14
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From this reading August 14, 1800.
1800
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From this reading A LAKE POET 1800-1803 CX.
1803
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From this reading A LAKE POET 1800-1803 CX.
235
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From this reading MY DEAR POOLE,--Your two letters[235] I received exactly four days ago--some days they must have been lying at Ambleside before they were sent to Grasmere, and some days at Grasmere before they moved to Keswick....
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading A LAKE POET 1800-1803 CX.
in the past
From this reading MY DEAR POOLE,--Your two letters[235] I received exactly four days ago--some days they must have been lying at Ambleside before they were sent to Grasmere, and some days at Grasmere before they moved to Keswick....
Ambleside
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From this reading MY DEAR POOLE,--Your two letters[235] I received exactly four days ago--some days they must have been lying at Ambleside before they were sent to Grasmere, and some days at Grasmere before they moved to Keswick....
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading MY DEAR POOLE,--Your two letters[235] I received exactly four days ago--some days they must have been lying at Ambleside before they were sent to Grasmere, and some days at Grasmere before they moved to Keswick....
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading MY DEAR POOLE,--Your two letters[235] I received exactly four days ago--some days they must have been lying at Ambleside before they were sent to Grasmere, and some days at Grasmere before they moved to Keswick....
the month following July and preceding September
From this reading August 14, 1800.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading MY DEAR POOLE,--Your two letters[235] I received exactly four days ago--some days they must have been lying at Ambleside before they were sent to Grasmere, and some days at Grasmere before they moved to Keswick....
earlier than; in front of
From this reading MY DEAR POOLE,--Your two letters[235] I received exactly four days ago--some days they must have been lying at Ambleside before they were sent to Grasmere, and some days at Grasmere before they moved to Keswick....
CXadjective
being ten more than one hundred
From this reading A LAKE POET 1800-1803 CX.
the time during which someone's life continues
From this reading MY DEAR POOLE,--Your two letters[235] I received exactly four days ago--some days they must have been lying at Ambleside before they were sent to Grasmere, and some days at Grasmere before they moved to Keswick....
dearly loved
From this reading MY DEAR POOLE,--Your two letters[235] I received exactly four days ago--some days they must have been lying at Ambleside before they were sent to Grasmere, and some days at Grasmere before they moved to Keswick....
indicating exactness or preciseness
From this reading MY DEAR POOLE,--Your two letters[235] I received exactly four days ago--some days they must have been lying at Ambleside before they were sent to Grasmere, and some days at Grasmere before they moved to Keswick....
mat together and make felt-like
From this reading It grieved me that you had felt so much from my silence.
the cardinal number that is the sum of three and one
From this reading MY DEAR POOLE,--Your two letters[235] I received exactly four days ago--some days they must have been lying at Ambleside before they were sent to Grasmere, and some days at Grasmere before they moved to Keswick....
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading It grieved me that you had felt so much from my silence.
Grasmere
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From this reading MY DEAR POOLE,--Your two letters[235] I received exactly four days ago--some days they must have been lying at Ambleside before they were sent to Grasmere, and some days at Grasmere before they moved to Keswick....
grievedverbUS /ɡriːvd/
past form of “grieve” — feel grief
From this reading It grieved me that you had felt so much from my silence.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading It grieved me that you had felt so much from my silence.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading MY DEAR POOLE,--Your two letters[235] I received exactly four days ago--some days they must have been lying at Ambleside before they were sent to Grasmere, and some days at Grasmere before they moved to Keswick....
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading MY DEAR POOLE,--Your two letters[235] I received exactly four days ago--some days they must have been lying at Ambleside before they were sent to Grasmere, and some days at Grasmere before they moved to Keswick....
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It grieved me that you had felt so much from my silence.
Keswick
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From this reading MY DEAR POOLE,--Your two letters[235] I received exactly four days ago--some days they must have been lying at Ambleside before they were sent to Grasmere, and some days at Grasmere before they moved to Keswick....
a body of (usually fresh) water surrounded by land
From this reading A LAKE POET 1800-1803 CX.
the literary culture
From this reading MY DEAR POOLE,--Your two letters[235] I received exactly four days ago--some days they must have been lying at Ambleside before they were sent to Grasmere, and some days at Grasmere before they moved to Keswick....
the deliberate act of deviating from the truth
From this reading MY DEAR POOLE,--Your two letters[235] I received exactly four days ago--some days they must have been lying at Ambleside before they were sent to Grasmere, and some days at Grasmere before they moved to Keswick....
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading It grieved me that you had felt so much from my silence.
being excited or provoked to the expression of an emotion
From this reading MY DEAR POOLE,--Your two letters[235] I received exactly four days ago--some days they must have been lying at Ambleside before they were sent to Grasmere, and some days at Grasmere before they moved to Keswick....
to a great degree or extent
From this reading It grieved me that you had felt so much from my silence.
used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true
From this reading MY DEAR POOLE,--Your two letters[235] I received exactly four days ago--some days they must have been lying at Ambleside before they were sent to Grasmere, and some days at Grasmere before they moved to Keswick....
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading MY DEAR POOLE,--Your two letters[235] I received exactly four days ago--some days they must have been lying at Ambleside before they were sent to Grasmere, and some days at Grasmere before they moved to Keswick....
a writer of poems (the term is usually reserved for writers of good poetry)
From this reading A LAKE POET 1800-1803 CX.
POOLE
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From this reading TO THOMAS POOLE.
conforming to the established language usage of educated native speakers
From this reading MY DEAR POOLE,--Your two letters[235] I received exactly four days ago--some days they must have been lying at Ambleside before they were sent to Grasmere, and some days at Grasmere before they moved to Keswick....
100 senti equal 1 kroon in Estonia
From this reading MY DEAR POOLE,--Your two letters[235] I received exactly four days ago--some days they must have been lying at Ambleside before they were sent to Grasmere, and some days at Grasmere before they moved to Keswick....
Complete absence of sound; a state of quietness and stillness.
From this reading It grieved me that you had felt so much from my silence.
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading It grieved me that you had felt so much from my silence.
(quantifier) used with either mass nouns or plural count nouns to indicate an unspecified number or quantity
From this reading MY DEAR POOLE,--Your two letters[235] I received exactly four days ago--some days they must have been lying at Ambleside before they were sent to Grasmere, and some days at Grasmere before they moved to Keswick....
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading It grieved me that you had felt so much from my silence.
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading MY DEAR POOLE,--Your two letters[235] I received exactly four days ago--some days they must have been lying at Ambleside before they were sent to Grasmere, and some days at Grasmere before they moved to Keswick....
United States clockmaker who introduced mass production (1785-1859)
From this reading TO THOMAS POOLE.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading TO THOMAS POOLE.
the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one or a numeral representing this number
From this reading MY DEAR POOLE,--Your two letters[235] I received exactly four days ago--some days they must have been lying at Ambleside before they were sent to Grasmere, and some days at Grasmere before they moved to Keswick....
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading MY DEAR POOLE,--Your two letters[235] I received exactly four days ago--some days they must have been lying at Ambleside before they were sent to Grasmere, and some days at Grasmere before they moved to Keswick....
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading It grieved me that you had felt so much from my silence.
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading MY DEAR POOLE,--Your two letters[235] I received exactly four days ago--some days they must have been lying at Ambleside before they were sent to Grasmere, and some days at Grasmere before they moved to Keswick....
