Chapter XII

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

From this reading _Literature in the United States.--Poets.--Novelists.-- Essayists.--Critics.--Historians.--Humorists.--Journalists.-- Writers for the Young.--Future of American Literature._ America has not yet produced a transcendent literary genius; but she has the right to be proud of a national literature which includes poets, historians, novelists, essayists, and critics of a superior order.

recognized or made known or admitted

From this reading The _Athenaeum_ acknowledged, a short while ago, that the best criticism on the English poets of the Victorian era was that written by Mr. Edmund Clarence Stedman, himself one of the most graceful bards of contemporary America.

declare to be true or admit the existence or reality or truth of

From this reading The English admit that the best history of their literature has been written by a Frenchman, M. Taine.

make more attractive by adding ornament, colour, etc.

From this reading In this rapid sketch, I must needs confine myself to the mention of merely the principal names which adorn the different branches of American literature.

in the past

From this reading The _Athenaeum_ acknowledged, a short while ago, that the best criticism on the English poets of the Victorian era was that written by Mr. Edmund Clarence Stedman, himself one of the most graceful bards of contemporary America.

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From this reading In poetry, the bright lights are William Cullen Bryant and Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, both pure and noble, and as much appreciated by the English as by their own compatriots; Edgar Allan Poe, James Russell Lowell, Oliver Wendell Holmes, Edmund Clarence Stedman, Bayard Taylor, John Greenleaf Whittier, Walt Whitman, Richard Watson Gilder, Edgar Fawcett, William Winter (the celebrated dramatic critic of the _New York Tribune_), Maria Brooks, and a number of women, who form a graceful garland in this garden of poets.

North American republic containing 50 states - 48 conterminous states in North America plus Alaska in northwest North America and the Hawaiian Islands in the Pacific Ocean; achieved independence in 1776

From this reading _Literature in the United States.--Poets.--Novelists.-- Essayists.--Critics.--Historians.--Humorists.--Journalists.-- Writers for the Young.--Future of American Literature._ America has not yet produced a transcendent literary genius; but she has the right to be proud of a national literature which includes poets, historians, novelists, essayists, and critics of a superior order.

a native or inhabitant of the United States

From this reading _Literature in the United States.--Poets.--Novelists.-- Essayists.--Critics.--Historians.--Humorists.--Journalists.-- Writers for the Young.--Future of American Literature._ America has not yet produced a transcendent literary genius; but she has the right to be proud of a national literature which includes poets, historians, novelists, essayists, and critics of a superior order.

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

From this reading _Literature in the United States.--Poets.--Novelists.-- Essayists.--Critics.--Historians.--Humorists.--Journalists.-- Writers for the Young.--Future of American Literature._ America has not yet produced a transcendent literary genius; but she has the right to be proud of a national literature which includes poets, historians, novelists, essayists, and critics of a superior order.

fully understood or grasped

From this reading In poetry, the bright lights are William Cullen Bryant and Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, both pure and noble, and as much appreciated by the English as by their own compatriots; Edgar Allan Poe, James Russell Lowell, Oliver Wendell Holmes, Edmund Clarence Stedman, Bayard Taylor, John Greenleaf Whittier, Walt Whitman, Richard Watson Gilder, Edgar Fawcett, William Winter (the celebrated dramatic critic of the _New York Tribune_), Maria Brooks, and a number of women, who form a graceful garland in this garden of poets.

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

From this reading In poetry, the bright lights are William Cullen Bryant and Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, both pure and noble, and as much appreciated by the English as by their own compatriots; Edgar Allan Poe, James Russell Lowell, Oliver Wendell Holmes, Edmund Clarence Stedman, Bayard Taylor, John Greenleaf Whittier, Walt Whitman, Richard Watson Gilder, Edgar Fawcett, William Winter (the celebrated dramatic critic of the _New York Tribune_), Maria Brooks, and a number of women, who form a graceful garland in this garden of poets.

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

From this reading In poetry, the bright lights are William Cullen Bryant and Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, both pure and noble, and as much appreciated by the English as by their own compatriots; Edgar Allan Poe, James Russell Lowell, Oliver Wendell Holmes, Edmund Clarence Stedman, Bayard Taylor, John Greenleaf Whittier, Walt Whitman, Richard Watson Gilder, Edgar Fawcett, William Winter (the celebrated dramatic critic of the _New York Tribune_), Maria Brooks, and a number of women, who form a graceful garland in this garden of poets.

a literary or scientific association for the promotion of learning

From this reading The _Athenaeum_ acknowledged, a short while ago, that the best criticism on the English poets of the Victorian era was that written by Mr. Edmund Clarence Stedman, himself one of the most graceful bards of contemporary America.

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

From this reading The _Athenaeum_ acknowledged, a short while ago, that the best criticism on the English poets of the Victorian era was that written by Mr. Edmund Clarence Stedman, himself one of the most graceful bards of contemporary America.

French soldier said to be fearless and chivalrous (1473-1524)

From this reading In poetry, the bright lights are William Cullen Bryant and Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, both pure and noble, and as much appreciated by the English as by their own compatriots; Edgar Allan Poe, James Russell Lowell, Oliver Wendell Holmes, Edmund Clarence Stedman, Bayard Taylor, John Greenleaf Whittier, Walt Whitman, Richard Watson Gilder, Edgar Fawcett, William Winter (the celebrated dramatic critic of the _New York Tribune_), Maria Brooks, and a number of women, who form a graceful garland in this garden of poets.

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

From this reading _Literature in the United States.--Poets.--Novelists.-- Essayists.--Critics.--Historians.--Humorists.--Journalists.-- Writers for the Young.--Future of American Literature._ America has not yet produced a transcendent literary genius; but she has the right to be proud of a national literature which includes poets, historians, novelists, essayists, and critics of a superior order.

the past participle of “be”

From this reading The English admit that the best history of their literature has been written by a Frenchman, M. Taine.

the supreme effort one can make

From this reading The English admit that the best history of their literature has been written by a Frenchman, M. Taine.

the two together, not just one

From this reading In poetry, the bright lights are William Cullen Bryant and Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, both pure and noble, and as much appreciated by the English as by their own compatriots; Edgar Allan Poe, James Russell Lowell, Oliver Wendell Holmes, Edmund Clarence Stedman, Bayard Taylor, John Greenleaf Whittier, Walt Whitman, Richard Watson Gilder, Edgar Fawcett, William Winter (the celebrated dramatic critic of the _New York Tribune_), Maria Brooks, and a number of women, who form a graceful garland in this garden of poets.

plural of “branch” — a division of some larger or more complex organization

From this reading In this rapid sketch, I must needs confine myself to the mention of merely the principal names which adorn the different branches of American literature.

emitting or reflecting light readily or in large amounts

From this reading In poetry, the bright lights are William Cullen Bryant and Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, both pure and noble, and as much appreciated by the English as by their own compatriots; Edgar Allan Poe, James Russell Lowell, Oliver Wendell Holmes, Edmund Clarence Stedman, Bayard Taylor, John Greenleaf Whittier, Walt Whitman, Richard Watson Gilder, Edgar Fawcett, William Winter (the celebrated dramatic critic of the _New York Tribune_), Maria Brooks, and a number of women, who form a graceful garland in this garden of poets.

United States literary critic and historian (1886-1963)

From this reading In poetry, the bright lights are William Cullen Bryant and Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, both pure and noble, and as much appreciated by the English as by their own compatriots; Edgar Allan Poe, James Russell Lowell, Oliver Wendell Holmes, Edmund Clarence Stedman, Bayard Taylor, John Greenleaf Whittier, Walt Whitman, Richard Watson Gilder, Edgar Fawcett, William Winter (the celebrated dramatic critic of the _New York Tribune_), Maria Brooks, and a number of women, who form a graceful garland in this garden of poets.

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

From this reading In poetry, the bright lights are William Cullen Bryant and Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, both pure and noble, and as much appreciated by the English as by their own compatriots; Edgar Allan Poe, James Russell Lowell, Oliver Wendell Holmes, Edmund Clarence Stedman, Bayard Taylor, John Greenleaf Whittier, Walt Whitman, Richard Watson Gilder, Edgar Fawcett, William Winter (the celebrated dramatic critic of the _New York Tribune_), Maria Brooks, and a number of women, who form a graceful garland in this garden of poets.

used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before

From this reading _Literature in the United States.--Poets.--Novelists.-- Essayists.--Critics.--Historians.--Humorists.--Journalists.-- Writers for the Young.--Future of American Literature._ America has not yet produced a transcendent literary genius; but she has the right to be proud of a national literature which includes poets, historians, novelists, essayists, and critics of a superior order.

showing who or what does the action

From this reading The English admit that the best history of their literature has been written by a Frenchman, M. Taine.

widely known and esteemed

From this reading In poetry, the bright lights are William Cullen Bryant and Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, both pure and noble, and as much appreciated by the English as by their own compatriots; Edgar Allan Poe, James Russell Lowell, Oliver Wendell Holmes, Edmund Clarence Stedman, Bayard Taylor, John Greenleaf Whittier, Walt Whitman, Richard Watson Gilder, Edgar Fawcett, William Winter (the celebrated dramatic critic of the _New York Tribune_), Maria Brooks, and a number of women, who form a graceful garland in this garden of poets.

a closed carriage with four wheels and seats for four passengers

From this reading The _Athenaeum_ acknowledged, a short while ago, that the best criticism on the English poets of the Victorian era was that written by Mr. Edmund Clarence Stedman, himself one of the most graceful bards of contemporary America.

plural of “compatriot” — a person from your own country

From this reading In poetry, the bright lights are William Cullen Bryant and Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, both pure and noble, and as much appreciated by the English as by their own compatriots; Edgar Allan Poe, James Russell Lowell, Oliver Wendell Holmes, Edmund Clarence Stedman, Bayard Taylor, John Greenleaf Whittier, Walt Whitman, Richard Watson Gilder, Edgar Fawcett, William Winter (the celebrated dramatic critic of the _New York Tribune_), Maria Brooks, and a number of women, who form a graceful garland in this garden of poets.

place limits on (extent or amount or access)

From this reading In this rapid sketch, I must needs confine myself to the mention of merely the principal names which adorn the different branches of American literature.

characteristic of the present

From this reading The _Athenaeum_ acknowledged, a short while ago, that the best criticism on the English poets of the Victorian era was that written by Mr. Edmund Clarence Stedman, himself one of the most graceful bards of contemporary America.

a person who is professionally engaged in the analysis and interpretation of works of art

From this reading In poetry, the bright lights are William Cullen Bryant and Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, both pure and noble, and as much appreciated by the English as by their own compatriots; Edgar Allan Poe, James Russell Lowell, Oliver Wendell Holmes, Edmund Clarence Stedman, Bayard Taylor, John Greenleaf Whittier, Walt Whitman, Richard Watson Gilder, Edgar Fawcett, William Winter (the celebrated dramatic critic of the _New York Tribune_), Maria Brooks, and a number of women, who form a graceful garland in this garden of poets.

disapproval expressed by pointing out faults or shortcomings

From this reading The _Athenaeum_ acknowledged, a short while ago, that the best criticism on the English poets of the Victorian era was that written by Mr. Edmund Clarence Stedman, himself one of the most graceful bards of contemporary America.

plural of “critic” — a person who is professionally engaged in the analysis and interpretation of works of art

From this reading _Literature in the United States.--Poets.--Novelists.-- Essayists.--Critics.--Historians.--Humorists.--Journalists.-- Writers for the Young.--Future of American Literature._ America has not yet produced a transcendent literary genius; but she has the right to be proud of a national literature which includes poets, historians, novelists, essayists, and critics of a superior order.

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

From this reading In poetry, the bright lights are William Cullen Bryant and Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, both pure and noble, and as much appreciated by the English as by their own compatriots; Edgar Allan Poe, James Russell Lowell, Oliver Wendell Holmes, Edmund Clarence Stedman, Bayard Taylor, John Greenleaf Whittier, Walt Whitman, Richard Watson Gilder, Edgar Fawcett, William Winter (the celebrated dramatic critic of the _New York Tribune_), Maria Brooks, and a number of women, who form a graceful garland in this garden of poets.

unlike in nature or quality or form or degree

From this reading In this rapid sketch, I must needs confine myself to the mention of merely the principal names which adorn the different branches of American literature.

suitable to or characteristic of drama

From this reading In poetry, the bright lights are William Cullen Bryant and Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, both pure and noble, and as much appreciated by the English as by their own compatriots; Edgar Allan Poe, James Russell Lowell, Oliver Wendell Holmes, Edmund Clarence Stedman, Bayard Taylor, John Greenleaf Whittier, Walt Whitman, Richard Watson Gilder, Edgar Fawcett, William Winter (the celebrated dramatic critic of the _New York Tribune_), Maria Brooks, and a number of women, who form a graceful garland in this garden of poets.

the younger brother of Edwy who became king of Northumbria when it renounced Edwy; on Edwy's death he succeeded to the throne of England (944-975)

From this reading In poetry, the bright lights are William Cullen Bryant and Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, both pure and noble, and as much appreciated by the English as by their own compatriots; Edgar Allan Poe, James Russell Lowell, Oliver Wendell Holmes, Edmund Clarence Stedman, Bayard Taylor, John Greenleaf Whittier, Walt Whitman, Richard Watson Gilder, Edgar Fawcett, William Winter (the celebrated dramatic critic of the _New York Tribune_), Maria Brooks, and a number of women, who form a graceful garland in this garden of poets.

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

From this reading The _Athenaeum_ acknowledged, a short while ago, that the best criticism on the English poets of the Victorian era was that written by Mr. Edmund Clarence Stedman, himself one of the most graceful bards of contemporary America.

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

From this reading The English admit that the best history of their literature has been written by a Frenchman, M. Taine.

a period marked by distinctive character or reckoned from a fixed point or event

From this reading The _Athenaeum_ acknowledged, a short while ago, that the best criticism on the English poets of the Victorian era was that written by Mr. Edmund Clarence Stedman, himself one of the most graceful bards of contemporary America.

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

From this reading _Literature in the United States.--Poets.--Novelists.-- Essayists.--Critics.--Historians.--Humorists.--Journalists.-- Writers for the Young.--Future of American Literature._ America has not yet produced a transcendent literary genius; but she has the right to be proud of a national literature which includes poets, historians, novelists, essayists, and critics of a superior order.

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

From this reading In poetry, the bright lights are William Cullen Bryant and Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, both pure and noble, and as much appreciated by the English as by their own compatriots; Edgar Allan Poe, James Russell Lowell, Oliver Wendell Holmes, Edmund Clarence Stedman, Bayard Taylor, John Greenleaf Whittier, Walt Whitman, Richard Watson Gilder, Edgar Fawcett, William Winter (the celebrated dramatic critic of the _New York Tribune_), Maria Brooks, and a number of women, who form a graceful garland in this garden of poets.

intended to be given to, or used by, somebody

From this reading _Literature in the United States.--Poets.--Novelists.-- Essayists.--Critics.--Historians.--Humorists.--Journalists.-- Writers for the Young.--Future of American Literature._ America has not yet produced a transcendent literary genius; but she has the right to be proud of a national literature which includes poets, historians, novelists, essayists, and critics of a superior order.

the phonological or orthographic sound or appearance of a word that can be used to describe or identify something

From this reading In poetry, the bright lights are William Cullen Bryant and Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, both pure and noble, and as much appreciated by the English as by their own compatriots; Edgar Allan Poe, James Russell Lowell, Oliver Wendell Holmes, Edmund Clarence Stedman, Bayard Taylor, John Greenleaf Whittier, Walt Whitman, Richard Watson Gilder, Edgar Fawcett, William Winter (the celebrated dramatic critic of the _New York Tribune_), Maria Brooks, and a number of women, who form a graceful garland in this garden of poets.

a person of French nationality

From this reading The English admit that the best history of their literature has been written by a Frenchman, M. Taine.

yet to be or coming

From this reading _Literature in the United States.--Poets.--Novelists.-- Essayists.--Critics.--Historians.--Humorists.--Journalists.-- Writers for the Young.--Future of American Literature._ America has not yet produced a transcendent literary genius; but she has the right to be proud of a national literature which includes poets, historians, novelists, essayists, and critics of a superior order.

a plot of ground where plants are cultivated

From this reading In poetry, the bright lights are William Cullen Bryant and Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, both pure and noble, and as much appreciated by the English as by their own compatriots; Edgar Allan Poe, James Russell Lowell, Oliver Wendell Holmes, Edmund Clarence Stedman, Bayard Taylor, John Greenleaf Whittier, Walt Whitman, Richard Watson Gilder, Edgar Fawcett, William Winter (the celebrated dramatic critic of the _New York Tribune_), Maria Brooks, and a number of women, who form a graceful garland in this garden of poets.

adorn with bands of flowers or leaves

From this reading In poetry, the bright lights are William Cullen Bryant and Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, both pure and noble, and as much appreciated by the English as by their own compatriots; Edgar Allan Poe, James Russell Lowell, Oliver Wendell Holmes, Edmund Clarence Stedman, Bayard Taylor, John Greenleaf Whittier, Walt Whitman, Richard Watson Gilder, Edgar Fawcett, William Winter (the celebrated dramatic critic of the _New York Tribune_), Maria Brooks, and a number of women, who form a graceful garland in this garden of poets.

someone who has exceptional intellectual ability and originality

From this reading _Literature in the United States.--Poets.--Novelists.-- Essayists.--Critics.--Historians.--Humorists.--Journalists.-- Writers for the Young.--Future of American Literature._ America has not yet produced a transcendent literary genius; but she has the right to be proud of a national literature which includes poets, historians, novelists, essayists, and critics of a superior order.

someone whose occupation is to apply an overlay of gold or gilt

From this reading In poetry, the bright lights are William Cullen Bryant and Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, both pure and noble, and as much appreciated by the English as by their own compatriots; Edgar Allan Poe, James Russell Lowell, Oliver Wendell Holmes, Edmund Clarence Stedman, Bayard Taylor, John Greenleaf Whittier, Walt Whitman, Richard Watson Gilder, Edgar Fawcett, William Winter (the celebrated dramatic critic of the _New York Tribune_), Maria Brooks, and a number of women, who form a graceful garland in this garden of poets.

characterized by beauty of movement, style, form, or execution

From this reading The _Athenaeum_ acknowledged, a short while ago, that the best criticism on the English poets of the Victorian era was that written by Mr. Edmund Clarence Stedman, himself one of the most graceful bards of contemporary America.

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

From this reading In poetry, the bright lights are William Cullen Bryant and Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, both pure and noble, and as much appreciated by the English as by their own compatriots; Edgar Allan Poe, James Russell Lowell, Oliver Wendell Holmes, Edmund Clarence Stedman, Bayard Taylor, John Greenleaf Whittier, Walt Whitman, Richard Watson Gilder, Edgar Fawcett, William Winter (the celebrated dramatic critic of the _New York Tribune_), Maria Brooks, and a number of women, who form a graceful garland in this garden of poets.

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

From this reading _Literature in the United States.--Poets.--Novelists.-- Essayists.--Critics.--Historians.--Humorists.--Journalists.-- Writers for the Young.--Future of American Literature._ America has not yet produced a transcendent literary genius; but she has the right to be proud of a national literature which includes poets, historians, novelists, essayists, and critics of a superior order.

a unit of inductance in which an induced electromotive force of one volt is produced when the current is varied at the rate of one ampere per second

From this reading In poetry, the bright lights are William Cullen Bryant and Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, both pure and noble, and as much appreciated by the English as by their own compatriots; Edgar Allan Poe, James Russell Lowell, Oliver Wendell Holmes, Edmund Clarence Stedman, Bayard Taylor, John Greenleaf Whittier, Walt Whitman, Richard Watson Gilder, Edgar Fawcett, William Winter (the celebrated dramatic critic of the _New York Tribune_), Maria Brooks, and a number of women, who form a graceful garland in this garden of poets.

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

From this reading The _Athenaeum_ acknowledged, a short while ago, that the best criticism on the English poets of the Victorian era was that written by Mr. Edmund Clarence Stedman, himself one of the most graceful bards of contemporary America.

plural of “historian” — a person who is an authority on history and who studies it and writes about it

From this reading _Literature in the United States.--Poets.--Novelists.-- Essayists.--Critics.--Historians.--Humorists.--Journalists.-- Writers for the Young.--Future of American Literature._ America has not yet produced a transcendent literary genius; but she has the right to be proud of a national literature which includes poets, historians, novelists, essayists, and critics of a superior order.

the aggregate of past events

From this reading The English admit that the best history of their literature has been written by a Frenchman, M. Taine.

a fictitious detective in stories by A. Conan Doyle

From this reading In poetry, the bright lights are William Cullen Bryant and Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, both pure and noble, and as much appreciated by the English as by their own compatriots; Edgar Allan Poe, James Russell Lowell, Oliver Wendell Holmes, Edmund Clarence Stedman, Bayard Taylor, John Greenleaf Whittier, Walt Whitman, Richard Watson Gilder, Edgar Fawcett, William Winter (the celebrated dramatic critic of the _New York Tribune_), Maria Brooks, and a number of women, who form a graceful garland in this garden of poets.

plural of “humorist” — someone who acts speaks or writes in an amusing way

From this reading _Literature in the United States.--Poets.--Novelists.-- Essayists.--Critics.--Historians.--Humorists.--Journalists.-- Writers for the Young.--Future of American Literature._ America has not yet produced a transcendent literary genius; but she has the right to be proud of a national literature which includes poets, historians, novelists, essayists, and critics of a superior order.

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

From this reading In this rapid sketch, I must needs confine myself to the mention of merely the principal names which adorn the different branches of American literature.

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

From this reading _Literature in the United States.--Poets.--Novelists.-- Essayists.--Critics.--Historians.--Humorists.--Journalists.-- Writers for the Young.--Future of American Literature._ America has not yet produced a transcendent literary genius; but she has the right to be proud of a national literature which includes poets, historians, novelists, essayists, and critics of a superior order.

third-person singular of “include” — have as a part, be made up out of

From this reading _Literature in the United States.--Poets.--Novelists.-- Essayists.--Critics.--Historians.--Humorists.--Journalists.-- Writers for the Young.--Future of American Literature._ America has not yet produced a transcendent literary genius; but she has the right to be proud of a national literature which includes poets, historians, novelists, essayists, and critics of a superior order.

a Stuart king of Scotland who married a daughter of Henry VII; when England and France went to war in 1513 he invaded England and died in defeat at Flodden (1473-1513)

From this reading In poetry, the bright lights are William Cullen Bryant and Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, both pure and noble, and as much appreciated by the English as by their own compatriots; Edgar Allan Poe, James Russell Lowell, Oliver Wendell Holmes, Edmund Clarence Stedman, Bayard Taylor, John Greenleaf Whittier, Walt Whitman, Richard Watson Gilder, Edgar Fawcett, William Winter (the celebrated dramatic critic of the _New York Tribune_), Maria Brooks, and a number of women, who form a graceful garland in this garden of poets.

a room or building equipped with one or more toilets

From this reading In poetry, the bright lights are William Cullen Bryant and Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, both pure and noble, and as much appreciated by the English as by their own compatriots; Edgar Allan Poe, James Russell Lowell, Oliver Wendell Holmes, Edmund Clarence Stedman, Bayard Taylor, John Greenleaf Whittier, Walt Whitman, Richard Watson Gilder, Edgar Fawcett, William Winter (the celebrated dramatic critic of the _New York Tribune_), Maria Brooks, and a number of women, who form a graceful garland in this garden of poets.

plural of “journalist” — a writer for newspapers and magazines

From this reading _Literature in the United States.--Poets.--Novelists.-- Essayists.--Critics.--Historians.--Humorists.--Journalists.-- Writers for the Young.--Future of American Literature._ America has not yet produced a transcendent literary genius; but she has the right to be proud of a national literature which includes poets, historians, novelists, essayists, and critics of a superior order.

plural of “light” — (physics) electromagnetic radiation that can produce a visual sensation

From this reading In poetry, the bright lights are William Cullen Bryant and Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, both pure and noble, and as much appreciated by the English as by their own compatriots; Edgar Allan Poe, James Russell Lowell, Oliver Wendell Holmes, Edmund Clarence Stedman, Bayard Taylor, John Greenleaf Whittier, Walt Whitman, Richard Watson Gilder, Edgar Fawcett, William Winter (the celebrated dramatic critic of the _New York Tribune_), Maria Brooks, and a number of women, who form a graceful garland in this garden of poets.

of or relating to or characteristic of literature

From this reading _Literature in the United States.--Poets.--Novelists.-- Essayists.--Critics.--Historians.--Humorists.--Journalists.-- Writers for the Young.--Future of American Literature._ America has not yet produced a transcendent literary genius; but she has the right to be proud of a national literature which includes poets, historians, novelists, essayists, and critics of a superior order.

creative writing of recognized artistic value

From this reading _Literature in the United States.--Poets.--Novelists.-- Essayists.--Critics.--Historians.--Humorists.--Journalists.-- Writers for the Young.--Future of American Literature._ America has not yet produced a transcendent literary genius; but she has the right to be proud of a national literature which includes poets, historians, novelists, essayists, and critics of a superior order.

United States poet remembered for his long narrative poems (1807-1882)

From this reading In poetry, the bright lights are William Cullen Bryant and Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, both pure and noble, and as much appreciated by the English as by their own compatriots; Edgar Allan Poe, James Russell Lowell, Oliver Wendell Holmes, Edmund Clarence Stedman, Bayard Taylor, John Greenleaf Whittier, Walt Whitman, Richard Watson Gilder, Edgar Fawcett, William Winter (the celebrated dramatic critic of the _New York Tribune_), Maria Brooks, and a number of women, who form a graceful garland in this garden of poets.

United States poet (1917-1977)

From this reading In poetry, the bright lights are William Cullen Bryant and Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, both pure and noble, and as much appreciated by the English as by their own compatriots; Edgar Allan Poe, James Russell Lowell, Oliver Wendell Holmes, Edmund Clarence Stedman, Bayard Taylor, John Greenleaf Whittier, Walt Whitman, Richard Watson Gilder, Edgar Fawcett, William Winter (the celebrated dramatic critic of the _New York Tribune_), Maria Brooks, and a number of women, who form a graceful garland in this garden of poets.

the basic unit of length adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites (approximately 1.094 yards)

From this reading The English admit that the best history of their literature has been written by a Frenchman, M. Taine.

a dark region of considerable extent on the surface of the moon

From this reading In poetry, the bright lights are William Cullen Bryant and Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, both pure and noble, and as much appreciated by the English as by their own compatriots; Edgar Allan Poe, James Russell Lowell, Oliver Wendell Holmes, Edmund Clarence Stedman, Bayard Taylor, John Greenleaf Whittier, Walt Whitman, Richard Watson Gilder, Edgar Fawcett, William Winter (the celebrated dramatic critic of the _New York Tribune_), Maria Brooks, and a number of women, who form a graceful garland in this garden of poets.

make reference to

From this reading In this rapid sketch, I must needs confine myself to the mention of merely the principal names which adorn the different branches of American literature.

and nothing more

From this reading In this rapid sketch, I must needs confine myself to the mention of merely the principal names which adorn the different branches of American literature.

used to form the superlative

From this reading The _Athenaeum_ acknowledged, a short while ago, that the best criticism on the English poets of the Victorian era was that written by Mr. Edmund Clarence Stedman, himself one of the most graceful bards of contemporary America.

a form of address for a man

From this reading The _Athenaeum_ acknowledged, a short while ago, that the best criticism on the English poets of the Victorian era was that written by Mr. Edmund Clarence Stedman, himself one of the most graceful bards of contemporary America.

to a great degree or extent

From this reading In poetry, the bright lights are William Cullen Bryant and Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, both pure and noble, and as much appreciated by the English as by their own compatriots; Edgar Allan Poe, James Russell Lowell, Oliver Wendell Holmes, Edmund Clarence Stedman, Bayard Taylor, John Greenleaf Whittier, Walt Whitman, Richard Watson Gilder, Edgar Fawcett, William Winter (the celebrated dramatic critic of the _New York Tribune_), Maria Brooks, and a number of women, who form a graceful garland in this garden of poets.

used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true

From this reading In this rapid sketch, I must needs confine myself to the mention of merely the principal names which adorn the different branches of American literature.

used when the speaker is also the object of the action

From this reading In this rapid sketch, I must needs confine myself to the mention of merely the principal names which adorn the different branches of American literature.

verbal abuse; a crude substitute for argument

From this reading In this rapid sketch, I must needs confine myself to the mention of merely the principal names which adorn the different branches of American literature.

of or relating to or belonging to a nation or country

From this reading _Literature in the United States.--Poets.--Novelists.-- Essayists.--Critics.--Historians.--Humorists.--Journalists.-- Writers for the Young.--Future of American Literature._ America has not yet produced a transcendent literary genius; but she has the right to be proud of a national literature which includes poets, historians, novelists, essayists, and critics of a superior order.

in such a manner as could not be otherwise

From this reading In this rapid sketch, I must needs confine myself to the mention of merely the principal names which adorn the different branches of American literature.

not of long duration; having just (or relatively recently) come into being or been made or acquired or discovered

From this reading In poetry, the bright lights are William Cullen Bryant and Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, both pure and noble, and as much appreciated by the English as by their own compatriots; Edgar Allan Poe, James Russell Lowell, Oliver Wendell Holmes, Edmund Clarence Stedman, Bayard Taylor, John Greenleaf Whittier, Walt Whitman, Richard Watson Gilder, Edgar Fawcett, William Winter (the celebrated dramatic critic of the _New York Tribune_), Maria Brooks, and a number of women, who form a graceful garland in this garden of poets.

impressive in appearance

From this reading In poetry, the bright lights are William Cullen Bryant and Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, both pure and noble, and as much appreciated by the English as by their own compatriots; Edgar Allan Poe, James Russell Lowell, Oliver Wendell Holmes, Edmund Clarence Stedman, Bayard Taylor, John Greenleaf Whittier, Walt Whitman, Richard Watson Gilder, Edgar Fawcett, William Winter (the celebrated dramatic critic of the _New York Tribune_), Maria Brooks, and a number of women, who form a graceful garland in this garden of poets.

used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative

From this reading _Literature in the United States.--Poets.--Novelists.-- Essayists.--Critics.--Historians.--Humorists.--Journalists.-- Writers for the Young.--Future of American Literature._ America has not yet produced a transcendent literary genius; but she has the right to be proud of a national literature which includes poets, historians, novelists, essayists, and critics of a superior order.

plural of “novelist” — one who writes novels

From this reading _Literature in the United States.--Poets.--Novelists.-- Essayists.--Critics.--Historians.--Humorists.--Journalists.-- Writers for the Young.--Future of American Literature._ America has not yet produced a transcendent literary genius; but she has the right to be proud of a national literature which includes poets, historians, novelists, essayists, and critics of a superior order.

the property possessed by a sum or total or indefinite quantity of units or individuals

From this reading In poetry, the bright lights are William Cullen Bryant and Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, both pure and noble, and as much appreciated by the English as by their own compatriots; Edgar Allan Poe, James Russell Lowell, Oliver Wendell Holmes, Edmund Clarence Stedman, Bayard Taylor, John Greenleaf Whittier, Walt Whitman, Richard Watson Gilder, Edgar Fawcett, William Winter (the celebrated dramatic critic of the _New York Tribune_), Maria Brooks, and a number of women, who form a graceful garland in this garden of poets.

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

From this reading _Literature in the United States.--Poets.--Novelists.-- Essayists.--Critics.--Historians.--Humorists.--Journalists.-- Writers for the Young.--Future of American Literature._ America has not yet produced a transcendent literary genius; but she has the right to be proud of a national literature which includes poets, historians, novelists, essayists, and critics of a superior order.

United States jazz musician who influenced the style of Louis Armstrong (1885-1938)

From this reading In poetry, the bright lights are William Cullen Bryant and Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, both pure and noble, and as much appreciated by the English as by their own compatriots; Edgar Allan Poe, James Russell Lowell, Oliver Wendell Holmes, Edmund Clarence Stedman, Bayard Taylor, John Greenleaf Whittier, Walt Whitman, Richard Watson Gilder, Edgar Fawcett, William Winter (the celebrated dramatic critic of the _New York Tribune_), Maria Brooks, and a number of women, who form a graceful garland in this garden of poets.

touching and supported by a surface

From this reading The _Athenaeum_ acknowledged, a short while ago, that the best criticism on the English poets of the Victorian era was that written by Mr. Edmund Clarence Stedman, himself one of the most graceful bards of contemporary America.

used to mean any person in general, including the speaker

From this reading The _Athenaeum_ acknowledged, a short while ago, that the best criticism on the English poets of the Victorian era was that written by Mr. Edmund Clarence Stedman, himself one of the most graceful bards of contemporary America.

(often plural) a command given by a superior (e.g., a military or law enforcement officer) that must be obeyed

From this reading _Literature in the United States.--Poets.--Novelists.-- Essayists.--Critics.--Historians.--Humorists.--Journalists.-- Writers for the Young.--Future of American Literature._ America has not yet produced a transcendent literary genius; but she has the right to be proud of a national literature which includes poets, historians, novelists, essayists, and critics of a superior order.

have ownership or possession of

From this reading In poetry, the bright lights are William Cullen Bryant and Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, both pure and noble, and as much appreciated by the English as by their own compatriots; Edgar Allan Poe, James Russell Lowell, Oliver Wendell Holmes, Edmund Clarence Stedman, Bayard Taylor, John Greenleaf Whittier, Walt Whitman, Richard Watson Gilder, Edgar Fawcett, William Winter (the celebrated dramatic critic of the _New York Tribune_), Maria Brooks, and a number of women, who form a graceful garland in this garden of poets.

United States writer and poet (1809-1849)

From this reading In poetry, the bright lights are William Cullen Bryant and Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, both pure and noble, and as much appreciated by the English as by their own compatriots; Edgar Allan Poe, James Russell Lowell, Oliver Wendell Holmes, Edmund Clarence Stedman, Bayard Taylor, John Greenleaf Whittier, Walt Whitman, Richard Watson Gilder, Edgar Fawcett, William Winter (the celebrated dramatic critic of the _New York Tribune_), Maria Brooks, and a number of women, who form a graceful garland in this garden of poets.

literature in metrical form

From this reading In poetry, the bright lights are William Cullen Bryant and Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, both pure and noble, and as much appreciated by the English as by their own compatriots; Edgar Allan Poe, James Russell Lowell, Oliver Wendell Holmes, Edmund Clarence Stedman, Bayard Taylor, John Greenleaf Whittier, Walt Whitman, Richard Watson Gilder, Edgar Fawcett, William Winter (the celebrated dramatic critic of the _New York Tribune_), Maria Brooks, and a number of women, who form a graceful garland in this garden of poets.

plural of “poet” — a writer of poems (the term is usually reserved for writers of good poetry)

From this reading _Literature in the United States.--Poets.--Novelists.-- Essayists.--Critics.--Historians.--Humorists.--Journalists.-- Writers for the Young.--Future of American Literature._ America has not yet produced a transcendent literary genius; but she has the right to be proud of a national literature which includes poets, historians, novelists, essayists, and critics of a superior order.

the original amount of a debt on which interest is calculated

From this reading In this rapid sketch, I must needs confine myself to the mention of merely the principal names which adorn the different branches of American literature.

past form of “produce” — bring forth or yield

From this reading _Literature in the United States.--Poets.--Novelists.-- Essayists.--Critics.--Historians.--Humorists.--Journalists.-- Writers for the Young.--Future of American Literature._ America has not yet produced a transcendent literary genius; but she has the right to be proud of a national literature which includes poets, historians, novelists, essayists, and critics of a superior order.

feeling self-respect or pleasure in something by which you measure your self-worth; or being a reason for pride

From this reading _Literature in the United States.--Poets.--Novelists.-- Essayists.--Critics.--Historians.--Humorists.--Journalists.-- Writers for the Young.--Future of American Literature._ America has not yet produced a transcendent literary genius; but she has the right to be proud of a national literature which includes poets, historians, novelists, essayists, and critics of a superior order.

free of extraneous elements of any kind

From this reading In poetry, the bright lights are William Cullen Bryant and Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, both pure and noble, and as much appreciated by the English as by their own compatriots; Edgar Allan Poe, James Russell Lowell, Oliver Wendell Holmes, Edmund Clarence Stedman, Bayard Taylor, John Greenleaf Whittier, Walt Whitman, Richard Watson Gilder, Edgar Fawcett, William Winter (the celebrated dramatic critic of the _New York Tribune_), Maria Brooks, and a number of women, who form a graceful garland in this garden of poets.

done or occurring in a brief period of time

From this reading In this rapid sketch, I must needs confine myself to the mention of merely the principal names which adorn the different branches of American literature.

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From this reading In poetry, the bright lights are William Cullen Bryant and Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, both pure and noble, and as much appreciated by the English as by their own compatriots; Edgar Allan Poe, James Russell Lowell, Oliver Wendell Holmes, Edmund Clarence Stedman, Bayard Taylor, John Greenleaf Whittier, Walt Whitman, Richard Watson Gilder, Edgar Fawcett, William Winter (the celebrated dramatic critic of the _New York Tribune_), Maria Brooks, and a number of women, who form a graceful garland in this garden of poets.

precisely, exactly

From this reading _Literature in the United States.--Poets.--Novelists.-- Essayists.--Critics.--Historians.--Humorists.--Journalists.-- Writers for the Young.--Future of American Literature._ America has not yet produced a transcendent literary genius; but she has the right to be proud of a national literature which includes poets, historians, novelists, essayists, and critics of a superior order.

United States religious leader who founded the sect that is now called Jehovah's Witnesses (1852-1916)

From this reading In poetry, the bright lights are William Cullen Bryant and Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, both pure and noble, and as much appreciated by the English as by their own compatriots; Edgar Allan Poe, James Russell Lowell, Oliver Wendell Holmes, Edmund Clarence Stedman, Bayard Taylor, John Greenleaf Whittier, Walt Whitman, Richard Watson Gilder, Edgar Fawcett, William Winter (the celebrated dramatic critic of the _New York Tribune_), Maria Brooks, and a number of women, who form a graceful garland in this garden of poets.

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

From this reading _Literature in the United States.--Poets.--Novelists.-- Essayists.--Critics.--Historians.--Humorists.--Journalists.-- Writers for the Young.--Future of American Literature._ America has not yet produced a transcendent literary genius; but she has the right to be proud of a national literature which includes poets, historians, novelists, essayists, and critics of a superior order.

primarily temporal sense; indicating or being or seeming to be limited in duration

From this reading The _Athenaeum_ acknowledged, a short while ago, that the best criticism on the English poets of the Victorian era was that written by Mr. Edmund Clarence Stedman, himself one of the most graceful bards of contemporary America.

preliminary drawing for later elaboration

From this reading In this rapid sketch, I must needs confine myself to the mention of merely the principal names which adorn the different branches of American literature.

plural of “state” — the territory occupied by one of the constituent administrative districts of a nation

From this reading _Literature in the United States.--Poets.--Novelists.-- Essayists.--Critics.--Historians.--Humorists.--Journalists.-- Writers for the Young.--Future of American Literature._ America has not yet produced a transcendent literary genius; but she has the right to be proud of a national literature which includes poets, historians, novelists, essayists, and critics of a superior order.

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From this reading The _Athenaeum_ acknowledged, a short while ago, that the best criticism on the English poets of the Victorian era was that written by Mr. Edmund Clarence Stedman, himself one of the most graceful bards of contemporary America.

of high or superior quality or performance

From this reading _Literature in the United States.--Poets.--Novelists.-- Essayists.--Critics.--Historians.--Humorists.--Journalists.-- Writers for the Young.--Future of American Literature._ America has not yet produced a transcendent literary genius; but she has the right to be proud of a national literature which includes poets, historians, novelists, essayists, and critics of a superior order.

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From this reading The English admit that the best history of their literature has been written by a Frenchman, M. Taine.

United States composer and music critic (1885-1966)

From this reading In poetry, the bright lights are William Cullen Bryant and Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, both pure and noble, and as much appreciated by the English as by their own compatriots; Edgar Allan Poe, James Russell Lowell, Oliver Wendell Holmes, Edmund Clarence Stedman, Bayard Taylor, John Greenleaf Whittier, Walt Whitman, Richard Watson Gilder, Edgar Fawcett, William Winter (the celebrated dramatic critic of the _New York Tribune_), Maria Brooks, and a number of women, who form a graceful garland in this garden of poets.

used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt

From this reading The English admit that the best history of their literature has been written by a Frenchman, M. Taine.

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

From this reading _Literature in the United States.--Poets.--Novelists.-- Essayists.--Critics.--Historians.--Humorists.--Journalists.-- Writers for the Young.--Future of American Literature._ America has not yet produced a transcendent literary genius; but she has the right to be proud of a national literature which includes poets, historians, novelists, essayists, and critics of a superior order.

belonging to the people or things already mentioned

From this reading The English admit that the best history of their literature has been written by a Frenchman, M. Taine.

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

From this reading In this rapid sketch, I must needs confine myself to the mention of merely the principal names which adorn the different branches of American literature.

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

From this reading _Literature in the United States.--Poets.--Novelists.-- Essayists.--Critics.--Historians.--Humorists.--Journalists.-- Writers for the Young.--Future of American Literature._ America has not yet produced a transcendent literary genius; but she has the right to be proud of a national literature which includes poets, historians, novelists, essayists, and critics of a superior order.

exceeding or surpassing usual limits especially in excellence

From this reading _Literature in the United States.--Poets.--Novelists.-- Essayists.--Critics.--Historians.--Humorists.--Journalists.-- Writers for the Young.--Future of American Literature._ America has not yet produced a transcendent literary genius; but she has the right to be proud of a national literature which includes poets, historians, novelists, essayists, and critics of a superior order.

(ancient Rome) an official elected by the plebeians to protect their interests

From this reading In poetry, the bright lights are William Cullen Bryant and Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, both pure and noble, and as much appreciated by the English as by their own compatriots; Edgar Allan Poe, James Russell Lowell, Oliver Wendell Holmes, Edmund Clarence Stedman, Bayard Taylor, John Greenleaf Whittier, Walt Whitman, Richard Watson Gilder, Edgar Fawcett, William Winter (the celebrated dramatic critic of the _New York Tribune_), Maria Brooks, and a number of women, who form a graceful garland in this garden of poets.

characterized by unity; being or joined into a single entity

From this reading _Literature in the United States.--Poets.--Novelists.-- Essayists.--Critics.--Historians.--Humorists.--Journalists.-- Writers for the Young.--Future of American Literature._ America has not yet produced a transcendent literary genius; but she has the right to be proud of a national literature which includes poets, historians, novelists, essayists, and critics of a superior order.

of or relating to Queen Victoria of Great Britain or to the age in which she ruled

From this reading The _Athenaeum_ acknowledged, a short while ago, that the best criticism on the English poets of the Victorian era was that written by Mr. Edmund Clarence Stedman, himself one of the most graceful bards of contemporary America.

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From this reading In poetry, the bright lights are William Cullen Bryant and Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, both pure and noble, and as much appreciated by the English as by their own compatriots; Edgar Allan Poe, James Russell Lowell, Oliver Wendell Holmes, Edmund Clarence Stedman, Bayard Taylor, John Greenleaf Whittier, Walt Whitman, Richard Watson Gilder, Edgar Fawcett, William Winter (the celebrated dramatic critic of the _New York Tribune_), Maria Brooks, and a number of women, who form a graceful garland in this garden of poets.

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From this reading In poetry, the bright lights are William Cullen Bryant and Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, both pure and noble, and as much appreciated by the English as by their own compatriots; Edgar Allan Poe, James Russell Lowell, Oliver Wendell Holmes, Edmund Clarence Stedman, Bayard Taylor, John Greenleaf Whittier, Walt Whitman, Richard Watson Gilder, Edgar Fawcett, William Winter (the celebrated dramatic critic of the _New York Tribune_), Maria Brooks, and a number of women, who form a graceful garland in this garden of poets.

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

From this reading The _Athenaeum_ acknowledged, a short while ago, that the best criticism on the English poets of the Victorian era was that written by Mr. Edmund Clarence Stedman, himself one of the most graceful bards of contemporary America.

United States telephone engineer who assisted Alexander Graham Bell in his experiments (1854-1934)

From this reading In poetry, the bright lights are William Cullen Bryant and Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, both pure and noble, and as much appreciated by the English as by their own compatriots; Edgar Allan Poe, James Russell Lowell, Oliver Wendell Holmes, Edmund Clarence Stedman, Bayard Taylor, John Greenleaf Whittier, Walt Whitman, Richard Watson Gilder, Edgar Fawcett, William Winter (the celebrated dramatic critic of the _New York Tribune_), Maria Brooks, and a number of women, who form a graceful garland in this garden of poets.

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From this reading In poetry, the bright lights are William Cullen Bryant and Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, both pure and noble, and as much appreciated by the English as by their own compatriots; Edgar Allan Poe, James Russell Lowell, Oliver Wendell Holmes, Edmund Clarence Stedman, Bayard Taylor, John Greenleaf Whittier, Walt Whitman, Richard Watson Gilder, Edgar Fawcett, William Winter (the celebrated dramatic critic of the _New York Tribune_), Maria Brooks, and a number of women, who form a graceful garland in this garden of poets.

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

From this reading _Literature in the United States.--Poets.--Novelists.-- Essayists.--Critics.--Historians.--Humorists.--Journalists.-- Writers for the Young.--Future of American Literature._ America has not yet produced a transcendent literary genius; but she has the right to be proud of a national literature which includes poets, historians, novelists, essayists, and critics of a superior order.

during the time that

From this reading The _Athenaeum_ acknowledged, a short while ago, that the best criticism on the English poets of the Victorian era was that written by Mr. Edmund Clarence Stedman, himself one of the most graceful bards of contemporary America.

United States poet who celebrated the greatness of America (1819-1892)

From this reading In poetry, the bright lights are William Cullen Bryant and Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, both pure and noble, and as much appreciated by the English as by their own compatriots; Edgar Allan Poe, James Russell Lowell, Oliver Wendell Holmes, Edmund Clarence Stedman, Bayard Taylor, John Greenleaf Whittier, Walt Whitman, Richard Watson Gilder, Edgar Fawcett, William Winter (the celebrated dramatic critic of the _New York Tribune_), Maria Brooks, and a number of women, who form a graceful garland in this garden of poets.

United States poet best known for his nostalgic poems about New England (1807-1892)

From this reading In poetry, the bright lights are William Cullen Bryant and Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, both pure and noble, and as much appreciated by the English as by their own compatriots; Edgar Allan Poe, James Russell Lowell, Oliver Wendell Holmes, Edmund Clarence Stedman, Bayard Taylor, John Greenleaf Whittier, Walt Whitman, Richard Watson Gilder, Edgar Fawcett, William Winter (the celebrated dramatic critic of the _New York Tribune_), Maria Brooks, and a number of women, who form a graceful garland in this garden of poets.

which person or people

From this reading In poetry, the bright lights are William Cullen Bryant and Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, both pure and noble, and as much appreciated by the English as by their own compatriots; Edgar Allan Poe, James Russell Lowell, Oliver Wendell Holmes, Edmund Clarence Stedman, Bayard Taylor, John Greenleaf Whittier, Walt Whitman, Richard Watson Gilder, Edgar Fawcett, William Winter (the celebrated dramatic critic of the _New York Tribune_), Maria Brooks, and a number of women, who form a graceful garland in this garden of poets.

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From this reading In poetry, the bright lights are William Cullen Bryant and Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, both pure and noble, and as much appreciated by the English as by their own compatriots; Edgar Allan Poe, James Russell Lowell, Oliver Wendell Holmes, Edmund Clarence Stedman, Bayard Taylor, John Greenleaf Whittier, Walt Whitman, Richard Watson Gilder, Edgar Fawcett, William Winter (the celebrated dramatic critic of the _New York Tribune_), Maria Brooks, and a number of women, who form a graceful garland in this garden of poets.

the coldest season of the year; in the northern hemisphere it extends from the winter solstice to the vernal equinox

From this reading In poetry, the bright lights are William Cullen Bryant and Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, both pure and noble, and as much appreciated by the English as by their own compatriots; Edgar Allan Poe, James Russell Lowell, Oliver Wendell Holmes, Edmund Clarence Stedman, Bayard Taylor, John Greenleaf Whittier, Walt Whitman, Richard Watson Gilder, Edgar Fawcett, William Winter (the celebrated dramatic critic of the _New York Tribune_), Maria Brooks, and a number of women, who form a graceful garland in this garden of poets.

plural of “woman” — an adult female person (as opposed to a man)

From this reading In poetry, the bright lights are William Cullen Bryant and Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, both pure and noble, and as much appreciated by the English as by their own compatriots; Edgar Allan Poe, James Russell Lowell, Oliver Wendell Holmes, Edmund Clarence Stedman, Bayard Taylor, John Greenleaf Whittier, Walt Whitman, Richard Watson Gilder, Edgar Fawcett, William Winter (the celebrated dramatic critic of the _New York Tribune_), Maria Brooks, and a number of women, who form a graceful garland in this garden of poets.

plural of “writer” — writes (books or stories or articles or the like) professionally (for pay)

From this reading _Literature in the United States.--Poets.--Novelists.-- Essayists.--Critics.--Historians.--Humorists.--Journalists.-- Writers for the Young.--Future of American Literature._ America has not yet produced a transcendent literary genius; but she has the right to be proud of a national literature which includes poets, historians, novelists, essayists, and critics of a superior order.

set down in writing in any of various ways

From this reading The English admit that the best history of their literature has been written by a Frenchman, M. Taine.

but in spite of that

From this reading _Literature in the United States.--Poets.--Novelists.-- Essayists.--Critics.--Historians.--Humorists.--Journalists.-- Writers for the Young.--Future of American Literature._ America has not yet produced a transcendent literary genius; but she has the right to be proud of a national literature which includes poets, historians, novelists, essayists, and critics of a superior order.

the English royal house (a branch of the Plantagenet line) that reigned from 1461 to 1485; its emblem was a white rose

From this reading In poetry, the bright lights are William Cullen Bryant and Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, both pure and noble, and as much appreciated by the English as by their own compatriots; Edgar Allan Poe, James Russell Lowell, Oliver Wendell Holmes, Edmund Clarence Stedman, Bayard Taylor, John Greenleaf Whittier, Walt Whitman, Richard Watson Gilder, Edgar Fawcett, William Winter (the celebrated dramatic critic of the _New York Tribune_), Maria Brooks, and a number of women, who form a graceful garland in this garden of poets.

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

From this reading _Literature in the United States.--Poets.--Novelists.-- Essayists.--Critics.--Historians.--Humorists.--Journalists.-- Writers for the Young.--Future of American Literature._ America has not yet produced a transcendent literary genius; but she has the right to be proud of a national literature which includes poets, historians, novelists, essayists, and critics of a superior order.