAGE DRIVER SAT AT ONE OF THE WINDOWS READING A PENNY PAPER” 27 EDWARD RANDOLPH’S PORTRAIT (_Half-title_) 29 YE YOUNG CAPTAINE OF YE CASTLE TELLS YE STORY OF YE PICTURE 35 “SOME OF THESE FABLES ARE REALLY AWFUL” (_color plate_) _facing_ 38 ALICE BECKONED TO THE PICTURE 41 “THE CHAIRMAN OF THE SELECTMEN WAS ADDRESSING TO THE LIEUTENANT-GOVERNOR A LONG AND SOLEMN PROTEST” (_color plate_) _facing_ 42 “SHE SNATCHED AWAY THE SABLE CURTAIN” 45 “_Choking with the Blood of the Boston Massacre_” 47 _Lady Eleanore’s Mantle_ (_Half-title_) 51 YE BEAUTEOUS LADY ELEANORE COMETH TO BOSTON 57 “A PALE YOUNG MAN ...

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

From this reading (Incorporated) Third Impression, March, 1911 “Several Personages descending towards the Door” (_color plate_) _Frontispiece_ LADY READING viii HOWE’S MASQUERADE (_Half-title_) ix YE OLD PROVINCE HOUSE x INITIAL 1 THE INDIAN 2 “THE STORY OF EACH BLUE TILE” 3 “GAGE MAY HAVE BEHELD HIS DISASTROUS VICTORY” 5 THE ELDERLY GENTLEMAN 6 THE BALCONY 7 “ONE OF THESE WORTHIES—A TALL, LANK FIGURE” 10 COLONEL JOLIFFE AND GRANDDAUGHTER 12 “PLEASE YOUR HONOR, THE FAULT IS NONE OF MINE” 15 “A STOUT MAN, DRESSED IN RICH AND COURTLY ATTIRE” 18 “THE SHAPE OF GAGE, AS TRUE AS IN A LOOKING-GLASS” 22 “A TALL MAN, BOOTED AND WRAPPED IN A MILITARY CLOAK” 23 “HE RECOILED SEVERAL STEPS FROM THE FIGURE” (_color plate_) _facing_ 24 “A STAGE DRIVER SAT AT ONE OF THE WINDOWS READING A PENNY PAPER” 27 EDWARD RANDOLPH’S PORTRAIT (_Half-title_) 29 YE YOUNG CAPTAINE OF YE CASTLE TELLS YE STORY OF YE PICTURE 35 “SOME OF THESE FABLES ARE REALLY AWFUL” (_color plate_) _facing_ 38 ALICE BECKONED TO THE PICTURE 41 “THE CHAIRMAN OF THE SELECTMEN WAS ADDRESSING TO THE LIEUTENANT-GOVERNOR A LONG AND SOLEMN PROTEST” (_color plate_) _facing_ 42 “SHE SNATCHED AWAY THE SABLE CURTAIN” 45 “_Choking with the Blood of the Boston Massacre_” 47 _Lady Eleanore’s Mantle_ (_Half-title_) 51 YE BEAUTEOUS LADY ELEANORE COMETH TO BOSTON 57 “A PALE YOUNG MAN ...

a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned

From this reading 80 “THAT NIGHT A PROCESSION PASSED BY TORCHLIGHT” (_color plate_) _facing_ 81 OLD ESTHER DUDLEY (_Half-title_) 83 “HEAVEN’S CAUSE AND THE KING’S ARE ONE” 89 “TAKE THIS KEY AND KEEP IT SAFE” 92 “A FEW OF THE STANCH, THOUGH CRESTFALLEN OLD TORIES” 95 THE KING OF ENGLAND’S BIRTHDAY 99 “RECEIVE MY TRUST” (_color plate_) _facing_ 101 FAITHFUL UNTO DEATH 104 IN COLONIAL DAYS I. HOWE’S MASQUERADE.

the cardinal number that is the sum of eight and one

From this reading (Incorporated) Third Impression, March, 1911 “Several Personages descending towards the Door” (_color plate_) _Frontispiece_ LADY READING viii HOWE’S MASQUERADE (_Half-title_) ix YE OLD PROVINCE HOUSE x INITIAL 1 THE INDIAN 2 “THE STORY OF EACH BLUE TILE” 3 “GAGE MAY HAVE BEHELD HIS DISASTROUS VICTORY” 5 THE ELDERLY GENTLEMAN 6 THE BALCONY 7 “ONE OF THESE WORTHIES—A TALL, LANK FIGURE” 10 COLONEL JOLIFFE AND GRANDDAUGHTER 12 “PLEASE YOUR HONOR, THE FAULT IS NONE OF MINE” 15 “A STOUT MAN, DRESSED IN RICH AND COURTLY ATTIRE” 18 “THE SHAPE OF GAGE, AS TRUE AS IN A LOOKING-GLASS” 22 “A TALL MAN, BOOTED AND WRAPPED IN A MILITARY CLOAK” 23 “HE RECOILED SEVERAL STEPS FROM THE FIGURE” (_color plate_) _facing_ 24 “A STAGE DRIVER SAT AT ONE OF THE WINDOWS READING A PENNY PAPER” 27 EDWARD RANDOLPH’S PORTRAIT (_Half-title_) 29 YE YOUNG CAPTAINE OF YE CASTLE TELLS YE STORY OF YE PICTURE 35 “SOME OF THESE FABLES ARE REALLY AWFUL” (_color plate_) _facing_ 38 ALICE BECKONED TO THE PICTURE 41 “THE CHAIRMAN OF THE SELECTMEN WAS ADDRESSING TO THE LIEUTENANT-GOVERNOR A LONG AND SOLEMN PROTEST” (_color plate_) _facing_ 42 “SHE SNATCHED AWAY THE SABLE CURTAIN” 45 “_Choking with the Blood of the Boston Massacre_” 47 _Lady Eleanore’s Mantle_ (_Half-title_) 51 YE BEAUTEOUS LADY ELEANORE COMETH TO BOSTON 57 “A PALE YOUNG MAN ...

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From this reading (Incorporated) Third Impression, March, 1911 “Several Personages descending towards the Door” (_color plate_) _Frontispiece_ LADY READING viii HOWE’S MASQUERADE (_Half-title_) ix YE OLD PROVINCE HOUSE x INITIAL 1 THE INDIAN 2 “THE STORY OF EACH BLUE TILE” 3 “GAGE MAY HAVE BEHELD HIS DISASTROUS VICTORY” 5 THE ELDERLY GENTLEMAN 6 THE BALCONY 7 “ONE OF THESE WORTHIES—A TALL, LANK FIGURE” 10 COLONEL JOLIFFE AND GRANDDAUGHTER 12 “PLEASE YOUR HONOR, THE FAULT IS NONE OF MINE” 15 “A STOUT MAN, DRESSED IN RICH AND COURTLY ATTIRE” 18 “THE SHAPE OF GAGE, AS TRUE AS IN A LOOKING-GLASS” 22 “A TALL MAN, BOOTED AND WRAPPED IN A MILITARY CLOAK” 23 “HE RECOILED SEVERAL STEPS FROM THE FIGURE” (_color plate_) _facing_ 24 “A STAGE DRIVER SAT AT ONE OF THE WINDOWS READING A PENNY PAPER” 27 EDWARD RANDOLPH’S PORTRAIT (_Half-title_) 29 YE YOUNG CAPTAINE OF YE CASTLE TELLS YE STORY OF YE PICTURE 35 “SOME OF THESE FABLES ARE REALLY AWFUL” (_color plate_) _facing_ 38 ALICE BECKONED TO THE PICTURE 41 “THE CHAIRMAN OF THE SELECTMEN WAS ADDRESSING TO THE LIEUTENANT-GOVERNOR A LONG AND SOLEMN PROTEST” (_color plate_) _facing_ 42 “SHE SNATCHED AWAY THE SABLE CURTAIN” 45 “_Choking with the Blood of the Boston Massacre_” 47 _Lady Eleanore’s Mantle_ (_Half-title_) 51 YE BEAUTEOUS LADY ELEANORE COMETH TO BOSTON 57 “A PALE YOUNG MAN ...

cause to continue in a certain state, position, or activity; e.g., “keep clean”

From this reading PROSTRATED HIMSELF BESIDE THE COACH” (_color plate_) _facing_ 59 GOVERNOR SHUTE DESCENDED THE FLIGHT OF STEPS 60 A GATHERING OF RANK, WEALTH, AND BEAUTY 63 “I PRAY YOU TAKE ONE SIP OF THIS HOLY WINE” 67 “KEEP MY IMAGE IN YOUR REMEMBRANCE” 71 “THE COMMUNICATION COULD BE OF NO AGREEABLE IMPORT” 73 “YOUNG MAN, WHAT IS YOUR PURPOSE?”

metal device shaped in such a way that when it is inserted into the appropriate lock the lock's mechanism can be rotated

From this reading 80 “THAT NIGHT A PROCESSION PASSED BY TORCHLIGHT” (_color plate_) _facing_ 81 OLD ESTHER DUDLEY (_Half-title_) 83 “HEAVEN’S CAUSE AND THE KING’S ARE ONE” 89 “TAKE THIS KEY AND KEEP IT SAFE” 92 “A FEW OF THE STANCH, THOUGH CRESTFALLEN OLD TORIES” 95 THE KING OF ENGLAND’S BIRTHDAY 99 “RECEIVE MY TRUST” (_color plate_) _facing_ 101 FAITHFUL UNTO DEATH 104 IN COLONIAL DAYS I. HOWE’S MASQUERADE.

a male sovereign; ruler of a kingdom

From this reading 80 “THAT NIGHT A PROCESSION PASSED BY TORCHLIGHT” (_color plate_) _facing_ 81 OLD ESTHER DUDLEY (_Half-title_) 83 “HEAVEN’S CAUSE AND THE KING’S ARE ONE” 89 “TAKE THIS KEY AND KEEP IT SAFE” 92 “A FEW OF THE STANCH, THOUGH CRESTFALLEN OLD TORIES” 95 THE KING OF ENGLAND’S BIRTHDAY 99 “RECEIVE MY TRUST” (_color plate_) _facing_ 101 FAITHFUL UNTO DEATH 104 IN COLONIAL DAYS I. HOWE’S MASQUERADE.

possessive form of “king” — a male sovereign; ruler of a kingdom

From this reading 80 “THAT NIGHT A PROCESSION PASSED BY TORCHLIGHT” (_color plate_) _facing_ 81 OLD ESTHER DUDLEY (_Half-title_) 83 “HEAVEN’S CAUSE AND THE KING’S ARE ONE” 89 “TAKE THIS KEY AND KEEP IT SAFE” 92 “A FEW OF THE STANCH, THOUGH CRESTFALLEN OLD TORIES” 95 THE KING OF ENGLAND’S BIRTHDAY 99 “RECEIVE MY TRUST” (_color plate_) _facing_ 101 FAITHFUL UNTO DEATH 104 IN COLONIAL DAYS I. HOWE’S MASQUERADE.

a polite name for any woman

From this reading (Incorporated) Third Impression, March, 1911 “Several Personages descending towards the Door” (_color plate_) _Frontispiece_ LADY READING viii HOWE’S MASQUERADE (_Half-title_) ix YE OLD PROVINCE HOUSE x INITIAL 1 THE INDIAN 2 “THE STORY OF EACH BLUE TILE” 3 “GAGE MAY HAVE BEHELD HIS DISASTROUS VICTORY” 5 THE ELDERLY GENTLEMAN 6 THE BALCONY 7 “ONE OF THESE WORTHIES—A TALL, LANK FIGURE” 10 COLONEL JOLIFFE AND GRANDDAUGHTER 12 “PLEASE YOUR HONOR, THE FAULT IS NONE OF MINE” 15 “A STOUT MAN, DRESSED IN RICH AND COURTLY ATTIRE” 18 “THE SHAPE OF GAGE, AS TRUE AS IN A LOOKING-GLASS” 22 “A TALL MAN, BOOTED AND WRAPPED IN A MILITARY CLOAK” 23 “HE RECOILED SEVERAL STEPS FROM THE FIGURE” (_color plate_) _facing_ 24 “A STAGE DRIVER SAT AT ONE OF THE WINDOWS READING A PENNY PAPER” 27 EDWARD RANDOLPH’S PORTRAIT (_Half-title_) 29 YE YOUNG CAPTAINE OF YE CASTLE TELLS YE STORY OF YE PICTURE 35 “SOME OF THESE FABLES ARE REALLY AWFUL” (_color plate_) _facing_ 38 ALICE BECKONED TO THE PICTURE 41 “THE CHAIRMAN OF THE SELECTMEN WAS ADDRESSING TO THE LIEUTENANT-GOVERNOR A LONG AND SOLEMN PROTEST” (_color plate_) _facing_ 42 “SHE SNATCHED AWAY THE SABLE CURTAIN” 45 “_Choking with the Blood of the Boston Massacre_” 47 _Lady Eleanore’s Mantle_ (_Half-title_) 51 YE BEAUTEOUS LADY ELEANORE COMETH TO BOSTON 57 “A PALE YOUNG MAN ...

long and thin and often limp

From this reading (Incorporated) Third Impression, March, 1911 “Several Personages descending towards the Door” (_color plate_) _Frontispiece_ LADY READING viii HOWE’S MASQUERADE (_Half-title_) ix YE OLD PROVINCE HOUSE x INITIAL 1 THE INDIAN 2 “THE STORY OF EACH BLUE TILE” 3 “GAGE MAY HAVE BEHELD HIS DISASTROUS VICTORY” 5 THE ELDERLY GENTLEMAN 6 THE BALCONY 7 “ONE OF THESE WORTHIES—A TALL, LANK FIGURE” 10 COLONEL JOLIFFE AND GRANDDAUGHTER 12 “PLEASE YOUR HONOR, THE FAULT IS NONE OF MINE” 15 “A STOUT MAN, DRESSED IN RICH AND COURTLY ATTIRE” 18 “THE SHAPE OF GAGE, AS TRUE AS IN A LOOKING-GLASS” 22 “A TALL MAN, BOOTED AND WRAPPED IN A MILITARY CLOAK” 23 “HE RECOILED SEVERAL STEPS FROM THE FIGURE” (_color plate_) _facing_ 24 “A STAGE DRIVER SAT AT ONE OF THE WINDOWS READING A PENNY PAPER” 27 EDWARD RANDOLPH’S PORTRAIT (_Half-title_) 29 YE YOUNG CAPTAINE OF YE CASTLE TELLS YE STORY OF YE PICTURE 35 “SOME OF THESE FABLES ARE REALLY AWFUL” (_color plate_) _facing_ 38 ALICE BECKONED TO THE PICTURE 41 “THE CHAIRMAN OF THE SELECTMEN WAS ADDRESSING TO THE LIEUTENANT-GOVERNOR A LONG AND SOLEMN PROTEST” (_color plate_) _facing_ 42 “SHE SNATCHED AWAY THE SABLE CURTAIN” 45 “_Choking with the Blood of the Boston Massacre_” 47 _Lady Eleanore’s Mantle_ (_Half-title_) 51 YE BEAUTEOUS LADY ELEANORE COMETH TO BOSTON 57 “A PALE YOUNG MAN ...

immediately past

From this reading One afternoon, last summer, while walking along Washington Street, my eye was attracted by a signboard protruding over a narrow archway nearly opposite the Old South Church.

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From this reading (Incorporated) Third Impression, March, 1911 “Several Personages descending towards the Door” (_color plate_) _Frontispiece_ LADY READING viii HOWE’S MASQUERADE (_Half-title_) ix YE OLD PROVINCE HOUSE x INITIAL 1 THE INDIAN 2 “THE STORY OF EACH BLUE TILE” 3 “GAGE MAY HAVE BEHELD HIS DISASTROUS VICTORY” 5 THE ELDERLY GENTLEMAN 6 THE BALCONY 7 “ONE OF THESE WORTHIES—A TALL, LANK FIGURE” 10 COLONEL JOLIFFE AND GRANDDAUGHTER 12 “PLEASE YOUR HONOR, THE FAULT IS NONE OF MINE” 15 “A STOUT MAN, DRESSED IN RICH AND COURTLY ATTIRE” 18 “THE SHAPE OF GAGE, AS TRUE AS IN A LOOKING-GLASS” 22 “A TALL MAN, BOOTED AND WRAPPED IN A MILITARY CLOAK” 23 “HE RECOILED SEVERAL STEPS FROM THE FIGURE” (_color plate_) _facing_ 24 “A STAGE DRIVER SAT AT ONE OF THE WINDOWS READING A PENNY PAPER” 27 EDWARD RANDOLPH’S PORTRAIT (_Half-title_) 29 YE YOUNG CAPTAINE OF YE CASTLE TELLS YE STORY OF YE PICTURE 35 “SOME OF THESE FABLES ARE REALLY AWFUL” (_color plate_) _facing_ 38 ALICE BECKONED TO THE PICTURE 41 “THE CHAIRMAN OF THE SELECTMEN WAS ADDRESSING TO THE LIEUTENANT-GOVERNOR A LONG AND SOLEMN PROTEST” (_color plate_) _facing_ 42 “SHE SNATCHED AWAY THE SABLE CURTAIN” 45 “_Choking with the Blood of the Boston Massacre_” 47 _Lady Eleanore’s Mantle_ (_Half-title_) 51 YE BEAUTEOUS LADY ELEANORE COMETH TO BOSTON 57 “A PALE YOUNG MAN ...

primarily temporal sense; being or indicating a relatively great or greater than average duration or passage of time or a duration as specified

From this reading (Incorporated) Third Impression, March, 1911 “Several Personages descending towards the Door” (_color plate_) _Frontispiece_ LADY READING viii HOWE’S MASQUERADE (_Half-title_) ix YE OLD PROVINCE HOUSE x INITIAL 1 THE INDIAN 2 “THE STORY OF EACH BLUE TILE” 3 “GAGE MAY HAVE BEHELD HIS DISASTROUS VICTORY” 5 THE ELDERLY GENTLEMAN 6 THE BALCONY 7 “ONE OF THESE WORTHIES—A TALL, LANK FIGURE” 10 COLONEL JOLIFFE AND GRANDDAUGHTER 12 “PLEASE YOUR HONOR, THE FAULT IS NONE OF MINE” 15 “A STOUT MAN, DRESSED IN RICH AND COURTLY ATTIRE” 18 “THE SHAPE OF GAGE, AS TRUE AS IN A LOOKING-GLASS” 22 “A TALL MAN, BOOTED AND WRAPPED IN A MILITARY CLOAK” 23 “HE RECOILED SEVERAL STEPS FROM THE FIGURE” (_color plate_) _facing_ 24 “A STAGE DRIVER SAT AT ONE OF THE WINDOWS READING A PENNY PAPER” 27 EDWARD RANDOLPH’S PORTRAIT (_Half-title_) 29 YE YOUNG CAPTAINE OF YE CASTLE TELLS YE STORY OF YE PICTURE 35 “SOME OF THESE FABLES ARE REALLY AWFUL” (_color plate_) _facing_ 38 ALICE BECKONED TO THE PICTURE 41 “THE CHAIRMAN OF THE SELECTMEN WAS ADDRESSING TO THE LIEUTENANT-GOVERNOR A LONG AND SOLEMN PROTEST” (_color plate_) _facing_ 42 “SHE SNATCHED AWAY THE SABLE CURTAIN” 45 “_Choking with the Blood of the Boston Massacre_” 47 _Lady Eleanore’s Mantle_ (_Half-title_) 51 YE BEAUTEOUS LADY ELEANORE COMETH TO BOSTON 57 “A PALE YOUNG MAN ...

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From this reading (Incorporated) Third Impression, March, 1911 “Several Personages descending towards the Door” (_color plate_) _Frontispiece_ LADY READING viii HOWE’S MASQUERADE (_Half-title_) ix YE OLD PROVINCE HOUSE x INITIAL 1 THE INDIAN 2 “THE STORY OF EACH BLUE TILE” 3 “GAGE MAY HAVE BEHELD HIS DISASTROUS VICTORY” 5 THE ELDERLY GENTLEMAN 6 THE BALCONY 7 “ONE OF THESE WORTHIES—A TALL, LANK FIGURE” 10 COLONEL JOLIFFE AND GRANDDAUGHTER 12 “PLEASE YOUR HONOR, THE FAULT IS NONE OF MINE” 15 “A STOUT MAN, DRESSED IN RICH AND COURTLY ATTIRE” 18 “THE SHAPE OF GAGE, AS TRUE AS IN A LOOKING-GLASS” 22 “A TALL MAN, BOOTED AND WRAPPED IN A MILITARY CLOAK” 23 “HE RECOILED SEVERAL STEPS FROM THE FIGURE” (_color plate_) _facing_ 24 “A STAGE DRIVER SAT AT ONE OF THE WINDOWS READING A PENNY PAPER” 27 EDWARD RANDOLPH’S PORTRAIT (_Half-title_) 29 YE YOUNG CAPTAINE OF YE CASTLE TELLS YE STORY OF YE PICTURE 35 “SOME OF THESE FABLES ARE REALLY AWFUL” (_color plate_) _facing_ 38 ALICE BECKONED TO THE PICTURE 41 “THE CHAIRMAN OF THE SELECTMEN WAS ADDRESSING TO THE LIEUTENANT-GOVERNOR A LONG AND SOLEMN PROTEST” (_color plate_) _facing_ 42 “SHE SNATCHED AWAY THE SABLE CURTAIN” 45 “_Choking with the Blood of the Boston Massacre_” 47 _Lady Eleanore’s Mantle_ (_Half-title_) 51 YE BEAUTEOUS LADY ELEANORE COMETH TO BOSTON 57 “A PALE YOUNG MAN ...

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

From this reading (Incorporated) Third Impression, March, 1911 “Several Personages descending towards the Door” (_color plate_) _Frontispiece_ LADY READING viii HOWE’S MASQUERADE (_Half-title_) ix YE OLD PROVINCE HOUSE x INITIAL 1 THE INDIAN 2 “THE STORY OF EACH BLUE TILE” 3 “GAGE MAY HAVE BEHELD HIS DISASTROUS VICTORY” 5 THE ELDERLY GENTLEMAN 6 THE BALCONY 7 “ONE OF THESE WORTHIES—A TALL, LANK FIGURE” 10 COLONEL JOLIFFE AND GRANDDAUGHTER 12 “PLEASE YOUR HONOR, THE FAULT IS NONE OF MINE” 15 “A STOUT MAN, DRESSED IN RICH AND COURTLY ATTIRE” 18 “THE SHAPE OF GAGE, AS TRUE AS IN A LOOKING-GLASS” 22 “A TALL MAN, BOOTED AND WRAPPED IN A MILITARY CLOAK” 23 “HE RECOILED SEVERAL STEPS FROM THE FIGURE” (_color plate_) _facing_ 24 “A STAGE DRIVER SAT AT ONE OF THE WINDOWS READING A PENNY PAPER” 27 EDWARD RANDOLPH’S PORTRAIT (_Half-title_) 29 YE YOUNG CAPTAINE OF YE CASTLE TELLS YE STORY OF YE PICTURE 35 “SOME OF THESE FABLES ARE REALLY AWFUL” (_color plate_) _facing_ 38 ALICE BECKONED TO THE PICTURE 41 “THE CHAIRMAN OF THE SELECTMEN WAS ADDRESSING TO THE LIEUTENANT-GOVERNOR A LONG AND SOLEMN PROTEST” (_color plate_) _facing_ 42 “SHE SNATCHED AWAY THE SABLE CURTAIN” 45 “_Choking with the Blood of the Boston Massacre_” 47 _Lady Eleanore’s Mantle_ (_Half-title_) 51 YE BEAUTEOUS LADY ELEANORE COMETH TO BOSTON 57 “A PALE YOUNG MAN ...

the cloak as a symbol of authority

From this reading (Incorporated) Third Impression, March, 1911 “Several Personages descending towards the Door” (_color plate_) _Frontispiece_ LADY READING viii HOWE’S MASQUERADE (_Half-title_) ix YE OLD PROVINCE HOUSE x INITIAL 1 THE INDIAN 2 “THE STORY OF EACH BLUE TILE” 3 “GAGE MAY HAVE BEHELD HIS DISASTROUS VICTORY” 5 THE ELDERLY GENTLEMAN 6 THE BALCONY 7 “ONE OF THESE WORTHIES—A TALL, LANK FIGURE” 10 COLONEL JOLIFFE AND GRANDDAUGHTER 12 “PLEASE YOUR HONOR, THE FAULT IS NONE OF MINE” 15 “A STOUT MAN, DRESSED IN RICH AND COURTLY ATTIRE” 18 “THE SHAPE OF GAGE, AS TRUE AS IN A LOOKING-GLASS” 22 “A TALL MAN, BOOTED AND WRAPPED IN A MILITARY CLOAK” 23 “HE RECOILED SEVERAL STEPS FROM THE FIGURE” (_color plate_) _facing_ 24 “A STAGE DRIVER SAT AT ONE OF THE WINDOWS READING A PENNY PAPER” 27 EDWARD RANDOLPH’S PORTRAIT (_Half-title_) 29 YE YOUNG CAPTAINE OF YE CASTLE TELLS YE STORY OF YE PICTURE 35 “SOME OF THESE FABLES ARE REALLY AWFUL” (_color plate_) _facing_ 38 ALICE BECKONED TO THE PICTURE 41 “THE CHAIRMAN OF THE SELECTMEN WAS ADDRESSING TO THE LIEUTENANT-GOVERNOR A LONG AND SOLEMN PROTEST” (_color plate_) _facing_ 42 “SHE SNATCHED AWAY THE SABLE CURTAIN” 45 “_Choking with the Blood of the Boston Massacre_” 47 _Lady Eleanore’s Mantle_ (_Half-title_) 51 YE BEAUTEOUS LADY ELEANORE COMETH TO BOSTON 57 “A PALE YOUNG MAN ...

march in a procession

From this reading (Incorporated) Third Impression, March, 1911 “Several Personages descending towards the Door” (_color plate_) _Frontispiece_ LADY READING viii HOWE’S MASQUERADE (_Half-title_) ix YE OLD PROVINCE HOUSE x INITIAL 1 THE INDIAN 2 “THE STORY OF EACH BLUE TILE” 3 “GAGE MAY HAVE BEHELD HIS DISASTROUS VICTORY” 5 THE ELDERLY GENTLEMAN 6 THE BALCONY 7 “ONE OF THESE WORTHIES—A TALL, LANK FIGURE” 10 COLONEL JOLIFFE AND GRANDDAUGHTER 12 “PLEASE YOUR HONOR, THE FAULT IS NONE OF MINE” 15 “A STOUT MAN, DRESSED IN RICH AND COURTLY ATTIRE” 18 “THE SHAPE OF GAGE, AS TRUE AS IN A LOOKING-GLASS” 22 “A TALL MAN, BOOTED AND WRAPPED IN A MILITARY CLOAK” 23 “HE RECOILED SEVERAL STEPS FROM THE FIGURE” (_color plate_) _facing_ 24 “A STAGE DRIVER SAT AT ONE OF THE WINDOWS READING A PENNY PAPER” 27 EDWARD RANDOLPH’S PORTRAIT (_Half-title_) 29 YE YOUNG CAPTAINE OF YE CASTLE TELLS YE STORY OF YE PICTURE 35 “SOME OF THESE FABLES ARE REALLY AWFUL” (_color plate_) _facing_ 38 ALICE BECKONED TO THE PICTURE 41 “THE CHAIRMAN OF THE SELECTMEN WAS ADDRESSING TO THE LIEUTENANT-GOVERNOR A LONG AND SOLEMN PROTEST” (_color plate_) _facing_ 42 “SHE SNATCHED AWAY THE SABLE CURTAIN” 45 “_Choking with the Blood of the Boston Massacre_” 47 _Lady Eleanore’s Mantle_ (_Half-title_) 51 YE BEAUTEOUS LADY ELEANORE COMETH TO BOSTON 57 “A PALE YOUNG MAN ...

take part in a masquerade

From this reading (Incorporated) Third Impression, March, 1911 “Several Personages descending towards the Door” (_color plate_) _Frontispiece_ LADY READING viii HOWE’S MASQUERADE (_Half-title_) ix YE OLD PROVINCE HOUSE x INITIAL 1 THE INDIAN 2 “THE STORY OF EACH BLUE TILE” 3 “GAGE MAY HAVE BEHELD HIS DISASTROUS VICTORY” 5 THE ELDERLY GENTLEMAN 6 THE BALCONY 7 “ONE OF THESE WORTHIES—A TALL, LANK FIGURE” 10 COLONEL JOLIFFE AND GRANDDAUGHTER 12 “PLEASE YOUR HONOR, THE FAULT IS NONE OF MINE” 15 “A STOUT MAN, DRESSED IN RICH AND COURTLY ATTIRE” 18 “THE SHAPE OF GAGE, AS TRUE AS IN A LOOKING-GLASS” 22 “A TALL MAN, BOOTED AND WRAPPED IN A MILITARY CLOAK” 23 “HE RECOILED SEVERAL STEPS FROM THE FIGURE” (_color plate_) _facing_ 24 “A STAGE DRIVER SAT AT ONE OF THE WINDOWS READING A PENNY PAPER” 27 EDWARD RANDOLPH’S PORTRAIT (_Half-title_) 29 YE YOUNG CAPTAINE OF YE CASTLE TELLS YE STORY OF YE PICTURE 35 “SOME OF THESE FABLES ARE REALLY AWFUL” (_color plate_) _facing_ 38 ALICE BECKONED TO THE PICTURE 41 “THE CHAIRMAN OF THE SELECTMEN WAS ADDRESSING TO THE LIEUTENANT-GOVERNOR A LONG AND SOLEMN PROTEST” (_color plate_) _facing_ 42 “SHE SNATCHED AWAY THE SABLE CURTAIN” 45 “_Choking with the Blood of the Boston Massacre_” 47 _Lady Eleanore’s Mantle_ (_Half-title_) 51 YE BEAUTEOUS LADY ELEANORE COMETH TO BOSTON 57 “A PALE YOUNG MAN ...

kill a large number of people indiscriminately

From this reading (Incorporated) Third Impression, March, 1911 “Several Personages descending towards the Door” (_color plate_) _Frontispiece_ LADY READING viii HOWE’S MASQUERADE (_Half-title_) ix YE OLD PROVINCE HOUSE x INITIAL 1 THE INDIAN 2 “THE STORY OF EACH BLUE TILE” 3 “GAGE MAY HAVE BEHELD HIS DISASTROUS VICTORY” 5 THE ELDERLY GENTLEMAN 6 THE BALCONY 7 “ONE OF THESE WORTHIES—A TALL, LANK FIGURE” 10 COLONEL JOLIFFE AND GRANDDAUGHTER 12 “PLEASE YOUR HONOR, THE FAULT IS NONE OF MINE” 15 “A STOUT MAN, DRESSED IN RICH AND COURTLY ATTIRE” 18 “THE SHAPE OF GAGE, AS TRUE AS IN A LOOKING-GLASS” 22 “A TALL MAN, BOOTED AND WRAPPED IN A MILITARY CLOAK” 23 “HE RECOILED SEVERAL STEPS FROM THE FIGURE” (_color plate_) _facing_ 24 “A STAGE DRIVER SAT AT ONE OF THE WINDOWS READING A PENNY PAPER” 27 EDWARD RANDOLPH’S PORTRAIT (_Half-title_) 29 YE YOUNG CAPTAINE OF YE CASTLE TELLS YE STORY OF YE PICTURE 35 “SOME OF THESE FABLES ARE REALLY AWFUL” (_color plate_) _facing_ 38 ALICE BECKONED TO THE PICTURE 41 “THE CHAIRMAN OF THE SELECTMEN WAS ADDRESSING TO THE LIEUTENANT-GOVERNOR A LONG AND SOLEMN PROTEST” (_color plate_) _facing_ 42 “SHE SNATCHED AWAY THE SABLE CURTAIN” 45 “_Choking with the Blood of the Boston Massacre_” 47 _Lady Eleanore’s Mantle_ (_Half-title_) 51 YE BEAUTEOUS LADY ELEANORE COMETH TO BOSTON 57 “A PALE YOUNG MAN ...

used to say something is possible, or to give permission

From this reading (Incorporated) Third Impression, March, 1911 “Several Personages descending towards the Door” (_color plate_) _Frontispiece_ LADY READING viii HOWE’S MASQUERADE (_Half-title_) ix YE OLD PROVINCE HOUSE x INITIAL 1 THE INDIAN 2 “THE STORY OF EACH BLUE TILE” 3 “GAGE MAY HAVE BEHELD HIS DISASTROUS VICTORY” 5 THE ELDERLY GENTLEMAN 6 THE BALCONY 7 “ONE OF THESE WORTHIES—A TALL, LANK FIGURE” 10 COLONEL JOLIFFE AND GRANDDAUGHTER 12 “PLEASE YOUR HONOR, THE FAULT IS NONE OF MINE” 15 “A STOUT MAN, DRESSED IN RICH AND COURTLY ATTIRE” 18 “THE SHAPE OF GAGE, AS TRUE AS IN A LOOKING-GLASS” 22 “A TALL MAN, BOOTED AND WRAPPED IN A MILITARY CLOAK” 23 “HE RECOILED SEVERAL STEPS FROM THE FIGURE” (_color plate_) _facing_ 24 “A STAGE DRIVER SAT AT ONE OF THE WINDOWS READING A PENNY PAPER” 27 EDWARD RANDOLPH’S PORTRAIT (_Half-title_) 29 YE YOUNG CAPTAINE OF YE CASTLE TELLS YE STORY OF YE PICTURE 35 “SOME OF THESE FABLES ARE REALLY AWFUL” (_color plate_) _facing_ 38 ALICE BECKONED TO THE PICTURE 41 “THE CHAIRMAN OF THE SELECTMEN WAS ADDRESSING TO THE LIEUTENANT-GOVERNOR A LONG AND SOLEMN PROTEST” (_color plate_) _facing_ 42 “SHE SNATCHED AWAY THE SABLE CURTAIN” 45 “_Choking with the Blood of the Boston Massacre_” 47 _Lady Eleanore’s Mantle_ (_Half-title_) 51 YE BEAUTEOUS LADY ELEANORE COMETH TO BOSTON 57 “A PALE YOUNG MAN ...

of or relating to the study of the principles of warfare

From this reading (Incorporated) Third Impression, March, 1911 “Several Personages descending towards the Door” (_color plate_) _Frontispiece_ LADY READING viii HOWE’S MASQUERADE (_Half-title_) ix YE OLD PROVINCE HOUSE x INITIAL 1 THE INDIAN 2 “THE STORY OF EACH BLUE TILE” 3 “GAGE MAY HAVE BEHELD HIS DISASTROUS VICTORY” 5 THE ELDERLY GENTLEMAN 6 THE BALCONY 7 “ONE OF THESE WORTHIES—A TALL, LANK FIGURE” 10 COLONEL JOLIFFE AND GRANDDAUGHTER 12 “PLEASE YOUR HONOR, THE FAULT IS NONE OF MINE” 15 “A STOUT MAN, DRESSED IN RICH AND COURTLY ATTIRE” 18 “THE SHAPE OF GAGE, AS TRUE AS IN A LOOKING-GLASS” 22 “A TALL MAN, BOOTED AND WRAPPED IN A MILITARY CLOAK” 23 “HE RECOILED SEVERAL STEPS FROM THE FIGURE” (_color plate_) _facing_ 24 “A STAGE DRIVER SAT AT ONE OF THE WINDOWS READING A PENNY PAPER” 27 EDWARD RANDOLPH’S PORTRAIT (_Half-title_) 29 YE YOUNG CAPTAINE OF YE CASTLE TELLS YE STORY OF YE PICTURE 35 “SOME OF THESE FABLES ARE REALLY AWFUL” (_color plate_) _facing_ 38 ALICE BECKONED TO THE PICTURE 41 “THE CHAIRMAN OF THE SELECTMEN WAS ADDRESSING TO THE LIEUTENANT-GOVERNOR A LONG AND SOLEMN PROTEST” (_color plate_) _facing_ 42 “SHE SNATCHED AWAY THE SABLE CURTAIN” 45 “_Choking with the Blood of the Boston Massacre_” 47 _Lady Eleanore’s Mantle_ (_Half-title_) 51 YE BEAUTEOUS LADY ELEANORE COMETH TO BOSTON 57 “A PALE YOUNG MAN ...

the one or ones belonging to the person speaking

From this reading (Incorporated) Third Impression, March, 1911 “Several Personages descending towards the Door” (_color plate_) _Frontispiece_ LADY READING viii HOWE’S MASQUERADE (_Half-title_) ix YE OLD PROVINCE HOUSE x INITIAL 1 THE INDIAN 2 “THE STORY OF EACH BLUE TILE” 3 “GAGE MAY HAVE BEHELD HIS DISASTROUS VICTORY” 5 THE ELDERLY GENTLEMAN 6 THE BALCONY 7 “ONE OF THESE WORTHIES—A TALL, LANK FIGURE” 10 COLONEL JOLIFFE AND GRANDDAUGHTER 12 “PLEASE YOUR HONOR, THE FAULT IS NONE OF MINE” 15 “A STOUT MAN, DRESSED IN RICH AND COURTLY ATTIRE” 18 “THE SHAPE OF GAGE, AS TRUE AS IN A LOOKING-GLASS” 22 “A TALL MAN, BOOTED AND WRAPPED IN A MILITARY CLOAK” 23 “HE RECOILED SEVERAL STEPS FROM THE FIGURE” (_color plate_) _facing_ 24 “A STAGE DRIVER SAT AT ONE OF THE WINDOWS READING A PENNY PAPER” 27 EDWARD RANDOLPH’S PORTRAIT (_Half-title_) 29 YE YOUNG CAPTAINE OF YE CASTLE TELLS YE STORY OF YE PICTURE 35 “SOME OF THESE FABLES ARE REALLY AWFUL” (_color plate_) _facing_ 38 ALICE BECKONED TO THE PICTURE 41 “THE CHAIRMAN OF THE SELECTMEN WAS ADDRESSING TO THE LIEUTENANT-GOVERNOR A LONG AND SOLEMN PROTEST” (_color plate_) _facing_ 42 “SHE SNATCHED AWAY THE SABLE CURTAIN” 45 “_Choking with the Blood of the Boston Massacre_” 47 _Lady Eleanore’s Mantle_ (_Half-title_) 51 YE BEAUTEOUS LADY ELEANORE COMETH TO BOSTON 57 “A PALE YOUNG MAN ...

belonging to the person speaking

From this reading PROSTRATED HIMSELF BESIDE THE COACH” (_color plate_) _facing_ 59 GOVERNOR SHUTE DESCENDED THE FLIGHT OF STEPS 60 A GATHERING OF RANK, WEALTH, AND BEAUTY 63 “I PRAY YOU TAKE ONE SIP OF THIS HOLY WINE” 67 “KEEP MY IMAGE IN YOUR REMEMBRANCE” 71 “THE COMMUNICATION COULD BE OF NO AGREEABLE IMPORT” 73 “YOUNG MAN, WHAT IS YOUR PURPOSE?”

make or become more narrow or restricted

From this reading One afternoon, last summer, while walking along Washington Street, my eye was attracted by a signboard protruding over a narrow archway nearly opposite the Old South Church.

(of actions or states) slightly short of or not quite accomplished; all but

From this reading One afternoon, last summer, while walking along Washington Street, my eye was attracted by a signboard protruding over a narrow archway nearly opposite the Old South Church.

the time after sunset and before sunrise while it is dark outside

From this reading 80 “THAT NIGHT A PROCESSION PASSED BY TORCHLIGHT” (_color plate_) _facing_ 81 OLD ESTHER DUDLEY (_Half-title_) 83 “HEAVEN’S CAUSE AND THE KING’S ARE ONE” 89 “TAKE THIS KEY AND KEEP IT SAFE” 92 “A FEW OF THE STANCH, THOUGH CRESTFALLEN OLD TORIES” 95 THE KING OF ENGLAND’S BIRTHDAY 99 “RECEIVE MY TRUST” (_color plate_) _facing_ 101 FAITHFUL UNTO DEATH 104 IN COLONIAL DAYS I. HOWE’S MASQUERADE.

not any; not one

From this reading PROSTRATED HIMSELF BESIDE THE COACH” (_color plate_) _facing_ 59 GOVERNOR SHUTE DESCENDED THE FLIGHT OF STEPS 60 A GATHERING OF RANK, WEALTH, AND BEAUTY 63 “I PRAY YOU TAKE ONE SIP OF THIS HOLY WINE” 67 “KEEP MY IMAGE IN YOUR REMEMBRANCE” 71 “THE COMMUNICATION COULD BE OF NO AGREEABLE IMPORT” 73 “YOUNG MAN, WHAT IS YOUR PURPOSE?”

not one, and not any

From this reading (Incorporated) Third Impression, March, 1911 “Several Personages descending towards the Door” (_color plate_) _Frontispiece_ LADY READING viii HOWE’S MASQUERADE (_Half-title_) ix YE OLD PROVINCE HOUSE x INITIAL 1 THE INDIAN 2 “THE STORY OF EACH BLUE TILE” 3 “GAGE MAY HAVE BEHELD HIS DISASTROUS VICTORY” 5 THE ELDERLY GENTLEMAN 6 THE BALCONY 7 “ONE OF THESE WORTHIES—A TALL, LANK FIGURE” 10 COLONEL JOLIFFE AND GRANDDAUGHTER 12 “PLEASE YOUR HONOR, THE FAULT IS NONE OF MINE” 15 “A STOUT MAN, DRESSED IN RICH AND COURTLY ATTIRE” 18 “THE SHAPE OF GAGE, AS TRUE AS IN A LOOKING-GLASS” 22 “A TALL MAN, BOOTED AND WRAPPED IN A MILITARY CLOAK” 23 “HE RECOILED SEVERAL STEPS FROM THE FIGURE” (_color plate_) _facing_ 24 “A STAGE DRIVER SAT AT ONE OF THE WINDOWS READING A PENNY PAPER” 27 EDWARD RANDOLPH’S PORTRAIT (_Half-title_) 29 YE YOUNG CAPTAINE OF YE CASTLE TELLS YE STORY OF YE PICTURE 35 “SOME OF THESE FABLES ARE REALLY AWFUL” (_color plate_) _facing_ 38 ALICE BECKONED TO THE PICTURE 41 “THE CHAIRMAN OF THE SELECTMEN WAS ADDRESSING TO THE LIEUTENANT-GOVERNOR A LONG AND SOLEMN PROTEST” (_color plate_) _facing_ 42 “SHE SNATCHED AWAY THE SABLE CURTAIN” 45 “_Choking with the Blood of the Boston Massacre_” 47 _Lady Eleanore’s Mantle_ (_Half-title_) 51 YE BEAUTEOUS LADY ELEANORE COMETH TO BOSTON 57 “A PALE YOUNG MAN ...

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

From this reading (Incorporated) Third Impression, March, 1911 “Several Personages descending towards the Door” (_color plate_) _Frontispiece_ LADY READING viii HOWE’S MASQUERADE (_Half-title_) ix YE OLD PROVINCE HOUSE x INITIAL 1 THE INDIAN 2 “THE STORY OF EACH BLUE TILE” 3 “GAGE MAY HAVE BEHELD HIS DISASTROUS VICTORY” 5 THE ELDERLY GENTLEMAN 6 THE BALCONY 7 “ONE OF THESE WORTHIES—A TALL, LANK FIGURE” 10 COLONEL JOLIFFE AND GRANDDAUGHTER 12 “PLEASE YOUR HONOR, THE FAULT IS NONE OF MINE” 15 “A STOUT MAN, DRESSED IN RICH AND COURTLY ATTIRE” 18 “THE SHAPE OF GAGE, AS TRUE AS IN A LOOKING-GLASS” 22 “A TALL MAN, BOOTED AND WRAPPED IN A MILITARY CLOAK” 23 “HE RECOILED SEVERAL STEPS FROM THE FIGURE” (_color plate_) _facing_ 24 “A STAGE DRIVER SAT AT ONE OF THE WINDOWS READING A PENNY PAPER” 27 EDWARD RANDOLPH’S PORTRAIT (_Half-title_) 29 YE YOUNG CAPTAINE OF YE CASTLE TELLS YE STORY OF YE PICTURE 35 “SOME OF THESE FABLES ARE REALLY AWFUL” (_color plate_) _facing_ 38 ALICE BECKONED TO THE PICTURE 41 “THE CHAIRMAN OF THE SELECTMEN WAS ADDRESSING TO THE LIEUTENANT-GOVERNOR A LONG AND SOLEMN PROTEST” (_color plate_) _facing_ 42 “SHE SNATCHED AWAY THE SABLE CURTAIN” 45 “_Choking with the Blood of the Boston Massacre_” 47 _Lady Eleanore’s Mantle_ (_Half-title_) 51 YE BEAUTEOUS LADY ELEANORE COMETH TO BOSTON 57 “A PALE YOUNG MAN ...

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

From this reading (Incorporated) Third Impression, March, 1911 “Several Personages descending towards the Door” (_color plate_) _Frontispiece_ LADY READING viii HOWE’S MASQUERADE (_Half-title_) ix YE OLD PROVINCE HOUSE x INITIAL 1 THE INDIAN 2 “THE STORY OF EACH BLUE TILE” 3 “GAGE MAY HAVE BEHELD HIS DISASTROUS VICTORY” 5 THE ELDERLY GENTLEMAN 6 THE BALCONY 7 “ONE OF THESE WORTHIES—A TALL, LANK FIGURE” 10 COLONEL JOLIFFE AND GRANDDAUGHTER 12 “PLEASE YOUR HONOR, THE FAULT IS NONE OF MINE” 15 “A STOUT MAN, DRESSED IN RICH AND COURTLY ATTIRE” 18 “THE SHAPE OF GAGE, AS TRUE AS IN A LOOKING-GLASS” 22 “A TALL MAN, BOOTED AND WRAPPED IN A MILITARY CLOAK” 23 “HE RECOILED SEVERAL STEPS FROM THE FIGURE” (_color plate_) _facing_ 24 “A STAGE DRIVER SAT AT ONE OF THE WINDOWS READING A PENNY PAPER” 27 EDWARD RANDOLPH’S PORTRAIT (_Half-title_) 29 YE YOUNG CAPTAINE OF YE CASTLE TELLS YE STORY OF YE PICTURE 35 “SOME OF THESE FABLES ARE REALLY AWFUL” (_color plate_) _facing_ 38 ALICE BECKONED TO THE PICTURE 41 “THE CHAIRMAN OF THE SELECTMEN WAS ADDRESSING TO THE LIEUTENANT-GOVERNOR A LONG AND SOLEMN PROTEST” (_color plate_) _facing_ 42 “SHE SNATCHED AWAY THE SABLE CURTAIN” 45 “_Choking with the Blood of the Boston Massacre_” 47 _Lady Eleanore’s Mantle_ (_Half-title_) 51 YE BEAUTEOUS LADY ELEANORE COMETH TO BOSTON 57 “A PALE YOUNG MAN ...

used to mean any person in general, including the speaker

From this reading (Incorporated) Third Impression, March, 1911 “Several Personages descending towards the Door” (_color plate_) _Frontispiece_ LADY READING viii HOWE’S MASQUERADE (_Half-title_) ix YE OLD PROVINCE HOUSE x INITIAL 1 THE INDIAN 2 “THE STORY OF EACH BLUE TILE” 3 “GAGE MAY HAVE BEHELD HIS DISASTROUS VICTORY” 5 THE ELDERLY GENTLEMAN 6 THE BALCONY 7 “ONE OF THESE WORTHIES—A TALL, LANK FIGURE” 10 COLONEL JOLIFFE AND GRANDDAUGHTER 12 “PLEASE YOUR HONOR, THE FAULT IS NONE OF MINE” 15 “A STOUT MAN, DRESSED IN RICH AND COURTLY ATTIRE” 18 “THE SHAPE OF GAGE, AS TRUE AS IN A LOOKING-GLASS” 22 “A TALL MAN, BOOTED AND WRAPPED IN A MILITARY CLOAK” 23 “HE RECOILED SEVERAL STEPS FROM THE FIGURE” (_color plate_) _facing_ 24 “A STAGE DRIVER SAT AT ONE OF THE WINDOWS READING A PENNY PAPER” 27 EDWARD RANDOLPH’S PORTRAIT (_Half-title_) 29 YE YOUNG CAPTAINE OF YE CASTLE TELLS YE STORY OF YE PICTURE 35 “SOME OF THESE FABLES ARE REALLY AWFUL” (_color plate_) _facing_ 38 ALICE BECKONED TO THE PICTURE 41 “THE CHAIRMAN OF THE SELECTMEN WAS ADDRESSING TO THE LIEUTENANT-GOVERNOR A LONG AND SOLEMN PROTEST” (_color plate_) _facing_ 42 “SHE SNATCHED AWAY THE SABLE CURTAIN” 45 “_Choking with the Blood of the Boston Massacre_” 47 _Lady Eleanore’s Mantle_ (_Half-title_) 51 YE BEAUTEOUS LADY ELEANORE COMETH TO BOSTON 57 “A PALE YOUNG MAN ...

being directly across from each other; facing

From this reading One afternoon, last summer, while walking along Washington Street, my eye was attracted by a signboard protruding over a narrow archway nearly opposite the Old South Church.

above and across; more than

From this reading One afternoon, last summer, while walking along Washington Street, my eye was attracted by a signboard protruding over a narrow archway nearly opposite the Old South Church.

very light colored; highly diluted with white

From this reading (Incorporated) Third Impression, March, 1911 “Several Personages descending towards the Door” (_color plate_) _Frontispiece_ LADY READING viii HOWE’S MASQUERADE (_Half-title_) ix YE OLD PROVINCE HOUSE x INITIAL 1 THE INDIAN 2 “THE STORY OF EACH BLUE TILE” 3 “GAGE MAY HAVE BEHELD HIS DISASTROUS VICTORY” 5 THE ELDERLY GENTLEMAN 6 THE BALCONY 7 “ONE OF THESE WORTHIES—A TALL, LANK FIGURE” 10 COLONEL JOLIFFE AND GRANDDAUGHTER 12 “PLEASE YOUR HONOR, THE FAULT IS NONE OF MINE” 15 “A STOUT MAN, DRESSED IN RICH AND COURTLY ATTIRE” 18 “THE SHAPE OF GAGE, AS TRUE AS IN A LOOKING-GLASS” 22 “A TALL MAN, BOOTED AND WRAPPED IN A MILITARY CLOAK” 23 “HE RECOILED SEVERAL STEPS FROM THE FIGURE” (_color plate_) _facing_ 24 “A STAGE DRIVER SAT AT ONE OF THE WINDOWS READING A PENNY PAPER” 27 EDWARD RANDOLPH’S PORTRAIT (_Half-title_) 29 YE YOUNG CAPTAINE OF YE CASTLE TELLS YE STORY OF YE PICTURE 35 “SOME OF THESE FABLES ARE REALLY AWFUL” (_color plate_) _facing_ 38 ALICE BECKONED TO THE PICTURE 41 “THE CHAIRMAN OF THE SELECTMEN WAS ADDRESSING TO THE LIEUTENANT-GOVERNOR A LONG AND SOLEMN PROTEST” (_color plate_) _facing_ 42 “SHE SNATCHED AWAY THE SABLE CURTAIN” 45 “_Choking with the Blood of the Boston Massacre_” 47 _Lady Eleanore’s Mantle_ (_Half-title_) 51 YE BEAUTEOUS LADY ELEANORE COMETH TO BOSTON 57 “A PALE YOUNG MAN ...

a material made of cellulose pulp derived mainly from wood or rags or certain grasses

From this reading (Incorporated) Third Impression, March, 1911 “Several Personages descending towards the Door” (_color plate_) _Frontispiece_ LADY READING viii HOWE’S MASQUERADE (_Half-title_) ix YE OLD PROVINCE HOUSE x INITIAL 1 THE INDIAN 2 “THE STORY OF EACH BLUE TILE” 3 “GAGE MAY HAVE BEHELD HIS DISASTROUS VICTORY” 5 THE ELDERLY GENTLEMAN 6 THE BALCONY 7 “ONE OF THESE WORTHIES—A TALL, LANK FIGURE” 10 COLONEL JOLIFFE AND GRANDDAUGHTER 12 “PLEASE YOUR HONOR, THE FAULT IS NONE OF MINE” 15 “A STOUT MAN, DRESSED IN RICH AND COURTLY ATTIRE” 18 “THE SHAPE OF GAGE, AS TRUE AS IN A LOOKING-GLASS” 22 “A TALL MAN, BOOTED AND WRAPPED IN A MILITARY CLOAK” 23 “HE RECOILED SEVERAL STEPS FROM THE FIGURE” (_color plate_) _facing_ 24 “A STAGE DRIVER SAT AT ONE OF THE WINDOWS READING A PENNY PAPER” 27 EDWARD RANDOLPH’S PORTRAIT (_Half-title_) 29 YE YOUNG CAPTAINE OF YE CASTLE TELLS YE STORY OF YE PICTURE 35 “SOME OF THESE FABLES ARE REALLY AWFUL” (_color plate_) _facing_ 38 ALICE BECKONED TO THE PICTURE 41 “THE CHAIRMAN OF THE SELECTMEN WAS ADDRESSING TO THE LIEUTENANT-GOVERNOR A LONG AND SOLEMN PROTEST” (_color plate_) _facing_ 42 “SHE SNATCHED AWAY THE SABLE CURTAIN” 45 “_Choking with the Blood of the Boston Massacre_” 47 _Lady Eleanore’s Mantle_ (_Half-title_) 51 YE BEAUTEOUS LADY ELEANORE COMETH TO BOSTON 57 “A PALE YOUNG MAN ...

past form of “pass” — go across or through

From this reading 80 “THAT NIGHT A PROCESSION PASSED BY TORCHLIGHT” (_color plate_) _facing_ 81 OLD ESTHER DUDLEY (_Half-title_) 83 “HEAVEN’S CAUSE AND THE KING’S ARE ONE” 89 “TAKE THIS KEY AND KEEP IT SAFE” 92 “A FEW OF THE STANCH, THOUGH CRESTFALLEN OLD TORIES” 95 THE KING OF ENGLAND’S BIRTHDAY 99 “RECEIVE MY TRUST” (_color plate_) _facing_ 101 FAITHFUL UNTO DEATH 104 IN COLONIAL DAYS I. HOWE’S MASQUERADE.

a fractional monetary unit of Ireland and the United Kingdom; equal to one hundredth of a pound

From this reading (Incorporated) Third Impression, March, 1911 “Several Personages descending towards the Door” (_color plate_) _Frontispiece_ LADY READING viii HOWE’S MASQUERADE (_Half-title_) ix YE OLD PROVINCE HOUSE x INITIAL 1 THE INDIAN 2 “THE STORY OF EACH BLUE TILE” 3 “GAGE MAY HAVE BEHELD HIS DISASTROUS VICTORY” 5 THE ELDERLY GENTLEMAN 6 THE BALCONY 7 “ONE OF THESE WORTHIES—A TALL, LANK FIGURE” 10 COLONEL JOLIFFE AND GRANDDAUGHTER 12 “PLEASE YOUR HONOR, THE FAULT IS NONE OF MINE” 15 “A STOUT MAN, DRESSED IN RICH AND COURTLY ATTIRE” 18 “THE SHAPE OF GAGE, AS TRUE AS IN A LOOKING-GLASS” 22 “A TALL MAN, BOOTED AND WRAPPED IN A MILITARY CLOAK” 23 “HE RECOILED SEVERAL STEPS FROM THE FIGURE” (_color plate_) _facing_ 24 “A STAGE DRIVER SAT AT ONE OF THE WINDOWS READING A PENNY PAPER” 27 EDWARD RANDOLPH’S PORTRAIT (_Half-title_) 29 YE YOUNG CAPTAINE OF YE CASTLE TELLS YE STORY OF YE PICTURE 35 “SOME OF THESE FABLES ARE REALLY AWFUL” (_color plate_) _facing_ 38 ALICE BECKONED TO THE PICTURE 41 “THE CHAIRMAN OF THE SELECTMEN WAS ADDRESSING TO THE LIEUTENANT-GOVERNOR A LONG AND SOLEMN PROTEST” (_color plate_) _facing_ 42 “SHE SNATCHED AWAY THE SABLE CURTAIN” 45 “_Choking with the Blood of the Boston Massacre_” 47 _Lady Eleanore’s Mantle_ (_Half-title_) 51 YE BEAUTEOUS LADY ELEANORE COMETH TO BOSTON 57 “A PALE YOUNG MAN ...

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From this reading (Incorporated) Third Impression, March, 1911 “Several Personages descending towards the Door” (_color plate_) _Frontispiece_ LADY READING viii HOWE’S MASQUERADE (_Half-title_) ix YE OLD PROVINCE HOUSE x INITIAL 1 THE INDIAN 2 “THE STORY OF EACH BLUE TILE” 3 “GAGE MAY HAVE BEHELD HIS DISASTROUS VICTORY” 5 THE ELDERLY GENTLEMAN 6 THE BALCONY 7 “ONE OF THESE WORTHIES—A TALL, LANK FIGURE” 10 COLONEL JOLIFFE AND GRANDDAUGHTER 12 “PLEASE YOUR HONOR, THE FAULT IS NONE OF MINE” 15 “A STOUT MAN, DRESSED IN RICH AND COURTLY ATTIRE” 18 “THE SHAPE OF GAGE, AS TRUE AS IN A LOOKING-GLASS” 22 “A TALL MAN, BOOTED AND WRAPPED IN A MILITARY CLOAK” 23 “HE RECOILED SEVERAL STEPS FROM THE FIGURE” (_color plate_) _facing_ 24 “A STAGE DRIVER SAT AT ONE OF THE WINDOWS READING A PENNY PAPER” 27 EDWARD RANDOLPH’S PORTRAIT (_Half-title_) 29 YE YOUNG CAPTAINE OF YE CASTLE TELLS YE STORY OF YE PICTURE 35 “SOME OF THESE FABLES ARE REALLY AWFUL” (_color plate_) _facing_ 38 ALICE BECKONED TO THE PICTURE 41 “THE CHAIRMAN OF THE SELECTMEN WAS ADDRESSING TO THE LIEUTENANT-GOVERNOR A LONG AND SOLEMN PROTEST” (_color plate_) _facing_ 42 “SHE SNATCHED AWAY THE SABLE CURTAIN” 45 “_Choking with the Blood of the Boston Massacre_” 47 _Lady Eleanore’s Mantle_ (_Half-title_) 51 YE BEAUTEOUS LADY ELEANORE COMETH TO BOSTON 57 “A PALE YOUNG MAN ...

a visual representation (of an object or scene or person or abstraction) produced on a surface

From this reading (Incorporated) Third Impression, March, 1911 “Several Personages descending towards the Door” (_color plate_) _Frontispiece_ LADY READING viii HOWE’S MASQUERADE (_Half-title_) ix YE OLD PROVINCE HOUSE x INITIAL 1 THE INDIAN 2 “THE STORY OF EACH BLUE TILE” 3 “GAGE MAY HAVE BEHELD HIS DISASTROUS VICTORY” 5 THE ELDERLY GENTLEMAN 6 THE BALCONY 7 “ONE OF THESE WORTHIES—A TALL, LANK FIGURE” 10 COLONEL JOLIFFE AND GRANDDAUGHTER 12 “PLEASE YOUR HONOR, THE FAULT IS NONE OF MINE” 15 “A STOUT MAN, DRESSED IN RICH AND COURTLY ATTIRE” 18 “THE SHAPE OF GAGE, AS TRUE AS IN A LOOKING-GLASS” 22 “A TALL MAN, BOOTED AND WRAPPED IN A MILITARY CLOAK” 23 “HE RECOILED SEVERAL STEPS FROM THE FIGURE” (_color plate_) _facing_ 24 “A STAGE DRIVER SAT AT ONE OF THE WINDOWS READING A PENNY PAPER” 27 EDWARD RANDOLPH’S PORTRAIT (_Half-title_) 29 YE YOUNG CAPTAINE OF YE CASTLE TELLS YE STORY OF YE PICTURE 35 “SOME OF THESE FABLES ARE REALLY AWFUL” (_color plate_) _facing_ 38 ALICE BECKONED TO THE PICTURE 41 “THE CHAIRMAN OF THE SELECTMEN WAS ADDRESSING TO THE LIEUTENANT-GOVERNOR A LONG AND SOLEMN PROTEST” (_color plate_) _facing_ 42 “SHE SNATCHED AWAY THE SABLE CURTAIN” 45 “_Choking with the Blood of the Boston Massacre_” 47 _Lady Eleanore’s Mantle_ (_Half-title_) 51 YE BEAUTEOUS LADY ELEANORE COMETH TO BOSTON 57 “A PALE YOUNG MAN ...

(baseball) base consisting of a rubber slab where the batter stands; it must be touched by a base runner in order to score

From this reading (Incorporated) Third Impression, March, 1911 “Several Personages descending towards the Door” (_color plate_) _Frontispiece_ LADY READING viii HOWE’S MASQUERADE (_Half-title_) ix YE OLD PROVINCE HOUSE x INITIAL 1 THE INDIAN 2 “THE STORY OF EACH BLUE TILE” 3 “GAGE MAY HAVE BEHELD HIS DISASTROUS VICTORY” 5 THE ELDERLY GENTLEMAN 6 THE BALCONY 7 “ONE OF THESE WORTHIES—A TALL, LANK FIGURE” 10 COLONEL JOLIFFE AND GRANDDAUGHTER 12 “PLEASE YOUR HONOR, THE FAULT IS NONE OF MINE” 15 “A STOUT MAN, DRESSED IN RICH AND COURTLY ATTIRE” 18 “THE SHAPE OF GAGE, AS TRUE AS IN A LOOKING-GLASS” 22 “A TALL MAN, BOOTED AND WRAPPED IN A MILITARY CLOAK” 23 “HE RECOILED SEVERAL STEPS FROM THE FIGURE” (_color plate_) _facing_ 24 “A STAGE DRIVER SAT AT ONE OF THE WINDOWS READING A PENNY PAPER” 27 EDWARD RANDOLPH’S PORTRAIT (_Half-title_) 29 YE YOUNG CAPTAINE OF YE CASTLE TELLS YE STORY OF YE PICTURE 35 “SOME OF THESE FABLES ARE REALLY AWFUL” (_color plate_) _facing_ 38 ALICE BECKONED TO THE PICTURE 41 “THE CHAIRMAN OF THE SELECTMEN WAS ADDRESSING TO THE LIEUTENANT-GOVERNOR A LONG AND SOLEMN PROTEST” (_color plate_) _facing_ 42 “SHE SNATCHED AWAY THE SABLE CURTAIN” 45 “_Choking with the Blood of the Boston Massacre_” 47 _Lady Eleanore’s Mantle_ (_Half-title_) 51 YE BEAUTEOUS LADY ELEANORE COMETH TO BOSTON 57 “A PALE YOUNG MAN ...

give pleasure to or be pleasing to

From this reading (Incorporated) Third Impression, March, 1911 “Several Personages descending towards the Door” (_color plate_) _Frontispiece_ LADY READING viii HOWE’S MASQUERADE (_Half-title_) ix YE OLD PROVINCE HOUSE x INITIAL 1 THE INDIAN 2 “THE STORY OF EACH BLUE TILE” 3 “GAGE MAY HAVE BEHELD HIS DISASTROUS VICTORY” 5 THE ELDERLY GENTLEMAN 6 THE BALCONY 7 “ONE OF THESE WORTHIES—A TALL, LANK FIGURE” 10 COLONEL JOLIFFE AND GRANDDAUGHTER 12 “PLEASE YOUR HONOR, THE FAULT IS NONE OF MINE” 15 “A STOUT MAN, DRESSED IN RICH AND COURTLY ATTIRE” 18 “THE SHAPE OF GAGE, AS TRUE AS IN A LOOKING-GLASS” 22 “A TALL MAN, BOOTED AND WRAPPED IN A MILITARY CLOAK” 23 “HE RECOILED SEVERAL STEPS FROM THE FIGURE” (_color plate_) _facing_ 24 “A STAGE DRIVER SAT AT ONE OF THE WINDOWS READING A PENNY PAPER” 27 EDWARD RANDOLPH’S PORTRAIT (_Half-title_) 29 YE YOUNG CAPTAINE OF YE CASTLE TELLS YE STORY OF YE PICTURE 35 “SOME OF THESE FABLES ARE REALLY AWFUL” (_color plate_) _facing_ 38 ALICE BECKONED TO THE PICTURE 41 “THE CHAIRMAN OF THE SELECTMEN WAS ADDRESSING TO THE LIEUTENANT-GOVERNOR A LONG AND SOLEMN PROTEST” (_color plate_) _facing_ 42 “SHE SNATCHED AWAY THE SABLE CURTAIN” 45 “_Choking with the Blood of the Boston Massacre_” 47 _Lady Eleanore’s Mantle_ (_Half-title_) 51 YE BEAUTEOUS LADY ELEANORE COMETH TO BOSTON 57 “A PALE YOUNG MAN ...

a word picture of a person's appearance and character

From this reading (Incorporated) Third Impression, March, 1911 “Several Personages descending towards the Door” (_color plate_) _Frontispiece_ LADY READING viii HOWE’S MASQUERADE (_Half-title_) ix YE OLD PROVINCE HOUSE x INITIAL 1 THE INDIAN 2 “THE STORY OF EACH BLUE TILE” 3 “GAGE MAY HAVE BEHELD HIS DISASTROUS VICTORY” 5 THE ELDERLY GENTLEMAN 6 THE BALCONY 7 “ONE OF THESE WORTHIES—A TALL, LANK FIGURE” 10 COLONEL JOLIFFE AND GRANDDAUGHTER 12 “PLEASE YOUR HONOR, THE FAULT IS NONE OF MINE” 15 “A STOUT MAN, DRESSED IN RICH AND COURTLY ATTIRE” 18 “THE SHAPE OF GAGE, AS TRUE AS IN A LOOKING-GLASS” 22 “A TALL MAN, BOOTED AND WRAPPED IN A MILITARY CLOAK” 23 “HE RECOILED SEVERAL STEPS FROM THE FIGURE” (_color plate_) _facing_ 24 “A STAGE DRIVER SAT AT ONE OF THE WINDOWS READING A PENNY PAPER” 27 EDWARD RANDOLPH’S PORTRAIT (_Half-title_) 29 YE YOUNG CAPTAINE OF YE CASTLE TELLS YE STORY OF YE PICTURE 35 “SOME OF THESE FABLES ARE REALLY AWFUL” (_color plate_) _facing_ 38 ALICE BECKONED TO THE PICTURE 41 “THE CHAIRMAN OF THE SELECTMEN WAS ADDRESSING TO THE LIEUTENANT-GOVERNOR A LONG AND SOLEMN PROTEST” (_color plate_) _facing_ 42 “SHE SNATCHED AWAY THE SABLE CURTAIN” 45 “_Choking with the Blood of the Boston Massacre_” 47 _Lady Eleanore’s Mantle_ (_Half-title_) 51 YE BEAUTEOUS LADY ELEANORE COMETH TO BOSTON 57 “A PALE YOUNG MAN ...

address a deity, a prophet, a saint or an object of worship; say a prayer

From this reading PROSTRATED HIMSELF BESIDE THE COACH” (_color plate_) _facing_ 59 GOVERNOR SHUTE DESCENDED THE FLIGHT OF STEPS 60 A GATHERING OF RANK, WEALTH, AND BEAUTY 63 “I PRAY YOU TAKE ONE SIP OF THIS HOLY WINE” 67 “KEEP MY IMAGE IN YOUR REMEMBRANCE” 71 “THE COMMUNICATION COULD BE OF NO AGREEABLE IMPORT” 73 “YOUNG MAN, WHAT IS YOUR PURPOSE?”

(theology) the origination of the Holy Spirit at Pentecost

From this reading 80 “THAT NIGHT A PROCESSION PASSED BY TORCHLIGHT” (_color plate_) _facing_ 81 OLD ESTHER DUDLEY (_Half-title_) 83 “HEAVEN’S CAUSE AND THE KING’S ARE ONE” 89 “TAKE THIS KEY AND KEEP IT SAFE” 92 “A FEW OF THE STANCH, THOUGH CRESTFALLEN OLD TORIES” 95 THE KING OF ENGLAND’S BIRTHDAY 99 “RECEIVE MY TRUST” (_color plate_) _facing_ 101 FAITHFUL UNTO DEATH 104 IN COLONIAL DAYS I. HOWE’S MASQUERADE.

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From this reading PROSTRATED HIMSELF BESIDE THE COACH” (_color plate_) _facing_ 59 GOVERNOR SHUTE DESCENDED THE FLIGHT OF STEPS 60 A GATHERING OF RANK, WEALTH, AND BEAUTY 63 “I PRAY YOU TAKE ONE SIP OF THIS HOLY WINE” 67 “KEEP MY IMAGE IN YOUR REMEMBRANCE” 71 “THE COMMUNICATION COULD BE OF NO AGREEABLE IMPORT” 73 “YOUNG MAN, WHAT IS YOUR PURPOSE?”

a formal and solemn declaration of objection

From this reading (Incorporated) Third Impression, March, 1911 “Several Personages descending towards the Door” (_color plate_) _Frontispiece_ LADY READING viii HOWE’S MASQUERADE (_Half-title_) ix YE OLD PROVINCE HOUSE x INITIAL 1 THE INDIAN 2 “THE STORY OF EACH BLUE TILE” 3 “GAGE MAY HAVE BEHELD HIS DISASTROUS VICTORY” 5 THE ELDERLY GENTLEMAN 6 THE BALCONY 7 “ONE OF THESE WORTHIES—A TALL, LANK FIGURE” 10 COLONEL JOLIFFE AND GRANDDAUGHTER 12 “PLEASE YOUR HONOR, THE FAULT IS NONE OF MINE” 15 “A STOUT MAN, DRESSED IN RICH AND COURTLY ATTIRE” 18 “THE SHAPE OF GAGE, AS TRUE AS IN A LOOKING-GLASS” 22 “A TALL MAN, BOOTED AND WRAPPED IN A MILITARY CLOAK” 23 “HE RECOILED SEVERAL STEPS FROM THE FIGURE” (_color plate_) _facing_ 24 “A STAGE DRIVER SAT AT ONE OF THE WINDOWS READING A PENNY PAPER” 27 EDWARD RANDOLPH’S PORTRAIT (_Half-title_) 29 YE YOUNG CAPTAINE OF YE CASTLE TELLS YE STORY OF YE PICTURE 35 “SOME OF THESE FABLES ARE REALLY AWFUL” (_color plate_) _facing_ 38 ALICE BECKONED TO THE PICTURE 41 “THE CHAIRMAN OF THE SELECTMEN WAS ADDRESSING TO THE LIEUTENANT-GOVERNOR A LONG AND SOLEMN PROTEST” (_color plate_) _facing_ 42 “SHE SNATCHED AWAY THE SABLE CURTAIN” 45 “_Choking with the Blood of the Boston Massacre_” 47 _Lady Eleanore’s Mantle_ (_Half-title_) 51 YE BEAUTEOUS LADY ELEANORE COMETH TO BOSTON 57 “A PALE YOUNG MAN ...

extending out above or beyond a surface or boundary

From this reading One afternoon, last summer, while walking along Washington Street, my eye was attracted by a signboard protruding over a narrow archway nearly opposite the Old South Church.

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

From this reading (Incorporated) Third Impression, March, 1911 “Several Personages descending towards the Door” (_color plate_) _Frontispiece_ LADY READING viii HOWE’S MASQUERADE (_Half-title_) ix YE OLD PROVINCE HOUSE x INITIAL 1 THE INDIAN 2 “THE STORY OF EACH BLUE TILE” 3 “GAGE MAY HAVE BEHELD HIS DISASTROUS VICTORY” 5 THE ELDERLY GENTLEMAN 6 THE BALCONY 7 “ONE OF THESE WORTHIES—A TALL, LANK FIGURE” 10 COLONEL JOLIFFE AND GRANDDAUGHTER 12 “PLEASE YOUR HONOR, THE FAULT IS NONE OF MINE” 15 “A STOUT MAN, DRESSED IN RICH AND COURTLY ATTIRE” 18 “THE SHAPE OF GAGE, AS TRUE AS IN A LOOKING-GLASS” 22 “A TALL MAN, BOOTED AND WRAPPED IN A MILITARY CLOAK” 23 “HE RECOILED SEVERAL STEPS FROM THE FIGURE” (_color plate_) _facing_ 24 “A STAGE DRIVER SAT AT ONE OF THE WINDOWS READING A PENNY PAPER” 27 EDWARD RANDOLPH’S PORTRAIT (_Half-title_) 29 YE YOUNG CAPTAINE OF YE CASTLE TELLS YE STORY OF YE PICTURE 35 “SOME OF THESE FABLES ARE REALLY AWFUL” (_color plate_) _facing_ 38 ALICE BECKONED TO THE PICTURE 41 “THE CHAIRMAN OF THE SELECTMEN WAS ADDRESSING TO THE LIEUTENANT-GOVERNOR A LONG AND SOLEMN PROTEST” (_color plate_) _facing_ 42 “SHE SNATCHED AWAY THE SABLE CURTAIN” 45 “_Choking with the Blood of the Boston Massacre_” 47 _Lady Eleanore’s Mantle_ (_Half-title_) 51 YE BEAUTEOUS LADY ELEANORE COMETH TO BOSTON 57 “A PALE YOUNG MAN ...

an anticipated outcome that is intended or that guides your planned actions

From this reading PROSTRATED HIMSELF BESIDE THE COACH” (_color plate_) _facing_ 59 GOVERNOR SHUTE DESCENDED THE FLIGHT OF STEPS 60 A GATHERING OF RANK, WEALTH, AND BEAUTY 63 “I PRAY YOU TAKE ONE SIP OF THIS HOLY WINE” 67 “KEEP MY IMAGE IN YOUR REMEMBRANCE” 71 “THE COMMUNICATION COULD BE OF NO AGREEABLE IMPORT” 73 “YOUNG MAN, WHAT IS YOUR PURPOSE?”

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From this reading (Incorporated) Third Impression, March, 1911 “Several Personages descending towards the Door” (_color plate_) _Frontispiece_ LADY READING viii HOWE’S MASQUERADE (_Half-title_) ix YE OLD PROVINCE HOUSE x INITIAL 1 THE INDIAN 2 “THE STORY OF EACH BLUE TILE” 3 “GAGE MAY HAVE BEHELD HIS DISASTROUS VICTORY” 5 THE ELDERLY GENTLEMAN 6 THE BALCONY 7 “ONE OF THESE WORTHIES—A TALL, LANK FIGURE” 10 COLONEL JOLIFFE AND GRANDDAUGHTER 12 “PLEASE YOUR HONOR, THE FAULT IS NONE OF MINE” 15 “A STOUT MAN, DRESSED IN RICH AND COURTLY ATTIRE” 18 “THE SHAPE OF GAGE, AS TRUE AS IN A LOOKING-GLASS” 22 “A TALL MAN, BOOTED AND WRAPPED IN A MILITARY CLOAK” 23 “HE RECOILED SEVERAL STEPS FROM THE FIGURE” (_color plate_) _facing_ 24 “A STAGE DRIVER SAT AT ONE OF THE WINDOWS READING A PENNY PAPER” 27 EDWARD RANDOLPH’S PORTRAIT (_Half-title_) 29 YE YOUNG CAPTAINE OF YE CASTLE TELLS YE STORY OF YE PICTURE 35 “SOME OF THESE FABLES ARE REALLY AWFUL” (_color plate_) _facing_ 38 ALICE BECKONED TO THE PICTURE 41 “THE CHAIRMAN OF THE SELECTMEN WAS ADDRESSING TO THE LIEUTENANT-GOVERNOR A LONG AND SOLEMN PROTEST” (_color plate_) _facing_ 42 “SHE SNATCHED AWAY THE SABLE CURTAIN” 45 “_Choking with the Blood of the Boston Massacre_” 47 _Lady Eleanore’s Mantle_ (_Half-title_) 51 YE BEAUTEOUS LADY ELEANORE COMETH TO BOSTON 57 “A PALE YOUNG MAN ...

a row or line of people (especially soldiers or police) standing abreast of one another

From this reading PROSTRATED HIMSELF BESIDE THE COACH” (_color plate_) _facing_ 59 GOVERNOR SHUTE DESCENDED THE FLIGHT OF STEPS 60 A GATHERING OF RANK, WEALTH, AND BEAUTY 63 “I PRAY YOU TAKE ONE SIP OF THIS HOLY WINE” 67 “KEEP MY IMAGE IN YOUR REMEMBRANCE” 71 “THE COMMUNICATION COULD BE OF NO AGREEABLE IMPORT” 73 “YOUNG MAN, WHAT IS YOUR PURPOSE?”

the cognitive process of understanding a written linguistic message

From this reading (Incorporated) Third Impression, March, 1911 “Several Personages descending towards the Door” (_color plate_) _Frontispiece_ LADY READING viii HOWE’S MASQUERADE (_Half-title_) ix YE OLD PROVINCE HOUSE x INITIAL 1 THE INDIAN 2 “THE STORY OF EACH BLUE TILE” 3 “GAGE MAY HAVE BEHELD HIS DISASTROUS VICTORY” 5 THE ELDERLY GENTLEMAN 6 THE BALCONY 7 “ONE OF THESE WORTHIES—A TALL, LANK FIGURE” 10 COLONEL JOLIFFE AND GRANDDAUGHTER 12 “PLEASE YOUR HONOR, THE FAULT IS NONE OF MINE” 15 “A STOUT MAN, DRESSED IN RICH AND COURTLY ATTIRE” 18 “THE SHAPE OF GAGE, AS TRUE AS IN A LOOKING-GLASS” 22 “A TALL MAN, BOOTED AND WRAPPED IN A MILITARY CLOAK” 23 “HE RECOILED SEVERAL STEPS FROM THE FIGURE” (_color plate_) _facing_ 24 “A STAGE DRIVER SAT AT ONE OF THE WINDOWS READING A PENNY PAPER” 27 EDWARD RANDOLPH’S PORTRAIT (_Half-title_) 29 YE YOUNG CAPTAINE OF YE CASTLE TELLS YE STORY OF YE PICTURE 35 “SOME OF THESE FABLES ARE REALLY AWFUL” (_color plate_) _facing_ 38 ALICE BECKONED TO THE PICTURE 41 “THE CHAIRMAN OF THE SELECTMEN WAS ADDRESSING TO THE LIEUTENANT-GOVERNOR A LONG AND SOLEMN PROTEST” (_color plate_) _facing_ 42 “SHE SNATCHED AWAY THE SABLE CURTAIN” 45 “_Choking with the Blood of the Boston Massacre_” 47 _Lady Eleanore’s Mantle_ (_Half-title_) 51 YE BEAUTEOUS LADY ELEANORE COMETH TO BOSTON 57 “A PALE YOUNG MAN ...

in accordance with truth or fact or reality

From this reading (Incorporated) Third Impression, March, 1911 “Several Personages descending towards the Door” (_color plate_) _Frontispiece_ LADY READING viii HOWE’S MASQUERADE (_Half-title_) ix YE OLD PROVINCE HOUSE x INITIAL 1 THE INDIAN 2 “THE STORY OF EACH BLUE TILE” 3 “GAGE MAY HAVE BEHELD HIS DISASTROUS VICTORY” 5 THE ELDERLY GENTLEMAN 6 THE BALCONY 7 “ONE OF THESE WORTHIES—A TALL, LANK FIGURE” 10 COLONEL JOLIFFE AND GRANDDAUGHTER 12 “PLEASE YOUR HONOR, THE FAULT IS NONE OF MINE” 15 “A STOUT MAN, DRESSED IN RICH AND COURTLY ATTIRE” 18 “THE SHAPE OF GAGE, AS TRUE AS IN A LOOKING-GLASS” 22 “A TALL MAN, BOOTED AND WRAPPED IN A MILITARY CLOAK” 23 “HE RECOILED SEVERAL STEPS FROM THE FIGURE” (_color plate_) _facing_ 24 “A STAGE DRIVER SAT AT ONE OF THE WINDOWS READING A PENNY PAPER” 27 EDWARD RANDOLPH’S PORTRAIT (_Half-title_) 29 YE YOUNG CAPTAINE OF YE CASTLE TELLS YE STORY OF YE PICTURE 35 “SOME OF THESE FABLES ARE REALLY AWFUL” (_color plate_) _facing_ 38 ALICE BECKONED TO THE PICTURE 41 “THE CHAIRMAN OF THE SELECTMEN WAS ADDRESSING TO THE LIEUTENANT-GOVERNOR A LONG AND SOLEMN PROTEST” (_color plate_) _facing_ 42 “SHE SNATCHED AWAY THE SABLE CURTAIN” 45 “_Choking with the Blood of the Boston Massacre_” 47 _Lady Eleanore’s Mantle_ (_Half-title_) 51 YE BEAUTEOUS LADY ELEANORE COMETH TO BOSTON 57 “A PALE YOUNG MAN ...

get something; come into possession of

From this reading 80 “THAT NIGHT A PROCESSION PASSED BY TORCHLIGHT” (_color plate_) _facing_ 81 OLD ESTHER DUDLEY (_Half-title_) 83 “HEAVEN’S CAUSE AND THE KING’S ARE ONE” 89 “TAKE THIS KEY AND KEEP IT SAFE” 92 “A FEW OF THE STANCH, THOUGH CRESTFALLEN OLD TORIES” 95 THE KING OF ENGLAND’S BIRTHDAY 99 “RECEIVE MY TRUST” (_color plate_) _facing_ 101 FAITHFUL UNTO DEATH 104 IN COLONIAL DAYS I. HOWE’S MASQUERADE.

past form of “recoil” — draw back, as with fear or pain

From this reading (Incorporated) Third Impression, March, 1911 “Several Personages descending towards the Door” (_color plate_) _Frontispiece_ LADY READING viii HOWE’S MASQUERADE (_Half-title_) ix YE OLD PROVINCE HOUSE x INITIAL 1 THE INDIAN 2 “THE STORY OF EACH BLUE TILE” 3 “GAGE MAY HAVE BEHELD HIS DISASTROUS VICTORY” 5 THE ELDERLY GENTLEMAN 6 THE BALCONY 7 “ONE OF THESE WORTHIES—A TALL, LANK FIGURE” 10 COLONEL JOLIFFE AND GRANDDAUGHTER 12 “PLEASE YOUR HONOR, THE FAULT IS NONE OF MINE” 15 “A STOUT MAN, DRESSED IN RICH AND COURTLY ATTIRE” 18 “THE SHAPE OF GAGE, AS TRUE AS IN A LOOKING-GLASS” 22 “A TALL MAN, BOOTED AND WRAPPED IN A MILITARY CLOAK” 23 “HE RECOILED SEVERAL STEPS FROM THE FIGURE” (_color plate_) _facing_ 24 “A STAGE DRIVER SAT AT ONE OF THE WINDOWS READING A PENNY PAPER” 27 EDWARD RANDOLPH’S PORTRAIT (_Half-title_) 29 YE YOUNG CAPTAINE OF YE CASTLE TELLS YE STORY OF YE PICTURE 35 “SOME OF THESE FABLES ARE REALLY AWFUL” (_color plate_) _facing_ 38 ALICE BECKONED TO THE PICTURE 41 “THE CHAIRMAN OF THE SELECTMEN WAS ADDRESSING TO THE LIEUTENANT-GOVERNOR A LONG AND SOLEMN PROTEST” (_color plate_) _facing_ 42 “SHE SNATCHED AWAY THE SABLE CURTAIN” 45 “_Choking with the Blood of the Boston Massacre_” 47 _Lady Eleanore’s Mantle_ (_Half-title_) 51 YE BEAUTEOUS LADY ELEANORE COMETH TO BOSTON 57 “A PALE YOUNG MAN ...

the ability to recall past occurrences

From this reading PROSTRATED HIMSELF BESIDE THE COACH” (_color plate_) _facing_ 59 GOVERNOR SHUTE DESCENDED THE FLIGHT OF STEPS 60 A GATHERING OF RANK, WEALTH, AND BEAUTY 63 “I PRAY YOU TAKE ONE SIP OF THIS HOLY WINE” 67 “KEEP MY IMAGE IN YOUR REMEMBRANCE” 71 “THE COMMUNICATION COULD BE OF NO AGREEABLE IMPORT” 73 “YOUNG MAN, WHAT IS YOUR PURPOSE?”

possessing material wealth

From this reading (Incorporated) Third Impression, March, 1911 “Several Personages descending towards the Door” (_color plate_) _Frontispiece_ LADY READING viii HOWE’S MASQUERADE (_Half-title_) ix YE OLD PROVINCE HOUSE x INITIAL 1 THE INDIAN 2 “THE STORY OF EACH BLUE TILE” 3 “GAGE MAY HAVE BEHELD HIS DISASTROUS VICTORY” 5 THE ELDERLY GENTLEMAN 6 THE BALCONY 7 “ONE OF THESE WORTHIES—A TALL, LANK FIGURE” 10 COLONEL JOLIFFE AND GRANDDAUGHTER 12 “PLEASE YOUR HONOR, THE FAULT IS NONE OF MINE” 15 “A STOUT MAN, DRESSED IN RICH AND COURTLY ATTIRE” 18 “THE SHAPE OF GAGE, AS TRUE AS IN A LOOKING-GLASS” 22 “A TALL MAN, BOOTED AND WRAPPED IN A MILITARY CLOAK” 23 “HE RECOILED SEVERAL STEPS FROM THE FIGURE” (_color plate_) _facing_ 24 “A STAGE DRIVER SAT AT ONE OF THE WINDOWS READING A PENNY PAPER” 27 EDWARD RANDOLPH’S PORTRAIT (_Half-title_) 29 YE YOUNG CAPTAINE OF YE CASTLE TELLS YE STORY OF YE PICTURE 35 “SOME OF THESE FABLES ARE REALLY AWFUL” (_color plate_) _facing_ 38 ALICE BECKONED TO THE PICTURE 41 “THE CHAIRMAN OF THE SELECTMEN WAS ADDRESSING TO THE LIEUTENANT-GOVERNOR A LONG AND SOLEMN PROTEST” (_color plate_) _facing_ 42 “SHE SNATCHED AWAY THE SABLE CURTAIN” 45 “_Choking with the Blood of the Boston Massacre_” 47 _Lady Eleanore’s Mantle_ (_Half-title_) 51 YE BEAUTEOUS LADY ELEANORE COMETH TO BOSTON 57 “A PALE YOUNG MAN ...

an artist's brush made of sable hairs

From this reading (Incorporated) Third Impression, March, 1911 “Several Personages descending towards the Door” (_color plate_) _Frontispiece_ LADY READING viii HOWE’S MASQUERADE (_Half-title_) ix YE OLD PROVINCE HOUSE x INITIAL 1 THE INDIAN 2 “THE STORY OF EACH BLUE TILE” 3 “GAGE MAY HAVE BEHELD HIS DISASTROUS VICTORY” 5 THE ELDERLY GENTLEMAN 6 THE BALCONY 7 “ONE OF THESE WORTHIES—A TALL, LANK FIGURE” 10 COLONEL JOLIFFE AND GRANDDAUGHTER 12 “PLEASE YOUR HONOR, THE FAULT IS NONE OF MINE” 15 “A STOUT MAN, DRESSED IN RICH AND COURTLY ATTIRE” 18 “THE SHAPE OF GAGE, AS TRUE AS IN A LOOKING-GLASS” 22 “A TALL MAN, BOOTED AND WRAPPED IN A MILITARY CLOAK” 23 “HE RECOILED SEVERAL STEPS FROM THE FIGURE” (_color plate_) _facing_ 24 “A STAGE DRIVER SAT AT ONE OF THE WINDOWS READING A PENNY PAPER” 27 EDWARD RANDOLPH’S PORTRAIT (_Half-title_) 29 YE YOUNG CAPTAINE OF YE CASTLE TELLS YE STORY OF YE PICTURE 35 “SOME OF THESE FABLES ARE REALLY AWFUL” (_color plate_) _facing_ 38 ALICE BECKONED TO THE PICTURE 41 “THE CHAIRMAN OF THE SELECTMEN WAS ADDRESSING TO THE LIEUTENANT-GOVERNOR A LONG AND SOLEMN PROTEST” (_color plate_) _facing_ 42 “SHE SNATCHED AWAY THE SABLE CURTAIN” 45 “_Choking with the Blood of the Boston Massacre_” 47 _Lady Eleanore’s Mantle_ (_Half-title_) 51 YE BEAUTEOUS LADY ELEANORE COMETH TO BOSTON 57 “A PALE YOUNG MAN ...

free from danger or the risk of harm

From this reading 80 “THAT NIGHT A PROCESSION PASSED BY TORCHLIGHT” (_color plate_) _facing_ 81 OLD ESTHER DUDLEY (_Half-title_) 83 “HEAVEN’S CAUSE AND THE KING’S ARE ONE” 89 “TAKE THIS KEY AND KEEP IT SAFE” 92 “A FEW OF THE STANCH, THOUGH CRESTFALLEN OLD TORIES” 95 THE KING OF ENGLAND’S BIRTHDAY 99 “RECEIVE MY TRUST” (_color plate_) _facing_ 101 FAITHFUL UNTO DEATH 104 IN COLONIAL DAYS I. HOWE’S MASQUERADE.

the seventh and last day of the week; observed as the Sabbath by Jews and some Christians

From this reading (Incorporated) Third Impression, March, 1911 “Several Personages descending towards the Door” (_color plate_) _Frontispiece_ LADY READING viii HOWE’S MASQUERADE (_Half-title_) ix YE OLD PROVINCE HOUSE x INITIAL 1 THE INDIAN 2 “THE STORY OF EACH BLUE TILE” 3 “GAGE MAY HAVE BEHELD HIS DISASTROUS VICTORY” 5 THE ELDERLY GENTLEMAN 6 THE BALCONY 7 “ONE OF THESE WORTHIES—A TALL, LANK FIGURE” 10 COLONEL JOLIFFE AND GRANDDAUGHTER 12 “PLEASE YOUR HONOR, THE FAULT IS NONE OF MINE” 15 “A STOUT MAN, DRESSED IN RICH AND COURTLY ATTIRE” 18 “THE SHAPE OF GAGE, AS TRUE AS IN A LOOKING-GLASS” 22 “A TALL MAN, BOOTED AND WRAPPED IN A MILITARY CLOAK” 23 “HE RECOILED SEVERAL STEPS FROM THE FIGURE” (_color plate_) _facing_ 24 “A STAGE DRIVER SAT AT ONE OF THE WINDOWS READING A PENNY PAPER” 27 EDWARD RANDOLPH’S PORTRAIT (_Half-title_) 29 YE YOUNG CAPTAINE OF YE CASTLE TELLS YE STORY OF YE PICTURE 35 “SOME OF THESE FABLES ARE REALLY AWFUL” (_color plate_) _facing_ 38 ALICE BECKONED TO THE PICTURE 41 “THE CHAIRMAN OF THE SELECTMEN WAS ADDRESSING TO THE LIEUTENANT-GOVERNOR A LONG AND SOLEMN PROTEST” (_color plate_) _facing_ 42 “SHE SNATCHED AWAY THE SABLE CURTAIN” 45 “_Choking with the Blood of the Boston Massacre_” 47 _Lady Eleanore’s Mantle_ (_Half-title_) 51 YE BEAUTEOUS LADY ELEANORE COMETH TO BOSTON 57 “A PALE YOUNG MAN ...

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From this reading (Incorporated) Third Impression, March, 1911 “Several Personages descending towards the Door” (_color plate_) _Frontispiece_ LADY READING viii HOWE’S MASQUERADE (_Half-title_) ix YE OLD PROVINCE HOUSE x INITIAL 1 THE INDIAN 2 “THE STORY OF EACH BLUE TILE” 3 “GAGE MAY HAVE BEHELD HIS DISASTROUS VICTORY” 5 THE ELDERLY GENTLEMAN 6 THE BALCONY 7 “ONE OF THESE WORTHIES—A TALL, LANK FIGURE” 10 COLONEL JOLIFFE AND GRANDDAUGHTER 12 “PLEASE YOUR HONOR, THE FAULT IS NONE OF MINE” 15 “A STOUT MAN, DRESSED IN RICH AND COURTLY ATTIRE” 18 “THE SHAPE OF GAGE, AS TRUE AS IN A LOOKING-GLASS” 22 “A TALL MAN, BOOTED AND WRAPPED IN A MILITARY CLOAK” 23 “HE RECOILED SEVERAL STEPS FROM THE FIGURE” (_color plate_) _facing_ 24 “A STAGE DRIVER SAT AT ONE OF THE WINDOWS READING A PENNY PAPER” 27 EDWARD RANDOLPH’S PORTRAIT (_Half-title_) 29 YE YOUNG CAPTAINE OF YE CASTLE TELLS YE STORY OF YE PICTURE 35 “SOME OF THESE FABLES ARE REALLY AWFUL” (_color plate_) _facing_ 38 ALICE BECKONED TO THE PICTURE 41 “THE CHAIRMAN OF THE SELECTMEN WAS ADDRESSING TO THE LIEUTENANT-GOVERNOR A LONG AND SOLEMN PROTEST” (_color plate_) _facing_ 42 “SHE SNATCHED AWAY THE SABLE CURTAIN” 45 “_Choking with the Blood of the Boston Massacre_” 47 _Lady Eleanore’s Mantle_ (_Half-title_) 51 YE BEAUTEOUS LADY ELEANORE COMETH TO BOSTON 57 “A PALE YOUNG MAN ...

(used with count nouns) of an indefinite number more than 2 or 3 but not many

From this reading (Incorporated) Third Impression, March, 1911 “Several Personages descending towards the Door” (_color plate_) _Frontispiece_ LADY READING viii HOWE’S MASQUERADE (_Half-title_) ix YE OLD PROVINCE HOUSE x INITIAL 1 THE INDIAN 2 “THE STORY OF EACH BLUE TILE” 3 “GAGE MAY HAVE BEHELD HIS DISASTROUS VICTORY” 5 THE ELDERLY GENTLEMAN 6 THE BALCONY 7 “ONE OF THESE WORTHIES—A TALL, LANK FIGURE” 10 COLONEL JOLIFFE AND GRANDDAUGHTER 12 “PLEASE YOUR HONOR, THE FAULT IS NONE OF MINE” 15 “A STOUT MAN, DRESSED IN RICH AND COURTLY ATTIRE” 18 “THE SHAPE OF GAGE, AS TRUE AS IN A LOOKING-GLASS” 22 “A TALL MAN, BOOTED AND WRAPPED IN A MILITARY CLOAK” 23 “HE RECOILED SEVERAL STEPS FROM THE FIGURE” (_color plate_) _facing_ 24 “A STAGE DRIVER SAT AT ONE OF THE WINDOWS READING A PENNY PAPER” 27 EDWARD RANDOLPH’S PORTRAIT (_Half-title_) 29 YE YOUNG CAPTAINE OF YE CASTLE TELLS YE STORY OF YE PICTURE 35 “SOME OF THESE FABLES ARE REALLY AWFUL” (_color plate_) _facing_ 38 ALICE BECKONED TO THE PICTURE 41 “THE CHAIRMAN OF THE SELECTMEN WAS ADDRESSING TO THE LIEUTENANT-GOVERNOR A LONG AND SOLEMN PROTEST” (_color plate_) _facing_ 42 “SHE SNATCHED AWAY THE SABLE CURTAIN” 45 “_Choking with the Blood of the Boston Massacre_” 47 _Lady Eleanore’s Mantle_ (_Half-title_) 51 YE BEAUTEOUS LADY ELEANORE COMETH TO BOSTON 57 “A PALE YOUNG MAN ...

any spatial attributes (especially as defined by outline)

From this reading (Incorporated) Third Impression, March, 1911 “Several Personages descending towards the Door” (_color plate_) _Frontispiece_ LADY READING viii HOWE’S MASQUERADE (_Half-title_) ix YE OLD PROVINCE HOUSE x INITIAL 1 THE INDIAN 2 “THE STORY OF EACH BLUE TILE” 3 “GAGE MAY HAVE BEHELD HIS DISASTROUS VICTORY” 5 THE ELDERLY GENTLEMAN 6 THE BALCONY 7 “ONE OF THESE WORTHIES—A TALL, LANK FIGURE” 10 COLONEL JOLIFFE AND GRANDDAUGHTER 12 “PLEASE YOUR HONOR, THE FAULT IS NONE OF MINE” 15 “A STOUT MAN, DRESSED IN RICH AND COURTLY ATTIRE” 18 “THE SHAPE OF GAGE, AS TRUE AS IN A LOOKING-GLASS” 22 “A TALL MAN, BOOTED AND WRAPPED IN A MILITARY CLOAK” 23 “HE RECOILED SEVERAL STEPS FROM THE FIGURE” (_color plate_) _facing_ 24 “A STAGE DRIVER SAT AT ONE OF THE WINDOWS READING A PENNY PAPER” 27 EDWARD RANDOLPH’S PORTRAIT (_Half-title_) 29 YE YOUNG CAPTAINE OF YE CASTLE TELLS YE STORY OF YE PICTURE 35 “SOME OF THESE FABLES ARE REALLY AWFUL” (_color plate_) _facing_ 38 ALICE BECKONED TO THE PICTURE 41 “THE CHAIRMAN OF THE SELECTMEN WAS ADDRESSING TO THE LIEUTENANT-GOVERNOR A LONG AND SOLEMN PROTEST” (_color plate_) _facing_ 42 “SHE SNATCHED AWAY THE SABLE CURTAIN” 45 “_Choking with the Blood of the Boston Massacre_” 47 _Lady Eleanore’s Mantle_ (_Half-title_) 51 YE BEAUTEOUS LADY ELEANORE COMETH TO BOSTON 57 “A PALE YOUNG MAN ...

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

From this reading (Incorporated) Third Impression, March, 1911 “Several Personages descending towards the Door” (_color plate_) _Frontispiece_ LADY READING viii HOWE’S MASQUERADE (_Half-title_) ix YE OLD PROVINCE HOUSE x INITIAL 1 THE INDIAN 2 “THE STORY OF EACH BLUE TILE” 3 “GAGE MAY HAVE BEHELD HIS DISASTROUS VICTORY” 5 THE ELDERLY GENTLEMAN 6 THE BALCONY 7 “ONE OF THESE WORTHIES—A TALL, LANK FIGURE” 10 COLONEL JOLIFFE AND GRANDDAUGHTER 12 “PLEASE YOUR HONOR, THE FAULT IS NONE OF MINE” 15 “A STOUT MAN, DRESSED IN RICH AND COURTLY ATTIRE” 18 “THE SHAPE OF GAGE, AS TRUE AS IN A LOOKING-GLASS” 22 “A TALL MAN, BOOTED AND WRAPPED IN A MILITARY CLOAK” 23 “HE RECOILED SEVERAL STEPS FROM THE FIGURE” (_color plate_) _facing_ 24 “A STAGE DRIVER SAT AT ONE OF THE WINDOWS READING A PENNY PAPER” 27 EDWARD RANDOLPH’S PORTRAIT (_Half-title_) 29 YE YOUNG CAPTAINE OF YE CASTLE TELLS YE STORY OF YE PICTURE 35 “SOME OF THESE FABLES ARE REALLY AWFUL” (_color plate_) _facing_ 38 ALICE BECKONED TO THE PICTURE 41 “THE CHAIRMAN OF THE SELECTMEN WAS ADDRESSING TO THE LIEUTENANT-GOVERNOR A LONG AND SOLEMN PROTEST” (_color plate_) _facing_ 42 “SHE SNATCHED AWAY THE SABLE CURTAIN” 45 “_Choking with the Blood of the Boston Massacre_” 47 _Lady Eleanore’s Mantle_ (_Half-title_) 51 YE BEAUTEOUS LADY ELEANORE COMETH TO BOSTON 57 “A PALE YOUNG MAN ...

English novelist who settled in Australia after World War II (1899-1960)

From this reading PROSTRATED HIMSELF BESIDE THE COACH” (_color plate_) _facing_ 59 GOVERNOR SHUTE DESCENDED THE FLIGHT OF STEPS 60 A GATHERING OF RANK, WEALTH, AND BEAUTY 63 “I PRAY YOU TAKE ONE SIP OF THIS HOLY WINE” 67 “KEEP MY IMAGE IN YOUR REMEMBRANCE” 71 “THE COMMUNICATION COULD BE OF NO AGREEABLE IMPORT” 73 “YOUNG MAN, WHAT IS YOUR PURPOSE?”

structure displaying a board on which advertisements can be posted

From this reading One afternoon, last summer, while walking along Washington Street, my eye was attracted by a signboard protruding over a narrow archway nearly opposite the Old South Church.

a small drink

From this reading PROSTRATED HIMSELF BESIDE THE COACH” (_color plate_) _facing_ 59 GOVERNOR SHUTE DESCENDED THE FLIGHT OF STEPS 60 A GATHERING OF RANK, WEALTH, AND BEAUTY 63 “I PRAY YOU TAKE ONE SIP OF THIS HOLY WINE” 67 “KEEP MY IMAGE IN YOUR REMEMBRANCE” 71 “THE COMMUNICATION COULD BE OF NO AGREEABLE IMPORT” 73 “YOUNG MAN, WHAT IS YOUR PURPOSE?”

past form of “snatch” — to grasp hastily or eagerly

From this reading (Incorporated) Third Impression, March, 1911 “Several Personages descending towards the Door” (_color plate_) _Frontispiece_ LADY READING viii HOWE’S MASQUERADE (_Half-title_) ix YE OLD PROVINCE HOUSE x INITIAL 1 THE INDIAN 2 “THE STORY OF EACH BLUE TILE” 3 “GAGE MAY HAVE BEHELD HIS DISASTROUS VICTORY” 5 THE ELDERLY GENTLEMAN 6 THE BALCONY 7 “ONE OF THESE WORTHIES—A TALL, LANK FIGURE” 10 COLONEL JOLIFFE AND GRANDDAUGHTER 12 “PLEASE YOUR HONOR, THE FAULT IS NONE OF MINE” 15 “A STOUT MAN, DRESSED IN RICH AND COURTLY ATTIRE” 18 “THE SHAPE OF GAGE, AS TRUE AS IN A LOOKING-GLASS” 22 “A TALL MAN, BOOTED AND WRAPPED IN A MILITARY CLOAK” 23 “HE RECOILED SEVERAL STEPS FROM THE FIGURE” (_color plate_) _facing_ 24 “A STAGE DRIVER SAT AT ONE OF THE WINDOWS READING A PENNY PAPER” 27 EDWARD RANDOLPH’S PORTRAIT (_Half-title_) 29 YE YOUNG CAPTAINE OF YE CASTLE TELLS YE STORY OF YE PICTURE 35 “SOME OF THESE FABLES ARE REALLY AWFUL” (_color plate_) _facing_ 38 ALICE BECKONED TO THE PICTURE 41 “THE CHAIRMAN OF THE SELECTMEN WAS ADDRESSING TO THE LIEUTENANT-GOVERNOR A LONG AND SOLEMN PROTEST” (_color plate_) _facing_ 42 “SHE SNATCHED AWAY THE SABLE CURTAIN” 45 “_Choking with the Blood of the Boston Massacre_” 47 _Lady Eleanore’s Mantle_ (_Half-title_) 51 YE BEAUTEOUS LADY ELEANORE COMETH TO BOSTON 57 “A PALE YOUNG MAN ...

dignified and somber in manner or character and committed to keeping promises

From this reading (Incorporated) Third Impression, March, 1911 “Several Personages descending towards the Door” (_color plate_) _Frontispiece_ LADY READING viii HOWE’S MASQUERADE (_Half-title_) ix YE OLD PROVINCE HOUSE x INITIAL 1 THE INDIAN 2 “THE STORY OF EACH BLUE TILE” 3 “GAGE MAY HAVE BEHELD HIS DISASTROUS VICTORY” 5 THE ELDERLY GENTLEMAN 6 THE BALCONY 7 “ONE OF THESE WORTHIES—A TALL, LANK FIGURE” 10 COLONEL JOLIFFE AND GRANDDAUGHTER 12 “PLEASE YOUR HONOR, THE FAULT IS NONE OF MINE” 15 “A STOUT MAN, DRESSED IN RICH AND COURTLY ATTIRE” 18 “THE SHAPE OF GAGE, AS TRUE AS IN A LOOKING-GLASS” 22 “A TALL MAN, BOOTED AND WRAPPED IN A MILITARY CLOAK” 23 “HE RECOILED SEVERAL STEPS FROM THE FIGURE” (_color plate_) _facing_ 24 “A STAGE DRIVER SAT AT ONE OF THE WINDOWS READING A PENNY PAPER” 27 EDWARD RANDOLPH’S PORTRAIT (_Half-title_) 29 YE YOUNG CAPTAINE OF YE CASTLE TELLS YE STORY OF YE PICTURE 35 “SOME OF THESE FABLES ARE REALLY AWFUL” (_color plate_) _facing_ 38 ALICE BECKONED TO THE PICTURE 41 “THE CHAIRMAN OF THE SELECTMEN WAS ADDRESSING TO THE LIEUTENANT-GOVERNOR A LONG AND SOLEMN PROTEST” (_color plate_) _facing_ 42 “SHE SNATCHED AWAY THE SABLE CURTAIN” 45 “_Choking with the Blood of the Boston Massacre_” 47 _Lady Eleanore’s Mantle_ (_Half-title_) 51 YE BEAUTEOUS LADY ELEANORE COMETH TO BOSTON 57 “A PALE YOUNG MAN ...

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

From this reading (Incorporated) Third Impression, March, 1911 “Several Personages descending towards the Door” (_color plate_) _Frontispiece_ LADY READING viii HOWE’S MASQUERADE (_Half-title_) ix YE OLD PROVINCE HOUSE x INITIAL 1 THE INDIAN 2 “THE STORY OF EACH BLUE TILE” 3 “GAGE MAY HAVE BEHELD HIS DISASTROUS VICTORY” 5 THE ELDERLY GENTLEMAN 6 THE BALCONY 7 “ONE OF THESE WORTHIES—A TALL, LANK FIGURE” 10 COLONEL JOLIFFE AND GRANDDAUGHTER 12 “PLEASE YOUR HONOR, THE FAULT IS NONE OF MINE” 15 “A STOUT MAN, DRESSED IN RICH AND COURTLY ATTIRE” 18 “THE SHAPE OF GAGE, AS TRUE AS IN A LOOKING-GLASS” 22 “A TALL MAN, BOOTED AND WRAPPED IN A MILITARY CLOAK” 23 “HE RECOILED SEVERAL STEPS FROM THE FIGURE” (_color plate_) _facing_ 24 “A STAGE DRIVER SAT AT ONE OF THE WINDOWS READING A PENNY PAPER” 27 EDWARD RANDOLPH’S PORTRAIT (_Half-title_) 29 YE YOUNG CAPTAINE OF YE CASTLE TELLS YE STORY OF YE PICTURE 35 “SOME OF THESE FABLES ARE REALLY AWFUL” (_color plate_) _facing_ 38 ALICE BECKONED TO THE PICTURE 41 “THE CHAIRMAN OF THE SELECTMEN WAS ADDRESSING TO THE LIEUTENANT-GOVERNOR A LONG AND SOLEMN PROTEST” (_color plate_) _facing_ 42 “SHE SNATCHED AWAY THE SABLE CURTAIN” 45 “_Choking with the Blood of the Boston Massacre_” 47 _Lady Eleanore’s Mantle_ (_Half-title_) 51 YE BEAUTEOUS LADY ELEANORE COMETH TO BOSTON 57 “A PALE YOUNG MAN ...

the region of the United States lying to the south of the Mason-Dixon line

From this reading One afternoon, last summer, while walking along Washington Street, my eye was attracted by a signboard protruding over a narrow archway nearly opposite the Old South Church.

any distinct time period in a sequence of events

From this reading (Incorporated) Third Impression, March, 1911 “Several Personages descending towards the Door” (_color plate_) _Frontispiece_ LADY READING viii HOWE’S MASQUERADE (_Half-title_) ix YE OLD PROVINCE HOUSE x INITIAL 1 THE INDIAN 2 “THE STORY OF EACH BLUE TILE” 3 “GAGE MAY HAVE BEHELD HIS DISASTROUS VICTORY” 5 THE ELDERLY GENTLEMAN 6 THE BALCONY 7 “ONE OF THESE WORTHIES—A TALL, LANK FIGURE” 10 COLONEL JOLIFFE AND GRANDDAUGHTER 12 “PLEASE YOUR HONOR, THE FAULT IS NONE OF MINE” 15 “A STOUT MAN, DRESSED IN RICH AND COURTLY ATTIRE” 18 “THE SHAPE OF GAGE, AS TRUE AS IN A LOOKING-GLASS” 22 “A TALL MAN, BOOTED AND WRAPPED IN A MILITARY CLOAK” 23 “HE RECOILED SEVERAL STEPS FROM THE FIGURE” (_color plate_) _facing_ 24 “A STAGE DRIVER SAT AT ONE OF THE WINDOWS READING A PENNY PAPER” 27 EDWARD RANDOLPH’S PORTRAIT (_Half-title_) 29 YE YOUNG CAPTAINE OF YE CASTLE TELLS YE STORY OF YE PICTURE 35 “SOME OF THESE FABLES ARE REALLY AWFUL” (_color plate_) _facing_ 38 ALICE BECKONED TO THE PICTURE 41 “THE CHAIRMAN OF THE SELECTMEN WAS ADDRESSING TO THE LIEUTENANT-GOVERNOR A LONG AND SOLEMN PROTEST” (_color plate_) _facing_ 42 “SHE SNATCHED AWAY THE SABLE CURTAIN” 45 “_Choking with the Blood of the Boston Massacre_” 47 _Lady Eleanore’s Mantle_ (_Half-title_) 51 YE BEAUTEOUS LADY ELEANORE COMETH TO BOSTON 57 “A PALE YOUNG MAN ...

stop the flow of a liquid

From this reading 80 “THAT NIGHT A PROCESSION PASSED BY TORCHLIGHT” (_color plate_) _facing_ 81 OLD ESTHER DUDLEY (_Half-title_) 83 “HEAVEN’S CAUSE AND THE KING’S ARE ONE” 89 “TAKE THIS KEY AND KEEP IT SAFE” 92 “A FEW OF THE STANCH, THOUGH CRESTFALLEN OLD TORIES” 95 THE KING OF ENGLAND’S BIRTHDAY 99 “RECEIVE MY TRUST” (_color plate_) _facing_ 101 FAITHFUL UNTO DEATH 104 IN COLONIAL DAYS I. HOWE’S MASQUERADE.

a flight of stairs or a flight of steps

From this reading (Incorporated) Third Impression, March, 1911 “Several Personages descending towards the Door” (_color plate_) _Frontispiece_ LADY READING viii HOWE’S MASQUERADE (_Half-title_) ix YE OLD PROVINCE HOUSE x INITIAL 1 THE INDIAN 2 “THE STORY OF EACH BLUE TILE” 3 “GAGE MAY HAVE BEHELD HIS DISASTROUS VICTORY” 5 THE ELDERLY GENTLEMAN 6 THE BALCONY 7 “ONE OF THESE WORTHIES—A TALL, LANK FIGURE” 10 COLONEL JOLIFFE AND GRANDDAUGHTER 12 “PLEASE YOUR HONOR, THE FAULT IS NONE OF MINE” 15 “A STOUT MAN, DRESSED IN RICH AND COURTLY ATTIRE” 18 “THE SHAPE OF GAGE, AS TRUE AS IN A LOOKING-GLASS” 22 “A TALL MAN, BOOTED AND WRAPPED IN A MILITARY CLOAK” 23 “HE RECOILED SEVERAL STEPS FROM THE FIGURE” (_color plate_) _facing_ 24 “A STAGE DRIVER SAT AT ONE OF THE WINDOWS READING A PENNY PAPER” 27 EDWARD RANDOLPH’S PORTRAIT (_Half-title_) 29 YE YOUNG CAPTAINE OF YE CASTLE TELLS YE STORY OF YE PICTURE 35 “SOME OF THESE FABLES ARE REALLY AWFUL” (_color plate_) _facing_ 38 ALICE BECKONED TO THE PICTURE 41 “THE CHAIRMAN OF THE SELECTMEN WAS ADDRESSING TO THE LIEUTENANT-GOVERNOR A LONG AND SOLEMN PROTEST” (_color plate_) _facing_ 42 “SHE SNATCHED AWAY THE SABLE CURTAIN” 45 “_Choking with the Blood of the Boston Massacre_” 47 _Lady Eleanore’s Mantle_ (_Half-title_) 51 YE BEAUTEOUS LADY ELEANORE COMETH TO BOSTON 57 “A PALE YOUNG MAN ...

a message that tells the particulars of an act or occurrence or course of events; presented in writing or drama or cinema or as a radio or television program

From this reading (Incorporated) Third Impression, March, 1911 “Several Personages descending towards the Door” (_color plate_) _Frontispiece_ LADY READING viii HOWE’S MASQUERADE (_Half-title_) ix YE OLD PROVINCE HOUSE x INITIAL 1 THE INDIAN 2 “THE STORY OF EACH BLUE TILE” 3 “GAGE MAY HAVE BEHELD HIS DISASTROUS VICTORY” 5 THE ELDERLY GENTLEMAN 6 THE BALCONY 7 “ONE OF THESE WORTHIES—A TALL, LANK FIGURE” 10 COLONEL JOLIFFE AND GRANDDAUGHTER 12 “PLEASE YOUR HONOR, THE FAULT IS NONE OF MINE” 15 “A STOUT MAN, DRESSED IN RICH AND COURTLY ATTIRE” 18 “THE SHAPE OF GAGE, AS TRUE AS IN A LOOKING-GLASS” 22 “A TALL MAN, BOOTED AND WRAPPED IN A MILITARY CLOAK” 23 “HE RECOILED SEVERAL STEPS FROM THE FIGURE” (_color plate_) _facing_ 24 “A STAGE DRIVER SAT AT ONE OF THE WINDOWS READING A PENNY PAPER” 27 EDWARD RANDOLPH’S PORTRAIT (_Half-title_) 29 YE YOUNG CAPTAINE OF YE CASTLE TELLS YE STORY OF YE PICTURE 35 “SOME OF THESE FABLES ARE REALLY AWFUL” (_color plate_) _facing_ 38 ALICE BECKONED TO THE PICTURE 41 “THE CHAIRMAN OF THE SELECTMEN WAS ADDRESSING TO THE LIEUTENANT-GOVERNOR A LONG AND SOLEMN PROTEST” (_color plate_) _facing_ 42 “SHE SNATCHED AWAY THE SABLE CURTAIN” 45 “_Choking with the Blood of the Boston Massacre_” 47 _Lady Eleanore’s Mantle_ (_Half-title_) 51 YE BEAUTEOUS LADY ELEANORE COMETH TO BOSTON 57 “A PALE YOUNG MAN ...

dependable

From this reading (Incorporated) Third Impression, March, 1911 “Several Personages descending towards the Door” (_color plate_) _Frontispiece_ LADY READING viii HOWE’S MASQUERADE (_Half-title_) ix YE OLD PROVINCE HOUSE x INITIAL 1 THE INDIAN 2 “THE STORY OF EACH BLUE TILE” 3 “GAGE MAY HAVE BEHELD HIS DISASTROUS VICTORY” 5 THE ELDERLY GENTLEMAN 6 THE BALCONY 7 “ONE OF THESE WORTHIES—A TALL, LANK FIGURE” 10 COLONEL JOLIFFE AND GRANDDAUGHTER 12 “PLEASE YOUR HONOR, THE FAULT IS NONE OF MINE” 15 “A STOUT MAN, DRESSED IN RICH AND COURTLY ATTIRE” 18 “THE SHAPE OF GAGE, AS TRUE AS IN A LOOKING-GLASS” 22 “A TALL MAN, BOOTED AND WRAPPED IN A MILITARY CLOAK” 23 “HE RECOILED SEVERAL STEPS FROM THE FIGURE” (_color plate_) _facing_ 24 “A STAGE DRIVER SAT AT ONE OF THE WINDOWS READING A PENNY PAPER” 27 EDWARD RANDOLPH’S PORTRAIT (_Half-title_) 29 YE YOUNG CAPTAINE OF YE CASTLE TELLS YE STORY OF YE PICTURE 35 “SOME OF THESE FABLES ARE REALLY AWFUL” (_color plate_) _facing_ 38 ALICE BECKONED TO THE PICTURE 41 “THE CHAIRMAN OF THE SELECTMEN WAS ADDRESSING TO THE LIEUTENANT-GOVERNOR A LONG AND SOLEMN PROTEST” (_color plate_) _facing_ 42 “SHE SNATCHED AWAY THE SABLE CURTAIN” 45 “_Choking with the Blood of the Boston Massacre_” 47 _Lady Eleanore’s Mantle_ (_Half-title_) 51 YE BEAUTEOUS LADY ELEANORE COMETH TO BOSTON 57 “A PALE YOUNG MAN ...

a thoroughfare (usually including sidewalks) that is lined with buildings

From this reading One afternoon, last summer, while walking along Washington Street, my eye was attracted by a signboard protruding over a narrow archway nearly opposite the Old South Church.

the warmest season of the year; in the northern hemisphere it extends from the summer solstice to the autumnal equinox

From this reading One afternoon, last summer, while walking along Washington Street, my eye was attracted by a signboard protruding over a narrow archway nearly opposite the Old South Church.

carry out

From this reading PROSTRATED HIMSELF BESIDE THE COACH” (_color plate_) _facing_ 59 GOVERNOR SHUTE DESCENDED THE FLIGHT OF STEPS 60 A GATHERING OF RANK, WEALTH, AND BEAUTY 63 “I PRAY YOU TAKE ONE SIP OF THIS HOLY WINE” 67 “KEEP MY IMAGE IN YOUR REMEMBRANCE” 71 “THE COMMUNICATION COULD BE OF NO AGREEABLE IMPORT” 73 “YOUNG MAN, WHAT IS YOUR PURPOSE?”

great in vertical dimension; high in stature

From this reading (Incorporated) Third Impression, March, 1911 “Several Personages descending towards the Door” (_color plate_) _Frontispiece_ LADY READING viii HOWE’S MASQUERADE (_Half-title_) ix YE OLD PROVINCE HOUSE x INITIAL 1 THE INDIAN 2 “THE STORY OF EACH BLUE TILE” 3 “GAGE MAY HAVE BEHELD HIS DISASTROUS VICTORY” 5 THE ELDERLY GENTLEMAN 6 THE BALCONY 7 “ONE OF THESE WORTHIES—A TALL, LANK FIGURE” 10 COLONEL JOLIFFE AND GRANDDAUGHTER 12 “PLEASE YOUR HONOR, THE FAULT IS NONE OF MINE” 15 “A STOUT MAN, DRESSED IN RICH AND COURTLY ATTIRE” 18 “THE SHAPE OF GAGE, AS TRUE AS IN A LOOKING-GLASS” 22 “A TALL MAN, BOOTED AND WRAPPED IN A MILITARY CLOAK” 23 “HE RECOILED SEVERAL STEPS FROM THE FIGURE” (_color plate_) _facing_ 24 “A STAGE DRIVER SAT AT ONE OF THE WINDOWS READING A PENNY PAPER” 27 EDWARD RANDOLPH’S PORTRAIT (_Half-title_) 29 YE YOUNG CAPTAINE OF YE CASTLE TELLS YE STORY OF YE PICTURE 35 “SOME OF THESE FABLES ARE REALLY AWFUL” (_color plate_) _facing_ 38 ALICE BECKONED TO THE PICTURE 41 “THE CHAIRMAN OF THE SELECTMEN WAS ADDRESSING TO THE LIEUTENANT-GOVERNOR A LONG AND SOLEMN PROTEST” (_color plate_) _facing_ 42 “SHE SNATCHED AWAY THE SABLE CURTAIN” 45 “_Choking with the Blood of the Boston Massacre_” 47 _Lady Eleanore’s Mantle_ (_Half-title_) 51 YE BEAUTEOUS LADY ELEANORE COMETH TO BOSTON 57 “A PALE YOUNG MAN ...

plural of “tell” — a Swiss patriot who lived in the early 14th century and who was renowned for his skill as an archer

From this reading (Incorporated) Third Impression, March, 1911 “Several Personages descending towards the Door” (_color plate_) _Frontispiece_ LADY READING viii HOWE’S MASQUERADE (_Half-title_) ix YE OLD PROVINCE HOUSE x INITIAL 1 THE INDIAN 2 “THE STORY OF EACH BLUE TILE” 3 “GAGE MAY HAVE BEHELD HIS DISASTROUS VICTORY” 5 THE ELDERLY GENTLEMAN 6 THE BALCONY 7 “ONE OF THESE WORTHIES—A TALL, LANK FIGURE” 10 COLONEL JOLIFFE AND GRANDDAUGHTER 12 “PLEASE YOUR HONOR, THE FAULT IS NONE OF MINE” 15 “A STOUT MAN, DRESSED IN RICH AND COURTLY ATTIRE” 18 “THE SHAPE OF GAGE, AS TRUE AS IN A LOOKING-GLASS” 22 “A TALL MAN, BOOTED AND WRAPPED IN A MILITARY CLOAK” 23 “HE RECOILED SEVERAL STEPS FROM THE FIGURE” (_color plate_) _facing_ 24 “A STAGE DRIVER SAT AT ONE OF THE WINDOWS READING A PENNY PAPER” 27 EDWARD RANDOLPH’S PORTRAIT (_Half-title_) 29 YE YOUNG CAPTAINE OF YE CASTLE TELLS YE STORY OF YE PICTURE 35 “SOME OF THESE FABLES ARE REALLY AWFUL” (_color plate_) _facing_ 38 ALICE BECKONED TO THE PICTURE 41 “THE CHAIRMAN OF THE SELECTMEN WAS ADDRESSING TO THE LIEUTENANT-GOVERNOR A LONG AND SOLEMN PROTEST” (_color plate_) _facing_ 42 “SHE SNATCHED AWAY THE SABLE CURTAIN” 45 “_Choking with the Blood of the Boston Massacre_” 47 _Lady Eleanore’s Mantle_ (_Half-title_) 51 YE BEAUTEOUS LADY ELEANORE COMETH TO BOSTON 57 “A PALE YOUNG MAN ...

used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt

From this reading 80 “THAT NIGHT A PROCESSION PASSED BY TORCHLIGHT” (_color plate_) _facing_ 81 OLD ESTHER DUDLEY (_Half-title_) 83 “HEAVEN’S CAUSE AND THE KING’S ARE ONE” 89 “TAKE THIS KEY AND KEEP IT SAFE” 92 “A FEW OF THE STANCH, THOUGH CRESTFALLEN OLD TORIES” 95 THE KING OF ENGLAND’S BIRTHDAY 99 “RECEIVE MY TRUST” (_color plate_) _facing_ 101 FAITHFUL UNTO DEATH 104 IN COLONIAL DAYS I. HOWE’S MASQUERADE.

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

From this reading (Incorporated) Third Impression, March, 1911 “Several Personages descending towards the Door” (_color plate_) _Frontispiece_ LADY READING viii HOWE’S MASQUERADE (_Half-title_) ix YE OLD PROVINCE HOUSE x INITIAL 1 THE INDIAN 2 “THE STORY OF EACH BLUE TILE” 3 “GAGE MAY HAVE BEHELD HIS DISASTROUS VICTORY” 5 THE ELDERLY GENTLEMAN 6 THE BALCONY 7 “ONE OF THESE WORTHIES—A TALL, LANK FIGURE” 10 COLONEL JOLIFFE AND GRANDDAUGHTER 12 “PLEASE YOUR HONOR, THE FAULT IS NONE OF MINE” 15 “A STOUT MAN, DRESSED IN RICH AND COURTLY ATTIRE” 18 “THE SHAPE OF GAGE, AS TRUE AS IN A LOOKING-GLASS” 22 “A TALL MAN, BOOTED AND WRAPPED IN A MILITARY CLOAK” 23 “HE RECOILED SEVERAL STEPS FROM THE FIGURE” (_color plate_) _facing_ 24 “A STAGE DRIVER SAT AT ONE OF THE WINDOWS READING A PENNY PAPER” 27 EDWARD RANDOLPH’S PORTRAIT (_Half-title_) 29 YE YOUNG CAPTAINE OF YE CASTLE TELLS YE STORY OF YE PICTURE 35 “SOME OF THESE FABLES ARE REALLY AWFUL” (_color plate_) _facing_ 38 ALICE BECKONED TO THE PICTURE 41 “THE CHAIRMAN OF THE SELECTMEN WAS ADDRESSING TO THE LIEUTENANT-GOVERNOR A LONG AND SOLEMN PROTEST” (_color plate_) _facing_ 42 “SHE SNATCHED AWAY THE SABLE CURTAIN” 45 “_Choking with the Blood of the Boston Massacre_” 47 _Lady Eleanore’s Mantle_ (_Half-title_) 51 YE BEAUTEOUS LADY ELEANORE COMETH TO BOSTON 57 “A PALE YOUNG MAN ...

the plural of “this”: the people or things near, or just mentioned

From this reading (Incorporated) Third Impression, March, 1911 “Several Personages descending towards the Door” (_color plate_) _Frontispiece_ LADY READING viii HOWE’S MASQUERADE (_Half-title_) ix YE OLD PROVINCE HOUSE x INITIAL 1 THE INDIAN 2 “THE STORY OF EACH BLUE TILE” 3 “GAGE MAY HAVE BEHELD HIS DISASTROUS VICTORY” 5 THE ELDERLY GENTLEMAN 6 THE BALCONY 7 “ONE OF THESE WORTHIES—A TALL, LANK FIGURE” 10 COLONEL JOLIFFE AND GRANDDAUGHTER 12 “PLEASE YOUR HONOR, THE FAULT IS NONE OF MINE” 15 “A STOUT MAN, DRESSED IN RICH AND COURTLY ATTIRE” 18 “THE SHAPE OF GAGE, AS TRUE AS IN A LOOKING-GLASS” 22 “A TALL MAN, BOOTED AND WRAPPED IN A MILITARY CLOAK” 23 “HE RECOILED SEVERAL STEPS FROM THE FIGURE” (_color plate_) _facing_ 24 “A STAGE DRIVER SAT AT ONE OF THE WINDOWS READING A PENNY PAPER” 27 EDWARD RANDOLPH’S PORTRAIT (_Half-title_) 29 YE YOUNG CAPTAINE OF YE CASTLE TELLS YE STORY OF YE PICTURE 35 “SOME OF THESE FABLES ARE REALLY AWFUL” (_color plate_) _facing_ 38 ALICE BECKONED TO THE PICTURE 41 “THE CHAIRMAN OF THE SELECTMEN WAS ADDRESSING TO THE LIEUTENANT-GOVERNOR A LONG AND SOLEMN PROTEST” (_color plate_) _facing_ 42 “SHE SNATCHED AWAY THE SABLE CURTAIN” 45 “_Choking with the Blood of the Boston Massacre_” 47 _Lady Eleanore’s Mantle_ (_Half-title_) 51 YE BEAUTEOUS LADY ELEANORE COMETH TO BOSTON 57 “A PALE YOUNG MAN ...

a special situation

From this reading 77 “WHAT THING ART THOU?”

one of three equal parts of a divisible whole

From this reading (Incorporated) Third Impression, March, 1911 “Several Personages descending towards the Door” (_color plate_) _Frontispiece_ LADY READING viii HOWE’S MASQUERADE (_Half-title_) ix YE OLD PROVINCE HOUSE x INITIAL 1 THE INDIAN 2 “THE STORY OF EACH BLUE TILE” 3 “GAGE MAY HAVE BEHELD HIS DISASTROUS VICTORY” 5 THE ELDERLY GENTLEMAN 6 THE BALCONY 7 “ONE OF THESE WORTHIES—A TALL, LANK FIGURE” 10 COLONEL JOLIFFE AND GRANDDAUGHTER 12 “PLEASE YOUR HONOR, THE FAULT IS NONE OF MINE” 15 “A STOUT MAN, DRESSED IN RICH AND COURTLY ATTIRE” 18 “THE SHAPE OF GAGE, AS TRUE AS IN A LOOKING-GLASS” 22 “A TALL MAN, BOOTED AND WRAPPED IN A MILITARY CLOAK” 23 “HE RECOILED SEVERAL STEPS FROM THE FIGURE” (_color plate_) _facing_ 24 “A STAGE DRIVER SAT AT ONE OF THE WINDOWS READING A PENNY PAPER” 27 EDWARD RANDOLPH’S PORTRAIT (_Half-title_) 29 YE YOUNG CAPTAINE OF YE CASTLE TELLS YE STORY OF YE PICTURE 35 “SOME OF THESE FABLES ARE REALLY AWFUL” (_color plate_) _facing_ 38 ALICE BECKONED TO THE PICTURE 41 “THE CHAIRMAN OF THE SELECTMEN WAS ADDRESSING TO THE LIEUTENANT-GOVERNOR A LONG AND SOLEMN PROTEST” (_color plate_) _facing_ 42 “SHE SNATCHED AWAY THE SABLE CURTAIN” 45 “_Choking with the Blood of the Boston Massacre_” 47 _Lady Eleanore’s Mantle_ (_Half-title_) 51 YE BEAUTEOUS LADY ELEANORE COMETH TO BOSTON 57 “A PALE YOUNG MAN ...

used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned

From this reading PROSTRATED HIMSELF BESIDE THE COACH” (_color plate_) _facing_ 59 GOVERNOR SHUTE DESCENDED THE FLIGHT OF STEPS 60 A GATHERING OF RANK, WEALTH, AND BEAUTY 63 “I PRAY YOU TAKE ONE SIP OF THIS HOLY WINE” 67 “KEEP MY IMAGE IN YOUR REMEMBRANCE” 71 “THE COMMUNICATION COULD BE OF NO AGREEABLE IMPORT” 73 “YOUNG MAN, WHAT IS YOUR PURPOSE?”

an old word for “you”, as the subject, speaking to one person

From this reading 77 “WHAT THING ART THOU?”

in spite of the fact that

From this reading 80 “THAT NIGHT A PROCESSION PASSED BY TORCHLIGHT” (_color plate_) _facing_ 81 OLD ESTHER DUDLEY (_Half-title_) 83 “HEAVEN’S CAUSE AND THE KING’S ARE ONE” 89 “TAKE THIS KEY AND KEEP IT SAFE” 92 “A FEW OF THE STANCH, THOUGH CRESTFALLEN OLD TORIES” 95 THE KING OF ENGLAND’S BIRTHDAY 99 “RECEIVE MY TRUST” (_color plate_) _facing_ 101 FAITHFUL UNTO DEATH 104 IN COLONIAL DAYS I. HOWE’S MASQUERADE.

a flat thin rectangular slab (as of fired clay or rubber or linoleum) used to cover surfaces

From this reading (Incorporated) Third Impression, March, 1911 “Several Personages descending towards the Door” (_color plate_) _Frontispiece_ LADY READING viii HOWE’S MASQUERADE (_Half-title_) ix YE OLD PROVINCE HOUSE x INITIAL 1 THE INDIAN 2 “THE STORY OF EACH BLUE TILE” 3 “GAGE MAY HAVE BEHELD HIS DISASTROUS VICTORY” 5 THE ELDERLY GENTLEMAN 6 THE BALCONY 7 “ONE OF THESE WORTHIES—A TALL, LANK FIGURE” 10 COLONEL JOLIFFE AND GRANDDAUGHTER 12 “PLEASE YOUR HONOR, THE FAULT IS NONE OF MINE” 15 “A STOUT MAN, DRESSED IN RICH AND COURTLY ATTIRE” 18 “THE SHAPE OF GAGE, AS TRUE AS IN A LOOKING-GLASS” 22 “A TALL MAN, BOOTED AND WRAPPED IN A MILITARY CLOAK” 23 “HE RECOILED SEVERAL STEPS FROM THE FIGURE” (_color plate_) _facing_ 24 “A STAGE DRIVER SAT AT ONE OF THE WINDOWS READING A PENNY PAPER” 27 EDWARD RANDOLPH’S PORTRAIT (_Half-title_) 29 YE YOUNG CAPTAINE OF YE CASTLE TELLS YE STORY OF YE PICTURE 35 “SOME OF THESE FABLES ARE REALLY AWFUL” (_color plate_) _facing_ 38 ALICE BECKONED TO THE PICTURE 41 “THE CHAIRMAN OF THE SELECTMEN WAS ADDRESSING TO THE LIEUTENANT-GOVERNOR A LONG AND SOLEMN PROTEST” (_color plate_) _facing_ 42 “SHE SNATCHED AWAY THE SABLE CURTAIN” 45 “_Choking with the Blood of the Boston Massacre_” 47 _Lady Eleanore’s Mantle_ (_Half-title_) 51 YE BEAUTEOUS LADY ELEANORE COMETH TO BOSTON 57 “A PALE YOUNG MAN ...

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

From this reading (Incorporated) Third Impression, March, 1911 “Several Personages descending towards the Door” (_color plate_) _Frontispiece_ LADY READING viii HOWE’S MASQUERADE (_Half-title_) ix YE OLD PROVINCE HOUSE x INITIAL 1 THE INDIAN 2 “THE STORY OF EACH BLUE TILE” 3 “GAGE MAY HAVE BEHELD HIS DISASTROUS VICTORY” 5 THE ELDERLY GENTLEMAN 6 THE BALCONY 7 “ONE OF THESE WORTHIES—A TALL, LANK FIGURE” 10 COLONEL JOLIFFE AND GRANDDAUGHTER 12 “PLEASE YOUR HONOR, THE FAULT IS NONE OF MINE” 15 “A STOUT MAN, DRESSED IN RICH AND COURTLY ATTIRE” 18 “THE SHAPE OF GAGE, AS TRUE AS IN A LOOKING-GLASS” 22 “A TALL MAN, BOOTED AND WRAPPED IN A MILITARY CLOAK” 23 “HE RECOILED SEVERAL STEPS FROM THE FIGURE” (_color plate_) _facing_ 24 “A STAGE DRIVER SAT AT ONE OF THE WINDOWS READING A PENNY PAPER” 27 EDWARD RANDOLPH’S PORTRAIT (_Half-title_) 29 YE YOUNG CAPTAINE OF YE CASTLE TELLS YE STORY OF YE PICTURE 35 “SOME OF THESE FABLES ARE REALLY AWFUL” (_color plate_) _facing_ 38 ALICE BECKONED TO THE PICTURE 41 “THE CHAIRMAN OF THE SELECTMEN WAS ADDRESSING TO THE LIEUTENANT-GOVERNOR A LONG AND SOLEMN PROTEST” (_color plate_) _facing_ 42 “SHE SNATCHED AWAY THE SABLE CURTAIN” 45 “_Choking with the Blood of the Boston Massacre_” 47 _Lady Eleanore’s Mantle_ (_Half-title_) 51 YE BEAUTEOUS LADY ELEANORE COMETH TO BOSTON 57 “A PALE YOUNG MAN ...

light from a torch or torches

From this reading 80 “THAT NIGHT A PROCESSION PASSED BY TORCHLIGHT” (_color plate_) _facing_ 81 OLD ESTHER DUDLEY (_Half-title_) 83 “HEAVEN’S CAUSE AND THE KING’S ARE ONE” 89 “TAKE THIS KEY AND KEEP IT SAFE” 92 “A FEW OF THE STANCH, THOUGH CRESTFALLEN OLD TORIES” 95 THE KING OF ENGLAND’S BIRTHDAY 99 “RECEIVE MY TRUST” (_color plate_) _facing_ 101 FAITHFUL UNTO DEATH 104 IN COLONIAL DAYS I. HOWE’S MASQUERADE.

plural of “tory” — an American who favored the British side during the American Revolution

From this reading 80 “THAT NIGHT A PROCESSION PASSED BY TORCHLIGHT” (_color plate_) _facing_ 81 OLD ESTHER DUDLEY (_Half-title_) 83 “HEAVEN’S CAUSE AND THE KING’S ARE ONE” 89 “TAKE THIS KEY AND KEEP IT SAFE” 92 “A FEW OF THE STANCH, THOUGH CRESTFALLEN OLD TORIES” 95 THE KING OF ENGLAND’S BIRTHDAY 99 “RECEIVE MY TRUST” (_color plate_) _facing_ 101 FAITHFUL UNTO DEATH 104 IN COLONIAL DAYS I. HOWE’S MASQUERADE.

in the direction of

From this reading (Incorporated) Third Impression, March, 1911 “Several Personages descending towards the Door” (_color plate_) _Frontispiece_ LADY READING viii HOWE’S MASQUERADE (_Half-title_) ix YE OLD PROVINCE HOUSE x INITIAL 1 THE INDIAN 2 “THE STORY OF EACH BLUE TILE” 3 “GAGE MAY HAVE BEHELD HIS DISASTROUS VICTORY” 5 THE ELDERLY GENTLEMAN 6 THE BALCONY 7 “ONE OF THESE WORTHIES—A TALL, LANK FIGURE” 10 COLONEL JOLIFFE AND GRANDDAUGHTER 12 “PLEASE YOUR HONOR, THE FAULT IS NONE OF MINE” 15 “A STOUT MAN, DRESSED IN RICH AND COURTLY ATTIRE” 18 “THE SHAPE OF GAGE, AS TRUE AS IN A LOOKING-GLASS” 22 “A TALL MAN, BOOTED AND WRAPPED IN A MILITARY CLOAK” 23 “HE RECOILED SEVERAL STEPS FROM THE FIGURE” (_color plate_) _facing_ 24 “A STAGE DRIVER SAT AT ONE OF THE WINDOWS READING A PENNY PAPER” 27 EDWARD RANDOLPH’S PORTRAIT (_Half-title_) 29 YE YOUNG CAPTAINE OF YE CASTLE TELLS YE STORY OF YE PICTURE 35 “SOME OF THESE FABLES ARE REALLY AWFUL” (_color plate_) _facing_ 38 ALICE BECKONED TO THE PICTURE 41 “THE CHAIRMAN OF THE SELECTMEN WAS ADDRESSING TO THE LIEUTENANT-GOVERNOR A LONG AND SOLEMN PROTEST” (_color plate_) _facing_ 42 “SHE SNATCHED AWAY THE SABLE CURTAIN” 45 “_Choking with the Blood of the Boston Massacre_” 47 _Lady Eleanore’s Mantle_ (_Half-title_) 51 YE BEAUTEOUS LADY ELEANORE COMETH TO BOSTON 57 “A PALE YOUNG MAN ...

consistent with fact or reality; not false

From this reading (Incorporated) Third Impression, March, 1911 “Several Personages descending towards the Door” (_color plate_) _Frontispiece_ LADY READING viii HOWE’S MASQUERADE (_Half-title_) ix YE OLD PROVINCE HOUSE x INITIAL 1 THE INDIAN 2 “THE STORY OF EACH BLUE TILE” 3 “GAGE MAY HAVE BEHELD HIS DISASTROUS VICTORY” 5 THE ELDERLY GENTLEMAN 6 THE BALCONY 7 “ONE OF THESE WORTHIES—A TALL, LANK FIGURE” 10 COLONEL JOLIFFE AND GRANDDAUGHTER 12 “PLEASE YOUR HONOR, THE FAULT IS NONE OF MINE” 15 “A STOUT MAN, DRESSED IN RICH AND COURTLY ATTIRE” 18 “THE SHAPE OF GAGE, AS TRUE AS IN A LOOKING-GLASS” 22 “A TALL MAN, BOOTED AND WRAPPED IN A MILITARY CLOAK” 23 “HE RECOILED SEVERAL STEPS FROM THE FIGURE” (_color plate_) _facing_ 24 “A STAGE DRIVER SAT AT ONE OF THE WINDOWS READING A PENNY PAPER” 27 EDWARD RANDOLPH’S PORTRAIT (_Half-title_) 29 YE YOUNG CAPTAINE OF YE CASTLE TELLS YE STORY OF YE PICTURE 35 “SOME OF THESE FABLES ARE REALLY AWFUL” (_color plate_) _facing_ 38 ALICE BECKONED TO THE PICTURE 41 “THE CHAIRMAN OF THE SELECTMEN WAS ADDRESSING TO THE LIEUTENANT-GOVERNOR A LONG AND SOLEMN PROTEST” (_color plate_) _facing_ 42 “SHE SNATCHED AWAY THE SABLE CURTAIN” 45 “_Choking with the Blood of the Boston Massacre_” 47 _Lady Eleanore’s Mantle_ (_Half-title_) 51 YE BEAUTEOUS LADY ELEANORE COMETH TO BOSTON 57 “A PALE YOUNG MAN ...

something (as property) held by one party (the trustee) for the benefit of another (the beneficiary)

From this reading 80 “THAT NIGHT A PROCESSION PASSED BY TORCHLIGHT” (_color plate_) _facing_ 81 OLD ESTHER DUDLEY (_Half-title_) 83 “HEAVEN’S CAUSE AND THE KING’S ARE ONE” 89 “TAKE THIS KEY AND KEEP IT SAFE” 92 “A FEW OF THE STANCH, THOUGH CRESTFALLEN OLD TORIES” 95 THE KING OF ENGLAND’S BIRTHDAY 99 “RECEIVE MY TRUST” (_color plate_) _facing_ 101 FAITHFUL UNTO DEATH 104 IN COLONIAL DAYS I. HOWE’S MASQUERADE.

an old word for “to”

From this reading 80 “THAT NIGHT A PROCESSION PASSED BY TORCHLIGHT” (_color plate_) _facing_ 81 OLD ESTHER DUDLEY (_Half-title_) 83 “HEAVEN’S CAUSE AND THE KING’S ARE ONE” 89 “TAKE THIS KEY AND KEEP IT SAFE” 92 “A FEW OF THE STANCH, THOUGH CRESTFALLEN OLD TORIES” 95 THE KING OF ENGLAND’S BIRTHDAY 99 “RECEIVE MY TRUST” (_color plate_) _facing_ 101 FAITHFUL UNTO DEATH 104 IN COLONIAL DAYS I. HOWE’S MASQUERADE.

a successful ending of a struggle or contest

From this reading (Incorporated) Third Impression, March, 1911 “Several Personages descending towards the Door” (_color plate_) _Frontispiece_ LADY READING viii HOWE’S MASQUERADE (_Half-title_) ix YE OLD PROVINCE HOUSE x INITIAL 1 THE INDIAN 2 “THE STORY OF EACH BLUE TILE” 3 “GAGE MAY HAVE BEHELD HIS DISASTROUS VICTORY” 5 THE ELDERLY GENTLEMAN 6 THE BALCONY 7 “ONE OF THESE WORTHIES—A TALL, LANK FIGURE” 10 COLONEL JOLIFFE AND GRANDDAUGHTER 12 “PLEASE YOUR HONOR, THE FAULT IS NONE OF MINE” 15 “A STOUT MAN, DRESSED IN RICH AND COURTLY ATTIRE” 18 “THE SHAPE OF GAGE, AS TRUE AS IN A LOOKING-GLASS” 22 “A TALL MAN, BOOTED AND WRAPPED IN A MILITARY CLOAK” 23 “HE RECOILED SEVERAL STEPS FROM THE FIGURE” (_color plate_) _facing_ 24 “A STAGE DRIVER SAT AT ONE OF THE WINDOWS READING A PENNY PAPER” 27 EDWARD RANDOLPH’S PORTRAIT (_Half-title_) 29 YE YOUNG CAPTAINE OF YE CASTLE TELLS YE STORY OF YE PICTURE 35 “SOME OF THESE FABLES ARE REALLY AWFUL” (_color plate_) _facing_ 38 ALICE BECKONED TO THE PICTURE 41 “THE CHAIRMAN OF THE SELECTMEN WAS ADDRESSING TO THE LIEUTENANT-GOVERNOR A LONG AND SOLEMN PROTEST” (_color plate_) _facing_ 42 “SHE SNATCHED AWAY THE SABLE CURTAIN” 45 “_Choking with the Blood of the Boston Massacre_” 47 _Lady Eleanore’s Mantle_ (_Half-title_) 51 YE BEAUTEOUS LADY ELEANORE COMETH TO BOSTON 57 “A PALE YOUNG MAN ...

the cardinal number that is the sum of seven and one

From this reading (Incorporated) Third Impression, March, 1911 “Several Personages descending towards the Door” (_color plate_) _Frontispiece_ LADY READING viii HOWE’S MASQUERADE (_Half-title_) ix YE OLD PROVINCE HOUSE x INITIAL 1 THE INDIAN 2 “THE STORY OF EACH BLUE TILE” 3 “GAGE MAY HAVE BEHELD HIS DISASTROUS VICTORY” 5 THE ELDERLY GENTLEMAN 6 THE BALCONY 7 “ONE OF THESE WORTHIES—A TALL, LANK FIGURE” 10 COLONEL JOLIFFE AND GRANDDAUGHTER 12 “PLEASE YOUR HONOR, THE FAULT IS NONE OF MINE” 15 “A STOUT MAN, DRESSED IN RICH AND COURTLY ATTIRE” 18 “THE SHAPE OF GAGE, AS TRUE AS IN A LOOKING-GLASS” 22 “A TALL MAN, BOOTED AND WRAPPED IN A MILITARY CLOAK” 23 “HE RECOILED SEVERAL STEPS FROM THE FIGURE” (_color plate_) _facing_ 24 “A STAGE DRIVER SAT AT ONE OF THE WINDOWS READING A PENNY PAPER” 27 EDWARD RANDOLPH’S PORTRAIT (_Half-title_) 29 YE YOUNG CAPTAINE OF YE CASTLE TELLS YE STORY OF YE PICTURE 35 “SOME OF THESE FABLES ARE REALLY AWFUL” (_color plate_) _facing_ 38 ALICE BECKONED TO THE PICTURE 41 “THE CHAIRMAN OF THE SELECTMEN WAS ADDRESSING TO THE LIEUTENANT-GOVERNOR A LONG AND SOLEMN PROTEST” (_color plate_) _facing_ 42 “SHE SNATCHED AWAY THE SABLE CURTAIN” 45 “_Choking with the Blood of the Boston Massacre_” 47 _Lady Eleanore’s Mantle_ (_Half-title_) 51 YE BEAUTEOUS LADY ELEANORE COMETH TO BOSTON 57 “A PALE YOUNG MAN ...

close enough to be walked to

From this reading One afternoon, last summer, while walking along Washington Street, my eye was attracted by a signboard protruding over a narrow archway nearly opposite the Old South Church.

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

From this reading (Incorporated) Third Impression, March, 1911 “Several Personages descending towards the Door” (_color plate_) _Frontispiece_ LADY READING viii HOWE’S MASQUERADE (_Half-title_) ix YE OLD PROVINCE HOUSE x INITIAL 1 THE INDIAN 2 “THE STORY OF EACH BLUE TILE” 3 “GAGE MAY HAVE BEHELD HIS DISASTROUS VICTORY” 5 THE ELDERLY GENTLEMAN 6 THE BALCONY 7 “ONE OF THESE WORTHIES—A TALL, LANK FIGURE” 10 COLONEL JOLIFFE AND GRANDDAUGHTER 12 “PLEASE YOUR HONOR, THE FAULT IS NONE OF MINE” 15 “A STOUT MAN, DRESSED IN RICH AND COURTLY ATTIRE” 18 “THE SHAPE OF GAGE, AS TRUE AS IN A LOOKING-GLASS” 22 “A TALL MAN, BOOTED AND WRAPPED IN A MILITARY CLOAK” 23 “HE RECOILED SEVERAL STEPS FROM THE FIGURE” (_color plate_) _facing_ 24 “A STAGE DRIVER SAT AT ONE OF THE WINDOWS READING A PENNY PAPER” 27 EDWARD RANDOLPH’S PORTRAIT (_Half-title_) 29 YE YOUNG CAPTAINE OF YE CASTLE TELLS YE STORY OF YE PICTURE 35 “SOME OF THESE FABLES ARE REALLY AWFUL” (_color plate_) _facing_ 38 ALICE BECKONED TO THE PICTURE 41 “THE CHAIRMAN OF THE SELECTMEN WAS ADDRESSING TO THE LIEUTENANT-GOVERNOR A LONG AND SOLEMN PROTEST” (_color plate_) _facing_ 42 “SHE SNATCHED AWAY THE SABLE CURTAIN” 45 “_Choking with the Blood of the Boston Massacre_” 47 _Lady Eleanore’s Mantle_ (_Half-title_) 51 YE BEAUTEOUS LADY ELEANORE COMETH TO BOSTON 57 “A PALE YOUNG MAN ...

the capital of the United States in the District of Columbia and a tourist mecca; George Washington commissioned Charles L'Enfant to lay out the city in 1791

From this reading One afternoon, last summer, while walking along Washington Street, my eye was attracted by a signboard protruding over a narrow archway nearly opposite the Old South Church.

the state of being rich and affluent; having a plentiful supply of material goods and money

From this reading PROSTRATED HIMSELF BESIDE THE COACH” (_color plate_) _facing_ 59 GOVERNOR SHUTE DESCENDED THE FLIGHT OF STEPS 60 A GATHERING OF RANK, WEALTH, AND BEAUTY 63 “I PRAY YOU TAKE ONE SIP OF THIS HOLY WINE” 67 “KEEP MY IMAGE IN YOUR REMEMBRANCE” 71 “THE COMMUNICATION COULD BE OF NO AGREEABLE IMPORT” 73 “YOUNG MAN, WHAT IS YOUR PURPOSE?”

used to ask for information about something

From this reading PROSTRATED HIMSELF BESIDE THE COACH” (_color plate_) _facing_ 59 GOVERNOR SHUTE DESCENDED THE FLIGHT OF STEPS 60 A GATHERING OF RANK, WEALTH, AND BEAUTY 63 “I PRAY YOU TAKE ONE SIP OF THIS HOLY WINE” 67 “KEEP MY IMAGE IN YOUR REMEMBRANCE” 71 “THE COMMUNICATION COULD BE OF NO AGREEABLE IMPORT” 73 “YOUNG MAN, WHAT IS YOUR PURPOSE?”

during the time that

From this reading One afternoon, last summer, while walking along Washington Street, my eye was attracted by a signboard protruding over a narrow archway nearly opposite the Old South Church.

(trademark) an operating system with a graphical user interface

From this reading (Incorporated) Third Impression, March, 1911 “Several Personages descending towards the Door” (_color plate_) _Frontispiece_ LADY READING viii HOWE’S MASQUERADE (_Half-title_) ix YE OLD PROVINCE HOUSE x INITIAL 1 THE INDIAN 2 “THE STORY OF EACH BLUE TILE” 3 “GAGE MAY HAVE BEHELD HIS DISASTROUS VICTORY” 5 THE ELDERLY GENTLEMAN 6 THE BALCONY 7 “ONE OF THESE WORTHIES—A TALL, LANK FIGURE” 10 COLONEL JOLIFFE AND GRANDDAUGHTER 12 “PLEASE YOUR HONOR, THE FAULT IS NONE OF MINE” 15 “A STOUT MAN, DRESSED IN RICH AND COURTLY ATTIRE” 18 “THE SHAPE OF GAGE, AS TRUE AS IN A LOOKING-GLASS” 22 “A TALL MAN, BOOTED AND WRAPPED IN A MILITARY CLOAK” 23 “HE RECOILED SEVERAL STEPS FROM THE FIGURE” (_color plate_) _facing_ 24 “A STAGE DRIVER SAT AT ONE OF THE WINDOWS READING A PENNY PAPER” 27 EDWARD RANDOLPH’S PORTRAIT (_Half-title_) 29 YE YOUNG CAPTAINE OF YE CASTLE TELLS YE STORY OF YE PICTURE 35 “SOME OF THESE FABLES ARE REALLY AWFUL” (_color plate_) _facing_ 38 ALICE BECKONED TO THE PICTURE 41 “THE CHAIRMAN OF THE SELECTMEN WAS ADDRESSING TO THE LIEUTENANT-GOVERNOR A LONG AND SOLEMN PROTEST” (_color plate_) _facing_ 42 “SHE SNATCHED AWAY THE SABLE CURTAIN” 45 “_Choking with the Blood of the Boston Massacre_” 47 _Lady Eleanore’s Mantle_ (_Half-title_) 51 YE BEAUTEOUS LADY ELEANORE COMETH TO BOSTON 57 “A PALE YOUNG MAN ...

fermented juice (of grapes especially)

From this reading PROSTRATED HIMSELF BESIDE THE COACH” (_color plate_) _facing_ 59 GOVERNOR SHUTE DESCENDED THE FLIGHT OF STEPS 60 A GATHERING OF RANK, WEALTH, AND BEAUTY 63 “I PRAY YOU TAKE ONE SIP OF THIS HOLY WINE” 67 “KEEP MY IMAGE IN YOUR REMEMBRANCE” 71 “THE COMMUNICATION COULD BE OF NO AGREEABLE IMPORT” 73 “YOUNG MAN, WHAT IS YOUR PURPOSE?”

in the company of; together with

From this reading (Incorporated) Third Impression, March, 1911 “Several Personages descending towards the Door” (_color plate_) _Frontispiece_ LADY READING viii HOWE’S MASQUERADE (_Half-title_) ix YE OLD PROVINCE HOUSE x INITIAL 1 THE INDIAN 2 “THE STORY OF EACH BLUE TILE” 3 “GAGE MAY HAVE BEHELD HIS DISASTROUS VICTORY” 5 THE ELDERLY GENTLEMAN 6 THE BALCONY 7 “ONE OF THESE WORTHIES—A TALL, LANK FIGURE” 10 COLONEL JOLIFFE AND GRANDDAUGHTER 12 “PLEASE YOUR HONOR, THE FAULT IS NONE OF MINE” 15 “A STOUT MAN, DRESSED IN RICH AND COURTLY ATTIRE” 18 “THE SHAPE OF GAGE, AS TRUE AS IN A LOOKING-GLASS” 22 “A TALL MAN, BOOTED AND WRAPPED IN A MILITARY CLOAK” 23 “HE RECOILED SEVERAL STEPS FROM THE FIGURE” (_color plate_) _facing_ 24 “A STAGE DRIVER SAT AT ONE OF THE WINDOWS READING A PENNY PAPER” 27 EDWARD RANDOLPH’S PORTRAIT (_Half-title_) 29 YE YOUNG CAPTAINE OF YE CASTLE TELLS YE STORY OF YE PICTURE 35 “SOME OF THESE FABLES ARE REALLY AWFUL” (_color plate_) _facing_ 38 ALICE BECKONED TO THE PICTURE 41 “THE CHAIRMAN OF THE SELECTMEN WAS ADDRESSING TO THE LIEUTENANT-GOVERNOR A LONG AND SOLEMN PROTEST” (_color plate_) _facing_ 42 “SHE SNATCHED AWAY THE SABLE CURTAIN” 45 “_Choking with the Blood of the Boston Massacre_” 47 _Lady Eleanore’s Mantle_ (_Half-title_) 51 YE BEAUTEOUS LADY ELEANORE COMETH TO BOSTON 57 “A PALE YOUNG MAN ...

plural of “worthy” — an important, honorable person (word is often used humorously)

From this reading (Incorporated) Third Impression, March, 1911 “Several Personages descending towards the Door” (_color plate_) _Frontispiece_ LADY READING viii HOWE’S MASQUERADE (_Half-title_) ix YE OLD PROVINCE HOUSE x INITIAL 1 THE INDIAN 2 “THE STORY OF EACH BLUE TILE” 3 “GAGE MAY HAVE BEHELD HIS DISASTROUS VICTORY” 5 THE ELDERLY GENTLEMAN 6 THE BALCONY 7 “ONE OF THESE WORTHIES—A TALL, LANK FIGURE” 10 COLONEL JOLIFFE AND GRANDDAUGHTER 12 “PLEASE YOUR HONOR, THE FAULT IS NONE OF MINE” 15 “A STOUT MAN, DRESSED IN RICH AND COURTLY ATTIRE” 18 “THE SHAPE OF GAGE, AS TRUE AS IN A LOOKING-GLASS” 22 “A TALL MAN, BOOTED AND WRAPPED IN A MILITARY CLOAK” 23 “HE RECOILED SEVERAL STEPS FROM THE FIGURE” (_color plate_) _facing_ 24 “A STAGE DRIVER SAT AT ONE OF THE WINDOWS READING A PENNY PAPER” 27 EDWARD RANDOLPH’S PORTRAIT (_Half-title_) 29 YE YOUNG CAPTAINE OF YE CASTLE TELLS YE STORY OF YE PICTURE 35 “SOME OF THESE FABLES ARE REALLY AWFUL” (_color plate_) _facing_ 38 ALICE BECKONED TO THE PICTURE 41 “THE CHAIRMAN OF THE SELECTMEN WAS ADDRESSING TO THE LIEUTENANT-GOVERNOR A LONG AND SOLEMN PROTEST” (_color plate_) _facing_ 42 “SHE SNATCHED AWAY THE SABLE CURTAIN” 45 “_Choking with the Blood of the Boston Massacre_” 47 _Lady Eleanore’s Mantle_ (_Half-title_) 51 YE BEAUTEOUS LADY ELEANORE COMETH TO BOSTON 57 “A PALE YOUNG MAN ...

covered with or as if with clothes or a wrap or cloak

From this reading (Incorporated) Third Impression, March, 1911 “Several Personages descending towards the Door” (_color plate_) _Frontispiece_ LADY READING viii HOWE’S MASQUERADE (_Half-title_) ix YE OLD PROVINCE HOUSE x INITIAL 1 THE INDIAN 2 “THE STORY OF EACH BLUE TILE” 3 “GAGE MAY HAVE BEHELD HIS DISASTROUS VICTORY” 5 THE ELDERLY GENTLEMAN 6 THE BALCONY 7 “ONE OF THESE WORTHIES—A TALL, LANK FIGURE” 10 COLONEL JOLIFFE AND GRANDDAUGHTER 12 “PLEASE YOUR HONOR, THE FAULT IS NONE OF MINE” 15 “A STOUT MAN, DRESSED IN RICH AND COURTLY ATTIRE” 18 “THE SHAPE OF GAGE, AS TRUE AS IN A LOOKING-GLASS” 22 “A TALL MAN, BOOTED AND WRAPPED IN A MILITARY CLOAK” 23 “HE RECOILED SEVERAL STEPS FROM THE FIGURE” (_color plate_) _facing_ 24 “A STAGE DRIVER SAT AT ONE OF THE WINDOWS READING A PENNY PAPER” 27 EDWARD RANDOLPH’S PORTRAIT (_Half-title_) 29 YE YOUNG CAPTAINE OF YE CASTLE TELLS YE STORY OF YE PICTURE 35 “SOME OF THESE FABLES ARE REALLY AWFUL” (_color plate_) _facing_ 38 ALICE BECKONED TO THE PICTURE 41 “THE CHAIRMAN OF THE SELECTMEN WAS ADDRESSING TO THE LIEUTENANT-GOVERNOR A LONG AND SOLEMN PROTEST” (_color plate_) _facing_ 42 “SHE SNATCHED AWAY THE SABLE CURTAIN” 45 “_Choking with the Blood of the Boston Massacre_” 47 _Lady Eleanore’s Mantle_ (_Half-title_) 51 YE BEAUTEOUS LADY ELEANORE COMETH TO BOSTON 57 “A PALE YOUNG MAN ...

the cardinal number that is the sum of nine and one; the base of the decimal system

From this reading (Incorporated) Third Impression, March, 1911 “Several Personages descending towards the Door” (_color plate_) _Frontispiece_ LADY READING viii HOWE’S MASQUERADE (_Half-title_) ix YE OLD PROVINCE HOUSE x INITIAL 1 THE INDIAN 2 “THE STORY OF EACH BLUE TILE” 3 “GAGE MAY HAVE BEHELD HIS DISASTROUS VICTORY” 5 THE ELDERLY GENTLEMAN 6 THE BALCONY 7 “ONE OF THESE WORTHIES—A TALL, LANK FIGURE” 10 COLONEL JOLIFFE AND GRANDDAUGHTER 12 “PLEASE YOUR HONOR, THE FAULT IS NONE OF MINE” 15 “A STOUT MAN, DRESSED IN RICH AND COURTLY ATTIRE” 18 “THE SHAPE OF GAGE, AS TRUE AS IN A LOOKING-GLASS” 22 “A TALL MAN, BOOTED AND WRAPPED IN A MILITARY CLOAK” 23 “HE RECOILED SEVERAL STEPS FROM THE FIGURE” (_color plate_) _facing_ 24 “A STAGE DRIVER SAT AT ONE OF THE WINDOWS READING A PENNY PAPER” 27 EDWARD RANDOLPH’S PORTRAIT (_Half-title_) 29 YE YOUNG CAPTAINE OF YE CASTLE TELLS YE STORY OF YE PICTURE 35 “SOME OF THESE FABLES ARE REALLY AWFUL” (_color plate_) _facing_ 38 ALICE BECKONED TO THE PICTURE 41 “THE CHAIRMAN OF THE SELECTMEN WAS ADDRESSING TO THE LIEUTENANT-GOVERNOR A LONG AND SOLEMN PROTEST” (_color plate_) _facing_ 42 “SHE SNATCHED AWAY THE SABLE CURTAIN” 45 “_Choking with the Blood of the Boston Massacre_” 47 _Lady Eleanore’s Mantle_ (_Half-title_) 51 YE BEAUTEOUS LADY ELEANORE COMETH TO BOSTON 57 “A PALE YOUNG MAN ...

an old word for “you”, speaking to more than one person

From this reading (Incorporated) Third Impression, March, 1911 “Several Personages descending towards the Door” (_color plate_) _Frontispiece_ LADY READING viii HOWE’S MASQUERADE (_Half-title_) ix YE OLD PROVINCE HOUSE x INITIAL 1 THE INDIAN 2 “THE STORY OF EACH BLUE TILE” 3 “GAGE MAY HAVE BEHELD HIS DISASTROUS VICTORY” 5 THE ELDERLY GENTLEMAN 6 THE BALCONY 7 “ONE OF THESE WORTHIES—A TALL, LANK FIGURE” 10 COLONEL JOLIFFE AND GRANDDAUGHTER 12 “PLEASE YOUR HONOR, THE FAULT IS NONE OF MINE” 15 “A STOUT MAN, DRESSED IN RICH AND COURTLY ATTIRE” 18 “THE SHAPE OF GAGE, AS TRUE AS IN A LOOKING-GLASS” 22 “A TALL MAN, BOOTED AND WRAPPED IN A MILITARY CLOAK” 23 “HE RECOILED SEVERAL STEPS FROM THE FIGURE” (_color plate_) _facing_ 24 “A STAGE DRIVER SAT AT ONE OF THE WINDOWS READING A PENNY PAPER” 27 EDWARD RANDOLPH’S PORTRAIT (_Half-title_) 29 YE YOUNG CAPTAINE OF YE CASTLE TELLS YE STORY OF YE PICTURE 35 “SOME OF THESE FABLES ARE REALLY AWFUL” (_color plate_) _facing_ 38 ALICE BECKONED TO THE PICTURE 41 “THE CHAIRMAN OF THE SELECTMEN WAS ADDRESSING TO THE LIEUTENANT-GOVERNOR A LONG AND SOLEMN PROTEST” (_color plate_) _facing_ 42 “SHE SNATCHED AWAY THE SABLE CURTAIN” 45 “_Choking with the Blood of the Boston Massacre_” 47 _Lady Eleanore’s Mantle_ (_Half-title_) 51 YE BEAUTEOUS LADY ELEANORE COMETH TO BOSTON 57 “A PALE YOUNG MAN ...

the person or people being spoken to

From this reading PROSTRATED HIMSELF BESIDE THE COACH” (_color plate_) _facing_ 59 GOVERNOR SHUTE DESCENDED THE FLIGHT OF STEPS 60 A GATHERING OF RANK, WEALTH, AND BEAUTY 63 “I PRAY YOU TAKE ONE SIP OF THIS HOLY WINE” 67 “KEEP MY IMAGE IN YOUR REMEMBRANCE” 71 “THE COMMUNICATION COULD BE OF NO AGREEABLE IMPORT” 73 “YOUNG MAN, WHAT IS YOUR PURPOSE?”

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

From this reading (Incorporated) Third Impression, March, 1911 “Several Personages descending towards the Door” (_color plate_) _Frontispiece_ LADY READING viii HOWE’S MASQUERADE (_Half-title_) ix YE OLD PROVINCE HOUSE x INITIAL 1 THE INDIAN 2 “THE STORY OF EACH BLUE TILE” 3 “GAGE MAY HAVE BEHELD HIS DISASTROUS VICTORY” 5 THE ELDERLY GENTLEMAN 6 THE BALCONY 7 “ONE OF THESE WORTHIES—A TALL, LANK FIGURE” 10 COLONEL JOLIFFE AND GRANDDAUGHTER 12 “PLEASE YOUR HONOR, THE FAULT IS NONE OF MINE” 15 “A STOUT MAN, DRESSED IN RICH AND COURTLY ATTIRE” 18 “THE SHAPE OF GAGE, AS TRUE AS IN A LOOKING-GLASS” 22 “A TALL MAN, BOOTED AND WRAPPED IN A MILITARY CLOAK” 23 “HE RECOILED SEVERAL STEPS FROM THE FIGURE” (_color plate_) _facing_ 24 “A STAGE DRIVER SAT AT ONE OF THE WINDOWS READING A PENNY PAPER” 27 EDWARD RANDOLPH’S PORTRAIT (_Half-title_) 29 YE YOUNG CAPTAINE OF YE CASTLE TELLS YE STORY OF YE PICTURE 35 “SOME OF THESE FABLES ARE REALLY AWFUL” (_color plate_) _facing_ 38 ALICE BECKONED TO THE PICTURE 41 “THE CHAIRMAN OF THE SELECTMEN WAS ADDRESSING TO THE LIEUTENANT-GOVERNOR A LONG AND SOLEMN PROTEST” (_color plate_) _facing_ 42 “SHE SNATCHED AWAY THE SABLE CURTAIN” 45 “_Choking with the Blood of the Boston Massacre_” 47 _Lady Eleanore’s Mantle_ (_Half-title_) 51 YE BEAUTEOUS LADY ELEANORE COMETH TO BOSTON 57 “A PALE YOUNG MAN ...

belonging to the person or people being spoken to

From this reading (Incorporated) Third Impression, March, 1911 “Several Personages descending towards the Door” (_color plate_) _Frontispiece_ LADY READING viii HOWE’S MASQUERADE (_Half-title_) ix YE OLD PROVINCE HOUSE x INITIAL 1 THE INDIAN 2 “THE STORY OF EACH BLUE TILE” 3 “GAGE MAY HAVE BEHELD HIS DISASTROUS VICTORY” 5 THE ELDERLY GENTLEMAN 6 THE BALCONY 7 “ONE OF THESE WORTHIES—A TALL, LANK FIGURE” 10 COLONEL JOLIFFE AND GRANDDAUGHTER 12 “PLEASE YOUR HONOR, THE FAULT IS NONE OF MINE” 15 “A STOUT MAN, DRESSED IN RICH AND COURTLY ATTIRE” 18 “THE SHAPE OF GAGE, AS TRUE AS IN A LOOKING-GLASS” 22 “A TALL MAN, BOOTED AND WRAPPED IN A MILITARY CLOAK” 23 “HE RECOILED SEVERAL STEPS FROM THE FIGURE” (_color plate_) _facing_ 24 “A STAGE DRIVER SAT AT ONE OF THE WINDOWS READING A PENNY PAPER” 27 EDWARD RANDOLPH’S PORTRAIT (_Half-title_) 29 YE YOUNG CAPTAINE OF YE CASTLE TELLS YE STORY OF YE PICTURE 35 “SOME OF THESE FABLES ARE REALLY AWFUL” (_color plate_) _facing_ 38 ALICE BECKONED TO THE PICTURE 41 “THE CHAIRMAN OF THE SELECTMEN WAS ADDRESSING TO THE LIEUTENANT-GOVERNOR A LONG AND SOLEMN PROTEST” (_color plate_) _facing_ 42 “SHE SNATCHED AWAY THE SABLE CURTAIN” 45 “_Choking with the Blood of the Boston Massacre_” 47 _Lady Eleanore’s Mantle_ (_Half-title_) 51 YE BEAUTEOUS LADY ELEANORE COMETH TO BOSTON 57 “A PALE YOUNG MAN ...