Chapter XXXIII · Chapter 33

a positive feeling of liking

From this reading I was almost alone in the world--bereft of fortune, separated irrevocably from the woman I loved, and by whom I had reason to think my affection was returned.

plural of “affection” — a positive feeling of liking

From this reading In that home to which I should have looked for fondness I found only gloom and misfortune--my mother grown insensible to everything save some frivolous narrative of her own health; my father, once high-spirited and freehearted, care-worn, depressed, and broken; my cousin, my early playfellow, half sweetheart and half sister, bestowing her heart and affections on one so unworthy of her.

later than; following

From this reading Happy it is for us that in after days our memory is but little retentive of these.

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

From this reading I was almost alone in the world--bereft of fortune, separated irrevocably from the woman I loved, and by whom I had reason to think my affection was returned.

Having no one else present.

From this reading I was almost alone in the world--bereft of fortune, separated irrevocably from the woman I loved, and by whom I had reason to think my affection was returned.

in spite of the fact that

From this reading Few men have gone through life without passing through certain periods which, although not marked by positive misfortune, were yet so impressed by gloom and despondence that their very retrospect is saddening.

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

From this reading Few men have gone through life without passing through certain periods which, although not marked by positive misfortune, were yet so impressed by gloom and despondence that their very retrospect is saddening.

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

From this reading We remember the shadows that darkened over the landscape, but we forget in great part their cause and their duration, and perhaps even sometimes are disposed to smile at the sources of grief to which long habit of the world and its ways would have made us callous.

in or near a particular place or position

From this reading We remember the shadows that darkened over the landscape, but we forget in great part their cause and their duration, and perhaps even sometimes are disposed to smile at the sources of grief to which long habit of the world and its ways would have made us callous.

unhappy in love; suffering from unrequited love

From this reading I was almost alone in the world--bereft of fortune, separated irrevocably from the woman I loved, and by whom I had reason to think my affection was returned.

-ing form of “bestow” — present

From this reading In that home to which I should have looked for fondness I found only gloom and misfortune--my mother grown insensible to everything save some frivolous narrative of her own health; my father, once high-spirited and freehearted, care-worn, depressed, and broken; my cousin, my early playfellow, half sweetheart and half sister, bestowing her heart and affections on one so unworthy of her.

physically and forcibly separated into pieces or cracked or split

From this reading In that home to which I should have looked for fondness I found only gloom and misfortune--my mother grown insensible to everything save some frivolous narrative of her own health; my father, once high-spirited and freehearted, care-worn, depressed, and broken; my cousin, my early playfellow, half sweetheart and half sister, bestowing her heart and affections on one so unworthy of her.

used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before

From this reading Happy it is for us that in after days our memory is but little retentive of these.

showing who or what does the action

From this reading Few men have gone through life without passing through certain periods which, although not marked by positive misfortune, were yet so impressed by gloom and despondence that their very retrospect is saddening.

emotionally hardened

From this reading We remember the shadows that darkened over the landscape, but we forget in great part their cause and their duration, and perhaps even sometimes are disposed to smile at the sources of grief to which long habit of the world and its ways would have made us callous.

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From this reading In that home to which I should have looked for fondness I found only gloom and misfortune--my mother grown insensible to everything save some frivolous narrative of her own health; my father, once high-spirited and freehearted, care-worn, depressed, and broken; my cousin, my early playfellow, half sweetheart and half sister, bestowing her heart and affections on one so unworthy of her.

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

From this reading We remember the shadows that darkened over the landscape, but we forget in great part their cause and their duration, and perhaps even sometimes are disposed to smile at the sources of grief to which long habit of the world and its ways would have made us callous.

definite but not specified or identified

From this reading Few men have gone through life without passing through certain periods which, although not marked by positive misfortune, were yet so impressed by gloom and despondence that their very retrospect is saddening.

the child of your aunt or uncle

From this reading In that home to which I should have looked for fondness I found only gloom and misfortune--my mother grown insensible to everything save some frivolous narrative of her own health; my father, once high-spirited and freehearted, care-worn, depressed, and broken; my cousin, my early playfellow, half sweetheart and half sister, bestowing her heart and affections on one so unworthy of her.

(of fabrics and paper) grown dark in color over time

From this reading We remember the shadows that darkened over the landscape, but we forget in great part their cause and their duration, and perhaps even sometimes are disposed to smile at the sources of grief to which long habit of the world and its ways would have made us callous.

the time during which someone's life continues

From this reading Happy it is for us that in after days our memory is but little retentive of these.

lower than previously

From this reading In that home to which I should have looked for fondness I found only gloom and misfortune--my mother grown insensible to everything save some frivolous narrative of her own health; my father, once high-spirited and freehearted, care-worn, depressed, and broken; my cousin, my early playfellow, half sweetheart and half sister, bestowing her heart and affections on one so unworthy of her.

feeling downcast and disheartened and hopeless

From this reading Few men have gone through life without passing through certain periods which, although not marked by positive misfortune, were yet so impressed by gloom and despondence that their very retrospect is saddening.

having made preparations

From this reading We remember the shadows that darkened over the landscape, but we forget in great part their cause and their duration, and perhaps even sometimes are disposed to smile at the sources of grief to which long habit of the world and its ways would have made us callous.

the period of time during which something continues

From this reading We remember the shadows that darkened over the landscape, but we forget in great part their cause and their duration, and perhaps even sometimes are disposed to smile at the sources of grief to which long habit of the world and its ways would have made us callous.

at or near the beginning of a period of time or course of events or before the usual or expected time

From this reading In that home to which I should have looked for fondness I found only gloom and misfortune--my mother grown insensible to everything save some frivolous narrative of her own health; my father, once high-spirited and freehearted, care-worn, depressed, and broken; my cousin, my early playfellow, half sweetheart and half sister, bestowing her heart and affections on one so unworthy of her.

divisible by two

From this reading We remember the shadows that darkened over the landscape, but we forget in great part their cause and their duration, and perhaps even sometimes are disposed to smile at the sources of grief to which long habit of the world and its ways would have made us callous.

all things; all of a situation

From this reading In that home to which I should have looked for fondness I found only gloom and misfortune--my mother grown insensible to everything save some frivolous narrative of her own health; my father, once high-spirited and freehearted, care-worn, depressed, and broken; my cousin, my early playfellow, half sweetheart and half sister, bestowing her heart and affections on one so unworthy of her.

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

From this reading In that home to which I should have looked for fondness I found only gloom and misfortune--my mother grown insensible to everything save some frivolous narrative of her own health; my father, once high-spirited and freehearted, care-worn, depressed, and broken; my cousin, my early playfellow, half sweetheart and half sister, bestowing her heart and affections on one so unworthy of her.

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

From this reading Few men have gone through life without passing through certain periods which, although not marked by positive misfortune, were yet so impressed by gloom and despondence that their very retrospect is saddening.

a predisposition to like something

From this reading In that home to which I should have looked for fondness I found only gloom and misfortune--my mother grown insensible to everything save some frivolous narrative of her own health; my father, once high-spirited and freehearted, care-worn, depressed, and broken; my cousin, my early playfellow, half sweetheart and half sister, bestowing her heart and affections on one so unworthy of her.

intended to be given to, or used by, somebody

From this reading Happy it is for us that in after days our memory is but little retentive of these.

dismiss from the mind; stop remembering

From this reading We remember the shadows that darkened over the landscape, but we forget in great part their cause and their duration, and perhaps even sometimes are disposed to smile at the sources of grief to which long habit of the world and its ways would have made us callous.

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

From this reading I was almost alone in the world--bereft of fortune, separated irrevocably from the woman I loved, and by whom I had reason to think my affection was returned.

set up or found

From this reading In that home to which I should have looked for fondness I found only gloom and misfortune--my mother grown insensible to everything save some frivolous narrative of her own health; my father, once high-spirited and freehearted, care-worn, depressed, and broken; my cousin, my early playfellow, half sweetheart and half sister, bestowing her heart and affections on one so unworthy of her.

generous in providing aid to others

From this reading In that home to which I should have looked for fondness I found only gloom and misfortune--my mother grown insensible to everything save some frivolous narrative of her own health; my father, once high-spirited and freehearted, care-worn, depressed, and broken; my cousin, my early playfellow, half sweetheart and half sister, bestowing her heart and affections on one so unworthy of her.

not serious in content or attitude or behavior

From this reading In that home to which I should have looked for fondness I found only gloom and misfortune--my mother grown insensible to everything save some frivolous narrative of her own health; my father, once high-spirited and freehearted, care-worn, depressed, and broken; my cousin, my early playfellow, half sweetheart and half sister, bestowing her heart and affections on one so unworthy of her.

showing where something starts, or who sent it

From this reading I was almost alone in the world--bereft of fortune, separated irrevocably from the woman I loved, and by whom I had reason to think my affection was returned.

a state of partial or total darkness

From this reading Few men have gone through life without passing through certain periods which, although not marked by positive misfortune, were yet so impressed by gloom and despondence that their very retrospect is saddening.

destroyed or killed

From this reading Few men have gone through life without passing through certain periods which, although not marked by positive misfortune, were yet so impressed by gloom and despondence that their very retrospect is saddening.

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

From this reading We remember the shadows that darkened over the landscape, but we forget in great part their cause and their duration, and perhaps even sometimes are disposed to smile at the sources of grief to which long habit of the world and its ways would have made us callous.

intense sorrow caused by loss of a loved one (especially by death)

From this reading We remember the shadows that darkened over the landscape, but we forget in great part their cause and their duration, and perhaps even sometimes are disposed to smile at the sources of grief to which long habit of the world and its ways would have made us callous.

(of animals) fully developed

From this reading In that home to which I should have looked for fondness I found only gloom and misfortune--my mother grown insensible to everything save some frivolous narrative of her own health; my father, once high-spirited and freehearted, care-worn, depressed, and broken; my cousin, my early playfellow, half sweetheart and half sister, bestowing her heart and affections on one so unworthy of her.

an established custom

From this reading We remember the shadows that darkened over the landscape, but we forget in great part their cause and their duration, and perhaps even sometimes are disposed to smile at the sources of grief to which long habit of the world and its ways would have made us callous.

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

From this reading I was almost alone in the world--bereft of fortune, separated irrevocably from the woman I loved, and by whom I had reason to think my affection was returned.

consisting of one of two equivalent parts in value or quantity

From this reading In that home to which I should have looked for fondness I found only gloom and misfortune--my mother grown insensible to everything save some frivolous narrative of her own health; my father, once high-spirited and freehearted, care-worn, depressed, and broken; my cousin, my early playfellow, half sweetheart and half sister, bestowing her heart and affections on one so unworthy of her.

enjoying or showing or marked by joy or pleasure

From this reading Happy it is for us that in after days our memory is but little retentive of these.

used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses

From this reading Few men have gone through life without passing through certain periods which, although not marked by positive misfortune, were yet so impressed by gloom and despondence that their very retrospect is saddening.

a healthy state of wellbeing free from disease

From this reading In that home to which I should have looked for fondness I found only gloom and misfortune--my mother grown insensible to everything save some frivolous narrative of her own health; my father, once high-spirited and freehearted, care-worn, depressed, and broken; my cousin, my early playfellow, half sweetheart and half sister, bestowing her heart and affections on one so unworthy of her.

the locus of feelings and intuitions

From this reading In that home to which I should have looked for fondness I found only gloom and misfortune--my mother grown insensible to everything save some frivolous narrative of her own health; my father, once high-spirited and freehearted, care-worn, depressed, and broken; my cousin, my early playfellow, half sweetheart and half sister, bestowing her heart and affections on one so unworthy of her.

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

From this reading In that home to which I should have looked for fondness I found only gloom and misfortune--my mother grown insensible to everything save some frivolous narrative of her own health; my father, once high-spirited and freehearted, care-worn, depressed, and broken; my cousin, my early playfellow, half sweetheart and half sister, bestowing her heart and affections on one so unworthy of her.

joyously unrestrained

From this reading In that home to which I should have looked for fondness I found only gloom and misfortune--my mother grown insensible to everything save some frivolous narrative of her own health; my father, once high-spirited and freehearted, care-worn, depressed, and broken; my cousin, my early playfellow, half sweetheart and half sister, bestowing her heart and affections on one so unworthy of her.

where you live at a particular time

From this reading In that home to which I should have looked for fondness I found only gloom and misfortune--my mother grown insensible to everything save some frivolous narrative of her own health; my father, once high-spirited and freehearted, care-worn, depressed, and broken; my cousin, my early playfellow, half sweetheart and half sister, bestowing her heart and affections on one so unworthy of her.

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

From this reading I was almost alone in the world--bereft of fortune, separated irrevocably from the woman I loved, and by whom I had reason to think my affection was returned.

deeply or markedly affected or influenced

From this reading Few men have gone through life without passing through certain periods which, although not marked by positive misfortune, were yet so impressed by gloom and despondence that their very retrospect is saddening.

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

From this reading Happy it is for us that in after days our memory is but little retentive of these.

incapable of physical sensation

From this reading In that home to which I should have looked for fondness I found only gloom and misfortune--my mother grown insensible to everything save some frivolous narrative of her own health; my father, once high-spirited and freehearted, care-worn, depressed, and broken; my cousin, my early playfellow, half sweetheart and half sister, bestowing her heart and affections on one so unworthy of her.

in an irrevocable manner

From this reading I was almost alone in the world--bereft of fortune, separated irrevocably from the woman I loved, and by whom I had reason to think my affection was returned.

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

From this reading Few men have gone through life without passing through certain periods which, although not marked by positive misfortune, were yet so impressed by gloom and despondence that their very retrospect is saddening.

a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned

From this reading Happy it is for us that in after days our memory is but little retentive of these.

belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned

From this reading We remember the shadows that darkened over the landscape, but we forget in great part their cause and their duration, and perhaps even sometimes are disposed to smile at the sources of grief to which long habit of the world and its ways would have made us callous.

an expanse of scenery that can be seen in a single view

From this reading We remember the shadows that darkened over the landscape, but we forget in great part their cause and their duration, and perhaps even sometimes are disposed to smile at the sources of grief to which long habit of the world and its ways would have made us callous.

a characteristic state or mode of living

From this reading Few men have gone through life without passing through certain periods which, although not marked by positive misfortune, were yet so impressed by gloom and despondence that their very retrospect is saddening.

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

From this reading Happy it is for us that in after days our memory is but little retentive of these.

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 We remember the shadows that darkened over the landscape, but we forget in great part their cause and their duration, and perhaps even sometimes are disposed to smile at the sources of grief to which long habit of the world and its ways would have made us callous.

past form of “look” — perceive with attention; direct one's gaze towards

From this reading In that home to which I should have looked for fondness I found only gloom and misfortune--my mother grown insensible to everything save some frivolous narrative of her own health; my father, once high-spirited and freehearted, care-worn, depressed, and broken; my cousin, my early playfellow, half sweetheart and half sister, bestowing her heart and affections on one so unworthy of her.

held dear

From this reading I was almost alone in the world--bereft of fortune, separated irrevocably from the woman I loved, and by whom I had reason to think my affection was returned.

produced by a manufacturing process

From this reading We remember the shadows that darkened over the landscape, but we forget in great part their cause and their duration, and perhaps even sometimes are disposed to smile at the sources of grief to which long habit of the world and its ways would have made us callous.

strongly marked; easily noticeable

From this reading Few men have gone through life without passing through certain periods which, although not marked by positive misfortune, were yet so impressed by gloom and despondence that their very retrospect is saddening.

The faculty by which the mind stores and remembers information and knowledge.

From this reading Happy it is for us that in after days our memory is but little retentive of these.

the force of workers available

From this reading Few men have gone through life without passing through certain periods which, although not marked by positive misfortune, were yet so impressed by gloom and despondence that their very retrospect is saddening.

unnecessary and unforeseen trouble resulting from an unfortunate event

From this reading Few men have gone through life without passing through certain periods which, although not marked by positive misfortune, were yet so impressed by gloom and despondence that their very retrospect is saddening.

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

From this reading In that home to which I should have looked for fondness I found only gloom and misfortune--my mother grown insensible to everything save some frivolous narrative of her own health; my father, once high-spirited and freehearted, care-worn, depressed, and broken; my cousin, my early playfellow, half sweetheart and half sister, bestowing her heart and affections on one so unworthy of her.

belonging to the person speaking

From this reading I was almost alone in the world--bereft of fortune, separated irrevocably from the woman I loved, and by whom I had reason to think my affection was returned.

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

From this reading In that home to which I should have looked for fondness I found only gloom and misfortune--my mother grown insensible to everything save some frivolous narrative of her own health; my father, once high-spirited and freehearted, care-worn, depressed, and broken; my cousin, my early playfellow, half sweetheart and half sister, bestowing her heart and affections on one so unworthy of her.

used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative

From this reading Few men have gone through life without passing through certain periods which, although not marked by positive misfortune, were yet so impressed by gloom and despondence that their very retrospect is saddening.

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

From this reading Happy it is for us that in after days our memory is but little retentive of these.

touching and supported by a surface

From this reading In that home to which I should have looked for fondness I found only gloom and misfortune--my mother grown insensible to everything save some frivolous narrative of her own health; my father, once high-spirited and freehearted, care-worn, depressed, and broken; my cousin, my early playfellow, half sweetheart and half sister, bestowing her heart and affections on one so unworthy of her.

on one occasion

From this reading In that home to which I should have looked for fondness I found only gloom and misfortune--my mother grown insensible to everything save some frivolous narrative of her own health; my father, once high-spirited and freehearted, care-worn, depressed, and broken; my cousin, my early playfellow, half sweetheart and half sister, bestowing her heart and affections on one so unworthy of her.

used to mean any person in general, including the speaker

From this reading In that home to which I should have looked for fondness I found only gloom and misfortune--my mother grown insensible to everything save some frivolous narrative of her own health; my father, once high-spirited and freehearted, care-worn, depressed, and broken; my cousin, my early playfellow, half sweetheart and half sister, bestowing her heart and affections on one so unworthy of her.

and nothing more

From this reading In that home to which I should have looked for fondness I found only gloom and misfortune--my mother grown insensible to everything save some frivolous narrative of her own health; my father, once high-spirited and freehearted, care-worn, depressed, and broken; my cousin, my early playfellow, half sweetheart and half sister, bestowing her heart and affections on one so unworthy of her.

belonging to the speaker and others

From this reading Happy it is for us that in after days our memory is but little retentive of these.

above and across; more than

From this reading We remember the shadows that darkened over the landscape, but we forget in great part their cause and their duration, and perhaps even sometimes are disposed to smile at the sources of grief to which long habit of the world and its ways would have made us callous.

have ownership or possession of

From this reading In that home to which I should have looked for fondness I found only gloom and misfortune--my mother grown insensible to everything save some frivolous narrative of her own health; my father, once high-spirited and freehearted, care-worn, depressed, and broken; my cousin, my early playfellow, half sweetheart and half sister, bestowing her heart and affections on one so unworthy of her.

something determined in relation to something that includes it

From this reading We remember the shadows that darkened over the landscape, but we forget in great part their cause and their duration, and perhaps even sometimes are disposed to smile at the sources of grief to which long habit of the world and its ways would have made us callous.

(American football) a play that involves one player throwing the ball to a teammate

From this reading Few men have gone through life without passing through certain periods which, although not marked by positive misfortune, were yet so impressed by gloom and despondence that their very retrospect is saddening.

by chance

From this reading We remember the shadows that darkened over the landscape, but we forget in great part their cause and their duration, and perhaps even sometimes are disposed to smile at the sources of grief to which long habit of the world and its ways would have made us callous.

plural of “period” — an amount of time

From this reading Few men have gone through life without passing through certain periods which, although not marked by positive misfortune, were yet so impressed by gloom and despondence that their very retrospect is saddening.

a companion at play

From this reading In that home to which I should have looked for fondness I found only gloom and misfortune--my mother grown insensible to everything save some frivolous narrative of her own health; my father, once high-spirited and freehearted, care-worn, depressed, and broken; my cousin, my early playfellow, half sweetheart and half sister, bestowing her heart and affections on one so unworthy of her.

characterized by or displaying affirmation or acceptance or certainty etc.

From this reading Few men have gone through life without passing through certain periods which, although not marked by positive misfortune, were yet so impressed by gloom and despondence that their very retrospect is saddening.

a rational motive for a belief or action

From this reading I was almost alone in the world--bereft of fortune, separated irrevocably from the woman I loved, and by whom I had reason to think my affection was returned.

To recall to mind.

From this reading We remember the shadows that darkened over the landscape, but we forget in great part their cause and their duration, and perhaps even sometimes are disposed to smile at the sources of grief to which long habit of the world and its ways would have made us callous.

good at remembering

From this reading Happy it is for us that in after days our memory is but little retentive of these.

contemplation of things past

From this reading Few men have gone through life without passing through certain periods which, although not marked by positive misfortune, were yet so impressed by gloom and despondence that their very retrospect is saddening.

past form of “return” — go or come back to place, condition, or activity where one has been before

From this reading I was almost alone in the world--bereft of fortune, separated irrevocably from the woman I loved, and by whom I had reason to think my affection was returned.

-ing form of “sadden” — make unhappy

From this reading Few men have gone through life without passing through certain periods which, although not marked by positive misfortune, were yet so impressed by gloom and despondence that their very retrospect is saddening.

except for; apart from

From this reading In that home to which I should have looked for fondness I found only gloom and misfortune--my mother grown insensible to everything save some frivolous narrative of her own health; my father, once high-spirited and freehearted, care-worn, depressed, and broken; my cousin, my early playfellow, half sweetheart and half sister, bestowing her heart and affections on one so unworthy of her.

being or feeling set or kept apart from others

From this reading I was almost alone in the world--bereft of fortune, separated irrevocably from the woman I loved, and by whom I had reason to think my affection was returned.

plural of “shadow” — shade within clear boundaries

From this reading We remember the shadows that darkened over the landscape, but we forget in great part their cause and their duration, and perhaps even sometimes are disposed to smile at the sources of grief to which long habit of the world and its ways would have made us callous.

used to say what is right, expected, or advisable

From this reading In that home to which I should have looked for fondness I found only gloom and misfortune--my mother grown insensible to everything save some frivolous narrative of her own health; my father, once high-spirited and freehearted, care-worn, depressed, and broken; my cousin, my early playfellow, half sweetheart and half sister, bestowing her heart and affections on one so unworthy of her.

a female person who has the same parents as another person

From this reading In that home to which I should have looked for fondness I found only gloom and misfortune--my mother grown insensible to everything save some frivolous narrative of her own health; my father, once high-spirited and freehearted, care-worn, depressed, and broken; my cousin, my early playfellow, half sweetheart and half sister, bestowing her heart and affections on one so unworthy of her.

change one's facial expression by spreading the lips, often to signal pleasure

From this reading We remember the shadows that darkened over the landscape, but we forget in great part their cause and their duration, and perhaps even sometimes are disposed to smile at the sources of grief to which long habit of the world and its ways would have made us callous.

for that reason; with the result that

From this reading Few men have gone through life without passing through certain periods which, although not marked by positive misfortune, were yet so impressed by gloom and despondence that their very retrospect is saddening.

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

From this reading In that home to which I should have looked for fondness I found only gloom and misfortune--my mother grown insensible to everything save some frivolous narrative of her own health; my father, once high-spirited and freehearted, care-worn, depressed, and broken; my cousin, my early playfellow, half sweetheart and half sister, bestowing her heart and affections on one so unworthy of her.

on certain occasions or in certain cases but not always

From this reading We remember the shadows that darkened over the landscape, but we forget in great part their cause and their duration, and perhaps even sometimes are disposed to smile at the sources of grief to which long habit of the world and its ways would have made us callous.

plural of “source” — the place where something begins, where it springs into being

From this reading We remember the shadows that darkened over the landscape, but we forget in great part their cause and their duration, and perhaps even sometimes are disposed to smile at the sources of grief to which long habit of the world and its ways would have made us callous.

a person loved by another person

From this reading In that home to which I should have looked for fondness I found only gloom and misfortune--my mother grown insensible to everything save some frivolous narrative of her own health; my father, once high-spirited and freehearted, care-worn, depressed, and broken; my cousin, my early playfellow, half sweetheart and half sister, bestowing her heart and affections on one so unworthy of her.

used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt

From this reading Few men have gone through life without passing through certain periods which, although not marked by positive misfortune, were yet so impressed by gloom and despondence that their very retrospect is saddening.

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

From this reading We remember the shadows that darkened over the landscape, but we forget in great part their cause and their duration, and perhaps even sometimes are disposed to smile at the sources of grief to which long habit of the world and its ways would have made us callous.

belonging to the people or things already mentioned

From this reading Few men have gone through life without passing through certain periods which, although not marked by positive misfortune, were yet so impressed by gloom and despondence that their very retrospect is saddening.

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

From this reading Happy it is for us that in after days our memory is but little retentive of these.

judge or regard; look upon; judge

From this reading I was almost alone in the world--bereft of fortune, separated irrevocably from the woman I loved, and by whom I had reason to think my affection was returned.

from one end or side of something to the other

From this reading Few men have gone through life without passing through certain periods which, although not marked by positive misfortune, were yet so impressed by gloom and despondence that their very retrospect is saddening.

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

From this reading We remember the shadows that darkened over the landscape, but we forget in great part their cause and their duration, and perhaps even sometimes are disposed to smile at the sources of grief to which long habit of the world and its ways would have made us callous.

lacking in value or merit

From this reading In that home to which I should have looked for fondness I found only gloom and misfortune--my mother grown insensible to everything save some frivolous narrative of her own health; my father, once high-spirited and freehearted, care-worn, depressed, and broken; my cousin, my early playfellow, half sweetheart and half sister, bestowing her heart and affections on one so unworthy of her.

the speaker and others, as the object of a verb or preposition

From this reading Happy it is for us that in after days our memory is but little retentive of these.

precisely as stated

From this reading Few men have gone through life without passing through certain periods which, although not marked by positive misfortune, were yet so impressed by gloom and despondence that their very retrospect is saddening.

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

From this reading I was almost alone in the world--bereft of fortune, separated irrevocably from the woman I loved, and by whom I had reason to think my affection was returned.

structure consisting of a sloping way down to the water from the place where ships are built or repaired

From this reading We remember the shadows that darkened over the landscape, but we forget in great part their cause and their duration, and perhaps even sometimes are disposed to smile at the sources of grief to which long habit of the world and its ways would have made us callous.

the speaker together with one or more other people

From this reading We remember the shadows that darkened over the landscape, but we forget in great part their cause and their duration, and perhaps even sometimes are disposed to smile at the sources of grief to which long habit of the world and its ways would have made us callous.

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

From this reading Few men have gone through life without passing through certain periods which, although not marked by positive misfortune, were yet so impressed by gloom and despondence that their very retrospect is saddening.

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

From this reading Few men have gone through life without passing through certain periods which, although not marked by positive misfortune, were yet so impressed by gloom and despondence that their very retrospect is saddening.

the form of “who” used as the object of a verb or preposition

From this reading I was almost alone in the world--bereft of fortune, separated irrevocably from the woman I loved, and by whom I had reason to think my affection was returned.

not having, not using, or not accompanied by

From this reading Few men have gone through life without passing through certain periods which, although not marked by positive misfortune, were yet so impressed by gloom and despondence that their very retrospect is saddening.

an adult female person (as opposed to a man)

From this reading I was almost alone in the world--bereft of fortune, separated irrevocably from the woman I loved, and by whom I had reason to think my affection was returned.

everything that exists anywhere

From this reading We remember the shadows that darkened over the landscape, but we forget in great part their cause and their duration, and perhaps even sometimes are disposed to smile at the sources of grief to which long habit of the world and its ways would have made us callous.

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

From this reading We remember the shadows that darkened over the landscape, but we forget in great part their cause and their duration, and perhaps even sometimes are disposed to smile at the sources of grief to which long habit of the world and its ways would have made us callous.

but in spite of that

From this reading Few men have gone through life without passing through certain periods which, although not marked by positive misfortune, were yet so impressed by gloom and despondence that their very retrospect is saddening.