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Life of John Keats — His Life and Poetry, His Friends
Life of John Keats — His Life and Poetry, His Friends

Chapter III

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OCTOBER 1815-MARCH 1817: HOSPITAL STUDIES: POETICAL AMBITIONS: LEIGH HUNT Hospital days: summary--Aptitudes and ambitions--Teachers--Testimony of Henry Stephens--Pride and other characteristics--Evidences of a wandering mind--Services of Cowden Clarke--Introduction to Leigh Hunt--Summer walks at Hampstead--Holiday epistles from Margate--Return to London--First reading of Chapman's Homer--Date of the Chapman sonnet--Intimacy with Leigh Hunt--The _Examiner_: Hunt's imprisonment--His visitors in captivity--His occupations--_The Feast of the poets_--Hunt's personality and charm--His ideas of poetical reform--_The story of Rimini_--Its popularity--Dante and namby-pamby--Hunt's life at Hampstead--Hunt and Keats compared--Keats at Hunt's cottage--Prints in the library--The intercoronation scene--Sonnets of Hunt to Keats--Sonnets of Keats to Hunt--Keats's penitence.
The external and technical facts of Keats's life as a medical student are these.
His name, as we have said, was entered at Guy's as a six months' student (surgeon's pupil) on October 1, 1815, a month before his twentieth birthday.
Four weeks later he was appointed dresser to one of the hospital surgeons, Mr Lucas.
At the close of his first six months' term, March 3, 1816, he entered for a further term of twelve months.
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Life of John Keats — His Life and Poetry, His Friends

Chapter III

Chapter 3 of Life of John Keats — His Life and Poetry, His Friends is here in full — 325 sentences across 65 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

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OCTOBER 1815-MARCH 1817: HOSPITAL STUDIES: POETICAL AMBITIONS: LEIGH HUNT Hospital days: summary--Aptitudes and ambitions--Teachers--Testimony of Henry Stephens--Pride and other characteristics--Evidences of a wandering mind--Services of Cowden Clarke--Introduction to Leigh Hunt--Summer walks at Hampstead--Holiday epistles from Margate--Return to London--First reading of Chapman's Homer--Date of the Chapman sonnet--Intimacy with Leigh Hunt--The _Examiner_: Hunt's imprisonment--His visitors in captivity--His occupations--_The Feast of the poets_--Hunt's personality and charm--His ideas of poetical reform--_The story of Rimini_--Its popularity--Dante and namby-pamby--Hunt's life at Hampstead--Hunt and Keats compared--Keats at Hunt's cottage--Prints in the library--The intercoronation scene--Sonnets of Hunt to Keats--Sonnets of Keats to Hunt--Keats's penitence.
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The external and technical facts of Keats's life as a medical student are these.
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His name, as we have said, was entered at Guy's as a six months' student (surgeon's pupil) on October 1, 1815, a month before his twentieth birthday.
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Four weeks later he was appointed dresser to one of the hospital surgeons, Mr Lucas.
/fɔːr wiːks ˈleɪtər hiː wɑːz əˈpɔɪntɪd ˈdresər tuː wʌn ʌv ðə ˈhɑːspɪtəl ˈsɜːrdʒənz ˈmɪstər ˈluːkəs/
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At the close of his first six months' term, March 3, 1816, he entered for a further term of twelve months.

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Aptitudes noun US /ˈæptətuːdz/

plural of “aptitude” — inherent ability

From this reading “OCTOBER 1815-MARCH 1817: HOSPITAL STUDIES: POETICAL AMBITIONS: LEIGH HUNT Hospital days: summary--Aptitudes and ambitions--Teachers--Testimony of Henry Stephens--Pride and other characteristics--Evidences of a wandering mind--Services of Cowden Clarke--Introduction to Leigh Hunt--Summer walks at Hampstead--Holiday epistles from Margate--Return to London--First reading of Chapman's Homer--Date of the Chapman sonnet--Intimacy with Leigh Hunt--The _Examiner_: Hunt's imprisonment--His visitors in captivity--His occupations--_The Feast of the poets_--Hunt's personality and charm--His ideas of poetical reform--_The story of Rimini_--Its popularity--Dante and namby-pamby--Hunt's life at Hampstead--Hunt and Keats compared--Keats at Hunt's cottage--Prints in the library--The intercoronation scene--Sonnets of Hunt to Keats--Sonnets of Keats to Hunt--Keats's penitence.”

Chapman's noun US /ˈtʃæpmənz/

possessive form of “chapman” — United States pioneer who planted apple trees as he traveled (1774-1845)

From this reading “OCTOBER 1815-MARCH 1817: HOSPITAL STUDIES: POETICAL AMBITIONS: LEIGH HUNT Hospital days: summary--Aptitudes and ambitions--Teachers--Testimony of Henry Stephens--Pride and other characteristics--Evidences of a wandering mind--Services of Cowden Clarke--Introduction to Leigh Hunt--Summer walks at Hampstead--Holiday epistles from Margate--Return to London--First reading of Chapman's Homer--Date of the Chapman sonnet--Intimacy with Leigh Hunt--The _Examiner_: Hunt's imprisonment--His visitors in captivity--His occupations--_The Feast of the poets_--Hunt's personality and charm--His ideas of poetical reform--_The story of Rimini_--Its popularity--Dante and namby-pamby--Hunt's life at Hampstead--Hunt and Keats compared--Keats at Hunt's cottage--Prints in the library--The intercoronation scene--Sonnets of Hunt to Keats--Sonnets of Keats to Hunt--Keats's penitence.”

Examiner noun US /ɪɡˈzæmənər/

someone who administers a test to determine your qualifications

Guy's noun US /ɡaɪz/

possessive form of “guy” — an informal term for a youth or man

From this reading “His name, as we have said, was entered at Guy's as a six months' student (surgeon's pupil) on October 1, 1815, a month before his twentieth birthday.”

Hunt's noun US /hʌnts/

possessive form of “hunt” — Englishman and Pre-Raphaelite painter (1827-1910)

From this reading “OCTOBER 1815-MARCH 1817: HOSPITAL STUDIES: POETICAL AMBITIONS: LEIGH HUNT Hospital days: summary--Aptitudes and ambitions--Teachers--Testimony of Henry Stephens--Pride and other characteristics--Evidences of a wandering mind--Services of Cowden Clarke--Introduction to Leigh Hunt--Summer walks at Hampstead--Holiday epistles from Margate--Return to London--First reading of Chapman's Homer--Date of the Chapman sonnet--Intimacy with Leigh Hunt--The _Examiner_: Hunt's imprisonment--His visitors in captivity--His occupations--_The Feast of the poets_--Hunt's personality and charm--His ideas of poetical reform--_The story of Rimini_--Its popularity--Dante and namby-pamby--Hunt's life at Hampstead--Hunt and Keats compared--Keats at Hunt's cottage--Prints in the library--The intercoronation scene--Sonnets of Hunt to Keats--Sonnets of Keats to Hunt--Keats's penitence.”

namby-pamby noun US /ˈnæmbiˈpæmbi/

an insipid weakling who is foolishly sentimental

From this reading “OCTOBER 1815-MARCH 1817: HOSPITAL STUDIES: POETICAL AMBITIONS: LEIGH HUNT Hospital days: summary--Aptitudes and ambitions--Teachers--Testimony of Henry Stephens--Pride and other characteristics--Evidences of a wandering mind--Services of Cowden Clarke--Introduction to Leigh Hunt--Summer walks at Hampstead--Holiday epistles from Margate--Return to London--First reading of Chapman's Homer--Date of the Chapman sonnet--Intimacy with Leigh Hunt--The _Examiner_: Hunt's imprisonment--His visitors in captivity--His occupations--_The Feast of the poets_--Hunt's personality and charm--His ideas of poetical reform--_The story of Rimini_--Its popularity--Dante and namby-pamby--Hunt's life at Hampstead--Hunt and Keats compared--Keats at Hunt's cottage--Prints in the library--The intercoronation scene--Sonnets of Hunt to Keats--Sonnets of Keats to Hunt--Keats's penitence.”

Stephens noun US /ˈstiːvənz/

plural of “stephen” — English writer (1832-1904)

From this reading “OCTOBER 1815-MARCH 1817: HOSPITAL STUDIES: POETICAL AMBITIONS: LEIGH HUNT Hospital days: summary--Aptitudes and ambitions--Teachers--Testimony of Henry Stephens--Pride and other characteristics--Evidences of a wandering mind--Services of Cowden Clarke--Introduction to Leigh Hunt--Summer walks at Hampstead--Holiday epistles from Margate--Return to London--First reading of Chapman's Homer--Date of the Chapman sonnet--Intimacy with Leigh Hunt--The _Examiner_: Hunt's imprisonment--His visitors in captivity--His occupations--_The Feast of the poets_--Hunt's personality and charm--His ideas of poetical reform--_The story of Rimini_--Its popularity--Dante and namby-pamby--Hunt's life at Hampstead--Hunt and Keats compared--Keats at Hunt's cottage--Prints in the library--The intercoronation scene--Sonnets of Hunt to Keats--Sonnets of Keats to Hunt--Keats's penitence.”

surgeon's noun US /ˈsɜːrdʒənz/

possessive form of “surgeon” — a physician who specializes in surgery

From this reading “His name, as we have said, was entered at Guy's as a six months' student (surgeon's pupil) on October 1, 1815, a month before his twentieth birthday.”

Word partnerships in these lines

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medical student adjective + noun

a student in medical school

In this reading “The external and technical facts of Keats's life as a medical student are these.”

six months' noun + noun counted as “six month”

In this reading “His name, as we have said, was entered at Guy's as a six months' student (surgeon's pupil) on October 1, 1815, a month before his twentieth birthday.”

twelve months noun + noun counted as “twelve month”

In this reading “At the close of his first six months' term, March 3, 1816, he entered for a further term of twelve months.”

Four weeks noun + noun counted as “four week”

In this reading “Four weeks later he was appointed dresser to one of the hospital surgeons, Mr Lucas.”

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From this reading His name, as we have said, was entered at Guy's as a six months' student (surgeon's pupil) on October 1, 1815, a month before his twentieth birthday.

1815

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From this reading OCTOBER 1815-MARCH 1817: HOSPITAL STUDIES: POETICAL AMBITIONS: LEIGH HUNT Hospital days: summary--Aptitudes and ambitions--Teachers--Testimony of Henry Stephens--Pride and other characteristics--Evidences of a wandering mind--Services of Cowden Clarke--Introduction to Leigh Hunt--Summer walks at Hampstead--Holiday epistles from Margate--Return to London--First reading of Chapman's Homer--Date of the Chapman sonnet--Intimacy with Leigh Hunt--The _Examiner_: Hunt's imprisonment--His visitors in captivity--His occupations--_The Feast of the poets_--Hunt's personality and charm--His ideas of poetical reform--_The story of Rimini_--Its popularity--Dante and namby-pamby--Hunt's life at Hampstead--Hunt and Keats compared--Keats at Hunt's cottage--Prints in the library--The intercoronation scene--Sonnets of Hunt to Keats--Sonnets of Keats to Hunt--Keats's penitence.

1816

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From this reading At the close of his first six months' term, March 3, 1816, he entered for a further term of twelve months.

1817

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From this reading OCTOBER 1815-MARCH 1817: HOSPITAL STUDIES: POETICAL AMBITIONS: LEIGH HUNT Hospital days: summary--Aptitudes and ambitions--Teachers--Testimony of Henry Stephens--Pride and other characteristics--Evidences of a wandering mind--Services of Cowden Clarke--Introduction to Leigh Hunt--Summer walks at Hampstead--Holiday epistles from Margate--Return to London--First reading of Chapman's Homer--Date of the Chapman sonnet--Intimacy with Leigh Hunt--The _Examiner_: Hunt's imprisonment--His visitors in captivity--His occupations--_The Feast of the poets_--Hunt's personality and charm--His ideas of poetical reform--_The story of Rimini_--Its popularity--Dante and namby-pamby--Hunt's life at Hampstead--Hunt and Keats compared--Keats at Hunt's cottage--Prints in the library--The intercoronation scene--Sonnets of Hunt to Keats--Sonnets of Keats to Hunt--Keats's penitence.

3

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From this reading At the close of his first six months' term, March 3, 1816, he entered for a further term of twelve months.

adeterminerUS /ə/

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

From this reading OCTOBER 1815-MARCH 1817: HOSPITAL STUDIES: POETICAL AMBITIONS: LEIGH HUNT Hospital days: summary--Aptitudes and ambitions--Teachers--Testimony of Henry Stephens--Pride and other characteristics--Evidences of a wandering mind--Services of Cowden Clarke--Introduction to Leigh Hunt--Summer walks at Hampstead--Holiday epistles from Margate--Return to London--First reading of Chapman's Homer--Date of the Chapman sonnet--Intimacy with Leigh Hunt--The _Examiner_: Hunt's imprisonment--His visitors in captivity--His occupations--_The Feast of the poets_--Hunt's personality and charm--His ideas of poetical reform--_The story of Rimini_--Its popularity--Dante and namby-pamby--Hunt's life at Hampstead--Hunt and Keats compared--Keats at Hunt's cottage--Prints in the library--The intercoronation scene--Sonnets of Hunt to Keats--Sonnets of Keats to Hunt--Keats's penitence.

AMBITIONSnounUS /æmˈbɪʃənz/

plural of “ambition” — a cherished desire

From this reading OCTOBER 1815-MARCH 1817: HOSPITAL STUDIES: POETICAL AMBITIONS: LEIGH HUNT Hospital days: summary--Aptitudes and ambitions--Teachers--Testimony of Henry Stephens--Pride and other characteristics--Evidences of a wandering mind--Services of Cowden Clarke--Introduction to Leigh Hunt--Summer walks at Hampstead--Holiday epistles from Margate--Return to London--First reading of Chapman's Homer--Date of the Chapman sonnet--Intimacy with Leigh Hunt--The _Examiner_: Hunt's imprisonment--His visitors in captivity--His occupations--_The Feast of the poets_--Hunt's personality and charm--His ideas of poetical reform--_The story of Rimini_--Its popularity--Dante and namby-pamby--Hunt's life at Hampstead--Hunt and Keats compared--Keats at Hunt's cottage--Prints in the library--The intercoronation scene--Sonnets of Hunt to Keats--Sonnets of Keats to Hunt--Keats's penitence.

andconjunctionUS /ənd/

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

From this reading OCTOBER 1815-MARCH 1817: HOSPITAL STUDIES: POETICAL AMBITIONS: LEIGH HUNT Hospital days: summary--Aptitudes and ambitions--Teachers--Testimony of Henry Stephens--Pride and other characteristics--Evidences of a wandering mind--Services of Cowden Clarke--Introduction to Leigh Hunt--Summer walks at Hampstead--Holiday epistles from Margate--Return to London--First reading of Chapman's Homer--Date of the Chapman sonnet--Intimacy with Leigh Hunt--The _Examiner_: Hunt's imprisonment--His visitors in captivity--His occupations--_The Feast of the poets_--Hunt's personality and charm--His ideas of poetical reform--_The story of Rimini_--Its popularity--Dante and namby-pamby--Hunt's life at Hampstead--Hunt and Keats compared--Keats at Hunt's cottage--Prints in the library--The intercoronation scene--Sonnets of Hunt to Keats--Sonnets of Keats to Hunt--Keats's penitence.

appointedadjectiveUS /əˈpɔɪntɪd/

subject to appointment

From this reading Four weeks later he was appointed dresser to one of the hospital surgeons, Mr Lucas.

AptitudesnounUS /ˈæptətuːdz/

plural of “aptitude” — inherent ability

From this reading OCTOBER 1815-MARCH 1817: HOSPITAL STUDIES: POETICAL AMBITIONS: LEIGH HUNT Hospital days: summary--Aptitudes and ambitions--Teachers--Testimony of Henry Stephens--Pride and other characteristics--Evidences of a wandering mind--Services of Cowden Clarke--Introduction to Leigh Hunt--Summer walks at Hampstead--Holiday epistles from Margate--Return to London--First reading of Chapman's Homer--Date of the Chapman sonnet--Intimacy with Leigh Hunt--The _Examiner_: Hunt's imprisonment--His visitors in captivity--His occupations--_The Feast of the poets_--Hunt's personality and charm--His ideas of poetical reform--_The story of Rimini_--Its popularity--Dante and namby-pamby--Hunt's life at Hampstead--Hunt and Keats compared--Keats at Hunt's cottage--Prints in the library--The intercoronation scene--Sonnets of Hunt to Keats--Sonnets of Keats to Hunt--Keats's penitence.

areauxiliary verbUS /ɑːr/

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

From this reading The external and technical facts of Keats's life as a medical student are these.

asconjunctionUS /æz/

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

From this reading The external and technical facts of Keats's life as a medical student are these.

atprepositionUS /æt/

in or near a particular place or position

From this reading OCTOBER 1815-MARCH 1817: HOSPITAL STUDIES: POETICAL AMBITIONS: LEIGH HUNT Hospital days: summary--Aptitudes and ambitions--Teachers--Testimony of Henry Stephens--Pride and other characteristics--Evidences of a wandering mind--Services of Cowden Clarke--Introduction to Leigh Hunt--Summer walks at Hampstead--Holiday epistles from Margate--Return to London--First reading of Chapman's Homer--Date of the Chapman sonnet--Intimacy with Leigh Hunt--The _Examiner_: Hunt's imprisonment--His visitors in captivity--His occupations--_The Feast of the poets_--Hunt's personality and charm--His ideas of poetical reform--_The story of Rimini_--Its popularity--Dante and namby-pamby--Hunt's life at Hampstead--Hunt and Keats compared--Keats at Hunt's cottage--Prints in the library--The intercoronation scene--Sonnets of Hunt to Keats--Sonnets of Keats to Hunt--Keats's penitence.

beforeprepositionUS /bɪˈfɔːr/

earlier than; in front of

From this reading His name, as we have said, was entered at Guy's as a six months' student (surgeon's pupil) on October 1, 1815, a month before his twentieth birthday.

birthdaynounUS /ˈbɜːrθdeɪ/

an anniversary of the day on which a person was born (or the celebration of it)

From this reading His name, as we have said, was entered at Guy's as a six months' student (surgeon's pupil) on October 1, 1815, a month before his twentieth birthday.

captivitynounUS /kæpˈtɪvəti/

the state of being imprisoned

From this reading OCTOBER 1815-MARCH 1817: HOSPITAL STUDIES: POETICAL AMBITIONS: LEIGH HUNT Hospital days: summary--Aptitudes and ambitions--Teachers--Testimony of Henry Stephens--Pride and other characteristics--Evidences of a wandering mind--Services of Cowden Clarke--Introduction to Leigh Hunt--Summer walks at Hampstead--Holiday epistles from Margate--Return to London--First reading of Chapman's Homer--Date of the Chapman sonnet--Intimacy with Leigh Hunt--The _Examiner_: Hunt's imprisonment--His visitors in captivity--His occupations--_The Feast of the poets_--Hunt's personality and charm--His ideas of poetical reform--_The story of Rimini_--Its popularity--Dante and namby-pamby--Hunt's life at Hampstead--Hunt and Keats compared--Keats at Hunt's cottage--Prints in the library--The intercoronation scene--Sonnets of Hunt to Keats--Sonnets of Keats to Hunt--Keats's penitence.

ChapmannounUS /ˈtʃæpmən/

United States pioneer who planted apple trees as he traveled (1774-1845)

From this reading OCTOBER 1815-MARCH 1817: HOSPITAL STUDIES: POETICAL AMBITIONS: LEIGH HUNT Hospital days: summary--Aptitudes and ambitions--Teachers--Testimony of Henry Stephens--Pride and other characteristics--Evidences of a wandering mind--Services of Cowden Clarke--Introduction to Leigh Hunt--Summer walks at Hampstead--Holiday epistles from Margate--Return to London--First reading of Chapman's Homer--Date of the Chapman sonnet--Intimacy with Leigh Hunt--The _Examiner_: Hunt's imprisonment--His visitors in captivity--His occupations--_The Feast of the poets_--Hunt's personality and charm--His ideas of poetical reform--_The story of Rimini_--Its popularity--Dante and namby-pamby--Hunt's life at Hampstead--Hunt and Keats compared--Keats at Hunt's cottage--Prints in the library--The intercoronation scene--Sonnets of Hunt to Keats--Sonnets of Keats to Hunt--Keats's penitence.

Chapman'snounUS /ˈtʃæpmənz/

possessive form of “chapman” — United States pioneer who planted apple trees as he traveled (1774-1845)

From this reading OCTOBER 1815-MARCH 1817: HOSPITAL STUDIES: POETICAL AMBITIONS: LEIGH HUNT Hospital days: summary--Aptitudes and ambitions--Teachers--Testimony of Henry Stephens--Pride and other characteristics--Evidences of a wandering mind--Services of Cowden Clarke--Introduction to Leigh Hunt--Summer walks at Hampstead--Holiday epistles from Margate--Return to London--First reading of Chapman's Homer--Date of the Chapman sonnet--Intimacy with Leigh Hunt--The _Examiner_: Hunt's imprisonment--His visitors in captivity--His occupations--_The Feast of the poets_--Hunt's personality and charm--His ideas of poetical reform--_The story of Rimini_--Its popularity--Dante and namby-pamby--Hunt's life at Hampstead--Hunt and Keats compared--Keats at Hunt's cottage--Prints in the library--The intercoronation scene--Sonnets of Hunt to Keats--Sonnets of Keats to Hunt--Keats's penitence.

characteristicsnounUS /ˌkerəktərˈɪstɪks/

plural of “characteristic” — a prominent attribute or aspect of something

From this reading OCTOBER 1815-MARCH 1817: HOSPITAL STUDIES: POETICAL AMBITIONS: LEIGH HUNT Hospital days: summary--Aptitudes and ambitions--Teachers--Testimony of Henry Stephens--Pride and other characteristics--Evidences of a wandering mind--Services of Cowden Clarke--Introduction to Leigh Hunt--Summer walks at Hampstead--Holiday epistles from Margate--Return to London--First reading of Chapman's Homer--Date of the Chapman sonnet--Intimacy with Leigh Hunt--The _Examiner_: Hunt's imprisonment--His visitors in captivity--His occupations--_The Feast of the poets_--Hunt's personality and charm--His ideas of poetical reform--_The story of Rimini_--Its popularity--Dante and namby-pamby--Hunt's life at Hampstead--Hunt and Keats compared--Keats at Hunt's cottage--Prints in the library--The intercoronation scene--Sonnets of Hunt to Keats--Sonnets of Keats to Hunt--Keats's penitence.

charmnounUS /tʃɑːrm/

attractiveness that interests or pleases or stimulates

From this reading OCTOBER 1815-MARCH 1817: HOSPITAL STUDIES: POETICAL AMBITIONS: LEIGH HUNT Hospital days: summary--Aptitudes and ambitions--Teachers--Testimony of Henry Stephens--Pride and other characteristics--Evidences of a wandering mind--Services of Cowden Clarke--Introduction to Leigh Hunt--Summer walks at Hampstead--Holiday epistles from Margate--Return to London--First reading of Chapman's Homer--Date of the Chapman sonnet--Intimacy with Leigh Hunt--The _Examiner_: Hunt's imprisonment--His visitors in captivity--His occupations--_The Feast of the poets_--Hunt's personality and charm--His ideas of poetical reform--_The story of Rimini_--Its popularity--Dante and namby-pamby--Hunt's life at Hampstead--Hunt and Keats compared--Keats at Hunt's cottage--Prints in the library--The intercoronation scene--Sonnets of Hunt to Keats--Sonnets of Keats to Hunt--Keats's penitence.

Clarke

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From this reading OCTOBER 1815-MARCH 1817: HOSPITAL STUDIES: POETICAL AMBITIONS: LEIGH HUNT Hospital days: summary--Aptitudes and ambitions--Teachers--Testimony of Henry Stephens--Pride and other characteristics--Evidences of a wandering mind--Services of Cowden Clarke--Introduction to Leigh Hunt--Summer walks at Hampstead--Holiday epistles from Margate--Return to London--First reading of Chapman's Homer--Date of the Chapman sonnet--Intimacy with Leigh Hunt--The _Examiner_: Hunt's imprisonment--His visitors in captivity--His occupations--_The Feast of the poets_--Hunt's personality and charm--His ideas of poetical reform--_The story of Rimini_--Its popularity--Dante and namby-pamby--Hunt's life at Hampstead--Hunt and Keats compared--Keats at Hunt's cottage--Prints in the library--The intercoronation scene--Sonnets of Hunt to Keats--Sonnets of Keats to Hunt--Keats's penitence.

closeadjectiveUS /kloʊs/

at or within a short distance in space or time or having elements near each other

From this reading At the close of his first six months' term, March 3, 1816, he entered for a further term of twelve months.

comparedverbUS /kəmˈperd/

past form of “compare” — examine and note the similarities or differences of

From this reading OCTOBER 1815-MARCH 1817: HOSPITAL STUDIES: POETICAL AMBITIONS: LEIGH HUNT Hospital days: summary--Aptitudes and ambitions--Teachers--Testimony of Henry Stephens--Pride and other characteristics--Evidences of a wandering mind--Services of Cowden Clarke--Introduction to Leigh Hunt--Summer walks at Hampstead--Holiday epistles from Margate--Return to London--First reading of Chapman's Homer--Date of the Chapman sonnet--Intimacy with Leigh Hunt--The _Examiner_: Hunt's imprisonment--His visitors in captivity--His occupations--_The Feast of the poets_--Hunt's personality and charm--His ideas of poetical reform--_The story of Rimini_--Its popularity--Dante and namby-pamby--Hunt's life at Hampstead--Hunt and Keats compared--Keats at Hunt's cottage--Prints in the library--The intercoronation scene--Sonnets of Hunt to Keats--Sonnets of Keats to Hunt--Keats's penitence.

cottagenounUS /ˈkɑːtədʒ/

a small house with a single story

From this reading OCTOBER 1815-MARCH 1817: HOSPITAL STUDIES: POETICAL AMBITIONS: LEIGH HUNT Hospital days: summary--Aptitudes and ambitions--Teachers--Testimony of Henry Stephens--Pride and other characteristics--Evidences of a wandering mind--Services of Cowden Clarke--Introduction to Leigh Hunt--Summer walks at Hampstead--Holiday epistles from Margate--Return to London--First reading of Chapman's Homer--Date of the Chapman sonnet--Intimacy with Leigh Hunt--The _Examiner_: Hunt's imprisonment--His visitors in captivity--His occupations--_The Feast of the poets_--Hunt's personality and charm--His ideas of poetical reform--_The story of Rimini_--Its popularity--Dante and namby-pamby--Hunt's life at Hampstead--Hunt and Keats compared--Keats at Hunt's cottage--Prints in the library--The intercoronation scene--Sonnets of Hunt to Keats--Sonnets of Keats to Hunt--Keats's penitence.

Cowden

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From this reading OCTOBER 1815-MARCH 1817: HOSPITAL STUDIES: POETICAL AMBITIONS: LEIGH HUNT Hospital days: summary--Aptitudes and ambitions--Teachers--Testimony of Henry Stephens--Pride and other characteristics--Evidences of a wandering mind--Services of Cowden Clarke--Introduction to Leigh Hunt--Summer walks at Hampstead--Holiday epistles from Margate--Return to London--First reading of Chapman's Homer--Date of the Chapman sonnet--Intimacy with Leigh Hunt--The _Examiner_: Hunt's imprisonment--His visitors in captivity--His occupations--_The Feast of the poets_--Hunt's personality and charm--His ideas of poetical reform--_The story of Rimini_--Its popularity--Dante and namby-pamby--Hunt's life at Hampstead--Hunt and Keats compared--Keats at Hunt's cottage--Prints in the library--The intercoronation scene--Sonnets of Hunt to Keats--Sonnets of Keats to Hunt--Keats's penitence.

DantenounUS /ˈdɑːnteɪ/

an Italian poet famous for writing the Divine Comedy that describes a journey through Hell and purgatory and paradise guided by Virgil and his idealized Beatrice (1265-1321)

From this reading OCTOBER 1815-MARCH 1817: HOSPITAL STUDIES: POETICAL AMBITIONS: LEIGH HUNT Hospital days: summary--Aptitudes and ambitions--Teachers--Testimony of Henry Stephens--Pride and other characteristics--Evidences of a wandering mind--Services of Cowden Clarke--Introduction to Leigh Hunt--Summer walks at Hampstead--Holiday epistles from Margate--Return to London--First reading of Chapman's Homer--Date of the Chapman sonnet--Intimacy with Leigh Hunt--The _Examiner_: Hunt's imprisonment--His visitors in captivity--His occupations--_The Feast of the poets_--Hunt's personality and charm--His ideas of poetical reform--_The story of Rimini_--Its popularity--Dante and namby-pamby--Hunt's life at Hampstead--Hunt and Keats compared--Keats at Hunt's cottage--Prints in the library--The intercoronation scene--Sonnets of Hunt to Keats--Sonnets of Keats to Hunt--Keats's penitence.

DatenounUS /deɪt/

the specified day of the month

From this reading OCTOBER 1815-MARCH 1817: HOSPITAL STUDIES: POETICAL AMBITIONS: LEIGH HUNT Hospital days: summary--Aptitudes and ambitions--Teachers--Testimony of Henry Stephens--Pride and other characteristics--Evidences of a wandering mind--Services of Cowden Clarke--Introduction to Leigh Hunt--Summer walks at Hampstead--Holiday epistles from Margate--Return to London--First reading of Chapman's Homer--Date of the Chapman sonnet--Intimacy with Leigh Hunt--The _Examiner_: Hunt's imprisonment--His visitors in captivity--His occupations--_The Feast of the poets_--Hunt's personality and charm--His ideas of poetical reform--_The story of Rimini_--Its popularity--Dante and namby-pamby--Hunt's life at Hampstead--Hunt and Keats compared--Keats at Hunt's cottage--Prints in the library--The intercoronation scene--Sonnets of Hunt to Keats--Sonnets of Keats to Hunt--Keats's penitence.

daysnounUS /deɪz/

the time during which someone's life continues

From this reading OCTOBER 1815-MARCH 1817: HOSPITAL STUDIES: POETICAL AMBITIONS: LEIGH HUNT Hospital days: summary--Aptitudes and ambitions--Teachers--Testimony of Henry Stephens--Pride and other characteristics--Evidences of a wandering mind--Services of Cowden Clarke--Introduction to Leigh Hunt--Summer walks at Hampstead--Holiday epistles from Margate--Return to London--First reading of Chapman's Homer--Date of the Chapman sonnet--Intimacy with Leigh Hunt--The _Examiner_: Hunt's imprisonment--His visitors in captivity--His occupations--_The Feast of the poets_--Hunt's personality and charm--His ideas of poetical reform--_The story of Rimini_--Its popularity--Dante and namby-pamby--Hunt's life at Hampstead--Hunt and Keats compared--Keats at Hunt's cottage--Prints in the library--The intercoronation scene--Sonnets of Hunt to Keats--Sonnets of Keats to Hunt--Keats's penitence.

dressernounUS /ˈdresər/

furniture with drawers for keeping clothes

From this reading Four weeks later he was appointed dresser to one of the hospital surgeons, Mr Lucas.

enteredverbUS /ˈentərd/

past form of “enter” — to come or go into

From this reading His name, as we have said, was entered at Guy's as a six months' student (surgeon's pupil) on October 1, 1815, a month before his twentieth birthday.

epistles

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From this reading OCTOBER 1815-MARCH 1817: HOSPITAL STUDIES: POETICAL AMBITIONS: LEIGH HUNT Hospital days: summary--Aptitudes and ambitions--Teachers--Testimony of Henry Stephens--Pride and other characteristics--Evidences of a wandering mind--Services of Cowden Clarke--Introduction to Leigh Hunt--Summer walks at Hampstead--Holiday epistles from Margate--Return to London--First reading of Chapman's Homer--Date of the Chapman sonnet--Intimacy with Leigh Hunt--The _Examiner_: Hunt's imprisonment--His visitors in captivity--His occupations--_The Feast of the poets_--Hunt's personality and charm--His ideas of poetical reform--_The story of Rimini_--Its popularity--Dante and namby-pamby--Hunt's life at Hampstead--Hunt and Keats compared--Keats at Hunt's cottage--Prints in the library--The intercoronation scene--Sonnets of Hunt to Keats--Sonnets of Keats to Hunt--Keats's penitence.

EvidencesnounUS /ˈevədənsəz/

plural of “evidence” — your basis for belief or disbelief; knowledge on which to base belief

From this reading OCTOBER 1815-MARCH 1817: HOSPITAL STUDIES: POETICAL AMBITIONS: LEIGH HUNT Hospital days: summary--Aptitudes and ambitions--Teachers--Testimony of Henry Stephens--Pride and other characteristics--Evidences of a wandering mind--Services of Cowden Clarke--Introduction to Leigh Hunt--Summer walks at Hampstead--Holiday epistles from Margate--Return to London--First reading of Chapman's Homer--Date of the Chapman sonnet--Intimacy with Leigh Hunt--The _Examiner_: Hunt's imprisonment--His visitors in captivity--His occupations--_The Feast of the poets_--Hunt's personality and charm--His ideas of poetical reform--_The story of Rimini_--Its popularity--Dante and namby-pamby--Hunt's life at Hampstead--Hunt and Keats compared--Keats at Hunt's cottage--Prints in the library--The intercoronation scene--Sonnets of Hunt to Keats--Sonnets of Keats to Hunt--Keats's penitence.

ExaminernounUS /ɪɡˈzæmənər/

someone who administers a test to determine your qualifications

From this reading OCTOBER 1815-MARCH 1817: HOSPITAL STUDIES: POETICAL AMBITIONS: LEIGH HUNT Hospital days: summary--Aptitudes and ambitions--Teachers--Testimony of Henry Stephens--Pride and other characteristics--Evidences of a wandering mind--Services of Cowden Clarke--Introduction to Leigh Hunt--Summer walks at Hampstead--Holiday epistles from Margate--Return to London--First reading of Chapman's Homer--Date of the Chapman sonnet--Intimacy with Leigh Hunt--The _Examiner_: Hunt's imprisonment--His visitors in captivity--His occupations--_The Feast of the poets_--Hunt's personality and charm--His ideas of poetical reform--_The story of Rimini_--Its popularity--Dante and namby-pamby--Hunt's life at Hampstead--Hunt and Keats compared--Keats at Hunt's cottage--Prints in the library--The intercoronation scene--Sonnets of Hunt to Keats--Sonnets of Keats to Hunt--Keats's penitence.

externaladjectiveUS /ɪkˈstɜːrnəl/

happening or arising or located outside or beyond some limits or especially surface

From this reading The external and technical facts of Keats's life as a medical student are these.

factsnounUS /fækts/

plural of “fact” — a piece of information about circumstances that exist or events that have occurred

From this reading The external and technical facts of Keats's life as a medical student are these.

FeastnounUS /fiːst/

a ceremonial dinner party for many people

From this reading OCTOBER 1815-MARCH 1817: HOSPITAL STUDIES: POETICAL AMBITIONS: LEIGH HUNT Hospital days: summary--Aptitudes and ambitions--Teachers--Testimony of Henry Stephens--Pride and other characteristics--Evidences of a wandering mind--Services of Cowden Clarke--Introduction to Leigh Hunt--Summer walks at Hampstead--Holiday epistles from Margate--Return to London--First reading of Chapman's Homer--Date of the Chapman sonnet--Intimacy with Leigh Hunt--The _Examiner_: Hunt's imprisonment--His visitors in captivity--His occupations--_The Feast of the poets_--Hunt's personality and charm--His ideas of poetical reform--_The story of Rimini_--Its popularity--Dante and namby-pamby--Hunt's life at Hampstead--Hunt and Keats compared--Keats at Hunt's cottage--Prints in the library--The intercoronation scene--Sonnets of Hunt to Keats--Sonnets of Keats to Hunt--Keats's penitence.

FirstadjectiveUS /fɜːrst/

preceding all others in time or space or degree

From this reading OCTOBER 1815-MARCH 1817: HOSPITAL STUDIES: POETICAL AMBITIONS: LEIGH HUNT Hospital days: summary--Aptitudes and ambitions--Teachers--Testimony of Henry Stephens--Pride and other characteristics--Evidences of a wandering mind--Services of Cowden Clarke--Introduction to Leigh Hunt--Summer walks at Hampstead--Holiday epistles from Margate--Return to London--First reading of Chapman's Homer--Date of the Chapman sonnet--Intimacy with Leigh Hunt--The _Examiner_: Hunt's imprisonment--His visitors in captivity--His occupations--_The Feast of the poets_--Hunt's personality and charm--His ideas of poetical reform--_The story of Rimini_--Its popularity--Dante and namby-pamby--Hunt's life at Hampstead--Hunt and Keats compared--Keats at Hunt's cottage--Prints in the library--The intercoronation scene--Sonnets of Hunt to Keats--Sonnets of Keats to Hunt--Keats's penitence.

forprepositionUS /fɔːr/

intended to be given to, or used by, somebody

From this reading At the close of his first six months' term, March 3, 1816, he entered for a further term of twelve months.

FournounUS /fɔːr/

the cardinal number that is the sum of three and one

From this reading Four weeks later he was appointed dresser to one of the hospital surgeons, Mr Lucas.

fromprepositionUS /frʌm/

showing where something starts, or who sent it

From this reading OCTOBER 1815-MARCH 1817: HOSPITAL STUDIES: POETICAL AMBITIONS: LEIGH HUNT Hospital days: summary--Aptitudes and ambitions--Teachers--Testimony of Henry Stephens--Pride and other characteristics--Evidences of a wandering mind--Services of Cowden Clarke--Introduction to Leigh Hunt--Summer walks at Hampstead--Holiday epistles from Margate--Return to London--First reading of Chapman's Homer--Date of the Chapman sonnet--Intimacy with Leigh Hunt--The _Examiner_: Hunt's imprisonment--His visitors in captivity--His occupations--_The Feast of the poets_--Hunt's personality and charm--His ideas of poetical reform--_The story of Rimini_--Its popularity--Dante and namby-pamby--Hunt's life at Hampstead--Hunt and Keats compared--Keats at Hunt's cottage--Prints in the library--The intercoronation scene--Sonnets of Hunt to Keats--Sonnets of Keats to Hunt--Keats's penitence.

furtheradverbUS /ˈfɜːrðər/

to or at a greater extent or degree or a more advanced stage (“further” is used more often than “farther” in this abstract sense)

From this reading At the close of his first six months' term, March 3, 1816, he entered for a further term of twelve months.

Guy'snounUS /ɡaɪz/

possessive form of “guy” — an informal term for a youth or man

From this reading His name, as we have said, was entered at Guy's as a six months' student (surgeon's pupil) on October 1, 1815, a month before his twentieth birthday.

Hampstead

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From this reading OCTOBER 1815-MARCH 1817: HOSPITAL STUDIES: POETICAL AMBITIONS: LEIGH HUNT Hospital days: summary--Aptitudes and ambitions--Teachers--Testimony of Henry Stephens--Pride and other characteristics--Evidences of a wandering mind--Services of Cowden Clarke--Introduction to Leigh Hunt--Summer walks at Hampstead--Holiday epistles from Margate--Return to London--First reading of Chapman's Homer--Date of the Chapman sonnet--Intimacy with Leigh Hunt--The _Examiner_: Hunt's imprisonment--His visitors in captivity--His occupations--_The Feast of the poets_--Hunt's personality and charm--His ideas of poetical reform--_The story of Rimini_--Its popularity--Dante and namby-pamby--Hunt's life at Hampstead--Hunt and Keats compared--Keats at Hunt's cottage--Prints in the library--The intercoronation scene--Sonnets of Hunt to Keats--Sonnets of Keats to Hunt--Keats's penitence.

haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/

used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses

From this reading His name, as we have said, was entered at Guy's as a six months' student (surgeon's pupil) on October 1, 1815, a month before his twentieth birthday.

hepronounUS /hiː/

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

From this reading Four weeks later he was appointed dresser to one of the hospital surgeons, Mr Lucas.

HenrynounUS /ˈhenri/

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

From this reading OCTOBER 1815-MARCH 1817: HOSPITAL STUDIES: POETICAL AMBITIONS: LEIGH HUNT Hospital days: summary--Aptitudes and ambitions--Teachers--Testimony of Henry Stephens--Pride and other characteristics--Evidences of a wandering mind--Services of Cowden Clarke--Introduction to Leigh Hunt--Summer walks at Hampstead--Holiday epistles from Margate--Return to London--First reading of Chapman's Homer--Date of the Chapman sonnet--Intimacy with Leigh Hunt--The _Examiner_: Hunt's imprisonment--His visitors in captivity--His occupations--_The Feast of the poets_--Hunt's personality and charm--His ideas of poetical reform--_The story of Rimini_--Its popularity--Dante and namby-pamby--Hunt's life at Hampstead--Hunt and Keats compared--Keats at Hunt's cottage--Prints in the library--The intercoronation scene--Sonnets of Hunt to Keats--Sonnets of Keats to Hunt--Keats's penitence.

HisdeterminerUS /hɪz/

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

From this reading OCTOBER 1815-MARCH 1817: HOSPITAL STUDIES: POETICAL AMBITIONS: LEIGH HUNT Hospital days: summary--Aptitudes and ambitions--Teachers--Testimony of Henry Stephens--Pride and other characteristics--Evidences of a wandering mind--Services of Cowden Clarke--Introduction to Leigh Hunt--Summer walks at Hampstead--Holiday epistles from Margate--Return to London--First reading of Chapman's Homer--Date of the Chapman sonnet--Intimacy with Leigh Hunt--The _Examiner_: Hunt's imprisonment--His visitors in captivity--His occupations--_The Feast of the poets_--Hunt's personality and charm--His ideas of poetical reform--_The story of Rimini_--Its popularity--Dante and namby-pamby--Hunt's life at Hampstead--Hunt and Keats compared--Keats at Hunt's cottage--Prints in the library--The intercoronation scene--Sonnets of Hunt to Keats--Sonnets of Keats to Hunt--Keats's penitence.

HolidaynounUS /ˈhɑːlədeɪ/

leisure time away from work devoted to rest or pleasure

From this reading OCTOBER 1815-MARCH 1817: HOSPITAL STUDIES: POETICAL AMBITIONS: LEIGH HUNT Hospital days: summary--Aptitudes and ambitions--Teachers--Testimony of Henry Stephens--Pride and other characteristics--Evidences of a wandering mind--Services of Cowden Clarke--Introduction to Leigh Hunt--Summer walks at Hampstead--Holiday epistles from Margate--Return to London--First reading of Chapman's Homer--Date of the Chapman sonnet--Intimacy with Leigh Hunt--The _Examiner_: Hunt's imprisonment--His visitors in captivity--His occupations--_The Feast of the poets_--Hunt's personality and charm--His ideas of poetical reform--_The story of Rimini_--Its popularity--Dante and namby-pamby--Hunt's life at Hampstead--Hunt and Keats compared--Keats at Hunt's cottage--Prints in the library--The intercoronation scene--Sonnets of Hunt to Keats--Sonnets of Keats to Hunt--Keats's penitence.

HomernounUS /ˈhoʊmər/

a base hit on which the batter scores a run

From this reading OCTOBER 1815-MARCH 1817: HOSPITAL STUDIES: POETICAL AMBITIONS: LEIGH HUNT Hospital days: summary--Aptitudes and ambitions--Teachers--Testimony of Henry Stephens--Pride and other characteristics--Evidences of a wandering mind--Services of Cowden Clarke--Introduction to Leigh Hunt--Summer walks at Hampstead--Holiday epistles from Margate--Return to London--First reading of Chapman's Homer--Date of the Chapman sonnet--Intimacy with Leigh Hunt--The _Examiner_: Hunt's imprisonment--His visitors in captivity--His occupations--_The Feast of the poets_--Hunt's personality and charm--His ideas of poetical reform--_The story of Rimini_--Its popularity--Dante and namby-pamby--Hunt's life at Hampstead--Hunt and Keats compared--Keats at Hunt's cottage--Prints in the library--The intercoronation scene--Sonnets of Hunt to Keats--Sonnets of Keats to Hunt--Keats's penitence.

HOSPITALnounUS /ˈhɑːspɪtəl/

a health facility where patients receive treatment

From this reading OCTOBER 1815-MARCH 1817: HOSPITAL STUDIES: POETICAL AMBITIONS: LEIGH HUNT Hospital days: summary--Aptitudes and ambitions--Teachers--Testimony of Henry Stephens--Pride and other characteristics--Evidences of a wandering mind--Services of Cowden Clarke--Introduction to Leigh Hunt--Summer walks at Hampstead--Holiday epistles from Margate--Return to London--First reading of Chapman's Homer--Date of the Chapman sonnet--Intimacy with Leigh Hunt--The _Examiner_: Hunt's imprisonment--His visitors in captivity--His occupations--_The Feast of the poets_--Hunt's personality and charm--His ideas of poetical reform--_The story of Rimini_--Its popularity--Dante and namby-pamby--Hunt's life at Hampstead--Hunt and Keats compared--Keats at Hunt's cottage--Prints in the library--The intercoronation scene--Sonnets of Hunt to Keats--Sonnets of Keats to Hunt--Keats's penitence.

HUNTverbUS /hʌnt/

pursue for food or sport (as of wild animals)

From this reading OCTOBER 1815-MARCH 1817: HOSPITAL STUDIES: POETICAL AMBITIONS: LEIGH HUNT Hospital days: summary--Aptitudes and ambitions--Teachers--Testimony of Henry Stephens--Pride and other characteristics--Evidences of a wandering mind--Services of Cowden Clarke--Introduction to Leigh Hunt--Summer walks at Hampstead--Holiday epistles from Margate--Return to London--First reading of Chapman's Homer--Date of the Chapman sonnet--Intimacy with Leigh Hunt--The _Examiner_: Hunt's imprisonment--His visitors in captivity--His occupations--_The Feast of the poets_--Hunt's personality and charm--His ideas of poetical reform--_The story of Rimini_--Its popularity--Dante and namby-pamby--Hunt's life at Hampstead--Hunt and Keats compared--Keats at Hunt's cottage--Prints in the library--The intercoronation scene--Sonnets of Hunt to Keats--Sonnets of Keats to Hunt--Keats's penitence.

Hunt'snounUS /hʌnts/

possessive form of “hunt” — Englishman and Pre-Raphaelite painter (1827-1910)

From this reading OCTOBER 1815-MARCH 1817: HOSPITAL STUDIES: POETICAL AMBITIONS: LEIGH HUNT Hospital days: summary--Aptitudes and ambitions--Teachers--Testimony of Henry Stephens--Pride and other characteristics--Evidences of a wandering mind--Services of Cowden Clarke--Introduction to Leigh Hunt--Summer walks at Hampstead--Holiday epistles from Margate--Return to London--First reading of Chapman's Homer--Date of the Chapman sonnet--Intimacy with Leigh Hunt--The _Examiner_: Hunt's imprisonment--His visitors in captivity--His occupations--_The Feast of the poets_--Hunt's personality and charm--His ideas of poetical reform--_The story of Rimini_--Its popularity--Dante and namby-pamby--Hunt's life at Hampstead--Hunt and Keats compared--Keats at Hunt's cottage--Prints in the library--The intercoronation scene--Sonnets of Hunt to Keats--Sonnets of Keats to Hunt--Keats's penitence.

ideasnounUS /aɪˈdiːəz/

plural of “idea” — the content of cognition; the main thing you are thinking about

From this reading OCTOBER 1815-MARCH 1817: HOSPITAL STUDIES: POETICAL AMBITIONS: LEIGH HUNT Hospital days: summary--Aptitudes and ambitions--Teachers--Testimony of Henry Stephens--Pride and other characteristics--Evidences of a wandering mind--Services of Cowden Clarke--Introduction to Leigh Hunt--Summer walks at Hampstead--Holiday epistles from Margate--Return to London--First reading of Chapman's Homer--Date of the Chapman sonnet--Intimacy with Leigh Hunt--The _Examiner_: Hunt's imprisonment--His visitors in captivity--His occupations--_The Feast of the poets_--Hunt's personality and charm--His ideas of poetical reform--_The story of Rimini_--Its popularity--Dante and namby-pamby--Hunt's life at Hampstead--Hunt and Keats compared--Keats at Hunt's cottage--Prints in the library--The intercoronation scene--Sonnets of Hunt to Keats--Sonnets of Keats to Hunt--Keats's penitence.

imprisonmentnounUS /ˌɪmˈprɪzənmənt/

putting someone in prison or in jail as lawful punishment

From this reading OCTOBER 1815-MARCH 1817: HOSPITAL STUDIES: POETICAL AMBITIONS: LEIGH HUNT Hospital days: summary--Aptitudes and ambitions--Teachers--Testimony of Henry Stephens--Pride and other characteristics--Evidences of a wandering mind--Services of Cowden Clarke--Introduction to Leigh Hunt--Summer walks at Hampstead--Holiday epistles from Margate--Return to London--First reading of Chapman's Homer--Date of the Chapman sonnet--Intimacy with Leigh Hunt--The _Examiner_: Hunt's imprisonment--His visitors in captivity--His occupations--_The Feast of the poets_--Hunt's personality and charm--His ideas of poetical reform--_The story of Rimini_--Its popularity--Dante and namby-pamby--Hunt's life at Hampstead--Hunt and Keats compared--Keats at Hunt's cottage--Prints in the library--The intercoronation scene--Sonnets of Hunt to Keats--Sonnets of Keats to Hunt--Keats's penitence.

inprepositionUS /ɪn/

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

From this reading OCTOBER 1815-MARCH 1817: HOSPITAL STUDIES: POETICAL AMBITIONS: LEIGH HUNT Hospital days: summary--Aptitudes and ambitions--Teachers--Testimony of Henry Stephens--Pride and other characteristics--Evidences of a wandering mind--Services of Cowden Clarke--Introduction to Leigh Hunt--Summer walks at Hampstead--Holiday epistles from Margate--Return to London--First reading of Chapman's Homer--Date of the Chapman sonnet--Intimacy with Leigh Hunt--The _Examiner_: Hunt's imprisonment--His visitors in captivity--His occupations--_The Feast of the poets_--Hunt's personality and charm--His ideas of poetical reform--_The story of Rimini_--Its popularity--Dante and namby-pamby--Hunt's life at Hampstead--Hunt and Keats compared--Keats at Hunt's cottage--Prints in the library--The intercoronation scene--Sonnets of Hunt to Keats--Sonnets of Keats to Hunt--Keats's penitence.

intercoronation

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From this reading OCTOBER 1815-MARCH 1817: HOSPITAL STUDIES: POETICAL AMBITIONS: LEIGH HUNT Hospital days: summary--Aptitudes and ambitions--Teachers--Testimony of Henry Stephens--Pride and other characteristics--Evidences of a wandering mind--Services of Cowden Clarke--Introduction to Leigh Hunt--Summer walks at Hampstead--Holiday epistles from Margate--Return to London--First reading of Chapman's Homer--Date of the Chapman sonnet--Intimacy with Leigh Hunt--The _Examiner_: Hunt's imprisonment--His visitors in captivity--His occupations--_The Feast of the poets_--Hunt's personality and charm--His ideas of poetical reform--_The story of Rimini_--Its popularity--Dante and namby-pamby--Hunt's life at Hampstead--Hunt and Keats compared--Keats at Hunt's cottage--Prints in the library--The intercoronation scene--Sonnets of Hunt to Keats--Sonnets of Keats to Hunt--Keats's penitence.

IntimacynounUS /ˈɪntəməsi/

close or warm friendship

From this reading OCTOBER 1815-MARCH 1817: HOSPITAL STUDIES: POETICAL AMBITIONS: LEIGH HUNT Hospital days: summary--Aptitudes and ambitions--Teachers--Testimony of Henry Stephens--Pride and other characteristics--Evidences of a wandering mind--Services of Cowden Clarke--Introduction to Leigh Hunt--Summer walks at Hampstead--Holiday epistles from Margate--Return to London--First reading of Chapman's Homer--Date of the Chapman sonnet--Intimacy with Leigh Hunt--The _Examiner_: Hunt's imprisonment--His visitors in captivity--His occupations--_The Feast of the poets_--Hunt's personality and charm--His ideas of poetical reform--_The story of Rimini_--Its popularity--Dante and namby-pamby--Hunt's life at Hampstead--Hunt and Keats compared--Keats at Hunt's cottage--Prints in the library--The intercoronation scene--Sonnets of Hunt to Keats--Sonnets of Keats to Hunt--Keats's penitence.

IntroductionnounUS /ˌɪntrəˈdʌkʃən/

the act of beginning something new

From this reading OCTOBER 1815-MARCH 1817: HOSPITAL STUDIES: POETICAL AMBITIONS: LEIGH HUNT Hospital days: summary--Aptitudes and ambitions--Teachers--Testimony of Henry Stephens--Pride and other characteristics--Evidences of a wandering mind--Services of Cowden Clarke--Introduction to Leigh Hunt--Summer walks at Hampstead--Holiday epistles from Margate--Return to London--First reading of Chapman's Homer--Date of the Chapman sonnet--Intimacy with Leigh Hunt--The _Examiner_: Hunt's imprisonment--His visitors in captivity--His occupations--_The Feast of the poets_--Hunt's personality and charm--His ideas of poetical reform--_The story of Rimini_--Its popularity--Dante and namby-pamby--Hunt's life at Hampstead--Hunt and Keats compared--Keats at Hunt's cottage--Prints in the library--The intercoronation scene--Sonnets of Hunt to Keats--Sonnets of Keats to Hunt--Keats's penitence.

ItsdeterminerUS /ɪts/

belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned

From this reading OCTOBER 1815-MARCH 1817: HOSPITAL STUDIES: POETICAL AMBITIONS: LEIGH HUNT Hospital days: summary--Aptitudes and ambitions--Teachers--Testimony of Henry Stephens--Pride and other characteristics--Evidences of a wandering mind--Services of Cowden Clarke--Introduction to Leigh Hunt--Summer walks at Hampstead--Holiday epistles from Margate--Return to London--First reading of Chapman's Homer--Date of the Chapman sonnet--Intimacy with Leigh Hunt--The _Examiner_: Hunt's imprisonment--His visitors in captivity--His occupations--_The Feast of the poets_--Hunt's personality and charm--His ideas of poetical reform--_The story of Rimini_--Its popularity--Dante and namby-pamby--Hunt's life at Hampstead--Hunt and Keats compared--Keats at Hunt's cottage--Prints in the library--The intercoronation scene--Sonnets of Hunt to Keats--Sonnets of Keats to Hunt--Keats's penitence.

KeatsnounUS /kiːts/

Englishman and romantic poet (1795-1821)

From this reading OCTOBER 1815-MARCH 1817: HOSPITAL STUDIES: POETICAL AMBITIONS: LEIGH HUNT Hospital days: summary--Aptitudes and ambitions--Teachers--Testimony of Henry Stephens--Pride and other characteristics--Evidences of a wandering mind--Services of Cowden Clarke--Introduction to Leigh Hunt--Summer walks at Hampstead--Holiday epistles from Margate--Return to London--First reading of Chapman's Homer--Date of the Chapman sonnet--Intimacy with Leigh Hunt--The _Examiner_: Hunt's imprisonment--His visitors in captivity--His occupations--_The Feast of the poets_--Hunt's personality and charm--His ideas of poetical reform--_The story of Rimini_--Its popularity--Dante and namby-pamby--Hunt's life at Hampstead--Hunt and Keats compared--Keats at Hunt's cottage--Prints in the library--The intercoronation scene--Sonnets of Hunt to Keats--Sonnets of Keats to Hunt--Keats's penitence.

Keats's

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From this reading OCTOBER 1815-MARCH 1817: HOSPITAL STUDIES: POETICAL AMBITIONS: LEIGH HUNT Hospital days: summary--Aptitudes and ambitions--Teachers--Testimony of Henry Stephens--Pride and other characteristics--Evidences of a wandering mind--Services of Cowden Clarke--Introduction to Leigh Hunt--Summer walks at Hampstead--Holiday epistles from Margate--Return to London--First reading of Chapman's Homer--Date of the Chapman sonnet--Intimacy with Leigh Hunt--The _Examiner_: Hunt's imprisonment--His visitors in captivity--His occupations--_The Feast of the poets_--Hunt's personality and charm--His ideas of poetical reform--_The story of Rimini_--Its popularity--Dante and namby-pamby--Hunt's life at Hampstead--Hunt and Keats compared--Keats at Hunt's cottage--Prints in the library--The intercoronation scene--Sonnets of Hunt to Keats--Sonnets of Keats to Hunt--Keats's penitence.

lateradverbUS /ˈleɪtər/

happening at a time subsequent to a reference time

From this reading Four weeks later he was appointed dresser to one of the hospital surgeons, Mr Lucas.

LEIGHnounUS /liː/

English film actress (1913-1967)

From this reading OCTOBER 1815-MARCH 1817: HOSPITAL STUDIES: POETICAL AMBITIONS: LEIGH HUNT Hospital days: summary--Aptitudes and ambitions--Teachers--Testimony of Henry Stephens--Pride and other characteristics--Evidences of a wandering mind--Services of Cowden Clarke--Introduction to Leigh Hunt--Summer walks at Hampstead--Holiday epistles from Margate--Return to London--First reading of Chapman's Homer--Date of the Chapman sonnet--Intimacy with Leigh Hunt--The _Examiner_: Hunt's imprisonment--His visitors in captivity--His occupations--_The Feast of the poets_--Hunt's personality and charm--His ideas of poetical reform--_The story of Rimini_--Its popularity--Dante and namby-pamby--Hunt's life at Hampstead--Hunt and Keats compared--Keats at Hunt's cottage--Prints in the library--The intercoronation scene--Sonnets of Hunt to Keats--Sonnets of Keats to Hunt--Keats's penitence.

librarynounUS /ˈlaɪbreriː/

a room where books are kept

From this reading OCTOBER 1815-MARCH 1817: HOSPITAL STUDIES: POETICAL AMBITIONS: LEIGH HUNT Hospital days: summary--Aptitudes and ambitions--Teachers--Testimony of Henry Stephens--Pride and other characteristics--Evidences of a wandering mind--Services of Cowden Clarke--Introduction to Leigh Hunt--Summer walks at Hampstead--Holiday epistles from Margate--Return to London--First reading of Chapman's Homer--Date of the Chapman sonnet--Intimacy with Leigh Hunt--The _Examiner_: Hunt's imprisonment--His visitors in captivity--His occupations--_The Feast of the poets_--Hunt's personality and charm--His ideas of poetical reform--_The story of Rimini_--Its popularity--Dante and namby-pamby--Hunt's life at Hampstead--Hunt and Keats compared--Keats at Hunt's cottage--Prints in the library--The intercoronation scene--Sonnets of Hunt to Keats--Sonnets of Keats to Hunt--Keats's penitence.

lifenounUS /laɪf/

a characteristic state or mode of living

From this reading OCTOBER 1815-MARCH 1817: HOSPITAL STUDIES: POETICAL AMBITIONS: LEIGH HUNT Hospital days: summary--Aptitudes and ambitions--Teachers--Testimony of Henry Stephens--Pride and other characteristics--Evidences of a wandering mind--Services of Cowden Clarke--Introduction to Leigh Hunt--Summer walks at Hampstead--Holiday epistles from Margate--Return to London--First reading of Chapman's Homer--Date of the Chapman sonnet--Intimacy with Leigh Hunt--The _Examiner_: Hunt's imprisonment--His visitors in captivity--His occupations--_The Feast of the poets_--Hunt's personality and charm--His ideas of poetical reform--_The story of Rimini_--Its popularity--Dante and namby-pamby--Hunt's life at Hampstead--Hunt and Keats compared--Keats at Hunt's cottage--Prints in the library--The intercoronation scene--Sonnets of Hunt to Keats--Sonnets of Keats to Hunt--Keats's penitence.

LondonnounUS /ˈlʌndən/

the capital and largest city of England; located on the Thames in southeastern England; financial and industrial and cultural center

From this reading OCTOBER 1815-MARCH 1817: HOSPITAL STUDIES: POETICAL AMBITIONS: LEIGH HUNT Hospital days: summary--Aptitudes and ambitions--Teachers--Testimony of Henry Stephens--Pride and other characteristics--Evidences of a wandering mind--Services of Cowden Clarke--Introduction to Leigh Hunt--Summer walks at Hampstead--Holiday epistles from Margate--Return to London--First reading of Chapman's Homer--Date of the Chapman sonnet--Intimacy with Leigh Hunt--The _Examiner_: Hunt's imprisonment--His visitors in captivity--His occupations--_The Feast of the poets_--Hunt's personality and charm--His ideas of poetical reform--_The story of Rimini_--Its popularity--Dante and namby-pamby--Hunt's life at Hampstead--Hunt and Keats compared--Keats at Hunt's cottage--Prints in the library--The intercoronation scene--Sonnets of Hunt to Keats--Sonnets of Keats to Hunt--Keats's penitence.

LucasnounUS /ˈluːkəs/

United States screenwriter and filmmaker (born in 1944)

From this reading Four weeks later he was appointed dresser to one of the hospital surgeons, Mr Lucas.

MARCHverbUS /mɑːrtʃ/

march in a procession

From this reading OCTOBER 1815-MARCH 1817: HOSPITAL STUDIES: POETICAL AMBITIONS: LEIGH HUNT Hospital days: summary--Aptitudes and ambitions--Teachers--Testimony of Henry Stephens--Pride and other characteristics--Evidences of a wandering mind--Services of Cowden Clarke--Introduction to Leigh Hunt--Summer walks at Hampstead--Holiday epistles from Margate--Return to London--First reading of Chapman's Homer--Date of the Chapman sonnet--Intimacy with Leigh Hunt--The _Examiner_: Hunt's imprisonment--His visitors in captivity--His occupations--_The Feast of the poets_--Hunt's personality and charm--His ideas of poetical reform--_The story of Rimini_--Its popularity--Dante and namby-pamby--Hunt's life at Hampstead--Hunt and Keats compared--Keats at Hunt's cottage--Prints in the library--The intercoronation scene--Sonnets of Hunt to Keats--Sonnets of Keats to Hunt--Keats's penitence.

Margatenoun

a grunt with a red mouth that is found from Florida to Brazil

From this reading OCTOBER 1815-MARCH 1817: HOSPITAL STUDIES: POETICAL AMBITIONS: LEIGH HUNT Hospital days: summary--Aptitudes and ambitions--Teachers--Testimony of Henry Stephens--Pride and other characteristics--Evidences of a wandering mind--Services of Cowden Clarke--Introduction to Leigh Hunt--Summer walks at Hampstead--Holiday epistles from Margate--Return to London--First reading of Chapman's Homer--Date of the Chapman sonnet--Intimacy with Leigh Hunt--The _Examiner_: Hunt's imprisonment--His visitors in captivity--His occupations--_The Feast of the poets_--Hunt's personality and charm--His ideas of poetical reform--_The story of Rimini_--Its popularity--Dante and namby-pamby--Hunt's life at Hampstead--Hunt and Keats compared--Keats at Hunt's cottage--Prints in the library--The intercoronation scene--Sonnets of Hunt to Keats--Sonnets of Keats to Hunt--Keats's penitence.

medicaladjectiveUS /ˈmedəkəl/

relating to the study or practice of medicine

From this reading The external and technical facts of Keats's life as a medical student are these.

mindnounUS /maɪnd/

The element of a person that enables awareness and thought.

From this reading OCTOBER 1815-MARCH 1817: HOSPITAL STUDIES: POETICAL AMBITIONS: LEIGH HUNT Hospital days: summary--Aptitudes and ambitions--Teachers--Testimony of Henry Stephens--Pride and other characteristics--Evidences of a wandering mind--Services of Cowden Clarke--Introduction to Leigh Hunt--Summer walks at Hampstead--Holiday epistles from Margate--Return to London--First reading of Chapman's Homer--Date of the Chapman sonnet--Intimacy with Leigh Hunt--The _Examiner_: Hunt's imprisonment--His visitors in captivity--His occupations--_The Feast of the poets_--Hunt's personality and charm--His ideas of poetical reform--_The story of Rimini_--Its popularity--Dante and namby-pamby--Hunt's life at Hampstead--Hunt and Keats compared--Keats at Hunt's cottage--Prints in the library--The intercoronation scene--Sonnets of Hunt to Keats--Sonnets of Keats to Hunt--Keats's penitence.

monthnounUS /mʌnθ/

one of the twelve divisions of the calendar year

From this reading His name, as we have said, was entered at Guy's as a six months' student (surgeon's pupil) on October 1, 1815, a month before his twentieth birthday.

monthsnounUS /mʌnθs/

plural of “month” — one of the twelve divisions of the calendar year

From this reading His name, as we have said, was entered at Guy's as a six months' student (surgeon's pupil) on October 1, 1815, a month before his twentieth birthday.

MrnounUS /ˈmɪstər/

a form of address for a man

From this reading Four weeks later he was appointed dresser to one of the hospital surgeons, Mr Lucas.

namby-pambynounUS /ˈnæmbiˈpæmbi/

an insipid weakling who is foolishly sentimental

From this reading OCTOBER 1815-MARCH 1817: HOSPITAL STUDIES: POETICAL AMBITIONS: LEIGH HUNT Hospital days: summary--Aptitudes and ambitions--Teachers--Testimony of Henry Stephens--Pride and other characteristics--Evidences of a wandering mind--Services of Cowden Clarke--Introduction to Leigh Hunt--Summer walks at Hampstead--Holiday epistles from Margate--Return to London--First reading of Chapman's Homer--Date of the Chapman sonnet--Intimacy with Leigh Hunt--The _Examiner_: Hunt's imprisonment--His visitors in captivity--His occupations--_The Feast of the poets_--Hunt's personality and charm--His ideas of poetical reform--_The story of Rimini_--Its popularity--Dante and namby-pamby--Hunt's life at Hampstead--Hunt and Keats compared--Keats at Hunt's cottage--Prints in the library--The intercoronation scene--Sonnets of Hunt to Keats--Sonnets of Keats to Hunt--Keats's penitence.

nameverbUS /neɪm/

assign a specified (usually proper) proper name to

From this reading His name, as we have said, was entered at Guy's as a six months' student (surgeon's pupil) on October 1, 1815, a month before his twentieth birthday.

occupationsnounUS /ˌɑːkjəˈpeɪʃənz/

plural of “occupation” — the principal activity in your life that you do to earn money

From this reading OCTOBER 1815-MARCH 1817: HOSPITAL STUDIES: POETICAL AMBITIONS: LEIGH HUNT Hospital days: summary--Aptitudes and ambitions--Teachers--Testimony of Henry Stephens--Pride and other characteristics--Evidences of a wandering mind--Services of Cowden Clarke--Introduction to Leigh Hunt--Summer walks at Hampstead--Holiday epistles from Margate--Return to London--First reading of Chapman's Homer--Date of the Chapman sonnet--Intimacy with Leigh Hunt--The _Examiner_: Hunt's imprisonment--His visitors in captivity--His occupations--_The Feast of the poets_--Hunt's personality and charm--His ideas of poetical reform--_The story of Rimini_--Its popularity--Dante and namby-pamby--Hunt's life at Hampstead--Hunt and Keats compared--Keats at Hunt's cottage--Prints in the library--The intercoronation scene--Sonnets of Hunt to Keats--Sonnets of Keats to Hunt--Keats's penitence.

OCTOBERnounUS /ɑːkˈtoʊbər/

the month following September and preceding November

From this reading OCTOBER 1815-MARCH 1817: HOSPITAL STUDIES: POETICAL AMBITIONS: LEIGH HUNT Hospital days: summary--Aptitudes and ambitions--Teachers--Testimony of Henry Stephens--Pride and other characteristics--Evidences of a wandering mind--Services of Cowden Clarke--Introduction to Leigh Hunt--Summer walks at Hampstead--Holiday epistles from Margate--Return to London--First reading of Chapman's Homer--Date of the Chapman sonnet--Intimacy with Leigh Hunt--The _Examiner_: Hunt's imprisonment--His visitors in captivity--His occupations--_The Feast of the poets_--Hunt's personality and charm--His ideas of poetical reform--_The story of Rimini_--Its popularity--Dante and namby-pamby--Hunt's life at Hampstead--Hunt and Keats compared--Keats at Hunt's cottage--Prints in the library--The intercoronation scene--Sonnets of Hunt to Keats--Sonnets of Keats to Hunt--Keats's penitence.

ofprepositionUS /ʌv/

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

From this reading OCTOBER 1815-MARCH 1817: HOSPITAL STUDIES: POETICAL AMBITIONS: LEIGH HUNT Hospital days: summary--Aptitudes and ambitions--Teachers--Testimony of Henry Stephens--Pride and other characteristics--Evidences of a wandering mind--Services of Cowden Clarke--Introduction to Leigh Hunt--Summer walks at Hampstead--Holiday epistles from Margate--Return to London--First reading of Chapman's Homer--Date of the Chapman sonnet--Intimacy with Leigh Hunt--The _Examiner_: Hunt's imprisonment--His visitors in captivity--His occupations--_The Feast of the poets_--Hunt's personality and charm--His ideas of poetical reform--_The story of Rimini_--Its popularity--Dante and namby-pamby--Hunt's life at Hampstead--Hunt and Keats compared--Keats at Hunt's cottage--Prints in the library--The intercoronation scene--Sonnets of Hunt to Keats--Sonnets of Keats to Hunt--Keats's penitence.

onprepositionUS /ɑːn/

touching and supported by a surface

From this reading His name, as we have said, was entered at Guy's as a six months' student (surgeon's pupil) on October 1, 1815, a month before his twentieth birthday.

onepronounUS /wʌn/

used to mean any person in general, including the speaker

From this reading Four weeks later he was appointed dresser to one of the hospital surgeons, Mr Lucas.

otheradjectiveUS /ˈʌðər/

not the same one or ones already mentioned or implied

From this reading OCTOBER 1815-MARCH 1817: HOSPITAL STUDIES: POETICAL AMBITIONS: LEIGH HUNT Hospital days: summary--Aptitudes and ambitions--Teachers--Testimony of Henry Stephens--Pride and other characteristics--Evidences of a wandering mind--Services of Cowden Clarke--Introduction to Leigh Hunt--Summer walks at Hampstead--Holiday epistles from Margate--Return to London--First reading of Chapman's Homer--Date of the Chapman sonnet--Intimacy with Leigh Hunt--The _Examiner_: Hunt's imprisonment--His visitors in captivity--His occupations--_The Feast of the poets_--Hunt's personality and charm--His ideas of poetical reform--_The story of Rimini_--Its popularity--Dante and namby-pamby--Hunt's life at Hampstead--Hunt and Keats compared--Keats at Hunt's cottage--Prints in the library--The intercoronation scene--Sonnets of Hunt to Keats--Sonnets of Keats to Hunt--Keats's penitence.

penitencenoun

remorse for your past conduct

From this reading OCTOBER 1815-MARCH 1817: HOSPITAL STUDIES: POETICAL AMBITIONS: LEIGH HUNT Hospital days: summary--Aptitudes and ambitions--Teachers--Testimony of Henry Stephens--Pride and other characteristics--Evidences of a wandering mind--Services of Cowden Clarke--Introduction to Leigh Hunt--Summer walks at Hampstead--Holiday epistles from Margate--Return to London--First reading of Chapman's Homer--Date of the Chapman sonnet--Intimacy with Leigh Hunt--The _Examiner_: Hunt's imprisonment--His visitors in captivity--His occupations--_The Feast of the poets_--Hunt's personality and charm--His ideas of poetical reform--_The story of Rimini_--Its popularity--Dante and namby-pamby--Hunt's life at Hampstead--Hunt and Keats compared--Keats at Hunt's cottage--Prints in the library--The intercoronation scene--Sonnets of Hunt to Keats--Sonnets of Keats to Hunt--Keats's penitence.

personalitynounUS /ˌpɜːrsəˈnælɪti/

the complex of all the attributes--behavioral, temperamental, emotional and mental--that characterize a unique individual

From this reading OCTOBER 1815-MARCH 1817: HOSPITAL STUDIES: POETICAL AMBITIONS: LEIGH HUNT Hospital days: summary--Aptitudes and ambitions--Teachers--Testimony of Henry Stephens--Pride and other characteristics--Evidences of a wandering mind--Services of Cowden Clarke--Introduction to Leigh Hunt--Summer walks at Hampstead--Holiday epistles from Margate--Return to London--First reading of Chapman's Homer--Date of the Chapman sonnet--Intimacy with Leigh Hunt--The _Examiner_: Hunt's imprisonment--His visitors in captivity--His occupations--_The Feast of the poets_--Hunt's personality and charm--His ideas of poetical reform--_The story of Rimini_--Its popularity--Dante and namby-pamby--Hunt's life at Hampstead--Hunt and Keats compared--Keats at Hunt's cottage--Prints in the library--The intercoronation scene--Sonnets of Hunt to Keats--Sonnets of Keats to Hunt--Keats's penitence.

POETICALadjectiveUS /poʊˈetɪkəl/

of or relating to poetry

From this reading OCTOBER 1815-MARCH 1817: HOSPITAL STUDIES: POETICAL AMBITIONS: LEIGH HUNT Hospital days: summary--Aptitudes and ambitions--Teachers--Testimony of Henry Stephens--Pride and other characteristics--Evidences of a wandering mind--Services of Cowden Clarke--Introduction to Leigh Hunt--Summer walks at Hampstead--Holiday epistles from Margate--Return to London--First reading of Chapman's Homer--Date of the Chapman sonnet--Intimacy with Leigh Hunt--The _Examiner_: Hunt's imprisonment--His visitors in captivity--His occupations--_The Feast of the poets_--Hunt's personality and charm--His ideas of poetical reform--_The story of Rimini_--Its popularity--Dante and namby-pamby--Hunt's life at Hampstead--Hunt and Keats compared--Keats at Hunt's cottage--Prints in the library--The intercoronation scene--Sonnets of Hunt to Keats--Sonnets of Keats to Hunt--Keats's penitence.

poetsnounUS /ˈpoʊəts/

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

From this reading OCTOBER 1815-MARCH 1817: HOSPITAL STUDIES: POETICAL AMBITIONS: LEIGH HUNT Hospital days: summary--Aptitudes and ambitions--Teachers--Testimony of Henry Stephens--Pride and other characteristics--Evidences of a wandering mind--Services of Cowden Clarke--Introduction to Leigh Hunt--Summer walks at Hampstead--Holiday epistles from Margate--Return to London--First reading of Chapman's Homer--Date of the Chapman sonnet--Intimacy with Leigh Hunt--The _Examiner_: Hunt's imprisonment--His visitors in captivity--His occupations--_The Feast of the poets_--Hunt's personality and charm--His ideas of poetical reform--_The story of Rimini_--Its popularity--Dante and namby-pamby--Hunt's life at Hampstead--Hunt and Keats compared--Keats at Hunt's cottage--Prints in the library--The intercoronation scene--Sonnets of Hunt to Keats--Sonnets of Keats to Hunt--Keats's penitence.

popularitynounUS /ˌpɑːpjəˈlerəti/

the quality of being widely admired or accepted or sought after

From this reading OCTOBER 1815-MARCH 1817: HOSPITAL STUDIES: POETICAL AMBITIONS: LEIGH HUNT Hospital days: summary--Aptitudes and ambitions--Teachers--Testimony of Henry Stephens--Pride and other characteristics--Evidences of a wandering mind--Services of Cowden Clarke--Introduction to Leigh Hunt--Summer walks at Hampstead--Holiday epistles from Margate--Return to London--First reading of Chapman's Homer--Date of the Chapman sonnet--Intimacy with Leigh Hunt--The _Examiner_: Hunt's imprisonment--His visitors in captivity--His occupations--_The Feast of the poets_--Hunt's personality and charm--His ideas of poetical reform--_The story of Rimini_--Its popularity--Dante and namby-pamby--Hunt's life at Hampstead--Hunt and Keats compared--Keats at Hunt's cottage--Prints in the library--The intercoronation scene--Sonnets of Hunt to Keats--Sonnets of Keats to Hunt--Keats's penitence.

PridenounUS /praɪd/

a feeling of self-respect and personal worth

From this reading OCTOBER 1815-MARCH 1817: HOSPITAL STUDIES: POETICAL AMBITIONS: LEIGH HUNT Hospital days: summary--Aptitudes and ambitions--Teachers--Testimony of Henry Stephens--Pride and other characteristics--Evidences of a wandering mind--Services of Cowden Clarke--Introduction to Leigh Hunt--Summer walks at Hampstead--Holiday epistles from Margate--Return to London--First reading of Chapman's Homer--Date of the Chapman sonnet--Intimacy with Leigh Hunt--The _Examiner_: Hunt's imprisonment--His visitors in captivity--His occupations--_The Feast of the poets_--Hunt's personality and charm--His ideas of poetical reform--_The story of Rimini_--Its popularity--Dante and namby-pamby--Hunt's life at Hampstead--Hunt and Keats compared--Keats at Hunt's cottage--Prints in the library--The intercoronation scene--Sonnets of Hunt to Keats--Sonnets of Keats to Hunt--Keats's penitence.

PrintsnounUS /prɪnts/

plural of “print” — the text appearing in a book, newspaper, or other printed publication

From this reading OCTOBER 1815-MARCH 1817: HOSPITAL STUDIES: POETICAL AMBITIONS: LEIGH HUNT Hospital days: summary--Aptitudes and ambitions--Teachers--Testimony of Henry Stephens--Pride and other characteristics--Evidences of a wandering mind--Services of Cowden Clarke--Introduction to Leigh Hunt--Summer walks at Hampstead--Holiday epistles from Margate--Return to London--First reading of Chapman's Homer--Date of the Chapman sonnet--Intimacy with Leigh Hunt--The _Examiner_: Hunt's imprisonment--His visitors in captivity--His occupations--_The Feast of the poets_--Hunt's personality and charm--His ideas of poetical reform--_The story of Rimini_--Its popularity--Dante and namby-pamby--Hunt's life at Hampstead--Hunt and Keats compared--Keats at Hunt's cottage--Prints in the library--The intercoronation scene--Sonnets of Hunt to Keats--Sonnets of Keats to Hunt--Keats's penitence.

pupilnounUS /ˈpjuːpəl/

a learner who is enrolled in an educational institution

From this reading His name, as we have said, was entered at Guy's as a six months' student (surgeon's pupil) on October 1, 1815, a month before his twentieth birthday.

readingnounUS /ˈriːdɪŋ/

the cognitive process of understanding a written linguistic message

From this reading OCTOBER 1815-MARCH 1817: HOSPITAL STUDIES: POETICAL AMBITIONS: LEIGH HUNT Hospital days: summary--Aptitudes and ambitions--Teachers--Testimony of Henry Stephens--Pride and other characteristics--Evidences of a wandering mind--Services of Cowden Clarke--Introduction to Leigh Hunt--Summer walks at Hampstead--Holiday epistles from Margate--Return to London--First reading of Chapman's Homer--Date of the Chapman sonnet--Intimacy with Leigh Hunt--The _Examiner_: Hunt's imprisonment--His visitors in captivity--His occupations--_The Feast of the poets_--Hunt's personality and charm--His ideas of poetical reform--_The story of Rimini_--Its popularity--Dante and namby-pamby--Hunt's life at Hampstead--Hunt and Keats compared--Keats at Hunt's cottage--Prints in the library--The intercoronation scene--Sonnets of Hunt to Keats--Sonnets of Keats to Hunt--Keats's penitence.

reformnounUS /rəˈfɔːrm/

a change for the better as a result of correcting abuses

From this reading OCTOBER 1815-MARCH 1817: HOSPITAL STUDIES: POETICAL AMBITIONS: LEIGH HUNT Hospital days: summary--Aptitudes and ambitions--Teachers--Testimony of Henry Stephens--Pride and other characteristics--Evidences of a wandering mind--Services of Cowden Clarke--Introduction to Leigh Hunt--Summer walks at Hampstead--Holiday epistles from Margate--Return to London--First reading of Chapman's Homer--Date of the Chapman sonnet--Intimacy with Leigh Hunt--The _Examiner_: Hunt's imprisonment--His visitors in captivity--His occupations--_The Feast of the poets_--Hunt's personality and charm--His ideas of poetical reform--_The story of Rimini_--Its popularity--Dante and namby-pamby--Hunt's life at Hampstead--Hunt and Keats compared--Keats at Hunt's cottage--Prints in the library--The intercoronation scene--Sonnets of Hunt to Keats--Sonnets of Keats to Hunt--Keats's penitence.

ReturnverbUS /rɪˈtɜːrn/

go or come back to place, condition, or activity where one has been before

From this reading OCTOBER 1815-MARCH 1817: HOSPITAL STUDIES: POETICAL AMBITIONS: LEIGH HUNT Hospital days: summary--Aptitudes and ambitions--Teachers--Testimony of Henry Stephens--Pride and other characteristics--Evidences of a wandering mind--Services of Cowden Clarke--Introduction to Leigh Hunt--Summer walks at Hampstead--Holiday epistles from Margate--Return to London--First reading of Chapman's Homer--Date of the Chapman sonnet--Intimacy with Leigh Hunt--The _Examiner_: Hunt's imprisonment--His visitors in captivity--His occupations--_The Feast of the poets_--Hunt's personality and charm--His ideas of poetical reform--_The story of Rimini_--Its popularity--Dante and namby-pamby--Hunt's life at Hampstead--Hunt and Keats compared--Keats at Hunt's cottage--Prints in the library--The intercoronation scene--Sonnets of Hunt to Keats--Sonnets of Keats to Hunt--Keats's penitence.

Rimini

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

From this reading OCTOBER 1815-MARCH 1817: HOSPITAL STUDIES: POETICAL AMBITIONS: LEIGH HUNT Hospital days: summary--Aptitudes and ambitions--Teachers--Testimony of Henry Stephens--Pride and other characteristics--Evidences of a wandering mind--Services of Cowden Clarke--Introduction to Leigh Hunt--Summer walks at Hampstead--Holiday epistles from Margate--Return to London--First reading of Chapman's Homer--Date of the Chapman sonnet--Intimacy with Leigh Hunt--The _Examiner_: Hunt's imprisonment--His visitors in captivity--His occupations--_The Feast of the poets_--Hunt's personality and charm--His ideas of poetical reform--_The story of Rimini_--Its popularity--Dante and namby-pamby--Hunt's life at Hampstead--Hunt and Keats compared--Keats at Hunt's cottage--Prints in the library--The intercoronation scene--Sonnets of Hunt to Keats--Sonnets of Keats to Hunt--Keats's penitence.

saidadjectiveUS /sed/

being the one previously mentioned or spoken of

From this reading His name, as we have said, was entered at Guy's as a six months' student (surgeon's pupil) on October 1, 1815, a month before his twentieth birthday.

scenenounUS /siːn/

the place where some action occurs

From this reading OCTOBER 1815-MARCH 1817: HOSPITAL STUDIES: POETICAL AMBITIONS: LEIGH HUNT Hospital days: summary--Aptitudes and ambitions--Teachers--Testimony of Henry Stephens--Pride and other characteristics--Evidences of a wandering mind--Services of Cowden Clarke--Introduction to Leigh Hunt--Summer walks at Hampstead--Holiday epistles from Margate--Return to London--First reading of Chapman's Homer--Date of the Chapman sonnet--Intimacy with Leigh Hunt--The _Examiner_: Hunt's imprisonment--His visitors in captivity--His occupations--_The Feast of the poets_--Hunt's personality and charm--His ideas of poetical reform--_The story of Rimini_--Its popularity--Dante and namby-pamby--Hunt's life at Hampstead--Hunt and Keats compared--Keats at Hunt's cottage--Prints in the library--The intercoronation scene--Sonnets of Hunt to Keats--Sonnets of Keats to Hunt--Keats's penitence.

ServicesnounUS /ˈsɜːrvəsəz/

performance of duties or provision of space and equipment helpful to others

From this reading OCTOBER 1815-MARCH 1817: HOSPITAL STUDIES: POETICAL AMBITIONS: LEIGH HUNT Hospital days: summary--Aptitudes and ambitions--Teachers--Testimony of Henry Stephens--Pride and other characteristics--Evidences of a wandering mind--Services of Cowden Clarke--Introduction to Leigh Hunt--Summer walks at Hampstead--Holiday epistles from Margate--Return to London--First reading of Chapman's Homer--Date of the Chapman sonnet--Intimacy with Leigh Hunt--The _Examiner_: Hunt's imprisonment--His visitors in captivity--His occupations--_The Feast of the poets_--Hunt's personality and charm--His ideas of poetical reform--_The story of Rimini_--Its popularity--Dante and namby-pamby--Hunt's life at Hampstead--Hunt and Keats compared--Keats at Hunt's cottage--Prints in the library--The intercoronation scene--Sonnets of Hunt to Keats--Sonnets of Keats to Hunt--Keats's penitence.

sixnounUS /sɪks/

the cardinal number that is the sum of five and one

From this reading His name, as we have said, was entered at Guy's as a six months' student (surgeon's pupil) on October 1, 1815, a month before his twentieth birthday.

sonnetnounUS /ˈsɑːnɪt/

a verse form consisting of 14 lines with a fixed rhyme scheme

From this reading OCTOBER 1815-MARCH 1817: HOSPITAL STUDIES: POETICAL AMBITIONS: LEIGH HUNT Hospital days: summary--Aptitudes and ambitions--Teachers--Testimony of Henry Stephens--Pride and other characteristics--Evidences of a wandering mind--Services of Cowden Clarke--Introduction to Leigh Hunt--Summer walks at Hampstead--Holiday epistles from Margate--Return to London--First reading of Chapman's Homer--Date of the Chapman sonnet--Intimacy with Leigh Hunt--The _Examiner_: Hunt's imprisonment--His visitors in captivity--His occupations--_The Feast of the poets_--Hunt's personality and charm--His ideas of poetical reform--_The story of Rimini_--Its popularity--Dante and namby-pamby--Hunt's life at Hampstead--Hunt and Keats compared--Keats at Hunt's cottage--Prints in the library--The intercoronation scene--Sonnets of Hunt to Keats--Sonnets of Keats to Hunt--Keats's penitence.

SonnetsnounUS /ˈsɑːnɪts/

plural of “sonnet” — a verse form consisting of 14 lines with a fixed rhyme scheme

From this reading OCTOBER 1815-MARCH 1817: HOSPITAL STUDIES: POETICAL AMBITIONS: LEIGH HUNT Hospital days: summary--Aptitudes and ambitions--Teachers--Testimony of Henry Stephens--Pride and other characteristics--Evidences of a wandering mind--Services of Cowden Clarke--Introduction to Leigh Hunt--Summer walks at Hampstead--Holiday epistles from Margate--Return to London--First reading of Chapman's Homer--Date of the Chapman sonnet--Intimacy with Leigh Hunt--The _Examiner_: Hunt's imprisonment--His visitors in captivity--His occupations--_The Feast of the poets_--Hunt's personality and charm--His ideas of poetical reform--_The story of Rimini_--Its popularity--Dante and namby-pamby--Hunt's life at Hampstead--Hunt and Keats compared--Keats at Hunt's cottage--Prints in the library--The intercoronation scene--Sonnets of Hunt to Keats--Sonnets of Keats to Hunt--Keats's penitence.

StephensnounUS /ˈstiːvənz/

plural of “stephen” — English writer (1832-1904)

From this reading OCTOBER 1815-MARCH 1817: HOSPITAL STUDIES: POETICAL AMBITIONS: LEIGH HUNT Hospital days: summary--Aptitudes and ambitions--Teachers--Testimony of Henry Stephens--Pride and other characteristics--Evidences of a wandering mind--Services of Cowden Clarke--Introduction to Leigh Hunt--Summer walks at Hampstead--Holiday epistles from Margate--Return to London--First reading of Chapman's Homer--Date of the Chapman sonnet--Intimacy with Leigh Hunt--The _Examiner_: Hunt's imprisonment--His visitors in captivity--His occupations--_The Feast of the poets_--Hunt's personality and charm--His ideas of poetical reform--_The story of Rimini_--Its popularity--Dante and namby-pamby--Hunt's life at Hampstead--Hunt and Keats compared--Keats at Hunt's cottage--Prints in the library--The intercoronation scene--Sonnets of Hunt to Keats--Sonnets of Keats to Hunt--Keats's penitence.

storynounUS /ˈstɔːri/

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

From this reading OCTOBER 1815-MARCH 1817: HOSPITAL STUDIES: POETICAL AMBITIONS: LEIGH HUNT Hospital days: summary--Aptitudes and ambitions--Teachers--Testimony of Henry Stephens--Pride and other characteristics--Evidences of a wandering mind--Services of Cowden Clarke--Introduction to Leigh Hunt--Summer walks at Hampstead--Holiday epistles from Margate--Return to London--First reading of Chapman's Homer--Date of the Chapman sonnet--Intimacy with Leigh Hunt--The _Examiner_: Hunt's imprisonment--His visitors in captivity--His occupations--_The Feast of the poets_--Hunt's personality and charm--His ideas of poetical reform--_The story of Rimini_--Its popularity--Dante and namby-pamby--Hunt's life at Hampstead--Hunt and Keats compared--Keats at Hunt's cottage--Prints in the library--The intercoronation scene--Sonnets of Hunt to Keats--Sonnets of Keats to Hunt--Keats's penitence.

studentnounUS /ˈstuːdənt/

a learner who is enrolled in an educational institution

From this reading The external and technical facts of Keats's life as a medical student are these.

STUDIESnounUS /ˈstʌdiz/

plural of “study” — a detailed critical inspection

From this reading OCTOBER 1815-MARCH 1817: HOSPITAL STUDIES: POETICAL AMBITIONS: LEIGH HUNT Hospital days: summary--Aptitudes and ambitions--Teachers--Testimony of Henry Stephens--Pride and other characteristics--Evidences of a wandering mind--Services of Cowden Clarke--Introduction to Leigh Hunt--Summer walks at Hampstead--Holiday epistles from Margate--Return to London--First reading of Chapman's Homer--Date of the Chapman sonnet--Intimacy with Leigh Hunt--The _Examiner_: Hunt's imprisonment--His visitors in captivity--His occupations--_The Feast of the poets_--Hunt's personality and charm--His ideas of poetical reform--_The story of Rimini_--Its popularity--Dante and namby-pamby--Hunt's life at Hampstead--Hunt and Keats compared--Keats at Hunt's cottage--Prints in the library--The intercoronation scene--Sonnets of Hunt to Keats--Sonnets of Keats to Hunt--Keats's penitence.

summarynounUS /ˈsʌməri/

a brief statement that presents the main points in a concise form

From this reading OCTOBER 1815-MARCH 1817: HOSPITAL STUDIES: POETICAL AMBITIONS: LEIGH HUNT Hospital days: summary--Aptitudes and ambitions--Teachers--Testimony of Henry Stephens--Pride and other characteristics--Evidences of a wandering mind--Services of Cowden Clarke--Introduction to Leigh Hunt--Summer walks at Hampstead--Holiday epistles from Margate--Return to London--First reading of Chapman's Homer--Date of the Chapman sonnet--Intimacy with Leigh Hunt--The _Examiner_: Hunt's imprisonment--His visitors in captivity--His occupations--_The Feast of the poets_--Hunt's personality and charm--His ideas of poetical reform--_The story of Rimini_--Its popularity--Dante and namby-pamby--Hunt's life at Hampstead--Hunt and Keats compared--Keats at Hunt's cottage--Prints in the library--The intercoronation scene--Sonnets of Hunt to Keats--Sonnets of Keats to Hunt--Keats's penitence.

SummernounUS /ˈsʌmər/

the warmest season of the year; in the northern hemisphere it extends from the summer solstice to the autumnal equinox

From this reading OCTOBER 1815-MARCH 1817: HOSPITAL STUDIES: POETICAL AMBITIONS: LEIGH HUNT Hospital days: summary--Aptitudes and ambitions--Teachers--Testimony of Henry Stephens--Pride and other characteristics--Evidences of a wandering mind--Services of Cowden Clarke--Introduction to Leigh Hunt--Summer walks at Hampstead--Holiday epistles from Margate--Return to London--First reading of Chapman's Homer--Date of the Chapman sonnet--Intimacy with Leigh Hunt--The _Examiner_: Hunt's imprisonment--His visitors in captivity--His occupations--_The Feast of the poets_--Hunt's personality and charm--His ideas of poetical reform--_The story of Rimini_--Its popularity--Dante and namby-pamby--Hunt's life at Hampstead--Hunt and Keats compared--Keats at Hunt's cottage--Prints in the library--The intercoronation scene--Sonnets of Hunt to Keats--Sonnets of Keats to Hunt--Keats's penitence.

surgeon'snounUS /ˈsɜːrdʒənz/

possessive form of “surgeon” — a physician who specializes in surgery

From this reading His name, as we have said, was entered at Guy's as a six months' student (surgeon's pupil) on October 1, 1815, a month before his twentieth birthday.

surgeonsnounUS /ˈsɜːrdʒənz/

plural of “surgeon” — a physician who specializes in surgery

From this reading Four weeks later he was appointed dresser to one of the hospital surgeons, Mr Lucas.

TeachersnounUS /ˈtiːtʃərz/

plural of “teacher” — a person whose occupation is teaching

From this reading OCTOBER 1815-MARCH 1817: HOSPITAL STUDIES: POETICAL AMBITIONS: LEIGH HUNT Hospital days: summary--Aptitudes and ambitions--Teachers--Testimony of Henry Stephens--Pride and other characteristics--Evidences of a wandering mind--Services of Cowden Clarke--Introduction to Leigh Hunt--Summer walks at Hampstead--Holiday epistles from Margate--Return to London--First reading of Chapman's Homer--Date of the Chapman sonnet--Intimacy with Leigh Hunt--The _Examiner_: Hunt's imprisonment--His visitors in captivity--His occupations--_The Feast of the poets_--Hunt's personality and charm--His ideas of poetical reform--_The story of Rimini_--Its popularity--Dante and namby-pamby--Hunt's life at Hampstead--Hunt and Keats compared--Keats at Hunt's cottage--Prints in the library--The intercoronation scene--Sonnets of Hunt to Keats--Sonnets of Keats to Hunt--Keats's penitence.

technicaladjectiveUS /ˈteknɪkəl/

of or relating to technique or proficiency in a practical skill

From this reading The external and technical facts of Keats's life as a medical student are these.

termnounUS /tɜːrm/

a word or expression used for some particular thing

From this reading At the close of his first six months' term, March 3, 1816, he entered for a further term of twelve months.

TestimonynounUS /ˈtestəmoʊni/

a solemn statement made under oath

From this reading OCTOBER 1815-MARCH 1817: HOSPITAL STUDIES: POETICAL AMBITIONS: LEIGH HUNT Hospital days: summary--Aptitudes and ambitions--Teachers--Testimony of Henry Stephens--Pride and other characteristics--Evidences of a wandering mind--Services of Cowden Clarke--Introduction to Leigh Hunt--Summer walks at Hampstead--Holiday epistles from Margate--Return to London--First reading of Chapman's Homer--Date of the Chapman sonnet--Intimacy with Leigh Hunt--The _Examiner_: Hunt's imprisonment--His visitors in captivity--His occupations--_The Feast of the poets_--Hunt's personality and charm--His ideas of poetical reform--_The story of Rimini_--Its popularity--Dante and namby-pamby--Hunt's life at Hampstead--Hunt and Keats compared--Keats at Hunt's cottage--Prints in the library--The intercoronation scene--Sonnets of Hunt to Keats--Sonnets of Keats to Hunt--Keats's penitence.

thedeterminerUS /ðə/

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

From this reading OCTOBER 1815-MARCH 1817: HOSPITAL STUDIES: POETICAL AMBITIONS: LEIGH HUNT Hospital days: summary--Aptitudes and ambitions--Teachers--Testimony of Henry Stephens--Pride and other characteristics--Evidences of a wandering mind--Services of Cowden Clarke--Introduction to Leigh Hunt--Summer walks at Hampstead--Holiday epistles from Margate--Return to London--First reading of Chapman's Homer--Date of the Chapman sonnet--Intimacy with Leigh Hunt--The _Examiner_: Hunt's imprisonment--His visitors in captivity--His occupations--_The Feast of the poets_--Hunt's personality and charm--His ideas of poetical reform--_The story of Rimini_--Its popularity--Dante and namby-pamby--Hunt's life at Hampstead--Hunt and Keats compared--Keats at Hunt's cottage--Prints in the library--The intercoronation scene--Sonnets of Hunt to Keats--Sonnets of Keats to Hunt--Keats's penitence.

thesedeterminerUS /ðiːz/

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

From this reading The external and technical facts of Keats's life as a medical student are these.

toparticleUS /tuː/

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

From this reading OCTOBER 1815-MARCH 1817: HOSPITAL STUDIES: POETICAL AMBITIONS: LEIGH HUNT Hospital days: summary--Aptitudes and ambitions--Teachers--Testimony of Henry Stephens--Pride and other characteristics--Evidences of a wandering mind--Services of Cowden Clarke--Introduction to Leigh Hunt--Summer walks at Hampstead--Holiday epistles from Margate--Return to London--First reading of Chapman's Homer--Date of the Chapman sonnet--Intimacy with Leigh Hunt--The _Examiner_: Hunt's imprisonment--His visitors in captivity--His occupations--_The Feast of the poets_--Hunt's personality and charm--His ideas of poetical reform--_The story of Rimini_--Its popularity--Dante and namby-pamby--Hunt's life at Hampstead--Hunt and Keats compared--Keats at Hunt's cottage--Prints in the library--The intercoronation scene--Sonnets of Hunt to Keats--Sonnets of Keats to Hunt--Keats's penitence.

twelvenounUS /twelv/

the cardinal number that is the sum of eleven and one

From this reading At the close of his first six months' term, March 3, 1816, he entered for a further term of twelve months.

twentiethnounUS /ˈtwentiəθ/

position 20 in a countable series of things

From this reading His name, as we have said, was entered at Guy's as a six months' student (surgeon's pupil) on October 1, 1815, a month before his twentieth birthday.

visitorsnounUS /ˈvɪzɪtərz/

plural of “visitor” — someone who visits

From this reading OCTOBER 1815-MARCH 1817: HOSPITAL STUDIES: POETICAL AMBITIONS: LEIGH HUNT Hospital days: summary--Aptitudes and ambitions--Teachers--Testimony of Henry Stephens--Pride and other characteristics--Evidences of a wandering mind--Services of Cowden Clarke--Introduction to Leigh Hunt--Summer walks at Hampstead--Holiday epistles from Margate--Return to London--First reading of Chapman's Homer--Date of the Chapman sonnet--Intimacy with Leigh Hunt--The _Examiner_: Hunt's imprisonment--His visitors in captivity--His occupations--_The Feast of the poets_--Hunt's personality and charm--His ideas of poetical reform--_The story of Rimini_--Its popularity--Dante and namby-pamby--Hunt's life at Hampstead--Hunt and Keats compared--Keats at Hunt's cottage--Prints in the library--The intercoronation scene--Sonnets of Hunt to Keats--Sonnets of Keats to Hunt--Keats's penitence.

walksnounUS /wɔːks/

plural of “walk” — the act of traveling by foot

From this reading OCTOBER 1815-MARCH 1817: HOSPITAL STUDIES: POETICAL AMBITIONS: LEIGH HUNT Hospital days: summary--Aptitudes and ambitions--Teachers--Testimony of Henry Stephens--Pride and other characteristics--Evidences of a wandering mind--Services of Cowden Clarke--Introduction to Leigh Hunt--Summer walks at Hampstead--Holiday epistles from Margate--Return to London--First reading of Chapman's Homer--Date of the Chapman sonnet--Intimacy with Leigh Hunt--The _Examiner_: Hunt's imprisonment--His visitors in captivity--His occupations--_The Feast of the poets_--Hunt's personality and charm--His ideas of poetical reform--_The story of Rimini_--Its popularity--Dante and namby-pamby--Hunt's life at Hampstead--Hunt and Keats compared--Keats at Hunt's cottage--Prints in the library--The intercoronation scene--Sonnets of Hunt to Keats--Sonnets of Keats to Hunt--Keats's penitence.

wanderingadjectiveUS /ˈwɑːndərɪŋ/

migratory

From this reading OCTOBER 1815-MARCH 1817: HOSPITAL STUDIES: POETICAL AMBITIONS: LEIGH HUNT Hospital days: summary--Aptitudes and ambitions--Teachers--Testimony of Henry Stephens--Pride and other characteristics--Evidences of a wandering mind--Services of Cowden Clarke--Introduction to Leigh Hunt--Summer walks at Hampstead--Holiday epistles from Margate--Return to London--First reading of Chapman's Homer--Date of the Chapman sonnet--Intimacy with Leigh Hunt--The _Examiner_: Hunt's imprisonment--His visitors in captivity--His occupations--_The Feast of the poets_--Hunt's personality and charm--His ideas of poetical reform--_The story of Rimini_--Its popularity--Dante and namby-pamby--Hunt's life at Hampstead--Hunt and Keats compared--Keats at Hunt's cottage--Prints in the library--The intercoronation scene--Sonnets of Hunt to Keats--Sonnets of Keats to Hunt--Keats's penitence.

wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/

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

From this reading His name, as we have said, was entered at Guy's as a six months' student (surgeon's pupil) on October 1, 1815, a month before his twentieth birthday.

wepronounUS /wiː/

the speaker together with one or more other people

From this reading His name, as we have said, was entered at Guy's as a six months' student (surgeon's pupil) on October 1, 1815, a month before his twentieth birthday.

weeksnounUS /wiːks/

plural of “week” — any period of seven consecutive days

From this reading Four weeks later he was appointed dresser to one of the hospital surgeons, Mr Lucas.

withprepositionUS /wɪð/

in the company of; together with

From this reading OCTOBER 1815-MARCH 1817: HOSPITAL STUDIES: POETICAL AMBITIONS: LEIGH HUNT Hospital days: summary--Aptitudes and ambitions--Teachers--Testimony of Henry Stephens--Pride and other characteristics--Evidences of a wandering mind--Services of Cowden Clarke--Introduction to Leigh Hunt--Summer walks at Hampstead--Holiday epistles from Margate--Return to London--First reading of Chapman's Homer--Date of the Chapman sonnet--Intimacy with Leigh Hunt--The _Examiner_: Hunt's imprisonment--His visitors in captivity--His occupations--_The Feast of the poets_--Hunt's personality and charm--His ideas of poetical reform--_The story of Rimini_--Its popularity--Dante and namby-pamby--Hunt's life at Hampstead--Hunt and Keats compared--Keats at Hunt's cottage--Prints in the library--The intercoronation scene--Sonnets of Hunt to Keats--Sonnets of Keats to Hunt--Keats's penitence.

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