Chapter I

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From this reading XLI HERE WE SEE GRANT ADAMS CONQUERING HIS THIRD AND LAST DEVIL 454 XLII A CHAPTER WHICH IS CONCERNED LARGELY WITH THE LOVE AFFAIRS OF "THE FULL STRENGTH OF THE COMPANY" 468 XLIII WHEREIN WE FIND GRANT ADAMS CALLING UPON KENYON'S MOTHER, AND DARKNESS FALLS UPON TWO LOVERS 496 XLIV IN WHICH WE SUFFER LITTLE CHILDREN, WITH GEORGE BROTHERTON, AND IN GENERAL CONSIDER THE HABITANTS OF THE KINGDOM 515 XLV IN WHICH LIDA BOWMAN CONSIDERS HER UNIVERSE AND TOM VAN DORN WINS ANOTHER VICTORY 527 XLVI WHEREIN GRANT ADAMS PREACHES PEACE AND LIDA BOWMAN SPEAKS HER MIND 543 XLVII IN WHICH GRANT ADAMS AND LAURA VAN DORN TAKE A WALK DOWN MARKET STREET AND MRS.

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From this reading XLI HERE WE SEE GRANT ADAMS CONQUERING HIS THIRD AND LAST DEVIL 454 XLII A CHAPTER WHICH IS CONCERNED LARGELY WITH THE LOVE AFFAIRS OF "THE FULL STRENGTH OF THE COMPANY" 468 XLIII WHEREIN WE FIND GRANT ADAMS CALLING UPON KENYON'S MOTHER, AND DARKNESS FALLS UPON TWO LOVERS 496 XLIV IN WHICH WE SUFFER LITTLE CHILDREN, WITH GEORGE BROTHERTON, AND IN GENERAL CONSIDER THE HABITANTS OF THE KINGDOM 515 XLV IN WHICH LIDA BOWMAN CONSIDERS HER UNIVERSE AND TOM VAN DORN WINS ANOTHER VICTORY 527 XLVI WHEREIN GRANT ADAMS PREACHES PEACE AND LIDA BOWMAN SPEAKS HER MIND 543 XLVII IN WHICH GRANT ADAMS AND LAURA VAN DORN TAKE A WALK DOWN MARKET STREET AND MRS.

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From this reading XLI HERE WE SEE GRANT ADAMS CONQUERING HIS THIRD AND LAST DEVIL 454 XLII A CHAPTER WHICH IS CONCERNED LARGELY WITH THE LOVE AFFAIRS OF "THE FULL STRENGTH OF THE COMPANY" 468 XLIII WHEREIN WE FIND GRANT ADAMS CALLING UPON KENYON'S MOTHER, AND DARKNESS FALLS UPON TWO LOVERS 496 XLIV IN WHICH WE SUFFER LITTLE CHILDREN, WITH GEORGE BROTHERTON, AND IN GENERAL CONSIDER THE HABITANTS OF THE KINGDOM 515 XLV IN WHICH LIDA BOWMAN CONSIDERS HER UNIVERSE AND TOM VAN DORN WINS ANOTHER VICTORY 527 XLVI WHEREIN GRANT ADAMS PREACHES PEACE AND LIDA BOWMAN SPEAKS HER MIND 543 XLVII IN WHICH GRANT ADAMS AND LAURA VAN DORN TAKE A WALK DOWN MARKET STREET AND MRS.

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From this reading XLI HERE WE SEE GRANT ADAMS CONQUERING HIS THIRD AND LAST DEVIL 454 XLII A CHAPTER WHICH IS CONCERNED LARGELY WITH THE LOVE AFFAIRS OF "THE FULL STRENGTH OF THE COMPANY" 468 XLIII WHEREIN WE FIND GRANT ADAMS CALLING UPON KENYON'S MOTHER, AND DARKNESS FALLS UPON TWO LOVERS 496 XLIV IN WHICH WE SUFFER LITTLE CHILDREN, WITH GEORGE BROTHERTON, AND IN GENERAL CONSIDER THE HABITANTS OF THE KINGDOM 515 XLV IN WHICH LIDA BOWMAN CONSIDERS HER UNIVERSE AND TOM VAN DORN WINS ANOTHER VICTORY 527 XLVI WHEREIN GRANT ADAMS PREACHES PEACE AND LIDA BOWMAN SPEAKS HER MIND 543 XLVII IN WHICH GRANT ADAMS AND LAURA VAN DORN TAKE A WALK DOWN MARKET STREET AND MRS.

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From this reading XLI HERE WE SEE GRANT ADAMS CONQUERING HIS THIRD AND LAST DEVIL 454 XLII A CHAPTER WHICH IS CONCERNED LARGELY WITH THE LOVE AFFAIRS OF "THE FULL STRENGTH OF THE COMPANY" 468 XLIII WHEREIN WE FIND GRANT ADAMS CALLING UPON KENYON'S MOTHER, AND DARKNESS FALLS UPON TWO LOVERS 496 XLIV IN WHICH WE SUFFER LITTLE CHILDREN, WITH GEORGE BROTHERTON, AND IN GENERAL CONSIDER THE HABITANTS OF THE KINGDOM 515 XLV IN WHICH LIDA BOWMAN CONSIDERS HER UNIVERSE AND TOM VAN DORN WINS ANOTHER VICTORY 527 XLVI WHEREIN GRANT ADAMS PREACHES PEACE AND LIDA BOWMAN SPEAKS HER MIND 543 XLVII IN WHICH GRANT ADAMS AND LAURA VAN DORN TAKE A WALK DOWN MARKET STREET AND MRS.

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From this reading XLI HERE WE SEE GRANT ADAMS CONQUERING HIS THIRD AND LAST DEVIL 454 XLII A CHAPTER WHICH IS CONCERNED LARGELY WITH THE LOVE AFFAIRS OF "THE FULL STRENGTH OF THE COMPANY" 468 XLIII WHEREIN WE FIND GRANT ADAMS CALLING UPON KENYON'S MOTHER, AND DARKNESS FALLS UPON TWO LOVERS 496 XLIV IN WHICH WE SUFFER LITTLE CHILDREN, WITH GEORGE BROTHERTON, AND IN GENERAL CONSIDER THE HABITANTS OF THE KINGDOM 515 XLV IN WHICH LIDA BOWMAN CONSIDERS HER UNIVERSE AND TOM VAN DORN WINS ANOTHER VICTORY 527 XLVI WHEREIN GRANT ADAMS PREACHES PEACE AND LIDA BOWMAN SPEAKS HER MIND 543 XLVII IN WHICH GRANT ADAMS AND LAURA VAN DORN TAKE A WALK DOWN MARKET STREET AND MRS.

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From this reading NESBIT ACQUIRES A LONG LOST GRANDSON-IN-LAW 561 XLVIII WHEREIN WE ERECT A HOUSE BUILT UPON A ROCK 575 XLIX HOW MORTY SANDS TURNED AWAY SADLY AND JUDGE VAN DORN UNCOVERED A SECRET 582 L JUDGE VAN DORN SINGS SOME MERRY SONGS AND THEY TAKE GRANT ADAMS BEHIND A WHITE DOOR 597 LI IN WHICH WE END AS WE BEGAN AND ALL LIVE HAPPILY EVER AFTER 609 LII NOT EXACTLY A CHAPTER BUT RATHER A Q. E. D. OR A HIC FABULA DOCET 613

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From this reading NESBIT ACQUIRES A LONG LOST GRANDSON-IN-LAW 561 XLVIII WHEREIN WE ERECT A HOUSE BUILT UPON A ROCK 575 XLIX HOW MORTY SANDS TURNED AWAY SADLY AND JUDGE VAN DORN UNCOVERED A SECRET 582 L JUDGE VAN DORN SINGS SOME MERRY SONGS AND THEY TAKE GRANT ADAMS BEHIND A WHITE DOOR 597 LI IN WHICH WE END AS WE BEGAN AND ALL LIVE HAPPILY EVER AFTER 609 LII NOT EXACTLY A CHAPTER BUT RATHER A Q. E. D. OR A HIC FABULA DOCET 613

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From this reading NESBIT ACQUIRES A LONG LOST GRANDSON-IN-LAW 561 XLVIII WHEREIN WE ERECT A HOUSE BUILT UPON A ROCK 575 XLIX HOW MORTY SANDS TURNED AWAY SADLY AND JUDGE VAN DORN UNCOVERED A SECRET 582 L JUDGE VAN DORN SINGS SOME MERRY SONGS AND THEY TAKE GRANT ADAMS BEHIND A WHITE DOOR 597 LI IN WHICH WE END AS WE BEGAN AND ALL LIVE HAPPILY EVER AFTER 609 LII NOT EXACTLY A CHAPTER BUT RATHER A Q. E. D. OR A HIC FABULA DOCET 613

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From this reading NESBIT ACQUIRES A LONG LOST GRANDSON-IN-LAW 561 XLVIII WHEREIN WE ERECT A HOUSE BUILT UPON A ROCK 575 XLIX HOW MORTY SANDS TURNED AWAY SADLY AND JUDGE VAN DORN UNCOVERED A SECRET 582 L JUDGE VAN DORN SINGS SOME MERRY SONGS AND THEY TAKE GRANT ADAMS BEHIND A WHITE DOOR 597 LI IN WHICH WE END AS WE BEGAN AND ALL LIVE HAPPILY EVER AFTER 609 LII NOT EXACTLY A CHAPTER BUT RATHER A Q. E. D. OR A HIC FABULA DOCET 613

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From this reading NESBIT ACQUIRES A LONG LOST GRANDSON-IN-LAW 561 XLVIII WHEREIN WE ERECT A HOUSE BUILT UPON A ROCK 575 XLIX HOW MORTY SANDS TURNED AWAY SADLY AND JUDGE VAN DORN UNCOVERED A SECRET 582 L JUDGE VAN DORN SINGS SOME MERRY SONGS AND THEY TAKE GRANT ADAMS BEHIND A WHITE DOOR 597 LI IN WHICH WE END AS WE BEGAN AND ALL LIVE HAPPILY EVER AFTER 609 LII NOT EXACTLY A CHAPTER BUT RATHER A Q. E. D. OR A HIC FABULA DOCET 613

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From this reading NESBIT ACQUIRES A LONG LOST GRANDSON-IN-LAW 561 XLVIII WHEREIN WE ERECT A HOUSE BUILT UPON A ROCK 575 XLIX HOW MORTY SANDS TURNED AWAY SADLY AND JUDGE VAN DORN UNCOVERED A SECRET 582 L JUDGE VAN DORN SINGS SOME MERRY SONGS AND THEY TAKE GRANT ADAMS BEHIND A WHITE DOOR 597 LI IN WHICH WE END AS WE BEGAN AND ALL LIVE HAPPILY EVER AFTER 609 LII NOT EXACTLY A CHAPTER BUT RATHER A Q. E. D. OR A HIC FABULA DOCET 613

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

From this reading XLI HERE WE SEE GRANT ADAMS CONQUERING HIS THIRD AND LAST DEVIL 454 XLII A CHAPTER WHICH IS CONCERNED LARGELY WITH THE LOVE AFFAIRS OF "THE FULL STRENGTH OF THE COMPANY" 468 XLIII WHEREIN WE FIND GRANT ADAMS CALLING UPON KENYON'S MOTHER, AND DARKNESS FALLS UPON TWO LOVERS 496 XLIV IN WHICH WE SUFFER LITTLE CHILDREN, WITH GEORGE BROTHERTON, AND IN GENERAL CONSIDER THE HABITANTS OF THE KINGDOM 515 XLV IN WHICH LIDA BOWMAN CONSIDERS HER UNIVERSE AND TOM VAN DORN WINS ANOTHER VICTORY 527 XLVI WHEREIN GRANT ADAMS PREACHES PEACE AND LIDA BOWMAN SPEAKS HER MIND 543 XLVII IN WHICH GRANT ADAMS AND LAURA VAN DORN TAKE A WALK DOWN MARKET STREET AND MRS.

third-person singular of “acquire” — come into the possession of something concrete or abstract

From this reading NESBIT ACQUIRES A LONG LOST GRANDSON-IN-LAW 561 XLVIII WHEREIN WE ERECT A HOUSE BUILT UPON A ROCK 575 XLIX HOW MORTY SANDS TURNED AWAY SADLY AND JUDGE VAN DORN UNCOVERED A SECRET 582 L JUDGE VAN DORN SINGS SOME MERRY SONGS AND THEY TAKE GRANT ADAMS BEHIND A WHITE DOOR 597 LI IN WHICH WE END AS WE BEGAN AND ALL LIVE HAPPILY EVER AFTER 609 LII NOT EXACTLY A CHAPTER BUT RATHER A Q. E. D. OR A HIC FABULA DOCET 613

extensive landed property (especially in the country) retained by the owner for his own use

From this reading In the blue sky a meadow lark's love song, and in the grass the boom of the prairie chicken's wings are the only sounds that break the primeval silence, excepting the lisping of the wind which dimples the broad acres of tall grass--thousand upon thousand of acres--that stretch northward for miles.

American Revolutionary leader and patriot; an organizer of the Boston Tea Party and signer of the Declaration of Independence (1722-1803)

From this reading XLI HERE WE SEE GRANT ADAMS CONQUERING HIS THIRD AND LAST DEVIL 454 XLII A CHAPTER WHICH IS CONCERNED LARGELY WITH THE LOVE AFFAIRS OF "THE FULL STRENGTH OF THE COMPANY" 468 XLIII WHEREIN WE FIND GRANT ADAMS CALLING UPON KENYON'S MOTHER, AND DARKNESS FALLS UPON TWO LOVERS 496 XLIV IN WHICH WE SUFFER LITTLE CHILDREN, WITH GEORGE BROTHERTON, AND IN GENERAL CONSIDER THE HABITANTS OF THE KINGDOM 515 XLV IN WHICH LIDA BOWMAN CONSIDERS HER UNIVERSE AND TOM VAN DORN WINS ANOTHER VICTORY 527 XLVI WHEREIN GRANT ADAMS PREACHES PEACE AND LIDA BOWMAN SPEAKS HER MIND 543 XLVII IN WHICH GRANT ADAMS AND LAURA VAN DORN TAKE A WALK DOWN MARKET STREET AND MRS.

matters of personal concern

From this reading XLI HERE WE SEE GRANT ADAMS CONQUERING HIS THIRD AND LAST DEVIL 454 XLII A CHAPTER WHICH IS CONCERNED LARGELY WITH THE LOVE AFFAIRS OF "THE FULL STRENGTH OF THE COMPANY" 468 XLIII WHEREIN WE FIND GRANT ADAMS CALLING UPON KENYON'S MOTHER, AND DARKNESS FALLS UPON TWO LOVERS 496 XLIV IN WHICH WE SUFFER LITTLE CHILDREN, WITH GEORGE BROTHERTON, AND IN GENERAL CONSIDER THE HABITANTS OF THE KINGDOM 515 XLV IN WHICH LIDA BOWMAN CONSIDERS HER UNIVERSE AND TOM VAN DORN WINS ANOTHER VICTORY 527 XLVI WHEREIN GRANT ADAMS PREACHES PEACE AND LIDA BOWMAN SPEAKS HER MIND 543 XLVII IN WHICH GRANT ADAMS AND LAURA VAN DORN TAKE A WALK DOWN MARKET STREET AND MRS.

later than; following

From this reading NESBIT ACQUIRES A LONG LOST GRANDSON-IN-LAW 561 XLVIII WHEREIN WE ERECT A HOUSE BUILT UPON A ROCK 575 XLIX HOW MORTY SANDS TURNED AWAY SADLY AND JUDGE VAN DORN UNCOVERED A SECRET 582 L JUDGE VAN DORN SINGS SOME MERRY SONGS AND THEY TAKE GRANT ADAMS BEHIND A WHITE DOOR 597 LI IN WHICH WE END AS WE BEGAN AND ALL LIVE HAPPILY EVER AFTER 609 LII NOT EXACTLY A CHAPTER BUT RATHER A Q. E. D. OR A HIC FABULA DOCET 613

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

From this reading NESBIT ACQUIRES A LONG LOST GRANDSON-IN-LAW 561 XLVIII WHEREIN WE ERECT A HOUSE BUILT UPON A ROCK 575 XLIX HOW MORTY SANDS TURNED AWAY SADLY AND JUDGE VAN DORN UNCOVERED A SECRET 582 L JUDGE VAN DORN SINGS SOME MERRY SONGS AND THEY TAKE GRANT ADAMS BEHIND A WHITE DOOR 597 LI IN WHICH WE END AS WE BEGAN AND ALL LIVE HAPPILY EVER AFTER 609 LII NOT EXACTLY A CHAPTER BUT RATHER A Q. E. D. OR A HIC FABULA DOCET 613

a native or inhabitant of the United States

From this reading For the background, perhaps a thousand miles away or more than half a decade removed in time, is the American Civil War.

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

From this reading XLI HERE WE SEE GRANT ADAMS CONQUERING HIS THIRD AND LAST DEVIL 454 XLII A CHAPTER WHICH IS CONCERNED LARGELY WITH THE LOVE AFFAIRS OF "THE FULL STRENGTH OF THE COMPANY" 468 XLIII WHEREIN WE FIND GRANT ADAMS CALLING UPON KENYON'S MOTHER, AND DARKNESS FALLS UPON TWO LOVERS 496 XLIV IN WHICH WE SUFFER LITTLE CHILDREN, WITH GEORGE BROTHERTON, AND IN GENERAL CONSIDER THE HABITANTS OF THE KINGDOM 515 XLV IN WHICH LIDA BOWMAN CONSIDERS HER UNIVERSE AND TOM VAN DORN WINS ANOTHER VICTORY 527 XLVI WHEREIN GRANT ADAMS PREACHES PEACE AND LIDA BOWMAN SPEAKS HER MIND 543 XLVII IN WHICH GRANT ADAMS AND LAURA VAN DORN TAKE A WALK DOWN MARKET STREET AND MRS.

one more of the same kind, or a different one

From this reading XLI HERE WE SEE GRANT ADAMS CONQUERING HIS THIRD AND LAST DEVIL 454 XLII A CHAPTER WHICH IS CONCERNED LARGELY WITH THE LOVE AFFAIRS OF "THE FULL STRENGTH OF THE COMPANY" 468 XLIII WHEREIN WE FIND GRANT ADAMS CALLING UPON KENYON'S MOTHER, AND DARKNESS FALLS UPON TWO LOVERS 496 XLIV IN WHICH WE SUFFER LITTLE CHILDREN, WITH GEORGE BROTHERTON, AND IN GENERAL CONSIDER THE HABITANTS OF THE KINGDOM 515 XLV IN WHICH LIDA BOWMAN CONSIDERS HER UNIVERSE AND TOM VAN DORN WINS ANOTHER VICTORY 527 XLVI WHEREIN GRANT ADAMS PREACHES PEACE AND LIDA BOWMAN SPEAKS HER MIND 543 XLVII IN WHICH GRANT ADAMS AND LAURA VAN DORN TAKE A WALK DOWN MARKET STREET AND MRS.

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

From this reading In the blue sky a meadow lark's love song, and in the grass the boom of the prairie chicken's wings are the only sounds that break the primeval silence, excepting the lisping of the wind which dimples the broad acres of tall grass--thousand upon thousand of acres--that stretch northward for miles.

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

From this reading NESBIT ACQUIRES A LONG LOST GRANDSON-IN-LAW 561 XLVIII WHEREIN WE ERECT A HOUSE BUILT UPON A ROCK 575 XLIX HOW MORTY SANDS TURNED AWAY SADLY AND JUDGE VAN DORN UNCOVERED A SECRET 582 L JUDGE VAN DORN SINGS SOME MERRY SONGS AND THEY TAKE GRANT ADAMS BEHIND A WHITE DOOR 597 LI IN WHICH WE END AS WE BEGAN AND ALL LIVE HAPPILY EVER AFTER 609 LII NOT EXACTLY A CHAPTER BUT RATHER A Q. E. D. OR A HIC FABULA DOCET 613

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

From this reading NESBIT ACQUIRES A LONG LOST GRANDSON-IN-LAW 561 XLVIII WHEREIN WE ERECT A HOUSE BUILT UPON A ROCK 575 XLIX HOW MORTY SANDS TURNED AWAY SADLY AND JUDGE VAN DORN UNCOVERED A SECRET 582 L JUDGE VAN DORN SINGS SOME MERRY SONGS AND THEY TAKE GRANT ADAMS BEHIND A WHITE DOOR 597 LI IN WHICH WE END AS WE BEGAN AND ALL LIVE HAPPILY EVER AFTER 609 LII NOT EXACTLY A CHAPTER BUT RATHER A Q. E. D. OR A HIC FABULA DOCET 613

a person's social heritage: previous experience or training

From this reading For the background, perhaps a thousand miles away or more than half a decade removed in time, is the American Civil War.

inflected form of “begin” — take the first step or steps in carrying out an action

From this reading NESBIT ACQUIRES A LONG LOST GRANDSON-IN-LAW 561 XLVIII WHEREIN WE ERECT A HOUSE BUILT UPON A ROCK 575 XLIX HOW MORTY SANDS TURNED AWAY SADLY AND JUDGE VAN DORN UNCOVERED A SECRET 582 L JUDGE VAN DORN SINGS SOME MERRY SONGS AND THEY TAKE GRANT ADAMS BEHIND A WHITE DOOR 597 LI IN WHICH WE END AS WE BEGAN AND ALL LIVE HAPPILY EVER AFTER 609 LII NOT EXACTLY A CHAPTER BUT RATHER A Q. E. D. OR A HIC FABULA DOCET 613

at or toward the back of something

From this reading NESBIT ACQUIRES A LONG LOST GRANDSON-IN-LAW 561 XLVIII WHEREIN WE ERECT A HOUSE BUILT UPON A ROCK 575 XLIX HOW MORTY SANDS TURNED AWAY SADLY AND JUDGE VAN DORN UNCOVERED A SECRET 582 L JUDGE VAN DORN SINGS SOME MERRY SONGS AND THEY TAKE GRANT ADAMS BEHIND A WHITE DOOR 597 LI IN WHICH WE END AS WE BEGAN AND ALL LIVE HAPPILY EVER AFTER 609 LII NOT EXACTLY A CHAPTER BUT RATHER A Q. E. D. OR A HIC FABULA DOCET 613

the -ing form of “be”

From this reading IN THE HEART OF A FOOL BEING STAGE DIRECTIONS, AND A CAST OF CHARACTERS Sunshine and prairie grass--well in the foreground.

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

From this reading In the blue sky a meadow lark's love song, and in the grass the boom of the prairie chicken's wings are the only sounds that break the primeval silence, excepting the lisping of the wind which dimples the broad acres of tall grass--thousand upon thousand of acres--that stretch northward for miles.

make a resonant sound, like artillery

From this reading In the blue sky a meadow lark's love song, and in the grass the boom of the prairie chicken's wings are the only sounds that break the primeval silence, excepting the lisping of the wind which dimples the broad acres of tall grass--thousand upon thousand of acres--that stretch northward for miles.

a person who is expert in the use of a bow and arrow

From this reading XLI HERE WE SEE GRANT ADAMS CONQUERING HIS THIRD AND LAST DEVIL 454 XLII A CHAPTER WHICH IS CONCERNED LARGELY WITH THE LOVE AFFAIRS OF "THE FULL STRENGTH OF THE COMPANY" 468 XLIII WHEREIN WE FIND GRANT ADAMS CALLING UPON KENYON'S MOTHER, AND DARKNESS FALLS UPON TWO LOVERS 496 XLIV IN WHICH WE SUFFER LITTLE CHILDREN, WITH GEORGE BROTHERTON, AND IN GENERAL CONSIDER THE HABITANTS OF THE KINGDOM 515 XLV IN WHICH LIDA BOWMAN CONSIDERS HER UNIVERSE AND TOM VAN DORN WINS ANOTHER VICTORY 527 XLVI WHEREIN GRANT ADAMS PREACHES PEACE AND LIDA BOWMAN SPEAKS HER MIND 543 XLVII IN WHICH GRANT ADAMS AND LAURA VAN DORN TAKE A WALK DOWN MARKET STREET AND MRS.

terminate

From this reading In the blue sky a meadow lark's love song, and in the grass the boom of the prairie chicken's wings are the only sounds that break the primeval silence, excepting the lisping of the wind which dimples the broad acres of tall grass--thousand upon thousand of acres--that stretch northward for miles.

having great (or a certain) extent from one side to the other

From this reading In the blue sky a meadow lark's love song, and in the grass the boom of the prairie chicken's wings are the only sounds that break the primeval silence, excepting the lisping of the wind which dimples the broad acres of tall grass--thousand upon thousand of acres--that stretch northward for miles.

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From this reading XLI HERE WE SEE GRANT ADAMS CONQUERING HIS THIRD AND LAST DEVIL 454 XLII A CHAPTER WHICH IS CONCERNED LARGELY WITH THE LOVE AFFAIRS OF "THE FULL STRENGTH OF THE COMPANY" 468 XLIII WHEREIN WE FIND GRANT ADAMS CALLING UPON KENYON'S MOTHER, AND DARKNESS FALLS UPON TWO LOVERS 496 XLIV IN WHICH WE SUFFER LITTLE CHILDREN, WITH GEORGE BROTHERTON, AND IN GENERAL CONSIDER THE HABITANTS OF THE KINGDOM 515 XLV IN WHICH LIDA BOWMAN CONSIDERS HER UNIVERSE AND TOM VAN DORN WINS ANOTHER VICTORY 527 XLVI WHEREIN GRANT ADAMS PREACHES PEACE AND LIDA BOWMAN SPEAKS HER MIND 543 XLVII IN WHICH GRANT ADAMS AND LAURA VAN DORN TAKE A WALK DOWN MARKET STREET AND MRS.

(used of soaps or cleaning agents) having a substance (an abrasive or filler) added to increase effectiveness

From this reading NESBIT ACQUIRES A LONG LOST GRANDSON-IN-LAW 561 XLVIII WHEREIN WE ERECT A HOUSE BUILT UPON A ROCK 575 XLIX HOW MORTY SANDS TURNED AWAY SADLY AND JUDGE VAN DORN UNCOVERED A SECRET 582 L JUDGE VAN DORN SINGS SOME MERRY SONGS AND THEY TAKE GRANT ADAMS BEHIND A WHITE DOOR 597 LI IN WHICH WE END AS WE BEGAN AND ALL LIVE HAPPILY EVER AFTER 609 LII NOT EXACTLY A CHAPTER BUT RATHER A Q. E. D. OR A HIC FABULA DOCET 613

used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before

From this reading NESBIT ACQUIRES A LONG LOST GRANDSON-IN-LAW 561 XLVIII WHEREIN WE ERECT A HOUSE BUILT UPON A ROCK 575 XLIX HOW MORTY SANDS TURNED AWAY SADLY AND JUDGE VAN DORN UNCOVERED A SECRET 582 L JUDGE VAN DORN SINGS SOME MERRY SONGS AND THEY TAKE GRANT ADAMS BEHIND A WHITE DOOR 597 LI IN WHICH WE END AS WE BEGAN AND ALL LIVE HAPPILY EVER AFTER 609 LII NOT EXACTLY A CHAPTER BUT RATHER A Q. E. D. OR A HIC FABULA DOCET 613

the particular occupation for which you are trained

From this reading XLI HERE WE SEE GRANT ADAMS CONQUERING HIS THIRD AND LAST DEVIL 454 XLII A CHAPTER WHICH IS CONCERNED LARGELY WITH THE LOVE AFFAIRS OF "THE FULL STRENGTH OF THE COMPANY" 468 XLIII WHEREIN WE FIND GRANT ADAMS CALLING UPON KENYON'S MOTHER, AND DARKNESS FALLS UPON TWO LOVERS 496 XLIV IN WHICH WE SUFFER LITTLE CHILDREN, WITH GEORGE BROTHERTON, AND IN GENERAL CONSIDER THE HABITANTS OF THE KINGDOM 515 XLV IN WHICH LIDA BOWMAN CONSIDERS HER UNIVERSE AND TOM VAN DORN WINS ANOTHER VICTORY 527 XLVI WHEREIN GRANT ADAMS PREACHES PEACE AND LIDA BOWMAN SPEAKS HER MIND 543 XLVII IN WHICH GRANT ADAMS AND LAURA VAN DORN TAKE A WALK DOWN MARKET STREET AND MRS.

put or send forth

From this reading IN THE HEART OF A FOOL BEING STAGE DIRECTIONS, AND A CAST OF CHARACTERS Sunshine and prairie grass--well in the foreground.

a subdivision of a written work; usually numbered and titled

From this reading XLI HERE WE SEE GRANT ADAMS CONQUERING HIS THIRD AND LAST DEVIL 454 XLII A CHAPTER WHICH IS CONCERNED LARGELY WITH THE LOVE AFFAIRS OF "THE FULL STRENGTH OF THE COMPANY" 468 XLIII WHEREIN WE FIND GRANT ADAMS CALLING UPON KENYON'S MOTHER, AND DARKNESS FALLS UPON TWO LOVERS 496 XLIV IN WHICH WE SUFFER LITTLE CHILDREN, WITH GEORGE BROTHERTON, AND IN GENERAL CONSIDER THE HABITANTS OF THE KINGDOM 515 XLV IN WHICH LIDA BOWMAN CONSIDERS HER UNIVERSE AND TOM VAN DORN WINS ANOTHER VICTORY 527 XLVI WHEREIN GRANT ADAMS PREACHES PEACE AND LIDA BOWMAN SPEAKS HER MIND 543 XLVII IN WHICH GRANT ADAMS AND LAURA VAN DORN TAKE A WALK DOWN MARKET STREET AND MRS.

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

From this reading IN THE HEART OF A FOOL BEING STAGE DIRECTIONS, AND A CAST OF CHARACTERS Sunshine and prairie grass--well in the foreground.

possessive form of “chicken” — the flesh of a chicken used for food

From this reading In the blue sky a meadow lark's love song, and in the grass the boom of the prairie chicken's wings are the only sounds that break the primeval silence, excepting the lisping of the wind which dimples the broad acres of tall grass--thousand upon thousand of acres--that stretch northward for miles.

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

From this reading XLI HERE WE SEE GRANT ADAMS CONQUERING HIS THIRD AND LAST DEVIL 454 XLII A CHAPTER WHICH IS CONCERNED LARGELY WITH THE LOVE AFFAIRS OF "THE FULL STRENGTH OF THE COMPANY" 468 XLIII WHEREIN WE FIND GRANT ADAMS CALLING UPON KENYON'S MOTHER, AND DARKNESS FALLS UPON TWO LOVERS 496 XLIV IN WHICH WE SUFFER LITTLE CHILDREN, WITH GEORGE BROTHERTON, AND IN GENERAL CONSIDER THE HABITANTS OF THE KINGDOM 515 XLV IN WHICH LIDA BOWMAN CONSIDERS HER UNIVERSE AND TOM VAN DORN WINS ANOTHER VICTORY 527 XLVI WHEREIN GRANT ADAMS PREACHES PEACE AND LIDA BOWMAN SPEAKS HER MIND 543 XLVII IN WHICH GRANT ADAMS AND LAURA VAN DORN TAKE A WALK DOWN MARKET STREET AND MRS.

applying to ordinary citizens as contrasted with the military

From this reading For the background, perhaps a thousand miles away or more than half a decade removed in time, is the American Civil War.

an institution created to conduct business

From this reading XLI HERE WE SEE GRANT ADAMS CONQUERING HIS THIRD AND LAST DEVIL 454 XLII A CHAPTER WHICH IS CONCERNED LARGELY WITH THE LOVE AFFAIRS OF "THE FULL STRENGTH OF THE COMPANY" 468 XLIII WHEREIN WE FIND GRANT ADAMS CALLING UPON KENYON'S MOTHER, AND DARKNESS FALLS UPON TWO LOVERS 496 XLIV IN WHICH WE SUFFER LITTLE CHILDREN, WITH GEORGE BROTHERTON, AND IN GENERAL CONSIDER THE HABITANTS OF THE KINGDOM 515 XLV IN WHICH LIDA BOWMAN CONSIDERS HER UNIVERSE AND TOM VAN DORN WINS ANOTHER VICTORY 527 XLVI WHEREIN GRANT ADAMS PREACHES PEACE AND LIDA BOWMAN SPEAKS HER MIND 543 XLVII IN WHICH GRANT ADAMS AND LAURA VAN DORN TAKE A WALK DOWN MARKET STREET AND MRS.

feeling or showing worry or solicitude

From this reading XLI HERE WE SEE GRANT ADAMS CONQUERING HIS THIRD AND LAST DEVIL 454 XLII A CHAPTER WHICH IS CONCERNED LARGELY WITH THE LOVE AFFAIRS OF "THE FULL STRENGTH OF THE COMPANY" 468 XLIII WHEREIN WE FIND GRANT ADAMS CALLING UPON KENYON'S MOTHER, AND DARKNESS FALLS UPON TWO LOVERS 496 XLIV IN WHICH WE SUFFER LITTLE CHILDREN, WITH GEORGE BROTHERTON, AND IN GENERAL CONSIDER THE HABITANTS OF THE KINGDOM 515 XLV IN WHICH LIDA BOWMAN CONSIDERS HER UNIVERSE AND TOM VAN DORN WINS ANOTHER VICTORY 527 XLVI WHEREIN GRANT ADAMS PREACHES PEACE AND LIDA BOWMAN SPEAKS HER MIND 543 XLVII IN WHICH GRANT ADAMS AND LAURA VAN DORN TAKE A WALK DOWN MARKET STREET AND MRS.

the act of conquering

From this reading XLI HERE WE SEE GRANT ADAMS CONQUERING HIS THIRD AND LAST DEVIL 454 XLII A CHAPTER WHICH IS CONCERNED LARGELY WITH THE LOVE AFFAIRS OF "THE FULL STRENGTH OF THE COMPANY" 468 XLIII WHEREIN WE FIND GRANT ADAMS CALLING UPON KENYON'S MOTHER, AND DARKNESS FALLS UPON TWO LOVERS 496 XLIV IN WHICH WE SUFFER LITTLE CHILDREN, WITH GEORGE BROTHERTON, AND IN GENERAL CONSIDER THE HABITANTS OF THE KINGDOM 515 XLV IN WHICH LIDA BOWMAN CONSIDERS HER UNIVERSE AND TOM VAN DORN WINS ANOTHER VICTORY 527 XLVI WHEREIN GRANT ADAMS PREACHES PEACE AND LIDA BOWMAN SPEAKS HER MIND 543 XLVII IN WHICH GRANT ADAMS AND LAURA VAN DORN TAKE A WALK DOWN MARKET STREET AND MRS.

deem to be

From this reading XLI HERE WE SEE GRANT ADAMS CONQUERING HIS THIRD AND LAST DEVIL 454 XLII A CHAPTER WHICH IS CONCERNED LARGELY WITH THE LOVE AFFAIRS OF "THE FULL STRENGTH OF THE COMPANY" 468 XLIII WHEREIN WE FIND GRANT ADAMS CALLING UPON KENYON'S MOTHER, AND DARKNESS FALLS UPON TWO LOVERS 496 XLIV IN WHICH WE SUFFER LITTLE CHILDREN, WITH GEORGE BROTHERTON, AND IN GENERAL CONSIDER THE HABITANTS OF THE KINGDOM 515 XLV IN WHICH LIDA BOWMAN CONSIDERS HER UNIVERSE AND TOM VAN DORN WINS ANOTHER VICTORY 527 XLVI WHEREIN GRANT ADAMS PREACHES PEACE AND LIDA BOWMAN SPEAKS HER MIND 543 XLVII IN WHICH GRANT ADAMS AND LAURA VAN DORN TAKE A WALK DOWN MARKET STREET AND MRS.

third-person singular of “consider” — deem to be

From this reading XLI HERE WE SEE GRANT ADAMS CONQUERING HIS THIRD AND LAST DEVIL 454 XLII A CHAPTER WHICH IS CONCERNED LARGELY WITH THE LOVE AFFAIRS OF "THE FULL STRENGTH OF THE COMPANY" 468 XLIII WHEREIN WE FIND GRANT ADAMS CALLING UPON KENYON'S MOTHER, AND DARKNESS FALLS UPON TWO LOVERS 496 XLIV IN WHICH WE SUFFER LITTLE CHILDREN, WITH GEORGE BROTHERTON, AND IN GENERAL CONSIDER THE HABITANTS OF THE KINGDOM 515 XLV IN WHICH LIDA BOWMAN CONSIDERS HER UNIVERSE AND TOM VAN DORN WINS ANOTHER VICTORY 527 XLVI WHEREIN GRANT ADAMS PREACHES PEACE AND LIDA BOWMAN SPEAKS HER MIND 543 XLVII IN WHICH GRANT ADAMS AND LAURA VAN DORN TAKE A WALK DOWN MARKET STREET AND MRS.

a fat-soluble vitamin that prevents rickets

From this reading NESBIT ACQUIRES A LONG LOST GRANDSON-IN-LAW 561 XLVIII WHEREIN WE ERECT A HOUSE BUILT UPON A ROCK 575 XLIX HOW MORTY SANDS TURNED AWAY SADLY AND JUDGE VAN DORN UNCOVERED A SECRET 582 L JUDGE VAN DORN SINGS SOME MERRY SONGS AND THEY TAKE GRANT ADAMS BEHIND A WHITE DOOR 597 LI IN WHICH WE END AS WE BEGAN AND ALL LIVE HAPPILY EVER AFTER 609 LII NOT EXACTLY A CHAPTER BUT RATHER A Q. E. D. OR A HIC FABULA DOCET 613

absence of light or illumination

From this reading XLI HERE WE SEE GRANT ADAMS CONQUERING HIS THIRD AND LAST DEVIL 454 XLII A CHAPTER WHICH IS CONCERNED LARGELY WITH THE LOVE AFFAIRS OF "THE FULL STRENGTH OF THE COMPANY" 468 XLIII WHEREIN WE FIND GRANT ADAMS CALLING UPON KENYON'S MOTHER, AND DARKNESS FALLS UPON TWO LOVERS 496 XLIV IN WHICH WE SUFFER LITTLE CHILDREN, WITH GEORGE BROTHERTON, AND IN GENERAL CONSIDER THE HABITANTS OF THE KINGDOM 515 XLV IN WHICH LIDA BOWMAN CONSIDERS HER UNIVERSE AND TOM VAN DORN WINS ANOTHER VICTORY 527 XLVI WHEREIN GRANT ADAMS PREACHES PEACE AND LIDA BOWMAN SPEAKS HER MIND 543 XLVII IN WHICH GRANT ADAMS AND LAURA VAN DORN TAKE A WALK DOWN MARKET STREET AND MRS.

a period of 10 years

From this reading For the background, perhaps a thousand miles away or more than half a decade removed in time, is the American Civil War.

(Judeo-Christian and Islamic religions) chief spirit of evil and adversary of God; tempter of mankind; master of Hell

From this reading XLI HERE WE SEE GRANT ADAMS CONQUERING HIS THIRD AND LAST DEVIL 454 XLII A CHAPTER WHICH IS CONCERNED LARGELY WITH THE LOVE AFFAIRS OF "THE FULL STRENGTH OF THE COMPANY" 468 XLIII WHEREIN WE FIND GRANT ADAMS CALLING UPON KENYON'S MOTHER, AND DARKNESS FALLS UPON TWO LOVERS 496 XLIV IN WHICH WE SUFFER LITTLE CHILDREN, WITH GEORGE BROTHERTON, AND IN GENERAL CONSIDER THE HABITANTS OF THE KINGDOM 515 XLV IN WHICH LIDA BOWMAN CONSIDERS HER UNIVERSE AND TOM VAN DORN WINS ANOTHER VICTORY 527 XLVI WHEREIN GRANT ADAMS PREACHES PEACE AND LIDA BOWMAN SPEAKS HER MIND 543 XLVII IN WHICH GRANT ADAMS AND LAURA VAN DORN TAKE A WALK DOWN MARKET STREET AND MRS.

plural of “dimple” — a chad that has been punched or dimpled but all four corners are still attached

From this reading In the blue sky a meadow lark's love song, and in the grass the boom of the prairie chicken's wings are the only sounds that break the primeval silence, excepting the lisping of the wind which dimples the broad acres of tall grass--thousand upon thousand of acres--that stretch northward for miles.

plural of “direction” — a line leading to a place or point

From this reading IN THE HEART OF A FOOL BEING STAGE DIRECTIONS, AND A CAST OF CHARACTERS Sunshine and prairie grass--well in the foreground.

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From this reading NESBIT ACQUIRES A LONG LOST GRANDSON-IN-LAW 561 XLVIII WHEREIN WE ERECT A HOUSE BUILT UPON A ROCK 575 XLIX HOW MORTY SANDS TURNED AWAY SADLY AND JUDGE VAN DORN UNCOVERED A SECRET 582 L JUDGE VAN DORN SINGS SOME MERRY SONGS AND THEY TAKE GRANT ADAMS BEHIND A WHITE DOOR 597 LI IN WHICH WE END AS WE BEGAN AND ALL LIVE HAPPILY EVER AFTER 609 LII NOT EXACTLY A CHAPTER BUT RATHER A Q. E. D. OR A HIC FABULA DOCET 613

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

From this reading NESBIT ACQUIRES A LONG LOST GRANDSON-IN-LAW 561 XLVIII WHEREIN WE ERECT A HOUSE BUILT UPON A ROCK 575 XLIX HOW MORTY SANDS TURNED AWAY SADLY AND JUDGE VAN DORN UNCOVERED A SECRET 582 L JUDGE VAN DORN SINGS SOME MERRY SONGS AND THEY TAKE GRANT ADAMS BEHIND A WHITE DOOR 597 LI IN WHICH WE END AS WE BEGAN AND ALL LIVE HAPPILY EVER AFTER 609 LII NOT EXACTLY A CHAPTER BUT RATHER A Q. E. D. OR A HIC FABULA DOCET 613

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From this reading XLI HERE WE SEE GRANT ADAMS CONQUERING HIS THIRD AND LAST DEVIL 454 XLII A CHAPTER WHICH IS CONCERNED LARGELY WITH THE LOVE AFFAIRS OF "THE FULL STRENGTH OF THE COMPANY" 468 XLIII WHEREIN WE FIND GRANT ADAMS CALLING UPON KENYON'S MOTHER, AND DARKNESS FALLS UPON TWO LOVERS 496 XLIV IN WHICH WE SUFFER LITTLE CHILDREN, WITH GEORGE BROTHERTON, AND IN GENERAL CONSIDER THE HABITANTS OF THE KINGDOM 515 XLV IN WHICH LIDA BOWMAN CONSIDERS HER UNIVERSE AND TOM VAN DORN WINS ANOTHER VICTORY 527 XLVI WHEREIN GRANT ADAMS PREACHES PEACE AND LIDA BOWMAN SPEAKS HER MIND 543 XLVII IN WHICH GRANT ADAMS AND LAURA VAN DORN TAKE A WALK DOWN MARKET STREET AND MRS.

being or moving lower in position or less in some value

From this reading XLI HERE WE SEE GRANT ADAMS CONQUERING HIS THIRD AND LAST DEVIL 454 XLII A CHAPTER WHICH IS CONCERNED LARGELY WITH THE LOVE AFFAIRS OF "THE FULL STRENGTH OF THE COMPANY" 468 XLIII WHEREIN WE FIND GRANT ADAMS CALLING UPON KENYON'S MOTHER, AND DARKNESS FALLS UPON TWO LOVERS 496 XLIV IN WHICH WE SUFFER LITTLE CHILDREN, WITH GEORGE BROTHERTON, AND IN GENERAL CONSIDER THE HABITANTS OF THE KINGDOM 515 XLV IN WHICH LIDA BOWMAN CONSIDERS HER UNIVERSE AND TOM VAN DORN WINS ANOTHER VICTORY 527 XLVI WHEREIN GRANT ADAMS PREACHES PEACE AND LIDA BOWMAN SPEAKS HER MIND 543 XLVII IN WHICH GRANT ADAMS AND LAURA VAN DORN TAKE A WALK DOWN MARKET STREET AND MRS.

a fat-soluble vitamin that is essential for normal reproduction; an important antioxidant that neutralizes free radicals in the body

From this reading NESBIT ACQUIRES A LONG LOST GRANDSON-IN-LAW 561 XLVIII WHEREIN WE ERECT A HOUSE BUILT UPON A ROCK 575 XLIX HOW MORTY SANDS TURNED AWAY SADLY AND JUDGE VAN DORN UNCOVERED A SECRET 582 L JUDGE VAN DORN SINGS SOME MERRY SONGS AND THEY TAKE GRANT ADAMS BEHIND A WHITE DOOR 597 LI IN WHICH WE END AS WE BEGAN AND ALL LIVE HAPPILY EVER AFTER 609 LII NOT EXACTLY A CHAPTER BUT RATHER A Q. E. D. OR A HIC FABULA DOCET 613

either extremity of something that has length

From this reading NESBIT ACQUIRES A LONG LOST GRANDSON-IN-LAW 561 XLVIII WHEREIN WE ERECT A HOUSE BUILT UPON A ROCK 575 XLIX HOW MORTY SANDS TURNED AWAY SADLY AND JUDGE VAN DORN UNCOVERED A SECRET 582 L JUDGE VAN DORN SINGS SOME MERRY SONGS AND THEY TAKE GRANT ADAMS BEHIND A WHITE DOOR 597 LI IN WHICH WE END AS WE BEGAN AND ALL LIVE HAPPILY EVER AFTER 609 LII NOT EXACTLY A CHAPTER BUT RATHER A Q. E. D. OR A HIC FABULA DOCET 613

construct, build, or erect

From this reading NESBIT ACQUIRES A LONG LOST GRANDSON-IN-LAW 561 XLVIII WHEREIN WE ERECT A HOUSE BUILT UPON A ROCK 575 XLIX HOW MORTY SANDS TURNED AWAY SADLY AND JUDGE VAN DORN UNCOVERED A SECRET 582 L JUDGE VAN DORN SINGS SOME MERRY SONGS AND THEY TAKE GRANT ADAMS BEHIND A WHITE DOOR 597 LI IN WHICH WE END AS WE BEGAN AND ALL LIVE HAPPILY EVER AFTER 609 LII NOT EXACTLY A CHAPTER BUT RATHER A Q. E. D. OR A HIC FABULA DOCET 613

at any time

From this reading NESBIT ACQUIRES A LONG LOST GRANDSON-IN-LAW 561 XLVIII WHEREIN WE ERECT A HOUSE BUILT UPON A ROCK 575 XLIX HOW MORTY SANDS TURNED AWAY SADLY AND JUDGE VAN DORN UNCOVERED A SECRET 582 L JUDGE VAN DORN SINGS SOME MERRY SONGS AND THEY TAKE GRANT ADAMS BEHIND A WHITE DOOR 597 LI IN WHICH WE END AS WE BEGAN AND ALL LIVE HAPPILY EVER AFTER 609 LII NOT EXACTLY A CHAPTER BUT RATHER A Q. E. D. OR A HIC FABULA DOCET 613

indicating exactness or preciseness

From this reading NESBIT ACQUIRES A LONG LOST GRANDSON-IN-LAW 561 XLVIII WHEREIN WE ERECT A HOUSE BUILT UPON A ROCK 575 XLIX HOW MORTY SANDS TURNED AWAY SADLY AND JUDGE VAN DORN UNCOVERED A SECRET 582 L JUDGE VAN DORN SINGS SOME MERRY SONGS AND THEY TAKE GRANT ADAMS BEHIND A WHITE DOOR 597 LI IN WHICH WE END AS WE BEGAN AND ALL LIVE HAPPILY EVER AFTER 609 LII NOT EXACTLY A CHAPTER BUT RATHER A Q. E. D. OR A HIC FABULA DOCET 613

-ing form of “except” — take exception to

From this reading In the blue sky a meadow lark's love song, and in the grass the boom of the prairie chicken's wings are the only sounds that break the primeval silence, excepting the lisping of the wind which dimples the broad acres of tall grass--thousand upon thousand of acres--that stretch northward for miles.

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From this reading NESBIT ACQUIRES A LONG LOST GRANDSON-IN-LAW 561 XLVIII WHEREIN WE ERECT A HOUSE BUILT UPON A ROCK 575 XLIX HOW MORTY SANDS TURNED AWAY SADLY AND JUDGE VAN DORN UNCOVERED A SECRET 582 L JUDGE VAN DORN SINGS SOME MERRY SONGS AND THEY TAKE GRANT ADAMS BEHIND A WHITE DOOR 597 LI IN WHICH WE END AS WE BEGAN AND ALL LIVE HAPPILY EVER AFTER 609 LII NOT EXACTLY A CHAPTER BUT RATHER A Q. E. D. OR A HIC FABULA DOCET 613

the petals or sepals of a flower that bend downward (especially the outer perianth of an iris)

From this reading XLI HERE WE SEE GRANT ADAMS CONQUERING HIS THIRD AND LAST DEVIL 454 XLII A CHAPTER WHICH IS CONCERNED LARGELY WITH THE LOVE AFFAIRS OF "THE FULL STRENGTH OF THE COMPANY" 468 XLIII WHEREIN WE FIND GRANT ADAMS CALLING UPON KENYON'S MOTHER, AND DARKNESS FALLS UPON TWO LOVERS 496 XLIV IN WHICH WE SUFFER LITTLE CHILDREN, WITH GEORGE BROTHERTON, AND IN GENERAL CONSIDER THE HABITANTS OF THE KINGDOM 515 XLV IN WHICH LIDA BOWMAN CONSIDERS HER UNIVERSE AND TOM VAN DORN WINS ANOTHER VICTORY 527 XLVI WHEREIN GRANT ADAMS PREACHES PEACE AND LIDA BOWMAN SPEAKS HER MIND 543 XLVII IN WHICH GRANT ADAMS AND LAURA VAN DORN TAKE A WALK DOWN MARKET STREET AND MRS.

come upon, as if by accident; meet with

From this reading XLI HERE WE SEE GRANT ADAMS CONQUERING HIS THIRD AND LAST DEVIL 454 XLII A CHAPTER WHICH IS CONCERNED LARGELY WITH THE LOVE AFFAIRS OF "THE FULL STRENGTH OF THE COMPANY" 468 XLIII WHEREIN WE FIND GRANT ADAMS CALLING UPON KENYON'S MOTHER, AND DARKNESS FALLS UPON TWO LOVERS 496 XLIV IN WHICH WE SUFFER LITTLE CHILDREN, WITH GEORGE BROTHERTON, AND IN GENERAL CONSIDER THE HABITANTS OF THE KINGDOM 515 XLV IN WHICH LIDA BOWMAN CONSIDERS HER UNIVERSE AND TOM VAN DORN WINS ANOTHER VICTORY 527 XLVI WHEREIN GRANT ADAMS PREACHES PEACE AND LIDA BOWMAN SPEAKS HER MIND 543 XLVII IN WHICH GRANT ADAMS AND LAURA VAN DORN TAKE A WALK DOWN MARKET STREET AND MRS.

a person who lacks good judgment

From this reading IN THE HEART OF A FOOL BEING STAGE DIRECTIONS, AND A CAST OF CHARACTERS Sunshine and prairie grass--well in the foreground.

intended to be given to, or used by, somebody

From this reading For the background, perhaps a thousand miles away or more than half a decade removed in time, is the American Civil War.

the part of a scene that is near the viewer

From this reading IN THE HEART OF A FOOL BEING STAGE DIRECTIONS, AND A CAST OF CHARACTERS Sunshine and prairie grass--well in the foreground.

containing as much or as many as is possible or normal

From this reading XLI HERE WE SEE GRANT ADAMS CONQUERING HIS THIRD AND LAST DEVIL 454 XLII A CHAPTER WHICH IS CONCERNED LARGELY WITH THE LOVE AFFAIRS OF "THE FULL STRENGTH OF THE COMPANY" 468 XLIII WHEREIN WE FIND GRANT ADAMS CALLING UPON KENYON'S MOTHER, AND DARKNESS FALLS UPON TWO LOVERS 496 XLIV IN WHICH WE SUFFER LITTLE CHILDREN, WITH GEORGE BROTHERTON, AND IN GENERAL CONSIDER THE HABITANTS OF THE KINGDOM 515 XLV IN WHICH LIDA BOWMAN CONSIDERS HER UNIVERSE AND TOM VAN DORN WINS ANOTHER VICTORY 527 XLVI WHEREIN GRANT ADAMS PREACHES PEACE AND LIDA BOWMAN SPEAKS HER MIND 543 XLVII IN WHICH GRANT ADAMS AND LAURA VAN DORN TAKE A WALK DOWN MARKET STREET AND MRS.

applying to all or most members of a category or group

From this reading XLI HERE WE SEE GRANT ADAMS CONQUERING HIS THIRD AND LAST DEVIL 454 XLII A CHAPTER WHICH IS CONCERNED LARGELY WITH THE LOVE AFFAIRS OF "THE FULL STRENGTH OF THE COMPANY" 468 XLIII WHEREIN WE FIND GRANT ADAMS CALLING UPON KENYON'S MOTHER, AND DARKNESS FALLS UPON TWO LOVERS 496 XLIV IN WHICH WE SUFFER LITTLE CHILDREN, WITH GEORGE BROTHERTON, AND IN GENERAL CONSIDER THE HABITANTS OF THE KINGDOM 515 XLV IN WHICH LIDA BOWMAN CONSIDERS HER UNIVERSE AND TOM VAN DORN WINS ANOTHER VICTORY 527 XLVI WHEREIN GRANT ADAMS PREACHES PEACE AND LIDA BOWMAN SPEAKS HER MIND 543 XLVII IN WHICH GRANT ADAMS AND LAURA VAN DORN TAKE A WALK DOWN MARKET STREET AND MRS.

Christian martyr; patron saint of England; hero of the legend of Saint George and the Dragon in which he slew a dragon and saved a princess (?-303)

From this reading XLI HERE WE SEE GRANT ADAMS CONQUERING HIS THIRD AND LAST DEVIL 454 XLII A CHAPTER WHICH IS CONCERNED LARGELY WITH THE LOVE AFFAIRS OF "THE FULL STRENGTH OF THE COMPANY" 468 XLIII WHEREIN WE FIND GRANT ADAMS CALLING UPON KENYON'S MOTHER, AND DARKNESS FALLS UPON TWO LOVERS 496 XLIV IN WHICH WE SUFFER LITTLE CHILDREN, WITH GEORGE BROTHERTON, AND IN GENERAL CONSIDER THE HABITANTS OF THE KINGDOM 515 XLV IN WHICH LIDA BOWMAN CONSIDERS HER UNIVERSE AND TOM VAN DORN WINS ANOTHER VICTORY 527 XLVI WHEREIN GRANT ADAMS PREACHES PEACE AND LIDA BOWMAN SPEAKS HER MIND 543 XLVII IN WHICH GRANT ADAMS AND LAURA VAN DORN TAKE A WALK DOWN MARKET STREET AND MRS.

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From this reading NESBIT ACQUIRES A LONG LOST GRANDSON-IN-LAW 561 XLVIII WHEREIN WE ERECT A HOUSE BUILT UPON A ROCK 575 XLIX HOW MORTY SANDS TURNED AWAY SADLY AND JUDGE VAN DORN UNCOVERED A SECRET 582 L JUDGE VAN DORN SINGS SOME MERRY SONGS AND THEY TAKE GRANT ADAMS BEHIND A WHITE DOOR 597 LI IN WHICH WE END AS WE BEGAN AND ALL LIVE HAPPILY EVER AFTER 609 LII NOT EXACTLY A CHAPTER BUT RATHER A Q. E. D. OR A HIC FABULA DOCET 613

let have

From this reading XLI HERE WE SEE GRANT ADAMS CONQUERING HIS THIRD AND LAST DEVIL 454 XLII A CHAPTER WHICH IS CONCERNED LARGELY WITH THE LOVE AFFAIRS OF "THE FULL STRENGTH OF THE COMPANY" 468 XLIII WHEREIN WE FIND GRANT ADAMS CALLING UPON KENYON'S MOTHER, AND DARKNESS FALLS UPON TWO LOVERS 496 XLIV IN WHICH WE SUFFER LITTLE CHILDREN, WITH GEORGE BROTHERTON, AND IN GENERAL CONSIDER THE HABITANTS OF THE KINGDOM 515 XLV IN WHICH LIDA BOWMAN CONSIDERS HER UNIVERSE AND TOM VAN DORN WINS ANOTHER VICTORY 527 XLVI WHEREIN GRANT ADAMS PREACHES PEACE AND LIDA BOWMAN SPEAKS HER MIND 543 XLVII IN WHICH GRANT ADAMS AND LAURA VAN DORN TAKE A WALK DOWN MARKET STREET AND MRS.

shoot down, of birds

From this reading IN THE HEART OF A FOOL BEING STAGE DIRECTIONS, AND A CAST OF CHARACTERS Sunshine and prairie grass--well in the foreground.

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From this reading XLI HERE WE SEE GRANT ADAMS CONQUERING HIS THIRD AND LAST DEVIL 454 XLII A CHAPTER WHICH IS CONCERNED LARGELY WITH THE LOVE AFFAIRS OF "THE FULL STRENGTH OF THE COMPANY" 468 XLIII WHEREIN WE FIND GRANT ADAMS CALLING UPON KENYON'S MOTHER, AND DARKNESS FALLS UPON TWO LOVERS 496 XLIV IN WHICH WE SUFFER LITTLE CHILDREN, WITH GEORGE BROTHERTON, AND IN GENERAL CONSIDER THE HABITANTS OF THE KINGDOM 515 XLV IN WHICH LIDA BOWMAN CONSIDERS HER UNIVERSE AND TOM VAN DORN WINS ANOTHER VICTORY 527 XLVI WHEREIN GRANT ADAMS PREACHES PEACE AND LIDA BOWMAN SPEAKS HER MIND 543 XLVII IN WHICH GRANT ADAMS AND LAURA VAN DORN TAKE A WALK DOWN MARKET STREET AND MRS.

consisting of one of two equivalent parts in value or quantity

From this reading For the background, perhaps a thousand miles away or more than half a decade removed in time, is the American Civil War.

in a joyous manner

From this reading NESBIT ACQUIRES A LONG LOST GRANDSON-IN-LAW 561 XLVIII WHEREIN WE ERECT A HOUSE BUILT UPON A ROCK 575 XLIX HOW MORTY SANDS TURNED AWAY SADLY AND JUDGE VAN DORN UNCOVERED A SECRET 582 L JUDGE VAN DORN SINGS SOME MERRY SONGS AND THEY TAKE GRANT ADAMS BEHIND A WHITE DOOR 597 LI IN WHICH WE END AS WE BEGAN AND ALL LIVE HAPPILY EVER AFTER 609 LII NOT EXACTLY A CHAPTER BUT RATHER A Q. E. D. OR A HIC FABULA DOCET 613

the locus of feelings and intuitions

From this reading IN THE HEART OF A FOOL BEING STAGE DIRECTIONS, AND A CAST OF CHARACTERS Sunshine and prairie grass--well in the foreground.

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

From this reading XLI HERE WE SEE GRANT ADAMS CONQUERING HIS THIRD AND LAST DEVIL 454 XLII A CHAPTER WHICH IS CONCERNED LARGELY WITH THE LOVE AFFAIRS OF "THE FULL STRENGTH OF THE COMPANY" 468 XLIII WHEREIN WE FIND GRANT ADAMS CALLING UPON KENYON'S MOTHER, AND DARKNESS FALLS UPON TWO LOVERS 496 XLIV IN WHICH WE SUFFER LITTLE CHILDREN, WITH GEORGE BROTHERTON, AND IN GENERAL CONSIDER THE HABITANTS OF THE KINGDOM 515 XLV IN WHICH LIDA BOWMAN CONSIDERS HER UNIVERSE AND TOM VAN DORN WINS ANOTHER VICTORY 527 XLVI WHEREIN GRANT ADAMS PREACHES PEACE AND LIDA BOWMAN SPEAKS HER MIND 543 XLVII IN WHICH GRANT ADAMS AND LAURA VAN DORN TAKE A WALK DOWN MARKET STREET AND MRS.

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

From this reading XLI HERE WE SEE GRANT ADAMS CONQUERING HIS THIRD AND LAST DEVIL 454 XLII A CHAPTER WHICH IS CONCERNED LARGELY WITH THE LOVE AFFAIRS OF "THE FULL STRENGTH OF THE COMPANY" 468 XLIII WHEREIN WE FIND GRANT ADAMS CALLING UPON KENYON'S MOTHER, AND DARKNESS FALLS UPON TWO LOVERS 496 XLIV IN WHICH WE SUFFER LITTLE CHILDREN, WITH GEORGE BROTHERTON, AND IN GENERAL CONSIDER THE HABITANTS OF THE KINGDOM 515 XLV IN WHICH LIDA BOWMAN CONSIDERS HER UNIVERSE AND TOM VAN DORN WINS ANOTHER VICTORY 527 XLVI WHEREIN GRANT ADAMS PREACHES PEACE AND LIDA BOWMAN SPEAKS HER MIND 543 XLVII IN WHICH GRANT ADAMS AND LAURA VAN DORN TAKE A WALK DOWN MARKET STREET AND MRS.

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From this reading NESBIT ACQUIRES A LONG LOST GRANDSON-IN-LAW 561 XLVIII WHEREIN WE ERECT A HOUSE BUILT UPON A ROCK 575 XLIX HOW MORTY SANDS TURNED AWAY SADLY AND JUDGE VAN DORN UNCOVERED A SECRET 582 L JUDGE VAN DORN SINGS SOME MERRY SONGS AND THEY TAKE GRANT ADAMS BEHIND A WHITE DOOR 597 LI IN WHICH WE END AS WE BEGAN AND ALL LIVE HAPPILY EVER AFTER 609 LII NOT EXACTLY A CHAPTER BUT RATHER A Q. E. D. OR A HIC FABULA DOCET 613

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

From this reading XLI HERE WE SEE GRANT ADAMS CONQUERING HIS THIRD AND LAST DEVIL 454 XLII A CHAPTER WHICH IS CONCERNED LARGELY WITH THE LOVE AFFAIRS OF "THE FULL STRENGTH OF THE COMPANY" 468 XLIII WHEREIN WE FIND GRANT ADAMS CALLING UPON KENYON'S MOTHER, AND DARKNESS FALLS UPON TWO LOVERS 496 XLIV IN WHICH WE SUFFER LITTLE CHILDREN, WITH GEORGE BROTHERTON, AND IN GENERAL CONSIDER THE HABITANTS OF THE KINGDOM 515 XLV IN WHICH LIDA BOWMAN CONSIDERS HER UNIVERSE AND TOM VAN DORN WINS ANOTHER VICTORY 527 XLVI WHEREIN GRANT ADAMS PREACHES PEACE AND LIDA BOWMAN SPEAKS HER MIND 543 XLVII IN WHICH GRANT ADAMS AND LAURA VAN DORN TAKE A WALK DOWN MARKET STREET AND MRS.

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

From this reading NESBIT ACQUIRES A LONG LOST GRANDSON-IN-LAW 561 XLVIII WHEREIN WE ERECT A HOUSE BUILT UPON A ROCK 575 XLIX HOW MORTY SANDS TURNED AWAY SADLY AND JUDGE VAN DORN UNCOVERED A SECRET 582 L JUDGE VAN DORN SINGS SOME MERRY SONGS AND THEY TAKE GRANT ADAMS BEHIND A WHITE DOOR 597 LI IN WHICH WE END AS WE BEGAN AND ALL LIVE HAPPILY EVER AFTER 609 LII NOT EXACTLY A CHAPTER BUT RATHER A Q. E. D. OR A HIC FABULA DOCET 613

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From this reading NESBIT ACQUIRES A LONG LOST GRANDSON-IN-LAW 561 XLVIII WHEREIN WE ERECT A HOUSE BUILT UPON A ROCK 575 XLIX HOW MORTY SANDS TURNED AWAY SADLY AND JUDGE VAN DORN UNCOVERED A SECRET 582 L JUDGE VAN DORN SINGS SOME MERRY SONGS AND THEY TAKE GRANT ADAMS BEHIND A WHITE DOOR 597 LI IN WHICH WE END AS WE BEGAN AND ALL LIVE HAPPILY EVER AFTER 609 LII NOT EXACTLY A CHAPTER BUT RATHER A Q. E. D. OR A HIC FABULA DOCET 613

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

From this reading XLI HERE WE SEE GRANT ADAMS CONQUERING HIS THIRD AND LAST DEVIL 454 XLII A CHAPTER WHICH IS CONCERNED LARGELY WITH THE LOVE AFFAIRS OF "THE FULL STRENGTH OF THE COMPANY" 468 XLIII WHEREIN WE FIND GRANT ADAMS CALLING UPON KENYON'S MOTHER, AND DARKNESS FALLS UPON TWO LOVERS 496 XLIV IN WHICH WE SUFFER LITTLE CHILDREN, WITH GEORGE BROTHERTON, AND IN GENERAL CONSIDER THE HABITANTS OF THE KINGDOM 515 XLV IN WHICH LIDA BOWMAN CONSIDERS HER UNIVERSE AND TOM VAN DORN WINS ANOTHER VICTORY 527 XLVI WHEREIN GRANT ADAMS PREACHES PEACE AND LIDA BOWMAN SPEAKS HER MIND 543 XLVII IN WHICH GRANT ADAMS AND LAURA VAN DORN TAKE A WALK DOWN MARKET STREET AND MRS.

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

From this reading XLI HERE WE SEE GRANT ADAMS CONQUERING HIS THIRD AND LAST DEVIL 454 XLII A CHAPTER WHICH IS CONCERNED LARGELY WITH THE LOVE AFFAIRS OF "THE FULL STRENGTH OF THE COMPANY" 468 XLIII WHEREIN WE FIND GRANT ADAMS CALLING UPON KENYON'S MOTHER, AND DARKNESS FALLS UPON TWO LOVERS 496 XLIV IN WHICH WE SUFFER LITTLE CHILDREN, WITH GEORGE BROTHERTON, AND IN GENERAL CONSIDER THE HABITANTS OF THE KINGDOM 515 XLV IN WHICH LIDA BOWMAN CONSIDERS HER UNIVERSE AND TOM VAN DORN WINS ANOTHER VICTORY 527 XLVI WHEREIN GRANT ADAMS PREACHES PEACE AND LIDA BOWMAN SPEAKS HER MIND 543 XLVII IN WHICH GRANT ADAMS AND LAURA VAN DORN TAKE A WALK DOWN MARKET STREET AND MRS.

determine the result of (a competition)

From this reading NESBIT ACQUIRES A LONG LOST GRANDSON-IN-LAW 561 XLVIII WHEREIN WE ERECT A HOUSE BUILT UPON A ROCK 575 XLIX HOW MORTY SANDS TURNED AWAY SADLY AND JUDGE VAN DORN UNCOVERED A SECRET 582 L JUDGE VAN DORN SINGS SOME MERRY SONGS AND THEY TAKE GRANT ADAMS BEHIND A WHITE DOOR 597 LI IN WHICH WE END AS WE BEGAN AND ALL LIVE HAPPILY EVER AFTER 609 LII NOT EXACTLY A CHAPTER BUT RATHER A Q. E. D. OR A HIC FABULA DOCET 613

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From this reading XLI HERE WE SEE GRANT ADAMS CONQUERING HIS THIRD AND LAST DEVIL 454 XLII A CHAPTER WHICH IS CONCERNED LARGELY WITH THE LOVE AFFAIRS OF "THE FULL STRENGTH OF THE COMPANY" 468 XLIII WHEREIN WE FIND GRANT ADAMS CALLING UPON KENYON'S MOTHER, AND DARKNESS FALLS UPON TWO LOVERS 496 XLIV IN WHICH WE SUFFER LITTLE CHILDREN, WITH GEORGE BROTHERTON, AND IN GENERAL CONSIDER THE HABITANTS OF THE KINGDOM 515 XLV IN WHICH LIDA BOWMAN CONSIDERS HER UNIVERSE AND TOM VAN DORN WINS ANOTHER VICTORY 527 XLVI WHEREIN GRANT ADAMS PREACHES PEACE AND LIDA BOWMAN SPEAKS HER MIND 543 XLVII IN WHICH GRANT ADAMS AND LAURA VAN DORN TAKE A WALK DOWN MARKET STREET AND MRS.

a domain in which something is dominant

From this reading XLI HERE WE SEE GRANT ADAMS CONQUERING HIS THIRD AND LAST DEVIL 454 XLII A CHAPTER WHICH IS CONCERNED LARGELY WITH THE LOVE AFFAIRS OF "THE FULL STRENGTH OF THE COMPANY" 468 XLIII WHEREIN WE FIND GRANT ADAMS CALLING UPON KENYON'S MOTHER, AND DARKNESS FALLS UPON TWO LOVERS 496 XLIV IN WHICH WE SUFFER LITTLE CHILDREN, WITH GEORGE BROTHERTON, AND IN GENERAL CONSIDER THE HABITANTS OF THE KINGDOM 515 XLV IN WHICH LIDA BOWMAN CONSIDERS HER UNIVERSE AND TOM VAN DORN WINS ANOTHER VICTORY 527 XLVI WHEREIN GRANT ADAMS PREACHES PEACE AND LIDA BOWMAN SPEAKS HER MIND 543 XLVII IN WHICH GRANT ADAMS AND LAURA VAN DORN TAKE A WALK DOWN MARKET STREET AND MRS.

a metric unit of capacity, formerly defined as the volume of one kilogram of pure water under standard conditions; now equal to 1,000 cubic centimeters (or approximately 1.75 pints)

From this reading NESBIT ACQUIRES A LONG LOST GRANDSON-IN-LAW 561 XLVIII WHEREIN WE ERECT A HOUSE BUILT UPON A ROCK 575 XLIX HOW MORTY SANDS TURNED AWAY SADLY AND JUDGE VAN DORN UNCOVERED A SECRET 582 L JUDGE VAN DORN SINGS SOME MERRY SONGS AND THEY TAKE GRANT ADAMS BEHIND A WHITE DOOR 597 LI IN WHICH WE END AS WE BEGAN AND ALL LIVE HAPPILY EVER AFTER 609 LII NOT EXACTLY A CHAPTER BUT RATHER A Q. E. D. OR A HIC FABULA DOCET 613

in large part; mainly or chiefly

From this reading XLI HERE WE SEE GRANT ADAMS CONQUERING HIS THIRD AND LAST DEVIL 454 XLII A CHAPTER WHICH IS CONCERNED LARGELY WITH THE LOVE AFFAIRS OF "THE FULL STRENGTH OF THE COMPANY" 468 XLIII WHEREIN WE FIND GRANT ADAMS CALLING UPON KENYON'S MOTHER, AND DARKNESS FALLS UPON TWO LOVERS 496 XLIV IN WHICH WE SUFFER LITTLE CHILDREN, WITH GEORGE BROTHERTON, AND IN GENERAL CONSIDER THE HABITANTS OF THE KINGDOM 515 XLV IN WHICH LIDA BOWMAN CONSIDERS HER UNIVERSE AND TOM VAN DORN WINS ANOTHER VICTORY 527 XLVI WHEREIN GRANT ADAMS PREACHES PEACE AND LIDA BOWMAN SPEAKS HER MIND 543 XLVII IN WHICH GRANT ADAMS AND LAURA VAN DORN TAKE A WALK DOWN MARKET STREET AND MRS.

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From this reading In the blue sky a meadow lark's love song, and in the grass the boom of the prairie chicken's wings are the only sounds that break the primeval silence, excepting the lisping of the wind which dimples the broad acres of tall grass--thousand upon thousand of acres--that stretch northward for miles.

immediately past

From this reading XLI HERE WE SEE GRANT ADAMS CONQUERING HIS THIRD AND LAST DEVIL 454 XLII A CHAPTER WHICH IS CONCERNED LARGELY WITH THE LOVE AFFAIRS OF "THE FULL STRENGTH OF THE COMPANY" 468 XLIII WHEREIN WE FIND GRANT ADAMS CALLING UPON KENYON'S MOTHER, AND DARKNESS FALLS UPON TWO LOVERS 496 XLIV IN WHICH WE SUFFER LITTLE CHILDREN, WITH GEORGE BROTHERTON, AND IN GENERAL CONSIDER THE HABITANTS OF THE KINGDOM 515 XLV IN WHICH LIDA BOWMAN CONSIDERS HER UNIVERSE AND TOM VAN DORN WINS ANOTHER VICTORY 527 XLVI WHEREIN GRANT ADAMS PREACHES PEACE AND LIDA BOWMAN SPEAKS HER MIND 543 XLVII IN WHICH GRANT ADAMS AND LAURA VAN DORN TAKE A WALK DOWN MARKET STREET AND MRS.

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From this reading XLI HERE WE SEE GRANT ADAMS CONQUERING HIS THIRD AND LAST DEVIL 454 XLII A CHAPTER WHICH IS CONCERNED LARGELY WITH THE LOVE AFFAIRS OF "THE FULL STRENGTH OF THE COMPANY" 468 XLIII WHEREIN WE FIND GRANT ADAMS CALLING UPON KENYON'S MOTHER, AND DARKNESS FALLS UPON TWO LOVERS 496 XLIV IN WHICH WE SUFFER LITTLE CHILDREN, WITH GEORGE BROTHERTON, AND IN GENERAL CONSIDER THE HABITANTS OF THE KINGDOM 515 XLV IN WHICH LIDA BOWMAN CONSIDERS HER UNIVERSE AND TOM VAN DORN WINS ANOTHER VICTORY 527 XLVI WHEREIN GRANT ADAMS PREACHES PEACE AND LIDA BOWMAN SPEAKS HER MIND 543 XLVII IN WHICH GRANT ADAMS AND LAURA VAN DORN TAKE A WALK DOWN MARKET STREET AND MRS.

a soft silver-white univalent element of the alkali metal group; the lightest metal known; occurs in several minerals

From this reading NESBIT ACQUIRES A LONG LOST GRANDSON-IN-LAW 561 XLVIII WHEREIN WE ERECT A HOUSE BUILT UPON A ROCK 575 XLIX HOW MORTY SANDS TURNED AWAY SADLY AND JUDGE VAN DORN UNCOVERED A SECRET 582 L JUDGE VAN DORN SINGS SOME MERRY SONGS AND THEY TAKE GRANT ADAMS BEHIND A WHITE DOOR 597 LI IN WHICH WE END AS WE BEGAN AND ALL LIVE HAPPILY EVER AFTER 609 LII NOT EXACTLY A CHAPTER BUT RATHER A Q. E. D. OR A HIC FABULA DOCET 613

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From this reading XLI HERE WE SEE GRANT ADAMS CONQUERING HIS THIRD AND LAST DEVIL 454 XLII A CHAPTER WHICH IS CONCERNED LARGELY WITH THE LOVE AFFAIRS OF "THE FULL STRENGTH OF THE COMPANY" 468 XLIII WHEREIN WE FIND GRANT ADAMS CALLING UPON KENYON'S MOTHER, AND DARKNESS FALLS UPON TWO LOVERS 496 XLIV IN WHICH WE SUFFER LITTLE CHILDREN, WITH GEORGE BROTHERTON, AND IN GENERAL CONSIDER THE HABITANTS OF THE KINGDOM 515 XLV IN WHICH LIDA BOWMAN CONSIDERS HER UNIVERSE AND TOM VAN DORN WINS ANOTHER VICTORY 527 XLVI WHEREIN GRANT ADAMS PREACHES PEACE AND LIDA BOWMAN SPEAKS HER MIND 543 XLVII IN WHICH GRANT ADAMS AND LAURA VAN DORN TAKE A WALK DOWN MARKET STREET AND MRS.

being two more than fifty

From this reading NESBIT ACQUIRES A LONG LOST GRANDSON-IN-LAW 561 XLVIII WHEREIN WE ERECT A HOUSE BUILT UPON A ROCK 575 XLIX HOW MORTY SANDS TURNED AWAY SADLY AND JUDGE VAN DORN UNCOVERED A SECRET 582 L JUDGE VAN DORN SINGS SOME MERRY SONGS AND THEY TAKE GRANT ADAMS BEHIND A WHITE DOOR 597 LI IN WHICH WE END AS WE BEGAN AND ALL LIVE HAPPILY EVER AFTER 609 LII NOT EXACTLY A CHAPTER BUT RATHER A Q. E. D. OR A HIC FABULA DOCET 613

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From this reading In the blue sky a meadow lark's love song, and in the grass the boom of the prairie chicken's wings are the only sounds that break the primeval silence, excepting the lisping of the wind which dimples the broad acres of tall grass--thousand upon thousand of acres--that stretch northward for miles.

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

From this reading XLI HERE WE SEE GRANT ADAMS CONQUERING HIS THIRD AND LAST DEVIL 454 XLII A CHAPTER WHICH IS CONCERNED LARGELY WITH THE LOVE AFFAIRS OF "THE FULL STRENGTH OF THE COMPANY" 468 XLIII WHEREIN WE FIND GRANT ADAMS CALLING UPON KENYON'S MOTHER, AND DARKNESS FALLS UPON TWO LOVERS 496 XLIV IN WHICH WE SUFFER LITTLE CHILDREN, WITH GEORGE BROTHERTON, AND IN GENERAL CONSIDER THE HABITANTS OF THE KINGDOM 515 XLV IN WHICH LIDA BOWMAN CONSIDERS HER UNIVERSE AND TOM VAN DORN WINS ANOTHER VICTORY 527 XLVI WHEREIN GRANT ADAMS PREACHES PEACE AND LIDA BOWMAN SPEAKS HER MIND 543 XLVII IN WHICH GRANT ADAMS AND LAURA VAN DORN TAKE A WALK DOWN MARKET STREET AND MRS.

be an inhabitant of or reside in

From this reading NESBIT ACQUIRES A LONG LOST GRANDSON-IN-LAW 561 XLVIII WHEREIN WE ERECT A HOUSE BUILT UPON A ROCK 575 XLIX HOW MORTY SANDS TURNED AWAY SADLY AND JUDGE VAN DORN UNCOVERED A SECRET 582 L JUDGE VAN DORN SINGS SOME MERRY SONGS AND THEY TAKE GRANT ADAMS BEHIND A WHITE DOOR 597 LI IN WHICH WE END AS WE BEGAN AND ALL LIVE HAPPILY EVER AFTER 609 LII NOT EXACTLY A CHAPTER BUT RATHER A Q. E. D. OR A HIC FABULA DOCET 613

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 NESBIT ACQUIRES A LONG LOST GRANDSON-IN-LAW 561 XLVIII WHEREIN WE ERECT A HOUSE BUILT UPON A ROCK 575 XLIX HOW MORTY SANDS TURNED AWAY SADLY AND JUDGE VAN DORN UNCOVERED A SECRET 582 L JUDGE VAN DORN SINGS SOME MERRY SONGS AND THEY TAKE GRANT ADAMS BEHIND A WHITE DOOR 597 LI IN WHICH WE END AS WE BEGAN AND ALL LIVE HAPPILY EVER AFTER 609 LII NOT EXACTLY A CHAPTER BUT RATHER A Q. E. D. OR A HIC FABULA DOCET 613

no longer in your possession or control; unable to be found or recovered

From this reading NESBIT ACQUIRES A LONG LOST GRANDSON-IN-LAW 561 XLVIII WHEREIN WE ERECT A HOUSE BUILT UPON A ROCK 575 XLIX HOW MORTY SANDS TURNED AWAY SADLY AND JUDGE VAN DORN UNCOVERED A SECRET 582 L JUDGE VAN DORN SINGS SOME MERRY SONGS AND THEY TAKE GRANT ADAMS BEHIND A WHITE DOOR 597 LI IN WHICH WE END AS WE BEGAN AND ALL LIVE HAPPILY EVER AFTER 609 LII NOT EXACTLY A CHAPTER BUT RATHER A Q. E. D. OR A HIC FABULA DOCET 613

a strong positive emotion of regard and affection

From this reading XLI HERE WE SEE GRANT ADAMS CONQUERING HIS THIRD AND LAST DEVIL 454 XLII A CHAPTER WHICH IS CONCERNED LARGELY WITH THE LOVE AFFAIRS OF "THE FULL STRENGTH OF THE COMPANY" 468 XLIII WHEREIN WE FIND GRANT ADAMS CALLING UPON KENYON'S MOTHER, AND DARKNESS FALLS UPON TWO LOVERS 496 XLIV IN WHICH WE SUFFER LITTLE CHILDREN, WITH GEORGE BROTHERTON, AND IN GENERAL CONSIDER THE HABITANTS OF THE KINGDOM 515 XLV IN WHICH LIDA BOWMAN CONSIDERS HER UNIVERSE AND TOM VAN DORN WINS ANOTHER VICTORY 527 XLVI WHEREIN GRANT ADAMS PREACHES PEACE AND LIDA BOWMAN SPEAKS HER MIND 543 XLVII IN WHICH GRANT ADAMS AND LAURA VAN DORN TAKE A WALK DOWN MARKET STREET AND MRS.

plural of “lover” — a person who loves someone or is loved by someone

From this reading XLI HERE WE SEE GRANT ADAMS CONQUERING HIS THIRD AND LAST DEVIL 454 XLII A CHAPTER WHICH IS CONCERNED LARGELY WITH THE LOVE AFFAIRS OF "THE FULL STRENGTH OF THE COMPANY" 468 XLIII WHEREIN WE FIND GRANT ADAMS CALLING UPON KENYON'S MOTHER, AND DARKNESS FALLS UPON TWO LOVERS 496 XLIV IN WHICH WE SUFFER LITTLE CHILDREN, WITH GEORGE BROTHERTON, AND IN GENERAL CONSIDER THE HABITANTS OF THE KINGDOM 515 XLV IN WHICH LIDA BOWMAN CONSIDERS HER UNIVERSE AND TOM VAN DORN WINS ANOTHER VICTORY 527 XLVI WHEREIN GRANT ADAMS PREACHES PEACE AND LIDA BOWMAN SPEAKS HER MIND 543 XLVII IN WHICH GRANT ADAMS AND LAURA VAN DORN TAKE A WALK DOWN MARKET STREET AND MRS.

the world of commercial activity where goods and services are bought and sold

From this reading XLI HERE WE SEE GRANT ADAMS CONQUERING HIS THIRD AND LAST DEVIL 454 XLII A CHAPTER WHICH IS CONCERNED LARGELY WITH THE LOVE AFFAIRS OF "THE FULL STRENGTH OF THE COMPANY" 468 XLIII WHEREIN WE FIND GRANT ADAMS CALLING UPON KENYON'S MOTHER, AND DARKNESS FALLS UPON TWO LOVERS 496 XLIV IN WHICH WE SUFFER LITTLE CHILDREN, WITH GEORGE BROTHERTON, AND IN GENERAL CONSIDER THE HABITANTS OF THE KINGDOM 515 XLV IN WHICH LIDA BOWMAN CONSIDERS HER UNIVERSE AND TOM VAN DORN WINS ANOTHER VICTORY 527 XLVI WHEREIN GRANT ADAMS PREACHES PEACE AND LIDA BOWMAN SPEAKS HER MIND 543 XLVII IN WHICH GRANT ADAMS AND LAURA VAN DORN TAKE A WALK DOWN MARKET STREET AND MRS.

a field where grass or alfalfa are grown to be made into hay

From this reading In the blue sky a meadow lark's love song, and in the grass the boom of the prairie chicken's wings are the only sounds that break the primeval silence, excepting the lisping of the wind which dimples the broad acres of tall grass--thousand upon thousand of acres--that stretch northward for miles.

full of or showing high-spirited merriment

From this reading NESBIT ACQUIRES A LONG LOST GRANDSON-IN-LAW 561 XLVIII WHEREIN WE ERECT A HOUSE BUILT UPON A ROCK 575 XLIX HOW MORTY SANDS TURNED AWAY SADLY AND JUDGE VAN DORN UNCOVERED A SECRET 582 L JUDGE VAN DORN SINGS SOME MERRY SONGS AND THEY TAKE GRANT ADAMS BEHIND A WHITE DOOR 597 LI IN WHICH WE END AS WE BEGAN AND ALL LIVE HAPPILY EVER AFTER 609 LII NOT EXACTLY A CHAPTER BUT RATHER A Q. E. D. OR A HIC FABULA DOCET 613

plural of “mile” — a unit of length equal to 1,760 yards or 5,280 feet; exactly 1609.344 meters

From this reading For the background, perhaps a thousand miles away or more than half a decade removed in time, is the American Civil War.

The element of a person that enables awareness and thought.

From this reading XLI HERE WE SEE GRANT ADAMS CONQUERING HIS THIRD AND LAST DEVIL 454 XLII A CHAPTER WHICH IS CONCERNED LARGELY WITH THE LOVE AFFAIRS OF "THE FULL STRENGTH OF THE COMPANY" 468 XLIII WHEREIN WE FIND GRANT ADAMS CALLING UPON KENYON'S MOTHER, AND DARKNESS FALLS UPON TWO LOVERS 496 XLIV IN WHICH WE SUFFER LITTLE CHILDREN, WITH GEORGE BROTHERTON, AND IN GENERAL CONSIDER THE HABITANTS OF THE KINGDOM 515 XLV IN WHICH LIDA BOWMAN CONSIDERS HER UNIVERSE AND TOM VAN DORN WINS ANOTHER VICTORY 527 XLVI WHEREIN GRANT ADAMS PREACHES PEACE AND LIDA BOWMAN SPEAKS HER MIND 543 XLVII IN WHICH GRANT ADAMS AND LAURA VAN DORN TAKE A WALK DOWN MARKET STREET AND MRS.

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

From this reading For the background, perhaps a thousand miles away or more than half a decade removed in time, is the American Civil War.

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From this reading NESBIT ACQUIRES A LONG LOST GRANDSON-IN-LAW 561 XLVIII WHEREIN WE ERECT A HOUSE BUILT UPON A ROCK 575 XLIX HOW MORTY SANDS TURNED AWAY SADLY AND JUDGE VAN DORN UNCOVERED A SECRET 582 L JUDGE VAN DORN SINGS SOME MERRY SONGS AND THEY TAKE GRANT ADAMS BEHIND A WHITE DOOR 597 LI IN WHICH WE END AS WE BEGAN AND ALL LIVE HAPPILY EVER AFTER 609 LII NOT EXACTLY A CHAPTER BUT RATHER A Q. E. D. OR A HIC FABULA DOCET 613

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

From this reading XLI HERE WE SEE GRANT ADAMS CONQUERING HIS THIRD AND LAST DEVIL 454 XLII A CHAPTER WHICH IS CONCERNED LARGELY WITH THE LOVE AFFAIRS OF "THE FULL STRENGTH OF THE COMPANY" 468 XLIII WHEREIN WE FIND GRANT ADAMS CALLING UPON KENYON'S MOTHER, AND DARKNESS FALLS UPON TWO LOVERS 496 XLIV IN WHICH WE SUFFER LITTLE CHILDREN, WITH GEORGE BROTHERTON, AND IN GENERAL CONSIDER THE HABITANTS OF THE KINGDOM 515 XLV IN WHICH LIDA BOWMAN CONSIDERS HER UNIVERSE AND TOM VAN DORN WINS ANOTHER VICTORY 527 XLVI WHEREIN GRANT ADAMS PREACHES PEACE AND LIDA BOWMAN SPEAKS HER MIND 543 XLVII IN WHICH GRANT ADAMS AND LAURA VAN DORN TAKE A WALK DOWN MARKET STREET AND MRS.

a form of address for a married woman

From this reading XLI HERE WE SEE GRANT ADAMS CONQUERING HIS THIRD AND LAST DEVIL 454 XLII A CHAPTER WHICH IS CONCERNED LARGELY WITH THE LOVE AFFAIRS OF "THE FULL STRENGTH OF THE COMPANY" 468 XLIII WHEREIN WE FIND GRANT ADAMS CALLING UPON KENYON'S MOTHER, AND DARKNESS FALLS UPON TWO LOVERS 496 XLIV IN WHICH WE SUFFER LITTLE CHILDREN, WITH GEORGE BROTHERTON, AND IN GENERAL CONSIDER THE HABITANTS OF THE KINGDOM 515 XLV IN WHICH LIDA BOWMAN CONSIDERS HER UNIVERSE AND TOM VAN DORN WINS ANOTHER VICTORY 527 XLVI WHEREIN GRANT ADAMS PREACHES PEACE AND LIDA BOWMAN SPEAKS HER MIND 543 XLVII IN WHICH GRANT ADAMS AND LAURA VAN DORN TAKE A WALK DOWN MARKET STREET AND MRS.

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From this reading NESBIT ACQUIRES A LONG LOST GRANDSON-IN-LAW 561 XLVIII WHEREIN WE ERECT A HOUSE BUILT UPON A ROCK 575 XLIX HOW MORTY SANDS TURNED AWAY SADLY AND JUDGE VAN DORN UNCOVERED A SECRET 582 L JUDGE VAN DORN SINGS SOME MERRY SONGS AND THEY TAKE GRANT ADAMS BEHIND A WHITE DOOR 597 LI IN WHICH WE END AS WE BEGAN AND ALL LIVE HAPPILY EVER AFTER 609 LII NOT EXACTLY A CHAPTER BUT RATHER A Q. E. D. OR A HIC FABULA DOCET 613

in a northern direction

From this reading In the blue sky a meadow lark's love song, and in the grass the boom of the prairie chicken's wings are the only sounds that break the primeval silence, excepting the lisping of the wind which dimples the broad acres of tall grass--thousand upon thousand of acres--that stretch northward for miles.

used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative

From this reading NESBIT ACQUIRES A LONG LOST GRANDSON-IN-LAW 561 XLVIII WHEREIN WE ERECT A HOUSE BUILT UPON A ROCK 575 XLIX HOW MORTY SANDS TURNED AWAY SADLY AND JUDGE VAN DORN UNCOVERED A SECRET 582 L JUDGE VAN DORN SINGS SOME MERRY SONGS AND THEY TAKE GRANT ADAMS BEHIND A WHITE DOOR 597 LI IN WHICH WE END AS WE BEGAN AND ALL LIVE HAPPILY EVER AFTER 609 LII NOT EXACTLY A CHAPTER BUT RATHER A Q. E. D. OR A HIC FABULA DOCET 613

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

From this reading XLI HERE WE SEE GRANT ADAMS CONQUERING HIS THIRD AND LAST DEVIL 454 XLII A CHAPTER WHICH IS CONCERNED LARGELY WITH THE LOVE AFFAIRS OF "THE FULL STRENGTH OF THE COMPANY" 468 XLIII WHEREIN WE FIND GRANT ADAMS CALLING UPON KENYON'S MOTHER, AND DARKNESS FALLS UPON TWO LOVERS 496 XLIV IN WHICH WE SUFFER LITTLE CHILDREN, WITH GEORGE BROTHERTON, AND IN GENERAL CONSIDER THE HABITANTS OF THE KINGDOM 515 XLV IN WHICH LIDA BOWMAN CONSIDERS HER UNIVERSE AND TOM VAN DORN WINS ANOTHER VICTORY 527 XLVI WHEREIN GRANT ADAMS PREACHES PEACE AND LIDA BOWMAN SPEAKS HER MIND 543 XLVII IN WHICH GRANT ADAMS AND LAURA VAN DORN TAKE A WALK DOWN MARKET STREET AND MRS.

and nothing more

From this reading In the blue sky a meadow lark's love song, and in the grass the boom of the prairie chicken's wings are the only sounds that break the primeval silence, excepting the lisping of the wind which dimples the broad acres of tall grass--thousand upon thousand of acres--that stretch northward for miles.

used to join alternatives or possibilities

From this reading NESBIT ACQUIRES A LONG LOST GRANDSON-IN-LAW 561 XLVIII WHEREIN WE ERECT A HOUSE BUILT UPON A ROCK 575 XLIX HOW MORTY SANDS TURNED AWAY SADLY AND JUDGE VAN DORN UNCOVERED A SECRET 582 L JUDGE VAN DORN SINGS SOME MERRY SONGS AND THEY TAKE GRANT ADAMS BEHIND A WHITE DOOR 597 LI IN WHICH WE END AS WE BEGAN AND ALL LIVE HAPPILY EVER AFTER 609 LII NOT EXACTLY A CHAPTER BUT RATHER A Q. E. D. OR A HIC FABULA DOCET 613

the state prevailing during the absence of war

From this reading XLI HERE WE SEE GRANT ADAMS CONQUERING HIS THIRD AND LAST DEVIL 454 XLII A CHAPTER WHICH IS CONCERNED LARGELY WITH THE LOVE AFFAIRS OF "THE FULL STRENGTH OF THE COMPANY" 468 XLIII WHEREIN WE FIND GRANT ADAMS CALLING UPON KENYON'S MOTHER, AND DARKNESS FALLS UPON TWO LOVERS 496 XLIV IN WHICH WE SUFFER LITTLE CHILDREN, WITH GEORGE BROTHERTON, AND IN GENERAL CONSIDER THE HABITANTS OF THE KINGDOM 515 XLV IN WHICH LIDA BOWMAN CONSIDERS HER UNIVERSE AND TOM VAN DORN WINS ANOTHER VICTORY 527 XLVI WHEREIN GRANT ADAMS PREACHES PEACE AND LIDA BOWMAN SPEAKS HER MIND 543 XLVII IN WHICH GRANT ADAMS AND LAURA VAN DORN TAKE A WALK DOWN MARKET STREET AND MRS.

by chance

From this reading For the background, perhaps a thousand miles away or more than half a decade removed in time, is the American Civil War.

a treeless grassy plain

From this reading IN THE HEART OF A FOOL BEING STAGE DIRECTIONS, AND A CAST OF CHARACTERS Sunshine and prairie grass--well in the foreground.

third-person singular of “preach” — deliver a sermon

From this reading XLI HERE WE SEE GRANT ADAMS CONQUERING HIS THIRD AND LAST DEVIL 454 XLII A CHAPTER WHICH IS CONCERNED LARGELY WITH THE LOVE AFFAIRS OF "THE FULL STRENGTH OF THE COMPANY" 468 XLIII WHEREIN WE FIND GRANT ADAMS CALLING UPON KENYON'S MOTHER, AND DARKNESS FALLS UPON TWO LOVERS 496 XLIV IN WHICH WE SUFFER LITTLE CHILDREN, WITH GEORGE BROTHERTON, AND IN GENERAL CONSIDER THE HABITANTS OF THE KINGDOM 515 XLV IN WHICH LIDA BOWMAN CONSIDERS HER UNIVERSE AND TOM VAN DORN WINS ANOTHER VICTORY 527 XLVI WHEREIN GRANT ADAMS PREACHES PEACE AND LIDA BOWMAN SPEAKS HER MIND 543 XLVII IN WHICH GRANT ADAMS AND LAURA VAN DORN TAKE A WALK DOWN MARKET STREET AND MRS.

having existed from the beginning; in an earliest or original stage or state

From this reading In the blue sky a meadow lark's love song, and in the grass the boom of the prairie chicken's wings are the only sounds that break the primeval silence, excepting the lisping of the wind which dimples the broad acres of tall grass--thousand upon thousand of acres--that stretch northward for miles.

the 17th letter of the Roman alphabet

From this reading NESBIT ACQUIRES A LONG LOST GRANDSON-IN-LAW 561 XLVIII WHEREIN WE ERECT A HOUSE BUILT UPON A ROCK 575 XLIX HOW MORTY SANDS TURNED AWAY SADLY AND JUDGE VAN DORN UNCOVERED A SECRET 582 L JUDGE VAN DORN SINGS SOME MERRY SONGS AND THEY TAKE GRANT ADAMS BEHIND A WHITE DOOR 597 LI IN WHICH WE END AS WE BEGAN AND ALL LIVE HAPPILY EVER AFTER 609 LII NOT EXACTLY A CHAPTER BUT RATHER A Q. E. D. OR A HIC FABULA DOCET 613

on the contrary

From this reading NESBIT ACQUIRES A LONG LOST GRANDSON-IN-LAW 561 XLVIII WHEREIN WE ERECT A HOUSE BUILT UPON A ROCK 575 XLIX HOW MORTY SANDS TURNED AWAY SADLY AND JUDGE VAN DORN UNCOVERED A SECRET 582 L JUDGE VAN DORN SINGS SOME MERRY SONGS AND THEY TAKE GRANT ADAMS BEHIND A WHITE DOOR 597 LI IN WHICH WE END AS WE BEGAN AND ALL LIVE HAPPILY EVER AFTER 609 LII NOT EXACTLY A CHAPTER BUT RATHER A Q. E. D. OR A HIC FABULA DOCET 613

separated in relationship by a given degree of descent

From this reading For the background, perhaps a thousand miles away or more than half a decade removed in time, is the American Civil War.

a lump or mass of hard consolidated mineral matter

From this reading NESBIT ACQUIRES A LONG LOST GRANDSON-IN-LAW 561 XLVIII WHEREIN WE ERECT A HOUSE BUILT UPON A ROCK 575 XLIX HOW MORTY SANDS TURNED AWAY SADLY AND JUDGE VAN DORN UNCOVERED A SECRET 582 L JUDGE VAN DORN SINGS SOME MERRY SONGS AND THEY TAKE GRANT ADAMS BEHIND A WHITE DOOR 597 LI IN WHICH WE END AS WE BEGAN AND ALL LIVE HAPPILY EVER AFTER 609 LII NOT EXACTLY A CHAPTER BUT RATHER A Q. E. D. OR A HIC FABULA DOCET 613

in an unfortunate way

From this reading NESBIT ACQUIRES A LONG LOST GRANDSON-IN-LAW 561 XLVIII WHEREIN WE ERECT A HOUSE BUILT UPON A ROCK 575 XLIX HOW MORTY SANDS TURNED AWAY SADLY AND JUDGE VAN DORN UNCOVERED A SECRET 582 L JUDGE VAN DORN SINGS SOME MERRY SONGS AND THEY TAKE GRANT ADAMS BEHIND A WHITE DOOR 597 LI IN WHICH WE END AS WE BEGAN AND ALL LIVE HAPPILY EVER AFTER 609 LII NOT EXACTLY A CHAPTER BUT RATHER A Q. E. D. OR A HIC FABULA DOCET 613

the region of the shore of a lake or sea or ocean

From this reading NESBIT ACQUIRES A LONG LOST GRANDSON-IN-LAW 561 XLVIII WHEREIN WE ERECT A HOUSE BUILT UPON A ROCK 575 XLIX HOW MORTY SANDS TURNED AWAY SADLY AND JUDGE VAN DORN UNCOVERED A SECRET 582 L JUDGE VAN DORN SINGS SOME MERRY SONGS AND THEY TAKE GRANT ADAMS BEHIND A WHITE DOOR 597 LI IN WHICH WE END AS WE BEGAN AND ALL LIVE HAPPILY EVER AFTER 609 LII NOT EXACTLY A CHAPTER BUT RATHER A Q. E. D. OR A HIC FABULA DOCET 613

Something that is kept or meant to be kept unknown or unseen by others.

From this reading NESBIT ACQUIRES A LONG LOST GRANDSON-IN-LAW 561 XLVIII WHEREIN WE ERECT A HOUSE BUILT UPON A ROCK 575 XLIX HOW MORTY SANDS TURNED AWAY SADLY AND JUDGE VAN DORN UNCOVERED A SECRET 582 L JUDGE VAN DORN SINGS SOME MERRY SONGS AND THEY TAKE GRANT ADAMS BEHIND A WHITE DOOR 597 LI IN WHICH WE END AS WE BEGAN AND ALL LIVE HAPPILY EVER AFTER 609 LII NOT EXACTLY A CHAPTER BUT RATHER A Q. E. D. OR A HIC FABULA DOCET 613

perceive by sight or have the power to perceive by sight

From this reading XLI HERE WE SEE GRANT ADAMS CONQUERING HIS THIRD AND LAST DEVIL 454 XLII A CHAPTER WHICH IS CONCERNED LARGELY WITH THE LOVE AFFAIRS OF "THE FULL STRENGTH OF THE COMPANY" 468 XLIII WHEREIN WE FIND GRANT ADAMS CALLING UPON KENYON'S MOTHER, AND DARKNESS FALLS UPON TWO LOVERS 496 XLIV IN WHICH WE SUFFER LITTLE CHILDREN, WITH GEORGE BROTHERTON, AND IN GENERAL CONSIDER THE HABITANTS OF THE KINGDOM 515 XLV IN WHICH LIDA BOWMAN CONSIDERS HER UNIVERSE AND TOM VAN DORN WINS ANOTHER VICTORY 527 XLVI WHEREIN GRANT ADAMS PREACHES PEACE AND LIDA BOWMAN SPEAKS HER MIND 543 XLVII IN WHICH GRANT ADAMS AND LAURA VAN DORN TAKE A WALK DOWN MARKET STREET AND MRS.

Complete absence of sound; a state of quietness and stillness.

From this reading In the blue sky a meadow lark's love song, and in the grass the boom of the prairie chicken's wings are the only sounds that break the primeval silence, excepting the lisping of the wind which dimples the broad acres of tall grass--thousand upon thousand of acres--that stretch northward for miles.

third-person singular of “sing” — deliver by singing

From this reading NESBIT ACQUIRES A LONG LOST GRANDSON-IN-LAW 561 XLVIII WHEREIN WE ERECT A HOUSE BUILT UPON A ROCK 575 XLIX HOW MORTY SANDS TURNED AWAY SADLY AND JUDGE VAN DORN UNCOVERED A SECRET 582 L JUDGE VAN DORN SINGS SOME MERRY SONGS AND THEY TAKE GRANT ADAMS BEHIND A WHITE DOOR 597 LI IN WHICH WE END AS WE BEGAN AND ALL LIVE HAPPILY EVER AFTER 609 LII NOT EXACTLY A CHAPTER BUT RATHER A Q. E. D. OR A HIC FABULA DOCET 613

the atmosphere and outer space as viewed from the earth

From this reading In the blue sky a meadow lark's love song, and in the grass the boom of the prairie chicken's wings are the only sounds that break the primeval silence, excepting the lisping of the wind which dimples the broad acres of tall grass--thousand upon thousand of acres--that stretch northward for miles.

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

From this reading NESBIT ACQUIRES A LONG LOST GRANDSON-IN-LAW 561 XLVIII WHEREIN WE ERECT A HOUSE BUILT UPON A ROCK 575 XLIX HOW MORTY SANDS TURNED AWAY SADLY AND JUDGE VAN DORN UNCOVERED A SECRET 582 L JUDGE VAN DORN SINGS SOME MERRY SONGS AND THEY TAKE GRANT ADAMS BEHIND A WHITE DOOR 597 LI IN WHICH WE END AS WE BEGAN AND ALL LIVE HAPPILY EVER AFTER 609 LII NOT EXACTLY A CHAPTER BUT RATHER A Q. E. D. OR A HIC FABULA DOCET 613

a short musical composition with words

From this reading In the blue sky a meadow lark's love song, and in the grass the boom of the prairie chicken's wings are the only sounds that break the primeval silence, excepting the lisping of the wind which dimples the broad acres of tall grass--thousand upon thousand of acres--that stretch northward for miles.

plural of “song” — a short musical composition with words

From this reading NESBIT ACQUIRES A LONG LOST GRANDSON-IN-LAW 561 XLVIII WHEREIN WE ERECT A HOUSE BUILT UPON A ROCK 575 XLIX HOW MORTY SANDS TURNED AWAY SADLY AND JUDGE VAN DORN UNCOVERED A SECRET 582 L JUDGE VAN DORN SINGS SOME MERRY SONGS AND THEY TAKE GRANT ADAMS BEHIND A WHITE DOOR 597 LI IN WHICH WE END AS WE BEGAN AND ALL LIVE HAPPILY EVER AFTER 609 LII NOT EXACTLY A CHAPTER BUT RATHER A Q. E. D. OR A HIC FABULA DOCET 613

plural of “sound” — the particular auditory effect produced by a given cause

From this reading In the blue sky a meadow lark's love song, and in the grass the boom of the prairie chicken's wings are the only sounds that break the primeval silence, excepting the lisping of the wind which dimples the broad acres of tall grass--thousand upon thousand of acres--that stretch northward for miles.

third-person singular of “speak” — express in speech

From this reading XLI HERE WE SEE GRANT ADAMS CONQUERING HIS THIRD AND LAST DEVIL 454 XLII A CHAPTER WHICH IS CONCERNED LARGELY WITH THE LOVE AFFAIRS OF "THE FULL STRENGTH OF THE COMPANY" 468 XLIII WHEREIN WE FIND GRANT ADAMS CALLING UPON KENYON'S MOTHER, AND DARKNESS FALLS UPON TWO LOVERS 496 XLIV IN WHICH WE SUFFER LITTLE CHILDREN, WITH GEORGE BROTHERTON, AND IN GENERAL CONSIDER THE HABITANTS OF THE KINGDOM 515 XLV IN WHICH LIDA BOWMAN CONSIDERS HER UNIVERSE AND TOM VAN DORN WINS ANOTHER VICTORY 527 XLVI WHEREIN GRANT ADAMS PREACHES PEACE AND LIDA BOWMAN SPEAKS HER MIND 543 XLVII IN WHICH GRANT ADAMS AND LAURA VAN DORN TAKE A WALK DOWN MARKET STREET AND MRS.

any distinct time period in a sequence of events

From this reading IN THE HEART OF A FOOL BEING STAGE DIRECTIONS, AND A CAST OF CHARACTERS Sunshine and prairie grass--well in the foreground.

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

From this reading XLI HERE WE SEE GRANT ADAMS CONQUERING HIS THIRD AND LAST DEVIL 454 XLII A CHAPTER WHICH IS CONCERNED LARGELY WITH THE LOVE AFFAIRS OF "THE FULL STRENGTH OF THE COMPANY" 468 XLIII WHEREIN WE FIND GRANT ADAMS CALLING UPON KENYON'S MOTHER, AND DARKNESS FALLS UPON TWO LOVERS 496 XLIV IN WHICH WE SUFFER LITTLE CHILDREN, WITH GEORGE BROTHERTON, AND IN GENERAL CONSIDER THE HABITANTS OF THE KINGDOM 515 XLV IN WHICH LIDA BOWMAN CONSIDERS HER UNIVERSE AND TOM VAN DORN WINS ANOTHER VICTORY 527 XLVI WHEREIN GRANT ADAMS PREACHES PEACE AND LIDA BOWMAN SPEAKS HER MIND 543 XLVII IN WHICH GRANT ADAMS AND LAURA VAN DORN TAKE A WALK DOWN MARKET STREET AND MRS.

the property of being physically or mentally strong

From this reading XLI HERE WE SEE GRANT ADAMS CONQUERING HIS THIRD AND LAST DEVIL 454 XLII A CHAPTER WHICH IS CONCERNED LARGELY WITH THE LOVE AFFAIRS OF "THE FULL STRENGTH OF THE COMPANY" 468 XLIII WHEREIN WE FIND GRANT ADAMS CALLING UPON KENYON'S MOTHER, AND DARKNESS FALLS UPON TWO LOVERS 496 XLIV IN WHICH WE SUFFER LITTLE CHILDREN, WITH GEORGE BROTHERTON, AND IN GENERAL CONSIDER THE HABITANTS OF THE KINGDOM 515 XLV IN WHICH LIDA BOWMAN CONSIDERS HER UNIVERSE AND TOM VAN DORN WINS ANOTHER VICTORY 527 XLVI WHEREIN GRANT ADAMS PREACHES PEACE AND LIDA BOWMAN SPEAKS HER MIND 543 XLVII IN WHICH GRANT ADAMS AND LAURA VAN DORN TAKE A WALK DOWN MARKET STREET AND MRS.

occupy a large, elongated area

From this reading In the blue sky a meadow lark's love song, and in the grass the boom of the prairie chicken's wings are the only sounds that break the primeval silence, excepting the lisping of the wind which dimples the broad acres of tall grass--thousand upon thousand of acres--that stretch northward for miles.

undergo or be subjected to

From this reading XLI HERE WE SEE GRANT ADAMS CONQUERING HIS THIRD AND LAST DEVIL 454 XLII A CHAPTER WHICH IS CONCERNED LARGELY WITH THE LOVE AFFAIRS OF "THE FULL STRENGTH OF THE COMPANY" 468 XLIII WHEREIN WE FIND GRANT ADAMS CALLING UPON KENYON'S MOTHER, AND DARKNESS FALLS UPON TWO LOVERS 496 XLIV IN WHICH WE SUFFER LITTLE CHILDREN, WITH GEORGE BROTHERTON, AND IN GENERAL CONSIDER THE HABITANTS OF THE KINGDOM 515 XLV IN WHICH LIDA BOWMAN CONSIDERS HER UNIVERSE AND TOM VAN DORN WINS ANOTHER VICTORY 527 XLVI WHEREIN GRANT ADAMS PREACHES PEACE AND LIDA BOWMAN SPEAKS HER MIND 543 XLVII IN WHICH GRANT ADAMS AND LAURA VAN DORN TAKE A WALK DOWN MARKET STREET AND MRS.

the rays of the sun

From this reading IN THE HEART OF A FOOL BEING STAGE DIRECTIONS, AND A CAST OF CHARACTERS Sunshine and prairie grass--well in the foreground.

carry out

From this reading XLI HERE WE SEE GRANT ADAMS CONQUERING HIS THIRD AND LAST DEVIL 454 XLII A CHAPTER WHICH IS CONCERNED LARGELY WITH THE LOVE AFFAIRS OF "THE FULL STRENGTH OF THE COMPANY" 468 XLIII WHEREIN WE FIND GRANT ADAMS CALLING UPON KENYON'S MOTHER, AND DARKNESS FALLS UPON TWO LOVERS 496 XLIV IN WHICH WE SUFFER LITTLE CHILDREN, WITH GEORGE BROTHERTON, AND IN GENERAL CONSIDER THE HABITANTS OF THE KINGDOM 515 XLV IN WHICH LIDA BOWMAN CONSIDERS HER UNIVERSE AND TOM VAN DORN WINS ANOTHER VICTORY 527 XLVI WHEREIN GRANT ADAMS PREACHES PEACE AND LIDA BOWMAN SPEAKS HER MIND 543 XLVII IN WHICH GRANT ADAMS AND LAURA VAN DORN TAKE A WALK DOWN MARKET STREET AND MRS.

great in vertical dimension; high in stature

From this reading In the blue sky a meadow lark's love song, and in the grass the boom of the prairie chicken's wings are the only sounds that break the primeval silence, excepting the lisping of the wind which dimples the broad acres of tall grass--thousand upon thousand of acres--that stretch northward for miles.

used to introduce the second part of a comparison

From this reading For the background, perhaps a thousand miles away or more than half a decade removed in time, is the American Civil War.

used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt

From this reading In the blue sky a meadow lark's love song, and in the grass the boom of the prairie chicken's wings are the only sounds that break the primeval silence, excepting the lisping of the wind which dimples the broad acres of tall grass--thousand upon thousand of acres--that stretch northward for miles.

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

From this reading XLI HERE WE SEE GRANT ADAMS CONQUERING HIS THIRD AND LAST DEVIL 454 XLII A CHAPTER WHICH IS CONCERNED LARGELY WITH THE LOVE AFFAIRS OF "THE FULL STRENGTH OF THE COMPANY" 468 XLIII WHEREIN WE FIND GRANT ADAMS CALLING UPON KENYON'S MOTHER, AND DARKNESS FALLS UPON TWO LOVERS 496 XLIV IN WHICH WE SUFFER LITTLE CHILDREN, WITH GEORGE BROTHERTON, AND IN GENERAL CONSIDER THE HABITANTS OF THE KINGDOM 515 XLV IN WHICH LIDA BOWMAN CONSIDERS HER UNIVERSE AND TOM VAN DORN WINS ANOTHER VICTORY 527 XLVI WHEREIN GRANT ADAMS PREACHES PEACE AND LIDA BOWMAN SPEAKS HER MIND 543 XLVII IN WHICH GRANT ADAMS AND LAURA VAN DORN TAKE A WALK DOWN MARKET STREET AND MRS.

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

From this reading NESBIT ACQUIRES A LONG LOST GRANDSON-IN-LAW 561 XLVIII WHEREIN WE ERECT A HOUSE BUILT UPON A ROCK 575 XLIX HOW MORTY SANDS TURNED AWAY SADLY AND JUDGE VAN DORN UNCOVERED A SECRET 582 L JUDGE VAN DORN SINGS SOME MERRY SONGS AND THEY TAKE GRANT ADAMS BEHIND A WHITE DOOR 597 LI IN WHICH WE END AS WE BEGAN AND ALL LIVE HAPPILY EVER AFTER 609 LII NOT EXACTLY A CHAPTER BUT RATHER A Q. E. D. OR A HIC FABULA DOCET 613

one of three equal parts of a divisible whole

From this reading XLI HERE WE SEE GRANT ADAMS CONQUERING HIS THIRD AND LAST DEVIL 454 XLII A CHAPTER WHICH IS CONCERNED LARGELY WITH THE LOVE AFFAIRS OF "THE FULL STRENGTH OF THE COMPANY" 468 XLIII WHEREIN WE FIND GRANT ADAMS CALLING UPON KENYON'S MOTHER, AND DARKNESS FALLS UPON TWO LOVERS 496 XLIV IN WHICH WE SUFFER LITTLE CHILDREN, WITH GEORGE BROTHERTON, AND IN GENERAL CONSIDER THE HABITANTS OF THE KINGDOM 515 XLV IN WHICH LIDA BOWMAN CONSIDERS HER UNIVERSE AND TOM VAN DORN WINS ANOTHER VICTORY 527 XLVI WHEREIN GRANT ADAMS PREACHES PEACE AND LIDA BOWMAN SPEAKS HER MIND 543 XLVII IN WHICH GRANT ADAMS AND LAURA VAN DORN TAKE A WALK DOWN MARKET STREET AND MRS.

the cardinal number that is the product of 10 and 100

From this reading For the background, perhaps a thousand miles away or more than half a decade removed in time, is the American Civil War.

an instance or single occasion for some event

From this reading For the background, perhaps a thousand miles away or more than half a decade removed in time, is the American Civil War.

male cat

From this reading XLI HERE WE SEE GRANT ADAMS CONQUERING HIS THIRD AND LAST DEVIL 454 XLII A CHAPTER WHICH IS CONCERNED LARGELY WITH THE LOVE AFFAIRS OF "THE FULL STRENGTH OF THE COMPANY" 468 XLIII WHEREIN WE FIND GRANT ADAMS CALLING UPON KENYON'S MOTHER, AND DARKNESS FALLS UPON TWO LOVERS 496 XLIV IN WHICH WE SUFFER LITTLE CHILDREN, WITH GEORGE BROTHERTON, AND IN GENERAL CONSIDER THE HABITANTS OF THE KINGDOM 515 XLV IN WHICH LIDA BOWMAN CONSIDERS HER UNIVERSE AND TOM VAN DORN WINS ANOTHER VICTORY 527 XLVI WHEREIN GRANT ADAMS PREACHES PEACE AND LIDA BOWMAN SPEAKS HER MIND 543 XLVII IN WHICH GRANT ADAMS AND LAURA VAN DORN TAKE A WALK DOWN MARKET STREET AND MRS.

moved around an axis or center

From this reading NESBIT ACQUIRES A LONG LOST GRANDSON-IN-LAW 561 XLVIII WHEREIN WE ERECT A HOUSE BUILT UPON A ROCK 575 XLIX HOW MORTY SANDS TURNED AWAY SADLY AND JUDGE VAN DORN UNCOVERED A SECRET 582 L JUDGE VAN DORN SINGS SOME MERRY SONGS AND THEY TAKE GRANT ADAMS BEHIND A WHITE DOOR 597 LI IN WHICH WE END AS WE BEGAN AND ALL LIVE HAPPILY EVER AFTER 609 LII NOT EXACTLY A CHAPTER BUT RATHER A Q. E. D. OR A HIC FABULA DOCET 613

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

From this reading XLI HERE WE SEE GRANT ADAMS CONQUERING HIS THIRD AND LAST DEVIL 454 XLII A CHAPTER WHICH IS CONCERNED LARGELY WITH THE LOVE AFFAIRS OF "THE FULL STRENGTH OF THE COMPANY" 468 XLIII WHEREIN WE FIND GRANT ADAMS CALLING UPON KENYON'S MOTHER, AND DARKNESS FALLS UPON TWO LOVERS 496 XLIV IN WHICH WE SUFFER LITTLE CHILDREN, WITH GEORGE BROTHERTON, AND IN GENERAL CONSIDER THE HABITANTS OF THE KINGDOM 515 XLV IN WHICH LIDA BOWMAN CONSIDERS HER UNIVERSE AND TOM VAN DORN WINS ANOTHER VICTORY 527 XLVI WHEREIN GRANT ADAMS PREACHES PEACE AND LIDA BOWMAN SPEAKS HER MIND 543 XLVII IN WHICH GRANT ADAMS AND LAURA VAN DORN TAKE A WALK DOWN MARKET STREET AND MRS.

not covered with clothing

From this reading NESBIT ACQUIRES A LONG LOST GRANDSON-IN-LAW 561 XLVIII WHEREIN WE ERECT A HOUSE BUILT UPON A ROCK 575 XLIX HOW MORTY SANDS TURNED AWAY SADLY AND JUDGE VAN DORN UNCOVERED A SECRET 582 L JUDGE VAN DORN SINGS SOME MERRY SONGS AND THEY TAKE GRANT ADAMS BEHIND A WHITE DOOR 597 LI IN WHICH WE END AS WE BEGAN AND ALL LIVE HAPPILY EVER AFTER 609 LII NOT EXACTLY A CHAPTER BUT RATHER A Q. E. D. OR A HIC FABULA DOCET 613

everything that exists anywhere

From this reading XLI HERE WE SEE GRANT ADAMS CONQUERING HIS THIRD AND LAST DEVIL 454 XLII A CHAPTER WHICH IS CONCERNED LARGELY WITH THE LOVE AFFAIRS OF "THE FULL STRENGTH OF THE COMPANY" 468 XLIII WHEREIN WE FIND GRANT ADAMS CALLING UPON KENYON'S MOTHER, AND DARKNESS FALLS UPON TWO LOVERS 496 XLIV IN WHICH WE SUFFER LITTLE CHILDREN, WITH GEORGE BROTHERTON, AND IN GENERAL CONSIDER THE HABITANTS OF THE KINGDOM 515 XLV IN WHICH LIDA BOWMAN CONSIDERS HER UNIVERSE AND TOM VAN DORN WINS ANOTHER VICTORY 527 XLVI WHEREIN GRANT ADAMS PREACHES PEACE AND LIDA BOWMAN SPEAKS HER MIND 543 XLVII IN WHICH GRANT ADAMS AND LAURA VAN DORN TAKE A WALK DOWN MARKET STREET AND MRS.

a formal word for “on”

From this reading XLI HERE WE SEE GRANT ADAMS CONQUERING HIS THIRD AND LAST DEVIL 454 XLII A CHAPTER WHICH IS CONCERNED LARGELY WITH THE LOVE AFFAIRS OF "THE FULL STRENGTH OF THE COMPANY" 468 XLIII WHEREIN WE FIND GRANT ADAMS CALLING UPON KENYON'S MOTHER, AND DARKNESS FALLS UPON TWO LOVERS 496 XLIV IN WHICH WE SUFFER LITTLE CHILDREN, WITH GEORGE BROTHERTON, AND IN GENERAL CONSIDER THE HABITANTS OF THE KINGDOM 515 XLV IN WHICH LIDA BOWMAN CONSIDERS HER UNIVERSE AND TOM VAN DORN WINS ANOTHER VICTORY 527 XLVI WHEREIN GRANT ADAMS PREACHES PEACE AND LIDA BOWMAN SPEAKS HER MIND 543 XLVII IN WHICH GRANT ADAMS AND LAURA VAN DORN TAKE A WALK DOWN MARKET STREET AND MRS.

any creative group active in the innovation and application of new concepts and techniques in a given field (especially in the arts)

From this reading XLI HERE WE SEE GRANT ADAMS CONQUERING HIS THIRD AND LAST DEVIL 454 XLII A CHAPTER WHICH IS CONCERNED LARGELY WITH THE LOVE AFFAIRS OF "THE FULL STRENGTH OF THE COMPANY" 468 XLIII WHEREIN WE FIND GRANT ADAMS CALLING UPON KENYON'S MOTHER, AND DARKNESS FALLS UPON TWO LOVERS 496 XLIV IN WHICH WE SUFFER LITTLE CHILDREN, WITH GEORGE BROTHERTON, AND IN GENERAL CONSIDER THE HABITANTS OF THE KINGDOM 515 XLV IN WHICH LIDA BOWMAN CONSIDERS HER UNIVERSE AND TOM VAN DORN WINS ANOTHER VICTORY 527 XLVI WHEREIN GRANT ADAMS PREACHES PEACE AND LIDA BOWMAN SPEAKS HER MIND 543 XLVII IN WHICH GRANT ADAMS AND LAURA VAN DORN TAKE A WALK DOWN MARKET STREET AND MRS.

a successful ending of a struggle or contest

From this reading XLI HERE WE SEE GRANT ADAMS CONQUERING HIS THIRD AND LAST DEVIL 454 XLII A CHAPTER WHICH IS CONCERNED LARGELY WITH THE LOVE AFFAIRS OF "THE FULL STRENGTH OF THE COMPANY" 468 XLIII WHEREIN WE FIND GRANT ADAMS CALLING UPON KENYON'S MOTHER, AND DARKNESS FALLS UPON TWO LOVERS 496 XLIV IN WHICH WE SUFFER LITTLE CHILDREN, WITH GEORGE BROTHERTON, AND IN GENERAL CONSIDER THE HABITANTS OF THE KINGDOM 515 XLV IN WHICH LIDA BOWMAN CONSIDERS HER UNIVERSE AND TOM VAN DORN WINS ANOTHER VICTORY 527 XLVI WHEREIN GRANT ADAMS PREACHES PEACE AND LIDA BOWMAN SPEAKS HER MIND 543 XLVII IN WHICH GRANT ADAMS AND LAURA VAN DORN TAKE A WALK DOWN MARKET STREET AND MRS.

the act of traveling by foot

From this reading XLI HERE WE SEE GRANT ADAMS CONQUERING HIS THIRD AND LAST DEVIL 454 XLII A CHAPTER WHICH IS CONCERNED LARGELY WITH THE LOVE AFFAIRS OF "THE FULL STRENGTH OF THE COMPANY" 468 XLIII WHEREIN WE FIND GRANT ADAMS CALLING UPON KENYON'S MOTHER, AND DARKNESS FALLS UPON TWO LOVERS 496 XLIV IN WHICH WE SUFFER LITTLE CHILDREN, WITH GEORGE BROTHERTON, AND IN GENERAL CONSIDER THE HABITANTS OF THE KINGDOM 515 XLV IN WHICH LIDA BOWMAN CONSIDERS HER UNIVERSE AND TOM VAN DORN WINS ANOTHER VICTORY 527 XLVI WHEREIN GRANT ADAMS PREACHES PEACE AND LIDA BOWMAN SPEAKS HER MIND 543 XLVII IN WHICH GRANT ADAMS AND LAURA VAN DORN TAKE A WALK DOWN MARKET STREET AND MRS.

the waging of armed conflict against an enemy

From this reading For the background, perhaps a thousand miles away or more than half a decade removed in time, is the American Civil War.

the speaker together with one or more other people

From this reading XLI HERE WE SEE GRANT ADAMS CONQUERING HIS THIRD AND LAST DEVIL 454 XLII A CHAPTER WHICH IS CONCERNED LARGELY WITH THE LOVE AFFAIRS OF "THE FULL STRENGTH OF THE COMPANY" 468 XLIII WHEREIN WE FIND GRANT ADAMS CALLING UPON KENYON'S MOTHER, AND DARKNESS FALLS UPON TWO LOVERS 496 XLIV IN WHICH WE SUFFER LITTLE CHILDREN, WITH GEORGE BROTHERTON, AND IN GENERAL CONSIDER THE HABITANTS OF THE KINGDOM 515 XLV IN WHICH LIDA BOWMAN CONSIDERS HER UNIVERSE AND TOM VAN DORN WINS ANOTHER VICTORY 527 XLVI WHEREIN GRANT ADAMS PREACHES PEACE AND LIDA BOWMAN SPEAKS HER MIND 543 XLVII IN WHICH GRANT ADAMS AND LAURA VAN DORN TAKE A WALK DOWN MARKET STREET AND MRS.

(often used as a combining form) in a good or proper or satisfactory manner or to a high standard (“good” is a nonstandard dialectal variant for “well”)

From this reading IN THE HEART OF A FOOL BEING STAGE DIRECTIONS, AND A CAST OF CHARACTERS Sunshine and prairie grass--well in the foreground.

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

From this reading XLI HERE WE SEE GRANT ADAMS CONQUERING HIS THIRD AND LAST DEVIL 454 XLII A CHAPTER WHICH IS CONCERNED LARGELY WITH THE LOVE AFFAIRS OF "THE FULL STRENGTH OF THE COMPANY" 468 XLIII WHEREIN WE FIND GRANT ADAMS CALLING UPON KENYON'S MOTHER, AND DARKNESS FALLS UPON TWO LOVERS 496 XLIV IN WHICH WE SUFFER LITTLE CHILDREN, WITH GEORGE BROTHERTON, AND IN GENERAL CONSIDER THE HABITANTS OF THE KINGDOM 515 XLV IN WHICH LIDA BOWMAN CONSIDERS HER UNIVERSE AND TOM VAN DORN WINS ANOTHER VICTORY 527 XLVI WHEREIN GRANT ADAMS PREACHES PEACE AND LIDA BOWMAN SPEAKS HER MIND 543 XLVII IN WHICH GRANT ADAMS AND LAURA VAN DORN TAKE A WALK DOWN MARKET STREET AND MRS.

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

From this reading XLI HERE WE SEE GRANT ADAMS CONQUERING HIS THIRD AND LAST DEVIL 454 XLII A CHAPTER WHICH IS CONCERNED LARGELY WITH THE LOVE AFFAIRS OF "THE FULL STRENGTH OF THE COMPANY" 468 XLIII WHEREIN WE FIND GRANT ADAMS CALLING UPON KENYON'S MOTHER, AND DARKNESS FALLS UPON TWO LOVERS 496 XLIV IN WHICH WE SUFFER LITTLE CHILDREN, WITH GEORGE BROTHERTON, AND IN GENERAL CONSIDER THE HABITANTS OF THE KINGDOM 515 XLV IN WHICH LIDA BOWMAN CONSIDERS HER UNIVERSE AND TOM VAN DORN WINS ANOTHER VICTORY 527 XLVI WHEREIN GRANT ADAMS PREACHES PEACE AND LIDA BOWMAN SPEAKS HER MIND 543 XLVII IN WHICH GRANT ADAMS AND LAURA VAN DORN TAKE A WALK DOWN MARKET STREET AND MRS.

a Caucasian

From this reading NESBIT ACQUIRES A LONG LOST GRANDSON-IN-LAW 561 XLVIII WHEREIN WE ERECT A HOUSE BUILT UPON A ROCK 575 XLIX HOW MORTY SANDS TURNED AWAY SADLY AND JUDGE VAN DORN UNCOVERED A SECRET 582 L JUDGE VAN DORN SINGS SOME MERRY SONGS AND THEY TAKE GRANT ADAMS BEHIND A WHITE DOOR 597 LI IN WHICH WE END AS WE BEGAN AND ALL LIVE HAPPILY EVER AFTER 609 LII NOT EXACTLY A CHAPTER BUT RATHER A Q. E. D. OR A HIC FABULA DOCET 613

air moving (sometimes with considerable force) from an area of high pressure to an area of low pressure

From this reading In the blue sky a meadow lark's love song, and in the grass the boom of the prairie chicken's wings are the only sounds that break the primeval silence, excepting the lisping of the wind which dimples the broad acres of tall grass--thousand upon thousand of acres--that stretch northward for miles.

a means of flight or ascent

From this reading In the blue sky a meadow lark's love song, and in the grass the boom of the prairie chicken's wings are the only sounds that break the primeval silence, excepting the lisping of the wind which dimples the broad acres of tall grass--thousand upon thousand of acres--that stretch northward for miles.

plural of “win” — a victory (as in a race or other competition)

From this reading XLI HERE WE SEE GRANT ADAMS CONQUERING HIS THIRD AND LAST DEVIL 454 XLII A CHAPTER WHICH IS CONCERNED LARGELY WITH THE LOVE AFFAIRS OF "THE FULL STRENGTH OF THE COMPANY" 468 XLIII WHEREIN WE FIND GRANT ADAMS CALLING UPON KENYON'S MOTHER, AND DARKNESS FALLS UPON TWO LOVERS 496 XLIV IN WHICH WE SUFFER LITTLE CHILDREN, WITH GEORGE BROTHERTON, AND IN GENERAL CONSIDER THE HABITANTS OF THE KINGDOM 515 XLV IN WHICH LIDA BOWMAN CONSIDERS HER UNIVERSE AND TOM VAN DORN WINS ANOTHER VICTORY 527 XLVI WHEREIN GRANT ADAMS PREACHES PEACE AND LIDA BOWMAN SPEAKS HER MIND 543 XLVII IN WHICH GRANT ADAMS AND LAURA VAN DORN TAKE A WALK DOWN MARKET STREET AND MRS.

in the company of; together with

From this reading XLI HERE WE SEE GRANT ADAMS CONQUERING HIS THIRD AND LAST DEVIL 454 XLII A CHAPTER WHICH IS CONCERNED LARGELY WITH THE LOVE AFFAIRS OF "THE FULL STRENGTH OF THE COMPANY" 468 XLIII WHEREIN WE FIND GRANT ADAMS CALLING UPON KENYON'S MOTHER, AND DARKNESS FALLS UPON TWO LOVERS 496 XLIV IN WHICH WE SUFFER LITTLE CHILDREN, WITH GEORGE BROTHERTON, AND IN GENERAL CONSIDER THE HABITANTS OF THE KINGDOM 515 XLV IN WHICH LIDA BOWMAN CONSIDERS HER UNIVERSE AND TOM VAN DORN WINS ANOTHER VICTORY 527 XLVI WHEREIN GRANT ADAMS PREACHES PEACE AND LIDA BOWMAN SPEAKS HER MIND 543 XLVII IN WHICH GRANT ADAMS AND LAURA VAN DORN TAKE A WALK DOWN MARKET STREET AND MRS.

being one more than forty

From this reading XLI HERE WE SEE GRANT ADAMS CONQUERING HIS THIRD AND LAST DEVIL 454 XLII A CHAPTER WHICH IS CONCERNED LARGELY WITH THE LOVE AFFAIRS OF "THE FULL STRENGTH OF THE COMPANY" 468 XLIII WHEREIN WE FIND GRANT ADAMS CALLING UPON KENYON'S MOTHER, AND DARKNESS FALLS UPON TWO LOVERS 496 XLIV IN WHICH WE SUFFER LITTLE CHILDREN, WITH GEORGE BROTHERTON, AND IN GENERAL CONSIDER THE HABITANTS OF THE KINGDOM 515 XLV IN WHICH LIDA BOWMAN CONSIDERS HER UNIVERSE AND TOM VAN DORN WINS ANOTHER VICTORY 527 XLVI WHEREIN GRANT ADAMS PREACHES PEACE AND LIDA BOWMAN SPEAKS HER MIND 543 XLVII IN WHICH GRANT ADAMS AND LAURA VAN DORN TAKE A WALK DOWN MARKET STREET AND MRS.

being two more than forty

From this reading XLI HERE WE SEE GRANT ADAMS CONQUERING HIS THIRD AND LAST DEVIL 454 XLII A CHAPTER WHICH IS CONCERNED LARGELY WITH THE LOVE AFFAIRS OF "THE FULL STRENGTH OF THE COMPANY" 468 XLIII WHEREIN WE FIND GRANT ADAMS CALLING UPON KENYON'S MOTHER, AND DARKNESS FALLS UPON TWO LOVERS 496 XLIV IN WHICH WE SUFFER LITTLE CHILDREN, WITH GEORGE BROTHERTON, AND IN GENERAL CONSIDER THE HABITANTS OF THE KINGDOM 515 XLV IN WHICH LIDA BOWMAN CONSIDERS HER UNIVERSE AND TOM VAN DORN WINS ANOTHER VICTORY 527 XLVI WHEREIN GRANT ADAMS PREACHES PEACE AND LIDA BOWMAN SPEAKS HER MIND 543 XLVII IN WHICH GRANT ADAMS AND LAURA VAN DORN TAKE A WALK DOWN MARKET STREET AND MRS.

being three more than forty

From this reading XLI HERE WE SEE GRANT ADAMS CONQUERING HIS THIRD AND LAST DEVIL 454 XLII A CHAPTER WHICH IS CONCERNED LARGELY WITH THE LOVE AFFAIRS OF "THE FULL STRENGTH OF THE COMPANY" 468 XLIII WHEREIN WE FIND GRANT ADAMS CALLING UPON KENYON'S MOTHER, AND DARKNESS FALLS UPON TWO LOVERS 496 XLIV IN WHICH WE SUFFER LITTLE CHILDREN, WITH GEORGE BROTHERTON, AND IN GENERAL CONSIDER THE HABITANTS OF THE KINGDOM 515 XLV IN WHICH LIDA BOWMAN CONSIDERS HER UNIVERSE AND TOM VAN DORN WINS ANOTHER VICTORY 527 XLVI WHEREIN GRANT ADAMS PREACHES PEACE AND LIDA BOWMAN SPEAKS HER MIND 543 XLVII IN WHICH GRANT ADAMS AND LAURA VAN DORN TAKE A WALK DOWN MARKET STREET AND MRS.

being four more than forty

From this reading XLI HERE WE SEE GRANT ADAMS CONQUERING HIS THIRD AND LAST DEVIL 454 XLII A CHAPTER WHICH IS CONCERNED LARGELY WITH THE LOVE AFFAIRS OF "THE FULL STRENGTH OF THE COMPANY" 468 XLIII WHEREIN WE FIND GRANT ADAMS CALLING UPON KENYON'S MOTHER, AND DARKNESS FALLS UPON TWO LOVERS 496 XLIV IN WHICH WE SUFFER LITTLE CHILDREN, WITH GEORGE BROTHERTON, AND IN GENERAL CONSIDER THE HABITANTS OF THE KINGDOM 515 XLV IN WHICH LIDA BOWMAN CONSIDERS HER UNIVERSE AND TOM VAN DORN WINS ANOTHER VICTORY 527 XLVI WHEREIN GRANT ADAMS PREACHES PEACE AND LIDA BOWMAN SPEAKS HER MIND 543 XLVII IN WHICH GRANT ADAMS AND LAURA VAN DORN TAKE A WALK DOWN MARKET STREET AND MRS.

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

From this reading NESBIT ACQUIRES A LONG LOST GRANDSON-IN-LAW 561 XLVIII WHEREIN WE ERECT A HOUSE BUILT UPON A ROCK 575 XLIX HOW MORTY SANDS TURNED AWAY SADLY AND JUDGE VAN DORN UNCOVERED A SECRET 582 L JUDGE VAN DORN SINGS SOME MERRY SONGS AND THEY TAKE GRANT ADAMS BEHIND A WHITE DOOR 597 LI IN WHICH WE END AS WE BEGAN AND ALL LIVE HAPPILY EVER AFTER 609 LII NOT EXACTLY A CHAPTER BUT RATHER A Q. E. D. OR A HIC FABULA DOCET 613

being five more than forty

From this reading XLI HERE WE SEE GRANT ADAMS CONQUERING HIS THIRD AND LAST DEVIL 454 XLII A CHAPTER WHICH IS CONCERNED LARGELY WITH THE LOVE AFFAIRS OF "THE FULL STRENGTH OF THE COMPANY" 468 XLIII WHEREIN WE FIND GRANT ADAMS CALLING UPON KENYON'S MOTHER, AND DARKNESS FALLS UPON TWO LOVERS 496 XLIV IN WHICH WE SUFFER LITTLE CHILDREN, WITH GEORGE BROTHERTON, AND IN GENERAL CONSIDER THE HABITANTS OF THE KINGDOM 515 XLV IN WHICH LIDA BOWMAN CONSIDERS HER UNIVERSE AND TOM VAN DORN WINS ANOTHER VICTORY 527 XLVI WHEREIN GRANT ADAMS PREACHES PEACE AND LIDA BOWMAN SPEAKS HER MIND 543 XLVII IN WHICH GRANT ADAMS AND LAURA VAN DORN TAKE A WALK DOWN MARKET STREET AND MRS.

being six more than forty

From this reading XLI HERE WE SEE GRANT ADAMS CONQUERING HIS THIRD AND LAST DEVIL 454 XLII A CHAPTER WHICH IS CONCERNED LARGELY WITH THE LOVE AFFAIRS OF "THE FULL STRENGTH OF THE COMPANY" 468 XLIII WHEREIN WE FIND GRANT ADAMS CALLING UPON KENYON'S MOTHER, AND DARKNESS FALLS UPON TWO LOVERS 496 XLIV IN WHICH WE SUFFER LITTLE CHILDREN, WITH GEORGE BROTHERTON, AND IN GENERAL CONSIDER THE HABITANTS OF THE KINGDOM 515 XLV IN WHICH LIDA BOWMAN CONSIDERS HER UNIVERSE AND TOM VAN DORN WINS ANOTHER VICTORY 527 XLVI WHEREIN GRANT ADAMS PREACHES PEACE AND LIDA BOWMAN SPEAKS HER MIND 543 XLVII IN WHICH GRANT ADAMS AND LAURA VAN DORN TAKE A WALK DOWN MARKET STREET AND MRS.

being seven more than forty

From this reading XLI HERE WE SEE GRANT ADAMS CONQUERING HIS THIRD AND LAST DEVIL 454 XLII A CHAPTER WHICH IS CONCERNED LARGELY WITH THE LOVE AFFAIRS OF "THE FULL STRENGTH OF THE COMPANY" 468 XLIII WHEREIN WE FIND GRANT ADAMS CALLING UPON KENYON'S MOTHER, AND DARKNESS FALLS UPON TWO LOVERS 496 XLIV IN WHICH WE SUFFER LITTLE CHILDREN, WITH GEORGE BROTHERTON, AND IN GENERAL CONSIDER THE HABITANTS OF THE KINGDOM 515 XLV IN WHICH LIDA BOWMAN CONSIDERS HER UNIVERSE AND TOM VAN DORN WINS ANOTHER VICTORY 527 XLVI WHEREIN GRANT ADAMS PREACHES PEACE AND LIDA BOWMAN SPEAKS HER MIND 543 XLVII IN WHICH GRANT ADAMS AND LAURA VAN DORN TAKE A WALK DOWN MARKET STREET AND MRS.

being eight more than forty

From this reading NESBIT ACQUIRES A LONG LOST GRANDSON-IN-LAW 561 XLVIII WHEREIN WE ERECT A HOUSE BUILT UPON A ROCK 575 XLIX HOW MORTY SANDS TURNED AWAY SADLY AND JUDGE VAN DORN UNCOVERED A SECRET 582 L JUDGE VAN DORN SINGS SOME MERRY SONGS AND THEY TAKE GRANT ADAMS BEHIND A WHITE DOOR 597 LI IN WHICH WE END AS WE BEGAN AND ALL LIVE HAPPILY EVER AFTER 609 LII NOT EXACTLY A CHAPTER BUT RATHER A Q. E. D. OR A HIC FABULA DOCET 613