Chapter XIX

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

From this reading _Saint Paul’s.—Anecdote of a female Esquimaux.—Defect of Grecian Architecture in cold Climates.—Nakedness of the Church.—Monuments.—Pictures offered by Sir Joshua Reynolds, &c., and refused.— Ascent.—View from the Summit._ The cathedral church of St Paul’s is not more celebrated than it deserves to be.

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

From this reading _Saint Paul’s.—Anecdote of a female Esquimaux.—Defect of Grecian Architecture in cold Climates.—Nakedness of the Church.—Monuments.—Pictures offered by Sir Joshua Reynolds, &c., and refused.— Ascent.—View from the Summit._ The cathedral church of St Paul’s is not more celebrated than it deserves to be.

short account of an incident (especially a biographical one)

From this reading _Saint Paul’s.—Anecdote of a female Esquimaux.—Defect of Grecian Architecture in cold Climates.—Nakedness of the Church.—Monuments.—Pictures offered by Sir Joshua Reynolds, &c., and refused.— Ascent.—View from the Summit._ The cathedral church of St Paul’s is not more celebrated than it deserves to be.

Queen of England and Scotland and Ireland; daughter if James II and the last of the Stuart monarchs; in 1707 she was the last English ruler to exercise the royal veto over parliament (1665-1714)

From this reading In the court before the grand entrance stands a statue of Queen Anne, instead of a cross; a figure as ill-executed as it is ill-placed, which has provoked some epigrams even in this country, indifferent as the taste in sculpture is here, and little as is the sense of religious decorum.

past form of “appropriate” — give or assign a resource to a particular person or cause

From this reading I never behold it without regretting that such a church should be appropriated to heretical worship;—that, like a whited sepulchre, there should be death within.

an architectural product or work

From this reading _Saint Paul’s.—Anecdote of a female Esquimaux.—Defect of Grecian Architecture in cold Climates.—Nakedness of the Church.—Monuments.—Pictures offered by Sir Joshua Reynolds, &c., and refused.— Ascent.—View from the Summit._ The cathedral church of St Paul’s is not more celebrated than it deserves to be.

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

From this reading In the court before the grand entrance stands a statue of Queen Anne, instead of a cross; a figure as ill-executed as it is ill-placed, which has provoked some epigrams even in this country, indifferent as the taste in sculpture is here, and little as is the sense of religious decorum.

an upward slope or grade (as in a road)

From this reading _Saint Paul’s.—Anecdote of a female Esquimaux.—Defect of Grecian Architecture in cold Climates.—Nakedness of the Church.—Monuments.—Pictures offered by Sir Joshua Reynolds, &c., and refused.— Ascent.—View from the Summit._ The cathedral church of St Paul’s is not more celebrated than it deserves to be.

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

From this reading _Saint Paul’s.—Anecdote of a female Esquimaux.—Defect of Grecian Architecture in cold Climates.—Nakedness of the Church.—Monuments.—Pictures offered by Sir Joshua Reynolds, &c., and refused.— Ascent.—View from the Summit._ The cathedral church of St Paul’s is not more celebrated than it deserves to be.

earlier than; in front of

From this reading In the court before the grand entrance stands a statue of Queen Anne, instead of a cross; a figure as ill-executed as it is ill-placed, which has provoked some epigrams even in this country, indifferent as the taste in sculpture is here, and little as is the sense of religious decorum.

see with attention

From this reading I never behold it without regretting that such a church should be appropriated to heretical worship;—that, like a whited sepulchre, there should be death within.

showing who or what does the action

From this reading _Saint Paul’s.—Anecdote of a female Esquimaux.—Defect of Grecian Architecture in cold Climates.—Nakedness of the Church.—Monuments.—Pictures offered by Sir Joshua Reynolds, &c., and refused.— Ascent.—View from the Summit._ The cathedral church of St Paul’s is not more celebrated than it deserves to be.

a degree on the centigrade scale of temperature

From this reading _Saint Paul’s.—Anecdote of a female Esquimaux.—Defect of Grecian Architecture in cold Climates.—Nakedness of the Church.—Monuments.—Pictures offered by Sir Joshua Reynolds, &c., and refused.— Ascent.—View from the Summit._ The cathedral church of St Paul’s is not more celebrated than it deserves to be.

any large and important church

From this reading _Saint Paul’s.—Anecdote of a female Esquimaux.—Defect of Grecian Architecture in cold Climates.—Nakedness of the Church.—Monuments.—Pictures offered by Sir Joshua Reynolds, &c., and refused.— Ascent.—View from the Summit._ The cathedral church of St Paul’s is not more celebrated than it deserves to be.

widely known and esteemed

From this reading _Saint Paul’s.—Anecdote of a female Esquimaux.—Defect of Grecian Architecture in cold Climates.—Nakedness of the Church.—Monuments.—Pictures offered by Sir Joshua Reynolds, &c., and refused.— Ascent.—View from the Summit._ The cathedral church of St Paul’s is not more celebrated than it deserves to be.

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

From this reading _Saint Paul’s.—Anecdote of a female Esquimaux.—Defect of Grecian Architecture in cold Climates.—Nakedness of the Church.—Monuments.—Pictures offered by Sir Joshua Reynolds, &c., and refused.— Ascent.—View from the Summit._ The cathedral church of St Paul’s is not more celebrated than it deserves to be.

plural of “climate” — the weather in some location averaged over some long period of time

From this reading _Saint Paul’s.—Anecdote of a female Esquimaux.—Defect of Grecian Architecture in cold Climates.—Nakedness of the Church.—Monuments.—Pictures offered by Sir Joshua Reynolds, &c., and refused.— Ascent.—View from the Summit._ The cathedral church of St Paul’s is not more celebrated than it deserves to be.

having a low or inadequate temperature or feeling a sensation of coldness or having been made cold by e.g. ice or refrigeration

From this reading _Saint Paul’s.—Anecdote of a female Esquimaux.—Defect of Grecian Architecture in cold Climates.—Nakedness of the Church.—Monuments.—Pictures offered by Sir Joshua Reynolds, &c., and refused.— Ascent.—View from the Summit._ The cathedral church of St Paul’s is not more celebrated than it deserves to be.

a politically organized body of people under a single government

From this reading In the court before the grand entrance stands a statue of Queen Anne, instead of a cross; a figure as ill-executed as it is ill-placed, which has provoked some epigrams even in this country, indifferent as the taste in sculpture is here, and little as is the sense of religious decorum.

an assembly (including one or more judges) to conduct judicial business

From this reading In the court before the grand entrance stands a statue of Queen Anne, instead of a cross; a figure as ill-executed as it is ill-placed, which has provoked some epigrams even in this country, indifferent as the taste in sculpture is here, and little as is the sense of religious decorum.

travel across or pass over

From this reading In the court before the grand entrance stands a statue of Queen Anne, instead of a cross; a figure as ill-executed as it is ill-placed, which has provoked some epigrams even in this country, indifferent as the taste in sculpture is here, and little as is the sense of religious decorum.

the event of dying or departure from life

From this reading I never behold it without regretting that such a church should be appropriated to heretical worship;—that, like a whited sepulchre, there should be death within.

propriety in manners and conduct

From this reading In the court before the grand entrance stands a statue of Queen Anne, instead of a cross; a figure as ill-executed as it is ill-placed, which has provoked some epigrams even in this country, indifferent as the taste in sculpture is here, and little as is the sense of religious decorum.

an imperfection in a bodily system

From this reading _Saint Paul’s.—Anecdote of a female Esquimaux.—Defect of Grecian Architecture in cold Climates.—Nakedness of the Church.—Monuments.—Pictures offered by Sir Joshua Reynolds, &c., and refused.— Ascent.—View from the Summit._ The cathedral church of St Paul’s is not more celebrated than it deserves to be.

third-person singular of “deserve” — be worthy or deserving

From this reading _Saint Paul’s.—Anecdote of a female Esquimaux.—Defect of Grecian Architecture in cold Climates.—Nakedness of the Church.—Monuments.—Pictures offered by Sir Joshua Reynolds, &c., and refused.— Ascent.—View from the Summit._ The cathedral church of St Paul’s is not more celebrated than it deserves to be.

a movement into or inward

From this reading On entering the church I was impressed by its magnitude.

something that provides access (to get in or get out)

From this reading In the court before the grand entrance stands a statue of Queen Anne, instead of a cross; a figure as ill-executed as it is ill-placed, which has provoked some epigrams even in this country, indifferent as the taste in sculpture is here, and little as is the sense of religious decorum.

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From this reading In the court before the grand entrance stands a statue of Queen Anne, instead of a cross; a figure as ill-executed as it is ill-placed, which has provoked some epigrams even in this country, indifferent as the taste in sculpture is here, and little as is the sense of religious decorum.

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From this reading _Saint Paul’s.—Anecdote of a female Esquimaux.—Defect of Grecian Architecture in cold Climates.—Nakedness of the Church.—Monuments.—Pictures offered by Sir Joshua Reynolds, &c., and refused.— Ascent.—View from the Summit._ The cathedral church of St Paul’s is not more celebrated than it deserves to be.

divisible by two

From this reading In the court before the grand entrance stands a statue of Queen Anne, instead of a cross; a figure as ill-executed as it is ill-placed, which has provoked some epigrams even in this country, indifferent as the taste in sculpture is here, and little as is the sense of religious decorum.

being the sex (of plant or animal) that produces fertilizable gametes (ova) from which offspring develop

From this reading _Saint Paul’s.—Anecdote of a female Esquimaux.—Defect of Grecian Architecture in cold Climates.—Nakedness of the Church.—Monuments.—Pictures offered by Sir Joshua Reynolds, &c., and refused.— Ascent.—View from the Summit._ The cathedral church of St Paul’s is not more celebrated than it deserves to be.

a diagram or picture illustrating textual material

From this reading In the court before the grand entrance stands a statue of Queen Anne, instead of a cross; a figure as ill-executed as it is ill-placed, which has provoked some epigrams even in this country, indifferent as the taste in sculpture is here, and little as is the sense of religious decorum.

showing where something starts, or who sent it

From this reading _Saint Paul’s.—Anecdote of a female Esquimaux.—Defect of Grecian Architecture in cold Climates.—Nakedness of the Church.—Monuments.—Pictures offered by Sir Joshua Reynolds, &c., and refused.— Ascent.—View from the Summit._ The cathedral church of St Paul’s is not more celebrated than it deserves to be.

of behavior that is impressive and ambitious in scale or scope

From this reading In the court before the grand entrance stands a statue of Queen Anne, instead of a cross; a figure as ill-executed as it is ill-placed, which has provoked some epigrams even in this country, indifferent as the taste in sculpture is here, and little as is the sense of religious decorum.

of or relating to or characteristic of Greece or the Greeks or the Greek language

From this reading _Saint Paul’s.—Anecdote of a female Esquimaux.—Defect of Grecian Architecture in cold Climates.—Nakedness of the Church.—Monuments.—Pictures offered by Sir Joshua Reynolds, &c., and refused.— Ascent.—View from the Summit._ The cathedral church of St Paul’s is not more celebrated than it deserves to be.

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

From this reading No other nation in modern times has reared so magnificent a monument of piety.

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

From this reading In the court before the grand entrance stands a statue of Queen Anne, instead of a cross; a figure as ill-executed as it is ill-placed, which has provoked some epigrams even in this country, indifferent as the taste in sculpture is here, and little as is the sense of religious decorum.

characterized by departure from accepted beliefs or standards

From this reading I never behold it without regretting that such a church should be appropriated to heretical worship;—that, like a whited sepulchre, there should be death within.

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

From this reading I never behold it without regretting that such a church should be appropriated to heretical worship;—that, like a whited sepulchre, there should be death within.

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From this reading In the court before the grand entrance stands a statue of Queen Anne, instead of a cross; a figure as ill-executed as it is ill-placed, which has provoked some epigrams even in this country, indifferent as the taste in sculpture is here, and little as is the sense of religious decorum.

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From this reading In the court before the grand entrance stands a statue of Queen Anne, instead of a cross; a figure as ill-executed as it is ill-placed, which has provoked some epigrams even in this country, indifferent as the taste in sculpture is here, and little as is the sense of religious decorum.

deeply or markedly affected or influenced

From this reading On entering the church I was impressed by its magnitude.

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

From this reading _Saint Paul’s.—Anecdote of a female Esquimaux.—Defect of Grecian Architecture in cold Climates.—Nakedness of the Church.—Monuments.—Pictures offered by Sir Joshua Reynolds, &c., and refused.— Ascent.—View from the Summit._ The cathedral church of St Paul’s is not more celebrated than it deserves to be.

marked by a lack of interest

From this reading In the court before the grand entrance stands a statue of Queen Anne, instead of a cross; a figure as ill-executed as it is ill-placed, which has provoked some epigrams even in this country, indifferent as the taste in sculpture is here, and little as is the sense of religious decorum.

in place of, or as an alternative to

From this reading In the court before the grand entrance stands a statue of Queen Anne, instead of a cross; a figure as ill-executed as it is ill-placed, which has provoked some epigrams even in this country, indifferent as the taste in sculpture is here, and little as is the sense of religious decorum.

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

From this reading _Saint Paul’s.—Anecdote of a female Esquimaux.—Defect of Grecian Architecture in cold Climates.—Nakedness of the Church.—Monuments.—Pictures offered by Sir Joshua Reynolds, &c., and refused.— Ascent.—View from the Summit._ The cathedral church of St Paul’s is not more celebrated than it deserves to be.

a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned

From this reading _Saint Paul’s.—Anecdote of a female Esquimaux.—Defect of Grecian Architecture in cold Climates.—Nakedness of the Church.—Monuments.—Pictures offered by Sir Joshua Reynolds, &c., and refused.— Ascent.—View from the Summit._ The cathedral church of St Paul’s is not more celebrated than it deserves to be.

belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned

From this reading On entering the church I was impressed by its magnitude.

(Old Testament) Moses' successor who led the Israelites into the Promised Land; best remembered for his destruction of Jericho

From this reading _Saint Paul’s.—Anecdote of a female Esquimaux.—Defect of Grecian Architecture in cold Climates.—Nakedness of the Church.—Monuments.—Pictures offered by Sir Joshua Reynolds, &c., and refused.— Ascent.—View from the Summit._ The cathedral church of St Paul’s is not more celebrated than it deserves to be.

prefer or wish to do something

From this reading I never behold it without regretting that such a church should be appropriated to heretical worship;—that, like a whited sepulchre, there should be death within.

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

From this reading In the court before the grand entrance stands a statue of Queen Anne, instead of a cross; a figure as ill-executed as it is ill-placed, which has provoked some epigrams even in this country, indifferent as the taste in sculpture is here, and little as is the sense of religious decorum.

characterized by grandeur

From this reading No other nation in modern times has reared so magnificent a monument of piety.

the property of relative size or extent (whether large or small)

From this reading On entering the church I was impressed by its magnitude.

belonging to the modern era; since the Middle Ages

From this reading No other nation in modern times has reared so magnificent a monument of piety.

a structure erected to commemorate persons or events

From this reading No other nation in modern times has reared so magnificent a monument of piety.

plural of “monument” — a structure erected to commemorate persons or events

From this reading _Saint Paul’s.—Anecdote of a female Esquimaux.—Defect of Grecian Architecture in cold Climates.—Nakedness of the Church.—Monuments.—Pictures offered by Sir Joshua Reynolds, &c., and refused.— Ascent.—View from the Summit._ The cathedral church of St Paul’s is not more celebrated than it deserves to be.

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

From this reading _Saint Paul’s.—Anecdote of a female Esquimaux.—Defect of Grecian Architecture in cold Climates.—Nakedness of the Church.—Monuments.—Pictures offered by Sir Joshua Reynolds, &c., and refused.— Ascent.—View from the Summit._ The cathedral church of St Paul’s is not more celebrated than it deserves to be.

the state of being without clothing or covering of any kind

From this reading _Saint Paul’s.—Anecdote of a female Esquimaux.—Defect of Grecian Architecture in cold Climates.—Nakedness of the Church.—Monuments.—Pictures offered by Sir Joshua Reynolds, &c., and refused.— Ascent.—View from the Summit._ The cathedral church of St Paul’s is not more celebrated than it deserves to be.

a politically organized body of people under a single government

From this reading No other nation in modern times has reared so magnificent a monument of piety.

not ever; at no time in the past or future

From this reading I never behold it without regretting that such a church should be appropriated to heretical worship;—that, like a whited sepulchre, there should be death within.

not any; not one

From this reading No other nation in modern times has reared so magnificent a monument of piety.

used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative

From this reading _Saint Paul’s.—Anecdote of a female Esquimaux.—Defect of Grecian Architecture in cold Climates.—Nakedness of the Church.—Monuments.—Pictures offered by Sir Joshua Reynolds, &c., and refused.— Ascent.—View from the Summit._ The cathedral church of St Paul’s is not more celebrated than it deserves to be.

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

From this reading _Saint Paul’s.—Anecdote of a female Esquimaux.—Defect of Grecian Architecture in cold Climates.—Nakedness of the Church.—Monuments.—Pictures offered by Sir Joshua Reynolds, &c., and refused.— Ascent.—View from the Summit._ The cathedral church of St Paul’s is not more celebrated than it deserves to be.

past form of “offer” — make available or accessible, provide or furnish

From this reading _Saint Paul’s.—Anecdote of a female Esquimaux.—Defect of Grecian Architecture in cold Climates.—Nakedness of the Church.—Monuments.—Pictures offered by Sir Joshua Reynolds, &c., and refused.— Ascent.—View from the Summit._ The cathedral church of St Paul’s is not more celebrated than it deserves to be.

touching and supported by a surface

From this reading On entering the church I was impressed by its magnitude.

not the same one or ones already mentioned or implied

From this reading No other nation in modern times has reared so magnificent a monument of piety.

possessive form of “paul” — United States feminist (1885-1977)

From this reading _Saint Paul’s.—Anecdote of a female Esquimaux.—Defect of Grecian Architecture in cold Climates.—Nakedness of the Church.—Monuments.—Pictures offered by Sir Joshua Reynolds, &c., and refused.— Ascent.—View from the Summit._ The cathedral church of St Paul’s is not more celebrated than it deserves to be.

plural of “picture” — a visual representation (of an object or scene or person or abstraction) produced on a surface

From this reading _Saint Paul’s.—Anecdote of a female Esquimaux.—Defect of Grecian Architecture in cold Climates.—Nakedness of the Church.—Monuments.—Pictures offered by Sir Joshua Reynolds, &c., and refused.— Ascent.—View from the Summit._ The cathedral church of St Paul’s is not more celebrated than it deserves to be.

righteousness by virtue of being pious

From this reading No other nation in modern times has reared so magnificent a monument of piety.

incited, especially deliberately, to anger

From this reading In the court before the grand entrance stands a statue of Queen Anne, instead of a cross; a figure as ill-executed as it is ill-placed, which has provoked some epigrams even in this country, indifferent as the taste in sculpture is here, and little as is the sense of religious decorum.

the only fertile female in a colony of social insects such as bees and ants and termites; its function is to lay eggs

From this reading In the court before the grand entrance stands a statue of Queen Anne, instead of a cross; a figure as ill-executed as it is ill-placed, which has provoked some epigrams even in this country, indifferent as the taste in sculpture is here, and little as is the sense of religious decorum.

past form of “rear” — stand up on the hind legs, of quadrupeds

From this reading No other nation in modern times has reared so magnificent a monument of piety.

past form of “refuse” — show unwillingness towards

From this reading _Saint Paul’s.—Anecdote of a female Esquimaux.—Defect of Grecian Architecture in cold Climates.—Nakedness of the Church.—Monuments.—Pictures offered by Sir Joshua Reynolds, &c., and refused.— Ascent.—View from the Summit._ The cathedral church of St Paul’s is not more celebrated than it deserves to be.

inflected form of “regret” — feel remorse for; feel sorry for; be contrite about

From this reading I never behold it without regretting that such a church should be appropriated to heretical worship;—that, like a whited sepulchre, there should be death within.

concerned with sacred matters or religion or the church

From this reading In the court before the grand entrance stands a statue of Queen Anne, instead of a cross; a figure as ill-executed as it is ill-placed, which has provoked some epigrams even in this country, indifferent as the taste in sculpture is here, and little as is the sense of religious decorum.

English portrait painter and first president of the Royal Academy (1723-1792)

From this reading _Saint Paul’s.—Anecdote of a female Esquimaux.—Defect of Grecian Architecture in cold Climates.—Nakedness of the Church.—Monuments.—Pictures offered by Sir Joshua Reynolds, &c., and refused.— Ascent.—View from the Summit._ The cathedral church of St Paul’s is not more celebrated than it deserves to be.

a person who has died and has been declared a saint by canonization

From this reading _Saint Paul’s.—Anecdote of a female Esquimaux.—Defect of Grecian Architecture in cold Climates.—Nakedness of the Church.—Monuments.—Pictures offered by Sir Joshua Reynolds, &c., and refused.— Ascent.—View from the Summit._ The cathedral church of St Paul’s is not more celebrated than it deserves to be.

a three-dimensional work of plastic art

From this reading In the court before the grand entrance stands a statue of Queen Anne, instead of a cross; a figure as ill-executed as it is ill-placed, which has provoked some epigrams even in this country, indifferent as the taste in sculpture is here, and little as is the sense of religious decorum.

a general conscious awareness

From this reading In the court before the grand entrance stands a statue of Queen Anne, instead of a cross; a figure as ill-executed as it is ill-placed, which has provoked some epigrams even in this country, indifferent as the taste in sculpture is here, and little as is the sense of religious decorum.

a chamber that is used as a grave

From this reading I never behold it without regretting that such a church should be appropriated to heretical worship;—that, like a whited sepulchre, there should be death within.

used to say what is right, expected, or advisable

From this reading I never behold it without regretting that such a church should be appropriated to heretical worship;—that, like a whited sepulchre, there should be death within.

term of address for a man

From this reading _Saint Paul’s.—Anecdote of a female Esquimaux.—Defect of Grecian Architecture in cold Climates.—Nakedness of the Church.—Monuments.—Pictures offered by Sir Joshua Reynolds, &c., and refused.— Ascent.—View from the Summit._ The cathedral church of St Paul’s is not more celebrated than it deserves to be.

for that reason; with the result that

From this reading No other nation in modern times has reared so magnificent a monument of piety.

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

From this reading In the court before the grand entrance stands a statue of Queen Anne, instead of a cross; a figure as ill-executed as it is ill-placed, which has provoked some epigrams even in this country, indifferent as the taste in sculpture is here, and little as is the sense of religious decorum.

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From this reading _Saint Paul’s.—Anecdote of a female Esquimaux.—Defect of Grecian Architecture in cold Climates.—Nakedness of the Church.—Monuments.—Pictures offered by Sir Joshua Reynolds, &c., and refused.— Ascent.—View from the Summit._ The cathedral church of St Paul’s is not more celebrated than it deserves to be.

plural of “stand” — a support or foundation

From this reading In the court before the grand entrance stands a statue of Queen Anne, instead of a cross; a figure as ill-executed as it is ill-placed, which has provoked some epigrams even in this country, indifferent as the taste in sculpture is here, and little as is the sense of religious decorum.

a sculpture representing a human or animal

From this reading In the court before the grand entrance stands a statue of Queen Anne, instead of a cross; a figure as ill-executed as it is ill-placed, which has provoked some epigrams even in this country, indifferent as the taste in sculpture is here, and little as is the sense of religious decorum.

of the kind already mentioned

From this reading I never behold it without regretting that such a church should be appropriated to heretical worship;—that, like a whited sepulchre, there should be death within.

the highest level or degree attainable; the highest stage of development

From this reading _Saint Paul’s.—Anecdote of a female Esquimaux.—Defect of Grecian Architecture in cold Climates.—Nakedness of the Church.—Monuments.—Pictures offered by Sir Joshua Reynolds, &c., and refused.— Ascent.—View from the Summit._ The cathedral church of St Paul’s is not more celebrated than it deserves to be.

To perceive flavor through the mouth.

From this reading In the court before the grand entrance stands a statue of Queen Anne, instead of a cross; a figure as ill-executed as it is ill-placed, which has provoked some epigrams even in this country, indifferent as the taste in sculpture is here, and little as is the sense of religious decorum.

used to introduce the second part of a comparison

From this reading _Saint Paul’s.—Anecdote of a female Esquimaux.—Defect of Grecian Architecture in cold Climates.—Nakedness of the Church.—Monuments.—Pictures offered by Sir Joshua Reynolds, &c., and refused.— Ascent.—View from the Summit._ The cathedral church of St Paul’s is not more celebrated than it deserves to be.

used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt

From this reading I never behold it without regretting that such a church should be appropriated to heretical worship;—that, like a whited sepulchre, there should be death within.

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

From this reading _Saint Paul’s.—Anecdote of a female Esquimaux.—Defect of Grecian Architecture in cold Climates.—Nakedness of the Church.—Monuments.—Pictures offered by Sir Joshua Reynolds, &c., and refused.— Ascent.—View from the Summit._ The cathedral church of St Paul’s is not more celebrated than it deserves to be.

in or at that place or location

From this reading I never behold it without regretting that such a church should be appropriated to heretical worship;—that, like a whited sepulchre, there should be death within.

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

From this reading In the court before the grand entrance stands a statue of Queen Anne, instead of a cross; a figure as ill-executed as it is ill-placed, which has provoked some epigrams even in this country, indifferent as the taste in sculpture is here, and little as is the sense of religious decorum.

a more or less definite period of time now or previously present

From this reading No other nation in modern times has reared so magnificent a monument of piety.

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

From this reading _Saint Paul’s.—Anecdote of a female Esquimaux.—Defect of Grecian Architecture in cold Climates.—Nakedness of the Church.—Monuments.—Pictures offered by Sir Joshua Reynolds, &c., and refused.— Ascent.—View from the Summit._ The cathedral church of St Paul’s is not more celebrated than it deserves to be.

a way of regarding situations or topics etc.

From this reading _Saint Paul’s.—Anecdote of a female Esquimaux.—Defect of Grecian Architecture in cold Climates.—Nakedness of the Church.—Monuments.—Pictures offered by Sir Joshua Reynolds, &c., and refused.— Ascent.—View from the Summit._ The cathedral church of St Paul’s is not more celebrated than it deserves to be.

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

From this reading On entering the church I was impressed by its magnitude.

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

From this reading In the court before the grand entrance stands a statue of Queen Anne, instead of a cross; a figure as ill-executed as it is ill-placed, which has provoked some epigrams even in this country, indifferent as the taste in sculpture is here, and little as is the sense of religious decorum.

past form of “white” — turn white

From this reading I never behold it without regretting that such a church should be appropriated to heretical worship;—that, like a whited sepulchre, there should be death within.

inside; before a period of time has passed

From this reading I never behold it without regretting that such a church should be appropriated to heretical worship;—that, like a whited sepulchre, there should be death within.

not having, not using, or not accompanied by

From this reading I never behold it without regretting that such a church should be appropriated to heretical worship;—that, like a whited sepulchre, there should be death within.

love unquestioningly and uncritically or to excess; venerate as an idol

From this reading I never behold it without regretting that such a church should be appropriated to heretical worship;—that, like a whited sepulchre, there should be death within.