Chapter III · Chapter 3

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From this reading MACAULAY was called to the bar in 1826, and joined the Northern circuit.

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

From this reading Macaulay is called to the bar--Does not make it a serious profession--Speech before the Anti-Slavery Society--Knight's Quarterly Magazine--The Edinburgh Review and the Essay on Milton--Macaulay's personal appearance and mode of existence--His defects and virtues, likings and antipathies-- Croker Sadler--Zachary Macaulay's circumstances-- Description of the family habits of life in Great Ormond Street--Macaulay's sisters--Hannah Macaulay--the Judicious Poet--Macaulay's humour in conversation--His articles in the Review--His attacks on the Utilitarians and on Southey-- Blackwood's Magazine--Macaulay is made Commissioner of Bankruptcy--Enters Parliament--Letters from Circuit and Edinburgh.

filled with fear or apprehension

From this reading An old King's Counsel, who noticed that he had a volume under his arm, remonstrated with him on the danger of reading in bed, upon which he rejoined with immense rapidity of utterance "I always read in bed at home; and, if I am not afraid of committing parricide, and matricide, and fratricide, I can hardly be expected to pay any special regard to the lives of the bagmen of Leeds."

at all times; all the time and on every occasion

From this reading An old King's Counsel, who noticed that he had a volume under his arm, remonstrated with him on the danger of reading in bed, upon which he rejoined with immense rapidity of utterance "I always read in bed at home; and, if I am not afraid of committing parricide, and matricide, and fratricide, I can hardly be expected to pay any special regard to the lives of the bagmen of Leeds."

the form of “be” used with “I”

From this reading An old King's Counsel, who noticed that he had a volume under his arm, remonstrated with him on the danger of reading in bed, upon which he rejoined with immense rapidity of utterance "I always read in bed at home; and, if I am not afraid of committing parricide, and matricide, and fratricide, I can hardly be expected to pay any special regard to the lives of the bagmen of Leeds."

the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound

From this reading An old King's Counsel, who noticed that he had a volume under his arm, remonstrated with him on the danger of reading in bed, upon which he rejoined with immense rapidity of utterance "I always read in bed at home; and, if I am not afraid of committing parricide, and matricide, and fratricide, I can hardly be expected to pay any special regard to the lives of the bagmen of Leeds."

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

From this reading Macaulay is called to the bar--Does not make it a serious profession--Speech before the Anti-Slavery Society--Knight's Quarterly Magazine--The Edinburgh Review and the Essay on Milton--Macaulay's personal appearance and mode of existence--His defects and virtues, likings and antipathies-- Croker Sadler--Zachary Macaulay's circumstances-- Description of the family habits of life in Great Ormond Street--Macaulay's sisters--Hannah Macaulay--the Judicious Poet--Macaulay's humour in conversation--His articles in the Review--His attacks on the Utilitarians and on Southey-- Blackwood's Magazine--Macaulay is made Commissioner of Bankruptcy--Enters Parliament--Letters from Circuit and Edinburgh.

one more of the same kind, or a different one

From this reading And, so saying, he left his hearers staring at one another, and marched off to his room, little knowing that, before many years were out, he would have occasion to speak much more respectfully of the Leeds bagmen.

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From this reading Macaulay is called to the bar--Does not make it a serious profession--Speech before the Anti-Slavery Society--Knight's Quarterly Magazine--The Edinburgh Review and the Essay on Milton--Macaulay's personal appearance and mode of existence--His defects and virtues, likings and antipathies-- Croker Sadler--Zachary Macaulay's circumstances-- Description of the family habits of life in Great Ormond Street--Macaulay's sisters--Hannah Macaulay--the Judicious Poet--Macaulay's humour in conversation--His articles in the Review--His attacks on the Utilitarians and on Southey-- Blackwood's Magazine--Macaulay is made Commissioner of Bankruptcy--Enters Parliament--Letters from Circuit and Edinburgh.

plural of “antipathy” — a feeling of intense dislike

From this reading Macaulay is called to the bar--Does not make it a serious profession--Speech before the Anti-Slavery Society--Knight's Quarterly Magazine--The Edinburgh Review and the Essay on Milton--Macaulay's personal appearance and mode of existence--His defects and virtues, likings and antipathies-- Croker Sadler--Zachary Macaulay's circumstances-- Description of the family habits of life in Great Ormond Street--Macaulay's sisters--Hannah Macaulay--the Judicious Poet--Macaulay's humour in conversation--His articles in the Review--His attacks on the Utilitarians and on Southey-- Blackwood's Magazine--Macaulay is made Commissioner of Bankruptcy--Enters Parliament--Letters from Circuit and Edinburgh.

one or some or every or all without specification

From this reading An old King's Counsel, who noticed that he had a volume under his arm, remonstrated with him on the danger of reading in bed, upon which he rejoined with immense rapidity of utterance "I always read in bed at home; and, if I am not afraid of committing parricide, and matricide, and fratricide, I can hardly be expected to pay any special regard to the lives of the bagmen of Leeds."

outward or visible aspect of a person or thing

From this reading Macaulay is called to the bar--Does not make it a serious profession--Speech before the Anti-Slavery Society--Knight's Quarterly Magazine--The Edinburgh Review and the Essay on Milton--Macaulay's personal appearance and mode of existence--His defects and virtues, likings and antipathies-- Croker Sadler--Zachary Macaulay's circumstances-- Description of the family habits of life in Great Ormond Street--Macaulay's sisters--Hannah Macaulay--the Judicious Poet--Macaulay's humour in conversation--His articles in the Review--His attacks on the Utilitarians and on Southey-- Blackwood's Magazine--Macaulay is made Commissioner of Bankruptcy--Enters Parliament--Letters from Circuit and Edinburgh.

past form of “appear” — give a certain impression or have a certain outward aspect

From this reading On the evening that he first appeared at mess, when the company were retiring for the night, he was observed to be carefully picking out the longest candle.

a human limb; technically the part of the superior limb between the shoulder and the elbow but commonly used to refer to the whole superior limb

From this reading An old King's Counsel, who noticed that he had a volume under his arm, remonstrated with him on the danger of reading in bed, upon which he rejoined with immense rapidity of utterance "I always read in bed at home; and, if I am not afraid of committing parricide, and matricide, and fratricide, I can hardly be expected to pay any special regard to the lives of the bagmen of Leeds."

plural of “article” — nonfictional prose forming an independent part of a publication

From this reading Macaulay is called to the bar--Does not make it a serious profession--Speech before the Anti-Slavery Society--Knight's Quarterly Magazine--The Edinburgh Review and the Essay on Milton--Macaulay's personal appearance and mode of existence--His defects and virtues, likings and antipathies-- Croker Sadler--Zachary Macaulay's circumstances-- Description of the family habits of life in Great Ormond Street--Macaulay's sisters--Hannah Macaulay--the Judicious Poet--Macaulay's humour in conversation--His articles in the Review--His attacks on the Utilitarians and on Southey-- Blackwood's Magazine--Macaulay is made Commissioner of Bankruptcy--Enters Parliament--Letters from Circuit and Edinburgh.

in or near a particular place or position

From this reading On the evening that he first appeared at mess, when the company were retiring for the night, he was observed to be carefully picking out the longest candle.

plural of “attack” — (military) an offensive against an enemy (using weapons)

From this reading Macaulay is called to the bar--Does not make it a serious profession--Speech before the Anti-Slavery Society--Knight's Quarterly Magazine--The Edinburgh Review and the Essay on Milton--Macaulay's personal appearance and mode of existence--His defects and virtues, likings and antipathies-- Croker Sadler--Zachary Macaulay's circumstances-- Description of the family habits of life in Great Ormond Street--Macaulay's sisters--Hannah Macaulay--the Judicious Poet--Macaulay's humour in conversation--His articles in the Review--His attacks on the Utilitarians and on Southey-- Blackwood's Magazine--Macaulay is made Commissioner of Bankruptcy--Enters Parliament--Letters from Circuit and Edinburgh.

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From this reading An old King's Counsel, who noticed that he had a volume under his arm, remonstrated with him on the danger of reading in bed, upon which he rejoined with immense rapidity of utterance "I always read in bed at home; and, if I am not afraid of committing parricide, and matricide, and fratricide, I can hardly be expected to pay any special regard to the lives of the bagmen of Leeds."

a state of complete lack of some abstract property

From this reading Macaulay is called to the bar--Does not make it a serious profession--Speech before the Anti-Slavery Society--Knight's Quarterly Magazine--The Edinburgh Review and the Essay on Milton--Macaulay's personal appearance and mode of existence--His defects and virtues, likings and antipathies-- Croker Sadler--Zachary Macaulay's circumstances-- Description of the family habits of life in Great Ormond Street--Macaulay's sisters--Hannah Macaulay--the Judicious Poet--Macaulay's humour in conversation--His articles in the Review--His attacks on the Utilitarians and on Southey-- Blackwood's Magazine--Macaulay is made Commissioner of Bankruptcy--Enters Parliament--Letters from Circuit and Edinburgh.

a room or establishment where alcoholic drinks are served over a counter

From this reading Macaulay is called to the bar--Does not make it a serious profession--Speech before the Anti-Slavery Society--Knight's Quarterly Magazine--The Edinburgh Review and the Essay on Milton--Macaulay's personal appearance and mode of existence--His defects and virtues, likings and antipathies-- Croker Sadler--Zachary Macaulay's circumstances-- Description of the family habits of life in Great Ormond Street--Macaulay's sisters--Hannah Macaulay--the Judicious Poet--Macaulay's humour in conversation--His articles in the Review--His attacks on the Utilitarians and on Southey-- Blackwood's Magazine--Macaulay is made Commissioner of Bankruptcy--Enters Parliament--Letters from Circuit and Edinburgh.

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

From this reading On the evening that he first appeared at mess, when the company were retiring for the night, he was observed to be carefully picking out the longest candle.

a piece of furniture that provides a place to sleep

From this reading An old King's Counsel, who noticed that he had a volume under his arm, remonstrated with him on the danger of reading in bed, upon which he rejoined with immense rapidity of utterance "I always read in bed at home; and, if I am not afraid of committing parricide, and matricide, and fratricide, I can hardly be expected to pay any special regard to the lives of the bagmen of Leeds."

earlier than; in front of

From this reading Macaulay is called to the bar--Does not make it a serious profession--Speech before the Anti-Slavery Society--Knight's Quarterly Magazine--The Edinburgh Review and the Essay on Milton--Macaulay's personal appearance and mode of existence--His defects and virtues, likings and antipathies-- Croker Sadler--Zachary Macaulay's circumstances-- Description of the family habits of life in Great Ormond Street--Macaulay's sisters--Hannah Macaulay--the Judicious Poet--Macaulay's humour in conversation--His articles in the Review--His attacks on the Utilitarians and on Southey-- Blackwood's Magazine--Macaulay is made Commissioner of Bankruptcy--Enters Parliament--Letters from Circuit and Edinburgh.

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From this reading Macaulay is called to the bar--Does not make it a serious profession--Speech before the Anti-Slavery Society--Knight's Quarterly Magazine--The Edinburgh Review and the Essay on Milton--Macaulay's personal appearance and mode of existence--His defects and virtues, likings and antipathies-- Croker Sadler--Zachary Macaulay's circumstances-- Description of the family habits of life in Great Ormond Street--Macaulay's sisters--Hannah Macaulay--the Judicious Poet--Macaulay's humour in conversation--His articles in the Review--His attacks on the Utilitarians and on Southey-- Blackwood's Magazine--Macaulay is made Commissioner of Bankruptcy--Enters Parliament--Letters from Circuit and Edinburgh.

past form of “call” — assign a specified (usually proper) proper name to

From this reading Macaulay is called to the bar--Does not make it a serious profession--Speech before the Anti-Slavery Society--Knight's Quarterly Magazine--The Edinburgh Review and the Essay on Milton--Macaulay's personal appearance and mode of existence--His defects and virtues, likings and antipathies-- Croker Sadler--Zachary Macaulay's circumstances-- Description of the family habits of life in Great Ormond Street--Macaulay's sisters--Hannah Macaulay--the Judicious Poet--Macaulay's humour in conversation--His articles in the Review--His attacks on the Utilitarians and on Southey-- Blackwood's Magazine--Macaulay is made Commissioner of Bankruptcy--Enters Parliament--Letters from Circuit and Edinburgh.

to be able to, or to be allowed to

From this reading An old King's Counsel, who noticed that he had a volume under his arm, remonstrated with him on the danger of reading in bed, upon which he rejoined with immense rapidity of utterance "I always read in bed at home; and, if I am not afraid of committing parricide, and matricide, and fratricide, I can hardly be expected to pay any special regard to the lives of the bagmen of Leeds."

stick of wax with a wick in the middle

From this reading On the evening that he first appeared at mess, when the company were retiring for the night, he was observed to be carefully picking out the longest candle.

taking care or paying attention

From this reading On the evening that he first appeared at mess, when the company were retiring for the night, he was observed to be carefully picking out the longest candle.

an electrical device that provides a path for electrical current to flow

From this reading Macaulay is called to the bar--Does not make it a serious profession--Speech before the Anti-Slavery Society--Knight's Quarterly Magazine--The Edinburgh Review and the Essay on Milton--Macaulay's personal appearance and mode of existence--His defects and virtues, likings and antipathies-- Croker Sadler--Zachary Macaulay's circumstances-- Description of the family habits of life in Great Ormond Street--Macaulay's sisters--Hannah Macaulay--the Judicious Poet--Macaulay's humour in conversation--His articles in the Review--His attacks on the Utilitarians and on Southey-- Blackwood's Magazine--Macaulay is made Commissioner of Bankruptcy--Enters Parliament--Letters from Circuit and Edinburgh.

your overall circumstances or condition in life (including everything that happens to you)

From this reading Macaulay is called to the bar--Does not make it a serious profession--Speech before the Anti-Slavery Society--Knight's Quarterly Magazine--The Edinburgh Review and the Essay on Milton--Macaulay's personal appearance and mode of existence--His defects and virtues, likings and antipathies-- Croker Sadler--Zachary Macaulay's circumstances-- Description of the family habits of life in Great Ormond Street--Macaulay's sisters--Hannah Macaulay--the Judicious Poet--Macaulay's humour in conversation--His articles in the Review--His attacks on the Utilitarians and on Southey-- Blackwood's Magazine--Macaulay is made Commissioner of Bankruptcy--Enters Parliament--Letters from Circuit and Edinburgh.

a government administrator

From this reading Macaulay is called to the bar--Does not make it a serious profession--Speech before the Anti-Slavery Society--Knight's Quarterly Magazine--The Edinburgh Review and the Essay on Milton--Macaulay's personal appearance and mode of existence--His defects and virtues, likings and antipathies-- Croker Sadler--Zachary Macaulay's circumstances-- Description of the family habits of life in Great Ormond Street--Macaulay's sisters--Hannah Macaulay--the Judicious Poet--Macaulay's humour in conversation--His articles in the Review--His attacks on the Utilitarians and on Southey-- Blackwood's Magazine--Macaulay is made Commissioner of Bankruptcy--Enters Parliament--Letters from Circuit and Edinburgh.

inflected form of “commit” — perform an act, usually with a negative connotation

From this reading An old King's Counsel, who noticed that he had a volume under his arm, remonstrated with him on the danger of reading in bed, upon which he rejoined with immense rapidity of utterance "I always read in bed at home; and, if I am not afraid of committing parricide, and matricide, and fratricide, I can hardly be expected to pay any special regard to the lives of the bagmen of Leeds."

an institution created to conduct business

From this reading On the evening that he first appeared at mess, when the company were retiring for the night, he was observed to be carefully picking out the longest candle.

the use of speech for informal exchange of views or ideas or information etc.

From this reading Macaulay is called to the bar--Does not make it a serious profession--Speech before the Anti-Slavery Society--Knight's Quarterly Magazine--The Edinburgh Review and the Essay on Milton--Macaulay's personal appearance and mode of existence--His defects and virtues, likings and antipathies-- Croker Sadler--Zachary Macaulay's circumstances-- Description of the family habits of life in Great Ormond Street--Macaulay's sisters--Hannah Macaulay--the Judicious Poet--Macaulay's humour in conversation--His articles in the Review--His attacks on the Utilitarians and on Southey-- Blackwood's Magazine--Macaulay is made Commissioner of Bankruptcy--Enters Parliament--Letters from Circuit and Edinburgh.

a lawyer who pleads cases in court

From this reading An old King's Counsel, who noticed that he had a volume under his arm, remonstrated with him on the danger of reading in bed, upon which he rejoined with immense rapidity of utterance "I always read in bed at home; and, if I am not afraid of committing parricide, and matricide, and fratricide, I can hardly be expected to pay any special regard to the lives of the bagmen of Leeds."

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From this reading Macaulay is called to the bar--Does not make it a serious profession--Speech before the Anti-Slavery Society--Knight's Quarterly Magazine--The Edinburgh Review and the Essay on Milton--Macaulay's personal appearance and mode of existence--His defects and virtues, likings and antipathies-- Croker Sadler--Zachary Macaulay's circumstances-- Description of the family habits of life in Great Ormond Street--Macaulay's sisters--Hannah Macaulay--the Judicious Poet--Macaulay's humour in conversation--His articles in the Review--His attacks on the Utilitarians and on Southey-- Blackwood's Magazine--Macaulay is made Commissioner of Bankruptcy--Enters Parliament--Letters from Circuit and Edinburgh.

the condition of being susceptible to harm or injury

From this reading An old King's Counsel, who noticed that he had a volume under his arm, remonstrated with him on the danger of reading in bed, upon which he rejoined with immense rapidity of utterance "I always read in bed at home; and, if I am not afraid of committing parricide, and matricide, and fratricide, I can hardly be expected to pay any special regard to the lives of the bagmen of Leeds."

plural of “defect” — an imperfection in a bodily system

From this reading Macaulay is called to the bar--Does not make it a serious profession--Speech before the Anti-Slavery Society--Knight's Quarterly Magazine--The Edinburgh Review and the Essay on Milton--Macaulay's personal appearance and mode of existence--His defects and virtues, likings and antipathies-- Croker Sadler--Zachary Macaulay's circumstances-- Description of the family habits of life in Great Ormond Street--Macaulay's sisters--Hannah Macaulay--the Judicious Poet--Macaulay's humour in conversation--His articles in the Review--His attacks on the Utilitarians and on Southey-- Blackwood's Magazine--Macaulay is made Commissioner of Bankruptcy--Enters Parliament--Letters from Circuit and Edinburgh.

a statement that represents something in words

From this reading Macaulay is called to the bar--Does not make it a serious profession--Speech before the Anti-Slavery Society--Knight's Quarterly Magazine--The Edinburgh Review and the Essay on Milton--Macaulay's personal appearance and mode of existence--His defects and virtues, likings and antipathies-- Croker Sadler--Zachary Macaulay's circumstances-- Description of the family habits of life in Great Ormond Street--Macaulay's sisters--Hannah Macaulay--the Judicious Poet--Macaulay's humour in conversation--His articles in the Review--His attacks on the Utilitarians and on Southey-- Blackwood's Magazine--Macaulay is made Commissioner of Bankruptcy--Enters Parliament--Letters from Circuit and Edinburgh.

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

From this reading Macaulay is called to the bar--Does not make it a serious profession--Speech before the Anti-Slavery Society--Knight's Quarterly Magazine--The Edinburgh Review and the Essay on Milton--Macaulay's personal appearance and mode of existence--His defects and virtues, likings and antipathies-- Croker Sadler--Zachary Macaulay's circumstances-- Description of the family habits of life in Great Ormond Street--Macaulay's sisters--Hannah Macaulay--the Judicious Poet--Macaulay's humour in conversation--His articles in the Review--His attacks on the Utilitarians and on Southey-- Blackwood's Magazine--Macaulay is made Commissioner of Bankruptcy--Enters Parliament--Letters from Circuit and Edinburgh.

the capital of Scotland; located in the Lothian Region on the south side of the Firth of Forth

From this reading Macaulay is called to the bar--Does not make it a serious profession--Speech before the Anti-Slavery Society--Knight's Quarterly Magazine--The Edinburgh Review and the Essay on Milton--Macaulay's personal appearance and mode of existence--His defects and virtues, likings and antipathies-- Croker Sadler--Zachary Macaulay's circumstances-- Description of the family habits of life in Great Ormond Street--Macaulay's sisters--Hannah Macaulay--the Judicious Poet--Macaulay's humour in conversation--His articles in the Review--His attacks on the Utilitarians and on Southey-- Blackwood's Magazine--Macaulay is made Commissioner of Bankruptcy--Enters Parliament--Letters from Circuit and Edinburgh.

third-person singular of “enter” — to come or go into

From this reading Macaulay is called to the bar--Does not make it a serious profession--Speech before the Anti-Slavery Society--Knight's Quarterly Magazine--The Edinburgh Review and the Essay on Milton--Macaulay's personal appearance and mode of existence--His defects and virtues, likings and antipathies-- Croker Sadler--Zachary Macaulay's circumstances-- Description of the family habits of life in Great Ormond Street--Macaulay's sisters--Hannah Macaulay--the Judicious Poet--Macaulay's humour in conversation--His articles in the Review--His attacks on the Utilitarians and on Southey-- Blackwood's Magazine--Macaulay is made Commissioner of Bankruptcy--Enters Parliament--Letters from Circuit and Edinburgh.

an analytic or interpretive literary composition

From this reading Macaulay is called to the bar--Does not make it a serious profession--Speech before the Anti-Slavery Society--Knight's Quarterly Magazine--The Edinburgh Review and the Essay on Milton--Macaulay's personal appearance and mode of existence--His defects and virtues, likings and antipathies-- Croker Sadler--Zachary Macaulay's circumstances-- Description of the family habits of life in Great Ormond Street--Macaulay's sisters--Hannah Macaulay--the Judicious Poet--Macaulay's humour in conversation--His articles in the Review--His attacks on the Utilitarians and on Southey-- Blackwood's Magazine--Macaulay is made Commissioner of Bankruptcy--Enters Parliament--Letters from Circuit and Edinburgh.

the latter part of the day (the period of decreasing daylight from late afternoon until nightfall)

From this reading On the evening that he first appeared at mess, when the company were retiring for the night, he was observed to be carefully picking out the longest candle.

the state or fact of existing

From this reading Macaulay is called to the bar--Does not make it a serious profession--Speech before the Anti-Slavery Society--Knight's Quarterly Magazine--The Edinburgh Review and the Essay on Milton--Macaulay's personal appearance and mode of existence--His defects and virtues, likings and antipathies-- Croker Sadler--Zachary Macaulay's circumstances-- Description of the family habits of life in Great Ormond Street--Macaulay's sisters--Hannah Macaulay--the Judicious Poet--Macaulay's humour in conversation--His articles in the Review--His attacks on the Utilitarians and on Southey-- Blackwood's Magazine--Macaulay is made Commissioner of Bankruptcy--Enters Parliament--Letters from Circuit and Edinburgh.

considered likely or probable to happen or arrive

From this reading An old King's Counsel, who noticed that he had a volume under his arm, remonstrated with him on the danger of reading in bed, upon which he rejoined with immense rapidity of utterance "I always read in bed at home; and, if I am not afraid of committing parricide, and matricide, and fratricide, I can hardly be expected to pay any special regard to the lives of the bagmen of Leeds."

a social unit living together

From this reading Macaulay is called to the bar--Does not make it a serious profession--Speech before the Anti-Slavery Society--Knight's Quarterly Magazine--The Edinburgh Review and the Essay on Milton--Macaulay's personal appearance and mode of existence--His defects and virtues, likings and antipathies-- Croker Sadler--Zachary Macaulay's circumstances-- Description of the family habits of life in Great Ormond Street--Macaulay's sisters--Hannah Macaulay--the Judicious Poet--Macaulay's humour in conversation--His articles in the Review--His attacks on the Utilitarians and on Southey-- Blackwood's Magazine--Macaulay is made Commissioner of Bankruptcy--Enters Parliament--Letters from Circuit and Edinburgh.

preceding all others in time or space or degree

From this reading On the evening that he first appeared at mess, when the company were retiring for the night, he was observed to be carefully picking out the longest candle.

intended to be given to, or used by, somebody

From this reading On the evening that he first appeared at mess, when the company were retiring for the night, he was observed to be carefully picking out the longest candle.

a person who murders their brother or sister

From this reading An old King's Counsel, who noticed that he had a volume under his arm, remonstrated with him on the danger of reading in bed, upon which he rejoined with immense rapidity of utterance "I always read in bed at home; and, if I am not afraid of committing parricide, and matricide, and fratricide, I can hardly be expected to pay any special regard to the lives of the bagmen of Leeds."

showing where something starts, or who sent it

From this reading Macaulay is called to the bar--Does not make it a serious profession--Speech before the Anti-Slavery Society--Knight's Quarterly Magazine--The Edinburgh Review and the Essay on Milton--Macaulay's personal appearance and mode of existence--His defects and virtues, likings and antipathies-- Croker Sadler--Zachary Macaulay's circumstances-- Description of the family habits of life in Great Ormond Street--Macaulay's sisters--Hannah Macaulay--the Judicious Poet--Macaulay's humour in conversation--His articles in the Review--His attacks on the Utilitarians and on Southey-- Blackwood's Magazine--Macaulay is made Commissioner of Bankruptcy--Enters Parliament--Letters from Circuit and Edinburgh.

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

From this reading Macaulay is called to the bar--Does not make it a serious profession--Speech before the Anti-Slavery Society--Knight's Quarterly Magazine--The Edinburgh Review and the Essay on Milton--Macaulay's personal appearance and mode of existence--His defects and virtues, likings and antipathies-- Croker Sadler--Zachary Macaulay's circumstances-- Description of the family habits of life in Great Ormond Street--Macaulay's sisters--Hannah Macaulay--the Judicious Poet--Macaulay's humour in conversation--His articles in the Review--His attacks on the Utilitarians and on Southey-- Blackwood's Magazine--Macaulay is made Commissioner of Bankruptcy--Enters Parliament--Letters from Circuit and Edinburgh.

plural of “habit” — an established custom

From this reading Macaulay is called to the bar--Does not make it a serious profession--Speech before the Anti-Slavery Society--Knight's Quarterly Magazine--The Edinburgh Review and the Essay on Milton--Macaulay's personal appearance and mode of existence--His defects and virtues, likings and antipathies-- Croker Sadler--Zachary Macaulay's circumstances-- Description of the family habits of life in Great Ormond Street--Macaulay's sisters--Hannah Macaulay--the Judicious Poet--Macaulay's humour in conversation--His articles in the Review--His attacks on the Utilitarians and on Southey-- Blackwood's Magazine--Macaulay is made Commissioner of Bankruptcy--Enters Parliament--Letters from Circuit and Edinburgh.

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

From this reading An old King's Counsel, who noticed that he had a volume under his arm, remonstrated with him on the danger of reading in bed, upon which he rejoined with immense rapidity of utterance "I always read in bed at home; and, if I am not afraid of committing parricide, and matricide, and fratricide, I can hardly be expected to pay any special regard to the lives of the bagmen of Leeds."

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From this reading Macaulay is called to the bar--Does not make it a serious profession--Speech before the Anti-Slavery Society--Knight's Quarterly Magazine--The Edinburgh Review and the Essay on Milton--Macaulay's personal appearance and mode of existence--His defects and virtues, likings and antipathies-- Croker Sadler--Zachary Macaulay's circumstances-- Description of the family habits of life in Great Ormond Street--Macaulay's sisters--Hannah Macaulay--the Judicious Poet--Macaulay's humour in conversation--His articles in the Review--His attacks on the Utilitarians and on Southey-- Blackwood's Magazine--Macaulay is made Commissioner of Bankruptcy--Enters Parliament--Letters from Circuit and Edinburgh.

only a very short time before

From this reading An old King's Counsel, who noticed that he had a volume under his arm, remonstrated with him on the danger of reading in bed, upon which he rejoined with immense rapidity of utterance "I always read in bed at home; and, if I am not afraid of committing parricide, and matricide, and fratricide, I can hardly be expected to pay any special regard to the lives of the bagmen of Leeds."

used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses

From this reading And, so saying, he left his hearers staring at one another, and marched off to his room, little knowing that, before many years were out, he would have occasion to speak much more respectfully of the Leeds bagmen.

a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject

From this reading On the evening that he first appeared at mess, when the company were retiring for the night, he was observed to be carefully picking out the longest candle.

plural of “hearer” — someone who listens attentively

From this reading And, so saying, he left his hearers staring at one another, and marched off to his room, little knowing that, before many years were out, he would have occasion to speak much more respectfully of the Leeds bagmen.

the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition

From this reading An old King's Counsel, who noticed that he had a volume under his arm, remonstrated with him on the danger of reading in bed, upon which he rejoined with immense rapidity of utterance "I always read in bed at home; and, if I am not afraid of committing parricide, and matricide, and fratricide, I can hardly be expected to pay any special regard to the lives of the bagmen of Leeds."

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

From this reading Macaulay is called to the bar--Does not make it a serious profession--Speech before the Anti-Slavery Society--Knight's Quarterly Magazine--The Edinburgh Review and the Essay on Milton--Macaulay's personal appearance and mode of existence--His defects and virtues, likings and antipathies-- Croker Sadler--Zachary Macaulay's circumstances-- Description of the family habits of life in Great Ormond Street--Macaulay's sisters--Hannah Macaulay--the Judicious Poet--Macaulay's humour in conversation--His articles in the Review--His attacks on the Utilitarians and on Southey-- Blackwood's Magazine--Macaulay is made Commissioner of Bankruptcy--Enters Parliament--Letters from Circuit and Edinburgh.

where you live at a particular time

From this reading An old King's Counsel, who noticed that he had a volume under his arm, remonstrated with him on the danger of reading in bed, upon which he rejoined with immense rapidity of utterance "I always read in bed at home; and, if I am not afraid of committing parricide, and matricide, and fratricide, I can hardly be expected to pay any special regard to the lives of the bagmen of Leeds."

a characteristic (habitual or relatively temporary) state of feeling

From this reading Macaulay is called to the bar--Does not make it a serious profession--Speech before the Anti-Slavery Society--Knight's Quarterly Magazine--The Edinburgh Review and the Essay on Milton--Macaulay's personal appearance and mode of existence--His defects and virtues, likings and antipathies-- Croker Sadler--Zachary Macaulay's circumstances-- Description of the family habits of life in Great Ormond Street--Macaulay's sisters--Hannah Macaulay--the Judicious Poet--Macaulay's humour in conversation--His articles in the Review--His attacks on the Utilitarians and on Southey-- Blackwood's Magazine--Macaulay is made Commissioner of Bankruptcy--Enters Parliament--Letters from Circuit and Edinburgh.

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

From this reading An old King's Counsel, who noticed that he had a volume under his arm, remonstrated with him on the danger of reading in bed, upon which he rejoined with immense rapidity of utterance "I always read in bed at home; and, if I am not afraid of committing parricide, and matricide, and fratricide, I can hardly be expected to pay any special regard to the lives of the bagmen of Leeds."

on condition that; in the event that

From this reading An old King's Counsel, who noticed that he had a volume under his arm, remonstrated with him on the danger of reading in bed, upon which he rejoined with immense rapidity of utterance "I always read in bed at home; and, if I am not afraid of committing parricide, and matricide, and fratricide, I can hardly be expected to pay any special regard to the lives of the bagmen of Leeds."

unusually great in size or amount or degree or especially extent or scope

From this reading An old King's Counsel, who noticed that he had a volume under his arm, remonstrated with him on the danger of reading in bed, upon which he rejoined with immense rapidity of utterance "I always read in bed at home; and, if I am not afraid of committing parricide, and matricide, and fratricide, I can hardly be expected to pay any special regard to the lives of the bagmen of Leeds."

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

From this reading Macaulay is called to the bar--Does not make it a serious profession--Speech before the Anti-Slavery Society--Knight's Quarterly Magazine--The Edinburgh Review and the Essay on Milton--Macaulay's personal appearance and mode of existence--His defects and virtues, likings and antipathies-- Croker Sadler--Zachary Macaulay's circumstances-- Description of the family habits of life in Great Ormond Street--Macaulay's sisters--Hannah Macaulay--the Judicious Poet--Macaulay's humour in conversation--His articles in the Review--His attacks on the Utilitarians and on Southey-- Blackwood's Magazine--Macaulay is made Commissioner of Bankruptcy--Enters Parliament--Letters from Circuit and Edinburgh.

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

From this reading Macaulay is called to the bar--Does not make it a serious profession--Speech before the Anti-Slavery Society--Knight's Quarterly Magazine--The Edinburgh Review and the Essay on Milton--Macaulay's personal appearance and mode of existence--His defects and virtues, likings and antipathies-- Croker Sadler--Zachary Macaulay's circumstances-- Description of the family habits of life in Great Ormond Street--Macaulay's sisters--Hannah Macaulay--the Judicious Poet--Macaulay's humour in conversation--His articles in the Review--His attacks on the Utilitarians and on Southey-- Blackwood's Magazine--Macaulay is made Commissioner of Bankruptcy--Enters Parliament--Letters from Circuit and Edinburgh.

a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned

From this reading Macaulay is called to the bar--Does not make it a serious profession--Speech before the Anti-Slavery Society--Knight's Quarterly Magazine--The Edinburgh Review and the Essay on Milton--Macaulay's personal appearance and mode of existence--His defects and virtues, likings and antipathies-- Croker Sadler--Zachary Macaulay's circumstances-- Description of the family habits of life in Great Ormond Street--Macaulay's sisters--Hannah Macaulay--the Judicious Poet--Macaulay's humour in conversation--His articles in the Review--His attacks on the Utilitarians and on Southey-- Blackwood's Magazine--Macaulay is made Commissioner of Bankruptcy--Enters Parliament--Letters from Circuit and Edinburgh.

of or relating to two people who are married to each other

From this reading MACAULAY was called to the bar in 1826, and joined the Northern circuit.

marked by the exercise of good judgment or common sense in practical matters

From this reading Macaulay is called to the bar--Does not make it a serious profession--Speech before the Anti-Slavery Society--Knight's Quarterly Magazine--The Edinburgh Review and the Essay on Milton--Macaulay's personal appearance and mode of existence--His defects and virtues, likings and antipathies-- Croker Sadler--Zachary Macaulay's circumstances-- Description of the family habits of life in Great Ormond Street--Macaulay's sisters--Hannah Macaulay--the Judicious Poet--Macaulay's humour in conversation--His articles in the Review--His attacks on the Utilitarians and on Southey-- Blackwood's Magazine--Macaulay is made Commissioner of Bankruptcy--Enters Parliament--Letters from Circuit and Edinburgh.

possessive form of “king” — a male sovereign; ruler of a kingdom

From this reading An old King's Counsel, who noticed that he had a volume under his arm, remonstrated with him on the danger of reading in bed, upon which he rejoined with immense rapidity of utterance "I always read in bed at home; and, if I am not afraid of committing parricide, and matricide, and fratricide, I can hardly be expected to pay any special regard to the lives of the bagmen of Leeds."

possessive form of “knight” — originally a person of noble birth trained to arms and chivalry; today in Great Britain a person honored by the sovereign for personal merit

From this reading Macaulay is called to the bar--Does not make it a serious profession--Speech before the Anti-Slavery Society--Knight's Quarterly Magazine--The Edinburgh Review and the Essay on Milton--Macaulay's personal appearance and mode of existence--His defects and virtues, likings and antipathies-- Croker Sadler--Zachary Macaulay's circumstances-- Description of the family habits of life in Great Ormond Street--Macaulay's sisters--Hannah Macaulay--the Judicious Poet--Macaulay's humour in conversation--His articles in the Review--His attacks on the Utilitarians and on Southey-- Blackwood's Magazine--Macaulay is made Commissioner of Bankruptcy--Enters Parliament--Letters from Circuit and Edinburgh.

evidencing the possession of inside information

From this reading And, so saying, he left his hearers staring at one another, and marched off to his room, little knowing that, before many years were out, he would have occasion to speak much more respectfully of the Leeds bagmen.

a city on the River Aire in West Yorkshire in northern England; a center of the clothing industry

From this reading An old King's Counsel, who noticed that he had a volume under his arm, remonstrated with him on the danger of reading in bed, upon which he rejoined with immense rapidity of utterance "I always read in bed at home; and, if I am not afraid of committing parricide, and matricide, and fratricide, I can hardly be expected to pay any special regard to the lives of the bagmen of Leeds."

location near or direction toward the left side; i.e. the side to the north when a person or object faces east

From this reading And, so saying, he left his hearers staring at one another, and marched off to his room, little knowing that, before many years were out, he would have occasion to speak much more respectfully of the Leeds bagmen.

the literary culture

From this reading Macaulay is called to the bar--Does not make it a serious profession--Speech before the Anti-Slavery Society--Knight's Quarterly Magazine--The Edinburgh Review and the Essay on Milton--Macaulay's personal appearance and mode of existence--His defects and virtues, likings and antipathies-- Croker Sadler--Zachary Macaulay's circumstances-- Description of the family habits of life in Great Ormond Street--Macaulay's sisters--Hannah Macaulay--the Judicious Poet--Macaulay's humour in conversation--His articles in the Review--His attacks on the Utilitarians and on Southey-- Blackwood's Magazine--Macaulay is made Commissioner of Bankruptcy--Enters Parliament--Letters from Circuit and Edinburgh.

a characteristic state or mode of living

From this reading Macaulay is called to the bar--Does not make it a serious profession--Speech before the Anti-Slavery Society--Knight's Quarterly Magazine--The Edinburgh Review and the Essay on Milton--Macaulay's personal appearance and mode of existence--His defects and virtues, likings and antipathies-- Croker Sadler--Zachary Macaulay's circumstances-- Description of the family habits of life in Great Ormond Street--Macaulay's sisters--Hannah Macaulay--the Judicious Poet--Macaulay's humour in conversation--His articles in the Review--His attacks on the Utilitarians and on Southey-- Blackwood's Magazine--Macaulay is made Commissioner of Bankruptcy--Enters Parliament--Letters from Circuit and Edinburgh.

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From this reading Macaulay is called to the bar--Does not make it a serious profession--Speech before the Anti-Slavery Society--Knight's Quarterly Magazine--The Edinburgh Review and the Essay on Milton--Macaulay's personal appearance and mode of existence--His defects and virtues, likings and antipathies-- Croker Sadler--Zachary Macaulay's circumstances-- Description of the family habits of life in Great Ormond Street--Macaulay's sisters--Hannah Macaulay--the Judicious Poet--Macaulay's humour in conversation--His articles in the Review--His attacks on the Utilitarians and on Southey-- Blackwood's Magazine--Macaulay is made Commissioner of Bankruptcy--Enters Parliament--Letters from Circuit and Edinburgh.

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

From this reading And, so saying, he left his hearers staring at one another, and marched off to his room, little knowing that, before many years were out, he would have occasion to speak much more respectfully of the Leeds bagmen.

plural of “life” — a characteristic state or mode of living

From this reading An old King's Counsel, who noticed that he had a volume under his arm, remonstrated with him on the danger of reading in bed, upon which he rejoined with immense rapidity of utterance "I always read in bed at home; and, if I am not afraid of committing parricide, and matricide, and fratricide, I can hardly be expected to pay any special regard to the lives of the bagmen of Leeds."

for the most time

From this reading On the evening that he first appeared at mess, when the company were retiring for the night, he was observed to be carefully picking out the longest candle.

English historian noted for his history of England (1800-1859)

From this reading Macaulay is called to the bar--Does not make it a serious profession--Speech before the Anti-Slavery Society--Knight's Quarterly Magazine--The Edinburgh Review and the Essay on Milton--Macaulay's personal appearance and mode of existence--His defects and virtues, likings and antipathies-- Croker Sadler--Zachary Macaulay's circumstances-- Description of the family habits of life in Great Ormond Street--Macaulay's sisters--Hannah Macaulay--the Judicious Poet--Macaulay's humour in conversation--His articles in the Review--His attacks on the Utilitarians and on Southey-- Blackwood's Magazine--Macaulay is made Commissioner of Bankruptcy--Enters Parliament--Letters from Circuit and Edinburgh.

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From this reading Macaulay is called to the bar--Does not make it a serious profession--Speech before the Anti-Slavery Society--Knight's Quarterly Magazine--The Edinburgh Review and the Essay on Milton--Macaulay's personal appearance and mode of existence--His defects and virtues, likings and antipathies-- Croker Sadler--Zachary Macaulay's circumstances-- Description of the family habits of life in Great Ormond Street--Macaulay's sisters--Hannah Macaulay--the Judicious Poet--Macaulay's humour in conversation--His articles in the Review--His attacks on the Utilitarians and on Southey-- Blackwood's Magazine--Macaulay is made Commissioner of Bankruptcy--Enters Parliament--Letters from Circuit and Edinburgh.

produced by a manufacturing process

From this reading Macaulay is called to the bar--Does not make it a serious profession--Speech before the Anti-Slavery Society--Knight's Quarterly Magazine--The Edinburgh Review and the Essay on Milton--Macaulay's personal appearance and mode of existence--His defects and virtues, likings and antipathies-- Croker Sadler--Zachary Macaulay's circumstances-- Description of the family habits of life in Great Ormond Street--Macaulay's sisters--Hannah Macaulay--the Judicious Poet--Macaulay's humour in conversation--His articles in the Review--His attacks on the Utilitarians and on Southey-- Blackwood's Magazine--Macaulay is made Commissioner of Bankruptcy--Enters Parliament--Letters from Circuit and Edinburgh.

a periodic publication containing pictures and stories and articles of interest to those who purchase it or subscribe to it

From this reading Macaulay is called to the bar--Does not make it a serious profession--Speech before the Anti-Slavery Society--Knight's Quarterly Magazine--The Edinburgh Review and the Essay on Milton--Macaulay's personal appearance and mode of existence--His defects and virtues, likings and antipathies-- Croker Sadler--Zachary Macaulay's circumstances-- Description of the family habits of life in Great Ormond Street--Macaulay's sisters--Hannah Macaulay--the Judicious Poet--Macaulay's humour in conversation--His articles in the Review--His attacks on the Utilitarians and on Southey-- Blackwood's Magazine--Macaulay is made Commissioner of Bankruptcy--Enters Parliament--Letters from Circuit and Edinburgh.

engage in

From this reading Macaulay is called to the bar--Does not make it a serious profession--Speech before the Anti-Slavery Society--Knight's Quarterly Magazine--The Edinburgh Review and the Essay on Milton--Macaulay's personal appearance and mode of existence--His defects and virtues, likings and antipathies-- Croker Sadler--Zachary Macaulay's circumstances-- Description of the family habits of life in Great Ormond Street--Macaulay's sisters--Hannah Macaulay--the Judicious Poet--Macaulay's humour in conversation--His articles in the Review--His attacks on the Utilitarians and on Southey-- Blackwood's Magazine--Macaulay is made Commissioner of Bankruptcy--Enters Parliament--Letters from Circuit and Edinburgh.

a quantifier that can be used with count nouns and is often preceded by “as” or “too” or “so” or “that”; amounting to a large but indefinite number

From this reading And, so saying, he left his hearers staring at one another, and marched off to his room, little knowing that, before many years were out, he would have occasion to speak much more respectfully of the Leeds bagmen.

past form of “march” — march in a procession

From this reading And, so saying, he left his hearers staring at one another, and marched off to his room, little knowing that, before many years were out, he would have occasion to speak much more respectfully of the Leeds bagmen.

a person who murders their mother

From this reading An old King's Counsel, who noticed that he had a volume under his arm, remonstrated with him on the danger of reading in bed, upon which he rejoined with immense rapidity of utterance "I always read in bed at home; and, if I am not afraid of committing parricide, and matricide, and fratricide, I can hardly be expected to pay any special regard to the lives of the bagmen of Leeds."

a state of confusion and disorderliness

From this reading On the evening that he first appeared at mess, when the company were retiring for the night, he was observed to be carefully picking out the longest candle.

English poet; remembered primarily as the author of an epic poem describing humanity's fall from grace (1608-1674)

From this reading Macaulay is called to the bar--Does not make it a serious profession--Speech before the Anti-Slavery Society--Knight's Quarterly Magazine--The Edinburgh Review and the Essay on Milton--Macaulay's personal appearance and mode of existence--His defects and virtues, likings and antipathies-- Croker Sadler--Zachary Macaulay's circumstances-- Description of the family habits of life in Great Ormond Street--Macaulay's sisters--Hannah Macaulay--the Judicious Poet--Macaulay's humour in conversation--His articles in the Review--His attacks on the Utilitarians and on Southey-- Blackwood's Magazine--Macaulay is made Commissioner of Bankruptcy--Enters Parliament--Letters from Circuit and Edinburgh.

how something is done or how it happens

From this reading Macaulay is called to the bar--Does not make it a serious profession--Speech before the Anti-Slavery Society--Knight's Quarterly Magazine--The Edinburgh Review and the Essay on Milton--Macaulay's personal appearance and mode of existence--His defects and virtues, likings and antipathies-- Croker Sadler--Zachary Macaulay's circumstances-- Description of the family habits of life in Great Ormond Street--Macaulay's sisters--Hannah Macaulay--the Judicious Poet--Macaulay's humour in conversation--His articles in the Review--His attacks on the Utilitarians and on Southey-- Blackwood's Magazine--Macaulay is made Commissioner of Bankruptcy--Enters Parliament--Letters from Circuit and Edinburgh.

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

From this reading And, so saying, he left his hearers staring at one another, and marched off to his room, little knowing that, before many years were out, he would have occasion to speak much more respectfully of the Leeds bagmen.

to a great degree or extent

From this reading And, so saying, he left his hearers staring at one another, and marched off to his room, little knowing that, before many years were out, he would have occasion to speak much more respectfully of the Leeds bagmen.

the time after sunset and before sunrise while it is dark outside

From this reading On the evening that he first appeared at mess, when the company were retiring for the night, he was observed to be carefully picking out the longest candle.

in or characteristic of a region of the United States north of (approximately) the Mason-Dixon line

From this reading MACAULAY was called to the bar in 1826, and joined the Northern circuit.

used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative

From this reading Macaulay is called to the bar--Does not make it a serious profession--Speech before the Anti-Slavery Society--Knight's Quarterly Magazine--The Edinburgh Review and the Essay on Milton--Macaulay's personal appearance and mode of existence--His defects and virtues, likings and antipathies-- Croker Sadler--Zachary Macaulay's circumstances-- Description of the family habits of life in Great Ormond Street--Macaulay's sisters--Hannah Macaulay--the Judicious Poet--Macaulay's humour in conversation--His articles in the Review--His attacks on the Utilitarians and on Southey-- Blackwood's Magazine--Macaulay is made Commissioner of Bankruptcy--Enters Parliament--Letters from Circuit and Edinburgh.

being perceived or observed

From this reading An old King's Counsel, who noticed that he had a volume under his arm, remonstrated with him on the danger of reading in bed, upon which he rejoined with immense rapidity of utterance "I always read in bed at home; and, if I am not afraid of committing parricide, and matricide, and fratricide, I can hardly be expected to pay any special regard to the lives of the bagmen of Leeds."

discovered or determined by scientific observation

From this reading On the evening that he first appeared at mess, when the company were retiring for the night, he was observed to be carefully picking out the longest candle.

an event that occurs at a critical time

From this reading And, so saying, he left his hearers staring at one another, and marched off to his room, little knowing that, before many years were out, he would have occasion to speak much more respectfully of the Leeds bagmen.

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

From this reading Macaulay is called to the bar--Does not make it a serious profession--Speech before the Anti-Slavery Society--Knight's Quarterly Magazine--The Edinburgh Review and the Essay on Milton--Macaulay's personal appearance and mode of existence--His defects and virtues, likings and antipathies-- Croker Sadler--Zachary Macaulay's circumstances-- Description of the family habits of life in Great Ormond Street--Macaulay's sisters--Hannah Macaulay--the Judicious Poet--Macaulay's humour in conversation--His articles in the Review--His attacks on the Utilitarians and on Southey-- Blackwood's Magazine--Macaulay is made Commissioner of Bankruptcy--Enters Parliament--Letters from Circuit and Edinburgh.

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

From this reading And, so saying, he left his hearers staring at one another, and marched off to his room, little knowing that, before many years were out, he would have occasion to speak much more respectfully of the Leeds bagmen.

(used especially of persons) having lived for a relatively long time or attained a specific age

From this reading An old King's Counsel, who noticed that he had a volume under his arm, remonstrated with him on the danger of reading in bed, upon which he rejoined with immense rapidity of utterance "I always read in bed at home; and, if I am not afraid of committing parricide, and matricide, and fratricide, I can hardly be expected to pay any special regard to the lives of the bagmen of Leeds."

touching and supported by a surface

From this reading Macaulay is called to the bar--Does not make it a serious profession--Speech before the Anti-Slavery Society--Knight's Quarterly Magazine--The Edinburgh Review and the Essay on Milton--Macaulay's personal appearance and mode of existence--His defects and virtues, likings and antipathies-- Croker Sadler--Zachary Macaulay's circumstances-- Description of the family habits of life in Great Ormond Street--Macaulay's sisters--Hannah Macaulay--the Judicious Poet--Macaulay's humour in conversation--His articles in the Review--His attacks on the Utilitarians and on Southey-- Blackwood's Magazine--Macaulay is made Commissioner of Bankruptcy--Enters Parliament--Letters from Circuit and Edinburgh.

used to mean any person in general, including the speaker

From this reading And, so saying, he left his hearers staring at one another, and marched off to his room, little knowing that, before many years were out, he would have occasion to speak much more respectfully of the Leeds bagmen.

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From this reading Macaulay is called to the bar--Does not make it a serious profession--Speech before the Anti-Slavery Society--Knight's Quarterly Magazine--The Edinburgh Review and the Essay on Milton--Macaulay's personal appearance and mode of existence--His defects and virtues, likings and antipathies-- Croker Sadler--Zachary Macaulay's circumstances-- Description of the family habits of life in Great Ormond Street--Macaulay's sisters--Hannah Macaulay--the Judicious Poet--Macaulay's humour in conversation--His articles in the Review--His attacks on the Utilitarians and on Southey-- Blackwood's Magazine--Macaulay is made Commissioner of Bankruptcy--Enters Parliament--Letters from Circuit and Edinburgh.

not allowed to continue to bat or run

From this reading On the evening that he first appeared at mess, when the company were retiring for the night, he was observed to be carefully picking out the longest candle.

a legislative assembly in certain countries

From this reading Macaulay is called to the bar--Does not make it a serious profession--Speech before the Anti-Slavery Society--Knight's Quarterly Magazine--The Edinburgh Review and the Essay on Milton--Macaulay's personal appearance and mode of existence--His defects and virtues, likings and antipathies-- Croker Sadler--Zachary Macaulay's circumstances-- Description of the family habits of life in Great Ormond Street--Macaulay's sisters--Hannah Macaulay--the Judicious Poet--Macaulay's humour in conversation--His articles in the Review--His attacks on the Utilitarians and on Southey-- Blackwood's Magazine--Macaulay is made Commissioner of Bankruptcy--Enters Parliament--Letters from Circuit and Edinburgh.

someone who kills his or her parent

From this reading An old King's Counsel, who noticed that he had a volume under his arm, remonstrated with him on the danger of reading in bed, upon which he rejoined with immense rapidity of utterance "I always read in bed at home; and, if I am not afraid of committing parricide, and matricide, and fratricide, I can hardly be expected to pay any special regard to the lives of the bagmen of Leeds."

give money, usually in exchange for goods or services

From this reading An old King's Counsel, who noticed that he had a volume under his arm, remonstrated with him on the danger of reading in bed, upon which he rejoined with immense rapidity of utterance "I always read in bed at home; and, if I am not afraid of committing parricide, and matricide, and fratricide, I can hardly be expected to pay any special regard to the lives of the bagmen of Leeds."

concerning or affecting a particular person or his or her private life and personality

From this reading Macaulay is called to the bar--Does not make it a serious profession--Speech before the Anti-Slavery Society--Knight's Quarterly Magazine--The Edinburgh Review and the Essay on Milton--Macaulay's personal appearance and mode of existence--His defects and virtues, likings and antipathies-- Croker Sadler--Zachary Macaulay's circumstances-- Description of the family habits of life in Great Ormond Street--Macaulay's sisters--Hannah Macaulay--the Judicious Poet--Macaulay's humour in conversation--His articles in the Review--His attacks on the Utilitarians and on Southey-- Blackwood's Magazine--Macaulay is made Commissioner of Bankruptcy--Enters Parliament--Letters from Circuit and Edinburgh.

the quantity of a crop that is harvested

From this reading On the evening that he first appeared at mess, when the company were retiring for the night, he was observed to be carefully picking out the longest candle.

a writer of poems (the term is usually reserved for writers of good poetry)

From this reading Macaulay is called to the bar--Does not make it a serious profession--Speech before the Anti-Slavery Society--Knight's Quarterly Magazine--The Edinburgh Review and the Essay on Milton--Macaulay's personal appearance and mode of existence--His defects and virtues, likings and antipathies-- Croker Sadler--Zachary Macaulay's circumstances-- Description of the family habits of life in Great Ormond Street--Macaulay's sisters--Hannah Macaulay--the Judicious Poet--Macaulay's humour in conversation--His articles in the Review--His attacks on the Utilitarians and on Southey-- Blackwood's Magazine--Macaulay is made Commissioner of Bankruptcy--Enters Parliament--Letters from Circuit and Edinburgh.

the body of people in a learned occupation

From this reading Macaulay is called to the bar--Does not make it a serious profession--Speech before the Anti-Slavery Society--Knight's Quarterly Magazine--The Edinburgh Review and the Essay on Milton--Macaulay's personal appearance and mode of existence--His defects and virtues, likings and antipathies-- Croker Sadler--Zachary Macaulay's circumstances-- Description of the family habits of life in Great Ormond Street--Macaulay's sisters--Hannah Macaulay--the Judicious Poet--Macaulay's humour in conversation--His articles in the Review--His attacks on the Utilitarians and on Southey-- Blackwood's Magazine--Macaulay is made Commissioner of Bankruptcy--Enters Parliament--Letters from Circuit and Edinburgh.

of or relating to or consisting of a quarter

From this reading Macaulay is called to the bar--Does not make it a serious profession--Speech before the Anti-Slavery Society--Knight's Quarterly Magazine--The Edinburgh Review and the Essay on Milton--Macaulay's personal appearance and mode of existence--His defects and virtues, likings and antipathies-- Croker Sadler--Zachary Macaulay's circumstances-- Description of the family habits of life in Great Ormond Street--Macaulay's sisters--Hannah Macaulay--the Judicious Poet--Macaulay's humour in conversation--His articles in the Review--His attacks on the Utilitarians and on Southey-- Blackwood's Magazine--Macaulay is made Commissioner of Bankruptcy--Enters Parliament--Letters from Circuit and Edinburgh.

a rate that is rapid

From this reading An old King's Counsel, who noticed that he had a volume under his arm, remonstrated with him on the danger of reading in bed, upon which he rejoined with immense rapidity of utterance "I always read in bed at home; and, if I am not afraid of committing parricide, and matricide, and fratricide, I can hardly be expected to pay any special regard to the lives of the bagmen of Leeds."

interpret something that is written or printed

From this reading An old King's Counsel, who noticed that he had a volume under his arm, remonstrated with him on the danger of reading in bed, upon which he rejoined with immense rapidity of utterance "I always read in bed at home; and, if I am not afraid of committing parricide, and matricide, and fratricide, I can hardly be expected to pay any special regard to the lives of the bagmen of Leeds."

the cognitive process of understanding a written linguistic message

From this reading An old King's Counsel, who noticed that he had a volume under his arm, remonstrated with him on the danger of reading in bed, upon which he rejoined with immense rapidity of utterance "I always read in bed at home; and, if I am not afraid of committing parricide, and matricide, and fratricide, I can hardly be expected to pay any special regard to the lives of the bagmen of Leeds."

(usually preceded by “in”) a detail or point

From this reading An old King's Counsel, who noticed that he had a volume under his arm, remonstrated with him on the danger of reading in bed, upon which he rejoined with immense rapidity of utterance "I always read in bed at home; and, if I am not afraid of committing parricide, and matricide, and fratricide, I can hardly be expected to pay any special regard to the lives of the bagmen of Leeds."

past form of “rejoin” — join again

From this reading An old King's Counsel, who noticed that he had a volume under his arm, remonstrated with him on the danger of reading in bed, upon which he rejoined with immense rapidity of utterance "I always read in bed at home; and, if I am not afraid of committing parricide, and matricide, and fratricide, I can hardly be expected to pay any special regard to the lives of the bagmen of Leeds."

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From this reading An old King's Counsel, who noticed that he had a volume under his arm, remonstrated with him on the danger of reading in bed, upon which he rejoined with immense rapidity of utterance "I always read in bed at home; and, if I am not afraid of committing parricide, and matricide, and fratricide, I can hardly be expected to pay any special regard to the lives of the bagmen of Leeds."

in a respectful manner

From this reading And, so saying, he left his hearers staring at one another, and marched off to his room, little knowing that, before many years were out, he would have occasion to speak much more respectfully of the Leeds bagmen.

not arrogant or presuming

From this reading On the evening that he first appeared at mess, when the company were retiring for the night, he was observed to be carefully picking out the longest candle.

a new appraisal or evaluation

From this reading Macaulay is called to the bar--Does not make it a serious profession--Speech before the Anti-Slavery Society--Knight's Quarterly Magazine--The Edinburgh Review and the Essay on Milton--Macaulay's personal appearance and mode of existence--His defects and virtues, likings and antipathies-- Croker Sadler--Zachary Macaulay's circumstances-- Description of the family habits of life in Great Ormond Street--Macaulay's sisters--Hannah Macaulay--the Judicious Poet--Macaulay's humour in conversation--His articles in the Review--His attacks on the Utilitarians and on Southey-- Blackwood's Magazine--Macaulay is made Commissioner of Bankruptcy--Enters Parliament--Letters from Circuit and Edinburgh.

an area within a building enclosed by walls and floor and ceiling

From this reading And, so saying, he left his hearers staring at one another, and marched off to his room, little knowing that, before many years were out, he would have occasion to speak much more respectfully of the Leeds bagmen.

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From this reading Macaulay is called to the bar--Does not make it a serious profession--Speech before the Anti-Slavery Society--Knight's Quarterly Magazine--The Edinburgh Review and the Essay on Milton--Macaulay's personal appearance and mode of existence--His defects and virtues, likings and antipathies-- Croker Sadler--Zachary Macaulay's circumstances-- Description of the family habits of life in Great Ormond Street--Macaulay's sisters--Hannah Macaulay--the Judicious Poet--Macaulay's humour in conversation--His articles in the Review--His attacks on the Utilitarians and on Southey-- Blackwood's Magazine--Macaulay is made Commissioner of Bankruptcy--Enters Parliament--Letters from Circuit and Edinburgh.

a word or phrase that particular people use in particular situations

From this reading And, so saying, he left his hearers staring at one another, and marched off to his room, little knowing that, before many years were out, he would have occasion to speak much more respectfully of the Leeds bagmen.

concerned with work or important matters rather than play or trivialities

From this reading Macaulay is called to the bar--Does not make it a serious profession--Speech before the Anti-Slavery Society--Knight's Quarterly Magazine--The Edinburgh Review and the Essay on Milton--Macaulay's personal appearance and mode of existence--His defects and virtues, likings and antipathies-- Croker Sadler--Zachary Macaulay's circumstances-- Description of the family habits of life in Great Ormond Street--Macaulay's sisters--Hannah Macaulay--the Judicious Poet--Macaulay's humour in conversation--His articles in the Review--His attacks on the Utilitarians and on Southey-- Blackwood's Magazine--Macaulay is made Commissioner of Bankruptcy--Enters Parliament--Letters from Circuit and Edinburgh.

plural of “sister” — a female person who has the same parents as another person

From this reading Macaulay is called to the bar--Does not make it a serious profession--Speech before the Anti-Slavery Society--Knight's Quarterly Magazine--The Edinburgh Review and the Essay on Milton--Macaulay's personal appearance and mode of existence--His defects and virtues, likings and antipathies-- Croker Sadler--Zachary Macaulay's circumstances-- Description of the family habits of life in Great Ormond Street--Macaulay's sisters--Hannah Macaulay--the Judicious Poet--Macaulay's humour in conversation--His articles in the Review--His attacks on the Utilitarians and on Southey-- Blackwood's Magazine--Macaulay is made Commissioner of Bankruptcy--Enters Parliament--Letters from Circuit and Edinburgh.

for that reason; with the result that

From this reading And, so saying, he left his hearers staring at one another, and marched off to his room, little knowing that, before many years were out, he would have occasion to speak much more respectfully of the Leeds bagmen.

an extended social group having a distinctive cultural and economic organization

From this reading Macaulay is called to the bar--Does not make it a serious profession--Speech before the Anti-Slavery Society--Knight's Quarterly Magazine--The Edinburgh Review and the Essay on Milton--Macaulay's personal appearance and mode of existence--His defects and virtues, likings and antipathies-- Croker Sadler--Zachary Macaulay's circumstances-- Description of the family habits of life in Great Ormond Street--Macaulay's sisters--Hannah Macaulay--the Judicious Poet--Macaulay's humour in conversation--His articles in the Review--His attacks on the Utilitarians and on Southey-- Blackwood's Magazine--Macaulay is made Commissioner of Bankruptcy--Enters Parliament--Letters from Circuit and Edinburgh.

English poet and friend of Wordsworth and Coleridge (1774-1843)

From this reading Macaulay is called to the bar--Does not make it a serious profession--Speech before the Anti-Slavery Society--Knight's Quarterly Magazine--The Edinburgh Review and the Essay on Milton--Macaulay's personal appearance and mode of existence--His defects and virtues, likings and antipathies-- Croker Sadler--Zachary Macaulay's circumstances-- Description of the family habits of life in Great Ormond Street--Macaulay's sisters--Hannah Macaulay--the Judicious Poet--Macaulay's humour in conversation--His articles in the Review--His attacks on the Utilitarians and on Southey-- Blackwood's Magazine--Macaulay is made Commissioner of Bankruptcy--Enters Parliament--Letters from Circuit and Edinburgh.

express in speech

From this reading And, so saying, he left his hearers staring at one another, and marched off to his room, little knowing that, before many years were out, he would have occasion to speak much more respectfully of the Leeds bagmen.

unique or specific to a person or thing or category

From this reading An old King's Counsel, who noticed that he had a volume under his arm, remonstrated with him on the danger of reading in bed, upon which he rejoined with immense rapidity of utterance "I always read in bed at home; and, if I am not afraid of committing parricide, and matricide, and fratricide, I can hardly be expected to pay any special regard to the lives of the bagmen of Leeds."

the act of delivering a formal spoken communication to an audience

From this reading Macaulay is called to the bar--Does not make it a serious profession--Speech before the Anti-Slavery Society--Knight's Quarterly Magazine--The Edinburgh Review and the Essay on Milton--Macaulay's personal appearance and mode of existence--His defects and virtues, likings and antipathies-- Croker Sadler--Zachary Macaulay's circumstances-- Description of the family habits of life in Great Ormond Street--Macaulay's sisters--Hannah Macaulay--the Judicious Poet--Macaulay's humour in conversation--His articles in the Review--His attacks on the Utilitarians and on Southey-- Blackwood's Magazine--Macaulay is made Commissioner of Bankruptcy--Enters Parliament--Letters from Circuit and Edinburgh.

(used of eyes) open and fixed as if in fear or wonder

From this reading And, so saying, he left his hearers staring at one another, and marched off to his room, little knowing that, before many years were out, he would have occasion to speak much more respectfully of the Leeds bagmen.

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

From this reading Macaulay is called to the bar--Does not make it a serious profession--Speech before the Anti-Slavery Society--Knight's Quarterly Magazine--The Edinburgh Review and the Essay on Milton--Macaulay's personal appearance and mode of existence--His defects and virtues, likings and antipathies-- Croker Sadler--Zachary Macaulay's circumstances-- Description of the family habits of life in Great Ormond Street--Macaulay's sisters--Hannah Macaulay--the Judicious Poet--Macaulay's humour in conversation--His articles in the Review--His attacks on the Utilitarians and on Southey-- Blackwood's Magazine--Macaulay is made Commissioner of Bankruptcy--Enters Parliament--Letters from Circuit and Edinburgh.

used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt

From this reading On the evening that he first appeared at mess, when the company were retiring for the night, he was observed to be carefully picking out the longest candle.

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

From this reading Macaulay is called to the bar--Does not make it a serious profession--Speech before the Anti-Slavery Society--Knight's Quarterly Magazine--The Edinburgh Review and the Essay on Milton--Macaulay's personal appearance and mode of existence--His defects and virtues, likings and antipathies-- Croker Sadler--Zachary Macaulay's circumstances-- Description of the family habits of life in Great Ormond Street--Macaulay's sisters--Hannah Macaulay--the Judicious Poet--Macaulay's humour in conversation--His articles in the Review--His attacks on the Utilitarians and on Southey-- Blackwood's Magazine--Macaulay is made Commissioner of Bankruptcy--Enters Parliament--Letters from Circuit and Edinburgh.

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

From this reading Macaulay is called to the bar--Does not make it a serious profession--Speech before the Anti-Slavery Society--Knight's Quarterly Magazine--The Edinburgh Review and the Essay on Milton--Macaulay's personal appearance and mode of existence--His defects and virtues, likings and antipathies-- Croker Sadler--Zachary Macaulay's circumstances-- Description of the family habits of life in Great Ormond Street--Macaulay's sisters--Hannah Macaulay--the Judicious Poet--Macaulay's humour in conversation--His articles in the Review--His attacks on the Utilitarians and on Southey-- Blackwood's Magazine--Macaulay is made Commissioner of Bankruptcy--Enters Parliament--Letters from Circuit and Edinburgh.

below or beneath something; less than

From this reading An old King's Counsel, who noticed that he had a volume under his arm, remonstrated with him on the danger of reading in bed, upon which he rejoined with immense rapidity of utterance "I always read in bed at home; and, if I am not afraid of committing parricide, and matricide, and fratricide, I can hardly be expected to pay any special regard to the lives of the bagmen of Leeds."

a formal word for “on”

From this reading An old King's Counsel, who noticed that he had a volume under his arm, remonstrated with him on the danger of reading in bed, upon which he rejoined with immense rapidity of utterance "I always read in bed at home; and, if I am not afraid of committing parricide, and matricide, and fratricide, I can hardly be expected to pay any special regard to the lives of the bagmen of Leeds."

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From this reading Macaulay is called to the bar--Does not make it a serious profession--Speech before the Anti-Slavery Society--Knight's Quarterly Magazine--The Edinburgh Review and the Essay on Milton--Macaulay's personal appearance and mode of existence--His defects and virtues, likings and antipathies-- Croker Sadler--Zachary Macaulay's circumstances-- Description of the family habits of life in Great Ormond Street--Macaulay's sisters--Hannah Macaulay--the Judicious Poet--Macaulay's humour in conversation--His articles in the Review--His attacks on the Utilitarians and on Southey-- Blackwood's Magazine--Macaulay is made Commissioner of Bankruptcy--Enters Parliament--Letters from Circuit and Edinburgh.

the use of uttered sounds for auditory communication

From this reading An old King's Counsel, who noticed that he had a volume under his arm, remonstrated with him on the danger of reading in bed, upon which he rejoined with immense rapidity of utterance "I always read in bed at home; and, if I am not afraid of committing parricide, and matricide, and fratricide, I can hardly be expected to pay any special regard to the lives of the bagmen of Leeds."

plural of “virtue” — the quality of doing what is right and avoiding what is wrong

From this reading Macaulay is called to the bar--Does not make it a serious profession--Speech before the Anti-Slavery Society--Knight's Quarterly Magazine--The Edinburgh Review and the Essay on Milton--Macaulay's personal appearance and mode of existence--His defects and virtues, likings and antipathies-- Croker Sadler--Zachary Macaulay's circumstances-- Description of the family habits of life in Great Ormond Street--Macaulay's sisters--Hannah Macaulay--the Judicious Poet--Macaulay's humour in conversation--His articles in the Review--His attacks on the Utilitarians and on Southey-- Blackwood's Magazine--Macaulay is made Commissioner of Bankruptcy--Enters Parliament--Letters from Circuit and Edinburgh.

the amount of 3-dimensional space occupied by an object

From this reading An old King's Counsel, who noticed that he had a volume under his arm, remonstrated with him on the danger of reading in bed, upon which he rejoined with immense rapidity of utterance "I always read in bed at home; and, if I am not afraid of committing parricide, and matricide, and fratricide, I can hardly be expected to pay any special regard to the lives of the bagmen of Leeds."

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

From this reading MACAULAY was called to the bar in 1826, and joined the Northern circuit.

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

From this reading On the evening that he first appeared at mess, when the company were retiring for the night, he was observed to be carefully picking out the longest candle.

at the time that

From this reading On the evening that he first appeared at mess, when the company were retiring for the night, he was observed to be carefully picking out the longest candle.

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

From this reading An old King's Counsel, who noticed that he had a volume under his arm, remonstrated with him on the danger of reading in bed, upon which he rejoined with immense rapidity of utterance "I always read in bed at home; and, if I am not afraid of committing parricide, and matricide, and fratricide, I can hardly be expected to pay any special regard to the lives of the bagmen of Leeds."

which person or people

From this reading An old King's Counsel, who noticed that he had a volume under his arm, remonstrated with him on the danger of reading in bed, upon which he rejoined with immense rapidity of utterance "I always read in bed at home; and, if I am not afraid of committing parricide, and matricide, and fratricide, I can hardly be expected to pay any special regard to the lives of the bagmen of Leeds."

in the company of; together with

From this reading An old King's Counsel, who noticed that he had a volume under his arm, remonstrated with him on the danger of reading in bed, upon which he rejoined with immense rapidity of utterance "I always read in bed at home; and, if I am not afraid of committing parricide, and matricide, and fratricide, I can hardly be expected to pay any special regard to the lives of the bagmen of Leeds."

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

From this reading And, so saying, he left his hearers staring at one another, and marched off to his room, little knowing that, before many years were out, he would have occasion to speak much more respectfully of the Leeds bagmen.

a late time of life

From this reading And, so saying, he left his hearers staring at one another, and marched off to his room, little knowing that, before many years were out, he would have occasion to speak much more respectfully of the Leeds bagmen.

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From this reading Macaulay is called to the bar--Does not make it a serious profession--Speech before the Anti-Slavery Society--Knight's Quarterly Magazine--The Edinburgh Review and the Essay on Milton--Macaulay's personal appearance and mode of existence--His defects and virtues, likings and antipathies-- Croker Sadler--Zachary Macaulay's circumstances-- Description of the family habits of life in Great Ormond Street--Macaulay's sisters--Hannah Macaulay--the Judicious Poet--Macaulay's humour in conversation--His articles in the Review--His attacks on the Utilitarians and on Southey-- Blackwood's Magazine--Macaulay is made Commissioner of Bankruptcy--Enters Parliament--Letters from Circuit and Edinburgh.